Franklin's paper the statesman., March 27, 1909, Page PAGE 3, Image 3

About Franklin's paper the statesman. (Denver, Colo.) 1906-1912

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WILLIAM WANTED NO LAWYER.
Reason Assigned W?s Something of a
Slur on the Profession.
When Justice Buffum opened court
In a small town in southern Georgia
one morning last week, he called loud
ly: Jones against Johnson!"
A dignified gentleman came to the
bar. and said: "I am Dr. Jones, your
honor, the complaining witness. My
chic kens were stolen and found In the
possession of —**
On#- moment, doctor." the judge in
terrupted. We must have the defend
ant at the bar Jones against John
ron* Jones against Johnson' Is the
defendant present* Is William John
son in court*"
A tail and shambling negro shuffled
to the bar. ducked his head, pulled his
coolly forelock in token of respect.
*nd grinned a propitiatory grin
Ah's Willy um .lohns'n. please sur.
jedge he said Ah dean' know
iiufflu bout no fendant. sub Ah'm
Jes de man wot took de chlck'ns."
"Don't talk like that.' the court
warned W illiaui ‘You ought to have
a lawyer to sju-ak for you Where's
vour lawyer?"
Ah ain’t got no lawyer. Jedge— M
\ #*rv well, then said his honor.
*TII assign a lawyer to defend you."
Oh no. suh; no. nub! Ple-e-ease
don do dat' William begged.
Why not' asked the Judge It
wa t cost you anything Why don't
you want a lawyer?**
Well, ah 11 tell yo\ sah. said Wll
'Ham waving his tattered old hat con-
Aden?tally "Hit s Jei» dis-a way—ah
wan \uh enjoy dem rhlrk'n* musef."
—llur|*er‘s Weekly
ARTIFICIAL LIGHT FOR BIRDS.
Lengthens Their Day. Giving Them
More Time for Feeding.
Winter ha* aiwa>* proved a tryinjf
for rare and delicate birds in the
zoological wardens One interesting
theory has been advanced, that owing
to the long night* In these latitude*
In winter the poor bird* do not feed
long enough during the da\ to keep
bod\ and soul tog.Mh* In the old
Insert house some g«>od effected
by Inducing the bird* to feed before
dawn with the aid of a powerful motor
laini- which w«h placed there an hour
In the winter
In ihc new small hlrdhous* says the
Ixmdoti Daily Mall an elaborate in
candescent gaslight installation has
Just been completed It 1* controlled
from outside and at six o'clock in the
morning a watchman -witches on the
lights
Immediately a chorus of songs
break* out front the aroused birds
which start breakfast Immediately
This extra feeding time has alreadx
produced good results In the shape of
Impioved condition of the birds of par
adUe ntynahs and other rare tropical
bitd* in the house
A Handy Library.
Many of the new (took* come out in
actiu 1 form In the magagfnes and pu
per* Cut out the Installments as they
appear and glue them together---hook
fashion. If from a magazine, or in one
long strip if taken from a newspaper
lake a long, stout envelope, paste the
name of the story on the hack, fold the
sheets or strips of clippings and place
In the envelope. This is a book which
tukc* only a small space on the
shelves, and the name is easily seen
THE STATESMAN. DENVEFI, COLORADO.
nom tne ouisiae. 1 nese envelope
books are Invaluable for sick people,
as frail hands are not tired by hold
ing a light slip of paper when it would
be impossible to hold a heavy book
As a bit of cheer for all invalids they
might be aptly termed the sunbeam
library.—Housekeeper.
Work for the Unemployed.
I-ack of employment is not a new
question. Says the Liverpool Mercury
of February 14. 1812: "It is of the
highest importance that a committee
of the legislature should immediately
inquire into the causes of the present
want of employment among the labor
ing classes, and whether means might
not be found in a nation of which the
revenue is immense by which a sue
cession of public works." etc., etc.
There were at that time, nearly 100 years
ago IG.OOO unemployed in Liverpool
The same writer, after asking Is
wai the only employment that the
state has to give the poor?" goes on to
show that the pyramids of Egypt and
the • legant edifices of Greece" were
built with the object of giving con
tlnua! employment to the laborer
How High a Tiger Can Jump.
For the lieneflt of the prospective
big game hunters a correspondent
finally dispose* of the theory that a
tiger is unable to jump to any height
from all fours. He records that he
took refuge in a tree from a particu
lar tiger The beast however, jumped
up to him. like an India rubber ball,
a good seven feet and It was only
by letting go with my right ami ram
tiling both barrels down his mouth
that 1 did not ba\e a very had time of
It."
The moral evidently is that when
avoiding a tiger it is necessary to And
a Ire.- with Its low«*m branch At least
]C feet from the ground.
Apology Due and Forthcoming.
\n illiterate young man once got a
friend to write a letter for him to
his sweetheart. The letter was rath
•• prosaic foi a love letter, and he felt
that an apology war due to his sweet
h«.«rt for Its lack of tender nothings
It was ac follows
Please excuse the mildness of this
here letter, as the chap wot s rilin’ it
Is a married man. and he says be
< arn't 'bide any soft soapings, ii alius
give* him the siuizzums
JEST OF THE NATURE FAKER.
Remarkable F'sh Was Whifftetit. Ac
cording to Facetious Waiter.
Seating himself ala restaurant ta
ble a Chicago man said:
Waiter what kind of fish have
you"”
0/ said the waiter, all kinds -
whlteflah. blueflsh iruylings. sea bass,
weak fish, perch
Pshaw’" \nwned the customer,
“cut that out I’m tired of those com
mon fishes Ain’t you got some new
kind of fish, some kind I never ate
before?"
' Well.** said the waiter "the whlf
fletitK Is very fine this morning.”
What In thunder Is a whiffletit*’*
Why. don’t a fish sharp like you
know what a whlfflellt Is* Common
enough here You see. the whlfflellt
lives only in circular lakes You go
out and find a circular lake and hire
a boat Then you row out all alone
to the middle of the lake about a mile
or so. and anchor Then you take an
augur and lw>re a hole in the water,
and halt it h\ nutting it niece of cheese
on the en g( of the hole. The whiffle
tit conies t p to get the cheese, eats
it and it m kes him swell up so that
he can t get back down the hole."
■Well." s lid the customer, breath
less. what hen?'*
“Why." 1 ‘plied the waiter, as he
filled a gla> i of water, "you lean over
the side ol the boat and laugh the
w'hiffletit u death. Want a few?"—
Cleveland 1 eader.
PECULIAR WHEEL OF FORTUNE.
Breton Pe; lantt Ascribe Miraculous
Power to Odd Contrivance.
In the v llage church of Comfort
(near Pont Croix I. In western Brit
tany is a ery good specimen of the
now rare wheel of fortune.” It If
made of wt id. with a row of bells on
Its outer rim and pivoted be
tween a ouple of rough beams
—altogethe very primitive workman
ship By n ?ans of a cord attached to
a crank the wheels can be made to re
volve* and t et all the bells a-jangling
I have ofte i heard that the peasants
believe tha it has miraculous power
of healing hen run over the head of
a sufferer v ho has placed a sou In the
box to whlc 1 the rope is padlocked. 1
received r* markable confirmation of
this belief, for while making a photo
kraph a w dl-to-do sailor's wife and
her husban came into the i hurch and
looked rout d The woman asked me
If I though there could be any truth
In this bel ef. as her child was very
backward a learning to talk Her
nurse who ante from those parts, had
advised he to bring the bab> and
ring the i of Comfort over his
beau whei: he would be sure to talk.
Vs she wa* passing she had looked In
to see If it *as worth trying!
Not Su| posed to See or Know.
On the elief train that had l»een
rushed to he scene of the railway
wreck was a newspaper reporter, re
mark* the 'hica«o Tribune The first
victim he r iw was a roan whose eyes
wer<* in mi irning and whose left arm
was In a s lug. With his hair full of
dirt one ei d of his shirt collar flying
loose, and I is coat ripped up the hack
th* victim was sitting on the grass
and serene y contemplating th«* land
s< a|»e "Ho r many people are hurt*"
asked the reporter, hurrying up to
him Ihs *en't heard of anybody be
Ing hurt, y »ung man. said the other
How- did this wreck happen?" I
haven't he rd of any wreck You
haven't * v .’ho are you. anyhow ?" ”1
don't know that it's any of your biisl
ness but 1 m the claim agent of the
road "
No Dru is in the Middle Ages.
As we i >me to the Middle Ages,
when the lations of modern Europe
were struct ling into existence, we find
that at Art . the drum was not used
at all So. although melody had been
known am practiced for many con
turnes. rhy hm had been quite forgot
ten For i hat there is left to us of
the music i f the Middle Ages contains
no bars, a d we know that it was
slowly an monotonously chanted,
without the least accent
In the 1 leventh century, however,
things beg m to improve, more par
ticularly as the Crusaders brought Into
Europe all sorts of percussion Instru
ments fror the east Various kinds
of drums, tambourines and cymbals
wen* then eon in Europe for the first
time since the days of savages, and
thex have >een used, with very little
change. e\ *r since.—St Nicholas
Oltlee Phone Main MN.
Hour*: 9 to 11 a. m., 1 to 4 p. m,
7 to 8 p. m.
DR. P. K. SPRATUN
Rooms—3l-2 Good Block.
Residence. 2230 Clarkson Street.
Telephone York 123.
Office hours: 8a.m.t06 p. m. and
by appointment.
Phone Main 7416
Dr. T. Ernest McClain
DENTAL SURGEON,
Plate, Crown and Bridge Work
a Specialty
2743 Welton St. DENVER, COLO.
OFFICE HOURS:
9 to 11 &m. m.
3 to 5 p. m.
7 to 8 p. m.
Sundays by appointment.
DR. W. A. JONES
911 TWENTY-FIRST STREET.
Office Phone Main 5554.
hec. 2205 Marion St. Phone York 4370.
Or. Westbrook. Dr. Harper.
8 to 12 m„
t 0 5 P- 1 to 5 p. m.
7 to 8 p. m.
AH Other Hours ana
Sunday by Appointment
’Rhone Main 1144.
DR. WESTBROOK
Residence 1505 East 16th Avenue
Phone York 4014
Physician an. Surgeon
DR. HARPER
Dentist.
915-917 Twenty-first Street.
Phone Main 8625 After hours 3230
DR. JUSTINA L. FORD
OFFICE HOURS:
10 to 12 a. m. 2to4p. m„ to 8 p r-
OFFICE AND RESIOENCE.
2111 Arapahoe Street. Denver.
JOS. H. STUART
LAWYER
PRACTICES IN ALL COURTS.
Office 329 Kittredge Bldg.
Cor. 16th and Glenarm.
Residence 2562 Lincoln avenue.
Phone Olive 2294.
Examining abstracts of title, and
drawing up legal documents given
careful attention.
**it*Rium**im*iMt**««it)um*m*
GEORGE G. ROSS
ATTORNEY AND COUNBELLOR-AT
LAW.
Abstracts of title, wills, deeds and all
legal matters pertaining to real and
personal property carefully looked
after.
Room 207 Kittredge Building.
Residence. 1844 Tremont Place. A/tec
9190 Phone Olive 14x4.
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