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The Washington times., 1927-12-19
Xmas Gift Suggestions
GIBSON FURNITURE CO..
40 9th st s.. r. Line. l04
FOUNTAIN PENS

! GIBSON FURNITURE co. ,o...
40 9th ST s. +. Line. 1922.
FOUNTAIN PENS
Desk and Pocket Use
SHARPER. WATERMAN. PARKER
and other make pen and pencil sets.
WALFORD's. 600 Pa Ave. N. w.
GOOD BooKS-The Capital Book Co.. 100
Nd. Ave. N. e. Line. 4027-J.
GREETING CARDS. Orders for engraving,
tags, tree ornaments. etc. Gibson Line.
Room. Re, nse'S Ss5 St n. D. open eveninss. IL.
csRpSF r soss sbS sas. sss GG Es
tional Press Bldg.
HARRIS DRUG STORE
316 ~ So. $. w Franklin 1889
ideal gift for home. Chambers Eireleas
Gas Range. 403 11th n. w. Fr. 1888.
LINENS make most acceptable gifts. Be-
fore you decide, see ours Ehrlich's Linen
MARTY'S Cigar and 1agaz.le Store,
1135 14th Sc. N. W. Frank. 9323.
MEMS Strap Watch $3.50 value. special.
S5.95. d Alpher. 915 @ 81. n. W,
MEYER WIENER men's furnishings 58O4
Georgia Ave. N. W Georgia 3411.
|NAPoLEoN's PASTRY sHoP--Frult cake,
Ave. Col. s055-Adams. 4SOO
and r. I. Ave. al U 81. North 24I3
ONE OF THE LAEGEsTs HsSogTTMEENIs Ss s!T!yEE
OF NhG4%54HH 44s 54H 81 FoSNS 4 Y CITY
OPERA GLASSES. telescopes, binocularl
and field glasses SIS to $50. WAL
FORD'S. 300 Pa. Ave.
gifts appreciated By, col
posTER osff OeSpie co. aso spf Sdf ssSs =
|HoME.MADE FRUIT CAKE. soc per U.
pound cake. 35c per lb.: layer cake, SOC
per ID. We deliver. Col. 10442.
SMITH BROS, SELECT CIGARS.
Zoo and 1900 Pa. Ave. y. w. Frank. 26S2.
SARAH WHITLEY lCIGF RS1.
col vlrginla Ave. s. W. Frank. 62s1
SEE Cauffman .first-Best prices, pronpl
service. 81 Eye St. N. Fr. 42o7.
ISTANDARn MAKE vacuum cleaners. $lb
$50: look like new: guarantegi year re
Sam eleaneS a 10y sSop Sop i4S4 HRsP ea Ad 3 sSS
sSs SAhls at6 Sc ). Wl"s ". sIAFF Frank. 4Ss sSs2
sheets 100 envelopes,
With dhonH name > sIs and address sSn Sls
ST. BERNARD puppies. wonderful Xmas
GIFTS. 246 Maple Ave. Tak0ma PIX Nd
WIN. E. TAYMAN. 1896 PA. AVE. s. =.
Everything in Electric and Radio. Au 2743
TRAVELLING goods. English saddlery, dog
furnishings. G.. w. King. oil 11th n. w
Orthophonics or Radios
ideal home gifts. Terms within reason. Mt
Pleasant Music Shop. 3310 14th st. N W.
upp. Tivoli. Open .eyenings.
AMAs ECONOMY SAI.E--30es to 40qs dis
count on entire stock Of jewelry, watches,
clocks. silverware. electrical goods. toilet
articles. glassware, fountain pens, pencils,
novelties. etc. JULIUS H. WOLPE. 701
|i2th ST W
A, r. ZIMMERMAN ,CIGARSl,
1911 n. Capitol st. North 10l24
We HAVE suitable Christmas presents for
your pete-dogA cats canaryA parrots
schmid's Bird store. 712 18th st. N. "
AND ETCHINGS
For your convenience, open evenings until
Xmas. BUCKINGHAM'S, $40 18th N. W.
DOLLS AND DOLL CARRIAGES
A Good Selection of Other Toys
For Girls and Boys
Reasonably Priced
THOMPSON BROTHERS
|1220 Good Hope Rd. 3. r. Line. $50
The Washington times., 1927-12-19

A Belgian engineer has developed
a boiler In which steam is gener.
ated by burning a spray OF fuel oil
and air under pressure directly
against the surface Of the water.
The Washington times., 1927-12-19
ILLINOIS SOCIETY FETE

The Illinois State Society will
give a reception to its newly elected
president, Representative Henry r.
Rathbone, and Mrs. Rathbone
Wednesday night in the Fairfax
room Of the Willard Hotel. Dancing
will follow the reception.
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ANNIE FINCH

Funeral services for Annie Finch
will be held at the s. H. Hines
funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth st.
N. W., tomorrow afternoon at 2
o'clock. Interment win be in Ar.
Hngton National Cemetery.
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CHARLES II. LOVE

Funeral services for Charles H.
Love, 81, will be held at noon today
at his late residence. 1910 Euclid
st. N. w. Interment will be In
Bethel Cemetery, Alexandra. va.
Mr.. Love died in the Silver Spring
Sanitarium. Silver SPRING Nd. sat
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DEATHS

MALONE----On Sunday. Dec. 1S, 1927. at
n 40 e. M, az his residence, the Iowa
Apartments. DR. WILSON p. MALONE,
age 81 years. beloved husband Of Edith
Hysong's parlors, 1900 N St. N. w. Mass
will 6e said at st. Patrick's Catholic
Church. 10th and g SITS. n. W. Tuesday,
MARTLE-a-On Friday, December 16. 1927,
{, ELIZA CATHERINE MARTLE. aged 81
years, widow OF the. late John W. Maftle.
sE. 9. Anderson, 1874 Maryland Ave. n. =.
81 Funeral was held on Sunday. December
Is from Bethel Church. Gore. We.
The Washington times., 1927-12-19

Wagner fell IN love with Cosinaa, the daughter
of Franz List. He composed his celebrated
Siegfried Idyll as birthday offering to her and
with group Of his fellow-musicians, played it
as a serenade in the garden under her window,
Cosima later became his wife.
The Washington times., 1927-12-19
BUILDING 8 CONTRACTING a

HOME IMPROVEMENT SPECIALISTS
No cash down: make first payment in
January. 1928; terms as low az 81 weekly.
your home Heating plants installed.
$3.50 and up. complete: garages built,
papering. painting. new roofs put on. ad.
ditions and rooms built, plumbing. cleo
small. no Job too large. all work guar
anteed.i Free estimates. etc. Let us build
you a bungalow on your lot on our no
monthly payments. We viii call day or
night. Main 3h3h
The Washington times., 1927-12-19

urday. after q long illness. He was
q Confederate veteran and a resi-
dent of Washington for the past 16
wears
The Washington times., 1927-12-19
FUNERAL DESIGNS

Save Money ON Funeral Flowers
mIze en- Funeral Flowers. WFeaths and Sprays.
delivered. $3.50 up. CASH 4 CARRY FLOW.
ER STOREs, COZ l4th q SO4 I1th o. v. W.
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FLORISTS

APPROPRIATE Funeral Tokens
GUIDE Bros. Co. = 1912 r. Sc, N. w.
Artistic slgc5=apsxp xpensiys
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS

LILLIAN WILLIAMS
COMPLETE FUNERAL S76 Up
Free Chapel
Evening star., 1927-10-29
SALE--SUBURBAN PROPERTY.

AURORA Hills NEW, s ROOMS AND .
o or sso
VIII % privilege 'eoi q iS Sayins. % or viii sell at
an SicE6 6ssr. y5sss .a rsa, aFsd' Il sas station
ON LEE HIGHwAY--To. A QUICK BUYER.
NICELY e1ca ocssed ss nice frontage on Lee
in sight Of both roads Price. ST 500 each:
Sa p JkRHASS Fl 5aS ssie Ms|e zoe
VA. HIGHLANDS-NEW COLONIAL GRIN.
house large corner lot. with garige; beau
sna a % on 9sa Ssrs
ami ami 81 500: s1oo cash. balance $40, which
I large lot Tas4SS $3.50 sash 6alspGs S t. s1i,.
ton. Sunday. Also a few to rent. 30.
BERWYN.
Broom cottage and large lot charming ming
@ piete home % % With bath and electricity. heating
plant fine cellar screens 'thfopghout. built
Il cabinet. stationary Wash tubs pad attrac,
m CHAELEs Il. STANLEY, ~
JEFF FERSON PARK, VA.
Exclusive, close-in location: attractive new
Groom modern bungalow; one floor. fire
place, southern front; shady. sic ping lot.
50x145. Purchaser may select decorations
er on premises Sunday. 2-5. Phone Col
BUY IN WOODBRIDGE.
5-room, new, emi-bunSalow;, $50 cash
5ro9m bunSaloMS $ioo cash SSo PEI peT
monthly. See Maynor. 1905 Brentwood rd.
FALLS CHURCH, VA.
Good Groom semi bungalow with sleep
lot, shade. high elevation: close t? cars,
schools. stores and churches: on hard road.
Bargain. 81 900. terms.
Large house. front and back poC,hes: lots
Of shade. 4 acres land win trade for nice
ington; D. G. This property is beautifully
Highway Priced at $4,000.
VIII trade good 60-acre farm. S-rocm
house anil. two fine orchards, for. NICE
dwelling in good residential section Wash
$4,000; viii take 18th other proper,'y, worth Il,
farm property must be free from incum-
brance.
Lots of nice subdivisions for sale on hard
road reasonable terms. All kinds of prop.
erty at all prices. Farms, little and big. and
acreage. viii trade farms for suburban
small trust. Call on us if you m ean bqsi-
ness, Phone Falls Church So. office: 79-J-l.
r III ANDERSON &, co
Evening star., 1927-10-29
FOR COLORED.

FOR COLORED.
For q small cash payment and rent pay
nlents you can become the owner Of Q cozy
rSss an Al oer
For particulars see FRED. CHIVES. Az
Hunt st. ne. Phi. AtL 1915-W.
Evening star., 1927-10-29
SALE OR RENT-sUB. PROPTY.

MODERN s-ROOM AND. BATH, PEBBLE
dash house. elec. lights furnace heat auto
matte water system. front and rear porrches
large front and rear lawns. poultry house
store, Il mile west Cabin John Bridge @ bar bar
owner Phone BRADLEY 206 30.
TAKoMA PARK--5 R. AND s. PoFCH
h.-w. heat. inst. heater garage. large lot
paved street: $40: price, So. 750. Other real
bargains D. LILLE Citizens Bank. Ia
koma Shep. 1892 -.-----.-------
LEE HEIGHTS. VIRGINIA.
Most attractive new modern Dutch colo
uial residence: parlor 24xI2; reception hall
dining room sun narlor 20x0: 4 t'edrooms
Nathroom large kitchen. servants toilet;
beautifully ,papered Throughout ,s awni9gsi ~ +
size basement with laundry tubs and fnr- h1r
mace: water. gas electricity. fbcartltul hx-
lures in place. Lot nearly quarter acre
large enough for Summer house. trellis
bowers. kitchen garden and small or large
fruit trees ,l-mnnte bus service u ps,5,, GeoIge
connect Capital Traction cars PrlGe yery
STONE. Room 500, 1917 st. NY: Phone
Main 700 or Columbia 8. or Lee Heights Of
flee. Clarendon 3S1 or Main 1l45. -
= COLONIAL HEIGHTS.
looking yashlnEton New N, house norohss roSms
water. sewer. gas. electricity, sidewalks.
shribbery: excellent street. Low, price: easy
terms Ono or two for rent. hVe ana siN
rooms. Three minutes walk to CAPITAL lrac-
children woNDERFuL PANORAMIC VIEW
of the Capital and Potomac VALLEY Also
lots for sale. COLIN Il. LIVINCsToNE.
owner. 1917 r St. Main 700 or Columbia 8.
Evening star., 1927-10-29

1912 JENIFER ST. NV.
Modern Groom detached house which you
will notice in the best section of Chevy
has an additional bO.foot lot on the side:
oil furnace and all latest improvements.
Owner has instructed me to sell this prop
nation. call
Edward Strohecker, Inc,
Main 354. 355. 1923 18th St. NV.
Evening Phone Service Wis. 1891.
Evening star., 1927-10-29

Six-room home in good condition and con-
yenient location: only $3.50: h.-w.h.
JOHN YOUNG. Adams 2G64. 29s
Evening star., 1927-10-29
WATER FRONT PROPERTY.
SAI.E---TOTS.

BEST BUTLDTNG Lot Buy IN CHEVY
Chase B. C., 47Hs feet by 125 70 az alley Lex
Chaa s. Muir & Co. 1403 New York ave
Evening star., 1927-10-29
SALE-HOUSES.

SALE-HOUSES. sALE-HOUSES
SHANNON & LUCHS, INC,
RECOMMEND YOUR IMMEDIATE INSPECTION OF
THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL HOME OFFERS:
Columbia Heights.
sSSs e ssss E: s 81 se s
% @ 5 Ds ] % G @ fo aup usn2n Wn as An TsTs screens
BroOkland
nfn 2ss @ Ss ssE Of e 1 pRaf' ssd r ss1 lie sussE S
1T % e % @ sns' sons vsu the rear of the 4700'
TakOma Park.
@ % = % t a.n S ssssfs trons
Spsn % t @ Win 11
Cleveland Park
a & @ hoy
e @ % Gqn sss s sn ess Yoa aHd do 3 asf q inspect @
Bureau OF Standards
astefuly
aynF @ T s eSSipp SSp nsRd & Bath sns 5 G
% % d @ sbs' io 9Fns se which, esaesu es b dR @ %
andscaDed made ~ " very nicely
Arrange to Inspect These Homes Over the Week End
SERVICE o PM
SHANNON & LUCHS, INC.
,.,x " er,rrr ,r REALTORS.
Evening star., 1927-10-29

NM, TT ,JOO.
Near Lirroln Park. A modern colonial
brick dwelling, conta lining six large rooms
and tile bath. hot-water heat. electric lights.
double rear porches, two-Car garage. This
house is now vacant and Is e-slly the best
buy in this section. Very reasonable terms
can be made.
TOHN F. DONOHOE 4 SONS.
314 Pennsylvania Ave. S. E.
Evening star., 1927-10-29

9th AND KENNEDY NV.
Groom brick home that is modern in
every particular: newly papered and painted: !:
has large colonial front porch: lot 10 very
large with Gear garage. on paved alley. An
unusually good value and can be bought
on reasonable terms.
Allan Z. Walker Co., Inc.
913 18th St. NV. Main 1000.
Evening star., 1927-10-29

Attractive new Groom bungalow.
tile bath. hot-water heat. oak. foors.
open fireplace basement attic. nu-
merous closets and every modern con-
venience Large lot with fine shade
trees. City water and sewerage. In
beautiful Jefferson Park. the acknowl-
edged peer of northern Virginia de.
velopments. Other new houses open
Sunday for your inspection. cost
81. bridse and follow upper Alexan:
.dria road to Jefferson Park. ore of
the prettfest drives around Washing
ton at this season.
Jefferson Park Agency.
212 Southern Bldg. Main 4102.
Evening star., 1927-10-29

HALF SQUARE FROM LINCOLN PARK.
152 TENN. AVE NE.
Exceptionally well built prewar construction,
beautiful Tenn ave-. half square from Lincoln
Park. Pressed ebay window brick, two stories.
Rec hall, bright living room, reception room,
large dining room and spacious, complete kitchen.
Cement lower porch. Second floor has four de-
lghtful bedrooms livery large, cheerful front bed
room), modern bath. Full cellar; excellent heating
plant; cleo. lights; buit-n garage. Owner pur-
chased suburban home, for selling $oo5O
on reasonable terms.
OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY
Boss Phelps
Evening star., 1927-10-29

Broom cottage and large lot: A charming
plete home with bath and electricity. heating
plant. fine cellar screens sthfopghout, built
in cabinet. stationary wash tubs a1d attrac-
rage. must be sacrificed. S4.750; terms.
CHARLES II. STANLEY,
TolarAh,l,. I i1,.nI
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12
EMPLOYMENT
Situations Wanted-Women

WOMAN with child, school
age. wishes position as housekeeper for
widower or father and son. Write Box
49, Herald office.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12

LOCATED family house
OF rooms to each apartment. Nice
big lot. 1t will pay you to look into
this. Carlson & Carlson, 1853 Main st,
Tel, 1917,
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12

BLACK ROCK AVE- tenement house
Of Is rooms. all modern improvements
Lot has a frontage of lis feet. VIII
be cold reasonable. Aaron Danielson &
Co.. l31 Main st.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12
Houses For Sale

BELV1DERE-Sef Drive, Beautiful 3
room cottage; car garage. Well
built: double lot. Can be bought very
reasonably. Rabinow- Raschkow Real
Estate Co.. 303 Main St. Tel. 1910.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12

CENTRALLY LOCATED-3 family house
Single house near Normal school. Both
priced to sell Middleton. Tel. sSl-14.
reasonable. New England Real Estate
Co., &76 Main et Tel 1875 or $685.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12

CHURCH sT.-3 family house of IA
rooms; car garage. Price s1o,5oo.
New England Real Estate Co., 476
Main ST. Tel. 1875 or 5GS.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12

BELDEN ST.-New family house. Is
rooms, all Improvements; well built;
car garage. This house beside being an
ideal home. has good income. Let us
show you this house. Rabnow- Rasch-
kow Real Estate Co., 800 Main ST.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12
Bv PERCY CROSBY

Copyright 1875. BY Metropolitan Newspaper servics)
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12

NAN ST. 37l-4 room tenement. steam
heat. Inq. Henry Morans. 365 Main st.
MAIN ST, As room apartment, con-
tinuous hot water; newly renovated,
janitor service. Rent reasonsbl BILE. ss7-12.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12

BELVIDERE-6 room bungalow, all
modern improvements, for sale. Call
Owner 4S0a-W
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12

IF you wish to sell or buy city property
or exchange city property for farm. see
New England Real Estate Co.. 476
Main St. Tel. 4S75 or 56S.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12

BERLIN TURNPIKE-Nice farm of so
acres, 10 room house, big barns stock
and all tools. Here's wonderful prop
osition and the price is right. For par
ticulars see Carlson and Carlson, 1853
Main ST Tel 1S17
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12

KELSEY ST.-Near new school, ) tene-
mont house. Is rooms. all modern i'm
provenents with car garage Can
be bought reasonable. Apply at SIS
QtAaaaa q ~ ~ -,
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12
For Summer
Buying and Selling
BUSINESS SERVICE
Moving, Storing, Grating

JOHN HALVARsoN, 1873 Chestnut St.
II planning to move call on me for
estimates. Tel. 4459.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12

PiNEHGRST MANOR. Our salesman
will be on the tract every Saturday
afternoon during the summer. Stop at
our land office on Pennington Ave. as
you motor through Planville and In
spect this attractive development. We
will be pleased to see you. The John
Cooke Co., Planvile. Conn. Tel. 1868
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12
Musical instruments

USED PIANOS, all rebuilt: guaranteed.
From $40 TO $500. Kovel's Plano Shop.
IS Rockwell Ave. 2l22-4.
YOUR old photograph accepted as nrst
payment towards an exchange for a
radio or one OF the new Orthophonic
Victrolas. Big allowance made. Henry
Morans 4 Sons. Tel sss-2.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12

PIANO and furniture moving and gen.
eral trucking. Get our low estimate. J.
p Farrell. Tel. Res 1926 or Office 1908.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12
Plumbing, Heating, Metal Work %

TRUSSES. elastic hosiery. abdominal
supporters. crutches. maternity corsets
and post operative corsets. Fittings at
your home. Tel. $50. The Dickinson
Drug Co.. 1863 Main St. (rear).
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12
Farms or Sale

Observation-Disclosures dwelling. family,
IL rooms. new. ready for occupancy
Priced for a quick sale. Easy terms
H. E. Christensen. Room 4. 1871 Main
st. Tel. 1921.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12
Real Estate Wanted

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE-Store and
tenement. $3.50 takes It. Tel. 437-l3.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12

WAKEFIELD BABY CARRIAGE for sale.
Also stroller. In excellent condition.
Call mornings or evenings 70 Clinton
ST., 5rd Moor.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12
LIVE STOCK
Dogs, Cats, Pets

AlREDALE DOG for sale. male, dark
brown. ~ years old. J. scarnulls 10
Wilson St
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12

EXPERIENCED
Men and women for shoe clerks for
Saturday afternoon and evening. Good
pay; steady work. Apply
SUPERINTENDENT
RAPHAEL DEPT. STORE
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12

AI Opportunities
rdse
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12

STORAGE for furniture. Individual rooms.
Dry and clean and safe. The Hard
ware City Storage. Call Z. W. Schultz.
Tel. - or A. E. Hurlburt. Tel 51S6.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

BUILDING LOTS for sale in every Sec
ton Of the city on easy terms. The
w. l. Hatch Co.. City Hail. Tel. 1900
Evening star., 1927-08-28

THE tide Of that particular revo.
luton shifted. The rebels retired
to Jimenez and reorganized. Sam
Dreben became a colonel in command
of a regiment of cavalry, composed of
former rurales and cowboys. More
battles around Torreon and Durango
with the advantage to the federals,
and the rebels retired to Hacienda de
Ia Refugio. There Gen. Campo, who
though he had an American wife. still
Evening star., 1927-08-28
Land of the Onion.

IT is said that when a ship Is ap-
preaching the Island of Ceylon de-
licious perfumes are waited to the
mariners nostrils long before the
shores come into sight, so luxuriant
! is the growth Of flowers on the is
lands. Other travellers assert that a
similar statement is true Of the Island
Of Bermuda; but in the modern in
stance the fragrance which meets the
sailors nostrils is not that of delicious
flowers, but of the more humble. use
full and nutritious onion.
The Bermuda farmer often raises
lilies for the New York Easter market,
but his mainstay is the onion. The
Bermuda onion Is the best In the
world. Nothing so good is raised in
the United States. Every year we.
import onions from Cuba and the
other West Indies. and even from so
distant a place as Egypt, but no onion
takes the place of that of Bermuda.
One reason for this is that the soil
Of Bermuda is particularly adapted to
the cultivation of the onion. 1t con-
sists largely of powdered coral and
contains the elements which are most
congenial TO the onion. Moreover. the
situation and climate of the island are
such that the farmers there are able
to put their early onions into the
markets of American cities at a time
when they are peculiarly welcome.
As result Bermuda has become
virtually one great onion patch. The
happiness of the island may be said
% hang upon the onion. When there
is good crop and prices are good. the
people are happy; when the crop fails.
or prices are low, they are correspond
ingly depressed.
Evening star., 1927-08-28
Quirks in the Law.

THAT persons have been and are
still punished for crimes under
the law Is, of course, a truism. but II
has lately been shown that 1t was by
no means uncommon for organized
society to punish inanimate objects
for crime. Among the Kookas Of
India. for instance, 1t is decreed that
If man suffer death by falling from
tree, the relatives shall punish the
spirit of the tree by cutting the tree
to pieces and scattering the chips to
the wind.
A king of Cochin China Is said to
have become dissatisfied with the way
ship was sailing and to have ordered
it publicly whipped. Within recent
times in China Is wooden female idols
we're tried for the murdet Of an army
officer. found guilty and publicly
beheaded.
According to ancient Anglo-Saxon
law sword, cudgel or other weapon
with which man was murdered was
thought to be in disgrace, and under
the law could not be used again until
the crime was expiated. No cutler
was allowed to sharpen the sword
without certificate to the effect that
1t had been freed of taint In Norway,
In recent times, such farm implements
as sickles. which had been used as
weapons to kill a man, were con-
demned to hang in the barn unused.
In an old set of municipal laws OF
Schleswig- -Holstein is a statute provid-
ing that when man was killed while
working on n building, the timber
which caused his death paid the pen.
atty by surrendering itself 10 the
family Of the victim. If the owner re-
fused to give up the timber he was
fined 9 marks.
In the town OF Uglich. Russia.
Prince Dimitri. a son of Ivan the Ter.
rible, was assassinated in 1891 The
signal of inSurrection was runG by the
town bell. and as this was a grave
political offense. the bell was banished
to Tonolsk, Siberia. by the Russian
government. There the bell lam
guished in disgrace for many years.
AT length it was reconsecrated
and hung up in a church. but
it remained in exile Finally, in
1892. after serving a sentence of 300
years, it was fully pardoned and re-
stored to its native village. In some
of the Scotch islands the fishermen
still cling to the old custom of beach
ing boat from which a fisherman has
been drowned. The boat is dragged
up on the beach, the fishermen as
semble about and curse it: then they
leave it to rot upon the beach.
A French lawyer has told how
a glacier was accommodated on ac-
count of the damage it had done to
life and property in the valley. In
English law there was for many years
statute compelling owners OF per-
sonal chattels which had caused the
death of man TO give them to God.
This was accomplished by turning
them over to the crown to be sold and
the proceeds applied to pious uses.