The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-16

has large :orshead, good strong nose
and firm mouth. He 10 smooth shaver
aud his dress shows that he keeps good
tailor. There are no friils and furbelows
about him. .s,d he impressed me ~ . man
physically ard intellectually sound.
workers We lave had in the cabinet for
years. hare made number Of inquiries
about him ut the department and | am
told that he spends twice ~ many hours
there a. any of mis- clerks. He gets to the
interior department about o'clock in the
morning ami works away steadily until 8
or in the evening. After dinner he comes
back and hss light 10 often burning in his
Office nntii after midnight During my
talk with him noticed no signs Of over
work on his features. and | asked him
how he managed 10 keep in such good con-
dition and f'it In 80 many hours. He re-
piled that be did not think that work hurt
any man. aud that he had learned to work
without worry. Saidahe: II do my best
thinking as.oas matter when it is before
me. try 10 look upon oil sidcs Of il, and
when have passed upon 1t IL 10 settled for
good rs far es | arm concerned.
l think that worry 10 largely . matter
Of habit AMI that concentration Of mind
can be acquired by training. I never let
anything outside Of the matter at issue
bother me. Ifanything else comes up |
put 1t aside inatead Of making = note OF IL.
have tixad time every day for thinking
over the little things that ought 20 do,
and at this slime jot them down. n have
trained my self 30 that can go to sleep ~
soon rs SO TO bed. never talk or read
in he'd. and don't think except when
am sitting scr standing up. II my mind
seems to run on any one subject ] dismiss
il. and the result is l am never troubled
With insomnia l have worked right
along on lagai cases until 3 o'clock in the
morning ss.d then turned in and slept like
baby"
The COM ersation here turned 10 Law and
Mr.. Smith spoke very modessiy OF himself
rs a lawyee. saying that he liked the prsc-
tice and that he would go back TO IL as
soon as the present administration Was
over He is, you know one of the abIest
lawyers OF the United States. and am init
mate friend of hts told me the other day
that his fees from the law during the past
year footed up lust about $ta.on. He Is
thoroughly grounded in the law and he
has one of the finest private Law libraries
in the United States. His study has been
of the Law not of cases. and he keeps add
ing to his legal knowledge by constant APP
pIication. Not long ago lac took fancy TO
the decisions of Judge Cooley. OF Michi-
gan, and bought all the Michigan state
reports in order that he might read these
decisions. lie anno,ates his books whie
reading, and nos long ago famous equity
case came up in the Georgia courts and he
Was GALES. npon to plead. lie had only a
few hours tor preparation. and he sur
priset evety one by his..mssterv of the case
IN hand. lie gave references after reference
In decisions bearing on the subject. and
the court eaxei With open mouth on what
il considered an effort of memory. As he
left the court for his Office has brother,
who is also n good lawyer. asked him how
he was ssle TO prepare such case IN so
little Tins He replied that he had just
been rcassug equity cases and that his
notes inss lifted into this case.
Mr.. smish's early iaw practice was full
OF incidetst. There was nothing of the
COW ard a}saef him. and though every inch
o! his six feet txo ~ made up Of good
breeding. he has shown himself to he q
brave mae Said one OF his friends yes
terday: @Hakc smith Vas the iirst law
yer TO fichi the gamblers Of Atlanta. IL
was whers he was -, when his blood WAS
hotts- than il is now. that he was callesl
upon 10 prosecute gambler for shooting
a man in the hack. The cause MAS the
imororsr relations between the murdered
man ane the gamblers wife. and Hoke
Smisl, se4s the gambler TO the reniseatsary
for life There were number of the
gambler friends IN the coart room. and
they were all looked upon a. dangerous
men Mr.. smith defSed them. He told
towards and huilses, who went about
.hnatinr .uen In the hack whom they we're
afraid 20 light face to face lie told them
that he supposed they would attempt 10
shoot hisa in the back II he had not ais
face sursssd toward them The result Of
this plea ,sas such that thls annsoai YER
dict VA, given. After the case Was over
i, MAS ,.,r.ent!y reported about Atlanta
tina, these gamblers said they woatd shoot
Noke Saith ON eight. Taas night he
conci,iel TO give them . chance. He vas
Wearing : sack coat. and he pat two pas
tolls in his coat pockets sni walked Down
10 Chisbaim's saloon. which Sss ssef
chief rcs,sr,. and ordered ut The bar . glass
OF lemon ala A crowd az gamblers were
preseat. .ut shey did not dare modest A.n'.
Il have heard of another case OF hss
nerve continued this man, which hap
pened pnsn he vas acting as school
teacher is the head oi the Wsyncssoroasa