The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-08-09
WISE AND OTHERwIsE.

Death from sunstroke is said to be
almost unknown in Portland, Oregon.
The crops in Georgia give promise of
a great harvest.
its efficacy. Elys Cream Balm was
recommended to me as preventive TO
Hay Fever. Have been using it since
the 9th Of August and have found it a
specific for that much dreaded disease,
For ten years l have been a great suf-
ferer from August 9th till frost, and
have tried many alleged remedies, but
Ely's Cream Balm is the only preventive
l have ever found.-TF, B, Ainsworth,
Publisher, indianapolis, Ind,
Emigrants are now taken from New
York to Chicago for IS a head, owing to
competition,
Mosquitoes have become so trouble
some in Worcester County, Nd, as to
endanger the lives of cattle.
The New York Board OF Health is
ordering a reduction in the number OF
tenants in the tenement houses.
JUST MARRIED.
How loving they are; this is always a
sure sign. After the first year some
times it don't hold good, When Charles
comes home to you grouty and cross,
swapping and snarling, unable to relish
the nice pinner you have cooked, and
feels as if there was ton of pig iron in
his stomach, he is troubled with dys-
pepsia, and Sulphur Bitters is the only
medicine that will cure him.
The bang is going out of fashion in
London, and high intellectual foreheads
are again the mode.
A negro farmer in Dougherty County,
Ca, has succeeded in making excellent
syrup from watermelon, and thus a
new use is devised for the surplus crop.
There are two sunhower stalks of
natural growth at Rochelle, Fla, one of
which has 1000, and the other 1876
blooms and buds. The stalks are about
ten feet high, with branches reaching
out about six feet.
Gentleman-'How is your wife coming
on, Uncle RastusT Uncle Rastus with
a sigh)--'De ole oman, sab, am jes de
same; she haint no bettah, an she haint
no wuss. Ise gittin discouraged, Mistah
Sniff, deed l is Epoch.
A Friend in ed,-Dr. Wistar's Bal
sam of Wild Cherry is friend in deed.
Who has not found. it such in curing
coughs and diseases Of the lungs and
throat? The sick are assured that the
high standard of excellence on which
the popularity of this preparation is
based, will always be maintained by the
proprietors,
A company has been formed in Lon
don, with capital of So 800, 900, for the
manufacture Of aluminium, sodium and
potassium. 1t has acquired all the best
patents for the purpose,
Grace was deep in meditation. At
last she exclaimed: Mamma, when we
are gone from here will there be people
on the earth?' Her mamma said: Yes,
dear And Grace added, We'll, IL is a
kind of everlasting game, isn't 1t ?
Life.
The liver and kidneys must be kept in
good condition. Hoods Sarsaparila is
great remedy for regulating these
organs.
In the last two installments of Muir
rays new English Dictionary. extend
ing from bra to cass The Boston Jour
nal is quoted as one of the authorities
for the use of the following words;
Brick-batter, bucket-shop, buffalo
(robs), burglarize, cahinet-making lin
politics., campaign lin politics), candy
pull, cant. dog.
A new route for the Nicaragua Canal
has been discovered which is much
more favorable than the line laid laid
out in 1885. By the new route it is
said that the total length Of the excaya-
ton from Ochoa to Greytown will not
exceed 10 miles, and will consist of
several short entertainments instead OF
one long one. The cost will be greatly
reduced.
The dugong, species of whale taken
in large numbers in Queensland, has
probably furnished the slender basis of
fact on which mermaid stories are
based, 1t is about eight to twenty feet
in length, lives upon submarine beds Of
seaweed, breathes by means of lungs,
has humanlike head. with hair re
sembling a mans head. The flesh OF
the animal is eaten and is said to have
the flavor of beef, veal or bacon, accord
ing to the part of the body from which
the meat is taken.
Some time ago experiments were made
in France on the effect of Lebel pro-
jectiles upon human bodies, which
were obtained from mortuaries and
hospitals. Drs, Chauvel and Nimion
now announce that in future warfare
with the Lebel rifle surgeons will not be
perplexed by having to extract balls
from wounded soldiers. These projec-
tiles pass through the body, bones and
all, even when fired at a distance OF
from 1880 to 2200 yards.
Canadian girls, il is said, allow their
lovers six months to make a decision.
If the youth is particularly bashful and
the young lady is indulgent she may
give place on the sofa and accept con
tributions of the sap OF the maple with
which he comes laden to her fresh from
the forest for another three months.
But unless somewhere in that time he
asks her to be his own he must seek
other firesides. She doesn't weep at the
parting or make any time over it, There
are as good fish in the sea as ever were
caught, she argues, and in that reason
she finds consolation for the misspent
time. Canadian girls are not only
pretty, but they are all trained to make
good housekeepers.
A pretty, talented girl who has just
completed her school course with credit
and by reason Of rather special talents
has received more attention and admira.
ton than falls to the lot of girls, was
asked the other day how she was enjoy
ing her vacation. oh, I'm enjoying ii
very much" she answered brightly. I'm
doing the homework now, and letting
mother have little rest Your mother
is away on a vacation, then 2 was the
natural question. oh, no, she's at home.
but Im giving her chance to rest in
the morning and to dress up and sit on
the piazza when she feels like it. /
think it will do her good to have little
change.-[Sprlngfeld Homestead.
The FraDkfurter Zeitung has a letter
from Sophia describing a battle of birds
of the Homeric order. Early one morn
ing an unusually large number OF eagles,
probably about 200. were seen taking
their flight towards the mountaint of
the Jsntra. A crowd of persons watch
ed the spectacle. A few hours later a
number OF storks, not fewer than 800,
flew straight towards the regiment of
eagles, evidently bent on war. In an in
slant eagles and storks were mingled in
deadly affray. 1t was fearful combat.
Every now and then wounded or dead
bird, Stork or eagle, fell TO the ground.
The battle lasted for nearly an hour,
when the two armies, apparently weary
of fight, flew off in opposite directions.
Upon a rough reckoning 1t was esti-
mated that at least a third OF the COM