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St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
JUSTICE FOR POOR
sPLENDIc pEED TO CREDIT oH
NEW YORK LAWYER.
Man Of EmInenes at the Bar Devoted
His Time and Money to Defense
OF Unfortunate, Friend
less Woman.

A shrinking woman in the shadow
OF the electric chair, or certainly of a
prison cell, with little girl clinging
to her. was a spectacle in the New
York criminal court that fixed the at
tentlon of the city and, In a way, OF
the nation. II was a character In the
old story of husbands infamy and a
wifes sorrow, OF tragedy in which
the woman was strengthened by des.
psratlon and sent to his death the
brute who assailed her and stood
forth with blood upon her hands. al
though not In any real sense a mur
derer.
Here was one of the cases that
often are railroaded through the
courts. only woman OF lowly sta
ton. without a string Of friends or In
fuence, without gilt-edged or. indeed
any other kind Of counsel. she seemed
fated to go TO death. or at any rate
TO immurement in cell and her child
60 be left to the buffeting OF hard for
tune. But in New York, so careless
Of the individual In its competition for
life and position; in New York, where
poverty abounds and suffering is reck
oned In grand totals; in the great
American metropolis was set the er
ample OF giving the fullest justice to
the poor. Instead OF the court assign
ing for the woman'a defense some fail.
ure or legal incompetent. with n pit
tance OF n fee, to do the perfunctory
work OF making n defense. one OF the
leading lawyers OF the city was given
the case. with fee OF $500. With as
much ability as he would have dis.
played In the defense OF a million.
dollar client-perhaps with even more
heart-he built up the woman's plea
until Il was made bulwark OF secur.
ity about the frail life.
Then the Jury was given the case
For ten minutes II remained out. To
deliberate upon her guilt or limo
conco7 by no means. but 20 raise n
purse OF $500 with which to send her
out from the hall OF stern determine.
tons into the sunshine and solaee tina,
$500 would bring woman seeking 10
take up again the thread OF broken
life and make that life count for the
good OF her child. The big lawyer. for
whom Il meant personal cost OF
$1,000 TO prepare the case. has the
use Of HIS fee already planned. lie
will give Il TO the woman who IL debt.
tor TO him for her liberty. We'll Nigh,
the foreman OF the jury thank him In
behalf OF the client for his tino splri,
and remark that n there we're more
lawyers OF his sanding TO take n sim
liar courno there would be fewer In
nooont persons In prison. This In
stance should be an incentive 10 other
courts and lawyers. The adequate do
fonse OF the unprotected IL the mobiles,
service the courts or the lawyers can
render.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
DEBTOR EVER IN SHACKLEs
Good Rule Is to Pay Cash, Keep the
Interest, and Debts Cannot Then
Accumulate.
He who Is in debt seldom smiles.

He who is in debt seldom smiles.
There are debtors who are certain
OF their debts and never lose sleep
but there are debtors by the Thousands
who are forced into the money marts
and who emerge with momentary re
lief and a burden of interest on the
heart as well as on the money.
Debt makes many n line across the
face and brings age TO a hurried au
tumn.
The man who makes a debt should
be sure he can smile after II il made
When the day OF maturity begins
to round the home stretch and makes
It's rapid strides to the line Of ma
turity--when the debtor counts his
dollars that he thought would be on
hand for his payments and finds that
they did not roll in as he expected
when the day OF debt payment passes
under the wire and the man goes out
to pay for the race he seldom goes
like the man who has n handbook In
his hand for any emergencies.
Debt hovers over home as a pend
ing danger. Forgetfulness and worry
take the place of bright spirits. Sleep
fits around and will not settle 10 re-
pose on the slumberer.
Like death, the merchant and the
farmer who enter the list OF debts
face the same penalties.
The well.fed man begins 10 lose his
buoyances. His eye is not full OF met
tie and fire Of former days.
The debtor feels guilty. Guilt will
not permit n clear countenance. II
carries a shadow, however faint.
The man who buys on credit Ia a
debtor.
He ia asking the dealer TO lend him
the money and he pays the interest
The dealer Ia not in business for his
health any more than the real money
lender. His interest IL frequently
larger.
There is a rule that men have found
for keeping n strong eye and a clear
conscience; Pay cash. keep the inter
est; debts will then not accumulate
It's an easy rule to give. but. oh. &c
hard 10 follow.-Memphis News.sciml
tar.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
The AmerIean oIrI.

Many others besides Mr.. Hen,
James have remarked upon the Ab,
surd position held In American society
by young women. The ruinous indul.
gence OF children ought at least 10 be
confined 20 the home circle and not be
carried into a world where age. intelll.
gence and experience should have
precedence and should form the stand.
ards. The reversal OF values. 80 as 10
make the debutante the point OF inter.
est IN a social season instead Of the
accomplished matron, Is as though so
eiety should have foresworn its fune-
tions. This would be true even were
the manners OF the dsbutante all that
they should be In Difference. suayity
and tact. The experience OF Washing
ton. where society is fairly representa-.
tive, goes 10 show that much IL still
20 be desired In these respects in the
general education OF American girls
editorial In Century Magazine.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
Not Falr Game.

The citizens OF Caribou are enrAged
over the actions OF a hunter who re-
Gently shot pet deer OF the neigh
borhood. During the forest fres last
summer an employe OF the Portage
nil company captured a fawn. which
he brought 10 his home and had cared
for since. The faHn grew up around
the dooryard and became thoroughly
tame. IL would travel about the town,
calling on the neighbors. always re-
turning 10 It's home for the night II
was the pet OF the community. One
day hunter driving through tho
town saw the deor In the street and
shot H. The indignation OF the eiti.
ems was something fierce. and Il was
only through the counsel OF the wiser
ones that tho slayer escaped bodily
haTm.-Houlton Pioneer,
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15

Charles Mason, a Yakima Indian
worth approximately 100000. died re-
Gently at his ranch in Nahum Canyon,
Wash. He was the wealthlest Indian
In the northwest and made his money
buying and selling land In the early
days. He had been for ten years
farming In the rich valley where he
owned 1000 acres. and by intelligent
methods had made big success grow
ing grain and fattening cattle. Ma.
sons cattle when shipped 10 coast cit
les always brought the highest price.
Mason educated his two children In
the public schools OF Yakima County.
and they are exceedingly bright com
pared with the average Yakima In
dian. Nasons widow has assumed the
ways OF her white sisters, though she
never attended school. The big estate
together with a fine herd OF thorough.
bred cattle will be managed by a son
who has Just reached his majority.
The other child. a daughter. is prepar-
ing to enter Carlisle University for a
course In the higher branches OF
learning.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15

Bottomless lakes are a tradition. as
the greatest depths OF water, salt or
fresh. have some kind OF a ground for
nation under them. Roswell lake. In
New Mexico. is so small that stone
can easily be hurled over II. yet II has
depth OF over 500 feet. The water
looks a deep green. but IL is so clear
that objects dropped into It can be
seen for yards and yards as they go
deeper into the water, II is supposed
that this lake and others In the same
chain tap the subterranean waters Of
the Pecos valley. the plains waters
having in the course OF time dissolved
the gypsum until the deepest bed
-ock has been reached.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15

Beethoven had troubles besides the
scourge OF deafness. Throughout his
life the conduct OF his brothers irked
and grieved him, and when. on the
death OF ono Of them. he adopted his
orphaned son. that nephew's outrag-
eous conduct broke his heart. Then
he felt the sting Of poverty. Dying
ne would have lacked the very neces-
sariss OF waning life had II not been
Cor the Philharmonic society OF Eng
land. The society has never boastsd
OF the fact. but a fact IL Is. that a
doucsur OF one hundred pounds sent
by them 70 Beethoven. at his last
gasp, made death less a martyrdom TO
the famous musician.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
Old Enouah 20 Have sense.

That a man is never too old 10 get
into trouble was illustrated the other
day In the Columbia county court.
Pennsylvania. when William Moser.
aged % years and looking every day
OF his age. a veteran OF both the Mexi.
can and civil wars. was tried before
Judge Evans on a surety OF peace
charge. Mrs. Clara Ball. an elderly
lady. and a neighbor. accused him OF
threatening TO burn her house. and
with throwing stones at her, The vet
eran had Mrs. Ball arrested on tho
charge OF threatening 10 kill him.
Their homes were but six feet apart.
and Moser was a tenant OF Mrs. Ball.
Judge Evans told the litigants that
they were both too old to get mixed
up In court and directed them to 90
back home and live peaceably.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
DEDICATED TO SUN
{ BEAUTIFUL CHRISTENING cERE.
MoNY OF THE HoPl.
Mother and Female Relatives, with
the High Priest Of the Clan, Alone
Participate In the FormaIltles
Observed,

The christening Of child Is one OF
the most beautiful and impressive OF
the many religious ceremonlals OF the
Hopi, an Indian tribe who still survive
In the great desert Of Arizona. For
10 days after the birth, the mother
and child are kept indoors, and not a
ray Of sunlight is permitted to enter
their room. At dawn of the twentieth
day. the mother. arrayed in her bridal
robes and accompanied by all her fe-
male relatives, walks to the very edge
OF the cliff. the desert lying hundreds
OF feet below The grandmother car
ries the child and holds II until the
time Of the christening ceremony,
while the mother and the other WON.
EN- form half circle round her. all
facing the east.
Just before the sun appears, a high
priest OF the clan TO which the moth.
er belongs marches toward the walt
Ing group and confers with the young
mother and grandmother. The differ.
ent women OF the party have each Sc
lected a name for the little one-no
commonplace or meaningless names
such as civilized babies are burdened
with, but poetic phrases typifying
some nature element or living thing,
such as Rushing Water" Fleet Ante.
lope." or Golden Butterfly" The
mother now takes the child, while the
grandmother sprinkles n little corn.
meal on It's face and blows puffs OF II
toward the four points OF the compass.
Then. taking two ears OF corn. she ex.
tends them toward the east. bringing
them back with n circular motion and
allowing them TO rest for n moment
on the child's breast.
The group. standing motionless and
silent. now awaits the appearance OF
the sun. and when II rises majestioally
above the horizon OF the trackloss
waste. the mother. with outstretohed
arms. lifts hor child toward the glori
Gus orb Of day. while the priest calls
out In n loud voice: Il conseorate
thee 10 the God OF Lifei" and all the
women shrek IN unison the names
that have been chosen. for each has
the right 10 choose. This ends tho
simple and significant ceremony. aud
the mother afterward selects the
name that pieasos her most. which 70.
mains the ohild's name until II has
developed Into manhood or woman.
hood. whom Il Ia initiated into the so
oiety OF its clan and receives tho name
u carries through life,
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
DON'T BE A SLOVEN
ABSOLUTELY NO ONE CAN Az
FORD TO BE uNTipY.
Possession Of Really Brilliant Mental
Power Even Cannot Exempt Pos
SCISSOR from Proper Care
Of the Person.

No man OF woman is great enough
10 be slovenly.
have known-and OF course you
have-many people who felt justified
in developing their minds and ignor
ing their bodies, because they thought
the mental was so much more import
ant than the physical, writer In the
Colorado Springs Gazette says.
think that is a very wrong out
look.
No mental power. however great
exempts its possessor from the care
of the person.
A brilliant, slovenly person may
succeed in life, but only by using
twice as much force as he need have
expended. He will never go so far as
the man or woman who takes care To
add a rrepossessing appearance to a
prepossesslng mind.
A few months ago was much
pleased 10 hear that young minister
for whose brilliance had great re-
spect had been honored by call
from a small town where he was
preaching to one OF Boston's most
famous and beautiful churches.
Yesterday was saddened by hear.
ing that his resignation had been
asked and given and that he had left
the church and gone back TO a small
parish.
And the reason was simply this:
He did not keep his linen clean.
A small thing, you say7
don't know. 4 very large one,
should think. n Il had the power to
come between the congregation and
his message.
A woman In our town whose sloven.
Illness about her dress and her person
has made her a town character took
the clyilservioe examination recently,
fhe Ia as clever as she Ia slovenly
and passed at the head OF the list,
Che has never received an appoint
ment II IL an open secret that her
failure TO do so In simply because the
officials will not have a person OF her
disgraeeful appearance In q public
position.
In the college from which I was
graduated the commencement part Ia
one OF the prizes for which tho best
students strive. In awarding II last
year a glrl OF tho highest scholarship
was passed over for one who had 70.
ceived losg excellent rank because tho
FIRST girl was nothing moro nor less
thaa sloppy" Tho college was not
willing that n girl OF untidy appear,
Rnos-no matter how brilliant her
mind. no matter how clever n speech
she might havp made-ahould repre-.
ter II on It's commencement plat.
form.
A shopkeeper might have an excel.
lent stock OF articles. but n his win.
dow show were thick with dust and
his doorway ehoked with litter the
public would be pretty apt 10 pass by
and 60 10 the more attractive shop
down the street. though tho articles
sold there were no better or even
scarce As good.
Any one who thinks the contents
OF his mind ought 10 make friends and
win success for him. no matter how
slovenly and unattractive his person
may be, Is Just such a shopkeeper.
The examples have eitied have
been extreme cases. OF course.
but on that account they are tho
better object lessons 20 remind any
OF us who may sometimes be careless
In some slight particular that Il never
pays.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
USE HOTEL SAFES
MANY SEEM TO PREFER THEM TO
DEPOSIT VAULTS.
valuables Are Kept In These Reeep-
taeles by Guests for Years at
Tlme--9ome Notable In
stances Of Fact.

A woman walked up to the counter
OF a fashionable hotel and asked for
package Of valuables which was in the
safe.
"If I had not wanted one particular
thing | suppose | should have left the
package where II was for another
three years" she said to the clerk.
Yes" said the clerk in answer to =
question after the woman left. that
packet had really been in our safe for
three years. why, we have all sorts
of valuable papers, jewelry and even
money that are entrusted to our keep
Ing for years at time. People seem
TO prefer hotel safe to safety de-
posit vault one reason, perhaps, is
that II costs nothing Another is that
the standard OF hotel clerks has Inn
proved.
1T is astonishing the amount OF
jewelry that people keep In hotel
safes. OF course, the owners have
originally stopped In the hotel. but
they go away. leaving their valuables,
and have known such persons to be
gone as much as two years and never
make an inquiry about their property
In that time.
ITO show you how much confidence
people have In hotels and their em-
ployes. might mention that the other
day a man came In here and put four
$1,000 bills In an envelope. wrote his
name on the latter and asked me to
put u in the safe. Not long ago q
man actually did the same thing with
seven $4,000 billa."
Tho clerks OF several other hotels
talked In n similar strain without any
outside suggestion.
'Tll bet I have handled more than .
million dollars worth OF iowslry to-
day" said one. Look here" and he
opened the safe and piled six or eight
big jswelry cases on the counter. but
huriedly put them back. In one OF
those | know thoro In over 100000
worth. and what showed you was
only few Of what the safe contains"
Up at a big hotel near the park tho
smployss are greatly concerned about
the freedom with which n wealthy for.
eign woman who Ia stopping there dis
plays her jewels. Every evening she
wears a rope OF pearls that goes onco
around hor neck and then falls 10 her
knees. TO which 10 attached 4 lors-
netta.
Everybody who has seen tho jewels
has exclaimed at their size and perfect
matching, and wealthy patrons OF tho
house who have sold m we'll an bought
jewels say tho necklace In worth not q
cent less than 100000. Tho owner
went tho other day into one Of tho
big jewelry housea and business was
Immediately suspended while every
body crowded about 10 admire the
neoklAoe.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15


Evidently this is a wrong tige,
but 1t is an original animal" Such
was the verdict OF a discerning Japan.
ese critic. given at a time when the
subject OF our sketch burst upon the
literary armament He was born In
1855. educated in the school that he
afterward made ridiculous In "Stalky
& Co" and was famous In Indian
journalism before he was 20. Ten
years ago he filled the whole stage
OF contemporary letters. but there has
been an adjustment OF values. In a
sense not 10 be emphasized. he is the
Man Who Was" though his grip is
still Irresistible. A great critic has
called his characters vulgar, though
admitting him TO be an artist. When
he Is not politician or theorist or
philosopher. he is fitfully a genius. In
a crisis his voice can be the nations,
and II is then that IL is most impress
siye. That is why his appeal Is usual
ly general and not personal. His big
gest effect OF laughter OF tears Is de.
partmental The fire and the whirl-
wind are his. and the still, small
voice In such rare utterances as the
"RecessionaI' and Sussex" Mr..
Thomas Atkins would 20 through fre
and water for him. That is because
his name is Rudyard Kipling.-T. P.s
Weekly. London
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15

This is the day In which old adages
are being relegated to the scrap heap.
and the one about every rose having
its thorn viii now have to give way
before the advance OF science. II
seems that oman. Mrs, w, ], Beggs
of Seattle. Wash. has succeeded IN
producing this prickless variety. For
years she was neighbor OF Luther Bur
bank, the California wizard; each
tried 10 produce the thornless rose.
but without success. Then Mrs. Beggs
concluded n at the trouble lay In the
climate. and she moved TO Seattle
where she succeeded In producing a
flower OF great beauty and OF a fra
GRANGE which is second 10 that OF
none OF the roses which grow. The
stem Is smooth like that Of a lily
Pathfinder.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
LITTLE ABOUT EVERYTHING.

Be happy and perhaps you'll be good.
No man is as mean as his wife some
times thinks he is.
II Is human nature to want to abuse
some one occasionally
Are the bellies in society for the pur.
pose OF giving It toner
The fayors you get for nothing are
often worth that much.
Trying to get back at backbiters Is
hardly worth the effort.
A woman's idea Of an easy mark is
from dollar to oS cents.
Silence sometimes gives consent and
sometimes II gives offense.
A woman says It's easy to flatter a
man, but hard to keep him lattered.
Women are like babies; they have to
cry for nearly everything they want.
Isn't It better to be chlcken.hearted
bachelor than hen-pecked husband7
A person who uses his brain has an
excellent excuse for keeping his face
closed.
All men think they are manly, but
the majority are entitled to another
estimate.
Nearly every little man has doc.
trlne that he believes the world will
finally accept.
Some men enjoy a show only when
there is fifteen minutes intermlssion
between the acts.
There are too many real troubles in
the world, so don't worry about the
imaginary ones
When the world begins to applaud a
man for his actions his head gets too
large for his hat.
The heart OF coquette Ia like n
street car, inasmuch rs there ls always
room for one more.
And many n man will 20 out Of his
way TO avoid saying a good word In
behalf OF his nelghbor.
Adam fell In love with Eve--and the
fall OF man has been u continuous per.
formance from that day to this
When a man hands you 'come-any.
old.tlme" Invitation Il IL equivalent &c
an invitation 10 remain away.
There seems 20 be good deal Of
human nature in motorcycle that
makes more noise than an automobile
After n woman has been married
about year she n willing 10 admit
that her husband doesn't know II all
when jealousy files out OF the win.
dow II usually takes love along n for
no other reason than to keep from got.
ting lonesome.
II men and women would forgive
each other as readily a. they forgive
themselves this wouldn't be bad old
world 20 live In.
Some men get more pleasure out OF
losing 81 on n game OF chance than
they do from earning $40 by the sweat
OF their brows.
After the average man has reached
the three score and ten mark no can
sum his life up In these few words:
what fool I've beenl"
Every man knows himself bettor
than other people know him. therefore
every man ought TO swallow fattery
with several grains OF sodium chloride
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
WHEN NO MANS A FAILURE.

When he loves his work for Itself
as well as for what It brings.
When he puts ideas and ideals into
his work.
When he can put little humor into
his work.
When he is more anxious 10 do IA
vors than to ask them.
When he gets on by helping others
up instead OF pulling them down.
When the harder he Is knocked
down the quicker he can pick himself
up.
When he Is willing TO admit that
he is In the wrong and unwilling Il
worry about H.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
Musaum In a Prlaon.

Paris is TO have yet another mu.
scum OF the revolution. II is 10 be
fitted up In the Conciergerie prison.
and the two apartments devoted to Il
are to be the Sale des Girondins and
the cell occupied by Marie Antionette.
This cell is to be fitted and furnished
exactly as II was when the unhappy
queen awaited her fate In II. and a
number OF authentic relics are avail
able. Among them are included the
queens velyetseated armchair. the
lamp by the light OF which she wrote
her last letter, and the simple black
wooden crueihx which she kissed on
her departure TO the place OF exeou.
tion. A credit OF 1 1000 francs has been
voted for the purposes OF the museum
by the Paris municipal council
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
How n atArtsd.

Now. whom Jacob had given tho
'sayory Md soup" 10 Isaac. and tho
latter. pleased with the gift. had given
20 his son tho muehsoughtafter pAter-
nal blessing. 10. Esau stuck his head
through the tent dap and did pour
molten words upon the trick which
had soabbed him OF his birthrlght.
And after some hours. when his an
gor was well'nigh spent, he shot tho
topic sentence straight:
why did you do itf"
Then did Isaac call him near and
look into his face. Also did Isaac
smack his lips aud point 10 tho 70.
mains Of the repast and say;
Il love my Esau, but oh. you kidi"
whsreupon Noah. who happened to
be- strolling by. carefully tucked tho
jost into oiled paper and did put it
into the ark. whence. with much odor
and more odium. II was brought forth
by humorists some 1000 years later.
st Louis Republic.