Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-11-14

j &c uuTuCT Ill tIut way
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'Our Lady of the SHOWS" on the
other side of the border. should reflect
that she still has more territory than
she can populate in the next hundred
years.
1t looks us il the plain. old-fashioned
law against obtaining money under
false prctenses ought to operate
against promoters of some of the re-
cent deals in high finance"
If a horse can trvt "a nile In 1.J0h
when hitched to a four.wheeled vehi
Gle. though he cant do better than 300
minutes when pulling Il sulky. what
might he do If they would hitch him
to Il six.wheeled wagon?
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The New York Medical Journal has
coined new word. 'ergophobia." sig
nifying horror of labor. 1t is hardly
needed in these strenuous times when
those most hostile 10 work work the
hardest to shirk work.
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A New York house mas recently
taken an order for twenty elevators
for installation In u London hotel. Who
says that Americans are not doing
their share for the uplifting In the
world?
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That New York boy who spent nine
years In prison when he had commit.
ted no crime should be In Il position to
tell us clearly touching one of our
ways Of turning out finished criminals.
The magazines tnat have been zeal
ously searching for the ''secret Of sue
cess" will observe that 1t consists In
getting the other fellows money with.
out giving him an equivalent.
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The new counterfeit $40 bill has the
figures printed In pink instead of cur.
mine ink. 10 there's no excuse for be.
ing caught with pink monej unless you
are color blind.
A Paris statistician has figured out
that the Car Of Russia receives az
wages" $S1 a minute. But 1t In prob
ably worth that to put In twenty. -four
hours day side.stepping nihilists.
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Higher education IL getting harder
every day. II u student falls behind
In his studies he cannot play football
and II he fails ut football he might u,
well go home.
DIR. Harper expresses sympathy fO
the Sultan. II the little skates VIII,
jump on Abdul or on DR.. Harper ha,
even tried to run decaylng empir,
or n growing university. they nigh
know what II was to tackle q YER,
fierce and thankless task.
| a California man was freed fol
three hours the other dry by wild
bonr. Many II city man has u Longer
session In his office with the domestic
variety.
The Boston GlODe says that the An
gor1 goat IL more valuable than til,
Angora cut. And besides that, yOl
know where to lind the govt after |
y. IN.
a correspondent complains that tn,
newspapers contain too much about
grating and are making him tired
The grafters feel the same way abou
II.
The dead.letter Oilice has Its share II
the increased business Of this periot
Of prosperity. From the letters which
were opened during the last year nearly
nifty thousand dollars rolled out, be
sides valuable commercial paper ant
two hundred thousand photographs. 3,
far as possible everything was return
ed to Its owner.
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what Is the size OF mis- hat?" IL ,
familiar, although somewhat slangy
method OF inquiring US to mans brail
capacity. a certain church which de
sires pastor specifies the qualitie
he should possess In terms which sug
gest the question, "What IL the dis
placement OF his last !" He must hay
II good, clear head, a warm. lovinl
heart, and '"bIg feet. well planted OF
the solid ground Of common sense"
Shakespeare's Hamlet" was frs
published In 1908, the year OF the nc
cessiOn Of james ]. to the Englisl
throne, AS the queen was Il Dane
Il play with Dane for hero wa
sure to be popular. Three hundre,
years later. II Danish queen again be
ing on the throne, the Danish admin
crs Of Shakespeare are planning to III
veil statue of the playwright In Els
more. This will not be the first statu
of the world poet to be erected Outsid
Of England. His etiigy adorns cities i
France, Germany ana the Unite,
States, and may be found in many o
the British colonies.
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One of the most demoraliZing praC
tices among wage earners Is that o
| "splliug time" otherwise spcuriuo loan