The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-04-14
Howe About:
Husbands and Wives
Squatter Rights
The Specialist
By ED HOWE

= when he fights a woman, he
should tie one hand behind him, be-
cause he is the biggest.
He is mistaken; the woman is able
to care for herself.
Inc most natural controversy of all
is that between men and women, and
the condition of women has steadily
improved since the dawn of history.
what rule, custom or law is best for
them? They have fought for it steadi-
| ly, and won. If an old savage could be
resurrected today. become twenty-five
years old instead of thousand, and
be turned loose with the present
crowds of manicured and perfumeCi
| women, the other men would hang
him in an hour because of his bad
manners.
Anyone who reads of the past must
constantly note the steady march of
subJugation of men anyone who looks
about him now must note the same
thing.
In the early days of the West squat
ter sovereignty was recognized prin-
ciple, to-wit: Settlers rushed into the
country before it was organized, and
squatted on the land. When 1t was
formally opened to settlement, the set
tiers armed themselves, collected at
the land office, and saw to it that every
squatter had the first and only bid on
the land he had settled on.
S0uQftnr cnvora;nptv ;c ho;,rv ,,roo
ticed now in paying taxes. At tax
paying time taxes are not paid, but
when the properties are offered for
sale by the Sheriff for taxes, the owner
of each tract is protected in his right
to be the only bidder; sometimes the
taxes and penalties on his property
amount to thousand dollars. and the
owner gets a sheriff's deed to it for a
trifle. 1t is being done in my commu-
nifty; look around, and you'll see it is
being done in yours.
The ordinary man cannot become a
specialist, and devote years of study
to figuring out how far the more re-
mote stars are from the earth. The
citizen who makes an ordinary good
living, achieves responsibility in his
neighborhood, rears and educates a
family, and helps support the many
specialists, must know many things,
and know them well: A man of my
acquaintance is not only able to make
respectable living as a farmer but
cures hams and bacon better than the
well-paid specialists Of the packing
houses. He can cut hair as well as
barber, and knows automobiles so well
he not only fixes his own, but town
men come to him for advice People
send for him from miles around to top
their hay and wheat stacks. and, dur
ing the winter, he does very good work
as a blacksmith at about half town
prices. In addition, he reads enough
to get about all there is of value in
print. and has very excellent practical
sense.
The specialists are well enough in
their way, but should not be permitted
to make laws for those who from ne
cessity are all-around workers.
was out in company lately, and
among the guests was husband with
a deaf wife. Every little while he
would go up to her, and bawl in her
ear: you are the sweetest thing in
the world; you suit me-" and the wife
would seem pleased. Once he roared
in her ear: II just told Joe Holt
am not the sort of husband who fuses
about being married. I like It; we get
along, don't we?'' Other guests told
me the man was noted for appreciat-
ing his wife, and making a disturb
ance about it. If a man marries the
right sort of woman, and she likes
him and submits to him gracefully,
he'll like her, whether she is old, stout,
thin. wise or ordinary. 1t is the wife
naturally opposed to everything her
husband does that complains he no
longer loves her.
When widow writes letter to kin
begging for assistance in feeding her
hungry children, she is compelled to
nay an extra cent for the stamp, that
this sort of waste may continue In
thousands of other places. I wonder
statesmen are not ashamed, instead Of
being the proud creatures they are.
-
The correct and moving reason for
good behavior is because 1t Is profit
able: the surest way to avoid punish
ment. Any other teaching Of good be-
havior Is complicated, and less effec-
tive than sound teaching should be-
Everyone occasionally remarks the
rapid flight Of time 1t becomes more
noticeable after one becomes old; and
an old man gets very much less out OF
the hours as they hurry by.
A man named Lecky is famous his
torian, and quotes st. Jerome as say
ing that in olden times one man slept