The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-09

| the bill proposed the establishment
of schools, first in Chicago, then in
| Washington, and then in New York
to be followed later by smaller schools
in 100 other cities, ito test and try
the science of spelling" with specia
reference to system discovered, ar
ranged. and completed" and already
tested in twenty-eight living langua
ges by fellowcitiZen of Chicago
and seemingly destined. according to
| one of the most numerous whereases
| of the bill, in the near future to be
worth as much to the people of the
United States as steam has been and
| system would make all children mas
tiers of the English language. SC
far as spelling, reading, and writing
was concerned, by the time they were
eight years old: in which respect ii
seems to have been vastly superior
to the system invented by the Sim
plified Spelling Board. For the es-
tablishment of his beneficent institu-
ton, Mr. LAWYERS bill carried an APP
preparation of $4,000, and there, too,
is evidence that the latest scheme is,
to use no harsher term, the work of
hC lcdluie Vi
the matter is that Mr. Lawler. who
had been ship carpenter earlier
in his career, an active labor organi-
ger, and president of the Ship Carpen-
tors Association, failed to get what
he wanted. Undismayed by lack of
success, however, this phonetic pio-
neer still further anticipated the Pres
ident two years later, by Introducing
concurrent resolution for the use
of a short method of spelling in the
Government Printing Office, which
measure was wickedly put to sleep by
the Committee of Printing.
No one has yet seen fit to write
book entitled 'The Blessings of Bene-
violent Assimilation" for distribution
among the PHILIPPINES, possibly be-
cause a sufficient number of blessings
have not yet been discovered. They
to turn up occasionally, however, it
has just been discovered, has a parti-
cular blessing all its own in the shape
of a regularly occurring Sunday of
thirty-one and one-half hours dura-
ton, The length of the day in ques-
ton is not due to geographical 1oca-
ton, earthquakes, or any other natur-
al phenomena, but solely and directly,
say local experts on the subject, to
benevolent assimilation, omanating
from the person of Commander Potts,
U. S. N, who is governor and COM
mandant of this dot in the Pacific.
Under his homemade edict, Sunday
begins at half-past ten o'clock on what
would otherwise be Saturday night,
and keeps right on going until six
o'clock Monday morning What the
little brown brothers thinks of this
chunk out of his week, is not stated
The law itself is due to the new IL
luor regulations, under which it is
an offensive punishable by heavy
fine to sell hard drinks on the Sab
bath, and some curiosity is already
as to whether it would not
De well to make that day week long
and thus do away with saloons alto
yether. Blessing number two, as en-
oyed by Guam, may be discovered
by the person who doesn't live there
n the ruling that no saloon may be
called a saloon. Restaurant, cafe, or
buffet are the terms allowed.
Even if England furnished a tailor
% cut the clothes for the American
Army in the most up-to-date fashion,
t looks as if his country were to more
,anizing the British Army" so far as |
Methods of packing animals and |
managing pack trains are concerned. |
Although it seems probable that John |
Bull will hereafter have Tommy At |
Tins do his packing in the Western |
American style, in use in the army |
# the United States the decision will |
lot be definitely announced until |
ome interesting experiments being |
arried on at present are completed. |
The final test between the American
Methods and these of West Queens
and, Australia, is to be made between
wo teams, one from the Legion of /
'rontiersmen, made up the men who
ave gained experience in the West
IN states in this country, and the
ther composed of Queensland rang
rs. Practical proof of superiority be-
ng required, it was decided to let
ach team make the trip from Lon
on to Brighton and return, distance
about 100 miles, with fully loaded
ack train Time is to be a minor
and if American meth
DIS bring in packs and animals in
etter condition, it will be finally
dopted for use in the British army.
merican officers assert that there
an be no doubt as to the result, and
eel confident that though we have ;
cen shown by England in the mat
er of army dress styles, the shoe ]
ill be on the other foot when it I,
omes to a question of practical eff ,
ency.
The first session of the Fifty-Ninth
ongress, following the standard set
y nearly everything else during /,
305-6, was a record-breaker, a fact
hich is shown by the index of the
congressional Record now in process
printing Not only in the index !
he biggest one for many year, but
Ia Pocord itself and the House JoIIr-