Daily Greencastle Banner and Times, Greencastle, Putnam County, 6 August 1894 — Page 4

THE 15 ANN EH TIMES. GUEEXCASTLE. INDIANA, MONDAY, AUGUST ♦>,

B. F. «iOS!,SN ftiaodies the Highest Grade Brazil BUk b

f i'.'-r-COAL

And the* Best rittsi>urah and Anthracite. Uoa yard oppoHite Vandalia freight office.

FOR RKNT. Liinre two->tory 11 rooms) frame ilwellin^ liouse. Ooo«l staple. Desirable location. (ik.o. K. Be ah e. lN2-if

A WAHTDIE TRAGEDY THE SLAUGHTER PEN IN THE CRATSR OF BURNSIDE’S MINE. Troop. In V'nwtelilj MaM.r. Ilurlril Into tin* Kreacb, AVhl're They AVer. Cnuglit Id a Trap ( mirr a Murderous Fire—A Battle

Anniversary Story.

[CopirlKlit. IHU4. by Arnerlran Press Association. Hixik rights reserved.]

N JULY SO, 8n years ago, there was enacted In the

yj. , u trenches at Peters

If

J. R. LEATHERMAN, PHYSICIAN : AND :SUR I ON, Honing 2, 3, 4 and 5. Allen Block, GREENCASTLE, I I : I INDIANA Special Attention fllvi'ti to I>iseDS<*8 of Women and children. CITY DIRECTORY. (TTY OKKICKRS. Mayor. Charles U. Case Treasurer Frank I.. Isitides Clerk .1 nines .M Hurley Marshall William K. Stan Kuglneer Arthur Throop Attorney Thomas T. Moon* j See. Hoard ot Health ..Eugene Hawkins M. 1) COUNCII.MKN. 1st Ward. . Thomas A Grams. J I, Handel j 2nd Edmund Perk Ins, .latnes llrblges :ird " John Hiley. John II. Miller Street Cninmlssloner J. D.Cutler Fire chief Geo. II Cooper A . Hmekwav. ) Mrs. Mary liiri'h, >School Trustees. It. E. Anders.tn. | H. A. i tgg, Superletendent of city schools. FOIIEST HIM. CV.MKTKItV HOAHD tie lUUM T-

Olts.

J. 8. Medal'} Pres .Infill < .Hrnwnilil! V Pres J. K. Eangdoi! Sec H.S. Kenick Treas James Maggy .Supt K. I . Rlaek. A. O. Loekridge Meeting tiest Wednesday night eaeh month at J.S. Mel lary's idliee. SECRET SOC1 K l IKS. I.O. O. F. OHKK.NCASTI.K MIDOE NO 348. W.Z. Hlllle s '• It. M Hanna Si.Meeting nights, every Wi-dnesday. Hall, in jerome Allen’s Hloek, 3rd flour. PUTNAM LOUOK NO. 45. Albert Brt iwnlng s 1 ■ E. r. i lhaffee. See Meeting nights, every Tuesday. Hull In j Central National Hank block,3rd Hour. CASTL* CANTON NO 30, P. M. J. A.Michael Capt ! Chaa Melkel Sec First and third Monday nights of eaeh

month.

OUKKNl'ASTM K.M’A M I’MENT NO. 59. im . Henton P Chaa. 11 Melkel Nctibo

FIrst ami third Thursdays.

ItKK HIVR 1.0110F, NO. lOti, I>. It. i Mi -, i . i. Chaffee H. G D. E. Badger. Sec Meeting nights. • eery 2nd and 4th Mnnday I ot eaeh month. Hall In central Nat. Hank j

building, 3rd Ilnur.

OKKKNt'ASTI.K IglIXiK ‘.’123 C,. U. O. OP O. P. j ' haa. i lerrtng N.G ». 'r atowsAft .P. g

% a?

.

K. T. Stewart

Meets tlrst and third Mondays.

MASONIC.

MINERVA 4 HAPTKH, NO 15,0. E. S.

Mrs. Hlekson W. M Mrs. Dr. Hawkins.. ...Sec

First Wednesday night of each month. OUKKNOASTLECHAPTEIl, NO 22, It. A. M.

H.s. Kenick H P H. Heala Sec Second Wednesday night of eaeh month.

TEMPI.K 1.0riQE NO. 47. K. AND A. M.

Jesse Klcnardson W. M H. S. Heals See Third WiNlnestlay night of eaeh month. OllBBNCASTt.E COMMANDKBV, NO. 11, K T W. II. II. Cullen B. C J. Mel). Hays Sis* Fourth Wednesday night of eaeh month.

ROf) AN IS I DOE, NO. ID. E. A A. M,

H. I . Ifrvati W. M

.1. W. l ain

Meetaaecoml and fourth Tuesdays. WHITE 131,V CHAPTER, NO. 3, O. E. S.

Mrs. M. Florenee Mik*a— ■ W M Mi-. 'I. A. Telster See

Meets second and fourth Mondays

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. EAOI.EI.ODOK NO. 16.

W E Stuii C. I' H.S. Heals Sec Every Friday night on 3rd Hoor over Thus.

Abram's store.

O KEEN CASTLE DIVISION V. H. W. E. Stun Capl H. M. Smith. So,, First Monday night of each month.

A. O. U. W.

COI.I.EOE CITY LODGE NO. D. Joint Menton . . M. W A . 11. Phillips See Seeond and 4th Thursdays of eaeh mnnth. DEORKE OK HONOR. Ml It L M g’ It C.ot II Lillie Black Bee First and third Fridays of each month. Hall on 3rd Hoor City Hall Hloek.

BED MEN.

OTOK TRIBE NO. 140. II. F. Sage Saehem Thus. Sage Sec Every Monday niglil. Hall on 3rd thuir City Hall Block. KOVAL, ARCANUM. I.OTI’S COPNCII. NO. 329. W. G. Overstreel H Chits. Eandes Sec SiH'oml and tourth Tlmrsdit) s ot eaeh monl h Meet ill O. A. It. Hall. KNIGHTs t»F HONolt. MYSTIC TIE I.ODGB, NO. tlltD w l. Howi Dictator J. M.Johnson Every Friday night.

O. A. U.

ORKEM ASTI.K POST NO. 11.

A M . MM \ • hi . i I. P. i haptn v tt Wm. II. Burke o.M ■very Monday evening at 7:30o’clock. Hull corner \ itu and Washington stnu ti. 2nd

floor.

woman's re i. I EE CORPS. \ 'll 'oil J>|., - Louise .Iai‘itbs See Moetlngs . very sismirI and iourtii MiiiuIuy S' 2 |i. m.A. K. Hull FI ILK A I. ARMS. 2 — 1 College ave itmi Liberty st. 3-1 tiitllana ittid Htuum 4 I Juekson and Maggy, 5-1 Madison und Lilierty. M *dl*oe (ll( ;J Wulnol. 3 t Hikimn and Crown. 1 !? Hloomtngton and Anderson. 5 2 Si mlnary anil Arlington. i» -2 Washington, east ot Miirham. 7 2 Was hi ngt i m and laHUist. 2 3 Howard and Crown. 4 3 i Milo and Main. 5- 3 College uve. and DeMoite alley. tt- 3 Loenst and Syeatiiore. 1- 2 -1 Fire iiiii. The laillee eull Is one tap then a pitusi* and th it 'ollow the box tmmuei COI N TV OKFICKRS. flisY. M. Hlaek Auditor F. M. Olldewell. Sheriff Geo. Hughes Treasurer s Manlcl 3 . Marnell 1 |,, r g Daniels, Hurst H,*, order .1. I* • M lit len Surveyor X • M■ Lyon. Senool Sunerlntendent 3. W . MeNeff I’oriiiter Win. Hroails;reel. Assessor 9 M ‘ l) . See. Board of llealtl, I.D. Hart. } K.imuel Farmer > Coinuilssioners. John S. Newgeut)

burg a tragedy w hich at this time deserves to stand In history as the “ American Balaklava.” Had the victims gone in mounted instead of on foot ami the charging columns traveled 500 rods instead of 600feet,

the parallel would have been closer, but in Isith eases somebody blundered, and the 1 iour soldiers who could ’‘hut do and die" were hopeh -sly and needlessly sacrificed. Hurnsido's mine was laid with extraor (Unary skill and labor directly under a Confederate fort, which the defenders nf Petersburg had constructed on a spur of the ridge sheltering the town on the east The construction of that fort had been car ; ried on tinder the constant fire of Hitrn, side's gmis, and the peculiar nature of its trenches, adapted as they were to shelter trisips from falling bombs, as well as from horizontal firing, had much todo with tie* ! termining the result when Burnside attempted to carry that portion of the lino by storm after exploding a mine under it to open a broach. The excavation for the powder chamber was made by extending a tunnel a distance of over 600 feet from a point within the Union trenches to a point under the center of the fort ' to he blown up. The laborers were 1 coal minors Is longing to the Forty-eighth Pennsylvania regiment. They suffered Intensely In the long, close gallery and carried all the earth out of the tunnel and chamber by hand. Toward the end of the task, which lasted a month, their strength was supported mainly by whisky. They became too weak to digest solid food. The digging had to lie done with the utmost stealth to prevent betrayal by deserters and discovery by Confederate pickets and trench guards who lounged or slept overhead. While the excavation of the chamber was going on under the fort its batteries were firing at intervals, threatening to cave in the roof on the heads of the miners below. No accident occurred, although the Confederates suspected the mine and attempted to balk the scheme by n counter mine. Finally the charge of 8,000 pounds of powder was securely packed in ‘place, a spliced fuse was laid to the inoutli of the mine ami the order given to explode it at daylight on July 30. The Ninth corps, under Bornside, occupied the trenches on the right and left of the mine, and three of its divisions— white troops—were ordered to charge into the breach the moment the explosion took place. No preparation whatever was ordered or made by any commander of the forces, of the army or of the corps to facilitate the rapid execution of Ibis charge The Ninth corps trenches in front of the mine had been constructed under a constant lire from the Confederate batteries and riflemen and were so much like those of the Confederates across the way that one description will do for

both systems.

West of and Itehind the site of the mine is a bare ridge trending northwest and culminating in a considerable height known as Cemetery Hill. 3'hat hill com- ’ mauds the city of Petersburg, and the object of tiie operations of Burnside was to secure by gradual approaches or at some favorable time by tt sudden dash the possession of that height. At the beginning of the siege the opposing Hues along this ridge were several hundred yards apart, but the space hud been red need to about 15U yards by the gradual extension of the besieging and defensive trenches toward eaeh other. Burnside kept moving for ward on his mission, and the Confederates worked toward him to got I tetter positions. On both sides the mortar and rifle batteries and sharpshooters did their I test to interfere with working parties and with reliefs going in and out between the front lines and tho camps in the rear. The pro- ; lection for working parties at the extreme fronts were ditches constructed in zigzag lines, generally parallel to one another. Communication between these parallels and between them and tho camps behind them was had through another system of ditches generally at an angle with the parallels. At convenient points bomb proofs j of various sizes were constructed by ex, a vating cellars from 2 to 4 feet deep and building up walls and roofs of logs covered with earth and sod and bags of sand. It so hnp|)cufd that the llrst line of breastworks in front of tho Ninth corps, opposite the mine, was on the crest of a sharp ridge and was really higher than a man's head The chargiug columns of the leading division wore expected to mount this obstacle at a bound tho moment tho fori | blew up, and, buyout t in hand, dash across

wall; nor wen 1 they instructed now to act at the signal to go. All they knew was that a mine was to be exploded under the Confederate works—which many of them had never soon In daytime—and that they were to charge into the breach. The firing of the mine was delayed by a defect In the fuse, but it finally exploded nearly two hours late. Meanwhile tho Confederates were not napping. The fort itself was occupied by Captain it. G. Pogram’s Virginia battery, and tho trenches, which means the system of walled ditches, bomb proofs and other shelter for infantry on both sides of tho battery, by the Eighteenth and Twenty second South Carolina Infantry. These men, numbering several hundred, were asleep, all except the sentinels, but they had bail frequent warnings and were either careless or worn out with ceaseless labor and vigil. The battery and the sections of works adjoining on both sides were hoisted into the air, and 288 officers and men were burled in the debris. Their comrades whoeseaistl injury (led I lie seen, , and all the confusion given to the enemy by the explosion was confined to this handful. 'I’iie Confederate division manning the works along the threatened crest had been arouse 1 during the night and put under arms ■‘'■•atly to move at a moment's notice." It was well known in Lee's camps that Grant was up to something in front of Cemetery hill. Ho was reaching out for that height and within the preceding 24 hours had withdrawn heavy IxHlies of irtsips from the north side of the Janies and concentrated them in tho vicinity of Burnside's lines. Tho existence of a mine I icing known to Lee, much could bo conjee Hired, and Ids subordinates knew just what to do in an emergency like that of July 30. The explosion, when it came, actually confused Grant’s soldiers more Ilian it ditl Lee's. They were In a state of feverish expectancy, and when the ground rocked beneath their feet, and an immense mass of earth, timbers, cannon and men, enveloped in clouds af powder smoke anti dust, suddenly leaped Into tho air and hung ove* them, as it seemed, ready to bury them in falling, hundreds shrank hack appalled anti unmanned. The leader of the First brigade, Colonel Kllsha G. Marshal, leaped upon the wall, and waving a signal to his men hunted, ''Forward!” Officers and soWlers to the number of a couple of hundred joined him almost instantly, climbing the barrier by help of their bayonets and on one another’s shoulders. The party dashed forward to the pit and there found a groat hole, encircled by a wall Hindu of the falling earth and debris. Mar slml’s brigade was quickly followed by General NY. F. Bartlett’s, and by the fine the two coin mauds had closed up on the designated spot the lines were hopelessly mixed. Astonishment, mingled with euri osity, then took the place of soldierly self

Itep,liter

^ ■ if i Og :m ipv -----—US

HUNGARIAN BR0ME GRASS. It Roni»t« Intense C'olil anil Withstands Protracted Drought. Hungarian bronie grass, sometimes called awnless brome, is a vigorous, hardy perennial, with strong, creeping root stalks, smooth, upright, leafy stems one to three feet high ami a loose, open panicle or head. It is a native of Europe. The name Hungarian bronie originated doubtless from the fact that the cultivation of tho grass was first brought to notice in Hungary. The department of agriculture calls attention to this grass in a circular issued from the division of botany. While this grass will grow on lands too poor for the more valued agricultural grasses and under conditions of climate which would entirely preclude the culture of these last, the better the couditious the better the growth. Tho reported yield is one to three tons to the Here. Ai the central experimental farm, Ottawa, the pure plot culture gave at one cutting a yield of 3 , tons of cured hay, and the station reports, nearly without exception, praise it iu thehigh-

COW ON THE TRACK. I’au Handle Train Wrecked, Fireman Killed and Engineer Injured. Cincinnati, Aug. A Pan Handle freight was wrecked yesterday at Crestonville, near Hamilton, by running over a cow. Fireman Neil was killed and Engineer Eagans slightly injured. Both belong here. Fifteen cars and the engine were derailed. Zimmerman an E»»y Winner. Paris, Aug. 6.—A. A. Zimmerman, the American bicyclist, made his last appearance for the season yesterday. He took part in a 2.000 inder race at the Seine velodrome and won easily. Pleasure i’romifted Wheelmen. Colorado Sprinos, Aug. 0.—The local wheel club and other forces have joined in arranging entertainment for L. A. W. visitors, including a trip to Pike's peak, Cheyenne mountain. Garden of Gods, Williams canon, Ute pass and other mountain attractions, with balls, banquets, fete day in celebration of the annual sunflower carnival and other events interspersed. Another Strike Kuded. Chicauo Aug. 0.—The striking employes of the stockyards company decided last night to return to work and reported individually this morning. Those who get back will be assessed for the benefit of those who cannot secure employment.

.St’ duction* Hint ttlf casual bRy cr bT "nly to 4 t( , ■ preeiate. !

-M.IKXtV

1 title,.

over Pint

National i) a ^

Vol.l NTEKIt MISERS. to the e rater Ixfure till' Con federates on the right, left anil rear of the breach could recover front their surprise. No sealing bidders were provided, and them were no instruction' given to the hnttulion and company officers of the regiments as to tho l>c*t method of get ting tl^ar men across ilmt lofty barrier in the moment of ex

citement.

The soldiers of tho leading division— General Letllie's First division, Ninth corps—were conducted to their station ,ii Hie nighttime through the covered ways mid halted at the base of tho high breastwork already described, where they lay under arms until daybreak. They were then massed in columns of regiments and hud no liberty to move around and reconujitei the best positions for sealing tils

Oe “come: os at tour perm.!” control In a great measure. However, In response to the calls of their leaders, the men dashed into tho pit and attempted tc clamber up the side toward tho Confeder- j ate lines. Some avoided the pit and rushed in among the bomb proofs, traverses and covered ways immediately surrounding tho crater. These were nearly all emptied of Confederates, but the moment Marshal and Bartlett attempted to form their lines outside the pit the enemy, from their trenches at a distance, opened a cross lire in their rear. At the same time a Confederate battery on the Union left of the crater begun to sweep its lofty crest with grape and canister. Tho i,* n then fell back behind the crest hoping for supports, or that the Union batteries on the main line would keep down the lire so disastrous to their friends in tho breach. This they failed to do, and in a short time the whole field was swept by Confederate canister and bullets. Successively Potter’s and Wilcox’s white divisions and Ferrero's colored troops followed lAtllie's men, anti in a short time the crater and the adjoining network of sheltering walls were pack ed with men standing too thick to move. Attempts were made by the officers to rally sufficient numbers to charge out and capture Cemetery hill, but in every case the brave men were driven back by the pitiless fire. In point of fact the Confederates held their licHt lire. They consider ed the l niun men in tho breach as Itcing hopelessly entangled and virtually prisoners. Colonel Willie Pegram's famous but tery was dragged by doubled tip teams to a height commanding the crater and ordered to stand ready with double shotted guns to repel further advance. KHleinen were likewise thrown around the breach at a distance of loo to 200 yards, with or dors to ‘keep down the heads” of the Union men in and around the orator. In the pit pandemonium reigned. Men who were shot on the crest ttimhled back upon the wounded already lying in torture at the bottom. They day was hot. Sulphurous gases escaped from the fissures of the mine, and there was no water to relieve the horrible thirst. Tho way back to the Union lines was swept by canister and was already corduroyed with Union dead. He fusing to retreat, men in squads sought death by attempting to charge forwanl. Officers heroically throw away their lives by mounting the walls to inspire the men to move out and relieve the horrible jam In the pit. Hut nothing availed—nothing could avail. Lee’s batteries and riflemen were masters of the situation. Buntside's corps was in a trap, and nothing but a wanton waste of life and tt monumental fizzle could c.ime of it. He lust nearly 2,000 killed and wounded and nearly as many taken prisoners when the Confederates advanced in n spirited counter charge. Who .had blundered the record plainly shows, but it i. my province to say merely how American volunteers faced the music like heroes a id in the heat of buttle and in the face of deatli proved themselves tho bravest of the brave. Gejhh.e: L. Kit.Mr.ii. A I’Tote t. Bridegroom (at the altar, to long winded clergyman)—Ach, please, your reverence, cut it short! 1 have taken the ear riage by the hour!—L’nacre GescUsehaft.

Congressman's Daughter Elopes. Hagerstown, Md., Aug. (L—Miss La-

vina T. Harris, daughter of Congressman Harris of Kansas, was married here

Saturday uight at a hotel to Wade Do- .'"V" 1,1 " l * 5 .^ 11U J' 11 '‘xcur-iini hanttou, a liveryman of Luray, Ya. It [[ "i.,'.'n l ' l ' l : 1 ’ m Nia.

was a runaway match. Miss Harris had

been attending a seminary at Luray.

NIAGARA FALLS EXCURSION

VIA

BIS FIB MI Tuesday, hm 7I1), ONLY $5.50 R0UIM0 TR|p I’ut-in-Bay and Return$4.: 0 Chautauqua and Return.$5.00 Toronto and Return, >^ ;i - Thousand Islands and

Return, $10.50

I Itis will In* the grandest

HUNGARIAN BROME: GRASS. est terms. It is evident from these reports that the grass is little influenced by changes of climate. In Canada, in Mississippi, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming and California it appears todo equally well. It is resistant to intense eold, to sudden and extreme chatty s of temperature and withstands protracted drought better than any other cultivated variety. In ordinary and poor soils the stems are only 12 to 18 inches high. Under most favorable conditions they attain the height of 3 to 4 feet. The underground steins (root stocks) grow most rapidly in light, sandy loam, but they penetrate with apparent ease the stiffest clays and in all cases form a dense, tough sod. Hungarian brome ought to be cut when first coming into bloom. After this period tho stems rapidly become hard and woody and valueless for hay. At present, however, this grass is esteemed more for grazing. In the southern states it remains green throughout the year and in some sections may prove to be valuable for winter pastures. In portions of the arid regions of the west and in ptirts of California where the finer grasses have failed this brome has grown well. The seed of Hungarian brome may lie obtained from the leading seedsmen in the larger cities. The amount required per acre is variously given at from 80 to 60 pounds. It may be sowed in the autumn with winter wheat or in early spring; for the southern states, February or March. The preparation of tho land is the same as for other grasses or grain. In the north it blooms in June and of course somewhat earlier in the southern states. It is usually sowed unmixed because of its liability to choke out other plants. In Hungary it is sometimes mixed with Incern in proportion of three to two. In the formation of permanent pastures various grasses and clovers, where these will grow, ought to be mixed with it. In the cut are illustrated: First, entire plant; second, the panicle; third, the tipper leaf; fourth, a spikclct; fifth, the empty glumes; sixth, flowering giuim , seventh, palca. Device For iHeaMiiring; I.hihI. A device for accurately measuring off any piece of level land is given herewith. An old wheel from sonic cast off buggy or other vehicle is required and may bo of any convenient size. Make and fix the handles as shown, so that the wheel may revolve easily on its axis. To use the device, mark one spoke with a strip of cloth or a dub of white

Not a I'ldUMimt Wedding. Mount Carmel, Pa., Ann. (5.—Five Hungarians were stabbed at a wedding here Saturday night and two of them will in all probability die. The stabbing was done by John Bolton while under the influence of liquor. Keady to Arbitrate* Omaha, Aug. 6.—The South Omaha strikers have so far receded from their position as to be ready to arbitrate their differences. They held several largely attended meetings yesterday. There w'as considerable aggressiveness but little riotous demonstration.

Fell Into a Threalfter* Dks Moines, Aug. 6.—Near Mitchellville, this county. Saturday afternoon John Hooker slipped and fell into a threshing machine. His left leg was torn off close to the body and death followed. Employment For TlioiiNandrt. Denver, Aug. (1.—The numerous coal mines in southern Colorado and New Mexico were re-opened today, giving employment to thousands of men. Strikers voted to return to work.

gam Falls via Lake Sltore A Mirfi v Southern Ky.. and New V , k ( entnl II. 11.. with solid train of ( .|t reon.dies, reclining chair ears ami \V,-! tier sleeping cars. No change of ^ at any point and no delay en route <.«. iitg.or coining. Big Four exemsionw. will not be compelled to lav over :it junction points for conneciions. li,;. Ot-- good returning on all regular train"ithin five days from date of -a|,. Thousand Island tickets good ten dan

from date of sale. DON’T MISS IT!

fallal Ticket oiHlee of the

BIG FOUR ROUTE

early and secure space. TliU will n,. Hirst, last and Best Excursion.

K. o. McCormick, Pass. I raffle Mang’r,

I). B* MARTIN. < General Push. Agent,

CINCINNATI.

ItiiMt ft of Drain. Conclusions drawn fmm n report on rusts of grain front the station of the Kansas State Agricultural college at Manhattan are: First—In the vicinity of Manhattan tho common wheat rust (Pucoinia rubigovera) passes the winter in the tissues of the wheat plant in the mycelial condition. During the warm weather of spring a crop of spores is produced which under favorable conditions may rapidly spread the disease. The infection of the winter wheat iu the fall is materially aided by volunteer wheat, which carries the rust through the few months following harvest. The red rust spores are capable of maintaining their power of germination through the win- i ter and thus infecting the crop the fol- - ^ lowing spring. Second—There is no evidence to show that the second kind of wheat rnst } (Puccinia graminis) survives the winter j here, though it may do so further south. | Third—A series of inoculation experiment.*, shows that both wheat and outs J are easily infected by rust from tho same kind of grain, but not by the same ; kind of rust from other grains—e. g., | wheat is infected by rnst from wheat, I but not by rust from oats, corn or blue I grass. Hence there is little danger of J infection front one kind of grain to an-

other.

Fourth—The spraying experiments show that certain fungicides, as potassium bichromate and ferric chloride, are effective in preventing rust, bnt that, with our present knowledge concerning methods of spraying, it seems iiupossi- ! ble to sufficiently cover the foliage. For this reason, although tho rust can lie largely decreased, we cannot attain pre- ; vention, as is douo in such diseases its tno grape mildew. Furthermore it is extri mely doubtful if spraying of wheat or oats would pay even if effective. A more promising plan is tho breeding of i varieties of grain which shall be rnst resisting—the so called ‘‘rust proof” va- j

rieties.

A NEW IDEA. You will remember that Goliah was very much surprised when David hit him with a rock. He said such a thing had never entered his

head before.

ANOTHER SURPRISE. Seme of our people may be surprised when we tell them that the best Daily paper for their needs is the Daily Banner Timf>, of Greencastle, hid.

HERE’S

THE idea:

Will E.l. measure: Edit LAND. . paint and roll the wheel carefully along the desired boundary, with a stake or other object as a guide for tho eye. Count tho number of revolutions the wheel makes as the distance is traver-. d by the wheel, and by multiplying tho number of these revolutions by the circumference of lit" wheel the length in foot may he found. To get the circumference tho wheel may be measured with a tape line or -niug, says a Louisiana correspondent of tho New England I Homestead.

M lio Is My Neighbor? Who is my neighbor? It is lie Who needs a uift my hands can give. Whose human misery pleads to me His claim to help, his right to live. I cannot slight the gracious law That makes a next door sorrow mine. Nor shtin a sufferer's tear- that draw Jly heart with pity’s cords divine. W itile, therefore, these experiments demonstrate the possibility of producing a regular and certain increase in the yield uf cereal crops by the use of a complete chemical fertilizer, yet they show that (if such fertilizers are to be used with any prospect of profit in Ohio in tho production of cereal crops and as a part of a regular system of agriculture) that system must provide for the accumulation in the soil of tho largest possible quantity of organic nitrogen through tho culture, in short rotations, of plants which have the power of obtaining nitrogen from sources inaccessible to the cereals. California lx ekeepers are prophesying a scarcity of honey for 1894. Tho bureau of animal industry at Washington regards the tuberculin tost of Dr. Koch as the best known, but does not fully indorse it.

Perhaps you are not taking it. If not, why not. It’s cheap enough, prompt as is the coming of the day, and has all the local news at the right time.

IT’S

ADVERTISING. Merchants who haw tried it say it’s the best advertising medium in the city. That's another surprise, but the advertisers will testif)

to the fact.

DON'T DELAY. Don’t wait for some philanthropist to come —- and V0U

along and give y pu warning that yoJ a u missing the best thing of your life. We '««

tell it to you.

ADVICE FREE.

We, in giving this vice, presume yon c sire to increase y oU business, succeed ^ life, and keep up ul the procession ot loC . and foreign events, you do, address an oi

to the

muiyeiiiiiiEiT! Mreencastle, I ml*