Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-25


what we want is a pocket book that
will render economy unnecessary.
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There has been u faiiing Off In the
demand for foreign luxuries this year.
but this Is unavoidable. The price of
some of the home luxurics increases a
little every month.
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The man who leaves n team of
horses unhitched on the public streets
in these days of coughing chu-chus and
reckless drivers Is the bosom friend
o. the man who sows the whole
Pechili gulf with floating mines In the
hope of getting u warship or two.
Experimentcrs in the agricultural
school at Copenhagen have been study
ing the effects of anesthetics upon
plants. and have discovered that ether
and chloroforn. properly administered.
will hasten the development of buds
and blossoms on Towering shrubs.
Now If they could only discover an
opiatc that would put the weeds to
sleep and make them forget to grow
how happy the farmers would be!
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Mr.. Mcseley's commission of Fig.
lishmen who came here to study Amer
lean schools gives them much praise
and some censure. One Of the chief
objections IN to sending big boys to
women teachers. whose influence, II IL
alleged. makes them less virlle. No
doubt u manly man does make good
schOOlmaster for boy more than II
years old. But It II contrary TO all ex.
perience to assert that good woman
teacher has harmful effect Oh the
manifest q boys.
The members OF the graduating class
at the West Point Military Academy
received the usual gift Of Bibles from
the American Tract Society. The Rev.
Doctor Stevenson of the Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian Church. New York City.
made an address. and handed the 81.
bles with personal word to each Of
the cadets as they passed before him.
Unless special preference had been In.
dicated. says the Churchman. the YER.
sion presented was the American Re.
vision. The Douai translation was Civ.
en- to the Roman Catholic cadets.
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Great Britain are alarmed ut the false
pride which makes many young men
prefer to be poorly paid clerks rather
than well-paid wOrkingmen. That the
desire for mock gentility exists, ut
least to n limited extent, In this country
also Is shown by the eagerness with
which youths who would be first class
mechanics or able farmers rush but
half-lunlitied into the learned prOfes.
siOns, only to meet disaster. An ut.
tempt at mock gentility IL the most
pitiable thing In the world. it carries
with It its own punishment to the In.
dividunl, but its more wide.reac ching
effects are to deprive the community Of
efficient wOrkingmen and to multiply
useless members Of society.
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mature study" ~ too often allowed
| to stand as an excuse for ravnglng the
fields and woods and eXtermlnating
wild flowers ana plants. Too great
stress cannot be put upon the warning
against the destruction Of native wild
flowers by Overmuch gathering of
them. A single spray satisfies the love
of the beautiful and gives as good op.
portunity for study as a handful or an
armful. The Great Artist best knew
where these little trihes best fit into
the great scheme Of the world beauti.
full. We ruthlessly rob mankind when
we destroy them for little brief en-,
jOyment. There IL u great lesson In ma,
ture study for us to learn from the
wild flowers, II we will. which In faI
truer and better than that which comes
through their ruthless destruction. Let
us learn that our best enjoyment OF
flowers lies In the cultivation Of them
not In their destruction.
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a generation ago an English physi
clan Of note declared that fOur.fifths
of the English-speaking people dis
their graves with their teeth. But thi,
undoubtedly doesn't tell the whole
story. The manner In which eating II
done and the makeup of the modern
menu have good deal to do will
wrecking constitutions. Many Is til,
business man who allows himself I,
become so absorbed In his affairs tina
he will swallow his meals In nervous
haste that soon becomes disastrous I,
digestive organs. Hygienists observe
that Gladstone Is credited with chew
ing each bite % times. and attribut,
his longevity to his correct habit o
eating. The culinary art of moderl
society has not for its purpose tn
preparation Of the most WHOLESOME
food The object to be attained 1
rather to tempt jaded palate, to in
duce disregard of the guidance of ap
petite.
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Millions phrase, They also serv'
who only stand and watt" has lon;
been applied to the female portion o.
the human race, The modern girl pre-
fers to quote, Let us then he up an,
DOING with Il courageous heart, train