Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 6, Decatur, Adams County, 12 April 1906 — Page 3

rnntimier from Page 2. ' [UToTstation 30 shall be moved ,t to the north by exoaDV contr» placing same on grade Sting dirt *» v; > the diu . h shall be so in riK ht ,’, ,i,'at the south bank of toniitructe . n ]jne wlth the norlll laittf ?north-east wing of east side said bridge; also between f»buttnie n J Hn j 72 plus 59, and stasiations ■ -- pIIIS ;,q the above nam!i»»si, ill be moved north in the sl ditch «nner so that the south bank June ma " ' ae of north line of rightrill be at e " B of-way-CONCRETE WORK. „th-west wing of Arch at staTl>e 'n |, t . extended to the length tion >'-> »li‘ ,|, | feeti anJ to the height of twen > ft he sides of arch,, the ts the 11 i aj(l extension shall be sixjiottom a* ‘ jm .hes wide and the top tee" ,1-M inches wide with a slope twelve <•- . t from arch to end of faf one u > itrin*' „„ north-east wing shall also be The nOl n ty ,20> feet and shall * sM ?, d respects conform to the extenin * neritied above; said extensions 'hall commence at bottom of wings already in. TV* east wall Os arch shall be ext the length of twenty-five «»f c L{ said extension shall be in a easterly direction and shall be •“ife’en’ *1 x > inches thick'at bottom sinered on east side to twelve *"? inches at top, said extension to < IJ ‘ nre at bottom of arch or at ““.h herein after given by engineer, ES*mD of Which shall be on a level “sh top of east wall ° f Saar ' rh . we st wall f hall be extended to J h L7rth -'f fifteen (15) feet in a drection and shall in th”r respects conform to the exSsion of cast wall as specified above. . Tho above extensions shall be built Concrete composed of one (1) part nsVm's Portland Cement, two Ui ££clean! sharp sand and three (3) £s crushed stone; the exposed parts 5? 'aid extensions shall have a coat f one 11 > inch thick of cement mor2. composed of one part cement and fJo parts Clean, sharp Sana, said coat fbe troweled to a smooth surface. repair of bridge. The floor on bridge at station IS Jn be replaced with new W. O. plank ■ nehes thick. Said bridge is 36 j£t long and 14 feet wide. DRAINS. [The side drains shall be cut not less ban eighteen (18) inches below the tip of the grade. \in drains to be constructed in a Wat and workmanlike manner with Efficient fall and outlet to carry all u water that may accumulate therein (id remove the same from highway. .t stations 40 and 45 plus 25 there ball be placed a string of 6” tile [cross grade to deptti herein after givn by the engineer. « station 5 3 there shall he placed Loss grade two 8” cast iron sewers II each side of cross road. Said sewer ppe to be 26' long. WELLS.

■ There shall be wells placed in side ■trains at the following places: ■t station 40, 2 wells, one on each side ■of grade. , ~ ■tt station 20, 2 wells, one on each side ■ of grade. , Kt station 09. 2 wells, one on each side ■of grade. , . , K station 82, 2 wells, one on each side Et station 107, 1 well, «i south side. ■At station 82 there shall be added ■tough 16" salt glazed sewer tile to sewer already in to make its entire Kngth 26 feet. ■ The wells mentioned above shall be ■hilt of the best hard-burned brick Ed flatwise and to extend 18 inches ■low the bottom of tile and walled to K surface of the side drains, said Ells to be not less than three <3l feet ■ diameter and arched at top so as ■ receive an 18-inch cast iron giate Kturely fastened thereon. ■ Said brick in said wells to he laid ■n in mortar composed of one part Portland Cement and two ■) parts clean, sharp sand. Bah wells to be connected up with ■it drain already in and the contract- ■ to furnish all tile for connection, ■id tile to be no smaller than that ■ready in. ■ The contractor shall repair all dam■gt he may cause to tile drains al■ady in along side of grade. I BULKHEADS. ■ Ateafh end of sewers crossing grade ■ear stations 53 and 82 there shall be bulkheads composed of one part Portland Cement, one part ■Jean, sharp sand and two parts erush■Jetone: all parts of said stone that ■» not pass through a 2-inch ring ■pall not be used in said concrete. ■ dll bulkheads shall commence IS" ■bow pjp e and extend 6" above the of the stone placed on the ■gdbed. and shall be 15" thick and ■tend 18" on each side of plp«f. ■ CRUSHED STONE, KIND, ETC. ■ The crushed stone shall be placed on to a width of ten (10) feet. to a depth of ten (10) Inches in and eight (8) inches on sides. •hall he placed on the south side leaving a space of three ■!|.'*et between- south shoulder of and the stone shall he placed ■boon. En' e F pper four (f) inches of said shail composed of screenings. ■ *‘l material to be placed on grade in ■ ” at an( i workmanlike manner. stone to be graded in before final »*t>t&nce. ■' « on e must be so crushed that at ™ Per cent, of same will pass By to bridges the dirt ■ !J“ k* stoned to a distance of vv dij) feet on each side 0 f same. s tone is unloaded the coarser le s shall be raked to the bottom. ■Wnf St ,t net 0 be e( lttal to the pro■j,rrie ‘ s the Linn Grove or Decatur ■**?" bridges at 98 and 101. the ■fc ro’ad-b e( j e placed in the center of ■ ST IPULATIONS. ■ Tr ■ » a ‘ s *t progresses will be mt by hiri y the engineer, and stakes ■ irn m ust be preserved. B^em?m!. erials for the various Im--810 of '“ lal * be on ground at lm P r ovement before the old ■[ 13 ®re removed. Commissioners, the the rt tlle superintendent reUsed ht to inspect tlie materan.i „ V on Gem r » the same if ne< - n ot , materials so conde-nned e used in any part of the

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right obL-way’. bUt removed the Corner-stones, landmarks, etc most mak r ing ,e safd improvement.^'' 101 ' WhU * U comped°ed in any tile, culverts, bridges or ai. ?o™d Ch e e t 8 c at an7 £ Hvate crossing. • 11 a nd if any fence dost nr similar matter be within the’limits of p rovemen t° is "o'it ° f , the P ro Posed >mI ro\ e merit is not not removed bv the part> to whom they belong, then the contractor shall remove the same. thI t t'im[!? PreSSly , understood tha t when the times come for accepting the road, the contractor shall have the side WemV7 f?ood .f ondition and shall have leveled the entire road and have in ill tfons.' tS < omr,lied with the Vpeclflca” PA YMENTS. wUI' I |J?7Jn? n <' tS ( or said im Provement iTrer'? D m d f , or in cash at ‘he Treasuiers office in the City of Decatur Indiana, on estimates made by the engineer complying in all respects with the Acts of the General Assembly of Bth “ms ° f Indlana - approved March ESTIMATES. Ihe length of the proposed improvement is 10,725 feet, or 2.05 miles. No. yds. stone for road 3008 No. yds. stone for approaches.... 100 Total 3108 3108 yds. stone $1,15 for stone. $3574.40 3108 yds. stone 40 cts hauling.. 1243.20 3108 yds. stone 15 cts spreading 466.20 Grading 425.00 vv ells and connections 100 00 Sewers and bulkheads 7o]oO Repair of bridge and extension of arch 850.00 Total 6128.80 All of which is respectfully submitted. WALTER L. THORNHILL, DAVID ZIMMERMAN. Viewers. L. L. BAUMGARTNER, Engineer. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this the 151 hday of March. 1906. C. D. LEW TON, Auditor.

ED. MOSES STONE HOAD. To the Honorable Board of Commissioners of Adams county, Indiana. We, the undersigned viewers and enappoitned by your Honorable Board at the March term, 1906, and in pursuance to the within order of said petition w n uld m n st respectfully submit the following reportIn pursuance of said order, we, Michael Miller and Charles Oeting n s viewers. and L. L. Baumgartner, as engineer, met at the office of county auditor, in Decatur, Indiana, and after being duly sworn as prescribed by law. we proceeded to examine, lay out and straighten said road as shown by that part of our report marked exhibit “A.” and which report shows the route-of the proposed road. Also a profile showing the grade of said road as established and showing “cuts and fills,” also locations of drains and sewers; said profile is marked exhibit “B," the same being on file at the Auditor’s office in Decatur, Indiana. We further find that the proposed improvement in acocrdance with the plans and specifications herein set forth would be of public benefit and utility. We further find no claims for damages of any kind whatever. We further estimate the cost of the proposed improvement to be seven thousand, eight hundred forty-one dollars and ninet v -two cents, (7,841.92.) DESCRIPTION OF ED. MOSES STONE ROAD. Commencing at the north-west corner of section six (6) in St. Mary’s township, or the south-west corner of section thirty-one (31) in Union township. Adams county, Indiana, at a point where the Ed. Moses gravel road ends, running thence east to the north-east corner of section five (5) in township twenty-seven north, range fifteen <ls-. east, in said countw and Sate, thence running south to the south-east corner of the north-east quarter of section five »5) in township twenty-seven (27) north, range fifteen (15) east in said county and State, connecting with the north St. Mary’s Macadam road and there to terminate.

The length of the proposed improvement is 13,415 feet, or 2.54 miles. ROADWAY, GRADE, ETC. The roadway must be clear of all fences, trees, stumps, logs and all other rubbish of whatever nature it may be All stumps must be grubbed or blasted out in drains or grade. The right-of-way must be forty <4O) feet. If at any time during the construction of or before final acceptance of the same, the grade should settle, the contractor shall fill all depressions and restore the same to the original specifications. The grade shall be of the double track system and of a uniform width of twenty-six (26) feet from shoulder to shoulder with a Slope of four (4) inches from cehter to either side. The sub-grade shall be rolled by the contractor at such times and places as may be deemfed necessary by the superintendent or engineer with a roller of not less than six (6) tons m weight before placing any stone thereon. The road-bed shall be made in a smooths and workmanlike manner and inspected and accepted in 1,000 feet sections before any material is placed thereon. Grade and line stakes set by the engineer and destroyed by the contractor through negligence will be set again at the contractor’s expense. DRAINS. The side drains shall be cut not less than eighteen <18) inches below the hip of the grade. 411 drains to lie constructed in a neat and workmanlike manner, with sufticient fall and outlet to carry all the water that may accumulate therein, and remove the same from highway. SEWERS. Cast iron sewers shall be placed at the following places: At station 101 a 10" sewer 26 feet long. At station 109 plus 80, a 6 sewer 26 A/stationed, a 10" sewer 26 feet long At station 128 plus 50 a 10 sewer 26 A station"l34 an S" sewer 26 feet long. bulkheads. At each end of sewer pipes to be put in bv th contractor, and at each end of those already in. the contractor shall build bulkheads composed of one (1) part Bronson’s Portland Cement and two (2) parts clean sharp sand and two 1 2) parts crushed stone, all parts of said stone that will not pass through a two-inch iing shall not be

used in said concrete. All bulkheads shall commence eighteen (18) inches below the bottom of pipe and extend six (6) inches above the surface of the stone placed on the road-bed, and shall be fifteen (15) inches thick and extend eighteen (18) inches on each side of pipe, except at stations 7 plus 80. and 30 plus 90, there the bulkhead shall extend two (2) feet on each side of pipe. From station 30 to 36 there shall be placed on north side of grade a string ol five-inch tile laid to grade given hereafter by the engineer. WELLS. There shall be wells built at the following places, At station 16 plus 75 one well on south side. At station 54, two wells, one on each side. At station 76, two wells, one on each side. At station 71 plus 20, one well, on south side. At station 90 plus 40 one well, on south side. Said wells to be built of the best hard-burned brick flatwise and to extend 18 inches below the bottom of the tile and walled up to the surface of the side drains, said wells to be not less than three (3) feet in diameter and arched at the top so as to receive an eighteen (18) inch cast iron grate securely fastened thereon. Said brick in said wells to be laid up in mortar composed of one (1) part Bronson's Portland Cement and two (2) parts clean, sharp sand. All wells to be connected up with the tile drain already in, the contractor to furnish all tile for connections, and said tile to be no smaller than that already in. The contractor shall repair all damages that he may cause to tile drain already in along sides of grades. BRIDGE. At station 68 plus 50 there shall be built an eighteen (18) foot bridge with a sixteen (16) foot roadway and a concrete floor. Said bridge shall be built according to plans and specifications hereto attached. CRUSHED STONE. The crushed stone shall be placed on the sub-grade or road-bed to a width of ten (10) feet, and to a depth of ten (10) inches in the center and eight (8) inches at sides, and shall be placed on east and north sides of grade or roadbed, leaving a space of three feet between the east and north shoulder of grade and the stone placed thereon. The upper four (4) inches of said crushed stone shall be composed of screenings. All material to be placed on grade in a neat and workmanlike manner. The stone to be graded in before final acceptance. All stone must be so crushed that at least 80 per cent, will pass through a two-inch ring. Where stone is unloaded all the coarser particles shall be raked to the bottom. Said stone to be equal to the product of the Linn Grove or Decatur quarries. At bridge @ 68 plus 50 the dirt road shall be stoned for 50 feet on each side of bridge. STIPULATIONS. The work as it progresses will be laid out by the engineer and stakes set by him must be preserved. The material for the various improvements shall be on the ground at place of improvement before old ma> terial is removed. The Board of Commissioners, the engineer and superintendent reserve the right to inspect the materials used and condemn the same if necessary, and all materials so condemned shall be removed from right-of-way and not used at any time in the construtcion of said improvement. Corner-stones, landmarks, etc., must be respected by the contractor while making said improvement. It is expressly understood that the contractor is not compelled to place in any tile, culverts, bridges or approaches at any private lane, crossing, road, etc., and if any fence, post or similar matter be within the right-of-way of the proposed improvement is not removed by the party to whom they belong after having had sufficient notice, then the contractor shall remove the same.

It is expressly understood that when the time comes for accepting the road the contractor shall have scraped in the stone and leveled the entire road and have in all respects complied with the specifications. The telephone poles within the right-of-way shall be removed to the edge of the right-of-way by the parties owning them when so ordered by the contractor. PAYMENTS. All payments for said improvement will be paid for in cash at the Treasurer’s office in the city of Decatur, Indiana. on estimates made by the engineer complying with the Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, approved March Bth. 1905. ESTIMATES. The length of the proposed improvement is 13.415 feet, or 3.54 miles. No. yds. stone for road 3726 No., yds. stone for approaches.... 60 j Total 3786 5786 yds stone, $1.25 for stone. $4732.50 3786 yds. stone, 32c for hauling 1211.52 3756 yds. stone 15c for sprading 56 1 .90 Grading 550-00 Wells and connections 70.00 Sewers and bulkheads 175 00 Domestic tiling 35.00 Bridge 500-00 Total 7841.92 All of which is respectfully submitted. _ MICHAEL MILLER, C. H. GETTING. Viewers. L. L. BAUMGARTNER. Engineer. Subscribed to and sworn before (tie this loth day of March, 1906. C. D. LEWTON, Auditor. MRS. SADIE MCLURE IS DEAD. Lived at Walnut. Indiana —Had Relatives Here. A telegram received this morning, announced the death of Mrs. Sadie McClure, a sister of Miss Elizabeth Corbus and Mrs. D. D. Heller, of this city. Mrs. McClure lived at Walnut, Indiana and her death was due to pneumonia, with which she had been sick but a few days. Miss Corbus left at noon today for Walnut and Jlrs. Heller will probably go tomorrow to attend the funeral services.

CONVICTED OF MURDER HERE. He Killed William Howell of Allen County in 1881 —Was Paroled but Afterwards Returned to Prison. Jim Baker ,the oldest convict at Michigan City, died Monday night and his body unclaimed by relatives was turned over to the Valparaiso Medical College for dissection. Many residents of this city will remember Baker’s crime and his trial here twenty years ago. The crime for which Baker was convicted was committed on Aug. 4, 1881. He owned a small farm in Lafayette township, Allen county, and the wheat harvest was in progress. Among those who were assisting him in this work was William Howell, a highly respected farmer who resided in Lafayette township, and was fiftyfour years of age. Baker had been drinking for several days and was inclined to be quarrelsome, but it was never shown that he and Howell had ever entertained any ill feeling for each other. In fact one of Baker’s sons was married to a daughter of Mr. Howell, and the two families were sociable. However, on this harvest day Baker fancied he had a grievance against Howell. He procured a rifle, went to his log barn and through a chink in the wall fired at Howell, who was upon a stack of wheat. Howell was instantly killed and Baker reloading his rifle fired a second shot at John Howell, a son of his victim. However, the shot went wild. Farmers seized Baker and held him until the arrival of officers. The Allen county Grand Jury on Sept. 7, 1881, returned an indictment against Baker, charging him with murder in the first degree. An affidavit for change of venue was filed and the case was sent to Adams county in October. The trial began in the circuit court at Decatur March 6, 1882, before Judge James R. Bobo, and Judge S. M. Heneh, of this city, who had just retired from the office of prosecutor, assisted in the prosecution. A verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree was returned by the jury March 14. and four days later a motion for a new trial was filed. The motion was overruled and Baker w as sentenced to prison for life. Some years later friends of the convicted man made efforts to secure a pardon for him. but this action was met with a remonstrance signed by large number of the residents of Lafayette township. However, five or six years ago the aged man was paroled and returned to this county. Nearly all of his old friends were gone and scones were so changed that a life of freedom did not attract him and he returned to prisons in which he ended his days.

IT ALWAYS PAYS TO CACKLE. If You Don’t Boast Your Own Business No One Else Will. A duck, which had faithfully stuck to business during the summer and laid several dozen large fav.n colored eggs, complained that she was not appreciated. “See that new hen over there,” said the duck; “she has not laid so many eggs as I have, nor so big. but she has books written in her honor, while nobody says a word about me.” “The trouble with you is," said a wise buff, “you do not tell the public what you have done. You lay an egg and waddle off without saying a word, while that ’sister of mine never lays without letting everybody in the neighborhood know of it. If you want to cut any ice in this community you must learn to advertise.” REPPERT TAKES A PARTNER. John Spuller Now a Full Fledged Auctioneer. Col. Fred Reppert ,the popular successful auctioneer, has formed a partnership in the farm auctioneering business with John Spuller. The latter is a well known young man, who for a number of years has been employed at the Schafer Hardware store and who will continue to work there for some time at least. He has already cried several sales, and has proven his ability . He conducted a sale at Poneto yesterday, where he disposed of $2,001) worth of goods. Speaking of his new partner, Mr. Reppert says: “I have found in him the material for a first-class auctioneer, and he can already outsell auctioneers of many years experience. I have enough confidence in him that I have given him a half interest in my farm auctioneering business and bespeak for him a successful career. “ He who thinks he can find in him self the means of doing without others is much mistaken; but he who thinks that others cannot do without him is still more mistaken.” A merchant rarely makes the first mistake —never if he is - ne: but when lie concludes to curtail his advertising, it is a sign ’ ' second. (

FACTS CONCERNING EASTER. A History of the Day—Comes April 15th This Year. Easter Sunday is a movable festival and cannot come earlier than March 22, or later than April 25, but between these days if has a range of thirty-five days. At the time of the council of Nice, A. D., 325, it was agreed by the reprsentatives present that from that time forward Easer should fall on the first Sunday after tilt; full moon occurring on or next after March 21, or in other words, “on the first full moon after the sun crosses he line’’ —which it does on March 21. Since the above arrangement was adoptd by the great ecclesiastical council referred to, Easter has fallen on March 22, and on every date between that and April 25, its latest possible date, an event which had not occurred during the nineteenth century, and which will not occur again until the spring of 1943. The last time Easter fell on its earlies date was in 1818. This will not happen again during this century or the next. In 1895 Easter fell on March 25. Easter will be on Sunday, April 15, this year. ANNUAL I. O. O .F. STATISTICS. The State Lodge Has Grown in Members and Cash.

Statistics compiled by W. H. Leedy grand scribe of the I. 0. 0. F., show that December 21 last the Grand Encampment had a total membership of 10,790, which represents a gain of 491 for the year. The figures show that 1,557 members were admitted by initiation, 208 by card and 139 by reincard, 1,085 were suspended, eleven were expelled and 196 died. The total amount expended for relief during the year was $32,972.96. The number of patriarchs relieved was 1,923, the number of widowed families relieved was thirteen and the number of patriai’chs buried was 196. The total receipts were $65,957.44. The invested funds of the subordinates aggregates $169,282.12 and those of the Grand Encampment aggregate $8,625. These figures, Mr. Leedy says, show the Grand Encampment to be in a prosperous and growing condition. R. H. Hollywood, grand master of the Grand Lodge, I. O. O. F., has sent out circular letter to the 723 lodges of the State stating that he has designated the week commencing April 16, as “initiation week,” and asking that each lodge initiate one or more candidates during that week. In order that there may be no delay, a dispensation haS been granted the lodges to initiate all applicants whose petitions are received up to the meeting night of “initiation week.”

STATISTICS ON COUNTY POOR. The Cost of Maintaining County Infirmaries in Indiana. It cost $977,480.55 to maintain the poor of the State of Indiana in the county infirmaries during the year 1905, as against $049,048.76 in 1904. This is an average for each person of $93.18. The population of the poorhouses was as follows: Male ,white, 2,194; female, white, 1,053; male, colored. 82; female, colored, 45; total, 3,354. These figures are shown in the report compiled by Joseph W. Stubbs, State Statistician. The report says all county infirmaries should be made self-supporting. The entire amount invested in the poor farms of the State is $2,528,529.33, and the income from the products during 1905 was SBB,425.36. Old age and mental defects were the principal causes of the dependency of the inmates during 1905, while in 1004 the main cause was intemperance. The salaries of superintendents of the poor farms for the year was $60,044.50; medical service, $323,500.42; insane, $81,252.82; benevolent and correctional institutions, $81,823.07; orphans ’homes, $191,134.46; township relief paid out by the county treasuries, $239,724.28. The highest salaries paid to a superintendent is $2,200, in Tippecanoe county, and the lowest $238.95, in Crawford county. The avei’age is $636.53. The largest farm is that of Owen county, 380 acres; the smallest is in Perry, twenty acres. The only poor farm in the Slate that is rented out for cash renl is that of Grant county. There, 310 acres are rented for $4 cash per acre.

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SCHOOL BOOK QUESTION AGAIN A Report That Another Change is to be Made. There is a very pronounced protest going up from the people of Indiana over the report which comes from Indianapolis that the school book trust is endeavoring to get control of all the school books used in Indiana. If this comes to pass, another sweeping change in the books of the state will be made, and many thousands of dollars will be taken from the pockets of the patrons of the public schools, who are not able to stand another draft upon their finances. Some ugly things are being said, even so far as to charge that some of the old school men of the state are urging the change for the purpose of lining their pockets with money which they might gain by leading their influence to the scheme to get the entire business of furnishing the books for the state into the hands of the school book trust. At present D. C. Heath & Co. furnish part of the books, and the scheme is to oust these people and install the school book trust with its new set of books, thus tendering the present books worhless. Be it understood that the people of Indiana are not sending their children to school to enrich any institution, and the state officers will be commended if they adopt the most drastic measures to put a quietus on this new attempt at change. The present books are all right, and if they are not, the people who put them into the schools should he roundly condemned.

A COPY OF DUBLIN PAPER Gallogly & Haefling Receive One Printed in 1741. A special agent for the Royal Insurance company has sent Gallogly & Haefling a copy of the Dublin News-Letter, a semi-weekly paper, printed in that city, the date being June 27, 1741. Richard Rent was editor and the paper is a very interesting one. The Royal Insurane.? company, now represented by Gallogly & Haefling, and one of the biggest companies in the world, had an advertisement in this paper prined 165 years ago.

LOIS BRIENER DIED SUNDAY. An Attack of Rheumatism of the Heart Proved Fatal. Lois Mabel, the fifteen-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W illiam L. Breiner, who reside in Kirkland township, died suddenly Sunday morning, at nine o'clock, after an illness of four weeks’ duration, death resuitng from rheumatism of the heart. She was a bright little girl and was the light of the household, and her smiling countenance will be sadly missed by those who loved her best. The funeral services will be held Wednesday morning, at ten o’clock, at the Honduras church and interment will be made in the Zioir cemetery. EASTER SUNDAY APPROACHING This is Most Sacred Week in the Ecclesiastical Calendar—The Several Holidays. i This is Holy Week, the most sacred week of the year and began yesterday with Palm Sunday, a celebration of the day when Christ entered Jerusalem, his path being strewn with palm branches. The most memorable week in the ecclesiastical year’ is the week preceding Easter Sunday and known as Holy we -i or the week of the Holy Passion. The three principal days are Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday, although both the Roman and Angeliean churches have a special office for for each day. On Maundy Thursday a day formerly characterized by the washing of feet as an act of humility, bells and instrumental music are silenced, not to be heard again until Holy Saturday. The blessing of oils' also takes place on this day. Good Friday, the anniversary of the crucifixion, is the only day in the year on which mass is not said, but there is a service similar to it in all respects except that the host is not consecrated as on other days. The host used in the mass on this day is consecrated on the day previous and is left in a repository away from the main altar. On this day the host is taken from the repository and carried in procession to the high altar where the one service, the mass of the pre-sanctified, is held. Following this the Litany of the Saints is' chanted, a priest lying prostrate on the altar steps symbolizing the deep sorrow of the church. Faster, the feast of the resurrection, is in honor of the Lord’s rising again from the dead by llis ovn power on “the third da;, ui’t< r !!:s crucifixion.” It is called Easter from “oron. wlicit signifies the “eas; ’ or "rising. - ' and is one ol’ the iities of Christ riven in the fourth clffip'er of Zecharia.