ry time 3s. 4d. And be yt
comaunded to kepe him tyed or to putt him away upon payn to
forfeyte for every tyme he shalbe found in the streets 3s.
4d.

This story takes on significance from the comment of the New York _Times_:

There, now, is a fine specimen of Shakespearian spelling,
for it is dated 1587. Even this, of course, is itself the
flower of numberless reformations and changes, all in the
direction of simplicity and phonetic--or intended to be. It
is at least as different from the so-called long-established
spelling as is that of the letters contributed to our
columns occasionally by correspondents who think they are
showing by horrible examples the dreadful orthography to
which the Carnegie iconoclasts would reduce us all.

But what a fine dog story it is, and how quaintly phrased!
And how magnanimous is the admission that the animal
"betwene a masty and a mungerell," though addicted to
larceny, "hath stronng qualyties of himselfe"!

The man who made the record was evidently a lover and a
judge of dogs, and the implication is that a "mungerell" was
then regarded as belonging to a breed of his own as much as
did a "masty." This indicates that our use of the word
"mongrel" is a misuse, though the accepted etymology
supports us.

WHAT HAS BECOME OF OLD-TIME GENTLEMEN?

"Chivalry Is a Fiction," Says a Southern
Woman, and Several Southern Journals
Support Her Statement.

A Southern woman said not long ago: "You know, one hears so much about
'Southern gentlemen and Southern chivalry,' when, as a matter of fact,
gentlemen are exceptions and chivalry is fiction. Of course, I allow a few
exceptions." Such a remark, coming from a Southern woman, has naturally
created discussion at the South. We will give the opinions of two
journals. Says the Columbia (South Carolina) _State_:

After studying the subject and hearing the complaints of
women who in honorable professional capacities travel
through the South, as recorded in the _State_ yesterday, one
is impelled to admit that the above opinion by a Southern
woman who has traveled in all parts of this country has too
much foundation.

That verdict is not pleasant to hear. It will not be
generally accepted; at least every one hearing it will
immediately vote himself one of the "exceptions."
Nevertheless, there have recently been