Decatur Democrat, Volume 49, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 14 December 1905 — Page 6

Liwrenca Wiring of Daoatur, was a visitor in the city yesterday, lie returned home last evening. M l '. Waring stated to a Banner reporter that he had at present a foroe of one hundred and fifteen employee,' mostly giijs, working in his mitten*jfdOtory at Djcatur and that, the concern was at present time in the lx st shape probably that it has been in for years. He is also interested in another mitten factory at Huntington put in last spring—Bluffton Banner. All the township trustaas in the oocnty have posted notices calling for the election of road supervisors in their respective townships. The new law provides that the notices of election shall be posted’on or before the fourth of December. The election itself is held on the sixteenth of the month and the men elected will take office the first of January, serving fur a period of two years. It is not expsotsd that any serious contests will arise among aspirants for the positions. The suparvisor will draw the magniti lent salary of/ine dollar and a half a days for the days * actually pat in on road work and only forty days work a year can be dune according to the law. There must be one supervisor each road district in the county. Mrs. G. W Standiford, aged sixtythree years, died Monday morning at her home near Wren, Ohio, after an illness of short duration, death resulting from heart failure. Mrs Standiford, as usual, got up this morning, but complained of feeling bfcd, but went about her usual house work preparing berakfast for her son, who is a mail carrier. Ee hubsand told her not to to work too hard and he and his son went out to do their usual’ mornings work. When the ' returned to the house Mrs. S’, ' ford was bound lying under t’ ining room table. She was 03 into the sitting room and 1 a sofa and her son disp . ]a doctor, who arrived ly but could do her no death relieved her at k The funeral servile ie’d Wednesday afterno > o’clock at the V Bohi en and interment ■will t>e he Wren cemetery. Dr. P. B 'by Drs. J. S. and E. G. Coverdale performed a very serious operation Monday morning upon Mrs George Hora, a’sister of Dr~Thomas of Rod River, Ohio, removing a cancer from hjr left breast, whicnhad been giving her much trouble and pain for the pist year. . Mrs. Horn arrived Saturday from her home ani was im alediatly taken to the res: lenoc of Dr. Thomas, where she was prepared for ;the , operation. Tas doctors were of the opinion that they would not •experience Much trouble in removing the •diseased pirtioa, but after administering the "chloroform "it was found that the operation was more serious than at first anticipated. However, every vestige of the disease was removed and the patient rapidly recovered from the effect and is nowj£restingj much easisr. Tno entire loft breast w*s removed and the doctors are bot of the opinion that she will entirely recover and regain her former good health. Irvin Acker, aged 67, living on south First street was very badly injured Saturday evening by breaking his right hip. and may not recover from its effects. Mr. Acker had been up town late Saturday evening and by the time he arrived bon»e it was quite dark outside. He entered the house and made preparations to do the evening chores. He took a bucket of feed from the kitehen and passed through the door. After he had gained the rear sidewalk he slipped and fell, falling with his entire weight upm his right side, breaking the end of the femur bone whicn joins iiT*the hip socket? His cries soon brought members of the houahold who ten-derly-earried him tc the inside of the house. Dr. Beavers was at once called, who came accompanied by Dr. J. 8 Coverdale. They at once attended the injured man and set the broken member. In breaking a lone as is broken in Mr. Acker's, trip it is doubtful if it will ever grow together owing to the position of ths bones, and he will, no doubt, be a cripple during the remainder of his life. This is certainly very unfortunate for Mr. Aeker, as he has always been vary active and never contented nniesss Le was moving around attending to business matters.

THE ISLE OF WIGHT. IT GLEAMS LIKE A DIAMOND ON THE BREAST OF THE SEA. The Beauties of Cowes, the Fashion* able Enfflifth Remort, Where Noth* Ing Ever Gets Dirty—What One Maj See on the Historic Island. The Isle of Wight is shaped like a diamond, and like a diamond it gleams and flashes on the breast of the sea Like a diameud, too, it is the luxury oJ the rich. As your steamer approaches the ro:M stead of Cowes you might well suppose the little town to be a fashionable ham let far inland on the bank of a river The esplanade looks as near to the water as a towpath, and the green woods that rise behind the whitt bouses are as th.ckly bunched and as brightly verdant <’,s the unsalted tiees of Pangbourne. The coarse beamed, dark sailed smack of the sea fisherman is a rare sight on those social waters Everywhere you behold among hover lug gulls and rocking buoys the craft of pleasure and the shipping of de light. White yachts, with sails as white as summer clouds, ride there with the grace of swans, and white steam yachts, with brasswork flashing blindly in the sun, rest royally al anchor off that little shore. Nothing ever gets dirty at Cowes The tamarisk which lifts its fine feathers above walls at the sea's edge is ae clean as the sails of the yachts. The roads of red gravel make neither mud nor dust and lie as smoothly as garden paths. The Virginia creepers, which swarm up the pillars of whit, houses, overspread the tiers of bai conics and almost cover the dark red tiles of the roofs, are every whit as green and every tittle as radiant as the shaven lawns beside the esplanade Flowers there are at every point of view—red geraniums, golden us, blue lobelias, crimson hyssop, Cheddar pinks, roses of every hue and ferns of every form—growing in neat flower beds, lifting their bright colors above garden walls and swaying gently in baskets hung from balcony and sill. The windows of the shops are as polished as a lady's mirror and shins in the sun. Prosperity waits behind those counters of plenty and puts itself completely and genially at the com mand of the wealthy. The butcher and the greengrocer announce to the pass erby that French and German are spoken in their establishments. The yacht of the most necessitous million aire can obtain in those narrow, clean streets all that she desires. Royal warrants, as big almost as the shops them selves, gleam over shop fronts, and ar tistic signboards obtrude from th. smart little doorways. The shine of the sweet windows is a magic induce ■uent to buy. On the esplanade, where is a tall white flagstaff at every few paces, and waiting at the little granite stairs washed by green waters, you meet nc burly and rough clad fishermen, but only the white capped, blue Jerseyed bands from the crews of yachts in the roadstead. Fresh faced, well groomed girls walk there with indulgent papas, and jolly schoolboys in flannels, carrying paper bags of green gooseberries and red cherries, stroll down to the dingey at the stairs, munching as they go. There is no haste and no exertion at Cowes. At half past 12 on a lovely morning I heard in my hotel the voice of the manageress giving an order to one of the maids. “Her ladyship says,” she cried, “that she must half a hip bath in her room immediately, or else she won’t be down for luncheon.” Foolish and lazy little ladyship to He abed on such a good morning in so fair a place as this diamond of the sea! For It is not only the esplanade, the bright shops and the pleasure of a saunter to Egypt point which are within the reach of the visitor to Cowes. The whole Wight is within a drive of the Medina. You must go to Newport, and, paying the tax which was demanded of me, not requested, for entering the church, you may see the lovely ir«morial which Queen Victoria set tliqre to the poor little Princess Elizabeth, who died of a broken heart beside an open Bible for love of Charles I. You may also go to Carisbrooke and enter the splendid castle where that poor little princess died and where her unhappy father was imprisoned. You may see the donkey Jacob summoned by a word from grass nibbling under fig trees to enter the big wheel of the well and draw up nine gallons of water from the invisible spring at which those royal prisoners quenched their thirst. But you. if wise, will quench your thirst with tea under the spreading trees of the Eight Bells’ pleasure gardens in the village below, listening there to the comments of en thuslastic Americans and watching the elderly gentlemen playing bowls ■ on a smooth lawn, as King Charles ; played that ancient game in the castle on the bill.—London Mail. A Crosier In a Flarlit. Formerly the archbishops of York aad the privilege of claiming two casks of wine from every vessel of twenty tons burden entering the river Hull. The merchants of the port came to view this claim as an oppressive tax, and by unloading their ships in the Humber evaded the officers employed to collect these obnoxious dues. Finding his revenue diminishing. Archbishop Neville, in 1378, determined to assert his rights and proceeded to Hull with his attendants to enforce them. The mayor of Hull. Sir Thomas de Waltham, with his two bailiffs and a large number of citizens, met the ecclesiastics, and from hot words the two parties came to blows, when the may•r snatched from the archbishop his erozler and used It so vigorously in the free fight which followed ffiat it was broken Ata icveral places

THE GARDEN OF EDEN. Ceylon's Trnditton About Adam and Eve's First Habitation. Ceylon, in local tradition, was the garden of Eden, and you will be shown Adam's peak to prove it, and Adam's bridge, the chain of rocks and Islets which the maps show stretching across from Ceylon to the coast of India. Eve, or Ileba, as the eastern story calls her, was well satisfied with her lot in the garden of Ceylon, but Atami, manlike, showed a disposition to rove, or, as we might now say, emigrate. One day while wandering on the west coast he met a strange ran, who in the course of conversation held before him a fascinating panorama of the lovely country across the watersgardens and rich orchards, val.eys teeming with birds and gazelles and all the rest. Atami had seen nothing like it in Ceylon. He had always been trying to coax Heba into emigration without success, but now his mind was made up, and he went home to the shades of Adam’s peak and ordered her peremptorily to pack up and make ready for a start. Heba pleaded in vain, but Atami wat persistent and led the way across "Adam's bridge' to India, where he found, to his dismay, a dreary and forbidding wilderness. The panorama man (It will be readily guessed who he was) had deceived Atami, and the disappointed wanderer fell into despair. Then it was that the angel messenger came and give the disobedient Atami orders to go on into the desert and wild places and suffer the punishment that was his due. Atami's nobility of spirit showed itself here, for lie begged the angel to intercede that his own punishment might be doubled and Heba permitted to return to the garden of Eden and be given a fresh mate and a fresh start! You will be apt to think that this chivalrie example of gallan try set by the heroic Atami has nci been generally emulated by his de scendants in that corner of the Ivorld when you see a native walking along enjoying a smoke or a chew of bhang while his wife struggles wearily behind with the family load on her delicate head! DIAMOND SMUGGLERS. Few Caught Owing to Their Ingenuity In Hiding Gems. “Diamond smugglers are a constant source of worry to us,” said the customs house inspector. “Despite every precaution taken here and abroad to spot them, not more than 10 per cent are caught with the goods. There seems to be no limit to the devilish ingenuity employed by these—l was going to say gentry—but there are quite as many women in the business as men. “It is really wonderful, when you come to think of it, that we are ever able to make a good haul when you consider how easily diamonds can be concealed. Hollow heels are a favorite receptacle for the precious stones, and ' I understand that there are places in Europe where you van buy shoes specially constructed with spaces in the heels. "I remember one woman—she Is still in the business—who displayed great ingenuity in smuggling diamonds. It was only by chance that we caught her at one of her tricks. She arrived with a very striking Paris bonnet, which was ornamented with bunches of grapes While we were examining her baggage this dream of a hat blew off and was smashed by a passing truck. I rushed gallantly to recover the hat and then saw that each of the grapes contained a diamond or precious stone. She got what was left of the hat, but nothing more. “What can a man of ordinary perception do with such people? They will best him every time unless he's gifted with second sight. I never see a chap with long hair but I think of the day we picked SIO,OOO worth of stones from a fellow's head who wore a pompadour like a brush heap. “No, we can't keep up with all their tricks and don’t expect to. It's the behavior of the smuggler that generally gives him away. When we see a man or woman acting uneasy, nervous, betraying his or her guilt by gestures, we have him or her searched. One gets to know the smuggler face after a time, and so captures are made.”—New York Herald. A Simple Cure. It is said that John Wesley was once walking with a brother, who related to him his troubles, saying he did not know what he should do. They were at that moment passing a stone wall to a meadow, over which a cow was looking. “Do you know,” asked Wesley, “why that cow looks over that wall?” “No," replied the one in trouble. “I will tell you,” said Wesley. “Because she cannot look through it. And i that is what you must do with your I troubles—look over and above them.” The Man For the Job. *'But,” asked the proprietor of the Skyehye apartments, “do you think | this man is suited for the position of j janitor?” “Oh, splendidly,” replied the manager. “He has been at various times an iceman, a coalman and a policeman. Oh. he's just as independent and sassy as be can be.”—Philadelphia Press. A Curiosity. “Talking about scientific curiosities, I have discovered one thing about an engine which is a flat contradiction.” “What is that?" ‘•That it is hottest when it's coaled.” —Baltimore American. A chauffeur recently fined at Kensington. England, said he had agreed with his employer that he (the chauffeur, sliov.'d pay all fines. The pmc- , tlce, he added, was almost universal in motoring circles.

V" MOURNING CUSTOMS. Origin of the Widow'. Cap and Black Sleeve Banda. The customs of mourning 'ns practiced in various parts of the world seem at first sight to have little relation with each other or with the inward grief which they are supposed to typify. Yet by the exercise of a little patience many resemblances may be discovered among them. The. widow’s cap, for example, dates back to the days of ancient Egypt. Egyptian men shaved the beard and head as a token of mourning. The women, instead of cutting off the hair, concealed it by a close cap. The Romans, who were as a race clean shaven, shav cd the head in mourning and wore a wig. The black band on the sleeve as a sign of mourning comes to us from the days of chivalry. The lady tied a scarf or napkin, as the handkerchief was called, about the arm of her knight. If he was killed in battle she wore the band in memory of him. Black has so long been the color of grief in Anglo-Saxon countries that it see'os a part of the upside down civilisation of the east that Japan and China wear white. But no longer ago than the time of Elizabeth the unfortunate Mary of Scotland wore white on the death of Darmey. Even now the hearse used for children is white, ana 111 England the mourners at funerals of young unmarried persons v.’cer hatbands and sashes of v. jite. A queer English custom is that of decorating the black hearse horses with long false black tails. They attract no more notice on a street in Liverpool than do the black nets used in this country to cover the horses. A great many sensible people protest that wearing tokens of mourning is a barbaric custom that should be abolished or greatly modified, but when loss and grief actually come into the. individual life one discovers that there is a strange, subtle fitness in gloomy garments and that they answer to the need of the soul for silence and separation. ODD DERIVATIONS. Curious History of the Word “Vote.” How ‘‘Reticule*’ Got Its Value. “Vote" is a word with a curious history. To the Roman a "votuni” was a solemn promise made to :i deity. From the solemn promise itself the meaning of "votuni” gradually became the prayer or intense wish that accompanied the promise and then any intense wish whatever. So far the development proceeded in Latin, and "vote” passed into English with the same sense. When Ben Jonson wrote of “public votes" to heaven he meant not mass meeting resolutions, but prayers. Finally "vote” acquired its present meaning, the formal and emphatic expression of a wish, while the old sense remains with its double “vow.” That openwork bug for shopping called a reticule, gets its name directly from the Latin “reticulum,” "little net.” Popularly, however, the word is supposed to owe its existence to the fact that when an Englishwoman visited the first Paris exhibition with her little bag in her hand the Parisians cried “Ridicule!" The Englishwoman, misunderstanding the exclamation, is said to have thought It the correct translation of "little bug" and returned to England calling it a “reticule.” Philologists claim that the phrase to •‘sleep like a top” comes from the French "dorinir comme une taujie,” to sleep like a mole. It is said, too, that Cinderella's slippers were not made of glass, but of "vair,” the old French word for ermine, which in time became corrupted into “verre,” glass.—Chicago News. The Beaver's Tooth. No carpenter's chisel can do more es feetive work than is turned out with ease and neatness by the beaver’s tooth. This Is the principal tool with which these patient, clever builders construct their dams. The outer surface of the tooth is a scale of very bard enamel, while the body of it is ot softer dentine. As the softer substance weara away in use the end of the tooth takes a chisel-like bevel, leaving a thin, slightly projecting edge of bard enamel as sharp as any carpenter's tool fresh from the oilstone. The thin scale of enamel gives keenness, the softer dentine supplies strength, and thus the combination forms a formidable tool, which actually sharpens itself by use. A Queer Festival. A queer festival is celebrated in Malacca every ten or twelve years. The opening of the festival is signalized by a grand procession, in which huge piles of eatables take a large share. At the end of the third day the viands are burned. On the last occasion the piles of food were placed in a specially constructed boat which was towed out to sea and there consumed by fire, together with all the contents. A large sum of money, amounting to several thousands of dollars, was subscribed, largely In Singapore, for the proper observance of the festival. The Point ot View, “Henry, if I were a young man like you and expected to have to make my own way in tlie world some day I should try to make my expenses come within my income." “Father, if 1 were as rich as you are and had only one son I'd try to bring his income up to his expenses."—Chicago Tribune. A Saco (Mo.) florist has been raising pond lilies for the market. His pond is 300 by 60 feet and yields thousands of blooms In a sea»on. During the height of the season the daily yield went a!.?ve 500 blossoms. The urua! price was ?4 per hundred.

T Public Sale. ' Th» undersigned will offer for 1 sale at public auction at his residence, four and one half miles 1 northeast of Decatur, on what is known as the John Braun farm, at ' 10 o’clock a. m. on Thursday, December 28, 1905, the following ■ property: Eight head of horses, one stallion five years old. high ’ bred for speed; filly coming here “ years old, highbred for speed; bay ' oolt, high bred, coming four years I old. These horses were purchased • at Lexington and are pedigreed. 1 Two bay geldings six and seven years old; bay horse eleven years ■ old; sorrel mare twelve years old ' gray horse thirteen years old. 1 Thoroughbred Hereford Cows and Calves. Five milch cows, one male Hereford calf, one shorthorn male ' calf, lot of hegs. New McCormick binder, mower, hayrake, plows, wagons, harness, cultivators, grain drill, good as new; cutting box, three breaking plows, Corn in the crib, hay in the barn, chickens, and numerous other articles. Terms of sale:—ss and under cash in hand; on sums over |5 a credit of ten months will be given purchaser giving note with approved security. E. WOODS. Public Sale. I will offer at public auction at my residence, one mile west and one-half mile south of Honduras, and six miles east and one-half mile north of Bluffton river bridge, on what is known as the W illiam farm, et 10 oo’lock, am, on Thursday, December 21, one bay mar?, 11 years old, 3 milch cows. wid be fresh in Mie spring.; 1 yearling steer, 1 yearling Durham bull and 3 spring calves, brood sow, will farrow March 1; 9 shoats, will weigh 125 lbs each ; 5 head ot good ewe sheep, Tiffin wagon, as good as new; riding breaking plow, 2 sulky corn plows, check row planter, grain drill, hay rake, 3 spike tooth harrows, spring tooth harrow, single shovel plow, double shovel plow, five shovel cultivators, land role r, top buggy, surrey, good as new ; set hay ladders, 18 ft ladders, corn in crib, corn fodder in mow, seed corn, 10 bu potatoes, five d>z chickens, set gravel beds, a number one mud boat, Peninsular steel range, household and kitchen furniture ana many other articles. Terms—On sums of five dollars and under, cash; over five dollars a credit of 12 months will be given, purchaser giving note with approved security. Five per cent eff for cash. B. F. BOOKER, Fred Reppert, Auo. Book on California 56 pages, 76 illustrations. Describee California and the route there. Chicago Milwauke and St. Paul, L nion Pacific and Southern Pacific line. This is the route of the Overland Limited. Leaves the Union Passenger Station, Chicago, 6:05 P. M. daily. Arrives San Fransisco third day in time for dinner, California book sent for 6 cents postage. F. A. Miller general Passenger Agent, Chicago or W. S. Howell, 381 Broadway, New York. Farmers Take Notice. Are your hogs and chickens healthy and in as thriving condition as you would like to have them, if not, feed them Egyptian Hog and Chicken Cholera Remedy. Put up in gallon and half gallon cans. For sale at the reliableble drug store. Smith, Yager & Falk. 48tf

A Guaranteed Cure for Piles. Itching. Blind. Bleeding or ProtmimgPilesT Druggist'srefunmoney if PAZO OINTMENng fails to cure any case.no matter of How loon standing, in 6 to H days. Firs’ applicatlas gives ease and rest. 50c. If your druggist han't it s nd 50c. instamns and it will be forwarrded postpaid by the Paris Medicine Co.. St. Louis Mo ...Legal Advertising... * ADMINISTRA X*. Notice is hereby given, that the undersigned has been appointed administrator with the will annexed of the estate of li. B. Ostermeyer. late ot Adams countv, deceased Tito estate is probably solvent. I RANK H. MEYER. Administrator. SchurgerfcSmith. Attorneys. Novembcr29, 19.5, 39.3 APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR. Notice is h»reby given, that the undersign- , ed has been appointed executor of the estate of George Washington Calderwood. late of Adams county, deceased. Tlie estate is probably solvent, • 38-3 James T. Merryman, Bxecu or. November 20, 1905. APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR. Notice is hereby given, that tlie undersigned has been appointed erecutor of tlie estate ot Peter H. Colchin late of Adams county, deceased. The estate is probably solvent. 1 John S. Colchin, ) .. -Executors I r isk K. Colchis, I Peterson i-'ioran. Atty 1 November 22,1805. 393 ,

; OF_ADMINISTr7>tq~~' • Notice Is hereby Riven that the has been appointed administrator nr M gne d tateof Benjamin Brelner lat n ‘A® e *- county. deceased. The estate i« „ solvent, b Probably Titus h. Ernst, Administr»» Peterson & Moran Att<>hv»v November 20, 1906. > ' EYB . 3M Notice is hereby given to the creditors hoi. and legateesof Elizabeth D. Walter. De.-awa’ to app ar in the Adams ClrcultCoun heiaT,’ Decatur. Indiana, on-the 26th day of bop., her. 1905.andshowcause.lt any. why th the final settlement accounts with the ~ Ute ot said decedant should not be ■ norm ed, and said heirs are notified to th n ana there make proof of heirship, and ree7t.» their distributive shares. EDITH V. WALTER, Administratrix Decatur. Ind.. Nov. 21,1905. VOTICE TO CONTRACTORS, Notice is hereby given that the u n ler signed, superintendent of the construction ni the Teeodore Ewell Ditch, in p,? township Adams county, Indiana, win ou Saturday, December 23, 1905 at 10:30 o’clock a, nt., at the office of the County Surveyor, in the City of Decatur in said county, receive sealed bids for tlie construction of said ditch, in accordance with reports, plans and specifications therefor nowon file in said cause. Bids will te ' ceived and contracts let as follows; From station oto station 33 pl us 9t) and to the lowest and best bidder or bidders. Bidders will be required to file with their bids affidavits as required bv law upon forms furnished by such superintendents and each bid shall be accompanied with a good and sufficient bond in a sum equal to the amount of such bid. conditional fortbe faithful performance ot said contract, and that, such bidder will enter into contract if the same be awarded to him, such bond to be approved by said superintendent. The said superintendent reserves the to reject any and all blds. No bids will be accepted in excess ot tlie estimated cost of such work, or in excess of the benefits found. L. L. BAI’MGARTSER, 40-2 Superintendent of Construction bJOTICB OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE BY D* ADMINISTRATOR, The undersigned, administrator oftbeestate ot Nancy E. Fleming, deceased hereby gives notice that by virtue ot an order of the Adams Cti'-utl Court, he will between the hours of lu o’clock a. m. and 2 o'clock p.m.. o a Saturday, December 23,1905, at the law office of Dore B. Erwin in Decatur. Indiana, and fr< in dav to day thereafter until s<» d. offer for sale at (private sale) die f allowing described real estate in the county of Adams and state of Indiana to-wit: Out-lot No two hundred and eighty-nine (289) in Joseph Crabb’s Third Western Addition to the town (now city) of Decatur, as the same is designated on tho recorded plat of said addition, except the following de (‘riled tract of land to-wit: Commencing sixty-six (fi6i feet east of the northwest corner of outlet No. two hundred and eighty nine in Joseph Crabb’s Third W< s ern Addition to the town (now city) of Decatur, Indiana, as the same is designated on the recorded plat of said addition, running thence south one hundred and sixty-seven (167) feet: thence east forty (40) feet: ‘hence north one hundred and sixty-seven (167) feet; thence west forty i W) feet to the place of beginning. Said sale will be made subject to the approval of said court for not less than the full appraised value of said real estate i*nd upon tne lollowing terms and conditions, TERMS OF sale: One-third cash on day of sale; one third ('ui in nine mouths and one-third i S in eighteen months, deferred pavments to bear six per cent, interest from date ot sale and to be secured by mortgage and free-hjld security. JOSEPHUS A FLEMING. D >re B. Erwin, Administrator. 38-4 Att’y. for Adm’r. OF PUBLIC LETTING. Notice is hereby given that th° brard of commissioners, of Adams counts, -fate of Indians, wilt receive sealed 1 Is nitneconsiruction of the macodainiz d road on the township line between Hartiord and French townshio. in said county. kno" ii as the Reyn' Ms Extension No. 1 macadam road up and and until 10 o’clock a. m., on Tuesday, JAnuary 2,1906, at a regular session of the said board of commissioners. b p ld in the city of Decatur. Adams county. Indiana, sealed bids will be received for’the construction of said mad in accordance with the plana and specifications and report of the viewersand engineer, which are now on file in the auditor’suffice of said county, said n ad to be built of crushed stone alone. Abond must accompany each oid in twice the amount of the bid filed, conditioned for the faithful performance of the said work, and that the bidder will, if awarded the contract, enter into contract therefor and complete the same in accordance with the bid filed. All bids shall be made so as to give the amount at which said road will be constructed for in cash, payable on estimates to i>e made by the engineer in charge, not to exceed eighty per cent of any one estimate.out of the funds to be hereafter raised by the sale of bonds as required by law. Each bidder will be required to file affidavit as required by law. The said board of county commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids. 40-3 C. D. LEWTON. Auditor Adams Co. •VrOTICF. or RECEIVIN'!. Ln tioneky and si itlies for the USE OK ADAMS COUNTV. IN'DIAN-x. !■ JL THE YEAR 1906. Notice is hereby given that on Monday, December 18, 1905, up and until 10 o’clock a. m. cn sa’d day sealed bids will be received by the board < commissioners of Adams county, Indiana for the fuinishlngof supplies and materiafor said countv in conformity w ith specincations now on file in the auditor’s office or sa. county, as follows: One line or class shall consist of ,blan* books, records and special ruled blanks a similar materials. Another class shall consi of blanks requiring two or more itnpn s ons ot P re - work and similar materials. Another of legal cap. stat > iery. taWetspens, inks, pencils and simiiai materials. Another of letter heads, envelope*. stationery and such blanks as an (»e prin and ruled at a single impression and sim materials Bids shall besubmittedseparately an<icon_ frac’s will be let separately upon Tj i or lie of materials or supplies. EkCt __ snail state ♦.!»»* exact price for which eacni Dele will be furnished as mentioned tn sai specifications. The board reserves the right to and all bids, and contracts and tads mu at stated prices to meet the P ee .,, county, leaving the amounts to be 1 urn to vary with the needs of the county. Said bids will be received co , r, . r h a 'n awarded in all things in eonformnj ■ • j act ot the General Assembly oft "bonding Indiana, approved March section 36 of an act concerning cotin’. ness. approved Mareh 3, 1399. a bid now in force oiieerning the ’•““’’x „ffiwill be received unless accompanied y davit and bond as required by law. M ARTIN LM GHLIN | DAVID WERLING f < o WILLIAM MILLER* ! of Adams [ Attest—C. D. Lewton. Auditor.