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The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-04-18
AFFAIR DIVISION OF LABOR.

Employer Ito new clerk)-This pack
age of money you've just counted is two
five dollars bills short.
New Clerk-How do you know? You
said you hadn't counted the money,
Employer said that to test you
honesty. hardy know what to do
about il.
New Clerk can't help you out; you
take me into partnership, and I'll do the
stealing for the firm and you can do the
lying and wen make things hum
Terds SjftiHgs.
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A SCRAP OF PAPER SAVES HER
LIFE.

1t was just an ordinary scrap Of wrap
ping paper, but it saved her life. She
was in the last stages of consumption,
told by physicians that she was incura.
Bile and could live only a short time
she weighed less than seventy pounds.
On a piece of wrapping paper she read
of DR.. Kings New Discovery, and got a
sample bottle ii helped her. she bought
a large bottle, it helped her more, bought
another and grew better fast, continued
its use and is now strong, healthy, rosy,
plump. weighing 40 pounds. For full
er particulars send stamp to W. IL. Cole,
Druggist. Fort Smith. Trial bottles OF
this wonderful Discovery Free at j. 7
Shurtl il's Drug Store.
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Tonight and Tomorrow Night.

And each day and night during this
week you can get at all druggists.
Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and
Lungs, acknowledged to be the most
successful remedy ever sold for the cure
of coughs. Group, Bronchitis, Whoop-
ing Cough, Asthma, and Consumption
Get a bottle to day and keep it Away s
in the house, so you can check your
cold at once. Price j0y and $l.00
Sample bottles free. For sale by all
Druggists.
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Oh, what \ Cough.

VIII you heed the warning. The sig
nal perhaps of the sure approach OF that
more terrible disease, consumption. Ask
yourselves if you can afford for the sake
If saving 30 cents, to run the risk and
do nothing for it. We know from ex-
perience that Shiloh's Cure will Cure
your Cough. II never fails. This ex.
plains why more than a million bottles
were sold the past year. 1t relieves
Group and whooping cough at once
Mothers do not be without it, For lame
back, side or chest. use Shloh's Porous
Plaster. Sold by j. T. Shurtleff, Main
street, Bennington.
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auARpING THE PROFESSION.

Ambitious Sport-Could you take me
and put me in training and make prize
fighter Of mei
Great Pugilist-Ain't you able to work.
mo. sir"
Have you got an educationi"
eyes, sir." =.
"Weil, I'll see. If yer able to write
sportin' stuff about yourself and hain't
strong enough to do hard work, guess
we kin make a fighter Of ye. We'f
kind o. careful, dough, not to let fellows
inter de profess what kin make living
by workin', See?"-ToledO Blade.
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"Aner a varied experience with many
so-called cathartic remedies, ] am con-
vinced that Ayers Pills give the most
satisfactory results. Irely exclusively
on these Pills for the cure Of liver and
stomach complaints. john j. Bell,
Sr,, Abilene, Texas.
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Found Dead,

Last evening a person giving the name
Of G. Il. Thompson registered at Hunts
Hotel and desired to be called in season
10 take the IL p. m. train for Chicago.
Being unable to awaken him, the room
was entered by means Of the ventlato
over the door. when the gentleman wa.
found to b. dead. lie was advertising
agent foi Sulphur B.tters, which has an
extensive sale, The cor ner returned a
verdict of death from heart disease. H..
hody will be sent east immediately. -
Gin. fOBtHCFciH 1872
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DON'T GET CAUGHT

This spring with your blood full of inl-
purities, your digestion impaired, your
appetite poor, kidneys and liver torpid,
and whole system liable to be prostrat-
ed by disease-but get yourself into good
condition, and ready for the changing
and warmer weather, by taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla II stands unequallcd for
purifying the blood, giving an appetite,
and for a general spring medicine.
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MY WIFE SAID

TO me last night How much do you
suppose we have paid out for doctors
and medicine in the last year Z told
her I did not know. To doctors | have
paid nothing and five dollars worth OF
Sulphur Bitters has kept health in our
family. L. ANDREWS,
IL BowdOiu Street, Boston, 1879
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FOOD FOR REFLECTION.

The New York World of February o,
says
The question as TO how much of
what they pretend to knowdoctors really
know is very interesting one.
They possess exceptionally great fa-
cilities for humbugging, and the pre-
sumption is that they are not proof in
most cases, at all times at least, against
temptation to make use of them. Their
profession comes as near being an ESQ
teric one as any that is acknowledged to
be respectable. But the revelation as to
their views in the Robinson arsenical
poisoning cases in Boston is startling.
There were five deaths from the
drug, and the doctors in their certificates
attributed them respectively to pneumo-
mia, typhoid fever, meningitis, bowel
disease and Bright's disease of the kid
neys. The truth would have never been
known but for suspicious with which
the doctors had nothing to do. There is
food here for reflection-and for doc
tors"
The above criticism is fully warranted
by the startling ignorance shown by the
attending physicians in the Somerville
cases.
1t can be aptly said that human life is
too often sacrificed to the ignorance and
bigotry of the profession.
Too often it happens that fatal results
low an improper course of treatment
the physician treats the patient for
consumption, general debility or for
nervous disorders, whilst the real dis
ease, which is slowly destroying the
kidneys and filling the system with q
poison quite as deadly as arsenic, is al
together overlooked or does not attract
attention until too late.
Physicians too often treat the symp-
toms of disease instead of the disease it.
self.
1t is well established that four-iifths
of the ordinary ills which beset human
ity are the results of disease in the kid
neys, which will yield to the curative
properties of Warmers Safe Cure il
timely used, and to it alone. What is
apparently disease in the other organs
is more oitentimes a mere symptom oil
kidney disease. which should be quickly
eradicated by Warmers Safe Cure be.
fore it secures too Gnn hold on those
organs.
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UNTIMELY DEATHS.
A Great Preacher Talks on the Subject
and his Words are Reinforced by .
Scientific Physician,

A prominent New York preacher, In recent
sermon, made the following remarkable state
ment;-"I do not wonder that thousands of
people, many of whom seem the best prepared,
yet shrink at the approach of death! There
Is something so horrible about ending all ties
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-04-18

That tired feeling and loss Of app tite
are entirely overcome by Hoods Sarsa.
parilla, the peculiar medicine. Try it
and see. .s...f.f.lr
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and relations TO this
world and going out
into the cOldand dark
unknown; in t h e
very thought Of the
deep grave, 10 which
} we all are going, and
in the agony and
pain that precedes
them both, that
naturally make the
strongest quake. 1
nnat I'm writing pf IL
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-04-18

diet, and uses that
really remarkable
preparation known
as Hunts Remedyin-
diligently, should
not-need not, be
sick or fear untimely
death. n azure
wishes every man
and woman to he
healthy, and she
gives them t h e
means 10 become so.
W Oe, therefore, to
Ihnaa who neglect
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the right means until it is too hate"
These statements, coming from the nigh
souTces they do, should carry the weight they
deserve. They show clearly that no man or
woman need despair, but can expect health,
bnppineas and Ions life, by care, proper living
anu The use OF the ri%hl remedy,
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-04-18
rheumatism
and Neuralgia

These twin diseases cause untold suffering
Doctors admit that they are difficult to cure
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FOT TnOU HTI ttTTIUItI
In connection with this subject, come the
timely remarks of the well known DIR. Boditch.
He says :-"There are at least million people
in their graves to-day, who might be well aud
in the enjoyment of life and health. Why then
did they die2 Simply because they were
thoughtiess, needless and neglected to use proper
care and the right remedy. No man or
woman who has regular habits, is careful in
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-04-18
NhIIoh,s uatarrh Remedy.

Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy, marveluu,
cure for Catarrh, diphtheria, carkei
mouth, and headache. With each bot
tie there is an ingenious nasal injector
for the more successful treatment of
these complaints without extra charge
Price so cents. Sold by J. T. ShurtltfT
Bennington.
1t was BiIkins' wedding day, and tie
was teasing his kid nrnther-in-l w
''Well, Johnnie he said, srlemnly. I'm
going to take your sister away off al d
have her all to myself, where you won,
see her any more" No Really. ar
you p said the kid, cu,iously. Eyes,
am. What do you think Of il ~ "Nuth-
in. guess can stand it you can"
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The one who celebrates-M Mrs B.
"How is the contested will case coming
on, Mr.. Skinner r. Mr.. Skinner It's
all settled, and in my favor" Mrs. B -
Il congratulate you, suppose you will
be taking your family to Europe now y
Mr.. Shimmer-"NO, bul | understand
my lawyer sails next week Wife
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-17
A Novel Way to Sell an Article.

81 suppose you leave your place here
every night and go home thinking your
cash and stock is perfectly safe, said
a well-dressed young man to the proprl-
etor of place over on Monroe street.
"Of course 1 do, returned the pro-
prietor, wondering what the stranger
was trying to get at.
"Well, you're wrong. / see you have
two locks and bolt ON that front door
there. Now I'll bet you that you can
lock it up securely and can go outside
and gain an entrance in five minutes"
The proprietor did not want to bet, as
he thought the young man was an ex-
pert burglar, but he tried it, and the big
door was opened in twinkling. The
work was done with bit of ordinary
wire, and the proprietor was astonishsd.
Before he had recovered from his aston
ishment the young man opened little
box that he had brought in with him,
and he said:
81 have here a little patent which you
can affix to your locks and prevent any
one from opening them. I'll show you
how it works"
He did so. The proprietor invested
in the patents and now goes home aud
sleeps soundly-when he goes homo at
ll.-ChicagO Herald.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-17
Piercing Children'S Ears.

"You would be surprised if you could
see the number of mothers who come
here to have the ears Of their female in
fants pierced" said GratiOt avenue
jeweler, as he pinched the soft, pink
lobe attached to the head of q good-look-
ing young woman. 81 cannot under
stand why mother should want her
three or four year-old babe subjected to
such a practice, which is of itself bar.
bnrous, but it is no use refusing them,
so l perforate their auricular organs for
twenty-five cents pair. The age of six
teen is as early as girl should wear ear
ornaments.
els the operation painful? To grown
persons, yes. But in cases of infants,
by rolling the lobe upon the ball of my
thumb with my index finger drive all
the blood to the top OF the ear and re-
duce the pain to minimum. / notice
one popularity that | cannot explain,
and that is that in piercing tho right
ear the subject always experiences moro
or less pain, while the puncturing of
the left ear is attended by little, if
any, painful effects. "-Dctr0t Tribune.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-17
Cigars n Recent Addition.

The use of cigars by civilized people
is much more recent than most peopls
suppose. The real cigar, which is &
pure roll of tobacco alone, probably
originated i'll Cuba, where the very besI
cigars are still made. If not there il
was undoubtedly in one of the West
India islands. Their origin with us, as
in Europe, did not begin until early in
the present century. 1t is said that c.
all the various cook books published be.
tween 1900 and 1915, and books which
treat of the pleasures and ndiuncts OF
taste before the last named date, not one
refers to the after-dinner cigar or tt
cigars at all. Cigars are now made all
over the civilized world. They are pro.
duced very extensively in Bremen anj
Hamburg, and at Seville, i'll Spain.
But at Manila, in the Philippine
islands, the largest factories are to be
found, in some of which 10, 900 girls are
employed. -PttsbuTg Times.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-17

curious idea of DIR. Oliver Wendell
Holmes, in "Elsie Vennor," where the
bite of one, tainted from birth with
certain poison, produced in its victim
corresponding symptoms.
Miss MARY MAcCR1BBIN, who died at
Washington the other day, nearly 100
years old, used to say that she had seen
every President from George Washing
ton to Grover Cleveland. She was living
in Baltimore in 1912, and saw the bonn
bardment of Fort McHenry. She knew
we'll John Howard Payne, the author
of "Home, Sweet Home, and witnessed
his first appearance on the stage at Bal
timore. She went to Washington first
in 1921, and it took twelve hours by
stage.
JAMES ROBINSON lived alone in a cabin
in Lincoln Gulch, Deer Lodge county,
Montana, and was n confirmed opium
eater. The other day visitors to his
cabin found his skeleton on the floor.
All the flesh had been eaten from the
bones and the hands and head severed
from the body. On the table was some
opium. It is likely that he took an
overdose of the drug, and was either
killed thus, or, becoming stupid, lay in
his cabin until mountain lions entered,
killed him, and devoured his flesh.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-17
European Libraries.

The European country which possess
ses the largest number of public ibrar-
les is, says the LiJraay Journal, Austria.
In Austria there are no fewer than SIT
public libraries, containing 5,375, 900
volumes, without reckoning maps and
manuscripts-a total which comes out
at 26 volumes per 100 of the population.
France possesses 800 public libraries,
containing 4,598,0O0 volumes and 1876, =
600 manuscripts, or II volumes per 100
of the inhabitants; Italy ranking next
with 493 libraries, 4,349,000 volumes
and $50, 900 manuscripts, or 16 volumes
per 100. In Germany the public librar-
les number 1913, containing 2,640,000
volumes and 5000 manuscripts, or IL
volumes per hundred. Great Britain
possesses only 200 public libraries ac-
cording to these statistics, volumes
numbering ISL 900, and the manu-
scripts $4,000. There are 145 libraries
in Russia, with 925, GOO volumes and
$4,000 manuscripts, or fraction over
one volume to 100 persons. 1t is note
worthy that in Bavaria alone the public
libraries number 169, with 1868, 900
and "a. 900 manuscripts.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-17

AN official report made to the Dutch
Indian Government, on the origin and
character of the memorable volcanic
outbreak in the SUnda Straits, csti-
mates that the amount of eiected mat
ter from KrakatoI MIS- have been at
least ten cubic miles, or a sufficient
quantity to make a respectable range
of hills about one thousand feet higher
than the surrounding lllin. The We
locity Of election is stated to have been
considerably great-r than that Of the
heaviest riEed ordnance, and the eject.
e material mus have reache a height
of thirty mics, or six times the height
of the highest mountl,n in tie world.
The noise OF the explosions was heard
over olc-fourteenth of the earth's sur
face, and a great atmospheric wave,
starting from Krakatoa as its center,
spread itself around the world, describ-
ing the whole circumference in some
thirty-s:x EoGrs. The mass of floating
p mice found after the outburst on the
surface OF the sea has driftld in the
dir, cti1n Of America.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-17
iritchcrnrt LII IiermnnY.

A farmer in Germany lost several
head of cattle within few months, and
his family agreed that this could only be
the result of witchcraft, exercised by O
neighbor with whom they were not on
friendly terms. A miller from the vicin-
ity, far-famed for his power over evil
spirits, was consulted, and ordered tho
doors to be painted with certain oint.
ment. The evildoer, he said, would be
the first person to enter thereafter, and
could only be kept from further mischief
by having his or her nose squeezed be-
tween the door and jamb until the
member was crushed. The first person
who entered was the neighbor's wife,
who was duly captured, and who, though
the attempt at crushing her nose was
unsuccessful, received some serious
wounds on the head in her attempt tc
eScane her +ortr1rers
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-17

Iris no light thing to disturb q re-
Hgious meeting in Georgia. The other
evening while prayer was being offered
III the Oconee Church the sharp snap
of an igniting match disturbed the
congregation. Just before the bene-
diction was pronounced the preacher
said; eff the young man who struck
that match will como forward after
services and acknowledge it, or say it
was accidental, we will excuse him:
but if he does not there is q man in
this house who will sift it out, and it
will cost him more than one thousand
boxes of matches at wholesale" After
the benediction a young MN and q
young woman walked forward, and the
youth said it was the young woman
who had done the awful deed Glow
all it happen, my sister," asked the
larson. She said: "Well, sir, [ had
The mat, III in my hand and was rubbing
it on the bench, not thinking of what |
was doing, and before [ knew it the
hing went of" She was excused. It
is said that several years ego in
church in Athens, Ga, a young man
was fined $500 for doing just what the
sister did.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-17
A TURTLE HUNTER.
A Man Who Partly Supplies the
Markets of a Big City

That queer character, Philip Aber,
the lannon's turtle hunter of the Green
wood Lake regions of New York, has
been compelled by stress of frost and ice
to quit the pursuit by which he gains a
livelihood until the warm return of
Spring. He has made his last shipment
to the New York market for the season
of two barrels of the game which he
calls 'turkels," or ''tarrapin, and then
retired for the winter to the little brown
hut, situated in wild and secluded
spot in the township of Vernon, which
he has occupied time out of mind as a
home,
Aber is a small and bony man of sixty
years or more, with a sharp eye, a
shrewd face, and a patriarchal beard.
His habits are solitary. He has a spe-
cial aversion to strangers and is chary
of speech. The few neighbors with
whom he has any approach to intimacy
say that he is, in tact, Notwithstanding
his hermit life, quite well informed on
general topics, and is q sensible talker.
He is perhaps the onl y man in the coun-
try who devotes himself to the occupa-
ton of hunting for the markets of the
great cities the common fresh water
mud turtles, sometimes improperly
called red-legged terrapin.
The old turtle hunters field of opera
lions extends over a large scope of
country adjacent to Greenwood Lake
and along the borders of New York and
New Jersey. Early in the Spring, as
soon as the marshes, ponds and streams
are free of frost and ice, he sallies out
for the game, equipped with long pole
with a hook on one end, and with q
stout canvas bag. His experience tells
him where to look for the variety of
turtle he wants, whether hiding under
the stones or banks of the creeks or
sunk in the deep marsh ooze. His pole
now comes into service in poking and
prodding about. He instantly recog-
nizes the game by the touch, and the
hook is utilized to drag it from its
hiding place and lodge it in the canvas
lag. The old man makes queer figure
as lie haunts the swamps and pools and
creeks, and his skill end dexterity in
finding and bagging his game are some
thing wonderful.
The hunter is very close mouthed about |
the details of his business, and, for OBJ
vious reasons, refuses to give the names
of the city fish dealers to whom he con-
signs the game. AS near as can be |
he catches and sends to |
market about 100 barrels of turtles each |
s ason. The shipments are of the COM
mon marsh variety, averaging six inches
in length, with occasional specimens of
the larger swapping turtle, averaging
twelve to fifteen inches in length. He |
has regular customers for all he can
supply in Philadelphia, Baltimore,
and New York. When
prepared by an expert cook, they are
said to make a dish which readily passes
at hotel and restaurant tables for the
genuine terrapin stew" so popular
with epicures. The difference in cost
accounts for the substitution. The
marsh turtles cost the restaurateur per-
haps So to 81 dozen, while the real
back terrapin from the hrack-
ssh waters of the Maryland and Virginia
coast are quoted at $50 to $50 dozen
Nelo York Times.
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A Cruel Drivers Boomerang.

An ox-driver named Samuel Poorman
became enraged, at Lima, Ohio, because
his team could not pull the load he haa
piled on his wagon, and beat the oxen
in cruel manner. Finally he tied n
large knot in the end of his whiplash
and declared he would knock the ami
mails eyes out. Poorman swung the
lash high in the air and brought it
down with all his power, but his aim was
poor. He missed the brutes, but struch
his own head, and the knot was buried
in his right eye, completely destroying
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-17
AN IMPORTANT OMISSION.

Old Lady (who has just boarded q
streetcar after kissing her companion
seven or eight times)-"There knew I'd
furgit suthin.
Conductor-Yer didn't forget to kiss
the other un.
Old Lady-Oh Mister Conductor,
would you mind stoppin' a minitl (The
conductor stopped.) L say Mandy,
how's the baby gitin' on with its las
tooth ?-ED0cR,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-17
It Seemed Funny.

He was talking VII, -5:!c a Nankin farmer,
and II the course of conversation asked:
"Is your wife in with your"
"Noap," replied the farmer grinning
a little.
Didn't she want to Gomez"
''Noap," with broad grin.
"When she comes in with you bring
her up to dinner"
Il will" chuckled the husband.
"Say, what ails you? You seem
greatly pleased"
at seems funny"
"What does ?"
asking about my wife. She's bin
dead seven years !"-Detrot Free
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-17
A LEFr-HANDED COMPLIMENT.

Actor-Did you see me play Hamlet
last night?
Friend-I did.
"Grand, wasn't it2"
81 don't know about that, but I'm
sure you'd never do for a coachman."
"Why notl"
" You don't handle your lines well
enough. "-Teras SiftiRgS.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-17

SOME of the COOL women of Hart
ford have organized dres5making and
arithmetic school for young women
who want to learn a trade, AID also how
to take care of Their accounts and the
like. Commercial arithmetic will be
taught, anil ski lful instructor will
give thirteen lessons Of two hours each
in dressmakiug.