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Under Great Difficulties. Hi w BSsSKfeil'-' : WESSEJ^ .. “Resourcefulness in a lawyer m the actual trial of a case is as neces sary as the same quality in a gener al on a battlefield," said Representa tive Champ Clark to a Washington Evening Star reporter, “X saw ray old law partner, ex-Lieutenant Gov David A. Ball, gain a* slander case once under difficult circumstances— as it were, snatch viotory frot^ the jaws of defeat—by a happy exercise of that wondrous common sense with which he is so lavishly endowed, and without which in any man all other gifts are only vanity and vexation of “Ball had for a client a wizen- faced, shambling, wild-eyed old tie ohopper named Sara Barnes, slim as a racer and short of stature. A fgt, stocky 200 pounder, named Zach Boothe had accused Barnes of steal ing his bacon,and hud forced Barnes Tn his owh cabin, in the presence of his wife and children, to hold out his foot for measurement to see if it would fit oertaiu suspicions tracks. “Barnes was poor as Job’s turkey; but Ball is a sort of heaven-appoint ed attorney general for the poor. They are always with him> both in court and at the polls. Consequent ly, Barnes went to Ball with his bleeding heart and shattered repu tation straight as a bird could fly. Suit was promptly instituted against Boothe. The case oarne up for trial and poor Barnes began to b . wl up as usual. Ball unceremoniously jail ed him in his back office for three days, leading him to court by the ear ns a policeman would a prisoner —but he kept him sober until vioto ry perched upon thaj|r banner. “On the witness* stand Boothe swore that the reason he knew that Barnes stole the meat was that the thief entered the smoke house through a window sixteen by ten inches, where two 8x10 panes had been broken out, and that Barnes was tne only man in the neighbor hood small enough to get through that hole. “The jury scowled on Barnes and smiled on Boothe,and Boothe beam ed oleaginously on everybody. He metaphorically patted himself on the back ns a sure winner. But a change came over the spirit of his dream very suddenly. Ball had Xieard that ho was going to swear that way, was loaded for him and was laying for him. “While Boothe was in the midst of his self-oongratulatory grinning, Ball yanked a window sash 10x16 frdrn under the table, and before Boothe, the court or anybody else knew what he was up to, he had S ed that sash over Boothe’s , and it dropped over his broad shoulders and rotund ‘abdomen with fat oapon lined’ to the floor, (“Then he asked a juryman, who wa9 G feet 4 inches high, to stand up, and he passed him through that sash: The demonstration was com plete and his triumph assured. He had furnished the jury what Othello demanded of Iago—‘the ocular proof.’ The jury caught on and transferred their smiles to Barnes and their boo wls to B oo the. All the sheriffs ever oommisBined couldn’t have kept that crowd from oheering, and Barnes was awarded substantial damages.” The Power of Thought. The west shore of the Hudson river, just above the Highlands, seems to have been a favorite re sort for mastddons. Three skele tons were dug up from the swamps of Orange county several years ago, and another has just, been discov ered hear Newburgh. The bones of the latter were scattered over an area of 1,000 square feet, at depths varying from two to eight feet, whereas the others were found close together where the gigantio animals had perished. February Wornanjs Homo Companion. Beware of what you think, for what you think, quite as much as what you do, raoldd your character. Wrong acts persisted in will wreck your life, but wrong thoughts have just as sure an effect, it not infre quently happens that people who live fairly good lives, so far as their actions go, do not feel it necessary to set so close a guard on their thoughts, These are hidden, and of wbat harm is it to occasionally cher ish a vulgar thought if one does not ailow it tojjesoape [into action? Of what harm to hate if one does not show it? To imagine one’s self committing wrong acts if one doeB not actually commit them? But the laws of life Bay that every thought affects the whole being, As a man’s heart is, so will he be. Evil thoughts gradually under mine the character, and some day these thoughts will burst into action which is irremediable. Therefore, look w611 to your thoughts; keep your mind swept and garnished. And more than that, make the fnr- niture of it beautiful and true; for if bad thoughts persisted in ruin a character, so the best of characteris tics may bo cultivated by keeping the mind constantly on good things. Very often one is called upon to aot in an emergency, and then one aots along the line of one’s previous thought. No act is spontaneous; the seeds of it have been for a long time taking root in the brain. Of two men who have lived praottaally the same liveB outwardly, and are suddenly called upon to face a dan ger, one may play JJthe coward and the other rise to heroic effort. The cause of this difference is no matter of chance. Little by little the mo tor- traots of the brain of one have been weakened by wrong thinking; little by little the brain of the other has been strengthened because he thought bravely. WJjen tlje strain comes, one unconsciously aots along the line of least resistance. Ii is then that the hidden thoughts tell. We should see to it that we think heroioly, think purely, think charit ably. Then in action we will find ourselves doing the brave thing; we will aot cleanly and sanely; we will be kind and helpful. Butler and the Butcher. of of Massachusetts the late. Gen. butcher, who Dislocated Her Shoulder. Mrs. Johanna Soderholru, of ^Fergus Falls, Minn., fell and dis located her shoulder. She had a surgeon get it baok in place as soon as possible, but it was quite sore and pained her very muoh. Her son mentioned; that he had seen Chamberlain’s Pain Balm ad vertised for sprains and soreness, and she asked him to buy her a bottle of it, which he did. It quickly relieved her and enabled her to sleep which she had not done for several days. The son was so much pleased with the re lief it gave his mother that he has since recommended it to many others. For sale by All druggists. Advertise in The Home Journal. Judge Powers tells an aneodote Ben Butler and a thought he was Bhrewd'enough to get ahead of that shrewd lawyer, says the Washington Post. “General,” inquired this butcher, “if my dog should snatch a piece of meat from the stall of another butcher, would I be liable for the damage?” “Certainly,” answered the great legal light. * ! But if that butcher had put the meat down at the doorstep of my neighbor’s house, and my dog snatched it from there, would I still be liable for damages?” “Certainly,” replied the general again. “Then you will please pay me $5 for the meat which your dog has just snatched from the doorstep of one of your neighbors, where I had left it.” “Wait a minute,” rejoined Gen. Butler. “I owe you $5 for the meat my dog has snatohed away. But you have just had legal a<|vice from me, for which I charge ypu $10. The balance due from you is, therefore, exactly $6.” Miss Roosevelt, daughter of the President, recently had made for herself in New York an “exclusive model” gown of white cloth trim med with Russiaiflaoe. The other afternoon she attended a tea in Washington and wore the costume. There she met 5 other young women eash of whom had on a gown the exact duplicate of her own, and each of which had ;been guaranteed an “exclusive model.”—-Ex. New Ceuttiry Comfort, "Millions are daily finding a world of comfort in Buoklin’s Ar nica salve. It kills pain\ from Burns, Soalds, Cuts, Bruises; con quers Ulcers, and Fever Sores; cures Eruptions, Salt Rheum, Boils and Felons ; removes Corns and Warts. Best Pile cure on earth. Only 25c at Holtzclrw’s Drug-store. Questions Never Answered, Hair of the head grows faster in summer than in winter. Macon Telegraph. \Some of our northern exchanges of an independent turn of mind are asking the administration some very troublesome questions. Negroes are insisting that they are entitled to commissions in the army and, ac cording to the Washington Post, in pursuance of their fight for recogni tion in this direction, “are now at tacking the president, the secretary of war, the adjutant-general, Mr. Hull, the chairman of the house military committee, and heaven knows how many more besides.” And under the circumstances who can, wonder? If they are fit to be collectors at such important ports as Charleston, “why,” asks the Post, “should they not ' be officers in the army, or, for that matter, in the na vy also?” President Roosevelt, according to the Philadelphia Record, “cannot break through the thick wall of race prejudice that surrounds the array. It is the same with the navy. The president cannot appoint a colored youth a cadet at the Annapolis Na val Academy, and thus ^afford him the opportunity to rise to the rank of admiral without giving deadly offense to the spirit of caste. . . . While trampling on the race preju dices of the south lot President Roosevelt conquer his own,or at least have sufficient courage of his opin ions to ride his colored hobby the full length. He and his republican supporters in congress have the ap pointment of numerous officers in the army and navy, and in the se lection of these officers they can signalize their superiority to the narrow prejudice of race which they affect so much to despise in other people. Have not the negroes the same political and social right to share in the offices of rank and dis tinction in the military and naval pfmee that they have to share the collectorBhips and the postraaster- shipH in the south?” Such questions no doubt greatly interest tlie administration officials, aud particularly the highest one of all, but, being most inoonvenient and annoying, they are passed over in discreet silence by those who ride the “colored hobby” in the south with such a brave show of single- heartedness and righteous zeal. A snowflake, like a hailstone, is formed on a particle of dust in the upper atmosphere. It begins its ca reer at the top of a cloud, many miles above the earth, and passes in its downward course through many atmospheric strata, differing in their temperature and the quantity of moisture they contain. In a strat um of warmer air it catcheB mois ture and when it enters a colder stratum below the moisture is fro zen, and so the flake grows until it reaches the earth. In a thawing air many flakes come together, forming larger ones. JJThe New York World says: “What could Mr.JHanna have meant by say ing that ‘Ohio is an incubator of Presidents and the industry still thrives?’ Mr. Hanna will himself be 71 years old in 1908, and there are many possibilities between now and then. Is a dark horse being groom ed for the Presidential sweepstakes, or is the entry list for 1904, in Mr. Hanna’s opinion, still open?” Fiuds Way to Live Long. The startling announcement of a Discovery that will surely lengthen life is made by Editor O. H. Downey of Ghurubusco, Ind. “I wish to state,” he writes, “that Dr. King’s Discovery for consumption is che most infallible remedy that I have ever known for coughs, colds and grip. It’s invaluable to people with weak lungs. Haying this wonderful medicine, no one need dread pneu monia or consumption. Its relief is instant and cure, certain.” Every 50c and $1 bottle guaranteed. Trial bot tles free at Holtzolaw’s Drugstore. To economize time in memorizing a poem it should be read as a whole; that is, entirely through each time. Tests made in psychological labora tories show that to memorize one verse at a time takes one-fourth longer. Get a free sample of Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets at any drugstore. They are easier to take and more pleasant in effect than pills. Then their use is not followed by constipation as is often the case with pills. Regular size, 25c per box. , "Z"o‘a. 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