Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-08-21

age Of "a. Even In palace life may be
lived WE'LL" says Matthew Arnold; but
most people And II quite as hard, II
not harder. to maintain q blameless
character in a workhouse.
Life 10 losing all its picturesque
qualities. No Texas bank robber has
worn chaps. spurs and sombrero
for many months now.
Now II Is claimed that only 10000
Christians were killed in the recent
massacres in Asia Minor. "Only!"
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and we wish to avoid any confusion
occasioned by the change.
Abdul Hamid has become a farmer
Look out for the seeds he Is planting:
he may be preparing whirlwinds for
the constitutionalists.
~6A
It seems that Count Boni was not
alone In being marked by destiny to
keep the Gould millions from swelling
to dangerous proportions.
Mr.. Roosevelt should understand
that when he encounters an African
wild animal DR.. Longs sympathies
are with the wild animal every time.
The Chicago public Is tired OF street
railroad bossism.
~GA
Cremation IL declared unorthodox
by Russian church authorities. To
cremation OF living Constituencies
there IL no objection on the score Of
orthodoxy.
The new sultan Of Turkey. Meh.
med ", has but two wives. At the
present price of Paris hats this
change at the palace Is an immense
stroke Of imperial economy.
~6A
Have we no great and rich lawyer
In Chicago who can follow the example
Of Samuel J. Tilden towards Tweed
and become Governor and President
and immortal In the memory Of the
people as . reward?
&eA
| 1t seems that Howard Gould will
still have to settle q few outstanding
debts contracted by his former wife.
She couldn't possibly be expected to
meet them on her meager income.
! ~5A
A San Francisco astronomer an.
nounces that the moon IL not q de-
tached portion Of the earth. but IL a
captured planet. II this IL true. 1t
was lucky capture for the earth.
|
The city Is being robbed regularly
by its street railway companies. When
the latter add regular dose Of nuv'
der to It's other shortcomings" 1t Ia
time to do something.
I'VE have It from a reliable den
tist," AYERS the Nebraska State Jour.
nal, that some girls fail to get mar
ried because their teeth need fixing"
We have II from an equal trustworthy
barber that some men fail to marry
because they don't get shaved often
enough.
How long must the people stand fol
the elevated platforms being Uttered vi
with gum and weighing machines that
are out of order most of the time?
1t ought not to be necessary for a
man to cease to be religious while on
vacation, no matter how far he may
wander from church or priest. The
: groves were Gods first temples. The
man with worship In his heart needs
no pile of brick or stone In which to
express It,
1t Is. Of course, easy enough for 9
woman with ample means, who be
lieves that 1T is bad form to wear {
gown twice in one place." who bow,
to Dame Fashions decree that sht
must change her costumes three times
day--and spend $4,000 year OF
her apparel. But the women whit
make lasting impress upon the worlt
in the home, In the arts and In lit
erature-the women who give distinc