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Show ARE NOT OF EQUAL VALUE. Distinction Made Between Lives of Millionaire and Laborer. "The llfo of a rich man Is worth 'more than tho llfo of a poor man, and the physician has a right to charge the millionaire moro for his services than ho does tho laborer," Is tho opinion opin-ion recently handed down by a Philadelphia Phila-delphia Judgo, who went on to pay: 'The physician Is unlike the merchant mer-chant who has goods of different quality qual-ity to sell at various prices. He must glvo his best sorvlce In over case. Hut It does not follow that the servlco Is worth the same In every case. "Human life has a pecuniary valno ot varlablo quantity, greater in the millionaire than In tho laborer. Thus tho practitioner of common sense makes out his bills to suit tho pecuniary pecuni-ary circumstances of bis patients." Lineage of the Mikado. Ancient though many European royal houses may consider themselves, none can beat tho record of tho mikado. mika-do. Mutsuhlto Is tho ono hundred and twenty-second wearer of tho crown, which his ancestors have borne without with-out Interruption slnco the year C66 It. C. That Is to say, tho founder ot tho dynasty was a contemporary ot Nebuchadnezzar. Though one may not bo guilty of tho Impoliteness of calling call-ing his pedlgrco In question, It Is difficult dif-ficult to bellove that the mikado ot 2,550 years ago was tho son of tho sun goddess. Possibly even tho present pres-ent occupant of tho throne has doubts about It In private. The Strongest Soldiers. From a recent English medical Inquiry In-quiry Into the physical status ot tho various classes of military It was found that the low-slzod, broad chested chest-ed artillery men wero the strongest and healthiest In tho service. On tho other hand the tall men ot tho Guards had tho dUease tendencies ot tho overgrown and consumption and other pulmonary troubles were noticeably common. When narrow chested, tho mon ot tho Guards and heavy cavalry vory soon broko down. Indeod, the bulk of tho medical evidence seemed to show that the small, well-set men tho typical Atkinses wore tho ideal soldiers, though not so Imposing or martial-looking as the gigantic Guards. This Inaccurate World. Kor tho purpose of Illustrating tho dltticullles of evidence. Prof. Von Liszt of nerlln nrranged with two of his pupils to pretend a quarrel, consisting of hot words, a walking stick, and a pistol loaded with blnnk cartridges. Tho quarrel camo off In the presence of twenty other young men, all "highly educated," who wero not In tho secret. No two of tho twenty agreed exactly as to tho cause ot tne quarrel. Eight different nnsvers wero given to the question: Who began tho quarrel? And yet people read history! Every-lody's Every-lody's Magazine Order English Locomcthec, Orders for locomotives for India nnd South Africa havo been pluci with I.oeds (Inns. |
