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SUDDEN REAPPEARANCE,
Wisconsin Man Supposed to Have Bee
Killed Comes Home.

Wisconsin Man Supposed to Have Been
Killed Comes Home.
MENoMoNlE, Wis, Feb. l3.-Ju,ius
Blake, who SO suddenly disappeared
from here tour years ago last July, and
who was supposed to have been killed
and thrown into well and the we'll
filled up, as suddenly appeared at
home again last week. He gave no
reason for going away except that as
he was minor (about l8 years old) his
father collected his wages, and he
wanted to be his own boss, and as he
had become Of age he thought he would
come home again. He had been at
work in Minnesota and Dakota during
the summer and went to Eau Claire in
the fall every year and worked in the
woods every winter, passing through
this city every trip east and west.
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r. w. Wheelock, former editor of
THE REPUBLICAN,, has recently as
sumed the edi'orship and entire man
agement OF the Saturday Spectator,
OF Minneapolis. The Spectator is an
independent social, literary and family
paper, which, in a city like Minneapc-
lis. offers splendid opportunity to, a
man of MIR. Wheelock's talents. His
many friends and admirers in South
Dakota will note his progress with
pleasure and good wishes
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Long Distance Telephone,

FARGO, N. D., Feb. 13.-The long
talked-of telephone line between Fargo,
Hillsboro and Grand Forks, is now an
assured fact. Superintendent Wainman
of the Northwestern Telephone Ex-
change, has announced the company's S
determination to build the line this
spring, and representatives of the com
pany will start out this week to secure
the right OF way. 1t is also proposed to
run a line from St. Paul to Fargo early
next spring, which will connect with
this line
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THE LAST DRY.

New Business Shut OFF by the Wisconsin
Legislature.
MADISON, Wis, Feb. 13.-Being the
last day for new business in the legisla-
ture, both houses were flooded with bills
and petitions
A bill was introduced in the assembly
which provides for the better protection
of life and property against forest fires
This was the bill decided upon by the
State Forestry association.
In the senate resolution was intro
duced by Mr.. Austin directing the at
torney general to arrange for the settle
ment Of the claims against ex-Treasurer
McFetridge.
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The Black Hills produced $4,000, 900
in gold 10 1894. The same section is a
heavy producer of coal. 1t contains
ores rich in iron, tin and silver. The
Hills are in South Dakota, but without
railroad connecting that portion with
this the two sections are cut off from
each other. Direct railway connection
OF the eastern counties with the Hills
would greatly benefit both sections.
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WATCH COMPANIES CONSOLIDATE

Elgin and Waltham Concerns Sold to an
English Syndicate.
CHICAGO, Feb. 13.-The Times says:
The Elgin National Watch company Of
Elgin, Ills, and the Waltham Watch
company of Waltham, Mass, will, in
the near future be consolidated and pass
into the possession Of British syndi-
cate. The valuation of the two properties
is $16, 100000, of which amount $9,O00,
600 goes to the credit of the Elgin COM
pany, and $7,000,000 to the Waltham
concern. The sum Of 100000 is on de-
posit in national bank in Chicago, to
bind the bargain and secure the pro-
moter's commissions, and correspond
ing sum in bank in Boston
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The town of Chadron, Neb., has
prospecto of getting beet-sugar factory
located there by Chicago people. The
town gives as a bonus $4,000 cash and
and 10000 acres Of land. 1t is mis-
take for a small town to load itself
down with bonus OF this kind. The
The bounty provided by the state is
ali right, but the cash bonus is unrea-
sOnable
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A Blind Pig Allegation.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12-Patrons of the
Alton postoffice, in Washington county,
Mimi, have joined very unanimously in
a petition which Cnlonel Kiefer has re-
ceived, in favor of the retention of their
present postmaster, w. S. Getchell.
This petition is designed to head off the
efforts Of one F. Richert to get the office.
The signers allege that the latter keeps
blind pig.
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Two Americans are under death SEN
tence for treason to the Hawaiian re-
public. They must be OF the Gresham
Blount kind, who believe in hauling
down the American flag. OF course, we
cannotnow know what the circumstances
may be. but it looks on the surface as
though they ought to be made to take
the consequences of rebellion against
the republic.
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dubuque Death List.

DUBUQUE, Ia, Feb l3.-William
Cook of Richardsville, resident of Du.
buque county for 60 yers, is dead When
he settled here Iowa was a part of
Michigan territory. Mr.. and Mrs. G. K.
Harris Of this city lost lO-year old
daughter by diphtheria Saturday night;
another child died Monday Their re-
naming child, girl, is not expected to
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Eating Their Horses.

ALBUQUERQUE, N. M, Feb. 12.-Rev.
8. G. Snyder of the Navajo agency, at
Fort Defiance, who is in the city, says
the Indians are having hard time to
exist this winter. Their wool crop was
hardly worth shipping, and they raised
no grain last year. They are eating
their horses, of which they have great
herds
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r W. Wheelcck's Saturday Specta-
tor says: Just so long as the govern
ment discredits silver by refusing to
exercise the option of paying it out in
stead of gold, just so long will the pres
ent stress contir ue.
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Held For Robbery,

OrTUMwA, Ia, Feb. l3.-At the pre-
iminary trial Of Frank Bateman the
Burlington robber, before justice of
tbs peace in this city, the case was con-
tinued and the witnesses summoned be-
fore the grand jury now in session.
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Had a Hard VOYAGE,

QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 8.-The White
Star line steamer Majestic, Captain Par
sell, from New York, Jan. 80, for Liv-
erpool, arrived here at II 40 p. m. She
reports having met with terrific gales
throughout the passage which was the
slowest she ever made. Her engines
were slowed down for IS hours on Sun
day, two on Monday, 10 on Tuesday
and Is on Wednesday.
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Lost Horses, Cattle and sbeep.

GLASGOW, Feb. 12.-The Allan line
steamer Grecian, from New York Jan.
"a, for this port, has arrived at Greenock.
Although she experienced heavy weather
the steamer sustained no damages,
but she lost 50 head of cattle, 10 horses,
and 46 sheep.
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Peace Commissioners Ordered Home.

SHANGHAI, Feb. l3.-A local paper
publishes a telegram from Pekin stating
that the Tung Ii Yamen, afrera consul
tatioE with the foreign ministers, tele
graphed the Chinese peace ENJOYS at
Nagasak ordering them to return to
China.
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Helm For Nebraskans.

MANKATo, Mimi, Feb. 13.-A COM
mittee consisting of two men from each
ward was appointed to solicit aid for the
Nebraska destitutes.
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Some Conductors.

odd you ever notice." asked a woman
of her companion in surface car the other
day, chow well some conductors keep
house in their domain This one we have
now, for example; he keeps his eye on his
company, making each one occupy only
his allowance of seat and watching vacaL-
Cies to seat his standing passengers. I've
sat wedged in "a few inches of seat some
times when persons at the other end of the
seat had room to spare. Women often
spread themselves unnecessarily, and mUn
square around to look out of all Windows,
taking up undue room. All such thought
less acts should be looked after by COZ
ductor, but few pay any attention. When
notice a systematic, observant official on
the platform, like ours today, 1 know that
am to be kept in order, but know, too
that my neighbors are as well, and L am TO
have my full rights AS a passenger -
New York Times
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Persian CarDets.

Persian carpets, of course, are still, as
they have always been, superior in beauty
and durability to all others, but their ex-
pensiveness disqualities them from compe-
tition with Indian, Turkish and British
fabrics and places them in tho category of
those exceptionally costly "articles de
luxe" in the possession of which only the
very wealthy may rightfully indulge them
selves. A few years ago, at the sale of the
Goupil collection in Paris, the equivalent
in French currency of So, 900 was paid for
one square of "old Persian" measuring Z
feet by 8, and several Others of small size
were eagerly snapped up at from 50, 800 to
81, 600 apiece. For an exempliGcation of
their lasting capacities we may quote Sir
Murdoch Smith, who states that the floor
Of the principal pavilion of the Chebel
Stun palace at Ispahan is covered with a
superb carpet, still in fine condition, which
has been in continuous use for 300 years
that is, ever since the time of Shah Abbas,
who reigned toward the close of the six
teenth century. Even at the present day
in Persia itself rs much as $1,000 is often
asked and paid for a small carpet.-St.
Louis Globe Democrat.
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No Doubt About His Meanness.

To the large number of stories of the
"meanest man" which are frequently re-
lated one should be added of certain
Frenchman, famous for his habit of grum-
bling at everything and ON every OCCASION
He was attacked by inflammatory rheuma-
tism, and was carefully nursed by his
wife, who was very devoted to him, in
spite of his fault finding disposition. His
suffering caused her to burst into tears
sometimes as she sat by his bedside.
One day friend of this invalid came in
and asked how he was getting on.
"Badly, badly, he exclaimed. "And it's
all my wifes fault"
SIS it possible?" asked the friend in sur
prise.
eyes. The doctor told me that humidity
was bad for me, and there that woman
sits and cries, Just to make it moist in the
room. Pearson Weekly.
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VANDALISM.
The sagagery of Some People Who Call
Themselves Civilized.

The sayagery of Some People Who Call
Themselves Civilized.
The savagory of savageS is as nothing to
the savagery of some creatures who are
brought up in civilized communities and
call themselves civilized also. We have
few records of Indians or Hulus wantonly
destroying pictures or books or statuary
unless they thought them Dad medicine"
and held devils. Yet how far could one Of
our city thugs and loJdirs be trusted in
the presence of work Of art or a thing Of
beauty? 1t seems to be n sort of instinct
with him TO throw a stone whenever he
sees flowers or ornaments or to pull out
knife and hack at them, or to upset or
scratch or iniure them. Ina certain blind
and brute way, perhaps, his conduct gives
him flattering sense " power. He can
not make anything useful or beautiful
himself, but he can destroy it.
The only way to cure these vandals APP
pears to he either to educate them early or
drown them. Drowning is the least ex-
pensivo, but there is Il public prejudice
against it, so for few centuries we must
expect to sec our public buildin3 defaced,
our metal work bent and scratched, our
plate glass broken, our street lights shat
tered, our pictures jabbed with canes and
umbrellas, our mirrors marked with in
itials carved by diamond rings, our rugs
and carpets and woodwork spat upon, our
walls scrubbed with Names our streets
made repositories of filth and our books
torn and dog cared, for it takes n long
time to cure vandal of his vandalism.
One needs to begin with his father.
Thnvp iC ~ plnCn n 1nlotipn hntXynpn tho
wantonncss of the destroyer and the dark
or deeds of the criminal that perhaps we
arc justified i'll keeping suspicious watch
on any man, woman or child who will
destroy plants, books and pictures OF
throw stones at helpless animals. The
excessive aggression that mutilates and
makes ugly will trespass on others enjoy
mcnts, rights and properties with but lit
tie more development. This is seen par
ticularly in tho case of burglars These
fellows, not content with stripping house
of all they can get, not infrequCntly de-
strOy what IL cannot carry away. They
burn papers, tear paintings from their
frames, smash furniture, break glass and
otherwise act like inCarnate fionds. 1t
might not be bad idea in case of the
capture of these men to impose sentences
graded to accord with the amount of dam
age they had worked. 1t would make
others of their tribe a little more consider
ate-perhaps. On general principles these
wanton destroyers should go to prison,
anyway. Brooklyn Eagle
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Oueor Wells In Illinois.

Near Augusta, Ills, are two peculiar
wells, each Of which deserves special men
ton in a department devoted to accounts
of things out of the ordinary The first is
a "bOttomless wcll''-one which was sunk
down until the immense running under
ground river was struck. The second is a
well in which the water remains frozen in
winter and summer. These two wonders,
each Of which may properly be referred to
As combined natural ane artificial curl
osities," are located at u distance of about
a mile and half apart. The frozen well
is only about ten feet in depth, shat of the
other not stated.-Peoria Herald.
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ROMANCE OF A WEDDING RING.
Lost For Many Years and Restored on the
Golden Wedding.

Golden Wedding.
The fourth year of my residence at the
palace was marked by family event-the
golden wedding" or fiftioth anniversary
Of the marriage of the Comte and Comtesse
de Tascher de Ia Pagerie, which was cele-
brated at Baden-Baden in the presence Of
all their children and grandchildren.
A curious circumstance occurred on this
occasion which is worthy of mention. The
(Princess) Comtesse de Tascher had lost,
many years before, her wedding ring, to
her great distress, and it had never been
found. Shortly before the festivities Of
the golden wedding the Duchess O, Ham
ilton, on looking over the jewels left by
her mother, the Grand Duchess of Baden,
whose death had occurred during the pre-
Ceding winter, found n small packet label
ed: 1.-THE wedding ring of Amelie Won der
Leyen, sold by jew peddlcr as having
belonged to the Empress Josephine. To
be returned" 1t was evident that the
grand duchess, who was the most forgetful
of women, had put this away carefully and
entirely forgotten it. The Duchess of
Hamilton, seeing the inscription engraved
inside, Louis de Tascher dc la Pagerie-
Amelie Won der Leyen," with the date of
their marriage, sent it to the count with
the above explanation. He kept the mat
ter secret till the golden wedding" when
the ring which had been lost for so long
was again placed on the finger of the Prin-
cess Amelie Won der Leyen on the fiftieth
anniversary of the marriage which had
taken place under the sad circumstances
already related. life In the Tuileries
Under the Second Empire" by Anna L.
Bicknell, in Century.
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A SENSIBLE VERDICT.
What the Storekeeper Would Call Man
Under Certain circumstances.

Under Certain circumstances.
They wSro talking about stealing, and
the bank president said: mo system will
prevent a man who handles large sums Of
money from grabbing some of it, but
system of emhezzlement is different and is
very likely to be discovered in a short time.
Here we allow clerks and tellers to alter
nate at the desks, SO that each man acts as
a check on his predecessor. This scheme
is in vogue in nearly all banks and gives
general satisfaction, but of course if there
is a thief in the house he is going to steal
1t reminds me of story about fellow
who came to the city and after getting
along in business for a number of years
went back to his native village in New
York. There he called on the old store
keeper with whom his folks used to trade,
and after inquiring how business was he
asked:
"'Mr. Perkins, what system of hook
keeping have you used in the storoY
"The old fellow replied: oh, well, you
know, l have no use for any books. 1 buy
for cash and sell tSr cash and don't keep
any books.
"'Well,' the Chicago man said, how
many clerks have you?
"'Oh, three or four.
"'Well what is to keep them from
cheating and robbing your
"Oh, nothing. They put all the mon
ey in the cash drawer, and take it out at
night and put it in my pocket"
ooh, that's no way to do business, said
the Chicago man. You ought to keep
books and have a system and know just
what your clerks are doing
"The old fellow said he would think it
over and few days later he met his
young friend and said 'Oh, say, got that
book business of yours, and it's all right.
I'm much Obliged for the idea. They
can't cheat mo now
"'Well, how do you do it?'
"'Oh, I've got a book for each clerk
and cash drawer for each one, and every
time he sells anything he puts it down in
the book and puts the money in the draw
er, and at night foot up the book and the
cash has to be the same"
"'Well,' the Chicago man protested,
what is to prevent the clerk from selling
something and not putting it down in the
book and pockcting the money!
"The old man looked at his questioner
minute or so as if this thought had not
occurred to him, and finally he drawled
out, We'll, man who would do that
would be Il --thief. buffalo Express.
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A Turban of High Degree.

i green turban throughout all Islam is
sign that the wearer is a descendant of
bc prophet Many persons who have the
'ight to this mark of honor are now in
'ph' life, and traveller in Constantinoplo
o' Giro may have his baggage carried to
H, MOTEL by a genuine descendant of the
'u.uaer Of Mohammcdanism ylanta
auaitutiGn.
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To Wed Well,

"Harold, it is necessary, she insisted.
"It would break mammals heart were
not to marry we'll. "
One look into her eyes told him that
there was no alternative.
GAS you say" he sighed.
Suiting the action to the word, they
proceeded to rehearse their wedding twice
a day.-Detroit Tribune.
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Please Pay particular attention to

ES1N0| SVJ PaTUCuIdT dIle1IIIOH 70
these few lines---they may interest you.
Ponds Extract is so universal remedy
that you know Of it and its uses we'll,
but SO many crude limitations arc on the
market, that warning against the use
Of anything but the genuine Ponds
Extract is necessary. Ponds Extract is
absolutely pure, antiseptic and anodyne,
and may be used with safety and efficacy,
externally or internally, Accept nothing
but the genuine with buff wrapper
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Tho Industrious Man.

There was very Woodworking and
steadfast man. And he arose at daybreak,
and he took needle and thread, also but.
ton, and he sewed and he sewed. When
nightfall came, his task was ended. The
button was well attached to his breaches,
and us the man looked at it he felt cou-
scious pride in his work, for he had la
bored long and had sewed on a single but
f9At and when he went to rest that night
81 tit unto himself, "This has been q
and my task it has been accom-
Apd he slept well and soundly
eabd lp ttll tpeace with himself and his
\ lrfoltdl b Rareo Mola's Inventions.
An ounce ol pAre gold is worth S20.64.
Thmefole N 81 pure gold which must
contain ,, 900 ounces, is worth exactly
s495, $780, m
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The temperature of Norway varies little,
and statistics show that the average dura-
ton of life there is greater than in any
part of the world
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Children u
Pitchers Gast0Fla

Where necessity ends curiosity begins,
and no sooner are we supplied with every
thing that nature can demand than we sit
down to contriye artificial appetitos. -
johnson.
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First Busy Man-Lightp
Second Ditto-Cert.
"Thnnks."
"Welk. New York Weekly.
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Punctuality is the stern virtue of men
of business aud the graceful courtesy Of
princes. -Bulwer-L ytton
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When Baby was sick, we gave her Castor1a.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
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T7ll[g SPECIALITY 19
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aaAN[Da9


The of pamphlet and book work issued from the BAN
Office than double that of all other printing Of
fees in Bennington Co. combined During the past few months
have issued nearly eventyve jobs Of pamphlet and book
work.
The of our printers keeping pace with the rapid and
varying changes in the printers art is the
in this line That why favored with the book
pamphlet work of this vicinity. @2
Senator Morrill, said of the "Iistoy of the Bennington
tennia issued from this Office at very elaborate
table work."
prominent Rutland gentleman said of the congregational
Year Book recently issued 81" is the handsomest piece of
book work ever issued from Vermont printing office"
Blanks, with without printed headings; Posters, Bills
Dodgers. Printing of any description.
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STAT HWM[EIRY Opt.

Blank Books-Journas ledgers day books, memorandum
books grocers and butchers pass books receipt
books, etc, etc.
Office Staonery-Ink ink stands pads pencils pens the B.
b. the Falcon the Waterbury, the Mattatock and the
files letter books and everything used and about the bust
mans desk.
Typewriter SupliesTypewriter papers, large and
pete assortment Call for sample book Ribbons carbon pa
per, oils ETC.
Fine Writing Papers-A complete line of Hurds papers.
They lead the world
Pound Papers Genuine bargains. Large assortment of
vees box papers and writing tablets The headquarters for
stationery is at
TME RAMMER STATIONERY STORE.
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Children Cry for
Pitchers CastOFIas