The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-04-17
!. WORTH QUOTING


"a woman can shop all day on the
money that wouldn't take man fur.
ther than the first saloon" observes
the Philadelphia Telegraph.
Getting things on credit is like get
ting them for nothing; and when 1t
comes to paying the bill, it is just
like throwing money away, confesses
Judge.
Statistics show a decrease in bank
embezzlements. Probably due, sug
gests the Atlanta Journal, to the re
duction in the supply of embezzling
material.
The general opinion seems to be
that while the United States navy Is
a little old fashioned in spots, opines
the Washington Star. it would be ex.
ceedingly hard to whip.
The tenant pays the tax every time.
Therefore, the tax rate is a thing
that more deeply concerns the man
who rents residence than the man
who owns the property, argues the
Richmond Dispatch.
Mr.. Thompson, Canadian member
of Parliament for Yukon, declares
that within five years the Klondike
gold output will reach $20,OOO,OOO a
year as the result of the operations
OF the big dredging companies.
Now that evidences of water have
been detected ON Mars the theory
may be advanced, contends the Wash
ington Star, that inhabitants are suf
ficiently civilized to indulge in stock
gambling.
1t is just as easy, thinks the Wade
Press, to go about with perpetual
expression of good nature, seeking
some one to whom to show kind.
ness, as to carry around a frowning
face and always be on the lookout for
some one to knock
The day of haphazard farming is
past. The careless farmer is SLOWLY
but surely dropping from the ranks
announces the Americana Cultivator
He can't compete with the progress.
sive fellow who puts brains as well
as Drawn into his work.
Social, political and religious insti
buttons amount. to nothing unless the
right sort of men are on hand to run
them, declares the Hartford ourant.
We must breed sane and responsible
men for the everyday purposes of
life If we wish to check these out.
bursts of lawless passion.
The proprietor of a meat market in
Hartford recently took an order,
among other things, for two cents
worth of cat meat. Later in the day.
relates the Boston Transcript, this
was countermanded by telephone be-
cause the cat had caught a bird
Such conservative buying means, in
the merchants opinion, hard times.
Anti-gambling laws do not interfere
with the breeding of fine horses in
Missouri, according to a statement
made by Gov Folk who said: From
the best reports obtainable say there
have been more fine horses raised in
Missouri during the past three years
when there has been no race-track
gambling than when gambling on
race tracks was licensed"
Argues the New York World: If
the sale of liquor were conducted like
the sale of boots or shoes or of cigars,
CT of groceries, where no man is al
lowed to buy more than he can pay
for, or is permitted to use profanity
or obscene language while making
his purchase, there would come a
change over saloon keepers and their
customers which would surprise both |
of them.
Increasing assumption of power
power over Central America seems |
to be inevitable to the Boston Her |
aid. Whether the guardianship may |
ultimately be formal or exercised in |
an Indirect way, the power of the |
United States is bound to extend, and i
to be recognized, to the Panama Canal |
and such distance beyond as will |
guarantee the safety Of the canal
zone
The people will demand immediate ,
legislation by congress If the anar. /
chistic developments reveal what is !
uspected-that the scum of foreign
countries has gathered here and or.
ganized in formidable numbers to
work out the hellish plan to destroy |
all government by the use of the torch ,
and the bomb, AYERS the Washington
Pest There can be no federation OF
these hideous creatures. If they can.