The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-01-22

commit tnem- TO the lOstSiiuS eoic "
forwarding companies for thousands
of miles over land or sea have been
carried so far that it may, perchance.
be time to call a halt.
The baseball chieftains who have
3een in conference in the metropolis
agree IN saying that when the men
play ball smart and skilfully the pub
lie rushes in delight to see the games.
But all lovers of sport turn away IN
disgust from a weary succession OF
so-called contests which are full of
dawdling and fumbling.
Russias pavilion on the Worlds
Fair Grounds, it is said, will cost
$4,000, while she will have 75,000
square feet in the several exhibition
buildings for the exploitation OF her
self in education, varied industries,
fine arts, agriculture, manufactures
and transportation. England. Ger
many and France will have to hustle
to make a showing equal to that OF
Russia.
Fiction sometimes becomes fact.
minstrel story told how a'hotel keeper
at the Centennial weighed his guests
when they entered his dining room
and again when they left it, and
charged accordingly. The endman
who told the story added that not hav.
ing been well when he went to the
hotel, he ate only some soup, for
which, according to the scale, he had
to pay s3.1S. Now comes the news
that the Pueblo and Bsulah Valley
Railroad in Colorado intends to
seharge passengers by weight, not by
distance Travelled. The fat man who
needs two seats to- hold him Will at
last have to pay for what he gets.
The P. and B. " Railroad sets an ex.
cellent example.
A couple of Ohio men claim to have
solyNi the problem OF aerial naviga.
y at least, they have, If reports
ue, succeeded in flying their ma
a distance of three miles in the
vi d tWcAly-OA lAiAC 6aAO, ahA
hg at the place of their own Sc
IN in safety, observes the st.
Star. Ohio is a great State,
what her people cannot accom-
either in politics or aeronautics
BIT worth undertaking. 1t now only
aims for her to carry off all the
hip premiums at the Worlds Fair
fully establish herself as the in
chile Commonwealth of the Union.
clerk in Chicago stole $4,000
N his employers, at the rate OF
% day. His excuse is that he
mt the money Giving like white
H. and that "a white man can't
3 on 50 week." That statement
ght be true, although, as matter
fact, it is not, since many white
en- do live on 50 a week and still it
buld not excuse the man who spent
pre- than his salary on the rent OF
5 fat and laid out over six years in
bme ON furniture. For the one thing
hat this apologist for theft overlook
ID was that If his employers did not
|ffer him enough for white man to
i've ON he was not obliged TO take it.
It is always bad policy for an employ
er to pay less than living wages, but
It is still worse policy for worker
to accept the insufficient payment and
steal to make up the deficit. The ex-
cuse, Il couldn't live on my pay"
would have some validity only il the.
sufferer were tied by law to his job.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch
makes the following apostrophe: Ma
ture is our great teacher; and we may
learn many valuable lessons from her
II we go to her school in a spirit of
willingness. Nature teaches US beau
tiful lessons in the divine grace of
giving. The sun gives its light and
heat without stint, and without ask.
ING anything in return; the clouds
give their rain TO the unjust as we'll
as TO the just. the soil gives its fruits.
that which he asks for; the trees give
their shade: the flowers give their
perfume; the mines give their gold
and silver and precious stones. Ask
what you will. Mother Earth gives gen
erousiy. gloriously, seeking not her
own" Only man and beast are sci
ish.
Who would not be stakeholder in
the Bank of Spain, prospectiyely the
richest institution in the world? In
200s the legacy Of $4,000 left on de-
post by the late Cardinal Herrerro