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...Texas, where they pay a $500 bonus for catching a rich man violating the liquor statutes, where the "unwritten law" and the "hip-pocket move" as defenses for killers still bulk large in the eyes of the courts, where they impeach a Governor, elect his wife to the office, and then complain because she follows his advice,--in Texas, they don't believe in evolution either. A dispatch yesterday from the Lone Star State throws light on the mental processes of Texans and their beliefs and disbeliefs...
...generation, its judgment clouded by affectionate recollection, is incapable. At the moment, there can be no feeling but a consciousness of universal loss; no coherent appreciation but a record of the passing of a personality which has in death bequeathed an everlasting heritage of truth and strength to the unwritten pages of English literature...
...year, none of whom by established custom is a professional banker. The Governor and Deputy Governor who form the Bank's executive usually alternate every two years ; but, in special circumstances (as is the case with Governor Norman, who is remaining be cause of the gold question), this unwritten rule is waived. The directors form a "Court," presided over by the Governor, whose office is known colloquially as "the Chair," and which is subdivided into many important committees...
...conduct I trust I may yield to no Senator in fairness, courtesy and kindliness and in deference to those unwritten laws which always govern any association of gentlemen, whether official or private. It shall be my purpose not to transgress in any way those limits to my official activity determined by the Constitution of the United States and by proper parliamentary procedure...
Again the medium set to work. He produced a great slate, 18 inches high and over two feet long. The children examined it; it was quite unwritten on. Carefully the medium wrapped it in a cloth. Teddy and Cornelius were made to hold it. Again the medium implored the spirits. The slate was unwrapped. It bore two portraits? one of the President, the other of Uncle Quentin, killed in France. Under the President's picture was an inscription saying that if he should ever come back, it would be through the medium of Houdini. Below was signed in unmistakable hand...