Chicago eagle., 1904-02-06

II will tcacl, To the rising generation
geography. history ani patriotism.
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eA0LETS.
Now that the attention of the world
has been turned To the necessity for
frr prooiing both IN the home and in
places of public nssrnIblagc. the pub
lie Is deeply Interested In tho products
of such firms as the National Fire
Proof Paint corporation at whose
place of business on Franklin street
near Washington. there is u practical
test Ia bc seen every day. of the value
Of its product. The value of the Nh.
tioiial Fire Proof Paint lies In the fact
that 10y its use in covering woodwork.
the application of fire. coming In CON
tact with II. is confined and prevent.
ed from spreading. the effect being that
the wood will cliar at the source OF
the blaze, but Is absolutely confined to
that point. The paint Is ready for
Use, the fire prooiing quality being In.
crt and dormant until brought into life
by an actual application of fire.
The plcturcsuuemss Of shipping sur.
fcred from the Introduction of steam
IN place of sails. and has further dc.
clincd since the 'fOrc-and.aftcr' has
| superseded the sp,lare.rigged craft.
| Still another change Is taking place
the loss of topmasts. The experiment
has been made successfully on the Ia.
ciiic coast, and Is being made ON the
Atlantic scaboard. \ new fOur.mast.
cd schooner, lately launched at Mystic.
Conn. has no topmasts. The reason
for the change Is the same as that
| which has made the other mOdilicu.
| tions--ccOnOmy. Fewer men can han.
die u schooner without tOpulasts, and
the tolsalls which are thus abolished
are said not to he worth the additional
original cost aud the expense Of hand.
ling.
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More than 1000 people were killed
outright and about 5000 injured In
railroad wrecks last year. \ great
many of these accidents were caused
by carelessicss or inattention to duty
On the part of railway employees. par.
ticulnrly IN their failure to see signals
or To regard them. Some of the
wrecks We're caused by fast running
In IN effort to make up lost time. \
Western road has traced Il number of
accidents on It's line to the causes
stated and Is making Il cOmnondn bic
effort To safeguard It's patrons by pro
hibiting the making up of lost time OF
trains and by tests to determine the
alrrlnrss Of irainmen In lOOki ing out
for signal lights. lf the example OF
this road should he followed by all
the big lines II should result In de-
companyins fatalities.
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Advocates Of shortening the college
course 10 three years, or even to tw,
years, have sometimes urged th,
change on the ground that the avcrag,
age Of students NJ graduation Is great
cr than 1t was nifty years ago. \ pro
f"sSor in Columbia University thought
that, aside from its relation 10 the dis
cuSsion about the college course, II
would he interesting 10 lind out whcth
cr this was true or not. Accordingly
he examined the records of clever
prominent universities ana colleges IN
the East and middle West, ana dis
covered that the average age of Tho
graduates in the decade between lSJC
ana 1860 was twcnty-thrcc years and
one and thrcc-tenths months. In the
decade from 1870 To 1890 the aycrng,
| was twrnty-thr"r years and one Hnd
ninr-tCnths months. When one com
parcs the list of subjects which the
students studied fifty years ago Will
that which they study to-day one il
! Inclined 10 respect the capacity of tn,
modern young man. There has beeI
no deterioration of Intellect, else the
average age AT graduation would Dc
much higher.
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Juggling for millions, as it Is per
formed by trust experts, deserves the
reception which is following the eX
pOsurcS, Turning water into money is
safer than selling gold bricks, because
the trust manlpulators purchase the
ahlcst legal talent. Morally, between
such performances ana easy-marh
thlcying schemes there Is no difference
| says Golfers Weekly. When the elev
cnth commandment or ",IhOu shalt not
be found out" Is broken by these yora