Putnam patriot., 1912-10-11
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 Lonely amid its London newspaper neighbors, the "Nalion continues to think laloudl that there's q good deal to be said for the contention that in the matter Of the Panama tolls Con- eress has simply exercised its power 10 regulate domestic commerce. 4ThOse journals, il remarks, "in Great Brit ain and op the Continent, which are afraigning with so much yehemence the claim of America To remit he fees for her eoasting vessels, are beating the air"
 50 Secretary Wilson of the depart ment Of agriculture is convinced that because Of the scarcity Of cattle cheap CT beef need not be looked for. He therefore advises eating mutton, which on the hoof k less than half the price of beef. Mutton is moi neglected ar. tiele of diet, SO there you are-as much in the grip of the meat trust as ever.
 A bulletin of the New l ork tee- phone and telegraph company rates the cities of the world according 10 the number Of telephones. Among coun- tries the United States is easily first with the almost incredible number z,500 ,000 which k 62 per cent of all the telephones in the world.
 In giving a subsidy for the Lusitania and Mauretania the English govern ment counted upon having these splendid mail boats for use as fast cruisers in case of var, and their con struction was modified accordingly, specially in the distribution of the coal bunkers.
 The straight socialist campaign seems to attract less attention than in 1908, when Mf Debs made a tour of the country in "the red special. Mr. Debs's health now fotbids the oid-time strenuosity in campaigning, which ac- counts for the fact that he is not quite so much in the public eye.
 Julian S. Huxley, a grandson of the famous professor who made MT Glad stone, the Duke of Argyll, Bishop Will berforce and other orthodox Britons sit up, has come to this country to teach zoology al the Rice Institute, Houston, Tex.
 There Is no coal shortage. There Is plenty of coal at the mines and no req son for inordinately high prices. This is the declaration of such men as Di- vine Right George F. Baer, president Of the Reading railroad. In the face Of it, however, Hartford, in common with other communities, faces eight dollar coal with no assurance that the price will not go still higher.
 Of timely interest is,what Dr simon FleNner of the Rockefeller institute of New York told the international con gress of hygiene in Washington about the anti.meningitis serum, of which he Is the diseovefer, In 1924 cases of eer- ebro spinal meningitis coming under his personal observation the serum was used in fighting the disease, and of these S49 recovered. This shows death rate of 30 per cent.
 Chief Engineer Fort of the New York bureau of sewers has returned from Europe with the message that we have deal Co learn from the old world about sewers and pavements. Euro pean cilies, he says, do things right; they do not lay pavement and then promptly rip II up 10 put down sew CT. When an improvement is under taken, the V hole thing Is done at one lime, gas mains, for example, being laid even II not needed st once, so that 1t is not necessary to tear open the streets whenever new building goes up. Block pavements are much used, but the blocks are superior 10 those used in American cities, and joints he- tween the blocks are not more than quarter of an inch wide Europe spends more on first cost, but less on upkeep, besides having the streets al- ways iii to use.
 "Had dyspepsia or indigestion for years. No appetite, and what 1 did