CHARACTER OF AN OATH.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 504, 17 January 1906, Page 6

CHARACTER OF AN OATH.

Witnese Thought It Wa» Like a Note with Which Some People Pay Debts. One of the lawmakers from faraway Oregon, where there is plen fy of gold and silver, tells of a wit ness who gave his explanation of What constituted an oath, relates the Washington Times. Col. Timmins, a one-horse lawyer, had contracted a debt which it seemed he never intended to Suit waß instituted on n.oljfc, but the colonel swore the v note pjfc However, the plaintiff proved the debt and obtained jndgment. Not long after this the colonel was interested in another case in court, and was cross-ques-tioning one of the witnesses, a gent*eman who had been interested in t Lf colonel's case in the suit on the note. "Do you know the nature of an oath?" asked the colonel. "I think I do/' answered the witness. » , t "Then Tell the judge an 3 jury what it is." '•A oath is lik»- a note—a legal tender with which some people try to pay their debts." Softest Language. The Turkish language is said by f -hnhirs to be the softest and most musical of modern limes, beht£ better adapted to the purpose ol musical notation and recitation tl-an even the Italian.