Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 3 July 1897 — Page 6

(The Trapper's Story Continued.) It was now dark, and 1 was by this time nearly famished, and now that the excitement was over and my plan of escape perfected, I began to feel very weak, and trudged on wearily along the smooth and illuminated roadway until I reached our neighboring household, whose enterprise had so recently found vent in the construction and equipment of the white goat outfit, where 1 aroused the sleeping natives and begged foi something to eat. The patriarch of this tribe told me here that Enoch had been at their place that day inquiring tor me. and stated that he was very uneasy for fea- something had befallen me.

After satisfying my almost unappeasable appetite I set out for home, and reaching there at once ascended to my own room, managing to retire without awakening any of the sleeping inhabitants. As there were no doors in the house, shod as I was with leather sandals, this was not a difficult feat, although the native car was uncommonly acute. Exhausted with my long abstinence and unusual exertions I stretched my weary limbs upon the bed with a sense of grateful relief and was soon asleep.

It was very late the next morning when I awoke and on going down the people seemed overjoyed to see me. And when Enoch greeted me it was with the most anxious inquiries as to my welfare and my whereabouts for the preceding two days. He said that if I had not returned the ensuing day a searching party would have been organized to endeavor to solve the mystery of my disappearance. He seemed to cling to the idea that I was aware of some underground passage through the mountain ridge to the sea to which they were strangers and really seemed to think that I had been out of the country during my absence from home. I assured him to the contrary as I had done in our conversation on the mountain, and leading hint down the road into the forest I unfolded to him my plans for escape in all its details. This satisfied him that I had told him the truth and he promised me his co-opera-tion though with a reluctance that I had not expected. On inquiring the cause for this he said that my absence during the past two days had revealed to him how valuable my presence and friendship was to him and that, while he be- I lieved that it was best for me and for his people that I should leave the country, taking with me my means of escape, yet he was loath to deprive himself by his own act of so great a blessing as he now realized my presence to be to him. Nevertheless his promise had been given and it should be fulfilled.

Returning to the plaza Enoch called the men around him, more particularly the men who had built the awgons I and told them that I had a new project for them to carry out and that they had his permission, in fact it was his desire that they should carry out my wishes. He hesitated considerably over the command, if command it could be called, and I noticed that he was deeply grieved and I began to realize that my own feelings were destined to be severely tried by the separation from my venerable guide, companion and friend. But the time for action had come, and in the busy days that followed these tender thoughts of friendship's tics were for the time forgotten, and the chidings of I an affection whose strength was unsuspectedwcre silenced in the preparations for the dangerous and cventtul voyage upon which I was to embark.

Carefully explaining my scheme to the assembled natives I at once enlisted an unlooked for and eager interest, and saw at once that I should not lack fori •willing and intelligent helpers, especially among the younger men, and I could see that notwithstanding the command of their patriarchs they would surely attempt to follow in my foot steps should I escape in safety. Many thought I would be dashed to pieces against the wall of the precipice or that the boat I would be, rather, and that I would be hurled to the bottom and drowned, as they shuddcringly discussed the venturesome undertaking, but all expressed their willingness to help. After instructing the mechanics as to the construction of the rollers which were to carry the rope in safety over the rocky projections of the mountain side, I bade the others bring out a supply of sheepskins and at once set them to cutting straps an inch wide 01 any length that the skin would cut to advantage. 1 proposed to plait the rope with my own hands, that there might certainly be no! flaw in its construction. I had ordered the rollers to be made as they made their wagon wheels, taking three small wheels and Mocking them together and placing a larger wheel on each side, thus forming a flanged pully of about eighteen inches in diameter to be mounted on a wooden pinion of about four inches in diameter, to be supported on timbers to be gotten out of the mountain when everything was in readiness and had been transported to the summit.

Several days were consumed In arranging preliminaries, giving instructions to the workmen and overseeing the men who were cutting straps for the rope, to see that no rotten hides were used. The capstan was being cut from a tree in the forest below, and was to be as near like a ship's capstan as circumstances vvoud permit, having a fra«ie work to support it which would be staked securely on a level spot at the summit. These constructions being well under way I turned my own attention to the rope which I proposed to plait. A large supply of straps being ready I instructed the men who were helping me to cut the ends of each strap in a rounding manner and to cut a slit in both ends an inch and a half long, Then, lapping over one another, and plaiting five straps as I had made whip I lashes when a boy I began to weave the 1 cable that was to set me free. Day by I

P% Vr V*

LOST TRIBES,

AND THE LAND OF NOD.

AN ORIGINAL NATURAL GAS STORY,

BY A. P. KERR.

"Ar.d Onin wont cut from the presence of the I^orl and dwelt in the Land of Nod, on the east of Kdcn. HilCNKStS lv

day it .grew in length, absorbing the pile of straps in a way that caused me to fear the supply might give out, but I was assured that if our own store should become exhausted that the other tribes had equally as large a number, as we had begun on stored in their subterranean chambers and they believed there was enough such leather in the valley to make twelve miles of such a rope as I was at work upon. That being the case 1 worked away, resolved that I would make enough and to spare, and while taking every precaution to insure a thoroughly sound and staunch cable that would safely let me down the side of the cliff, I determined to test it, both as to its strength and length before making the venturesome descent.

The capstan and the four flanged pulleys were at length completed according to my instructions, and at the end of about two months I estimated that I had completed nearly three-quarters of a mile of cable and was confident that further delay in this respect was unnecessary. I now turned my attention to selecting a boat 1 he native boats were of sizes ranging from an ordinary dugout canoe to a cumbersome and unwieldy flatbottomed structure made from slats upon a rude frame work, perhaps twen-ty-five feet in length with a breadth of from four to five feet. •N-onc of them were at all fitted for a sea vovagc. But to have a boat built according to iiy ideas would require a year and then it might prove too heavy to launch from the wharf from which 1 proposed to start. So selecting one of the largest and best-shaped craft on the bay I had it pulled out of the water upon the bank at the lower end of the valley as near to the path by which I had ascended to the summit as was possible and proceeded to have it rigged up with a short mast and a sail. I desired them to make me a sail from their white cloth, but they refused peremptorily, and made one of blue instead. There was no rudder and I was compelled to be content with two pins in the stern piece between which I might use an oar to steer with. The row locks were of the same rude description and the oars clumsy and heavy. Having seen that the seams were all well caulked, and instructing the men to give the outside an extra coat of tar of which there was no lack, to insure a dry interior, I had them bring four of their wagon wheels of which they had accumulated an extra supply, and placing these upon long axels we mounted the boat upon them and lashed the axels together with poles, thus forming a rude truck which I thought would save the boat's bottom from injury against the projecting rock and at the same time greatly aid in transporting the craft to the summit and in lowering it to the cavern ledge. Progress in all these preparations was greatlv interfered with by the native lethargy and by their always insisting upon returning home as soon as the sun began to descend in the West. They had never slept in the woods and seldom in any but their own households, and saw no reason why they should now change their habits and customs which had been in vogue for generations simply that I might be able to leave the country a few days sooner. They never hurried over any matter and I had to submit to the delay.

The neighboring tribes hadnowbegan to take an interest in our preparations and sent men to help us transport the boat to the summit, which necessarily was a most tedious undertaking. We had to lift, carry and slide it up the mountain side, cutting down trees that were in the way in the beginning of the course to the limit of the tree line, and there were a good many, so that a 'weekelapsed before we finally landed the boat in safety on the level spot which I had selected for the location of the of the capstan Another week was spent in bringing up the capstan and rope and pulleys. Then began the real work of the undertaking. Only a very few could I induce to venture down the mountain side with me. They were all afraid of slipping off, and said that never before had thev been beyond the summit of the ridge at any point. With the assistance of the few braver ones I managed within a few days to get the pulleys erected in line upon the prominent projections of the seaward side of the mountain upon timbers which were kept in place by piling rock, broken from the jagged surface, upon and about them. Then, cutting two pieces from my cable about twenty feet long I had four holes bored, or rather drilled (they drilled all the holes in their mechanical work) in the four corners of the boat's hull, at the bulwarks, and tied the ends of the pieces of rope in them, thus forming two bails like a bucket, by which, when brought together, I proposed to suspend the boat when I was ready to make the descent. Having staked the capstan firmly to the scanty soil and carefully instructed the men chosen in its use, we fastened one end of the cable to the bail in the stern of the boat, and adjusting it to the capstan instructed the men to pay it out as we should ease the boat down the mountain side. Carefully we lifteci it over the jagged rocks and cracking chasms, and slowly the rope was paid out to us. As we passed the pulleys I lifted the cable over them to prevent damage from the rocks, and after a few hours of careful labor I had the "satisfaction of seeing the boat dangling from the cable's end. prow downward, over the mouth of the cavern with the rope playing upon he pulleys unharmed and bearing the strain without even stretching perceptibly.

The phenomenal acuteness of the aboriginal ear which had frequently noticed now served me a most useful purpose, the natives readily hearing my signals in which I had instructed them. I would call out, and

promptly the rope would become taut and the boat's downward progress be stayed. "Down," and at once the cable slackened and we were abie to proceed v»ith our tedious task. And even into the cavern the calling out was promptly responded to by the men on the summit.

Subsequently, when testing the rope, as I will presently describe, 1 left some of my assistants in the cavern, who had grown bold enough, to venture to that dangerous spot, instructing tlu-m to give the signals to the men at the capstan, while I oversaw the proceedings at the summit. The natives who were there with me promptly obeyed the calls of their comrades from the cavern far below, while I was unable to distinguish any sound save the faint roar of the surf, which, at that height was not especially loud.

But I anticipate. With the assistance of three or four of the boldest whom I had induced to accompany me we safely landed the boat upon the rocky, uneven floor of the cave and removed the wheels from beneath its keel. The next problem to be considered was the transportation of my supplies and such articles as I proposed to take with me to the cavern. This proved to be a most tedious task as but few were willing to help or venture down the mountain side with a load, and the bulk of the work of carrying my supply of food, clothing, samples of the country's products, and various souvenirs which I had from time to time collected, fell upon me. A week was consumed and at last I lclt that the time for my departure was indeed close at hand, that 1 was about to embark upon a voyage from a haven of safety to seek new and untried danger, to launch my frail craft from a wharf whence ne'er before had sailed a keel and to which I could never more return, fit emblem of that voyage to which all mankind are hastening, fit symbol of that frowning shore whence all must sail when the grim boatman calls.

During all the time that these varied prcparaions were in progress Enoch was almost constantly with us. excepting on the days when he made his regular inspection trip to the mountain crater. These visits had grown more frequent, and during the last days of preparation he was absent most of the time. But on the last day which I had spent in carrying my supplies to the cavern he had accompanied me and cautiously climbed down along the narrow ledge as I carefully guarded him, for by this time .1 had grown so accustomed to the giddy height as not to feel the slightest fear, and had entered the cave taking a seat in the boat. After carefully inspecting all my preparations, he began to talk about the great progress the workmen were making in the mountain crater, stating that but one fierce jet of flame remained to be smothered, and that the men were accumulating a supply of stone and earth and preparing screens from the dried sheep skins to protect themselves from the heat, and that on the day after tomorrorw it was expected to complete the great undertaking by making a sudden and combined attack, and thus fulfill and obey the command given by their ancestors so many centuries before. The statement aarmed me but I said nothing to indicate it and turned the conversation to my own departure which I now suddenly determined should also take place on the day after tomorrow, stating to him (Enoch) that all was now in readiness, and that there was no excuse for further delay. (To be continued.)

CYCLE NOTES.

Work has begun on the cycle path between Port Huron and St. Clair, Michigan.

Not less than 10.000 persons witnessed the New York Telegram's cycle parade in Gotham last week. There were about 15,000 wheelmen in line.

The "Cycling Gazette" of Cleveland is inconsieent in its editorial deparment. One week it roasts the very life out of the six-day racers and in the following issue tells us a egitimate piece of news that Miss Dottie Farnswork, the "peaceful" and so forth, rides such and such a wheel in her races. This is either insincerity. mugwumpism or "putty" business principles, where he editorial department is wielded into any shape by the business department securing a one-quarter page advertisement.

Arthur Zimmerman, the retired world's champion, has returned to the track after an absence of two years duration. He will ride exhibitions only until he feels quite sure of his ability to resume actual contests.

Owen S. Kimble, star of the Outing team, was run into by Eberhardt oi Sclina, Kansas, in a race at Charlotte, Mich., last week, sustaining a broken colar bone by the fall. This will necessitate a let up in his work of at least a month. He will ride in the national championships at Philadelphia in August.

The League of American Wheelmen has grown to a membership of over

81,000.

000

Less than five years ago all

hopes were centered on a total of

10,-

members, no one boing sufficiently sanguine to ever expect more.

There will be accommodations for 150 newspaper representatives at the racw of the League of American .Wheelmen's national meet.

Bald and Cooper, the racing men who have been posing as world's champions and issuing challenges to each other, have both been repeatedly defeated during the pftst month bv Carl Kiser of Dayton, Ohio. Owen Kimble of Louisville, it is said, holds Kiser safe at any stage, which would seem to make him champion of the vear.

I see the Shah of Persia has cut down his harem to sixty-two wives." Couldn starwi the expense of buying wheels for any more, I presume."— Philadelphia North American.

Karl Thorpe of Louisville, a rtcmber of the Ohiing bicycle racing team, eloped with his sweetheart last Monday' both ridin). Outing tandem. Mrs' Thornc is of Kentucky's most beautiful womt

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TRIUMPHS AND TKMI'TATIOXS

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Till

CHK1STIAX IjAWYKH.

The ProfpHNioii of I,uw From 11 Moral anil ltcllgious btaiiilpoliit Dr. Till mule's feormnii.

Dr. Talmnigc's sermon last Sunday had a special interest for lawyers, and aljj who are the friends of lawyers. text is Titus 3:13, "Bring 11 a the lawyer." He said:

Among the mightiest picas that ever have been made by tongue of barrister have been pleas in behalf oi the Bible and Christianity, as when Daniel Webster stood in the supreme court at Washington pleading in the famous Girard will case, denouncing any attempt to educate the people without giving them at the same time moral sentiment as "low, ribald and vulgar deism and infidelity as when Samuel L. Southard of New Jersey, the leader of the forum in his day. stood 011 the platform at Princeton collegc commencement advocating the literary excellency of the Scriptures: as when Edmund Burke, in the famous trial of Warren Hastings, not only in behalf of the English government, but in behalf of elevated morals, closed his speech in the midst of the most august assemblage ever gathered in Westminster hall by saying: "I impeach Warren Hastings in the name of the house of commons, whose national character he has dishonored: I impeach him in the name c» the people of India, whose rights and liberties he lias subverted 1 impeach him in the name of human nature, which he has disgraced. In the name of both sexes, and of every rank, and of every station, and of every situation in the world, I impeach Warren Hastings."

Vet, notwithstanding all the pleas which that profession has made in behalf of God, and the church, and the gospel, and the rights of man, there has come down through the generations among many people an absurd and wicked prejudice against it. So long ago as in the time of Oliver Cromwell it was decided that lawyers might not enter the parliament house as members, and they were called "sons of Zeruiah." The learned Dr. Johnson wrote an epitaph for one of them in these words: "God works wonders now and then,

Here lies a lawyer, an honest man!" No other profession more needs the grace of God to deliever them in their temptations, to comfort them in their trials, to sustains them in the discharge of their duty. While I would have you bring the merchant to Christ, and while I would have you bring the farmer to Christ, and while I would have you bring the mechanic to Christ, I adress you now in the words of Paul to Titus, "Bring Zenas the lawyer." By so much as his duties are delicate and great, by so much does he need Christian stimulus and safeguard. We all become clients. I do not suppose there is a man fifty years of age who has been in active life who has not been afflicted with a lawsuit. Your name is assaulted, and you must have legal protection. Your boundary line is invaded and the court must re-establish it. Your patent is infringed upon, and you must make the offending manufacturer pay the penalty. Your treasures are taken, and the thief must be a-pprehended. You want to make your will, and you do not want to follow the example of those who, for the sake of saving $100 from an attorney, imperil $250,000, and keep the generation following for twenty years quarreling about the estate, until it is exhausted. You are struck at by an assassin, and you must invoke for him the penitentiary. All classes of men in course of time become clients, and therefore they are all interested in the morality and the Christian integrity of the legal profession. "Bring Zenas the lawyer."

But how is an attorney to decide as to what are the principle by which he should conduct himself in regard to his clients? On one extreme Lord Brougham will appear, saying: "The innocence or guilt of your client is nothing to you. You are to save your client regardless of the torment, the suffering, the destruction of all others. Y011 are to know but one man in the world— your client. You are to save him though you should bring your country into confusion. At all hazards you must save your client." So says Lord Brougham. But 110 right minded lawyer could adopt that sentiment. On the other extreme. Cicero will come to you and say, "You must never plead the cause of a bad man," forgetful of the fact that the greatest villain on earth ought to have a fair trial and that an attorney cannot be judge and advocate at the same time. It was grand when Lord Erskine sacrificed his attorneygeneralship for the sake of defending Thomas Paine in his publication of his book called "The Rights of Man," while at the same time he, the advocate, abhorred Thos. Paine's religious sentiments. Between these two opposite theories of what is right, what shall the attorney do? God alone can direct him. To that chancery he must be appellant, and he will get an answer in an hour. Blessed is that attorney between whose office and the throne of God there is perpetual, reverential and prayful communication. That attorney will never make an irreparable mistake. True to the habits ef your profession, you say. "Cite 11s some authority on the subject." Well, I quote to you the decision of the supreme court of heaven, "If any lack of wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally and upbraidcth not, and it shaH be given him."

Now, it is no easy thing to advise settlement, when by urging litigation you could strike a mine of remuneration. It is not a very easy thing to dampen the ardor of an inflamed contestant, when you know through a prolonged lawsuit you could get from him whatever you asked. It is an easy thing to attempt to discourage the suit for the breaking of a will 111 the surrogate's court because you know the testator was of sound

mind and body when he signed the document. It requires 110 small heroism to do as I once heard an attorney do in an office in a western city. 1 overheard the conversation when he said, "John, you can go 011 with this lawsuit, and 1 will see you through as well as I can, but I want to tell you before you start that a lawsuit is equal to a fire." Under the tremendous temptations that come upon the legal profession there are scores of men who have gone down, and some of them being the pride oi the highest tribunal of the state have become a disgrace to the Tombs court-room. Every attorney, in addition to the innate sense of right, wants the sustaining power of the old-fashioned re.igion of Jesus Christ. "Bring Zenas the lawyer.'

There are two or three forms of temptation to which the legal profession is especially subject. The first of all is skepticism. Controversy is the lifetime business of that occupation. Controversy may be incidental or accidental with us, but with you it is perpetual. ou get so used to pushing the sharp question "Why?" and making unaided reason superior to the emotions, that the religion of Jesus Christ, which is a simple matter of faith and above human reason, although not contrary to it, has but little chance with some of you. A brilliant orator wrote a book on the first page of which he announced this sentiment, "An honest God is the noblest work of man." Skepticism is the mightiest temptation of the legal profession, and that man who can stand in that profession, resisting all solicitations to infidelity, and can be as brave as George Briggs of Massachusetts, who stepped iron \the gubernatorial chair to the missionary convention, to plead the cause of a dying race then 011 his way home from the conven'ion,* on a cold (lay, took off his warm cloak and threw it over the shoulders of a thinlv-claa missionary, saying, "Take that and' wear it it will do you more good than it will me," or. like Judge John McLean, who can step from the supreme court-room of the United States on to the anniversary platform oi the American Sundayschool union, its most poweriul orator, deserves congratulation and encomium. Oh, men of the legal profession, let me beg of you to quit asking questions in regard to religion and begin believing!

The mighty men of your profession. Story and Kent and Mansfield, became Christians, not through their heads, but through their hearts. "Except ye become as a little child, ye shall in 110 wise enter the kingdom of uod." If you do not become a Christian, O man of the legal profession, until you can reason this whole thing out in regard to God and Christ and the immortality of the soul, you will never become a Christian at ait. Only believer "Bring Zenas the lawyer."

Another mighty temptation for the legal profession is Sabbath breaking. The trial has been going on for ten or fifteen days. The evidence is all in. It is Saturday night. The judge's gavel falls on the desk, and he says: "Crier, adjourn the court until 10 o'clock Monday morning." On Monday morning the counsellor is to sum up the case. Thousands of dollars, yea. the reputation and life of his client may depend upon the success of his plea. How will he spend the intervening Sunday? There is not one lawyer out of a hundred that can withstand the temptation to break the Lord's day under such circumstances. and yet. if he does he hurts his own soul. What, my brother, you cannot do before

or after

o'clock Saturday night

o'clock Sunday night God

does not want you to do at all. Besides that, you want the twenty-four hours of Sabbath rest to give you that electrical and magnetic force which will be worth more to you before the jury than ail the elaboration of your case 011 the sacred day. My intimate and lamented friend, the late Judge Neilson, in his interesting reminiscences of Rufus Choatc, says that during the last case that gentleman tried in New York the court adjourned from Friday until Monday on account of the illness of Mr. Choate. But the chronicler says that on the intervening Sabbath he saw Mr. Choate in tine old Brick church listening to the Rev. Dr. Gardiner Springer, I do not know whether ou the following day Rufus Choatc won his cause or lost it, but I do know that his Sabbaiie rest did not do him any harm. Every lawyer is entitled to one day's rest out of seven. If he surrenders that, he robs three—God, his own soul and his client. Lord Cas-

Another powerful temptation of the legal profession is to allow the absorbing duties of the profession to shut out thoughts of the great future. You knowvery well that you who have so often tried others will after awhile be put on trial yourselves. Death will serve 011 ymi a writ of ejectment, and you will be put off these earthly premises. On that day all the affairs of your life will be presented in a "bill of particulars." No certiorari from a higher court, for this is the highest court. The day when Lord Exeter was tried for high treason the day when the house of commons moved

for the impeachment of Lo-d day when Charles 1.

.,d Ou^

•me were put upon trial the 1

r°

Robert Emmet was arrai'm',. 1

wilei

Robe surgent the day when Blen brought into the

in-

nerha=s»t

court room l,„."

vas

had tried to overthrow th"

States government, and V]"\i ^nited| great trials of the world' •'r

lhcr

compared with the other !!.C't!lin8 which you and I shal' aum-,,.

IE"

brfore

'»-'«•"«kick

There will be 110 pleading tl,„ 1 statute of limitations

lor

state's evidence." trying to .,, 'li1'"1"? selves whne others suffer. 1,0 "Ur'

a non-suit." The ca,-

ln8

on inexorably, and we shall

COmt

You. my brother, who have been advocate for others, will hc„oiten an advocate tor vourseif i,..'.

tried.

so I neeijl

leeted Him, the Lord ChrMicrih J°" l'" Universe? If any man si„ advocate-Jesus Christ the ri^h,e. is uncertain when vour cae u-iii'i! called on. "Be ye also ready

Lord Ashburton and .\fr uwere leading barristers in th They died about the s.-i

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(lav.

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months before their decease thev 1 pened to be in the same hotel lage, the one counsel going u, Devon" shire the other going to London. had both been seized upon |, -i ,i which they knew would be'fatal ,„5 they requested that they be

carried

to the same room and laid fas side by side that they might over old times and talk over the uuu-e So they were carried in. and Ivin,Mile 011 opposite sofas they talked 'over ti,,' old contests at the bar, ami then thjy talked ot the future world. upon

they must soon enter. It was said ,0 have been a very affecting a,,,!

0icm„

interview between Mr. Wallace and Lord Ashburton. My subject todav puts you side by side with those men in your profession who have departed thilife, some of them skeptical and rebel! lions, some of them penitent, child-li'-e and Christian. Those were wanderine stars for whom is reserved the blackness ot darkness forever, whiie these o'hers went up from the court-room of earth to the throne of eternal dominion Through Christ the advocate

these

got

glorious acquittal. In the other

:"l'

case

was a hopeless lawsuit—an unpardoned sinner versus the Lord God Almighty Oh, what disastrous litigation! Behold he comes. The Judge, the Judge, the clouds of heaven, the judicial ermine the great white throne, the judiciai bench, the archangel's voice that shall wake the dead, the crier. "Come, ve blessed: depart ye cursed!" the acquittal or the condemnation. "And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God, and the books were opened."

Jonos County Justice.

When his honor Judge Balkcom' called the court to order this morning in the spacious umbrage of the trees that shadow his yard he noticed a dusky son of Ilam and his wile standing I among the spectators, with an anxious look upon their faces. "What can 1 do for you?" asked his honor. "Ise^come to get you to "vorce us, uedge." ou have?" said his honor,

"Yes. sail." "Don you know that such an ad is*1 beyond the pale of this court?" "Yes. sail, shore she tactc.l me wid de pail, an' hit wuz full of uatah, an' busted his ovah mail head, an' I aint gwine lib wid her 110 1110—-she shore did. jedgc." "I say, you woolly-headed imp oi Ethiopia don't you know that the constitution of the United States, embodied in its laws, denies to a justice court the power of annulling the marital vmvsthat it belongs to a higher tribunal? Is that any plainer?" "Yes. sail, she shore did 'null ray constitution why—" "Oh. go to Gehenna. I say I can't and won't separate you. Do von understand now?" "Say, jedge, Ise got de money to pay you, boss for God's sttke "How much you got: asked his honor. "Six dollars and a half. boss. "Then I'll fine you $r."0 lor taking up the time of the court and $5 lor attempting to sully its judicial crimne by a bribe."—Jones County News.

Fraudulent RoKgurs.

tlcreagh and Sir Thomas Romilly were the leaders of the bar in their day. They both died suicides. Wilberforcc accounts for their aberration of intellect on the ground that they were unintermittent in their work and they never rested 011 Sunday. "Poor fellow!" said Wilberforcc in regard to Castlereagh "poor fellow, it was non-observance of the Sabbath." Chief Justice Hale says, "When I do not properly keep the Lord's day, all the rest of the week is unhappy and unsuccessful in my worldly employment."

Another powerful temptation of the legal profession is to artificial stimulus. No one except those who have addressed audiences knows about the nervous exhaustion that sometimes comes afterward. The temptation to strong drink approaches the legal profession at that very point. Then, a trial is coming on. Through the ill ventilated court-room the barrister's health has been depressed for days and for weeks. He wants to rally his energy. He is tempted to resort to artificial stimulus. It is either to get himself up or let himself down that this temptation comes from him. The flower of the American bar, ruined in reputation and ruined in estate, said in his last moments: "This is the end, I am dying on a borrowed bed, covered with a borrowed sheet, in a house built by public charity. Bury me under that tree in the middle of the field, that I may not be crowded. I always have been crowded."

This is the hour of begging tr They crop up everywhere, s.ivCleveland Plain Dealer. Their stories are so plausible, their appearance so pitiful. One of them recently walked into an East End factory. "For the love of heaven," lie said, "give me a little work to do. Anything that I can turn mv hand to."

the

The proprietor looked him over. Ht was decently dressed, young and intelligent and had evidently seen better days. "I have some work," said the pro* prietor, "but is of a rough sort." "Anything, anything," cried the unfortunate man.

So lie was set to work sorting but he hadn't really started the j™ when he was noticed to stagger slightly. "You must excuse me," lie said brokenly, "but I haven't tasted food ior twenty-four hours."

Thereupon tho proprietor dipped his hand into his pocket and brought up fifty-cent piece. "Take that, he said "get yourselfr-l square meal and then coine hark. |l

The fellow took it but he didn conn back. A day or two later the victimized ",a told his story to a -majuifaeture The latter rememlxTed it when, very next morning the latter canic in his office and remarked: "For the love of heaven give

little work." "All right," said the proprietor off your coat."

Off came the coat and as it was up the owner worked in the ^a!m'

stagger. ... "I haven't touched food for

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four hours," he gasped. "That's all right." s:iid_the proprie.j--grimly "you'll get no food unn job is finished." .(.a

The fellow cast a longing iook a coat, but it was beyond his

he went to work. It was a hard

but he •finished it. .• Hc't's "There," said the proprietor, your coat. You've earned r°

which I will now enclose

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