Wirt writes:

>Jerry writes off-handedly:
>
>>                          Tuesday, March 30th
>>
>>            Today in 1867 - U.S purchases Alaska from Russia.
>>                     1870 - 15th Amendment giving universal male suffrage
>>                            was proclaimed.
>
>And what did males do in 1870 to deserve this?

Males do not need to do anything to deserve suffering, just ask any 
female. :-)

Jim