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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-14
Now Partnership

A. =. Robinson having purchased
one-third interest in the bust ess here
tofore conducted under the firm name
ofC. NJ. Lambert & Son the business
will hereafter be known as the Lam
bert-Robinson Granite Co.
G. NJ Lambert,
Ernest Lambert.
A. L. Robinson.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-14
Gard of Thanks.

We wish-to extend our sincere thanks
to friends and neighbors who so kind
ly gave us assistance, flowers and sym
pathy during the sickness, death and
burial Of our fatherin-aw and grand
father.
Mr. and Mrs Henry Shuifleton
and family.
East Arlington, July IL, 1906.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-14
Hone Edward WIN visit Canada.

OTTAWA. ont, July 14.-Lord Grey
in proroguing parliament here. in u
speech from the throne. announced the
ratification of the trade treaty between
Canada and Japan. He hoped King
Edward would accept the Invitation
sent to his majesty TO visit this part of
his domlnlons.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-14
Thousand. Sent to siberia.

ST. PETERSBURG, July 12-Accord-
ing to collaboration of the Strana who
has investigated the subject, $1,000
persons have been deported to Siberia
since Jan. /. The government intends
to raise the famine r"'tef money by a
new internal loan.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-14
SOME POINTED CUES
TONS.

Was the agitation against double
taxation set on foot by the Proctor
Republicans No.
Were the faults OF the caucus law
first pointed out by Fletcher d. Proc.
tor? No; they were used by him to
perfect his political machine.
Did the Proctor Republicans admit
serious defects in our state institutions
and demand Improvement? Some
honest Republican wrote such plank
but the Proctor wing of the party
smashed IL and declared tina,
the evils had been remedied.
In one breath they declared for re
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-14

Generally debilitated for years,
had sick headaches, lacked ambition
was worn out and all rundown. Bur
dock Blood Bitters made me a well
woman. Mrs Charles Freitoy, Moo.
sup, Conn.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-14

trenchment in state expenses; in the
next they referred to the need of con-
servative expansion Imagine the
kind of conservative expansion a
doubling of general expense and
another trebling of court expense
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-14

NEW YORK. July IA well dress
ed man about sixty years old who is
supposed to be s. NJ Wilbur Of Green
witch, n. Y. fell dead of heart disease
It Smith & McNeirs hotel here last
night
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-14
RooseyeIt TO Mikndo.

TOKYO, July l4.-American Ambas-
sador Wright proceeded TO the imperial
palace, where he was received in prl-
vate audience by the emperor to whom
he presented letter from President
Roosevelt.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-14
FIRE COMPANIES REMEMBERED

A. K. Richie Sent His Check For Fifty
Dollars.
The following letter was received by
w. =. Hogan this morning:
Bennington, VI, July IL, 1906.
w. p. Hogan, Pres. Fire Dept,
Dear Sir
Enclosed find check for fifty dollars
to be divided among the companies
who responded so readily'to the fire at
my storehouse Tuesday morning, July
10, 1906.
am proud OF our efficient corps.
Thanking you kindly, am
Very truly yours,
A. K Richie.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-14

Bilious? Feel heavy after dinner?
Tongue coated2 Bitter taste? Com
leXion sallow? Liver needs waking
up. Doan's Regulets cure bilious at
tacks. % cents at any drug store.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-14
GOLF IN VERMONT
Annual Tournament for the TaconIc and
0ndsws Cups.

Manchester, July l3 The annual
tournament for the Taconic and Onda-
va cups, presented by the Equinox
company, will begin here next Thurs
day on the Ekwanok links. The entry
list closes Wednesday evening, with
James L. Taylor, chairman OF the
tournament committee.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-14
YER MONTERS AND YER.
MONT ISSUES.

To-day, the early announcement of
an enormous campaign fund, of speak
ers from the halls of Congress and the
National Cabinet all point to the final
resort of the ring-master, an appeal
to the Grand Old Party.
This is still another confession of
weakness. There is no party or creed
in the present fight. No national issue
enters into it. It's matter for YER
monters to settle at the polls 1t con
Germs no one else. Cannot the Proc
tor Republicans trust the free
and unfOrced expression of the
siete on state issues?
Their fear to do so is the strongest
argument against continuing them in
powers
Moral, Vote the fusion ticket in Sept.
ember.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-14

"Boston, July II, 1906"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-08

1t was a small neighborhood in which Joe
and Ben had been reared, the farms, for the
most part, being rocky and barren, from which
their owners could maintain the large families
dependent upon the sterile acres only by the
strlctest economy.
The Hapaday and Jumper farms were no
exceptions, although their owners had small
families, Joe being the only boy among three
sisters, and Ben having one brother, some
years his senior, who had gone away to do for
himself.
Yet it could not be expected of the elders
to expend many of their hard-earned dollars
for so useless purpose. 1T seemed TO them,
as going to school. No, indeed! Didn't their
sons have as good chance as they had? Bet
ter, far better, for Bens father had come
bov into the town when there were but few
schools established, and those with very short
terms.
Well Joe and Ben could not see any pros,
pect of hel" in that direction; so they had
been planning all through the long winter and
snrlng in some way, to earn sufficient money
TO- pay their expenses at the academy at at tne ne
spared from the farm duties to attend the
summer school at home.
The next day the two boys made long
investigating tour. They visited Wellby,,ss
woods the swamp, the pinery and the "crags
The old owls nest in the swamp showed signs
of having been "revamped' for occupation the
coming summer; but in Wellby's woods the
former occupants had not returned to their
old home, which had been nearly demolished
by the winter winds
"Theyge ropqd 3D. someMheTe not o, great at
pick up a rent in an old crows nest. They
do that way"
"Yoq see it's hard YORK g digging S round in in
that's the time Mr.. Owl likes best to go
abroad"
As they were on the way home flash of
bright wings among .the cedars made Joe ex-
claim: m
"An't he beauty? / wish we could catch
him. said Ben, longingly:
"Perhaps we cam, said Joe. Owe must 90
out provided with snares or something that
will take them"
Nothing but a gun will do that" replied
Ben. ~
"Then, all the way we we can can do with these
eggs to hatch and take the young ones"
e8That seems to be cruel method" said
big-hearted Ben.
F'Well, | know it doesn't sound just right"
said Joe. 'But men in the interest of science
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-08

The this" was notice by bird dealer in
the city, advertising for all kinds OF birds Tor
the purpose of tanning for pets, especial men
tion being made OF owls, catolrds ana uopo-
links. and liberal prices paid. y,
We've got the whole summer before US,
cried Joe, enthusiastically, "and let's try IT,,
mo knowing but this advertiser Is cheat
said cautious Ben. ..
Il can write to Uncle John and lind out
replied Joe.
And his prices might not be worth the
trial" continued Ben.
"Uncle John can find that out too. re
turned Joe. There can't be much lost IN 1t,
anyway. if the folks will give us a few spare
the academy next fall! Most all the boys IN
the neighborhood are going
"Is that what you mean?" cried Ben
why, | don't believe we could get hall
enough for our books, let alone our tuition
and clothes"
1T wouldn't take more than ten OR twelve
dollars apiece to fit us out, and I can carry
food from home, and so can YOU
"Where'd we get our BIRDS"
ooh, the woods and meadows and fields are
full of 'em Never saw such tribes as there
are this year!"
"A bird in the hand is worth two in the
bush,' quoted Ben: But I'll help. It's
best not to let the other boys know, or they'll
That's so!' returned Joe. "Now, what
shall we begin with? Let's see It's the
eighteentth day day Sy Of May suppose he'll pay
Don't know about that | believe I'd give
more for a bobolink than a hawk for sing
er" laughed Ben.
"Bobolinks are awful hard things to catch,
and tender to raise" said Joe; but they don't
come till late, and nest later. Well go for
some of the others first"
"Crows for instance!" put in Ben Plenty
of them all the way along!"
You're making fun nufl,, 9i my scheme, Ben"
me- Plod on forever in the cornfeld" .
"Don't get in huff, Joe. Perhaps there is
more in it than Tn thinking for It sounded
a little wild at first. Now, old fellow, we'll
begin to heat about the woods tomorrow, and
see what prospect there will be. Let's see!
The advertisement says owls first. | know
where two pair ho ne5tGd nndsyy last yeareal p 5 old
back again this year. They always do 60 for
the old nest when they can. One is over in
the edge of Riley's swamp, and the other in
Wellby's woods
"And there's been one hooting, round nights
good deal Modified. '1ll write to Uncle John
right off,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-08
Hunting Pc t s -

have done worse than that-for we would not
injure them knowingly-and why not for edu-
cation? One of mothers maxims is that the
END end Justihes the means; And nd, I'm sure the
well, under the circumstances" SAID Ben,
perhaps it is justifable; but we mustn't take
'em all away from the old birds. | shall stick
to that"
Not unless we take the whole family, old
bird and ALL returned Joe.
Joe told his sisters, and they promised as
slstanee in rearing the young birds, should
they be so fortunate as to get any, and the
boys set about making cages in rainy weather
The long days of June soon came.
Joe and Ben had found the old owls nest
in Wellby's woods, and, as Ben had surmised
it was up among the top branches OF hem
lock, partially dead. Joe declared it was an
old nest, where pair OF hawks had reared
brood the year before.
And there, too, were three or four, long,
pendulous nests of the orioles In some elms IN
the Hapaday lane. But Joe had scarcely the
temerity to attempt climbing up to- them. !,
As yet no bobolinks had been found, and
the merry black fellows, swaying on the but
tercups, tweedling rollicking song, seemed 10
mock their patient efforts at discovering the
treasures hidden so artfully under the DAISIES
But Joe's sisters-Bess and Nell and Molle
knew they should be successful in the straw
berry-time.
A catbird's nest was ferreted out in some
alders by the river. But the owls nest in the
Hapaday pines was not yet discovered; al
though the hoo-oo-oo hoo-oo-oo! could be
heard every night, and the boys looked long
and patiently in every tree-top.
II do believe he's bachelor" said Ben, at
ter long afternoon search
One bright moonlight night, the first OF
June, Mrs, Hapaday hastily called Joe up
Mr.. Hapaday was gone away-to see what
was the matter with the hens.
Get your gun, Joe, for | do believe it's an
owl I thought l saw some big bird sailing
about the yard
Joe hoped it was. The hens roasted in an an
crept stealthily out behind the woodpile and
cart, AMI then peered about.
The hens were cacklng anXiously, as though
something were disturbing them. At first he
could see nothing; then great dark bird sail
ed silently out. from the shed, and lighted
some means in getting the prey he sought,
yet had decided to make another attempt.
Joe fired, and for wonder down dropped
| the bird. He ran forward and picked it up
limp and quivering.
"An owl sure enough-and a huge one, too!
| Oh. | wish | might have got him alive!'
He brought the bird and tossed it down on
the door-stone, and then went back to bed.
| But it was not dead, as Joe had supposed
About dawn Skip, Joe's dog, began barking
and making such a great ado that his master
got up.
There sat the owl. very erect and solemn
on the stone, with Skip dancing and barking
about him. On seeing Joe the owl went flap
ping off on the ground toward the woods with
Skip prancing alongside
He did not weigh the consequences, but al
soon as he overlook the bird clutched it firmly
Then began a struggle, the bird fighting
with both beak and claws as savagely as his
condition would allow, and Joe doing his best
to keep his hold upon it. At length he got
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-08

Joe Hapaday and Ben Jumper boy, neigh
bors of fourteen, had conceived grand desire
to get an education. What had started and
fostered this worthy and laudable spirit was
the impetus which certain young colleglan
had given the district school the previous
winter, hitherto so sleepy and spiritless from
want of a real live instructor.
The right chord had been struck at last,
and Joe and Ben were among those who
wanted to know more than to be able to Just
ing, "Oh they know enough to be farmers, i,
ow'seemed almost an insult, as implying that
as a class they were far Below the average OF
intelligence.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-08

it back to the woodshed and into one OF the
big cages, but his jacket was torn and his
hands showed long scratches.
1t was found that one of the OWLS wings
was broken; otherwise he was unhurt; That
day Ben discovered another catbird's nest
farther down the river.
A few days after the boys had a halfholiday
for bird collecting. Their first visit was to
the owls nest in Wellby's woods, as it was high
time that the eggs were Matched. They carried
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-08

stake By fR the nest t. be - certain I Of It's local.
ity. Where the owls in the pinery nested
was still mystery to them, and would have
remained so till the end of the season had it
not been for accident.
About a week after taking the owls from
the swamp, Joe was sent to the pines for
Continued on Following Page
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-08

Who lives IN NEW I OTk, you hHU"'
sent father paper last night, to let him see
how politics is going, guess, for it was full OF
who was going to be President, or who wanted
to be, and such stuff. had to read the thing
clean through for him last night-father $
glasses was broke-and it was an awful job!
But found this, and felt well paid"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-08

Copyright by James Elverson)
JST hear this, Ben! 1t does seem.
for once, that luck is in our favor"
8 What now, Joe? Struck sll-
yer mine on the crags?"
Don't joke, Ben. Uncle John,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-27

According to writer in a medical
journal probably one-third of the
English agricultural Iaborers who
survive the age of thirty or thirty
five die of paresis. The figures look
exaggerated, but the intellectual bar
renness Of those laborers is almost
incredible, and the monotony of their
lives is perhaps not the least of their
hardships and misfortunes.
II is we'll known that brain work
ers live long as a class. And it has
not yet become the custom to draw
the 'deadline' against them at forty
i've, as is the case in many occupa-
lions at present. The brain must
have blood to be healthy. Thinking
gives Il free circulation.
The American farmer in the pres
ent day is a reader and a thinker. in
touch with all the movement of the
world. Telephone, trolley, rural de-
livery keep him from isolation and
monotony; and his outdoor life. with
his mental and social activity, should
give him better chance of long life
than the merely sedentary brain
worker has.-Everybody's Magazine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-27
Ancient Manuscripts in sb

'''S'N''e "'o'SoNl iPtS IN ShOe-leather,
In 1903 the German government
sent an expedition under the lead OF
Dir. Alfred Grunwedel one of the dt-
Iectors OF the Berlin Museum Of Eth
nology. TO Turfan in the extreme east
OF Chinese Turkestan, says Harper's
Magazine.
The great find at Turfan consists
OF the enormous number of about 500
fragments Of manuscripts, more or
less extensive, written in an alphabet
which is modification of the Syriac
script that goes by the name of Es-
traggelo. The notifications of this
alphabet are quite serious. Some OF
the Syriac letters are wanting; 9TH
ers are modified in form: and there
are also some new letters.
These manuscripts are written for
the most part on paper, but one is on
silk. and few are on white kid. These
last were found in old shoes. being
cut in the shape of a foot. and laid
on the inner soles of the shoes, so
as to strengthen the foundation. They
are all written carefully and distinct
ly, with calligraphic chapter initials.
Each page, in the manner of modern
books, has at the top a heading. stat
ing the contents of the page. in yell
low, green, blue, or red. Some few
contain miniatures of exquisite work.
manship. The lines are in general
very short; this is a noticeable Pc
culiarity of the entire collection.
The texts are throughout of Man.
ichean origin: the 500 fragments are
remnants of the long-lost Manichean
literature. Such as they~ are they
contain the sole remnants of the Man.
ichean Bible. Our knowledge of Mani
and the Manicheans up to this time
was at second hand: reports of ORR
entail writer's and Christian Church
Fathers.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-27

The Lancet has been making some
experiments to test the truth of the
popular belief that tobacco smoke is
a disinfectant These experiments.
says our contemporary, seem to
confirm the observation that one of
the principal constituents accounting
for the germicidal properties of to-
bacco smoke is the powerful anti
septic formaldehyde The amount
present is more than just apprecia-
BILE, for if water through which a
few puffs Of tobacco smoke have
been passed is tested for formalde-
hyde the result is strilinsly positive
The quantity Of formaldehyde in to-
hacco smoke would appear 40 depend
ON the quality and kind of tobgcco
smoked. Thus the cigar appears to
yield more formaldehyde than the
pipe, and the pipe more than the ci-
garette. 1t has more than once been
stated that tobacco smokers enjoy an
immunity from certain diseases. and
the frequent presence Of a powerful
antiseptic in the mouth, nasal pas
saEes, and sometimes the lungs (as
In the case OF those who foolishly in
hale tobacco smoke), would to some
extent justify the statement For
maldehyde is one of the most power
full disinfoctants we possess. / part
in 10000 parts Of water serving to
destroy all microbes. while such a di-
Lutte solution has practically no poi
sonous action on the human organ
ism All the same, it is most unde-
sirable that this fact should stimu-
late the practice OF smoking tobacco
absurd excess, for tobacco poisoning
is a greater reality than many per.
SOUS think.-London Telegraph.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-27
PEARL FINDS IN LABRADOR.
LlttIe-Known Source of Wealth In
the Streams of That Land.

The deep sea fishermen and whale
or seal hunters are about the only
persons who know much of the north
ern Labrador coast where it runs in
to Hudson bay territory, says cor
respondent of the New York Sun.
Barrenness and desolation, rocky
shores beaten by the icy Atlantic,
long winters and short, Indictment
summers are its chief characteristics.
There are but few signs of human
life: merely ancient rock-bullt Shelf
ers set up by whalers from Nantucket
or Gloucester, when Greenland whales
were hunted among the icebergs, or
rude seal hunters shanties, where OBJ
servation parties land for day or
two at a time. But curious as 1t ap-
pears. there is a little-known source
OF wealth in that lone land.
1t is found in the rushing rivers,
which generally make their last leap
into the ocean over a steep and high
waterfall. The immense masses OF
fresh water mussels, which in many
places actually choke the streams, first
directed attention to it in late years.
Men wondered why the oldtime
whale or seal hunters and other early
navigators had collected such quanti-
ties of the shells as were to be seen
piled about the camping places. Then
d short search By a well-read neer-do-
we'll few years ago revealed large,
irre2ular-shaped pearl under a pile Of
Old shells. and Immediately valua-
lie secret was revealed to a few per-
sons.
Since that time a certain number
Of men have become expert pearl fish
cfs. and now shipments are periodical
IT, and in summer regularly, made OF
pearls. These men make fair wages
lv their labOrs. though of course the
leturns vary according to the fortune,
good or bad, which attends the indi-
1idual.
Some Of the pearls are large and
CT great value. One was sold to a
New Yorker of rare discrimination in
the purchase of curios for upward Of
si.0QQ. In appearance these fresh
water pearls are not easily distinguish
cd from those obtained in southern
seas. though unfortunately a certain
percentage of them are irregular in
shape
Usually they are silyer-white in col
or, though a young man who returned
from Labrador has pair of rose pink
pearls, perfectly matched, which weigh
about u grains each and are worth
probably $50 or $40 apiece
Strangely enough, this lucky one
was not a pearl hunter, but took a
clump of shells in his hand and sat
down to open them with his pocket
knife. He found the two pearls in
one large shell. After that find he
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-27

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we shoulu De "il.'''.e'' u " e 'o.'l"
see pass oelo1e U.S. ''. Wv 'o E''L'l'' md
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cruel thougAt' Sa|S success las.
zihe. a st&o mere a. l"' .'sI me- = :
maAcious sarcasm o-.-s1 lloN' U"
generous crl'ieiShl' d J1"IouS' el,''o'S,
OF FeFengelul lAo"s"u' H"'1e" "l1'
af GER are al So.N- ou' Nons'''.l.-'
from many In!Ho On ue'uly Lis
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servants nave 7S'ealiS oeeh lH7uS
olshonest by otheI persons per P7' u"'-
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were alshonesl' a'7 'no"SHO S'7
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maps lof JAe h's' 'iliie' ana he!hs COY
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ne othef person hiAa IS sacred you
nave no IIshI % ih'@ue II WIN your