Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-12-22

were lost 3S0 steamers and B47 other
vessels. making total OF 1,O3S; 20 on
each day "the ocean swallows on an
average about three ships, a barge,
schooner and steamship" And ut the
end Of the year q monster navy has
been engulfed.
william Dean llowells insists that
genius Is merely another name for hard
work. still, there are many people
who will continue to believe genius Ia a
combination Of good luck and sklllful
advertising.
New York's board Of education has
put Itself on record In opposition to the
new kind Of spelling. This fact Will
cause Brander Matthews to recall the
old proverb concerning the prophet In
his own country.
a Nebraska woman Is seeking her
third divorce from the same man. She
ID simply practlclng what that "triai
marriage" advocate Is preaching.
The Buffalo Times teiis Of boy who
took several ounces Of rough.on.rats
without suffering any evil effects but
1t appears that he worked In u drug
store and took It to n customer.
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Public opinion has brought about the
dissolution OF the British SOAP trust
but In this case public opinion was
backed by public refusal to buy trust
soup.
I'VE have enough railroads now" de.
clares l.. II. Mnrriman. Mr.. Hartman
may have enough. but there are milllo,s
OF us poor people In the country VINO
don't own a single railroad.
We hope It II not true, although II Ia
reported In the daily press OF Boston.
that Gypsy smith," the new revival.
LIST, conducts children's meetings IN
which scores OF little ones Of O years
old and upward are thrown Into an M.
ony Of penitentlal grief. We believe
that every expert psychologist In the
civilized world to-day. many OF them
persons OF orthodox training and be.
lief, hold That such cXcltements are ab.
normal and injurious. They really
come within the scope Of the authority
given to the Society for the Prevention
Of Cruelty to Children. Tho antiquated
Ideas of human depravity involved IN
such an appeal to children are now re.
pudiated by enlightened members Of ali
denominations.
| lcelnndis now connected with Europe
by cable. and the King Of Denmark Is
In direct communication with his sub.
jects on the northern Isle. Gables are
built SO fast that 1t IL difficult to keep
track Of them. There are about two
hundred and fifty thousand miles of me
tallic connection under the seas OF the
world, the average cost of which has
been about u thousand dollars mil >.
4 quarter Of II billion IL u great sum OF
money, yet 1t IL II small price to pay Cor
communication between continents
which send to each other an estimated
total OF six million messages year.
"Story hour" IL u new feature Of II.
brary work among children which has
had marked success ut the Carnegie Ill
brary Of Pittsburg. Children come to
the building at stated times ana listen
to stories told by a skilled narrator. In
Boston the centennial OF the birth OF
Hans Christian Andersen was cello.
brated last year by a gathering Of q
large ana Interested audience Of chill.
dren at the Public Library, to whom a
lady told Andersen stories. 1t IL an
expedlent for providing wholesome en-.
%ertainment for children which might
well be adopted by all cities aud large
towns.
Young men who are wondering what
opportunity the world holds out tn
them when they leave college may be
interested In some figures given In the
latest published report Of the United
States Commissioner of Education. The
commissioner says that since 1900 there
have been created an average Of abou:
a thousand new college professorships
every year. and more than thirteen
hundred new positions In the high
schools and academies. Thus about
twenty-three hundred new teachers
have to be found annually. without
making any allowance for the retire.
ment Of many hundreds Of others on nc.