Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 18 February 1909 — Page 8

*. —— -f ■ APPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LICENSE. To the citizens of the Second ward in the city of Decatur, Indiana, and to thq. citizens of the said city Os Decatur, Indiana, Adams county, Indiana: ■ Notice is .hereby given that I, Cornelius Rati em acker, male inhabitant •f said city over the age of twentyene ye?rs and a person not bit of becoming Intoxicated, will make application to the board of commissioners of said county'of Adams at their next regular session, commencing on the first Monday in March, 1909, for a license to retail spirituous vinous, malt and other intoxicating liquors in less quantities than a quart at a time, with the privilege of allowing the same to be drank on the premises whereon said liquors are to be sold. Said premises are situated as follows, to-wlti Sixteen and one-half feet off of the south part of inlot No. 61, in said city. Said room is situated on the ground floor of the said building and fronts on Second street In the said city, and Is 78 feet in length and 16% feet in width and has both front and rear openings. CORNELIUS RADEMACKER, 4- Applicant. o— APPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LICENSE. The undersigned. John Schaffer, a male inhabitant of the city of Decatur, Indiana, and over the age of 21 years, a person not In the habit of becoming Intoxicated, hereby gives notice to the citizens and voters of the First ward, in the city of Decatur, Indiana, and to the citltzens and voters of Washington township, Adams county, Indiana, that -he will apply to the board of commissioners of Adams county, state of Indiana, at their March term, 1909, for a license to sell intoxicating, spirituous, vinous, malt and all other Intoxicating liquors in less quantities than a quart at a time, with the privilege of allowing the same to be drank on the preo mises where sold. My place of bus iness whereon said liquors are to be sold and drank is situated tn a room < on the following described real esVtate, towlt: Commencing at the corner of the street on the east line of Lot No." 335 tn the southern addition to the town (now city) of Decatur, running thence west along the line of the street 132 feet, thence south'parallel with WinCheSter street, 40 feet; thence east parallel with the first line 132 feet to Winchester street; thence north along Winchester street 40 feet to the place of beginning. The room to be 24 feet wide and 30 feet long situated in the northeast corner of the above described lot and fronting on Winchester street and the a*.me being ; on the ground floor as the same is , designated on the recorded plat of said town (now citv) of Decatur, Ind. 5- JOHN SCHAFFER, App-c-t i o i—— i NOTICE OF PUBLIC LETTING. Notice is hereby given that that Board of Commissioners of Adams ' county, Indiana, will receive bids for. : the construction of a macadamized < road in Hartford township in said : county, known as the Sherman Glen- • dening Macadam road, up and until 10 ' o'clock a. m., on . | <i! ' . • 1 Monday, March 1. 1909, a s .<• regular session of said Board of I Commissioners, held in the City of 1 Decatur,'Adams county, Indiana, seal- 1 ed bids will be received for the con- 1 struction of said road in accordance with the plans, specifications and re- 1 pert of the Viewers and Engineer, 1 which are now on file in the Auditor’s < office of said county, said road to be ’ built of crushed stone jalone. < A bond must accompany each bid i In twice the amount of the bld filed, conditioned for faithful performance I of said work, and that the bidder if awarded the contract therefor and < complete the same according to such < contract and in accordance with the i bid filed' All bids shall be made so as to give ' the amount for which said road will i 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 i funds to be hereinafter raised by the < sale of bonds as required by law. Each bidder will be required to file I affidavit as required by law. i The Board of Commissioners re- 1 serve the right to reject any and all i blds. H. S. MICHAUD, Auditor. i 5-3 t Adams County, Indiana. 1 The successful bidder will be re- < quired to furnish, pay and make up I whatever amount that be necessary i to sell the bonds for said improve- . ment. ‘ ■ 1 S■ 1 ■ ■. ■ ■ Hi I NOTICE OF PUBLIC LETTING. ’ Notice Is hereby given that that 1 Board of Commissioners of Adams ’ county, Indiana, will receive blds for 1 the construction of a macadamized ’ road in Monroe township in said ’ county, known as the David Habeg- ' ger Macadam Road, up and until 10 o’clock a. m., on i . I Monday, March 1, 1909, i I at a regular session of said Board of i Commissioners, held in the City of Decatur, Adams county, Indiana, seal- < ed bids will be received for the con- i struction of said road in accordance with the plans, specifications and report of the Viewers and Engineer, which are nor- on file in the Auditor’s office of said county, said road to be built of crushed stone alone. A bond must accompany each bid in twice the amount of the hid filed, conditioned for faithful performance of said work, and that the bidder if awarded the contract therefor and complete the same according to such contract an* 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

n.i. ■ «. ii i.,,.y.. w funds to be hereinafter raise* by .the sale of bonds as required ‘pr,l£w, Eaoh Jbiddw Will be required to file affidavit as required by law. ~. The Board of Commissioners re- ' serve the right to reject any and all bids. H. S. MICHAUD, Auditor, 5-3 t Adams County, Indiana, The sticeessiul bidder will be required to furnish, pay end make up whatever amount that be necessary to sell the bonds for said improvei ment. ' . ><»•. . — . -~o — — NOTICE OF PUBLIC LETTING. Notice is hereby given that that Board of Commissioners of Adams county, Indi'ns. will receive blds for the construction of a macadamized road In Monroe township tn said county, known as the Emanuel Sprunger Macadam Road, up and until 10 o’clock a. m.; on Monday, March 1, 1909, at a regular session of said 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 road to be built of crushed stone alone; 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 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’&ny 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 required by law. The Board of Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids. H. S. MICHAUD, Auditor. 5-3 t Adams County, Indiana. The successful bidder will be required to furnish, pay end make up whatever amount that be necessary to sell the bonds for said improvement. o PETITION FOR STONE ROAD. State of Indiana, County of Adams, ss: Before the Board of Commissioners of the county of Adams, March Term, 1909. We, the undersigned, each and all of whom are resident freeholders and voters of Adams county, Indiana, and in Hartford townehinp in said county and state, respectully petition your honorable body that you construct and complete a free macadamized stone road in said Hartford township, Adams county, Indiana, over and upon she public highway laid out and es-' tablished on and along the following route, to-wit: i Commencing at a point on the Jim- i town pike at the southeast corner of; section two (2) in township twenty-' five (25) north, range thirteen (13) j east in Adams county, Indiana, thence' running west on said section line road on the south side of section two (2)■ to a point where said public highway' leaves said section and rtins I northwest toward the town of Linn Grove, Adams county, Indiana, thence i to run northwest on said road leading to said town of Linn Grove to the bridge over the Wabash river on the highway leading to ’said town and there to terminate. Said petitioners show that said proposed road when completed will be about one mile In length and will ’ connect at each end with a free gravel' and macadamized road and is located' entirely within Hartford township in said county and state. Said road shall be called the Meshberger Macadam Road. Said petitioners further show that a United States mail route passes over the entire length of the road sought to be improved. Said petitioners further ask that said road be built as a double track road. and that it be graded to the width of twenty-six (26) feet and that crushed stone be placed thereon to a width o ften (10) feet and that stone screenings be placed on top of said £tone. Said petitioners would further ask that said road be built and Improvement made as above described and that to pay for same together with the expenses of location thereof, a series of bonds be issued payable in twenty semi-annual installments and that to pay said bonds and interest thereon a tax be levied upon the taxable property of Hartford township, Adams county, Indiana. Said petitioners further show that said proposed road when built will be an extension of the Jimtown Pike Road, which has been built and established pursuant to a petition and election and will connect at one end with the Jimtown Pike and at the other With the Reynolds Gravel Road, both of which are free macadam roads of said county. Said petitioners further ask that said road be built and such proceedings had as will build and establish and pay for said road as provided by the acts of the General Assembly of the state of Indiana, approved March 8,1905, and as amended by acts of 1907, and any and all other laws authorizing the building of macadam roads. (Acts of 1905, page 550.) David Meehberger, Fred Liddy, Rufus Meshberger, Peter Stucky, John Schindler, C. C. Stucky, Chas. Chrisman, Daniel Yoder, Robert Gerber, Samuel Onliger. George W. Gentis, Daniel Augsburger, Bagley Anderson, Ben Meshberger, J. K. Yoder, Albrecht Reber, Chris Eicher, Abraham Bierle, Abraham Egly, Peter Mosser, Levi Moeshberger, John Simison, C. E. Slawson, Lilaflin Dolt, John Yoder, Emanuel Mosser, Jacob J. Flory, Sol Stuckey, vPeter Hoffnn®, Peter N. Moser, John Snyder, Cathrlne Ensley. Wm. Anderson, Charles Reynolds, Fred Reffe, David Fox, Ben Banter, John W. Cowens, Elmer C. Hunt, Sherman Higgins,-John H. Sours, Tali°r<i Runyon, John J. Augsburger,

IIIIIJ! . | I I I -111 I ■ . I IK! I I <-- ,1, fi, Chris Hirschy, John J. Llechty, Peter Fox, John Pearson, John R. £ehr,, e Schartz, Robert Meyer, A. Schlagenhauf, Smith Runyon, David Splbhlger, C. C. Yoder, Charles Martin, Nfory 11 Schaupp, Mary E. An-, drew French, ■ Edwin Heller, ( -. l - This petition will be presented to ’ the Board of Commissioners on P • y Monday, March 1, 1909, at which time the taxpayers of Hartford township may appear and make such objection as the law may provide for. t G-3t H. S. MICHAUD, Auditor. 8 —O —_ r PETITION FOR STONE ROAD, d ~ .. . a State of Indiana, County of Adams, ss: Ji Before the Board of Commissioners of the county of Adams, March Term, 1909. We, the undersigned, all of whom f are resident freholders and voters of I Wabash town»hip, in Adams bounty, - Indiana, end the town of Geneva, slt- ‘ uated in said township, respectfully ® petition yo urhonorable body and ask that you construct and complete a s free macadamized stone road over and 3 upon the public highway situated on the following route, to-wlt: 1 Commencing at the southwest cor- ’ ner of the east half of the southeast 3 quarter of section 25, township 25, J north range 14 east, in Adams county, 1 Indiana, thence running north or a 1 distance of one mile through the cenJ ter of the east half of said section 25, township and range aforesaid, to ’ the soutXwest comer of the east half 1 of the southeast quarter of section 24, 1 township 28,' north range 14 e?®t, thence east on the line divldng the east half of the southeast quarter of ! said section 24, township and range ! aforesaid and the east half of the northeast quarter of said section 25, ! township and range aforesaid, and terminating at the northwest corner ’ cf section 30, township 25, north range 15 east Your petitioners aver and say that ’ ,the improvement prayed for is less than three miles in length and con- ! nects at the commencement thereof ' j with a free gravel rot»d in said Wai bash township, and ends aqd termln- ' ates on the line dividing Wabash ; and Jefßertson townships aforesaid > sand there connects with an improv- .1 ed highway on the township Hnfe afore- • said and that a United States rural 1 i mail route passes over a part of ■ ‘Jsald highway. ' I Your petitioners further aver and 1 1 say that the highway herein sought ' >to be improved is a public highway 1 already established and in use and ' is one of the public highways of said 1 Wabash township and that this Im- 1 ■ provement is to be a continuation of and an extenson to the William Burk 1 i Free Gravel Road. # ' I Your petitioners ask your honorable < • body that said highway above de- I scribed be drained and graded and i (that broken stone be placed upon-the 1 'grade and that upon such broken i .stone there be placed stone screen- i ; ings. 1 Your petitioners further adk that 1 said highway above described be graded to a width of 24 feet, and < (that broken stone be placed thereon 1 jto a width of 10 fefet, and to a depth 1 iof 8 inches at the sides ■ thereof and 1 to a depth of 10 inches in the center 1 i thereof and that crushed stone screen- 1 ings be placed thereon to depth of 1 . 3 inches upon such broken stone, that < said Improvement be made a double I , track and that the name of the same < be the Mount Zion Macadam Road. i That to pay for said improvement we ask that bonds be Issued by the < j county of Adams, in the state of In- 1 dlana. payable in twenty semi-annual i installments or series and for the pay- I ment of which we ask that a tax be levied upon the taxable property of 1 said Wabash township and the town I of Geneva situated therein tn a suffl- < rinet amount to pay the interest and i principal of said bonds as they be- 1 come due. I That said improvement be made and constructed and that said bonds < be issued and said tax be levied upon the taxable property of said township, I in accordance with the acts of the I legislature of the state of Indiana, J passed in the year 1905, beginning on page 550, and as. amended in the acts of 1907, now in force providing for the extension of free gravel or macadw roads an dall other and all 1 amendments thereto. We further ask the Board to take all of the necessary steps as is required by law to have said improvement constructed and made as petitioned herein, that the same. be constructed without submitting the question of building the same to an election aC: the voters of said Wabash and that the board construct the same under the law of the state of Indlaha ’ providing for the extension of free gravel or macadam roads. W. B. Hale, C. D. Porter, W. W. Briggs, 8. W. Hale, Joseph Chrisman, Byron Ault, E. Barnes, J. W. Kelly, Fred C. Deitsch, Nathan Shepherd, P. C. Ford, A. J. Juday, Samuel Zerkle, W. T. Atwood, Andrew J. Miller. Homer Pontius, Henry Miller, Michael McGriff, J. B. Ward. Franklin Iff. < Sullivan, George W. Cooper, Vernon! Pontius, O. G. Rathbun, F. J. McWhlnney, Aaron Bricker, Perry L>. Burk, H. J. Greene, Abraham Byrd, W. A. Wells, Geo. Hartman, Jaw. Christmas, J. M. Wells, H. E. Suttles, Ida McKirrick, Aaron Irland, E. 8. Callihan, Jery Swank, W. C. Glen- ! dening, David Polerfl, John Shufik, J. H.- Hardison, Robt. Poer, H, M. Aspy, Socratus Cook, Josiah L. Aspy, George Weaver, Chas. Relcheldeffer, E. O. Rayn, W. D. Cross, J. R. Martz, D. Hawdeshell, L N. Veley, John V. Hlestand, Robt. E. Derickson, C, A. Haviland, C. F. Greene, A. M. Butcher, J. T. Burley, George Inrichen, Jacob Butcher, S. H. Teeple, W. A. Aspy, F. S. Armstrong, Wm. H. H. Bears, D. B. Ford, S. L. Grace. This petition will be presented to i the Board of Commissioners on "* Monday, March 1, 1909, at which time the taxpayers .off Waffash township may appear andh

■ > provide for. M]CHAUn Auditor I 0 , -O-T-'* —' PETITION FOR STONE ROAD. State of-Indiana, County of Adam#, ss? Before the Board of Commissioner# of the county of Adams, March Term, 1909. . We, the undersigned, all of whom are resident freeholders and voters -of Jefferson township, in Adams county, Indiana, respectively petition yoiir honorable body that you construct and complete, a free macadamized road over ard along the public highway situated on the foliowin groute, towit: Commencing the southeast corner ' of the southwest quarter of section 20, township 25, north range 15 east, ' in Adams county, Indiana,’thence run- . ntng west on the' line dividing the west half of section 20 and section 29 ' towflship and range aforesaid an* on ’ the line dividing sections 19 and 30 township end range aforesaid and terminating at the northwest cofner ; of section 30. township 25, north range 1 15 east on the line dividing Jefferson ' township and Wabsah township, in ’ said county and state. Your petitioners aver and say that ' the improvement prayed for is less ’ than three miles in length and connects at the commencement thereof 1 with a free macadam road in said ' Jefferson township and ends and terminates on the township line dividing 1 Wabash end Jefferson townships aforesaid and there connects with an improved highway on the township line aforesaid and that a United States rural mail route passes over said J highway. Your petitioners further aver and say that the highway thus sought to be Improved is a public highway already established and in use and is 1 one of the public highways of said Jefferson township and that this improvement is to be a continuation of ind an extension to the South Jes- ’ ferson Macadam Road. Your petitioners ask your honorable " body that said highway heretofore de- 1 scribed be drained and graded and that broken stone be placed upon the ' grade and that upon such broken < stone there be placed stone screenings. ■ i • / Y6ur petitioners further ask that * s’Jd „ highway above described be ’ graded to a'width of 24 feet, and that broken stone be placed, thereon to a width of Iff feet, and to a depth of 8 Inches at the sides thereof and to a 1 depth of 10 inches in the center thereof arid that crushed stone screenings be '(tfaced thereon to » depth of 3 ? upon such broken stone, that said improvement be made a double 1 track 1 and that the nam eof the same 1 be The Teeple Macadam Road. Th*t to pay for said Improvement we flsk that bonds be Issued by the county of Adams, in the state of In- t dlana, payable in twenty semi-annual t installments or series and for the pay- < ment of which we ask that a tax be < levied upon the taxable property of i said Jefferson township, aforesaid in a sufficient amount to pay the inter- « est sind principal of said bonds as i they became due. That said improvement be made and constructed and that said bonds be issued and said tax be levied upoil the taxable property of said township, in accordance with the acts of the legislature of the state of Indiana, parsed in the year 1905, beginning on page 550, and as amended in the acts of 1907 now in force, providitig for the extension of free gravel or macadamroads, and all other and all amendments thereto. We urther ask the board to take all of the hecesasry steps as required by law to have sal dlmprovement constructed and made as petitioned herein, that the same be constructed without submitting the question of building the same to an election of the voters of said Jefferson township and that the board construct the same under the laws of the state o flndiana providing for the extension of free gravel or macadam roads. “ Isaac Teeple, JAaron Helmbdfger, Jessie Heirpberger, E. D. Collum; Joseph Robin, Margaret Robin, Jesse W. Snyder, Henry H. Snyder, Mary A. Snyder, George Panter, J. B. Odonnell, Jacob Stuber, Pat Fahey, Christ Buhler, Charles ?uhler, M. B. Miller, Frankling Synder, A. G. Kraner, Butter Woodruff, John T. Kelly, Evert Woodruff. Geo. B. Mauref, M. V. Buckmaster, Amos B. Bufekmaster, Nelson Campbell, Edwin Ferry, W. Z. Ketchen, Marin Ketchem, Sol Mosser, Harry T. Miller, N. E. Bloser, Henry Fogle, Michael Finnerty, Patrick M. Kinney, Timothy Guflgan, W. Guflgan, Frank Stump, Frank Sapngler, Frank Fetetrs. Bartly Burk, John Buher, T. J. Williams, Frank Hlestand, S. R. Lltofl, W. M. Kerr, ohn T. Ault, A. W. Scoles, L..M. Fogle. J. H. Orndorff, 8. J. Fogle, Philip Irwin, John Engle, Daniel Brewster, Otis Burk T. F. Ryan, Jonathan Rian, Jeese Buckmaster. Leland McCollum, James Kenney. . This petition will be presented to the Board of Commissioners on t- • 1 - 4 Monday, March 1, 1909, at which time the taxpayers of Jefferson,. , township may appear and make such objection as the law may provide for. «-3t H. 8. MICHAUD, Auditor. O NOTICE TO NON-REBIDENTB. State of Indiana. County of Adams, ss: In the Adams Circuit Court, Feb. Term, 1909. Catharine Allison et a) vs. Jane R. Stockwell et al. No. 7710. Complaint to quiet title. It appearing from affidavit filed in the above entitled cause, that Jane R. Stockwell, widow of Lev! Stockwell, deceased, Elizabeth Stockwell, Ellas Howe Stockwell, Len Stockwell Jr., Jane I* Stockwell, all the unknown heirs of Levi Stockwell, deceased, and whose Christian names are unkifown. All the unknown heirs of -Jane R; •. Stockwell, ' whose Christian names are unknown if she be deceased. All the unknown heirs of Klfzaheth Stockwell, if she be deceased, whose Christian names 1 are unknown. All the unknown heirs

. * ’ ■ —*• Inf WHkk Unwn If -’.M. loi tyllas I [owe StocKWw, if n© be deceased, whose Christian names are übknowp. Alkthe puknown heirs of Lfln Stockwell, if he be deceased, whose Christian; name# aw unknown. A&7the:^kiifl!Fa.. f -hote»-..0f Jane L. StockweH, If she be deceased whose Christian nances are unknown. The above named defendants are' non-residents of thfl State of Indiana. .• Notice Is therefore hereby given th" said Jane R. Stockwell, widow of Levi Stock'”elh decdreed, Elizabeth Stockwell, Ellas Howe Stockwell, Leu Stockwell Jr., Jane L. Stockwell. Ail the unknown heirs of Levi Stockwell, deceased, whose Christian names are unknown. All the unknown heirs of Jane R. Stockwell, whose Christian names are unknown if she be deceased. £ll t£ei. unknown heirs of Elizabeth Stockwell, if she be deceased, whose Christian names are unknown. All the unknown heirs of Ellas Howe Stockwell, if he be decepsed, whose Christian names are unknown. All the unknown heirs of Len Stockwell Jr., if he be deceased, whoso Christian names are unknown. All the unknown heirs of Jane L>. Stockwell, if she be deceased, whose Christian flames are unknown, that and appear before the Hon. Judge of the Adams Circuit Court on the 12th day of April, 1909, the same being the Ist Juridical Day of the next regular term thereof, to be holden ?t the court house in the City of Decatur, commencing on Monday, the 12th day of-April, A D., 1909, and plead by answer or demur to said complaint, or the same will be heard and determined in their, absence. Witness, my name, and seal of said court hereto affixed this 9th day of February, 1909. JAMES P. HAEFLING, Clerk. David E. Smith, Atty, for plaintiff. 6-3 t NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE. Notice Is hereby given to the cerditors, heirs and legatees of McClellen Tague, deceased, to appear in the Adams Circuit Court, held at Decatur, Indiana, on the 4th day of March, 1909, and show cause, if any, why the. final settlement accounts with the estate of said decedent should not be approved; and said heirs are notified to then and there make proof of heirship, and receive their distributive shares. MARSHALL F. ASPY, Administrator. Decatur, Ind., Feb. 8, 1909. Dore B. Erwin, Attorney. * 6-2 t - T- -O NOTICE TO BIDDERS. rip— ■— Notice’ i# hereby given that blds will be received by the board of commissioners at their March session, on Monday, March 1, 1909, for the following supplies for use at the county infirmary: Clothing, Groceries, Salt and Mill Feed, Oil and Gasoline .Drugs, Dry Goods and Shoes. Bidders will, be expected to furnish addition goods if needed, at the prices stipulated in their bids. MARTIN LAUGHLIN, WILLIAM MILLER, HENRY ZWICK, Board of Commissioners. Attest: H. 8. Midland, Auditor. 8-2 t —g o__ HELPED THE BOYS. A Letter That Aroused King Christian of Denmark. King Christian of Denmark once found in his morning mail a letter which moved him more than did most matters of state. The letter was in a boyish scrawl and read as follows: Dear Ting—We are four boya at Flakkebjerb school, and the master whips us daily with a piece of steel rope he found in the harbor. If he doesn’t stop there will be a fire. The name of the teacher being given, the king ordered him to report at once to the minister of justice, while he took the next train for Flakkebjerb and examined the class tn the teacher’s absence. The children, unawed by the presence of the cruel teacher, told their grievance to the kindly old king, who promised immediate relief, closed the school for the day and ordered that the boys be treated to chocolate and cakes at his expense “to remember him by.” But he did more than that On returning to Copenhagen be dismissed the cruel teacher without pension, at the same time giving a general warning to all teachers to be chary of corporal punishment “If boys cannot be trained without cruel beatings,” this wise king said, “then there must be something the matter with those who train them. The coming generation must not be made- ruffians by ruffianly teachers.” I«la of Wight. The Isle of Wight inhabitants are not alone In speaking of “going to England” when they leave their own of the kingdom. A patriotic Cornlshman also “goes to England” when be crosses the Tamar. Similarly inhabitants of the Balkan peninsula talk of “going to Europe” when they leave their own corner of the continent—in curious contrast with the people of our own island. We regard ourselves as both of and In “Europe.” and accordingly It is only “the continent" that we visit The record In the splendid isolation line Is probably held by that minister of the Cumbraes. in the Clyde, who prayed for a blessing upon “the inhabitants of Great and Little Cumbrae and the adjacent islands of Great Britain and Ireland.”— London Graphic. '' ; His Thirst v Husband—May, just send Up some filtered water. Wife—Which was it last night, "Detained at the office” or “A friend at the club?" Husband— Why? Wife—Because I didn't know whether you wanted a tumbler or a pailful.—London Opinion.

' Th.V Ar'e Mountains I nvy HrW swvw «nny iviouritßins We Understand That Term. j , immediately have, an answer of some sort to the question abovp. tor have ; they, not a lively remembranee of having learned In their schoolbooks that “a volcano is h burning mountain, from 1 the summit of which ure sent out smoke I and flames?" This popular fancy has , been exploded by scientists, whose ; work Is to explode popular fancies. t In the first place, volcanoes are not 1 necessarily mountains, in reality they are Just the -reverse—that is, holes in the earth’s crust. Out of these are thrown the materials which, accumulating. form the heaps which we popularly call mountains. These are, then, the result and not ! the cause of the action. Neither are ' they “burning,” as we understand the . term. There Is no combustion nor any action we might reasonably call i ‘ “burning." The action need not necessarily fake place at the summit, for eruptions are ; just as frequent at the sides ob even ' at the base. The so called “smoke" is nothing more or less than the clouds ' of condensing steam which are formed on every occasion when an erqption ' occurs. Lastly, the “flames/’ so called, are merely the reflection of the mas# of molten reek and material inside the crater on the clouds of steam above, ! thus appearing as a glowing light The friction, too. set up by the motion of the materials causes electricity, and hence the lightning discharges which add to the illuminating effect—Pearson’s Magazine. VOTED WITHOUT BALLOTS. An Election Day at Charlottcsvills, Va., In 1804. At Charlottesville, Va., the seat of Albemarle county, according to Miss Mary Johnston’s chronicle of “Lewis Band,” they were voting for a member of the house of delegates. It was ■ the fourth Wednesday in April. The year was 1804. “Under the locust trees to the right of the open gate were placed long tables and on them three mighty, punch bowls, flanked by drinking cups and guarded by bouse servants of venerable appearance and stately manners. Here good Federalists refreshed themselves. To the left of the gate, upon the trampled grass beneath a mulberry, appeared other punch bowls and In addition a barrel of whisky ready broached for all good Democrat-Re-publicans. The sunny street was filled with horses, vehicles and servants; the broad path between the trees, the turf on either hand and the courthouse steps were crowded with riotous voters. All ranks of society, all ages, occupations and opinions, met in the gen--1 lai weather beneath the trees, where sang every bird of spring." Within the courthouse the sheriff presided. Conspicuous sat the two candidates. There were no ballots, but each voter made known his choice by living voice: "I vote, sir/’ cried the colonel, “for Mr. Ludwell Cary, for a gentleman and a patriot sir. and may the old county never be represented but by such!” •' ' The Money Germ. The Baltimore Sun comes out with a warning that probably few will heed. It says, “Don’t let the mopey germs bite you.” and adds that a man who has taken the trouble to count ’em says that 124.000 bacteria roost comfortably on each one dollar bill after the currency has been circulating freely for a year or #6. So if you have 850 in your pocket you are probably carrying around about 6,200,000 germs. “Yet,” says the Sun, “there are men brave enough to face this terrible risk just for the sake of having a roll of greenbacks. It simply shows what dangers man will undergo for money. Most of us, however, are not in serious danger.” Garibaldi’s Simplicity of Character. An instance of Garibaldi’s modesty •nd simplicity of character is afforded by the following letter, written to his wife at Caprera the day after the battle of Diglon: Dear Francesca—Teeterday the Italfim volunteers fought the whole day against the Prussians, the best soldiers tn the world, and won. The weather ..ere i# very cold, and It to Snowing. 1 dare say it will be thb same in the Mediterranean. , Take car* of the cows and see that the calves do not suffer from the cold. Tell Pietro to sow the beans at the Tole and tell the children, Clella and Manito, that When I paseed Marseilles X saw some beautiful toys, which on my return I shall get for them. Ingenloue Penlee. A rather curious habit has been developed by Mexican ponili in connection with the cactus thorns. When these creatures-are thirsty it is said that before attempting to put their mouths to the prickly plant they will first of all stand and kick at the cactus with their heels. By this means the thorns are broken and the leathery skin bruised, and so the ponies can drink their fill of the cool juice without injury.—Strand Magazine. They Were Not Encouraged. “I don’t see why that young man doesn’t propose.” "I think, pa, that the chances of bls doing it would be fully as good if you wouldn’t leave your boxing gloves around]where he can see them.”—Bohemian Magazine. Os course everybody likes and respects sei f* made men. It is a great deal bqtttL-to. be made in that way than’not to be made at all.—O. W. Holmes.