Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-11-11

world--not merely big tasks--common.
everyday work. And some do more
Than their share because so many
shirk There arc tired. r-wrought
souls who break under the strain be.
cause so many lean upon them. Is
there some willing man near you who
X lifting more than his share of the
load? Roll up your sleeves and give
him Il lift. Is there some tired. worn.
nervous woman upon whom--for
shamc.--you have leaned too long?
Turn In and help the overtazevd brave
one. Quit leaning. Lift!
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In spite of the standing joke about
the weather man, 1t is probable that
for every dollar spent on the weather
bureau $40 are saved. At the time of
the Mississippi flood of 1897 $1,000
GOO worth of live stock and other valu-
| able property were saved as result
of warnings issued week ahead.
Signals displayed for single hurri.
cane have detained in port vessels val.
ucd. with the cargoes. ut S2OOOOOOO.
The West Indian stations, established
In 1903. informs us of hurricanes as
soon as they begin. The course of the
hurricane that caused the Galveston
Hood was charted for week before &
struck our shorcs--for hurricanes
move slowly. Eighty-five per cent of
the forecasts now come true. and by
the aid Of rural free delivery 25.OOO.-
600 forecast cards were distributed
last year to farmers, many Of whom
could not have had them five years
ago.
L.. W. Ferguson has made a splcn-
did success as western manager of the
great Davis Colliery Company. Mr.. Fer.
grson's personal popularity as well as
his excellent business methods have
told for themselves In the great and
increasing growth of the business of
the concern of which he Is such an
efficient manager.
How much the American Banking
Association has done to protect the
public from professional bank robbers
was recently brought out In a state
ihcnt made ny the secretary of the pro.
tectivc department. The work of this
department Is the relentless pursuit
and prosecution of bank burglars. It
employs It's own detectives and its own
lawyers. ana keeps funds constantly
on hand for all necessary expenses. so
great il It's reputation for hunting
down burglars aud securing their pun.
ishmcnt that attempts upon the vaults
of banks belonging TO the association
| have now become exceedingly rare.
, Although II has been In existence only
ten years. Il has helped to convict
more than two hundred burglars.
about the same number Of forgers ana
other swlndlcrs, and has secured sen.
fences aggregatlng some three thou.
sand years.
Mr.. William Clark, OF Necedah, Wis.
Ii the owner of several hundred acres
Of lands. wild and improved, In the
best hunting. fishing and summcrlng
localities In Wisconsin. Those desiring
either permanent or temporary loca.
lions In the most delightful portions OF
, Wisconsin, should call upon william
, Clark, Gin House. Necedah, Wis.
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II IL probably true that there Ii no
/ general ana aggressive antl-Americnn
and anti Christian movement In Ja.
, pun. 1t II equally true. however. that
sporadic demonstrations have mani.
Tested that certain proportion Of the
population have no love for Americans
md Christians. The cxigcncles Of
d diplomacy may put u smiling face
- upon the matter. but the fnct remains
- that Christian churches were burned
I and American visitors stoned In the
!. streets during the riots ut Toxic. The
o people who did the burning ana the
stoning may not have represented tho
\ best clmcnt of the Japanese. but they
Y certainly represented u considerable
o proportion of the population or they
o would not have been able to carry out
u their riOtOus designs. All the fine
u phrases that can DO framed will not
Q serve to annihilate facts.
J. ~0~
Not long ago, says u well.knOwn
J. university graduate, an old New Eng.
y land preparatory school found itself
SO OvercrOwded that Its income would
= not meet expenses. 1t was proposed
" to raise the tuition. u measure that
!" would have solved the financial din
~ Guilty, but would have shut out boys
of limited means, such rs before had
" been able to work their way through
and We're now among the best gradu
ates OF the school. The cry went Out
NJ to increase the endowment for thu
(. sake of the poor boys. II shall re-
n spond," said one rich graduate. who
N had growing family, mot SO much OF
Is the poor boys account rs to try t.
u. save alive ut least one school where
ID rich mans son can get to know sOml
Q. boys who are not exactly In the sam,
4 general case rs himself. don't wan,
10 my boys to go to school and then
O. to college with the same lot of mates
n and come to grOwn.up years thinking
D. that their kind is the only kind wOrtl
K. | knowing"