The midland journal., 1910-02-25

II catlOn, 10 the AtcnlSOn Gl0De, tnaL ne
is going away on the cars. s
h The two worst diseases in the world,
declares the Pittsburg Dispatch, are
iniammatory rheumatism and in
fammatory tempers. s.
The fellow who makes the most
noise. defines the Philadelphia Rec.
ord, doesn't always have sound
mind
THE Duke de Abruzzl may have
had his reasons for naming distant
snow-clad peak The Fiance,' sneers
the San Francisco Chronicle.
Iceboats have long been in use. and
now German inventor has patented
/ simple sail vehicle, which makes
| fair progress over good roads.
The girl who works hardest in
decorating the church. notes the AT
Gibson Globe, can usually be depend
ed on to be poor worker at home
| Chauffeur Married to a Suffra
gette,'' is the headline in an esteem
ed contemporary, cites the Rochester
| Post-Express Who shall say that
| sometimes the gods do not meet out
| justice?
The only inscription on the corner
| stone of the giant new municipal
| building will be the date in Roman
numerals, MCMIX. That is all very
| we'll contends the New York Tribune
so long as it is not mistaken for
monument to some New York states
man. It is quite possible that in
| future age the question will arise
| Who was McMix?
Cleveland's example in forbiddine
theatrical managers to permit late
comers to take their seats during the
progress of the play illustrates again
the simplicity Of the Western mind
to the New York World To appear
| at the opera on time, Cleveland may
not know, is as bad form as to re.
main silent during the performance
II anybody is getting rich out Of
the increase, in prices submits the
Denver Republican, 1t must be the
farmers, and they certainly are in nc
trust The land is open, the road tc
the farms broad one, and whoever
will may join the ranks Of the pro
ducers The trouble is that altogethi
er too many are satisfied to stay on
In the cities as consumers, taking
their chances in bidding on what the
farmer raises to sell, and letting
prices of room rent, house rent, coal,
porterhouse steak. pork chops and
potatoes make any new record they
please so long as only we can side
step the simple life.
With the launching of the Utah we
have another Dreadnought, q fact
that should make those who have
been reading aIarmist literature and
dreaming of invasion sleep little
more comfortably O. nights, declares
the Boston Transcript. When the
Utah's sister ship, the Florida goes
into the water the list OF States
available for naming vessels Of this
class win he pretty near exhaustion
It is proposed to make room for
Texas by changing the old Texas fc
the Dallas. The paint brush has
made changes in the names OF the
single turreted monitors that leave
room for a few States to be repre-
sented in battle ship nomenclature
IL you should write letter to the
man who is chief magistrate OF
this republic. you are at liberty
to address him as "the Presi
dent, Washington, D. c." Thai !
will be sufficient insists the Boston
Globe. He is not "His Excellency,'
as is the supreme executive magis'
trate of this commonwealth, nor his |
High Mightiness." title which. they
say. sounded pleasing to the ear OF
the Father OF His Country" But II
you should write letter to the sec
retary of state of the United States,
whom the plain President" appoint
ed to the job. prepare to dip your
pen in honorific ink While Mr.. Tart
is plain president" without any titu
lar epaulets. his secretary of state
is "the Honorable Secretary OF
State" 1t will not do to address him
as "the Secretary Of State" simply
He is something more than that. The
etiquette of THE state department re
qLires that the word Honorable" be
prefixed to the word Secretary"
Even ]. ]. HILL who fears that our
agriculture is failing. submits the
Philadelphia Ledger, may take COM
fort in the computation that the num-
ber Of farms in the United States has
increased IS per cent. in the last ten [