Greencastle Herald, Greencastle, Putnam County, 11 January 1908 — Page 2

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OREENOASTIiE HERALD, GREENOA9TLE, IVDIANA. SATITIDAY, JAX. 11, 1008.

The Greencaslle Herald Publisht“d every evening except Sunday by the Star and Democrat Publishing Company at 17 and 18 South Jackson Street, Greencaslle, Inil.

reputations these men establish. Both the party and the men are to be congratulated on the result of the primary.

P. C. TILDEN

C. J. ARNOLD

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Entered as second class mail matter at the Greencaslle, Indiana, Postoffice. THE COUNTY TICKET. The result of the Democratic primary election Friday is a source of satisfaction to every Democrat in the county. It is a strong ticket. No better ticket could be desired, or if desired could he secured in Putnam county. They have all the requirements of Democratic candidates for public office. They are clean men. Their reputation for honesty and straigth forward dealing can not he impeached. They are strong men. They have been successful in business, successful in life, successful in politics. They bring to the service of the people the same quality of honesty and trained business sense that, has made other success possible. They are the choice of the people, receiving a majority of the votes of the primary election, and are entitled without doubt or question, by the law of Democratic government, the nominations they hold. The Democratic party is to be congratulated that those men are to lead it in its battles and to represent it before the people. The party will lose no prestige through such representation. It will be willing to stand by the

THE PRIMARY ELECTION. The duty of voting on Friday was, to the thinking voter, almost a disagreeable duty. It was so for the reason that it was difficult to make choice ‘between the candidates. It was difficult because the voter knew that when he cast his vote, and when his choice was elected, good men would be defeated and disapointed. Tli is held true of each contest. As we said before, the contest was not between better and poorer, but among the best. The races were all close. It was as much a matter of luck as of choice on the part of the voters. It was a hard fought game ; of chance, without malice and without personal feeling

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At the meeting of the State Prohibition Oratorical Association in Indianapolis arrangements were completed for the State Convention and State oratorical contest. These events, which occurred in Greonrastle last year will take place in Valparaiso, March G and 7. The students of Valparaiso will give a state prohibition rally on Friday night, the Gth. On Saturday there will be a state conference to discuss methods of advancing the work of prohibition. On Saturday night will be the state oratorical contest of this association. Seven schools will send representatives to this contest, namely DoPauw University, Indiana University, Valparaiso University, Taylor University, Earlham College Butler College, and Moores’ Hill College. DePauiw’s representat've will be chosen at the local contest, Friday January 17. It Does Tlie Business. Mr. E. E. Chamberlain, of Clinton, Main, says of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. “It does the business; I have used it for piles and it cured them. Used it for chapped hands and it cured them. Applied it to an old sore and it healed it without leaving a scar behind.” 25c at The Owl Drug Store. Jn

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You can drive him out quickly if you use the mail order houses’ own w«apou —advertising. Mail order concerns are spending thousands of dollars every week in order to get track from the home merchants. Do you think for a minute they would keep it up If they didn’t get tht business? Don’t take it for granted that every one within a radius of 25 miles knows what you have to sell, and what your prices are. Nine times out oi ten your prices are lerwtr, but the*customer is influenced by the up-to-date advertising of tin mail order house. Every article you advertise should b« dateribed and priced. You rmist tell your story in an interesting way, and when you want to reach the bivyers of this community use tlie columns of this paper.

THE MONEY QUESTION. An Inquisitive Youngster and an Ingenious Father. ‘'Papa,'' began Gunston Junior, “when the government of the United States began to coin gold anil silver money it was ueccssary to buy the gold and silver, wasn’t UV” “Yes, my son," replied Gunston sen lor rather cautiously. “Of course, papa,” resumed the youngster, “you'll l»e aide to tell me where the government gi>t tlie money to buy the gold and silver.” “Why—er—of course,” stammered Gunston senior as he put down the pa per and gazed thoughtfully at the boy. “Now, let 1110 understand you. Tlie government wanted to coin money, and in order to do so it was necessary to purchase gold and silver. You want to know where the government got the money to buy tlie gold and silver?” “That's right,” chuckled Gunston junior gleefully, and a great joy filled his being as ho thought of his all important sire struggling with the simple question. “Why, sonny, the government simply issued dollar hitls and bought gold and silver with them. Anything else?’’ “Yes,” said Gunston junior. “Where did the government get money to buy paper for the dollar bills?”—Harper’s Weekly. THE HORSE WON. Beat the First Locomotive on the B. and O. Road. The first locomotive ou the Baltimore and Ohio had sails attached. So did the cars. These sails were hoisted when the wind was in tlie right direc tiou so as to help tlie locomotive. The rivalry between tlie railroads using locomotives and those using horses was very bitter. In August, 1830, an actual trial of speed was bold between a horse and one of the pioneer locomotives, which did not result in favor of the locomotive. The race was ou the Baltimore and Ohio, the locomotive being one built by Peter Cooper, who also acted as engineer. The horse, a gallant gray, was iu the habit of pulling a car on a track parallel to that used by tlie locomotive. At first the gray had the better of the race, but when he was a quarter of a mile ahead Mr. Cooper succeeded in getting up enough steam to pass the horse amid terrific applause. At that moment a band slipped from a pulley, and, “though Mr. Cooper lacerated his hands trying to replace it, the engine stopped and the horse passed it and came lu the winner.”—Van Nor den Magazine.

They Don't Like Funerals. “If you want to know just how sensitive some Washington folks are, listen to the reasons some of our tenants give for canceling their leases,” said a renting agent. “Here are tlie complaints from five families who want to move because they live on ‘funeral streets.’ A lot of people, it seems, are sensitive about that. There are certain streets In town—those near churches where many funerals are held aud those leading to the various cemeteries—which are usually traveled by funeral parties. Houses in those streets are becoming a poor investment There is more moving from those houses than from any others we have anything to do with, and generally the movers give as tlie reason for their dis satisfaction the fact that the sight of so many hearses gets on their nerves.” —Washington Star.

The Saragossans. It is said that the queer, composite race of people that dwell upon the waterlogged hulks of the Saragossa sea, in the mid-Atlantic, have a pretty theory about death. They believe that those to whom the messenger comes when the sun is shining brightly are transported straight away to a heaven of warm fresh water only four feet In depth, in which they may wade and disport themselves to all eternity. On the other hand, those who receive the call of death in hours of darkness must needs endure a probationary pe riod before they can enter into the future life. The Saragossans are in addition firm believers in premonitions, omens and foreordinatious.

Instincts of a Woman. A little girl who had for some time wanted a dog was taken very ill. One day when niueh better she told her mother of her desire and liegged her to ask her grandpa to buy her one The mother answered that grandpa did not like dogs und probably would not be willing to buy oue. Then, seeing tlie little invalid look sadly disappointed. she said, “Well, wait till you get well, my dear, then we will see.’ “Oh, no," answered the child, whose few years had taught her some wisdom. “The more sick I am tlie more likely he will he to buy It for me.”— Exchange. Hoarding. Hoarding Is not only an economic mistake, but an economic crime as well. It Is. in fact, a survival of the evil days of maladministration. It conics down to us from the time when nearly all governments were conquer ors which considered themselves en titled to plunder their subjects. Thus hoarding is founded upon distrust of the government.—Statesman, Calcutta.

Reverse Action The Elder Matron—You shouldn’t mind the baby crying a little. It strengthens ids lungs. The Younger Matron—Oh, no doubt, hut it weakens ills father’s religion so!—Indianapolis Journal.

If you would not have affliction visit you twice, listen at onee to what it teaches.—Bogers.

WHEN BEN CAME HOME. Hy LESi t,K. -ROSE. Copyright, 1907, by Hotner Sprague. Vesta sank wearily upon a shoe box and gazed forlornly about her. The last of the packing was accomplished. The last nail had been driven home into the shoe box, which contained the books that were to be kept out for the new home. The rest of the beloved library remained In the cases, gaps showing where the selections had been made. The corner of the lower shelf had been the resting place of the blue and silver “Pilgrim’s Progress” ever since Vesta could remember, a book to be taken out Sunday afternoons and carried to the gentle mother, who patiently explained time after time the meaning of the fascinating woodcuts. There was a very large gap where the encyclopedias had been. She bad bought those with the eggs and butter money. As her eyes roamed over the partly filled cases she could fill every gap from memory. And us It was with the books, so was it with the rest of the household be longings. Here and there u blank corner reminded her of some familiar object now stacked In the wood shed. Very little was to be shipped, for the way was far and freight rates were high. Tomorrow the neighbors would gather and John Berwiu would hang out tlie red ting. By nightfall the house would be emptied and its con tents scattered through the farmhouses for miles around. Tears came unbidden to Vesta's eyes ns she looked about. Her earliest memories were of the homely living room with Us rag carpet and the comfortable rocking chairs ou either side of the stove in winter or standing in front of tlie north windows In summer, when the double sashes were taken down and tlie wind blew through the house, softly scented by the blooms from the orchard on tlie other side of tlie well kept fence. It was the only home Vesta had ever known. It seemed to the tired girl that she could never learn to love another half so well. Until her mother's death Vesta had been shielded from all troubles. After she had come back from the little

A BROWN HAND CLOSED OVER HER SLENDER FINGERS. burial ground ou a hill she had found occupation and forgetfulness in her efforts to make her father forget his loss. She had even refused to marry Ben Folsom because she had considered It her duty to stay by her father and comfort him in his sorrow. Ben had gone west mid she was left more than ever alone. Then had come that terrible day, a year and a week after her mother's death, when her father had driven into the yard with Sadie Connors, who had been teaching school over at the corners, and had announced his marriage. Vesta tried to learn to love this gaunt, bustling woman, whose every trait was tlie antithesis of the woman whose place she took, hut the new Mrs. Brewster had repulsed every advance. She hated young persons. She had married to be rid of them, and she treated tlie stepdaughter with scant courtesy. The ways of the household were amended to suit Jier radical tastes. The old rockers were sent to tlie attic as too old fashioned and two upholstered monstrosities had taken their places. The other memorials of Vesta’s mother quickly followed tlie rockers to the garret, and tlie house was completely changed in appearance, ns were tlie occupants in their attitude toward each other. And npw even the old homestead was to he given up. The fertile farm was to lie sold and the household goods to ho auctioned olT. Mrs. Brewster had decided that the northwest offered greater opportunities for her husband, and they were to move to Manitoba and start afresh In the wheat belt. Mrs. Brewster bustled Into the room. “Como and eat some supper," she commanded. “Don’t sit there looking ns though you were too weak to walk. I’ve done twice as uiuch as you have today, and I got the supper, too, but I don’t look half ns tired us you do.

Stop mooning here in the dark, and come out and have a cup of tea.” “I don't feel likiv eating.’’ answered Vesta, the sobs rising in her throat. To this woman the abandonment of the home meant nothing. She could not understand what it meant to the girl. Mrs Brewster turned ifwny. “You'll be hungry by aud by,” she said sharply. “There’ll be some cold things in the pantry, but I’m not going to make any more tea.” She hustled out and left Vesta to herself. Wearily the girl rose from the box and left the house. She could hear her father laughing aud joking with her stepmother, aud the noise of mirth fell offensively upon her ears. The dusk was deepening to dark and the air was chill, but Vesta did not feel the need of a shawl. Site wandered down the road, past the white gate to the little bridge that spanned the creek. Here she loved to lean upon the rail and watch the sunset over the fertile fields. The sun had long since dropped below the hills, but the girl’s overwrought imagination could conjure up the scenes of the past. She leaned upon the rail and looked out across the fields, now bristling with the frost kissed stubbie. She could see agalu the glories of the waning day. She could almost hear a voice whispering In her ear. Her hands clutched the rough bark of the wood ns in memory she lived over that night when she had sent Ben Folsom away because she thought It her duty to remain with her father und console him for his loss. She thought of the sharp faced woman who was sitting opposite him at the kitchen table discussing their new home in the west, and then she thought of the gentle faced woman who still lived In her daughter’s heart, if not lu her husband’s. So lost was she in her thoughts that she never heard the quick tread of an approaching pedestrian nor heeded ins presence until n brown hand closed over her slender lingers. “Did I startle you?” demanded Beu as she started back with a cry. “I was on my way to your house. I got In this afternoon and heard the news. Do you want to go to Canada, Vesta?" “I would rather die,” she murmured passionately. “It is like a second burial to go away aud leave mother up there on the IUH all alone.” “Aud your father?" lie asked gently. “Do you still feel that he needs you more than 1 do?” “How much do you need me?” she demanded shyly. “So much that I have come almost across tlie continent to ask you again if you will marry me," ho declared. “I have done well out west—far better than I anticipated. I can liny tlie farm. Perhaps we can arrange with your father to buy tlie furniture, too, aud—we will make a new home where the old one was. Are you willing, dear?” “Not for the sake of n home,” said Vesta softly, “but because you want me, Ben, and—because I want you, too, dear.”

Wooing the Fickle God. “I have been troubled with Insomnia all my life,” remarked the nervous man, “and, like most people similarly afflicted, I have tried all the familiar dodges to induce sleep. The results were never particularly satisfactory in the way of producing the desirciLeffect until one night I thought l had actually found a sleep inducer when I chanced to grasp one of the rods at the head j>f my tied with both hands and practically hung (he weight of ray body ou it. That sent me to sleep, and It did the same tiling for a few times, wtien, to my extreme disap pointmeut, I found it had ceased to work. I was ns badly off as <*ver recently until one night, when 1 had a bad cough, as well as an attack of sleeplessness, I tried tlie well known remedy of trying to send myself off into tlie land of Nod by taking long, deep breaths. What It did to me and has done several times since was not to only send me to sleep, but to stop my cough completely before I lost consciousness. Just why it did so Is not of much consequence. That it did so is the tiling that concerns me most.”— New York Press.

Etiquette of the Flag. The army regulations of the United States provide that tlie flag at every post shall he raised at reveille each morning and lowered eacli evening ut sunset, while the soldiers stand at salute and the band plays “The Star Spangled Banner.” The ting is never left out overnight for any reason, except perhaps one. When a fort or military post is actually under fire from tlie enemy the flag may wave defiantly until hostilities are over. This was poetically exemplified in Key's immortal song, wherein one line has It, “Through the night our flag was still there!” At nil army posts, moreover, there Is n special storm flag, half ns large as the regular post flag, which is flown in stormy and windy weather. Another regulation is that on all occasions when tlie flag Is displayed at half mast it shall be lowered to that position from the top of the staff. It Is hoisted to the top of the staff before It is finally lowered.— Harper’s Weekly.

Smoking In Clubs. The question of smoking was a burning one In the midninetcenth century, and It was not until 1845 that White’s gave up a room to tlie users of tobacco, and in all clubs tlie smokers were relegated to tlie most dismal apartments. It was King Edward when Prince of Wales who broke through the tradition, and wlK-n White's refused to extend the accommodation for smokers started tlie Marlborough, wherein smoking was permitted in every part of tlie house but the dining room.—Loudon Chronicle.

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OPERA HOUSE One week of great pleasure, commencing Monday January 6, 1<X)8 Edward Doyle’s Orpheum Stock Co., to be in Qreencastle This popular price show comes to us this season equipped with special scenery and high-priced vandal acts, which are equaled by few and excelled by none. Everyone knows Doyle’s Orpheum Stock Company—they are thfe favorites of Qreencastle; and this season is larger and < better equipped than ever. Satisfaction is guaranteed and jf you are not pleased come to the box ottice at the end of the tirst act, get your money ami retire. j On Monday night two ladies, or lady and gent, will 1 be admitted on one paid 30 cent ticket. Change of program and new plays each night. OrttnU IVItitinfcjts for children Saturday afternoon

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The Way the Writer Got Even With the Heartless Editors. “Lafcadio Hearn, that wonderful writer, worked ou newspapers in his youth,” said a publisher, “and the ruthless way his studies were changed, cut and butchered was a great woe to his heart. “Iu after years Hearn took a malicious joy iu collecting stories about editors—editors and their superior aud omniscient way with manuscript “One of his stories was of au editor to whom a subscriber said: “ ‘I enjoyed that poem ou the three ages of man in today’s paper, Mr. Sheers; I enjoyed It immensely. Do you know, though, I thought that it was originally written the seven ages of man!’ “ ’So It was, sir; so It was,’ said Edl tor Sheers pompously. ‘Yes, the extract was originally written the seven ages of man, but I had to cut it down for lack of space.’ "Another story concerned a weather report. A reporter, discussing the weather, wrote that winter still lingered in the lap of spring. “The editor ns he read over the article called the reporter up to his desk and told him that he would cut out that sentence about winter lingering In spryig’s lap. He said the Idea was good enough and original and all that sort of thing, hut it would not do to publish because the high moral tone of the paper had to bo maintained in a town full of school girls.”

Staring at Royalty. Royalties are early cured of any shyness of being looked at. They are there to l>e seen, and both the king and queen when they go to the opera aud turn their glasses on the occupants of opposite boxes are openly amused by the disconcerted looks of persons who feel abashed under the Inspection. Not a trace of self consciousness is left on the face of an English royalty, with the exception of perhaps u single princess under an artillery of glances. Such attentions are anything but resented. Indeed, the beautiful Duchess of Devonshire used to say that when the butcher boy ceased to turn round after her In the street she would know her reign was over.—London Chronicle.

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