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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 151, 20 March 1908, Page 4

, > In spito of progress an'd' ctlfication, : thousands still bold the most alisuftPsuperstitions. Ono of these' is that leap yeavii? "are unlucky, \ and that therefore 190S is dootaed., ; ~;. : ■ Unfortunately, it is, woll-ftigli'" 'iriipossiblo to. . combat such-foolish-ideas.—"Nachrichteu,''. Hamburg. . ' ; ' ■ Wo'aro tlio slavos'of t-iio clock !>> Our. dis- •; tant ancestors-, were: satisfied • with -Jlto hoitr. hand, our more immediate predecessors woro • contented with the occasional-'.-clock .oil ' churches and public buildings, wo must have a watch in tlio pocket and.a clock.ipt every, room, and they have to bo : obey eel'-tv "Truth." ' " ';: ; V : ■ - ysp : Wo havo not yet becomo .accustomwi ty';.' > transacting national business. Sonio of xia ' . still think that our:: petty party squabbles* : - aro tho greatest struggles iii tlio round world.' I '' Our.fault is riot that we havo not riseirto.a'?' national stature, but that wo'have risen far '' beyond it to the stature . attained by con- : ;': ccitcd boyhood. — ."Canadian Courier," ••' Toronto. ■ ,-i : . ■ ■ . ThbEnglish.havo in recent years developed • the most extraordinary colour in an i a'.. They.-''' who, a;contury ago, imposed upon tlio world tho masculine fashion of: using grey and ■ black-coloured- material', only, are now wearing the most fantastic' ami "loudest"' of neckties and _ multi-coloured "fancy waist- J coats." —"Tribuha," Rome;