The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-08-30


that the country runs into debt at the
rate of 300, 900, 600 francs a year, Others
put the sum down at double that
amount. This state of affairs will be
kept up until Bismarck dies.
A Towering plant has never been
found within the Antarctic circle, but
in the Arctic region there are 1852 kinds
OF flowers, but their colors are not so
bright or varied as those of warmer
regions.
An envelope has been invented which
is tinted in such a manner as to turn
black, blue and red if an attempt is
made to open it by wetting or exposing
to steam. Damp weather does not at
feet it..
IT is USELESS
for young ladies who are troubled with
freckles, pimples, moth and tan and a
bad skin generally to use liquid paints
or dry powders, for they only make the
skin look well for the time being. To
have good complexion you must have
pure blood. Use Sulphur Bilthrs and
your skin will be fair and complexion
rosy Young Ladies' Magazine,
1t is said that Belva Lockwuod's letter
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can make up her mind what style of
wlth.--[Columbus Ohio State Journal.
The South has coined a new word,
"melonaires," and the New Orleans
Picayune says it applies only to those
who ship 1.-The suculent and luscious
cucurbitaceOus Southern fruits" to the
Northern markets.
A wonderful landscape formed Of in
sects is on exhibition in Paris. The de-
sired tones for the foreground are sup
piled by 100000 cOleOptera, and 1000
varieties of other Insects make the rest
of the picture.
The San Francisco Call reports that
some tourists who climbed to the top Of
Mount Lasson recently encountered an
electrical storm which caused their hair
to stand out straight, and fierce showers
of sparks shot from their noses and
fingers.
The value of the real and personal
property of California this year, as re-
turned by the local assessors, is 81 ,0S3,
1888, 1928, which shows an increase OF
Sl75 2l3,84S over last year. This ex-
elusive of the rallro lds, which foot up
about $50 10000
There were no honor students at the
last term of the o tawa Norm al School,
aud not one qualified for the Governor
Generals medal, aud the Faculty think
it is due to he permission of the young
men Of the school to call upon the
female students in the evening.
HAY FEVER.
I
cal returns of hay fever. Covert &
Cheever, Druggists, suggested EIy's
Cream Balm. | use it during severe
attack. can cheerfully testify as to
the immediate and continued relief OBJ
tanned by its use. | heartily recon-
mend i. to hose suffering from this or
kindred Complaints R"v) II. A.
Smith, Clinton, Wis.
II is claimed to b. proved beyond
doubt that wa ers which circulate o;
stand in leaden pipes or vessels not only
take up PARTICLES of lead through me-
chanical action due to friction, but
attack the metal, the result of this gen.
orally being lead carbonate.
The "bird. minders" of Southern rice
plantations are now in sharp contest
with the rice birds, who are vast con-
sumers of the growing crop. Beginning
their attacks when the grain is first
formed. they destroy sometimes as
much as 10 per cent. of the crop.
An Englishman who has made
special study of deer says that the chief
use Of their antlers is not 30 much for
fighting as for facilitating the progress
Of the animals through the wood. By
throwing up the head, thereby placing
the horns along the back, they are en-
abled to go forward with great
rapdity.
Stories of the Bostonian's "cold
shoulder" are materials for gossip at
summer resorts. But few equal in mat.
ter of snubbishness story of Phila-
delphian, who inquired, upon being
told that pretty Miss A. was from Phila-
delphia, odd you say from Philadel
phia? Is there Miss A. in Philadel
phiaI"
Prairie chickens, like other natives of
the wilds, are opposed to the civiliza-
ton, and are pushed back toward the
frontier with the advance of the immi
grant. During the last ten years they
have been moving West so fast that
they are no longer seen IN Illinois, Iowa
ana MlhheSo'a' ana now HOOK Ill west
erh Neorash" OF D'ko'a'
a survey mas 'a'ely been MADE 10 tht
north OF lreiand ana on the muil OF
hlntyre ior the purpose OF securing da'a
TOT an estmate ol the Cost OF tuhhei
acro's the narrow Stra't wh'Gh separates
lreland from ocollahd' Inc result
reached was that tunnel would cost
elght mll''ohs sier'lngs' OF ABOUT MIL
non per nautical mi!e'
forty years ago august ~ washer
woman bonnet tooH nre IN shed
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Sniions '"t"rr" "e"ocS'
Shllohs Catairh Kennedy marvellous
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