| Show SOMt tEJEJEislliJIiT STORlfS Famous Judges Jest London Mail Of no man in our time hardly have more stories been told than of SIr Henry Hawkins Every week of his Judicial career brought its fresh speci I men of judicial wit humor or character A decision of the learned judge which at the time excited considerable attention was that which Tie gave in a bigamy case at Derby gve boy and a girl married in 1SS4 and in three months discovered that they were too young to know their own minds so they quietly agreed to separate There was no cruelty no suspicion of adultery nothing to enable either o them to appeal ap-peal to the law They had while underage under-age simply made 3 matrimonial mistake mis-take and corrected it in the easiest way After six years of single blessedness blessed-ness they both married again happily this time and i was in evidence that they had led reputable lives with their new spouses from 1S91 to iSIS Then neighboring busybodies interfered and procured the arrestof the husband and wife on the charge of bigamy in the interests of justice Justice Hawkins said that the interests of humanity were superior to those of legal justice and that the alleged bigamists should have been let alone He was bound to l lf rM record a technical I verdict against i them but he inflicted no penalty and ordered them to be discharged on their own recognizance re-cognizance This aroused the indignation of the aruse indigaton Bishop Suffragan of Derby who from the nnlntJv trntptpi nfroinet tVia o I marks and action of the judge c te ding d-ing that they were calculated to destroy de-stroy the sanctity of the marriage tie and the family life Sir Henrys retort to this in a letter to the Dally Mail was I am utterly indifferent to the remarks of the SufI fragan bishop who must have been entirely i I en-tirely in ignorance of what I really said and did and of the material facts before me I am satisfied of my own I right rectitude and do not care to set him I The Lawyers Joke Detroit Free Press The Brooklyn doctor has been visiting visit-Ing the Detroit doctor They were col j I I lege chums and when thrown together I again they were the same jolly pair j they had been at Yale Remember that bet I won of you j laughed the doctor Ill never forget I I i You wagered that the sun moved j I about the earth from east to west I I Took you In good old man Trouble r is tnat you leaped before you thought I was always a lucky better Have the same mania for i yet Not in a sporting way you know but just among friends Great joke wasnt i and the doctor laughed long and loud Always said youd get even but Ill see that you dont chummle A little later the two were talking about the litigation over a big estate in Michigan the doctor being acquainted acquain-ted with one of the principals interested inter-ested j How much do you think I made out of that case asked the lawyer A good round sum Ill warrant I What would you say to a thou I sand sandIl bet fifty i was nearer ten thousand I i thou-sand and the doctor had the money I on the table in a twinkling I was r i j covered just as quickly Got you again chuckled the doc1 I tor Honest now old man how much did you get Nothing I wasnt employed in the I case at all The doctor took i very hard for an hour and then grew more cheerful as he laughed over the prospect of workIng I work-Ing a similar Joke on a friend at home I Two Military Yams I W E Curtis in Chicago Record < I I After General Miles returned from Europe 1SD7 he designed for himself a resplendent new uniform after the I I pattern of those worn by military officers I of-ficers abroad and very much more elaborate than is common in our army I Among other very pretty features in I I I the design is a cluster of laurel leaves upon his collar The other evening at i a reception given by Secretary and Mrs Alger to gvcn military circle in the j I city this new uniform was seen for I the first time by the wife of a subordinate subordi-nate officer who had spent most of her I life upon the frontier and she asked a friend concerning the significance of I the laurels I I fancy was the reply that the laurel wreaths have slipped over his head headWhen When General Leonard Wood was asked to explain the discrepancies between be-tween his testimony regarding rations before the war board and the letter which his late lieutenant colonel of the rough riders Governor Roosevelt wrote to General Miles on the subject he smiled and remarked Are you Teddy trying to get me into trouble with No but you say the rations were good and he says they were bad and you both were there together I entirely depends upon the point of view remarked the governor general gen-eral of Santiago Governor Roosevelt has been accustomed to dine at Del monicos I have spent most of my life at army pots upon the plains I speak from the standpoint of a reffu lar army officer He speaks from the standpoint of a volunteer He Was Answered Washington Post Senator Cafferys constitutional argu ment yesterday was listened to at onetime one-time by six senators Ono of these was Mr Spooner of Washington Senator Caffery read an extract in the course of his remarks which attracted Mr Spooners attention Perhaps it had a familiar sound At any rate he began to manifest some curiosity From what is the senator reading he asked Mr Caffery The Louisiana senator turned around with 3 surprised not to say an Injured air I am reading he said with crushing emphasis from the constitution constitu-tion of the United States The Kings Compliment Pits bur Dispatch Here is a cello story told by that I master of his art Auguste van Biene Some years ago I played before our Into king of Holland William III After Af-ter I had finIshed he sent for me and said You have given mo infinite de light I have heard all the great eel ists in the world I bowed I have heard Patti another bow from me Gervais bow again Davedoff Oh your majesty thanks and more bows from me but of all the great celists you profuse bowing certainly perspire the most Exit Van Biene He Was Willing The city clerk of Lewlston Me who always demands the written consent of parents before marrying minors reJ ceivUy received the following unique letter I1 Clefe that girl of mln she want to be mary and I done care a darn She got a teller and they earn ten dollars a week tween em He good gd feller She all right You will mary them for me and 0 much obliged |
