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It used to be the fashion to deride the architecture of the Royal Courts of In order to keep alive a number of Justice, but after forty years they seem yellow fever mosquitoes in the Inseet to have become accepted as public build House at the Zoological Gardens they are ings of which London may justly being fed-on human blood. proad. They suffer from the narrowness of the site, which forced their frontag right up to the line of Flert-streat; but fruar certain points of via they are effective, especially so from Waterloo Bridge, where their high-pitched roofs and the graceful lantern, are an attr tive feature of the noble, panorama that follows the end of the river,

I hope it is not committing contempt of court to trest of the Law Courts us a place of entertainment. Justice is done ir them within sight and hearing of the public, and if some celebrated cum occa sionally arouses the stern comments of a judge who objects to having"; his court | turned into a theatre, yet human nature i always the most interesting of oxbibi- rions, and it is richly displayed here. where innumerable stories are unfolded from day to day in great variety and all the entations are aroused at one time or another.

You my go from couri to-court and find the saine senne sel, with slight varia- tions. The judge, in, bis apparel of dig, nity, seems to be above other men and of different clay. He is treated with alaborate respect, and over a witticium. from him has a ceremonial air. The sonnel who stand before him seem rather like schoolboys confronting school. master, but even they are set apart from their fellows, with their curled nad powdered wigs and flowing gowns, which

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Miss Cheeseman, a elever entomologist, who is in charge of the Insect House, has for some time voluntarily allowed there quitus settle on her hand and gorge themselves with her blood. thrive or breed unless they had a human blood diet, so Miss Cheeseman, igitoring the pain and irritation of the operation. decided to make this self-serife in the interests of science.

16 was found that the insects would not

Theme Yellow fever mosquitoes are the bearers of the iliscass gerts and are not, of course, in their possent state im- pregnated with the poisonous bacillus.

KUPRESS OF THE NIGHT."

It is really noť au very terrible," said Miss Chasenian to The Holly Hirer. although at times, after the insects hayo swelled themselves to two or three times their size, I feel a little weak...

Just now they are getting a little rees mnm I."

INCOME TAX EXCEEDS INCOME.

LORD ASTOR HARD-HIT.

That a man should pay un money for income tax than the total of his income seems the limit of taxation. This is said to be the plight of a well-known British peer (Lord Astor), who was born an Ame

and became naturalized in England some years ago. His property is in the

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sertu, sonurinn, indiente intellect and nited bish subject, he is compelled i

Being

resource above the ordinary. The jury men buddled in their box, even when they by British law to pay income tax on all are special jurymen chosen for their his roventes from all sources, and the superior social status, and paid necord American law compels payment of income ingly, are a naught compared with the tax on all his income from American pro- counsel--just twelve' plain inen, suffering i

Being a multi-millionaire, his in Durty ander slight sense of inferiority, and corac is

to

heavy supertax by both subject wishing that they were free to go away. Governments, and the two taxes are said The witnesses, also, very often lank na to mount to more than 100 per cent. of the income. Thus the unfortunate noble if they wished they could go away. They man must pay out all of his receipts and provide hujuan interest in the dullest and dip into his capital to defray current most technical of cases. One gentleman taxes. and, after defraying this first in wig and gown asks them questions, charges, use more of the capital for living shows himself amply satisfied with their expenses. answers, and treats them as respectable. trustworthy citizens of a great country, whom it could only be a pleasure to meet Toutside the precincts of the court. An- other gentleman. in wig and gown, whom one might expect to take much the same views as to character and reliability as hi friend. whom, in a general way, he resembles, gets up and treats every

it seems word they atter with suspicion and hos-

rather a cruel business, but the truth is tility. How are they to comport them slowly Hammered out, and in most cases selves under this blank change of atmoshines dear at the end of it all, sphere Their characters come aut może

come the duel of wits, stick to their plain

Others story, and can't budged.: shrink from it. get themselves involved and nervous, and when they are released from the ordeal, go back to their seats relieved, but unhappy at having been si misunderstood. Sometimes

and more dearly, with every question The majesty of the law is more than 3 asked and answered. "Some seem to welere phrase. It can be seen working any day when the courts are sitting by any (Continued of Jout of next culumið

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