Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-12-19

bloodcd she was in keeping count. 1t Is
highly probable that he didn't get his
moneys worth.
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1t may be necessary tor young Mr..
Rockefeller to address his Bible class
by means of the phonograph. Disagree.
able interruptions could thus he shut
Off.
a Utah man thinks he has solved the
airship problem. He will know better
IL hc ever wakes up after the bump.
Now that we have been awarded
Kunnughunnut Island. what shall we
do with It? Let the Pullmans use the
name to adorn the polished panel Of u
car.
Information comes from scientific
sources that number Of extinct nni-
mails IRE still living" The wonders of
science grow more and more marvel.
GUS.
No true novelist allows his hero to
patronizc an elevator II the building Is
equipped with tirc.escape.
\ Lancaster, Pa, man hns sued for
divorce after being henpecked for thir.
ty years. This Is only another proof
that Jobs record for patience will re.
main unbeatcn forever.
China's empress dOwager Is going to
spend $S,OOO,OOO In building temples to
the gods of peace. Captain HobsOn
will regard this us II shameful waste Of
money.
One-twelfth Of the estimated wealth
of the United States Is represented ut
the meeting Of the board Of directors
Of the United States Steel Corporation
when all the directors are present.
They also represent 300 other coinpan.
les. operating One-half of the railroad
mileage In the country. ana control cor
pOratlOns whose aggregate capitalism
tiOn Is $0,OOO,OOO.
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The Duke of ROXburghc Is said to be
so hugely disgustesi with Americans
that he has no desire 10 return to this
country. OF course the Duke reserves
an exception In the ease of one fair
American. But he may dismiss from
his mind any fear that naval expe.
dtion will he sent to bring him back
to America, deeply as his absence may
be dcplOred. So long as he keeps on
the right side of eXtradition laws, he
Is quite safe.
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The Commissioner of Education In
Porto Rico says that the Porto Rican
will work harder to pay n debt than
to get like amount Of money ahead,
whereas the opposite is true of the
average American. This, according to
the commissioner illustrates n differ
encc In racial character which crops
out in many ways. The Porto Rican
way reveals Il high sense of honor,
the American a consuming desire ito
get ahead" In the world. which, of
course, he cannot do until after he has
paid his debts.
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\ London doctor examined the teeth
of several thousand people of the
poorer classes applying at his hospital
for treatment. or all those thousands
Of sets of teeth he found only one set
In anything like good cOndition-and
they were almost perfect. Yet their
owner lived upon the same kind of
food and took the same care of his
teeth--that Is, no care at all. The eX-
planation lay In the fact that the man
had Il peculiar misfOrmatiOn Of the
jaws and throat which made it i'm
possible for him to get food down eX-
cept by chewing ana swallowing a
little at a time. And further, this
mans general condition was far ahead
Of that of the others examined No
doubt, we do eat too much, and too
often, and too recklessly. 8ut worse
than quantity or quality Is the almost
universal failure to chew. Chewing
the food comes nearer to being the
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