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cRATEFUL-coMFoRTINc.
EPPS'S COCOA
BREAKFAST-SUPPER.

"By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws
which govern the operations of digestion and nu-
triton, and bv careful application of the fine
properties of well -seerted Cocoa. Mr Epps has
provided for our breakfast aud 81 PIPER delicate.
" favored beverage which may save us many
heavy doctors bills 1t is by the judicious use of
such articles of diet that constitution may be
gradually built up until strong enough to resist
every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle
maledies are floating around us ready to attack
wherever there is II weak point. We may escape
many fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well for
titled with pure blood and properly nourished
frame. '-tivil Service Gazette.
Made simply with boiling water or milk Sold
only ia halfpound tins, by grocers, labelled thus
JAMES EPPS g. Co. Ltd. Homeopathic
Chemists, London England. 5St4
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BENNINGTON,
SPRING, 1894
ESTABROOK'S
Granite and Marble
WORKS..
MAIN STREET, DOOR WEST OF EXPIRES
AND TOWN CLERKS OFFICES.

To THE CITIZENS OF BENNINGTON
AND VIcINITY-I am prepared to furnish any
thing wanted in the dine OF cemetery work at at
least 10 per cent less than you can buy the same
quality of stock or work Of any agent or outside
party, as that is the agents commission, or it
Will cost party from away if they come them.
selves to sell and set the work at least 40 per
cent more than it will me az | live here and sell
and set my own work, and receive my granite in
the rough state direct from the quarTies in car
load lots at low rates. have force of compe.
tent Workmen to cut polish and letter the WORK
here in nv shop; have had four car loads of
rougE granite in the past two months am fur
nishing 10 monuments and number Of markers
and tablets from Landgon's hest dark Barre
granite which are to be set before Decoration
Day Call and my stock and how do my
work, aid if YOU have work to buy give me a
chance to figure on it. have nearly fifteen hun
dred dollars worth of marble monuments and
tablets on hand, and will sell you any Of these at
very low figure, as l want the room for granite
work. The above are facts which will prove to
you il you will call and see me
Soliciting your patronage, 1 am very respect
fully yours,
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Danger From Catarrh.

The most important feature about that
very common complaint, catarrh in the
head, is its tendency to develop into
some other more serious and dangerous
disease. The foul matter dropping from
the head into the bronchial tubes or
lungs is very liable to lead to bronchitis
or consumption, that destroyer which
causes more deaths in this country than
any other disease. AS catarrh originates
in impurities in the blood, local applica-
tons can do but little good. The com
mon sense method of treatment is to
purify the blood, and for this purpose
there is no preparation superior to
Hoods Sarsaparilla. The powerful ac-
ton of this medicine upon the blood ex-
pels every impurity, and by so doing
cures catarrh and gives health to the en-
tire organism.
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Rucklen,s Arnicn saIYs.

The best Salve in the world for cuts.
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains.
Sorns and all eruptions, and positively
crres piles or no pay required. 1t is
Iaranteed to give peri" 1t satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25c per box,
For sale by G. D. Gibson.
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New Haven, which was supposed to
be Democratic by at least 1000, has just
given Republican Mayor more than a
thousand plurality. That Republican
tidal wave is not only mountain in size,
but it seems to possess strong lasting
qualities.
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To Avoid DYsnensia.

Sir Andrew Clark president of the
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons,
has advised that each mouthful of food
should receive 30 bites-that is, one for
every tooth--if one wishes to avoid dys-
pepsia.
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Mr.. William Lloyd Garrison appears
to agree with President Cleveland that
the restriction of immigration is ian un-
generous and inhospitable deluSion."
Both are consistent free traders.
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On the Congressional vote New Jer-
sey is Republican by $4,000. The dinner
pals did t, and free trade hereafter will
be as hopeless cause in that State as it
is in Massachusetts.
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Probably thousands of letters have
been sent to the dead letter office, be-
cause of the rubbing off of the miserable
stamps furnished by the department. If
the stamps recalled from distribution are
On poorer paper or have less mucilage
than those sold, they must be poor in.
Hood
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MIR. Bissell stands by his guns, and
AppOmattox PostOffice, Virginia, will
hereafter be known as Surrender. 1t is
well for the peace of the Nation that it
was not a Republican Postmaster Gen
eral who dictated this obnoxious name.
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The only striking phrase in Presi-
deut Cleveland's message was lifted from
a Republican platform. The President
knows where TO get good thing when
he wants it.
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When Baby was Sick we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
The oasis., 1894-01-11
Well Hardened Horses sell Best.
Rreeder,s Gazette.

Breeders Gazette.
 Shippers of horses to market have evidently taken well to heart the ster- eotyped advice in our market report that horses should be ''in good flesh" MT. Malcom McIlhargy, who works horses on New York streets, com plained in our last issue against the ''hog fat" horses which are sometimes offered for sale and states that the seasoning of green horses carrying too much flesh gives them much trouble, In the same issue Swift & Co. write that when they buy they generally allow for shrinkage of 100 to l50 lbs. in hardening the horses for work. This would seem to mean that the farmer has wasted enough feed on the horses to make that weight of fat which is worked of before the horse is hardened. Undoubtedly the skin poor horse is not salable. but in the light of evidence just cited it becomes ques- tiOn whether or not the farmer is not wasting some feed in fitting horses for the market. It is clearly the case that hardened team will bring more than a young team whose muscles are flabby and filled with fat, and possibly after having grown the frame thor oughly it would be we'll if the farmer did not feed his market horses as he would prize bullock, But on no ac- count should he stint the youngsters. If he can give a team work that will harden them the skilful buyer ought to be willing to pay more for them than if they were stall fed. At all events it seems as if there is such thing as getting horse too fat for market.
The oasis., 1894-01-11
A horse has forty teeth.

A horse has forty teeth. A mare generally has thirty-six. They con- sist of six upper and six lower incisors, or front teeth, which are the only teeth visible when a horse opens his mouth, and twenty-four molars that is arranged in rows of six on either side of the jaw. In addition a horse has also four canine teeth, or tuSks, or as they are sometimes known, bridle teeth, one upper and one lower on each side of the jaw, which protrude from the gums in the spaces separating the incisors and the molars. They make their appearance after the horse has reached his fifth year. They are seldom found in a mare.
The oasis., 1894-01-11
HorseLanguage.

My horse has a low whinny which means ''water;' and higher-keyed, more emphatic neigh means flood. " When l hear these sounds l know def- nitely what she means as if she spoke English. The other morning, passing along the street, 1 heard that same low whinny, and looking up, saw a strange horse regarding me with a pleading look. l knew he was suffer- ing from thirst, and no language could make it plainer. The language of the lower animals is not all articulate. It is largely sign language. The horse does deal of talking by motions of the head and by his wonderfully expressive looks. He also, upon occasion, talks with the other extremity. A peculiar switch of the tail and gesture, as if threatening to kick, are an equine form of speech. The darkey was not far wrong who said of the kicking mule tits just his way of talking"
The oasis., 1894-01-11

L. c. Fisher, a farmer near Phoenix, Friday brought in herd of cattle sold by him to Mir. Powell. the Los Angeles cattle buyer, that is worthy of especial notice. In the bunch was a four year old COW that pushed down the scales to 1880 pounds and two year old steer that weighed l470 pounds. The balance of the stock r head, were less than three years old and averaged between HOO and l200 pounds.
The oasis., 1894-01-11

A fine deposit of granite has been discovered within the walls of the territorial prison at Yuma, and the conyicts are to be set to work at once to utilize it, so says the Tombstone Prospector, edited by one of the prison commissioners MT. s. c. Bagg.
The oasis., 1894-01-11

A man who wishes his cattle quiet and easily handled, must himself be quiet when about them. An excita- ble, nervous, ill-tempered man should never be permitted to have the care of stock. It is well to bear in mind that good breeding is as valuable in the man as in the animal of which he is master.
The oasis., 1894-01-11
Fattenlng Fowls Rapidly.

The finest fat fowls are not made SO by being allowed to runaat large, how ever liberally they may be fed. They will, if allowed exercise, work off flesh and fat very nearly as fast as it is put on to them. This slow fattening does not make so tender meat as that which is put on rapidly To do this best the fowls should be kept in small, open, slated boxes, but in dark place, and only brought into the light when fed After few days the appetite fails and the fowls are then stuffed by hand with a mixture of corn and oatmeal. in which are some pieces of mutton fat. A box of gravel should be kept within reach, and the fowls will help themselves to all of it they need. Ten o- twelve days are enough with such feeding to make fowls latter than they are often seen in market. Amer ican Cultiyator
The oasis., 1894-01-11

At Wilcox Friday afternoon of last week the residence of J. F. Crowley was entered in the absence of the family, and robbed of great deal of personal property, jewelry etc. Loss about S300.
The oasis., 1894-01-11

At Albuquerque last Thursday, Judge Collier granted the application for a receivership for the Atlantic X Pacific Railway, and named the three gentlemen who had already been ap- pointed receivers for the AtchisOn, Topeka x Santa Fe system.
The oasis., 1894-01-11

The Globe and Bowie stage was was robbed Monday afternoon. The lone highwayman who did the job got about $500.
The oasis., 1894-01-11

J. L. B. Alexander of Phoenix, has been appointed clerk of the supreme court of Arizona.
The oasis., 1894-01-11

The recent storm was the heaviest in Southern Arizona in several years.
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such quality was visible. The shot
told the party quieted down from
that moment and soon broke up. The
next morning no less than tree officers
from different regiments rode out to
my camp, all men older than DIR. Mi
nor and of higher rank, to thank him
for the simplicity and courage of his
rebuke. It was from them first
learned what had happened. Anyone
who has had much to do with young
men will admit, think, that it costs
more courage to do what he did than
to ride up to the cannon's mouth.
1t may interest some readers to
know that this young surgeon after
the war had charge Of two different
military hospitals on the Pacific coast,
that he finally became mayor OF Seat
tie, and that, when he was accidental
ly drowned on a hunting trip, ten
thousand people-so the newspapers
said-walked in procession at the fun
oro1
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The Green Cabbage Worm.

This is most easily destroyed by
sprinkling solution Of saltpetre on
the leaves. This kills the small
worms before they have done much
mischief. It is much less trouble
than picking off the worms, but this
may be done when only few plants
are grown in a small garden. The
solution may be sprayed on the plants
by suitable force pump. Such a
machine is made and sold by dealers
in agricultural implements, to be
strapped to mans back and carry
the supply in small tank, the liquid
flowing from it through fine nozzle
as the man walks along. For few
plants the hand rubber sprayer or a
large syringe may be used. 1t is said
that wheat bran sprinkled over the
plants will keep off the worms, but it
is not SO effective as the salpetre solu-
tion. The parent Of this worm is a
white butterfly with small black spots
on the wings; if this is caught by a
small hand-net, it will prevent the
laying of hundreds Of eggs, and as
many worms which will have to be
killed otherwise. se.-Selected.
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Drinking Water.

A glance through the lens of a good
microscope at the settings in the bot
tom of the water pail would make
many a good housekeeper shiver with
horror. The innocent little wrigglers
she might find there would be trans
formed into dragons, from which, if
they were as large to the naked eye
as they seem through the lens, she
would flee with quaking terror, and
she would shrink from giving her
child water to drink (or it would
seem, looking through the lens, to
eat) with masses Of vegetable organ
isms in it. Water that is boiled is
freed from living germs. A good
filter will remove them. Distilling
rids the water of them. In all cases
of bowel trouble it is impossible to be
too careful of the purity of the water
given the patient to drink. 1t ia
safer to cool it by putting it in a
sealed bottle, in contact with the ice,
than to put ice in it, as ice itself is
often a source of danger from the
germs existing in it.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-01-31

Grip is killing Indians like sheer
on Pine Ridge Agency, in Nebraska.
Money owes it name TO Mono5a
title Of Juno, in whose temple Ro'
man money was first coined.
O. What is believed to be the larg
est and most fruitful cherry tree in
the world stands on land owned by
Mr.. John Capura, Of Oroville, Cal.
It is of the ox-heart variety, and is a
wonder in several ways. 1t is Is
years old and is 6 feet in circumfer'
ence at the ground, and over 60 feet
high. During the season of 1887
(which you can put down as one ex-
ceptionally favorable to the cherry it
bore $500 pounds Of fruit.
"A negro boy eight years old died in
this city on Sunday from the effects o
drinking dispensary whiskey. He founc
a pint flask about half full of whiskey
and drank the greater part Of it giving
the remainder of it to two other boys
He got pretty drunk from the effects, the
other boys are none the worse. Dispen'
sary liquor is dangerous.-'Sunster lPdtcI
man.
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An Incident OF the War.

am asked to record the bravest
thing done, within my immediate
knowledge, in the civil war. On ma
ture reflection, passing by some hair
breadth escapes, I should award the
palm to something done by young
assistant surgeon Of mine, not quite
81 years old, DR.. Thomas T. Minor,
then of Hartford, Conn. It was at an
exceedingly convivial supper party of
officers at Beaufort, S. c., to which a
few of my subalterns had been invited.
I saw them 60 with some regret, since
whiskey was rarely used in my regi-
ment, and I had reason to think that
it would circulate pretty freely at this
entertainment. About DR.. Minor l
had no solicitude, for he never drank
it. Later I heard from some of the
other officers present what had happen
ed.
They sat late and the fun grew fast
and furious, the songs sung becoming
gradually of that class which Thack-
eray's Col. Newcome did not approve.
Some Of the guests tried to get away
but could not, and those who attempt
ed it were required to furnish in each
case song, story Or toast. Minor
was called upon for his share, and
there was little hush as he rose up.
Hc had particularly pure and boyish
face, and lis manliness Of counte-
nance was known to all. He said:
"Gentlemcn. l cannot give you song
or story, but I will offer toast,
which 7 shall drink in water, and you
shall drink as you please. That toast
is Our mothers. "
Of course an atom of priggishness
or self-consciousness would have
spoiled the whole suggestion, No
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-01-31
Noteworthy Changes In Laws.

John Randolph Tucker, president
of the American Bar Association, in
his annual address before that body
this year, gave an interesting resume
Of noteworthy changes in the laws OF
the several States which have taken
place this year. Some Of the new laws
arc curious, and have much public in
terest.
From President fuckers resume it
appears that the Australian ballot law,
or modification of it, has now been
adopted in thirty-six States. Three
States have passed laws requiring
voters to possess moral and education
al qualifications. Idaho prevents po-
lygamists from voting, and in Maine
and Massachusetts, the voter must be
able to read the State Constitution in
the English language, write his name
and not be "a pauper or under guardi-
anship."
Mississippi, before the present year,
had placed an educational test for suf-
frage in it's constitution. Another
class of enactments has been passed
by several States to protect the ballot
and secure political independence. In
Wyoming it has been made crime to
discharge an employe because he has
been nominated for an Office. Califor-
mia has made it penal to enclose wages
in pay envelopes on which any politi-
cal arguments or the names of party
candidates are printed.
Michigan has unique law, author
izing the courts to send one convicted
of drunkenness to gold cure institu-
tion for treatment at public expense,
instead of to Jail. Another liquor
law, that of Arizona, indirectly per
mits the sale Of intoxicants to minors
in new enactment, which makes il
an offense to sell liquor to minors
"without the consent of parents Of
guardians" but minors must be ex'
cluded from the saloons.
There has been considerable legisla
tion in regard to truancy and compul
sorry education, and prohibiting the
employment of children who have moi
had schooling. Rhode Island ane
Minnesota have been added to the
States which furnish free schoo
books. Illinois has made concession
to public sentiment against the un
necessary exhibition of prisoners b!
requiring police patrol wagons to be
covered. New Jersey has earned th'
distinction Of being the only Stat'
which has during the year made race
track gambling lawful. Massachusetts
has enabled towns to provide public
Fairgrounds.
Rhode Island is among the State
which have shown a disposition tt
loosen the marriage tie in law whicl
authorizes the courts to grant an alb
solute divorce where the parties hav
lived separately by mutual consen
for at least ten years. Colorado al.
lows divorces where either Of the par
ties has been habitual drunkard fol
one year. Where changes in the law
have been made the tendency ha
been toward greater laxity in granting
divOrces.
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Women are being substituted for
men In the New York stores. Stewards
old establishment has employed 1,50O
men, The number Is to be cut down
to 200, women being employed in their
places.
"A London coroner the other day
found that the death of young girl was
caused by poison from the dye in her
stockings. The girl bruised ber ankle;
making small wound, but she thought
nothing of it until the next day, when
the leg was found to be iuflamed and
sore. It got worse rapidly, and she was
sent to the hospital, where In short
time, she died from blood poisoning. The
physician said that there was no doubt
that tho dye of the stocking poisoned the
open wound in the leg. The stockings
were of dark-blue color, but what was
the dye stuff is not stated.
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Better Than q Pension.

GA month or so ago. said the
drummer, I stopped over night at a
small tavern in Illinois and before
retiring I sat for an hour in the room
used for an Office talking to two or
three men, one of whom, lame man,
was to occupy the double room with
me. I went up to bed some time
before he did and when he came l was
snugly tucked away, but not asleep.
"'By the way, he said, you were
talking about pensions down stairs,
weren't you.
"'Yes, I rather believe in pensions
economically administered.
ESQ do T. he said carefully taking
off his glasses and with them a wax
nose, which he laid on the table some
what to my discomforture, but don't
believe in being indiscriminate' te'-here
he fshed out glass eye and put it in
tumbler of water and then took out
his teeth and put them with the eye.
I couldn't say anything and he went
on.
"I know men who are to-day getting
from $40 to $50 month he removed
his wig and hung it up carefully
who do not deserve it any more than
my grandmother does, and I hate to
see'-by this time he had off his coat
and collar, and, removing his left arm,
be placed it on the bureau-'good de-
serving men getting miserable little
pittance whose records are stories Of
bravery and daring at this point he
sat down, kicked off his trousers and
one shoe, took off cork leg and laid
it by the arm and I was about ready
to jump out Of the window.
"sGood Lord, man, I almost yelled,
as sat up in bed, don't you get a
pension p
"Of course not, he answered, with
a look Of surprise. Twas in the army
four years, but I got this in railroad
wreck and the company had to put up
$50, 900 damages. That beats pen
sion all to pieces. Then he put out
the light, hoped over to his own bed
and I had nightmare and jimjams till
daylight, dressed with my eyes shut
and got out an hour before my disin-
tegrated friend did. '-Detroit Free
Press.
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Choking In Cattle.

Somewhere in the past few months
I have read of this remedy for a
choked animal: Take a round stick,
in size perhaps one or two inches, and
in length six or eight inches tie a
cord on each end, and put it in the
animals mouth the same as bit in a
horse mouth, tying the cord back of
tn horns. Last evening found q
nice heifer with an apple in her throat.
She was quite badly bloated-in fact,
in condition where something must
be done for relief soon or l should be
minus heifer. Being alone [ could
not push it down, and to snap it out
with my thumbs was impossible; so l
tried the stick-in-t -the-mouth remedy.
1t worked like charm, and in forty
minutes from the time the stick was
put in her mouth the apple had be-
come soft and gone on into her stom-
ach.
AS I remember the idea given, it
was that the keeping the mouth open
prevented attempting to swallow, and
that would prevent the bloating, and
the working of the tongue would
create saliva which would digest the
apple, or potato, or whatever might be
the cause. But it does not matter
what the theory was practically it is
success, and the remedy is worth
putting in your hat where you will
not forget it. This one instance has
saved me enough to pay the cost for
the year of every agricultural paper |
take, and wish to present it to 9th
ers.-H. S. Matteson.