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.. . CHRISTMAS" IN--THE
The people of the northers tonti wbo
associate Christmas' , with the ancient
atorof KrisKringle or Santa Clans,
.with tie snow season ; and the coming
f the reindeer with the sledge loaded
with toys tot the children. Imagine that
a celebration of the Christina festival
- under an other climatic conditions
would seriously lack in many of lis
features. However this may be the
' thought if wroirg, for wherever Anglo
Saxons or their dependents gather to
gether, tnere unristma Ms eelebrated
ib . v way, a
in. wbj, .nianu or tne Lnile.L1
lAtea.
.'jit i difflcolt to understand why the
Hpaoish American-Catbolie pays no at
tSyxicm to Christmas and so little atten
U, even to"noeae bufua," which is
what they call night before Christmas,
the birth night. , The Christ birth is
celebrated in tbe churches by a special
midnight mass, bat further than this
there are no festivities, wbile many
feaata of which the ; Northerner takes
Wife of The
f WAWIUNOTOX, IeC 17.-When Pas-
tor Wagner delivered ?! is famous lec
ture ou "The Him pie Life" intbe
White House, several weeks ago, be
tmphasieed a .truita tnat- the President
and Airs. ,KooHCvt-rt had dis-ioyercd for
themselves. The Chief Executive's
J Jain existence is well knowfn, but Mrs.
Joosevelt, as an expounder of that doc
trine, is not so familiar. 8he occupies
the highest position .of honor possible
.to an American woman, yet her. day is
4mde up . of duties cncerfully ur lt.r
taken and faithfully performed, much
after the manner of any. good house
wife from Maine to. California.
That she is a busy woman must bo
rparent,.;The mother of five children
tiaualiy is, if she give but partial at
tention to- their welfare. But Mrs,
Roosevelt doe not give partial atten
iion to anytoing. tn ruinumg every
duty, from the simpleKt matter in ev
eryday life to tiie most complicated m-
elal outigation, she takes au intclh
gent survey of tne field and set to
work with a .vim. To accomplish all
that she must, even in au ordinary day
mp.ans a high decree of generalship at.d
great capacity for orgMiuzattou.
. .lifor Jit tho White Ifim- t:ikfs utr nu
. active appearance at a tini- wlu-n mauy
j ami on aoie itatrons are rn Mum
Ijcr. Tere are two break lasts, one at
7l45 for the children who are going to
fechool and another about :.5 or 8:4"
when the President and Mr. irooevclt
Aliss Alice and younjf Theidor- part tke
ol the first: meul of the "dnv. This in
tne. usual program, but several times iti
tbe week' Mrs. KooHevelt.titkcs "aer of-
fen . and breakfast food with tho baby
uoy, nentm, nna sevs that he is prop
erly 'equipped for sallying foih to the
baita of learning. This ii. merely
pleasure, not' an oldigHtioii, for there L
a motherly old Indy, Mrs. Roottevelt
former nurse, who looks after the chil
dren wjth a Moiicitudo rarely seen t vea
in a .parent. This old woman, Mrs.
Mary. Leftwldi,vis the stave of the
small toosevelts and they impose : on
her good nature, lut Mrs. Koov.dt
knows that the little ones have every
. attention that lover and devotion coul
augest. Mrs. Leftwicii 'a prido is to take
Siiare of the wardrobe . of ner young
Charges, but nh frequently is aided in
this woxkv of love lv th, Ire.sidcnt 's
wffe. When something requires .very
delicate handling1, suvh as lace or skill
ful darning, it i to Mrs. ftooacvclt she
goes, and it ia seldom that she asks in
vain. ' ' "
Mrs. Roosevelt Seldom Misses Taking
Breakfast Wih Her Husband.
Mrs. Kooscvclt does not omit taki.ig
break fat wit u t lie President raorv then
four timcti a. year, when they are to
irntber.'. o matter 'now late she my
have retired, it has been tne rule of
her married life to appear at break fist.
Hho nnd tao. Pn-sideut are still like
lovers, even if tbcv did velebrato the
eighteenth anniversary of their wed
ding -on Deeemlwr 2d. When she first
'went "to the White .; House-some cue
asked her how Vne liked , having, the
J'ri'Sident in the house all tin? time. S5he
unswrred fbonghi folly -that it vai w-ry
uiee in a wav. but taat i.ht liked the
old conditions better.
"It is the t'vetit of ' the day, Jon
; kuow," she saidf to kiss your husband
good-lTye when he g"9 out in the morn
inir. and then to Mwt him when be
comes back. 1 feel as t bongo I hve
missed sometuing, now that tbicgn
have chainred."
Ordinarily, Sirs, iloowvelt gives the
first two hours of her morning to Mia
Isabel Hagnet, her vflici."nt secretary.
Miss IIagner 's " prewneo in tbe hite
House is in itself a 'testimonial to tae
eterlirig charactvr of its mistress, for
sa is the otughtcr it Mrs. Roosevelt's
old family doctor, and one or her twn
pupils when she taught; Sunday, school
at St. John's.. The most corilial rela
tions ex i& betweeu all the Koosevclts
and Miss Hngner, arid "nor workV'.'Wbie.i
otherwise', might- ItJeorae irltsonfcv t.nd
formal, becomes like v a visit t) the
home of pleasant f rienda. . , ; ; '-
Miss llancr freqaeitly aceomparks
Mrs. Rooset It for a walk or on a shop
ping expedition. .In the early spring
and autunrnr. months;5 Mrs. loosovlt
may la icvery motmng taking a
brisk constitutional, but when the so
cial seaaon opens or when Caristraas is
at hand, Khe is compelled to give top
this feature of ber lay. In walking,
Mrs. Ilooscwlt invariably wears a short
dark, skirt, usually of grayer black
homespuil, with a ; sof t felt hat "atd
gracefully twined veil, which givs a
feminine" touch to t'nis rather-ycre
appareL In waurnVweataer she c'ings
to the same cnt of short skirt, made of J
dark tdue r-brown linen and a railorj
hat, "She always wears what is gener
ally, known as "the common ftense shoe,
and only on thi most formal evasions
doesrhe yield to fsaon in the Frtrch
bel or patent leather. i
With President Riw.wlt luncheon is
i ico vable-feast. It ,i likewise a ir.cal
little need are eelebrated with much
psiup, roach hilarity, and nineh eating
and drinking, (especially the latter).
.Thin story thotigVi aot of the wy
the native of Kpanisb America pastes
the day; but 'now a number of Anglo
Saxons passed a ChrWtmus on a eott'ee
plantation in, tropical America. -
A boose party on tills plantation was
a customary gathering At various times
and seasons, but. at Christmas the fam
ily who were from the Western ttes,
and had Western ideas of hospitality,
i invited a number of their frivnds .to
- asS tbe dav urn est ("hrLt. i,i,,,.
' 1 '!.,. a . . m . . . .
There were ten of tbe iruestS and lenr
ia the family. . r;.;.-
Th , guests arrived, the day be fore
Christmas adT remained till the day af
ter, and all aorta of mad pranks were
played and many things hetpel pans
the hours-but too swiftly.
The time was the opening of the har
vest,' when fa elimati-s conditions ; at
3300 feet: above tire aea on the latitude
Of 12. degrees north, were perfect. The
President
Woman.
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that raifst have : -elastie qualities, for
many times in tbe course of the week
food is prepared for six people, and th
President makes bis appearance witl
e
h
four otners. ConaimentIy no meal at
the Whito House is ever prepared for
juat the exact number in the presiden
tial family. Even at a 9 o'clock break
fast, some early caller niay be-ushered
in,' with barely a moment's earning.
This trait of the President 's, 'of course,
does not cause much inconvenience now,
but in the first years, of Mrs. HoomJj.
velt's married life if was, so to vpeak,
an issue, which nappily. was met and
conquered with her gentle methods.
. Tims afternoon Mrs. , Koptevelt gi ves
to her friends and family, with an oc
casional outing io her smart trap. Thf re
is scarcely a day' that some friend l as
not some one to present or some mat
tec eoines up regarding tne children
which needs )ierontl attotion. Tnen
duriug . the official season, there are
semi-private tutertaiunieDts in progress
several tunes a week. Dinner is served
.iu. the great state dining room every
evening, at 7:30, when only the family
Is present, and nt 8, when there i-re
formal guests. The small children fcvo
dinner at 6, and frequently their i-uth-r
takes a little soup, or, at least, sits
and talks with tiicm about thir lessons
and the eveuts of the diy;
Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt Always Acces
sible to Their Children.
; Tnere is no time ef the day Tir t ight
when the President and Mrs. Koowslt
are not accessible to' their cliildren.
There was- much amusemetit at a Cabif
net meeting not long ago when the
august assemblage was .-startled- by a
ball bouuling in the door that opens
from a' garden, aud the simultaneous
spjM'srane". of tjuentin, the youngest of
tne children, jjvho requested iis father
to J'piieb'ir out" to him, a request
that tbe?PreMidint complied with, after
a laughing apology to his assembled
advisers. ,
5 .Another amusixyy scene occurred dvr
inif t lie first year of -tiia Koosevelt r. u;-
fimo and at the first evening levee. Tiiis
was before tne reconstruction of the
Old mansion,' and a flight of stairs led
from tho private apartments to tbe
state eorridar, -where the guests". were
gathered.-! Some' one chanced to glance
up tiiex stairs,-and there nat a row of
little white-robed youngster, watching
the: proceedings witn the utmost inter
est J It required an order from thtir
mother, who waa below receiving giufcts,
before they dispersed to l"d. During
the! pobUc levees nud at the afternoon
rec'eptiins, ;'the Itoosovelt children now
come and go with the utmost freedom.
Thfy fregueutly eaat with the guests
and offer wise suggestions abojt the
progress of national affairs.
It -may surprise many folks "to know
thaf neither tbe President nor Mrs.
RooKOvelt has a pernonal attendant.
Too vafrt and the maid have no part in
the i present administration. When Mrs..
Roosevelt Je at her toilet line is aided
by on of the' maids who performs a
variety of services around the .nansion.
or or a seamstress, who is acpt tm-
ployel fashioning house gowns for the
three ladies, Mrs. 'Roosevelt, Miss Al
ice and Miss Ethel. Him "does" ber
own tiair aaa performs 11 the services
for jhemelf that some society wuir.en
hire at l-ant, four assistants to accom
plish. i: ' ,
Mrs. Rowevtdt gives som; part of
her day to talking with the iresident,
frenerally rhe last hour before the fam
ily retires; and, peraaps, tne oniyriime,
sue loes not have te share ner noDani
with hundreds of other people. She
takes a keen interest ini all public bwi
Ttsx it'tf though so moJest ant retir
ing it woman that few people know fer
accomplishments, . ah iossesses to a
high degree tast intuition whtch is so
valuable and rare a trait. Sfce just
feels thioe?s i the way this "ias been
expressed, aud it has lmn uotice.l that
when Mm. Rinwevelt feels a "thing t he
President is coary. alxut acting to the
contrary. . f J -
-fff- Many Christmas Gifts.
Just uow,;bowe-er, life at the A ititc
House is at: a high tension anTvlrs.
Roosevelt probably is. the busiest wo
man 'in the country.', Gift making is a
serious task for the wife of any public
manj bnt ; when thes family happens to
bo ono like the IlohteveHs, tdat clings
to OM time ttaduions --anu customs, n
is simply ahf rrhelming sivaUnthe.
It his' been e-sunnivea tnat jir ;wtc-
yelt giveS between 200 and 2o0 gifts.
Iu.tiie election these she btstews
inneh time and pains. Her Christmas
shopping begins when most women are
. . X w'V . s em d.MA
Duvmg tneir xa.'sier ,iai. coc r-u.
dozen or two friends for whom she al-
. a ar a . I . m . t
wavs fashions ner own gni
kcrcbief,: bemsntcbed and t:gl wun
daintv' rear lace: a pin enshion ' cover,
linen cover for trays an.l .rtssing
tab la, and a doxea more sni"rt tunes.
Tae? aiie f makes hiring the summer,
picking p nvslttch here and there
when she sits on the .. .venn-la or on
coffee trees were laden with bright red
berries, tbe orange trees "full" ol 'the
rich golden colored froit. Kverytbisg
on AJotner., r.ann'f bosom ; w . grem
and fresh atill from the rainy season
just closed.
In fact uature ' smiled blandly and
hard the heart, and dulled indeed the
sens that did not reach out with a
feeling of toaalwgiving that he coal J
enjoy suea glory, , The air was der,
and the view from tha hills one of most
exquisite beauty; the rich tropics! el
ors blending harmoniously under, the
effulgent tropic sun. " .
The day twajt passed ia rambling
through the plantation, gathering wild
flowers,' including J beautiful begonias.
orchids and others with which the
woods and fields abound.
'Meanwhile the dining room was be
ing decorated and the Christmas tree
prepared. f . 5 '
The tree was a ; young pine tnpling
brought from the mountain aides six
miles away, on the back of a pack lull.
rainy days' when it is impossible to fc.tt
out. Even in the White House she fre
quently 'may? lie Seen with some wort,
aod her intimate friends always go to
her for ideas about novel designs.
To' give 200 presents means to keep
your eyCs pen and your brain tkrt.
For two months rat least, an hour or
two every morning has beei itcrrted to
visiting eurio shops, Jewelry stores in J
the department bouses. . Usually Mrs.
Roosevelt drives,; in her liign y How
tare with the handaoine brjwa stoppers,
but she enters the stores so unostenta
tiously that few eleras or shoppers die
cover ber identity. She -ism careful,
slow shopper and .not infrequently
boas at goods several times before sic
purchases. She carries a pretty little
HLppy
All worn out with Christmas shopping
Happy little Christmas bells
Plum tired out and nearly dropping -v
Happy little Christmas bells I
AW jammed up in the Christmas rusht
Wading 'round in the snow and slush
Got no car for "Christmas yush"-- -Happy
little Christmas bells!
Spank thexhildren off to bed ;
Happy little Christmas bells! .
Scold them till their prayers are said
Happy little Christmas bells! f
Tell them they must go to sleep .
Or' somk goblin grim will creep
In and get 'env make 'em, weep!
Happy little Christmas bells!
Catch bad cold while you trim the tree;
Happy lUi&Christmas bells!
Go to bed with a "TchwaK-chce!''
Happy litllejChristmas bells I
Dream all night of an eight-foot sock
Filled with pounded lime-stone rock
Lying across your aching "block"
Happy little Christmas bells!
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Stories About Members
"' Parsonage Kot a WelL
Methodist preachers have been the
butt of many a joke perpetrated by j
Congressmen, but these same commen-
tators pay their -w rent and some of
them can "raise the tune" and not a
few lead the prayer mecttnsrs when at'
hnm , - I
The lot of the average minister atl98ignea mm to nignt worx, ana asK
et it not hn easy ' one," remarked i nf m to see what could be done to
epreeentative Adamson of Georgia, 'd getting him transferred back to
bet
Repreoentat
A story is told ofs Methodist preach
er who lived ia m dilapidated house
splendidly ventilated narsonsge. The
cold weather was coming on, and the
mite-society of the: church concluded
to see if funds could be raised to "have
a few necessary ; repairs made. The
minister was asked to give on notice
of a meeting., lie did it ia this way:
" 'There will be a meeting of the
Mite' Society next Wednesday evening
at the so-eallet parsonage. On the cor
ner near the aforesaid parsonage is a
well, which is covered over and clap
boardol. It is unpainted and weather
worn, but I wish to describe it so that
none of yon may make a mistake and
take the w-ell for the parsonage. The
Mite Society meeting will lw held in
tue jv.reonagc, not the welL" " ,
: Wages Only Object. .
I "Lots of men are hunting asy
berths." says a Representative from
Tennessee,," but multitudes of laboring
men who are compelled to earn their
bread by the perspiration of the frontal
sinus onght to appreciate tbe simple
beauty of this advertisement, which ap
peared in a. New Orleans paper:
? Employment Steady. work not so
much an object as good wages. C M.
. A Tronblesomo Client. .
"One of mv. alwars-want-somcthiug
Pine bottghs were nlse brought ta aid ia
the decorations of tbe nouse. a large
ramljfjng frame and . board structure,
wit f broad rorridor on two side ever
looking the gardens, and a maeninvry
house where the coffee was handled
forming av fifty-foot extension to the
roof line. -. . ' -.x ) -
The dining room when completed waa
a perfect bower, and many a millionaire
would give a small fortune could be du
plicate tbe decorations in the north., in
the corners of the room and at the
aides of the door .and windows wero
E laced young banana : plants, their
road green leaves, falling gracefully
from the wall toward the center of the
room. The walk, rouga ' boards, it ia
true, but white-washed, wore hung with
the tops cut from the wild cane, ?r pa
eaya,. with Jimbs from flowering trees
alternating and giving color to 'the ef
fect. '
The whiteness 1 of the 'eloth on the
banquet board was "heightened by long
willowv limbs from the eoff.e tr-e. the
note Look, wherein are the names, ar-
raaged alpaa-betieally, cf ah tbos fcr
whom she mnsf select a gift, rnd le
stdi the name is inscribed the present
which the same person received for two
years previous. This list was. made out
by Miss llagner and acV year tlwre
are additops to 'the list. There are new
bubics and new husbtn '.s and wivev.
These first gifts require much attention
and Mrs. Hoosevelt giva it. Then re
muat" remember the .wives of the cabi
net officials and tbeir ehiliren, if there
b3 any, and there ar too wives k auU
widows , of former cabinet oRlciais tnd
other great men who expect a gift from
the White llonsev. Mrs. Hoosevelt shds
a present, usnally a pretty book or e'll-
endar or some small trifle to MmNMc
Little ChristmeiLS
(By Strickland W. Glllllan. in Weetern Publisher).
Children wake you up at four
Happy little Christmas bells!
Great 'Jee mima! What a roar!
Happy little Christmas bells!
Every kid declares he got :
'Zactly what he wanted rfotf
Trouble brewing on the spot'
Happy little Christmas bells!
Christmas dinner is a fright
Happy little Christmas bells!
Cooky on -ov bat last nighty
Happy little Christmas belts!
Papa growls that on the morrow
Bills wUl come and bring him sorrow .
'Cause he don't knou wiiere to borrato
Happy little Christmas bells
Never mind, 'twill soon be done
Happy little Christmas bells!
Hasn't, been a bit of fun
Happy little Christmas .bells!
Yet we're fvfy cfaftrstlasi cliecr;
Plcascd to death, or mighty near,'.
'Cause, it comes but once a year '
. Happy tittle Christmas-bells!
of The Senate
eonnf itaents who has been drawing a
semi-monthly stipend from Uncle Sam
0T man7 rer. . ay , Keprcsentative
om Pennsylvania, has recently been
to the night force, in the big
prjntery. , '
1 '"tcrrom him Monday
bewailing the fact that Mr. Rickets had
work.
"Now Fhave spent sleepresg'nitrhts
trying to keen that buck satisfied and
providing easy berths for him and my
patience is ' about exhausted. "I just
wrote him that' he onght to thank good
ness he was permitted to work in any
part of the building ether day or night,
for the election las: month clearly in
dicated that the world, the flesh and the
devil bad it in for us.". " T-
And Old Tale.
"It's, an old story, but well worth
repeating,' says - Representative Coop
er of Texas, while talking of the No
vember election. ' J- ., ;
"MaDy j-ears ago a distingnished of
fieerVf the army, who also held the po
sition it chaplain, offered prayer - be
fore the regiment. He summed up the
causes and objects of tire war the war
with Mexico aad asserted, that it was
no war of conquest, but"; annexation
only, concluding his supplication to the
Throne of Grace with:. '1 refer- yotii
good Lord, to Polk s message on this
subject.'" t -
A WAg's Endorsement. '.
Repreuentative Johnso of South Carolina,-
tells this: story tv-- . r ,
"In the section of ray state known as
Dark rner k- fellow whohsd been
very actifein YwHtics was-elected, eon-
stabW as a reward fox post . services.
bright sbinr SP'ccn of the leaves, strorg'
ty contracting with. tbe rich red df the
ripe coffee berries. At either end ef
the tabid large yellow pineapple with
tbe accompanying young shoots at thb
top and base of the fruit added to tb
effect of m briJliaa Ir beqnet ff roses
which graeeu the - center. espendcu
from the ceiling over the table wVre
limbs cut "from coffee trees, ladn with
bright red berries," and orange limbs,
leaded with the .fragrant yellow fruit.
To ay( the) leaat the decorations wre
effective. , y. ".. '" f'..;: :: . .p-r -: -
':. The piece d realatance edeourse was
a fat j nicy turkey stuffed, and bahed
to a, turn. '--'!
Tbe turkeys of the tropica are more
juicy an'd have a more "-gamey flavor
than any of the north. This was served
with a tart gnava jelly, made f rein
guava fruits growing wild' all over the
hill near the plantation, r' v
-There were mashed potatoes, fried
carrots with cream, string beau, sweet
potatoes, fresh crisp celery, delicate
Kltiley .and Mrs. llobart. 1 .
r Then there are scores of 1iooseeIt
kin e1 friends - settterel broadcast.
Mrs. Hoosevelt wants every one of her
gifts to be opened on Christ mis morn
ing; consequently she and Miss Hag
tier pore over soiling and mailing lists
as' industriously as a ! Jurist. Some of
the White House gifts went off (SiX
week ag, snd everyday since the exl
press companies' vans migut , have
be-.'n. seen nndef the greit porte coehcre
of the mansion, heapel up with aatly
tied -packagea. Anotm-r, interesting
little feature of Mrs. Roosevelt V gift
mnkin'r.is that every package is tied
tip in red,' white And blue tibboe, with
a spny of -holly ' tnck-id away in the
wrapp'ngs. Brooklyn Kagt.
and House '
Of eonrse, the faith'ful must arwaya be
rewarucu. . ,
"Now, it so happened .this newly
elected official could not write hia own
name. One day a writ was placed in
his bands to be served, and fa dne time
he returned it, to the magistrate ander
whom bo served. .That-worthy function
ary on examining the 'legal document'
round endorsed tnereon:
' 'Life is the time to serye the Lord
r-23 cents.'. . . . t . . t - .
; "Upon iavestisration it ' was found
that the constable had secured the ser
vices of a Greenville wag to assist him
In his work and that the wag bad en
dorsed the paper."
...
" Application of a Definition.
' "Johnnie spell excavate," said
teacher. . ,
the
. .E-x-e-a-v-a-t-e,"
Johnnie. . ,-
slowly spelled
y"Newf give its meaning."
; "To holier out," was Johnnie's reply.
"Can yon use it ia a sentence asked
the teaeber. - - --.r'-- y-' "': .;
f f pVres," ! ahswetod Johnnie j Bob
had bis tooth palled, and be exca
vated-". -y-i:--n:H;r'S,''xi,
; AUSTBAI'8 ivTIEAT CSOP.
ADELAIDE, Souin Anstralia. Dec
26. Theestimated wheat yield this
year will be 14,575,000 bushels. This
is 160,000 over the crop ot last year.
GERMANS
WAKX3
TO V 1XAVE
- T A XQ I ER, , Jee - 28. Tjll German
legation - has warned German ssbjeets
at Ps? t prepare ' to" leave' at a mo
ment unite-a. m. f- T
Ivournr -radkhea. - and lettuce from toe
garden.. The salad, eboppea P'nepp'fS
Danaaas ana wainuit m ia mayoui.iw
garnished wita' nasturtium flowers and
served on . tbe leaws of this delieate
eress of the Capuchin was a work of
art. Mince nies made with fruits a
northern housewife bardly knows, and
a plum pudding with ingredients not to
be thought of outside- the tropica.
A fruit-cake made weeks before and
rich as It could 1. with nuts from Cali
fornia and raisins from the Isles of tbe
Mediterranean, a che?se f r"nn Flanders
and coffee grown at the door made up
the final setting. Sherry from the
Spanish Frontier, a red wine from Bor
deaux, a few bottk-s of Veuve Clicquot
which bad drifted into the mountain
againet the day, helped moisten the
palates and add rest to the dinner,
while a ereme de cacao, a. liqner flavor
ed with the ciiocolate bean served a a
pousse cafe. .
Following the dinner the Christmas
tree waa exposed to the applauding
Some Recent
An assignment of wages to be earnel
in the future nndcr an exirtiag contract
is held, in Mallin v. Wenbam (1IL) 63
L. R. A. 60.', to be valid, and the fact
that the .term of employment is not of
definite duration is held to bv iiiunjt'e
rial. '."'' .'. ' - ' . -"
The members of an uuineorporatel
mutual benefit aseociation are held, in
Cochran v. Boleinan (Ind.) 63 1. R. A.
516, riot to be subject to. sutt by the'
beneficiary of a deceased member for
their respective shares of such benefit,
where the by-laws of tiio association
pontemnlate nTo rollertioa .ind liburne-
1 ment of benefits by officers, and for-
Ifeitnre or membership is the only -n-
lt v . nrnt-Jilcil Tnr tr tit nav .in
J r-" 1 -j -
sessmeni. .j. -.- , - ,
, A' merchant wbo ship goods to l is
broker without conveying title 10 him,
but purely for the purpose of distribu
tlon to others, and sends to nim a bill
of lading indorsed in blank for the
goods, the possession of which, by the
general custom of trade, is regarded as
evidence of the right to dispose of the
property, is beldl in Commercial Bank
r. J. K. Armsby Co. (Ga.) 05 L. R. A.
443, not to be, able, in an action ,f tro
ver, .to recovcr tho gools from a Lank
which lias, in good faith, and .witLoui
notice of the owner' title,' taken the
bill of lading as security for a loan ef
money to the broker on bis individual
account, and converted tho property fp-
on default in payment of. its debt.
The operation of a stone quarry on
city lots for a long period-of time by
means of blasting, which causes -bra
tiona ox tne earth aaa air tn etica a
manner as to render an adjoining dwell
ing unsafe for occupation," and enuscs
rents in its walls, is held, in Longtin v.
Persell (Mont.) 63 L. It. A. 635, to ren
der tbe one responeible therefor Lable
for tho injury, altboush he nses due
care ia the prosecution of the wok.
Blasting by the uso of gunpowder er
dynamite is held, in Cary r. Morrison
(C. C. A. 8th C.) 63 L. R. A. 639, to be
an appropriate and justifiable r.iodo-of
removing rock, from the right, of. way
sf a railroad in order to uring-it te
grade, where the blasting is Jon 3 with
reasonable care. ", "
A railroad company : tr.iuspsrting
mail, either under, eoafract . with the
government or by reasonof the general
laws and the regulation of the Post
office Department, is held, in Bankers'
Mutual Casualty Co. v. Minneapolis, !t.
P. & 8. M. R Co-'0 C. A. 8th C.) 63
L. E. A. '357,' to-be an ngent it the
government, -and -hot liable to in' livid
nals t or loss of mail tltrough negligence
Of its subordinate employees.
A railroad r ticket, although tttn in
two pieces, is neld, in Yootiir. Central
of Georgia -If.- Co. (Oa. 3 I It. A-
436, not to be "mutilated" w-itlii-i e
meaprpg of a stipulation on its faco
that if shall not be good for r-awige-if
rautilateil, and the ticke t is held to be
Valid when both pieces are presented
fo The conductor at the same time, nud
4t' isf apparent that they are patts of
the same ticket, and t oat 110 fraud has
beea , ierpctrated --upon ihe railroad
company. v '-?-.-,..: ,;t..,
A statute forbidding the nee of horses
Whose tails are docked after its passage
is hebL in Bland v.- People fCoio.1 63
Ia R, A. 424, not to be void as rn un
constitutional deprivation of property!
A statute forbidding, tinder penalty.
persons or corporations engag-d in pri
vate enterprises from TtaviniT employees
in store orders not retleemablff in cash
is held, in State V. Missouri Tie it ' T.
(M.) 65 L. R. A. 588, to be uncon
stitutional as interfering with the right
to contract " x'
A statute prohibiting the assignment
of future Wages by employees is licld,
in International Text-Book Co. v. Weis
singer (Ind.) 63 L. ft. A. C99. r.t to be
void as an unreasonable restraint tion
thi liberty of the citizen, or as depriv
ing him of his property withdnt due
process1 of law - -
The legislature is held, in Marsh , v.
Stonebraker (Neb.) 63 L. R, A. 607, not
to be prohibited by any provision of
the Constitution from . granting to a
person the right to publisa tb statutes
of the state, and ' making sncV statnte
prima, facie evidence of; the law, nor
from porchasircr auch number of cooies
thereof as -the legislature may Uem
necessary for theuse of its officers.
A statute autnorizing game wir Jens
to" seize and forfeit to the state sum
marily, without affording the owner
thereof opportunity for a heariag, nil
guns, ammunition, decoys, fiebing tack
le, etc' ia actual use by arsons auEt
ing in Violation of 'the game law, is
held, In McConnell v MeKillio fNeb.1
63 L. R. A. 610. to be void as depriving
the owner of his property -wit Lout due
process of .law, - . -: ,
Tn.; right to. recover -iam.iirea f.-.r
metital suffering fof failure to deliver a
rflegnm; although not accompanied by
physical suffering or injury, is mrrain.
ed in Baraesv. Western II. TW r-
(Nev.) 63 LI K. A. CC&
A eonIition in a deed of a rtiall rr-!
c - " 9 ' ,- . -..' ..... , . , '
gae of each one having s " ' 1
something to the beauty of tho tr ; H- i
the way of gite for some one rrc ; t.
roe tree was tilliantly lighted ?:
Uttl wax tapers' ordered from the frit
ed States months before, bung with X..
toons of "popcorn," being the Mpp-4
ffTains of the millo-n (pronounced nil-
yone accent on the last syllableX a Kirt
of Kaffir corn, which pops o a to J. avo
no hard kernel, as in the popcorn t-r
this country.
7io one wan overlooked, ev-n tuo
native servants of the bouse, thence s
in the operatives kitchen, themtit-a
foreman of the plantation, the eowojy
and all, being called in to sharer tla
joya of a real Anglo-Saxon ChrUtr.jas
nd to receive a little present f t ti;e
hands of the "San Nicholas t?e lus
Gringos" I. A. il.
Almost every nation that rica to tin
uignity of a place on the map will" bo
represented at the Lewis and Clark
Centennial. - -1
Legal Decisions!
eel of land that no grain shall ever be
handled on the land grant 1, wh4th
contains no; facilities for Isndllng
grain at the time of-the grant, ie r.eld,
in Wakefield v. Van Tassell (HI.) 13 L.
R, A. 511, not to be unrsaaonable or
contrary to public poPicy.- r
A eontratt by one named as exeeotrix
in a will, I bat, ia eonsider.Uton.of the
withdrawal of opposition to ji probate,
she will distribute money waica jeomes
into her hands tt executrix as fast ss a
certain sum shall areuirul.ite, ii it-td,
hi1 Painter v.'Ksiscr (Nev.) 3 T II. A.
67, to be enforceavlde against tae prom
iaor ia her individual enpaelcy. -"
Tbe '-right of orte who, while in the
employ of another, nuds uKn the lat
ter 'a premises money evidently brdden
and forgotten by an unknown owner, to
maintain an action of trovsr egaiaWfc
bis employer, where tho latter takvs t'oe
money out, of his poKsession and ''re
fuses to restore it, is sustained in Pun
lelon w Roberts (Or.) 65 L. R. A.
The public, by laying out a bigliway,
is held, in liiirelow v. Whitcomb (K. II.) ".
65 L. It. A. 676, not to: aequire a ri-U
to prevent the owner of the fes fri?n!
removing and applying to "nls own 1 1
timber .standing t therein, which Jho
public may desire to-preserve fpr Ln Ji
or ornamentation. " f.
The obligation of- a man ia pay for
necessaries furnished to bis wife, With
wbom .he is living, upon-the theory t f ;
Implied agency on 'ner part, ia -.denied
in Wanamaker v. Weaver (N. A'.) f-3
L. It. A. C2V, where,-slke;was amply np.
plied with articles of the same chnrii;
ter as these purehascd; or was furobLcd
with leady money with whl-hto pay -eao
"f or : taem -A note to th! casa re
views the other authorities ou tho lit
hHity of a busband for neeessarial fut
itistioJ. lis wjfe while liring wi'.h 1 i.r.
The indorsement by the clrk of an
fn-uranee company of a slip cf paper
notifying the company of a shipment
to be eovered by an open marinj policy"
in the usual way, with the uiaotiot t
tho premium and the rheck mark indi
cating its readiness for entry la tho
books, is held. In Delaware Ins. Co; v.
8. R White Dental Mfg. Co. (O. C. A.
8d C;) 65 L. It.' A.. 37, not to show
an acceptance of the rik in the face of
its positive rejection by tne officers of
the company as soon ts ihey learned
t hat it was on projeriy already lostt of
which the assured ie notified without
delay. . '-,'" .-
The business of 'pretending to heal
absent patients by supernatural powers
without medicine or surgery is' held, in
Wcltmer v. Dwhop (Mo.) 63 L. -R. A.
584, to be frsudulent, snd not protected
by the law against libel, although man
persons claimed to have been benefited
by the treatment. ,v
A municipal corporation is held. In
Canton v. Canton Cotton Warebotis
Co. (Mi.) 63 h. R. A.' 301, to bare m
such title to the fee of its streets a en
titles it to claim compensation from a
railroad company which, by virtue of a
legislative' franchise, occupies a por
tion of h street for a crossing.
The right to declare a contract ma-Jo
on8unday void lecanse opposed to pub-
Iie policy isidenied, in Rodman t. Rob
inson (N. IU) 65 It. R. A. 682 ,
Xsers of water from a ditea or canal
are held, in Hard V." Boise City I. & I
Co. (Idaho) 63 U R. A. 407, to be en
titled to sell and transfer the right. to
use such waters, and the" purchaser i
held to have a right to transfer it to
other lands under the ditch or canal, no "
I'fflf as tne change of place does not in
terfere with the rights of others.; TM
transfer of the right to use water for
irrigation is considered in a note to
this ease.
BOSTON'S BAG HAT IT. .
Do you suppose sny other city ba
the, bag habit as Boston has it? . 1
have graduated from the Boston 1 ;i ,
the most of ns, but the wriMb;.i- L .
a vis-lifce grip on us. And a vt i
gotd thing it is for iho Christmas'--; ( -
pers. Por as a resource in deci
what to sie for a Christmas
it has no rival this year. Na tUl : 1
ber sober senses would object,' broth' ;
fy, sisterly or any other sort of 1 -
even if she had two or three otUr .
The more the merrier: she tt.ini ,
these affairs and if she has one for .
costume she knows just bow mmiU !
next-door-neighbor will envy b'-r. '"
sides, no two may be alike id th '1
ter of " fittings, . Tor & Ur-n '
covered by bag appointments r
days. And ttetween
a wise Hrl Indces a liar, l.w it '
tings. Boston Transcript."
ETCUrAIi TFZ1TZZ2 CF ll'l
"Who is that sickly loolir .
over there I"
'Wbt he's the editor cf r
iff department of iho tlotown ' '.
Dallas ?v'ews."-