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The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-06-30

natural murder as An unborn child.
Circumstances surrounding inno-
cence are sometimes appalling in their
seeming cOnclusiVeness, and notorious
woman in Lizzie's shoes might easily
have been convicted to die.
Lizzie Borden is innocent.
I'm the name Of womanhoOd, of low
ing family ties, of social seemliness and
security, and of our common civilization
let us thank God that this is true"
Among young people, especially, there
is apt to be false theory of independ-
ence, finding expression in the phrase 81
don't care what people think" If they
are always right they can afford to say
that, but if they mean they will do wrong
regardless of public opinion, they make
a great mistake. No one is independents
of public opinion. 1t is the strongest
power in force to-day. 1t exalts man
to the highest place or it as relentlessly
brushes him and grinds him TO powder
Never before in the history of the world
was public opinion as powerful as now.
In the concentration OF populations and
the general diffusion of information as
to what people are doing, there is unity
of expression which nothing can with
stand
No one is independent in this age.
Everyone is dependent on his fellows.
He is the product of his environment.
Society acts as a whole rather than by
individuals. and acts mercilessly. The
record of man or woman counts
heavily when suspicion is directed
against them. 1t is hard to hurt man
who has always been right; it is hard to
save one who has often been wrong
Watertown Times.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-06-30
RS fying IN tie face

IT'S flying IN tie face
of Nature to take the ordinary pill.
Just consider how it acts. There's
too much bulk and hustle, and not
enough real good. And think how
it leaves you whom it's all over!
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets act
naturally. They help Nature to do
her swn work. They cleanse and
rcnovate, mildly but thoroughly, the
whole system. Regulate it, too.
The help that they give, lasts.
They're purely vegetable, per-
fcCtly ASrMisss, The SzaallSst, easiest,
sad bcSs to toks. Stok Headache,
Bilious Headache, Constipation, In
tSgssssSa, BfSioRS AttAsks, and all
SeuAuSeaaeMts IT ~ LIVER, Stomach
aad Bowels arc promptly relieved
and permanently cured. One tiny,
su9ar- coated Pellet for gentle
IAxstivo three for a eathartic.
They're the cheapest pill you can
bay, for they're guaranteed to give
satisfaction, or your money is re-
turned.
You pay only for the good you
get.
This is true only of DIR. Pierce's
medicines.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-06-30
P. H. FaIIOl'S Machine ShOD

An persons having lawn mowers that need TO
be shSrpened or repaired in any way will DO well
to call on Mr. Fallon as he is giving flrst.class
satisfaction. Also, repairing and jobbing Of all
kinds promptly attended to al Browns Old Shep
at III Beach ST.. Bennington, VI. i9m3
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-09
Pay Yonr Little Bills.

A most effective way to relieve
financial strtngency is to keep
money in circulation by the pay
ment OF slittle bills. To apay as
you go is always best, but some
persons are occasionally compelled
by circumstances to ask for credit.
1t is wise to pay bills at short in
tervals for many reasons. The
creditor may have a great number
of small bills outstanding and may
be seriously embarrassed by their
non payment The longer bill
remains unpaid the harder it is TO
pay. To the man in receipt of an
income which is no more than his
necessary expenses require it may
be easy to pay small bill. but if he
allows it to go unpaid other bills
may be added TO it and the sggre-
gate will be a serious burden.
a fails to pay what he owes to B,
and the latter is thereby unable to
pay the debt he owes to C, and so
on. By prompt payments a small
sum of money can be made to can
eel a large sum of Indebtedness.
A ten dollar bill, by passing from
hand to hand, probably often pays
debts amounting to hundred dol
lars inside a week. The most
frequent excuse heard for the nom
payment of bills by persons who
are asked to make payment is they
can collect no money. In most in
stances this excuse is probably an
honest one, and a little reflection
will convince any man OF the wis
dom of thus keeping money in cir
culation.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-09
Rnles for the Jonrner Of Life.

The following rules, from the pa
pers of DIR: West, according to his
memorandum, are thrown together
as general waymarks in the journey
of life:
Never to ridicule sacred things,
or what others may esteem as such,
however absurd they appear to be.
Never to show lovity when pco-
pie are engaged at worship.
Never to resent a supposed injury
till l know the views and motives
of the author of it. Not on any oc-
casion to relate it.
Always to take the part of an alb
sent person, who is censured in com
pany, SO far us truth and propriety
will allow.
Mover to think the worse of an
other on account of his differing
from me in political and religious
opinions.
Not to affect to be witty, or jest SO
as to wound the feelings of another.
To say as little as possible of my
self and those who arc near me.
To aim at cheerfulncss without
levity.
Never TO court the favor of the
rich by fiattering either their vani-
ties or their vices.
To speak with calmness and de-
liberation on all occasions, especially
in circumstances which tend to irri-
tate.
Frequently to review my conduct
and note my feelings.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-09
Hard Times.

Hard times never come to two
classes of persons. The first class
consists of those who keep out of
debt. Pay as you go, and if you
can't pay don't go" is the philoso-
piers stone, said John Randolph.
The business that is carried on by
this rule cannot fail. "Owe no man
anything" is a Divine command.
The second class consists of those
who have something to sell. 1t is
ridiculous to hear a man talking
about the Financial stringeney"
when he has made nothing TO be
sold. How can he expect to have
money when he has done nothing
to obtain it2 We have never known
times SO hard yet in which the ordi-
nary products of human labor on
the farm and in the shop were not
merchantable There are many
people in the world whose times
were always hard and always will
be- Progressive South.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-09
When TO Smile.

That is wise woman who can
smile at compliment, be pleased,
and forget it.
That is a wise woman who can
smile at an insult and never see it.
That is a wise woman who can
smile when the little worries are
coming about and make of them lit
tie bits of fun.
That is a wise woman who can
smile when she gets up, and who
can go to sleep with a smile, for iu
this way she greets the coming day
and at the end of it she has blottcd
out all the disagreeables.
That is wise woman who can
smile for her friends and her enc
mics; it will keep tho first, and it is
the best weapon against the last.
That is a wise woman who can
smile, no matter how she feels.
She is the woman who has learned
to rule not Only herself, but will
gain domain over the cook. And
that means that she governs COM
fort.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-09
They Cannot Let Go.

The mechanism of the leg and
foot of chicken or other bird that
roosts on limb is marvel of de-
sign. 1t often seems strange that a
bird will sit on a roost and sleep all
night without falling off, but the
explanation is perfectly simple.
The tendon of the leg of bird that
roosts is SO arranged that when the
leg is bent at the knee the claws
are bound to contract, and thus hold
with a sort of death grip the limb
around which they are placed. Put
a chickens feet on your wrist and
then make the bird sit down, and
you will have a practical illustra-
tion on your skin that you will
remember for some time.
By this singular arrangement,
seen only in such birds as roost,
they will rest comfortably and
never think of holding on, for it is
impossible for them to let go till
they stand up.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-09
How ssZerO,, Was Adopted.

From boy, Fahrenheit was q
close observer of nature. When
only nineteen years old, in the cold
winter of 1706, he experimental by.
putting snow AID salt together, and
noticed that it produced a degree of
cold equal to the coldest day of the.
year That day was the coldest
day that the oldest inhabitant could.
remember Gabriel was struck
with the coincidence of his dis
covery, and concluded that no had
found the lowest degree of tempera-
ture known in the world. He called
the degree ''zero," and constructed
q thermometer, or rude weather.
glass, with a scale graduating up
from zero to boiling point, which
he numbered two hundred and
twelve, and the freezing point
thirty two; because, as he thought,
mercury contracted the thirty
second of its volume on being cooled
down from the temperature of freez-
ing water to zero, and expanded
the one hundred and eightieth on
being heated from the freezing to
the boiling point,
Time showed the arrangement ar
bitrary, and that these two points
no more represented the real ex-
tremes of temperature than "from
Dan to Beersheba" represented the
exact extremes of Palestine.
But Fahrenheit's thermometer
had been widely adopted with it's
convenient scale; and made people
cling TO the established scale. The
three countries which use Fahren-
heit are England, Holland and
America.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-09
Farmers and the Fairs.

Tie fair season will soon open up,
and preparation for these annual
gatherings is now in order Prem
ium lists are ready for distribution,
and every one who is interested can
have an opportunity to study the
classification and awards of the diff
ferent associations. The prime OBJ
ject of agricultural fairs is for the
farmer. 1t is true that some fairs
have been and are run in quite a
different way from what thay
should be, but in nearly every case
where this is true the reason for it
lies in the fact that farmers have
allowed the control of the fair to
pass into the hands of men inter-
ested in other lines of business.
The way TO make a fair as purely
agricultural as possible is for agri-
culturists to run it, patronize it and
furnish as far as possible the attrac-
tions which should interest those
who attend it. This can only be
done when all join heartily in max
ing exhibits and assisting the
management in every way possible.
The simple announcement of fair
should mean an appeal to every
farmer to lend helping hand in
making it a success. Fairs have
done much for the country, and
they can be made to do much more
good in the future if they are
rightly managed. - .Stockman and
Farmer.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-09

This story is related of the late
Jim Fisk: Fisk was born in Brat.
tleboro, Vt, and his body was bur-
led in the cemetery there. Once,
when Jim was in BrattIeboro, visit
ing the scenes of his youth, he was
approached by committee of citi-
zens with a request for a subscrip-
ton to build a new fence around
the village cemetery. The old one
had fallen down in many places, and
was in dilapidated condition gen
orally. Fisk is said to have refused
to give the committee anything.
whats the sense in having fence
around the graveyard anyway
he is reported to have said: athe
people who are in it cant get out,
and those who are outside don't
want 70 get in"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-09
George d. Prentice.
Al Smart Farmer.

A certain baker in business in a
small town in Normandy obtained
his supply of butter from farmer
in the neighborhood. One day he
discovered that the pats, which were
supposed to weigh three pounds
each, were not up to the standard,
and further examination revealed u
steady diminution in the daily pro-
vision. At last the baker lodged a
formal complaint against the farmer
and the affair was brought before
the local court.
"Have you scales?" inquired the
magistrate.
@Yes, Monsieur lie Judge" was the
reply.
aAnd have you any woights27
continued the judge. An answer
this time in the negative was as
promptly given.
But how did you manage to weigh
your butter! asked the magistrate.
Then the farmer related that
ever since the baker had taken his
butter he had returned the compli-
ment by buying his bread. The
baker supplied him with three
pound loaves and he had used them
as weights for his butter. aItis his
fault, not mine, if the weight is not
correct, added the farmer, who was
speedily acquitted and left the court
in triumph with an escort of friends
and admirers. Since this trial the
farmer is said to have been supplied
with more than his due provision of
bread, but he has taken good care
not to fall into the opposite error,
and the baker has now his three
pound pats of butter, full weight,
but not an ounce more.-London
Daily Telegram
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-09
A Farewell Sermon.

A country minister in a certain
locality recently took permanent
leave of his congregation in the fol-
lowing pathetic manner:
brothers and sisters, come to
say goodbye. 1 don't think God
loves this church very much, be-
cause none of you ever die. L don't
think you love each other, because
l never marry any of you. / don't
think you love me, because you'v We
not paid my salary, and your dona-
tions are mouldy fruit and wormy
apples, and by their fruits ye shall
know them. Brothers, / am going
away faom you to better place. 1
have been called to be chaplain of a
penitentiary. Where l go, ye can
not come, but 1 go to prepare place
for yoq, and may the Lord have
mercy upon your souls. Goodbye y
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-09
How to Get an Education.

Boys, say to me: ave want an
education, but We can't get it; SO we
are going to learn trade, or go into
a store, or do something else" Now,
every boy. who wants an education,
if he will bend his force to it, can
get just as good one as he wants.
The way is open. Education doesn't
come through academies, colleges
eominaries-though these are helps;
but it comes by study and reading
and comparing, and all the schools
and colleges and seminaries in tho
world will not make a scholar of a
man without these, and with them
a man will be one if he never sees a
college. And what is true of boys
is of girls; and what is true of this
pursuit is of another. The force
must develop it. 1t is that indomi-
table 81 can" that sets man astride
of the world.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-09
A Gun OF Cheer.

An enthusiastic lover of chocolate
afirms that for those who wish tc
keep the Imagination fresh and Wig.
orous, chocolate is the beverage
of beverages. However copiously
you have lunched, cupful of choco.
late Immediately afterward will
produce digestion three hours after
and prepare the way for a good
dinner. 1t is recommended to
everyone who devotes to brain work
the hours he should pass in bed; to
every wit who finds he has become
Suddenly dull; to all who find the
air damp, the time long, and the
atmosphere unsupportable; and,
above all, to those who, tormented
with fixed idea, have lost their
freedom of thought.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-09

DoN'T WoRRY.-Don't worry It
never did any good. Always wait
until the trouble comes and then
bravely meet it overcome it and
you will be happier. If you make
a failure remember that you are NOS
the first one who has done 80.
Many a human being has failed
only to be strengthened and puri-
fed as by fire, to rise again, be-
coming master of the situation.
ultimately conquering all trouble.
Therefore never worry for it saves
no lives, no dollars, no health, on
the contrary it loses all these as
well as friends. BE cheerful, help
full and you will count all people as
your friends.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-09
To Trespassers.

A Ii. persons are hereby notified not
n to trespass in any manner upon the
lands OF c: c. Miller, lying IN Lewis and
Cooper districts, under nv control.
without written permission from the
undersigned, or from c. G. Miller.
&C. C. BRIGHT.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-09
She Could Trust Him .

Mother-I wish you to go to the
store and get me bar of soap.
Little Johnny-Fve got a awful
toothache.
"Dose it really ache much?p
aAwfulI 1 can't let a thing touch
itla
"Then you may also bring a
pound of raisins.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-09
Notice To Trespassers.

a LII persons are hereby warned not to tres
- pass upon my lands in Lewis and Rob
tnson districts, either by hunting, fishfng,
nutttng or in any other way. All violateTs
OF this notice will have the penalties OF fhe
law enforced against them. c. SEHON.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-09
Within the deem.

Still chambers of the heart, specter dim,
Whose tones are like the wizard voice of Time
Heard from the tombs OF age, points its cold
And solemn finger to the beautiful
And h0ly visions that have passed away
And left no shadow of their loveliness
On the dead waste OF life.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-09
some nav.

Sol day shall be dead
UndeI grass and close TO my head
a stou III tinme and date of my death
May stand old Times corrodfne breath,
bu shall be nothing but dust
So day shall be dead
Lie i stone with the life ali fed
4. in v .e veins health's Rich red blood
husll. .''l leaps like an unchecked flood:
u |pk of.ne lying there deadl
50 day shall be dead.
And fair woman my grandson has wed
VIII ea she holds up Jewel or lace
TO uit ndering eyes IN her baby's face,
-grandmother once wore this-''
So day shall be dead
The nng sung and the last prayer said,
The d liter husllei and the tears all dried.
and lintever Of woe may betisic.
- - Louise Phillips.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-09

Tears, idle Tears
oh. y are Mhry's eyssao red. and why are
ieirs str1tying
Ados 'Ie face where happy smiles were wont
a-pIayiniss
faiden.
Who's u and self seem fitted less for earth
diststnt Aidenn?
Has death or fate brought Into naught fair
Mary's dream of mating?
All. mol 'Tis not so bad as that-h -horseradish
she is grating.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-09
Commissioners Sale.

PY virtue of decree OF the Circuit Court
ID of Mason County, West Virginia, entered
cause of Timothy Elias ct ais against RAJ
chel I1lias ct ais, the undersigned who was
appointed a Special Commissioner for the
purpose, will sell at the front door of the
Court House, of Mason County, at public
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-09

OFT expectation fails, and most oft
there whore most It promises.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-09
On the 10th day oil August 1s93

the following real estate in the town of Ma
son, two lots and one house situate on same.
on Center street, between Second and Third
streets, and known on the plat of said town
as lots Nos. - and q, and the same lots con
Neyed to John Elias by r. c. NJ. Lowell and
wife and II. s. Brown and wife.
TERMS OF SALE.-One-third cash I'm hand
on the day of sale, and the residue in equal
payments of one and two years, taking from
the purchaser notes with good security, with
interest from day of sale, and retaining the
title as further security.
W. Fl. TOMLINSON,
Special Commissioner
Bond in the penalty of $T,O.OO as required
in the decree of sale, in the above entitled
cause, has been given before me, this 18th
r. E. MITCHELL, Clerk.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1893-06-15

You've tried DIR. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription, have you, and you're disap-
pointed. The results are not ammedi-
ate.
And did you expect the disease of
years to disappear in a ceek? Put a
( Espinch of time in every dose. You would
caIlGhe milk poor because the cream
doesn't rise in an hour? If there's no
Rwater in it the cream is sure to rise. If
Tnere's possible cure, DIR. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription is sure to effect it,
if given fair trial. You get the one
dollar it costs back again ifit don't bene-
fit or cure you. We wish we could give
you the makers confidence. They show
1T by giving the money back again, in
s-au cases not benefited, and it'd surprise
you to know how few dollars are needed
to keep up the refund.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1893-06-15

Twill furnish ice to any and all patrons
at 25 cents per 100 pounds. Leave or
ders at G. F. Lauer's, or on the wagon.
G. E. ALLISON.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1893-06-15

Shiloh's cure, the Great Cough and
Group Cure, is for sale by Snipes & Kin
ersly. Pocket size contains twenty-five
doses, only 25c. Children love it. Sold
by Snipes & Kinersly.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1893-06-15
The Dal1es Daily Chronicle.

Mrs. SARAH HAwN, the mother of
seventeen children, died recently at
Oakland, ILL.,, at the age of one hun
dred and five. AT the time of his
death, a few years ago, her husband
had attained his ninety-seventh year.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1893-06-15
woon. WooD. wooD.

Best grades of oak, fir, and slab cord
wood, at lowest market rates at Jos. T.
Peters & Co. coffee Second and Jeffer
son streetsO
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1893-06-15

Mrs. ROBERT G. INGERsoLL receives
almost as many letters as her husband
and most of the letters inclose religious
tracts.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1893-06-15

Mild, gentle, soothing and healing is
DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. Cures the
worst cases permanently. No expert
menting. til" "Old Reliable" Twenty
five years of success.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1893-06-15
FOR RENT.

Three nice furnished rooms, suitable
for light housekeeping. Inquire at Mr..
Lauer's store, Second street.
, 1893-06-14
Wednesday, 14th June 1893.

The lev6s held by His Excellency the
military officers. the majority of the civil
officials, some me- n bers of the Colonial Coun.
Gil, several of the Clergy aud a considerable
number of private gentlemen. 1t was under
stood that the purpose was TO afford His Elk
c~ellenty an opportunity 70 say farewell on
his retirement from the Government, which
he has held for II years.
Shortly after 2 O'clock His Excellepcy en-
tered the large hall at Government House
attended by his aid-de-oamp, and after shak-
ing hands with all the gentlemen present, said
that His Majesty the King had been gracious
ly pleased to grant his petition to be relieved
from his duties as Governor of the Danish
West India Islands and TO be appointed to
military service at home. No successor had
been appointed but the temporary Govern
ment would be conducted by the Chief Jus
tice. He would propose the health Of His
Majesty the King.
cheers, and the assembly drank His Maiesty's
health. His Excellency then spoke In cub.
stance as follows
AS he had BEEN IL years in these islands
it las natural that on his retirement he should
wish to say q few words. AS far as he was
personally concerned he would say that
whatever he bad done hero he had done with
sincere interest in the welfeW Of the colony.
Whore he had not suoceeda4A was not from
want Of good will On bis pee4 but because he
had DOT been able TO DO aoss. ID so far as