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Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-12-31
HIS ELOQUENT PLEA.

How Lawyer McSweeny Won His Case and
Surprised the Prisoner.
John McSweeny of Ohio, chief counsel
In the famous "star route" trials In Wash
ington, was one of the most eloquent
pleaders who ever practiced at the Ameri-
can bar. His success in jury trials was
phenomenal, and he rarely failed to cap
ture the jury with his eloquenoe, no mat
ter how adverse the evidence might be.
On one occasion Mr. McSweeny was
Engaged as counsel for the defense in a
California murder trial. The case looked
hopeless. There was not link missing in
the chain Of guilt which the prosecution
had welded. To the surprise of every body,
Mr.. McSweeny submitted no evidence for
the defense. Believing that the trial was
won, the states attorney made only few
perfunctory remarks in conclusion, and
then the great Ohio pleader faced the jury
to make the concluding argument.
He began in quiet, friendly, CONVERSE
tional tone, such as one might use In dis
cussing the weather. No reference was
made to the murder. even indirectly, but
the boyhood of the prisoner was quietly
and rapidly sketohed with master hand
| ness, his love affairs his courtship and
marriage, his struggles to earn little
home for his wife and his loved ones.
The jurors were deeply interested and
were following the narrative intently. Mr..
McSweeny stepped closer. In manner
| which seemed almost confidential he drew
vivid word picture of pretty country
cottage, with a dooryard bright with flow
ers and roses climbing over the porch.
Within he showed faithful and loving
wife preparing supper-the table partially
| set, the teakettle steaming and singing on
the stove. On the dooryard gate three
ruddy faced youngsters were swinging and
| looking up the road to see who should be
the first to catch glimpse of papa" COM
| ing home to supper.
| Suddenly the speaker stopped. Drawing
himself up to the full height of his splen-
did proportions, he exclaimed in tone
| which startled the whole courtroom by its
explosive vehemonce, Gentlemen, you
must send him home to themp
The effect was electrical. A roar of ap.
| plause followed, and one old grizzled juror,
brushing away tear, blurted out with an
oath, "By -, sir, Well do it toop'
Mr.. McSweeny instantly stopped and
sat down. The jury brought in verdict
of acquittal without leaving the room.
| Foremost among those who pressed for
ward to congratulate the eloquent Ohioar
was the prisoner himself who, with tears
streaming down his cheeks, wrung his
counsel hands and thanked him again and
again. But between his sobs he managed
to say: "No other man in the world could
have done that Why, sir, have no wife
or children. never was even married
| You know. ."-ChiGaao Times Harah
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-12-31
Outwitted the Boys.

Boys in Brooklyn public schools have
recently had a trying time. Every fall
when the leaves have dropped from the
trees that line the city streets, the young
sters have for the time forgotten baseball
and marbles and have turned to the de-
lights of peppering English sparrows with
bean shooters. There is city ordinance
forbidding the practice, but the boys have
kept right on bean shooting. Teachers
have told the boys not to shoot at the
birds The boys remembered this about
as long as 1t took them to get out of doors;
hence the teachers have descended on the
boys and taken advantage of their guile
lessness in way that is shocking The
scenes that have taken place have been aft
er this fashion:
Enter the principal; boys at their desks;
boys see the principal looking sharply
about the schoolroom; dead silence, bro
ken by indications of intense application;
two pupils enter the room quietly.
The principal, pleasantly-Now, boys,
in this basket that .these boys have just
brought in is lot of bean shooters. had
to take them from the boys in the other
rooms Now you must take your turn.
All come up here and take your shooters
out of your pockets.
While the principal is speaking there is
a simultaneous movement among the boys
as though they were taking something
from their pockets and slowing them un.
der their desks. So, when the principal
says, 81 know you have been told that
you must not kill birds-and you probably
haven't disobeyed-but must see what
you have in your pockets, a CLEAN of joy,
quickly suppressed, flashes along the rows
of boys and then their mouths distend in
broad smiles. There is scramble to see
who will be first to get into line. They
do not have to wait long for operations tc
begin.
The next move Of the principal Is to rar
with his heel on the floor. The door opens
and two more stalwart boys appear. They
proceed without delay to the desks of the
boys and extract therefrom about a pech
of bean shooters. The boys have been out
| hanked. New York Sun
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-12-31
Misdirected Prize.

The Monthyon prize of 500 francs.
known as the "prix de vertu," was this
year awarded by the French Academy to a
lady of Meudon, who had brought up ten
children, who all turned out we'll. Butby a
mistake of the postoffice the money went
to another lady of the same name, who
celebrated the event with such hilarioas
conviviality that the police we're forced to
take her in.-Chicago Chronicle.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-12-31
QUICK !

QUICK
Get a bottle of Lighting
cough cure
AS
soon as you can for that
terrible cold and cough which
may destroy your health as
quick as
LIGHTNING.
GO TO
-CLAY'S-
New Drug and Book store
and see his line of School
books, Holiday goods, Window
shades, Wall paper, Paints,
Oils ETC., Trusses, Perfumery
etc, as low as any where in
Napoleon.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-12-31
Rhe u m ats m

Victims of this most painful disease
will be glad to learn that there is a
positive cure for it. Fred Graft, of
Greenville, N. Y, writes: II suffered
awfully with rheumatism for FIVE
years, and could find no relief from
the various medicines I took until
James Elston recommended
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-12-31
DR.. DAVID KENNEDYS
FAV0RITE REMEDY

which used, and after taking five
bottles it cured me. 1t is great
medicine and works as sure as coal
does in a locomotive. This medicine
has done much for me-"
1t is a never failing specific in dis
eases of the skin, liver, kidneys and
blood, and cures where all other
treatments fail.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-01


each other in nothing but the fact that
they are all alike, sayages. The Turkish
lrregulars are all cavalry, and probably
not since the time of Atilla has Il worse
lot of thieves, robbers, cut-throats, muir
derers and all round desperadoes been got
together. Turks from Anatola, kurds
from Armenia, Circassians and Georgians
who prefer a wandering life of rapine and
murder TO the iron discipline of the Rus
sian military service, persiuns, the de-
scendants of the Parthians so much
dreaded 1000 years ago, Arabs from the
Red Sea Coast Druses from the noun
tains of Syria and Palestine, negroes
from Egypt, fugitives from justice of
every surrounding country, escaped Jail
birds, anybody is welcome to their bands
who has horse and arms and can ride,
steal and shoot. These are the men who
desolated Bulgaria; these are the men
who are now making Armenia Il desert
The only discipline they recognize is obe.
dence to their leader; they have no sys.
TEN of drill and the terror they inspire
is due solely to their well deserved repu.
tation as butchers. When they wage
war it is not war. but determination, for
they make not the slightest distinction
between the armed and the defenseless
killing all alike with equal ferocity. To
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-01

snow protects these sheds from all dan
ger from fire. but when summer comes
the wind and sun soon melt the cover
ing of snow and rapidly dry the tim
bers, until by July | the lumber in the
sheds is as dry as powder.
The forty miles of sheds are constant
ly pauollcd by men selected for that
purpose. Each mans beat is less than
three miles long. and is so arranged that
he passes over 1t short time in adj
vance of every train, Situated at dis
tances of a mile apart throughout the
entire length of shed-guarded track are
placed unlocked electrical call boxes sim
ilar to those in use in the cities. on the
face of these are inscribed the words
"EaSt-West-rock on tracll-shed
down-tran wreck-car off-slide-
fire" Besides these there are thirty
four alarm boxes. which are kept lock
ed. These are used exclusively for fire
| When an alarm is rung in on one of
| these n gong strikes the number of the
box in Sacramento. 100 miles away.
and on the different points where the
fire trains are situated.
In 1877. j. A. Fillmore. general super
intendent of the Southern Pacific had
occasion to reprimand Johnny" Fitz-
gerald of the Summit fire train. who
Is the oldest fire train engineer in the
service. for not running fast enough
A few weeks later Mr.. Fillmore hap
pened to be at the Summit when an
alarm was rung in from Emigrant Gan,
twenty-five miles away. He thought he
would like to make the run, and so he
boarded the engine. johnny" saw his
opportunity and determined to make
the most of it. As soon as the words
"clear track" were received, Johnny"
pulled out, and throwing the throttle
wide open let her go. In less time than
1t takes to tell if. the train was running
mile minute. Open places in the
sheds hundred yards in extent seemed
little more than flashes of light. and the
Cascade bridges We're crossed with
such speed that the train seemed to
| leap them. as greyhound does a fence.
Mr.. Fillmore sat perfectly still, except
that once or twice he asked the en-
gineer to test his air. In twenty-three
minutes they had made the run of
twenty-five miles and when Johnny"
turned to look at the superintendent.
expecting to get.a ripping up the back,
Mr. Fillmore said cheerily, That's the
way to go to fire
Near Cisco is one of the highest
mountain ridges on the western slope
of the Sierra. On the topmost point of
this ridge, at an altitude of nearly 5000
feet, there is n little cabin, in which
a man and his wife and n boy live from
the time the first snow begins to dis
appear in the spring of the year until
it reappears in the autumn. This man
and boy from the point of observation
which they occupy can see thirty-nve
miles of snow sheds.
Day and night. no matter how stormy
the weather this man and boy keep
their vigil, and at the slightest sign of
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-01

VIII unless the powers show more unan-
unity in regard TO disposing of its estate
But those who suppose that Turkey will
fall an easy prey to the rest of Europe are
reckoning without their host for, lazy
and degenerate as they are, the Turks
are marvellous fighters, and when their
fanaticism is reused, they show n degree
OF military aggressiveness that has more
than once dumfounded their opponents.
During the last three centuries they have
Wagcd dozen wars with surrounding
powers, and, on each occasion, their op-
poncnts were forced to confess that, had
the Mosems been properly commanded,
the result would have been extremely
doubtful. Their weakness has always
been the miraculous stupidity of the OF
toman generals. Whenever they have
been led by trained officers of other na-
tioas than their own, their record has been
good. 1t has always been clear of COW
ardicc. Their fatalistic creed makes
them strangers TO fear; to them every
thing is "Kismet," or fate; and if com
mandcd TO go forward to attack battery,
where certain death seems TO await every
assailant, they neither. hesitate nor falter,
considering that if it is their fate to be
killed at such time and place, there is
no use trying to avoid it, Besides this.
they are hardy race, capable of enduring
great fatigue and hardship without break
ing down, of marching long distances
without food or rest, and all these quail
ties. in n soldier, are invaluable.
The Turkish army, therefore, is a fac
tor to he considered in the discussion o
the fate of the Ottoman empire for if tn
Turks should make up their minds not
be divided up into parcels without I
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-01

There Is, moreover, a system of conscrip-
tion organized by law that is supposed to
be carried out In every part of the empire
1t is based on the military system of Ger
many, for since the last Turco- Russian
war the army of the Porte has been en-
tircly reorgHnized by German officers,
who naturally adopted the plan prevailing
in their own country, and with which
they wero most familiar. The military
system consists of the Nizam, or regular
army, two classes of Redifs, or Land
wehr, and the Mustafiz, answering TO the
Landsturm of Prussia, At the annual
ronscription the ranks of the regular
army are supposed to be filed by the men
pf the levy, who must serve six years with
the regular army ana nrst reserve. They
then pass into the second reserve to be
called out only on emergencies. Here
they remain eight years, subjected to an
nual drill at their homes, then become
members of the third reserve for six
years longer, thus passing twenty years,
either in the army or In one of the re-
serves. This is the system and, in work
ing order, it would furnish the Govern
ment with an army, in time of war, CT
nearly 100000 men. But, like every
thing else in Turkey, theory is one thing
matter of fact, there are very few districts
where the system has been put in run
ming order, and none where the conscripts
of the year do not buy exemption from
service whenever they are able to do so.
in one case in a military district near
Smyrna, the population made n contract
with the enrolling officers that, in con-
sidcration of lump sum, paid down in
cash. the district should be exempt. The
money was paid, and the conscripting
officers returned fictitious rolls, and went
back, rich and contented, 10 Constanti-
nople. In another, the conscripting off
Ger was prevailed on to enroll the popu-
lation of the prisons; in n third all the
beggars and poverty stricken wretches
to be found in the district were entered
as conscripts, while the able bodied men
escaped.
In reality, the Turkish army is COM
posed of young men. unable, under the
oppressive system of taxation, to make
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-01

movements indicate to us the path
which the moon moves about the earth
and also show us that that body in diff
ferent parts of its orbit is at varying
distances from the earth.
This indicates that the moons path
IS not circle, but an eclipse. having
the earth in one of its foci. The moon
being governed directly and held in
position by the attraction of the earth
holds its primary movements in a path
around our globe, but the attraction
energy of the sun and of the giant plan.
cts, perhaps in Il lesser degree, pro.
duccs motions in the moon which may
he summarized briefly rs a combination
of the six following movements: ~
Its revolution about the earth. C2 its
revolution With the earth about the
sun. ca the vibrating ecCcntricity of its
orbit, a. the slow. direct rotation in the
line of apsidcs,' C5l the retrograde
rotation in the line of nodes and 90
its rotation on its aXis.-St. Louis Re
public
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-01
ARMY OF THE SULTAN
A FACTOR THE POWERS MUST
TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.
A Nation of Soldiers with Brainlesa
Gcnerols-The Turkish IrroguIars-
Bands of Cutthroats Who Are Worth
less Against Civilized Troops
The Turk ns n Fighter,

The interest ut present felt in Turkish
affairs generally is intensified with re-.
gard to the Turkish means of defense
against the aggressions of Europe, for nj
though the existing difficulty may be
smoothed down without an outbreak Of
war, still any mtoward incident when
affairs are in so critical a condition, may
he productive of serious results.
The Turkish empire has long been de-
nominated The sick man of Europe"
but this expression must be understood
to apply only to the political state for
Individually and collectively, the Turks
are about as healthy lot of people as
exist on the globe. The Government Is
weak and inefficient, as despOtisms grown
old are wont to be, but that is no sign
that it is near the end of its days for
these Oriental dcspotsms have n trick
of hanging on to life, sometimes for CEN
turicS after they ought TO die. The
Greek empire at Constantinople lived for
five centuries after its territory had been
reduced 10 the region Immediately sur
rounding that city, and it is not at all
impossible that the Ottoman empire may
not follow its example, and it probably
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-01

army of nearly 100000 men was needed
TO complete the transfer of the territory,
although there was not Turkish regi-
ment in the province The Moslem pop
ulation rose en- masse, the women fought
side by side with their husbands with
guns, pistols, swords hatchets and even
pitchforks. Military operation had to be
carried on against every village, and a
year elapsed ere there was complete sub.
mission and order was restored. In case
partition of Turkey We're attempted,
population uprisings might be expected
in every province from Albania to the
Euphrates. They would all be neffec-
tive, of course, but they would all be
bloody and costly A knowledge of the
facts that Turkey is by no means holm
less, even with a bankrupt treasury a..l
corrupt administration, has probably
something to do with the general willing
ness to give the unspeakable Turk lit
lie more time. Nobody believes he will
reform, but his army is too big and its
iighting reputation is toe well established
for aggressive operations to be thoroughly
undertaken.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-01

How far can the human voice be
heard, asks the Washington Path.
finder? 1t all depends on the condi.
tions. Ii we had pneumatic tube
from here to London, perfectly
smooth inside, it is probable our
"smart set" could acquire the correct
Bow Bells cockney dialect .at first
hands without ever going abroad for
1t. A mans voice calling "Bob" was
recently heard for distance of eight.
cen miles, through the Grand Canyon
OF the Colorado. The walls of the
deep gorge confne the sound waves
like closed tube. Lieutenant Foster
reports that, when in the Arctic re-
gions, he conversed with a man at the
distance OF G696 feet, or about mile
and quarter. 1t is recorded that at
Gibraltar the human voice has been
heard ten miles When there are no
trees, hills or other distractions to
dlhuse the sound, as in the Arctic re.
gions or on the water, the voice, of
course, has a good opportunity to be
transmitted atar. In water it is prob
able sounds might be still farther
heard. Colladon, by experiments in
Lake Geneva, estimated that bell
rung under water at sea could be
heard sixty miles. Every boy knows
that when his head is uuder water, two
stones cracked together by another
boy make sound that is painfully
acute. Franklin found that he could
hear this sound under water for dis,
tance of half mile, whereas in open
air it would have been lost at a dis.
.tance of few rods.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-01

As Thomas P. Wood, resident of
Brooklyn, was crossing Park row, New
York City, on crutches one day in
March, 1894, one of his crutcbes
caught in small hole in one of the
manhole covers used by the Third
Avenue Cable Railroad Company. He
fell and was severely injured. He
sued the company in the Supreme
Court in Brooklyn and recovered a
verdict of $4,000, which the trial Judge
set aside on the ground that the com.
pany Iould not be held liable for such
accidents. The case was appealed.
and the general term reversed the rul
ing and directed the recovery of the
verdict. Justice Pratt, who writes the
decision, holds that the public high.
way is made for people on crutches as
we'll as others, and that if a railroad
company leaves hole in the street
large enough to admit the point of
crutch and thereby injury is occa.
stoned to person on crutches it is Ii.
able for such injuries.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-01
STUDY OF THE MOON.
feculiarities Noted in Its Appearance
at Different Seasons.

10 the casual observer the motions
of the moon appear to be exceedingly
whimsical and irregular. If It's place
in the sky is watched 1t will be found
that 1t is first north and then south
of the suns path and west of that lum-
mary. The last two motions are steady
and regular from east to west, carry
Ing the moon in its endless swing
around the heavens, starting at new
moon near the sun and progressing un-
til at full moon the whole visible por-
tion of the sky separates the two bodies.
After this there are two weeks in which
the moon still appears to move back
ward, approaching the sun from the
other side, then, again apparently all
of a sudden, it passes the sun and we
behold new moon"
The north and south motions of the
moon are entirely different While per-
forming its endless journey from west
TO east there are two special periods in
which it either moves far northW ward
or takes up its position low down in
the south. In spring the first motion is
north, but afterward the general motion
is reversed. In December you will note
that the full moon occurs at the most
northerly point in her course and in
June at the most Southerly. This is
why we have most light from the full
moon of winter and least from that of
summer. Observations on these various
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-01

Mrs. Julia Ward Howe is we'll in.
formed on the subject of the Turkish
massacre of Christians in modern
times, and writes to Boston paper
giving the figures collected by her
husband and herself. During her own
lifetime nearly one hundred thousand
Christians have been murdered blythe
Turks. In 1922 Turkish army killed
$4,000 Greek Christians on the Island
OF Chios and sold into slavery At, 900.
This is the largest single item, but, rs
matter of fact, the slaughter has
been almost continuous.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-01
Methodist ministers in Chicago a,

Methodist ministers in Chicago are
still discussing the case of the young
divine who claims that he "uncon-
sciously assimilated" the sermon of
DR.. Abbott which he preached few
Sundays ago, and which unfeeling
people accused him of stealing. One
of the other ministers declared that
his defense of Unconscious assimila.
lation" might be all right, but that if
he had it that bad he might uncon-
sciously assimilate the clothes off a
clothes lime some dark night.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-01

The Baltimore Manufacturers Rec.
ord says: "Florida furnishes the
country from 5000, 900 to 1000, ,OOO
boxes of oranges year. Georgia
ships over $1,000 carloads of water.
melons every year. In the aggregate,
the shipment of early fruits and vege-
tables North and West probably
amounts to $50, 900, 900 a year. This
business is increasing very rapidly.
Ten years ago it was of triding iul-
portance."