The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-30

The standing army of Panama has
oeen reduced to twenty-five men,
which. says the Philadelphia Record.
is in perfect harmony with its politi
,al proportions"
The big department stores of New
York City have united on plan for
he detection and punishment of
shoplifters. They declare that fully
half million dollars worth of mer-
c.landisa is stolen from them annual
" in this manner.
Only in the shadow of a great city,
links President Nicholas Murray
Butler, may great university grow
up. With all respect to Harvard,
Chicago, Columbia and Pennsylvania,
It might be submitted that Yale, Cor
aell Princeton and Ann Arbor, To-
Gated in small towns, are not yet so
entirely out of the running, the Bos-
ton Transcript replies.
Bolivias and Chile have signed
treaty of peace and amlty, but it is
presumed that nothing in this con
vention shall be construed to Inter
fere with the inherent right of revo-
luton held by every over-patriotic
South American. AYERS the Indiana
polls News.
Jacob A. Riis in recent lecture on
The Battle of the Sums" is report
ed to have said: The problem OF
the slums is in charge of the schools
Manual training promises much fol
ceform. The ability of The wife and
mother to cook often holds the family
.ogether. Schools in the poorer dis
.ricts Of cities should all have work
shops and kitchens as part of the
regular course of study
A New York judge says that the
modern political club for women is
mucn better than the old New Eng
land sewing circle, states Springfield
Republican. At the latter few
clothes were some times made ano
many regulations usually ruined
while at the former the women only
talk of the politicians, who are hard
sned creatures and do not care, any
way.
From st. Paul, Mimi, is reported
another of those distressing cases in
which a young woman laughed so
heartily over joke that she dislocat-
I'D her jaw and could not c'ose her
mouth until physician had reset t.e
Jaw This young woman ought to
AXE course in regular attendance
1t vaudeville, comments the Boston
transcript, in order that, having
heard all the jokes that were ever
made reiterated ad nauseam, she may
oeyer again be taken by surprise.
Answering the question, (Which
kind of wood lasts longest?" writ
er in the Kansas City Journal, con-
tributes this interesting bit of infor-
nation: Some interesting expert
ments have been made to ascertain
which wood lasts the longest. 1t was
found that birch and aspen decayed
in three years, willow and chestnut
In four years. maple and red beech
in five years, and elm and ash in
seven years. Oak, Scottish fir and
Weymouth pine decayed to the depth
Of half an inch in seven years; larch
and juniper were uninjured at the
nd of seven years. In situations 90
tree from moisture that they may
practically be called dry, the durabil-
lty of timber is unlimited. The roof Of
Westminster hall is more than $50
years CID
Too little concern is being mani
tested by the British government on
> account of the uninterrupted exodus
of Irish and Cornish peasants to
America, the Commoner states. Writ.
ing from Plymouth, England, United
States Consul Stephens says: "The
British press has called special at
tention during the last month to the
continued, and what they term alarm.
ing. flight of the Irish and Cornish
to America. Over 22,0UJ have gone
from Ireland alone during the pres
emit year, and the exodus, which has
received an impetus from the cheap
fares, goes on without interruption.
There is, it is asserted. no greater
menace to Ireland's future than this
appalling drain of immigration. II
is drawing out Of the country the
best of its peasant class for America,
and leaving the undesirables behind.
Never before have the irish people
manifested such a determination to
leave their country. AT present they
are leaving at the rate of 1000 per
week, and no argument advanced to
keep them in their island has the
slightest effect. The same condl-
lions. though in a modified form. APP.
ply to Cornwall The mining indus