The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-12-08
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

In manufacturing occupations the
average life of soap boilers is the
highest and that of grindstone makers
the lowest.
A posse of indignant Indiana farm
ers spent the night in chasing man
who stole pumpkin pie. There IS
appreciation for you.
A noted singer says that high col
Jars spoil the voice. People with long
necks and no voices will contend that
high collars keep off the wind admir-
ably.
An Iowa woman who says she can
not live without talking sues her tacl-
turn husband for divorce. He would
not even talk back.
Russian barbarism is fully as base
and brutal as any that the Rome OF
Did ever furnished, and Imperial Rome
went to the limit when she tore the
eyes out of the men of captive army
A Canadian court has ruled that
father must pay the expenses OF court
ing his daughter which were incurred
by a rejected sutton. The light Dill
will probably be an important item.
When French admirals salute from
their fiagships the old Victory wnlcn
Nelson commanded at Trafalgar, OBJ
serves the Rome Civilta Cattolica,
and when French officials respectful
Iy salute the statue of Nelson in ira
falgar square, does it seem that the
world has indeed made progress?
Speaking the other night at Man
chester, Winston Churchill, who Is
thirty-four years old, said: I'm poll
tics a man may be described as
young man of promise until he is past
the age of sixty-five. Youth less ma
ture is often the object of hostile criti-
cism.''
Fifteen per cent. of error, says
Chief Willis l.. Moore, is the record OF
the weather bureau. Not only is this
proportion lower than in any foreign
bureau, but in ten years not crlti-
cism of its work has come from any
commercial, maritime or scientific or
ganization.
At an exhibition of empire grown
cotton in Manchester, 1t was omclal-
ly stated that during this year 4,Oo0
bales of cotton had been received
from the West Indies, over 5000 bales
from West Africa and over 500 bales
from East Africa. 1t was believed the
quantity would be doubled before the
end of the year. concludes the In
dianapolis News.
Last year the automobilists OF
Great Britain paid $1,500,000 in fines
for over.speeding. AS source OF gov.
eminent revenue, the auto may YET
permit the abolition of protective
tariffs.
A writer who has been investigating
the old subject of superstition among
burglars gives it as his conclusion that
no burglar will 'icrack' house where
a female servant that squints is kept.
II burglar sees three different horses
slip down in day he will not work
that night One Englishman in the
dock confessed that members of his
profession would never "burgle'
~ % Qg III
and 444.
Solemn warning is given by the GU
rator of the Alhambra, in Spain, that
the seven hundred-year-old palace IS
falling to pieces. The ancient home OF
SPANS Moorish kings has withstood
both earthquakes and fire. Inc
French soldiers blew up eight OF the
towers and tried to level the entire
fabric. 1t is the great age OF the
building which is threatening it Win
destruction now.
OF eccentric advertisements the
London Chronicle remarks: Probably
to the end of time respectable women
will want washing though it is hard
to reconcile their responsibility with
their lack of personal cleanliness.
Butchers, too, who are prepared to
kill anything when in searrn of en-
ployment, are we'll matched by the
dealer who, wanting salesman, pre-
dicates that he must be alive when
wanted"
RoadImaking in the Philippines Is
a serious question, asserts the Louis
Vile Courier-Journal. One has just
been finished in the Island of Luzon
"a L. 49,. . l.undrad miles in length