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Payment of Damage by Horse. 
BOUGHT an old. gentle mare and took 
her here to the blacksmith to get 
her hoofs trimmed. When I tied 
her there I saw she was hard to handle, 
but as I could be of no help I went 
away shopping. When I came back the 
blacksmith told me he could not do any¬ 
thing with the horse; she smashed a 
lamp, damaged a plow and so on—made 
.$1.50 damage altogether that he wanted 
me to pay for. Have I to pay this? 
Iowa. H. L. 
Unless the blacksmith agreed to as¬ 
sume charge of the mare, or had already 
done so, it would seem from your state¬ 
ment of the case that you were negligent 
in leaving her without a caretaker after 
you saw she was hard to handle, and 
you, therefore, ought to pay the damage. 
If the damage was due in any way to 
the negligence of the blacksmith or his 
helpers in his handling of the mare, he 
would be liable. 
Second Wife's Rights in Property. 
What a re the laws in New Jersey in 
regard to second wife’s or husband's 
rights to each other's property, there 
being no children by second marriage? 
New Jersey. n. r. c. 
The rights of a second wife or of a 
second husband are practically similar to 
those of the first wife or husband. If 
there are no children or brothers and sis¬ 
ters, father or mother, or other relatives 
of either the whole or the half blood, or 
any descendants, all of the real estate 
would go to the husband or wife in fee 
simple, and the same would be true of 
the personal property, but if there were 
any relatives of course the distribution 
would be different. 
Releasing Wife’s Dower by Deed. 
A buys a tract of land from B. A’s 
wife’s name does not appear in the deed 
from B to A. A sells the property to C, 
and in the deed to C the name of A’s 
wife does not appear in the body of the 
deed. A’s wife, however, signs the deed 
with her husband, and her signature is 
duly acknowledged before a notary pub¬ 
lic. Could A’s wife recover her interest 
in said property because of her name 
not being mentioned in the body of the 
deed to C? If she could not hold her 
one-tliird interest in the property after 
signing with her husband in the transfer, 
why would the deed be counted defective, 
if counted thus? c. w. n. 
Maryland. 
There seems to be no decision bn this 
point in the State of Maryland. How¬ 
ever, in the majority of the States it has 
been held that where a wife does not 
join in the body of a deed by her hus¬ 
band, but merely joins in its execution 
by signing and acknowledging it, her 
dower is not barred, but there are deci¬ 
sions holding to the contrary, but on 
neither side is there a Maryland decision. 
It might be held that it was merely an 
inadvertence in not joining the wife's 
name in the body of the deed, and that 
she showed her intention of releasing her 
dower right by signing and acknowledg¬ 
ing it. If the property is valuable, it 
might be worth while, provided the wife 
really did not mean to release her dower, 
to begin an action to recover her dower 
right. The deed is defective in not join¬ 
ing the wife as a part}’ grantor. 
property by his will. It this was not 
done, and as you said the property was 
given to your father for life, and then to 
yon. then your father had no right to 
dispose of it by will, and it should go 
to you. Your grandfather’s will would 
govern. 
Inheritance of Illegitimate Child. 
1. According to the laws of the State of 
Massachusetts can an illegitimate child 
inherit a share in property that came to 
said child’s mother from her present hus¬ 
band? There are children by present 
husband. 2. What is the share of the 
widow when there are children in the 
State of Masachusetts? h. l. w. 
1. The illegitimate child is the heir of his 
mother and of any maternal ancestor. 
The child would not receive property 
which came to his mother from her hus¬ 
band, unless the husband has acknowl¬ 
edged the child as his own. The illegiti¬ 
mate child whose parents have inter¬ 
married, if acknowledged by his or her 
father, is considered legitimate. If the 
mother wanted to leave any property to 
her illegitimate child, she could do so by 
will, wherever the property came from. 
2. The widow is entitled to such parts 
of the personal estate as the probate court 
may allow as necessaries for the widow 
Illinois Woman At The Wringer. 
herself and the family under her care, and 
such other articles as are necessary for 
the reasonable sustenance of the family, 
and the use of the house and furniture for 
six months after death. The remaining 
property, both real and personal, goes one- 
third to widow, and the balance equally to 
the children. 
Descent of Property. 
What is the law in Michigan in re¬ 
gard to leaving property where there 
are two sets of children, the man having 
married the second time, if there is a 
joint deed? Does the wife have all the 
property that is left, to do with as she 
likes, or do the children come in for part 
of it? Do the children from the first 
marriage come in for more than those of 
the second? j. f. b. 
If the property is held by the father 
and mother as tenants by the entirety, 
the survivor of them would hold it ab¬ 
solutely, and the children would not be 
entitled to share in it; but if they hold 
it as tenants in common, the share of 
the deceased would be distributed ac¬ 
cording to the law of the descent of real 
property. The property of the father 
would descend equally to all of the chil¬ 
dren. as it would through the mother if 
it originally came from the father. The 
law is that kindred of the half-blood in¬ 
herit equally with those of the whole 
blood in the same degree, unless the in¬ 
heritance came to the intestate from his 
ancestor, and in such case all not of the 
blood of such ancestor shall be excluded. 
New Jersey Marriage License Law. 
I want to know something about the 
marriage laws of New Jersey. One of 
the contracting parties is a life-long resi¬ 
dent of that State. Does the law require 
both parties to appear before the license 
clerk, and can the license be 'obtained 
and the couple be married on the same 
day. O. P. a. 
The law requires both parties, to ap¬ 
pear before the clerk issuing the license, 
and the license must be obtained at least 
twenty-four hours prior to the time the 
ceremony is to be performed. The li¬ 
cense will have to be obtained from the 
clerk of the city, borough, or town of 
the resident party. 
Descent of Property Under Will. 
My grandfather wills a share of his 
estate to his son (my father), said share 
to fall to me at my father’s death. My 
father died leaving a will in which he 
requests that said share be equally di¬ 
vided among his children. Which will 
holds in the State of Pennsylvania? 
Pennsylvania. t. d. e. 
This would all depend upon the word¬ 
ing of the wills. A power of appoint¬ 
ment may have been given to your father 
in your grandfather’s will, and in that 
event your father could dispose of his 
VOTES FOR WOMEN. 
A Man's Sensible Opinion. 
I am opposed to woman suffrage. I be¬ 
lieve, however, that if a majority of wom¬ 
en in State or nation want the voting 
privilege and duty they should have it, 
and I will, when shown that such a ma¬ 
jority exists, not only withdraw my oppo¬ 
sition, but turn in and help them. At 
present I thoroughly believe the great 
majority of women not only do not want 
to vote, but are opposed to having the 
duty forced upon them, and believing 
that, I should consider it an outrageous 
injustice to compel them to do that which 
they do not want simply to gratify a 
small minority who do. I have on sev¬ 
eral occasions told suffragist friends if 
they had any evidence tending to show 
that women wanted to vote I would thank 
them to present it to me. No such evi¬ 
dence has yet been shown. Most suffra¬ 
gists frankly admit that the majority of 
women do not want to vote, but notwith¬ 
standing that fact, those who do should 
be granted the right. I cannot admit any 
justice in such a claim. Some tell me 
they believe the majority of women do 
w r ant to vote. When I ask for evidence 
they often promise to produce it, but so 
far I have heard no more from them. 
Some suffragists say, as does your cor¬ 
respondent Emma B. Wilkie, “I for one 
want to vote,” therefore the women 
“should have the privilege of voting 
whether they wanted to or not.” If there 
is any justice in such a statement I would 
like to have it explained. I fail to see it. 
About the most expressive statement of 
the suffragist position is one attributed 
to Lillian Bell, the noted authoress: 
“Want to vote? Of course we do. Not 
that we care anything about voting, but 
because they don’t want us to.” When 
the majority of women want the vote they 
will have no trouble to get it. Until that 
time the few agitators who do should be 
disregarded. w. L. 
A Country Woman’s Yes. 
This is why one country woman is in 
favor of equal suffrage. Because she does 
not believe in taxation without represent¬ 
ation. She is tired of having to pay her 
hard-earned money and receive almost 
nothing in return; tired of having her 
assessment raised out of all proportion to 
others, and having money paid out lavish¬ 
ly on the roads, and then having roads 
that are so poor they endanger life and 
limb. She is also tired of seeing streets 
lined with saloons. She is tired of being 
in the same class as idiots, lunatics and 
criminals. Other reasons might be men¬ 
tioned, but perhaps these are enough for 
now. , T. 
An Iowa Woman's “Rights.’’ 
If I am the only woman in Iowa who 
wants to vote I should not be denied that 
right; if I am the only woman in the 
United States who wants representation 
in government I should be represented. 
Bepresentation in government is an in¬ 
herent right. My right to self-government 
is inherent because I am an intelligent 
human being; this right may be denied 
or abridged by others, but cannot be de¬ 
stroyed, except upon my own initiative. 
Being an intelligent human being, obey¬ 
ing the laws of the land, I should have a 
voice in naming the lawmakers—instead 
of which I suffer the disgrace of dis¬ 
franchisement. VIOLA KAUFMAN. 
Iowa. 
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