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Communications in regard to the contents of the Magazine should be addressed to the Editor, HORACE W. FULLER, 344 Tremont Building, Boston, Mass. The Editor will he t;t<id to receive contributions of articles of moderate length upon subjects of in terest to the profession; also anything in the •U'ay of legal antiquities or curiosities, facetta anecdotes, etc. FACETIÆ. LORD RUSSELL of Killowen (when Sir Charles Russell) was once examining a witness. The question was as to the size of certain hoof prints left by a horse in sandy soil. "How large were the prints? " asked the learned counsel. " Were they as large as my hand? " holding up his hand for the witness to see. "Oh, no," said the witness honestly; •' it was just an ordinary hoof." Then Sir Charles had to suspend the exami nation while everybody laughed. "WHAT's'the charge in this case? " asked the magistrate. "That's what I'm waiting to find out, your honor," replied the prisoner. I had the satis faction of hitting him, and I'm willing to pay any price that's in reason. HON. J. J. INGALLS in The Saturday Evening Post tells the following good stories of Win. M. Evarts : Among the guests at a dinner to Daniel Web ster in New York was Dr. Benjamin Branclreth, the inventor of a celebrated pill known by his name. Mr. Evarts united these two great men in a volunteer toast to " Daniel Webster and Ben jamin Brandreth : the pillars of the Constitu tion!" Objections had been filed with the Judiciary Committee to the confirmation of a nomination on account of the dissolute habits of the ap pointee. When the case came up for consideration the chairman called for the affidavits. The clerk produced a number from the files. Consulting his docket, Mr. Edmunds thought there were

more, and others were found. A search dis closed another batch that had been overlooked. "The papers in this case," said Mr. Evarts, "appear to be more dissipated, if possible, than the candidate!" To a lady who expressed surprise that one of such slender frame and fragile physique could endure so many feasts with their varying viands and different wines, he replied that it was not so much the different wines that gave him trouble as the indifferent ones. President Hayes was a total abstainer — at home. Scoffers said he only drank the "O. P. brands." His state dinners, otherwise very ele gant and costly, were served without wines. The only concession to conviviality was the Roman punch, flavored with Jamaica rum. Evarts was accustomed to allude to this course as "the life-saving station 1" Rising to address informally the guests at a Thanksgiving dinner, he began : " You have been giving your attention to a turkey stuffed with sage. You are now about to consider a sage stuffed with turkey." COUNSEL. " What do you know of the defend ant's reputation for veracity?" WITNESS. " Well, if Ananias had lived in his neighborhood he'd never have become cele brated."

NOTES. SOME years since in Louisa County, Iowa, a person was caught stealing timber from the gov ernment lands. A young reader of Blackstone was appointed to defend. It was agreed by the state and by the court that anyone guilty of the same charge would be a prejudiced person to sit on the jury. Two days were occupied in trying to get a jury for all those summoned had been guilty of the same charge. At the end of that time the young lawyer made a motion to dismiss for reason that in a community where