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TrpsvIrLE, Pa. Jan. 3l.-NatiOnal transit ccrtif.
Gates opened at GgHc; highest exc; lowest CD 10;
closed ct 09kc Shipments for the entire oil regions
G0 as barrels: charters 0, 2i6 barrels The Lefdis
monthly oil report published Monday will show
that during January wells were completed, with
prodr, G to-day ,s barrels rel tn GIy H tSis
region Is 81 and there arc rs wells drilling. The
above Is an inOIease over December Of three rigs
building, % wells drilling and one well completed
II shows decrease of3St0 barrels in the now pro-
duction and decrease OF lOln thedry holes.
On CRY, Pa, Jan. educational transit oertla.
Gates opened at 69Nc: highest CD lowest exc;
closed It 6glfc; sales ilI,000 barrels: cearanccs
81 4oS barrels; charters 9,2i6 barrels on City on
Exchange stock, no bid: 81 90 asked. The DnTieIt
monthly report read to-day In the Exchange shows
riss up and building d, increase 81 wells drilling
new production 80 barrels, decrease OF 3sl9 bar
rcls, dry holes 10, decreased.
BRADFORD, Pa. Jan. 3l.-crrde oil, market dull
and unchanged; National Transit and Tidewater
runs not reported; shipments QIiS barrels; char
tens 2t6 barrels; clcaianceS S,SSs 900 barrels: Ma
tionAl Transit certificates opened at exc, closed
at the same; highest Ggssc, lowest 69c.
P1r1sBuReH.. Pa, Jan. 3i.-=-Tnding continued
light during the afternoon: the market remained
without much change and closed steady At 091Sc.
live Stock.
CHICAGO, ILIA., Jan. 3l.-The Drorer's Journal re.
ports: 1--we hogx-RccClpts TO- 600 head shipments
5000 head; market stronger; rough packing s. 90a
4 IS: packing and shipping 81 O0ai 80 light u 40a
60; sklps g coal Is. Cattle-Reeeipts . 600 head:
shipments l,2pO head; market very weak and 10a
l6c lower; extra good TO choice shipping s. S0a
90: common 81 coal 90. Sheep-Receipts 1000
head; shipments 5oS head. market az weak; inferior
sS0Oa3 2S; good 10 choice g 60aa Is.
EAST LIBEErY, Jan. 3l.-Cattlc market, nothing
doing all through eopSignmens: receipts $50 head
shipments nono Hog market slow; receipts 800
head; shipments ZOO head; Philadelphia IS Col
8 Is: Workers 81 coal IS. Sheep market dun;
prices shade lower than yesterday; receipts 1900
head shipments o 500 head.
CrsoNSAri, o., Jan. Si.-Liye hogs quiet: com.
receipts 1000 head shipments 900 head.
NEW YoRE, Jan. si.-Cotton quiet at lIEa1lsEc:
futures easy; February ll.l2c; March 1Ii7c; April
1l25c; May IL $50; June l.45c: July l16Sc August
Il. $50; September l1.2Sc; October 10.76c; Eoycm.
Dry Goods.
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fSpIcArloNs.

WASHINGTON, D. @, Feb al a. NJ
For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, fair
weather, falling, followed in the west por,
tons byrising temperature, northwesterly
Winds, shifting southwesterly, in the OHIO
Valley becoming variable, in the Tennes
sec falling, preceded in the extreme eas'
portions, BY rising barometer. .,
For the Lower Lakes. fair weather, FOL
lowing Monday night by local SHOWS, partly
cloudy weather, colder Monday morning
followed by slowly rising temperature
northwest 10 southwest falling, preceded
in the east portion by rising barometer.
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Col. Jacob Kemple arrived in the city
yesterday from the West. He looks the
picture Of health and contentment. The
Colonel will spend day or two at his
home on North Market street, and then
proceed eastward to fill some lecture en-.
gagements in the New England States. He
will lecture at the State normal school at
Fairmont on Wednesday night.
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PusuLne lLaIlrond worl..

Ii is reported that the Fairmont, Nor
gantown 4 Pittsburgh Railroad Compan!
have issued orders to have the road bee
from Morgantown to Fairmont finished BY
the first OF March and all bridges and ma
sonry complete by the firstof April. It'll
thought the road will be open by May o.
June at the farthest.
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ALL.WOOL KNIT JACKETS.

We have now in stock a full line Of the
above Jackets; also, an extrallcayy quail
ity for butchers, aud u full line OF Scotch
Wool Underwear, warranted not u
shrink. G. HESS u SONS,
Merchant Tailors and Gents Furnishers
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E1cErslop Tickets 70 New orleans,

Cheap excursion tickets are now on safe
via the direct and popular Pan Handle
route. For tickets and full information
call on or address j. G. Tomlinson, Agent,
foot o. Eleventh street, Wheeling, w, Va,
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Tie Project Not Abandoned by Any Mean,
aa Sfatel 'HH
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The following shows the range Of the
Thermometer as observed at Schnepfs
drug store, Opera House corner, Saturday:
Z A. ~, 30s; f2 NJ, so; 3 r. NJ. 40';; r. NJ,
40s; Sunday, z a. NJ, 3Se; IL NJ, ~ Up.
NJ. 32o: z p. NJ, 24e.
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TuE aesthetic movement in England has
entirely died out, because-well because
people think there is more good common
sense in taking bottle Of DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup than in carrying a lily.
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FINANCE AND TRADE.
The Features Of tho None. and Stock MA

The Features of tho Money and Stock Mar
. kets.
NEW YORK, jan. Si'|,lMoney easy ~ IN PEE ~
cent, cosed oueled o. frme meEeanuls papet w
percent Sterling E1eaaanSe bankers Oils steady
et ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Sszs: as@sn9o si,st1"
RAILROAD BoSps-sieady. go. ,,,.,,
sThTs acuyc: Mia Ini Ctss
4 sold at y; Georgia aola rs ll31 ana North Caro-,
lima consoLs sl9s. -.
sTocES-lhetc was weak tone 70 the stock mar.
Eet Of the opening OF Guslnsss tlls morning when men
ihe bears mideu me eoai stoGks on fspoEs that tne
illenled 70 reduce ny ptCss
oianthrGcite coal Great was NJ 70 DGE
against LacEsWannH, anu the STOCK ntSpped i1t
percent from ~. nignts CLOSING Pse 70 Win
aIge sei On tne way n ~ st
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An lRRELlGlors CURRENT

Every epoch has its own special ten
dency. Just as there are times when Ger
tain forms OF disease are epidemic, so
there are periods when an intelligent OBJ
server eau discover certain very distinct
trends OF thought among men. In the
days preceding the French revolution inf
deity OF the type Of Voltaire was in the
ascendant, and its tide swept over many
lands. Inthe nineteenth century we find
ourselves called upon to contend not
SO much for the inspiration Of the
Scriptures, or for the reality Of miracles,
or for the divine origin OF the Gospel, but
for the very existence Of God himself.
There is a growing materialism which has
prepared the way for an agnostic philoso-
ply which refuses TO believe that any
thing can be known save that which can
be perceived by the senses, aided by the
scalpel and the microscope, and this in its
turn has given birth to rank atheism
which has adopted as its creed the terrible
negation No Godt You frequently meet
with this current in our literature,in some
prominent reviews, some scientific jour-
nails and some secular papers.
But do not desire to magnify the evil.
Ny own opinion is that the pendulum has
its full swing in the materialistic direction,
and that a reaction will speedily take
place, lift has not already begun. The
question is, How have we been affected by
this current? Are wc sure. We have not
drifted to some extent with it? Is God
the same to us that he was? We must
not fiatter ourselves that the current Of
the age can have no effect upon us. live
do, that is the sure precursor OF our being
ultimately carried away with it. II we
hare not been resisting it, We have been
affected by it TO some extent.
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$1,000 90 we offer to any one detecting
even trace Of common grease In Strunz's
Genuine Wax Soap.
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Sanfora's gadiea1 Ga1ss.
SANFORD'S
RADICAL CURE
For catarrh.
Witcl.Hazel, American Pine, Canada Fir,
Marlgold, and Clover Blossoms.

A single dose Of saniori's Radical Cure instantly
relieves the most violent Sneezing or Head Colds
clears the Head ~ by magic stops watery dis
charges from the Nose and Eyes. Prevents RinriEl
gnbdneS ChIllf aud Feper, In Chronic CatarTh II
isahS9s tk nasal passages Of foul mucus, FcSIoteI
The tonSes o. smell, tAstn, and hearing whom affect
cd, frees the head, thEnat and bronchial tubes ol
Offensive matter, EweetenS aud purihta the breath,
stops the cough and arrests the progress OF Catah
towards CONSUMPTION. .y.
On0 bottle Radical Gure, ono box Catarrhal Col,
al druggists for & %. Ask Tor sauloFdI Radical
Qua. rI
ior4AR DAuo AND CLINICAL Co., Boston.
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: ciScISSATI, ans l.-Flour quiet and unchanged
Wheat dull aud lower; No, . rcd sGasTc; receipts
5000 bushels: shipments 1,0OO bushels. Corn IN
S4t.lcd and weaker; No. 2mIxed He Oats easier
extra No. 3 fall Sc. Fork firm ut So o. Lard
arm at 69Oc, Bulk meats quiet aud firm: Shoul.
dCr So: short rib 65sc. Bacon steady and IN fall
demand; shoulders &c: short clear &c. Whisky
steady and arm at 81 Is. Butter easier, but not
quolably lower. ~
TOLEDO. o., Jan. al.-Wheat lFmer: No. 2 red
cash 49, q bid: February 7sMc: March s01<c; May
S2tSc; No. 2 soft sJ7sc, Corn, demand active: No.
9 cash COO bid; February avg asked; May 42llEC
bid. Oats dull; No. .. 3i1c bid. Cloyctseed dull:
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DRIFTING AWAY
T RON gnE RErFnn FoRgIoN.
A striking sermon by Rev. DR.. Cunningham
at the First Presbyterian Church Yes.
terday Morning Some of the Depior.
able Currents of Life Nowadays.

Yesterday morning at the First Prcsby-
terrain church the pastor, Rev. DR.. D. A.
Cunningham, preached a timely and in
tercstipg sermon, taking for his text the
first verse Of the second chapter of He
brews:
"Therefare>we ought to givethe more
earnest heed to the things which We have
heard, lest haply We drift away from
Paul was cautioning the Hebrews Of
something he feared might happen before
they were aware OF it. He was not so
much afraid Of their rejecting the great
salvation rs OF their neglecting it. His
words have reference not TO direct and
deliberate antagonism to the truth, but an
involuntary drifting away from it through
forces the operation of which is so insid-
ious and stealthy that they would not mo-
tice their existence unless they were to
tgive Earnest heed"
"Driftedn-that is the precise word.
The boat is unanClored; 1t is at the mo-
ment in q. quiet bay, but by and by the
tide GIBBS and bears 1t ON its bosom to the
middle OF the current, and it is carried out
and away, and II no one has observed Its
motions, lost.
The influences against which the text
warns are those OF currents which are
flowing Just where we are, and which may
operate so insidiously that we may not
know OF their effect until perhaps it is too
late TO resist their power. There are many
such currents running to-day.
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dor RENT.
TOR RENT.
FROM APRIL FIRST NEXT.

Two rooms In Holloway's block, In Bhtspc
Ohio, now occupied by s. WoodcocE, Ope nI ~
ware store, and the other as tin and sbss b
shop The most desirable location In Bh4Fia
| for The buklnlSS
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EOR SAFE.
TOR SALE.

dor SALE OR RENT-THE l. ~ =
x three.story Brick Building, Nos I 5iSSy q
corner Main and Twenty nrIt sIlSeN, .st1p| u
rooms, I2xS6, aud hniShed Basement 49, "a :,
third stories containing u rooms, hnlanS g. -
niEhed; bath rooms, wash house, 6C'' W
able terms.
ENQUIRE ON THE PREMISE
n, B.-3Tho above building would nli''
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SECONDHAND CLOTHING
WANTED.

Gents vishins to dispose Of CASTOR Wearing Ap
p6,cl, Boots, SHOES, 90, viii do well TO notlty
JUsTH, the Secondhand Dealer.
"a, fE2S MartRt 81. 0uNssite EnSInaice.
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nor RENT-A LARGE FRAME
II House, on the farm Of WI. Warden. Its,.
i've miles east OF tho city, up EdgIuEtous in
The house Is beautifully located, and would mn
a nice summer residence. An orchard q MI
fruit and room for gardening. Possession Elyrs
- WI. WARDEN
!Al0 No. Hl0 Main SIM,
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Ge,,sral aotiees.

II ADY BELLE, EGYPTIAN oTpFS
IL Reveals Past, Present and Future: RIysS "
vice on money, business and family alfSIrs H.:
from to 9P.M. No. % EiRhth street ~
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MEMBERS Of Legislature invited tc
call and see our stock. ,,,,n,
JACOB w. GRUBB,
Jeweler, Cor. Twelfth and Market.
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size; No. 8, 4g,|a6Qc; steamer 4g1ia5le:, 70;
February closng q u SaIca SS4 \,
lssc, cio.inS q &c: APEl "a SCI e,oAn ~ y
5ge: Nay e4ss; c!esine y do5 bp,ssis:
ssSSoSS,s 900 800 bushels western mixed 90
SD: white western ssatOc- Hay steady
and in moderate demand Hops quiet ana "a. s.ean a
ptiet: options opened shade higher ana ciS; s
barely STEADY, with the advance Ioal: sales lAtg1
bags February 7.s1aZsQc; March Se'as lGe; Aht ~
| S.l6aS91c; May S.26c; June sSClSaSci July ASoci
December S76c. Sugar quiCti nolnsse5 and mus
s SEsS iSliSrs 6c EraasiSted Tallow htm.
NSc Eegy, western fresh dun and lower AZ ID
gic port dull and nominal. Beef quiet. Lard
quiet; western steam spot lSe 81! Esot1 l,I
sS a esssss a J1s All ;an AR 44'
CHICAGO, LIS, Jan. sl.-Flour quiet and m.
changed. Wheat IN tlir. demand aud unsettled:
closed strong and 1c higher than Yesterday sale
ranged; January and February c w.
$40, closed at $50; No. Chicago spring aG1Sa
772c, closed at 775lc;. No p No. rcd 90
iaGSOc. Corn unsettled. feeling weak: opened ~
higher, feccded and closing same rs yesterday;
caSh S6I{c; March 361{ closed ~ SgSc; May
Ss5<a40i2c, closed as 40aiOHc Oats dun and
heavy; ranged a9c 9wsF bpt rallsd siight
closed Al &c: March 275zSa2T55c, closed at 2itc;
May S0aS0sc, closed at 3OIc. Rye quiet a 9, "a
GO. Barley In fair demand At 6taG5c. Flaxseed
steady at 81 ~ PORK IN iaiI ust nl Nv Lu
si2 0Sai9 TX, closed ut So lba12 l71S; March
Si2 20aI2 2Ij closed at So 95AI2 May So Sta
70 TO- closed at So 4Sal2 Az. Lard In fair Dc
r1iary 6T7La6SlISn closed at 6S2Ikc; March asa
60Or. closed al GS71SaG.90c; May I.02ka7.0155sc,
closed at 705R7O71<c Bulk meats In talr demand
| shoulder 4.9laS.0Oc; short NIB lbah20c; snotI
clear S.6Oa6.GSc. Whisky steady and unchanged at
81 Is. Butter and eggs unchanged.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan. Sl.-Flour weak. Wheat
strong and higher: No. red January sshasgci
February ssIfGs9c: March sg5sa99elc; April glssa
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7I=SloSRIDoDeERs AND sAIALL HAND

~ y Ia fSrR1IIaKxcER JOB Rooms, Ecs, .
and a Fourteenth stEces, Whesc you Gnu W ASSV''
nodAted q hh0gt rotor,
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For Sale.
sslsss-as1llNN17l'sl
tT0CKS FOR SALE.
EOR SALE.

-Four two4tOry Frame Dwelling Hou:a "a y
ket street, near tho B. 4 o. shOrs, two having ~
rooms each, and two having four FO0Hs e
Must be sold Immediately. VIII sell ieEank9
desired. VIII net 10 percent on the Inve.tus0l
Apply 70 WIN. RINE1IAEf'
deib liCs Market s!ss!5
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TIE BEsETTINd SIN.

The last current which was mentioned
was the besetting sins OF individuals.
Each man has his individual tendencies
which easily carry him in one direction
or another, How easy it Is to acquire an
evil habit! Nobody, OF mature years, at
least, ever deliberately sets himself to
learn such habit. On the contrary,
overy one who has ever felt anything Ike
Christian motives working within him
would affirm that he neither desires nor
designs to let himself be enslaved by an
evil habit. Yet how many such become
drunkards before they will confess It to
themselves How many become gam.
blers before they know they are In danger
from the fascination OF the cruel siren
How many arc ensnared and held by the
cords OF their own lusts, Inundated at
their own helplessness, and yet hardly
able to explain to themselves how they
came to such degradation!
Distrust yourself, aud trust only and
always in the Lord. Watch the little
things, and lot no lust or appetite or pas.
sion obtain dominion over yon. Anchor
to Christ that 10 the sure preventive OF
all such tendencies as l have been seek
ing to expose.
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NEW YoRE, Jan. Sit Cotton quiet at 1llEa1I5Ec;
futures easy; February ll.12c; March 1l.l7c; April
1l25c; May $50; June 11l5c: July l165c; August
l1.65o; September l1.2Sc; October 10.76c; Novcm'
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Eyerp city or location has its own pecu-
liar current. Here to certain extent
business is allowed to interfere with a
mans spiritual duties. Business is not in
compatible with piety, but a man may
become so absorbed in his business that
he drifts away from the things ofthe Lord.
There is another mighty current against
which we do well to take heed-the cur
rent OF intemperance. Strong drink is
carrying its hundreds OF thousands an
nually to the drunkartl's grave. The ex-
penditure for drink annually in the United
States is 5000, 000,000. OF the entire list Of
expenditures for living, the liquor account
amounts to nearly twice as much as any
other item. 1t amounts to nearly twice as
much as bread, three times as much as
meat, and ten times as much as education.
1t is more than the combined cost Of bread
and meat, and nearly as much as the COM
bined cost OF bread, wooden and cotton
goods. Add to this everything that is
miserable in life, everything destructive
OF all that is good in man, and some idea
may be formed OF the relation strong
drink bears TO the country. =
Tho producers and vendors OF this con-
Stunning tiend insist that they shall be per-
mitted to go on seducing youth and man.
hood into its embrace without control.
They insist that they shall set up their
shops wherever they choose, and that
they shall be free OF restraint or regula-
ton. The promoters OF this one great
curse claim the right to dictate law to the
lawmakers, to control legislation and to
govern the country. They propose TO
carry elections, to make officials and to
govern sober men.
+: One Of the first duties OF every lover Of
his country, every friend OF humanity, is
to do whateveris possible to pulyerize the
horsepower, and To turn away the angry
torrent which is carrying such multltudes
to hopeless ruin. When bad men con-
spire good men must combine,
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EoR RENT-A FURNISHED HOUSE
II containing s rooms bath room, hot Spd M
water, and all modern convenience Prite, Ar
per month. MRS. NJ. K WHITAKER
jal7 1913 Jacobs trss,
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Also. FOR SALE Oh RENT.

NLsVI FVIt ohL1s VIs 1s48N1
One double two.story pmme Dwelling HS9,
In kirkwood, Of eight rooms
Possession given Immediately. Enqulrd
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II n. Butter and egl,s upchangCd

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan. Sl.-Flour weak. Wheat
strong and higher: No. . red January ~
February sSNGs9c: March SylSAl0lsct April yl9sa
was wnAtld 10 cover shorts, and under light otier.
ings closed &c higher; later months quiet and
steady; car lots quiet and steady; NOl mixed 47c;
No. mixed 4Sc: No. 3 yellow tgc: steamer No. 2
mixed acc; No. yellow 6lc; No. = mixed January
So; February 4SIShiOG: March, April and May 4Si
lSkc, Oats unsettled; No. 2 white 4oc; futures
frn and unchanged. Eggs dull and weaker extras
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ORR. E. MACDONALD, " v"
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Tna 'Wsas ESD Ask your EOeeFI0Flt
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gor9ent.

DooMS FOR RENT-IN H0pS,
III brooks Block. Apply TO ". v. H0GFS 4
BRO, 1850 Market street. a.
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aaRima go,pdes.

INV YonK. Jan. sl.-Iead flrm: common q 4
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Dry Goods

NEW YoRx, Jan. 3l-As usual on Saturday, added
to this being the closing day OF the month, u vel!
good total OF sales has been reached. =
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-09-17
Backwoods Georgia Justi ce.

In certain backwoods community
suspicious character had been arrested
for cattle stealing. When his trial came
ND he was represented by able counsel.
The Judge looked upon the lawyer with
suspicion, and seemed to feel that his
presence was entirely unnecessary. he
assumed an unusual amount of dignity,
and called the court to order. Having
been in the Superior Court few times,
he had caught an idea of how criminals
were tried there, so he arralgned the
prisoner and demanded "Gullty or not
guiltyQ" -,
The prisoner responded, ''Not guilty."
and the Justice looked him squarely in
the face and said, "Now, see here, you
know that's as blank a lie as you ever
told"
The LAWYER suggested that the Court
should not pass Judgment before hear
;ng the evidence. The Court intimated
mildly that he knew his own business
and needed no assistance. AS soon as
the evidence was concluded, the Justice
proceeded to pass Judgment. "Stand
up" he said to the prisoner. 1T is
ordered by the Court that the defendant
be confined in the chain gang at hard
labor for twelve months.
"Hold on, your Honor" said the law
yer. "you have no jurisdiction to pass
such a sentence as that. You can only
bind the prisoner over to answer Tor the
crime at the Superior Court. You have
no right to sentence him to the chain
gang" ~
Court thinks she knows herself, and il
will stand you in hand to keep your
mouth shut If | hear another word
out of you I'll give you six months in
the chain gang"
The lawyer collapsed and the Justice
nroceeded with the call OF his docket
CarttTsuiLLe Amerjcah.