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TWO IRISH BOYS.
They Would Not Be Laughed Out of Their
Purpose and Achieved Success.

They Would Not BE Laughed Out of Their
Purpose and Achieved Success.
Thirty years ago two Irish immigrants
employed as porters in New York ware
houses undertook to study law. After
working from morning until night pack
ing goods, loading drays and making de-
liveries they sat up until 10 o'clock in
their rooms in a boarding house reading
lawboOks and discussing principles and
cases. The ambitious young men were so
deeply interested in their night work that
they frequently argued points of law dur
ing leisure moments at the store and nat
urally exposed themselves to chatting and
ridcule. With Irish wit they parried
every thrust and never lost their tcmpers
Their companions nicknamod them
Judge and Lawyer John and asked them
mockingly whether they thought that
merchants would consult them as lawyers
after employing them rs porters.
They may do it, answered Judge,
latter we have worked up a fine criminal
practice in keeping out of the penitentiary
night brawlers like yourselves who ought
to be in their beds and asleep"
Instead of loading your drays," said
an incorporate clerk, you stand there
arguing whether an injunction could not
be brought against the firm for obstructing
the sidewalk. You are your own lawyers,
and you have fools for clients.'
Judgment may be affirmed" said
Lawyer John, "but not with COSTS We
have borrowed our lawbooks, and we save
money by keeping out of the saloons. 1t
costs US less to fiddle our brains with law
than with drink. A debauch over Black
stone leaves better taste in the mouth
than night spent in carousing"
So the laugh in the end turned against
the incorporate clerk. The young porters
knew how to take and return joke. By
their good humor they amused everybody
in the store and it was not long before
members of the firm helped them to get
CleEkships in law Offices
One Of them is today on the bench, and
the other is a lawyer with lucrative prac-
tice. They made their way rapidly, and
neither criticism nor ridicule kept them
back.-Youth' Companion.
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BEEF POWDER.
NOurlshinE and AppetizinG and Can BE
Easily Made at Home.

NourlshinG and AppetizinG and Can BE
Easily Made at Home.
Some of the beef powders in the market
smell and taste of the chemists shop and
arc not readily taken by an invalid whose
palate requires to be coaxed. A happy idea
struck the writer several months ago that
beef powder might without difficulty be
prepared fresh and on a small scale by any
ordinary cook. The experiment was made,
and the result was satisfactory beyond eX-
pectation. Beef powder made at homo is
appetiZing, has a delicate aroma and flavor
and can be taken with pleasure by invalids
who turn with aversion from ordinary
food. If a little pepsin be taken at the
same time, it is digested even when the
ordinary peptonized foods are not retained.
The mode of preparation is simple Lean
beef is cut into small pieces. These are
put into boiling fat drippings or butter for
couple of minutes until the surface is
Drowned. They are then removed from
the fat and placed on a strainer for a few
moments. Afterward they are placed in a
mincing machine. The resulting mince is
placed in slow oven and dried. The dry.
ing process may take from to "a hours
or even longer according to the heat en-
ployed. When thoroughly dried, the meat
is quite crisp and can be ground in cof-
fee mill that has not been used for any
other purpose.
In the drying process the meat loses a
tritle more than four-ffths of it's weight
This beef powder can be taken in various
ways-with hot water or soup, with mash
ed potatoes, with bread and butter in
sandwich or with little pepsin in a starch
wafer
The writer has given this homemade
beef powder with such excellent effect in
several cases where there was much diff
Guilty with food that he thinks others may
find it useful.-Dr. W. r. Huggard in
British Medical Journal
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PIRACY IN THE LEVANr.
It Exists In q Small Way, but Its PaImy
Days Have Passed.

D"JS A~FO Il oooCus
In a large, wholesale way of business
indeed Levantine piracy may be called ex-
tinct. No longer are the tideless waters
swept by the galleys of the Algerine, nor
do we often at church find collections be.
ing made for mariners captive among the
Moors The genial old ruffian who made
his prisoners drink to the king over the
water is totally extinct.
But in a small way, with very limited
capital and enterprise sadly thwarted,
MD isles that burning Sappho loved and
sang still see a good deal of business done
on the old lines. The practice rather
resembles maritime burglary perhaps
than anything worthy to be called pira-
cy, and the practitioners are natives of
mixed race A small schooner or other
vessel, hardy crew, few lucifer matches
and such rcvolvers as can be procured
suffice for an outfit. The method is COM
monty as follows:
The shores of the isles are studded by
little villages as far from the sweet
ministry of the police as wild Kintail, and
we cannot put it more strongly. The
wealth of the villagers mainly consists in
old silver vessels and ornaments, often Of
beauty and great antiquity. A sponge
diver, for example, has found more than
sponges In the British museum there is
a recent acquisition-a pot made of gold,
weighing as much as 100 sovereigns. This
was brought up from classical wreck by
sponge diver and it is likely enough
that such discoveries are frequently made
and concealed.
The villagers have also the silver orna-
ments of their women's dowries, otter
old and curious, and there may be a few
relics of antique gems, rings, necklets
and armlets spoils of the graves of the
Mycenaan age, AS the taxgatherers are
prompt to levy on all property, this little
wealth is of course carefully hidden, per-
haps under the thatch. The pirates first
care is to obtain private information as
to who is rich among a people apparently
as destitute as the old fisherman in Theoc.
ritus. When he has learned as much as
he can, he launches his bark under some
equivalent for the Jolly Rover. He lands
at the sleeping village under cover of
night, surrounds the cottage and as a rule
places the householder on fire or ties
him up in sack with pair of cats or
otherwise prevails on him to disclose the
hiding place of his yaluables. Then the
gallant pirate sails away, and all is over.
London News.
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"
A Flesh Forming Food.
(ArtifciaIIy Digested)

Assimilated without any diges-
tive effort. If you want to grow
fat, strong, robust and plump, use
this food. 1t will stop the wasting
and add new, healthy tissue to the
emaciated form.
Paskola is far superior to Cod
Liver Oil in consumptive cases,
without its repulsive taste. Thin,
pale people gain from five to ten
pounds month. You can buy it
at any drug store. Send your
name to the Pre-digested Food Co.,
80 Reade ST., New York, and get
their interesting pamphlet.
J. T. Shurtletf, Bennington, Vt.
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The king of the family Vespertilonide
is the gigantic fox bat of the Philippine
islands. Specimens of this winged NAM
NAL procured for the Minnesota State Uni
versity museum by the Menage expedition
in 1892 are believed to be the largest exam
pies of this species yet obtained by the
naturalists, several individuals measuring
more than feet from tip to tip of their
leathery wings and having heads anG
bodies as large as the American red fox.
This creature has been fully described in
Notes For the Curious under the head.
ing of "A Flying Fox. st. Louis Re
public
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A Japanese Bath.

Mr.. Henry Norman writes: 1.-THE Jap
nnese are a clean people and their bath a
new experience to Europeans. Take an
enormous oval bucket, holding perhaps so
gallons, with a stovepipe running up in
side it. Fill the tub with water and the
Eipo with redhot charcoal, and when the
temperature is a little short of boiling
point get bodily in and sit down, and you
have japanese bath. In most cases the
next step is to get out again with amazing
alacrity, but the japanese sits calmly there
and perspires till he is parboiled. LION.
don Globe.
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The ring was considered badge Of serv-
itude by some and was for that reason
given by the man to his wife, like our fore
fathers who were accustomed to give the
future son-in.&w one Of the brides shoes
as a sign of authority over her. TWAS re-
puted to be accompanied by tap on the
head of the bride with the said shoe by the
husband in order to assert his prerogative.
The ring was used in ancient times as a
sign of contract, and from that fact, &C.
cording to the antiquary Brand, it was
nearly abolished by the Puritans of Crom-
well on account of its heathenish origin.
Butler, in his 'Hudibras," refers to it:
Others were for abolishing
That tool of matrimony, ring,
With which the unsanctifled bridegroom
Is married only to O thumb,
As wise as ringing Of pig
That used to break up ground and dig.
The circlet of love withstood the assaults
Of the sanctifled Roundheads, and Cupid s
yoke did and does still have sway. An old
Latin writer thus describes the ring: "Q)
1t is circular, because its form importeth
that mutual love and hearty affection
should always exist between the giver and
wearer. (2) Its rotundity exemplifieth
that the loving joys of courtship and matri-
mony should be forever, their continuity
remaining as unbroken as the oirolet it
self "-Chambers' Journal.
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Turned the Tables.

While Bowdoin college professor was
holding a recitation some mischievous stu
dent induced hand organ man to come
up to the hall near the professors door
and play Sweet Marie, the boys all join
ing in the chorus The professor came
out, hat in hand, and passed 1t to every
one of the students outside, exhorting
them to be generous, Taking the money
collected, he gave it to the hand organ
man and told him in German to leave the
campus, which he did without delay, while
it slowly dawned on a dozen crestfallen
students that practical joke had been
perpetrated. Lewiston Journal.
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La Grippe is COMPOUNDED by many
persons with severe attack of catarrh,
which in some respects resembles the
former These individuals suffer severe
ly with pain about the forehead, eyes
and ears, with soreness IN throat and
stoppage of the nasal passages, and in
fact, are incapacitated for work of any
kind for days at time. These are ca
tarrhal sufferers. Ely's Cream Balm has
been used with the best results in such
cases. The remedy will give instant.
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Take a Felon In Time.

If you have the appearance Of a felon
coming, put some hard wood ashes in an
old tin cup, pour over them warm water,
immerse the end Of the sore finger in the
ashes, set the dish on some live Goals or on
top of the stove, keeping the finger in as
long as You can, and soak it several times
day. If taken in time, it generally cures
felon from coming If the finger Is wet
with it otten.-New York Advertiser
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The New Year

Finds Hoods Sarsaparilla leading every
thing in the way of medicines in three
Important particulars, namely: Hoods
Sarsaparilla has
1. The largest sale in the world. 1t ac-
composites
2. The greatest cures in the world. 1t
has
8. The largest Laboratory in the world.
What more can be SAID? Hoods Sar-
saparllla has merit; is peculiar to itself,
and most of all, Hoods Sarsaparilla
cures. If you are sick, it is the medi-
cine for you to take.
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train to take the seat next bright laced
Missouri girl, and of course he took 1t, and
Ii wasn't long before he was doing his
best to be entertaining to the young wom-
an. She couldn't help herself very well
and took it good naturally.
Did you know" he said after some
time, THAT this Is my first trip, and am
fresh from the eastf"
well, no." she replied, so the people
around could hear, II didn't know it
that is to say, didn't know you were from
the east. detroit Free Press
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Among the prominent names absent
from the list of callers at the White
House on New Years day, we note those
of Arthur P. German of Maryland, James
Smith, Jr., of New Jersey, George Vest
of Missouri and Edward Murphy, Jr.,
of New York,
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-01-11

The Emperor of Japan did very
wrong to overlook Mr.. Thurber when he
conferred upon William of Germany the
Grand Order of the Imperial Chrysanthe-
mum. The honor would rest very snug
ly upon the consecrated shoulders of
Henry of America.
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7 EBANON SPRINGS X. X.
IL VIM. V. REY SOLIDS Receiver.
Change OF time in effect January list, 1891.
LEAVE BENNINGTON.
8:25 a. m. For PeterSburgh junction, North
Adams and Boston and all points
East and West on the Fitchburg
Railroad. Also on all points on
Lebanon Springs Railroad.
$40 %. m, For Petprsburgh Junction, No
Adams and Boston.
5:45 %. m. For PetersUurgh Junction, Will
Jamestown ana North Adams and
all points on Lebanon, Springs
railroad.
ARRIVAL OF TRAINS AT BENNINGTON.
II:35 a. m. From Troy :Hoosick Falls. Will
Jamestown, North Adams aud all
points east on Fitchbu railroad
and all points Lebanon
Springs railroad,
4;3O %, m, From Troy. HOosick Falls and
points west ON FiGchburg r r..
and all points on Lebanon
Springs railroad.
6;O8 %, m. From North Adams, Williams
town, Boston aud all points feast
Fitchburg railroad. Also
from all points on Lebanon
Springs railroad.
E D. BENNETT, Superintendent
JOSEPH CHILDS, General Passenger Agent.
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Robert Harper, an Englishman, bought
land in Maryland and Virginia on both
sides Of the Potomac and founded a settle.
ment. The ferry he established gave a
name to Harper's Ferry, Va.
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President Elicit of Harvard has gone
to England and Egypt, and there is a
suspicion that the secret of his errand is
to study the Oxford stroke and to ask
the Sphinx few leading questions about
Harvard's chances in base ball this
spring.
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EITCHBURG RAILROAD-Hoosac Tunnel
Il Route. On and after Dec. 10th, 1884, trains
viii run as follows:
LEAVE BENNINGTON VIA BENNINGTON & RUTLAND
RAILWAY.
Leave Bennington 26 arrive Trey at s 55 a m
New York 2 20 sp m, Hoosick Falls 81, North
Adams 49, Greenfield II W a m, Fitchburg 49,
Boston 10 I, m, INTERCHANGEABLE o O3 Saratoga
g SO am.
Leave Bennington IL 40 m, arrive in Troy 10
New York 90. HOosirk Falls 81, North Adams
i6 Greenfield co. Fitchburg "A, Boston 10 10
pm.
Leave Bennington IS, arrive Troy S. Hoo
sick Falls IA, North Adams Z 90, INTERCHANGEABLE
40, Saratoga SO I'm.
Leave Bennington IL Is m, arrive Troy 90
New York IS M. Leave Bennington for the
north II Is nd O5 IN. So, q lOpm.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT BENNINGTON.
Via. Bennington and Rutland Railway:
100 Gam, f ON New York. A, bany and Troy.
932 m, from New York, Albany Troy Hoo
sick Falls, North Adams Saratoga and Mechan.
icville.
304p from New York, Albany and Troy.
63S I'm from Albany Troy, Hoosick Falls, No
Adams Bos on and Saratoga. Arrive from
the north 20, I 81 m, 10 and 40 I'm.
j. r. WATSON, Gen'l Pass Ag't.
Z. A. NlMMO, Boston.
Genp Western Passenger Agent, Troy.
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Anelinnta Inflammation.

The dude drummer from the metropol-
itan city of New York was making his first
trip west, and out in Missouri he began to
get quite flip. He had fair chance on q
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That solitary Democrat in the Michi-
gan Legislature is going to have some
balm for his loneliness. He is to have a
county named after him.
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Yazco means river of death, " an allu-
sion tc the malarlal diseases generally
prevalent along its banks.
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Not Necessary Now,

"Well, Bessie" said her confidential
friend, you've been engaged now for
three weeks. Does it seem as you expected
1t would?"
Yves" replied Bessie, turning her
engagement ring round and round on her
finger, ''only Herbert doesn't bring mo
any candy now. "-Chicago Tribune.
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Pure blood is absolutely necessary
in order to enjoy perfect health. Hoods
Sarsaparilla purifies the blood and
strengthens the system.
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Portsmouth, N. H.
Hoods Did Wonders
That's What the Physician Said
Cured OF a Dreadful Abscess
Months Of Suffering.

Cured OF a Dreadful Abscess
Months Of Suffering.
&c. I. Hood g. Co., Lowell Mass:
"Dear Sirs:-Two years ago last July an
abscess gathered in the corner of my left eye.
1t discharged all the time for a year and eight
months; nothing would heal it. 1 consulted
eminent physicians, all of whom told me the
eruption would never heal without surgical
operation. l was
Very Much Run Down
and decided would first take Hoods Sarsa-
parilla. My physician and husband at first
objected, but persevered. When had taken
four bottles the abscess took on a more healthy
appearance and the discharge became less.
have taken seven bottles and the abscess
entirely healed some weeks ago, and now
only slight and fast disappearing scar re-
mains. Day before yesterday l called on my
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All Hemorrhages, Female Complaints,
Etc, are quickly controlled Dy that
Household Remedy, Ponds Ertrdct.
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THE GOLDEN HOUSE.

novel by CHAR Els DUDLEY WARNER. Illus
trated by w. 7. SMEDLEY. Half Leather, Orna
Snental, So 20.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-08-08
What the Press Says of Him.

4 The wondersul benefits of the new methods
Of treatment practiced by DR.. Rea are attract
ing much attention among the suffering in this
city and vicinity. The wonderful success of his
methods, which have been discovered after
wears of patient sturdy and observation, make
him one of the most noted specialists Of the
day Louisville Commercial - ) ~
He is skillful surgeon as well as physician,
and the success attending difficult Operati Ons
that he has performed IS equally great as that
Of his treatment OF dtsease.-Atlanta COnstitu-
{ Owing to the new discoveries in surgery; DR.,
Rea, OF Louisville, is able to perform the most
difficult and intricate surgical operations in q
manner that Is almost painless. In the treat.
lnent of diseases he uses an improved electrical
aparatns that is so devised that the current
goes direct to the seat of the malady, thus re-
moving at once the cause OF the disOrder.-In
dianapolis Sentinel, !f.ts -
Dr.. Rea, of the Southern Medical Institute,
was one of the first physicianSin the new world
to adopt the methods of DR.. Robert Koch. the
celebrated German physician, in the treatment
OF dsease.-CincinnatiP Post. -
Dr. Rea'S treatment OF disease, both medically
and surgica1Iy, is one Of che astonishing things
of the times. As, a professional man none
stands higher and his success in the treatment
of all chronic diseases IS phenominal.-Te
Haute Express. 4.
Dr.. Rea, of Louisville KY. is an excellent
physician, who has had thorough training for
his chosen profession, to which Is added years
OF successful practice. He is without doubt a
perfect gentleman, and should you conclude to
consult him. you are assured of honorable
treatment His many successful cases in this
community speak for themselves
journal. ', ~. 3s# : &sgas * - .;.%
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-08-08
The EXPLANATION of 1t.

A little Jap was on trial in the police
court for defrauding an innkeeper. Ee
had testified in his own behalf that he
had paid his room rent for a month.
"How much did you pay?" asked the
prosecuting attorney.
The little Jap sat and stared at his
questioner.
The query was repeated.
"Quarter Of 'leven.''
Everybody glanced at the clock and
observed that the time was correctly
given. r.. e.. -. - ~.
"Yes, it's quarter to II, but I want
to know how much room rent you paid. -
"Quarter Of 'leven," repeated the
Jap:
"You don't understand. How much
money did you pay?"
II tell tell you, quarter of 'leven. !"
The question was repeated in various
forms, but that was the only answer the
Jap would give, and he grew more We
hement with every repetition.
He was locked in padded cell in the
Receiving hospital and examined before
the commissioners Of insanity when it
was learned that he paid $10.75 for bis
room.-San Francisco Post.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-08-08
ASSAULTED HIS DUDE SON.

An Aged Darby Says His Son Is Poorer
Trash Than Existed "Befo' de Wah.''
4 A white-haired Virginia negro, Isaiah
Dorsey, whose thrift and good charac-
ter many years ago won him not only
his freedom but white wife, appeared
before Justice Mcmahon in the York;
Vile police court the other day in an
swer to summons issued at the re-
quest of his son, Albert c. Dorsey,
twenty-three years old, who complained
that his father had whipped him twice
during the week, the more recent
chastisement partaking of the nature
of clubbing, says the New York Post.
Young Dorsey, clad in figured waist
coat, brilliant tie, and generally strik-
ing attire, told the judge very coolly
of his fathers violence, and rather
sneeringly said that ''the old man does
not know how to behave" At this the
father, trembling with anger, broke
out as follows:
Judge, dat ERE dude trash standin'
dere wifi his good clos says I 'saulted
an beat him. did, sab. He
says I dom know how to behave.
Pr'a'ps I dom, sab. But l know
dat dat ere cologne-s1hellin' dude don
do muffin to help his mother or me
1 bin aworkin' my hands off for him,
and his mothers done de same thing.
His mothers done pawned her watch
an her dresses to glib him money. He's
done muffin but drink it away. An
when he done earned some money las
week an l made him glib some to his
mother and he objected, jes' whaled
him-lil1e my ole massa used to whale
me. An if he don do as he ought by
his mother I'll whale him again, sah.'
Justice Mcmahon finally succeeded
in convincing the father that it would
be safer for him not to take the law
into his own hands, and on his agree
ing to let his son alone Dorsey was al
lowed to go home. AS he went out he
muttered back to the Judge: Dat ere
ducks poorer trash den anything dat
used to liv' in ole Virginy befo' de
wah." tEtS