Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-07-29

younger generation We have
changed all this. A man Is now young
until he is As and middle aged the rest
of his life. Spinsters don't become old
maids any more They are girls until
30. when they become bachelor maids.
Married women are young at 40. after
which. like their husbands after A.,
they enjoy perennial middle age.
There may be persons scattered here
and there who regard themselves as
old and will submit to he banished, as
the aged of past generations were,
from business. amuscmcnts and So
ciety. but II there be any such their
number Is small and they are all well
past the biblical three score and ten
mark. Prof. Shaler of Harvard re.
CARDS the abolition of old age rs n
sign Of progress. Brutes and savages.
as lie points out. either kill their STU
perannuates or leave them to starve.
On rising from savagery to barbarlsm
men set their aged as a class apart and
revere them for their wisdom and dig
nifty. 1t Is mark of an advance in
civilization when they are "readopted
into the association and are allowed
to go along with the business Of life
In the manner Of other people," They
are allowed nowadays to go along not
only with the business OF life: but also
with Its enjOyments; ana the sum Of
human good and human happiness il
thereby greatly increased. The utility
and happiness Of life depends not
on its length but OH It's average
breadth-nOt On the number Of years.
but on the number Of Its years which
are filled with useful exertion and In.
nOcent pleasure. 1t Is disputed wheth.
or the average length OF life Is increas.
ing. That the abolition OF the old
fashioned ''old age" IL increasing the
average breadth OF 1t seems scarce
open to question.
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The disagreement between Norway
and Sweden eliminated In June, when
Norway seeded from the union. Not
often has the world witnessed the
spectacle Of a nation resolving peace.
ably. and with the best Of feeling TO.
ward its sovereign, that 1t will nv
longer recognize him rs Its titular
ruler. Norway coupled Its declaration
of independence Of King Oscar with
a request to the king to name a prince
OF his own family rs his successor.
That request was denied, and King
Oscar protested against the breach Of
the union with Sweden. by the terias
of the union between the two cOun-
tries. each retained Its own body OF
organic law. The administrative mar.
tiers which concerned both countries
were embodied In a separate docu-
nent which made no reference to the
question Of foreign consuls. the rock
on which the government has split.
On the other hand, the Norwegian
Gruudlov, or constitution, which, pre-.
vlous to the union. the Swedish king
swore to uphold. did cover that matter.
For Il long time the same cOnsuls rep-
resented both nations in foreign cOun.
tries, and the same condition might
st!ll exist had hot difference of fiscal
policies arisen between Norway and
sweden. The one is an advocate, prac-
tically, of free trade. the other main
talns n protective tarifT. IL came
about, therefore, AT any rate, so Nor
way cOntended. that u consul reore-
scnt!ng both countries found il harl
Ia do justice 10 one without doing In.
justice to the Other. Efforts, since
1891, to secure separate consular ser
vice having failed, the Norwegian
S'orthng dissolved the union. The
chief foreign interest In the event
arises from its bearing upon the future
Of Norway in its relation to Russia,
" hlrh has long been supposed to cast
Il covetous eye upon the narrow strip
OF land in northern Norway. which IL
nj! that separates the Cars domains
from the Atlantic Ocean. The inanll-
!ty Of Russia To secure an open port
On the Pacific Is generally supposed to
make that country all the more eager
TO obtain one on the Atlantic.
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Probably one of the best evidences
OF Cuba's capacity for sc.f.govcrn.
ment Is to he found In the fact that
she has resisted all propositions look.
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