Morning journal and courier., 1881-04-29


 nominations for Commissioners last evening
 Florida oranges have recently reached Lon don in good condition after a voyage of twenty-two days. It is said that hereafter regular shipments will be made, and it is be- ieved that large and profitable trade in this delicious fruit will be built up with England. The time of transit can be shortened at least one-third.
 The elegant fashion of wearing new gloves ostentatiously projecting from the front of tightly buttoned coats has attracted the at tention of the philosopher of the Boston Journal, who remarks that Eff it is too warm to wear gloves, it is well to let the public know by some such display that one is able to buy them. Thus kindly sympathies, which might otherwise be excited, will not be wasted"
 Some interesting statistics concerning cap- ital punishment throughout the world are printed by the London Iinaes, and appear to show special difficulty in enforcing the ex- treme penalty of the law. In Austria during the past ten years SOC persons were sentenced to death for murder and only 16 executed; in France 19S condemned and 93 executed; in Spain the respective figures are 291 and 126: in Sweden, 32 and 8 in Denmark, 94 and 1 in Bavaria, 249 and 7; in North Germany, 484 and 1 in Austria and New Zealand, 453 and 123; and in England and Wales. in the last thirty years, 665 persons were sentenced to death and 372 executed.
 Philadelphia tradesmen have been warned from the bench to be on their guard in sell ing goods to married women. On the strength of married woman's assurance that she had $1, 900 year in her own right, and would pay him in installments, one of these trades men let her have quantity of silks and other stuffs. Not getting his money, he brought suit against the woman and her hus- band. The judge nonsuited him on the ground that the husband can be joined as party in such cases only when the things bought by the wife are necessaries, that wife cannot bind her separate estate except for necessaries, and that it had not been shown that the silks and stuffs came under that head. The common law, the judge said, had not been repealed by the State statute relating to married women's property, and any one selling wife other than necessary things on credit without her husbands knowledge and consent must take the risks nothing for him.
 half-time system for little children which has much to recommend it has been practised successfully during the past six months in the schools of Galt, Canada. The little creatures spend only an hour and half in the morning and the same time in the af- ternoon in actual school work under the reg ular teachers The rest of the time they are left to a monitor whose business it is to keep them amused, and also under proper discipline For entire success this system demands clever monitor, who sing, tell stories, give kindergarten instruc- ton, and in every possible way train the children's powers of observation. Swinging and calisthenics are a part of the amuse- ments. The whole of the pupils assemble to- gether for opening exercises and roll-call, as in other schools. after which one-half of those in the first and second books, number ing here over 100, are handed over to the monitor to remain with him till the time for the forenoon recess, the other 100 pupils be- ing left meantime at regular work under the ordinary teachers. After recess the relays are changed, those who were formerly at play going to work till noon and vice versa The same programme is carried out during the afternoon, each pupil being thus kept at work for three hours and allowed to play for the other three The little ones who for merly detested school now like it very much, their health is not endangered and their prog