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mailed not later thar December 10th.
9 Putt names OF those living In diff
eren towns ON separate sheets Of paper,
giving the name Of the state and the conn-
ty in the top right-han corner. and the
number OF names contained on the sheet
in the top feft-hand corner. Thus:
4 KANSAS
Mrs. Henry Brown, Olathe.
!" Amelia Duggan.
Charles Semplc. Box 30.
Amelia Warren.
3. Give the total number OF names
contained in your letter accompanying The
same.
4. Be careful to write as distinctly a.
possible, and OH ono side Of the paper only
Names Of the Prize Winners VIII be Am
nouHced fn january number of the HOME
MAGAZINE.
The Brodix Publishing Co.
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LAND SALE.

pursrs,,t to decree OF Wise County Circui, Coar;
rendered on the 2ith day OF Sept '9l, in the CHANGER
cause Of James w. Nunly against i. c. Chance EX' 0
and ais. l. the undersigned special commissioner
will proceed 70 .el On the
18th Day of December, 1881,
bo weeu The hours Of one and o'clock, p. M,
the Intcr,not Hotel in the town OF Zig Stone zap
virginia, at public auction TO the highest b1dc', OF
the following terms, to Wit:
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n s. : " HgrIaIkaVesteraRR.
SaElasss l
SCHEDULE Deccmbers, 1851.

LEAVE NORTON DAILY
s:45 =. ~. for Graham, Bluefeld, and intermediate
stations.
80 p NJ for Bluchcld Radiord. Roanoke Lynchburg,
Richmond and Narfolk. Also (via Roanokel
for Washington, Hagerstown, Harrisburg,
Philadelphia and New York,
Pullman Sleeping Cars from Louisville "a Norfolk
via Norton and Radtord, also Radford to New
York, via Shenandoah ipnction,also Radford 70
Washington; also from Lynchburg<to klch-
moua,
Trains far Poaahon,as powhatan and Goodwill leave
Bluefela daily at 7:55 q. m, and AIS p m
$3.50 p. ~. 1850 p. N.
Trains arrive at Norton from the East Daily II S5
nj. and 8:l5 p. m.
For further information as to schedules rates. etc.,
etc., apply TO agent al Nnrfotk g Weatarr
Railroad es 80 v. y, bss y5LLs
General Passenger Agent, Roanoke. We
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-12-18

VIRGINIA: in the Clerks Office of the Circuit
Court OF The County OF Wise on the 18th day OF
October, 1891.
CHis A. MILLER and TREssYE
j. MILLER, PIN s. In Chsncery.
agains:
J. d. Collier Dett.
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$50 REV ARD!
Free for Two Months.
THE HOME MAGAZINE,

Every lady sending as the name ct Nv
housekeepers vill:reeeiye cnpy OF enc
How MAeAxIsr FREE for two mopsbs.
70 those whomay be dcsiroas OF aend-
Ing us more than 30 names, We offer ths
following cash PRICES for the lsFgeat LIST
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For All information, maps, reference
books, pamphlets, etc.. descri 9tive OF the
wonderful mineral and agricultural re
sources Of the States Of Virginia nnd
West Virginia, apply to Agents Of s'se
Norfolk g. Western railroad, $50 WASH
sington, Street, Boston; 1913 Broadway
New York; 1883 Pennsylvania .Ayenas
Washington, D. c.; 81 RasS, State Street
Columbus, Ohio, or Central Oliice-
Roanoke. Va.
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q ICON oREs. ".
ss,u below are ofthc following: No
4, ,.S fossil ore two miles from Big
IN, l,linoni,c or brown ore Elk
81 $3.50 043s l9.3S2 13.oO..
IS olN Opl5 o.l22 0.l6o
1850 2l,UO "A % Ii'a 40
81 ols2 Obs LOS
'Issiyp .re three samples Of double
s9,, tributary to Biz Stone Gap, and
ssoi fac. will be used by the APpa-
nae, md is found elsewhere only in
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h WEALTH
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$50 . ~, samples Of the
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SFnaW Is. 900
1915
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d P' .@ ,se intelligent reader may
rs .'n 'n' . The following
go y ,', viii show the sapeF'0,'v o,
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,c,acsd here over ..
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The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-12-18

{ Come via Merchants ana Minors
From Boston Steamship Lilac, Viz Norfolk, Penn
and I syly:4nia Il L., viz Norfolk, or WASH
New England, ington, or Harrisburg; Baltimore &
Ohio X. r., via Shenandoah Junction:
From, \. Y, Come via Old Dominion SteariS! Up
N. }. Line, via Norfolk Pc nsylsa"'a r.
Penn. r., via No'f folk, Vi ..shingtoM, or
Del. Harrisburg; Baltimore Ohio t. r.
/ Nd via Shenandoah jnactina.
From the Come viz Pittsburgh, or via Chat
West itapooga or via Columbus and Ashlana
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-03-19

Ex-GOv. Robinson vas before the rail-
road committee of the legislature We'd
nesday as counsel for the HOosac Tunnel
and Wilmington railroad on its petition
for authority TO increase its capital stock
and to consolidate with the Deerfield
Valley railroad and to issue bonds. The
route from HOosac Tunnel station to
ReadsbOro, Vt, is eleven miles. The
road is narrow guage. The capital is
/ S50, 900, and $4,000 has been spent. 1t
is desired to increase the capital to
S250,0O 1t is also desired to extend
the road to Wilmington, Vt, making
about twenty-five miles, Representative
Ramage of Holyoke, vice president of
the HoOsac Tunnel and Wilmington
road, said the line has been quite profit
able within year or two, and Vermont
towns are now ready to put money into
the extension. The Deerfield Valley
line has been surveyed, but the road has
never been built Connection is ulti-
mately expected with BrattlebOro, and
to make the line standard guage. Mr..
Ramage explained the situation at length
and ex-Gov. Robinson presented bill
to embody the plan of the petitioner
1t authorized the issue of 5000 in bonds
per mile of narrow guage and $4,000 of
standard guage. There was no opposi-
ton.
The committee that has charge of OBJ
tanning subscriptions in North Adams
for the purpose of advancing the scheme
has obtained subscriptions amounting
to $4,000. Other subscriptions are
promised, and as soon as the difficulties
under which the business circles of the
town are laboring are overcome, the
required amount of $1,000 will be raised.
NORTH adams Vdllev Netrs.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-03-19
TIE NEBRASKA FARMER.

A Nebraska clergyman is visiting some
of the towns on the Eastern borders Of
New York State, soliciting aid in behalf
of the suffering farmers of Perkins, Dun
dee and Chase counties in Nebraska. He
comes East endorsed by the officials of
these counties, and his statement of the
actual condition of farmers out there,
many of whom left farms in the New
England and Middle States not long ago
TO seek fortune in the West, is sad in
the extreme. He saws, that there are in
lthirty-four counties in west Nebraska
one hundred thousand people to-day who
are destitute of provisions, fuel and
clothing sufficient to prevent suffering.
The widely extended drOuth of 1890 de-
stroyed their entire crop of grain and
vegetables. At least 81 900. 000is needed
to meet the emergency. These sufferers
are located on the extreme frontier
where they have taken Government
homesteads, and by honest industry
these men and women are making an
earnest effort to secure a home for them
selves and their children. They are a
respectable, Industrious, moral and in
telligent class of citizens. But recently
they emigrated to the West from this an
other Eastern States. Their condition is
the result of no fault of their own. There
is no work to be had there. They can
not leave their families to go away to
earn food. Two hundred families at one
point applied for relief in one day last
week. They also ask for means to pro-
cure limited amount of seed and grain
and seed potatoes that they may help
themselves in the future. Some are
burning their houses little by little for
fuel. One widow and three children
have already died of hunger and cold.
Hundreds of women and children are
barefOOted and many have not enough
clothing to cover their nakedness. Men
come to the towns with their feet
wrapped in old socks.
Here is a picture of Western life that
comes to us as well authenticated as any
information regarding the condition of
any people in any part of the country.
1t must be accepted as substantially true.
While it should touch the hearts of all
Eastern people who are able to relieve
the sufferings of those who were not
many years ago tilling New England hill
sides, it should serve to quiet the
troubled spirits of the stay-rt-hOmes who
are sometimes led to complain of theiT
lot. A Vermont farm may not be para
disc, but it is much nearer approach to
it this year then a farm in Perkins, Dun.
dee or Chase counties, Nebraska.-Fret
Press
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-03-19
MURDER AVENGED BY MURDER

The New Orleans mob committed g
terrible act on Saturday afternoon. Tel
men were put to death because they
were suspected of being implicated in
the murder of the chief of police of The
city. 1t is possible, yes, it is probable
that some of these men were innocent
and that the mob, infamed by the
speeches of lawyers and led by repre-
sentative business men, has committed
murder.
The action of the mob is sought to bC
justified by the manner in which Grim.
inal justice is administered in New
Orleans. This justification is deadly
attack that falls with less severity upon
the Oath-bohnd, ignorant Italian assas-
sins than it does upon the popular
representatives whom the people have
put into Office. If the mob at New
Orleans represented the people, they
have by their violence condemn their
own work.
For the men that are charged with the
administration of justice in New Orleans
were put into office by the people OF
New Orleans. If the servants of justice,
chosen by popular sovereignty, have
failed to do their work righteouSly, why
should the murderous anger of the peO-
pie have been visited upon the Italian
prisoners instead of upon the men who
proved false to public trusts ? Why did
not this mob of the people visit its anger
upon itself, for it was responsible for the
men it put into office?
The mob was cowardly. If the Italians
were assassins, if they were members OF
secret oath-bound society of murderers,
we cannot forget that they were I'M
armed and huddled in a prison; that
they were deliberately left unprotected
by the mayor of the city, the sheriff and
the police force, and that the mob num-
bered thousands and was well armed
This exhibition of southern chivalry and
southern courage is on par with south
ern justice as illustrated in New Orleans
during the past week.
The Italian government will demand
PREPARATION OF something. The demand
will not produce any serious results.
Letters will be exchanged between the
Italian and United States governments
and possibly small indemnity will be
paid. The government of Italy probably
believes that the dead men will be less
troublesome than when they were alive,
and as an international episode the oc-
currence will not be of much concern.
But the shame of New Orleans and the
that the law is made inetfec-
tive by bribery, and that justice can be
obtained only by murder and the over
riding of law, will remain for many
Press.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-03-19
VERMONT MAPLE SUGAR.

The maple sugar season has opened
unusually early in Vermont and the loca
markets in many places are already sup
piled with quantities of new sugar of 6
fine quality. The first good run of saI
was on the 10th inst, and the sugar pro
duced last week brought Is cents pound
at retail. New maple syrup commands
one dollar gallon in the markets. The
indications are that the present season
will be fully an average one for the pro
duction of sugar and syrup. Many sugar
makers have made preparations to man
ufacture a larger quantity of maple sugar
this season than ever before, and the
quality of the crop of 1891 will be mater
tally improved on account of the intro
duction of new methods and approved
apparatus in the sugar houses. Although
the Government does not pay bounty
on maple sugar produced this year, ye
there is much interest manifested among
the farmers as to the results of the first
experimental pOlariscope tests of sugar
made this season. In order to ascertain
what sugars would be entitled to receive
a bounty under the law. Prof. w. W
Cooke of the State Agricultural College
proposes to make large number OF
pOlariscope tests at the United States
Experiment Station in Burlington. The
results of these experimental tests will
be published in bulletins to be issued by
Prof. Cooke, and the samples of sugar
tested will be exhibited at the variOu;
agricultural fairs to be held next fall il
Vermont.
The first of these proposed tests was
made on Saturday last by Prof. Joseph
l.. Hills, chemist at the experiment sta
ton. Four samples of sugar were OBJ
tanned in st. Adams and two in Burling
ton. Included in the specimens secured
was a sample of sugar made in Fletcher
in 1890, and which had been kept in the
StorehOuse of the st. Adams Cold Storage
Company through the winter. This
specimen brick. as will be seen below
showed a higher percentage of sugar than
any of that made the present season
The results obtained were as follows
No. l FLETCHER make, 1890, $3.50 pei
cent; No. (Faifax make, 1891, S3.4C
per cent; No. 3 Fairfax make, 1S91),
77.30 per cent; No. 4 (Westford make,
1891, %.2O per cent; No. 8, (Westford
make, 1S9D, 81 per cent. With the eX'
ception of No. 8, which only tested II. &c
per cent. of sugar, all of the sugar is
above the minimum Government stand.
ard of so per cent, and would receive a
bounty of Il cents per pound. The re-
suits obtained by these tests would indi-
cate that the great bulk of the sugar pro
duced in this State will receive bounty
of Il cents. The sugar testing 77.30 per
cent was dark colored and of poor
quality. The other samples were in cake
form and of an average quality. 1t is
estimated that the sugar makers of Yer
mont will receive 100000 in bounties
for sugar made in 1892.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-03-19
NEWS AND NOTES.

The first issue of the Farmers Adj
vocate, the new weekly published at st
Adams by G. p. Beard, treasurer of the
State farmers league, came out last
week, and made decidedly creditablC
beginning. 1t is well edited, well made
up and printed, and will undoubtedly
be well supported. We may be excused
however, in asking what remedial legis.
lation the league expects to promote in
Vermont. The farmers of Vermont
always have had and always will have
the legislature of the State by big
majority TO do as they please with, and
what can they do in the future that they
could not have done at any time in the
past? What do they want done that
hasn't been done, and If they haven't
done it, why? This talk about "Oppres-
sion' and the ''mOney power in Yer.
mont is very cheap hapdo0dle.-Hdrd-
,eick gazette.
Gen. o. o. Howard of the United
States Army delivers the Memorial Day
address at Ludlow.
On the cars of the Rutland Division
of the Central Vermont Railroad four
men are employed about whose ages
there is an unusual sequence. The
youngest is 2s years old, the next 80, the
third As and the oldest So. Each of the
men was horn in the second week of
OtlJ5-g.
The Worm - ,ciety % t-e Sols Of
the Amttic "a ReyJlu.iJa hes a member
sInpDl nearly 80, ami coHtains in its
ranks secretary Of War Proctor, who is
President, Congressman GrOut and
Powers, ex-COngressman Stewart Gov
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-03-19
STATE OF VERMONT.
BY Carroll s. Page, Governor,

PROCLAMATION.
Implanted in the breast of every
human being is spirit of worship,
which from the carlist days has found
expression in fasting and prayer. To
establish civil and religious liberty on a
foreign shore, our Pilgrim Fathers en-
dured privations and hardships unknown
to our generation. With numbers deci-
mated by the rigOrs of their first New
England winter, they met IN early spring.
time and instituted that day of fasting
and prayer which has been observed by
their children and their children's chill
dren until it has become time-honored.
In obedience to this custom, and in
devout recognition of our duty as peo-
pie to almighty God.
l DO HEBEBY APPOINT FRIDAY, THE
THIRD DAY OF APRIL NEXT,
as a day of fasting and prayer. Let us
on that day, abstaining from all unnec-
essary labor, assembled in our accustom-
ed places of worship, and devoutly rec
ognize that overriding Providence which
has directed us with unerring wisdom,
and favored us with manifold blessings.
humby invoking His guidance to the
end that intemperance and its accom-
panying evils may be removed from our
borders; that the industrial, educational
and religious interests of our State may
be encouraged aud fostered; that integ-
rity and virtue may be more and more
practiced and appreciated; and that
peace, contentment and prosperity may
be vouchsafed TO us a State and nation.
Given under my hand and the seal of
the State in Executive Chamber,
at Hyde Park, this 18th day of
March, in the year of our Lord,
LIS. one thousand eight hundred
ninety-one and of the independ-
ence of the United States the
one hundred and fifteenth.
CARROLL S. PAGE.
By the Governor.
HENRY Nc FALKLAND,
Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-03-19
THE MAF1A MUST BE BROKEN UP.

The tragedy at New Orleans is deplor.
able from whatever standpoint it Is
viewed. Lynch law has its only justif.
cation in communities where there are
no established courts, and no other
means of REFRESHING lawlessness or OBJ
tanning justice. But il must not be for
gotten that it was the existence of a
secret and oath bound organization
know as the Malta, composed of the most
desperate lawbreakers, whose depreda.
tions and murders through a long series
of years furnished the fuel that fed into
fierce flame the fires of illegal vengeance.
DeplOrable as the tragedy of lynch law
appears, there is something equally de-
plOrable in the silence of italians in this
country in respect TO the Malta, TO
whose operations the terrible drama is
directly due.
| SO far the only one Italian of any
prominence has had the courage TO openly
denOunce this lawless band Of outlaws.
thieves, ex-convicts and cutthTolts. A
good priest of New Orleans who has
earnestly pleaded its dissolution. was
served on Sunday with notice that he
would be the Maiia's next victim. There
are several thousand members of the
Malta in New Orleans and vicinity.
They are organized for crime. They de.
spoil the city. They rob citizens right
and left with impunitv. because m,reiy
to oppose them IN Jheir attempts nc
crime is certain death. They murdered
chief Uenhos3cy IN cold blood because.
in the pursuance of his sworn duty as
an officer, he was accommodating evidence
OF the objects and purposes of the organ
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-03-19
A CHANCE FOR NAVAL EDUCATION

Among the provisions of the Posta
Subsidy Bill is one providing that al
ships receiving the government subven
ton for carrying the mail shall carry a
least one naval apprentice for each thou
sand tons of register. A steamship O
five thousand tons burden would be re
quired to carry five apprentices. Tht
obvious object of this arrangement is t.
enable young men to acquire practica
knowledge of navigation. The oppor
tunity thus afforded for naval education
will be invaluable if the commanders o.
subsidized steamships conscientious,
endeavOr to give their apprentice
the benefit of their knowledge and ex
perience.
1t is said that such provision in ref
erence to the payments formerly made
to the Pacific Mail Company for carry
ing mail between the United States anC
China was proven to be worthless il
practice, because officers of that line
couldfindnO time to teach the apprentices
nautical affairs. But surely under Q
movement for the revival of American
shipping every commander and officer OF
an American would have a wholesome
interest and pride in imparting naval
knowledge to the growing generation, SO
that the United States flag might float
everywhere over decks commanded by
competent Americans.
Patriotism will give American lads the
full benefit of this chance of acquiring
naval educatiOn.-N. Y, Press.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-03-19
Cost of Electricity.

What does electricity cost? Here is a
fair answer. The Hoosac tunnel is
lighted by electri ity. The engineer in
charge in response to questions from a
World reporter said:
81 can't tell you how much our plant
cost. but we have five dynamos. Three
of them are in operation, the other two
being reserves. The system has been in
operation for little more than two
years, and the total cost of lighting the
tunnel is less than $50 a day.
you see, the lights are forty feet
apart on either wall, and there are 1,25O
of them. Each of them 16-candle power.
We have five men. Two of them receive
$3.50 each per week; one gets SIG. 10,
and two of them Sl2.25 week. We use
four tons of coal daily in orr $50 horse
power engine. The balance of the $50 a
day is in breakage of globes, exhaustion
of wires and other repairs"
The tunnel is Illuminated twenty-four
hours per day with electricity.