Chicago eagle., 1908-04-11
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Prohibition took good many peo.
pies breath away. much to their gain,
confesses the Atlanta Georgian.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch, self.
appointed censor of subjects for hu.
morous writing in newspapers, very
properly bars sausage.
Religion affects some people so tnae
they are never happy. complains the
New York Times, unless they are on
the mourners' bench.
Five women fought for one husband
In New York court. The merciful
Judge didn't award him to the whole
bunch, rejoices the Atlantic Constitu.
tion.
BY careful planning a man in Jer.
sey may marry a new wife every two
years without legal penalty, notes the
New York American. Jersey justice
is not relentless: 1t recognizes that
bigamy is its own punishment.
John w. Gates recently said: As
soon as people begin to wear their
old clothes, they will begin to pros.
per-" Then he went. says the Boston
Transcript. and hired suite of apart.
ments at 100000 year.
The net result Is that while Con.
gress has power to legislate over in.
terstate business. the rights of EN-.
ployes in local branches must be safe.
guarded by the legislatures. maintains
the New York World.
We have a right to our opinion,
pleads the Mobile Register, of any
young man who will let sweet, mod.
est girl do the proposing. because II
happens to be leap year.
The physician who says It Is not
proper TO call la grippe anything but
influenza may call 1t what he likes
but. speaking for the dseased con.
tends the Louisville Courier-Journal
anyone who has 1t Is entitled to q
reasonable latitude In nouns and ad.
jectives.
The killing OF 5000 persons and the
| injury Of 16,2SG would make any read.
er OF newspaper shudder II he had
read these bloody figures In the ac'
| count Of a battle. asserts the Water
bury American This IL the l2.month
| record Of a. railroads, one far
bloodier than that OF most battle
fslds.
Behind the reported heavy demand
In Venezuela for laundry machinery
there turks the skeleton Of civil war
prophesies the Louisville Coui$er
journal. II will be easy to stir ur
rebellion among a naturally hot.tem
pered people rendered unusually peev
ish by having all Of the buttons
smashed from their lingerie once ,
week.
From the narrowest mercenary
point Of view. excluding all considera
tions OF humanity. the railroad cor
porations. insists the Philadelphia
Record, should see that the most ex
pensive appliances for security o.
travel involve much less cost In thu
long run than the frequent catas
tropics that result from the neglect
to install these appliances.
All honor to the kicker II he kicki
In good cause, and in the right di
rection, declares the Christian Regis
ter, but there are kickers OF man,
kinds and all the difference in thu
world between the one who kicks Jus
for the fun OF II and the one who by
his kicking helps on the worlds work
The man who stands like mule kick
ing only out Of stubbornness may
do some incidental good. but may dt
a great deal OF harm. A well.trainet
horse pulls the load and never kicks
The Chicago Record. Herald says:-
There has been little regulation II
the United States of what are knowr
as the dangerous trades" The &C
cident statistics are incomplete. Some
writer's believe that at least l16.00(
employees are killed or injured an
nually in the single division OF manu-
featuring industries. OF the accidents
In the great building industry no rec
/ Orl ts mazda auyuhara Salf.tntarae q \
to say nothing Of humanity. enjoin!
the use Of all effective devices, fol
the fewer the accidents In any lint
the lower the premium charged b!
the accident insurance cOmnanies