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DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-02-13
z LAWYERS LUCK.
''"" Boom May BE Cherished and How
1t May BE Lost


M"yer sometimes gets to be the
i"Siilon' as 1t were. lie has a boom,
anu cllentS come to him from every sida
because ms name is before the public
eye. If he have ability of course he
Will retain his popularity generally
but those who 60 into litigation are
ilcAie' Just as those who engage them.
serves IN the matter of love, and some.
times their patronage flows to some
other lawyer. A peculiar instance is
reclted IN this connection in regard to
george Harding, the great patent law
| yer OF New York City. Harding was
retained in the famous suit about the
infringement of the patent on bolting
Hour by the use Of silk which was heard
before the United States Supreme Court.
Harding thoroughly posted himself on
this method of boiling flour and
one of the largest flour manu-.
tacturers of the country who
heard his speech in the trial, said
that when Harding closed his argument
he had learned more about the manu-
tacture of flour than he ever knew be,
fore by his experience in his own mill.
Harding had the faculty Of tenaciously
grasping the very sinew of subject and
making it clearly understood. Then he
was also retained in the celebrated pat.
ent suits about ''tin-tag" tobacco. His
fame and name went abroad, went over
the land, and without any eXaggeration
it is said that his practice as a patent
lawyer brought him 500, 600 IL year.
For summer vacation Harding once
went up to the Adirondacks and became
a guest of a fashionable hotel. lie com.
planned to the proprietor about the
management being poor in the hotel,
and the proprietor promptly informed
him that if he didn't like the way
things were run around the house hp
could take his trunks and leave "MaY
be you had better build hotel here OF
your own, and run it to suit yourself, "
added the landlord in q taunting
tone. Il believe | will" replied
Harding. And not to be outdonc by the
landlords tantalizing spirit, Harding,
sure enough, made his word good,
and put up large hotel. Ii was fur
nished in the best modern style, and for
a time was threatening rival CT the
other hostclry. But Harding was a
great lawyer, not a hotel man, and ho
lost money steadily on the new enter
prise. Harding spent a great deal of
time looking after his hotel and left
Irio law business, or largo snare OF IL,
in New York in the hands of his clerk,
John Bennett Bennett bad been in the
office for several years and was perfect
ly familiar with the patent laws. lie
he would go into business for
and his shingle was straight
way fondlcd by the breeze. He immo-
diately made his mark and took slice
of $50, 900 q year away from Mr.. Hard
ing's patronage. Many ticklo clients
left Harding and went to Bennett Still
Harding doesn't suffer from the loss of
this big slice. But the incident shows
that it is best for every man to stick to
hisown last st. Louis Globc-Dcmocrat
DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-02-13
HANK HARRIS HINT.


iOr himself.
For many years Hank" Harris held
the distinguished honor Of being the
| oldest conductor on the Michigan Cen.
tral road. lie is now on the retire list,
but in his time he played many parts,
and has a host of stories about life on
the road at his command. One o. these
stories he told to the rotund and smiling
Jim llitchCock-a man who can not walk
block in Chicago without stopping to
shake hands with score of friends
and Hitchcock repeats it. 1t appears
that freight conductor on some road
down in Southern Illinois once
boarded Harris train. He had neg
lectcd to obtain a pass, but he
thought if he told the conductor who
and what he was he would have no
trouble. When he spoke to Harris the
veteran conductor said he was sorry, but
that he must have pass or he could not
travel on his train. The man convinced
him that he was really what he repre-
sented himself to be, but Harris said:
81 know you are all right, my friend,
but Brown has given me positive orders
in such cases. The Brown he referred
TO was at that time an official of the
road, and his will was law. The jerk
water conductor said he would telegraph
Brown. stating the case, and he did at
c,neXt station. Harris received an
answer instructing him to pass the man,
and did SO. The next time he called at
Browns Office he was told that he CouI
in the future pass men whom he wai
convinced were Legitimate railroadcri.
On hot and suItry day not long aft
crward Harris train stopped atJackson,
Mich, and the old-time conductor was
approached on the platform by q poorly
clad trampish-looking individual who
tcarfully begged ride to Chicago
You look like good man he said to
Harris, land have been trying to get
to Chicago to bury my wife, who recent
ly died there can't get pass, but |
want to see her face once moro before
she's put under the sod. - This appeal
touched Harris heart. lie was family
man himself. lie believed the sccdy
mans story and said to him: "You 60
forward and take front seat in the
smoker, I'll fix you all right" The
grateful fellow did as he was told.
When the train pulled out Of jackson
Harris entered the smoker and paid no
attention to the seedy chap. As it hap
pencd, Brown was in the car. He was
DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-02-13
GERMAN SCHOOL LIFE.
Salaries of the Teachers and What Is Re
uuircd of Them.

In the course of a lecture on "a Visit
to German Schools" recently delivered
in bradford by Mr. Y. e. Roopcr, Brit
| ish inspector of schools president Of The
| local branch of the Teachers Guild, he
gave u description of higher board
school for girls Burgcrschule) as drawn
by German sChOolmaster NcXthe de-
scribcd a typical school inspection, first
in the words of a German school lnSpec.
tor and then in the words of one OF the
head teachers, and finally in the words
of the scholastic newspapers.
! In one place a teacher got only forty.
five pounds for teaching 10 children.
In Anhalt town teachers begin with
fftv pounds, and rise in Twenty-Five
wears to g1O5; in the country they get
six to ten pounds less. As natural re-
suit the applications for admission to
training colleges are falling of. The
work required of the teachers too' was
excessive In Silesia, Fellhammer, four
teachers have to teach $50 children in
nine classes. In Salzbrunn, Head Teach
or Bohm has 220 children to teach by
himself. In Ditterbach four teachers
have 700 children in seven classes, and
of these two classes only get six hours a
week.
The number of children legally al
lowed in one class is 120, but 1t IS often
exceeded. This is the dark side OF the
nicture. Looking at the other side, IN
the very best schools (as in Berlin) the
teachers are well paid, and there
is largo number of applications
for nosts: the classes are smaller
and in some cases the teachers
are specialists" and take, say, all
tho arithmetic or all the drawing in the
school. But generally not only were
the teachers overworked, but the rou'
tine for the children was overcroWded'
The discomfort of the Prussian teachers
having eliminated in joint movement
thew were few weeks ago forbidden TO
make mass petition" One district
inspector has gone so far as to issue an
order that Expressions IN teachers
Unions statutes which set up as the task
of the union the furthering Of the IN
terests Of the elementary schools and OF
teachers in them are not permissible
The social position OF the German
teachers has evidently declined, In
1870 Bismarck claimed them as his
staunchest allies, and the public OK
tolled them highly. Now change has
set in. The comic press and reaction
aries in and out of Parliament combine
to hout the unhappy pedagogue.--St'
James Gazette.
DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-02-13
BRAIN AND MUSCLE.
Why There Should BE No Antasonism Be-
tween Learning and Toll.

Some time ago that distinguished
physician, Professor Nirchow, uttered
his note of warning against young men
crowding into his profession. He said
Young men should abandon all thought
of winning distinction, or even profit
able career, in medicine. Figures have
been published, both in England and
the United States, to show that there
are not patients enough for halfthe doc
tors, nor clients enough for half the law.
vers, and that churches have not multi
piled fast enough to accommodate one
fifth of the preachers. 1t is worthy of
remark that this rush toward what have
been known as the learned professions
is coincident with the depression of ag-
ricultue. This is not circumstance
on which the country is to be congratu-
lated The tendency of well-to-
do parents is to introduce their
sons into the 'gentlemanly protes'
sions." As a fact, many businesses
that are regarded as less ''genteel' are
far more remunerative, and the tendency
which is to be deplOred Is one Whion
leads young men and young women
away from work. Young people think
to better themselves by leaving the
farm and becoming clerks in city stores
or nursery governesses. After a time
they discover how egregiously they
have been mistaken. The new departure
which is to be fervently wished for IN
this matter is the growth of sentiment
which will see no antagonlsm between
learning and the mechanic arts A car
penter or blacksmith is no worse an
artisan, but rather better workman,
by reason of the fact that he is man OF
culture, and the education OF
the future is going to have close refer
ence to the use of brain, eye and hama
Post.
DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-02-13
n.ys OF CHILDHOOD.


bring them back to me.
doys which seem so long ago,
,S"ir remembrance for awhile
..sns @ the pain of present woe
them but again to me,
" brjnr with them the peace of mind,
smiles, the ioys-aye, cen the tears,
AVN @ dry by every passing wind.
,.in so vain, the plea I make;
! those bright days wherein | find
A was happier, nearer Heaven
an oypr since, are left behind!
Tho, ,tis kind for mcmory's voice
thrill the childish music sweet,
o"n not bring my playmates back
| dovs with blissful Joys replete.
d,vs bright days, one of your band,
fbich passed from me long, long ago,
N with II my sweet childhood's friend,
|hcm once grieved-how could l knowi
n could know the day drew near
Ehen We no more at play might be?
low IT'S vain, yet my souls prayer
|~Ouy bring them back to me-"
H. them but again to me,
M bring my playmates and the flowers,
H. back the laughter's music free,
II sweet child faces full of glee,
golden short. lived hours
All me.
Richmond Dispatch.
DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-02-13
Lack of stimulus.

Mr.. Bouttown-I thought you said
YOUR law partner, Mr. Silvertongue' was
such an eloquent pleader. l stepped
into the courtroom yesterday to hea1
him, but his address to the jury was
very ccld and commonplace.
Mr.. Hlackstone--Yes, it was: but yes
teriay he did not get warmed up to his
.nbiert. You ,eo he know our clien
was innocent. n. y. Weekly.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-07
OUR BOYS AND Girls
WHO HAS MOST FRIENDS g?

Its Readers to Answer.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-07
Consumption Surely, Cured.

Tothe Editor: Please inform your readers that
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its timely use thousands of hopeless cases have
been permanently cured. 1 shall be glad to send
two bottles of my remedy FREE to any of your
readers who have consumption if they will send
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fully, L. A. SLooUM,M. O., ,lsl PearlSt., N. Y.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-07

BelfOrds Mdgazine for December is of espe-
cial interest. Its leading articles are "Gen.
Wellesley as Military Critc,'' by Gen. Long
street and Gen. NJ NJ. Trumbull, of Chicago.
Both officers have written of important military
events most interestingly. Miss Davis, "the
Daughter of the Confederacy," has criticism of
Rudyard Kipling, (whom she is we'll ac-
quainted WITH, that is incislve in its
comprehensive analysis. Other articles are
"The Colossal Power of the United States"
"Christmas Cross Purposes" Expression in
Dress and Figure 1.-THE Fight Between the
Merrimac and Monitor" by a participant; and
other timely matter that makes an unusually in
teresting monthly.
The success which has attended the production
of Messrs. Lee s. Shepard's calendars in pre-
vlous years has led them to bring out an entirely
new one for 1891, "All Around the Year." which
far surpasses any yet issued in the designs and
quality of workmanship. In addition to the
calendar for each month, each card contains a
charming design and an appropriate sentiment
in delicate tints and colors. The designs are
mostly of chubby children in various scenes
The calendar is printed on heavy cardboard, and
is neatly boxed
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-07

For the Most Popular Boy or Girl.
THE SUNDAY HERALD is going to give mag
nifcent present to the Washington boy Or girl
who obtains the largest number of votes in q
contest which begins to-day. Read the full par
ticulars of it on the eleventh page of to-day's
HERALD,
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-07
BOOKS THAT ARE NEW.
BRIEF NOTICES OF SOME OF THE
LATEST LITERARY EFFORTS.

Novels, Essays, and Works of Practical
Utility-A Reproduction of the Manu-
script of Dickens's "Christmas CAROL"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-12-04

Deacon Bledsoe, who was 'sot on the
Bible with Moonshiner Newt Bledsoe.
''In response to my hellos tall, in
nocent-looklng old countryman came
out to the gate, and by the light of
pine torch which he carried in his hand
he looked me over. BE you uns the
new Methodist circuit-rider?' he asked.
l decided to play preacher for once and
answered in the affirmative.
Light, parson. I'm hard-shell.
but you're welcome. l never lays it up
agin a man cause he don't belong to my
church, and the deacon received me
with true mountain hospitality.
sat bedtime Bledsoe brought out
well-worn family Bible and invited me
to lead in prayer. | had not prayed since
| was a boy at Sunday-school, but was
in for it, and reading chapter in the
Bible we all knelt down, and l deliv-
cred some sort of a prayer. In my Pc
tition I referred to those sinners who
defied the laws of God and man by MAX
ing spirits, and prayed the Lord to turn
| them from their wicked ways To this
Bledsoe responded with loud amen!
II rose early the next morning, and,
| finding that breakfast was not ready, l
started for short stroll in the woods
back of the house. AS left the yard
/ noticed Bledsoe's wife watching me
with evident suspicion. | walked on
down to a small branch, which ran
| through the woods three hundred yards
back of tho house. saw smoke rising
among the trees little ways down the
branch, and walking down that way
found my host, Deacon Bledsoe, build
| ing fire under one of the largest moon
shine stills | ever saw. He seemed as
much surprised as l was, and in an in
slant it dawned on me that Deacon
Bledsoe and Moonshiner Newt Bledsoe
were one and the same person. Before
he recovered from his surprise / had
him covered with my revolver, and tell
ing him who / was, ordered him to sur
render.
"'Drap that thar weepin'. knowed
you warn't no parson, said female
voice behind me at that moment, and
turning l saw Bledsoes wife. She had
the drop on me with a long rifle, and
dropped my p1SCol. bleuSOe plcked uE
my revolver, and was marched back tC
the house prisoner.
'Thar's your critter ready sad dled
an here's bite to eat; now git said
Mrs. Bledsoe and she kept me covered
with the rifle, while her husband
handed me back my pistol when
mounted my horse.
Won't you pray for us agin, parson
fore you go?' said Bledsoe, with grin,
as l rode away. A week later / re
turned with strong posse, captured
Bledsoe, and destroyed his still.
could have made a case against hi
wife. but wouldn't do it.
''The only romantic adventure eve
met with hunting moonshiners oc
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-12-04
A MUCH-MARRIED MAN.
Ashantee's King Has Over Three Thou.
sand Lawful Wives.

Ashantee's King Has Over Three Thou
sand Lawful Wives.
Polygamy is practiced to on extrava-
gent degree in Ashantee. The more
wives man has the higher his social
Importance The number which a man
in private life may have is limited by
his ability to purchase and support
them, but the number of wives which
the King may have is limited by Law
limited to the modest number of 1888,
and it is said that he usually does not
exceed this limit.
At any rate, he must have more wives
than any of his subjects, or his respect
ability will suffer. The present King
actually has the 8, 1888 wives and he has
600 children.
All the King has to do to get wife is
to choose any female he pleases, no mat
ter how young she may be. Girls are
often chosen when less than ten years
old. and in such cases they are left with
their mothers until of mature age, at
which time they are taken to join the
rest of the 1855.
No man is ever allowed to see any OF
the Kings wives, and should he even
accidentally see one his punishment is
death. These wives during the work
ing season attend to the Kings planta-
tions, but the rest of the time they live
at Coomasie, the Ashantee capital,
where they occupy two long streets.
When they go out for walk in q
body, as is often the case, they are pre-
ceded by number of eunuchs, who
herald their coming, that all men may
disappear and avoid looking upon them
When this is impossible they must fall
upon their faces to the ground.
If white man happens to be there
and understands not the law, The
eunuehs turn his face away from tht
advancing women.-London News.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-12-04

Cured in Marion County five years ago.
/ was over there hunting some wit
nesses and incidentally looking out for
stills. l was spending the night at the
house of a man l had reason to believe
was moonshiner, and dangerous one.
/ saw he regarded me with suspicion,
but he asked no questions and | felt
safe. The man had daughter about
eighteen years old, very pretty coun-
try girl, who seemed to take no notice
of my presence and did not once speak
to me during the evening. The house
was log cabin, with loft reached by
a ladder. l was given bed in the loft
and retired about ten o'clock. l heard
my host talking in low tone for some
time after lay down, then l heard him
take his rifle from the rack and leave
the house. / had been asleep probably
two hours when the touch of hand
on my face awoke me. The girl was
standing by my bed with lighted
candle in her hand. She motioned me
to be silent, and in whisper she said:
Stranger, you'll have ter git. Your
critters at the gate. Take ther right
han road at the forks, cross the creek,
and don't stop this side of Lige Mar
com's-that's bout four miles down ther
road. Git out tharp and she pointed to
small window in one end of the loft.
Then she blew out the candle and dis
appeared as silently as shadow. put
on my clothes, went to the window and
found ladder on the outside. At the
gate l found my horse ready saddled,
and, mounting, 1 rode rapidly away I
have never seen that girl since, but I
am satisfied that she had learned of a
plot to murder me, and saved my life."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-12-04
The Flow of Metals.

In one of his recent lectures in Lon
don, Prof. Robert Austin spoke of eight
prominent points of resemblance be-
tween metals and fluids which are not
generally known. They are the re-
lection of impurities on solidifcation,
suffusion, flow under pressure, changes
due to compression, absorption OF gases,
absorption of liquids, yaporization and
surface tension. OF these properties,
perhaps the most astonishing are those
exhibited by metals when compressed.
Placing cold, powdered metals in press,
Prof Spring, of Liege, caused lead to
weld into solid mass by a pressure OF
Is tons per square inch; zinc by 10 tons;
tin, 80 tons; antimony, 38 tons; alumi-
mum. 3S tons; bismuth, 80 tons; copper,
3S tons. At 33 tons per square inch
lead actually began to how. and at a
tons tin showed signs of the same tend
ency. When a pressure of more than
30 tons to the square inch was given the
metals under experiment flowed through
the fine cracks in the press like so much
water. Prof. Spring has also proven te
the satisfaction of his companions thai
the crystalline structure of metals maj
be changed by pressure as by fusion
and that it is even possible to build N
alloys by the same agency,-st. Loui
Republic.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-12-04
WITH BISHOP AsRuRY.
Pioneer Methodist Preachers Who Were
Witty as Well as Pious.

Witty as Well as Pious.
Among Bishop Asbury's useful preach
ers was the Rev. Jesse Lee, pioneer
Methodist in New England. AS he rode
out of a Massachusetts town on Mon
day morning, having preached there
twice the day before, he was oVertaken
by two lawyers, who, riding on either
side of him, began to question him in
fiippant way about his extemporaneous
manner of preaching.
One of them said, "As you never write
your sermons, but speak off-hand, don't
you often make mistakes?"
Sometimes, said Lee.
''What do you do then?" said the sprig
of the law.
The preacher, shrewdly suspecting the
occupation of the men who were trying
to make game of him, answered: ''If
the mistake is an important one, al
ways correct it; if unimportant let it
pass. For example, if / sgere quoting
the passage The devil is liar and by
slip should say a lawyer, should not
attempt to mend it."
81 wonder if the fellow is knave or
fooI?" said one of the barristers to the
other.
Judging from appearances, retorted
Lee, should say am just between the
two.''
They spurred their horses and left
him to jog On alone.
On Sunday afternoon Mr.. Lee was
preaching in country meeting house
The weather was warm, and number
of persons remained in the yard enter
tanning themselves with talk which
could be heard through the open win
dows, while many of those in the con
gregation were drowsy some fast
asleep. Rapping the book-board with
his fist, the preacher, raising his voice
| said, 81 will thank the friends in the
yard not to speak so loud; their talk
may disturb the slumbers of the breth
rem in the church"
There was no more conversation out
side nor sleeping inside the church tina
afternoon.
Another of Mr.. Asbury's famous
preachers was the Rev. James Axley
whose field of labor lay mostly in the
Southwest He was one of the delegates
to general Conference which sat il
Baltimore about seventy years ago
and was appointed to preach in a churcl
in the city where the people had tn
habit, when they rose to sing, of turn
ing their backs to the pulpit, and facin'
the choir in the front gallery. Axle.
was amazed at this breach of good man
ners, and as he read the next two line
of the hymn (the style in those days. h
turned his back to the congregation an
faced the wall. The singers in the gal
lery began to laugh, the people on tn
floor turned to SEQ what was going or
and when the preacher knew that the
had all faced about, he exclaimed
''Well what do you think of it? It's a
good-looking q back as yours, isn't it?
The congregation in that church hav
faced the pulpit ever since.-W. Il. Mi
burn, in Harper's Magazine.