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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-08-23
A Tall Rat story.

The London Field tells this story: A.
rat was caught alive on board British
naval vessel in trap, and the beast was
thrown from the trap into the water
without being killed: A large gull that
was following in the wake of the ship
to pick up scraps of food thrown over
board by the. steward swooped down
several times, endeavoring to pick the
rat up. Once the bird got too close to
the rats jaws, and the beast grabbed it
by the neck. After short fight the rat
succeeded in killing the bird. When the
gull was dead the rat scrambled upon
the birds body, and, hosting one wing
as a sail and using the other as rudder,
succeeded in steering for the shore.
Whether tile attreaeifesi STORE or;not is
thequestion, siticethe'shfp soon got out
of sight Of the ski per .ahds ts.eraft.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-08-23

sufRIeal Operations ON, fffsa StSslSGch.
: In atreoeht' lecture Drs Stsntiet of
Heidelberg CAV e. hn aeebuhs tof thnsefies
off2gD operations on the stomach per-
formed by Prof. Czerny during the last
eight years. The average death rate
was 24.s per cent. In the first year 1t
was 45 rer cent, but decreased to 16
per cent. in the last year.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-08-23

Why not dress neatly
costs no more than to wear
misfit clothing. Jacobs fits
gives satisfaction or no pay
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-06
AMOUNT TO $4,000
Awards Made in Tripoli Street
Condemnation.
This Means Tint Opening the street
viii Amount TO About 100000
Believed thnt Councii. win iics,-
tato TO spend this Large sum.

The condemnation commissioners;
have filed their report in the Tripoli
street matter.
The awards for the property con-
demned amount, in round numbers, TO
$50, 900
This means that the opening of Trip
oil street from Washington to Butc
would cost the city in the neighborhood
of s1OO,oOo
The report of the commissioners wa.
filed yesterday afternoon after the Cor
poration Court had adjourned, and
Judge Hanckel will receive it this
morning and forward it to the Councils.
with the awards tonight. In addition
TO the Tripoli street awards. the widen
ing of Washington street will cost
about $1,000.
While the amount is not surprising.
1t Is believed that the large sum viii
cause the Councils to halt and think
over the matter before authorizing the
opening of the street. Some think thai
the proposition will be given up. The
awards that ran the amount up So high
We're those made on the property front
ing on Freemason, Charlotte and Butte
streets. The awards on the interior
property was about So per front foot.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-06
GA 6 r. a "a CA
6earS tio ~ Inc Alad You HAZE AlN2ys Bought
''S' ef GMxHZzzsIS<
An Enriy Morning ,,,rr,.~c

a beautiful wedding was celebrated
at the home of the brides mother. No.
III North Marshall avenue, ut 5:l5
o'clock this morning, when. Miss Fran
CTS Lloyd Murphey. daughter of the late
WIN. III. ard Mrs. Mary Il. NIurphey,
became the bride of MIR. Newell Atwood
Lewis. of Mathews county, Va.
Inc ceremony was imDresslvely ner-
formed by Rev. S. c. Hatcher, of Queen
street Nj. l.. Church. The event was a
quiet one. only the immediate relatives
OF the contracting parties and a few
close friends Witnessing it,
The bride was most becominrly At
tired in n cloth go-away gown of darl,
grey, with hat and gloves to match
ana carried n cluster of white cnrno.
lions. The groom wore conventions
black
AT the conclusion OF the nuptials tn,
HAPPY couple left on the steamer fol
their future home, in Mathews county
Mr.. Lewis is n prosperous farmer q,
MS native county. while his bride is on,
or Brambleton's most charming volne
bellies o"'s
Among the guests at the we,]dn,
were Miss Crissie Lewis. a sister of the
groom; Mrs. George Bassett sister of
the bride. and Hiss Bernice NIechn,n,
OF Mathews county
There were many beautiful and costly
bridal presents.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-06

otherwise stipulated, would have been
bound to repair 1t; but, If it had been
totally destroyed by fire, the landlord
would not have been bound to replace
1t, nor would the rent have abated
What did occur in this case was that
farming lands. together with all the
necessary buildings. including a gin
house. were rented for term of years,
the tenants expressly agreeing to keep
up all repairs, except such as might be
made necessary by fire or providential
cause; and the gin house was accident
ally destroyed by fire during the term.
1t is clear that the tenants, under their
contract were not required to rebuild
1t. Nor did any implied covenant to re-
buiid on the part of the landlord arise
from the mere exception of repairs on
account of fire and provldential cause
IN the tenants covenant to keep up
all repairs at their own expense"
was the landlord hound to rebuild
the gin house under the law? That de-
Ponds upon whether it's rebuilding was
necessary to keep the rented premises
In repair. The words keep in
repair as used in section 1923 OF the
civil Code. are not technical words, but
are used in their ordinary sense. The
usual meaning of ito repair" Is ito
mend; to restore to a sound state what
has been partially destroyed; to make
sood an existing thing" not to make
q new thing, such as erecting n new
building to take the place of one de-
stroyed. If the landlord was bound to
replace the burned gin house, then she
would have been equally bound to have
replaced the dwelling. the tenant
houses. the stables, the barns all ne
cessary buildings on the farms, had
they been burned and to have replaced
them as often as they might have been
DESTROYED during the term. We do not
think the law requiring the landlord to
Keep the rented premises in repair
means that he shall rebuild buildings
wholly destroyed by casualty not
caused by him. The enforcement of
this rule seems n hardship; but it is the
law, and tenants, If they are unwilling
TO take the risks. may protect them
selves by stipulating. in their rent con-
tracts, against liability for future rent
in the event of the destruction of the
premises. Affirmed.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-06
MAYER v. MoREHEAD.
Supreme Court of Georgia.
February 4. 1899.

WHERE FARMING LANDS ARE
RENTED FOR a TERM OF YEARS
AND TENANTS AGREED TO KEEP
UP AI.L REPAIRS, FIRE AND
PROVIDENTIAL CAUSES EX-
CEPTED, THE WHOLE RENT
COULD BE RECOVERED, NOT
UNDERSTANDING THE ACCIDENT
AL DESTRUCTION BY FIRE OF A
GIN HOUSE ON THE PREMISES.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-06
NO THORouGHFARE.
CAPT. PHILLIPS FERRY BOATS
NOT ALLOWED TO LAND
AT PIERS.

The fight to keep Captain ]. w. Phil
lips West Norfolk ferry boats from
landing at Primers Point seems to have
reached success at last. On the s
o'clock trip yesterday afternoon the
ferry boat OF this line was not permit
ted to land at either pier No. /, or No.
4. at Primers Point. The answer at
pier No. was that there was mo thor
oughfare' for the passengers of that
line at that pier. The doors were lock-
ed and Waterman en- hand At pier
No. the officer said that he had been
forbidden to allow landing without the
paying of cents wharfage fee for
each passenger. The three passengers
who wanted to land were not permit
ted to do so. One Of these was a con-
tractor. who had business at the pier.
What will be Captain Phillips next
move is not known
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-06
FERRY BOAT SUNK
THE MANHATTAN AT BOTTOM OF
THE ELIZABETH.

The ferry steamer Manhattan. of the
Portsmouth. Norfolk and Berkeley ferry
lines. lies on the bottom of the Eliz-
abeth river in IS feet of water, only her
pilot house being visible. The boat was
at Thomas Marine Railway, in Berk-
cred that thieves had boarded her.
They cut the hawsers and escaped,
whereupon the boat drifted out into the
river and sunk.
The Manhattan seems to be either
unlucky or addicted to the habit OF
sinking. as She has gone down twice
within the last month or so.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-06
SHOT A WOMAN.
IDA ASH, COLORED, BADLY
WOUNDED BY UNKNOWN MAN.

Prompted by Jealousy, negro man
shot and perhaps fatally wounded Ida
Ash at her home, No. II Pulaski street.
AS soon as the shooting was reported
at police headquarters detectives were
sent out to arrest the man. whose name
could not be ascertained at the police
station at o'clock this morning.
From what could be learned of the
affair. Ida Ash had returned from the
country where she had been picking
strawberries and was sitting inside her
home when shot by this man, who had
been Tilted by her. The man shot
twice. both balls entering the wopan's
body, one penetrating her lungs. She
was carried first 10 police headquarters
and later to st. Vincents Hospital
where her wounds were attended to by
DR.. Speight.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-06
An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGS. manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA Fro SYRUP Co.. illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa-
i've principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
Them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. 1t
IS the one perfect strengthening laxa.
.ive' cleansing the system cffectually,
dlspelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
70 overcome habitual constipation per-
manently: It's perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub.
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
iiVcr and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative
In the process of manufacturing figs
arc used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other aromatic plants. by a method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIs Syrup
&c: only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL
LoUIsvILLE. KY. NEW. YORK, N. y.
For sale by all Druggists, Price SOC. ps bottle
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-06

This was Il case of distress war
rant for rent. The lower court gave
judgment for plaintiff and defendant
appealed. The facts appear in the
courts opinion.
The court says:
Mrs. Morehead, as exccutrix. sueo
out n distress warrant against Mayer
& Crime for 500 rent, claimed to he
due FOR the year 1897 for certain farm
ing lands in Dougherty county. De
PENDANTS put in evidence n lease from
plaintiff to them, the material parts Of
which were that plaintiff leased IA de-
fen'ants the Mud Creek and Walker
farms. from 1898 to 1898, at q rental of
500 a year. and the lcssees agreed "to
Keep up all repairs at their own ex-
pense fire and provldential causes on
copied. which lease was signed bv
plaintlif and defendants. The bill OF
exceptions states that the "defendant
proposed to prove that the gin honsa
on the said place was destroyed bv fire
prior to the fall OF 1896; that plaintiee
was notified of 1t, and declined to rn-
build or replace it; that defendants
raised 200 or 300 bales of cotton on tho
land rented; that they had to han, r.
10 be ginned on another place, several
miles off; that 1t cost SO a bale to have
1t ginned in this way; that it could
have been ginned on the place, by the
hands employed, without extra eynenso
to the defendants. and that defendants
could have made, without extra ex-
pense to themselves. 5000 or 5000 a wear
by ginning their neighbors' cotton: that
they paid the rent of 1896 under pro-
test, and gave notice of their right TO
a reduction thereon, on account of the
burning of said gin house, at and be-
fore paying the same; that said farms
were large, and had all necessary build
ings, tenant houses, and the like for
running the same, except the burned
gin house" Plaintiffs counsel object
ed to the introduction Of this testimony.
and the court sustained the objection.
The question for our decision, there
fore. Is whether the learned trial judge
committed error in rejecting the testi-
mony proffered by the defendants.
Where an estate for years is created,
our Civil Code following the common
law, makes the tenant bound for all
repairs or other expense necessary for
the preservation and protection of the
property, Civ. Code, Section 1885. again
following the common law, provides
that the destruction of a tenement by
fire, or the loss of possession by any
casualty, not caused by the landlord,
or from defect OF his title. shall not
abate the rent contracted to be paid"
So, II rented dwelling be unroofed by
storm. the landlord. upon notice, Is
bound to repair 1t. or the tenant will
have a right OF action, or may recoup
against the rent; but If the storm COM
pletely destroys the dwelling, the land
lord is not required to replace 1t, nor
does the rent abate. This may not be
consistency. nor the perfection of hu-
man reason, but 1t seems to be the law
OF this State. In the present case, IL
the gin house had been the only pro-
perty rented. and 1t had been merely
damaged by fire, the landlord, unless
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-06


February 81, 1899.
A RAILROAD COMPANY is LIABLE
FOR PAST DAMAGES TO CROPS
AND PERMANENT DAMAGES TO
LAND. WHERE IT so con-
STRUCTED ITS ROAD OVER A
STREAM AS TO CAUSE WATER
TO OVERFLOW THE LAND.
This was a suit against the railroad
company for damages to plaintiff s
land. caused by water overlooking It,.
There was a judgment for plaintiff, ana
defendant appealed.
The court says:
The court submitted issues both as
to the damages to the crops for three
years preceding the beginning of the
action, and as to permanent damages;
!. c. damages to the corpus. The re-
coverE of these last will. of course, be
bar to future actions for injury 10 tho
crops. The defendant excepted to the
submission of an Issue as to past dam
ages. The Identical point was present.
cd and decided in this same case on a
former appeal. where 1t is said. "And
either party 50 may demand that
both present and prospective damage
be assessed" This might be done by
single issue covering both. or by two
separate issues. as in this case.
The defendant further excepted that
the court did not sustain the plea OF
the statute of limitations. The court
below properly admitted proof of dam
ages to crops for three years prior to
action brought, and the action as to
permanent damages could only have
neen defeated by showing 20 years con-
tinuous occupation, with acquiescence.
Since Acts 1895. C. 224, in all actions
brought In cases of this kind only per-
II anent damages q. c. damages once
f0r alp can be recovered, and such ac-
TONS are barred by the lapse of five
years; but that statute cannot apply
TO an action like the present, which was
brought before the ratification of the
statute or In reasonable time there
after. No error
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-06
COURT DECISIONS.
Notes Of Cases Recently Decided,
Which are of Interest to
Our People.
DIGESTED BY W. B. MARTIN,
Exclusively for virginian-Pilot.)
RIDLEY ". S. 6 r. r. CO.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.
February 81, 1899.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-06
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.

From VIM. a. Clark and wife t
Michael Cashin. lot of land and hou.
at No. 455 Church street: $4,000.
From Sallie e. Gray to Joseph +
Everett, lot with building and in
provements at intersection of GraydC
and Colonial avenues. Client, $4,000.
FROM James j. Swaine and wife
Percy >. stephenson and a. Brool
Iaylor, lots Nos. POS, FOG. 207 in Altar
tic City Ward
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-07-05
CATCHING n Cobra.

The cobra Is passionately fond Of
music, and Is no mean critic thereof
As rule, il only hears the bagpipe,
but II there be any instrument which
it loves more than another II Is the
violin. 1t is this amiable weakness
that sometimes renders ii a positive
danger TO the musical householder in
India. BY reciprocity OF civilization
this love of music IN the cobra works
for its own destruction. For if
cobra takes up its abode In the neigh
borhood of dwelling house It is Gus
tonary TO send for a couple of pro-
feSsional snake charmers. One of
them strikes up tune near the place
where the cobra is supposed TO be. No
matter what the creature may be do
ing at the tiIne-even II II be out visit
ing. so 10 speak, at some neighboring
house-it Is soon attracted by the mu-
sic. II energies slowly from its hid
ing place and strikes up an attitude
In front of the player. There il is
kept engaged with the music till the
other man gradually creeps behind
with handful of fine dust At con-
venient moment, when the cobra ~
standing motionless, this man sudden
ly throws the dust over the head and
eyes of the snake. Immediately the
cobra falls its full length upon the
ground-for one brief second. But
that second is enough. Like a light
ming flash-nay. with one and the
same motion with which he cast the
dust-he seizes the PROSTATE cobra
by the neck just below the head. In
fierce anger the snake winds and winds
its body round the arm of its captor,
but to no purpose, IL can not turn its
head 10 bite. If IL be desirable to ex-
trart the fangs at once, the captor
presses his head on the throat of the
cobra and thus compels IT TO open its
mouth; then the fangs are drawn with
pair of pincers> If, however the
operator desires TO keep the snake in
tract the fangs at once, the captor
offers his aid. and. forcibly unwinding
the coils, places the body Of the cobra
in u basket. all but the head. which is
still held by the other man. and
presses down the lid to prevent the
cobra from wriggling out. Then sud
denly the captor thrusts the head in
and bangs down the lid.
In the above description two men
are needed 10 capture the snake: but
very expert charmer may do the
feat single-handed. though 1t is high
ly dangerous. This is the method
employed: While playing with one
hand he throws the dust sideways
with the other and captures the snake
with that hand. OF course. the whole
action is like a lightning fash. and
half a seconds delay or the merest
bungling either I'm throwing the dust
or in catching the snake at the proper
place may prove fatal to the operator.
Wide World Magazine.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-07-05
HE WANTED QUANTITY.
Thought speech Could he stretched Out
To Suit the Occasion.

n representative of one of the lead
ing religious papers Of the west has
had some amusing experiences while
reporting conferences. One of these
did not seem humorous 70 him while it
was occurring
The conference he was attending
was in "a small town in Nebraska and
representatives were expected from
the entire northwest. 1t was To be q
big affeir. On the day previous to the
meeting a terrific blizzard swept down
through the Mississippi valley from
across the Canadian line and serious
ly impeded traffic through this dis
trict. When the conference assem-
bled the chairman arose and read two
kilograms The two speakers Of the
evening, officials high in the mission
airy society, were stalled by the storm
and could not be present An intense
silence fell over the convention as
these communications were read.
Then a resourceful old farmer slowly
arose.
''Its too bad abaout that" he
drawled, but / see aour young broth
er from the S is with us, an sence
he was expectin' t give us five r
ten mint talk, couldn't he stretch II
aout SOS { fill UP tn 'ntire eveln'"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-07-05
THE LITTLE MIMIC.
Some Ones Playing - sorns Prsvioss
Time IInpSosssd Her.

She lives In the opposite fiat, a tiny
haired and always dressed IN white,
says the New York Commercial Ad-
vertiser. She seems 20 go out very
little. She evidently has nothing 20 DO
but to wander aimlessly about the
two front rooms, In one Of which Is
desk where gentleman sits and
writes, writes, writes all day. The ia
Their presumably. Sometimes he gives
her the waste-paper basket TO play
with and then she takes q chair and
makes desk OF IL beside his and with
his cast-of sheets of paper she pre-
tends To write, too. There would
seem to be no mother. At least, the
only woman who ever shows herself
Is the plain, elderly person, apparent
~ nurse, who comes in and sits
near the desk. with her sewing. when
the gentleman writer disappears In
the other room an upright piano
stands so close TO the window that its
keyboard shows ACROSS the street.
Yesterday, when, rs usual, the cur
tains We're swept back for the airing.
the little maid could be seen gazing
meditatively at the keyboard. At last
thought or a memory evidently
struck her. She bridled, smoothed her
dress, put her hand to her hair then
climbed upon the piano stool. There
she composed herself deliberately.
rubbed her little hands together and
then proceeded TO perform ON the in
strument in perfect imitation OF the
conventional piano style. Beginning on
the middle keys, she ran up the key
board till her arms were spread out
10 their farthest reach, her little
blonde head bObbing up and down and
her small body swaying like an enrap-
tured players. Then her hands came
travelling down the keys from bass
and treble till they met together again,
when up they went high in the air, as
the professional does when he draws
the tone out fine, and her head was
flung back, in the far-away, dreamy
look proper TO that position Then
there were few more gyratiOns and
finally her hands came down In IA
grand concluding crash, with her lit
tie white nose almost on them. 1t
was such good mimicry and such a
pretty picture that it was quite a
shock TO see the gentleman who
writes, and who was writing at the
time, come striding in from the next
room TO snatch the clever young MIN
&c from the stool and smut down the
piano lid with what was evidently a
bang. However, perhaps it hadn't
sounded as pretty as il looked.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-07-05
PAW PAW. MICH. JULY 8, 1885,
THERE are number of nice old gentle

THERE are a number of nice old gentle
men of our acquaintance whose BIRTH
days are regularly celebrated as the most
Importance epochs in their lives, but
none of these celebrations approach in
magnitude or interest to all the people
the birthday of our good Uncle Samuel,
celebrated yesterday. hundred and
twenty-three years have bought many
domestic experiences to the old gentle
man. Troublesome neighbors have in
terfered with the quiet home life he de
sired, and have been taught to mind
their own affairs. The usual disputes
have arisen over the line fences, and have
been settled. Recently, an obstreperous
party insisted in maintaining a nuisance
close to Uncle Sans back yard, and was
forced to abate it. Now the dear old
gentleman, having his domestic and
business affairs well regulated and run
ming smoothly, is rubbing up against the
world and learning something of its
ways. Here's hoping, and believing, that
he who has managed his own family so
well, will be able to care properly for his
adopted children. July Fourth was Gel
ebrated pretty nearly on both sides of
of the earth yesterday Civilization and
progress are bound to follow where Uncle
Samuel and his birthday lead the way.