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The f., ntul question that will soon be
wringing parents hearts-"Will baby get
through the summer" must be squarely
faced.
The fearful number of infant deaths
every summer from cholera infantum, is
due to the ignorance of well-meaning
mothers.
Improper food is now known to be the
cause of nine-tenths of all the frightful
infant mortality of August.
Mothers milk, when healthy and sutfi
cient, is the ideal infant food but when
in the first year of the baby's life re-
course must be had to motherhood, or
when the time comes for weaving the
child, lactated food by all manner of
means should promptly be given in pref
erence to anything else. 1t has saved
the lives of thousands of babies.
Mothers and nurses who have used lac
tated food all agree that it best supplies
the materials for baby's rapid growth
and development. LaCtated food is pre-
pared with regard to purity, cleanli-
ness, and freedom from possibility of
contagion that merits all the praise that
has been so lavishly bestowed upon it by
physicians.
LIE nutritious PAL 70 VI DullCSN MHCdI
and oats are 50 prepared as to be easily
assimilated; to these are added sugar of
milk and the salts which are the basis of
mothers milk. These constituents are
thoroughly cooked at high steam heat
and make a predigested, palatable, nu-
tritious food, perfect substitute for
mothers milk, fit for meeting every de-
mand of the rapidly growing child.
Lactated food has tided thousands of
babies through the SICILY hot days. 1t
should be in the hands of every parent
Mrs Edward Hilands of Franklin, Pa,
whose beautiful baby is shown above,
says;
"Our baby was very delicate, but now
is one of the healthiest children in the
State. If it had not been for lactated
food know she wouldn't he alive to-day,
for before she commenced its use she was
skin and bones. l tried-'s food,
and don't know how many others, and
they seemed to do more harm than good.
She is two years old now and is still liv-
ing on lactated food, and will be for two
years to come, for it keeps her in per-
feet health, and that is what want"
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A sCOROHER'S WHEEL,
Inventor Whites New Compressed Air
Bicycle.


Lewis b. White is the inventor of BIZ
cycle which, he claims, is a great improve
ment on tho present style of machines.
With it the speed of an ordinary wheel will
be doubled, while the amount of energy
expended remains the same With anoth-
er wheel, on the same plan, but built for
racing he thinks a speedy rider can travel
a mile in considerably less than one min
ute. The motive power Of the new bicycle
is compressed air, which the rider COM
presses as he runs and quart OF cold
water.
In general appearance the new bicycle
differs but little from the ordinary roadster
used by whcclmcn at present. There is n
large case, forming the center of the driv-
ing wheel, and small compressed air
apartment directly in front of it. just be-
hind the steering wheel is where the power
is formed by two pistons working from tho
ordinary pedals with eccentric cranks in
stead of the sprocket chains used at pres
ent.
These pistons by clever arrangement
of pipes, instead of the ordinary rods Of the
present wheel, force water, greatly COM
pressed, around over the top Of the ma
chine, through n compressed air apartment
and against a motor wheel inclosod in the
case in the rear wheel.
This water then falls into the bottom of
the case and returns to the pumps again,
thus being used over and over again. us it
is impossible for the water to escape. There
is brake ON the machine the Same as on
those at present in use.-New York Jour
nal
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Natures Admonition to Fishermen.

Edward Flaig of Danvillc, Ky, discov-
cred a singular freak of nature while
camping on Dick $ river. High up on tho
side of "A limestone cliff, nearly 100 feet
from the level of the river, he found in
the stone we'll defined likeness of George
Washington. The features stand out in
bold relief, looking southwark, and make Il
singularly striking likeness Of the Father
of His Country. Not only are his well
known and familiar forehead, nose and
mouth well shaped, but the old style
choker about the neck and the tricornCred
hat are also easily traced.
The face occupies space about 4 = by 81
feet in dimensions The rugged portrait can
easily be seen from the opposite shore, and
the wonder is that it had not before been
noticed by fishermen. Mr.. FLAG is of the
opinion that it was placed there by Prov
idence as an admonition to fishermen to be
truthful.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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LIGHTNING WORKS A MIRACLE.
1t Was n Remarkable Coincidence and
Folks Are Astonished.

Folks Are AstoniShed.
What is regarded as miraculous occur
renee in Neyersink township, New York,
is attracting deep attention among resi-
dents of the vicinity and deep religious
fever has suddenly seized the community.
Hiram Hornbeck has one son, Abncr,
who in his youth was headstrong and
frequently quarrcled with his parents.
Twelve years ago he left home leaving
note saying he was going west to make his
fortune, and during that time his parents
had not heard from him. Abner came
home, after a complete financial failure,
last week. He was ragged, pennilcss and
penitcnt. He got home just in time to
escape drenching from a terrific storm.
His aged father and mother had just ac-
corded their hayward son n glad greeting
when lightning struck and killed calf in
the fnrmyarG.
The same bolt entered an Cncn window
of the house, struck the family Bible, and
opened it at the fifteenth chapter of st.
Luke, which contains the parable of the
prodigal son, and left black mark oppO-
site tho twonty-third verse of that chap.
ter, which reads:
And bring hither the fatted calf and kill it,
and let US cat and be merry.
The Bible has been left as 1t lay after
the lightning struck 1t, and hundreds of
men and women have gazcd upon it with
reverence and awe.-Now York Recorder.
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NAMING JAPANESE CHILDREN.
There Are Three Methods, Two Of Them
Religious.

Religious.
The Shinto belief is the oldest of the
japanese religions antcdating perhaps the
Christian religion, and, having been oh.
scure'l by Buddhism for quite number
of centuries, has been revived. The mc.hod
of naming children, it seems, is quite a
curious one, there being three ways in use
by the followers Of Shinto, the way of the
gods
One the most obvious and the least de.
voUt, is for tho father to name the child
himself. Tho next in an ascending scale
of picty is for the father to select several
suitable names and then submit the choice
among them to the god The way the god
shows his choice is us follows: Tho father
brings the child to the temple, and with
him slips of paper inscribed with possible
names. Three or five is the usual number.
The priest rolls them up separately puts
them into n bowl and after due incanta.
ton angles for them with u gohei upon a
wand. (Hhc gohci is the long Mgzag Of
paper which is 50 important in ceremonies
of religious naturc.)
Whichever the gohci fishes out first is the
god given nnmc the child is to bear, con-
venient custom when the father is in
doubt between the far eastern equivalents
of Tom, Dick or Harry. This is II cere.
mOny which takes place when the infant
is a week old. 1t is not to be COMPOUNDED
with the miya mairi, which takes place a
month after birth and is not our christen-
ing at all, bu5 akin to the Hcbraic prescn-
tation at the temple. For at the miya
mairi the child, named some weeks before,
is presented to its guardian god and form
ally put under his protection.
This third method ofEctting IL name for
the child is through ono of the possessions
or frances which are so common in the re-
ligious ceremonies of these people. The
priest goes into his trance, and his assist
ant asks him, or rather the god through
him, what is the proper name, and tho god
makes reply.
This method of christening ones child
is reputed the most holy Of the three and
is only practicCd by the ultra dcvout. OF
the population Of Japan about 20 per cent,
it is estimated are thus named by the GO
hei or the god, about 10 per cent by each.
Occult Japan"
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Observation-Disclosures
Ayre's Sarsaparilla helps one through
the dog days better than any other tonic.
Ann. the Mother of Lee.

To Mary, the mother of Washington, q
monument was erected n short while ago,
and now it is proposed by the ladies of the
south that n similar testimonial be placed
to the memory Of the mother of Lee. It
is said that there are in America at present
only two public monuments to women,
one being that Of Margaret, at New Or.
leans, and the other that of Mary Washing.
ton at Fredericksburg, Va. Sc the one t.
the mother of Lee will be the third in the
Union, and thus two will re placed to the
credit of the "mothcr of presidents. st.
IoniS GlObe- Dnmncrnt.
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Here,s a New Destroyer.

A very interesting test Of the Spiller IL
inch pneumatic mortar carriage has been
in progress at the Sandy Hook proving
grounds for some time and is expected to
be successfully concluded in a few days.
This carriage is designed to wholly take
up the recoil by compressed air stored in a
receiving cylinder attached at the side. In
other carriages the rccoil is taken up by
springs of hydrostatic cylinders.
Ono of the great advantages claimed for
this carriage is that it can be fired ut any
elevation from point blank to rs degrees,
the highest elevation obtained by other
carriages being 65 degrees.-New York
World
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Simply Dust.

The Bank of England rightly has tho
reputation of being one of the mightiest
powers in the world of finance. But there
are other institutions in Europe whose
capital and transactions are not to be
sneczed Mt even by the Rothschild aggre-
cation. In its last monthly report the
Austro-H Hungarian bank, at Vienna, states
that the value of its notes in circulation is
500, 4OS, 900 gulden (326O, 600, O00), and
that it has gold and silver to the amount
of $40, 405, 600 guldcn.-Ncw York World.
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Are You Ever ANNOYED

bnzzing or roaring sound in your head?
Have you difficulty in hearing distinctly?
Are you troubled with continual drop
ping of mucous, irritating the throat
and causing you to cough? Is your
breath unpleasantly affected and accom-
panied with bad taste? Is your hearing
less acute? If so you have catanh and
should at once procure bottle of Ely's
Cream Balm, the best known remedy.
The Balm will give instant relief.
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1t Had a History.

at strikes me-" said the prospective
tenant, "that your rate for this old rock
cry is too high"
"Not at ALL sir-not at all! Seven secret
murders were committed in this house,
five skeletons were found under the floor
where you are standing, and that insignia
cant looking closet yonder contained the
bones of two beautiful insurance victims
The man, sir, who first occupied this house
was no ordinary murderer, l assure you'll
Atlanta Constitution.
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BABIES IN AUGUST.
Anxious Mothers Dread the
Hot Summes Days
Everything Depends Upon the Diet
on Which They are Fed.
LaCtaIed Food Best Supplies the
Materials for Healthy Growth.

Not only the physicians, but thousands
of modest parents who have seen their
children safely through the trying years
of babyhood and youth now know that
there is no rational excuse for cholera
infantum entering any intelligent home
in the land.
Every case of diarhoea that termi-
mates disastrously must be set down to
culpable inattention to baby's great need
of pure, nourishing food.
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She Began Early.

A wife just 1G years old recently asked
for divorce in New York. But the rea-
son for making a note of it is the fact that
the child wife states in her application that
she wants q divorce in order to marry her
first love- Evidently the mothers are not
keeping close enough watch on the nurse
girls and the baby carriages.
Dispatch.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-08-16

A daughters home coming kiss brought
pain and possibly blindness to Mrs. vii
liam Davis of Cincinnati.
Tho daughter, Clarissa, had been away
several weeks. On her return she Slipped
up behind her mother, and catching hcr
attempted tckiss her. The mother scream.
ed.
On examination it was found that a
small side comb had penetrated and de
stroycd one eye. 1t is feared the other may
be seriously affected through sympathy
New York Recorder.
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He Wants a Slice of Gotham.

Richard NJ Woodward of Marshallton,
Pa, has retained counsel and is making
preparations to press his claims toS4 acres
of land in the heart of New York city,
upon which Trinity church and other
prominent buildings stand. He claims
that the property in question was original
ly leased by Robert Edwards for n period
of 90 years; that the lease ran out in 1850,
but that the properties did not materialize
at that time.-New York Recorder.
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JUSTICE JAOKsON'S BRIEF TERM.
Next to the Shortest In the History of the
United States Supreme Court.

Next to the shortest IN Jle IlSlOfy OF Jne
United States Supreme Court.
Justice JaCkson's service of two years
on the supreme bench Of the United States
is one of the shortest terms in the history
of the court The only shorter term was
that of Justice Harrison, who was appoint
ed in 7S0 and resigned the Office in tho
same year to become chancellor of his ma
tive state, Maryland Chief Justice Rut
ledge the only man to be twice appointed
to the supreme bench, resigned the Office
of associate justice in 1891, after two years
of service, to become chief justice of South
Carolina. He was named chief justice Of
the United States supreme court in 1873
and presided one term, but the nomination
was rejected by the senate because it was
discovered that his mind had become inn
paired Associate Justice Trfmble of Ken
lucky died in 1928 after Two years Of serv-
ice. These are the only justices whose
terms have been as short as that of Justice
jackson, save one of his associates still
upon the bench.
Tho longest terms were those of Chief
Justices Marshall and Story, each of whom
served "a years Five others served over
30 years, five between % and 30, six be
tween 90 and 20, nine between 10 and 20,
six between 10 and 10, II between and
10 and eight less than five years. Some Of
those included in this summary are still
upon the bench. Justice Field, appointed
in 1868, is the oldest in point of service on
the present bench, and his term approaches
the longest in the history Of the court
New York Sun.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-08-16
Struck For Beefsteak.

A number of bright college girls of
Hillsdale, Mich, are earning money this
summer to pay for next winters tuition
by serving as walters in summer hotel
at Little Traverse bay. A few days ago
they all went on strike because beefsteak
was cut out of their breakfast bill of fare.
1t only took the landlord one day to realize
their value, when he capitulated and
offered them the best the house afforded at
every meal
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-08-16

To THE CITIZENS OF BENNINGTON
AND VIcNITY-I am prepared 10 furnish any
thing wanted in the line Of cemetery work at al
least 10 per cent less than you can buy the same
quality OF stock or work OF any agent or outsid8
party, as that is tho agents commission, or il
will cost party from away il they come them
selves to sell and set the work at least 40 per
cent more than it will me, as live here and sell
and set my own work, and receive my granite in
the rough state direct from the quarries in
load lots at low rates. have force of compe
tent wOrkmen to cut polish and letter the work
here in my shop; have had four car loads OF
rough granite in the past two months; am fur
nishing 10 monuments and number of markers
and tablets from Landgon's best dark Barre
granite which are to be set before Decoration
Day Call and my stock and how do my
work, aid if you have work to buy give me q
chance to figure on it, l have nearly fifteen hun
dred dollars worth of marble monuments and
tablets on hand and will sell you any of these at
very low figure, as want the room for granite
work. The above are facts which will prove to
you if you will call and see me.
Soliciting your patronage, am very respect
fully yours,
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Where We Arc Retter OF.

The army Of Germany and the railway
army Of the United States contain about
the same number of men. 1t is Uncle
Sans impression that he has decidedly
the advantage in this arrangement.-St.
Louis lobe-Democrat.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-08-16

Kansas logislates against certain noz
lous weeds not by making an appropriH
ton, but by adding to the tax bill of tn
farmer who negocts to cut them down. II
is hardly necessary to say that the weed;
are disappearing rapidly. st. Louis Globe
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Apply one now; you'll feel stronger
and happier tomorrow. Hop Pldsters
for Aching Muscles, Backs, Kidneys and
Lungs. Rheumatism, Crick ana all bodily
ailments. All reliable drug stores.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-08-16

If afflicted with scalp diseases, hair
falling out, and premature badness, do
not use grease or alcoholic preparations,
but apply Halls Hair Remover.
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His Great Advantage.

Mr.. Roosevelt strikes terror to the Tam
many braves partly because he is able to
use the English language correctly
Washington Capital.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-08-16

Keep honest, true, and pure remedies
like Ponds Extract always by you.
Ponds Extract can always be depended
on; accept no other preparation as just
as good.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-08-16

Hoods Pills have done me more
good than any others have ever taken"
Mrs. William DOnnelly, McIndoe Falls.
vt.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-08-16

To invigorate the system after illness,
'Ayres Sarsaparilla is highly recommend
ed.
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A Prominent
Man Says:

l have been investigating for a
year and l place my insurance
with the Equitable. 1t has been
the pioneer in reform and it pays"
Zone fact is worth thousand theories"
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THOSE BIFUROATORS,
Sometimes, it must be admitted, bloom
ers are not good form.-Chicago Tribune.

Tho bloomer woman will swear by the
"breechas" Bible. In that version we read
that Adam and Eve "sowed fig leaves to-
gether and made themselves brooches.
The King James version calls them
"aprons," but James was a very particu-
lar man.-Springiield Union.
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Not Ready For Kniclserbookers at Dinner.

We are not foolish enough to suggest tn
wearing of short breechcs with a froc
coat at dinner -Haberdasher.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-08-16

The plan of typewriter girls to do their
work in bloomcr costume has received n
setback in Rochester, where one young
woman tried it and was discharged by her
employer. He said it attracted lots of men
to his office, but brought very little bust
ness. The typewriter operator must draw
the line at bloomers. Council Bluffs Non
pareil
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-08-16

The Rev. J. B. Hawthorne, D. D., Of
Atlanta says that the thew woman" is
riding to the devil on the bicycle, for he
believes that it is the favorito vehicle of
satan himself He has preached a sermon
against the bicycle which has stirred up
the south until its echoes are coming north.
DR.. Hawthorne has cast bombshell among
the wheelwomen Of the south. But if
woman be indeed riding to the devil on the
bicycle she has the satisfaction of knowing
that the bicycle is built for two. "-Roch-
ester Union and Advertiser
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MUSIC LESSONS.

PROF, HARD of New York, extending thanks
to his numerous patrons 10 whom he refers) the
past term, opens his spring term April 18th.
The latest rapid systems taught, enabling begin
ners to play at sight in one term. Address Ben
nington post office and he will call on you. 21f
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-01-13

The demand for business education
throughout the territory is rapidly in
creasing owing TO the demand for
clerks, book-kcepers and accountants
of all kins, engendered by our rapid
New towns are spring
ing up on every hand filed with bust
ness houses, aud all must have clerks,
and the demand for well drilled ac-
and good peumen is grea .er
than ever before. The custom OF taxi
ing IA clerk from the plow, with no
knowledge Of accounts, and hardly
able TO write his own name is falling
into disuse Railroads are soon TO be
built into every corner OF our territory
aud new avenues of commerce are
daily opening up, thus presenting ad-
vantages TO all our young men and
wsmen, who are qualified in the new
and improved methods of accounts.
Our Capital City Business College. Of
this city, offers superior advantages in
the way of thorough business educa-
tion, IL is under the management of
competent instructors, as well as
practical business men, thus combin-
ing the advantage Of theory and prac-
tice, and enabling those who have
completed the course to successfully "
manage any branch of business. Prof.
II. A. Gaffney the principal in charge,
has been connected with commercial
colleges several years and is thorough
! ly competent in every department o'
commercial education. Young mer
and women contemplating a course o
business training will find il TO theit
interest TO attend the Capital City Bus
! mess College.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-01-13
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Train loads of frozen oranges, the
fruit caught in the recent cold snap
in Florida, are being rushed to the
Chicago market Eighteen earl Dads
are said to have been sold Thursday.
The Arapahoe county, Colorado, W.
c. Il. L., has adopted a resolution i'm,
ploring the legislature TO elect man
to the United States senate who is
not known to be a man of immoral
life.
Tho Corean government propose
TO signify its indie pendence Of Chinese
traditions by discarding its ,ancient
caionda, al the urg inning OF next
year and adopting the same monthly
divisions as those recognized by the
Western countries and Japan.
The suit brought by Mrs. Helen NJ.
Cougar 30 determ me the rights of
women under the constitution.
whether they have the right TO vote.
has begun at Lafayette Ind. before
Judge +. b. Everett At the last
election Mrs. Cougar attempted 90
vote and, on being refused, sned the
election board for $40 600. She is
president of the Woman's Suffrage
association.
The president has signed the act
granting a pension 20 Mary Palmer
Banks, widow of General Nathauie el
Il. Banks of Massachusetts,.
After consideri ng the subject for
several weeks, the house committee
on naval affairs has agreed 10 favor
able report on bill TO reorgauize the
personnel of the navy.