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Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-05-28

fall like the tide every five or ten min
utes, while strong currents whirI the
water into a semblance Of wave action
and keep the eggs in eonstsnt agiia
ton.
Still another class OF eggs, like those
Of the herring, pike-perches and the
sturgeons, form adhesive masses,
which make them difficult to fertilize
and aerate, and they are usually mixed
with little powdered starch or muck
to destroy their sickness, after which
they are incubated by one of the meth
DDS already described.
During the process of incubation,
which occupies, according to the spe-
cies and temperature of the water, from
three days 20 eight months, the fish
culturist has ample scope for the APP
plication of experience, skill and good
judgment. Slight changes in the rate
of flow of water, especially IN the later
stages, may alter materially the course
of development, apparently insigniii-
cant variations in the quantity and
quality of dissolved gsses may make
or mar the record of a hatchery and
there are always lurking spores of bac-
terra and fungi to plunge the whole
product of seasons work suddenly
into the throes OF an epidemic.
The jars and troughs must be kept
clean, and the dead eggs frequently
removed, although with many species
there is critical period in developing
hen the eggs can hardly be handled
at all without disaster. All sorts of
monstrosities, fry with two heads, two
tails, or Siamese twins may develop
from injurious handling, or from no
apparent cause, and toward the end of
incubation Matching may be often ex-
pedited or retarded by irregularity in
the flow of water, so that the fish-cul-
turIst IS called into play that he may
bring his charges into the world at the
I time best suited to his purposes.
The little fish normally breaks from
; the egg tail first, and even some time
before Matching, the hind end of the
body can be seen flashing from side to
side within the shell.
The infant fish just Matched Is an
awkward, sprawllng creature, but lit
tie resembling it's parents. Its head is
prominent and knobby, with eyes dis
proportionate large, its body is long,
slender and transparent, while beneath
the belly is a strange, pfotrudlDg yell
low or whitish bag, covered with
branching blood vessels, the yolk.sac-
most important although transitory
organ. The mouth is not yet open, and
the fry is therefore incapable, although
day by day it grows in size and
! changes ia shape, gradually becoming
more and more like its parent.
As the little fish grows, the yolk-sac
becomes progressively less conspicu-
Gus, and the conviction is soon forced
upon the observer that there is some
rel alton between the two phenomena.
The yolk-sac is, in reality, a food reser-
vor fabricated in the body of the par
ent aud stored in the egg; and the
biood-vessels ramifying over itssurface
are the agents by which it is absorbed
and converted into the tissues of the
growing infant.
About the time that 1t finally disap-
pears, in some species little before
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from the Youths Companion
The cultivation of the soil marged one
of the eafliest steps in mans advance
from savagery, and its beginning were
already lost in the mists of antiquity
when the first crude attempts were
made toward increasing the natural
produetiveness of the waters.
Vastly inferior to agriculture though
it be, both in age and economic impor-
lance, agriculture The culture OF the
waters-is nevertheless of respectable
antiquity and of no mean value as
producer and conseryer of wealth.
Fish-culture was first practiced by
the Chinese, who at time so remote
that there is no record of its beginnings
placed in the streams fagots and fas-
cines of brush, upon which breeding
fish-probably carp-could spawn.
The eggs were removed and Matched
nearby, or else sold for transport, to
stock more distant ponds and streams.
The aAcient Egyptians also knew
the art of fish-cuiture, and we later
hear of it in Rome during the republic.
There are pictures extant showing the
methods of that day, which were
wholly different from those of the Chi
nese, dealing, too, were distinct species
of fish.
bitches were dug inland from the
sea, into which the fish ran at certain
seasons to deposit their spawn their
egrees and that of their progeny being
prevented by hood-gates. The breeding
fish, after depositing their eggs, graced
the tables of the luxurious Romans,
while the young hatched in the bitches
were reared to maturity in captivity.
The species cultivated were the red
mullet and the moray
The early Germans, too, had fish
ponds, some of which to this day fur
nish an important part of the food
supply of Central Europe; but in this
case landIocked bodies of water, either
natural or artificial, were stocked with
breeding fish, the only attention re-
quired being a supply of food.
1t is interesting TO note that the Ha-
waiians and other natives of the South
Seas, savages, perhaps, but of high
order of intelligence, followed much
the same methods, and had fish-ponds
long before the advent of the white
race.
In the fourteenth century monk,
Don PinchoE, discovered the utility
of boxes and running water IN raising
fish from naturally fertilized eggs, but
the first successful attempt at artificial
fertilization was not made until l14S,
when Jacob, German, discovered
the process. This important discovery,
from which modern fish-culture may
be said to date, made little progress
outside Germany, for more than three
quarters of century; then its prnci-
pies were independently rediscovered
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-05-28

than a minute at a
time. My doctor
said an operation
was t h 9 only
chance / had, and
/ dreaded it almost
as much as death.
One day / was
reading how other
women had been
cured by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound,
and decided to try
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-05-28
OPERATION
HER ONLY
CHANCE
WasCured byLydiaE.P Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

Adrian, Ga. 81 suffered untold
misery from a female weakness and
disease. and / could not stand more
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-05-28
Planting the Waters.
What the dovernme emit is Doing for
Our Fish Food Supplies.

BY HON GEO. NJ. Bowers.
United States Commissioner of Fish
and Fisheries.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-26
DELAY FEEDS IT

Just a little mild kidney disease
don't amount to anything, but let IL
run for few weeks or months and
you have got just what has bailied
medical science for over forty years
and was till very recently ncurable
Sometimes it is slow, but to show
how fatal it is and how futile the
oldtime kidney medicines you have
been taking let us tell you that the
deaths from kidney troubles are now
$4,000 annually--orer 40 per lay
Alarming figures, but they are taken
from the u. $, census.
The way TO prevent this mild kid
ney disease becoming chronic is to
treat It from its very first hour of ap
pearance as If it were chronic. There
Is but one thing known that cures
both the chronic and the mild cases
and we sent for It.
II you have kidney trouble start
right. No cases cited except in sup.
posed iucurable forms Let us tell you
about IT, b. A. Quinlan and w. l..
Gokay
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-26
ANorHeR LLouoR QUESTION
For Voters. A Summary Of Many Elk
periments'

Why is it that the men high up in
the medical profession are more and
more coming out against the regular
use Of alcohol in even moderate guam
titles? People fly to such men for adj
vice when they are sick and pay fan
cy prices" for 10 minutes consultation.
Their advice ought to be as good Tor
a well person IN McClure's Magazine
for October, 1909 and March 1909 are
two articles on Alcohol and the In
diyidual" and Evidence Against Alec
hol. Both are summaries and con-
illusions from experiments carried on
by the most eminent medical experts
in Europe and America.
The first article concludes: Il am
bound to believe, on the evidence,
that ii you take alcohol in any guam
tity whatever, you are:
Cd Threatening the physical struc-
lures Of your stomach, your liver
your kidneys, your heart your blood
vessels. your nerves, your brain.
20 That you are unquestionahly
decreasing your capacity for work in
any field, be it physical, intellectual
or artistic.
30 That you are lessening your
chances of maintaining health and
attaining longevity
40 That you may be entaining up
on your descendants incalculable mis-
cry.
The article of which the above is
a summary tells OF Guttstadt's tabula-
tion of deaths in Germany from tuber-
culosis where he found that this dis
ease claimed 100 victims for every
1000 deaths of persons over % years
Of age. The number of victims per
thousand in men school teachers and
physicians was respectively 126 and
| l13; but for hotelkeepers was 237,
for brewers, S44.
The other article shows how men
are stimulated to greater physical eff
fort for a short time on alcohol but
soon fall off TO less than with nothing
and how with little easily digested
food they show continuous increase in
strength. 1t shows how alcohol in
small quantities with fool decreases
physical strength; how a man with
alcohol can add less rapidly, set
less type, memorize less easily and
think less rapidly 1t concludes with
the statement that alcohol
CD lmpairs every human faculty
(2) That the higher the faculty
the more pronounced the effect;
CD That the effect of alcohol is
cumulative and after long use impair.
the faculties at a rapidly increasing
rate.
Why is it that scientific men arg
thus writing and speaking to the pub
lie? 1t is because they see as The
public does no. the baneful effects o
this drug which should be used lik,
any other drug only in case Of emer
gency.-adv.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-26
WORTHY OF CONFIDENCE
An Offer Backed Up by One Of the
Most Reputable Concerns in
Termination.

We will either cure you of consti
patton or pay for all the medicine
used during the trial You pay us
nothing If we fail That's a mighty
broad statement, and we mean
every word OF it. We will back it up
with our own personal reputation
too Could anything be more fair
and secure for YOU
The most scientific. common sense
treatment is Rexall Orderies Their
active principle is very recent scien-
tifc discovery that is odorless, color
less and tasteless; very pronounced,
gentle and pleasant in its action and
particularly agreeable in every way.
This ingredient does not cause any
diarrhoea, nausea, flatulence or grip.
ing. Rexall Orderlies are as pleasan,
to take as candy and are particularly
good for children and delicate per-
sons
II you suffer from chronic or habitu-
al constipation. or the associate or
dependent chronic ailments, We urge
you to try Rexall Orderlies at our
risk Remember. you can only get
them at our store Two sizes 25c
and l0c VIM. J.. Gokay, Druggist
Main street.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-26
FRANK q. HsVR, Editor and Publisher
Cheaper in the End.

On another page of the Banner to-
day is printed a letter from Hon o.
NJ. Barber on the courthouse question
that deserves a careful reading, for
the reason that Mr.. BARRIERS duties
as state auditor and his extensive
law practice have taken him to
every county seat in the state and
made him familiar with the county
buildings. When he says therefore
that this shire of Bennington county
has the poorest county buildings in
the state, it is plainly a, matter that
the public spirited citizens of the
county want remedied.
Moreover, it will be cheaper in the
long run to act now. 1t is evident to
any thinking man that new buildings
will have to be erected within a few
years anyway Just now we are at
the apparent end Of years business
depression when labor and building
materials are cheaper than they have
been for more than ten years and
cheaper than they are likely to be in
the future It is good time to take
advantage Of opportunity.
Another consideration is that the
present building is likely to be con.
demned by the state board of health
The matter has been once considered
and action was deferred to give the
county a chance to save its good
name. If the county votes yes on the
courthouse question next Tuesday we
can prevent the disgrace that is other
wise likely to fall upon us.
Likely is none too strong a word
either for physicians from outside
Bennington and outside the state Of
Vermont have declared positively that
the present building will be instantly
condemned and ordered closed when
it is officially examined by any com
petent board of health.
What would this mean to the coun.
ty? Not only the disgrace of letting
an evil exist so long but the tremen-
dous additional expense that will fall
upon the county New quarters will
have to be hired for the county clerk
and probate court, the Jail will have
to be closed and prisoners transferred
to Rutland at great additional ex
pense. All litigation due to be tried
here will have to be transferred to
Manchester or heard in some hall hir
ed for the purpose, which will double
the cost to parties having cases IN
court and at the same time quadruple
the expenses of the county which
must be met by taxation. At the end
too, the money will have been spent
aud we shall have nothing to show
for it, but shall have to begin all over
and erect new buildings.
Won't it be wiser and better to go
ahead now and build the new build
ings as proposed. The tax is so ar
ranged that it costs a poll tax payer
only ten cents per year and no ordin
airy citizen more than fifty cents to a
dollar a year, Are not the voters Of
Bennington county willing to sub
scribe that trivial sum to save the
good name of the county and to save
the probability of having to pay much
more later?
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-26
cHAReEs AeAINsT }. e. HooKER

CHARGES AGAINST J. r. HOOKER /
Director ia Brattleboro Concern Al
leges Frsud-InIunetlon Issued
Bratueboro, Feb. 24.-WiIlhm H.
Proctor, 4 director in the Hooker,
Corser ( Mitchell Overall Co. pre-
vious TO January 16, has brought a
bill in chancery and an Injunction
against James F. Hooker, Mrs.
James f. Hooker, William II. Corser,
and Charles ID. Whitaker, the direc-
tors since the annual meeting on the
above date. restraining the directors
from hindering or obstructing him in
the conduct of the business, also Civ
ing him access TO the mail, books
and bank account. The Injunction
was issued by Judge F. NJ. Butler. OF
| Rutland Mr.. Proctor was turned
down as a director at the annual
meeting and Mrs Hooker was elect
ed in his place, The locks on the
office were replaced with new ones,
to which Mr. Proctor had no key.
and he was excluded from participant
ing in the business.
The business was bought of a for
mer partnership in 1902 for $l2O. 600
The shares were 500 each Mr..
Hooker, who succeeded his~father, the
late Col. George w. Hooker, as presi-
dent, took $50 shares. Mr.. Corser $50
shares, Mr.. Whitaker 400 shares, and
Mr.. Proctor 300 shares. The business
has been profitable and shares are
now worth 1888. Mr.. Proctor says
the net yearly profit since the new
company was organized has been
more than 40 per cent ON the capital
stock after paying salaries, that in
dividends and compensation there
has been paid to him $4,000. TO Mr..
Corser $4,000, to Mr.. Whitaker
$500 and to Mr.. Hooker, $4,000,
that a surplus OF $63,700 has been
| accumulated, that the firm has owed
| no debts the past three years, and
that the results of the business are in
large measure attributable TO his man
agement. When the business was
| bought contract was entered into
relative to the salaries and how the
profits should be divided. Mr. Proctor
says that before the beginning of
this year the other directors planned
to defraud him and deprive him of
his authority in the business and of
his salary and compensation under
the contract. He says the company
never had bylaws. but that Mr..
Hooker fraudulently procured his
signature to an agreement to adopt
bylaws Bylaws were adopted at the
annual meeting, but they were not to
Mr. Proctor's liking and he says he
did not vote for them. When the
vote for directors was counted it was
found that Mrs. Hooker had been
elected in his place. Immediately
after the meeting Mr.. Hooker, in be
half of the directors, delivered to Mr.
Proctor a written notice that from
that date the contract was termin-
ated, and he was denied access 10 the
mail, bank accounts, etc He asks
the court to enforce specific perform
ance of the contract if il can be law
fully carried out, otherwise to appoint
receiver to liquidate the property
and divide the assets The matter
will be heard at the April term OF
court. c. c. Fits and r. c. Bacon
are Mr. Proctor's attorneys.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-26
VIAOL CURES CHRONIC COUGHS,
COLDS AND BRONCHITIS
After Other Remedies Fail

II have been troubled with chronic
cold and bronchitis for long time
and have tried many remedies without
finding relief Through the kind sug-
gestion of friend / tried Vinol, and
after taking four bottles, am entirely
cured" A. II. Wilde, 73S-Sth Avenue,
Minneapolis, MINI.
S. Mcdonald 147 w. Congress
ST. Paul, MINI, writes; II con.
tracted severe cold last winter and
thought would never get rid OF it. |
tried Yirol as last resort, and It has
completely cured me-"
Vinoi combines two world-famed
tonice. the healing. medicinal proper
ties OF cod liver oil and tonic iron, de-
liciously palatable and agreeable to the
weakest stomach. For this reason,
Vinol is unexcelled as a strength
builder for old people, delicate chill
dren, weak and rundown persons, af-
ter sickness and for Chronic Coughs,
Colds and Bronchitis.
w. L. GoKAY. Bennington VI.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-26
POINTS On PREACHING.

Where there is no re) vision the
people perish.
The subject Of the sermon depends
on its object
Some texts are only pretexts. They
are too apt TO be the points Of de-
parture' for a sermon.
A sermon that comes from the
heart of the preacher will go to the
hearts Of his hearers
It is better to begin back of the text
and work up to it, than to begin with
the text and work away from it.
The secret Of a successful sermon,
as of Sam Weller's valentine, is in
making one wish there was more"
Sermons should never be measured
they should be weighed Not length
but strength is the true test Of ser
mon.
The business of the preacher is not
to preach TO men and women who are
not at church, but to preach to those
who are there
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-26
" MOTHERS, YOU SHOULD ALWAYS
KLEP II IN YOUR HOMES "
" How My Boy Was Cured of the Grip by Using
Father Johns Medicine"

got a small bottle for Joseph. It help
ed him so much that I got a large
sized one last Saturday. He viii not
let me forget 10 give it to him at bed
time. He is back in school now, and
is feeling fine
(Signedl HATTIE a SMITH.
4049 Locust St., Philadelphia. Pa.
Cures grip and all throat and lung
troubles. Not a patent medicine, and
free from poisonous drugs or alcohol.
Fifty years in use.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-26

For the first time since the local op-
ton law went into effect some effort
is being made in favor Of no license
in Bennington. The no-license forces
have organized and are appealing to
the voters through advertising in the
Banner and through personal work
The vote last year was 707 yes" and
$40 no The noes will probably
make some gain this year but it does
not seem possible that they can over
come a majority of S67. The Banner
will have something further to say
on the subject tomorrow.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-26

Mrs. Hattie A. Smith in a recent
letter says: Father Johns Medicine
ought to be in every home. My poor
little boy, seven years old, had the
grip and was sick for ten days. was
much worried over him, He had a
very high fever and pains all over
him. had a bottle Of Father John S
Medicine at one time when l was sick
with q cold In my chest and back, and
it did me so much good that now I
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-26

The second edition of The Gentle.
man from Hayville" is out and copies
may be obtained at % cents each by
writing H. L. Hindley, Rutland, VT
1t is a most amusing caricature Of
the recent legislature and contains
enough truth to make some people sit
up and take notice. If you have not
read a copy you ought to order one
without delay as they are going fast.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-26

Out OF the ordinary. Here is a
farm of Ill acres that you can buy
for $4,000 and for a small outlay on
buildings you can double your money.
IL miles to Bennington post office,
FIVE minutes walk to trolley cars.
Good fair house and several barns.
plenty of fruit and wood to sell; will
feed IL cows and team; good strong
land about one half in meadows and
tillage land, balance pasture and
wood land. One half down, balance
on easy terms.
How is this? 5 room house and Z
acres OF land, small barn, some fruit.
Located l mile from Bennington city.
Price $500, terms easy. This place
feeds one COW and has a good garden.
Send for 1909 farm catalogue.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-26

"MOTHER, what makes everything 50 good these daysF
''Why, it's that K c BAKING POWDER. Cake
biscuit grddlecakes,-its all the same. Since I've used
everything comes out just rgh-ght, crisp and mt for
king knew was safe in trying it-hey were SO sure I'd
like it. They refund your money you don't ike it better
than any Other,-beer,-m you. Then it's guaranteed
under every Pure Food Law You heard of and, you
won't believe it. but it costs less than what I've useda real
nice saving understand it's because they don't belong to
the Baking Powder Trust" Ny it's satisfaction TO get
good value for your money these days when everything
high
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-26
EAST ARLINGTON

The box social to be given by the
Congregational Sunday school will be
held next Saturday evening instead of
Wednesday evening as Wednesdays
paper stated
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-26
Glory.

There are men who think being ap-
pointed doorkeeper by state legis-
lature is the highest earthly glory.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-26

We, the undersigned. do hereby
agree to refund the money on so
cent bottle OF Greenes Warranted Sy.
rup OF Tar II 1t fails to cure you.
cough or cold We also guarantee
20 cent bottle to prove satisfactory or
money refunded
Thcmpson's Pharmacy c II Houghton
J. Nj. Ayres, A. S. Hathaway,
Harwood d. Store,
@. Il. = A. B. Hawkins,
ID A. Ward o. n. Adams,
y A. oulnlan, 70 @. Woodwork,
w. b. GokAy, o. y. Adams O..
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-26
Persian Proverb.

A wound inflicted by weapons may
be cured but never a wound inflicted
by the tongue.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-26
SOUTH SALISBURY

w L. Bronson who has been serl
ously i'll is recovering though still
troubled with rheumatism.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-26

In great attempts it is glorious even
to fail.-Longlnus.