Putnam patriot., 1912-06-21
Editorial Scraps

The yillage of Nafanio. Costa Riea, has been destroyed by an earthquake, according 10 reports. 1t is feared that many persons were killed, although the report only stated that five persons had been hurt. The river flowing by the village wss thrown into new course by the quake, carrying away ten houses.
 Thursday a Boston Herald reporter asked Thomas A. Edison point-blank whether he gave that S2, 500, ,0O0 to the massachusetts, Institute of Technology. "No,n said the modest inventor Of things. "0f course 1 didn't. l have better use for my money. l can use my own money to a thousand times better advantage than any college in the country"
 One of the new birthday peers, Francis Allston Ghanning, was born in Boston seyenty-one years ago. He's son of the late Rev. W. II. Channing. Df. William Ellery Cumming was his uncle He's an Oxford man and a barrister. He sat in the House of Commons number of years for the eastern division of Northamptonshire and has been baronet since lg05. No doubt, Mir. Sanborn will supply fur ther particulars Tn due time. Wasn't il the new peers father whom Finer son once saluted in an ode as "the evil times sole patriot?',
 In Hawaii the government'is able to buy ice for the army at l5 cents the hundred pounds; in Chicago il has to pay 20 cents, and at some army posts in this country the price ranges from 75 cents to sl.
 Explaining that it's not necessarily precedent, Prime Minister Asquith has taken the general-Sir Rufus lsnacs--into the cabinet. There are now seven lawyers there, Asquith himself, Birrell, Lord Haldane, Lloyd George, Lord Morley, McKenna and Sir Rufus; and the "London Daily Mailu has thought the fact worthy of comment. "Thus the legal profession Is steadily strengthening it's grip on the government of the country" says that contemporary, "and displacing the business and landowning elements, The same tendency is observed in the French and American governments. '" Clubwomen of the east are engaging in a crusade against poisonous match es. Among the most active is Mrs. Mcdonald Valesh, chairman of the committee on industrial problems and editor of the American Club Women. According to Mrs. Nalesh the phospho' rous made matches possess sweet taste, tempting to children. She de- clares that the tips of three ot these matches will kill child and that more than 900 children in the United States were killed by match poisoning during the past year.
 Five copies Of early editions of the Divina Commedia sold in London the other day for good deal more than Dante ever got for all copies of all edi- tons.
 The English Titanic inquiry is lead ing toward the same conclusions that were reached by the much abused American inquiry which preceded 1t. In recent tariff speech, Hon. A. Mitchell Palmer of the Pennsylvania delegalion-democrat Mr. Bryan s friend-referred to our k. J. Hill's cot ton schedule bill. "The gentleman from Connecticut Is one of the ablest and most studious men in this House, said Palmer, and other congressman applauded. "l have no doubt that, from his point of view, he understands the tariff question as well as any member here.'
 The Home of the Daughters of Jacob in New York was recently the scene of as queer family reunion as has been seen in many day. Two inmates oi inc home, man aged s6 years, and a woman aged los, recognized each other as nephew and aunt and filled the halls with their sounds of icy After they had wept and laughed over each other the aunt of los vowed that if the nephew did not behave she would spank him,
 Talk about turbulence in nationa conveniionsl Read this from the New York Heralds account of the Demo cratic convention that met al Balli more in ls60:-
 During the hearing of an Arkansa, contest Mir. Hooper gave Colonel Hind man the lie. Blows were exehanges and pistols were drawn. Messrs. los and Brennan, of Virginia, came |, blows. Messrs. Whitely and Town send of Delaware, had rough an' tumble fight in the corridors of one 0 the hotels. Personal encounters or the floor occurred between Mir. Mont gomery and MT. Randall of Pennsyl vania and between Mr. Montgomer, and the elder Randall. Pistols wer fourished everywhere.
 
 Many ills come from impure blood