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THE BIRD OF NOBILITY.

How the Swans of England's Peers WerC
Distinguished by branding.
Our English swan has long become
private possession and one that in old
times was highly priced. Great ccclcsias-
tics, the prior of Spalding or the abbot of
Petersborough, rivaled noble carls, Hunt
ingdon or Leicester or Essex, in the goOdly
focks which they maintained upon the
marshy flats of the eastern districts. And
in the west they were preserved with the
same jealous care. Richard III, just before
his reign closed at the battles of BOswOrth,
directed a commission Ito all manners
shiretTos, eschetours, baillieffes, constables,
swanncherdos and all having the rule of
fresho RIVERS and waters in Somersctshirc,
especially in the freshe waters or ryyers Of
MCrkmUre, CotmOrC, ETC., that the king
hath given all swannGs in the said waters
late appertcnying to the Marquis Dorset
and Sir Giles Dawbeney MOVIE in the Hinges
handles by reason Of their forfoitarcs to
my lord privo scale"
Tho swan marks scratched upon the
bills, by which wealthy owners distin-
guishcd their birds, form a study almost
as curious as that of heraldry. Several
manuscript ~oiumCs, from the fourteenth
century down to the seventeenth, are pre-
served in the British museum, recording
the marks of various owners of all ranks
up to the king and queen. The swan with
two necks, which may be seen now and
again on the sign of riverside hostelry,
is properly the swan with two necks, the
special mark of the Winners.
The swans Of the Duke of Suffolk were
marked sometimes with one nick of cros-
cent form, sometimes with five parallel
lines set in a square, like gridiron, while
the Duke of Clarenco's had two parallel
lines, and the Duke Of Norfolk's had GER
tain devices like keys. The kings swans
were distinguished sometimes by rudoly
drawn crown, as the proper mark of royal
ty, sometimes by pair of swords for the
duchy of Observation-Disclosures Maya.
Viup
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To Cook Chickens.

A hint to housekeepers when chickens
are to be cooked: DO not put them before
the fire without first removing the ten
dons of the legs, or drumsticks. To do this,
cut the skin at the joint where the feet
unite with the drumstick and twist the
two pieces a little to bring out the white
tendons. There are a few in front and a
large bunch at the back of the legs inclosed
in a thin layer of musclelike membrane
that makes them look like one large mus
Gle. Scrape off the thick layer and divide
the tendon into its smaller parts, and they
may be drawn out, one by one, by passing
a skewer under hem and pulling vigor-
ously. The despised drumstick is now a
dainty piece of dark but tender meat,
which may even be Dreaded and cooked by
itself as a specially choice dish in various
ways. Even where it is served with other
cuts, fricassee, stew, roast or broil, the
sinews should always be removed.-Phila-
delphia Press.
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An Indian Baby.

If tho watchful American mother who
carefully guards her baby against the cold
and gives it a daily bath in porfumod wa
ter could follow Mohavo Indian child
through its infancy, she would more than
once be horror stricken at what she saw.
Occasionally in hot weather the mothers
battle their children. The manner in
which they do it is amusing. They 60 to
a body of water, strip the child, and plac-
ing strip of cloth under its arms hold
both the ends in hand and swing the child
over the water, sousing it vigorously for
two or three minutes. OF course tho child
strangies coughs and struggles to get its
breath, but it never cries. When the
mother is satisfied that the condition of
the child is sufficiently improved she
drops it on the ground and allows it to
roll around in the sun until its skin is
dry. This treatment is given tho child
more with the view of keeping it comfort
ably cool than respectfully clean.-Kate
Fields Washington.
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Courtship and Marriage.

Marriage has been truly compared to
tho unmasking hour of a masquerade
ball. My markets made" is the usual
decision and consequently both allow the
masks to slip from their faces and discover
that they courted myth and married a
reality The wife frets over hard work, F"
if in humble life; worries over servants
and tho demands of society, if i'll moro af-
fluent circumstances. The husband finds
his jolly companions at the club far moro
agreeable than the wife he married (not
the sweet little creature that was Courted
by the model young MANI, and thus the
Chasm of Indifference is widening between
them daily, and homo has no charm for
either unwilling captive. Let each Temem-
Der that courtship is only IA mask at best,
and by striving to penetrate its disguise
be better prepared to meet the revelations
which must be brought to light when the
masks are finally removed, and after it is
too late to retrace their steps Have no
secrets from each other with which to
weigh down your after life. BE frank and
honest, tell each other of the faults which
will be revealed in time anyway and strive
to overcome them by each assisting tho
other Should these faults break tho en-
gagement it is far better so than let them
break the heart after marriage. -Philadel-
phia Ledger.
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FUN FOR THE PLAIN GIRLS.
But Honors Were Easy Between the Two
Pretty Ones, the Rivals.

Pretty Ones, the Rivals.
They had certainly been rivals, and
when she came to call tho two plain girls
who had dropped in to offer their CUngrat-
ulations decided not to go yUt. The host
Gss greeted her warmly and gave ,hcr a
chair facing the light, and then the two
plain girls rcjoiccd that they had not de-
parted tho first timo they rose to go. 1t
was sure to be interesting.
"How well you arc looking, dearl" said
the hostess. your hair Is really much
moro becoming than when it was its nat
ural color"
How kind of you to say it, DEAR cspe-
cially when your own blondining turned
out so badly by tho way, you were not
at Gcnevicve's luncheon. What pity
that she forgot you'll Pm suro she didn't
leave you out Intentionally"
ooh, couldn't have gone anyway.
i had another engagement" Tho two
plain girls gigglcd audibly.
"Oh, well, thcn it wasn't so bad, after
all! Still l told all tho girls who were
there how mean thought it was Of Gene
We've to leave you out when you have SO
little pleasure"
Thanks, but my pleasure is never de-
pendent on dissipation. How pretty those
magenta flowers on your hat arel What a
pity the color is so trying!"
Yes, of course you won't dare to wear
it. Were you at Ida's tea yesterdayY'
mo; haven't been anywhere Of late. s"
Greatly it is too bad to be left out in
that way. l shall ask Jessie to be suro to
send you a card for her reception. 1t will
DO quite crush. She is simply asking ov-
erybody."
Don't trouble yourself, dear. You
know l don t care to visit Jessie. Besides
my time is really not my own now. p
"Oh, well, them
eyes, Horace is so foolishly devoted to
me. You know that we are to be married
in january"
She didn't know it, and she couldn't
help changing color, but she rallied nobly
"Why, no, indeed" she cried. Pm so
glad to hear it! The poor fellow was so
distressed whcL told him in August that
he really must give up hope. I've felt
quite guilty ever since, and now I'm so
glad that you have consented to console
him. "
And the two plain girls got up and said
they really must go now, they had such a
lot of calls to make.-Chicago Tribune.
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NICARAGUA AND JAPAN.
Is the United States One of the Great
Powers of the World?


NlcaTa@u' Is II LUOlc power Japan is u
gtcl'GI' puO huC yeU great poWer' DriI'
am france germany anu huS'I' arc
Grea0 6oWcrS' WIN d cal ana r.
"Hch Drl''uL mas " uiSPuIc WIN NIc','"-
gu0 she 'l'polIilS lcrSeli "rolIIator' Li''AeS
an award Oh S,''ooo ana SclGS lIiree war
shlpS 10 EeC 1he money OF take inc co'ih-
Iry custom houses
NnGh 4uS'Ia' L I,Il,co anu germany IooH
over IHe JapI'I'cS'-l lilieSe peace II''''F ana
ma Japi'h mas soC more laiiu 'li'ln .icy
ShIllh Slle ousNu 10 nave thty Senu IN "
iorliial pr"loSU ana hllO lIiaU ulere VIII DC
rouolo unless liaO treaty Is revised
buC "heh germany G, TOOK AiS'Ice anu
Lorraine ron rance NOBODY nl'G ct
10 revise inc treaty OIL peace hhch h'lSSla
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Sharks Delicate In Cantivitv.

Sharks arc rather delicate in captivity,
and it is difficult to keep them in aqua
RUNS Whatever care may be bestowed
upon them they do not seem to be able to
Ltand confinement, however large the tank
Ir pool may be, In captivity sharks swim
round and round the tank, nine times out
Uf ten taking one course and never rovers-
ing. a shark has been known to keep its
course for three or four months without
change, and, except for food, never halt
ing, so far as it was observed. 1t would
keep going all day long and would be
found going in the morning just the same.
If food was placed in its way, it would
stop for several minutes and eat, remain
ing headed the same way. Presently it
would start on again in the same direction
on its rounds moving slowly unless dis
turbed. New York sun.
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SCOTS Emulsion
Is q violent Death PainfuI2

Severe injuries to the body are seldom
very painful at first The severity Of the
nervous shock seems to paralyze the nerve
center whcre consciousness of pain is sit
uatcd, and in fatal cases there is often no
sense of pain, even when death is delayed
n day or two. IN such cases it may be sup
posed that the shock not only paralyzes
but even destroys the nerve center 1t may
be compared to a lightning flash along the
telegraph wires, which, although of the
same nature as the electric telegraph cur
rent, yet is so intense as to destroy the re-
cciving instruments so that no subsequent
messages can be received. In some fatal
injuries tho nerve that would carry the
pain to the brain is destroyed, and such
accidents are almost painless. Our sense
of pain is greatest in the skin, and deep
wounds arc therefore not more painful
than shallow ones. In surgical operations
the skin inCision is often the most painful
part, and those who have been run through
the body say they were conscious only of
something cold passing through them,
with just prick at the points of entry
and exit Of the weapon. On the other
hand, some fatal injuries arc very painful,
especially those that interfere with breath
ing, such as injuries to the chest and
throat. York Advertiser.
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Counterfeit Commitments.

Truth telling people are not SO pleasant
to spend quarter of an hour with as fat
terers, but they wear better to the end of
the "a, writes Mrs. Hamilton Mott in The
Ladies' Home Journal. know woman
who has the art of accidentally saying
conversation the incest things, things
make you waD@ 70 put your arm about
her or kiss her hand in thanks. You hear
her say openly one day that she is fond
enough of bearing pretty things not to
care whether they are genuine or not, and
your folly is not SO superlative that you
can take much comfort in her favor after
that. You come to know the counterfeit,
no matter how bright it is.
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A Luminous Creed.

am believer in the idea Of thought
thingness.
In the negative suggestiveness of idea
impressionism lies the receptivity of dis
ease, the destructive influences of deteri-
Grafton and decay undermining house of
character and tenement of clay.
Though both dynamic force and static
energy are necessary to the completion of
things in the worship of homo brutalis of
dynamic force alone, we see brutality tri-
umphant in our religious, social, political
and industrial affairs; hence sensation
mongery as seen in high kicking females on
stage boards, Jehovah Zeboath in reli-
gious circles, C.-~.lel Mazuma in the po-
litical arena and Queen Fashion in all her
eccentricities and frcaksomeness in the So
cial hirl,-Frccdom.
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Tired Eyes.

In these days of study and sedentary
work, requiring much use of the eyes, they
often become so tired that they refuse to
do their work good. This is particularly
true when the work is done in poor light
or when it is fine work. Few eyes will
bear any such treatment for any great
length of time without being spoiled.
The question is often asked, What can
be done in such cases? There is one rem
edy for tired eyes that has great value. 1t
consists i'll massage With the hand wet it,,
cold or cool water Fill basin with in
and standing over it wet the hand with as
much water as it will hold and applyit to
the eyes, at the same time with the thumb
ind the forclnger giving the eyes gentle
manipulation. Continue the process for
four or five minutes several times u day.
The results are often little short of mar
velous.- New York Dispatch.
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REMARKABLE PREDICTION.
Prophecy That Leo NH VIII BE Pope
For Twenty Years, Until 1898.

For Twenty Years, or Until 1898.
When Plus TX was approaching his end,
there was the usua, speculation as to his
probable successor. Thepresent pope was
then the Cardinal Pccci, chamberlain Of
the Vatican, not in favor with the Romans
or the pope and popularity supposed, from
his fragile appearance, to have consump-
ton.
At that time there lived in Rome an old
and sanity priest known as Padre Philip
DO. He worked miracles, led q labOrious
life among the poor and was sought far
and near by the sick and the wretched for
help in all fOrRls of human suffering.
His superior said TO-, him one day be-
tween jest and earnest, "Padre Philippe,
who will be our next pOpeY Padre Phi
lippo answered with promptness and sim
plicity, although he was the humblest and
least pretentious of men, Cardinal Pecci
will be the next pope, ana he will reign 90
years"
OF course Leo XIII had been the first to
hear of Padre Philippo's prophecy, and
as soon as he had the time sent for the old
priest, that he might hear with his own
ears prophecy of which half had been
fulfilled. The sanity priest repeated his
prophecy with childs simplicity.
Chow do yUI know that shall reign
20 years." said the pope.
81 know nothing but that you will
reign 90 years and accomplish much for
the world" said the old man. He never
said more on the subject and lived only a
few years longer, held in the highest honor
by the pope.
Instances without number might be
cited to prove the confidence which the
pope has had in the prophecy One must
suffice here. 1t is well known that he is
bent on giving the red hat to Delegate Sa-
TOLL before he dies. 1t would not do to
leave the delegate to the favor of the next
administration. At any moment he could
raise Mgr. SatOlli to the sacred college by
u special brief, and his friends have urged
it on the plea Of advanced age and debility.
"Don't trouble yourselves" has been the
steady reply of his holiness. Il shall live
some years yet"
He will let the delegate get his honors
in the ordinary way, sure that his reign
will not end until the spring of 1898, 20
years from the time of his coronation.
1t remains to be seen whether that pre-
diction will be fully verified. Yet how
much history has been made by the clear
sightodness Of the old priest for there is
no doubt that Leo XIII has begun and
carried ont schemes of administration and
reform which he might never have at
tempted but for the prediction.
York World.
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A Bust of HerOd,

The imperial hermitage in st, Peters
burg has been enriched by valuable his
torical and archaeological relic-viz, tho
bust Of Herod the Great, the ruler of JudHa
In the days of Jesus Christ. This bust,
Gays our St. Petersburg correspondent,
was discovered some years ago in Palestine
by the Russian Archimandrito Anthony,
the late head of the Russian mission in
Jerusalem, and has been pronounced by
experts to be genuine and the only one of
Herod existing Il 2Yr times. This valu-
Pble treasure has been bequeathod to the
hermitage by the deceased archimandrite.
London Chronicle.
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DREAMLAND.

It is n land not far from us where souls
May sometimes walk in sleep-a dim, vast
land,
Older than Egypt, full of rivers SPAWNED
With mist. Broad meads it hath and moonlit
knUllS
Whereon the purple asphodel unrolls
And many pale death flower. Wide open
stand
It's gates all night whence dreams in riotous
band
Press thronging, to the couch of sleep till
tolls
The matin bell. Then, nimble as n thought,
All vanish, save some luckless elf in nets
More fine than Queen Mab's eyelash, tripped
and caught.
D strange, mad sprites, whom fantasy bcgcts,
Ye bring the dead back, ye do strong hearts
break
For some lost treasure, some sweet memory s
sake.
William Prescott Foster in Century.
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EITCHBURG RAILROAD-Hoosac Tunnel
l. Route. On and after Jan. 5lst, 1895, trains
viii run as follows:
LEAVE BENNINGTON VIA BENNINGTON & RUTLAND
RAILWAY.
Leave Bennington %. arrive Troy at So m.
New York 20 IN, Hnosick Falls 81, North
Adams SO, Greenfield IL ~ a m, Fitchburg a.
Boston 3 10 , IN, MechanicYille 9 O3 Saratoga
Q so am.
Leave Bennington u 10 m arrive in Troy 20
New York co. Hoosck Falls s., North Adams
4 40, Greenfield 5 81. Fitchburg q, Boston 10 II
pm.
Leave Bennington Is arrive Troy So. Hoo
sick Falls II, North Adams 60, Mechancville
6 46, Saratoga SO pm.
Leave Bennington y - m. arrive Troy 90,
New York Is m. Leave Bennington for the
north II u nd 10 IN. So, pm.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT BENNINGTON.
Via. Remington and Rutland Railway:
20 m, from New York \ bany and Troy.
= 50 a IN. from New York. Albany, Troy, Hoo
sick Falls, North Adams Saratoga and Mechan-
icville.
3O3p m, from New York, Albany and Troy.
80 IN. from Albany Troy, Hoosick Falls, No
Adams Boston and Saratoga. Arrive from
the north l 20, 7 so m. l 10 and : IOpm
j. X. WATSON, Gen'I Pass Ag't.
Z. a. NlMMO, Boston.
Genl Western Passenger Agen', Troy.
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Decoration Dav In Japan.

A correspondent sent the following in
teresting communication to the New York
Sun:
To the Editor of The Sun:
STR-Decoration day, in fact and custom,
though not in name. has been n japanese in
stitution for ma--J centuries past. AS early as
1857 our first envoy, Townsend Harris, whose
journals and biography are TO be published in
Boston few weeks hence, planted flowers on
the graves Of the tombs of the four United
States marines buried at Shimoda. None more
than young japanese, who only know their
modernized country, will be surprised at the
revelations of old Japan.
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YOU'RE an Easy Prey.

with your flesh reduced below healthy
standard, for Consumption and other
scrofulous diseases. And it's for just
this condition that DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery is especially valuable.
If you're thinner than you ought to be,
whether from wasting diseases, defec'
tive nutrition, or whatever cause, the
Discovery" will surely bring you up to
the healthy standard. BY restoring the
normal action of the deranged organs
and functions, it arouses every natural
source and means of nourishment. AS a
strength restorer and flesh builder, no
thing like this medicine is known to
medical science. Filthy Cod liver oil and
all its disguised compounds can't COM
pare with it,
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NeYer Too Late.

1t is too late. All, nothing is too late
Till the tired heart shall cease to palpitate
Cato learned Greek at eighty; Sophocles
Wrote his grand "OEdipus," and Simonides
Bore off the prize of verse from his compeers
When each had numbered more than fourscore
years,
And Theophrastus at fourscore and ten
Had but begun his characters Of Mem"
Chaucer, at Woodstock with the nightingales
At sixty wrote "The Canterbury Tales"
Goethe, at Weimar, toiling TO the last,
Completed "Faust" when eighty years were
past
These are indeed exceptions, but they show
How far the gulf stream of our youth may
flow
Into the arctic regions Of our lives
Where little else than life itself survives.
Christian Advocate.
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THE GYPSY MOTH.
A Professors Mistake That Is Liable to
Cost Over 81, 100000.

Cost Over 81, 100000.
After years of vain cndcavor to ascertain
how the gypsy moth obtained foothold in
New England the fact has just come to
light. 1t is common knowledge that the
moths were brought to this country by
Professor Trouyclot, naturalist, then at
Harvard, who hoped to produce, by cross
ing the gypsy moth with the silkworm, a
hardy specimen Of silk spinning worm.
A few days ago Professor Forbush heard
what appears to be the authentic version
of the story. 1t appears that Trouvolot
had a number of the moths under tent
or netting fastened to a tree, for cultivat-
ing purposes, and he believed that they
were secure. In this superstition he erred,
and the error is likely TO cost Massachusetts
more than 81, 900, coo before it is rectified
One night, during a violent storm, the
netting was torn from it's fastenings, and
the insects scattered on the ground and
adjacent trees and shrubbery. This was in
Medford about % years ago.-New York
Tribune.
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Japnnese NIaidservants.

Now the Chinese or Japanese maidsCrv-
ant is becoming fashionable on account of
her picturesque possibilities. If she wears
her native dress, she is about as attractive
as a 81 800 vase or rare piece of briC-a-
brac. Visitors like to look at her, and con-
scquCntly tho prcttier and more graceful
the girl the higher wages she can COM
mand. Long, narrow eyes, thin, black
brows and o clear complexion are the
things desired. An oriental girls hair is
always shiny and well arranged, and ev-
erything about her is invariably neat. A
part of her duties is attendance at tho
door. This is where the spectacular fea-
ture counts. After the ring of the electric
bell has died away there is pattcring of
slippcrcd feet or tho Clack of little Japa-
nCso wooden stills, and the door swings
back revealing a small, brilliant figure,
with card tray concealed in the depths of
her sleeve or kimono. 1t is all very fetch
ing.
Another function that the maiden from
over tho seas is expected to perform is serv-
ing 8 O'Clock tea. This is peculiarly ap-
prOpriato and lends an aroma to the bcv-
Cragc 1t never seems the same aftcrward,
when Gretchen, with face like plat
ter, or a Iiibrruian carries the tray. The
lad started in New ork and has natural
lyTcaChyd its height in san Francisco,
where the missions arc not able to supply
the people who call upon them. The mis-
sians, III fact, require references before
they viii allow their girls to 90 out.
There is too much trouble in rcscuing
them to have them slip bGcl; again, as
they GIe quite likely to do il they arc not
carefully watched. 1t will not do 10 give
them thelibcrtics that other serving maids
have, for they are like wax in the hands
of designing pcoplo.-New York Core
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To Make Pure Blood

There is no medicine before the people
equal to Hoods Sarsaparilla. 1t is the
standard spring medicine and blood pu-
rifier and it possesses peculiar merit
which others try in vain to reach. l
really makes the weak strong. Do mott
neglect to purify your blood this spring.
Take Hoods Sarsaparilla now.