Putnam patriot., 1911-10-20
Editorial Scraps

' BltdkD 5taib1' "'S'' VI 87f, ,70s; now 1t has $37, ,350,00O and more.
 Two bufalo-bought in this country for Emperor Francis Joseph, and now at sea-are on their way to the deer park at Shoenbrunn.
 Consul General Ethelbeft Watts at Brussels, has wel-developed respect for the little kingdom in which he finds himself "Belgium,1 he writes, lis one of the smallest countries in re- gard to area, containing only l1,373 square miles, but it stands today the fifth of all nations in the world in re- gard to commerce and industries and is the most densely settled in Europe, containing 7,3l7 ,561 inhabitants. IL is also one of the richest countries per capita and second to none i'll enter prise.n
 In his ssh year Rev. Dr. Daniel Steele contributes to Iion's Herald his weekly column. "AlthouRh his sight has failed him, says the editor, "and Ilt lh ttE6tG anu NbliiiiiRd bR AAAs yN' nearly all the time, there Is no weak ening gof bis spiritual or intellectual vision. In many respects the grand est of men we have ever known-we have never seen but one Daniel Steele he has also been one of the sanest and cheeriest.'
 An editorial wriier in the Outlook, presumably Dr. Abbott himself, brings into his article name dear to Connec- ticut. aDr. Bushnell was once de- scribing in his large, imaginative way the creation of man, says the editorial writer. stAs he walked up anu down his study the majesty Of the creative moment grew on him, until, in his el- oquent phrases, man stood complete before his Maker and God saw that his work was good. And then God said: 'But there Is no door in his nature through which l can go to him and he can come to me- so God opened in man the great door of the imagina- tion.p
 "Potatop Pingree, afterwards gover- nor of Michigan, made nickname for himself as mayor of Detroit, by en- couraRing the use of vacant ,city lots for raising potatoes.
 The responsibility of appointing the judges of the supreme court of the Uni ted States Is nothing to that incurred by the prime minister of England in appointing new bishops. He has late ly been called severely 10 account for the behavior of the newly-appointed bishop of Salisbury.
 It has long been apparent that the strenuous campaign of the magazines against the trusts was to end, for anti climax, with the magazines them selves being brought into trust. It has been merry war, but the ending recalls the sad fate of the oNereoura- geous young lady of Niger, who smiled ss she rode on tiger;
 They came back from the ride
 With the lady inside,
 And the smile on the face of the tiger, On account of the heavy grades the towing Of ships through the Panama canal has offered, like nearly every thing connected with the canal, some serious difficulties. The system pro- Nisionally adopted by the commission calls for powerful electric locomotives, by which it is hoped that vessels can be hauled through the canal at the rate sNfI t,tfI fs, be invited for an experimental ma chine. and fol 59 others in lease that works well. To hold the ship steady there will be four hawsers, controlled by windlasses
 Official denial of the report that the headquarters of the New Haven road will be moved from New Haven to Boston has been given out.
 Congressman E. w. Higgins and Mrs. Higgins left Saturday for Pana' ma with the senate committee which Is to visit and inspect The Panama ca- nal. Senator Brandegee is chairman of the committee.
 9 Following the address of the Rev A.. R. Simpson, ot Nyack, N. N., at the official close otthe annual New York convention of the Christian and Mis- sionary Alliance Sunday morning, nearly ,0o0 was subscribed for the benefit of home and foreign missions, The correspondent of the Daily Chronicle says President Taft has ca bled W. W. Rockhill, the American Ambassador at Constantineple, to use his influence for peace, and that the ambassador arranged immediatley for an interview with the Grand Nizier,
 There was food for thought in Gov ernor Baldwin's recent remarks about the importance of the agricultural in- dustry of the State ot Connecticut. In few states of the Union, according to the superficial philosophy of some, Is farming to be regarded as of less inn portanee than in this land of thin and worn out soil, abandoned farms, and manufacturing towns and cities. Yet the fact is that the soil is n9t hopeless ly thin nor altogether worn out.