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THE COUNTRY LAWYER.
Ho Is Moro Than a Matoh for His
City Oolloaguo.
Ex-Attornej -General Gnrlnmt nnrt
ticnator Ditvls, Two Notable Kx-
ttmnlcM In Support of Tlila
Statement.
Special Washington letter.
"Greut lawyers do not comu from
such places ns Hominy Hill," was tlio
remark made by a republican politician
in March, 1885, Immediately after the
nomination of Senator Garland to be
attorney-general. "Great lawyers arc
to bo found only in Boston, New York,
Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis and
other cities of considerable size and
extensive business interests. They do
not como from places like Hominy Hill,
which would never be heard of but for
tho elevation of some obscure man to a
position in either house of congress,"
continued the partisan critic.
This statement was recently repented
to Senator Davis, of Minuchota, in his
A. II. GARLAND.
Ex-Attorney General of tho United States.)
quiet literary den, and the distin
guished lawyer and statesman said:
"That is untrue aud it is the language
of nonsense. In the first place Senator
Garland is one of the ablest constitu
tional lawyers which this country has
produced in a generation. lie was one
of the greatest of tho southern sena
tors and he was a great attorney-general,
too. I have no patience with any
such sneers as that at the country law
yer. As a matter of fact, many a city
lawyer who is supposed by his clients,
nnd by the general public, as well as by
himself, to be a very great lawyer, has
gone into the country districts of his
state to try a case, where he would have
a country lawyer pitted against him,
and has learned sometimes to his din
gust, as well as to his surprise, that the
country lawyer was a great deal more
than a match for him upon every point.
"I have hnd some experience of that
Bort, as a city lawyer, going out to
meet with country lawyers, and I know
what I am talking about when I say
that some of tho ablest legal lights of
this country have come from obscure
country towns. Of course it is true
that in smaller towns where business is
less favorable tho lawyers do not re
ceive largo fees, because they are not
retained in great cases, involving large
amounts of money, but they nre none
the less studious ond interested in their
own advancement. Very often it hap
pens that c lawyer who does not mnko
more than $1,000 to $2,000 per annum is
busily engaged all the time in the study
of law and becomes so thoroughly
posted upon every branch of law, so
thoroughly versed in, his reading of
great precedents, that he is much bet
ter equipped for the management of
important cases than a city lawyer who
is always engaged in practice, and does
not have a sufficient amount of time to
devote to reading.
"For example, one of the greatest
jurists the present generation has pro
duced wns the late Associate Justice
Samuel F. Miller, who, when ho was
appointed to his position upon the su
premo court by President Lincoln in
18G2, was a practicing attorney in tho
little town of Keokuk, In., at the foot
of the Des Moines rapids of tho Missis
sippi river. That is by no means an im
portant city and was as small a town
then ns it is now.
"During his first administration,
President Cleveland appointed Bort
lett Tripp to be chief justice of the su
preme court of the territory of Dakota.
I know Mr Tripp intimately, and am
related to him, and I have no hesitancy
in saying that he is one of the ablest
lawyers in this country. H0 was
splendidly educated in New England,
and had spent a number of years in
Yankton, N. D., and had become very
learned in law.
"Moreover, 1 can tell you as n matter
of fact, that some of the greatest law
yers which have been produced by tho
eastern states have come from country
towns. Pennsylvania and New York
have had in their country towns a great
many lawyers of superior ability who
would very rendily and very easily out
class some of the more pretentious law
yers of the cities of New York nnd Phil
adelphia. Tho same may bo said of
Massachusetts, Connecticut and other
New England states. I can tell you at
random, and from memory, tho names
of somo of these great country lawyers,
and you will readily recognize their
names and realize the truth of the
statement which I have made. I want
to repeat, however, that it mokes mo
Indignant to hear such a. reflection as
that which you have, quoted upon tha
namo of the late Attorney-General Gar
land. Ho is a splendid lawyer and in
every senso a superior man.
"One of the greatest country lawycrB
I ever knew was a man named Carpen
ter, who practiced many years ago in
the little town of Beloit, Wis. He after
wards became famous as a lawyer and
statesman, but ho laid tho foundation
for his greatness and eminence while
ho was an obscuro practitioner In on
obscure town. Very soon after ho
moved to Milwaukee and was retained
in some important cases, the namo of
Matt Carpenter being well known
throughout the entire stato of Wiscon
sin. In a very few years ho was elect
ed to tho United Stntes senate, and im
mediately secured a national reputa
tion as a lawyer and statesman. But,
as I said before, the foundation of nil
his greatness was laid when he wug a
country lawyer.
"Then there was another country
lawyer whose name became great in his
day and generation, and who was tho
father of some very bright children. I
refer to Daniel Cady, of New York. I
forget tho nnmc of tho littlo town in
which ho lived, but I recollect the story
that a leading lawyer of New York
city went to try a case against Daniel
Cady, and on his way stopped at Al
bany to borrow a few law books from
Nicholas Hill, to whom he said that ho
was going up into the country to liter
ally 'chew up a fellow named Cady.
Tho New York city lawyer had appar
ently never heard of Cady before, and
Mr. Hill quietly remnrked: 'I know
something of that man Cady. When
you get through with him stop in my
office and tell me what kind of a man he
is. The city lawyer returned one week
later and informed Mr. Hill that he
had just been defeated in an important
case by that man Cody, avIio was the
greatest lawyer he had ever met.
"Chief Justice Gibson, of Pennsyl
vania, was one of the greatest lawyers
ever produced by the Keystone state.
Ho was also a country lawyer who, be
ing an omnivorous reader and blessed
with an excellent memory, became a
phenomenon of legal learning. He was
a quiet, unpretentious man, who not
only absorbed all the erudition of his
profession, but he was a thinker, and
consequently a constructionist. Be
used to play a fiddle, and carried the
instrument with him wherever he went.
He told his friends that he solved many
a knotty problem while scraping on the
strings extemporizing chords or melo
dies. He was a truly great man, albeit
he was a country lawyer from a place
no more pretentious than Hominy Hill,
the home of Gurland.
"There was Nicholas Hill, of Albany,
to whom I just referred. He originally
lived at Little Falls, Herkimer county,
N. Y. As a country lawyer he was a
student, and when he branched out into
a larger field his attainments com
manded immediate attention.
"These are enough instances to cite
to show you that the country lawyers
are really learned men, and not a class
to be sneered at by careless gossip
ers." It is really no wonder that Senator
Davis indignantly resented the sneer-
CUSIIMAN K. DAVIS.
(United States Senator from Minnesota.)
ing allusion to country lawyers. He
used to be one of that class himself.
He spent several years in his country
home in Wisconsin studying law, and
reading omnivorously, before he went
to Minnesota and settled at St. Paul.
He was a young man, full of ambition to
shino in his profession, and his work
was done as a master builder laj's a
strong foundation for a great super
structure. In a very short time after
ho hung out his shingle in St. Paul ho
made his mark. He was looked down
upon as a country lawyer, but the old
timers soon found that Davis had been
doing lots of quiet ond effective pre
paratory work in his country office.
He had not only studied law, but he had
become a classical scholar. He hud
fitted himself for great affairs.
This Minnesota statesman is now re
garded as the greatest authority in the
senate on international law. For that
reason he was mode chairman of tho
committee on foreign relations. And
yet, he was long a country lawyer. His
own well-earned fame constitutes suffi
cient reason for his resentment of tho
sneers nt country lawyers which aro
sometimes uttered. SMITH D. FRY.
Tho VIiii1-Ui.
Toucher What letter is that, Tom
inie? Tommie That Is Q.
"Bight; now Willie, what is the next
letter?"
"Er-er-er; I don't know, ma'am."
"What comes at. the pnd of dinner?"
"Oh, pie, ma'am I" YonherB States
man." ' ',
Bad Digestion, Bad Heart.
Poor digestion often causes irregularity
of the heart's action. This irregularity may
be mistaken for real, organic heart disease.
The symptoms are much the same. There
Is, however, n vast uulcrcncc between the
two: organic heart discaso is often incur
able; apparent heart discaBO is curablo if
good digestion be restored.
A case in point is quoted from tho New
Era, of Grecnsburc, 2nd. Mrs. Ellen Col
Horn, Ncwpoint, Ind., a woman forty-thrcp
years old, had suffered for four years with
distressing stomach trouble. The gases gen
erated by the indigestion pressed on the
heart, and caused an irregularity of its action.
She had much pain in her stomach and heart,
and was subject to frequent and severe chok
ing spells which were most severe at night.
Doctors were tried in vain; the patient be
came worse, despondent, and feared impend
ing death.
jcSEQ
A CASE OP HEART FAILURE.
She was much frightened but noticed that
in intervals in which her stomach did not
annoy her, her heart's action became normal.
Reasoning correctly that her digestion was
aione at lauit she procured toe proper med
icine to treat that trouble and with imme
diate good results. Her appetite came back,
the choking spells became less frequent and
finally ceased. Her weight, which had been
greatly reduced was restored and she now
weighs more than for years. Her blood soon
became pure and her checks rosy.
The case is of general interest hecause the
disease is a very common one. That othcrB
may know the means of cure we give the
name of the medicine used Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills for Pale Pcoplef These pills con
tain all the elements necessary to give new
life and richness to the bloou and restore
shattered nerves.
ON THE WAITER.
"Why Ill.s CiiHtoiuor Couldn't 13 nt tlio
Soup.
A certain literary German whoso manner
of speaking was extremely deliberate, and
wiio disapproved of impetuosity of any sort
and under any circumstances, had an amus
ing experience in a restaurant one day.
lie was a well-known figure nmong the
natrons of this particular establishment, as
he seldom dined anywhere else, and he was
generally served by a waiter who had be
come used to his way of speaking: but one
day a new waiter took his order and brought
his soup.
"I cannot cat this soup," said the gentle
man, slowly, not looking up from his plate.
The man seized the soup plate before the
customer could finish the sentence, and van
ished with it.
Ho reappeared in a moment with another
supply ot the same soup, which he placed
before the gentleman, and then stood re
garding him with an anxious face, wonder
ing what could be the reason for the soup
remaining untouched.
"I cannot eat this soup," again slowly re
marked the literary man.
"Why not, sir? What is the matter?"
stammered the unhappy waiter, who had
been told he was serving an important per
son. "I cannot cat this soup," said the literary
genius, calmly, for the third time, "because
I have not as yet been provided with a
spoon!" Northwestern Christian Advo
cate. .
.ot U to Date.
"I never have loved before," he said, pas
sionately. "Dear me!" she exclaimed. "And you'ro
almost 21, two. How your education lias
been neglected, hasn't it?" Chicago Post.
"Love never dicth." Wc learn this as a
promise. We get, after such suffering ns in
volves as it were a new birth nnd other fac
ulties, to know it as experience. George S.
jlerriain.
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BackacliCj toothache, frost-bites too, St.
Jacobs Oil will cure that's true.
A wonderful talisman is tho relic of a
good mother.
It was a wise man who said it was hard to
love a woman and do anything else.
- a -
He who wrongs the child commits, a
crime against the state.
THE GENERAL MARKETS.
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 11.
CATTLE Ilest bcoves 1 00 4 00
Stoclccrs 3 50 4 60
Natlvocows. 2 00 3 B0
IIOQS Choice to heavy 3 00 3 0:!
SHEEP Fair to choice 2 75 4 !5
WHEAT Xo. S red 80 01
No. Shard H1H 80
CORN No. ii mixed !M tf Sly
OATS No. S mixed 22 22,
ItYE No. 2. 43tf 43Ji
FLOUK Patent, per barrel.... 4 20 4 40
Fancy 4 00 4 30
HAY Cholco timothy 8 00 8 50
Fancy prairie. 7 50 7 75
IJUAN (sacked) 05 51
UUTTEK-Choico creamery.... 17 18
CHEESE Full cream 11 l'Jtf
EGOS Cholco 10tf 17
POTATOES 00 03
ST. LOUIS.
CATTLE Native and shipping 3 75 4 CO
Toxans 3 40 3 55
HOGS Heavy 3 40 3 55
SHEEP Fair to cholco 2 50 4 05
FLOUK-Cholco 4 70 4 85
WHEAT No. 2 red 03 05
CORN No. 2 mixed 23, 24
OATS No. 2 mixed 23 24
ItYE No. 2 44tf 45
UUTTEU-Crearnery 17 22
LAUD Western mess 4 55 4(55
POKIC 0 35 0 37
CHICAGO.
CATTLE Common to prime... 4 75 5 50
HOGS Packing and shipping.. 3 30 3 07tf
SHEEP Fair to choice, 2 75 4 85
FLOUK Winter wheat 4 70 4 80
WHEAT No. 2 red Oi 03
COKN No. 2 20J 27
OATS No. i 22K 23
KYIi 41 45
HUTTEK-Crciuii'TV 15 21
LAKD 4 72, 4 77,
I'OKK 0 25 0 27tf
NEW YORK.
CATTLE-Natlve . steers 4 CO 6 15
IIOGS-Good to cholco 3 00 4 15
Will: AT -No 2 red 1 00 l OOK
CO UN-No. 'J 85 35
OATS-NO. 2., 28 282
!U"f IT.K-tVcumcry 15 21
pifi, ! , 000 050
The Oiilmn Scare.
Although the diplomatic entanglement
with Spain over Cuba to some extent in
fluencing the stock market, Wall street ex
pects no serious complications. Neverthe
less serious complication with other mala
dies may bo expected to follow nn attack of
biliousness which is not checked at the out
net. Tho most effectual mrans to this end is
Hostetter's Stomach Hitters, an admirable
remedy, moreover, for dyspepsia, malaria,
kidney trouble, constipation and nervous
ness. A Vnllrt Objection.
A man who had been convicted of bur
glary in St. Louis was asked tho usual
question:
"Prisoner, do you know of nny reason
why sentence should not be pronounced on
you according to law?"
"Why, your honor, of course I do. If T
nm to be cooncd up in Jefferson City it will
break up my business here." N. Y. World.
Try Grnln-Ol Try Grntn-O!
Ask your grocer to-day to show you n
package of GllAIN-O. the new food drink
that takes tho place of coffee. Tho children
may drink it without injury ns well ns the
ndult. All who try it like it. GHAIN-0
has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java
but it in made from pure grains, nnd tho
most dclicnto stomachs rcccivo it without
distrcsfl. 1-4 the price of coffee. 15c and
25 cts. per package. Sold by all groccrB.
A pompous bishop was having bin
portrait painted, and, after sitting lor nn
hour in silence ho thought ho would break
the monotony. "How nro you getting
nlong?"t he inquired. To his astonishment
tlio artist, nbsorbed in his work, replied:
"Move your head a little to the right, and
Rllllf. Vmir TlinllMl " Jnf l.n.nr nnntiutnmn.
to such a form of address, his lordship
asked: "May I nsk why you address mo in
that manner?" The Artist (still absorbed in
your cheek." Tit-Bits.
The Modern Way
Commends itself to tlio well-informed, to do
pleasantly nnd effectually what was former
ly done in tiic crudest manner nnd disagree
ably as well. To cleanse the system and
break up colds, headaches, and levers with
out unpleasant nfter effects, use the de
lightful liquid lnxativo remedy, Syrup of
tigs. Madu by California Fig Syrup Co.
Her Complaint.
Mrs. Ncwrocks I don't like this rcatau
rant at all.
Newrocks Why not, my dear?
"Why, instead of calling the bill of fare
a menu they call the menu a bill of fare!"
Puck.
Characteristic "Your clam chowder,"
remarked thediner to the restaurant cash
ier, as he paid tho amount of his check
nnd Btowcd away a pint of toothpicks in hit
vest pocket, "is distinguishable above all
the other clam chowders i ever ate." "In
what way?" asked the cashier, who did not
know whether to bo pleased or not. "Ilv its
clamlessness." Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
To Cnre n Colli In One Dny
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine TnbletB. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c.
It is always safe to tnkc it for granted
Mint, ns yourself, so others nre trying to do
their best. Shortcoming is no sign of short
willing. Sweetness is never whipped in.
J. I . W. Wnrc.
Justice may be blind, but there is no ques
tion as to tlio blindness of tlio man who goes
to Inw feeling ccrtnin that he will get jus
tice Chicago Daily News.
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The Anme-old or new rheumatic pains St.
Jacol)3 Oil will cure.
Nearly all women are good, but few are
great.
Doubled up and bent with pain Lumbago.
Use St. Jacobs Oil and straighten up.
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The man in the honeymoon is not a myth.
Chicago Daily News.
"THAT TERROR of MOTHERS."
How it was overcome by a
Nova Scotian mother
Who is well known as an author.
Of all the evils that attack children
scarcely nny other Is more dreaded than
croup. It ho often comes In the nlfrht.
The danger is so great. The cllmnx Is so
sudden. It is no wonder that Mrs. V. J.
Dickson (better known under her pen
name of " Stanford IJvelcth,") cnlls it " the
terror of mothers." Nor is It any wonder
that she writes In terms of praise nnd
crntltude for the relief which bhe has
found both from her own nuxlcticu, aud
for her children's ailments, in Dr. J. C.
Aycr'c Cherry Pectoral. It would he Im
possible to better state the value of this
remedy tlmn is done in Mrs. Dickson's
letter, which Is ns follows:
" Memory docs not recall the time when
Dr. Aycr's Cherry Pectoral was not used in
our family, for throat nnd lung troubles,
nnd the number of empty Cherry Pectoral
bottles collected durlutr the season, told
where relief had been sought. This
medicine was in such constant use in
my father's family, thnt when I had n
home of my own, and hnd childish
ailments to attend to, U still proved
efficacious. Tnat terror of mothers the
startling1, croupy coiikIi never nlarmcd
me, so loiiK ns X had a bottle of Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral in the house to supple
ment the hot-water hath. When Buffering
with whooping cough, in its worst form,
nnd nrticulntiou was impossible on nccount
of the choking, niy children would point
aud gesticulate toward the bottle; for
experience had taught them that relief
"A FAIR FACE MAY PROVE A FOUL
BAR&ABN." MARRY A PLAIN GIRL
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Tj? LUKS WnlKt Alt ELStFAILS. KJ
tx Host Con nil fcyrup. Toxica Uowl. Uso pSJ
aJr hi tltno. Hold Iit (lrntrulMa. pB
IIott'h Thin?
V? offer Ono Hundred Dollars Reward
for nny case of Catarrh that can not be
cured bv Hall's Catarrh Cure.
P. J. Cheney & Co.. Props., Toledo, O.
Wc, tho undersigned, have known P. J,
Cheney for tho last 15 years, nnd bclicvo
him perfectly honorable in all business
tintisactious and financially able to carry
out any obligations mndo by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholcsalo Druggists, To
ledo, 0.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo, Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken intcrnnlly,
acting directly upon tho blood nnd mucous
surfneos of tho system. Price 75c. per hot
tic. Sold by nil Druggists. Testimonials
i. .ill's Family Pilln nro tho best.
The IMd Wn Vndcmlar.
A bright littlo boy one of the pages of tha
Bcnntc sat at ono of tho senate entrances
the other day, when n lady approached him
with a visiting card in her hand.
"Will you hand thia to Senator Blank?"
she said.
"I cannot," replied the boy, "for all cards
must be taken to tho enst lobby."
Tho woman wns inclined to be nhgry and
wont away muttering. Then a thought
struck her, and taking out her nockctboolc
sho found a 25-ccnt piece. With it in her
hand sho went bnck to tho 1hv.
"Here, my lad," she said, in a coaxina
tone, " hero is n nunrtcr to take my card in.
"Madam," said tho boy, without a mo
ment's hesitation, "I nm paid a larger sal
ary than that to keep cards out." Washing
ton Post.
'Self-Control, or Mfo Without a
Muster."
A short treatise on The Bights and
Wrongs of Men, by J. Wilson, Ph. D. This
work contains tlio advnnqcd thought of tho
century on Bcligion, Laws, Government nnd
Civilization. It is written in n plain and
easy style, and nny intelligent person can
appreciate tho book who will read it. Price,
cloth, $1.50; paper, $1.00. Address Courier
Pub. House, Newark, N. Y.
"I'd like your candid opinion of this new
novel," she said to tho young man who
talks literature a great deal. "Aro you suro
you want my candid opinion?" "Yes. I wish
to know exactly what you think of it with
out prevarication or concealment." "Well,
to bo downright honest with you, I think ic
is ono of the greatest hooka whose advertise
incuts I have ever read." Washington Star.
Fits stopped free ami permanently cured.
No fits nfter first diiy'H uso of Dr. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Frcc$2trialbottlo&
treatise, Dr. Kline. 033 Arch at.. Phila., Pa.
The poetical muso sometimes keens tho
poet awake, but it ib tlio iucwh of the cat
thnt disturb tho slumbers of other people
Chicago Daily News.
Like Oil Upon Troubled Waters is Halo's
Honey of Horchound nnd Tnr upon a cold.
L'ikc's Toothache Drops Curo in one minute.
The colder the weather the faster the
coal in the cellar seems to melt. Chicago
Daily News.
For Whooping Cough Piso's Cure is a
successful remedy. M. I'. Dieter, 07 Throop.
Ave, Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 14, '04.
It is ono of fate's decrees thnt lovers must
fall in lovo before they can fall out. Chi
cago Daily Newa.
Bo sure; neuralgia will cease. St. Jacobs
Oil the cure. Get case.
Some people nro not satisfied with the
milk of human kindness they want the
cream. Chicago Daily News.
All sorts of aches nnd pains nothing
Better than St. Jacobs Oil. It cures.
Tlio mother-in-law often proves too mucZJ
for the ncwly-wcddcd lawyer. Chicago
Daily News.
The more tho boy is like his father the
less the two get along.
wns In Its contents." Mrs. W. J. Dicksow
(" Stanford Kveleth "), author of "Romance
of the Provinces," Truro, N. 8.
To show the prompt nction of Dr. Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral in severe cases, we print
n letter from C. J. Wooldridcc, Worthara,.
Tex., who writes :
"One of my children had croup. One
night I was startled by the child's hard
breathing, nnd on going to it found it
strangling. It hnd nearly ceased to breathe.
Having a part of n bottle of Dr. Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral in the house, I gave the
chlld three dotcs, at short intervals, and.
nuxiously waited results. Prom the mo
ment the l'cetornl was given the child's
breathing grew cnsler, nnd in a short time
it wns sleeping quietly and brenthing nat
urally. The child is nllve nnd well to-day,
and I do not hesitate to any that Aycrs
Cherry Pectornl saved Us life." C. J..
WooLDRiDGit, Worthnru, Tex.
These statements mnke argument lot
favor of this remedy unnecessary. It is.
n family medicine that no home should be
without. It is just ns efficacious in bron
chitis, asthma, -whooping cough, and all
other varieties of coughs, ns it is in croup.
To put it within everyone's reach, Dr
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is now put up in
half size bottles, nt half price so cents.
Seud for Ayer's Curcbook (free) nnd read,
of other cures effected by Dr. Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral. Address the J. C. Aycr
Co., I,owcll, Mass.
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