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The Lexington Dispatch. Wednesday, May 7, 1902. A DEOLL CHAEACTER "COUNSELOR" NOLAN WAS A WIT I OF THE NEW YORK BAR. Some of the Quaint Saying* of This ; Picturesque Legal Light. Who For Tears Kept Gotham's Judges and > Lawyers Laughing. 1 In a bock entitled "The Barrister" Cbarles Frederick Stausbury has brought together the best of the anecdotes of Tom Nolan, vrho was known popularly among members of the New :Tork bar as "Counselor Nolan." For many years the counselor kept judges and lawyers of New York laughing, - - i ana at pouucui cuuycuuulis uc **?o vuc of the important, if not serious, attractions. The counselor was himself sui generis. His drollery was individual. Some characteristic stories fr,om Mr. Stansbury's collection are here set N down: At a political convention a friend asked Nolan: , "Isn't it strange, counselor, that your friend Croker, who is such a mighty power down your way. does not get a nice political job for himself?" The barrister drew himself up. looking his inquisitor over from the corner of bis eye, ana tnen repnea, wun severity: "'TIs a peanut brain you have, Clancy, to ask me that. Is there anny job he hasn't got?" Judge Horace Russell told the following story: Nolan once had a client whose name was Mrs. Moriarity. After her case had been placed upon the calendar Mrs. Moriarity appeared every day in Nolan's office with her eleven witnesses. Finally the case reached the top of the calendar, and Nolan was on hand to try it. The opposing counsel asked for a postponement Nolan fought the postponement with great eloquence, laying much stress upon the fact that Mrs. Moriarity had been put to enormous trouble and expense of coming every day to his office with her eleven witnesses. Judge Dugro, who was sitting, was not convinced apparently by Nolan's perfervid oratory and granted the adjournment. Then the barrister arose. "Your honor," said he, "ha.? ; -en fit to grant a postponement of the case, on/1 wMlo T hnmhlv snhmft tn thp rnl? ing of the court, yet I would like to ask your honor to do me a personal favor." "Certainly, counselor, with pleasure," replied Judge Dugro. "What is it?" "Go you to my office," thundered the barrister, "and inform Mrs. Moriarity that this case has been postponed." Witty and keeD as Nolan was, he Once in awhile got the worst of au encounter with a witness, as the following incident illustrates: The plaintiff, Mr. Foley, was suing Mr. W. for damages sustained by carelessness of defendant in allowing his donkey to escape from his stable aud trespass upou plaintiff's lawn. Foley is in the witness box. Barrister Nolan (for defendant)?You say that Mr. W.'s animal caused all this injury to your property? j Foley?Yes. sor. Barrister?Where did you first see this donkey? . Foley?Tied up In defendant's stable. Barrister?Where did you next see him*? j toiey?ud me premises. Barrister?Hew do you know it was the same donkey? Foley (emphatically)?If I saw yez tied up in the stbable, don't yez suppose I'd know yez whin yez got loose? The barrister excused Mr. Foley. It was in the old superior court before Judge David McAdam and a jury, and the barrister was trying a case on behalf of the plaintiff in a negligence suit against the Twenty-third street crosstown railroad, which was controlled by Jacob Sharp, who afterward gave the name of "boodle aldermen" to the world. On rising to sura up on behalf of his client Nolan launched forth into an attack upon Sharp, who had in bo manner appeared in the case. Raising his voice to a pitch that could be heard by citizens in the City Hall park, he concluded his peroration as follows: "And who, gintiemen of the jury, is Jacob Sharp? 1 will tell you. gintiemen. He is a man so lost to all his sinse of ethics and the rights of man that for the sake of palthry prospective dividends be would run a railroad ?p your spine and make ties out of your ribs!" When tbe bar of the city of New York gave a dinner at Delmonico's in boDor of former Justice Abraham R. Lawrence on his retirement from tbe bench, ODe of the remarks Nolan made .was: "There's Recorder Smyth. He's a eood "fudge. a foine judge, but be thinks ivery man ought to go to prison at least wance." Nolan on one occasion was a candidate for a municipal office, and in the course of his canvass he asked a woman of his acquaintance if she would use her influence iu obtaining for him ber husband's vote. "Sure, I will," said the woman. "Are we not ever lastingly grateful to you ever since you got my husband off for stealing a gun?" "No. no, my dear woman," cried tbe barrister, "not for stealing a gun, but for the alleged stealing of a gun." "Alleged be bothered." replied tbe woman. "Come up stairs and I'll show yon the gun." Once arguing a case in behalf of clients who were sailors and while in Ibe midst of an exhaustive display of nautical scholarship Nolan was interrupted by tbe court: "How comes it, counselor, that you possess such a vast knowledge of the sea V" "Does your honor think," responded Nolan, "that 1 came over in a hack?" I Trembling, frightened, she knows not | why. Between lier sobs she tells her ; husband of her misery. It is not ! enough for the husband to comfort the wife in this con- , ? dition, she needs help. In those / the^ shadow of ^ and full of vague ^ n o u r 1 she s the' j | nerves .and quiets them. It restores the appe- lFi^?3^ ?&* tite and induces refreshing sleep, It gives physical I strength and mental buoyancy to meet , the trial of motherhood, and makes the j baby's advent practically painless. "I will be very glad to .say a few words for Dr. Pierce's Favonte Prescription," writes Mrs. P. S. Douglas, of Mansonville, Brome Co., Que. "Durirg the first four months when I looked tc becoming a mother I suffered very much from nausea and vomiting, and I felt so "terribly sick I could scarcely eat or drink anything. I hated all kinds of food. At this time I wrote to Dr. Pierce and he told me to get his 'Favorite Prescription' and a bottle of ' Golden Medical Discovery.' I got a bottle of each and when I had taken them a few days I felt much better, and when I had taken liardlv three parts of each bottle I felt well and could eat as well ae any one. and could do my work without any trouble (I could not do anything before). I feel | very thankful to Dr. Pierce for his medicine, and ; I tell all who tell me they are sick to get these j medicines or write to Dr. Pierce." Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate j the bowels. SECONDHAND SMOKES." Selling: Cigar Stabs Is a Lncrative j Business In Naples. Buying and selling cigar stubs is a j ' * J-l I ! _ I _ 11*. i large ana lucrative uusmess 111 me | city of Naples, and many persons are i engaged in it. Some of them have little stalls or shops near the docks, the arsenals and the manufacturing establishments where workingmen are : in the habit of passing to and from j their tasks. Others, with less capital, j have little stands at street corners, a ; board laid across a saw horse, upon j which their stock in trade is displayed, j while the petty dealers in this line of j business exhibit their stock in little j piles upon the sidewalk, sometimes j not even a newspaper being under j them. The supply comes from +he cafes, j restaurants, hotels and other public ; places. Men and women pick over the : garbage heaps and the dust boxes, and | boys run up and down the pavements in front of the hotels early every morn- ! ing looking for "snipes." Some of the j restaurant and cafe keepers sell the i privilege of picking up the cigar ! stumps in their places to dealers, and i the proceeds amount to a considerable : sum during the year. In other places ! it is-one of the perquisites of the head j ^ waiter. ] Some of the stubs are taken to fac- | i j. ji writs, wuere mey are cui up anu man- | i ufactured into cigarettes and smoking ! \ tobacco, but the greater part of them j j are sold to the lower classes of work- r ingmen, sailors and dock wallopers, g who smoke them in their pipes. At ^ the entrance of the navy yard, which j is uppn one of the most frequented ' s streets in Naples and in a very con- J spicuous place, half a dozen of these secondhand cigar dealers can be found when the men are coming out of the c gates at the close of their day's work, a The employees are not allowed to smoke inside, and their wages do not permit them to indulge in the luxury of cigars or even smoking tobacco at first hand, so, for a centissimo, which j is the smallest coin imaginable?one- j fifth of 1 cent?they buy a cigar stub, j crumble it up in their hands and cram it into their pipes.?Chicago Herald. < If the Baby is Cutting Teeth. : Be sure and use that old and well 1 tried remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums, j allays all pain, cures wind colic and ! < is the best remedy for diarrhoea, j Twenty-five cents a bottle. i It is the best of all. } -T-1 ir rmii i f-f rnn? ? ? f a n inc. dulll I rrcuivi Arrtn, i Hott Modern War Methods Try the Soldiers' Nerves. C Today a man may die as soon as the t enemy's guns, hidden away in the dis- < tant, cloud topped mountains seven } miles away, begin to talk. And over I that seven miles he must walk with ^ caution, with a wide interval between i him and his pals on either hand. He i must lie down at every short halt and < scratch the ground hurriedly with his j little spade at every long one, for the great shells are sailing toward him, and he sees by his officer's eye and 1 hears by his commands that it is considered that he may perish at any mo* * raent and that precautions are necessary to preserve him. He sees, more- ' over, how futile those precautions must be if one of those mousters fowling overhead should land as near to him as i the last one did to that blasted tree, I i for instance, with its scorched, dangling limbs and the huge charred lissure in its stout trunk, or as the one j before did to the team of mules in the ambulance wagon, now a screaming, j strn?r?rlini? iumble of harness and i blood}" flesh. j P All this is dispiriting and appears un- i' necessary. The country on all sides is ii as peaceful as his native dale, not a 5 sign of an enemy. Even the great blue hill ahead, on -which he is told the enemy's long guns are posted, looks as BBMBOH1 ?M3??iHHaaaai?a quiet as fhehionntain on a Christmas card. Yet for two miVs be walks through death, thinking only of it hecause there is nothing else to think of, and then as twilight falls bivouacs in extended line, sees his friends run for their tea between the fall of the shells, notices one of them time his run back badly and meet a projectile in full career, to part ffcom it an awful and disgusting offense, and then lies down in the darkness with shaking nerves and the thought that live worse miles still intervene between him and the guns he knows he is intended to take. Next morning he is awakened by a shell, is marched with infinite caution for two more miles, shelled the whole way, is shelled even in his bivouac by the light of the moon and as he watches the projectiles bursting like watersnouts of fire along his hillside is glad j when he is told that tomorrow will be the battle, after which if he wins and if he lives he may be able to walk and sleep in peace for a space.?"A Lineman" in New York World. LINCOLN'S DISPATCHES. Why Many of Them Were Dated From the War Department. Surprise is often expressed by very intelligent people that so large a proportion of President Lincoln's most important telegrams and some of his letters are dated from the war department instead of the executive mansion and none of them from the navy, treas ury or other administrative bureaus. This is generally deemed a very singular fact, and from it writers have plausibly drawn the conclusion that Lincoln personally liked the secretary of war better than any of the other cabinet officers. While this Indeed appears to have been true, it does not necessarily so follow. He certainly held Mr. Seward in high regard, yet he seldom went to the state department. In the circumstances it was not at all singular. The explanation is easy. War was the business of that time, and Lincoln's eyes were always bent to the army, especially when great military events were impending. He habitually haunted the adjacent war department and army headquarters, where abode General Halleck, his military adviser, for news and views. Head and heart were strenuously concentrated on the fight wherever it might be. His fertile brain saw, too, the critical points in the game oftentimes far more clearly than some of his so called "ablest generals." He not only wished to know what was going on in the field, but performed his own part nobly. In the heat of action or at crucial moments his orders, suggestions and inquiries were fired off spontaneously from wherever he might be at the moment and at such periods ^ llw of f K/\ *T?n T* /I /\. UC wua gCIJClUJlJ UtCl UL tliC ?? ell UCpartment" with Mr. Stanton. That is the chief reason why so many of his dispatches are dated at that department and not because he perhaps held Stanton In higher esteem than the secretary of the navy or state or treasury. ?Lippincott's Magazine. I take great pleasure in giving the rery highest testimonial to Dr. Baker's Blood and Liver Cure. I lsed it in 1895 Inflammatory RbeuDati9m. I was severely afflicted vith the disease and tried my family jhysician, in addition to various emedies, without effect. I procured tome of the above medicine, and beore using a bottle of it I could walk without my crutches, and by the ime I had used a bottle and a half, ! felt entirely well, and have not uffered any since. I cheerfully resommend it, and believe it will do 11 its propietors claim for it. Respectfully, E. 0. Mastin, Deputy Collector of Wilkes County, N. C.. Feb 22, 1898. M ^ ~ 1 ? ? 4 AU A D nrrn M x1 or erne aii tut) w Recommending Coal. A promoter of a recently discovered ?oal mine in Rhode Island sent a quan:ity of the material to Professor of \"ew York university. Afterward he lsked for a certificate of its quality, thereupon the professor wrote: ro Whom It May Concern: This is to certify that I have tried this :oaI in my fireplaces, grates and stoves 'or several weeks, and, having done so, 1 ?an confidently recommend to all my iriends that they hurry into the state of khode Island on the day of judgment, beng well satisfied that it will be last por:ion of the earth to burn. ?Pittsburg Dispatch. The Useful Men. Encourage the useful men in tb tornmunity. Don't start foolish and unxuthful stories about them and discourage the work they are doing. If rou cannot do anything for the public ?ood yourself, don't discourage those vho are willing to give their time and noney toward developing the cominu lity in which you live.?Atchison L?lobe. She Did. "Auntie. Charles Gass proposed to ne Inst n?sht." "The impudent fellow! Somebody aught to sit down on him." "Why. nuntie. I rather think somebody did."?Baltimore News. Some people seem to think they have :o prove they have a mind by speaking it.?Philadelphia Bulletin. ?? ? ? You Know What You Aro Taking When you take Grove's Tasteless Ihill Tonic bec3u?e the formula is >lainly printed on every bottle showag that it is simply Iron and Quinine a a tasteless form, No Cure, No Pay. Oc. Send us your dues. pole^a-Infantum^ ! the Bowels, Strengthens ~'Jwk] C?sts Only 25 cents at Druggists, ^teething easy? (%&&&&Or mail 23 cents to C. J. MOFFETT, M. D.. ST. LOUIS. MO. PhORENCE, S. C.i Nov. 26. 19C0.?I was first advised by our family physician in Charleston to use TEETHINA. svith our baby when be was but a very yuan? infant, as a preventive of colic and to warm and sweeten the stomach. Later it was useful in teething: troubles, and its effect has been found to be so very beneficial and so free from dangers that are consequent upon the use of drugs and soothing syrups, that we have come to regard it. after use with three rhildren. as one of the necessities when there is a new baby in the house and until the teething troubles are over, and we take pleasure tn recommending it to our friends instead of the horrid stuff that so many people use to keep their Jaby quiet. HAliTWELL 11. A.YEI1, (Manager Daily Timw and Weekly Times-Messenger.) | SH0ESI SHOES! SHOES! | |||i Our "Sole" A.im is to get your trade anrl make a permanent customer of you. ffr To do this we will give you the best fit in 1 WARRANTED LEATHER SHOES | (for dress and every day wear) that can be made in the best factories. Call on us and we will show you beter than we can tell. ^ 1E. P. & F. A. DAVIS. I ? OLIVER'S OLD STAND, if 4> 1710 31AIN STREE11 COLUMBIA, S. C. ^ W PRICES REASONABLE. m ^ ^ f e^ar^jl^ly. ^ gggg . ^ SBBBBi B SB ,7ift-T E|>fl AS4I I ^^^^UHOIWA AND INplAN : Are b?st reacl^ byi^he Cojton Belt, >yriidi line1* y " runs two trains a^aay^rom mompjiu) io i cAas, f - j without change. xheseVtVains eiflier reach i . a j| director make close c^necuonV^/^^. j <&* Jr for al|? parts of Texas, Ol^ahomk .J^heWa\ and I pdian Territory. >A S FT. WORJ I ]1 ^ ?--^~~~~l *T*i?ronoHv^^7yj\ } J^HREVEPORT ? *ILl-^*}^?*^CO"j^CANA \X } OATESVILUES^??l^c[/\ /\ \* ) SAN ANQtLOO- ^ ^JLUFKIN\ J 7 SAM AHTQWIO1/ \\ I f> A If you want to flnvd a g^>od home houstoJWv^-^^ y? in Texas, where \hijf crops are ^fesALvtiTow <yT raised and where people prosper. J ^5 write for a copy of ourvhandsorae booklets. "Homes in tne) Southwest" and "Through T^xas with > a Camera." Sent freeuto^any- c SLtaISMll00SWI>elttC/ N. B. B/..RD, T. P. A., . ATLANTA, OA. ^E-w- l*mm>G-p-* T- A-* ST-l0llis*:i0- y fj For the Next Thirty Days We Will Sell 50c. Split Bottom Oak Chairs at 40c. 60c. Cane Bottom Oak Chairs, at 50c. 75c. High Back Dining Koom (Jhairs at tioc. $2.50 Oak Bedsteads at $2.00, $2.50 Folding Springs at $2.00. $1.50 Oak Rockers at $1.15. and various other things at prices that will surprise you. Call and see us or mail your orders. Mention Dispatch. mm ? ? Bala Wrfa 1507 MAIN ST., COLUMBIA, S. C. January 15 ? ATLANTA GRANITE ^|L AIVD fa Marietta Marble Works. We have the best eanipped plant in the South, with up to date pneumatic tools and polishing machines which puts us I in a position to do all kinds of J,i\?+*$1 m _ Marble and Granite Work xjfe'T5T* at the very lowest prices. Estimates made on all kinds of Cemetery Work, and Building Material. Wholesale and retail. Call on or address, S. G. MOZLEY 8s CO., P. W. BARNES, Proprietors, Atlauta, Ga. General Agent, Ridge Springs, S. C. Mav 8 iv ^. DIAL HARDWARE CO., Wholesale and Retail Importors and Dealers in All Kinds of PAINTS, OIL AM) GLASS. We are II earl quarters for BLACKSMITHS, AND HOUSE BUILDING MATERIALS POST OFFICE BLOCK, COLUMBIA, S. C. September 30?1 v. When writing mention the Dispatch. When writ ng mention the Dispatch SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY. iKLUH Jj^lTED Double Daily Service Between New York, Tampa, Atlanta, New, Orleans and Points South and West. IN EFFECT DECEMBER 1st, 1901. SOUTHWARD. Dully. : Daily No. 31 No. 27 lv New York. P. R. R.. 1 00 pm 12 10 am lv Philadelphia, P R R. 3 29 pm; 7 20 am lv Baltimore, P R K... 5 45 pm 9 34 am lv Washington, P R R. 7 00 pm] 11 01 am lv Richmond, !S ALRj 10 40 pml 2 38 pm lv Petersbure, 44 11 20 pnij 3 18 pm lv NorliLa Jet. 44 ; 1 42 am[ 5 45 pm lv Henderson, 4* [ 2 09 am' 6 12 pm lv Raleigh, 44 , 3 32 ami 7 35 pm lv Southern Pines,44 ! 5 27 am j 9 27 pm No. 33 : lv Hamlet, 44 6 35 am'10 35 pm No. 31 j lvColumbia.J 44 8 40 am 1 05 am ar Savannah 44 12 05 pm: 4 40 am ar Jacksonville, 44 3 50 pm! 9 05 am ar Tampa, 44 | 5 0U am 5 40 pm No. 33 [ ar Charlotte, 44 9 23 ami lv Unester, * 9 45 am ^ lv Greenwood, 44 1 1 52 am lv Athens, 44 2 21 pm ar Atlanta, ? 44 3 55 pm ar Augusta. 0 <fc W C ,. | .j 40 pmj lv New York, n Yp <fcN ;f8 00 am 9 00 pm lv Philadelphia. 44 10 16 am ll 26 pm jv New York. O Dft SUo f3 00 pm iv Baltimore. B ft P 4;o f6 30 pm lv WasL'ton, N & W S B| 630 pm No. 33 No. 41 lv Portsmouth, S ALRj 8 50 pm 9 25 am lv Weldcn, 44 ll 35 pm 12 02 pm | No. 31 lv Norlina Jet, 44 1 2 55 am 1 30 pm lv Henderson, 44 1 25 am 2 05 pm lv "kflleioh ! 9. SO am 3 R5 nm lv Southern Pines," ! 5 05 am 6 18 pm I No. 33 lv Hamlet. " i 6 35 am 7 30 pm No. 31 ' No. 27~ lv Columbia. | " 8 40 am 1 05 am ar Savannah, " 12 05 pm i 4 40 am ar Jacksonville, " 3 50 pm| 9 05 am ar Tampa, " 5 00 am] 5 4;; pm No. 33j No. 39 lv Wilmington. " 3 05 pm ar Cb-irioittj. " 9 23 am J10 32 pm lv Gnester, " 9 45 am 1,35 am lv Greenwood, " 11 52 am 3 43 am lv Athens, " 2 21 pm 5 13 am ar Atlanta.sj " ! 3 55 pm 7 50 am ar Augusta. C & V/ Gj 0 40 pin... "1 ar MacoD, G of Georgia! 7 20 pm 11 20 am ar Montgom'r>, A?feWr | 9 20 pm G 30 am ar Mobile, L & N 2 55 am 4 15 pm ar Nf-w Orleans. L & N 7 25 am 8 25 pm ar Nashville. >G&ftL 6 4U am G 55 pm ar Memphis, 44 i 4 0upm. 8 25 am NOBTEWAED. Daily Daily No. 34 No. 36 lv Tampa, SAL By.... 9 00 pm 8 CO am lv Jacksonville, " 10 10 ami 7 40 pm lv Savannah, 44 155 pm 11 30 pm lv Columbia,? 44 4 lOpmi 7 05 pm lv Memphis. fl V & StL 12 4o pm y UO pm lv flasville. 44 9 30 am 9 30 am lv flew Urieana, L & fl 0 30 pmj 8 Ompm lv Mobile 44 1 35 pm; 12 30 am lv Montgom'rv,UWP 6 30 pm; 6 15 am lv Macou. C ol Georgia 8 00 ami 4 20 pm lv Augusta, 0 & W I).... 10 05 am fl o. 321 fl o. 38 lv Atlanta,? S A L By 100 pm; 9 00 pm ar Athens, 41 2 57 pm j 11 23 pm ar Greenwood, " 5 19 pm| 1 56 am ar Chester. 44 7 20 pm; 4 00 am lv tjijarlotte, " 7 38 pm i 5 00 am ar Wilmington 12 05 pui flo. 34 ' No. 66 ^ lv Hamlet 44 10 40 pm; 7 25 am < lv Southern Pines," n 33 pmj 8 17 am lv Kaleigh. 44 1 3 > am 10 20 am ar Henderson, 44 3 07 amll32pm lv Norlina Jet, 44 3 35 am l2 15pm ^ lv Petersburg, 44 5 54 am: 2 26 pm lv Bichmond, 44 6 45 am1 3 12 pm ar Washington, P B B 10 10 am 6 35 pm ar Baltimore. P K B.... 11 25 am 11 25 pm ar Philadelphia, P B B 11 36 pm, 2 56 am O T> T> i -i P I A OA a.1 new Auib, i xv a* ... ; ju pm o ou am i No. 22 No. 3d lv Norlina Jct,S A L Ryj 3 55 am 1 25 pm lv Weldon, " ' 5 56 am 2 40 pm at Portsmouth " 7 15 am 5 25 pm ar Wash* ton. N <fc W 6 bj j 6 55 am ar bnltimore. bs P Co' ;t6 45 am - ar New York. 0 DNM'o! if2l5pm ^ ar Philadelphia,NYP&Nif5 46 pm 5 lO am ar New York. " j 8 08 pm 7 43 am * Note?fDaily Except Sunday. Cafe Cars between Hamlet and Savannah on Trains Nos. 31 and 34. t Central Time. <5 Eastern Time. For anv furthtr information aoply to W. P. SCRUGGS. Traveling Passenger Agent. Savannah. Ga. R. E. L. BUNCH. General Passenger Agent. J. M. BARR, 1st Vice President. Portsmouth, Vo. ^ 1 Money to Loan. " WE ARE PREPARED TO NEGOTIate loans promptly on improved real estate in Lexington county at 7 per grf cent, interest. No commissions. Borrower pays actual expenses of preparation of ^ papers. 1 THOMAS & GIBBES. Attornevs at Law, Columbia, S. C, November 13. Omos. J Money to Loan '1 ON FARMING LANDS. LONG TIME. j Easy payment. No coin mission. Borrower pavs actual ccst ol per lectin 3 Loan. E. K. PALMER, Central National Bank Building. COLUMBIA, S, C COL. G. T. GRAHAM. Lexington, S. C. July 18-ly.