Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-26

ever, and any and every act of the Governo
 and legislative assembly of the Territor,
 providing for the registration or voting bJ females" is repealed and aRnulled
 It is asked now if the principle of inoeula tion is good in one disease why not in anoth. CT? It is claimed by a Dr. Friere of Ric
 Janeiro that inoculation with the virus o1
 yellow fever is protection against that dis
 ease. The Louisiana Board of Health anc
 the New Orleans Cotton Exchange are about
 to send a commissioner to Rio Janeiro to in
 terview Dr. Freire and find out if the reports
 of his success in this matter are correct.
 The Savannah News says that the health
 officer of that port has inquired of sea cap-
 tains from Rio and the information they give
 is not fattering to Dr. Friere, inasmuch as
 those who have been inoculated by him are
 as liable to contract yellow fever and to die
 with it. as those who have. not been so
 treated
 Lord Tollemache, who has just completed
 his eightieth year. is said to be the model
 English landlord. He possesses about forty
 six thousand acres of land in Cheshire, and
 during the whole of the agricultural depres- sion, from 1877 to 1885, he had neither va
 cant farm tenant in arrears His es- tate in Cheshire has, during his lifetime, been cut up into farms averaging about 200 acres in extent, his lordship considering that a thrifty farmer with sons and daughters could do excellently on 200-acre farm, while he would suffer severely on smaller holding. Tn crrJo t<I I,,oo H. l, that size he built, rebuilt, between fifty and sixty farmhouses at the cost of e14S, ,OOO, each of these homesteads costing about e2,- 800. In addition to this Lord Tollemaehe has built 260 cottages for the accommodation of the laborers In regard to the education of children on his estate aa anecdote is told of his lordship's practical common sense. Lord Iollemache was anxious to provide mixed schools for the education of the farm CTS and laborers' children; but after the had been erected at considerable expense he found that the tenant farmers objected to send their sons to the same schools with the laborers' children. Having listened quietly to the masters complaint the aoble lord said: "There is only one way out of the difficulty; will send my own sons to he school" For nearly two years Lord Tol- emache's children attended the school, and. heir father adds, Ito their undoubted ad- vantage."
 The Supreme court of Illinois is to be alled on to decide an interesting question During the trial of a case in Chicago the ! ther day an important witness was asked | whether he believed the Bible was inspired. l ie said he did not. The lawyer asked him | 7hether he believed in the ever living God. | le said he did not. The court then ordered | Il adjournment. When its session was re- amed the unbelieving witness appeared in ne court room, escorted by number of the lembers of the "Society for Ethical Gull Ire" and carrying an armful of books. In eply to questions from the bench, he said he l idnt know whether there was a God or not, r whether there was future state of exist nee or not; he had no positive belief about le matter; he neither affirmed nor denied; ! g simply knew nothing about it. At the 'me time, he considered the oath binding POI hia $ s0nseisaRese s iae e s State hat was f- cvtrrs-r TOT the uerense gave rnie1r fea- ,ns for objecting to Prussing as an incom- etent witness, and Prussing gave his req ,ns for thinking them unsound in their law. mong other things he quoted this provis- ,n from the present constitution of Illinois, lopted fifteen years ago: "No person shall g denied any civil or political right, privi- ge, or capacity on account of his religious pinions." The judge then ruled that Prus- ng was competent to testify. the defense oted an exception, and the point will go to ae Supreme court of the State for final ad- l0icatiou.