Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE INTELLIGENCER ESTABLISHED 1MJ0. Published every morning except Monday by Tho Anderson Intelligen oer at 140 West Whittier Street, An derson, S- C. SEMI-WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER Published Tuesdays and Friday? Entered as second-clans matter April 28, Ht M. at tho poHt office nt Anderson, Mouth Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES Telcpbono .321 SUBSCRIPTION BATES DAILY One Year .$5.00 Sis Months . 2.50 Three Mciths . 1.21} One Month.4 J One Week .10] SEMI-WEEKLY One Year .$1.50 Slat Months - .75 The Intelligencer ls delivered by carriers in the city. Look at the tfrintcd label on your) paper. The date thereon show? wher the subscription expires. Notice date I on label carefully, and If not correct I please notify us at once. Subscribers desiring the addrens of their paper changed, will please stute In their communication both the old and new addresses. To Insure prompt delivery, com plaints of non-delivery in the city I of Anderson Bhould be mado to the j Circulation Department before 9 a. m. and n copy will be nent at once. All checks and drafts should be drawn to Tho Andersen Intelligencer. ADVERTISING Rates will be furnished on applica tion. No tf advertising discontinued ex-1 cept on written order. The Intelligencer will publish brief I and rational letters on subjects cf| general Interest when they aro ac companied by the namea and ad dresses of the authors and are not nf a defamatory nature. AnonymouH communications will not be noticed. Rejected manuscripts will not be re turned. lu order to avoid delays on account of personal absence, letters to Tho Intelligencer Intended for publication should not.be addressed to any Indi vidual connected with the paper, but j Simply to The Intelligencer. TUESDAY, MAY 25. 1915. Alright Italy, go and fetch home] the bacon. Funny how Mr. Taft keeps out of J law suits. Wonder If Enrico Caruso ia ready | to go to the front War ls bell, but often Satan pre fers u church choir. O, tor a Caesar to lead Italy's legions to war once more. Fino chance for Caruso to play the Florence Nightingale to the Italian! troops. o Appeal it, Barnes, for we had Just as lief have Teddy In the calcium that way as another. We know who will be "mistress" ot the White House ere many mou'ns nave passed away. Rockefeller Is a Shrewd Business Man.-Headline. We didn't know that had ?ver boen doubted. M Q Ordinarily we think of Japan as a .^Sassy-footed nation, but we think she ' was a' bull in one China shop. Rockefeller For Law Till Death . Menaces.-Headline. Does he think hs wont be for that last Inexorable lav *, - -o- . Anderson Is losing a 42-centimet'^ preacher but in securing another will be content with none under that cali bre. The Isle ot Palms sesson has opened, and now that's antoher mom entous proposition off the world's shoulders. iSlnce the Oermaas did not balk at ?helling the cathedral at Rheims, we <ion't doubt that they will rase St. Peters if the Italians let them get there. "? shall leavB Rome only when I ordered to do ao. Never again will ? set '?Mt on the soil of treacherous Itally. *--von Beulow. Aw. g wan, ? Beu.4 and quitcher beef In.' .... ? . o ? ' After reading in the last Literary Digest the comments from Oer man newspapera regarding American nen < tr* i Ky one comes to the conclusion the Germans believe we are "agin ' 'em." Th? Dake of th? Abreast, who. we tisdertitand, ranks high in the Italian in lia* for some more pub ity. al la M?as' Elkins, daughter >-&eaator by that namo. MIL M'GEE'S HA ll.KOA ll. A day or two ago The Intelligencer had a remark or two to malo' about Mr. McGee's railroad from Oreen woo?! lo Augusta, Georgia \v?- reverl lo ll again. The Ide.i of a snort rut from thlu Piedmont nee lion to Hi?' lower par! of the Stain deserves the consideration of a gr?':tt many people. Think of how densely populated the Piedmont ls, the thousands of people In Grenevllle, spartanburg. pelzer. Piedmont, wmiamston, Laurens, New berry. Greenwood and Anderson-and ill these people, have no way to i;o to the lower part of South Carolina unless they go way round by Augusta or way round by Columbia. Then think ?if the thmi3snds of people ip the lower part of the State, in Charleston, Orangeburg, Barn well. Blackville, Bamberg, Allendale. Beaufort, Savannah and Florida with no way to get to the Piedmont or to the mountlns or Western North Caro lina r?"ept they go way ruuud by Augusta or way round by Colmbia. The eastern part of the State hay several railroad? running North HIM! South. There ls the Atlantic Count Line from Florence to Charleston, another from Sumter to Charleston, and another from Sumter to Augusta, end there IR the Seaboard from Ham let to Charleston, and Hartnvllle '.o Charleston, and from Columbia to Savannah, nnd there 1B the Southern from Sumter and from Columbia to Charleston, and from Columbia to Augustu, and from Columbia to Sav annah. I'ut from Augusta to Columbia, a distance of one half of the State, tiler?? In no railroad that runs North ar.d South of any consequence. AH of this iinm? nite travel 'between the two 'sections has to bc accomplished by an indirect routes. From Greenwood to Denmark would mean a new era in the railroad travel In South Carolina. "Thc American Chief Magistrat?; Beemn one chosen of heaven."-From editorial by Col. Henry Watterson in the Louisville Courier-Journal. The mint julep is getting in Its mellowing work. -Q God of War: "On'with the Dance." OITB OLD CHARLESTON. The best citizenship of Charleston as well as the bests citizenship of South Carolina ls with Governor Man ning In his arduous work of cleaning up Charleston. All will be glad to know that his efforts shall have met with success. Charleston occupies a place in thc sentiment of South Carolina that no other city doeB. lt ts true she has Binned a great deal in her day of grace. She has been bo'h a law and a world unto herself. Her streets are too narrow and dirty and that has doubtless had its hyscpologlcal effect on ber citizens. And she has failed to attract enough ot the good brawn and brain of the country districts. And her business men have lost trade because in former days they wanted the whole hog. But with all her faults the people of South Carolina love her still. And we are not of those to use the pres ent occasion to speak a bad word. For we believe In Charleston. Ve think that the day ls not far distan ct when she will come to her own age in. We are proud of Charleston because she is the greatest city In the Stat-?. She has great advantages both ac quired and natural. The three great est railroad systems of the South now have terminals there. And tho deep water In her bay gives her 8"cess to all the world. TVhen Charleston once more catches step with the new time she ls bound to be one the great cities of the South. Heres to Charleston. Some Kansas English. Judge Ruppenthal of Russell writes to The Luray Herald' "One lawyer In this district often refers to a sktntllla of evidence' In. his argument, anoth er calls people receiving county aid. 'Indignant,' a third always wants every 'ingredimenf of the charge In criminal cases proved. One or more object to the Mr r?v?lant' testimony." -Kansas City Star. The Way of the Cartoonist. Mosha Murphy notes our Inquiry as to why a newspaper artist couldn't make a box without printing "SOAP" on lt. He adds a few Inquiries of his own. to wit: "Why- can't a cartoonist draw a barber without a comb stuck In his hair?" And "Do all Btaws hold themselves up by means of lamp ponte?" Also. "Why does a cartoonist always depict himself ss tearing a flowing black Windsor tie?*-Cleve land Plain Dealer. The Hobo's Distinction. "Be boss, not bossed," counsels a correspondence school. If a series pt .weekly lessons by roan could teach a man how to be president of the United Ptateq <t couldn't teach Mm how "not to be bossed. The ho**> ia the oniy fellow who doesn't have to take directions from anybody and even be sometimes meets a police man-Syracyje Post-Standard. . - ,1. THE WAR-AFTER TEN MONTHS (Philadelphia Public Ledger.) Were it n?)? for tho dramatic entry ol Italy, tin- ' ??titrai fact of the war situ ation today would ho the Russian collapse in Galicia. Thin 1B a more serious defeat than the famous reverse of the Masurian l,akeu In East Prussia, which gave \HII Hindenburg his first laurels, and it Is even more significant than tho roundliiK up! of the Russian army before Warsaw, which was one of the i everest early collapses that the Russian offensive In Poland experienced. IT Italy had not entered, and If the possibility of Rumania mid the other Balkan "Slates coming In on the side o? the ollies were not Imminent and e. matter for the Germans to act upon, this complete breakdown of Russia would be considered the most definite event vi the war. But every one hus bet ome so accustomed to the movements of millions of men on the Eastern frontier taking on the character of gigantic seesaws, that they are apt to view this reverse as merely another awing of the gigantic pendulum. Przemsyl fell to the Russians on March ~2, but unless they are able to bring forward large bodies of troops from Bukowina, and have bettered the Aus tratn defenses sine? their two months' occupation on the fortreR8,'4helr re tirement may be only a matter of a few hours. i AU thin bears on the larger aspects of the war, and that the Russian weak n< s, both lu strategy and tactic?, waH not unexpected docs nut help matters. lt ls, however, one of the things that was forecast, but, having been realized to a humiliating degree, played Its part In the unfortunate lack of prepara tion to the English to their physical if not moral discomfiture. One thing, indeed, ?he Russian and the English lacks prove beyond all questions of dis pute, and that ls that Germany's claim that war was forced on her, ftrst by the Russian aggregation, and second, by England's determination that the time had como to strike with Russia and Germany's back was the sheerest baldest Invention of an insoleut and Impudent diplomacy, confident that Its overpowering military preparedness was equal to any other combination li? Europe among the nations which Germany knew neither desired nor were leady for war. This, indeed, the ten months of war prove In an accumulative mauner. For on the Western frontier, however, one might like to believe it otherwise. Belgium. England and France are still on the defensive. Their "drives," flielr so-called "spring advance," have not been in any sense decisive and in some caseo the ground gained has been lost almost Immediately. Thin I3 trne ot the British campaign about Ypres and Is also more or less self-evident In the slight change In thc French lines east of Verdun and the heights of the Meuse. There ls no such a thing In sight ar, an "advance on Metz." and there ls no "rolling back" of the Gerinn army in Belgium "toward Ita own frontiers." These tasks which still confront tho allied armies in the West nie problems of a colossal magnitude, and. from thc present outlook, a year hence may still find thc formidable issues unsolved. The general situation, however, is most likely to change through the devel opments of the Italian campaign, and through what seems to bc the very successful. If slow, movement toward Constantinople. The Dardanelles cam paign, and the Italian and Balkan possibilities aro thc bright spotB for tho allies, an the ten months of this most horrible war move slowly and sullenly lo a close. Moreover, lt is as definitely known In England as In Berlin that it ls the morale of men and ofllcers, and not the failure of munitions of war, that han created the Russian situation. With Berlin confident anticipation sf thin condition, the Austro-German assurance In thc face of a world of toes ls explained. ITALY'S T? (Augusta Chronicle?) However much the majority of us may differ In our vie wa and sympa thies over the European' war. there ia one point, at least, on which few ur us will disagree. And that lt, that Italy shows up Just n little wore than ill the ot?iers. For Italy, it can not be forgotten. IB prompted, mainly, by the desire for 3poil?: or. as Bhe might prefer ir put lt-and there IH not much difference ? -by n desire to acquire more terri tory. True enough, perhaps, r.lic tries to I lustily herself by the plea that she is ' merely seeking to win back certain i italian provinces that were wrested l [rom her by Austria-Trieste and the t Tyrol-and but for the fact that sue iad to treacherously desert ?ter allies | A long standing in order to assert i .his claim, her position might be ex- : .'usable. But when lt Is taken Into considera tion that for nearly a third of a cen- I ury-or sincp 1882. when the Triple ( Alliance was' formed-Italy enjoyed ; ill the benefits and protection ot that : partnership, only to desert it at the i rory first opportunity that seemed to I jive her promise ot greater reward, i aer action can scarcely be consider- i :d admirable, froun any viewpoint. ? To do Italy tull Justice, however- ? md, certainly, she needs to have said I In her defense every word possible icr position should be stated in full. I As matters stand, there arr* three < potent reasons for Italy's action: To - 'redeem" the Italian parts of Austria. ' with the exaction of compound in- < teres t; to gratify the resentment 1 aroused in the. hearts of the sensitive I Italians for what they term "Prua- i iian arrogance;" and to fight tor the < .ide which the nation feelB ts "the aide of justice and humanity." 1 In considering the above separate-j? ly. or as a whole, we are. still, con-lj (rooted with the fact, that while all li sf these so-called "reasons" were I < Strength of 2 For Au ITA; Army-Strength of the field ; dependent cavalry--is about 4 bers 326,000. Recent reports 1 pared an army of 1,000,000, bu ooo will take the field. Navy-Six dreadnoughts, < armored cruisers, sixteen protec boats, etc., forty-six destroyers. ftOUM Army-i-Strength of field arm divisions-about 290,000. Se consist of forty battalions. Navy-One protected cruiser boats, six coast guard vessels, ! class torpedo boats, four river ? IE ACH ERY as pertinent und pressing at the very outset of the war as at any time since, Italy has waited neatly ten full months before casting the die for v.-ar on her own account. This leads to the inevitable conclusion-particular ly in view of all the trading and dlck rrlng that nhe has been carrying ou with Austria and Germany-that she was merely walting 'to determine whether or not, or when, it would be reasonably "safe" to take up armb igatnst her former alli?-:*. It is inconceivable that she could have been induced to this act of treachery if, for instance, her former Teutonic allies had. already, triumph ?d over F.mssla and had only Great Mri tain and France to dispose of; or lice, versa. No. she has. simply, awaited her op portunity and Just as soon as she finds lt to her interests to strike she striked; and truo to her traditions, me strikes-in the back. Just how it will all end, no one (nows-though certainly, with 2,000. )00 more men thrown, into the field igalnst them, the position of Germany ind Austria would soon: to be well llgh hopeless-but, lt "?teros to us, de teat in the end would be sweeter for a tatton that had lived un-to Its agree ments and been true unto death to a solemn alliance Ulan victory could ?vcr bo purchased at the price ot treachery. Italy may gain a certain amount of territory by thus going over to the memles ot her former allies, but she ivlll add nothing. In the eyes of the world, to Italian character, but. rath sr. does she confirm and emphasize the estimate wblcb. particularly In this country, han long been placed apon lt-a vip ry synonym for treach sry. This ls not true, of course, of every individual Italian; but for such as are sxempt from the charge, lt seems a atty that their nation aa a whole could not have furnished a more wholesome example._\ New Foes stro-Germans LY irmy-12 army corps and in 00,000. Moble militia num have itated that Italy had pre t probably no more than 700, ?ight p red read noughts, nine :ted cruisers, ten torpedo gun ANIA y-five corps and two cavalry cond line, or reserve troops, ?' ??[ ' ^ . . . i one training ship, seven gun six first-class and two seco^d nonitors. ? WIT AND HUMOR. ? +++<.++++++?+*?++?++* + + Thc Mother.fn-Law. It lo time to cry aloud against the mother-in-law Joke. "i see by the paner." ?aid a Newark matron to another, "that your daugh ter-in-law ls giving a party tomor row. I hope you will have a fine time." "No fine Mme for me," answered the mother-in-law. "I am expected lo take thc baby out for au airing when the pas ty begins, and stay out of the house till the party Is over."-Newark News. The ruc ni und Hie Mu^ir. , Some one recommends the reading 3f a fine poem before retiring. The Idea GeeiUB good, but we fancy it will be difllcult to select a poem that har monizes with the tomcat's nosturnal jong.-Toledo Blade. Hand in Hand. A merry liver and a happy stomach .o hand in hand. If we might express it in that allegorical way.-Toledo 3lade. Quaint Old Kentucky. Recently a gentleman who travels jut of Pari:; wan In the Kentucky mountains, sixty miles from a railroad. A man asked bim the time. The gentleman looked at hl:? watch ind told the inquirer. "That's railroad time, ain't lt?" asked thc mau. "Ves." said tiie Paris man. "Well, we don't go by railroad time up here." said the man. "we go by sun time, 'cause we are closer to the sun toan we are to thc railroad."-Paris (Ky.) Democrat. Wh Not Int 'Em! Missouri sa..o multitude:; of squir rels ar? destroying thc corn crop. Io lt necessary to show a meat-eating reop\,> what to do in a case of that kind ."-Houston Post. Anybody Want ? Tom Cat? An Ohio man is advertising for a home for a male cat. Who has a backyard fence that is not occupied? -Toledo Blade. Beyond lier Depth. The cultured young woman from Boston was trying to make convoca tion. "Do you care for (Crabbe's Tales?" she asked. "I never atc any," replied thc breezy girl from Chicago, "but I'm Just dead stucK on lobsters!"-Judge. ? * ODDS AND ENDS. * ? + One ot the most durable wooori ls sycamore. A statue made from it, now in the museum of Oizeh.-at Cairo, is believed to be nearly six thousand years old. Notwithstanding this great age, it ls asserted that the wood itself is entirely sound and natural in appearance. The. amount of gold or anyotherme tal coined In Paraguay ls so small that it can with safety be entirely ex cluded from consideration. Noni whatever is in circulation at this time and the very few coins of Para guayan origin outstanding are held a3 curiosities. Mecca'? pilgrims annually exceed 100.000? Lancashire ha? sent 5,000 school teachers to the colors. . Emigrants from the United King dom during. the last thirty years numbered 3.406.000. -o The largest ' university library in the world is the Bodleian at Oxford, which- contains 2.750.000 volumes. The term foxglove is said to be corruption of the term "folks" glove' or "fairy glove." It has been proved that the water of the Anarctlc Ocean ls colder than that of the Artic. ? IN MOVIE LAND, ? ? ? Margarita Fischer and Harry 'Pol lard are to be starred by the Ameri can company in a mulUreel photoplay mad? 'rom thc novel, "The Girl From His Town." Olga Pctrova. well known emotion al actress on the legitimate stage, has signed in extensive photoplay con tract vi .th the Metro company, and, In the coming eighteen month*, ls to appear lo twelve feature scree* dramas. Mae Marsh, D. W. Griffith's little tragedienne, has Just been presented In "The Outcast," a four-part photo play written by Thomas Nelson Page, United States ambassador to Italy. Broadway. New York is bavtng an Invasion of tho "chaplin mustache," on ' the countenances of Its young men.. GeoVg? Perlolat. formerly with, the American, la to play character lead'? in the 120.000 prise serial; "The Dia* mond from the Sky." Owen Moore and Mabel Normand are playing oposite each omer la romantic comedy in the Keystone stu dios this spring and summer. Anita Stewart, Earle Williams, Pearl Fcar?on and Julia Swayne Gor don had a grand time itt the moun tains of Georgia this spring. .They havo been busy under tba direction of Ralph/ W. Ince producing "The Dees," a/ fifteen episode ' drama tn wi, i oh ykt fascinating Anita ? the herofcf "SAiuttr Indoors and Outdoors, From Bank Doors to Wax Floors, ForSport? of Afi Sorts For Every Purse, Person, or Purpose, And Sold for Male, Female or by Mail. It's the new stlye Sport-Shirt with the convertable collar, to be worn low or hiern up. It will see great use for general wear but especially will it prove popular for tennis, pic nicing, autoing and all out ings. We have 'em in solid color or with the small stripe. With our labels 50c to $1.50. Manhattans $1.50 to $2. Every other kind of a shirt to meet every other idea, priced from 50c to $.3.50. .TA? Shpt totth m. Canden? Saved by Time. i (Charlotte Ohsen FI.) ] Ai a matter of fact Germany has Already an gered the note from tht> United Sites. ' Thu ubmarines have been called in. aa evidenced by be inactivity following the attack on the Cus? anla. The time consumed in making written eply ia also in Ute nature of an answer, for it ndicates a settlement hy diplomatic corrrspoii lence. If Germany had designed to bring the 'mud States into the trouble, the answer to lie note would have been sent instantly and here would have been given on opportunity >r excuae (or dickering. When it seemed in evitable, that the United Stotes would have o jump, on Mexico, the A. B. C. hand went ip. which action called (or time and it was the lilixation of this time that brought a way-out if the trouble that, neither people nor govern ment had been able to forsee. Germany's ac ion in laking time for the consideration of the Imtrican net" waa the most effective peace tcp that could have' been taken. There could ie no safer policy- for two governments than to bink first and an afterwrds. With the passing if the time ?inc?. Germany icceived the note, hera ls every reason to bel'.rve that there also lasted the danger of war with Germany. Roosevelt's Victory (Philadelphia Public Ledger ) "A typical -American verdict." tba Colonel alla it. He ia right. Attorney John M. Bowe? loee not hesitate to make the sweeping aaser i iii that it ia a victory of popular govenumpt -er machine government He accepts the result H ehtablising not merely the guilty complicity f Barnes and Murphy, but tba entire "guileless iess of the colonel in respect to political ma rt mat ion. The popular verdict that Roosevelt ?hose names be linked in obloquy remains un i as shrewd a craftsman in politics as those hanged, even though the rosy-cheeked Re ublican Mr. Barnes ceased at last to play tba imeiit role of the lone juryman. The finding went the colonel's way because be people stand ready to forgive a few nthical lisorepaneiea and inconsistencies to the rad-, looded Americanism of ona who on tba -whole las fought a good, clean fight for common leeency in the political life of this country. Of nurse Roosevelt owed a great deal to the befo lg hand of Platt-but he did not waar the ollar of a humiliating icrviTRy. However, the ian in the "street approves the course of one rho stands and fights for.his honor when chal suged. Almost every failing, first and last, has ?en ascribed to th? colonel, but it bas never ai bim'amid that he larked courage. Standing fey Manning-. I (Ker? and Courier.) I H will ba of in'crest to many people in other .tts .of the mata to know that the radical dion taken by Go vernor Manning with, ni arri to the liquor situation in Charleston has eeo received without any meal testal'tM, en ?r. aa wn know, of excitement or resentment. rt tba part of tba cuneos of thia community, i 'be governor's course is accepted, it appears. ? X the average - cit isen as that which he was ' arnpaOert to foil ow in justice to himself and'In rifiltoient of the ^ligations which ba assumed >ben ba took osito? ?a tba State's chief execu ive. . Moreover, then* ia unquestionably a barga nd influential body or Charleston people who ad grown vary tired of tba existing condition'?, bo wera thoroughly alive to ilia evils which !harteaton feas suffered on account of these ena i tiona and who rejoice now at the kepa of an nprovement whkSi ought to be foi-reaching in a benefit?. Of ooaree thia ia not to snagi'st that Governor fanning is gobur to have everything h ia ow? ay in tba work ba baa unrfertakat? fal Charles - sn.. He is sara to meet a measure of r?sistance t almost every turn, lt ia no easy piwoattiou bleb he has teated and lt wfll require vig i?os ead prolongad offerte te orear? astd eg***, rio resulta such aa tba paopU bar* ? right to tpost. But tbs cmpalsn r trieb Mr. Manning as inaugurated ia vastly - dtSererit from those bleb wera waged by rartata of his prt-Vns* wtv Today it telba goveraor against the Win i ?gara, not tb? govi ass against Charleston., r ow here I? thia roaogtdted tv dearly as In thia Fj?J*Zjffft ttZ ff^mTmV^Sv rollies a*??* r^atSaSf that* tnsrT'u?^^g^Se^no 4 up ta tbs work ba bat beg zn, tv ia io bo boped that (ha ranks ot these illicit dealer* ?Ul be thinned daily by desertion Thoa? who try to stick it out should find their boldness aa costly to themselves in future as their immun ity has been to the citizens in the past. So Much News. (New York Times.) Never was thero so much news in the world. It ia an increasing problem It ls a probbin first for the newspaper, to (et ?il ot tba <.? sentie! news in, and a problem then for the reader, which of it to alight in. order that ha may have some time remaining In which ta perform Ms share of the day's work. If thara wera nothing else to do one could spend. all nf one's conscious time just reading thu news.' Th? quantity of it that can be put into one Usun nf The New York Times is about 100,009 words. That is equal to a full-grown book. For va- . riety of interest, for color, for all of tha qauli ties go into tha creation of human Interest, DO ' book could begin to match lt I In one issue this week tba number of things I that one felt obliged to red In an attentive ? manner, just to keep up with the world, wa? enough to amase even newspaper (nakara. It included a dramatic reorganisation of the Brit-, j ?sh ministry in the midst of war, a call by Lord Kitchener for 300,000 more volunteers, a peat victory by the Teutonic allie* over tha Rus sians in Galicia, a discussion In Berlin of th* American note to Germany on th? ?inking of the Lusitania, Germany'* acceptance of war with Italy as at last Inevitable. ? revolution in Portugal, a question 'aa to whether tb* Transylvania wa* chased by a German subma rine, a review of the fleet uv New York Harbor by Provident Wilson, a prediction by Alexander G rail a m Bell that in tba future zam . at threat distances would think together by means of wire coil* around their heads, theatrical devel opment* in the trial of a ? conspiracy charge brought by the Riggs National Bank of Wash ington against th* Secretary of the - Treasury and others, and Mr: Roosevelt in bis very best nanner denouncing Mr. Barms in tac celebrated libel ease. Any one of thea* tonie* in ordinary times would be interesting encgh to "lead the paper" with. When sb much happen* all at one time one things compete? with another for position ?nd what night once have been a front page feature ia lucky to get ita display on the last pa??. If yon draw a parallel between th? mind and the daily newspaper you will are. The capad'y of the mind to receive impressions may be In creased by at ten ti on. but rt is nevertheless lim ited, and when the number of impressions presenting themselves greatly exceeds that limit; must pick and choose. It unconsciously adopts a new seale of values. Eve* urina; is relative. Impressions that .would have men very interest ing and welcome at one time are excluded front attention because others move interesting and important take their place 80 th* newspaper, by adding two or four page* on a "Mg new* night" and by "cutting everything down," nan liter-es ita capacity for presenting . mw?, but ?ben it bas Increased it to the utmost and thar* ia ?till more new* thu it can print, it bsgtnl io choose and to eliminate, and a new acal* of vainc* la created by necessity. . The war will end. The pressure of living end thinking will ?hate. 'What then* That ia rn interesting question. Perhaps then for n long tiro* people wilt, have a sense of proportion that ?V. leaking before, and will sea casual event* tn a new perspective Consoling Though'/. That Chicago maa who waa ordered to par hts wife $4.000 alimony out of a 95.000 income will at least have the satisfaction of knowing that lt will be she who will have to coole across with th? Income tax.-'Philadelphia In quirer. Sneaked OM (her. Bishop Codman of the diocese of "??? surprised Ute cosgregntlon at Matthus's Episcopal church last i day. The Bishop preached a fine srmon.-Rldhmohd (Ko.) Bee.