Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-11-19

births but the quality is the important
matter.
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When q confidence man, or q three
card monte man with shell game
plies his trade and is caught he is put
behind the bars as u swindler. When
man sends out an alluring prospect
us containing false promises buttress-
cd by the names of great financiers
and thus receives money by false pre-
lenses he goes scot free and is called
a promoter. Why the difference?
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SO pajamas will succeed nightgowns
In the regular army. Quartermaster
General Humphrey was converted to
the more fashionable type of sleeping
garments during his service in the
Philippines. His order may. of course.
be regarded as one of the results of
policy of expansion.
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A modern battleship costs probably
ten times what a Constitution OF q
Victory cost II century ago, yet its life
of active usefulness. even barring dc.
struction in sea fight, is compare
lively brief. So rapid are the advances
IN the science of naval architecture
and armament that within ten years of
her launching Il Massachusetts or an
Oregon has become a rslic of the past
and is doomed to speedy oblivion in
the junk yard.
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Rev. DR.. Emil q. llirsch of Ciica-
go preached Il much-needcd sermon re-
Gently OH Luck" 1t is true, of
course, that many things which for Il
long time. were ascribed to luck, good
or bad, have been traced to the opera.
ton of natural law. The slavery of
the human mind TO mere luck il one
of its most destructive vices. 1t Is Il
shame that 1t must be added that It is
one of the most universal and IRE.
pressiblc evils to which human nature
Is subject.
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The Dutch government has bought
site for the palace of peace. If its
to be put up under Il government con.
tract people who have been hoping
they might live to see the splendid
structure completed may as well try
to get cheerful by thinking of some.
thing else.
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The Manchester (Engnnd) Guardian
remarks that II general admiration OF
Americans is gradually driving the
beard from the faces of Englishmen
because of the prevailing idea that men
| In the United States are universally
clcan-shaven. There Is some conirma
ton of the Guardians assertion In the
remarkable order of the Banl; of Eng
land authorities forbiddlng the clerk.
ito wear mustuchcs during business
hours"
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The scheme to help raise an army OF
expert murksmcn by making sharp
shooting u part of the public schoo
curriculum will be hailed with dcllgh,
by the boys themselves, doctors unt
glaciers. but will bring dismay I,
mothers, cats and the general publ,
likely to Otficiato Us involuntary tar
gets.
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A leading theOsOphist says the rea
son the American Indian Is dying on
ia that souls are growing too aristo
cratic to inhablt red skins. Afte
looking ut some white persons said (,
be possessed Of souls, 1t Is hard to up
preciatc the preference.
A Chicago explorer has dug up al
ancient statue In Babylonia whicl
greatly resembles Chauncey NJ. Depev
ana Is estimated to be of the vintag
OF 1000 Is. G. Maybe the reason tina
no petrltied jokes of the same ag
were found Is because Chauilcey him
self visited the spot first.
Scientists have called liquid air
toy. but 1t IL something worse thai
that. Capitalized for several millions
II IL sued by II stenOgrapher for n few
dollars back salary. And not lon,
ago liquid air was performing mlr,,
cles!
1t il not easy to see how humaui
tarians reconcile themselves to the nj
vocacy Of whipping post for wifi
heaters. Woman Is more capable o
enduring suffering than man. ana tn
lash would be sure to hurt its victim
terribly.
During the Peace Congress In BOs
ton one of the oldest members OF tn,
American Peace Society published II
fac-simile his certificate of member
ship. dated Jan. IS. 1871. 1t wal
signed by the Vice President, Il Quak
er named John q. Whittier.
or course the immigration commits
slOners fear Of an influx Of .Japanes,
immigration after the war may bt
well founded, but just now 1t looks ~
II by the time the war is over they
VIII have considerable additional room
OF their own in which to spread out.
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The new King of SaXony refuses L,
recall his former wife to share til,
throne with him, but he will prObabl,