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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-08-23
WE ARE GREAT LlTIGANTS.
More Civil Lawsuits Here Than In Any
Other Country In the World.

More Civil Lawsuits Here Than In Any
Other Country In the World.
A man of ingenious mind and appar
entity ample leisure has gone to the
trouble of figuring out the number of
lawsuits brought in each country in a
year, and he has reached the conclusion
that the United States is Setter coun-
try for attorneys and counselors than any
other civilized land under the sun. He
figures as lawsuits civil actions only,
taking into no account proceedings of a
criminal character brought by the pub
lie authorities against individuals. He
has ascertained that, taking the figures
for the last ten years as a fair average,
there are 1850, 900 lawsuits brought in
England every year, 750, 900 i'll France,
l 100000 i'll Italy, 100000 i'll Ger
many and $4,000 in the United
States.
1t is not to be inferred from this that
the people Of one country are much more
prone to litigation than are the people
of another, but the explanation is to be
found in the fact that the conditions of
litigation vary exceedingly. Going to
law i'll England is very expensive bust
hess, for it entails outlays i'll the form
of costs and expenses SO large that many
of the courts are practically closed to
persons of modest means, and a long
litigation unsuccessfully pursued ends
often in bankruptcy. In France the
humber of lawsuits is kept down through
the general practice of arbitration,
as many as 100, 900 cases i'll a year,
especially those arising from disputes
over wages, being settled by this agency
without onerous cost to either party. In
Germany q great majority Of cases are
petty ones, involving small amount Of
money and due, many of them, to GUS
toms Or usages which are not sufficiently
defined to be, in all cases, similarly UNI
derstood by both parties to an agrees
ment This is especially the case in the
farming districts of Germany, and there
are many legal disputes in the manu-
featuring districts too.
The number of cases credited to the
United States seems enormous, but it
is probably accurate. There are, for ex-
COuI I'LL uIlC OlspOott1
of civil cases i'll New York city. In one
of these courts, by recent report, the
number of actions brought in a year
was shown to be 9,100. These courts
have before them each year, on the
average, rs, 900 cases. The cases brought
in the state courts of New York amount
in a year to about $50, 900, and of those
brought in the federal courts New York
furnishes a very large number. Taking
the whole country through, it is seen
that the average number of cases per
thousand of population is i'll the neigh
borhood of rs to S. The number of
lawyers in the United States is material
ly larger than i'll any other country in
the world, and the amounts i'll dispute
here are much greater than elsewhere.
New York Sun.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-08-23

ed on with those DUMP, wondering, pa
tient eyes Of his, with the new voices
in his ear and all the old world and the
. old life gone from him like dream?
| awe brought him home with US i'll a
week or two,'' my friend said to me
1--WE had been walking up and down the
lawn while he told me the little story,
"and the boys soon grew very fond OF
him, but it is Il curious thing that dur
ing all these five years he has been with
us now he has never grown more than
half at home here. think he has been
as happy with us as he would have been
anywhere, and more docile, patient,
kindly natured beast than he is you
never knew, but yet he has always to
me been like dog living with a broken
heart. I don't believe for my part that
he has ever forgotten that old master
of his, whoever he may have been, for
| a day or an hour since he lost him. Look
at him now Lock what a fine, human
pathos there is about that tragic, silent
face of his. Depend upon it, he is think
ing of the old story at this moment,
puzzling it all out again, remembering,
perhaps, how he saw tine boat go down
and heard his masters last cry, if, in
deed, it was his last. Perhaps he may
doubt even yet whether it was. some
times think he has still at moments a
kind of forloln hope that the lost days
will come back again and the lost eyes
look into his once more. -
We went up to him again where he
lay and stood looking at him. He was
doing, with eyes half closed, in the
sunshine, his black coat grown a little
rusty now, his ears dropping, his senses
perhaps beginning to be dulled by age,
for he was old. He was not likely to live
much longer, my friend said.
AS we stood so he took no notice of
us. He was thinking of other things
perhaps in a half waking dream living
the old life again.
"Poor Brutusr' 1 said once and
head, but still he did not move Or look
up.
"Ah, he doesn't care for that name,"
my friend said. "He will answer to it
sometimes, but he knows very well that
he had another name once quite different
from Brutus We have never been able
to find out what it was 1t is buried,
too, with all the rest of his history"
We heard the boys voices coming to-
ward us merrily and their footsteps Oh
the gravel under the chestnut trees For
moment Brutus opened his eyes at the
sound Of them and gently moved his
bushy tail. Then, stretching out his
great fore paws with a peaceful sigh, he
laid his head down on them and dozed
again. We left him lying SO, slumbering
calmly in the sunshine, with his dog
gish, faithful thoughts perhaps gone
dreamily back to the old days and hear
ing i'll sleep the old voices that were lost
to him forever in that sorrowful night
when the unknown ship went down at
sea. -Georgiana M. Craik.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-08-23
William West in Chicago Re
Burmese Girls.

In every household the daughter has
her appointed work. In all but the rich
er merchants houses the daughter
duty is to bring the water from the well
evening and morning. 1t is the gossip
ing place Of the village, this we'll, and
as the sun sets there come running down
all the girls of the village. AS they fill
their Jars they lean over the curb and
talk, and it is here that are told the lat
est news, the latest Irritation, the latest
marriage, the little scandal of the place.
Very few men come. Water carrying is
not their duty, and there is a proper time
and place for Irritation. So the girls
have the we'll almost to themselves.
Almost every girl will weave. In ev-
cry house there will be a loom, where
the girls weave their dresses and those
of their parents. And very many girls
will have stalls in the bazaar; but Of
this 1 will speak later. Other duties
are the husking Of the rice and the MAX
ing Of cheroots. Of course in the richer
households there will be servants to do
all this, but even in them the daughter
will frequently weave, either for her.
self or for her parents. Almost every
girl will do something, if it be only to-
pass the time. -Blackwood' Magazine.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-08-23
WILT THOU BELONG?

Wilt thou be long? The workful day is Der.
The wind cre ons softly to the sleeping sea.
At the old spot upon the lonely shore
wait for thee.
Home to his nest the swift gray gull is wing.
ing.
Through the still dusk hear the sailors song,
Night to the weary rest from toll is bringing
Wilt thou be long?
Wilt thou be long2 The darkness gathers fast.
The daisies fold their fringes on the lea.
Time is so 1eeting, and youth will not last
Oh, come to me!
IN the clear west a silver star is burning,
But sad misgivings all my bosom throng.
With anxious heart watch for thy returning
Wilt thou be long2
e. Matheson in Chambers journal.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-08-23

Uncle Mose-zGood morpin, deacon.
Wha' for youse gwine and tied dem box
in gloves on de ole mules hind feet9
peaoon-Dis ere mule is hard hit
ter, and it's agin de law to use bare
nuckels, SO I'ze put de gloves on him.
Texas Siftings.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-08-23
BuENOS AYRES.
Argentine's Capital Is the Queen Of the
Southern Hemisphere.

49, o--O 80 S--~
Southern Hemisphere.
The omniscient Whitaker, under the
heading "British Possessions In Aus
tralasia,'' states that Melbourne, with
it's suburbs, contained on Dec. 81, 1894,
an estimated population of 444, S32 in
habitants, ''being the most populous
city in the southern hemisphere. We
have always understood Rio de JaneirQ
and Buenos Ayres to be also i'll the
southern hemisphere, and, oddly enough,
Whitaker himself gives larger figures
for both of these cities than for Mel
bourne. The remark is probably one
that has been at some time true and has
been carried Oh from year to year.
In any case, the results Of the census
establish incontestably the claim of
Buenos Ayres to be the greatest city Of
South America and Of the southern
hemisphere. With allowance for imper-
fections in the execution Of the census,
inseparable from the way in which it
was carried out, the figure 655, 6s8 may
be taken as practically correct, and no
other city i'll this half of the world can
lay claim to possessing within 100, 600
of this number of inhabitants.
The population of Buenos Ayres is
thus larger than that of any city Of the
| United Kingdom, except London and
Glasgow. 1t is considerably larger than
that of Liverpool OF Birmingham, and
it is only about $4,000 less than the
combined populations of Manchester and
Stafford. OF the great cities Of Europe
only Paris, Berlin. Vienna, St. Peters
burg, Constantinople and Moscow sur
pass Buenos Ayres, and in North Amer
lea only New York, Brooklyn, Chicago
and Philadelphia, Our city is the second
city of the Latin world, SURPRISING Mad
rid, Naples and Rome in Europe and
Rio Janeiro. Santiago, Lima and Mex.
leo in the new world. The rate Of
growth is 10 less remarkable than the
actual size, for in the last eight years
Buenos Ayres has increased about so
per cent. ---Buenos 4Ayres ReYiaw.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-08-23
.Freckle Cures.

Do the freckles prove stubborn? There
is usually a clamor for "freckle cures
about this time of the year, and the
very best thing that proves reliable year
after year is simply common buttermilk
Secure it as fresh as possible It will be
found that nothing can equal this fresh
buttermilk for removing tan, freckles,
sunburn Or moth spots. 1t has the great
advantage that it does not injure the
skin, but makes it soft and white. Take
a soft sponge and battle the face, neck
and arms before retiring for the night.
Then wipe off the drops lightly. In the
morning wash it off thoroughly and
wipe dry with a crash towel Two or
three such baths each week during the
summer months will take off and keep
off the tan and freckles and keep the
skin soft aid smooth. Philadelphia
Times.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-08-23
NEEDED NO LAWYER.
Because He Did Not Want to Take Ad.
vantage of the State.

Because He Did Not Want to Take Ad.
vantage of the State.
Judge Jim Griggs was reminded of q
story by the passing of an electric car
and began:
Gone of the funniest things that ever
happened during my connection with
the Georgia judiciary was when I was
first elected solicitor
""The demands Of my position fire.
quently put me in the attitude of prose-
cutting friend. 1t was hard, but I did
it,
can exsheriff of a county in my cir
cuit-a fellow that I had known and
liked for long while-was prosecuted
for making away with some money. It
was an ugly charge The evidence was
conclusive against him.
"When went down to court, he came
staggering into my room about two
thirds drunk. 'Jim,' he said, these in
fernal scoundrels are trying to prosecute
me---perfect outrage. I told 'em just
wait till I saw Jim Griggs, and we'd
fix i'll told 'em we'd let 'em know
who to prosecute. And we will. Won't
we, Jim?'
II looked at him very gravely, and
said: tom, I've got dead case against
you, I'm going to prosecute you, convict
you and send you to the penitentiary.
You are guilty. You got the money, and
I've got the evidence to prove it.
He looked at me in perfect amaze
ment, He was dumfounded He said
didn't mean it. I told him 1 did. He
Strengthened himself up and marched
out without a word.
ellis case was the first one called aft
er dinner. The judge asked him if he
had any counsel. He said no and didn t
want any. He spoke in half drunken
fashion. But, said the judge, you are
charged here with !, serious offense, and
If you have no money to employ a law
yer I'll appoint one for you.
'"The defendant didn't like it. He
arose with difficulty. He steadied him
self against a table, and speaking in a
maudlin fashion said:
Yer honor. ! said 7 don't want NC
counsel, and don T want none. meant
what | said. I don want-hic-take
no vantage Of re state, State amt got
10 counsel - what der I want with
any, ATLANTA Constitution.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-08-23
4 Ring of Pure Gold.

DR.. O. D. Norton wears IA ring of pure
gold that has never left his finger since
1S49. In that year friend of his got
the gold fever and went west, promising
to send back the tirsb gold he foani Hg
CHANGED to be one Of the successful ones,
and it was bat a few months till DR..
Norton received letter inclosing a lot
OF gold dust. This hs mad made into {.
heavy ring, which he has worn ever
since, but which is now but one-third
ATS original size. The sender; By the
way, is now president Of the 6clentir,
ic society of California.
Times Star.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-08-23
Choosing a Wife.

The plainest features become hand
some unawares when associated only
with kind feelings, and the lovellest
face disagreeahle when linked with III
humor or caprice. People should re-
member this when they are selecting
face which they are to see every morn
ing across the breakfast table for the
remainder of their ives.-N. P. Willis.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-08-23
Columbia River

The Columbia river was first called
the Oregano, the Spanish name for the
wild sage that grows on its banks Whit
ney says that the Spanish name was Ore
jon, "big earl Or Zone that hath large,
ears, an allusion to the custom of the
Indians in that region of stretching their
ears by boring them and crowding them
with ornaments.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-08-23
Cycle Slang.

What a lot of slang verbiage has
grown out Of the bicycle! The youth
who talks boastfully and erratically is
called down by the apr suggestion of the
bicycle young woman with the remark,
FIRE ddie, your lamp is out. y The
''road hog" is borrowed from old New
England nomenclature, but "scorching''
is Of the bicycles own lingo and means
an undue haste i'll driving q wheel. The
exhausted bicyclist on the road and
needing refreshments suggests, fLet 5
stop here and pump up referring to
the tagged condition of the pneumatic.
Bicycle girls are "bloomers, and "here
comes my bloomer" is equivalent to
here comes my girl. 4 policeman is ga
header" and the cyclometer is 1.-THE
TICKER ''He has lost his tire" is equiv
alent to Having tacks i'll your head" or
''being off your trolley and no doubt
there is plenty more Of the same. Ley
iston Journal
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-08-23
WHEN MARIA JANE is MAYOR.

When Maria James elected to the mayoralty
chair,
There II be many wrongs corrected that are
now apparent there.
The sidewalks will be carpeted, the streets
swept thrice day,
The alleys be as fragrant as nells of new
mown hay.
What with parties and receptions and occa-
slonally ball.
There will be Transformation around the
city hall.
And each ward in the city will be represented
then
by lovely alderwomen and not horrid alder
When Maria Jane is mayor, none but ladies
will, of course,
be appointed members of the city police force,
And IN their boomer uniforms they III look SO
very sweet
The gang to be arrested will consider it a treat
The stores will be compelled to have bargain
sale each day,
And for chewing gum and soda you will not
be asked to pay.
On, great reforms will be projected all the
wrongs will be corrected
When Maria James elected to the mayoraIty
chair.
William Vest in Chicago Record
The record-union., 1895-07-02
NOTE AND COMMENT.

1t II as well to begin to-day to cover gratings
In walkways, wet down house water tables and
keep the family hose on tap, since the Fourth
Of July small boy is early in evidence.
Who says that patriotism il dying out?
Half q hundred California towns will cele-
brate the Fourth finely. and we notice that
preparations of unusual excellence have
been made TO give emphasis to the anniver-
sary and make its observance thoroughly in
structive and patriotic. The calamity howlers
should retire TO their holes on Thursday and
there remain.
The Oakland Times says that street inn
provement should be first-class or not at all.
Right you are, neighbor. Sacramento has
expended some hundreds of thousands of dol
lars in the wrong kind of street improve
ments, and If there is not regret felt now we
do not understand human nature in its simp-
lest manifestations of feeling. But the right
kind of street improvement cannot be had
with the wrong kind of men to make 1t. The
road-buildsr nowadays must be one not rich
The record-union., 1895-07-02
stOcd,

THE death of Professor Huxley is an
nounoed, and thus one of the notably
great men of the age is lost to it. But his
works remain, and 80 long as scientific
literature has a name Huxley's impress
upon it will not fade. He was born at
Middlesex in 1925 and lin his youth was
q surgeon in the English navy. AS early
as 1S4S he produced a scientific treatise
on anatomy that attracted the attention
Of the scientific world and made him a
notable man. He was made Professor Of
Pal@ontology in the School OF Mines in
1854, and in the same year Professor of
Physiology at the Royal Institution. His
works from that date placed him in the
front rank of scientists and Of the most
wise and popular of lecturers and in
vestigstors. Among physiologists and
naturalisss he had no superior, and it
may not be too much to say no equal.
The record-union., 1895-07-02
BURGLARY AND ARSON.

A. II. Foote'S House Robbed and Then
Set on Fire.
A. H. Foote, who resides on the j.
street road one and a half miles east Of
the city, reports that on Sunday night,
between 10 and ii O'Clock, his residence
was entered by burglars who ransacked
the premises and stole SIS in money.
The rascals also started fire in one of
the closets in the house in an attempt to
burn down the place. but Mr.. Foote. who
had been away from home. returned in
time to extinguish the blaze.
The Committee of Safety, in justifica-
ton of their present action against the
criminal class and tramps, show that
within one week preceding the 10Th Of
juno no less than twelve burglaries and
other crimes were committed in this city.
including cases of intimidation of house,
wives by insolent tramp beggars.
They regard this as sufficient answer to
the statement that there has been no oc-
casion for their present movement to rid
the city of ex-convicts and other toughs.
The record-union., 1895-07-02
KOVALEV'S EXAMINATION.

1t VIII be Held To-day In Justice
Henry's Court.
Ivan Kovalev. the Russian convict,
will to-day be examined in Justice
Henry's court on the charge OF murder
ing Mr.. and Mrs. f. H. L. Weber in De-
cember last.
Among the witnesses will be Captain
Lees and Detectives Gibson and Cody of
San Francisco, who came up from that
city last night. These officers have
brought with them Zakrewskei and
Levin, associates of Kovalev. who will
also be witnesses.
1t was on the strength of Zakrewsk els
statement Of Kovalev's confession to him
that the latter was arrested, and Levin is
a Russian who was with Kovalev when
the latter was taken into custody.
The record-union., 1895-07-02

THERE are two points in the world
upon which the electrical engineers are
now concentrating their attention-Sac-
ramento and Niagara Falls. Sacramento
will be the first to introduce long trans
mission of electrical energy. There is a
strife between the Westinghouse and the
General Electrical Companies to be in the
lead in this matter. Each claims for its
system superiority, and each is putting
forth all energy possible to outstrip the
other. 1t was very fortunate that this
rivalry was brought about. Out of it
this city Is to reap great benefit That
such large capital should step behind
local effort to forward the electrical trans
mission scheme in California should be
taken as an evidence of the entire conf
dsnce of capital in the Sacramento indus
try and as proof of high value of the
enterprise. . value that we are inclined to
think in this city il not yet fully under
atOcd.
The record-union., 1895-07-02
WEATHER AND CROPS.
Reports Show the Fruit Crop to be the
Smallest in Years.

Reports Show the Fruit Crop to be the
Smallest in Years.
Director Barwick of the California
weather and crop service summarizes as
follows:
The average temperature for the week
ending Monday, July l, 1895, was: For Eu-
reka $40, Independence 740, Los Angeles
60, Red Bluff 7S0, Sacramento 6So, San
Francisco $50. San Luis Obispo 620 and
San Diego 640.
AS compared with the normal tempera-
ture there is a heat deficiency as follows
for the places named: Eureka Il, Fresno
normal. Los Angeles 40, Sacramento 3,
San Francisco 70, and San Diego 90, while
Red Bluff reports an excess of heat dur
ing the week Of 10.
Harvesting is being carried on all over
the State. and the reports are very varia-
BILE, some ranchers reporting good crops,
others fair, while again some report their
crops as the poorest in years.
The cool weather has had a tendency to
keep fruit from ripening very fast. the
yield of which is so small this year that
the most of it is consumed by the people
of the State. The percentage going East
is the smallest in many years.
The record-union., 1895-07-02
CARNEY'S TRICYCLE..

It fs Ingenious. But it Cots Him Into
Trouble.
Fred Carney, who was arrested by
Officer Rutherford for riding tricycle.
without bell or horn on it, appeared in
the Police Court yesterday, but his case
was postponed till tomorrow.
Carney was riding queer-looking ma
chine of his own invention and of rough
construction, which was curiosity. Ii
was constructed with a view to travelling
over mountain roads and had an ingen-
ious arrangement by which when going
along a road one side of which was higher
than the other the wheel on one side
could be raised up 80 that the riders s
seat would always be level.