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# National Geographic Magazine/Volume 31/Number 6/Our State Flowers/The Texas Bluebonnet

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## Our State Flowers
### The Texas Bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis Hook)

When the legislature of Texas came to consider the issue raised by the flowers in their respective bids for Lone Star fame, it had a wide range of candidates, active and receptive, from which to choose. There were primroses and phloxes, euphorbiæ, salvias, Texas plumes, Texas fire-wheels, rain lilies, and Indian paintbrushes, but the Texas bluebonnet—a different flower, by the way, from the bluebonnets of Europe—won the day, and is crowned queen of Texas' floral empire. It blooms in the spring and has a range rather more limited than most of the State flowers. One authority tells us that it is a great home body and never crosses the Texas line or the Mexican border. But when it is recalled that Texas is approximately as large as all the Atlantic Seaboard States down to and including South Carolina, it will be seen that it has a rather extensive habitat at that.
To the botanist the Texas bluebonnet is known as Lupinus because of its reputedly insatiable appetite. For generations it was believed that flowers of this genus were wolfish in the amount of plant food consumed, and that they virtually exhaust the soil on which they grow. Hence their name of wolf flowers. Happily, this charge has been proved an unjust one. The lupines are, it is true, found in sterile, waste lands, gravelly banks, exposed hills, and like places; but they do not impoverish the land. Rather they choose poor soil for their home, adding to the landscape's beauty and fertility.
There are about seventy species of lupines in America, mostly in the West. They can justly lay claim to being among the most brilliant of all the denizens of Nature's garden. Many a sandy waste they transform into an oasis of color. The blossom has five petals, the upper one an advertising banner announcing to the passing bee that the table within is laden with choicest viands, and that no daintier food was ever served in flower land. There are two side petals which serve as landing stages for the aëronauts of insectdom and two others which touch at the bottom and resemble the keel of a boat. When the bee alights on the landing stage the keel opens up, and the table, all set and garnished, greets the hungry visitor's eye.
The lupines sleep at night. Some species transform their horizontal stars of day to vertical stars at night; others shut them down around the stem like an umbrella around the ferrule.
Source: —, ed. (June 1917), “Our State Flowers: The Floral Emblems Chosen by the Commonwealths”, The National Geographic Magazine 31(6): 497. (Illustration from page 512.)
# National Geographic Magazine/Volume 32/Number 1
## July, 1917

* The Rat Pest: The Labor of 200,000 Men in the United States Required to Support Rats, Man's Most Destructive and Dangerous Enemy
    By Edward W. Nelson
* Russia's Man of the Hour: Alexander Kerensky's First Speeches and Proclamations
* Letters from the Italian Front
    By Marchesa Louise de Rosales to Ethel Mather Bagg
* Fearful Famines of the Past: History Will Repeat Itself Unless the American People Conserve Their Resources
    By Ralph A. Graves
# Milanovich v. United States

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United States Supreme Court
365 U.S. 551
Milanovich v. United States
Argued: Feb. 20, 1961. --- Decided: March 20, 1961
Messrs. J. Hubbard Davis, Norfolk, Va., and Raymond W. Bergan, Washington, D.C., for petitioners.
Mr. J. F. Bishop, Washington, D.C., for respondent.
Mr. Justice STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# Natural History, Reptiles/Abranchia

ORDER IV. ABRANCHIA.
(Amphibia without gills.)
North America, which presents us with all the anomalous forms that we have been considering, with the exception of the Proteus, produces two or three species which are still more eel-like in their appearance than the Sirens. The body is greatly lengthened, flexible, and formed for swimming, terminating in a thin, and vertically compressed tail. The skull is solid. There are four limbs, but in one of the genera, these are so widely removed, so short and slender, and so rudimentary, the toes being almost evanescent, as to convey the idea of tentacula rather than feet. But what is most remarkable in these animals, is the peculiarity on which the name of the Order is founded, the absence of branchiæ, or gills. These organs have not been observed at any period of life, but there is an orifice on each side of the neck. Respiration is performed exclusively by lungs, the structure of which is reticulated, and puckered into longitudinal folds: hence these animals are air-breathers, though habitual residents in water. It is believed that this is the permanent condition of their existence, and that they undergo no metamorphosis.
Genus Amphiuma (Gard.).
The very lengthened form, and smooth lubricated skin of these Reptiles renders them exceedingly like eels; a resmblance which is but slightly lessened by the four limbs, as their projection is so small, as but little to modify the general contour of the body; while the toes, which are in one species three and in the other but two on each foot, are minute wart-like divisions without joints or nails. There is an aperture in the neck on each side, whence some have supposed that these animals are possessed of branchiæ at an early stage of their existence; but none have ever been discovered in any specimen. There are teeth in the jaws and in the palate: the former are arranged in a single close-set series along the border of both the upper and lower jaws; the latter are set in two rows running along the margin of the bone called the vomer, and meeting behind at an acute angle. All the teeth are conical, pointed with a slight curve backwards and inwards; their points glisten with a yellow metallic lustre. There are no ribs; the vertebræ present at each extremity a concave surface, thus resembling in structure those of fishes. The eyes are very minute.
The Southern States of North America are the regions which have afforded these singular animals, the intermediate links that unite so imperceptibly the Reptiles with the Fishes. In the stagnant waters of Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina and Florida, they abound, burying ​themselves on the approach of winter in the mud at the bottom. In the process of clearing marshy ground, cleansing ponds, &c., immense numbers are sometimes found thus concealed at a depth of three or four feet from the surface. Dr. Harlan was informed by Major Wace, that great numbers in a state of torpidity were thrown up in the winter season, by persons engaged in digging near a street in Pensacola. They were burrowing in the soft mud, two or three feet deep.
TWO-TOED AMPHIUMA.
# More English Fairy Tales/The Hobyahs

See note to tale 69
The Hobyahs
ONCE there was an old man and woman and a little girl, and they all lived in a house made of hempstalks. Now the old man had a little dog named Turpie; and one night the Hobyahs came and said, "Hobyah! Hobyah! Hobyah! Tear down the hempstalks, eat up the old man and woman, and carry off the
little girl!" But little dog Turpie barked so, that the Hobyahs ran off; and the old man said, "Little dog
​Turpie barks so that I cannot sleep nor slumber, and if I live till morning I will cut off his tail." So in the morning the old man cut off little dog Turpie's tail.
The next night the Hobyahs came again, and said,
The next night the Hobyahs came again, and said,
The next night the Hobyahs came again, and said,
​The next night the Hobyahs came again, and said,
The next night the Hobyahs came again, and said,
The next night the Hobyahs came again, and said,
"Hobyah! Hobyah! Hobyah! Tear down the hempstalks, eat up the old man and woman, and carry off the little girl!" And when the Hobyahs found that little dog Turpie's head was off they tore down the hempstalks, ate up the old man and woman, and carried the little girl off in a bag.
​And when the Hobyahs came to their home they hung up the bag with the little girl in it, and every Hobyah knocked on the top of the bag and said, "Look me! look me!" And then they went to sleep until the next night, for the Hobyahs slept in the daytime.
The little girl cried a great deal, and a man with a big dog came that way and heard her crying. When he asked her how she came there and she told him, he put the dog in the bag and took the little girl to his home.
The next night the Hobyahs took down the bag and knocked on the top of it, and said, "Look me! look me!" and when they opened the bag——
the big dog jumped
out and ate them
all up; so there are
no Hobyahs now.
# More English Fairy Tales/The Pedlar of Swaffham

See note to tale 63
The Pedlar of Swaffham
IN the old days when London Bridge was lined with shops from one end to the other, and salmon swam under the arches, there lived at Swaffham, in Norfolk, a poor pedlar. He'd much ado to make his living, trudging about with his pack at his back and his dog at his heels, and at the close of the day's labour was but too glad to sit down and sleep. Now it fell out that one night he dreamed a dream, and therein he saw the great bridge of London town, and it sounded in his ears that if he went there he should hear joyful news. He made little count of the dream, but on the following night it come back to him, and again on the third night.
Then he said within himself, "I must needs try the issue of it," and so he trudged up to London town. Long was the way and right glad was he when he stood on the great bridge and saw the tall houses on right hand ​and left, and had glimpses of the water running and the ships sailing by. All day long he paced to and fro, but he heard nothing that might yield him comfort. And again on the morrow he stood and he gazed—he paced afresh the length of London Bridge, but naught did he see and naught did he hear.
Now the third day being come as he still stood and gazed, a shopkeeper hard by spoke to him.
"Friend," said he, "I wonder much at your fruitless standing. Have you no wares to sell?"
"No, indeed," quoth the pedlar.
"And you do not beg for alms."
"Not so long as I can keep myself."
"Then what, I pray thee, dost thou want here, and what may thy business be?"
"Well, kind sir, to tell the truth, I dreamed that if I came hither, I should hear good news."
Right heartily did the shopkeeper laugh.
"Nay, thou must be a fool to take a journey on such a silly errand. I'll tell thee, poor silly country fellow, that I myself dream too o' nights, and that last night I dreamt myself to be in Swaffham, a place clean unknown to me, but in Norfolk if I mistake not, and methought I was in an orchard behind a pedlar's house, and in that orchard was a great oak tree. Then meseemed that if I digged I should find beneath that tree a great treasure. But think you I'm such a fool as to take on me a long and wearisome journey and all for a silly dream. No, my good fellow, learn wit from a wiser man than thyself. Get thee home, and mind thy business."
When the pedlar heard this he spoke no word, but was ​exceeding glad in himself, and returning home speedily, digged underneath the great oak-tree, and found a prodigious great treasure. He grew exceeding rich, but he did not forget his duty in the pride of his riches. For he built up again the church at Swaffham, and when he died they put a statue of him therein all in stone with his pack at his back and his dog at his heels. And there it stands to this day to witness if I lie.
# Mining Company v. Tarbet

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United States Supreme Court
98 U.S. 463
Mining Company v. Tarbet
ERROR to the Supreme Court of the Territory of Utah.
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
Submitted on printed arguments by Mr. J. M. Woolworth for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. Charles W. Bennett for the defendant in error.
MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the court.

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# Mining Company v. Boggs/Opinion of the Court

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United States Supreme Court
70 U.S. 304
Mining Company v. Boggs
No question is raised by the pleadings, of which this court has jurisdiction upon writs of error to the Supreme Court of California, unless by the allegation of prior possession of this land for the purpose of taking out the minerals. But this allegation does not set up any authority exercised under the United States in taking such possession, nor any treaty or statute of the United States, in virtue of which it was taken. Nor does it anywhere appear from the record that the decision of the State court was against the validity of any such authority, treaty, or statute. The case brought before us is, therefore, wanting in the requirement made essential to our jurisdiction by the 25th section of the Judiciary Act.
If we were at liberty to look into the opinion of the court for the purpose of ascertaining what questions were made on the argument, and decided by the court, we should find that, upon a liberal construction of the stipulations of counsel, the defendants were allowed to insist that they were warranted in their possession of the lands, for the purpose of extracting the minerals, by a license inferred from the general policy of the State or of the United States, in relation to mines of gold and silver and the lands containing them.
We doubt whether such a claim, even if made in the pleadings, would be such an allegation as would give jurisdiction to this court.
However that may be, there was no decision of the court against the validity of such a license. The decision was, that no such license existed; and this was a finding by the court of a question of fact upon the submission of the whole case by the parties, rather than a judgment upon a question of law.
It is the same case, in principle, as would be made by an allegation in defence to an action of ejectment, of a patent from the United States with an averment of its loss or destruction, and a finding by the jury that no such patent existed, and a consequent judgment for the defendant. Such a judgment would deny, not the validity, but the existence of the patent. And this court would have no jurisdiction to review it.
DISMISSED.

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# Mining Company v. Consolidated Mining Company

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United States Supreme Court
102 U.S. 167
Mining Company v. Consolidated Mining Company
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
Mr. Peter Van Clief and Mr. Oliver D. Barrett for the plaintiff in error; Mr. Samuel M. Wilson and Mr. George A. Nourse for the defendant in error; Mr. Benjamin F. Butler for the State of California; and The Attorney-General for the United States.
MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.

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# Mining Company v. Anglo-Californian Bank

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United States Supreme Court
104 U.S. 192
Mining Company v. Anglo-Californian Bank
ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of California.
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
Mr. J. Hubley Ashton for the plaintiff in error.
Mr. Samuel Shellabarger and Mr. Theodore Sutro Intra.
MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

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# Mining Company v. Cullins

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United States Supreme Court
104 U.S. 176
Mining Company v. Cullins
ERROR to the Supreme Court of the Territory of Utah.
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
Mr. Walter H. Smith for the plaintiff in error.
Mr. Samuel Shellabarger and Mr. Jeremiah M. Wilson, contra.
MR. JUSTICE WOODS delivered the opinion of the court.

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# Mrs. Spring Fragrance (1912)/Glad Yen

GLAD YEN
"𝕀M so glad! so glad!" shouted little Yen.
"Why?" asked Wou. "Has any one given you a gold box with jewels, or a peacock feather fan, or a coat of many colors, or a purse of gold? Has your father become rich or been made a high mandarin?"
Wou sighed as he put these questions. He had voiced his own longings.
"No," answered Yen, giving a hop, skip, and jump.
"Then, why are you glad?" repeated Wou.
"Why?" Yen's bright face grew brighter. ​"Oh, because I have such a beautiful blue sky, such a rippling river, waterfalls that look like lace and pearls and diamonds, and sunbeams brighter and more radiant than the finest jewels. Because I have chirping insects, and flying beetles, and dear, wiggly worms—and birds, oh, such lovely birds, all colors! And some of them can sing. I have a sun and a moon and stars. And flowers? Wouldn't any one be glad at the sight of flowers?"
Wou's sad and melancholy face suddenly lighted and overflowed with smiles.
"Why," said he, "I have all these bright and beautiful things. I have the beautiful sky, and water, and birds, and flowers, too! I have the sun, and the moon, and the stars, just as you have! I never thought of that before!"
"Of course you have," replied Yen. "You have all that is mine, and I all that is yours, yet neither can take from the other!"
# Next Steps for Families

Next Steps for FAMILIES
* You are currently in the custody of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
* You have been charged with the crime of illegal entry into the United States.
* Within the next 48 hours, you will be transferred to the custody of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and will be presented before a judge for having violated this law.
* While this process is occurring, your child or children will be transferred to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), where your child will be held in a temporary child shelter or hosted by a foster family.
* DHS and HHS can take steps to facilitate reunification with your child(ren).
How do I locate my child(ren)?
Action 1 - Call U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Call Center.
* If calling from outside of an ICE detention facility, call 1-888-351-4024.
* If calling from an ICE detention facility, call using speed dial 9116# on the free call platform.
* Available Monday – Friday, 8am to 8pm EST. Language assistance is available.
Action 2 - Call the ORR Parent Hotline.
* If calling from outside of an ICE detention facility, call 1-800-203-7001.
* If calling from an ICE detention facility, call using speed dial 699# on the free call platform.
* Please provide the child's full name, date of birth, and country of origin. It is helpful to give the child's A number, or alien registration number, to the operator if you have it.
* Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in Spanish or English.
Action 3 - Friends, family, ORR staff, and legal representatives can assist you by emailing:
* ICE at Parental.Interests@ice.dhs.gov
* ORR at information@ORRNCC.com
* After your court hearing, you will be transferred to ICE custody.
* While you are in ICE custody:
** ICE will work with ORR to schedule regular communication (via telephone and/or video teleconferencing) with your child(ren).
** ICE will provide access to legal self-help materials.
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# Next To Your Mother, Who Do You Love

[1st verse:]
Two loving sweethearts 'mid flowers in Maytime
Two happy faces like children in playtime
Two eyes of blue, gazing into
Eyes of her own sweetheart
One cozy bench holds the couple within it
Hours that passed only seemed like a minute
Sweet maiden sighs
Fellow replies
"Tell me before we part"
[Refrain:]
Next to your mother, who do you love?
Next to your father, and your sister Sue
Tell me who looks good to you
Next to your mother, who would you miss?
Next to your brother, who would you kiss?
Next to your own dear folks at home
Tell me, now who do you love?
[2nd verse:]
Five cozy rooms in a flat in the city
One baby boy cute and cunning and pretty
Parson had said
"You two are wed
Bless you my children, go"
"Come spend a week," so she wrote to her mother
Mother replies, "I am bringing your brother"
Husband remarks
"Me for the parks
But first I want to know"
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# Ng Fung Ho v. White

United States Supreme Court
259 U.S. 276
Ng Fung Ho v. White
Argued: May 29, 1922. ---
Mr. Jackson H. Ralston, of Washington, D. C., for petitioners.
Mr. Wm. C. Herron, of Washington, D. C., for respondent.
Mr. Justice BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# Ng Kam Fook v. Esperdy

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United States Supreme Court
375 U.S. 955
Ng Kam Fook v. Esperdy
Abraham Lebenkoff, for petitioners.
Solicitor General Cox, for respondent.
Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

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