I Manning, holding that a fee of $1 charged for affixing the seal of state is voided by a clause in the statute. The statute, the attorney general held, provides that the seal fee is included in the 50 cents prescribed as a certification fee. Secretary of State Everett, notified of the statute, said he would make arrangements to refund the fees.

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Keyser, W. Va. —Police and charity department officers are puzzled over the case of a young man suffering from aphasia. Keyser, W. Va. —Police and charity department officers are puzzled over the case of a young man suffering from aphasia. He appeared recently near Burlington, acting queerly. It was discovered that his mind was a blank as to his past. He has handsome features and the manners of one well-bred, about twenty-seven years old, 5 feet 7 inches tall, and weighs 150 pounds. He is being allowed much freedom in the hope that he may perform some action or say some word that will provide a clue to his identity.

Evincing interest when he saw jail attendants playing seven-up, the stranger was invited to sit in. He did so and to the astonishment of both.  He is himself and the other players he proved himself an expert at the game. Octopus Uses Ruse to Kill Foe in Aquarium Brighton, England.—An octopus and a cormorant were kept together in a huge glass tank at the local aquarium. They became firm enemies and spent most of their time fighting—the cormorant using his bill and the octopus his tentacles. 