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BALTIMORE AGAIN BEATEN.
•
The Oriole Players Wrangling Among
Themselves.
Their llind3 in a Chaotic State and
Their Nerves Unsteady When They
Finally Decided to Appear on the
Field Many of the Local Lovers of
the Game Disgusted With the Conduct
of Their Club.
Baltimore, Md.. Oct. s.—Hundreds of
Baltimore enthusiasts who had arranged
to go to New York to-night to see the Ori
oles and Giants play ball to-morrow can
celled their engagements. Many of them
discarded their orange and black neckties
and other Oriole decorations and donned
plain black as better representing their
state of mind.
The New Yorks won the second game of
the Temple series much as they won yes
terday's game—by outbatting the home
club—and the rooters were sad in con
sequence. It was not aione the loss of the
game, however, that caused so many heart
aches. More properly should the dissatis
faction and disaffection be attributed to
the faults of the players while off the held.
OBICII.E PLAYER3 WRANGLING.
This morning the Orioles wore in as un
certain a frame of mind over the playing of
the Temple series as they were yesterday.
Some of the players were wrangling, and
McGraw openly asserted that he would not
play in another game. The outlook was not
encouraging for a continuation of the sport,
and it was then the people of Baltimore, as
they became acquainted with the facts, be
gan to criticise the pennant winners. Re
calling that they had shown their
appreciation of the ball team in a way
which bordered on the princely,
the citizens insisted that the players
should show a like appreciation of the
favors ox tended, and defend the city’s fair
name for sportsmanlike ronduet. They
aivued that the series had been created,
and that tho majority of the games must
he won or lost in a manly way if the good
name of the team and city was to be pre
s- vw and. Yesterday’s haggling and quib
-1 1 nt was forgiven, but no more wrangling
woulu be condoned.
IN A CHAOTIC STATE.
Manager Hanlon presented the condition
■ _ the players. They were on tho field this
afternoon, but their minds were in a chaotic
state and their nerves not of the steadiest.
1 he hoys put up a good game of ball, how
,,Vflr. and redeemed themselves in tho opin
-I'.'u' u of their friends. The teams left for
oew- York to-night,{where tho third game
of tile series will bo played to-morrow.
A crowd of nearly 11,000 persons were on
tile grounds when the game was called, it
"as an ideal day for base ball. New York
' ‘cned four run's in the third inning. Dal
• imore tied the score in their half of the
same inning and took the lead in tho
'• venth. The Giants tied the score in the
'■ighth and won out in too ninth through
'mitigs’ error. The side would have been
' tired had Jennings made what would or
dinarily have been an easy play. Tlernan’s
'ciple eleured the | bases, the Orioles
si nred one and had three men left on bases
“- the ninth.
The score follows:
r n e
Halllmore 02200010 I—4 7 2
Acw York 0 0 4 0 0 II 0 1 4—o 14 i
Batteries— Gleason aod Koblnson; Meekln
• in! I- urrell.
I mplrts Hurst and Emslle.
My dear, said h fond wife, "when we t
"-re engaged I glwaya slept with your |
mst letter under tny pillow.' i
And 1,” murmured her husband, "1
"fieri went to sleep over your letters.’
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CLOTHIERS, TAILORS AND HABERDASHERS.
DELAY FOB MBS. DBAYION,
Her Lawyer Granted Until Nov. 1 to
File Her Answer.
Somerville, N. Y.. Oct. s.—There is
another postponement in the J. Coleman-
Draytou divorce proceedings, and now no
one knows when the issue will be joined. The
answer by Mrs. Drayton to her husband’s
petition for divorce has not been filed, nor
will it bo filed to-morrow, which day, until
this afternoon, was supposed to be the last
day for the filing of the same. This
afternoon tho Hon. Alvah A. Clark said
Mr. Shipman, counsel for Mrs. Drayton,
had made another appeal for an extension
of time beyond to-morrow in which to file
her answer. Mr. Shipman asked for only
a few days, but as a matter of professional
courtesy, Mr. Clark has agreed to extend
the day for filing the answer to Nov. 1.
This is the second time that the
counsel for Mrs. Drayton has asked
for a postponement, and while
Mr. Clark is perfectly willing to be lair
and honorable, he says positively that ho
will not submit to any further delay. Mr.
Shipman’s reasons for the delay is not
known, but it is thought he expected Mrs.
Drayton to arrive from Europe on Oct. 1,
and her failure to do so and the impossi
bility of counsel seeing her are the reasons
generally assigned for his asking a second
extension of time.
Congress of the Farmers.
Parkersburg, W. Va., Oct. s.—The four
teenth annual session of the Farmers'
National Congress adjourned to-night
to meet at Atlanta, Ga., next
fall, the date to be fixed by
the executive committee. A resolution
favoring the election of United States sen
ators by the people was indefinitely post
poned.
To Sue Hia Prosecutors.
Knoxville, Tenn., Oct. 5.—E. L. Staden,
who was world fair yardmaster for the
Monon Company, and was arrested three
months ago in St. Joseph, Mo., on a charge
I of forgery, committed at Knoxville, Tenn.,
| was acquitted to-day. He will commence
suit against his prosecutors for *20,000
damages.
AT LAST MOMENTS.
Doctor Roosevelt Says That Death is
Not a Grim Monster.
J. W. Roosevelt. M. U., In Scribner's.
Familiarity with death Is apt to alter
one's earlier conceptions of It. Two Ideas
are very generally accepted which expe
rience shows to be false. One is that the
dying usually fear death, and the other,
that the art of dying Is accompanied by
pain. It Is well known to all physicians
that when death is near Us terrors do not
seem to be felt by the patient. Unless the
Imagination Is stimulated by the fright
ful portrayal of the supposed pangs of
death, or of the sufferings which some be
lieve the soul must endure after disso
lution, It Is rare indeed that the last
days or hours of life are passed In dread.
Oliver Wendell Holmes has recorded his
protest against the custom of telling a
person who does not actually ask to
know that he cannot recover. As that
loving observer of mankind asserts, so
must everyone who knows whereof he
speaks assert, that people almost always
come to understand that recovery Is Im
possible. It Is rarely necessary to tell
anvone that this is the case. When na
ture gives the wurnlng death appears to
be as little feared as sleep. Most sick
persons are very. vei*y tired; sleep—long,
quiet sleep—ls what they want. I have
never seen many people die. I have never
seen one who seemed to fear death, ex
cept when it was, or seemed to be, rather
far awav. Even those who are constantly
haunted', while strong and well, with a
dread of the end of life forget their fear
when that end Is at hand.
As for the act of dying—the final pas
sage from life to death— lt Is absolutely
without evidence lhal the oft-repeated
assertions of Its palntulnsss are made.
Most people are unconscious for some
hours before t heir Ulnf dWI In tho rare
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, OCTOBER f>, 1804.
We invite an inspection of our entire stock of ready-made Clotli
inp, Hats and Furnishing Goods, and likewise our Merchant Tailor
ing Department, which is in full blast. Besides we have some
specialties described on this page which we are anxious to call youf
attention to.
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fully, digest them
thoroughly.
TAG THIS TO YOUR MEMORY TOO,
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Prices talk in the same way a great many people do. If you could trust all
tjiatyou see in advertisements it would be easy, enough to get a ba rga in
where. But nature is frail and it’s well to get behind the price and see the
quality. An advertisement may not be intended to deceive, but^sorne~or^"them
do you know. Come and see for yourself and be convinced that we have the big
gest and the best line of Boys’ and Children’s Suits ever offered at the
The goods were bought low from a firm retiring from business and we are giv
ing our customers the benefit. '
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MOTHERS
Don’t spend more
money than you are com
pelled to.
cases where consciousness is retained un
impaired until a few minutes before the
end the last sensation must be of perfect
calm and rest. It is worse than cruel to
| add to the natural dread of death which
oppresses the majority of us while in
: good health the dread of dying.
SHOT A BIG BLACK BEAR.
A Huntress in the Adlrondacks Brings
Down Her Midnight Visitor.
From the Philadelphia Press.
Saranac Lake. N. Y., Oct. I.—Among
the campers in the wilds surrounding
Floodwood Pond are Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Denison, of Saranac Lake, and Mr. and
Mrs. J. Ludlam of Red Bank, N. J., whose
tents are side by side on Dry Channel.
Last midnight the pawtng and growling
of a bear were heard and the four hastily
dressed. Mrs. Denison was first to go
outside the tent, rifle In hand. By the
light of the moon she saw a huge black
bear coming toward her. When it had
approached to within a rod, she raised
the rifle and fired, and the bear Jumped
forward and fell dead at her feet. The
bullet had gone through the animal s
head and broken its back bone. The car
cass was brought to the Saranac Lake
house to-day, and bear steak was on the
house bill of fare to-night. Mr. Denison
is one of the owners of that house and
his wife is a beautiful and accomplished
woman, besides being a fearless hunter
and an expert shot.
A Smuggler's Device.
From the St. Louis Globe-Demoerat.
Several years ago I was an inspector of
customs, and during my term of office X
ran across some rather unique devices ar
ranged for the purpose of getting contra
band goods Into this country duty free.
One day I apprehended a woman who had
just arrived on a steamer from Europe,
suspected that she had some smuggled
tobacco in her possession. Upon examin
ing her dress, seventeen pounds of to
bacco were found concealed under It;
but the most remarkable of the expedients
which she had resorted to for the purpose
of deceiving the custom house officers
was that of giving to the contraband leaf
the resemblance of a loaf of bread. A
quantity of cut tobacco had been placed
Into a tin, over which a thin layer of
dough was spread, and this being baked,
had the appearance of a veritable and
edible loaf. The quantity of tobacco
which the woman had contrived to secret
In this and other modes amounted to over
seventy pounds.
|)e Hamme—Back to town so soon?
Barnes 'former—Yes. We played in
Plunkville to no one but deadheads, and
two of them brought suit against us for
loss of time In witnessing the play.—ln
dianapolis Journal.
At the Photographers—Miss Snapperly—
Now don’t you begin taking my picture
with that old chestnut of asking me to
look pleasant.
Operator—No, miss; we never ask im
possibilities of our subjects.—Detroit Free
Press.
"We Bold a hundred and one copies of
the magazine containing Tlnkleby’s
poem," said the clerk In the book store.
"Indeed?"
“Yes. Mr. Tlnkleby bought a hundred
of them."—Washington Star.
Mr. Lakeside—Old man, congratulate
me I'm engaged to that charming
widow. Mrs. Van Wabasher!
Mr. Dearbornstreet—With all my
heart! I never had a better wife than
she was.—Chicago Record.
"Really I do believe that we are grow
ing older.” sighed the bullet dancer.
"Twenty years ago we were always called
'girls,' and now I notice that the papers
are culling us 'young ladles.’ "—New York
Herald.
"Your moustache Is beginning to force
Itself Into notice, Henry," said the young
lady to her lover.
"Yes," he replied with a blush, "and If
It continues to do so, I guess you will be
calling It down."—New York Press.
Savannah. . , ' A -
"BOYS suits.
LONDON FLEA FAKIRS.
How a Pair of Cockneys fooled the
Californians.
At the San Francisco Fair the Two En
glishmen Exhibited Dead Fleas Draw
ing a Carriage for Lives Ones—The
Unfortunate Insects Were Impaled on
Copper Wire and the Show Proceeded.
The Partners in Sin Quarrel and One
of Them Describes Their ’Vicked
Scheme. ' • " • J -
From the Chicago Times.
Among the attractions at the San Fran
cisco fair was a trained-flea exhibit. Since
the exposition closed the proprietors of
the insect circus have had a row, and at
present one of them is cooling his heels In
the city prison, the partner who is still
at large having had him arrested on a
charge of petty larceny. The patrons of
the trained-flea outfit wfll be Interested to
learn that the show was a fake of the
rankest kind, that 90 per cent, of the in
sects were dead when exhibited, and that
the men who manipulated the concern
knew no more about the true inwardness
of training fleas than they did of the
social habits of the tuberculosis bacilli.
The warring partners are Frank Ry
man and John Burgess. They are both
English, and it Is Burgess who is at pres
ent chafing In durance. He Is a clean
shaved, merry-faced fellow with a cock
ney brogue that Is redolent of White
chapel or some equally notorious slum In
far-away foggy London.
Before he fell foul of the strong arm of
the law he exhibited a fondness for bi
cycling, and It was at the Ojrclery that he
first conveyed to an admiring crowd the
Information that the flea show was a de
lusion and a snare.
"It was this way," began Burgess In
choice I<ondonesc. "Me an’ Hyman and
two other fellows ’ad a concession for
sellln’ cutlery, hut wo couldn't make no
thlnk. We wos driven to desperation,
an’ It wos a case of do somethlnk or
starve. Well, I gets It Into me nut that
a trained fl-a show would 'lt the public,
but there wasn’t a bloomin' one of us
knew tho fust think about 'andlln' or
'arnessln' a flea.
"Of course. I’d seen genuine flea teams
In the hold country, where they 'arness
’em with ’orse ’air and hsxlbit ’em In
magnified glass cases, but I don't know
no more'n Hadam 'ow the thing wos done.
"That didn’t stop us, though. We got
a Jap to make hus a nice little houtflt of
tiny paper carriages with copper wheels,
and we gets a place fixed hup for giving
hcxhibltlons. Fust we got some fleas and
began hexperlmentln - Just to see If. we
could tumble to the racket of 'amoasln'
’em. We couldn't. They wos too lively,
and If we didn't kill a flea while we was
practicin' on 'lm It was because he 'opped
away.
"Finally we got some very fine copper
wire and stuck a piece of it Into one of
the flea’s 'aunches. First we stuck It Ih
too far, and then the flea died, but we
kept on hexperlmentln’ and we. found Just
’ow far we could spear a flea with a good
chawnce of keepln’ 'ltn alive until the
show was over. We got tho thing down
pretty fine, and then I got outside and did
a bit of spielin', while Hyman stood In
doors and speared the fleas and made
them fast to the carriages.
Then decide judic
ious/y to visit us
THIS DAY.
ATTEND
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Suits for Boys and Chil
dren.
" When everything was ready I’d rush
hinslde and superintend the exhibition,
and 1 tell you It was a ticklish Job, 'cos
seven out of eight of the fleas would be
dead before the show began.
"Any'ow, I'd give the people a nles
talk about 'ow 'ard It was to train
and 'artless a flea, an' 'ow yer 'ad to 'ave
a certain brand of flea, with plenty of
brains, or you could never make no
thtnk out of ’em. I used to tell 'em that
it took six months to heducate a young
flea, and we 'ad a real live flea with a
stiver chain around 'ls neck, which I
drew their attention to as the flea that
was just learning 'ls business. I also told
’em 'ow we 'ad to change a flea’s gait and
hall the rest of it.
‘"Ow did we get the fleas? Why, Ry
man used to lasso stray dogs around the
fair grounds an’ we got all we wanted.
'Ow dbl we feed them? I used to feed
’em, and It makes me blood boll when T
think of the ingratitude of that feller Ry
nian. Look at mo harm where them fleas
used to feed on me 'art's blood.”
"Generally when the show was about
to commence all the fleas but one would
be dead," continued Burgess. "Rut I
used to put a brave face on it and tilt
the pasteboard card they won woraln'
on and the carriage and fleas would roll
down 'lll. Then I'd give another llt'le
talk and watch me chawnee so as I
could tilt the card the other way and the
team would glide down 'ill again.
"Why, the public stood It like lambs,
but I often thought as 'ow Ryman would
queer the show: 'e used to lay It on too
thick. 'E kept on saying; 'Ladles and
gents, it takes two 'ours to 'arncss a flea,
and there's only another man an' meeelf
(that's me fawtherj as Is In this country
at present as knows 'ow to do It.’
“I said to him one day: ‘Look 'ere,
Ryman, you're a-eomln' It too strong.
There's millions of people In this country
an' the chawnees are that one or two on
them are as clever as you or your bloom
in' fawther. Just draw It a bit mild, cull,
or they'll tumble that the whole business
Is a red, raw fake.'
“Well, sir, It was wonderful 'ow people
stood the show. We had ministers of tho
gospel and governesses and all sorts
come in, and me ’art used to be In me
mouth tryln’ to find hanswers for the
questions they basked. But I hexplalned
heverythlng to the queen's taste, an’ I
tell you I learned a 'ole lot about fleas
Just by listenin' to meself talkin'.
"Sometimes all the fleas would ba dead
and I'd slide 'em down the card quick and
then say: 'Now, ladies and gents, the
hentertalnment's hover.'
“ 'The hentcrtalnment?’ said a fly-look
in’ bloke one day; 'where hln 'ell Is the
hentertalnment?'
"Well. I Just said somethlnk homerous
and turned the laugh hagalnst 'lm, and
the crowd went out laughin' and good
natrjrcd.
"We had one flea stuck on a tight rope,
and 1 used to tell 'em that 'e was the best
trained of the lot. 'K can do anythlnk
but talk, says I, and all the time 'e was as
dead as a door nail. We 'ad 'lm glued
to the roje with wax.
“We 'ad glasses for the ladles to look
at the hlnsects, but the place was dark,
and 1 used to tell 'em they got a better
heffect by watohln' ’em with the naked
h’ye.
"One day a party of ladles come as I
suspected was connected with the fair,
an' I says to ’em: 'Ladles, It Is a nawsly
cold day an’ the hlnsects Is chilled arr
won't work,' an' they took It all In and
went away. Takin’ It right through, 1
ff $7.50
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believe 'alf the folks thought they wos
lookin' at a genuine show, but the other
'alf tumbled It was a fake.
"Sometimes when I'd notice a flea as
wos Just goin' to peg out I'd put 'lm
on the palm of me 'and and say: 'Just
watch 'lm Jump when 'e 'ears my voice.’
Of course, 'e'd Jump In his dyln’ convul
sions. hut the people all thought It was
straight goods.
"Didn’t the cruelty to animals people
get’after you?" asked one of Burgess' lis
teners.
“’Ow could they?” replied the quick
witted cockney. “They wasn't on to our
gTaft, and even if they 'ad been it wasn't
as If we were torturin' a 'orse or any
thing like that. A 'orse Is a banlmal,
but a flea's honly a hlnsect ”
"TIGER’S MERRY GO-ROUND.
A Cat Has an Exalting Hide on the
Wings of a Wind-Mill.
Frank Delian has an amusing story of
the adventures of a cat named Tiger in
the October number of St. Nicholas. The
eat was In disgrace from having been
caught In an attempt to purloin a bluettsn
from the kitchen. So it set off for an
adjacent mill to console Itself with a
meal of mice.
The trip to the windmill was not, how
ever a purely pleasant task. In the first
place, the tall mill itself wus not a home
like, familiar place, like a house or a barn,
particularly on windy days when the four
great sails were going around with a
creaking noise, up one side and down on
the other, flinging shadows that hurried
over the ground and up along the sides,
while from within the building came great
rumbling and buzzing sounds. Another
trouble was the fact that Mr. Hedges, the
miller, had a dog. This dog, Jack, was,
In Tiger's eyes, an ugly and dangerous
brute. But Tiger was no coward; his
fesrs of the sails were simply nervous,
and he was not the cat to go out of hts
way to avoid a dog. Bo he set out for
the mill.
But It was one of those days when ev
erything seems lo go wrong. Over the
corn field Tiger saw that the sails were
not at rest, but wheeling around In a
brisk wind, and when opposite the mill
er's house, although he kepi himself care
fully In the high grass, he was espied by
Jack, who challenged him with a sharp
bark. Tiger pretended not to hear this,
and pnssed slyly on beyond the mill, to
deceive the dog, who, as he well knew,
would object to his hunting there, al
though It was sheer malice on Jack’s part
to grudge his neighbor a few mice, for
the miller's cat was old and lazy, and he
himself despised any smaller game than
rats.
At length, by keeping under cover of
tho beach plum and hay hushes. Tiger
reached his goal, and soon took up a po
sition near a promising-looking hole by
the shady side of the shingle mill. This !
happened to be also on the leeward side,
so that the huge arms as they wheeled
around were not In sight. It whs a good,
quiet place to compose his ruffled nerves.
Tiger no longer felt too restless to lie t
In wait, so he tucked his feet comfort- ;
ably under hts body, curled his tall uroiiud 1
them, and settled down to await some :
foolish mouse.
But the wind mill mhe were probably '
well fed and In the habit of taking noon- j
day naps, for not the tip of a nose or
the faintest squeak came from the hole. ;
Tiger grew drowsy. Luckily for himself, 1
he did not fall quite asleep, for he was
In more danger than the mlee for whom
he had set an ambush. Jack, the cross
terrier, divining the poacher s Intentions, !
was stealing a march on him. Without !
a growl or warning he had crossed the
road from the miller's house and, noise
lessly gaining the little rise on which
stood the mill, caught sight of the un
suspecting eat calmly seated, his nose to
ward the mouse hole and his back to
ward the coming danger. With a start
ling yell, Jnck sprang toward his victim.
It was shabby of Jack to take Tiger off
his guard, and It Is not u matter of the i
slightest reproach to the courage of Tiger j
that Tiger, roused to his peril at the
last moment, gave a desperate bound and
fled.
It was a race for life. Around the mill
they flew—there was no tree, no place of
refuge near, hut Tiger's smaller size gave
him an advantage on tho circular race-
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track. Five times the race hal gone
around the mill when nuddenly Tiger did
a desperate thing. The lower end of one
of the great hullm happened to sweep near
the ground Juat ahead of him; he made a
great forward and upward bound,
clutched the framework and canvas, and
Instantly was borne aloft toward tho
clouds ns if by the arm of a friendly
giant. It was enough to make a cat's
head swim, but Tiger was safe If he could
keep his hold, for In a few moments the
baffled terrier was burking furiously forty
feet below him.
A MORTOAOED CORPSE.
Peouliar Question of Recovery in a Cal
ifornia Recorder’s Court.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.
A corpse In the Monntuln View Ceme
tery hHs been mortgaged. The recording
of the document at once led to an Inves
tigation, and It was found that 11. N.
Richardson has a very Queer way of
raising money. The mortgage placed on
record states the deal In full, and no at
tempt Is made to hide anything. Mr.
Richardson was hard up for some money,
and the best security he could give Mar
garet Teeter for a loan of {ISO was a lot
In the Mountain View Cemetery.
The woman was willing to advance the'
money on the security, so she took the
mortgage on th" cemetery lot. The docu
ment was placed on record, and then Mrs.
Teeter commenced to wonder If every
thing was all right. Richardson had Ida
money, and he had given his note for
due In two years, and bearing 8 per
cent. Interest.
The friends of Mrs. Teeter Inquired at
the cemetery, In order to learn If she had
been duped. It was found that the lot
which had been mortgaged In the ceme
tery originally, stood In the name of N..
P. Ferine, but notice had been given that
a transfer had been made to Richardson.
It was also learned that a body was In
terred In the lot, and. In consequence, the
mortgage covers the corpse.
This information was rather startling
when It was received at the office of the
county recorder, for the document Itself
says nothing about a corpse. It Is held,
however, that the corpse goes with the
lot and Is part of the security for the
debt.
In case Mr. Richardson should default
l In the payment of that mortgage Mrs.
Teeter*would not have an easy time col
lecting her money. She could not fore
close on the corpse and put It up at publlo
auction and sell It; the law would not al
low It. In fact, she Is absolutely barred
from commencing an action In court In
regard to the matter. When a body Is
Interred In a lot In a cemetery that set
tles all court proceedings, for the mort
gage can never be collected. It Is not
stated by counsel at the court house
whether Mrs. Teeter would have the right
to rent any portion of the lot to her
friends for burial purposes In case of de
fault in payment of the mortgage.
This is the first document of the kind
which has ever been recorded In Alameda
county, and. In consequence, It excited so
mlich Interest among the officials that a
thorough Investigation was made. Du
ring the search the name of the Individual
whose corpse was resting 111 the mort
gaged lot was not discovered. The par
ties Interested In the deal are not saying
much about the matter, and up to the
present time all Is going well. Mr. Rich
ardson has Ills money, and he Is satisfied
with his trade. Mrs. Teeter has secured
her mortgage on the corpse, anil she sup
posed that everything was all right. She
will have something to think about In tho
future should there be a default In the
payment of Interest or principal. Hut
Mrs. Teeter at present is minding her
own business and Is not worrying about
any corpse under mortgage. She Is let
ting other people worry Just now.
"Are your sympathies with tho Chinese
In this war? asked his wife.
•'Just look ut that shirt front,” said Mr,
Simpkins, glowingly, "and ask me a fool
question like that again!"—Chicago Rec
ord.
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