Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-06-12

" tUe VeSt osue brewing SOWPSUv'
down in front Of a photograph and
hearing just how good a voice he had
once.
Mr.. Box declares this seasons mil.
llnery styles are beautiful and arts.
tic. Mr.. Box II the editor Of a publ.
cation for women, and he naturally
aims to please.
Some conception Of the expensiveness
Of war may be gathered when 1t Il
known that 1t costs as much money to
fire 12.lnch gun as an editor makes
In two years.
Somebody il getting up an airshlp
Marathon race" which. we suppose.
Is something like submarine "Sa.
lone" dance. How tired one gets Of
n lot Of things!
A toad died the other day in the
Bronx park at the comfortable age Of
1000 years. He remembered the time
when Lief Ericsson first began to dis.
cover Minnesota.
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The Standard OIL Company II not
trust. according to the argument Of one
OF Its attorneys. He does not, how.
ever. declare that II II a spring poem
or the long meter doxology.
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Spelling reformers say they are per.
fectly satisfied with progress already
made. This means that they intend
going right ahead with the cruel
manning Of innocent words.
| 4 speaker recently said that the
country hoy Is the hope Of the Ameri.
can nation. That has always been the
opinion OF the lad himself. whence bis
feeling Of superiority to the city bred
person. f,r
| Hard, fine grained, durable wood us.
ualiy grows slowly. 4 most remark.
able exception Is the eucalyptus, and
this II Is which gives the tree It's great
value as means Of reforestat ton. II
Is said that 1t grows Ave times as rap.
Idly as any other tree. Seedlings have
been observed to make an average
growth Of six inches In height day
and one tree In California has attained
height of one hundred ana twenty.
Ave feet and diameter OF thirty.six
inches In nine years. The eucalyptus
will not thrive where there are frosts
but In the South II promises to 90 q
long way toward filling the place once
occupied by other hardwoods. which
have been greatly reduced by demands
) for furniture. carriage and cooperagt
stock.
Dr. Lyman Abbott defines "a gooi
woman" by laying down eight rules o.
life, one Of which Ii devoted to decla
ration against tight shoes. This re
minds us Of the ancient Transvaal con
stitutlon which devoted one-fourteentl
Of Its entire length to a prohibition o
smoking In the court room.
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One OF the tercentenaries Of whicl
scientific men will take not
this year Is the making OF Calico
I first telescope In 1000. 1t Ia not know
Just when he perfected his instrument
q but the first news Of 1t of which W
have record IL found In weekly news
paper published In Strassburg, Ger
many, In May Of that year.
!, Professor Albion Smell OF the Uni
that we are the most unhappy peopl
on the face Of the earth for three rea
I sons: Because we are the most pros
? porous peoples because we are tn
D freest people, and because we are tn
!. most highly educated. And the presl
dent of the university might give on
other reason.
r While q great warehouse was burn
y Ing In Chicago, the telephone opera
tor, young woman, remained at he
switchboard. and called mp all the dit
ferent departments and warned al
who were In the building She wa
found ut her post, overcome by tn
smoke. and was fortunately carried t
place OF safety, where she revived
none the worse for her heroism.
On one night In each year the Lon
, don police take careful census Of tn
homeless This year the night selecte'
was that Of January 10Th. when tn
ofiicers found more than two thousan'