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togetherWith the requirement Of a unani-
nous verdict, makes 1t next to impOssl-
bic to convict where the criminal has
friends, money and skilled counsel to de-
fend him.
Boston Post: It looks as II there would
be distress in Ireland the coming winter.
According to reports from widely sepa-
rated parts of the island, the failure of
crops has been general and the prices of
provisions are rising. The inclement sea-
son has destroyed much of the grain, and
the potato crop is reported In some dis
tricts as ruined and in many more as
badly damaged. This means a great
deal more to us here in America than the
famine in Asia. Ireland is close to our
doors; many of our citizens are Of her
people; distress in Ireland is almost dis
tress in the American household. And
1t means even more to England. In these
days, whatever may happen in distant
India, it would be universal scandal were
famine to seize upon Ireland This is a
matter with which the British govern
ment cannot deal too quickly or too lib
orally.
Troy Times: 1t is evidence of the in
tention Of the Chinese government to i'm
prove the material condition of the peo-
pie Of that country when it comes to
America to secure the services Of a man
who will be able to teach the coolies how
to farm according to modern and sci
entifc principles China is one of the
greatest agricultural countries upon the
face Of the earth. The larger portion of
the empire is favored by climate and nat
ural conditions, yet the old civilization
has not been able to secure the best and
most fruitful results. The new civiliza-
ton is therefore appealed to, and Chang
Chi Tung, viceroy of the province of HUI
KWang, has requested President Schur-
man, Of Cornell University, to select a
graduate Of the agricultural department
Of that institution who is competent to
establish and take charge Of model
farm in that province.
Pittsburg Dispatch: This is the week
of the Harvest Moon. The time when
fair Luna, almost constant for three days,
fingers to look down upon the garnered
grain-perchanCe upon more sentimental
things. The week Of the Harvest Moon
was formerly the time for the Harvest
Home festival, when the reapers and
binders and all the countryside made
merry together. 1t has fallen some
what into desuetude in later years-been
crowded into the background by the
more practical county fair with its arti-
fetal attractions. Agriculture has been
thrust into an age of steam machinery,
the agriculturist has fallen into hard
haste that gives him time for but one
picnic a year, and so the time that was
eTstwhile given to rejoicing and thanks
giving has lately been devoted to inspect
ing live stock and improved machinery
with possibly buncO game here and
there.
Twentieth Century: 1t seems a very
difficult matter to project any cO-opera-
tive or SOcialistic community without in
time having to suffer from the purely
personal element of the life involved. A
number of men and women may agree
perfectly as to the theory upon which the
world should be reformed, but, the mo-
ment they found colony to live up to
the theory, there is trouble. The trouble
appears seldom, or never, to be due to
the principle of cooperation. That prin-
ciple always works successfully. The diff
ficulty is always in connection with indi-
viduals. 1t is not so very long ago that
cooperative colony was founded in this
country and proved to be one Of the ex-
tremely successful experiments of the
sort. Now, however, it is on the point of
not because there is any fault
to find with the methods, but because the
people interested cannot get along with
each other.
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