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Rob Roy, the Philanthropist.

During more than 40 years John Mac.
Gregor (Rob Roy) was great exemplar of
the best sort of philanthropy. There was
some narrowncss, perhaps bigotry, in his
religious creed, but none whatever in his
practice. He was a man of considerable
attainments in literature, science, art and
music Above all, he was born adven-
turer, as his voyages in his Rob Roy
canoe testify and all the profits that he
obtained from his books and lectures were
handed over to the charities-charitics of
the best sort-in which he was interested.
By lecturing alone he earned and thus
applied so, 900, and having set himself to
collect that sum he persevered in the work
during several years, and after his health
had begun to fail, until the total had been
reached. Dying in 1892, at the age Of 81,
he left record of steady heroism and of
real service to his follow men which is al
most unique.-Academy
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Self DependenCe.

A man must have reserve of character
and purpose
To the good man no harm can come, be he
alive or dead
He must have a reserve Of reputation.
Let others think we'll of us; it will help us
to think well of ourselves. No man is free
who has not his own good opinion. A man
will wear clean conscience as he would
a clean shirt if he knows his neigbbors
expect it of him. He must have reserve
of love, and this is won by the service Of
others. "He that brings sunshine into the
lives of others cannot keep it from him
self" He must form the ties of family
and friendship, that, having something at
stake in the goodness of the world, he will
do something toward making the world
really good.
When every American citizen has re-
serves like these, he has no need to beg for
special favors All he asks of legislation
is that it keep out of his way. He de-
mands no form of special guardianship or
protection. He can pay as he goes. The
man who cannot has no right to go. OF
all forms of greed, the greed for free
lunches the desire to get something for
nothing, is the most demoralizing and in
the long run most dangerous. The flag of
freedom has never iloated over a nation of
deadheads. David Starr Jordan in Popu-
lar Science Monthly.
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The Editor In an Ironica1 Mood.

The following is taken verbatim from
woman's journal: after you have bathed
put on sufficient undertaking and do
not arrange your stays too tight; then Sc
lect a dress out Of which the dust has been
shaken and 90 to your breakfast" Such
advice might not be out of place in an asy-
lum for feeble minded people, but it would
hardly seem fit advice to give the public in
general, for woman under ordinary cir
cumstances ought to know enough to put
on her Undertaking and dress and go to
the table without being told. In another
place it says: "A corset cover is simply
matter of taste. Very many women
wear it, and very many do not" This
will no doubt be startling news to most
people. The current supposition would be
that women are born in corset covers and
never take them off.-Nokomis Free Press
Gazette
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The HOrse Know.

"The other day." says man, 81 bought
an apple on the street, and after taking a
bite discovered that did not want it. A
horse attached to a truck stood at the curb
at the moment, and in passing l tossed
the apple to him. He was only able to
seize it sideways and get a small bite, the
most of the fruit dropping in the gutter at
his feet. His driver, standing not far from
his head, noticed this, and STOPPING picked
up the apple. He held it up on,a level
with the horses eyes, so that he could see
it fully, and then lowering it cried 'Opcnp
Instantly the horse stretched his jaws
wide apart, displaying cavern of throat,
and the driver skillfully shot the apple in,
the horse catching it between his teeth and
proceeding to MUNICH contentedly. The lit
tie incident was chiefly significant because
it showed thoroughly good understand
ing between the man and tho animal,
which, in these days, when Society For
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is
necessary, seems worth noting. New
York Times.
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A. NIisstatement.

Mrs. Spifling had answered the doorbell
of her suburban residence in person. There
was man at the threshold who politely
touched the brim of a hat of the vintage
of 1892 and began:
MADAM, l represent''-
He did not proceed Mrs. SpifIins had
recognized him instantly, and she inter
rupted his remarks:
mo, you don representa- You misrepre-
sent. You were here year ago and rep
resented that some seed you sold me were
those of a celebrated Towering shrub from
China, whose blossoms would give me JOY
the long summer through. When they
grew up, l found you had palmed off
pumpkin seeds on me. Now, if you don't
git this instant, I'll break broomsticB
over your back"
He got. - Pittsburg Chronicle-T eie.
graph.
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DIGGING FOR SMELT.
The Queer Experience of Visitor to tn,
Maine Shore.


Maine Shore.
A Boston sportsman who once made q
trip down the Maine shore, speaking Of
his experiences, said
Il found myself at Ogunquit, a quiet
little place about 30 miles this side of
Portland. 1t was dirty, misty day, and
as there was nothing going on at the no.
tel l slipped into macintosh and
strolled down to the beach, where the surf
was pounding in with terrific din. The
tide was at lowest ebb, and so / had quite
a long walk to reach the waters edge.
For awhile l watched the breakers rolling
over each other, and then l started for a
little walk along the sand but a few feet
from the water.
presently | was surprised on looking
around to find number of very small and
almost transparent fish, which / took to
be young smclt, writhing about in tho wa
ter and near the tracks had left in the
soft sand. At first thought they had been
washed up by the surf, but in moment l
noticed that this could not have been pos
sible, for the water had not reached SO high
a mark on the beach.
81 was much puzzled by the phenome-
non, and a possible solution of the mystery
was not suggested to me until one of the
little smelC which l had picked up and
held in my hand dropped to the ground
and disappeared as if he had melted.
More curious still, l began searching for
him, but he was nowhere in sight. Then
began proddiDg the sand with my stick,
and the next thing l knew had literally
unearthed my little fish, or one exactly
like him. BY digging in the sand had
turned up in walking discovered anoth-
er. 1t seemed they had actually been bur-
led, and to prove it made little hole
with my finger at a smooth and unds-
turbed spot and thrust the head of one of
the two snelt in it. With a twist and a
squirm he disappeared. 1 dug him up
fully two inches away.
"Still l was not quite satisfied, so 1
went to spot a rod or more away, and
there l turned up more of the little smelt.
The sand was Jery soft, and by digging
down three or four inches found it so
wet as to be but little more solid than
some thick liquid. On the whole though,
it struck me as being very strange dis
covery, as l had never heard of such a
thing before and l spent an hour or moro
digging 3 inch fish out of the ground"
Boston Journal
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THE PRINCESS OF WALES.
How She Was Entertained by q Quaint
Old ScotchwOman.

How She Was Entertained by Quaint
Old ScotchwOman.
One autumn day an old woman, while
busily engaged in picking up firewood in
the woods adjoining Mar Lodge, became
aware of lady quite young, as she
thought, reckoning her to approach. With
true Scottish indifference she, however,
hesitated to do so, for II jst tocht it wad
be the Duchess O. Fife" the old lady ex-
planned, land l was thinking she MIGHT
as well come to me as l to her." This in
deed the young lady-who, as it happen
ed was not the duchess, but the Princess
of Wales herself-soon did Her royal
highness was the first to commence the
conversation by the somewhat characters
tic inquiry:
"Doyou think look like grandmoth
er?' "'Deed no. l thocht ye was her, "
was the old woman's reply, pointing to
the Duchess of Fife, who at that moment
Joined her mother. The princess, smiling
at this artless tribute to her still wonder
fully youthful appearance, after little
further conversation took out her purse
and offered piece of silver to the old
woman. This was gladly accepted for
Mrs Mob, although widely known in
Braemar as a decent old body, is not
abundantly blessed with this worlds
goods But, alas, when she essayed to put
away the coin the pocket which proved
refractory, as pockets will, had twisted
round somehow, and, in fact, could not
be found.
With charming courtesy the princess
assisted her humble acquaintance to find
it, and then lifted the bundle of sticks
which had been placed for the moment on
the ground on to the old woman's Shout
ders, and with a CHEEKY "Goodby," &C
companied by bright nod and smile,
left her. Perhaps the best part of this well
authenticated story was the remark of the
old lady, who by the way, was not in the
least overcome by the condescension of
royalty, 1.-The princess was real helpful
and bonnylike. Liverpool Mercury.
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INDEPENDENCE DAY.

Red as thy heroes blood thine orient bel
Blue as their azure garb thy cloudless sldesi
Their silv'ry swords as white, the stars that
rise
To crown thine eye with quivering ecstasyl
Our banners hues, the colors Of the free,
Live in thy glories clothe thee with their
guise,
Faith, Hope and Love (the soul s fair trinity,
Lend thy soft vesture, heav'n's immortal dyes.
Who rants of creedsH Thy charter bears the
seal
OF Catholic martyrs, for thy birSh-ight slain.
Thy bulwark in dark days was Cstlolic steel;
Thy very stronghold, Catholic Drawn and
brainl
Shall bigots now impugn our loyaSeJt
Forbid Columbial We are lcal to Efoel
Eleanor c. Donnelly in Donahoe's Magazine.
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Thackeray,s Verses on DIR. MoCosh

Most persons seem to have forgotten
Thackeray's allusion in verse to DR.. Nc
Gosh When the discussion over tho doc
tors appointment to the headship Of
Queens college, Belfast, was at its height,
Thackeray wrote in his characteristic Irish
brogue poem purporting to be by the hand
of Master Molloy Mollony, aged 10. The
opening stanza runs thus:
ton
Hot tears of revinge from me failures wash
And uphold in this pome to the worlds day
tistation
The sleeves that appointed Professor McCosh.
New York Sun.
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ENGLISH ESTATES.
You Will Save Time and Money by Letting
Them Alone.

You Will Save Time and Money by Letting
Them Alone.
'It always amuses me when some poor
deluded soul comes into my office and
wants me to recover vast English es
tate"
Thus spoke well known attorney
And why does it amuse youf"
Because, " said the lawyer, there is
so much folly in such cases. l suppose
there are not a dozen families in Cincin
natl who have not some tradition or an
other about great inheritance over the
water. For generation after generation
these chilneriCal hopes are nursed until
finally some branch Of the family with
more money than judgment concludes to
prosecute the claim. Tho result is nearly
always the same, The victims come out
of the experience with less money and
more Judgment.
"Of course there are rare instances in
which Americans have recovered money
from the estates of foreign ancestors, but
in the great multitude of cases the rights
of the claimants have been so long delayed
or@ere so imaginary to begin with that
it is only waste of time and money to
pursue them.
Il have handled many claims for for
eign inhertances, and in just one case was
there anything realized. After fighting
for IL years my client succeeded in PROV
ing his interest in some English property
Tho litigation, however, stirred up about
1000 other heirs, and after the estate was
divided and the costs were paid my client
got precisely $4.20.
Let me give you a piece of advice: If
your family are heirs to untold millions
in Europe, don't breathe it to a soul. Get
all the satisfaction you can out of the re-
Election that you ought to be in the house
Of lords and tho master of an old ancestral
home, but keep your weekly wages in
your pocket. "-Cincinnati Tribune.
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RAILWAY PASSES.
An Exchange of Civilities With Certain
New Features.


New Features.
ThosG who best know President Newell
of the Lake Shore will best appreciate q
recent exchange of courtesies between
him and President Caldwell of the Nickel
Plate, now also general manager Of the
Lake Shore. President Newell would give
man 500 bill and never think twice
about it. When it came to giving passes
over the Lake Shore, he was adamantine
In his refusal. Those he did give were SO
limited to special trains that a number of
tho officials of the company have never
yet ridden on the limited or fast mail
trains.
1t is the custom Of all railroad presi-
dents to interchange annual passes, and
on a recent New Year President Newell
made up his list of exchange passes and
sent them out Across the end of the one
he sent President Caldwell was printed
in red ink the words, Not good on linn
tied fast mail trains"
BY return mail came President Cald-
wells annual pass on the Nickel Plate for
President Newell. Across its face in far
ing red ink and in the bold handwriting
of President Caldwell were written the
words, "Not good on passenger trains"
This recalls the story of the general pas
senger agent in Philadelphia or some
where who was won't to limit excursion
tickets so closely that the passengers had
to be on the alert in surrendering the re-
turn coupon as soon as they entered the
car on the return journey lest it turn to
dust and ashes in their hands. One day
tho G.. p. A. s fish dealer got stuck with
one of those tickets, the conditions being
printed in very fine type, and he deter
mined to get even. So the next fish deliv-
cred was carefully selected for its evident
lack of freshness, and of course the cook
reported it to tho G. P. A, but on close
inspection the wrapping paper was found
to bear the following words: I'm consider
alton of the reduced price at which this
fish is sold it will not be good after one
hour from the time of delivery. Rail
road Gazette,
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4 Photographic Lack.

1t is a curious fact that, while you can
buy photographs of any place in Europe in
nearly all the bookshops of New York, it
is almost impossible to find views of the
buildings in that city. l went up and
down Broadway and Fifth avenue for
miles the other day trying to find pictures
of the prominent clubs and the palaces that
have been built on Fifth avenue during
the last two years, but nobody has them
for sale, asd nobody knew where 1 could
get them, so 1 was compelled to hire a
photographer and have them taken.-New
York Letter in Chicago Record.
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Pope Leo's Epitaph.

The pope has already written his own
epitaph: Here lies Leo XIII, pope. Heis
dust" On which The Franciscan Annals
makes this comment: "A tertiary pontiff,
who has literally been glory to Chrsten-
dom and guide to distracted world,
could hardly have given better example
of Franciscan simplicity and holiness. -
Detroit Free Press.
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And a Deep Silence Followed.

"Well, sir" said the vivacious lady to
the artist who was painting her portrait,
"you haven't finished already, have your
Or has the hour expired2"
Neither, madam" replied the artist.
81 am waiting for an opportunity of see
ing how your chin looks in repose. Chi
cago Tribune
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Adirondack was nickname applied by
the Iroquois Indians to their enemies, the
Algonquins. The name means people
who eat tree bark" The territory now
known as the Adirondacks was called by
the Indians Coughsarage, 1.-THE Dismal
Wilderness
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Editor Arthur Ropes, of the Mont
peler Watchman, has been obliged to go
back to the Burlington hospital for an.
other course of medical treatment
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Ben Johnson's wife went to the inn
after him if he staid too long and brought
him home, tongue lasbing him all the
way.
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Geo. E. Nelson of Derby, has been
given a cadet appointment to West Point
and James A. Woodruff of Burke, is the
alternative.
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DIR. B, c. JENNEY, Dentist,

SUCCESSOR TO DIR. ]. N. SCRANTON.)
- Is prepared to perform all operations in Dent
stry in thorough and workmanlike manner. Per-
ect satisfaction guaranteed in all cases submitted
o his care, and al reasonable prices. Gas OF
Ether administered extracting teeth when re
Iuired. Office opposite Congregational Church
Vain st., Bennington.
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Co. NJ, LIST regt., V. N. g., of Bur-
lington, will present the play The Mil
ier's Daughter" soon.
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Business DirrrtorD.

MARY PARTRIDGE, NJ. D.
" 4i2 Main Street
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BENNINGTON co. SAVINGS BANK,

BENNINGTON 90. SAVINGS BANK.
TI7he Bennington County Savings Bank at the
4 Bennington County National Bank, is open
daily for the transaction of business from 10 o'clock
a. IN. to o'clock p. M, Sundays and Holidays ex-
cepted.
Interest to depositOrs strictly in accordance with
he laws OF the State Of Vermont. Money de-
posted anytime after the first day of each month
draws interest from the first day of the next sue
ceeding month. Interest computed January
LIST and July lst and if not withdrawn will be added
o principal, and interest thereafter will accrue
upon il.
Loans solicited upon real estate and undoubte
personal securities.
A. B. VALENTINE, President,
/. e, GIBSON, Vice President,
C. II DEWEY, Treasurer,
q. W. qARMAN, Secretary,
TRUsTEEs-A 3. Valentine, u. W. Hartman
Din Scott J. T. Shurtleff, l e. Gibson J.
hudson John Robinson
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Hoods sassssssii!. Cures

year past. have recommended Hoods Sarsa-
paria to others and shall always have a good
word for it on account of the benefit it has given
me-" ALMON p. COOLEY, Franklin Falls, n. II.
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A 2. CUTLER, DentIst.
Successor to Or, S, B. Pike.

Successor to Or, S, B. Pike.
Al operations performed in the most thorough
and careful manner and at reasonable prices
My aim will be give eatre satisfaction to all
cases submitted to my care.
Gas and Ether administered for extracting
teeth without pain, when desired.
Onlce Opposite Free Library Hall, Bennington,
37tf Vermont.
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Hoods Pills cure liver ills, constipation,
biliousneSs, jaundice, sick headache, indigestion.
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Considered InCurabIe
Heart PaIpitation, Stomach
Troubles, Etc.
Took Hoods Sarsaparilla and Is
Now Able to Work as Usual.

Took Hoods SarsapariIIa and Is
Now Able to Work as Usual.
&c. /. Hood g. Co., Lowell, Mass:
al had been great sufferer for seventeen
years. My trouble began with stomach diff
culties, brought about by Overheating the blood
and then suddenly changing the temperature by
drinking cold water. l doctored with home
physicians, but did not receive benefit. l grew
worse at times and was troubled at night by
FIuttering of the Heart.
My food hurt me considerably, in fact during all
these years ] have had to be very careful about
what ate, and much of the time l went with.
out any supper. became all worn out. Two
doctors agreed that my case
Was Incurable
and was liable to die any moment Hoods
Sarsaparia was recommended to me and it has
been the only medicine that has given me any
relief. My heart trouble has apparently sub
sided, and there is a decided change for the
better In the pains in my head. Since commence
ing to take Hoods SarSaparllla my food does
not distress me and eat heartily. 1t has been
possible for me to work most OF the time for
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-08-21
FIT TIL ED|TDN.I|



Prior TO going Vest today Evangelist
Walker preached on '.Hollness' at the Frat
Presbyterian Church last evening to .
congregation Of Preebyterians, Metho-
dists. Baptlsts. Episoopallnns Friends
Holiness Christians and nther sects. the
PresbyferiaHs predominating. ~.
He more eaally unltes the Presbyterinns
and Methodists by hls linguistic expires.
aion and style while In heart and spirit he
had them all with him. II BIZ could get a.
general hearing Of the Presbyterians they
would no doubt approve OF his preaching
as to fundamental doctrines that are not
controversial
They could take all the holiness ho adyo.
cates Without any dlsoord with Presbyter.
ian doctrines.
all he heard last evening to tell whether
Bro. Walker is q Methodist or Presby-
terlan.
In part and purport he said the different
religious scots would never get united on
church history and the style OF water
baptism. This he said to emphasizes his
declaration thata union Of all christians
comes by baptism of the Holy Spirit In
abe shape OF a divine work originating
holiness In the chrlstian's life.
This holiness he contra-tlstinguIehed
from Gods holiness Gods Is original,
Independent, intallibis and In an Infinite
being. while mans is given him by iod,
dependent, subject to mistakes and to the
Limitations OF finite being 1t is the
sumo In quality but not In quantity.
In the text God, q heavenly Father OF
infinite love, Is too wise and grand to
command his child to work an impossi.
bility. l Peter. l. is. For as lie which
hath called you is holy. so be ye holy In
all manner of conversation" II man
will do this man can do 1t with Cots
work Of sanctilcation wrought In him
and with Gods assistance. which will
surely be given. 1t is as obligatory q
command as any one Of the ten com.
mandments.
II Evangelist Walkor could hold half
dozen evening meetings In Wilmington In
Two weeks he would do great work. He
Is the better calculated to succeed because
he starts with the Presbyterlans. Any
preacher who can draw them Into q gen.
eral dolly Ghost revival will lind the other
christians generally OF the city will Join
In. He can thus carry the whole city for
Christ.