Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-05-28

holds. and everything Is serene. The
grea tness of the Japanese will not de.
pend upon the way they battle with
Russia-they have solved the servant
problem.
a man Of the name Of Smith has
paid S2,OOO,OOO for a house In New
York. Anybody but Smith would
have become famous by putting as
much money as that into home.
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The theory that boys are descended
from monkeys has received an ugly
setback. A Philadelphia gentleman
possesses n monkey who washes him.
self with soap ana water.
Mr.. Rockefeller says the money he
made when he was Il boy did not burn
hole in his pocket. 1t was at later
period Of his career that he began to
have money to burn.
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II cllmatologlcal cataclysm were to
sweep the last vcstlges Of humanity
from the face of the earth the weather
bureau experts would die protesting
that there was nothing unreasonable
about 1t.
Mr.. Rockefeller will have only girl
caddles when he plays golf For the
| sake OF the little mnldens II IL to be
hoped that Mr.. Rockefeller never says
anything more forclble than cuckoo"
when he makes mlsplay.
Somebody says that the Parlsians
furnish the gowns and the American
women furnish the figures. When 1t
takes three figures for gown the
| American father ut once becomes an
active factor In the little epigram.
Not long since we were asked to
give II scientific definition of the word
"blush." We have made an effort from
an anatomical ana physiological point
Of view to give the definition. 4 blush
II a temporary erythema and calorifc
effulgence Of the physlOgnomy actIOlo.
gized by one perceptlveness OF the sen.
sOrium when In Il predicament Of un-
equllibrity from sense Of shame, an.
ger or other cause, ventuating in n
paresls of the vasOmOtOr filaments Of
the facial capilaries, whereby, being
dlvested Of their elasticity, they are
suffused with radical effemenatlng
from an intlmidated praecordia.
One Is not accustomed to think of
the Russians as missionary people,
yet, according to recent book on the
subject by the chaplain of the Russian
embassy In London. nearly Il hundred
and twenty-five thousand heather In
Siberia have been converted to Chris.
tianity through the efforts of the mis-.
sionaries since 1868. Religious ana
educational books have been translated
into twcnty-thrce Siberian dialects.
Sometimes 1t was difficult to translate
the Scriptures into the native language
because OF the absence OF words to en-
press the idea. One tribe had no word
for bread" So the Lords prayer had
to be made to read, "Give us this day
our necessary food" AS there We're
neither serpents nor doves in the re-
gion, another passage OF Scripture had
to he rendered, BE ye wise as ermines
and as harmless as seal cubs"
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! Endowed churches have long been
demanded by the religious workers In
the older cities. AS the cities grew
the residence neighbOrhOods change
character, and churches which, a gen.
GRAFTON ago, We're surrounded by the
homes Of the well-to.d0 are now In the
midst of a tenement population fre-
quently unable, even when inclined,
to support large church. Many
churches have moved with the popula-
tlon that sustained them; others are
trying to do missionary work among
the people about them. Still others
are preparing to carry on their work
when the change in the character of
the neighborhOOd shan have become
| complete. Such church In Brooklyn
asked for 100000 to complete an en-.
| dovmant fund NJ E1O0 O00 n nd rocotyod