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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-11-23
A RECKONING.

We who would reckon with England
We who would sweep the seas
OF the flag that Rodney nailed aloft
And Nelson flung 20 the breeze
Count well your ships and your men.
Count well your horse and your guns
For they who reckon with England
Must reckon with England's sons.
We who would challenge England
Ye who would break the might
OF the little isle in the foggy sea
And the lion-heart In the fight
Count well your horse and your swords
Weigh well your valor and guns.
For they who ride against England
Must saber her million sons.
Ye who would roll TO warfare
Your hordes OF peasants and slaves
To crush the pride Of an empire
And sink her fame In the waves
Test well your blood and your metal,
Coun: well your troops and your guns,
For they who battle with England
Must war with a mothers sons.
Theodore Roberts. in n. Y. Independent
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-11-23
Chinese Parliament
The Professor Chance

You sketch with a free hand. Mia,
Brownsmiih." remarked the professor
who had been critically iexsroining he,
portfolio.
Entirely free" said the young lady
a. she cast down her eyes In soft con
fusion and waited for the professor Il
follow up the opening Stray stosl
william KinFsiey. Who was born IN
ireland IN 1888 and fought with Nc'sil
al Tra.ai-ar. is npw Twins at the az
% iss near Bloomfield. Mo. He iougni
IN the Crimeen var. assisted In ihe
taking Of sebas:opol and IN this coun-
try fought In the Mexican and civil
Vars
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-11-23

happy as the woman who believes tina,
abe IL misunderstood. Every self-re-
spcctlng masculine creature likes o.
feel that there IL little element 81
the complex. the inoomprehensible. the
mysterious about him. No man car
appreciate a woman's longing TO pr,
into the secret chambers OF his SOU
or forgive her for wanting to know
things which she shouldn't" ! append
&c Significantly.
Polly arranged herself Turk fashion
on the floor and looked at me medi.
tatively with her chin resting In hef
hand
But suppose" she said dreamily
that the best part of the man should
be locked In that holy of holies?"
The best part Of a rose ! replied
gently pulling at my pipe. is the
perfume; but you do not have 10 dis
sect the flower In order 10 enjoy II.
You do not have to read the recipe
took in order To relish the pudding:
and you do not have to know whether
d woman's complexion comes in box
or-or a bottle-in order to admire t..
Resides" ! added. when Bluebeard's
closet does contain scalps and corpses
and other gruesome objects-which It
often does"
'ie should open Il on the wedding
day" cried Polly. waving my check
book triumphantly. "snd-snd air IT,"
And send poor Fatima flying home
tC her mother" inquired sarcastical-
ly. that would be emlnently fool
ish."
"Or else" added Polly" he should
be wise and clever and careful enough
never to let her know of the existence
of that closet. A woman doesn't real
ly mind not knowing things Tiff she
never finds them out. But when
secret is thrust ostentatiously under
her nose. 1t is like locked closet or
closed drawer or telegram. She
simply has to open It! II Bluebeard
had never warned Fatima away from
the secret chamber, she probably
would never have thought of looking
in It," and Polly turned to her work
OF destruction once more with re-
Eewed energy, that sent the papers fly
ing in every direction.
II don't believe it," objected
"Fatima was on the feminine hunt for
trouble, which usually occurs at the
end Of the honeymoon. And the wo
man who goes hunting for trouble can
always find 1t, whether 1t exists or not.
The trouble hunt isn't real sport. The
game is too easily bagged. And nine
times out of ten when woman has
found out what she wanted to know,
she is sorry. She would very much
rather believe her husband what she
cnce believed him"
"She can forget" said Polly with
conviction.
mo, she can't. She may think she
can; but the bloodstains would not
wash off Fatima's key, and the stains
of suspicion once confirmed will for
ever faint a womans mind and color |
her opinion and soil her love. Now
and | glanced insinuatingly toward
my desk, IF you had happened to open
that secret drawer, for instance"
Polly's eyes twinkled strangely.
II should have dspelled the mys-
terry she suggested.
"And destroyed the perfume of the |
flower | agreed, pulling comfortably |
at my pipe.
"And seen the gruesome scalps and |
corpses."
"And desecrated the holy of holes"
"And found this!" cried Polly, hold |
ing up filagree box.
| caught my breath SO suddenly :
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-11-23
A Harvard Sophomore.

A Harvard sophomore was recitinf
q memorized Grafton in one of the
classes in public speaking. After the
first two sentences his memory failed
and look of blank despair come ovel
his face. He began as follows
Ladies and Gentleman: Washing
ton Is dead. Lincoln is dead then
forgetting, he hesitated a moment and
continued, and-I>-J am beginning to
feel sick myself. "-Philadelphia Rec.
ord.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-11-23
How the ouilslsss Monaghan Gomez
II ovsr His Smart cauea-
sian Brother.


Then chinks.- said the reformed
bartender. according Ia the New York
Herald. 'is a tricky lot It's hard 10
aesp up with EN-. No sooner do you
think you've learned all their dodses
Than biz. they spring a new one on
you.
When l Was tending bar out vest
chink came IN one day and took a
bol,le out II his vide sleeve
Gimme, be says, 'blandy iiaf
a dalla'
"lislf a dollars worth o. brandy :
Ia that what you mean. JohnT
"'Yes, yes. yes
so allied his bottle for him. and
he pat il up his sleeve agalh and fslt
In hiH pocket for tho money, All of a
sudden he f0wned,
"'No gol money he says, You wait
Hold bottle, Me feichee moasy ia
euse'
And he handed hark the bolile Ia
me and hurried on full 81 apologies.
- polite heather thinks 10 my,
self. a. I stood the bottle on the shelf
behind tho bar
This chink. though. never returned.
so III, next day I started 10 pour his
bfandy hack Into the demiiohn again.
But n done 10 I smiled q little
There Vas a strange smell arouni
somewhere put the bottle 10 my
nose
by erinns.' said. the chink
shifted TASKS on me-
The bottle he had handed back
contained nolhln' hut cold tea"
Chinese Parliament
A parliament for China IL amons
the possibilities OF the not very dis
tant future A commission has left
Picking on q tour OF the world. for the
purpose OF studying tho legislatures Of
other countries. Il IN intimaied thai
the empress dowager intends TO issue
a decree nj the new year for the es,ab.
iishment OF a parliament ~ years from
the present time. and Il IL with a view
TO aecumuiaiinG information prepare.
tory TO this step that the commission
@hioh 10 composed Of statesmen OF
high rank. has been sent out.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
In Record Time.

Piney Flats, Tenn. May 29th.-
SpeciaD-Cured in two days of Rheu-
matism that had made his life tor
ture for two years. ID. S. Hilton Of
this place naturally wants every
other sufferer from rheumatism to
know what cured him. 1t was Dodd's
Kidney Pills.
"Dodd's Kidney Pills are the grand
est pill on earth" says Mr.. Hilton.
Il would not take any sum of money
for what they did for me. For two
years | had what the doctors called
rheumatism. could hardly walk
around the house. 1t seemed to be
in my back and hip and legs. l tried
everything but nothing helped me till
| got Dodd's Kidney Pills"
Two days after | took the first
dose all pain left me and it has never
come back since. can't praise Dodd's
Kidney Pills too much"
Rheumatism is caused by uric acid
in the blood. Healthy kidneys tal;o
all the Uric Acid out of the blood.
Dodds' Kidney Pills make healthy
kidneys.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
PIETY AND DoueHNUTs.

A baker in a town near Boston has
asked for license to sing in tn.
streets. He peddles doughnuts, and a
hymn goes with every one. Certainly
he ought to be allowed to sing as
much as he and his customers like
For his object is to evangeliZe the com
munity. and when he is about to de
liver a doughnut he delivers short
talk on the need OF salvation and a
stanza of some uplifting verse. 1t
should go without saying that he is a
conscientious baker and gives full
weight and plenty of sugar; that he
does not fry his products in rancid
lard, or dust it with whitewash, or put
the fresh ones on top when he is to sell
them by the peck. leaving the gnarly
nubbins at the bottom of the measure.
Therefore, he predisposes the recipient
to thankfulness and sanctity, and no.
body on his beat has any objection To
mixing dough and religion. 1t might
be well if the custom could extend it
self If Mr.. Rockefeller would only
sing hymns as he draws oil for his
customers, instead of preserving the
hymns for Sunday, and if Mr.. Carnegie
would accompany the hammering OF
plates with gleeful hallelujahs. there
might be less feeling against the
trusts. and if the walking delegate
would go about his work with a psalm
instead of a jimmy and a blackjack
we could almost like him. If piety can
be associated with doughnuts. once the
symbol Of dyspepsia what can't it as
sociate witf?-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
Fling Out Your Sunshine!

What satisfaction 1t is to go
through life radiating sunshine and
hope instead of despair. encourage
ment instead of discouragement, and
to feel conscious that even the news
boy or the bootblack, the car conduc-
tor, tsle Office boy. the elevator boy, or
anybody else with whom one comes in
contact, gets little dash of sunshine.
1t costs nothing when you buy a paper
of boy, or get your shoes shined, or
pass into an elevator, or give your fare
to conductor, to give a smile with 1t,
to make these people feel that you
have a warm heart and good will.
Such salutations will mean more to us
than many of the so-called great
things. 1t is the small change in life.
Give 1t out freely. The more you give
the richer you will grow.-Orisop
SWEET Marden in Success Magazine.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
ULCERS FOR 80 YEARS.
Painful Eruptions From Knees to Feet
Seemed lncurable-Cuticura
Ends Misery.

Another of those remarkable cures
by Cuticura, after doctors and all else
had failed, is testified to by Mr.. NJ.
c. Moss of Gainesville. Texas, in the
following letter: For over thirty
years l suffered from painful ulcers
and an eruption from my knees to
feet, and could find neither doctors
nor medicine to help me, until | used
Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills.
which cured me in six months. They
helped me the very first time used
them, and | am glad to write this so
that others suffering as ed may be
saved from misery"
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

VILE She says:
Il drank coffee freely for eight
years before | began to perceive any
evil effects from it. Then | noticed
that I was becoming very nervous.
and that my stomach was gradually
losing the power to properly assimi-
late my food. In time | got SO weak
that | dreaded to leave the house
for no reason whatever but because of
the miserable condition of my nerves
and stomach. | attributed the trouble
to anything in the world but coffee,
OF course. l dosed myself with medi-
cines, which in the end would leave
me in a worse condition than at first.
| was most wretched and discourage
ed-not 30 years old and feeling that
life was a failure!
Il had given up all hope of ever
enjoying myself like other people, till
one day | read the little book The
Road to Wellville :" 1t opened my
eyes, and taught me a lesson l shall
never forget and cannot value too
highly. l Immediately quit the use
of the old kind of coffee and began to
drink Postum Food Coffee. l noticed
the beginning Of an improvement in
the whole tone of my system. after
only two days use of the new drink,
and in very short time realized that
| could go about like other people
without the least return of the ner-
vous dread that formerly gave me so
much trouble. In fact my nervous
ness disappeared entirely and has
never returned, although 1t Is now a
year that have been drinking Postum
Food Coffee. And my stomach is now
like iron-nothing can upset it!
Last week. during the big Con-
clave in San Francisco. 1 was on the
go day and night without the slight
est fatigue; and as | stood in the i'm
mense crowd watching the great par
ade that lasted for hours, thought
to myself. This strength is what Pos
tum Food Coffee has given mel"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
There's a reason.
The little book THE Road to Well.
vile" may be found in every pkg.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
TRAVELLING Postoffice.

In Milan. Italy, letters are now col
lected from the street pillar boxes by
an electric travelling postofIice over a
Journey of fifteen miles; sorting and
stamping are done during the run
from one box to another. and at the
end of each circuit the letters are
handed over for Immediately delivery.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

How often do we hear women say: at
seems as though my back would break,
or Don't speak to me, am all out of
sorts?r These significant re marks prove
that the system requires attention.
Bacltache and " the bllics" are direct
symptoms of an inward trouble which
will sooner or later declare itself. 1t
may be caused by diseased kidneys or
some uterine arrangement. Nature
requires assistance and at once, and
Lydia e PinlSham's Vegetable Com
pound instantly asserts its curative
powers in all those peculiar ailments of
women. IL has been the standby of
intelligent American women for twenty
wears, and the ablcst specialists agree
thst il is the most universally success
full remedy for woman's ills known to
medicine.
The following letters from Mrs.
Holmes and Mrs. Cotrely are among
the many thousands which Mrs. Pink
ham has received this year from those
whom she has relieved.
Surely such testimony is convincing
Mrs. JIG. Holmes, OF Larimore, North
Dakota, writes:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
IL have suffered everything with backache
and womb trouble-I let the trouble run on
until my system was in such n condition that
i was unable to be about, and then 1t was
commenced to use Lydia T.. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. II | had only known how
much suffering l would have saved, should
have taken it months sooner-for few
weeks treatment made me well and strong.
Ny backaches and headhc ches are all gone and
j suffer no pain at my menstrual periods.
whereas before l took Lydia +. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound suffered intense pain y
Mrs. Emma Cotrely, 1O9 East 18th
Street, New York City, writes:
AeL Mrc n,nL ha mic Adviro-A Wan
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
Alcohol liqht.

Wood alcohol is coming into quite
general use for lighting in France and
Germany, where 1t is as inexpensive as
kerosene. The alcohol is led to spe-
cial burner by wick. which does not
require trimming, and with small
Welsbach mantle in a slender glass
chimney, smokeless and steady light
of forty-five candle power is produced.
This very brilliant light can be regu-
lated perfectly and is quite odorless.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

uha q hoAA
miles from
T r e n t o n,
Mo-, say.s:
"A S e V e, e
cold settloi
in my k;~
neys and de-
veloped S o
quickly that
l was Obliged
to lay off
work on ac-
count of the
aching in my
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
Insist on Gettina II.

Some grocers say they don't keep
Defiance Starch. This is because they
have stock on hand of other brands
containing only 12 OF in a package.
which they won't be able to sell first.
because Defiance contains 16 OF. for
the same money.
Do you want 16 OF. instead of 12 OF.
for same money? Then buy Defiance
Starch. Requires no cooking.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
Save the Babies.

INFANT MORTALITY something fgh We hardly realize that
all the children born civilized countries nearly
die before they reach one yseven cent OF more
third before they fv oneha before they fifteen!
We do hesitate that timely Coa would
joy precious lives Neither hesitate many of these
inane deaths by narcotic Drops nctures
soothing syrups sold for cdens opm
morphine They considerable quantities. deadly pon quantity
stupe circulation lead conges Sickness DEATH Catoria
operates exactly the but that bears the signature Of
the blood circulate properly the
pores O the skin and alays fever.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

Its a safe bet that Henpeck never
gets the last word" Not so safe; he
Invariably gets the last word, but lie
never says it"
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
TEA

1t is easy to brew good
pot of tea. There are two
ways: one is to do it; the
other is not to.
In every package of schiIIlng's Best Tea Is
booklet: How to Make Good Tea
There's more religion in whistle
than in "A whine.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

After a man learns the baseball game,
he has to learn the language of the
sporting editor If he wants to know
what happened.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

A sympathetic strike is one in which
the emotional artisan quits laying
bricks and goes to throwing them.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
BOOK OF BOOKS.
Over 100000 Published.

for good literature. tells what happy
time she had on THE Road to Well
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
Many Children Are Slckly

Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children,
used by Mother Gray, nurse in Children's S
Home. New York, Cure Feverishness, Head
ache. Stomach Troubles. Teething Dis
orders, Break up Colds and Destroy Worms
Atall Druggists ,25c. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

"I Went Home to Die from Gravel Trouble
Doctors failed DR.. David kennedy's FANorite Kennedy
cured me-" Mrs. c. w. Brown, Petersburg, n. Y.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
Feel Wora.out, Blue and Tired7 Have You
Fresh Cold, With Frequent Hacking
cough2 Sensation of Soreness
In the Chest or Back2

Don't let your cold run into chronic
bronchitis or pneumonia. The very best
tonic Alternative and body-builder at this
time is DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery. Made without alcohol or dam
gerous drugs, and it contains that rare
combination Of roots and herbs that will
allay n cough drons it out, as 1t were),
restores the circulation. assists the appe-
tite and digestion, and consequently re-
stores tone to the entire system. That is
the reason people look happy once more
after taking it-they feel like living. be-
cause their liver is active. the blood in
their arteries is full of that life-giving
quality-rich, red blood. The blood in
turn feeds the nerves.
Nervousness and neuralgia are only the
indication that the nerves are not fed on
invigorating blood. This Medical Dis
covery" of DIR. Pierce is natures own
restorer. 1t tones up the organism and
stimulates its functions, furnishing to the
body one of its necessary constituent
principles of which it is in need.
This preparation is of pleasant taste,
agrees perfectly with rebellious and sem
sitive stomachs, and is extremely effec-
tive in restoring tone and vigor to the
entire system. 1t cures gastric troubles
of the stomach and at the same time the
blood vessels are given stimulation
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

back and SIDES For time | was un-
able to walk at all. and every make
shift l tried and all the medicine l
took had not the slightest effect. My
back continued to grow weaker until
l began taking Doan's Kidney Pills.
and | must say | was more than sur
prised and gratified to notice the back
ache disappearing gradually until it
finally stopped"
Doans Kidney Pills sold by all deal
ers or by mail on receipt of price, SO
cents per pox. FosterMilburn Co..
Buffalo, n. Y.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
TEA
Is there'a better way to
keep the family longer at
table, to keep it together?
catarrh Cannot Be Cured

Long skirts never indicate that the
yearers have small feet.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
TEA

We consume a great deal
of tea, but do we enjoy it?
More coffee; but do we en-
joy it?
Write for our knowledge Book, a. schiiling &
Company, San Francisco.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

The smaller the man the harder he
tries to get even.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
EVERY WALK IN LIFE.

A. A. Boyce. farmer. living three
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

When the impecunious duke comes
along. the fool and her money are ON
married.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

Happiness consists in being some
body, not in doing somebody.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

All Up-to-Date Housekeepers
use Defiance Cold Water Starch, be-
cause it is better, and OF. more of it
r same money.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

1t is better to be everything to some
body than something to everybody.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
TEA
TEA
The cost of tea is all in
the tea; the cost of coffee is
by no means alli the coffee.

Your grocer returns your money II you don't
like Schllllng's Lest
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
81 feel it my duty to tell all suffering womet
of the relief have found in Lydia Il. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. When com
menced taking the Compound suffered
everything with backachcs, headaches, mcII-
struaI and ovarian troubles. am complete
ly cured and enjoy the best OF health, and
owe it all to you"
When women are troubled with irreg-
ular, suppressed or painful menstrual
tion, weakness, lcucorrhna displace-
ment or liberation of the womb, that
bearing down feeling, inflammation of
the ovaries, backachc, bloating (or
flatulence). general debility, indiges-
ton and nervous prostration, or are be-
set with such symptoms as dizziness,
faintness, lassitudc, excitability- irritii-
bility, nervousness. slceplessness, mel
ancholy, all gone and want to-bc-
lcft-alonc" feelings, blues and hopeless
ness, they should remember there is one
tried and true remedy, Lydia +. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound at once re-
moves such troubles.
No other medicine in the world has
received such widespread and unqual-
fled endorsement. No other medicine
has such record of cures of female
troubles. Refuse to buy any substitute
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

Loaf sugar must be a shiftless
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

Catarrh Cannot be Sureu
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they cannot reaoh
the seat the disease Catnrrh is blood or cohrtl
tutona disease and In order TO cure 1t you must take
Internal remedies. Halls Cntarrh Cure Is taken m
terually and acts directly the blood ana mucous
surfaces. Halls Catsrrh Cure Is not a quack meul'
cine ItwAs prescribed by of the best physicians
In This country years and l. regular prescription.
II Is composed Of the hest tunlc- known, combined
with best blood purifiers, acting directly on the
muoous surfaces. The perfect combination OF the
two Ingredients Is what produces such wonderful re-
suits in curing catarph Send for testimonials. free.
FL. CHENEY & CO, Props. Toledo, D
Sold by Druggists, price 15c.
Take Hairs Family PiIls for constipation.
An old gossip sweeps up more dirt
than a new broom.
lam sure Pisos Cure for Consumption saved
nv life three years ago,-MRs. THos. RoHnINs,
AIaplc Street, Norwich. y. Y, Feb. H. 1900,
a specch made at banquet Is called
a toast because of the drSness thereof
Defiance Starch
should be in every household. none so
good besides OF. more for 10 cents
than any other brand of cold water
starch.
The man who is as dumb as an oyster
never says anything he doesn't mean.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
FREE ADVICE TO WOMEN.

Remember. every woman is cordially
invited to write to Mrs. Pinkham il
there is anything about her symptoms
she does not understand. Mrs. Pink
hams address ia Lynn, Mass, her
advice is free and checrfully given To
every ailing woman who asks for IT.
Her advice and medicine have restored
to health more than one hundred thou
sand women.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

An old gossip sweeps up more dir
than new broom.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

The man who Is as dumb as an oyster
never says anything he doesn't mean.