The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-02-15

John D. Rockefeller, it is said, get1
$1.90 with each tick of the clock.
And the ticking never gets on his
nerves, adds Puck.
In London the Salvation Army has
established a bureau to give advice
to those about to commit suicide.
The advice, briefly and invariably.
will be Don't"
There is a deal of opposition.
among Scotchmeu, to Carnegie's gift
Of $10,0O0,000 to Scottish universities.
The sight of that much money being
given away Is said by Puck to, be
demoralizing to the students.
If babies would only make it their
invariable rule TO weep, instead OF
crying bloody murder, how much
more peaceful this world would be-
opines The Somerville Journal.
The Cleveland man who tainted
while reading a newspaper must have
come across an article that did not
describe a typewriter as "a beautiful
young woman suggests the Wash.
ington Post.
Not long ago Dreyfus was suffer
ing horribly in prison, and Picquart.
his friend, was in disgrace. Now
Dreyfus is free, and Picquart, as Min.
lister of War in France, is melting
out little tardy justice to the trait
ors who crushed him.
Says the Detroit News:-"Our
surest guarantee of peace, our surest
method of making Japan faithful
friend, indeed our only method, Ia
to have navy, have it as soon as
the ships can be turned out, and
have it floating in the Pacific, to
which that Of no other Power or com
bination of Powers on that ocean can
compare"
Says the Christian Register over
work on the railroads with conse
quent, nervous exhaustion is given
as one cause of the congestion Of the
car supply in the Northwest. This
also is a cause of the numerous rail.
way accidents. Two explanations are
given. One is the greed of railway
owners and managers who will not
employ men enough to reduce the
strain of overwork The other is the
lack of laborers who are willing to
earn good wages offered by railway
corporations We believe there is an
increasing tendency to pay good wag'
es and give employees fair treatment
Ten years ago our yearly produc'
ton of coal was 100000 900 tons, and
we thought it heap. Last year we
mined 4OO,O0O,OOO tons. In 1896 we
produced 100000 tons of pig iron.
Last year we produced 100000 tons.
Our copper output of ten years ago
was 100000 pounds. 1t is now 9OO,'
100000 pounds. In 1896 we dragged
from the bowels of the earth min
erals and mineral substances worth
about 1925, 100000 The value of our
mineral product in 1906 approximates
$4,000, 100000. These figures are be
wildering in their immensely. 1t is
no wonder that We are the richest
nation on earth. Yet in spite OF it all
there is something left to hope for,
and there may be something left to
fear.
Il the United States We're to engage
annually in war resulting in a loss
of $4,000 injured and killed, The
World To-day exclaims, the
entire country would soon rise
- protest against such senseless loss
If human life But, unknown to the
average citizen, peaceful warfare,
entailing a loss of over half a mil
lion in killed and injured is annually
being waged in this country today.
and gives promise of continuing for
some time to come. This stipend.
GUS loss results from the intense
struggle Of 29,OOO,O00 wage-earners
for International supremacy. The
rank and file of the army directly
engaged in it is composed of the
sturdy American artisan, while indi-
rectly it affects fifty-million more
the family unit-dependent upon his
efforts for support.
An excellent lesson in finance
is set by the experience
of the government with the
silver peso. coined for use in the
Philippine Islands. When first coined
its face and bullion value were fifty
rnnfr hat silver has Increased In