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The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-04-12
S74S.
The State Of Kansas vs.. A. b. Smith.
Appeal from Pratt County.
AFFIRMED
SYLLABUS.

. u
Where defendant upon being accOsted by
another person, who asked him II he could
get some whisky" replied If he would give
him his money he thought he could" and such
person then asked him "how much it would
be" and the defendant answered II dollar
pint" and upon being given this amount OF
money, the defendant went away and returned
In about fifteen minutes with pint of whisky,
which he put down in an clubhouse for the
person paying the money, and then immedi-
afely left and such person went into such out
house and obtained the liquor; Held, That upon
instructions to the effect that II the defendant
acted for himself in selling the whisky, or II
he acted as the agent Of the owner OF the
whisky, in furnishing the same to the party
paying therefor, the jury might properly find
tho transaction a sale and the defendant, hay
ing no permit to sell Intoxicating liquors.
guilty under the statute.
All the justices concurring
A true copy.
Attest: c. BROWN.
sEALl Clerk Supreme Court.
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Error from Butler County.
AFFIRMED.

G. e. WestbroOk VS.. Joseph Schmaus.
Error from Butler County.
DISMISSED
SYLLABUS. BY THE COURT. JOHNSTON, J..
Where the record brought up for q review Of
the rulings OF the district court is based upon
a transcript, it is essential that it shall CON
tain all the proceedings of the case as shown
by the record in the court below, and that it is
complete transcript must appear from the
certificate Of the clerk.
All the justices concurring.
true copy.
Attest: G. J. BROWN,
[sEALl Clerk Supreme Court.
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6l81.
The Missouri Glass Company VS.. NJ. Bailey.
Error from Neosho County.

Error from Neosho County.
AFFIRMED.
SYLLABUS. BY THE COURT HORTON, G.. J
motion for a new trial upon the grounds
that the judgment is not sustained by evil
dence and Is contrary to law, and for errors of
law occurring at trial and excepted to by the
party complaining at the time, must be made
at the term the judgment Is rendered. If the
motion for new trial. for such reasons, Is not
presented or filed until after the term has
ended and the court has finally adjourned, the
supreme court cannot consider or review the
errors alleged In the motion.
All the Justices cOncurring
trne copy.
Attest: c. J. BROWN,
[sEALl ~ Clerk Supreme Court
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-04-12

Henry Martin, as administrator OF the estate of
Lindley NJ. Carleton, deceased, VS.. The South
ern Kansas Railway Company and the
AtchisOn, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Com
pany.
Error from Franklin County.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-04-12
Error from Franklin Count,
AFFIRMED.

SYLLABUS. BY THE COURT. JOHNSTON, J.
Exceptions were taken to the rulings OF the
court in charging the jury, which were re-
duced to writing and presented to the court
for allowance during the term at which the
trial was had. A motion for new trial was
made, which was taken under advisement
until the next term of the court, when it was
denied, at which TIME the bill Of exceptions
previously rendered was allowed and signed.
Held, That as the exceptions were not allowed,
signed and filed until after the term of court
at which the decisions objected to were made,
they did not become part OF the record and
the errors predcated thereon are not available
for review.
All the justices concurring.
true copy.
Attest: G. J. BROWN,
lsEALl Clerk Supreme Court.
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J. B. Watkins VS.. The National Bank Of Law
renee, ct al.
Error from Douglas County.
AFFIRMED.
SyTIApTs Nv
SYLLABUS.

l. Facts conceded by the pleadings and ac-
cepted as true in the district court cannot be
made subjects Of controversy in the supreme
court.
,. A national bank may go into liquidation
and be closed by vote of its shareholders
owning two-thirds OF its stock, and this right
may be exercised although IL may be contrary
to the wishes and against the interests of the
owners Of the minority of the stock
3 A party who, with full knowledge OF all
the steps taken In placing bank I'm liQuida-
tiOn, receives and retains dividend paid by
Che officers In control of the liQuidating bank,
liquidation
Ihe appointment Of a receiver rests largely
within We discretion Of the court and before
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-04-12
G. ]. BROWN,
Clerk Supreme Court.

William H. Sparks vs.. Thomas l.. Sparks.
Error from Barber County
REVERSED.
SYLLABUS. BY THE COURT. JOHNSTON, J.
l. Where the caption of q notice to take dep
ositions includes the name of the court and
the title of the action. and the body OF the
notice specifies that the deposition TO be taken
Ia ITO be used ON the trial OF the above entitled
action" It substantially complies with the re-
quirement OF the statute that the notice shall
specify the action or proceeding ana the name
OF the court In which Il Is 10 DO used.
Anaoilqn Mrs made " QuaHe = dapoelllon
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-04-12

The Board of County Commissioners Of Elk
County, Kansas VS.. L. Scott, ct al.
Error from Elk County.
DISMISSED.
SYLLABUS BY THE COURT. JOHNSTON, J.
To secure a review of the rulings and judg-
ment of the district court upon transcript, it
is essential that the certificate Of the clerk at
tached should show that it is full and com
plete.
All the justices cOncurring
A true copy.
Attest: G. J. BROWN,
[sEALl Clerk Supreme Court
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Supreme Court SylIabi

66S5
Steele and Walker VS.. J. D. Baum.
Error from Thomas County.
DISMISSED.
SYLLABUS. Blythe COURT HORTON, G. ].
Where the party chiefly interested adversely
20 the plaintiff in error Is not made party TO
the proceedings in this court by summons or
otherwise, and more than a year has expired
after the rendition of the judgment com
missed.
All the Justices cOncurrlng.
A true copy.
Attest: G. J. BROWN,
[sEALl Clerk Supreme Court.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-27
A TROUBLESOME RIVER.

Destruction Caused by the Yellow River
~ OF China.
The st. Petersburg Gazette referring
to the latest inundation of the Yellow
river in northern China, which will
again bring a population of more than
a million upon the point of starvation,
points out that these frequent or peri
odical calamities are the work of man
rather than of nature. Many centuries
ago the Chinese interfered so much with
the stream as to compel it to change
its course and dig a new bed for itself.
But this bed the current has never
grown truly accustomed to. It will de-
posit its immense quantities of sediment
carried down from the mountains in the
most unsuitable localities, forming
shadows and barriers which, when an
unusually large mass of water rolls
down, will overflow and break through
its dykes and inundate the fertile
grounds along the river bed. So it has
been for centuries past, and the living
generations arc experiencing again
again that the sins of the fathers are
being visited with most terrible cruelty
upon remote descendants. It is doubt
full whether the river could be turned
back into it's old bed, lying dry at pres
ent. But, if it could, the old bed has
been changed so much in the course of
centuries that even there, in it's old,
natural and wonted haunts, the cur
rent Of the river might not become tran
quill, but be forced to produce periodical
inundations as it does in its present
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-27
FROM THE BATTLE FIELD,

The Gatling gun was invented by
Gatling in the year 1851.
THE Norman armor had breeches and
jacket in the same piece.
EVERY available foot of the field of
Waterloo is now under cultivation,
mostly devoted to wheat, oats and rye.
THE battle-ax was originally Celtic
weapon. The ancient Irish carried
axes as the men of other nation scar
ried swords.
NEARLY every state in this country
was represented in the one hundred old
army nurses that were present at the
late grand army encampment at Wash
ington.
A PORTION of the timbers of Gen.
Benedict Arnold's flagship Congress
sunk in October, 1776, in Lake Cham
plain-has been raised by Capt C. w.
Adams, of West Addison, Vt. The tim
bers are of oak and are sound.
HENRY PACKARD, of Roclxland, Me-, a
veteran of the war of 1912, in which he
served as drummer-boy, has just re-
ceived from the General Society of the
War of 1912 a bronze medal. Mr.. Pack
ard is lame to this day from wound
he received in a Skirmish.
Ex-Gov. HENRY N. HoYT, of Pennsyl-
vania, while leading charge into Fort
Fisher twenty-eight years ago, was
captured and disarmed. He has now
received his sword back again through
the courtesy of the confederate ieuten-
ant to whom he surrendered it.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-27
Table Etiquette

There are . few little questions
about etiquette OF the table that
some girls wan; to know. She must
hold her knife BY its handle, and
never let her daaers reach up to its
blade.
Whenever it 10 possible a fork
must DO used in place of . spoon,
which by the BY, must never be left
in coffee or tea cup, bat politely
and securely laid to rest upon the
saucer.
(4laases with handles are held by
tasm. The goblet should DO caught
by the stem, and fingers not entwin
ing the bowl part.
Don't butter large piece 0f bread
aad take bites from It.; instsad,
break youf bread IN small pieces,
one at Z time, and butter 1t. tsat .
il yoa are eating butter and convey
1t to your mouth by yonr fingers.
Olives, cslsry, radfshss, strawber.
rtes with stems, and asparagus are
Ill eaten from the fingers.
The old method Of eating cheese
with knife has been given up, .
fork being used n ito plaoe. -
The gie ef nany small dlshes Sof
|veestablse q ~ eoot taete; isee
- - =
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-27
GRANITE COLUMNS.
| How the Hard Stone L. Turned Into
Shane.

How the Hard Stone Il Turned Into
Shape.
Granite for columns, balusters. round
posts and urns is now worked chiefly in
lathes, which, for the heaviest work,
are made large enough to handle blocks
twenty-five feet long and five feet in di-
ameter. Instead of being turned to the
desired size by sharp cutting instru-
ments, rs in ordinary machines for
turning wood and metal, granite is
ground away by the wedge-like action
of rather thick steel disks, rotated by
the pressure of the stone as it slowly
turns in the lathe. The disks, which
are six or eight inches in diameter, are
set at quite an angle to the stone and
move with an automatic carriage along
the lathe bed. Large lathes have four
disks, two On each side, and column
may be reduced some two inches in di-
Ameter the whole length of the stone by
one lateral movement of the carriages
along the bed. The first lathe for
turning granite cuts only cylindrical or
conical columns, but an improved form
is SO made that templets or patterns
may be inserted to guide the carriages,
and columns having any desired swell
may be as readily turned. For fine
grinding and polishing the granite is
transferred to another lathe where the
only machinery used is to produce q
simple turning or revolution of the
stone against iron blocks carrying the
necessary grinding or polishing materi-
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-27
Lofty Mountain Lakes.

The most lofty-situated lakes arc
found among the Himalaya mountains
in Thibet. Their attitudes do not, how
ever, seem to have been very accurately
gauged, for different authorities give
widely different figures regarding them.
According to some, Lake Manasarovara,
one of the sacred lakes of Thibet, is
between 5000 and 20, 900 feet above the
level of the sea, and if this is so it is un-
doubtedly the loftiest in the world.
Two other Thibetan lakes, those Of
Chatamoo and Suralkol, are said to be
1900 and Is, 400 feet in altitude re-
spectively. For long time it was sup
posed that Lake Titicaca, in South
America. was the loftiest in the world.
It covers about 4,5OO square miles, is
924 feet in its greatest depth and is
$4,000 feet above the sea. In spite
of inexactitude with regard to the
measurements of the elevation of the
Thibetan lakes, they are no doubt con
siderably higher than this or any otherA
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-27
HAvErAIrmIN THE BOY,

Have faith in the boy, not believing
That ha IS the worst of his kind,
In league with tho army Of satan
And only to evil inclined;
But daily to guide and control him
Your wisdom and patience employ,
And daily, despite disappointment
And sorrow, have faith in the boy.
Have faith to believe that scme moment
In life's strangely. checkered career,
Convicted. sabdued, and repeptant,
The prodigal son will appear;
The gold in his nature rejecting
The dark and debasing :alloy,
Illumlng your spirit with g:adness
Because you had faith In the boy.
Though now he il wayward and stub
From those who are anxfsus aud fearful
And ready with words Of reproof;
Haye faith that the prayers of = mother
His wand dering feet will arrest,
And turn hirn awav from his follies
To weep out his tears on her breast.
The brook that goes dashlng and dancing
We may not divert from its course
Until the wild, turbulent spirit
Has somewhat expended its force;
The brook is the life of tho river,
And, if We the future might scan,
Well find that . boisterous boyhood
Caves vigor and life to tho man.
Alb! many boy has been driven
Away from homo by the thought
That no one believed in his goodness,
Or dreamed of the battles he fought;
So, if you will help him to conquer
The foes that are prone to annoy,
Encourage him often with kindness
And show you have faith in tho boy,
Have faith in his good resolutions,
Believe that at last he'll prevail,
Though now he's forgetful and needless,
Though day after day hs may fail:
your doubts and suspicious misgivings
His hope and courage destroy.
IL. if you'd secure brave manhood,
'Tis we'll to have faith in the boy.
-Zion's Watchmap.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-27
REPRESENTATIVES,.

A LEADING Philadelphia society lady
has hair 63 inches in length. She is
only 81 inches Is feet inch) in height
A PHILADELPHIA candidate complains
that so many lies were told about him
during the campaign that he cannot
now get credit from his tailor.
A CAREFUL old lady in Southwark,
Pa, concealed a ten-dollar gold piece in
work-basket which contained some
rubbish. A tidy female relative threw
out the rubbish, and the gold coin with
it.
A BRIDEGROOM in Hammond, Ind,
life economically He gave fifty cents
to the clergyman who performed the
ceremony, and then had the :udacity to
demand a receipt. y.
A Halter in Bethel, Conn.,, thought
he would enjoy quiet smoke. He
lighted his pipe near a tub of wood al
cohol. The alcohol took fire, the fac
tory was consumed and the cost of that
smoke amounts to $135, 200.
AN old smoker, whose cigars pos
sessed pleasing and penetrating odor,
was asked where he bought them.
Anywhere" he answered; ''only, be-
fore smoking them, soak two inches
of the thick ends in brandy, and let
them dry"
THERE are no flies on the Ge orgia ed
itor, who announces that he will take
groceries, clothing, jewelry and real
estate for subscriptions. He gravely
adds: "Land where chills and fever pre-
vail must be provided with first-class
physician, and an undertaken who
knows his business
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-27
ORIGIN OF CAKe.WALklNG.
A Pastime Formerly Confined to thu
Cornficld.

N 0DtIAlc EOTmSTAy OOAAhCu W tuO
Cornficld.
The practice of cake-wallking, or
walking for prizes, originated in the
south during the old slavery days, says
the New York World. In those days it
was called dance and always took
place at corn-husking or quilting
party. They used to give them in the
open air by candle light, under the old
system of burning fat and cotton bat
ting in a tin pan, SO that everything
could go on joyfully.
This made a strange but after all q
pleasant light, as it fickered among the
cornstalks and the green trees. The
walking took place usually in corn
field after the grain had been stripped
from the stalks. The costumes worn
were odd and very different from those
which may be seen at any of the mod
ern cake-wallss in the citytof New York.
The women used to wear in the corn
field gingham dresses and old clothes,
and the men wore cornsack trousers,
with one leg rolled up and the other
pulled down.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-27
SHORT sclssoRING.

Run is made from the refuse of sugar.
The best comes from the West Indies.
TIE South Sea islanders make an in
toxicating drink from corn and decayed
6sh.
Ar the royal mint at Stockholm q
woman for years has been the engraver
of medals.
THIRTEEN tons Of postage stamps are
said to have teen sold in New York city
last year.
Col. REEDnAND, OF Mexico, will in .
few days marry Miss BOSNIAN, of Min
nesota. The groom is seven feet two
inches in height and the bride six feet
eleven inches.
THE largest horse in the New York
show was Clydesdale stallion from
Toronto, whose weight is 1890 pounds.
The smallest animal was Shetland
pony which weighs only 70 pounds.
A PIE served to Charles III. was made
Of sparrows, potatoes, eringoes, lettuce,
chestnuts, oysters, citron, articholxes,
eggs, lemons, barberries, pepper, nut
meg, cloves, mace, currants, sugar and
wine.
CAPT. G. JAMES, Of the Redditch EnR.)
Town Cycling club. died recently, and,
IN 1ccordance with his last wish, his
eodin wss borne to the grave on four
1icyeles and aended ~ his fxie,1s
- Il.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-27
4 RAILROAD ON FAITH.
The Rluc1y Te1an Who Built tho Arkansas
Pass Road Did Good Financioring.

The Rlucky Ts1an Who Built the Arlansas
Pass Rosd Did Good Financiering.
From South Texas came man who
built six hundred miles of railroad with
fve-dollar bill and faith, and the bill
was borrowed one. He moved up from
Corpus Christi to San Antonio with all
OF his possessions heaped on a two
wheeled cart, according to the st. Louis
Globe-Democrat- He got charter to
build railroad from San Antonio to
Arkansas Pass. he graded mile of it,
throwing great deal more than one
shovel of dirt with his own hands. The
receiver OF another road loaned this in
defatigable builder enough old rails
tor mile OF track. In q distant part OF
the state was purchased an old engine
which had been condemned six years
before and sent to the shops to be
wrecked for scrap iron. Two old cars
were picked up somewhere else at q
bargain. And that old engine, drawing
those old cars, steamed into San An
tonic. On engine and cars in bold let
ters were painted in lamp-black: .'S. A.
and A. p" With one mile of old rail
track and with the equipment of the
old engine and two old cars Uriah Lott
started the Arkansas Pass system. There
has been some tall financiering in the
history of railroad building in this conn-
try. but there isn't anything which for
dazzling pluck quite approaches the
story of the building of this six hum
dred miles of road in South Texas. To
the one mile of track three were added
three miles by dicl<er for some Sec
ond-hand rails which street car COM
pany had bought from narrow guage
company. On this basis credit was
made with . Pennsylvania rolling mill
for ten miles of rails. When they ar
rived there wasn't money enough in the
treasury to pay the freight. But it was
got somehow. Ten miles Of track gave
foundation for bonds which built forty
miles more, and so the system grew into
its present proportions. This man who
built the Arkansas Pass system rode from
San Antonio to Chicago at one critical
period in his enterprise without cent
in his pocket. He had transportation,
but he hadn't anything to buy food, and
he went through hungry.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-27
When Edison Was Young.
Practical Electricity.

81 was an operator in the Mem.
phis Office when Thomas A. Edison
applied to the manager q position"
said A. G. Rockefeller, a member OF
the Reminisenisconce Club, st.
Louis. "He came walking into the
Office one morning looking like q
veritable hayseed. He wore . hlck>
ory shirt, pair of butter nut pants
tucked into the tops Of boots size
too large and guiltless of blackiDg.
NV here's the bossi' was his query
as he glanced round the office.
No one replied at once ana he
repeated the question. The man.
ager assed him what he could do
for him, and the future.great plob
eeedeu to strike him for q job.
Business was rushing and the of.
fee was two mon short so almost
any kind of lightning slinger was
welcome. He Was assigned to q
desk and . fusillade of winks went
the rounds of the Office, for the
Jay was put on the st. Louia wire,
the hardest IN the office.
"At this end of the line was an
operator who was chain lightning
and knew it. Edison had hardly
got seated before st. Louis
called. The new conner respond
ed and St. Louis started in
like q house afire. Edison threw
his leg over the arm Of his char
leisurely transferred wad of
of spruce gum from his pocket to bis
mouth, picked up pen, examined
/: critically, and started in, about
800 words behind. He didn't stay
there long, though. St. Louis let
out another hok of speed, aud the
instrument on EdisOn's table hum>
med like an old style Singer sew
ing machine.
"Every man in tho Office left his
desk and gathered round the :jay'
to see what he was doing with that
electric cyclone. Well, sir, he was
right ON the word, and was putting
it down the prettiest copporplats
hand your ever saw, even crossing
his t's, dottlng his II and punctu-
atlng with as much care as
Ia man editing telegraph
tor rat printers. st. Louis got
tired by and by and began to slow
down. Edison opened the key and
said Here. here this IL no primer
class Get q hustle on y0u r
" oil, sir, that broke St. Lonis Oil
up. He had been raw hiding
! Memphis for . long time, and We
were terribly sore, andsto have {
man in our Office that could walk
all over him made as ieel like q
man whose horse had won tho Der
by. Ieaw the Wizard not long
ego. He doesn't wear . hickory
shirt nor put his pants in hti
boots, Dut he is very far from be
~. :, = Sudn vA%
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-27

Calculated 1T the lowest retail rate.
of so cents per 100, the cigarette !
su okars CT the United States spend
$16,O52,O19 year on their hobby.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-27

A man who met with shipwreck off
the coast of Cuba and had to take to an
open boat, tells of the peculiar halluci-
nation, called by sailors the paradise
craze" brought on by exposure to the
terrific heat Of the suns rays. He says:
''The sea appeared to be transformed
into mighty meadow, bright with
flowers and musical with song of birds.
Cool springs burst from crystal rocks
and trickled over golden sands, and
men and maidens danced beneath the
trees They seemed beckoning me to
join them, and I plunged over the side
of the boat into forty fathoms of brine.
The bath brought me to my senses, and
reached the Cuban coast more dead
than alive. The mania is of frequent
occurrence in tropical seas and
often referred to by the poets"
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-27
SHORT AND INTERESTING.

A Two-PoUND pomegranate is an ag-
ricultural curiosity of Starke, Fla.
SoAE Egyptian mummies, recently
examined, were found incased in cor
sets.
ACCORDING to statistical reports n, 900
Chicago husbands are supported by
their wives
3 RExn - lhe universal drink 81 the
Sna5 mi - In of -
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-27

a1s =.
EeDding tonic. or chIlsten that uant huiIa
r1r. Aispllid keke -sSsss Z
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-27
Number.

Cigarettes taxed in 1892 1892, ,9s3, $40
Cigarettes exported in 1892 32O, ,8i5, ,O3o
Total taxed and exported 3,3l3.837, 800
Deduct. cigarettes imported 3,434, 1888
Total for nscal year '92, 1910, 400, ,935
Total tax and export 3,979, ,O73, ,O10
Less imported 1891 3,803, l45
Increase over year 1891 334, 4,135,O53
The total number Of cigarettes
made in this country for \ dozen or
more years past stands: