Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1887 — Conflicting Testimony. [ARTICLE]

Conflicting Testimony.

“What I want to know is, who struck .the .first blow?” said an Anst n justice to Jim Webster, who was the principal witness in an assault and battery case. “Uncle Ike, dah, he hit de fust lick,” replied Jim. “Are you positive that Uncle Ike struck the first blow?” “Ob course I is. Didn’t I see him reach out and hit de fust lick, but how many licks he hit before dat fust one, or how many licks de udder niggah hit him fust am more den I’se willin’ to swar ter.” —Texas Siftings. . A writer on engineering assertsthat maximum efficiency of machinery, in which journal friction is the main source of waste of work and energy, is best secured by giving the journals such di imeter thas„they will neither twist nor spring under their loads; also such length that the load may be carried principally on the lower portion of the bearing, and of such form that the brass shall not bind or grasp the journal, or in any way subject the journal to serious lateral pressure. The “Barebone’s Parliament” is a name given to the body called under Cromwell’s direetion, and which, after a short sitting, resigned its power to its head, bestowing upon him the title .of “Lord Protector of the Commonwealth. ” This Parliament won its name from the fact that a Londou currier named Barebone was a prominent member of it. The Cape of Good Hope was so named by King John 11. of Portugal, after it had been doubled by Diaz for the prospect of a sea route to India, which it opened ten years later, or in" 1498. Da Gama realized the hopeful augury of the name by reaching India by this route. What is called the Lombard League was formed in 1167, and secured by the peace of Constance in 1183 the independence of the few Italian cities.' The republics of Venice, Genoa, Pisa, etc., dated from this period. That high-flown dude who goes on a lark with his “birdie,* and scatters the eagles, will never feather his neat.