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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1875-03-26
EexAMINERs, NOTICE.


The undersigned having been appointed
Examiners. b} .tie GonioiafeHcfs 81 Mont
g0mery county lenseertain whether publi"
con yeuiener requires the opening o. public
roi,d beginning a Oak Hi sehoohoage and
chprcb rnnnipe on o. Hfaf The line Of u.
! Slptflemeyef and 9 " . H. Smith TO HE
Land Oft v Cooley thencr on or near The
line Of said Cooley aud Smith 70 the hand II
john Jones: hence On said Jones hand to
the hihA Of Wm 7 IiicHmln; thence on the
land Of atiA iiiei:mth with lbe linz Of d. 7
RemaNnfg 70 fhe tud 81 VIM +. Veirs
thence ou HE Land Of said Vrirs o the hand
oi J " Reed: Thence on The nnd of said
l;ccI TO lhe putin goad lending FINN Poules-
giiie 70 Whitos Ferry and near The store on
said rond At NariHshuHg
HEREBY GIVE NOTICE 10 ~ interested
bat lher will meei at Nariinsbnrg. on
NOA-HAY, He 20h daB y Uoreh. 1878.
az he hour Of 10 oclock. a. 81, to execute
The commission as aturctaid
GRO BREWER
JOSEPH WHITE. Of b.,
feb 2G--ld LEONARD l. HAYS,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1875-03-26
Mechanical Editor OF Scientific American.
ExAMINERs, NOTICE.

The undersigned having been appointed
Examiners by the Commissioners Of Mont
gomrrY county, 10 ascertain whether The
public convenience requires a change in HE
county road between the southwest corner Of
Mr. james p Binys' farm and Piney Branch,
o. the road running from the Darnesfown
road 10 The CANDLES MIL road so as to run
said road on the dividing lines of the lands
Of N r Ofifil, Mrs. Mary Almoney and Mrs.
Mary VI. Dodds--
HEREBY GIVE NOTICE to all interested
that they will meet on the premises, on NON
D4K l2th Of april 1875. at the hour Of 10
O'Clock. A. NJ, 10 execute The commission as
aforesaid.
HENRY BRADLEY, Jr.,
JAMES GtNGLE,
JOS y BAILEY.
mar 12-id Examiners.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1875-03-26
EOR SALE Or EXCHANGE

ENOR A SUITABLE PLACE n MARY
Il LAND, and take balance IN money
cash. oron easy payinenis--A GOOD FARM
%: 2f2 ACRES; good House. fair Barn good
fences good Orchards, good land, 20 Acres
in Timber on public road 81 miles from
harrisburg. West Virginia desirable
stock or grain farm, we'll waiered and no
rocks Apply to
"OWNER,"
feb 25-it Box ~, New Windsor, Nd
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1875-03-26
III oETOH .

vElHE PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing
4 between the subscribers. doing busi-
ness ri Germantown Station Nd under the
name and style Of John u Gassaway, IS this
day dissolved rs mutual consent Either
parts is authorized 10 make settlements All
persons indebted TO this House are hereby re-
qucsfsd 10 come forward and settle their ac-
counts promptly.
Signed, JN0 II GASSAWAY,
JNO. A. BAKER.
Germantown, Nd, March /, 1875.
gzs- The undersigned will continue the
business as usual.
mar lg-tf JNO. II. GASSAWAT.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1875-03-26
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.

EENHE HEIRS Of John Young, late ofMont-
b gomery county, 1esire to sell their farm.
exchange it for Rockville, Georgetown or
Washington property. Tie farm contains
1876 Acres Of Land, more or less,
THIRTY I'VE Of which are in frsl-rate TIM
ber There is II Brick and Stone Dwelling OF
ten rooms on the farm, good Swiizer Barn.
Brick Servants House, aud al other neces-
sary buildings.
There is never-ftiIing Well at the door.
and running water in every field. The soil
Is iirst-raie. and the property is conceded by
all to be among the most desirable of Med
lev District.
For further particulars. apply to
AMOS 5. Young,
feb 26--2m Poolesville, Nd
, 1875-05-17
MuELL1 r.

]4aAE ~ 4A49 9AOA634ANOs
With dosiEa to know as much about ths Sub
joot ~ might 10. visit was nndo to Mr. Mucl-
io.'s yard, neAr the Gsa.Works. In Cincinnati.
Here Ia. pcrhaps, tue most elaborate yard In
America, certainly In ste West. 11ugs travelling
dcrricka walk out o.1r the boats as they llo Ut
the wharyos. and, picking up Tie locks, carry
them on To tho saving building, ~ ono would
tuck paper bundle undcF one'a arm and
walk away to dinner. Enormous quantities Of
atono woso pilod up on eyery aide, aud IN all
shapes and wo.SAts ana q large building was
alled With blocks Of stone undergoing Tie
cutting process, Almost tho lrst object that
struck tho writer's eye wAs = great block andsr-
going tho cutting NECESSARY 10 Lstng 1t down TO
liz nropcr dlmeustons. II mas In tho rough about
AZ ,uchoa thick, aud the rlau Of tho cuttlug WAS
to get out two slabs, each ncarly or quito 20
inches thick, TO do luis tho frame was running
three ssws through the block, one about an iuch
or IN inch aud half from. tue edge the next In
ths contra Of the block, tho third very close to
tho other edgo. BY this method tho cuttos Was
getting TWO imperfect blocks where 10 as'ouh
QUO Of tbs blocks would hAve ~ Isou o4se: Ehsty
sni d,stguso4l, aud t4e o;her block would hsYe I
clsv edge, a,l tho clay holes Tor iuot holts)
would extend tnt. sne .n1ins. fnSe .ot OF IL ts9
him whets that block ~as going. ITO tho CAl-
cago custom House." Was the answer.
!" hut tlou't you know that You ars not liking
enough Oh tue Gtesssa ts iaaa!rSs n.1.a
ps,sing through ths yard. tho slabs Oh many
blocks could 10 soen stached up hero and thare,
| aud loaded On cars for Shipment to baltimore
aud other places, ~ tho workman said. - show
how tho trimming was dons, 1t may be ssll that
tho slaba Weto IN many caaea not : ioohos
thick. and in othe1s not iaebes,. There was
, 1875-05-17

"Tor instance" aatd 10, ~ tho contractor may
quarry block ~ inches from a to . now l.e
wants blocks 20 inches thtok and ho will sp!it tho
mass down tho middle At the lima @; nhon he
ought honentlY and In order 10 mako Good job
to tako OF slabs D and E from each sids. The
reason for this Ia that tho upper part Of every
ledge IL mora or less perforated With ctayholoB,
aud tho lower part tipRed With iron. whllo the
centre Ia good sound solid tsons. Tho c!sy holes
In The spt. make the nscssstties for patch
Ing, and the iron tinges tbs stone aud preEenss
= uniform COLOR"
Nr. Hanaford very prudontly appended aP.
g., 10 tho effect that hs did not charge Nr.
Afuoltor with anything ho only showed how It
tho coat Gts too we'll, and explains loo vol tho
patched atoneA and dI1coIored WAll OF ChlcaYo'a
g1oss building.
III 1ErEuKgcE TO THE FOUNDATIONS
Of Tho building, MIR. HAnafoll stated that ho
dcemed It vosY bal judg1asnt to pu: frcfstons
Oh the ground, or whore 1t would bo subject to
damp; It vAs spcr4hsbls material when Of posed
to net continually. This explained the o1foliA-
lion Of tho fouHdAtiou-wAlla In Chicago. In
answer to III inquiry. 10 said, however. that ho
could not account for the peo!iug and cracking
in Tue frueato1a noticed III Chicago, whore It vas
above tbs damp. and not in ~ exposed piaco.
Good, SOUND tEeeBtone woula not DO that; but
soeu the CL.raeo CuKtom-llouss l.sintegtAtion
can form thor own iasAa OF tie kind Of ktone
furnished BY niT. Nuclor.
7Hg CINCINNATI cusToN-nous1-
1tandinx upon tie platform overlooking ths
foundations OF Nr. uAnAfotd's building, tho
writer extracted somo infosmLtioo about It
shach may h 1t interest. Tha foundations
, 1875-05-17
CUSTOM -H0USE STONE.
ARepresentative Of The Trib-
uno Takes q Trip to
Cincinnati.
Opinions Of Contractors and Build
ers as to Bucna Vista
Stone.
When Good Tt Is Excellent,
When Poor It Is
Worthless.
A Visit to the Quarries-..How
the Stone Is Obtained.
blucllcr's Rcal~Estatc Purchase from
Old b1ullctt--.FrccZinS on
Other Bidders.
| Defective Stone Sent from Mueller's
Yard to 0hioago---Rofuso
Material Put in the
Qustom-Houso.
The Verdict.

r, m.,t.r ~ N, .,r1or. ,,n,o,+ =, N. arm.
tion NJ m t,nm,nso nub,,o h1idu1 md thc AZ,
r.nai,r,. ~ ,,7o,,, ~ f,,n,,. -, ,nnnsv ~. ,>oo.
nj, fool an fnt.n.o md vial intcroat and pcyor
il, ,nvIh;nv of tho lind hen ~ foIo,hIv
brousbt to noticc "A II, thu case Of the mart Of
court. .uou.o. the boeinnjnc of . Cu.ton'- House
and In, fr,crn,nt of a po.t.(,4ico occunvlnc Nh,
rronna no,r .hs nrand p,cino.
II voa thc of1co NJ Tux rnmr.y ia first t,e.
.c,ihs ,ho Tar1t. ~ H.. .tn,, .r.ck h, ,re,.
.s". +. ~. *a,s, aa.a.s,:.;"., - ~ ~.
"on ~ "1a 'ne 'o'ns Iomu''s''o'. " III tn'
morning pApota to speak Of matseso Just Al
thcT stood rlthin tho iuclosure. The
recital ia net = nlcasant ono for cit-
iz.,.. u .or,p+i.e. ,rnrr,n.r fo,,da.
t'ono' oe'ec1'se "oF6maos"P' enormous @''a
uHcic1H expenditures OF tuoucy; anu. last Ind
, 1875-05-17

2HE EOS1R4EEs
In reference to tho contract which 1ss e. !,
Mr. Mueller thoro II one circumstance whl =. +,
though 1t has been rofo.rcd To In the :, 70.
s'nlns needs to 10 put on limo vita tn +.
hbove mentioned to mAko tcrn aud tbs 9 ~;
s..nce itneif easy to be undo:ssooa. h,::
meant Ia this: When tho blda for tho sta.,,.
tao Chicago Cnston-1iouso were invited. ~:
stana ster1is.,mept got forth tl,as tbs dnouaions'
a. 9., no on up to 200 cubic feet, nhich es,s.
llfatst sto.,ln intcn1cd to bo used. ios
tvsraEn bidder, making bis. estimate Ia tia =.
:" nature. cou''1 onlY cafsul,to for each Nit
1o.oot and how many 2o0-foot !socka Voc
cset; for tho Adyert.a'nmen3 said notau5.
nuIh'es 1..es Of each, even approximately. SIP
t,e',, ,;'s - hat tue everage bddsr put his 6gu!t
Lie nm Hest aize II 85 cents per foot, aud
| Etaued sang up TILL ho reached THO zt>0-;'
blocks. s!lese, ~ eEofy contractor ltnows, ;...
vorv troublesome md expensive thing, !.
hcndlo. II .e bids on them at tho san,s tats
which ho ~oul> furnish ono Or two, ho veryll.,. -
" may ret ~ s,2nres a. high as ss or eyou Il
| per foot. When N,o Award c7mos to 10 mad,
thu governing power p.oeeoa' TO
| an'l brings ting common b1ddor In position OF
| offering to furnish tho stoae At 40 aver
! ago pFIco. Of porba7s IS per foot.
'surposo, for moment. that ono bill.
eaoi, s:ze will be used. Iio proceed. to bid 13g
per loot for all VI ones up 10 fOD feet fl IN to I'D
feet AID $l.4711 un to 200 feet. averaging hi.
bids mnkes 1t appear that he will furnish tia
stone q. $1.37;z per foot, and hfa bid IL accept
Cd. Bus il tho srhedulc 10 fitted to tho bids, i
| will To seen that the average prico OF evorY
stone per foot, II calculated according to tile COM
1non idtler'n prices would larc Ieon lrAs than
sig); whereas t4o MN who knew Tor hid Just
~ II Ia knos) gets al.30 fot Lis ama,lest sszea.
Nl4y tt'o numbers Of each size wero not given
out with tho bids must probably remain . secret.
It in ~ e;haps TOO much to say that Multett mad n
colluaicn with Mueller, but II Ia strange how
niccl, h1ch an explanation of tho matter makeA
everything tit togethsr-how It harnontzes tho
necuarltles Of Aroller's bid with tho sala oi
| the farming land Il mora than $1,000 per acre,
| and how It explains s1ulosts hint to Goodh,le
not to lid. t,gethnr with other little thinga too
numerous to measlon lere,
, 1875-05-17
SUPERINTENDENT HaNAFoR0.

NfB OPINION OF HUENA VISTA HT0hE+
Arrived 1t Cincinnati, tho homo Of tho FREQ
stone aud tho place Of greatest experience In itB
pcrmancncy and beauty, lao wriscr aought out
Nr. Superintendent HsuAford, who il in obargo
Of the nea Custom-nonse now building for tho
GsoasY City. HI. Hanniord'a long rod beard
aud hsb!tual modsra.ioa In reply prevented eny
yesy strong expression Of Option about tho
sandstone. Ho aaid. however, that ho had used
II for building; whou good Of tho kind 1t WAS
m e1cc'!cnt material. but pooF fFeessoos Ma
about ~ poor ~ anything could bo; ha had
found groAt Cato necessary 10 prevent tho coll
tractors md quaI1ymon from passing Inferior
stono on tha buillors. lie then graphically and
clearly explained
ONE FEATURE or TEE CASE
which ia worthy Of remark. To illustrate, sho
Superintendent droW figure like thA:
, 1875-05-17
DECATUR flll.1 ITEMS,

Spsefal Uspateh ia Ths CAia1ao JH6rns
DEoAruu, ILL.,. May 15.-It was tho farmers
party that placed In5gu o. l. Bmith. Of thls jill.
tioial circuit, on tho Uauch. As s!ight return
for this act Of kindness. tho Judge h.a adjousn-
Cd tho Circuit Court for the purpose OF g(sins
tho farmers, who weso obliged to Attond tho
same, III opportunity to plant corn and potatues,
anu now they thiuk mo'o q him than ever.
Court win not meet ssaln until tLo eth Inst.
Tie 1o'aog.,u.tt suspsnisl operasIons Last
lanJs Of removing to auother locality. II It
SHOULD u,oya Awsy Il soala provo sad blow ~
tha operatives who purchased little bones In
yioiuily with ths view OF paying for than from
their earnings ip thu ullll.
Our oo.i.tors 4s. bssa abandoned .ftsr going
doHp 691 fea..
, 1875-05-17

Ths Oldest builder Aud contractor in otne!n-
pAu va said to b. Hi. II. Finptsau, OF tbs hsm
Of u, Finnigaa h bou. On calling upon h1n'
stt,z returning v OiucnnsA fEom the quarry.
ha ~ found 10 ba NaomsataEil5 1t lsAu1s, and
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-05-28
EARLY EDUCATION

So much of the success of the non
success in Ifs in after years depends
upon early education, that this sub
ject assumes degree of Importance
which no parent, teacher or guardian
should be unmiudfuI of. The small
est part of our education is that which
we derive from the text book.
Observation in the world great
contact, and in the earnest battle OF
life, is man and woman's best educa
tion. The difference in mems char
acters is very strongly marked,
Some men are weak and timid, real>
ly accomplishing nothing worth men
tioning in the whole course of their
lives. Others yield to no threat or
difficulty, and go straight ahead,
prostra:ing whatever opposition lies
in their path. A good deal ofthis is
owing to early education.
The child brought up in luxury al
most always realizeS an im0ecile
manhood. Plant an acorn ia a flow
err pot and rear it in a greenhouse,
and though it grow up in the form Of
an oak, it will be quite unlike that
reared amid the SHOWS and the storms
of the mountain top. In nine cases
out of ten the education which a man
gives himself is, after all, the most
important. One Of the worst foes to
the success of most men is the indul-
gence of a habit of indecision.
Nothing is more enfeebiing or de-
structive of mental force. The man
who never commits himself, who is
always delaying and who never makes
up bis mind, gives others the impress
ion that he has little or no mind to
make up. The only remedy for this
apparent want of capacity is prompt
ness.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-05-28
THE O WI.

The most wonderful thing about an
owl says Josh Billings IL, the sollum
importanceof the whole kriiter, as he
sits on bis perch, looking over the
world he seems to OWE.
Next to neYl y elected Justice of
the Peace, seated on the bench,
with poor cuss before him charged
with stealing loaf Nv bread, the owl
has more rare and unfathomable wis
dom in his face than emmy thing an
cient or modern.
| have locked at them half an hour
stiddy, until wuz ashamed Nv my
impIdens, to see if they winkt, aud
| never see them do it.
would thank some one to tell me
if an owl ever does wink, and if he
duz how often?
This would be good subiekt for
some debating society in emmy of our
colleges,
Answers to this phenomena, post
psid respectfully solicited.
The owl bids his nest in sum vast
hollow ov tree and lays how many
eggs | can't tell, but sumwhere less
than hundred am sure.
This stands to reazon, and reazon
seldom lies.
Owls are not luvly to eat; no mat
ter how you fry them, they resemble
in flavor the meat of the yalIer dog,
if emmy know how hat tastes.
don't.
l have shot owls it's a good deal
like shooting into feathered pillow;
they are full feathered from their toe
males clean up TO the base Of their
bills, and when the feathers are pikt
off from them, they shrink as bad as
sum other things | know ov with cot
ton all taken out.
Owls are plenty, but don't know
as this IL emmy thing in their favor.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-05-28
GEORGIA NEWS

Three thousand pine shingles
was the yield of Wayne county
tree.
All the Atlanta cotton factory
stock having been taken, work is to
begin Immediately.
The Gwinnett Herald say shat
s., 800 in gold, belong to Mr.. James
d. Spence, of Harris county, was
blown away by the recent storm.
An impostor, claiming to be a
refugee from louisiana, has been
borrowing money from the New
nantes.
Mr. w. G. Jernigan, of Fort
Gaines, while setting out some post
last week, found a silver coin some
eighteen or twenty inches under
ground, dated 1878.
The Albany New casually men
tons "beets" six or eight inches in
circumference. Quite common in
this city from thirty to forty sinches
in crcumference-dead beats.
Harris county has not had a
tornado in three weeks, and the PEG
pie are of the opinion that another
good one would make'property "take
a rise
Its actually dangerous to allow
negroes to jump from trains while in
motion. A negro man did this near
Atlanta, striking a crosstie with his
head. 1t took half an hour to repair
the track, and delayed a subsequent
train. The head is ell right.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-05-28
CONTRACTION.

Eleven hundred vacant houses in
Pittsburg and Allegheny tells the
tale.-PiHSbWg Post.
And sad tale at that. 1t speaks
of the discomforts of crowded tene-
ments, of impoverished families, of
aching hearts. of souls dragged down
to death by biting want. Vacant
houses mean hard times, little to do,
and wages of labor shrinking. Ac-
cording to a recent exhibit in the
New York Tribune, the currency has
been contracted over seventeen mil
lions of dollars within the past four
teen months. There is no contrac
ton of taxes, however; they are
rather increased. Neither are the
salaries of officeholders and tax
gatherers contracted. Nor the iu-
comes arising from untaxed bonds.
That is getting down to hard-pan,
the great Republican financial cure
all. The people are ground to pow
der in the operation. That kind of
powder becomes, under certain con-
ditions, dangerously explosive
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-05-28
TWENTY THOUSAND A YEAR NOT
ENOUGH TO MARRY ON.

Says a New York paper: New
York is crowded with rich unmarried
men, afraid of the expense of sup
porting these gildod Butterflies
There is bachelor at the Sixth Ave
nue. Hotel, whose income is $4,000
a year, and still he says he can't af-
ford to get married. He's a proud
fellow, and says as single man he
can have the best horses, best room,
aud best box at the opera. "If |
should get married." he said, 81
should have to stint myself or over
draw my income" "IIow is that ?"
asked friend. "WelI, now, come
into the parlor and I'll show you.--
You see, ladies are extravagant now
days. They dress so much more
than in Europe. | mean, they don't
wear rich diamonds like the women
Of Florence and Milan, but they wear
rich dresses, laces, shawls and furs.
Now, I'm proud, and | would not
want my wife outdressed, so | have
to keep out Of the marriage business.
"Do you see that lady there p he
said, pointing to a fashionable caller.
eyes" "Well, she has on a S4O0
panniered, wattaued, polonaised,
brown gros grain dress, and wear
SEQ coat. She wears a $1,000
camePs hair shawl and $500 set of
sable, while | wear $40 overcoat.
She wears a $50 bonnet, while |
wear an SIS hat. She wears $500
worth of paint applique and point
augile, while | wear a Sc shirt. -
Her shoes cost Sl5, mine Sl2. Her
ordinary morning jewelry which is
changed every year, not counting
diamonds, cost $500; mine 500
"Why, how does it foot up9" "Why,
the clothes she has on cost s., 225,
and mine cost 5000, and that is only
one Of her dozen outfits, while | have
say three. The fact is" said he,
growing earnest, II couldn't begin
to live in brown stone front with
that woman, and keep up appear
ances to match-carriages, church,
dinners, opera aud sea. side-for
100000. Id have to become a
second-rate man, and live in an
eighteen foot house, or withdraw
over to Second Avenue, and that III
be hanged if | do !" and he flung
his fist down into q nice silk hat in
the excess of his earnestness.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-05-28
Chr SelarIetta 9onrnal.
Marietta Ga, Friday, May %, 1875
GO SOUTH.

The impending change.in the cur
rent of immigration begins to be I'M
derstood by every observant citizen.
Says the Memphia Avalanche $50
West" will hence be changed to Ego
South" Before the war slavery
entered into competition with and
deferred white labor. Since the war
political agitation, which Western
immigration agents turned t2 profita>
Die account, has accomplish the
same object. But this cause no lon
ger exists. Now that the people
are beginning to control their own
affairs, the Southern States are quiet
and peaceful, and the world is haste
ming to bear testimony to the genial
ity of our climate, the fertility of
our soil, the cheapness of our lands,
the vastness of our undeveloped re-
sources generally, and the superiori-
ty of our advantages for money get
ting. To the capitalist, the mechan-
ic or the unskilled laborer, willing to
toll for a reward, no section presents
such inducements as the South.
Within a short tin e we shall begin
to feel the good effects of their re-
construction.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-05-28
KILLING CABBAGE WORMS.

Every year we get new batch Of
remedies for the cabbage worm-or
rather, we get rehash of the same
old remedies, and every year, after
trying one or more Of them, we all go
back to the oldest remedy of all, the
thumb and finger. "Try again."
however, is good motto, so we now
give one more "cerlain cure" 1t is
given by correspondent of The New
York Tribune, and is this : "In
June, in going through my early cab
bages, | found one completely cover
ed with the worm. | Immediately
obtained a handful of bran and
sprinkIed it over the head. The
worms began to squirm and fall off
the cabbage, and whenever the bran
touched them, they seemed to be in
pain. The following morning they
were all dead. Since that time, on
the first appearance of the worm, l
SOW the bran. Some seasons it may
be necessary to DO it the second
time. If the worms are very thick,
it is better to take handful and
sprinkle it over the cabbage. A
hundred weight is ample for an acre."
This is simple, cheap, and easily
tried. Possibly it may be the very
thing we have been looking for.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-05-28
THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS

The Springfield (Msss.) Republi-
can calls attention TO the fact that
even in England, where the rever-
ence for the letter of the law some
times looks to American eyes like
superstition, the old doctrine of libel
has undergone notable modification
Legal maXims that once ranked high
are now obsolete. Not long since, in
case in which the publisher of the
London Times was the defendant, the
Lord Chief Justice took occasion to
comment on tho change that bad
passed upon the law oflibel within his
recollection. He said, in substance,
that it had been a gradual change !;
q process of development rather than
violent revolution. The recogni-
ton by the courts of the liberty of
the public writer to comment upon
the conduct and motives Of public
men was comparatively modern.
Things were freely written and
printed every day that, fifty years
earlier would have brought down fine
and Imprisonment on the heads Of
both writer and printer. In those
older days comment in the modern
style on the doings of cabinet min
lister, a member of Parliament, a
Judge, would have been the signal
for an ex oficio Information, with the
disagreeble sequels just indicated.
"Yet who can doubt" added the lord
chief justice, "that the public are
gamers by the change; and that
though injustice may often be done,
and though public men may often
have to smart under the keen sense
of wrong inflicted by hostile criticism,
the nation profits by public opinion
being thus freely brought 70 bear on
the discharge of public duties p The
question would seem to be quite as
pertinent on this side of the Atlantic
as on the other.