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The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-14
City Men as Farmers.

tSt Louis Globe -Democrat)
 Great is the debt of gratitude due the man who makes money in trade or professionally and spends it on farm ing as fad He is laughed at by the real yeonnanrv as one to whom the proper purpose and value of ready cash are unknown. and who scatters t on fantastic experiments; but the anna teur takes his own course and enjoys it more th5n his critics Imagine 4 citvs most energetic population is re- cruitad from the farms and the old merchant or practitioner. ss rule. craves the country when he retires This passion is strons even among those born in cities and if they want -9 sn1use themselves with little ex- +r7va agr,,ces on the soil thev ought to have evmpathetic encoura cement II is seldom that farming is attempted on Monte Cristo principles. but surely ;t is better 10 scatter q million on the soil than to see if lapped ID by brok- CTS in q single night ,JecasIonallv a wizard in selecting and crossing | nlan+s comes along and causes the world 10 marvel by the new varieties hc produces and the old ones he i'm l proves. inventors who have nevel lived out of ? city street constantly
 add to the machinery that place:
 American agriculture far in the lead
 Give the city farmer the glad hand me money he fools away is not bar ren He finds health and zest, if no thing more. in the operation.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-14

the one the reformatory would other wise dispose of
 Superintendent Whitaker of Indi- ana advances the sound theory that abnormal offenders should be kept un- der State control during ;heir lives if necessary. lie looks upon such char acter as a sick man who should not be permitted to roam at large uny more than q crazy man should be al lowed the same freedom of action. The ain of the modern prison expert is to cure the patient. and he asks that he be aided In every possible way to secure that result to tine extent of protecting the convalescent from con tact with the desperately i'll, and ot protecting society at large against the irresponsible conduct of the felon who has demonstrated that he is probably
 beyond the possibility of cure. The prison expert undertakes to build up from the bottom, and whatever inter feres with that profitable enterprise
 is in his judgment an injury to the State
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-14
NOT TOO EARLY.

It has been pretty generally known that convicted criminals have some rights which policemen are bound to respect, and now it is beginning to appear that folks suspected Of crime also have some rights which police men are bound to respect It has just been decided in New York that a man suspected of crime isn't obliged to be 'mugged' before he is convicted, and it is now announced that a New Jer- sey court has instructed the police. in deterence to the protests of counsel for the accused, to desist from the sweating process to which Theodore S Whitmore has been subjected ever since it became probable that the mur- dered woman discovered in 9 swamp was his wife, and possible, if not likely that he was the murderer.
 If half the stories about sweating, the third degree, etc, which are tolc are true this New Jersey interference, with the performance Is not too early and if there were more such inter ference it would be timely The United States isn't Russia.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-14
DISTUR RlNG.

San Francisco had an earthquake, and it didn't squelch her So she will probably not be squelched by the de- cision of the Supreme court of Cal ifornia that what Abe Ruef and for mer Mayor Schmitz did was not an of fense punishable by law. The court held that when Ruef pleaded guilty to the offense of coercing the French restaurants into the payment of trib- ute-which the statute called extor- tion--he pleaded guilty to an offense which didn't exist and submitted tb a penalty which could not be enforced The effect of the reversal of the yer diets and the voluntary pleas of guilty in the cases of Schmitz and Ruef will be the liberation on bail of both worthies while awaiting trial on othe, indictments against them, with the charges of extortion against them dis missed. And the State pays the costs
 While San Francisco will not he an initiated by this decision she will h, hurt by it, If it isn't against Califor nia's law to do such things as thoE, men did it ought to be. It is not ofte, that more law is needed, but this seem tl he one of the times
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-14
ANXIETY IN ILLINOIS.

There is anxiety in Illinois. and anxiety of kind that harts Some of the Illinois legislators arc anxious about their annual passes from the railroads this year, and until they know what their fate is to he in this respect they will not be easy, and then they will not be easy if they don't get them Robert Mather, president of the Rock Island ra:ircad. said net very lone ago that t WIS time for tho rail- road corpanies to quit their political wira-p pulling, in which it is notorious that the lavish use of passes has lad 2 large part Much Of what h3s bsea alleged against tho corporations n this respect has been but the natural response of the victim to the high wayrnan, said MT Mather - men ton this rot in extenuation of the act Of the victim. who in the interest of public morals should have lost his life before parting with his money, but to remind . condemnatory public that
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-14
wcrk Fast and Die Early.
cThe New York Herald.


 Physicians have long been preaching the doctrine that American business men live too fast. With the telegraph, the ocean cable, the telephone and oth- CT modern facilities the man of affairs can do in one hour work that former ly would have occupied six, It might be thought his working day would be cor respondingly shortened Nothing of the sort has occurred The speed with which trade ctn be effected has simply accelerated his pace. and he not only works faster but more hours than ever with corresponding increase of business and responsibilities. To keey m this energy he eats too much sometimes drinks too much--for man who spends most of his working hours at his desk and takes no open air ex- ercise. Physical deterioration is in evitabe. and when a period of more than usual stress and anxiety arrives he Is liable to succumb.
 What American business men must learn is to slow down, take wholesome recreation and above all quit worry. ing evt,l over real troubles when they come. whereas most of them now wor- ry over troubles that never come.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-14

It finds that the total national debt at present. with new securities recently issued, is about s900, ,o00,0 900. The to- tai debt of New York city is s735,015 765. The total increase in the city debt in the last two years was about $11S. 0o0,oo0 Allowing for cash in hand, the debts of both are smaller, but the relation is about the same The nation has s237, ,o00000 in cash; the city has S197.437. .15a in sinking funds. Thus the net actual debts are about $663.- 100000 for the nation and $5S7,578,- 601 for the city The net actual in crease in the city debt in two years has been s107,101, 500. The increase in the national debt in two years has been about s5,O00, ,000. The national debt is practically stationary, with a tendency, taking into consideration the whole period since the Spanish war, to decline slowly It has fallen about sl40,Oo0, 0oo since 1899. re- maining, however. almost stationary since 1904 The city debt increases
 s1o7,ooo,o00 ir two years. At that rate in 1910 it will be s644, 300, o00, against
 the national debt of see3, GOO, 000. But
 ii in the next two years the growth ot
 the city debt should be progressively
 faster, following it's habit in the past
 at the end of Mayor McClellan's ad. ministration of rigid economy" we
 might fairly expect to see the city
 debt equal the national debt.
 A cheerful prospect. or course New York isn't yet as burdened as Boston proportionately, but 1t is burdened 2 enough. A prophet says Boston is go ing to sink into the sea this year An. other prophet says New York Is goins | to be destroyed by an earthquake ant one scared man has already moved | from New York to Hartford to escap. , the smash. But no prophet has ariseI l to prophecy about the payment of tn, , debt of either city
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-14
THE ALDRICH FINANCE BILL.

They are walking softly and talking softly in Washington, as was to bc ex- pected, and was expected, on the eve of the presidential election. But there is going to he more discussion of the money question there than some of the wise men thought there would be and perhaps more than some of them ton The most conspicuous claimant for attention in this line just now is the Aldrich bill, which was introduced in the Senate last week. This pro- vides for an issue of national bank cir culation to a maximum of s250, ,OO0, 900 and based upon approved State. muni- cipal and railroad bonds Power as to the time and amount of the new cur rency to be issued is placed in the hands of the controller of the cur rency, and such currency is to be tax ed at the rate of six per cent
 Of course this is not a very com prehensive measure It is intended tc meet just such an emergency as that which struck the country last year and which was met by the Importation of gold, the issue of clearing house certificates and such other stuff a. people were willing to take or coulc be forced to take in lieu Of the cast to which they were entitled It would meet such an emergency fairly well although perhaps the rate of interes on the emergency currency ought {, be higher,
 The Aldrich bil' seems likely ,o fnt more favor than the Fowler bill, ant wc think it ought to It may be amend ed so as to be somewhat more ade quate, and it may only he talked a and nothing done But one thing | certain. Smart as we are in this grea and rich country we have not inyente good and adequate financial system Perhaps we shall not invent one unt i've get ready to put aside all the spe cial interests for the good of the ger eral interest On that glorious da perhaps the tariff will also be revised
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-14
PATTERN Al.

The Cnitsd States government is benevolent and beneficent So it is just now, through its Navy depart ment, arranging to buy sixty thous- and pairs of good and suitable shoes for the enlisted men who go down to sea in it's ships, If appears that the shoes given out to the tars have been the cause of much complaint. This is attributed 10 the fact that the blue jacket goes much of his time in his bare feet and tramps around in wa ter. This has the effect of making the feet tender, as well as increasing the size of the feet. It is difficult, there. fore, for the sailor to find shoe which does not cause more or less discom- fort. This is not the fault of the shoe the quality of which Is the best that the market affords. SpecIaf pans are taken to select shoe which will meet with satisfaction in all respects. and the paymsster general of the navy, in the contract which is about to be awarded, has issued instructions that the most rigid inspection will be made of every shoe which is submitted bl the contractor for acceptance
 
 With better food, better shoes and gay old trips around the world the United States sailor-man ought to he happy. as sailor-men go. But we sup pose there will be assertions, even rom the magnificent excursions
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-14
Omissions of History.

With all the Fighting Jins and Bnls
 we nave on hand to-day To glvL our enemies the Chills and
 keep our foes away l wonder why the Carthage press did
 not adopt this plan Their heco would have liked l guess,
 10 pose as Fighting Han The Romans too were quite rsmisS fhei generals were game But ae CT through such scheme 7s
 this did they come down to fan1e- The greatest soldier of the lot. born tc
 command and rule. Alas. was nevc- known. I VOL 10 Tame
 3s Fighting Jule With all the Fiehtine Petes and
 lakes we have on hand, ! think O1r E1thers made some big mistake.
 " singing printers ink The foremost leader of them all, whc
 changed each week man. Was never known Cit makes me bawl.
 to fame as Fighting Nap"
 Louisville Courier-Journal
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-14
stnufiuc Alone.
crhe Providence Journal.

(The Providence Journal)
 Contrary to the Presidents assun,p- ton that there iq no room for differ enee of opinion" as to the gross inn propriety' of Admiral Brownson's con. duct. differences of opinion are finding ample room This is shown by the well-nigh unanimous expression ci public opinion. through the press o the country, to the effect that there has been no imprcpriety so far as Brownson Is concerned Tn word. CT this specific matter the President Is ir the position of the twelfth juror who was unable to get the other eleven tc agree with him.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-14

Casey to the bereaved widow. He the tears from her eyes. No two po- lacemin cud handle him. Judge.
 Book Agent-"Good morning, Are you the lady of the house?" Bridget I'm wan Q thin Life.
 Margaret (to young brother--coax- ingly)-"Oh, Willie, are you an an- gei?" willie-"Not if it's anything up stairs Punch.
 Bill--'It Is said that Alexander the Great. when on campaign, ate the "a. tons of a common soldier" Jill-"And did the poor soldier get nothing@'- Yonkers Statesman.
 "A man who loves his kind forgives his brothers slips "A man who for gives his kind doesn't have occasion to- He puts ashes on his pavement - Baltimore American.
 Opportunity knocked loudly at the mfn's door. But the man was busy dis coursing on panics, their habits and habitats So Opportunity grinned and ambled along.-Lcuisville Courier. Journal.
 T came In to- day" said the fail shopper, "to see those handsome side boards of yours"
 Not me, lady" exclaimed the new | furniture salesman, T ain't never wor, anything but musta che. ."--Philadel | phia Press.
 Mrs Highmus-"I suppose at som, time in your life you struggled witt the Nibelungenlied? Mrs Gaswell-"( 1 yes; I had an awful siege of that il 9S had to take all khds of mast, medicines before I got 1t out of m, system Chicago Tribune.
 At dinner in Washington the bish op of London told story, as the cigar came on, about one of his predecessors 1 When Dr. Creighton was bishop o | London" he said The rode cr a trail one day with small, meek curate Dr Creighton, an ardent lover of tobacco soon took out his cigar case and said You don't mind my smoking, I sup pose? The meek. pale little curat bowed and answered humbly: Not i your lordship doesn't mind my ben, l sick '--Chicago News
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-14

there was a highwayman and that te was their representative.
 The Fass question so far as it ai- fleets legislators has beer solved in some States. Connecticut for instance Perhaps by and by it will be solved m all the States so far as it affects leg tslatolp and legislation.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-14
OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
senl crrrencx Reform.
iThe New York Times.l

IThe New Y0fK Tlmes.l
 II is said on every hand that the country is not ready for wise, sound, and complete measure of currency re- form. Is 1t not possibly true that the statesman. the politicians, and the financiers are misinformed about "the country?" 4 good deal of progress has been made of late in right thinking or currency matters. The people have made a notable advance of their educa ton. IL seems to us that the time is ripe and the opportunity open for a test of their willingness and theiI readiness 10 have the system reformed thoroughly, cNce for all.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-14
THOUGHT. AND FooD FOR TT

Some Of the inhabitants of Greater New York occasionally take a minute off from feeling big over the bignsss of their wonderful city to contemplate it's dcbt. The Tribune has just done it.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-14

Ii is the dull season. but it is in teresting to notice that a tame rattle snake belonging to an Arizona farmer sleeps every night on the front gate Of its owners garden. eoiling himself around the gate and eatepost, so that lock and chain to keep out intrud- CTS are not needed
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-14

Henry c Perkins, of York, Maine, has q churn which has been in his family for TO years. and doubtless some of the Maine grocers have but ter for sale which was produced by the churn in it's early days.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-14

Chief Noel Torhah Lola has finished his second term of four years as gov ernor of the Pasaamaquoddy village Of Seoyck, Me, and. like Mir. Roosevelt, he has declared against a renomina- tion. The Passamaquoddy Indians are smong the oldest in the country and were in the same place Is now three centuries ago
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-14

John Archbold says his S15O,Ooo.- 900 represents fifty years hard and honest work. This will tend to revive the discussion of unequal representa- ton
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-14
SAYINGS AND DoIyGs.

small Bristol china teapot, pre- spited to Edmund Burke by the found CT of the Bristol factory. was sold at auction in London recently. It brought s2,100
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-14

The homestead of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins. his wife, at Duybury, Massachusetts. which was sold at auc- ton under foreclosure, a few days ago, was bought by the Alden Kindred as sociation of America, and will be. pre- served as q memorial, after justG so much restoration as to preserve it. The hosue was built in 1858, and eyer since 1t has been inhabited by descendants in the direct line of these Mayffower immigrants
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-14

Considerable damage has been done at Dover, England, by the firing of the heavy guns from the forts which have been erected to protect the national harbor. The town crier was sent round the town to advise the inhabitants to leave their windows open, but upon the firing of the 9-inch guns the Vii bration was so great that in many eases portions of the ceiling fell, many ornamuts were knocked down and broken and windows were cracked
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-14

The Nebraskan woman who raOr- dered her husband. was convlcieu' pardpned and then collected his EIe Insurance policy was rather definite.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-14

The commissioner of health of the city of Chicago has recommended that open trailers be run on the street lines of that city as a means of preventing the spread of pneumonia and other dis eases, fact which leads to the ref1ec- tion that if people would live more in the open air and less in overloaded and ill-ventlated quarters. pneumonia would be much less prevalent than lt Is during the fall and winter months
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-14
SUCCESSORS.

Your dead husband wor I good mon. declared the sympathetic Mrs. ---54ss t-- --.r.r-t ---
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-14

And now they say that Queen E.iz- abeth had eighty outfits of false hair. No wonder she didn't like Mary.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-14

The American Analyst gives the fol
 lowing test for the detection in an apartment of sewer gas Saturate un-
 glazed paper with solution of ene troy ounce of pure acetate of lead in eight fluid ounces of rainwater; let it partially dry then expose in the room suspected of containing sewer gas. The presence of gas in any considerable quantity soon blackens the test paper.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-14

Electricity may supplant drugs in deadening pain What Is called cleo tro -narcosis Is being developed by Pro lessor Leduc of Nantes, which is said to produce complete insensibility with out any injurious results whatever 4 currpt of from six to eight volts com pletely deadened the brain of a rab- bit, and this suspension of it's function can be extended indefinitely withou danger.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-14

Mrs Thomas P. Gore wife of the blind senator from Oklahoma, accom- penies her husband 10 each session of the senate and watches every gesture of the man to whose election she con- trihuted more than any one else The senator himself calls her his eyes and right hand Grd says she knows more about parliamentary law and politics than any other woman in the country
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-14
IDLE FUNDS.

The Certificates of Deposit issued bv this hank safe and convenient form Of deposit for funds awaiting permanent investment.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-14

THE WEEKLY JOURNAL. Issued Thursday. One Dollar Year.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-02

root andsso earns h.. livelihood.
The toilers of the sea, the farmer at
his pillow, the c.erk at his desk or
the merchant with his wares, all
earn Their keep through industry,
but he who to Is not, be he rich or
poor, is a vagabond in any commu-
nifty. We must wear out or rust out,
and what luck for every American
that there employment for all.
Our broad acres yield the richest
bounty to those who plant for profit,
our mines give up their treasure to
those who go after it, and even
empty space supplies the electric
current which drives our commerce
with lightning speed. He Is a
lucky boy who is born this first de-
cade of the twentieth century.
The history of the coming fifty
years in America viii be NOR like
revelation in our commerce than
record of events, hence the great
incentive for every man to do his
part. To the vanguard all who have
pride of achievement, laggard'.
crackers. knockers all to the roar.
YOU are beyond the reach of Gods
grace or mothr's love.-South-
western Americn.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-02

of the wird ess telegraph. 1t lis
stated that various companies have
many hundred of mill ons of dol
lars invested in wires and poles,
but that these companies are not
at all alarmed at the prospect of
disastrous competition from the
wireless" projectors. Indeed. ev-
eli the most enthusiastic friends Of
the latter service de- aot predict thnt
the service will be available for u
long time to come as a commercial
proposition.
Among a fleet Of some sixteen
ships the wireless system of tole-
phcny Is working under COMPARE
lively simple conditions. There are
few If any obstruct'ons between
ships, the intricate problem Of at
tuning the delicate Instruments Is
almost elemental and the distances
are not great. But most inoortant
70 the success Of wireless telenhony
at sea is the absence of divertine
and CONFUSING electrical currents
and influences that are to be found
in every modern citv. However n
he iventors of wireless telegraph
Instruments have solved the prob
lem of communication between
Hhins at sea 50 that unohstruc+ed
and anick verbal communication is
,">ss' bic at all times, great dis
coverv has been given TO the world.
Perhans the greatest bore1t to
humanity that NAV rome n,timato-
ly from the system Of wIraloss tele-
phony Is the reduction Of danger of
collisions at sea dn~ine dar%rese and
heavy togs. II that IL ACCOMPLISH.
ed, the inventors will have given
to the world z priceless heritage.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-02
TELEPHONING AT SEA.

The world has ceased to be as.
tonished b ythe marve1s of scientific
discovery. Even when the great
ships OF the American feet sailed
ont OF Hampton Roads a1uinped
With perfected system of wireless
telephone communication there was
10 particular stir on that account.
Yet this was the first time scuh q
tn1ng had been known in the his
rory OF the world. No longer win
the commander Of fleet be depend
ent solely upon flag signals. for
the telephone Is at his side and he
s able to chat with shin command
"rs as easi'v as though he were u.s.
ing a regular Instrument at a citv
Gesk. Rear Admiral Evans ran
'"s'l nm" anv one OF his snbordi.
nate officers and give him snecific
instructions "r CONSULT unon affairs
!ar"e or small, with ease.
The wireless tolanhore has not
l4een perfected for general land use.
and II NAV no long time bafo~e
THE urf', hA anrorrn,ished. Thus far
mo wireless te,Anhone has faced
some ~ +he oravnet drawbacks that
have hindered the widespread use