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

feelings Of those commanders WEo
think they don't receive Il sufficient
amount Of noise.
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An Eastern preacher has become
tramp 20 gain new impressions. II
some energetic railroad man ever
catches linn stealing ride al least one
Of the impressions is likely TO be that
of boot heel.
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\ man whose wife wants MIN 10 set
4 divorce so that she can marry an
other fellow refuse. to do so. saying she
must suffer for her sins. The other
man" seems to he having all iae best
of It in this mix.up.
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John II. Rockefeller's income is SIGH.
3s3 per day. The odd cents are not
given. These odd cents represent what
Mr.. Rockefeller sats-crackers ana
milk. He has bad stomach ana con.
fines himself to that diet. Money can.
not buy health.
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Handwriting experts are themselves
the ones TO abolish their testimony
farces. for they have placed prohibitive
tariff on their services. Now, II the
insanity specialists would follow THIS
example Judges. lawyers ana the pun.
lie generally would be vastly relieved.
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A Philadelphia clergyman says ne
has observed that persons who 80 10
sleep in church are always very VIDE
awake at baseball game. Very true
good dominic. but you must not lose
sight of the fact that the crazy root
ers keep up such racket NJ baii
game that 1t Is utterly impossible Tor
a humble Christian to enjoy nap dur.
Ing services.
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Baron Russell OF Killowcn. Lord
Chief Justice of England. was a great
lawyer in the largest sense OF the term
and he was man of great attachments
outside of his profession. An freshman
by birth. he inherited the wit OF the
Celt and Joined 10 IL the dcliberative
faculties OF the Englishman. The COM
bination made him almost irresisupie
NJ the bar and luminous on the bench
lie was worthy successor TO the Ions
line of illustrious jurists who have been
chief justice Of England.
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In 1900 the proportion winch the
population of the towns OF 5000 inhaD'
!,anrs or over bore TO the aggregate
population OF the United States was
3.35 per cent. BY 1910 this proportion
had increased TO So per cent. In 1870
II was 2O.93, and in 1880 1t was 900
II will undoubtedly lie considerably
over 80 per cent In 1000, and probably
II will be in the ne!ghborhood OF ~
per cent. 80 that NJ present about q
third Of the aggregate population OF
the United States reside in towns OF
5000 Inhabitants or over.
A Western railroad Is said TO be ahou,
TO change the name brakeman on IT.
passenger trains 10 assistant conduc'
tor" since in these days Of pneumatic
brakes the new term more properly de-
scribes the duties TO be performed
However this may turn out, the fact re-
mains that many positions In life retain
name long after II has ceased TO de-
scribe the real work of its occupant
For example, we call man who sells
meat butcher, although he may never
have been inside q slaughter-house, mol
slain so much as a chicken.
The first census returns 10 come In
show that the most rapid growth OF the
last ten years has been in the border
land about the big cities-just outside
the heart Of the town. but not fan
enough 10 be in the country. The troll
ley ear is probably responsible for this
development. 1t has made possible the
thick peopliIg of land which was FOR
merly too far ont for the homes of per
sons whose daily work was in the city
Anything that reduces the pressure
upon land in the great cities Is TO bt
welcomed, for fresh air and sunlight
are the prime necessarles OF life.
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Mr.. Dooley. with his usual penctra
ton Of the motives of human conduct
observes of the "arpychists," that wba
they want il 10 get their pitchers IL
the paaapers, an they can't do IL b'
wlIeelln' bananas through the sthreeti
or milkn' n cow so they 20 out an XII
a king. II they was no newspapers,
adds the philosopher, they'd be few
arnychists." Another philosopher, lest
calm in his judgment but occasionally
right, expresses similar idea in more
! elaborate style. There Is only on,
measure which might help 10 lessen III,
danger Of the spread OF the epidemic OF
assassination" writes w. T. Stead
and that Is a Draconian cdict forbid
ding, under severe penalties, the publ
cation Of any details of the personalit!
or history OF an assassin Undoubted
! ~ the IOtOrlcty they are sure Il
achieve, the glory OF having startled
the world may be strong !nducemen
10 many men 10 enter upon fatal enter
prises OF this kind. If he were assured
Of oblivion rather than Of fame, th'
role Of a regicide would be less attract
i've.
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