Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 25 February 1909 — Page 8

' To the citizens of 'the Second wwd ’ in the city of Decatur, Indiana, and Du> the citizens of the said city 6f i * Decatur, Indiana, Adams county, In- 1 diana: . ’ Notice |s hereby given that I, Cornelius Rademacker, male inhabitant 1 es said city over the age of twenty- ’ one years and a person not in the ha- ' bit of becoming intoxicated, will make 1 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-wit: 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 fs 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'fc quart ’ at a time, with the privilege of allowing the same to be drank on the pre- ; raises Inhere sold. My place of business whereon said liquors are to be sold and drank is situated In a room on the following described real estate, to wit: Commencing at the corner of the street on the east line of Lot No. 335 m 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 same being on the ground floor as the same is i designated on the recorded plat of said town (now city) of Decatur, Ind. 5- JOHN SCHAFFER, App-c-t. —o 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 1 road in Hartford township in said county, known as the Sherman Glendening Macadam road, up and until 10 o'clock a. m., on Monday, March 1, 1909, a s regular session of saidßoardof Commissioners, held in the City of Decatur, Adams county, Indiana, sealed blds 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 bld fa 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 any one estimate, out of the funds to be hereinafter raised by the sale of bonds as required by law. Each bolder will be required to file affidavit as required by law. The Board of Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bltfe. ’ H. 8. MICHAUD, Auditor. B-3t Adams County, Indiana. The successful bidder will be required to furnish, pay and make up whatever amount that be necessary to sell' the bonds for said improvement:. . - n 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 Monroe township in said eounty, known as the David Habegger Macadam Road; up and until 10 o’clock: a. m:, on Monday, March 1, 1909, at a regular session of saidßoardof Commissioners, held in the City of Decatur, Adams county, Indiana, sealed bids will 'be received for the construction ot said road in accordance With the plans, specifications and report of the Viewers and Engineer, which are no” 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 sow faithful performance of said work, and that the bidder if ■warded the contract therefor and complete the same according to such contract and in accordance with the Hid filed. All blds 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 fn charge, not to exceed eighty per cent of any one estimate, out of the

“m’rtXi' to'aie affidavit as required by law. fThe Board of Commissioners' re- , serve the right to reject any and all ■ blds. H. 8. MICHAUD, Auditor. , 5-3 t Adams County, Indiana. The successful bidder will be re- , quired to furnish, pay and make up whatever amount that be necessary to sell the bonds for said improvement. — o—notice of public letting. Notice is hereby given that that Board of Commissioners of Adams county, Indiana, will receive blds for the construction of a macadamized road in Monroe township in 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 blds 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 bld in twice the amount of the bld 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 bld 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 required by law. - The Board of Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids. H. 8. MICHAUD, Auditor. 5-3 t ■ County, Indiana. The successful bidder will be required to furnish, pay and make up; whatever amount that be necessary, to sell the bonds for said Improvement —i——— -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 townshinp 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 the public highway laid out and established on and along the following; route, to-wit: Commencing at a point on the Jim- i towq pike at the southeast corner of. section two (2j 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 Rine and runs J northwest toward the town of Linn* Grove, Adams county, Indiana, thence ; to run.northwest on said road lead-j. ing 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 j 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 mall route passes over the entire length of the road sought to be Improved. Said petitioners further ask that said road be faiilt 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 stone. 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 Meshberger, Fred Liddy, Ru- , fus Meshberger, Peter Stucky, John i Schindler, C. C. Stucky, Chas. Chris- > man, Daniel Yoder, Robert Gerber, Samuel Opliger, George W. Gentls, 1 Daniel Augsburger, Bagley Anderson, , Ben Meshberger, J. K. Yoder, Al--3 brecht Reber, Chris Eicher, Abraham f Blerle, Abraham Egly, Peter Mosser, i Levi Moeshberger, John Slmlson, C. i E. Slawson, Lilaflln Dolt, John Yoder, e Emanuel Mosser, Jacob J. Flory, Sol Stuckey, Peter Hoffmnp, Peter N. e Moser, John Snyder, Cathrine Ensley, 11' Wm. Anderson, Charles Reynolds, n Fred Reffe, David Fox, Ben Banter, <r John W. Cowens, Elmer C. Hunt, ir Sherman Higgins, John Hl Sours, Tale ford Runyon, John J. Augsburger,

Schartz, Robert Meyer, A. Schlagenhauf, Smith Runyon, David Spichiger, C. C. Yoder, Charles Margin, Mary Schaupp, Mary E. Neaderhbuser, Andrew French, Edwin Heller. This petition will be presented to the Board of Commissioners on Monday, March 1, 1909, at which time the taxpayers of Hartford township may appear and make such objection as the law may provide for. 6-3 t H. S. MICHAUD, Auditor. 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, all of whom are resident freholders and voters of Wabash towmhip, in Adams county, Indiana, and the town of Geneva, situated in said townehip, respectfully petition yo urhonorable body and ask that you construct and complete a free macadamized stqne road over and upon the public highway situated on the following route, to-wlt: Commencing at the southwest corner of the east half of the southeast quarter of section 25, township 25, north range 14 east, in Adams county, Indiana, thence running north or a distance of one mile through the center of the east half of eaid section 25, township and range aforesaid, to the southwest corner of the east half of the southeast quarter of section 24, townshjp 25, north range 14 east, thence east on -the line dividing 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 of 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 connects at the commencement thereof I with a free gravel road ih said Wa.bash township, and ends and terminates on the line dividing Wabash and Jefferson townships aforesaid and there connects with an improvI ed highway on the township line aforesald and that a United States rural ' mall route passes over a part of (said highway. | Your petitioners further aver and say that the highway herein sought ,to be improved is a public highway j already established and in use and one of the public highways of said I Wabash township and that this Improvement is to be a continuation of and an extenson to the William Burk Free Gravel Road. Your petitioners ask your honorable body that said highway above dei scribed be drained and graded and i that broken stone be placed upon the ! grade and that upon such broken stone there be placed stone screen- : Ings. “ •» j Your petitioners further ask that said highway above described be. i graded to a width of 24 feet, and i that broken stone be placed thereon i to a width of 10 feet, and to a depth :of 8 inches at the sides thereof and to a depth of 10 inches tn the center ■ thereof and that crushed stone screen- ■ Ings be placed thereon to a depth of i 3 inches upon such broken stone, that said improvement be made a double track and that the name of the same be the Mount Zioa Macadam Road. That to pay for said Improvement we ask that bonds be issued by the county of Adams, to the state of Indiana, payable in twenty semi-annual • installments or series and for the pay- ; ment of which we ask that a tax be (levied upon the taxable property of said Wabash township and the town of Geneva situated therein in a suffirinet amount to pay the Interest and principal of said bonds as they become due. 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, tn accordance with the acts of the legislature of the state of Indiana.* 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 macadsm roads an dall other and all 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 qfl the voters of said Wabash townsiW and that the board construct the sanre under the law of the state of Indiana 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 MoGtriff, J. B. Wand. Franklin M. Sullivan, George W. Cooper, Vernenl Pontius, O. G. Rathbun, F. J. McWhlnney, Aaron Bricker, Perry L. Burk, H. J. Greene, Abraham Byrd, W. A. Wells, Geo. Hartman, Jas. Christmas, J. M. Wells, H. E. Suttles, Ida McKlrrick, Aaron Irland, E. 8. Callihan, Jery Swank, W. C. GHendening, David Polern, John Shunk, J. H. Hardison, Robt. Poer, H. M. Aspy, Socrrtus Cook, Josiah L. Aspy, George Weaver/ Chas. Reicheldeffer, E. O. Rayn, W. D. Cross, J. R, Martz, D. Hawdeshell, I. N. Veley, John V. Hiestand, Robt. E, Derickson, C. A. Haviland, C. F. Greene, A. M. Butcher, J. T. Burley, George Inrlchen, Jacob Butcher, 8. H. Teeple, W. A. Aspy. F. 8. Armstrong, Wm. Bears, D. B. Ford, 8. L. Grace. ? This petition will be presented to the Board of Commissioners on Monday, March 1, 1909, at which time the taxpayers of Wabash township may appear and

............ : ■ J State of Indiana, County of Adams, ss: S Before the Board of Commissioners < of the county of Adams, March Term, 1909. > We, the undersigned, all of whom are resident freeholders and voters of ' Jeffe:son township, in Adams county, < Indiana, respectively petition your < honorable body that you construct and ’ complete a free macadamized road ’ over and along the public highway 1 situated on the foliowin groute, to- * wit: 4 1 Commencing at the southeast corner ’ of the southwest quarter of sedtlon 1 20, township 25, north ranige 15 east, * in Adams county, Indiana, thence running west on the line dividing the 1 west half of section 20 and section 29 ' township and range aforesaid and on the Tine dividing sections 19 and 30 * township and range aforesaid and terminating at the nerthwest corner ; ot section 30, township 25. north range. ' 15 east on the line dividing Jefferson township and Wabsah townshim 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 commencemont thereof with a free macadam road in said ' Jefferson township and ends and terminates on the tpwnship line dividing * Wabash and 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 highway. fl Your petitioners further aver and spy that the highway thus sought to be improved Is a public highway already established and in use and is one of the public highways of said Jefferson township and that this improvement Is to be a continuation of and an extension to the South Jes- ■ ferson Macadam Road. Your petitioners ask your honorable body that said highway heretofore described be drained and graded and that broken stone be placed upon the grade and that upon such broken stone there be placed stone screenings. Your petitioners further ask that s’ld highway above described be graded to a width of 24 feet, and that broken stone be placed thereon to a width of 10 feet, and to a depth of 8 Inches at the sides thereof and to a depth of 10 inches in the center thereof and that crushed stone screenings be placed thereon to a depth of 3 Inches upon such broken stonA that said Improvement be made a double track and that the nam eof the same be ■ The 'Teeple Macadam Road. Th»t to pay for said Improvement wc- ask that bonds be Issuedr by the ; county of Adams, in the state of Indiana, payable In twenty semi-annual installments or series and for the payment of which we ask that a tax be levied upon the taxable property of said Jefferson township, aforesaid in a sufficient amount to pay the interest and principal of said bonds as they become due. That eaid Improvement be made and constructed and that said bonds be issued and said tax be levied upon the taxable property of said township, in accordance with the acts of the legislature of the state of Indiana, 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 macadam roads, and all other and all amendments thereto. We urther ask the board to take all ot the necessary 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 I 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 flndlana providing for the extension of free gravel or macadam roads. Isaac Teeple, (Aaron -Helmberger. t Jessie Helmberger, E. D. Collum, Joti eph Robin, Margaret Robin, Jesse W. , Snyder, Henry H. Snyder, Mary A. i Snyder, George Panter, J. B. Odoni nell, Jacob Stuber, Pat Fahey, Christ ' Buhler, Charter Buhler, M. B. Miller, i Frankllng Synder, A. G. Kraner, But- • ter Woodruff, John T. Kelly, Evert Woodruff, Geo. B. Maurer, M. V. BuckI matter, Amok B. Buckmaster, Nelson Campbell, Edwin Ferry, W. Z. Ketl chdfi, Marin Ketchem, Sol Mosserf L Harry T. Miller, N. E. Bloser, Henry Fogle, Michael Finnerty, Patrick M. I Kinney, Timothy Gufigan, W. Gufigan, I Frank Stump, Frank Sapngler, Frapk f Fetetrs, Bartly Burk, John Buher, T. fU. Williams, Frank Hiestand, 8. R. ? Liton, W. M. Kerr, ohn T. Ault, A . W. Scoles, L. M. Fogle, J. H. OrnB dorff, S. J. Fogle, Philip Irwin, John i Engle, Daniel Grewster, Otis Burk T. F. Ryan, Jonathan Rian, Jesse Buotanaster, Leland McCollum, James Kenney. * ’ This petition will be presented to ’ the Board of Commissioners on Monday, March 1, 1909, 1 at which time the taxpayers of 1 Jefferson township may appear and . make such objection as the law may provide for. < ' 6-3 t H. 8. MICHAUD, Auditor. « * NOTICE TO NON-REBIDENTB. - State of Indiana, County of Adams, ss: , In the Adams Circuit Court, Feb. . Term, 1909. Catharine Allison et al 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 Levi Stock- •, well, deceased, Elizabeth Stockwell, l) Elias Howe Stockwell, Len'Stockwell ■, Jr., Jane L. Stockwell, all the uni, known heirs of Levi Stockwell, deceased, and whose Christian names o are unknown. All the unknown heirs of Jane R. Stockwell, whose Christian names are unknown if she be deceased. All the unknown heirs of Elizabeth Stockwell, if she f be deceased, whose Christian names d are unknown. All the unknown heirs \ - .. *' ■-/

I? 0 ?" ills Stockwell, if she be deceased whose Christian names are unknown.' The above named defendants are non-residents of the State of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given the said Jane R. Stockwell, ■widow of Levi Stockwell, deceased, Elizabeth Stockwell, Ellas Howe Stockwell, Len Stockwell Jr., Jane L. Stockwell All the unknown heirs of Levi Stockwell, deceased, whose Christian names are unknown. All the unknown heirs of Jane R. Stoclrwell, whose Christian names are unknown if she be deceased.' All the unknown heirs of Elizabeth Stockwell, it she be deceased, whose. Christian names are unknown. All the unknown heirs of Ellas Howe Stockwell, if he be deceased, whose Christian names are unknown. All tht unknown heirs of Len Stockwell Jr., if he be deceased, whose chrlsti&n names are unknown. All the unknown heirs of Jtae L. Stockwell, if she be deceased, whose Christian names are unknown, that they be. and appear before the Hon. Judge, of the Adams Circuit Court qn the 12th day of April, 1909, the sdme being the Ist Juridical Day of the next regular term thereof, to be holden at the court house in the City of ueuaiur, commencing on Monany, the 12A 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 ah®ald 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. -— —— NOTICE TO BIDDERS. Notice is hereby given that bids will be received by the board of commissioners aUtheir 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, f Dry t Goods and Sboes. Bidders will be expected to furnish addition goods if needed, at the prices stipulated in lbelr bide, MARTIN LAUGHLIN, i WILLIAM MILLER, : HENRY ZWICK, Board of Commissioners. Attest: H. S. Michaud, Auditor. 8-2 t -fe o : HELPED THE BOYS. A Letter That Aroused King Christian < of Denmark. King Christian of Denmark once found in his morning mall 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 boys at Flak* kebjerb school, and the master wplps us daily with a piece of steel rope ho found In the harbor. If he doesn't stop there will be a fire. Ths name of the teacher being given, the king ordered, him to report at once to the minister of justice, while he took toe next train for Flakkebjerb and examined the class in the teacher's absence. The children. unawed by the presence of the dtael 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 h* did mor ® 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 beys 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 1 • tele of Wight Tty trig of Wight inhabitants are not alone te speaking of “going to England" when they leave their own fragment of the kingdom. A patriotic Corntohman also “goes to England” when be crosses toe Tamar. Rlmilarly inhabitants of the Balkan peninsula talk of "going to Europe” when they leave their own corner of the continent—to 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 wo 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 Is- , lands of Great Britain and Ireland.”— London Graphic. ' H , ■’ ’ His Thirst. i Husband—May, just send up some filtered water. Wife—Which was it . last night, “Detained at toe office” or 1 "A friend at the club?” Husband—--1 Why? Wife—Because 1 didn’t know ‘ whether you wanted a tumbler or a- ' pailful.—London Opinion, A' 1 " - .. • ... ,

w *u N 2' °.“ r d T°b T’r"’’ 1 '" “ ' W 0 understand That Term. “What are volcanoes?” Nino out of every ten i>er»ons wou’l * immediately have an answer of some sort /to the question above, for havo they not a lively remembrance of having learned in their schoolbooks that “a volcano is a burning mountain, from I the summit of which are mnt out smoko | and flames?" This popular fancy has been exploded by scientists, whose work is to explode popular fancies. j In tpe first place, volcanoes are not necessarily mountains, in reality they are Just the reveree-tbat is. boleq in the earth’s crust. Out of these are thrown the materials whth, accumu- ' latlng. form the heaps which we popu- v ‘lariycall mountains. i These are, then, the result and not the cause of the action. Neither are 7 they “burning, ’’ ae we understand the term. There is no combustion nor any action we might reasonably call “burning." ' The action need not necessarily take place at the summit, for eruptions are just as frequent at the sides or even at the base. The so called “smoke’’ is nothing more or less than the clouds of condensing steam which are formed <m •▼©ry occasion when an eruption occurs. Lastly, the “flames." so called, are merely the reflection of the mass of molten rock and material inside the 1 - 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 dischargee which add to the illuminating effect-Pear-son’s Magasine. ; > VOTED WITHOUT BALLOTS. - - An Election Day at Charlottesville, Va, In 1804. At Charlottesville, Va.. the seat of Albemarle county, according to Miss Mary Johnston’s chronicle of “Lewis Rand,” they were voting for • 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 plactfl long tables and on them three mighty punch bowls, flanked by drinking cups and guarded by house 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, oc--1 cupations and opinions, met in the gen- > lai weather 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.' fpr a gentleman and a patriot sir, and may the old , county never be represented but by '

> The Money Germ. The Baltimore Sun comes out with a warning that probably few will heed. It says. “Don't let the money germs bite you,” and add* 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 so. So if you have SSO 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 e roll of greenbacks. It simply shows what dangers man will undergo for money. Most of us, however, uro not In serious danger.” Garibaldi’s filmplioity 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 Digion: . * Dear Francesco-Yesterday the Italian volunteers fought the whole day against the Prussians, the beat soldiers In the world, and won. The weather ..ere is vary cold, and it la showing. 1 dare any it will be the same in the Mediterranean. Take care of the sows and sea that the calves do not suffer from the cold. Teg Pietro to sow the beans at the Toto and tsllthe children. Clelia and Manito, that when I passed Marseilles I saw some beautiful toys, which on my return 1 .... shall get for them. ; Ingenious Ponies. A rather curious habit has been devolved by Mexican ponies in connection with the cactus thyns. 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 too 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 his doing It would be fully as good if you wouldn’t leave your boxing gloves around where be can see them.&-Bo-bemlan Magazine. Os course everybody llkes and Suspects ser made men. It is a great deal better to be made in that WUY than' not to be made at all.—O. W. Holmes.