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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-11-05
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sity of Chicago, holding this place
until she was chosen head OF the
Chicago Normal School in 1905.
In recognition of her work the
women principals of the Chicago pub
lie schools formed an organization
several years ago which they called
the Ella T. Young Club. Mrs. Young
is a member of the Every Day Club
and the Chicago Woman's Club. She
is an advocate for equal suffrage
New York Sun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-11-05
GREAT sAcRTFECE FOR EQUALITY

GREAT SACRIFICE FOR EQUALITY
Few women, we suspect, appreciate
the magnitude of the sacrifice they
would be required to make to be plac-
ed upon a plane of absolute equality
with men. They cannot hope to &C
quire equal rights and privileges with
out assuming simultaneously equal
obligations under religious as well as
under secular law. To those who
are unacquainted with the inestima-
BILE boon which they now possess in
being exemptN from the prohibitions
imposed by the Eecalogue upon
man in respect Of certain specified
acts, the acceptance of full RESPONSE,
bility signifies little, If any, addition
to the burdens now borne. Wiser
ones doubtless appreciate the extent
OF the immunity which they now en-
JOY, and they may well hesitate for
a long time to forsake, for mere tenn
porary advantages, position likely
to prove so serviceable in the here
after. Whether feminine opposition
to the attempt to establish equal
rights on earth Is based, in part,
upon intelligent realization of the &C
complaining necessity of waving this
precious privilege, we cannot say;
but it is clear that no woman should
be permitted through ignorance OF
misapprehension, to adopt course
which might tend to her undying re-
greet in the world TO come.
The fact, of course, is that women
are not only not bound by, but are
freed, at least by inference, from
any obligation to observe the REQUIRE
ments of our Fundamental religious
law. The Ten Commandments were
written for men and apply to men ex-
clusively, kept in SO far as Indirect
ly, through the agency of men, GER
tain minor duties are imposed upon
members of their households, and
even here the full responsibility de-
wolves upon the head of the tribe
or family.
The Fourth Commandment, provid-
ing for proper yet practicable OBJ
servance Of the Sabbath, directs that
'in it thou shalt not do any work,
thou, nor thy SON, nor thy daughter.
thy man-servant, nor thy maid-ser-
want, nor the stranger that is within
thy gates" ALI members of the
household are comprised within the
prohibition except one. "Nor thy
wife" does not appear, and some have
been led to suppose that the signifi-
cant omission means that "thou" in
cludes both husband and wife. The
true explanation is quite different,
as we Immediately perceive upon
comparing this with the Tenth Com
mandment: Chou shalt not covet thy
neghbor's house, thou shalt not covet
thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-ser-
want, nor his maid-servant, nor his
OK, nor his ass. nor anything that is
thy neighbor's."
Clearly here thou does not in
cIude the wife with the husband; the
Injunction is addressed explicitly and
exclusively to the head Of the house
hold, who 10 very properly forbidden
to cuvet any Of his neighbours prop
critics, some of which are specified
in the order Of their value.-North
American Review.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-11-05
Saved His Money.

Hagerstown. Oscar Hoffman.
German employed in the Prick shops.
Waynesboro, was held up by two
highwaymen as he was driving along
the road to his home at Blue Ridge
Chapel, and barely escaped with his
life. Near Roadside a man emerged
from the darkness and, leyeling a
pistol at his head. demanded Hoff-
mans money and valuables. At this
juncture the second highwayman.
who also had a revolver, appeared.
Hoffman dashed his horse, which
plunged forward. Both the highway
men fired several times. One bullet
went through Hoffman's hat. Two
struck the horse, killing the animal.
After the firing the robbers fed.
Hoffman described his assailants as
young men, but he could rot identify
them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-11-05
Mrs. Mary A. Trader Is 81.

Salisbury.-Mrs Mary A. Trader,
mother of Police Justice William A..
Trader, of Salisbury, reached her
ninety-first birthday and all her chill
dren were present to help her cele-
brate.s Mrs. Trader is the Oldest in
habitant of Salisbury. The combined
ages of Mrs. Trader, and her six chill
dren aggregate 495 years. Her
children and their ages are: Thomas
A. Trader, u years; S. T. Trader, 70
years; A. P. Trader, 6S years; ]. H.
Trader, 81 years; w. A. Trader, 64
years, and r. A. Trader, So years.
There are Is grandchildren and IL
great-grandchildren living.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-11-05
Mr.. snyder Buys Parsons Island.

Centreville.-Mrs. Mary C. Ryan,
executTix and owner, sold at public
auction in front of the Courthouse
Parsons Island, in Eastern bay, con-
tanning lao acres of land, to Charles
@. Snyder, of Centreville, for $4,01O.
At the time of his death the property
which belonged to Thomas Ryan, of
Baltimore, had been stocked as a
game preserve.
Frederick's Tax Levy Complete. :.
Frederick The annual statement
and tax levy for Frederick County
has been completed by the County
Commissioners. The taxable basis
of the county is 23,405,369. The
State tax rate is 16 cents on 500
and the county tax rate 99h cents
on the. 500.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-11-05
Miners Son Killed By His Side.

Cumberland. Thomas Williams,
II years old, son of Andrew Will
liams, residing in Allegany Mines,
near Frostburg, was killed at mine
No. 8 of the Union Mining Company
by the roof caving in. He was work
ing with his father, who escaped
unhurt.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-11-05
Miss starkey Kills Big Eagle.

Centreville. Miss Clara B. Star
key, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Starkey, of Centreyille, shot and kill
ed large bald-headed eagle. The
eagle was battling with turkey,
when Miss Starkey picked up a gun
and fired at the bird, killing it in
stantly. The eagle is one of the
largest ever killed in Queen Anne's
County.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-11-05
Hagerstown.-Rev L. e. {

Hagerstown.- Rev. L. e. Goodwin.
rector Of st. Thomas Episcopal
Church, Hancock. has resigned, to
take effect December l. He has been
appointed sby the Bishop of the did,
cese to the charge of st. James
Chapel, Covington.
Burned In Bed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-11-05

Has the French birth rates taken
turn upward at last? For the first
time for very many years the last
statistics show considerable In
crease
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-11-05
MARYLAND BRIEFS.

Hagerstown.-A brilliant meteor
of huge size was seen by number,
of persons near the Blue Mountain
House at midnight.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-11-05

Annapolis. Mary e. Nc
Cusker, eldest daughter of the late
Hugh McCusker, died about noon.
after being burned while in bed at
the Maryland Hotel. The accident
occurred shortly after o'clock. The
origin of the fire has not been de-
termined. but it Is thought that Miss
McCusker lighted match for some
purpose and that it fell upon the
bedclothes. The fire was discovered
by John Koehler. the night watch
man at the hotel. who, with the as
Nsistance of others, extinguished 1t.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-11-05

Frederick. -Pythian Hall, in Ma,
sonic Temple. has been rented by the
committee appointed at recent
meeting OF Hebrews in this city to Sc
cure a place for temporary use as a
synagogue. Arrangements will be
made with rabbis in Baltimore to
conduct services here's
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-11-05

Hagerstown.-The store of Daniel
Barber, at McCoy's Ferry. along the
Western Maryland Railroad, was rob
bed, quantity of cigars and canned
goods being carried off.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-11-05
VandaIs In Hagerstown.

VanualS IN T1ARefSlOWn.
Hagerstown.-Van broke into
Trinity Lutheran Church. Rev. Jacob
S. Simon, pastor, ard turned the
water into the boiler in the furnace
room. The water flushed the radi-
ators in the main auditorium, on the
second floor, ran out and soaked
through the ceiling. ran down the
walls and saturated the carpets. The
ceiling, walls and carpets were badly
damaged. On the table near the fur
mace were two empty half-pint
whisky bottles. Half-burnt matches
Law on the floor, showing that the
.vandals had lit the gas.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-10
PERSONAL NOTES.

Commander Peary is a Pennsylvania, 81
years Of age; DR.. Cook a New Yorker,
age "A. Both hail from Brooklyn.
A grandson Of Mark Hanna is working
overtime on the ore docks Of Cleveland.
He wants to marry and is hustiing for
the needful.
Joe Bailey for president. 1912" said a
transparency carried by democrats at Bon
ham, Tex, at a Bailey meeting. 1t wasn't
visible at Fairview.
Champ Clark halls from Pike county,
Missouri, and is doing his prettiest ora
torical figures at Honey Shueks. The
house democratic leader exudes honey
when the environment is just right.
The Iron Trade Review of Cleveland
finds IT necessary in order to keep pace
with the development Of the trade, to
issue a daily paper devoted to the busi-
ness. The first number appeared Septem-
Der 2.
The approach of a legislative investiga-
ting committee Instructed to look into tax
valuations in Chicago was timed with a
hurry call from the Chicago Telephone
company to the Board of Review, request
ing an increase OF &c. O0, 900 in the COM
pany's assessment. Just happened so.
Anita Stewart, the rich American girl
whose mother Is alleged to have advanced
100000 SO that she might become the
bride Of Prince Miguel Of Braganza, has
been. created a princess in her W right
by the emperor Of Austria. Banns of the
marriage have been published in London.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-10
Saratoga Conference.

For a month the Saratoga confer
ence of anti-Bryan and anti-Tammany
democrats has been discussed as ii 1t
were q national convention. Now that
the time has come 1t is the chief event
in politics, next to the presidents APP
preaching tour Yet there is nothing
impending which this conference can
do to change the course of the parties.
The democratic party in New York
state is rent worse than for 1--WE or six
years with jealousies and distrusts.
Nationally the party situation is that
described in Maryland this fall, one
of "incurable schism."
At least the Saratoga conference
is respectable in ability, sincerity and
character. Resolutions. prepared by
Morgan j. o'Brien may be wrong in
political principle, but they are sure
to have force and to stimulate the old
loyalties Of Cleveland's adherents.
The conference will not make the mis-
take charged by one set of Maryland
democrats against the other in the re-
cent state convention. that they have
no national relations and al only
drag along a state machine with local
spoils.
II there are such things as Ieffer-
sonian principles, which is doubtful,
we may hear at Saratoga how they are
to be stated. State rights, on the
score Of age, may wear the name, but
II would be hard to find another. II
may be that the only sound, safe and
sane advice to what is left OF the party
Of Cleveland and Tilden Is to declare
for honest money, an economical army
and navy, administrative efficiency and
reasonable railroad rates. Then joir
the republican party and adjourn. II
not that policy better than to con
tribute money and ability &c a pro
longation Of an ~ascendancy distastefu
and false to the convictions of every
man at the conference?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-10
No Such Dilemma.

Commenting on the presidents an
nounced intention to discuss the new
tariff law in some Of the addresses he
makes on his coming western trip, the
Lincoln Journal pictures Mr.. Taft in
a terrible dilemma. 1t says:
A presidential defense OF the law except
as the most temporary OF makeshlfts will
flood the whole Missouri valley with ice
water. The situation demands all the tact
the president commands, and all the
Neutrality-suspicious.. 1t may not be wise
for the president to say all he personally
thinks about the tariff or the tariff law.
The Journal, and those who take
the same view, need not be distressed
as to whether it is wise or not for the
president to say just what he thinks
about the tariff. II he discusses the
tariff at all he will say just what he
thinks about it without any dissem-
bling or reservation. II he did not
regard the new tariff law as an i'm
provement on the old he would not
have signed It, and If he did not re-
gard 1t as, under all circumstances, a
substantial compliance with the plat
form promise of revision downward he
would not have made that declaration
in the statement accompanying his APP
prevail of the measure. The president
certainly is not going to assail a tariff
law which he, himself, helped to put
on the statute books. If he says any
thing about the tariff he will tell the
reasons that impelled him to sign 1t,
and the same reasons that would APP
peal to him will appeal forcibly to the
people generally, except those few
democrats who reject the protective
principle altogether, and a few repub-
licans whom no tariff could suit.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-10
Cook and Pearr Data.

No world controversy ever had a
more impartial array OF Judges than
are the American people, who. without
bias but with strained attention, are
reading every scrap OF news about the
strange conclusion Of the Arctic
drama.
How does the case between the two
Americans stand3 Cooks weak point,
recognised from the first. is that he
brought back no data to confirm what
he must have known to be. a story
certain to call out peremptory de-
mands for proofs. He went to Eu-
rope, but entrusted his data to Whit
ney. an unknown young man. for
America.
In taking with him only two Eski-
mos on his final rush to the pole he
did not make a suspicious error. for
all explorers reduce their companies
to the smallest dimensions when away
from camp. Mention has been made
Of previous mistakes Of Cook in his
reported ascent OF Mount Mckinley.
He reported ascending to the summit,
but submitted no proofs. Criticism
was made OF the long period between
April, 1908, and August, 1909, the
date Of his discovery and that Of his
announcement. That is explained by
the long delay while he was borne on
by a lead" and nearly starved. This
point, which vas at first taken against
him, is now placed In his favor, for
It is not likely that he would have
concealed himself 80 long, with no ap-
parent reason. II is noted that Ras-
mussen, the famous Dane, who met
Cook far up in Greenland, treats the
Cook account as true. other Danes
familiar with Arctic navigation take
the same position without demur.
Both men made the hnal rush in
the same way and with almost identi-
cal methods. Both lived at the last
stage with Esquimos and had them in
the rush, Pshry taking a greater num-
Der. Melville has modified his early
sharp remarks about Cook, the ex.
PLANTATION being that Cooks first dis.
patches were garbled in transmission
The wonderful speed OF Cooks nna.
trip Is shown to be no greater than
Peary made in his previous venture
when he spent thirteen days in idle.
ness.
This is = rough summary OF the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-10
A Builder Of Wester6 PrOperty.

Edwin II. Hartman, who con-
trolled more railroad mileage than
any other living man. dies with fewer
enemies, It is safe to say. than n
Of the other great railroad owners
who have gone before him. His pol
icy Of constructive building, selfish or
unselish, gave employment to thou
sands Of men, enlarged towns, In
creased commercial activities and
gave a tremendous impetus to growth
in the west.
Omaha can only think kindly Of the
mar who freely expended money for
the development Of terminal facilities,
made greater the great property which
means so much to the city and left
monuments here which for many
years will attach his name to that Of
the community.
No man can die OF overwork with
u bearing with him to the grave one
side of the worlds respect. How he
compared with other great railroad
commanders will always be hard to
tell. He missed acquiring the Bur-
lington and spent a fortune in acquir-
ing nothing. He nearly missed get
ting the Illinois Central and commit
ting another st~rategical mistake. But
he made few blunders and must rank
with the geniuses Of acquisition. 1t
may be said of him that he was per-
sonally amiable and that, counting &C
cording to the good done in the world
he was one Of the most benehcent hg-
ures in the list Of great careers
credited to America.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-10
NoRTH POLE CHIPS.


Chicago Record Herald Didn't Or. Cook
have q sled or something that was called
The RooseveltT' II he didn't, we can
hardly believe that he actually reached the
pole.
81. Louis Republic: A man can DO al
most anything which he makes up his
mind and will that he really wants to DO.
Peary's arrival at the pole on the seventh
trial Is only another triumph for continuity
Of purpose intelligently directed.
indianapolis News: sim, II they are
going to discover the pole every few days
that thrill in the heart OF every layman,"
which Is always so prominently mentioned
in the descriptive dispatches. is likely to
grow somewhat exhausted from overwork.
Cleveland Plain Dealer; The society Of
hollow earth advocates are extremely dis
gruntled because they had preached that
a big hole leading to the earth's interior
would be found at the north pole. They
may Join with those who call Or. Cook a
liar, or they may pin their hollow hopes
to the undiscovered Antartic end OF the
earth.
New York World; And between telegrams
announcing the Cook and Peary discoveries
of the north pole a New Yorker broke
Alpine records by climbing Mont Blanc In
nine hours and a woman astronomer at
Harvard located a new meteor the spec
trum of which is five times larger than
that Of any other ever noted by any OBJ
%servatory in the world" IT'S a great
country.
st. Louis Republic: The approval Of
those Danish scientists is nothing. Den
mark lie a nation given to research in the
polar regions and therefore preJudiced
and untrustworthy. The real judicial CEN
ter, the pole OF wisdom and Judgment OF
the scientific world, is on the Midway
Plalsance in Chicago, directly beneath the
revolving chair OF Prof. Thomas Chrowder
| Chamberlain.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-10
CONTROL OF CORPORATIONS.
Special Commission DevisinE ways
.E. me Means. 81
Brooklyn Eagle.

brooklyn Eagle.
There is disposition to conclude that the
special commission of which Attorney
General Wickersham is the head, and
which recently began it's sessions in Man
haitian is a consequence of the enactment
OF the corporation tax provision of the
new tariff law. AS a matter Of fact, the
commission exists In pursuance of a plan
President Taft had conceived long before
tariff legislation was begun. Prior to his
Inauguration the president had publicly
cellar his belief thai certain amend
ments should be made to the AHti-Sher-
man act which would strengthen It in cor
poration control.
The enactment of the corporation tax
provision was, as leading to a govern
mental supervision Of corporations, a
seizure OF an opportunity which had not
been anticipated, 1t was, however, directly
in line with the presidents plan, how
ever indirect II may appear to be. BY II
the work of the commission is made much
easier. Had the corporation tax provision
not been enacted the commission must
have prepared, almost as the first step.
an amendment to the Sherman law which
would bring the corporations under super
vision. Now, however, that part Of the
work done and made a law, formulation
Of measures and amendments for the reg
ulation of the corporations and a re-or-
ganization Of the Department OF Justice.
the Interstate Commerce commission and
the Bureau OF Corporations, 80 as TO bring
about more effective cooperation, are the
duties before the commission.
Its report will be made to the president
in November and will constitute the basis
OF presidential recommendation to con-
gress in the annual message. Quite evil
IDENTIFY the president is proceeding in a
systematic way and in pursuance OF a
we'll defined plan to the complete con-
troll by government of the corporations.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-10
YOU ARE OLD, FA-Hrr w1-Y.
Chicnrn Trlhnnc

you are old, Father WilCv." the young
man cried,
But you always know where YOU are at.
You are hale. Father Wiley; you look good
to me.
Now. what do you know about that7"
I'm the day of my youth Father Wiley
my eating was properly bannSdS4
| cooked for myself and was careful to
chaw
Only stuff that was carefully carned.'
You are Old Father Wiley" the young
mar cried,
But are light on your feet as a cat;
Your eyesight is good and your hearing
o. X;
Now. what do you know about that?"
"In the day of my youth" Father Wiley
replied,
81 was poisoned by eating canned fish.
Since then / have made Il n rule to inspect
The makeup Of every dish.
You are old. Father Wiley" the young
man cried,
But your health is remarkably good.
DO you think we can add to the years OF
your life
BY a daily inspection of food?'
ITO my swan song of life" Father Wiley
replied,
"I expect TO attach a long coda,
And we all could attain TO Methusaleh's
If we'd cut out the berzOate of soda"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-10
ETHICS OF EXPLORATIONS.
Suggested Rules for Guiding Future
D~lscOvHrIes.
New York Tribune.

New York Tribune.
That ethics might play a part In polar
explosion probably was not dreamed OF
in the earlier days Of the art, science or
whatever 1t may be called. 1t now seems
possible, however, that in future the would
be dlscoverer OF poles and the like will
be compelled to take a course in polar
ethics before he can secure his license.
Accordingto the statement of one of the
physicians who accompanied a former ex-
petition poleward, IT, the newspaper ac-
counts may be relied upon, DIR. Cook, even
IL he did discover the North pole, ought
to be disciplined for violating the ethics
of polar expeditions by using a portion
Of the route which another discoverer had
laid out. 1t might be assumed that the
real end to be desired was the discovery
Of the thing itself and that any suggestion
from one expert to another would, be in
the best Of form, but 1t now appears that
when one man stakes out a route to 80
degrees north latitude anyone else who
uses part of II does 1t at his peril.
Another case wherein the ethical question
involved two explorers may be recalled
from the reports of Stanley's expedition
into Africa for the purpose OF rescuing
Emin Pasha. Mr.. Stanley, we are told.
came upon Emln quietly smoking his pipe
in front of his hut, cottage or palace,
whichever It may hav been, and in a
burst OF enthusiasm shouted that he had
come to rescue him. The prior arrival in
sisted strongly that he didn't want to be
rescued, and would prefer to remain where
he was, but Stanley-still quoting from the
r~eport-told Emin Pasha that he had to
be rescued, anyway whether he wanted
to be or not, and so It was done. Mani
testify, the ethics of rescue were violated
in this instance.
All this would be superfluous were 1t not
for the fact that the South pole still re-
mains to be found, even though Central
Africa and Farthest North have already
been or are soon to be properly charted
and placed on the map. II the South pole
is to be discovered at all IT should be dis
covered ethically. 1t is the last Of Its
kind and is entitled to every possible con-
sideration.