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Effect of Happiness on Health.

1t should be remembered that happiness
hd health are most intimately, if not in
|issOlubly, associated. The man who is
appy, not by transient CLEANS of spiritual
|lnshino, not by casual gay surface color
hg of his existence, but by blesscdness
Il through his body, is not, in the proper
Fnso of tho word, diseased. The radical
lea Of the term disease is inconsistent
18th this state.
Let us remember that life, blessedness
nd health are one. He who is not blessed,
no is not happy, does not really live. He
pes not realize the idea Of what we call
|fe. The wheels of life move, if they move
! all, with friction and labor and effort.
II action in the line Of duty is an uphill
Kertion and not a spontaneous vivacity.
An unhappy man cannot in the full
Inse of the word be a healthy man. Much
what physicians treat as physical dis
hse is only mental unhappiness. 1t fol-
Pws from this that the best physician is
p who blesses others, who makes other
bulls happy by the divine sunshine of his
lords and presence. The sphere of his
Pnetlcent life is a contagious peacefulness
hd undisturbod tranquility. He minis
Prs to minds diseased, Gains their fears,
lays their anXieties, solves their doubts,
|liets forebodings, removes the gloom of
bspair, supplants their self condemnation
y sense of pardon and aims to pluck
ON the heart every rooted sorrow.-
journal.
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VULGARlTY OF WEALTH.
Too Much Parade of the Dollar Through
the Newspapers.

Too Much Parade of the Dollar Through
the Newspapers.
1 wonder if there was over a time says
The Critic, when the money Value of cv.
erything was 50 much regarded as it is to-.
day or people that Thought so much of
it as we Americans do. The English have
been called nation of shopkeopcrs, but
you 90 not find the price of everything
coupled with every mention of it in the
English us you do in the American papers
One never secs simple announcement of
the fact that Mr. Smith proposes building
house somewhere. 1t is always mil
lion dollar house" or 800 600 cottage a"
This is not merely in the building trade
Journals, but the news columns of "socie-
ty" news will be dressed up in this fash
ion:
Mr.. Jones, the Chicago multimillion-
airC, was married yesterday at high noon
to Miss johnson, the noted New York
hcircss. 1t is understood that Rev. DR..
Brown, who otiiUiated, received 50, 900
fee. Each Of the ushcrs wore u $3.50 pin,
the gift of the bridegroom, whose farewell
bachelor dinner is said to have cost him a
small fortune. After tho reception which
followed the ceremony the happy pair, hay
ing embraced the happy parents, took the
p. III. train for Washington and the
south, where they will probably pay visit
at the 100000 country seat recently
opened by the brides cousin in Kentucky
MIR. Jones $3.50, 900 steam yacht has been
put in commission for the summer, and a
trip to Norway is among the probabilities
before the owner returns to the manage
ment Of his enormous business. The
union Of the Jones and johnson families
effected yesterday is, from a monetary
point of view, one of the most notable that
have occurred this season"
l have said it will not be long before
this will be the regular formula for notices
of the weddings Of the rich, but it is prac-
tically the formula today. The readers of
New York daily of the highest standing
were informed, ON the. occasion of II recent
wedding, that "tho brides trousseau is
said to have cost $40, 600, " that a consecu-
tive estimate" Of the value of the presents
she received was 500, 900, and that 1.-THE
wedding probably cost about 81 900, OOO."
Apropos of this same wedding, the pastor
of Presbyterian church in Washington
has been forced to ask the press to cease
circulating ridiculously exaggerated state
ments regarding his wealth-stutumeni
that tend, as he truly declares, to bring
religion itself into disrepute. When Gen
eral sherman died one of his eulogists re-
marked that at his 1iresido spgculations
were never heard as to the wealth of this,
that or the other millionaire 1t was Il
compliment that could not be paid to
many. But Sherman was a soldier. not
q Saddler.
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Mexico's New Saint.

In Mexico a new saint, Expedite, APP
pears in ctligy in the churches and is do
ing such rushing business that the arch
bishop of Guadalajara intervencs in cir
Cular addressed to his clergy. He does not
think that Expedite, who is u newcomer
in the calendar, deserves so much worship
or can respond to such flood of invoca-
tiOns, and he therefore warns the people
to keep their contributions to his exchequer
rather low and their solicitations at his
shrine rather moderate.
He complains that the manufacture and
sale of images of this saint crowd some
what upon other branches of industry and
trade, showing the high level which civil
lization and intelligence have reached in
that country, doing great credit to its
archbishops and lesser clergy, who have
had control of the instruction of the peo-
pie there since the days of Las Casas and
Cortes.-New York Tribune.
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A Presidential BARBER.

Presidents of the United States since
lincoln have been shaved daily during
heir occupancy of the White House by the
anne barber, colorcd man, who at the
PRESENT time because of this fact enjoys n
/, 400 Clerkship in the treasury depart
bent. He is II good clerk and writes a
inc hand Notwithstanding all this he
till pursuGs his calling of presidential bar
Der. Every morning while the president
) in Washington this clerk goes to the
White House, carrying in a satchel razors,
Dap, cups, brushes and strops. This duty
+ always finished in time for him to be at
is desk promptly at 8 O'Clock, and few of
is fellow clerks know why he never APP
ears without that black leather satchel.
Lincoln was the first president to en-
10y him as "A barber at the executive man
ion, and for some reason he has always
cen able to get the same privilege from
very successive president. When Presi-
ent Grant returned from his Inaugural
ion, the door of the White House was
pencd for him by this barber, whom he
Questioned as to what pos ton he held in
he White House. Something i'll the fell
bw's speech or manner pleased Grant, and
|e told him he was to consider himself in
tailed during his term. During tho early
avs of shaving the presidents the barber
bok his meals with the other servants in
be White House kitchen. Whether or not,
b addition to this, he was paid a regular
I'm or tipped each morning he has never
cen known to state. In all matters he is
lose mouthed and rarely speaks of any &C.
urrencc in tho White House. Chicago
fribunp
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A RIFLE WITH A RECORD.
Dne In the Possession of Captain Brady
Did Terrible Duty After the Revolution.

Al bhS OSSeHSiOu VI ShpNhih
Did Terrible Duty After the Revolution.
Among the many articles illustrating
he early history of Pennsylvania owned
by Robert Strain Of Pittsburg is the rifle
bf Captain John Brady Of the Rangers,
he most prominent of the Indian fighters,
who after the Revolution won western
PENNSYLVANIA from the red men. The gun
WAS made I'm this city, has II barrel 3 feet
inches long calibCr 80 bullets to the
bound, has the original 1intlock and u
beech stock that was broken at the grasp
n hand to hand fight. 1t was mendod
With u strip of rawhido, and constant
handling has worn this smooth Us glass.
John Brady was one of five brothers, all
lighting men. Three of them were with
hIorgan's Rifle corps at Saratoga. On the
conclusion of the war they settled near
Standing Stone, aftCrward moving to Jul
liata county.
This was famous hunting ground of
he ScnccaG, and they made it warm for
he pioneers. The Brady family, assisted
by their ncighbors, undertook to cut a
ield of rye Their rifles were stacked
handy, but near the close of day they be-
amo careless, and were attacked by par
Hes and shot one of the Indians, and then
got II bullet through the body and was
jomahawkCd to death and his long red
pair carried away in triumph. His father
Escaped and two girls buta third was cap
urcd and her brother Thomas killed and
Calpcd.
\ Whom the Indians reiterated they took
Mary Brady along. She was then about
s. One Of the party was a very large man
Who spoke English well and was kind to
he whito captive, and this was the famous
Seneca chief Cornplantcr Bald Eagle,
] Shawnee chief, was also along. At night,
when the party were sleeping Mary Brady
rose and taking her brothers scalp that
vas drying by the fire, quietly stole away,
md taking straight road through the
woods, was met ut daybrcuk by her broth
+ John and his friends, who were in
pursuit.
Brady sworo to be rovcngcd on Corn
lantCr and Bald Eagle, and eight years
Gter while scouting on the Allegheny
angc he fired across the river at party of
Indians, and althous;h'a mile away his
| bullet brought down Bald Eagle. The
laco is known today rs Brady's Bend.
In the early history of the state there is
DO moro conspicuous figure than Captain
Brady, and he is splendid illustration of
he Scotch Irish pioneer to whom the set
lemont of the state is largely due. Brady
led about 1906, being then doorkCcpcr of
he legislature of Pennsylvania. He was a
mall man, but strongly built.-Philadcl-
Bhia Times
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Ice Water by Imagination.

The attendants who keep the free ice
water barrels filled in Central park have Il
joke on the public. AT the Eighth ave
nue. entrance is one Of the tanks. Across
the walk is the drinking fountain. Poo
pie pass the fountain first. Nine out of
ten stop to get a drink, and just as they
put the cup to their lips catch sight of the
free ice water tank. Down go the cup
and chain and n rush is made for the ice
water 1t is here the joke comes in, for
the attendant, with suspicious twinkle
in his eye, walks from the fountain with
a big pail of water and pours it into the
tank. If you ask him, he will tell you
that only a small piece of ice is put in the
barrel early in the morning, and that the
cool water comes from the fountain. Il
used to tell people that, said the attend
ant, "but found they'd rather drink the
hot water out of the barrel so long as the
sign was there. New York World.
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DO Fish Feed at Night?

Apropos of discussion ON this question
the sporting press, Outing says:
N'Do fish feed at night? Well, well-do
b swimP Country boys, how about the
q fire beside the water2 How about the
bywho got first to the big boom and so
cured tho boss place? How about the
,ikY filmed channel cats and mud cats
lat came up two at time; the google
led 'Ock bass, special prizes; the hideous
mud puppies, which at once went into
10 fife, along with yard of liner How
bout ,he night lines? How about every
ing connected with the sport that used
get letter and better as midnight APP
|oachel, till the glorious fun and occa-
bnal profanity were interrupted by the
und of the old man falling foul of
ire fenc1 or breaking CAD from the
nm tree up the bank? Do fish feed at
ght? l dInno-they used to-"
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Eube and Mandy.

The foot officer who preserves order
in front of the Pulitzer bui gIing has many
curious questions to answer and many pc
culiar people to deal with. Recently lit
tie man passed with woman. They
walked arm in arm. He looked as though
he might have dropp,ei u rom Podunk to
show his wife the 80 H'hc tall officer
fascinated him. Rue - -Iandy stopped
and stared for fully five minutes. Then
Rubo shook off Mandy's am and tackled
through the crowd to the side of foot Z.
81 say" he said, cts pretty warm down
here; how be it up therc?" pretty fair,
thank you, was the polite answer. "That
chap" remarked the officer, ''has lost one
eye mindlng other peoples business, and
he'll be blind before his curiosity dies"
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BERING SEA SEALS.
Canadian seaIers Say They Are strl In
Abundance.

Canadian Sealers Say They Are Still In
Abundance.
The Canadian authorities have received
reports from returned Canadian scalcrs
which tend to remove the prevalent i'm
preston that the seals in the Boring sea
are now practically extinct 1t is admitted
that the past season has been an exceed
ingly poor one for scalcrs, but this is al
most entirely attributed by the sealers to
the exceptionally unfavOrablC weather eX
pcrienccd by them in the earlier part Of
the season, which rendered it almost i'm
possible to hunt the seal. Their reports
entirely disprovo the impression sought to
be conveyed by the newspaper organs of
the Canadian government that the seals in
Boring sea are being rapidly cXterminated
by American sealCrs. Had the conditions
Of the weather been otherwise, there can
now be no longer any doubt that the seal
crs, if Canadian sGalCrs are to be believed,
would have met with their usual success.
Several of the British Columbia sealers
agree that on their return from the north
they met with large herds of seals which
they were dcbarred from hunting on ac-
count of tho close season.
Another fact is given by the sealers to
disprovc the pretcnsion that we have seen
nearly the last of the Bering sea seals
The catch of 1894 was the largest yet re-
corded and so comparatively fcw of the
herds hunted are over killed that the hunt
crs declare it obvious that seals could not
have been taken in such abundance as
they were last year. unless they were there
in still greater abundance.-New York
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The Pope PLAYS Chess.

The pope IS a remarkably good chess
player. In fact it is only on rare occasions
that he is defeated at the game. There is
one priest in Rome who is usually the
pope's adversary. This priest, Father
CECILIA, has played chess with his holiness
for 80 years When Cardinal Pecci was
raised to the papal throne Father CECILIA,
who was then residing in Florence, receiv-
ed an invitation to proceed to Rome and
take up his quarters in the Vatican. He
is a magnificent player, but so hot temper
ed that the pope often improves the occa-
sion by n little homily on the virtues of
resignation and meekness. York
Journal.
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POTATO Bugs ston Trains.

1t sounds like Uhe story of the days OF
the grasshoppor scourge in Kansas, when
trains were unable to make their way
through the masses Of the locusts which
settled on the tracks by the million, yet it
is fact that for two weeks or more trains
on the Long Island railroad returning
from Coney Island, Manhattan and Rock
away Beaches, and also on the Sea Beach
line, have been brought to a standstill by
mighty swarms of potato bugs. Millions
of them were slaughtered by the engine
and car wheels until the wheels spun
around in the Shiny mass and could only
be driven ahead by the lavish use of sand
Now York World.
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Had the Dance All the Same.

On the east side, where the tenGments
almost run off the piers, there is fun these
hot nights. At s p. m. one evening lately
the people were sitting on steps and side
walks, when a poor, ragged, blind speci-
men Of man, with halting step, turned the
corner and began to play on wheezy con-
Certina. A policeman, who stood on the
corner chatting with young woman,
glanced at the clock through the open door
of a saloon and made ready to pounce on
the musician. A young man intcrfered
with, "Hold your wind" and the music
ceased. Then, after whispered CONVEX
sation, he and his steady girl led the old
fellow TO the pier, and after the cash CAPT
tai Of the party had been counted the blind
man got 80 cents, and a dance began. For
two hours the fun went on. The police
man stood as near as his post would allow
him to, watching the GROWERS go by and
tapping his foot in time to the music The
copper VOWS he will get evon for the beer
he didn't get.
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Dry Sundays Arc Lonesome.

"This town is no good on Sunday" said
Colonel Waller Huff of Virginia. cts
the lonClicst spot on II summer Sunday
1 ever saw. I'll never spend another Sab
bath here. l wandered about all day last
Sunday, chased after every man whose ad-
dress had, and, beyond swapping a few
words with the hotel clerk, l didn't have
a chance to say 'Boo' to u living soul. If
there were not ~ hours in last Sunday,
I'd like some one to tell me just how long
the day was. And dry? The memory of
tho awful thirst had will lingcr forever.
1 don't think l really wanted drink of
anything except ice water until l found
out L couldn't buy liquor. That made me
mad, and l worked hard until got "a cool
draft, with a stick in it..
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Date Mark a Rardad Maladv.

Bagdad date mark is the name given to
a mysterious disease that attacks nearly
every one who stays in Bagdad for any
length of time and is found also at Aleppo
and other places in Turkish Asia. 1t is a
sore that comes only once but lasts year,
leaving scar the shape of a date. Nearly
all the natives are marked with it. No
remedy has been found for it, but hyposul-
pinto of soda seems to have some effect on
rho mari.
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Something Out OF Gear.

San Francisco is dumping cantaloupes
in the bay, Atlanta is glutted with grapes
and melons, and in Florida thousands of
bushels of fruit are going to waste for lack
of a market, while New York is full of
people who cannot afford fruit. We have
learned n good deal since the invention of
the steam motor, but it is clear that in
some things we have hardly begun to learn
at all.-New York World
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Not "Coming," but Here,

For a long time the West Guthrie
20. To- Congregational church has been
in need of repairs, and, despairing of the
men attending to the matter, a score of
women appeared recently with hammers,
hatchots saws, planes and nails and re-
paired walks, belfry roof and floor, while
a crowd of men looked on in amazement.
In spite of a few mashed fingers and
some torn clothing, the women are pleased
with their work and announce that they
will improve the street in front of the
church and put up hitching racks.-New
York World.
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Should stop to Consider.

Josh Billings once remarked, "When a
Teller gets a-going down hill, it duz seem
as though everything had been creased for
the okashun." How true that seems and
yet If a man would consider the causes
which make his descent SO easy he might
stop long enough to get his second wind
and try to get back.
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"A Friend in Need is a Friend In
deed -

A friend advised me to try Ely's
Cream Balm and after using it six weeks
| believe myself cured of catarrh. 1t is
most valuable remedy. j oseph Stew
art, 624 Grand avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.
My son was afflicted with catarrh,
induced him to try Ely's Cream Balm
and the disagreeable catarrhal smell all
left him. He appears as well as auy one.
j. o. Olmstead, Arcola, Ill.
Price of Cream Balm is fifty cents.
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Conc Daft ON Appreciation.

"a Boston paper which has gone daft on
Ibreviations, says the New York Tribune,
us reports a rews item: "His Hon., the
cut Gov. of Mass. returned from N. H.
sterday with Il doz. other citizens of
ass. and expects next wk. to go to N. Y.
way of Prov
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THE GEARS NEW 1AOHT,
The Floating Palace Being Built For the
Russian Emperor.

Russian Emperor.
One of the handsomest and most pala-
tial Of modern steam yachts is the Russian
imperial vessel Standard, now being built
by Burmeister & Vain, at Copenhagen.
She is an enormous yacht, her over all
length being All feet, So feet greater than
that of the Valiant, W. X. Vanderbilt's
huge cruising steamer. Her load water
line length is $40 feet, her nodded breadth
80 feet 6 inches, her depth 36 feet and her
displacement $3.50 tons Valiant has
water line length of 29l feet 8 inches, and
an extreme beam of 80 feet 2 inches.
The Standard is to have two sets of triple
expansion engines and "a Bellevillo water
tube boilers, with u working pressure of
245 pounds. These engines arc to give an
indicated horsepower of IL, 600 and are cX
pccted to drive the boat along at a speed Of
20 knots an hour.
The chief rooms of the vessel are situat-
ed aft. The imperial apartments will be
arranged on the main deck. They consist
of several elegant cabins, drawing room
and "a small dining saloon, seating Is per
sons. Tween decks there will also be more
imperial apartments. The greater space
of this deck will be fitted up for the i'm
perial suit. On the lower deck there will
be rooms for the servants. On the upper
deck aft roomy dcckhouse will be erect
ed, containing some imperial apartments
and dining saloon for 60 PERSONS
The yacht will have two tunnels and
three masts, rugged fore and aft. She will
carry six light guns for saluting purposes.
The STANDARD will not be finished for at
least a year. When she is done, her only
rival as pleasure craft will be the Giral-
da, the "pclagic palace" as the London
writers delight to call her, belonging to
Harry McCalmont, the young millionaire
who is one of the mcmbcrs of the Valkyrie
syndicate-Ncw York World.
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TALES OF THE TIMES.
A Few Stories of Everyday New York
Life.


Life.
In the shadow of the statue of Horace
Greeley, on Park row, sits an old woman,
Before her on the sidewalk rests Il basket
of newspapers. She looks as though she
had seen better days. The other day she
had a run of luck. Elbowing through the
crowd came a jaunty blond. She spoke
to the old lady. They were evidently
friends, perhaps kin, for the young woman
bought no papers. She took her stand by
the newswoman and between sales they
talked. Men stopped to look until the
passagoway was blocked. lands went
into pockets and papers went off like hot
cakes. For nearly an hour, until the sup
ply of papers was exhausted the two stood
side ~ side youth and old age. Was her
pruaUl.su by accident or design
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-Dandruff forms when the glands of
the skin are weakened, and il neglected,
badness is sure to follow. Halls Hair
Remover is the best preventive.
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THE CHANGELlNGS.

Who are the friends that draw anear
Whose coming fills my soul with cheerf
The foes whom once feared to meet
Old ago and death? How changed How sweet
-Jeannie Oliver Benson i'll Century.
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Ladies know the value of Ponds Ex-
tract and appreciate its true merit.
Avoid crude limitations.
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Ayers Sarsapaiilla frees the blood
ON all scrofulouS and inhammatory
Ilmors.
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TE][g SPECIALITY Is
G 'a1ro[ p-0lCR{5
a7AN[Daa


The amount of pamphlet and book work from the BAN
NER Office is more than double that of all other printing of
fees in Bennington Co. combined During past few months
work.
The of our printers keeping pace with the rapid and
varying changes in the printers the our success
in this line That why favored with the book and
pamphlet work of this vicinity.
Senator Morrill, said of the "soy of the Bennington: Cen
ennia issued from this Office 81" veryeaborate and cred
liable work" -
prominent Rutland gentleman said the congregational
Year Book recently issued ut is the handsomest piece of
book work ever issued from Vermont printing office"
Blanks with or without printed headings: Posters Bills
Dodgers Printing of any description.