Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-12

for the king to be called This majesty"
the title may make him more willing
to buff" AS the Ingenious old LADY
said. there are harder ways Of darning
a stocking than with court.plaster.
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The late Marquis of Butte adopted a
novel method Of cOmmenOra ting his
silver wedding. He placed In the
hands of the town council Of Cardiff
the sum of one thousand pounds. and
directed that the income of the fund
! should be presented annually as Il
| bridal dowry to some girl of the poorer
class In Cardiff, whose marriage was
hlndcred by lack of means. At the
recent presentation In the town hail the
Mayor presided. and after the wedding
"ead to the newly married couple
eleven verses of the second chapter of
Saint Johns Gospel. rs the condition Of
the dowry required. Besides the
money. the bride also received Bible
from the Mayoress.
Drink Nec.lsoc water IL you want
to feel good.
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We shudder when we read of the
cruel king Of antiIuity-he relgned In
Rome Or some other old plnce-wlO
wrote out his laws. hung them so hlg,
nobody could read them, ana then SO.
vcrcly punished all who violated them
But we haven't improved on his plan
very much Mt that. We enact laws
nowadays. print them in II few vol.
umes which have no general circuia.
ton. and punish every man, woman or
child who violates law he never
heard of. For ignorance Of the law Is
no excuse. In many instances even the
lawyers don't know what the law Is.
And the judges only guess at It, What
makes the Federal Supreme Court Su.
prcme Is the important fact that II gets
the last guess: ana we al know that
very often that guess Is determined by
u majority vote. There Is ut least one
ease on record when Il Justice of the
Supreme Court changed his mind over
night. ana that change of mind
changed the last guess, ana conse.
quently the law. There is so much
man-madc law that no man can know
all of II. The principal advantage n
lawyer has over the blacksmith IN
practicing law. Is that he has license,
knows where the library Is ana knows
how to hunt up references. And 1t
sometimes happens that judges are
such slaves OF law books ana prcce.
dents that they dispense too much law
ana too little justice Every once In
awhile we read of some learned Judge
who scOlds jury for not weighing the
evidence as he weighs 1t, ana bring.
ing In n verdict not In accord with his
judgment Of evidence. But 1t Is prob
ably a good thing for erring humanity
that juries keep on tempering justice
with mercy because their minds are
not beclOuded by too much book law
And the swelling Of tho judges VIII
probably 80 down In time.
One OF the best equipped and most
: popular buffets within the loop Is that
OF Il. Reidsma, 1G2 Washington
street.
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|, Nec-ROc, of which fine water y. X.
Schumacher, of 1856 Jackson bOule-
ward, Is the agent, is growing In pOpu-
larlty daily.
Those who appreciate frst-class,
: wel-havored, mellow whisky should
drink Napier Tandy, one of the purest
brands OF whisky on the market. This
fine old whisky Is thoroughly aged,
possesses a rich, pleasant flavor, ana
has been truly called "the very soul
of corn"
Napier 1andy can he had at every
first-class bar, cafe and buffet in Chi
cago, and is supplied by the we'll
known ana successful wholesale firm
of John j. Keenan, Il Co., $3.50 West
Lake street. This firm Is noted for the
excellence of its goods, and Napier
Tandy is one of the best brands it has
ever put upon the market
= IL you want a t!rst-claSs drink of
whisky do not forget to ask for Nap
per Tandy. 1t Is the square whisky In
the square bottle drink 1t and you will
experience satisfaction.
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Nec-ROc Is the water for the liver
and kidneys. 1t restores them to
health.
: Besley's famous Waukegan Brew
, Ing Company has recently started a
| lager beer brewery and 10 furnishing
: one of the finest brews of that kind
that can be had. Besleys lager beer Il
. bottled beer, Is carefully brewed and
always in fine condition. Already the