Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-11-26

going to do about IL!
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a man of the name of Letters has
been appointed postmaster at Putnam.
Conn. It is only fair to suppose that
he will find life to he one continuous
joke during his term of office.
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AS if the eye were ifot n weapon
with which every young woman is al-
ready expert. certain rules for an eye
Ilrill have recently been promulgated.
1t seems that the beauty of u woman's
orbs lies not so much In their shape
and color as in the way she uses them.
Hence u long list of directions for rO.
tatng them so that the muscles may
I've best trained. Man never knows
when he is safe.
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The comparative rate of deaths and
accidents on British and American
railways is startling. ON British rail
ways only one passenger In something
less than 2OO.OOO,OOO is killed. while on
railways the fatal casualty
is one i'm less than 2.OOO.OOO. One in
less than 100000 passengers Is injured
on American railways 10 one I'm more
than 1.6OO.OOO on British. An eminent
railroad president explains this by say
ing that ''under certain conditions the
human brain refuses to work" And
we seem to have the conditions.
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John ID. Rockefeller, Jr.. eXhortcd on
the parable of the leavcn before his
Bible class. and said: "Thcrc Is moth.
ing in the dough itself to make il light
and wholesome. The dough itself is
harmful If taken internally" When
1t comes to talking about dough,
young Rockefeller speaks with author
lty, for he should have inherited suili-
cicnt information on tie subject to en-
title him to the entire bakery.
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Woman was woman 1000 II. &. Ar.
thur Evans, the oxford archaeologist,
has found in Crete a subterranean
sanctuary containing the statue Of Il
goddess. The goddess has on corscts
exactly like those of modern date, and
now the splendid physique of Greek
women has to be explained on Who'll.
" new theory.
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What IL doubtless the largest mcteo-
rite "in captivity" Is now on exhibition
In the Museum of Natural History In
New York. 1t weighs about fifty tons.
Commander Pcary found 1t In the arc
tic regions and brought 1t south Il few
years ago. Until recently 1t was
stored In the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Since alighting on the earth after It's
wild career through the heavens 1t
has become completely dOmesticated,
and no guard Is required nor Is an
iron cage needed to keep 1t from
breaking loose.
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According to OIiciui Japanese re-
ports, one regiment which went into
one of the most desperate assaults
upon the defcnses of Port Arthur with
more than 300 effective men lost
$500. Only six officers ana 200 men
came back from one of the most terri
BILE struggles In the history of war.
Such fighting ns this Is disheartening
to the most stubborn antagonists
which any army can encounter. 1t
reveals II willingness literally to con-
quer or die, which IL appalling to OIL.
GERS commanding opposing forces.
Bully for Colorado Springs! 1t made
three tourists from Nebraska come
back and Obliterate their names from
rocks In the Garden of the Gods under
threat of worse punishment. 1t has Il
big stick after the advertisers. also,
who deface scenery by their signs. The
news Is enough to make lovers OF
beauty want to emigrate to the charm.
Ing city ut the foot of Pixies Peak.
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Divorce Is one of the white mans
tricks the Indian has been slow to
learn, for the first application by chill
dren of the forest for legal separation
OF man and wife has recently been
made to the United States district
court ut Vinita. The woman In the
case seems to have advanced rapidly
In the ways of civilization, however,
for no sooner was the decree granted
than she married waiting swain
I he simple days of the noble red man
and his squaws have gone forever,
then.
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From n Kansas paper we learn that
the girls of that State have new
way of entertaining. They give "slum-
Der parties" At these the girls stay
up most of the night and then stay
in bed the next morning until they are
sure that their mothers have the
breakfast dishes washed. Come to
think of it, there's nothing 20 very
new In that, except the name.
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Already the New York subway is
being disiign'ed with unsightly adver-
tisements. Some people will think 1t
a pity when they get to heaven-if
they ever dO-that they can't line the
streets of the New Jerusalem with
billbOards.
The Baldwin flying machine lighted
in tree. The only genuine and orig