The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-03-02


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A man who goes to law may not bp
in the poor sutton class when he
starts, but is liable to be before ne
finishes, says the Washington Star.
Down at Ormond Beach they have
an automobile that travels at the rate
of 127 miles an hour. Most people,
however, observes the Philadelphia
Ledger, would rather stay where they
are than go some place else so sud-
denly.
The fathers and mothers of past
generation used the rod less sparing-
ly than it is used now, reflects the
Philadelphia Ledger, yet men who re-
call the visits to the woodshed and
the application of the regenerating
strap do SO without the slightest
thought of bitterness, knowing the
hand raised in rebuke was impelled
by affection.
Commodore E. C. Benedict at
dinner at Waterbury, Conn, said: II
this country was administered on
business principles without regard to
politics we would soon own or control
everything in the world that is worth
owning or controlling, and that with
out firing anything but commercial
shot. The country suffers vastly more
from the acts of it's lawmakers than
tne acts of its lawbreakers in inn
peding commerce, in discriminating
in taxation, and in uncivilized meth
DDS of finance.
The automobile industry will prob
ably have setback from reckless
overproduction Of cheap and ill-made
machines, but the consequent blow
will fall on the more unsound manu-
facturers, and Of decidedly temper
airy character will be any halt in the
march of the machine. Very likely
the use of it for pleasure will lose its
zest, continues Golfers Weekly, but
its economic value is too well-estab-
ished to make possible any lessening
of the place it has taken in our gen
eral life.
The people of tine United States
cherish an enthusiastic and not un-
reasonable admiration for their navy,
declares the New York Tribune. It's
ships are modern in design and equip
ment, and in numbers and armament
present a truly formidable array. AS
long ago as the war with Spain, Amer
lean gunners exhibited a skill which
was hard to match, and continued tar
get practice since that time has I'M
doubtedly advanced the standard of
craftsmanship still further. Finally.
the officers in command of fleet,
squadron and individual ship possess
not only charming personal traits,
but also the more vital professional
qualities required in the performance
of duty.
Julian Hawthorne has written an
article for the Critic on Journalism
the Destroyer of Literature" in which
he argues that the newspaper is the
characteristic voice of the age and
that the enterprise of the newspaper
in invading fields beyond its legiti-
mate sphere has compelled the maya
zines to modify their contents to meet
this rivalry, to handle timely topics
Everybody can write nowadays" Mr..
Hawthorne declares, ''but the literary
geniuses are as rare as ever and new
or before had such difficulty in get
ting a hearing. The newspaper spirit
has banished them and has closed
above us the gates of the spiritual
plane"
When iron bridges first began to
displace wooden structures, the
change was made largely in the inter-
est of durability. This faith in the
permanence of iron as compared with
wood has been justified In measure.
but The Engineering Record notes
the fact that the oldest bridges in the
have been those built Of tim
Der, explaining That this is true only
in rare cases where the life of the