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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-06
SIMPSONS SELECTION AS COMMANDER
m CHIEE AN INJUSTICE AND
CONTRARY TO law OF Land

command Of a squadron, with the rank
and title of flag officer: and any officer
so assigned shall have the same autnorf-
ty and receive the same obedience from
the commanders Of ships In mis- squadron.
holding commissions Of an older DATE
than his, thatAhe would be entitled to re-
ceive il his commission were the Oldest.
Another law, section 1855. r. s., OF july
It, 1862 sprescrihes: During war rear
admirals shall be selected from those
officers on the active list, not below the
grade of commanders. who shall nave
eminent1y distinguished themselves by
courage, skill and genius IN their pro-
fession but no officer shall be 50 pro-
NOTED. under this provision. unless. upon
Recommendation of rhe President by
name, he has received the thanks OF Con-
gress for distinguished service.
According to the navy regulations: "A
rear admiral may command feet. q
squadron or d naval station: commodore.
may command squadron, q division OF
a squadron or q naval station. and 81 cap
tain may command a division of a squad
ron. ETC. The term Squadron is the
division of a fleet sucn as van. center and
rear an assemblage of vessels smal4es3
than a fleet, and there does not apraab
to have been a well-fouuGed authority
given by the sections quoted to maAa
Captain Sampson commandsr-in-chief OF
the North Atlantic fleet. and detailing
Commodores Howell. Watson and Schley
as commanders of squadrons. When on
April u. 1898, Captain Sampson was orcer-
ed to hoist his flag rear admiral. the
law under section 1865 had not been
complied with, as Sampson had not been
the recipient of a vote of thanks from
Congress, Eor had he distinguished, h nselt
by superior skill and genious IN mis- pro-
fessiou to make him more conspicuous
than many other officers above and below
him in rank. The selection Was con-
tr1ry to law. and an injustice and hui
initiation TO those officers who outranked
ERE farcrite at Washington.-San Fran
cisco.-Examiuer.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-06
TORRENS LAW IN ILLINOIS
A PROGRESS PROMOTER.

ilpoing Of the court impinges upon their
rights. IN cases where no adverse claim
IS filed (and I am told this is the fact in
most instances} the finding of the court
sustaining the examiners is a matter pro
Iorma, very much as the signing OF
charters in our superior court. The most
usual adverse claim in Cook county is
The tax deed or Fl. IA. II has become a
custom Of examiners. as ] learned at the
Registrars Office, 10 treat tax deeds on
an equitable rather than legal basis.
Very few OF such deeds here or in Geor
Eia Will stand that strict test as 4 con-
yeyance which the law demands of them,
except as . color of title. and examiners
enter these or the memorial side OF the
certificate as obligations against tile
land, for the principal amount. with law
ful interest and penalties. II the holder
of the tax deed desires 70 assert the
same as q title he may do SO. and have
his rights adjudicated. ! learn he rarely
takes tits proposition, hut generally ac
cepts his money.
FULL. Legal STATUS.
Notice of contingent or inchoate inter-
est in the land must be filed, and at the
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same time, if undisputed, are entered
upon tie cerllncale. II Is The purpose OF
Inc law mat ms cerLlicsite tWncn IN
COOK county is SplenGluiy lIthCgIa.pheu.
resembling Ire insurance pellcsJ should
contain on It's face, With notauonS on the
reverse side, the 1ull legal status OF the
title. 1t is The essence OF common sense
adjusted 10 a business community. II by
Endorsement and delivery OF bill Of lad
ing, a hundred thousand dollar cargo OF
corn changed hanGs why an elaborate
ABSTRACT covering fifty years be needed
TO carry a houSand-dollar lot? The Tor
rens act is peculiarly adapted to land
trading. This certificate is transferable
from seller TO buyer in practically the
same way that a share OF stock or a ire
policy is transferred, the transfer being
always noted on the books OF the Regis
Irar and on the back OF the. certificate
itself Where a part Of the tract origin
ally covered by this certificate is subse-.
quently divided, then the old certificate
is surrendered, and two certificates. Gov
.erlng the separate tracts, are issued IN
lieu thereof, with proper entries on the
books Of the Registrar.
The original applicant and subsequent
transferees are required. to sign stub
receipt for the certificate. which receipt
is Kept with other books in the Regis
trarfs office, and becomes a test of the
genuincness of signature in cases of con-
troversy.. For the two years first follow
ing the issue of the certificate of owner
ship it is prina facie evidence i'll all the
courts OF the State OF the matters there
in recited: after TWO years it becomes
conclusive evidence thereof
A striking feature of the Torrens law
is that it fcrbids the ripcning of pre-
scriptive titles TO land coming under its
provisions after the same has been duly
registered. That is to say actual occu-
patton Of The land with or without a
color of title after the same has been duly
registered. will be OF no avail to the oc-
cupant as a basis of title against the
legal title-hoider.
a BILL OF EXCHANGE
Transferees Of the certificate Of title
are not affected by any unregistered en-
cumbrances. Thus the certificate enjoys
TO a certain degree the privilege Of a bill
OF exchange. Be it remembered that all
limitations liens or encumhrances OF
every kind passed upon by the cSa.niners
and finally approved by the court ap-
pear both on the books OF the Registrar
and on the certificate Che certificate be-
ing a transcript of the book, and all
changes, limitations. liens or encun-
brances and all other things affecting
the properly subsequent to the issuing Of
the certificate must be. entered by the
Registrar on his book and also on the
certificate. If Is the duty OF those taxi
ing such encnn1hrances or acquiring such
interests In the land 10 have such entries
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-06
From a Bachelors Dew.

People get engaged from force of habit:
then they get married from force or
circumstances.
II married people can hang on for the
first I'VE years, generally they can stand
it for the rest OF their lives.
About the time a man gets back from
his wedding trip he shuts up talking
is
All a man has to do to make his wife
ask him suspiciously what he is thinking
about is for him 90 SIT still for ten min
utes and Keep his mouth shut.
Old songs are sweetest; old loves dear
est.
The hand that sparks the child rules
the world.
\ fisherman's luck is measured by a
fishermans lies.
The chickens VIII h come to roost gen.
orally nave lost thai~ Iii feathers.
In our youth we drtdm OF what we shalt
have accomplished n 'Ir age; in our
age we dream Of what we might have
accomplished in our Youth.
When q man goes K tell his father he
is engaged he coulc!'il look more sheep
ish if he We're telling TN he had been
caught robbing his rc'ghbor's chicken
coop.
One thing that money cannot buy is a
clear conscience.
An old man fannr INTO love Is an old
man fallen into foIy.
Some men are ncTer old enough to
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-06

The unfortunate feud in the navy which
has developed into national scandal,
likely to eliminate with serious results
to several of1lcers, originates from the fact
that a junior officer was Jumped over
eleven seniors and made COMMANDMENTS
chief Of the North Atlantic squadron, dur
ing the Snanisf-Amertcan war. On Feb
ruary Is. 1893, when the battIeship Maine
was destroyed in the harbor of Havana,
there We're six rear adnirals, of which
Kirkland headed the list; ten commo-t
dores, with McNair and Schley as senior
and junior, and forty-fye captains on
the list Of which Sampson stood second.
Read-Admiral S;carcs was in command of
the North Atlantic squadron, tbut Ill
health compelled him to reIinquish his
command. to which Captain Sampson was
selected by the Navy Department on
March 18th. On April list. the rank OF
rear admiral was conferred upon him by
the department and confirmed by the
Senate August 10th. During the few
months of the war Commodores Howell
Remey- Watson and SchIesr We're subor-
dinateS to Captain Sampson; Howell COM
handing -ae first squadron OF the North
Atlantic fleet. Remey in charge of the
naval base at Key West. Watson In COM
nland Of the Eastern squadron and Scilley
commanding the flying squadron from
March 18th to May 9th, Independently;
and from May oath to June '21st under
orders of Sampson, and from June 21st
to the close of the war IN command of the
second North Atlantic squadron, still I'M
der orders from Sampson. OF the other
seven sighted officers. Dewey made his
record at Mania ana. gained his p emotion
to rear admiral. while the other six per-
formed duty on shore during the war
The law, by the provisions of which the
Navy Department selected Captain Samp
son. is that of section 1884, r. S. of De-
cember q. 1851. which reads: THE Pres
ident may select any officer not below
the grace of commander on the active
list of the navy, and assign him to the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-06

know better than to so and get married
again.
You can teach a woman how to for
give the sins of another woman, but you
can never teach her how to forgive ano-
Their for wearing better clothes than she
does.
Life and the lesir, to live march is
inverse ratio.
1t is harder to admit that ones self s
wrong than that another man is right.
Wives are nurses to their children IN
their youth and to their husbands in
their old age.
The fragrance left by dead flowers c9n
be sweet, but tfrat left by a dead loTe IS
coet-on.
When a retl-headed girl inherits a fo-
tune it changes to auburn.
Rich mothers don't even find it inter
esting TO make matches for their daue.n
tiers. They're so easy.
a mans will power. can't be seen unGer
q microscope when it has been in COL
lision with q womau's wont.
It IS funny. but while il is queer for
z man to wear his hair long, it is just
as queer for a woman TO wear hers short.
1t takes a coward to stay wrong, when
he knows he IS wrong.
No mans destiny can be judged till
Destiny has ended him.
We get old trying to stay young. but
We do not stay young Trying to get old.
Age ever looks backward: youth forward
so the two never see the same scenery
of life.-N. Y. Press.
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made, and failure to do so is at their
peril. Such encunbrances or interests
are effective only when registered
The law specifically provides that pre-
existing forms and methods of convey
ancing or encunlbrance are not changed
by the terms Of the bill The act further
provides that upon the death Of the land
owner intestate, the property which has
been registered under the act shall de-
scendf to his distributes as personally,
so far as the same affects the admins
tration of his estate ana the keeping up
OF the records. It further provides that
appointment of guardians, administrators
and like legal representatives affecting
the land SO registered shall be duly en-
tered in the Registrars books, that all
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He might have been alive to-day,
And she his happy bride,
IL he had read the postscript
Upon the other side.
-Cicerly Cinnaron, in the Smart Set.
Chilly Day for William.
After a visit to this country Dean Hoh
of England, cited the following as an
example OF American humor:
From the mirror little Willie
Ate the mercury all off.
Thinking in his childish error
1t would cure the whooping cough.
AZ the funeral yViilie's mother
Meekly said to Mrs. Brown:
Twas q chilly day for William
When the mercury went down.
Extent of His knowledge.
Kitty said she'd teach to me
The dance-steD last invented.
To which, OF course. l heartily,
With rising hope, assenteG,
So first I learned, with eager haste,
And found the lesson pleasant,
To put my arm about her waist
That's all I know at present.
James Barrett Kirk, III the Smart Set
Al !iIer in the Vinysrd.
The good Lord said the lilies
Didn't toll and didn't spin,
An I kinder thing His will is
[ should take the lilies in.
An j think the workl must need EN-
In the sunshine an the storm,
For He sends His dew to feed EN-
An His light to keep EN- warm!
Atlanta Constitution
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~
rs
A Great Invention.

An Atchison woman has q habit of eat
ing too much, and she invented a method
Of knowing when she had enough ana
will have her discovery patented. An
ingeniously made little alarm bell is
made in her corset. and when the pres
sure on the corset from eating amounts
to SO many pounds to the square inch
the alarm is set off and the woman must
quit. Sometimes she is In the midst or
a juicy steak, or she may be just tast-
ing a delicious dish of ice-cream, or she
may have just reached her coffee, when
the pressure sets the alarm off, but
she then quits. When visitors are at
the house the alarm startles them a little
at first, but they soon get used to the
gong The inventor says the alarm has
been of more benefit TO her than score
of doctors.-Atchison Globe.
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persons may know, without 1urther IN
quiry, with whom they may deal relative
To the lands registered. The records OF
the Registrar operate as lis pendens in
all matters except attachments. 1t fur-
Their requires that judgments and levies
shall be entered upon the Registrars
books.
Summed up, the act tunnels into one
place and upon one set Of books all that
it requires the public TO know about the
particular land being dealt with. 1c sets
d mile-post which reads that the road
lying in the rear is closed against the
approach of danger; and undertakes
thenceforth to keep 4 ledger account
with the tract in a manner so simple
that a glance Of a few minutes Will re-
veal balance sheet. 1t is the bankers
method Of keeping close up with his Gus
toner; ever ready for a quick reckoning.
Moreover, it proposes that the builder or
farmer may construct or ploW upon land
to which he can read the titles clear,
and home and farm be safe from secret
equities and from lurking dangers born
in the blunders of a dead generation.
The Torrens act is modern; tits intense
ly American; it brushes away the feudal
cobwebs that have so long harassed the
laynan and vexed the practitioner.
THE COURT ALWAYS OPEN.
A bill similar to the Illinois act, en-
forced on the equity side of our Georgia.
superior courts. through auditors or
masters for each county, appointed by
and answerable to the presiding judge
of the circuit, would clearly conform to
our Constitution The. court would thus
always be open. The controlling: ques-s
ton is whether the title can be first adj
Indicated in the manner herein Indicated
so that the judgment precisely fixes not
only the rights of parties and privies.f
but binds the world at large. This once
accomplished, what follows is purely
ministerial and demands only Intelligent
book keeping. Even if the Judgment
WIGS held to be conclusive only upon par
ties actually served and those in privity
with thenl the law will have practically
its purpose. BY reasonable
diligence landowners can ascertain and
serve und thus bind all persons having
any sort of CLAIM, against or claim to IN
terestsin the land.
The iurisdictional facts necessary to
authorize the filing Of a bill auia timet
or a bill to remove cloud from title only
exist in exceptional cases, and hence
rarely afford the landowner an oppor-z
tunity to purge his title. nd even whsra
these proceedings are possible the record
Is moro or less lnintelligihle To persons
not trained in the law 81
The adya ntaFes of the Torrens system
in the gold land portions of North GAor-s
!s!a and the timber land regions of South
Georgia would be incalcnlab!e Those:
who would invest are frightened away
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Roosevelt and the Bully.
What the President Did to "lcng Ike ia
MOuiHua,

Out West, in Montana, at d Dig round
up the bad man., VINO always Is pres
ent on such occasions, was known st7
Long Ike He had the reputation OF
being quick with hls forefinSer on the
trigger and able to whip his weight III
Wildcats on account OF MS great mus
cular strength He imposed upon people
SO long that he gradually got to believe
i'll his own Coura ge-fOr, in reality, ne
was as arrant a coward as ever passed
himself off as a brave man. one Oh ms
favorite tricks was to line up alongside
a drinking bar, select the filled glass OF
one of the men he thought he could DUH
and drain it. At this particular round
up Theodore Roosevelt happened to be
one Of the party in the only place OF
shelter on the prairie-the saloon.
glass half filled with whiskey had been
poured out by a cowboy and placed IN
front of him. Long Ike reached out
and took it, and SO certain was he that
the stranger would submit that he did
not take the precaution to make his Gus
tomary bluff with his revolver.
Before he could swallow the liquor Mr..
Roosevelt was on him like catamount.
An expert wrestler, he threw the bully
in a jiffy. Then he turned him over anu
stood him up and ran him out OF doors,
taking the revolver away from him in
the run. Ike was thrown again. harder
than before and could not get up for
five minutes. When he did he was dazed
and wondering. The style of attack was
so quick. so unusual and so vigorous
that he was afraid to resent it in the
bad man way, even had he possessed
the nerte-and his shooting iron. He
sneaked out of camp.
The young man with the eyeglasses
and the cleaning teeth enjoyed the re-
spect5 of the cowboys from that day for.
ward
That is Theodore Roosevelt. man Of
action as well as words, but whose
words mean action. for he is a man who
saws What he means and means WHIT he
says: who acts according to his words:
who is as fearless rs he is tireless, as
strong as he is fearless, as gentle as he
is strong. and as fierce as he is gentle
when fight Is called for-the relentless
foe in battle, the generous conqueror
when the battle has been fought.-At-=
lanta Journal.
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He joined the lodge a week ago
Got in at A. NJ,
And sixteen brethren brought him home
Though he says he brought them.
His wrist was sprained and one big rip
Had rent his Sunday coat
There must have been a lively time
When father rode the goat.
He's resting on the couch to-day
And practicing his signs
The hailing signal, working grip
And other monkeysh;nes;
He mutters passwords meath his breath
And other things he'll quote
They surely had an evenings work
When father rode the goat.
He has a gorgeous uniform,
All gold and red and blue,
a hat with plumes and yellow braid,
And golden badges, too.
But. somehow. when we mention it
He wears look so grim
We wonder if he rode the goat
Or if the goat rode him.
The Outburst, Spokane, Wash
Hints OF Fall Time.
Breeze a-blowin' from the north,
Fee!in mighty chilly;
Roses now a-hidin' out
St0Ferln leans tlie lily.
Mellow sunshine streamin' down,
Hints Of autumn bringin';
Green a, glimmerin' to brown,
Happy reapers singin'.
NIilder sun an golden moon,
Cheerful fires a-blaZin':
Every fiddle we'll in tune.
An life an love amazin'.
Atlanta Constitution
The Cost.
All trembling is the meadow,
AL crimson is the rlll.
Inc dead lie in the valley;
The dead lie on tha hill
And on one side is the victor,
The other side has lost
The women OF two peoples
Are counting up the cost.
Edwin L, sabin, in .Mnslee's.
Realistic Part
He wrote a verse OF rural joys,
OF bees and buds and flowers;
OF happy, careless barefoot boys,
Defying summer Thunder showers
Twas realistic quite and terse,
Free from every thought of harm;
TO a magazine he SOLD the verse
Although he'd never seen a farm
Baltimore Sun.
How Careless
He asked, his love to marry him,
BY letter she replied:
$IIe read her, firm refusal,
Then shot hslnself and died,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-06
Conscientious.

Among the questions sent out by a
school examiner was the following ex-
ample in arithmetic: If one horse can
run a mile in l minute, 80 seconds and
another mile III 2 minutes. how far
would the first horse be atlea>J in a match
race of two mies?' a scholar returned
the question with this attached: Il will
have nothing to do with horse-racing. y
Tit-Bits.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-06
Few so Lucky,

Few of US need hope for luck aquaI to
that of the Sharon man who found 500
his grandfather had hid in q barn Most
OF us have no barns. And Of the few
who have barns, hardly any have grand
fathers. And none of the grandfa,hers
had 800. And they wouldn't have left
it for their descendants. anyway.-Buf-
falo Express.
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by conflicting claims of title: by the
squatter IN possession. by the forged
deed of record or by a genuine deed lying!
in ambush. II the State desires its vast
stretches Of rich. but idle. domain sub
ing and tax-plying assets, then the law
making power could 10 nothing better
than provide machinery by which the
investor may know in advance that he
buys n true title. The question is one in
tensey pertinent to the welfare of Gcor-
gta.-C. ]. Haden, in Atlanta Constitu-
ton
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Chicago Affections.

A Chicago woman who failed to land
a banker for whom she was angling has
Instituted suit for $4,000 for damages,
said to have been inflicted upon her ar
fections It would seem that an entire
new set of Chicago affections might be
had for much less.-NVashington Post.
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Where the Difference Is.

Mrs. Harry Lehr's dog party at New
port ended in a fight. a good many 9TH
er social functions, at Newport and Else
where, would end in the same way II
men and women were as honest as dogs
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
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Too Mref, Advertising.

Advertising may be 100 much of a good
thing. Some weeks ago an item went
the rounds of the press commenting or
the scarcity of train heId-ups this season.
Since then they have averaged about one
u day.-AInneapol Tribune.
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SPIRIT OF TIE PRESS.

ing and devoted attention" Yet the
sad thought will intrude itself that IL
newspapers are like some wives they can
get along in automatic way. with very
little observation-disclosures City Journal.
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Grateful.

Missouri woman had the right idea.
In her card of thanks, she also thanked
her dead husband for his thought fulness
in loading himself with life Insurance.
-Atchison Globe
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Turkey and Trouble

The Sultan is undoubtedly past mas
ter in the art OF sum1nonng up the ku-
ropean war cloud, but 1T is not noticed
that he always knows just when to stop
his ran-rnaking observation-disclosures
Republican,.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-06
Some Girls.

Some girls. when asked to eiope, are
like ice At first they are cold and re-
fuse you; then they melt and run away.
Whitewater CkanJ independent.
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An Expensive Stake.

ST. Louis has tied 1900 to the first
stake driven in the Worlds Fair site In
asmuch as that is only the nest egg the
stake is necessarily strong one.
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His Usual Fate.
tend any Of

Getthere-Did you ever attend any OF
Miss Budd's .'at-homes?'
De Bore (sadly)-N-o. but I've attended
a good many of her Observation-Disclosures
York Weekly.
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THE REAL THING.

"Pardon me- sir" began the peddler of
supplies, .but may I ask what is the
style of your typewriter"'
"Right up-to-date," replied the business
NAN anthusiastically "Elbow-sleeves.
lace insertion, shirtwaist and all that sort
of thing
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Seems So.

1t is claimed that dentistry prolongs life
AS has been said of matrimony-ir GER
tainly makes it seem OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Journal.