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Show CHARACTER OF AN OATH. Like a Note With Which Some People Pey Debts, One ot the lawmakers from far-away Oregon, where there la plenty of gold and silver, tells of a wltneaa who gsve hla explanation of what constituted n oklh: CoL Tlmmons, a one horse lawyer, bad contracted a debt which It seemed be nevor Intended to liquidate. Bull was Instituted on the note, but tht colonol swore the note off. However, the plaintiff proved the debt and obtained ob-tained judgment. Not long after tblt the colonel waa Intereated la anothel cats' In court and waa crona question Mr one of the wltneaaea, a gentlemao who had been Intereated In thl colonel's caae In the aulvon the note "Do you know the nature of ai rath?" naked the colonol. "I think 1 do," auswerod the wit uesa. "Then tell tho judge and Jury what It Is." "A oath la l'.ks a nolo a legal tender ten-der with which some people iry to pay their debts." W.'MhliiKiou Timet. |