Putnam patriot., 1908-11-13
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where qualification is expressed at LII result. No doubt hundreds of thous ands of idle men were set at work iasi Monday. From every quarter and in every department of labor accounts ara received telling of umption Of basi ress on fail time, and large orders ioi material received awaiting the an' nounccment of Taft's election. The Improvement has exceeded anything Anticipated By spring the business prosperiity of the country VIII e9uai' If moi snrpass. anything heretofore "it- nessed. The opposite effect must have resulted If Bryan had been eieetedi as Il would have sent doubt and distfast in every line Of business ip the e"uh- try. Capital always fears any radical changes in business Of political ptihel. pies.
 As this eountryis being aroused over the pfoblem of It's forests resources, ct protecting its mountain slopes, ana ei ,mpfoyjnp it's waterways, it is interest to know that the Japanese have sue cessfully attacked the same problem before the country suffered as ours has. The far-sighted people of Nippon have foreseen the results of the destruction of their extensive mountain forests, and have safely guarded themselves by nlacng all these under government control.
 Pins \. has conferred the cross of one of the Papal Orders OH Miss Cath aflne Johnstone Of Brooklyn, N. Y.
 The Gaban elections take place next Saturday for President and other Ma fioaal officers, to whom, according to tbe present program, will be commit ted the fate of the restored Cuban lte- pablic. There has been Il wonderful change for the better among the people ] af that island under the American gov e,nmeul of intervention, which Will rive place OH Saturday to the new he- nahlic. The candidates of the two narties have publicly promised to ac- auiesce in the decision of the voters.
 second meeting of the governors of the various States or their represen. tatiye3, k to be held In Was aington on flaee nber sth. At the forthcoming mee.ing the governors will discuss the xark which the National Conservation Commission has been carrying on dur inr the summer and fall
 The State of Illinois has voted To kun1 the State for s20,0o0 ,ooo to con- sfuct channel from Lockport, on the l.ke 10 Utica on the Illinois River. II this waterway Is constructed, the fcd. efa government will see that the re n.inder of the work To the Mississi P Rfiyer Is done,
 Violent, earthquake shocks were eA
 vtfnced in Plauen, Germany, las : May. which greatly terrified the in
 sxtants. The shock, which iastes
 xral minutes, was accompanied b' sa ap explosions and loud rnmeiinss bw many memories in the mind '. al cluster about the jingle that W sr,' u,ed and recited in early days, ell ,sa, sd "Littie Drops of Water. Tn as .nble singer who penned those lines .,aa Julia A. Fletcher Carney, recent ,. ,,iied in Galesburg, Ill.,, at the age dd Esears'
 departure of the American WI rect. !, from Annoy, China, received s a The instration in marked contrast WI. ,untis apathy which was not'cesoie O" ! fore aval. The cost of the reception es ,rs. sded sl ,O0,ooo.
 snll rrenchn,en In Paris, last Tn irsda lnuten,ng. united in honoring Wtio' The fiuht. ,the American aeropian's elk ahoss remarkable achievements du sati,x the past few months, in frano C laaye placed him in tAe forefront o' U cnun s,invuished men who have been sol al h, the problem of sailing the air e fl The Germans are too enlightened liclaa hmit to be ruled by dcsl'ot, ana 'te i~ntly w hen their Emperor-wno nA Mch act and talk as dcspot for show JohI ant 10 England and revealed to ohs hssorter come of his views, tho "cf"' a,,.,eople got mad, and the ne~sP"p 3ivssed hlm to abdicste. nespots hate to submit to have !
 a,nle partici pate In the control ot T s,onal sfYairs. The rersians, uke ' Turks. although not so well united. ., enlightened, demanded of their ds ro,,c shah that he grant them ~ .,,,u,ionsl government, and call tol ,her q national parliament. He t conpellcd to acquiesce openly hat
 c,.,,v eus,eavorcd to thwart the r nls,s demands. until finally he had
 grant their wishes. In the meanu' na, has strengthened himself so Il hs might abolish the parliament a' ,,yain his rule of despotism. strar to say, Il Is Russia tha. comes iotw' to side with the Persian psppie to vent ,he Shah's purposes; not Tor ! sake of the people, however, but for
 own interest, as il can deal win sr
 l,ament In carrying out reforms on borders and through Persia, as Il e'
 not with the intractahie shah, tn
 possessions alongside hts dominions
 The war excitement that broke (
 In the Balkins, while only smothee
 France and Germany are making la
 at each other, and threatening War
 lass one or the other backs down T