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"Could he not have struck one fatal to the government to declare war, he blow in all of that time?" cried out, 'Unsheath the sword!" and drawing a dagger threw it on the floor. Dramatic effects, however, are hazard ous agencies to use, as it is not impossible "Ah!" coolly said an opponent. to spoil them as an anticlimax — as a "There is the knife, but where is the member of the English Parliament found fork?" when at the close of a fiery adjuration A shout of laughter was the result. The Editor will be glad to receive for this department anything likely to entertatn the readers of the Green Bag in the way of legal antiquities, f'acetia, and anecdotes.

USELESS BUT ENTERTAINING A sensational murder case was being tried in one of the rural districts of West Virginia, and finally, after a long drawn out fight, had reached the exciting stage of a verdict. As the husky band of countrymen filed slowly in from the jury-room, the prosecuting attorney smiled confidently to himself, because he felt sure of a verdict of involuntary manslaughter. And in this he was not wholly disappointed. The clerk took the paper handed him by the foreman, and, to the surprise of all, read in a sonorous voice: "We, the jury, find the defendant guilty of involuntary slaughterman." "This poem was written by a prominent lawyer of this city. Has it any value?" "About as much value," raid the editor, "as a legal opinion written by a poet." — Washington Herald. Jack — I tell you courting a girl is mighty expensive. Tom — Yes, but thank heaven one doesn't need a lawyer to sue for a girl's hand. — Boston Transcript. First Financier — Aren't you afraid this deal may land us in jail?

Second Financier — Nonsense. You seem to forget that millions are involved. — Exchange. "It's all right to fine me, Judge," laughed Barrowdale, after the proceedings were over, "but just the same you were ahead of me in your car, and if I was guilty you were, too." "Ya-as, I know," said the judge, with a chuckle. "I found myself guilty and hev jest paid my fine into the treasury same ez you." "Bully for you!" said Barrowdale. "By the way, do you put these fines back into the roads?" "No," said the judge. "They go to the trial jestice in loo o' sal'ry." — Harper's Weekly. The late Judge Gary of Baltimore, who in his younger days was a member of the State Legis lature, was noted for his quickness at repartee. On one occasion he had introduced a bill that proved very obnoxious to several members of the opposing faction. After adjournment one of the discontented came rushing up to him in a great state of excitement. "Look here, Gary," he exclaimed. "I'd rather blow my brains out than advocate such a measure." "My dear sir," replied Gary, with a twinkle in his eye, "you flatter yourself on your markmanship." — Newark Star.

The Legal Monthly Analysis of Leading Legal Events Two important decisions have been rendered by the United States Supreme Court construing the Sherman act. In

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one of them the Court refused to sanc tion a combination of dealers in enameled iron bath tubs made under cover of the supposed protection of the patent pro tecting the enameling process used, and