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Show Definitely Fixed. "Expert legal testimony," says a well-known member of tho Now York bar "can easily bo mado a two-edged weapon In court. "A clever and capable mining engineer en-gineer was obliged to take tho stand as an oxpert in a suit In Nevada, a couple of years ago. Tho caso Involved In-volved largo Issues. "Tho examination was conducted by a young and smart attorney, who patronized tho expert with all tho authority au-thority of half a dozen years of practice. prac-tice. "Ono of his questions related to tho form in which tho oro was found, a form gonerally known as 'kidney lumps.' " 'Now, sir,' said the attorney, 'how larso aro theso lumps? You say that they aro oblong In shape. Aro they as long as my head?' " 'Ycb,' replied tho expert, 'but not nearly so thick."' Harper'B Weekly. |