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Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-11-15

Hot weather always brings many dis
such as sunburn, chatting, etc.
Ponds Extract comes like gentle heal
er to cool and relieve us of all thess mis-
cries
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When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria
When she was Child, she cried for Caste
When she became Miss, she chung to Cast
When she had Children. she gave them q
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T7G][g SPECIALITY Is
T )a1l120[P)I01( ct


The amount of pamphlet and book work issued from the BAN
NER Office more than double that of all other printing
fees in Bennington Co. combined During past months
we have issued nearly eventyve jobs Of pamphlet book
work
The of our printers in keeping pace with the rapid and
varying changes in the printers the success
in this line That why favored with the book and
pamphlet work Of this vicinity.
Senator Morrill, said of the "soIy of the Bennington Cen
ennal issued from this Office 81" veryeaboate and cred.
liable work"
prominent Rutland gentleman said the congregational
Year Book recently issued at 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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SHORTER CAMPAIGNS
BUSINESS MEN SAY LONG ONES
GREATLY HARASS TRADE.

Leaders of Both Parties Have Spoken on
the Subject, and Many Approved the
Idea-The Campaign of 1896 Fitting
One For Trial.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-04

on the parade grounds. True, it
sometimes happens that q dog, young
and inexperienced in the ways Of the
colony, will go Looping down neigh
bor's burrOW, just to see how his
apartments are furnished, whether he
has a grass nest or one of thistle
down, and whether his supply OF grass
nuts is liable to outlast the coming
winter. But he is not only asked out,
he is fired out, and he leaves the
mouth of the hole much us shell
thrown from Il mortar, and hits the
ground running.
l was thoroughly convinced of the
prairie dogs ayersior to intrusion,
once while antelope hunting in Lone
some valley. | followed a cattle trail
over a little rise, and found myself on
the edge of a dog town All the colo
nists at once disappeared into their
holes except one, large fat male,
who was alarmed beyond measure,
and started down that trail as though
he heard a voice calling him over in
the next canyon l laid down my
rifle. and, catching up 4 piece of
brush, started in pursuit Although he
had only about thirty feet start, fully
100 yards were covered before the dog
thought enough of my speed to turn
out from the trail I expected to see
him take the first hole he came to;
but while he believed the danger to
be great, still he preferred to risk the
chance of outrunning the Brobding-
nag and reaching his own apartments,
than to precipitate himslef into the
apartments of q fellow towns man, ut
whose hands he was certain such pre-
sumption would bep finished as their
law directs / gave it up, and that dog
went another 100 yards before finding
his burrow The same afternoon /
caught another, out for a ramble, and
gave chase, determined to force him
to put up with friend until the dan
ger was over This fellow did SQUAT
in the entrance Of burrow, but when
came too close he made a fresh start
Tor home, which he reached in a de-
moraliZed condition
Front and Back Doors.
Many burrows have two, or even
three entrances Why they have so
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-04

DuElns q two years stay in Arizona
i found'no animals that amused me as
much, or whose habits I was 80 fond
or studying, as the prairie dogs. They,
10 a casual observer, appear to be
very docile and inclined to live with
out engaging in teeth-and- toe-nail con-
tests. But let such an one hide him
self near a town when the inhabi-
tants are promcnading their roof gar
denS, enjoying the heat Of 11O-deg
afternoon, each dog appearing to at
tend strictly to his own business, and
to have a charitable feeling towards
all prairie dogkinu. Suddenly a small
sand storm will arise from a center
&C imposed mostly Of prairie dog, and
hair, and possibly. ere this affair of
honor has been settled, another storm
of sand and fur will go whirling
across the horizon of dog town. These
conflicts, while OF short duration, are
exceedingly warm. and are brought to
an abrupt termination by the van
quished taking unto himself legs.
when he can find them and TRANSPORT
ing himself into an inner chamber.
there to bear alone and in silence the
chasrin of defeat For the prairie
dog is a wise animal, and will not al
low his anatomy to be chewed for an
instant after realizing that his adj
versary is two to one the better dog.
City Ordinances.
Every town seems to have certain
arbitrary laws for the government Of
it's inhabitants, which every true
prairie dog obeys. One of the most
notable is that each home is for the
exclusive use Of it's occupants, and by
them will be defended against all tres
passers. Visitors are not wanted or
allowed. All business. whether of i
public or private nature, is transacted
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The BurrOwing Owl.

occupied himself until night in pop
ping up first at one hole and then the
other, not daring to trust himself
away from the entrances. The next
morning, at the first peep Of day, I
was reused from slumber by his meas
u:ed bark.
When one comes suddenly upon a
dog he runs at once to his hole, and
invariably stops, just for n few sec
ondS, to ascertain whether the danger
is imminent; it so, he at once precipi-
tates himself below, without cere-
mony, and remains for some time.
but if you keep still after the first
alarm, the little fellow will eye you
for a few seconds and retreat in good
order, to return shortly and put out
his head to view the situation II you
move away he will come out and sit
on his launches, raising himself grad
ually as you retreat until he stands OH
the very tips of his toes, turning first
one eye and then the other to make
sure you are retreating and not adj
vancing, and keeping his barking ap-
paratus going all the while
Water Works,
Every town has it's well. and every
cog in town has the privilege of de-
sCending the winding passage to wa
ter as many times 4 day lis he chooses.
These wells are sometimes said to
reach depth of several hundred feet.
l know Of one which is eighty feet
deep friend of mine, whose ranch
is surrounded by prairie dog holes,
dug well to bed rock, and, not strik-
ing much water, he ran a tunnel along
bed rock for some distance and dug
into a hole which he followed for IL
few feet further and struck a plenti-
full supply of water. The dogs had
done the same as himself-boreti down
and drifted until water was found.
When prairie dog begins to grow
old he gees into society very little, and
becomes somewhat thinner than when
young. His lope is measured and
slow, and his coat changes from a
dirty brown to 4 soiled gray Then,
If in his young doghood he was some
thing of a Sullivan, all the dogs in
town become Corbetts, and insult him
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-04
FLOGGING IN RUSSIA.
Ats Abolition Refers TO the Use OF
the Plcte. and Not the knout

the Plcte. and Not the knout.
The st. Petersburg dispatch to the
effect that IN imperial edict had been
been issued abolishinS the flogsns Of
criminals apparently refers to the use
OF tho plet or rlcti, and not to the
knot. as was at first supposed Punish
ment with the knout, or more cor
rectIy the knut. was abolished by EN-
peror Nicholas I. more than forty
years ago. The lash of the hnout was
composed of broad leather thongs,
prepared to Il metallic hardness, and
often intertwined with wire
sentence from 100 to 200 blows
was considered equivalent to death.
when the knout was done away with,
the plet. a simple lash, was SUBSTITUTE
cd for it. This was considered L
much mildcr form Of punishment, but
the prison officials found ways of ir-
creasing its efficacy and George Ken
nan. in his recent book on Siberia,
says that he was informed by Rus
sian officers. that death might be
caused by a hundred blows Of the
piet.
Flogging has always been a favor
ito mode of Russian expression Of
dissa tisfaction. An inyHriablc we'd
ding gift from the friends of the bride
to the groom is a rawhtle, and one
of the first duties Of the newly wed
Russian peasant if he wishes to re-
tain his self-resLcct is to beat his
wife. The story is told of German
resident Of Russia whOmarried a nj
tive wife. All went joyously for three
weeks. One day the husband found
his wife in tears.
You do not love me-" was the best
information he could get. In vain he
protested and caressed her.
Day after day came the same weep
ing. proteStin" condition. At last the
wife in Il burst Of despair made the
full charge: You do not love mo, else
you would beat me us other men beat
their wives
The womans doubts were set at
rest and by judicious clubbings the
German was enabled to live happily
and unrecriminatingly ever after
ward.
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The End of n Flying Machine.

A sad accident has happened to a
flying machine at Sydney, New South
Wales. The inventor did not accom-
pany the machine on it's trial trip, and
as no one volunteered, the machine
was allowed to go alone. The follow
ing account Of it's performance has
been sent over: 'Hissing and snort
ing, it slid alond the tram for a dis
lance of 100 feet, when, having reach
ed the end of the rails, instead of lift
ing it's wings and floating gracefully
across the harbor, it bumped against
the rocks and toppled over on to the
beach, part Of it becoming submerged
by the waves. Some of the hot Gin
ders from the furnace came in con-
tact with the light materials of which
it was constructed and set them on
fire, and in a few moments portion
of the framework and the machinery
were all that remained Of this produc-
ton Of inventive genius. The manager
explained that the trial was a failure
because there was not sufficient wind
to fill the sails, and no one had been
placed inside to sail it."
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NEired Out.V

many I am unable to say, unless the
prairie dog occupying such a dwelling,
woke up one fine morning to find his
upper room occupied by u coyote, and
was compelled to dig way out in an
other direction, before he could as
certain if the sun has risen. TITS
fact that coyotes frequently enlarge a
dog hole to a depth of ten or fifteen
feet, and scooping out a cavity at the
bottom, proceed to enjoy life.
Once I camped for the night in the
midst of a town, and was busy cook
ing supper when an old, feeble-looking
inhabitant came to the mouth Of his
burrow, only a short distance away,
and delivered himself of a solemn
bark or two, possibly as protest
against my presumption in daring to
trespass on his roof garden. My dog
was stretched out by the fire, but only
bestowed a scornful look upon the lit
tie creature. He had nearly run his
less off during the first part of the
day, chasing every dog he sow. until
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-04
TOO VIGOROUS ACTING.
An Ambitions Young Historian
Kicks Over the Set Waves.

An Ambitions Young Historian
Kicks Over the Set Waves.
A young man joined the ''Ole Olson"
Company to run props, but at the
same time had within his soul yearn-
ing to ''act OUT The first opportuni-
ty presented itself one day the gentle
man playing the doctor was suddenly
called away.
The emergency afforded the ambi.
tious ''props' q chance to try the part
the next evening.
He studied all night and early next
morning when the company assembled
on the stage to rehearse he emerged
from the dressing room in complete
costume for the part, even to the
grease paints, wig false beard and
spectacles.
He got through the lines at rehear-
sal, and tasted all day that his mind
might be clear at night.
Early that evening he HE'D himself
to the dressing room and again array
ed himself for the part.
His scene was an exterior. at the
back of which were set waters and
bridge.
He was supposed to go on the bridge
and rescue from the river old Mrs.
O'Flannigan.
His acting, however, was over-vigor-
Gus.
He overthrow the set waters, says
the Chicago Mail, revealing to the au-
dience Mrs. O'Flannigan lying on a
mattress behind them. ..E.
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RUN on THE sOG1ALfsTIC plan.

A Small Colony Founded and Pros
DerinE In the State OF Washing
ton, .~.'
Fifteen miles south of Lake Park.
On Spanaway Lake, is 4 cooperative
colony which is "anarchistic in it's es-
sence," but wise enough as yet to do
nothing which will bring upon it tho
wrath of the law, says the Tacoma
News. 1t is called the Glennis Coon
eratiye. Industrial Company, Glelnis
being the name of the town before
the Bellalny idea struck it, A. KIe-
mencic, Il tailor at 1912 Railroad
street, represents the colony in this
city. MI. Klemencic is u Slavonian.
He says most OF the colony are Ameri-
cans. Mr.. Klemencic gave some Of
the particulars of the organization.
The company, he says, was organized
under the laws Of the State of Wash
ington, May last. He evaded the
question OF what the name of the
president is, but said that Oliver Yer
ICY, who ran on the pOpulist ticket
for member of the legislature last
fall and Was defeated, is the score
tary OF the company, and a: Mr. erie
ger, whose first name he did not know
was it's treasurer. Mr.. \lemencic
says he is not an officer
The colony has $50 acres of land
free of incumbrance: 1t is good farm
ing land. and about twenty-five acres
Of it are cleared and under cultiva-
ton. The colony has seven buildings.
IS free from DEBT and prosperous.
AT present there are twenty-nine
members, including several women
who are wives OF the members. Mr..
klemencic says he is a citizen Of this
country and that nearly every other
member of the colony is also. All
they expect to get out OF it and all
they want is a good living. The pro-
tits will go into Improvements in the
colony. Vegetables are already sold
in the market. They have clay on the
land suitable for the making Of pot
terry, and as soon as the necessary
apparatus can be put in pottery wilt
De made A hOrse-shOeing shop and
a blacksmith shop are in operation.
MI klemencic says the members arc
all happy and Well-to-dO He said
they thought it was a great deal bet
ter to work and produce something
than stand around Oh the outside of
grocery store in town and look hun
cry. In the near future they expect
to publish a newspaper. A stage
runs from Lake Park to the colony
three times q week
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by O'Clock he was Disguised and had
sworn off. Hence, as long as this par
ticulaT dog contented himself with
peering at us from his mound of dirt,
why, Nero was content to do likewise;
but when he came boldly out and be-
gan walking about twas too much.
Nero made Il useless dash and re-
turned sheepishly to his place by the
fire, only to. be. tantalized further by"
the same dog emerging from another
hole across the road and pouring forth
barks in such quick succession that
they telescoped each other. But Nero
had had enough, and that >prliric dog
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-04
on THE sCRAPBOOK PLAN.
Evangelist Moody Makes Up His Ser
mons From All Sorts Of Material


His method of sermon-making j., orig
inal, says McClures Magazine. In real
~ his sermons are never made-fhcy
80 always still in tho making Sup
pose the subject is Paul" He takes
Il monstrous envelope. capable of hold
ing some hundreds of slips of paper.
labels it Paul." and slowly stocks it
with original notes. cuttings from pa
pers, extracts from books. illustrations.
scraps of all kinds, nearly or remotely
referring to the subject. After accumu.
lating these. it may be for years, he
wades through the mass, selects il num-
Der Of the most striking points, ar
ranges them, and, finally, makes Il few
jottings in a large hand and these he
carries with him to the PLATFORM The
process o. looking through the whole
envelope is repeated each time the ser
mon is preached. Partly on this &C
count and partly because in delivery
he forgets some points or diSpropor-
tionately almplifies others, no two scr
mons arc ever exactly the same. BY
this method alsO-a matter Of much
moro ilnportancc-the delivery is al
ways fresh to himself. Thus, to make
this clearer, suppose that after a thor
ough sitting 100 eligible points remain
in the envelope. Every time the SER
mon is preached there hundred are over
hauled. But no single sermon, by Il
mere limitation of time, can contain.
say, more than seventy.
| Hence, though the general scheme is
the same, there is always novelty in the
arrangement, for the particular seventy
| vary with each time Of delivery No
| greater mistake could be made than to
| imagine that Mr.. Moody does not study
for his sermons On the contrary, he is
always studying. When in the evan
gelistic field the batch Of envelopes,
bursting with fairness, appears the mo-
ment breakfast is over, and the stran-
| ger who enters at almost any time of
the day, except at the hours Of platform
work, will find him with his litter of
notes, either stuffing himself or his
portfolios with new points he has pick
ed UP during the day. Kis search for
these POINTS, and especially for light
upon texts, Bible ideas or characters,
is ccaseless, and he has an eye like an
eagle for anything really good. Pos
sessing a considerable library, he
browses over it when at home, but his
books are chiefly men, and no student
ever read the ever-open page more dill
igently, more intelligently or to more
Immediate practical purpose.
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porarily separated from the advanced
French positions on the Oubanghi riy-
or. which were placed under command
Of Col. Montiel, who was instructed to
extend French influence to the North
and Northwest and to make his Way
to the headquarters CT the Nile in or
der to nullify arrangements concluded
between the English. Italian and Bel
gian governments. The progress of the
expedition has been much impeded by
uprisings Of the natives. and owing to
this there have been reports Of the re-
call of Col. MOntiel. but this is also
denied. Col. Monticl is an officer in
the French marine infantry and il
about forty years Of age.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-04

A crowd of men were waiting outside
1t. He alone was admitted. She was
changing her dress behind the screen,
but soon came out again, clasped him
by the hands, kissed him on both
cheeks and thanked him for coming.
Then she talked vOlubly of all the
places she had seen and showed him
trophies of her triumph, wreaths OF
gold, wreaths Of silver and rare Jew
els, and finally She asked him II he
would come out to supper with her and
some friends, and she mentioned some
great names. The old man declined
with his politest@ bow. and would have
withdrawn, but she insisted UPON his
staying and seeing her to the coach.
SO presently the impatient young gel,-
tlemer who were waiting outside han
the surprise Of seeing their idol conf.
out in all her splendor leaning on the
arm of little gentleman in black, wht
showing traces OF snuff on the rutt1e OF
his shirt.
Through the crowd there tho master
escorted the dancer to the stage door,
and through the crowd outside the
stage door he conducted her to her
coach. AS he still declined to accom-
pany her she leaned to him out Of the
window. waving aside. rs she did so,
the throng Of her admirers; and the
handsome gentleman who was waiting
to take his place at her side.
'Well'' she said. with a br. ght laugh,
you sec you were wrong after all.
Say that you are sorry and I will for
give yol.'
But the master shook his head.
II do not think I was wrong" he
said. very gravely. You will never
make a dancer
Then. raising his hat politely. he
turned and moved slowly away down
the street
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-04
MANHOOD.

Not till life's heat has cooled,
The headlong rush slowed to Il quiet
pace,
And every purblind passion that had
ruled
Our noiser years, at last.
Spurs us in vain, and, weary Of the
race,
We care no more who loses or who
All! not till all the best Of. life seems
past
The best of life begins. .., 80
To toll for only fame. -. ...~~-.A =. = =
Hand-clapping and the tickle gusts of
praise,
For place or power or gold to gild
a name
Above the grave wheretO
All paths will bring us, where to
lose our days,
We. on whose ears youths passing
bell has tolled,
In blowing bubbles, even as children
do,
Forgetting we grow old
But the world widens when
Such hope of trivial gain that ruled
us lies
Broken among our childhood's toys,
for then
We win to self-contrOl!
And mail ourselves in manhood and
there rise
Upon us from the vast and MINDLESS
height
Those clearer thoughts that are unto
the soul
What stars are to the night.
A. st. John AdcOck
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COLONEL MONTIEL SAFE.
The Report That His Command Had
Been Attacked Is Denied.

The report to the effect that the At
rican expedition under command of
Col. Montiel, had been surprised and
attacked by natives and half Of their
number killed, is officially denied by
NJ. Chlutemps. minister Of the colonies.
Col Montiel in 1892 made Il jour
ney across Africa from the Niger to
Tripoli winning then his high reputa-
ton as an explorer. He has encoun-
tered considerable difficulty in conduct
ing the expedition he now has in
charge. During last July an order was
issued that the district Of Western At
RIGA known as French Congo, be tenn
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Silent Theater Parties.

Mrs. De Style-I wonder what is the
best way Of arranging theater parties
and the supper for them?
Ph1losopher-Serve the supper in the
box during the performance. While
their mouths are full they can't talk
New York Weekly. -
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Stands ON the Very TIP Of His Toes.
constantly, though they would not
have dared such . thing before his de-
cline.
Many people suppose that owls and
even rattlers live in the same holes
with these little rodents But | have
never found such to be the case.
admit that owls and rattlers live in
the same towns with prairie dogs, but
always in deserted holes An owl, too,
will never rent rooms from RATHER.
but will keep as far away from one as
possible. Any person who claims to
have seen these representatives Of
three different races residing in the
same hole must have had a vision of
the millennium, when the prairie dog
and the RATHER shall feed together
and the owl shall eat grass like Il
goose.
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ABOUT PRAIRIE DOGS
THEY ARE GOOD CITIZENS AND
PRUDENT WARRIORS.

The Ordinances of Prairie Dog
ToWn Are Always Obeyed-Every
f. Dogs Hole In His Castle and Only
Members of the Family Are Al
lowed Therein