Morning journal and courier., 1880-02-26

his past conduct can give are desirable t. | qualify him as a delegate to nominating convention. It is no disparagement of him t, say that any of the Massachusetts districts ha | citizens likely to be more useful in that capac ity."
 The Married Woman's Property Commit tee" held it's annual meeting in London re- | gently and resolved to use every means te pass law that Ca married woman's property shall be her own after as well as before mar | riage, liable for her obligations and subject tc her control" Mrs. Arthur Arnold said that there could be no complete satisfaction til they went to the root of the matter, and nc longer treated marriage as a felony, to be punished with the forfeiture of properly. Instead of talking of the thin end of the wedge, she would boldly claim equal rights for all who were born, and accept such install ments as could be obtained by making the largest demand She put it to any man to consider how he would like on marriage to be placed in position of complete dependence upon his wife. Sir Erskine Perry asserted that in every other civilized country but Eng land married women could hold separate property, and that in England the wealthy could evade the common law with the assist ance of the Court of Chancery, so that there was one law for the rich and another for the poor.
 The Hartford Post makes some encourag- ing reading for the 'sdark horses in an inter- esting review of the contests for Presidential nominations sinca TonEoon,c T, the Wings passed over the claims of their most distinguished leader, Clay, for Harrison, soldier of some repute, territorial Govern or and Representative in Congress- In 1844 Clay was nominated by the Wings, which is Of some encouragement for the Henry Clay of to-day, but was defeated by the black horse Polk, who had been Speaker of the House. Polk was nominated over such distinguished men as Van Buren, Cass and Buchanan. In 1s4s Clay, Webster, Mclean, Clayton and Scott were defeated in convention by another soldier, Zachary Taylor, who defeated Cass at the polls. In 1852 Franklin Pierce was nomi- mated by the Democrats over Cass, Buchanan, Douglass and Marcy, and at the polls defeated General Scott. Buchanan's success in 1856 was an exception to the rule, and Lincoln's in 1860 was one of the most striking examples of the victorious dark horse. The conditions under which he was renominated and re- elected in 1864, and Grants double election were altogether exceptional, while Hayes nomination in 1876 was only less remarkable than Lincoln's. Thus in forty years only once has the presidency been reached by man who.had previously stood in the front rank among the leaders and debaters in Congress, the single exception being James Buchanan
 The exporters of American meat will per haps find rivals in Australia, and this although it takes between fifty and sixty days to carry meat from that country to England. A recent experiment has demonstrated that Australian meat can be landed in London in good cond ton. The meat was kept in 8 room about 2S feet square, and the temperature maintained during the voyage wes from 10o to 15 be- low freezing point. No chemicals were em- ployed in the freezing process or during the voyage home. By means of an engine the air was drawn out of the room, washed and chilled, being compressed in the washing pro- cess, ssand then forced back into the chamber.
 
 day was sufficient throughout for the purpose. No difficulty was experienced during the voy- age through the Indian ocean and by the Suez route, though naturally some had been apprehended, 23 days being spent in the tropics. Some of the meat was occasionally used as food, and in one instance at least part of what had been taken out of the room was left hanging for three or four days in the rigging, and then found fit for use. When the vessel arrived in London the freezing and there were seen quarters of beef and carcasses of sheep with the familiar look presented by such things in the butchers shops save that the meat was covered with hoar frost, and had surroundings of snow. An excellent hot luncheon WAS served in the vessel, the meats beef, mutton and lamb cooked on board being all, it was stated, part of the recent importation. Among the viands, lamb outlets led the way, being succeeded by minced col lops. The former seemed rather deficient in bsef, olives and stewed chops. As Q climax there appeared handsome sirloiu of beef, which, as it was carried round the room for inspection, was greeted with hearty cheers, and this was followed by shoulder of nut ton. The lamb had lost some of it's native delicacy, and, though the beef was tender and juicy, it was inferior in distinctive flavor to the mutton, some of the fat of which was of rich unctuous quality.