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Curbstone Lawyers.

Among the lawyers of Chicago there are great many attorneys who have offices and yet never do much in the way of practicing their profession. There are others who apparently have con siderable business who have never been known to have an office. Some of these curbstone lawyers have been doing business in Chicago for years, carrying their library and office" files in their well-worn high hats. Almost every day one of these accommodating legal gen tIemen may be seen sitting on a stool in the office of one of the court clerks explaining what are presumably law points to client. When the canvass is made for the legal directory the curb stone lawyer will usually ghbly locate himself in one of the well-known down town office buildings, The canvasser, however, is generally acquainted with the man, who has simply Chicago for his professional address and the at torneys' directory seldom sets him down as the occupant of a building with an elevator service.-Chicago News.
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some think it just possible there may be a plot to break up the fight if he is getting the best of it. It would cer= tainly be easier to do this in Nevada than in New York state.
 Again, Fitzsimmons is now complain ing of "brolzen" hand, the injury be- ing said to date from his fight with Tom Sharkey, the ex-sailor, few months ago, but skeptical persons af- firm that the broken hand is merely an excuse concoeted for some ulterior pur- pose, and that his hands were unin- iured when he left the ringside in San Francisco. Such suspicious keep many men from betting. But, of coursse, some bets have been made, and so far Cor bett has been a hot favorite at odds of ten to seven, with few takers. Two to enc is demanded against Fitzsimmons, and even at that price there would not be any very heavy wagering just yet. Fred Taral, the jockey, has the biggest roll that has reached the surface so far. He will invest 5000 on Fitz, but asks two to one or better. Other metropoli- tan plungers that are said to have money with which to back their fancy are Billy Edwards, Jake Wunderlieh, Buck Wenrick, Barrey Aaron and John ny Manning. Each and every one is going to support Corbett. Ifmuch Fitz- simmons money is to be forthcoming it will come from the west or the Pd- cific slope, though since the Sharkey fight Californians are chary of betting good money on boxers.
 There is vast physical discrepancy between the men. Corbett is 31 years old, stands six feet one inch in his stock ings and will fight at about 1855 pounds. Fitzsimmons is an inch and a quarter shorter four years the elder and has to give away fully 15 pounds weight. He is handicapped all around, though he is clever, quick and hard hitter. With one terrible upper-cut he killed Con Riordan, his sparring partner, and poor Jack Dempsey. the nonpareil, would not be under the sod in all prob ability had he not faced Fitzsimmons in the ring. the pounding he received in 1891 from the Cornishman eventually resulting in his death. He was never the same man after those fatal 13 tounds.
 Yet these victories, so men whose lives have been spent at the ringside say, give no true line on what will happen on March IT should the men enter the ring fit and we'll, and there he TO police interference Chick as Fitz is, Corbett is thought to be quicker. Re iS more scientific than the for
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 RETIRING CONG RESSMEN.
The Callings They Will Follow in
 Private Life.
If They Had Paraded in Squads They Would Have Presented a Most GoodIy Sfght-FaresveIIs
 to Washington.
Copyright, 1s97.1

Washington is only beginning to re- cover from the effects of a new presi- dents inauguration. The shouts of the yictors still finger in the air, and the capital city is busily preparing to wei come the new congress, soon to assem- ble at the call for a special session. Naturally, little thought is given at such time to retiring congressman.
 And yet if the senators and repre- sentatives who have but just said good byit may be for years and it may be forepeT-to the halls of national legis- iation had taken their leave in a formal parade, the sight would have been d goodly one to see.
 Naturally in such a parade, men of the same occupation in life would like ly group themselves together, and, as might be expected in any considerable number of retiring legislators, the law yers would be most numerous. Indeed they would number more than all the other squads, since nearly four score of the retiring congressman are of the legal profession. Both by reason of their numbers and the fact that accord ing to general precedent the lawyers in congress are better known than their fellows, this squad would lead the imag- mary parade. It would be quite nat
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ural for Hon. David B. Hill to be in the front rank, along with Ben Fair child, of New York, and Calvin s. Brice, of Ohio and New York, while they would be closely followed by John K Cowan, of Baltimore, Wilkinson Call, of Florida, James l.. Pugh, of Alabama, and ex-Judge Daniels, of Buffalo, who began life as a shoemaker's apprentice, and these by more than three score lesser lights.
 The next largest squad in this par rade which was not held would have been made up of farmers. of whom there would have been 13, though it is possible that to break the influence of this unluclzy number the agricul- turists would have allowed the one fruit grower of the lot, Jonathan S. Willis, of Delaware, 10 join them. Some of these farmers are men worth know ing, like ex-Representative Clark, of Hannibal, Mo, for instance, who in his day has reclaimed 100000 acres of till able land from river overflow; and sev- cral of them, curiously enough, have been lawyers in their time, though now bucolic in their home occupations.
 fine next squad, q half score strong, would be made up of manufacturers, and the next, of equal size, of mer- chants and business men. Oil dealers and insurance agents, general mer- chants and city groeers, grain brokers and cotton and wool dealers, iron men and lumber dealers would march in these two squads.
 Next after them the journalists would pass along; not mighty in num- bers for they are only eight, but bet ter known perhaps. This is true of one at least, for ex-Senator Peffer would be in this group. His fellow paraders wouM be Joseph A. Scranton, of the Scranton, Pa, Republican, Henry Gib- son, of Knoxville, Tenn, George Crow ther, an old-time knight of the stick from St. Joseph, Mo, John Tracy, also of Missouri, Charles Taft, of Cincinnati, Benjamin Russell, of Georgia, and John Robinson, of Media, Pa.
 Of local politicians who were most of them city officials before going to Washington to help make the nations laws there would have been squad of six and of medical doctors five. After the men Of pills and plasters four bankers would come next, though one of them is only cashier and another conducts creamery as well as bank when at home.
 Two school principals Andrews, of Hastings, Neb., and Treloar, of Mex leo, Mo.--wouid waiiis 1ie.S t, siosIbt arm in arm, and then three men who
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eigner; possibly of higher courage. That he is powerful hitter his fight with Charlie Mitchell testified. There will be little "cleyer" money bet on the Cornishman.
 If ever man impressed his inter- viewers with his readiness to fight in any place and at any time, that man is James J. Corbett in these latter days. In 1895 he made a fruitless journey to Texas to meet Fitzsimmons, and it is no secret that the fight could have been brought off near Hot Springs, Ark, had not the lanky foreigner insisted on being arrested. Ever since that Cor bett has dreamed of revenge. Judged by their ring records, Corbett would seem the better man. He has met and defeated, amongst others, Joe Choyn- ski, Jake Kilrain, John L. Sullivan and Charlie Mitchell and foughta draw with Peter Jackson. Fitzsimmons, outside of lot of third and fourth-class fight CTS, has only defeated Jack Dempsey, Peter Maher and Jim Hall.
 Joe Choynsld, who has fought both the former must win. His experience tells him that Corbett hits as hard as Fitz. and is much more difficult to land upon. So lightly does he esteem the Cornish mans chances that he cannot under stand why the latter signed the articles.
 Tom O'Rourke knows each of the men intimately, and his opinion is worth considering; moreover, he is one of the few who have no objection to being qaoted-who mean what they say and say what they mean. This is his utteranee, deliberately weighed, the result of conviction:
 ''Corbett should be an easy winner I don't think Fitzsimmons will be able to land on him or keep him off. The Cornishman has no chance to win" When the feast of the blessed St. Patrick shall have been crossed off this years calendar the world will know whether O'Rourke is good prophet-that is, if there De no inter- ference.
 To be brutally plain: There is not one
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Gettine Seaf.

He was walking up and down the platform vainly endeavoring to find 8 vacant seat in the train. Failing in his search, a bright idea seized him. He put his head in the window of one of the carriages, and very politely saids ''Excuse me, but this train is not go- ing" A general rush ensued, and the young man stepped into the deserted compartment and took possession of the coveted seat in the corner just as the train began to move off Frantic screams arose from the enraged pas- sengers, whoangrily demanded: ''Why on earth did you say the train was not going?" We'll, it wasn't then, was it?''-Tit- Bits.
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Indian Rnin Mnkern.

All the Indian tribes had rain-mak- CTS, and some are yet left. This is one of their methods of operation. \ large body of Creek Indians had gathered, all decked out in their best finery. Two elderly men retired short distance and seemed to be mumbling to each other something like prayers or invo- cations; after some time a fire was made on the bank of the stream, when the two rain makers gave an order, and a young man plunged into the river, which was there very deep. When he came up he had a blue catfish in his hand, which one of the old men took and threw into the fire, the tribe look ing on in perfect silence Then there was more mumbling, accompanied by various contortons and gesticulations, when the gathering dispersed. It rained that night. Perhaps, on the whole, the Indian rain maker is more Pealrally successful than the civilized one occasionally appearing on the from tier in times of drought, the former having shrewder and more expert enced forecast of weather probabili- ties and putting in his incantations at the right time.-N. Y. Tribune.
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had no comrades as to private occupa- tion-Henry Clay Miner, theatrical manager of New York; Harrison Att wood, architect, of Boston, and William Franklin Drapper, inventor, of Hope dale, Mass.
 Concerning every one of these retir- ing congressman, no doubt many a good story might be told, but here is not the place to tell them. It may not be amiss, however, to recall the fact that it was Mir. Miner who once added to his name on hotel register the words "and valet" whereat a wag promptly registered his own name un- derneath, and added thereto land va- liSe o
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A SEA ABOVE THE CLOUDS.
Extraordinary Superstition Once Prevalent in England.
 TCopyrlcht 1g971

The curious superstition that there is an ocean above the clouds is illustrated by the following strange story, by an old English writer: "One Sunday the people of q certain village were coming out of church on thick, cloudy day,
 when they saw the anchor of ship hooked to one of the tombstones-the cable, which was tightly stretched, hanging down from the air. The peo- pie were astonished; and while they were consulting about it, suddenly they saw the rope move as though some one labored to pull up the anchor. The an- ehor, however, still held fast by the stone, and a great noise was heard in the air, like the shouting of sailors. Presently sailor was seen sliding down the cable for the purpose of unfxing the anchor. When he had just unloos- ened it,the villagers seized hold of him,
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and while in their hands he ouiclllv died

and dwhile in their hands he quickly died just as though he had been drowned About an hour after the sailors above. hearing no more of their comrade, cut the cable and sailed away. In memory of this extraordinary event the people of the village made the hinges of the church doors out of the iron of the an- chor." It is further stated that these hinges "are still to be seen there;" a bit of evidence much like Munchau- sens rope wherewith he once climbed to the moon. If you doubted the story, you were confronted with the rope.
 There is another queer tale about this aerial ocean. "A merchant of Bristol, ; it is said, "set sail with his cargo for Ireland. Some time after, while his family were at supper, knife sudden ly fell in, through a window, on the ta- ble. When the merchant returned and saw the knife, he declared it to be his own, and said that on such a day, at such an hour, while sailing in an un- known part of the sea, he dropped the knife oyerboard; and the day and the hour were found to be exactly the time when it fell through the window All of which was once implicitly believed by many, and regarded as incontro- vertible proof of the existence of a sea above the sky. One is at loss to con lecture how that unknown part of the sea- connected with the rest of 1t. A physical geography showing this would be no small curiosity.
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Good-sized Oyster Shell.

A gigantic oyster shell is on exhibi- tion at Portland (Me.) fish market. The shell weighs 153 pounds and is called by seafaring men blue point. It was caught by Capt. Griffcn, of the ship Neyersinl, directly from the China sea- Capt. Griffen says that although the oysters in the China sea are much larger than those in this part of the world, this is rather monster.
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Many Honork.

Might I ask" said the lady from South America, why that plain person at the far side of the room arrogates unto herself so many airs?"
 "She is Daughter of the Revolu- tion," said one of the interrogated, in awed tones. Her ancestors fought in the revolution.'
 "Oh," said the lady from South Amer ica, "I myself am a daughter of IT of them. "-Indianapolis Journal.
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Duty.

We cannot tell how in this world of sin
 A deed of love May change life and cause to enter in
 A soul above. Some day an erring hand in ours we take.
 A word well said May in the souls deep recesses awake
 4 conscience dead. Each has duty toward his fellow men,
 hand to give To lead some wandering life from sins dark glen
 For that we live -J. Howard Morris, in N. Y. Observer.
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The Art of Milking.

Suburban Resident-Yes, 1 want a useful man about my country place. Can you milk?
 Applicant-Yis, sor.
 (Which side of cow do you sit on when millSing?"
 'Wull, sor, oi niver mill1ed but wan COW, an she waz kicker, sor; an, bedad, a good daie ay the tonne Oi was on both soides av her, sor."-N. Y. Weekly.
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He Had Her.

Mrs. Newwife-You promised that when we were married you would grant my slightest wish, and now you refuse me a $50 Easter bonnet
 ,Mr. Newwife-R Remember, my dear, I said ightest.-Detroit Free Press.
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Another Method,

Don't you have hard time keeping Middleton up to engagements?"
 No; understand him-he is always pun pune unity an hoer behind time. De troit Free Press.
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Coiors of Iron.

Iron is the only metal which appears in more than one color. It is found of every shade. from almost as white as silver to as black as charcoal-Chi- cago Inter Ocean.
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firstrrate judge of pugilism in the land that would care to stand in Fitzsim- mons shoes to-day, or who thinks that bar accidents, Corbett will not be re- turned a winner on the night of March IT. SQUARED CTRcTE
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The man who is envious of evil-doers will soon be an evil-doer himself.--Ram's Horn.
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Cold stiffens sprained muscle. St. Ja- cobs Oil warns, softens and cures it.
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l Just try 10e box of Cascarets candy ca.
 thartic, finest hyerand dbowelregulatorm made.
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Prostitutes are like burns and scalds. All are cured by St. Jacobs Oil.
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Easy to have rheumatism. Just as easy to get rid of 1t with St. Jacobs Oil
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The men who work are not usually the dead beats.-Atehison Globe.
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Scored.

Miss Antique-Don't you think my portrait is goodo
 Miss caustic-Too good to be true IN. Y. Truth.
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He most lives who lives most for others. Rams Horn.
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What men call failure may often be what angels call success.-Ram's Horn.
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To be brutally plain: There is not one
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-05
ments merely TO- the sake Of talk so rar as 'ne
rules Of that body make 1t possible
LEGISLATURE AND COMMISSION.

There has seldom been a more lan'asuc IN
hibltion Of inconsistency than the present Legs
lature has made in it's treatment or TINS CITY
Having hastily passed the charter without read
ING r. under the plea that x was probably 100
GOOD to be changed In any important particular
and that in any case to attempt to revise IL would
he Insulting TO the Commission which drafted
Il and productive of many worse evils than the
few which might be cured. the Republican ma
jorlty has calmly proceeded TO the enactment or
numerous measures which completely reverse
the operation of the charter and fatty contra
dict tho main arguments advanced in its sup
port.
Here are some OF the claims when were
solemnly made by the Charter Commission in
commencing their work to the Legislature and
the people
The charter has been constructed upon the
principle that II is expedent to give 10 the city
all the powers necessary to conduct its own af-
fairs. . . The city. the Commission mas
constituted IT, has within itself all the e,e-
ments and powers Of normal growth ana ne
velopment. making IT unnecessary to nave ma
bitual recourse, as hitherto, to the Legislature
Of the State for additional powers-a serious
evil and in the past the source OF much apuse'
The city is believed TO be equipped with
power to decide for itself what It Will do with
in the well-recogniZed range or ordinary iiu-
nicipal activity.
To these judicial utterances. delivered with
n fine air Of wisdom and conviction, the Legs
lature responds by rushing the charter through
and then resumes with cheerful alacrity the oc-
cupation Of making them ridiculous by promot-
ing lust such impudent and outrageous jobs as
the charter Is officially pledged to prevent LOOK
nj the Concourse and Boulevard monstrosity, AT
the stenchful Bronx Sewer Scheme and at all
the other devices for getting private fingers INTO
the public treasury before the bolts which are
complacently guaranteed to keep plunderers OUT
can be drawn Was an official body largely
consisting of excellent members ever worked so
hard and treated so ANONYMOUSLY before? We
doubt it. If the product of their difhcult ana
exhausting labors had been rejected with rldi-
Guile and contempt, the Commissioners would
have had reason TO complain, but not half so
much reason as they now have. when they see
the Legislature busily undoing the work or
which il has Just expressed its sham approval
The strangest thing in this whole business
IS that not single member OF the Commission
has protested against the affronts thus put upon
himself and his colleagues Not one or them
appears to have the least objection TO being In
shifted and made fool Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-05
HOW THE CITY rs WRONGED.

At least one clause in the Greater New York
charter deserves hearty commendation even i
the document contains a great many things
which do not merit praise. That clause forbids
thc granting Of municipal franchises and priv
jleges in perpetuity. If all the street railways,
the elevated roads the gas companies. the ferry
companies and other corporations had been COM
Delled from the time of their origin to pay 10
the public treasury equitable and adequate COM
nensation for the privileges which they have
obtained. the municipality would be getting pay
ments from these companies running far up into
the millions every year the municipal debt
would be only a quarter Of its present proper
tions and the burden of taxation would be far
lighter than it IS No franchise and no priv
iege ought ever to have been granted by the
municipal authorities or by the Legislature with
out such conditions that the city should receive
ample compensation for the grants made But
by the employment of every sort OF improper
means dozens, scores, even hundreds, Of cor
poratlons have been plundering this community
for long series of years by using the public
streets or other public property of one kind and
another without paying to the treasury the sums
TO which the city is justly entitled.
1t would have been only fair and just if the
gas companies ana olectrlc-llgnt companies Hdu
been required TO furnish all the lights needed
for public purposes without charge, and also TO
pay into the city treasury a percentage OF their
gross earnings. These companies are allowed
to tear up the streets and avenues and to lay
their pipes in our thoroughfares. What return
do they make to the community for the advan-
tages which they possess? Every one of them
exacts from the city unreasonable prices for
gas and electric lighting when it gets an oppor-
tunity TO do ii. The profits on the capital hon
estly invested in the gas companies, IN the
street car lines and the elevated roads have been
prodigious The city ought TO have its fair
share Of these profits 1t has been cheated out
Of almost all that should have come TO 1t for
the use of the streets and avenues by these cor
poratiOns And now some of the corporations
which have been steadily deprvng the city OF
its just dues for many years are impudent
enough to be asking for extensions of vast i'm
portance and value without any purpose of pay
ing the city satisfactory Price for these ex-
tensions. Could assurance and audacity go
further? How much more Of WRONG from these
corporations will the citizens endure?