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The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-02-23
She Wasn't sunerstitions,

A friend said to me the other day, co
used to be superstitious, but 1 have over
come the feeling entirely"
Entirely" l echoed.
"Oh, yes" was her reply beginning
anything on Friday or on the thirteenth
of the month, going under ladders, refus-
ing to turn back after have started out,
picking up black pins, meeting cross eyed
people on Monday, singing before break
fast-in fact, all those ridiculous ideas
have got bravely over"
"Goodp l replied as put on my bon
net-we were going out together-''I am
glad to know that you are so sensible"
"Have you got a hatpin you can loan
me, Polly, dear?" she asked.
An idea stuck me. went to my jewel
case and too.s out a long scarfpin with an
opal head and handed it to her. She took
it and then d--pped it as if it was hot.
"Mercy men she cried 81 wouldn' t
wear an opal for 500 a minutel"
"But l thought you weren't supersti
tious?"
ooh, well, opals everybody knows about
That's fact and not superstition, " was
her unconvincing and ungrammatical re-
ply.
So there you are!-Polly Pry in New
York Recorder.
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THE REASON WHY.

do not understand the reason why,
Though we toll all the day,
My Jock and ],
Yet poverty Sis in our cottage door,
And each day wears the look that yester wore.
Ny Jock hath Drawn and muscle, aye, and
brainl
Yet duller men in chariots pass us by;
the reason why
tcannot say-but this know,
No nobler heart than Jock IS could God bestow.
We eat our simple fare in thankfulness,
Nor crave the daintes spread before the high,
My Jock and /;
They quaf lifc's wine, and we the lees
And who can tell the reason why?
And haply, a little while, We'll understand.
When cowslips grow and long grass waves
Upon our humble graves,
It shall be well with my dear Jock and l.
We shall be happy with Gods reason why.
Matte Holland Swami.
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A STARTLING FACT.

Sixteen Per Cent of Life Insurance AppH-
Gants Rejected on Account of Diseases
Kidneys.
DR.. Lambert, the general medical di-
rector of the Equitable Life Insurance
Company, New York, said:
1--WE reject sixteen per cent. of the applications
made to us fOr ihsuT GECe, AND have saved the
entire expense Of this medical apartment by thts.
rejection alone of applicants who had discussed.
Kidneys and who died within two years after L
rejected them"
This appalling statement should have
the attention of our citizens. There Is
no reason to-day why people should al
low kidney disease to get such hold on
them.
Nature sends her warning in the slight
pain in the back, poor circulation of tho
blood. sediment in the urine. When any
OF these symptoms appear, DR.. David
Kennedy's Favorite Remedy should be
taken IN small doses at once, and thus
drive the poison out of the blood and re-
store the kidneys to healthy action. To
our knowledge this is the only medicine
that surely cures this almost uni ,ersal'
complaint.
We note the recovery of Mr.. Oscar
Lambert, of Jericho, Mo-, whose case has
been talked of in the papers the world
over.
Quoting from his letter to the Press,
Mr.. Lambert says:
II neglected the first symptoms until found
myself in bed with complicated disease of tho
k'dneys. NO mortal ever suffered mere and
lived My physicians failed e. hello me- 1 theh
used Or; David kennedy's Favorite Remedy. It
relieved my kidneys almost Immediately, and in
afew weeks WAS clear Of all pain, and entirely
cured"
Mrs. A. j. Manchester of Providence,
r, l., writes:
II began using DR.. Kennedys Favorite Rene
dy for sidney disease, when debtors failed to re-
lieve me- 1t drove a bad humor out of my blood,
and cured my kidney trouble"
Favorite Remedy has had more free
advertising in the columns of the daily
papers than anything we know of, from
the fact that it does as promised-Cures
disease.
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WHY HOODS WINS

President Lincoln said: "You cannot
fool the people second time" They
are too quickt to recognize real merit OF
lack of it, and cling only to those things
which they find to be what is claimed
for them.
1t is especially gratifying that the sale
of Hoods Sarsaparilia increases most
rapidly in those sections where it is best
known.
The inference is plain. Hoods Sarsa.
parilla has proven that it possesses genu.
inc merit. 1t maintains high standard
which others cannot even approach. Ii
is the peoples favorite blood purifying
and building-up medicine, and is more
popular this year than ever before. All
this because HooD's CURES.
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HESITATE OF PETER II. STORY.

Notice of Settlement and Application for Distri-
button.
STATE OF VERMONT,
District Of Remington, 5sS
In Probate Court held at the Probate Of
ace in Bennington, within and for said District ON
the 9th day of February, A. D., 1894
Present. John V. Carney, Judge
George F. Graves executor OF the estate
of Peter H. story late of Bennington,
in said district, deceased presents.
his administration account for exaIni
nation and allowance, and make application for
a decree of distribution and partition of the es-
tate of said deceased
Whereupon,it is ordered by said Court, that said
account and said application be referred to session
thereof, to be held at the Probate Office aforesaid
on the Path day of February. A D. 1894.
for hearing and decision thereon; ana,
1t is further ordered, that notice
thereof be given to all parties interested, BY
publication of the same three weeks successfully
in the Bennington BANNER, a newspaper published
at Bennington, previous to said time appointed
for hearing, that they may appear at i'd time
and place, and show cause, if any they may have
why said account should not be allowed, and
such decree made
A record whereofis ordered to be made
A True Record, Attest,
JOHN V. CARNEY, Judge.
A True Copy Of Record, Attest,
JOHN V, CARNEY, Judge.
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Could Not Talk a Little Bit.

"The toughest experience | ever had in
my life, said solicitor of life insurance,
twas with an iron manufacturer in Troy
81 had been informed that he was a
hard customer, but wealthy man and one
who had carelessly neglected to provide
himself with insurance, and so resolved
to tackle him.
"Upon entering his Office and explain
ing the nature of my business was sur
prised at his greeting. 1t was friendly,
even cordial. Life insurance. said he.
We'll, now, that's subject that interests
me. Come with me to the shop. I've got
to 60 there, and you can tell me all about
the superiority of your company over all
others.
"Then he took up his hat and babe me
follow him. AS we went out of the Office l
iced smile ON the faces of all the
.-erks, and though / didn't understand it
smiled in return, for thought possibly
they knew my errand and were congratu-
lating me on my success.
"The proprietor walked hurriedly, and
after him, until at last he flung open a
door. 1t was the machine shop. The din
was terrible. A thousand hammers,
think, were all at work beating iron at
once. Involuntarily put my hands to my
ears.
Hooking at my man, saw his lips
move, and lowering my hands just man
aged to catch his words, shouted above the
deafening racket, Now, tell me all about
itr
"He smiled sardonically as he said this,
and could have murdered him. 1t was
impossible to say word, and SO went
right out. 1t was darn mean trick. -
New York Herald.
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LAND OF MYSTERY.
The Weird Sketch of Country Tapped by
the Nevada Southern Road.

The Weird Sketch of Country Tapped by
the Nevada Southern Road.
One of the most peculiar and interesting
places on the American continent lies
across the diagonal line that forms the
southern boundary of the state of Nevada,
spreading into California and reaching al
most to the line of the Atlantic and Pacific
railroad. The old forty-niners passed
through this section during the California
gold excitement. Many persisted from the
thirst, and the remains of their wagons,
such as the tires and other iron parts, may
be found strewn about the valleys.
Near Resting springs a man of the
name of Lee has a ranch, an Indian wife
and family of eight children. Not far from
there is what is believed to be the famous
Gunsight mine. One of the pioneers in
passing through that section picked up a
piece of lead almost pure and made sight
for his gun with it. 1t was so rich that
when he told the story in civilization pros
pectors started out to locate it. The fact
of the similarity of all the valleys led
many astray, and they persisted from
thirst. His description of the spot applied
to so many spots that no one has been able
to locate the mine, but the present owners
believe they have found it.
The valley adjoining that which is the
route of the Nevada Southern is called
Pahrump. 1t is the principal one of them
all for gold and silver and lead mines. Up
the valley, which is one of those dry, bar
rem sand gulches between two perpendcu-
lar walls of rock, is the Mesquite stamp
mill. On one side is the keystone gold
mine, from which 800. 900 has been ex-
tracted. Up at the head of the alley is the
Montgomery gold district. Several miles
above the mill is the Pahrump springs,
where hardy pioneer has settled in a
beautiful little oasis and reared family.
Those who have visited the family say
that away off there, imprisoned by canyon
walls and sandy deserts, is the most beau
tiful woman in the west. She is one of ma
lures queens, and her fame for beauty is
spreading quite rapidly since grim civili-
cation placed his foot in the Pahrump val
ley. The Pahrump valley has not been
noted for its civilization. A band of rene
gade Indians-a mixture of the Mohaves,
Chingowayras and Piutes, all of which u.
habit that country-have settled in lr.
They once had a chief, and when he died
his son was the candidate for the chi, :
tainship.
The tribe did not want him and wou i
not elect him, so they went without
head, but not for long. Tecopa step
into the job and has since held it ana .
looked up to rs the chief. Chief Tecopr
attire consists of plug hat and an [
striped shirt. Once in awhile he wears
trousers, but very seldom. When Mr..
Blake went there Chief Tecopa said that he
owned all that country, and that his con
sent was necessary before any railroaG5
could be built. His consent could lie
bought with plug hat and red striped
shirt. These being promised over pipe,
Tecopa allowed the white chief to proceed
with his railroad.-Denver Republican
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ThouCht II Over.

"Silas," said Mrs Comfort as she looked
up from her reading, lis it an awful thing
for one man to call another liar"
mot from my standpoint"
But here is case where a man wa.
killed for it"
"Then the killer will be hung, as he de
serves to be-"
"Were you ever called liar2"
Lots of times"
"And what did you dor"
"Took time to think it over. If l had
lied then being called liar was no more
than l could expect. If didn't lie, the
man who called me liar thought | did and
should be argued and reasoned with and
made to apologize. While was taking
time to think it over the lnan generally
left, and so there was no occasion to pur.
sue the subject any further "-Detroit Free
Press.
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WELL DRESSED WOMEN
HANDSOME GOWNS ARE NOT NECES-
SARILY THE MOST EXPENSIVE.


Diamond Dyes Make Possible Many Stylish
Suits-Their Use Greatly Increased by
Hard Times-Rioh CoInrs That viii
Not Fade, Crock or Wash Out.
About the only thing the sale of
which has been increased By the hard
times, are diamond dyes" said Ben
nington druggist. Women like to be
well dressed, and they find that by the
use of these handy home dyes they can
make an old dress look like a new one,
prevent the husbands clothes from get
ting shabby, and keep the children nice
ly clothed"
While there are fifty different colors in
diamond dyes, the blacks Especial kinds
for wool, cotton, and silk and feathers)
are the most popular, as any color can
be dyed a handsome black with but lit
tie work or expense. The directions on
the envelopes are SO plain and explicit
that the most inexperienced can do as
well as the professional dyer.
In one of the ladies' papers, a story of
real life was printed, telling how a win
ter wardrobe was made from partly worn
clothing by the aid of diamond dyes.
"a tan cOlOred flannel dress was taken
apart and washed and then dyed a beau
tiful brown with seal brown diamond
dye. As it is made very plain it can be
washed almost as easily as calico; for,
like other culOrs produced by these
dyes, i + will never fade.' 1t also tells of
"a suit that was dyed lovely shade of
dark green" and other useful and hand
some gowns, cloeks and hats that were
colOred over with diamond dyes. Try a
ten cent package and see how easily a
fast aud beautiful solor can be made
over any kind of goods.
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Preparing For n Hurricane.

Speaking of hurricanes at the island of
st. Thomas, eX-Consul Horne said: awe
had one that scared me good deal more
than it hurt me. One day when the sun
was shining brightly | suddenly heard
four guns fired from the fort. Every body
began jumping around and shutting up
things. WHAT'S the matterY' | asked.
Hurry up said the clerk, that's the sig
nal. There's storm coming And in the
street the people were running in all di-
rections, and blinds were banging. All the
houses have heavy, solid outside shutters,
and my clerk was shutting these MS fast as
he could. Soon | was left in total dark
ness entirely alone. Everybody goes into
the lower stories of the houses during a
hurricane, as they are built of stone and
the upper part of the buildings are of
wood. In an earthquake they use the
wooden story. Well, the storm came up
and banged and howled around, and |
would have given S. for even black COM
panion. l expected to see the whole place
in ruins, but when l opened the shutters
and got breath of fresh air the people
were beginning to walk about again, and
the sun was shining, and everything was
lovely They're used to little things like
hurricanes there and don't mind them
That's the way all transforms come up
out of clear sky. "-Hartford Courant
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India.

The civilization of today is indebted to
the old time civilization of India. With
out it there could scarcely have been an
Athens or a Rome, and without Rome
no France or England, as we know them.
Do not imagine India as country in
habited by single race. You might as
well say that the creole in the streets of
New Orleans belongs to the same race as
the Yankees because they live in the same
country. India is densely populated by a
large number of acres, the people of which
are widely separated by caste. Between
the high and low castles there can be no
utilization. 1t is hard to convert these peo-
pie to Christianity. The high caste would
prefer hell to the idea of a heaven where
he would be obliged to mingle with in
feriors. Then, too, the native gravely an
swers when asked to change his religion
that if his own faith were wrong his fore
fathers would surely have discovered it.
Lecturer Frank r. Robertson.
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Time Lost hv an orerooat.

He was an eminent practitioner in Phil
adelphia, and one of his patients noticed
that he more often than otherwise came
INTO the room with his overcoat on. CUES.
toned about it, the doctor said:
Whenever can, keep on my overcoat.
It saves time. average, say, 40 calls day.
Now, cannot get on and off my overcoat
in less than a minute This would be 40
minutes wasted. Unjust save my time, and
That is one of the best ways of doing II"
But, doctor, p" expostulated the patient,
"you would not recommend such a prac-
tice to me. You would at once say to me
that keeping on my overcoat in the house
would excite perspiration and so give me a
cold when went out"
"Yes, would say that to you-you are
the patient, the doctor. Do as say, not
as do. "-Philadelphia Call.
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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..
King S New Discovery, for consumption,
coughs and colds, each bottle guaran.
teed-Electric Bitters, the great remedy
for liver, stomach and kidneys. Buck
Inns Arnica Salve, the best in the world,
and DIR, Kings New Life 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 herewith will be glad to tell you
more of them. Sold at G. D. Gibson's
drug store.
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FACTS WORTH KNOWING.

In all diseases of the nasal mucous
membrane the remedy used must be non,
irritating. Nothing satisfactory can be
accomplished with douches, snuffs,
powders or astringents, because they are
irritating, do not thoroughly reach the
affected surfaces and should be aban.
doned as worse than failures. A multi.
tude of persons who had for years borne
all the worry and pain that catarrh can
intiict testify to radical and permanent
cures wrought by Ely's Cream Balm
Your druggist has it.
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Abuse of the Ewes.

Sir Andrew Clark, when accused of
abusing his eyes, by writing hour aft
er hour during the railway journey from
London to Holyhead, said: II am using
my eyes, not abusing them. You can
not injure any organ by the exercise of
it, but it is the excess of use that in
jures. 1 have always been accust9 med
when travelling to write and occasional
ly to read without the smallest symp-
tom of mischief; otherwise | would not
do it"
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What Shall We Call Him2

Professor Muybridge, the artist who
first succeeded in photographing an ami
NAL the run or on the jump, writes his
first name Eadweard. This is odd, but
there is man in West Virginia who writes
his thus: Llewellyn Phtholognyrrh. His
given name is not hard to read, but the
other is puzzler until you take it to pieces
and determine the sounds of the letters
and combinations by the following words:
Phth, in phthisic; olo, in colonel; gn, in
cologne;yrrh, in myrrh. -Harper's Young
People
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ESTATE OF PATRICK GRACE,

Notice Of Settlement and application for Distri-
button.
STATE OF VERMONT,
Dist. of Bennington. IS.
In Probate Court, held at Bennington, within
and for said district, on the 5th day Of February
A. D. 1894.
Present. John " Carney, Judge.
Chas H. Darling, administrator of the estate
Of Patrick Grace late Of Haverhill, Essex county
and State Of Massachusetts, deceased, presents
his administration account for examination and
allowance, and makes application for decree OF
dis rbuIion and partition of the estate of said
deceased.
Whereupon it is ordered by said Court, that
said account and said application be referred TO
session thereof, to be held at the Probate Oflce
aforesaid on the eth day of February. A. d.
1884 for hearing and decision thereon; and, 1t n
further ordered, that notice thereof be given 10
all parties interested, by publication of the same
three weeks successfully in the Bennington BkH-
NER a newspaper published at Bennington, PIE
Vious to said time for hearing, that they may APP
pear at said time and place, and show cause "
any they may have. why said account should not
be allowed, and such decree made
A record whereofis ordered to be made.
True Record Attest,
JOHN V. CARNEY. Judge.
True Copy of the Original Record,
Attest JOHN V. CARNEY. Judge
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The Mississippi river is rising rap
idly in consequence of recent storms and
serious floods are threatened.
A MILLION FRIENDS

A friend in need is friend indeed land
not less than one million people have
found just such friend in DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption. Coughs
and Colds. If you have never used this
Great Cough medicine, one trial will
convince you that it has wonderful cura.
tive powers in all diseases of the throat,
chest and lungs. Each bottle is guaran.
teed to do all that is claimed or money
will be refunded. Trial bottles free at
G. D. Gibson's drug store. Large bottles
SOC and S1.00.
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FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS

AN OLD AND WELL TRIED REMELY.-Nrs
wnSlows Soothing Syrup has been nsed Co. o,as
fifty years by millions Of mothers for their emil
dren while teething, with perfect success. IL
soothes the child, softens the gums, aiiays ali
pain, cures WIND collie, and is the best remedy for
Druggists in every part of the world. TWENTY
five cents bottle. Its value is incalculable. fe
ure and ask for Mrs. winslOw's Soothing Syrup.
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The Storage Battery.

1t is maintained very stoutly by expert
electricians that the storage battery is,
after all, a success for commercial work;
that the new processes for manufacturing
them have cheapened their cost, and that
in train lighting they are especially eff
Gent and economical. 1t is estimated that
SS5 per horse power is the annual cost of
the accumulator. -Inventive Age.
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EsTATE OF HARRIET ARMSTRONG J.

Will Presented,
STATE OF VERMONT,
District of ennington, 30
In Probate Court. held at Probate Office in Ben
nington, in said District, the Sd day OF
February, A. D. 1884,
Present, John V, Carney, judge.
An instrument purporting to be the last will and
testament Of Harriet Armstrong. late of Hoosick
Rensselaer, County, State Of N. dec'dbping pre-
sented by VIM. B sheldon for the executor therein
named for probate, it is ordered by sald court
that all persons concerned therein be notified to
appear at session thereof, to be held at the Pre-
bate office in Bennington. in said district, on tho
Gath day of Feb A. D.. 1894, at 10 o'clock
in the forenoon. and show cause if any they have
against the probate OF said will: for which pup
pose it is further ordered that this order be pub
lished three weeks successfully in the Bennia,
ton BANNERa newspaper printed at Renninlng
ton in this State previous to said time eff hearing
By the Court Attesr
j. V. CARNEY, Judge,
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HypnOtism and Hysteria.

An Authority on hypnotism says that
hysterical persons are very difficult to in
fuence. They aEe-so welded to their own
fancies, mental and physical, that they
prove very obstinate hypnotic patients.
Even if an influence is gained it passes off
very quickly. Exchange.
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ECONOMY AND STRENGTH

Valuable vegetable remedies are used
in the preparation of Hoods Sarsapa-
nlla in such a peculiar manner as to re-
tain the full medicinal value of every in
gredient. Thus Hoods Sarsaparila
combines economy and strength and is
only remedy of which 100 Doses One
Dollar is true. Be sure to get Hoods.
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People troubled with sick and nerv
GUS headaches will find most efficacious
remedy in Ayers Cathartic Pills. They
strengthen the stomach, stimulate the
liver, restore healthy action to the di-
gestive organs, and thus afford speedy
and permanent relief.
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A Sure Cure.

Christine-How many times didNyou re-
tuse Mr.. Stickeigh before you got rid of
him?
Polly never refused him at all. On
;he contrary, accepted him at once and
then began TO firt with every man in sight
and really forced the poor fellow out of
the field.-Detroit Free Press.