Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-01-24

ratio Nomination for City Treasurer.
with borrowed money: too many town
OTIS and new sky scrapcrs everywhere
icld at high prices are mOrtgaged 10y
iOminal owners looking for continued
advancing values to Twin
Dut" and too many persons are living
beyond their means In the expectation
hat their income will catch up later.
In short, there has been too much bOr-
rowing nnd credit In 80 seriously In
tlated that shock Of any kind which
would cause sudden demand for the
of these credits might have
consequences.
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Sentiment IL n powerful force. but
when II Is confronted with Il million
and a quarter In ready money 1t some
times gives way. That II what hns
happened In Boston. where the famous
Park Street Church. In which Amer
lea" was first sung. IL to he sold for
that amount. The Westinghouse. with
It's many historic associations. Will be
torn down to give way to II large office
building. and the religious society. en-
lowed with more than II million dol
lars, IL to carry on Its work In diff
fcrent part Of the city.
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Among other things the goods of u
well.knOwn university have sworn or
sliding down the banisters. They will
also fold their napkins and not come
down to breakfast In their stocking
feet. Why wipe out nll the distin-
gushing features Of cOeducation ut
one fell swOOp Surely, one such re-
form n year would be enough.
An authority on the subject says:
~ corn ON the foot Ii IN effort Of
nature to protect the soft tissues Of
the toe from undue pressure. by form
ing a hard or cnllOus substance to re-
ceive It," Then all we can say Ii that
Nature. II 1t considers corn any ire
lief' from anything. Is lnboring under
u mistake.
After nasty glance over the state
ment OF earnings OF the Standard OIL
Company for several years past we
lean slightly toward the conclusion
that the cOmpany's plan for pensiOning
Its aged employees will not force the
concern into bankruptcy for ut least
two years.
Now Il German poet has set his quill
lance against KIpling and declares
that by writing 1.-The Rowers" the En-
glishman has wiped himself from the
memory Of all Germany. Let the poets
fight 1t out and demonstrate for all
time that the pen Is mightier than the
sword.
Oklahoma has a larger population to-
day than any State now In the Union
had ut the time OF its admission and
u population larger than any except
Virginia Of the original thirteen when
they came together to fOrn: n more
perfect union"
1t IL now pretty generally agreed
that laziness. scientifically known as
"ankylostOma." Ii Il disease. 1t Is also
pretty generally agreed that oil Of
birch, mixed with II few drops OF eX-
tract of hustle. IL good for 1t.
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| A club woman proclaims that men
should share In domestic labors-help
to look after the house ana wash the
dishes. But why should club women
insist on men doing something that
they wouldn't do themselves?
Partisan society women now put rub
Der boots on their pet dogs when they
are taken out In the rain. Pity the
case OF the society wOman's pet dog.
What shame must ill its heart when
1t meets other dogs.
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Emperor William Is said to have de-
clared that unless existing govern
ments can stop the growth Of social
ism they must go to the vel. Per-
haps he has Just heard wh'. the So
cialists are organized for
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The army of Morocco Is commanded
by II Scotchman of the name of Mac
Lean. The fact that he seems to be
rather timid indicates that he doesn't
belong to Mary's branch of the fam
lily.
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Failing to make pupils In public
schools better spoilers the Illinois
teachers are In favor Of reforming the
spelling itself. Probably they con-
! slider this the line Of least resistance