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bench and bar.
tslS G LEGAL “SCRAPS” BE-
A tW eEN ENGLISH JUDGES AND
LAWYERS.
l.aiKT Hold Their Own Finely.
wlf j Jurist* Who Are Famed for
Their Wit and Humor—lnterest
ing Encounter*.
From the London Globe,
j. j 5 seldom that anything like a serious
r,outlier between the bench and the bar
. K -e in England. Collisions between
* and advocates are not uncommon
■ iYance and other countries, where the
to ciary has little or nothing In common
I ”, ll the general body of the legal profes
sxt,- hut 'hey are of rare occurrence in
*, s country, where the bench is in tnti-
B3I e tou- h with the bar. The late Lord
£ Slf , r whenever he addressed a gath
trjns of barristers, was fond of declaring
: ’ Jt his judicial rank did not prevent hltn
, o:n being otie of themselves. This union
oi interest and sentiment is recognized by
ve rv occupant of the bench, with the re
soit t nat conflicts with the bar are ex
iremely rare. Now and again the good
~ii n exists between the bench and
,he bar is disturbed, but the conflict is nev
er sfrious. the cause of the disturbance be
itr usually as petty as the encounter is
brief- It was different before the inde
pendence of the bar was so firmly estan
luhed a.- it is at present. A dispute arise
between Erskine and Mr. Justice Buller
in the famous case of the Dean of Su
. M[l h as to recording the word “only” as
g ,. L ' ir t of tile verdict of the jury.
■■l ftand here,” said Erskine, “as an al-
ViVdle for a brother citizen, and 1 desiie
ti , a i ,i;,. word 'only’ bo recorded." Wherc
,\ir. Justice Buller said: “Sit down.
[ir remember your duty, or I shall b?
biiccl to proceed in another manner.”
Erskine retorted: “Your lordship may pro
pel in what manner you think ill. I
know my duty as well as your lordship
knows yours. 1 shail not alter my conduct.”
The victory in this encounter lay with
Erskine. the disputed word being added
io "the verdict. Lord Campbell has do
scribed the tirm attitude of Erskine on
pii occasion as a "noble stand for the In
dependence of the bar.” There was a time
irte,i it was by no means an uncomm n
thins for an advocate to be threatened by
a judge w ith punishment for contempt of
court, but there is scarcely an instance of
the threat being carried out.
A member of the bar who appeared at
the tried of the conspirators in the Popish
plot accused two judges of break ng their
Odh and of ruining him. For this attack
upon the honor of the bench he was or
,l,red to pay a tine of 1500, to be imprison
,d un il the fine was paid, and to provide
a surety for his good behavior for seven
years. Nor was this the whole of the pun
jstimem that was inflicted upon him. He
w.is deharied, the indignity to which he
sa.. submitted b ing suggestive of the de
gradation of Dreyfus. “His gown, by or
der of the court, was pulled over his cars
by the tipstaff.” The only modern instance
o arrister lieing committed for con
tempt of court occurred s me ten or tw- l\e
years ago It was proved to the satisfac
tion of Mr. Justice Kay that a member
of the bar had practiced a fraud upon the
court by using an affidavit which he knew
wasfaise. A motion for his committal was
made, and the learned judge found him
guilty of obstructing the course of justice,
and ordered him to stand committed until
further order. But in neither of these eases
aid (be punishment fall upon the advocate
while he was conducting his client's cause.
Probably the Tichborne trial was marked
by more encounters between the bench and
the bar (ban airy other case ever tried in
die English courts, but even Dr. Kenealy's
studied disrespect did not induce the
judges to deprive the claimant of the ser
ti.es of his counsel, though they several
limes reminded the unruly advocate of the
jottvts with which they were armed,
liar Comes Out Ahead.
When the bench and the bar do come
into conflict the victory lies almost inva
riably with the bar. At any rate, the
bench usually loses more than the bar,
since its dignity is supposed to be greater.
An encounter between Curran, the famous
Irish advocate, and Mr. Justice Robinson,
a somewhat ill-tempered Irish judge, is
worth recalling in this connection. "Sir,”
exclaimed the judge, in an angry tone,
".mu ar> forgetting the respect that you
owe to the dignity of the judicial char
acter.' “Dignity, my lord!” retorted Cur
ran, "upon that point I shall cite you- a
tase from a book of some authority with
vhich you are perhaps not unacquainted,
i fioor Scotchman, niton his arrival in
London, thinking himself insulted by u
manger, and imagining that he was the
wrong, r man, resolved to resent the. af
imn:, and, taking off his coat, delivered
t to a bystander to hold; but, having lost
the battle, he turned to resume his gar
timt. when he discovered that he had
snfortunately lost that also—that the trus
o of his habiliments had decamped dur
'g the fray. So, my lord, when the per
son who is invested with the dignity of
the judgment seat lays it aside for a mo
ment to enter into a disgraceful personal
o me.-t, it is vain, when he has been worst
ed in the encounter, that he seeks to re
't: It is in vain that he endeavors
m,. ii himself behind an authority
winch he has abandoned.”
, r ~ he made furious by these sting
w.fr,t S ’ ," i€d oul: “ If Yuu say another
mu, sir, IJi commit you.” Whereupon
Inn 'V? ade the witty but impertinent re
,hi ' The ". my lord, it will be the best
v. , " S 'no. , have committed for many a
out hi ~ 6 indignant judge did not carry
, a . s ! lr ? at to commit the daring advo-
Uirr’a afOTWard sought to get him dis
tot s “^ Undertaki >‘ * n which he did
icwcrof] 66 * 5 ' rhe bench is armed with a
tin on W(apon in its power of commit
c.iurt u U " UJy advocate for contempt of
ton,]' d UI ,he har possesses a weapon of
Judge in * ,s ability to boycott a
nn ni , 10 makos himself obnoxious to its
uses , s ' J nly once has this weapon been
the rJ- JUK fwenty-flve years ago. After
n? of the Judicature act, the ex
r\ in.. *" as made of sending the chance
whr/u i 1 011 Circuit. One of these judges
i ~S iM?nl ,he whole of his profes
,ln fhe equity courts, and knew
mot. „t, j atf ' v er of the business of a eom
orror ~,s ' '’ was guilty of a number of
triftu' v, . icn eventually led to the experi
tak h,, L " abandoned. Among the mis-
s °nih sr , was that of passing
•nembhr Jft U . r >f S u . p °n the conduct of a
UntJa,.,.., ! ' IS circuit which were quite
c:rt,,j. , i " l ile other members of the
even,,,. , y considered the matter in the
the 'il . 'i decided not to appear before
t . Jll dge until an apology was
Mat the the l ea med judge took his
I'fisb] t muowing morning ho was sur-
C'f the h'„ p la , 'hut not a single member
* as Present in the cohrt. He
of tr„ aent an inquiry to the leader
c-iKt fl , ,y m - and. upon ascertaining the
C'V] ; " .absence of the bar, acknowl
-Ihe oft.''[‘stake, with the result that
Putt, i, .! barristers resumed their
eSie 9 ... ourt ' ami the business of the
<ii>. sat °hce proceeded with.
‘° ''""'Hr*' Clothe*.
' lf !°m i ;;° w K n Judge, who has ceased to
iim m imr eu Ch * waa distinguished,
1 ’-ality u V, h ?. h J r things, for the punc
tftern. ch he rose at * o’clock in
Ul; n Whirl' 1 i?’ Qn< J 0r the unpuncluallty
Mr \ e ,oolc Ms s eat in the morn
;i'-,vocatf-’j n ce then a leading
xv,i N for i Q ue<?n ’s bench courts,
Havin Joarnf? d Judge from 10:3') (11)
itf t the cour* 5 anotllor case elsewhere, he
1 ior the purpose of seeing ho-v
!L W . aS f>p °S ress| ng. While he was gone
tne learned jutlge hurried into court, and
nve minutes elapsed before Mr. Big am
eturned. The judge was impatient. “I
have waited hve minutes for you, Mr.
nignam. * exclaimed his lordship. ‘Mv
iord. replied the bold Q. C., *1 waited five
mes as long for you." Most encounters
between the bench and the bar are as
trivial in their origin as* this one. Vice
Cnancehor Malins unce refusal to hear a
young barrister who wore a w'hite waist
coat. The learned gentleman thought to
gain a hearing by concealing the objec
tionable garment under his gown, but th *
vice chancellor was obdurate, and de
clined to hear him until he donned a wais<-
coat erf a more convenient shade. Mr.
Justice Eylts is reported to have said that
he listened with little pleasure to the ,ir
gum nts of a counsel whose legs were in
cased in light gray trousers. Anybody who
goes into the courts can see at a glance
that Mr. Justice liyles’ objections to light
p*ay trousers are not shared by the * x
isting occupants of the bench, but that
judges still exercise some control over the
style of dress at the bar wms recently
shown by an eminent Irish judge, who dis
played the same measure of hostility to
the white waistcoat as was exhibited by
Vico Chancellor Malins.
There have always been counsel whom
the bench has agreed to recognize ns the
licensed libertines of the bar. A Scotch ad
vocate, who was arguing before a court
in Scotland in a manner not usually
adopted by counsel, caused one of the
judges to remark, “It seems to me, Mr.
that you are endeavoring in every
way to show your contempt for the court.”
“No,” was the quick retort; “I am en
deavoring in every way to conceal it.”
Even this retort discourteous did not
cause the judges to interfere with the lat
itude which the advocate tiad been allow
ed. A practitioner in the common law
courts w r ho was familiarly known as “Tom
Jones” once advanced before Sir Alex
ander Cockburn a maxim of law' w’hieh he
regarded as incontrovertible. “What au
thority have you, Mr. Jones, for that
proposition?” asked the chi< 4 f justice. **di,
my lord.” replied the imperturbable ad
vocate, “I should not have thought any
authority was required for so well estab
lished a principle. Here, usher, just get
‘Blackstone,’ or ‘Chitty.’ or any other ele
memarv book and hand it up to his lord
ship.” To this remark Sir Alexander
Cockburn made no reply. There was un
til recently a chancery banister who was
permitted to make observations which no
other member of the bar W'ould have dared
to address to the bench. The judges al
lowed him this latitude because they real
ized that they could best preserve their
dignity by keeping silent. Their wisdom
was demonstrated on the one occasion on
which the late Eord Justice Kay protected
against the peculiar methods of the witty
barrister. “I can teach you law,” ex
claimed the learned judge, “but I cannot
teach you manners. “That is so, m’ lud,”
was the characteristic reply.
WATER REMEDIES.
The Famous John Wesley’s Fond.
ness for Water.
From the (New Orleans Picayune.
Water Is the most ancient of ail reme
dial agents for dis a so. The ancient Egyp
tians, Hebrews, Greeks, Persians and Hin
dus all employeel water in this way. A
Chinese record dating back several hun
dred years before Christ records a simi
lar us© of water. In Japan, the cold bath
has been in use nearly 800 years. Cold
bathing among the Spanans of Greece was
required by low. Hippocrates evidently
had a good idea of the physiological prop
erties of water, both hot and cold, which
he employed in the treatment of fevers, ul
cers, hemorrhages and other troubles. Ho
directed that cold baths should be of short
duration and should be followed by fric
tion. He records the observation that, af
ter a cold bath, the bedy quickly recuper
ates its heat, whi<Te a hot bath produces
the opposite effect. Among the ancient
ruins at Itome and Pompeii, bath equip
ments have been found to be very com
plete. The famous baths contained facili
ties for taking hot and cold baths, also hot
air and vapor baths. According to Pliny
the bath was the almost exclusive method
of treatment employed in Rome during
live centuries. John Wesley, the founder
of Methcchsm, wrote a book of which the
present day knows, little if anything, but
which might be reprinted with profit to
the people. This forgotten volume bears
the title “Primitive Physick”
It was published in 1747 and the copy
from which the following quotations ate
made is now in possession of Dr. J. 11.
Kellogg, of the Battle Creek, Mich., sani
tarium, where water is a leading treat
ment. This little book indicates that the
people in Wesley s day understood how to
use water in the treatment of disease. A
few of the directions which he gives are
as follows:
“For ague or intermittent fever, go into
the cold bath just before the cold fit, or
drink a quart of cold water just before
the cold fit and go to bed and sweat.”
In cases of tertian ague it is recommend
ed to use the cold bath, save in persons
of advanced age, or who are ln reduced
strength. A few of Dr. Wesley’s simple
directions for using the cold bath are well
worth repeating. He says:
“Do not enter the water while the body
Doctors Can’t
Cure It!
Contagious blood poison is absolutely
beyond the skill of the doctors. They
may dose a patient for years on their
mercurial and potash remedies, but he
will never be rid of the disease; on the
other hand, his condition will grow
steadily w T orse. S. S. S. is the only cure
for this terrible affliction, because it is
the only remedy which goes direct to
the cause of the disease and forces it
from the system.
I was afilietpd with Blood Poison, and the
best doctors did ine no good, though I took
S their treatment faith
fully. In fact, I seemed
to get worse all the
while. I took almost
every so-called blood
remedy, but they didnot
seem to reach the dis
ease, and had no effect
whatever. I was dis
heartened, for it seemed
that I would neve, be
cured. At the advice of
a friend I then took
S. S. S., and began toim
prove. I continued the
medicine, and it cured me completely, build
ing up my health and Increasing my appetite.
Although this was ten years ago. I have never
yet had a sign of the disease to return.
W. K. Nkwkan,
Staunton, Va.
It is like self-destruction to continue
to tnke potash and mercury; besides
totally destroying the digestion, they
dry up the marrow in the bones, pro
ducing a stiffness and swelling of the
joints, causing the hair to fall out, and
completely wrecking the system. S. S. S.
is the only blood remedy free from
these dangerous minerals. It is guar
anteed
Purely Vegetable.
Book on self-treatment sent free by
Swift Specific Company, Atlanta, Ga.
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is overheated; remain In only two or three
minutes; never bathe on a full stomach.
“To prevent apoplexy, use the cold bath
and drink only water.”
Wesley's remedy for asthma was to take
a pint of cold water every morning, bath
ing the head in same, and using the cold
bath once a fortnight. For convulsive
asthma, he recommended the cold bath
three times weekly.
“To prevent swelling from a bruise, im
mediately apply a cloth five or six dou
ble, dipped in cold water, and newly dip
ped when It grows warm.
“To cure a swelling from a bruise apply
cloths dipped in very hot water, morning
and evening.
"FoiWi burn or scald, Immediately plunge
the iart into cold water; keep it In an
hour, or, if not well, perhaps four or five
hours.
“To prevent rickets, tenderness and
weakness in children, dip them in cold
water every morning, at least until they
are near 1 year old.
"For whooping cough, use the cold bath
daily.
"For cholera morbus, drink two or three
quarts of cold water. If the patient Is
weak, use warm water instead.
"For a cold, drink a pint of cold water
lying down In bed.
"For colic, drink a pint of cold water,
or a quart of warm water, or apply hot
water in a bladder, or steep the legs ln
hot water fifteen minutes.
"For chronic headache, keep the feet
in warm water for fifteen minutes before
going to bed, this to be kept up for two
or three weeks.
“For headache from heat, apply to the
head cloths dipped in cold water, renewed
when warm and kept up for an hour.
“For rheumatism, us.> the cold bath,
with rubbing and sweating.”
In his recent work on hydrotherapy, Dr.
J. H. Kellogg says;
“Although Wesley was not a physician,
but simply described ln his work such suc
cessful remedies as he found In common
use, one cannot but note the sagacity and
wisdom displayed ln many of these recom
mendations, which In many instances
could scarcely be improved upon at the
present day.”
The action of water when applied to the
body is not difficult to understand. In ease
of a bruise, sprain, laceration or wound,
cold water applied to the part contracts
the blood vessels and thereby prevents
congestion. After inflammation has set in
the application of hot water dilates the
blood vessels, accelerating circulation and
bringing the part under the restorative in
fluences of fresh blood.
Water acts as a stimulant to the nerves.
An application of hot and then of cold
water by means of the spray Is a powerful
stimulant to the circulation and a resultant
tonic to the nerves. By first applying hot
water the blood vessels are dilated and a
free circulation induced. To immediately
succeed this by an application of cold wa
ter ts to contract the blood vessels and
force the blood back Into the large ves
sels, by which means the circulation is
quickened and many sluggish corpuscles
forced into circulation that were previ
ously dormant in some of the Internal or
gans. It is estimated that the average
human body contains two hundred and
thirty quadrillion, five hundred billion
blood corpuscles, and that many of these
are constantly losing their activity. It is
estimated that a million inactive corpus
cles will be forced into renewed circula
tion by means of a cold bath. The use of
water as a remedial agent is growing
apace In this country. Hot and cold al
ternately applied to the spine is a stand
ard remedy for w r eak nerves.
Ttiis treatment consist of applying to the
spine a piece of blanket folded in several
thicknesses, about three feet long and six
inches wide. This blanket is wrung out
of very hot waier, then wrapped in one
thickness of dry blanket and applied to
the spine. This is usually repeated Ihree
times, the duration of each being about
five minutes. During the intervals between
the changes, lee, or very cold w-ater, is
rubbed along tiie spine.
The pall douche Is a splend.d tonic treat
ment. To apply it provide three palls of
water, one warm, one tepid and one cold.
Pour each of these on the patient, begin
ning with the warm and ending with the
cold water. The patient should stand erect
and receive the water on the head and
shoulders and allow It to run dowm over
the body. A dry rub should follow the pad
douche. This treatment can be taken with
good effect an hour before breakfast by
all persons whose vitality Is not greatly
reduced. The reaction produced by the
water, applied in this way, is a great
stimulant to circulation and acts as a tonic
to the internal organs. As an, emergency
remedy in cases of wounds, water is with
out a peer.
Dr. J. H. Kellogg of the Battle Creek
Sanitarium, perhaps the leading advocate
of water remedies in this country, re
lates an incident worthy of repetition.
While traveling in Mexico some time
ago the doctor was in a railway wreck.
A number of persons were badly burned.
The victims were ln great agony until
the doctor wrapped them in sheets pro,
cured from the sleeping car, and then
poured w r ater, taken from the engine
tank, over their bodies, saturating the
sheets which covered them, and keeping
them so for hours. The pains of the pa,
tients disappeared as if by magic and
they slept well through the ensuing
night. The cool water contracted the blood
vessels and prevented congestion.
Not long since the writer sprained an
ankle quite badly. The ankle was quickly
swollen to double size. Hot water ap
plied for an hour reduced the swelling
and relieved the pain, so that walking
was not overly difficult the following day
Such soreness and congestion as remained
were removed by alternate applications
of hot arid cold. Twice each day the foot
was first held in hot water and then in
ice-cold water. To relieve heat head
ache the head and hair should be thor
oughly wet with cold water, and after
wards a wet cloth, dipped in cold water,
wrapped around the head and neck. As
soon as the wet cloth has become warm
from the heat of the body it should be
fresh-dipped in the cold water. Fresh
wounds should at first be treated -with
cold water and in the ensuing days of In
flammation hot and cold should be used
alternately. An ordinary bad cold may
be cuted hy applying hot and cold waiter
to the body, which has the effect of in
creasing circulation and removing the con
gestion. Aches and pains of well-nigh all
descriptions may he relieved In the same
way. For burns, pin-sticks, cuts, stone
bruises, toothache, earache, sprains,
cramps and nearly all painful maladies,
hot and cold applied freely will give relief]
In the olden times of great religious re
vivals it often occurred ihat the ice had
to be broken before the converts could h
baptized. In such cases a popular id< i
prevailed that those being so Immers'd
were Immune from taking cold because of <
the special favor of God. The facts are I
that no better means of preventing cold, I
I oould be devised, provided dry clothes were
put on afterwanla.
Cold feet may be cured by bathing in
hoi and cold water alternately. First dip
them in hoi and then in cold water. Do
I this a numtwr of times at each sit’ting.
Continue the treatment daily until re
lieved.
SHAKESPEARE AM)TIIK I.AW.
lie Used Many Legal IMirnae*, lint
Wan Deficient in Theory.
From the Albany Law Journal.
William C. Devecinon of Maty I.m l has
written a little lx>ok entitled “In re
Shakespeare’s I>egal Asquirenv nts.” He
gives a number of instances in the plays
wherein the dramatist made incorrect usj>
of legal terminology. His references to the
famous trial scene in “The Merchant of
Venice” are particularly apt. and calcu
lated to convince the unprejudiced investi
gator and student that Shakt sp are’s lil
- knowledge of the law hardly reached
beyond the “danger” point. Particular
criticism is passed on Portia’s injunction
to Snylock to ’spill “no jot of blood” in
taking his coveted pound of flesh from the
merchant’s breast. "Who ever heard of
flesh without biood?” Inquires our author.
Again, the court having pronounced judg
ment and awarded execution. Shykx k is
told that he must execute the judgment
himself, something which it was clearly
the business and duty’ of the court to do.
Mr. Devecmon’s criticism that no court
of justice can have the legal power or the
moral right to make a suitor therein re
sponsible for the execution of its judg
ments is certainly well taken, though the
dramatist may have purposely made thai
scene for purely dramatic reasons. And
again, the fair Portia tells the Jew that he
shall have nothing but the penalty, and
If thou tak’fit more
Or less than a just pound, be it so much
As makes it light or heavy in the eubsiance
Or the division of the twentieth part
Of one poor scruple,nay,if the scale do turn
But in the estimation of a hair,
Tljou diest, and all thy goods are confis
cate.
“Can any one imagine It being n criminal
act for a creditor to take less than the
amount due him?>” asks Mr. Deveemon.
But the .climax of absurdity comes when
the court immediately resolves itself into
one of criminal jurisdiction and the Jew’s
goods and life are declared forfeited, and
for what? “For having dared to make n
contract which that same court had a
moment before declared valid and bind
ing.” The deed of gift of all he died
possessed, which he was required to re
cord in court, is pointed out as another
blunder in law’, for it is a w’ell known and
fixed principle of the common law that a
man cannot convey that which he has
not, though he afterward acquire It—only
things in esse, having an actual and po
tential existence, were subjects capable of
gift or grant.
Most lawyers will probably agree with
Mr. Devecmon’s statement that those who,
like Lord Campbell and Senator Davis,
desire to swear Shakespeare in as a law’-
yer learned in the law had best omit con
sideration of “The Merchant of Venice.”
The author concludes that Shakespeare
had no knowledge of the technique of the
law and no just appreciation of those fun
damental principles of justice which are
the basis of all law; that though he ex
celled all other men who ever lived In
knowledge of and in ability to portray
human nature in nil its aspects, his ideas
of human rights were narrow and bigoted
—a conclusion to which we believe all the
known facts of the poet’s life, ns well as
a careful study of his works, are calcu
lated to lead the fair-minded investigator.
BOGOTA’S BOOM IN EMERALDS.
I*riee Go Kiting niul Many Penouii
Lose Tlielr Money.
From the Now’ York Press.
Bogota, the capital of Colombia, had an
emerald boom some weeks ago, which fur
nished lots of excitement while It lasted,
but the bottom of the affair dropped out
in a few days and now those who over-
Ixjught cannot get even the prices th?y
paid for the gems. Charles Burdett Hart,
United States minister to Bogota, says
that until recently emeralds were a drug
in the market of Bogota. One who de
sired to buy them had only to wait and
have them brought to him. The famous
Muzo mine, which has produced emeralds
of great value and in large quantities,
lies near Bogota, and the people of that
city have long been familiar with its pro
ducts. This mine Is operated by a French
company, which insists that for the last
year or so it has found almost no emeralds.
However, from this source or from others
crude emeralds have continued to come
into Bogota. Of the cut stones, set and
unset, there have been plenty in the mar
ket. Hard times have compelled many
persons to offer for sale their highly prized
heirlooms, and these have been obtainable
as a rule at low prices.
Recently an emerald craze seized upon
Bogota. The jewelry stores and all other
establishments where emeralds are dealt
in were besieged by persons who wished to
buy end by others who w ished to sell, and
for the same reason men and women
crowded the streets, standing in the road
way as well as on the sidewalk, some dis
playing their emeralds and others their
money. A Jewelry establishment located on
the most prominent corner in Bogota was
compelled to ask the police to drive the
crowd away.
As the news spread outside of Bogota
emerald owners began to rush in. This
swelled the throng and sent the fever up
several degrees. Sales were made right
and left at prices hitherto unheard of in
that market. Persons who had not
thought of selling, tempted by the wild
rush to buy, brought out their emeralds
and began trading. Nobody could explain
the real cause* of the excitement, and many
now realize that it was without real cause.
In a week the fever reached its hight and
th r *n declined.
While It lasted emeralds sold, on a gold
basis, at about three times their value in
the market just before the excitement be
gan. It Is estimated that about 4,000.000
pesos changed hands as the result of the
furore. Many buyers who wont ln on the
flood tide find themselves with emeralds
that will not bring the price they paid for
them. Others, also inexperienced, have
more or less excellent Imitations as souve
nirs of this extraordinary movement. B
does not appear that the expert dealers
have bought so extravagantly as the gen
eral public, and yet It is believed that
some of these have far overreached therr.
selves.
The only approach to an explanation foi
this craze is that a Bogota dealer who
went to Paris recently on his return to
Bogota began to buy emeralds at higher
prices than had been ruling In the mar
ket. This seems to have started It. K.ane
'f the experts say that this dealer drew
, out of the market long before prices
i reached their hlght, and that he did so
j l>ecause emeralds were selling In Bogota
| for more than they would bring In Europe.
WHEEL RACE 116 KANSAS CITY.
Many Crack Riders Entered for
Amertean Champlonsltlp.
Kansas City, Nov. 13.—Additional cracks
were to-day signed for the forty-eight
hour bicycle race for the American cham
pionship. to begin here Wednesday, Nov.
22, In Convention Hall.
The. following named riders are now en
tered for the event:
Tommy A. Barnaby and Frank Waller
of Boston. Charles K. Hall of Seattle,
Charles W. Miller, Fred Nelson, Fred
Newkirk and Ed Lingenfeller of Chicago;
John Lawson, Gus Lawson ami Oscar Ju
lius of Buffalo; John Chapman of Atlanta,
Bert Repine and Oscar Plummer of Kan
sas City.
llnee Results at Newport.
Cincinnati, Nov. 13.- Results at Newport:
Fits! Raw—One mile. J. J. TANARUS., 2 lo 1.
won. with Frank McConnell, 15 to 1, sec
ond, and Junaetta, 7 to 1, third. Time
1:12.
Second Race—Five furlongs. Flora
Daniels. 7 to 1, won. with Russell R., 4
to 1, second, ami Alceda, 4 to 1. third.
Time 1 :r)2.
Third Race—Six furlongs. Rundazzo, 15
io 1. won, with Dolly WoithoiT, 7 to 1, se
cond, and Necklace, 5 to 1, third. Time
1:1 1^.
Fourth Race-Handicap, one mile.
Flying Biss, 10 to 1, won, with Kriss
KringTe. 4 to 1, second, and Molo, 0 to 1,
third. Time 1:40%.
Fifth Race—One mile and an eighth.
Frank Wagner, !5 to 1. won. with Fresco,
J 1 to 5, second, and Ramiro 11, 8 to 5,
third. Time
Tin* ISit ll*'niiliikm.
Washington, Nov. 13.—Results at Ben
nings:
First Race—Five and a half furlongs.
Uncle F you is, 5 to 1, won, with Araioma, T
to 1 and 5 to 2. second, and Tyrba, <> to
1, third. Time 1:10.
Second Race—Six furlongs. Fleuron. 9
to 2. won, with Cupidity, 9 to 5 and out.
second, and Elsie Skip, 100 to 1, third.
Time 1:16 1-5.
Third Race—One mile and 100 yards.
Queen of Song, 4 to 5, won. with Goal
Runner, 5 to 1 and even, second, and Cam
pania, 2to 1, third. Time 1:51.
Fourth Race—Six furlongs. Precursor,
4 to 1, won, with Back Talk, 3 to 1 and
even, second, and Jucoma, 6 to 1, third.
Time 1:1614.
Fifth Race—One mile and 100 yards. St.
Simonlan, 6 to 5, won, with Havelock, 3
to 1 and even, second, and Come to Or
der, 3 to 1, third. Time 1:51 2-5.
Cancer.
Dr. Tucker of Fayetteville, Ga., exam
ined a sore on the back of my neck, eaye
Rev. T. J. Ilazemore, and pronounced it
cancer. I began to take Graybeard at
once and the sore has disappeared, leav
ing only a scar.
Mr. J. D. Waldron of Jasper, Mo., saya:
Graybeard has cured me of rheumalism|
and has about eradicated cancer on my
tongue.
Mr. J. S. Smith of Post Oak, Tex ,
writes: I wish to recommend Graybeard!
During the time that 1 took It I was never
In better health. I think It is a wonderful
blood purifier.
Graybeard Is sold at the best drug stores
for 51, or sent upon receipt of price. Res
pess Drug Cos., Proprietors.—ad.
CITY BREVITIES.
Judgments were taken in the City Court
yesterday by Mrs. Annie M. Eogan against
George W. Parker for SBBO. with interest,
and by Oppenheimer, Sloat & Cos. against
A. B. Kennickle for $25.
In a magistrate's court yesterday Eliza
beth Jenkins charged Belle Hardwick with
assault and battery, and sued out a war
rant against her to that effect. The trou
ble was brought about by the Hardwick
woman’s attention to Elizabeth’s husband,
which he, tickle Don Juan, was not loath
to receive. The quarrel brought on by this
matter resulted in blows, of which the
warrant is the natural sequence. When
Elizabeth appeared in court she brought
along her marriage certificate to prove her
right to the "man in the case."
Elihn Yale's Epitaph.
Ellis Lever in the Iyondon Times.
The recent visit to this country of a
number of athlete students from Yale Col
lege, United States of America, Induces
me to send you the epitaph upon the
founder of that college, which I copied
from his tombstone In Wrexham Church
yard, North Wales, some years ago:
Eliugh Yale, Esq., was buried the twen
ty-second of July, in the year of our
Lord. MDCCXXI.
Born in America, in Europe bred.
In Africa traveled, in Asia wed.
Where long he lived and thrived, in Lon
don dead.
Much good, some 111, he did, so hope nil’s
even,
And that his soul through mercy’s gone to
heaven.
You that survive, and read this tale, take
care
For this most certain exit to prepare,
While blest in peace the actions of the
Just
Smell sweet, and blossom In the silent
dust.
The tomb Is on the western side of the
church, within an Iron railing. At one
time Yale was governor of Madras. He
was tried In England for hanging his
groom because he rode his horse two or
three days for the benefit of his health
without leave of bis master. Yale escaped
with a heavy penalty. He was the 11 rs:
min In England to establish and use a
sale by auction. His wife and only child
lie In one grave at the Cape of Good Hope.
From Yale College, so called after the
founded, hundreds of students have made
pilgrimages to Wrexham to view his
grave. The tomb was restored in 1320 by
the ebureh wardens, and again In 1874 at
the cost of Yale College. I believe it has,
within the last two years, been further
renovated.
Secret of Beauty
is health. The secret ofhealth is
the power to digest and assim
ilate a proper quanity of food.
This can never be done when
the liver does not act it’s part.
Do you know this?
Tutt’s Liver Pills are an abso
lute cure for sick headache, dys
pepsia, sour stomach, malaria,
constipation, torpid liver, piles,
jaundice, bilious fever, bilious
ness and kindred diseases.
Tutt’s Liver Pills
The Gest Store in Town.
The question of Quality never arises in this store.
If a thing is at Eckstein’s, it is gooi—and you know
it. It applies particular to our Ready Made Goods.
1 here arc none better. Certainly none so cheap
Jackets.
$lO Jackets at $5
S2O Jackets at $lO
Come to see them.
“Golf Capes”
As Cheapas $3.50
Others $5 to $10.50
“Infants’ ”
Great Special $2
Others 99c to sls
“ Misses’ ”
Great Bargain $3.50
Others $2 tO $12.50
“Furs.”
A beauty for $5
Others $1.25 to s,}o
“Suits.”
Cheapest in Town J 1 r\ ,
Our Suits are Perfect in Fit, Perfect in Style, yj(X lilt llUsj
Made of Correct Cloths, Man Tailored, j . . p
Pricesß,7s, sll, $13.50,515, S2O, $22.50 /\f| Sflll3FfiS
“Wranners ''zzzssssstmxzzh 1
A Drive at SI.OO J RoCCkl’S KltlS $1
( IV’ci I°i Ladies’ and Misses’ Cashmere Gloves at 25 cts
SKirtS. | Men’s and Boys’ Hand knit Gloves at 25 cents
sanitary Underwear.
.7'JJL 11 ‘‘ ‘ H Men’s Merino Undershirts at 25c, at 39c, at 50c
irom Wto M4.UU| Mcn , sA|l Wool Shjrls and Drawers 51 & 51,50
W aiStS. | Ladies’ fleece Lined Vests 15c, 25c, 35c & 50c
Flannel Waists SIH Children’s Merino Vests 6c, 10c, 15c, 18c, 25c
A Special in Fine $3.00
Braided Waists $1.99
Silk Waists $5.00
“Petticoats.”
Silk Petticoats $5.00
Others $7.00 to $12.50
“Jackets.”
The largest and finest stock of Perfect Fitting
Jackets in Savannah. The new colors, Tan, Castor,
National, Navy, Brown, Cadet and Garnet. Partic
ular attention is called to Our Models of Fine Black Jackets.
Perfection Mattress
All who sec them buy them, and unite in praising
tlieii* many good qualities. A positive cure for INSOM
NIA. Get one and sleep well— SB, $9 and sl2.
JUST RECEIVED,
A complete line of
stylish and np to date jrMfcx
GO CARTS, lip
the kind that run
easy. A few more of
those much talked
$2.98
Our stock of Iron Beds is complete. We are offering
this week an elegant Iron Bed, with all iron spring, for
$7. Also have on hand a few genuine Baked Enamel
Beds —beauties. Call in and examine them.
The largest and best SIDEBOARD on earth for
$13.75. French glass, elegant finish.
Anew line of handsome Walnut and Mahogany Bed
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Give us a call.
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LINDSEYS riORGAN
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ECKSTEIN’S
Brilliant Colors TdflCtd Silks at 75c
Extra Heavy Black Taffeta Silks at 75c
White, Ivory, Cream Taffeta Silks at 75c
Striped, Checked and Plaid Silks at 75c
Brocade Satins and Fancy Silks at 75c
Black Silk Crepons.
Beauties, sl. $1.25, $1.50; Richest s2to $4.50
1 iuest Black Dress Goods Ever in Savannah
A Gorgeous Stock of Black Silks & Black Satins
Plaids at 20c, 25c, 49c; Very Fine $1 lo $1.75
Camel’s Hair all wool 49c,75c,99c,51.25,51.39
Cloths and Venetians.
French Broad Cloth, Black and Colors, at SI.OO
Venetians 49c, 85c, the Very Finest at $1.39
Children’s AH Wool Vests at 50c, at 65c, at 75c
$1.50 Baby Caps SI.OO
Children’s Fine Cardinal Bibbed Hose 25c
Children’s 25c Lisle Finish Hose "Special” 15c
ECKSTEIN’S
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