The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-06-01
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a Baltimore cynic thinks he mas
discovered three successive stages in
married life: Matrimony, acrimony
and alimony.
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans said
that the winter practice of the At
lantic feet had proved the necessity
for constant use of big guns and had
resulted in proving the efficacy OF
scout ships and wireless telegraphy In
naval warfare
According to. Professor Skeat, the
only true spelling of any word is that
which most reasonably gives its
sound. Artemus Ward was, there
fore a correct speller and the most
notable pioneer of reform. BY the
way, why doesn't the professor set
good example and spell his name
Skate?
If it is no longer possible to sue
coed in business without making use
of the telephone, says The Spectator,
Is it not conceivable that even the bal
ance Of private or social life may DO
upset into the bargain? There may
be imagined time when 1t will be
mo use trying to know the So-and-
SOS because they are not on tine
phone"
No panic, no crisis, no crop failure,
and the wreck of no fortune, however
vast, can permanently injure the coun-
try, or impede its greatness as ma
ton Of honest and good-living people.
boasts the New York News; and the
possession Of all other virtues in the
calendar of heaven will not avail
those who give their lives Up soieiy
to the accumulation Of wealth.
A lone Indiana woman settled the
problem Of what to do with a man
discovered under the bed by getting
double barreled shotgun, order
ing him out and filling his
legs with buskshot. The story
would be more impressive II the
resourceful woman had been spins
ter. Marriage seems to invest Won-
an with daring unknown to her SIN
gle sister. No burglar was ever AFRAID
of an old maid.
This is no time for snap judgments
That the President is In earnest is
certain. observes the Boston Trans
cript. That he has taken almost I'M
precedented pains to secure reliable
data for his conclusions is evident
snd he has mistaken confidence IN
the correctness of those Conclusions
but the correlations of the main Ques'
ton are so vast and involved tnae
there may be openings for mistakes
even under the most acute anu
searching analysis.
For the averted coal strike the pup
liz has the miners chiefly to thank.
How far their policy OF concession
was dictated by self-interest Is not 80
material as the satisfactory outcome
of the dispute, which is the main
thing. declares the New York World.
The fact that the miners had most 70
lose by a strike will not detract from
the credit due their representatives
FOR their conciliatory attitude during
the negotiations.
German investigator finds that
where wages are lowest crime is most
n~evalent: where wages are highest
there il the least crime. This Is
strikingIy emphasized as REGARDS
theft. Out Of the fourteen provinces
thu ak which show the highest record
for robbery are those in winch 1ne
days wage Is the lowest. Social ms
erv is not the only cause of crime, Dw
It Is one of the most important.
There is an implied contract Win
the railroad corporation that IN re-
rurn for what the Government has
eranted to it, the public shall receive
something more than the right 70 ouy
TRANSPORTATION at whatever price. tne
recihents of these Government raw
ors choose to sell it, declares the new
York Press
It Is a source OF regret in England
that the lectures read before the
ROYAL United Service Institution deal
almost exclusively with army affairs
and that the Admiralty tries to dis
courage active officers from submit
ting professional papers for general
discussion. This is pure mediaevaa'
ism, for surely all the wisdom-tne
last words not confined to the sea
lords says the New York Herald. We
do better on his side of the water. but
not so much better than we can
pride ourselves out of all whooping
The weakness of any government IL
measured by it's supersensitiveness to
fair criticism There is, of course,
proper limit to discussion, when, rof