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SOME n BOOKS.
Our Ten Years war.

All American historians who have dealt
with the subject nave traced the origin
OF the civil war to the repeal Of the Missouri
COMPROMISE and the resultant struggle
for the control OF Kansas. In the opinion
Of some students, however, the intimate
relation OF those events has not been SUM-
ciently emphasized. for they old that the
uivn war actually began, not In 1891, but In
1855, and from the last named date onward
was Interrupted only by short truces. This
view Of the matter. for which, undoubtedly,
much may be said, will he found set forth
in a volume entitled The American Ten
Years War, by DENTON J. SNIDER (St.
Louis, the Sigma Publishing Coz. The
book has no preface, and needs none,
for the simple and effective plan Of treat
ment is indicated with sufficient oloarness
by the distribution OF topics. The work
IL divided into three parts. h first part,
which bears the caption -The Border Wal
OsSS-Sg, :" Is subdivtded into three chapters,
the first Of which depicts the opening con-
dict QS55-6e) the first invasion, the second
invasion and the third invasion. In the
second chapter are discussed The Presiden-
tial Year Qs50-5D"; Presidential Nomina-
ions;.sThe Presidential Campaign" and The
Resultant Outlook" In the. third chapter
We see I h Struggle Renewed lsS7-5s), and
review the state Of things in Washington,
in Kansas and among the people Of the
United States at large. The second part,
which is entitled The Union Disunited
Os5s-ei, :" also contains three chapters, in
the first of which we survey the situation
al the North and are invited to study the
three personalities OF Abraham Lincoln,
John Brown and Simeon Bushnell. In the
second chapter il outlined the attitude OF
the South at the time. and the divergent
positions of the Shareholders, the non
Shareholders and the slaves are distinctly
marked. In the third chapter we follow
the process OF secession, noting successfully
the first alignment, the second alignment
and the third alignment. The third part,
collectively named The Union Reunited
consists OF but a single chapter OF about a
hundred pages. The three topics success
sively treated therein are, first, The
Winning Of the Unseoeded Slave States
Usei-62); secondly, The Winning OF the
Seeded Slave States new, which was
effected in lso2-o3; and lastly, The Winning
OF the Seeded Slave States (old), which
was accomplished in l864-o5. The whole
story, as here conceived, answers the tech
nical definition OF a drama, and IL "a reoited
In a swift, Straightforward n highly
dramatic way. We know OF no other work
of the same limited scope In which the is
sues at stake, the forces In conflict and the
personalities engaged are more effectively
exhibited. We should add that the nature
of the authors purpose, which was to pre-
sent events in a dramatic rather than q
historical form, forbade him TO cite au-
- - I - - - l. -
it will be found, upon examination, that
his statements OF fact are, on the whole,
unusually accurate, though. Of course,
the deductions drawn from them are his
own, and may not he the readers.
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VIZ.

One Of the most striking and illumina-
tive features Of his book 10 the distinction
drawn. between the oveig. hslminR victory
gained by the Union arms in the State
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from the Territory according 70 tho Con-
stitution Of the United States. Thus tho
Missourians did not really need 70 take
The trouble Of making their invasions and
stealing the legal forms; these had already
secured slavery from the start. According
70 the supreme law Of the land, az inter
prsted by its highest tribunal, and REQ firmed
by the President Of the United States,
slavery exists In Kansas as much as In
South Carolina or Georgia, from the very
fact Of Kansas being included in the ma
tional domain, within which property in
slaves must be protected like n other
property In q word, the significance OF
the bred Scott decision seemed to be that
slavery had become tho all dominating
institution Of the land, overriding every
sort OF opposing enactment, whether 1t
should sSnRnate from q State or from the
nation.
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In discussing the reception Of South Caro-
lina's secession at the North, Mr.. Snider
directs attention to the opinion OF Horace
Greeley, who proposed in his Tribune to
let the erring sister depart in peace. Gree
ley took strong ground against coercion
early in November, 1890, when South Caro-
lima and the Cotton States were known to
be preparing to secede. we shall resist
all c~oercive measures, he said in his paper.
This u~tterance, which nov seems so strange,
Is interpreted az follows in the book before
US: Greeley was a passive secessionist,
a man after James B~uchanan's own heart;
and il he had had any consistency he would
have supported the President Mr.. Snider
adds: still. We must not be too severe upon
poor Greeley. he was a journalist, editor
Of q daily newspaper, which often has to
adjust itself anew every twenty-four hours.
When the time comes he will make a turn
in the other direction" Dur author il
good enough to admit that this does not
necessarily proceed from corruption Though
OF course il may, nor exactly from tickle
ness, but from the very nature OF the jour-
nalistic consciousness, which Greeley pos
sessed, through training and instinct, more
completely than any other man in America
Mr.. Snider is undoubtedly right when he
says that Greeley h~abitually took his first
adjustments from New England, toward
which he always faced at the start, being a
New Highlander himself. Nor is there any
doubt that q large element in that section
was willing to see the Slave States secede.
The Garrisonians, OF course, rejoiced, since
they were Disunionists from the beginning.
But, what was less to be expected, the
typical New England preacher, the chief
influence In every local community il the
Eastern States, seemed to lean In the same
direction. We are reminded that Henry
Ward Beecher openly exulted In the separa-
ton Of the Free. States from the Slave States.
The author is justified in asserting that,
from the days Of the Embargo, New Eng
Land leaders-with the exception OF Daniel
Webster-hAd evinoed but little conoep-
ton OF OF feeling for the Union. Their
moral sense was very strong, but one sided;
their institutional sense was very weak,
sven II not wholly lost. How weak IL was
Mr.. Snider shows by pointing out the in
evitable consequences Of letting the errinR
sisters go. II secession had been admitted
az a principle what, he asks, would nave
become OF the NORTH It, too, would have
gone to pieces, dissolved into its constituent
elements, and we should have seen a chain
OF independent States, extending from the
Atlantic to the Pacific. The dissolution Of
the Union meant, logically and inevitably,
not merely separation Of the North and
the South, but universal separation in the
North m well as in the South. This thought
pervaded many statements Of Lincoln, a.
for instance, his Inauguration address. It
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ton. II not . threat, to the other delaying
Slave States.
Mr.. snider also directs attention TO an
other point emphasized In the preamble to
the Confederate Constitution: we, the
people OF the Confederate States, each State
acting In its sovereign and independent
character, In order to form a permanent
Federal Government" do, &c. Here the
traditional Southern view Of the old Con-
stitution 10 embodied In the positive asser-
ton OF State sovereignty, which carries by
Implication the right OF secession. The
SAme preamble, invoking a. 1t does the
favor OF Almighty Cod introduces the
word God. the lack Of which had often
made the old Constitution q subject OF re-
proach. We add that, reviving q proposal
viewed at one time with approval by the
convention OF lTS7, the Confederate Con-
stitution provided that the President should
be elected for six years, but should not be
eligible to succeed himself. Significant
also ID the fact that the word delegated
was substituted for the word granted in
the frst section OF the Constitution. which
speaks OF the powers herein granted
Still characteristic were the pro-
visions for the addition OF new States
to the ~Confederaoy. The Confederate
States said the Constitution, may ac-
quire new territory out Of which new
States may be formed. But, 'in all such
territory the institution Of negro slavery,
as IL now exists In the Confederate States;
shall be recognized and protected by Con-
gress and by the Territorial Government
Although, therefore, the new C~onfederacy
was to be State producing, like the old, it
could only produce slave States. The
admission Of q new State wa so hedged
about that IL had to be slave State to get
admitted. Thus the Confederacy in its
inception justified Lincoln's prophecy:
This Government cannot endure perma-
nently half slave and half free; it will become
all one thing or all the other.'
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BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of tbs Town ami village Briefly
Told for Busy Readers
Plano to rent cheap. See want adj.

Told for Busy Readers
Piano to rent cheap. See want adj
Lost Pocketbook between Noyeck IS
store and Burt Bros. Contained ST..
Finder please return to II, A. Har-
bour's, Gage street. l2lt2
There win be an important meeting
OF all the Baptist Y Il. s. Q. H. cons
mittees at the home OF Miss Pratt 1t
1880 this evening. Every member OF
the committees should try and be pres
emit
The summer conference of the Young
Peoples Missionary movement will
be held at Silver Bay, Lake George,
July Z0-29. Last year there were 70
delegates from Vermont and five of
the twenty were from Bennington.
The front platform OF J II. Loring
q Co.'S bus broke on this morning on
South street dumping two heavy trunks
and Micky Kane, the driver down be
hind the horses heels For u nome /
il looked as though something serious
was about to happen but Kane succeed
ed in stopping the nor es without FUR
Their damage
The Home Mission Study class OF
the Baptist y. +. S c. Il. will lead
the meeting Sunday at G;30 p. m. For
the lgst two months the class has been
studying Heroes OF he Cross in Am.
erica an interesting book by Dan 0.
shelton. II you are interested in Home
Missions you are invited to be present
at the meeting.
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REGATTA ON THE CHARLES.
Cornell Eight Defeated Harvard by
Three Boat Lengths.

BOSTON. May 2G.-In magnificent
race which was contested stubbornly
throughout the Cornell varsity eight
Dared crew defeated the Harvard
varsity eight on the Charles river by
three lengths
The event which was the concluding
feature of an interesting regatta, was
a splendid exhibition by two carefully
trained and finely balanced sets Of
oarsmen. especially IN view of some
adverse. conditions, due to wind
against the tide and bad swell left
by pleasure boats which the police had
failed to clear from the course.
Cornelrs official time over the course
Of one and seven-eighths miles was 10
minutes Al 80 seconds, while Har-
wards was 10 minutes 80 seconds.
The varsity race was preceded by an
eight cared race between Fights from
the Cassadilla Preparatory school at
Ithaca, n. Y, and the State Prepare
tory school of this city, which the for
mer crew won in minutes Is 10 sec
onds by two lengths after an exciting
struggle.
Another event was the single scull
contest open to Harvard men compel
ing for the Carroll cup, and this was
won by ~. e. Smith of the law school.
who took the Carroll trophy last year.
The tIme was \ Minutes II la seconds.
The distance was one mile.
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Miss Osgood Took Phelps Golf Prize.
AUBURNDALE Mass, May 90
For the Phelps golf prize Miss f. G.
Osgood, Country club. defeated Miss
l.. A. Wells, Country club.
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sLANoY AT eRAvEsEND.
Parkway Handicap Won by Second
Choice, Defeating Rams Horn.


Choice. Defeating Rams Horn.
NEW YORK, May 2G.-The Park
way handicap, one mile and six
teenth. the feature of an ordinary card
at Grayesend, resulted in an easy vie
tory for Blandy, the second choice.
Rams Horn. who was making his first
appearance since Roseben defeated
him. was made hot favorite and was
heavily played at IL to >. Blandy was
also played down from A TO l to is
to >
Blandy and Cederstrome ran head
aud head to the far turn, when Blandy
drew away and won by two lengths
Six favorltes were defeated. Master
Lester was the only first choice to win.
Jockeys Radtke, Burns and Smithson
We're suspended for one day. Sum
maries:
First Race.-Mirza, first Carriers
second; Alto Ferola, third.
Second Race. Yorkshire Lad, first;
Red Frlar. second; Bragg third
Third Race Consistent, first; Belle
Strome, second; Flip Flap, third
Fourth Race Blandy, first; oxford,
second; Proper, third.
Fifth Race Master Lester first;
Frank Lord, second; Sally NJ, third
Sixth Race. Chrysallte, first; Ben
Ban, second; Giyonnl Balerio, third.
Seventh Race Brookdale, first; Mem
esis, second; Chandos, third.
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Al KING Edwnrd,s Reception,

LONDON, May %. ~ King Edward
and Queen Alexandra held the first
court of the season at Buckingham
palace last night. The Prince and
Princess Of Wales and all the members
of the royal family now in London
were present The following We're
among the presentations: Miss Jean
Reid. daughter of Ambassador White
law Reid; Miss Mildred Carter, daugh-
ter of John r. Carter. secretary of the
American embassy, and Mrs. Gibbons,
wife OF Lieutenant Commander J. IL.
Gibbons, naval attache of the Ameri-
can embassy.
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Drove reaalers ont of nn.lne...

CLEVELAND, O., May 2d-At the
Interstate commerce commission Stand
ard oil inquiry here testimony border
ing on the sensational was obtained
from several witnesses That of George
T.. Lane of Mansfield. O., former EN-
ployee of the Standard Oil company
was regarded as particularly impor-
tant According to his evidence, Lane
was for about fourteen months employ
ed by the Standard oil company for the
particular purpose of driving all Of the
independent oil peddlers in dozen or
more of the principal cities and towns
of northern Ohio ont Of business.
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DIED SUDDENLY
OF HEART DISEASE.

How frequently does head line SINH
lar 10 the above greet MS IN the news
papers. The rush, push and strenuous
ness Of the American people has n strong
tendency TO lead up 10 yalyular and other
affections OF the heart, attended by IT.
regular action, palpitation, dizziness
smOthered sensations and other distress
Ing symptoms
Three OF the prominent ingredients OF
which Or. Pierces Golden Medical Dis
cOvery is made are recommended by some
OF the leading writer's on Mdterid Medlcd
for the cure OF just such cases. Golden
Seal root, for instance, Is said by the
UNITED STATES DlsPENsATORY, stand
ard authority, ITO impart tone and in
creased power TO the hearts action.
Numerous other leading authorities rep
resent Golden Seal as an unsurpassed
tonic for the muscular system In general,
and as the heart is almost wholly com
posed of muscular us ne, ~ naturally
follows that II must be greatly strength
ened by this superb, general tonic. But
probably the most important ingredient
OF "GOlden Medical Discovery So far
as its marvellous cures OF YalYular and
other affections Of the heart are con-
cerned, is Stone root, or C0tiiRsORtd Cut.,
Prof. VIM. Paine, author Of Palne's
EpltOmy OF Medicine, says OF IL;
III. not long since had patient who was
so much oppressed with valyular disease OF
the heart that his friends were Obliged TO
carry him upstairs He. however gradually
recovered under the influence Of ColilnsoniW
medicinal principle extracted from stone
root. and IS ,oW attending 70 his business
Heretofore physicians knew Of no remedy
for the removal OF so distressing and so dan
gerous a malady With them II was all
guess work. and IL sfearfully warned the
afflicted that death was near at hand. Col
linsonin unduestionably affords relief in
sdch cases. and In most Instances effects
curep
Stone root is also recommended by Drs.
Hale and Ellingwood, Of Chicago, for
yllvular and other diseases of the heart.
The latter says: ut is q heart tonic OF
direct and permanent influence"
rGolden Medical Discovery not only
cures serious heart affections but is a
most efficient general tonic and inyigor'
ator, strengthening the stomach, lngig'
Grating the liver, regulating the bowels
aud curing catarrha, affections In all
parts OF the system.
DR.. Piorce's Pellets cure Constipation
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Time TO Act
Don't Wait For the Fatal STAG
es OF Kidney Illness. Prof
ii BY Bennington Peo-
ple's Experiences.

OCCASIONAL attacks OF backache, ir-
regular urination, headaches and di2
ny spells are early symptoms ofkidney
disorders. It's an error to neglect
these ills. The attacks may pass of
for time but return with greater in
tensity, If there are symptoms OF
dropsy-pufy swellings below the
eyes, bloating of limbs or ankles, or
any other part of the body, don't delay
minute. Begin taking Doan's Kid
ney Pills and keep up the treatment
until the kidneys are well, when your
old-time health and vigor will return.
Cures in Bennington prove the efec
tiyeness of this great kidney rem edy.
Silas b Moon, carpenter, of 9l7 Main
street. Bennington, says, 81 think for
the past II years was troubled with
kidney complaint. My back panied
me severely at times and had head
aches aud spells Of dizziness so that |
would fall To the floor. There was also
something wrong with the kidney Sc.
cretions which were too frequent 10
passage and contained traces of gray
ell like sediment. | went to Shurtlef'S
drug store and got a box of Doan's
Kidney pills and they proved to be
the best remedy | had ever used. They
not only relieved me of the pain in my
back but they also regulated the act
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perhaps too old to expect a permanent
cure, but am glad 10 know of med
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For sale by all dealers Price 90
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States.
Remember the name -Doan sand
take no OtheI.
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wnnt smoot Removed.

DIES MONIES, May 26.-At the open.
ing session Of the Presbyterian general
assembly Commissioner Samuel Wis
hard Of Utah presented a memorial TO
the United States senate praying Tor
the removal of Reed Smoot as senator
from Utah Amid scenes of great eX-
element and without a dissenting vote
the resolutions were adopted and or
dered Immediately dispatched to Wash
iufrton
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Doubling Up Battleships.

First England, as result of Obser
vations of the Russo-Japanese war, be-
gan building an lS,0OO-ton battleship.
Next Japan laid the keels of two such
vessels. Then France decided that she
would have three of them. Now we are
told that Germany will increase to that
size two which she is about to build
As our readers will recall our having
observed before, the era of big battle
hips does not seem yet to be pnst.-N.
I. Tribune.
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BASEBALL SCORES.
Games Played Yesterday In the Ma
tIOnaI and American Leagues.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

At ST. Louis
New York ~......O 0 10 001 ! 3
St. Louis ...... 2 0 0 0 ? =
Hits New York. 6, St Louis. IL. Err
New York, / St Louis, /. Bat
teres-Taylor. Ferguson and Bresnahan:
Druhot and Grady.
At Pittsburg
Plttsburg ......1 0 o 0 . = 2
Hits-Brooklyn, 6; Piusburg, TO- Err
rors- Brooklyn, q Pittsburg. o. Batteries
Eason and Ritter Willis and Phelps.
Al Cincinnati
Philadelphia IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 3
Cincinnati 40 0 0 0 o 0 0 o. l
Philadelphia. Z; Cincinnati 8. Err
rors- Philadelphia 0: Cincinnati, 1. Bat
ries-Sparks and Doom; Welmer and
Schlei
Boston ...........,O 90 0 0 90 / o. l
Chicago ........... 0 0 0 -
Hlts-Boston. 4; Chicago, S. Errors
Boston. 0, Chicago, O. Batteries-Young
and Needham. Pfeister and Moran.
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MhItc City EIre swent.

CLEVELAND, O., May 26. - The
White City, a large amusement resort
on the lake, east of this city, is being
swept by fire and will probably be to
tally destroyed The fire started In the
Dreamland theater. An hour after the
flames started large boiler in the
power house blew up The loss is sl50-
4Na
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NEW YORK, May 26 For the
fourth time in her career as golfer
Mrs Charles r. Stout Of the Richmond
County club New York won the wo
mems metropolitan golf championship.
She defeated Miss Georgianna Bishop
of Bridgeport, Conn, by up IN the
final eighteen hole round Of the cham
piouSbiD
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Needham; Pfelster and Moran.
TARLE oF pERCENTAGEs


At New York
New York ........1 5 4 2 0 0 0 "-15
Hits Detroit. 10. New York, l6. Errors
Detroit, 5: New York, g. Batteries
Donovan, Wigs aud Schmidt, Hogg and
l<leinOw.
AT Boston
Chicago ........... o 0 o.
Boston ...........0 0 2 0 0 0 -
Hits-Chlcago 2. Boston, 4. Errors
Chicago 2: Boston, 2 White
and Sullivan; Tsnnehill and Peterson
st. Louis ........"O 0 o1O1O o.
Philadelphia AL 2 0 ="
lts-St. Louis, 6; Philadelphia, 10. Err
teries1 jacobson and Spencer; Dygert and
Powers
At Washington
Cleveland ........, o.
Washington ..... o 0 0 0 0 o. Q
HITS Cleveland. 10; Washington. s. Err
rors-Clevelaud, o; Washington, |. Bat
teres- Eels and Clark; Hughes and Hey
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edxht Eyes

Ia most cases salow, blotched
complexion and dull, heavy eyes are
due to poor digestion and an inactive
liver. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup
aids digestion and stimulates the liver
and bowels and makes the complexion
smooth and clear, Orino Laxative
Fruit Syrup does not nnuseate or
grippe and is mild and plea ant to take
refuse substitutes. b A Quinlan.
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Tornado Demolished Farmhouse.

WAXAHACHE. Tex. May 26.-The
residence of j. d. Duke. farmer llv-
ing eight miles east of Waxahache.
was struck 10y a tornado and demol-
ished An infant nine days old was
killed. and other members Of the fam
lily were injured
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Ross Golf Champion.

WOLLASTON, Mass, May 26-Al-
exander Ross of the Braeburn club.
Newton. Mass. won the state open
golf championship with "A total of 207
for seventy-two holes Alec Campbell
of the Country club, Bro0kline, was
second. and X. G. Macandrews. VOL
laston. was third.
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Most disGguring skin eruptious,
scrofula, pimples, rashes, etc, are
ne to impure blood. Burdock Blood
Bitters is cleansing blood tonic
Makes you clear eyed, clear Drained,
clear skinned.