| Show one day a b gentleman ent legan leman from froni IN new lew bedford ro rd waited ti upon on mr webster in his hia office iu in kB boston oston the little old office in court street wishing to engage him for the defense in an important ease case at law the visitor himself was the defendant fen dant and the amount at stake in the suit was from sixty to seventy thousand dollars ho he presented all the important poin points tib and mr webster was willing to undertake the task but the client could not tell exactly when the case would V 0 uld come on 1 t very I 1 well bald said webster if you wish to retain me for the tho defense in this thia suit I 1 will hold my myself in readiness and will not engage for the gentleman asked what the retaining fee would be A thousand dollars A thousand dollars bee bee see what I 1 engage to do bir sir I 1 not only hold myself fat at your command perhaps for a month or more but buti 1 I 1 lebar debar myself from accepting any offer no matter how large from the plaintiff 11 the applicant filed out a check for one thousand dollars and gave it to the great expounder and now sir said eaid daniel after ho he had put the check into his pocket 1 I will give you a bit of advice gratis if you can compromise this business upon fair terms with the plaintiff you had better do so the client acknowledged his thanks and then took his leave daniel sent his check to the bank where it was duly honored on the next day the gentleman from new bedford called calle dupon upon mr ar webster again the plaintiff was in in boston had bad come up on the previous day on purpose to compromise and a compromise had been eXec effected ted in short said the client we have madea mude a fair and satisfactory settlement mr bir webster was very glad and having so expressed hims elfand duly congratulated his visitor he would woula have turned to other business but the visitor teemed to have something further on hla hia mind something that made him restive and uneasy of course he ventured after a pause s 1 I shall not require your services mr webster certainly not sir 11 a tand and ah how about the thousand dollars I 1 paid you faint faintly y queried the gentleman who see tile the propriety of paying such a bum sum for servie services lees icis cs which were never to be rendered oh ah responded daniel with a bland smile you dont seem to understand it is very simple that was a reta retaining retaining inin fee called in law a retainer what g should uld I 1 retain if not my fee and the gentleman from new bedford went away thoroughly instructed in the legal signification ofa of a retainer nem new york ledger tim THE late captain G of Vermont was waa always satisfied he was one of the early and most successful breeders bleeders bre eders edera of merino sheep in his part of the state the captain had a sheep of a particular s species p ecles that he valued highly his hia son came in one morning morn inc ine and told him that the old sheep had twins Cap captaine tainG G said ahe he was glad she would bring up two as well as one soon boon after the son reported one of the twins dead the captain then said the one left would be worth more in the fall than both I 1 in the afternoon the boy told h his is father tb that at the other lamb was dead I 1 am glad said he 1 I can now fat theold the eld old sheep the next morning the son reported the old sheep dead I 1 I 1 that is j just what I 1 wanted no now w I 1 have goa goj rid of the breed I 1 will tell you a secret worth knowing A thousand things not worth half as much have been patented and elevated iaco laco a business it is this if you cu cut the legs of your chair so that the back part of the seat shall be two inches lower than the front part it will greatly relieve the fatigue of sitting and keep your spine in a much better shape the principle fatigue in sitting con comes ies les from orom your sliding forward and thus straining the ligaments and mus bles in the small smail of the back the expedient lied lent I 1 have advised will obviate this tendency and as ht I 1 have suggested add greatly to the comfort and healthiness of the sitting posture the tho front edge of the chair should not be more than fifteen inches high for the average man nor more than fourteen for the the average woman the average chair is 13 now seventeen inches for all which no a amount tow low aunt of slanting can make comfortable homely advice there is i a talt tall bird known to ta natural ests by the name of the Secretary Bird its classical name la Is the or vulture crane beis it is in fact about the size of a stork to which it is nearly allied by nature and in its voracious propensities in digestive power it is hardly inferior to the ostrich the proper food if f the secretary bird is reptiles especially serpents but hut when domesticated every kina kind of nourishment agrees agree with it and if it it be permitted to bufe r from hunger it will fall upon ducks chickens gollings goslings go slings and fieh its kait rait and figure are elegant ali all and I 1 imposing it walks like a kings secretary its eye has a quick daz ling predaceous glance A beautiful tuft of feathers which it can erect at pleasure inclines backward from the bead head ext aly resembling a flue fine feathery goose quill stuck behind the ear of a secretary hence its name in hot climates where reptiles abound this bird is carefully preserved it is felony to kill one but the public appreciates its too well to destroy it wantonly |
