Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1910-01-29
Nine STRONG DEMOCRATS TALKED OF FOR Mayor
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sheep means that the grass along the
roadsides is sometimes consumed ut
terly by the trekking stock to width
Of as much as a mile. Land owners
along stock routes are now being COM
PEELED to close of the roads to within
their legal limits as regards breadth
this legal limit Ia about seventy.
two yards-and in a few years the
roads will become impossible for the
movement Of the stock. This state
Of affairs will gradually put stop to
trekking.
Mrs. Chaplin. the English suffragette,
who threw acid during recent Lon.
don election. with the object Of spoil.
ing the ballots, failed to obtain an
interview when she went to express
her regrets to william Thorley. an
election official, whose eyes were
burned by the fluid. Thorley was in
a dark room In hospital and he sent
out word he would not talk with Mrs.
Chaplin and that he had not the slight.
est thought Of accepting any regret
or apology from her. Mrs. Chaplin was
indignant.
THAT the man should behave in
such way" she said, "is the last
thing I expected. fear that he and
differ in other views besides politi.
cal ones. He may refuse to see me,
but he cannot prevent me from feel
ing sorry he was injured in the slight
est" Mrs. Chaplin said that she was
receiving every day scores Of abusive
letters. All Of these. she explained,
were from men. and she was described
in such terms as Beast" "She.Wolf,"
"Hooligan." Acid Thrower" and
"Scoundrel."
In the Hoffman House group Of.
politicians were discussing the death
Of Patrick II. McCarren, the Demo-
cratic leader.
"McCarren," said lawyer. "knew
how to handle men. He met straight.
forward men with Straightforward
methods. and tricky men he bested
with wilier tricks than their own.
Once he illustrated his policy to me
with story. He was like, he said,
the rich Peter Higgins. When Peter
was young and gay. two Of his friends
being hard up. put up game on him.
"'Porter.' they said. you might pay
us that 81 we lent YOU
"'when did you lend me S2?' said
Peter haughtily.
"'why. night before last. when you
we're drunk was the reply.
"'Oh, yes,' said Peter: I remember
now. But, hang 1t. paid you back
"'Paid us backr When?
"Last night. when you were drunk.
Don't you remember"
When Willie's father came home to
supper there was q vacant chair at the
table.
"Well, where's the boy?"
civilian Is upstairs in bed" The
answer came with painful precision
from the sad.faced mother.
"why. wh--what's up? Not sick, 10
he?" IAN anxious pause.)
1T grieves me to say. Robert, that
our son-your son-has been heard
swearing on the street. heard him."
Swearing? Scott! I'll teach him to
swear" And he started upstairs In the
dark. Halfway up he stumbled and
came down with his chin on the top
step.
When the atmosphere cleared lit.
tie. Willie's mother was saying sweet.
ly from the hallway: "That will do,
dear. You have given him enough for
one lesson"
The now familiar OK tail soup IL
said to have had it, origin during
the Reign Of Terror In Paris in 1898,
when many Of the nobility were re.
duced to starvation and beggary. The
abattoirs sent their hides fresh to the
tanners without removing the tails,
and In cleaning them the tails were
thrown away. One day one Of the
noble beggars. while happening to pass
q tannery. noticed pile OF discarded
tails, and. asking for one. It was will.
ingly given to him. He Immediately
told his friends of his good luck, with
the natural result that the tanners
were soon annoyed to such an extent
by the demands for OK tails that
price was put on them.
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Both Mrs. Wells and Mrs. Fargo will
have new gowns at once. The stock
shares Of the Wells.Fargo company re-
Gently rose from 5l9 to $50 In the mar
ket, following the distribution Of
dividend which showed a profit of 800
per cent on $l6.0O0.00O Of capital
some Of which IL actually invested.
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The composite character of the
American people to-day could hardly
be shown In more striking way than
by the fact that leafet In ten DIFF
ferent languages has Just been au.
thorized by clothing.makers' union,
In order to inform its members of
present conditions in the trade and
| the advantages of organization,