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Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-05-09

"Wuy don't you run n papcrlikc that "
said merchant to n publisher, throwing
down n blankct-shect city daily. why
don't you run store like that said the
publisher of the country sheet as lie turned
the paper over and pointed to full page
advertisement that brought the typub-
Usher $3.50 an issue. Just then the coun.
try publisher presented n monthly bill for
S5, and the merchant began 10 talk oi
cconomizing by cutting down his adver.
tisement and stopping his paper. llcdid
BOTH and the sheriff is now doing his ad'
vcrtising for him.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-05-09

THE great contrast between the free
dom of the press in the United States and
the censorship OF Russia isvividly shown
in an illustration in the May number OF
The Century Magazine. This shows the
method of the police ~ emcaring with
some black substance the pages contain
ing one Of George Remnants articles upon
Siberia. The illustration is strangely
suggestive and Will do much towards
strcng ,hcning the American opinion OF
Russia's conduct of her internal affairs.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-11-20
THANKSGIVING.
The OninIal Proclamation Issued by Gov.
Page

Another year is drawing to n close .ant
1t is fitting that we give thought to the
multiplied blessings which we, as a peo
pie, are permitted to enjoy. Health gen.
orally prevails throughout our State
The husbandman has gathered his usuaI
harvest. The laborer is receiving gen.
erous recompense for his services. OuI
mills, workshops and quarries are pros.
porous. Interest in the cause of temper.
ance is active, and all the varied agencies
educational, moral, charitable-which
make our beloved State the home of a
happy and contented people, arc being
fCstered as never before. These mani
fold blessings call for expressions OF
gratitude to the Author of all good, from
every home in our land. Therefore. In
conformity 10 the time-honored customs
to our fathers, and in accordance with
the proclamation Of the President OF the
United States, | do hereby appoint
Thursday, the 9th day of November,
instant, TO be n day of thanksgiving and
praise, and recommend that, abstain
ing from all secular pursuits, we assem-
BILE In our accustomed places of worship.
and unitedly render thanks TO Almighty
God for his countless mercies and bene-
fits. On that 0ay let us not forget that
there is no way in which grateful poo
pie can offer more acceptable Worship
than in remembering the poor. '"The
liberal soul shall be made fat, and he
that watereth shall be watered also him
self" "Inasmuch as We have done it
unto one Of the least OF these, my breth-
rem, We have done il unto me-"
Given under my hand and the seal of the
State, in the executive chamber at
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-11-20
Msnnn,. AdyertisInr schomes

There is probably no branch of bust
ness so little understood by business
men generally, and there is certainly
mercantile or manufacturing enterprise rs
advertising. The most successful men
in both advertise in newspapers; and nc
one who has any foresight or experience
would think of not using newspapers
first, and other mediums only as an adj
junct.
No field is SO thoroughly worked and
so much ingenuity displayed to induce
people to invest money as in these nut
merous schemes which are generally OF
but little benefit and often worthless.
Thousands of dollars are annually ex-
pended in this way and people will
patronize them, paying exorbitant prices
would refuse to pay the same money for
standing advertisement in Il local news
paper.
This class of p9ople is the first to COM
plain bitterly when outside parties who
understand their business, open in their
midst and take away their patrons by
liberal newspaper advertising. They
censure the newspapers because they
.
and they seem to forget that the press
has any power until it is demonstrated
to their disadvantage, when they invoke
its influence to correct the very evils
they are directly responsible for. Moth
ing delights wide-awake, energetic adj
vertisers so much as to get into locality
where those in business are too penuri-
Gus or indifferent to make use of the
newspapers, and when they do, there are
both profit and amusement in store for
them.
There is 10 safeguard lii e local news
paper Nothing can do more to keep up
a town and help business; and mer-
chants, above all, should give them the
preference. Yet frequently the only re-
turn the papers get for their enterprise
is depreciation from those whom they
have benefited both directly and indf-
rectly, As long as this is the case news
papers will be prone to welcome new
Corners in the field, even If their visits
are brief.-Hdrrisburgh Pd.) CAL.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-11-20
DIR. HOSKINS ON THE PROPOSED AG
RICULTURAL COLLEGE.

There never will any real good come
out of the expenditure of money for in.
dustral education so long as the control
and instruction are placed in the hands
of men who in their hearts hold manual
labor and the arts of industry in con
tempt. At our present writing we dc
not know how the praisewOrthy efforts
to establish an independent industrial
college in Vermont will turn out. We
hope for the best. But supposing sue
cess is obtained before the Legislature,
will there not be rush of unsuitable
men to obtain positions for the sake OF
the salary, whose whole spirit is antago-
nistic to, and contemptOus of, the work
they are willing to take only because
they, being second and third rate men,
can not get equally high positions in the
older colleges? This is great danger.
The work in large number of our agri-
cultural colleges and experiment stations
if work it can be called-is of a very
poor class. There seems to be scarcely
any thought put into 1t, and the outcome
is entitled to very little respect from the
farmers or anybody else. The waste OF
money without any valuable results
which has taken place at Burlington, and
is subject of ridicule among intelligent
farmers all over the state, might and as
suredly would be continued in an indie
pendent institution in the hands of the
same or similar parties, and would sure.
ly bring the proposed state college into
just Odium among the classes for which
such institutions are nominally designed.
The fact is, that there are not now in
the country quarter as many suitable
men for the work as are required to
make our industrial colleges and expert
ment stations worthy of respect. With.
out public regard and confidence, it is
support from the people, without which
success is impossible.
If we are to have an industrial school,
agricultural and mechanical, in Vermont,
the teaching force, and the management
as well, must be in the hands of trained
farmers and mechanics who have the re.
quirements and the tastes needed for the
positions they are to fill. Fortunately
Vermont has enough men to equip such
school. The only doubt-and it is a
serious One-is whether they would be
invited to take those positions. Unques-
tiOnably, il the institution is started,
many of the very men who have been
opposing it will seek to get control over
it. If they succeed, failure is predes-
tined. The educated practical farmers
and mechanics of Vermont are the only
fit persons to be put in charge of such
an institution. But we are so in the
habit of being ruled over by an entirely
different class of men that the chance for
anything better is very slight-and this
fact will greatly console us in the event
of failure in the present contest.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-11-20

10000 just such letters as the following,
which reached our table to-day: Dated,
st. Paul, Nebraska, Nov 14th, $780,
PLEASE send me the Commissioner of
Agriculture's report and any other docu-
ments bearing on the advantages which
Vermont offers to any one who intends
changing their residence. do not need
the information, as the BANNER keeps
me posted, but there are several families
in this neighbOrhood who talk of remov-
ing to some other place than where,
when one has good crop he gets as low
prices as one does here, and when prices
are fair, there is no crop to sell. will
undertake to put any information you
may send in the hands of those who will
make good citizens"
We constantly hear of farms in the
State changing hands and personally
know of several. Hence we have little
patience with the advocates Of direc
tory of farms. The proposed purchasers
nave in all instances [see Commission
er's report been placed in communica
ton, by circular and publications lii
each of the friendly State press), with al
the towns reporting lands for sale. AL
have been served alike and we believe fol
years the results will continue to b.
reaped in benefit to our agricultural in
terests. The Legislature will make |
mistake if they succumb to the on
slaught of the opposition.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-11-20
THE WORLDS FAIR.

Director General Davis of the Worlds
Columbian Exposition and Secretary
Dickinson have issued circular letter
to the members of the national commits.
sion in reference to the citizens of the
various States organizing for the purpose
of securing a proper representation al
the Worlds Columbian Exposition
The circular says: SIN view of the fact
that a majority of the Legislature OF
this country meet in biennial session
this winter, the question of q proper
representation of the various States and
territories at the Worlds Columbian
Exposition should be considered at the
earliest moment practicable The sub.
ject of the exposition should be dis
cussed during the coming session of the
Legislatures, and the extent for exhibits
will be foreshadowed by the amount
appropriated for that purpose. The
desire of every American citizen that the
exposition shall be perfect in the
minutest details will make it apparent
that one of the chief objects to be OBJ
tanned by members of the commission
should be the furtherance of a spirit of
liberality in considering the proposition
for the creation for an exposition fund
in the various States and territories and
in the District of Columbia. To this end
action is herein suggested which, if fol-
lowed by the members of the commits
sion, will facilitate the accomplishment
of the desired purpose. A popular
movement should be inaugurated having
for its objects:
/. To raise by public subscription an
adequate fund to defray the expenses Of
these exhibits.
2. To urge on the Legislature the nee
essity of liberal action In the matter of
appropriations.
3. To secure exhibits representative
in every respect Of the individual
commonwealth.
The letter suggests that convention
be held as soon as possible in each
State, when the State officials and prom
inent citizens shall meet and organize
for the carrying out of the points pro-
posed. The commissioners will be re-
quested to visit the Legislatures of the
respective States which meet this winter,
and use their best endeavOrs to see that
the plan OF organization, as suggested
by Director General Davis and Secretary
Dickinson, is adopted in their several
States. The commissioners will also be
requested to call upon the governors of
their respective States TO urge upon
them the necessity and propriety Of
recommending to the State Legiglature
the granting Of tine largest possible
fer State exhibits, and It
will also devolve upon the commissioners
to introduce the necessary bills to be
passed by the Legislatures in the interest
of such State exhibits.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-11-20
PRoFEsson Koon,s DIsoovHnY.

BERLIN, Nov. 15.-Professor Koch
says he is as yet unprepared to indicate
the source from which his curative
matter for consumption is derived.
Neither is he ready to explain the
method of preparation. The reason he
gives is that the experimental work has
not been brought TO completion. The
lymph is described as consisting of a
brownish transparent liquid. II is so
prepared as to be proof against deteri-
Grafton. When, however, it is diluted
with water to the necessary degree for
use, the matter is liable to decay. 1t is
necessary, therefore, that the 'attentIa-
tons should be perfectly sterilized by
heat and preserved in wadding covering,
or prepared with solution of phenol
fifty percentage strong. When taken
into the stomach the curative matter
fproves to have no effect. 1t must be
applied simultaneously by means of q
valveless syringe. When the curative
matter is applied to patient, the usua
course is to inject it under the skin OF The
back, between the shoulder blades anC
near the lOins.
Professor Koch experimental with the
iluid upon his own body. He injected
twenty-five hundredths of a cubic cent?
meter of the fluid under the skin of his
upper arm. Three or four hours after
ward he experienced contraction Of thu
limbs and a marked feeling of lassitude
He also felt desire to cough, with diff
Guilty of breathing. These symptoms
increased rapidly and in the fifth houl
he experienced an unusually violen
rigor. The shivering lasted for nearly
an hour, and was accompanied by nausea
and vomiting The temperature of hi
body rose to $3.50 centigrade. After /.
hours the symptoms began to abate, TIN
Temperature of the body declined, anC
on the following day resumed its norma
degree. The heaviness of the limbs anC
the lassitude, however continued TO
some days, during which the point OIL
his arm at which the injection wa
made continued to be painful and re
manned red. The experiments 50 ia
show that the lowest limit of effectiv
strength of the field in health,
human body is -hundredth of cubi'
centimeter.
This is really inocculation for consump
ton the same as vaccination as pre-
ventive of small pox and is attracting
the attention of the world.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-11-20

The New York Commercial Bulletin
says The negotiation of reciprocity
treaties is being rapidly pushed by Sec
rotary Blaine. Mr.. Blaine has had con
ference room fitted up at his house, anG
is spending much of the time there il
earnest talk with the ministers of the
South American republics. The nego
tiations with Brazil are well under way
and Signor de MendOnca, the special en-
voy to this country, has gone home t.
confer with his government about the
final form of the treaty. 1t will not bt
surprising to have a reciprocity treaty
with Brazil submitted to the Senate sooT
after the holiday recess. Major Conger
our Minister to Brazil, has been in Wash
ington for several days, and has been {
frequent caller at the State department
and at Mr.. BlaiDes house. Negotiations
with the Argentine Republic are alsC
progressing, and Minister Pitkins hai
also received elaborate instructions from
the Secretary of State. Substantial pro
gress is being made, Mr.. Blaine's friends
say, with Colombia and Peru, and be
ginning has been made with other coun
tries. Our new Minister to Spain, Gen
Grubb, has just started for his post will
full instructions, and his efforts for com
mercial freedom will be powerfully sec
onded by the representatives of the lead
ing trade organizations of Cuba.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-11-20
Railroad Hearing.

We eondense from the Herald a report
of the hearing at Rutland yesterday, 1t
says 1.-THE srailrOad commissioners,
consisting of ex-Gov. Pingree, Col. T. c.
Fletcher, ex-Gok. 0rmsbee and Clerk L,
A. Watson, metto make an investigation
into the case Of Mai. A. b. Valentine of
Bennington, who Claims to have been
charged excessive freight rates over the
Bennington & Rutland road"
After quoting tile letter we printed as a
news items, over Mai. Valentines own
signature, two weeks since, the Herald
goes on to say: 30 r
There were present besides the com
missioners, Superintendent Bennett, Pas
senger Agent Spaffofd and NJ. S. Colbum
of the Bennington & Rutland road and
the Herald representative,
1.-The point raised by Mai. Valentine
was in regard to the rates between White
Creek and Bennington, a distance of sew
en- miles, the road connecting at the for
mer station with the Fitchburg road. He
claims the rates are excessive, being
cents per 100 pounds, and he thought
four cents was sufficient. He claims to
have been charged local rates between
those two points on through freights.
The through freight charges between
those stations he said, were 40 cents
per LOG pounds, and he thought that was
sufficient for local rates. Maj. Valentine
stated that there was general complaint
| among the business men of Bennington
i'll regard to the freight rates, and he
thought nine-tenths of the merchants
would endofses his action in bringing
the matter before the railroad commits
"Mr Valentine was questioned by the
commissioners, asialsO were the repre-
sentatives of the railroads. The railroad
company claims that the rates
charged Maj. Valentine are rea-
sonable when compared with
through rates to other points; that the
local tariff rates are reasonable, and in
some instances lower than those between
places of equal distances on other roads,
and Passenger Agent Spafford put in
evidence to corrobOrate the statement.
Mr.. Spafford also made remarks which
showey that the through rates which
Maj. Valentine paid were lower than the
through rates on other roads of equal
distances, All shippers get through
rates on through, shipments, and both
Mr.. Bennett and Mr., Spafford said that
if there were any excessive charges ii
was the fault Of the shipper or billing
clerk; in all such cases a rebate is al
lowed when the proper vouchers are
presented. Col. Colbun stated that no
complaints had been made to him by
Bennington people in regard to the rates
and that Maj. Valentine had not asked
for rebate on any of his bills.
"When asked how much the freight
charges amounted to in the course of a
year Maj. Valentine said that he paid
last year in the neighborhOod of $4,000.
Mr.. Bennett stated that in looking over
the books of the company for October he
found that the road received for its share
of the charges collected from Maj. Val
entine, some s24, while the shipments
amounted to SIT.
Sat $3.50 o'clock the hearing was
brought to close. The commissioners
took the evidence in hand and will rem.
der decision later"
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-11-20

Apropos to the stories about STANLEY
and Maj. Bartelott, a despatch from Lon
don, dated Nov. 18th, says: 1.-THE officers
of the Emin relief committee are very
much irritated by the flood of scathinl
condemnation which is being poured
upon their management of the recen
African expedition. There is a genuine
feeling of indignation among the British
public because of the disgrace brought
upon the Nation by the acts of the mer
employed by the committee. Barttelot
is now excused on the ground of insani
ty. 1t is possible that the plea of in.
sanity will eventually be brought for
ward on JamesOn's behalf, for his afro
cious conduct seems foreign to what was
thought to be the mans nature by those
who knew him at home. Some critics
point moral in this deplorable affair by
dwelling upon the essentially vulgar pur.
pose of the whole enterprise. The pre-.
tense that the purpose of the expedition
was to relieve Emin is sneered at by
these commentators as pious fraud and
they declare the real object of the syndi-
cate of capitalists known as the Emin re.
lief committee to be the gobbling ND OF
ivory and the confiscation of territory in
sHN PibNllSS, IL DObSlDlt. NOn-
trasted with Livingstone's religious zeal,
or Sir Samuel Bakers passion for the
spread of knowledge and civilization,
this filibustering expedition would have
reflected little glory upon the country of
its organization, even had it been free
from the hideous brutalities which are
now revealed. Those who indulge in
these views express the hope that future
expeditions into Africa may be conduct
ed by the Government for National
purpose, and by responsible officers.
These animadversions are naturally dis
tasteful to the committee, and both
President Mackinnon and Secretary Mac
kensie have displayed good deal of i'll
temper in repulsing newspaper men who
attempted to interview them on the sub
lect OF the recent revelations. Mr.. Mac
kinnon, in fact, has practically adopted
the famous attitude of the late Mr.. Van
derbilt toward the public. He boldly de-
clares that the committee is above criti-
cism, that he despises newspaper com
ments; that the public is incapable of
understanding the facts, and that he will
make no statement unless he is notified
of an official inquiry"
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-11-20
DIR. KOCH's REMEDY.

DR.. Koch's explanation of his expert
ments with new remedy for tubercu-
lous disease, a condensed account of
which we give in another column, though
technical and scientific in its details, will
be read with intense interest. There is
no specialist in these departments of
medical research who can dispute DR..
Koch's pre-emineuce. He stands con-
fessedly at the head, and no man would
be less likely than he to be misled by en-
thusiasm or to overestimate the signiti-
canoe of discovery. That such a man
should publish the statement of a remedy
which has the power of killing the tuber-
culous tissue, and which can be applied
renewedly to protect the tissues from
fresh incursions of the parasites, is an
event of very grave Importance. 1t en-
courages the hope that science has at last
found way of dealing with one of the
worst scourges of the race. If anything
can be done to check the ravages of con-
sumption, the discOverer of the process
will place humanity under a great debt
of gratitude. Already patients are flock.
ing to Berlin for treatment, and distin-
guished physicians are gathering to wit
ness the experiments. 1t seems hardly
too much to hope that we are on the eve
of a most important discovery.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-11-20

A constitutional amendment proposed
by Senator Roberts ought to pass and in
due time be submitted to the people and
passed. 1t reads: every town having
less than five hundred inhabitants shall,
for the purpose of choosing represen-
tative to the House of Representatives,
be joined with the town adjoining il
which has the least number of inhab
itants, and if the population of such two
towns sballfnOt equal five hundred, they
shall, for such purpose, be joined to
another town or towns contiguous having
the least number of inhabitants until the
population of such combined towns shall
equal five hundred, which towns so COM
bined shall constitute one district for the
purpose of choosing representative.
The meeting of the freemen for the
election of such representative shall be
held in the town having the largest num-
Der of inhabitants. The number of said
inhabitants shall be determined by the
last national census unless otherwise
provided by the general assembly" One
of the just causes of complaint is the
unwieldiness of the General Assembly.
especially the House. Then the "a votes
in most towns offsets the 1900 of Ben
ningtOn land like or greater number of
other of the larger towns), because each
one chooses repl esentative. The result
is just such ridiculous bodies as the
present. If this body passes Senator
ROberts'S measure we will take back a
portion of our criticism of this marvellous
Legislature. 1t is certainly now the
laughing stock of the country.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-11-20

In scraping some walls of hospital at
Milan there has been brought to light a
copy of the famous Last Supper" OF
Leonardo da Vinci. The interest of the
discovey is that the newly-found frescC
seems to be an exact duplicate of the com
position as originally painted by Da
Vinci, and contains details which have
disappeared from the original in the
course of much maltreatment and par
tial restoration. Our readers will recall
what Mr.. Sherry wrote about this sub
ject in his letter two or three weeks ago