Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-02-20

has been placed on the market. a more
urgent need Is for "a machine that VII
swat the boil wecvil In the Jaw.
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The best way to make the boy stick
to the farm is TO have the right girl
located OH the adjoining quarter see.
ton.
Emperor William says the German
troops fight best when they are hun
cry. Isn't this putting the German
troops down pretty near the brute
level?
The Minnesota COW whose stomach
was discovered to be full of pins shows
that in this rapid age even the erst.
while gentle bovine will sometimes re.
sort to sharp practices.
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Reports from Servia Indicate that
King Peter excitcs about as much en-
thusiasm when lie appears in the
streets Of his capital us an Orangeman
would ut II Fcnian picnic.
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Somebody asks how many years II
Is going to take to dig the Panama
Canal. What we want to know Is
how many years it Is going to take to
begin.
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1t Is sakl that radum will paralyzc
mice. At the present price of the met.
al. however. the average man will pre-
fer that mice continue TO parulyze the
women folks.
Professor -. l.. Sperry. from Ober.
lin college. says kissing. smoking and
splitting spread disease" Well. for
heavens sake, give us II little dis.
ease then. what's the use of living
anyway, If you are scared to death
! daily.
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George Francis Train had n big
brain. Its weight was ~ ounces
against an average weight of iD.5
ounces. Evidently the fly wheel was n
little too large for the mind that was
running 1t.
Increase OF wealth Is the peril of
this generation. according to Bourke
Cochran. This Is one peril we IRE all,
individually. anxious to brave. 1t may
also be stated that 1t IL u danger never
sighted save by those who have got
theirs.
Several "large' car ferry bonts arc
being built for the English channel.
Each boat will be able To carry IL
cars. ana they will be operated be-
tween Dover and Calais. Such boats
rs these are would he classed with
canoes on Lake Michigan.
A man confessed to five murders, but
the judge. ut the solicitation of the
murderer's attorney, gave the man II
new trial because the confession was
irregular from legal standpoint.
There was, however. no question Us to
the regularity Of the murders.
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No wonder emigrants are numerous
from Italy. The wages OF common Ia.
bOrcrs there are 10 to 80 cents u day
bricklayers, ~ cents to u dollar; stone
cutters and carpenters, % to 20 cents;
painters and frescOers, ~ to 10 cents
experts, 10 cents to % cents, This
tells the story.
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A member Of the English commits
sion which came to this country to
study the American educational sys
tenn remarked, I'VE in England think
that national character will keep us
going without more education. Here
men hold not that education Is the
only thing to save Il nation, but that
to neglect 1t may spell ruin" Let Us
make our part of the remark true.
Lady NOrthcOte, wife of the new
governor general of Australia, is the
daughter of Il poor Vermont clergyman
who settled In Canadn. She attracted
the attention of Lady Mount stephen
who adopted her after having previous
ly provided her mother with II servant
in order that the housework at HON,
might not he neglected. 4 large for
tune was settled on her when she was
married to Lord Northcotc. From tn,
maid of all work in her own home Il
viccrclne of the Commonwealth ol
Australia Is n transition that reminds
one of the fortune of Cinderella.
1t Is an old story that after highly
paid soprano in the choir of II fash
ionable church had sung an operate
selection the pastor arose in his place
and said, We will now resume til,
worship Of God by singing hymn mum
Der so and So" The Pope evident.
agrees with the mythical pastor, for h,
has recently issued note on churcl
music in which he condemns the trans
formation of church services into con
ccrts, and expresses preference TO
plain song.
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IIerolsm is not confined to grown
men and women; 1t frequently crop,