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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-08-10
UNCLE SAM TO BUY SILVER.
Government Needs BuIiion For Pur-
pose Of Subsidiary CoInage.

WASHINGTON. Aug. lO-For the
first time in thirteen years the govern.
ment announced its purpose 10 pur-
chase silver for coinage purposes. Ten
ders are invited at the office OF the d.
rector OF the mint Ia this city on
Wednesday. the 18th inst. and every
Wednesday thereafter until further
notice. These tenders are 10 be for
delivery AT the Philadelphia. New Or
leans or Denver mints. settlement 10
be on the New York basis OF bullion
guaranteed Tj9 fine. The treasury re
serves the right TO reject all tenders
or accept such part OF any tender as
may suit It's convenience.
IL Is understood that. anticipating
that its reappearanee AS n purchaser
might temporarily disturb the market
unduly. the treasury has obtained con
siderable amounts for future delivery,
10 that II Is In position 10 drop out OF
the market FOR several months II de-
srable. The average requirements OF
the treasury throughout the year will
probably not exceed 10000 ounces per
week. and IL will be the policy of the
department, while keeping reasona-
BILE amount In hand 10 so distribute
It's purchases throughout the year that
its demands will he uniform and not
an element OF uncertainty In the mar
ket
For the resumption of specie pay
ments in 1879 down TO the year 1900
the constant increase In the stock Of
subsidiary coin required by the grow
ing population and trade Of the coun-
try was supplied by the recoinage Of
old and uncurrent subsidiary coins
which accumulated In the treasury I'M
der The resumption act. In 1900, ms
this stock was running low. authority
was granted in the monetary act OF
March IA to the secretary OF the treas
ury to divert bullion purchased under
the act of July H. 1890, for the coin
age of silver dollars 10 the coinage OF
subsidiary pieces. Under this author
ity about $3S.0O0oO0 has been coined
since 1900.
Ing STUCK VI UullOu III TIC lICdSulg
was exhaust more than q year ago
and since no bullion has been
available for me subsidiary use.
The stock In the treasury had become
SO low that 1t was apparent, according
10 the department. that the demands
Of a constantly enlarging trade could
not be met without additional coinage
The secretary OF the treasury was In
doubt whether existing statutes au-
thorized him TO buy bullion for this
purpose and, moreover, was OF the
opinion that II would be Il better pol
icy to meet future demands for subsi
diary coin by the recolnage of silver
dollars in the treasury and SO recon-
mended to congress Congress, how
ever, having failed tot act upon his rec
ommendation, Secretary Shaw request
ed an opinion from the attorney gen
eral AS TO his authority to purchase
bullion for this purpose under existing
law and received favorable reply,
based on section 1926 of the revised
statutes. The policy now announced
was accordingly determined upon.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-08-10
PoWNAL.

Mr. Clement has a plank in his plat
form which reads,-"We charge the Re-
publican machine of Vermont with con
tinuing the rotten borough system to
maintain its absolute supremacy. +"
And Mr. Clement pledges his best ct
forts to secure an amendment to change
the present system of representation
from towns to districts. This means
that your town will have no represen-
tative in the legislature; that your
town will become one of chain of
towns and that this chain of towns will
elect a representative. Will you stand
for it? There's just one way to avoid
this Clement plan and that is to vote
the straight republican ticket.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-08-10
Governors Narrow Escape.

SPRINGFIELD. o.. Aug. 10.-Gov-
ernor Warfield and Governor Harris
and General j. Warren Keifer had a
narrow escape from death while they
were making an automobile tour of the
city. The car of former Mayor Bow
lus was plotting the party and was
closely followed by the car containing
the two governors and General Keifer.
Just as the leading car crossed the
main track of the Cleveland, Cincin-
natl Chicago and st. Louis railroad it
broke down. The hind wheels were
still on the track and the governors car
had pushed within a few feet when
the gates closed behind it. Seeing
their peril they jumped just as the
Big -Four limited dashed by. Two feet
farther would have meant instant
death for the entire party.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-08-10

BERLIN. Aug. lO.-Thc Rheinlsche
Zeitung prints AN article saying that q
scouting party Of Germans In south.
west Africa recently took five native
women prisoners. The Germans were
afraid to shoot the women FOR fear the
noise Of the firing would attract blacks
to the spot So five Of the men lined
up In front OF the women and five
stood behind them. and the prisoners
were bayoneted In cold blood The
Zeitung demands an Inquiry into the
mntter
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-08-10
For Town Representative.

The town caucuses will be held next
week 70 nominate the candidates for
town representative, and OF all the
caucuses OF the year there Is none
more important.
We may elect the aDlest aud most
brilliant man in the state 10 the gov.
ernorship; we may al the other state
Offices with the pick OF the citizens Of
the commonwealth and the state will
travel In the same old non-progres-
siye rat that IL did for forty years un.
less Ire several towns and cities elect
q legislature that not only has some
idea what ought TO be done, but will
also 90 ahead and try to do IT,
A legislature is like an individual.
n II waits 10 make sure that its every
movement Is absolutely correct II will
never do anything but draw its per
diem. a state advances by correct
ing It's errors OF the past and making
some new ones In effort for the future.
The value Oi the House OF Eepresen-
tatives that will assemble AT Montpel-
Ter will be the average Of the members
elected TO seats therein. We would
urge the voters OF the towns OF this
county not 10 countenance the selection
of any man but the best man. DO not
nominate man because he is a good
fellow and can get the votes OF those
fellows who care little and do less.
DO not nominate a man because he
is an orator or because he isn't, for
neither is essential Do not nominate
a man because he Is faithful party
worker or needs" or deserves
something. Do not nominate a man
because he is iue clean young man
or sharp, shrewd old one.
Remember this. The man who goes
TO Montpelier this fall and does his
duty has a hard and thankless job
ahead OF him. Think OF the questions
that are 10 come up: the public schools;
the permanent road question; the pro-
posed improvements OF the state sys-
tenn OF accounting; the sharp overhaul
Ing and reform OF our minor courts;
relieving the pressure on the supreme
court; the reform OF our silly and in.
effective caucus law; the endless
amendment OF city and village char
ters; the ever increasing attempts 10
grab public franchises; the intelligent
treatment OF our state prisons, asy-
lums AMI other institutions; and tee
scores Of things now unthought of but
all more or less affecting the lives and
welfare OF our people.
Think it over. II you were a share
holder in every business in the state
/ II you were a property owner and al
the same time a laboring man; II you
owned farms and also railroad and
other corporation stock-whom would
you select TO go to Montpelier in whom
/ you could trust all these diversified
/ interests, who would betray neither
your interests or those of your neigh
Dor? For the good and honor and
/ glory of our grand old state OF Yer
mont select the best man to be had
~ true to yourself and take no other
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-08-10
PERU

Mr. Clement has a plank in his plat.
form which reads:-"We charge the Re-
publican machine OF Vermont with con
tinuing the rotten borough system to
maintain its absolute supremacy.
And Mr. Clement pledges his best eff
forts TO secure an amendment to change
the present system OF representation
from towns to districts. This means
that your town will have no represen.
tative in the legislature; that your
town will become one OF a chain of
towns and that this chain OF towns will
elect a representative. viii you stand
for it? There's just one way to avoid
this Clement plan and that is to vote
the straight republican ticket.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-08-10
LANDGR0VE

Mr. Clement has a plank in his plat
form which reads:-"We charge the Re
publican machine OF Vermont with con
tinuing the rotten borough system TO
maintain its absolute supremacy. "
And Mr. Clement pledges his best eff
forts TO secure an amendment TO change
the present system OF representation
from towns to districts. This means
that your town will have no represen-
tatiye in the legislature: that your
town VIII become one OF chain of
towns and that this chain CT towns will
elect a representative. Will you stand
for il? There's just one way to avoid
this Clement plan ard that is to vote
the straight republican ticket.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-08-10
Ge.r. wins Thre. Races.

BUFFALO. Aug l0-Ed Geers. the
western driver had a banner day In
the sulky at the third days meeting OF
the grand circuit Geers won three
races, including the rich $1,000 En-
plre State trot The silent man captur-
cd first money In the Blue Ribbon
event with Gold Dust Maid. fayorite at
500 60 the field $50. Geers also won
the 2.16 pace with Ardelle and the
200 trot with Lady Gail Hamilton.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-08-10

HELENA Mont. Aug. 10.-The lar
gest individual wool clip ever grown
on the American continent was ship
ped from Billings, this state, over the
Burlington to Boston wool firm. The
clip weighed 100000 pounds, and for
ty-four cars were required to carry it,
The owner refused an offer of "a cents
a pound for the wool.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-08-10
M Frs!

No genuine Walter A. Wood
Mower or Reaper Repairs are
kept anywhere except at our
store. This is positive. We
are sole agents in this village.
We will sell you any machine
or repairs they make at right
prices.
Hardware for the builder or
owner
Supplies for the dairy or farm
Utensils for the kitchen and
camp
Heaters and Plumbing for your
home
Stewart Stoves and Ranges,
any size
Supplies of all kinds for the
Painter will be found at
our store
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-08-10
Rest, Health and Comfort to Mother nna
GhfId

MRS WINsLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP, for
child o. tccthing, softens the gums, reduces
collie. Perfectly safe IN an cases We would
say to every mother VINO has n suffering child:
Do not let your prejudice, nor the preiudice
of others, stand between You and your suffer
ing child and the relief That will be sure-yes
absolutely sure--to follow the use of this
medicine. If timely used. "'ice 20c. a bottle
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-08-10
Live stock Markets.

CATTLE Supply light market steady
choice. $1,000 prime. &.30d5.65 veal
calves. $7G7. %
HOGS - Receipts fair: market lower,
prime heavies. N.40a6.5N mediums, $500
665: heavy and light Workers, S6.65Q6.f0;
pigs. s6e5. roughs. &.50Q5.SO.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-08-10
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
cIosIns stock Quotations.

Money on call nominally M 2s.a3 per
cent. prime mercantile paper. 5isd54 per
cent, exchanges. Szs0.Ei.iJ0; balances s.
2i053i
Closing prices.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-08-10
a Dozen Ne9Ii9ee Shirts
At OOC

We went through the shirt
stock, carefully selected every shirt
slightly mussed, every one that had
not sold well and marked the bunch
6oc each. None were less than
S1.oo, some were ST. SO.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21

revised, for China is throwing off the
lethargy of centuries; her crowded
provinces are awakening, and the old
est civilization In the world seems about
to be born again.
The renaissance of China, however,
dates back much further than Is gener-
ally appreciated. 1t began before Japan
had been compelled to emerge from her
hermitage, yet the Japanese, being a
more shifty and mercurial people. and
as nation famed for the absorption of
ideas, quickly sprang into power by
adopting Western notions. Now the ma.
lions of the world are preparing for
what Is regarded as the inevitable. The
United States Is Increasing its forces
In the Far East. and is about to estab.
lish strong military base in Hawaii
The great nationalist movement in
China has heretofore failed of appre-
citation by the Western world, owing to
the prevalent misunderstanding of the
Chinese character. While the great
Christian peoples have been denounc-
Ing the Chinese for their ignorance, the
densest want of knowledge of that race
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
|NAN| + FER the
IA SLEEP Of
|LAA1CENTURlEs
G;ant China rising from the torpor Of
ages prepares 70 dominate Asia and
10 contend with the civilization Of

sists of mountain ranges, foot hills of
the llimalayas. and plateaus.
Owing to her impregnable position
China grew up without rival. The
neighboring tribes, forming the fringes
of the empire, were duly impressed with
the power of the empire and paid will
Ing homage to the giant. These tribu-
taries China treated with condescend-
Ing patronage and the disdainful con-
tempt calculated to keep them in sub
lection. When the Western nations be-
gan to knock at her door China very
naturally judged them to be similar to
the tribes ON her borders and assumed
toward them the tone of superiority she
was accustomed to use. She even went
so far as to denounce them as barbar
ians and demanded tribute.
This arrogant spirit precipitated the
Opium War of 1889. In which the anti
quated arms of the old empire received
an epoch-making blow. Seventeen years
later China again attempted to expel
the Western invaders instead of con
cedlng points in dispute, and as n re-
suit the Anglo-French troops forced the
Emperor to flee his capital and routed
his armies.
Thus it was half century ago when
China began to understand the charac-
ter of the Western nations 1t was the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
(. MASTER OF HIS CRAFT.
Brief Tale of a Wandering Cowboy 9
&h> MaeAA.n nI.iaA

oVlet VI ale OF wandering COWBOY OF
the Western Plains.
The cowboys who travel with herds
of cattle for days across the Western
plains become very tired of their ra-
tons, says the author of 1.-The Log
of Cowboy" and gladly welcome
any change or addition to their bill
of fare. In illustration of this he
tells the story of wanderer VINO ar
rived at their camp one night just be-
fore Christmas. He was made well
come, and in his conversation men
toned where he had been the Christ
mas before.
81 was helping the folks at the
ranch make doughnuts. Well, fell
lows, you ought to have seen them;
just sweet enough, and Drowned to
a turn. / tell you, Pm an artist on
doughnuts."
Miller rose, took him by the hand,
and said, That's straight. now is it?"
That's straight. Making dough
nuts is my long suit"
Mouse" said Miller to one Of tho
boys, go out and bring in his saddle
from the stable and put it under my
bed. Turn his horse into the big pas
ture in the morning. He stays here
until spring; and the first spear of
green grass see his name goes on
the payroll. You go to work on this
specially of yours right after break
fast in the morning, and show us
what you can do in that line"
The next morning, after breakfast
was over, he got the needed articles
together and went to work. There
were nearly a dozen men lying round,
all able eaters. BY ten o'clock he be-
gan to turn them out as he said he
could. When the regular cook had
to have the stove for dinner, the taste
which we had had made us ravenous
for more. Dinner over, he went at
them in earnest.
A boy riding toward the railroad
with an important letter dropped in,
and as he said he could only stop a
minute, we stood aside until he had
had taste. After eating a solid
hour, he filled his pockets and rode
away. One OF our men called after
him, Don't tell anybody what we've
got!'
The next morning two men rode
up from camp to the north, which
the boy had passed the day before
with the letter. They went straight to
the kitchen. An hour later old Tom
Cave rode in from his camp, twenty
five miles to the east. He refused
to take stool and sit down, like
civilized folk, but stood up by the tub
and picked out the ones which were
pale brown.
About two o'clock Doc Langford
and two of his peelers rode up. Our
luck was circulating faster than a
secret amongst women. Our man,
though, stood at his post like the boy
on the burning deck. He certainly
was an artist on doughnuts.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21

commerce. The demand has also been
made by the reform party in China for
IL reconstruction of the form of govern
ment, a constitution founded upon that
of the United States being most. in ia
vor.
For thousands of years China has
from its own resources fed and clothed
and warmed itself. Everything the Chi
nese required they were able to pro.
duce. But the shopkeeping nations saw
in the great empire an immense market,
and virtually have forced their wares
upon the Celestials. The danger to the
Western world, the yellow peril" in
short, is not political, but economic.
Production has purposely been re-
strained in China by governmental In
reference. Machinery was kept out
of the kingdom until recent years for
fear that untold millions might be rem
dered idle, and idleness breeds anarchy
and disorder. All this is now on the
eve of being changed. Machinery will
undoubtedly be introduced, and when
tHe HOQern looms are running, when
great iron works are put into opera
ton, when the vast and incalculable
stores of coal and metallic ores are
worked with such appliances as now
make the Western world pre-eminent,
what will be the result?
With the adoption of labor-saving
and quick producing machinery, China
bids fair to become the most colossal
manufacturer in the world. The four
hundred odd millions of natives cannot
reasonably absorb the product. Unques-
tionably production will be the cheapest
in the worlds so the natural outlet for
the gigantic surplus will first be the
neighbors of the empire-Japan, Korea,
the Shan States. even India itself.
Western competition will be unable to
enter the field; 1t could not compete in
price, and it could not equal Chinese
workmanship, which is thorough, and
what may astonish those who fail to
understand the Chinese-honest.
Japanese commerce is likely first to
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21

feel the keenness of this competition
Inc japanese. living up to their char
acter, as the Yankees of the East" are
invariably guilty of sharp practices in
trade. 1t is admitted by most writer's
on the Orient that the commercial NOR.
ality of the Japanese is inferior to that
OF Chinese. '"There is always" says
one authority, "a tendency to deterio.
rate In all articles, for as soon as their
superiority or cheapness has won for
them place in trade the standard is
lowered and something inferior is pre-
duced.' Surely, Western civilization
has taken root in Japan.
On the other hand, the Chinese mer-
chant, as rule, Is honorable to de-
gree not always observed in this part
Of the world.
Army Being Reorsanixed.
For year or two Japan has been
active in assisting in the reorganization
OF the Chinese army, which now num-
beers about 100000 finely trained and
competently differed men. In three
years 1t Is believed that 100000 equal
ly as efficient troops will be ready un.
der the banner of the yellow dragon.
The outcome of another Chino-Japan-
csc war. remote as such conflict is,
would probably have result very DIFF
ferent from the first struggle.
1t will be impossible for China to
take an aggressive step until she is
provided with an adequate sea force.
The collection .of old ironcads which
figure in the Naval Annual cannot
properly be considered MS a navy. On
the other hand, blockade of the Chi
nese ports by an enemy would be al
most impossible, owing TO the great
stretch of coast line. Even If prac-
ticable, the suffering would be entirely
local. With such an army as she will
have three years hence, she will be able
to make n strong defense.
Under the conditions Of ordinary
evolution, no Chinese conflict would be
due for at least decade, but the un-
rest Of the rapidly growing Reform
party In the eastern cities of the en-
pire may precipitnte n conflict. The
Japanese are no more popular in China
at present than are Americans, for
while America excludes Chinese, Japan
has taken overlordship Of both Korea
and Manchuria us the spoils of war
with third power.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
Why England Prepares for War.

Why England Prepares for War.
That England Is slowly, cumbrous-
ly, yet with genuine determination,
stripping herself for war, will be sur
prising news to most people. Yet such
according to Mr.. Sydney Brooks Tin
Harper's Weekly, is the fact. Not,
though, for any specific war, but for
war generally for the state of war.
She is doing what her history shows
her to have done but too rarely in
the past-she is looking ahead ald
making preparations. There is no
enemy visibly in sight: there is moth
ing in the present state of Europe,
unsettled as it is, to make one think
that England will shortly be engaged
in hostilities. Nevertheless the ma
ton is examining her armor. War
may break out; England may be
dragged into it; she means, II pos
sible. not to be caught unprepared.
There was n King of England to
whom his contemporaries gave the
name of The .Unready.' His country
has continued to take after him.
More emphatically than any other of
the great powers. England is Eng
land the unready. There is more
pervasive and clearereyed percep-
tion than ever before of the dangers
to which her military ineffectiveness
exposes the nation. The subject of
home and imperial defence, in short.
is in the air.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21

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proper IS ABOUT one'haif the size of the
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ing where they parallel the Grand
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Awakenins In the Cities.
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