The Medford mail., June 26, 1896, Page 3, Image 3

UNCLAIMED ESTATES.
Lavs Concerning Inheritance .in
. HoDsnd, France and Germany. ; -
.Method af t Frossdars -'That -".start Bo
Adopted by Claimants Several Haa- :
1 . dred Court Holding Kstate. .
la Trait.
Holland is another country where it
is, supposed by many Americans that
yast estates, from'' the' va.he oJlOOO,'
000 down, hare been' lying unclaimed
for the last 200 years, and that' nothing
' is nrcessary but to demand thorn at
some probate office. For the iast 17
years the American legation at The
Qagae has, notified claimants, either
directly or through the depart meat of
state, that there are no probate court
in Baland and jthat wills are generally,
deposited in the care of the notary who
drau 3 them up. He makes a duplicate
copy, and enters the title and subject
mattei under a number in his Tvjrister,
which is examined and verified by the
registrar once a month. It is evident,
where names, dates end localities are
lac-king-, as is generally the cas in the
communications of .claimants, . that,
after the lapse of one or (wo genera
tions, estates can be found on'y'. if at
all, by expensive advertising. In IS 52'
the Butch parliament established, -a
Ktate commission for the settlement
f claims on the' estates of deceased
persons, as well as those against the
government. This commission gave
notice that all claims to property then
in their hands must be sent in within
fiv years and six months, after which
time such estates would escheat to the
state. The great estate sought for in
Holland is that of a Gen. Metegar, who
died about 200 years ago, leaving, as
ts currently supposed, some $12,000,000.
One of the claimants admitted to our
minister at The Hague that if ordinary
interest were added to the principal of
tnis claim, all the European goverir
. metils together would be unable to pay
it," but that she was willing to wait
for toe interest. "
Our embassy in Paris does not give
the names of any claimants of estates,
but says that the number of inquiries
' is large, and that in no case has the ex
istence of the supposed estate or of the
unclaimed fortune been verifie.l. The
legislation of France is such as to dis
pose effectually and without r.ppeal of
all claims, even if inherently just and
founded on an actual and known her
itage, which were not presenU-d and
proven within the period prescrioed by
me rench statute of limitations. Un
der French law the liquidation of es
tates is ordinarily in the hands of a
notary, and in searching for an estate
toe usual method is to address a circu
lar letter to every notary in the city antl
department where the estate is likely to
be, giving the name and date of death
of the .original owner. When there is
no landed estate the heirs at law can
divide the property among themselves
without legal proceedings. If nbody
clainLi an estate, the state takes it in
trust, and the department of justice in
serts notices of the fact in tins official
journal. The period of proscription
as regards unclaimed estates is 30 years
from the date of decease, after which all
clairts are barred, unless some irregu
larity in the liquidation can be proven.
In Germany there is. likewise s
statute of limitations, 'and there, too.
not a case is known to our embassy
where the existence of an unclaimed es
tate has been verified. As a rule, the
data furnished bv claimants are insuf
ficieat to substantiate any claim, or
to identify the locality of a tiinsrle es
tate, even when the statute of limita
tions does not apply to great periods of
time elapsing sir.ee the testator's-- death
One "great drawback for the cHitnants
is tht absence of all probate machinery.
and the fact that estates are usually
divided amicably among the heirs with
out resort to any court, transfers of
landesi estate being made on the land
register of the locality, in the presence
of the grantor and grantee. Wills
have to be deposited in a court during
the lifetime of the testator, except in
the" 3-:hine provinces, where a will en
tirely holographic is valid. Wills are
opened by the court for interested par
ties when they produce a certiPcate of
death, or at anj- rate six weel.s after
the testator's known death. After 50
.year. have elapsed since the di-posit
-of the will without information of the
testator's death, the supposed heirs are
summoned by ndvert-isement to appear.
If in vx months no one comes forward,
the will is opened to ascertain whether
charitable institutions are mentioned
ia it. If this lie the case, such bene
ficiaries are called upon to prove the
death of the testator. The will is then
closed again. When the fact of death
is established, the will is opened once
more and published. A certificate of
heirship is issued by the court on ade
quate proof. If the proof is inadeqate,
or no heirs come forward, a further no
tice of three months is given in the
official gaze tte;and should this receive
no response, the state regards the prop
erty as derelict, and takes possession of
it. TZvcn then, if rightful heir appears-
within 30 years,: his title is ac
knowledged under certain restric
tions. Continued possession by the
state for these. 30 years gives a valid
title, if not disputed in the meantime,
in vhich case it is temporarily In the
custody of a special official. As there
are several hundred courts thus holding
estates, it is essential that claimants
honld ascertain -1' accurately which
court holds' the estate in trust. As far
as can be learned by the embassy, after
; careful inquiry, there is not at present
say large estate that for more than 30
year has been awaiting distribution,
and every effort to discover alleged un
claimed estates has been fruitless. The
consuls have permission to investigate
claims to estates when their ' official
duties permit, and if remuneration for
their services be guaranteed. Atlantic,
A SAVAGE AND MAG1CPICTURES.
BofcWt tool Steveoaon Tells of the My
rlflra Hif of Ooo of Bis Batalaara. i
i nt I have told you a great deal too I
much about poor Arick's savage nature,
and now I must tell you of a great
amusement be - had the . other, day.
There-came an English ship-of-War into
the harbor, and the officers good-naturedly
gave an entertainment of songs
and dances and a magic lantern, . to
which Arick and Austin were allowed
to go. ' At the door of the hall there
were crowds of black boys waiting and
trying to peep in, as children at home
lie about and ,jjeep tinder, the tent of a
: circus; i s$d you maj be sure' Arick1
was a very proud person when he passed
them all by, and entered the hall with
his ticket; ;.- . )
, "I.wish, I knew vhat he thought of
the whole 'performance; but a friend
of the lean man; who s&fjtist in front of
Arick, tells me what Seemed to startle
him most. The first . thing was when
two of the officers came out with black
ened faces, like minstrels, and began to
dance. Arick was sure that they were
really black and his own people, and he
was wonderfully surprised to see then
dance in this new European style.
"But the great affair was the magic
lantern. The hall was made quite dark
which was very little to Arick's taste.
He sat there behind.my friend, nothing
. to; be seen of him but eyes and teeth,
and. his heart was beating finely in
his little scarred breastc' And present
ly there came out on-the white sheet
that great bright eye of light that I nm
sure all of you children must have often
seen. It was quite new to Arick; he
had no idea.. what would happen next
and in his fear and excitement he laid
hold with his little slim fingers like a
bird's claw on the neck of the friend in
front of him. All through' the rest of
the show, .as one picture followed an
other on the white sheet, he sat there
grasping and clutching, and goodness
knows whether hewere more pleased or
frightened. ;
"Doubtless it was a very fine thing to
see all those bright pictures coming out
and dying away, again, one after an
other; 1 but i doubtless' it was rather
alarming also, for how was it done?
. At last, when there appeared upon the
screen the head of a black woman (as
it might be his own mother or sister),
and this black, woman of a sudden be
gan to roll h-?r eyes, the fear or the ex
citement, whichever it was, wrung out
of him a loud, shuddering sob, I think
we all ought to admire his courage
when, after an evening spent in look
ing at such wonderful miracles, he and
Austin set out alone through the forest
to the lean man's house. It was late
at night and pitch dark when some of
the party overtook the little white boy
and the big black boy, marching among
the trees with their lantern. I have
told you this wood has an ill name, and
all the people of the island believe it
to be full of evil spirits; it is a pretty
dreadful place to walk in by the mov
ing light of a lantern, with nothing
about you but a curious whirl of shad
ows, and the black night above and le
yond. But Arick kept his courage up,
and I dare say, Austin's too, with a
perpetual chatter, so that the people
coming after heard his voice long be
fore they saw the shining of the lan
tern." Robert Louis Stevenson, in St.
Nicholas.
TEMPERMrtCb wHARIOT.
FroMatod to a Mow York Church Society
. . by a Wealthy Patron.
A wealthy New York woman who is
interested in charitable undertakings
has presented a "temperance chariot"
to the Church Tem)erancr society of
the Protestant Episcopal church. The
chariot, which cost $1,500, is resplen
dent in gold and bright colors. War
riors are on all sides, and the Church
Temperance society managers believe
it is bound to attract trade from the
saloons. It is to be a sort of model
tempcrence saloon on wheels, and if
successful in its mission several more
"temperance chariots" just like it in
make and decoration will be put into
service by the temperance society. Ap
plication was made to the park board
the other day for permission to let the
"temperance chariot" stand near one
of the it-y squares. .It will be utilized
roost .nt night, when the temperance
sociely will have it gayly illuminated.
Here W( irulls and coffee will be sold at
cost, iiod all . kinds of temperance
drinks.
"UV are not. at liberty to reveal the
nuine f t he -donor of our new temper
ance tljttn-r." said llobert (iralinm.
"She is a well-known woman in this
city, who has uften given valuable aid
to our society. We are fast solving
Hit' temperance problem., we. lelievp,
through the methods we now have in
prnctiiv We propose in the neur fu
ture to erect small IxhvUir in the vicin
ity of cabstands or elsewhere where
workingiueu congregate in large num
bers. We believe that the only reason
any person eaters a saloon is to get-
something to warm him up a bit. This
is especially 'Vrue at night, when most
of the restauraots where persons of
moderate means caa go -are closed up
town.'.; We ' will first look after . the
center of the city with -our temperance
chariot,' .and then branch out to the
river fronts and other points where the
aaloons do a big business at night.
' "In time we hope to build in a thickly
crowded section of the east side a great
temperance saloon or coffee boose a.
sort of Cobden house, with many hew
ideas incorporated. . Among these will
be a big gymnasium, a rfriliraom for
our society of boys, who are young cru
saders for temperance and purity; a
library and hall for performances, and
lecture and reading-rooms. The restau
rant, will be quite a feature, and from
this building will emanate all tha anp
plies for our various wagons and booths
throughout the city."
; - - ':r ,
Ho Fooad It Oat.
The Wife John, didn't you feel like
a fool when you proposed to me?
The Husband No; but I was one.
Life.
It is easv to learn nomfttnF atm
everything, but difficult to learn every
thing about anything. Kmsnona. ,
PIECE OF' rA 'MAMMOTH.
v- - - i . r'f f- (..
A Valuable Hello in the Smith
sonian Institution.
aly a Bit of Fat from tbo Body
of an Animal That Has Bora .'
Oead for Thousand.
' Dr. Dall, of the Smithsonian institu
tion,' during hisjrecent vtoitrto Alaska
secured a natural history specimen that
was a prize indeed. It was a bit of mamf
moth fat, from the actual adipose tissue
of an animal that bad been dead for tens
of thousands of year. 1 .' -'.'. .-..
Bodies of mammoths in a fresh state
have' been dug up from time to time in
arctic Siberia, preserved in natural cold
storage since a period probably ante
dating. the first appearance of man on
the earth. That ia an old story; but
this is the first known instance in which
the soft parts of a beast of this species
have been found on the American conti
nent. It is easy to imagine the scien
tific.interest attaching to the discovery..
..Ages ago this mammoth died, under
. such circumstances -that his corpus was
.buried in mud. At about that time
there was-a great and permanent'
change in the temperature of clrcuro
polar regions. The climate had been
subtropical ; it suddenly became frigid.
The mammoths were literally "frozen
oUt," the last of the species perishing of
cold.' This particular individual, frozen
in a bank of clay, had every prospect of
"keeping" for an indefinite period.
Hundreds of centuries later a stream
flowing through an Alaskan valley
tackled the clay bank referred to and
legan to cut it away. At length some
big bones stuck out, and a native, of ex
ceptional courage dug out one or two
of them. This required more of that
quality known in civilised countries as
"nerve" than might be imagined, for
strange monsters, however long they
may have been deadare regarded with
superstitious awe by" savages.
However, the natives finally sum
moned courage enough to drag the re
mains of the mammoth out of the clay
lank piecemeal. The body of the ani
mal had been preserved so well that a
fairly perfect cast of it was found in the
matrix. A quantity of fat, which over
lay the intestines, was obtained and was
used for greasing boats. lh Dall se
cured a piece of it, and fetched it back
to Washington for an exhibit.
In tbe. office of Osteologist Frederic
A. Lucas, at the National museum, is a
mammoth's molar tooth, to which au
odd story is attached. It was got from a
pring at Paso Verde, in the country of
he Papsgo Indians. Ever io many cen
turies ago a mammoth in its dying ag
onies sought that spring for water and
fell into it, too weak to climb out. There
its bones remain to this day, and the
Indians believe that, if they were re-
j moved, the spring would dry up. Of
course, such an event in that region
means the destruction of a village.
. Mastodon bones, of course, are fre
quently dug up in the United States.
The mastodon was a kind of elephant.
I but it did not belong to the genus Kle-
phas. The mammoth did not lelong to
that genus, being known to modern
science as elephas primi-genus. It
often happens that farmers plow up the
cseous remains of mastodons, particu
larly in reclaimed swanips, where an
ciently the gigantic beasts became
mired and died from sheer helplessness
to get out. The tusks are commonly
found so far decomosed that the ivory
crumbles between the. fingers.
The first- mastodon ever dug up was
found in 1613. The remains these ani
mals are by no means confined to the
United States; they are discovered all
over the world. They are much thicker
set than the modern elephant. The
lower jawbone of a full-grown speci
men weighs nearly '100 pounds. The
first mastodon bones that were dug up
were supposed to be those of giants of
on earlier epoch. Washington Star.
Over one thousand yards of linen
cloth have been unrolled from one
mummy. The cloth in texture re
sembles the cheese cloth of the present
somewhat. It is finer in quality.
TISSUE RENOVATION.
Nikola Toala -Thloka It Caa Bo Acoom-
pllabadiby HU Latest Invention.
Has the science of electricity discov
ered a cure for all human ills? Nikola
Teal a, the wonderful electrician, an
nounces that he has devised a machine
by which every fiber of tbe human
frame can be made vibrate so as to
cause a complete renovation of all the
tissues, thus iirestoring to the diseased
body a healthy .and perfect condition.
If Wizard Teela says truly there will
he no end to the drug stores that will
be compelled to abandon trade. It
may be of interest to those who ex
pect to be cured by ihis new process to
know something of Abe genius who is
to be their ssviec tTesla was born
somewhat more, than 3ff years ago in
Servia. He is a Slav of the Slavs, with
nil tbe characteristics -of that. race. His
father was an eloquent .clergyman of
the Greek church, but Nikola probably
derived his inventive genius, from his
mother, who constructed looms and
churns for - household use while her
husband preached the Word. As a boy
in the Polytechnic school at Oratz he
first saw a direct current grasrxne ma
chine and was told that a coanmuter
was a vital and necessary featare In
all apparatus. He at oaee was ialer-
ested in electricity, but continued to
pursue his mechanical and mathemat
ical studies until he was ripe for grad
uation. Incidentally be mastered half
'a dozen languages and finally secured
a position as assistant in the govern
ment telegraph : engineering ' depart
ment at Budapest. Soon he left that
employment and went to Paris to make
his way across the Atlantic.' He se
cured work in one of Edison's shops
and at once entered on an entirely now
stage of development. . So quick, bright
and original was he that Edison soon
became personally interested In him.
News of Teste's wonderful discoveries
w,.--,pr,.d-aWd.and hcapM Into
toe . lorrmost raus ss an electrician. I
Indeed,' Ihere are those -who contend I
that he is' greater than Kdi son's self, I
although his-.discoveries have been in I
an altogether different line. Ills last
is an indication of his trend, unit it the
human body is to share iu the blessings I
that have been showered on man by
modern electrical research the one man
to point the way is Nikola Testa. . What-1
ever comes from him will command tbo
attention of scientists.
. MOVED ON LIGHTERS.
markaMo Voat at tdislsoortas Pov
formed In California.
A remarkable feat of engineering ba
just been successfully accomplished by
a Pacific coast firm. . ;.:
An attorney named Ernest Sevier it
t be owner of a two-story, house at Ar
eata,' IS miles from Eureka. Owing to
a deeliue in the value or property at Ar:
cata Sevier determined to have the house
moved to Eureka,, where he Intended
having- it set up on-some land he owned.
A firm of contractors undertook to
remove the house intact and set Jt up.
uninjured, for the sum of $1,200.',
ease it was unfit for occupancy upon it
arrival they were to receive the bouse a
their compensation. . ' ' i
. The. trip was made principally by
water. To remove the house to the
edge of the bay was the first difficulty
to be overcome, as it necessitated taking
the building over a large dyke and a
marsh. This was accomplished satis
factorily and the house was transferred
to two railroad lighters that had been
lashed together in readiness for the
trip.
The journey was completed with the
aid of,a tug without accident, and an im
mense crowd assembled at Eureka to
welcome tbe strange craft.
Amid the chsers of the spectators
and Uie tooting of steam whistles the
lighters were, made fast and the bouse
transferred to land once more It was
a comparatively easy matter to convey
it to its new site and the strange en
gineering feat was accomplished with
out any more damage being done to the
house than a slight cracking of the
plaster
Kenmrkablti Vitality of a FUn.
A rpmt'rl;alil . example of the en
durance rf !ih whs shown the other
night, hays mi Anderson (lad.) corre
t'pontl'i!t of I he li!li:u:iiK.lis Sentinel,
wheu Ilrow n, the fili niorrlinnt of this
city, emptied n barrel oT fish into r.
big iiiM ustrr tank he iis in clean
ing them. The kit h::d Iwn landed in
Lake .Michigan leerntly and shipied to
this city in lmrrelK. Drown and thosi
around the tank were astonished to sec
one of them move his eye, later swisi
his tail, and after a few seconds swim
off. The four-pounder seamed very ac
tive when he once got started, and took
in every crevice of the bii; tank. Ho
not only tivcd four tlay and covered
100 miles, htored away in a barrel with
a great weight of dead fish, but is now
as active a ever, and lias a tank all to
himarlf.
Tbo Hallway Hail Scrrlc.
The railway mail service of th- United
States has reached vast prtortiont.
Mails arc carried on 169.TRS miles -i
lailway. Postal clerks an; employed ii
the distribution of tlw mails on 1 l'.i,4(l'
miles, the service on the remaining 20.-
SGT miles being e.rforincd by iuran f
closed ijouches. The. rolling stock il
railway pot office lines consisted of
550 whole cars in use and 175 in reserve:
1,911 apartment cars in use and S.'G in
reserve, naking a total of 3 162 curs
nnder the control of the department.
Thero are 1.13C railway ixistodee. line
in operation, upon which 6.25 poctn!
clerks are employed in the distribution
of the mails. In addition, there are 31
Meamboiit lines, upon which A'i regular
and two acting clerks are employed,
making a total of 6.300 clerks perform
ingduty. Two FRAOMKNTARr copies of hitherto
nnknown editions of "TyndaleV New
Testament" have cotno to light in Eng
land; the British museum experts as
sign them to the years 15S4 and 1535,
respectively.
Perhaps the
"NewWoman"will
be a stronger wo
man than the old
one. Certainly,
fresh air and the
right exercise will
do much for her.
Fresh air is a great
restorative, exercise
a great nerve tonic
if a woman be in
condition to take it.
A healthy woman
caa avoid disease.
She can avoid tbe
seemingly almost
inevitable weak
ness of her sex if
she pursues the
proper hygienic
methods. The
.same metnoas wiu
"not cure her if she
be already sick.
Taken under medical direction, in con
nection with the right medicine, they
will help effect a core. No women who
suffers at all from so-called female weak
ness V. should attempt athletics of any
sort She should first put herself into
possession of strong and hearty health by
taking Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
After she ia thoroughly well, exercise and
diversion will help to keep her well. The
cure should come first Dr. Pierce's Fa
vorite Prescription is designed and rec-
ommenaea , tor only the one tning. It
acts directly upon one set of organs. No
matter what is the matter with them, it
will cure it. ,- It will not cure anything
else. It is a wholesome tonic, an invig
orating nervine, or nerve-food as well as
a healing medicine, and thousands of
perfectly well women have found that by
taking it regularly during the period of
pregnancy, the danger and pain of par
turition were much lessened, and in
many cases, almost entirely obviated.
In every American household, there should be
a copy ot Dr. pierces great work, "Common
6enac Medical Adviaer," 1008 pages, illustnted.
One copyrw to any .dd
receipt
ipt of ii one
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