The World's Press.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 272, 21 November 1904, Page 4

The World's Press.

CRISP COMMENT. The regular manner in which Mr. Roosevelt and Judg« Parker are now attending church recalls the boy a who wer& always so good Just l>e~ fore the Sunday-school picnic.—The Baltimore Sun. The great abject in playing games as in engaging in field sports, is to fit owselves the better for tho fight of life ;we want relaxation and plenty of physical exercise, together with wholesome competition. These build up the complete Englishman.—Land and Water Illustrated. To-da.v the sky is again clear, and, apparently, no rain is likely to fall at presi-nt. This condition practically means the abandonment oi'< all hope of averting a €veat calamity, and wo have again, after scarcely a two years' lapse of time, entered on another famine period in tho Bombay Presidency.—Advocate of India.

Fro-ni a sanitary point of view, the rat is as much an anm.'chronisin as the plaeiue itself. It is a carrier of plaguo and other horrible 'diseases. And yet English householders seem to regard the presence of rats with the utmost equanimity. This feeling is not-shared bv domestic animals. Dogs and horses are oftcr absolutely horrified if rats come in their sleeping places or touch their food, —The Spectator. The most significant fact in connection with the birth of tho Heir Apparent to the Throne of Italy is the promptitudo with which the Pope has sent the -Cardiiml Archbishop of Turin to convey his congratulations to the royal parents, and has consented to the baptism of the infant by that prelate. There is a general disposition to recognise in this latest motu proprio of Pius X., <a happy and pacific political inspiration,— Pall Mall Gazette.