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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-04-07

OF the above Amount Discounts officers norc drew
holders secured by collateral $3.50.
LIE. v YATES Cashier, of Bank Of Merchants and farn avn
pp do hereby certify that the foregoing is true, ~ a
Of the Assets and Liabilities Of said Bank the day and dae WA
by the books of same. f. " lAiT
Merchants and !
Sworn TO and subscribed before mo- just II Peace wy cor
l. i. SMITH, Justice Of
Examined and found correct. I. Nj HFNRY, Auditor,
This 2st day Of February 1906.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-30


sneIe one 4lp Nq4
n 7thc BEE
is55s lfi = y
tom ave len or
~ e hoy "a - wi dle lless.
siand that Is newer 70 el1i the
bees when dressed dark clothes.
g5ees hive a aecIded Version 70 dark
habIliments. and they show their re-
puSnnuce in a lively fashion, Wear
white duck and you'll meet their M.
prevail never think Of fusslue with
my hives 10 long as I'm wearing a
dark suit. and my wife TO whom the
bees nre not accustomed. never has
the least trouble in approaching the
hives II she IS wearing a white gown.
4 bee bears grudge about slS long as
an Indian Will. He makes no allow
apces for mistakes or an accident.
Once you harm him he will have It In
for you for the rest OF his life. Bees
are not naturally bad tempered. and
they are really tinlId by nature. but IL
you carcle,ss1y crush them they will
show an anger out OF NIL proportion to
their size ind viii sometimes sting
you until they themselves drop dead
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-30

lartius RID tte4r
lie.. I5td ~ antr
s.. e. s q.
tn itiiIl sds INIT exc the ,la.5
81 sd 20 infested q g
and ntifil tteS Destroyed y
SOME OF tli 4r5fau,s who went e fae
British ISIS AFTER the llfstructte g.
Troy. Cog AID Biaeog, Il is said, We're
taken captive to London, where they
we're chained at tllt siooV oE the palAce
or the king When they died wooden.
images Of tile tvo giants were put In
their places In the course OF time
great tire destroyed these. but now, Is
Won go 10 Isonlou. you VIII see ~ the
great hail OF ole Of The lannon's build
lnEss = the GuildlIsill two immense
wooden efiigies Of men called Cog And
Sfnsog.
But there are other traditions of the
two giants One Is to the effect thar
when Alexander the Great overran'
Asia he chased into the mountains OF.
the north I'm impure. wicked and man
eating people who were twenty-five ma
tons III number and who were shut up
with "A rampant Ia which were gates of
BRASS. One OF these nations was Goth
and another MiEuth. from which we
re,,Iily get the names of the mythical
giants. 1t is supposed. however, tnaG
The Turks were meant by Cog and the
Montsols were the children OF MagoS-
We shall find mention made OF Cog
and NiaSog In many books. including
the Bible. bur there are the great wall
and the rampant OF Cog and MagoS'
,vi,otcyer may have been the fact that
give The names OF the two giants TO
thnt portion or the structure.
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The Aahea Of the mead.

James Russell Lowell was Il great
favorite in the literary circles of Lon
don. ON one OCCASION at a large ban
quot the pecullarities of American
spcc,-h were discussed with English
bluntneSs Lord $. called to Mr.. Lowell
loudly. 80 as to, silence all other speak
erS:
There IL one new. expression invent
ed by your cOumtrymen SO foolish and
vulgar as To he objectionable. They
talk OF the ashes of the dead. We
don't burn cqrpses No Englishman
would use 81 phrase so absurd
"And yet said Mr. Lowell gently.
,...yOur. poet Gray says. speaking of the
dead;
ger in our ashes live their wonted hr's'
And ia the burial services of the
church OF England 1t is said, Dust to
dust ami ashes TO ashes We sin II
good company" a cordial burst of APP
plamSe greeted this prompt rejoinder.
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I.oIItIeIans. ana O,her BIbIe..

PoIiIlcIanR' and Other Bibles.
lyon bibhophIles talk about the
'brreches Bible. the bug Bible. the
politician Bible, the vinegar Bible.
and so on What do those names
mean:"
..I'H tell you." the collector answer
ed. Fake first the 'breeches' Bible. It
is so called bec,-use a Typographical
error in 1t causes the garments made
by Adam and Eve ont of fig leaves to
be termed breeches instead Of aprons.
I'm the vinegar Bible OF 1907 the
word vineyard * misprinte'tl vine
gar
Tile printers Bible. 1902. makes the
psnImist say. Printers lave persecut-
cd me without a cause
..'rhe religious Bible. which was
printed IN 1877. put religious TO" re
beIiIous In the fourth chapter. seven
teenth verse of Jeremiah = Because
she hath been religious - saith the
Lord
THE politician Bible was published
mt Geneva in 1852 1t makes the Ia
nous verse, Blessed are the peace
makers read blessed are the place
MAKERS"
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FEES IN ENGLAND.
Tbe Treasury Has Many schemes
Tint swell It's IneOIne.

Tbr Treasury Has Many schemes
Tint swell It's IncOHae.
When 81 young man determines to
become a barristcr and enters his name
Mt one of the inns Of court In London
or Dublin he has TO pay to the govern
meat 81 fee OF f2j. And when he Is a
full fietlGed English or Irish barrtster
or :, Scotch advocate he has to fork out
a further sum Of f3o-
should he desire To become 81 solicitor
he is fined even more heavily When
lie becomes an apprentice his fee 10
tlr. government Is $50. and his yearly
duty when lie begins to practice is. for
the first three years. E:S in the country
and Il los. in London. or Dublin and
after the third year E6 and 90 respec-
lively. So that 4 solicitor prscticinG
forty years in London viii have paid
the government over E4oo.
y Inv agent (ScotlanD pays fGo ut
commencement Of study and E;5;j or ESsI
on beginning practice in the sheriff 5
court or court 9f session.
If you want TO change your surname
Of your own free will the government
charges you only f1O. but if YOU do it
untIrr the direction OF some deceased
brncfIctor it costs You ESQ.
Bishops pay E30 for permission TO lie
elected and $50 more for the royal as
sent Ia their election. and the fees paid
on receiving letters patent are: BY
laronct 900: Il baron. $3.50; j viscoulit.
1000: an earl E250: "A marquis. 1900,
and a duke. E:;;5n.I-Ondon Express.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-30

The S..verpsr test VI manhood is never
found in good times. but only in hard
times II Is not the man who has sue
cess WHOM Others are doing We'll but
it is Tie man who keeps mp his courage
aud struggles On when everybody else
is wHvcrimg or going down who Is the
hero ina tia, -i%ht. of God and men. VI IA
an easy matter TO make good tme
when both wind and tide are in ones
favor or when one is moving with the
current. but il requires character ana
skill and daring to make head in spite
OF opposing forces or To work Success
fully against 1he cnrrent--Exchange
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-30

Visitor din penItentlnry)-Wh Who. is that
distinguished looking convict? Ward
Guile IS known here as No. llt.
Visitor He seems TO hold himself aloof
from hlS fellows. Warden-fes; you
can hardly expect him to associate With
the common herd. His trial cost the
state S:!O0OOO.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-30


When james NIacNefH Whistler went
30 Venice to make those fourteen IA
NOUS ,.tchIngs of his he became 50
intoxicated with its beauty that he
made seventy pastCls first leaving his
stchin@s til the last few days. These
0aStels made Il Tremendous sensation.
All the art world of Venice was ear
sied away With enthusiasm excepting
4 Russi.inpaiuter; who declared them
tricks. betting Il basketful "f cham
oagne he could paint six not 10 he
distinguished from them. MIR. Whistler
amiabIy gave some OF his paper and
six paStrls, which Were finally mixed
ND with those 10y the Russian aud sub
aiitted to jury which had srr'l none
IF them Mr. N-hiStlrr's pa>tciss, we:'e
inniistakable. ;tud the Iilssiail lost.
4 few days later the NV" met on the
tsfaIto. and Mr. Whistler laughed 81
title about the bet. Tile RUSSIAN was
curious. .You forget. sir" he said.
that I'm 4 Russian. aild II yuu scratch
que you hnd a r'trtar mic.fts'ltll.
oh. no. sou have 1t wrong" said Mr..
Whistler; you have 4 IT wrong.
scratched an artist ana found am anna
yeur ''-FsailadeIphin Record.
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A person of little tnct once remarked
10 the o"tuEcnariau .Auber. What
sad thing Il is. this old business!
Yes agreed the old musician. ut
ls sad; .'hut" he added, with witty
philosophy up to the present time no
surrr way las been discovered to live
a long thnc''
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-30

FOR RENT-BIGHT Room HorsE
with modern convenience, 80:
North Fifth street; also large
farm house and Is acres of
ground, two orchards and two
gardens, one and n quarter mile
from Grasselli. Cali on or adj
dress w. Frank Stout. City.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-30

FOR SALE-Cbs p, one Bunsid..
stove. two large gas stoves, one
pair platform scales. Room No
3, Irwin building, city.
FOR FRoNl' Room. nicely
furnished. use of bath, $40 per
month. Just the thing for two
gentlemen. 624 Locust street.
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\ DC IIlr. MrNN,l \ MAcKE,..
At the fBiiou

.Aiunhobila5 500 Cl3" j. tie pic
ture for. Monday. Tuesday, and
"Wednesday. This picture Is fuiI,@r
fun. giving the ltirtory Of The Tin
lucky number. Tfr auto has some
very exciting cNpcricuc'r ant many
miShap-. Don't miss it,
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Dearest. with Won by my side.
would willingly give up all possess
wcnlth. position. parents-everything"
81 know. George, but in thar caRo
what would there he left for me-
milwaukee, sentinel.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-30

FOR FuRNIsHED Rooms
with board. at 215 East Pike
street.
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FOR RENT-RooNS- I'M
furnished rooms for rent. Apply
f24 Stealey street.
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SWEEP MELODY rLouR.


prevent all colds and grippe when
setaken at the snee7e stage. Pre-
venties are toethsome candy tabs
lets. Preyentics dissiPate all colds
quickly, and ia zen early. when you
first feel that a cold Is coming, they
cheek and prevent them. Pre-
ventics are thoroughly safe for
children, and as effectual for adults,
Sold and recommended N ; cent
and % cent boxes byaH Druggists.
A BIC HiT MrRGY & MAcKEY.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-30

FOR -HousEA very de-
sirable eightroom house, nicely
locality. lawn and garden. APP
pIv at The James Law Co, 212
West Main street.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-30

IFS queer fact that the higher 4
man rises the less chance he has % lie
ing ni04-p suspicIOn.--PucE.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-30

STRA Y ED ErFER-I have in
my possession one stray red year
ling hcifer. almost blind. Owner
will please call on or address Levi
l.ightner. Clarksburg, W. VA.
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Lost

LosT-PUP-Brown Boston bull
terrier pup with white spots and
white ring around neck. Find
er please return to 62S Mulberry
street and receive reward.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-30
\ Bic IIIr. Mrnn>r X MAcKEr.

Constipation CAUSES headache.
nausea. liminc-- languor heart
palpitation. Draetic physics %riPe.
-ickcn. wrokrn fl1,. bowels and don't
cure. ponn'S Rcgulets acI gently
and cure constipation. - cents.
Ask Your druggist
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-30

FOR RENT-s1NGLE Rooms, Two
suites Of rooms; also rooms for
light housekeeping. The Savoy,
I Lee street.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-30

FOR RENT-FURNIsHED Rooms
Two furnished rooms. one minute
walk from court house. 336 Lee
street.
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MarriageLicenseS

Edwin Hartman and Ruth ~
ramsey. =
soloman a. striekley and Angie
u, Perinc.
4 Bio Hin MURRAY g. MAcKEY,
- ~ --- y ~ AZ ~ - =, ~ \.
SWEET 1rHLoDT FLOUR.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-30

FOR SALE PhNo. secondhand
in good condition. viii sell at
lew PRICE dpqHEa Telegram of
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-30

LOsT-FUR-R Between Mt. Clar,
and Clarksburg Finder Will
please leave at Telegram oIlic,'
and receive reward.
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NOTICE.

Mrs. HiIda IIidlcbrand Teichner,
Derlnatologist, has returned from
st. Louis. Mo, where she vent g
take special course in facial
massage and hair treatment,
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\ BIC II!r. MlnnAY \ MAeNrn-.

Never can tell when rnu'Il mash a
finger or >nfrcr Il cut, brul-r. hurn
ar <cl.d BE prepared. pr.
Thomas lirlrctrir oil instantly re-
licvr< tie quickly cures the
wound.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-30

FOR SsNLE=-s;TABLE. in. good con-
lition. r Must be removed from
premises Enquire Dr. Morgan,
SIS W. Main street.
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For Sale

FOR SALE-DEsrRABLE BUILDING
LoT in Broad Oaks on easy
terms, size 40 by $50 feet, near
street car line. Apply to j. B.
Martin, Bridge ort, w. Va.
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FOR RBNT-FuEN1sHED Room
One front room, furnished; use
oil path; private family. liz
( West Pike street.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-30

Had dyspepsia or indigestion
for years. No appetite, and what !
did eat distressed me terribly. Bur
dock Blood Bitters cured me. j,
u. Walker, Sunbury, Ohio.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-30
Wanted. Male Help

,WANTED-BoY to learn pressworil
good opportunity 10 learn a
good trade. Enquire ut counting
room Telegram Office.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-30

WANTED. Ten city statesmen
and two collectors. II you are
making less than $50 q week
come a nd look into our ProPosi-
tIon. Meade Bros. s CO., 4O5
North Fifth ST.. Glen Elk.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-30

a Bio Fit, MURRAY 8 MAoKhT
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WANTED-BoARD AND Room by
young gentleman in private fam
sly, not too far from business part
OF town. Address b. Telegram
Office.
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For Rent

FOR RENT EIaHT Iooar HOUSE,
bath and all modern eonyenienees-
"a West Pike street 2. Cork
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Ear Corn

have Just received car load Of
good yellow corn which mast be
sold from the car at the y. & o.
depot within the next two or three
DAYS. G. VI. West.
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Miscellaneous

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or two
rooms for light housekeeping.
4 Address 42a w Pike street.
ANTED-PosITIoN in private
family by lady. Address 6G1
West Main street, shoe shop.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-30

\ BIC HIT. MrnnAY 4 MNcKEY.
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Umbrellas repaired at Levy's
cigar store.
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a &c lIIT. MuRRAy 8 BlAoKEY
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a BIC HIE. MUaRAY & MAoKIaI.
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Fairmont & ClarIssburg Traction Co
Room 52-, Fifth noot'
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a BIC HIr MunnAY 3 MAcKNY.
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smgEr 1ln1oar EIogh
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4 BIC IIr. Mrnns9 a MAcKE9..
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Star Rig Reel & Supply Co.,
Oil and Gas Well
Contractors Supplies
Room 1928, Fourth floor.
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Short Line Coal Co,
.oom 42s, Fourth Floor
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Cook Coal 8 Coke Co,
Room 42S, Fourth Floor
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Sperry & Sperry,
Attorneys-at-Law,
pos 2o3I%. 2o4. Second floor.
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SWEET MELODY FLOUR.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-07-12
come whin figured to the mint.

come whin figured to the mint.
In conclusion / will give an
awthintic diffynitiop av the word
mookrake, which as yit does not
appear in our dictionaries. Nook
rake, noun, (mook, from the Latin,
names annythin' filthy; rake, de-
rived from the Frinch implimint
be that nancy corporeal pole wild
taythe on wan ind used ixcloosive-
~ to COLLECT fragmints av hooror,
shame an disgrace, ESPECIALLY to
conjale thin in wan mass.
Synonyms: Mookrake, Blak-
mail, Libel. To mookrake names
that annythin' caught in it's taythe
can be Exploited fer trooth uncon-
ditionally. Whin ye blackmail
SUCCESSFULLY ye do so conditionally,
HINGE wan pays more than the 9TH
or. Libel is cross betwane the
two an of coorse ye are ixpicted
to do both. E. E. 81.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-07-12

A hayward man is like a barren
feld-unpro6table. Eek.
A mans true worth is the good
he does in this world. Eek.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-07-12
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS.

acteristic of his race, he is GER
tain to say: swell, in the frs
place, we are q go-ahead people
we believe in progress" Foreign
.ers who pick up for the first time
an American newspaper find this
hard to believe. In fact, if it were
not for the vigor and humor OF
the language, one would presume
that most American newspapers
were published in land whittier
the blessings of civilization had
not yet penetrated. For the rad
ical defect of the American press
to the European eye is it's lack OF
system of classification. To illus
trate my meaning, [ may point
out that very few of even the best
newspapers classify anything more
than the financial news, in some
cases the sporting news and agrl-
cultural or mining matters, &C.
.cording to the district in which
they are published. All the rest
of the news is huddled together
in a manner which seems to the
aforesaid European eye a trifle
homogeneous and unsystematical.
Thus on the first page one finds
the latest declaration of the pack
.ers that their plants are perfectly
sanitary and that no improvement
is possible in their methods (but
that they are quite willing to i'm
prove) -one or two columns; at
the foot of this one sees the leg
end, CONTINUED on page six"
The next column possibly con-
tains the details of the Queen of
SPANS trousseau with note on
Michael Davit and glacial peri
.od joke to fill up. Then further,
the first page may also contain the
aegislative news. tho, unless any
body has been calling anybody
else liar, this more usually takes
a humble back-seat, the latest
divorce case and anything else
that serves to sell the paper.
But if this want of system were
confined to the arrangement of
the news it would be possible by
carefully consulting the rather
enigmatic scare-heads to get at
the real news without wasting too
much time and labor. Unfortu-
nately, this is not the case. It is
by no means uncommon to find on
.one page that a celebrity is dying,
on a second that he has turned the
corner, and occasionally that he is
out on his feet again, and on a
third page that he is dead. As a
guarantee that he really is dead
they usually print what they call
his portrait. Dead men tell no
tales and bring no libel action.
Again, what is known in England
;as double" that is, the repeti-
rtion of a paragraph or even a
whole column in the same issue,
as not infrequent and apparently
occasions no comment. l may
rmention that if even a single SEN
ttence is repeated in an English
newspaper, the publishing Office
lis bombarded with marked copies
pointing out the error with satir-
ical comments.
As last instance of this lack of
system 1t may be of use to notice the
universal American practice fpub-
fishing two, and in really import
ant events like the San Francisco
disaster, even three or four sepa-
rate accounts by different corre-
sspondents of the same occurrence.
It is perfectly true, as I have seen
stated, that this puts the journal
list on his mettle and induces him
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-07-12

in this respect the Germans, VIII
have to print characters which
would be sufficient excuse 70
inaccuracy in themselves, "hav'
us all skinned" Ito drop into tn
vernacular). However that ma.
be, it is certain that the American
press is by far the most incorrect
Whereas, in an English or French
paper it would be difficult to fine
more than an average of one erro.
to page, and almost impossible
to find any error at all other thar
a misspelling or misspacing. II
an American paper one can hardly
find a single column without
mistake, while lines doubled, mis-
placed, altogether missing, lines
of pi or lines reversed are al
common. As an extreme instance
the New York Tribune, some lit.
tie time ago printed three columns
on one page exactly alike, an ex.
traordinary error.
But the American press un-
doubtedly has it's good qualities.
First of all, it gets down to the
people as no other country's press
does. Every man who can read
can find something to interest
him, every man who can write can
air his grievances in it's columns
if they are of sufficient Importance
to the public. The liberty of the
press, too, is no misnomer in this
The papers can say ex-
actly what they like, and they do
say it. This of course might in
time of war lead to some abuse.
Thus the Beers found that con-
sulting the English newspapers
was cheaper and more satisfactory
than running an Intelligence De-
partment; and supposing that
President Castro, who whipped
the united navles of England,
France and Germany, should arise
with the might of Venezuela at
his back and descend on this coun-
try, it might prove equally awk-
ward here. But it is undeniable
that, with this exception, an un-
press is eminently desir-
able and the recent condemnation
of the packers, the Standard Oil
Company and the insurance COM
panies gives abundant proof that
the American press goes on its
way without fear of consequences.
Another excellent characteristic
is the American editorial attitude.
The English editor always seems
to say: eve have obtained the
news, and out of our infinite con-
descension have decided to impart
it to you with our valuable COM
ments thereon. You of course can
hardly be expected to exhibit that
profound intelligence which char
acterizes us, but we are going to
disturb the even tenor of our ex-
istence by writing in the style to
which you are accustomed" "
Hence that terrible mixture of
Journalese and Johnsonese which
the more pompous English papers
adopt in their editorials. The
American editor, on the contrary,
says: "Here's the news and what
I think about it. It's quite likely
I'm not right, and if you think so,
all you've got to do is to say so or
stop your subscription
The English press, in it's hide
bound conservatism, Classics all
the news. Thus one page Is con-
fined to financial news and CON-
and another to sporting
news, another to foreign news and
others to parliamentary. municipal