Putnam patriot., 1912-08-02
Editorial Scraps

given 10 euJoN. bue Vl lhc latt9 touches of this kind is given by the de pariment of home economies at th' university of Wisconsin. There is { special course in household manage ment, for example, whose subjects in clude "leeding and care of the iil per sons household chemistry, bacteria ia the home, planning a house, home de coraiion, cost of living, division of tht family income and Use of economical fabrics for clothing" about 8il the things that father and mother had te learn through painful experience.
 Under the caption afmproving Com neeteut River Below Hartford, Conn, - general specifications are out for bids 10 be received at the office Of the United states engineer, New Lon don, Conn, until D. m.t August t2, 1912. This marks the beginning of the end in the long campaign that has been carried on by the Connecticut Valley Waterways association, of the Permanent Improvement of the Lower Connecticut River as well as by the various trade organizations in the valley for better conditions in the river.
 According to the city school census that has just been completed the popa lation of Chicago is 2,3sl 100 This is an Ihetease of 200 000 over the figures shown in the government census Of 1910. There are lSI ,g75 babies in Chicago less than fouriyears ago. The Sixteenth ward carries Of the honors with s, ,754 of the babies, a majority of them in this ward being of Polish par entage.
 The House democrats persist in say ing that no batlleships shall be order. ed this year because they want to save money Mir Underwood, the demo- cratic leader, urged in the caucus of Wednesday evening that at least one ship should be built, but the donkey members were iniiexibe.
 The w arlington Post rather acutely remarks:-How much does the gullibility of the masses have to do with the cost of liying2 Look at the single item of 10000, 900, as part an- swer, which passed from the hands Of the many into the pockets Of the few last year, through "biting" at mail swindies. This sun of money thus thrown away represents a 1 per cent. return on S3,00oi i0oo,000.
 Agricultural experts declare the re. cent rain was worth s2, ,00o, 000 to Maine potato growers.
 Supreme Court Justice Martin j.. keogh handed down a decision 10 the fleet that Harry k Thaw Is still in- sane and that his release would be dangerous to the public.
 The supreme court of errors for the state of Connecticut on Friday handed down a decision upholding the superior court for it's action in the contempt proceedings in the so-ealled reporters gratuities case. This was the case of Clarence DeminE and others against Thomas D. Bfadstreet and others, ask ing why State Treasurer Costello Lip pit and State Controller BradstTeet should not be held in contempt for paying gratuilies of S300 to II news paper reporters. The opinion, finding no error on the part of the lower court, was written by Chief Justice Hall. The lower court found the two state of ficers not in contempt in making the payments.
 Exportation of manufactures in the fiscal year just ended more than justi fled the estimate that the total value would in 1912 for the first time cross the billion dollar line. That bureau of statistics which has just completed it's figures showing the exportation of manufaetures, states the total value of ugpafactures exported in the fiscal year Sl ,02l, ,753 BIS, of which S674 ,202,- 9O8 was the value of manufactures ready for consumption and S347 ,45l,- 0l1 that of manufactures for further use in manufacturing.
 Churches and religious societies, to the number of at least lo0, 900, will be urged to give special attention to the prevention of tuberculosis on Sunday, October 21th, or on some day during the week preceding or the week fol- lowing that date. This season has bt en set apart and designated as the Third National Tuberculosis HaY by the Ma tional Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis.
 The United States has become half billion ton coal country. During the last two years the total production has averaged just trifle short ot the QUO. O00, ,500 mark, exceeding that figure in 1910 and almost reaching II in 1911. Il is considered probable that in the future it will be bad year whose pro. duction falls far short of this quantity
 The United States uses between Il and 90 per cent. Of the worlds produc ton of tin, yet American manufae turers are almost wholly dependent upon foreign mines for their supply o raw material. Alaska may make up very small part of this deficiency, ac cording 10 report on the "Tin Re sources of Alaska by Frank l.. Hess
 A cablegram from London in whlcl Frank A. Munsey, chief advocate O Col. Roosevell's reelection, Is quote, as saving that the present situation il