The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-11-18
Avoid Lawsuits.

An eminent lawyer states tnab The 1nor
camille AID manufacturing communities
are less given to appeals to the law now
than in former years. 1t is a fact that the
number CT such lawsuits does not increase
in proportion to the increase of population.
This speaks well for for the good Judgment
of our business men. Litigation is All ex-
pensiye method of settling business differ
ences.
Seldom is either party to q great law
suit satisfied with tue result. Even to the
one who obtains a verdict. the long list of
expenses, vexatious delays and uncertain
ties more tlian offset the fruit of victory.
Few men would appeal to the law in the
sett cement of business disputes could they
realize the possible delays Of the law, the
exorbitaut charges of attorneys and other
expenses Incidental to the successful pros
ecutioD Of a suit.
Again. if the merchant or manufacturer
would, before beginning Il suit, pay a Visit
to the court house ard casually examine
the men OF whom the juries are compo ed,
he would hesitate to submit his grievances
to such tribunal for adjustment In eve
~ large city there are hundred of political
| strikers, hangers on. men without legiti-
mate employment, whose names are placed
on jury lists, who have few or no qua}ifi-
cations for the place. The jury system as
| conducted in our cities, is failure in the
bus mess matters. CT in the solution of diff
ficult, mechanical problems such as fire.
quently arise i'll the trial of certain cases.
/ With the average jury the true merits
of ease do not always control the yer
dict. Prejudice, a popular lawyer. an ac-
cident. a confused witness, the appearance
or occupation Of the parties to the suit,
/ politics, religion. are all incidental factors
/ in shaping verdict in the minds of ig-
/ norant, unframed, weak-minded jurymep.
/ Justice and equity do not always prevail
in the appeal TO twelve men.
Business law suits are too frequently
born of heated passion, misunderstanding
ignorance of all the facts or law govern
| ing the case, false pride in maintaining an
opinion or threat, an oyerbearing dispo-
sition. or perhaps disinclination to look
calmly at both sides of question. There
are cases in the lives of many men which
a lawsuit cannot be avoided, but they are
| few
Fifty per cent. OF all dis putes could bet
| ter be settled by reference to experts or
those versed in matters similar to those in
dispute. Many suit would be avoided
were parties in interest willing to weigh
calmly both sides of the question, and to
1 do unto their fellow men as they would
be done by
Think of business man. whose time is
almost Invaluable to him in his regular
/ round Of duties. hanging around q court
house day after day awaiting the coming
pnn of his case, witnesses under pay, costs
accommodating, patience being exhausted,
and all perhaps, to settle the point whether
his neighbor owes him $50 more or less
An appeal to the courts of law is akin
to buying a lottery ticket, though the re-
suit is not known SO speedily. The vic
tim S sufferings are longer drawn out, his
nloney Is taken in smaller but more fire.
quent installmenJs. X SUIT urstrvys
a mans equilibrium, makes him nervous.
4 irritable, ugly, prevents him from giving
the needed thought and attention to his
legitimate business, and generally ends in
loss or disappointment The lawsuit is
seldom worth its COST even to the one
who obtains its verdict. Avoid it when
ever possible to do so without prejudice to
your property or character.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY PHosPHoREsCENCE
The researches Of M. Oh. Zenger have
nous rays during the day and at night
emit these rays in such a manner as to
Impress Photographic plates, although they
may not be perceptible to the eye He has
succeeded not only in photographing the
visible night phosphorescence of Mont
Blanc's summit, but has even secured an
impression of an invisible midnight land
scape on the terrace of the astronomical
observatory at Prague. A plate coated
with Balmain' S paint, which becomes self
luminous for a considerable time after ex-
posture to light, was first exposed in the
light in the camera for a quarter of an
hour, and Il his plate was then left for some
hours in contact with an ordinary photo
graphic plate, the result being a very dis
tinct picture. In another experiment, a
piece of white printed white paper was
left in the sunlight for an hour and then
put in the dark in contact with ordinary
sensitive paper, SO good tranefer being
: produced-the black parts in white and
white in black-that the process has since
been adopted for copying bills and notes
! THE SPREAD OF YELLOW FEvER.-A
somewhat curious theory is that OF DR.
: Carlos Finlay, of Havana, who contends
that yellow fever is net transmitted
. through the air nor by contact, but by in
! ! oculatlon, which is largely performed b.
t mosquitoes. These creatures bite victims
of the disease, become infected themselves