Putnam patriot., 1912-08-23
Editorial Scraps

The youngest mother recorded in Iowa medical history Is an iiyear.oid l girl from near Davenport who gave birth to a healthy 1-2 pound child at 1 the University hospital today. The hospital authorities did not make pub | lie the girls name.
 The condition of General William l Booth, the commander in chief of the | Salvation Army, who was operated on | in May last for the removal Of eata- ract from his left eye and who is now totally bind is growing worse.
 The appointment of Miss Mabel Boardman AS head of the woman end | of the 1t campaign shows how the | old parties have been forced into line | by the bull moose and Jane Addams. | Banks and trust companies through out the country are to be asked by the democratic national committee to re- | ceiVe and transmit 10 their proper | source subscriptions to the campaign | fund, not only Of the democratic but | also Of the republican and progressive l parties
 A sheep near Gniontown had bat | tie with a rattesnake recently and the i snake was not the victor. The sheep l wandered too close to the snake and the snake sunk his fangs in the sheep's side, but his wool was so thick it had no effect. The sheep noticing the snake hanging to him reached around and scratched him of and jumping in the air about two feet he came down on the snake with all four feet. The snake recovered and made another strike, but the sheep repeated the op. eration and laid the snake out for all time. MT. Manning says he has seen a rattler killed ny sheep In this man her more than once.
 The question whether eoIored attor- neys shall be admitted 10 mem bership in the American bar association will be submitted for final decision to the annual meeting of the organization next week at Milwaukee.
 The political campaign which is eX- pecled to arouse the voters of Vermont 10 sense of the national importance of the state election on Sept 3, the first in the country previous to the presidential eleetten, will swing into its full stride next week. Orators from both within and without the stute are expected to visit all the cities and many of the large towns, while cam paign committees are already laying plans for getting out the vote It is expected that three governors, Mar shall of Indiana, Floss of massachusetts, and Baldwin of Connecticut, will speak for the democrats, that Colonel Roosevelt will be heard and that many republican congressman will be on the stump.
 The despatches from Cairo and Paris which announce the discovery of an attempt 10 assassinate the khedive and Lord Kitchener, the British diplo- matic agent in Egypt, and the declara- ton of the khedive urging speedy in- tervention on the part of European ma. lions 10 end the Tureo Italian war are further evidences of the growth of tur- bulenee and unrest throughout the world of Islam.
 The Toronto convention of the inter national Bible students has called up. on every Protestant minister in Canada to declare publicly over his own sigma ture whether he does CT doesn't be. lieve in eternal punishment.
 Mid August Is reached with the country crop outlook steadily grow ing better. Weak spots appear to be strengthened The corn crop Is more promising than hitherto, rains haYirg come where most needed A record harvest Of spring wheat, according to the threshing returns, is now assured The cotton crop, one of the most in- portant ia the country, and the most important outside of cereals, has lately gained 50 much ground that the pros pect of lower prices of Tnw material has made the buyers of mill products conservative, for the time being, The annual crop report of the Continental and Commercial bank of Chicago esti. mates that this year a total of S9,053,. 966, ,000 in new wealth will be drawn from the soil in the United States, an increase Of over So00, ,000, ,O00 over last.
 An appalling story of suffering and damage caused by the recent earth quake in the sea of Marmofa was told by the members of the expedition dis patched 10 the stricken district which returned to Constanlinople Saturday, They report that conditions along the shores of the sea of Marmora were found to be much worse than antiei- pated They estimate the number of killed in the various towns and villages at 5000, while the total of those injured reaches 5000.