Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-02-20

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as the Hermitage" from the terraces
of which splendid views can be oh.
section the line Is bor,lcred with yer.
dure. ana the Hermitage IL itself
embowered In greenery. but on pass.
ing this point n sudden change occurs.
| The true nature of the mountain shows
itself without any veneer of vegcta.
ton to cover its ashy sides. Fields of
brown lava stretch away in all di.
| rcctions as the eur mounts to the bot
tom of the funicular railway which
carries the traveller almost to the lip
of the crater itself. A few more PAGES
and one has reached the scene of hOr.
rid activity which buried cities In the
past and may yet bury them IN the
future.
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One Of the most serious problems
| that cOnfrOnts the economic world to-
day Is to keep the young men on the
farms. For many years there has
been Il tendency To congrcgate In the
cities. and to such an extent has this
been carried that al the vocations of
city life have been so Oycrcrow,led
that to-day 1t Is well.nigli impossible
for u stranger to get n foothOld. For
every situation there are IL score of
\ applicants. and the young man who
has no influential friends To render
him aid is indeed unfortunate. We
have long believed that this condition
of affairs would correct itself. one Of
the reasons that our young men have
been 80 willing to leave the old co,in-
try home has been the lack Of country
attractions. This can hardly be said
TO hold good to-day. The trolley car.
Telephone and free rural mail delivery
have wcll.nigh wiped out the distinc.
ti6ns between city and suburban life.
Another powerful factor now working
for the upbuilding of the country life
II the agricultural college. Our young
men are fast learning that farming IL
10 longer the haphazarl business of u
former dny. but IL one Of the most
eXncting and scientific Of pursuits.
with this knowledge comes Il higher re.
|spect for the vocation ana II stronger
desire to enter the industry. The tide
Is thus gradually but surely turning,
and the time II near ut hand when
farming will be held In the same high
regard here that 1t has long been In
England. In that country when II
man achieves financial success he Mt
once seeks u country estate for u
home.
| Here the reverse has long held true.
and the city home has been held up
az the ideal. This false system Of
ethics is'rapidly going to the wall and
II more exalted idea of country life IL
taking its place. Rich and poor alike
are beginning to take to the farm. 1t
IL the ideal spot for a hOmc.-Lewls.
ton Journal.
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The saying Of President Schurman
LOT Cornell University that eleven hours
Of daily study IRE about right for the
student has led to much discussion.
some of which reveals rather con-
Il
mcnt, says the New York World. Most
authorities seem to differ with the
Ithaca scholar. but he IL powerfully
re-enforccd by DR.. George i. Shrndy,
who declares there IL mo such thing
as Overstudy." The SUPPOSED victim
of Ovcrstudy or mental OverwOrk IL
more properly injured by worry, by
/ nj nj lao
working under improper conditions.
All agree that set study hours for
IyOung children should he short. but
the child does not stOIN work after
school His task includes play, con.
stantly varying to develop mind and
body. In this way even the child
puts in more than his eleven hours
work. If the college student studies
his lessons only four hours, works on
u schedule of intercollegiate sports
three hours and "sits into poker
game four hours more, he IL really
studying his eleven hours; more eX'
haustingly, too, than IL the entire time
had been spent ut his books.
} But ~ fellow must have some en-
| IIut, uuV NhV StuttHt
, enjoys his studies. The late Max Mul.
Ter tells us that when II student he
went without sleep one night, took
three hours the next slept as long as
he could the third and Oh the
fourth night began over again with
a vigil. He long retained his mental
freshness because he enjoyed the work
The extreme age to which statesmen
artists ana authors Of the highest rank
have often attained would seem t.
show that very hard and long-contin
ued work which one enjoys IL not in
furious. but the reverse. Men, like
steel tools, rust out quicker than they
wear out.
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Ten cents worth of wheat -four con
tains almost seven times as much ener
gy as 10 cents worth of cabbage. Thus
a lOw-priced article Is not necessarily q
cheap source of nutrients.
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