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mine as if it had never had another owner. 
Am I correct? 
Ans.—O nly by a deed in her lifetime, or a 
will, can the wife restore the fee of the prop¬ 
erty to her husband from whom it came. 
E. H., Fonda. N Y.—A dies having willed 
his real estate to four children. One of the 
sons marries and dies, leaving a widow but no 
issue; has the son’s widow any interest in the 
proceeds of the real estate when sold for divi¬ 
sion? 
Ans. —If the son died after his father, he 
owned a fourth interest in the real estate at 
the time of his death, and his widow' has her 
right of dower in that portion of the property. 
gtti-scetlaneau.s 
fire insurance company and he fails to remit 
same to the insurance company, is he or I am 
responsible to the insurance company for the 
said premiums and is my property insured? 
2. If I wish to transfer a policy on a building 
will it be legally done, if a simple transfer is 
made by myself or the agent? 
Ans. —The policy states that the broker 
shall be held as the agent of the insured and 
The courts have recog- 
J IMESIHcCREERY & CO. 
Previous to opening Ilieir 
new Spring Importations. 
ofFer the following Special 
Lines: 
2,500 yards French Dia¬ 
gonals at 00 cents per yard; 
worth $1.00. 
1,000 vnrds Prnnelle 
Cloth at 75 cents per yard; 
former price $1.25. 
1.500 Heather ^fixtures at 
75 cents per yard; reduced 
from $ 1.25 per yard. Sam¬ 
ples sent on application. 
ORDERS BT MAIL 
from any part of the coun¬ 
try will receive careful 
and prompt attention. 
not of the insurer 
nized this and held: 1. That where the insured 
has received the policy and has either paid the 
premium to the broker w ho has failed to pay 
it over to the company, or has not yet paid it 
to any one, payment in either case not having 
been demanded of him by the company, bis 
property is protected precisely as if the money 
was in the proper hands, the theory being 
that the underwriter has issued the policy 
upon a temporary credit. 2. A payment to 
the broker is not a good payment to the insur¬ 
ance company, if the broker fails to pay it 
over. 3. The company may demand payment 
of the premium, although the insured has al¬ 
ready paid the broker, and if such payment is 
refused, may either cancel the policy, or sue 
hirn and recover the money at its option. The 
polic}' is good until payment thereon is de¬ 
manded aud has been refused. The under¬ 
writer may then on notice to him declare the 
policy void, or hold it to be good aud recover 
the payment of him by suit. We would al¬ 
ways advise every man who employs an in¬ 
surance broker, no matter how reputable be 
may oe, to pay the premium on each policy 
by a check to the order of the underwriter. 
That is the only safe way. He may give that 
check to the broker and be perfectly protect¬ 
ed. 2. A policy of insurance can only be 
effectively assigned or transferred by the con¬ 
sent of the insurer or his lawful agent indorsed 
thereon. 
N. Y. LAW AS TO CANADA THISTLES. 
L. J. N., Hath, N. Y —What is the law with 
regard to Canada Thistles in this State? 
Ans.— The law of 1885 provides that any 
person holding lands by lease or otherwise, 
who shall allow r the Canadian Thistle to go to 
seed on their premises, shall be fined fifteen 
dollars, to paid to the school fund of the dis¬ 
trict. Any citizen who is likely to be injured 
by the spread of the pest from his neighbor’s 
lauds, may give notice to have the weeds cut 
before goiug to seed, and if not done, the Con¬ 
stable or Supervisor is required to enter upon 
the property, cut the weeds aud can compel 
the payment of labor aud costs from the holder 
of the polluted lands. Supervisors of public 
roads arc also required, by the new law, to cut 
the Canadian Thistle on or along all roads or 
unseated lands in their districts, ami in case 
of failure, they are liable to a fine of ten dol¬ 
lars, to be recovered for the use of the parties 
about to be injured by such neglect or refusal. 
Everybody interested should see to it that this 
law is enforced. 
H. E., Northamton, Mass .—Several boxes 
of oranges are shipped at a port in Florida. 
Each box is distinctly marked, “A. B., Nort¬ 
hampton, Massachusetts, care of C. D., New 
York.” The packages are taken to Savannah 
and there shipped direct to Boston, 
whence they are sent, by express, to C. D., 
making the cost of transportation nearly 
twice as great as it would have been if the di¬ 
rections had beeu followed. AN hat redress 
has C. D.? 
Ans.—T he undertaking of the carrier is not 
to deliver the goods to A. B. at Northampton, 
but to C. D. in New York for A. B., of North¬ 
ampton. Aud the parties aggrieved can re- 
Womans Work 
CONDUCTED BY EMILY LOUISE TAPLIN 
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN, 
General Logan’s residence, which was 
heavily mortgaged, has beeu paid for, the 
money being subscribed in Chicago. The 
question of pension for the widow seems some¬ 
what difficult to settle. 
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes was right—as 
he always is—when he spoke of the neuralgic 
conscience of over-worked women. Most wo¬ 
men are by nature conscientious, aud when 
nervous and overworked this faculty becomes 
so morbidly sensitive that it will not allow 
them to leave well enough alone. 
A lounge comforter takes the place of an af- 
ghan aud may be easily made. It is very 
pretty made of cheese-cloth which tnay be 
obtained in any color. Instead of ordinary 
tufting, it is tied with tiny bows of very 
narrow ribbon, and buttonholed with floss 
around the edge. 
Broadway and 11th St 
New York. 
who has once shaved 
WITH 6ENUINE 
YANKEE £QAP will 
ever be without it. 
It softens the 
beard, soothes the 
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heavy end does not 
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ht 3 no equal. All 
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Avoid Imitations. 
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If Queen Victoria is as model a queen as she 
is a model mother, her virtues are not over¬ 
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milk a cow. and harness a horse deftly. All 
of the Bourbon princes of France learned some 
trade. The Prince of Wales is a bookbinder, 
aud each of his sons are acquiring a trade to 
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We Americans, who ape the manners of 
foreigners in many ridiculous ways, uiiaht im¬ 
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girls declare that it was useless and unneces¬ 
sary for them to learn anything connected 
with domestic, manual labor, since "Pa was 
gUw gubUcatioius. 
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where all the dishes are prepared by herself. 
Her beefsteak pies are said to be uofably ex¬ 
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the best plum pudding, ami notwithstanding 
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