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Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-05-21
Estate of Adah E B irber

CtTATE OF VERMONT. fn Probst8
- District of Bennington IS Court held b
the Probate ONCE IN Bennington within aHd
for said District on the 18th day Of May a. ..
1903
Present John v Carney Judge
AN INSTRUMENT. purporlinR 70 De fIie last
WIN and Testament Of Adah g. Rather lata
OF Bennington in said district deceased being
presented by d. NJ. Barber ne exetuiut
therein named, for probate Il is ofd8reai y ssit
Court that all persons concerned thereI nt
notified TO appear NJ session thereof %
held at the Probate ONCE in Bennington ID sNid
ststrict on the 18th day OF Nav A b. tsei. tt
GNe O'Clock 10 the afternoon and - NJ o,iiise M
Toy they have. against the pruba ~
Tor which purpose II is further
this order be published three
sively In the hanuer and REID
paper printed at Bennington i'm
YiOus to Id time of hearing
BY the court
lows Attest. JOHN V. CA
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-05-21
Death Is Near,

oftentimes nearer than you can possibly
imagine Only last week strong, robust
young man, in the prime Of life, who lived
IN White Plains and did business In New
slight that he paid no attention to it, and
in a spirit OF braYado continued his office
work. In four daysit went to his lungs, and
be died from pneumonia within a week
Many such cases are happening every day,
and every one Of them can easily be cured by
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-05-21

Bad blood aud indigestion are deadly enc
mics TO good health. BIrdocs Blood Bitters
destroys them.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-05-21
DUFFYS PURE
MALT WHISKEY

The dose is a teaspoonful In a half glass Of
water every two hours until the cough is re-
lieved. IL is aSURE CURE. 1t will cure
any cough in "a hours if the patient win use
IL l5 directed
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-05-21

IA II q Ia Ia
Bear. the 1Ihs Kind You Have NNsyS Bought
Signature q %zH2zzzw
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-05-21

The United States as a whole is just
waking up to the fact that one Of our
countrymen was about the greatest es-
sayist that ever lived aud that his
name was Emerson.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-05-21
THE "PUNKEY. +"

Fitting Through the Community He
Gets Next 60 Several Things.
n you can't be a Napoleon or e
Shakespeare. you can be a Jones or
Smith, anyhow but If you're Smith,
for your own good sake and for the
sake Of the rest of US, don't try to be
a Jones.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-05-21
NOTICEa

! wish 70 Inform the people Of Bennington
that 90 running public conveyance around
town orders can be left at Pixies market by
telephone. MOrrissey'S grocery store. North
and Pleasant Sts. q. ID. Sweets market or FOy's
Blacksmith shop on Deoot St.
JAMES EON
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-05-21

You must stop that coughing at once, or
before you know it your lungs will be af-
fected and your life endangered by pneu-
monia or consumption. At this time Of the
around, and
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-05-21
FOR SALEl

desirable house Of 10 foot and bs,h On
Washington Ave. A bargain InQaire o. Nit
Powers. Bennington. Vt na
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-05-21
SAW-MILL Fruit
DAIRYMEN and FARMERS

You ear get a GOOD PRICE Or your MILK
IN any quantity by bringing Il 70 the NEW
FACTORY on PUTNAM ST.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-05-21

On a certain door is card on which
is printed one word Push !" II
opens into room where success abides
by day and by night, and only he who
obeys the instruction on the card can
open the door.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-05-21

The nan, who is looking for a soft
snap generally ends up with a few hard
knocks.
THE PUNKEY.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-11-19
R .CE-SUIcIDE IMPROBABLE.
Chief StatIstIcan King of Census De-
partmeat Proves That Births
Greatly Exceed Deaths.

Chief Statistician King, of.the census
Office. ridicules the race suicide scare.
He says that before long this country
vii ae 1oifFul, 81 ash ,'e aroi,is,b 1T
what TO co With the people. Toprove his
assertion Mr.. King quotes from the CEN
sus returns of 1900. In that year the
enumera;ors found 2.049,132 children
were born. and a record of 1889 .094
deaths. or an excess of births of 1.010.-
O4S.
This large excess OF births was re-
vealed despite the fact that deaths are
recorded with much more accuracy than
the births. II is admitted that the per-
centage of births not recorded Is sur
prisingly large.
The total population within the houn-
daries of the United States in 1890 Was
6a.9i7.1li. and the natural increase In
the decade following due TO excess Of
births over deaths was 12.3i5.S6i. The
average annual excess of births was III
for every 1000 of the mean population.
II Is estimated that the death rate Of
the country for the census year 1900
was approximately 1868 for every 1000
in 1890. rs estimated by the statisticien
of the eleventh census. and taking the
mean of these. or IA. as representa- 9
for this purpose the average annual
4 death rate for the decade, there must
necessarily have been an average annual
birth rate of PSI for every 1000 of the
mean population to produce the increase
i in population actually enumerated.
Statistician King saws the average an
nual rate of increase by excess Of births
In the United States for native white
parents was 1915 to the 1000 of popula-
i ton, while II was 36,5 TO the 1000 for
those born of foreign white parents.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-11-19
say SHIP is HAUNTED.
Sad Chrpter Of Accidents and Deaths
which Occur ON Board an
Alaska Vessel.

The steamer North Star, which re-
turned to Astoria, Oregon, the other day
from Bristol Bay, Alaska. brings story
of a haunted ship that carries with 1t a
sad tale of accidents and deaths which
befell the men connected with her.
The vessel is the Sea Witch. under
charter to the Alaska Packers company
of San Francisco. Shortly after arriving
at Bristol Bay the mate had his foot
crushed. It was amputated. but the man
died shortly afterward. A few days later
a Waterman committed suicide by cut
ting his throat, and that evening. without
any apparent cause, the captains pet dog
started on run to the bow Of the vesse
and Jumped overheard and was drowned
This chain Of events so frightened thu
few sailors left on board that the!
thought the bark haunted. and one. {
Greek. complained Of hearing strang'
noises and seeing people with no head
running about on deck. He took TO III
fIgging. where he remained three day
before he could be induced to come down
Refusing to stay on board. he was place,
pm shore,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-11-19

CASTLES OF MAD MONARCH.
Costly Residences Erected by Bnva-
rian King Are Rapidly Falling
Into Decay.

Munich, Bavaria, Aug. 29.-The nu-
merous castles of the late mad king Of
Bavaria. Louis H., are rapidly falling into
ruin They are magnificent productions,
but In their outward shape. position and
interior decoration all betray the strain
of madness In the mind of their builder.
Some Ike Neuschwanstein and Linden
hof. cost fabulous sums. and to keep them
in repair would require more trouble ard
expense than the Bayarian government
can rpare.
The architectural value of the castles
Is REGARDED as small and the government
esls itself VII II should 60 on laying ont
mone, on rctpeWating for pcstc'!.,
what Is Of re artistic rolue and wht"N
after all. IS only the craze of mad NOR
areh
II is In contemplation to preserve In
the national museums some OF the pest
specimens of art, like the gorgeous pee
/cock embroidered with t~illiarts et tn
foot Of the poor Kings bed. and which is
said to have cost 81 600 oo0. but the rest Ct
the ecrer,r!c furniture and hric-a-bra'
will be nutlnp atauction ard the castle
will he left to decay.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-11-19
DONS TROUSERS AND PAINTS.
New Jersey Woman Dissatisfied with
Husbands Work DecOrates
Their Home Herself.

sif you don't like the way paint, do
it yourself"
Mrs. Lizzie Machinskis husband made
this remark 10 her after she had OBJ
iected to the way he had spread TIL"
color on an apartment-house recently
built by him in Jersey City Heights, n.
j, She at once adopted his suggestion,
and the other morning she donned a pair
of trousers and, leaving him to do the
homework, climbed the ladder, paint
brush in hand and set to work.
In few hours a voice from the
kitchen shouted Dinner is ready" and
Mrs. Machinski clambered down for a
short rest. She could not resist the
temptation to make remarks about the
way mother used to cook potatoes,
but her husband took her chaff good
naturally.
Back to the ladder she went and con-
tinued work until the entire rear of thu
house had been changed to nile green
Then she quit. Her feat occasionet
great merriment about the neighbor
| hood,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-11-19
DANGERS OF KISSING.
wen-Known French Scientist Says
Circulation May Cause Mem
tai Disorder,

The well-known French scientist, d..
Fere, draws attention to the psyche
pathic and homeopathic dangers that
may lie In kiss.
DR.. Fers observes that some children
manifest strong, even violent, objec-
ton to being kissed by certain people
whom they otherwise love and revere
He mentions the case Of lady who
loves and adores her mother, yet from
childhood resented being kissed by her,
and this feeling has only grown stronger
with the years, the lady in question be-
ing now "a years of age. There are other
cases where a kiss forced upon resent
ing children has had terrible results.
terminating In lifelong illness or serious
mental disturbances.
In the light of these observations par
, ents should cease compelling their chill
, dren to kiss or to receive kisses where
/ they show an earnest, not merely whim-
! steal. objection.
For instance, girl of ~ years, who al
: ways objects to kisses, was one day
suddenly taken up by a relative ard
, kissed, The girl turned as white as
ch5'!. .,t"'st.:1 loudly. fill be. !" Q
swoon, then was shalieR by terrible con.
, vulsions, and again swooned for about
half an hour. The attacks returned
every fortnight. They have now disap'
peared. but the girl is still subject to fire.
Guent swooning
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-11-19
COAST ROCK IS MAGNETIZED.
Prof. barnett. of stanford University,
Makes an Interesting Discovery
on q Tour of Aiuska.

Samuel Jackson Barnett, assistant
professor of physics at Stanford uni
versity. California, has returned to the
university after several months spent
in survey work along the Alaskan coast.
Prof Barnett left here last May to take
charge of party sent out by the United
States coast and geodetic survey to
make accurate surveys of the northern
country along the coast line The party
made special investigation In the Pc
culiar magnetic disturbances which
have made navigation difficult in certain
localities.
Near Skagway these disturbances
are very severe, the detection of the
needle being so great that the compass
is rendered almost useless In that
neighborhood It was found that this
strange state Of affairs was due to the
abundance Of magnetic rock in the To-
cality. This rock is present In immense
J quantities on Douglass island and on
| the mainland and near Skagway i Is
f. especially abundant. Prof. Barnett
says that there was almost perfect
magnetic ro!e at that point He will
prepare 4 full report on the subject fol
the government.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-11-19
The Best is the Cheapest.

Not how cheap but how good ID
the question.
The Twice-a Week Republic is not
as cheap as some so-called newspa-
pers, but it is as cheap as it spossible
to sell a first-class newspaper. It
prints all the news that is worth
printing. If you read 1t all the year
round you are posted on all the i'm
portant and interesting affairs oithe
world. 1t is the best and most reli-
able newspaper that money and
brainscar pro'uca-anotho should
be the Distinguishing traits OF q news
paper that is designed to be read BY
all members OF the family. ~
Subscription price, 81 a year. Any
newsdealer newspaper or postmaster
will receive your subscription or You
may mail it direct to
The REPUBLIC,
st. Louis, Mo.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-11-19
MAKE RECORD TIME.
Sunday School Chapel Is Born and
Reared in a Week.
Seven DsvS After Matter Is Broaehed
the Building Is Dedicated iH tae
Presence of "a Large
Audience.

Trinity Sunday school chapel, born
and reared within week. was dedicated
TO the cause of religion the other Sun
day at Berkeley, Cal. with appropriate
exercises in the presence of such an au-
dienee as threatened to burst out the
sides of the little building. The deGi-
catory sermon was preached by ri.
Rev. John w. Hamilton. resident
bishop for the Methodist churches of
California. With his usual eloQuence
Bishop Hamilton stirred his auditors
TO enthusiasm and before the day was
over 81 $50 had been subscribed toward
paying OF the Indebtedness of the
chapel, besides that for an organ, chairs
and library.
The chapel was unheard of. unthought
of a week before. Then Ernest +. Barry
presented petition to Rev. c. X. JeIness,
pastor of Trinity Methodist church, in
which the residents in the neiShbor-
hood of College avenue and Russell
street agreed to send their so children
to Sunday school II chapel was built.
TS~t was enough for Mr.. Jenness. and
the next day he purchased lot at Col
lege avenue and Russell street for
$1,000, and made arrangements to buy
a ready-made chapel for $500
Such a structure was used in this case
and now Trinity chapel stands where
few days ago there was nothing. II is
little redwood building, 16 feet wice
and 40 feet long. and seats 100 people
It stands on q LOT 12oxl20 feet, a por-
: ton Of which the church people propose
TO sell.
At the morning services at the Trim
fly Methodist church 81 ,59l was pledged
by the congregation to pay for the 80
foot lot that the church had just pur
chased on Fulton street, adjoining th'
parsonage With this addition th'
church now has lot lS0Xl30 feet, upor
which it proposes to soon build $50.
600 church.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-11-19
ICYCLING STATISTICS.
Decline of the Use of Vehicle In
the Cities.
In More Than Balanced by Rural
Gals aa5 Their tic Is Greater
Than Ever-FIgures from
France.

Although 1t is generally known that
the use OF the bicycle by farmers boys
and in small towns, where few years
ago they were seldom seen. has greatly
increased, IL is hard for those who no.
tice local conditions and note how
much bicycle riding in the city streets
and on the nearby bouleyards has
fallen on TO believe II possible that as
many bicycles are, on the whole. in
use as formerly. IL was almost In
credible TO some persons when the re-
ports of manufacturers were made up
in the spring. TO hear that more than
GOO, 900 bicycles were sold in this
country in 1909. The slump after the
boom made SO much more impression
than the steady increase of rural
riders that the figures caused aston
ishment. IL is true, however. that in
spite Of the great decline in the popu-
larity of the bicycle in the big cities,
the total number being used is greater
than ever.
In this country there Is no way OF
obtaining actual statistics as to the
number in use, but in France every
cyclist has to pay a special tax. and
there an official record is kept II is
generally agreed by those returning
from abroad, and 1t is we'll known In
the trade, that in France, as well as in
the other countries of Europe and In
Great Britain, cycling has passed
through much the same history as II
has here, craze over novelty, a
boom, a reaction, big slump, and
then a settling to a commonplace
usage. In France, too. there is talk OF
big falling off of popularity in cy-
cling, and II is reflected in the French
papers.
In the face Of all this come the facts
from the French tax bureau showing
that every year of the last eight there
has been an increase nthe number Of
bicycles in use. In 1902 there was an
increase of nearly 100000 over 1901.
The figures of the tax Office show
| LOG, 76S4bicycles in use in 1901 and
| POI, TAI in 1902. To be exact, the gain
was just &,974
The figures for each year since 1895
showing the steady but fiuctuatins
gains, are interesting. They are as fol-
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-11-19
WANT PASTOR WITH BIG FEET.
Uniaue Advertisement in q ChurcI,
Paper Describing Man Required
for Circuit Work.

The Methsaist Recorder, the organ Of
the Methodist Protestant church, con.
tanned an advertisement the other day
written by President Gladden., as fol-
lows:
This conference needs ii least three
or four more pastors for circuit work.
and anyone who can al the following
conditions viii be welcomed. to wit:
Must have small family. II any. and
be able to furnish q horne and come to
charge unassisted; no doubts as to call
to ministry, not afraid Of hard work
no hobbies, no place hunter. sound or
the doctrine OF holiness, a. held BY ths
Methodist Protestant church at large.
HE must be less than so years o.
age, willing to begin for nominal salary
$500 to $500, and probably q parsonage
| a good, clear head. warm, loving heart
and big feet, we'll planted on the soil,
| ground Of common sense"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-11-19
OLD VIKING SHIP FoUNA
Relic discovered Buried wear Teens.
berg, Norway, wa&l BE Pre-
sNYSNA In . Museum.

Near Toen$eNrg. Norway, q Viking
ship was discovered recently buried In
I "AAIrow" In marshy ground, with its
masthead partly protruding. Herr Gus
saison, professor Of archaeology at the
University Of Christiania. was at once
summoned to supervise the excavation.
After some digging 1t became appar-
emit that this relic of olden times h at
least as large as the famous Gokstad
ship. which was discovered In 1880. and
10 now on exhibition at the CHRISTIANS
university.
The professor considers that the new
| ~ discovered vessel is pretty well pre-
served, though probably = thousand
years old. He decidedlto poefpone fur
ther excavations until next spring, ~
the present season IL not favorable to
the work. The exposed parts have been
csvsred up again
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-11-19
ENDS STRIKE IN NOVEL WAY
Maven. Conn.,. Man Wins 0eras
by Liberal Distributien Of
Candy and Ice Cream

John H. Pearce, superintendent ef tht
L. Candee & Co, rubber factory. " New
Haven. Conn.,, may have solved the Ia,
Dor problem, certainly where yodne
women working are concerned. When
he went on q vacation lately 500 girls in
the factory struck and swore to fight tc
the death. Mr.. Pearce returned, made
promises to the girls and many Of then
went back. As soon as the noon houl
came he sent up ice cream and boxes o
chocolates for the returned strikers.
other day nearly all the striker
we're baek-mcre Ice cream. NOR
chocolates. It was confidently predicte'
that the strike would soon Be ended.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-11-19
Kaiser Thanks Roosevelt For h
~ W't lSolicitude.

Washington, November 14.-lm-
mediately uron hearing that En-
peror William had been obliged to
submit to surgical operation, Pre-
sident Roosevelt dispatched a person.
al cable message expressive OF hif
sympathy and of his earnest hopefor
his speedy convalescence. TIE EN-
peror has returned a personal mes
sage thanking the President for tht
interest he manifested.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-11-19
Mishap Makes Dumb Speak.

Detroit, Mich, Nov. For seven
teen years man known In Connor's
Creek as "Silent Charles Fields" had
not uttered one word, but he slipped
Yesterday, cut his tongue badly and
since then has been able to talk as
fuently as in his boyhood days.
While boy he was struck by light
ming and rendered speeches..
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-11-19
The Groom Blew Out the Gas.

Jefferson City, Nov. 14-Mr. and
Mrs. Milton Findley, Of Fulton, were
almost smothered here last night.
They were married last week and
went on q wedding trip to st. Louis
They returned here last night on
their way homo and stopped at 9
hotel. When they retired Mr.. Find
lsy blew out the gas. When found
this morning both we're unconscious
Both recovered and left the city to
day.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-11-19
Jet Family Preparing to Move to IL
diana.

Louisville, KY, November IA
The members Of the family Of Curtis
Jett, under sentence Of death Tor the
murder OF Jim Cockrell and under
sentence Of life Imprisonment Tor kill
ing Jas. B. Marcum, are preparing
to move to Clark county, Ind, and
will soon iorsake their Breathit'
county home. Six Jettsvill compof'
the ,rst party Of emigrants, and It \
said they will eventually be Joined b.
all who bear the name in the noun
tain section Of the country. Rela
tives condemn Curtis Jett Tor the dta
grace he has heaped upon them.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-11-19

The fact that the gain is mainly IN
the agricultural districts in France as
we'll as here is made plain in an analy-
sis made by LIE Monde Sportf of Paris,
which prints the statistics by depart
ments. The average increase is one OF
10 per cent, but in the department OF
the Seine, which is Paris, the increase
Is only 81 per cent.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-11-19
Oklahoma Postmasters Sentenced to
Jail.

Guthrie, Okla, Nov. 14.-Post-
master D, Saseringer, OF Pardue, an
Postmaster C. E Cox, Of Oneil. both
in Oklahoma county, were placed ill
theiederal Jail here to-day by Drputy
Marshal Jim Baxter. Sneeringer
was sentenced to thirty days in the
federal jail and the payment OF $3.50
fine for using postage stamps topur
chase questionable rubber goods
Cox received a two years sentence
at Fort Leavenworth for rafting of
registered packages. He admitted
rafting off at least eight such pack
ages, and said that the totalnumbel
mightexceed that.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-11-19
<. Q. Pittsburg 3 aali Tims Tahls

K. O. Pittsburg 3 Gni Time Table
Arrival and departure eftxzinn Ct gozzszZ
EokTH nouED.
No. Kansas City dAilY Express ....l asks D. -
No 81 az Natl 80. s:I7 : -
souTE BouNDs
10. 9Through Port Arthur Express zstir =
No. Sloan Springs KxpFess. 49,. la:atp =
Rememberthisis the popular shortline Be-
Joplin, No Eeosko, Ne. Sulphur eprir -.
A-k silesw srr-ge Ark. 81 - tsssct
route iron shs south 50 s. Louis, Sniezso.
and points north and northeast snd 10 Denver.
Ogden sar francisco. Portland and PointE
spared to make the passenger equipment q
thia line second 30 none in the west. Trsvs
Wis the new line III. Q. Oar.
GsnnPsss. Agt. KsnsssCfty Ne.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-11-19
WIN Help . Little.

An expert accountant has discovered
that New York street railway corpora
tions owe the city $f2, is3, 1854 IN
back taxes. II is thought. remarks the
Philadelphia North American, that the
"a cents may be collected
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-11-19

The prediction that ruin awaits the
Turk, even though made in London
remarks the Chicago Inter Ocean. vii
hardly carry conviction to those who
IRE able to recall the number Of timea
- ~ swaited tAs TURK IN the past
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-11-19

Experiments are being made by which
radium may be used at about one-fourth
Of the original cost. There Ii hope for
the world yet II the coal trust does rot
corner the new metal