Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-11

case his expectations are realized we
suppose II will be permissible to speak
Of his performance as 'ornithoping."
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Owing to the advent Of the aero.
plane some one. from Kansas might
make a fortune by introducing the cy.
clone cellar in England.
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Speaking OF midsummer bargains.
did you notice that the 100000
Rockefeller building was sold by the
elder to the younger John d. for 81?
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In other words. according to the &C.
commodating alienist, Thaw was in.
sane just long enough to furnish the
excuse which was going to be neces-
sary.
Five feet of books will make some
men real scholars. And then, again,
there are other men upon whose na.
tive ignorance five cords Of books
wouldn't make an impression.
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A man who gave 100000 to the
church now has only 81 between him
and poverty. In casting your bread
upon the waters II Is sometimes as
we'll to watch which way the current
goes.
A financial expert has written a
magazine article on "Who Owns the
Wealth OF the United States?" II he
had just finished q stay with sum.
mer resort keeper he would not have
any doubts.
Perhaps the West would get more
Of those $4,000 men that she wants to
help harvest the crops II she could
promise profitable occupation for
them after the crops are harvested.
A New York correspondent objects
that mems clothes have too many peck.
cts. An evident attempt to keep up
the general average In compensation
for the complete absence Of pockets in
women's clothing.
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Courts for children, like those Of
higher jurisdiction. are sad reminders
OF neglect. depravity and crime In man.
kind. They exist not from choice or
through pride In the machinery Of law.
but as a result Of dire necessity In
some cases. The bar at which incor.
rigibles are arraigned should not be q
judgment seat for musings accused Of
trifling misdemeanors. OfYicialdom
guilty Of wholesale arrests and prose.
cutions Of this description Is itself In
need Of discipline.
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Interest In the project Of dammine
Niagara River has been renewed by
the approaching report OF the Inter
national Deep Waterways Commission
The members of the commission are
said to be individually In favor of the
dam. Shipping men favor 1t also. a.
the decline In level Of Lake Erie ever,
autumn seriously interferes with theil
business. II Ia estimated that q dan
which would maintain the lake at 9
permanent and satisfactory level could
be built for $5,0O0.0O0.
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Back of the enforced restoration Il
federal ownership OF the lands that
Western corporations are now surren
dering lies the deeper issue of wheth
err there has been penitence for the de-
ceits practiced and the greed shown, Of
Is 1t simply a case of might at last
getting on the side of the right, and
compelling surrender of the goods.
without any recognition by the officials
who have been caught that they have
been guilty of anything save the elev
enth commandment. which Is. "Thor
Shalt Not Be Found Out"
The policy Of barring gypsies, which
the new immigration commissioner al
Ellis Island Is enforcing, Is likely t.
meet with general public approval
There is no conceivable respect II
which they can be benefit to our so
ciety. While not likely to be a charge
on our communities In the ordinary
sense. they are suspected of being 81
in another. They are hardly desirable
neighbors even for short time. ant
1t has become the custom In most com
munities to refuse them place to a,
their camps. Picturesque, no doub
they are. and reminders OF certain
phases of the days of romance ant
chivalry. but we measure our human
accretions these days by the standard