Putnam patriot., 1910-08-19
UaIIie*s NltfIn IHftt IhUHtIlsf Weekiies, within One Year,
Editorial Scraps.

Cholera is raging fenffuiig through out Russia From August ] io there were 4U, ,eBs cases reported Hith s,b19 deaths Russia k more bafbafous than any other natlon--uut excepting China, and the government ts brutal in lis treatment of. its intellectual eiasses and the Jews because they ate Jews. lhe revenue are wasted IB maintaining large armies 10 eppfess and degrade the masses, who suffer from destrue- tive piag ues because kept iii ignorance Adjoining countries are compelled to guard their borders from cholera spread a3foad because the Russian govern. nent neglects to adopl snnatory meas ures. The enlightened nations ought lo combine against Russian in defence Of ils own people as well as Inc rest of the world.
 The commission appointed by Gov. ernof Weeks, to select and purchase fl site for an Epileetic Colony, in accord anee with the net of the Legislature which voted such an institution should be established in the State, and voted nn appropriation for its efeetion-haxe selected the site The commission has found the Rock Spring farm, in foi- land county, nine miles from Wilt mantle, al the Mansfield station, pos sessing all the advantages necessary for such nD institution. The farm was formerly the summershome of the late Edwin Reynolds. The farm, which consists of 22 acres of land, k suitably divided Into tillable, pasture and wood land. The main residence, two tene menls, and two extra large barns ar, included
 Robert Treat Paine, President of th, American Peace Society, and widel, known as a philantbropisl, died at hi home In waltham, Mass, last Thurs day, iith Sept.
 Judge George t. Holt, in an article in the aIndependent, last week, enti tied "unpunishedl1 1rime, says "fh' repeating pistol is the greatest nuis ance in modern life. Every criminal every madman, every crank, ever, bad boy carries one lie estimate that in the last forty years 5000 lynch ings have been committed, and thu average number of persons taking par in them was not less than tlfty-mak lag the total number participating n murderers 3oo, ,u,n, and not one has eve been convicted. In addition to these there k hardly any instance of con viction for . murder, and very few in stances for felonies Of any kind, com mitled Ia strike riots. The Judge adds oth,fe ateiat least lbo, ,Ooo unhung mut derers and unpunished felons of tha particular type, living al present II thts country-mostis in the Northern states. "lhere has been no time il many years when crimes of violenc, have been more riie than they haSi been in recent years. He asks, "Wha should be done To put stop to such condition of crime and disorder il v it's lals should be restricted by law wili severe penalties, alse theif sale fhe' lie proeeeds to explain how tho tougl crlninal.shoald he treated; the hahitus such after full aud fsir trial, shout, he put h death, CT II "ln view oi th, sqaeainish senumentalits oi this age, such course be deemed impraeticabi he would shu, him up for life.
 Florence Nightingale, the famoU nurse oi the trimean war. and the eal, woman who ever received the Order 0 Merit, died fast sunday al her home il London.
 The head Of the post otiice inspecton in New York says, that in the last les years foolish investors have lost Il least Sao,eN,e0 through fake offering made by mail. He nigh, have addes that in the next ten years they vii lose similar sum in the same way.
 Rev. A. B. simpson, head of .h,
 
 Christian and Missionary Alliance, a the annual meeting of the Alliance, s Old Orchard, lsst sunday, may bc lh, final one, according to 8 statement made by Mir. simpson. Ii was drawn out by his objections 10 projected re liglous gathering, later in the month with beiiefs al variance with his own The membership has grown enormous. iy within the past twenty years, bui the old zeal has departed. When the membership was small, II was an ordi. nary thing to raise over tIoo,ooo under the most exciting teslimoninis. Last sunday he raised but ttd,tss tn cash and pledscs- In hts sermon he dc clared that there are not q many chds- lians in the United statcs q these were . hundred years gro, and that there So. .e0. 900 mose hsathens tn the world than thefs wsss thea.