Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1910-03-26

TurcOman1 consider theft honorable,
and pay honor to the memories of
noted robbers. Our own primitive saw.
ages held horse.sealing and scalp-lift.
ing to be not only praiseworthy, but
the tests of manhood and qualities OF
leadership. The ancient Egyptians
prided themselves on their skill in ly.
ing, but they were mere pikers in this
art beside some of the modern devo.
tees of high finance. There is much
in human history to Justify the doc.
trine of original sin. Our virtues seem
to be acquired qualities, begot by pa
cient and painful endeavor, through
imitation of the example of the better
specimens Of the race and the teach.
ings of the illuminate. Men have
stoned their prophets in all ages, but
they have nevertheless profited by
their instructions. The same process
Is going on to-day. We of this genera.
ton are starting from higher ground,
but we are climbing no less surely
than did our remote ancestors. Per-
haps the most notable feature Of the
day Is the tendency to be dissatisfied
with mere abstract morality and to in.
sist upon its manifestation and appli.
cation in the concrete. The people are
demanding higher standards in bust.
ness, finance and industry. High ideals
alone are not satisfying. There must
be high living as well as high think.
ing. The popular Impotence with ex.
listing evils Is shown in the numerous
efforts to correct them by statutory en-.
actment.
What does It matter how old man
Is or what the age Of woman Is II
they wish to marry? What have
years to do with love and that felicity
that comes from the tying Of the nup.
tial knot? DR.. Johnsons wife was
more than twenty years his senior,
and Shakespeare's spouse was old
enough to be his mother. They were
happy. and why should not those who
follow their example in these days also
find connubial joys? 1t Is getting t.
be the fashion nowadays. this mating
Of December and May. Recently a
wealthy woman Of Hartford made
plans for marrying schoolboy at New
Haven. She was about 20 and he
about 20. and her children and gran !.
children. when they heard about It.
went to the courts and said she was
crazy. But the judges knew otherwise.
and set her free and let her continue
mistress Of her own fortune. Then
there was the lady Of noted Ameri.
can family who lived In her mansion
on the Hudson. For sixty.eight years
she iiad lived alone. ana then she ma.
ried her hostler, aged "a. What Of
that? Shall o woman who has ..ssd
nearly threescore years and ten and
still Ii an old maid continue so until
her death?
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ironing linen has q greater eiiec,
than IL commonly believed. Al che
temperature OF the iron may greatly
exceed 266 degrees Fahrenheit II mas
been suggested that the process Vi
ironing may sufiice to slerilize surgical
dressings and hence be Of valuable
service, especially In rural districts
and elsewhere. In the absence OF dis
injecting ovens and sterilizers. Near.
ly all microbes can be killed by a
sufficiently long application OF q tenn
perature OF 1853 degrees Fahrenheit
but temperature Of 266 degrees
Fahrenheit Ia required to kill certain
spores Of bacteria and to produce alb.
solutely complete sterilization. 1t has
been proved by experiment that It IL
possible to disinfect clothing very sat.