Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-02-13


the Board of Assessors, six Judges of
the Superior Court and County Sur.
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Dig around In your back lot and If
you can find few grains of radium
you can quit working.
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An ichthyosaurus has been discover
cd in South America. But there Is no
cause for alarm. It's as dead as any
mnckcrcl ever was.
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Baths have been Installed upon some
of the regular railway trains In Rus
sia. 1t will not be hard to keep the
tramps from riding on those trains.
Russia IL an Overbearing ana grasp.
ing nation. hut It is pretty near the
truth that there never was good
war nor II bad peace"
The Emperor of Korea Is arining his
subjects with guns. This II II danger
Gus proceeding. One never can tell
which way such careless people as the
Koreans may point their weapons.
"The Available Energy Of Timothy
Hay" just issued by the Agricultural
Department, will be followed shortly
by "The Diplomatic Energy of John
Hay" published by the Department Of
State.
People In new Boston sect are call
ed Religious Israelites." They wear
long hair-that is the men dO-and
have II cOilcd on their heads. II they
guarantee that, We might be tempted
TO join.
II anybody had asked Paul the Apos.
tie what he considered the three es-
scntlals' of n home he would prOba-
bly, have recommended his usual for.
mula. faith. hope and charity" But
Paul was not married man.
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At BayOnne, y. j., the other day q
man was fined SO for trying to stop
II family quarrel. the magistrate In
forming him that the fine was admin
istered ito discourage butting in" 4
better excuse might have been found
In the old saying that ~ fool and his
money are soon Dnrtpl" I"
The clerk who stands long hours be-
hind the counter in the retail store
comes into contact with some peculiar
see your fifty'ccnt mittens," asked n
customer. The clerk showed the en-
tire stock. "Oh, but ] wanted them
with fingers" The clerk straightway
pulled down all the varieties which he
had of that description. But this is
not right" continued inc troublesome
customer. These are gloves; they are
not mittens at ALL" The wcaricd clerk,
who vouchcs for the truth of the story,
inwardly rcjoccs that all his custom
ers are not like this one.
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In this age OF special Investigations
there should be II thorough inquiry
into our system of railrOadng, To see
If it is not possible greatly TO lessen
the number of accidents. The wreck
near Connellsyille recently would com.
pare In dcstructiyeness with II small
battle. Certainly the loss of sixty
nine lives in single engagement
would attract serious attention. The
occurrence of several accidents" that
might have been avoided II due care
had been exercised has led more than
one person to remark that the opera
ton Of American railways leaves much
to he desired in the way of safety.
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With American wagons ordered for
war service by the Car of all the Rus
sias, American -four girdling the
world. and American cotton, machn-
cry ana manufactures of all kinds
known far and near beyond our bor-
dcrs, IL sounds as If we We're doing
all the international selling. Instead,
we are one of the greatest buyers
among the nations, and our markets
are everywhere We buy bccswaX