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WEATHER MADE TO ORDER.
Electricity to BE Used to Give Us Heat
or Cold on Tap.

or Cold on Tap.
A bold and daring electrical engineer of
London has advanced the proposition that
a few years hence making rain by electric
ity will be regarded as no more wonderful
than tho endeavor to supply the motive
power for the machinery of half dozen
states from Niagara is today. Nor does he
see any reason why the climate should not
be modified by the same agency.
The author of the article, Mr. Sidney f.
Walker, is among the younger and more
daring of English electricians. He declares
that, Judged by the age of other branches
of science, electricity is still an infant
with all it's manhood S work yet to accom-
plish.
Concerning Mr.. WALKERS bold predic
lions, the opinion of PrAaessor +. Crockei
of Columbia college was sought. Professor
Crockcr ranks with tho most eminent cleo
trical scientists of this country and Europe
Professor Crocker suggested that per-
haps the greatest difficulty to overcome
would he that of effocting the discharges
of electricity in the proper places and at
the desired attitudes.
He said: Il think it Is entirely probable
that within another decade we shall have
solved practically tho question of aerial
navigation. And of course if we get an
airshp that can be easily operated and
will carry considerable weight then it
will be easy to load a ship with storage
batteries containing big electrical sup.
ply, sail up into the clouds and discharge
the electricity wherever we want it. III
word, if it is found that we can make rain
by an electrical discharge and we want
to do it, it will not be very long before we
shall find ways and means of doing it.
"Of course it would still remain to be
seen whether there is actually enough
moisture in tho arid areas of the great
west to prcCipitate considerable rainfall.
But it seems to me there may be a much
simpler device than this for modifying
the climate. The simplest device would
be to pump hot air from the tropical zone
and cold air from the region of the arctic
circle. 1t would not be difficult nor
would it be very expensive to construct a
steel tube system of sufficient diameter to
somewhat modify the climate of the east.
crn seaboard. For example, a thin steel
tube, say, four or five feet is diameter
would convey an enormous quantity of
air. One has really no idea of what this
quantity would DO until one stops to fig
ure it out
"Tho idea is identical with the pipe line
system now in use, Oil is piped long dis
tances from the oil wells in Pennsylvania,
and similarly natural gas is piped long
distances Now, it would be just as easy
and just as feasible to pipe air as oil or
gas, For motive power some out of the
way waterfall could be utilized, SO that
the expense of opera ton need not be very
grent -
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Last Letter Of Emin Pasha.

|r William Flower has communicated
be geological society some posthumous
hgs of Emin Pasha. This was a letter
FCrning some geological specimens
ch never arrived in England at all,
ing been lost at the time of Emin'S
der. The letter and the journal-prin-
p ly relating to observations upon birds
hich accompanied it were written in
and minute hand, like copper plato en-
ling. The letter had the additional
melanchor. interest of being perhaps
last that Emin Pasha wrote. He was
bnstant correspondence with the presi-
of the Geological society about mat
of geological interest and always
to in English, of which apparently he
" nothing until he went to Africa
York Times,
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CLEVELAND AS AN AUTHOR.
A Manuscript Speech Presented to the
Nebraska Historical Society.

A Manuscript Speech Presented to the
Nebraska Historical Society.
Secretary Morton has just bound for
presentation to the Nebraska State HistOr
ical society one of tho most interesting
books that ever left tho Capital City. 1t
is handsomely done up in red morocco,
and the gilt title runs as follows: manu-.
script and Signature of President Grover
Cleveland A Copy of n Speech of His In
the Handwriting of His Wife, Frances
Folsom Cleveland. Presented to the No
braska State Historical Society by j,
Sterling Morton of Arbor Lodge" The
contents are all in manuscript, consisting
of the original draft of Mr. Cleveland 5
address before the New England society
at Brooklyn IA few years ago, this being
followed up by copy thereof in the hand
writing of Mrs Cleveland.
The presidents chirography is dainty,
regular and painstaking. Mrs. Cleveand's
is round and full, almost robust. If any
one were called upon to say which of the
two styles was masculine he would at
once select Mrs, ClGVelands. In the origi-
nal draft of the address, consisting of
eight pages, it Is noted that during the
first two pages the president did not find
it necessary to erase or interline a single
word. 1t Is easy to see that in his literary
composition Mr. Cleveland is one who APP
breaches the task of writing only after
careful thought as to what he is to say
Even the words and form of expression
appear to have been thoroughly considered
in advance. This is true as to the opening
sentences more especially. After the first
two or three pages of this address the pres.
ident frequently changes his choice of
words and forms of expression, with many
erasures and intSrlineations In no single
instance, however, is the thought as first
put upon paper changed except as to the
words in which it is expressed, giving eyi
dence of the clearness and confidence with
which the president thinks out his public
utterances. Chicago Times Herald.
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The Prince Has an "Uncle."

Even the Prince of Wales himself has
enjoyed the sensation of pawning his
watch. That took place, however, not in
England, but in France, and of all places
in the world at Sedan 1t was about n
year after the war, and the prince, in the
strictest incognito was visiting the battle
fields, being anxious at all costs to avoid
recognition so as not to wound French
susceptibilities
He found himself financially stranded at
Sedan with insufficient money either to
pay his hotel bill or his railroad fare back
to Frankfort TWAS impossible to rely on
the discretion of the boniface or even to
telegraph for funds, since that would
have revealed the princes identity. At
length in sheer desperation the prince sent
his equerry, Colonel Teesdale, to the local
mont de piete with his watch, that of
Teesdale and that of his valet and waited
with some trepidation the success of the
colonies mission, since there is an i'm.
mense amount of formality to go through
when pledging personal property in France
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A CONSULTATIVE sPOTTER.
Pretending to- BE Railroad Man, He Was
"Deadheaded."

IFeJenulnk I'd ISe u RAILROAD man, lie " as
"Deadheaded."
Not long ago a tall, emaciatod man
Travelled from New York almost to San
Francisco without paying fare He intro
duced himself to the conductor running
west from New York as an ex-conductor
and said he had very little money, but he
hoped to get to California, where he be-
lieved his life could be prolonged
He said he was suffering from consump-
ton, and his appearance bore out the
story. He showed a knowledge of railway
business, and the conductor believed his
story. He was "deadhcaded'' to the end
of the first run, and tho first conductor
was good enough to Elk it" with the con-
ductor who came on to take his place Ho
reached Chicago and proceeded westward
on one of the well known linz, The Chi
cago conductor had been informed of tho
facts in the case and consented to carry
the sick man, even though it was IL viola
ton of the rules.
Within two weeks after he had been so
obliging he received his peTemptory dis
charge. Upon an investigation he learned
that every conductor who, out of the good
ness of his heart, helped along the broken
down railroad man had been discharged.
The consumptve was a "spotter.
1t is said that in his entire journey from
New York to San Francisco only one con
ductor remained unaffected by his pteous
story. This was the conductor on the last
run, ending at San Francisco, and he
alone retains job. Yet if the traveller had
been a consumptive railroad man attempt
ing to reach the bland climate of the coast
the conduct of the last conductor would
have been condemned by 90 out of every
100 railway employees. Chicago Record.
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THEY BRAVE CRITICISM.
A California Woman's Bicycle Club Have
Doomed Boomers.

Doomed Boomers.
The fashionable girls in Oakland, Cal,
who ride tho wheel have at last frowncd
down Mrs. Grundy, and regardless of all
criticism have declared themselves in IA
vor of boomers as the proper costume for
women who indulge i'll the delights Of BIZ
cycling
There arc 500 of these fearless young
women, and as they are society girls in
good and regular standing no doubt exists
that the divided skirt will be tho go in
Oakland.
Feeling the necessity for strength in
their somewhat audacious enterprise and
realizing that in union there is strength,
the girls have formed themselves into II la
dies bicycle club, which will hereafter
meet regularly at the Reliance club rooms
As for the boomers, which, by the way
are not to be used solely in the still
watches of the night when timid maidcns
are being held on their machines by older
members of the club but in broad day
light and noon, the style of garment is
the 1895 pattern, and the material used is
usually navy blue serge or heavy soft
wooden goods in light shades to avoid
showing tho dust. Stockings, plain or
striped, match the costume, and the jacket
is the same pretty little cutaway affair adj
vocated for wOmCn's wear in sporting cir
cles
AS soOp as all the club costumes are fin
ishcd the girls will meet together at the
Reliance club rooms, and thence they will
sally forth in squads to meet the gaze of
the curious public, valiantly showing tho
courage of their conviction and their club
colors
Later in tho season the club intends to
visit fashionable resorts and astOnish the
natives from time to time by their unique
attire.
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A Curious Prayer.

At a prayer meeting in small town
near Syracuse recently an illiterate hut
good man made the following prayer: 80
Lord, thou knowest that we are thankful
to thee that our souls are safe from the fire
that qucnchcth not. If man lose his
horse, thou knowost that he can buy an
other; if he lose his house, thou knowest
that he can build another; if no lose his
wife, thou knowest that he can get anoth-
er, but if he lose his soul-goodby, John.
New York Tribune.
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Easy to Buy, Easy to Take.

|bu will find a true friend in Hoods
When you take them you will not
|iSagreeably reminded of the fact by
ing and agonizing pains. They con-
none of the drastic drugs formerly
|ltensively employed. Every ingre-
h used in Hoods Pills is selected
care. They will break up a cold,
ent the grip and are especially valu-
to regulate the liver. They cure
headache and Indigestion.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-04-05
About Crossing the Arms.

he careful mother teaches her children
says it must of necessity tend TO con-
i what should, ON the contrary, have
ything done to broaden it, Instead Of
common practice she insists that the
wing children shall, in standing, con-
t tho habit Of crossing the arms behind
back, alleging that as much good will
c from this habit rs harm from the
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-04-05
Relief in Six Hours,

tressing Kidney and Bladder dis
relieved in six hours by the "NEw
At SOUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY
:" This new remedy is a great sur
on account fits exceeding prompt
in relieving pain IN the bladder,
'ys, back and every part of the uri-
passage in male or female. 1t re-
retention of water and pain in pass
almost Immediately. If you want
! relief and cure this is your remedy.
by j. 7. Shurtleff, Druggist, Ben
on. 12y1
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-04-05
Color Blindness win Disappear.

There is little likelihood that any Span
ish captain will mistake the nationality of
the ensign that will flutter at the peak of
the peerless Columbia when she shall sail
by Cape Maysi, Cuba, on her way to join
Admiral Meade's squadron. The sight of
her guns will probably be an effective cure
for the most obstinate case of Castilian
color blindness. Philadelphia Record.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-04-05
She Grasps Details.

In declining to give up the salary which
attaches to her position on the state board
OF charities for tho less remunerative dig
mites of mayor of Wichita Mrs. Lease at
once disproves the repeated assertion that
a woman cannot grasp the practical de-.
tails of politics
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-04-05
To RulId

the flesh and strength of pale, puny
fulous children, get DR.. Pierce's
len Medical Discovery. It's the best
p known for a wasted body and a
kened system. 1T thoroughly puri-
the blood, enriches it, and makes eff
I've every natural means of cleansing,
firing and nourishing the system. In
'vering from la Grippe, pneumonia,
rs or other facilitating diseases, no.
g can equal it as an appetizing, res.
tive tonic to bring back health and
|r. Cures nervous and general de-
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-04-05
Number of Seeds to the Pound.

|le Illinois Experiment station has de-
ined by actual count the number OF
per pound in 10 varieties of grasses.
following figures give the result;
S in one pound of redtop, 4,3l6, 600; in
grass, 2, 1855, 600; timothy, 1,42l, 900;
ard grass, 457, 600; tall meadow oats
/, 155, 600; white clover, S63, 900; Grim.
5refoil, 1875, 900; mammoth red clover,
poo; common red clover, 1888, 600; al
1900; alfalfa, 243, O00.- Louis
lbliC
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-04-05
The Genuine Merit

Hoods Sarsaparilla wins friends
rever it is fairly and honestly tried.
ave perfect health you must have
blood, and the best way to have
blood is to take Hoods Sarsaparilla,
best blood purifier and strenA tn
? er, 1t eXpels all faint of scrofula,
Fheum and all other humors, and at
anne time builds up the whole sys-
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-04-05
The Dear Girls.

| rls arcn us nice to one another Z :
might me.
|Dlly-Ncar me, used to have suca
! y rosy checks, but lately don't seer!
|lvC II bit Of color.
|)lly--Did your mother take yourror o
MAJ from yOug-Chicngo Rneurd
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-04-05

r William Jones, the great oriental
lar, could converse in rs languages
otaiEod the memory of words with re-
lablo tcnacity, and it was said Of him
could learn a language while another
was making up his mind to begb
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-04-05

| diseases of lower bowel, including
5ure and pile tumors, radically cured.
k of particulars free. Worlds Dis
|sary Medical Asso 5iation, G63 Main
Buffalo, n. Y.
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Most Estimable Eggs.

According to all report colored eggs dur
ing the coming Easter season will hold the
same social position they have continued
to maintain for soma 1900 years, even
among the first families of Virginia -Bos-
ton Globe.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-04-05

The fact that Hoods Sarsaparila,
once fai ly tried, becomes the favorite
spring medicine. speaks volumes for its
excellence and merit
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ODDS Pills are prompt, efficient. 25c

t is a very small hole which the
sh Foreign Office comes out of in its
hpt to explain its offensive discrim-
on against American Republics.
dering diplomacy does not seem to
confined to Washington.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-04-05
Wales Is Intense.

Whist is Queen Victoria's favorite game.
1t is generally accepted that the Prince of
Wales is little moro intense in his tastes
Detroit Free Press
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-04-05

Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
, she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
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HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills,
Biliousness, Indigestion, Headache.
A pleasant laxative. All Druggists.
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An Expensive Fad,

If divorce has become a fad, as claimed
1t must be one of the most expensive on
the list. Chicago Post.
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English SPAWN Liuiment removes all
Soft or Calloused Jumps and
fishes from horses, Blood Spavings,
IS, Splints, Sweeney. Ring Bone, Sti-
SpraiDs, all Swollen Threats, Coughs,
Save $50 by use If one bottle.
ranted the most wonderful Blemish
eve" known. Sold by j. T. Shurt-
Druggist, Bennington. 12y1
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Che Illinois Legislature refused to
for woman suffrage, but it did some
which is of good deal more value
hny women of that State; it made
desertion felony, punishable with
isonment at hard labor in the peni
airy Adventures who marry wives
to desert them will keep out of Hi
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ElTCHBURG RAILROAD-Hoosac Tunnel
i Route. On and after Jan 3lst, 1895, trains
viii run as follows:
LEAVE BENNINGTON VIA. BFNNINGToN'& RUTLAND
RAILWAY.
Leave Bennington % arrive Troy at So a m.
New York 20 III, HOosck Falls 81, North
Adams SO, Greenfield II % a m, Fitrhburg a.
Boston 3 10 !, m, Mechanicyille O3 Saratoga
9 SO am
Leave Bennington IL 40 m, arrive in Troy 2 20
New York 90. HoOsick Falls 81. North Adams
&c Greenfield 81. Fitchburg "a, Boston 10 II
pm.
e.. ave Bennington Is, arrive Troy 55. Hoo
suck Falls G H. North Adams 7CO, Mechanicvle
DC, Saratoga SO m. aks F-77
Leave Benz ing ton u Is a m. arrive Troy . co.
New York Is Il m. Leave Bennington for the
north II 0l nd 10 IN 2 IS, 10pm.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT BENNINGTON.
Via. Bennington and Rutland Railway:
] 20 I'm, f ON New York. A bany and Troy.
% m. from New Y ork. Albany Troy, Hoo
si"k Falls, North Adams Saratoga and Mechan-
icvile.
3Uop m, from New York, Albany and Troy.
3S p IN from Albany Troy, HoOsick Falls, No
Adams Boston and Saratoga. Arrive from
the north 20, I 80 Il m. l 10 and 30 m.
j, X. WATSON, GenI Pass Ag't.
G. A. NlMMO, Boston.
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BENNINGTON. VT

I EBANON SPRINGS X. r.
IL VIM. V. REYNOLDS. Receiver.
Change Of time in effect January st, 1891.
LEAVE BENIN, TON.
1925 a. M For PeterSburgh Junction, North
Adams and Boston and all points
East and West on the Ftchhurg
Railroad. Also on all points on
Lebanon Springs Railroad.
$40 p. m. For PetershUrgh Junction. No.
Adams and Boston.
5;45 %. m. For Petershurgh Junction, Will
liamstown ana North Adams and
all points on Lebanon Springs
railroad.
ARRIVAL OF TRAINS AT BENNINGTON.
II:35 a. m, From Troy HOoSick Falls. Will
Jamestown, North Adams ard all
points east on Fitchbu g railroad
and all points on Lebanon
Springs railroad,
4:3O %, m. From Troy. HoOslck Falls and
points west on Fitchburg r R.,
and all points on Lebanon
Springs railroad.
6;OS %, m. From North Adams. Williams
town, Boston and all points east
Fitchburg railroad. Also
firm all points on Lebanon
Springs railroad.
= d. BENNETT Superintendent.
JOSEPH Guilds, General Passenger Agent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-28

The publication Of the full text of Great
Britain's demand upon Nicaragua shows
that there was some ground for the COM
plant that this country was not properly
considered or was Disseminated against,
or, to put it bluntly. was snubbed in the
matter of the composition of the arbitra-
ton commission. The British government
new explains that there was no intention
to exclude the United States from mem
bership in the arbitration by the use Of
the phrase not citizen of any American
state" The explanation, If made from a
sufficient authority, will probably be ac-
cepted, especially if the ultimate selection
of a citizen Of the United States for this
service should demonstrate the sincerity
of this construction. Without some con-
vincing proof of this sort the excuse offered
by British diplomats that the words Amer
ian state" are always made to apply to
the smaller states on this continent will
seem rather thin. 1t is at least a loose
phraseology and might lead to awkward
misunderstanding and complications.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-28

underlaid with series Of tubes and the
various degrees Of caloric drawn as sum-
mer heat or winter cold would make pedes-
TRANS swelter or SILVER. The enterprise, II
privately conducted. would doubtless prove
great moneymaker. but Prof. Crocker be-
neves that the scheme, IL undertaken at
all, should be under federal control. As
source of revenue to the country the plan
might be a welcome Invention. Such minor
problems as price, loss of heat and cold by
radiation. and right of way, are left by the
scientist to the future. He declares, how
ever, that the pipe line as he has 1t in
mind could be established at cost not as
great as that of laying a railroad, and
would cost little or nothing to maintain.
There are magnificent chances In the
scheme. 1t Is far less unreasonable than
many suggestions that have been made in
the name of science, and Prof Croker Is
not man to dream of absolute impossibili-
ties. The introduction of the patent tenn
perature governor would, to be sure. rem
der necessary some reorganization of the
official weather bureau, which would then
be made into a sort of governmental sup
ply house. ready to give out the commodity
as required, instead Of a prophecy shop.
The official weather map-which The Star
is now publishing daily to the great gratin-
cation of many amateur weather fore
casters and of its readers in general
would then be rather a program for
the coming day than guess at the proba-
bilities. The weather man would be the
greatest factor in human existence. He
would be all-powerful, and would need to
be above any suspicion of personal infu-
ence for on his allotment of heat and cold
to particular localities would depend great
things, and if venal man he might be
susceptible to the persuasions of merchants
with heavy lines, of summer or winter
clothing on hand which a sizzard or biz
card would run up to premium.