Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-12-29

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Summcrheld. Ohio. has a boy II years
of age who weighs jSs pounds. lie mag
be Secretary of War some day.
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The Presidents action concerning The
Twenty. Infantry has become Il
study in black and white.
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These long evenings are being bright
cned and made profitable by the game
of guessing what Mrs Sage Is really
going to do with her money.
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Mrs. Russell Sage finds 1t difficult TO
give away SSO.OOO.OO0 50 rs TO make 1T
do the most good. Her husband would
have found 1t impossible.
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Emperor william has found that 1t IL
impossible to please everybody, a dis.
covcry that was first made by cOun.
try newspaper editor long time ago.
Most Of the objection TO trial mar.
riages come from men and women who
have passed through marriage trials.
It's too bad that SO many women are
slaves to the habit Of using terms OF
endcarment which convey neither mean
Ing nor sense.
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It appears that the "dcbrutalized'
class rush contents itself with break.
Ing a collar bone instead OF u ncci:.
We certainly are advancing.
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Prof. Brandcr Matthews regards the
English language rs "violent. illogical,
chaotic and absurd" Still, II the pro-
lessor doesn't like II. he Is ut liberty
to use any Of the other numerous kinds
on the market.
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Jenkin Lloyd Jones called Senator
Tillmnn n geographical anachronism."
This sounds worse than paralleliplpi'
don.
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Notwithstanding the fact that Ter
man savant has shown that the works
Of Shakespeare were produced by some
body else, Hall Caine continues to look
as much like the immortal bard as pos
sible.
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A New York Judge has rendered the
opinion that 1t Is no crime to hug u girl
on u doorstep. Without touching upon
the legality Of the operation there are
men who will cling to tho opinion that
1t Is exceedingly dangerous II the girls
father happens TO be large ana husky
A Lancaster (ra.) notelkeeper Is
troubled with n strange affection, that
deprives him of the power Of speech
for months ut time. As 1t Is not con
taglous, the women in the neighborhoOt
are not unduly excited over 1t.
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A Cumberland, Nd, woman has mar
rled man because he paid her fare
when she got on n street car without
her pocketboOk. There are men who
will be likely to hesitate a long time
after this, before daring to help ladies
In such distress.
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The coal supply of the United States
Is said TO he good for 5000 years. Thai
Is, of course, If President Baer. the
representative of Providence, doesn
become wasteful.
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Sir Henry Mortimer Durand. thu
British ambassador to this country, ha'
resigned, and intends to retire from
the diplomatic service. lie has repre-
sented his country In Washington To-
three years, and has ably assisted II
the preservation of the friendly rela
tons between the two great English
speaking nations.
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A New York church has secured {
girl whistler in an attempt to increas'
the number of attendants ut services
Why not a real whistler--an office boy
or a telegraph messenger?
| William Dean IIowells insists tina
| genius Is merely another name for hare
J work. Somehow this does not har
monlze with the theory that genius
always wears patches on the seat O
| Its trousers.
Countess de Castellane had to con
tent herself with divorce, the court
possibly through an oversight, having