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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-09

LOWERS. ct al. V. BROWN BROS.
 Action by Mortgagors against Mortgagee
 to Recover Statutory Penalty for
 Failure to Enter Satisfaction of Mort
 gage on Maj gin of Record.-Appeal
 from the Circuit Court of Pike.
 1. Penalty for failure to enter satis- faction of mortgage on margin of record; i; when request insufficient.-Where there are two mortgagors. request in writing written by one of them who signed his own name and that of the other mort gagor without the latter's knowledge or consent. Is not a request within the meaning of the statute, providing a pen alty against the mortgagee who fails up- on the written request of the mortgagor to enter satisfaction on the margin of the record after the payment of said mortgage, Code, Sec. 1066); and the fact that the mortgagor who did not consent or request was the wife of the other mortgagor who signed the name of both. does not remove the necessity of proving that he signed his wife's name with her knowledge and consent, nor is the bring ing of a joint action such a ratification as will relieve the necessity of making such proof in order to maintain suit for the recovery of the statutory penalty.
 Affirmed. Opinion by Dowdell. J.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-09
aREAT SOUTHERN RAIL

ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN RAIL-
 ROAD CO.,, V. ELLIS.
 Action Against Railroad Company by Employe to Recover Damages for Per
 sonal Injurics.-AppeaI from the Cir
 cult Court of Jefferson
 l. Action against railroad company by employe; charge of court to jury.-In an action against a railroad company by an empIoye to recover damages for personal injuries. in his complaint the plaintiff ayers that he suffered the injuries com plained of by reason of, the negligence of a person (naming him) in the employ ment of defendant and entrusted by de- fendant with superintendence, and while in the exercise of such. superintendence. in that said person nesiigently caused
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-09
ALABAMA COAL & COKE CO. ct al, V

ALABAMA COAL & COKE co. ct al. V.
 SHACKELORD, ct al
 Bill in Equity for the Appointment of
 Receiver of Corporation. Appeal from
 the Chancery Court of Jefferson.
 1. Receiver of corporations; what con- stitutes no ground for appointment.-The fact that the directors of a corporation in office are holding over after the year for which they were elected. in default of an election of their successors by the stockholders, constitutes no ground for the appointment of a receiver of said cor poration.
 ?. Same; sanle.-The fact that directors of a corporation have voted and paid to the estate of a deceased kinsman, who was a director. money of the corporation which they had no authority to so ap- propriate, or that said directors had vot- ed to themselves sums as officers of said corporation in abuse of their trusts, or that they have sold the lands of the cor pora ton in fraud of 1t to other corpora tions in which they were interested, con stitute no grounds for the appointment of receiver of said corporation.
 3. Same; same.-The fact that stock holders of a corporation are not allowed access to the books and papers of cor poration or that the directors refuse to discuss the material facts connected with the corporate business, constitute no grounds for the appointment of a re- ceiver of said corporation.
 Reversed and rendered. Opinion by Mo Cle!lan, C. J.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-09
B. Y. P. U. CONVENTION.
5000 Expected to Be in Attendance
 at Atlanta.

Atlanta, Ga, July S.-The advance guard of delegates to the thirteenth annual con- vention of the International Baptist Young Peoples Union. which will be opened in this city tomorrow. arrived here today. Present estimates place the at- tendance during the three days session of the convention at 5000 and delegates from every section of Canada and the United States will be present.
 President John H. Chapman of Chica- go and W. H. Greistwell. editor of The Baptist Union, arrived this morning. The Chicago delegation 300 strong arrived to- night.
 A grand concert of 800 voices was held at the Auditorium tonight. preliminary to the opening session tomorrow. This cho- rus will participate in the exercises of the convention during its meeting.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-09
HoTE- CHAMBERLIN, DID POINT COMFORT. VIRGINIA

Most magnifcently situated and comfortably furnished hotel on Atlantic coast Summer rates, June to October 8 per day up. Special weekly rates. Orchestra, boating. bathing
 sailing, fishing tennis, golf. Largest military post Tn the country. Rendezvous of North At iantic Squadron. New. management, 1903
 Booklets can, be had at L. & N. Railway office
 Geo. r. Adams Mgr. -su-tu-th
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-09
Great Southern Hotel,
 Gulf Port, Miss.

will open for business on Saturday. July 25th. This is thoroughly modern, up-to-date com single or en suite, with or without bath: telephone in every room hot and cold running water, electric lights electric fans all win- dows and doors thoroughly screened; a full orchestra will give concerts twice day during the season. We have all of the but door amusements The hotel will be conducted on the European plan. with white help throughout the house. For reservation of rooms rates and further particulars. address Cyrus H. Clarke. Manager.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-09
:32d AnnuaIC ICamp Meeting at Sea Shore Camp Ground

Begins July 9th to continue eight days. Pre- siding elders have charge of the religious ser vices and eminent preachers will assist. The fifth annual Epworth League Assembly will be held on the grounds July 22nd to August 2nd. Sea Shore Camp Ground Is located on Mississippi Sound. two miles west of Biloxi. and is a most delightful Summer resort. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad gives re- duced rat"s on July 4th to 18th. Inclusive. limited to August 3lst. returning. Artesian water electric lights. sea breeze, bathing
 sailing. fishing. Hotels and boarding houses give reasonable rates. Cottages can be rented. Apply to Rev: J: l.. Jordan, keeper. Biloxi; gomery. 9t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29

Several years ago attention was called to the fact that the Eastern plants of America were marching westward across the eonti- nent, keeping step with the advance of human settlement. and conquering the na1 tive plants as they proceeded. It WAS pre- dicted that in time there would be return Of the Western plants sweeping eastward and overcoming their eonquerors. and It Is noted that that return seems already to have begnn.
 At present Australia presents. perhaps the best example of this spreading and conquer ing tendency of those plants that follow the advance of man. The weeds that have found their way from Europe to Australia are crowding out the native weeds In many places, and especially In the more fertile lands. In some of the more rocky soils the native plants have the advantage In the con- test
 A curious fact brought out by observation In Australia, Is that some imported plants, particularly ornamental garden varieties. cling to the neighborhood of their human friends as If they felt themselves to be strangers in strange land, needing protee- tion Although they spring up vigorously within the limits of the gardens, self-sown,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
Four Legged Bird

Nothing iH the realm of natural history In late years ex celled in interest the announce ment of the discovery In British Gniana of bird with four legs The crested hoat- gin, opisthocomus eristatus, the only sur rlvor of race of birds several of which are known as fossils. inhabits the most secluded parts of the forests of South Amer lca. md It is probable that it Is owing to it's retiring habits It has outllYed its congeners as well as to the fact that feeding as If does upon wild arum leaves its flesh acquires so offensive q smell and flavor as to have gained for II the name of stink bird, and to render 1t entirely unfit for food. Itis large bird. almost as large as peacock, in fact, but is very seldom Seen. oftener it's loud, waillng cry Is heard
 The chief peculiarly of the hoatzln, says J. Carter Beard in telling of 1t, consists in the fact that when Il Is matched If possesses four well developed legs, the front pair be- ing of reptllian character. The young birds leave the nest and climb about like monkeys over the adjoining limbs and tYigs, and act and look more like tree toads than birds.
 After matching the modification of the fore limbs begins, the claws of the digits falling off, and the whole of the claw like hands becoming hattened. changes Into wings After this modification has taken place feathers begin to grow, and i'll n short time not yestige remains of It's origintl character As Professor F. A. Lucas in All admirable monograph on Spurs and Claws" ln bulletin of the Smithsonian ln- stitution, says: 'The adult birds not only have no claws upon their wings, but their thumbs, even, are so poorly developed that one would hardly suspect that In the nest lngs we have the nearest approach to q quadruped found among existing birds.
 Mir J. ]. Quelch, who studied them In Brit ish Guiana, tells us that soon after the hatch Ing the well developed claws on the poiax and index, being constantly in use for hook ing and holding on 10 surrounding objects. the nestings when quite small are frequent ly found far away from any nest, climbing by the help of their clawed wings after the parents birds during feeding time, One euri ous feature noticed with nestling which had been upset in the river was it's power or rapid swimming and diving when pursued As soon as the hand was placed on It 1t dived rapidly in the dark water, In which 1t was impossible to see it, and arose It dis tances more than a yard away. Owing to this power the little creature managed to eyade all efforts to secure 1t, taking refuge eventually under the bushy growth, where it was impossible to pursue 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
STRANGLING A TREE.

The vegetable python, which can strange a forest monarch, furnishes tragedies as intense as those born of flesh and blood. James Rodway, who travelled extensively in Guiana, says woe betide the tree giant when he falls Into the clutches of the clusla, or fig. It's seeds being provided with pulp, which is very pleasant to the taste of great mum Der of birds, are carried from tree to tree and deposited on the branches. Here 1t germinates, the leafy stem rising upward and the roots flowing, as if were, down the trunk untf1 they reach the soil
 At first these aerial roots are soft and dell cate, with apparently no more power for evil than so many small streams of pitch, which they resemble In their slowly flowing motion downward. Here and there they branch, especially If an obstruction is met with, when the stream either changes It's course or divides to right and left. Meanwhile leafy branches have been developed. which push themselves through the canopy above and get into the light. where their growth is enormously accelerated.
 As this takes place the roots have gener- ally reached the ground and begun to draw
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
TANNING HUMAN SKIN.

Happening to come across the other day the catalogue of book auction in 1864, when a book on the Constitution of the French Republic, bound in human skin in the year 17e3. was offered for sale. book lover was prompted to inquire whether the human skin had ever been put to such use before or since.
 The Inquiry led to a number of surprising revelations. It was not merely during the excesses of the French Revolution that such things were done, but AS long ago as the thirteenth century he found there were In existence several such books, including Latin Bible very handsomely engrossed upon n woman 8 skin. In 1T65 the French Ency- copedle' gave recipe for tanning human skin. and stated that NJ. Sne. surgeon Tn Paris, had presented the King with pair of slippers made of human skin according to this prescription.
 During the reign of Napoleon III. copy of the Decretals, written on human skin, Twas found In the library of the Sorbonne and transferred to the Tuileries. John Dlska, the one-eyed chief of the Hussites, ordered in his will that his skin should be tanned and made Into drum. 'The noise which my skin will make" said he, will frighten away all our enemies and put them to iight'
 It was, however at the time of the French Revolution that this art was developed to It's greatest extent. A man presented him self one day at the bar of the Convention and announced that he had devised simple and original scheme for procuring leather in abundance. The Committee of Public Safety granted him n concession of the Castle of Meudon, where he carried on hls work with certain amount of secrecy. In return for the concession the members nf the committee were privileged 10 be among the first to wear top boots mad4of human skin.
 This tannery of Meudon acquired consid- erable notoriety. A great number of books were bound with the leather turned out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29

sustenance from below to strengthen the whole plant. Then comes wonderful de- yelopment. The hitherto soft, aerial roots begin to harden and spread wider and wider. throwing out side branches which flow into and amalgamate with each other until the whole tree trunk is bound ill series of irregular living hoops. The stran- gler Is now ready for It's deadly work.
 The forest giant, like all exogens. must have room to Increase in girth, and here he Is bound by cords which are stronger than iron bands. Like an athlete, he tries to ex- pand and burst his fetters, and if they were rigid he might succeed. The bark bulges between every interlacing-bulges out and even tries to overlap, but the monster has taken every precaution against this by mak- ing its bands very numerous and wide.
 As tha tree becomes weaker It's leaves be- gin to fall and ths gives more room for It's foe Soon the strangler expands Itself into a great bush almost as large as the nass o{ branches and foliage 1t has effaced. If wei look carefully around us we see examples of entire oblteration-a clnsia, or fig, standl Ing on It's reticulated hollow pillar, with only heap of brown humus at Its base to show what has become of the trunk which once stood up in all its majesty on that spot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29

During the blockade of La Guayra, Ven ezueln. by English and German men-of-war the native hshermen were an important fac. tor in supplying food to the inhabitants of La Guayra and Caracas which were cut of from the rest of the world. The little fish Ing canoes were allowed to pass up and down the coast by the bioekading vessels, because they were Insignificant small fry. Every day at earliest dawn the fishermen may be seen going out to their favorite fish Ing grounds. adroitly padding with short broad-bladed paddle.
 Trailing behind each boat Is line with small fish on the hook for hait. the end of the line being made fast either to the fisher mans hand or 10 one of hls big toes, the latter method being preferred, as the hands are then left free to paddle. Spanish mack erel and similar tropical hsh are more likely to snap up the bait when 1t Is troiled rapidly through the water.
 During the summer months, when the sun
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29

there, and Philippe Egallte, Duke Of Or leans encouraged the tannery by wearing pair of brooches made there with human skin at ball in the Palais-Royal. The re publican General Beysser, who made hlm- self name by his feroclty In the wars of La Yandee, set the fashion of wearing siml- lar trousers in the army, always wearing a pair at battles and at reviews.
 An old soldier who had taken part in most of the campaigns of the French Revolution, told writer of memoirs In the middle of this century that he had owned specially fine garment of this kind, made entirely of one piece. An architect. who was one of the leaders of the infamous Black Band of France in 1929. which for long time ter rorized the country districts in the West of France, wore jacket made of human skin, eomely and exceedingly comfortable.
 The infamous Saint-Jnst. when at the height of his power during the Reign of Ter ror caused a young md beautiful girl, who had refused his advances, to be arrested and sent to the caffold. After the execution he obtained possession of the body, fayed 1t himself and had the skin tanned and mnds Into A waistcoat, which he wore till the day of his death. The tannery of Mendon and its lmtators carried on the process on an ex- lenslVe schle. ahd must nave ihHues gsod deal of money by tanning the skins of the victims of the Revolution for every sort Of commercial purpose.
 OH extracted from human bodies was also placed upon the market and sold.
 Since those days the process has naturally become much rarer, but Dibdin relates how at comparatively recent date n collector possessed treatise on sport bound in stag s skin. il copy of Foxs History of James H." bound In foxs skin, and book on anatomy bound in human skin. In 1887 the narrative of the adventures of highway man was bound In his own skin at Boston, Mass, with the inscription in Latin outside. "This book was bound in the skin of Wal ton"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29

beats down with fiery intenseness, these men wenr only an old straw or felt hat and pair of trousers. girded around the waist with piece of cord or strip of leather The sun cannot hurt their dark, well-tanned. weather-beaten skins, and shirt would be too warm However, when winter comes on and the thermometer sometimes goes down to 75 degrees they always wear woolen shirt tucked into the trousers in order 10 keep out the moist and cool air, for that IS cold weather for them.
 When the sun gets high in the sky and the fish will bite no longer the canoes make their way back to the landing at La Guayra. coming in in twos and threes at a rapid pace and often racing with each other for half mile or more. Just before reaching the wharf the fishing lines are hauled in- most of The fishermen preferring the method of sitting with the left foot across the right knee and eoling hp the line around the big toe and the thumb of the left hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29

buildings of Jamestown. New York and Boston have long since passed away.
 Palace" may seem grandiose term for a building of such modest appearance. but if was palace when 1t was built. It's adobe walls are four or five feet thick. and it has suite after suite of rooms stretching through its great length. In one of these the latter part of the famous book Ben Hnr. was written. It's author. Lew Wallace, being then territoriai governor. In letter on the subject General Wallace tells how he used to go Into this rear room to write, because, separated from the noises of the street by It's thick adobe walls. it was silent as the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
Bound In Frogs Skins.

From Calcutta comes the strange news that the skins of frogs are now being used to considerable extent throughout India for the purpose of binding books. Frogs abound in that country and bookbnders claim that their skins can be exquis!telv colored, and when turned Into leather are plable and durable. The cost of dyeing and tanning Is. however. somewhat greater than in the case of ordinary skins. and therefore for the present only choice books and those which are not intended to be handled roughly are covered with frogs skins
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29

The "Governor's Palace" which bounds one side of the plaza In the center of the old town of santa Fe. is the oldest building in the United States which has been eontinu- ous.y used as the seat of government since Its erection. First he yieeroys of the King of spain lived there for many years, when New Mexico was I crown colony of Spain. When Spain was driven out il became province If Mexico, and the Mexican gov ernors lived there. And since New Mexico became an American territory, in 1850, the territorial governors have lived there Since 1880 the executive power of New Mexico has been lodged In this building, and It Is still i'll daily use. while the early government
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29

When the fire of a heating apparatus Is lighted for the first time at the beginning of the cold season one sometimes notices most unpleasant smell of ammonia and the like It seems that large numbers of microbes gather in the pipes during the season of rest, and the warmth causes the organisms to yegetate. and thus q quantity of ammonia is produced. ssas4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
MARCHING PLANTS.

year after year, yet they never gain any footing outside.
 But the Scotch thistle does not show itself so timid. It has been introduced Into both Australia and Tasmania-in the latter island. 1t Is said by an enthusiastic Scotchman who wished to see his national flower blooming around him on the other side of the earth. and 1t has taken advantage of its opportuni- ties without fear and without favor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
OUR OLDEST GOVERNMENT BUILDING

tomb; and how the room will always be as sociated In his mind with the scenes of the crucifixion. the description of which he wrote there.
 Once Tn the early days of the Spanish oe. eupation there was general uprising of the Indians of New Mexico. The Spanish were driven out. and the Pueblo chiefs installed themselves In the governors palace But they had been used to living in houses with out doors and entered through hole in the roof So they cut hole through the roof of the old palace. and went in and out hy ladders. and the place where he hole was blocked mp after the Spanish came back can be seen 10 this dty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
A Trick Horse.

The accompanying picture is that of Red mond F. Keresy, a member of the mounted police, New York, and his lnseparabe com panion, Pompey. The latters accomplish ments are many and varied. He shakes hands with debonar grace. responds affirm atiyely or negatively, as the case may be, to pressing inquiries as to the state of h's health. puts many student of mathematics
 to blush by paving instantaneously correct solutions of arithmethlcal problems and per
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
A STRANGE ACCIDENT.

would not look well on the gayly decorated table, he decided 10 pour the precious liquid into glaSs decanters. Unfortunately, while doing the work he placed one of the cans too near fire, and the result was violent explosion. which killed six children and one adnlt. aud wounded more or less seriously fourteen other grown up persons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29

In Russia many persons become intoxi- cated through drinking ether. and recent Incident shows that this noXions habit is spreading among all classes of the people
 farmer, whose daughter was getting married determined to prepare n splendid wedding feast, and among other things he purchased two cans of ether. As the cans
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
Musical AutOmatOn.

This automaton belonged 10 P. T. Barnum at the time when his New York museum burned. It was saved from the wreck and later secured by MT. Frederick stearns for his collection ofmuslcal instruments and is now in the University School of Music, Ann
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
New Trick Of Fnrriers.

Cats in Warsaw have not very easy time at present. and for the reason that their skins are in greater demand than they have ever been before. Some enterprising fur riers of that city, It Is said, recently dis covered that the skins of cats could be dyed so that they would closely resemble costly furs, and. being determined,to profit by the discovery. they waged a campaign against cats and soon secured a large number of skins. The market price of cats skin ranges now from ten to fifteen cents, but 1t will soon be much higher, as 1t Is becoming daily more difficult to catch any cats in Warsaw. In regard to the dyed skins, Vienna journal says that they have been pamed off on many persons as valuable fur.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
AN ORNITROL OGICAL FAKE

It is hard to tell what is real and what is bogus nowadays. Anybody would naturally suppose that this was lucky snapshot of pair of wild ducks, taken from the bank of