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2551 Legislation: The right of each locality of a State, such as each county, township, or city, to determine for itself whether or not some particular measure of legislation shall be enforced therein, ap plied more especially as to whether the liquor traffic shall be licensed and carried on. "Fortunately it has been able to point to the remark Jersey, and to commend it with certain modifications to able succe of the State aid and local - option law of New the consideration of other States. That law proceeds upon the theory that while the country as a whole may be unwilling to embark in road building, those smaller communities which are themselves willing to contribute fairly toward the improvement of their highways may improvements." -Chicago Inter Ocean, Feb. 24, 1894. Botany: Poinciana pulcherrima, the Barb a does justly demand county and State aid in carrying on such Flower-fence. lobster-louse, s. Zool.: Nicothoë astaci , an entomostracan parasitic on the lobster. IMG:content-0664.png:[blocks in formation] Lobule of the ear : Anat.: The soft pendulous portion of the ear. lob-u-lŭs, s. (Lat.) A lobule (q. v.).