The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-09-22
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

All the push that some men dis
play in this life is behind baby car
riage, AYERS the Staunton (Ya0i
Leader.
Give a man all he wants to eat and
drink and he will find it easy enough
to preach to others upon the duty OF
abstinence, avows the Boston Trans
script.
Why put women on the board charg-
ed with identifying Washington? The
houses already have straight fronts
and the face of the town clock has
been painted, observes the Washing
| ton Times
The New York Tribune says that
the fate of four girls who were drown
&c the other day at Lebanon, Mo-,
makes 1t suitable again to advise
girls who cannot remain seated dur
ing a boat ride to stay on shore,
where they can exchange seats as
often as caprice may suggest.
A saw eight feet in diameter has
| been made in Indiana. 1t is going to
Brazil, where it will be used to cut
stone with. 1t mas 200 teeth and each
| tooth is crowned with a diamond.
| What shirt stud it would make Tor
] hotel clerk? suggests the Vista CIV.
va.) Democrat.
| When Uncle Sam is done killing the
| yellow fever mosquito in the South
he might direct his efforts toward
| the destruction of the ordinary mos
quito in other parts of the country
There appears no reason why II
should be spared, thinks the Pittsburg
Dispatch.
It used to be said that life on the
| farm was drudgery, but that day has
passed, asserts the New York Wit
ness. With the modern agricultural
machinery and methods that we have
| nowadays the farmer can accomplish
his work in much shorter time ana
in a great deal more satisfactory man.
ner than in the past.
| A reader begs us to warn the pub
| lie against the danger OF boarding
moving trains, and sends us clip
ping from a Canadian paper, protest
ing against the habit of prolonglng
| farewells in a railroad station. until
after 1t has started, says the Newark
IN. J.) Sunday Call. There is mucn
reck1essness in Newark and not
little of 1T is due to the fact that
many do not know that trains stop
| and get under way much more quick
| ly than formerly.
The Philadelphia North American
saws the country is filled with stock
companies whose capital bears no
fair relation to the assets, but which
have been launched by rich men for
the purpose of flching the substance
of poor men The land Is strewed
with the wrecks Of enterprises de
vised by millionaires for no other end
| but the robbery of their unwary fef
lows Invariably 1t is the already rich
who bride legislators and buy pubic
officers and corrupt public Journals
and carry the stream Of pollution into
| all the channels Of politics.
The census of 1890 showed thai
| there were in the United States 59e
seed farms, containing 16S,S5O acres.
of which 96,567 were actually produc
ing seed crops, states the Epitomist
The production OF seed Is still increas
ing, and 1t is stated on good authority
that 100000 acres are now annually
devoted to peas alone, and half as
many to beans. In 1878 we imported
half our wrinkled varieties; now. we
supply shortage abroad and import
only in case of failure Of the crop.
| When look about me and see
strong young men in the very blush
of manhood squandering their time
when they might be working for good
wages, says W. F. Menner, in the Ag.
ricultural Epitomist, can't help but
recall the by-gone years of my own
life when | was about the age OF
| these young fellows. only regret
that my opportunities at that time
were not as favorable as are those
of many young men Of my acquaint
ance today.
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