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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-12
THE JURY WAS CONVINCED
SANDER Case That Was Easily .
Expedlttously Won By . Re.
sourceful LAWYER.

"Resourcefulness in q lawyer in the
actual trial of case Is as necessary
as the same quality in q general on q
battlefield" said Representative
Champ Clark, according to the Wash
ington Star. II saw my old Law part
ner, ex-Lieut. Gov. David A. Ball, gain
a SANDER case once under difficult cir
cumstances-as it were, snatch victory
from the jaws Of defeat-by a happy
exercise of that wondrous common
sense with which he is SO lavishly en-
dowed, and without which In any man
all other gifts are only vanity and vex-
alton of spirit.
Ball had for client a wizen-faced,
shambling, wild-eyed old tie-chopper
named Sam Barnes, slim as racer,
and short of stature. A fat, stocky,
30O-pounder named Zach Boothe had
accused Barnes of stealing his bacon,
and had forced Barnes in his own
cabin, in the presence Of his wife and
children, to hold out his foot for
measurement to see If itwould fit GER
tain suspicious tracks.
BARNES was poor as Jobs turkey,
but Ball is sort of heaven-appointed
attorney general for the poor. They
are always with him, both In court and
at the polls. Consequently Barnes
went 10 Bali with his bleeding heart
and shattered reputation straight as
a bird could fly. Suit was promptly
instituted against Boothe. The case
came up for trial and poor Barnes be-
gan to bowl up as usual. Ball un-
tremendously jailed him in his back
Office for three days, leading him to
court by the ear as policeman would
a prisoner-but he kept him sober
until victory perched upon their ban
ner.
"On the witness stand Boothe swore
that the reason he knew that Barnes
stole the meat was that the thief en-
tered the smoke-house through a win
dow 10x16 inches, where two 8x10
panes had been broken out, and that
Barnes was the only man in the neigh
borhood small enough to get through
that hole.
"The jury scowled at Barnes and
smiled on Boothe, and Boothe beamed
oleagin ously on everybody. He meta
phorically patted himself on the back
as sure winner. But a change came
over the spirit of his dream very sud-
denly. Ball had heard that he was go
ing to swear that way, was loaded for
him and was laying for him.
"While Boothe was in the midst of his
self-congratulatory grinning Ball
yanked a window sash 10x16 from
under the table, and before Boothe,
the court, or anybody else knew what
he was up to- he had slipped that sash
over Boothe's head, and it dropped
over his broad shoulders and rotund
abdomen with fat capon lined to the
floor.
"Then he asked juryman, who was
six feet four inches high, to stand up,
and he passed him through that sash.
The demonstration was complete, and
his triumph assured. He had furnished
the jury what Othello demanded Of
1ago-'the ocular proof The jury
caught on and transferred their smiles
to Barnes and their scowls to Boothe.
All the sheriffs ever commissioned
couldn't have kept that crowd from
cheering, and Barnes was awarded sub
stantal damages"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-12
Ants Know Colors.

Experiments lately made by Lord
Avebury (Sir John lubbock show
that ants not only distinguish colors,
but show marked preferences. He
placed slips Of red, green, yellow and
violet glass over an ants nest, and
after IL trials found that 800 ants
had collected under the red glass and
only five under the violet, though this
was as dark as the red.--N. Y. Post.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-12

The rulers of India are more jealous
OF precedent than any European SOW
ereign. 1t is interesting to watch two
ra jahs meet. Each keeps his eye on
the hand OF the other, that his own
may not rise hair'sbread 9TH higher in
the salute or & splitsecond in advance,
for fear OF acknowledging lower
rank.-Everybody's Magazine.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-12
FiG Jelly.

Wash . pound of dried figs thor,
oughly In hot water, then stew them
in q pint OF strip which has been
favored with the thinly pared rind of ~
lemon until they are quite soft. Take
them out OF the sirup and pass them
through . sieve the juice of a lem
on to the sirup in which the figs were
cooked and wineglass of sherry.
measure It and reheat it, and dissolve
some French sheet gelatine in it in the
proportion Of half an ounce to three
quarters Of pint Of sirup. then strain
1t on the sieved figs. When the latter
are thoroughly mixed with the sirup,
I'LL . mold with them which has
been rinsed with cold water and leave
the jelly until it is sufficiently firm to
turn out OF the mold; serve It sur
rounded by a thick boiled custard
which has been delicately favored with
vanilla.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-12
His Us ual Preference.

"What kind of meat have you this
morning, Larry?" asked the board of
trade operator.
"Well, SIR" said the butcher, 1--WE
got some fine bear steak, and some
beef that's just bully"
"H'mph! Give me some lamb
Chicago Tribune.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-12
sublectA All HAIRED.

Madge-Was there any gossip at the
sewing circle2
Majorie could there be? Ev-
cry one Of the members was present.
STRAY Stories.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-01

stantial stone houses, but the great majority
of dwellings, were built of wood They were for
the most part tiny structures, with gable ends
of black and yellow Dutch bricks, and in many
instances the date of the houses erection was
shown in iron figures inserted between the
bricks facing the street. The roofs were tiled or
shingled, and the front doors were ornamented
with huge metal knockers of artistic or gro
tesque devices. There stone tavern on
the island at that time and this was remod-
eIled and converted into the Stadthuys, or Clty
Hail. and in this building the first magistrates
of the city held their meetings once every week.
The City Fathers regarded as great dlgni-
taries and when they walked solemnly every
Sunday morning from the City Hall to the
church in the fort, preceded by the city bell
ringer, they were respectfully saluted by the
citizens, whom they served without pay.
There were two burSOmasters at that time
Aren't Van Haitian and Martin Cregier. OF the
former the historian says: He was an intel
ligent Holland speculator, who travelled through
the country and amassed large fortune, but
never married, or had any permanent residence
in New-Amsterdam. He sent as am
bassador to Virginia. Martin Cregier was the
of a small tavern opposite the Bowl
ing Green the site of which he purchased in
1643 He was also the captain of the citizens
military company. The five schepen. or magis-
New-York tribune., 1903-02-01

trates. Paulus Van der Grist, Maximilian
Van Gheel, AIlard Anthony, Peter Van Co-wen-
hoven and William Beekman-
These officials Of two and half centuries
ago as unlike the who now manage
the affairs of the city their dwellings and
places of business were unlike those of the
present day One of the important officials OF
that time, the belIringer, vanished from the
scene long ago. He was one of the notable fig
ures of his time. writer of the time speaks
of the belringer as follows: He was the court
messenger, the gravedigger, the chOrster, the
reader and sometimes the schoolmaster. He
seems also to have been general waiter upon
the city ma gistrates. He kept the great room
in which they assembled in order. placed the
chairs in their proper and precise positions, and
rang the bell at the hour of their coming to-
gether." AS to the City Fathers. they heard and
settled disputes tried cases for the recovery of
debt for defamation of character for breach
of promise of marriage, for theft and assault,
and they summoned parents and guardians into
their presence for Withholding ,heir consent to
the marriage of their children wards without
sufficient cause. The meetings in the City Hall
were looked upon as serious functions and they
were always opened with solemn and impressive
prayer. The form of prayer was entered in the
minutes and has been preserved
The Dutch rule in New-Amsterdam was cut
New-York tribune., 1903-02-01
NEW-YORK 25O YEARS OLD
APP 2OACHING CELEBRATION OF QUAR-
THE MILLENNIAL BIRTHDAY.

Some points to be remembered when the two
hundred and ifteth anniversary of New-4orks 8
municipal birth is celebrated:
Population in 1863. Id20
Population $50 years later QSo0. .-.......-. o 6o0N
Population in 1893.
In 1868 there were paths. trails and few
poor roads on the island now there are 45o
miles Of streets of which 365 miles are paved
The buildings in early Newly ork were low'
small structures; to-day there are on Mammal
tan Island scores OF buildings more than ten
stories high, some more than three hundred
feet high.
In place of the little school near where the
new Custom House will stand there az hun
dreds of educational Institutions and the city
government has voted for public education Tor
the year more than S20,00OO0o
When the first Mayor took office the little col
CIV with few exceptions, poor to-day the
taxable valuation in New-York is S5,33o'of'9'9'
ad the personal estates are Valueu a'
So 400 139. There is also in New-York prop
ertv valued at over $110,OO0O00 which is exen 2t
from taxation.
There were no public conveyances IN the h[st
Mayors day while the net earnings OF the
TRANSFORMATION lines of to-day in the Borough of
Manhattan are about 3O,0OO,0oO year Ihese
lines carried last year 793, 500, ,16S passengers.
The various lines in Brooklyn and Long Island
carried about $50 600 600 passengers.
If the suggestions of r. Fulton cutting are
carried out there will be a celebration in this
city in a short time which will interest all the
population, but especially so the citizens whose
ancestors were among the early settlers of Man
haitian Island. The plan is to mark with ap
propriate ceremony the 250th anniversary of
the municipal government of the city of New
York.
New-York did not really exist under that
name on February 2 1868, when the Amsterdam
Chamber of the West Indies Company decided
that the inhabitants be allowed to select their
own magistrates. The place was at that time
Dutch settlement which had been thus rewarded
for its progress grew the city of New-York, and
the act of February 9 1853 really the first
step in its independent municipal life. The
was read at the Feast of Candemas but there
was no enthusiasm the part of the people
who listened to the reading, and the historian
of the time says that it was looked upon as a
favor "grudgingly granted" Peter Stuyvesant
who was Governor at the time. thought the
measure too liberal, and gave notice that he
would make all municipal appointments and
that he would not allow his authority to be
Iurtaiied
The new city contained number of sub |
New-York tribune., 1903-02-01

Some points to be remembered when the TWO
hundred and ffteth anniversary of NETWORKS
municipal birth is celebrated:
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-15
Sweetness That Never Pals.

During sleepless night the Vezier
Muejjeduddin Kumija dispatched his
slave, Bedruddin Ejas, to bring him
sweets. The slave procured copper
kettle heaped with many kinds OF
fruits and sweets, and Mujjeduddin
Logan to eat.
You relish them, my master?"
asked the slave.
The veZier. shrugged his shoulders.
These fruits ale sweet for the mo-
ment,' he said; but show me a fruit
the sweetness of which will endure
even unto the Judgment Day"
Such fruits there are, my mas.
teri" cried the slave, and FASTENED
toward the Mesched Husa, where he
awoke the starving orphans in the
house of Alvin and led them forth
and into the room OF his master
Overjoyed, the famished children de
voured the fruits.
Look, o, my master" said the
slave. Here you see fruits the sweet
ness OF which endures unto the Judg
ment Day!"-New York Press.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-15
The Trim ParIor Maid.

Lady Aberdeen In a recent lecture
In London on women in Canada told
an anecdote Of her experience there
while Lord Aberdeen was governor
general. He and his wife when they
were making a journey across the
dominion dined one night at a house
remarkable even among Canadian
homes for its charm and beauty. pre-.
sided over by one Of the most at.
tractive mistresses." They were wait.
ed on by SO trim a parlor maid that
Lord Aberdeen felt constrained to
compliment the hostess on the result
of her training. oh" said the lady,
IL am SO glad you think Jane did SO
WE'LL should like you to tell her so
presently" And when that present
ly" came, said Lady AT zen, what
should he discover but "Jar"" arrayed
in evening dress and proving to be
the daughter Of the house, who, in
consequence Of the unexpected de-
parture of the servant, had not only
to wait on the table. brt cook the
meal with the assistance OF her moth.
err.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-15
A Plea sure.

The late Father Booker, an English
man and ardent sympathizer with the
South in the Civil War, Is said to
have been the one man In New Or
leans to get the best of Gen. Butler.
Many good stories are told of
Booker and Butler, of which the fol.
lowing is a specimen:
1t was reported to Gen. Butler that
Father Booker had refused to perform
the burial service over a dead Union
soldier, and In short order the priest
was summoned to the Generals pres
ence.
81 hear" said Butler, that you
have refused to perform the burial
service over q Union soldier. How
is this?"
Looking at the General aghast,
Booker exclaimed:
81 refuse to perform the burial ser
vice over a Federal soldier! Why,
General, 1t would afford me the great.
est satisfaction In life to perform the
service over the whole Union army"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-15
LITTLE SEEDS OF KINDNESS.
How Representative Curtis Came Near
Making an Enemy.

Secretary Wilson is receiving nu-
merous requests from all parts OF the
country for seeds, and is replying to
all of them that congress at this ses.
sion has made no provision for seed
distribution, and there are no seeds
left on hand at the department of as.
riculture. Representative Charles
Curtis OF Kansas, who was one of the
contestants in the recent fight for sen.
atorial honors, told story to-day
about the farmers in connection with
this matter. One Of his newly elect
ed compeers came to him in great In
dignation. The compeer was rapidly
reaching the conclusion that career
In congress was humiliatirg sort Of
business. With few words more
forcible than elegant, he showed Cur
tbs postal card he had Just received.
Its back merely bore this inscription:
H. ID. Jones, Ownena, Kansas" Moth
ing more. nothing less. There was no
key to the possible code; no accom-.
panying diagram to explain the brief
but apparently inexplicable puzzle.
What are you going to dc about
it?' asked Curtis, smilingly.
DO about It? Fold up the postal
very carefully and throw 1t In the
| waste basket, of course"
Then you can count on losing q
few votes next campaign"
Why" asked the surprised new
| statesman.
simply" replied Curtis, that that
| is an established way for asking for
| government seeds. You'll get a great
many of them before the time comes
for the annual seeds distribution to
| begin, and what such postals mean is
to put the name forwarded on your
list OF those to whom you will have
the seeds sent this year out Of your
allotment from the agricultural de
partment." 1t was a surprise to the
new member, and he went away nut
tering at the divers duties of congress
men, but, nevertheless, his constitu
ent, Jones, was one of the first to ge
the seeds in the ensuing distribution
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-15
A Beneficent Request.

An unknown Englishwoman left by
will recently "a curious fund" for the
benefit of women who have seen bet
ter days. The testatrix, who desired
that her name and the names of the
annuitants under her will should not
be published, left $4,000 and her resi-.
duary estate, which will probably
make up the total to nearly SITE, 900,
in trust to apply the income in pay.
ment Of annuities of $500 each to un.
married women who must be ladies' by
birth and have fallen from afiuence
or from comfortable circumstances
and have no present assured income
Of more than $50 year each. There
is no restriction as to religious belief,
the annuitants are to be women nomi.
mated by her during her life or chosen
by majority Of the trustees.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-15
Victims Of Too Much Sympathy.

The Rev. DR.. Lorimer. the minister
at the Madison Avenue Baptist church,
is responsible for this story, though
ne does not vouch for the truth of
1t, useful as 1t may be to point a
moral:
"A nestful of young linnets were in
the corner of field in India. Having
lost their mother. they were cold and
hungry. They tapped their little
featherless wings, thereby attracting
the attention of huge elephant which
stood near by.
"'Ah. said the elephant, you poor
little things. You have lost your moth,
err, and have nobody to nestle you. |
am a mother, and have a mother
heart. l will nestle you and keep you
warm!' And thereupon the elephant
sat upon the nest containing the poor
little linnets."-New York Times.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-15
MENTAL AND PHYSICAL LABOR.
Why Workman Thought Bishop Had
Soft Snap

That recent utterance of President
Charles Norton Eliot of Harvard, to
the effect that man with his health
and a congenial occupation could not
work too many hours a day inspired
j. II. Maddy, press agent of the
B. and o. road, to tell the following:
1.-TWO street PAYERS were wor' ing
In the hot sun one afternoon when
one of them looked up and sai6:
Me backs almost bruk. It's
hard wurruck and long hours. Ord
loike to be afther havin' thot mons
Job. now indicating 2 rot'md bishop
who was passing. Sure, he has
things easy, Cill go bail!
Whist, ye growler! exclaimed his
companion, dotiing his hat as he saw
the chCrchman. His reverence .wur-
rucks all the tonne, day and noight.
"'Arrah, that may be!' was the
quick response; but the lucky divil
don't know it. New York Times.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-15
A liNinn lssue With Her.

The small, poorly fed boarding
house family was gathered about the
boarding house dining table to fight
over the frugal dinner. There was
one vacant chair that was usually &C.
cupied by struggling young author.
His absence suggested to the other
boarders a theme for discussion. They
talked Of his personal appearance. of
his manners, and finally Of his writ.
ings.
do you think he has written any.
thing that will live?" was the conun.
drum offered by one of the boarders
a clerk in dry goods store, who
posed as literary critic.
81 hope So" heplied the lady of
the house, the gentleman in ques.
ton owes me large board bill, and
gave me something on account this
morning. l want the check he wrote
to live until it is cashed.'
And then silence fell upon the
group, broken only by the clatter OF
the bargain counter knives and forks.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-15
Rested on the Suns Day.

In A. ID. 313 the Emperor Constan-
tine Of Rome granted federation to
the Christians and in 321 he gave i'm
perial sanction to the obsc"ya of
the frst day of the week. 'ict
which introduced q new era Nv gun.
day observance runs: "On the vener-
able day Of the sun let the magistrate
and people residing In cities rect and
let all workshops be closed. In the
country, however, persons engaged in
the work Of cultivation may freely
and lawfully continue their PURSUITS,
because 1t often happens that another
day is not SO suitable for grain SOW
ing or for vine planting, lest by neg.
lecting the proper moment for such
operations the bounty Of heaven
should be lost"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-15

Consul George Sawter went to
Guayaquil, Ecuador, to take the post
left vacant by the death of Thomas
Mast. Arriving there he discovered
that yellow fever was raging and i'm.
mediately took passage back to the
United States, On landing in New
York he found that another office had
been seeking him in his absence
While still at sea he had been nomi
mated by President Roosevelt as ar
assistant appraiser OF merchandise
az the port of New York.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-15
A Natural Sllp.

Prof. Knight OF st. Andrews uni.
versity, In volume of personal recol-
lections, tells story concerning Prof.
Henderson, who filled the chair of
Pathology in Edinburgh university for
twenty-seven years.
when his colleague, Prof. Trail,
the Encyclopedia Britannica editor.
one day objected to a candidate for
graduation (who was a native Of Cey-
lon) on the ground of fal spelling,
Trail said: why no actually spelt
exceed with one "e."' Oh replied
Henderson, in a moment, you should
remember that he came from the land
OF the Singalese!
The joke, we are told, saved the
candidate.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-15
His View Of II.

81 have come, sir" said the debt.
ridden nobleman. ito ask for the
hand of your daughter"
well, now, say" returned the
hard-headed American millionaire,
don't you suppose we can compro.
mise this thing? II pay your debts,
will you get out and not bother us
any more?"
But. my dear ST."
"Oh, that's all right My daughters
future happiness is worth a good deal
to me-"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-15
SNUFF TAKING AND TEMPER
Those Who Use the Stuff are Gene:
ally Ready for a Quarrel.

any READY TOR Quarrel.
Unless boys want to make them
selves disagreeable they should avoid
snuff, for observers declare it's use
makes people ill-tempered. Interest
ing notes on the habit are furnished
by the German authorities of the
district known as the Bavarian for
est The men there consume on an
average half a pound of snuff per day,
the tobacco being mixed with ground
glass ito sting better" The people in
this district are much given to VIC
lence and attacks with the knife are of
daily occurrence. For years the pris-
on authorities experienced great diff
flculties with their charges on ac-
count of their uniform obstinacy, and
finally hit upon the plan of depriving
them of snuff. They say that after
while great change for the better
was noticeable. the men becoming
tractable and sensible of their degrad.
ing inhumanity.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-15
Go Ahead-Enjoy Lie.

Take out an insurance policy
against death or expense from appen.
dicitis, you who are nervously In
dread OF it, and then go ahead ard
eat grapes and all the other things
you deny yourselves now because Of
fear that they may bring on the nal.
ady. 1t is the very latest wrinkle In
the insurance line, and yon may as
well be among the first to get into
a position to receive benefits from its
establishment If benefits there can
be.-Boston Transcript.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-15

A traveller has made the observation
that coffee-drinking people are very
seldom given to drunkenness. In
Brazil, for instance, where coffee is
grown extensively and all the inhabi
tants drink It many times a day. In.
toxication Is rarely seen. The effect
ia not only noticeable among the ma
tives. but the foreigner who settles
there. though possessed of ever such q
passion for strong drink. gradually
loses his liking for alcohol as he &C
quires the coffee-drinking habit Of the
Brazilian.