Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-08-21
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Some millions of Frenchmen have re.
ceived q shock; not an electric nor an
earthquake one. 1t belongs to the moral
order of phenomena, but 1t has none the
less spread CONSERVATION. The highest
court in France-the. Cour dc Cessation
whose function is to decide knotty ques-
tions of law by direct appeal to the
moral principles from which all laws are
in theory derived, has declared that man,
having promised marriage to q woman,
incurs the liability to pay her pecuniary
indemnity in the event of his refusing to
keep his promise. The shock is contained
In this decision, for which the public
mind was quite unprepared. A breach has
been made in a fortress that was held to
be impregnable and everlasting, and
through this breach 1t Is feared the whole
army of Frenchwomen will march, feathers
and ribbons flying, and that they will re-
fuse to lay down their arms--there are no
longer distaffs-until new revolution
has been proclaimed In favor of their sex.
Breach of promise cases in other coun-
tries, especially in England, have hitherto
proved an inexhaustible mine of humor to
the French journalists. They have told
us again and again that the principle of
assessing pecuniary indemnity for SEN
timental damage may seem natural
enough to John Bull to whom time Is
always money. including the time spent
in unsuccessful love making, but that Ii
Is much too revolving to the instinct of
Frenchmen for it ever to be admitted in
judicial practice here. Revolving to
Frenchmen the principle undoubtedly is,
but not so to Frenchwomen. They hold
that all weapons that can be used against
the male who profits in many ways by the
unfair division of power between the
sexes are good to keep In reserve.-Paris
Cor. Boston Transcript.
An Aficctation of Earnestness.
One of the minor critics Of earnestness
says in a late English magazine: Women
are much more bitten with this earnest
mood than men. Was there ever such an
age as ours for societies, guilds, fedora
tions? Many women spend their lives at
committee meetings."
And so the writer runs on. The truth
that seems to shine out Of all these mists
| of doubt and despair is that 1t is the little
earnestness, like the little learning, that
is dangerous thing. That is to say, 1t
is the shallow earnestness, if one may so
term it, the pretense, affectation or imita-
tion of it which bores society. Nothing
so disgusts me" said a brilliant Boston
woman, the other day, .'as humanity en-
pose. And saying this she touched
universal truth that we all feel, even IL
we fail to formulate it so vividly. The
persons who pose for earnestness--and
they are not few-are bores; but they
who have forgotten themselves in true
and earnest devotion to noble ideals in
humanity are our inspirers as well as
guides; they are the men and women who
not only interest society but who make
society. They arc the poles around which
society centers. s.-Boston traveller.
A WARNING.
The modes of deaths approach are
various, and statistics show conclusiyeIy
that more persons die from diseases Of
the Throat and Lungs than any other
ltis probable that everyone, without ex-
ception, receives vast numbers Of Tuber-
Gle Germs into the system and where
these germs fall upon suitable soil they
start into life and develop, at first slowly
! as Is shown by a slight tickling sensa.
5ion in the throat and II allowed to con-
inue their ravages they extend to the
ungs producing Consumption and to the
Aead, causing Catarrh Now all this Is
dangerous and IL allowed to proceed will
in time cause death. At the onset you
must act with promptness; allowing cold
to 60 without attention Is dangerous and
may lose you your life. As soon as you
feel that something is wrong with your
Throat. Lungs or Nostrils, obtain q bot
tie Of Boschee's German Syrup. 1t viii
tive you Immediate relief