| Show MAII It If newspaper reports may be relied lion I It has lias now come to thlu that a judge from the tho henoh that the tho ol of cnn can oc De for forat forat at tho ho rate of 1 each and that a mans Ute life It if taken accidentally b by a railroad company Is only worth 10 Supreme Court Justice Gu Gummer mer ot of N Now w Jersey Is reported to have said recent recently to a jur jury If It a railroad company compan kills a Its should ho be satisfied with one dollar damages B Children are oro n a source of expense to their parents and are aro aroot ot of no pecuniary benefit Much has been Icen said Mid ot the tho sacredness ot of the tho AmerIcan horne home but Is It not n 1 a tact fact that the tho cruel sentiments hero here eJ ex ore arc becoming fearfully general throughout the land IlInd Children are aru a expense Is not that view but too common In some Home AsIatic countries It has for tor centuries been time tho custom to look upon the n advent vent of f It a girl In inthe the tho family as a curse almost Such are oro of often ton given ghen away or sold or exposed to todie die dle particularly In hard times They Thoy are not often worth a dollar dollor each The that put their little littie ones out outto outto to die le In the sacred river ther did not ex cx expect a cent damages It was reserved for tor an American jud judge e to suggest a itt It which a 0 railroad corporation can call afford to rid unnatural parents ot of nil an expensive nuisance Rut Hut what about the sacredness of time the home bome As ba Is another statement which Is charged to Justice Robinson ot of the Con superIor court lie to have hae said salil Provided d th lie railroad company killed the man painlessly 10 Is 19 damages for his relatives The Tho must that the dead man suffered to get It more The rho tact that the body Is mutilated does not hot prove It The man mall In Ih question probably was the tho head or of n a family the tho main support ot of a home But nn an Institution cannot connot ho bo ver very Important t to the state and antl cannot be very ur sacred It If time the life ot of Its head Is 18 worth than 10 The Tho value ot of human life lito cannot be overestimated It II Is guarded b by oil nil the with which the Decalogue rUe promulgated to an awestruck pee peo people pie We believe It cnn can be demonstrated that nations when they have corn com commenced to dis human life have been bron In Imminent danGer ot of decline In and Influence That generally I Is the other side of that thirst for pleasure and that which wore were the tho of alt all the em empires pires over the tombs ot of which history has raised her monuments |
