Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1912 — Page 7

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use on Mini. State of Indiana,.) County of Jasper,) In Commissioners’ Court, May Term 1912. In the Matter of the Ditch Petition Of Charles Erb, et al., for Drain in Hanging Grove Township, Jasper County, Indiana. Cause No. —— Notice of the Filing and Docketing •of said Ditch Petition. To all whom it may concern: Notice is hereby given that a ditch petition-.,signed by the undersigned petitioners was placed on file in the Auditor’s office of Jasper County. InMana, and that the petitioners .have fixed on the seventh day of'May. 1912, as the day set for docketing thereof. Therefore Uh is r.toicc ir given to -all the ‘following named land owners and corporations of the said filing and the day set for docketing of c.aid petition. to-wit; James A. Anderson, John S. Anderscr and Ida M. Anderson. Ambrose Blasdel, Washington Cook. Simon . Cook, Martha E. Coitiss, W. H. Crecel’uS, Robert S. Drake. Jesrfe L. Drake, Mary B. Ellis, C harles Erb and Magdelena Erb, Martin L. Ford, Ezra Fix, Patrick Hal’agan, Emmet L. Hollingsworth/ Jamies S. Jones and Fran S. Brown, George M. Kime, Laura Lutz., Frank Schultz, William Large, .Alexander John. L. Osborne, Jean Albert Overton, Henry Park Overton and ■ Wm. ■ Ely’n.,• Ovcrtcn, John H. Pursifull, Jc-serh Stewart’ Samuel B. Snedeker and S. B. SnedekOr, George J, Steger, Morris Stum. J. G. 'and Albert Swing, Joseph C. Smith, James Newell Tyler, John W. Viirhi 'g?. Etcv? 'Her--?. G. W. Dennis and Susan Dennis, H. & W, F. F. ar 1 Janies T. Morton. Wm. C. Fulk, Chicago, Indianapolis & Lonisvi'lo R. R. Company, Hanging Grove Tvwrship, in Jasper County, Indiana; • that your" ]*rt>3 are described in .said petition as affected by the prepqssd drainage. ‘■* l3 r-utp of.. l --i“ proposed drain is describe! in said petition as follows: Commencing in the public highway running north and south about —— rods north of the

enter of section 26, in township 29 norJh, range 5 west, in Jasper jaunty, Indiana, in the line of a present existing open ditch and running thence southwesterly following the line of said present existing open ditch across the west one-half of said section 26 and across seci ticn 27, in said township and range,, 'to a point near the southwest corner ol said section 27 and running thence southerly-, and southwesterly cl.lowing the line of .said open ditch across section 33, in township 29 rerun, range 5 west, and across the rorth one-half of section 4, in j lownsi'hp 28 north, range 5 west, to the Howe Ditch, where the same . will have a good and sufficient outj let in said Howe Ditch. i That said petition is signed by ;ho following named persons, towi'i: Charles Erb, Joseph Stewart, S. B. Snedeker, Robert S. Drake, G. W. Dennis, J. N. Tyler, J. H. Pursifull, M. E. Corliss, William Large, Laura Lutz. GEORGE A. WILLIAMS, Attorney for Petitioners. ■April 13-20. Notice cf Final Settlement. In the matter ok the estate of Christian Schultz, Deceased. I Tn the Jasper Circuit Court, April Term, 19 12. Notice’is hereby given that the i ( undersigned, as executor of the estate of Christian Schultz, deceased/ has presented and filed his account; and Vouchers in final settlement of ‘ said estate, and that the., same, will eohie up lor the 1 examination ’-and action of said Circuit Court on the ,2'22, day of April, 1912, at which' time ail personsintercited in said l t?ta,te are required to appear in said t-ourt and show cause, if atty there- be, why laid account and vouchers shoiLd not be approved. And- the heirs, o' said estate, and Ml ethers interested therein, are alo hereby required, at the time and... 4’lac& aforesaid, to appear and make i.rci: c: their heirship cr claim to ny oi cs.tatg. AUGUST R. SCHULTZ. Executor, [

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TWO OLD MEN

By JOHN PHILIP ORTH

(Copyright, ign, by Associated Literary Press) Mr. John Bartlett, sixty-five years old, and the father of Ford Bartlett, who wa? twenty-three, had retired from business. Mr. James Wright, sixty-five years old, and the father of Miss Hazel Wright, had also retired from business. These two old men had known each other and been friends for thirty years. Their wives were friends. It was known to husbands ahd wives—fathers and mothers- —that young Ford and the charming Miss Wright were engaged and would be married within six months. It promised to be a happy affair all around. Then came a sudden bolt from the blue. After breakfast One morning they sat together in the park smoking their ctgars and trying to make themselves believe that retirement from 1 business had. brought contentment. It hadn’t done anything of the Kind. They had too much leisure on their hands. They missed the excitement of. business. They had reached the age of sixty-five, but they did not feel a day older than -at forty-five. When a man is .irritated and there is no dog handy-tb kick he may turn on a human being. Not a word had been passed between Mr. Bartlett and Mr. Wright for five or six minutes when the former removed the cigar from his mouth and said:

“Jim, it seems that you’ve got nothing to do in youfiCbld age but talk like a fool.’’ “I’m no older than you,” was the reply, “and as for talking like a fool I don’t think I can beat you.” "I wonder that you ever had a thousand dollars to. retire on.” "Ditto.” - . “You sat here yesterday- with Shriner and argued for two hours that the world was created In six days.” “And so it was.” “I’m denying it.” “Then you can’t believe the Bible.” Take any two old men and seat them together on a park bench and they w'ill talk either politics a or re-

“I Am No Older Than You.”

iigion. Even if both think alike in their minds, they will differ by word of mouth. Mr. Wright believed in the Bible. He believed that the world was created in six days. He believed that his old friend was a man of intelligence. He was irritatec|, however, and he wanted a row. “The Bible is one thing and com mon sense is another,” he said. “All the men arid all the horses and cart-; in the world wouldn’t create even the state of New Jersey in six days, and you know It as well as I do.” I “Six days it was, and even the squint-eyed heathen of China believe that.” “Then I’m worse than a heathen, am I?” “I’m advising you to give up your pew in church if you can’t take the Bible as your guide.” "And who's asking for your ad vice? John Bartlett, mayfce you don’t want to be sitting beside a heathen?” “No, I don’t think I do.” And James Wright went home to tell his. wife and daughter that John Bartlett was a liar and an idiot, and that be had spoken to him for the last time. While the wife tried to soothe the angry man, the daughter ran. away to her room to weep. The [ quarrel between the two men would I of course break up the love affair. And John Bartlett went .home to i veil his wife, and a few hours later •o inform his son, that he had dropped James Wright forever, and would not move a foot to save him from an auto accident. “He’s a blamed obstinate o’d mu’e.” was added, “and should he come to me oh, bis bended knees I'd never take his hand,” | That evening a very aej’Cted pair of- iQvers sat in the parlor of the vv’rirht mansion and talked thing' ' over in a dejected way. Young Mr Bartlett had expected to be met at ' ike door and told to take himself cwhere, and though he had escaped that humiliation there was cause for worry.

“Why. we’ll have to give each other up,” said Miss Hazel. “Never in this world,” was the firm reply of The young man. “But what can we do?” ; “Like thousands of other couples, we can elope.” “Oh. Ford!” “Yes. elope. I am going to have you at any cost.” “But we’d be turned out doors — end there’d be columns in the papers —and they’d get my picture and — and—” But an hour later Miss Hazel was saying- that she thought an elopement would be just the thing. It would be by night. It would be moonlight. They would elope in an auto They would go whizz! chug! chew! over the roads and laugh at the old folks left behind After the first outburst neither father mertioned the quarrel again. The son was rot ordered to cease calling, and the daughter- was not ordered to the garret on bread and water. Asa matter of prudence, and to keep his trail covered, young Mr. Bartlett ceased Lis calls, ami for the same reason Miss Hazel was very demure in the presence of her father. She must do nothing to excite -his suspicions. She was prepared .at any mo meat to hear him break out again, but he lyul nothing further to say. It didn’t happen to be a moonlight night when the elopement at last took place. On the contrm-y, it, /was so dark that the auto ran over a cow almost the first thing. That meant a stop of half an hour to repair broken lamps. Then the chauffeur tried a fence and knocked down fifty feet of it. Then there was another long delay, and the lovers reached the house of a country parson to be told that the good man had the jumping toothache anil wouldn’t leave hl bed for wedding or funeral. Four miles further on, explained the good man’s wife, was another minister That is, he called himself a minister. She wasn't saying he was or wasn’t. She wasn’t saying that any ceremony he could perform would be binding. She wasn’t saying whether his fee was 50 cents or $2. A J’ she knew about it was that he was a Bapi lst while she w’as a Pres byterian The Baptist minister wasn’t home He had gone to a point nine miles away to hold a funeral and hadn’t returned yet. He might return at any moment, and he might be gone two days. Whenever he got where there was good cooking he hung on like grim death. There was Mr. White, the justice of the peace, only two miles down the road. He sometimes—” 3

The judge had gone to bed, but he got up and stuck his head out of the window and said he’d be hanged if he would marry anybody in such a hurry them come back next day —next week. He wasn’t going to hurry matrimony at a, 2:40 gait and then be blamed for it afterward He’d married thirteen couples in a hurry and ten of them had applied for divorces. The night was getting old,' the chauffeur kicking and the auto limping, and it was decided to return borne. Just then another machine drew up, and from it descended Mr' John Bartlett and wife and Mr. James Wright and, wife. “Why. daddy-—why, mamma!” “Married yet?” was asked. “No ” “Then this fellow has got to do it or we’ll pull his house down.” “But. daddy, we've eloped!" protested the daughter. “You haven’t done any such thing We knew about it all the time.” “But the quarrel?” . “Nonsense. This old fool John saifl the world was made in six days and I said six years. He’s come up to fourteen days and I’ve come down to fifteen days, and we’ve decided that one little day hasn’t made a cent's worth of difference to the corn crop.”

SEA AS A NUTRIENT FLUID

English Naturalist Convinced That Value of Ocean’s Water Has Not Been Understood. Dr. W. J. Dakin brought forward at the British association some interesting corroborations of Putter’s theory that sea or fresh water is more or less a nutrient fluid, there being piore organic carbon present in solution in the water than there is in the multitudinous plankton that swarms there. Dr. I)akin has tried to estimate the amount of carbon and oxygen re? quired by certain aquatic animals per day to cover tl)e loss due to metabolism. On the basis of this estimate, which is probably very approximate, a sponge 60 grammes in weight would require to filter several thousand times its own volume of water per hour in order to obtain sufficient food, —"an altogether unthinkable piece of work.” A big jelly fish would require over seven millions of nauplius larvae per day. “It is..quite impossible for such large quantities to be caught, and equally strange that remains of the creatures are so rarely found if they have been captured as food.” Another striking fact, or result of calculations at all events, is that the “producers” (the plant-plankton) are insufficient for the “consumers” (tho animal plankton). High alpine lakes, for instance, in which there is outstanding production of animal plankton, are almost deserts as far as plantplankton is concerned. What do these alpine crustaceans and dotiftrs feed on? Putter’s theory is the only 1 solution of the riddle. We come to the idea that the Water in lake and sea is food as. well as drink. There is bread in the waters—according to the ingenious showing of Dr. Dakin. i ■ - ‘

The American Home

WILLIAM A. RADFORD

Editor"

Mr. 'William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building, for the readers of this Raper. On account of his wide experience us Editor. Author and Manufacturer, he is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address dll inquiries lo Uilliarn A. Radford, No. 178 West Jackson boulevard. Chicago, 111., and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply.

'' hat constitutes, happiness, is a question around which iiopes and dreams have centered and over which philosophers have exercised their thought since the earth was young, 'io this day the question is asked, and Ihere is no unanimous answer. ihe ultimate springs of - happiness are within ourselves. Externals of wealth and luxury are merely incidentals that under certain conditions may enhance happiness, but to depeiffi upon them as the all-essential factors is an futile as to seek blooming roses on the cheek of death. The happiest people on this earth today, it seenis to me, are the homeloving people;, and once you own a home of your own, it is wonderful how strong is the attachment that binds you to it. There is nothing else in our life as individuals or as a nation upon which our happiness depends so much ps It does on our home' life. A happy home—all our very own—is the most precious of priceless Jewels. Consciously or unconsciously, the design and environment of the house we live in reflects itself in the sunshine or in the clouds and shadows of our lives. For years I have tried to contribute my little part toward fostering that tendency which we now see rapidly developing—for the business man of the city to live in the country or in the outlying, near-coun-try suburbs. Here alone can the or-

dinary salaried man or wage-earner find bls home ideals capable of realization. Many difficulties formerly In his way have, within recent years, been removed through the extension of rapid transportation facilities, so that, it is now possible for the brain worker to spend part of his time amid nature’s surroundings, where he can find relaxation and repose, and take his fill of life’s enjoyment. The growing desire to live In the country or under conditions practically the same as those of the country, and at the same time to be surrounded

first Floor Plan

by all the comforts and utilities of a city home, has had a great influence upon the design of the modern cottage. For a dwelling to be classed as an up-to-date, modern house, there are certain absolutely necessary features which it must possess. Money, of course, can put up any kind of house; but where the supply is limited, as in all ordinary happy home-building, the architect is confronted with a problem of considerable tlifficulty—namely, that of designing an inexpensive house, and yet one which shall have characteristics that make it distinctive and at the same time combine all the essentials and appointments of the [ up-to-date house. A cosy seven-ro m cottage home, which, by a displa of good taste ir choice of exterior coloring and interior decoration, ca i be tnade very attractive, and which at the same tlm/

will meet al! the requirements of a moderate-sized family, is illustrated In the accompanying half-tone perspective view and floor plans. Thia house can be built for from $1,850 to $2,000, depending on the locality. If is 30 feet 6 inches long, by 25 feet 8 inches wide, and will stand well on a lot 30 feet or more In width. A spacious covered porch across the front offers an inviting out-of-door; shaded resting place which may be put to a variety of uses obvious enough to anyone who has been accustomed to sharing the ‘'front steps.” - Passing the front door we enter a large re-

Second Floor Plan

ception hall opening directly on th* left into a commodious living room, with a corner fireplace. Directly back! of the living room I§ a spacious dining room. The kitchen is only slightly smaller than the dining room, and' may be entered directly from the reception hall through a small hallway

closed at. each end by doors, and opening on the right through a door to the cellar stairway. Access to the dining room from the kitchen, and vice versa, Is through the pantry, which opens Into the kitchen through a swinging door. In this way the odors of cooking can be but little in. evidence throughout the house. A closed vestibule, with ice box accommodation, affords entrance to the kitchen from the back porch. Ascending the stairway from the reception hall to the second floor, we And ourselves In a hall opening directly by separate doors into the bathroom and Into every one of the four bedrooms. The two front bedrooms, each with Its own closet accommodation, are connected directly through a common door and form a suite extending across the full width, of the house. Each of the two bedrooms at the rear, also, has its own. closet. Every room is well lighted, and the location of the flreplace and. chimney, in the center of > the house, l.« calculated to help In the heating by reducing loss of heat through radiation to a minimum.

The Dead Sea.

• There is absolutely no foundation for the statement, sometimes heard in certain quarters, that swimming the Dig'd sea Is impossible. On the contr. ry, owing to the buoyancy of the 'water, it is almost impossible not to s.-im. Equally fabulous is the idea that no animal or vegetation can live hear its shores. As to the saltness of the waters of this famous lake, it may be said that in every ton of its water there are 187 pounds of salt. Some idea of what this means may be gathered from the fact that in a ton of water from the Caspian sea there are 11 pounds of salt; in the Baltic, 18 pounds; in the Black sea, 26 pounds; in the Atlantic, 31 pounds; in the English channel, 72 pounds, and In the Mediterranean, 85 pounds. The Red sea, the sa,ltiest of all next to the Dead sea, has only 93 pounds.

Impractical Economics. “We would sav' a great deal < time if we didn’t ay ‘please’ to th telephone.” “Yes, but think J how much mQ’ time we could sa by forbidding tl phrase, ‘The line busy now.* **