Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-11

largely account for improved condi-
tons in these States. In the United
States during the twenty years from
1867 to 1856 there were 32S.716 d.
vorces granted. representing an I'm.
crease Of 1j7 per cent. while the pop
ulation increased little more than CD
per cent. In contrast to this picture 1t |
is interesting to contemplate the d.
vorce statistics of Canada. In the lat. |
ter country slxty.nine divorces were
granted in the thirty-four years be.
tween 1867 and 1901.
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A prince across the water was re.
Gently tried and found guilty of muir.
der. The account which tells of his
crime tells also of his childhood. What
would you expect to find was the story
of that princes life? Would you ex.
pect to be told that when q child he
was playing IN the forest where he
found bird with broken wing, and
tended 1t until 1t could fly awayP
Would you expect that when child
this murderer washed the blood from
dogs crushed foot and nursed the
little fellow back to health? Would
you expect that one who could drive a
knife through mans heart spent his
early days caring for his dumb pets
and doctoring their bruises? The child
that Is tender and thoughtful and hu.
name does not coolly commit murder
when he grows to be a man. The child
that mends a broken wing does not
grow to torture prisoners and mutilate
their living bodies What the unhappy
prince did when he was q boy was to
burn cats alive. tear the toe nails from
dogs. cut of their tails and inflict other
exquisite tortures. Small wonder that
he grew to be murderer. 1t was but
the natural outcome of those sports of
his childhood I'm which he took delight.
Look to the little boy that finds pleas.
ure in abusing dumb animals! Watch
the child that watches pain and suffer.
ing with eager eyes. Those children
are learning to be murderers. Break
up the habit Of cruelty before 1t Is too
late.
Judge Adams. Of the New Jersey
Circuit Court. did not say broadly that
the life Of a boy when 1t comes to
question Of awarding damages Is twice
as valuable as that Of girl. He was
laying down the law as to particular
boy ana a particular girl. and his rea.
sOning appears to be sound. A Jury
had given verdict Of $1,000 In favor
of the father Of boy who was killed
ut grade crossing accident near New.
ark Il year ago. Another jury had re-
turned a verdict of 5000 In favor Of
the father Of girl killed ut the
same time. Both the boy and
the girl were pupils In the Newark
High School. The Judge held that the
$1,000 verdict was not excessive. The
boy was n good scholar. healthy. OF
high promise, endowed with peculiar
aptitude for mechanical construction
which would have made him useful In
his fathers business. The girl. said
the judge. was In good health. was a
promising young woman. and thought
OF becoming a school teacher. IL she
had lived and adopted that profession
she. In all probability. could not have
earned more than $40 month. Fur.
thermOre. while "a woman may be.
come Il bread winner, u man must be
one" Had the girl lived she might
have married instead Of becoming n
bread winner. Therefore. all things
considered. the Judge thought the pc.
tential earning power Of the boy
should he rated mt about double that
Of the girl. Consequently, II the yer.
diet for 5000 were reduced to $1,000
he would let 1t stand. Presumably, II
the boy had been dull. In feeble health,
likely to be burden rather than a
support to his parents, or, II the girl
had been exceptionally giftcd-had a
wonderful voice, for instance-the
Judge would have thought $1,000 toe
much In one case and 5000 not too
much in the other. The life Of the
New Jersey boy was 10 more sacred
than that Of the girl. The mental
suffering of one parent was as great
as that of the other. But the law does
not take mental suffering into consld
Grafton. 1t considers only the cOmpen.
satiOn Of the parent for pecunIary
loss. Tie extent Of the loss must be
governed by the age. condition, and
capacities Of the child.
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In spite Of the long term Of study
and great expense incident upon q
medical education in Germany, the
number Of doctors Is increasing so rap
Idly that the profession 10 becoming
alarmed. The German Association Of
Physicians Is cooperating with the for
eign office to find remunerative places
In other countries for German doctors
In other words. a foreign market Il
sought for the excessive medical prod
uct Of the home industry. There ar'
10000 doctors in Germany. or ab0u
one to every 1900 people. In large
cities statistics show one doctor To-
every 800 Inhabitants. This, t0gethe
with the fact that In Berlin 80 pc
cent of the medical practitioners have
taxable income below STA, inspires
the government with grave alarm. In
cidentally 1t may be remarked tina
the estimate for the total expense o.
securing a medical education and get
, ting fairly established In practice 4
between $1,000 and $1,000. II there 1
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