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will, of course, be neceasary before any
decisive infer«* e- can b«> drawn. If.
however, the Missouri lines make a
goo<l showing under a 2 ■••■nt fare law
r«» »«I
<gn* can hardly avoid the inference that
In 1‘ennsylvni I 1. a State of mu h thl«'k-
OREGON
BANDON
«•r |Hipulati<m aYid much heavier traffic,
•- ' .............. L I
the roads could get •along ex'vllently
Are you realty to enlist for the ’in- on stub a rate. Yet tht* Pennsylvania
♦ s»lvu of Mamffiuria ?
Supreme'Court held a year ago. by a
vote of f«»ur to three, that a 2-cent fare
Th» trouble with this airship bust- law was bound to be unreasonable and
neat la that It has too many ups und confix-a tory, and so refused to allow
downs.
It to be put into force. Whatever
"facts" the Supreme Court of Pennsyl-
I«et us la* Just to Gerouitno. He was
vania hail before it at the time can
the worst old InJun that ever hap-
hardly fail to look trivial and value
pened.,
less in the light of this Western expe
A Ixindon heiress, it is said, Is to rience.
marry a poor young American. Which
Mr. Taft was the guest of Mr. Roose
Bounds better.
velt in the White House for th«' twen
What has become of the old fash ty-four hours prisssling Ids inaugura
ioned boy who used to run away from tion as President Thursday. March 4.
It would be rash to say that the social
home to tight Indians?
friendliness thus l«et«>kened between an
Your opinions ar«' like a good many outgoing anil Incoming President Is
other things you possess: Of no value unique, yet it certainly is unusual.
Thomas Jefferson. for example, who
to anyone but th«' owner.
was promoted to the presidency from
Ro now Hetty Green s son wants to the vice presidency, did not even go
take a trip In an aeroplane and be from the Whit«' House to th«' Capitol,
but walked from Ids txairdlng house ac-
come a rising young man.
companksl by a company of Virginia
A fashion recfjie tells "how to pre- artillery. President Adams not only
vent high collars disfiguring the neck.” was not present at the simple cere
monies of inauguration, but was not in
One way Is not to wear them.
Washington. lie had left th«' city early
If th« next war is to bo fought In In th«' morning on his way back to his
the skies, ns Hiram Maxim says, how- Massachusetts horn«'. The unfriendli
ness of Adams and Jefferson was as
are they going to save the pieces?
notable as the friendliness of Roosevelt
Mrs. Leslie Cnrter states that she and Taft. For an exampl«' of «‘losenetw
would darn her husband s socks were it of relation similar to that which now
a case of life and death. Noble woman I exists between th«' retiring and incom
ing Presidents, one must go back to the
The chronic loafer likes hard times time of Jackson and Van Buren. Gen
because it gives him an excuse to eral Jackson ami his su«'«s>ssor rode
stand around and watch other people from the Whit«' House together tn a
work.
phaeton drawn by four gray horses and
attt'mleil by a military escort. Jackson
Booker T. Washington says that th“ sat uni'overed on th«' platform while
United States should do for Liberia Van Buren deliven'd his inaugural ad
what it lias done for Cuba. And as dress and took the oath of office. The
many times?
recent custom, whether th«' two men
are friendly or not, has b«»en for the
There must be some explanation of new President to go to the Whit«'
the size of the hatpins. It may be that House at «'level! o’clock on March 4,
they are to be used as slungshots as and drive to the Capitol with th«* out
well as poniards.
going President, escorted by military
companies ami political clubs. The
Taft was made a Mason without be obligation of official courtesy la respect
Ing compelled to ride the goat,
lt
ed, even though the men may not have
may not lie out of place to extend con been previously acquaint«*!. or though
gratulations to the goat.
they may belong to different parties.
Mr. Cleveland ach'd ns tho personal
Wilbur Wright says that airships are
escort to bls successor. Mr. Harrison.
hardly more dangerous than automo
In 1RR9; and In 1893 Mr. Harrison
biles. Wait until they begin to run
poured In the same capacity with
over us; then we'll know.
Clevelan«!.
Army officers are to lie inoculated
witli experimental anti typhoid serum
first. The private doesn't always have
to occupy tlie point of greatest danger
Perhaps the late William H. Seward
had not the slightest Idea, when he ne
gotiated the purchase of Alaska, that
he was also buying a lot of earthquakes
for future delivery.
Harvard students have taken up the
fad of growing beards and mustaches.
Any man has a right to start whiskers
on ills fiftieth birthday. Before that,
the act is something of a misdemeanor.
vv hat every
(thinks she)
knows; That she looks well in pajamas.
A woman can look extremely at-
tractive when slm is taking down her
Mrs. Mabelle Gilman Corey has writ hair—If she 1ms some.
ten a magazine article in which she
A woman must be mighty Independ
mjs New York society is ignorant and
ent or mighty careh'ss to wear black
stupid, Mrs Corey has evidently come stockings with tan shoes on a muddy
to the conclusion that she Is not go- day.
lug to get into New York society.
What every man expects: That be
The people who were snying when fore the close of 1909 women will be
our warship fleet started on Its trip wearing corsets that reach below their
knees.
around the world that It would either
Ever notice how unruly those wisps
be destroyed by the Japanese or lie
demolished in a storm or get Itself lost of hair around n woman's neck are
in some unknown sea can have the when sin* has a handsome assortment
consolation of knowing that It burned of finger rings?
a lot of coal, anyhow.
When you hear a married woman
snltfl.v remark that "Handsome Is as
A student in a New England high handsome does," you may accept It as
school, whose picture appeared in th«' a cinch thnt her husband bears a strik
papers in a sweater ornamented with ing resemblance to a stranded dogfish.
the school initial, has been ordered l>y
When th«1 relationship between hus
a Judge to leave school ami go to work
band and wife reaches such a matter-
to support bls 17-year-ol«l wife and
of-fact stag«' that she will pencil her
their baby. The Isi.v Is a prominent
eyebrows »nd daub on the rouge right
athlete, as the Initial Indicates,
He before him. flier«' isn’t enough glamor
met bls wife a year ago at a high
left of th«> conjugality to bliml any-
school damv in a neighboring town, body with Its glare.
and they were married without the
knowledge of the bride's parents. There
A Key t«i the Mystery.
are some suggestions here for discus
The visitor took up a small canvas
sions at teachers' conventions, mothers' smeared over with invisible gray,
«Meetings Hnd women's clubs.
sprinkled here nml there with yellow
"blobs." "What have we here?" he
The fixing of passenger rates by di
said to the artist.
rect action of the State Legislatures of
“A chromatic In sad color, with
a number of Western and a few East
golden accidents,” r«>plled the young
ern Stales two years ago was recognized
painter. “Lynn night lights from the
at th«1 time as not the wisest course of
sea.”
procedure. Careful investigations by
"Oh, quite so!" murmured the visi-
competent commissions ought always i to
tor. "I wonder—have I got it right
precede action of that character in
side up?"
order that the facts might be fully as-
i
Th«' painter regarded the canvas
certain«'«! and no, injustice done, and.
doubtfully, then p<dnte«l to n remark
it may be added, also in order that
able signature In tin- corner.
the action when taken might not be
"It's all right," he said.
"You'll
subject to overthrow by the courts as
m ver make a mistake if you keep thnt
unreasonable. Nevertheless, it has ls*en
In the right-hand corner. It is p«j:
a matter of great Interest to discover
ther«' for that purpose."
after the event what should have been
mor»> accurately determined In advance
Xew Yorkers Fnml of Theater.
—whether, namely, the 2-cent passen
Theater managers estimate there are
ger fare actually means a loss to the about 11.'"" theater attendants In New
roads forced to accept it. In the case York City wle> attend at least one jut -
of Missouri figures are now pul>llshe«l formalice each week throughout
the
by the Stat«» Railroad Commission season.
which show that as a whole passenger
A pi>r«>i>rlHte.
earnings Increased In that State in
“Oak? That's a queer name for a
1908 over 11107. The Santa Fe road,
for Instants', showed a gain of $r>s7.74 dog."
per mile on Missou-I passenger busi-
"Not when you consider his rough,
nets, or about p.t ¡«r . ent
The Mis strong bark."—Kansas city Times.
tourl Pk<?iRc showed a gain of $1,00227
Better a I..... fiicrnl than «• W Is«1
per' mile -r «<•• t« r ent. Two other
»■«•■?• shoe >d light gains hiu J thr«x* enemy.
•bow««! I osm 1*
t he interpretation of
The Dutch throne line folly on« ¡x«e-
tbsas fi#ur«s 5y the tiiit a ! vuipauiet . •lb’.» ..<i.i..iutw
s
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY "j
Z“
Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects
DOES OUR FORESTRY PAYP
NTH. diHKivery of some other material
sulttHl to protluction of paper, spruce suffi
cient to supply tlie annual demand for
pulp must be grown, hut many rational
«xmnomists are wondering whether there Is
any real Justification for reserving from
settlement an area of land in the United
States that already totals more than the entire German
empire, The rapid advance of concrete "lumber” for
everything from railroad ties and fence posts to reser
voirs, hug«' factories and office buildings operates to re-
due«' consumption of wo«xl. And it is a moot question
whether land devoted to forestry might not more profit
ably be devotid to fruit and vegetables.
This is the only country in which the doctrine that
th«' forests insure a water supply Is generally aecepted,
and even here many «‘Xpert engineers who differ very
radically from the l’inehot dictum maintain that water
causes forests and not the forests water. The recent
exhibition in Chicago demonstrate«! conclusively that
perfection of steel reinforceil concrete eliminates the
necessity’ of wood for building purposes, Steel furniture
is lighter, strong«1 •r and more sanitary than wooden. Ex-
cept as luel scarcely a purpost' served by wood cannot
be bett -r served by steel and stone. Trees are always
beautiful.
A denuded landscape is unpleasant,
But
when the advancement of knowhdge «'liminates wo< >d
ns a necessity the question will naturally arise, "Does
our forestry pay?”—Chicago Journal.
THE LATEST SPASM OF SPELLING.
HE self appointed simplified spelling board
goes on reforming the spelling of English
words by platoons, regardh’ss of th«1 fate
of previous detachments. Th«» plan of these
reformers is to changt* the spelling of a
certain number of words every year till
they eat their way gradually through the
whole dictionary.
They wouhi have deformed several
hundred words by this time if any but a few freak news
papers paid the least attention to them.
Tlie siecalled third list of deformities has Just been
misprinted. It contains an Indefinitely large number of
words, sine«» it lays down a general rule instead of se-
lecting particular words for mutilation. Moreover, It
makes tlie boldest application yet of tlie phonetic princi
ple. spelling exiu'tly ilk«1 a lazy si'hoolboy who has learn
e«l his letters and doesn't propose to take any more
trouble.
The combination ea Is to be abolished wliert'ver it Is
pronounce«! like tlie short «' or lik«' nroad a. When lielth
falls us we art* to fear «ictli ami hope for heven, say
ing farewell to the family ltartli with as stout ¡1 hart
as we «'an command. There is something familiar about
tlie next class of «leformitles, which drop tlie 0 in past
tenses and partielphs. He who lias klld Is to be fild
with the «lr«xl of being hangd.
Probably it recalls diiiily 11 former Injunction to put
1 suppose all the folks are tickled
I
to death?' said the intimate friend,
guess they had concluded that you
were going to be a confirmed old bneli-
elor."
"I don’t know what they
cludtxl," replhxl the lucky dog, "but 1
do know that they aren't wildly enthu
siastic about it. Mother Isn't, ttie girls
aren't and Aunt Seraphlne sniffs when
ever anylx»dy speaks about it. She’s
got th«» most eloquent sniff you ever
heard.”
“What B«'ems to be th«' trouble??”
asked the Intimate friend.
"Annabel,
chiefly," answered the
I
lucky dog. “They haven't any obj
tlon to my marrying ami they'd Ji
as soon it would be Annabel as ai
txxly else If sb«1 were only another ki
of person. They ail admit that «
has her points, but she's so deficient
so many other respects, according
their ideas. They're going to try
like her. but they f«x"l It's going to
a good «leal of a strain on them. Fun-
ny. isn’t it? It came awful easy to
me.”
"What’s your mother’s objection to
her?”
"Mother thinks she Isn't good enough
for me. She had set her heart on some-
lx»d.v altogether different. She thinks
Annabel's extrnvngHnt, and she wishes
she was more domestic in lier tastes,
She says matrimony Is a very serious
matter.”
"Isn't Annabel domestic?”
"I never asked her." replied the
lucky dog. "Ito you think I should
have done so? Honest, though, I don't
care whether she is or not.
I f We
find we can't k«H>p house we can always
board.
It's my private opinion that
Annabel can «1«» anything she wants to.
I taught her to cast as well ¡is I can
myself in l«‘ss than a week last sum-
mer, and you ought to see the game of
billiards she plays. She's a wonder.
Do you mean to tell m«‘ a girl Ilk«' that
couldn't learn to make a measly
of bread if she set out to do so?
het your sweet lif«' she can !"
"How about extravagance?”
•'That's tlie way I like 'em," 1 said
til«' lucky log. "What's th«* use of
making money if you haven't got a i ca-
palil«1 wife to xp«‘ii«l It for you? of
«ours«’.. I'm a fairly uo«‘d siin.’le-h:ind«'d
spendthrift. Inf I'm not in the same
. ! «*•' as Annabel. My work to marae,
she'* an artlat. ! «•an g«4 more «jt a
t.c tlot «.«t bin* her •ratter the mln
tlcui I < an ib g It m s f. ■<■ t ni a»
li
♦ her *i!t> ml that j *it el tUe
•»
a t for the ed in other past tenses. Another new rule
to drop the final e after lv or rv Is akin to half-forgot
ten former rules. We are to resolv to cnrv our mother
tongue into mincemeat. Finally the terminal lee is to
become Is, when the accent does uot fall on it. Upon
sen Is of sulptoana we are to repair to the editis where
Justis is administered.
These persons are neither lunatics nor Jokers, They
actually think they are carrying on a great reform In the
art of biters. They go on writing their own letters tn
Jargon like a piper marching and playing alone ahead
of a tropp that sits on the ground and laughs at him.
What would be their emotions if they looked back over
a path without a single follower cannot be guessed, But
reformers never look buck.—Minneapolis Tribune.
MURDER AND THE DEATH PENALTY.
HAT is to be done with those who commit
murder? The laws of most countries reply
that they should be put to death, On the
other hand, there is a strong and vv ide-
spread sentiment that, no matter how
heinous a man's crime, the State is never
Justified in deliberately taking his life.
’i'hfs sentiment has found expression in the laws of sev
eral American States and of two or three European coun
tries, where murder is punish«*«! by Ilf«' Imprisonment.
In some States where the death penalty was abolish"«!,
so great an increase in murder followed that capital pun
ishment was teetored.
France has passed through a similar experience. Al-
though the law was uot repealed, the I’ri'sident always
commuted the death sentence to life Imprisonment. A
littl«' more than two years ago a parliamentary «««minis-
slon rt'commended the repeal of the capital punishment
law. But the number of murders was growing so rap
idly that the national sentiment changed, and the pro
posed law was not passed. President Fallieres lias rec-
ogniz«*d the present public opinion, and, in conformity
with It, signed four death warrants early in January,
For the first time in years tlie guillotine was used.
1 tenth was once the ordinary penalty for felonies.
Blackstone cites 1G0 offenses thus punished, ranging front
the unauthorized felling of a tree to high treason. Now
only four crimes are so punished In Great Britain, in
cluding, besides murder, violent piracy, treason, and de-
structlon of public arsenals and dockyards, in the Unit
ed States the list of capital crimes Is practically the
same.
But he who sheds man's blood has his own blood de
manded of hint less frequently In the United States than
In any other civilized country. There are no trustworthy
statistics, to be sure, but it is a well-known ami lament
able fact that in a great number of cases the murderer
Is not detected; in some parts of the country, although
the perpetrator of the crime is known, he is not arrested ;
In States where the laws are better enforced the prose
cution fails to convict; and finally, the convict frequently
evades the gallows or the electric chair.—Youth's Com-
pa nlon.
"What objection do your sisters
make?” asked the intimate friend.
“Henrietta Bays sho hasn't any
Ideals high Ideals. She doesn’t think
Annabel's at all intellectual. Annabel
says slm thinks six foot one and a half
is high Meal enough for any girl.
I
thought that was pretty go«xl—what?
Maud takes mother's view. Aunt Sera
phlne thinks Annabel's giddy.”
"She may get over it.”
"Annabel or Aunt Seraphlne?' asked
tho lucky dog. "I hope Annabel won’t.
If she does she won't be Annabel, and
I think that would be a 1 real mis
fortune. But wouldn't all that Jar
you? Here's me! Ix>ok at t me. You
know Willie. Wlmt would I I do with a
domestic, idealistic, metaphysical, «x’o-
notnlcal. pensive pasty paragon? What
would she want with me? No, air. I’ve
got a mighty odd goo«l-l«x>klng girl who
knows how to put clothes on herself
ami flirt and play tennis and golf. She
can pi« k a banjo ami dance anti Bing
ami almost anything Is a good enough
Joke to laugh at with her. She's a
level-headed little woman, too, when
you get down to cases and don't you
lose sight of that. If sh«‘ isn't good
enough for me w hat would you recom
mend?"
"It certainly Is funny how they are,”
remarked the Intimate friend, ambigu
ously.—Chicago Dally News.
The l’e«llwree of the Shirt.
Why does th«' being we call a “gen
tleman” wear around his neck a band
of spotless whiteness an«l unbearable
stiffness, nt ills wrists similar Instru
ments of torture and befor«' his cluf*t
a rlgl’lly starched linen plate? No one
outside of a madhouBe wouhi call these
articles of apparel agreeable. There
is for the custom n<> reason at all
drawn from comfort, hygiene or use
fulness. There Is, however, the ghost
of a dead reason. <»nce upon a time a
"gentleman" was presumed to do no
work, and he dress«s1 to show tills by
putting on these visible signs that he
never soilctl his hands, sweated his
n«‘< k or bent Ills noble back, It mat-
ters not that we no longer believe In
We
this definition of a gentleman,
dhl b«'lleve once. Its ghost rules on.
No mail Is bold enough to appear In
six'lety without this lni|His.sible har
m's. <tnly 11 professional humorist
like Mark
Twain or some one who
wishes to pose iis a mild lunatic dares
rebel. Addison s.ilil that the man who
wouhi clothe himself according to com
mon sens«* would find himself -in Jail
within a w«'ek. Frank « nine in At
lantlc.
!««!»( It« !>♦•••••»
\ tmjliTa.'c UP ! fe. «Ule In Ite'i’eV.
tinti! li«' «I i«" d •lfcli K fllke* >«ti e-'irfh
llallas \c"s
THE ONLY VICTIMS.
J
West Africa Is known to all navi
gators for Its few harbors and its
heavy surf, which at certain seasons
rages like a battle, defying the white
man who would approach its shores.
The author of “The Jungle Folk of
Africa,” R. H. Milligan, tells of a suc
cessful, and to the observers an amus
ing, effort to reach shore at a point
where the surf did not seem to t>e ini-
passable.
One day, when the beach seemed
much better than usual, the captain
and the ship's
surgeon ventured
ashore. The captain afterward narrat
ed the adventure of their landing to a
small but enthusiastic audience, He
said that after waiting outside the
surf half an hour the head man sud-
denij- gave the order, and in a moment
they were In the breakers, riding on
the top of one of them, and speeding
toward the shore at the rate of “seven-
ty miles an hour.”
The captain was in the bow of the
boat, well braced and cushioned But
when the boa struck the beach with
the force of a railway collision, the
doctor was thrown violently over two
thwarts Into the captain's bosom, whom
he clasped about the neck with a steel
like grip.
The next moment another breaker
picked the boat up and hurl«*! It ujHin
the beach, throwing both captain and
doctor to a )>erfectly safe distance,
where they sprawled upon the sand.
The doctor, still hugging the captain's
neck, and very much frightened, ex
claimed :
"O captain, dear captain. Is there
anybody kllle«! but you and me?"
A
Quem'ii
Will.
Queen Adelaide, the wife of William
IV, was a woman of great piety and
exceptional humility, which was shown
In the directions for her funeral.
“I die in nil humility,” she wrote,
"knowing well we are all alike before
the throne of God. ami I request, there
fore, that my mortal remains he con
vened to the grave without any pomp
or cerem«»ny. They are to lie moved to
St. George's chapel, Windsor, whore I
request to have a quiet funeral.
"I particularly desire not to be laid
out in state, and the funeral to take
place by daylight ; no procession. the
<o‘h:i to tie cnrrl«'<l by sailors to the
chapel, 1 «lie in peace ami wish to be
cntrl«*! to th«’ tomb in peace and free
from the vnnlllcs ami pomp of this
«V’WbL
London Home News.
Yc*H i»'«’ b ys ■’ igiit they were
a?.«*«»'!.
rati nWay from heme, but
0
h«re • f !*•«• life • »11 id«' so mu li hard
t «r ««««ley thai>*«r f«r th* parents
«outlet tj*< y
I«« «* »r ♦» tiiAir
i it M W
tuet Y»U>.
I dulit tun
0
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Some of the niixm's mountains are
M000 feet high.
Turkey exports goods to the value of
about $100,000.000 a year.
Princess Albert of Belgium Is said
to l>e the happiest wife in the court»
of Europe.
There are more doctors i>er capita
In New York city than anywhere else
in this country.
"'1'rial Marriages” were discussed at
the recent congress of Russian wom
en at St. Petersburg.
It is only within the last ten years
that tropical fruits like bananas and
pineapples have had large sale In Ger
many.
The foreign commerce of this coun
try fell off about $500,000,000 last year.
The greatest decline was noticed at
the Atlantic ports.
Mrs. Keith Spalding, of Chicago, has
given $18,iHl0 and forty acres of land
to be used In establishing a tuber
culosis sanatorium at Naperville, Ill.
The Australians eat an average of
129 pounds of sugar each year, tha
United States sit |M>unds, Germany 3H
pounds, France ,32 pounds and Great
Britain SI pounds, but in the latter
country the ratio Is going up.
Owing to recent raids ii|>on “blind
tigers” b.v the police authorities, the
city of Savannah. Ga., is the possessor
of about 20,000 gallons of whisky, be
sides much beer, wine, champagne,
etc. It can neither be sold nor given
away.
Figures Issued by Manchester Uni
versity point to th«* fact that women
graduates rarely marry, Out of 500
women who have taken degrees only
slxty-four have married, Twelve of
these married graduates of the same
university.
Mrs. Russell Sage Is said to pay the
heaviest tax of any person in the city
of New Y’ork. The tax books show
that twenty New York women are as-
sessed for upward of $17,000,000, and
more than a score of others are re
quired to pay for $250,000 to $100,«
000.
Mrs. W. J. Beggs, now of Seattle, la
said to have produced the only rose
She was
absolutely without thorns,
for several years a neighbor of Luther
Burbank In California, where she
studied his methods, The bloom of
this thornless rose Is reported to be of
unusual beauty.
The Grand Duchess Sergius of Rus
sia is to found an establishment In
Moscow which is to supply district
nurses for tho poor.
The grand
duchess, whose husband was kllle«! by
the terrorists, is to live In one of the
buildings devoted to the work, and
other titled men and women will also
dwell near her and help in the work.
A bill hns been prepared by Chari«*«
Francis Adams and intr«xluce«l in the
Massachusetts Legislature to provide
that there shall be no alteration or
change in the name of any public way,
stre«‘t, place or square, or of any pub
lic park, where the name alter«*d or
«•hanged has Iwen In use for twenty-five
years, without the consent of the High
way Commission of the State. At a
h«*arlng on the measure representatives
of many patriotic societies favored it.
Th«* women of Paris have discovered
a new method of stimulation in the tea
cigarette. To make one aliout as much
tea is required as would make two
strong cui>s of tea. As many Paris
women are ri'ported to be smoking on
an average ten a day. it is easy to bm
why th«' doctors should bo taking meas
ures to nip th«' fashion In the bud.
They describe It as a horribly eaBy
method of stimulation and sure to un
dermine tin* strongest constitution In a
few months.
Canton, Chinn, nt present is full of
robbers. It is said that in some parts
the people nre really afraid to go to
rest at night. Inasmuch ns it Is certain
that thieves will enter and rob the
pin««'. Accordingly some one sits up,
while others sleep. The following is
a queer criticism of Chinn’s policy by a
corres|x>ndent : "\Ve have a police
force, whose work consists mostly in
sleeping nt post or helping th«' nearby
shopkeeper to ch«»p wood or a neigh
boring blacksmith to blow his fire.”
Mrs. George F. Lowell receivM more
applnuse than any of the other speak
ers nt the recent meeting of the Massa-
chus«4ts Press Association.
Her ad
dress was on woman suffrage, and in
reply to n statement made by a speak
er pr«'ce«llng her that the women of
\morica could got tho ballot or any
thing else they wnnttxl. Mrs. Ixvwell
«aid they could, provide«! they walt«*d
tong enough. She remlndtxl them that
it took Massachusetts women fifty-five
«ears to obtain tho equal guardianship
of children, and almost as long to get
that of equal Inheritance between hus
band and wife.
Th«* legal adage do minimis non
curat lex was apparently reversed in
the Glamorgan County Court, held at
Cardiff. Wales, recently, when a work
man seriously sued his employers for
compe’isatlon for Injuries sustained
wlilla putting in a shop front, the in
juries being the result of n flea <>lte.
The claimant's solicitor nsked for an
adjournment, as he said bls client was
ill. The Judge granted the a«ljourn-
ment, but was Informed immediately
tha.t the claimant had been seen in the
nelghborhorx! of the court". Thereupon
the Judge called the case again and
gave Judgment for the defendants on
the ground that the man might have
bt-en carrying the flea for half an houf
before hu went to work.