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The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-18
PROFITABLE DESTRUCTION.

The destroyer Seneca, which is go- ing to be launched at Newport News to-day, is going to be a real destroyer, but not of the kind that causes oppo- nents of war to weep. This new de- stroyer will add to the safety of those who go down to the sea in ships by patrolllng the coast to rid it of the floating dangers and to be in readi- ness at any moment to cruise wher- ever derelict may be reported, either by vessels entering port, or by wireless messages. Each season there is a list of ships missing for unknown causes and, as 1t isl probable that these dan gerous hulks have much to do with sending sound ships to the bottom. the activity of the Seneca may be ex- pected to reduce this list. There will be other uses for the derelict destroy- CT, such as supplying sails and pro visions for vessels in distress, or talk ing off crews from unseaworthy or sinking vessels.
 The new use of the wireless tele- graph will add greatly to the efficiency of the Seneca. By 1t her managers can be soon told where derelcts are by ships that sight them and she can go to the spot where she is needed. Such work as she will do will be very useful and she will soon pay for her self.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-18
NOT AN EASY PROBLEM.

A lively controversy is on in the West concerning what would be the attitude of Lincoln toward the prohi- bition sentiment that is so strong and sweeping in these days Both sides find some support for their notions.
 The following is quoted from Ward H. Lannon's Life of Abraham Lincoln. :" For many years he was an ardent agitator against the use of intoxicat- ing beverages and made speeches far and near in favor of total abstinence. Some of them were printed and of on.
 he was not a little proud. He ab- stained himself not so much on princi- pie as because of a total lack of ap- petite. He had no taste for spirituous liquors and when he took them it was a punishment to him, not an indul- gence. But he disliked sunptuarv laws and would not prescribe by stat ute what other men should eat or drink. When the temperance men ran to the legislature to invoke the powers of the state his voice-the most elo- quent among them-was silent. He did not oppose them, but quietly with drew from the cause and left others to manage it." So much for so much. Prohibitionists hasten to reply that Lincoln was an ardent advocate of to- tai abstinence and never drank intox-
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-18
WATCHING THE WATCH DOG.

The homely little verse about the big bugs that prey, on smaller ones "andso on ad inflnltum' has been given Q. new application, one may have req son to suspect, within the week in New York. If half of what little Flora Winston said at the Hitchcock trial on Monday about the Gerry so- ciety is true, and there seems to be good reason to suspect that much of It Is true, then the metropolis seems fin dire need of another organization to see to it that the Gerry society, whose duty 1t is in turn to look out for the interests of the children, ac- complishes the purpose 1t was organ ized for. If, indeed, as Flora Winston says. one of the society's agents drilled" her into testifying to a story that she knew was fabrication, un- der the fear that she would be locked up for life" If she did not do as he asked her. then the Gerry society is not only not accomplishing the pur- pose. for which it was organized but it is jeopardzing the welfare of chill dren to boot
 The interest in the case has sud denly switched from Hitchcock to the young girl. He has been acquitted of at least one of the charges made against him. Whether the others are | true cases remains to be found out in a new trial before new jury. At any rate the general impression which has prevailed that Hitchcock was not guilty seems to have been substan- tated, as least in part, and its sensa- tional value to the "yellows" will be hereafter greatly deteriorated.
 The little girl on the other hand, has been arrested on perjury charge and, in default of s5.000 bail, has been lodged in jail. Her charges against the Gerry society are very ser lous ones. They should be very thoroughly investigated If society of this nature. posing as recipient of public subscriptions, does not ac- complish it's purpose, society Is far worse for it's existence. Certainly none of the objects of the Gerry so- ciety Is understood to be the training of child witnesses to perjure them selves. It is as bad as it would be for our Human society to foster cruelty to animals or for the Society for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Mentally Unbalanced, proposed by MT Beers. to urge the very matter 1t was organized to make impossible The Gerry society, is in the nature of a watchdog. Must another watchdog be had to watch it in turn?
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-18
ONE OF THE CASES.

Charles F. D. Higgins of Detroit is being sued for divorce, and the testi- mony will make some thoughtful peo- pie wonder why. He works all day and at night he sits and does fancy work He showed the judge 'the product of his needle. consisting of drawn work, embroidery and baby's waist" His little boy in court was dressed In clothes chiefly made by him. While I do the fancy work, :" Mir. Higgins added quietly. my wife spends her time reading novels,
 Of course Mrs. Higgins may have her reasons. She probably has. But there are many wives who. having had experience with a husband who does not work in the daytime or stay at home nights, will think that Mrs. Higgins ought to be satisfied. As she reads novels perhaps she has the mo- ton that MT. Higgins isn't a hero. It Is true that heroes haven't been cele- brated for staying at home nights and doing fancy work, but perhaps Mir. Higgins hasn't been always there There was once a thrilling picture of a reformed pirate who spent his last and best days on the seashore quietly knitting.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-18

icating liouor in his life. Lincoln once kept store" with a partner named Berry. and Leonard Swett, for many years one of Lincoln's most intimate friends. once wrote: "A difference however. soon arose between him and the old proprietor. the present partner of Lincoln, in reference to the intro duction of whisky into the establish ment. The partner insisted that, on the principle that honey catches flies. a barrel of whisky in the store would invite custom and their sales would increase, while Lincoln, who never liked liquor, opposed the innovation He told me not more than a year be- fore he was elected president that he had never tasted liquor in his life What! I said. Do you mean to say you never tasted it?' Yes. l never tasted it. The result was that bar gain was made by which Lincolr should retire from his partnership 1T the store"
 Which indicates that Lincoln wouldn
 favor whisky drinking were he aliv' now. How outspoken he would be Il favor of prohibition who can tell? H was outspoken enough for emancipa
 ton when he thought the time wa
 ripe for it.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-18
FILTERED.

Dyer-Would you Ike to begin life over gain?
 Ryer-No. I'm deep enough in deht now-Brooklyn Life.
 He-Whatll ye have. Mirandy?
 She-I reckon you'd better order Jabez. I ain't much good at mental 'rfthmetic.-Circle Magazine.
 Curate-I haven't seen your husband at church recently, Mrs Boggs. What Is he doing?
 Mrs. Bloggs-'E be doin' six months, sir,-London opinion.
 Visitor-How long are you in for. my puor man?
 Prisoner-Dunno
 Nisitor-Iiow can that be?
 Prisonor-lts a life sentence.-The Pathfinder. Anxious Mother-Oh. Professor. don't YOU think my dear little Reginald will ever learn tG draw? Professor Crayon-No, madam; not unless you harness him up to a truck. Comic Cuts. i Waiter twho has just served up some i soup)-Looks uncommonly like rain, | sir.
 Diner-Yes. by jove. and tastes like ! it. teo! Bring me some thick soup i London Tatler.
 The Bachelor-I wonder why they call the bows about a hotel Buttons? i Do you know The Benedict-I suppose it is because you can never find 'em in the places where they should te.-Yonkers States man. Old Gentleman-Very charming old | seflilla you have here l Caretaker-Yes. sir, you ain't by no means the fust as as admired en. | That's where the clergymen used to sit in the order of their senility.- l Punch. Towne-There was spelling bee
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-18
Suffragette soap is among the latest. and 1t isn't the kind that sinks.
"Out of the Depths"

Out of the depths" of woe I cried. and
 heard Voice which thrilled and all my be-
 ing stirred; It soothed me, as babe on mother s
 breast; It calmed my fears, and lulled my soul
 to rest. Out of the depths" a Hand was
 stretched to save. It grasped my own, and strength to me
 1t gave; Upheld. I walked the waves of trouble
 round, And grace sufficient for my need l
 found. Out of the depths" No sin. nor grief
 nor fear Can hide us where God can not see and
 hear: The heav'ns. the earth, the seas obey
 His will: He waves His hand, He speaks. and all
 is still. Then cry, o soul,-out of thy deepest
 grief. Thy God will hear and grant thet
 sweet relief. His voice will calm; His arms will thee
 enfold He will encompass thee with peace un-
 told. Jennie Wilson Howell in the Watch man.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-18
PROMISING.

Once in awhile educators strike, or are struck by, what seems on the face of it like a good idea. Teachers Tn boys schools in Greater New York are planning to send three thousand boys into the country next June to spend their vacation as farm laborers. It is said that over twenty-five hum dred boys have been enrolled already in an organization for this purpose. The same plan was carried out Tn small way last year, when one hun dred and fifty boys were placed IF summer positions in the country Wlth the result that at least one boy was induced to take college course Tn agriculture and others induced then parents to buy farms. If such work or any other work would add material ly 10 the number of ambitious young men whose ambition turns toward tho tilling of the generous land it woult be well. City life and city "oppor tunities" have been very alluring. They are not now quite as alluring as the. have been, when it is seen with grea clearness that about the only man wh' really knows where he is is the on who has a farm and knows how t carry 1t on. It is announced that on
 acre of farm land will support fou
 persons.
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may yet be the pattern for impressive building.
 We still have our doubts whether the business of newspaper making can be taught at the university. We should expect the graduates in course to then begin to learn the business as the graduates in tine medical and legal courses begin at graduation to learn the science of their professions. There is an old-fashioned theory that the holder of college de- gree is an educated man, but a more mature conviction is that he is simply the possessor of the tools which make for education if properly used. Un- occasionally the university can aid amazingly in the preparation of a man for newspaper work by filling his mind with useful information and training him to think accurately, but we are still confident that the actual making of a newspaper man lies with the edi- toriaI room and not with the class room. It is the sense of responsibility
 which actual contact with the world awakens that makes a man a journal ist. Until that contact has been enjoyed
 or suffered, whichever it is. theory sits
 in the chair reserved for practice.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-18
Apnrtmcn. House for Children.

CThe Milwaukee Sentinel)
 A departure in opening an apartment house for large families only. just made in Paris, is worthy of notice here. Perhaps with a desire to meet the race suicide question, which is a living ls- sue in France, the Anonymous Society for Economical Dwellings for the Poor, Parisian institution, has erected the building, into which no family is al- lowed to move unless 1t had at least three children.
 This unique structure Is described In recent issue of the Architects and Builders Journal, which says it fills long-felt want. A census taken just after the opening would establish the truth of this statement. The house consists of central building eight stories high, with two seven story wings. and contains 9i separate tene- ments, their total population being 62C persons, of whom 427 are children The structure is planned with special refer ence to the needs of the younger oc- cupants. one unique feature being a ] flight of half-high steps in every stair way, besides the steps of ordinary height.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-18
OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
The old-rn,h,onea "speIllns- Ree.r
lrhe Cleveland Plaln Dealer.)

tThe Cleveland Plain DealerJ
 Modern scientific educational meth ods may have improved means of teaching spelling, but 1t is to be doubt ed if anything surpasses the old-fash- toned bee in fixing in the mind of youth the intricacies of the English laguage. If the solid business men of any large city were questioned as to the method by which they learned to spell 1t might surprise the investigat- or to hear how many would answer "The spelling bee of the country school"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-18
senseIe.. Waste of Money.

lFr0m FOrIunes Freeman,1
 Sixteen battleships in Fighting Bobs" squadron described beautiful from the Peruvian shores, and each in turn fired twenty-one guns as part ing salute in honor of the president of Peru Sixteen times 2l are 336. Was there ever a more senseless waste of money? About sufficient to feed New York's iS0,000 unemployed one day. A salute of twenty-one guns from the Connecticut. the flagship of the squad ron. would have answered just as well. but of course, these little extravaganza es are itenized as exchanges of nation al courtesies. Uncle Sam is rich, and what do we care?
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-18

The report is that almost any girl can quickly find good husband down at Panama. If that is so the Canal Zone is indeed all that it's most enthusi- astic admirers have said it was But the quick finding of a good husband is not, it may be pointed out, the usual thing in any zone.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-18

Modest merit came conspicuously to the front when a hen whose ownership was in dispute in Judge Bruce's court at Maiden, Massachusetts, laid an egg while the lawyers were wrangling about her.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-18

suggest that the diplomatic offices of Secretary Taft be appealed to lest chaos becomes the substitute for moral order.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-18

A Utah woman laced her corset so tight that she broke her heart, but her heart would also have been broken had not her corset been right.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-18

While the Salvation Army is operat- ing In ffty-four countries and colonies. that against which It operates is even more widespread than that.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-18
SAYINGS AND DOINGs.

ganize acre clubs in every community
 in Oklahoma. Each member Is to
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-18

The British suffragettes released from Holloway jail state that the treat- ment of prisoners has improved con slderably since their frequent inear- cerations began. The food was better and the clothing less coarse. The boots were less painful to wear and the wardresses were more considerate ana kinder.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-18

plant an acre of some product. and the
 scheme is practical ssheme for farm CTS.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-18


 scheme IS a practical scheme for farm CTS.
 The British suffragettes released from Holloway jail state that the treat ment of prisoners has improved con siderably since their frequent incar- cerations began. The food was better. and the clothing less coarse. The boots were less painful to wear and the Wardresses were more considerate and kinder.
 Chrome is one of the valuable ores of Asia Minor. The most important mines formerly worked were those of Daghardi in Broussa. The mining een- ter which has produced and exported the most chrome in Asia Minor Is the locality termed the Basin of Macrl, or which the port Of that name was the chief place of shipment.
 novel way of pumping liquids from bore holes is by means of an endless rope. somewhat after the fashion of the chain pump. only in this case the l liquid to be raised is absorbed by the rope and squeezed out between rollers at the surface, says Mining Science. 1 As the rope is in balance the only pow CT required is to overcome friction and raise the liquid.
 The Douma commission on religious affairs. says the St. Petersburg corre- spondent of the Cologne Welt, brought before the body unanimous report in favor of punishing ''all who in any manner insulted any religious denom' nation" Naturally, according to tht writer, the various religions do no stand as equals with regard to the an ti-insult resolution. and persons wht may say things disrespectful of th' Orthodox Church will be more severeli dealt with than those who may b' tempted to insult the Evangelica Church.
 In 1767, following immediately afte the discovery of hydrogen, Dr. Blacl of Edinburgh pointed out that yes sel filled with this gas would rise il the air. Almost simultaneously th brothers Etienne and Joseph Mont golfer who were paper manufacturers as result of reading Priestly's EEK periments Relating to Different Kind of Air" invented the hot-air or fir balloon and on June ], l7S3, the frs Montgolfler ascended at Annonnay Au vergne France. In August of the sam . year Professor Charles of Paris sent III the first balloon filled with hydrogen or "nflammable air" After travelini fifteeh miles this balloon was torn t pieces by the superstitious peasantry.
 
 provision merchant In Oldham England, has invented an ingeniou contrivance by which he is able to fee his horses without personal attend lance, through the medium of an Amer iean alarm clock. In small office ad joining the stable the clock is place on shelf Attached to the windin key Is a piece of copper wire. and tn Is fastened to a small brass roller tha runs over wooden rod, At the en of the rod Is a heavy weight, whic , falls to the floor The corn box Is fill ed over night and when the weight released small door at the bottom Q the box flies open and the corn fall into the manager. The horses never ia to rise at the sound of the alarn knowing what Is to follow, and whe : the drivers turn up the animals ar ready to be harnessed Another advan tage is that the horses need never b put to work before breakfast has ha time to digest.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-18

Chrome is one of the valuable ores of Asia Minor. The most important mines formerly worked were those of Daghardi, in Broussa. The mining cen ter which has produced and exported the most chrome in Asia Minor Is the locality termed the Basin of Macrl oi which the port Of that name was ths chief place of shipment.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-18

THE WEEKLY JOURNAL. Issued Thursday. One Dollar a Year.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-18
A LETTER FROM A WESTERN GIRL
WHO is SEEING new YORK

New York. March ~.
Dear Mary You can Hesp right
on wearing your tan ah0eh without
the least bit OF fear that they are
paHas For SO far a. can see. they
are showing more tan shoes and
more styles OF tan shoes Than they
did last year
They certainly are stunning
MANY OF them are extremely high
I've aaen aone laced With leather
shoestfinkn and With straps aud
buckles at the top Of the boot So
Far IA / can see there II no decided
difference ia the shape OF the sole.
the regulation pointed boa toe and
fairly straight last
There ara quantities Of high
fancy shoes. The purple and gray
suede. especially the ones with pat.
rut leather vump aud suede top 10
match the costume.
or cnurar thia necoenitateH many
PAIRS OF shoes Evidently fine
) car fof the shoe man.
/ aaN a paif Of white high shoes
the other day Strange ne Il may
seem theY we're very pretty The
vamp was az white suede and the
top OF heavy white silk
10 Ynu know I wondered the
other day n u could be that the
low shoes Hnd the pumps were
fading away. aud that these fancy
high alsagH we're taking their
place. SIN thcy are showing
quantities Of pumps and low shoes.
too
The eyehing slippers are tho
most fetching things Ans color.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-18
THE RICHEST BABY IN NIL wAUKEE

The richest baby in Milwaukee has been having his for-
tune appraised
lis name is William Woods Plauknton Irs aged year,
and he is worth the tidy OF S4Ts0lo0
n, the he IS ol age Is expected that this amount
will have doubled.
lie can have everything he vants-elohes automobiles,
yachts private cars, silk underwear His every within and
fancy be graified
Unless somebody stus his colossal fortune suit
and gets away with IT, every luxury that money buy is
waiting Ter him already.
Il Is arranged that he may so tho devil rubber tires
II he lie need worry himself about anything
lie was born rich
Poor little baby
You would like him lie is attractive child,
with pretty eyes and soft hands and delicate cheeks OF
pearl and baby that learning lisp little words
The bg world IS there in front Of him. waiting for him
and the millions OF other bged babies who toddling
and >pg and smiling SIP people today just he Is tod.
ding aud lsping and smiling There will be 50 many things
do n and 80 and 50 years iron many things
to thuk and carry out SO many successes be
many regulations make much character shape be-
tween grinding wheels OF experience. mitch good TO
many people help many issues he faced and
great problems be solved much further the world has
got 70 he moved
10 ,ou suppose this baby viii do his part'
Perhaps he viii Perhaps he Is going grow into
OF these wonderful who make wealth uplifting instead
OF deba>ing Perhaps he going learn and think and
Perhaps those baby eyes going grave when
the reaes how terrible his responsibility - and per.
haps those same will tighten they grip the helm
tina, going make his e too either victory Tor himself
a defeat.
Eas the chances arc almost all against Il.
lie has much money.
Don't compare tins rich baby with yours. Who is poor.
and wish that yours might have what is waiting Tor him.
Nours thousand times the luekier baby lie may wear
cotton while the other six. but after the big world
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-18

Intended Without ia .s..,
e. much as # aoes ' ~ ~
q great mauF n ne
SILK hose are etnbfais... s.sisaas.ss
ore either sin an i, ' y, u ess
emhfuideff OF ooa,,. ~ \. neasz
beauuful but. Oh nv ,t easy ~
10 pay : and 1e aoll,,. y, II ssats
of siockinsa Sell / an i ~
ifciiy content 70 hsy. " -
siih ones - eo.s,a.. ~ tials
larty az hat Gloves az hfss'i
llfpily embfnidsfsd ~, 49, -
long ones I have seen I. u
bfoid"red On the back ~ -. r.
bat most IT them ~. =. :. M
bf0idrry 1T the wfisf ass a
80 ihf on 80metlmes -
bf"idrfy l. IN eoiofs Ia -. -
glove but many are in al =
81 the flowers they imlisis a
Your affeetl0nats g..
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-18

~ eolars 20 match anF gown aud
many blacks. ~ course The slip
pefa are not only beautiful, bat the
roaeftss woll. any man that could
keep his eyes of pair u those
roneffen would be- Il wonder
They have some In window
over here on the avenue. that were
"a mf way OF thinking the most Al
traetiYe I have yet seen. TheY
looked just ike = large tea rose
and were made Of ribbon about
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-18

gets hroass with them the other may fall back ON What
he always had bat Yours will have what he wonetor HIM
sef-rich poor good bad success oi failure yours
Will have had all the need and twice the inspiration
These babies arc starting the biggest OF all and
Just as sure as you live yours the who has the inside
track.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-18

Diplomacy.
How / like tn hear the troubles
That he tells
Oh. the sympathy Just bubbles,
Fairly wells