Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-08-01
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Some men talk most of the first dol.
lar they ever earned. but they think
oftenest of the first dollar they ever
spent
When after acquiring sudden wealth
man ceases to recognize his friends
they escape the tiresome stories of his
early struggles.
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1t is reported that the sultan of Tur.
key has been afraid. since the assas.
sination of King Alexander, to appear
In the streets of his capital. What u
sweet satisfaction 1t must be to rule
like that.
The decisions of q Brooklyn magis-
trate that for one woman to call an.
other an old maid Is a serious case of
disorderly conduct Increases the swell.
Ing ranks OF our Dogberrys by one
shining member.
"'Tis a rule Of manners to avoid ex.
aggeration." said Emerson. The Con-
cord philosopher might be inclined to
make the remark with fresh emphasis
were he here to comment on some re.
cent charGcterizations Of him.
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In Tennessee the other day q step
father had his skull cleft by his l3.year-
old stcpdaughter for chastising her
brother. What Is the moral-dOn't
have stepchildren. don't chastisc them.
or don't live In Tennessee?
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Over In Paris some of the fashion.
able people put goggles OH their dogs
and take them automobillng. 1t Is
said that the fashionable people can
generally be distinguished from the
dogs because the latter AS a rule are
smaller.
a long, rcd steer with bloodshot eyes
and wlde-sprcading horns was the
charger Oh which Wyoming cowboy
exhibited his hOrsemaiiship before the
President. II the sport was charac.
teristically American, SO was Mr..
RoOsevelt's dry comment. "a quiet
and satisfying amusement for Il gen.
tlemen Of sedentary habits" he re.
marked.
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The term n brilliant man" takes on
a new meaning. Professor Goodspccd
Of the University OF Pennsylvania has
discovered that the human body gives
of light enough to affect Photographic
plates used in N.ray work. There
seems to be something more than
poetic fiction in the idea of the lover
that he basks In the light Of his lady's
eyes.
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Are tho times accursed? One can
scarcely pick up u newspaper without
seeing an account Of some terrible
tragedy. Railroad wrecks. floods,
clOudbursts, forest fires, mine eXplO.
siOns, elevator accidents, murders and
lynchings have followed each other In
rapid and terrible procession, until II
would seem that some evil influence
were ut work to make 1908 memorable
for Its bloody record.
At the last meeting OF the AnthropO,
logical Society, AinswOrth Is. spotfortl
read an interesting paper on "rhe
Folklore Of Popular Sayings" Among
other things Mr.. SpotfOrd showed how
large number OF wise saws ana say.
ings attributed to great men Of the
seventeenth, eighteenth ana nineteenth
centuries were uttered In somewhat
different form by the great men OF
Greece ana Rome. ana also how a
great many other popular sayings had
been twisted, garbled and misquotcd
lie took as an example the expires.
sion, In time of peace prepare for
war" This he said. was attributed
TO George Washington, but what the
Father OF His Country really said was
ITO he prepared for war Is the mos,
effectual means of preserving peace
1t Is not so long ago that the hOrs,
was said to be losing prestige rs Il
tanned or wild and untamed spirit OF
the road, since the bicycle had beer
found to equal him In being good
family steed. While the automobile
was able to kick, balk or run away
Just as vlciously or dlsastrously Il
good many people prophcslod that the
day of the horses value, except fol
utility, was over. Man has liking for
combat and danger, and the cOnques,
Of Il melted horse was once an unfall
ing prescription for liver complaint
That was before the days of machine
made horses, however, ana when horst
thieves stole horses instead of bicycles
Horse stealing went out Of fashion d
good many years ago. ana seems likely
never to resume its old vogue, although
not long ago to have ridden away
with 1O5 horses at one swlpc. 1t must
be comfort to automobile owners
that wholesale steal of these to the
extent of lO5 is not likely. In this re
spect the machine Is ahead of the
horse. Yet the horse Is to be with II,
as friend and JOY, after all tho
Iouht nhout him pnatrv WAS mt svm