The sun., 1908-07-05
has through these hieroglyphies become
matter of history"

has through these heroglyphies become
matter of history"
A champion Of the suffragettes raised his
voice on their behalf yesterday afternoon
In the Old Bailey As the jury were being
sworn In, tho second juror TO whom the
oath was about to be administered sud-
denly exclaimed.
Il have very great and strong objection
to trying a woman"
Fixing his eyes upon the well dressed
young woman in the dock. who was in
trouble over little transaction concerning
a diamond ring, the juror, thoughtfui
looking young man, continued in bold
tones.
Il am free man and willing to do my
duty to my country, but until the ladies'
have a voice in making the laws with which
they are compelled to comply have
strong objection to trying them
The Recorder smiled and excused the
juror, but the sacred cause OF woman will
not probably in future release its advocates
from their duties in the jury box.
Croker's horses are not proving gold
mines this season, and Mr.. Croker con-
fesses himself to he the most disappointed
man in Europe. The army OF get-rioh-
auicks who put their shekels' on the Glen
eairn horses are also disappointed bitterly
disappointed. although before The season
opened 1t was hinted that Mr.. Crokers
racers were under cloud.
Mr.. Croker spares no expense In training.
and there is general wonder over the poor
showing Of his horses this year. The people
living around Glencairn have theory to
account for the failure OF the stables. They
declare that man with crooked eyes-who
possesses the evil eye. in fact-has been
allowed periodically to look az the horses.
and they believe that he has exercised his
fell powers as much over Mr.. Croker as over
the animals.
Mr.. Joseph Tatow, railway manager. at q
sitting Of the Viceregal Commission on Irish
Railways in Dublin painted an exceedingly
gloomy picture Of declining Ireland. He
referred to the dearth Of great industries
and to the declining population.
He said that in the fifteen years
from 1891 to 1905 the population had de-
creased to the extent of 292. $40. or Q rs per
cent, while during the same period the
population of England and Wales had
increased by 5.46l .l87. or 1878 per cent.
and Scotland had increased by 1926, or
1900 per cent.
But with reference to industries MIR.
Tatlow was able to hold out the hope that
they were likely to improve. The milling
trade was increasing in a marked degree
and there were great possibilities also in
the Irish timber trade.
According to Mr.. Noble, a authority
on English shipping and writer OF sea
stories which have much vogue in Great
Britain, English shipping is in bad way.
1t is q sweated industry, for. faced by the
necessity Of meeting foreign rivalry on
uneven terms the ship owner is compelled
TO use every means to reduce expenditure.
OF the total Of British vessels that make
80 imposing an array on paper 80 per cent.
are tramps, and il Is solely on the pro-,
ponderance Of ships OF this class that Great
Britain's supremacy in the mercantile
marine Is based The tramps are cheaply
and badly built. equipped and manned
The conditions Of life for sailors are such
as to discourage Englishmen from adopting
a seafaring career.
AS a consequence foreigners and Asiatics
constitute over so per cent. of the seamen.
The indifference shown by the nation toward
it's shipping trade is Mr.. Noble contends,
at the root Of the evil.
Dedham Mill, Essex, the old -four mill on
the River Stour, immortalized In a dozen
or more of Constable's paintings, has been
almost totally destroyed by fire.
Slowly but surely all the old mills in the
conatty. notable landmarks Incorporated
in the best work Of Englnnds most famous
artists are being wiped out. The other
day it was the old mill at Iff1ey Lock. painted
by nearly every artist Of note, that was
destroyed, also by fire.
And unfortunately there is nothing to
replace these picturesque structures They
are never rebuilt, for the reason that COM
mercially they have had their day and
prosaio age takes no note of the loss that
art sufers-for there Is no money in it.
The state of affairs in Venezuela, accord
ing to a correspondent of the Paris Mntin
who interviewed President Castro on May 10,
has become extraordinary. A reign Of
terror exists. The prisons are full.
The plague breaks out at La Guayra;
Castro places the doctor who dared break
the news to him in irons and still keeps
him in prison. Trinidad puts La Guayra
in quarantine. Castro replies by putting
Trinidad in quarantine. thus cutting off
the island's supply of fresh meat, which
comes FROM the Orinoco. A little later the
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