University Missourian., 1910-10-23

brator failed to work as he had
planned. He has learned how to do
it next time, any way.
Missouri isn't the only state where
the lure of the cities is depopulating
the farms. The census of Illinois
shows similar losses in rural popula-
ton. Predictions are that Indiana and
Ohio will also show losses of this
nature.
Coincident with President Taft's re-
turn to Washington Thursday, an
nouncement was made that COM
plete understanding" exists between
the President and Mr.. Roosevelt,
which includes a pledge on the pat
of Roosevelt to support Taft for re-
nomination and election in 1912.
Missouri's slow growth in the last
from fifth to seventh place in the pop
ulation column of the United States.
Massachusetts and Texas have each
shown material growth and pass Mis-
souri,.
Flowers and plants will brighten
the homes of many persons in Kansas
City, Kansas, this winter. These flow
ers have been given this week by the
park board to all who applied for them.
The flowers have been blooming N
the park all summer, but the nights
of frost are now here, and as the parl.
board has no green house it was de-
cided to give the plants away.
Forest fires have been endangering
the Hartman estate in New YORK.
One hundred men were engaged in
fighting the flames to keep them from
reaching the magnificent home build
ing Of the estate.
The much-abused privilege Of
"franking' their official correspond
ence through the mails which is
granted to members of Congress and
to government officials, is to be abol-
ished if Frank Hitchcock, Postmaster
in, III
believe that such step is necessary to
good business methods in his depart
ment.
Samuel Lancaster, a student at the
University of Pennsylvania, grandson
of Samuel ]. Randall, speaker of the
House of Representatives from 1876
to 1872, was found wandering about
Columbia University campus suffering
from dementia from overystudy and
too much athletic training.
You may believe that you are in
bad shape, but you might be mucn
worse. Suppose, for instance, that
you should wake up some fine morning
with "periadentis mucosa necrotica
recurrens?" You'd feel like giving
up the fight, wouldn't you. Well.
this is the latest in diseases, and it's
been discovered right here in Mis-
souri,, too. A Kansas City doctor has
found a schoolboy to be affected with
it. 1t is a disease of the mouth.
A suggestion that seems to have
considerable merit comes from a pos
tai official in Kansas City. This is Il
letter by telephone. A certain stamp
would designate telephone letter,
and when such a stamped letter
reaches the post office, instead of
special delivery, it is to be opened
and its contents read over the tele-
phone to the addressee.
A fire in st. Louis destroyed proN-
erty valued at S750,OOO The Chicago
and Alton freight houses on the river
bank a quarter OF mile above Eads
bridge, were destroyed. The build-
ings covered an area of more than
three blocks.
Julia Ward Howe, the noted philan-
thropist and author, died at her home
at Middletown, R. l., Monday. She
was 81 years old.
The census director has announced
that the official count for the entire
United States will be issued by No
vember Is.
A storm swept the entire Florida
peninsula Monday night and caused
damage estimated at several million