THE CHINA MAIL.
SUF AND WORKS
COSMOPOLITAN
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TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1922.
MIXED JURY'S BEDROOM.
SCREEN OF SHEETS CAUSES A SCANDAL.
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The City of St. Paul, Minnesota, is in a state-of-upheaval-following the revelation that seven women who were serving on a jury which failed to agree were locked up for two nights in the same room sa the five men jerors
In the morning the Assize Court was stormed by scandalised citizens, hes led by the husbands of the seTEN women. One of these expressed hiz sentimrats to the judge in such terms that he was committed promptly for contempt of court.
One jurywoman, Mrs. Josephine. Brown, has given a detailed account of her experiences during the two cights. The first right," the relates
we just sat around on the edge of car beds and talked about the case until we were nearly dead. Then Lecce mentioned about going to bed. I'm sure it was a man.
The met retired to a corner, where they sat facing a wall. We Took the sheets of our beds and tried to make screens of them. Thệ we crawled in and pretended to sleep- But we did act sleep much, I assure 500. One woman talked all night.
In the morning. long before daylight to the accompaniment of } 15ad uores by the men, we got up | and dressed. The second night was
a repetition of the first."
No statement has yet been issued. any of the wives of the fire men jgore, but a newspaper correspondent wo sought an interview with them stablished the fact that one wife Lad sezed the opportunity afforded by L: husband's detention to attend a duce with another map.
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MAINLY SCISSORS LOOT.
frae of the largest "tips" aas bern received by a waitress in a railway restaurant at Council Blas, Iowa, from an English proceer rancher of Western Nebraska, who, before he Driest Year on Record. sailed for England, sent a cheque for $2,500, and the de:d to a thousand All drought records in the old cour acres of Nebraska's best farming try since the early eighteenth century land to Miss Elizabeth Hill. The have been besten during the past "tip" is the first the young woman year. London's total rainfall for 1921 bas ever accepted, and was really is only 11.60in,, which is a record for inspired by her steadfast refusal
accept gratuities,
the dryness. In 1920 23,55in of rain was ground that the believed that recorded, while the average yearly patrons were entitled to prompt and rainfall, taking the whole country, courteous service without "the pay- ment of an additional fee. "Ola from 1880 to 1919, was 25.59in. "The man Dexter," as the English rancher complete figures of the rainfall over is known, was a frequent visitor to the country for 1921 hare not yet the restaurant on his trips to Chicago been available- **There figures to sell cattle, and admired the young are
altogether phenomenal," the woman's independence, and wanted to reward" her, but she always uperintendent of the British Rainfall smilingly refused. Recently Miss Organisation told a reporter. The Hi received a letter from Mr. driest year in London of which there Dexter, enclosing the cheque and deed. is any record is that of 1796, when the "You deserve a better late than total rainfall was 16.20in. working behind a restaurant counter,”
Mr. Dexter wrote, because you are 4 Palace of Truth.
the only person who ever refused my France is threatened with a novel tipe. In Devonshire I have a wife strike, in which sectional interests and daughter buried. In memory of and public morality figure as strange- them and with my best wishes for the ly mixed motives. The intermediate future I beg you to accept these re- grades of Civil Servants, including membrances. Miss Hill eaye that directors, secretaries, and she must accept the gift because she missaries of does not know the address of the giver,
THE HUDSON ANGLO- METER.
A SHANGHAI MAN'S INVENTION.
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THE HOME LIBRARY.
EXPERTS' LIST OF BOOKS FOR
EVERYDAY NEEDS.
Speaking at a meeting of the Sunderland Debating Society, Hr. J. Charlton Dess, director of the list of reference books for the home, Sunderland public libraries, gave af which, he said, would meet moet of the inquiries of everyday life.
He list, which Basumed the
Possession of a Bible and Shakespeare,
incinded:
A recognised encyclopædia. One of the several standard English dictionaries.
A modern atlas of the world, A good gazetteer of the world. Whitaker's Almanack. "Wells's "Outline of History."
Green's "Short History of the Ecglish People."
A local history and guide. Haydn's "Dictionary of Dates," A recent issue of "Who's Who." Chambers's Biographical Die tionary, Brewer's Dictionary of Parase and Fable.
Benham's Book of Quotations.
Roget's Thesaurus of English
Words.
Beeton's Handbook of Household Management
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W. S. GILBERT'S LETTERS.
CYNICAL COMMENTS ON HIS KNIGHTHOOD,
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HOME TRADE.
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Mesers. Morreau and Spiegelberg, Manchester, report underdate May 17, 1922-
Our last report was dated May 10,
A delightful budget of W. 8. Gibert's letters appear in the February 1222 Cornhill Magazine.
CAUSEWAY
Cotton. The prices of "spot" and Writing in January 1907 about the "near months" continue to advance knighthood that was to be conferred on bad weather reports from the
on him, he said: "It is a tin-pot twopenny half-penny sort of distinct- Cotton Belt. ion, bat sa na dramatic suthor as Liverpool prices such ever had it for dramatic American FM. Spot May June July authorship alone I feel I ought not to Testerday.... 12.22 11.92 11.83 11.78 refuse it
Possibly the King Last week... 11.75 11,40 11.37 11.35 may forget all about it (which would Egyptian not cause me a moment's annoyance), but those who know about these things say it is sure to be.”
Sakellari-
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Yesterday.... 18.50 17.80 17.85 17.90 Last week..., 18:00 17.20 17.30 17.40
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MR. T. JAY'S EPIGRAMS.
MOSEY, GOLF TAXES. POLITICS AND THE SCOTS.
WEATHER REPORT.
Jone 20d. 11. 57m-PSITE has increased considerably over N, E. Japan, modemtely from Wladivostock to Weihaiwei, and slightly over S. W. Japan.
Changes are small in south-western districts.
The depression over S. W. China re- mains unchanged.
Hongkong ninfall for the 14 hours ending at ID a. to-day. 021 inch. Total since January at 1080 inches, against an average of 33-57 inches.
Forecast for the 24 hours ending at toon on June 21, 1994.
IF (778-170%
wirds
fresh, squalls: overcast, Occasions: rain-
-Hongtag to p Rock. winds, fresh, equally; overcast Oc. casional raiz.
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3:-DOUTE COase of China between Anockone #nd Lamorine S wieds, fresh, qualy: overest, oc casional rain.
4-DOE et of China between Anekane
and
winds fesh squally: Overcast, oc casional rain,
Bintoni S.
ROYIL OBSERVATORY,
HONGKONG.
DAILY WEATHER KEPORT.
JUNE 20, 1992-0.
Wied
Station.
Vľdivostock Semara askodate - Tokio
Lochi
Tiour.
Ros Laval,
Barometer
Temperature
Tomidity:
61298
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Nagasaki... - 29.94 Xazoshims 99.56 Otima ...
Brain Taland
29.60
Weibsid. 6. 29.51 Tchang
Changsha
Steckbai
Tatzia.f.
99.68 79
Sharp Pk...799.85 78 93
Amoy€ 23.60.50 95 Saratov
Tafboku ...........
Taicht --- Koshita- Pescadores.
Canton - Hongkong!
Gap Rock..:
Addressing the Bristol Rotary Club
Pakboi "Humour Let Loose,"
Mr. Zobow Thomas Jay, the humorcas writer, Fhulien said:
to live within its income
The Government does not propose
only within ours.
The only side of politics I like is the outside.
Daring the war we were told we were fighting for dear life. and we've got it all right.
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Opinion is that when the meek come to inherit the earth the taxes will be so high they will forgo the claim.
The only difference between death
On July 1, 1907 he wrote an Sir William: I went yesterday to the Investiture st Buckingham Palace.
Yarns. Demsad is good and spin- and taxation is that death is some- ... I found myself politely nere are able not only to obtain the times painless. described in the official list as Mr. equivalent of the advance in the raw
Prices in shop windows were once William Gilbert, playwright, sugges material, but to improve their margins are an indication of nerve.
an indication of value. . now they ting that my work was analogical j
Prohibition is a great thing if it can make a corkscrew lead a straight life.! America has prohibition, and the
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to that of a wheelwright or a as well. millwright, or a waixwright, or a ship Cloth. We enclose an extract from
wright, as regards the mechanical the Board of Trade Returns of Ex- character of the process by which our ports of Yarn and Cloth for April respective results are achieved. There These aguire certainly appear to shew
is an excellent, word dramatist,' is not applied until we are dead. which seems to fit the situation but that the Cotton Trade has passed the worst of the depression and is well on "When the "Gondoliers' was com- the way to recovery. manded at Windsor by her late There is renewed discnsaion on the Majesty the piece was described as question of printing, dyeing, bleaching by Sir Arthur Sullivan,' the librettist being too insignificant an insect to be and finishing. These processes cost worth mentioning on a programme from 2 to 3 times the 1914 figures. which contained the name of the wig Bleaching prices have been reduced maker in bold type! And I had to slightly daring the week. should also form the basis of pay £87 10% sa my share of sending the piece down to Windsor, besides forfeiting my share of the night's profita at the Savoy."
Ministries, threaten that unless their demands for increased salaries are granted they will refuse to carry on their work
- Spon's Workshop Receipts. Black's Medical Dictionary. except on lines of strict honesty and truth. This, they declare, would
Some acquaintance with geology, seriously obstract the working of the he said, was necessary to secure an admicistrative machine. They state idea of the development of the earth that favouritism and intrigue in on which we live; and a knowledge connection with Parliamentary afairs of pre-historic man and his ascent are continually apparent in their daily The Hudson, anglometer (patent work, and that in the interests of No. 18441), a mechanical device for public morality, and, parenthetically, working trigonometrical problems, as a means of securing their objective which has considerable advantages of higher pay, they will no longer
other methods of solving deal with
асу applications, triangles and resultant forces, is the Parliamentary replies, or other forma invention of Capt. J. B. Hadson, of official business which do not ac F.R.C.S., well known along the China cord with a good conscience,
coast.
record of wind force variation can be with a dislocated shoulder.
He
education.
KILLING JUSTIFIED.
JUDGE WHO SHOT COLONEL IN DEFENCE OF HIS WIFE.
Mrs. Day maintained perfect com-
Statue of Liberty is up for sale.
The only thing allowed to get tight in America is money.
Don't let us talk about business it isn't respectful to speak
of the dead.
America invented the "Do it now" motto and we've got to get into competition with the fellow who did
yesterday.
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Golf originated in Scotland, and that probably accounts for so many Scotsmen escaping to England.
Golf is a game in which the ball lies well. and the player badly.
Some credit Scotsmen with
Sellers of cloth have decidedly obtained the upper hand. Cotton has advanced 2d. per Ib in three weeks. Writing in June 1908, Gilbert says: Bayer affect to ignore these facts. introducing the haggis. That isn't a "We all went to the Derby, and I The business done recently although credit. .it's a debit. had s splinter of my usual good luck no very large lines have been booked, Bagpipes are all right if people in drawing the second horse, We
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1. BAROMETE. reduced to 3% deme. Fahrenheit on the level of the ees iz
laches, tothe and hundredths.
2. TEMPERATURE, in the shade in de grees Fahrenheit.
2. H. in percentage of rators moistere being It?. Eon the tumidity of air saturated with
4. Thanoxion OF WIND, to two points. Beadferd Fole.
5. FORCE OF WIND, according to
E STATE OF WEATHER, b blesky, é detached cloud, d driling ruin, foz, gloomy, bhail, I lightning, DECTPRET P passing showers, g squall, r rain, show
thander 7 visibility dew, wet. 1. Bar in incher tenths and ben. dredths.
HONGKONG REGISTER.
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T. F. CLAXTON, Director, Hongkong, Observatory, June 20, 1925.
HONGKONG TIME SIGNALS.
went to Backingham Palace a fort has been sufficient to enable spinners would only let them alone. In navigation, especially, & need A Faithful Dog.
night ago, and I never saw so many land manufacturers to strengthen has been felt for a means of quickly
"Love me, love my dog," is an old Day, a coroner's jury at Oklahoma short a time."-
After hearing the evidence of Mre ngly and badly dressed women in so their position. and accurately ascertaining the adage. Another remarkable case of City returned a verdict recommending
No one can say how long this atate distances of lights, etc., when canine fidelity says the Sydney Daily that no charges be made, against
of affair will last, but the fact is that coasting, and the object of the in- Telegraph was recently witnessed at Judge Jean P. Day, who blew out the
we have no longer the weak Man- strument is to enable a navigator the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. One, brains of Lient-Col Faul Beck, a readily to measure distances without Martin Bradshaw, a swagman, aged prominent officer of the United
chester market” which was so notice- able a month ago. Cables arrive with leaving the bridge and without the 50, arrived at the institution at 1pm. Statén Air Force.
Fer PM. "President Lincoln " acceptances of offers made before today: For San Francisco, Mr and ase of paper and pencil. The speed He had a heavy swag, and a terrier-
The Time Ball vu Kowloon Signal Hill Yesterday the Medical Officer re- Easter, and in most cases they are re Mrs Pallen. Mrs T D. itken, Miss is dropped daily at 10 am. and 4 p.. of wind can also be obtained from a all his worldly possessions. He had
C. Aitken, Master T. Aitken. MD D. except on Saturdays ben it is droppi moving ship and a more uniform tramped from Parramatta, suffering 'posure in the witness-box as the ceived reports of 15 cases of plague. ferred back for increased bids.
Avirett, Mz Alice Bowen, Mrs J. Blakey, at 10 am and 1 p.m., and on Sandays India is still the best buyer and Miss J. Blakey. Mr. and Mrs W. Cand Holidays when it is dropped at narrated how as soon as the other There were six deaths, all Chinese kept than is possible by the individual deposited his swag near the steps, and guests, escorted by her husband left mallpox claimed two victims and China has now come in spain. The Fyrde: Capt. W. Appel, Master 2.
maller Eastern markets, The Levsst Ab Fen, Mr Chris Kow, Mr C. W.-Cum- 50th minute and fall must at the 5714 Chandler, Me H, J. Cushing, Mr Chay The Ball is hoisted Lalf mast at the judgement of the officer of the watch, at once the dog mounted guard. When the house, Beck seized her in his arms enteric fever one. ``. The importance of a reliable wind the patient was removed to the X-ray and cried, "Girl, girl, you're swept
and Bath America are all buyers and ior, Mia K. Grey, Miss D. Grey. Mr Gee minute. Should the ball fail to drop at record is appreciated in the event of room certain inmates and others tried me off my feet. You must come to
the total of business booked is con- Wing Suey, Mrs Bong Shen, Mrs Hoo the correct time it will be lowered at 5 She, Mr EW. Hulse Mr and Mrs P. A. collision with a railing ship, when to persuade the dog to leave the swag. my room to night.".
kill him. The only thing to do is siderable.
minutes past the hour and the ordinary Lister, Mr E. . Larden, Mr Louie Doo routine repeated at the following hour. the force and direction of the wind at They met with no success. Nor would
She struck him in the chest or face | call the police." -
A dispute in two mills at Oldham Yee. Mr Loul Tong Yuen, Mr Lew Soon if possible. the time of the collision is likely to the faithful animal take. food from and was still struggling when her bas 1 saw blood on my bands and threatens to lead to a general lockout Mr and Mrs Sydney Milner, Ber. J. E. the above routine will be carried ont Tak, Mrs Lum Bher, Mr Iam Foo San. Should the Time Ball be out of order prove & turning point in the evidence any one, and what was left for him band returned.
The negative result of the Gocos Nagle, Mr and Mm 8. G. Tobin, Miss with the flag"Z" on the Storm Bigna at an inquiry.
war still untouched at 4. p.m. the "I looked up," she said, "and saw Day gave evidence after his wife. Conference is disappointing, but as Aileen Woods, Miss Bath Wallace. Rev. mast. The instrument is handy and following day. When the owner ap- Mr. Day, gan in hand, looking pain, Turning to the jury he said. "You there has been no definite break it is Woodward, Msper 1. Woodward, Mas by means of three white Lam;s mounted and Mex, Woodward, Master G. Time Signals are also given at nigh reliable, always ready and easily prated the dog ate his first meal, haggard, and distressed Lead Ob can do what you like with me, bet tall hoped that further program will les Woodmand Mally or robo protakte Löf budge of chart room. It wragged his tail, and showed general Daddy, don't. The next thing I don't cast aspersions on toy wife, the be made at The Hague.
Me Wong Hay Yu, M Wong Shee, Mr mast- gees quick and accurate results and approval. The incident earned the remember was seeing Colonel Beck on puret woman that ever lived." European exchanges, have been Brown, Mr sod kits A. A. Bittoes, Mr ertinguished momentarily at the eva
Yew She Nem: For Shanghai; Mr.W: From 8.56 to 8.00 pm, the lampe are The greatest advantage to an officer dog a host of friends, and camera his back at my feet. Jacooped down. The jury found that Day killed steady with the exception of the B. FL Coiner, Mrs W. B MacFarlane, sounds, except at the 2nd, 28th, 10t of the watch is that no paper or genel enthusiasts had a boy day at the His lips moved. I lifted bis bead up. Beck, but was justified in doing so in Austrian which is now 43,000 as Mr J. M. . Nikkels Mr and Mrs Wong bind, and 64th of each minute. are necessary.—NO.D.N.
hospital.
Then Mr. Day mid, I didn't mean to defending his wife and home. compared with 33,000 a fortnight ago. rs W. L. Wei Marber W. Wei
{Sewai, Mrs E. Wong, Kr W. D. Waller, The burs refer to Bangkong Standard
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Time (5 hours Est of Carenwich)