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The Princeton union., 1879-08-13
Law an Art.

Inc practice of law is an art There is
no question that, like painting or sculp-
Iure' there is necessary to its perfect at
talnments certain native genius for its
pursuit. But this does not mean, as in
those arts, imagination, taste, delicate
sense OF beauty in form and color. In
the law a much more useful, as well as
much n more common quality, is the native
foundation of success. It is a soun6
judgment, a clear head, a strong develop
ment 4 OF the reasoning fuculty, capacity
70 reduce all propositions to the test Of
sound logic, without regard to the syllo-
glsm OF Aristotle or Whately, and inde-
pendence OF rhetoric as science or an
emoeillshment But this natural faculty..
IKE all other gifts Of nature. is suscept1,
DIG OF vast Improvement in its use bv
cultivation. I confne myself at present
to the latter. And by this training I
mean the exercises of the faculties IN the
best mode possible of presenting YOUR
case to the tribunal which must decide it:
mean the restraint which use enables
you to impose on an exuberant imagina-
ton, the caution which experience teaches.
OF careful statement and safe movements.
the courage which familiarity inspires in
battling tor the right, and above all the
skill which is required by constant obser.
vatlon, practice and correction, in setting
forth your case in the strongest light and
the most inviting aspect. It is very
common error, when a lawyer has adroit-
~ made an unwilling witness tell the
truth; or more frequently, when he has
made telling argument to court or iury.
delivered with a captivating ease and
grace, for the ordinary listner to imagine
That 1t cost no labor Or trouble. I have
heard men who had the sense and taste
TO admire such speech, declare IN the
utmost good faith that they were them
selves intended by nature for LAWYERS be-
cause they caught with such readiness
the force and beauty of the argument
and saw with clearness the proposition it
sustained. But the experienced opponent,
or the observing Judge, could see without
dl1hculty that the apparently artless i'm
Portu address was the perfection of art
itself, concealing the long and laborous
study previously given to the case, and
careful systematic mode Of present. ing it,
determined on before the orator had
opened his mouth. All the important
propositions maturely considered, and in
cltlcal exigency of the argument, the
very words selected in which it is to be
expressed. All this is the result of train
ing, OF constant and thoughtful criticism
on your own style, Of careful preparation
tor every occasion; of a review, after the
effort is over, of the manner in which it
has been made, and considerable reso-
luton to profit in future by any failure
or detects that may be discovered.-Jus-
tsce Miller Of the q. 8. Suurtn,e Court.
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HOUSE, FARM AND GARDEN.
Mad Itch In. Cattle

= The mad itch, as tits termed by breed
ers and farmers, is caused by cattle fni-
lowing hogs that are fed upon Green co,1,
ana stalks cut up and thrown to them
"nen pne corn ears are in the roasting
state. rms is not an unusual way Of
leea1nS IN the Western States The hogs
VIII cheW the stalks as well as the corn
ears, and extract all the juice or sap from
tnem, and then drop the sapless stalk out
o1 ulelr mouths. These woody fbres
thus discarded Or thrown out bv the
SWINE with all the sap extracted. cattle
VIII eat yoraciol1sly. Such refuse con-
talns no nutriment whatever. It is total
~ indlgestible; in consequence of which
the animal is unable to ruminate and in
this condition the refuse mass finds it's
way into the maniplies, and there lies
dormant and inactive in the manifold
portions of the stomach, causing irrita-
ton and acute inflammation in the nart.
and no medicinal agents will serve even
10 allay 1t. leaving eradication out OF the
question. The result is the death of the
animal IN great agony. The first symp
TOMS developed in cattle that are de-
stroyed ny eating the woody fbres and
saPless corn-stalks, arc wild stare of
ene eyes, the animal is very irritable and
et cross, ana will attack everything in the
tne shape Of a person or animal that
chances to in its way. The afflicted
animal IN very short time subsequent
10 e attack will begin to rub its nose
ana mead against fence, tree or post un-
III the skin or flesh is torn and lacera-
tea IN severe manner, and will continue
the rubbing until death ends its suffer
ing. The efcacious treatment is to nre-
vent your animals from eating this and
other indigestible food.
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A Horse for q Smile.

A lady, describing life on a ranch in
Calveras county, Cal, in the Philadelphia
Times says: The Mexicans in their wide.
sonbreros, picturesque dresses and ling.
lug spurs particularly admired, though
at first I was afraid Of them, as they all
looked so much like the pictures Of
joaquin Murieta, the famous bandit,
whose exploits were the terror and adj
mlration Of the State. But thev were SO
excessively polite that this feeling gradu-
ally wore away. They often came down
through the valley with pack-tra1ns,
droves ofwild horses or cattle, and would
always stop at our house as they passed.
Girls were SO scarce that no man would
think Of passing house that contained
one without stopping on some trifing
pretext to get a glimpse of her. The
gallant greasers had very little English
at their command, the whole consisting
OF less than a half dozen phrases. Their
tlrst greeting is, "Senorita, you are very
pretty. ..+ %"
Not much Of a compliment, as it was
applied to all females alike. Then fol-
lows request for drink Of water, which
is slowly swallowed, with their eyes fixed
on the obliging damsel. The ladys con
descension is always rewarded by profuse
thanks, sundry packages of cigarettes
and request that she will honor him by
taking her choice of his band Of wild
horses. This she is in honor bound to do,
as he would feel highly insulted if she
does not. When the selection is made.
he bringsall his grace and skill into play
IN securing the animal for presentation
The lady is expected to look admiringly
on while he springs with marvellous speed
and dexterity into the saddle, coils his
:;.iaEiat, 4 and goes through some astonishing
feats of horsemanship and finally lassoes
the wild horse in triumph. @sa 'aa. Mp
/ The horse is then tied to the nearest
tree, and the agile equestrian makes his
a.tleus: He swings himself almost to the
ground, keeping only one stirrup, re-
moves his hat which he almost trails in
the dust and makes a low bow, and this
with his horse at full speed, In mo-
ment more he is out Of sight. and the
next thing is to fiud some one around the
place daring enough to unloose the Gift
horse, which is finally accomplished with
much difficulty, when he hastens away
to join his companions.
10 some of you, horse for drink of
water may seem very unequal exchange.
put that is certainly all they are worth.
In fact ''fiery, untamed'' mustang is
worth very much less than nothing. In
attempting to break one, the chances are
even that your neck will be broken be-
tore the steed's spirit would bend in the
least, and it costs as much to feed him
IS it does Parole; in fact, think one of
hem could eat double as much as sup
Dorts the famous 1yer '[.,5t I~s.r
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Till Death Did Them Part.

Walter Watson shot Ezra Con1nton at
Newport, Ind, in January, because Of a
slight error in an account, aud Watson's
recent execution was probably never sur
passed tor tragical pathos. Watson's
young wife, with her babe il her arms.
vainly appealed to the governor for mercy,
and when the murderer was prepared tor
execution, she combcd his hair. and. hay-
sne added the last loving touch. remark
eb: "Now you are ready, Walter. and /
will go with YOU" She had announced
her determination the day before to, ac-.
company her husband to the scafold, but,
no one dreamed thvt she, meant to csrry
it out. All the attendants demonstrated
with her. One Of the ministers said soft
ly, "Mrs. Watson, this will never do"
Quick as a flash she turned to him. reply
ing, 81 should not have expected this
from minister. When I was married I
promised to cleave to my husband for
better or worse. / promised this to a
minister, and | am going to keep my
word as far as God will let me.'' Precise
ly at 10 o'clock Sheriff Dallas led the wav
to the Jail yard. About 100 witnesses
were assembled. Holding her husbands
hand the little woman assembled the scaff-
old. Two chairs were placed over the fa-
tai trap. One was assigned to Watson,
the other to his wife. She tenderly took
his hand, caressed it, and then fell Sob
bing on his shoulder. Then Rev. Mr..
Wainscott began to read carefully-pre-
pared prayer from manuscript, and, On
closing the prayer, said, Brother Watson,
be calm and trust in God.'' Meanwhile,
the culprit sat in his chair, unmoved. 2 A
heart-broken wife was sobbing on his
bosom, strong men sobbed, but the man
about to be hanged seemed an uninterest-
ed spectator of the absorbing scene Of
which he was the central figure. For
fully five minutes he sat there without the
least perceptible twitch Of muscle.
There was no bravado i'll his composure;
it was rather the calmness of resignation.
Then the Sheriff said: "Stand up, Walter
Watson" Mrs. Watson arose with her
husband. She threw herself on his breast,
and said, "Good by, Walter" kissed him
passionately on the lips, turned her white
face, full of bitterness and reproach, on
the multitude, stepped back, and fell into
the arms of good Christian woman, who
stood near to receive her, and was led
away. In the sheriff's residence the Wild
ow, who had been weeping, bitterly sud
denly dried her eyes, and, approaching
the coffin with a firm step looked loving
~ at the face, kissed the lips, eyes and
brow, arranged the hair and neck:tie
with tender hand, and then said very
quietly, ''Now please close the coffin,
and let none see my Walter again." Her
request was complied with. She turned
away with look Of woe, and said in
voice full of strange meaning: II can
cry no more. have no more tears. God
have mercy on me and my little baby"
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to the funeral or even heard OF. the death.
BE as smart as you can, of course. Know
as much as you can, without blowing the
packing out of your cylinder heads: shed
the light Of your wisdom abroad in the
world, but don't dazzle people with it.
And don t imagine thing is so, simply
because you say it is. Don't be too sorry
Tor your father because he knows so much
less than you do; remember the reply of
Dr.. Wayland to the student of Brown
University, who said it was an easy enough
thing to make proverbs such as Solomon
wrote: "Make a tew," tersely remarked
the old man.. And we never heard that
the young man ever made any. Not
more than two or three, anyhow. The
world has great need of young men, but
no greater need than the young men
have of it. Your clothes fit you better
than your fathers fit him; they cost
more money, they are more stylish, your
mustache'is neater, the cut of your hair
is better, and you are prettier, oh, far
prettier than pa. But, young man, the
old gentleman gets the biggest salary,
and his homely, scrambling signature on
the business end of a check, will drain
more money out of the bank in five min
utes, than you could get out3with ream
OF paper and copperplate signature in
SIX months. Young men are useful, son.
and we all love them, and we could not
engineer picnic successfully without
them. But they are no novelties, son
Oh no, nothing of the kind. They have
been here before. Don't be so modest as
to shut yourself clean out, but don't be so
fresh that you will have to be put away
in the cool to keep from spelling. Don't
be afraid that your merit will not be dis
covered. People all over the world are
hunting for you, and if you are worth
finding they will find you. A diamond
IS not SO easily found as a quartz pebble,
but people search for it all the more in
tently Burlington Hasoke4e ---- -
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Fashion Vagal.ies.

Light blue is the popular color for lit.
tie girls.
| Reductions rule the market in all dress
fabrics. -.~ . s.s.,rt,.. ...-. ...-... ...
Fancy stockings are now selling a
greatly reduced prices.
Invisible nets are very useful for both
! the front and the back hair.
Fancitul parasols are more fashionable
this season than ever before. ."f
New sashes are of rich brocaded rib
bons, OF Persian colors and designs.
There is great variety and individuality
OF tastes shown in the styles of hair
dressing: ...'.,...
Very full ruchings and plaitings OF
Breton lace are used to garnish summer
costumes.
Dainty Swiss ties for ladies are finish
ed on the ends with colored guipure
embroidery. ..
Among the imported carpets, the fav-
orite design is the black ground strewn
with daisies. rs - :
Plain and sprigged muslin dresses are
garnished With dropping bows of white
satin ribbon. ~
Fancy draperics of Spanish lace are Sc
lected by ladies for outdoor use at the
watering places.
New picture frames are very narrow,
and are of highly polished Venetian
wood without carving. ...- =. --.....
Florida beans are brightly polished,
and are made into sleeve buttons, lockets,
pins and pendants. IL .a.-i, ~a.s , .-... |
The Princess of Wales wears red rose
Just below her left car, looking as if it
had fallen on her white ruehe. = T".a1.
Boston women Of fashion and means
are having dress patterns made bv a |
home Worth tor their exclusive use.
White embroidered null muslin ties.
and lace tipped muslin ties, are univer-
sally Worn in the demi-toilette.
After the white muslin, and CAV Pom
padour dresses, those of very pale blue
are most used by young ladies. ~
Many fashionable dresses are made
with the fan waist in favor many years
ago and SO becoming to slender figures.
The injury to the last crop of silk in
Europe will cause an increase in the price
OF manufactured silks in the autumn.
inexpensive fans are made of mummy
cloth, and have all the effect of the satin
Pompadour fans. without the cost.
High-colored embroidered satin and
satin ribbons will be the trimming the
coming season for rich silks and other
heavy fabrics. s
The white and black striped silks have
black velvet facings edged with blacx
Breton lace of heavy pattern IN a striped
design that pleats effectively.
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A Womah's Escape from Wolves.

In the yaar 1S49 died in the town OF
Greene, Me-, an old man named Thomas
who had thrilling wolf story of his OWL
to tell, though the experience was toe
early for his memory, he being at that
time baby in arms. Mr.. George j.
Varney relates the adventure in the
Lewistown Journal. Mrs. Thompson
was tisherman's wife who lived in the
town of Brunswick, Me-, where Bowdoin
College now stands. At one time when
her husband was in port, but could not
come hor.e, she started on foot to Harps-
we'll, distance OF ten miles to see him,
carrying her youngest child in her arms.
Returning with a load of fish on her back
as well as the burden of her babe, she
heard a wolf. howl in the forest, and
terror quickened her pace, though she
was already tain to sink with fatigue. II
She was midway of the five miles of
unbroken wood when the howl of the
wolf again smote her ear, and this time
other voices, one after another, Joined in.
The pack had gathered on her trail!
She must climb tree, one would say;
but she did not. She did not even throw
away her fish. ...
The wolves gained upon her moment
by moment, the great gray wolves of the
North, that stand as high as man when
they rear. 1t was mile and half to
the nearest house when she first
caughta glimpse Of the approaching
demons.
She had for the last two miles walked
at her utmost speed; it was new time to
run. Yet she Still held firmly her babe
and her fish.
a quarter of mile more, and swiftly
as she passed it, the wolves were within
few yards. She could see their white
teeth and hear their laboring breath
above her own. She loosened and threw
down single fish, and ran on. The pack
discovered rare game, and fought togeth-
er for its possession.
BY the time it was eaten the cour-
ageous woman had got a quarter of a
mile in advance; but the pack were soon
at her heels again. Another fish checked
them, and their snarls and yells, as they
again fought each other for a bite Of the
savory fresh Goldfish, hurried the laborious
Hight OF the weary woman.
Her babe, annoyed by the shaking it
received from the rapid pace, at length
cried Justify, calling the wolves to re-
newed pursuit. In vain the poor mother
tried to soothe her infant, but another
fish was followed by fresh fight and
precious delay Of the pack.
Again and again this action was re-
peated, until at length the barking of
two huge dogs alarmed the wolves, while
the almost exhausted mother ran past the
friendly brutes to the door of the farm
house thrown open to receive her. ~
The great dogs were trained to their
duty, and no sooner was the fugitive in
the house than they also retired in good
order to the same safe stronghold, leav-
ing the foiled wolves to rage outside, and
to fall before the guns that were speedily
brought to bear upon them.
The weary mot'er found safety and
rest, but whether she saved any of her
tradition does not relate. '''" '&
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Summer FrOstwOrk on Mount Wash.
l.. .: .-. ingtOn. ..... .~...s

The large party of invited guests of tho
Glen House who came up on Thursday
were surprised to find the weather 50 cold
and to sec the mountain tops covered
half foot deep with new fallen snow.
Coming up out Of more summery lati-
tudes: they found the thick undercloth-
ing and overcoats they had all had the
prudence to bring with them as comfort
able as they would be at home in No
vember or March. Not that the weather
is quite like that, for it is not; tits June,
Enthusiastically, by. its fresh, full verdurc,
and this all-embracing light of the year
longest days; but up here among the
mountains it IS June and April, strangely
mixed. The world looks green on all
the hills and wales below, and a morning
bird is singing among the birches that
fringe the babbling Peabody River, in
front of this hotel, his morning song of
joy to the risen sun; but up there on
t ,ose rugged mountain slopes arc nunler-
GUS patches Of snow. Our excursion
lists, on reaching the top, found the Sum-
NIT House windoas, on the exposed side
all showed up and, frozen up, and. the
promenade platform, like the rocks above,
still almost over shoes in snow, and every
post and northwest-facin rock still COW
cred to depth of nearly half foot With
Mount Washington frostwork. Ua -
This frostwork is unlike anything we
see IN winter at home. It is a solid mass
of snow and ice crystals-trozen snow
and ice, seemingly mixed in about equal
parts, and built out, inch by inch, against
the wind. AS it is built out perfectly
straight, at right angles with the perpen-
dlcular object to which it is frozen, it
speaks more eloquently than words of the
force and fury of the blast that brought
it. Picking my way up to the signal
staff of the official survey which marks
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THE EVERLASTING MEMORIAL.
Up and away like the dew of the morning,
That scars from the earth to its home in the

Up and away like the dew Of the morning,
That scars from the earth to its home in the
sun, Z
So let me steal away, gently, and lovingly.
Only remembered by what have done.
My name, and my place, and my tomb all for
gotten,
So let me pass away, peacefully, silently,
Only remembered by what have done.
Gladly away from this toll would Ihasten
Up to the crown that for me has been won;
Unthought OF by man in rewards or in praises,
Only remembered by what have done.
Up and away, like the odors Of sunset.
That sweeten the twilight as evening comes
So be nv life-a thing felt but not noticed.
And but remembered by what have done.
Yes, like the fra GRANGE that wanders in fresh
When the flowers that it came from are
closed up and gone, .- .. l.....
So would be to this worlds weary dwellers
Only remembered by what have done.
I need not be missed, ii my life has been bear
CAS- its summers and autumns move silently
The bloom, and the fruit, and the seed of its
season;
Suull SClll DC remembered Dy WnaL nave
done.
Needs there the praise Of the love-written rec
ords,
The !3ans; 1ams and the epit@ph gr"ved on the
The thing we have lived for-let them be our
story
We ourselves but remembered by what we
have done.
need not be missed if another succeed me
To reap down the fields which in spring
have sown,
He who plowed and who sowed is not missed
by the reaper,
He is only remembered by what he has
done.
Not myself but the truth that in life I have
spoken,
Not myself but the seed that in life I have
SOWn,
Shall pass ON to ages-all about me forgotten !
Save the truth have spoken, the things
have done.
So let my living be-so be my dying;
So let my name lie, unblaZoned, unknown
Unpraised and unmissed shall still be re-
membered;
Yes, but remembered by what have done.
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A Hospital Incident.

Private Fisher had remained through
all his trials stout, fresh and hearty, inter
esting in appearance and so gentleman
nered and uncomplaining that we all
loved him. Supported on crutches he
had walked up and down his ward for the
first time since he was wounded, and
seemed almost restored. The same night
he turned over and uttered an cxclama-
ton Of pain.
Following the nurse to his bed and turn
ing down the covering, small jet Of blood
spurted up. The.sharp edge Of the splint-
ered bone must have severed an artery.
l instantly put my finger on the little
orifce and awaited the surgeon. He
soon came-took long look and shook
MS head. The explanation was EASY:
the artery was imbeded in the fleshv part
OF the thigh and could not, be taken up.
No earthly power could save him.
There was no object in OBTAINING DR..
-. -. He required his time and his
strength, and long I sat by the boy, un-
conscious himself that any serious trouble
was apprehended. The hardest trial of
my duty was laid upon me; the necessity
OF telling man in the prime of life and
the fullness Of strength that there was no
hope for him. -.
1t vas done at last and the verdict re-
ce1ved patiently and courageously, some
directions given by which his mother
would be informed of his death, and then
ne turned his questioning eyes upon NV
face.
How long can live?" ...
ION y as long as I keep my finger on
this artery" A pause ensued. God alone
knew what thoughts hurried through
that heart and brain, called SO unexpect-
edly from al earthly lopesand ties. He
broke the silence at last. a..
You can let co. 49,.
But l CT uld not. Not if my own life
had trembled in the balance. Hot tears
rushed to my eyes, a surging sound to
my ears, and deathly GOODNESS to my
lips. The pang of obeying him was
spared me. and for the first and last time
during the trials that surrounded me for
four years tainted away. ..
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the highest point on the Summit pole
like telegraph pole, firmly fixed in the
rocks i broke off masses Of i these wintry
crystals, that covered one side Of the,
staff, like frosty beard, from top to bot
tom. The crystals were built out to near
~ foot in depth. On the day of our ar
rival at the Glen House the snow on the
Summit is said to have been half foot
deep, Patches Of it, in size from a few
acres ;: re down to a dinner.plate, are seen at
different eEI[ heights on all the slopes Of the
White Mountain range. 35 i!#
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About two weeks ago it was noticed
that she was even in lower spirits than
formerly, and about ten days ago she at
tempted to commit suicide BY taking
strychnine, but her condition was fortu-
uately discovered in time and physician
summoned at once, who, by prompt
measures, saved her life.
Since this time the unfortunate lady
has remained in the same depressed con
dition as before the attempt upon her
life; and what the result of this super
stitious fear Of the marriage day Will be
time only can show -Menphss 1valen che