THE OMATIA DAILY BEE : Sl &kAY , JATS'FATtV n. 1808.
MARBLE MOLDED BY PRESSURE
A. Discovery of Broad Significance in In-
duUrj and in Geology ,
RESULTS OF NOVEL EXPERIMENTS
Iiilntifiinpriii < t I'liotoKrniilK of n llnll
riilllnir Itiln u dux * of Wnler
mill Iliillcl r.iitrrliiK mi
Afiniir I'lttlo.
Pome veiy remarkable experiments Just re-
patted by Profs. Adams and Nicholson of
McOllI university tend to show that a sub-
Ktancc EO hard and brittle aa mnrblo may ,
under certain conditions , be molded llko
I
clay They placed a miniature column of pure
Carrara marble In a sheath of Iron nnd sub 1
mitted It to graduated , but long-continued '
pressure. with the result that the marble
shortened and thickened , bulging so as to
B cll the Iron Rhonth. The Iron then being ! '
cut away , the marble no longer cylindrical , I
but greatly altered In shape , remained still
nalld and 'brittle as before. No Increase of
I temperature or other agency than the pres- |
Btirc was applied In producing this result. ' i
This cxperlmen * remarkable In Itself , has
Implications that make It of peculiar Inter- i
|
cst to the' '
persona ai widely separated ai
cflentiric geologist and tlin practical house ' I 1
builder. For on the one hand It tends to ,
throw light on Intricate problems as to the
formation of the earth's crust , while on the
other It HiigRi-sts a danger from the building
of such sky-scrapers as arc springing up In
our cltlra that hitherto has been quite over-
was pointed out iby the Scotch geologist and
mathomatlclin , Dr. Croil , that the sun'a
rays , beating upon the surface of the glacier ,
might penetrate into Its transparent depths ,
nnd , being retarded at tbo bottom , might
licit the ) Ice at the depths to n temperature
above that at the surface , and this cause
would manifestly act In conjunction with the
Increased pressure at the bottom of the
glacier , to effect the -melting of the Ice
theio. At no time , however , would there
bo any1 great surplus of heat there , and the
portions of Ice thiK melted would be certain
to rrcongcal almost Instantly , because of the
(
largo quantity of heat which Is abstracted ,
and rendered latent whenever Ice change *
Into water , nut during the Instant of i
transition from leo to water and back to Ice
again the particles of the mass might ,
slightly change their form under Influence
of pressure of gravitation , and thus by an I
endless Bcrlcti of Infinitesimal jerks , as It |
were , the glacier would creep on as It U ob-
were , t'ho glacier would crprp on as It Is oto-
Now , however , the experiments regarding
the mobility of marble put quite a new com- !
plctlon upon the question of pMclal move- '
ment. Tor If It be proven that marble , a .
substance far harder than Ice , and quite as
brt tie , can bo molded by pressure alone
Into new shapes , It seems perfectly plausible
that a much less degree of pressure might I
mold Ice Into nev forms by causing Ita mo-
lcculv ) to slide over ono urvjthor without the
Intervention of melting. In this view , Ice j
end marble , nod , of course , all oilier eolldt , ,
ore o be regarded as merely \cry stilt or
v'scid ' liquids. Gravitation alone docs not '
Miftlco to make \liem flow , as It does more I
limpid liquids , but when additional force is
applied their mobility becomes apparent.
IRON iMEUDIA' A STIKF LIQUID
Thin view , Indeed , as applied to such
solids as Iron and other malleable metals I
l.i not new , for the mobility of such HOlUls
under pressure , a.s when hammered , Is
familiarly known. A curious experiment re
cently maJo by Prof. Sinclair has Illustrated
, this in veiy vivid way. 'Iy ' ) me.r.14 of an
ingenious apparatus K has beca possible to
POOL , ' OF WATCR. AT iMiTANT WMEN BALL mi-i INTO
PLATE PENETRATED BY CANNON BALU ,
ATIMOH PLATU AND WATER FOUND TO ACT IN A SIMILAR MANNER WHEN
PKNHTKATUD BY HULLHTS.
looked. If marble , ono of the hardest ot the
stones , yields and becomes plastic under suf
ficient pressure , then clearly there must bo
a limit to the height to which ono building
stone can he heaped upon another In the
oioctlon of walls without incurring the danger -
gor of aueh > folding of the stones of the
bottom of the wall as will endanger the In-
U'srlty of 'the ' entire structure. Short of the
point at vvHch the stone crumbles there Is
apparent ! } a point at which It may slowly
change Us slupo under stress of steady and
long-continued pressure. Thus there Is In
troduced a new clement which the archi
tect In e-'Mmitliig the strength or mateilal
has overlooked , and which must bo reckoned
with If 0111 molern akvrct' crs aio to oe
permanent and safe structures
For the geologist , the Interest In the
proof of the pla.ttlctj ! of marbleicsts on
the light It throws on certain obscure forma
tions of tha earth's crust. It proves that
under tlu conditions of pressure existing
dnpp In tl ) ciust , stcaes may be mo ded
Into new s'ispea without being melted. lit
point of fact , tha molded marble of these
experiments , when examined under mlcro-
ncopo , was said to present many resem
blances to certain natural rocks whose
peculiar cleavage had hern difficult to ox-
plain. It o'tentlmcw scorns as If a layer of
rock hud been twisted from the position
in which It apparently had formed. Some
times It is nanlfi-st from chemical changes
In the rork that It hos been partly melted
during the process , and then there Is no
difficulty In explaining It , but where th'a '
has not occune-d It was difficult to believe
that the rhinge of ohapp has actual ! )
taken place. But these experiments leave
no doubt in the n.attcr Uone\cr brittle a
rock may seotn to be. It Is ically , co It ap-
poaru , a plastic substance , capable , under
proper conditions , of Mow Ins Into new shaped
as surely. If not as readily as putty or dougn
Is molded.
nXl'AINS MOTION OF GLACIERS.
Another Interesting question oa which
now light Is thrown by this experiment Is
the perplcUng oao of the motion of glaciers
Aa everybod > knows , a g'-icier Is , in effect
a great river of so'ld Ice It Is equally
well know that the Ice stream Hews along
Its channel slowly , to be sure , but Just as
surely ab u streim of water. The e-irl )
students of glaclcm doubted this , but
numberless can-till observations , culmlnat-
MARBM : COLUMN BEFORE AND AFTER
BEING SUBJECTED TO HEAVY
PRESSURE.
Ing with the turnout ) ones of Prof. Tjadall ,
hnve demonstrated the point buyond all
controvert ) ) " . Of course the bed of the
Ice stream Is usually steep , and hence at
flrdt sight It seems nothing remarkable that
the Ice should flllilo along It. So the fa-
inoui explorer of the Alps , do Saufinire ,
who was among the flrst to recognize- the
motion of glaciers , explained this motion as
a mere sliding of the Ice. Very soon , how
ever , other observers taw that this simple
explanation by no means sulllced , for the
most cafciial obsenatlon showed that the
channel through which the glacier moves
Ita banlts or "borders la not usually of uni
form width from beginning to end. but. on
the contrar ) , wldeua and narrows much aa
tloos the channel of a river. And , llko the
river of water , this river of Ice at all
tlmoa completely tills Its channel , spreading
out Into lagoons of Ice where the channel
wldc-iia and narrowing Into a lender stream
u the walls contract. Clearly , then , the
ice stream changes Its slwpo juit ai the
Btrcam of water dooaj yet how Is this po -
alble , since Ice Is a solid , and a ivory brittle
aolld at that ?
NuiuburUvia explanations ha\o been put
forward In elucidation of this puzzle , but
the ono that has seemed to have greatest
plausibility and hence has gained greatest
currency assumes that the Ice In the depth
of the glacier ) U 'being ' constantly melted by
tbo pressure of 4ho mass ubovo It , and as
oaiiaUntly reronge-alod , being molded into
now forms during the moment I of transition.
The Justification for this hypothesis Is found
In the fact , which was 11 ret demonstrated by
1'rof. James Thomson , < ho brother of Lord
Kelvin , that -procure , If sultlcient , greatly
lowers tlio moltrng i > olnt of Ice. and In the
further fact that a cake of Ice It cut In two
or broken Into fragments will rooongual Into
aa * nuu If tbo parta are kept In contact U
photograph the surface of a bowl cf water
at the inununt a ball dropped fiom a height
falls Into It. The photogiaph being Instan
taneous , the water splashed up about the ball
gUes llio Impression of a solid era1 er. But
the curloiiB feature Is that exactly such
crater us thl * Is formed In fact when a can-
tion ball Is Hied into a sheet of urmor plate.
\bout the mouth of the hcle where the ball
cotcr.s he Iron Is a bulging rim or crater
of Ircn , which was manifestly splashed up
exactly as tdio water splashes up about the
miniature ball , making the obsencr feel
'hat the Irou ami the wi.ter are really of
ono ph > sl"nl nature , one being merely a
little harder than the other. The experi
ment at McOIll make it clear that the same
tli'og Is true of iruible also ; that , In short ,
In a broader \lew , brIWo solids are only
\ory fiMglle liquids , Just as malleable Bolldd
are % er > te'uclous liquids. Perhaps some
day wo nKill mold our satuary out of marble
Kibtead of slowly rarvlng it , as Is iuw done.
The Presbyterian hospital ot New York
City attended to 28,000 patients last year.
The Roman Catholic archdiocese of Cin
cinnati has a population or about 150,000.
The Sunday schools of the Methodist
Episcopal church of this country number
2,020,010 pupils.
There are 10,193 Christian Endeavor so
cieties In the United States and 11,824 In the
rest of the world.
The last a-nnual report of the Society of
Jesus statis tfmt In all the world there are
only 14,251 Jesuits , less than half of whom
are priests.
The Homestead Is I'm name of the rescue
name for women In St. Louis It Is a roomy
mansion and was reeentlj Riven by James
Stewart to the Salvatlcti Army of that city.
It Is stated that for want of room 9,000
Free Masons wrro refused admission to the
recent Masonic services celebrating the 200lh
anniversary of St. Paul's cathedral In London.
On the tower of a church In FlshtoCt , Lin
colnshire , England , a birch tree twelve feet
high Is growing. U Is supposed that a blid. .
carried the seed to the top of the tower and
dropped It there.
It is stated that forty out of forty-five state
constitutions contain acknowledgments of
God ; that recent revisions have retained such
acknowledgments , and in the case of Ken
tucky and Virginia Imvo inserted them for
the first time.
It Is icported that the pope received as a
Christmas gift a cross of gold net with ninety
diamonds , the value or which Is said to be
9,000 , This oijeiifllvo present was tub-
scrlbeJ for by several of the Roman Catholic
societies of this country.
The Christian Endeavor society of the
Ablngton , 11' . , Christian church provides car
riages for Invalids cod ateJ people , taking
them to religious services. Thla soclet ) also
supports two children in India.
The most popular preacher In Wales Is re-
ooited to bo Wlllio Powell , a bay of 13. Ho
Is the son of Baptist parents. Ho studies his
sermons ami is said to bo thoroughly sound
and evangelical In ; his teaching. Ho attractu
great crowds and the effect of his sermons
U said to bn marvelous.
Aichblshop Kalti of St. Louis has recently
returned from a visit to Rome and reports
the pope In a remarkably vigorous condition ,
both plijslcally and menbillr. Archbishop
Kaln also staten that Pope Leo expresses the
greatest Interest In America and rejoices In
the progress ot the church under our free
Institutions.
Mba Atnita Gormen Barazuolas , a Mexican ,
has receintly erected ono ot tue most mag
nificent thurches In Mexico at the stnlno of
Guadeloupe , In Vera Cruz , to the memory 01
her mother. She la the daughter of a rich
Vera Cruz coffee planter and not only gave
$5,000,000 for the construction of the church ,
but planned and superintended the bulldlug
ot It.
: inA wtiun.
"Columbia Verse , 18W-1S37. "
She was a tnulden
Of lloston's elect ,
Exceedingly homely
Hut \ory correct ;
Visiting1 Auntie ,
Whllo in New York
Tried to Improve on
IQvcryone'a talk.
Ho was n chappie.
Plenty of money ,
Often by accident
Said xomeUilng funny :
"What's that you Bnlil ?
Huted the shopping ?
Oh , by tin ) way
Wiero are you stopping ? "
A sneer on her face ,
A lOOk Of dlfiSllBt.
"J'jii staying with. Auntie ,
Not stopping , I trust ;
I'ruy what could I stop ?
The meaning > ou hide. "
"JVrhap * I was thinking
Of clocks , " ho replied.
Protection Assured ,
Clayton's
Dog
Medicines
A Record Lrcakcr
Grca'cst Progress Ever Made
Arc the only ones guaranteed. Money j
3,500 , Camps 12-5,000 Members J2,500,000 1'nlil to
refunded if not satisfactory. We are sole BiMiellclnrlos 1.500 Monutucnts Erected.
agents. Average loss than 11 assessments per year. Fixed
low Mitgs. A 8100 monument placed nt every grave.
An emergency Intul limiting the number of assess-
J. A. FULLER & CO. , inonts. Join n camp of the Woodmen . of the World.
Organizers wanted in every slato. Address
14th and Douglas Sts. J. C Root , Sovereign Commander ,
o.ii.tu.i , * KII.
"Cpconomical andfar-
" ' START RIGHT
seeing people get
their stoves repaired By getting the best coffee you can for the
Int.mo why should you ruin
your stove lorvnnt of n Httlo money you spend. Our
VopairhiK nhvnya lot us
know in tiiuo about your 20 CENT COFFEE is the BEST
stoves ever sold at that price same with our 35
Cent Coffee. A Java and Mocha blend
that we sell 3 pounds for $1.00
Repair Works
Omaha Tea and Coffee Co ,
1207 Douglas.
Telephone 5)00. ) 1407 Douglas Street.
A child can buj na rhcnp as a man.
You will do well The best
to attend clearing Confections
up sale of broken can always
be found at
lines ot men's , la
dies' and misses'
shoes at
Omaha's leading confectioner
and caterer.
Complete party and wedding menus.
Not only in oulnlnn but also in health some
are strong utul healthy with u great deal of
vitality vvhilo others are weak and sickly ,
so it is with
The advanced styles in 1898 Fancy shirts
the newest anci nobbiest line to bo seen in Omahtv
all exclusive patterns with us
An extra value in a white coat shirt nt 81.00.
Some is good , some is poor , but if you lot us Wo sell the celebrated Manhattan and Monarch Shirt3
do your plumbing it will always be good.
Because that's the only kind of work wo do
and wo tender your bill for ' 'value received.
Tel. 1110
127 O. Kruger Bros. Tailors anil Furnishers.
Tff\iiid will soon bo hero bettor pro-
p.irofurtliemnowbyiulUuBa
Mackintosh
In nonic In the ancient
We're selling- bcautv for Ladies from $2.73 to Sl8.7j. days the line was the
For MOD from $1,9.5 to 818.93. mtuk of citizenship. Now
Kindly remember this fart that we manufacture adays the wealingof a
ring denotes a taste for
liner things of life. Wo
Awnings atid Tents men Men enjoy llko IiandHonio beautiful rings ones
Bettor ones too and for less money than any concern Wo sell both kinds.
in the west.
1311 Farnam St.
We're the people who sell Rubber Goods of all kinds. Cor. Leading 10th Jeweler. and Kurnam.
That's what jou want jour cigar to bo
doing but < bo careful what Kind of smoke
it is If its smoke of ono of the kind ot all k''nds of food
cigars wo sell you're all right 'but ' If Ita TUB UNIVERSAL
not Its all wrong where Is there another into clean cut uniform
house that soils the hame quality goixia at
these 7 Old prices Cabinets * 23c May not be the cheapest priced coal , pieces wanted. as fine or coarse FOOD
7 Yellow Kids Me but it is the as .
cheapest 54 a ton coal
7 Mountain Monarchy 25c Other machines chop
The 7 Penrl "Meriimld" Crowns nnd "Ilcp.inl" straight 25c ever sold , With each ton we give meat only. This does CHOPPER
5-ccnt goods , nn equal to
most lOo clguis the
TUN Ci.vr UlOAIlh. same careful service you would away with the chopping
! 3 i Deacons General Arthurs uoc ae ) get with our $8.50 hard coal , and bowl altogether Chops
: ; Nations no that service is the best.
: i Merchants potatoes meat
Club aiu , , apples ,
I ! Helvlderc's
Golden Crowns Lttc 0o cabbage , bread everything A machine you will use
W. C. Harris Gut Price Gigar Store. D. T. MOUNT , every day. Call and see it.
2)7 South 10th Street , Uroivn Block.
Farnam Street. Telephone 402. Ha9 1'JOS Douglas St.
FAMOUS WAR FEUD RECALLED
i
Unpublished Letters Showing the Friction ; !
Between Rosecracs and Stautou ,
REMARKABLE UTTERANCES OF THE FORMER
I.liii-olii'ft .Scrn-tiiry of UVur Diiltliuil u
"I.lnr" mill a "KIviul" riinrlcM
A. llniiii'N CniiHtlu Coin-
ill eii t cm ( lie 'A It'll I r.
MADISON.Vla.r Jan. 0. The , recent death
of Charles A. Dana serves to recall that a
few jcais ago the writer , collaborating with
Consul W. Ilutterrield , the historian ( uho3o
beautiful1 and accomplished slater .set the i
world agog by marrying , In IMrls , the tal
ented Catholic dlvlno , Father I'cro Hjaclntlio )
gathered cotrespondenco and other materials ,
for future use , concerning about twenty leadIng -
Ing- characters of ttiu nation. All of that
matter , same ot It of the highest Interest and
value , Is preserved here.
In thla collecticci are about 100 letters from
Mr. Uaua , and , as ho never uroto or Hpalie
without sajlng something Interesting or In-
stiucthf , I have t.cen going over the treas
ured fcr the purpose or selecting ono or tuo
of his communications for publication ,
A single example perhaps the last of the
ecrles now wider mention must sulfico for
the present. It nas drawn out when a letter
by General \V. S , Hosecrans was sent to 111 in
with a request to explain , if tie could , certain
of Us features especially the evident bitter
ness of "Old Ilcaey" and the alleged hostility
ot Caleb Gushing to Secretary Kdnlci 51.
Stanton. The Hosecrans letter , written when
its author was register of the treasury , Is |
given llr&t , as follows , the name of Its re
cipient being by request omitted :
nOSKCUANS' LETTEH.
WASHINGTON , March 16 , 18S7. My Dear
Sir : I thank you for calling my attention to
Don 1'latt's article In the North American
Kevlew , mcntlcolng why Stanton t > as my
enemy. I will lo : > k at it for history's sake.
I had no personal controversies with him ,
In all I wrote ? , said to 1ilm , or regarding
him , I have had an eye single to the vubllc
bervlco and the truth of history , and never
nas animated , for a moment , by tbo spirit
of petsonul Interest or antagonism , The last ! !
words he ever spoke to me were In 1862 ,
when , eaylng1 goodbje to him on my way to !
Corintti , lie said : "Cioodbj'o , general. It tbU
department can bo ot sen Ice to you , rest
assured It will do It. That's so. "
I never found any ussuraneo so thoroughly
as this belled by this secietary.
In my testimony before the committee on
the conduct of the war , see Its report , part
3 , rases 1 to 118 , some testimony Ls given
showing his treachery toward MeClellan.
The Hebclllon IJocord , nlien published , will
show correspondent Illto ao electric light
Illuminating his character. The May num
ber of the Century , 1887 , will show a short
artlclo from mo I.i which Important evidence
Is given of his ofllclal clmt-JCter and of tflo
Injury and peril to the ecutitry which re
sulted therefrom In 18C3.
After the close of tlio war I mot General
Caleb Gushing , aery eminent lawyer and
public nan , upward of 70 years of age , and
naked ills Impressions of the character of
members of the cabinet Of Mr. Santcci ho
replied' "Ho la one of the wotst men wo
ever hid In public life. "
An eminent lawyer and friend , who came
In while I was reading your letter , after
loaklvig over it , said'I : have looked into
ILIs matter. I was an ardent republican
and great friend of CAIr. Lincoln , I have
looked into the etld c6 bfrarlng on Stantco'o
chapictcr with Impartfallly , and whllu the
time has net yet comp "to publish I5io re-
sulta of my examination ! pnJ I may no\er
publish them , I Iwo up notation In giving
thla summary of my conclusions" asid I had
It taken down ua follows , \ty.
"Well , enough of the mldenco has been
looked over to form a Judghmeut , and It la
, this , that whatsoever fleml It was 'come hot
from hell1 to cozen with , this man should
I hear the palm for c/ieellfiiico. / Tiia. ho
' built an eminence for ( of a my oart crawled
, under it. Taat hU frlenda have dragged
him forth and that the jily service they
have done for , can do for him Is to drlvo
him higher and nlgher 4n the weak hope
that ho may disappear from view on Its In-
ferwal summit. Macaulay said 'that a man
could no more know who1 ! a llo was until
Darero came tlwn he could know what a
thunder ntorm was before visiting the troplca
or a cataract without seeing Niagara. '
"Stcico then tlicro have iieen discovered
loftier waterfalls , nnd if anotJier flood were
to corao S amon'u lies would match the
grander simile. Darero's lies were told
after ho had acted , Stanton kept a magazine
of them to mix with his dally work.
UJarera was trying to conform to a new
generation , Staaton wus deceiving his own.
"It any doubt whether this judgment will
stand , let him revolt. Ixst htm go over for
himself the amazing record now being pro
duced , defaced even as 'the criminal
would obliterate his tracks. I et him strip
Ike golden mountain It circumscribes of
every dollar It has or Is to cost ; leave naked
the human horrors piled up by thU man's
turpitude ; contemplate the terror , and , If
ho dare , say It is not just. "
This letter , while giving you Indlclao on
the matter , may be used for iccord and put
among the transactions of your ( the Wis
consin state ) historical society. Yours truly ,
W. S. nOSBCItANS.
DANA'S COMlMTOXT.
Mr. Dana replied to the request made of
him In relation to the above on the day of
its receipt , as follows :
New York , March 21 , 18S7.
My Dear Sir I never understood the re
lations between Caleb dishing and Mr. Stan-
ton. Mr. Stanton always had a poor opinion
of Mr. Cuahlng , but Cuehlng used frequently
to come to the War department , and never
hesitated to ask a favor there , dishing was
always a mystery and gave the Impression
I In the latter part of his life that there was
some strange secret about him. Ills learn
ing was Immense and his conversation In
teresting , ( Ho died rich , yet ho left upon
the mind the Impression of n broken down ,
dirty kind of man ,
Aa for Hosey , ho was the greatest failure
of the war. Ho has been a failure over since.
As a member of congiess he never had an
, ounce of Influence , nnd wherever ho is ho
U laughable. All his talk against Mr. Stanton -
' ton is nonsense.
I I reached his ( Rosecraus' ) headquarters
i early In ( September , 18C3 , and , as soon aa f
had delivered my credentials to him , ho
bgan a tirade of abuse against air. Stanton ,
I listened to It two minutes , and then told
, him that I was not there to waste my time
: with controversies of that description ; that
I1 had been sent by the secretary of war
I to ascertain If an ) thing could bo done to
, Htrcr.gthen him and his army In the hold
upon Chattanooga , and to enable him to
' make a powerful and successful aggressive ,
On that subject I was ready and unxloug
to talk tn him , but I would not even report
to the secretary the nature of tbo remark *
be had made.
This brought him to silence on that sub
ject. Then ho said ho would llko to have
General Sherman wjth 20,000 men sent from
Memphis to the Tuscutnbla valley. This was
a suggestion that I have never been cblo to
aeo any point In. illut two days after I
woke him up before breakfast with the In
formation that Sherman with an army corps
had been ordered to march east from
Memphis toward Chattanooga ; and Hooker ,
with another army corps , was Immediately
dispatched from Washington en the same
errand ,
Hut I have no tlmo to renew these things.
KosocraiiB Is an old woman and never has
been , anything else. Yours sincerely ,
C , A. DANA.
Mr. Dana might have explained that 'Mr.
Stanton disliked Caleb Cuihlnil because , In
order to secure carrying trade from the
south for his vessel , the James Gray which
hailed from ' .Massachusetts , ho hoisted the
Kccc bleu ( lag to her masthead In Charleston
harbor In November , 1SGO , nnd also advised
South Carolina to secede , but to postponu
the formal act of secession until after Lin
coln should have-been sworn In aa president.
Those things Mr. Stantcu never forgot nor
foreave.
I AB to General UoHecrans ( Mr. Stantnn hud
no personal feeling ; ho simply used him for
what ho was worth , as he did .ill otlieis , for
the suppression of the rebellion , as ho would
have used a musket , a pontoon bridge or an
i ambulance wagon. However , General Meigs
) once Ha Id that "Hosey telegraphs too much
, No general can do much fighting and much
telegraphing at the same time. "
Perhaps Mr. Stanton agreed with him.
TOM ) OUT OK COMIT.
An Fogllsh attornej general , Scott by
name , once made no Impasaloncd an appeal
to an Old Dalley jury , assuring them that
his reputation was the only Inheritance ho
j could leave his children , and , with provl-
I denco's help , ho would leave it iinlmpalicd ,
that Mltford , the solicitor general , wa.t movoj
j to tears , Some one rem > ukcd on thU display
I of emotion to Homo Tooko. "He's trying , "
said that worthy , "to think how nm > ill an
I Inheritance Scott's children will have. "
In selecting a jury in a southern court , a
J lawor In a murder caao asked a haidy inoun-
f talneer :
I "Do you believe In oipital punishment ? "
"In 'capital punishment ? ' "
" "
"Ytw
"Xaw , I don't. I'm , agin' capital wherever
I sees It "
"My good man , you don't understand the
question. Jn plain words , If the pr Honor hero
should be found guilty , would you object to
banging him"
"Not a Lit ! " replied the man. "I'vo hung
dozens in my day. Fact la , I hangs 'cm
every time I think they needs it ! All 1
want U rope , "
( The Ju-lge I don't understand this.
According to the docket tbU la a breach of
promise case , but both plaintiff and defend
ant seem to bo men.
IThe Defendant U It please the court , 1
am a new woman ,
Tbo Judge That alters the matter. At
the wmo time It net-Its to establish > i
precedent which the court cannot tolerate.
No such ult aa yours , madam , can be enter
tained In tbU court room. Case dUmleuod
defendant non-suited. Call the next case ,
Mr. Clerk
An Incident In tbo trial of a lawsuit In
a Kantug City court made tbo jury bum
out 'laughing. ' Kl'a Downend wns sul'ig
Kansas City for J5.00I ) beoarso of Injurleu
she received In tripping over a step In the
flldowalk on Twenty-third Htreel , near \Vooa-
lawn. Attorney George Jonia , representing
the city , said nil through the trial that the
step was no more than thi step to the wit-
tiess clMlr In front of the jury , nnd a person
would be no more liable to btumulc over It.
"Ami you know , gentlemen , that no j.er-
. - an would bo HM'ly to trip over that step
tlicro. " said Mr. Jonia , pointing to the otep
before h'm. '
A moment later Mr. Jones ntartcd to note
to the witness chair nnd stumbled over the
very step and fell sprawling.
The following cross-examination of a wit
ness In a court I'l western North Carolina
Is published as an octual occurrence :
Dl/itrlct Attoimey Now , Mr. Illlnklns , you
swear bcforo this court and jury that you
know tlio defendant's reputation In the com
munity In which be llvi , and that ho U
generally reputed an uptight , peaceable , law-
abiding citizen ?
Witness Yes , sir.
District Attorney Now , Mr. Jlllnklns. d"ii't
you know that I-afo Muggins las never done
anything but loaf around and drink mow-
alilno whisky and fight ?
Witness Yes , Ir.
District Attorney And don't you know that
ho abusea and beats his wife terribly ?
Wltncgh Yes , Blr.
District Attorney And don't you know that
ho broke up the 1'lnoca Illvrr cairn incetlii ; ;
I ait winter and whipped the circuit rllor ?
Witness Yes , sir.
Dlstilct Attorney And don't you know that
! IB kicked his old father down the ntpps
and out ot the yaid and nearly Allied him ?
Witness Yes , air.
District Attorney And don't you know that
ho waa convicted In this very court tl.rro
years ago of maliciously sheeting Deacon
Smith's hogs ?
WltncBH Yes , sir.
District Attorney And don't ' you know that
ho was once accused of stealing a horse , and
that the owner of the horse and thn pr'nclpal '
witness for the prosecution wcro killed juat
before the trial was to bo had ?
Witness Yes , sir.
District Attorney And don't you know that
tils neighbors all know these thlnga ?
Witness Yes , sir.
District Attorney Then how can you sit
tliero anl swear that this dofc-ndanl'B reputa
tion Is good in the community in which ha
lives ?
Witness Why , tnUtcr. a man ha to do a
heap wu.is thin pi than that to loao his char
acter in our neighborhood ,
Do you want a good glasu of Champagne ?
Oook'a Imperial la an extra dry vUno wltU
a delicious bouquet.
