The age-herald., 1900-12-03
SKETCHES FROM
 EVERYDAY LIFE

grammar. I happen to have here several issued by a certain J. P One of them reads as follows-the words correctly spelt are mostly those printed on the warrant: Per sonally appears before me A B., who be- ing duty sworn says that c. D. within twelve months within said county Jefferson profanity did unlawfully with a for thaught use profane language in presents of 1adIe in a publick place against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama There IS old English, bad English and no English in this warrant. Here is another specimen which reads as follows; Personally ap- pears before me A. B. who being duty sworn says that within twelve months etc in said county c. D. did unlawfully and with malice for thought did assault E. F. with abusive language against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama If the language on account of which these two warrants were issued was as bad as that contained in the warrants both de- fendants should be fined Another warrent charges that profane language did un- lawfully with malice fur thought a salt and curse-.'
 ''The law authorizes certain officers, like Juu6CSs NiSIhS, CHdHCelIOTS, nOldrleS pup lic etc, to take affidavits. Sometimes we get an affidavit where the justice, in order not to make a mistake copies the whole form and signs himself as follows: Sworn to before me a judge of the Supreme and Circuit Courts, and their clerks, chancel- lors, registers in chancery. judges of the Courts of Probate, justices of the peace and notaries public'"
 It was cold and rainy night If it had not been a cold and rainy night it would not have happened. One of the messenger boys was making himself promscuous at the telegraph office and to get rid of him he was handed a telegram Here, boy, take that around to the paper" He mount ed his wheel and rode through the rain. Ar irving at the office he handed in tn follow ing:
 Memphis, Tenn. 'To Daily Hurricane, Birmingham, Ala:
 "A terrible cyclone visited this place to- day causing great damage to property and injuring several persons, At midway, a small station in this county, Ben Suttle, a farmer with his three children and an aged dog were picked up bodily and blown through a bale of cotton, , The road was blown through dog and ten days after ward his ear was found in the stomach of an ink bottle. Me Ivera."
 T was passing through the lobby of a hotel the other day." said a First avenue merchant, ''when my attention was att tracted to a man who was exhibiting sil- houettes. There were number of them pasted on a large cardboard, from Jim, the famous Central Park monkey, up to Presi- dents Mckinley, Cleveland, and other dis tnguished men. So far as could see the likenesses were all excellent and I SUD- posed they were done in the old-fashioned way of drawing an outline with pen and ink and then filling 1t in solid. I had seen people make them this way, and also by throwing a shadow on the wall and trac- ing it's outline I believe this was the way the French Minister Silhouette used to amuse himself. These silhouettes, however were the best had ever seen They not only gave the outline but the white collar and shirt and the cravat were all de1ine- ated. While was looking at them someone approached the man who was exhibiting them and asked him how he made them. He said he did it with a pair of scissors and piece of black paper,-all for the moderate sum of fifteen cents. All right said the newcomer, make one of me- In less than a minute the silhouette maker had completed an excellent profile of his customer, which he pasted on a card and handed to him. There are only two men in the United States who can do this be- sides myself he said. T suppose I have made more silhouettes of the monkey Jim than anyone else I had a stand for a long time in the menagerie in Central Park in front of Jim's cage. The demand for his silhouettes was greater than could sup ply and it kept up until his death, a year or two ago. He certainly had wonderful intelligence. He would insist on having his meals served exactly right and made a great fuss if anything went wrong. After meals he would smoke his pipe He took the greatest delight in my silhouettes of him and was my most appreciative ob- server. He understood perfectly well what I was doing and would pose in the most remarkable attitudes. We became great friends, and his death not only deprived me of an amusing companion. but was a loss to me financially"
 
 "The large proportion of cases filed in tho bankrupt court" said the referee, ''are petty cases filed for the purpose of getting rid of some garnishment. The debtor not only gets rid of the garnishment but the debt as well, and the costs under the pres ent act are very small They only amount to about S2S, including the advertising. A remarkable thing about most of the cases is the little interest the creditors take in examining the bankrupt Several cases have come under my notice where addi- tional property has come to light through a thorough examination of the bankrupt. As a rule, however, the debtors are honest at least in so far as they profess to have nothing. It Is possible, however, for man to be dishonest and make $25o9 under tho homestead law of Alabama. Suppose d merchant starts business with $500 In a few years say he has bought himself t,a,,eo ond lot u,orfb SonOn oDd hoS oo,,itoI