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Show CHARACTER OF AN OATH. Like a Note With Which Some People Pay 'Debts. One of tho lawmakers from far-awny Oregon, where thero Is plenty of gold nnd silver, tells of a witness who gavo I -.If explanation of what constituted an oath: Col. Thuliums, a one-horse lawjer had conn acted n debt which It seemed he never Intended to liquidate. Butt wns Instituted on the note, but the colonel swore the note off, However, the plaintiff proed the debt anil obtained ob-tained Judgment. Not long after this the colonel was Interested In another caso In court and was cross-question-nit' one of the witnesses, a gentleman who had been Interested In the colonel's case in the suit on the note. "Do jou Know )ho nature of an mill 7" asked the colonel. "I think I do," answeed the witness. wit-ness. "Then tell the Judge and Jin-j- whnt It 13." "A oath Is like n note a legat tender ten-der with which some people try to pay t!-!ii ilo'jta.'VWnshlngton Times. |