Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-12-04
nine STRONG DEMOCRATS TALKED OF FOR Mayor
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rooms--nothing seems to be wanting
to make the sojourn in this prison
pleasant. In fact, It seems an ideal
country residence, scarcely calculated
to reduce crime.--Tit.Bits.
I'm e. H. Harrlman's obituary no.
tices," said New York clergyman,
due prominence wasn't given to his
fondness for little children. That chill.
dren were also fond Of him was proved
by a remark my little daughter made
last month.
"'Mr. Hartman IL dead. my DEAR
I said to her.
"Her eyes filled with tears. and she
said, with q gulp:
"'oh, papa. how happy the angels
will bet"
Among the products Of the Philip.
pines are two delicious fruits entirely
unknown to Europe and America. One
Of these is the durian. whose remark.
able qualities have been descanted
upon by visitors to the archipelago.
The durian grows on lofty tree
somewhat resembling an elm, Is about
as large as cocoanut, has shiny
shell, and contains O creamy pulp
which combines some Of the favors of
a delicious custard with those Of
fine cheese. American soldiers in the
Philippines have dubbed the DURAN
the vegetable Limburger cheese"
The other rare fruit is the mangos.
teen. The exquisitely favored liquid
It contains cannot be preserved for
shipping abroad.
John d. Rockefeller never wearies
Of impressing on the young the folly
Of mean and parsimonious habits. In
one Of his most recent interviews he
said:
These miserly people reap moth.
ing but discomfort from their false
economies. Take. for example. the case
Of Mrs. Silas Long Of Sussex.
Martha said old Silas one fall
day. I think Ill 60 and get q few
apples from the orchard
He looked at her timidly. She
said:
"'well. be careful. now, 81. only to
pick the bad ones
"'Suppose there amt no bad ones,
Martha?'
"Then yell have to wait till some
goes bad. Of course the old lady snap.
ped. We can't afford to eat good,
sound fruit wuth 8 cents a bushel.'"
Il have learned how to make the
foreign walters In the restaurants
where eat think have lived in Eu.
rope half lifetime" said q woman
who never dimes at home. II dawdle
over my dinner twice 40 long a. any.
body else In the place. Il requires no
effort for me to do that. BY nature
l eat In the same leisurely manner
that do everything else. Most Of
my compatriots bolt their food. Az q
consequence the foreign walters who
are used to leisurely dining regard
them with amazed horror.
"'Ah. those Americans!' they OF.
claim. Some day they choke. But a.
for misunderstanding Newell. ma,
dame Is different. Madame nibbles,
she sips. she fingers; therefore she ID
not as those Of common American
clay. 1t takes madame never less than
two hours to eat her dinner. That
marks her as one Of the European
cleo" New York Globe.
Americans, says the London News,
employ the word "Britisher." which
they Invented. In a contemptuous
sense. It was certain Philadelphia
wit who Is said to have asked his
friends what q "Britisher" would
mean to convey by the written word
'ghoughphtheightteeau." He had to ex.
plain to them that. accrding to the 20.
MUS Of the English language. 1t meant
potato" Thus: CHIP. a. in "hic.
ough-o. % in dough-"
phth-t. % In ''phthisis;" eigh-s, %
In neighbour" tte-t. % In "gasetts,"
and eau-o. a. in "beau." This was
at least a. pushing az the livery Sta
BILE keepers bill which contained the
two lines
AaoaNnAn
Atacinonimomgin.
Nobody who does not know the an.
swer" has ever yet arrived at the 90
luton. which 10, In the vernacular OF
the creditor himself. "A 'oss 'alf q
day" and "A'takin' on I'm 'ome
ag'in.'
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It 10 common enough to see q boy
watching cattle to keep them from
straying. and In days not so very long
gone by 1t was no unusual thing for
a boy to be set to keep the birds of
the crops. But watch.boy whose duty
1t Is to keep a lookout for school Of
fish, and who sits In a sentry-box set
upon stilts. is not such an everyday
sight.
This particular kind of watch.boy 10
Norwegian. the scene Of his labors
being the shores of some ford Of his
native land.
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