Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1907 — Page 7

Notice of Filing of Estimates for 1901 Notloe la hereby *iren that the Estimate* of the Board of Commissioners of Jaaper County, and die varloua County and Townahip offloera of the expenditure for the year IMS are now on file In the Auditor'a office of Jasper County, Indiana, the amounta of aald eatime tea being aa followa! Total eatimate of County Commlaaionere for the varloua expenditure of the oounty «• 1*5098 34 Payment lntereat Court Houae Bonda -- 5737 50 Expene Circuit Court 0080 00 Insanity Inquests ..... - «« w Salary Clerk Circuit Court and expense of office «»8 50 Salary Obunty Auditor and expene of office— 2737 00 Salary County Treasurer and expense of office * *50*85 Salary County Recorder and expense of office...... 2613 40 Salary County Sheriff and expene of offloe. » 1830 00 Salary County Aaeeaor and expene of Per diem of Connty Coroner and expense of office 321 00 Total expene County Poor Aaylum and farm Supplie Townahip Aaaeanra.... TO Per diem Townahip Aaaeeora and Deputle 3300 00 Total * *59447 TO lAMBS N. LBATHERMAN. Auditor Jaaper County.

OF ADMINISTRATION. Notice la hereby given that the underalsrned he ben appointed bv the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Jaaper County, State of Indiana, executor ae per her will of the estate of Rebecca J. Smith, late of Jaaper County, deceased. , . Said estate is suppoaed to be solvent. Marrimon Tudor, Bxecutor. Foltz A Spltler Attorneys. August 17,1907. OF ADMINISTRATION. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned haa been appointed by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Jasper County, State of Indiana, adminisirator or the eatate of Rodney H. Dodge, late of Jasper Connty, deceased. Said estate is supposed to be solvent, JASPER SAVINGS A TRUST CO, Administrator. Aug. 34-81-Sept. 7. OF ADMINISTRATION. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Jasper County, State of Indiana, administrator of the eatate of Margaret Shea, late of Jaaper County, deceased. Said estate is supposed to be solvent, GKORGE WORDEN, Administrator. August 30.1907. TO NON-RESIDBNTS. The State of Indiana I \ Jasper County, ) > In the Jasper Circuit Court, September term, / 1907. Barney Spitznagle 1 Michael & Kennedy J-Complalnt No- 7UX Abraham Halleck, et aI.J Now comes the plaintiffs, by S. C. Irwin their attorney, and files their complaint herein, together with an affidavit that the defendant, Ransom Halleck Is not a resident of the State of Indiana. Notion Is therefore hereby given said Defendant that unless he be ana appear on the first day of the next term of the Circuit Court to be holden on the 2nd Monday of September, A. D. 1907, at the Court House lu Rensselaer in said County and State, and answer or demur to said complaint, the same will be heard and determined In hit absence. In Witness Whereof I hereunto set , —, my hand and affix the Seal of said 3 seal c court, at Rensselaer, Indiaua, this ' -—■—' ’ 10th day of August. A. D. 1907. C. C. Waknkk, Clerk.

Notice of Sale ot School House. I will Mil to the highest and best bidder the school boose on the school lot ot district No. 7 (Parker School District) in Marion Township. Jasper County. Indiana. Said sale will be held on tbe above school lot beginning at 10:00 a. m., Tuesday. Sept. 17, 1907, and said sale wiil be governed by law as found in act of the Legislature 1907, Pa<»e 575. , 'trustee reserves the right to reject any and all bids. CHARLES F. STACKHOUSE Trustee Marion Towhship, Rensselaer, Ind, . • NOTICE OF COLLECTION OF DITCH ASSESSMENTS. Notice is hereby given to all land owns -a whose lands have been assessed benefits for the construction of the Fletcher Mon nett Ditch, Cause No. 5553, pending in Commissioners' Court, to wb'ch reference is had, that said ditch has been ordered constructed and that I have aa.ertlsed the sale of said improvement on Saptember 2, 1. *7. and that I will require ten (10) per cent of the benefits assessed to be paid at my residence in Newton Township, Jasper County, Indiana, on September 30, It iTT-and ten (10) per oent thereof every thirty (30) days thereafter until said improvement is paid for; as provided for by statute. Dated this 12th day of August, 1907. CAREY L. CARR, Superintendent. Notice of Solo ot Monnett Ditch Notice is hereby given that the undersigned as superintendent of the Fletcher Monnett Ditch in Commissioners' Court, cause No. 5553, will sell the main ditch thereof separately and each branch thereof separately promptly at ten o'clock A. M., on SEPTEMBER 2, 1907, at the Surveyor’s Office in the Court House in the City of Rensselaer, Jasuer County, Indiana, to the lowest and best responsible bidder therefor. This main ditch is to be constructed of eighteen (18) inoh tlie and less, reference especially as to slie of tile aud the depth of cut is made to the plaus and specifications as now on file in the Auditor’s Offioe. Persons submitting bids will want to have same sealed accompanlng same with a bond that if awarded the contract that he will enter into a bond for the faithful performance of same. I reserve the right to reject any and all bids and the oontraot shall be conditioned to have same completed on or before January 1, 1906. Lotted this 12th day of August, 1907, CARY L. CARR, Superintendent.

a FOBS'M a u HMCC Milt Of Benton, White and Jasper Counties, BBPBSaXKTSD BT MARION I. ADAMS, RENSSELAER IND. # lasurance in force Dec. 81,1900, 52,295,660.00. • Increase for year 1900, SI 39*4 48.00.

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HINTS FOR FARMERS

Grass Fattened Beef. An eastern experiment station recently finished an experiment to test | the relative cost of stall fattening ateers In the winter or simply maintaining steers through that season and finishing them on grass in the summer. It was found that by the last method weight was produced at an average of nearly 3 cents a pound less than by winter fattening, and the grass fed beef brought approximately the same price as the other. This confirms the frequent contention, says Farm, Stock and Home, that the policy of selling yearling feeders from farms early In the spring, a common practice, is pour economy for the reason that grass made weight is at the least cost, and this Is especially true when the animals are in their second year. X _• Dangers of Improper Milking. Cows that are Imperfectly milked from whatever cause, either carelessness or milking from the fault of the milker or from the difficult task by reason of the anatomical construction of the udder, are converted into worthless animals. The milk that remains in the udder from imperfect milking is that which Is held by the small pouches or milk vesicles high up in the bag and will form a curd that will excite inflammation and destroy the secreting function of Its mucous lining or cause the adhesive and complete closure of the cavity or pouch. Seasonal Variation of Milk. The seasonal variation In cow’s milk, ascertained from a five years’ stody in a herd of about 600 cows, all registered or graded Jerseys, on a New York estate, disclosed "the rather Interesting fact that the richest milk, that containing the greatest proportion of fats and total solids, Is obtained during December, January and February, In the order named. March and April are not very far behind, but the decrease is practically continuous until July, when it reaches its low level, after which follows a gradual monthly Increase until December.

Care of Farm Tools. The following preparation applied to the surface will prevent any rusting on plows or any other metal surface: Melt one ounce of resin In a gill of linseed oil and when hot mix with two quarts of kerosene. This can be kept on hand and applied In a moment with a brush or rag to the metal surface of any tool that is not going to be used for a few days, preventing any rust and saving much vexation when it is to be used again. Sheep Notes. Select a ram with plenty of heart" girth. Don’t deny your flock shade and water, and don’t forget salt Timothy hay is not suitable for sheep, but clover hay has no peer. One dram of powdered ginger and one dram of laudanum is a splendid remedy for colic. There are few farms these days on which sheep cannot be kqpt with a certainty of profit Hay Good For Hogs. But'few farmers would consider hay as a suitable feed for hogs, but the Kansas experiment station reports better results, from a mixture of alfalfa hay and Kaffir com than from Kaffir corn only. The hay was fed dry In forkfuls and the pigs were given an abundance. They picked out the leaves and finer stems, rejecting the coarser portions. It was decided that pasture in summer and hay in winter would produce pork cheaply. Waterproof Paint. The following recipe for a waterproof paint for wood or stone will be found reliable: Melt twelve ounces of resin; mix it thoroughly with six gallons of fish oil and one pound of melted sulphur; mix some ocher or any other coloring substance with a little linseed oil, enough to give it tbe right color and thickness. Apply several coats of the hot composition with a brush, tbe first coat Bhould be very thin.

Boot Pulp as a Dairy Food. Dried beet pulp from beet sugar tnills is becoming popular among dairymen ln some localities. Tbe pulp is soaked in water about six hours before feeding, and five pounds of pulp will take up nearly four gallons of water. It makes a bulky, juicy feed for winter, especially relished where there Is no silage or root crops ln the ration. It Is claimed that the same material is a /good food for sheep, hogs and poultry- . j.

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PEOPLE OF THE DAY

An Alabama Senator. When the Sixtieth congress convenes Alabama will be represented in the upper house by an entirely new delegation. According to an arrangement made by Senators Morgan and Pettua long befoae they died, their place* will be fiUed respectively by John H. Bankhead and Joseph F. Johnston. Governor Johnston, who will don the toga so worthily worn by Senator Pettus, was governor of Alabama In 18961900. Unlike the man he will succeed, he Is rich and Is better known as banker and business man than as a poli-

JOSEPH F. JOHNSTON.

tician. While his tendencies have been to some extent Populistic, he haa always been identified with the Democratic party. Governor Johnston is a native of North Carolina and a veteran of the civil war. After the war he studied law, but deserted Blackstone to enter trade. He began bis business life in Selma, Ala., the home of both Senators Morgan and Pettus. He was very fond of his distinguished townsman, and for this reason much surprise was occasioned when he entered the field against Senator Morgan in 1901. The latter had had twenty-four years of continuous service in the senate, and he had the hardest fight of his career before he defeated Johnston. Governor Johnston was chosen senator by the Alabama legislature for the short and long term and will therefore hold office until 1915. By Degrees. Governor Stuart of Pennsylvania and Governor Hughes of New York were honored with degrees of LL.D. by Lafayette college at the recent commencement. Incident to this and the celebration of the college’s seVetb ty-fifth anniversary, the institution was raising a fund of $500,000 to which Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller had eonditidtially subscribed. The entire amount had not been obtained on commencement day, and one of the trustees, turning to President Warfield with much concern, said to him in Governor Stuart’s presence: “How are you going to raise all this money?’’ “By degrees.” quietly broke in the Pennsylvania governor, who had already received his doctor’s degree. A Famous Scientist. Dr. Simon Flexner, who has discovered a serum that will cure meningitis, is at the head of the tute For Medical Research, New .York. Experiments made at Castalia, 0.. have demonstrated the efficiency of the serum. it Is said, and the details of the discovery will soou be announced through the proper medical channels. Dr. Flexner is a native of Louisville, Ky., and Is forty-four years old. His reputation as a pathologist and bacteriologist is worldwide, and the gor-

DR. SIMON FLEXNER.

eminent has honored him with special commissions to Investigate various matters relating to the health of the country. Some time ago he made a study of the bubonic plane and the liability of Its introduc, >.i lu this country. Upon this subject he is out of tbe. foremost authorities ln th« world. When John D. Rockefeller endowed the Institute For Medical Research lit selected pr. Flexner as its head; The scientist at the time was professor oi pathology at the University of Penn sylvanja. His position now is one of great scope and possibility, being In charge, with discretion, of a princely fund for the prosecution of research along the line of his profession. It la probably tbe most Ideal chair of science ln the world.

Fabian’s Cure

By LULU JOHNSON.

I Fabian Impatiently paced the piazza. It was 8:10 and the breakfast bell ;had not sounded. But not because he was hungry did Fabian anathematize the cook. Ho had wakened with little appetite, but ever since he had begun to order 'his life he had had breakfast at 8. It had been the sole recommendation of this boarding place that they had |breakfast at his accustomed hour instead of 7:30, as seemed to be the custom in most of the boarding houses In 'Carrs vllle. j Because Fabian always took the first two weeks in August as his vacation he followed this custom, too, though the break in the even routine lof the office annoyed him. But Habit was Fabian’s fetich. Habit decreed a two weeks’ vacation in August, and so he continued to seek a resort where the orderly routine of his life would be the least interrupted. This year lie had rather fancied Glen farm, but they bad breakfast at 7:15. Fabiau had inquired irritably why not 7 or 7:30 and had decided in favor of Brook farm, where meats were served at about the hours to which he was accustomed In town, though it annoyed him to have to eat bis dinner In the middle of the day and a cold supper at night. Ever since he had reached his seventeenth year Fabian had been alone In the world and he had fallen In a rut of system. His orderly habit of mind made him a valuable man in the office, but his unwillingness to depart from custom drew fen' friends, and at twenty-six he was still heart whole. The delayed breakfast was a far greater annoyance than a more serious disappointment might have been, and he gnawed at his mustaebe as he strode up and down the piazza. He caught the first jangle as the bell was lifted from the shelf and turned to enter the house, but just then, there was a scream from the road, and he turned to see a girl endeavoring to beat off the farm dog, whose muddy paws had already left their imprint upon her dainty skirts, ■ Something in her pose caught Fabian’s fancy, and he went racing down across the grass plot to her rescue,

CARLO PICKED OUT THE SHORTEST ROUTE TO THE BACK YARD

.Whistling to the dog as he went. But Carlo was determined to make friends with the girl and paid no attention to the calls until Fatfian's hand rested heavily upon his collar and the toe of Fabian’s boot emphasized lightly the indiscretion of accosting strange young women on the public highway, i “He’s a dear old thing,” smiled the girl as ,Carlo picked out the shortest route to the back yard, his tail tucked lngloriously between bis legs. “I suppose it is more my fault than his. I walk down to the postoffice every morning, and he always barks' his ‘Good morning,’ but today he seemed to want to shake hands, and be did not {realize how dirty his paws were. You (won’t punish him, please.” “He’s not mine to punish,” said Fa|blan absently. He was thinking not !of Carlo, but the girl. No woman had ever made strong appeal to him before, but he felt dazed in the presence |«f this radiant girl with the gentle .eyes and the smile that made the whole {landscape seem brighter. He was on Ids knees in the road now, trying to remove the worst of the muddy paw {prints with his handkerchief. It was a clumsy effort, for he only made Smudges worse, and with a laughing {word of thanks the girl stopped him. i “It will be all right when it dries," said, with her wonderful smile. i“You are very kind, but It really does hot matter. By the time I gpt back from the village It will be all right {lt*a just a little wash skirt anyway, and a trip to the laundry will remove jfdl traces of the dog’s Impetuosity.” With a nod and another smile shs started'down the road, and presently Fabian pulled himself together and went In to his delayed breakfast. He sat In a trance through his brief meal and hurried back to the piazza. After breakfast it was bis custom {to read the morning paper, hut he sat ,wlth It In his hand this morning and did not even scan the headlines. He was watching the road for the glint «f • whito dress, and when It caino > *—- - ■ ~

hi Right far down the road he strolled to the gate with an elaborate assumption of carelessness and was leaning against the fence as the girl came up. The dried mud had been shaken from her dress, and with a smile ph4 called his attention to the fact. “You Bee It’s all right,” she declared. “But I thtuk you need a guard,” he declared, with sudden bravery that startled him. “With your permission, I will form an escort to ward off dogs, dragons and other insects.” , He fell Into step beside her before she could refuse, and they walked briskly on. Fabian wondered If It was possible that she bad been going past the farm every morning while he was at breakfast and without his knowledge. It seemed now as though he could feel her presence through stone walls. Never having been la love before, be was swinging the length of Cupid’s pendulum, und he exerted himself to be entertaining. So well did he succeed that when he reached the gate of Glen farm, all to soon, Miss Semple agreed to go for a walk Inf the afternoon. Fabian went into the house with her that Kerr, whom he had met the year before, might complete the Introduction more formally, and even smiled when Iverr Introduced him as “tlie human time table,” with a laughing dissertation upon the exactness of bis habits. • The rest of Fabian’s morning schedule was completely upset, though he returned to Brook farm and there was nothing to interrupt the even tenor 6f his routine save his thoughts. He could only pace the piazza and think that Marclo Semple was to walk with him that afternoon. The hours dragged Interminably, but at last he could with decency present himself, and together they started for the falls. “How much time have we?” said Marcia as they started out. “Mr. Kerr warned me that you had probably allotted a certain time to our walk- and that this must not be exceeded." “Kerr,” said Fabian viciously, “suffers from softening of the brain. We are going to make this walk just as long as we possibly can.” Marcia laughed her rippling laugh that seemed to Fabian the most divine music he had ever heard, but she returned to the subject again when they had reached the falls and were sitting on the mossy bank for a rest. “Impulse is better than system,” she declared. “Now, suppose that you had not followed Impulse, but had gona In to breakfast. I should uot have known you and should have lost a delightful walk.”

‘‘The argument Is most potent,” he said gravely. “Behold In me a backslider from system.” “Time will tell,” she declared. “We shall see.” But time told strongly in Fabian’s favor. To hasten the cure he went to an opposite extreme. Instead of the most regular life he led the most erratic existence, aided and abetted by Marcia. The day before his return to town she declared his cure complete. “You have not done a single thing today at the time you usually do it,” she declared as they leaned over the bridge that spanned the tiny stream and let their eyes feast upon the moonlit landscape. “You did not even have dinuer.” “Yes, the cure is complete,” he said. “I think I rather like doing what I 'want to do instead of following a well ordered plan. But you have got me Into worse trouble.” Marcia did not answer. Her eyes followed the ripple of moonlight across the water, and the hand that rested upon the railing gripped the wood more tightly. “You should ask what the trouble Is,” he said after a moment. “Then I should tell you that instead of a schedule the most important thiug in life Is you. You have lifted me out of my humdrum existence into the new world of love, dear. Is there hope that some day my love will be returned?” “I think I had better say yes,” she said, with a happy little laugh. “It will Insure the permanency of the cure.” “And do you love me a little?” he asked humbly. A soft little hand stole Into his, “Dick, she said softly, “why else should I have worked so for your cure?”

How to Speak Correctly.

Say the alphabet aloud, and when you have finished ask yourself if every letter would be perfectly distinct and Intelligible to any one who might be listening. Here lies the fundamental principle of all speaking. Every element of every spoken word should be distinct jund Intelligible. In repeating the alphabet each letter ought to make a perfect escape from the lips of the speaker. Does it make such au escape when you say it? Do you send It out vigorously? Watch yourself as you speak each letter and see what happens to It- If it gives you the sense of hanging about your lips, or if it does not seem absolutely to separate itself from you, or if it drops into your throat, say it again and will it to go boldly out. Try to think of it as beiug out* side yourself as a thing apart. Wbel you succeed ln thinking of it ln this way. If you don’t care for words or if you have never thought about them, you will have taken the first step toward the mastery of good speech. Tc speak well you must love words and their elements. You must love individual letters—Harper’s Bazar. Frankness. “I believe ln being absolutely frank with everybody,” said the aggressive man. “Well,” answered the peaceable citizen, “I suppose that sort of thing is largely a matter of temperament. If I were as good a hand in a fight as you are, maybe Td be that way too.”— Washington Star.

Farm and Garden

FANCY STRAWBERRIES. Some Kinds That With Proper Culture Produce Large Fruit An interesting account of the Millionaire strawberry is given in Rural New Yorker, which says: Five years ago Henry Jerolaman, the New Jersey strawberry man, produced a seedling, specimen fruit, which Is here shown. When the Increase of the first plant had made a rbw eight feet long Mr. Jerolaman on going away one day told the boy left In charge that no berries were to be sold from those plants for less than $1 per quart, thinking that would be prohibitive. On his return the boy handed him $4, a ens-

MILLIONAIRE STRAWBERRY.

tomer having taken four quarts, all that were ready at the time. Next day the same man returned and got three quarts more. This was running Into money so fast that Millionaire seemed an appropriate name for the berry. This year the finest of the crop has wholesaled at 40 cents in New York. The fruit Illustrated was two Inches In diameter and about as large as any seen. Many run from one and a quarter to one and a half Inches. The shape is uniform, no coxeombing being noted; color bright red, with a fine gloss; quality good, above the average to my taste. Its season Is long and nearly every berry Is matured. Tbe foliage Is strong and abundant, the plants standing from ten to fifteen Inches high by actual measurement. In the same journal Is given an Illustration of Kevltt’s new seedling, which is said to promise well. In regard to growing fancy strawberries Mr. Kevltt writes: For fancy trade plaut New York, President, Oom Paul, William Belt, Dixon, Marshall and Glen Mary. To produce strawlierries of mammoth size, so that a dozen berries will fill a quart basket, plants should be set out in the early part of August in

KEVITT'S NEW SEEDLING.

good, rich soil and kept well cultivated during the growing season. All runners should be kept off the plant. Emil Gorafe, a grower of the Dixon, also says: I like to set strawberry plants for large fruit In August or early September on land well enriched with fresh stable manure the previous spring. Farm Wood Lets. ———• ■ ■ ■ ■' Throughout a very large portion of the United States nearly every farm has a certain part of its area under wood, either planted, as In regions otherwise treeless, or of natural growth. The value of thjs wooded portion, besides affording protection from tbe wind, is chiefly for fuel, fencing and railroad ties, with some building material and the wood needed for special uses about the farm. Without the wood lot the farm very often would be au unprofitable Investment, because the farmer could not afford to buy the wood which now costs him very little except the labor of cutting and moving it, but in the majority of cases this part of the farm is far less useful than It might easily be made. This is true because the farmer does not study its productive capacity as he does that of his fields aud pastures, and hence does not make it yield as fully as he might, with little or no additional labor, if he went about It Ln tbe right way.— Gifford Plnchot Do It Now. When a fence Is down, put it up, and then it will not get any worse. When a harness Is broken, mend It before iyou have a runaway or before It becomes worthless. When weeds, bugs or fling threaten, get after them before the damage is done.— Farm Journal. ■ ■ Calory In Solid Beds. Where celery planted in solid beds is banked with earth the entire qnantlty of soli required must be thrown np by hand. Under these conditions banking with soil is not profitable except on h very limited scale.—W. R. Beattie.