Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-26


MS difficult to take religion from n
Texas man as 1t is to get him to
take II.
Never having had an opportunity In
that line. President Smith. of the Nor
mon Church. probably does not know
how he would act IL he should receive
a revelation from the prosecuting attor-
ney of Salt Lake.
Venezuela. too. is kicking about the
decision of The Hague arbitration tri-
bunal. However. It was not expected
Venezuela would be pleased with any
sort of decision which involved the
payment Of money by that government
~
Speaking of heart failure. a story
comes of boy who suffered from 1t
and died while he was undergoing Il
perfectly just ana well.merited spank
ing at the hands of n parent. Every
boy should cut out this dcplOrable
story of parental atrocity and paste 1t
on the visor of his little cap.
Two magistrates on the west coast
of Africa were arrested for riding their
bicycles ut night without lanterns
They We're the only two officers in
town vested with authority to try the
case. So Judge Smith mounted the
bench and fined Judge Jones five shil
lings. Then Judge Jones took his seat
ana fined Judge Smith ten shillings
Both the culprits were undoubtedly
guilty of contempt Of court
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And now another backset Is given tC
matrimony during the leap year OF
1904. The London Lancet Is urging
that young men undergo an intellectual
test before being allowed to marry
How many young men would present
themselves for examination, ana how
many could stand the test! The girl
are inIulring whether they will hav,
to take the first on the eligible list ant
then the next, and what they will d.
when the eligible list Is exhausted.
The cOmmlssary general Of the army
having thoroughly Investigated thu
subject, approves Of hash rs proper
food for the soldiers. This judgment
Is justified by that Of mankind gener
ally, more unjustly and more unrea
sonably abused than good, sound hash
1t deserves to be eliminated from til,
list Of bywords and decorated with til,
blue ribbon.
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"NO one has Il nObler mission than {
journalist Of today" said the Pope
rs he returned. with his blessing, 1
fountain pen which he had taken from
Il visiting newspaper man. "My prede
cessors consecrated the swords ant
shields Of Christian warriors; l ch0Os,
rather to beg blessings upon the Chris
tian journalists pen" Rather a neat
and certainly an impressive way O.
saying that the pen Is mightier thar
the sword.
The Hawaiian national hymn is max
its progress round the world. and soOl
1t will be like the British Empire, OF
which the sun never sets. 1t was In
trOduced a few years ago Mt Yale Uni
versity, where 1t Is known as tn,
"BoOla" song. A Yale graduate tool
1t to Japan, ana taught 1t to the Jap
anese soldiers. who liked 1t. ana ma!
even now be trying to boo the Rus
sian bear with 1t. Another Yale maj
set patriotic words TO it. ana the Mace
DOMAINS use 1t as war-sOng, to arous
enthusiasm In their fight against tin
Turk.
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Silk-designers of Japan look to tn
MikadO for suggestions for new pat
terms, ana he does not dlsappont them
Each year he selects the subject 70
the new year poem which all loyal sub
jects are supposed to write. Last De
cember "Pinetrees on the rocks" wa
announced as the subject, and bcfOr
the poets had finished their verses tn
merchants of Tokyo had painted silk
In their windows showing rugged pin
trees springing from wild rocks. Tn
subject for the 1903 poem was Crane
among the pine trees" and three o
four years ago 1t was Snowflake
bamboo" If one keeps track of thes
subjects and the year in which the
were published, says writer on Japal
he can tell the age of many silk pa,
terms and how many years Il wOma
has had II gown of given pattern.
Jane Austen wrote to her sister 4
1914, Il have determined to trim m
lilac sarsenet with black satin ribbon
just as my China Grape Is, sixpenn
width Mt the bottom, three-penny o
fourpenny at top. Ribbon trimming
are all the fashion at Bath. With thi
addition it will be Il very useful gOwI
happy to go anywhere" EmersO
| quotes, with admiring submission,
the experience of the lady who dc
clared that "the sense of being perfect
~ wcll-dressed gives a feeling of IN
ward tranquility which religion
powcrless to bestOw." So the cleve
woman and the philosopher pay thei