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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28
PENSION sWINDLEs.
And How an Honest Official Tries to
 Prevent Them.

Pension Commissioner Evans recently issued a circular letter to the Doards or examining surgeons, whose ohty IL ls to make examinations of the physical con dition of applicants for pensions, Tn Wmcn he called attention to the careless ana indifferent manner that has character1zed the work of some of the boards. he men toned a recent instance of this careless ness, to use a mild term. Not long ago the bureau received a batch or papers from an examining board in reference 10 the physical condition of twenty appn- cants who had been examined in certain town on the same day. Looking over the papers MT. Evans discovered that the board had certified in each of the twenty cases that the applicant was sunerlng cion were naturally aroused. ana ne nao a special examination made or all the applicants by disinterested and capaple surgeons. These surgeons reported that not one of the twenty applicants had any heart trouble The Commissioner at once dismissed the examining board which had made the first report, and in his circular letter he declares: "For carelessness and indifference 1 have dismissed some boards. and continuance by other boards or such methods will result in dispensing with their services.
 Without doubt, there are very many thousands of pensioners now drawing money from the Government Treasury on account of alleged physical disability Wno are not diseased and who have secured pensions by reason of perfunctory and insufficient examinations and false repre- sentations of examining boards Aside from the corruption which has been prac- ticed in many instances, there has been too great disposition upon the part or many examining boards to magnify slight ailments for the benefit of applicants. and to allow favor and sympathy to override science and duty.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28
"Fall" in English Usage.

London Chronicle.
 Tailors in the Strand and in Regent Street. in order to secure the custom ot our visitors from across the Atlantlc. are playing them the compliment or learning the American language In win, dows along both streets one may read that fall goods are now ready" or that fall and winter suitings" may now pc seen. It is a delicate attention, and un- doubtediy attracts the notice of custom CTS. But one wonders whether the tradesmen thought they must write faiI In order to be understood. It IS true tnat three-quarters of the time Americans say fall" but the remaining quarter, when they call the season autumn: should connt for something "Falr' is. many people think, a rather pretty descriptive word Are the tailors of London likely 10 bring it into common use?
 The word fall" with the meaning or autumn, now being used by tailors Tn London is very far indeed from uncom- mon in this country, writes corres- pondent. Although becoming some what rare in literary use, 1t Is frequently met with in a number of dialects both In the north and south of England. In fact. many of the peasantry who stli retaln a love for Saxon words, rarely use the word autumn-a word of doubtful etymo- logy and the only name of the four sea- sons not derived from Angio-Saxon- '.fall'' being the favorite expression. Though usually regarded as of American origin it is in truth but survival or an English usage of good repute. The word was frequently used by writers in the sixteenth century and by Carlyle, Car dinal Newman and others in the nine teenth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

The first postmistress in Cuba is Miss Ysabel De Los-Rios. She IS aoout 70 years old, a daughter of Judge De Los Rios. and receives, 1t is said, salary or 8. 200.
 It has been determined that the memo rial of the late Senator Stephen M. White of California shall be in the form Of a life-sized statue which will be placed III the courthouse grounds at Los Angeles
 Richard Bell. who represents half a million railroad men in the British Par liament, is the first railway guard to en- ter the House. He won great favor dur ing the late strike on the Northeastern and the Taff Vale Railway.
 Apparently the proverb about closing the stable door after the horse has been of Buenos Ayres, South America. He has issued an order that no city employe who handles public money can attend the races.
 Lieutenant Louis Hamilton of the 14th United States infantry. who comma nded % falo City Hall and on the train which took President McKinley's body to Wash lngton Is great-grandSon or Alexander Hamilton.
 There are two Cardinals in Rome of the name of Vannutelli, one Of whom IS the probable successor of Pope Leo XII. It is Cardinal Vincent Vannutell whose name is connected with the papal success sion. The other Cardinal Is Sefaphln Vannutelli, a student and permit.
 Each annual encampment of the Grand Army of tn Republic brings to the front someone who claims to be the youngest member The recent gathering in Cleve- land was no exception, J. P. Lyon of St. Paul dtmanded recognition as drummer boy in Company c. S1st Ohio infantry, Oct. F, 1861, tive days before his eleventh birthday anniversary.
 Edward and William McDonald, twin brothers and so much alike that they cannot be told apart, recently removed from Atchison to Wichita, Kan; The first Sunday they attended church their dupn- cate bald heads looked so odd to wo- man sitting behind them that she laugh ed. The brothers looked around at the unusual sound and the sight of the two faces, exactly alike, drove the woman in- to mysteries.
 One of the oldest British journalists in active service is John Hollinsshead' who
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28
HOME AQUARIUMs.
Stocked With Plants and Fishes
 They are Highly Interesting.


 With nroper care, said a dealer in auuariums and aquarium stock to d New York Sun reporter, hsheS are the most easily kept of all animal pets, and the least expensive to keep, and they may a ford the greatest pleasure. Fishes and other animals suitable for aquariums are sold in variety, many or them very cheap though some of the rarer and more curl ous fishes are quite costly.
 There are various aquatic plants sult- able for aquarium use, so that 1t is quite possible to make of the plant lie m a tank a most attractive feature. ana IL Is by the introduction of plant life that YOU are enabled to make tank self sustaining, as 1t should be in order to get the highest pleasure from 1t. In tank without plants it is necessary to renew the water frequently, to keep the fishes in 1t alive. In a self-sustaining tank the plants produce oxygen, which Is es- sential to the life of the fishes, and the fishes give off carhonic acid gas, which is essential to the life of the plants.
 The self-sustaining tank is called also balance tank, for the reason that in it one form of life Is balanced against the other. With a nice adjustment and years without renewing the water in it, except such as may be lost by evapora- ton.
 oxygen for them, the plants afford GOV erts for the fishes. The plants themselves may be beautiful the fishes or other creatures in a tank beautiful. strange or curious, and the whole tank thus becomes a thing of fascinating and delightful in terest.
 Tanks for home aquariums are made in very great variety. The cost of a home aquarium depends of course of the size and style of the tank and the manner in which it Is stocked. Thus a tank say seven by ten inches, stocked with plants and fishes, small. self-sustaininR aqua rum. can be bought for a dollar; a tank three feet long and of other dimensions in proportion. might cost suitably stock ed, $35 to $50. We make much larger and much more costly aquariums. to go into special places as part of the interior decoration scheme of a house.
 We have recently set up in one din
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28
His Temperance Lecture.

He got on the train at way station and sat down beside me, says writer in The St Louis Republic. He was long. lean and lanky. First he looked out or the car window and then at me Settling deeper into his seat, he suddenly re- marked:
 I merely nodded my head affirmativeiy.
 Do you drink young man!
 said I didn't mind if did.
 He said he would mind, though. thermore," he continued, "I am surpris- ed that a man of your modest appear ance with eyes denoting Christian preeo, ing, a forehead denoting good moral character and mouth too pure to ,hd MithI be willing to indulge in the moving DoWl
 I could only squirm about in my seat and prepare myself for an eighteen Karat temperance lecture about to be thrust upon me. , And, young man, do you know that hundreds of homes have been devastated by strong drink
 DO you realize that the idols of man hood have been shattered and wealth squandered by liquor?'
 Are you aware that wine is a mocker and drink is the national curse?'
 Are YOU cognizant of the fact that evnry glass is the fountain stone of in- temperance?
 
 DO you know that wines, liquors and cigars are the advance agents Of inso- briety? And young man, for the sake of your parents, for the good of your wife-and if you have one-for the respect of your children--if you have any, want you to make me one promise" -
 And that is?' l hurriedly interrupted, willing to promise anything, for his words had aroused me. and knew l had been grovelling in the dark and that every drink was a blot on the sunshine of my home.
 "I want you to promise me that you will not let another drop of liquor pass your lips
 q won't" I almost shouted, extending my hand as a seal to the faithful adhe-
 And you will not yield to temptation"
 "I will not"
 And you will not ask for drink should you see some one else imbiding?'
 "I give you my word of honor l will not
 Thanks, young man. thanks. And with that the mean. groveling, contempt bla, long. lean. lanky hypocrite put his hand to his side pocket. brought forth a pint flask of whiskey and drank to his hearts and stomach's content, while ! sat up like a buncoed commuter amid the gigling occupants of the train.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28
The Trouble With MT. Vanderbilt.

Harper'S Weekly.
 1t. is stated that MT. William K. Van derbilt is unhappy because he was born rich and has therefore had no opportunity to lay the foundations of a great fortune. 'Inherited wealth is certain death to am bition, as cocaine is to morality" MT. Vanderbilt is reported to have said. We'll the gentleman should certainly be re- Rarded as an authority on this subject i cannot gainsay him in the alleged asser- ; tion because I have never stood exactly in the same shoes of fortune which many have envied him. But surely the an- mouncement will come to thousands as a revelation both novel and interesting.
 Speaking theoretically, l should say that MT. Vanderbilt, if. correctly report ed, is wrong, since the laying of the foundation of a fortune of any size is not after all, the greatest mission in life. To earn the original dollar is fraught with a pleasure which no subsequent dollar brings, of course; but, after all. there are other things to be done beyond the mere bling up of goldpieces that. to my mind, are more satisfying. To earn the grati- tlade of a human soul is a great thing, to enable others to lay the foundations of d strong character is a splendid thing. to build up sound bodies for the occu- pancy of sane minds is a transcendently useful thing and inherited wealth proper ly applied, administered somewhat as a trust, makes possible the achievement of all these things
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28

recently celebrated his seventy.fir oirtn- day anniversary. Mir. Hoihngsneao VII tns., respectively controlled Household Words and The Cornhill Magazine. He puDnsn- ed a book of "reminiscences wmle mahss {; ing the London Gaiety Theatre, wh1ch he founded. He wrote SO much of It each day and sent it to the printer, Keeping up that Journalistic system until the
 uork wac comDIeted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28

ing-room, across one end of it, three five foot tanks, so placed as to constitute in effect a continuous tank nfteen feet m length Suitably stocked with plants and with beautiful fishes and with conserva- tory plants rising behind 1t as to illumin- ate it at night this aquarium gives a novel. striking and beautiful effect.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
Is Opposed to Reduction of Southern
 Representation in Congress.

To his callers President Roosevelt has
 !lready clearly intimated two additional things in the fulfillment of the late Presidents desire. One is that Commis- sioner of Pensions, H. Clay Evans, will not be removed. The other is that he will oppose as Mckinley opposed the re- duction of the representation of certain Southern States in Congress. Friends of Representative Peters of Kansas have asked President Roosevelt to remove Evans and appoint Peters on the ground that they believe Mckinley intended to do so. President Roosevelt quickly learned that Mckinley had no such i'm tentions, but had told friends of Peters that if Evans should retire Peters might be appointed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28
pinion by Haralson, J.

ORMAN EFT AL V. LANE. TRUSTEE. Bill in Equity by Trustees in Bankrupt
 cy to set aside conveyance by bank
 r1pt upon ground of fraud-Appeal
 from Chancery Court of Franklin.
 1. -Chancery pleading; suffciency of plea setting up pendency of another suit lThe pendency of a previously instituted suit, Is a good ground for the abatement of another suit between the same parties and upon the same cause of action with out regard as to whether the prior suit is capable of being made effectual by the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28
Potatoes as Bonbons.

Michigan Tradesman.
 Potatoes are rapidly approaching the stage when they will be canded and sold as bonbons.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28
-----------------7 He is Not Coming So Fast.

Philadelphia Times.
 The two-minute trotter may De coming but oddly enough as it has taken him ten years to come eight seconds. it Is not coming so fast.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28


 River Forecast. The Coosa and Alabama will fall slowly or remain stationary during the next two days.
 Weather Conditions.
 For past twenty-four hours.1 The barometer continues high over New Eng land and Middle Atlantic districts, giving fresh northeasterly winds along the Middle Atlantic Coast and generally fair weather in eastern, central and southern districts except light rains along the middle and east Gulf and South Atlantic Coasts, due to a depression over Southern Florida. A depression over the Middle West is giving showery conditions in that region, though the barometer has risen decidedly in the Northwest and fair and cool weather prevails west of the Rockies with freezing temperature and killing frost in Ne vada.
 Cotton Region Bulletin. U S. Department of Agriculture,
 Weather Bureau. For the 24 hours ending at a m, 7Sth Me- ridian time.
 MONTGOMERY. Ala, Sept. 27.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28

The average man is timid when he pro- poses-probably because his guardian angel is trying to hold him back.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28
PIKE COUNTY DIsPENsARY V. MAY OR AND COUNCILMEN OF
 BRUNDIDGE.

Bill in Equity to enjoin the EstaD,
 Hshment of a Dispensary.--Appeal
 from the Chancery Court of Pike.
 1. Retailing spirituous. vinous, and malt liquors; not nuisance ana not subject to injunction.-In the absence or a statute in Alabama declaring the car rying on of the business of retailing spirituos, vinous and malt liquors with, oiIt a license. or in violation of local prohibition statute. nuisance. the illegal carrying on of such business Is not nul- isance and can not be enjoined or re- strained as such by bill in equity. ,;-
 2 Same; same. Establishment ,, or .e,Hb diS, pensary cannot be enjoined.-A bill which aeeks fo enioin the establishment of a dispensary in a particular county in this State, upon the ground that the business Ss carried on by such dispensary would pc a nuisance, Is without equity and shoula be dismissed on motion for po1S the tSa Tans se T ing of spirituous, vinous or malt hquors by such dispensary would be in viola tion of the criminal laws of the state.
 Reversed and rendered.
 Oninion by Mcclellan, c. J.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28
HIGH ct al V. WHITFIELD.

Bill in Equity for an Injunctison1;VrAAJppeai " Jds
 from the Chancery Court of Walker.
 l. Alienation of property by married woman: husbands assent not necessary Ths when he and wife non-residents.-Ih provisions of the statute authorizing a married woman to alienate her lands or any interest therein without the assent and concurrence of her husband sIanat,am man. f. the husband is nonoresident Of the State. Code Section 252S), applies as well when the wife and husband are both non-residents. as where the .Isearo husband alone is a nonresident; and; therefore, when the wife and husband are both non-residents of the State, an alienation of her lands or any interest therein without the assent or concurrence of the husband, Is a valid conveyance.
 Eouity Jurisdiction; when trespasses will not be enjoined.--A bill in equity Y which complains that the defendant IS trespassing upon the complainants lands bv hauling coal over them and prays that the defendant be entoined from so doing cannot be maintained upon the ground of trespass alone; the law TUT 5ishing the complainant an adequate remedy remedy for the grievance complained of.
 Reversed and rendered
 Oninion by Haralson, J.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28
SPECIAL NOTICES.
FUNERAL NOTICE.

BELSER-The friends and acquaintances Of Mir and Mrs Samuel S Beser, Mir. and Mrs G. W. Barnett and family. Mrs: J. W. A Jackson and family are invited 10 attend the funeral of Mrs. s. s. Belser from their residence. AIS High Street, this afternoon at 3:So o'clock.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28
THE WEATHER.

About the time a boy begins to think about his sweetheart his mother begins to forget hers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28
Remarks.

hemarkS. Night temperatures generally lower. with day temperatures quite stationary, except lower in Montgomery and eastern districts; sprinkles of rain in Texas. and quite coplous in Savan- nah districts. with heavy rainfalIs in Northern Florida.
 HEAVY RAIN-Gainesville, Fla. I.74.
 FRANK P. CHAFFEE
 Section Director, Weather Bureau
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28

McLURE ct al. TRUSTEES. V. ALA
 BAMA MIDLAND RAILWAY co. Bill in Equity to enjoin Ejectment Suit.
 Appeal from the Chancery Court of
 Pike.
 l. Injunction in favor of railroad com pany: when payment of compensation condition precedent to granting relief Where a bill is filed by a railroad com pany to enjoin an action of eJectment to recover the right of way of a railroad company. upon the theory that the de- fendant was equitably esto"-"d from the recovery of the lands by acquiescence in the building and construction of the road, and the evidence shows that the prop erty taken by the complainant railroad company and used as its right of way was the property of the defendant. that no compensation had ever been paid for said land. and that while the defendant did not object to the land being taken for railroad purposes, there was demand and claim made for compensation. and negotiations looking to settlement of the claim were entered upon though they were never consummated, the com plainant in such sase Is not entitled to the relief prayed for. without being compelled to pay compensation to the defendant for the lands so taken. Reversed and remanded.
 Opinion by Dowdell. J.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28
NOTICE.

CITY CLERKS OFFICE,
 Sept. 18th, 1901. All city licenses expire on Sept. 3oth isoi' and are required to be renewed Oct. lst, isoi.
 c. P. HARDAwAY. Iot City Clerk
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28
HEAD NOTES OF THE DECISIONS
 OF THE ALABAMA SUPREME COURT.

paintiff or complainant in said suit be- ing able to recover; and where the form of the first action is competent 10 pro. ceed to the final and valid judgment, if the defendant consent to it's so proceed ing, and said former suit is still pend ing between the same parties and Tor the same cause of action as presented In the subsequent suit, the plea in abate- ment should be sustained.
 ?. Same: same-Where suit Is brought in court, which, by the express terms of the statute, could proceed to final and valid judgment with the consent or the respondents, and to the bill filed de- murrer is interposed, and upon being overruled an appeal is taken, plea set ting up the pendency of this suit is a ground for the abatement of a subse- quent suit brought in a different forum but between the same parties and in ref erence to the same cause of action. is ] sufficient plea Of abatement and should be sustained.
 Reversed and rendered.
 Opinion by Mcclellan, c. J.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28
RRoMBEhG V. sMEE.


 Action of Ejectn ont-Appeal from the
 Circuit Court of Mobile.
 l. Ejec.ment; what necessary for plaintiff to recover-In an acton or eiectment the plaintiff must recover upoa the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of his adversary, and if the plaintiffs title Is not -sufficient to support the action, or if the defend- ant. not standing in relation which title shows a superior outstanding title to that of tho plaintiff, the action is de- feated.
 2 Deed: effect of exception of uncer- tain part of property conveyed-W hen In the conveyance of lands, sufficiently iden- tified and described there is embodied an exception from the grant of an uncer- tain and undefnable part of the property conveyed, the exception is void for un. valid.
 Same: same: sufficiency of descrip- tion-A deed is not void for uncertainty of description where the land intended to be conveyed is described as follows: "AI that certain piece and parcel of land lying and being in the county of Mobile. and State of Alabama. in town west. and part of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section nun Der 26 in said township and range and containing thirty-nine acres and B 1-4 hundredths. The above piece or parcel of land includes the whole of the south east quarter of the northwest quarter of section number 26 in said township less ception alone being void for uncertainty and the grant being good.
 Affirmed.
 Opinion by Tyson, J
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28

Indicates rise. Indicates fall.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-03-06
PROPOSED NEW RAILROADS.
Northwestern North Carolina Excited
Over Railroad Rumors.


Over Railroad Rumors.
NORTH WmKEsBoRo, n. O., March
5.-A party is now surveying for rail.
road in Watauga county. No one knows
exactly what it means. The north.
western part of the state has never been
SO disturbed and excited over railroad
rumors. Three different roads are talked
of in Watauga, two good main lines are
talked of in Ashe, and Allegheny ex
poets the New River Valley. The only
one of these roads that seems certain is
the Norfolk and Western, which Is GER
tain to be built into Ashe county TO the
famous Ballou mines.
1t is also understood that the New
River Development company will build
the road to the Ballou mine and there
is talk now that the road to Maynard,
Tenn, may go on and meet it,
The attention of railroad men has for
a long time been attracted to the 1C
miles that can be saved on Pocahontas
coal to North and South Carolina, should
a connecting link be made between
Chestnut Yards, Va, and North Wilkes
boro. The only building that would be
necessary would be so miles. This
could be easily built, with the exception
of the Blue Ridge crossing, and there
are several low gaps.
1t is understood that West Virginia
parties are already interested i'll a prop
Osition to build a straight new road
from the coal fields TO this point, via
Cut Laurel and Reddie river gaps.