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Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-05-21

Let me say | have used Ely's Cream
Balm for catarrh and can thoroughly
recommend it for what It claims.
Very truly, REV. H. w. Hathaway,
Elizabeth, N. j.
! tried Ely's Cream Balm and to all
appearance am cured of catarrh. The
terrible headaches from which l long
suffered are gone. W. j. Hitchcock,
late Major U. S. VOL and A. A. Gen.
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Balm does not irritate or cause
sneezing. Sold by druggists at 80 cts.
or mailed by ely Brothers, Sc Warren
St., New York
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-05-21
WHY LIQUID KIDNEY
REMEDIES FAIL.
Alcohol NeutraIizes All Ell
fects of Drugs.
Kidney-Wort Tablets Cure Con.
tain No Alcohol.

Plenty of people know that alcohol
is the worst thing they can take when
their kidneys are disordered, yet they
swallow large quantities of the cheap.
est possible alcohol without being
aware of it when they take iquiu kid
ney remedies.
Alcohol is used in large proportion
in liquid kidney remedies to enable
them to keep.
Besides the direct harm to the kid
neys from alcohol, any good effect the
remedy may have is Deutralized. max
ing the liquid kidney remedy useless
and harmful.
The following letter from E. NJ.
Montague, who had tried two Of these
liquid kidney remedies and received
no benefit, and who then took Kidney
Wort Tablets, a specific for the kid.
neys that contains no alcohol, shows
the inestimable superiority Of a kid
ney remedy that requires no alcohol
over those that will not keep without
it:
Lowell, Fla, April 4, 1903.
Wells & Richardson Co.,
Gentlemen II have used four bot
ties of DR.. Pettingill's Kidney Wort
Tablets, and can positively say that
the Tablets have been decided help
to me. Mine is an old case that two
physicians prescribed for withouT any
good results, and two popular reme-
dies failed entirely to relieve. The
tablets have diminished the quantity
of urine one.half, and there is no sedi-
ment, or very little that can see.
Formerly l had to ba up from six to
eight times a night, but now l enjoy
undisturbed sleep. Very truly yours,
f. NJ. Montague.
Many q business man sitting at bis
desk is seized with sharp pain that
hearty doubles him up. He has to
break of conversation and rush to the
urinal for relief. Only a few trick
ling drops with some red sandy sedi-
ment rewards his efforts, and that
sealds him as it passes. The remedy
that exactly fits such case is DR..
Pettingilrs Kiduey.Wort Tablets The
specific will cure the worst case OF
gravel" or stone" and put the kid.
neys into a healthy, normal condition,
so that there will be no recurrence Of
the trouble.
DR.. Pettingil's Kidney Wort Tablets
will cure every form OF kidney disease.
This test tells -
Let your morning urine stand for
twenty four hours 10 a glass Then il
it is milky or cloudy or contains a red
dish brick dust sediment, or il parti-
Giles Of germs float about it, your kid.
neys are diseased, and you need Kid.
ney- Wort Tablets.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-05
Livine, Yet DEAD.

In q German law Journal may be
found . curious account OF a woman.
who, though actually living, is legally
dead. Some years ago she disappeared
from her home, and after three years
had elapsed the court formally pro-
nounced. her dead and turned over her
property to her next Of kin. Soon aft
erward she returned to her native
place, and AZ there was no question
as to her identity. she naturally
thought that she would have no DIM
cultY in recovering her property. The
court, however, fatty refused to com
ply with her request. You have been
declared dead" It virtually said, "and
1t Is impossible for US to regard you
as living" Thereupon the woman an
pealed to . higher court, but her labor
was in vaIa. for the verdict Of tho
lower court vas upheld and. more
over, an official notice was issued ID
the effect that the plaintif, having for
mally been declared dead, could not
now be restored to life, al the law un-
derstands that word. and must remain
dead until doomsday.-N. Y. Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-05
COST OF LIVING IN LONDON.
erase for Expensive "Flats" Takes
Hold Upon and Spreads Among
People of Means.

The demand for Hats shows nc sign
of abatement in London, according to
the London Mail. They are increasing
in number not only in the center, but
in every suburb, and rents are rising,
too. Formerly the man who spent
more than a tenth of his income on his
house was considered extravagant To-
day the Londoner living in a central
district considers it necessary to spend
q fourth and a sixth. And experts on
the question declare that rents will
steadily go higher. The most ex-
tensive fats are naturally in Mayfair.
A suite of three or four. reception
and six bedrooms in Park lane will
cost $500 q year. In Harley street
the price is nearly as much. Around
Albert Gate similar accommodations
will cost f600. In Ashley gardens
considered two years ago the very
Mecca OF the fiat hunter-you can OBJ
tain for from s2O0 to $500 a year =
pretty little suite with two or three
reception rooms and four or i've bed
rooms. For 9400 a year q couple
more bedrooms will be added.
Around Sloane street rents are rath-
or higher. Flats overlooking the
parks, such IS the splendid mansion
now erected near Regents park, COM
mand high rents. An apartment on
the fifth floor at Regents park, con-
tanning three reception and six bed
rooms, can be had for G450 a year.
Coming nearer the city. rents decline.
In the great region between Charing
Cross and Russell square. a five
roomed fiat can readily be had at from
f120 to G200 a year. At the lower
figure, however, there may be some
disadvantages. For instance, il the
building is at all popular, the cheaper
flat will probably be on the basement
floor, with, as is the case in one we'll
known building, the servants rooms
and The kitchen buried away on a
floor below the basement. Those who
are willing to live in West K~ensington.
around Battersea park, or in the other
suburbs, get fairly good ,accommoda-
ton at from ESQ to E1O0 a year.
The best judges Of house property
declare that London Is only at the be-
ginning OF the expensive fiat craze.
New York has gone to the full extent.
The more expensive of the apartments
are In New York city the more readily
they let, and those who have to live
there declare that in the city itself
1t Is almost impossible to obtain q
suitable fiat for under E200 q year.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-05
4 FOR BoARDERs.
Miehiran Pioneer Had q Scheme fol
Making q Little Extra
Money.

while l was up north last spring."
said a Detroit land Spectator, accord
ing to the Free Press, Il ran across
a pioneers cabin situated in the woods
and three mics from any other house.
He got his well water from a frog
pond, his baking powder and nolasses
from q store six miles away, and the
two rooms in his cabin had to accom-
modate a family Of eight I told him
l was from Detroit, and after talking
with him for half an hour l was ready
to move on, when he said:
"'Look here, mister, a good many
Detroit people come up north in the
summer. don't they?
"'Yes, a good many
They spend lots Of money and
have q good time?
".Yes.,
".I've heard that they wasn't very
particular about what they had to
put up with. SO longs as they got away
from home
That may be true
Then femme tell you sunthin',' he
went on, as ne dropped his voice TO
q confidential tone; my wife and me
have bin talkin' the thing over and
we have decided that we can take
three boarders next summer by sleep
In the children under the house, and
il you can send EN- to 9 at seven
dollars q week apiece wen make you
a present Of at least two dollars In
cash
HE was so earnest about It" said
the s~peculator, that / couldn't bear
to dash his hopes, and / suppose he
has been looking for those three
boarders for q month past. had got
10 rods away after leaving HIM, when
he called out at the top of his voice:
"sTell them they shall have the Test
the state of Michigan affords, even II
I don't make d burned cent out Of it."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-05

TANK YOU, Ms1EU, HE SAIL.
week. But young peoples like hear
bout desc t'ings, an dis be so YER
long time by" drawing a hard breath.
which he forced into a mirthless
chuckle, dat / ain min tellin' bout
him. You been t'ink it funny / ain
like no girl. dat I ain new be mar
ried, dat I ain new make no home"
Eyes, if you don't mind my saying
so,'' the visitor answered. "You are
a strong, handsome man, wen though
your hair is turning gray and you are
SCARED by encounters with wild ami
mails and the elements; and you are
straightforward and tender-hearted
and a gentleman in all your instincts
Just such q person as any thought
full girl might love-"
Raoul shook his head.
.T'ank you, m'sieu," he said, "but
o ain know all. Dat t'oughful girl
been like man who stay in home
an fix up t'ings an ain new car run
roun'. l been like run roun' all de
time. When I was boy I run of to be
hunter, an when I grow to be man !
like more as anything to go way of
in de weed among de big game. I be
strong man, once, but long time ago,
fore de hair turn. I be mooch
stronger. Not'in' ain seut me SO
well in dose day as to fin de bigges'
an wil'es' game in all de place roun',
an den see which de stronges', him
or me. Sometime I been t'row de
gun down an roll up de sleeve. jus
to make de wrestle more fair.
but you ain car bout all des," his
estimation suddenly vanishing. Il
been goin' tell about de girl. Her
fader came to work long me on de
reever an him an me be YER good
frien's. Folks say I likely young mar
den," simply, "ver' strong an yer
handsome. De fader like me an say
so, an I t'ink de girl been like me
some. An L" He stopped sudden,
", raising his keen, deepset eyes t.
the visitors face. "You ev' know 9
girl dat was an angel come down &c
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-05
The Trapper's
Love Story
J BY FRANK H. SWEET
Copyright, 1905. by Daily Story Pub. Coz

"vXTHAT you say?" and Raoul
Wv looked up sharply from the
trap he had been scraping and clean
ing. But the visitors face was only
friendly and inquiring, without sar-
casm or inpertinence; and the mo
mentary CLEAN in the trapper's eyes
died out. He had grown to like this
stranger, and had told him more
things concerning his past life than
he had ever divulged to any living
man before. But the last question
had cut deep.
For a long time he bent over the
trap, his fingers trembling as he
scraped the rust from the jaws and
shank. All arord were evidences of
speedy departure, his gun standing
in a corner, cleaned and polished I'M
til the barrel shone like q mirror, his
blankets, provisions, all the rest OF
the traps, even his moccasins and
snowshoes, packed and fastened into
compact bundles for convenient car
rying. In a wolf skin q few feet
away the dog lay with his nose rest
ing upon his ~outstretched paws, mo-
~tionless, but with his eyes wide open.
watching. He understood, and was
ready and waiting. Twenty-four
hours, and he and the trapper would
start for their winter in the far
north, where every day was in close
sompanionship with life and death.
AS he saw the shadow come to
Raoul's face and slowly fade, the
visitor stepped forward impulsively
<placing his hand upon the trapper's
shoulder.
II beg your pardon, Raoul," he said.
II did not know was merely inter-
ested in your life, and spoke without
thinking. You may tell me some
thing else"
"Non, on, m'sien; I been tell you
bout dis. It is not dat / be ashame.'
and Raoul forced the last vestige OF
shadow. from his face. But he was
still grave. 1T aim YER mooch to tell,
m'sieu," he went on, "only JUS one
little part my life, an it happen long,
long time ago, an all in two. tres
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-05
No Time.

The woes OF the suburbanite. who
does business in the crowded city and
resides in the outskirts, have furnished
the theme for many an anecdote. One
Of these suburban dwellers was rush.
ing along the street In the direction
Of the railway station when q friend
Joined him.
What is your hurry. Jacobs?"
asked the friend.
Il am trying to catch the hve-forty
train," replied Jacobs. and i don't
know whether there is any hve-forty
train now or not. There has been a
change"
Haven't you . timetable in your
pocket?'
Yves; but II / stop to look at 1t,
and that train is still on, I'll miss 1t
by ten seconds" And he glanced at
his watch and hurried on. - Youths
Companion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-05
relexraphtc shorthand.

Telegraphic Shorthand.
A complete t~elegraphic system Of
shorthand has been l%aboriously worked
out by Mr.. A. C. Barono and named
'Pentelegraphy, Section Pape." It CON
sists In a reduction OF the Morse alpha
bet to ten short characters or sounds.
which are SO manipulated by = key
as to express anything and everything
by them in such q way AZ to give the
public greater privileges, while ct the
same time Immensely reducing the
work Of the telegraph operator. A
set Of automatic instruments Is now
being made which will, It Is said. make
messages 30 cheap that they will be
largely used instead Of letters.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-05
BUSINESS o. OF TO-DAY
There IL Less Chance for the Girl
Than for Her Older and More
Staid Sister.

The standard of age for the business
woman is advancing. mot under i" is
a phrase that appears in many advertise
ments for help and about IS or 81" is
mentioned in others as being the age
needed in places of responsibility. The
m of what used to be described as
the uncertain age has now just as fair
q chance of winning success in the busi-
ness world as her younger sister, says
the Chicago Inter Ocean.
The business woman OF the butter
fly order doesn't stand much chance
nowadays" said lone able to judge.
Time was when the pretty little incom-
petent might get along or even make
Roadway, just through her personality
and winning ways.
"But competition is ksener. now. The
business day is shorter, and there Is
more and more tendency to separate
business from play and prevent any
merging of the one with the other.
Few business men have time TO
waste with flighty women helpers, n
they don't want their men clerks both
cred with them either. So to be on the
safe side they secure women clerks OF an
age to be steady-going and discreet,
while yet young enough to be progress
sive and ambitious"
There are many more business places
peculiarly appropriate to the woman OF
80 and over than formerly. Generally
speaking, the age mark for a business
woma has been pushed forward ten or
IL years as compared with the former
standard.
In all the business colleges there are
women students OF mature years who
are taking courses to fit them for practi-
cal work. In the schools for various
branches Of decorative work the same
is found.
At the age when a woman formerly
considered herself ready to go on the
shelf ard renounce most OF the active
interests OF life, the modern oma Is
Just setting out on a career. Be she maid,
wife or widow, II she fits herself prop
erly to do the thing she sets out to do
her 80 or more years will be no hamper
to her progress, will be, indeed, rather
an advantage as giving people conf
dence in her seriousness OF purpose and
a good foundation Of experience for heI
to work upon.
Even behind the shop counters one
sees more mature faces among sales
women than formerly. The great army
Of demonstrators, cashiers, and man
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-05
4 modern Translation.

sEEH-
A West Philadelphia Sunday school
teacher has q class of small boys, rang
ing in their ages from six to eight years.
Not long ago the lesson was from the
twenty-second chapter of Genesis, upon
the temptation of Abraham to offer
Isaac for a sacrifice. The teacher told
them in as simple language as possible
the story of the going into the mountain
and the preparation for the sacrifice.
and when all was ready she explained
that Abraham saw q kid caught in the
bushes and took that and killed 1t.
There was an awed silence for q mo
ment when she had finished, and then
one little lad gasped with eyes wide with
horror:
"A .kid!' What, a boy?'-Philadel-
Dhfa Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-05
Cause Of Appendfcfti..

The Idea that cherry stonex grape
seeds a the like are the cause OF
appendicitis does not seem to be borne
out by experience. While these are
sometimes found In the vermiform APP
pend1x there Is no good reason for be-
hevtng that they really cause appendi-
clt1s. Appendicitis is the result OF ca
tarrhal inflammation Of the mucous
membrane lining the bowels.-Medica3
Tall
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-05
A woman OF the World.

Al wOman OF the World.
Mr.. Verarich-Do not, do lot answer
hastily. / will give you time to re-
lect, il you wish.
Miss Beauti-It won't take long.
How many clubs do you belong TOT
"Well-er-1ve or six, but"
.sThen I will be your wife. ! prob.
ably will not see you often enough Il
matter."-N. Y. Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-05
MICE In A SKYSCRAPER.
In Spite of All Modern precautions
Tiny Rodents Find Their
Way to the Top.

where do the mice come from" is q
question as hard to answer as where
do pins 60" said a New York architect,
according to the Sun.
MY Office is on the seventeenth, or
top story of a modern building in the
Wall street district. All it's walls are
solid, and there are no hollows such as
are found In a wooden building. The
spaces under the wooden 1oorfngs are
filed with cement; the washboards are
marble, where steam pipes run through
the floors, the openings are sealed with
metal, SO that one cannot find q Granny
to conceal, much less passages for. even
q mouse. Yet mice are there, concealed
somewhere, making their way some
how from floor to floor until they have
reached the uDpermost.
"Only the other day l looked up from
my work and saw q small gray mouse.
l skated q fiat paper weight across the
floor at him, and though 1t only struck
the letter file the fright half killed him.
Then / learned that / had undone, in q
second, the work Of six months, as It
turned out that the stenographer had
been cultivating MI. Mouse's friendship
with bits of bread and candy.
THE engineer says there are rats In
the basement, where they have tallow
and oil and soap to live on, but they
do not come above the first floor. He
showed me once a thin procession Of red
ants passing in and out OF q crack in
the marble floor of the tenth story hall.
.They must have come up by minute
and devious ~creyices to this point, one
hundred and twenty odd feet from the
level Of the street. But even SO, their
presence was strange, for all the
ground, except Trinity church. yard.
two blocks away, is completely and
solidly covered with buildings and paw
ings. There is not q single square inch
| Of bare soil in the vicinity"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-05

The Miamis, who figured SO prominently IN the history OF MS
nation at the close of the nineteenth century, treated their chief with
more consideration than was known among other tribes OF American
Indians in that they furnished him with a bodyguard composed OF a
number of warriors who attended him at all times: The MAINS 1 were Re
first known in the Green Bay district of Wisconsin, but later lived in
Indiana, where they opposed the invasion of the whites until defeated
by WAYNE. The tribe is now practically extinct, less than 100 OF them
living on a reservation in Indian territory.
dressed in blankets Q skins and wore few feathers. Lived in
tepees along banks of sreans)
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-05
FOR THE PICNIC CORNER.
aandy Articles and Coed Thias.
That the Basket should
Contain.

n the family that is fond Ct picnicing
! nicnic drawer will be found to saws
much time and ~yexation Of spirit. says
1.-The Washington Star.
Preferably, the drawer ss,ould be g
deep one in the pantry OF kitchen close.
EASY Of access and sworn tospicnic pur-
poses alone.
In 1t there should be q pair Of Japanese
naDk,ns. a ball Of cord, several sheets Of
naramne paper, a box OF corks OF various
sizes. ditto bottles suited FOR mayon-
naise, vinegar, milk. lemonade, Olives
pickles, coffee, ard q pile Of gecd, smooth
wrapping paper and paper bags.
Here. also, shouldfbe a picfic salt ara
uepper shaker, q box Of wooden tooth
hicks for skewering deviled eggs In
shape. two sor three Jelly glasses with
tixht covers that screw on, 6 pilesof pa-
per d wooden plates Of varying sizes.
| and picnic cups Of the light German
ware, selecting those with handles.
One or two tin baking pewder cans.
with covers, will prove convenient, and
there must be a corkscrew, a.can opener
and all the nice, clean bonEon or shoe
boxes that ran be obtained: A couple
az small table cloths. retired from active
service. will often come in handy, an
well as an old crash towel, i the picnic
is to be an all-day affair.
a half dozen steel knives and forks
and al many plated spoonA complete the
| necessary outfit for this drawer, but an
annex should be provided In one corner
OF the pantry or storeroom closet close
Lby. Here STEW emergency rations that
won't spoil should be kept on hand-a
tin boxsof biscuit. a jar or tvFo Of potted
meats, O. of anchovy. a can Of sardines,
a not OF cheese, with a little ale or brandy
added to give 1t ripeness ard smcoth-
ness: a glass OF jelly, a bottle ofspickle1
land one OF olives and a bottle 81 grape
Rhine juice
II this plan is followed when the boys
elect to go swimming right after school
and take their supper, or the young peo-
ple propose a row on the lake with q pic
mic supper to follow, there will alwayA
be something readyto fall back or. even
Though both the kitchen fire and cook
are out andfh corfier grocery Is closed.
AS for the picnic basket, which must
hang near enough to hobnAb with the
drawer, that depends. Although there
are delightful little English hampers.
with places for the dishes, the knives
and forks, the flasksandtea outfit, caddys
and all, their price initiates against gem
eral use. For the folk who frequently
picnic en- famiilethe stout German bas-
kets with twohcovers openfna back from
the middle will be found admirable;
while luncheon for two or three Is most
easily packed In one Of the Japanese
1 wicker satcrels built On the same lines
as the old-fashioned carpet bag, bulg-
ing at the bottom and narrowing at the
Itop. In small sizes these corle as low %
80 cents, running from that up to 80
cents, according to size.
With a waiting basket, q n emergency
shelf and q picnic drawer always ready
to draw upon, putting up" lunch ceases
to be the bugaboo SO commonly dreaded
and bewailed.
FLOwERsALwAYs sRAsoNABLE
Fruits NJ Well viii FiGure IN Hat
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-05
Paid Willingly.

.When Mildred returned from Europe
she had to pay out all the money she
had saved on her trip In order to get
her new dresses through the custom
house"
THAT must have made her mad"
20, no 1t didn't. The custom house
ofacer said they were the handsomest
dresses he had seer that month."-Cin-
cinnati Commercial Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-05
1t Doesn't Pav.

DWG1MNt F0y.
Don't get mad. It gives the other fell
low the whole sdvaasssA-R1lace'phia
Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-05
Whaf,a In Name

"But all the noble red men. are not
ncble?" INTERCEPTED the tourist.
II should say not" replied Amber
Pete. Some Of them are just about as
noble as the noblemen that come over
here looking for American wives."-
Chicago Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-05
A Million Dollar Cathedral.

A cathedral Of the Greek church, to
cost " 81 ,OOO, 900, Is to be erected In
Cleveland. O. The Russian crown Is
to contribute largely to II