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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-01-30
FRANK E. HOWE, Editor and Publisher

The Bennington Banner states that
a committee is searching for the graves
Of Revolutionary heroes in that town.
BY the way of tip the Hoosck Falls
papers should suggest to the commit
tee that visit to that town would lead
to successful research: Granville SEN
tinel.
Yes there are quite few graves in
that town of Revolutionary soldiers,
but they fought under Baum, Pfister
and BurgOyne.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-01-30

ST. JOHNS, n. f.. Jan. 80. - The
Gloucester fishing schooners Fernwood
and Nicholson, homeward bound with
cargoes of herring from Bay of Is
lands, y. f., have been crushed in
the ice foes of st. Georges bay The
crews abandoned the ships and walked
over the foes TO the land, and the
schooners are now drifting out in the
gulf of St Lawrence in the grip Of the
ice.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-01-30

SARATOGA, n. y. Jan. 30.-The
Saratoga Ice Trotting associations
meeting on Saratoga lake has ended
The free-for-all purse of $3.50 was won
10y NJ Dwyer's Elmer ID. of Saratoga
Springs best time, > minutes IS sec
onds. The 2:27 class, purse $500 was
won 10y NJ Dryers Dan j.; best time,
. minutes - seconds.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-01-30
R,nn nnd n,RrIen tn Meet.

NEW YORK. Jan. 30.-Tommy Ryan,
the Yankee middleweight champion
and philadelphia Jack" O'Brien, the
middleweight and heavyweight cham
pion of England, will be matched to
fight again in the near future.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-01-30

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 30.-N1ad Null
lah. who outclassed his company in the
was the only winning favor
lite. The stewards were not satisfied
with the running of Lee King in the
last race and will make an investiga-
,f,r
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-01-30
QUO sicIon Won SLOW right.

SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 30.-Ouo
Sielotf of Chicago was given the deci-
sion over Jerry Mccarthy of Salt Lake
City last night at the end of twenty
slow rounds
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-01-30
Live Stack Market.

CATTLE-Supply light; market steady;
choice, pl0a5.55; prime, 24s5d5.1O: fair,
$2b0fi4; veal calves N50Q8
HOG6-Market 1ioW; prime heavy, Is Is
$50; mOdiums 5.lbdfb.20; heavy York.
eys, @.l0d6.b; light Yorkers, tBGSO6; pigs,
y; nonkhs, tss0q4.lQ.
ufHrget lower: prims w6thefe, NSe0A6s;
ehoisS ianbe eSi58SS A
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-01-30
The 10th Century.

Draught Hood. No more poor
draught in your chimney. 1t gives
perfect satisfaction, perfect draught
guaranteed.
FRANK RIPLEY.
Church ST.,
North Bennington, Vt
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-01-30
Williams Defeated Fitchburg.

FITCHBURG, Mass, Jan. BOWL.
liams college in basketball match
here defeated Fitchburg Y NJ. C. A. by
a score of 10 to 3.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-01-30
Honors Were Even.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 80. 49, Kid
Broad and Eddie Hanlon met here last
night for a twenty round contest. At
the end of the sixth round honors We're
even
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-01-30

InsurKent Success In SantO Domingo.
SANTO DOMINGO, Jan. 30.-After
desperate fight the insurgents have cap
tUred the town Of San PedrS de Ma
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-01-30
weather biIttieH.
Fair; warmer. nnrthwest winds.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.


Money on call easy at per cent Prime
mercantile paper, 4gd5h per cent, Elk
changes S2lL5lj, O19; balances, 81, 9I03jS.
Ilnainn nrInna.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-01-30

II Main ST., at Wall and Co. 5 Store.
Is Corner Unionand Main.
Is Corner Grove and County.
% Corner South and Weeks
- Corner Pleasant and School. M
p Corner Elm and Washington
% Corner River and Lincoln.
b Corner W. Main Campbell's Mill
81 Corner Adams and North.
80 Corner Park and Gage
81 Corner Main and Willow.
IS Corner Stafford and Gage.
II Gui1eboard.
43 Beech and Webb.
45 Silver and Grandview.
IS Main and North.
The large, light, attractive office
formerly occupied by DR.. Dana
is to rent.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-06-03

A Quaker City society maiden Is
very proud OF a ring the like Of which
Is probably not 10 be found in this
country. Il descended to her. from her
grandmother. and was the workman.
ship Of a famous Partisan jeweler.
As worn It forms a fourfold coil
around the finger Of its fair owner.
terminating in the usual serpent head.
set with a wicked-looking emerald. II
is. however, provided with an infnl.
tesimai number OF tiny joints. invis.
ihle except upon the very closest ex.
animation. but permitting the snake
10 be drawn out In a spiral several
inches long. Although II has been in
the family over fifty years. these deli
cate springs have not once been out
Of order, luckily. since it would re-
qulre extraordinary skill to repair and
make them as good as when fresh
from the hands OF the clever French
art jeweler. Both for its value and as
a curiosity the ring has been very
carefully handled and treasured.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-06-03

George M. Rommel, OF the United
States Department Of Agriculture
says: Stand by the auction ring OK
any great horse market and observe
closely the horses shat fail to bring
prices sufficient to cover cost OF pro-
duction In the great majority OF
cases trotting blood predominates IL
any breeding at all is noticeable. Ask
a dealer what Is the breeding. II any,
Of most c6 the large numbers OF the
unclassified horses on the market, his
answer will be: "Trotting and coach
blood" This is not because draft
blood is more valuable or that the
blood OF the light breeds Is not want
ed, for the great cry Of the market at
present is that good drivers and sad
Glers are extremely scarce. 1t is be-
cause performance and style are much
more didicult to acquire in breeding
than size and weight. II is because
men with a fascination for the race
track attempt to produce trotters
without the slightest regard for ma
ture's laws, and no disappointment or
failure seems sufficient TO bring them
to realize their folly. Breeding to q
trotter without system and study, but
only in the hope Of getting a speedy
foal as poss bility or an accident is
playing with ire" The breeding OF
light horses requires not only con-
siderable amount Of capital. but de-
mands knowledge OF horses OF the
very highest order. 1t necessitates
concentration Of effort and years Of
waiting and planning. II is not every
man that brings such qualities to bear
when he takes q 1,6O0-pound draft
mare to a 1,200-pound harness or sad
die stallion, and It is largely because
Of this, and not on account Of the
breeds themselves, that so many poor
horses are forced onto the market. A
high-elass roadster. coacher or sad
dler is by far the most difficult horse
to produce that the market calls for.
In addition to careful plans Of breed
ing and high Individual excellence in
the resulting progeny. course Of
handling, mannering. and training
must be pursued before the horse win
figure as a really marketable animal
These facts must be thoroughly un-
derstood II a man would breed light
horses for market.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-06-03

Apropos Of the question whether II
we're better TO tip OF not to tip"
walters. the origin OF the odd little
word. which so greatly influences the
treatment Of man at public dining
houses. goes back couple OF cen
turies 10 the coffee houses Of Eng.
land. At the doors Of the eating
rooms a brass-boGnd box with lock
aud key was hung up. and into the
slit in the top customers were ex.
pected to drop a coin Tor the waiter,
ITO Insure Prcmptness." according to
the phrase engraved upon it. Hence
the word "TIp." spelled from the In
itial letters OF the three words on the
box. and ever since used to cypress
the fee OF walters.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-06-03
A SEVEN WIFE RELIGION.
Fanatic Fails In Attempt to INTRODUCES
II Into Ruasia.

Fanatic Fails In Attempt to Introduce
II Into Russia.
A Doukhobor named Vazoff, who
was disappointed with the dolngs OF
his fanaticai sect in Canada. and re-
turned % Russia. has Just been Ar
rested and sent to prison. wires tie
Moscow correspondent OF the London
Express Vazoff aspired to be the
Joseph Smith Of Russian Mormonism.
Having cuarrelrd with the Canadian
Doukhobors. he returned suFreotitious-
ly 10 his native country. boasting that
he would found a sect ten times as
numerous as theirs Arriving at Odes-
sa he tramped inland, announcing 70
the peasants a new revelation, accord
ing 70 which all true Christians were
IN future 70 have seven wives. "as
was the case with good Canadians" !"
The villagers Of Ilovo passed a resolu-
tion accepting Vazoff's doctrines, but
when the mayor. his two sons. and
seven or eight rich peasants put the
tenets OF the new religion into prac-
tice there was loud outcry. and the
young men OF the district raided the
mayors house and nearly killed his
sons. VazofI fed. but was pursued
TO a neighborlng village. where he was
captured while haranguing the mou.
iiks on the virtues Of polygamy.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-06-03
EueI wIthout smok..

A French naval officer has made It
possible. with certain changes in the
freboxes. 10 burn a fuel In the form
of petroleum briquettes. which give
on no smoke. The officer claims his
invention will give fuel OF which one
pound Is equivalent 70 four pounds OF
coal. The hriouettes are made by
adding to petroleum oil, Tor each liter.
$50 grammes OF ground soap. $50
grammes Of resin. and 300 grammes
Of caustic soda lye. This mixture is
frst heated and stirred until near
solldihcation, when IL is poured into
moulds. which in turn are then placed
in an oven for ten or fifteen minutes.
and the briQuettes are ready for use
after cooling few hours. Greater
solldlty may be obtained BY the addi-
tion OF a small quantity Of sRwdust
and a little clay or sand.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-06-03
a vaIuabIe Pennx Rook.

A blacksmith in Camdentown. Eng
land. noticing a good looking hook on
secondhand bookstall priced at a
penny. bought H. He took It home.
and after attempting 70 read It threw
Il up on a shelf In disgust One OF
his dodgers sew The book, and motto
ing the date. 1850. asked permission
10 show Il to the British Museum au-
thorities. The blacksmith was asked
to call at the Museum. and the secre-
tary, TO his surprise. asked him what
he would take for the book
The man was too confused to an
swer. and still more SO when the sec
retary asked him II he would CON
slider an offer OF $50. As he re-
mained dumb the secretary imme-
diately raised the price to 500. which
was at once accepted. though in great
bewilderment The book was the first
ever printed by Gutenberg and was
priceless to the Museum. Twice had
Il been lost and once stolen from its
owner. after which It's history was
unknown TIL it was found on the
bookstall by the blacksmith.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-06-03


The horse industry Is today In y
nourishing condition. little corresponds
ing to the predictions Of some Of our
commercial prophets ten years ago..
At that time we were told that we
we're on the eve OF horseless age.
To prove it the savants pointed to the
thousands Of people that were using
bicycles. II was said that agents had
been placed at the entrances to the
great parks in New York and other
cities and these counted the thousands
Of wheelmen and wheeIwomen that
daily passed through the parks and
reported that only now and then q
carriage or mounted horseman was
seen. That was true ten years ago in
all the great cities Of the country.
But how is it to-day?
Sit down at the entrance to any OF
our great city parks in the summer
time and watch the passers-by. There
will be seen steady stream Of car
riages, with only now and then man
or woman on a wheel It is evident
that the wheel was only a temporary
plaything for the public. and that
when the public grew tired Of the
wheel it went back to the old friend
Of mantle horse.
Within ten years there has been q
material increase in the number OF
horses in the country and an Increase
also in the value per head. The de-
mand has been greater than the sup
ply, and with the larger use Of horses
has come an Increased rapidity Of
their wearing out. While the wheels
we're being SO freely used, many Of
the driving horses in the cities spent
much Of their time in the barns Or in
the pastures, but since the public re-
turned to the use Of the horse the
work Of the horse has increased, and
the consequent wear and tear incl
dent to service and accidents has also
increased.
The horseless vehicles that have
been introduced IN the cities are but
an insignificant factor in the general
situation. Such vehicles are but the
pIaythlngs Of the wealthy or are in
service in only a slight degree COM
mercialIy. They in no sense keep pace
with the tremendous increase in popu-
lation and business that our country
is witnessing. The vaIie Of horses in
the United States is piscnd by the
taxing bodies at more tlan $1,000, ,069,-
600. which valuation, as lyery man
knows. is far short Of the real, since
values for taxing purposes are never
anywhere near the actual values. Yet.
though the differentiation is consid-
erable. this item Of over one billion
dollars is an enormous one and gives
some idea OF the great riches in horse
flesh possessed by the nation.
That farmers should pay more at
tention to the raisins Of good horses
is evident. There is no doubt that
the demand for horses in the future
is to be even greater than 1t is at the
present time and that any man that
raises good horses Of almost any kind
will be sure to realize good prices
| for them.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-06-03
4 suaMgsg pwELLINo AousE
Little Architectural skill Required IN
Their Erection.

Little Architectural Skill Required IN
Their Erection.
In Burma a dwelling house Is built
without a nail It is hung on four
upright posts Of teak or bamboo; sew
en- or eight feet from the ground the
planklng OF the fio0r Is tied to the up
rights with rattan the walls are
made OF split bamboo plated into
beautiful and fanclful patterns. The
roof consists Of the leaves Of the toe
dy palm. which have been soaked in
salt water 20 make them proof.
There are no windows. but large fiaps
Of the plated bamboo walls are raised
ia the daytime to admit light and air.
The house consists. In the case OF the
poor. OF only one good-sized room. but
they lead on from the common room
and are separated from Il by par
tiilons Of plated bamboo. These are
generally raised one or two feet from
the floor Of the common room. but In
no case Is one floor above the other In
q Burmese house. Il being inS1sat a
great lndlgniiy to have any ones feet
over ones head The thatched roofs
are highly infammable. and leaning
against every thatched house may be
seen . long hooked stick with which
to pull OF the roof should II catch fire.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-06-03

Many Of our readers use parchment
paper for lining the boxes in which
they pack their butter, and now and
then they have trouble with mold
that appears on it and which not in
frequently gets into the butter. The
parchment paper is for the purpose
Of preventing this very thing. The
mold generally gets into the paper
when the latter is allowed to lie for
some time in ice boxes, refrigerators
or storage rooms In which the mold
has already developed. The mold
cannot grow spontaneously but comes
from minute seeds called spores. I'm
less these spores we're on the paper
there could be no growth of mold.
When the parchment paper was lying
where mold was growing the spores
ripened and fell on this paper II the
paper is kept in dry clean places
where no mold ever appears it will
not in turn develop mold when It is
placed in contact with the moisture
that comes from the butter. Spores
cannot grow without moisture. When
such paper has been subject to con
ditions that would make the growing
OF mold possible the best way to pre-
vent the development Of the mold is
to soak the parchment paper IN q
strong brine In which has been mixed
one pound Of formaldehyde to three
gallons OF brine. This soaking will
not iniure the parchment paper. but
1t will kill the spores Of the mold.
When the same brine is TO be used
several times in succession It should
be boiled between times to make
doubly sure that the spores do not
escape.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-06-03
pYoMlEs oF CENTRAL AFRICA,
Remarkable Race Of savases Tole Of
BY Travellers.

The pygmies OF Central Africa
really exist, though many people, in
spite Of recent discoveries. still be-
lieve that these dwarfs only live in
the land OF fable Their home is In
a village called Ndombe. They num-
bcr about five thousand and inhabit
huts like beehives with an entrance
at the bottom. Curiously enough, their
king is not dwarf, but a giant. meas
uring six feet six inches in height and
with a proportionate breadth. The
pygmies live entirely by hunting for
which they use a bow and poisoned
arrows. Mr.. Samuel Werner, who
"a obably knows more about them than
any one else. speaks Of their surprls-
ing skill with their weapons. having
seen one shoot a running rat al a
distance Of twenty yards. They are
so strong and active that fifty miles
is an average days march for them,
and their senses are so keen that they
can compete with their own dogs IN
this respect.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-06-03

The profitable dairy bull is one that
will produce female calves with high
milking powers and that will be able
20 show a great amount of vigor. 1t
iB not enough that he be able TO pro-
duce calves with high milking powers.
The vigor is an essential point, as
under heavy methods Of feeding, such
as are now practiced In modern
dairies. many of our best developed
cows break down. The bull therefore
must have in himself every indica-
tion Of great bodily vigor. The more
he has OF xhis, the more likely will
pc be to impress the same on his of
spring, and place in them the power
OF continuing his good qualities. It
is not at all easy at this time 70 find
the kind Of a bull that is likely to
have the good points we are looking
for. There are a great many poor
bulls in service, and their male on
spring are growing up into the bulls
that are to be used in the future. We
have to-day few herds that we can go
10 for the right kind of a supply.
The carelessness Of the public in
this regard is shown in the low prices
prevailing for bulls. The bull should
bring a far higher price than a COW
md yet we find the bulls selling at
lower prices. We can but infer that
the breeders think that anything is
good enough for the male SO long az
we have first class females. This has
been the great obstacle in the way OF
the improvement OF the milking quail
ties OF our dairy breeds. A man can
afford to pay fancy price for a bull
provided he can get the kind Of a bull
be really needs.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-06-03

Ddirytnq N MEXICO
Mr. Lesplnasse, the United States
consul at Tuxpan. Mexico, in a report
to the government, says: The old
methods OF milking, churning, and
general manipulation OF milk products
are still in existence here. thereby
rendering It impossible to produce
good butter. Cows are allowed TO
roam over the grazing lands and are
rarely sheltered or given the least
care. The milking process is per
formed In the most unskilled manner
conceivable. The COW is tied by the
head, and the operator proceeds to
milk the animal in his rough and IN
systematic manner until he finally
forces a quart or two of inferior milk
from the cows udder. The milk IS
placed in untidy wooden vessels and
transferred to some shed OF clubhouse,
where 1t Is allowed to remain unpro-
tected over night. The following
morning the cream IS skinned and
either bef ten with a forked stick or
violently agitated in a bottle until the
butter granules are formed It is
then indifferently washed and offered
as butter. 1t quickly turns rancid. 1t
sells at from 80 to 40 cents per pound
United States money, and is good
neither to look at nor to taste. The
sour milk is compressed in a coarse
cloth, salted and allowed to dry for
several DAYS Il is then an insipid.
spongy mass. which sells for from
to 8 cents 90. 81 a cheese. Each
Of these cheeses is round. about an
inch thick and about inches in diam
eter. They find quick sale in this
market Such a thing as the most
simple. modern dairy appliance is IN
known or at least not used.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-06-03
Feeding the Bull.

The feeding of the bull is a very
important matter. more so than the
feeding Of the COW. for the reason that
the bun is generally kept up all the
time. Under such an abnormal con
dition he becomes too fat II be is
fed a too large ration OF corn. It is
better to feed him on a mixed grain
rat'3l cluding oats. and to give
him rough feed rich in nitrogen
rather than rich in carbon. Bran.
which is comparatively low IN car.
bon and high in nitrogen, should be
a part Of the daily ration. For the
bull at least roots should be fed in
considerable quantities, unless he has
an abundance Of exercise. which most
of our bulls do not get. If under a
properly balanced ration the bull be-
comes too fat it is indicative Of a
lack Of vigor, and such a bull should
be disposed OF and one substituted
that has the yigor desired.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-06-03

plest style Of architecture. and no
where in It was there a place to hang
a bell. A bell has conscience-awaken-
ing qualities in places not so thickly
settled or SO given to late hours that
It's effects are not altogether as moral
as might be desired. and a nearby
tree solved the bell-tower problem.
The bell was hung to one Of its lower
branches, where II swings free when
rung. and the rope is tied to the trunk
10 keep II quiet when not In use. The
mission is In Windhut, the chief city
Of this part Of Africa and the seat Of
the governor. The fact that a bell
hung in the open in this manner is
left alone speaks well for the German.
South African small boys.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-06-03
DEATA VS. oF cRoMwELL.
one Of Four Casts Made Is Now at
Harvard University.

cTomwells death mask, which so
appropriately rounds out the Cromwell
part Of the Harvard Carlyle collection,
lung for many years in the English
k4iter's home in Chelsea and was then
siven by him to his friend and CORE
ipondent, Prof Charles Eliot Norton
# Cambridge. The cast had been pre-
sented to Carlyle by the sculptor
Thomas Woolner. the present posses,
sor Of the original death mask. and is
me Of the few casts ever taken from
he original mask. When carlyles
)eluest came to Harvard Prof. Nor
on presented the cast to the Harvard
College library. and the Harvard H.
)rary thus became possessed OF the
iourth cast taken from the original
mask. the other three being respeo-
lively at the Universities Of Oxford
and Cambridge and IN the British Mu-
scum. Carlyle considered it undoubt-