Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-07-16

weight against the carrying of re-
volvers without permits from the prop.
er authorities. and the granting of
such permits ought to he hedged about
with thorough precautions. Moreover,
any and every offender against such
a statute should be compelled to serve
a term of imprisonment and not he
allowed to escape punishment by the
mere payment Of fine.
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War, according TO the dictionaries.
is contest carried on by force of
arms Riots al ii instructions are not
commonly called wars. Force is used
to put them down. but the process diff
fcrs in magnitude only from that
which the police of a city employs in
dealing with street row. ON little
| larger scale are the so-caled little
wars which usually originate from
the restlessness of tribes and people
under the rule of one of the "civilizcd
powers" Every country which has
colonies or possessions inhabited by
people of Il race different from It's own
Is likely to have such wars on its
hands more or less frequently. 1t has
been a new experience for the United
States to be engaged in a VAR beyond
the seas. although its contests with III
dian tribes at home have been many
and sanguinary. The trouble with the
Moros in the Philippine Islands Is a
reminder of the difficulties the com.
try undertook when it assumed the
sovereignty over that former posses.
sion Of spain. The Hereros in south.
west Africa are giving the Germans
trouble of similar kind: the natives
III southern Nigeria and In omaliland
are restless under British rule. In each
Of these cases relentless war Is waged
against the natives. Wars of another
kind are still In progress in Morocco,
where a pretender is striving for the
throne: in Uruguay, where the mem.
bers of one political party are under
arms. ready to drive the president
from office: and in Tibet. where the
British are engaged in an effort to
persuade the Tibetans to respect their
treaty obligations.
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The biggest single Industrial enter.
prise ever undertaken by the United
States is the digging Of the Panama
canal. That makes John +. Wallace
interesting. He is going to dig 1t. He
has accepted the position Of chief en-.
gineer. 1t was the natural thing to
select railroad man for the big Job.
A man who can build railroads as
they are built In this country is equal
to anything. Mr.. Wallace Is general
manager of the Illinois Central Rail.
road. He worked his way up from
the bottom. He has health. mag
nificent physique. brains and the kind
Of patriotism that caused him to ac-
cept the government job. even though
there is less money In 1t than In run.
ming a great railroad system. 1t is Il
tribute to Mr.. Wallace and TO the
railroad profession that this great re.
sponsibility should have fallen on the
shoulders Of rallroad man. Few
doubt that the big ditch will be con.
structed economically and well. The
spirit that placed steel band across
the Rockies. that bridged Salt Lake,
that Is tunneling under New York
City. that has been back Of thou.
sand stupendOus railroad enterprises
. will successfully unite the Atlantic
and Pacific. There IL another side t.
this. The selection Of practica
railroad man means that there vii
be few sinecures In the canal job
. Men will be hired for their ability anG
. made to earn their wages. and favOrit
ism will stand little show OF inter
fering with good service. That is til,
way most railroads are run, and II Il
as It should be. The government ha,
I plenty OF money to invest, but none t
. waste.
, Civilized human beings do most O
their eating through habit, and 1t IL ,
bad habit. Savages. with whom tn
wherewithal to eat comes only as TIN
result Of direct effort, do 1t better an,
manage to get along without physl
clans. We are cursed by having on
4 victuals too close ut hand. "a prolih
/. cause OF chronic indigestion is eatinI
8 from habit. and simply because 1t 1
4 meal-time and others are eating
Z says the Dietetic and Hygieni
!, Gazette. ITO eat when not hungr,
a is to eat without relish, and foo
n taken without relish Is worse thai
4 wasted. without relish the salivar
}. glands do not act. the gastric fluid
r are not freely secreted, and the bes
4 of foods will not be digested. Man
p perfectly harmless dishes are severe
q condemned for no other reason tina
/. they were eaten perfunctOrily an
, without relish and due Installation.
. The nborigine who had to stalk an
a kill his deer before breakfast SUI
.. fered none Of the modern disorders @
" the stomach. No doubt he went hui
cry many time, but TO be hungry
far better than to be food drunk
n term invented by Edison. and titl
to be applied to most Of us most @
!" the time. That good old feeling Gale
- hunger Is In fair way to fade int
mere tradition. The average man pc
- haps cannot say that he has reall
felt that feeling once In dOze