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second year of its growth." Therefore an indictment for stealing a " yearling " was held bad, in Stottenwerk v. State, 55 Alabama, 142. Non constat it might have been a baby. But in Berryman v. State, 45 Tex. i, it was held that " as understood in com. mon language a ' yearling ' comes under the denomina tion of cattle," and so an indictment for stealing a "bull yearling" was good. The Century Dictionary defines it, "a young beast one year old or in the sec ond year of its age."

THE VOLUNTEER BARBER. Duffie v. Mathewson and others, I City Hall Recorder, 167. With crown and trident, And accents strident, A pseudo-Neptune reared his head. And planned to wrestle With an English vessel That off the Banks was heaving lead. With frisky motion, From out the ocean Her side with all his rout he boarded, And loud demanded There should be handed To him to drink of spirits hoarded. Of every station All made oblation Of ruin or eke of cognac, Except one duffer, A British bluffer, Who fought them till his face was black. But quick they brought a Tub of salt water, And on a plank across, a-straddle, They held him raving, Gave him a shaving. And tipped him in the brine to paddle. That ruthless shaver The usual favor Of asking if the razor hurt, Had quite omitted, And all unpitied The victim struggled sans his shirt. Nor did he chatter And ceaseless patter Of weather and of politics, Nor nostrums sell him, Nor falsely tell him His falling hair they soon would fix. To such a scoffer He made no proffer Of " our sea foam " or " ocean spray," Nor tiresome wooing To try champooing And things to stop his growing gray.

At length upstarting, And sorely smarting From scrape of rusty iron hoop, Eyes full of lather. He swore he'd rather Die than to treat that lawless group. So when that barber Arrived in harbor, He and the eight who shared the sport, In spite of flattery, Were sued for battery, And haled before a landsman's court. A Gotham jury, In righteous fury, Declared such conduct was not nice; Though meant for funny, 'T would cost them money — Forty-six dollars was the price. Extremely risky Such actions frisky Toward passengers by carrier, For some get huffy, Like Mr. Duffie, And raise a legal barrier. Artists tonsorial . In regions boreal, This famous case lay to your soul, For sure the fact is 'Tis ill to practice Your trade at sea beneath the Pole.

A QUESTION IN CAMERA. — The London Law Journal has an entertaining department devoted to accounts of Moot Courts. In a recent number we find the following, which we commend to the atten tion of law-school professors : — "The eighth general meeting of the Newcastle- uponTyne Law Students' Society was held on December 16. Mr. H. S. Mundahl, barrister-at-law, in the chair. The subject of debate was as follows : ' Mr. Kodak takes, with out permission, a snapshot of a lady and a gentleman in a boat, under some trees. The gentleman has his arm round the lady's waist. This photograph Mr. Kodak is in the habit of showing to his bachelor friends who visit him at his chambers. Major Sprightley has for some time past been very suspicious of a certain Mr. Brown, who, he considers, is too attentive to Mrs. Sprightley. A Mr. Smith, in company with Major Sprightley, calls at Mr. Kodak's chambers one evening, and Major Sprightley is introduced to Mr. Kodak. Eventually Mr. Kodak shows his collection of snapshots, including that of the lady and gentleman in a boat. Major Sprightley recognizes his wife and Mr. Brown, and Mrs. Sprightley, when charged, has to admit that she has carried on a foolish but innocent flir tation with Mr. Brown. Major Sprightley declines to cohabit any longer wilh his wife. Has Mrs. Sprightley a right of action against Mr. Kodak? ' Messrs. E. C. Sanders and J.