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BENNINGTON co. SAVINGS BANK.

BENNINGTON co. SAVINGS BANK.
TTNhe Bennington County Savings Bank at the
Bennington County National Bank, IS open
a. m. to 4 o'clock p. m, Sundays and Holidays ex-
cepted. ,-.,--.-o-sou,o, ,,,,,
no laws ~ tbe state of Vermont. Money de.
nosited ANYTIME after the first day of each month
draws interest from the first day of the next sue.
ceeding month. Interest computed January
lt and July lst and II not Withdrawn will be added
principal, and interest thereafter Will ACCRUE
upon 1t. aa,L,od
prsona securities.
W EHAWKS, Vice President,
JT. SHURILEFF, Treasurer,
G. W. HARMAN, Secretary.
TRusrEEs-A B. Valentine, Wm.E. Hawks
&. W. Harman, Olin Scott, j. 7. Shurtleh, l. r.
Gibson.
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Nearly all colds are slight, at first, but
their tendency is to so lower the system
that the sufferer becomes ready victim
to any prevalent disease. The use of
Ayers Cherry Pectoral, in the beginning
of a cold, would guard against this dan
ger.
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The worst feature about catarrh Is its
dangerous tendency TO consumption,
Hoods Sarsaparilla cures eatarrh by
purifying the blood,
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DR. p. G. JENNEY, Dentist.

SUCCESSOR TO DIR. J. n. sCRANToN3
= Is prepared to perform all operations IN Dpnr. pnr
f,ct satisfaction guaranteed in all cases submitted
to his care, and at reasonable prices. ias or
Ether administered or extracting teCth WhSn re.
auired. Office opposite Congregations onurch
Main ST., Bennington.
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A. z. CUTLER. Dentist.

Successor to DR.. S, B. Pike
All operations performed in the most thorough
and careful manner, and at reasonaole prices,
Nv aim will he TO give e;tire satisfaction TO all
cases submittedt to my care. .,.
Gas and Ether administered for extracting
teeth without pain, when desired,
Office Opposite Free Library hali' Dehhihsto"'
37tf Vermont.
Having sold my dental practice to DI,A' Z'Cut'
err a gentleman of exper ence and ability pe
sneak for him the same liberal patronage that Das
been accorded me the past eighteen years;
'''" DIR S. b. PIKE.
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BATCHELDER & BATES. -.
A ITORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS Al LA"
N and Solicitors In Chancery. oo.,
z RATCHEI,DER. E. l.. BATES.
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q IMPLIES, black-heads, red, rough, chSpped
7 INl and oily skin prevented by CuTIcuRA SOAR
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MRS. NJ. E. PARTRIDGE, NJ. d.
OFFICE and Residence, SO Main streetE ,o,,
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Constitutional CatarTh.

No single disease has entailed more suffering
or hastened the breaking up OF the constitution
than Catarrh. The sense of smell OF taste, OF
sight of hearing, the human voice, the mlnd,-
one or more, and sometimes all yield TO its de-
structive influence. The poison it distributes
throughout the system attacks every vital force,
and breaks up the most robust o! constitutions.
Ignored, because but little understood, by most
physicians, impOtently assailed by qnacks and
charatans, those suffering from it have little hope
to be relieved of it tins side of the grave. II is
time then, that the popular treatment ofthis ter;
Tible disease by remedies within the reach OF all
passed into hands at once competent and trust.
worthy. The new and hitherto untried method
adopted by DR. Sanford in the preparation OF ms
RADICAL CURE has won the hearty approval OF
thousands 1t is instantaneous in atfOrding re-
iefin all head colds, speezing snutfiing and OBJ
structed breathing, and rapidly removes the most
oppressive symptoms, clearing the head, 'weet-
ching the breath, restoring the senses OF smell,
taste and hearing, and neutralizing the constitu'
tional tendency of the disease towards the lungs
liver and kidneys.
SANFoRD's RADICAL CURE consists of one bottle
of the RADICAL CURE, one box ofCArARRHALSoL-
VENT, and IMPROVED INHALER price, ST.
POTTER DRuG & CHEMICAL CO., BOSTON
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II. q. DAY, M. d.

H. .. DA : M I7s
nFFICE AT DRUG STORE, ~.
No. II, Main Street, Bennington, VI,
Special attention given to diseases OF the hesr
nd lungs. III
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Business Dirrtturp.

C. H. MASON.
A TTORNEY AT LAW. ~. %
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w. B. SHELDON.

A ttorney and Counsellor at Law, anu solicitor etc!
N in Chancery. Office and residence 10 Mos' eo
Main Street, Bennington, Vt. lStI-oz
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GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE

&C., r. |. & p. and C., X. {; N. R'ys,)
West, Northwest and Southwest It includes
CHICAGO, JOLIET, ROCK ISLAND, DAVEN-
PORT, DES MONIES, COUNCIL BLUFFS. WA
TERT0WN, SIOUX FALLS, MINNEAPOLIs
ST. PAUL, ST. JOSEPH, ATCHISoN, LEAVEN-
WORTH, KANSAS CITY, TOPEKA, COLORADO
SPRINGS, DENVER, PUEBLO, and hundreds OF
prosperous cities MISUNDERSTANDING vast areas
NJ n Yic ef 70 do {,,t tl,o
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The term was done my penalty was past
saw the outside of the walls at last.
When LEFT that stone punishment of sin,
Twas most as hard as when first went in.
1t seemed at once as though the swift voiced air
Told slanderous tales about me everywhere
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c.. A. PIERCE,
I1OOKSELLER, PRINTER, STATlONER
Is AND BLANK BOOK MAKER,
Banner Building,) North ST., Bennington.
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IL MARf

ACQUAINTED WITH THE GEOGRAPHY OF TIE COUNTRY vii
Cr'AE Much INFORMATION FROM STUDY OF HIS MAP CT tn
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SOLID VESTlBULE EXPRESS TRAINS

Leading all competitors in snlendor and luxury
of accommodations daily between CHICAGO
and COLORADO SPRINGS, DENVER and PU-
EBDo. Similar magnificent VESTIBULE TRAIN
service daily between CHICAGO and COUNCIL
BLUFFS todAHA), and between CHICAGO and
KANSAS CITY. Modern Day Coaches, elegant
Dining Cars (serving delicious meals at moderate
prices), restful Reclining Chair Cars (seats FREE
and Palace Sleeping Cars. The direct line to
NELSON, HORTON, HUTCHINSON, WICHITA,
ABILENE. CALDWELL, and ell points in South
ern Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, the Indian Ter
ritory and Texas. California Excursions daily.
Choice of routes to the pacifc const
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As If the ground itself was shrinking back
For fear 'twoud get the Gains mark ofmy track,
Women would edge away, with shrewd she-gues
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As if my very glance would spoil their dresses.
Men looked me over with close, careless gaze,
And understood my downcast, jsil-bred ways ;
My hands were so gIim-hardened and defiled,
wouldn't have had the cheek to pet child
If l had spoken to a dog that day,
He would have tipped his nose and walked away
And so 1 wandered in jail of doubt,
Whence neither heaven nor earth would let me
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-10-11
FoPErGN INrFI.I.IcENcE.

MANY lives had on the Sd been lost bv
the prevailing floods along the valley of
the Rhone, in Switzerland.
MoisIC Can. advices Of the Sd say that
the whole population of that district was
on the brink Of starvation, owing to the
failure of the crops and the fisheries.
ADvICEs of the 4th from London say
that extensive floods in the region between
the Alps and Jura mountains had done
much damage TO property and rendered
many families homeless.
Snow fell on the 4th to the depth of six
inches in Western Ontario.
Two STUDENTS, being hopelessly embar-
rassed financially, shot themselves dead
by mutual agreement on the 5th at Vienna.
An India dispatch of the 5th states that
primitive expedition of British troops
into Simla engaged the natives with a
loss of two hundred to the forces Of the
latter and slight loss to the attacking
party.
The death of Tom King, the ex-cham-
pion pugilist, who defeated Mace in 1862,
occurred in London on the 5th.
ADvIcEs of the 9th say that a disastrous
flood had inundated the province of MONK
den, in China. Hundreds OF natives were
killed, many homes annihilated and crops
destroyed, aud there was prospect of a
general famine for the coming winter.
A RECENT storm at Nekagori, in Japan,
caused the following damages Number
of houses demolished or half destroyed,
three thousand; vessels totally lost, eighty
FIVE; vessels wrecked, five hundred; num-
Der of persons wounded, injured and re-
ceiving public assistance, fifty-two thou
sand
AT Hong Kong cholera was still raging
on the 9th, and the daily average of new
patients ranged from forty to fifty, most Of
whom died of the disease
THE death Of Sir Anthony Musgrave,
Governor Of Queensland, occurred on the
sth. He had been successfully Governor
Of St. Vincent. Newfoundland, British
Columbia, Natal, South Australia and
Jamaica.
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In figuring the imports per capita we
have, and will in the following tables.
allow the percentage Of increase in
population for each year shown by
the census or population for the pre-
cGding decade The above table shows
that in the four years following the
adoption OF the tariff reduction bill
OF 1882 the importations nearly
doubled per capita and more than
doubled in volume. Our own manufact-
ures were crippled, we began piling
up a load OF debt to foreign countries,
and tic terrible panic of 1878 followed
That put a stop to the excess of imports,
which were reduced to xlGl, 264 COG, or
S.. "A per capita, in 1888.
The Mills bill proposes an average
seduction Of % per cent in our present
tariff. puts one-sixth of all our i'm
ports on the free list, and its adoption
would be followed by paralyzed home
production, an enormous increase IN
imports and undoubtedly by great dis
tress and panic
The tariff reduction bin Of 1916 was
not so closely followed by the effect
that was to have been expected, but it
came in due time and with terribly
crushing force. In 1916 our net inn
ports (retained for home consumption)
were sI02. 1873, 653, or S4S6 per capita
The further increase up TO 1857 was as
follows:
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LITERARY PERSONALS.

Mrs. Lynn LINTON, the English writer
is suffering from bad eyesight not FAR re
moved from blindness.
RENAS said recently that "France VIII
perish in a literary sense because Of her
young writers II IS impossible to waite
well before the age of forty"
Mrs. L. d. f. Y. SoUTHwoRTH is about 10
publish her forty-fourth novel. She is now
seventy years of age but IS said to have
lost none Of her inventive power.
GENERAL GRAST's family have the manu-
scripts of all the jokes and funny stories
expurgatcd from the famous memoirs, and
may possibly make a book cut Of them.
GEORGE KERN4S has received more than
500 invitations 10 lecture in this country and
abroad on Russian and Siberian topics, but
prefers for the present 10 continue his work
on the Century.
Dr. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES has just
entered upon his cightieth year. He was
born in the same year with Robert Z. Win
throp, Abraham Lincoln, William Z. Glad
stone. Charles Darwin, Alfred TeEnyson
and MOnckt0n Mines.
Mrs. Rum MCENERY STUART, the new
Southern writer, is q highly-connectcd lady
of New Orleans, whose dialect story - MIN
60" in Princeton Rselcw, first brought her
10 nOLiCSS s@eF LAMENTATIONS o. JtfttillstA
May' appeared IN Hdrper.
Miss BRApDoN is fifty years old, and sho
has written just fifty stories. She has the
most irregular methods Of doing her liter
AIRY work, writing, while standing up, some
of her thrilling passages on torn envelopes
or any scrap Of paper that comes TO her
hand.
THE late Edward Lear used 20 say that
while il is very easy to write bad sense, IL
j. very hard TO writC pure nonsense. He
might have gOr. farther, and said that to
write stupid nonsense IS comparatively
easy, but to write clever nonsense is one OF
the hardest of literary tasks.
The public is surprised, says HaJpcr'S
Barr, that Matthew Arnold left but $1,000
Those who know how he deprived himself
of nearly every penny to pay debts that
were not Of has own contracting wonder
that he left even that much. MIR. Arnold
might have left a snug little fortune to his
wife if he had not given all his earnings 10
this cause, which proved 10 be as bottom
less as a quicksand
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON writes on
Some Gentlemen OF Fiction, and of Dick
ems says: Here was man and an ARTIST,
the most strenuous, one Of the most en-
dowed, and for how many years he labored
in vain TO create a gsntlemanl With all
his watchfulness of men and manners, with
all his fiery industry, with bis exquisite gift
Of native Characterization. with his clear
knowledge of what he meant 10 do there
was yet something lacking
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NOTES FROM ABROAD.

A CANAL across Italy IS being planned, 70
connect the Adriatic and the Mediterranean.
II viii begin az Fano
THE wearing Of gloves of adiffereut color
the right han different from the left
is increasing in Paris.
PoPE LEO has decided that ali his Jubilee
presents which are Of a sacred nature are
to form Leonine Museum.
TIE Hondurian Government has ordered
A scFeutifs e survey to be made OF the ruins
Of Conan, ard take sketches Of the same.
THE Sultan Of Turkey lately ordered
several typeWriters for she ladies OF his
hareui who can write in the French Ian
guags.
A STATUE Of Shakespeare IS To be erested
in ere Of the most conspicuous and fashion
able parts Of Paris, but 1t IS at the expense
On Eughshmen.
ArrrN an expenditure Of three-Quarters
Of a million CT dollars for machinery and
prospecting, Egypt haa abandoned the
search for petroleum.
THr consumption of wheat IN New South
Wales. Australia. is said TO average %
bushels per bead yearly, rate claimed 10
be higher than that Of any other country.
TIE nunberof rabbits killed for the bonn
" last year in one Australian colony was IT,
49,. $50. and the bountics paid that year have
been estimated at S2.5Go,0o0. In addition
millions Of dollars have been paid for hun
dreds Of miles Of rabbit-proof fence. And
still the rabbits seem 70 be as numerous
as ever
QEEEx Victoria has now reigned over
England longer than any monarch but two,
Henry III, and George III She overlook
Queen Elizabeth six years ago, and has out
doae Edward III. who only reigued l4s
DAYS over half a century. II she lives
few years longer Victoria viii have relgned
longer than any royal pcrsdnage Of history
AZ THE annual local consumption IN
France u brandy is 12,009oo0 gallons and
the yearly product only l3,00o,0oo gallons,
American lovers Of eau dc we are wonder
ING what the STUFF is which comes aeross the
Atiaatic labeled as french brandy Seien-
tific experts say that most OF Il IS cheap
German spirits, favored with cunnlngly
devised extacts and cordlals.
Az order recently issued to the officials
Of the German state railways requires,
them to treat passengers properly and
politely" and 70 take great care 81 the
baggage To insure public comfort car
riages arc not 10 be crowded During the
hot weather all carriages should be wen
aired. ana the roofs frequently sprlnkled
with cold water TO keep travellers cool
PERSIA Is building a railroad from Tehe-
ran to the Caspian Sea Instead Of begin
ming the railroad at the sea and building in
land, bringing forward the rails and other
materials on the road as it progresses, the
Persians have al the rails carried on mules
across the desert to Feheran and have be
gun tho building there The transportation
expenses are the biggest item almost IN the
cost Of the road.
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS
IARoR STATISTICS
Synopsis of the Report of the Commits
sioner Of Labor of Wisconsin.

Synopsis of the Report of the Commits
sioner Of Labor of Wisconsin.
Commissioner Of Labor Statistics Frank
A. Flower. in his biennial report, reviews
the work of factory inspectors in the mat.
ter Of statistics. II was deemed wise te
present exact statistics from a limited
number OF inspected establishments rather
than cover the entire State BY guess. OF
653 skilled workmen, such as serve an ap
premiership, 271 report steady employ
ment, and the average time which the re
naming ISL found work in their regular
trades is 23l3s days. The total number Of
busy days was l62, 2sq, equal to 2i3ls devs
for each man. Total earnings during iSs!
Of 597 skilled workmen is S34l, 100, an aver
age of s552 63 per man or $780, per dav
for average time employed Out Of set
workmen, $50 own their homes; of
these SD there We're born in the
United States $50; of these 2ls
are natives of Wisconsin, and the re.
naming 237 came to this State from all
parts of the Union except the South, not q
single one reporting from that section.
The foreign born number $40. larger
table gives the average daily wages and
annual earnings in all branches of labor
connected with SIS establishments report.
ing 70 the bureau These data represent {
total OF 62,935 wage earners. Careful
study of the table shows that the average
annual earnings in 2ll branches Of skilled
labor is SOFA VI. This does not include the
wages of forem1c From another table il
appears that out Of total of GO, 935 en.
ployes, 7,107 are women. Total wages PAID
aggregate S2:& re. S65 81. This makes the
average earnings of year in all branches
of labor, including men, women, minors
and apprentices. $40 15-higher than the
highest rate ever developed by a United
States census. In the matter of per capita
earnings, it is shown that rolling mills
average most per aunum-S615 76-and
knitting works least, $l45.69.
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II 70

1876. 49,. p, 2as s6i. 364 "
1857 .5Se.sfsTISi II 70
In the eleven years from 1916 to
1857 the volume of imports increased
more than three-fold, while the in
crease per capita. the true measure.
ran up from 1886 to $i1.7S, or from
about SIS 70 SIS per family. Then
came the crash. sweeping and de-
structive, that paralyzed the industry
Of the whole Nation.
These two historical reductions Of
the tariff were made by the DEM
ocratic part 70 satisfy the demands OF
the South for free trade, not because
of excessive revenues.
The exigencies of the war ciehtsd
high tariff upon all imports, whether
gre produced the articles or not, and
equally high internal taxes. In 1868
the Republican, party began the re-
duction of both the tariff and she in
ternal taxes, because the enormous
| revenues were no longer needed. The
purpose was right, the tariff was re-
duced, but with protection always in
view, and the effect upon importations
was slight compared 10 what it would
have been had the free-trade plans
| proposed by Democrats for reducing
the revenues been adopted. But even
as it was the effect was startling. I'm
portations began at once to increase.
and that increase Il recorded below:
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WEST AND SOUTH.

TIE Executive Comm stee Of TIE Amerf
can partv On the ST selected r. D. Virgin.
ton. % California % i'll the vacancy &C
casioaed by Judge Greeg's de -iuation u
the Vice Presidential nom aati1u-
HIsHwAYYEN stosne3 the stage coach
running Is Casa-Gr4u8e from Florence.
A IT.. az Drr Lake on tae s. and stole the
Wells Fargo treasure . n
At 81 Louis the National Association Of
Pa lroad Freight Agents was organized on
tie 81. and L. ". Crawford was elected
president
OK the 4th Mrs Mary i. Garrett was
sentenced 1t Medina. o.. % hang January
=. 1SS3. Tor numbering two imbecile step
daughters
II Columbus. o. the American Bee
keepers on the 4th elected Or a. b. Ma
sen. q Avondale. O.. as president Of their
society
IN the Iowa Wnman's Christian Temper
ance Union convent on on the 4th at Des
Moines, Mrs. J. Ellen Foster was reelected
president
A CANOE capsized on the 4th in the
Wlcomico river, near Mount Vernon. Md.
and Mrs. kcmmerman. Of Dorchester
County. and three children were drowned
CANDIDATES were nominated as follows
Tor Congress en- the 9Th. Wisconsin First
district. J. +. Doe. Jr. Rep; Iowa, Third
district, i. + Richard Dem. Tennessee.
Tenth distsi 4 L b. Eaton Rep. North
Caroline. sixth district. G. r Isocky
Rep louisiana, Second district. B. {.
Elliott Dem )
DesrfTuTs0N was on the 9Th said 70 pre-
vail among the res dents Of Ramsey
County, D. T., ewing % the distraction q
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AMBIGUOUS FIGURES.
How Democrats Are Pooling the OLE
Soldiers and the Public.

Soldiers and the Public.
General Black, Commissioner of
Pensions, has sent to the printer his
report for the year ending the 30th OF
June last, and place the annual PEN
sion list at something like SS1 200, 900.
This is juggle with figures. and the
country ought TO understand that. The
actual pension list of the country, the
annual payment for the annual ac-
cumulations of pensions is less than
$40, 600, 900, less than half what the Adj
ministratiOn is trying to make the peo-
pie to understand it to be, the true
figure; but it comes about in this way:
There are some arrears on the Mexican
pensions. They were allowed in great
numbers and paid promptly. There
were thus numbers allowed during the
year that ran back in arrears to 1880.
and there were tens of thousands that
ran back as far as 1880, and the total
payment for the year was the gross
sum that Commissioner Black talks
about. II would be just as fair il
man does not pay his taxes for year
and then pays $500, to say his taxes
amount to 800, as to take this asser-
ton of General Black literally. The
fact is the Democratic majority in the
House of Representative have shut
their ears utterly to the appeals OF the
old soldiers of the country, and it is
fact that the American people might
just as we'll realize, to their eternal
shame and disgrace, that there are in
the alms-houses of the country to-day
more than 1900 soldiers who were
honorably discharged from the army.
and who aided to save the country and
make possible the payment of the inter-
est upon the Nations debt, which has al
ready assumed an aggregate larger
than all that has been paid as pensions
to the soldiers. The disgrace of pauper-
ism which is branded upon the Union
soldier to this large extent is an indel-
ible brand stamped upon the honor and
patriotism of the American people, and
the branding iron has been heated and
pressed upon the quivering honor OF
the country by the hand of the Demo-
cratic majority in the House of Repre-.
sentatives