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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-30
FRANK E. HOWE, Editor and Publisher

From down the street it looks as
though John V. d. S. Merrill is max
ing the mistake of his life in becoming
an independent candidate for states
attorney. From an ethical standpoint
it will be said that he stultities himself
because at the recent republican caucus
before which he was candidate after
the result of the ballot on the three
candidates had been announced and
f.. c. Bennett himself a candidate,
moved to make the instructions for
Mr. Daley unanimous Mr. Merrill
promptly seconded that motion and
voted for it. If that was not accept
ing the result and binding himself to
stand by it then what was it? Then
from a practical standpoint he is more
than foolish to run, for he would stand
no earthly show of election even if in
dorsed by the Democrats at their
county convention Tuesday. They
may indorse him, not from any love
for him, but in the hope of stirring up
strife among their opponents, which
would of course be perfectly legitimate.
The practical result would be thought
to discredit Mr. Merrill with the Re-
publican party without his gaining
anything from the Democrats. The
Banner hopes that Mr. Merrill S innat'
good sense will prevail and keep him
from making a spectacle of himself.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-30
TRADE CONDITIONS,
II. C. Dun a Co. Report n Satisfnc-
tory Outlook.

tory OutIoo!S.
NEW YORK, July 3O.-The advices
received this week from special agents
Of the International Mercantile agency
at the leading trade ccntcrs Of the
country are i'm the main, satisfactory.
The spirit Of optimism is growing, and
confidence in good fall and winter
business increases from week to week.
Current activity in the different indus
trial lines is not great, but it is better
than il was year ago, with the very
Wholesome influence Of faith in bet
ter things. \ decided reaction has oc-
Cured in the movement of stocks, but
this Is not due to any material change
In business prospects.
There has been good growing wealth.
er for the crops. which are approach
ing harvest under continued improved
conditions. In the spring wheat sec
tions of the northwest some rust has
been discovered. which viii reduce the
yield. Harvesting is in progress In
nearly all OF the leading winter wheat
states. and the results are better than
farmers thought they would be two
weeks ago.
The packing house strike casts
shadow over trade in Chicago, even
with advance orders for clothing. mems
furnishing, shoes and wearing apparel
quite satisfactory. Indianapolis indi.
Gates some Improvement in dry goods
and shoes, though with hardware be
hind last year. The most gratifying
trade statements of all are those from
Pittsburg. This is due TO the improve.
ment that has come about in the iron
and steel trade The tone in this basic
trade is certainly much better than II
has been in year, and sharp re.
vival in it is not improbable after
election.
According to r. G.. Dun & Co.'S
weekly review of trade, liabilities Of
commercial failures thus far reported
for July aggregated S7,401 .462, Of
which S3175.214 was in manufactur
ing. 81. 100 12j in trading and S4jTl2a
in other commercial lines. Failures
this week numbered 30 in the United
States against 1900 last year, and Is in
Canada compared viii ~ year ago.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-30
BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD.
TRAINS LEAVING.

Corrected to June 6. 1904 Trains leave Ken
nington daily, except Sunday, unless otherwise
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-30
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.


Money ON call easy; offered at l per
cent. Prime mercantile paper, S4HiA pei
cent. Exchanges. NS10JlS22 Balances,
Hlll7721
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-30

New York Markets.

FLOUR-Firm. but inactive; Minnesota
patents S5M5.35; winter straights, $+oOq
i75; winter extras, S3.35G39O, winter pat
ents, $4S5051O
Enthusiastically firm on higher Eng
fish cables, lower Cunsols, light offerings
and prospects of rain in the northwest
September, 80 7-l6d93aic.; December, " 5-l'
TALLow 49, Firm; city, 4lsc.; country
HAY-Dun; shipping, 67]sc.; good tS
choice, 92l5c
POTATOES-We Long Island, Sl.50d
2: Jersey and southern, Sl50d2
STRAW-Steady long rye, $lml 10.
BEANS-Quiet; marrow, S5a2@; me-
dunn, Sl95: pea, $780, red kidney, S90q3.
HOPS-Firm; state, common to choice,
1903. 26d94c; 1902 2la23c; olds, 1dl3c
Pacific coast, 1903, 26a29c.; 1902, apSc,
BUTTER 49, Quiet but steady; extra
western creamery. lSc.; do, nearby
prints, zoe.
nearby firsts, l7i2alSc; do. western.
lSC.
CHEESE Unchanged; New York full
creams, choice to fancy, SnSi2c; do fair
to good. 7d7Ac.
DRESSED POULTRY-Steady and In
fair demand: fowls, choice fresh killed,
lic do, fair TO good l3dl3i5C.; old roos-
ters 9c nearby br0ilers NhOiCe, 2id26c
do. fair to good lSd22c. western, do,
choice, H22c. 90, fair to good, 1@l9c.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-30

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, July 3O.-The
torpedo boat destroyed Lawrence,
which left here bound east, cruising,
made a timely rescue of two prominent
young persons Of this city who We're
clinging TO the bottom of Il canoe three
miles off this place. They We're Miss
Emily Vinton, the daughter of Edgar
h. Ninton. contractor. and William
Tompkins Their canoe was capsized
during squat. Both We're weak when
the boats from the Lawrence picked
them MP
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-30

BELLEFONTE, Pa, July 30.-When
jeremiah Condo, a turnkey. went into
the Center county Jail at o o'clock last
night to lock up the prisoners one OF
them beat him into insensibility with
an iron bar, and four men-George
Henderson. Ira Dillon, William Green
and Dominick Constance escaped.
Sheriff Taylor is at the national guard
encampment at Gettysburg. Posses
have been organized and are now
securing the country for the escaped
prisoners.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-30
RUTLAND h ABROAD.

Corrected to June g. 1904 Trains leave
Bennington daily, except Sunday, unless
otherwise noted.
GOING SOUTH,
1;3O a m-Express daily for Troy, Albany
and New York.
7:4O Passenger for Troy, Albany and
New York
I2;2O p m-Mail for Troy, Albany, New York
and West.
$3.50 " Flyer for Troy, Albany and New
York.
$40 Express for Troy and Albany
7'4O " Passenger daily for Troy and Al
bany.
9.45 p. m.-Passenger, Sunday only, for Troy.
GOING NORTH
1915 a m-Express daily for Rutland. Burllng-
ton, Montreal, Ogdensburg and
West, Pullman sleeping cars to
Montreal and Ottawa.
SiI5 3" Passenger for Rutland, Burlington
ana Ogdensburg.
1898 Express for Rutland and Burling-
ton
2.1Op m-Flyer fOrRutand, Burlington. Mon.
treal and OgdenSburg Pullman
parlor car to Montreal.
Oil0 p n-Local Passenger for Rutland, Bur
l.ngtor and intermediate stations.
Trains from Rutland arrive at Remington
200 a. m, $40 a. M, II 80 20 $40 and TO- D. m.
Trains from Troy arrive at l2;45, S;45 and II :25
a. M, $40, $500 and .45 p. m.
CHATHAM DIVISION.
s'I5 m-Passenger for Chatham and New
York.
$3.50 p m-Passenger for Chatham.
Trains arrive from Chatham at HAS a. m. and
Glib p. m.
c. A NMMo, Gen. Passenger Agt.
GEO. T. JARVIS, Vice President and
Rutland. VI General Manager.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-30
SATISFYING INVESTMENT

millions
withdrew
which everybody Bitter
unstable
last six months
il This
people
life policy
small
in policies would b
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-30

Corrected to June 8. 1904 Trains leave
Bennington daily, except Sunday, unless
otherwise noted.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-30
TRAINS ARRIVING.

Additional trains leave Troy $50, due Ben
uington 90 D. m. Sunday 90 a. M. due Ben
hngtOn Is a. m, aud leave Bennington $40 p.
N due Troy $50 p. M. Sunday 945 p. m, due
Troy II 10 p. N.
This train runs daily.
Stops only on signal TO take, or on notice
to conductor, TO leave passengers.
Time a. m.
For further information address Chas. B
Morrill,.
Genl Western Passenger Agent, Troy. NY.
j. FLANDERS,
Gcn Pass & Ticket Agt
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-30
Live stock Markct-.

CATTLE Supply light; market steady
choice. $6l0a625; prime, S10a6; fair SAX
al 90; veal calves, S750dS
HOGS-Receipts 70 double decks; mar.
llet slow prime heaves s.. 90d5.95; me-
s605dG10: pigs $Gu605; ruughs Sass
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts hight;
market stronger prime wethers A75d
40: common sheep Sl.50q2; spring lambs.
$467.25.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-30
AUCTION SALE

Newton homestead located ON North street
in the village of Bennington will be sold to the
highest bidder at 10 O'Clock In the forenoon,
Saturday August 9th. This place must be sold.
sale to take place on premises.
MISS ADELAIDE NEWTON
JOHN NASH, Agt.
Bennington, vt, July 25, 1904.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04

bow" which is a simple cotillon fig
ure easily mastered even by children.
Seven couples dance until a
whistle is blown, when they stop,
and each is given a rainbow colored
scarf of cheese-cloth, two and a half
yards long. Each dancer chooses
another partner, who takes one end
of the scarf. The children now
make two rows down the room, hold
ing the searfs above their heads and
stretching across the room. The
colors should be arranged as they
come In the rainbow. The first
couple, holding a red scarf, now
dance under all the others and take
their places at the foot of the line.
The next two, who are holding an
orange scarf, follow them, and so
on until the whole line looks like a
floating rainbow. The children must
keep moving up the room to make
place for those who dance under.
After so much activity they will be
quite ready to settle down for a few
quiet moments, and this is the time
to bring in a story. 1t should not
be too long, and it may be woven
around the ever-fascinating tradi-
ton Of the pot of gold. How firmly
we believed we should find = if we
could but reach the end of the rain
bow before the sun set.
BY this time an appetizing but
wholesome supper will be IN order.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04

is an almost unfailing indication of
the character of the subject. Cen
erous, open-handed men and women
almost invariably carry the hand
wide open most of the time and IN
voluntarily turn the palm or face of
the hand outward Whence the term
"open-handed."
Misers. on the contrary, or people
with misery instincts, carry the fin
gers slightly curved, as if ready to
grasp at something. They origi-
mated the term "close-fsted." Reck-
less men and women LET their hands
dangle loosely, while very cautious
ones carry the hand closed. but
without the curve of the avaricious
fingers
Another interesting fact concern
ing the hand is that the form of the
hand always agrees with the form
of the body. No one ever saw a
short. dumpy man or woman with a
long, thin hand. Nor a tall, slerder
person with a short, Eat one.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
Your Character as Revealed
by Your Hand; UnfdiEng Signs

THE hand has been called very
truthfully the second face,
for it not only corroborates
what the face indicates, but it also
reveals some things which the face
does not. When a physiognomist is
In doubt as to certain meanings in
the face, if he can get an oppor-
tunity to examine the hand of the
subject, the mystery is cleared away,
for every hand unerringly indicates
the body and brain to which it be-
longs.
A natural mechanic has a bony
body, square forehead and a
square, bony hand. He could not
possibly have the face or the flexible
muscular hand of an artist. A good
physiognomist viii prove to you and
will demonstrate to you the truth Of
the axiom s'that nature never made
man with the hand of one person
and the character of another
The manner of holding the hand
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
Things She Forgot; Confessions
T. - =. of d VacatiOnist Who Returned
soaas

comb. Certainly, you can get it
with your eyes shut. What, not
there? All, you remember. You
wrapped it in the linen roll that
holds the scissors, thimble and nee
dies. No! Where on earth did you
leave it?
"Then you get cown on your
knees beside that blessed old trunk
and take everything out. At first,
the process is orderly. You unfold
skirts and ribbons carefully and as
carefully refold them. As time and
patience wears on, you slap the
things around Grossly and ruffie
them sadly. You get to the bottom
of the trunk that had the broken
lock. Still no tooth brush, AN
other case like that of the soap,'
you groan.
"Then you think of the cobbled
trunk and rummage that desperate
ly. just as you have given up all
hope and have reached into the
hooking depths for the last handful
of vacation furnishings, you feel the
bristles of the delinquent in your
PALM
Give had the tooth brush expert
ence," said the tall, girlish woman
who had been at an isolated seashoro
resort, "but an even more annoying
trial was mine when [ forgot to
bring alcohol for the little lamp that
l carry with me. The village had
electricity for ,verything. There
wasn't gas jet in the place and no
alcohol at either of the two stores.
You should see this hair Of mine
for the two days that / was waiting
for the alcohol [ ordered sent from
town."
Don't you know" said the little
woman, II think it's part of the fe-
male nature to forget things until
they are actually needed. We never
mend gloves till we are about to put
them on, and there are thousand
other similar things that should be
attended to in time
Better stop these CONFESSIONS
said the tall one, laughing. "Here
comes john"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
low TO ARRANGE A RAINBOW PARTY;
DAINTY DECORATIONS AND GAMES FOR IT

To overcome the awkward silence
which usually prevails at the Begin
ming of party, we must have a
game arranged which the first ar
rivals may play, and the rest join
IN as they come. Seven beanbags
of rainbow hues, if kept flying from
child to child. will soon make them
forget party frocks and manners.
Another picturesque and interest
ing game is known as Raindrops.
Sides are chosen by two leaders,
who arrange their players at either
end of the room. A net of white
tarlatan is stretched across the CEN
tire of the room, and small table,
or stand, is placed ON each side,
about four feet from the net. On
each of these tables is an iridescent
glass finger bowl, filed with seapy
water. All the children are provided
with soap-bubble pipes tied with
rainbow-colored ribbons. Seven chill
dren on one side of the net try and
blow their bubbles across to the OPP
posite side, while their seven OPP
ponents must prevent them from
coming over. by breaking them with
their pipes before they cross the
net The next seven bubbles are
blown by the other side, and the
game goes on until ten bubbles have
been put across by either one of the
sides.
This might be followed by Grain
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
: HE rainbow, with its softly
blending colors, makes
delightful motif for a home

blending colors, makes d
delightful motif for home
entertainment, especially for a gath
ering of little people.
Games, favors and room cecora-
tons can all have rainbow color
ing whether the affair is to occur
indoors or out.
Note paper having three bands of
blended color washed across it may
be used for the invitations.
In the lower left hand corner
write the words tsUnder the Rain
bow" to give the little people hint
of what IS to come.
The decorations may be simple or
elaborate and can be extremely
pretty in.either case.
An easy and inexpensive way to
produce a delightful effect will be to
take seven strips of tarlatan In the
rainbow colors: red, orange. yellow,
green, blue, indigo, violet. These
strips are four inches wide, and long
enough to span the room where the
games are to be played. They are
to be sewed together lengthwise, the
edges tapping about an inch. Small
upholstery rings are sewed along the
red edge, and the whole thing is
slipped on to a heavy wire, which,
when fastened to hooks In the cell
ing, will form a rainbow.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
( T OW that vacations are ending
N and women have time to

KToW that vacations are ending
IN and women have time to
count-and, in many cases,
rue-the cost, the humors of the
summer are furnished material for
long evening chats.
"What was the most memorable of
all my summer mishaps9" repeated
a jolly little woman to whom mis-
haps should be ashamed to come, so
sunny and considerable is she. II
declare the daily struggles with my
belongings stick more in my mind
than all things else.
"In the first place. the wretched
old trunks were either lockless or
strapless when we came to make our
flying start for the fitting. A fren-
zied call for blacksmith resulted in
making one ready just in the nick of
time md visit from bare-headed
cobbler with wax end and an apology
for a strap made the other secure if
scarcely presentable.
''While the blacksmithing and
cobbling was going forward, an ex.
pressman, on time for once, worried
me into fdgets by telling me every
few minutes he was sure the trunks
would never reach the train.
"And, my dear, that was only the
beginning of the trunk t-ouble.
When I arrived at the hotel in the
little mountain town that night and
prepared to wash away the heat, soft
coal dust and WEAKNESS of the long
journev l found I had left my soap
at home. Fancy the predicament.
Not a drug store within miles and
only an old-fashioned country shop
half a mile away
"Of course, | managed somehow.
Had 20, you know. Then came the
mad dash for the tooth brush.
"Did you ever observe the elusive
ness of the tooth brush in trunk 2
| declare it seems that it enlists the
sympathy of all the thousand things
a woman packs into a trunk and
begs them to hide it against its
owner.
"You were sure you had pat it in
the tray with the hair brush and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
The Revolt Against F1ousework,
Why it Should be Suppressed

perfectly useless daughters. A GER
tain form of mental Incidence on
the mothers part is responsible for
this strange state of things. 1t was
too much trouble to teach clumsy
little fingers to use a needle, or to
show girl fresh from school how
a house should be kept in order, and
meals properly cooked. L can do it
myself quicker than [ can show you,
is the excuse often made by lower
middle-class mother for not insist
ing that her girls shall take their
proper share of the household du-
ties. For very likely Missy dislikes
plain sewing, and what she calls
drudgery, and is of opinion that the
servants one pair of hands can de
all that is necessary. If the mother
gives way, as she often does, to save
a little trouble, the girls idle hands
soon accomplish whatever mischief
his Satanic Majesty thinks fit to
prepare"
What smart commonplace ara
theseg Because some women have
smatterings of education the entire
sex is to be deprived of its oppor-
tunity for mental development. Be-
cause small proportion of shallow
pated girls = probably fewer in
America than in England abuse
their liberty the entire sex is to be
deprived of the privileges that civil
ization of the twentieth century has
bestowed
Civilized people everywhere real
ize the injustice of judging the III
diyidual through the shortcomings
of the race to which he belongs. The
same reason applies 10 the sex prob
lem.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
Q Hee1 Tie Hlscnz1s Izuz

cessful, but the most charming
things are the simple, old-fashioned
flowers and fruits, daisies or peoples,
or Strawberries, or the most beau
tiful one, blackberries. -,
The designs are bold, a pretty
idea being the mingling of the bios
SONS with the fruit and leaves.
Then the pieces are so nice for
little separate presents, or there
may be whole set, than which can
imagine nothing more cosy and
CHEEKY. One piece is a napkin
holder. This is a fiat envelope-like
affair, to be used instead of .e ia
booed napkin-ring. They are very
nice to keep the napkin in order, as
MANY housekeepers feel that chang
ing It for every meal is too great an
extravaganza.
Each member of the family may
make a different flower or a differ
ent design in the same flower. Then
there is tea coy all done in fam
ing peoples, and lined with soft
flannel; the prettiest little biscuit
warmer and all egg-holder are also
lined with soft flannel
OF course. there are the usual
separate doilies and entire Sc 5 with
centrepieces and luncheon cloths.
The genuine piece is not costly to
buy They range III price from 81,
for the smallest doilies, to 50, for
cake-warmers, on up to $40 and $25.
for the handsomest pieces.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
A MOTHER of the seKeep Your
Girls at Home" brand of es-
says, this time from an Eng

says, this time from an Eng
ish viewpoint, merits attention.
ut is no use blinking the fact"
says the writer, woman, too, by
the way, ~that many of our women,
young and old alike, have revolted
against their plain duties as home
keepers. In the houses of many a
struggling professional or business
man who sees girls who can produce
ffth-rate photography, printed table
centres, or carved screens in abund-
ance, but who leave anyone who will
to darn their stockings and mend
their gowns; who know rather less
about the component parts of batter
pudding and clear soup than they
do of algebra, for of this last they
may have acquired smattering at
school. If the wives, and particular
ly the daughters, of men who can
only just manage to keep their
financial heads above the waters of
bankruptcy, would condescend to
look after their houses themselves,
instead of-as is too generally the
case-blindly trusting everything to
a couple of incompetent and ex-
travagant servants, they would spare
the bread winner many an anxious
hour. They might even enable him
to increase the life insurance, which
is the one slender plank between
themselves and poverty in the event
of his death.
GA little lower in the social scale,
where but one servant is kept, things
are rather different. There one often
sees really capable woman with
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
HE latest fad in table service
is spreading beyond Paris,
the scene of its triumphs

liz latest Tad IN table service
is spreading beyond Paris,
the scene of its triumphs
and manufacture as we'll. For a
time it was difficult to get 4 piece
of the new work, as it was all or.
dered before its completion. And
no wonder, for it is charming and
entirely different from any table
work we have ever seen, in its treat
ment only the actual embroidery
being as old as the oldest memories
a plain satin stitch doEe with
heavy twisted silk.
The designs, too, are simple, be-
ing especially adapted to the new
work. They are done in bright
lcolors with very little shading.
A certain clever French woman
conceived the idea of copying the
various popular stitches and de-
signs on certain odd, and otherwise,
pieces for the breakfast ana lunch
con table. She always used :. heavy
natural colored linen or canvas.
The broiderie Anglaise, Bulgar-
ian and Turkish effects were sue