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"tut-out" or the J'fi-rtUc mufi'r Is an unmitigated nui..i ih . .Nj v York, lik- i;ttn and Chicaso, may not he aM for the jr.-fnt at least, to x-revt-nt the hideoim noise of it? t'levated train. All our citks. let u hope, will ho save, from such horror? In the future. Somothin? co'ild l.e df)ne, however, even now, l.y usinp better car wheels and a shock-ahsorhing road bed. .Subway?, too, niitcht be made less noisy. The rrusade ouht to have oriRinated in Chicaeo. which by the testimony of impartial listeners has the mo.t peri-istent and outlandish din of any civilized spot this side of the war zone. Ken th smallest, village, however, miKht jf a j?oud deal nuieter than it Is. '.vith pr;it to the nerves and souls of its inhabitants. And If more attention were given to the suppression of noie in factories, we'd have far fewer wrecks and far more efficiency and happiness in our big industries.

OUR SHIPPING BOOM GREATER THAN MANY SUPPOSE. The rei oust ruf t i -ti I our moo luint inririne is joinK ahead ta.-ter than rn"st prisons realize. There are now luibhni; in the viupyards of this country MI deep-sea sl a!i, l, and iM-arly all of them are Kin-,r to tly the Aim-rican ll.i-. The ships now und r con.-triK tion for Ameri-ari firros uKacK'.itc nuie than r.uu.'juO tons. Xewr in our history has there been such a boom in shipb uiltiii:'. AH tiie hipards on both coats are srkinK at ,i m ity and hae orders to keep them busy for many months and een years ahead. The world's tola! stam shipping at the outbreak of the war Was about -HJUX.'.OOO tons. I'roin 20 to CO per cent has ben ro ed, interned or diverted for uovnun nt use.- in belligerent ountries. That leaves a shortage o 'reat that our present shipping of 1,T5U,000 tons is a mere diop in the bucket. This very hortae, however, is oj-eratim; as a powerful ineentivo in the rreation of our desired merchant licet. The hu'.- proüts of the Atlantic war trade are More !fettie than subsal.es. The spectacle (,f wharves ovcrwh-lmed with export poods and railroads cloKS?d wifh loaded ears and manui'ai turers driven desperat J. v the lack of transportation, and tTamp 'hiirs from the end.-: of the earth earniii-r fortunes because there i.re no better vess.ls otfered, all contribute to direct j,;uencan capital to t!w "shipping industry and f-;ive t ansporta tion companies couraue to 1:0 ahead with agnesive plans fir the future. l1 - cost of carrying our foreign commerce thi.s year vjll oe betwen $20,(it'i.t.i.u.Hi and $ ::fij.000,0C0. The 1 .m'n share of it goes to foreign ship owners. There will be just as much transportation to pay for in future j-ais. and there's no reax-n why nearly all of the li om . shouldn't ta at home for the ber.etit of Amerii.iii '.'tpilal and labor. "Ve'xH only made a sm.il be.-Unninu; a et. Uut the impetus our -hippim; industry is now ainin; can be maintain d until w- regain our Kt ir.stii:e. with the iiormou.- coiiumic- advaiitnk'e that a 'reat merchant marine yi-s a nation, if roiiKress will supplement thi ivcci'iental war boom by proiditm laws to uive our Tiips a fair iiaia under normal competitive conditions.

CONGRESSMAN IiARNHART AND THE PREPAREDNESS TAXES. I'lt s't W ilson's si.;;-: stion made in his message to con-re: s, that revenue to pay for militaiv preparedness be raisd by stamps on b.mk- checks. ta on gasoline engines w he;i manutact i: ed. and on rad.r.e. et cetera, in order to pay cash, is meeting with opposition in conj.re. and on the democratic as well as on the republican side i'o'inroMii.in llarnhart. for instance, was one of the tir-M to notify the administration that he is openly eppo.-ed t. 1b plan. The congressman takes the po.viu.ui tb..t the .irn' coast tlefenses should be onsid-red permanent i.nprov ement; and be paid for b the sa'e of un '!.. I Panama canal ImmkIs which pay only two per rent interest. The proposed enlarged army and na preparedness. )v insists, should be met by a tax on war munitions manufactured for sale, anil by taxing pla i n - a ris. firearms, and w presume lU'ii nre-wMler. aloni; with other untiecessarie.s. We at; fee with the piasaie- . that "we should pa c i'x," and tlw sale of ti e unus'-d Panama canal 1 ...nils. v.l..i.- t!;e nt r'st rat- is liht. would not measure tp to that t e'juirt ment. ur position beim; that we are al!oe:her t "f rnzi'd" in some of our preIi.it laess d u'eds. we contend that we have no rit;ht to shoulder upoi some futuie eneratimi the expense of our pi oposed r.iat ed t oa.st defenses, w hich that tit ration may r.ot w ant, and may hae n use for. Cn th..' otlor hand. lior. we auree with ConuressTiian llarnhart tliat th- pnsitlent proposes to levy the !.x for army aial na pr'iai''.nrs iti ttie wrons j'lace. We are particularly intei- sttd in th congressman's pi oi'osit ion to ha' the preparedness tax levied on war munitions manufactured for sab-. i;y prepandness tli-s- munitions mauuf.o-turers sem to be planum.; nn maintaining for themselves a considerable market hero in the I'liHtd Stales, ;t f 1 1 r the war is over and they ..in n lunger m.imif.n luiv fur Murope. and if We are to le a milit.ut u'ov r n m'nt . v b:liee in b ltirii; th . wb arc t pr!.t from militarism, pay the t ill. It is report 1 that 'o n - r tn a n Harnhatt has been assured of a he.irin bv th' wavs and mans committee, p.il we simtlelv h.'i'c he will be a. to 'vt b.is pl.ui? through. The president may hav- felt it undtsiratde to advise such a course, for diplomatic r asor.s. but comiiii; troiu I'.nr s. w dout t v er much it" he w ill oppose it. Indeed, w e w o;;ldnt b st;rp:ised if it were what t iM'rsj.l. :t has u ;citi'.l a!l th time. diplomacy ouf know, :s so blamed .;!:-er

THE FARM MORTGAGES. Moat persons will learn with surprise that the mortKJtres on American farms .are held primarily not by "loan sharks" ea. r to foreclose, nor even by respectable cauntry bankers, but by the life Insurance companies. Private investors hold considerably less than onethird of t ie morUaires. A respectable, share of them is held by colleges and similar Institutions. Iiai:k3, to the number of nearly 27,000. hold 21 1-2 per cent of th in'.rtaKes. And 14 8 life insurance companies hold :;7 1-2 per cent of them. It's worth noting, too, that the insurance companies charge a lower rate o! interest than any other class of lenders. Their average rate is per cent. They are disposed to make loans for lonser terms than bankers. It has been said that of all the fanner's creditors the life insurance company generally gives him the most favorable terms, although It I? very exacting as to security and prompt payment. It doesn't eliminate the need, however, of an adequate rural credit system that would enable farmers to carry their crops and develop their properties on terms as favorable as- any other kind of business can obtain.

SHEEP AND SHEEP. I'ifty cattle and sheep escaping from a sinking ship in New York harbor the other niht swam to shore and wandered about the streets of the metropolis. Pome were rescued and restored to their owners. Some of the sheep arrived at the Staten Island ferry, to the mental distress of the Kateman. who is reported to have said, 'Heven men went across on the last boat, each of them leading a woolly lamb. I thought I had the willies." others struck the trail leading to the Greek and Syrian quarters and were seen no more. One wonder? what the woolly one.s thought as they rambled through the financial districts where so many of their human prototypes have passed to thir destruction. Did they eagerly sniff the air which ha? lately been disturbed by the joy shuts of those whose war babies were "some babies," longing to nuzzle around where the picking seemed so good? Or did some Instinct, denied to humans, warn them that in tho long run there's mighty little grass growing alone the smooth asphalt of Wall st.?

GIVING THEM THE GAFFS. Congressman Clyde Tavenner is spurring the Navy league with all the nerve and dash of a bantam rooster. Tavenner is one of the congressmen working to have I'ncle Sam save millions by making his own armor plate, powder and guns and he recently charged that the Navy league was being backed by parties interested in private corporations that had been doing all such work at extravagant prices. The league notified Tavenner that he would be sued for libel. Tavenner come., back by repeating his charges and suggesting that the league show its good faith and disinterestedness by having its directors endorse government manufaetui? of battleships, armament and munitions. Either this, says Tavenner. or you'd better fold your tent and get out of Washington. i'roin what we know of Tavenner we kindlv advise

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Crockett that time.

A THINK BY GEO. BERNARD. George Hernard Shaw is a brilliant English satirist. Now satire is just about the handiest weapon we know of for puncturing hypocrisy and untruth in their most vulnerable spots. Mr. Shaw, asked if the English people wanted to stop the war, an.wered: "Why should we do it? If people knew what a fraud our peace was they would not think so badly about war. The millions we have enlisted look 10 years younger, most of them being better fed, lothed, and trained than they have ever been." Now that's satire. Hut doesn't it hit the bulls-eye right In the center of the black spot? Thirty it over seriously. There's more food for thought in those fewlines than in many an encyclopedia of mental provender.

POOR REASON FOR A RACKET. To have any serious trouble over the question as to whether the l.'nited .states should secure safe passage for Boy-Ed and von Papen without Germany's formally asking for it would be silly. It would impair neither our national dignity nor honor to show that we want ir get rid of these mischief-makers so badly that we'll get them safe passage and pay their fare, if necessary. The etiquette of diplomacy is a poor weak thing to be permitted to disturb us. in these times. When your neighbor's dead cat is found in your yard, you don't Ao around to his door and open negotiations with him f'r its return.

Just think of the house of commons trying to hold oft l'oid and I'rvan by intimating that their peace mission is "irritatiiig!" It'll require international law to make that pair quit irritating. Intimations cut no ice.

THE MELTING POT COME! TAKE P0TLUCK WITH US.

IF the president succeeds in getting a good will message around the world It will be the second from thes-e pre mises to put a ring around the well known earth. The first was a shot fired at Lexinsrton. which signalled the dawning of a new era. Thus doth circumstance give hue and form to thought. WE see by the foreign dispatches that between sitting down In front of Germany in France and Flanders, playing bridge in luxurious French chateau? and wirepulling against Kitchener Field Marshal French has drawn a recall to England, where a? commander-in-chief of troops in the United 'Kingdom he will have more opportunity for bridge and less for intrigue. PEACE between the baseball organizations is priceless, but the war wasn't. The trust may now proceed with its original program. THE revolutionary announcement is made that a man ctok is to marry a woman bookkeeper. In a case of this kind who do you suppose will wear the visible bifurcate? .More? For Glory Than (Jain. (Law Notes.) "We own to being a little inclined to take judicial notice that, barring a mild and (it may be) innocuous form of exaggeration in narrating personal exploits (noticed by close observers and slyly commented on now and then in private discourse), neither huntsmen nor fishermen are addicted to the venal vice of fraud for gain in matters pertaining to their associated dealings." Per Iamm. J., in dimming. v. Parker LT.O Mo. 4 40. ONE of our correspondents today writes that she likes the M. p. because its pieces are so well selected. 'Nk you. WE are mildly interested in B. D. E.'s information that Addle Popkiss is a very popular young lady in Eureka, Kas.. but it doe not inspire us to attempt to make facetious re

marks about a name which is significant of change. The Guy That Tut the Stone in the Peach. (Columbia City Post.) Iite Monday afternoon. Rev. II. A. Ott united In marriage, at the Lutheran parsonage. Mr. Howard James Peach to Miss Gertrudo Mae Stone. Dt'R idea of sticking elose to your job has its highest exemplification In the effort.- of the Detroit papers to boost the Ford peace excursion. Of course they couldn't a Ford to do anything else. WE have always taken it for granted that chop suey is a Chinese dish, but Princess Jue Quon Tai, r ow in New York, says she neer heard of it until she came to America. Still we are hardly prepared to accept It as an American di?h. Under the circumstances a hyphen will be perfectly appropriate. Winter Sport in Texas. (Cor. Weimer, Tex., Mercury.) C. F. Sanders left this Monday evening for Weimar, where he will be engaged for some time sawing w ood. HUDSON MAXIM and William Jennings Bryan are engaged in a controversy in which the former loads his shells with argument while the latter uses declamation. Score, first quarter: Argument 1, Declamation 10. A Hereditary Habit. (Fayette. W. Va., Journal.) The following persons were granted permits to carry pistols at the pistol license day of the circuit last Monday: J. A. Boone. Jas. D. Boone, Daniel Boone and David Boone. OED Daniel started it with a rifle, hunting redskins. His descendants hunt the paleface.

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m:y KXGiaxn iiLia: laws. (Detroit, Minn., Herald.) Back in the days of the old NewHaven colony, a certain estimable clergyman. muel A. Peters by name, introduced what have since come to be known as the "blue laws." According to this code, a mother could-not kiss her child on the Sabbath; housewives could not cook, sweep or make bed? on the Sabbath; men were net allowed to shave on the Lord's day. and the law even decreed how they should trim their hair. Married persons were compelled to live together or go to jail. History, however, throws some light n Mr. Peters' ease. He was born. It appears, before his time. He was a humorist, but the stern New England fathers couldn't understand his humor. He drafted the blue law as a joke. His code was Intended as a satire on the Puritanic laws then in existence. He meant to reduce the blue laws ad absurdum. But. ah! the irony of fate. Tho straight-laced magistrates of those narrow and bigoted days interpreted his "laws" literally, and enforced them literally. To them, tingifted with the saving grace of humor, the laws wete reasonable and good. We have made some progress since then, but there are too many earnest reformers of tho present day who, like the old New EnPlanders, lack a sense of humor. They take themselves and the world too seriously, and it is these later-day Puritans who are responsible for much of the foolish and unnecessary legislation ivith which the country has been burdened.

THE FATHER OF FRESH air. (Pittsburgh Dispatch.) There died recently at Saranac lake a man whose name even probably was unknown to thousands of men and women whos benefactor he was. So general has become the spread of the fresh air treatment for tuberculosis and so matter of course

is it now considered that most people will be surprised to learn that until this week the physician who first tried it was still living an example of the efficacy of the method for the relief of suffering throughout the land. In 1872 Dr. Edward Livingston Trudeau was forced to give up his practice in New York because of tuherculosis. He went to the Adirondacks to try out on himself his theory of a cure for the complaint from which he suffered. He had lived there ever since. He founded the sanitarium there for the treatment of incipient tuberculosis in working men and women and the Saranac Research laboratory for the study of tuberculosis, each the first of its kind in the country, and has been in charge of them since the beginning. Both by his writings and by his activities in the national association to fight tuberculosis he did a great deal to extend the knowledge that prevention its well as cure of the disease which claimed so many victims was within easy reach of the afflicted. The heroes in the warfare against disease, those soldiers of the common good whose earnest, self-sacrificing efforts have meant so much for humanity, are coming to be more recognized at their true value. Where ever relief from plague of one sort or another may be given there has been an American doctor as the pioneer. Not the least of these must be accounted the man who has just passed away after having lived to receive many honors and the greater satisfaction of seeing his idea transformed into hope and new life for countless of his afflicted fellow men.

capital burned by a small invading force. In the Mexican war our forces were successful, but more because of the enemy's weakness than of our strenffth. Few eremies would allow a little army in hostile territory to await reinforcements unmolested, a? Gen. Scott was allowed to do at Puebla; or perm.t us to train our troops as Gen. Taylor for eight months trained the volunteers who won the battle of Buena Vista Gen. Upton, in his "Military TVdiry of the United States," says that the failure to subdue the rebellion in IS 61 was due to "our total want of military organization and preparation." In his opinion "the last three costly and bloody years of the Civil war were needles?." And Gen. Upton's deductions were approved by nn less an authority than Gen. Sherman.

yi:lcomi:. (OPden, Utah, Examiner.) People used to buy door mats with the wrord "welcome" worked in big letters and in mcst cases the spirit of the domicile was in accord with the door mat. It was the custom to have company and enjoy them to greet the stranger and get a new angle on w hat was doing on the outside. Then the book agent, the trinket salesman jnd the panhandler became so numerous that we had to put a little reverse English on our welcome and the latest edition of social law decrees that promiscuous neighborly calls are bad form and should be discouraged by putting frost on the windows and ice on the door step. Nowadays it takes a burglar or a member of the inner circle to get by the reception committee. Most pe-ople know more about the outside world than it knows about itself, so there is no occasion to garner the gossip promiscuously. The habit of staying at home in getting to be a rather lonesome one. Social entertainment is prettj much a commercial article on sale In public places. "Nobody at home" has taken the place of "welcome." We are too busyhunting the latest thrill to be pestered with the old-fashioned customs that used to make home a rather likable place to spend an evening among friends of a lifetime who are not sticklers for' form and fads.

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TFlVCHlvRS FROM MEXICO. ( Rochester. X. Y., Democrat and Chronicle.) The first gleam of real hope for the regeneration of the Mexican re. public and the advent of an era of tranquility and prosperity is not found in the recognition " by the United States of the leader of one of the insurgent factions, but In the newly aroused Interest in the education of the people. According to the Boston Post a considerable number of Mexican teachers are in Boston carefully studying methods of education, and it is reported that many others are cominfr north. Among the Mexicans who were at I'oston last week was Andre Ostina, the director of educatlen in Mexico. The Central American visitors are said to greatly admire the Boston schools and will take back with them knowledge of methods which should revolutionize the educational system of the unhappy republic.

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HISTORY THAT'S XOT TAUGHT. (The World's Work.)

In the war of 1812. although we j had nearly ten times as many men j under arms at one time or another! as those opposed to us. w e achieved J only one sue. ess on land and that! was after the war had closed and ! we had the humiliation of seeing the

"EetiistHn may have." says a Washington dispatch. Well, we won't throw any rlt. over li Lis departure. Uernsiein is as persona non piata to a whole lot of real A iih rie.i as as his two mischief-making subordinates.

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I-a.-t of all in our n::.i n-iakn..;. we Americans are getting alter nos'. And a uio-t tr mi lubu.s job it is. For Amern a is the noi-. -t land in the world. Tl.e police coi:im;ss;ont r of New York city has staitol n campaign agains the avoidable muses of the metiopolis. a task well compared to the labors of Hercules. He .isks tl.e police to .v'.,.p all such offenses as h sd.oi.tmg of strt hawkeis. the tll:ng of tai and carriage batkets unne- e-sar dm by delivery i.u-u and ash-i ulle. tors, ur.r. .( ry Mow mg t.f whistles and no; due to w orn-cu v imperfect machinery." T.".i .". however, ale some of the least of the evils. The warst no;ae-dev il of all. p-rhaps. m every city in America, is the squawking automobile horn. whuh might t asily l e rf placed by an instrument of milder i.d more mi'sal ton, s. There is room for improve- .... nt. too, m the c.-ntrel of ;auiuic engines. The

j Genesee, seized by the British, on the ground that there's something German about the ship. But. may- : e his first name is Pat. 1 I

King Constantine says he feels that the integrity of Greek territory will be respected sae. perhaps, in case of a "military necessity. " He's one king who has been learning thin.s.

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Irish population is on the increase, it is said. Maybe i:.-glan! is too bu.-y with über mutters at present to ;r'pe:lv at'end to depopulating the Lmerald isle.

Colorado officials decide that their dry laws bar use of li'ivior in mincemeat. Breaks up the Denver fashion j of going home chock full of pie.

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Mrs. KHa Thompson of 1? Angeles sues a dentist fr $1."0' for putting her to wearing somebody else's ct of faLe teeth. .Some folks are so particular!

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