Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-15

tneir numbers rs pilgrims. merely.
rather than their numbers as ances.
tors.
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The statement that the English Gov.
eminent has bought all that co,intry's
telephone lines prompts the hope tina,
the lines busy" nuisance Will be pro.
hibited by law.
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According to official figures. every
man. woman and child In the United
States consumes an average Of eighty
pounds Of sugar In year. Average
reader, are you getting your share?
The society for psychlcal research
wants 100000 to find the way to the
hereafter. This might be encouraged
II we had discovered any royal road to
the here.
Senator Lodge says the government
seeds are. n humbug. But the plant.
Ing of few packages of free seed
has for many a Congressman brought
forth u fruitful harvest Of votes.
\ son Of brigham loung Is being
sued by twenty-three chorus girls. In
the good old days Of pOlygumy he
could have compromised by marrying
the bunch.
a Virginian who In the civil war
was badly snOt In the leg ana had his
head split open with saber, after liv-
Ing to be 70 years old. has just been
killed by an attack of indigestion.
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While yet mere lad Emperor VIII.
lam vowed never to strike for world
mastery" How can we grasp the full
significance OF such magnificent self.
restraint?
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II tho existing portraits and statues
Of Mother Eve may be regarded as
even approximately accurate the poo"
womnns waist must have been fright
fully out Of fashion.
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A brew from violet leaves Il said to
have cured cancer In London. II
wouldn't Ike surprise some day sOon
to see cancer cure put up In tablets
ut 10 cents box.
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Good roads and pure food are com.
Ing. all right. but that Ii ~ far as the
conservative prophet may 70. Yes. Of
course the twenty.first century Is com.
Ing, too.
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Hereafter men who use files In ex.
perimenting with dynamite cartridges
will be required to give advance notice
to the cOrOners Of all the adjacent
counties.
France has tinancier at the head
of its new ministry. Mons. Maurice
ltOuvier. the new premier. has been
accustomed to say that $50 long as the
finances Of nation are sound there Is
nothing to fear" He served as min.
lister of commerce In the Gambetta cab.
met In 1881. In 1887 he became pre-.
mier, selecting for himself the post
of minister OF finance. When his min.
istry fell he held the post of finance
minister In the cabinets OF 1889, 1890
1892, and In 1902 he again occupied the
same position In the cabinet of Mon.
sieur COmbes. In his second premier,
ship he retains the financial control
He Is opposed to free trade. ana was
once opposed to an income tax. but Is
now working with the parliamentary
majority to carry ont the will Of the
people In levylng the least objections
able income tax that he can devise.
The tendency toward higher prices,
even for education, is illustrated again
by the announcement that Vassar col.
legc has raised its rates. Since 1866 u
girls absolutely necessary expenses at
Nassar have been 800 year. Now
they so up to $500. Institutions OF
learning, like enterprises of any other
sort, can not live beyond their incomes
for very long at time. Since their
running expenses are more than they
used to be, and since they must be con.
stantly extending their courses and i'm,
proving their facilities, they must get
more money from somewhere. The un.
fortunate feature of the situation Il
that increased tuition charges make II
very hard for young men and women
In moderate circumstances to pay the
market price for their education. The
advance In rates makes 1t all the more
important to bestOw scholarships with
a liberal hand. No college that turns
away student because he Is poor is
| fulhllinD its mission