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SAN ANTONIO AND ARKANSAS PASS
YOUNG. certified question in ease from
Falls county, Third dlslrict--Qucstion an
swered AMI opinion ordered TO be cerjl-
fed.
Pratt & Young sued the railway com
pany for damages, alleging thai the COM
lary agreed to furnish cars AT ] o'clock
june 10. 1892. for the shipment Of plaintiffs
cattle over defendants ROAD, so that they
would reach Chicago for market on tho
lith; that relying on such agreement,
plaintiffs brought large number OF cattle
10 Lott between II and o'clock OF the
10th. 10 be loaded on said cars for ship
mcnt. but hat defendant failed TO furnish
said cars until the Ilth, whereby plaintiffs
wore compelled 10 hold their cattle IN
crowded pen over night whereby the cattle
were damaged IN specified amount; that
by reason OF the delay g. furnishing the
cars tho cattle failed to reach Chicago on
tho lftb as contemplated, and that before
they reached said point the market had
greatly declined. whereby plaintiffs were
damaged In the difference between tho
market price for that class Of cattle on
the l4th and on The day Of arrival In a
fpe-ihfd amoLrt.
Question the charge Of the trial
court authorize double recovery
The first section OF the charge directed
the jury to allow the amount OF damages
suffered by plaintiff by reason OF their
cattle being confined In pens st Lott. and
the second section of the charge directed
them to allow the amount OF damages suf-
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Applications:

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Phosphoric acid 400 pounds acid
phosphate)" q. &c. .......,~,... 1879 1873
Potash 'ioo pounds kaintiD...... lo.U ~
Nitrogen Co0 pounds of cotton
seed mean.. :. .,.,:........,',.., 10 1916
Nitrogen 1000 pounds Of cotton
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SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
Syuopses Of Decisions Handed Down
at the Last Sitting.
TELEGRAPH C0MpANY'S LIABILITY.
NO. expected to Anticipate n Persons
f"ei'ncs-Railway Compauy's L,a-
putty for Damage in Delay.

Austin, Texas. March s.-~tolicwing nre
the opinions delivered by the supreme court
today:
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w i. SHEPARD ct al VS.. HENRY
AVERY ct Al; trospass to try title, from
Williamson county. Third dlstriet.-lte-
Vcrsad and remanded.
In lA6. bounty warrant for 1850 acres Of
land was issued to W. c. Hays, and was
located On tho land In controversy for NJ.
G. Hamilton IN 1871 Patent was issued
upon tho land in the nnlao Of the heirs of
HAYS In 1867. Plaintiffs claim under This
location
in 1872, the state OF Coahuila and Texas
granted to willis Avery n league of innd
as colonist IN Austin's Little Colony
which grant was surveyed upon the line Of
said COLONY and Robinsons colony, lying
partly in each. This location was there
fore void 10 the extent that II lay In Rob-
inson's colony. In 1854. the legislature
passed general validating net as TO such
i,cations rs the above. THIS act provided
that II was not to be SO construed as to
affect the rights OF third persons.
The Hays certificate was located upon
that portion of the Avery grant which was
in ltobnsnn's culOns.
The trial court instructed n verdict for
defendants, ana this action was Alarmed
10y the court of civil appeals
Prior 10 the passage OF the act of 1852.
the time within which the field notes of
surveys should be returned to the general
land office was not limited. After the
passage of THIS act. It was the duty of the
surveyor TO return tho field notes OF the
Hays survey prior TO August 81, 1861. These
field notes being found properly certified
In the general land office, II VIII be pre-
sumcd that they were returned by the sur
veyor within the time prescribed by the
law. II they have not been so returned
The commissioner had no power to issue tho
patent because the survey would have been
forfeited.
The plaintiff having shown valid looa-
ton and survey of the land prior to tho
act Of 1854. under which the de-
PENDANTS claim although with patent
Issued subsequently to tho enactment of
tho law. established n right 10 the land
which entitlo them to recover. unless tho
EVIDENCE showed that the original field
notes OF the Bays survey were not returned
before August 81, 1853
The only evidence IN the case tending to
show failure 10 return the field notes IN
time IL an Endorsement upon the Original
field notes Of the Hays survey. as follows:
Cancelled by me june Is. iS51 (SigncdD
W. X. purcnson. county surveyor, w
Also Corrected and resurveyed
July II, is5S W. *. Durenson, surveyor
NJ. district"
These Inducements are not conclusive
proof Of a failure 10 return the field notes
In time, wen known practice obtained
In tho general land office, NJ that time, by
which tho commissioner returned incorrect
field notes 10 the surveyor Of the county
Or land district for correction. This prac-
tee has been recognized by this court in
= number of cases (5i Texas. 316l,
Therefore the trial court erred In az
'uming as n matter OF law that the tn
lorsements on the field notes proved a fail
IRE to return them to the land office with
n the time prescribed by law.
Opinion by Brown, j.
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10 lbs. cotton seed
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THE FIRST CONVENTION


This two-thirds rule, which it seems
must play such an important part in
the deliberations, has been a part of the
doctrine of the Democratic party since
it's first regular convention in Baltimore
on May 21, 1882. 1t is necessary to go
into Democratic history to explain the
cause of this convention. In 1882 An
drew Jackson was the unanimous choice
of his party for the presidential nomi-
nation, and he was received with such
favor throughout the country that his
supporters were known as the jackson
party"
AS to the vice-president, however, no
such unanimity existed. A bitter feel
| ing had grown up between the president
and Vice-President Calhoun. which cul-
minated in the rejection by the senate of
| the appointment of Martin Van Buren,
as minister to England, the vice-presi-
dent, it being a tie vote, casting the de-
| Gliding vote against his confirmation.
jackson did not desire Mr. Calhoun
as a companion on the electoral ticket,
! and the concentration of the Democratic
vote upon an acceptable candidate for
the vice-presidency appeared no easy
task. Many of the southren members
of the party desired southern man for
the vice. presidency, while in the
| north Van Buren, was the favorite, as
he was also apparently the choice of
Jackson himself For the purpose,
therefore, of nominating a candidate for
the presidency, the legislature of
the state of New Hampshire passed a
resolution calling for a national conven-
ton of the Jackson Republican or Demo-
cratic party to meet in the city of Balti-
more.
AN HISTORIC RESOLUTION
One of the first measures adopted at
this convention was resolution intro
duced by Mr.. Saunders of North Caro-
lima, to the following effect:
rResolved, That each state be entitled,
in the nomination to be made for the
vice-presidency, to a number of votes
equal to the number that they will be
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other hand, it was contended that the
resolution passed at Charleston was
simply a direction to the chairman that
no candidate be declared nominated un-
til he shoutd receive two thirds of the
full vote, and that 1t was competent for
the convention to set aside that direction
by making a different order whenever
1T should deem proper. Mr.. Church, how
ever, withdrew his resolution in order
that another ballot might be taken.
Douglas now received 1914, against
13. divided between Breckenridge and
Guthrie, and, though still lacking some
twenty votes of the full two-t thirds, a
resolution was adopted by acclamation
declaring him the nominee for president.
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On the same day that the regular con-
vention adjourned, June %, the seced-
ers met, having in attendance about one
third of the regularly chosen delegates,
and having adopted a rule requiring
two thirds of their convention to con-
cur In a nomination. proceeded by unani-
nous vote to make Breckenridge the
nominee
Since 1860 there has been no struggle of
note about the two-thirds rule. In the
conventions of 1864 and 1868 the ruiz
was adopted without question, and in
the succeeding conventions the friends
of the leading candidates saw no reason
to fight for change. In 1872 there was
one ballot only In 1876, at ST. Louis,
there were two ballots. In 1880 there
were three. In 1884 there were two. In
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On July Z. when the national Demo-
cratic convention meets at Chicago, the
stiffest night that the party of Jefferson
and Jackson has ever engaged in will
begin. Internal strife has always been
the bitterest kind of warfare. and the
events at this convention seem destined
to rival in Importance the historic hap
penings Of the Democratic convention
of 1860 at Charleston, when the south
and the north were ready to leap at each
others throats. That convention at
Charleston has made many pages of
Democratic history. Unless the signs
of the times are fallacious the events at
Chicago will add chapters to the polit-
ical history Of the nation.
AS closely as 1t can be gauged, the
silver forces will number SIG delegates
and the gold forces 1862. Seemingly the
; silver people have a majority which will
crush all the fight out Of the other side.
But the majority does not always rule
at Democratic conventions. This is the
hope which has spurred the minority to
make what is seemingly hopeless strug
gle.
Grated deep in the government Of the
Democratic party is a hide-bound law
which provides for two-thirds vote
Of the delegates for the selection Of a
presidential candidate. If the silver
men can increase their strength by
forty-five votes they will have plain
sailing. Unless they do this, and the
gold leaders say they cannot. the two
thirds rule will be used as club to bat
ter the majority into some kind of sub
mission. In other words, If the oppos-
ing factions muster the above strength
in the convention, the comparatively
small number Of gold men can defeat
the nomination of an out and out silver
man.
HOW THE STATES STAND
The silver and gold forces are shown
In the following table. Many Of the
states have contesting delegations, and
there are silver men among the gold
states, and vice versa. The ultimate
total voting strength, it is thought, will
be changed very little on the floor of the
convention hail. as the changes among
the individual states will be about equal
ized. Here Is the table by states:
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William Collins Whitney will lead the
gold men. That he has the gift of polt-
ical management to a broader degree
than any man in the country today is
what all skilled politicians of national
caliber believe. His management of the
Cleveland campaign in 1892, when Cleve-
lands own state, New York, was torn
apart, was the work of genius. He
smoothed out the wrinkles like magi-
clan, and after the election Cleveland
in letter to Whitney practically ac-
knowledged that the success of the tick
ct was due to the latter.
Until a month ago it was Mr.. Whit
ney's intention to keep away from the
coming convention. He had planned
to go to Europe, but under the heavy
pressure brought to bear upon him by
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4. =. STEVENSON.

ing the construction of the words in the
rule, "two-thirds of the votes given"
The resolution proposed by Mr.. Howard
was then adopted.
Douglas received a large majority of
the delegates participating in the vote,
and bare majority of the full member
ship, his highest vote being 1924 against
S81h scattering. No nomination being
effected after session lasting ten days,
the convention adjourned to meet in
Baltimore in June. Efforts to unite the
two wings of the party having proved
unavailing, the two factions met in sep
arate conventions, Douglas securing the
nomination of the regular organization.
But this was only effected by the con-
vention doing directly what it had di-
rected the chairman not to do-namely,
by a resolution declaring Douglas the
nominee; for it appeared that less than
two thirds of the full convention par
ticipated in the balloting at Baltimore.
After the first ballot Mr.: Church moved
that Douglas, having received more than
two thirds of the vote cast, be declared
the nominee. The point was made that
such action would be a change Of the
rule andreQuired q days notice. On the.
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1888 there was one only, and In 1892 there
was only one ballot
Summing up. the silver delegates will
have a majority and will be able to draft
a platform containing an extreme silver
plank. But if the two-thirds rule sur
wives, 1t is an open question whether the
gold men will not be able to defeat the
nomination of a candidate whose views
represent the extreme silver faction.
THE CONTENDING FORCES.
Coming down to the men who will lead
the contending forces on the currency
question. they are campaigners skilled
in the subtle craft of politics, and the
side that wins or gains a partial victory
will know that it has been in a fight.
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porary political history. There is Rich.
ard Parks Bland of Missouri, favorite
son; Senator Blackburn of Kentucky,
also favorite son: Senator Morgan Of
Alabama, another favorite son; Claude
Matthews Of Indiana, also a favorite
son; Horace Boies of Iowa, favorits
son, and few score more of men prom
inent in the eyes of the nation.
All of these just enumerated are cam
didates, but eastern men will oppose the
nomination of any of them to the last
ditch because of their radical silver
views. Nearly all of the astute eastern
leaders declare that the nomination
must go to a western man. Last summer
Senator Hill stated that Colonel Will
lam Rails Morrison of Illinois was the
most suitable man for the party to unite
on. National Committeeman Ben T.
Gable of Illionis has been engineering
the Morrison boom from the start. Nor
rison is fs.Norably regarded in the south
because of his favoring the southern
tariff idea, and because of his Jackson
ian simplicity. He is neither a pronounc-
ed silver nor gold man, and for that rea-
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DR.. WALKER
141l Pa. Ave. AdJ. willard's Hotel,
Is Every Day Curing People
That oiher Physicians Had Declared
Hopeless hyaIids.

Ii must he admitted that DR.. walker has
a record of cures such as has never been
achieved by any other physician in the
treatment Of all disorders OF the brain and
nervous system, diseases of the skin and
MALARIA, RHEUMATISM NEURALGIA,
HEMORItHOIDS, DISEASE ES OF WOMEN,
and all affections OF the LUNGS, THROAT,
HEART, LIVER, STOMACH, KIDNEYS,
BLA ODER, BOWELS, and other organs.
Men suffering from nervous debility or
loss of capacity, as lt.ult of overworR,
mental worry, or past oil es and eXccSscs,
are quickly restored to OuEd, vigorous man.
hood by DR.. Walkers treatment.
The highest fee charged by Dir. Walker,
whether you have enc or mere diseases, IL
So a month. This includes all medicines.
Office hours, daily, 10 to o: sundays,
and Saturday evenings, 6 to ..
DECENTRALIZATION FREE.-aa
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M'kINLEY CLUB BOOMING.
Thirty-twO New Members Taken II
at the Last Meeting.

The Mckinley and Hobart Club. limited,
met on Saturday night at headquarters. 9O2
PENNSYLVANIA avenue. The roll was in
creased by thirty-two members who We're
elected. The club has received a letter
from President-elect Mckinley, acknowiedg-
ing the desire of the members To cooperate
in making the inaugural great success.
Much of the meeting was taken up with
the discussion OF plans for a musical and
literary entertainment. which il is pro-
posed to give later in the season. The in
formation was given that number of
talented people had already been secured
for the occasion.
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New Line TO Harris0nburg, Va,
Over the Southern Railway via
Manassas, Front Royal and
Va

Effective December I, 1896. the South
ern Railway will operate through trains
burg, Va, via Manassas, Front Royal, and
strasburg, va. The train leaving Wash
ington daily, except Sunday, at p.
m, for Strasburg, will be extended to
run to Harrisonburg, arriving at 9:45
D. m., returning, leave Harrisonburg z
u. M, arrive in Washington 1910 p. m.
daily, connects at Manassas daily, except
Sunday, for Harrisonburg, arriving 4:3O
p. H.; returning, leave Harrisonburg
p. M. arrive in Washington 9:40 p. m.
uo2S-4t
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HOME LIFE

The spirit of the home must be iev put if
the influence is TO be On the side Of right.
The undertonc Of the home life is often
more important than the ovcrtonc. Parents
should bring daily heavenly Infi fences 10
bear upon those whom God has intrusted to
their cdrc.-Rev. NJ. X. Fishburn, Con
gregati6nalist, Washington d. &.
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FOR sALE-B1cYcLEs.

FOR SALE-Ladies' Eclipse wheel, i'll
good order; weight, 26 pounds; price,
$16. I'LL T-st. Sc. no2S-3t- EN-
FOR SALE-Humber wheel, SO cash;
lamp and bell; good condition. 2101
Pa ave-, 8 to B. no2S-3t
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ENVY

The poor man-be he workingman Gr
loafer-who carries envy and malice in his
heart toward these who are ricnrr, better
educated, and more successful than lie.
SIMPLY because they are so, who lifts
toward them sullen face and an evil eye,
has the spirit of he'll in him.-Rev w. X
Taylor, Baptist, Rochester. n. Y.
HOME LIFE
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HOTELS.

THE ORLEANS. corner F and 9th
sts NV; first-class family hotel Rates
81 so to 81 90 per day. Special rates
by the month. no29-tf
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PRINTERS INK

Many Christians DO not realize the value
of pIinter'sink. Many church members are
ashamed to distribute religious tracts
Bibles, tracts onreligiun nd religious papers
ought 10 be distributed by Christians by the
thousands of millions every year far in
excess of our present methods.-Rev w.
c. Partridge, Baptist, Cincinnati, Ohio.
HARn TIMES
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INFLUENCE.

The individual must learn to live for tn,
elevation and Chrlstianization of those with
whom he comes sintoimmediate touch. You
power in this direction will always depend
upon what you have in hand, laid cowI
for God sblessiIg and taken again. Teacher
ship, ,fatherhood, motherhood, together with
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THE CROSS.

For more than 800 years the cross has
been uplifting every nation and tongue and
tribe under heaven. BY the cross men have
been turned hack from darkness to light;
by the cross nations have been redeemed
In day; by the cross man has been taught
the sacredness of life and the glory of self
sacrificing love.-Rev. ID. F. Smiley, Pres
byterian Holm esburg, Pa.
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THEOSOPH Y

Theosophy tea shesa man To know himself,
to detect the finer forces OF nature and his
relation to all that lives, and to obey
the laws THAI govern him is the path to
happiness and progress here and here
after. There is but one authority for be-
lief, that is the individual conception Of
truth. Each ones belief amt conception
will differ from those of others, hence
theosophy teaches liberation toward all. -
DR.. Allen Griffiths, TheosophiSt, Sau Fran
cisco. Cal
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all social and kinship relations, must
first be baptized and then employed TO
God.-Rev. L. NJ. Chambers, Presbyterian,
, Merchantyille, N. j.
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JNCOMPLETENESS

In field and flood, in plant and animal,
His will is done; but when you come into
the realm Of human life, there Is rebellion.
failure, disaster; you find men strong
brave and true, but incomplete, failures
Hence, you have .he sad stories OF the
weakness of the strong man, the cowardice
of the brave man, the folly of the wise
man, the impatience of the patient man
They always stop short Of Go;.'s ideal. -
Rev. william Tracey, Episcopalian, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
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THE SALOONS

1t is notorious fact that young men and
laborinG men of moderate means spend the
most money in the saloons. No trades
union or cighthour law will relieve tie
burdens of the laborng classes of the
country so long as tEey impoycriSh them.
selves at the dranshop.- Frank Hun
gate, Baptist, Columbus, o.
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wANrED-RooMs.

wANTED-3 unfurnished rooms for
light housekeeping, by man and wife
sonable. Address GOOD TENANT, this
office. no3O-3t
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HARD TINE,

The Christian church of today is only half
awake to her duty toward the temporal
wants of humanity, and / thank God that
the hard times through which he have
passed has opened her eyes to her duty
toward the needy and has taught the poor
man that the church is really his friend, as
Christ meant it to be.-Rev. w. j. Reid,
Baptist, Rochester, y. Y.
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MANHOOD.

Human nature received its highest COM
pliment when Christ was born in Bethle-
hem. The crown of perfect manhood that
fell from the brow of Adam was found
again upon the brow Of Jesus. With this
perfect idea constantly before his eyes,
there came into mans heart new hope,
and with that hope new energy to at
tain to the full possibilities of his man
hood.-Rev. c. Coyle, Presbyterian, To-
ledo, O.
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THE SABBATH.

We ought to be true to the Sabbath of til.
Lord. This is the day when the husband
can rest from the tolls of life and when
the mother can teach her children the
story OF Jesus. We as Christians ought 10
keep the Sabbath day holy-Rev. DR..
Turner, Methodist, Evansville, Ind.
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WORK

God hath ordained that W ork alone brings
peace. ASK the labCrer at the forge or
factory, ask him who shapes his t!oak Of
stone or II oids his pillar of trass, or FOL
ishes his weed, or Ieifccts his tool, ana
the workman VIII tell you that oEest toll
gives sweet peace that wealth cannot
increase nor poverty take away. 70. God
nath ordained that the heart shall sing
when the hand does honest and onoratlc
ork.-Eev. d. N. Hills, Independent, Chi
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LOST

STOLEN-Sundayl last. a large red and
white st. Bernard gyp, named Wick:
conviction of thief CHAS. E. BARBER,
Room 6, sos and 607 7th st. NV. nol2-tf
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THE NATIONS NEED.

The church's opportunity is 10 supply
HE nations reed by preaching Christ as
the Saviour of society as well as of the in
diyluual. Also, 10 piaC tee ms teachings
and obey His law in The world. We pray
for millennial days; we shall hasten them
when i'll tusir ess, social and poll. ical life
dothe pleas ures ofthe King. The worlds
Standard Of business is wIcEg, and oar
social caste is hcathenish, not Christian.
Rev. J. X. Montgomery, Presby tcrian,
Cincinnati, o.
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CHURCH WORK

The church attracts to it persons who
are themselves attracted. and rcpcis those
who have nothing 10 do. Christ never
sought any one. He was over careful TO
rcpel them. He told them they would be
stoned, cast out OF the synagogue; men
would speak evil Of them, and they would
even be crucificd, as He was TO be. All
this they were to expect He sought no
one. The early church sought no one He
and fiischurch rested on In essential founda
ton. Rev. S. ID. Mcconnell, Episco-
pdlian, Brooklyn, n. Y.
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DEGENERATION.

We see the whole world in sim We be-
come so familiar with sin that it ceases to
be awful, deadly. We toy with it. We
analyze 1T. we study 1t, we talk about the
degeration of the human species, forget.
ting that degeneration means departure
from God, departure from life, Departure
from the best power ofour own souls.-Rev.
J.P. Egbert, Presbyterian, st. Paul, Minn,