Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-07-02

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We have heard that it is a good plan
to remain quietly ut home and take a
rest.
A French physician claims that au-
tomObiling will cure consumption. 1t
will also cure any other disease that a
man who gets in front of the machine
happens to have.
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A book entitled How to Get Rich"
is being advertised for sale at the price
of 81. A good tip to one wishing TO
get rich would be to save his dollar
and not buy the book.
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From early times pestience has
been regarded us one of the accom-.
paniments of earthquakes. Nor Is
this perhaps mere figment of super
stitiOn. Many instances of epidemics
following upon earthquakes are on rec.
ord, says the Lancet. Thus in 557-
60 A. d.. earthquake years. Constan.
tinople was visited by a pestilence.
and in G15 a. D., after more than q
decade Of seismic disturbances which
extended from Japan to the Mediter.
ranean. the whole of Italy was visited,
according to SigOnius. by fearful
epidemic, of which the nature is not
recorded. Old writer's. such as Won
Plenciz, an authority on the Lisbon
earthquake of 1855, were wont to at
tribute the prQneness of disease en-
hibitcd by whole populations during
earthquake season to shaken nerves
begottcn Of broken rest at night
1t Is a common thing to find the
clocks In nine out of ten households
either fifteen minutes or half an hour
fast, and should you happen to be In
a hurry or mention the fact that you
have to be going. you are at once reas.
sured by the fact that YOU have no
| cause to hurry, as the clock Is so much
| ahead of the time.
Has it ever occurred to you why
| clocks are usually put ahead! Some
physicians have said It Is due TO lnzi.
| ness, for IL Is such a satisfaction to the
lazy man to lind when lie has to get
up at In the morning. ana strains his
half-closcd eyes to look ut the clock,
that it is half hour fast and he has
so much more time to doze, with the
result that he oversleeps himself any
how. and misses his train or boat.
Said Walnut street matchmaker,
| when asked about the subject: Yes.
1t Ia peculiar thing with most people
to put their clocks fast. and. while
there may be some satisfaction in 1t
when 1t comes to DOING little longer,
| there IL really no advantage in it, for
when you wake up. say. ut q and
glance Mt the clock and 1t registers
G.3O, the fact remains that it Is half
hour fast. While this may make you
feel easier. knowing that you still
have thirty minutes to dOZe. confess
don't see much advantage in II.
"Why not have the clock right? 1t
Is the same thing in the end.
"Suppose railroads We're to put this
into practice. how many trains do you
think people would miss thereby? This
putting clocks fast Is really only a
pleasant form Of deception which peO.
pie like to practice Oh themselves. but
1t does more harm than good"-Kan-
sas City Star.
The patriotic spirit has caught the
entire Japanese empire, and 1t Is not
too much to say that there Is not a
man or woman In Japan who would
not gladly die In the effort to defeat
the Russians. Mothers without eXcep-
ton gladly send their sons to war and
urge upon them that they must not
think Of death when duty calls. In the
active service the sailors and soldiers
resort to all sorts Of eXpedients In or.
der to get chances to risk their lives
for the good OF the country.
When Admiral Togo called for vol
unteers IN the second attempt to bottle
up Port Arthur a young lieutenant cut
of finger and wrote his application
In the blood that flowed from the
wound. He was accepted.
The lengths to which the japanese
will 20 to further the cause OF their
Emperor cannot he better explained
than to tell the story OF SaitO OlShzo,
who lived in Chiba prefecture, near
Toxic.
SaitO was a crippled old man Of G3
years. dependent on his nephew. YOshi-
Okla, who visited him morning and
evening and saw that he did not want.
When the war broke ont YoshiOka
received Il pink ticket. his summons as
Il reserve to join the Imperial Body
Guard at Toxic. The young man was
worried about the future of his uncle.
but the old man angrily ordered the
iornger to prepare Immediately to
obey his Emperor's call.
do not hesitate, but leave at once"
was the elders command.
| The next day, when the nephew
went to his uncle's house to say good,
| by. the old man could not be found.
inquiry established the fact that he
had been seen hobbling toward the
| mountains. There, a few hours later
he was found hanging to the limb OF
Il tree. with this message pinned to his
breast Now you can go to serve
your Emperor without anxiety"
| And one of the newspapers that told
this story added: And when the
nephew read the message he went to
the barracks with an unclOuded face.
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