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Wichita eagle., 1888-10-02
Deveropment of the Violin.

In Hungary may be seen the development
of the violin, assuming form often in the
trained hands of the child, since the father
instructs his son in his own calling at an
early age, initiating him into its subtleties
BY constant application OF his little hands
and head. The making of the violin in this
way has been transmitted even by the wo-
men to theiY progeny for successive genera
lions, and in one little house there may be
some of the finest instruments in process Of
completion.
1t is strange fact that the Incompatible
violins were those made first Among several
italian families the honors of violin making
were disputed at the outset of its career. and
such great eminence did each one Of them OBJ
tain in its manufacture and so carefully did
they guard the secret of the superior me
chanism that no knowledge obtained by any
particular member OF ''violin family" was
permitted to reach the ear of a rival or even
the outside world. Thus, after an extended
period of surprising perfection, violin max
ing to some extent became an art not prop
erlv lost, but certainly robbed OF its pristine
glory. That the violin, ike wine, improves
with age is admitted, and ike all our other
instruments Of music is as old as the hills
themselves The families of the Stradivari,
the Guarneri and the Amati were coeval in
violin making and the ''ravanastronl" of the
Buddhist mendicant monk is believed to be
the precursor of the violin.-Globe-Democ
Wichita eagle., 1888-10-02
A Question of Cleanliness.

Smash the bottles That's the latest war
cry. To explain; There is no telling for
what and how soon bottle is to be used
again after being once used The bottle when
now from the glassworks was filed with
beer, or with medicine, or with wine, or with
oxahc acid or with tooth powder, or with
anything else out of an endless list. Well, it
was used to keep its contents till emptied.
That, the reformers contend, ought to de-
fnitely end the days Of usefulness Of that
particular bottle It ought to ne broken ard
crushed into smithereens. But it isn't. We
are living in very utilitarian age, and in
stead Of breaking bottle that has once been
used, it is used over and over again for all
sorts of things, and in all sorts Of houses,
until after, perhaps, years and years OF ser
vice, it accidently breaks, and is done with.
No harm In that, you say! All, but there is.
The bottle was filled with exquisite perfume
when it was new. 1t is thrown into the ash
barrel when empty. An hour later it is
picked up by the garbage fend, and sold
the came day to the junk dealer. He sells
it next day to the druggist. The druggist
fills it with medicine and properly labels it,
and sends it into the SICK room Of 4 woman
lying at the point OF death with ty-
phold lever On the day OF her funeral
that bottle forms once more part of a heap
Of household refuse. II goes On travelling
from boudoil. to cellar, from closet to dung
heap, from junk dealer to dago shop--on and
on in an endless chase, from mouth to mouth
and hand TO hand, from sick to healthy
and from filthy to firhcal, SPREADING contami-
nation on Its read. Do you ike the ideal
Is it safei Is it clea1rs Is it decent That is
the contention
AS matter Of fact, the cry has been
started by the bottle manufacturer, VINO
want to create wider market for their
goods Their argument is: What do you
save by saving bottles1 You save tie brewer
or the disil}er cent or 2 cent and half q
bottle, being tho difference III price between
old and rev bottles, but that's all. Tie
Consumer saves nothing "-Chicago Herald.
Wichita eagle., 1888-10-02
The Second Hand Dealers Trick.

The American business man has had his
trade that he never loses the least opportu-
nifty TO turn dollar. This was forcibly IL
Illustrated by a second hand furniture dealer
the other day. A woman purchased some
very nice Few furniture on the instailEnent
plan and fitted up a boarding house on one
of the principal streets Of the CITY. But
business lot coming up to her expectations
SIZE skipped and left the furniture in the
house. The second hand dealer was struck
with G capital idea 10 turn few dollars into
his pocket He purchased tie furniture and
extensively advertised il to be sold at aue-
ton Ii the house en- a certain day. Before
the day of the sale be oiled and vanished q
large amount Of second hand furniture he
had il his own store, end, after giving it the
appearance of new fHrultllre, placed It In the
hoase,
On theday Of tie sale the usual large NUM-
Der OF ladies Tho Gock 20 an auction In search
OF bargains flied the house 70 overacwing.
The keen witSed second hand dealer bad made
aKple arrangements 70 show tis goods TO The
best advantage by having .ae window blinds
pulled down aid tie rooms lighted by the
ickering gleerns of burning gas tess. Tho
aocsionser tained in the shrevd game, and
put the old and new furniture together, ard
the whole lot was passed OF as Few furniture
''only Used few days by tho lady" By this
trick sks second hand man readily disposed
o. his cid furniture IRe anc.iooeer cried
The pra,sesof an old piano that had long since
hse1 pounded to6ee1h with al sorts Of rnz,sic,
from the THUNDER Of Wagner down 70 the
slow notes OF Show PITY, Lord Il wes
Knocked down ct handsome price as q piano
that mad been used for a few days oaiy. And
&C On, tie whole lot Of furniture sold like
@hos CAKES. Globe Democrat
Wichita eagle., 1888-10-02

\ funny story illustrative of Celestial sim
plicity Tor superstitionD comes from Foo
chow, il China. There is a joss house, or
temple, in taat city to which persons OF a re-
vengeful disposition are wont to resort when
DESTROYS OF Obtaining satisfaction for an in
jury, the deitieS there being credited with a
power to cause instant death to those against
whom their aid is invoked After the death
OF the late Tartar general-the cause of which
appears TO have been rather nysterious-the
supposition that he had fallen victim TO
these particular josSes was started by some
of the gentry, and the viceroy thereupon
gave instructions for IN inquiry to be held
into the matter. The taotai was commits
stoned to see the order carried out, and he
went to the temple end arrested fifteen of
the joSseS These idols are OF wood, about
five feet il height. Before being taken into
the presence OF the taotai their eyes were put
out in order that they might noe see who was
their judge. SO that they might not be able
to identity him in the realms above or below
wherever they so. After an investigation
q report OF the case was sent 10 the viceror,
who at once garo orders that the JOSEF
should be !iecapitated and then cast into a
pondl Net withal China claims to be civ
ilized country London Figaro.
Wichita eagle., 1888-10-02
DOES IT SHORTEN LIFsi
Il Excitement Necessarily Ipjurious 4

u Excitement Necessarily Injurious -
Heaithe-curioB Evidence.
Whoever may have studied mans earthly
tenure and the causes which tend to lengthen
or curtal it will have scarcely failed to mo-
tice how contradictory is the evidence Of
those we naturally look 70 to explain them.
and that their evidence, even when they
agree, does not always accord with what
would seem to be the facts, as they appear
around US One authority says general ply
steal development IS necessary to prosong
life, while another insists this b not re-
for physical exertion-
Dr. Richardson, an eminent English au-
thority, whose remarks before the Sanitary
institute Of Great Britain on the storage OF
life have been largely quoted, declares,
among many obvious though scarcely novel
propositions. that everything that quickens
the action of the heart. any kind Of excite
ment, taxes and reduces the storage Of life.
If this were said Of those naturally feeble.
or inheriting disease, or even Of those lead
ing sedentary lives, and living from day to
day without the invigorating benefits OF
fresh air and exercise, it would seem reason
able, for one does not have to be skillful
Psychologist to know that excitement affects
the nerves as we, as the heart. But is the
statement strictly true when referring, as
here. TO the entire human familya Surely sol
diers engaged in actual warfare and sailors In
peace as well as war live among excitenents,
besides being VIGOROUSLY addicted to indul-
gences as 70 drinking and smoking, yet are
they long lived Statistics show it, and OBJ
servation corroborates them. The pension
list of the British army, giving the ages Of
tie benefciaries, men who have served in ell
climates for from twenty TO forty years, and
excluding those pensioned sooner because Of
wounds received while in the performance
Of duty" shows that soldiers do not die as
other men do; SO it is with the naval PEN
sioners of the Greenwich hospital, now
scattered over Great Britain, because OF its
adjustment.
In the merchant service today it is no I'M
common thing to find man 20 years old in
charge Of a vessel-a post requiring activity
OF body as well as Of mind. Here in New
York we have the proof near u.s. for at
Sailors Snug Harbor, on Staten Island, are
500 aged but for the most part hearty sailors.
Most of these are between 20 and so; active
old fellows they are, with clear minds and
good appstites. They will tell you they are not
by any means the sole survivors of our one
time merchant feet; that many, if not most,
of their mates are yet living but distributed
over the country living with their grand
children, perhaps wherrylng for living or
engaged in other enployments along water
front. From this it would appear that a
sound human body can withstand hunger
and exposure, and even frequent excitement,
if only there is plenty OF fresh air and exer-
else of vigorous kind thrown in.-Scientihc
American.
Wichita eagle., 1888-10-02
HEART's-EAsE.

NY life did seem as Geso.ate a thing
As Ger the woods when 81" LIE has ned,
And early SHOWS DER dying ~4uoJns are spread,
And empty nests 20 wind tossed brauches cling.
Stripped bare OF all the leafy garmeutins.
al dead leaves underfoor, snow clouds o'er.
head
gighed, 1.-THE summer os my life lies dead"
Then to my heart thy love did enswcr bring:
Not dead nfe's summer, only slumber hushed,
The nesting time and budding to repeat
In season due" And bending down you
brushed
The dry. dead leaves away that hid one sweet
And lovely dower, my steps had well nigh
crushed,
And showed me heart's-eas blooming atmy feet
-Corie Davis IN Pioneer Press.
Wichita eagle., 1888-10-02
Daily II Eagle
GOLDEN ROD.

BY tho roadside, nodding yellow,
In the autumn sunlight mellow.
Where the withered mulleins rod,
Bends and sways the golden rod
And the winds are blowing. calling
"Winaeri" to the red leaves falling,
To tho mix weeds slender rod,
To tie shivering golden rod.
See. the winds are blowing faster
Over grasses. shuInac, aster.
Ger the withered, yellow sod
Where was born the GOLDEN rod
Glowing fainter, bows It sadly
Through tl,e snowAakes falling madlJ,
And some message Gent by Cod
Faiut5 and dies in golden rod.
julio IL Lippmann in Somerville JoIrnsi.
Wichita eagle., 1888-10-02
Typhoid Fever Kills More.

Typhoid fever kills more people il this
country every year than most OF the yellow
fever epidenics do Yet nobody runs away
from typhoid fever. They stay where they
are and take the chances But at the first
hint of '.Yelloyy Jack" country settlements.
villages. towns and whole cities lose their
heads and run OF as fast ss their legs VIII
carry them In Havana yellow fever some
times prevails all TIE year round, but the
citizens stay there, and American tourists
visit the city and never think OF danger.
Why Goes . touch Of the disease in shis coun-
try produce such general scsrsf-Atiausa
Constitution.
Wichita eagle., 1888-10-02

Tie fse savings baniS II, sAe United States
was she s.Proviaaus Inst-s1ssoa for Sasirgz
in the torn os Boxon,s winch was chartered
in is6. and which geill lives szd fourssa>s
il crnnodiocs halls en Teupas place.
Bosom HUnd
Wichita eagle., 1888-10-02

Ti,ere Is remarkable activity a London In
the formation Of sock COMPANIES, and tbs
class known a. 'p-o-ocse-sS are waxing
veafrhv One q sscu Is SD TO have rss6e
nearly 8. 5coy 900 this year--CE;1agD Herzia-
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In,oIeranee In the south.

The Texas Christian Advocate, an or
gan of the Methodist church of the
South, recently projected itself into no.
toriety by publishing the following:
"The Republican and negro will
never rule tho South again. ballot or nc
ballot, count or no count. Put that in
your pipe. brother, and smoke it."
This scandalous declaration naturally
caused iuucl surprise and establishment,
1t has led tie Northwestern Christian
Advocate to ask if the Texas writer is
in the confidence of the men who devote
themselves to counting out colored and
Republican voters, and adds:
1T is the interest of all American
citizens TO have full vote in the South
this auturln. The Republican party
ought to send speakers down in such
numbers that the issues ofthe campaign
shall have full discussion. No matter
what mans political preferences, he
has interests that all citizens should
have the right to vote and to have their
votes connted. That Methodist paper
should make threat like the above is
scandalous,t to put 1t very mildly indeed.
No sane man can doubt that some OF
the uthern States are overwhelming
| ly Republican, and that the
will of the majority has been silenced
either before voting or after voting.
Such intimidation is criminal, and dan
gerous to every State in the Union"
This language from so powerful an
organ of Methodist opinion as The AID.
vocate is most encouraging, but it will
bear a word of comment. To argue the
question of the campaign at the South
would be as useless as to argue the
merits of Republican form Of govern
ment to the Russian Car. The domi'
nant class at the South will not reform
the ballot box until combelled to by
United States authority, so far as 1t has
| Jurisdiction.
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Arlington.

In many Of our stores and public
places we see the following:
''NoTICE-Several young men OF the
town have formed union in order tC
organize military company. Those
wishing to become members will please
interview our recruiting officer, Lieut.
A. y. Stewart"
We hail this notice with considerable
enthusiasm because We not only think
It will be beneficial to our young men
but also prove a means Of enjoyment
after the preliminary work which ne
cessarily occurs in the beginning oil
such an organization. We most car
nestly hope that the young men will moi
hesitate in presenting their names. II
they will take hold of this matter ear
nestly, we predict that not many month";
will elapse before the sound Of drums
and the military tramp OF feet will echo
through our streets.
The new organ for St. James church
has arrived,
There was very pleasant musicale
Tuesday evening at the Rev. Mr..
Pratt's. The talented young vIolinist. Miss
Bertha Behring'S of New York who ia
here for the summer, gave two violin
solos, which were wonderful exhibitions
OF musical ability of no common order,
Il is safe to predict brilliant career foI
his young artist il her future success is
Il all comparable with her early prom
Use. Her talent is phenomenal.
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There had been from the first epirit
of wrangling and unpleasantness with a
profusion of hard words and profanity
which now resulted in the Oiympics de-
clining to play longer, claiming that the
|. kicking" and IOughness Of the other
side justified their withdrawal with the
score : to3. On the other hand the
Bennington's claimed they were not well
treated and the game should be set
down as o to in their favor as the
Olympics would not play the nine in
nings. We hear OF games Of this kind
beng played by clubs where all the
members behave like gentlemen and il
i, made respectable and pleasant for
peclators of both sexes 10 be present,
out such could not be said of this
game.
Three received the hand of fellowship
at the last communion service Of the
Baptist church.
A mans driving glove was recently
found in the horse shed at the Baptist
church and has been hung on the library
in the church awaiting the call of its
owner.
The primary department If the Bap-
JlSJ SUNDAY SCnOOl ndu u plChlC July OJu
in Gen. McCullough's woods. The day
was favorable, giving the children the
opportunity for a fine frolic. and they
made full use of the occasion in swing
ing. playing and rambling in the forest,
coming home weary, yet declaring they
had had good time.
Our attention was attracted by a
large dog on the premises of General
Mccullough. He is mastiff about
year old, named Gen. Stark, STARK"
for short, weighing over one hundred
and thirty pounds. His head and feet
as indicators of his full size when fully
grown, suggest at least two hundred
pounds.
We notice that Walter Fisk is taking
a vacation from his business, with his
brother Charles in New York. He is
stopping with his mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hewitt of Boston,
Mass, are spending few days with
their nephew, Rev. George r. Hew-
lit.
Adm T. Colvin and Simon Green
have gone to Saratoga with horse and
carriage for the sale and livery business
through the season.
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STATE SOLDIERS MONUMENT,

Several projects have been mentioned
of late, and none have impressed us
more favorably than that of State Sol
.iers' Monument to stand near the Ver-
mont Soldiers Home. Either in the
proposed park or on the spacious lawn
would be an appropriate site for such a
structure.
Vermont has as yet no monument
commemorative of her Union soldiers
as a whole, but the time will surely
come when such an one will be thought
as fitting as the Revolutionary monu-
ment now in process of building. Why
should not historic Bennington be the
lace on which shall stand the State e
monuments for both her Revolutionary
and Veteran dea /? The Post here at
one time gathered subscription of
about $4,000, if we remember Alright,
towards a soldiers monument, but the
matter stopped unfinished. Were this
project broadened out into State enter.
prise its Success would he assured.
Why not erect Vermont's monument
to her veterans on the grounds of her
Home, and during the life time Of some
of themI Why not2
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The strawberry festival at Social Hall,
last week, proved very pleasant affair,
OR young people were glad to meet on
that occasion friends from South and
West Shaftsbry, North Bennington and
white Creek.
MIS-. Clark Stone and Mrs. William
Harrington are able to be out oc-
casionally, and we hope for their speedy
restoration to health
The weather this week has been just
right for haying, and the music OF the
mower is heard on all sides.
The attendance at services in the North
depot last Sunday was large. The room
end those adjoining being well filed.
Rev. Mr.. Wilkins will preach at this
station every alternate Sunday at 8p. M
Mkt Sunday a sermon relative to
Foreign Missions will be delivered IN the
Center church, followed by collection
for the Baptist Missionary Union.
Clark Stone, according TO report, hes
new potatoes on his dinner table, while
Myrun Barton luxuriates on green peas
After personally testing the quality oil
these vegetables we will give an opinion
as to their merits, no gentlemen, dOn'l
exhaust the supply before we dine with
yoL.
Mrs. Parthenia Huntington Of Mime
ap0lis, a sister of Deacon A. Galusha
and widow OF DR.. Jonas Huntington, il
visiting relatives and friends in town.
A very happy family re union incl
denlalIy occurred at tie residence Of r
| T. Galusha and lady, on Sunday Of last
week. All the children and grand child
rem OF the esteemed couple were present
at dinner.
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The Youpg MEMS Republican Club

Pursuant 10 its last adjournment, the
Young Mems Republican club met at
lis headquarters in the Park Block last
Wednesday evening, but in considera-
ton of the light attendance, owing TO the
pouring rain, it adjourned until Satur-
day night at the same place and hour.
Not more than twenty-five or thirty
memb ers were present and after some
discussion it was thought advisable to
postpone the transaction ofbusiness I'M
til the club could be more fully repre-
sented, especially as the report OF the
Executive Committee on the renting OF
the rooms and other miscellaneous mat
ter, the action upon the proposition to
join the league of Republican clubs and
an expected report of the Finance Com
mittee will be presented for the consid-
eration and discussion of the meet
ing.
In the list of committees printed in
the last issue of this paper there occur
red two errors as follows: G. A. Wood
read G. M. Wood, and insert the
name of George Sibley second in the
list of members of the music al commit
tee.
Better accommodations have been
secured for the comfort and convenience
of the meeting. Arm-chairs in abund-
ance will be placed in the center of the
floor and it is expected that settees will
be procured to be ranged about the
sides.
We have learned that some hesitation
exists on the part of those over the age
of forty, about coming in at these meet
ings, feeling that this is not their club
and thaa they have no right at these
meetings.; this is entirely wrong; let
ever one come, they will be most GER
tainly welcome and cordially received.
Although we take into the club only
voters under the age of forty years, all
our friends (and good natured enemies)
are certainly and at all times welcome,
and to such our doors will soon be al
waya nnen
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North bennington.

Misses Lizzie and Hattie WEIGH are on
visit here from Bingamton, N Y.
They have been absent there three years
but do not seem TO have Lost their love
for their former home.
Miss Title Walbridge has returned
from Denver, Colo, where she has been
teaching for two years.
Miss. Augusta Watson of Janesville,
Wis, where she is connected with the
State Institution for Blind, is visiting
for the first time in many years her
cousin, Mrs. DIR, Ranney.
Walter Booming and sister of New
York, are here for the summer with
their grandmother, Mrs. Russell Fisk
He will be remembered as the gentle
manly young lad who spent the season
with us last year.
The family of Mr.. Mckay Of Troy,
Superintendent Of the laundry connect
ed with the large shirt mandatory OF
Miller, Hall & HartwelI, is boarding
with Mrs. Jas. Skinner, He spends the
Sabbath here.
AT the school meeting last week il
was voted to dismiss the article in the
warming relative to changing the mode
of heating the building, but II was de-
cide1 to have heater placed in the hall
TO modify the temperature in going from
extreme cold to warmth and vice Versa
Miss Ida Bruffte and her friend Mrs.
Sanboru and son of Adams. spent last
Sunday with her parents here.
Mrs. Eva L. Ford of North Adams.
Is with her mother, Mrs. Hunt, for
few days. Mr., F. is buokkeeper al
one of the print works.
A game of base ball was arranged to
be played between the Bennington nine
and the Olympics of this place. on the
ground here last Saturday at O'Clock.
After the usual prelimiDaries, resulting
in tue selection Of E. II. Burgess as UNI
pire. the game commenced, the Ben
ningtUus being first to bat, The score
for five innings was as follows:
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Ii. +. Duane is shipping large lot Of
chair stock just now. Frank and Gle.
ment Burbank are drawing it to the
station.
VIM. Slade is building himself a new
house.
The parsonage has just received a new
coat of paint inside and out, and also
newly papered.
Sprague Burbank, boy 10 years old,
caught trout Monday, which weighed
one pound and ten ounces,
On account of the absence Of the
pastor, Chlldren's Day exercises were
deferred until June "a, but were Of more
than usual interest.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Andrew Of Sun
derland, have recently been visiting at
D. X. Burbank's.
Miss Hermie Burbsnk's school IN Dor
set, closed Friday, July 9th. She is ex-
pected home next week,