Putnam patriot., 1908-09-18
UalIles, WlIIfIH IlFtt HloHIII*I Neekjia1 within One Year.
Editorial Scraps.

 leading candidates will be at the head of the administration national affairs fhe slower becomes business improve ment. The capitalist and tue enter prising business man, while morally sure that Taft will be elected, are still appfehensive Of the possibility of Bfy- ms success, which prevents them from undertaking any enterprise to advance business pros spefity.. IL will be yet six weeks before the decisive day arrives which will settle tine decisive question.
 Even in the one week thai has pass ed, the success of sailing aifships has been advanced bY The remarkable eN. pefinlents that have confirmed the hopes of friends and silenced doabtefs. The American Wright Brothers have again established Inc superiority of their nifship in the ease with which II l. mnnnu4red in ali wealherz- Other airships of various kinds afe showing remarkable advancement. \ German aifsbip sailed for la consecutive hours --a record trip. \ new inventor has enteted the contest, saying lie has snlN- d tic problem of aif.sailing using air screws based on the p.inciplee of bird. flight, and has made successful tests
 He Catholics have been holding a Iuehhfslic Congress in London, and al its close last sunday had great pro eession which exceeded anything seen since the funeral of Queen Victoria. IL had been arranged that Cardinal Nannulelli, who, @ilh other great dig nilafies of the church. headed the pro cession, was h have carried the Host, but was forbidden hy the government io do so, fearing Il seandalons religious disturbance, the Rfotestants being se- IiouslS against it.
 Atlantic City, the extreme southern point of New Jersey, has been In a con dition of insurteelien for q fe. weeks, The saloon keepers had kept open their places in defiance of law and the au- thorilies. The Governor ordered them closed and forced the keepers to do so, Now they are preparing to open their saloons next sunday, in defiance ol the Governor
 The promotion u post office clerks and letter carriers in Connecticut, un- def the aei passed Il year ago, increasing their compensation, show that aaa ear riers have been NJ promoted, since July l l, at Il total cost Ia the 1 \. govern ment of s3 l,6oo, and that 27l clerks at an increase in the government s annual | pay roll oi sso, ,bnd.
 The tifi between France and Germa. | ny, aoout the lalter's acknow leding | the authority of the new sultan of Mo | rocco without consulting the other | powers concerned, |. gradually quiet. | ing down under the efforts ol the states men of Europe The German Empef. | CT having gained his point k wiling 1t l should no longer disturb general hat- monN. But the people of France feel | bitterly sore, and inc attacks nf the | English press wefe anything but grat. iiAing lo the Emperor. lle may do the same once ,eo eilea. ntt hes mafN.
 heif Hardie, one ot the leading rep re~eatatiyes ot lahot n the Rdiish Par liament, in an address before the Cen. tfal Federated nion, last sunday, in New York, urged American wurkmen to ge into politics. "ln England 2 he said, "~e found We were equally ne. slecled after the election whether We helped consetN alive or liberal part, with our votes, and then We sent direct representatives into parliament with 50 many good results that would tire you f tried losnumerale them, You, too, should make party in politics That could tx depended upaa to protect And safeguard your interests,
 Recently the philosophers have been discussing how long the worlds suI- ply oi fuel was going lo last, and W Ina, would the world do thcns About one h1ndred years ago, before anthracite coal was known 10 he fuel, the same question was earnestly asked. Recently a town in British Columbia was con. samed, the inhabitants of which VI as engaged in mining coal for company. Careful investigations we're then maie with surprising results. II aas found thai something = ,s.a ,tsu, ,tsa tons were stored away in an area embracing an slaarc miles. sull further, in Assini- D ia, there is said to be fully as much more coal, making an aggregate of a5,. tss0.asl ,,sp tons. When this world N as
 m de everything ~as provided to sup ply all wants as long as needed.
 An interesting educational iasiitu, ton of novel phiianihropic character has recently been established tn Bos- lon. II k called the Vocation kareau. and it's purpose k Ia aid young men and women, by advice and direction, in choosing an occupation, preparing themselves for IL, and finding an olscn- ing. II Is accomplishing much good.