Show EDITORIAL PITH r The New York Mall and Express thinks that If Agulnnldo ever gets within hailing instance of the 20COO gallons of sauerkraut which the Government Is sending to our troops In the Philippines he will probably I scent defeat In the air A fc 0 The Dcnvrr Republican says W W Astor should not gnaw hlH nails over tho knighting of Hiram Maxim The man who Invents a rapldflro gun will always reap more honors thun the man whoda only claim to < distinction a rapidlire mouth A 0 As we remember the facts there has not been a single protest against Mr Bryans announcement that for the next four ycats he would retire to private life But why mako Itour1 It must bo obvlouR to I him thut If he can be spared without a pang for thai length of time tho world would somehow manage to stagger along I If he stayed In privacy for the remainder of his prhociY I natural life Theres a thought In this worth thinking about observes the I Philadelphia Inquirer > 0 0 Iii tho opinion of the Philadelphia North 1 American the stories iibout the discovery of another elixir of life In the form of a saline preparation should bo taken with a liberal pinch of salt o o According to the St Louis GlobeDemo call by means of large kites with cross wlrCBo Now Jersey min has measured the altitude tt which wild ducks fly Af ter many observations ho has fixed tho average height at lifO foot und l tho speed I at fortyheven nnd < lnd oiichnIC miles an hour mies j And not has ji onco hlH tho Investigator invited i inVlRtlrator his friends to a duck supperS The Milwaukee Wisconsin supper-S says Tho I proposition of the National I Education as sociation to give tjpeclnl attention to the 2impllilcntion of spelling will Interest t pupils as well JIH Iathcrs The present I I advanced method of teaching spelling hat proved n failure Poor spcllJ I I rulu among graduates of high school who after twelve years of Instruction I l should nt least bo able to spell the words of their own language I lllg1Wle I i |