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The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22
wAsHINGTON's BIRTHDAY.

February is short month, but it has two great days in it-Lincoln Day and Washington Birthday So, with the approach of those days. the ob- servance of them and the aftcr-talk of them, much of the month is given to remembrance of two of our greatest men-perhaps the greatest two A few years ago an orator made some stir by predicting that Lincoln Day would soon surpass Washington's s Birthday in observance and import ance. It sometimes seems as if that were likely to happen, but even if it does Washingtons Birthday will still he day of serious importance. The Father of His Country will not be ob- scured by the Preserver of His Coun- men as Washington and Lincoln can not be unmindful of either or derelct Tn honor of either So to-day we cele- brate Washington and consider the shining example of his patriotism-a love of country that fired his thoughts, his purposes and his actions and led his followers on to glorious sacrifice for the country and to wise and far reaching planning for it's stable and prosperous continuance. In the midst of all the turmoils Washington's wise patriotism and patriotic wisdom shine brighter and brighter and are more and more teaching. He has been dead nearly one hundred and ten years, but his soul is marching on in the great republic which he did so much tc found and inspire and which will show again to-day that it is not forgetting it. debt to him.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22
GREAT WATER, GREAT TRADE.

The Great Lakes are indeed great, and they are as great in their com merce as they are in their water How great their commerce is is indicated by the figures which show the traffic that passed through two narrow chan nels of lake navigation last year-the Detroit river and the Sault Ste. Marie canal. Gauged by the amount of traffic passing through it in an open season of little more than seven months De- troit river is the greatest commercial water-highway in the world. The mer- chandise traffic of 1907 through this strait amounted to 6L292,5 ,504 net tons, compared with 6O,57S,155 net tons for 1906. Of this total 46,966,193 tons rep resented iron ore, lumber and grain from the Northwest, south bound to Buffalo and other Lake Erie ports. of which S5.405,S S66 tons were iron ore. | ne liDEln-Dbuilu U dlliI 1tFltStllttG 2O.32s.311 net tons, of which 1S,427,- 121 net tons was coal from the mines of Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Vir- ginia. The Sault Ste Marie canal ranks next as a water thoroughfare to De- troit river An average of one steamer every twelve minutes passes through this canal day and night, carrying more freight than enters the harbors of New York Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore. Charleston and Savannah combined; more than enters London. Southampton and Liverpool combined; more than the tonnage of the Suez, Manchester. Kiel. Amsterdam. Corinth and all the other great canals of the world combined
 It needs no very vivid imagination to form some idea of how this great traffic is going to grow until the pres ent figures will look small No wonder
 the bulls on the country" are still confident They surely have the right l end of the speculation
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22
ONE DoRMIToRY NOT ENOUGH.

Some considerable satisfaction should be felt by those connected with the academic department at the Uni- versity over the announcement, which came directly after the meeting of the corporation on Monday, at which Sec retary Taft, the governor, the Harvard lieutenant-governor and all the rest of the members of the body with the sole exception of President Hadley. who is abroad, were present, that the old "college" department of the Uni versity is to have a new dormitorv. It is to be called Haughton Hall, which name will doubtless be susceptible of many more or less euphonious pro- nunciations in the non-Yale world. The location selected for it, however. can be interpreted only as a satisfac- tory one. Ii will stand between Faver- weather Hall and the newer Lampson. at the place where the latter halls have offered to the gaze of all the visitors to Yale as bare and blank and unsightly walls as are to be found anywhere. The so-called Berkeley Oval at that place has long looked as if if had a tooth out The cavity will he filled, through the generosity of inc late William McLsne. with red huild- ing harmonious with the structures al ready there
 With the Sheffield school erecting dormitories at the amazing rate it ha.
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been during the last few years anu with the cry so potent in the college world against the evils of the private dormitory system on York and Grown streets. the news of Haughton Hall IS indeed welcome. The only way 10 stamp out the private dormitory eVh' as has been said so many times, IS TOT the college to offer college dormitorles of the first class. Haughton Hall IS not the only one wanted. Every year the conditions on York street among the freshmen, who will probably not De affected by the erection of the ne" hall, are getting worse with the m creases in the first-year classes. An other freshman dormitory on York or Library street is a crying necessity II is, perhaps, more urgent that the freshmen be kept out of the private houses than the sophomores. It IS their first year at Yale and they are at the critical time in their college life when so many of them are under going the great transition from theli
 home life to a life of personal de-
 cisions and responsibilities that the i college should most keep "the infants
 under it's protecting wings.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22
George Peabody.
Crhe New york Tribune. ]

tine NeW No1k lrlDune.l
 One hundred and thirteen years ago to-day tFeb lS) there was born at Danvers, Massachusetts, q boy who grew up to he clerk a merchant, a banker and a phllanthropist. High fin- ance" was unknown to him, but he made by legitimate operations a for tune of about sl2,O00,0o0 His integri- ty was so unduestioned that his per- sonal lndorsemcnt was sufficient to in duce European bankers to purchase American state bonds which otherwise they would not have touched. He was SO devoid of sordidness that after thus selling for State SS,000, GOO worth of it's bonds he declined to accept tho s200,00 which was his lawful commis- sion. He gave away about s7000, 900 in the wisost and most henefcent char lties of tho age. He declined a bar onetcy which the Queen of England of- fered to him, but during his lifetime q statue of him was unveiled in Lon don by tho present King of England, and when hc died his funeral was held in Westminster Abbey and his body was sent home on the finest ship of the British Navy, His banking house was never in tho hands of a receiver, his business methods were never the subject of judicial inquest, and not even the extremest purists ever de- scribed a cent of George Peabody s wealth as tainted"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22
ANOTHER SETBACK.

Some of the good people of Massa- as we'll as some of the good people of Connecticut, are opposed to the infiction of the death penalty. And they have been somewhat encouraged by the fact that the Judiciary commit- tee of the legislature has only shown a narrow majority in its adverse report Ion the anti-death penalty bill. The bill was what perhaps might properly be called little crafty. II proposed to leave with the jury the disposition of the question whether a person found
 guilty of a capital crime should or should not undergo the penalty. the
 idea being, we suppose, that a jury
 wouldn't want to condemn a man to death It would seem that the next time the opponents of capital punish ment in Massachusetts appear before the legislature they might present a
 better bill The Boston Transcript very properly characterizes the one that has just failed as follows: The belief that
 no twelve men would take the respon-
 sihility of condemning a man to death doubtless rests upon reasonable basis
 of confidence The bill, besides lacking complete sincerity, would give to the jury judicial power which it does not now possess and with which il
 would be dangerous to invest if. Its | function has hitherto been restricted tc
 verdict upon the facts, leaving tc men carefully chosen for their knowl- edge and exact interpretation of the
 law the disposition of them. To i'm. pose upon the judges this optional re. sponsibility would be a hardship; tC | leave it with a jury would be solemn farce. weakening to the machinery o' l justice and dangerous to society Sucf
 law as this would be even a greater menace to peace and order than ont
 honestly declaring capital punishment to be an institution of the past.
 i We believe the opposition to tho death penalty is growing in this coun l try, but the remark of the Frenchmai
 who said that those who inflirt if nr
 their fellow beings in the shape o
 murder should be foremost in the re 1 form doesn't seem to have found mucl
 acceptance where it's acceptance f most needed.
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the United States geological survey, has declared that the two great floods on the Ohio river last spring cost at least s100, 900, 900. not allowing for de- preciation of property constantly sub ject to flood hazard. When asked to state the cause he replied: ''The flood in the Ohio was due, in large part, to the denudation of the forests" From the various sources of reliable inform ation the same story comes of the ter ribly costly price paid for the failure of the government to provide a remedy.
 In view of these facts the unwilling ness of congress to act promptly in purchase of these forest reserves is astonishing. It is all the more aston ishing when the enormous eXpendi- lures on the Panama canal are re- called. Grant that the digging of the canal is the greatest enterprise or the twentieth century what excuse is there for withholding the five mil- lions required to conserve and restrict water-fiows which annually do tremen- nous damage to legitimate invest ments and threaten the commercial prosperity of thousands and thousands
 of people as well as timber famine
 within twenty years? Speaker Cannon
 should answer this simple question al
 once.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22
TWO OPPORTUNITIES

The regiments of negro troops which are returning from the Philippines are to be stationed at PIattsburg and the Madison barracks in New York. Pro- tests have been made from the vicinity of each post but no attention has been paid to them.
 Why should attention be paid to such protests? We of the North pre- tend that he color line is not drawn here in any such way as it is in the South. And we also pretend that we appreciate the services of the negro soldiers in the Philippines. We certain ly ought to. It has been no fun to be a negro soldier in the Philippines un- less it is considered fun to be soldier
 in a country where there is plenty Of sickness, hard marching, wounds and death, and precious little glory. The faithful negro soldiers have had thelr full share of hard life in the Philip pines and now they are to be brought into a civilized State and given a chance to rest and recuperate. We mo- tice that some are calling it the negro opportunity. It is, in way. It is his opportunity to show that he is good man and a good soldier. It is also most emphatically the white mans op-
 portunity. It is the white mans oppor-
 tunity to show that he isn't given oyel
 to meanness and wicked prejudice.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22
Furnishes Elasticity.
(The New York Globe and Commerce
 AdNnrti iser

(The New York Globe and Commercial
 Advertiser)
 Our present bank note currency is based on government bonds, and with the present supply of bonds this means rigidty The Aldrich bill will make available as basis for currency circu- lation several billions of other securi- ties. This means some degree of elas- ticity when an extraordinary money demand arises. We have now but a cup of water The Aldrich bill pro poses to give us a barrel. Should we reject the enlargement and parch with thirst on the ground that we have an academic right of access to a reservoir The salient thing about the Aldrich bill is that it makes more easy than now the expansion of our currency supply, while the tax of six per cont. seems sufficient safeguard against imitation. It will be easier to change from con ditions that will exist If the Aldrich bill is passed to a central banking sys- tenn than to change from present condi- tions to central banking system The bill is thus a step, and no small one, in the right direction, and the asset cur rency advocate may thus support it without any sacrifice of principle.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22
The Revision That is Wanted.

CThe New York Journal of Commerce )
 The kind of revision that must be had in order to attain even tentative solution of the tariff question will ne cessarily take account of the impossi- ble conditions and exorbitant prices to consumers that have been produced through the operation of the present schedules. It must be conducted with two principal ideas in mind-those Of hseal reform and the Improvement of the consumers status, Even the mild est of bills shaped with these objects In view would be infinitely better than all the reciprocity juggling. schedule tinkering and tariff commission mani pulation that could possibly be applied It's results would be vastly more far reaching from the economic stand point while politically 1t would do what can never be accomplished by any method of indlrection.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22
GOING BACK TO WORK.

During the last ten days not less than 50,OOo men in various parts of this country have gone back to work This means that 3OO,OOO or 4O0,O people feel much better and safer than they did two weeks ago and 1t means a large slice off the general gloom As the year progresses there will be more going back to work and almost before we realize it the hard times will be pretty generally softened. Meanwhile the trials of high and hifalutin finan- ciers will be going on. and various eff forts will be made to clear the track for the coming of the really good times that are on the way toward us.
 What are called conditions" are un- douhtedly improving. All concerned should help them continue to improve by courage, persistence and doing with their might what their hands or brains find to do. By and by things will be humming instead of signing along.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22
AcconnopArNc.

First Man tproudly)-"There was time, sir, when l rode in my own car riage" Second Man-"When your mother pushed it, I presume, Circle Magazine.
 Pa why do they call women the weaker sex?" That's something I've never been able 10 figure out myself" responded the fond parent.-Detroit Free Press.
 Willie, how would you pune tuate this sentence. "Ethel pretty girl is walking down the street?"
 Willie-Td make q dash after Ethel --Town Topics.
 "Thisiis gay New York
 And who are these sad-faced pee- ple?'
 "They are the gay New Workers. - Louisville Courier Journal
 Little Tommy Whacken was taken by his mother 10 choose a pair of knickar- lockers. and his choice fell on a pair to which a card was attached stating, These can't be beaten. London Opin- ion.
 Mrs. Rollins has the most accommo- dating husband I know"
 What has he done now"
 Why, you know she was growing very stout. ana he took to drink just to worry her thin. St. Louis Post-Dis- patch.
 "1he sum-" remarked the kindly citl- zen. "snines for all"
 And that's what worries some peo- ple.' averrcd the caustic citizen. They seem 10 think the sun ought 10 he handled as a spotlight. Louisville Coulter Journal
 Are you one of those mean spirited men who ask their wives what they do with the money they receive?'
 certainly not. answered Mr. Meek ion. T don't have to ask my wife. She plays bridge whist Wa shington Star
 'Isrt he quiet little darling" said the fond mother proudly exhibiting the cherub.
 Yes" answered her bachelor broth CT. Hes funnier than one of those mechanical toys You don't have to wind him upT--Chicago Tribune Why does a dog hang his tongue out of his mouth 2" asked the teacher. "Yps. my bov?" said the visitor from inc school board to a bright-looking lad who held mp his hand. while the l light of genius was in his eve.
 ,Please. sir" cried the pupil it s i to balance his t7ili I And the teacher greaned in anguish. Home Magazine,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22
A DYING SCARE.

The Japanese war scare is dying out as fast as some of the other scares are. It no longer seems to be believed. even in suspicious France, that our fleet is on it's way to battle with the Japanese fleet Ambassador Reid emphatically says the diplomats don't know any thing about any such war as has been predicted And it now appears that the Japanese are not swarming into this country at such rate as threat ems to shove us out The total number of arrivals of Japanese for both the mainland and Hawaii in the month of January was only 971, as compared with 5000 in January last year So we can afford to cheer up a bit, at least until it is discovered that the willy Jap anese are swarming into friendly Eng land and getting ready to come over here in many ships while our fighting ships are showing off in the waters of the Pacific And perhaps before that is discovered something which will ob- viate the need of discovering it will turn up.
 We suppose 1t is still a mad world, but it is not as warlike a world as 1t has been. With Japan working and saving to get money enough to pay the interest on her debt, with this country working to protect itself from itself, and with the other great powers occupied with pressing internal prob lems the outlook for war is not good,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22
OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
Government by inc People.

Charleston News and Courier.)
 fhere are those who confidently hope that in ten years we shall elect loco motive engineers, conductors and train porters in the August primaries. And wouldn't it be a glorious consumma- ton? The proposition would evoke ap- plause even now from all save the railroad representatives and organs.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22
\ Country Pond.

It's hard to fancy nleasanter sight Than country pond on wintry
 night When the ice is smooth aid the moon
 is bright And the crowd so merrily whlrls about, Weaving gracefully in and out While song and jest and laughter and
 shout With the ring of skates all mingled
 together Make one forget the bite of the
 weather; The fire on the bank. with logs piled
 high, Shoots little comets up toward tho
 sky, Throws out its warning and welcoming Flinglng queer shadows across the
 snow And tho girls, with their eyes and their
 cheeks so bright How pretty they look in it's ruddy
 light, No wonder their sweethearts can
 hardly wait Till ont on the ice for another skate But whisper soft words which they
 blush to hear And blushlng look prettler- and, I
 fear, Too soon for the good of half-frozen
 toes Each couple in search of less company
 goes Yes, it's hard to picture pleasanter
 sight Than a country pond on winter
 night.
 Kansas City Times.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22

Recent measurements of the vibra- tlons of the wings of dragon fly in the Stuttgart university showed that they ranged from 1o,Go0 to t2,O00 sec ond The common house fly makes six hundred strokes of its wings a sec ond when flying at it's highest speed.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22

A man in Breathitt county, Ken lucky, Is sentenced to he hanged. but has petitiored the governor to com mute his sentence to life imprisonment on tho ground that he was raised in a Goddess community X large number of people have signed the petition.
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The right to sleep and even snore in church has been so long and well established that the Kansas City mans suit for s5.00O because he was elected from a church in which he slept and snored seems promising
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One of those wonderful German investigators has discovered that the ocean water contains over 2000,000 tons of pure silver. This, added to the gold which Brother Jernigan of this State discovered in sea water, would make 1t pretty rich,
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Americans are the only people worth cultivatlng, says the Grand Duchess Olga of Russia, That's what many foreigners seem to think about American girls.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22

The most beautiful women in Sweden have been discovered. A contest to de- the Schwedische Frauenzeitschrift and The pictures were submitted to a com mittee composed of the artists Bjorck and Zorn. The first prize was awarded to Miss Lundstrom. who is sixten years old. She Is described as having blue eyes. rich blond hair. a beautiful com pleXion and a perfect figure The sec ond prize was given to Mrs Greta Sio- berg, who is the housekeeper of the poet Werner vnn Helidenstam. and the third prize was awarded to Miss Gus tafson.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22
Per- Adventure

[ our Shirt Department is stocked for a while yet-for two months more or less. Yet it may not be wise to defer the selection of materials. Everything is here now, but every thing cannot stay here always. The stock may remain large for a long while; but the very particular people are apt to come early, and sometimes one very particular per- son takes just the things another particular person would have liked to take for himself Then it does not seem to make any difference or offer any compensation that there are thousand other designs and all answer equally well the canons of good taste and seem to other people just as effective. Come when you can.
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The Washington Post says that Brooklyn is the cradle of baseball, but there have been times when the Brooklyn fans looked on it as the cof- fin
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22
SAVINGS AND DOINGS.

Under a new rule British school children undergo three medical inspec- tions-th the first when they enter tho schools the second three years later and the third three years after that
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-22

winfield (Kansas) is puzzled. The question which is now agitating the minds of the people there is whether frank Mendenhall's bulldog commit tea suicide or died in a foolish effort 10 keep friends from harm. The pup was Wlth gang of men who were set ,,ihs or dynamite charges. When they lit the fuses for the first charge they naturally ran to a place of safety. The aog went with them part of the way but turned back and began to fight the burning fuses. He chased them up until they got right to the charge ana then he was separated into his component and other parts
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z l. Kimball. the general superin- tendent of the life saving service. said The other day of an applicant for certain post; The man was recom- mended for his steadiness Now. steadiness is virtue. especially in life saving, that goes none too far, When ever ! think of fl I think of an old lady | used to know Mrs Madden, a gentleman once said to this old ladv. your neighhor. Herbert BisbinE has applied to me for work. Is he steady.
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steady, is it?' she sad. Sure, if he was my steaGier he'd be dead

steady, is it?' she said Sure, if he was any steaGier he'd be dead.
 Frotessor Wiechert at Gottingen has Just had constructed two great selsmographs. the instruments which record earthquakes even when the region shaken is thousands of miles away. One of them has horizontal. the other vertical pendulum. The horlzeEtal pendulum weighs seventeen tons. Four levers placed in series multiply the movements of the ground z,zoo times. This apparatus is so sensitive that it registers the shocks transmitted to the earth by gas molor mile and a half distant. The vertical pendulum weighs 2.600 pounus, and it's multiplying levers amplify the movements of the soil 160 times.
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With the political axemen hewing to the line this ought to be a good year for chips