Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-02-15

sure, than the value of Our corn or
wheat or cotton production. but likely
to raise an even more valuable crop.
~SA
The Rev. Sam Jones and the Hon.
Pouitney Bigeiow ought to collaborate
OH something. 1t would be sure to bc
a nossy affair.
%eA
The Mississippi man who objects to
being hanged IN company with negro
has succeeded in finding q slipknOt In
the color line
Alphabetical lists of French quota
tions have enabled many n poor stick
to get credit for the possession of won.
dcrful culture.
Bachelors need not point with pride
| to one of their number who died at
the age of 1O2. lie might have lived
year longer had he been u married
man.
~GA
The discovery that there Is a gang
| of countrrfeiters at work In Porto
Rico seems to Indicate that the Amcrl.
canization vi the island Is proceeding
rapidly.
| IL st,,X n
would like to come to the United States,
and that he can't come now, and that
he may come later. Welcome, any time,
Willie!
The Chicago daily News says there
are 10000 people on the earth who
do not know what soap Is. There are
hundreds of small boys on whom the
knowledge has to be forced.
The young mans life was saved by
n package of love letters which he car
ried In his pocket. The bullet which
was intended for him struck the letters.
melted. ana dropped barmlcssly into
his left shoe.
~S
a French inventor has produced a
new voting machine which Is said to
secure secrecy ana accuracy. II may
be that In time enough safeguards can
bc thrown around the ballot to keep
human nature absolutely honest. But
1t Is doubtful.
%cA
Even in the international perspective
the s!ouch hat has become greater than
the crowned head.
Tho success Of u book agent proves
that the truth isn't so mighty ana
doesn't always prevail.
~ceaA
a Boston professor says people may
live to be $50 years old. OF course they
may, but very few of them do.
All the foreign nations are cuddling
up TO us. That Is all right. We are
friendly with nll but not too thick with
any.
%e
II we would see ourselves as others
see us all oculists would have to work
overtime.
~~
II Is said that the ear * Athlete
with the blues; perhaps through fca
Of 'h" Reds. r-<
The bank ut Monte Carlo serves to
show that Il fool continues 70 be born
every minute.
Doctor Nichols list shows In several
places that if one can't buy his way
, into the real smart set" he may stlll
marry in,u 1t.
Now we know why the Sultan of
Turkey Is behind In his running ex.
penses. lie nus been Investing In u
dlnmon,l-stu,lded automobile.
CUBA starts INTO government
with the comforting knowledge that
there IL u soft place to fall II the eX.
pertinent proves unsatisfactory.
~e6A
The policy Of enlightened selfish.
ness may be good one. but what IL
the matter with this more modern pol.
Icy Of unenllghtened selhshncss us II
wOrl,l-bcater.
%~
Mrs. AstOr IL generally looked upon
ns the supreme leader In American so.
ciety. But she isn't happy. she's Il
grandmother. and all the world knows
1t.
~SA
GreNt men often boast of the time
when they worked for 20 cents II day
AMI their board. but no woman who IL
up ever refers to the time when she was
somebody's hired girl.
~oA
The Indians are to have their hair
cut short by the paleface barber, which