Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-26

grudgingly appointing in different sections of the country a few women upon the school boards, the English, with little agitation up on the subject, are quietly making innova- tion upon the conservative fashion of con- mitting the important interests of education wholly to men. At the last election of school boards in London, number of competent women were elected, after the same appeals to the electors, by voice and pen, as it is customary for male candidates to make. A still more significant event is the recent ap- pointment by the government of Mrs. James Brander as Inspectress of Schools for Madras The local government of Madras asked the government of India to request the, Secre- tary of State to sanction the appointment of women. As Mrs Brander was head mistress of the Government Normal School in Madras from 1870 to 1875 and so efficient that upon resigning her position she received vote of thanks from the Governor and Council, it was natural that she should be at which has been lately created.
 The shocking case of Raab, in Hungary, who after being hung was restored to life, has led the Medical Society of Vienna to in vestigate the method of these official execu- tions, with view to ascertaining the cause of so many slow, doubtful and seemingly pain full deaths on the gallows, when in fact, ac- cording to surgical and anatomical reasoning, such death ought to be almost instantaneous. It is the decision of these doctors that the hangman does his work bunglingly that he does not put the rope in the right spot The true way, says the Vienna Medical Society, is to place the rope above the larynx and be- tween that and the hyoid bone-a peculiar bone which supports the base of the tongue. Thus placed, the frightened moose, when the fall occurs, forces up the base of the tongue into the air-passage of the throat, tightly, like plug; the rope then enters the gap and completely congresses the throat-clos- ing it suddenly and absolutely, and thus pro ducing sudden congestion and compression of the brain, with instant insensibility, as in apoplexy. Whereas, if the rope is placed, as it often is, on the larynx, it cannot make complete compression-breath is not entire ly shut off, the vessels are not completely compressed, and the victim dies a painful death by slow strangulation.
 The Democrats say, and doubtless some of them believe, that the nomination of so good 8 man as Hancock impairs the prospect of Republican success in the campaign. It does nota for reasons which could hardly be better stated than they were by George William Curtis to reporter of the World. Said Mir. Curtis: General Garfield has also distin- guished record as soldier is well thought of in the army, and I cannot believe that Han cock will draw from him a single soldier vote that would not have been given to the Demo- cratic nominee in any event. But, besides his record as soldier, General Garfield has risen to leadership in political affairs, while Hancock is youth in politics and unversed in civil administration. Not only is this the case, but General Garfield represents the best elements of the Republican party, and his leadership is of it's best and most progressive clements. In the party of the war and of re- construction he has become a representative man, and as such will command the full strength of the organization. While Hancock simply represents the Democratic party, Gar ueAu 5 TeCoru 1s BudrdAteo U1tt1 Cuo Deou, wisest and most progressive counsels of his party will prevail Those who believe that the Democratic party ought to come into power on it's doctrines and traditions will vote for the former. Those who believe that the Republican party comprises the intelligence, the fidelity to the principle of free govern ment, and the progressive power of this coun- try, will vote for the latter, because he not only represents the party and it's acquired prestige, but he is personally representative of it's best aims and it's best thought As the canvass proceeds the claims of General Hancock and the party he leads upon the voters will grow less weighty the more they .are compared with those of General Garfield and the Republican party.