Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-05-10


1t ns a candidate for the judiciary. His
nomination II now regarded as among
the strong probabilities.
Congressman George J.. Foster ana
james Mc.Andrews will be reelected
from their respective districts. as they
deserve to be.
Prince Henry says tile Americans are
not u nation of mere dollar hunters.
The swiftness of the Princes perccp.
tlons Is simply amazing.
Is the fountain of youth to be found
in a berry patch? The Anamese believe
that Strawberries will make old people
young. The theory would raise strong.
or hopes In the average mind were 1t
not that the Anamcse also hold that Il
rabid dog can, by biting the shadow, Of
u man, communicate hydrOphObia to
him. The search for the fOunt must
continue.
The civil service commission seems
determined to OvcrdO the "eXamina-
| tiOn" business. ana In this spirit has
ordered annual examinations of Its own
employees. whether they are up for pro.
motion or not, with the expectation, so
1t Is said, OF securing the adoption of
such u policy throughout the classl.
fled service. The truth Of the matter
Is that the examination" business Is
the least valuable of all the features Of
reform In the civil service. Judged by
Its standard, business veterans would
fail before high school boys ana girls
young enough to be their grandchll.
dren. The only real occasion for an
examination Is upon entering the ser.
vice. Such entry from private life
should be confined to the lower
branches alone. all other places to be
filed by promotion ON efficient SCR
vice.
Does the higher education Of women
tend to increase their power of self-cOn.
trolY A remark bearing upon the ques.
ton is credited to President Thomas OF
Bryn Mawr College. A fire recently de.
strOyed a building In which a number
OF the young women students lived
The president said that II the fire had
occurred twenty-five years ago there
would have been seventy.hve girls In
tears, but mt the time Of the disaster
she did not see one girl weeping.
An Illinois justice has decided that n
mans wife Is entitled to the money
paid for the eggs laid by their hens. Oh
wise judge! Let the old man ana the
old rooster divide their profits; hut tht
lady Is surely entitled to the hen and
the emoluments derived thercfrOm.
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Joe Jefferson ran three.luarters OF q
mile the other day to escape from q
crowd of women who wanted to kis'
him. Eye witnesses say the grand ole
man put up sprint that would have
been wonderful even for professional
~
The fact that England has taker
about S40O, 100000 down to South Afri
ca and burned it up makes the Taxpayer
grunt bit as he gets his shoulder I'M
der the load.
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Mark Twain has bought S5O,OOt
home. Mark has of late scOlded abOu
as much he has been funny. He woult
confer great favor upon the humor
lists all over our broad land by explain
ing whether he got the price Of th'
place by being cross or gay.
An Indiana man has box of cigars
that his wife gave him as Il Christmas
present thirty-nine years ago. III
seems to have ever since been endeavor
ing to jack his courage up to the poin
necessary to tackle them.
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Says Mr.. ID. b. Hill: 1T Is perhaps
difficult to predict how Jefferson, IL III
We're alive to-day, would meet the diffi
culties which we encounter" Simple
old Jeff! He'd have sad time OF Il
these days.
Reports from New York are to the
effect that Mayor Low has about made
up his mind that 1t Is waste OF energy
to try to please all the people all the