12 THE OMAHAr DAILY BEE ; WEDNESDAY , APRIL 27 , 1898.
A SUBSTITUTE ,
OR , HOW I BECAME AN OPERATOR. '
BY G. K , TURNER.
1 am afraid I 'am always a little envious
of Harry Williams. Ho wan 10 much quicker
tban i at'every new thing that be under'
took.
I was a plodder by nature , I suppose , and
2 had to get the .whole of a thing or noth
ing. Sometimes I felt that In spite of Har
ry's quick start , ho never got thoroughly
Acquainted with a subject.
But people Paid that when Harry got out
of school finally and Into work and bad be
come sobered up by tlio responsibilities
of"rVsi life , * he would take a continued In-
truest n matters whch he didn't have at
cbool > It was consequently , a little dis
couraging for me when at ! t wo did get
through our schooling to flmMhat we had
both chosen the same line of work. Wo both
started to "learn the telegraph. " "
} l was Interesting work to both of us , and
o started In almost as cvxm as school was
over. We were bolti with the operator ao
much as we could be , and for a tlm6 wo
practiced together over a line we put up
between our houses. Hut finally Harry gave
this up. He told mo ho didn't think It was
very good practice ; but he didn't hesitate to
hy outside , what was the truth , no doubt ,
that I was too flow. Harry always sent very
fast over the line from the- first , and I waa
compelled to have him repeat very often.
I couldn't uoJcrstand him as well as I could
the operators on the regular line , which was
natural , of course , because his sending wasn't
so perfect , while mine , beimg so slow , wa'J
merely "baby talk" to him , probably.-
In some lx months , by some coincidence.
It came about that the operator was called
to go somenhcro else on the line. It ecemed
pretty hard luck to me.
"If he had stayed a little longer , " I com
plained to Harry , "one of us might have had
his place. "
"I mean to get It now , " he answered.
IIB TALKED IN AN UNDERTONE TO
THC CONDUCTOH.
"It thcro Is tony such thing. Im going to
"Kow York tomorrow to try for It. "
III.j assurance took my breath away.
"Why , I haven't more than .half learned It , "
I said. "I should think you would be afraid. "
Ho merely said something about not judg
ing others by oneself , and went on. He wca
A jucst disagreeable competitor , I thought.
Cut Harry Williams went to New York
the next day , ao he had said , and came back
smiling and said be had passed all right
and would begin work next week. "What
you want , old fellow , " said he , "Is confi
dence. "
> Uut , although he seemed so satisfied about
his examination wo heard from ono of the
townspeople , who had a relative. In the cen
tral office , that he had a rather hard time
passing. He had considerable difficulty In
taking the message ? . But his confidence
look him through. He was unused , he. told
them , to having so many other Instruments
In the room as there was at the central
office and they contused him. And so
finally they let him pass.
As I remember those dajs It seems hardly
, pomlblo that the railroad company should
have run Its corps of telegraphers with so
looio a hand as It did. Out a long scries
of accidents have made the railroads over
the Country .now e.xerclso the greatest care
and adopt elaborate systems of fixing re
sponsibility on the Individual , which weren't
practiced at all then. We , ourselves , were
Bcarccly more than bo > s , and It doesn't
seem possible that we would be given such
responsibility now as we had then. The line
throush our town was not a very busy one ,
but It was a single track all the way , with
the exception , of course , of the side tracks
at all the utatlons , and any mistake would
have been very likely to cause great dam-
ego and very po nlbly death.
I don't think that Harry Williams quite
realized 4hls at flrst , or , Indeed , until he
had been acting In his new position several
days. At first the traffic was unusually dull ,
I thought , for'I still went down to the sta
tion every day to listen to the Instrument.
There wat > just the same regular business
ot the road , with almost no "extras , " and
of course ono nearly learns by heart tbe
messages for the routine business. Whatever
uneasiness Harry may have , had was quieted
bythe ease with which he did hli work and
Instead of preparing for what ho should
have known must come , by learning every
thing ho could about his Instrument , he
' spent his tlmo loafing about and cultivating
a general air ot proprietorship of the sta
tion.
i II.
In about a week or two the business of the
road began to grow , and they started In ono
or two extras. This , It seetnod to me , made
the new operator a little trou'jlo , though hp
.wouldn't admit It , ot courte.
"How do you make that ? " ho would say ,
turning to mo , and , when I answered , he
.would say :
"Yes , that's It. You're getting on pretty
fast now , Billy. "
But , "In spite of his patronizing way , I no
ticed ho y/ry often asked mo my opinion
( before ho answered " 0 K" to show that hs
understood. He liked to have mo around , too ,
more than he'dld during the flwt week. And ,
for that matter , I was aluajs glad to bo
there when I could. So the station WQK
really run by two operators , though the pay
was drawn by only ono ot them.
It was rather strange , I have thought since ,
that the one day I was kept away the long
est should ave been the busiest on tbo road
i.luco Harry had taken his now position. My
falher was quite sick at the time , and I had
to-be borne all the morning , and It waa to
lward the last of the afternoon when I got
down to the station. There had been Eomo
llttlo extra business In the morning , as I
could see ( rom our house , which was on a
little eminence , and when I started for the
station I noticed that there was a couple
ot extra freights , which were standing , one
on the side track and the other on the
, W ln , line , before the platform. I had to
stop on the way fully twenty minutes before
I reached the station , so I was very much
eufpfls'ed , to find the two trains still there.
When I went Inside one ot the engineers
< was-stundlng at the gate of the office.
"Pay , joung feller , " be was saying to
Harry , "ain't , - , you got them train orders
yet ? "
t _ "No , " eald Harry. " 1 haven't ; but I'll give
them to you -just as teen < u possible. Only
don't come In here tethering me all tbe time ;
please don't. ! ' It struck me Harry was un
usually polite.
The engineer went out muttering to him-
elf , and I aw > him atop outulde on tbo platform -
< form "ana-talk lo an. undertone to tbe con-
ductor.Tdcn the conductor came la.
"Say , " said he. "nhat'i the nutter wlt'i
I you ; can't yviu1 understand what' * , being
[ mid to you ? 'Cause , It you can't , we want
'to know It. "
) "O. leave ino alone a minute , can't you , "
'laid Harry , getting very red. "It's only the
.wire ; It's working awfully bad today. VII
I-get it In minute ; only elou't keep coming
ID here n U/tltne. "
Harry hadn't seea.me until then , but when
i - < gBductQr. . wett out nd be turo 4
round and noticed mo for the first time , ho
ort of collapsed. I never eaw euch a nervous
man In my life.
" 0 , billy , " he laid , "come In hero quick
and take tdla Instrument. I'm In an awful
fix. The whole thing's gene from me. I
don't know anything more about It than a
iaby only one thing , how to send O. K.
And I don't know what I've done already ;
maybe It'll be manslaughter with me. like
t was with Billy Chase , down at Evar.a-
vllle , when ho lot the freight get by him. "
Ha was the meat terrified human belag I
ever eaw. And wUcn I went Into the ofllco
o take the Instrument I was pretty fright
ened mytelf , though I knew It couldn't bo
BO eerlous as he Imagined , because It any
accident was going to happen , It would bo
o the trains before the atatlco , and nothing
MI ! happened there o far.
"Hut what 'nave ' y6U done ? " said I.
"I've been In hot water all day with
these horrible extras , " said he , speaking
it If someone had been doing him n per
sonal Injury. "I got through this morning
ill right nnd I finally got these extras on
ho track here ' , but I wcs getting more add
more excited'1 all the tlmo , and sloie'then
everything h'as become , all jumbled up. .They
old mo something to relcase something and
o hold sc me thing an X I thought that I
cn6w uliat they wanted , and I O K'd them.
A'.id then I had forgotten wiat to d'l ' , arj
hey sunt nle Ho'mith'lng else arid I O K'd
bat , like a fool. 'I ' don't know how many or
\hat klnJ of things I O K'd. And ever alnco
then 1 have been wandcrl'.ig around this
odlcf , waiting for something to happen and
rjlng to think , with the trainmen running
n and cut of hero to ask what their ordera
were ml these machines chattering away
Iko mad , \vlr > out my understanding a word ,
lut , O , for heaven's take , UHly , " said he ,
'hurry up nn'i' ' sc-o what they want. "
As a matter of fact , the telegraphers on
cither side were asking frantically what haJ
lappenod , and It was work enough for mo to
umlerstarvl thotr excited messages without
rylog to answer everything at once. It was
getting dark , too , and I hited to take up
matters there , In spite of the necessity for
something to bo dene. However , I ma'Jo '
up my mind to do what I could.
Hut just at thlu time we heard a rumble
nnd shi'lek of a whlstlo at the west , and
saw all the trainmen on the platform rush
ing up the Toad. There was another train
coming In from the \\eat. For a moment
Harry and I started at each other In ntlenco ;
then with a wild yell he jumped up and out
of the elation and was running down the
road.
And there I wae In a deserted telegraph
station , and the operator chasing for dear
Itfo to get away from htu responsibility. I
: ould hear the shrieks of the locomotive for
Drakes and the shouts of the brakemen , and
the bumpiing of the oars In the long train ,
ao every effort was being put oat to stop It ,
and all the tlmo I w > 3a waiting for the crai'h '
Ui come.
"Vet It didn't , after all , for the brakemen -
men at the rear of the train before the sta
tion had got back far enough to just give
the Incoming train time to stop , and there
was nothing worse than a rcarc.
Out when It was all over all the train men
made a rush for the station , half filling the
llttlo waiting .room.
"Where's that operator ? " yelled the big
engineer of the train before the station.
"Ho'a gone , " I iuld.
"Where ? " two or three shouted. And
when I told them several bolted for the door
to follow him.
"O , here , " said a conductor , "don't chase
him. Ho's no good , anyway. He'a too
ucared to telegraph. And , bcsldcn , here's
the fellow that dots his work for him. Ain't
you ? "
I said I had . .doneIt sometimes.
"Woll , " said he , "will you take It now ? "
"I'll try. " I said.
And eo I went to work : He had left things
In a terrible marl. 1 .found the side track
to the east had accumulated a couple of
trains , which they couldn'.t send on and there
were all kinds of rumors ot wrecks , because
the train on our ride track didn't come along , .
But finally I got our eaetbound trains started
and the tangle began to unwind itself.
The whole matter was Investigated , of
course , and as a result Harry Williams was
dropped next'day. Indeed , he slid nothing
would have hired him to come back. And
HAimY'S FLIGHT.
as a recognition of my taking his place , when
ho ran away , I was allowed to fill It per
manently. It wara't a particularly lucrative
position , of course , but It led to others , and
I have never regretted the little excitement
which gave It to me.
3H1KI.NIJ TIIU IIOHU 11ED ,
The Proper Soil nnil the Selection of
1'lniitn Tfu none * .
In selecting n site for a rose bed It Is c (
the flrst Importance to see that It Is wcl
drained , says Vlck's ainqazlne. Roses \U1
not do well on 9311 that Is wet and soggy , or
one that holdi water. The Idc-nl rose soil Is
a rich loam with A porous clay subsoil , bu
as tivery Icwr of the. rose has not got this
sort of land It la well to remark that one
can , by artificial mean ? , overcome thp
natural defects of the soil and location. I
the soil Is compact , with n tight subsoil
then thio top soil fihould be. removed and the
subsoil locrrincd up to the depth of two fee
and a quantity of gravel or sand mixed with
It. It the location of the bed la not high nnd
well drained tllo drainage should be pro
vided. The top soil should be replaced , add
ing thereto a llbral quantity of rotted sods
rich coir.ipist nnd bone meal , thoroughly In
corporating these with the soli. The plants
should bo set three feet apart each way
In choosing varieties It Is best for th be-
Klnner to select old , inell tested kinds In
preference to new ones. After this one can
test thn ne-w sorts ns desired. In making
out n list of varieties one should not fall to
Include the * Ta France roses , as none are
moro beautiful. Of the roses of recent In
troductlon thft three Ramblers are , superb-
crimson , yellojv and white fully equal to the
most glowing description. I find them to be
entirely hardy , Ugorous and healthy grow
crs , making canes ten ana twelve , feet long
In a single season. Np ono should fall to
have all three of them , for they will give
entire satisfaction. Another new rose. Is the
Kmnresi of China , n. very beautiful , ever
blooming rose , nnd which If entirely hardy
No collection , hawever small , can afford to
b without the Soupcrt roses ; all things con
Bldcired. they are the bst hardy over-bloom
Ing roww < hny \ They are constantly In
bloom. The Clothllde Sotrpert | a n shell pink
shading to white at the cdzes of th petals
The pink Soupert nnd the- yellow Souper
are. as Indicated Jjy hcJr naroea. a rlcl
pink nnd yellow.
Ona of > wornt * dlsea * i which nf
fllcts our rows Is the black ppot. a fungu
disease which oppearnion the- foliage In smal
black rpot ? . which , Increase rapidly In sis
and number , and soon rausliw the leaf to
drop. It Is lnfetft > ur and rapidly spreads to
other leaves mm plants , and scon defoliate
the plants and ruins the flowers. It la a
Rood practice to.father all the diseased
leaves and''burn. them , thereby drstroylng
tlio sporc-a and checking the further Pproni
of the fungous. UJut the'only sure way of
preventing the disease. Is to commence early
In -tTrlnfra ' eon aa the- leaves appeal
to rpray the * plants thoroughly once eac
wfk throuirbptj > t the season , -with the Dor
d aux mlsiure. I find this to be almost a
complete rftnedy for this dUwaw as well a
( or Uu mU + ijr ; M * touch b tt r Ut a ux
ihur for the latter. My roses'are never
roubled to any great extent with Insects.
The flowers should nil be cut when they
cjrln to fade ; If left on the plant .they not
nly look unsightly , but check the produc-
on of flowers. weeds or grass should
ever be allowed In the rose bed. th dry
weather the plants must have plenty of
water If flowers are to be expected. I find
mulch of straw or other litter of the
greatest value In producing fancy roses ,
'his mulch thould be placed over the entire
urfaco of the bed to the depth of six
nchcs or one foot , or nt least deep enough
0 prevent weed growth. It keeps the soil
001 and moist during the hottest weather ,
nd roses so treated thrive luxuriantly.
One always regrets losing the tender teas
nd other roses during ; the winter. They
Iways become so much better If wintered
vcr. After flome experiment I have dls-
overed a method which Is entirely success-
ul. In brief , my method is ns follows :
Take common cheap lumber twelve Inches
wldo nnd saw Into lengths of twelve. Inches ,
nail these together ns for a box , but wlth-
ut top or bottom. In t'ne late autumn ,
> cfore the severe cold weather , cut back
he tea roses to within six Inches of the
ground. Set n box over the plant. Mil with
Iry straw or sawdust nnd cover with n
tonrd so ns to keep the tops dry. They
vlll then come through In perfect condl-
Ion.
WISE OLI1 CHOWS.
How Ther Solveil the Clntn-Opcnlnir
I'rnhleni nii I .liltiilnlntere < ! Juntloc.
Few pastimes are more Interesting and In
structive to a peroon living In ttie country
han observation ot the habits and pecu-
larltIc-3 of the common birds and animals
vhlch he cees. You may read tUe observa
tions of others with a great deal of pleas
ure , saya a writer [ n Youth's Companion ,
> ut there la a singular fascination In be
coming a dlflcovcrcr on your own account.
Of all the birds that I have watched I
hlnk none has repaid mo moro richly than
hat cmuslng old reprobate , the crow. His
cagaclty Is notorious , and from some things
that I have mjaelf observed It would a-
mcst seem as If ho must be endowed with
something nearly akin to reason.
Cu one occasion , whllo I waa living In
Vew Jersey , near Long Branch , I was one
day attracted by tl fi loud and excited caw-
ng of a number of crows down on the. shore
of the Naveslnk river , which ran Only a few
yards from my door. Cucloua to know what
all the excitement was about , I peated my-
sclC at a window to watcti them. It wnu
list after the equinoctial storm In Septem-
) er , and I soon found that they were dls-
mtlng about'the best way to deal with some
BOft-ehelled cUrns whlcti had been washed
up from a sandy shoal.
'These ' clams , of which crowo are very
'ond , are oblong In chape , about four or flvo
Inches long and two wide , with a shell not
much thicker then a mursel. but still ton
iard for a crow to break with Its beak.
? rom ono criil of the shell protrudes a long
neck , sometimes more than half as long ai
rour finger , through whloh the clam sucks
ts food.
For half an hour or moro the crowa ar-
ruott noisily ; then the dispute subsided , and
t -was evident that they bad .arrived at
K > me decision which they Were' about to put
o the test. Almost Immediately one crow ,
which had been particularly noisy In the
dlscUEston , picked up a clam by Its long deck
and flying up In the air some distance let It
Irop. When It struck ) on the stony chore all
ho crons , about fifteen or twenty la nun-
be.- , flew to learn the result of the experi
ment.
That It pntvedi the soundness of their reo.
sonlng was evident , for each crow at once
icsscfscd himself of a clam , flew up Into
.he air with H , let It drop on the stones to
ircak Its shell , and then ate Its contents
with great apparent s.i tiff act loo. Thla they
continued until they had eaten as many as
they wanted and then they flew away.
At another time I eaw something which
convinced me that they have some sort of
tovernment among themselves , and that an
nfrlngemcnt of tholr laws la followed by
punishment. This happened' ' In Virginia ,
which , by the way , Is a perfect paradise for
crows , with Ita immense corn and peanut
fields. I was sitting at an upper window
ono quiet Sunday afternoon , looking across
a broad field .toward the James river , three
about seven miles wide. The field had beeu
lowly ploweM nnd harrowed , ready for plant-
ng , and was perfectly level and smooth , so
.hat cny object could beullstlnctly seen , upon
; ho ground at a dlstauee'Of threo"or fouY
lundred yards. As I was looking I saw a
crow alight on tbe ground about 200 yards
a way. Scon two more came from the same
direction and alighted 'near the first one.
Crows continued to arrive , sometimes slowly
and sometimes by twos or threes , until there
must have been about fifty , or pe'rhaps
more. All came from , the same , direction
and took ground on a space porhapo fifty
or sixty feet square.
They were vcr/ quiet , which ts Unusual
where many of them are together , and It
was evident that they had met for a pur-
> ose. Presently ono flew up In the air some
Ittlo distance , appeared to be looking for
something , and then returned. This was re-
teated several times , at short Intervals , bo-
ore three crows appeared , flylng'-vcry low ,
at the sight of which the assembled crowa
manifested considerable excitement , though
they made very little noise. The three were
flying la line , ono behind the other ; the
mWdld'one A dojccteJ looking-bird , waftm-
mUtakablr guarded by the others. jThey
alighted a few yards from the others , and
the prisoner , for euch he evidently was , sat
with dropping wing * * nvl head , and still
guarded.
Then began R > great < nolac. ' Each crow
seemed to bo trying to outtalk every other.
This continued' ' for about ten minutes , 1
should think , when , with ono accord , they
pitched on the unfortunate prisoner and
pecked him to vJeath , after which thcydls-
parsed as quietly as they hud come.
I afterward , went oat , viewed the remains
and wasted considerable tlmo In vain specu
lation as to the offense , which the unfortu
nate bird could have committcJ against the
laws of orowdom , . > aml what would have
been the result It tbe Jury had disagreed.
EI'IllBHia OK "JKHKS. "
Singular Ei > lo < t , lnSontliorn Ilcvlvttt
HUt rr.
ncllglous history/soifull of anomalies , no
where chronicles anything stranger than thla
epidemic of "JerksJ' fcays a writer In do-
dey's Magazine. It btgan at Red River
churci In Robertson icounty , Tenn. . about
1802 and spread thence In every direction.
So did the revivalnwa e , of which It was
an accompanlmcntitatlwr than a manifesta
tion. If the Influence , whatever It was , came
with vigor , the mosubordened elnner was
not exempt. Sometlmos It affected barely
one foot ; sometime * It took both ; again It
was ono hand andi the feet , or the arms
alone ; sometimes the head was the scat ot
attack and It drew violently from Bide to
sldo with fixed features and glassy , starIng -
Ing eyes. Those who fought hardest agalnat
It fell prone , writhing , twisting , crying out
with the pains of severe cramps. Those who
sat paralvo fell Into something like a mild
catalepsy.
I'lous folk sang and shouted "Glory" as
they jerked ; frightened sinners laid hold
upon the nearest stable thing and wrestled
mightily to free themselves. It was no light
matter to be thus at grips with "the power , "
as the simpler folk called thla undefinable
force. Dow ( the preacher ) tells of passing
a camp-ground some miles out of Knoxvllle
and seeing upon the grounds fifty to 100
stout saplings , cut oft brcasthlgh and made
smooth for the Jerkers. "Tho earth round
about them was torn up , as by horses stamp-
Ins at flies , or bulls In anger , " ho adds ,
naively and goes on to say the Jerk-antldoto
Is , of all conceivable things , dancing.
Particularly for Christians , the Jerks were
exquisitely painful , but as eoon as the Jerk-
crs began to dance pain was banished , they
bccamo Intensely happy , assumed a fixed
upward gaze , as though looking Into the
gates of gold and wore a heavenly smile.
Sinners could dance away pain , but lacked
the blissful exaltation. Sometimes they
danced themselves Into Insensibility and
came out of It weak , as If recovering from
mortal nines.
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8V1TRKMB COtTlT SVL.I.A1U.
Van Pelt airalnst Gardner. Appeal from
Dougltti county , neverscil. Hnpan , C.
1. A corporation creilltor'a cause of action
nitalnit the stockholders thereof , to subject
their unpaid stock subscriptions to the pay
ment of hlfl debt , accrues when the exact
amourtt Justly due the creditors from the
corporation Vins been ascertained nnd the
corporate ? property exhausted. ( Section 4 ,
article xl , M. C. Constitution 1875. )
3. Within the meaning of snld section of
the constitution , the exact amount justly
duo has ben ascertained when the cred
itor's claim against the corporation has
been reduced to judgment ; and t'no cor
porate property has been exhausted when
execution Issued on such judgment has been
duly returned unsatlsDod.
3. To such n suit the corporation Is not
a necessary party.
4. A provision In the charter of a cor
poration organized under the laws of fnls
state , which provides that the private prop
erty of a stockholder shall not be llnble
for the debts of the corporation Is void , In
so far as It attempts to exempt the stock
holder from liability for his unpaid stock
subscription for thu payment of corporate
debts.
5. Section 2 of tin act pawed February 18 ,
1873. entitled "Homestead Associations. " be
ing section 140 , chapter xvl , Compiled Stat
utes 1507 , was repealed by the adoption of1
section 4 , article xl , M. C , Constitution
1875.
6. The present constitution not only de
termines what the liability of a stock
holder In a corporation for the corporate
debts thereof shall be , but It limits Unls
liability , and It Is not uthln thu power of
the legislature to cvteiiil It.
7. The liability of a stock subscriber for
corporate debts , except ho be n , stock sub
scriber of a banking corporation , Is limited
to the amount of his unpaid stock subscrip
tion.
8. As between the stock subscribers and
tVie creditors of a corporation , each stack
subscriber Is liable to the extent of his un
paid stock subscription ; as between them
selves. < jach stock subscriber Is liable for
his proportionate share of the corporate
debts ; and one stock subscriber who has
been compelled to pay moro than Ills pro
portionate share may sue his co-subscribers
for contribution.
9. Ono creditor of a corporation cannot
maintain an action In his own name nnd
for his own benefit against the debtor stock
subscribers of a corporation ; but to sub
ject unpaid stock subscriptions t > the pay
ment of corporate debts , nil debtor stock
subscribers and all creditors of t'ne corpora
tion should be made parties and n receiver
appointed.
10. The decree In such case should not bo
a Joint one against all subscribers for the
amount of the corporate debts , but n sev
eral Judgment.nualnit cft.cn. subscriber for
the RmbiiiH ofhu unpaid subscription.
11. The decree should provide for an execu
tion ugnlnst each subscriber for hU pro
portionate share of the corporate debts , In
terest and costs , and that If any execution
should not be collected In full , then for the
Issuance , upon order ot 'tttc court , of addi
tional executions from'time to tlmo against
each Insolvent subscriber for his proportionate
tionate share of the corporate debt remain
ing unpaid.
union I > lfo Insurance Company ngalnst
Hnman. Krror frorrP Douglas county. Af-
nrmed. Harrison , C. J.
1. A verdict on conflicting evidence will
not be disturbed unless manifestly wrong.
C. The evidence examined nnd hold that
there was sufficient thcro In support of the
verdict returned.
3. Aotlons of t'ne trial court In the admis
sion of alleged objectionable evidence con
sidered nnd determined not erroneous.
4. To constitute n life insurance policy
operative nnd of force It was necessary that
the flrst premium should be paid ; nnd In an
action on the policy there was sufficient
evidence to sustain a finding that the pen-
cral manager ot the company had extended
credit to the party named In tVio policy fof . .
the pnymcnt of the first pn-tnlum. HelA *
that the question of whether such credit .
had been given wns n proper ono to nutvc. , gf m
mlt to the jury nnd further , that such queiu- * V M
tlon was within the Issues presented by th4 Vts. M
pleadings In the case nt bar. , ,
5. If for the payment of such first pre *
mlum n. credit was extended , the policy be
came of effect nnd binding.
C. The statements of nn agent white act *
Ing In n matter In tvfnlch ho has authorttjr
and of matters within the scope of his aU >
thortty and of nnd concerning , the business
In hand , made nt the Immediate tlmo of It *
transaction or a part thereof , arc ndmtosN
1 able In evidence against his principal ,
7. Such statements tnnric subsequcnt-ta ths
cloio of line transaction , not connected there.
with and not especially authorized by the )
prlncliMl , cannot bo received In evidence
against t'no latter.
I 8. Actions of n trial court In jiving per
tions of the charge to the Jury approved
or held not prejudicially erroneous.
9. nrrors which It Is clear from Inspection !
of the whole record did not prejudlco the
rights of the complaining party furnish no Ml
KUinclent cause for reversal of a Judgment. *
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614-16-18 South izIk Street
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"Queen Bee" Specialties ,
Clears , Wines and Brandies ,
Oarner 10th and Barney Street *
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W estern Electrical
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Electric Mlntns Bolls aud OUR Lighting
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MM FanutBi St ,
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T
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re * AND conic ROASTERS , tie.
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114-216 South 14th St.
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