Putnam patriot., 1909-11-12
Editorial Scraps.

President Taft's long tour around the country the past few weeks is aeknow' ledged, hg friends and opponents, 10 have done mofe to dissipate section aiism-Nesf against the East, and South against the NOrlh-and uniting tbe people of The eniire country in spirit of fraternity, than words can express. He is today the most i'd dolized American of the entire natiun since Washington. Mr Roosevelt did IA good service to advance the greatness of hls country, bull he was compelled to use heroic surgery Tn uprooting fortified systems, destructive to popular rights, to attain his purposes. lie also will be enrolled among those most deserving ol imperishabe fame for great deeds done for bis eeuntfy's good These two em- inent men seem To have come provi- dentially ill succession as the nations leaders.
 Our earth, it seems, has encountered and overcome dangerous phenomena of Nature within the past two months. Camille Flammeeon, one of the worlds greatest scientists, writing from Paris to the New York Herald, in regard to the mysterious magnetic disturbance which was felt throughout this coun- try and Europe, says: nrhe entire ter. restrial globe WAS plunged into mag nelic field of powerful intensity drowned, SD to speak, i'll A dynamic ocean, Nothing like II k in the re- cords of the world. The other Is Hal- iey's comet, which crosses the earth's orbit, brushing the earth with it's long luminous tnii Ii is likely to cross the suns face about the 18th of next May. What may happen then we cannot tell nor what future obstructions We will yet encounter moving through illimit- able space.
 The census bureau states that Con. necticut is the healthicst of the New England States--and that must mean the entire country. J. II. Hale, the great fruit grower, In recent address, said, speaking of Connecticut as a fruit State; 'We have got the climate, and the soil, and all of the necessary ele- ments, the nearest and best markets, the cheapest land and the best watered in the country-all that remains Is for the land owner to wake up and see his possibilities. The trouble with the Connecticut Yankee Is that he needs a little Of ginger put into him." He saysi better apples can bc raised right here than at the West. In regard to peaches he said: "rhey used Ia say IL was impossible to grow peaches com mercialiy in Connecticut, but few of us kept al Il until today Connecticut Is producing more than n million bask- cts of peaches Il year, and the land Is giving n return of anywhere from Sto0 to fl ,0Oo per acre" No one can dis pute the word of MT. Hale. whose life work has been fruit raising in Connec- ucut.
 In some of the towns Of this State people are not allowed to burn leaves in the gutters, because the heat cracks tit ula tNtou~C tit eftiVht tS unhealthful. If the leaves were raked up while wet and placed in any out-of ihe-way place they would rot without being disturbed hy wind, and become rich fertilizer in year. This would be tess labor than To burn them. and avoid creating disagreeahle smudges and un- slightly spots Mhere the leaves are con suned by fire, An agriculturist paper says that il K just as wrong 10 burn up as u is money.
 Every now and then We read of the destruction hN fire of childfen's homes with great loss of life. One of these occurred recently at Lynehhnrg, Va, in which five of the little orphans lost their lives. Another occurred at Gin. einnati, Ohio, in which ioo little ones were housed, and only women in the building. Fortunately the iire occurred tn the day time, and the children es. caped without harm. These were cer- tsinly ''death.trsps.n Either the law ought To order such institutions to be made hre-pfoof, winch can he done cheaply nowadays, or compel strict inspection ei suehinstitutions hy com- psical men, to reduce the risk Of Iire to the lowest possible degree.
 The Chinese hes,hen government uu- dersook, by drastic measures, To sup press the use of opium, which is infiic> ting death aud misery on it's poor pco- pc, and for the second time Christian England tries To compel China to allow her people 10 be miserably ruined.
 Canada, Australia, Turkey are going to build .ppadnoughis to help keep worlds peace. What tragedy. One out of IA of Hhe London population ls a pauper and some sSOa os. .osa k was. ted for army and navy. Christian Is its Baualo and Mount Vernon have vo- ted to apply sfor charter for govern snent by commission, and other cities of New York are Agitsting the question.