Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-08-11

leagues Edmund W. T-ettus. eighty.five
years old. and John r. Morgan, eighty.
two. the two from Alabama. These
three men are Senators indeed. In the
original sense Of the word.
1.-THE Gutter at the quake" Is the
name Of threatened novel. Truth
doesn't have to get up very early to
be stranger than a good deal Of the
fiction we are getting.
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II King Leopold had not been called
TO throne he might have won the dis.
tinction Of being known as the John ID.
Rockefeller Of Europe. Fate has way
Of playing scurvy tricks on some Of US.
Castro, presiuent OF Venezuela, IL
known as 1.-THE little Napoleon OF South
America" We would feel nervous II
we were In his place. Somehow the
little Napoleons never seem to end In
blazes Of glory.
Professor Iucblin says the great
trouble with good many art students
Is that all they ever learn about art Il
the vocabulary. Thus we may discover
the close relationship between art and
golf.
4 Texas man says he has visited
New York twice and been robbed there
just that many times. lie might have
saved himself time and trouble by for.
wardlng the money In u registered
package.
Great excitement was created In
New York the other day by a lunatlc
dashing along the street In an automo.
bile. How he was distinguished from
the presumably sane who exceed the
speed limit Is not stated.
The courts nave decIued that II. II.
Rogers must give up $2,5O0,OOO which
he pocketed while he was acting as
trustee Of a gas company. II he would
build fence around himself and
charge for the privilege OF seeing him
give 1t up he could confidently count
Oh large attendance.
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In this age OF spelling reform, II 10
gratifying to some Of the conservatives
that an Old.fashioned spelling-bee was
recently held In New York public
school. Let who will draw conclusions
from the result; eighteen girls refused
to be spelled down, and beside them
stood two boys. One Of the boys was an
immigrant who began to study Eng.
llsh only eight months ago.
The plan Of naming battleships after
States and of having them built In
different parts Of the country may help
TO destroy sectlonallsm, II any still
fingers. For example, the new battle
ship Georgia. the fastest In the navy,
was built In the old Pine Tree State
and Maine, because Of the pride OF
craftsmanship, will watch the perform
ance of the new ship with as much In
terest as the State whose name II
, bears.
: 1t remains to be seen, whether Rus
! sell Sage, with all his shrewdness, was
able to make a will that the lawyers
can not upset. The task has been at
tempted by great many rich men
but 1t really seems that the more sue
cessful a man has been In making
money the less qualified he Is TO devise
it. Perhaps, after all, however, 1t II
Just as we'll that the living rather thar
, the dead should have the most to say
! about the disposition Of accumulated
> wealth.
Cooperation of the right kind Ia ex
a emplifed by an arrangement recently
> made between the Massachusetts HUI
I. name Society and the InternatiOna
= brotherhood of Transfers. One pag'
of the monthly official publication o
the brotherhood Of Transfers Is to b.
+, devoted to articles on the humane
treatment Of animals, and the Massa
). chusetts society Is to furnish the ma
terial. Few drivers are cruel to horse
except through ignorance. and the lit
tie monthly reminders will do much Il
Q develop the humanity and thoughtful
c ness Of teamsters.
In MANY families fhe e.iuca tion NJ IN
children Is committed almost exclusive
~ to the schools, and this SUFFICIENT
Y accounts for the atrocious errors Q
o speech often noted In circles where "
!. might expect better things 1t matter