Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-02-13
KISSING ILLEGAL.
Other Strange Ordinances in Force In
European Localities.


European Localities.
Last year an officer in q royal regi-
ment was arrested for attempting to
get married, in spite of the fact that
both he and the bride-elect were eligi-
bic for the married state AS it hap
pened, however, his relatives were op-
POSED to the match, and had recourse
to regulation which, although still
in vogue, isssseldom exercised, and
which gives the sovereign and war of
fee power to interfere in the matri-
rnonial affairs of any officer in royal
regiment. 1t is. therefore, crime for
an officer thus placed to enter the
bonds of matrimony against the wishes
of the powers that be, and one pun
ishabie with dismissal from the army
and six months Imprisonment, but
whether the individual in question
was faithful to mis- vows or not the
writer is unaware
If you are given to political speaking
it. would be as well to be careful where
you hold your meetings, for there is
enc spot where such orations are con-
sidered treason, however loyal you
may be at heart. This is within a
mile radius of Westminster Palace
during parliamentary session, and
anyone urging government petition
in the area named can De arrested and
thrown into prison, the reason being
that members of the house might be
biased in their legislation thereby.
A few months ago a young English
man was sentenced to a fortnight
Imprisonment for kissing his fiance in
the streets of Odessa. 1t is strictly
Illegal for lovers to osculate in public
IN South Russia, and it was only after
considerable trouble on the part of
the British consul that the too
amorous youth was liberated at the
expiration of three days captivity. and
even then his sentence was committed
to fine.
If yor take your family with you CT
vacation to France you should be
very careful how you feed the baby
during your sojourn. Our neighbors
have made it punishable offense for
anyone to give solid food to an infant
under a year old, unless 1t has been
prescribed by a medical man, and
hundreds of people are prosecuted for
breaking this law every year, while
it is equally illegal for nurses to feed
their charges from bottles having a
rubber tube attached.
You must be very cautious how you
treat your neighbor in Jersey, for he
can have you arrested on the slightest
rretext, and IL he has a grudge agains,
you can bring about such a calamity
by simply giving a fictional account of
your misconduct to the nearest law
yer. The latter will demand fine,
and should you decline to pay it he
will cause you to be thrown into prison
to await trial. Then, even IL you are
acquitted on the ground that the
charge is unfounded you have absolute.
ly no claim against your prosecutor
though you may have suffered couple
of months imprisonment for nothing
Similarly in Germany you must not
insult your neighbor through the tele
phone, or he will legally claim dam
ages for libel because your uncompli.
mentary remarks may have reached
other ears TO the detriment of his char
acter
In a famous Scotch town you can be
fined Is. for throwing grange peel in
the streets; or il you happen to be in
when a funeral is passing, any police.
man who witnesses your disrespect
can arrest you, inasmuch as you are
breaking regulation OF that ancien.
city. But an even more peculiar law
forbids you to sell your body to an hos.
pital for dissection after death Some
people do SO, certainly, but they could
be punished If discovered, because
your body legally belongs to your rela.
tives, and to sell 1t makes you guilty
of fraud.-Tit-Bits.