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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-08-29
POSTMASTER WANTED
Stamford in Danger Of Having It's Office Dis
continued.

Stamford to all appearances will
on be without postmaster, as Post
master Sanford who was recently APP
pointed has returned his commission
to the department with the word that
he will not accept it. While it has not
been definitely decided, it is feared
that the Office there will he discontin-
ued and that mail will be received by
rural free delivery from North Adams.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-08-29
FOUGHT OVER SH0VELS
One Italian in Jail rs Result Of the Disagree
msnt

Deput y Sheriffs Nash and Russell
went to Pownal Monday afternoon,
word having been received that there
was row among a gang of Italians
working on the electric road and quar-
tered near the 6earles place.
When they got there they found ev-
erything quiet but thought best to ar
rest one man who was the leader 10 a
squabble made over shovel the
night before. lie will be kept in j all
until Saturday morning when he will
have a hearing
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-08-29

CHICAGO Aug %. - Making her
second eighteen holes in 81, Mrs. c. l..
DerIng, the present holder of the wo-
mems western golf championship, led
the field at the close of the thirtys six
hole qualifying round for the champi-
onshlp. with IA total score of 1873. Mrs
Franc Anderson of Hinsdale was sec
ond, with score of 1874.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-08-29
RoosEvELTs SPELLING REFORM
Omciai Correspondence Now Gives
Life TO New Words.

OhlciaI Correspondence Now Gives
Life to New Words.
OYSTER BAY, y. Y, Aug. 29.-Sec-
rotary William II. Taft. received the
first letter from President Roosevelt
written in accordance with the rules
of the reformed spelling board.
The letter pertained to the business
of the government, which fact rem
dered its publication impossible. All of
the executive correspondence is now
spelled in accordance with the. recon-
mendatlons of the reformed spelling
board.
The list of 300 words, which is the
present accomplishment of the board
has been for several days in the hands
of the presidents stenographers, and
Secretary Loeb has put the new spell
ing into effect.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-08-29
Treason Hid In OH barrels.

RIGA, Aug. 29.-Seventeeu cocoanut
oil barrels which We're auctioned off
by the customs authorities We're found
to contain 100000 copies of rebel proc
lamations printed in various languages
hidden in false bottoms.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-08-29
AROUSED NEIGHBoRHOOD.
Mrs Bsldsn AIstOok a Policeman For ,
Burglar


Residents OF Grand View, Hillside
Silver streets and on Imperial Ave,
were aroused about one O'Clock this
morning by screams apparently com
Ing from a woman, and near by,
Thoughts OF burglars or some night
mauradrrs we're uppermost IN the mind
OF many.
The cause became known this morn
ing. Mrs NJ. j. Belden was awakened
from sleep by noise that she consid-
cred suspicious aud going to win.
dow to look out saw man NOV Ing
around the house. She quickly and
loudly gave an alarm. Investigation
showed that policeman had been
around the house.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-08-29
GOVERNOR BELL HERE
Accompanied by Lieutenant Governor Sisarns
and staff

and Stall
Gov. and MrsC. J. Bell and the fol-
lowing members Of his staff, Col. n.
A. Dale and Col. NJ. d. Wells with
their wives were guests OF Surgeon
General w. r. Putnam and wife last
night.
Lieutenant Governor Stearns and
Col Franklin Billings, chief OF stan,
and Col NJ. b Roberts, Inspec tor OF
Rifle Practice, were guests OF Col. and
Mrs Thomas Harmon at the Soldier 5
home The party is on tour of in
spection of the different state institu-
tions and left here this morning for
Vergennes where they will visit the
state industrial school.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-30
OUR JUMPING oFyF PLACE.

Alaskan Islands Where White Men
 May Not Land Without Permit.
 unalaska resembles other northern stations, having warehouses, docks, the inevitable Creek church and a score of wooden cabins. Whalers leave here for the Arctic regions.
 Dutch Harbor Is a station for our revenue fleets. There is much coming and going of ships of all nations; there lay quite formidable fleet, and only two ships out of twelve carried colors of the same country.
 Just before entering the harbor, says a writer in Outdoor Life, one notices a detached rock high against the side of the cliff. It bears striking rerem- blance to a Russian priest in full robes. Touched by the sunset light, he seemed to stand blessing the harbor.
 Sailing north out into Boring sea, ane looks back at the desolate, silent treeless islands, which seem to wall the edge of the warld. Hundreds of miles west they run toward vladivo stok.
 Two hundred and forty miles nortf
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-30
ONE OF THE BIGGER THINGS.

Everything grows bigger and bigger In this country except the buying pow CT of a, dollar, and a few other chroni- cany little things. The latest bigger thing is the figures of the business of the building and loan associations for the year just ended Taking the 'lo- cap' associations alone their aggregate assets are S629, ,344257, which is the lar gest sum ever held by them, and is s29 OOO. 900 more than the assets shown by the report of last year. The receipts In 1905 were $428621, 200 and the dis bursements $426 S99, SIP, the excess be- ing about S3S,OO0,0OO over the previous year. The earnings increased $5,294,2 ,2O4, and the mortgage loans were over S22,- 900 900 in excess of 1904 The total mem- bership in the 5,264 associations for 1905 lis 1,642,127, an increase of little over il ,0OO for the year. During the last two years the associations have gained nearly $5OOOO,OOO in assets.
 With the assets of the national and State associations added, the total of building and loan wealth amounts tc more than billion dollars, which is a good deal, or would have been few years ago before we got to counting in billions.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-30
4 CRITICAL GAEKW4R.

The Gaekwar of Baroda has got safely away from this country, but just before he went he gave us something to think about and talk about. He came, we believe, prepared to like everything he saw here. At least that was the inn pression given by the reporters who in- terview Gaekwars, prima donnas and such, and report that the distinguished visitors think that the United States is grand, perfectly lovely, etc., etc. But whatever the Gaekwar of Baroda thought when he came here he was in a rather critical state of mind when he left. He found this country too flat to suit him, except for occasional places of great natural interest, like the Yel- lowstone Park, the Grand Canyon, the Thousand Islands, and the great inter- for lakes. In general he thought the country lacked grandeur and pictur sequences. He thought we had devel- oped greatly in view of the youth of the country and that we had a great future in store for us. Society he con sidered crude, and attributed the curi' osity which 1t showed toward him ant his wife to it's social newness. He wal disappointed to find that the American women did not realize his expectations of great beauty. They were pleasing frank and independent, but, about tn beauty, I failed to see it."
 What do you think of that last slap
 Failed to see the beauty of Americal women! About all there Is to say abou that is that some people can't SCI
 things that are right before their fac and eyes.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-30

ct. A Belgian journal says that the of- fer made for the farm represents more than three times the market value or the property, and the intending pur- chaser desires to enter into immediate possession. As, however, the owner de- sires time to sell the stock separately, the signature of the deed of purchase is delayed for the present. It will not be long, apparently, before the whole battlefield is transformed, as the con- struction of a roadway across the cen- ter, with building allotments on either side, is projected by the local authori- ties. Comte Cavens, who lives in the district, has been in correspondence about Mont St. Jean with several lead ing men of letters, including M. Henri Houssaye, the British minister at Brus- sells, and various archaeological socie- ties.
 It is to be hoped that the sentiment alists will save Waterloo, but it is to be feared that they wont.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-30
SANITART.

Parvenu (to his guests as servant brings in a basket of wood for the open fire)-"I want you to understand, gen. tlemen, that that wood is handsawed'" Translated from Tales.
 "so you think yachting Is danger ous gamer"
 'Dreadfully 50. Why, no less than five of our conmodores have died Of de- lirium tremens, Life.
 Borus-"Why is it that stories of crime and retribution are univer- sally popular?" Naggus - Because their retribution feature appeals 90 powerfully to the imagination. '--Chica- go Tribune.
 What kind of work does your son Josh excel in?"
 q dunno" answered Farmer Corn tassel. But I'm sure it's something he has never had chance to try yet. - Washington Star
 What is your typewriter's speed"
 ''Her speed?"
 "Yes. At what rate does she writer" 'Wen I should say at the rate of some sixty mistakes minute. Louis vile Courier-Journal.
 Frugal Relative Gas the others valet retires) Alfred, doesn't 1t cost a good deal to keep a man?'
 Prominent Clubman-"oh, yes; but not half as much as 1t does to raise a 1 boy. ."-Chicago Tribune.
 And only narrow grave at last!' sighed the dramatist. For while his lip quivered, and then there dawned a new hope. If the amateurs will only let my work alone, a narrow grave will answer he exclaimed. intensely Puck.
 He-"Oh, the scoundrelp She-"It serves you right; everyone told you when you went into business with him that he was the biggest thief in the country!" "Yes, know, but thought I-I-knew more than he did,"-Trans- lated from Tales.
 Gasser-"I noticed your friend Knoy 1 at my lecture last night" Kandor- "Yes, and he enjoyed himself immense ly.' Gasser-"Yes, l noticed he stayed until the end he didn't get tired at all. Kandor-"No; he told me he was in z part of the hall where he couldn't heal at all, l,"-Philadelphia Press.
 Do you think that any man can bt in love and sane at the same time?"
 Tt depends on what he is in love with. If the object of his affection b, beautiful, a good cook, able to makt her own clothes and willing to overlook it if he doesn't call her Pet or Darllnl in public, I don't see why there shoult be any reason to doubt his sanity"- Chicago Record-Herald
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-30
chrl.tIan sclence church nnle..

To Editor of the Journal and Courier:
 Your issue of July 2S reports Rev. I. w, Sneath's comments on the Christian Science church manual. It is to be presumed that the gentleman has for gotten the words of the Master, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?" By what authority does he un- dertake to berate Christian Scientists because of the rules which they have adopted to govern themselves? The bylaws of the Christian Science church concern only the Christian Scientists; they certainly apply only to members of the Christian Science church. Would Mir, Sheath consider it in good taste for the Christian Scientists to querulously find fault with the rules of the Congre- gational church?
 That the rules of the Christian Sci ence church deal wisely, both with its members and non-members, is mani. fested by the harmony and prosperity of the church and by Its good will to. wards all men. While Christian Sclen. lists are glad to extend the hand of fel. lowship to all those who are ready tc join them, they have too much respect for the rights of others to proselyte, tc resort to any means or methods whicf would encourage disloyalty in the mem. bers of other denominations. As a rule
 the churches of our country, in the spirit of true Americanism, grant tC 1 their members quite as liberal a free dom to go out of the church as they
 have to come into it. In our free coun.
 try one is permitted to change his re- lligious belief if he so desires, and it is
 not considered a just reason for intol-
 erance that one is converted to a new faith at the expense of an older one.
 la Aunarica a man is permitted to buy
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-30
LONDON AND PARIS PARKS.
Hyde Parke Gift of Charles 1.-N'

Hyde Parke Gift of Charles L-Na-
 poleon's Work in Paris.
 There seems to be a sort of popular impression that Hyde Park, the most important and historic of all the parks of the British metropolis, was formerly owned by the house of Hyde, of which Lord Clarendon is the chief represen- tative, and I read the other day in London paper fantastic story to the eect that the park had been given to the public by an earl of Clarendon of the reign of Queen Anne. Indeed, 1t was related that the pres ent Lord Clarendon preserves among his most highly prized family heir looms a gold key presented by Queen Anne to his ancestor on the occa- sion of his making the gift of the park, and which enables him to enter 1t at any time after the gates have been closed for the night. Now there is not word of truth in all this. The donor of Hyde Park to the people, or rather, I should say, the parsonage who gave the public the use thereof, was the i'll fated King Charles. I. Un- til his reign 1t had been a royal pre- serve. King Edward VI, and subse- quently his sister Queen Elizabeth, were wont to go deer hunting in the Park of Hide" King James l. used it for the same purpose, caused many poachers to be hung at Hyde Park gate for killing the royal game, and converted eleven pools fed by springs in the park into sheet of water now known as the serpentine. It was in 1885 that Charles I. decided to saori- flee his own pleasures of the chase to the welfare fo his people, and, abol- ishing his game preserves threw open Hyde Park in the public, which can not be said to have shown itself grateful, since it afterwards rose against him and deprived him not on-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-30

ed from the Merry Monarch and Nell Gwynne
 Most of the public parks in Europe are of royal orign, having been plae- ed by the Crown at the disposal Of the people, notable among them being of course the Bois du Boulogne at Paris the Thiergarten at Berlin, the Prater at Vienna and the Prado at Madrid. The Prado is a creation of King Charles III. For the Prater, the peo- pie of Vienna are indebted to Empress Marie Therese and her son. Elm peror Joseph IL, while as for the Bois du Boulogne 1t was laid out by Napo- leon H.. who on returning to France after his long exile in England deter mined to endow the good city of Paris with park similar to those of the British metropolis. It was only how ever, in 1858 that the em- peror and his consort together drew up the first plans, which were elaborated by the landscape gardner Verre, and l have seen one of the earliest drafts of the plan, in which the streams and lake that now exist were painted in blue by  the hand of the Empress Euginie her self. The lakes are entirely artificial, and the earth which was removed from their sites has been used to construct the so-called Buttes Montemart. The lhuge rocks that adorn the Bois in such | a picturesque fashion were all brought down the Seine from the forest of Fon- tainebleau at an enormous cost Hills were constructed here. valleys there, while the rides and serpentine avenues form total length of one hundred and sixty kilometers. It is difficult to realize that all this arrangement of the Bois is of so recent date and of so artificial a character. It all seems so natural. so ] thoroughly haphazard, and yet every thing, down to the very location of
 each tree, was carefully provided for beforehand, and the whole Bois, which
 only a few decades ago was a royal
 preserve where Charles x and King
 Louis Philippe were wont to shoot partrldges, hares and pheasantE, must
 be regarded as perfect triumph oi
 landscape gardening on rnammath
 scale and as lasting monument tc
 Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie,- Al
 Ex-Aattache in the New York Tribune
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-30

ly, of his throne and of his liberty but also his head. Cromwell closed the park, and sold 1t for a sum of about Sl00,OO0, But the purchasers made a bad bargain, for the sale was rescind- ed by King Charles II. and ever since then the park has remained opened to the public
 It was William of Orange who &C., quired from Lord Nottingham the do- main now occupied by Kensington Palace, and he as well as his sister-in- law, Queen Anne, took every oppor- tunity of adding to the acreage of the ground which now form that part of Hyde Park known as Kensington Gardens. In fact, ever since the reign of King Charles II. Hyde Park has been the center of London life. It was there where jubilees were celebrated, where famous duels were fought, where grand reviews were held, where the world of fashion had it's rendezvous, where royal earousels were organized, and mimic sea fights took place on the Serpentine, while up in the further corner, now occupied by the Marble Arch, was Tyburn, where the gallows furnished plenty of entertainment to those who enjoyed the spectacle of a fellow creature being swung off into eternity. While the so-calied Tree of Justice" has disappeared, Vanity Fair, that is to say, the promenade where the modish world meets each day dur ing the London season, still remains very much as it was two hundred and fifty years ago, and then there is, of course. Rotten Row, the trout du Roi, which, while available for people on horseback, is barred to all carriages those occupied by the soverign and by his hereditary lord high falconer, the Duke of St. Albans lineally descend
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-30
WILL CAN THEM ON THE SPOT.
A Milwaukee Chef Will Go to Sea in a
 Turtle Cannery.

A Milwaukee Chef Will Go to Sea in a
 Turtle Cannery.
 Three Milwaukee men have conceived the brilliant idea of bringing into close proximity, through the agency of a floating cannery, the green turtles of Central America and the soup lovers of the United States.
 The floating cannery will sail to Costa Rioa under it's own canvas, says What to Eat, can a cargo of turtle soup and bring it back to the States.
 The promoters of the company are Joseph oberhofer, a chef, whose duty is to prepare the soups for a big ho- tel; John B. Restle and William Sieg- meier
 MT. oberhofer said: "We have incor- porated for $S5.OOO. I have done this be- fore In 1895 I went with schooner from New York to Central America. The trip cost $1S,O0O and we realized $40,000.
 We hired natives to turn the turtles over on the beach and get them to the ship. Fifty cents was paid for turning and nifty for landing them. Each weighs two or three hhundred pounds. The turtles go up on the low islands at nights to lay their eggs. They are turned, and in the morning six or eight of them are tied together and got into the water. They make their own way to the ship, for they naturally try tc get into deep water. Their location is kept by little flag tied tothem.
 We are going to New York to gel our vessel. It will be some little Nova Scotia fishing schooner and will not cost more than $6,OOV. Then we vii have cooking outfit, captain, mate thre sailors and atinner to solder tho cans Mir Seigmeler and I will go, ant MI. Restle will stay here to look after this end of the business MT, Siog' meier will attend to the boiler an( steamer for the canning, and vii make thesoup. We'll will can thirty t forty head a day or 10000 cans day We will can 100000 cans altogether The season will last from the middle 0 July to the middle of Septembef,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-30
PLAN TO MAKE FLORIDA DRYER

PLAN TO MAKE FLORIDA DRYER
 Florida is such a wet State that some folks have for long time had notion that it would pay to make 1t dryer They are now seriously talking about draining the great swamps known as the Everglades. A constitutional amendment has been proposed consti- tuting the members of the internal im- provement board commission with in- structions to supervise the work This commission, according to the proposed amendment, would have rather extra ordinary powers. They may drain or not, as they see fit; they may begin the work at once or defer it indefinitely; they may drain what portions they please and leave the rest unreclaimed; they may impose a special tax of ten cents an acre on such persons as they think would be benefited; they have power to make individuals pay for the lands that are claimed by the State and also claimed by railroad, and deter mine the title to them, which is now in litigation; they may sell any and all reclaimed land at private sale; collect taxes indefinitely; carry on irrigation work after drainage is completed, and perform many other duties.
 Of course there are opponents of this plan, as there are of all plans. They are asking such questions as these; Will the drainage of the Everglades cause climatic changes that will dc harm of more cost than the land to bt reclaimed will be worth? To whom will
 the land belong after it is reclaimed lDoes the State now need the land, ol would it be better to wait until there is a larger population? Would the placing of so much land on the market IOepfeClaIe lHe Ndlue ol tlle OtIIel toi1 lowned by the people? Have the drain age commissioners any settled plans Have any thorough surveys been made
 showing the best places for the location of drainage works? Would the lant
 sell for more if put on the market ten twenty or thirty years hence than i loffered within a year or two?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-30

Mir. John Hicks, United States minis ter to Chile, has written to the Depart ment of State that the section of rail- road from Salto del Soldado to Juncal has been opened to traffic. This is the railroad over the Andes to connect the cities of Buenos Ayres and Valparaiso, and will be the first road south of the Isthmus of Panama to join the two oceans. It is being constructed jointly by the republics of Chile and Argentina, The portion of the line still uncomplet- ed is only about ten miles in length, but it includes a long tunnel through the summit of the Andes, and it Is estimat. ed that 1t will take at least three years to complete it. Travel on this road be- gan as early as 18SS when the two ends of the railroad were seventy-five miles apart. From the Argentine end to Buenos Ayres the track is in good con- dition, and the journey is made in twenty-four hours. Transit across the mountains is only possible in the sum- ner season on account of the snow which accumulates during the winter months in immense quantities and ire quently descends to the lower levels ir the form of avalanches. It is said that the ordinary snowshed of the Rocky mountains will be worthless here, and the construction of tunnels or other means of protection strong enough tc safeguard the track so that trains may run in winter is an engineering problem not yet satisfactorily solved.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-30
moyEY,TERsUs SENTIMENT.

There are some unsentimental people in the world, and they don't care any
 more about the field of Waterloo than they do about the Falls ofeNiagara. Count Louis CSvens writes to the Eng fish press to give warning of the im- pending sale, presumably for building purposes, of the famous farm of Mont St Jean on the battlefield of Waterloo.
 It is also announced that the Hotel du Nfusee at the foot of the lion monument on the bastlefield, together with the museum attached, containing a unique collection of relics, is also in the mark