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    bnitihii Advertiser.
0, W. FAIRBItOTHER & CO,, Froprletori.
ArmJUN, i : NEBRASKA.
THE LITTLE COMFORTER.
I havo a Uttlo Comforter,
Uhiit climbs upon my kneo,
Anrttnftkos tho world soom posslblo
Whon OiltiK? ffo wronjr with mo. '
Sho never is tho one to any:
" If you hud only boon jl -
More onrefttl mill moro sensible.
'Ihls Uilnjr hud been forosccn."
Fho blendes mo,
Citrepses iuo, . .
And whispers: "Never mind:
To-morrow night
All will bo right,
My pnpn, good nud kind."
To gtvo mo wIbo nnd good ndvlco
I havo of friends u scoro;
But then the trouble over Is,
1 knew it nil beioro.
And when ono's heart Is full of euro,
One's plnns nil in n moss,
Tho wlsost ronsonlng, I think,
Can't mako tho trouble less.
My Mntnlo's wny
Is Just to snyi
"Oh, pnpn, don't bo sad:
To-morrow night
AW will be right,
And thou we ehiill bo glnd."
Somo think 1 hnvobcen much toblatno;
Somo nays " I told you so;"
And others sigh: " whiitcnn'tbo helpod
Must bo endured, you know."
Of eourse, if trouble can bo helpod,
Then crying is In vnlu;
Hut whon a wronjr will not come right,
Why should I not complain?
in .munio s eves
I'm nlwnys wise;
Sho never thinks mo wrong;
It's uoi'lqrstood
I'm nlways good
Good ns the dnv Is lonjr.
All day l'vo kept a choorful fnco,
All (lay been on tho strain;
Kow 1 niitv rest, or I may sigh,
Or, if lllUo complain.
My daughter thinks ns papa thinks
And in her lvlng sight
Inm a clever, prudent man,
Who Ims iliino all things right.
Faith sn complete,
Oh, It is sweot,
When neither wise nor strong;
Hut I,oo stands best
The tiettcr test
Of Sonow and of Wiong.
Then come, my llttlo Comforter,
And cllmbupon my kneo;
Ton make the world soem posslblo
When thing go wrong with mo.
Tor you've the wisdom lar beyond
Tho reach of any siige,
Tho lo lug, t inlur. hopeiul truat
That best ean "treiigthenngo.
Sii : ' Pupa, dour,
Now don't you tear:
Ueloro ticuinrriiw night
Tho cures you dread
Will all hao lied,
And everything bo right."
Harper's irceWy.
U THE CKANRKItKY SWAMP.
"What do you keep him for?" intoned
Ned Edwards as his companion fastened
the dog kennel with jv wooden button,
after Inning given its occupant hi.s even
ing meal and a gcod-night petting,
"lie's certainly of no ue, and must bo
a good dual of trouble.''
" Ye. he's of no use," replied Jim
Harrington, " but tho time was when
old Major wns my best friend and could
well earn his living, and it's only fair to
enro for him in his old ago now. I will
not gho him away lor leartliat ho may
bo abused, and i never could get up
snough courage to shoot tho poor fcl
.ow!" " Rut why do you lock him up?" con
tinued Ned. "No one will steal him."
"That's true,'' laughed his comrade,
" but strango as it may seem the old
rascal has lately taken n notion to rim
iway, and so to keep him out of danger
1 built that konncl and shut him in.'7
The boys wero at tho gate now, and
Nod turned down tho road toward
borne.
"You won't forget the match Satur
day afternoon!" called .Jim alter him;
" on tho lower meadow nt two o'clock
Sharp. The Swampvillo Club have got
a now pitcher, and we've got to work
hard to beat thorn."
" All right! I'll be on hand!" shout
ed Ned, in reply, "and tho Hoochen
Hill Stars will boat tho Swampvillo
chaps two to one! You'll see! Good
night "
Thursday, Friday, Saturday. School
at last was over, and in tho warm Juno
sunlight the rival ball playor.s gathored
in the lower moadowfor the long-talkod-of
game which should decide tlio rela
tive month of tlio adjoining towns.
Upon this momentous occasion tlio
Swampvillo "Rockets" wore attired in
suits of white, with brilliant red bolts,
reminding one of oireingloj. while the
redoubtable Rcoehon Hill "Stars"
wore simple blue. With tlio players
camo a great crowd of spectators and
camp followers upon either side, both
boys and dogs: and after tlio usual
skirmishing for innings, tlio necessary
amount of shouting, and the issuance of
innumerable orders from tho respective
'Captains' to their "men," the game
began.
It was a long and hard-fought battlo.
Tho question was not in this case, as in
some champion tournaments, how small
a scoro ono party could limit the other
to, but tho rather how great a number
of runs each side could make boforo re
tiring. It was during tho firnt inning that a
mow spectator appeared upon the lield,
in old Major, who had somehow es
capod from his kennel, and, attracted
by tho distant shouting, camo slowly
trotting down tlio road. His master
observed him and called to him. but the
old dog was wary, fearing to loso tho
freedom just gained, and took a position
at one side of tho field, within sight
of tho players, but also within easy
rea h ot tho cranberry swamp which
lay back of tlio meadow, so that retreat
might bo open to him in case ho was
pursued. Hut his young master had
weightier matters upon his mind than
the capture of the runaway, and Major
remained undisturbed at his post as the
plav wont on.
Tho final trugglo began. Every move
of the one parti was anxiously watched
by tlio othoiv and if rfoon .boenmo .evi
dent to the "ins" that whatever runs
they made must bo earned. Ono, two
men wero out, and not a singlo tally
had boon scored when Jim Harrington
went to the bat. Ho was ono of tlio
best members of tho "Stars," and tho
entire club took hoart as thoy saw tho
resolute look upon his fnco as ho grasped
the heavy pine club and raised it over
his shoulder in waiting for tho coining
ball.
"Jim won't miss!" cried somo of his
moro enthusiastic friends, eagerly.
" He's suro to make ono run, anyway.
There she goes!"
Truo enough, at that instuntHarring
ton knocked, and the ball was seen Hy
ing high through the air, fairly passing
tho limits of tho meadow, and falling
at last among tho gnarled and matted
bushes that fringed tho cranberry
swamp.
A groat shout arose, half a dozen
"Rockets" shot away in pursuit and
fizzed back and forth among the tan
gled vinos scarchimr in hot hast for tho
hidden ball, while Harrington, with
wonderful speed, ran from baso to bao
until ho had reached tho full limit, six
runs, whon tho cry of "Jostballl" in
terrupted everything, and all tho play
ers, both "ins" and "outs," joined in
tho cllort to find it.
Hut with no success, for, after twenty
minutes of tramping to and fro, tho
Captain of tho "Stars" cried "No go!"
and sorrowfully the two clubs gathered
agafii about tho scorer's stand.
"We ought to have brought another
ball," said one.
"Yes, but it's too lato to go for it
now," replied another.
"Shall wo call it a drawP" said a
' Rocket."
"No, sir! For we would havo beaten
you if tho game had been played out,"
returned a "Star."
" Wo must put tho matter over for a
week," said Charlie Marlovof tho vis
iting club, " and you follows CHino and
play it out with us.
,.j .v ...m i..... ..-,, .
"No," roplied Ned Edwards, " tlrrrj
.mo is duo hero and must bo nlaved
out nere; mil it you u come
over anil
finish it next Saturday I'll bring my
new foot-ball, nnd we'll havo a run with
that after this is decided."
Roth Dockets and Stars wero pleased
with this suggestion, and it was unani
imously agreed to; and soon thereafter,
a noisy, laughing crowd, the two clubs
shouldered their bats and turned up tho
winding pathway homeward just as tlio
far-away sun kissed the western hor
izon. Rut Ned Edwards bade tho oth
ers "good-night" and plunged into the
cranberry swamp upon a bee-lino for his
father's house, something moro than a
mile away.
The air was cool and frosh; with
vivid colors the sotting sun painted tho
ilcecy clouds that floated overhead;
the twitter of tlio birds seeking shelter
for. tho night mingled with the drowsy
tinkle of a distant cow-bell, and tlio
faint but plaintive cry of a bewildorod
lamb alone broke tho stillness of tlio
coming night. The shout of tho playor
was stilled, tlio occasional bursts of
langhtor from tho distant homo-going
crowd did not roach the Jowlilnd of tlio
swamp, tho croak of the frogs in tho
great marsh sounded like tho mystic
music of some unseen chorus, ' and
watery echoes, faint and sweot, floated
through the air. As Ned advanced his
loneliness became more marked.
This did not trouble the boy, how
ever, for many a milo had ho tramped
alone and after nightfall, too; but there
camo uncalled-for to his busy brain
just at this time of all others tlio rumor
which ho had listened to the day boforo
at tlio village store, of a panther's cry
which had boon recently heard pro
ceeding from somo heavy timber at tho
upper end of this very swamp. It was
an unpleasant thing to remember as the
shadows wero falling and tho distant
woods loomed black and somber; but
Ned laughed at his vague half fear,
oven while his heart beat a littlo moro
rapidly, and hastened forward whistling
cheerily.
The swamp was at this season of tho
year nearly dry, except whoro tho
water formed deep pools; and to avoid
these tlio boy was obligod to make
many turns and detours, choosing his
path with great care lest in tho dim
light ho should bocomo entangled in
the morass nnd bo forced to return as
ho came.
Although tho actual distance through
tho swamp was considerably less than
a mile, yot tlio dilliculty of passage was
so great that Ned was not ha'f way
across it when the twilight faded into
night, and tho soft stars that peeped out
overhead where the only lamps by
which to guide his lootsteps.
Ho had forgotten tho panther story in
his worry about tho path, and his only
anxiety now, as ho moved slowly for
ward, was to escape tho treacherous
vines that continually wound around
his feet, and avoid tlio water holes that
lay upon either hand.
1 lie frogs' chorus was quiet now, but
the night had other voice-, all its own:
tho gentle whisper of a parsing breozo,
the distant bark of somo prowling dog,
tho far-oU'rattlo of a home-going wagon
upon tho hillside road, the soft croon of
littlo birds nestling one against tho other
among the low-growing hushes, tho
dismal, lonely hoot of an owl from the
darksome recess of tho woods close at
hand.
All theso Ned hoard, hardly noting
th'tn as ho struggled onward; "but suil
denly a new sound broko upon his ear,
startling him; and, pausing, ho turned
quickly toward tho ijuartur whence it
camo.
It was a footstep, nppaiontly follow
ing him; a lithe tread, not crashing
through vino and branch, but tailing as
though padded upon the tangled
growth; and the panther story again
Unshed acro-s tho boy's brain, chilling
him with quick fright and driving tho
whistle fr in his lips. Perhaps the
rumor had been true!
With strain'ng oyos ho peered into
the darkness about him, listening mean
time intently.
For a moniont ho hoard only tho owl
and tho faraway dog; ho saw nothing.
Then a sudden swaying of tho bushes
caught his attention, and an Instant
later a black something, an animal with
long body, four foot and a hugo head,
iHndy appeared, half crouching upon an
open spot not thirty foot behind him. It
was tho panther!
With a cry of terror tho boy turned
and lied.
Over matted vines and quivering
quicksand, through twisted thickets and
clinging bushes, Ned ran, a desporato
liasto urging him on, a frantic strength
upholding him, and over as ho looked
behind ho saw tho form of his savage
pursuer, following along his broad and
winding trail.
Ho sought to escape tho swamp and
reach tho opon fields boyond, but, bo
wildercd as ho was, ho ran first to tho
loft, then to tlio right, nnd not at all in
tho desired direction, growing each mo
ment moro confused and wearied, until
ho suddenly plunged into a wide-spread
pool, and staggering to a clump of ferns
which formed a littlo island near the
center, utterly exhausted, ho sank to his
knees to hide from his terrible pursuer,
for ho could lleo no furthor.
And as ho crouched, panting, torn and
almost hopeless, ho saw tho groat ani
mal who followed him pauso at the
verge of tho pool, survey tho situation,
and then lio quietly down with tho evi
dent intention of biding his time now
that ids proy was within easy roach.
Ned's heart utterly failed him.
For a fow moments ho was but partial
ly conscious, for he was only a boy, ami
tlio peril that threatened him was hor
rible, indeed, but after a littlo his blood
ran more evenly and his heart boat loss
furiously as ho noted tlio quietness of
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ituu, null ilia Vlllljr IIUJ1U i IS III, 11, IUU
- p. - wttlior niiglit retire, or tliat sonio ono
in search of him iniirht come to his rn.s.
cue. And with theso two chances for
escape before him lie grew braver and
settled himself for a long and watchful
vigil.
How slowly tho moments passed, ho
thought! Onco lie heard a distant call,
and half starting to his foot ho was about
to shout a reply, whon a rustle from tho
bushes on tho odgc of tho pool sent a
chill through him, and ho sank down
again while tho animal opposito him ut
tered a warning half growl and moved
uneasily. As time went on the night
grow cold and a damp mist crept up
irom tlio swamp, floating like a long
winding shoot in and out among tho
black olumps of bushes, and chilling
poor Ned until ho shivered as with tho
ague. Tho stars movod slowly across
tho (loop blue vault abovo, somo climb
ing to tlio zenith wheuo thoy hung as
far-away lamps foiyjrfic, then as slow-
lv doseeiulinir nirair
IE
Fliers circling In
grand procossiAntgJinvisiblo orbits
of thoir own. ffiliai-- -Han no moon and
the night had rtgraya.SK growsuno look
to the despairing boy. ' VficrO cmno mo
ments when his eyes would closo in spito
of everything, and a terrible drowsiness
sweep over him, thou ho would awaken
witli a start and peer anxiously toward
whore the panther lay. Rut that great
beast remained motionless, anil tho
weary hours dragged on.
At last, and it seemed to tho boy that
ho had passed a month upon his desert
island, at last, away in the east, a dim
line of pearl-colored light appeared.
Very gradually it widened, thou becamo
tinged at first with purple, afterward
with crimson; long rays of silver shot
up tho sky that as thoy grow changed
to ruddy gold, tho little birds in tho
woods awoke and began to call one to
tho other cheerily, asolt wind crept out
of the bosom of the coining dawn, and
rolling tho night mists into a gieat
white cloud whisked them away down
tho valley: sounds of lifo from the Holds
about becamo audible, a horn was blown
from beyond the hill, tho light increased
in strength, the golden color centered
in a singlo spot upon tho horizon, and
then, in majesty undiminished sinco
first tho world began, the sun arose; it
was morning!
Filled witli new lifo and courage, Ned
turned his eyes from tho glorious east
and looked towards his enemy, and be
hold the horrid phantom of tho dark
ness was gone, and in its place there
stood, black and friendly, with opon
mouth and wagging tail, not a pan
ther but Jim Harrington's old dog
Major.
Joining in tho search for tho lost ball
the day before, tho animal had
wan
dered deep into tho swamp and missed
his master; then meeting Ned as he
journeyed homeward ho nail followed
him, nnd dog-like had waited all night
at his post, no doubt wondering in liis
canine way why his new friend
sought so damp a couch, but faith
ful to the end. Ned's parents had
supposed their son u bo with his
friends, his friends supposed him safo
at home, nnd so it was that no search
had boon made for him. Hut the story
of tho night vigij in tho cranberry
swamp was too good to keep a secret,
and the boy himself told It when homo
was reached, so that I havo violated no
trust in giving tho tale to the public
F. 7i. Hamilton, m Vhrialian Union.
An incident of tlio recant Scioto
disaster on tho Ohio, is told by a West
ern paper. It appears that a young
fellow on board, lust previous to tho
disaster, was boasting to his girl, to
whom ho was engaged to be married,
and who accompanied him on tho ex
cursion on the tatal Fourth, that ho
could swim ashore and carry her easily,
but whon the collision camo lie desert
ed hor and took care of himself. She
was also saved, and whon lu camo to
congratulate her upon being still alive,
slio ruin-oil to speak to him and handed
back tho enaeniuut rin-.
FACTS AM) FIUUKKS.
For ono milo of railroad it take
.152 rails, HO feet long, 62:ij pounds of
Bplkos, 5,050 pounds of fish plates and
l,7f)0 of bolts.
Tho total tonnngo of vessel lost,
under all Hags, in 18S1, was t,2ii0,000,
or, according to tho iron trade report,
moro than tho wholo steamship tonnngo
launched in 1878, 187!) and 1880. 01
theso vessels, -125 wore stoam vessels
and 2,750 sailing vessels. Chicago
Journal.
Tho plantation of F. A. Luling,
about four miles below Hahnvillo, Lit.,
has boon sold for $101,000. Tho pur
chaser is Mr. Viterbo, a learned chem
ist of Paris, who intends to mako this a
grand central place for tho grinding ol
cano. Tho owner is said to bo backed
by largo means.
The longest throe-quartor inch rod
over made wns rolled at tho Albany (N.
Y.) Iron-works a fow days since. It is
2G;J feet long, free of tlaW, and plump
from end to end. It is forty feet longer
than any rod ever boforo produceilln
this or any other country, tho next
largest having been niado in Pennsyl
vania. Tho lifo of railroad plant is not
great. Now roads, with iron rails and
wooden structures, will need renewals,
for tho most part, within ten years.
Ties will rot out in from llvo to olght
years. Ralls enduro according to traf
fic, and, for light work, will last ton
years. Good woodon bridges, whon
now, will bo dangerous intcnyoars, un
less covered.
Ex-Ciovornor Stanford's breeding
and training farm on tho Southern Pa
cific Railroad, forty miles from San
Francisco, comprises about two thou
sand acres, and is provided with evory-
uuug which u nor.su couiu possioiy uo
siro. Tho stables proper cover an area
of over !1,000 feet in length and 160 feet
in breadth, and furnish accommodation
for 5fl0 horses, in whoso care soventy
fivo nion aro employed. Vlricaqo Times.
Tho total length of telegraph wiros
in tho city of Now York, including tolo
phono and burglar alarm wires, is 10, 100
miles. Tho Metropolitan Tolophono
Company leads with H.ROO miles, fol
lowed by tho Western Union Telegraph
Company with 2,y00. Tho woigfit of
this vast amount of iron is about 8,000,
000 pounds. Of tho number of poles it
is hard to estimate. The Western Union
uses over 5,000. N. V. Sun.
Tho number of theaters in tho
United States is estimated to bo -1,500.
Tho averago rocoipts of ono night's per
formance is about 150, and tho same
statistical truth-scokor who compiles
theso numbers further states that tho
public pay 075,000 every night for
amusements, and that in a season of
forty wooks the sum of S1G2.000.000 is
cxponded on theatrical performances ox
clusivo of matinees. Ar. Y. Independent.
WIT AND WISDOM.
Hope is always sayiinj there aro
bettor things in storo; but it tho store
keeper refuses to trust it is all tho sanio
to him who has nothing.
" Is it injurious to cat boforo going
to steep?" asks a correspondent. Why
no, not fatally injurious; but you just
try eating after you go to sleep if you
want to seo a circus. liurlinylonllawk
eye. --Tlio safest sort of lovo for a young
man to indulge in is sclf-lovo. In tlio
first place, it is a source of groat de
light to him; and in tho second, ho can
indulge in it without tho least fear of a
rival. San Francisco News Letter.
- Lad
uly Visitor " Your boy looks
ad, Mrs. Jones; what's tho mat
very bad, Mr
ter!" Mrs. Jones "Yes, ma'am, ho
bo verv bad; an' what's more, tho doc
tors has made him wor.se. I'm sure wo
poor people need to pray with all our
hearts: " From all fulso doetrin, good
Lord deliver us.' I never saw its mean
ing aforo."Ar. V. Herald.
" What shall my song bo to-nightP"
said Miss Tibbs at tho toa-tablo. " Wo
are going to havo a musicalo. I think
shall try Within a Milo of Edinboro'."
"Seems to mo," said Jones, tho un
daunted, "I would try something I
could come within less than a milo ot.'
Miss T, says she thinks Lieutenant
Jones is horrid. Jloaton Transcript.
Dog stories should bo written in
purple ink. Washington Critir. And
if told verbally, tho talo should bo re
lated in a waggin. New Jersey Enter
prise. And tho writers should pant for
fanio. Chicago World. Gentlemen, tho
cue is a good one, but you havo oni
harked ou a long trail. Adrian Nexus.
Cur-tail it by all means. The AUrt.
"When did George Washington
dio?" asked an Austin teacher of a
largo boy. "Ts ho dead?" was the
astonished reply. " Why, it Is not moro
tlnm siv lnnnths mm tlinf llmir ivnrn
celebrating his birthday, and now ho is
dead. It's a bad year on children. 1
reckon his folks let him cat something
that didn't
agreo
witli him." Texu
Sijtinys.
"Gracious, Sybilla, how Count
Champignon snoozes; ho is unaccus
tomed to our climate; go and tell him
to como away from that window." Tho
Count was a dolieato-looking littlo fol-,
low with an enormous endowment of
capillary decoration on his upper lip.
Ssbilla, whom hor mother mentally re
served as a svyoot matrimonial boon for
the Count, moved toward him at a Chi
cago cantor, and archly attracting his
attention by a sharp thrust in tho ribs,
exclaimed: " Count, l'vo got a message
from ma to you." "Ah, zat is so vera
kind," ho murmured, with a gazo of ad
miration at Sybilla, who continuod:
"Yes; she says if you lake oil' that nuis
tacho and put it on your head you won't
bo so apt to catch cold." Chicuro
Times.
The Law Regarding Names.
A man's naino is simply tho designa
tion by which ho is usually called that
by whhh ho is usually known. His
Burnume need not bo his father's His
Christian name need not bo baptismal.
Somo don't care to bo baptlr.ed, and
that rito, whatever bonolits it may so
euro in a futuro world, in no way nilccts
legal rights hero. Ho may havo dtll'cr
cut names at dlllerent times or places.
Any name by which ho is known Is his
truo name. A woman marries ono
Hrown, becoming Mrs. Rrown. Sho
elopes with ono Clark, and becomes
Mrs. Clark. Sho sues as Mrs. Clark,
and it being objected sho had no right
to that name, tho court held that sho
had, as sho was known by It. Ho may
assume any name ho pleases (oxcopt as
below), and may change his namo au
libitum. Ho may assume a namo and
bo estopped from denying it. If ho en
ters into a particular transaction by a
particular namo, that is his real namo
lor that transaction; the law looks only
to his identity. Ho may chaiigo his
namo without aid of Legislature or
court. "A namo assumed by tho vol
untary not of a young man at his outset
into life, adopted by all who know him,
and by which ho is constantly called,
becomes for all purposos that occur to
my mind as much and oll'ectually his
namo as if ho had obtained au act of
Parliament to confer It upon htm."
(Abbott. C. J., in Doft vs. Yutes.'S
Tltcro is a Mary Inn it statute giving tho
Equity Courts power to decree aohango
of name. Anil, sometimes, for tho sako
of tho publicity ami sanction given by
tho court's action, persons prefer to
avail of tho statute cited. Rut thoy need
not do so.
According to our law a name is not;
property. A cannot sue R for calling
himself A. There aro four colored
men in Raltlmoro City named David
Wilson, two named George 11. Wilson,
twenty-seven named George Washing
ton; thero is no property in thoso
names, lliero is, however, ono class
of cases whore a man may not only not
assumo another man's name, but may
bo prohibited from using his own.
Theso aro cases whoro a namo has 1o
como a trado-mnrk. It is well sottled,
as a general proposition, that a person
has a legal right to use his own namo to
designalo an article produced nnd sold
by him, although another person of tho
sanio namo bus previously sold and
manufactured the like article with tho
sanio designation. Hut, when it is clear
that ono having a like name uses it for
tho purposo of imposing Ids own arti
cles upon purchasers for another arti
cle that has bocomo known and well
established, ho is imposing on tlio pub
lic, and trying to secure for himsolf
what belongs to another, and will bo re
strained. Thus, A. W. Fabor had es
tablished a reputation for pencils
stamped with his namo. Ono J. II.
Fuller began making pencils ami stump
ing them with his namo. A. W. F.
tried to havo J. H. F. enjoined. Hut
tho court hold that, -while it might ln
convenieneo and cause loss to A. W. F.
to havo another manufacturer of pen
cils of tho sanio name, yet lie had not
shown any fraud on the part of tho lat
ter, and the latter could go on stamp
ing his pencil "J. 11. Fabor." On tho
othor hand, Day it Martin wero iimnu
facturors of celebrated blacking. A
niau named Day, for tho very purposo
of taking advantage of this namo,
hunted up ono Martin, and togothor
thoy made and sold "Day it Martin"
blacking. Rut this tho court quickly
stopped.
As to tho uso of tho initials of tho
Christian namo: Though an instrument
is good when signed by initials, tlio
signer must be sued by his name. Hut,
if ono Christian name is given, it i3
enough. A middle initial is more sur
plusage, and may bo entirely ignored.
Rut a singlo letter is not necessarily an
initial it may bo a name. " Why may
not parents, lor'a reason, good or bad,
say that thoir children shall bo baptized
by tlio namo D, L, M, P, or O? 1 am
just informed by a person of most crod
Iblo authority that with his own knowl
edge a person has boon baptized by tho
namo of T" (Lord Campbell in Hegina
vs. Dale.) Thus a declaration filed by
"J. W. Hickok"' is not demurrable be
cause no namo is slated. Tho court will
not assume Hint "J. W." is not tho
plaintiff's true namo. Tho issue as to
whothor tho letters aro tlio truo name
must bo raised by a plea in abatement;
and then, if it is proved that the party
was gonorally known by his initials, it
is sutliciont. Thus, if Honjamin Sav
ings was well known as H. Savings, his
counsel should havo proved, and not
asked to amend.
The spoiling of a namo is legally of
littlo importance; tho rule of idem son
nms applies. Usroy may bo spelt Us
ury. It is of course of great importnnco
that persons should not throw doubts
upon thoir identity by changing their
names. It is therefore important that
parents should not mako such changes
desired by giving their children foolish,
common, insufficient names. There aro
in Raltimoro 15U John Smiths, forty
nine of whom aro colored. Is it not
wonderful that some of theso do not
change thoir nanios? Thoroaro eighty
eight John Johnsons, 112 John Drowns.
A t jmo has como whon it is a positive of
fense against society to repeat thoso
nanios any furthor. In discussing a
John Smith it might take a half-hour
for two persons to detormirio whether
thoy had in view the sanio one.
Often tlio desire to tickle tho vanity
of a relative or friend by naming a
child after him, or to socuro a temporal
blessing for tho child by naming it after
Bonn) relative or friend, or somo foolish
sentiment, warns tho judgment in choos
ing uuinvs..Vurijlnml Law lUeord,
Sun Francisco has a population of
275,000, uf whom -15,000 are Cliine.se,