Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-10-02


twirl for Niesen's men.
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The appearance Of that dreadful dis.
ease, pellagra, at the Peoria insane
asylum, would seem to indicate q gen.
eral disregard for the health Of the
poor inmates. The authorities say
that 1t was caused by feeding "mouldy
corn" to the insane. Both this, and
the outbreak of the same disease at
Dunning, is a blight on our civiliza-
tion. Yet nothing Is done towards
Furnishing the guilty parties.
People who are bowling for an In.
come tax will change their tune II
they get one. The rich will escape
as usual. by perjury, while the poor
will have to pay.
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No umpire was ever mobbed for let.
ting the home team win.
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The coat may not make the man.
but It often helps him to make blum.
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One way to forget your financial
troubles ia to figure the cost Of the
Panama Canal.
The airship man declines to be
called chauffeur. He claims to be q
professor Of aviation.
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Be particular IN examining your
| $500 bills. A dangerous counterfeit Of
that denomination Is reported.
Emma Goldman makes 1t plain that
she will not stop talking 30 long as
there are any words In the dictionary.
The north pole. It seems. was located
on the shifting Ice. Every explorer
must watch his own pole. No respon.
sibility for lost poles!
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Doubling Thomases who discredit
DR.. Cooks story can ask Santa Claus
for corroborative testimony when he
makes his annual call.
Scientists say the north pole doesn't
remain at the same place. but wobbles
within Q radius OF thirty feet Per.
haps this accounts for the fact that
It has staggered 20 many explorers.
The nrst anniversary Of the grant
Ing Of constitution was observed -
q holiday In Turkey ON July 2S. and in
Constantinople the Sultan reviewed
ifteen thousand troops before the Hin
Of Liberty. The anniversary. coming
exactly q century and third after the
notable July day Of America. may
mean % much In Turkish history.
| Not the least among the legal scan.
dals Of the day IL the inquiry into the
sanity Of Harry Thaw. recently In
progress In New York. Il 10 q mere
commonplace to say that II this young
criminal had been q poor man he
would now be where the wicked cease
from troubling. but surely the fact Of
his wealth and social position should
be no excuse for making him one Of
the permanent institutions of the
country. In these matters Of Grim.
inal insanity we might do worse than
adopt the English system. The MUIR
derer who Ia saved from punishment
on the ground of insanity Is confined
In q criminal lunatic asylum during
his majesty's pleasure" and It Is his
majesty's pleasure that he shall re-
main there for the rest of his natural
life. He never emerges again and
there are no judicial inquiries to pro-
; vide fat fees for attorneys or sensa'
; tions for society. The idea that man
who committed q savage murder two
or three years ago. and who was then
morally innocent on the ground Of In
sanity. may now have recovered his
sanity 30 as no longer to be q terror
to his associates is too puerile for con
sideration. Equally ludicrous is the
idea that Q Judge. or indeed any hu
man being. can determine whether OF
not he has 30 recovered his moral re-
sponsibility. The man who has once
D committed murder under the stress o
!. insanity may do 80 again. says the Sar
, Francisco Argonaut. and It Is hard Il
resist the popular opinion that tn,
inquiry In New York was merely ont
Of the preltMinaries to this yodhi
. mans release. The attempt may b.
! unsuccessful this time. but one day ",
shall awake to the unpalatable fac
that Harry Thaw ID once more ct lib
erty to wreak his vengeance upol
! whomsoever he will.
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