Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1911 — Page 7

WEMKIA UNION TOWNSHIP. The Trustee if Union Township, Jasper County, Indiana, proposes for the next yearly expenditures and tax levies by the Advisory Board at its annual meeting to be held at the school house at Fair Oaks, September 5, 1911, at 10 o’clock A. M., the following estimates and amounts for the said year: 1. Township expenditures sl,865.38, and Township tax, 20 cents on the hundred dollars. 2. Local Tuition expenditures, >3,264.41, and Local Tuition tax 35 cents-on the hundred dollars. 3. Special School expenditures, $4,663.45, and Special School tax 50 cents on the hundred dollars. 4. Road expenditures, $2,798.07, and Road tax 30 cents on the hundred dollars, to be worked out on the highways. ,5. Additional Road expenditures $923.69 and Road tax 10 cents on the hundred dollars, to be paid as taxes, 6. Poor expenditures for preceding year $466.34, and Poor tax 5 cents on the hundred dollars. The! total expenditures recommended $13,990.39, and total tax levy $1.50 on the hundred dollars. Total taxables of the Township, $932,694; total polls 198. ISAAC KIGHT, Trustee. August Ist, 1911. NOTICE OF HEARING OF DITCH PETITION. To Eva L. Anell, John Herr and Benjamin J. Gifford: Notice is hereby given that the Commissioners of Drainage have filed their report on the petition of Frank M. Reed for a ditch in Milroy Township, from which it appears that certain lands owned by each of you will be benefitted by said proposed ditch. You are further notified that on the sth day of September, 1911, said report and petition will be heard by the Board of Commissioners of Jasper County, Indiana. JAMES N. LEATHERMAN, Auditor. Schuyler C. Irwin, Atty, for Petitioner. Al 2-19

NOTICE TO HEIRS, CREDITORS AND LEGATEES. In the matter of the estate of John L. Town, deceased. Jn the Jasper Circuit Court, No. 869, September Term, 1911. Notice is hereby given to the creditors, heirs, legatees and devisees of said John L. Town, deceased, and all persons interested in said estate, to appear in the Jasper Circuit Court, on Monday, the 11th day of September, 1911, being the day fixed and endorsed on the final settlement account of Earnest Town, administrator of said decedent, and show cause if any, why such final account should not be approved; and the heirs of said decedent and all others interested, are hereby notified to appear in said Court, on said day and make proof of their heirship, or claim to any past of said estate. EARNEST TOWN, Administrator. Frank Foltz, Attorney for estate. NOTICE OF DITCH LETTING. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will, on August 26, 1911, at two o’clock P. M., at the office of the County Surveyor, Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, let the contract for the construction ■of the Robert E. VanGundy Ditch, being Cause Number 1554 of the Commissioners’ Court of Jasper County, Indiana, to the lowest responsible bidder or bidders. Oral bids will be received at the time of letting. Said ditch to be constructed of tile. The plans and specifications for said work may be examined at the office of the Auditor, at Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana. A certified check in the sum of $50.00 must be deposited with the Commissioner before bids will be accepted. The successful bidder will be required to enter into contract and give bond as required by law. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids. W. FRANK OSBORNE, Commissioner of Construction. Al 2-19

Glasses flitted by DR. A. G. CATT Optometrist Rensselaer, Indiana. Office over Long’s Drug Store. Phone No. 232. NOTICE. The Parr Creamery Co. has changed its dates of receiving cream. Instead of every day as heretofore, receiving days will be Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The change will be in effect on and after Monday, July 31. The reason for the change being the desire to reduce operating expenses.—By Order of the Board of Directors. A King Who Left Home set the world talking, but Paul Mathulka, of Buffalo, N. Y., says he always KEEPS AT HOME the King of all Laxatives —Dr. King’s New Life Pills—and that they’re a blessing to all his family. Cure constipation, headache, indigestion, dyspepsia. Only 25c at A. F. Long’s. Subscribe *or The Democrat.

SNAPSHOTS AT NOTABUS

Hoke Smith, New Senator From Georgia.

Hoke Smith, the new United States senator from Georgia, was governor of the state when elected to the federal legislature. He succeeds Joseph M. Terrell, who was appointed to Uli the unexpired term of the late Alexander S. Clay. Mr. Terrell, a former governor of Georgia and political foe of Mr. Smith, resigned as soon as the latter was elected. This action was unprecedented, as it has been usual for a senator to serve until his successor appeared and took the oath. Another senate record will be broken when Senator Smith takes his seat. He will make four of that name in the upper branch of congress. Never before in its history has the senate contained four Smiths. The other three Smiths are William Alden of Michigan, John Walter of Maryland and Ellison Dußant of South Carolina. Senator Hoke Smith is a native of North Carolina and is fifty-six years old. He is a lawyer by profession and was secretary of the interior in the cabinet of President Cleveland from 1893 to 1896. He was twice elected governor of Georgia, his first term expiring in 1909.

Foe of Adulterated Foods. Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley, chief of the bureau of chemistry. United States department of agriculture, is probably becoming accustomed to attacks on bis skill and probity as a public official. The most recent charge against him, technical violation of law, failed to disturb his equanimity, and, like the sturdy fighter that he is, he made ready answer to his foes. His friends say that the latest assault on his integrity was the result of a secret campaign waged by the in-

DB. HARVKY W. WILEY.

terests to oust the chief enemy of impure drugs and adulterated foods from the government service. Perhaps no other public servant is better or more favorably known than Dr. Wiley. His determined stand against unwholesome food adulterants has won the confidence arid friendship of the people and a sincere belief in his efficiency and honesty of purpose. Dr. Wiley is a native of Indiana nd is sixty-seven years old. He received his degree of M. D. from Indiana Medical college and then took a postgraduate course at Harvard. From 1874 until 1883, when he entered the government service, he was professor of chemistry at Purdue university and state chemist of Indiana. He is the author of several Itooks and several hundred scientific papers. I

FOR THE CHILDREN

How to Give a Birthday Party. Every one has a birthday, so here is a good plan to follow when you give a party on your birthday. First write the invitation neatly and send them oub about two weeks before the party. On the morning of the occasion you should decorate the house with holly* mistletoe, house plants, such as ferns, palms, etc., if your party be in winter; in fall, autumn leaves and chrysanthemums, house plants; In spring and summer, wild flowers. When your friends arrive welcome them and make them acquainted with one another, then lead them Into a sitting room or parlor and give each a chair. You could then play some games. If you have many guests at your party have ice cream, cake, candy, bananas and fruit in summer; in winter have hot chocolate, cake, candy, bonbons and fruit. Give each person a fancy paper napkin as a souvenir of the occasion. Have a large room ready for dancing. Before departing songs and instrumental selections could ba given by your guests.

A Paper Washing. On warm summer mornings when It is too hot to enjoy violent plays and you are looking for something new to do try putting out a lot of paper clothes to dry. The clothes are cut from stiff white, brown or striped paper or any sort of paper which would look like clothes that are being washed. You may cut out any sort of garment that you like, but remember that it must be cut out so that it looks as if the arms were hung up to the line. The clothesline is made of a cord and hung from one small upright post to another. Anything which will stand up will do for the posts which are to hold the lines. When the clothes are pinned up on the line they look very funny, and it is interesting to see how many different sorts of garments you can cut from the paper in this fashion. A Queer Kind of Bank. Old Jacob Zeis, who lived a hermit’s life on a farm in Monroe county. 111., was not seen by his neighbors for a long time, and an investigating farmer feund him in his bed dead and on a table a note saying that he had been taken ill and could not go for a doctor. In the note there was mention of a hoard of money in the cellar of the shanty where he lived. The coroner and several neighbors made a search for the money and found it cunningly hidden. There was an old oak log in a dark corner of the cellar, and in the log were holes so well plugged with original wood that the log looked whole. Under the plugs were found gold coins, and S3OO in ail was taken from the queer bank and turned over to the county authorities.

A Playful Wolf.

Wolves carry off children out on the frontiers of civilization sometimes, but in New York some children turned the thing around and came near carrying off the wolf. He was a big gray wolf, and he had been kept in a private menagerie in the suburb where the children live. Mr. Wolf got out of his cage and ran away and then came upon a group of children playing in the dust Wolves like to play in the dust too. and so this wolf was not at all offended when the children dragged him into their play. They thought that he was a street dog, and he did not tell them what he really was. He let the children pull bis tail and push him about and feed him candy, and be was having a royal good time when his owner came elong and captured him. The Game of Wink. Wink is an amusing game and is generally played as follows: Chairs art placed in a circle; a girl occupies one. and a boy stands behind her chair. Suppose there were sixteen boys pres ent and only fifteen girls, the sixteenth boy would stand behind an empty chair. All the girls must look at the sixteenth boy. The one he winks at must jump up (if she can get away from the person behind her chain and sit In the empty one. Then the boy behind her former chair must wink at some other girl. Old Nursery Rhymes. “Pussy cat, pussy cat. where have you been?’ dates from the reign oi Queen Elizabeth and was a popular rustic song in the old Devon county, where Drake and Raleigh lived. “Boys and Girls. Come Out to Play,” and “Lucy Locket Lost Her Pocket* date from the time of Charles 11., the “merry monarch.” It is not knowx that the rhymes refer to any particular thing or event

Sewing Hindus. Hindu boys have to learn to sew. When they are grown men they must -do all the sewing for the family if it is a poor family, and poor men are hired to do the sewing for the rich families. The Swiftest Flowing River. The fastest flowing river in the world, is the Sutlej, in India. It rises 15,200 feet above the sea and falls 12,000 feet in 180 miles. Letter Enigma. My first ts in pen, but not in write; My second is in blue, but not in white; My third is in zero, but not tn cold; My fourth is the same as my third, you are told; 1 -I , My fifth is in lake, but not in pond; My Sixth ts in love, but not in fond. My whole spells a word That with me you’ll agree When yor have guessed it. Will mean mystery. Answer.—Puzzle. - - r-THmran

Farm and Garden

GROW OWN TABLE DAINTIES. Every Farm, No Matter What Its Size, Should Have a Kitchen Garden. Perhaps the most characteristic feature of our northern and eastern farms is the home vegetable garden, says W. R. Beattie, assistant horticulturist, bureau of plant industry. Even where no orchard has been planted, and where the ornamental surroundings of the home have been neglected, a fairly well kept garden in which are grown a number of the staple kinds of vegetables is generally to be found. In many cases the principal interest in the garden is manifested by the women of the household and much of the necessary care is given by them. A small portion of the garden inclosure is generally devoted to the cultivation of flowers, and a number of medicinal plants are invariably present Throughout the newer parts of the country one finds that the conditions governing the maintenance and use of the vegetable garden are somewhat different, and, while a number of vegetable crops may be grown somewhere on the farm, there is wanting that distinction so characteristic of the typical New England kitchen garden. It would be impossible to make an accurate estimate of the value of crops grown in the kitchen gardens of the United States, but from careful observation the statement can safely be made that a well kept garden will yield a return ten to fiteen times greater than would the same area and location if devoted to general farm crops. A half acre devoted to the various kinds of garden crops will easily supply a family with SIOO worth of vegetables during the year, while the average return for farm crops is considerably less than one-tenth of this amount. A bountiful supply of vegetables close at hand where they may be secured at a few moments’ notice is of even more importance than the mere money value. Fresh vegetables from the home garden are not subjected to exposure on the markets or in transportation and are not liable to become infected in any way. Many of the products of the garden lose their characteristic flavor when not used within a few hours after gathering. By means of the home garden the production of the vegetable supply for the family is directly under control, and in many cases is the only way whereby clean, fresh produce may be secured. The home vegetable garden is worthy of increased attention, and a greater number and variety of crops should be included in the garden.

The question of proximity to the house or other buildings is of great importance when locating a garden. In old homesteads the garden was generally located directly adjacent to the house, requiring but a few steps from the kitchen to reach the extreme parts of the garden. The work of caring for a garden is usually done at spare times, and for this reason alone the location should be near the dwelling. In case the site chosen for the garden should become unsuitable for any cause, It is not a diilicuit mailer ta change the location. Many persons prefer to plan the garden in a different location every five or six years. Guinea Pigs as Lawn Mowers. In America the humble guinea pig is used largely to advance the cause of science by succumbing to different germs, by refusing to weaken after generations of intense inbreeding, and by generally “tending to prove” whatever the scientists want to prove. But over in England the guinea pig is being used as a lawn mower with great effect. He is more than a mere machine at that, for we are assured that he not only clips the lawn evenly, but with rare discrimination removes all the weeds therefrom. Guinea pigs multiply very rapidly and almost any one can get enough to keep his lawn mowed if he starts early in the spring. We thought the American farmer who tied his lawn mower to an automobile and skited around over his lawn had solved the problem, but the English mowing system has certain points of (superiority which increase our respect for British ingenuity.—National Stockman and Farmer. A Certain Cure. “Do yon know anything that will kill potato bugs?” asked the young man with the yellow fingers. “Yea,” said the old lady with the gingham apron crustily: “get ’em to smoke cigarettes.”

MANURE MEANS DOLLARS.

Manure is worth dollars. Why not save those dollars? Manure adds humus as well as plant food to the soil, and one is as valuable as the other. The soil may contain all the elements of plant food, but if it has no humus these elements are not available and plants do not thrive. Humus aids in retaining moisture for the future use. of the plant. Now is the time to save money by saving manure, and manure is best saved by being spread upon the field where it will do the most good. Immediate value in crops as well as ultimate value in the farm results from the use of the manure spreader.

R'TS- AUGERS <4e>t\raw knives I I /f /A TflNnK I I II 11 1 iX/'M/WniSdk. I I’ I I I i II .1 Mj j »* sf I JrC J If ’ no, w <J Nobody can do good work with poor tools. A poor mechanic can do better work with good tools than a good workman can with poor tools. So as much or more depends on the tools as on the man; besides good tools save time. <J Realizing this as we do, all of our goods of this kind are of the best standard makes and fully guaranteed. You can pay less, of course, but you get cheapness and not satisfaction, good work or much of anything else. <J We have a complete stock of augers and bits, and plain 8 and 10 inch braces, as well as ratchet and ball-bearing braces. Eger’s Hardware Store Rensselaer, Indiana feagAcgmNQM ’VKifiil Where will you (pend your summer vacation ? Why not enjoy the charm, of our inland Seaa, the most pleasant and economical outing in America? WHERE YOU CAN GO && ■b.-jjiffi *N* important porta on the Great Lakes era reached regularly by me excellent service of the D. &C. Lake Lines. The ten large steamers of pPME thia fleet a#j of modern ateel construction and have all the qualities of UkM] speed, safety and comfort. Daily service ia operated between Detroit and Cleveland, Detroit and Buffalo; four trips weekly between Toledo, Detroit, Mackinac Island and FgjtaU way porta; daily r ervice between Toledo. Cleveland and Pu’-in-Bay. *" A Cleveland to Mackinac special steamer will be operated two trips Javrjffl weekly from June 15th to September I Oth, stopping only at Detroit every fcj-Jfflrjl SJeTjJ trip and Goderich, Ont. every other trip. ZjgSß Special Day Trips Between Detroit and Cleveland, During July and August BAll ROAD TICKETS AVAILAgLE'-Tlcketa readtna via any rail line betwees Detroit and Buflalu and Detroit and Cleveland will be honored tor transport- gjgfcl atioa on D, A C. Line Steamers U efther dtrectlaa. Sjßfl Send 2 cent stamp for Illustrated Pamphlet and Great Lakes Map. ' >,l' Address: L. G. Lewis, G. P. A., Detroit, Mich. TA? Philip H. McMillan, Pres. A. A. Schantr. Genl Mgr, ygjjj Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Company

- - The car that lasts longest—and costs least while it lasts 4 cyl., 22% h. p.,'5 passenger touring car, ICO in. wheel base, S7BO, includes magneto, top, wind-shield, gas lamps, generator, speedometer. 3 oil temps, horn, and kit of tools. Ford repairs always on hand. Ford Auto Agency Jno. M. Knapp, Local Agt., Phone 186, ensselaer, Ind. ► . . ? - ! OFFICIAL COUPON ► < ► The Jasper County Democrat's Great Piano Contest < I One $350.00 Piano to be given away ► < ► •< > . < I Good for 5 votes for - 3 • < ♦ ’ Street and No ♦ : Town . J One Banner Upright Grand Piano will be awarded to the person living in 4 Jasper or adjacent counties receiving the greatest number of votes.