Putnam patriot., 1908-07-31
Editorial Scraps.

typhoou swept the Chinese coast Tues day and Wednesday destroying 1s sailing craft and causing the loss o about 20.ODg iises. several foreign wa ships were damaged.
 AS we meet our fellow beings daily very littie of the hidden misery thai afiiiets them k betrayed. Statistic. that come to light on causes little uf' derstood indicate how great k the fnis. chief wrought by the more common and grosser causes. Ihefe is hospital tn Brooklyn, S. f., for women lea dfunksrds The agent who has been studying the drug esil iH IistsbufR for the International Opium Congress III 6 report just made, says that pef cent of the doctors in that city use opium, some ministers, and that some others of good social position have the habit. Cigarettes are undermining many con- ststutions-feuHlea as well as maie. But the three great Saufeesof misery oyerIoP these and many other small causes drinking, eating and the social habit III k appalling io learn how large proportion of the face suffer from them.
 such great demonstrations of popn. lar joy have been manifested in Con stantinoptc and other cities of the ot. lginan empire, over the consultation that tic government had ta fepfess them by admonilion. The sultan now walks out among the people something he never before dared ta do. He hnds Il safer to haee the confidence of his people than theif i'll Will.
 The Pflnce Of Nalcs who came to Qaetee 10 participate in the Iereenina. " exclamation of that city, had I tfHlY royal welcome. The deatening r0af oi gum ffom fhe citadel and the intefaas iional tleei of British, French and Anie- riean warships, and the tumuliuous demonstrations of 50,00e people mass. ed on the whHrves and tefraeed heights of the city, were thrilling of joy and 4 spectacle of magnificent splendor. Ad. dresses from the French and American representatives were responded to by the Prince. The address of Vice Pres- ident Fairbanks was greatly appreeia. ted Ali made for peace and unity. The Prince, like the King, his tathet, knows how to make himself beloved by everybody. His presence and ad dresses added greatly to lhe success o the celebration.
 President Roosevelt has accepted the honorary Presidency of the Peace and Arbitration League, the outgroNtt, oi the North earoiilla Peace Congress which has for ils objective adequate armament and effective arbitration Senator Met CfeafY, of Kentucky. is the active President of the League. He said.
 ttThe President has now thrown his influence on the sidr of those Ameri. cans who demand that all governments expressly recognize and agree to fes. peet the most vital rights ot nations thai k, their [ lln ' an sovereignty .-rand al the same tune provide for the hrhitraiiou Df Ali other questions upon this guarantee, ~ a safe foundation for inlcrnalionni justice.
 An electoral college made up of about o.oto ot lhe intellectual leaders of the world, is to choose the Peacemakef or Executive The choice lies between Andrew Carnegie. President Roosevelt, ,,,as r1dward Of t"gland and King William di tsefnian>
 rhe l1th Universal reaec Conference arganlsed bv the Society ot Friends mel in London on Monday The hsh- op of Carlisle presided, who ii his open. ing address, said "Nathing has iinpe' ded national prosperity as partisan kltle and blind antagontsm- Nation' are tela to thiak inReaalls, but IL der i~ needed -let them n0t act imPe. rialiy The king and Queen wef' present, and the former responded tS All address. The efforts made to giN, peace to the world are magnificent, hni the opposing forces afe oNefpewefing.
 X few years ago the gilded youths o the world, for lack of some other new excitement, undertook Ia re,estahlish Knight EffantrN and have tournament contests as in the days of real ehivalry bu, failed for lack ot inspiration, l4as' year an attempt 10 revive the oiymri' games were started, which gave prom lse of heilef success. This year. will other nationalities, an American dele gation participated. Although ther was some unpleasant friction hetweer the English and our athletes, in th' end the Americans won sweepinl triumph. Hut some af the faces wef' horribly exhansting, and caused dis gust among sensitive people, showing that our athletes are not the robust an rient Greeks, and modern feeling te' tender to witness their races.
 The English Lords undertook To snnl the House of Commons, by emaseula ting its old. age pension bill which | passed. This precipitaled an alarmini Parliamentary crisis, and The leopl all over the Kingdom have been stitte, np against the House of Lords, whicl has greatly increased its anpopulastiy
 Walker, who footed the New kfitail bank, has been quickly tried and set fenced since he returned from NeNics His sentence from one io twenty year In states prison, and is now dressed Il striped clothes doing hones. ~ofs--h compuision. The judge is blamed so