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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-13

IDEAS FOR GAMES, PUZZLES.
Toys and novelties. If you ever inv"nted
Il game N puzztc for children or grown
Ups or toy, or if you can think of Il
good advertising or ornamental novelty,
,e.i us about il. There may be Il snug
Income III it for you. We make and sell
everything in these lines. Write US. dcs-
clhinis yn,r idea. and we will make You 4
Proposition. Dept. Mfg. Co.. Div: g.. %
fmelN st. Portland Maine. auslldlWF
100 CORDS OF -pREsslNG IN
Immediate vicinity of Augusta. Price will
s Sa nald according TO Giality. AppiN, 10
samuel Curricr. EIa1loweN. Au%lldti
APPLY SATIN SKIN CREAM, THEN
use satin skin powder, note satin texture,
Iehhed, exquisite beauty bestowed Flesh,
White, pink. hfuner auSl0dlw
MAKE OVER YOUR COMFORT
1n!e old shoes to look almost Ike new.
Latest ~ To date machinery. Saves Your
ShoeS ana moncy.-c. :. York Shoe store.
~, Water St. Augusta. auSA.IW
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-13

COTTAGE HOUSE, EIGHT FIN
iShed rooms, acre land. situated Wayne
village, near two lakes, good summer
hnm" Of permanent u %idcnct, address
Mis-. Ada Stevens, Winthrop Ne.
alg12l1W4
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-13

Winchcs, wire rope, iron blocks, gumwood
rolls for moving buildings. also Jacks in
great variety. FIJI stock in Boston works
at Augusta. II. II. Harvey. aus5d2w
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-13

A THREE SEATED OPEN WAGON,
seating nine people. made by Wngate IL
Simmons. Is in fine condition and has set
of double sled runners for winter use.
f. G. Kinsnlan. july2Sltf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-13
HYDRAULIC CIDER PRESS AND Z
HAN DIE
AN D
LOT OF MEMS BLACK

and Tan 'i0CdVe1r WeltS. Save You Just
$i.00. l.. ". payson, Hallowell, Me. Open
evenings. may23ltf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-13

OF
Wanted...M Male Hello.
FIRST GLASS SHOE REPAlRER.

Man with some knowledge IF shoe store
PREFERRED. Only rcliah'e man Who lis
tirs5 class Murl:,ll:ll "a :n.'lv. G. :
York. 10 Water st. .\u.tla..t
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-26
PROOF OF SIGHT IN PLANTS.
Nature Student Comes Forward with
Convincing Argument.

Darwin believed that plants could
see, and believe so, too" said ma
ture student.
Il was reading on my veranda the
other day; one foot was near a large
convolvulus. The tendrils were point
ing outwards. but in a few minutes l
heard them rustic faintly-they were
turning towards my shoe. They began
to advance towards II, moving as a
very sluggish serpent might have done,
and by the time had finished the joke
column they were within few inches
OF me. went indoors then for dinner.
On my return the convolvulustendrils
Disguised. had resumed their outward
march towards the rail.
81 got pole and set It up foot
from the nearest tendrils. In ten min
utes they were creeping sturdily
towards the pole. To-day they are
twined about 1t.
How could the convolvulus tendrils
approach my foot and the pole. both
placed in the opposite direction from
the light, unless they saw? Yes. they
must have sight these plants, or they
couldn't trot about in the silent, clever
way they do"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-26
SNAKES A GENERAL NUISANCE,
Pennsylvania Farmers Seem Greatly
Bothered by the Reptiles.

George Burhen, who is building a
new house for himself on part OF his
fathers farm on German Hill, went to
refill a water jug the other day that
had been left in the shade, when he
luckily espied huge RATHER AZ inches
long and carrying 13 rattles, coiled
ready for a fight about the jug. George
lost no time in killing the reptile and
has preserved the skin and rattles to
verify his statement.
Two young sons of George Copeland
went snake hunting at a den near
their fathers home, ON Little Hickory
creek, one day recently and killed an
even dozen of rattlers before they
gave up the battle.
Henry Amburger Of Hunters Station
has been missing eggs from the nest
in his chicken coop, even china egg
disappearing. He suspected rats or
other small animals, but the other day
when he found a dead blacksnake
eight feet long nearby, with a china
egg lodged in its stomach the great
mystery was solved.-Tionesta Vindi-
Gator
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-26
HERE'S NEW KIND OF BURGLAR
Leaves typewriter Note Of Explana-
ton and Also Appreciation.


France has a fairly representative
selection of burglars and other Grim
inals, but the typewriter burglar is
novelty.
He broke into fat OF an apart
ment house In Toulouse the other day
ard left the following letter neatly
typewriter on a machine in the
room:
Dear Sir and Colleague think by
your untidiness that you are not a
lady, but untidiness means busy
man. So | congratulate you. can
see that you are professional typist,
like myself, and guessing that you
were one looked into your box of pa
pers for your keys and naturally
found them there.
81 have emptied the drawers Of your
table, out of which ! have taken fr.
2.10 al cents). This is low price
for an evenings work, but l have also
carried off some OF your work, which
| will study at my leisure.
Some of your translations are quite
good; do a little of 1t myself in my
spare moments / am not taking your
machine for you and know how very
nearly impossible it is to sell a sec
ond-hand typewriter.
you will forgive me, my dear col
league, for not signing this letter, and
you need not fear a return visit from
me. There is nothing worth taking in
your rooms"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-26
'LAROE WANTED IN
TIC ONDERO GA
FOR ASSAULT
Man Stabbed at Burlington is
Now in Jail.
BROTHER OF "GLADYS GREY
May be duplicate In Attempt to Rob
Barre Man Who Was Stupidity
intoxicated.

Burlington, Aug. 26.-Stories pub
lished in yesterday mornings papers
of the alleged stabbing of George Lee
roe, brother of Gladys Gray, the ac-
tress, in this city Monday night
brought developments promptly at
Ticonderoga, n. Y, and the police
here were requested by Deputy Sher-
III Tillotson of that place to hold the
man until his arrival today as he is
wanted on a charge of assault.
Leroe is alleged to have struck and
severely injured man at Ticonderoga
with whiskey bottle. The deputy
sheriff telegraphed at once on seeing
the morning papers. The Burlington
police placed Leroe under arrest. Lee
roe, whose home is at Middlebury,
came here about a week ago from ri.
conderoga.
The police were not satisfied with
Leroe's story, when he staggered up
to the Rutland railroad roundhouse
south of the city and declared that a
man had jumped from the bushes and
stabbed him in the head as he was re-
turning after walking home with a
young woman. There are no houses
in the vicinity of the alleged attack.
Yesterday a man named Palmer
from Barre told the officers that he
was drunk last night and went to
sleep near the drawbridge He was
awakened to find three men going
through his pockets. Palmer said
that he drew his pocket knife and
stabbed one of the men and that they
then ran away. Palmer says the men
stole 500 from him.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-26
BROKERAGE FIRM
FAILS FOR A
MILLION
A. 0. Brown & Go. Give Stock
Market Nervous Thrill
SMASH WILL CLEAR TANGLE
Firms Transactions Covered rs per
Gent Of Most Remarkable Days
Trading In History Of Exchange.

New York, Aug. 26.-The failure of
the big brokerage firm of A. o. Brown
& Co., for sum popularity estimated
as running well above $l,000000 sent
a nervous thrill through the stock
market yesterday.
Coming as a climax to the bewilder-
ing trading in last Saturdays mar
ket, the suspension created an extra
ordinary degree of public interest but
was looked upon by high stock ex-
change interests as offering an early
solution of the tangle growing out of
the most remarkable two hours ses.
sion the New York stock exchange has
known in many years. While there
was no question in Wall street that
the situation created by the failure
could easily be taken care of, there
was distinctly feeling of apprehen.
sion lest other firms might unwilling
ly be drawn into the affair as a result
Iof the extensive orders scattered
through commission houses during
Saturdays spectacular proceedings.
The transaction of A. o. Brown &
Co, covered nearly as per cent of the
trading in the sensational weekend
session of the stock market and it
was stated officially by member of
the firm that delivery had been made
on only 277.00O of the more than 700,-
600 shares handled.
When the failure was announced a
member of the firm stated that its af.
fairs were in badly tangled condition
as the result of Saturdays trading,
and that it was thought best to make
an assignment at once.
Members of the suspended firm de-
clare there was nothing extraordinary
in their trading on Saturday. The
fact that the stocks dealt in showed
no great change of price, they declar-
ed, bewildered the followers of the
market and brought about the wide
spread comment.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-26
THE FOUR TEAM SERIES
Hoosick Falls Not Represented and
Arrangements not Completed

There was no definite action taken
at the conference of baseball mana
gers at North Adams Tuesday evening
for the reason that the Hoosick Falls
team was not represented. Managers
Ferry OF Pittsfield, Flaherty of North
Adams and Manager Corbett OF Ben
nlngton discussed details to some ex-
tent but came to no positive conclus'
ions in regard to a schedule
There will be another meeting at
North Adams Thursday evening when
II is expected that definite details can
be settled. AS the situation was dis.
cussed Tuesday evening the Massa-
chusetts managers appeared in favor
of giving each visiting team rain
guarantee and allowing the home
teams to control their own gate re-
ceipts.
Provided Bennington can secure a
good proportion of the Saturday dates
Manager Corbett is of the opinion that
this village can get into the series and
hold up its end financially. Unless
Bennington can have good proportion
of the Saturdays it will be useless to
undertake the scheme.
While in North Adams Manager Cor.
bett arranged for the appearance of
the North Adams team at Morgan
Park next Wednesday afternoon.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-26
Where Bari. Got His Idea.

II is said that the late Lord Penn
broke indirectly gave Mr.. Barrie the
Idea for his play, "The Admirable
Crichton." He, the earl, went out on
voyage of discovery to a South Sea
island accompanied only by a young
country doctor. Once on the island
the couple missed the steamer some
how that was to convey them to Eng
land.
They had to stay there for lone
time, and according to his lordship
II was the young doctor who became
leading spirit and master of the stu
alton all round.
1T was I who should have BACKED
his boots!" the earl would laughingly
tell.
Just as the castaways In Barries
play, relief came at last to earl and
doctor, who were rescued by passing
boat and broLs back safe to old Eng
land.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-26
ny They Buy Leaving Home Half DEPARTING
CHARGED WITH SEEMING
Net Found Under Bed of Prominent
Rutland Merchant

Rutland, Aug. 26.--Alonzo Norton, a
prominent merchant was brought be
fore City Judge w. X. Farnsworth yes
terday afternoon charged with. SEEMING
in st. Catherine Wells. He pleaded
not guilty but was convicted and fined
800. He claims that enemies placed
a net under his bed to get him into
trouble.
Three wardens from Wells and
South Poultney raided the Norton cot
tage at Lake st. Catherine about mid,
night recently and found under a bed
net over two hundred feet long
which they confiscated and placed Mr.
Norton under arrest.
The circumstances regarding the net
are rather Diystifging and Mr.. Norton
claims to be as much in doubt as Ia
how 1t came there as anyone. Ele has
a cottage al the lower end of the lake
and has been In the habit OF going
there in the late evening of Saturday
Consequently 1t has been his custom
DUNG hot weather to leave the win
dowe of the upper story open that the
rooms may be more comfortable for
sleeping.
NJ Norton has ascertainod hat q
stranger was seen to enter his house
by che of these windows some 1.-TWO
weeks ago and 1t is said that some one
probably has either been trying tC
take HIM in or deposited the net where
! it was found until a more advantage
Gus time to use il. However, the
friends Of Mr.. Merton have aever be
lieyed him an illegal flsherBal. VI
Norton says the wardens wen straight
to the upper story and into the room
and under the led without lookine
lcther to the right or left.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-26
Swallows Lack NESTING places.

The most important factor in the
multiplication of bird life is the sufil-
cheney OF nesting sites. and every year
the swallows range OF choice is cir
cumscribed. He used to be the chin.
ney swallow" and 1t must have been
a severe blow to the prospects of the
race when instead of the wide lodged
chimneys we began to build straight,
narrow fiues, with no lodgings for the
birds at any point.
In may other ways houses and
even farm buildings are being rem
dered m.S.e and more unsuitable for
swallow guests, while the overmulti.
plying sparrow annexes most of the
best sites which remain, The swal-
low, with his little soft beak and tiny
feet is no fighter-Couptry Queries
and Notes.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-26
GRANGE NOTES
Matters Of Interest in Relation to This
O der.

Bennington Grange conferred the
Bird and 4th degrees on nine candidates
at the las, nectitg After a short lit
erary program furnished by MesTs.
|C. e Russell, Charles Thompson, Flet-
cher of East Alstead, NJ H., and John
Cox Of Hoosick, refreshments of peach
es, bananas and ice cream we're serv-
led TO the 95 members present, Final
arrangements for the basket picnic to
be held in Hunts upper grove, August
9th were made last night
All Changers In this and adjoining
counties are invited. Ex-Gov. N. j.
Batchelder of New Hampshire, master
of Vermont state grange will be pres
ent and deliver addresses. There will
be dancing in the afternoon and suit
able prizes will be awarded in the diff
ferent races.
The Grange will observe children's
night September End, when the pro-
gram is expected to be unusually inter
esting. Revised bylaws will then be
ready for distribution. Mrs. F. M.
Thompson circle meets with Mrs.
e. A. Rice this afternoon. Though
only three years old, Bennington
Grange has about 200 members, in
GLIDING nearly all the prominent far
mers Of Bennington, deputies of two
societies, the highest officers in five
secret societies and has the highest
average attendance of any secret so
ciety in town.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-26
NO MAN CAN LIVE TO HIMSELF,
Each One To-day Generally a Part Of
One Great Whole.

Men do not choose their parts in life
separately and individually in our day,
as they did IN the days Of our fathers,
The men are becoming rare now who
have business Of their own, under
taken upon their own individual capt.
tai and built up and conducted indie
pendently upon their own RESPONSE
bility. Professional men are rare who
rise to the top Of their profession
without attaching themselves more or
less intimately to institutions or cor
porations of some sort-doctors to
hospitals, lawyers to great corporate
undertakings, men Of science to the
great enterprises In which science is
applied. Each man finds himself a
small part of some great whole, whose
operation is decided by votes taken
about long tables In directors rooms,
whose morals are composite morals,
a compromise combination of what the
material interests of the body dictate
and what the enterprise Of its man
ayers suggests, the character Of every
man who participates being merged in
the general compound.-President
Woodrow Wilson princeton Univer'
sity).
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-26
WENT TO THE FRONT TO DIE.
Pathetic Farewell Made by Loyal
Subjects of the Mikado.

During the Chino-Japanese war the
members of one Of the missionary
families were living in the part Of
Chemulpo near the barracks where
the Japanese were quartered until
they could be sent by sea to the front.
I'm Korea with Marquis Ito" by DR..
George Trumbull Ladd, contains a pa
thetic little story In connection with
this family.
One day a petty officer came up on
the porch Of the house. unlimited; but
after accepting gratefully the cup Of
tea offered him. being unable to speak
any English, he went away, leaving
the object of his apparent intrusion
unexplained.
Soon afterward he returned with
some 20 of his comrades, mostly pet
ty officers, accompanying him. And
when the hostess was becoming
somewhat alarmed at the number for
whom she might be expected to fur
nish tea and cakes, one OF the COM
pany explained In broken English that
they had come to see the baby, girl
about two years old.
The little one was brought out by
the mother and placed in the arms
of the speaker. who carried her along
the line formed of his comrades and
gave each one chance to see her. ITO
smile at her, and TO say few words
to her In an unknown tongue.
On going away, after this somewhat
formal paying of respects to "the
baby" the japanese officer still fur
Their explained.
Madam" said he, tomorrow morn
ing we are going to the front, and We
do not expect ever to return. But be
fore we go to die, we wanted to bic
good-by to the baby"
The number of the regiment Il
which these soldiers belonged wal
taken note of by the mother. Theil
expectation came true; they did mo-
return.-Youth's Companion.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-26
Fine Writing.

The art of fine writing is almost ex-
tinct, remarks correspondent who
has seen the illuminated manuscripts
at the Burlington Fine Arts club. This
was brought forcibly to his mind when
he set about the task Of finding some
one who could write an Illuminated
address to be presented to an eminent
person, which should reproduce the
lost art of the monkish "scriptorium"
rather than be gorgeous specimen
of the ticket writer's skill. He ran
his man down at last in small shop
of Chancery lane, kept by stationer
who might have sat for the portrait
of worthy Mr.. Snagsby in Bleak
House. London Chronicle.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-26
TWO $4,000 LIBEL
SUITS AGAINST
PHOENIX
Actions Brought by Rutland
County Deputy Sheriff
AGAINST BRATTLEBORO PAPER
Proprietor a. L. French Charged With
Publishing Article Damaging Char
acter Of Leonard and Mason.

Rutland. Aug. 26-Two writs at
taching property to the extent OF. sl0,.
900 belonging to DIN L. French, pub
Usher and proprietor Of the Brattle-
boro Phoenix, left Rutland yesterday
for service at Brattleboro. The writs
were drawn by Attorney Ernest H. o.
Brien of this city who is counsel for
Deputy Sheriff Allen A. Leonard Of
Wallingford and A. G. Mason of Paw
let VINO holds the Office of first con-
stable in that town.
The Two officers claim they were In.
| jured 10 he extent of $4,000 each when
the Phoenix In its issue of August 7
printed an article Taliclously injuring
them while they were in search OF FL
roy Kent, the supposed murderer of
Miss Della B. Congdon, whose mutt
lated body was found at her home in
East Wallingford last month
The declaration in the case sets up
that he officers we're falsely, wicked.
ly and maliciously injured by the ar
ticle published in the paper of that is
sue.
The item referred to stated that the
officers appeared to be as much of a
menace to The peace ard good order
of he village OF South Londonderry as
Elroy Kent. 1t VAS further stated
that "une OF the most~ dlsgraeefuI as
poets of the affair was in frvnt 81 the
thotel in South Londonderry where the
officers stopped and asked for a drink
of liquor On being retused they said
they didrt care as they had plenty of
their own, proving the fact by waving
bottles and using language that dis
gusted every one that was within hear
INK"
The article also accused one Of the
officers of knocking down Devere
Houghton OF South Londonderry who
was driving team ahead Of the auto
mobile used TO convey the officers.
The plaintiffs claim they would not Let
them pass by when they desired "a do
so. although they had ample space in
the highway.
The case ill be tried at the March
term of Rutland county court.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-26
Wheat In the Far North.

The report of the standing commit
tee of the commons on agriculture and
colonization presented tc parliament
notes that G. L. Young, superintendent
Of railway lands Of the department OF
the interior, pointed out that wheat Is
successfully raised at Fort Simpson
900 miles north of the international
boundary and 500 miles north of Ed
monitor. DR.. Thompson, member for
the Yukon, presented to the committee
a sample Of white oats grown on a
farm So degrees north latitude. This
sample, analysed by Seed Commits
sloner Clark, was found to run 46
pounds to the bushel and to be an ex-
ceptionally fine sample of white oats
OF superior milling quality.-ottawa
Correspondent ST. John Sun
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-26
AND THEN HE WASN'T PLEASED
Wlfey's Economy That Drew No Praise
from Husband.

There was a pensive look In Mrs.
Compton's charming eyes, but she
smiled across the table at her husband
when he asked her II she felt too tired
TO go with him to a concert. Il sup
pose you have been busy packing all
day" he said, thoughtfully,
"oh, yes, I've been busy" she said.
with little sigh, "bH feel satisfied,
for everything is packed now, except
the last things. that can't go in the
trunks till tomorrow. and besides that
have done something I'm sure will
please you, Henry. II will show you
that I'm really learning to be thrifty
and economical like you"
II should like to hear what you've
done, said Mr. Compton, with as seri-
Gus an air as his wife's.
II knew that the battery in my little
electric lantern would not begin to last
till our vacation was over" said Mrs.
Compton. and yet it didn't really need
to be recharged yet So rather than
have that spark wasted. went into
the library at dusk, with all the cur.
tains drawn and the shades down, and
Just sat there in the dark-or II would
have been dark except for the lantern.
| mean-and pressed one finger after
another on the lantern button,
changing fingers as they got numb, till
at last the spark gave out. So now
can have it recharged tomorrow with
clear conscience. "-Youth's Compan-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-26
DOES HIS WORK IN PRIVATE
Great Painter Who Wants No Wit
nesses to His Art.

John Sargent, the famous painter, is
something of an eccentric in private
life. When engaged on any important
work he will suddenly disappear from
London--only for few days-and
where he goes nobody knows. Then
he returns from his hiding place, bring
ing his picture with him. One Of the
secrets of his wonderful lifelike por.
traits is that he always aims at trans
hitting the mind and feeling OF his
sitter, as we'll as his outside shell on
to his canvas. The faithfulness OF Mr..
Sargent's portraits is such that Mr..
Dooley was once led to remark that
mo artist in our day has succeeded
so we'll in showing up the maneness
" tn people he has mugged." By
the way, Mr.. Sargent is musician OF
no mean order, while as a CONVEX
sationalist he possesses charm all
his own.