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The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-01-12
E. F. HART & CO.

1t is estimated that the area of the
countries of the world where women
have some suffrage is over $4,000 900
square miles, ard that their population
is 350,00O.OO0.
The American 25-cent piece must be
uOlucky. lthas - stars, I3 horizontal
bars, u arrow heads, there are - feath-
ers in the eagles tail. and 10 marginal
feathers on each wing
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-01-12
ERRORS OF SPEECH.
Home That Have Been Eradicated and New
Ones That Arc Appearing.

NiASo AA0h nv -
In English great number of errors have
been so well reproved that they are grow
ing rarer. "And which," and the false
collocation Of only, which few years ago
were everywhere, are sometimes hardly to
be met with in the whole of leading ar
ticle. On the other hand, new outrages
are gradually getting common. "Infer,"
for "imply," which would some little
time ago have been smiled at as a mere
vulgarism, is incredibly frequent in con-
versation and by no means unknown in
print.
But far more hideous is "human" for
human being. And this has appeared of
late in London newspapers that ought to
know better. Our own complaints as to
this offense have been merely plea that
the word so used is English poetry as well
as colonial prose and may be found in the
poems of Mrs. Browning Obviously, how
ever. she uses "the human" not in place
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-01-12
ESTATE OF DANIEL McEowEN.
,,,,. VIII Presented.
STATE OF VERMONT j

ON, ,r,, y, win Presented.
STATE OF VERMONT, !
Dist. OF Bennington S.
In Probate Court, held at Bennington. within
A. D. 1894.
Present. John V. Carney, Judge.
An instrument purparting to be the last will
and testament of Daniel AcEowen, late of Ben
nlngtOn, in said district. deceased
being presented by F. D McEowen for Harriet
y. McEowen, the execurrix therein named
Tor probate, it is ordered bV said
So9It mat all persons concerned therein be mott
the Probate Office in Bennington in said district
on the 9Th day OF Jan. A. 1894 at 10 O'clock in
the afternoon and show cause. If any they have,
against the probate of said will; for which pur-
pose II Is Further ordered that this order be pub.
ilshed three weeks successfully in the BeDning.
TON BANNER, newspaper printed at bennington,
BY the Court,
8! Attest JOHN V. CARNEY, Judge.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-01-12
CUTICURA WORKS WONDERS

Sold throughout the world. Price, CuTIouRA,
&c.; SOAP, 25c.; REsoLvENT, 81. POTTER DRUa
AND CHEN. Corp, Sole Propretors, Boston.
AT"How to Cure Skin Diseases" free.
The Canton times., 1894-08-24
The Cats Breath.
Democrat

A recent publication criticises the
notion that "a cat sucks away a child's
breath" This is merely an expression
erroneous in its form of a physiological
fact. All the felidae possess poisonous
breaths, intended by nature to act as
an anesthetic on their prey. If per-
son cares to experiment by inhaling,
for instance, a cats breath, they can
easily realize the truth of this state
ment. Carefully watch cat playing
with captured mouse. You will dis
cover that the mouse does not suffer,
but is sort of stupefied, as if by chloro-
form. In the Life of Livingstone"
written by himself, he states that once
when he was seized by lion and his
arm broken, the crunching of the
broken arm gave him no pain, so be-
numbered were his senses by the ami
mails breath. A cat seeks the child.
it's soft bed and the warmth of its
body, and lies down on the chest of the
infant. It's weight impedes respira-
ton, its breath anasthetiZes the child,
and death follows. This circumstance
has actually occurred and medical rec
ords conclusively prove it.-Brooklyn
Standard Union.
The Canton times., 1894-08-24
FASCINATED BY GAMBLING.
Refined Women Often Made Helpless by It's
Alluring Powers.

Auurfng POWERS.
1t is often a matter of wonderment
to me, said citizen of Washington,
recently why it is that gambling even
under its most alluring conditions,
does not disgust persons of delicate
feeling instead of attracting them.
While visiting Monte Carlo few
years ago happened to stroll into the
Casino one afternoon and there saw
seated at one of the tables a beautiful,
well-dressed lady, apparently about
thirty years old. She had purse full
OF gold in front of her and a large bum
die of bank notes in her hand. She
was playing rapidly, always stalking
large sums, and in nearly every case
she lost She played boldly on, but
her apparent composure was belied by
her flushed cheeks and flashing eyes.
After watching a short time left.
In the evening | returned again to the
gaming room and beheld the lady
seated at the same table. Her bank
notes were all gone and she had put
away her purse, as it was an easy task
to hold her remaining gold in her hand.
She sat looking fixedly at the table,
from time to time moistening her lips
with scarcely less dry tongue. Her
face wore a look of infinite sadness,
which might have been best relieved
by burst of tears.
She kept on playing steadily until
all but her last coin was gone. She
held it between her thumb and finger
and gazed at it intently, as though de-
batting with herself about risking it.
She had evidently devised it for some
matter of fact purpose, perhaps to pay
her hotel bill. She did not hesitate
long, however, for the temptation was
more than she could Withstand, and
with hysterical little laugh she threw
it on the table, only to see it raked in
by the croupier and placed among the
rest she had lost. st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Canton times., 1894-08-24
The Eyeball.

The eyeball is white because the
olood vessels which supply its surface
are SO very fine that they do not admit
the red corpuscles of the blood. The
covering of the eyeball, the tunica
solerotcia. thus named for it hardness.
is the largest and strongest coat of the
eve, and covers the whole ball except
the parts occupied by the entrance OF
the optic nerve behind and by the
cornea before. 1t is formed of elastic
fibers running in every direction, and
closely interviewer with each other,
and has few blood vessels compared
with the choroids. The tendons of the
four recti muscles of the eye are fixed
to the forepart of the tunica solerotica.
These are the cellular vagina covering
them, and have been supposed to give
an additional whiteness to the eye. and
the part given such whiteness has been
termed tunica albuginea, but the
solerotic coat is everywhere pure
white, and can receive little additional
brightness from any such covering
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Canton times., 1894-08-24
Detroit Free Press.


-Harmony.-Cholly Greene-"What
funny cigawettes: why, they're made
with bwown paper!' Chappie Clinton
''Yaas; l got them made to order to
match my wusset shoes. ."-Brooklyn
Eagle.
AT tt.-Robbie-'Don't t
those blue-fish go about in schools,
mammal" Mamma-''Yes, Robbie;
why?" Robbie-"Nothing; only was
just wondering what the school does if
some fisherman happens to catch the
teacher. ."-Harper's Young People.
-Bourd to Kick.-He-"Maria, this
millinery bill is very large" She
'Why, George! Twas afraid you would
say that; so got Madame Stickem to
use the smallest piece of paper possible.
But it is always the way with you.
You're bound to find fault anyway
Boston Transcript.
-'You haven't changed much, he
observed, as he lighted fresh cigar,
''since last l saw you" NO" (she
shaded her eyes from the glaring sun
light with her gloved hand "only one
husband" Although they were old
schoolmates, conversation seemed to
lag.-Detroit Tribune.
Fond Mamma (oraeularlyI-''Every
given name has some particular mean
ing, or ought to have. Charles signi-
fes kingly; Harry, the noble; Frank
let's see-what does Frank mean?"
Lovely Daughter starting out of a
reverie) ie)-"Er-Frank? Oh, he means
business; he told me so last night.
Buffalo Courier.
No Risks Talsen.-Her lip quivered
and her breath came in labored gasps,
but she did not speak. "Do you not
love me?" he anxiously demanded, seiz-
ing her shrinking hand. IL don't
know" she faltered. Gently he in
sinuated his arm about her. Darling
he murmured. would you like to have
me ask you mamma first?" With a sud-
den cry of terror she grasped his arm.
''No, no, nor she shrieked, convulsive-
". ''She is q widow; want you my
elf" She chung TO him until he
promised that he would say
1othing to the old lady at present.
Detroit Tribuna
The Canton times., 1894-08-24
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

According to Librarian Hosmer Of
Minneapolis the public library OF that
city, at the present rate of increase,
will within short time be second or
first in the United States in the num-
Der of books circulated.
Andrew Carnegie will return to
Pittsburgh in the fall to arrange for the
formal opening of the library which he
is to give to his fellow-citizens. From
all accounts, the institution promises
to be worthy it's great purpose and fit
to do it's donor honor. The buildings
capacity will be 100000 volumes.
-Guidde's Book ''Caligula, which is
supposed to refer to Emperor William,
has had wonderful sale in Germany.
Over one hundred and fifty thousand
copies have been sold already and
three printing establishments are kept
busy supplying the demand. The
work is now in its twenty fourth edi-
tion.
"A portrait of the late duke of Clar-
ence, painted by Mr.. Alfred A. Poore,
the artist, is to be presented to the
duke and duchess of York as we'd
ding gift from the officers of the Tenth
Hussars. The portrait represents the
late duke in the magnificent uniform
of that regiment, and is admirably exc
cuted.
Mark Twain says there are three
''infallible" ways of pleasing an author:
l. To tell him you have read one of his
books. 2. To tell him you have read
all of his books. 8. To ask him to let
you read the manuscript of his forth
coming book. No. admits you to his
respect. No. 2 admits you to his ad-
miration. No. carries you clear into
his heart.
Lord Chief Justice Coleridge had in
his possession an exceedingly interest
ing collection of letters of Coleridge.
Wordsworth and Southey, which had
been addressed to his father, Sir John
T. Coleridge. The letters cover nearly
the whole Of the poets career, and be-
gin with the appeal to buy his dis
charge from the army.
Thomas Mast, the caricaturist, for
merly with Harper's Weekly, and now
in London on the Pail Mall Gazette,
spent much of the past winter paint
ing. His early ambition was to be an
historical painter before his great sue
cess as a cartoonist made him give up
the brush for the pencil. He has now
returned to his old love, and has re-
Gently finished two large pictures OF
events in the late war.
Much regret is felt in Spain at the
death at Madrid of Don F. Madrazo,
one of the most gifted artists of Spain.
He had reached the Biblical limit in
age. Among his most famous pictures
are Godfrey of Bouillon Proclaimed
King of Jerusalem" painted in 1889;
"Marie Christine as Nun at the Bed
of Ferdinand VII.," women at the
Sepulchre of Christ, :. and enuny por-
traIrs OF Spanish aristocrats.
The Canton times., 1894-08-24
IMPURITIES IN FOOD.
They Are Not rs Common as Many Persons
May Suppose.

May suppose.
Singularly exaggerated ideas con
cerning the adulteration of food are
very generally held, according to DR..
II. w. Wiley, chemist of the United
States department of agriculture. Sand,
for instance. is not sold with sugar-at
least in the United States. The granu-
lated and lump sugars in the market
are almost absolutely pure, powdered
sugar sometimes, though rarely, con-
tains little flour or starch. and low
grade sugars are impure chiefly
through the nolasses and water they
are made to absorb in manufacture.
Not as good report can be
given of sirups. There is very little
pure maple sirup, most of what is
sold as such being a mixture of glucose
or cane sirups with a small proportion
of the product of the maple, while in
an imitation actually protected by a
patent, the maple flavor is given by an
abstract of hichory bark. Liquid honey
is largely adulterated with glucose.
OF comb honey, however, only that in
bottles and jars is impure, the old i'm
preston that comb honey on the frame
is adulterated having been proven to
be erroneous. Ground coffee is so
largely adulterated with chickory,
peas, beans, ETC., that it is rarely found
pure, and even the unground berry is
initiated. Tea is rarely mixed with
foreign leaves, but frequently has its
weight increased by the addition of
salts of IRON and copper-materials
quite prejudicial to health. Cocoa and
chocolate are largely adulterated
with starch and sugar, and products
claimed to be greatly improved as to
digestibility may have little of the
virtues of the original cocoa bean left
in them. A danger in canned goods is
the use of adulterated tin, which may
contain as high as twelve per cent. of
lead, the organic salts formed by the
corrosion of the lead being always
poisonous. The common practice of
coloring canned peas with copper is
very Objectionable. The use of preservs-
tives, such as salicylic acid, is not with
out risk, while an occasional source of
danger is the development of nitro
genous bodies called ptomaines in
meats The above are Illus
trations of the principal food adultera-
tions, which. though bad enough. are
in comparison with the |
reports that have been pub
Iished. Much the greater part of foods |
we eat is pure and wholesome.-Ds-
Iroit Free Press
The Canton times., 1894-08-24

A certain judge who is blessed with
a tremendous head of hair, which is
generally in state of wild disorder,
was questioning youthful witness, to
make sure that he comprehended the
character and Importance of the oath
he was about to take.
boy" he said with his severest and
most magisterial manner, ''do You feel
sure that you could identify me after
SIX months? Now be careful? Think
before you speak.
well, your honor" replied the boy,
after prolonged survey of the judges
portly figure and rugged features. II
amt sure, but l think l could if you
wasn't to comb your hairF'-fouth's
Companion.
The Canton times., 1894-08-24
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

|
Potato Salad: One pint of cold
boiled potatoes cut into small pieces;
two tablespoonfuls of grated onions,
four tablespoonfuls of chopped beets.
Mix with the dressing.-O Farmer.
Spinach for chronic constipation,
celery for rheumatic troubles. toma-
toes, for action upon the liver, and
onions for their laxative properties are
all vegetables having valuable medici-
nal properties, and more agreeable
when well cooked than pills, powders,
and tonics.
--Old-fashiOned housekeepers say
that the dough for cookies or ginger
bread is much more easily handled
and rolled and stamped the day after
it is made than on the same day. In
cool weather it should be set where it
will not become hard.-Farm, Field
and Fireside.
Iced tea may be palatable, but it is
certainly not wholesome. The better
way to make it is to fill the glasses
partly full of cracked ice; then make
the tea double strength and pour it
like, add your lemon and sugar. You
get less tannic acid in this way than
when the tea is allowed to stand and
cool before using.
Black berry Cordial-A quart brandy;
two quarts blackberry juice;two pounds
white sugar; one ounce each powdered
cinnamon and nutmeg; one-haf ounce
each powdered allspice and cloves.
Boil the juice and brandy and the
spices (these tied up in thin muslin
bags) for fifteen minutes. Take from
the fire, add the brandy, and when
cold, strain, bottle and seal.-Harper's
Bazaar.
Fancy Cakes: Beat the white5 of
two eggs and one cupful of fine granu-
lated sugar for fifteen minutes. Add
the white of one egg and beat five min
utes more: add another white and beat
until stiff. Shape by using the pastry
tube into little cakes about table
spoonful on an unbuttered paper and
bake in very slow oven twenty min
utes. Before baking sprinkle some red
sugar, others with chopped nuts and to
part of the mixture add some color
ing or chocolate. Before serving put
two cakes together sticking them to-
gether with the white of an egg.
How can l keep my hands white
and do my housework is question.
Gloves save the hands from dust,
scratches and dirt; so, first, wear them
all the time when working about the
house. They must be easy and large.
Always use meal or bran in the water
when washing the hands, and only the
best soap. Glycerine and rosewater are
good. but honey much better. Lemon
juice is indispensable touremove stains
from the nails. 1t also prevents the
cuticle from going over the nails
Lemon juice and salt will remove al
stains from tho hands, and is prefer
able to7soap. At night rub little ole
cream or milk on the hands-a tea
spoonful will be enough. Do not dry
| the milk off. The nails must be longer
than the fingers and of the same shape.
Farm, Field and Stockman.
The Canton times., 1894-08-24
HUMOROUS.

-Tim-"What kind of a necktie is
that, Bill-a four-in- hand?" Bill-"No,
secondhand South Boston News.
WHATS that noise?" asked Willie,
as the owls began to hoot. ''It's a
howl" said his English nurse. "Poh!"
cried Willie. 81 know that, but what
is it that's howling?"-Harper's Bazaar.
To Us in Dreams
What is 1t speaks to US in dreams?
Is it voice from Evermorel
Or is it something that we ate
The night beforeg
The Canton times., 1894-08-24

It was not large piece Of money,
but it looked good in his eyes; clean
and white and solid, rs money well
and honestly earned is sure to look.
you've done now" said Mr.. Green.
''I'll just sweep up this little pile Of
sand and wheel it of, SOS to leave the
walk lookin' neat said Johnny.
just at that time Bill was slowly
making his way back to where he had
left Johnny, looking with great salts
faction at two small coins he held in
his hand.
Fifteen cents. Waited round the
whole afternoon thinkin' I'd never get
job, and then come along a man
wantin' letter took to the post Office
in hurry. Didn't take me more'n
twenty minutes to make more'n John
ny's made workin' hard all the after
noon. Won't crow over him, though!
/ wonder what's goin' on round on
that street?'
Quickening his usually lazy gait, Bill
rounded the corner to come upon 3
scene of a little excitement.
A small pony carriage had been
standing in front of the house next to
Mr.. Green's. The gentleman driving
it had gone into the house, leaving the
pony united and little girl sitting in
the carriage. A noisy wagon being
driven rapidly by had frightened the
skittish little animal and he began
backing and rearing. finally turning
sharply and starting to run.
The little girl screamed with fright.
No one but Johnny chanced to be very
near just at the moment. Dropping
the broom with which he was clearing
away the last of the sand. he ran and
seized the pony by the bit. 1t pranced
about in lively manner, jerking
Johnny from his feet, but the small
boy pluckily held on.
1t is not likely that anyone would
have been hurt. for plenty Of help was
near, and the little girls father came
running out with her first cry, and was
soon adding his strong hand to John
ny's in bringing the pony to order.
But the gentleman smiled very kindly
on the sunburned. freckled boy.
lyon did that very WELL" he said.
''If the pony had got a start there
might have been trouble. / want to
know your name and where you live.
And--here"-
Bi had drawn near. and now stood
breathless as the gentleman put his
hand in his pocket.
Boys like bit Of money, l know
for l was boy once myself"
he went on looking over a handful OF
change.
What would it be, Bill wondered A
quarter, may be-no, he was passing
over the quarters. A half? Then
Johnny could go to the fair, sure
enough Butt was the biggest sill.
YER piece Of all which was held out to
Johnny-a big, round, hard, solid sill
yer dollar. And Johnny was SO amazed
he almost forgot to say THANK you."
Its all luck" grumbled Bill.
don't mean amt glad for you to a
got it, Johnny; bat I might "a been
waitin' round here just as well as not.
and then could "a done it. It's just
the luck some folks has. 1t was luck
that day made fifty cents carryin' a
valise"
Hush up about your luck" said Mr..
Green. "All the luck in it is just that
Johnny's been here putting in good
honest work all the afternoon, so he
was just ready for 1t. That's all the
The Canton times., 1894-08-24

luck boy needs. When he's doing his
best he's pretty sure to be ready for
the best that comes
"A whole dollarr' exclaimed Bill, as
the boys walked away together.
Enough for you to go to the fair, and
more"
Yes" said Johnny, with beaming
eyes. Enough for both of us. Bill.
Me n you'll both go. And have some
peanuts and popcorn. too."-Sydney
Dayre, in n. Y. Independent.
The Canton times., 1894-08-24

Who He Was.-Mistress-'Lena,
heard a man kissing you in the hall
last night" Servant-"Yes, num- :"
Mistress-"Well. want to know who
that man was?" Servant somewhat
embarrassed d(-''Excuse me-ah-but-
ah-I think-it was" Mistress
"Who was hee" Servant-'.He was
ah-probably my brother."-Texas Sift-
ings.
The Canton times., 1894-08-24
A Birdie Chestnut.

Mr.. and Mrs. Catbird had gone away
for a visit with a neighbor over in the
next wood, for an hour or so. leaving
their young ones asleep in the nest
When approaching their home on their
return, Mrs c. noticed her little ones
scattered on the ground under the
nest in the bush.
"Oh." she exclaimed. all in hutter,
sthose children have duarreled."
'sHow do you know" inquired Mr..
G.. with the usual obtuseness of
fathers
because, can't you see that they
have fallen out?" and Mr.. Q. was
greatly amazed and delighted at his
wife's wit-Detroit Free Press.
The Canton times., 1894-08-24

Mrs. Nucash-Dear me, l wonder
IL finger bowls should be brought on
before or after the dinnerF'. Bette
-Before, I guess; don't you know the
before forks7'
The Canton times., 1894-08-24

-"Jobson has gotten place on the
police force" "How did he convince
the authorities that he was fitted for
such a position?- ''0h, they had proof
that he walks in his sleep
The Canton times., 1894-08-24


DIN to the fair,
Bill?"
Mo- Bill
5 h o o k h ! $
head. costs
t o o m u C h.
You?"
mo. That's
The Redwood gazette., 1894-02-01

Mankato Free Press: The investi-
cations for coal near Redwood Falls
still continue, and it. is claimed by
coal mining experts that the outlook
for a good quality Of coal is most
promising, and that indications are
that it will be found in quantities
which will warrant operations on
most extensive scale. Mankato is
greatly interested in this coal inves-
LEGATIONS, and indulge in the hope that
the result of the Investigations now
being made will fulfill every expect
ancy. The finding of an abundance
of coal in that locality means much to
this western country, and at no point
does it mean more than it does to
Mankato. Cheap fuel would mean
an extension of our manufacturing
interests iby the enlarging of those
already in operation, and the encour-
dSluS VI Oll0lo W lOCdtc ucI6. w I'LL
cheap fuel at it's command, Mankato
could offer inducements to capital
seeking investment which would be
hard to duplicate in the northwest,
and if Redwood proves to be situated
on top of vast coal fields, that fuel is
close at hand. It is, indeed, fortunate
that the interests there have passed
into the hands of energetic and enter
prising men who haye plenty of cap
ital behind them, and who will con
duct all Investigations on broad
gauge plan which will effectually set
tie the question as to whether there is
or is not, in paying quantities the
In the meantime Mankato will watch
for the result Of the operations with
interest.