The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-02

| ing her first child. He had a will, de-
Claring that Of his fortune, amounting
to 100000 marks, the child, if a boy,
should inherit two-thirds and the
mother one-third; if it should be girl,
however, the mother should receive
two thirds and the daughter one-third
Twins arrived, boy and a girl The
guardian of the children demanded the
entire fortune for them, two thirds for
the boy and one-third for the girl. But
the widow brought suit for the whole
amount, claiming that as She w5s to
receive one third in case Of boy being
born and two thirds in case Of a
daughter, both claims were valid, be-
cause both had occurred. The two diff
ferent courts having jurisdiction, the
probate court and the court of chan
Gerry each held quite a different opin-
ion, differing from those of the claim
ants and differing from each other.
The chancery court wanted to allow
the widow the average between two
thirds and one-third, which is one
half, and of the other half two-thirds
to the boy and one-third to the girl; in
all, therefore, the widow would have
received 100000 marks, the son 100000,
the daughter 10000. On the other
hand, the probate court was of the
opinion that the boy should receive
two thirds, the girl one-third of the
entire sum, but from the boys two
thirds there should third be de-
Quoted for the mother, and from the
girls one third likewise two-thirds for
the mother, SO that the shares Of
| mother and son would each have been
1856, 666, while that Of the daughter
| would have amounted to 1886.
Just then Nine. Konorah happened
to be performing in Stuttgart. Joking
ly asked by local lawyer whether she
had any idea how the 100000 were to
be divided, she replied: According to
the will the sen is to receive twice as
much as the widow, but the widow
| twice as much as the daughter Give
$4,000 to the girl, 10000 to the widow
and 100000 to the boy and it is divided
strictly in accordance with that Will"
The matter appeared plain as daylight
| all at once, and the case was actually
decided in this manner by the courts
In India the maharajah of Pattiala
even sent two elephants and a guard
Of homer, consisting of thirty of his
soldiers, armed with medieval hal
| herds and spears, all barefoot but with
| gigantic turbans, to Kalka, the railway
| station nearest to his capital to bring
Nine. Konorah and her companions to
| Pattiala. After witnessing the enter
| tainment, he offered her 1000 rupees if
| she would explain the secrets of her
l w
| Nine. Konorah could dc for him was to
| present him with a few volumes on
psychology and spiritualism.
Mime. Konorah visited Manila, where
| she had an opportunity CT studying the
| cunning character of the Filipino A
| small cake was required on the stage
| in the performance. Having seen
some half pound ginger cakes on the
way in a bakery window, a Filipino
youth employed as q stage hand, was
sent for enc, but the price being Is
cents, two fer quarter (3fexican mon
| ey), he was told to buy two and keep
one for himself. In 4 few minutes he
| returned, his mouth literally stuffed
with ginger cake. He handed back 10
! cents, and said, half choking, There
was only one cake left, senior"
In Yokohama little Japanese boy
hung around the entrance Of the thea
ter, watching rickshaw after I'ickshaW
pulling UP, with such pathetic, almcnd-
eyed curiosity, that the manager al
lowed him to &c in free. The little
boy, according to the custom Of his
| race, left his shoes at the entrance
| Mime. Konorah slipped q yen note {50
| cents) between the toe strings of one
| of them. The following night her man.
ager was greeted by the same little boy
and his mother, who said they had
prayed for two hours tc Diallcko and