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EAsAs4N1@SH
Powers Is q man Of ability and he d
also q thoroughly good fellow. he %
one of the few members who has man
AGED to attract the attention q the
house during his first term In congress.
When he landed in Washington TO be-
gin his congressional career the arst
thing that impressed him was the utter
inEgnihcance Of the new member un-
der the hard and fast system OF prefer
ment which prevails. He lay around
for q few weeks, wondering Why he
ever consented TO come to Washington
at ali, and calling himself al sorts Of
names. He talked around among some
Of the other new members and found
that most Of them felt about a. he did.
Then he had an inspiration
He organized the new members into
a club, which he called the Tantalus
club, because it Is the fate Of the new
member to be constantly hoping TO get
somewhere and never reaching the
goal He got them eli together for a
dinner. He was made president by ac-
elamation, and the nrst dinner was
such a success that they had another
and another. The beauty about the
dinners was that the members who
would never get a chance TO talk In
the house under the rules could be rec
ognized and show what there was in
them. The Tantalus club dinners be-
came a feature Of Washington Ev-
erybody wanted to 90 TO them and no
body could get in The old members
for once had to take q subordinate po-
dtion. Powers became the best Of all
the new men and he speedily became q
factor to be reckOned with II he were
to stay in congress be would cut big
figure, but he is going 70 leave.
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FOR rHE COMPILATIONS.
so@e Of the Things which women
Who Care for TheIr Health aad-
Looks should Not Do.

Don't eat when very tired. II you ex-
peet to get any good from your food
and preserve your beauty.
Don't eat more than one hearty meal
a day. This Is the secret OF good looks,
health and long nfe-a secret which Il
every one followed the doctors coald not
make living.
Don't eat much meat IN warm wealth
er II you would keep your skin free from
eruptions.
Don't eat hot or fresh bread Il you
want 70 be healthy and beautiful.
Don't eat cold. starchy foods. like po-
tato salad and cold porridge. unless you
have strong digestive organs.
Don't eat Ice cream too fast Eaten
slowly and allowed 20 melt IN the
mouth It can do no harm.
Don't drink Ice water. Cool water
quenehes thirst much better than ice
cold fluid.
Don't drink much water At meals, but
take q glassful the first thing IN the
morning and the last thing at night
Don't drink too much coRee or tea
unless you want q complexion like
leather in color and texture.
Don't eat potatoes. peas, macaroni,
cream. olive OIL, pastry and bonbons Il
you want 10 lose 1esh.
Don't 90 TO bed hungry. A glass %
milk or q cupful Of chocolate win re-
fresh you.
Don't think you can eat too much
spinach, lettuce, watercress. dandslion
or carrots They are complexion beau
uherA-LOuisVille Courier-JournAl.
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DAINTY CORSET COVER.
-ee Of Tive OrdInary EnbroIder.d
Aaaaksrehisfs ana Finished A.
Lace ana RIbbon.

This novel and dainty corset .ov., =.
made Of two ordinary embroldere5 bsnS 4
herehlefs. Cut one Of the handkerehI.f.
IN Two straight across from corne- -
corner thus forming two large trianslss.
then cut one Of these pieces n tvo A.
me middle. again forming two s1,,aI
riangies. Now take the second ~
kerehief and cut It IN two big trian1Is.
IN exactly the same manner Won 80
nHss one handkerchief IN two pieces ana
Dns N one large and wosmaIl trianRles.
take the three large triangles, put one
IN me center with the pointed end IN.
Nne one on either side Of this with the
pointed end down. join these with striDs
OF lace insertion. Now take the two
smah riangles that are lsft ana join
them with insertion for the fronts An
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The Perfect Feminine Hand
An Expert Fixes the Ideal Dimensions and Tells
What Gloves to Wear.

partHre which is by way Of being a nov
city in the washing kid, which may be
washed with soap and water instead Of
being cleaned, and comes out Of the or
deal with all its old polish and smooth
surface, while more important still is a
discovery which has just been made Of
q method for manufacturing sue2
gloves in all shades which win wash in
the same way without losing the fine
smooth surface which Is 80 essential
in this style Of hand covering.
An imitation doeskin made Of cotton
so closely woven, 50 finely cut and so
carefully finished that It is almost i'm
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osaainE Paint 1Iado EaIy.

To clean paint smear It over with whit
ing mixed to the consistency Of common
paste with warm water. Rub the sur
face to be cleaned briskly and wash Oh
With clean cold water. Grease spots and
Crime Of all sorts win quickly disappear
under this treatment and the paint viii
retain its fresh appearance. Remember
IN washing paint do only little bit at q
time and to dry that thoroughly with
soft cloths before going on further.
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INTERVIEWED by the Boston
Globe Of what the perfect hand
should be like. Mr.. Frederick Pen
bsrthy had some interesting informa-
ton, and quickly destroyed the popular
belief that # Is the smallest hand that
Is the ideal one.
Apparently the ideal size Is that which
a OK glove win at, and Mr.. Penberthy
thinks that a well-shapsd hand in this
size locks as elegant as It is possible
TO look. The ideal hand must Be fairly
heshy, with tapering fingers, and such
a hand as this viii show on q glove TO
the best advantage, filing out every
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rapidly oWtndling
group Of former
confederate officers
who remain In
public life In
Washington.
There are still a
good many confed-
crate veterans IN
congress, but very
few Of them held
conspicuous rank
There was q time
not so very long
ago when the visi-
tor TO the senate
salaries looked
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the manner shown In the illustration,
being sure to have the points ND. Run
insertion and ribbon beading and edgins
down each side Of the front and around
the neck and armholes, which, By the
way are cut In the big triangIes In each
side,o fthe baek, the straps over the shout
ders being formed Of lace and insertion.
Gather the triangular piece In the mid
die Of the back Just little In the center
and also the two pieces on each side Of
the front and put q piece Of wide beading
around the waist to hold the broad NIB
bon.
The corset cover shown IN the Illus
tration requires besides the two hand
kerchiefs, one piece Of baby ribbon, two
yards wide ribbon, ~ yards lace inser-
ton, four yards beading and three
fourths yard wide beading.-BOston
Globe.
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present term Ihat
Is one Of the
things that seems
to have been set
lied by the recent
republican love
feast ct Indianap-
oils. Il e q good
thing for BsVer-
idge and Il Is q
good thing for In
diana.
Beverage 90 one
Of the most prom
ising men In public
life to-day. II be
handles himself
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OF MS pfese4t
term That VIII
b sad neg for
younger men IN
The house and fog
many Of the older
men, too, for that
matter But Pow
srs thinks he can
make & good deal
more money by
going back 70 his
professiOn and he
zys that the life
ofa representative
is dreary and un-
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MAI. Gen Long
street and Gen.
Gordon-two Of
the greatest SOL
diers In the his
tory Of the repub-
lie
OF the generals
OF the confederacy
Longstreet ranked
easily among the
first three. and in
the opinion Of MIL
itary experts there
were not more
than that number
~
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when FurnishinE BedrOoms

When furnishing use the same pat
tern carpet IN all bedrooms; then, when
the carpets begin to wear or you move
TO another house, the best part Of one
or two can be Joined together and viii
make quite a presentable carpet.
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EfLCG N Wv A0Af
Tim Sullivan Sui
Ivan Is 3 BoWery
boy and Is proud
Of II He has
fought HIS way up
from tie bottom
ana at 20 ysars he
is one a. the most
influential demo
crats IN Greater
New York Over
o. ths East SIDE
nobody woule
link a. speaking
81 Nm IS Con
They al cal him
- - DRY Dollar.
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Threading Machine Needles.

Threading Machine Needles.
A sewing machine needy may be more
easily threaded by q person with failing
sight II she places behind It a piece Of
white paper. The white background
makes the eye Of the needle much easier
70 ZEE.
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Cocoa Growing In Favor.
Many persons use cocoa instead Of
chocolate for fudge and also for cake
frosting.
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A Pfsturesaus conEreH-HAA-
o,csuresqus figure IN the house =
hs nsW member from ne Ho -, 80, -
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A MASSACHUSETTS CAaraossr.
sam Powers, Of Massachusetts,. a 40.
Ing to retire from congress Ct the end
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MEN OF WASHINGTON
Distinguished Characters Found =,
the National Capitol
CONFEDERATE LEADERS GONE
=. LeW q Then Are Vow to n.
ena In the senate or House
some Picturesque Charus-
tiers In COngresu.

Washington--TWo great soldier,
nave passed away in the deaths ~
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DWindIInE Ranks.

The departure Of Longstreet and
Gordon serves to call attention to the
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1870. d Inaiana.

Beveridge, Of Indiana, Is coming back
to the senate at the expiration Of his
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-. ) -ssi- I'm" or -Dry Dollar.
s sy Do,isr nm q PERHAPS ne
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-09-27
De REszkE WON EASILY.
Speculation stakes the Feature n
GraveBend.

NEW YORK, Sept. -27.-De Reszke
the TO 5 favorite, easily won tho
Speculation stakes, selling. one mile
and sixteenth, at Grayesend track.
Seymour made the pace to the stretch,
where he tired, and De Reszke then
went to the front and won by length
and half The fight for the place
was very close between Damon and
Cloverland, Damon being placed sec
Ond and Cloverland third.
Reveille, backed down from 10 to
to to- l, easily won the fifth race.
Lady Amelia, carrying 1876 pounds,
won the last race. She opened at s
to B. but went back in the betting
closing at > to l, split favorite with
Ancestor.
New York, with w. Davis up, fell as
the barrier went up in the Speculation
stakes, the boy receiving Il shaking up
-Four favOrites won.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-09-27
-. Engraving %.

We prepared to submit estimates Wedding Invita-
tons Announcements At Homes Church. Visiting and Bust
Cards. Monographs Crests and Coats of Arms The work
will be executed to meet your approval and the cost will be
about half charged elsewhere That there may be doubt
on this score, we suggest comparisons. -
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-09-27
ARLINGTON.

]. D. Curtis of New York is in town
for short stay.
PERCY Lathrop of Bennington was
home over Sunday.
Miss Grace Tucker of Albany is Wis.,
iting Miss Liscomb.
Mrs Dunton has gone TO visit her
sister in Minneapolis.
Rev w. F. Watkins of Baltimore is
visiting at the rectory.
Miss Ellen Garfield returned to her
work in Ithaca on Monday.
Miss Nettie Kendall of Vergennes
has been in town for week.
Mrs William Randall OF Brooklyn
is visiting at S. N. Canfeld's.
Mr. and Mrs E. Fl. Holden of Ben
nington were in town on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs John Risdon of Dandy
spent last Thursday and Friday in
town.
Mrs So H. Watkins and daughter
have returned from a short visit to
Norwich, Conn.
Miss Edna Meeker who has been in
town several weeks has returned to
her home In New York.
c. S. Whitney has closed his cot
tage for the winter. The family left
for New York on Tuesday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-09-27
SOUTH SALISBURY

u
Samuel Buck of Lansingburg was in
town on Sunday.
Miss Peace Bottum spent Monda y
with Mrs Charles Carruth.
NJ. M. Dean went to Pownal on Sur
day to visit his father, Daniel Dean.
4, F. S. Locke D. D. S. of Springfield
has been spending few days in town.
There will be special prayer service
at the home of Frank Harris on Mon
day evening.
G. S. Madison has tenant in the
house on his farm. Mr. Bennett has
moved his family there.
1t will soon be time for Senator f,
L. Madison to go to Montpelier, also
Representative F. Randall.
There were baptisms on Sunday,
three children. Three were received
on probation into full membership.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
society will meet with Mrs Merrill
Hitchcock the first Wednesday in Oct.
A few friends called on Miss Jennie
Tasting to celebrate a birthday ami
versary and enjoyed a very pleasant
evening.
Mrs Sarah Mirfeld is enlarging
porch in the front of her residence.
John Conroy of Arlington is going to
paint the whole house.
Mrs Minnie Coons left f. Eddy's on
Thursday and went to Bennington to
spend a little more time with her
neice, Mrs Mary A. Barber.
Mrs Helen Bacon of Milwaukee,
Wis. and her neice Miss Brown have
been at the Lyons house for a few
days. DR. Brown, her father, built the
house formerly owned by VIM B. Mat
tison now the home OF his Youngest
daughter, Mrs 7. Il. Dunlap.
The Sunday school convention will
meet at the M. T.. church in this vii
lage for their annual meeting on Oct
y. AS a church and school we
cordially welcome and trust that the
reunion may be an uplift to our own
school as we'll as others who may
come among us.
On Wednesday evening Sept % at
Cole Hall there will be an entertain
ment given under the auspices of the
Village Improvement society, "She
was Deceived" All the facts will be
brought out in a remarkable mock
court trial. 1t will be the most inter
esting and thoroughly enjoyable en-
tertainment Of many seasons.
Peleg Cole and his daughter Susie
left town Monday morning for Cali
fornia. They will make several stops
on the way, Rochester, Niagara Falls
and in the west on their route. They in
tend to spend the winter. Mr. Coles
sister, Miss Jane, is there, also his
son Charles and family. Mr. Cole is
in remarkably good health for one of
his years.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-09-27
stroller Won at Worth.

CHICAGO, Sept. Scratches al
most ruined the Fort Dearborn handi-
cap, the feature event of the opening
of the fall meeting at Worth. The
original entry list had total of twenty
likely starters, but when the field was
called TO the post only four horses
lined UP, sixteen having been with
drawing Stroller won the race after
being all but left at the post. Cheboy-
gan was second, five lengths in front Of
Gregor X. The stake was worth 81, 700
to the winner.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-09-27
NATIONAL LEAGU.

CINCINNATI, Sept 27.-The fourth
annual grand circuit meeting opened
at Oakley park here and will continue
until Saturday next. The Ohio stake
for 200 trotters. purse, $1,000, was the
feature event of the day and was east
ly won by Tiverton, the we'll played
favorite, in straight heats. Tiverton
won the three heats in easy fashion,
holding his only contender, George G.,
safely throughout. Angus Pointer won
the 2:20 class pacing in straight heats
from Morning Star and Famine. An
gus Pointer was the favorite and out
claSsed his field
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-09-27
Yankee Won In IA Black squau.

NEW YORK, Sept 27.-In black
squall from the westward which swept
over Long Island sound an hour be-
fore shutdown the seventy foot yachts
Yankee, Virginia and Rainbow finish
ed race of twenty-one and a half
miles under the management of the
New York Yacht clubs regatta COM
mittee. The Yankee, owned by ].
Rogers Maxwell, won from William X.
Vanderbilt Jr.'s Virginia by 3 minutes
and second and from Cornelius Van
derbilt's Rainbow by minutes and 4
seconds.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-09-27
SATISFYING INVESTMENT


This
which everybody Bitter has
readily of securities robbed their market value by
fallen market value during last six months rom oopercen and
This
and thousands Of others the tying indefinitely Of various
the people, and result abouns where abundance formerly
different life
speculative securities life insurance policy has specified value easily
its Such redemption such plethora assets
financial
tutonsof world Had the small preferred place their
policies, would wild
SAFE satisfying and profitable there
with life pociesLese Weekly
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-09-27

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Sept. 81
The United States cruiser Denver, hav-
ing aboard the naval inspection board
from Washington, composed of Com.
mander w. G. Cowles, Captain 1. s. X.
Reeves and Captain Woodward, has
put to sea on her final acceptance trial
off the Virginia capes.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-09-27
Boston Lumber Yard. Abin.e.

Providence, r. l., Sept. p. - The
large lumber yards of Burrows & Ken
yon on Washington street are burning,
and adjoining property is threatened.
A general alarm has called out all the
fire fighting apparatus of the city and
the police reserves.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-09-27

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 27.-Scotch Dance
was easily best in Delmars feature.
The Parrish colt went to the front in
the first eighth and maintained a win
ming lead of three lengths to the wire.
Tom Mankins was heavily played to
win the second race.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-09-27
Great September
SALE
A. X. RITCHIE 4 CO.'S

Purchasing your Dry Goods at this sale will be like
banking the dollars We want prove you how the thrifty
and have We have taken advantage of every market
condition. in accordance with the rigid rule of economy that
governs store system of direct retailing from the manufac
This Fall have been unusually fortunate in squeezing
every fraction of extra profits The merchandise is above
reproach and our customers reap the gain.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-09-27
PLATE AND so CARDS, NAME ONLY. 75c

Blankets and Lace Curtains cleaned and made like new.
Agents for Butterc Paper Patterns Just get the Deneator
dollar year at counter for l3c copy glance
into the store finds brightness cheerumess freshness
that only from beautiful goods fresh from the
manufacturers hands Everything with the imprint of Fashion.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-09-27
Double s. @ III.
Green Trading Stamps

will be freely given with all purchases of ten
til October M The zeal of great host of stamp collectors
does not diminish While brings them costly benefits we will
help them all and this most popular gift buon
merry along Fall is us-no doubt at all about it
when view the constantly cooler nights and moderate days
Fall demands its clothes aud styles and you look
all Bennington and not find with better showing
of these whms and fancies OF fashion than have.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-03
THE SERVANT PROBLEM.

With the opening of the public
schools the housewives troubles
are increased, for many colored
girls now doing the work in white
homes, will quit their jobs to at
tend school. And the cotton
picking season will claim many of
the negro women. They quit the
kitchen for a few weeks in the
country.
Even when they come back to
town and apply for work only
about one in a hundred is half
satisfactory as cook or servant.
The servant question is a prob
lem, and one that can only be
solved, so some claim, by import
ing white help. Even then it is
doubtfulif the employing of white
help will cure all the ills.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-03
TWO YEARS HENCE.

Hon. T. M. Campbell of Pales-
tine is an avowed candidate for
governor two years hence, so say
his friends. The Messenger be-
lieves the time has come when the
peoples best interest demands
that an end be put to the office
holding trust that has been ped
ding out Texas official positions
for the past decade or two from
its Washington headquarters. Ac-
cording to our mind there's no
one in the entire state better quail
flied for putting these fellows out
of business than the Hon. L. NJ.
Campbell. But in order to do so
much work, and hard work, must
be done, and the time in which to
do it is none too long. It's no
easy matter to jar a politician
aloose from fat job and in this
case we'll have the whole gang to
contend with, which makes the
need of hard, persistent work
even more necessary.
OF course the gang is opposed
to an early and protracted cam
paign, and when the matter is
mentioned throw up their hands
in horror and say for Gods sake
let the poor people have rest;
don't begin another campaign
before this one is over, and here
in lies the trouble. The people
have rested too much, and while
they have rested the politicians
have been busy running the
country to the bow-bows, or some
other place equally as bad.
Inc work ought TO begin today
all over Texas, and be persisted
in to the end of the campaign
two years hence. In no other
way can the people be aroused to
the awful condition of affairs into
which we are rapidly drifting.
Let the country press, the com
mon peoples forum, get busy
along these lines and results will
follow. When the boys out
among the sticks begin to discuss
things something usually happens.
Country folks are not infalIible,
of course, and what they do is
not always the best thing possible,
but ut least, It's change, and in
the present condition of affairs q
change must of necessity he for
the best, since the limit has been
reached in the other direction
GrapeIand Messenger.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-03
THE WOMEN OF THE OLD SOUTH

THE WOMEN OF THE OLD SOUTH
Thy MARY ODELL SMITH, PALESTINE.
They say a new South has been born
The old South's dead long ago,
But positively refuse to believe it,
The thought of it grieves me so.
The old South was best to my thinking
When the men were chivalrous and
brave,
The women we're home loving mothers
Who would have died their country
to save.
Things are quite different
From what they once were, long ago,
The women are SO very ambitious
They want to be president, you
know.
They preside with dignity and grace
Ger their subjects so fair,
They never forget to remind them
"They must stand when they address
the chair"
That is quite parliamentary,
The men of the law all say,
But if live to be thousand
I'll never see things that way.
They call me back number,
And don't care If they do,
I'd rather be like the women of the old
South
Than to be like those of the new.
The women of the dear old South
Are fast passing away,
And don't see how we can spare them,
The mothers of men who wore the
gray.
They were Roman mothers
Who sacrificed their sons,
On the altar of their country
That justice might be won.
Those days are only memory,
Dear to every true Southern heart,
And when the story is told, which
never grows old,
Twill be wreathed in glory for the
women Of the old, old South.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-03

The HERALD does not know
just why it is so, but the growth
and development of Anderson
county has not been keeping pace
with the greater portion of East
Texas. Our soil is just as pro-
ductive and just as susceptible of
improvement and development as
any in East Texas. The same
crops can be produced with as
fair profits, and it only needs the
hand of industry to make it one
of the wealthiest of East Texas
counties. 1t is a most profitable
thing to locate new people here,
and it is to be hoped hundreds of
new families will locate and i'm
prove farms. Taking their pro-
ductiveness into consideration An
derson county has the cheapest
lands to be found in all this sec
ton of Texas.