Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 24 January 1907 — Page 6

TP.TRUS EE S REPORTS BLUE CREEK TOWNSHIP. Township trustee’s financial report to the Advisory Board of Blue Creek township’ Adams County, Ind, WILLIAM RAUDENBUSH, trustee. Dated January 8, 1907. Receipts. John Lachot, Treasurer distribution. Township fund $290.51 Local tuition . 349.68 Special school fund 435.03 Road fund 1.90 Common school 502.49 Congressional school fund .... 51.91 Liquor license fund 75.80 Bridge tax 5.68 John Hilyard, dog tax 1.00 H. A-. Durr, do® tax 1.00 John Vorhees, dog tax 3.00 Receipt issued, dog tax 19.00 J. F. Young, dog tax 1.00 Surplus dog fund 28.42 Twp. assess., dog tax report.. .79 Borrowed of Bank of Berne as special school fund .$3,300.00 John Lachot —July distribution. Township fund 335 08 Local tuition 401 78 Special school 659.46 Road fund 238 07 Common school 625 01 Congressional school 48.23 Liquor license 71.77 Township bridge 608.99 Expenditures. John Tinkham, labor ..' $ 4.25 Abe Hocker, labor ..' 2.65 C. J. Lutz, attorney fees.... .25 C. J. Sparks, seal 2.05 D. H. Goble, printing 4.85 George Dellinger, labor 3.75 Samuel Tumbleson, ditch.... 8.80 Schug Bros., stove ?.. 21.50 John Hoblet. damages ...... 38.00 Andrew Gottschalk, tile .... 15.96 Gilliom Lumber Co., lumber.. 17.48 C. W. F. Davis, supplies.... 1.55 Charles Feasel, tile 8.00 J. P. Hilyard, damages 23.00 C. W. Bobo, transfer 16.00 John Christy, sheep maimed. 5.00 L. G. Ellingham, print, rept. 5.00 R. D. Patterson, transfer.... 10.00 C. M. Kenyon, printing 8.00 J. F. Lachot, ditch benefit... 7.70 J. F. Lachot, same .. 4.00 L. B. Campbell, teaching ... 291.20 Same, attending institute.... .13,44 W. P. Merriman, teaching.. 347.10 Same, attending institute.... 16,02 Lanta Baughman, teaching.. 214.60 Same, attending institute.... . 12.10 J. A. Teeple. teaching 243.00 Same, attending institute.... -.12.60 D. O. Roop, teaching 330.68 Same, attending institute.... 15226 Same, supplies & labor 1.50 C. Morrison, sheep killed... 10.00 Forrest Danner, teaching.... 170.52 Same, attending institute.... 3.92 C. D. Lewton, gur. dog tax.. 44.25 Lizzie Brewster, teaching... 254.80 Same, after.ding institute.... 9.80 J. J. Dailey, sheep killed.... 22.00 Wm. Tinkham, sheep maimed 15.00 John Christy, sheep killed.. 65.00 Geo. MacAlhany, supplies... I’Bo N. Lautzenhizer, rent ...... 16.«0 A. Lautzenheiser, labor 15.50 Berne'Grain &Hay Co., tile . 6.05 Wm. Campbell, supplies 9.08 11. A. Ripley, tile 2.05 Same, supllies, labor . 13.42 John Parr, sheep killed .... 15.00 John Lachot, road benefits.. 27.50. C. M. Kenyon, printing 4.00 Frank Meyer, road receipt.. 1.50 Frank Meyer, tax receipt... . . .65 J. Hilyard, sheep killed .... 30 00 L. C. Shinn, labor .... ... 24 55 Eerne Artifilral S: e Co, . ... j.' ■payment on school house. -. 723 oft Baumaartner Bros., supplies .76 Jacob "Huger, trausfe -s 28 00 W. H. Teeple, transfers 42.00 ■L.-A.-Sprunger, transfer? . . 24 00 H. G. Edwards, adv. b’r’d.... 5 00 Geo. Delinger, same 5.00 R. P. Dails, same 5.00 M. Dudgeon, tax receipt.... .1.19 Cal Miller, stone 18.00 Ed Deyo, labor 2.00 Wm. Campbell, labor 6.30 E. J. Neuenschwander, rept 2.25 Same, grader blade 6.00 Same, supplies 256.51 Berne Artificial Stone Co., payment on building ..... 2,170.70 H. H. Lammiman, wood ... 15.00 C. Passwater, labor . 43.00" F. M. Tinkham, labor 5.05 Abe Boegley, plans 25.00 J. F. Lachot, road benefits... 39.10 Nancy Meyer, sheep killed.. 7.00 <C. Passwaters, tile ' 15.82 Berne Grain & Hay Co., coal 22.74 Mercie Everett road receipt ’.37 A. N. Acker,-coal ......... $5:22 Decatur Lumber Co., tile ... 36.90 Decatur Lumber Co., lumber 19-66’ Kirsch & Sellemeyer, tile.. ' 4.05’ W. F. Shannon, supervisor.. L. Tinkham, -labor ' 5"-25-Gillioni Lumber Co., supplies ; ‘”17.00 A. <C. Huffman, supervisor.. ;i -T>o 25-‘ G. Dellinger, supervisor ... ; 0 ; 45.00 R. D. Patterson, transfers.. ’ ’ 8.00 John Malstoh, wood 43.75 Geo. Dellinger, cutting wood' ’' 9.2 J R. P.- Davies, tile 18.00 Wm. Raudenbush. trustee.... 215.00 SUMMARY. ■Township ffiu nd. Bad. on ’-hand last settlement 107.13 Receipts.., 625.59 Balance and receipts ‘ 732:72 Disbursements 428.45 Balance 304,27 •Tuition FundOn hand last settlement.. 1,111,03 Receipts 1,403.63 Balance and receipts 3,266.12 Disbursements 1,851.90 Balance . 1,414.22 Local Tuition Fund. Receipts J 51.46 Special Schpol -Fund. Overdrawn 322.79 Receipt? 4,39<49 Balance and receipts ~ 4,070.79 Disbursements ~... 3,693.99 Balance ...... 376.71 Road Fund. Balance .., 364.95 Receipts 239.97 Balance and receipts 604.92 J disbursements 196.80 Balance 408.12 Addtional Read Fund. On hand last settlement.... 424.94 Receipts ......... 614.67 Balance and receipts ...... 1,039.61 Disbursements ...... 58:95 Balance 989.66 Dog Fund. On hand last settlement.,.. 188.25 Receipts 104.00 JBalance 292.25

Disbursements 274.25 > Balance 18.00 Total of all Fund* On hand last settlemeat .. 1,872.51 Receipts 8,133.81 • Balance and receipts 10,006.32 1 Disbursements 6,504.34 I Balance 3,501.98 State of Indiana, Adams County, ss: The undersigned, being duly sworn [ uopn his oath, says, that the within is j a true and complete showing of all the j moneys received and paid out, as he ) verily believes; and that the various j items of expenditure credited, have t been fully paid in the sums stated, and ) without express or implied agreement j that any portion thereof shall be re- ) tained by or paid to him, or to any j other person; and that he has receiv- ) ed no money nor article of value in ) consideraton of any contract made byj him as trustee. j . WILLIAM RAUDENBUSH, > Township Trustee/ Subscribed and sworn to before me; j this the Bth day of January, 1907. D. MATTOK, j Chairman of the Advisory Board. ? 0 i FRENCH TOWNSHIP. • Township trustee’s report to the Ad--1 visory Board of French township, Ad- ! ams County. JOHN C. AUGSBURGER, f trustee. Dated January 8, 1907. ) . RECEIPTS. Balance on hand last report. i Township fund $ '92.19 > Tuition fund 854.80 > Local tuition fund .97 > Special school fund 66.33 i Road fund 148.16 > Additional road fund .., 332.03 ) Dog fund 221.00 ) J. F. Lachot, January draw. ) Township fund ........ ... 359.11 > Tuition fund 675.92 i Road fund 2.13 i Additional road fund ..... 213 I C- D. Lewton, surplus fund.. 30.48 ) Albert Meshberger, borrowed 200.00 ) H. O. Grove, dog tax 118.00 > J- F. Lachot, July draw. > Township fund 792.24 I Tuition fund 794.33 ) Local tuition fund 164.97 ) Special school fund 819.87 I Road fund 121.09 t Additional road fund 392.09 I V. D. Bell, for stone 15.30 I J. V. Pease, 3 transfers 27.00 I Meyer Bros., steel sewer.... 10.00 1 Total receipts ............. 6,240.41 > EXPKKDITURES. 1 A. L. Brentlinger, teaching..J 206.25 1 Same, attending institute.... 16.50 i C. D. Lewton, supplies 12.00 > Wm. Stepler, hauling 6.00 1 L. L. Baumgartner, on ditch.. 29.72 I C. M. Kenyon, printing 8.35 !• J. Meschberger .sheep killed.. 12.00 i John Meschberger, ditching.. .50 i First Nat’l Bank, ditch 41.01 1 L. G. Ellingham, printing.... 10.15 I C. D. Lewton, surplus dog fund 109.00 1 J. J. Schwartz, supplies 7.83 1 Bank of Berne, Gerber ditch 34.58 1 J. C. Augsberger, salary .... 50.00 1 Milton Miller, teaching 234.00 • Same, attending institute 11.70 l Frances R. Cook, teaching.... 290.40 - Same, attending institute.... 12.10 Mabel Winans, teaching .... 243.60 Same, attending institute.... 10.15 R. R. Ebersole, teaching...... 242.40 - Same, attending institute ... 12.12 . David E. Wittner, teaching.. 89.55 > Baumgartner Bros., door .... 5.00 1 Cora P. Schug, teaching 240.00 D. Luginbill, hauling scholars 135.50 » Peoples State bank, ditch.... 16.32 Orval Harruff ditdh assesment 21.26 Henry ’Meyer, repairs .75 - X S. Moser, road receipt .... 2.00 Ed Moser, labor 3.25 J. J. Moser, road receipt 1.49 • Berne Lumber Co., lumber... 10.22 1 W. H. Davis, transSers 102.00 J. C. Augsburger, salary ..... 100.00 • John M. Kaeher, wood ...... 26.25 1 Sam Opliger & Co., supplies.. ■ 7.88 John J. J. Moser, wood 36.80 • Berne i News, stationery 2.00 • Moses Augsburger, transfers 156.00 J. W. Collins, wood 30.00 i CI D. Lewton, road 1i5t5...... 11.00 • L. L. Baumgartner, ditch .... 238.80 J. J. Schwartz, wood 37.20 L. L. Baumgartner, ditch 44.55 • Simon Smith, labor 2.10 i ,O. Klickinan, hauling gravel.. 3.00 l J. Neuehauser haul, 0i1...... 9.00 i Albert Stiidler, labor 14.25 • ’E. J. Nedenschwander, sup.. 1.25 • Same, financial record 5.05 • Same, boiler flue 11.00 ! Berne News, publishing ...... 1.14 i Simon Smith, labor, te. 5.00 John ’Mailer, turkeys killed.. 20.14 ! J. M. Kaeher, supplies, etc. 14.25 ‘ Same, cement .50 [’ Same, township ditch 40.00 > People State bank 12.45 ‘A. Geisel, -supervisor ....... 22.50 - A. Giesel, repair graders.... 1.39 • Silas Spriinger, repairs ...... 3.59 A. Ashbaubher. roofing ..... 3.00 >S. Smith, tufkeys ki11ed....... '5.00’ • J. F. Lehman, postage ...... 1.00 i Home Insur. Co., insurance.. 46.75; i f. A. Amstutz, supplies, etc... 7.44, > T. C. Augsburger, salary 150.00 > 3. Siegrist. supplies 7.59 Berne Grain & Hay, Co., coal 88.53 Berne Grain <& Hay Co., sewer 21.55 1 D. Luginbill, hauling, etc 13.00 ‘ John Roth, supervisor 52.12 i ’ John Roth, labor 7.09 >V. D. Bell, jr., supervisor.... 16.50 1 S'. Opliger & Co., supplies *... 28.43 J. Neuehauser; supervisor.... 45.00 1 Same, hauling stove 159 IJ. L. Graber, supervisor..... 48.00 1 A. B. Bieberstine, lumber.... 1.45: ) D. Lehman, teaching 81.48: 2 S. Opliger & Co., 0i1........ 4.90 D. Falb, Macksmithing...... 4.15 > Noah Schindler, labor, etc..... 28.05 Berne Witness, supplies 7.49 • Same, supplies, etc. 68.54 > Same, steel sevaer 15.50 •) Berne Brick Co,, brick 11.25 >J. Moser, Advisory board.... 10.00 L Chris Meschberger, same ... 10.00 Total expenditures 3,884 39 ; SUMMARY. Township Fund. ! j On hsnd last settlement 92 19 > Receipts 1,151.35 . Balance and receipts 1.243.54 Disbursements 951.28 : Balance 292.26 Tuition Fund. On hand-Ikst settlement. .... 854.80 1 Receipts 1,527.73 1 i Balance and receipts 2.382.53 I Disbursements 1 627 63 ‘ ’Balance Local Tuition Fund. Ou hand last settlement .... .97

Receipts 164.97 Balance and receipts 165.94 Balance 165.94 Special School Fund. On hand last settlement ... 66.33 Receipts 1,019.87 Balance and receipts 1,086.20 Disbursements 981.77 Balance 104.43 Road Fund. On hand last settlement .... 148.16 Receipts 123.22 Balance and receipts 271.38 ' Disbursements 120.01 , Balance 151.37 Additional Road Fund. ' On hand last settlement 332.03 Receipts 419.52 ' Balance and receipts 751.55 . Disbursements 56.51 Balance 695.04 Dog Fund. .On hand last settlement .... 221.00 Receipts 118.00 Balance and receipts 339.00 Disbursements 147.14 Balance 191.86 Total of all Funds. On hand last settlement 1,715.48 Receipts 4,524.66 Balance and receipts ....... 6,240.14 Disbursements ....... 3,884.39 Balance 2,355.75 State of Indiana, Adams County, ss: The undersgned, being duly sworn - upon his oath, says, that the within is a true and complete hsowing of all the moneys received and paid out, as he verily believes; and that the various items of expenditure credited, ' have been fully paid in the sums stated, and without express or implied ; agreement that any portion thereof J shall be retained by or paid to him, or ’ to any other person; and that he has ' received no money nor article of value in consideration of any contract made by him as trustee. JOHN C. AUGSBURGER, Township Trustee. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this the Bth day of January, 1907. JOHN HOSURE, Chairman of Advisory Board. o THE SELLS-HARDMAN WEDDING Monroe Young Man Weds Fair Ohio Lady. Mr. Grover Sells and Ola Hardmanwere united in marriage January 15, 1907, at the home of th* brides uncle. Mr. L. L. Marker, near Bradford, 0., by Rev. J. H. Christian. Mr. Sells, son of Mrs. Hattie Sells near Monroe, is one of the most popular and energetic young men of that vicinity and the fair bride was a favorite in the vicinity of her Buckeye home. Miss May, the sister of the groom, and Mr. M. T. Hardman, brother of the bride, were first man and man of honor at the ceremony. The presents were numerous and valuable. On their return to his home at Monroe, all the young people were waiting, with rice and old shoes, and a carriage in which they were drawn from the depot to J .A. Hendricks’ by hand. In the evening a great crowd of young people went out to his mother’s beautiful home and spent a few hours with music and games and departed with kindest wishes for their happiness and prosperity. They will take up housekeeping at Elwood Ind., where Mr. Sells has been engaged in the express business. — 0 — DUTCH DAVE IS IN TROUBLE Former Decatur Saloonkeeper is Under Arrest. An affidavit was filed in the Fort Wayne courts last week against “Dutch Dave” Volz, formerly a saloon keeper of this city, charging him with keeping his Fort Wayne saloon open after hours. He owes his present trouble to the work of a woman. She was trying to locate her husband and called up the Volz saloon by telephone during the small hours of the morning. “Is my husband there,” she asked, telling Volz her name. “Vait a and I vill go and see,’” said Dave. His reply was in the negative, the lady reported in telling her story to the prosecutor, but she was certain he was frei.uenting this saloon or others and finding that “Dutch Dave” was open she filed the affidavit against him — o— THEY WILL HAVE SOME MONEY Treasurer Lachot is Paying the Township Trustees. Treasurer Lachot is now paying the township trustees their January distribution. The amounts are: Union ’ownship $2550.37, Root $3654.38, Preble $2796.96, Kirkland $1729.48, Washington $3446.59, St. Marys $2523.47, Blue Creek 1906.21, Monroe $4744.88, French $2386.33, Hartford $2671J9* Wabash $3462.32, Jefferson $1719.41, Secatur $10,992.70, Berne $4397.55, Geneva $2462.48, library $532.50 Decatu; school $8014.45, Geenva school $2426.87, Berne school $3170.30, a total of $65,590.04. — A new case for partition of real estate was filed Thursday by Attorney Jacob Butcher of Geneva. Rachel Felty is plaintiff and the following seventeen persons are named as 1 defendants: -Charles John, Jesse, William, Ella, James, Muri, Homer and truest Felty, Cora, Frank, Carl and Fewest Ford, Warren and Civilla Mc-| Ethel and Frost Vorhees.

— STOPPED THE OVATION. Mebartl Wa*B«r*a Peeallar Ex»«rfr> •aee la Vieaaa. When Wagner was at the height es , his popularity he visited Vienna. Baron von Beust, then chancellor of the ; empire, waa informed that the Prussian party intended to give him an Im- , mease serenade—a serenade which ’ would have the air of German protest ! against the tendency of the ministry to ; make the union of Hungary and Austria more intimate. The demonstration , promised to arouse strong feeling. J “Your excellency Is warned,” said ’ the chancellor’s advisers. “It is impossible to stop this manifestation unless I Wagner goes away, and he loves ovations too well. Nothing will induce him 1 to depart.” • “You think ao,” said Beust, with a * smile. An hour later Wagner was Invited to ' dtne with, the chancellor. He was flat- , tered by the invitation and accepted it. j Aft«r dinner, at which Beust was dej Ughtfully affable and entertaining, the 1 chancellor remarked: “Heir Wagner, i are you Interested in autographs? 1 have some very curious ones to show 1 you.” And he opened a portfolio where ‘ were letters of Palmerston, Bismarck, 1 Napoleon 111., Heine and others. Suddenly turning to a paper, dated 1848, be said: “Ah, look at this. It Is ; very curious. What would your friend j his highness the king of Bavaria say if I this paper, which would be significant ■ in connection with the political sere--1 cade which the Germans are going to : give yon. should be published tomorsow In the Vienna papers?” The composer examined the paper and recognized, with surprise, an old proclamation of one Richard Wagner, who, an ardent revolutionist in 1848, had proposed to the youth of that tims to set fire to ths palace of the king of Saxony. He saw his autograph and i that it might be ths means of getting him into serious trouble. “Very carious, b it not, Herr Wagner?” said the minister. “Very eurious, your excellency,” replied bis guest The next morning Richard Wagner . left Vienna, recalled to Baireuth by argent business—Strand Magazine. MAKING WAMPUM. A Process That Requires Both Pa-‘ tienoe ud Skill. With certain tribes wampum is still highly prized and necklaces are worn by men, women and children when they are the fortunate possessors of them. To make wampum various kinds of shells are used, white and those having a lavender hue being most fiked. The thin shells are broken Into little pieces and by aid of nippers are made as nearly round as possible. When each piece la drilled tn the center, the old time fire kindling style of drill being used, the shells are then strung and rolled with the hand on a flat stone, which grinds them until they are smooth and even. Comparatively few Indians among those who prize wampum beads most highly have the skill or patience to make them, even though they had the materials. The fact Is there are but few wampum bead makers in the country, and It often happens that long pilgrimages must l>e made to secure the requisites for really fine beads, and, as with the white man’s trinkets, ttat which is “far fetched and dear bought” is most sought after for ornamentatipn. Around some of the ancient ruins in the southwest the. little disks of wampum are often found in the sand, and it Is probable that they were deposited in the graves in very early times and washed out or exposed by the wind’s action. These ruins are in the best state of preservation of any in the country. Absolutely nothing Is known of their builders, and the origin of these ruins was as much a mystery when Coronado first saw them when he made his famous Invasion, as it is to the people of the present day.— Indian’s Friend, Fakirs. Fakirs !« the name given to a celebrated class of fanatics found in many parts of the east, but more particularly in India. Some of them will make a vow to continue all their lives in one posture and adhere to it strictly. Others never lie down, but remain In a standing position all their lives, upheld only by sticks or ropes under the armpits. They pretend to have subOued every passion of mortality. "'I. UlKht Be Worse. When the poet Wordsworth died an old lady at Ambleside lost no time in telling the mournful news to. an old end confidential manservant “Ey, ey!” quoth Thom is. “It’s a gre’t loss nae doot, but ester a’ It may not be sic a parllsh loss as ye’re coontln’ qn. Mrs. Wordsworth, they say, Is a gey, clever body, and she’ll be canyln* on the business, wo may be sewer.” - , - Confidence. Father (to aspirant to the hand of Ms daughter)—Suppose I should fall and lose my last cent, would you still ask me for my daughter? Lover—Naturally. I know yon to be a man capable of getting to work again and making another fortune.—ll Mondo Umorfcstlco. No matter how witty the sarcastic' man Is, he never seems to have a lot of friends.—Somerville Journal. Tennyson embarrassed. Great crises affect people differently. With some the hair turns white; with . others emotion expresses Itself in Inconsequent speech. Tennyson, when ! he first met Frederick Robertson, whom '; he much admired and who, he knew, i ! admired his poems, was so nervous 1 that he could talk to the “much belov- 1 ed priest” of nothing but—beer I

0 45 Th, CoupU With Tb* Grttn I [Original.] The patient whose eyesight I was eouceatrattog all my professional skill to restore had made his weekly call and passed out My attendant threw aside a sliding door and admitted the next patient for consultation. He was a hjudsome, healthy looking young fellow, with eyes as dear as <3rystal. I advanced, looking at him inquiringly. • Doctor,” he said, “I wish you to take out my right eye.” •'What's the matter with it?” I asked, astonished. ; “Nothing, but I wish you to take it out.” “I will perpetrate no such unprofessional nonsense.” The young man stepped aside to a table on which some Instruments were lying, took up a sharp pointed knife and, holding it before his eye, said: “If you will not take it out professionally, I will take It out unprofesalonally.” “Hold!” I said, seeing that he would surely carry out his intention. “Teii me why you wish to lose your eye and I will oblige you.” “I am desperately In love with a lady who has lost one of her eyes—at least the sight of It—and she is obliged I to wear a green patch over it. The disfigurement has made her inordinately sensitive. She positively declines to inflict herself on any man for life. Instead of inflicting herself on me for life she is ruining my life. If I have the same defect she cannot refuse me.” “I see,” I eaid. “Now, my friend, let me give you a piece of advice. Instead of cutting out your eye, cut out the woman you love from your heart There are plenty of women who would be delighted to marry you.” “Doctor, fulfill your promise. I have done my part In giving you my reason. Now do your part” I summoned an assistant placed the man on an operating chair, gave him an. anaesthetic, and when he came to himself and I held a glass before him he saw a green patch instead of an eye and felt considerable pain. ’ “Now.” I said, “if you don’t want -the loss of one eye to affect the other and leave you totally blind, don’t remove the covering on any account “For how long? I must change the patch occasionally. One won’t last, forever.” .1/ “When It is too much soiled to be worn longer, come to me. and I will change It for you.” “Very well. Your fee, doctor?” “Fee ? Do you suppose I would take a fee for maiming a man? I performed the operation to prevent your making it Worse.” “I am very much obliged to you, doctor,” ■ And the man who wished his sight Impaired followed the man who wished his sight restored? r /*7 ' “Next!” I called to the attendant muttering to myself, “What a queer world!” A month later when “next” was called he proved to be the man who had wished his eye removed. He was accompanied by a young lady wearing a patch similar to his. But for the patch and the saddest face I ever saw she Would have been extraordinarily pretty. “Doctor,” said the man, “I have called to ask you to change the patch, and I have brought with me the lady on whose account I had my eye removed. We are soon to be married.” “Oh, doctor,” 'she said in a wail, “why did you do it?” Without noticing her remark I turned to the man and told him that I would change his patch, but in order that no ray of light should enter the place where the eye had been I must darken the room. I then closed the blinds and changed his patch. When <1 had finished I asked the young lady If it might not be possible for me to help her with her own eye. She hesitated and looked meaningly at her lover. I took the hint and asked him to wait without until I made an examination. As soon as he had gone the girl turned to me and said In despairing tones: “Doctor, I have ruined his life. When I met him I wail temporarily wearing a patch for some slight weakness In my eye. In a fit of coquetry i told Mm what he told yon. I never dreamed that he would—that he loved me so desperately. I shall never remove my patch, though Ido not need it” ’ “I dislike,’’ I said, “to lecture a woman, but I confess that women who give way to such feminine temptations deserve the punishment they receive and often do not receive,” “I deserve all and more,” she moaned. “I even wish I were dead.” “When are you to be married?” “In two- weeks. Will you come to the wedding?” “Yes. Your Intended will need a new patch for such an important ceremony. I will be there in time to put it on.” The next day I received the cards and on the morning of the wedding went to the house where the marriage was to take place, arriving about ten minutes before the appointed hour. The groom’s best man on learning my name took me to a back drawing room, where the bride and groom were waiting. The bride started to close the shutters, but I called her back and, going to the groom, untied the strings of his natch and took a bit of cotton off his eye, and he stood looking out of two good eyes. Then I tore the patch from the eye of the bride. I will not attempt to describe the paroxysm with which the bride, seeing the two sound eyes, threw her arms around the man’s neck and burst Into hysterical weeping—a weeping for delight, HENRY E. GILBERT

. A NOCE ™ EAIR . - WM queer Su»«r>title* That Qaee Prevailed I* £> S la*A. ) The curious superstition that there im an ocean above the clouds is illustrated by the following strange story . by an old English writer: “One Sunday the people of a certain village were coming out of church on a thick, ' cloudy day when they saw the anchor . 1 of a ship hooked to one of the tomb- > atones, the cable, which was tightly ' stretched, hanging down from the air. • The people were astonished, and while • they were consulting about it-suddenly • they saw the'rope move as though some one labored to pull up the an- > chor. The anchor, however, still held fast by the stone, and a great noise t was heard in the air like the shouting of sailors. Presently a sailor was seen ■ sliding down the cable for the purpose of unfixing the anchor. When he had 1 just loosened it the villagers seized ! hold of him, and while in their hands 1 he quickly died, just as though he bad been drowned. “About an hour later the sailors ■ above, hearing no more of their comrade, cut the cable and sailed away. In i memory of this extraordinary event I the people of the village made the 1 hinges of the church doors out of the iron of the anchor." It is further stat- . ed that these hinges “are still to be : seen there,” a bit of evidence much I like Munchausen’s rope wherewith he • once climbed to the moon. If you doubted the story you were confronted ' with the rope. There is another queer tale about ’ this aerial ocean. “A merchant of Brio ' tol,’’ It is said, “set sail with his cargo for Ireland. Some time after, while bls family were at supper, a knife suddenly fell in through a window on the ta- . ble. When the merchant returned and saw the knife he declared It to be his own and said that on such a day, at such an hour, while sailing Jr an un- ! known part of the sea, he dropped the knife overboard, and the day and the hoar were fodnd to be exactly the time • when it fell through the window.” All nf which wus once implicitly believed by many and regarded as ineentrovertIble proof of the existence of a spa above the sky. One is at a loss to conjecture how that “unknown part of the sea” connected with the rest of it A physical geography showing this would be no small curiosity. ■ Am Old Medicine. “Ground oyster shells,” said the physician, “were used as a medicine by the mediaeval doctors—a medicine for the rickets and scrofula." “How absurd!” “Absurd? Not at all Oyster shells contain lime, nitrogen, iron, sulphur, magnesia, bromide, phosphoric acid and iodine. Those are all excellent tonics. You know how hens eat ground oyster shells and thus produce eggs with good, thick, strong shells? Well, as the oyster shell powder acts on eggshells so I have no doubt it acted in the middle ages on the bending, crumbling bones of the rickety, putting strength and firmness into them. . Ground oyster shells, I am convinced, woaid be good things for frail children today. They would strengthen the frame, increase the appetite and have a splendid effect on the teeth.”—Philadelphia Bulletin. A Carlo** and Hare Book. The most curious as well as one of the rarest books known to collectors Is the edition of the Vulgate issued by Pope Sixtus V. some time between 1685 and 1590. The book, as Disraeli described it, “fairly swarmed with errata." So numerous were they that a number of printed paper slips containing the proper words were pasted over the errors, and, this device proving inefficient on account of the Immense number of mistakes, as many of4hs copies as could be found were called in and destroyed. Only a few remain, and the book with Its paper patches commands an extremely high price. Blee*in«« of Work. Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day which must be done, whether you like it or not Being forced to work and forced to do your best will breed In you temperance, self control, diligence, strength of will, content and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know.—Charles Kingsley. Baslne** Bducatio*. Nothing will stand you In better stead in tike bard, cold, practical, everyday world than a good, sound business education. You will find that your success in trade, occupation or profession will depend as much on your general knowledge of men and affairs as on . •your technical training.—Success Magazine. Peasant and King. Henry IV., the idol of the French • people, was also a king of phrase makers. During one of his tours through France he arrived at a small village / and ordered that the most intelligent villager be sent to converse, with him while he dined. When the rustic appeared the king ordered him to take a ■eat opposite to him at the table. “What is your name?” asked the monarch. “Sire, I am called Gaillard," replied the peasant “What is the difference,” said the king; “between galllard” (1. e., a jolly fellow) “and paillard” (1. e., a rake)? "Sire," was the reply, “there Is but a table between the two.” ' Life Marks Are Indelible. We are not writing in the sand. The tide does not wash it out. We are not painting our pictures on the canvas and with a brush so that we can erase the error of yesterday or overlap it with another color today. We are writng our lives with a chisel on the marble, and every time we strike a blow we leave a mark that Is lndellble.— Hyman Abbott. D. D.