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JOHN INGRAM,
Real Estate Agent, Conveyancer
and Notary Public
LITTLE Rock, ARKANSAS,

WILL buy and sell lands, take dispositions pay
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steads and furnish township plats showing all lands
subject to donation. sale aud presumption in every
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MASONIC.
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UNlIE regular Conventions ofVAN buren, CHAPTER
II Ne. 3, X. A. NJ, are held at Masonic Hall, on
Monday Evening after Saturday before the full
moon, Visiting Companions in good standing are
res pectfully invited to attend
J. q. KENNEDY, II. p.
W. II. Il. SHELLEY, Secretary. decltf
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EC Pay your debts.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-09-11
Iiveries.

We of the American Republic. de-
scenden.s OF liberty loving Saxons,
have chosen labor as our monarch. and
to it give the badge of royalty. No.
gold, not cotton, but labor. wears the
jeweied coronet of king. We honor
labor; we make it respectable. The
Argonam is the court journal. We de.
light to write about labor; to chronicle
its movements. When its subject lacks
loyalty, and revolts against its dignity
on the aand-lots, we denounee them.
The ArgondM delights to advise
American boys and na,ive-born girls
that labor is honorable; that there is ro
condition Of birth. accident Of fortune
or surroundings. that should make
them ashamed Of honest toll. We com.
mend our boys to the trades and farms,
to the merchant marine. to tbs kSost.
foundries. and mines; our girls n the
home duties in chamber and kitchen.
But We have never yet so forgotten our
early teachings, our prejudices, and
our pride as to commend to our young
gentlemen that they should wear the
liveries Of flnnkies. We are not SO far
the slave of corporate wealth az to be
willing that it should distinguish it's
employed men with livery. We saw
that inflated ass, Jim Fisk, when in the
prime aud insolence Of his ill-gotten
gains, put q uniform upon his employ
es. 1t lasted for time, and if his
death contributed to terminate this
miserable imitation of bad European
manners, it was blessed murder. We
are surprised and ashamed that our
old friend and boyhood companion
who is managing ths California Street
Railroad should be guilty of the un-
pardonable sin of uniforming his con-
ductors and drivers. Gilt braid, gold
bullion. and brass buttons put upon
gentlemen who are willing to work,
as badge of their slavery. iss crime.
Tom Hincbman and the writer we're
once clerks in a dry goods store in
Rochester. Had their employers en-
desvored to uniform them they bad run
away and preferred to have driven q
tow-bost on the canal. This road has
in its employment, a. conductors and
drivers. gentlemen. We ride over it
every day We recognize many whom
we would rot be ashamed to know in
any relation. We contest them in de-
portment, bearing, and dress, with the
employees of other roads. and we feel
mortified that they should be subject to
the insult Of q uniform-a cap with the
word conductor or engineer. badge
with the number of the car. are well
enough. These gentlemen work four
teen and half hours per day, earning,
on an average. say $50 per month.
They have families to provide for; they
ought not to be subjected to the expense
of this snowy toggery in its purchase.
nor to the modification of wearing it.
We hope Mr.. Thomas Hinchman, who
is charged with conducting this road.
will revoke this absurd order of
uniforming his drivers and conductors
before his employers see this article.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-09-11

I - DIR. J. @. GRAssE. DENTIST. OF
!, fee In stone J. ~rttt's New Build
U ing on Commercial street. All work
suannteec.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-09-11
n Q 7 G E.

oTrlcE OF CsrY TRKAsURER.l
y,,pe seattle. July LIST. 1878.
i foe - LIST foR TIE CfrY OF SIATTIZ
a., Al ~ G I7s. is nov In my hands and
n. IN ~, M not paid on OF before December
e>e1aes sSaa, Nv % returned delinquent and Per.
h31svsa JOHN n. BLANCHARD.
CITY Tresaueer.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-09-11

THE first duty of man who found. :
towp. according 70 the De.N -
prsss is to name one Of the streets after
Washington and the other alter HIM
self.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-09-11

MoNEY is good deal like religion,
life aud electricity. II is like religion.
because the greater mass Of the people
have so little Of it, while many. who
during their lives were supposed tc be
loaded down with the genuine article.
when they die are found only to have
had = m,scrable counterfeit. II 10
like liie. BECAUSE there 10 no enjoy ment
wifhont il, in . civilized community.
And it is like electricity. because it 10 .
tremendous power in those who con-
troll il. Aud as with all these great
essentials OF existence. 50 with money
no ono understands their true in
wardness.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-09-11
The Fiddler Of Forty Nine

John Kelley. known over the coast
as Kelley the Fiddler has been in the
city aoout week. getting ready for
u performance at the Opera House, and
shaking hands from morning till night
with the old boys he meets on every
side. Kelley is . man with personal
history worth repeating. and ply
siqus worth describing. Gigantic in
frame. he stands as straight as a ram
rod and weighs about 230 pounds. His
clear -shaven face beams with good
nature. and the way be holds his eyes
il something wonderful. They say
that he was 72 twenty years ago, and
he never denied it. but today he does
MT look over forty-fve. and can lift
barrel of flour by the chimes and hold
it at arms length over his head. In
tho early days he landed in California
with his fiddle under his arm, and his
fame soon spread over the coast. One
day no was playing for tbs amusement
ped in and listened.
HUNDRED DOLLARS A DAY.
Kelley was in happy mood. aud
as the old familiar tunes were
played many of the miners shed tears
at the recollection Of their old homes.
Presently tho fiddler initiated the song
of .; cuckoo. and the stranger cried out,
That's the bird l used to hear when l
was boy. want you to come up
to Humboldt Bay with me. I'll engage
you for . year As Kelley tells the
story, he says:
The fellow staggered me by an offer
ef q hundred dollars night to play IN
. dance house and general place OF
amusement and he paid it a. he had
agreed, for q " hole year.
You must hAve~ had quite stake Ar.
Kelley, at the end Of that time. re-
marked one of the listeners.
Well. not much. replied the fiddler !;
I owed the bar thirty EIGHT dollars ths
day l quit.
You must have punished heap of
whiskey in those days!
Ah, yea; but you mast remember
that whiskey vas fifty cents drink, re-
ulisd. the 6ddles. with an Injured air
that was inexpressibly ludicrous.-
T;ygiaia City Chronicle
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26

Sep. "a

CINCINNATI. Sep. 2t
Flour steady and unchanged; family Ito
al -. Wheat quiet {; red and amber
Sja95: white $3.50. Corn inactive aud
lower at 40(d42. Pork dull at 900.
Lard quiet; current make 90: kettle
StS!. Rulk Keats Gull; shoulders a
clear rib 54d55; clear sides G5. Bacon
fair demand; shoulders 5sa5s; clear Ito
G4a63; clear sides G4a7. " hiskey steady
ana in good demand at 1CG. Hogs qnl't
and firm; common 2. 75a3.4o; light 4.,o
a3 %. Pakipg 315a4Oa.
LIVERPOOL Sep. "A.
Sales American $500; upiands low
lniddling clause. October and NoveInS
Der delivery g j>32;January and fehrus
AIRY u l>32.
5p. m.-Futures barely steady; up>
lands low middling clause, September
6 5,IG; October and November G3 III;
December and January g 3.32.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26
THE YELLOW DEATB.
(Llest ly Tt era. b.

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. % I'll ere
have been 3 deaths i'll the last twenty
four hours at Terry Post.
Upto date there have been 50 cases
and s deaths at Osyka.
VIcKsEUKG, Sept. 2J.-There we've
Only three deaths in the last twenty
four hours.
1t is thought that President Rock
wood of the Howard Association, will
not survive the night.
MEMPHIS, Sept. 25.-The Board of
Health officially reported thirty deaths
yesterday.
DR.. II. NJ. Maury has the fever at
ellis station, two miles east of Mem
phis..
Charles CT. Fisher, Chairman Of the
Citizens Relief Committee, and u. ID.
Landram, are in a critical condition.
Twenty-three physicians of the How
ard Association report one hundred
and nineteen cases.
HOLLY SPRINGS, Sept. 24-There
have been 90 new cases of yellow fever
and ten deaths in the past t~weuty-:our
h0ulS.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26
MARKETS by TELEGRAPH.

NOON.
PARIS, Sapt. %.
Rents 1l3f. and sc.
LONDON, Sept. %.
Consols for money 90 3-16; for &C
count 80 SIG. Erie 49,.
LIVERPOOL, Sept. %.
Cotton moderate inquiry which was
freely supplied; middllng uplands g.;
middliug Orleans 81; sales 1000; specu-
lation and exports 1000; no receipts;
Futures 1-32 better; uplands low midd~
ling clause, September and October de-
livery 6 7-32; October 6 5-32; December
and January 6 1915; February and March
q Gle; 6 GIG; new crop shipped, No.
vember and December sail G3-l6; De-
cember and January sail 6 Lie.
NEW YORK, Sep. %.
Stocks irregular. Money l4a2. Gold !;
Exchange, long 4.S1 snort 4.S5..
steady, weak. Cotton quiet; sales 427
3-16. Futures weak; September TO-
December LOGS; January 10. ~; Febru-
changed; spring dull; winter higher.
lulCU Ill sttltt .
Pork 9.O5. Lard steady at 6 80. Spirits
turpentine 274. Rosin 1.35@1.42J.
BALTIMORE, Sep. 20.
Flour dull and heavy for high grades
steady for medium and low; Howard st.
and Western super 2.75G5.25; extra
3.5O(94. so; family 4.75(G5.25; City mills
super 2.5O(G3.25; extra 3.50(d4. so; Rio
brands so; PatapscO family6.25. South
ern Wheat firm; Western strong and
higher; Southern red Local. O4; amber
l.O5(Gl.O OF; No. 2, Pennsylvania red Loo.
Southern Corn quiet and steady; Wes-
tern firm and higher; Southern white
5ia55; yellow 53.
NIGHT.
GALVESTON, TEX, Sept. "a.
Cotton easy ; middling % low
middling 9s; net receipts 3.011 gross
3,O11 ;sales :, 100; stock 81 ga; exports
cOastwise 200.
NORFOLK, Sept. "a.
Cotton quiet middling 104i net
coastwiSe 800; sales 81.
BALTIMORE, Sep. 24.
Cotton dull; middling 105; low midd~
ling 10; net receipts 90; gross 70; sales
10: stock 2.415; exports coastwise 600:
SdlSS W cpihhSio O'
BosToN, Sept. 81.
Cotton dull; middling 11s low
middling III; good ordinary log
receipts lis; grossl, 501; sales 90; stock
1000.
WILMINGTON, Sept "a.
Cotton dull; middling 1Ci; low midd.
ling 10; good ordinary %; net receipts
657; gross co..; safes 1873; stock |. ,u1
Spirits turpentine firm at Is. RoSir
firm at S1.20 for strained. Crude
turpentine firm at SLIGO for hard
81. SO for yellow dip s1.S5 for Virgin
Tar steady at t$1.S5. Corn firm; prime
white 60; mixed. 05S 90
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 81.
Cotton quiet !; middlings III /; low
middling 104s;; good ordinary 10ss, net re
ceipts 90 !; gross 327; sales to spinnorl
TAG; stock 919.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26
stS:airS i'm the East.

CoNsTANTINoPLE, Sept. 2J.-The
Russian headquarters are remove TO
Adrianople.
A similar despatch confirms the re-
port of the concentration of troops on
the Afghan frontier, of the dissolution
of the British mission. and of the de-
parture of General Sir Neville Cham
berlain for Madras.
The despatch also says: "Glolam
Hussein Khan, WHO went to CaDul with
the Niceroy'sI letter, has been recalled
4 force under Gen. Roberts has been
despatched to the Koran Valley. A
column, numbering 5000. is ordered
to assemble at Mooitan. Eight thous-
and 90 tt QHetta.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26

Above prices are for large lots, when small
er quantities are wanted higher prices Will
be charged.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26
III. HODGES. It, r. WALKER.
III. III. HODGES 4 Co.
SUCCESSORS To BUTT & HODGES, NO. al WATER
STREET, NORFOLK, VA.
NORFOLK ORNAMENTAL IRON RAIL

WUhhS,
Dealers and manufacturers of " rOught,
Malleable, Wire and Cast Iron, Ornamental
and Plain Ratings for Cemeteries, Resi-
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Fronts. steps, Fountains. Vases of all sizes
and dimensions for residences and cemetery
use, Ornamental Architectural Castings Of
every description, Roof Crossings, Statuary,
Iron SetteeS. swivel and Stationary Chairs,
Vault-light Gratings for Roof, Floors and
Cellar Doors. FernerieS. Cast Iron Door
Guards, Aquaria STABLE Fixtures. Hat-rackS
and S~pittoons. Gold Fish. Horse Posts, Spiral
Stair-caSeS, and everything ornamental made
of iron. Also, wrought iron house work for
such as anchors, girderS. etc: ship work.
AGE FOR CHAMPION WROUGHT AND
- MALLEABLE FENCE COMPANY.
Catalogues OF any of the above Will be sent
TO any address. and satisfaction guaranteed
in every particular; especially price. A call
is solicited. Sc26 SIN
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26
Commercial.
RALEIGH MARK Ell.
COTTON MARKET:

COTTON
Eeported by w, C.. MCMACRIN, OfficiaI Re
porter for the Board Of Trade.
RALEIGH. n C.,Sep. "A 1873.
Middling, ~
Strict Low Middiing, 80
Low Middling, f9a
strict Good Ordinary i+1z
Good Ordinary, -
Ordinary,
Middling stains. (Gld) ~
Low Middling Stains,
Good Ordinary Stains, 81
Tone OF Market-Weak receipt. tuesday
IS bales.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26
Fire "a Marion. NiaDa:.!:a.

SELMA, ALA, SPIT. ga fire in
Marion, Alabama, last night, dcstro. ed
eleven business houses. Tie loss is
over $40, 900.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26
HORSESHOE

What experienced HorSemon and
Veterinary Surgeons say OF it: YOU have
struck the right principle y THE best Shoe
/ have ever seen" The greatest real i'm
~prOrementin HorSe-ShOes since the first horse
was Shod."
Send for Free Illustrated Pamphlet to THE
JOHN BILLINGS PATENT HORSESHOE
90. 265 broadway New York
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26
Toronto Provincial 4 Xhfbi:sGn

ToRoNTo, Sept. 25.-Lord Du!fccin
open the Provincial Exhibition ycster-
day. with an eloquent address, which he
said was the last public speech he would
make in this country.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26
HrEsIss Indian Military Move
laleNfS.

LONDON, Sept. PA Calcutta dis
patch says orders have been issued to
concentrate towards the frontier, with
the view to early Operations if necesa-
ry. 1t is semi officially stated hat the
Ames1 of Cabul has allowed these let
tiers from the Niceroy o fIndia to remain
unanswered.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26

CITY MARK T~-wuOLESALE CASH PRICES
Corrected by v, Ii, DODD,
Oficial Reporter for GIocers x Cotton kA-
change.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26
Henderson Tobacco Market.

Reported By j. S MEADOWS & TowNEs, Pro-
prietorS Meadows Warehouse.
DARK.
Lugs-Common $1,000 2o)
Working" good, 2009 400
Leaf Filler Good, 500@ 100
Common, 300GG 400
Wrappers-Common, 1900 go
Good, Sl0al0.00
BRIGHT,
Smokers-Common, 5000 5.O0
Good, 6009S.0O
Fine, l2.00GlS.UO
Flllers-Common, 4.0J@ $40
Good, S.OO@1 L 90
Wrappers-COmmon, II C00l5.C0
Good, 5000 $3.50
/" Fine, 45.o0G % w
Fancy, IS 00 "a l0D
Tone OF market, active for all desirable
grades low grades abundant and hard to sell
at any price.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26
METROPOLITAN WORKS.
ranal street from 3i,th 10 seventh
! tfiriOSD "a

I'M SFrEtI ITUnI , 20 CcFc'tH
.t'finOSD, "a
g Is. portable AID sta iprary SAW
MILLS. t.RiSt -ni..L>. BOILERS, CAST
| ,GS OF bis IS ald IRON. sORH:NGS,
80. NJ lCtiI \E..l ior Coli xMi Coal a.ines,
Blast Furnace. &c.
call special attention 80 ourIHpRDFED
PORTABLE hNGiNE, n Agricultural and
other purposes. Also, % our new styles
SMALL LOCOMOTIVE fr hauling lum-
Der, and other articles upon trainwayS and
narrow gauge railways.
The best Planters regard our GINNING
ENGINES superior to any In USE. Send for
Illustrated Catalogue free. Other things
being equal encourage Southern Institutions.
Repair Work solicited and promptly done.
Skating. Pulleys, &c, for Gin Houses.
manufacturers of Jones patent Tobacco
Lump Machines to work by hand or power"
VIM. 4. TANNER y &C
mar 3. .78-d&wly
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26

~FITCHBURG, Mass, Sept. 24-Addi-
son Latin, eX-member of Congress and
navalotficer at New York during the
Grant administration, committed sui
eide here today by hanging.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26

A subscriber wrote to n journal to
make some inquiries about the next
worlds fair, ~whereupon the wicked ed
itor replied that he Was under the i'm
preston that the next world wouldn't
nave any fair.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26
Frances Gift,

PARIS, Sept. Subscriptions 70
U. ). Fever sufferers to-day $4,000.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26
Tu Ii, m Tobacco Market.

Breaks heavy during the week, and prices
firm Oh brightS; fine wrappers and fancy
Knockers in good demand at prices quoted.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-05-06
An Outrageous Assault Upon &
SteubenViIle Lady.

SrEuBESvILLE, o., May 4.-Yesterday
a large, poWerful-looking man entered
the residence Of Mr.. james Comfy, on Lo.
gan street, and demanded food Of Mrs.
Comfy, who was alone. Mrs. Comfy said
she was unwell, aud unable 10 get him
any thing. he then threateningly re-
piled that he wanted something, and was
going TO have 1t, and made astep toward
her, when she stepped to the bureau, TAX.
ing out revolver, pointed Il toward the
cowardly villain, who aed at once. This
morning Mrs. Comfy was again alone,
when the same man rushed In, saying:
.'You are the woman who wouldn't give
me any thing TO eat yesterday; now I
wan. your BE caught her by the throat,
beat and kicked her until she became IN.
conscious, bound her hands with cord,
ransaeked the house and Hed. Mrs. Con.
ly is in a very critical condition. A
man bearing the description given by
Mrs. Conly has been arrested. The po.
lice also arrested seventeen other tramps,
and escorted them out Of the city.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-05-06
CONGRESSIONAL.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, May 2.
Aooop pAY,s WORK oN PENsIoNs.

The special pension bills passed last
night numbered just one hundred.
Among them are pensions to the widows
OF General Robert Anderson, General
Charles L. Lowell and Admiral Charles
Wilkes.
Mr.. Stephens, from the Committee on
Coiuage, reported bill to retire the Eve
and three-cent silver pieces, and stop
their further coinage, also providing that
fractional or subsidiary or silver coin
shall be legal tender TO the sum Of twenty
dollars, and shall be exchsugeable at the
Treasury for other legal tender money
when presented in the sum Of twenty dol.
or over, Ordered printed and recommit-
ted.
The House then took up the unfinished
business Of yesterday, being the Legisla-
tive Appropriation Bill. Mr.. Baker made
the point Of order on the amendment
offered by Mr.. Gibson for the re.establish.
ment Of q branch mint at New Orleans,
that il was new legislation and not in the
interest OF economy. After long argu.
ment, the point Of order was overruled.
The House then began to vote on the
various amendments agreed TO in com.
mittee Of the whole.
The frat on which division was asked
was the one increasing the clerical force
10 theofice OF the Surgeon General. The
amendment was resisted generally on the
Democratic side and was supported on
the Republican side as being necessary
for the quicker dispatch Of business in
the decision OF pension claims.
The vote resulted, yeas 1l5, nays ia.
All the Republicans voted for the amend
ment, and the Democrats, with the eIcep-
tion Of Mr.. Stephenson and six others,
voted against it.
The Speaker cast his vote in the mega.
tive, thus tieing the vote and defeating
the amendment.
The next vote was on the motion to
strike out the section which authorizes
the entire clerical force Except sixl now
employed on the Medical and Surgical
History Of the War, to be employed on
work necessary TO the prompt payment oi
pensions. Rejected-yeas 10, nays 1l5.
An amendment increasing the salaries
OF principal clerks In the Agricultural
Department was rejected.
An amendment requiring agricultural
seeds TO be distributed proportionally
among Congressional Districts was agreed
TO, III to 80.
An amendment, offered by Mr.. Gibson,
appropriating Sls5,000 for the re.estab-
lishment OF the New Orleans Mint Was
agreed to-yeas l25, nays 95.
The bill was then passed.
Adjourned.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-05-06
@ WHEELING. "a, MORNING MAY 1878 v

5. Upon the trial Of the case the plain
tifis introduced In evidence the resolu-
tion passed by the board Of directors oi
defendant as evidence Of the modified
contract relied on by them 10 sustain their
action; the defendant objected to said res
olution being given in evidence TO the
Jury, upon the ground that II contained
only part Of the contract between the par.
ties, as It offered to show by its original
books produced in Court, and which Il
offered 10 prove, which defendant claimed
contained the full contract between the
parties, and asked the Court TO require
the plaintiffs 10 give 10 the Jury, as part
Of their evidence, in connection with their
resolution, certain other matters from
the books Of defendant But the Court
being Of the opinion that the evidence
offered by the plaintiffs, was at this stage
OF the cause competent TO 70 TO the jury
by itself, and that the defendant could
prove It's version Of the contract when Il
came 10 give It's evidence to the jury"
permitted the plaintiffs to give the reso-
luton in evidence in connection with the
proof that had preceded.
Held: l. There is no rule Of practice
under which the Court has power To com.
pell the plaintiff to introduce any evil
dence to prove the contract.
2. II the plaintiffs introduce evidence
not admissible by itself, and fail to fol.
low II with other evidence to make 1t ad-
missible, Il lis to their own folly and
loss, and not to the injury Of the defend.
ant, and the court should direct the jury
10 disregard it.
8. In this case had the resolution been
inadmissible BY itself the defendant could
have asked the court to direct the jury 10
disregard II; but the defendant had no
right to ask the court to compel the
plaintiff to introduce parts Of It's own en-
tries in It's own records, II the plaintiff
did not consider 1t proper 10 do 80 of
their own acc ord.
4. The defendants objection Is not to
the admissibility OF the resolution, but TO
the ruling Of the court in refusing to
compel the plaintiff TO introduce other
matters in evidence. The court did not
err in refusing to give the instruction.
Q. When a bill oil exceptions does not set
out sufficient facts TO show the pertinency
Of the instruction, the Appellate Court
will not undertake TO decide whether the
Court did right or wrong in refusing to
give the instruction. /
I. Where an instruction, asked for is
30 imperiectly expressed that It's true
import Is not readily discernable, and
would tend to mislead the jury, 1t should
be refused. .'.-.T-.
s. When In the statement Of an instruc.
tion, asked for, there is such mixture Of
jdds with the lac, which necessarily
would demand the opinion Of the Court
on both, so rs to necessitate the Court to
either refuse the instruction, or discrimi-
nate between the facts and iav, which II
10 not bound to do, II Is not error to re.
fuse the instruction.