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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-23
A BOY LAWYER.
He Made a Plucky Beginning, but Was Ruled
Out as Too Young.

He Made a Plucky Beginning, but Was Ruled
Out as Too Young.
New York Tribune.l
In one OF the large law offices down town
there is lad OF II who has started humbly
as an office boy, but who has cheek enough
to become shining member of the legal
profession. A perter, more forward boy
never copied briefs or ran errands. Being
naturally bright and quick, his employers
have occasionally sent him to court to get
motions adjourned or to find out when
a case was going to be tried. This served
to rouse his vanity, and he began to feel
that he could make as much OF an i'm
preston in court as a full-hedged LAWYER if
only he could get the opportunity. The op-
portunity came, and the boy improved it.
but the result was different from what he
had looked for. Instead OF asking the clerk
to get the motion adjourned, he waited till
the case was called, then he got up, walked
to the lawyers table, placed his hands on it
just as he had seen big lawyers do. and be-
gan: "Your Honor, this is a motion
The Judge on the bench was yery digni-
fed Judge indeed, and he looked down with
evident displeasure. Then he said: "AIy
boy, 1 can't hear you." The little chap
began again in louder tone. MY boy,'
repeated the Judge, II can't hear you"
"Your Honor, this is motion, came again.
loud enough to be heard across to the CITY
Hall. "My boy" sternly said the Judge.
81 have told you twice couldn't hear you.
We don't hear children in this court" The
rebuke pleased the LAWYERS, and had such a
good effect on the lad that he would rather
do almost anything else than try to address
Q court again.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-23

tirely OF his own creation, and sees things
just as he wants to see them. As say, he
has the Imagination of a poet and the
unworldliness of poet, without any,
one calling him to do anything to prove his
powers; he is too busy constructing his own
fanciful universe for himself; and
all the common things of life
debts, bills. undertakings, and SO FORTH
they have no existence for him. Ah, well,
WELL" Mr.. Thompson went on, as he lay
back in his chair and watched the blue
curls of smoke from his cigar, II don't
know whether to call it pity or not. Some
times one is inclined to envy him his happy
temperament. don't know any human
creature who has braver spirit, whose con-
science is clearer tohimself, who can sleep
with greater equanimity and content Why
should he mind what circumstances are
around him when in a single second he can
transport himself to the Dowie Dens O. Var
row, or be off on a raid with Kinmount
Willie? And there's nothing that he will
not seize if he has q mind to it-a sounding
name, a tradition, historical Incident
why, he laid hold of the Bonnie mill dams
O. Binnorie, carried them off bodily to
Balloray, and suppose wild horses
wouldn't tear from him the admission that
BaIloray never had anything to do with
those mill dams or the story of the two sis
ters--"
81 know" said Vincent; "Maisrie told
me about that"
"MaisrieI' said Mr.. Thompson, with a
return of his former impatience. THAT is
another of his fantasticalities. tell you
her name is Margaret"
"But she has been Maisrie to me, and
Maisrie she will be to me always" Vincent
made answer stoutly-for surely he had
some right to speak on this matter too. LAS
1 said this morning, it is only a pet name
for Margaret; and if she chooses to use it,
to please her grandfather, or to please her.
self even"
"Stay q moment: I want to show you
something"
The banker put his hand into his breast
pocket and pulled out an envelope.
"Not the photograph" said Vincent,
rather breathlessly.
Mr.. Thompson smiled in his quiet, saga
cious way.
"When 1 mentioned this portrait to you
to-day" said he, 81 saw something in your
eyes-though you were too modest to put
your request into words. Well, 1 have
brought the little picture. dare say it will
interest you. l can even imagine your wish
ing to keep it-though you wouldn't say So.
However, here it is; and if you'll look at
the foot you'll see that the little Omahussy
signs herself, as she ought to sign herself,
Margaret Bethune.'"
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1t is condescension on his part to accept
help from anyone; and it is the priv vilege OF
those who have birth and lineage like him.
self to be allowed to come to his aid. I'm
only Thompson. If were descended from
Richard Ceur de Lion suppose 1t would
be different. Has he ever accepted any
money from you?"
"Neyer," said Vincent-who was not going
to recall q few restaurant bills and cab
fares.
"No," resumed the banker. "Your name
is Harris. But when it comes to Lord
Musselburgh, that is quite different, that is
all right. No doubt Lord Musselburgh was
quite proud to be allowed to subscrbe-how
much was it?-toward book that never
came out"
sob, but I ought to explain that that
money was paid back, said Vincent quickly.
''Paid back?" repeated the banker, star
ing. "That is new feature. indeedl The
money paid back to Lord Musselburgh?
How did that come about? How did friend
George yield to weakness of that kind?'
1.-THE fact is" said Vincent, blushing like
Q school boy, 'I paid it.
"Without letting the old gentleman
know"
eyes"
"Then excuse my saying so, Mr.. Thomp-
son observed, "but you threw away your
money to very little purpose. If George
Bethune is willing to take a cheque from
Lord Musselburgh-if he can do SO without
the slightest loss of selfrespect or dignity
why should not His Lordship be allowed to
help brother Scot? Why should you In
terfere?"
SIT was for Maisrie's sake" said Vincent,
looking down.
"Ah, yes, yes," the banker said, knitting
his brows. '"That is where the trouble
comes in. shouldn't mind letting George
Bethune go his own way; he is all right; his
selfsuficiency will carry him through any
thing; but for sensitive girl like that it
must be terrible. I wonder how much she
suspects, 81 he went on. 81 wonder how much
she sees. Or if it is possible he has
blinded her as we'll as himself to their cir
cumstances? For you must remember this
Il am talking to you now, Mr.. Harris, as
one who may have closer relationship with
these two-indeed, hope you may-you
have my best wishes-tor you seem to have
a frank and honorable regard for the girl
herself, and think little lenient liking for
the old man. too; we'll. you must remember
this, that to himself George Bethune's
conscience is as clear as that of q 1-year-
old child. Do you think he sees anything
shady or unsatisfactory In these little trans
actions or forgetfulnesses of his? He is
careless of money because he desplses it If
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-23

SO that the friction may be applied to both
sides. After rubbing of from 40 to 80 sec
onds, the blade will be magnetized and be
capable of lifting a needle with which it is
placed in contact, point to point.
The nagnetization will last long time.
says La Nature. This experiment, which is
not put down in works OH physics, is yery
interesting and worthy of study. We have
found that the point of knife magnetized in
this way constitutes the north pole.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-23

ments. There is no merit in being miserable.
There is no contradiction between a smiling
face and the sermon on the Mount. Sadness
is not sanctity. The religion which the
Lord Christ came to teach us has place in it
for every good and worthy pleasure which
has ever entered into the heart of man. No
doubt but the rich mans life was merry
and pleasant one. But it. was not that
which was the matter with him. It was not
for this that Dives failed,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-23
WEALTH MEANS PLEASURE.

Why, then? He had always had good
time-was that it? Was it there that he
made his failure?
The pleasures of the rich man are re-
counted in the parable. He wore good
clothes, attiring himself in ali the hand
some and fashionable purple and fine linen
of his tire. He Jared sumptuously, giving
fine banquets; and lived in perfect comfort
every day. 1t might seem that this kind of
living had something to do with his fate, for
when in hell he lifts his eyes, being in tor
ments, be is reminded that he had his share
of good things in his lifetime, and now it is
only fair that there should be change.
''Son, remember" the inexorable pa
triarch reminds him, "that thouin thy life
time receivedest thy good things, and like
wise Lazarus evil things. Now he is COM
forted and thou art tormented."
1t looks like kind of turn about.
Is that the providence OF God?< Must we
be miserable here if we desire to be happy
hereafter? Were the old Ascetics right,
who maintained that the more uncomfortable
q man could make himself, the better God
would love him, and the more richly God
would reward him?
IF DEATH ENDED ALL.
When the question is put in that blunt
way there is only one answer to it. and that
is mo. Anu vet, is tnere not soul OF
truth in it, somewhere? Suppose death
ended life. What failure life would often
be, with vice triumphant and virtue beaten
to the earth. Think of the unjust dealings
of the world, of the cruelty, OF the torture,
of the agony. which theinnocent are all along,
even to-day-God knows in how many
places-suffering at the hands of the guilty.
And the guilty live their serene lives and
die in their beds. If death ended life all
this devlish wrong could never be set right.
The other lie, we believe, will somehow
make amends for this. WIckedness, which
has sat enthroned in palaces, will get its
deserts there. Goodness, which has dwelt
in rags and had its miserable abode on
Dives doorsteps, will be somehow compen-
sated. Things will somehow be evened up
after awhile in the other life.
But pleasure is not sin. To enjoy life is
not necessarily to break the Ten Command
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-23
MAGNETIZING A KNIFE.

A Simple Little Experiment That is Not
Easy to Explain.
Take pocket or table knife and lay its
blade fiat upon the back of q fire shovel, as
shown in the figure. With pair OF tongs
held firmly in the hand rub the blade
vigorously. and always in the
same direction, from point to base.
Turn the blade over now and then,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-23
NO EXPLANATION OFFERED.

The other stream has only been opened
up short distance, but is of about the sams
size, and disappears in the ground in q
similar way. Argostoli is out OF the regu-
lar travelling routes, and only visited by
local traders and yachts, which will account
for this curious phenomenon having at
tracted so little attention. It is obvious that
they flow into some subterranean reservoir,
and the ultimate destiny of the water is
quite satisfactorily explained by the theory
of volcanic eruptions. We may imagine
that the reservoir Is emptied by periodical
cataclysms, and. indeed, the inhabitants say
that an earthquake occurs there regularly
every 100 years, or that it feeds some distant
volcano, such as Vesuvius or Stromboli.
1t is also extremely probable that similar
phenomena occur elsewhere in volcanic dis
triets, but have not been observed, as this
would not have been had it not happened
to be near a town. If this be so, it fur
nishes an explanation of the very varying
behavior of volcanoes, some of which ara
literally as regular as elockwork in their
action, while others are in the highest
degree irregular. Those belonging to the
former class are probably fed by some
steady-going, regular influx like that Of
Argostoli, whereas the sudden, unexpected
and terrific outbursts of the second class are
due to the occurrence of some fresh crack
in the ocean floor or to the sudden enlarge
ment OF one already existing.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-19
THE CALLIOPE.


Attorney defending prisoner charged with
swindling)-Your Honor. one OF the witnesses
alleges that my client rung cold deck on him.
A cold deck. your Honor, it may be necessary to
explain, is a Judge of Montana Court tse-
verely)-The assumption that the court doesnt
know what cold deck 10, Mr.. Sharp is an i'm
pertinence that will subject you to fine for
contempt IL persisted in. Proceed with your
argument. Chicago Tribune.
Peckson-My dear, trust you will not be jeal.
Gus, but really have not encouraged Bridget's
attention. Why should she send me this lock
of hair Mrs. P. (hystericaliyl-What! The
vixen! A lock of hairi She must have sent il
in the mails! Peekson-Not exactly. She sent
IL In the soup.-Amerfcdn Grocer.
First Editor-Whst Your building burned
down? Second Editor (sadiy)-Yes. .How did
1t happen" "Oh. one of those erotic poems by
young lady was sent in and foolishly threw
II in the waste basket along with lot of other
paper, and it set FIRE to everything."-Lawrenc
American.
Ethel-Where shall we go to spend our vaca-
tion-to the beach or mountains? Carrie-To
neither. Let us so to the woods. E-For what
reason? C.-There are no young men at the
beach or mountains. They have taken 10 the
woods.-Cdpe Cod Item
Elevator boy ito Mr.. Kentuck. who has
just arrived at the hotel)-Will you take an ele-
vHtor. sir? Old Kentuck (smiling BROADLY
Waal, don't keer eff do. Pm feeliu' a little
low sperited jes at present-New York World.
us this horse well broken?" ..yery. He
never jumps and SHES before ladies. and then
In such way only as to give the impression
that he Is dangerous without actually being so.''
Il IL take him. said Chappe. -New York SUM
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-19
sEArTLE. TUESDAY. AUGUST 10.
THE FRAUD AGAINST THE RELIEF
FUND.

The Relief Committee is too sensitive.
The Posr-IHrELLroENcER has INDUCED in
no ''strictures" against it. But this can
not be denied. namely, that if an honest
man had been elected for secretary there
would have been no stealing and if. while
the frauds were being perpetrated there had
been close denomination of all the documents
IL would not have been left for anewspaper
reporter to have discovered the fact of Nc
Coombs' guilt However, It is fair to say
that the committee was unfortunate in its
selection rather than blamsworthy. The
man McCoombs came well recommended
and was subjected to . system of checks
which under ordinary circumstances would
have proved effective. The COM
mittee did not trust McCoombs
even to the extent common as
between employer and employee in the
conduct Of private business. And further,
when the fraud was discovered, the COM
mittee used every possible effort to bring
McCoombs to justice. and did actually Sc
cure his conviction. In view Of the state
ment Of the prosecuting attorney, it would
appear that the total of McCoombs' pecu-
lations was much less than heretofore sup
posed and stated, and that 1t was probably
inside Of three thousand dollars.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-19
Hunt Road and Kiickitat Pass.
Goldendale Sentine

Engineer Besl, Of the Hunt surveyors, rode
into Goldendale on Tuesday evening. He
stated in the course of the conversation that he
hsd completed his survey as far as the Klicki,at
pass, and that upon the arrival OF his party he
would 60 down 70 the mouth of Rock ere, L and
proceed 10 survey down the river until he meets
the party which is coming up the river. This
latter party Is Ia tue vicinity OF the mouth of
the Little White Salmon. When asked how
long he thought 1t would take to complete the
survey down the river, he replied that probably
three or four weeks or possibly more. IS there
was some very rough country down about the
v bite Salmon. The party of surveyors coming
mp Lewis river 20 the Kiickitat psss have not
yet completed their work. but probab y will In a
short time. Mr.. Besl Is evidently Impressed
with the excellence of the roate through this
valley. ana believes the road will he located
here. and yet he - her non-committaL
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-19
THE EAST SEATTLE CHURCH.

RAvENNA, Aug Is, 1890.
To THE EDITOR: In your issue OF the 18th,
Mr.. C. C. Calkins has a reply to the facts set
forth in my complaint against him. / do not
care TO have war Of words in the paper. The
matter has gone into the urls, very much TO
my regret, and that is the place to settle the
matter now. Mr.. G. O. Besk carried written
proposition from me 10 Mr.. Ca kins. In May last,
proposing to tie the matter by arbitration. To
this he stubborniy refused. Again, my attorney
called on him to talk about the matter. and he
declined 10 see Mr.. Strudwick. After the papers
were served on Mr.. Caikins the indefatigable
newsgats crer got hold of the matter, and IL was
neither my wish or purpose that the case should
r. ceive any notoriety. have no desire what.
ever to damage Mr. Calkins. but simply to pro-
tect myself and friends from what we believe TO
be very great wrong.
Had we not been well fortified, as we
thought, with docum ntary and honorable tes-
timony, we Certainly would Dot have appealed
to the courts to right our wrongs
J. R. KIRKPATRICK.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-19
JONES OF NEVADA.

A morning contemporary yesterday re-
published from the Washington City CORE
spondence OF the Pittsburg Post readable
little romance about Senator Jones OF Ne
vada In approved yeIlow-covered litera-
lure style It describes Jones as a resident
Of TuoluInne county, California, where he
had kept grocery store and accumulated
. few thousand dollars which he had buried
under hearthstone, whence he was in
huced to draw forth 81 900 and loan it to a
prospector, who after the usual vicissitudes
struck bonanza, sold out for $4,000 900
and gave one-third of 1t to Jones, whose
prosperity dated from that time.'
1t is very pretty story, but q resident
u Seattle. an old and intimate friend of
Jones, pronounces 1t a fiction, pure and
simple, and one that does an injustice to
the millionaire senator, whose successes
have been due not to blind luck so much
- to cool judgment and nerviness, and
therefore there is more in his true story to
encourage and stimulate ambitious young
men than appeared in the Monte Crlsto
liable sent out by the Washington cores
pendent.
In the early days Of the California min
lng period Jones led wandering, restless.
adventurous life, with varying fortune.
until in the early sixties he was elected
sheriff of Trinity county. aud during his
term Is sheriff he was elected to the state
senate. In 1867 he was candidate for lieu.
tenant governor on the ticket headed by
George G. Gorham for governor, and was
defeated.
The following year he removed to Gold
Hill, Nevada, where through the influence
of his friend Alvinza Hayward he became
superintendent of the Kentuck and the
Crown Point mines. on the great Comstock
lode. 1t salary of $500 per month in each.
which in his then financial condition was a
vsritable godsend to Jones. At that time
be assured his Seattle friend that he owed
more than he could reasonably hope to
Beer pay. and that he could not ever recall
oil to whom he was indebted or anything
approximatIng his Indebtedness.
But even in those, his darkest days of adj
versity, he was as bright and as CHEEKY as
In the palmiest hours OF his subsequent
prosperity, and hoping against apparent
hope. confident in spite of Its apparent un-
reasonableness, neither his courage or his
nerve showed any signs of weakening. He
had faith in the Comstock and never lost
faith in himself. His philosophy was never
70 miss an opportunity by failure to be on
The watch for il and ready to seize it. In
sorecssting the future he gave himself the
benefit of every doubt, or it might be more
proper to say that he fortified his faith by
rejecting all doubts.
Just prior to the great strikes in Grown
Point and Bslcher. when stock in those
mines had reached merely nominal prices,
Jones put into them every dollar of his
earnings and borrowed right and left for
he same purpose. And with the discov-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-19

The new Democratic paper, the Tsle.
graph, points out the fact that the Pitts
burg Dispatch and the Posr-ISrELLrcENcER
are not in entire accord upon certain pend
ing political questions, and then charges
the latter with grave inconsistency be-
cause it refers to the former
as ian old, staunch and
steadfast exponent of Republican
sentiment" The PosT-INrELLreEScrR is
not so bigoted as to imagine that there can
be no Republicanism that is not in precise
line with its own views. 1t is part of the
merit and strength of the Republican party
that its members are not held in strait
jackets. but are free to hold and to EXPRESS
diverse opinions as to party policies. OF
course this is not so with the Democrats
party, and it is quite in keeping that its or.
gan should be unable to understand the
Republican position.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-19
The SPOKANE CONTEST.
Judge Turner Was Not the First Choice
OF Wilson's Enemies.
Spokane Review, August

Spokane Review, August.
So much has been said about the Turner
movement that the public is liable to lose sight
OF q few facts. and to forget the aninus Of the
contest. The movement is not in the nature of
Q spontaneous tribute to the ability of Judge
Turner. That gentleman was picked up only
after persistent pleading had failed to shake
the common sense OF at least two other caudi-
dates Judge Houghton emphatically declined
to become the igure-head Of the fight against
Wilson, and Mr.. s c. Hyde would have nothing
to do with the movement II Turner had been
proof against the Establishments Of Mr.. Wilson's
enemies some other politician would have
headed the movement; the petition wou have
borne another name, and of course number OF
signatures would have been obtained, includ-
ing probably the '2l0 Others" whose identity
has been concealed so guardedly, in the face of
repeated calls for their publicity. And very
likely the methods employed to obtain these
signatures would have been the methods
adopted in the event of another ambitious
offce-seeker heading the contest.
The men who are now supporting Mr.. Turner
would have supported any other man. They
love not Turner the more. but their hatred of
Wilson would have been none the lie s.
Nor should the reasons urged against Repre-
sentative Wilson be forgotten. 1t is not charged
that he has neglected his duties, or that his
efforts have shown sectional favoritism, or that
he has been upon the wrong side Of political is
sues. Instead of such charges we are told that
Tom was not kept in one Office, that Bill was not
given another, or that Jim failed to receive Mr..
Wilson'S support for the place for which his
heart longed. Therefore John L. Wilson should
be knocked off the track, and ii Judge Houghtou
and 8. C. HYDE are not willing to head the
movement, Judge Turner is, and consequently
he is the choice OF the people. That Is the ami
mus Of this movement, and because OF its wrong
character and venomous inspiration it will fail.
Public interests are based upon loftier motives
than hatred aud revenge.
These are the sources of Judge Turner's an
didacy. They are unworthy man of his abili-
ties, and this movement will add nothing to his
political fortunes, nor will it increase the re-
spect in which he is held by his party.
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cry of the great bonanza in thsse mines
came the fair reward. mot Of reckless risk
and blind luck. but Of cool Judgment, In
domitable courage and unflinching nerve.
In rare instances fortune is stumbled upon
or is acquired without calculation or man.
agement, but rs rule il IL due to one or
more high and dominating qualities. - in
the actual case of the brave and persever-
ing senator from Nevada. And there is .
higher moral in the true story Of his sue
cess than in the pretty little romance from
the national capital.