The Washington herald., 1911-10-01
TIMELY TOPICS.

SNlSu III MOTOccO 1OU,VVu SQudIo HINES
strip as big as California-adjoining the
German CAMERON possessions. This gives
Germany an almost continuous territory
across Africa, enabling the Germans to
build the first across Africa" railroad
by joining two lines already begun, and
rendering it more difficult for Britain to
carry out her Cape-to-Cairo line. BY
placing the German colonial frontier
along the Belgian Congo Free State. the
latter may be gathered in later. From
tier conflicts are almost certain to- arise
for which, when the time comes, the
Kaiser will ask compensation.
The Pennsylvania farmers, who are
making an organized effort to open direct
trade for the products with consumers
in New York City by cooperative man
agement of carriage, storage, and dis
tributioh to retail dealers. are conduct
ing a very interesting experiment. 1t
will save money for the consumer and
producer II it be possible to reduce the
number and the capacity of the neces-
sary go-betweens. Direct shipment to the
retailer seems the most obvious move
for the present.
The claims department Of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad reports that most Of the
accidents suffered by women in railway
stations and in getting on or of trains
are due to high-heeled shoes or hobble
skirts. No man would wear a dancing
pump or a dress shoe to take a walk
or to make a railway trip. He will
change his shoes If he is going to play
golf and again If he were to go shoot
ing. But a woman will wear high
heeled footgear at home and abroad, in
town and country, in parlor and on the
street.
The trial primary at Baltimore has re-
suited in a first-class scandal Whole
sale fraud is charged, and the grand
jury has indicted a score or more cleo
tion judges and clerks. OF course. a
recount has been ordered. The incident
is mainly of interest because it illus
trates wherein the Maryland law is SUI
perior. for instance to that Of Ohio.
whose recent election frauds are still
remembered. The ballots cast at the
primaries in Baltimore were not de-
stroyed Immediately, as they were in
Ohio. They were preserved. and as soon
as suspicion Of crookedness became
strong enough to justify it. they were
produced, and the evidence was right at
hand
An interesting story has been printed Of
a trial COurtship, continuing three days
and ending in marriage, which all SYM
pathetic persons must hope will result
in lifetime of happiness. A young man
took up his abode in the home OF a
young woman and her mother. to OBJ
serve her ways. and vice versa. Incl
dentally. he also had the opportunity to
become acquainted with her mother. He
watched the girls method Of keeping
house. sampled her cooking, saw her dust
and sweep. noted that she was neat and
good to her mother In short. her ac-
COmplishments captured him. Meanwhile,
the girl also was on the watch tower.
She was not going to accept a husband
was going to take a girl for his wife who
did not please him. She purposely de-
layed a meal. to determine whether he
would become nervous or impatient un-
der such distressing" circumstances. He
did not. Perhaps he knew better Three
days of this perfect domestic life were
more than both needed to decide
Comparing last years aeroplane flights
Of more than an hours duration with
those of the present year. an English
statistician has figured out that, while one
aviator was killed last year for every
500 miles, the number Of flying miles
made for each death this year has risen
TO 1900. This would indicate that avia-
tion, as an art, is progressing in the
right direction. or toward reasonable
safety; but on the other hand it reveals
that the goal is still a good ways off,
and increases ones astonishment at the
cagerness with which aspirants for aeri-
al honors and profits come forward to
take the places of those who have sue
CUmbCd.
An Indiana colonel has returned home
greatly impressed by a campaign being
waged in Germany to persuade every
body there to buy homemade goods only.
According to him, citizens are called
upon to join the crusade in terms like
this: Never profane German factories
by using foreign machinery. German
products are the only ones worthy of cit
liens of the German empire" 1t does
not appear to have entered the mind of
the Hoosier colonel that this Is two
edged sword, calculated to injure the
party that wields it. The world is slow
to learn that nations mutually profit by
reciprocity, a fact of which Canada has
just given evidence.
1t is pleasant to know that there is a
simple way to abolish poverty and to be
rich, almost without turning a hand.
Mrs DR.. Sears has found out all about
it, and is generous enough to tell us.
Poverty is ignorance of the law she
says. We think beggarly thoughts and
we get the inevitable results, poverty
Universal abundance is for all, but it be-
comes the portion of those only who learn
how to conquer the laws of poverty. Had
We known how to see plenty with half
the power that we have seen lack. we
should have displaced lack long ago, Tor
plenty is registration of the positive ener-
gy of thought, and lack is registration
of the negative energy"
All you have to do, then, is to strain
hard to see plenty and, presto, 1t Is here.
Let us hear no more of the high price OF
living. Thanks so much, Mrs. Sears
Capt. Hams, late of the army. has
been pardoned by Gov. Dix. Hams wife