Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 21 February 1912 — Page 7

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PUBLIC SALE. — Having rented my farm, the undersigned will offer for sale at his residence, 3 miles south of Peterson, and one-fourth miles west and one mile north of Honduras, and three-fourths

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of a mile east on Tuesday, March 12, i 1912, beginning at 10 o’clock a. in., the ■ following property, to-wit: Four Head of Horses: One roan gelding, com- ’ ing 3 years old; 1 driving mare, 6 years old, lady broke; 1 roan mare ■ colt, coming 2 years old; 1 sorrel mare

colt, coming 2 years old. Six Head of Cattle: Two fat steers, weight abous 900 lb. each; 2 heifers, 2 yrs. old 1 will be fresh in March, 1 in April; 1 red cow will be fresh before sale; Jersey cow, giving milk; 44 head of hogs; 36 head of shoats; 4 full-blooded Duroc sows, farrow first of April; 1 Chester White sow, farrow Ist of April; 2 sows will be fresh first of April; 1 full-blooded Duroc boar. Farming Implements: One McCormick binder, good as new, Deering Mower, Thomas hay tedder, good as new; Rock Island hay loader, John Deere checkrower corn planter, roller clod masher, 1 horse corn cutter. Osborn lever spring-tooth harrow, springtooth wood frame harrow, riding Oliver cultivator, good as new, riding Janesville cultivator, Diamond D riding breaking plow, shank breaking plow, Turnbull farm wagon, wagon box bob-sleds, top buggy, set double work harness, set of buggy harness, grind stone, Wilson heater stove, water cream separator, coati in crib, oats in bin, and other articles not mentioned. Zion Aid society will serve dinner. Terms —All sums of $5.00 and unde", cash in hand; over $5.00 a credit of 9 months will be given the purchaser giving note with approved security ; 4 per cent off for cash. No property removed until settled for. H. T. DIEHL. Noah Frauhiger, John Spuhler, Auctioneers. TO BREAK IN NEW SHOES ALWAYS USE Allen's Foot Ease, the antiseptic i powder. It prevents tightness and blistering, relieves bunyons, swollen, sweating, tender feet. At druggists, 25c. Sample mailed free. Address A. S. Olmstead, Leßoy, N. Y. o _ MOTHER GRAY’S SWEET POWDERS FOR CHILDREN. Relieve feverishness, bad stomach. I teething disorders, move and regulate 1 the bowels and are a pleasant remedy for worms. Vsed by mothers for 22 years. They never fall. At all druggists, 25c. Address A. S. Olmstead, LeRoy, N. Y. NOTICE. We nave piemy of money to loan on farms. xing time. No commission chargefe. ;T*F-tf ERWIN LAW OFFICE.

NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY Soldier Who Was Father of Mexican Railways. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, Who Was Minister to Mexico After Civil War, Was Largely Responsible for Their Development. By E. J. EDWARDS. No' soldier who had served with prominence in the Civil war and who was afterwards elected a member of congress ever attracted more attention from the galleries than did Gen. William S. Rosecrans. “Old Rosie,” as his Soldiers called him. when he entered the house of representatives in 1881. He had as a colleague Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, with whom he was on most friendly terms, and in the senate were Gens. John A. Logan and Ambrose C. Burnside, and a little later, Gen. William Mahone. Rosecrans was the personification of sincerity, of perfect democracy, and he had, as so many great soldiers have, a distinctive quality of innocence, almost childlike in its simplicity. At the time General Rosecrans became a member of congress a great deal of discussion was prevailing as to the practicability of constructing a ship railroad across the Tehuantepec isthmus of Mexico, in order to do away with the long voyage around the Horn. The plan had been advocated by Capt. James B. Eads, who had gained an international reputation as an engineer partly through the construction of the Eads bridge over the Mississippi at St. Louis and partly through his successful'building of the jetty system near the mouth of the Mississippi river, which resulted in the long-desi r ed. deepening of the river's channel. Before General Rosecrans entered congress he had been minister to Mexico. I had heard that he was much interested in Captain Ead's plan for a ship railway across the Tehuantepec isthmus, and at the first opportunity I asked the general if he would tell me whether he thought Eads' plan was practicable or not.

“1 have no doubt about the practicability of the construction of a ship railway across the Tehuantepec isth- I mus,” he said, with emphasis. “It isn't a very difficult scheme from an en- ■ gineer's point of view. All that would I have to be done would be to build a railroad of six tracks that could ac- 1 commodate platform cars; then the ships could be hauled from the Atlantic harbor by an incline to these cars, constructed on the drydock sys- j tem, and then the locomotives would haul them across the isthmus to the Pacific side. And vice versa. The only trouble with Eads’ plan is that it would cost a great deal of money, j “When I was minister to Mexico in '68 —that was just after Juarez had overthrown Maximilian and set up the republic afresh —there were scarcely any railroads in thq country. There was one that ran from Vera Cruz to the capital, and there were two or three little ones elsewhere, and that about tells the whoie story. But I had not been in Mexico six months before I realized that with ample railway facilities the republic would become, in time, one of the most prosperous nations in the world, unquestionably of that part of the world lying to the south of the United States. So I suggested to President Juarez the construction of a railway across Tehuantepec isthmus, explaining how such a road would shorten bv thousands of miles the transit, of freight, by water, from the Atlantic to the Pacific side of the Americas. President Juarez agreed with me that such a line should be built. I also told him that Mexico should have not only a central railway running to the Rio Grande river, but lines parallel to it that would skirt, on the east, the gulf coast, and on the west the Pacific and the Gulf of California. He asked me | if I thought a railway could be built ! across central Mexico through some pass of the Sierra mountains. I told him that I was certain of it; that; there never yet existed a mountain cha'n through which somewhere or other passes could not be found. For some time after I ceased being minister to Mexico I stayed in the country and agitated the railway development of the republic. 1 believe that I was the first man to suggest ’ to the proper government officials ade- ■ quate railway development of the ' Mexican republic, and I have often re- ; gretted that before I could get my plans well under way business rea ‘ sons called me to California, I am glad to see. however, that this development is now under way. as regards ' a central railway, though I am not to 1 reap any material benefits from it. I And I venture to make the prediction i to you that within the next fifteen or twenty years a true transcontinental line will be built across the Tehuante pec isthmus, and, When it is, Mexico's progress as a commercial nation will be magnificently advanced.” General Rosecrans did not live long enough to see the completion of the Tehuantepec railroad —an event that belongs to the twentieth century— ; but in the last years of his life —he died in 1898 —he was greatly gratified to learn that this important Mexican trans-continental line, which will com ! pete with the Panama canal for freight, and which 30 years before he had advocated, was at last under construction. (Copyright, 1911, by E. J. Edwards. AU Rights Reserved.)

Home Town “Helps.

TO KEEP THE CITY CLEAN Move Recently Made by People of New Britain, Conn, I* Well Worth Copying. Recent years have witnessed movements upon the part of citizens and officials in many municipalities to secure better sanitary conditions. The assemblage of a large number of per sons in a restricted area inevitably creates problems involving the health of the community, and the proper solution of which requires constant and intelligent attention. Civic uplift should be both an ideal and a practice. Among the cities whose ,citi zens recently took hold of this matter is New Britain, Conn., and a commit tee there issued a series of recommendations which may well commend themselves to the inhabitants of other municipalities. One of their tracts was entitled: “What you can do to help make New Britain a clean city,” and reads: Take away all the ashes and dirt from your back yard immediately. Send your rubbish to the dumping ground. Clean out your cellars, stables and -beds. Whitewash your cellar walls Burn all rubbish that will burn, Cl-hii your vacant lots and alleyways. .'void mixing ashes and garbage, '"his against the law. You may be ilned five dollars. Retrain irom throwing old paper, 1 liana or orange skins into the s' reels. I‘ ion’.? grass nd flower seeds make your home beautiful. Every house •-hould have a li.t’e green grass ami lew trees. When you have cleaned up for Eas ■cr. -enp your yard clean all the time. D>rtv yards cause fleas, sickness death. Old tin cans hold water; wate: breeds mosquitoes. Rotten garbage mqjtes bad air, bad air makes weak bodies, weak bodies make big doctor’s bills. NEED MORE PLAYGROUNDS No Greater Opportunity for Philan thropy Can Be Afforded Than in This Instance.

In many cities of the United States ci'izens of wealth have given tracts of la n <l for playgrounds, or have given buildings and other equipment where grounds have already been acquired. In most places the city funds are too limited to meet all the splendid opportunities that are open on every hand to further a great work. More playgrounds are needed; children are pining for the outdoor plunges and ’lading pools that could be used all the ’ ear round; funds are needed to develop to their greatest capacity the musical work and dramatic work of the club houses, and the classes in sewing and cooking and in arts and crafts; summer camps should be established in the mountains and by the sea, where the children and mothers whose lot compels them to an unbroken city life may see something of nature. To give to the cause of recreation means healthier bodies, more alert minds and better social spirit in the generations to come. Embellish the School Grounds. The principal life and happiness of an individual is largely dependent upon his knowledge of the things about him—of their relations to each other and to himself. Reform in this branch of public improvement would be much easier had the children of the previous generation been educated to a love and knowledge of plant life. Public indifference to the improvement of school yards is in some cases almost criminal; unfortunately many members of school boards have no interest in this line of improvement This is very unfortunate—such people should not be chosen for important places. Building Natural Parks. In arranging planting it is worth while for one to study the works of nature. Note the outline of young fir growths as they creep into the cleari:.g;- You will find that line is irregular, deep bays showing here and tl.v-re, separated by ctrong, massive projections. Oftentimes there will be an individual or two standing out from these strong masses The straight line is entirely absent, while the outline of the foliage presents long, graceful curves. Practical. “My good woman,” said the social reformer, "your children seem to be slightly obstreperous. Have you any clearly defined theories about bringing up your little ones by scientific methods?" "No, I haven’t, madam,” answered the much-tried mother, as she firmly grasped a squirming child in one hand and her slipper in ’he other. "I’m bringing them up by hand.” Reaching Their Limit. “Mrs. Perry had a horrid time with the customs house officers on her return from London.” “In what way?” "They wanted tn make her pay duty on the thirty-nine articles in her new Ellirlish nraver book."—Harners Bazar.

NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY Cherished Plan That Zachary Taylor Gave Up. He Wanted to Make Vice-President Fillmore a Member of His Cabinet But Yielded to Opposition of Senate. BY E. J. EDWARDS. "I have often wondered whether President Zachary Taylor was not right when he tried to make the vice president of the United States an ex officio member of bis cabinet,” said Thurlow Weed, the great Whig lead er, to me about two years before his death, which occurred in 1882, when he was chatting reminiscently of General Taylor, who more than to any other man, owed his election to the presidency to Thurlow Weed. “For some reason the explanation for which I never learned,” continued Mr. Weed, "Taylor conceived a great liking for Vice-President Fillmore. I doubt whether the two men had ever met until the time of their inauguration as president and vice-president was close at hand. However Fillmore had an insinuating, almost captivating manner which he knew well how to use, especially when brought into contact with a man of the bluntness, simplicity and rugged honesty of Zachary Taylor. It may be that Fillmore in that way had captivated ‘Old Rough and Ready,’ having in mind the desire to keep a good grip upon such New York state patronage as Taylor had to dispense. “Whether this surmise be correct or not, ft is the fact that when General Taylor was deciding upon his cabinet a short time before his inauguration he determined to invite Mr. Fillmore to become a member of the cabinet ex-officio.

j “He spoke of that determination to one or two members of his proposed cabinet who were with him a day or two before the inauguration. He said that in his opinion the vice-president should be made thoroughly familiar with administrative business, since he might at any moment be called upon, as John Tyler bad been, to take the oath as president. “Whatever their private opinions may have been of this plan the men to? whom General Taylor talked did not venture to suggest any objection to it to General Taylor. They did hint to him, however, that before he invited Fillmore to become ex-officio a member of his cabinet he should ask some of the Whig senators what their opinion about the exjvedieney of the plan was. At first General Taylor declined to take the hint. He said that the cabinet was his official family, and it was not necessary for him to find out what the senate thought respecting cabinet appointments, since he had learned that the senate, as a matter of form and courtesy always confirmed nomina tions to the cabinet. “Then it was said to General Taylor that he ought to remember that the vice-president 'of the United States is the presiding officer of the senate and in case of a tie has power to vote so as to break it. For that reason it would be no more than courtetsy to learn what senators thought of the propriety of having the vice president sit ex-officio at cabinet meetings. “General Taylor saw the force of this suggestion, and conferred with two or three senators. They told him bluntly that the senate would not for an instant tolerate an ex-officio appointment of the vice president as member of the cabinet; that it would be regarded as a grievous mistake if the president were to invite the vice president to attend all the cabinet meetings, even though the vice presi dent was present only informally. “When General Taylor learned how the senate was sure to feel in case he followed this plau he abandoned it. But I know that as long as he was president he felt more than ever convinced that it would be the part ' of wisdom to recognize the vice-pres- ■ ident as ex-offiefo and informally a ! cabinet officer. “I don’t know but what I am inclined to agree with the view taken by General Taylor The vice-presi-dent is now only a figurehead, a contingent possibility. He is about the most uninfluential of all our public officers, and I think he ought to be as influential as any except the president himself." (Copyright, 1911, by E. J. Edwards. Al) Rights Reserved.) Sea-Gipsies Evicted. Dcadman’s island in Burrard inlet, not far from Vancouver, British Columbia, once a common burying ground for Burrard Inlet's population, red-brown, white and yellow, has been for many years the dwelling place of a most picturesque community of the human candle-ends and shaking of a sea coast city, the sea-gipsies which 20 years have left on the beach of Vancouver. Portuguese fishermen, Chilean and Italian seamen, Austrian, Finnish and French sailormea, Kanaka foremast hands, blown into Bur- ; rard Inlet by all the winds from all the latitudes, and from 50 strange ports, squatted on Deadman's island and picked up a living by fishing and beachcombing. Some of them squatted on the island, living in their shanties ol driftwood and fence boards, tor 25 years. Recently a period of activity swept the region, due to outside forces and eviction of the beachcombers and fisherfolk, met with bitter opposition by the class which had so long lived there unmolested.

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