Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-02-28

or NOrw0y's open ports on the ocean.
has been completed. For two hundred
and thirty miles. or nearly its whole
length. the road lies north of the Arctic
circle. 1t has u station on that mag
mary line. and as the trains approach
1t the brakeman calls out: Next stop
is Polar Circlc" and the passengers
alight and telegraph to their friends
from this Interesting spot. The road
would not have been extended but for
the fact that the Gulf of BOthnia
freezes over In the winter making It
impossible to ship ore for more than
four or five months each year. Now
Germany and England can get Swed.
ish ore every month.
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In the yard Of jacob Abbott's conn.
try home. favOrite playground for
his grandchildren and their friends.
stood II square stone bearing this mo-
ticc: IF any child gets cross and sulky
and cries, he can go and sit on the cry
ing stone just as long us he wants to.
and cry 1t out" SO whenever boy or
girl did sulk. DIR. Lyman Abbott re-
cords. all the rest of the children would
camOr. ITO the crying stone! to the
crying stOne!' and seldom did any child
take advantage of that place prOvid-
ed. There are grown people who vol
UNFAIRLY put themselves in such dole.
full prominence that one longs to try
the effect Of n public crying stone on
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place and ordered to "cry 1t out" they
might be shamed into reforming their
dispositions.
There is a great tendency In the
present time towards eager pursuit of
luxurious living. Every man seems
striining every nerve to Guido some
one else In snowy appearance. He
builds his house. not for comfort and
convenience. but to have It cost more
and make more imposing appearance
than his neighbour. Dress. furnishing,
equipages. style of living or giving of
cntertainments urc all based upon how
they will strike other people rather
than what will crafty ones own Der.
sOnal tastes. II we would have a more
real foundation to our prosperity as a
mutton we need to seek greater sim.
plicity in our lives.
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1t Is much easier 10 SAY kind things"
than to come out boldly OH questions
which concern the public veal. Say.
Ing kind things" il well enough. but
there are occasions when the incaly.
mOuthcd person becomes tiresOne to
everybody.
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Hon. John Il. Owens. the present
bright and able young City Attorney.
will undoubtedly DO renOminatcd and
reelected to the position which he has
so well filed for almost two years.
Under the direction ana management
Of Mr. Owens. the clty's law business
has been conducted In n manner nbsO-
lutely above criticism Careful. pains
taking. absolutely upright and honor
able In his methods. Mr.. Owens has
made II model city official
Vote for Captain John G.. Dalton and
against Palmer ana his $1,000 license
foe.
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The nomination and election of Cap
tain John &. Dalton for Alderman of
the Twenty.iirst Ward will he Il blow
nj blup laws
What would be the next move after
the passage of the Palmer Harrison
$1,000 saloon license ordinance? Would
we have the right of the poor man to
his glass of beer prohibited. while the
rich could pntrOnixe such palatinl re-
sorts rs the Palmer House bar?
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Only thirty days more of Harrison rs
Mayor.
Captain John &. Dalton Is making u
splendid campaign for the Democratic
nomination for Alderman In the Tween.
ty-tirst Ward. All the Indications point
to II sweeping victory for him over the
Ingrates' Union.
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The people are with Captain John &.
Dalton In the Twenty.fil~t Ward; the
payroll brigade IL with his opponent,
hut the people are more numerous than
the Jobholders In the Twenty. first, nj.
though that ward has its share Of the
latter.
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Greene Stewart IL one Of the men
public office has often sought. I'm
assuming, In fact, Indifferent to pO-
litlcal advancement. he has bent his
great energies to looking after the
business Of w. NJ. HOyt Il Co. \
good mixer,/a IMAM Of great prOblty
ana executive ability, all these charnc-
teristics are embodied In the daily life
of Graeme Stewart.
Greene Stewart Is u Chicago prod
net. He was born here In 1861. ana
educated In the public schools and in
the old Chicago University. In 1872
he went into the grocery business In