The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-07
CURIOUS LAWS
WHERE MARRIAGE IS A CRI1GE
 AND KISSING IS ILLEGAL.
No One May Hold Political Meet ing Within the Mile Radius of Westminster Palace During
 Parliamentary Session.

London Tit-Bits.
 Last year an officer in a royal regimea4 was arrested for attempting to get mar- red, in spite of the fact that he and the bride-elect were eligible for the mar. ried state. As 1t happened. however, his relatives were opposed to the match. and had recourse to a regulation which, ale though still in vogue. is seldom exercised, and which gives the sovereign and War Office power to interfere in the matrimo- nial affairs of any officer in royal regf- ment. It is. therefore, crime for an officer thus placed to enter the bonds of matrimony against the wishes of the pow CTS that be, and one punishable with dis missal from the army and six months' imprisonment; but whether the individual in question was faithful to his vows or not the writer is unaware.
 few months ago young Englishnan
 was sentenced to a fortnights imprison-
 ment for kissing his fancee in streets
 of Odessa. It is strictly illegal for lovers
 to osculate in public south of Russia,
 and 1t was only after considerable tron-
 ble on the part of the British Cohsul that
 the too-amorous youth was liberated at the expiration of three days captivity, and even then his sentence was com muted to a fine.
 If you are given to political speaiin9s it would be we'll to be careful where you hold your meetings. for there is one spot where such orations are considered trea- son, however loyal you may be at heart. This is within the mile radius of Vest minister Palace during a parliamentary session. and any one urging a Governs ment petition in the area named can bG arrested and thrown into prison. the reas so being that members of the house might be biased in their legislation thereby.
 If you take your family with you on q holiday to France you should be very careful how you feed the baby during your sojourn. Our neighbors have made 1t punishable offense for any one to give solid food to an infant under year old. unless 1t has been prescribed by medical man. and hundreds of peo- pie are prosecuted for breaking this law every day. while 1t is equally illegal foH nurses to feed their charges from bot~ ties having rubber tube attached.
 You must be very cautious how you treat your neighbor in Jersey. forshe can have you arrested on the slightest pre- text, ard if he has grudge against you can bring about such a calamity by simply giving a fictional account of your misconduct to the nearest lawyer The latter will demand a fines and should you refuse to pay 1t he will cause you to be thrown into prison to await trial. Then, even if you are acquitted on the BFouHp lHht the 'cnAFBe IS unIOuuueus you have absolutely mol claim against your persecutor, though you may have suf- fered a couple of months Imprisonment for nothing -s Similarly in Germany you must not insult your neishbor through the telephone, or he wlll legally eiaim damages for libel because your uncom- plimentary remarks may have reached other ears to the detrlment of his char acter.
 In a famous Scotch town you can be fined for throwing an orange peel in the streets. or If you happen to be in Ches- ter and omit to raise your hat when a funeral is passing, any policeman who witnesses your disrespect can arrest you. inasmuch as you are breaking q regula- ton of that ancient city. But an even more peculiar law forbids you to sell your body to a hospital for dissection af- ter death Some people do so. certainly, but they could be punished if discovered. because your body legally belongs to your relatives and to sell 1t makes you guilty of fraud.