THE FEDERAL QUESTION.-The argument of Mr. Choate in the Neagle case is only imperfectly transmitted by wire, the Associated Press having assumed that Californians are more interested in the performance of their fellow citizens, General Johnson and Mr. Montgomery. When the mails bring it there will be opportunity to judge of its force directed to the focal issue of the case. This issue is much misunderstood and somewhat misrepresented. The Chronicle fails to state it in this paragraph:

"One more point may serve to illustrate the position which we think the Supreme Court must assume. It is this, that Terry's crime, had he a criminal intent, would not have been against a Federal official as such, but against Stephen J. Field, and consequently he would have been tried in the State Courts."

Between Messrs. Field and Terry as individuals, as citizens, there was no contention. Justice Field's testimony in the case before Judge Sawyer is ample demonstration of that fact. The same testimony affirms that the Justice would have punished with equal severity his best friend had he been guilty of the violence in open court for which Judge Terry was committed in the contempt case. Of this there is no doubt, we believe, in the mind of any man who is at all familiar with the characteristics and the record of these leading actors in the case. Therefore, because Justice Field was a judicial officer, and as such, under his oath and in discharge of his duty, had to defend against contempt and violence, the court over which he presided, he became the subject of threatened violence and assassination, both of which were finally attempted upon him in a situation and under circumstances in which efficient defense of his life by his own act was impossible. He was in immediate peril, not by reason of anything done or omitted by private citizen Stephen J. Field, but by reason of a decision, delivered in a Federal court by a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The issue is: Shall a Federal Judge be maltreated with murderous intent because of his judicial action and have no right to protection or defense by the Federal Government? If he have no such right, the Federal Judges in the administration of the supreme law of the land are subject to constant duress. They cannot protect the peace and order of their courts against violence and contempt, for their lives are in forfeit. Every Justice of the Supreme Court who goes forth upon his summer circuit must decide cases which defeat one side of a legal issue. If they can each be held to account on the street, in a brawl, for their judicial acts, the time of meeting of their court in October at the capital may easily find them all in jail, waiting the slow processes of States to determine whether as individuals they have exceeded the limits of self defense, and have properly waited to be crowded to the wall by bludgeons or daggers before using means in kind to save themselves. No legal refinement is required, and certainly no sorcery is necessary, to determine whether a Federal Judge is held to account on the street as an individual or as a Judge. The present case has obviated all necessity

for indulging in the speculation, since the aggressor himself canceled all pretext for it. The serious issue is, must a Federal Judge be left defenseless to fight his decisions through on the street? Does the Federal Government recognize an appeal from its courts to personal combat, and stand silent while its Judges are butchered? To this it is answered that there is no Federal statute of murder, and, if a Federal Judge is slain, his murderer must be tried in the State courts. Logically, this argument means that because his murderer must be punished by the State courts, therefore the Federal Government has no right to prevent the murder of a Federal Judge! The Alta cannot be persuaded that there is such a limitation upon the Federal power, or that the denial of such a limitation is any offense to the reserved or constitutional rights of the States.-Daily Alta California.

THE RELIEF of the Supreme Court of the United States is now under consideration by congressional committees. A joint session of subcommittees of the Senate and House Judiciary committees was held this week to hear arguments touching plans of relief. The current of opinion seems to be setting in favor of the plan proposed in a bill submitted by representatives of the American Bar Association. This plan provides an intermediate appellate court as the best means of affording relief, both to the Supreme Court and the subordinate Federal courts. This plan was urged on the ground that it is in harmony with the system of jurisprudence in all English-speaking countries. The lawyers' committee argued that the division of the Supreme Court into sections to hear cases of the various kinds would not meet the demand, since the court is now taxed to its utmost capacity for endurance, and that the only practicable relief will be found in creating more judges. It is probable that a statute embodying this plan will be adopted by Congress, but how soon it is hard to sell.-Bradstreets.

BIBLIOGRAPHIES IN GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS.--We propose to give from time to time memoranda of Government publications which contain bibliographies of special subjects, in hopes that it may prove useful to the librarian or to others interested. We believe that many of these bibliographies are little known and of much value. It was our original intention to print the whole list at one time, but want of space has prevented this.

The first installment will be found below, and others will follow in course of time.

ALASKA.-Partial list of books, pamphlets, papers in serial journals, and other publications on Alaska and adjacent regions, by W. H. Dall and Marcus Baker,-in Pacific Coast Pilot-Alaska, second series, Appendix I, 1879, page 225. A very full, accurate and painstaking list.

FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE U. S.-L.ist of papers concerning the foreign relations, printed by order of Congress during the 44th, 45th, 46th and 47th Congresses-in Register of the Department of State, October, 1883, page 53.

ICELAND.-Bibliography of the volcanoes, earthquakes, and geysers of Iceland, by Geo. H. Boehmer,-in Smithsonian report, 1885, page 513. ICELAND HOT SPRINGS AND GEYSERS.-In 12th annual report of the U. S. geological and geographical survey of the territories, 1878. Vol. 2, page 432.

INTEROCEANIC CANALS.-A list of works having reference to the subject of interoceanic communication [by way of American isthmus], -in Report of historical and technical information relating to the problem of interoceanic communication by way of the American isthmus, by J. T. Sullivan, 1883, page 214.

-List of the principal authorities relating to projects of interoceanic communication through the American isthmuses,-in Report on interoceanic canals and railroads between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, by C. H. Davis, 1867, page 32.

LEWIS AND CLArke's Travels.-An account of the various publications relating to the travels of Lewis and Clarke, by Dr. Elliott Coues,-in Bulletin of the geological and geographical survey of the territories, second series, No. 6, page 417.

MONEY. A partial list of modern publications on the subject of money, -in Proceedings of the international monetary conference, Paris, 1878, page 737.

NEW ZEALAND HOT SPRINGS AND GEYSERS.-In 12th annual report of the U. S. geological and geographical survey of the territories, 1878. Vol. 2, page 435.

ORNITHOLOGY.-List of faunal publications relating to N. A. Ornithology,-in Birds of the Colorado Valley, by Elliott Coues, 1878, page 567. A "Second installment" of this appears in Bulletin of the U.S. geological and geographical survey, Vol. 5, No. 2, page 239. A Third installment" appears in Vol. 5, No. 4, page 521.

PERIODICALS.-Catalogue of periodical publications issued during the census year, June 1, 1879, to May 31, 1880,-in Tenth Census of the U. S., Vol. 8, page 199.

SEWERAGE. -Catalogue of publications relating to sewerage, compiled by Rudolph Hering,-in National Board of Health Bulletin, Supplement No. 16, page 44; also in Report of National Board of Health, 1881, page 200.

SHORTHAND.-Teaching, practice and literature of Shorthand, by J. E. Rockwell,-Circular of information of the Bureau of Education, 1884,

No. 2.

SORGHUM.-Bibliography of sorghum,-in Investigation of the scientific and economic relations of the sorghum sugar industry, a report of National Academy of Sciences, 1882, page 148.

SUGAR.-Bibliography of starch sugar,-in Report of the National Academy of Sciences, 1883, page 109.

THERMAL SPRings of the U. S,-in 12th annual report of the U. S. geological and geographical survey of the territories, 1878. Vol. 2, page 436.

of countries other than the U. S., Same, Vol. 2, page 440. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK,-in 12th annual report of the U. S. geological and geographical survey of the territories, 1878. Vol. 2, page 427.-Washington Book Chronicle: 25 cents per annum: W. H. Lowdermilk & Co.

Kent. Vol. 11., 190–219.

Law Studies.

Parent and Child.

I. Of the Duties of Parents.

June, 1890.

"The duties of parents to their children, as being their natural guardians, consist in maintaining and educating them during the season of infancy and youth, and in making reasonable provision for their future usefulness and happiness in life, by a situation suited to their habits, and a competent provision for the exigencies of that situation."

(1) of maintaining children.—Parent the proper person. Continuance of the obligation. Necessary support. Home, the asylum and refuge for children. Father bound to support his minor children. Obligation ceases at child's majority. Parent entitled to the custody of their persons and the value of their services during minority. The father may obtain custody of his child by writ of Habeas Corpus. He may maintain trespass for a tort when he can show loss of services.

(2) Of educating children." The education of children in a manner suitable to their station and calling, is another branch of parental duty, of imperfect obligation generally in the eye of the municipal law, but of very great importance to the welfare of the State."

II. Of the rights of parents.

Their rights result from their duties. The power and authority of the father among the ancients. Custody of children. When the mother has the right.

III. Of the duties of children.

"The duties that are enjoined upon children to their parents, are obedience and assistance during their own minority, and gratitude and reverence during the rest of their lives."

Disobedience to parents, how viewed by different nations in ancient times.

IV. Of illegitimate children.—Being persons who are begotten and born out of lawful wedlock. A bastard being nullius filius has no inheritable blood and cannot be an heir.

Questions.

I. What general duties do parents owe to their children?

2. What was the Athenian and Roman rule?

3. How long does the parent's obligation continue?

4. Is the father bound to sup. port his child independent of its

separate income where it has property left to it by another?

5. In what cases is a father bound by his son's contract?

6. Where both parents are liv. ing, which is entitled to the custody and services of the children ?

7. When may a father enforce the writ of habeas corpus to get control of his child?