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The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18
PROGRESS NOT UNCHECKED.

The great reforms of the world all have about the same history. So it is not at all surprising to read that the movement for the suppression of the opium habit in China isn't work ing in all ways as those in earnest in 1t wish it were. There seems to be a general agreement that the educated classes arc in earnest in the matter, and that the officials in many dis triete are honestly obeylng instruc- tions, but it appears to De equally cer- tain that q largo number of mandar- ins content themselves with issuing regulations, without taking any meas- urcs whatever for their enforcement
 Practical men, familiar with condi- tions in China, recognize in the pop ular anti opium movement one of the most hopeful signs of all awakening national conscience, but they know also that a people cannot be made moral by act of Parliament, and that the Chinese government is not a re- generating moral force. Some com potent authorities aver that the Chin csc government, recognizing the strength of public opinion, intends to turn the anti-opium crusade and the sympathy of foreign governments to it's own benefit by the creation of d government monopoly in native op- ium, coincident with abolition of the imported drug, and the atti- tude of some of Chinas high est officials is said to jus tify this opinion. Up to the pres- ent, few steps have been taken to linn it the production of opium It is said that in many districts the regulation proyidins that the poppy area shall be reduced by ten per cent has been met by corresponding oyerpstimate of
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18
ONE OF THE PROBLEMS.

Germany has some grave problems to consider, and solve if she can. Tor instance, the steady transformation of Germany from a country where the rural village was for centuries the principal factor into one in which the city population is largely in the majority is causing both economists and statesmen serious thought. The situation is shifting so that adminls- trative reforms arc becoming mpcra- tive to readjust the rural sections to the changed population and distribute burdens more oqutably. At the founding of the German Empire in 1871, the rural communities-~-thos with less than 2,0O0 population-con tained ca per cent. of the population of the Empire. In 1905 the rural pop ulaton was only 4g 1-2 per cent, of Lll' NiI'l't LII Gblllt HAhlpllH, HitIl HS the Rhineland, Westphalia, Oden- burg ard the Kingdom of Saxony, the rural character of the population has nearly disappeared, the percentage of the rural populations in these sections being only 23, 23.5, 24,9 and 28.S per cent. respectively, of the whole popu- lation. Nearly one-third of the popu. lation of the Kingdom of Saxony is found ir the five large cities of Drcs- den, Leipzig Chemnitz, Flauen and ZWickau, and more than half the population in the cities of 10000 or more, In many of the suburbs of the larger cities, once purely village conn munites, but now swallowed up by the cities, the increase in the popula- ton for the five years from 1900 to 1905 war almost phenomenal, ayoraE- ing from 7o to so per cent. and in
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18
Wrlfin' For n lite.

4 barefoot boy stood upon Tho little bridge of plank, or down beneath the cotton wood Along the shady bank. X crooked pole within my hands, My heart filed with delight; My eyes agloam upon the stream, Jest waitin fur bite. What though the nibble never came To strip my bent pin hook? Twas joy enough fur mo to be
 Down there beside the brook. An thus I passed the happy hours. Half hidden out of sight In idle dream beside the stream
 While waitln fur . bite The years have come an gone sine
 then,
 Eve fingered bv the brook Of life where trade goes rushing by With ready line and hook. I've stood upon the crowded bank
 By day, an then by night, I've angled there in storm an fair,
 Jest waiiln' fur a bite. I've waited fur the fish success"
 To come an bite my pin: They come an sniff like them of old, An then swim off as'in. Yet still I'm standln' on the bank
 Frun mornin' until night An l shall stay the same old way
 Until l git hile,
 Joe Cone in the New York Sun.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18
Democratic Degradation.

tThe New York Globe,)
 Nothing could more effectively show the degradation Into which the once great Democratic party of the Empire State has fallen than ifs contemptlblo subservlence to Murphy It is bank rupt not only in principles but in lead CTS. Even the days of Hill seem ylrtu- ous and honorable In comparison. Murphyism does not represent even an Intelligent lust for office, for small Is the prospect of Murphy ticket win ming at the polls. Mayor Mcclellan. strong partisan that he IS, found that no man in office could with selt-respect endure the Murphy yoke lt Is too offensive for even the not oyernice McCarren to endure. No wonder then. that nemocrals who still arc anxious Tor Democratic success have looked with blank ama2ement on the proceed ings of yesterdays convention Never before wns brought home 10 them SO vlyidly the complete demoralizatlon of their party
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18
VOTING IN MAssACHu sErTs.

It Is becoming plain that something Ia the matter with many Of the citizens of Massachusetts. They are either too good or not good enough to vote. Last November i66,O0O registered voters in Massachusetts failed to vote In nine ty-nine towns in the state fewer than fifty per cent of the registered voters went to the ballot boxes. In forty of these towns the percentage fell below forty per cent, Boston, with It's big Democratic majority, boiled seventt- eight per cent. of It's registered Vote. only twenty towns In the state did better than this.
 IL is q curious fact that the MaSsa- chusetts Democrats come out ta vote more freely than the Republicans do, A special effort to bring ont tho Rcpubli- cans this fall is to be made, IL Is to ho hoped that it will succeed When Mas sachusetts Republicans fail in their duty II is time to stir and bc stirred II is felt that they are not very enthusi- astic this year about some things, ln- cluding tariff revision, but they should be enthusiastic about voting Just think of good, reliable old Massachusetts be ing doubtful state.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18
A NEW BUILDING IS BETTER.

IL k n matter of eradication that the postofllce building is to be over hauled and needed Improvement pro vided. But what New Haven needs is new building in keeping with the size of the city and the volume of business transacted If this city has not such a building as it should have the reason is easily discovered There Is too much public apathy about 1t. Architect Greenfield of the postofilce department has put the matter clear lv. He is reported as saying con corning Q new building: If New Haven wants one 1t will have to crys- taIlze public sentiment and make q demand for new building. Until public sentiment is aroused New Ha- ven won't get a new building In these words we have the pith of the matter.
 There arc cities smaller than this city and doing far less volume of business that are now enjoying fine up-to-date postofiice buildings simply because they hustled and brought to bear a strong public opinion on Con gress. As long as there is any feel ing of indifference Congress will have no particular interest in the matter Already the present building has been reported as obsolete But only ar appropriation has been asked for tho present. This may serve further tc postpone a new building adequate tc thr needs of the city In view of the movement to make q city beautiful a postoffice building that will fall in with the general scheme must ultl mately come.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18
OPTION Ali.

reacher-Tommie, what is the plural
 Temmie--why porposes, ma'am!-- Yonkers Statesman.
 What caused the blockade of trafIlc
 "A girls spring hat blew off, ''- Louisville Courier Journal
 She Shakespeare says man has seven ages lle-"A woman has only thrAc Shc-"Nhat arc they2' He-- sixteen nineteen and twenty-four. - Utica Observer
 q understand that theatrical com pany yoil sent ou' has been side tracked" said the comedian Not at all, replied the manager They are walking home on the main line - foh- kers Statesman
 prlnce de Ragan tto waiter at the Cafe de RlskeD Francois, my dear on a tray?' Francois thending low) -- "Beeausc, your Highnoss, the charges are so heavy. New York Press
 snlior Your daughter, sir we'll CT That is -shc told mo To come te yon
 she says you Pater-"Q Quito so T understand Let's sec, are you Mr. Bronson or Mr Wihhles29 Suitor- Why. I'm MT, Hotchklss" Cleveland Leader
 'ls there mulufla aToHlu HFfe Hsk- ed the stranger T should say SO, an- awercl Farmer Corntossel There's go much shaltin' goin' on that all q man needs to do to shine his shoes Is ln hold il brush in his hand and stand stllt"-N New orleans Pleayune.
 Miss SweetlY--T think your writings resemble some works of the greatest writers.
 Young serlbbler delighted In what mamcr2
 Miss Siwectlr You VIII not live to 500 them appreciated rlt-Bits.
 "So you arc in favor of local option?'
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18
A Dlsou,E'rING THOUGHT.

That Is q disquleting thought which comos from Japan There is now prevailing in Kobe q peculiar kind of cold which is popularly termed borei ka2e' Literally, departed souls cold). This cold Is so designated because It ls superstItIously credited as being a curse sent by the departed souls of the soldiers who were killed in the war and who. perhaps, seeing that tho post bellum management of affairs by the people is so bad as to neutralize all the good effects of the blood they shed in the war, are now trying to awake tho people to a sense of their duty and responsibilities by inflicting on them the dlsagreeable Illness.
 can t be that tho grip which has been and is adlicting some parts of the United States ie departed souls grin. sent on account If the peoples lack of appreciation of their privileges and their disregard Of the principles on which this government was founded2 ? Those who have had, or are having the gr'i are prepared to believe all most anything that may be said about it.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18
REG 0N BRING.

Perhaps It isn't wholly sensible to re- loIcc in an Increase In the sale ot champagne, but It K wholly sensible to rejoice In one of the things which such increase Indicates, When the panic struck. champagne and diamonds felt the shock as much and as soon as my thing. except perhaps the speculative banks and the overloaded speculators, Foreign brands of champagne received through the port of New York Tor threc months ending April 1, last, were 5O,liS eases, as against I9iiO for the same period In laO1, Il decrease of 29.- 62g. In New York city. where the slump was felt tho most, and where cham pagne sustained the greatest loss, the consumption has lately been on q big Increase, And all over the country the same condition prevails. A prominent champagne seller Is quoted as thinking that this summer will be the best ipf tho sale of champagne that the country has known for years.
 Soon We shall be reading that tht diamond dealers are encouraged, Wheu diamonds and champagne hivc lively markets IL wlll be safe 10 conclude thai at least hope and credit have been re- 1 established,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18
IS THIS ALL TRUE

The statements made hy Alfred Q Crozler of Wilmington, Del, before the house committee on banking and cur rcncy, charging thot secret scheme existed for compromise on the M- drlch bill, introduces a sensational cla- ment. if true, In relation to that much discussed measure, Whether MT Cro2ier can bring support to his charge, or Is expressing only his per- sonal opinion, Ls question of import anee just now. II is hardly conceivable that man would in such q public way make such charges unless he had some ground for them rne man of the streets. who does not get into public print but does quite q lot nf thinking, has had his suspicion right along that a deal of some kind was Involved in the Aldrich bill Reading between the lines conveys the Idea that It was not constructed on "the broad basis of the country's needs and economies as President Woodrow Wilson of Prince ton would say, but having h view some special interests or the sale of somc particular class of securities,
 The Aldrich bill" Mir, Cro2Ier de.
  clared "Is a gambling game from start to finish brought here by gamblers and promoted by gamblers for gambling purposes Here Is the very core of his charge and he presents another aspect of the matter Just what facts Mr Crozier can marshal in proof of this charge the public win be interested fin knowing The gentleman is quoted az saying that if a commission can be ap- pointed to take testimony he would produce a list of witnesses to prove his statements. especially tho prediction made to him that it was known for some time that n measure like the AL drich bill would be brought before con gress and would bo preceded by pan ic. If there is any truth in these claims tho country has certainly been passing through a mos; interesting period,
 But it seems. according to Mir. Crozier of Wilmington, Delaware, that our fla vorite railroad the New Haven. is con nected in some way in the whole mat ter and was duly warned that the panic "Was to be brought on before tht meeting of congress- and on tho strength of the information the New Haven road borrowed many millions oi dollars, How MT. Crozler in dstan Delaware came to know so much abou the New York New Haven and Hart ford railroad is not explained. exeep that a prominent financier" told him Of course the New Haven road wal wise In fortifyIng itself against i'm pending hard times. especially whei foretold It was the part of common prudence,
 But the whole charge of Mir. Crozer because of its peculiar and publ character, should not pass without al investigation Ii is the age of investl gations. Let there be another
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18

have frequent distressing doubts about tho question Of future lfe be- cause they have put their hope of heaven m tradition Instead of the realities Of a spiritual experience, Thore is always m opportunity for every ono to rise into q newer and larger lifc to be cmancipatcd from various bondagcs Ignorance, pre- judIces soIashness, are So many graves In which men are buryns themselves In tho assurance that
 from these mon may rise ls reason
 for gladncss In the masterful spirit
 of the Christ Is shown the way
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18
.IcN. Davis n Living Cartoon.

tl ne NeN ioIh llihuUH'|
 Senator ,ieff. Davis seems to be in danger of trying the Arkansas sense of humor too severely, for If Arkatsas IS anything like the rest of the chrth it win be ready 10 forgive It's hero any thing except making himself a laugh ing stock Tho Hon Jeff has been knocked down in the streets of Little Rock and has fled in unheroic haste, with the enemy in hot pursuit and ln possession of tho famous gold headed cane. which in his oratory he Is always boosting that he uses upon tho heads Of his foes.
 Not since certain leading Arlan- san threatened to drive Jeff Davis Into the Arkansas river with a lightning bug on the end of a corncob has any thing so serious happened. Arkansas ! may begin 10 wonder whthcr q mnn who could mistake a lightning bug ol the end of eorncob for a dangerous weapon might not mistake bare fist for q loaded bat"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18

tho existing area, 50 that actual con- dltions rtmam very much as they were Tho registration of smokers has not bccn universal, by my means, and in many blg cities the sale and consumption of tho drug goes on much as usual,
 But in spite Of all thls there ap- pears to De no doubt that the ante opium ferees are growing, They will prnbabls continue to grow. It took a long while and much perseverance to get our own highly civilized coun- try awake to the evils of intemper- anec,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18

Not local option, sir" reIoined Col onel Stlllwell. Prohibition"
 When did you become convert to such viowgP'
 Since ] joined the Society for the the Prevention of DsaEreeable Noises. I have found that there Is nothing like a few drinkg to tempt mon to think they ran sing Washington Star.
 He's quite wealthy and prominent now" snld Mrs S'arvem: and they say he rose practically from nothing. Well, we'll" remarked Mir Border; that's lust what I rose fron--at tho breakfast table this morning. delphia Inquirer.
 You believe, then, that fl is right to take human life?"
 For an instant the anarchist was thougbtful.
 Not under all ctrcumstanres, he replied Suppose this monster you call inc State should desire to take mine?' Philadelphia Ledger.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18
Political Casyartllcc.

CThc New York Journal of CommerceD
 The failure of congress Co net on a number of measures, some of them of hardly more thnn an administrative character, K fragrant and should be condemned In nlsparing terms. since t Is primarily due Co political coward ice and nothing else. But this hat tcntlon to work should not bn confused with the broader and more general fact that even if the session had been long CT and characterized hy q serloua desire to get results, lt Is probable that many bills would stlll have been allowed to fall dead while numerous unwlse pro- poEals would have been voted duwn, This would have been the consequence fo tho more conservative public spirit which Is gradually being developed.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18
ouu CONTEMPORARIES.
Return of thc calla Lilly.
erhc Boston TrnnscrIptl

VI NU HWHTUH ITNHFUTTFIT
 X revival of tho calla lily popularity Is among the incidents of the Easter season worth mentioning, There was n tlmo some years ago, when this ilower grew and hlosaomed in every florists shop and In every dwelling house where the raising of plants waa undertaken. Then It pnssed from favor. Now lt re- turns to find NO many admirers that it Is sad tbcrc will be hurdly enough ealla lilies to meet tho demand Flor lsta have mol cultivated the calla Into strange shapes, It has just tho same serene. statolS pure. and uhhonding presence that always characterized it, and for this alone IL receives Il renew ed admiration.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18

oregon has grown some since 1911. II was in lSii that Daniel Webster wrote from Washington to Edward Everett in London T believe oregon to be ,L poor country In no way important to England except that she happens ta have settlements in that region, and of very little consequence to the tnitod states" Mir Webster did not foresce the Puget Sound cities
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18

The Atlanta Georgian points out that housework gives a woman . beautiful figure, but it can also be pointed out that the women who do the most of fl don't always have the most beautiful figures.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18

The assertion that Taft can't get the ia giving way to the asser- tlon that he can't De elected, Per- haps the next assertion after that will be that ho won't make good prcsi- dent.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18

some instances running az high as 200 per cent
 The cry oRack to the landl' will moan something n Germany by and bN And In the United states too The world may not Do coming 10 m end right olf, but some of the things thnt arc going on in II will havc to come to an end, or. at least, q change,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18

When the battleshIp Kansas arrives at san Francisco each member of the crew, Grom Captan Nrceland down VIII receive q comfort bag prepared by the women of Kansas. Each bag will con tain a pin ball, needles, thread, darn ing cotton and other things necessary for repairs to clothing, Eight hundred of the little bags are being prepared under tho direction of the Womcn's Christian Temperance Union, and Mrs. Mary Sihbits will go to San l'rncsco to present bag to each sailor person. ally.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18

A Chicago man says ne sleeps but two hourp out of the twcnty-fuur Twenty-two hours Il day ia long time to have to keep awake In Chicago,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18
SAYINGS AND DOINsS.

There are eight families of Smiths in Baptist church of saco, Maine and they have just been giving a Smith en- tertainment to the non-Smith mem bers.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18

No moro "sparl,lng" hy telephone in Illinois, At least that's the orders but perhaps the sparkers will invent u cod1 that will work.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18

Temporary partial paralysis of the motor system, is what distinguished docto' calls drunkenness. Is that what they find a man guilty of in the police courts?
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18

Mrs cyrus Pitman Orr is reported as craving information as to how many women ever lived in this country pr any other who, being the mother of seven children or more, wished to east a ballot, Several suffragists arc at present busy looking into the matter. Mrs Elizabeth Cady Stanton had just seven children five sons and two daughters, Mrs. Lowell, president of thc Newton Equal Suffrage League, who ia al present busy getting un tho eae for tho benefit of the Woman'a $ Suffrage Association of Massachusetts,, has ten.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18

t is announced that the War de- plrtmout has renewed its determination 10 haye urmy officers pay attention tp official communications Every now and then some udmoultlon tu this effect ap- pears . bo necessary. Hitherto it has been considered that tho existing regu- latl0ns and circulars on the subject have been sufficient although Il ap- penrs that even these must Do rireu- lated la, some emphatic WHY ns a re- hinder of the duty and courtesy which ucvolve upon army officers In attend Ing to communications which arc nd- dressed to them by higher authority. The policy of the department Is indi- cated by the trial of T junior army of- cer which recently took place at Fort Crook, who wos sentenced to forfeit Sl DO of hls pay In such cases courts hnye usually sentenced offenders to an official reprlmnnd II ls now recognized that something more tangible In tho way of punishment would have . better effect
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18

That strange African lake, Lake Tchad, has been the subject of renewed attention within the last two years and the fact that In a period of twenty years Il alternately increases and de. ereasea In size and depth seems to hay3 been well established Four or five years after tho beginning of the period Una level of the lake becomes very low.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-18

md then flses aRaIn ts tho former height In HOG the fRq was very low, According tn native records lt was nearly drIed ID between lS2S and 1893. Twenty years later tho level of tho Wa ter Wns very high
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-02-15

Angora goats viii mot protect q dock
Of sheep ngainst sheep killing dogs,
The experiment has been mndc end Il
IS reported failure
Angora goats and sheep viii not herd
together Oh a range The two classes
OF animals Separate into nocks
Augora goats d. rot cross With heep
The statement that the two VIII cross
is mn erroneous one
Angorn CONT hair will SCH FOR higher
prices than wool
Angora goat flesh sells well Ia the
city markets i'm some cities II Is re.
ported that large quantities OF goat
flesh IS sold MS lamb flesh. Where Of.
fered for snle as goat meat II com
mands lower price than sheep flesh
Angora goats viii 90 well Oh the
same treatment ana feed that are sue.
cessfuI with sheep.
Angora goats are hardy animals In
some respects. but they need dry shell
ter IN the winter Farm Progress