The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-04-06

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Only a few years ago William Wal
| dorf Astor landed in England an OBJ
scure multi-millionaire, muses. the
Kansas City Star. Now His Gracious
Majesty, Edward VII, has cond@
scended to appoint Mr.. Astor's SON
a second lieutenant. There is no.
where in the wide world where sturdy
American pluck cannot succeed.
Lecturing before a London audi
ence on the Importance of house
cleaning, an English scientist assert
ed that as much dust as can be placed
on pin point yields no fewer than
5000 colonies of living germs. The
majority of these germs are represen-
tative of disease.
Notwithstanding the anxious inquiry
as to what is to become of the edu.
Gated woman, the women Of America
seem to be steadily pursuing the
paths that leads to the higher .equ-
cation. The degree of doctor Of juris-
prudence has just been conferred 20
woman for the first time by the
University of Chicago, Miss T. Brock
enridge. of Kentucky, being the sue
cessful candidate
The Chinese boycott upon the trade
of this country is not 50 serious as
it has been represented. According to
the Monthly Summary Of Commerce.
and Finance the exports Of the United
States to China In the seven months
ending with January, 1906, amounted
in value to $2s,S62. $50, against $23,4S2,
94S in the corresponding period of the
preceding year. There Is little cause
to complain Of that kind of boy
colt
The Car will concede his Rus
slams parliament; but it will only
be his play-thing. It will be called
together and dispersed at his pleas
ure. He will appoint one-half Of the
members of the upper house. Its au-
thority will be limited on every hand
by prerogative, and its members Will
be sworn to fealty to the Emperor
Of Holy Russia. 1t Is most evident
that the great autocrat puts no trust
in the good will of his subjects. He
cannot expect that they will trust
him.
The Pottawatomie Indians are
about all in, announces the Holton.
(Kan.) Recorder. Their lands are
being sold rapidly. their annuities
from the Government are decreasing,
and when they draw their head-rignt
money the young bucks hurry on to
the Joint towns and squander 1t IN
drinking and gambling. Already the
Indian traders, who formerly gave
the red men unlimited credit, are
tightening the reins and establishing
more of a cash basis in their dealings.
Lecturing upon the Hygiene OF the
Home" at the Hygienic Institate.
London, Mr.. Somerville Hastings ad-
vocated the abolition of carpets, hang
ings, and everything that could mar
Dor dirt and dust. The quantity OF
dust that would lie on the point OF
a pin was sufficient in which to rear
5000 colonies of germs, most of them
nocuous to human beings. Our hardy
forefathers of the reigns of Mary,
Elizabeth and James I. never washed
face, hands, or clothing, and bath
was unknown King James con-
fined his personal ablutions to wiping
the tips of his fingers with damp
napkin. Only students of history
knew the horrors of life in the Mid
die Ages. 1t was almost inconceivably
dirty.
Machinery is the cornerstone or
modern society, the very foundation
on which law, science, ethics, the
arts. even the State itself rests, de-
clares the Reader. It is so new that
we do not yet know its poetry. We
do not vet understand. Only two gen.
erations have lived beside the high
way of steam, only one has seen the
Bessemer converter transform the
blacksmith into the master builder
of ships and towers. The sewing ma
chine, the far speaker, the typewriter,
are common things of today, accepted
as a matter of daily convenience, and
yet are they teachers of the peopie.
Machines that come close to our lives
and homes insensibly teach truth, pre-
cision, the adjustment of universal
laws to human needs, respect for that
wise American idea that labor saved
is labor reIeased~for higher and mob
Ter toll. The machine is the head
master in the high school of the race.
A worlds famine In iron within the
next century is the prediction OF
United States Consul General Mason
of Paris, in a report in which he dis
cusses the subject exhaustively. Mr..
Mason says it is we'll known that the
high-class ores of the lake district OF
America will. at the present rate OF