The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-05-13
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Many q mans only idea Of making
q stir in the world, says the Philadel-
phia Record, is to stir up trouble.
New York meat prices are still GO
ing up. The meat strike lost ground
when the tfirst empty stomach pro
claimed insurgency. declares the
Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Some day, prophesies the Atchison
Globe, philanthropic rich man viii
get revenge by leaving his fortune
to the lawyers, SO his kin can have
the satisfaction Of watching them
waste it in fighting among them
selves.
In spite Of the theory that he who
hesitates is lost, it is just as wen.
thinks the New York Times, to look
before you leap.
A mans man. explains the WASH
ington Herald, is not necessarily
man whom any old skate can take
away from his wife for, an entire
evening.
fhe best thing We can do now
opines the Denver Times. IS to rave
new and favorable trade law with
Canada outside the present tariff bill.
And to that end the ADMINISTRATORS
at Washington, D. c., should move
with celebrity.
As result, it Is said, Of the I'M
creased spirit duties under the Brit
ish budget the police have noticed
in remote districts Of Ireland indica-
tons Of a revival Of Illicit distillation
of liquor. says the New York Tribune.
There has also been considerable
increase, it is reported, IN the CON
sumption of spirits Of ether as bev-
erage since the price Of whiskey was
raised.
George J. Gould says with much
JUNCTION that the merger of the tele-
graph and telephone companies will
greatly improve the service for the
benefit Of the dear public; which ID
an admission that the service is bad
enough at present. But his progent
tor, recalls the Philadelphia Record.
was not in the habit Of making pre-
lenses Of a love Of the public when
he entered into deal. .
Says the New York World: The
rehabilitation of the Police Depart
ment will not be accomplished in
day or a week or a month or = year:
but Mayor Gaynor has begun the
good work.. and he has begun it same
ly and intelligently. His method has
this superlative merit in comparison
with other schemes Of police regener
alton It gets back to the law and Il
sends the police back to the law.
There can be no permanent leform OF
lawless and law-defying police force
upon any other basis.
There is no assurances to the st.
Louis Star that the new prospective
changes will make the game Of foot
ball any more desirable for schools
and colleges than. the old changes
did. Indeed, there is strong reason to
suppose otherwise, in view of the
opinion expressed by prominent fig-
ure in the sport who IL quoted az
saying that present excitement VIII
be allayed by some insight Hcant
changes. and the game will 30 on as
before. In this he Is probably mis-
taken. The whole country has pretty
nearly reached the SHOW me- stage
with regard to making q better game
out of intercollegiate football.
IN the Inscription on Mr.. Cieve-
lands monument simplicity has been
carried to an excess. asserts the Phil N
adelphia Record. The fact that he
had been President Of the United
States is not mentioned, while the
dates Of his birth and death are
given. But these dates are Of far less
than the fact that he was
twice President Of the United States
he was the only ex-President ever
elected and the dates do not iden-
tify the person in whose memory the
monument Is erected so well as his
Presidential service would. STILL any
degree Of simplicity. even an extreme
one, Is welcome in contrast with the
panegyrics which it was once COM
mon to carve on the tombstones Of
even unimportant persons.