The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-09-24


given by the mouth.
There's one sure thing, to- the Bos-
.on Post, and that is that you can't
3e sure Of anything. Z s
Home never seems quite as good
to a man as when he is broke at
summer resort. confesses the Dallas
News u
Even when a man doesn't live a
particularly fast life, AYERS the New
York Times, he finds himself all out
Of breath when he comes to die.
Opportunity, admits the Philadel-
phia Record, sometimes makes the
man, but only when the man knows
what to make of the opportunity.
yivisection, observes the New York
Jodrnal teaches surgeons some great
lessons for instance, that a dog
cannot run if you amputate his legs.
T. sass+7.
The Oklahoma judge who said
rich man acquitted Of murder was
guilty, inspires vision of ,blindfolded
justice taking a peep, to the WASH
ihgton Post.
The New Orleans Times-Democrat
inquiries: Can it be that Georgia's
proposed tax on soda water is aimed
at the ladies who electioneered for
prohibition?
Some men do so much talking
about being square, submits the
Chicago Tribune, that we naturally
expect to see the corners sticking
out of them.
The vigorous crusade in Atlantic
City suggests, to the Providence
journal, that in short time there
will be nothing wet in that vicinity
but the ocean.
A Maryland man has erected
monument to Adam. Mark Twain, VINO
once shed tears over Adams grave,
insists the Louisville Confessional,
should have been invited to deliver
the dedicatory address.
strictly fresh eggs were Matched
while being shipped recently from
Missouri to Chicago. II they had
been sent to New York city, suggests
the New York Tribune. they might
have been sold as spring broilers.
Bank of England notes are paid
out over the counter only once. II
the present Treasury officials are
agitated over the condition Of paper
money in this country, for which
there is some reason. they are In.
v.ted, by the Philadelphia Record, to
consider the practice of the Bank
CT England instead of pondering
deeply on schemes for cleansing and
refreshing overworkedNA notes with
chemical baths. The idea of saving
expense by reducing the size OF the
rotes is calculated to subject the
whole project OF governmental econ.
cmy, to which the Administration IS
committed, to ridicule.
Not all of US eat pickles, shouts
tne New York World. None of US,
however, Is without food habits OF
some sort. One may not be asitated
personally by the revelation OF how,
through the use of alum. soft, soggy,
disreputable and harmful cucumbers
are made to take on plumpness and
the appearance of toothsomeness. But
the manifestation of an official pure
food vigilance over the pickle indus
try may be taken as the symptom OF
an all-around watchfulness, grateful
10 consumers and full of warning to
producers with any inclination to
take chances. Il want what want
when want it." sings the man In
the comic opera. People who eat
for life and health want what they
went as they want it. They want It
pure. Government has taken up, no
more important paternal task than
that or seeing tnat they get IL pulS.
The man who shows wisdom, persist
ence and conscience at this task mer.
its popular confidence along with
freedom from meddling higher up"
In days of midsummer heat and
dullness the vagaries of the scienti
nc pundits asa source Of refreshing
and innocent entertainment are not
to be despised. They are varied in
their character and comprehensive in
their scope. Their range. explains
the Philadelphia Inquirer, extends
from the interior arrangements OF
the human anatomy to the exterior
limits of the visible universe, and
If they are more remarkable for in,
ventive ingenuity than for convincing
force that only serves to enhance