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I Rill i ? 'Make you ^ those prettj your selecti ? Furni (5 ? Come in a fact, we hav ^ and can plej sj nicke sectioi 0 on this spac ? | WN< 1 In our line J have it mad< The Case of Mrs. Rogers. The Question as to Whether She shall Hang for the Murder of her Husband now up to the Governor of Vermont. The Hupremo court of (lie Unit ed States has refused to intervene in the csiao nl \1 r? IMmtv* Rogers, of Vermont, under sentence of death tor the murder of her husband; and it appears that she must hang on Decc mber 8th. Either that or the governor of the state must assume the responsibility of commuting her pari in mcntA great deal of discussion, pro and con, as to whether or not a woman hoti! I he hanged, has an peared in the public prints and reviews during the last lew months, apropos the case of Mrs. Rogers. No arguments !. ive been advance I with the intent ot show | ing hat Mrs ih gers should e cape hanging if she were a mau-her sex is her only plea for mercy. The ptipieme court of Vermont look the unsentimental course <>l overlooking I he sex question entirely, So did the supreme court ot the I'oiied St iles. They considered ihe case entirely upon its legal phrase. Ami now it is up to 'the governor ot Vermont again. He does not want to say the word which will send her to the gallows. He does not want to establish a precedent of lighten'ng punish-j ss || r sitting and livinj r new Rugs just re on before they are ture! {PUJ nd see the handso: e any and all kinc rse any kind of po< aal Book Gases ? e, for it will pay y lAStfER } of Carpeting vou e all ready to put < ment where there is no legal excuse to do so. The horror of having to say the word that sets a fellow creature to dancing "with nimble feet," "upon the air" must be poignant enough when that tellow creature is a man. And how much more keen when it is a woman who is caught in law's "iron gin!" Who wants to b1 the man singled out from all men to say that such a woman because she has sinned shall go to this repulsive death ? d'nibtly repulsive because she is a w'dman? Ami yet? Who wanis to take tlie re;|>onsibil'ty of condemning the only effective means civiliz'd so ioty lias yet evolved for dealing with murderers? Miere times when to be merciiill is to be .just?but it must be an uncomfortable thing to bo the man who is called upon to discriminate between tree jus tier and true mercy in a concrete instance whore (lie neck of a woman is the test. The man with lite and death in his keep ing to loosen or to chain will be wishing that he could find somewhere a comprehensive, specific answer to the question: What is duty? Hut the governor ot Vermont lias no more coqrts upon which to shuffle the responsibility, lie must lace it in its present, concrete torm. And the worst ol it is tlmt whichever decision tie takes will probably appear to him, later to have been the wrong ' *? < ,? .ir.fr t I ' ? ?? Bk Jmm i jHB a|8 l^pi 4Bro?^ H^B Hnffl ? room look fresh >ceived They an all gone. iHMTOi <,?> me new Chairs, B< Is of Furniture, fi cketbook. Do yoi Come in and ask l ^ - ? ' ou to Keep up wit Yours foi . MERC. can select any pa down for you. one. It you were in this fix, what would you do.?Atlanta Jouranl. Sheep Notes. Change of food is belter tor all animal lilc. Foot rot. is more liable to aj? pear in a wet than a dry Reason Grain gives light and warmth and strength to withstand disease. A dry impoverished skin wi'l never support *a good fleece. While sheep should bo allowed to run out as late as possible, they should not be exposed t'> cold storms. r\ i t ? -:i i- i I v/nc uw viiiii iigo wnn siiot-.p is 111a 1 il does no} require a preat nmnnii! <?1 capital to start a flock. Poor sheep always have liph? fleeces, l>ui it does not necessarily folio w that lat sheep will have la rue fleeces. ii she p is to increase in flesh, or even to continue in good con-1 dilioii, the food must, contain i certain elements which when di posted will produce animal heat, tat and muscle. it is when I he rain is cold, or when the weather turns cold alter a heavy rain that the suffering with sheep commences. No more sheep should he kept in any room than can be comforably led in racks in the same ro m and have plenty of space to lie down in. Early maturity is just as advantageous to the breeder and lender of sheep as to any other stoclunan in the world. IS By and inviting by buy b beauties, so come HH Fur nil Bd Room Suits, Chiff< "om the cheapest to 1 know we sell the G to see them. 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