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The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-02-02

~Hurd's Finest Stationery at the
BANNER Stationery store.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-02-02

the department responded to IS. Two
were false alarms, 6 were of incedendiary
origin, from spontaneous combustion,
4 were started from defective chimneys.
The total fire losses were $4,000, all of
which was covered by insurance. In
nearly every instance the buildings
burned or damaged were replaced with
much better ones. The assessed value
of real and personal property requiring
the protection Of the fire department. is
Isl, S00, 900. The chief suggests that the
village is entitled to reduction of in
suranCe rates, as the facilities for fight
ing fire are much more than ordinary,
In his conclusion he calls the attention OF
the trustees and citizens to the coming
tournament of the State Firemen ;
Association which is to be held here this
Summer ard asks for the hearty cooper,
alton of all, that it may be made u great
success, and one of which the depart
ment may he proud. the officers are,
f. NJ. Tiffany, chief; G. Sullivan, first
assistant; ChaS. Barnes, second assistant.
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SPECIAL BUSINESS LOCALS.

WANTED. To RENT.-A small
tenement within short distance of
granite shop.
F. H. EsTABROoK
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SPECIAL PRICES
CUST0M-MADE CLOTHING
For January and February. 1t will be your
loss il you don't call. e1Y-Fit Guaranteed.
stiff FRED SMITH, 459 Main st.
FISH AND OYSTERS /!

All kinds of Fresh Salt, Smoked, Picked and
Shell Fish In their season. Large stock always
on hand HOLSTERS specially
All orders promptly delivered 10 any part of
Bennington. Vegetables in their season.
L. S. FROST, Opera House Block
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GA pleasant, convenlen tenement
to rent, apply to Harrison l. Norton.
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de- WANTED.-A small, young,
healthy dog. Reply personally or by
postal card to Mrs. Clarke, pa South
street.
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JANUARY
QUACKENBUSHS

l lot of Brown Linen Crash Sic, former price
10 cents
l lot Of 1s.inch heavy brown tWilled Toweling,
1216c; now Zoe.
1bte Of is inch white Twill Toweling, 14c;
now 10 cents.
25 pieces 2O.inch Twill Toweling 1876; now 14c.
rs dozen all linen So Napkins at 75c per dozen;
cheap at 81.
100 dozen 2OxS6 Hemmed Huck Towels II 1-2c;
worth lie
rs dozen extra heavy Huck Towels lac each;
So dozen 24x4S fine Damask Towels in white and
yellow horders two rows OF work, 25c each; for
merly 81 PC.
10 iteces half Bleached Table Linen zoe; for
merly 25c
10 pieces half bleached Table Linen, soc; for
merly 40C.
Is pieces half Bleached Table Linen, 4Oc; for
merly soc.
10 pieces Blenched German Table Damask, doc;
regular price SOC
81 &c formerly SOC; 75c Damask now 81 l-2c;
% lie Damask now 75c; 81 Damask now 9Oc;
s. % Damask now 81; 81 so Damask now 81 %.
All Of John S. Brown e. Sons
celebrated Irish Table Cloths and
Napkins at great reduction.
Now is the time to buy all the
new and latest patterns.
A large lot Of ODD Table Cloths
and Napkins will go at Big Bar
gains.
G. Y. S. QUAcHENBUSH & co..
Corner Broadway and Third st.,
Troy, NY.
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BILLIARD AND POOL CLOTHS.

BILLIARD AND POOL CLOTHS.
A great opportunity to have your bill
lard or pool tables covered. Frear has
made a special contract with one of the
largest importers of Billiard and Pool
cloths in this country, and will place on
sale at his Cloth Department Billiard and
Pool cloths seventy-twO inches wide at
$500, $3.50 and $3.50 per yard. Frear
also carries Pool Pockets, sets at $500
each. If not convenient for you to visit
the Bazaar, write for samples. A nine
foot table requires three yards of mate
rial. An eight-foot table 3 and q yards.
The strips off the sides will cover the
cushions. Extra cushion strips 81. 10
each at Cloth Department, Frear's Troy
Bazaar.
B-Dr. Mason of Chatham, N. Y. tie
specialist in cancer, will be at the Put
nam House on Saturday February 10th,
and will be pleased to consult with any
one who is suffering from this disease
or any form of blood disease, free of
charge. His vast experience at his san
itarium makes his opinion valuable and
his sincere and candid advice is worthy
of your full confidence Call and see him
if you are afflicted before it is too late
for medical aid, or write direct to G. II
MASON, NJ. D., Chatham, N. Y.
If the care of the hair were made a
part of a lady's education, we should not
see so many gray heads, and the use of
Halls Hair Remover would be unneces-
garv
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GREET BARGAIN
Sale From Jan. 70 10 Feb. 20.

Owing to The hard times and scarcity OF money 3nd also TO
duCG stock before taking inventory have concluded 10 sci
following goods for the next 80 DAYS for cash OOWS
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G19@T The Waterman Fountain Pen
carried off the first prize at the World $
Fair. They are for sale at the BANNER
Stationery Store.
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nY-T The Waterman Fountain Pen is
the best pen made. Chauncy NJ. De-
pew says SO. They are for sale at the
BANNER Stationery Store.
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nY@The Waterman Fountain Pen
writes steadily, doesn't leak; it's always
ready for use, and gives satisfaction.
For sale at the BANNER Stationery
StOrC
The diamond drill., 1894-12-01
The seasons shipment iron

THE this property was concluded
COLUMBIA. on Thursday, when the last
500-ton consignment moved
to Escanaba While exact figures from
the docks have not been received, IL Is
known that about ten thousand tons
have been shipped. Considering that
the summer was drawing to close when
the mine was unwatered, this record is
not bad one. Gen. Mgr. Scadden in
forms The DIAMOND DRILL that il is HE
intention 10 continue mining throughout
the winter, the product TO be stocked.
The diamond drill., 1894-12-01

Holders Of the Tramarack
COPPER stock were made iubilant this
NOTE. week by the announcement OF
improvements in the rock
taken from No. 3 shaft. Ever since the
striking of the Calumet lode the rock has
been such as TO pay well for boisting and
stamping, bat did not come up to the
hopes and expectations OF the operators.
However, during the past week exceed
ingly rich ground has been struck, which
brings greater feeling OF satisfaction to
the stockholders and practically assures
long lease OF life to both the Tamarack
and tho Calumet & Hecla, and promises
TO make OF the former in time the best
paying copper mine on Lake Superior.
No. 3 shalt is n marvel OF the engineering
ingenuity Of man, it being one and one
quarter miles deep by tho dip OF the wien,
the deepest shalt in the world. IL is al
most awe-inspiring TO realize that mum
bers Of our fellow men are engaged in
labor more than mile below the earth's
surface, yet this is the case at the Tama-
rack No. Stopper Journal
The diamond drill., 1894-12-01

AT meeting OF the stock
MAR holders OF the Escanaba Riy-
oUErTE er Land x Iron company,
RANGE. held on Tuesday, power was
granted the board OF directors
TO lease section eighteen OF thecompany's
lands. The party taking the lease is to
pay tho indebtedness OF something like
$4,000 and IA royalty OF fifteen cents
per ton on the ore mined. The indebted
moss is to be repaid by the company with
royalty. The Metropolitan Land < Iron
company has been looking the property
over but as yet has not closed any bar
gain with the owners with reference TO IL.
Work at the old Wheat mine, under
ground, will soon be resumed, IL being the
intention 10 mine 10000 tons this
winter.-Iron Ore.
The diamond drill., 1894-12-01
Another week has passet

Another week has passed
MEsAH without any developments at
RANGE. the Biwabik mine. The
money has not yet arrived
Co pay the workmen and the strike still
continues. There are many rumors as 10
the cause OF tho delay In paying the men,
but the Range cannot trace any Of them
Co u reliable source. II the money IN not
Forthcoming this week the probabilities
are that the holders OF the Biwabik
paper will take steps 10 force tho pay
ment OF their claims.
The plaintiffs have filed their reply 90
the defendants answer in the case oI
William Mckinley ct nj VS.. Lake Superb
or Consolidated Iron mines. They ad.
NIT that they were well informed as TO
the value OF the mines conveyed to the
defendant, but they deny that they knew
anything Of the value OF the stock OF the
defendant company which they were 20
receive In exchange for their mine. They
also admit that they knew OF some oI
the defendant company's purchases, but
deny that the conditions were well
known TO the defendants. Other minor
matters are denied or admitted.
Tue Rouchleau-Ray Iron Land com
pany made another important sale
Tuesday. The land adioins the McInnia
mine near Eveleth and wns sold to the
Fayal Iron company, n branch OF the
Minnesota Iron company, which recently
The diamond drill., 1894-12-01
Four Big Successes.

Having the needed merit TO more than
make good all the advertising claimed for
them, the following four remedies have
reached phenomenal sale; DR.. Kings
New Discovery for consumption, coughs
and colds-each bottle guaranteed; Flee
trio Btters, the great remedy for liver,
stomach and kidneys; Bucklen's Arnica
salve, the best in the world and DIR.
Kings New Lille pills, which are a perfect
pill All these remedies are guaranteed
TO do just what is claimed for them and
the dealer whose name is attached here
with will be glad 10 tell you more OF
them. Sold at Hooking Bros drug
store.
The diamond drill., 1894-12-01

wife. While was pastor OF the Baptist
church at Rives Junction, she was
brought down with pneumonia succeed
ing La grippe. Terrible paroxisms OF
coughing would last hours with little in
terruption and il seemed as il she could
not survive them. Afriend recommended
DR.. Kings New Discovery; it was quick
in it's work and highly satisfactory in its
results" Trial bottles free at Hooking
Bros drug store. Regulor size 80 cents
and 81. 90.
The diamond drill., 1894-12-01
Marvellous ResuIta

From letter written 10y Rev. J. Gund-
ernan, OF Dimondale, Mich, we are
permitted 20 make this extract 81 have
no hesitation In recommending Or.
Kings New Discovery. as the results
were almost marvellous in the case OF ny
The diamond drill., 1894-12-01
From The Mines.

purchased the iIeInnis. The land is des-
cribed as lot three and the southeast
quarter OF northwest quarter OF section
three, 57-17. The consideration was
$500, 900 spot cash. The transfer does
not include the timber on tue land, the
company retaining It's control OF that
Mesaba Range.
The diamond drill., 1894-12-01
The e,ooo-ton stock at th

The 6,000-ton stock at the
sroCKPmE Columbia has been sold.
SOLD. This ore was mined by Messrs.
Lindsay K Ross and was
recently purchased at execution sale by
Mr.. Joseph Kelso, OF Bellevue, la. The
purchase noted at this time, however,
is for purposes OF consumption and IL IL
the desire OF those interested to ship the
ore at once. Unless the weather becomes
milder, however, il is feared that this will
be impossible.
The diamond drill., 1894-12-01

Mr. Charles Leisc has placed
FILED lien upon the leasehold
LIEN. and plant OF the Armenia
mine, TO recover $662.50
claimed to be due him in wages. Mr..
Leise has had charge Of this property
since its closure three years ago. IL is
one Of the properties wrecked by plunger
Schlesinger.
The diamond drill., 1894-12-01
There is nothing to report in
THE .
DUNN.

There is nothing to report in
THE connection with the work at
DUNN. the Dunn. Stocking contin-
ues at the pace fixed several
weeks ago, about two hundred tons per
day. The management informs THE
DIAMOND DRILL that nm attempt is being
made To secure more favorable rail
freight rate for next seasons shipment
and that the outcome may exert nrge
influence on future operations.
The diamond drill., 1894-12-01

A crew OF men has been em-
REMOVING ployed by the Chicago *
RAILS. Northwestern company this
week, removing the railsirom
the spur to the Hollister mine. This
spur is about two miles in length. The
rails are being removed for use in the
three-mile spur, extending from the main
line TO the Quinnesec falls, near Quin-
nesec, now under construction. The
rails from the yard at the Mansfield
location have also been removed Tor this
purpose. The tearing up OF railroad
does not present a hopeful aspect in a
cosnmunity, to place the situation in its
brightest light This instance, however,
might easily be given a more direiul
significance than the facts in the case
warrant. The rails have been removed,
only, the ties not being disturbed, nor
the spikes collected. This indicates the
company's readiness TO replace the
track, should operations resume at the
mine. The Hollister, or the Cundy, as it
was latterly christened, has n good body
OF ore and could be prohtably wrought
In n time OF demand for ores Of the non
Bessemer grade. The last attempt TO
work the mine, thatmade by accompany
OF Negauuee gentlemen, proved n failure
through lack OF funds and disagreement
among the members OF the company.
This happened in 1892. Nothing has
since been done at the property.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-02-10
1t Was FOggy.

Brazil is the hotbed of 'prevarica-
tors for amusement only 1t has in
actual existence an Ananias club. and
rumor credits Judge Silas D. Coffey of
the state supreme bench with the pres
idency. The judge tells a good story
at the expense of John Vanes, proprie-
tor of the Vanes boiler works, and a
cousin to Carnegie, the iron king. He
said that n morning while a party
were camping at the judges cottage
they awoke to find the thickest fog on
record. Vanes was missing, and a
search was instituted. He was found
just outside the door, where he was
cutting out slices of the fog with a
cornknife and spreading it with sorg-
hum molasses for breakfast. Vanes de-
MES this and says he was cutting loose
the shadows of night that had got
caught in the fog.-Brazil Gnd.) Cor.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Soap For Chapped Hands.

Contrary to the general notion,'
said a well known chemist. good toilet
soap is the best preventive against
chapped hands that can be used. l
don't mean its general use in wash
ing, but as a salve or balm, just as you
would apply camphor ice or vaseline.
While the common soap generally used
for cleaning about the house is of an
alkali nature and chaps the skin terri
bly,, a good toilet soap is neutral and
acts as a balm to the irritated skin. In
my business | have to wash my hands a
great number of times a day At first
l had great trouble, for my skin. being
naturally tender, chapped easily, max
ing large cracks in the flesh which made
it dangerous for me to work in acids.
At last l discovered by covering my
hands with good toilet soap after l had
washed them-rubbing it well into the
skin-that not only prevented chap
ping, but kept my hands in elegant
condition. Vaseline and salves are very
good, but none of them can do the work
of a first class toilet soap. As l said,
a toilet soap is neutral. A person could
eat it without injury. Why, many Of
the pills which are prescribed for you
are made out Of nothing more than tot
let soap. "-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-02-10
Th0 Color Of Man

The color of the skin in the various
races Of man has never yet been scien-
~tifically accounted for, although numer-
u NEUROLOGICAL stories have been told
and senseless theories advanced as rea-
sons for the remarkable variations in
hue. Nor have we any certain data
concerning the color of the cuticle Of
the primeval man. the original lord
OF creation A pretty African legend
is that he was as black as the proven
bal C Of spades and that the present
pale color of the Caucasian race is the
result OF the scare God gave Adam at
the time Of the fall.
1t is proper to state here that the
same legend says that the present black
ace are descendants of one of Adams
IONS that was born and left Eden before
the great change In color overlook our
first parents. The Chinese believe that
the original man was a creature half
god and half man, and that his color
came about as a result of bathing in a
river of liquid gold. The Mussulmans,
the American Indians and several ORR
entail tribes and nations account for
their prevailing red or copper color by
telling the story of the great being Gre
ating the first pair from red kaolin, the
common fire clay Of the potter shops.
Exchange.
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CHEAP DIAMONDS.

Universal Hard Times Said to BE Unset
thing the Market For the s%parklers.
1t will not be surprising if the univer-
sal hard times cause a great crash in the
diamond market. 1t is we'll known that
the great syndicate which has controlled
the price Of precious stones in the past
few years finds the enormously increased
production. combined with the steadily
shrinking market. a very difficult condi-
ton to deal with,
Cecil Rhodes, the virtual king of South
Africa, told the stockholders of the con-
solidated De Beers mines at Cape Town..
on Thursday, that the cause Of the pres
ent depression in the diamond trade was
tt be found in America, which took one
third of the worlds production. These
mines have long been the greatest pro-
ducers. but one of the two other South
African companies has recently much in
creased its output in spite of the control
exercised by the syndicate. 1t is now pos
sible to obtain small diamonds in London
at astonishingly low figures. No cutting
of prices has yet been made by reputable
jewelers. in the retail trade, but the sup
ply of small stones is SO enormous that
those who know the ropes a buy them
at 30 to 80 per cent of the prices of 1892.
London Cable.
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A NATURAL SODA FOUNTAIN.
A Kentucky Farmer Strikes . Plain Soda
Gcysor white Digging Post Holes

A Kentucky Farmer Strikes . Plain Soda
Gcyser white Digging Post Holes.
A wonderful discovery has been made
on tho farm Of Mr.. Anderson Miller,
who lives about nine miles southeast OF
Barboursville. Ky. While digging a post
hole in the ground Mr.. Miller had gone
down probably four or Eve feet when he
struck what appeared to be \ very hard
substance. and he pounded away a time
or two on it, when he was suddenly
startled by rnmbling and laundering
sounds and kissing of gases, or what ap-
peared to be steam, and his digging tool
was lifted clean out Of the hole and
thrown several feet, and a volume of
boiling and kissing water shot forth $50
feet high. MI. Miller made a run for his
life, as he thought the water was billing
hot" as he expressed it.
After getting over his excitement he re-
turned to the scene and looked upon some
thing wonderful-a steam of water near
ly six inches wide and as clear as crystal
shooting its way upward fully $50 feet
and forming a crystal arch beautiful in
the sunlight, something like the geyser
''Old Faithful in the great Yellowstone
park. Miller stood still and watched this
phenomenon for about 80 minutes. Then
of a sudden, as if done by some mysteri-
BUS hand, this great fountain OF water
was shut off. The appearance in and
around the place was entirely changed.
After a pause of about 80 minutes again
came forth the mighty volume of water
as before. Mr.. Miller, thinking he had
enjoyed enough of this grand sight by
himself, started off in haste to call his
neighbors, that they might also see the
wonderful thing. Word was brought in
to town. and a party Immediately left to
view the sight. The water appears to be
heavily charged with carbonic acid gas
and is pleasant to the taste .-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-02-10
whore Tymdssi wsns~d I'm ys....

Whatever the late Professor Tyn-
dall's final wishes may have been. it was
not" writes a correspondent. Ibis desire
ut one time of his life that his remains
should rest in the little graveyard at
Haslemere. | remember some 10 years
ago sitting next him at u dinner party ut
the late Earl of Dalhousie's and his ex-
p~atiating with much zest and eloquence
on his horror of being Inferred in a damp
spot. His final resting place, the pro-
fessor declared. was already prepared for
him neal his favorite Alpine r%etreat-a
shelf cut in the hard rock. high up in the
pure, dry mountain air. where the nat
ural process of disintegration might be
accomplished with as few of the painful
adjuncts of decay as might be. He
~laughingly volunteered to provide con
tiguous rocky shelves for any like mind
ed friends.
Il may perhaps be allowed to add that
through all the intervening years l have
retained "a most vivid impression of the
enthusiasm with which Professor Tyn,
dali dwelt on the wilder beauties of na-
ture. He assured me that he lived on
Hindhead not for the sake of the exqui,
site summer days, but for the wild even,
ings of spring and autumn, when storms
and mists and rainclouds sweep across
the open hillside. His artistic enjoy.
ment of such a scene seemed to me quite
as keen as his scientific appreciation
Westminster Gazette.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-02-10
WATER LOCATION SENSE.


The Strange Faculty Possessed by Some
Reptiles Even When Decapitated.
Reptiles and batrachlans usually pos
sess what may be termed tine water 10
cation sense.
My attention was first called to this
by my brother, who, while engaged in
a natural history expedition in south
eastern Texas. had what at the time we
both considered a unique experience
with a large sea tortoise.
This tortoise had been surprised some
distance from the water. among the
sand dunes that line the gulf shore, and
o. being overtaken had it's head chop
ped off preparatory to serving as a very
toothsome addition to our diet. Much
to the surprise Of the party the behead-
ed animal continued on it's way toward
the water.
Several times it was turned around.
entirely or part way, but every time it
WAS able to right it's position perfectly
and again make directly for the water.
At the time this was narrated to me
| was of the opinion that there must
have been something in the contour of
the land that enabled the tortoise to
regain the correct direction in each
case.
Since then I have had numerous
proofs that this ability belongs to a
number Of species OF these animals in
the West Indies, and that the loss of
eyes and nasal organs, of the entire
head and neck, i'll fact, apparently
works no inconvenience to them in this
particular. This is % family character
istic which, so far as | have been able
to find, il not alluded to in any work
concerning them.
The same singular ability may he OBJ
served in certain species of water fire.
quenting snake. The common water
snake. often enormously called the
water moccasin," almost invariably
finds its way to the water, if not too far
away, when its head ia cut off.-St.
Louis Republic.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-02-10
In the OuiCksandA.

An Atlantic City correspondent of the
Philadelphia Times says that j. P. Her
atty, a young Philadelphia stopping at
the Mansion House, had an exciting adj
venture which but for the opportune ar
rival of assistance might have resulted
in his death. He,aty was driving a pair
of spirited horses along the beach from
South Atlantic City when the animals
plunged into quicksand. Heraty held
the lines and was pulled from the car
rage. He was kicked several times by
the fioundering horses and was lying un-
conscious, with the waves washing over
him, when several laborers who wit
messed the accident came to his aid. The
horses were buried breast deep in the
sand and were taken out with much diff
fculty.