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whose sister, Mary Ashford. was muir
dered in 1917, snd whose murderer in
sisted upon his trial that he should be
allowed the right az a Briton to the an
cient Wager of Battle. Tie Court was
Obliged to allow it. His accuser, bro
ther to the murdered girl. declined the
contest, and the murderer was set free.
England was becoming wiser in those
days, and the absuidity of statute
which allowed . murderer to escape was
made SO apparent, in this instance, that
the " aeer Of Battle was abolished. 1t
was the last time the claim was ever
made or allowed in the land.
r. A new anecdote of the rebellion
is as follows: "At the close Of the war,
Gen. Joe Johnston met in Baltimore
Young man who had enjoyed undis-
turbed the social delights of that rebel~
lious city, and who said to him. We'll,
GeneraIs We are conquered, but no sub
dued.' Were you in the service, young
man?' asked the General. NO, sir, !
had not that homer Then. my friend.
said Johnston, you may ofbe subdued.
but I am
~"No, don't want mono Of your
lightning rods" said Kentucky farmer
last week. to a man who had stopped at
his house to put up a patent lightning
conductor Il amt afraid of lightning.
it's thunder believes going to knock
us all sndwise, some day." "You
don't seem to comprehend" said the
peddlar; these silver-tipped rods are
lightning rods. and the gold tipped ones
are thunder rods-just what you want.
and he persuaded the old man in order
ing up the gold-tipped rod.
EARL RUSSELL STILL NErTLEp.-This
octogenarian British statesman has late.
" published book of "reminiscences OF
his own eventful life. Among other
things ESPECIALLY interesting to Ameri-
cans, and to us on this coast, upon
which he comments, is the San Juan
Island affair. He remarks:
The surrender of San Juan Island
and the retreat from the line which
Gen, Scott had fixed of his own accord
was a serious and wantOn loss; and on
the whole, it is no wonder that the
American public should have concluded
that the Treaty of Washington is on
the part of the English Government an
act OF deference-the acknowledgment
of the superiority of the United States. !.
England has submitted; she has capitu-
lated; neither more nor less.
PRoFAN1TY.--Wea are emphatically in
the age OF profanity, and it seems 10 us
that we are on the topmost current. One
cannot go on the streets anywhere with
out having his ears offended with the
vilest words, and his reverence shocked
by the most profane use of the sacred
names. Nor does it come from the old
or middle aged alone, for it is fact, as
alarming as true, tnat the younger
portion of the community are most pre-
ticient in degrading language. Boys
have an idea that 1t Is smart to sws1ri
that it makes them manly; but there
never was a greater mistake III the
world. Men, even those who swear
themselves, are disgusted with profanity
in a young man, because they know
how, Of all bad habits, this clings the
most closely. and increases with years.
It is the most insiduous OF habits,
growing on go invisibly that almost
before one is aware he becomes an &C
complished cursor,
FORESTS IN GERMANY.-Fsw people
have any idea of the extent of forest
land in Germany. and mcst imagine
that of the Black Forest little is left ex-
cept tradition and conventional bis
ter of woodland, SO named. On the
contrary, in Hanover alone there are
900, 600 acres of wood under State man.
agement, while nearly fourth part Of
al ea of Prussia is in forest, although
half of that is in private hands. As Is
we'll kno N, the forest administration
in particular districs has long been ia :
nous, especially In Thuringia and the
Hartz mountains. In North Germany
generally the responsibilities are allotted
in districs among carefully organized
body OF officers. presided over by for
est director The (London )Garden.
Bow SHE CAUGHT THE BAIJ.-We saw
two Dixie girls trying to play ball the
other day. They were on each side Of
house, playing "Antney Over" and
when one laid back her head at On angle
of As degrees, raised her right arm back
of her head. and threw the ball just
like only q woman does throw, at the
same time singh 6 out "Antney Over"
the other girl on the other side of the
house snatchei up the fr ont part of her
dress in her hands, spread it out SO as
to n axe sort of basin out of it, spread
her feet apart, braced herself, threw
back her head, and as she saw the ball
come whizzing towards her. she shut
her eyes with sublime trust in Trov-
idence and q perfect confidence that
that ball could never escape safe lodge
ment in the capicious basin she had
prepared for it; and, about this time
whack! came the ball on the bridge of
her nose; and, as she walked off, hold
ing that nasal protuberance in her two
hands and a few little drops of red
trickling between her dainty fingers,
we heard the right short stop of the
juvenile club sing out from the other
side of the street-''foul!" And we
walked on, feeline that "Anteny" was
entirely over in that girls lifetime.-Al-
bany Democrat.
FASHIONABLE SMUGGLING TO BE Srop-
pED.--Secretary Bristow seems resolved
to put stop to the enormous smuggling
which has bsen carried on of late years
by fashionable ladies on their return
from sojourn or tour of Europe. He
estimates that fully $128. GOO 600 have
been lost to the Government by this
System of smuggling. Hereafter every
trunk and article Of personal baggage
will be closely searched. and everything
dutiable which has not been worn or
used for personal purposes will be
seized. 1t will be fine thing for
American silk, lace and finery dealers.
modistes. dressmakers, nilliners, etc..
if the law shall be vigorously enforced,
for it will compel the fashionable to
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