Chicago eagle., 1904-10-22

pace 1or tne FOUNTAIN or youth. 1t is
in oneself. One must keep oneself
young inside. SO that while "the outer
man ptrlsheth the inner man is re-
newc1 day by day." When the human
mind ceases to exert itself. when there
Is no longer an active interest I'm the
affairs of this life. when the human
stops reading and thinking and doing
the man. like blasted tree. begins to
die at the top. 1t is the spiritual part
that keeps men alive. Let one give
himself over to the lowest forces of his
nature and he will soon die of animal.
ism. Many man is dead on his feet
and Is only walking about to save
funeral expenses. He has educated his
children. accumulated competence,
accomplished his ideal and he retires
from his labors In order to linger and
die. Death readily accepts the invita-.
ton. Slowly the world is learning the
secret of longevity. And the average
Of the years of human life is being
raised no less by mind habit than by
improved conditions. You are as old
as you think you are Keep the har.
ness on. Your job is not done.
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Twenty years ago Lord Avebury.
who was then Sir John Lubbock, made
for a working mems club list of
what he regarded as the best hundred
books" Not only at the time, but at
frequent periods since then. this list
las been the subject of vigorous criti-
cisms. Discussion has been renewed
by Lord Avebury's recent revision of
his own list. In the matter of these
two lists several things are worth no.
ting. First. Sir John Lubbock. n man
Of great learning and most scholarly
attainments. would naturally be OK.
pected to prepare a list of books in
which there should be nothing cheap
or ephcmeral and that he did. In the
second place. although the books which
he selected are divided among those
which one reads for mental power,
those which one reads for informn.
ton and those which one reads for
plea sure, the number In the first class
Is far the largest; and that. too. al
though the list was intended for un.
learned working men. Thirdly, al.
though the revised list differs slightly
from the first one. 1t does differ. The
books now recommended are all great
books, but there have been omissions
and additions. Doubtless. Sir John
prepared his first list as carefully as
he prepared the revision; but he IL
twenty years older. and some things
which pleased or interested him two
decades ago have lost their hold. while
certain other things have taken their
place In his life. So 1t IL with most
Of us. The mental food which pleases
today. like the physical nourishment
we take. may seem insipid tomorrow: !:
nor can we ever be sure that our own
feast is not our nelghbor's famine. We
can. however. be sure of this: that Ger.
tain books are as necessary to the
strengthening Of the mind as bread and
meat are to the body, and that neither
scholar nor working man can afford to
do without them.
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The present government Of Russia.
according to all testimony, Is as vicious
In practice as In principle. Its chief
Is n weak and vacillatlng man who Is
incapable of a settled policy. First one
palace cabal and then another Is In
control. Corruption Is the rule In all
departments of the vast bureaucracy.
1t is dishonesty and inetiiclcncy ut
home rather than lack OF valOr In Man.
churla which brought disaster to the
Russian arms. \ group Of reactlOnary
mobiles. aided by a reactionary church,
Is In power. and Is using II not for the
Gear or for Russia, but for the per.
sonal cnrlchm, mt of Its members. Man
ifestly such regime contains In Itself
| the seeds of Its own ending.
The test of the hnbitual criminal IL
the lack of response to reformative In.
| tiucnccs. The beginner In crime, what.
ever his temperament or his apparent
hardness OF heart, Is entitled to ut
least one opportunity to show whether
| he Is thus amcnablc to rcfOrmntOry In
fuences or not. II not and he persists
| in criminal action. the interest of So
| clety would seem TO demand the inde-
| terminate sentence ana he must be
made to understand that, having for
feited his chance to shape his own Gu
reer. he belongs to the State, and that
whether his Imprisonment lasts for u
shorter or longer period depends upon
himself
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Skilled labor Is generally able to
change its base when the desire awak-
ems, but few craftsmen can see so
much Of the country rs expert fruit.
packers do They begin their year in
Georgia. for instance, where the peach
season comes in June. From the south
of the State they go to the north; then
to Arkansas ana Missouri; later to
Michigan and to the mountain districts
of western Marylund; finally to Cali
fornia and Florida, and thence round
| to Georgia again. MetaphOrlcally,
cherries are ripe ut every season
somewhere in this fortunate land. ana
he should be happy man who, even
in the way Of business, can keep per-
petually in touch with the beauty and
luXurlance of harvest.
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| 1t cannot be said that we are pas
torul people. For the first time In the
| history of the country the value of