Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-09-01

for any great length Of time develop
disorders of the digestive organs. lose
weight and suffer IN general health.
The same evils follow the continued use
OF canned fruits and vegetables, and
even more surely the use of stale milk
or eggs. Preseryatives may arrest the
srosser processes of decay. hut they
cannot avert this Intangible deteriora-
ton.
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This settles it. The woman nail driver
has arrived. Let all men stand back
and do Ter reverence. Puttstown, IA.
has tie honor of claiming this prodigy
of the ages. Her name j Mrs. Forest
e. Il. Mehlhouse. But that : unim.
portant. The important thing. uf course
: that she Is undoubtedly tie furerun.
ner OF the finished new woman. Mrs
Muhlhouse drove six c!ght.pcnny nails
into twO-inch plank ia fifteen seconds,
without bending one or wAacking her
thumb. What man could do better:
How many men could do ~ well: Moth.
ing but this sign was wanting that the
new woman is TO be an unqualified sue.
cess. Let the ioke.makors be silent.
Hall to the woman driver Of nails and
everything else.
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Chicago manufacturers who own
iifty.four thousand acres of woodland
IN Missouri have applied TO the Divi.
son of Forestry Of the department of
Agriculture for ADVICE as to how TO
| make the best use Of IL. 1t IL desired to
remove the Understandable timber ana
Increase the producing power Of the
forest, and the government foresters
viii provide a working plan This.
i Is said. Is the first attempt of an
American manufacturing establish.
ment TO apply modern forestry meth.
| DDS in raising timber for It's own use:
but il should not be tie last attempt.
| The man with the az. who chops down
| every tree that stands in his way. has
become national nuisance. II our for.
ests are to be preserved. If they are to
be enlarged. private individuals must
unite TO suppress him. and then coop.
crate cordially with the experts who
work systematically.
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Every day some wise man arises 10
show people with small purses how to
live upon limited amounts. But what
Is really needed Is a philosopher who
raA teach one how TO be economical In
a graceful way. The man who wears
Ills economical heart upon his sleeve
who Is constantly reminding one not OF
bow well he can do with little but OF
how much he could accomplish with
more. Is one who makes poverty ugly
To live upon mush and yet TO be pin
Ing for mushrooms. 10 wear blue Jeans
and TO be signing for black broadclott
Is TO show the seamy side of economy
The wise economist will show how
much more meritorious is musb than
mushrooms and how much superior In
the matter OF durability is jeans than
broadcloth. or course. when poverty
pinches sufferers must scream. but SC
long as this dreaded enemy only ven
lures TO nudge the victim he may bs
treated with dlgnified disdain. or, bet
ter still. with Wholesome hospitality.
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To shorten labor and save time !,
TO lengtLen life. Wien. therefore GU
contemporary. the Haberdasber, pro
poses 10 reduce the burden Of bushes,
correspondence by abolishing "Deal
Sir" and yours Very Truly" il Is pro
posing u reform in the interest of lon
gevi,y. Actual experiment has showI
that II takes a typewriter one hour I,
write the formal words with which
they are opened and closed in q batcl
OF 500 letters. The Haberdasher find,
that on the estimated total annual let
ter mail Of the world, which Is eigh
thousand million pieces, the "Dea,
Slrs' and Yours Very Trulys" ever
If all written 10y machine, would TAX,
the time of one typewriter GOO years
counting 800 days 10 the working year
The cost Of the typewrit!ng thus need
lessly done every year, allowing 81,
per week as the typewr!ters wages. Il
$3,350,OOO. Why not, IL asks. dro,
| 'a'SS bhA"sSs bSsIl
right off, John Smith Il Co." Sa,
what you have 10 say and sign IL ~
Brown Il CO. Why not, indeed? i
a telegram less courteous or efYec,iv,
than letter; But we never use an!
more words in kilograms than arr
needed TO convey our meaning.
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The world loves TO reward It's creo
artists. Mr.. Fitzsimmons, professor O
the manly ART, received about $1,000
for his excellent work at New York re
Gently. And Mr.. Rubin. who also al,
very creditable work at the same place
received some $4,000 for his efforts. !
colored artist named Dixon has, il i
said. been remunerated by the publ
10 the extent Of $4,000 In the cours
of his career. Unfortunately. this gen
rleman has not been thrifty and Is nov
afflicted by penury. All great artist
cannot be saving, but In this particula
line Of art they can all make q goo,
living. Artist Fltzsimmons and Arts
| Rnllin II will D.. nhSarypd hoth r..aiy