Show RECORD by chas A reay the barber at los angeles convicted of murder of his wife bewails the fact that he is not furnished with a good straight razor so he could save the state a lot of trouble in ancient times convicted criminals were given their choice of execution or suicide but now every effort is made to prevent the criminal from carrying out his own sentence the day is not far distant when criminals will urill be treated as sick individuals and an effort will be made to cure them or keep them confined where they can do no more damage and it may be e that such treatment will be ful in most cases nobody owns the air over his property according to a court ruling thus reversing the old supposition that if a man owned land he also co controlled oled the air above ile he probably lost this right by non use of it and has no right to collect from the man who is able to use use it man alan has been claim i ing entirely too much of gods domain the record is now something like the barefooted girl dressed up to go to the dance hope that none or of our readers are from arkansas our paper is half dressed up with a new type face notice pages 2 3 6 and 7 we have chooser this new and modern face for the home print pages al also s 0 just ns as soon as we can get it A great many people have noticed the improvement in the ready print section since the new type was adopted an and 1 have asked us to explain the difference the new type is known as excelsior and was developed by the linotype company with a view biely of making a more readable type it also has some other advantages which makes it a kv welcome elcome auction nH tion to the record A little game is being played by some monticello citizens it is called Fol following louring fred from farm to factory or trailing tommy from tank to town or something like that bishop redd and frank halls seem to have the most furi fun out of it you might ask them the waited a long time for an ad li ca a this wanted a beauty operator who does not smoke how little one maws mans aninion anini on amounts to in this nation of million people and how important ant it seems to the one expressing it my ideas are changing so fast that I am almost afraid to express an opinion because I 1 may have to take it back have you ever had to change your mind suddenly would you like to see a free world word A world free of strife war panic and unhappiness impossible you ou say no not impossible but simple improbable as long as each indjid ual uses the yardstick of personal gain did you ever see a man who always trying to help his fellow m man an who was not pretty well off himself think it over jefferson on an franklin when thomas jefferson minister to france was presented at court some eminent person inquired you replace dr franklin sir 1 I succeed dr franklin replied jefferson promptly no man can replace him C S monitor garfielda Gar fields wit at one of a series of lectures a woman wanted a seat and general garfield brought one and seated her I 1 I 1 oh youra a jewel she sald in ap appreciation p recitation recia tion oh no replied garfield im a jeweler ive just set the jewel C S monitor when a chicagoan on trial said he knew his fiancee only as blanche the prosecutor learned her last name was enough to make inake anyone blanche boston transcript in berlin restaurants restaurant 1 lessons sons are being given in the english names of dishes for use on bills of fare A suggestion is that this i idea mg might h t be adopted in london restaurants punch |