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Where such damage was caused by 
a leak due to the action of frost in the 
winter, and the escape of gas was not 
discovered by tbe company until June 
of the same year, the maxim res ipsa 
loquitur ( the matter speaks for itself) 
applies. The failure of the trial court 
to give the plaintiff the benefit of the 
maxim was reversible error. The care 
to be exercised by the gas company is not 
ordinary care, as distinguished from ex¬ 
traordinary care, but due care, or care 
commensurate with the danger. 
Whether the gas company could have 
been held responsible, without reference 
to negligence, in an action for trespass, 
the court leaves an open question. It 
also leaves unsettled the question ol 
whether the defense of contributory 
negligence of the plaintiff in not notifying 
the defendant of the escape of gas could 
be asserted in a case where the defendant 
had no permission to go upon the plain¬ 
tiff’s premises .—Park and Cemetery. 
ARCHBISHOP LIEMAR’S TOMB IN 
BREMEN CATHEDRAL 
'VT EARLY eight hundred years ago 
^ ^ Archbishop Liemar was laid to 
rest in the cathedral at Bremen. His 
grave has just been discovered with an 
inscription, which, besides giving the 
date of his death, shows that he rebuilt 
the cathedral in 1088, a fact that had 
been a matter of doubt hitherto. Of 
the body nothing remained, but when 
the coffin was opened the clothes in 
which he had been buried, including 
his shoes, were still intact. On expos¬ 
ure to the air, however, they crumbled 
away into dust.— Exchange. 
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T_T OW many of our readers are aware, 
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century, Benedetto da Rovezzano. The 
statement has sometimes been made, but 
it is for the first time proved to be abso¬ 
lutely accurate in a very learned brochure 
on the work of Llorentine sculptors in 
England, prepared by Mr. Alfred Hig¬ 
gins for the Archaeological Institute. 
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