Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-04

" restored to the farming commune
les. 1t is certain, however. that an
adjustment of the existing false and
abnormal condtons-scarcity on the
farm and ovcrsupply In the towns
would operate To their mutual advant.
ige and benefit. There seems to he
need of a campaign of education and
enlightenment
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n Vermont clergyman. complaining
of the small salaries paid to ministers.
la reported to have said that u man
cannot support sealskin wife on n
income. The answer to that
is that every preacher of the gospel
should make up his mind to he content
with muskrat if it keeps out the wind.
Baltimore las pretty well clcaccd
away the wreckage which its recent
fire produced. Rebuilding has been
somewhat delayed by discussion over
plans for STRENGTHENING which pre-.
sent many difficulties. even after fire
has removed the buildings along tie
line. Wide streets are most economical
ly laid out when n city is new.
Irrigation or navigation? To which
of these uses certain streams shall ne
reserved is becoming serious qucs.
ton In not few regions. Some rivers
can easily serve both purposes. hut
man must choose whether to put 9th
crs before his plow or under his sad
die"
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Some day. perhaps. we will return
TO sane methods in the teaching of chil.
dren. Speed that day. At the present
time the little ones are the victims ol
education gone mad. Their small heads
are troubled with things beyond their
understanding and they are made TO
say things like Il parrot. Fancy little
grammar student of 10 attempting to
diagram Il sentence taken from u his
tory of mythology! And fancy u child
OF . struggling to read ancient history.
with all the lattpr's unpronounceable
names! 1t Is all--all wrong. We are
not teaching children in these days.
we are simply attacking their nervous
systems and racking their undevelope,l
brains.
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Fallen into the hands of the police. n
clever forger pleads. with tears In his
eyes. that he was forced to crime in
order to maintain his position In soci.
ETY.. The thing would be funny were
II not Il serious reflection upon II man
ncr of life all too common nowadays
the habit of many of living beyond
their means in u vain attempt to emu.
late the customs of their richer neigh.
bors. 1t requires but an elementary
knowledge of morals to see that this /.
all wrong. but that the evil In question
is very prevalent all must admit. The
remedy lies in Il return to II more sim
pie manner of living. coupled with the
understanding that n mans importanc,
to society Is not so much u matter oi
dollars and cents rs 1t Is of character
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| People buy magazines almost as FIRE
qucnily and readily Us they buy news
papers. Advertisers pour golden foo,
into the treasury of every mngnzin,
that can sell and any magazine full
Of iiimsy short stories can sell. AZ
consequence. all the good story writer
are being ruined by prosperity. Scarce
~ any of them write anything fit 70
zine has been thoroughly commercial
lied. What we ask for now Is u maya
zine which will not permit It's contrib,
tors to write more than one or tw,
short stories u year, ana will pa,
1000 apiece for them. Some of TIN
magazines should attempt to preserv
literature and not devote all their nj
fectiOns to the soap nd man and tn
summer resort reading public.
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Three notes of praise from Londo
recently should make us congratulate
our British brethren for their grow
ing discernment. Naturally we do nc
congratulate ourselves. for both prid
and lnodesty forbid. One London D,
per chants royalty of the cXcellenc
of the American husband. Another Il,
clEres that Secretary nay IL on" q
the worlds real statesmen. 4 thir
predicts what Franklin predicted fv,
score years agO-and Doctor JOhnsO
| sn, oral M it-thnt tho I'ninn will 4
a quarter of II century rise Ito II pos
ton Of power ana influence to while
history hardly affords 4. parallel"
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Grand Duke Cyril. VINO was lnJure
In the explosion which destroyed tn
Russian warship PetropavlOvsk Il
Port Arthur. was not the only rOyl
person engaged In the war In the cas-
either as u spectator or as II partic
pant. Prince Adalbert. third son q
the German Emperor, is aboard GeI
man warshlp in the China Sea; Gran
Duke Boris of Russia. and Prime
Jayne of Bourbon, son OF the SPANS
pretender. are on the staff of Gener,
KOuropatkin; and Don .Iayme's siste
Princess Alice. Is serving rs II nurs
in the Russian Red Cross Societ!
Prince Louis Napoleon was put !
command of the Russian cavalry. bl
the appointment was Cancelled befol
he joined the army in the east.
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A hammock recently eXhib, ted nj