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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-25
The Upns Tree.

During his recent stay in Java,
Professor WieBner nscertuincd somo
interesting particulars with reference
to tho celebrated Upns tree, Antiaris
toxcarin. Contrary To the roneral
impression that this trco is not nm
common i'll Java and tho Sunda Isl.
ands, mn Impression manifested by
tho statements in tho leading text
books, Professor Wicsncr learned TINT
Tho original specimen described by
Leschcnhnult Inns been fcllod, nnd in
the whole OF Java thore wcro but three
Individual trees belonging To tho
genus md closely nllicd TO A. toxiccrin.
Or these three trees ono was found by
Dr. Gersholf TO DO innocuous, md
was therefore A. innoxin, Blume, II
species supposed by many botnnists to
be only n variety Of A. toxicara. Tho
second treo proved to DO poisonous,
ono drop of tho latox being sufficient
to kill dog; tho third has not been
examined.
The tree has, however, been Guilt.
vatoi ill tho botanical gnrdon, and
there nre now in tho plantation ut
IJikomoh about seventy specimens.
Neither i'll tho botanical garden nor
in tho plantation could any ill effects
DO observed, even after IL person hnv-
ing been for somo timo in tho noigh-
borhood of tho trees; so tho accounts
OF tho poisonous nature Of tho cxlan-
tions from it arc much exaggerated.
DIR. Burck has shown TINT tho plant
gives off no injurious vnpors, and that
tho latex is poisonous only when it
passes through II wound in tho blood.
Scientific American.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-25

Conan Doyle has been giving inter-
views to English newspapers about his
recent lecturing tour in this country.
He frankly admits that, in a pecuniary
sense, the business is not what it Is
cracked up to be. Those huge bags of
good American gold which Dickens
and Thackeray waved so jauntily over
The rail to their welcoming friends OH
their return from wandering on this
foreign strand, are no more to be pick
ed up at the bottom of the American
!ccturc-rainbow. or The kind words
of the people in this country DR.. Doyle
speaks with much appreciation, but
the non-buttered parsnips seem a real
disappointment TO him. Yet we should
have thought the astuteness of Sher.
lock Holmes would have prevented his
creator from chefishing illusions on
this subject, even If his sclf-love had
not restrained him from publicly
mourning over the fact that his net re.
turns amount to less sum than he
could easily have earned In his own
study at home With us at least it is n
matter of common knowledge that the
rich harvests of lecturers, native or
foreign, are gone never to return. Mat.
thew Arnold's second lccturing tour in
the United States was distinct fail.
IRE financially. He told his friends
that his object in coming back was the
apostolic one of confirming the church.
es in the faith; but he found the faith.
full very well content with their first
visitation, and, at any rate, not at all
anxious for confirmation at one dollar
nor hnnd -.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-25
Evon South ArrIcn uns tho ornxn

There seems to bc IN extraordinary
craze FOR cycling In South Africa. A
Johannesburg paper states that cycles
nre moro generally used In TINT town
than probably any other town OF sim.
ilar size In tho world. There nrc, 4,
adds, some 1000 machines In use by NIL
classes, from the head OF the mining In
uustry down To clerks and shop assist
ants One firm has sold 900 In the lnsi
TWO years. Ladies' are taking To cyclinp
freely, ana so AFRO educated Knillrs
When knillrs that nrc not educated
follow suit, what II splendid mnrkc,
for wheels In South Africa there Will
bel
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-25
The Abstruse Tortoise.

The ways of the tortoise are always
difficult to understand. They excel
most animals i'll their tenaclty of life.
and can exist for long periods without
food OF any kind. The brain OF the
tortoise is small, weighing only the
one-thousandth part of the whole
body, and after the brain has been
destroyed life still lingersin the frame.
Baltimore American.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-25
Ended with q Pun.

The washington Star cites what 1t
calls another instance of woman's skill
In having the last word.
"Thc ostrich Is foolish bird" n gen.
tleman was saying. "When it sees an
enemy coming 1t sticks its head into the
sand instead of running away"
"Oh, WELL" said his wife, ..that's Its
nature"
81 know it. But just the same 1t isn't
logical"
"Oh, yes, 1t is, my dear"
"How do you make that outf"
"It's pathological"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-25
bownre or Oinimonis for CntnrrI, rhnt
COntnin NJ ercury

M mercury will surely dcstrov iho scns, of
smell ANA cumplc' oily duraugo tho whnlo h,n;cul
wh9i entering through ( ie inucoliS s,rrn ccn.
prescriptions from reputable uhysIcin,r. ~. ia"
unhaso ih"y VIII do ~ Ton fold 10 thu goOd van
I'm : possibly derive from them. IIall'nCn tnrIi,
TTurel m4huiacturcd by +. j. Cheney 81 Co,
Iolnuo o., con ins no mercury md Ia taken
informally, acting directly upon tho blood and
i ~ I. surinccs or Tho syatem. In buying
~ Is taken informally, md 81 made In Toledo
pnlo ny =; j. Cheney ds Co. Trstimonlnln ne"
s~ Soiu oy Druggists, prlco 75c per bottle,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-25
Embarrassing Physical Popularity,

a citizen of Traverse City, Mich,
is afflicted with an odd and ON barrass.
ing popularity. AT irregular inter.
yals no falls into IL trancc-likc state,
which continues for uncertain periods
and from which it is impossible to
arouse him. Tho longest spell of the
kind lasted ninety-four hours. Whilo
i'll this comatoso conditlon he is to all
appearances lifeless, although usually
he is entirely conscious of everything
going on about him. The doctors
have been unable to help him, and
while his friends know OF his liability
TO the attacks, he naturally feels some
nervousness about stirring far from
home. New York Sun.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-25
Statistics of Farms.

Ohio has the greatest number of
farms, 251, 43O, having 1885,, 4OS acres;
Illinois is second with 240,GS1 farms
and 30,496,2T7 acres; Missouri being
third, with 23S,O43 farms and 3O,TSO,.
600 acres.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-25
Preservation OF Peeled Peaches.

Four years ago c. winkler. of Peach.
land, Sonoma County, Cal, filed three
five gallon cans with peeled peaches,
leaving the pits in them. They were
boiled in q ty-gallon kettle, then
Theoretically sealed and pnt away in n
cool place, one being opened each sue
ceeding year. The fruit all kept per-
fectly, retaining its shape and natural
flavor
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-25
Tile Greatest rIcdical Discovery
OF the Age.
KEEN M E.DY'S
MediCaI' Discovery.
DONALD KENNEDY. OF RospuaY. MASS.

nna discovered I'm ono OF our common
pnsttrc weeds n remedy that curos ovory
kind CT liumor from tho worat Bcroiuln
down TO u common pimplc.
Ilo Inns tried II IN over eleven hundred
cases, md mover faIlod except In two canes
(both thunder humor). IIo has now In
his posscBs!on ovor two hundred cortia-
Gates OF It's vnluc, all within twenty miles
OF Boston. Send postal card for book.
bcncat !anlways experienced from the
htst bGiti' mud psrfoct euro is warranted
when thu right quantity Is taken. ~
When tho lungs nro Affected IL cAtses
shooting pains. like noodles pnsslng
through thoin tho samo with tho Liver
or Bowels This IA cnusod by tho ducts
eoins stopped, and nlwaya disappears IN O
uook after taking II. Iicad tho labol.
II tho stomach IL foul or billouD It will
onnsc squcanish feelings ut ilrsL
No clnngo OF dict ovor necessary Eat
Tho best you can get, and enough OF 1t.
Dose, one Tablespoonful In wntor ut bod
limo. Sold by all Drng.ls,a
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-25
TIN True I.nxn,ixn rrluc,nI.

vi tho plants used In manufacturing tho plens.
AM remedy, Syrup Of F.s, Inns permanently
beneficial effect on tln human syetnm, whiIo
I hc cheap vegetable extracts mud mIncrnl sou-
lions, uaIally sold ns medicines. nro pcrmn.
hcni IS Injurious. being well informed, you
VIII nso tue true remedy only. Manufactured
by The California Fig syrup Co.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-25

Millions OF men kccpasking for silmulnnis
bccnusn tho nervous Hyatcm IL constantly irrl-
tnlcd by nicotine poison. Chewing orainoklng
deslroys manhood and ncryO power. It's
not hnbit, but II disease, mud yoii will lind
u guaranteed euro In N0-Io-Dnc, sold by
druggists everywhere. look free. Tho Stcr-
ling ltomcdy Co.. Now York City or Chicago.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-25

Lady-It is strange that strong man
like you cannot get work. The Tramp
Well, you see. mum, people wants
reference from me last employer, an
he's been dead twenty years.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-25
Ieccps Van po,r.

Indigestion krnnS men nopr u mullics IN,
rienrrs' brain lou think II IL som him: clsr,
nut mime Times In inn--'hc ir0mhl" IL IN thu
digestive tract. Ono Iipnns 1,bulo uivos
r"i,et, ana their ncrn 'lnnal use keeps you right
Ask your druggist FOR them.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-25

Ir. Eilncr's SwAMp-ROor euro,
I'll Kidney md Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and consultation free.
Laboratory lIinghnmpton, NY.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-25

am entirely cured of homorrhago o, The
lungs by Pisos Cure for Consumption. LOUISE
LIkDANAN; bethany, Mo-, January s, 1891
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-25

wInnipiseopno IL Tho "BcautlfMl Lnko OF
tho Highland"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-25

1fnnlictcd with sorc eyes use DR.. Isaac Thornp
toh'b Erc-wnter. Druggists sell ut Zig per bntLio
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-25

NERVE ItEsTORER. No fits after first days use
Marvellous cures. Treatise aud SEQ trial bot
tic free. DIR. Kline, t}l Arch ST., Philn Pa
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-25

Chicknhominy Is tho Indian word mcuning
turkey Lick"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-25

sclf-propolling bicycle is n Swedish IN
ventlGn. II Is run by n lILllO gnsOIIno motor
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-25
Tired Women

Aood's Pills sE yo "s I'll d4u @a s &c.
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Symbols of the "Cloud Fire.

Nearly all of the ancient nations called
lightning by names signifying CLOUD
fire. F" and the major portion of them en-
ployed some symbol to represent the flash
of the "forked fury darting from the
thunderclouds. The early Chaldeans
symbolized it with a trident, and the
Babylonians, learned in mystic lore, en-
ployed a human hand for the same pur-
pose. The bas-reiefs of the towers of
Nimrud and Malthia, which are the work
Of the later and more refined Assyrian art
lists, show the trident doubled or trans
formed into what is known as "trifld
fascicle." This triumph of the classic art
secured for the ancient Mesopotamian sym
Dol the advantage over all other represen-
tations of the thunderbolt. The Greeks
represented the ''storm fire with the feath-
ers of bird of prey. Later on, when they
had begun to incorporate the Asiatic form
of the symbol with their own, they put it
in the claws of an eagle and made it the
scepter of Zeus. Gaul received the symbol
from Italy, hut soon altered it to the ia
miliar two headed hammer so common on
Gallo-Roman monuments The same SYM
Dol is seen on amulets found in Germany,
Scandinavia, England and France.-St.
Louis Republic.
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His Working Clothes.

Lord Peterborough once reproved a
bricklayer for coming to be sworn in his
usual habiliments. when you have to
appear before this court it is your bound
en- duty to be clean and decent in your ap
pearance." Upon my life, if it comes to
that" said the bricklayer, Pm every bit
as well dressed as your lordship." How
10 you mean, sirf' exclaimed the chief
justice angrily. "Well, it's just this-you
come here in your working clothes, and
come in mine" 1t was very seldom, how
ever that anybody got the better of Lord
Peterborough. A Witness dressed in a
fantastical manner and who had given dis
Creditable evidence, was asked in cross ex-
animation what he was. Il employ my
self, " he said, 'as surgeon" But does
any one else " inquired the chief justice,
"employ you as a surgeon!'-Yankee
Blade
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him In q straight jacket for a couple oil
days, at the end of which time, being I'M
able to tamper with his eyes, they resumed
their normal condition.
Deafness is also frequently simulated
and is very difficult of detection, some
sharpers with whom have been thrown
in contact assuming even the uncertain,
stupid expression of countenance habitual
to very deaf person. One Of the favorite
tricks of the medical profession in detect
ing imposition of this sort is to begin con-
versation with the subject in very loud
tone and gradually lower the voice, keep
ing up a rapid fire of question and answer
on some Indifferent SUBJECT where the
shammer will unsuspectingly continue to
reply to questions after the voice has drop
ped much below an ordinary tone. One
case l met with detled all effort at detec-
ton till we got a comrade to tap on the
mans window at night and call him very
softly, when he Immediately responded.
Insanity is one of the commonest meth
DDS of attempted deception, but it is more
difficult of success, as few sailors or SOL
diers are sufficiently good actors to keep
up to their parts without either OVERRIDING
it or making some false move not at all
characteristic of their supposed form of
trouble. Melancholia and furious mania
are the forms Of insanity most frequently
teigned, and it has been not uncommon
to have persistently simulated insanity de-
velop finally into the real disease.
lone curious case that 1 recollect was
in Washington during the war. A soldier
who had been sent to the hospital with
slight fever recovered his health, but with
his reason apparently hopelessly deranged.
1t was simply mild form of mania, and
the fellow sat for days at an open window
in the ward, fishing out of the window
with bent pin and a piece Of cotton.
Nothing could be done with him, and his
discharge was finally made out and brought
to him. He paid no attention to its read
Ing, but when the physician was gone, I
was afterward informed, he hooked the
document to his fishing line and, throw
Ing it out of the window, drew it gravely
ln, and, putting it in his pocket, remarked,
There, you, I've been fishing for you for
six weeks, and now I've got your -
Washington Post.
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Horns.

Professor Cyrus Adler, assistant curator
of oriental antiques in the United States
National museum, describes an endless va
riety of horns made of divers material
used for religious purposes. The Berbers
have an instrument made Of two rams
horns, joined at the ends with a metal
mouthpiece. An ox's horn or a cows
horn was sounded in India in honor Of
the Hindoo god silva. In Africa the tusk
of the elephant is used. The Etruscans
had bronze horn, specimen of which is
in the British museum. The kurna sound
ed by the Brahmans was sacred and not to
be blown by any one Of low caste. The
Jewish chofar made of a rams horn, is
the survival of the most ancient worship.
Professor Adler writes, "It is not only
the solitary musical instrument actually
preserved in the Mosaic ritual, but the old
est form of wind instrument known to be
retained in use in the world. New York
Times.
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A Curious Addiction.

Near Floyd Springs, Ga, lives an old
negro woman. Her husband was slave
who followed the fortunes of his master in
the late war. One night during the war,
while the owls were hooting in an unusual
way, the tidings came that her husband
had been killed. Since that time, so long
ago, the woman becomes violently insane
whenever she hears an owl in the dark
ness. The fit, however, is momentary.-
Philadelphia Ledger.
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Put Them OF Till Tomorrow.

Some things are very much better put
off until tomorrow. Among them are the
reprimand you mean to deliver, the def
ance you mean to express the resignation
you mean to hand in to heartless en-
ployer. Put off doing these, and you'll
probably discover that you don't have to
do them.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-01-08

The protection afforded to the earth by
snow is shown by Ebermayer in the "In-
1uence of Frost" In one observation the
temperature of the air above the snow was
six degrees below zero. Under the snow
the thermometer stood at 33 degrees.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-01-08

of course Senator Hills present visit
to Florida has nothing whatever to do
with securing the Florida delegation to
the Democratic convention in 1896.
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Hard are life's early steps. And but that
youth is buoyant, confident and strong
in hope men would behold its threshold
and despair.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-01-08

Circleville, o., was so named because
1t was originally situated within one of the
Indian mound circles.
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DIR. B. c, JENNEY, Dentist,

SUCCESSOR TO DIR. j. 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 at reasonable prices. Gas or
Ether administered or extracting teeth when re
Iuired. Office opposite Congregational Church
Main st., Bennington.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-01-08

In 1892 the new postofice of Purgatory
was established in Virginia, with George
Godbethere ms postmaster
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BENNINGTON co. SAVINGS BAN.

TTNhe Bennington County Savings Bank at the
4 Bennington County National Bank, is open
daily for the transaction of business from 10 o'clock
4. m. 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 LIST, 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,
I. E. GIBSON, Vice President,
c. H DEWEY, Ire asurer,
&. w. HARTMAN, Secretary,
TRUsTEEs-A 3. Valentine, H. W. Hartman
dim Scott, !. T. Shurtleff, I E. Gibson J.
Judson John Robinson
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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 eaure satisfaction to all
cases submitted to my care.
Gas and Ether administered for extracting
teeth without pain, when desired.
Office Opposite Free Library Hall, Bennington,
37tf Vermont.
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BA-CHELDER 6 BATES.

A 1TORNEYs AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
IN and Solicitors n Chancery.
Office in Opera House Block, Bennington.
}. X. BATCHELDEP. l.. BATES.
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BANNER STATIONERY STORE
Business Dirrttorp.

CLARENCE P. NILES.
A GTORNEY AT Law.
n Office over First National bank.
Bennington, Vt.
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Arizona republican., 1895-11-27

The London Times would like to see terms in theAmerican presidency over thrown. There is also another un- written American law the Thunder err would like to see trampled out of existence. London wishes in regard to matters over which the American people have control however, are not country is already suffering severely from four-year case of too much London.
Arizona republican., 1895-11-27
STAND UP FOR ARIZONA. PHGNIx. NOVEMBER e7. 1895.
AMERICA AND TURKEY.

The oracuIlar utterances of Lord Salisbury on the eastern question are barren of suggestion of means of relief from the horrors and the scandal Of Turkish mis-rule. The political con- alterations are such as ito letter the European powers and to prevent, as seems likely, the application Of the only effective remedy-the plotting out of the sultan.
 But this is a matter which concerns not only the European powers directly interested, but all Christendom. Peo- ple who do not care a fig who owns Constantinopfe or who controls the Dardenelles are yet interested to put a stop to the revolting atrocities which go on in Turkey. And the moral force of the civilized world should be brought to bear to compel the hesitating Europeans to decisive ac11111.
 This is where the influence of the United States comes in. There is no great power on the face of the earth so entirely free from all political interest in the Turkish question; none which could speak with greater impartiality. And when the people of the United States declare to Europe that Turkey must be free from the rule of barbarian for the sake of our common humanity this will be recognized as the voice of the civilized world.
 The weight of public sentiment in the United States should be brought to bear, in conjunction with the senti- ment of the people of Europe, to in- fuence the ponderous statesmen, of whom Lord Salisbury is a sample, to energetic action.
Arizona republican., 1895-11-27

The Knights of Labor imposed a number of boycotts, but said nothing about General Master Workman Sow ereigns pet-the National bank note ban. This was wise move, for in these days of cold waves even Sow ereign himself should not be too par ticular as to the kind of the where withal to purchase coal and food and warm clothing.
Arizona republican., 1895-11-27

The cuckoo end of the Democratic state committee of Missouri has form ally decided that in the interests of harmony" it will not eXpel the other end. Was there ever such generous magnanimity manifested in politics be- fore? Think of it! Permission to re- main on a committee to which one has
Arizona republican., 1895-11-27
In Madison county, Texas, a mob

In Madison county, Texas, mob got
 hold of negro who was accused of riding @ horse over a little girl in the road and hung him up. After he was dead it was discovered that the lynch CTS had killed the wrong man and that the guilty negro had made his escape. But a little thing like that doesn't count for anything in Texas.
Arizona republican., 1895-11-27

The objection which applies to San Francisco as convention city also ap- plies to New York. That is to say, there is no good reason for sending delegates clear across the continent in either direction when there are plenty of eligible cities more centrally located.