Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-18

The bicycle is the poor mans automo-
bile and good one. 1t does not both.
or him about starting or stopping. does
not often get out of repair. requires 10
outlay for fuel; yet 1t makes him mas.
ter of wider circle of country than
he could possibly command without IL,
and pays him handsome dividends III ,
health and strength for every pound OF
energy he spends in propclling 1t. Tho
time of the "scorcher' and the "cen.
fury" run Is past. and the era of SEN
sble wheeling has come in. Those
who own and buy bicycles now are
those who use their wheels for cSer-
else. for recreation and as practical
vehicles. They would cling to their
hobby tcnaciously even IL their own
experience had not been REINFORCED
by medical approval. which Is now
overwhelmingly with them. The bicy.
clists for years to come will continue
to outnumber, as they have in the past,
the dcvotees Of every other pastlme.
In new cou..,.,es pee. = change their
DIute vi ItSuCutc lIcvuShtis' wv VV
ing tied down by long family attach.
ments. they move about until they find
IA spot that suits them. In only a few
| Of the oldest American communities
ara estates held In one line for genera.
| tions. and the custom seems not ." he
growing. How readily Americans
move Is shown by the fact that
L L.. ia ,,.1s, - lao, nssN
tives and only about half ,.ie Senators
| In Congress were born In the States
which they now serve. No member of
either House from Colorado. Idaho.
| Montana. the DakOtas. Washington or
| Wyoming Is q native of the State he
represents. Both Senators of old In.
diana were born in OHIO; so were the
West Virginia Senators. Speaker Can
non. of Illinois. was born In North Car
olina. and Mr.. Williams. of Misss.
sippi. the Democratic leader. in Ten
nessee. Virginia Is the largest State
represented In both Houses wholly by
native sons. Delaware. Maine and Ver-
mont are the only others on the list.
Pennsylvania Is represented chiefly by
native Pennsylvanians. but New York,
! among the old States, shows an OppO.
site tendency. In the early history Of
the country men often became proihi.
nent In the politics Of several States
I'm turn. james Shields. whose figure
stands In Statuary Hall rs the gift Of
Illinois. served three states IN the
United States Senate. sunset Cox
represented Ohio In Congress. and af
terward New York. George W. Jones
held important offices in Missouri. Wis
consin, Iowa and the Northwest Terri
2 tory. Senator Elkins. Of West Nir
. ginia. was ut one time the territorial
i delegate from New Mexico.
g In many places surprise Is manifest
n eli Mt the stubborn resistance Of til
|. Russian troops to superior number
p In the battles along the Yalu and I
d the heroic self.devotion Of the Japai
s. csc who went forward In the attempt
20 to block the Port Arthur harbor. Til
a strange element In nearly all thes
u comments is that while they do nc
u. express surprise In words they som'
k. how convey the impression that thl
~ fact Of bravery was wholly uneXpec
Or ed. There Is not the least ground Il
le this Physical courage Is one Of IL
H. common attributes Of manhood In a
races which have evinced capacity IL
progress. and probably In all Other
Al. also. The exceptions are very few
m II any. individuals differ In the pc
y. centage OF courage In their gener'
or makeup, In its quality. whether aggre
30 slve or passive. ana In the methods I
IN manifesting II. but the quality itse
10 Is present In all save a few unfOrt1
a, nate individuals. There are wider Ill
- ferences In the degree OF aggressiv
no ness and this Is sometimes shown
ro the spontaneous acts ~ bodies ~ 20
n diers. as. for example. In the som
,n what unexpected climb Of the UnlC
forces up Mission ridge. In what
NJ called the battle OF Chattanooga. II
.. principal differences among men
=. lighting efficiency are differences In l
az tellcctual outfit. In acuteness ana nlel
No. ness of perception and Of action--tl
90 capacity to see opportunity, to sell
~. It ut the critical moment and use
with intelligence. In 6ther words,
is another case of the superiority
=" the man who KNOWS how" and h
been trained to use his knowledp
". There Is, Of course, the crush Of me
~, preponderance Of avOirdupOls or nul
-, bers. but that Is another matter. 1t
~, superior brains or superior bral
~, training that makes superior fghti
." efficiency. 1t was by the superior u
Of brain power that the Japenese h
preponderating force just whe
he needed In the Yalu fighting. Brave
OF Is always to be expected In men.
w tellect and training must use til
ny quality as they do every other knO,
le- to man.
nut &e
80, Why should woman want to ho
!, more offices than she already hold
~, Why should she desire to engage
~, other business than that of wOma
me- The woman who Is q true wife hol
I, more offices ana transacts more bu
~. ness than any dozen men. She Is
,,,' tinancier. No statesman studies
nd budget closer than she. She knows
,,t a cent the revenues ana the eXpen
IN, lures of her household. When $
ia brings In a bill for an appropriate
, | Ii usually passes the house. Her