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474 Mrs. Oyer : " They say your husband is a splendid cross-examiner in a law suit." Mrs. Terminer : " Well, he ought to be — he's cross as can be at home."

In a breach of promise case. The Court : "What is your age, madam? " The Plaintiff : "Must I answer?" The Court: "You must." The Plaintiff : " Why, Judge, I thought people didn't have to testify against themselves."

"I hardly think," said the lawyer, " that you can get a separation from your wife on account of her making a practice of throwing things at the dog." "But, Great Caesar, mister! " said the man with the haggard look and the black eye, " nigh every time she throws at the dog she hits me."

Great Lawyer (in cross-examination) : " So you consider the prisoner an honest man, do you?" Witness : " An honester man never lived." Great Lawyer (superciliously) : "Will you kindly state on what you base that remarkable opinion?" Witness (hotly) : " On the fact that he once tried to be a lawyer, and failed."

An attorney in one of the Southern Counties of Pennsylvania was addressing a jury in a crimi nal case, in which he desired to impress them with the correctness of the evidence of an old lady, who had testified in behalf of his client. Striking an attitude, he said : " Gentlemen of the jury, you certainly will believe the testimony of this old lady. Her sun is set, her light has gone out, night is upon her. She stands with one foot in the grave, and the other on — on terra firma." NOTES.

The American Bar Association held its nine teenth annual meeting at Saratoga Springs on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Aug. 19, 20 and 21. This meeting was one of great and

unusual interest by reason of the presence of the Lord Chief Justice of England, and his delivering of the annual address. An audience of two thousand persons was present at the opening ses sion, in the Convention Hall, on Wednesday morning, when the President of the Association, Hon. Moorfield Storey of Boston, delivered his address upon the prescribed topic, the " Note worthy Changes in Statute Law " made during the preceding year. This address was thought ful and scholarly throughout, and was listened to with close attention, especially by the English guests of the Association. The afternoon sessions of the Association were devoted to the work of the Section on Legal Education. On Wednesday afternoon the Chair man of the Section, Prof. Emlin McClain, delivered an address on "The Law's Curricu lum : Subjects to be Included, and Order of Presentation." The paper by Prof. C. M. Campbell of Denver, Col., on " The Necessity and Importance of the Study of Common Law Procedure in Legal Education," was, in his ab sence, read by Prof. Russell of the University of the City of New York. Prof. Blewett Lee of the Northwestern University read a paper on "Teaching Practice in Law Schools." At the evening session of the Association papers were read by Hon. James M. Woolworth of Nebraska, and by Joseph B. Warner, Esq., of Massachusetts. The members of the Association also attended a reception by Hon. George S. Batcheller, at his residence, and were presented to Lord Russell. The occasion was greatly en joyed by the guests. On Thursday morning Lord Russell delivered his great address on " International Arbitra tions." The public interest in this most notable occasion was shown by the presence of a great audience of some five thousand persons, who greeted Lord Russell with hearty and prolonged applause. The fame and exalted position of the speaker, the importance of the subject, its application to pending affairs between England and America, and the occasion, made the address a matter of international interest. This address has been widely published and read. It is a notable one, by reason of its broadness of view, its force and its clearness of diction. The speaker stood be hind a high reading desk, and read his address