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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-02
Got His Moneys worth.

George Herbet Head, of Cambridge. Is in America as a defender of King Leopoid's policy in the Congo Free State. says The Chicago Inter Ocean. Mir. Head. the other day, was talking to a number of men about King Leo- pold's unselfishness iny the handling of the Congo Free State Revenues, when a Chicagoan said: T tell you what 1t is Leopold is clever. You can't get the best of him.
 This is what I saw happen to him in Paris at a bazaar. A little flower girl, the daughter pr . duchess. ex- tended to him a small silver tray on which a bouttonnefre ray. It was one of those baxars where they gouge you right and left and where. if you don't watch out you depart without cab fare home.
 "'Your Majesty.' said the little girl. .wil you buy a flowerT
 "Yes. my child said King Leopold.
 How muchr
 "The flower girl had been coached beforehand, and she replied:
 1.-TWO hundred and fifty francs.'
 Two hundred and fifty francs that's $50-for a small rose. It was a little too extortionate. King Leopold handed over the money, though. Then he took the flower and put It in his button hole. and taking the tray also, he slipped 1t in his capacious pocket and hurried off."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-02
To Entertain Passenger Men.

Mexico City, Oct. 1.-Preparations for the entertainment of the members of the American Association of General Passenger Agents. who will hold their convention here commencing on the 27th of the month, have been practical ly completed. Accommodations have been arranged for and many side trips planned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-02
After Greene ..s G.yp.r,

Montreal. Oct. 1.-Two United States marshals who came here to get Captain Greene and Colonel Gaynor will go to Ottawa to deliver their credentials to the Governor General of Canada. This course is somewhat unusual and is regarded as a mark of courtesy in this particular case, as it will facilitate matters for the consideration of of- ficials.
 The marshals expect to leave Mon- treal on Wednesday with their prison CTS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-02
wrrurRsPOON V. STATE.

Prosecution for Trespass AIter warn
 Ing,-AppeaI from the City Court - of Bessemer.
 | Prosecution commenced before justice of the peace; when amendment can he made.-Where a prosecution IS commenced before justice or the peace. and the warrant IS maae re, turnable to City Court Mnie" nau ;raIIv it Ia not error for the said City conrt before entering upon the trial ths cass to allow the original af- fidavit to be amended ....-- a..a
 9. Trial and it's incidents; when fad
 s upou ayhere a criminal ease is tried by a court without a Jury, and and there is no agreed statement of iaets n or any special hndins or the s. lacts, DS the judge. and no reaueSI IVY
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-02
too.,,,..s fr.m r.se o.e.,

the late Mayor. The Council will attenc {, the funeral services in pody anu 4, is probable that when the - meets in regular session ton,sn adiournment will immediately be taken in respect to the memory of the de- ceased executive.
 The police department of the city VIII turn out in a body to attend the tu- neral. Only as many men as are need ed for urgent purposes will be ieft on the streets.
 Throughout all of yesterday, nun dreds of friends visited the home or MT, !; Carr, 421 South Court street ana pau their respects to the sorrowing family.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-02

as wages.--In a garnishment suit.
 where the answer of the garnishec
 discloses an amount due to the de-
 fendant as wages for one month not exceeding S25. 1t is the duty Of inc court. under the provisions of the sta tute Code. Sec. 2vss). 10 dismiss the
 garnishment. Affirmed. Simpson T.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-02
PresIdent,s Quiet sunday.

Washington, Oct 1.-President and Mrs. Roosevelt tonight had as guests at dinner Ambassador Jusserand of France and Madame Jusserand.
 The President spent a very quiet Sum- day remaining at the White House dur ing the entire day except when he att tended service at Grace Reformed Church in the morning. The President walked to and from the church unat- tended.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-02
MoNTCOMERY'S CHIEF OFFICER
 ANSWERS CALL OF DEATH ANGEL

campaign and has refused to accept the
 resignation of Jose Miguel Gomez. the
 party's candidate for the presidency. The convention resolved to investi- gate the circumstances surrounding the death of Congressman Enrique villuen- das at Cienfuegos.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-02

ls years of are. committed suicide by taking poison at 41s Olive Street today after giving a fatal dose to his 7-year- old son, Leon. Dependency over being separated from his wife is the only reason given.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-02

Cover.or Warned by Policemen.
 Cleveland. O.. Oct, 1.-Governor My ron T. Herrick. while speeding his au- tomobile through Euclid Township to. day, was halted by the town marshal and warned against the violation oi the speed ordinance. The Governor was not arrested.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-02
Improvements in Paris.

After the undereround railway lines of Paris have been completed the next great piece of municipal work will he the re- moval of the Qualifications and great dry moat around the city. which works lost all military value many years ago. The space thus secured will be sold for building lots.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-02
MIR. wEATHERHoRN DEAD.
Popular Young Man of montgomery
 pusaes Away

Passes Away.
 MT Ike Weatherhorn. well known young man of Montgomery, died last night at 9:3O o'clock at a local hospi- tai after a short illness
 The deceased was sent to the hos- pital Tuesday on account of nervous collapse caused by temporary blind ness. He was 36 years old and na- tive of Charleston, S. c. His only near relative. his brother. MT. A. Weather horn, was with him at the time or ms demise It was planned to take him to Charleston Saturday but he became so i'll that 1t was impossible for him to travel
 MT. weatherhorn. had been in this city about five years and he numbered his friends by the hundreds. His sun ny-hearted disposition, his always evil deneed kindness. his apt wit, and his wholesouled generosity to those who needed a friend. brought people close to him.
 The funeral will take place this af- ternoon at o'clock from the office of Coroner Tice on South Court Street. Rabbi A. J. Messing, Jr., will officiate.
 Death of Mrs. Delahay.
 Mrs. William Delehay died at hos pital at a late hour last night after short illness. She is survived by her husband, who resides at 122 Church street. He is the manager of a coffee and tea business on Dexter Avenue.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-02
Robert Bacon fin wa.bIurton,

Washington. Oct 1.-Robert Bacon of New York, who Is to succeed Francis B. Loomis as First Assistant Secre- tary of State. is in Washington pre- paratory to assuming the duties of that office. He was in conference for some time with Secretary Root tonight
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-02
German Sailors fin Mexico

Mexico City, Oct Many atten- tions are being shown here to officers of the German warship Bremen, now lying at Vera Cruz. The officers have been cordially received by President Dtaz.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-02
Prseession Prohibited.

Budapest. Hungary, Oct. 1.-The pre- feet has issued an order prohibiting the torch light processions which the coalition parties and the socialists re- spectfvefy announced yesterday would take place October 8.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-02
Tuapertnl Crvine Eud..

\ St. Petersburg. Oct. 1.-The members
 of the Imperial family. who have been
 cruising in Finnish waters on the im- perial yacht Polar Star, returned to Peterhof this evening.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-02
Cholera in Poland

LoIz. Russian Poland, Oct 1.-Three fatal cases of cholera were reported here today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-02

Her present wave of tragic crimes threatens to change New York from the metropolis to the -necropolis.--Bal- timors Sun.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-02
LADD EFT AL vs POWELL EFT AL
 Statutory Bill in Equity to Quiet Tfti'

LADD EFT AL vs. POWELL EFT AL Statutory Bill in Equity to Quiet Title
 and Compel Determination of
 Claims to Real Estate.--Appeai
 from Chancery court of Mobile.
 i. Statutory bill to quiet title; what possession necessary to maintain tt.--- To maintain 6 bill under the statute to compel the determination of claims to real estate and to quiet title there- to (Code Sec. so5. etc.), 1t is neces- sary that the complainant should have peacea as contradistinguished from disputed possession of the landa in- volved in the suit.
 2. Same same; when plaintiff not shown to have peaceabfe posession.-- On a bill filed under the statute to compel the determination of claims to to real estate and to Quiet title to the same, where 1t appears that the compliments claim title through their the property and built small house on 1t and cultivate a portion of it.; that upon said ancestry dying many years before the filing of the bill. the land was abandoned. the house dis appeared, timber grew upon the clear lands which had become wild lands. but the respondents proved that for many years up to the hearing of the cause, they cut wood on the lands, sold timber therefrons. kept tres- passers from going upon 1t. and paid taxes thereon. there Is shown such a possession on the part of the defen- dants as will defeat the right of the complainants to maintain the bill.
 Reversed and rendered.
 Opinion by Anderson, J.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-02
Head-Notes Of the Decisions
 of Alabama Supreme Court

finding, the conclusions of the judge upon the facts stand as a verdict of the jury, and will not be revised on appeal Affirmed.
 Anderson, J.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-02

DespOndent Fathers Deed. St. Louis. Oct. 1.--Herbert McCarty,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-02

Cuban National Politics.
 Havana, Oct. LA national conven- lion of the Liberal Party tonight de- cided not to abandon the presidential
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-02
HAYNES ct ais. vs. SIMPSON.

Statutory action Of eJectment--Appeat
 from the Circuit Court of Cieburne.
 1. Administration of estate; failure to make an heir party to proceeding for sale of land does not vitiate saie.-- The failure of an administrator. who seeks to have the lands of his intestate sold for the payment of the debts of the estate, to make one who claims 10 be an heir of the intestate a party 70 the proceeding, Is but an trregularity and cannot vitiate the sale or affect the title of the purchaser: and is not available to the heir upon a collateral attack of the sale.
 Reversed and remanded
 Andaraou T
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-02
ro.wnRY va. STATE.

Habeas Corpus Proceeding.-Appeal
 from an order of the Chancellor
 of the Northern Chancery Divis-
 ion.
 1. Habeas corpus; regularity of pro- ceedings in other courts cannot be in- quired into.--Upon the hearing Of a habeas corpus proceeding, there is conferred no authority to inquire into the regularity or justice of any order Judgment. decree or process of any court legally constituted" (Code. Sec 4S3); and. therefore. upon the hear ing of a habeas corpus where there is necessarily involved the >Groceed- ings had in another court, 1t is prop CT to refuse to discharge the pett- tioner.
 Affirmed,
 Denson, J.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-02
CAUDLE vs. COMMISSIONERS COURT
 OF TAI.LADEGA COUNTY.

Petition for mandamus--Appeal from
 the Talladega City Court.
 1. Statutes: stock laws--That Dor- tion of the general stock law act. ap- proved September 20. 1908 (gensrai acts of 1908. p. 431), providing for an election to repeal existing stock law or stock laws, upon petition by a majority of the land owners of the county, pre- cinct or subdivision. has reference to laws then existing; and where at that time there was a stock law existing for an entire precinct. no election was aa- thorixed for 6 repeal thereof as to a part or subdivision of such precinct.
 Reversed and remanded.
 Dowdell, J.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-02
GREENWOOD ct al, V TR1aG. DoBBs
 e Co.

GREENWOOD ct al, v. TRIdG, DObbs
 e Co. Bill in Equity to Have Enforced Lien
 of Judgment Creditor.--Appesl
 from the Chancery Court of Mar
 shall.
 1. Judgment lien; when attaches by virtue of reg.stration; amendment of statute.-The act. approved February 23, 1898, amending the statute relating to the registration of judgments and the creation of liens thereby tActs oi 18e8-s9. D. 34). is not rctrospectfwe; and if the certificate of q judgment which Is filed prior to the passage or saio amendatory act is defective. in that il fails to recite the name of the owner of the judgment, as required by the stat ute previous to amendment (Code, Sec tions 1e2o-22). the resistratino of such certificate is insufficient to create [ lient in favor of the owner of the tuds' ment.
 Reversed and rendered. Anderson, T.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-02

RAILS vs. ALABAMA STEEL AND WIRE COMPANY EFT AL. Garnishment Guit.--Appeal from Gads- den City Court.
 1. Garnishment; effects of claim ot
 exemption when gaEnSslee-s answer
 lshows indebtedness not exceeding tze
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-29
In the Time of Ernsmus.

Then not 6rly nil the learned, but all
the educated we're familiar with Latin.
Whoever r4ne indeed. must read lat
ill.,. for thtst. jNas little che to read.
Theology. history philosophy, all were
in Latin. The national literatures were
only iu their cradles. Nearly n cen.
fury after The time OF Erasmus, BacoS
deliberately buried his greater works Il,
Latin in the hope OF securing his fame
and even Milton chose Latin IA ILL,
vehicle OF some Of the best of his earl:
poetry and did not abandon IL withou,
hesitation.
To Erasmus it was everything-tli
language or his tongue as we'll rs o
his pen. he travelled everywhere. IL
Italy, France. England. Germany. but
he certainly knew no English or Ger.
man aud apparently made his Latin
carry Him through wherever lie went
And whatever difficulties OF language
lie found with innkccpers and servant,
and officers of customs he found none
among the clergy or the mobiles, nj
whose houses his introductons MAIDS
him everywhere welcome. = London
Times
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a plRIeleLe WAR BALLOON.

Toul, France-The Lebaudy diri-
gible balloon, constructed under the
patronage of the War Office. made It's
first successful ascent today, carry
ing some engineers and a party of
officers. who made a reconnaissance Of
the military 'defences from foul to
Nancy near the German frontier. The
balloon assembled about ESQ yards,
passing over Fort Vendrevil,o and
the defensive works in the Iiaye Fos-
est. On reaching the barracks al
Blandan the balloon termed and Went
directly to Toul, where il: descended
among crowd OF enthusiastic jcngi-
neers. officers and soldiers. The dis
lance covered was about thirty miles
at arate of twenty-eight miles an
hour. The officers made inspections
of the forts and took Photographic
New York Tribune
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-29
Human Horns.

In the anatomical museum OF the
Edinburg university four horns arc
preserved which had grown upon hu.
man heads. One of these is about
seven inches long, as thick as the little
finger and crooked in shape. \ label
attached TO it bears this inscription;
This horn was cut by Arthur Temple,
chrurgeon. out of the head OF Eliza.
beth Low. being three inches above
the right ear. before witnesses, the
Eth Of May, 1911. II. was a-growng
seven yeares. Her age is fifty yeares."
The three other human horns also
graced the heads OF ladies.
In Sir Robert Sibbald's History OF
Fife curious book published about
The beginning Of the eighteenth cen.
fury. we read: "A person Of quality
lady of great age in. this shire. had
horn growing out Of her toe and put
her from walking. II was cut off by
DR.. H.. aud sbo was freed Of pain ant
walked"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-29
ColOphan.

Colophon was a city Of ancient Ionia.
nine miles north of Ephesus, and near
the sea. IL was said to be the birth
place of Homer, and near it was IA
nous oracle OF Apollo. The Greek prov.
erb. TO put colophon TO H." mean.
ing to end an affair handsomely, is ex-
planned by Strabo as arising from n
belief that the cavalry of Colophon was
20 excellent in quality that their charge
vas always decisive In battle. Hence
rose the custom of calling any device
VI monogram or printers name or sign
Or date of printing in old printed books
colophon in the sense OF a definite,
satisfactory end.
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JEWISH HUMOR.
Itn Flavor of Bitternesn md Its SAT-
ire of Judaism.


Renan said OF the Jews, "'rhc Sem
ltic people are almost entirely without
The power 70 laugh Surely had he
looked for traces OF Jewish humor in
The light which IIeine casts back uponi
lis dark tradition he would never have,
made so sweeping statement. For
eight years Heine lay upon his "mat-
iress grave" in Paris suffering cxcru-
rlating agony. He deserved. lie said
10 have awarded TO him 1.-THE grand
medals of pain aud misery" Leopoii
Iunz said almost the same words OF
the whole Hebrew people, ''If there arc
ranks in suffering, Israel takes prece-
dence OF all the nations" The humor
Of Israel is favored with bitterness and.
plays round the greater subjects of
thought and of speculation; plays like
the humOr of n man in pain.
Listen 10 the lament OF n satrlst
born Mt Aries I'm 1887 who finds the
works of the Jewish law an intolerable
burden and seems to have come, like
Heine. to the bitter conclusion that
Judaism Is not a religion, 1t is mis-
fortune"
Oh hnpless sire, distraught with cares,
Whose wife to him male children bears, d
For all OF them, or rich poor, MI
Have only suffering to endure. IF
Thla Ia caused by the Jewish creed.
Whose yoke is hard TO bear indeed.
It's many laws and regulations
Which are unknown to other nations
Every Hebrew must observe
With wntchful eye and strainlng nerve;
Fen though hc shares In public functions,
Ia fDlI. -
The Bible is not half enough
lilosses there are ana other stuff
In which lie erudite must be,
Especially IN theology.
In all the Talmud may relate.
In authors quarrels and debate,
In things particularly small.
or no Significance at all.
One more medieval quotation, this
time from the pen of,a Barcelona Jew.
The lines can hardly perhaps be called
humorous, but they illustrate with
certain terse comedy the great value
Get by the race upon three things
money, knowledge and domestic hap
piness If a man has none OF them the
poet has 10 better advice to give lin
than to hold his tongue or to hang him-
relf:
What is the most useful thing to any
man in life?
knowledge or wealth or a good and low
ing wife.
But II none OF these commodities man has
ever got
Then by keeping golden silence he might
improve his lot.
And if he cannot do SO. that poor and hap
less kpave.
chen let him go away at once and dig
himself grave.
On his deathbed Helne made his last
joke. and 1t is typicaliy Jewish. RE
viewing his by no means irroproac cha
BILE past" he hoped that God might for
give him, FOR cest son metier''-t that Is
/, his trade. Another story illustrates
yet more perfectly the bitter humor OF
the Jew. 1t Is the story of dying
rabbi "who had been all his lifetime
extremely religious, hut bad likewise
always suffered much want and mis-
cry. DO you know lie said to those
In the slckroOm, II after all the sad ex-
periences l have had In the past there
Is no future life I shall be greatly
amused "-London Spectator
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a CREEPY PLACE.
Some of the Peaia and Discomgorss
-f of Life In Buiawayo.

OF Lie In Buinwayo.
"Life in Buiawayo during the wet
season is certainly hot all pleasure,
writes resident OF that African town.
THE rain ieBcends as &c, d river, hay-
Ing lost It's way among the clouds, was
hurriedly trying 70 return to earth once
more. The streets are Transformed in
to lakes, and the damp, moist heat
makes everything inside the house un.
pleasantly moist and clammy. But.
sagreeablc as the rainy season NAV
be, the cold that preeedes 1t in Septem.
Der is almost worse. Dust storms are
frequent. Trees and shrubs become
brown and shrlveled. and the wind
blows with cutting force across the
veldt. 1t is then, too, that the snakes
are more in evidence than at any other
time of the year Half torpid, stupid
with the cold, you come upon them
coiled up in unexpected places, as once.
when entering my room. found one
wound round the leg of my dressing ia ;
bile. Another evening We were dis
turbed by a persistent tapping against
the window, as IL some one were try
ing to attract our attention. On rising
10 Investigate we found II was snake
that, attracted by the light and warmth,
was endeavorlng to make its way In
through the glass.
White ants are another terrible pest
or, rather, they would he did they not
enter SO literally into every circum-
stance OF everyday life that they end
by being taken as matter OF course
For instance, after all absence of few
hours You return to find half the mat
ting on the floor ,levOured or. your
boy, having incautiously left your coat
hanging In the sun. The lining affords u
speedy meal 10 these voracious little
Insects. In fact. you never know what
damage may not he revealed at any
moment, and his uncertainty extends
even to the garden. where your rose
trees have TO be grown i'll tubs half
allied with brot y ss and perched Oh
o, .J fe a'D,"k|\G .'nt t,ron,,,, 49,,
scorpi> r., 'ydoy evils, to be
endured 9TH "Y1 philosophy one
could muster. rantula the size OF
a small crab ,s.~-lg across the floor
Is not n pleafni object. Our house
boy delighted "a catching them to make
them fight with the scorpions. and we
had ocular demonstration OF the fact,
long believed 10 he only q travellers
tale. that on being worsied scorpion
Will commit suicide by bending III, tail
over Its back and singing itself behind
the neck rather than he eaten by its
opponent"
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LeaaIized smuggling.

Anxious writes to ask, as football
sport?' That largely depend, upon
tie classification of aggravated ag
saut and battery.-New York Her.
aid
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every nation and cline III Elniol,:s
when the king sneezed those about
him saluted so loudly that they We're
heard and echoed through the whole
city. In 1912 De Soto had an inter-
view In Florida With cnciQue who
during conversation happened to
| sneeZe. All his attendants bowed tneis
heads, opened anu closed their arms
and ,saluted the prince with May tbs
sun guard you, shine on you. .dcfehi
YOU, prosper YOU" and similar phrases.
An Italian childs primer of 1868 says.
Being prompt il, sahiting any one
who may sneeze and returning thanks
TO any who on suclf ain occasion may
have wished you well.'
An epigram in the Greek anthology
shows 1t was customary to say "God
bless YOU" The ancient Romans said
"Salve." The modern Roman Of tbs
lower class says, "Figll maschi" (May
you have male children The north
Germans say. Your good health" in
Hlenna. God be with you" I'm Ireland
The peasant says. God bless your hon.
or 'I.onH life to your honor The
Russian form is "To your good health"
or "How do you do:" English folklore
Is full OF rhymes about sneezing OH
certain days. In Devonshire they say:
sneeze on Sunday morning fasting.
You'll enjoy your own true love everlast-
ing.
This is but one OF the many that arc
In use all over the land.