Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1905 — Page 2

Notice of Sale of Rerf Eslate By JAKES H. CHAPMAN Trustee ia baataiptcy ITThE DISTRICT COURT OF TH x’IIMTED STATES FOR THE UliEhluT OF IN 'HANA In the matter of ) " Alfred McCoy, [No. 1770, In v 'Bankrupt 1 Bankruptcy, t Notice is hereby ptven that pursuant to the order of the Referee in Bankruptcy, in the District Cdurt of the United States for the District of Indiana, in said cause, which order was made on the 23rd day of November 1904. the undersigned duly elected, appointed, qualified and acting Trustee 1n the ujatter of Alfred McCoy, Bankrupt, Cause No. 1770, in said Court, will offerat private sale at the office of James H. Chapman. Trustee, in the City of Rensselaer. County of Jasper in the State of Indiana, on the )4th day of February, A. D. 1905, all of the t ight, title and interest belong ing to the estate of said Bankrupt in and to the following described real estate, sHtuated in the County of Jasper and fctateof Indiana, to-wit: The East half (4) of the South East ■quarter [i], Lot Five (5) in the North East quarter (i) of the North East ■qnarter(i), the South half (4) of the North half (f) of the South East quarter [l] of the North East quarter *J), the is or th half (4) of the South half lij of the South East quarter 11-4] of the North East quarter 1-4 and the North fifty [so] acres of the North East quarter [l-4] of the North East quarter [l-4] of section Five [s] Township Twenty eight[2S] North, Range [7] West, containing 162.61 acres. Also Lots onfi ‘l’ Two *2' Three ‘3’ and Four ‘4’ in the North West quarter ‘l-4’ of the North West quarter ‘l-4’ of section Four Township Twenty eight *2B' North, Range Seven ‘7’ West, containing forty ‘4o’ acres. Also the undivided one hah ‘4’ of 2030.63 acres described as follows: the South West ‘F and the South half ‘4’ of the North West quarter ‘l-4’ and 22.63 acres off the South end of the Noith West quarter ‘l-4’ of the North West quarter ‘l-4’ of section Four ‘4’, the South half ‘4’ of the south half T-2‘ of the South East quarter ‘l-4’ of the North East quarter ‘l-4’ of Section Five ‘s’, the East half ‘4’ of the North East quarter ‘l-4’ of Section Eight ‘B’, except one acre in a square form out of the Southwest, corner, all of Section Nine ‘9’, all of Section Ten ‘lo’ except one acre in the form of a square out of the North East corner of-the North West quarter ‘l-4’ of the South East quarter ‘l-4’ the West half ‘l-2’ of the North west quarter ‘l-4* es Section ’Fifteen ‘ls’ the North half ‘l-2’ of Section Sixteen ‘l6’, all in Township Twenty eight ‘2B’ North, Range Seven ‘7’west. Also the undivided 009 half ‘l-2’ of 519.15 acres in Union Township, Jasper County, Indiana, described as follows; all that part of section Eight ‘B’ and all that part of the North half ‘l-2’ of the North East quarter ‘l-4’ and the South west quarter ‘l-4’ of the North East quarter ‘l-4’ of section Seventeen ‘l7’lying west of the right of way of the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Company. The East half ‘l-2’ of the North west quarter ‘l-4’ and the North West quarter ‘l-4’ of the North west quarter ‘l-4’ of section Seventeen ‘l7’ all in Township Thirty ‘3o’ North, Range Seven ‘7’ West. Said sale to be continued from day to day until all of said real estate is sold. Said land to be sold in parcels or as a whole, as may be to the best interests of said estate, free- from all mortgages and incumbrance.4 thereon, on the following terms and conditions; Not less than one half [4] cash, and the residue in two equal payments, on or before six ‘6’ and tvelve ‘l2’ months respectively. The purchaser to give his note bearing 6 per cent interest for the deferred payments, securing the same by executing a mortgage to the trustee on the real estate so purchased. Said sale to be made subject to the farm leases for the year 1965, and to be made subject to the approval of the Referee or Court. Dated this 16th day of January, A. D 1905. JAMES H. CHAPMAN, Trustee. All creditors of said Bankrupt will take notice of the time and place of said proposed sale. John O. BOWERS, Referee All persons are further notified that the wife of Alfred McCoy, ILnkruu , will convey all <>f her right, title and interest in and to said real estate, by de«i to Che punch-.ser of any real estate belonging io Baid Bankrupt estate.unouthepay neu toh-rby thepurchaner thereof for her interest in Baid real estate, she having agreed to sell the same to the same purchaser at the same price per acre, pro porti' nately, as the Trustee shall sell Baid real esta e. and of the entire proceeds of the Bale, the sa d wife agrees to accept one fifth for all her interest in and to the real estate so sold—the otne four fifths to go into the funds in the hands of the T>u-tee JAMES H CHAPMAN,Trustee.

Notice of Ditch Letting Mrs. harles M. Pavnn et al, Ditch 'no. 3uso. Jasper county Indiana. I Notice is here v given hat on Saturday. Febru rv 25th l>o’> until 12 oclook M ot said d~y. sealed bld will beiec><lved at the off! e •f the auditor o Jasper l ouutv at toe cltv of Jteus-eiaer for the eonstruetlou of a Rub le Ditch n IQ3O In Jas er < ounty Bezinulins at the center of s-ctlon Fourteen (14) Town•hip No. Twenty nine («n» North, Ra nge Seven '■!) Wesi |n Jaspe O unty, lud<a'a and run nlng thence w st and a little Siuth >9 o ft Thence In a general North We ter y direction tolls outlet n ar the enter of the South West quartet of the south rast quarter o section ten (10) Tdwnship Twen y-nlne (29; North R nee Seven (7) west Ln Jasper County, Indiana. bald Ditch will e offered In two s pars e al oune ts as 10’lows; let lloiment const ts of 4 *>o feet all tte ditch from static ■ 0 to HO inclusive, 2n a otmentco sals of 3250 s t of open dlt< h from stat! n 80 to 145 inc uslve. • 1 work it cat be . o e 111 coordan e wl h ‘’cations now on file In the Aud.tor’s o'specii. <ch bid must b accompanied with Jtee. «• oved uy he Auditor. bond appt* JAMEdfi. l,Ki HERM >N, Auditor Jasper co. Jan 27 feb 3 li Taken op at rnyp'dee iu Oofax tp„ N-’wton Go , 4 mi'c-B north of Mt Ayr, a black s >w f-*oe white, tip..l one ear or-pp d wei«h> ab u' 200 Douids Owner ohII, cr ve property and pty charges wltp E- E ’ Harlow.

Notice of Sale of Real Estate By JAMES| fl. CHAPMAN, Trustee iu Bankruptcy, (N TH 1 ? DISTRICT COURT OFTRE UNITED SPATHI4FOR CHE DISTRICT OF INDIANA. I n the matter of A. I McCoy Sc Co. ,'a co- f «a tnershipcompos- 1 No. 1769, In Bankruptcy, .■d of Alfred Mccoy > and Thomas J. Me- > Coy, Bankrupt. Notice is hereby given that pursuant to an order of the Referee in Bankruptcy, in the District Court of the United States for the District of Indiana, In Raid cause, which order made oh »he 24rd day of November 19 4. the undersigned duty elected, appointed, qualified and acting Trustee in the matter o’ A. McCoy & Co., Bankrupts. Cause No, 1769 in said Court, will offer at private sale, at. the office of James H. Chapman. Trustee, in the City of Rensselaer, Countv of Jasper in the S ’ate or Indiana, on the !4th Day of February, A. D, 1905, all of the rlght.l title and Interest belonging to th“ estate of said Bankrupt firm, in and to the following desert'’-d realestate, -ituated in Jasper County, in the State f Indiana, to-wit:— The undivoed one halt (%l of the E ist half the North West quarter (54) and the East half (Ji) of the South West quarter I and the West half (X) of the North East quarter an I the west half (!4) of the S u’h East quarter (14) of section Twenty Seven (27 > township Thirty SO) North, Range Five (5) West, known as he “Gillam Townshin Land and all of the South west quarter <J4) of the North East quarter (14) of Section Twenty (20> Township Thirty (30, North, Range Six (6) West, known as the “Barkley Township Land.” Also all of the North half (%I and the East half (of the South East quarter <X >of Section Ten (10) Township Twenty Eight (28) North, Range Seven (,7> West, containing 400 acres. Said sale to be continued from day to day until all of said real estate is sold. Said sale to be made subject to the liens and Incumbrances against said real estate and also subjec to the farm leases fo-lhe year 1905,0 a the follow- . ing terms and conditions: Not less than one half l%' cash in hand, and the residue in two equal payments onorbefoie six (6) and Twelve (12) months respectively | The purchaser to give his notes bearing 6 per i cent interest, for the deterred payments, se- ' curing the same by executing a morigage to the Trustee on the real estate so purchased, Said sale to be made subject to the approval of the Referee or Court. Dated this 1 th day of January, 1905. i JAMES H. CHAPMAN, —Trustee All Creditors of said Bankrupts will ake , notice of the time and place of said proposed , sale. JOHN O. BOWERS, Referee.

Notice of Sale of Real Estate Bt JAMES H. CHAPMAN, Trustee in Bankruptcy. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF INDI ANA. In the matter of I Thomas J. McCoy, >No. 1771, In Bankruptcy. Bankrupt. I Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to -n order of the Referee in Bankruptcy, in the District Court of the United Slates for the District of Indiana, in said cause, which order was made on the 23rd day of November 1904. the Undersigned duly elected, appointed, quaiitted and acting Truste i in the matter of Thomas J. McCoy, Bankrupt, Cause no 177 i, in said Court, will offer at pr.vate sale at me "Aleeof Jmes H. Chapman, Tiustee, in the City of i'ensselaer, County of Jasper in the State of Indiana, on the -C 14th Day of February, A. D. 1905 all of the right, title and interest belonging to the estate of said Bankrupt in and to the following described real estate, situated in Jal per County in the State of Indiana, .u----wit: - The undivided one half (%) of 2030.6* acres which is described as follows; the South West quarterly, the South half (X) of the North West quarter and 22 63 acres off of the South e >d of the North West quarter (J4>cf the North West quarter (J 4 ot Section four (4>;the South ha f (X) of the Sonth half (■>£> of the South East quarter of the North E .st quarter or section five (si; the East haif (%) ot th .North East quarter (Ji) of section eight (8) except one acre in a square form out vs the South West corner; all of section Nine (9), all of Section Ten (10) except one acre in square form out of the North east corner of the North West quarter (Ki of the So ich East quarter (N), the West half (J4j of the North West quarter (*4 i of Section Fifteen do the North half (X ) of section Sixteen (16) all in Township Twenty eight 28) North. Range Seven (7) West. Also al) of Lois Nine (9) and Ten (10) in Block Six (6i in Robinson’s Addition to the city of Rensselaer, Indiana, also a tract of land in Lake County, I diana, known as “Jerry’s Island,” being the North Eastquirter (X) of the South East quarter (X) of section Thirteen (13) Township thirty two 32) North, Range Eight (8) Wh Said land to be sold in parcels or as a whole, as may be to the best interests of said estate, free from liens and incumbrances, but subject to the farm leases for the year 1906, and on the following terms and conditions; not less than one half (34)cash, and the residue in twoequal payments on or before six (6) and twelve 12; months respectively, the purchaser to give his notes bearing 6 per cent interest, for the deferred payments, securing the samebv execu ting a morigaze to the Trustee on the real estate so purchased. And at the same time and place the undersigned Trustee will further offer for sale all of the right .title and interest belonging to the • sta e of said Bankrupt in the following de- | scribed real estate situated in the City of Kens- i selaer, Jasper County. Indiana, describe.! as so lows; Lot Seven (7) of the C. P. Mayhew plat of the West halt of section Thirty (30) Township Twenty nine (29) North, Range Six G) West. Also that part ot the South Wes quarter (X) of the North West quarter X, of said section Thirty (30; lying between Weston’s cemetery and the Iroquois River an I u ore particularly described as follows:—Beginning at the South East corner of Weston’s cemetery, running South with the Easi line of said cemetery to the center of said river; thence Norih West following the meandering* of said river to a point m the center of said river due South of the South West corner of said cemetery: thence due North to the South West corner of eaid cemetery: thenc East to Uie place of beginning, containing Three ami one hundredths acres more or less, there beuginall, in conjunction with Lot Seven (7) four and one hundredths acres more or ess in the City of Rensselaer, Indiana known as the “Dexter Property.” Said property to be sold subject to the mortgages and incumbrances against the same Said sale to be continued from day to day until all of said real estate is sold, and to lie made upon the same terms and conditions as above recited Sales are to be mads subject to the approval of the R'feree or Court. Dated this .6th day of January 1905 JAMES H. CHAPMAN, True ee. All creditors of raid Bankrupt will lake notice of the time and place of said proposed sale. JOHN O. BOWERS, Referee. All persons are further notified that t"e wife cr Th mas J McCoy, Bankrupt, wi 1 convey all of her right, title and interest In and to said real estate, by deed, to the pnrehn er of any of the real estate belonging to said Bankrupt estate, upon the payment to her by toe purchasi-rthereof for her Interest in said real esta e, she having agreed to sell the same to the same pu chaser at the same price per acre, proportionately, as the Trustee shall selissid real estate, a'd of the entire proceeds ot the sale the said wife agrees to accept one fifth for all her interest in and to the real estate so sold —the other four fifths to go into the Junds in the hands of rhe Trustee. JAMES H. CHAPMAN. Tr us tee. We have our cellar fi led it-» fanny potat es, parsnip?, tur ips, g J , onion*, sweet p'J'at es, and apples We get lettuce and cele y twice a week JohnEgir.

THE FOURTH WEEK

Excellent Progress Has Been Made In the Work of the General Assembly. THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION Has Been Given to the M-ore Important Measures Before the Legislature, Some of Which Are Now Well Advanced—Lawmakers Are Proceeding Carefully—The Session’s Work to Date. fSpecial Correspondence.! - Indianapolis, Jan. 31.—With the general assembly closing the fourth week of its session, there is a disposition in some quarters to express astonishment because the output of finished legislation up to this time is no larger. It would, however, be a reflection upon the legislature, rather than an evidence of its good Intentions, if many measures of general application and large importance had as yet found their way to the governor’s table. The real work of the session up to this time has necessarily been done in the committees. Speaker Reed called the various committees of the national house of representatives “little legislatures," and the term is to a degree applicable to the committees of the general assembly, although it Is true that a report on a bill has more weight in congress than in a state legislature. A great deal of vicious and ill-consid-ered legislation as a matter of fact, however, meets an inglorious end In committee. The value of a general assembly is to be judged as much by what It refuses to do as by what it really accomplishes in the matter of new legislation. Bills have been going into "the hopper by scores ever since the opening day of the general assembly, and if all of the legislative propositions advanced were to be accepted by the general assembly, the acts of 1905 would certainly be fearfully and wonderfully made. So far as the more important measures, of which there are a number pending, are concerned, they have already been made the subject of serious study in committee, and from now on reports upon them will be reaching the general assembly. Session’s Work to Date.

In the senate, at the beginning of the first session of the present week, 204 bills had been introduced In the senate and 235 in the house, a total of 439 in both branches of the general assembly. Lieutenant Governor Miller says that the number of bills introduced so far would indicate a total of 750 for the session, which would be much lower than the number introduced in any preceding session. This is in part to be attributed to the fact that the bills presented by the codification commission cover so wide a scope that many measures are being held back pending t?e action of the general assembly upon them. The suggestion has been made that the report of the codification commission, which constitutes what may perhaps be considered the most important work of the session, be laid over until the next general assembly, allowing the intervening time for discussion. The suggestion has met with little favor. It is probably true that two years’ discussion would tend to cloud rather than to clear the situation. An illustration of this is found in the criticism offered to one of the bills proposed in the commission’s report by one of the leading lawyers of Indianapolis, who says itsieffect would be to make Indiana Instead of New Jersey th© haven of trusts. Judge M. A. Chipman, a. member of the commission and a lawyer of great ability, denies that this is the purpose or that it would be the effect of the bill in question. Lieutenant Governor Pleased.

Both branches of the general assembly are especially fortunate in the manner of men chosen to preside over them. Clean and capable, both Lieutenant Governor Miller and Speaker Cantwell enjoy the confidence of all those having to do with legislative affairs and of the people of Indiana generally. Both of them are In harmony with the policies of the administration and are keeping the reigns of the legislative team well in hand. Lieutenant Governor Miller Is well pleased with the progress so far made by the general assembly. “The senate," he says, "seems ambitious to do things. The members are working hard. The committees are also desirous to get through with the work allotted to them as soon as possible consistently with what they ought to do. There has been some talk about the bills of the codification commission, but there has not been a fair chance on them yet. "Eighteen hundred of the two thousand copies of the codification bills ordered printed, have been distributed In the different counties of the state, and the members are beginning to hear from tbalr constituents, and then It will not be difficult for them to de clde what they wish to do. There has been talk of dumping all the codification bills until the next session of th general assembly, but the senators, a a rule, feel tnat they ought to dispose of It now, and I look for some good work with those bills. The work of the two houses at this session makes a good showing as compared with previous general assemblies.” State of Legislation. The house has passed about twenty bills up to this time. Neither branch

has passed, any bills pi-iginatlng in the other branch, with the exception of the two bills passed very early in the session—one appropriating money for the expenses of the general assembly and the other repealing the law of 1903 for the printing of engrossed and , enrolled bills in patented' type. The two bills are the only ones thus far that have reacned the governor. Some of the bills passed in one branch have reached engrossment in the other branch. Of the codification bills, that on eminent domain has advanced farthest. It was ready for second reading in the house, but was referred back : to the committee for amendments. Of the other codification commission bills that on criminal laws seems most likely to receive early favorable action. The bill on. cities and towns is still being argued before the joint - committees of the house and senate. Bills to regulate private banks are still in the' senate committee on banks. The Guirl bill in the house and the Moore bill in the senate, to make remonstrances against liquor licenses good for two years, are making rapid progress. A legislative apportionment bill has practically been agreed upon, out has not yet been introduced. The republicans will probably hold a caucus on the measure before or shortly after it is introduced The Spirit of Service. One thing forces itself upon the attention of the most careless observer, and that is that no general assembly in many years has gone about its work with so evident an intention to serve faithfully and well the people of the state. The new era in national politics, with its stricter standard of virtue which it has set up for the public service, has had its effect in the legislative halls of Indiana. Either because of the changed conditions manifesting themselves, or because of the warning sounded by retiring Governor Durbin and incoming Governor Hanly, the professional lobby that has been so much in evidence in years gone by, is either absent or playing a timid part during the present general assembly. This is the more remarkable because no legislature in recent years has had pending before it so many measures calculated to ferlpg guch a lobby to the front. ‘ To say that conditions are better In this respect than ever before Is not to imply that comparatively speaking they have been bad in recenj years s | Fresh from the enjoyment of the hospitality of the Indiana general assembly, Mr. Bryan declared in Connecticut the other evening that Indiana is “the most corrupt state in the Union." This is a slander utterly without justification. On the contrary it is doubtful if any state has in recent years conducted its public affairs on a higher plane or in a more wholesome atmosphere than has Indiana. It is doubtful if any one of the many state legislatures now in session is so free from the suspicion of corruption as is that now assembled at Indianapolis. A Sense of Responsibility.

The overwhelming majority of republicans in the legislature, considered in connection with the enormous popular majority at the polls at the last election, instead of being interpreted as a license to raid the treasury in behalf of this or that pet project, or to carry partisan politics into the making of laws, as some very good and some very intelligent persons feared when the reports first began to come in, seem to have had the opposite effect. This overwhelming majority is accepted as emphasising the thought or responsibility, and while neither the policy of the administration nor that of the lawmaking body will be characterized by an inclination to cheeseparing, which in the end always proves to be false economy, yet there will be no onslaught on the treasury in any way suggested or prompted by the remarkable vote at the polls. On the whole progressive conservatism seems to be the animating principle, and this most of the Democrats seem to be willing to concede. In fairness to most of them it should be said that the disposition seems to be to fall in And become a part of the gen-eral-movement in this direction. Conceding Institutional Needs. There will be occasion neither for surprise nor for censure if the appropriations of the present general assembly are in the aggregate larger than those of the legislature of 1903. The demands upon the several penal, benevolent, charitable and educational Institutions of the state have been increasing during the past few years with astonishing rapidity. Despite the fact that these institutions have been conducted on a basis so economical that the per capita cost of maintenance has been greatly decreased under that of a decade ago, the growth in actual population is making necessary not only larger maintenance appropriations, but the erection of new buildings and the enlarging of the old ones. The present general assembly must provide for the new institution for the deaf and dumb to take the place of the old one, the grounds of which have recently been sold at great advantage. It must make adequate provision for the new Industrial school for girls, to carry out a long cherished purpose on the part of the state to give these unfortunate young women a better opportunity for reform than Is afforded under the present system of association with an institution for criminals. Additional provision must of necessity be made for the Insane, either by an Increase in the size of tho three smaller hospitals, or by the erection of a new one: the latter plan seems the more likely of adoption at this time. This In itself will necessitate an expenditure of more than a half million dollars. q

’ Paring the Estimates. The increasing demands upon the Institutions now existing is reflected tn the recommendations of the legislative committee for specific appropriations aggregating more than a million dollars more. These proposed appropriations represent not the wishes of the institutions, but what seem, to be actual necessities, which it would be false economy not to recognize. The legislative committee has more than cut in two the-estimates furnished by the institutions themselves. Meeting Extraordinary Demands. In part the increasing demands of the state’s institutional system upon the state treasury are met by the annual increase in the tax duplicate. But conditions present and prospective demand still further accessions to the general fund. Fortunately the debt of the state has been so far reduced that the state debt sinking fund will during the present year meet every dollar of indebtedness due before 1915, or payable before 1910, and leave in the state treasury something tike fifty thousand dollars. It has been suggested that without an increase In the aggregate tax levy, the new demands may be provided for by the abolition of the state debt sinking fund in whole or in part, and the substitution therefore of a temporary institutional levy oi two or three cents on the hundred dollars. Some plan of this kind will doubtless be adopted. A member of the general assembly the other day Introduced a bill providing for the borrowing by the state of a million dollars to meet these demands. It is hardly necessary to state that this member sits on the democratic side. His resolution was entirely in line with democratic tradition and precedent in Indiana. During the decade ending with the year 1891 Indiana Democratic leadership nearly doubled the state debt by the issuing of interest bearing bonds as a substitute for direct taxation. Since 1860 democratic experiments along this line have cost the people of the State in interest payments millions t>f dollars. Representative Scifres’ action tn this regard is indicative of what might have been expected if the people of the state had placed Indiana democratic leadership in control of state fiscal and legislative affairs last year. Strengthening the Nicholson Law. There is an evident determination on the part .of the geftdral assembly to strengthen the Nicholson law, —not by adding any new features pf impop tance to it, but by making tiife remofi strance provision more effective. In rural communities persons opposing the granting of liquor licenses have been put to endless annoyance because of the necessity of filing a remonstrance every time a new applicant appears before the county commissioners. Sometimes this perform ance is gone through with once a month, the purpose of the applicants being apparently to wear out the opposition. This is contrary to the spirit of the law and to good public policy, and Governor Hanly, in his inaugural

address, took the reasonable position that the people of a ward or township should be free to eliminate the saloon as an institution if they desired to da so, long enough to permit themselves at least a good breathing spell preparatory to another struggle. Institution for Epileptics. Governor Hanly has voiced a demand for an institution for epileptics which in all probability will be heeded by the present general assembly. Concerning the New Governor. When Governor Hanly was inaugurated on Jan. 9 he sounded a keynote for his whole administration, and there is manifest in the governor’s attitude toward all questions of public policy the same spirit of devotion to the public weal and to high ideals in public service which were expressed tn his inaugural address. Governor Hanly has a distinct policy, *nd the impress of his Influence evlll be upon the work of the present general assembly when it has been concluded. Governor Hanly’s program includes the strengthening of the remonstrance section of the Nlcholsofi law, the enactment of a railroad commission law and a system of public accountability for what are now known as private banks. There is little doubt but that something will be done upon each one of these propositions. The Governor and the Editors. The annual meeting of the Republican State Editorial association held here last week was one of the most successful in years. A notable feature of the sessions was the disposition to discuss methods of elevating the standards of a profession, rather than means of making mere money out of a business. At the annual banquet on Thursday evening notable speeches were made by Governor Hanly, Lieutenant Governor Miller, John L. Griffiths, and others. Governor Hanly spoke with feeling of the splendid work done by the iiepublfcan country press of Indiana during the last campaign, and said that it was entitled to a large share of the credit for an unprecedented victory. He appealed to the editors present for their support in behalf of tne tnore Important measures proposed by the administration, and brought from his hearers a response significantly enthusiastic. The resolutions adopted by the editorial association pledged tne sunnort of the organization to the recommendations of President Roosevelt and Governor Hanly. There is perhaps no state in the Union where the support of the Republican local press mdWns so much. In the absence of n state Republican paper, the responsibility of advocating party policies fills nnon what Is known as the country press, which is probably stronger n . more influential in Indiana than in any other state.

WEIRD TALE

Of Clever Shark That. Towed Steamer Ta a Sate Berth. From Kailua, one of the Hawaiian Islands, comes the marvelous story of a shark acting as a pilot for a steamship which had lost ner bearings. In the beginning, it should be knows that the name of the shark is Barnacte Bill, and that he is known to all seafarers, and best ol all to Captain Sfnaerson, of the inter-island steamship Mauna Loa. This shark can pick oat the Mauna Loa’s Keel trom a hundred others, and whenever the vessel cornea to anchor in her appointed berth, oM Kailua, Barnacle Bill is always there, and with his port eye cockea up and awaiting the chunks of salt pork which. Captain Simerson. never fails to at him after his ship has been brougS-L to anchor. t lit came about one week ago that th* Mauna Loa appeared off the island at night. The lighthouse keeper had net expected her until daylight and there was no light to guide the vessel in. But Captain Simerson is an expert navigator, and having made the harbor mahy times decided to try the dangerous passage at night. He brought the vessel safely in, but mistook her usual berth, and came to anchor some distance away, aud near jutting and dangerous rocks. Soon after the anchor had been let g» the boatswain, who was standing on th* forecastle meditatively’ winding hte starhoard watch, heard a grating sound from the cable as though its underwater lengths were ripping through coral beds. Looking over the side hw saw Barnaele Bill, illuminated in a husk of phosphorescent light with the anchor in his teeth, swimming with ft and towing the ship to her old berth and away from the dangerous plat* where she had anchored. There is no movement under way >t Kailu to get Barnacle Bill duly licensed as a pilot,—Honolulu Car. New York Herald.

Hard to Understand.

He was a scholarly looking Englishman, with the abstracted appearance of a student about him, and he wanted to take a ride to a suburban locality and back. “What will be the he asked the cabman. “Two plunks,” replied cabby, .. “Two what?” “Plunks —bone*—cases, Ain’t you on?” . < ‘'Oh?” echoed the other in bewilderment. “Not until I know how mucb.it is to cost me for the trip. That is whht I am asking you.” “That’s what I’m tollin’ you. Twe’ daddies. See?” “1 beg pardon. That is equally mystifying. Either I have failed to make you understand me or I am singularly deficient in apprehending the vocabulary of .commerce. May I ask you te make ojje more effort to tell me what my fare will be for the proposed trip?” “Told you five or six times. Tw» bucks; two cart wheels.” A light seemed to dawn upon the befogged mind of the scholarly person. "Could you,” he said, “by any possibility mean ?2.” “Sure. That’s what I’ve been telHn’ you all along, but you don’t seem to nuderstand English." A few moments later one might haja seen a cab making its way toward the suburbs. On the driver’s seat wag a brisk looking personage with his “plug” hat tilted back on his head, an< on the inside was a passenger who was industriously dotting down something in his notebook.—Youth’s Companion.

Making Fire Indian Fashion.

“How do the Indians make a fire without matches?” asked a boy whe loved to “play Indian.” Most of tw have heard the answer to this —“the Indians used a flint and steel, as oijr own fathers and mothers did not hundred years ago, and before they had flint and steel they used rubbingsticks.” “We have all read abdlrt bringing fire out of two sticks by rubbing them together, but.” says Ernest Thompson Seton in Country Life In America, “I find that most persons look upon this as a sort of fairy tale, or, if they believe it to be true, they think it so difficult as to be worth ns second thought. AU woodcrafters, I find, are surprised and greatly interested to learn that not only is it possible —it is easy to make a friction fire, if you know how. I have taught many boys and men to do it, and some have grown so expert that they make it nearly as quickly as with the oldfashioned sulphur match. When I fi»at learned from Mr. Walter Hough, win learned from the Indians, it took mo from five to ten minutes to get a blazing fire—not half an hour, as some books have it . But later I got down to a minute, then to thirty seconds, from the time of taking up the rubbingsticks to having a fine blaze; the time in getting the first spark being abort six seconds.”

Why Women’s Wages are Low.

Rather an amusing reason is given by Anna B. Doughten as to why young girls’ wages still remain so much lower than young men’s, when the same work is accomplished and in quite as good a manner. “Seldom," she says, “does a girl work with any idea of permaivency, and often the brighter and mare capable she is the sooner does some young man find that her qualifications are just what he wants in a wife.’ Indeed, it is a fact,’’ says the philosopher, “that many employers haye found E useless to train good looking, capable girls in any special lines, for just when they are fitted for the required dutlesand the accompanving higher salary, off they go.” Miss Doughten is in a position to discuss the subject, as she is social secretary in one of the publishing houses in Am. 2 k.^—Social ServP 0