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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-04-08

Tor SALE strawberry plants for sale
Il Warfed. Dunlap J0c per 100, Si.D per l0D
Sample Abingdon Dlcky, Paul Jones ijc Per
100. 500 per 1900: one year old Asparagus roots
at zoe per 100, $3.50 per 1900. All ready now IN,
I'll June j. Vegetable plants later, Cabbage
about April 20tii. also CauiilOwer, Celery oml-
TO. Pepper in season about June Vs. Al
transpianied. Harry NJ Durham 4 Son. heIl
nngton, r. +. ID. l. Telephone 2sl-ll. 3ltf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-04-08

EOR sALE-rhe two story frame building
7 used Tor stores on the east side Of Main
Street, North Bennington, VI, and the double.
two story frame tenement on the south side sf
HoughiOn street. are offered for sale ~ close
the estate of the hate Geo. W. Wnlworih. For
terms and particulars, apply To Franklin Scott,
Administrator. North Bennington. VI. 2tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-04-08

Tor SALE Grocery and meat mnrhct cen
a tray located In bennington village; stock
plete outfit and doing NICE business. Apply
Nash x Hutchns 2df
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-04-08
You


1Qh S0GGOS successful Sus rene IS
for all humors and ouptions, stomach Ever and
kidney ailments loss Of appetite, that tired feel
ing They are a solid extract Of Hoods Sarsapa'
ra, having all lis wonderful medicinal power.
licasant 70 taka and exceedingly economical
Give great abstraction, especially 70 people pre-
fo~ring tablet to liquid medicines. 100 doses 81.
Z uggists or mail q. /. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass
If Made by Hood Its Good.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-04-08

Tor SALE Horse, weight 100 lbs. sound
IL and true in all harness; II years Old. Tel.
1894. J. b. Percy. r. +. ID. No. l. 3it6-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-04-08
WEATHER FORECAST
Probabilities for This Section for the
Next % Hours

For eastern New York and western
Vermont fair tonight. Temperature
about freezing, except In extreme
south portion Saturday fair and
warmer In west portion.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-04-08
FOR SALE

EOR SALE-One Of the hest building lots
Il in town, corner West Main Street ana
Harrison Avenue. This lot has Il front on Ma IL
Street of 40 feet and depth on Harrison Az
enue of 1871 feet. Will sell at reasonable price.
II whole lot is too large will sell either
half For further particulars inquire OF L; T.
Hart. 35ti
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-04-08

WANTED Position as chauffeur, capable
w of driving any American car. Box 0o1
Bennington, VI. 3td'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-04-08

FOR SALE -Almost new Stewart kitchen
Il range, used only four months. Also bed
room suit, couch aD Daby carriage. Also
other household article. llS Jefferson Ave
83t25t
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-04-08
WANTED

WANTED Men wanted TO learn to drive
w and repair automobiles in our repair
shop; send stamD for particulars. New Eng-
3Tt9it
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-04-08

FOR sALE-2 Male Frei Oh Bull puppi G
Seal brindle. bat ears; screw tail, month
old; excellent pedigree: sire Oh, Nellcote Gam
in ct Julie Bonbon. Price reasonable. Nor
man G. rhackeray No. Adams, Mass. 33t6'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-04-08

XNvANTEU-A girl FOR general no usework
w Apply Mrs. Il. Il. Rawson. 3l5 Elm st.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-04-08

TO REsT After April 1st,. 4 com letely
furnished rooms on Pleasant 81. All con
veniences; gas nnge, electricity, hot and cold
water and steam heat. Apply at ii. Harry Le-
WINS, North and Pleasant streets lbtf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-04-08

TO RENT Desirable tenement on Main st
Il gas. electric lights with all modern con
veniences; box STALL wagon shed and barn priv
ileges. DR.. II. j. Potter. 23t24'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-04-08

ITO RENT One Office room on second floor
of the Richie Block Steam heat Rent
reasonable. \. X. Richie. 3itf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-04-08

WANTED BY small private family, Schen-
w ectady. n. y. a reliable woman rs cook
and 10 assist with general housework. Also a
second girl. Excellent wages. References re-
quired. only those desiring permanent posi-
ton in pleasant home need apply. CD Has
kins, 30 Washington Avenue, schenectady,
n. Y. 35t9'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-14
RICH BLONDE FOR BRIDE
WORTH A MILLION AND SEN
TIMENTAL.
German Doctor of Law Wants That
Sort, and Tells His Qrall.
fcations.

NEW YORK. July 14.-1f there Is a
blonde. healthy, Christian, slender, me
dunn weight young woman of twenty
three years and 100000 marks in
New York who wants husband, she can
have him Let her so right down to Pat
rick j. Scully. city clerk and city cupiu
at the city hall. He will show her the
following letter:
II would thank YOU and kindly ask if
YOU are in a position to select for me a
nice young lady to marry, with the fol-
lowing qualifications:
.Christian, healthy, sentimental not
over twenty-three years old: possibly a
blonde; not very large (medium weight
slender; wealth not under 100000 marks.
Il guarantee that it will be a happy
marriage. I am as follows:
Doctor of law, refeSee of important
cases, tWenty-four years old, very senti-
mental, iOvable, Protestant, dark blonde,
healthy and intelligent.
KINDLY let me know whether there are
any charges for this service. Kindly
send the picture to me should you not be
able to procure for me desirable party.
BY all means use discretion. Hoping that
you will let me know at once of your Sc
lection, | would request you to send the
letter to Breslau, Postlegerkarte l.
yours very respectfully,
''Dr. Jur Rich Raasch- Sternberg."
Enclosed in the letter was picture post
card of a fairly heavily built young man
with an ample mustache.
The letter was addressed to Mr.. Boote
manager of marriages, New York, L. S
A.. America But the postmen knew the
real cupid, and they handed the note to
Mr. Scully. He will be at his Office from
10 to each day to receive applications.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-14

ing the finest fowls obtainab BILE to stock
the chickenhouse. which will be installed
with steam heat. electric light tile floor
Ing and electric incubators.
After the bad egg episode Mr.. Peacock
hurried to his office and called up a real
estate dealer.
Il want a farm" he said. zone big
enough to raise a lot Of chickens. II
appears the only way one can get a
fresh egg in Pittsburg is to have his own
chicken farm.
obtained the farm. Its broad acres would
accommodate enough chickens to supply
eggs to this section OF the state. Ply
mouth Rocks, Wyandottes and Buff
Cochins are some of the breeds selected
1t is expected that within three weeks
eggs will be regularly shipped to the
Peacock mansion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-14
BOOSTS ON LIVE WIRES.
Owls Act Plunges City Into Dark
ness for Half an Hour.

BOULDER. Col, July 14.-For half al
hour Tuesday night this city of 15,O0t
people was plunged into darkness by the
trick of a vagrant owl.
Three transformers in the big power
plant in the canyon four miles west of
here were burned out at a cost of more
than $4,000. and twenty men were called
out to locate the trouble and repair the
damage.
The owl stopped to rest on the electric
wires. 1t spanned the space between the
negative and positive lines by placing one
claw on each wire, short circuiting the
current, and making an arc Of it's body.
For a moment the canyon was lighted by
q sudden fash. The owl tumbled from
it's perch. mere bunch of singed feath-
ers. all the lights in the town went out.
and the costly transformers were de-
stroyed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-14
WIDOW BURDENS ESTATE
BY WILLS AND CODICILS
Makes Bewildering Statements
Which Impede Settlement of
Her Affairs.
Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence of The Star.
PARIS, July 2, 1910.
The winding up Of the estate Of the
widow of a former French consul gen.
eral at Jerusalem, an old lady, who
died two years ago. leaving property
valued at 100000, will be no easy
matter. The deceased seems to have
been necessarily occupied in making
Wills and adding codicils. The last
codicil discovered, which is dated Au-
gust 16, 1907. confirms the two last
testaments." revoking all others. But
the lady drew up in all fifteen Wills.
Nine Of the number are plainly revoked
by the above codicil. but six other all
bear the same date, May 9, 1904
Two of these appear to be the last
testaments" referred to in the codictl,
as no later wills have so far been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-14

The lady evidently wrote them at diff
ferent hours of the same day. but there
is no indication in any Of them of the
precise moment The point is an i'm
portant one. as by three of the six
wills but not by the others. a female
relative of the deceased inherits large
sums, which the universal legatee may
or may not have to pay.
The courts are now engaged in an
attempt to determine by internal evil
dence" which of the wills most prob
ably expressed the latest wishes of
the deceased, French jurisprudence al
lowing in such matters considerable
latitude.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-14
Italy Checking Intemperance.
OF The Star.

Foreign Correspondents OF The Star
ROME. July 2, 1910.
In consequence Of the increase OF
drunkenness In Italy Signor LuxEatti.
the premier, has announced In the senate
the governments intention to introduce
legislation raising the duty on alcohol.
limiting the number of bars and liquor
shops and inaugurating a temperance
propaganda. The premier has ordered
the projects to collect the statistics OF
drunkenness since 1889. n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-14
LEAPS OFF CATHEDRAL TOP.
Suicide at Milan Is Witnessed From
Royal Palace.
Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
MILAN, July 2. 1910
Another suicide from the top OF Milan
Cathedral has occurred. Don Robbiano,
chaplain of the Orphan Boys Home, at
Arono, threw himself down the roof fac
ing the cardinal archbishop's palace.
The only witness of his acc was the
king of Italy's court chaplain, who hap
pened to be gazing up from the royal
palace opposite. The corpse was picked
up in a pool of blood. This is the second
occurrence of the kind in fortnight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-14
MAY WED JAY GOULD.
Young Actress Said to Be Engaged
to Millionaire.

DAVENPORT, Iowa. July 14.-Her
mother says that Beatrice Blanche Bru-
ner Godfrey, a beautiful Davenport girl,
who figured in a romantic marriage with
Arthur w. Godfrey. a young millionaire
of Boston. Is engaged to Jay Gould
AS Beatrice Won Bruner, the young
woman is now in London, her mother
Says. playing with Anna Held in MISS
Innocence" Jay Gould Is understood also
to- be there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-14
SPENT $36,0O0,0OO
ON PEANUTS IN YEAR
Industry Has Reached Large
Proportions During Last Half
Decade in This Country.

The person who buys a nickers worth
of peanuts 10 MUNICH at the ball game to
feed 10 the squirrels in the park or to
gladden. the hearts of children at home
scarcely realizes that he has contributed
to an industry that last year farmed a
nilion-dollar crop, and which, placed on
the maret in various forms, reached the
enormous sum of S36OOO,OOO But it is a
fact,
This little seductive nut--a resolution to
''eat just one is soon forgotten-whose
birthplace is America. was, until COM
parativeiy recently, unappreciated either
as to the money in them as a really
nutritious product. Today the peanut
plays an important part in pleasure, from
the swell dinner party to the ever-present
democracy of the circus. ball game or
picnic. After ALL what is a ball game a
picnic a circus without the peanut ac-
compartment?
BY far the largest part of the crop is
consumed from the peanut stand. the lit
lie whistle-sign of the roaster being the
signal for the average youngster to sug-
gest to dad or ma that some of them
would be very accept a BILE, and the paternal
or maternal parents wllingness-nine
times out of ten-to invest Yet there are
millions Of bushels that go to the fat
feeding of poultry, while the vines often
cured as hay. feed thousands of head of
cattle, and even old Mother Earth is nour-
ished by the roots of the plant, which
furnishes nitrogen to it from the air
Most Nutritious Nut.
The result of all this is that scientists
claim that the peanut. which in the past
was not very highly regarded, is the only
,>Io hot r-iIl Of
oeast, bird and fields. 1t is the most nu-
tritious of the entire nut family, rich in
tissue building properties, containing glu-
cose and northumberland Is the cheap
est. Beyond the shadow of a doubt 1t is
first from both a dietary and economic
standpoint.
The fact of the matter is the peanut in
about, every way is in a class by itself
regards price. average number In
pound edible part, waste and fat. They
arevage about 80 to pound at cost of
~ cents. the edible portion is 1876. waste
26.4, and the amount Of fat is placed at
80 per cent. These are remarkable figures
when one stops to consider them, and
with the small Texas pecan, it's nearest
competitor, which sells for over a third
more. averages but ZIG to a pound. has
waste of 61.S per cent, edible part OF
1872, and contains 6S per cent of fat
The farming of peanuts during the past
five years-not longer than this-has be-
come an established industry of this
country At present about fve-sixths of
the crop comes from Virginia and most of
sthe balance from Tennessee. Georgia.
West Virginia and the Carolinas, al
though most of the southern states con-
tribute some. AS the peanut industry has
increased SO has the use of all nuts
grown nightly as an article Of food dur
ing the last decade, and the entire family
now forms a most important part of the
diet of the physical culturist and vege-
tartan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-14
HIGH-PRICED CHICKEN FARM.
Bad Egg for Breakfast Prompts Mil
ionaire to Make Purchase.

PITTSBURG. Pa. July IA bad egg
he had for breakfast a few weeks ago
has prompted Alexander r. Peacock. mill
lionaire and former protege of Andrew
Carnegie. to build a chickenhouse 200 feet
long and so feet wide on a sixty-thou-
sand-dollar farm he has purchased in
Plum township. His agents are collect
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-14
OLD CITY OF BAKU
Municipality Located on the
Caspian Sea.
POPULATION ABOUT 10000
Connected by Railway With Batoum,
on the Black Sea.
CATTLE AND SHEEP INDUSTRY
Crude and Refined Petroleum Trans
ported Over the Caucasus
Mountains.
RY WILLIAM r.. CURTIS


SPECIAL Cores rontencr of The Star and the
Chicag' Record Herald.
BAkU-, Caucasus. June II. 1910
The railway across the Caucasus from
Batoum on the Black sea. to Baku. on the
Caspian sea is .JS miles long. the dis
lance from Ba;oum to Tifis. the capital
OF the Caucasus. being 21S miles. and
from Ti1is 10 Bal;u go miles. The latter
route Is almost a straight line. following
the broad valley of the River kur, IA
swift and turbulent stream of water
about the same color as our own Mis-
sissipp
For t;ree-fourths of tine distance the
track runs at the base of the foot hills
of the Caucasus mountains, which are
always in sight from the left-hand win
dows of the cars going east. On the
right hand is broad prairie stretching
out TO the .horiZon. and. with the exception
OF much low and swampy land. the great
part of ii is closely cultivated.
The farmers do not live upon their
farms. however. but stick TO the villages
for mutual protection. which was neces-
sary in ancient days although they might
ne safe enough in these times if they
lived in isolated places as our farmers do.
Custom in Europe.
1t is very largely the custom all over
Europe for the farmers 10 live in villages
and go back and forth to their fields in
the morning and at night Scattered
among the cultivated fields in the eau
casus are little huts of brush and sod,
used as summer residences by the farm
erS, who bring out two or three days
rations with them and after working in
the soil ali day crawl into these miserable
little shacks to sleep for the night.
There are many cattle and sheep upon
the hillside:s and every herd and flock
ia ofr dad hr- hon hnrx sfyrrn~
man and sometimes woman, and often
q child. Even the geese have to be at
tended as they meander. No animal of
value is ever left alone, and such at
tention is necessary to keep them from
there are no fences. The property is
divided by land marks of stone. There
are no other boundary marks, and you
wonder il the farmers don't sometimes
get into the wrong harvest field or plow
up piece of their neighbors' land by
mistake.
There are 4 good many orchards of
cherries. apricots, peaches and other
fruit. and few vineyards, which belong
to Germans. Wherever you see a vine
yard down in this country you may rely
upon il that German cit. err owns 1t or
has set out the vines on rented land. The
Germans are altogether the best farmers
and make the most money because of
their economical methods, their intelli-
gent industry and their thrifty habits
about half way between Tifis and Baku
is a German colony that looks like an
by mile after mile of vineyards.
Women as Field Workers
terms with the men without any distinc-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-14
Austrian Towns Boycott Meat.
Correspondence of The Star.

VIENNA, July. 2, 1910.
An anti-meat strike has been started
by womens associations at Krems and
other towns near Vienna and is assum-
ing large proportions. The strike is a
protest against the high cost Of meat,
as a consequence Of protection, no meat
from abroad being admitted to Austria.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-14
An Important Point.

found. But which two of the six are
the latest?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-14
Women as Field Workers.

Women work in the fields on equal
terms with the men without any distinc-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-14
Each Offering a CroWd-Winner.

WHITE, LINEN FINISHED SJ-ITING:
for MILDLY blouses. suits and 7U +
dresses: will launder we'll: ward Z%G
wide: sell at loo. Observation-Disclosures. IL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-14

GENUINE FRUIT OF THE LOON MI
lin: all stamped with the name: only -
limited quantity; sold everywhere III
a l.12C
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-14

BLEACHED TWILLED CRASH TEA OR
Glass Towelirg: fast-color Dor OU/
der: sells at Sc: not over - yards oOANC
. a buyer ......... IL
BI.EACHED TURKISH AND HCCk TOW
els, hemmed or fringed: sell at <u/
I Zoe and i2'4c, While they OhC
= e e
S1X90 Full. l. E y G III E ID ~
sheets: extra heavy quality, no .NVG
dressing. For the clean sweep at. -
36-INCH SEA ISLAND PER I'll
Gales in full range of light IN MSC
grounds: fast colors: sell at 12lac. O1CS
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-05-07
euaNAucH G MAYFIELD
Some New York Trees.

In front Of Columbia university IL
brary are two English yews which
were brought from England in 1870
and set out in st. Johns park. Later
they were removed to the Elgin botan-
ical gardens at Fiftieth street, which
were then part of Columbia. In 1897
the trees were transplanted to Morn
ingside heights. On the upper part of
the island near Spuyten Duyvil stands
the largest tulip tree on Manhattan.
1t has diameter of six and quarter
feet. Near Fordham square, in the
Bronx, is the Stenton willow, said to
be 300 years old, and at the foot OF
Cypress avenue are the two largest
Expresses in the country. They stand
on land once part of the Gouverneur
Morris estate.-New York Sun.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-05-07
A Church In Wales.

Wrexham parish church is known as
one of the seven wonders of Wales.
1t dates as structure from the fif-
teenth century and is cathedral-like in
its proportions. A "chained' Bible,
now kept under lock and key, is among
the curious relics. and beside it is a
handsomely bound visitors book"
sent by the students of Yale univer-
sity, United States, for the use of
Yale students visiting the church. In
the churchyard is the tombstone of
Elihu Yale, with its quaint epitaph.
The soldiers chapel, which is entered
through an exquisite arch, has beau
tiful memorial window to the Welsh
fuslleers who have fallen in BATTLE
London Mail.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-05-07
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department Of the, interior.

Department of the, Interior.
United States Land Office, La
Grande, Oregon, April 8, 1910.
Notice is hereby given, That the
State of Oregon, has this day filed
n this office its application to Sc
lect under the provisions of the act
If Congress of August IA, 1S4S, and
he Acts supplementary and amend
ltory thereto, the s. E. II S. w. u
Sec. 21, S. w. u S. w. u Sec. 81,
). E. u S. E. u Sec. 20, N. E. u
y. E. u, N. E. u S. E. u, s. E.
z N. e. u and S. E. u S. E. u
Sec. 20, TIP. l S. R. 46 E. Serial
No. O7S70.
Any and all persons claiming ad-
sersely the lands described or de-
iiring to object to the mineral char.
acter of the land, or for any other
reason, to the disposal to the appli.
,ant should file their affidavits OF
protest in this office at any time
rior to the approval or certifica.
ion of said selection by the Hon
orable Commissioner of the General
Land Office.
S5c6 F. C. Bramwell, Register.