Greencastle Herald, Greencastle, Putnam County, 14 October 1908 — Page 4

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GREENCASTLE HERALD

WEDNESDAY, OCTORrr , 4 \

Mrs O. L. South is quite “'"iousiv in. Miss Ix>uisf Kiefer is wearing F. G. J. colors.

Miss Grace Allen was M.olis today.

in Indian

Mrs. 0. J. Arnold was in Indianapolis today. Mrs. Margaret Matthews is visiting in Boone, Ohio. John McLInden spent the day in Orawfordsville toddy. la-e Coen of Indianapolis is in the city today on business. Mrs. Caldwell of Ladoga is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Fred Hlllls. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hi’l living on Berry Street a daughter. Miss Ora Huffman of Reelsville visited here Tuesday and Wednesday Misses liorene Crouch and Gertrude Taylor are in Indianapolis today. Mrs. John Gilmore and Miss Maggie Gilmore spent today in Indianapolis. Mrs. Kate Murphy went to C.rawfordsville to attend the funeral of a friend Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vestal have returned from a visit with Cloverdale f riends. Miss Katie Crawford of Crawfordsville is the guest of Miss Mary McDonald Mrs. Joe Noe was called to In 1ianapolis today by the illness of b relative. Mrs. A. H. Sandy and daughter, Grace, of Cloverdale, were shopping here today. Mrs. Mary Wright and Miss Eth* 1 Asher of Fillmore were in town on business today. Mrs. Emma 1)111 of St. Louis Is here for a visit with her sister, Mrs. Augusta Higert. Senator T. T. Moore has returned from Mooresville where he lias been on political businece. Mrs. Barnes and daughter of Indiana Kills are visiting Mrs. Banning and Miss Ruthvan Siler. C. J. Gainor of Muncle was her • today for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. John Cannon and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson of Terre Haute are here to attend the meeting of the Protected Home Circle tonight. Mrs. J. S. Black of Bainbridgs was here today on her way home from a visit with, her son at Indianapolis. Rev. David VanDyke will address the county Sabbath School convention m xt Sabbath at :{:45 p. m. on the “Home Study of the Bible.” Mrs. Charleg Broadstreet went to Indianapolis today. Mrs. B treet will undergo a surgical operation at Hastman’s Sanitarium at X o'clock on Thursday.

The Protected Home Circle ni'-et ■ at 7:30 this evening at their hall. Miss Iva Nelson has returned "o her home at Clinton Falls after a ' visit with her sister, Miss Jessie Xel- , son. here. The Modern Priscillas have issu ■ 1 invitations for a miscellaneous; shower in honor of Miss Bessie S idranski Friday afternoon at 4" : Ea-* • Washington Street. Miss Hallie Landes left today fo Adrian. Michigan. Mis^ Landes wi l he absent for several weeks and wi'l visit various points in Michigan u the interests of the Y. W. C. A work 1 Robert Allen, son of Walter Allen, has a badly cut finger the result of a knife with which he was whittling, j slipping. The cut which is on the j forefinger of his left hand required , the rare of a physician.

Fresh New Satier Kraut IN BULK AT ZEIS & CO.’S Phone 67

Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Denman will leave tomorrow for an extended visit in Montgomery and Park” Counties. On Sunday the\ will attend the wedding of Mr. Denman's neice. Miss Grace Peyton, at Judson. Mrs. Martin, the aged widow of Alexander Martin one of DePauw's most beloved presidents is very criti cully ill. with the chances for Ii<t recovery very slender. Mrs. Martin U at the home of her son. Charles Martin, on Anderson Street. The L. T. L. held its business meeting yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs Welch. It w is decided that the meetings in the future will lie held on Thursday evening at fi:15 in the Sunday School room of Lu ust Street Church. Once each month the Legion will he addressed by some one of prominence in temperance work.

NOTICE TO DEMOCRATS

The Democrats of Greencastle Township, will meet In the Court House at 7:30 o’clock on the evening of Thursday, October 15, to nominate candidate for Trustee and a candidate for Assessor of Greencastle Township.

X* HEAL ESTATE TUANS KERB * •X* •x .x-:-x-x* ❖❖•XeX~> •t-r-x-r-x-x-:-John W. Woodall to John O. Fiske, land in Warren tp... .$ 750 Frank A. Alice to Thomas V. Brown and Clarence Brown, land in Warren tp., 500 Thomas B. Miller to Clarence Randel, lot in Greencastle, . Clarence Randel to Elmira A. Hufford, lot In Greencastle . David Chadd to John Alice, land in Warren tp Abel McCarty to the Heirs of Wm. H. Alice, land in Warren tp Emma A. Kaublc lo Arthur J. Hamrick, land in Madison tp

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X»*X~X ,, X*'X*X ,, X”X~X~X~X* , X-->'A> ♦ *► ❖ LETTER LIST. •C* *- •X"X~X**X*-X"> -X 1 x-x-x-x-x* The following list of letters tvmain unclaimed In this office. Datm Wednesday, October 13, litox. Lester B. Bussell, A. R. Harris, Alice Handcock, Mr. and Mrs. 1). 0. Jones, Guy Southerland, Marie Scheuneman, Miss Rose Smith, Elsun Taylor, Mrs. H. W. Wilson. Miss Mabel Whitt, Wm. Young. In calling for the same please say '‘advertised,” and give date of list. J. G. DUNBAR, P. M.

THE BOTTLE TREE. A Life Saver For Cattle During the Australian Droughts. “It was like a real Imitlo. thirty feet | .irk of a box tree iind with a gum tree growing out where the cork ought to lie.” Such was the way In which an Englishman described the first bottle tree which ciiine under his notice, and truly one who does not know the tree Its sudden np|H-araiice in his pathway, often in the midst of dense scrub, must make a vivid Impression. The lower part of the trunk Is thick and cylindrical, decreasing In size toward the top, its shajie being that of a gigantic living bottle, from the neck of which "priug the ouly branches and leaves that the tree possesses. In this respect it carries to an excess the jieculiurity of most Australian trees— namely, their lack of branches for a considerable distance up the stem. The bark Is of grayish color aud is very liurd, says the Philadelphia Inquirer. but the wood Inside is soft aud moist. The hitter can be chewed In the same way ns sugar cane, but as It lacks Its sweet, pleasant taste it Is rarely used In this way. This peculiar characteristic of the tree, however, makes it a valuable food for cattle. Indeed, during the long droughts which occasionally visit Australia hundreds of settlers have to thank the bottle tree for saving them from ruin. Sometimes for more than a year and in the inland districts for still longer periods scarcely a drop of rain falls. Every blade of grass is dried, tanks become empty, creeks no longer run and in inay eases dry up altogetber, as do nearly all water holes and lagoons; cultivation is impossible, and fodder for cattle and horses Is extremely difficult to procure. Then the bottle tree conies to the rescue. Every scrub is searched for these living bottles, and everywhere is beard the ringing of axes as the strange, attractive trees are laid low. As soon ns the trunk lias been strip pod of its bark the cattle are brought to It if within easy distance, and there they remain till neither leaves nor wiod is left. In places where the settlers have no scrubs of their own they will driie many miles In order to obtain a wagon load of this great treasure. Sometimes instead of allowing tho animals free access to the tree the settlers cut the trunk into strips, put tho strips through the cutter and thus make a substitute for proper chaff. In many instances during a drought, except for prickly pears and the foliage of trees, cattle are fed on these living bottles alone, and they have been the means of saving large quantities of stock. It seems strange that in the absence of rain these trees should retain their moist interior, as the majority of others look dry and drought stricken But throughout all the bottle tree flourishes, lifting its dark green leaves toward the sky, whither the farmers and squatters turn longing eyes In hopes of the wished for rain. When the dry season ends and the land in a very few weeks is covered with fresh green grass, the work of the bottle tree is done. But, mindful of Its past usefulness, no farmer unless under absolute necessity fells this tree, and It may often lie seen standing in solitary grandeur. Its strange shape outlined against the blue sky. while the land at its base lias been put under cultivation or lias been converted Into grazing grounds for the cattle. Homsmade Barometer. Those who love experimentation may try the following method of making a cheap barometer praoth-ed in France: Take eight grams of pulverized camphor, four grains of pulverized nitrate of potassium, two grams of pulverized nitrate of ammonia and dissolve In sixty grams of alcohol. But the whole in a long, slender bottle closed at the top with u piece of bladder containing a pinhole to admit the air. When rain is coming the solid particles w ill tend gradually to mount, little star crystals forming In the liquid, which otherwise remains clear If high winds are approaching the liquid will become thick, as if fermenting, while a film of solid particles forms on the surface. During fair weather the liquid will remain clear and the solid particles will rest at tlie boUotn.

The Market In Cauls, We believe that there i- slid some market for eauls among sailors, who retain their belief -in the el ary of the membranes is a pruicction against shipwreek uud drowning. Notices of “I'niils For Sale Within’’ were to be seen recently in windows in the vicinity of tin: dorks of both London and Liverpool, lint it is some time sluee we have noticed an advertisement of a caul for sale in the daily press. It may In- remarked that the sale of cauls, so far from I icing a very ancient custom, is a comparatively modern innovation. The wilelieraft of the middle ages declared against the caul retaining any virtue whatever if parted with by gift or sale to any but a member of the child's kindred -Loudon Lancet.

“Looks like rather poor soil in this part of the country." said the inquisitive stranger. “Well, It ain't.’’ replied the boastful native ■ \ mnii over on tlie adjoining farm plow- I up a tin can with ’."Vd In it one day a week or two ago.''—Chicago News.

George—Gertie has decided to marry young Multimill. .She think.-, she can make something out of him. r.ihelAbm.i bow in mb'.- Ixiudon Opinion.

Rival Dignities. An Englishman, fond of boasting of his ancestry, bsik a coin from his pock et and, pointing to the head engraved on it. said, "My great-great-grandfa ther was made a lord by the king whose picture you see on this shilling.” “What a coincidence,” said Ids Yankee companion, who at once produced another coin. “My great-great grandfather was made an angel by tlie Indian whose picture you see on this cent.”

No Witnesses. “You are charged with stealing nine of Colonel Henry's liens last night Have you any witnesses?” asked the Justice sternly. “Nussah!” said Brother Jones humbly. “1 s’pecks I's snwtnh peculiar dat-uh-wny, hut it ain't never been mah custom to take witnesses along when I goes out chicken stealln’, sub

Never Touched Him. Landlady (lo new bonnier, crushingly>- Mr. Newoome. that Is tho cream and not the milk you are pouring on your oatmeul. It was Intended for tin* coffee. Mr. N.—Oh. never mind. Mrs Ralkins I like it Just as well. Let those who would affect singularity with success first determine to he very virtuous, and they will lie sure to be very singular.—Walter Coltou.

The Proving.

B> GRANT OWEN.

Copyrighted, IK*, by Associated Literary Press

“1 don’t Just know bow to explain It,'' said Margaret West Sbe turned her eyes from the cool, blue stretches of the lake and looked thoughtfully at Graham, who. perched on the rail of the boathouse, was abseuth pulling at the fingers of the gauntlets in his bauds. The young man stiffened, and a slow smile, in which there was a hint of grimness, curved the comers of hLs

mouth.

*T rather think 1 understand,” he said quietly. You are disappointed In me. Isn't that it?” She was silent for a moment. “Yes. that is it,” she said at length, and at something in her voice hla face hardened. '’Then you wauted me to enter that road race Thursday?” be asked. “Yes," she said simply. “And because I won’t"— She turned to him quickly. “It Isn’t that I’m tremendously interested In that race,” she interrupted him, "nor that I care a snap whether or not you win it. The i>oint is the point Is” - She paused; her brows drew together in a little frown; her lingers toyed nervously with a hit of wisteria she had broken from the vine that covered tlie porch. “I wanted you to lie in it— to go over the course. That would In- suftii-ient,” site finished.

i the steering wb-- -i an 1 ti. ■ c I L fl *• less and begrimed with ilust. < tinging desperately to the s -at N- ide him. Then out of the crossroad just lielow where she stood ami directly in tin* path of the coming cyclone came a | rattling farm wagon, driven by old | Mrs. Clark, who was as deaf as a |*ost. The girl covered her eyes and scream I *1. There were a wild yell, the sound of splintered wood and a terrific grind-

ing crash.

When Margaret looked again the wagon alone was in the road. I he au- | tomohile. turned on its side, lay against | the shattered fence. In the field beyond I lay two huddled figures. In a moment the girl was running In that direction with all the speed she | [ could summon. As she reached the . scene of the accident one of the two figures scrambled limply to his feet. | The other painfully propped itself I I upon an elbow. Then sbe saw that the man w ho stood ereet was the doctor. Even as stie came ruunlug into the field she heard Graham’s voice, rather , faint, it is true, but perfectly calm. “How badly are you hurt, doc?” It

Inquired.

“Only a bit," was the response, “a few bruises and a scratch or two.” “Then get up to the Copley place as

fast ns you can."

’’But you?” the doctor demurred. “I’m all right. Never mind me. I’ll \ l>e fresh as a lark when you get back

Hurry on now.”

Margaret ran to bis side and, Luceli Ing down. I>egaii to wipe the blood | from his face. Already the doctor was making a hurried examination, while | i Graham fumed and fretted and hade I

: him hurry to Tim Conley.

‘Tl’m;” said the doctor at length. I "Pretty badly smashed up. but we’re : lucky. Im)Mi of us. to got out of It ns | well as we did. Talk about your nerve! By Jove, the way lie swung that car out of the way was magnificent. Never a thought for himself nor me either.

I’m convinced.” he ended,

lie pulled at 11 of bandages from his

1 DEMOCRATIC I SPEAKING

Hon. John J. Lentz

<21 At Greencastle, Saturday, Oct. IT, 1::X) p

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“I sec,” he said. “You wanted me to

disprove these stories that are k‘’* n k , t . asp , in( j j, ,| IH .,, tl , ,i 10 jjj r |

the rounds about my lack of nerve,

that It?”

"Yes.” she said again. He drew iiimself up. His shoulders were squared. His attitude was that of a man summoning to Ills aid all his moral courage. •The stories they have told you are quite correct," lie said, somewhat

huskily.

“Oh!” she said, and in her voice there w as something of pain and something. to<>, of weariness, as if she had been ex]>ectiiig this very thing and j yet was unwilling, even in her preparedness, to hear it. “They are perfectly right in what j they say of me,” he went on calmly, j “I have lost my nerve. There's noth- i ing would tempt me to take up road racing again.” "Nothing?” she questioned. “Nothing,” he repeated Inexorably. "I am not In the habit of offering an explanation nor any excuses for my position in the matter. But I would like you to know the circumstances. Would you care to listen to them?” “If you choose to tell me,” she said

dully.

“You remember that race three years ago over the Meadow island course?” said he. “Well, it was then It happened. Stanley was with me. He and I bail a good lead. We were tearing past the curve at the old church, letting out the car for all there was in her. As we swung that turn I saw a child Just In front of us not twenty feet away, it seemed. "How she got past the ropes that held the crowd back I can’t say, hut there she was right in the course and not a ghost of a show apparently of escaping us. I don’t know to this day what saved her. I only know there was a great gasping sigh from Stanley and a groan from tlie crowd. I tried to swing out for her, hut there was so little time. Anyway, it was some sort of a special Providence that saved her. We shot past her, so close that I shut my eyes.” The girl saw a nervous tremor shake the big shoulders. Her eyes narrowed. “But the child wasn’t hurt, you say?" she asked. “Not In the least. But those few seconds were enough for me. I couldn’t stand them again. That Is why I am out of tlie game—a quitter, if you choose to put it that way.” Tho girl said nothing. She sat looking out at the sparkling lake with troubled eyes. At length Graham arose. “I don’t blame you in the least for thinking of me as you do," said he. "nor for being disappointed. Goodby.” He slid from the rail and went down the steps to the big road car standing in the driveway. He had pulled on his gauntlets and was just climbing into the cur when around the corner of the boathouse came a wild eyed, disheveled gardener from one of tlie houses down the street. “Mr. Graham, sir,” he panted, “will you lie gettin’ the doctor, quick! Tim ('oinley's fell from the stagin’ on the atabh-s where they’re paintin’ an' he’s burted bad, sir. 'Tis dead he'll lie In ten minutes if the doctor's not fetched before that. Hurry! Fop God's sake, hurry!” “I’ll haw* him here in fiv*,” Graham called, and opened up the big car. It sprang forward like a thing alive and went tearing down tlie driveway III a great cloud of dust. Margaret, who had run to the edge of the veranda, saw him swing Into the roadway beyond, and the drifting dust which rose high above the poplars told of the terrific pace he was selling. It was four minutes later, after a nervous pacing of the veranda, that she heard the whir of the approaching car again. She ran down the stops and hurried along the drive to the roadway, t'p the hill, with honking horn, enmo n dull, black streak. She could see Graham bending low over

do up Ids head and stop the flow of blood ns best you can, if you will. Miss West." ho commanded. “I'll go up to Copley's and fix Tim up. Then I'll come back here and set Graham's fractures." He went liu-ping up tlie road, and the girl bent closer to Graham. “It was splendid!” she cried, her eyes shining. ’’Thai?" said Grnhnut. "Oh, that was nothing I had to do that, you see. It w ;s a question of killing the old lady or getting a bit banged up myself.” Her face was very close to his. Something warm and moist struck his cheek. "Those wicked stories they told about you"— she began “They’re true.” he declared. "I have lost my nerve. I couldn't go Into a road race to save my life. This was different, you see. This was something that had to lie done.” Two warm lips were pressed to his grimy, blood stained forehead. “Had to he done!" she repeated meaningly. “Oh, you delicious simpleton!” The doctor, limping back a few moments later, discreetly screened himself behind a tree. “There are times it Is better to wait before reducing fractures,” lie meditated. Chair Hitching, "The chair hitcher," says a business man, "is the greatest nuisance that au office man is compelled to endure. “The hitcher is always deeply interested lu the matter lie has come to talk o\er, aud the more he talks the closer he draws Ids chair, and with every additional point he makes he gives ids chair another hunch in your direction, and by the time he has fairly entered on his subject he has his feet on the rounds of your chair, his elbow on your desk and is dropping the ashes from his cigar on your coat sleeve. It would he just ns easy for him to make his speec-h or preach his sermon three or four feet away, but he never learns that fact and damages his own cause by dragging his chair over your carpet and putting his breath In your face. “I know one office man in town who got so tired of having cigar ashes on his clothes aud smoke poured into his face that he called a carpenter, took the rollers off one chair, placed It in a convenient position at the end of his desk, then had the man nail it to the floor. But It didu't do n particle of good. The first hitcher that came In was a big, strong 2(X» pounder, who began his talk and, growing earnest, Just pulled the chair up by the roots, dragged it toward the desk and never noticed that anything was wrong.”— St. Louis Globe-Democrat

“Bogie*" In Business. The successful business man played with the quaint amulet suspended from his watch chain. “You'd be surprised if you knew what a part superstition plays In business,” he said. “I know two partners who are very lucky in their speculations. Well, they never made a single plunge without consulting a certain medium ns to their chances of success. “Another man once told me he had a familiar spirit whom he consulted quite frequently and whose advice lie had always found reliable. ‘One of the most daring manipulators In stock Inis a line tiger skin spread a-; a rug on ids study floor. In an expansive moment he once informed a friend that not only did he seek advice from clairvoyants and spiritualists. hut when nliout to carry out one of his hold schemes he would lie on his rug and stroke the paw to get ’influence,’ though why and how this plan works I don’t know.”-London Throne.

Rev. Sam W. Small At Roaehdale, Wednesday, Oct. 14, T.-dOp.m, Henry Warrum At Greencastle, Wed. October 14—7:110 p C. C. Gillen and Geo. W. Wilson Fincastle. Thurs. October 15—7.-HO John H. James Groveland, Friday, October 1(J—TiliO W. H. Miller and Geo. W, Wilson *

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At School House No 8 Floyd tp, Tuesday October

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Theo. Crawley and Jackson Boyd Fox Ridge, Friday, October 16—7:3o Jackson Boyd and Theo. Crawley Mt Meridian, Tuesday, October 2o—7:3o W. H. Miller Riley Allen School House, Washington tp, Wednesday, October 21--7:2o

BROfLED OWL

The Feeling In Camp Before and Aft«r the First Nibble. I told the guides that it would lie bettor to begin supper right away in order that we might not get too hungry before tlie owl was done. 1 thought them slow in their preparations for | the meal, it was curious, too, for I had promised them they should have a piece of the bird. Del was generous. He said he would give ids to Charles; that lie never really cared much for birds anyhow Why, once, he said, lie \ shot a partridge and gave it away, and j he was hungry too. He gave it to a boy that happened along just then, and when another partridge flew up he didu't even offer to shoot it. \Ve didn’t take much stock in that story until it dawned upon us that he had j shot the bird out of season, and tbe j boy had happened along just in time ] to lie incriminated by accepting it as a present. It was better to have him as a partner than a witness. Wood was gathered then, and the fire blazed. The owl’s breast—fat and fine it looked—was in (lie broiler and ou the tiro. There it cooked—aud cooked. Then it cooked some more and sent up au appetizing smell. Now and then I said I thought tlie time for It had come, but there was a burden of opinion that more cooking would benefit tlie owl. Meantime we hud eaten a pan or two of trout and a few other things, the bird, of course, being later in tlie hill of fare. At most dinners 1 have attended this course is contemplated witli joy. It did not seem to be on tills occasion. Eddie agreed with Del that lie had never cared much for bird anyway and urged me to take his share. I refused to deprive him of it. Then he said lie didn't feel well aud thought he really ought not to eat anything more. I said grimly that possibly this was true, but that he would

eat the owl.

It was served then, fairly divided and distributed, as food is when men are on short rations. I took the first taste—I was always venturesome—a little one. Then Immediately I wished 1 had accepted Eddie’s piece. But meantime lie had tasted, too—a miserly taste and then I couldn’t have got the

rest of it for money.

For there was never anything so good as that breast of young owl. It was tender, it was Juicy, it was as delicately flavored as n partridge almost Certainly It was a dainty morsel to us,

•x-x~x~x-x-x- x-WK-tt+M ❖ WANT AD COLUMN ♦ V) X**X~X~X~X* , X**X*vv-:"X"M“>W44 For Sale—Coal heating tove at iOl Depot Street. ttMi

Lost—White kid belt, with lira* buckles, between College Inn aui| corner of Vine and Walnut Streeuj Phone 587. tfW,

Wanted—A girl fot al housework. Good wages to right party, Mrs. J. O. Cammack, 309 S. Jackson Street. ^

Wanted—Night engineer at Pumping Station. Apply in person tt Greencastle Water Works Company, Greencastle, Ind. 3d

For Kent—7 room house with btftf 619 East Washington Street. S« J. A. Keller. 14 1

Ixist—Gray beaded pur.-e, Wedna day afternoon between square i Monon station. Reward if returned to Hamilton music store. 4

WANTED—Girl to do general bouwi work in small family. Call on fif R. J. Gillespie, west Walnut atreetO

Monon Route Excursion*To Denver, Colorado Springs, ani Pueblo, Col, account I. 0. 0. ? Grand Lodge, September 16, 17 lS ' return limit September 30th, J3U> round trip. One way colonial rat* to California, North Western Pad* Coast and intermediate points, W sale September 1st to Oct 30 Home Seekers rates to various po;n“ To Yellow Stone National P*”' after July 15th, summer rates,!** trip $46.85. Summer and all year tourist^ kets on sale dally to Pacific and various health and sunii E * r sorts. J. A. Mlchae!, Ageh 1

Would Mortgage the F,in V . A farmer on Rural Route

plre, Ga., W. A. Floyd by n ime ’

who bad of late dealt so largely in flsb “Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured diet. Had we known where the restj two wor8t sor e 8 I ever saw; one*

of that brood of owls had flown wei should have started after them then and there.—Albert Llgelow Paine In

Outing Magazine.

A Healthy Family. “Our whole family has enjoyed good health since we began using Dr. King’s New Life Pills, three years ago,” says L. A. Bartlet, of Rural Route 1, Guilford, Maine. They cleanse and tone the system In a gentle way that does yon good. SSe, at the Owl Drug Store.

my hand and one on my l e & ^ worth more than Its weight In ^ I would not be without it >7 ^ to mortgage the farm to g pt '*• ly 25c, at the Owl Drug Store.

Map of Greencastle. A new map of Greencastle 8 0 ^ r , interurban line and station. I1< " negie Library and new Bis F printed on good paper at the Office for ten cents. Engraved cards at the He ralJ ()