The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-24

of married males from fifteen to forty four years old is greater than in un- married males, and many married males will think they know why.
 A western woman who is suing for divorce stated in court that she mar ried her husband to get rid of him. She Is suing for divorce for the same req son, and yet they say women are not consistent. British India buys abroad $260, ,ooO worth year, of which the United States supplies ss.772.oOo. or about one ninetieth. The largest item from the United States is s1,ooo,OOo worth of ker- osene oil. 5~ : I At last smallpox seems to be under control in Philadelphia. Six weeks ago the necessity for vaccination crusade was acted upon, and since then over six thousand persons have been vaccinated. Saws Dr. Martin: "The experience we H & have had so far in the way of results from vaccination indicate that we shall completely stamp out smallpox before the winter months set in"
 The London Globe prints "charac- ter'' which an English servant leaving kindly gave her mistress: "In. answer to your letter, it's not bad place; the Mrs. understands her dutys. and is sivel and obliging, but troubles about getting up early of the mornings. There is plenty, and if you don't mind a place where only one other young lady is kept besides yourself, you might give them months trial. I like more society, which is why.I am leaving" s%[@s
 All the mean men don't live nowa- days. The Rev. John Mathews, who was a pioneer Methodist preacher of Alabama, has been remembered for his strict views and many peculiarities, ac- ' oerding to .'Lippincott's." His wife, who was more liberal in her ideas. was fond of dress, and once sold a bureau, and with the money bought a new hat. The following Sunday Brother Mathews, being disturbed at the beginning of his discourse by several of the congrega- tion turning to see the late arrivals, said: aBrethren and sisters, don't both- er to look around any more; I'll tell you who comes in" This he did, calling each one by name, much to the modification of the tardy members. His wife was among the. last, and when she walked down the aisle he said: Make way there for Sister Mathews. She Is com ing with a bureau on her head"
 The Baltimore Sun gives some good reasons why senators should be elected by the people. The great reason why the people desire the popular election oi Senators is that the United States Sen ate is nc, longer amenable to public sen. tirnent, it say. The senators represent politicians and political machines rath. CT than the people. They are thus made independent Of the people and find il perfectly safe to defy the public will There is another objection to the pres. ent method, and that is that the sena. torial elections interfere with the legit innate work of the legislatures, consum ing time which should belong to law making. It also has bad effect upor the personnel of legislatures. Men art elected to the General Assembly ire uuently with regard only to their fit ness as lawmakers, and it has almos come to pass, that the Constitutions plan has been reversed, namely, tha the senator appoints the legislatur rather rather that the legislature ap points the senator.
 A rather original murder has jus been done in Greece, and a woman dit 1t. A magistrate in the little town 0 Cravassaro had a dispute with his fe male servant over the cooking of tn dinner, at the end of which some harsl words were used. The woman was ho plooded, and as it turned out, vengefu When the magistrate went out tha evening she proceeded to the house 0 an acquaintance who was dealer i explosives, and when she left took wit her a quantity of dynamite that she ha stolen. This upon her return she place under the pillow in the bed of the mag istrate, attached fuse to it that le through the window to the ground be low. She waited until her master ha gone to bed, and had sufficient time go to sleep, and then she set fire to th fuse and ran away. An explosion fo lowed that not only destroyed the hous