Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 24 January 1907 — Page 8

LEGAL ADVERTISING NOTICE OF PUBLIC LETTING. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Adams county, Indiana, will receive bids for the construction of a macadam road on the township line between Kirkland and Preble township, in said county, known as the Magley and Preble Macadam road, up and until 10 o’clock a. m., on Monday, February 4, 1907, at a regular session of the Board of Commissioners held in the city of Decatur, Adams county, Indiana, sealed bids will be received for the construction of said road in accordance with the plans, specifications and report of the viewers and engineer, which are now on file in the auditor’s office of said county, said rOads to be built of crushed stone aldnfe. A bond must accompany each Bid in twice the amount of the bid filed, conditioned for faithful performance of said work and that the bidder if awarded the contract therefor will enter into contract therefor and complete the same according to such contract and in accordance with the bid filed. All bids shall be made so as to give the amount for which said road will be constructed for cash payable on estimates to be made by the engineer in charge, not to exceed eighty per cent of any one estimate out of the funds to be hereinafter raised by the sale of bonds as required by law. Each bidder will be required to file affidavit as provided by law. The Board of Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids. C. D. LEWTON, 45-3 t. Auditor of Adams County. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned superintendent of the construction of the John M. Bollenbacher ditch in Jefferson township, Adams county, Indiana, will on Monday,'January 28, 1907, at 10:30 o’clock a. m,. at the office of the county surveyor, in the city of Decatur, in said county, receive sealed bids for the construction of said ditch, in accordance with reports, plans and specifications therefor, now on file in said cause. Bids will be received and contracts let as follows: Section 1, main ditch, from station 0 to 28 plus 91. Section 2, branch, from station 0 to 31 plus 47. and to the lowest and best bidder or bidders. - Bidders will be required to file with their bids affidavits as required by law, upon forms furnished by such superintendent, and ea,ch bid shall be accompanied with a good and sufficient bond in a sum equal to the amount of each bi conditional for the faithful performance of said contract, and that such bidder will enter into contract if the same be awarded to him, such bond to be approved by the superintendent. The superintendent reserves the right to reject any and all bids. No bids will be accepted in excess of estimated cost of such work, or in excess of the benefits found. L. L. BAUMGARTNER, 45-2 t. Superintendent of Construction. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, superintendent of the construction of the John Bogner ditch in Root township, Adams county, Indiana, vrlll on Monday, January 28, 1907, at 10; 30 o’clock a. m., at the office of the County in the city of Decatur, in said county, receive sealed bids fpr the construction of said ditch in accordance with, reports, plans and specifications therefor, ho'Jr on file in said cause. Bids will be received and contracts let as fallows: Section 1, from station 17 to 33 plus Section 2, from station 6 to 17. Section 3, from station 0 to 6. and to the lowest and best bidder or bidders. Bidders will be required to file with their bids affidavits as required by law, upon forms furnished by such superintendent and each bid shall be accompanied with a good and sufficient bond in a sum equal to the amount of each bid, conditional for the faithful performance of 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 superintendent reserves the right to reject any and all bids. No bids will be accepted in excess of estimated cost of such work or in excess of the benefits found . L. L. BAUMGARTNER, 45-2 t. Superintendent of Construction. Appointment of Adminstrator. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed adminisrator of the estate of Charles Bixler, late of Adams county deceased. The estate is probably solvent. JOHN D. MEYER, David E. Smith, Attorney: 47-3 t. January 15, 1907. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT OF REAL ESTATE Notice is hereby given to the cred itors, heirs and legatees of David S Manlier, deceased, to appear in the Adams Circuit Court, held at Decatur Indiana, on the 15th day of February 1907, and show cause, if any, why th< Final Settlement Accounts with th< estate of said decedent should no be approved; and said heirs are noti fled to then and there make proof o heirship, and receive their distributive shares. ALBERT M. MAULLER, HOWARD W. MAULLER, Administrators D. B. Erwin, attorney, Decatur, Ind., January 17, 1907. ALLOWANCES OF THE ADAMS CIRCUIT COUR’ November term, 1907. Eli Meyer, sheriff attending court 17 days $34.0 State of Indiana, Adams county, ss: I, Ell Meyer, sheriff in and for sai county and state, do hereby certif that the above and foregoing fees an charges have been made for the N<

jvember term, 1906, of the Adams Circuit court, and that the same should ■ i should be allowed. This 19th day of January, 1907. s ELI MEYER, Sheriff. 31 By DALLAS BUTLER, Deputy. r| Examined and approved January 19, 1 1907. -I R. K. ERWIN, Judge, lllj State of Indiana, Adams county, ss: 1 I, David Gerber, clerk of the Adams Circuit Court, within and for said county, hereby certify that the amount f set opposite their names for services _ and supplies are as herein Indicated j and the same were allowed by the _ Judge of said Adams Circuit court, at j the November term, 1906. f C. C. Cloud, record Sherry ditchsls.oo j City Bakery, jury meals 3.25 f Anderson & Baker, jury meals.. 3.25 j People's Bakery, jury meals.... 3.25 Coffee & Rinehart, jury meals.. 3.25 I H. M. DeVoss, court stenograph. 75.00 J. N. Fristoe, court bailiff 25.00 j David Gerber, clerk fees 38.25 j Witness my hand and seal this 19th . day of January, 1907. } DAVID GERBER, t Clerk Adams Circuit Court. , State of Indiana, County of Adams, ss: [ Be it remembered, That at the No- . vember term, 1906, of the Adams Clrt cult court, the following allowances • were made by the Honorable Richard j K. Erwin, Judge, to-wit: > Petit jury. Days. Per day. Tot. Irvin G. Kerr 4 >2.00 SB.OO ,J. A. Heller. 3 2.00 6.00 Fred C. Bender 2 2.00 4.00 , Elisha Merryman... .4 2.00 8.00 Warren Jones 4 2.00 8.00 G. A. Barnett 4 2.00 8.00 F. M. Gil pen 4 2.00 8.00 ; James D. 8r0wn.... .2 2.00 4.00 J. A. Hendricks .... .4 2.00 8.00 Total — $62.00 Talesmen Days. Per day. Tot. L. Cherryholmes ....3 $2.00 $6.00 i Wm. Adler 3 2.00 6.00 Wm. Cross 3 2.00 6.00 Wm. Breiner 3 2.00 6.00 J. A. Steele 3 2.00 6.00 C. D. LEWTON, Auditor Adams County. Tp. Trustee’s Reports (Continued from Page 5) Doug. Bolser, supplies 10.00 M. J. Scherer, attend. instiL 17.92 Nina Swartz, same 5.88 G. H. Laughrey, same 35.75 Belle Burkhead, same 15.75 D. J. Schwartz, same 13.37 Edna Kirschbaum, same.... 15.40 Chester Johnson, same 17.95 Robert Sprunger ,same .... 13.65 Wilber Ables, same 15.75 Asa Sprunger, same 13.86 Margaret Moran, same 13.91 C. L. Oliver, same 9.80 Phillip Zaugg, repairs «. 3.00 C. C. Neuenschwander, wood 6.00 Berne Art. Stone Co., phim. 70.00 Bank of Berne, warrant 2,183.00 R. D. Patterson, transfers.. 72.00 Hocker & Smith, coal, sup. 14.17 Sprunger & Co., supplies... 2.50 E. J. Neuenschwander, sup. 16.40 Hocker & Smith, supplies.. 92.92 L. Braughton, freight 36.40 Rufus Huser, hauling coal.. : 6.00 Jacob Huser, enumeration. 40.00 M. J. Scherer, coal bin.... 11.00 Silas Sprunger, wood 8.25 Mont Evans, car of c0a1... 66.60 Daniel Steiner, wood 44.69 D. Habegger, hauling c0a1... 5.00 Paul Girod, wood, hauling.. 9.61 Schafer Hdw. Co., supplies.. 3.06 Jacob Welchli, hauling.... 4.50 Benj. Nussbaum, wood, haul. 8.60 C. J. Sparks Co., stove 17.00 J. P. Haefling, receiv., locks 2.25 Emile Brunner, labor 5.00 Jacob Huser, school books.. 5.00 Total, Special school fund... 7,267.20 David Meschberger, stone... 3.45 Wm. Gilbert, shovel snow,. 3.15 Phillip Zaugg, repair 1.25 B. Nussbaum, shovel, snow 4.10 L. Braughton, freight........ 4.68 P. P. Klopfenstine, receipt.. 1.18 Christian Bruchtg, same 2.57 D. N. Sprunger. same 1.31 Hocker & Smith, supplies.. 2.59 Sam E. Laisure, receipt.... .65 Joshua Yoder, ditch 1.50 Stury & Habegger, receipt.. 1.56 ; P. P. Klopfenstine, 1ab0r.... 3.00 Jacob Musser, repairs ...... 3.03 Lobenstine & Co., repairs.. 1.50 ; J. M. Neuenschwander, rece. 2.84 ■ Emil Fluckeger, same 1.17 1 David Huser, road work.... 1.50 • Total Road fund 41.03 ! John Cook, ditch 26.75 J. J. Roth, ditching 5.75 > Peter Steavy, ditching 1.00 1 Gerry R. Martz, ditching.... 6.33 J. F. Lachot, ditch assess... 15.48 J. F. Lachot, same 10.87 • E. J. Neuenschwander, sup.. 155.50 - M. Striker, tile 7.50 J. J. Rick, tole and brick.. 4.83 - Doug. Bolser, grader 144.32 - Joshua Yoder, tile ditching 25.25 > E. J. Liechty, tile ditching 13.60 3 W. P. Hendricks, tile ditch 29.90 L. L. Baumgartner, ditch as. 94.84 Jacob Schwartz, tile 5.00 A. J. Hawk & sons, plank.. 62.45 Total Additional road fund. 2 613.37 A. Gottschalk, sheep killed 7.00 J. F. Lachot, surplus dog fund 117.00 G. Scott, sheep killed 27.40 E Total Dog fund 151.40 J- SUMMARY. ’’ Township Fund. ”On hand last settlement..,. 295.35 ? Receipts 1,058.55 ’ Balance and receipts 1,353.43 £ Disbursements 1,006.43 t Balance 347.12 j Tuition Fund. ‘On hand last settlement .... 1660 51 r e Receipts 3,218.53 Disbursements 3,355.20 Balance 1*523'84 Local Tuition Fund. On hand last settlement.... 350 88 Receipts . 106 75 Balance and receipts 457.63 Balance 457.63 - Special School Fund. On hand last settlement.... 2,001.24 T Receipts . ... 5’273.8'4 Balance and receipts 7 267 If Balance ’ B 'q-| Road Fund. On hand last settlement 733 9’l 00 Receipts . 213 71 Balance and receipts .... . 947 rc id Disbursements 41'n" fy Balance 906.61 „ _. . Additional Robd Fund. o- On hand last settlement 987.91

- Receipts 848.16' i Balance and receipts 1,836.07 Disbursements 613.37 Balance 1,222.70 Dog Fund. . On hand last settlement./.. 224.00 , Receipts 209.06 Balance and receipts 433.00 . Disbursements 151.40, Balance 218.60 Total of all Funds. - On hand last settlement.... 6,253.94 ; 1 Receipts 10,928.23; t Balance and receipts 17,182.171 j Disbursements 12,434.63 I 1 Balance 4,748.54 i Trustee’s Service Account. t Trustee’s salary 450.00 State of Indiana, Adams county, ss: ) The undersigned, being duly sworn, > upon hi soath, says, that the within is > a true and complete showing of all the > moneys received and paid out, as he > verily believes; and that the various ) items of expenditure credited, have ) been fully paaid in the sums stated, > and without express or implied agree--1 ment that any portion thereof 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. JACOB HUSER, Township Trustee. j Subscribed and sworn to before me,; 1 this the Bth day of January, 1907. DENNIS STRIKER, . Chairman of Advisory Board. I [ Send Your Cattle and Horse Hides I to the Crosby Frisian Fur company, ( Rochester, N. Y., and have them conl verted into coats, robes, rugs, gloves ( and mittens; better and cheaper goods , than you can buy. Never mind the dis- ( tance, “Crosby pays the freight.” See , our new illustrated catalogue, page 18. If interested send for it. 1 o ' TOM RAILING’S BALL RECORD l • 4 ' Chicago Chronicle Says Stahl Has Made Good Find. The Chicago Chronicle has the fol- • lowing to say in regard to “Chick”. Stahl’s latest acquisition: Tom Railing the new pitcher secured by the Boston Americans from the Dallas, Tex., club, has been so successful against major league clubs in exhibition games that it looks as if Manager ‘“Chick” Stahl had picked up a youngster that might develop into a first class man. Railing is twenty-four old; 5 feet 10 inches in height fend weighs 170 pounds. He started his base ball career in Decatur, Ind., his home, and in 1903 joined the Dallas club, for which he pitched thirty games, winning twenty-three. He also played utility man that season, taking part in sixty-flve games and hitting for .295. , He defeated the Chicago White Sox that season and pitched a 2 to 1 game against Cleveland. He was with Dallas again in 1904 and in the sprnig of that year was beaten by the St. Louis Browns 2 to 1. He was with the Dallas club until July 2, when he returned home on account of sickness. About a month later he joined the Lima independent team and won fourteen games out of six- ( teen. In 1905 Railing returned to Dallas but was compelled to leave the south as he could not stand the climate. His release was sold to Milwaukee in August of that year, but he refused to play for Joe Cantillon, as the salary offered was not satisfactory. He trained with the Danville club in the spring of 1906, but as that club could not afford to pay the Dallas club the sum asked for his release, he was obliged to return to Decatur. While with Danville he held the Chicago Nationals to one hit, but lost the game by a score of 1 to 0. He also shut out Indianapolis 5 to 0, and held that club to two hits. As he was un- > able to get away from Dallas he finish1 ed the last season at his home and won twenty-nine games out of thir- ’ ty-five, hitting for .333. [■; ' ' —r-o ; Louie Heilbroner is making a desperate effort to break into the Central ■ j League. His plan is to buy the fran- , chise of one of the present cities and > transfer it to Ft. Wayne, It is now > predicted that Evansville will be the * town to drop out to make room for Ft. j Wayne. Heilbroner is an experienced ) base ball man and has a wide ac- > quaintance among players. Should! he put a team in Ft. Wayne, he would j } make an effort to get together a bunch ) of winning players.—Columbia City ) Post. There is a history connected with . the evergreen tree which was uprooted, 5 in the L. S. Kapp yard by the wind j on Saturday night. The tree was I 3 planted in 1872 by Dr. L. A. Spauld2 ing at the time he was a student at-J tending medical college. He was do-' 3 ing canvassing work to help make his I 0 way through college and sold trees 4 one summer. He sold the evergreens 8 to Mrs. Kapp and when he delivered 5 them he also planted them in the 3 yard.—Bluffton News. I 9 f In the senate Mr. Mattingly has in4 troduced a bill that provides that the 7 township trustee shall set aside 5 per 0 cent of all road fund moneys as an 1 emergency fund for the improvement 7 of rural route roads; also that offi2 cials who have charge of such roads 9 may build bridges and culverts, even g 'though there be no special appropriation, and that the expense shall be. 1 paid out of the county treasury.

If you are constipated, dull or bilious, or have a sallow, lifeless com plexioa, tty Lax-ets just once to see what they will do for you. Lax-ets ‘ are little toothsome candy tablets — nice to eat, nice In effect. No griping, no pain. Just a gentle laxative effect that is pleasinly desirable. Handy for • the vest pocket or purse. Lax-ets meet every desire. Lax-ets come to yea in {beautiful lithographed metal boxes at 15 cents and 25 cents. Sold by W. H. INACHTRIEB. 0 K iH Accurate prices paid by Decatur 'nerchants for various products. Cor*ected every day at 2 o’clock. BUFFALO STOCK MARKET. EAST BUFFALO, N. Y., Jan. 23.— Receipts, cattle, 25 cars; market steady. Prime steers @55.50. Medium steers @55.00 Stockers to best feeders .. @54.00 * Cows @54.00 Receipts, hogs, 25 cars; market steady. Mediums and heavies .... @57.15 Yorkers @57.15 Pigs @57.601 Receipts, sheep, 75 cars; market steady. Best spring lambs ...... @57.75 Wether sheep @55.75 Mixed sheep @55.40 Cluss, clipped @54.00 CHICAGO MARKETS. Chicago markets closed today at 1:15 p. m., according to the Decatur * Stock & Grain Exchange. May wheat 78%' July wheat 79 | May corn ~.. ............ 46% ;July corn ...........46% (May oats 38% jJuly oats 35% PITTSBURG MARKETS. Union stock yards, Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 23. —Hog supply, 12 cars; market steady. Heavy hogs @56.90 ’ Mediums @57.00 Yorkers @57.00 Light @57.00 Pigs @57.00 TOLEDO MARKETS. Changed every day at 3 o'clock by ' J. D. Hale. Decatur special wire ■ service. I May wheat 81% , July wheat 80% : May corn 46% July corn 47% May pats 39%; July <sats '. t 37% Oats, cash '. 39% : Rye, cash _., 68 stock. v ;/ u By Fred Scheiman. Lambs, per cwt [email protected] Hogs, per cwt [email protected] Cattle, pet cwt [email protected] Calves, per cwt [email protected] Cows, per cwt [email protected] Sheep, per cwt. [email protected] GRANDMA SOLDNER IS DEAD A Pioneer of the County—Eighty-Sev-en Years Old. Marla Soldner, nee Stauffer, was born in Wayne county, Ohio, January 17, 1820, and died at the home of her son, Peter Soldner, January 21, 1907, at the age of 87 years and 4 days On May 21, 1850, she was married to John Soldner. This union was blessed with five sons and three daughters, of whonuone daughter with ! the father preceded her into the great ’ beyond. She united with the Menonnite church and by precept and ex ample endeavored to do the Lord’s i will, who blest her with a ripe old age. She leaves to mourn her de ' parture, five sons, two daughters, 22 grandchildren and four great grand- , children and two sisters, besides a host of friends. The funeral services ; will be held from the Mennonito . church, of which she was a faithful I member, on Thursday morning, at 1 'nine o’clock: —Berne News. ..

Heart Strength Heartstrength, or Heart Weakness, means Nerve Strength, or Nerve Weakness—nothing more. Positively. not one weak heart in a hundred is, in iti mU, actually diseased. • It is almost always a hidden tiny little nerve that really is all at fault. I This obscure nerve—the Cardiac, or Heart Nerve' ‘ —simply needs, and must have, more power, more stability, more controlling, more governing 1 strength. Without that the Heart must continue I I to fail, and the stomach and kidneys also have ‘ these same controlling nerves. ■, I This clearly explains why, aS a medicine, Dr. Shoop's Restorative has in the past done so much for weak and ailing Hearts. Dr. Shoop first sought ' this enure of all this painful, palpitating, suflocat. 1 ing heart distress, Dr, Shoop's Restorative—thia popular prescription—ls alone directed to these weak and wasting nerve centers. It buildsi i ft strengthens; it offers real, genuine heart help. If you would have strong Hearts, strong di. geetion, strengthen these nerves — reestablish them as needed, with — — - Dr. Shoop’s Restorative I WM. H. NACHTRIEB.

1 ~ I O o' a i I*air of Globes ' O- ■ " ——o j [Original.] 1 Miss Anita Ford was, like many very young girls, a bundle of inconsisten- i cies. In the many qualities that made up her Identity rashness and sensitiveness were mingled in equal proportions. Now, there are no two traits that are worse fitted to go together, and Miss Ford was constantly in trouble on account of them. When entering upon some rash scheme she would walk on the tiptoe of pleasurable excitement. When suffering the consequences, which were almost always sure to come, she would be plunged into a profundity of remorse and mortification. When Leslie Ford, her brother, came home from college to spend the Christmas holidays he brought with him Pierce Keen, a- fellow member of the senior class. Keen was one of those 1 young men who look on life and its problems seriously and was taken up with the choice of a career, which 1 choice he must make in a few months. He was sober and dignified. He had I very little small talk. He did nothing except after deliberation. In short, he was diametrically antipodal to Anita* Ford. Miss Ford saw at once a great deal' jof amusement tn Mr. Keen. She ' would mimic bis deliberate way of speaking, his slow, automatic walk, * his habit of clearing his throat before expressing an opinion and the thought-1 ful manner in wfiich he spoke. All these things interested her intensely. 1 Indeed, Mr. Keen’s peculiarities were so absorbing to her that she did not realize that his sterling’qualities were gaining an influence over her. j A wood fire was always lighted in' i the afternoon in the library, and Mr I i Keen used to spend a good deal of time there with the books. One after-] noon Miss Ford entered to find him 1 reclining in an easy chair with a I slanting back, a book open on his lap, asleep. She saw a chance to win a pair of gloves. Stepping lightly to the chair, she stooped and barely touched his forehead with her Ups. Then, with i a glance to make sure she had not awakened him, her little heart beating a hundred strokes a minute, she stole rapidly away. I When they met again, Anita, with an effort, brought herself to look Mr. { Keen in the face, dreading lest she should see some Evidence that he had been conscious of the kiss. But, no; > there was not the slightest sign of such 1 consciousness. j "You must have read every book In the library, Mr. Keen,” she said naive- { ly, “judging by the time you spend there.” "Not this afternoon,” he replied, with his usual precision. “I found the fire' so comfortable that I fell asleep.” Miss Ford did not dare trust herself to say more. Her eyes werb danc- 1 ing, and she feared she might let drop some word to induce suspicion. The holidays were soon ended, and the two students went back to college. After their departure Anita was astonished .to find an aching void in her heart she had never felt before. Indeed, she did not know what it was. That it could be a dawning love for the serious, methodical Keen she did not dream. Nevertheless his mannerisms were before her every minute. "Confound that fellow!” she said to herself. "Must he be constantly thrusting his primness before me?” •V’’ A week after the young men had returned to college a package came by express addressed to Anita Ford. Tearing off the cover, there, wrtppe4 ta tissue paper, was a pair of gloves. To say that Miss Anita Ford was crushed Is to put it mildly. The prim Mr. Keen had been aware of the kiss she had given him. What mqpt he think of her? His estimate of her she . conjured up was something like the ; view a Hon would take of a mouse that had been presumptuous enough to play with his claws; But if she was plunged into a slough of self condem- ; nation at the receipt of the gloves she ' was an hour later thrown into a frenzy { on the arrival of a letter from the ! sender saying that he felt emboldened by having received So emphatic a mark of her favor to offer her his heart and hand. The paroxysm that followed the receipt of this announcement soon found ' vent, like the first escape of hot steam, in tears. The next change was the inelosure of the letter and the gloves In the box In which the latter had come and the sending of them straight back to Mr. Keen. The third condition .was a craving for revenge. The fourth, which did not come for several days, was a gradual settling down to the realization that a condition of enmity with the man She had kissed would drive her mad. As the waters of a whirlpool may be seen lower down the stream flowing tranquilly, so did this frightful complication after a long period of transition resolve itself into what it meant {in the first place—love and eventually marriage. One day Mrs. Keen asked her husband why he had “insulted” her with the gloves and the proposal. As usual, he thought awhile before replying, then spoke with his usuaPprecision: "Quos Beus vult perdere prlua dementat” "What do you mean by that gibberish?” she asked. "Translated it means, ‘Those whom God wishes to destroy he first drives mad.’ ” |: "Well, what has that to do with it?” I “I wanted you and”— I "Made me mad. I should think you j did. You ought to have been ashamed of yourself.” And. with a rising choler that had been long allayed, she flounced out of the room. T. EUGENE DRAPJSR-

f —- * STUDY OF A GLACIER ’ Curious features of the creep* i ING MASS OF ICE. la the Summer It Is Noiny With the • Voice of Many Water*—Often Gray la Color From the Debris Gathered la 11* Mountain Journey. Although we are far removed from the ice again point of time, the tourist agencies have made it easy for one who has a week or two to spare and a few pounds in bis pocket to visit j countries where glacial conditions still prevail. Probably the first impression of most visitors to a glacier is that it is very like its picture. There are the snow crowned mountains. There is the Ice filled valley. There are all the varieties of moraine just as the text i books depict them. The first impres--1 sion, however, is a very superficial i one. Glaciers are just like most things .In this world. When we get to know them we find they are quite different, j In some respects, at least, from what we expected. As acquaintance ripens we find out all sorts of little things which the writers of text books doubtless know I perfectly well, but never thought of mentioning, things which perhaps I were so familiar to them that to de- , scribe them would have seemed like saying that rain- is wet or that snow i la cold, but which nevertheless fill the novice with the pleasure of having dls- . covered the unexpected. One of the things which first struck the writer when he first spent a few days in the near neighborhood of a glacier was to find what a noisy creature it was. Somehow one associates with snow and ice the idea of intense i quiet, and no doubt if one climbs high up among the snow on the mountains 1 one will find it quiet enough. But lower down «, the surface of the { glacier there is, .at least In summer . time, continuous Moise. | The noise is the voice of many waters- All around are Innumerable little rivulets caused by the melting of , the ice in the heat of the summer sun. trickle and babble and splash tWir sinuous Wtrses for longer or snorter distances, but none go very far before they plunge headlong down one • of the numerous fissures or crevasses. Some reem to fall Into a larger torirent far below. Others make the|r way Into some glacial mill where stones are churned round and round, just as one tnay see in the potholes in the stream at East Linton. :K By listening Intently one may be 1 able to hear . this churning sound mingling with the voice of the waters. Miniature avalanches contribute their quota of noise. Now some pinnacle ot_ ice topples over and splinters Into a thousand fragments. Anon a handful of stones come sliding down the side of a ridge of ice, perhaps to splash Into a pool. All these various causes combine to produce a wonderful amount of noise. Another curious feature of glaciers is that the surface of the ice In many instances appears quite extraordinarily dirty. This does not seem as It should be. Snow Is one of the symbols of purity. Surely the Ice descending from the pure white snow on the mountains should be pure also. Yet when we view a glacier from • little distance we are often surprised at the enormous amount of debris gathered on its surface. Besides the central moraine or moraines—mftsb there are several—composed of considerable masses of stone, we find finer particles of matter Imbedded In the ice all over the surface, often In sufficient quantity to give it a grayish ' All this solid mhtter has at one time another fallen upon the surface of the glacier and is being borne along by It as a river bears along the sticks leaves that fall Into it. But in the case of a glacier we may have exposed to view, the accumulations of hundreds of years. At the lower end of the glacier there is much of interest In the first place, there Is very often a.great cave In the ice, and from this there issues the glacier stream. This cave often looks as if it ought to be explored, and it may be possible to make one’s way under the ice for a considerable distance. ’ But let the traveler beware. Expeditions of this kind are far from safe. The Interior of a glacier may be studied safely enough In the grottoes and tunnels which are carved into the living ice of many show glaciers, such as that of the Rhone, but the ice at the debouche of the stream is in an unstable condition. Every now and then the cave partially collapses or great masses of ice fall from the roof, and in a moment an unwary tourist may be trapped or crushed to death. —Edinburgh Scotsman. Tree* That Whistle. The musical tree that grows in the West India islands has a leaf of peculiar shape and pods with split or open edges, The wind passing through these creates the sound which gives the tree its name. In Barbados there is a valley filled with these plants, and when the trade winds blow across the Island a constant moaning, deep toned whistle Is heard, which In the still hours of the night has a weird and unpleasant effect A species of acacia growing abundantly in the Sudan Is also called by the same name. Its shoots are frequently, by the aid of the larvae of the forest insects, distorted In shape and swollen into a globular bladder , from one to two Inches In diameter. After the Insect has emerged from a little circular hole in the side of the swelling the opening, played upon by the wind, becomes a musical instrument equal in sound to a sweet toned - flute.