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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-29
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storms during which not a drop of water touches the earth. The rain can ba seen falling from the clouds high above. but when 1t reaches the hot. dry air beneath the clouds 1t is entirely absorbed. These strange rainstorms take place in regions where the thermometer often registers 12s in the shade
 Miss Julia Erickson of New Britain Conn, has decided to forego her vacation this year in order that she may give the money thus saved toward the new Swedish Lutheran church Tn her home town.
 In the Colorado desert there are rain
 The amount of goods passing through the custom house at Burlington. Vt, during the month of August was the largest of any August in eleven years. They valued at over $500. and the duty amounted to SsO. 000
 At Dacca. India. muslin has been woven SO light and fine that three pieces of cloth, each twenty yards long by one yard in width. weighed only ten and onA-half ounces altogether The weight of square yard is only about one-sixth of an ounce
 A big school of tinker mackerel appeared in the harbor at Portsmouth. N. H., last Friday. These are the first mackerel which have been seen in the Piscatadna for years.
 Last spring farmer living near Memphis Tenn. unearthed a vessel containing corn while excavating near one of the forts made by the mound-builders, He planted some of the cereal and. strange as 1t may seem. got q yield. The kernels were small in size and sooty black in color.
 When the "2:35 trot" got the go at the county fair at South Paris. Me. Friday. an
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-29

middle of the page, Come. Helen," he sat staring at it as though he were possessed, Gradually 1t came to him. ten M snd treS hard eet to think sd What wr he had done with it. Then the great thought broke in upon him: Helen knew of his love and had accepted out all speculation--ai lesser thoughts. He was downstairs in two bounds and tearing along the streets and by short cuts toward the Easley house in look at him and shake their heads.
 He burst in upon her. breathless, and seized her in his arms, regardless of the presence of her small brother, who wondered greatly and sneered audibiy. almost shouted Don't tell me I'm dreaming. And to think what a gump l have been and all the time I've lost" His bashfulness and fear had vanished and he could talk freely enough and act the lover. too. But she shook him loose and bade him stand back.
 love of which you could only hint on cold paper" she said. T am ready to listen. Robbie, go. out in the yard and
 That is about all there is to it, ex- cepting when Ralph came to make searching inquiry regarding how the letter came to be mailed and his moth glanced Significantly at grandma. that innocent person looked up mildly from her knitting and said:
 Why. when body sees a letter all away suddenly. what would a body naturally do but mail it?'
 Whereupon grandma was picked up bodily. knitting and all. and soundly conspirator." and promised the very first piece cut from the grooms cake.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-29

unentered starter in the shape of dog got away with the horses. Once he found ,, necessary to cross the area in order ,o keep In the running. Otherwise he raced to the satisfaction of trotting rules. and finished finder the last sulky in 2:34B
 The Austrian government pays from s2 2o up to $235 for every shark killed in tbs vicinity of its territory. the great range in rewards offered being due to the wide dig- ferences in species and size among these destructive fishes.
 Six hundred acres of land in Sunderland South Deerfieli and Whateley. New Hamn- shire. will yield 240.OOo bushels of onions this season At fifty cents a bushel the crop in the three towns will be worth t120.oO0.
 Tommy Atkins got his name in a curions manner. Years ago Lord Wolseley pub Pocket Book of Field Service" To show how to fill out blank space in the fiAld reports he happened to use the name Thomas Atkins" The pocketbook Is the British soldiers military bible. and the name Thomas Atkins was at once adopted as his proper nickname
 When I. L. Perry checked off the doeu- ments in his safety deposit box at the bank in Belfast. Me. the other afternoon. he found a bond for $1.000 which he says that he never owned. and never placed in the box. Now he is wondering how the security came to be In his private drawer ,, .-.-,
 No bird beast or creeping thing will touch A castor oil plant. It seems to he rank poison to all animals. Even goat VIII starve before biting off a leaf. ana hoIS0 will sniff at it and turn up his upper ~ ~nP as though it had the most detestaoiS M ouoA on the face of the earth Loc"sts LI,. WI" othar fl bv. though they may eat every "Mtnet M green thing in sight and there IS no Ta1, to drive noles away from lawn tnEH to plant a few castor beans here ana thete
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-29
pncker., Plea in Abatement.

Chicago. Sept. 2S.-This afternoon Judge Humphrey heard the closing ar guments on the plea In abatement filed hy the packers against the indictment charging them with illegal methods of conducting business. The court declar- ed that while 1t was possible that he would hand down his decision tomor- row, 1t is not certain that he will do so
 The grounds on which the abatement of the indictment is sought by the packers are that the grand jury re- turning the indictment was illegal be- cause 1t was not publicly drawn as re- quired by law; that the defendants were deprived of their right to chal- lenge the jurors; that Judge Bethea sitting in the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois had no right to receive the return of an in- dictment returned from the Northern Division of tho same district; that one member of the jury was not legally made a member of that body and that the Government officials had not the right to reproduce before the grand jury a transcript of evidence previous ly heard by them unsworn and unver- fled, but presented as an abstract of the evidence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-29
HEADNOTES DECISIONS
 OF SUPREME COURT
MARY HENRY '. MICHAEL. BROWN.

MARY HENRY V MICHAEL. BROWN Action of Ejectment.--Appeal from
 Mobile Circuit Court.
 ]. Color of title: what constitutes. --ln an action of ejectment In wnich the defendant claims color of title un- der an instrument which does not con tain apt words of conveyance and IL appears from the instrument that It was the intention of the grantor to convey the legal title such instrument may be used as color of title.
 Z. Same; same.---In order that a deed or paper writing may give color of title, 1t Is not necessary that the
 grantor should have had title either to the whole or any part of the land em-
 braced In the instrument.
 3. Same: extent of actual or con structive possession under.--where
 vendor conveys two separate and dis tinct tracts of land. to only one of
 which he has title, an entry upon ana
 occupation of that tract of which his
 title Is good, will not, without move. operate as a disseizen of the owner of
 the other tract to which the vendor
 had no title.
 1. Same; charge to jury.-In such
 case a charge is erroneous which fn-
 structs the jury to find for the defend- ant, If the defendant moved on
 part of the land described in deed un-
 der which color of title was claimed and lived there and had possession openly and claimed to own the land therein described"
 5. Same; same.-In such case a charge is erroneous which instructs the jury that If the defendant entered on the s. W. 1-4 S. 14. T. S., R. w., un- der a deed embracing the s. E. 1-4 Of said section. and was in possession of any part of the land described in the l deed claiming to own all of it, his pos | session extended to all of the land sm- | braced in the deed If such possession was exclusive, open, notorious, adverse and under claim of ownership. 6. Misleading charge; not reversible error to give.--The giving of mis- leading charge Is not reversible error. l as the opposite party may protect him. | self against the misleading tendency | by requesting an explanatory charge. [. Claim of ownership; declaration as evidenee.-Claim of ownership of l one in possession of lands Is an ingre- | dient of adverse possession and may be shown by the declarations of the party while in possession.
 8. Same; notoriety of, as evidence.--- Where proof of claim of ownership has been made, 1t Is competent to prove I notoriety of the claim as a means of proving knowledge of the claim by the I true owner; and question propound- l ed a witness, whether the owner
 claimed the land openly and notorious | Iy, Is not subject to the objection that | adverse possession cannot be shown by l notoriety of the claim.
 9. Objection to evidence on ons ground waiver of others.-where an I objection is made to the admission of | evidence. on one specified ground, such | objection Is a waiver of all others. | Reversed and remanded
 Denson, ].
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-29
THE MYSTERY (E
 THE PROPOSAL
nY THEoDoRE RAMSAY.


 .fanvrtrht. 1905. Daily Story Pub. Col
 Raiph Bishop was heels over head in love with pretty Helen Easiey ana ail the town knew it, including Helen. But nothing could induce kaipn to 6s ,a would have given his ears to do so. Hold enough In most things. he was an abtect coward in this. even as many and many other grave men will be af- ter him even to the end Of time.
 He had courage in plenty, Tn other
 ays gsstr %oss as ot %sl ssking as gseH foT Helens hand and heart quite overwneimed nm ---and then there was the refusal ne hssssed hssa Io r,sk wah ineurring rG that. 1t mat. tered not that Helen gave him all the announcement commensurate With aatiaRt aaiefRetes ao of wonaaniy Tnodesty; but like into the most of mankind he was cheerfully obIivious to her attempts tS ns ana sa sS ss tS ereas ongng oh his raiysis. which had become chronic. In her presence he was stricken dumap naaae .n z his heart. Nor was he able to frame his desires in the form of letter, al. belt he was writer of singular force
 as so 'iAI 1t had became an accepted fact that Bishop wanted to but couldn't. On Helen's part she had grown somewhat QkLEEf Ut HIS SL9piQ HEHtAahSy given him up and became rather hrnsque in her treatment of him. This only served to confirm his belief that he had no hope
 Matters were in this condition of , ktagnation when a very strange thing ] happened. Ralph. while he could not summon courage to write a proposal to Helen, was won't to feed his imagina- tion and provide safety valve for his bursting heart by writing long and ardent letters to the object of his pas sion, which letters never got further than the grate in his room. Now Ralph, as has been intimated before, had a talent for writing Indeed some of his , things had been accepted by publica- tions of standing and he was not with out hope of a literary career. At any rate he had the gift of placing his thoughts and feelings graphically up- on paper and some of his imaginary letters to Helen were gems. of the first water because they were inspired by so ardent and so honest a passion.
 One day, feeling especially sur charged with his ruling emotions, he threw aside his other work and busted himself for an hour or more pouring out his heart in the most glowing phrases in a fictitious letter addressed to My darling, darling Helen and signed Your most devoted lover, py phrase--a new one in this growing series of never-sent letters-pleased
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-29
Our Daily Sborl Story

him immensely. If you will accept the homage and lifelong devotion of your true kinight and are willing to he pledges to keep with single-hearted devo votion-simply write the word Come on sheet of paper and sign your will fly to your side and tell you of paper"
 effusion he was called to the telephone and was there summoned down town on an important business mission none the less than to meet publisher who chanced to be in town and want ed to talk with him regarding a pro- posed novel about which there had been some correspondence. Vastly ex-. meeting he grabbed his hat and has, tened away.
 Later in the day Grandma Bishop. a school who was aaay very Ss ns fond fSs of Ralph but greatly vexed at the deadlock in his affair with Helen Easley went into Ralph,s room % to get a book. Now tulate with Ralph at his faint-hearted- ness, but had been met with such a torrent of rebuke that even her fear compelled to aeduiesce along with the rest. So when her eyes rested on the | first page of letter on his desk. be- She psused. Now Nsi nssind 1 de dee not t'ga, ac- ctse the venerable lady of reading the letter In fact I do not know just what happened--onlY this: A half hour later Grandma said to her daugh- ter that she believed she would go out for little walk and as she trotted away somebody remembered afterward that she had a letter in her hand. It is also matter of recollection that as she sat in her favorite chair by the fire that evening she chuckled distinct ly twice, whereat there was no appar- ent occasion. So noticeable was this that Mir. Bishop said to his wife that night as they were retiring:
 T fear mother Is breaking. Did you hear her chuckling away to herself to- night? It's sign of old age" To which Mrs. Bishop replied: Mon sense; mothers head is hard as a nut. I only hope mine will be as good at her age"
 In the meantime Ralph, greatly ex- cited over his conference with the publisher, which was most encourag- ing, forgot all about the fictitious let ter he had left on his desk-and in- deed it would have been strange oth- erwise when one remembers all the similar. letters he had written and de- stroyed.
 Consequently when on the following afternoon the postman brought a neat little envelope addressed in Helen s turbation. thinking 1t an invitation to some social doings or a request to take chance on an impossible church fair quilt or some other formality re- garding which notes frequently pass ed between them.
 But when he opened the envelope and read in tremulous letters in the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-29
 Excursion Rates tC Washington, ). G., and Return Account American Bankers
 Association.

The Southern Railway sell round trip tickets Washington at Sag. Tickets sold October and 9th, good until Octe 18th, with privilege extension until Oct. 2 Through car service D.
 Daily trains. For Schedules, and othe formation call on or addl
 John MetcaIfe, T. P. A. Southern Railws
 Montgomery.
 Phone 2oI.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-29
For Marryinr Nerro.

Jackson, Miss. Sept. 2S.-A special from Magnolia, Pike County, says Bes- sic Perkins white woman, was sen fenced today to ten years in the peni- tentiary for marrying and living with a negro named Robert Brown. Judge Wilkinson in passing sentence regret ted that he could make the punishment no heavier. The woman declared that she did not know Brown was a negro. Brown escaped to parts unknown.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-29
Death of Cnntnin Price

Charlotte. N. C.. Sept. 2S.-Captain Price, division counsel for the Southern Railway and one of the best known constitutional lawyers in the South, died early this morning at his home in Salisbury off Brights disease, aged 59. He was one term Speaker of the General Assembly of the State. had held many positions of honor and con ducted some of the most notable rail- road cases in the South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-29
tfust Hnve Mail servIce

Washington, Sept 2S.-Failing to se- cure satisfactory mail wagon service In New York city by reason of the continued strike of drivers, the Post office Department today announced that the contractors and his suretles have been formally notified that an improve ment must be made at once or sum mary action will be taken under the contract
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-29

AnElo-Japanese shipping combine Both Sir Alfred Jones and R. D. Holt dis avow all knowledge of the report, as does also The Nippon Yuzen Kaisha, the Japanese National Steamship Line.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-29

London, Sept. 2s.-Inquiries made in shipping circles today failed to confirm the circumstantial story sent out from Liverpool yesterday in regard to the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-29
Quarantine
 Proclamation.
Mayors Office City of hontgomery, Ala,


 City of Montsomery, Aia..
 Under and by virtue of the power. yestea fin the Mayor of this city by the Legislatufs of Alabama and the City Council of Mont gomery. and tn accordancs with the rec ommendations of the Board of Health of Aontsomsry County. now: thersiors. .s. City of Montgomsry. do hereby proclaim . quarantine against the city of New Or leans. Louisiana, and persons living In any of the towns lying along the line of the Louisville and EashviiA Railroad. between tho said city of New Orleans. Louisiana. and the Alabama State line. and any and all pieces piscss that are nov or which may hers. effect that no person or persons from such infected point or points shali be allowed to come within ten nNles of the city of Mont: gomery. except unasr such regulations and restrictions as have been imposed by the state Board of Health, or for the purpose until public notice shal. have been given Of the discontnuance of this quarantine.
 In witness whereof. I havs hereunto set my hand and the seal of the city oe Montgomery. this 2ath day of July. 1905.
 tsEALs Acting Mayor.
 City of Montgomery, .AiA.
 | hereby offer e reward Of s,So for in- formation that will lead to the arrost. with evidence to convict. of any person who may hereafter enter the city of Montgomery n violation of my proclamation of quaran- tine dated July a4sh lses ,r,urv.,
 Acting Mayor.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-05
Differentiation in Ethics.

Down in my country" said William
Zeveey Of Muskagee. 1. r.. there was
a lawyer named McG;lnn who was re-
tanned to defend an old chap charged
with killing a man. Mccain got his
client out on ball. and the client, not
satisfied with the slow work of the
law, thought to settle things for him
self and nhis favor.
He went out one day and killed the
chief witness for his prosecution. The
sheriff went after him, but he lived
near the Arkansas line. and hoped ov-
err into that state every time a posse
approached. Finally Il reward Of $500
was offered for the murderer. McGann
was short of money and went to the
sheriff. BILL" he said, will you give
me that $500 reward 1t / get that man
for your
Sure said the sheriff. Mccain
drove out to the old fellows place and
found him in one OF his fields, but
carrying a rifle. When the man saw
his lawyer he put down his rifle. Nc
Gam drew bead on him with his own
rifle and ordered him to throw up his
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-05
FED HUSBAND POISON
Sensational Allegations Made at
Evansville, ILL.,, In Case of
William Joslyn
WIFE ACCUSED OF MURDER
She confesses That She Killed Her
Husband by Slow Poison at the In
stisation of the Hired Man With
Whom She Was Internationally
a Respected One.

Danville Mich, Jan. 5.--A poisoning
case which rivals the sensational Car
RE Collins case at Corunna last summer
developed thru the disinterment of the
remains of William Joslyn who died
last week, and the discovery by post
motem that he had died of arsenical
poisoning. Rumor had said that Mrs.
Joslyn was enamored of Isaac Swan, a
hired man, and when he was taken be-
fore the coroner Mrs. Joslyn broke
poison in her husbands coffee at the
instigation Of Swan. She said Swan
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-05
No More Stomach TroubIe.e.

All stomach trouble is removed by
the use of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. 1t
gives the stomach perfect rest by d.
costing what you eat without the
stomach's aid. The food builds up the
body, the rest restores the stomach to
health You don't have to diet your
self when taking Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure. j. D. Erskine, Of Allenville,
Mich, says: II suffered heartburn and
stomach trouble for some time. NY
sister-in-law has had the same trou-
BILE and was not able to eat for six
weeks. She lived entirely upon warm
water. After taking two bottles of Ko-
dol Dyspepsia Cure she was entirely
cured. She now eats heartily and is in
good health. l am glad to say Kodol
gave me instant relief" Sold by all
druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-05
Sinews of War.

Major General Corbin tells the fol-
lowing with reference to member of
a northern state taking part in the
recent maneuvers at Manassas:
The guardsman one day was making
heroic efforts to get away with his first
ration of army beef. A fellow soldier
walking near him stopped to watch,
with some amusement, the attempt of
the northerner to masticate the meat.
whats the matter, Bill?" asked he.
ooh, nuthin' much" was the suller
reply Then, disgustedly regarding
the piece of beef that he held in his
hand, the Yankee added: Now know
wat people mean when they talk about
the sinews of war"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-05
ad purchased the arsenic and given it

had purchased the arsenic and given 1t
to her.
Swan has fled, presumably to New
York, and Mrs. Joslyn has been ar
rested AID locked up in the county
jail at Mason.
Joslyn was about SO years of age;
Swan is about the same age and Mrs.
Joslyn is about 35.
The Joslyns had been married about
seven years and have two children.
Mrs. Joslyn confessed that it was not
her plan to give her husband dose
that would cause his Immediate death
and thus arouse the greatest suspicion,
but to give it in such a way that his
demise would appear to have been
from some other disease.
JosIyn's Long illness.
AS early as last September Mr.. JOS
lyn began to he i'll at spells. This was
continued and for two weeks prior to
his death he was i'll in bed. Mean
while the woman was daily placing
the poison in his cup. The first dose
she gave him was a small one In his
coffee. She continued the poison doses
at frequent intervals, giving them to
Joslyn in lemonade after he became
so sick that he was unable to leave
his bed.
Joslyn was attended by Drs. Coad
and Brett, of Williamson, reputable
physicians who at the end apparently
became suspicious of the cause of his
disorders, and to avoid her believing
that there was suspicion the doctors
in the death certificate gave the dis
ease as black measles and the body
was inferred on the day of death,
pending investigation.
Tuesday when the brother and father
Of the deceased came to Evansville the
body was exhumed and postmortem
made, which established the fact that
the mans death was due to poisoning.
Thus armed the authorities secured
confession from the woman. Her APP
pearance before the justice at Dams
willie on the murder charge will take
place next Wednesday. She was taken
to the Madison Jail last night With her
two children.
The woman came from much re-
spected family her father being Albert
Allen, living hear Fowlervllle. she
had previously been married and llVed
at Williamson, where she and her first
husband separated.
Joslyn Was Liked.
Joslyn, the deceased, was much Tx
ed in his community, which feels very
strongly against Mrs. Joslyn and Swan.
His family is well known In the town
ship. On the day after the funeral
Mrs. Joslyn appeared before Probate
Judge Nichols at Mason and applied Tor
appointment OF herself as adnlnlstra-
trix of her husbands estate and guar
dian of their children, who are pene-
ticaries in an insurance policy OF ~
600 William Joslyn was much re
spected farmer, being part owner OF d
farm east and north of Dansvllie, IN
White Oak township. Isaac Swan had
worked on Joslyn's farm and his init
macy with Mrs. Joslyn had caused SO
much neighborhood talk that he had
been discharged. Swan has been en-
Moved on the farm of Frank Scadden
and had latter worked on various
farms n the vicinity. His wife had
died a few years ago and his family of
children were disposed of among re-
latfVeS.