Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1916 — Page 7

THE PRINCE OF GRAUSTARK

By GEORGE BARR M’CUTCHEON

Author of "Graustark," “Beverly of Graustark,” Etc. Copyright, 1914, by Dodd, Mead and Company

SYNOPSIS Mr, Blithers, multimillionaire, discusaea with his wife the possibilities of marrying? •ff his daughter, Maud Applegate, to the Prince of Graustark, who Is visiting Mr, and Mrs. Truxton King in America in antleipatlon of getting some one to take up the loan Russia holds. A Mr. Scovllle Is attentive to Maud. Prince Robin Is accompanied by Count Quinnox, minister of war; Lieutenant Dank and Hobbs, the valet. The prince had balked at a matrimonial alliance with the Princess of Dawsbergen, both of them wishing to choose for themselves. Mr. Blithers visits the Kings uninvited. Mr. Blithers discusses the Russian loan and gently hints at $20,000,000 his daughter will get when she marries the right man. Banners suddenly refuse to handle tne loan. Count Quinnox and King arrange a meeting with Blithers. King suspects him of blocking the deal. The prince as Mr. Schmidt sails on the Jupiter. Blithers buys $20,000,000 of Graustark bonds. A young lady disputes Robin's right to a table and deck chair. He learns she is Miss Guile of New York, and her aged companion Mrs. Gaston. He soon becomes better acquainted with Miss Guile.

CHAPTER VII. A Letter From Maud. ; m mR. BLITHERS, triumphant, /%/■ left Red Roof shortly after Ij 1 luncheon; Mr. Blithers, dismayed, arrived at Blitherwood a quarter of an hour later. He had had his way with Robin, who, after all, was coming to dinner that evening with Count Quinnox. "The prince, after a few words in private with the count, changed his mind and accepted Mr. Blithers’ invitation with a liveliness that was mistaken for eagerness by that gentleman, who had made very short work of subduing Mrs. King when she tried to tell him that her own dinner party would be ruined if the principal guest defaulted. I-Ie was gloating over his victory up to the instant he reached his own lodge gates. There dismay sat patiently waiting for him In the shape of a messenger from the local telegraph office in the village below. He had seen Mr. Blithers approaching in the distance, and with an astuteness that, argued well for his future success in life, calmly sat down to wait instead of pedaling his decrepit bicycle up the long slope to the villa. He delivered a telegram and kindly vouchsafed the information that it was from New York. Mr. Blithers experienced a queer sinking of the heart as he gazed at the envelope. Something warned him that if he opened it in the presence of the messenger he would say something that a young boy ought not to hear. “It’s from Maud,” said the obliging boy, beaming good nature. It cost bim a quarter, that bit of gentility, for Mr. Blithers at once said something that a messenger boy ought to hear and ordered Jackson to go ahead. It was from Maud, and it said: I shall stay in town a few days longer. It is delightfully cool here. Dear old Miranda is at the Ritz with me, and we are having a fine spree. Don't worry about money. I find I have a staggering balance In the bank. The cashier showed me where I had made a mistake in ,subtraction of an even ten thousand. I was amazed to find what a big difference a little figure makes. Have made no definite plaits, but will write mother tonight. Please give my love to the prince. Have you seen today’s Town Truth? .Or, worse, has he seen it? Your loving daughter, . MAUD. A little later on, after he had cooled off to a quite considerable extent, Mr. Blithers lighted a cigar and sat down in the hall outside his wife’s bedchamber door. She was having her beauty nap. Not even he possessed the temerity to break in upon that. He sat and listened for the first sound that yvould indicate the appeasement of beauty 7, occasionally hitching his chair a trifle nearer to the door in the agony of impatience. By the time Jackson returned from the village with word that a copy of Town Truth was not to be had until the next day he was so close to the door that if any one had happened to stick a hatpin through the keyhole at precisely the right instant It would have punctured his left ear with appalling results. “What are we going to do about it?” he demanded three minutes after entering the chamber. His wife was prostrate on the luxurious couch from which she had failed to arise when he burst in upon her with the telegram in his hand. "Oh, the foolish child!” she moaned. “If she only knew how adorable he Is she wouldn’t be acting In this perfectly absurd manned. Every girl who was here last night is madly in love with him. Why must Maud be so obstinate?” Mr. Blithers was very careful not t«, mention his roadside experience with the prince, and you may be .pure that he said nothing about his proposition to the young man. _ He merely de-

' dared, with a vast bitterness in his | soul, that the prince was coming to ; dinner. But what the deuce was the i use? | ought to be soundly—spoken ; to,” said he, breaking the sentence i with a hasty gulp. “Now, Lou, there’s i just one thing to do. I must go to New j York on the midnight train and get her. Thai woman was all right as a tutor, but hanged if I like to see a daughter of mine traipsing around New York with a schoolteacher. 1 She”— "You forget that she has retired on a competence. She is not in active employment, WIU. You forget that she is one of the Van Yalkens.” “There you go, talking about good old families again. Why is it that so blamed many of your fine old blue i stockings are hunting jobs”— ' | “Now, don’t be vulgar, Will,” she cut in. “Maud is quite safe with Miranda, and you know it perfectly j well, so don’t talk like that. I think it would be a fearful mistake for you to go to New York. She would hover forgive you and, what is more to the point, she wouldn’t budge a step if you tried to bully her into coming home with you. You know it quite as well as I do.” “Maud’s continued absence was explained to Prince Robin that evening, not by the volcanic Mr. Blithers, but by his practiced and adroit better half, who had no compunction in ascribing it to the alarming condition of a very dear friend in New York—one of the Van Valkens, you know. “Maud is so tender hearted, so i loyal, so really sweet about her j friends, that nothing in the world ! could have induced her to leave this I dear friend, don’t you knowA! “1 ara extremely sorry not to have J met your daughter,” said Robin, very politely. “Oh, but she will be here in a day or two, prince.” “Unfortunately, we are leaving tomorrow, Mrs. Blithers.” “Tcunorrow?” murmured Mrs. ir.lthsrs, aghast.

“Fortunately it isn’t necessary for me to sign anything, Mr. Blithers.”

“I received a cablegram today advising me to return to Edelweiss at. once. We are obliged to cut short a very charming visit with Mr. and Mrs. King and to give up the trip to Washington. Lieutenant Dank left for New York this afternoon to exchange our reservations for the first ship that w r e can”— “What’s this?” demanded Mr. Blithers, abruptly withdrawing his attention from Count Quinnox, who was in the middle of a sentence when the interruption came. They were on the point of going out to dinner. “What’s this?” “The prince says that he Is leaving tomorrow”— “Nonsense!” exploded Mr. Blithers, with no effort toward geniality. “He doesn’t mean It. "Why-why, we haven’t signed a single agreement”— “Fortunately it isn’t necessary for me to sign anything, Mr. Blithers,” broke in Robin hastily. “The papers are to be signed by the minister of finance, and afterward my signature is attached in approval. Isn’t that true, Count Quinnox?” “1 daresay Mr. Blithers understands the situation perfectly,” said the count Mr. Blithers looked blank. “Of course I understand it,” he said bluntly. “Still I had it in mind to ask the prince to put his signature to a sort of preliminary document which would at least assure me that he would sign the final agreement when the time comes. That’s only fair, isn’t it?” “Quite fair, Mr. Blitherß. The prince will sign such an article tomorrow or the next day at your office in the city. Pra> have no uneasiness, sir. It shall be as you wish. By the way, I understood that your solicitor—your lawyer*, I should say—was to be here this evening. It had occurred to me that he might draw up the statement, if Mrs. Blithers will forgive us In our haste” — “He couldn’t get here,” said Mr: Blithers and no more. He was thinking too intently of somethifig more Important. “What’s turned up?” “Turned up, Mr. Blithers?” “Yes—ln Groostock. What’s taking you off in such a hurry ?”

“The prince has been away for nearly six months,” said the count, as if that explained everything. “Was it necessary to cable for him to come borne?” persisted thejfiß&n--cier. “Graustark and Dawsbergen are endeavoring to form an alliance, Mr. Blithers, and Prince Robin's presence at the capitol is very much to be desired in connection with the project.” “What kind of an alliance?” The count looked bored. “An alliance prescribed for the general improvement of the two races, 1 should say, Mr. Blithers.” He smiled. “It would in no way impair the credit of Graustark, however. It is what you might really describe as a family secret, if you will pardon my flippancy.” The butler announced dinner. “Wait for a couple of days, prince, and I’ll send you down to New York by special train,” said Mr. Blithers. The prince resolutely declared he would be obliged to take the first available steamer. “We shall go down tomorrow,” he said, and even Mr. Blithers subsided. He looKeu to his wife in desperation. She failed him for the first time in her life. Her eyes were absolutely messageless. ' • “I’ll go down with you,” he said, and then gave his wife a look of defiance. The next morning brought Maud’s letter to her mother. It said: Dearest Mother I inclose the cutting from Town Truth. You may see for yourself what a sickening thing it is. The whole world knows by this time that the ball was a joke—a horrible joke. Everybody knows that you are trying to hand me over to Prince Robin neatly wrapped up in banknotes. And everybody knows that lie is laughing at us, and lie isn’t alone in his mirth either. Whnt'must the Truxton Kings think of US? 1 can't bear the thought of meeting that pretty, clever woman face to face. I know I should die of mortification, for, of course, she must believe that I am dying to marry anything on earth that has a title and a pair of legs Somehow, 1 don’t blame you and dad. You really love me, I know, and you want to give me .the best that the world affords. But why, oil why, can't you let me choose for myself? I don't object to having a title, hut I do object to having a husband that 1 don’t want and who certainly could not bv any chance want me. Tou think triat 1 am in love with Channka Bcoville. Well, I'm not. 1 am very fond of him, that's all, and if it came to a pinch 1 would marry him In preference to any prince on the globe. Today I met a couple of girls who were at the ball. They told me that the prince is adorable. They are really quite mad about him. and one of them had the nerve to ask what It was going to cost dad to land him. Town Truth says he is to cost ten millions! Well, you may just tell dad that I’ll help him to practice economy. He needn't pay a nickel for my husband— when 1 get him So, dearest mother, I am going abroad to forget. Miranda is going with me. and we sail next Saturday on the Jupiter, 1 tliink. We haven't got our suit, but Mr Bliss says he is sure he can arrange it for me. If we can't get one on the Jupiter we’ll tike some other boat that is just as Inconspicuous You set- I want to go on a ship that isn’t likely to be packed with people I know, for it Is my intention to travel incog, as they say in the books. I know dad will be perfectly furious, but I’m going or die, one or the other. Now. it won’t do a bit of good to try to stop me. dearest. The best thing for you and dad to do is to come down at once and say goodby t« me, but you are not to go to the steamer! Never! Please, please come, for I love you both and I do so want you to love me. Come tomorrow and kiss your horrid, horrid, disappointing, loathsome daughter—and forgive her too. Mr. Blithers was equal to the occasion. He slapped his knee with resounding force and uttered an ejaculation that caused his wife to stare at him as if the very worst had happened. He was a chuckling lunatic! “Immense!” he exclaimed. “Immense!” “In heaven’s name, what are you saying, Will?” “Great Scott, can’t you see? He goes abroad, she goes abroad. See? Same ship. See what I mean? Nothing could be finer. They”— “But I do not want my child to go abroad," walled the unhappy mother. “I cannot bear”— “Stuff and nonsense! Brace up! Grasp the romance. Both of ’em sailing under assumed names. They see each other on deck. Mutual attraction. Love at first sight. Both of ’em. Money no object. There you are. Leave it to me.” “Maud is kind of girl to take up with a stranger on board” — “Don’t glare at me like that! Love finds the way, it doesn’t matter wlfht kind of a girl she listen to me, Lou, we’ve got to be mighty careful that Maud doesn’t suspect that we’re putting up a job on her. .. She’d balk at the gang plank, and that would be the end of it. She must not know that he is on board. Now, here’s the idea,” and he talked on in a strangely subdued voice for fifteen minutes, his enthusiasm mounting to such heights that she was fairly lifted to the seventh heaven he produced, and, for once in her life, she actually submitted to his bumptious argument without so much as a single protesting word. The down train at 2:17 p. m. had on board a most distinguished group of passengers, according to the Pullman conductor, whose skillful conniving resulted in the banishment of a few unimportant creatures who had paid for chairs in the observation coach, but who had to get out, whether or no, when Mr. Blithers loudly said it was a rrajsance having everything on the shady side of the car taken “on a hot day like this.” He surreptitiously informed the conductor that there was a prince In his party, and that highly Impressed official at once informed ten other passengers that they had no business in a private car anil would have to move. The prince announced that Lieutenant Dank had secured comfortable cabins-fin a steamer sailing Saturday, but he did not feel at liberty to mention the name of the boat owing to his determination to avoid newspaper men, who no doubt would move heaven and earth for an interview, now that he had become a person of so much Importance in the social world. Inhis identity was to be more

completely obscured than at any time since he landed on American soil. He thanked Mr. Blithers for his offer to command the “royal suit” on the Jupiter, but declined, volunteering the somewhat curt remark that it was his earnest desire to keep as far away from royalty as possible on the voyage over. A remark that Mr. Blithers couldn’t quite fathom, then or afterward. Arriving at the Grand Central terminal, Prince Robin and the count made off in a taxicab, smilingly declining to reveal their hotel destination. “But where am 1 to send my attorney with the agreement you are to sign, prince?” asked Mr. Blithers, plainly irritated by the young man’s obstinacy in declining to be “dropped" at his betel by the Blithers motor. “I shall come to your office at 11 to morrow morning; Mr Blithers," said Robin, his hat in his hand He had bowed very deeply to Mrs. Blithers. "But that's not right,” blustered the financier. "A prince of royal blood hadn’t ought to visit a money grub ber’s office. It’s not"— “Noblesse oblige," said Robin, with his hand on his heart. "It has been a pleasure to know you, Mrs. Blithers. 1 trust we may meet again. If you should ever come to Graustark please consider that the castle is yours, as you hospitable Americans would say.” “We surely will.” said Mrs. Blithers. Both the prince and Count Quinnox bowed very profoundly and did not smile. “And it will be ours,” added Mr. Blithers, more to himself than to his wife as the two tall figures moved off with the throng. Then to his wife: “Now to find out what ship they’re sailing on. 11l fix it so they’ll have to take the Jupiter, whether they want to or not.” “Wouldn’t it be wisdom to find out what ship Maud is sailing on. Will? It seems to me that she Is the real problem.” “Right you are!” said he instantly. “I must be getting dotty in my old age, Lou.” ' (To be continued.)

Catarrh Deafness Cannot He Cured

By local applications, as they cannot reach the deceased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure catarrhal deafness, and that is hv a constitutional remedy. Catarrhal deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian tube. When til’s tube is infiamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, deafness is the result. Unless the inflammation can be reduced and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever. Many cases of deafness are caused by catarrh, which is an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. Hall’s Catarrh Cure acts through the blood on the mucous surfaces of the system. We will give one hundred dollars for any case of catarrh deafness that cannot he cured by Hall’s -. Catarrh Cure. Circulars free. At ’all-■■'■drug-gists. 7--. C. —F. .1. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.

AENEAS AND DORCAS

Acts 9:32 i-t—April 9. 6t. Peter’s Preaching Tour—Visiting the Saints—A Term Much Misunderstood —A Paralytic Healed at Lydda. St. Peter Called to Joppa—-Dorcas Awakened From the Sleep of Death. “In all thing* showing thyself an example of good works.”—Titus 327. fROM today's Study we learn that although the Apostles made Jerusalem theif headquarters, nevertheless they went hither and thither throughout Judea, visiting the little congregations of Christians. In one of his tours St. Peter came to Lydda, a city ten miles southeast of Joppa. There he visited “the saints.” The word “saints” signifies holy ones, those set apart, sanctified believers in Christ. There is much opposition to the use of this word today, attributable, we believe, to two reasons. One

of these is the fact that the vast majority of professing Christians kn o w that they are not sanctified, not living as near to the Lord as they could live, not separate, even in heart, from the world, the flesh and the Devil. Another reason is that dur-

ing the Dark Ages it became customary for the Itoman and Greek Catholic churches to “canonize,” or legally Set apart as objects of reverence, certain persons respecting whom, after the lapse of several centuries, nothing especially was remembered, but only things esteemed praiseworthy. A third reason why some dislike the term “saints” is that they consider It to be rather boastful, even hypocritical. Having lost sight of the doctrine of justification by faith in its proper application, they have’ become accustomed to think of all Christians as miserable sinners. Thus they overlook the fact that there are some in whom “the righteousness of the Law is fulfilled” because they walk, not after the flesh, but after the Spirit, and the merit of Christ covers all their unwilling shortcomings.—Romans 8:1-4. God's fieople, however, should remember that almost all of the Epistles of the New Testament are addressed “to the saints"; and that those who cannot projierly apply to themselves this term, which is authorized by Apostolic usage, cannot properly apply to themselves the promises contained in

St. Peter.

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those Bpistlcs. Lot It ho home In mind that the word "saint” does not signify | actual perfection merely, as in our Lord's case, but also applies to those who are reckoned holy through Ilim. Two Notable Miracles. The healing of .Kueas, the paralytic, was ji very notable evidence of the power of the Lord, very similar to the healing at the Beautiful (late of tite Temple. Here, as always, St. Peter made sure thfli none shnitUl think that the |H>wer exercised was his own. lie distinctly affirmed that Jesus the Mes slab, whom their rulers had crucified, had performed the cure and therefore was not dead, hut risen The fame of the miracle spread abroad and resulted, we are told, in the drawing of many to the Lord. Thus did the Lord establish tlie Church and attract to it those who were in the right heart attitude, using miracles then, as lie now •uses other means. As already pointed out, those miracles ceased with the death of the Apostles and those upon whom they laid hands. The Twelvo-had no successors'— St. Paul taking the place of Judas. The Heavenly Jerusalem had twelve foundations—no more- —and in these were written the names of the Twelve Apos ties- no others.—-Revelation 21:11, One of the saints at Joppa was tip patently a woman of means and edit ration. If her name described her appearance. she was very beautiful; for

The awakcning of Ta bitha.

who needed assistance, according to the I test opportunities afforded her. Especially did gjie help poor widows, a class who at that time were often in a very trying position. Under these circumstances it Is not strange that her death produced great sorrow, especially amongst the henefi ■claries, of her charities, and amongst the numerous friends which a heaUtiful t'hrist-like spirit of this kind Is sure to make. Apparently she died suddenly, .mlioiil the time that others of the saints at Joppa heard <»f the cure which St l’ctcr laid performed at Lyd da. At once they sent for him. proh ably With no thought that' lie would • •ring Dorcas hack to life, hut that he could give them some consolation. The bringing of Dorcas hack from the portals of death Was St. Peter's most notable miracle. Dike that at Dydda. it was peculiar to t hat time and for the special purpose of establishing, the Church. We tire not to suppose, however, that the Lord purposes to snatch back from death all of 11 is people, or that all should have powers of healing such as St. Peter exercised.

COMMISSIONERS’ ALLOWANCES. Following are the allowances made by Pic Hoard of Commissioners of Jasper Co.inity, Indiana, at their April term, HOC; Judson H Perkins, salary c1erk.,..5375.00 la vey Bros A- Co, supplies clerk.. 40.00 Healey Clark, same..... 1.50 Jasper Co Teleone Co, 5ame...... 6.00 J P Hammond, salary auditor., 425.00 Same, sai clerk Co c0unei1...150.00 I.cvi j- Bros a*. Co. sup auditor.... 140.25 Jasper Co Telephone Co, same.... 11.44 N Litllefficld, I*. M.. same.. 21.30 • 'has V May, salary treasurer.... 502.50 Levey Bros & Co. sup treasurer.. 5.40 Jasper Co ■ Telephone Co, same,... 9.42 George W Scott', salary recorder 425.00 Levey Bros & Co, sup recorder.. 00.00 Healey At Clark, same 3.00 George W Scott, 5ame........... 7.65 Jasper Co Telephone Co. same.... 7,87 Ren jj McCoity. salary sheriff.... 350.00 Same, per diem sheriff..... 14.00 Shine; boarding prisoners ....... . 37.00 Same, postage sheriff . 3.00 Jasper Co Tele Co, exp sheriff of!! 9.27 Same, same surveyor's office 757 Healey & Clark, sup Co, Supt.... 2.15 I.evev Bros & Co. same ........... 18.50 Jasner Co Telephone Co. same.... 870 '* v \ Thornton, »al Crt assessor.. 150.00 Hr t K Johnson, per dtem, coroner 5.00 Same, expense c0r0ner..,.'........ 404 Dr K H Hemphill, sal Co H com 4x'9l Chas E Welch, salary Co Com... 56._0 H \V Marble, 5ame..,,.,. 56.25 D S Makeever. same 56 25 Geo A Williams, sal Co attorney 100100 < has Mtylan, Janitor court house.. 45.00 Mrs Ch!fs Morlan. matron same.. 10.00 J L Griggs, fireman same. 45 00 „ C .° Telephone Co. exp c h.. 6.00 J*. ”, Johns-Manvilte Co. sup c h 3.44 W R Gates, hauling coat c h 23.79

Tabitha in the Syriac. Dorcas in t lie t J reek. im plies grace and beauty. Rut whatever she possessed of t hose i|utilities naturally, she was named for the beauty of a meek and quiet spirit, full of love an d helpfulness. She served the Lord, His Brethren.. and all others

Rensselaer IJir Co, supplies jail „ 1.92 Bower Coal : Co, coal county farm 341.50 Jasper I’d Telephone Co, same..,, 7.27 I! 1> Mel’oily, same 1.72 Northwester'll ,Mfg Co. same ...... 11.19 C K Osborn, repnlrs Co farm..... 24.55 lialsle (Jordon, labor same lti.OO Walter Mluett, same 5.77 James Shelly, same 25.00 Rensselaer 1.1 >r Co, sup same; 1.00 .Scott Pros, same 45.85 Jasper (’o Telephone Co, same.... 3.09 Julia K Work T Seluidl. cure p dill 215.00 Same, exp inmates -slate Inst.... 44.00 J It Belkins, exp primary eleetion 30.50 C C Warner, same 15.00 Judson II l’eiktns, satrie ... op. Ifi.o(> Jielson J Hunt, same 15.00 -Levey ll \ Co. . xp -prim elee sup 322.85 I Isa le,\ .V Clark, same 180.00 < 'has Morlan. same Maiioli: ; . 0.80 (‘has \V Reid, Ins same. Barkley 53.50 (' 1’ Moody, same, same 48.30 Samilel; Bowman, same. Carpenter 52.90 <' A I Ipnsler. sarrie; smite 57.90 John U' I ‘helps same, 5ame,....., 02.40 James W Stevens, Same, (tlllam.. 52 90 (leorge Barker, same. I hinging <i 52.90 \Vm M Morris, sa me, Jordan.. .. 55.00 R K lla v |s. saa.rie, Kankakee...... 53.00 (-'. I'J I'airehild; same. Keener 53.80 J \V Obeli, sapus Marlon No. 1,.,, 57.35 Sam Koth, stinie. same No. 2.... 57.35 NT Sit mis. same, same ; No: 3.. 57.35 Arthur II Hopkins, same, so No. 4 57.35 Wilt I! Fisher. Same. Milfoy. ..... 50.35 Karl Keek, same, Newton 51.90 K M ( loss. sa me. I’uioh 54 35 James II MrClanahan, same, same 57.35 W A Lake. same. Walker 55.35 M J lielrhaid y, same, When I Held 55.35 Ihaley ,g- Clark, piddle printing 4.85 K l> Noshlt, bridge engineer. .. , 01,50 J V Itiee I’orlel', llss't engineer.. 2.00 Mi Wm Bi lly,' c:n>- poor ehlldreu 30.40 Mrs. Belle Saylor. same .. 21.80 W \ ,Me(‘in lulii. w olf liouiity 5.00 .1 , W Marlon; fox hoiinl v .. . 3.00 Jasper Co Tele Co, exp eourl looiu 7.40 (’tins W Bussell, supt Bussell ~s r 4.00 W Frank Osborne. engineer same 4.00 K It Neshlt. a (-Mg' Kl ng -1 .a wler d 2.50 .1 V Itiee I'm lit . rod ilia ll K I. dtlel/ 'I 1)0 John ‘I, S (iiny. Co Toad: supt.. . .104,70 A II Rnbldti? .a- s' I road so pi No. 1 130.7,0 1 Imaei M ('lark, same, same N 0.2 83.30 Bled I’lipp : aim*, same No. 3. ... 34.75 \V S Kowinmi. same, same No. 4 09.25 K c Maxwell, saim. same No. 5 10200 A Wood wan Hi,. -same, same No. 0 91 30 <' W Sp< nei r. sa up . same No, 7 53.50 W S Barks, same, same No. 8.... 7.25 .1 B I, lie as. Same, same No. 9...... 50,90 A K. Si leknotli, same, same No, 11 32.90 I- (J Ogleshy graa i l road repair.. 11.40 Thomas M Johnson. suin' 19.00 Jasper WarlirlUon, some 14 00 Frank Cl Carrion. same 25.00 William Warin', same 39.00 drover Wood, same 19.00 ;Ba v Wood, same 19.00 Motion Crushed Stone Co, same.. 370.77 J D Adams & Co, sa ini'.......... 585 00 J. B. HAMMOND, founty Auditor.'

NOTICE OF LETTING CONTRACT FOR BUILDING COUNTY HOSPITAL.

Notice is hereby given that the hospital trustees of I lie Jasper county public hospital wl|| receive seated bids for the construction of the proposed new public hospital building in Rensselaer, Indiana, Bids will la* received until two o'clock p m. on Monday. May I t 916. at which time bids will be opened at the office of the chairman of the hoard of trustees in tiie First National Bank at Rensselaer, Indiana, And each hid must he accompanied by a certified cheek .in a sum c«|Ual to len per cent of the hid to guarantee that eonl'ract will he executed and bond given as provided by law In •he event the hid Is aecepted and con - tract awarded Bids will he received for •he construction of Ihe building comi'l'tc according lo plans and speelfieat ions, and also for the const ruction of the building according to the plans and speeifie.iljoris excepting the heating and plumbing, and also for the heating and plumbing, separately. Rians and speelfiea I lons may hi* examined at the offiee of the ehairtha.ri at. the First National Bank at Rei.i.ss* laer, Indiana, -on and after April Ihe 14, 1916. and by depositing ten dollars In cash prospective bidders may procure the use of a set of plans and specifications. And the hoard reserves the right to reject anv and alt Uhls, and to let the contract for the building complete, or to let the contract sot the building complete without the plumbing and heating, and to let the coni roe! separately for the plumbing and heating. ■T T> ALLMAN KUIVAItIi !» I rONA N CHARLF.S H RFGK •- FRANK .TO. LKWIS LOtTK H HAMILTON’. a-S I.e .2-29 Hospital Trustees.

Notice of Survey Notice Is hereby given to: Francis Marion John Eger James Britt . Ernest May hew Bowman Switzer A. McCoy Budd Lewis and all othersinterested, that I own the N-W.% of the NW *4 of section 0. Township 30 North, • Rhnge 6 West, Jasper County, Indiana, and that I will proceed with the surveyor, or his deputy of said County, to make a legal survey of said section 9 or so much thereof as may be necessary to establish the corners &~hd lines of my land. Said survey to begin on Monday, April 17th, 1916,, CLYDE DAVISSON. Myrt B. Price, Surveyor. al-8-15 When Mrs. Floyd Steitberger of Waverly, Ohio, moved, she placed her month-old baby on a folding bed. Movers closed up the bed and carted It away. Three hours later the mother found the child fast asleep and unhurt.