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EStabrOOk's Granite & Marble Works
MAIN STREET. NEXT TO NEW EXPRESS
OFFICE AND OPPOSITE list NATION.
AL BANK, BENNINGTON, VT.

Having bought the bust
ness, stock. tools, etc., of
the Bennington Monument
al Works, 50 called, located
as above described and en-
gagged practical wsrkmen
In both granite and marSle,
we are prepared to furnish
anything in the line Of Gem
etery work, either Tablets,
Monuments, Vaults or
Tombs in either granite or
marble, Domestic .or For
eign, and set the sameeom.
plete on customers lot in
the cemetery in any part Of
the country at reasonable
prices and guaranteed first
class work. We are also
Wholesale agents for Iron
Fences, Gates. ETC., for
cemetery enclosures, and
would solicit correspond
ence with cemetery associa
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CHAPTER IL

A square room of goodly size, the broad
windows opening ON low balcony and
beyond the shining panes Chelsea square.
1t was large enough to meet the re-
quirements of dining and sitting room,
the high walls bearing the faded floral
decoration Of an earlier period. The
stained floor from which the polish had
long departed once knew the swish of
founced petticoats, tea had undoubtedly
been slipped on the rusty balcony, the I'M
used carriage step at the curb had known
the pressure of Iaristocratic toes.
But this was in the long ago, when the
house was private mansion, before the
city had crawled upward to encroach on
its suburban retirement, very long be-
fore any one dreamed that the iconoclas-
tic finger of modest responsibility, first
cousin to poverty, would one day steal
the luster from its gliding, the color from
its bricks and convert the strings of am
pie rooms into floors for separate fami-
lies.
The glare from the west turned the
vine pattern on the cotton curtains into
copper. Against them a girl leaned, glo-
rified by the waning splendor. Herarms
were folded restfully on her breast. Her
gaze was fastened on the gray college
buildings opposite and the green close
which gave such an old world touch to
the street. A deep sparkle rested in her
eyes. She was impatient and sometimes
threw a glance down the tree lined pave
ment, where the lights in the street
lamps were beginning to trenble in a
network of leaves.
Two students, arm in arm, futtered
past in their quaint gowns and looked
up at her window. They were talking
of Tom. She knew it, They were say
ing unkind things of him. Perhaps they
were sneering at what they called his
folly, his audacious worldliness.
Virginia threw back her head, and a
confident smile lifted her cleaning lip.
How they would retract it all some day!
For Tom was not like them. His was an
untamable spirit, only maddened by rig
orous confines.
He had chosen to live with them for
the future. How his young face and
light step would brighten up the placed
1t was sometimes so lonely and quiet
with only her father. A vision of win
ter nights around ruddy fire, of deli
cious, slow waning summer evenings on
the balcony, rose before her mind. They
would be happy, she knew.
A few feet from the table set for din
ner quaint, yellow keyed melodeon
stood, and here Virginia impulsively
seated herself. Her fingers flickered over
the keys. the music filled the room, the
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that momentl He took the manuscript
like one only half awake. He heard Mr..
Plunket murmur an apology and briskly
wish him good afternoon. Still he linger-
ed, looking down at the roll Of paper.
'Do you think 1 could get it accepted
anywhere? Or could l improve itF' he
asked, and something in his face moved
the manager to little pity and patience.
II looked through it. The first scene
told me it wouldn't do. You want the
truth, and I'll give it to you-sentiment
be hangedi It's fairly good as far as
style goes. You might turn it into
novel. But we want more than style
on the stage. We want action-we want
life" and warming to his subject Mr..
Plunket threw one ponderous leg over
the arm of his chair. 1--WE want situa-
tions-quiet, but so subtly and intense
ly weighted with interest that crowded
house holds its breath to see them de-
velop. If you can't do that-and it's
very evident you can't-write a realistic
drama. 1 couldn't use it, of course, but
you'll find manager who'll take it off
your hands fast enough.
"Stun your audience with daring leaps
into real running water, so that the lead
ing man comes before the curtain in
cased in rubber, diffusing a dampness
that makes the orchestra leader sneeze,
or thrill them with mine explosions, or
real engines, or bridges that move.
There's money in work of this sort on the
Bowery. Talk about the injustice Of
managers to native talentl Bosh, all of
it. Are we fools? I'd give almost any
amount today for society drama writ
ten by an American dealing in mastery
style with some of our pertinent social
questions and holding true, sympathet-
ic love interest. Or give me a startling
psychological study with plenty of fire,
give me a comedy that with laugh tears
off the mask Of society, give me play
delicate as miniature, or give me one
painted in bold splashes and those
splashes like blood, and I'll find place
for each of them sooner or later. l can
get precious few of them from Ameri-
cans, can tell you. 1t would be better
if nine-tenths of our aspiring dramatists
threw their pens in the river, went home
and settled down to q quiet existence
mending shoes. To be frank-I say it,
my dear fellow, for your own good-for
stuff such as you have there, prettily
phrased, but tame as a flannel rabbit, I
have no use."
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"Do you think I could get 1t accepted
a1lnlphere2'

AS Tom passed again through the emp
ty theater the sense of shock departed. A
live ache leaped within him. He walked
on, not needing or caring where his steps
led him. His throat was dry, burning
sob far down in it that the man in him
beat back. He had been fool, then?
An egotistical dreamer?
Oh, the languor of helplessness, the
haunting pain of overthrow and loss, the
repugnance to the necessary effort of re-
adjusting his conception of himself and
his life! Those who have known this
feeling have tasted for one moment the
kernel of despair.
Glow can 1 tell Virginia." was his
weary thought.
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DIR. B. G. JENNEY. Dentist.

SUCCESS0R TO DIR. j. N. sCRANTON.)
- Is prepared to perform all operations in Dent
stry in thorough and workmanlike manner. Per-
ect satisfaction guaranteed in all cases submitted
o his care, and at reasonable prices. Gas or
Ether administered or extracting teeth when re-
Iuired Office opposite Congregational Church
Main ST., Bennington.
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ALIENS SARSAPARILLD

The following letter from Mr.. ]. D.
Eastman of Danville, N. H., tells of an
experience which many people are pass
ing through, but which does not termin-
ate so happily for all. Those who follow
his example, however, need have none
but a happy termination:
DANvILLE N. II.
Ny wife has suffered for many years from con-
stipation and indigestion, until at last il resulted
in nervous prostration She has suffered great
deal for oyer two yearA. the greater part tof
which time she has been confined to her bed She
would go over a week at a time without an opera
ton of the bowels, and went thirteen DAYS with
out passing water She was treated by two of
the best doctors, and had taken about every
kind of sarsaparilla, but continually grew worse.
Her friends had given her up to die, and nv
courage about failed me. In some way | got
hold of a sample bottle of Aliens Sarsaparilla
and determined to try 1t. did so with surprs-
ing results. She continued to take it and grew
rapidly better Two bottles have cured her of all
her old troubles. She is now in good bodily
health and is rapidly recovering from her Rerv-
j. b. EASTMAN,
This grand remedy is within the reach
of all, and is sold by all dealers for SOC
per bottle.
THE ALLEN SARSAPARILLA CO.,
WOoDFORDS. ME.
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tlons who contemplate such work. We also fur
nish Coping, Pipe Fence or other enclosures for
individual lots. We handle North River Blue
Some, Marble and Slate In car loads for IS,
curbing, etc Ali our heavy work which is to be
set at poin.s at distance from Bennington is
finished al the quarTies, where we have practi
cal quaryman and granite cutter in charge Of a
gang OF men, and shipped direct TO near I rail
road depot TO the cemetery where It = &c be set,
in carload lots at special rate In way we
save the customer to 10 per cent. in cost OF his
work.
Mr.. Z. Estabrook has had an experience OF 20
years selling and setting monumental work dur
ing which time he has Travelled through the
Eastern, Middle and Western States,and will con
tinue to do so; so that II parties in any part Of
the country wishing work will drop him a LIND. on
his next trip through their town he will call and
show designs and give prices. Mr.. + II. Esta-
brook, his son, who Is practical granite cutter,
will have charge Of the shop at Remington, and
parties calling there can see designs and get
prices. We hope by strict attention to business
and furnishing good work at reasonable prices, TO
merit and receive your pr sronage.
e. kSTABRO0K, ManaSer
FIJI. ES1ABR0OK. Sec'y and Treas
Residence $50 Union Street.
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Having sod my dental practice to DR. A. ZCut.
err, a gentleman of experience and ability, | be.
speak for him the same liberal patronage that has
bean accorded me the past eighteen years
DR.. s. b. PIKE.
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Coughing Leads to Consumption.
Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at
once. 47y1
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eENNINGTON 90. SAVINGS BANK.

TNhe Bennington County Savings Bank at the
Il Bennington County National Bank, is open
daily for the transaction Of business from 10 O'Clock
.. m. to o'clock p. m, Sundays and Holidays ex-
cepted.
Interest to depositors strictly in accordance with
he laws of the State Of Vermont. Money de-
posted anytime after the first day Of each month
draws interest from the first day of the next sue
ceeding month. Interest computed January
LIST and July lst and ifnot withdrawn will be added
principal, and interest thereafter will accrue
upon it.
personal securities.
A. B. VALENTINE, President,
l. K, GIBSON, Vice President,
c. H. DEWEY, Treasurer,
G. W. FARMAN, Secretary,
TRUsTEEs-A B. Valentine, q. W. Hartman,
Olin Scott, j. 7. Shurtleff. / e. Gibson j. R.
Judson John Robinson.
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2. CUTLER, DENTIST.
Successor to Or. s. B. Pike.

Successor to Or. s, B. Pike.
Al operations performed in the most thorough
and careful manner, and at reasonable prices
My aim will be give entire satisfaction to all
cases submitted to my care.
Gas and Ether administered for extracting
teeth without pain, when desired
ONCE Opposite Free Library Hall, Bennington,
37n Vermont.
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AUCTION 8ALE
Saturday, November IS, 1903,
BELL & CO., AUCTIONEERS
3S3 y street. n16-3t
NOTICE OF SALE OF BONDS.

PURSUANT TO a RESOLUTION. OF THE
| Board of Directors OF Upton Irrigation
District, duly given and made on the 9TH
day of November, a. ID. 1898, notice is hereby
given that said Board of Directors will sell to
the highest ana best bidder the second issue
of bonds OF said irrigation district to the
amount of $4,000, bearing interest at the
rate OF . per cent. per annum, payable SEMI
annually, on the fifst days OF January and
July OF each year, on the presentation OF the
interest coupons at the Office OF the Treasurer
of said district.
Said bonds are issued by the Board of Di-
rectols of Upton Irrigation District In ac-
cordance with and by The authority OF am Act
Of the Legislature OF the State OF California
entitled An Act to provide for the organiza-
ton and government of irrigation districts
and to provide for the acquisition OF water
and other property, and for the distribution
OF water thereby Tor irrigation purposes" )" APP
proved March z, 1857.
Sealed proposals and bids for the purchase
of said bonus viii be received by the said
Board of Directors at their office IN Upton,
county of Tuiare, State of California. and may
be addressed or left with g. WILL KILN
DERA, the Secretary OF said board, at Tipion,
Cal, at any time after the date of this notice.
and until j o O'Clock A. NJ. on the 9TH DAY
OF DECEMBER, A. D. 1898, at which time
and place the said sale Will be made.
said bonds Will be each OF the denomination
OF $500. and Will be negotiable in form and
will conform in all respects TO the require
ments OF said Act.
The Eoard OF Directors reserve the right to
reject any or all bids.
Bids must be sealed and addressed to the
Secretary OF said board and indorsed: PRO
posalS for Upton irrigation District Bonds
Done By order OF the Board OF Directors of
Upton Irrigation District, November 7, 1893.
j. NJ. BOARD PIesiient.
g. WILL kLINDERA, Secretary. n16-td
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ACCOUNTABILITY OF cRANxs.

DR.. Henry Smith Williams. who has
had much experience in the treatment oi
insanity and the care of the insane, con-
tributes paper to the literature of the
debate involving the question OF the pun
ishment of cranks-the moderately in
sane. It's an exceedingly valuable con-
tribution. DR.. Williams takes position
that goes far toward sustaining the views
expressed by the REcoRD-UNIoN on sew
eral occasions. that those who are "harm-
lessly insane" and commit murder, are
oftenest fit subjects for the extreme pen
atty of the law
OF this class was Guiteau and is the as
sassin Pendergast. These cranks, So
called, are susceptible to fear. and, there
fore, to restraint They understand per-
fectly well that the plea of insanity will
serve to protect them. This knowledge
relieves them from moral restraint and
urges them to crafty their passions.
EDr. Williams holds that the thing to do
with this class of murderers is to punish
them, because it will serve to withhold
hundreds of others from the commission
of crime. The doctor declars that he can
prove that single bomb exploded in
New York not many months ago resulted
in the confinement of a great number OF
insane persons, who otherwise would
have been prompted, by suggestion, so to
speak, to emulate the example of the
bomb-throwers.
This distinguished alienist says that all
experts in insanity treatment know that
the first untoward act by which the sup
posed harmless insane person manifests
mis- true condition may be an irreparable
crime.
These harmless lunatics," declares
DR.. Williams, must be treated by the
law, confined before they commit crime.
If not and they go at large, they should
be held to answer for their deeds. Then,
if found guilty, commission in insanity
can be appointed. and if the criminal is
held by it to have been insane when the
act was committed. he can be restrained
and the extreme sentence suspended,
which means for the chronically insane
restraint for life.
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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

G. II. Gilman and S. S. Beede returned
from San Francisco yesterday.
esterday Mrs. Phil Douglas and chill
dren went to visit friends in San Jose.
W. Ssalflev OF Red Bluff is in the city.
he IS ex-senator Routier's competitor for
Internal Revenue Collector.
Internal Revenue Collector II. w. By
ington i c0nfined to his rooms at the
Golden Eagle with an attack of la grippe
G. B. Hobson of San Francisco and Miss
Daisy Beamer, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
X. III. Beamer Of Woodland were married
on Tuesday.
William Hawkins, one of Butte's prom
inent citizens, and A. l.. Nichols, the
Chico hardware merchant, came to the
city yesterday.
The Military Social Club will give its
second party of the season at Armory
Hall, on Friday evening, the 24th instant.
Members of the companies in Auburn,
Grass Valley, Vallejo and Woodland will
attend, and extensive preparations are
being made for their reception.
Arrivals at the Capital Hotel yesterday:
Henry G. Wilson, N. Stairiey, Red Bluff;
+. d. Rhodes, New York; j. Myers, Bos-
top; j. L. Campbell, Santa Rosa; A. Cam
inettl, Jackson; NJ. ). bernstein. j. Sim
onds, ID. ID. Gallagher, San Francisco; E.
\
Cincinnati.
Among the prominent lawyers in the
city attending the Supreme Court are
Hon. NJ. Nj. Estee of San Francisco; VIM.
l.. Dudley of Stockton. ex-Judge Walling
Of Nevada City, d. NJ. Delmas and IL. V.
Moorhouse OF San Jose, speaker +. II.
Gould OF Merced, j. G. Campbell of Santa
Rosa and many others.
Arrivals at the Golden Eagle Hotel
yesterday: Joe Gallaher, Albert l.. Nc
Cook, Joseph Mendelson. New York c.
T: Stacey, J. c. Truax. Emanuel Levy,
Chicago; William Jackson, Newark, n.
j.. J. b. McCune, Charles b. Averell, Bos-
ton; Frank Ii. Farrar, james f. Peck,
Merced; j. r. Leppo, Santa Rosa; II.
Sherwood, Fresno; NJ. S. Norton, Oak
land; +. l.. Pickett, Irving Lock wood.
Philadelphia; DR.. c. c. O'Donnell and
wife, }. j. Groom, S. B. Carleton, Chas.
Stewart. Herman Westerfield and daugh-
ter, l.. Schranz, F. w. Thompson, W. B.
Corwin, Harry Nordman. +. r. Clifford.
NJ. $. Bernstein, II. V. Deming, Sam
Boukofsky, J. I. Alexander, G.. Green
berg, San Francisco.
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GOVERNOR FLOWER on ROADS

GOVERNOR FLOWER on ROADS.
Governor Flower of New York, in his
recent essay in the North american Re
Uiel0 on "How to Improve Our Roads,"
presents in the most concise form several
important truths and propositions, every
one of which, he asserts, have been dem
instance, these sentences of road philcs-
ophy are notable:
"The movement for good roads is one
of the most important of social reforms"
THE road reform is of great material
benefit to the people generally and to the
agricultural interests of the country par
ticularly."
1.-THE movement appeals to common
sense and to sentiment"
Agitation is only necessary to bring
about complete success in so good a
cause"
Each county of New York expends
under the tax system $4,000 year for
old system roads,. That sum scientific
ally expended each year would produce
seven miles of macadam road at $1,000 a
mile"
There is not county in New York
which, if it would bond itself for 81, ,O0O,-
600 and invest it in scientific highways,
would not in five years increase its as
sessable values many times the sum of
the investment, casting out all gain by
saving in transportation, time, vehicles,
horses and market advantages"
The Governor, who is building some
object-lesson roads in Northern New
York, sums up the road question in favor
of bonds for scientific road construction,
as cheaper than taxation and yearly
building, repairing and maintenance;
good roads at once improve economic
conditions in rural sections: increase the
speed and weight of haul and lessen time
and power, and thus give definite gains
at once. They increase values, lessen
taxation, conserve good market prices,
narrow agricultural expenses, stimulate
business and elevate the social and intel
lectual life of the rural population, while
improving its material condition.
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THE THEFT PROVEN.

Lara and Plaza Found Guilty of Steal
ing a Sack of Wool.
Louis Lara and Jose Plaza were tried
in the Police Court yesterday morning
for stealing sack of wool from W. R.
Knights & Co.
Witnesses testified that they saw the
men carrying the sack and saw it shifted
from the shoulders of one man to the
other. One witness saw Plaza take the
wool from the warehouse, but did not
see what they did with it. Mr.. Blair, of
the firm, identified the wool which
Special Officer Goods found with the men
when he arrested them. They were both
found guilty and sentenced to twenty
Eve days each IN the County jail.
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THE REAL CAUSE.
Why Sheriff O'Neil's Prisoners Set Up
that Howl.

Why Sheriff O'Neil's Prisoners Set Up
that Howl.
The statement made yesterday that the
prisoners in the County Jail had kicked
up a rumpus on Sunday, because of their
objection to the food furnished them, was
correct. 1t appears, however. tha. they
were themselves the cause of all the
trouble.
There are, as is usually the case. a num-
ber of worthless hypo tiends among the
prisoners, and they were the promoters
of the trouble. These fellows refused to
perform their customary task of cleaning
out their cells, and Jailer Foley resorted
promptly to the bread-and-water alterna-
tive.
Then it was that the howl about grub
went up that startled the neighborhood,
but the officer didn't let on that he heard
1t and adhered to his method OF discip-
line. This brought the mutineors TO
terms, and now they do whatever they
are ordered.
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MRS. HANDS SUICIDE.
she Took Poison Before Her Husban
Could Prevent Her.

she Took Poison Before Her Husband
Could Prevent Her.
Further information from Folsom with
regard to the suicide of Mrs. Kate Hand,
near there, shows that a,st May her hus-
band bought some stry9hnine with which
to kill squirrels, and as a portion was not
used she took care it.
When she quarreled with her husband,
on the night of her death, she swallowed
part Of the contents of the bottle and in
vited him to take some.
Mr.. Hand Immediately sent a man to
the house of neighbor, William Car
penter, for help. Carpenter came, while
the man kept on to Folsom Tor doctor.
Before Carpenter arrived at the house
Mrs. Hand was in spasms and, in spite OF
all that could be done with the simple
remedies at hand, she died. Mr.. Hand
has been in feeble health for some time
past, and was unable to prevent her TAX
ing the strychnine.
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BRIEF NOTES.

In the Superior Court yesterday the
case of Della Ingham VS.. Kate Bowen and
others was argued and taken under ad
Visement.
c. A. Binney of this city, while un-
coupling cars on a freight train at Will
lows yesterday, had two fingers on his
right hand crushed.
Yesterday Constable Hinters of Brigh-
ton brought to the County Jail man
named Charles Crane, whom he arrested
at Brighton for creating disturbance.
r.. b. Campbell, formerly with the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company at
Lathrop and Tulare. has been appointed
General Manager OF all lines OF the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company, with
headquarters at Camden Station, Balti-
more.
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The RECoRD-UNIoN and WEEKLY
UNION are the only papers on the Coast,
outside of San Francisco, that re-
ceiVe the full Associated Press Dis
patches from all parts Of the aOorLd. Out
side of San Francisco, they hare no COM
petitors, either in influence or home and
general circulation throughout the State.
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ton of the very crimes lynch law is in
voked 70 punish than any possible un-
iawfei killing CT mcl Tor wrongs corr
mittea though entire communities ana
States may condous punishment by un-
Lawful violence.
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Special Agencies.


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Waathar Forecasrs.

Official forecast for the twenty-four hours
ending at midnight November 9th: North
ern California-Continued fair; slightly cooler
weather, except nearly stationary Iempera-
ture along the coast; west to north winds.
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Too Late TO Vote.

Edward Henry Metzner. native of
Germany, was admitted 10 citizenship
yesterday in Judge Johnson's Court on
the testimony of Joseph Hahn and Geo.
3. MeCauley.
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