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, II seems an ideal
country residence. scarcely calculated
to reduce crime.--Tit-Bits.
I'm E. H. HarrIman's obituary no.
tices," said a 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.
mfr. Hartman IL dead. my dear
I said to her.
"Iier eyes filled with tears, and she
said, with 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 DURAN, whose remark.
able qualities have been descanted
upon by visitors to the archipelago.
The DURAN grows on lofty tree
somewhat resembling an elm, Is about
as large as cocoanut, has a shiny
shell, and contains q creamy pulp
which combines some Of the fiavors of
delicious custard with those OF q
fine cheese. American soldiers in the
Philippines have dubbed the DURHAM
the vegetable Limburger cheese" I
The other rare fruit IL 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 misery 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 ye'll have to wait till some
goes bad, Of course the old lady snap.
ped. We can't afford to eat good,
sound fruit wuth 3 cents a bushel.'"
II have learned how to make the
foreign walters in the restaurants
where eat think / have lived in Eu.
rope half a lifetime" said a woman
who never dimes at home. II dawdle
over my dinner twice 40 long a. any.
body else In the place. II requires NO
ehort for me TO do that. BY nature
eat in the same leisurely manner
that do everything else. Most Of
my compatriots bolt their food. A Q
consequence the foreign walters who
are used to leisurely dining regard
them with amazed horror.
"'Ah. those Americana! they OF.
claim. Some day they choke. But a
for Misunderstanding Newell. ma.
dame 10 different. Madame nibbles,
she sips, she fingers; therefore she 10
not as those Of common American
clay. It takes madame never less than
two hours to eat her dinner. That
marks her as one Of the European
elect. New York Globe.
Americans. Gays the London News,
employ the word "Britisher." which
they invented. In a contemptuous
sense. 1t was a certain Philadelphia
wit who Is said to have asked his
friends what "Britisher" would
mean to convey by the written word
observation-disclosures" He had to or.
plain to them that. according to the 70.
MUS Of the English language. It meant
potato" Thus: CHIP. a. In '"hic.
cough" ough-o. % in dough-"
phth-t - in "phthisis; eigh-a, %
10 neighbour" tte-t. % in gazette"
and eau-o. az in beau" This was
1t least as pushing as the livery Sta.
bic keepers bill which contained the
two lines
Aosafada
Atacinonimomgin.
Nobody who does not know the an.
'wer'' has ever yet arrived at the 80.
ution. which 10. In the vernacular of
he creditor himself, "A 'oss 'alf q
lay" and "A.takin' on i'm 'ome
ag'in.'
1t 10 common enough to see boy
watching cattle to keep them from
'traying, and In days not 80 very long
gone by 1t was no unusual thing for
boy to be set to keep the birds of
he crops. But watchdog whose duty
t Is to keep lookout for school OF
ish, and who sits In a sentry.box set
ipon stills. Is not such an everyday
light.
This particular kind of watchdog 10
Norwegian, the scene OF his lab0rs
icing the shores of some ford Of his
lative land.
His little sentry-box 10 made OF
wood. and perched high upon posts.
Iere the lad sits. gazing out across
he arm of the sea. using his keen
yes for the benefit Of the farmers