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The close observer who calls and sees OUlt GOODS AXD LEARNS OUR VRICES That we sell the very best Staple and Fancy Groceries, Produce, etc. the lowest possible figures. Don’t want to get rich in a day—are satisfied to sell first class goods for the least possible money. Give me your orders and I vill fill them to suit you 1 want your patronage. , r J. J. WEIDA.

Totcn.sh i/> Trustee’# Sot ice. lovill he at my office, located in my house at Oakulla. on Saturday of each week, to attend to such of my official duties as can be transacted on that day—the business of issuing orders and receiving vouchers will be especially attended to on these days. 17tf G. F. Lewis, Trustee.

Trustee's Satire, I will attend to my official duties as Trustee of Washington township oti the second, fourth and fifth Saturdays of each month at Keelsville, and on Wednesday of each week at my residence. 19t r S. Q. Bond.

Toivnthip Trustee's Softer, I will attend to the business of my office on Tuesday and Friday of each week, at my office, in the store of James Bridges, at Fillmore, and on these days will issue jorder# and receive vouchers, arid at no other time. tfl7 David M. Chadd, Trustee.

A. T. KEIGHTIEY. W. J. KE1GHTLEY. DENTISTS. Ovi k Ambbk \s Express < ll l GREEXCASTLE, IND. Teeth filled and extracted without pain.

The Most Sensible. fSSISM 19 SIGH!

place to have them correctly fitted is at 10£ East Washington street. No one every sold glasses so cheaply in Grceucastle. Don’t

trust your eyes to spectacle peddlers and

jewelers.

G. W. CENCE. M. D.

MONUMENTS. Meltzer iV McIntosh, Manufacturers and Dealers in 3I(tvble and Granite MOWUMSSWTS - Best work and fewest prices. Office ami Salesroom 108 E. Franklin St., Greencastle, Ind.

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Abstracts of Title PRCrAI.r.D BY HATHA7/AY A JOHKSON CHARGES REASONABLE. 22 S. Jackson St.. Greencastle.

FINCASTLE, IND., bkeeder of Chester White Hogs, White Holland Turkeys, Merino Sheep and Fancy Poultry. All stock registered and satisfaction guaranteed in all sales.

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AN AGED LOVER. \\ooimI Whrn 1 ',•••! k.-arn Old, tVi>» Jilcad. Vet Lived seven Years Longer. Two remarkable cases of longevity were recalled recently by a conversation between several gentlemen in this city.snvs tihe Shelbyville Gazette. They were Uiseutusing tlie death of Rev. George .McCall, Uie veteran llaptist preacher, when it was authentically stated that Mr. McCall's great-gr;unt-father lived to the ripe old age of 127 years. lie was a bachelor at 100 and took it notion to get married. He carried out his idea and was married. Three sons were born to him, and he lived to see the oldest son old enough to vote. This was considered remarkable, but a gentleman in the crowd, whose character and standing religiously and socially are above reproach, told an authentic account of the life of his great-uncle, who was one of Georgia's pioneer citizens. This old gentleman lived to be 130 years old. He lived in a log cabin, in the northern end of which was out a spuare hole. The old man turned the head of his bed to that hole, and slept that way In the warmest anil coldest weather. His wife died when he was about 00 years old, and for many years he lived as a w idower. At the age of 113 he cut an entirely new set of teeth, and at the age of 123, one morning, he saddled his own horse, sprang into the saddle, and rode 30 miles to address a widow and toask her to be his wife. He evidently was rejected for he rode back that day and lived seven years longer.

THE BOSS OFFICE CLERK. How He Sells Tickets to Make a Tlitn House Look Full. The box-office man of one of our theaters let me into a little secret the other day that proves the existence of gray matter and science behind the theater window. We were speaking, say* the Boston Traveller, of the depressing effect of small audiences, when he remarked: “l assure you that it is a fine art to distribute a small audience so that the people in it will not feel isolated. If the ticket seller knows his business he will so apportion a small sale that n sparse house will be made to look full. This is done by a nice acquaintance with his chairs and the science of distribution, four or five people being seated here, as many more there, and twice as many there, the object being to make a little collection of heads visible in whichever direction one looks, and the squads so grouped os to cover the beggarly array of empty Ircnohes by bringing the heads in range of one another. “A clever man will scat an audience <tf 300 so that it will look like one of 600 or 700.

TRIED TO BRIBE THE COURT. Gave the Jiulrre the t’M’rtp Cl gar He Hail llought for IlimHolf. A down-east lawyer had a tough case on hand at a recent term of court, and before it came on he. laid his forefinger to his nose and evolved an idea. The presiding judge loved a good cigar, and the lawyer's happy thought was to propitiate him and make him friendly to his case by treating him to the l lest the market afforded. The disciple of HlaekMone was not in the habit of smoking good cigars himself, so when he bought a 25-center for the court he Ixtiight a cheroot for his own use. Armed with these he sauntered into Ihe judge’s room and after a little chat passed cut a cigar, asking the judge if he smoked. The court accepted gracefully, but before many whiffs were draw n the horrified lawyer discovered he had given the judge the cheroot and was puffing the Havana himself. The judge politely tried to look pleased as the smoking proceeded, but the lawyer has since made no attempts to bribe the court.

How lit* Bought (JceiM*.

It was one of Platt Evans' pleasures to teach his friends how to purchase tender geese, though he could not always get them in the market. One morning he saw a lot and inquired how many there were. “About a dozen,” was the reply. “W-w-well,” said Platt, “f k-k-eep a b-oarding-honse, and my b-b-boarders are the biggest e-enters you ever s-s-snw. P-p-pick out n-nine of the t toughest you've g-g-got.” The FARMERS ATTENTION; them up carefully, and, putting them in his basket, said: "I b-b-bclieve I'll

take these three.”

I will attend to all orders for gas litting and plumbing promptly. All work thor-

oughly tested and

Warrantee] to Give Satisfaction And prices very low. Give

me a call. weii:.

How John Bull (Jot HU Name. ‘John Hull, the mythical personage supposed to represent the English people, and now figuring largely in editorial writing and in cartoons, was,says the Haltiraore Sun, the Invention of Dr. Arbuthnot in one of ids satirical sketches ridiculing the great duke of Marlborough. In the opinion of Dr. Johnson, Arbuthnot was “the first muu among the eminent writers in Queen Anne's time.” He drew John Bull as the typical Englishman—a stout, r'xl-fac •d old fanner, far too corpulent for comfort, choleric, but withal an honest and well-meaning fellow. He clothed him in leather breeches and topboots, put a stout oaken cudgel in his hand and a bull dog at his heels, and set him up for all time to serve as the represen ta t i ve Engl ishman.

FADS IN THINGS TO EAT. Artli-les of !>lct Which Are Allcijeil hj < runlm to Have Mctlieiiia! V slue. Celery is invaluable as a food fort host, suffering from any form of rheumatism, for disease of the nerves, and nervous dyspepsia. Lettuce for those suffering from in sotiinia. Watercress is a remedy for scurvy. Peanuts for indigestion. They are especially recommended for corpulent diabetes. Peanuts are math- into a wholesome and nutritious soups, arc browned and used as coffee, are eaten s.s a relish simply baked, or are prepared and served us salted almonds. Onions are almost the Inst nervine known. No medicine is so useful ii eases of nervous prostration, and there is nothing else, that will so quickly relieve and tone up a wornout system. Onions are useful in all cases of coughs, colds and inlluenza;in consumption,insomnia, hy pro phobia, scurvy .gravel and kindred liver complaints. Eaten every other day they soon have a clearing and w hitening effect on the complexion. Spinach is useful to those with gravid Asparagus is used to induce perspiration. Carrots for sufferers from asthma. Turnips for nervous disorders and for scurvy. Haw beef proves n great benefit to persons of frail constitution and to those suffering from consumption. It is chopjied fine, sentaoned w ith salt, and heated by placing it in a dishof hot w ater. It assimilates rapidly and affords the best nourishment. Eggs contain a large amount of nutriment in n compact, quickly availnbk* form. Beaten up raw with sugar they aroused to clear and strengthen the voice. With sugar and lemon juice the beaten white, of egg is to relieve hoarseness. Honey is wholesome, strengthening, cleansing, healing and nourishing. Fresh ripe fruits are excellent for purifying the blood and toning up the system. As siiecilic remedies oranges are aperient. Sour oranges are highly recommended for rheumatism. Cranberries for erysipelas are used externally as well as internally. Lemons for feverish thirst in sickness, for biliousness, low fevers, rheumatism, couglis, colds, liver eomplaint, etc. Blackberries ns a tonic. Useful in all forms of diarrhea. Tomatoes are a powerful aperient for the liver, a sovereign remedy for dyspepsia and indigestion. Tomatoes are invaluable in all conditions of the system in which the use of calomel is indicated. Figs are aperient, and wholesome They are said to be valuable as food for those suffering from cancer; they arc used externally as well ns internally. Apples are useful in nervous dyspepsia; they are nutritious, medicinal and vitalizing: they aid dig< stion, clear the voice, correct the acidity of the s'tomaeh, and are valuable in rheumatism, insomnia nnd liver troubles. An apple contains as much nutriment as a potato in a pleasanter and more wholesome i'orro. Grapes dissolve and dislodge gravel and calculi and bring the stomach nnd bowels to a healthy condition. Fie plant is who+esome and aperient: is excellent for rheumatic sufferers and useful for purifying the blood.—Housekeeper. The Ways of the Opossum. Just why the great zoologists of the present day should have chosen to consider the opossum an animal of a lower order than the stupid and helpless sjoth, and the third order from the lowest of all, is not so easy to understand as it ought to be. As a matter of fact, nature has done a great deal for the opossum—far more than fot the great majority of quadrupeds. Note what the creature is, and can do, and match it if you can. It cuts almost everything that can be chewed —wild fruit, berries, green corn, Insect larvae, eggs, young birds and quadrupeds, soft-shelled nuts and certain roots. It is a good climber, nnd has a very useful prehensile tail. It fornpis on the ground quite as successfully os any squirrel. It usually burrow s under the roots of large trees, where it is impossible for tlib hunter to dig it out ; but sometimes it makes the mistake of choosing a hollow log. When attacked, it often feigns death to throw its assailants off their guard. Like the bear and woodchuck, it stores tip a plentiful supply of fat. for winter use, when food is scarce; and, above all, the female has a nice, warm pouch in which to carry and protect her helpless young, instead of leaving them in the nest to catch their death of cold, or be devoured by some enemy.—W. T. llornnduy, in St. Nicholas.

I am just starting up in business, and will give special inducements to reliable farmers who need Plows; Disc, Walking or Riding Cultivators; Disc and Tooth, Wood and Steal Lever Harrows, Corn Planters; also Buggies and Road Wagons a specialty. Quick sale and small prolit is

our motto.

C. E. Wallace, traveling salesman. LEMUEL IS U IS, PROP.. Office opposite Coopers’ Livery Stable, GREENCASTLE, IND. 2ra51

B- ILvdZcILT a.37', Attorney-at-Law, Notary Public. Collections promptly attended to. Also inducting a general Intelligeiu-e offlre for ie lienelit of the employe amt employer, pn'itor uiiil vemlei . Real istnte a specialty. Uiee over Central National Rank.

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For grave tqieechos of importance delivered with weight Bismarck was, of course, most celebrated. When annoyed he nearly elwnys adopted a jesting tone, which must have sounded to his frightened friends much as if the tiger in the menagerie had greeted them with a cordial handshake before devouring. “Do yim menu to break the convention of Gnstein?” bluntly demanded the Austrian ambassador of Count K ii roly i, th.* Prussian ministerpresident. "No,” replied the latter w ith gn at (Iirectr.esK. “hut even if I did so do you think 1 should be such a

^ fool as to tell you?"

In Real Lire. "You bare no heart.” Pale, but tearless, she stood liefore him, und looked him squarely In the eye. She was poor, but proud. Adverse fortune had reduced her wardrobe to u calico basis, driven her anil her only surviving mother to the top flat of a Wabash avenue apartment house, and hardened the lines about her still beautiful mouth, but it eouW not dim the luster of her bluc-block eye or tame the. unconquerable spirit that animated every filter of the lissome form standing erectwith unconscious grace and awaiting his answer. “You have no heart,” she repeated. “No, miss," repliixl the butcher, “but we've got some might y nice liver. Will that do just as well?”—Chicago Trib-

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

—On stoves and furnaces 18,340 patents have been issued covering every piu't of these indispensable articles of comfort. — Five generations of one family are living on u homestead ot Bardstown, Go. The head of the family, W. O. Cherry, has IKC living descendants. —After the cocoons intended for the silk manufacture have been finished' the yonns are killed by the heat either of steam or of hot water. If the insects w ere allowed to e.sane the value of the cocoons would be lessened. — For several years an old soldier has been compelled, by poverty, to live in the poorhouse of Carroll county. Mo. He lias just received a [tension, and has decided to remain in the poorhouse and pay his board, because he likes his home there so well. —Indiana’s oldest residents are Alexander Ferguson and his sister of of Frankton. Alexander is 103 years old and his sister 1U7. Alexander worked on the farm every day. doing the ordinary chores of the place until he had passed his 100th birthday, and is still in excellent health. He takes a daily walk of a little more than two miles. His wife isoverOOand is in good health. —The army rules are that two-inch ice will sustain a man or properlyspaced infantry; four-inch ice will carry a man on horseback or cavalry or light guns; six-inch ice, heavy field guns, such as 80 pounders eight-inch ice, a battery of artillery with carriages and horses, but not over 1,000 pounds per square foot on sledges; ami ten inch ice sustains an army or an innumerable multitude. On 15-inch ice railroad tracks are often laid nnd operated for mouths. —The most important, n.s well ns the commonest metal in the world, is iron. It is almost everywhere in nature. We are bombarded from cosmic spaces by meteorolites of nearly pure iron; the spectroscope finds it in stars so iDstiuit that the naked eye sees but emptiness in the abysses w herein they burn. It makes a 12th part of the crust of the earth. Its particles are mingled in the dust of every country road, in the air we breathe, in the water we drink, in the food we eat. It is the great colorist of nature. Even the red of our blood is due to its presence.

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HE WAS RIGHT. Tito fine .Ittror Who Stooil Out Agutimt Llcven Obstinate Men. A standing joke around the Maine courts is the juror who stands out und refuses to agree with the eleven obstinate men, who donTYhink ns lie does. Judges are not apt to take kindly to this style of man, and have been known on occasions togive him a terrible snulibing. “There is still living in this city,” says a Bangor gentleman, who thinks jurors have rights of opinion ns well as judges, "a man w ho is very proud of a little experience he had ns a juror. It was in Judge Cutting’sday, nnd that excellent jurist was on the bench. The jury had heard an important case, and tailed to agree because this particular juror stood out against the arguments and solicitations of his fellows, and declared he would stay there till the ants nte him up and carried out his remains through tfie keyhole before he would consent to what he believed to be an unjust verdict. Judge Cutting asked how they stooil, and the foreman replied, ‘eleven to one, your honor.’ ‘Who is the one?’ asked the judge, angrily. ‘Let him stand up.’ The juror arose and received a scathing rebuke from Mr. Cutting, who permporily discharged him from further duty. The case went over to the next term, and was again tried, resulting in a verdict in ueordai.ee with the views of the one juror. It was then taken to the law court on motion for a new trial and was upheld by the full bench ns manifestly right. The man says that whenever he thinks of that ease, he thanks God he had the sand to stick to what he lielievcd to bo right, and take the rebuke a mistaken judge gave him for so doing.” This will do for an exceptional ease, but the one man against the it is not always filled with good judgment as this one seems to have been.—Lewiston (Me.) Jour-

nal.

Volcanoes anti Iceberg;*. In recent years the size and number of icebergs seen in the south Atlantic and*south Pacific oceans have both Iteen enormous, and various suggestions have been made to account for the phenomenon. Evidently something unusual hns been going on in the unknown regions surrounding the south pole. The latest suggestion (tearing on this subject comes from Mr. II. C. Rupsell, who has presented it liefore the Royal Society of New South Wnles. His Ulna, in brief, is Hint there has been an extraordinary outburst of tire great volcanoes known to exist within the Antarctic Hrale, mid that the consequent shaking of®,he iceclothed shores of the Antarctic continent has resulted in the breaking off of immense fragments of ice, which have afterward been driven northward by winds and currents.—Youth's Com-

panion.

Humor In the I'uinlly. "Ore of those lazy, good-for-nothing tramps called to-day and wanted a piece of pie,” said the landlady, during a momentary silence. The bachelor boarder faltered nnd laid down his knife nnd fork. “And did he get it?” he queried, anx-

iously.

“Not muclu” returned the landlady; “he got a piece of my mind instead.” “Which probably destroyed his,’' piped the thin boarder in the tenor toioe from the foot of the table. “His what?” demanded the landlady,

stern ;y.

Peace of mind," explained the thin

Orange Saacc.

Put in ii saucepan four egg yolks, three ounces of sugafr, n tabhxpoouful of flour, the riail of an orange, grated ,, or chopped fine. Mix well, add a [tint

of boiling milk, stir on the fire until * "**" ’ '

It thickens. Add a wineglass of euro-

rou and Itoat with a small wire whip ant, the roll* - Chicago

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for Infants and Children.

•• Castoria Is so well adapted to children that I recommend it as superior to any prescription knowr :o mr. M II. A. AKrami, M. D., Ill So. Oxford St., DrooUya, N. Y.

•*The uso of *Castoria ij so universal and Ita merits so well known that it seems a work of sujicrero,nation to endorse it. Few are the intelligent families who do not keep CasteriA within euNy reach.” Carlos Habttx, D. P m New York City.

Caatoria cures CoHc, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrliuja, Eructation, Kills Worms, gives sleep, axul promotes dk gestion. Without injurious medication.

“Ftr several years I lia*o recommended your Tastoria,’ and shall always continue to do so os it has invariably produced boueficin) results." Edwin F. Pardce, M. !>., 125th Street and 7th Ave», New York Clt/.

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If you have a watch or clock that needs repairing take it to him and he will put it in £Ot>d order, at most reasonable prices. Located Opposite Postofpee, Greencastle, Ind.

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