Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-11-02

That medieval customs still pre-
vail in New York and that the form
of securit- with which Shakespeare
has made us familiar in The Mer-
chant of Venice" is not unknown, was
/ evidenced in an astonishing case
brought to light in the police courts
in which the penalty of the voluntary
cutting off of three fingers played the
chief part. The case hinged on an
agreement entered into by a bishop
and three archdeacons of the Arme-
MAN church. involving certain val
uables left in the keeping of the lat
ter by the bishop. with the understand
ing that if he did not return to claim
them within one year he should for
felt three fingers from his right hand.
while in the case of his returning if
the valuables We're not forthcoming.
each of the archdeacons to whom they
We're entrusted should be mutilated in
like manner. The bishop returned
according to agreement. but failed to
get his property. Singularly enough,
the three archdeacons showed a SUR
prising unwillingness to be separated
from their fingers. and the modern
ShylOck was forced TO appeal to the
courts for either his goods or his PEN
atty. The appearance of a plaintiff
in court in the twentieth century ask
ing that three men be forced to allow
him to cut off three of their fingers
caused as much wonderment as was
occasioned on his part when the neces-
sary order was sterHly refused.
10 no and 70 rr-har
may be expected in the line of new
treatments for various diseases. The
very latest thing here is the flower
cure" for insane patients, which is be-
ing tried at one of the city's great
asylums. Common or garden flowers
are the medium used and an extended
list of experiments are being carried
on to determine the psychological
value of various blossoms in the treat
ment of patients. Ii has already been
found that flowers are of great bene-
fit to the insane, and the product of
the large greenhouses which are main
tanned are scattered through the whole
asylum in profuSion. In some cases a
single rose has been found to be more
efficacious in its soothing effect than
opiates and straightjackets. The ben
eficial influence of flowers, while never
absent. it is asserted, varies in differ
ent individuals women as a rule being
more susceptible than men. Color in
various blossoms seems to be a prime
factor in the new treatment although
experiments have not yet reached the
point where a certain flower can be
prescribed for a certain kind of men,
tai affliction.
movement has been started here
to preserve the most picturesque of the
Hudson river scenery by the creation
of a national park. The section which
it is sought to include is that known
as the Highlands of the Hudson and
takes in the famous mountains, Storm
King, Crows Nest and Dunderberg.
The reason advanced for making this
q national enterprise is that West
Point and Iona Island with the large
reservations controlled by the govern
ment lie within the boundaries of the
proposed park and because it is a
region that teens with historic inter-
est and Revolutionary memories. A
number OF the wealthy and influential
summer residents of the territory in
question, which takes in the estates
of j. Pierpont Morgan, James Stillman,