“To the editor I leave my space on this journal and the best of good wishes in memory of his unfailing courtesy and forbearance. “To Uncle John and to Sinbad go my heartiest wishes that we may meet soon in some brighter clime. “To Mr. Helgrams, my best dhudeen and the light of hope. “To young Steady and to Mr. D. M., my poetic laurels, which they are to share in equal measure. “To the boys in the printing-office, the consolation of not being obliged to set up my excruciating copy. “To the tailors (and to the boss tailor in particular, ‘Little Italy,’) my very best pair of pants. “To Jim of the laundry,--but nothing seems good enough for Jim, the best soul that ever walked. “To Portfiro Alexio Gonzolio, a grip of the hand. “To Davie, pie, pie again, and yet more pie. “To the band boys--why, here’s to ’em! May they blow loose. “To my fellow pedagogues, ‘More light,’ as Goethe put it, more fellowship; it would be impossible to wise them. They know where I stand and I know where they stand. “Lawdy! lawdy! If I hadn’t forgotten Otto and his assistant. Here’s all kinds of luck to ’em, and no mistake about it. “Finally to all those not included hereinbefore (for various reasons), here’s to our next merry meeting. To those in authority, thanks for a square deal. To mine enemy--but I mustn’t bulcon him. “Gentlemen, I go, but I leave, I hope I leave my reputation behind me. “ANGLICUS.” PROBATES HIS OWN WILL Judge R. B. Tappan, of Alameda, California, in July, 1910, practically probated his own will. He filed in the Recorder’s Office, of Alameda County, a document which makes the Alameda Lodge of Elks his beneficiary. He provides that if he dies or becomes insane his property is to go to the Elks. Throughout the legal phraseology of the instrument Judge Tappan has made many unique observations, among which he states that he trusts that no one will inspect him too closely for signs of dementia. He says: “I hope that such things as leading a horse over a hill while I am hatless and coatless and wearing a bandana handkerchief over my head or wearing moccasins in the city will not be considered evidence of insanity sufficient to revoke the terms of this trust.” On Judge Tappan’s death he directs that such property as he has transferred to the trust shall immediately be put to the uses of the Elks lodge after paying his funeral expenses, which, he says, should not be over $75. He remarks in the document that he has already paid $10 for a redwood box to convey his remains to the crematory. In regard to the document, Judge Tappan said: