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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-10
SINGING CRICKETS.
They Are Kept In Cages Like Canary
Birds In Japan.

olToS VA JdPdHs
Selling crrkets Is lucrative bust.
ness IL JauAn. where the insects are
valuel for their songs and kept In
cages like canary birds. In Tokyo
there are two wholesale merchants who
send their agents into the streets of the
large cities. The insects are carried in
little bamboo cages. A good seller
clears approximately from so cents to a
dollar day. An insect valued for It's
music brings from to cents. The
Kusa hibari is the most valuable of all
the sOngsters, but the common cricket
and the grasshopper are considered ex-
cellent singers.
The singers are collected from the
fields in September, before laying time.
They are taken from the grass and
shut up In glass jars. Soon after they
are imprisoned the females lay their
eggs and die almost Immediately after
ward. The jars containing them are
kept In temperature OF so degrees q,
The young come forth In March.
The loss OF eggs Is about 10 per cent
The male is the singer. He only is an
object Of commerce. and from hun
bred eggs the cultivator. despite all his
care. has only fifty salable insects. The
lot of the locust Is martyrdom from
birth to death. The locust IL the toy of
the japanese child. He Is caught on
bamboo twigs rubbed with gIuey sub
stance and tormented according to the
ignorance or the cruelty of his keeper.
The life of the singing insect never ex-
ceeds term OF i've weeks. -Harpers
Weekly.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-10
Lueknow's Great Hall.

Connected with the Mohammedan
mosque at Lucknow. India. is the lar
gest room in the world without col
umns. being ll2 feet long. "a feet wide
and SO feet high. IL was built during
the great famine in 1874 to supply
work for starving people. 1t is a
solid mass of concrete OF simple form
aud still simpler construction. In Its
erection a mold or framework of tim
Der and brick several feet In thickness
was first made. which was then filed
with concrete. The concrete was al
lowed about year to set and dry,
when the mold was removed. AL
though the building has been standing
so long. 1t Is said to show no signs Of
decay or deterioration.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-10
ha Eooled Her.

"If you were asked TO get ready to
start next Thursday ON long journey
do you think you could do 500" asked
her rich employer, who was a wild
over.
"Oh. l-much would depend upon the
kind of journey II was to be-" she
replied.
Il mean a pleasant Journey-a jour
ney that would last for a month or
more"
And should have company on the
Journey"
well. | hadn't thought OF that No
don't believe you would should
expect you 10 go alone.
Then | don't believe | could get
ready" she said turning to her type
writer and making four mistakes In
the FIRST line OF the letter she had be
gun.-Chlcago Record.H Herald
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-10
FLOATING A TOWN AWAY.
Story of the Origin Of Commercial
Street In Provincetown.


Commercial street in Iruvincetuwn
had an origin in keeping with its pres.
ent nautical mir and appeal TO the I'M
aginafi0n. The town originally stood
on the spit of sand far out across tic
harbor. whsre the lighthouse now Is
Many years ago the government
; LIT Pruvincetown.. houses and ALL
in oider~to protect the harbor from the
threatening sea The Provincetownians
went TO the government people and
asked what they were going TO do with
the houses.
Pull 'em down. of course" said the
government.
Cant we have 'em?" inquired the
late owners.
Sure" replied the government, IF
you'll take EN- away"
Sure" echoed the Provincetownian
Old wrackers that they were. they
applied their lechnlc to the problems OF
house moving. They bulkheaded their
dwellings up. necklaced empty casks
about them In the way of life preserv-
ers. and one sunny morning the village
of ProvincetOwn. true to Its maritime
traditions set sail. schoolhOuse and all.
and came floating gayly across the har-
Dor to where IL now stands. Near the
railway track today they point out
certain store as the original seafaring
schoolhouse Metropolitan Magazine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-10
A Dramatic Death.

A sergeant major OF an Infantry reg
iment stationed in Bremen was sen
fenced TO a slight disciplinary punish
ment for having MORALLY wounded a
man with revolver in the course Of a
fight. He appealed against this, but
was Informed that his appeal had been
rejected. He then ordered his men to
load their rifles with blank cartridges,
but during their absence reloaded therd
with ball cartridges. He then drew up
bis men in firing line and carefully
showed them how to aim their rifles
straight at bis heart With the utmost
calm he then ordered. "Flrew and fell
with four bullets through his heart
Exchange
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-10
Absolute Truth AbOu
The Great Kidney Remedy

Several years ago | suffered with
bad pains in my back. | was very
restless, often getting up several
tines during the night. My limbs
we're swollen and dropped in
weight to 147 pounds. consulted a
well known Norfolk physician and he
stated that | had very bad case OF
kidney trouble.
saw your advertisement in the
paper and purchased bottle OF DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root from a druggist
after he recommended ii to me. At
ter / took three bottles, | felt greatly
relieved. | have taken Swamp-Root
since at different times. | gained in
weight to 206 pounds, and | am well
and have been ever since | com
menced taking Swamp-Root.
Very truly yours,
W. ]. Barrow,
Farmville, Va.
|, A. NJ. Barrow, Notary Public in
and for the County of Prince Edward
in the State of Virginia, do certify
that w. j. Barrow, whose name is
signed to the foregoing writing.
bearing date Jan. 10th. 1912. person
ally appeared before me in my Coun
ty aforesaid and made oath that the
said writing is true in substance and
in fact. Given under my hand this
18th day of January, 1912.
A. NJ. Barrow, Notary Public.
We sold Mr. w. ]. Barrow most Of
the Swamp-Root in question and
have personally heard him speak Of
its action in most complimentary
terms.
White Drug Company.
b. +. w. Sanford
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-10
MsIedY Becomes MaIadN

That persons have very diverse Ideas
and tastes In music was exemplitied
in an incident at a pupils vocal re
cital lately. A young woman was hav
ing quite struggle with song and
one woman In the audience said to her
companions:
Isn't that beautiful melody"
The other looked bored and said:
at sounds more like a maiady to
me."-St Louis Post-Dspatch
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-10
Caesars Mother.

Caesars mother was "a strict and
stately lady of the old school, unaf-
fected by the cosmopolitan laxity OF
her day" Consequently, though the
Caesars We're wealthy, their household
was simple and severe" Its greatest
son "was always passlonately devoted
to his mother. who shared his house
up to the time of her DEATH" when be
was forty-six years old.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-10
Deafness .aa..at Ee Cured

BY local -pifirat.ouA ns- tncv cannot
reach tlc u.-..-l,tA p.- isl 90 The ear.
Incl ls only ,ue ra. If.eurs deafness.
ana that d. D. CO.'S. O.. loaai q NEEDLES.
Deafness Is cauE. D 81 600 l..llmtd c0ndl-
ton OF the muDu 5 SAG Ui the Eusta-
chan Tube. When tlis iule Is iniilmed
you have runbliu- slInl or imperfect
hammation can D. "a ca Out and this
tube restored q its n-rTll condition.
hearing will b DESTROYED forever: nine
cases out of ter are caused Nv Catarrh.
which Is nothing but 0~ lnllmed c0ndi-
ton 81 the mucnus surfa RS.
We VII give Or IN rudrr|i ia-e foruur case OF
Halis 01iarrh Care SD faTE rr-i1-s. FREE.
- t1fENEI. A 90. T5lc5o. r'llo
e1f ~ n-rcrisfs. r-r.
Take uaiIs AMY IFiis iar cunsiiraiion
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-10
We recently had q call

from a policyhciirr i-sured IN 1855
upon the whole lie plan, amount 81
900. He was accompanied by his wife
Who said, The cost Is not much less
than the premium stipulated In the
policy. and besides, Il has made Us
feel comfortable all the time" Iha,
Is the eist OF good life insurance, vel
placed. National Life ms. Co. Of VI
(Nutusil Earl S. Kinsiey, General
Agent Mead Building. Rutland. VI
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-10
or,alnaI Meaning Of "snOb.v

"Snob" meant originally In the land
of its origin a person of plebeian sta
ton. considered from the height OF
birth" 1t was word used with the
downward eye and upward nose of SUI
perior station or assigned to the
naughty by popular convention. Then
rhackeray took 1t and rebuked with Ii
the social ambitions of the vulgar.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-10
Makinn tier comfortabI..

Hosts Youngest Don't your shoes
feel very uncomfortable when you
walk. Mrs Newychey Mrs. New
ryche-Dear nae. what an extraorii-
nary question. Why do you ask. child:
Youngster-Oh. only cos pa said the
other day since you'd come Into your
money you'd got far too big for your
hoofa
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-10
!, Letter 20
Or. kilmer & Co,
6inahamton, N. Y.

Prove What swsmp-Root VIII Do
For You.
Send to DR.. Kilmer & Co, Bingham
ton, N. Y, for a sample bottle. II
will convince anyone. You viii also
receive a booklet Of valuable infor-
nation, telling all about the kidneys
and bladder. When writing. be sure
and mention the Bennington Even
ing Banner. Regular nfty-cent and
onedoIlar size bottles for sale at all
drug stores.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-10
HeInind Him On

Mr.. Timid Ter suppose your
daughter has told you the-er-object
OF my-er-vislt to you-er-thls even.
Ing7 Her Father-Yes, young man,
and she told II better than you seem
able TO do
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-10
In IN. Han Of Fam..

"His father l. in the hall Of fame"
why. didn't know the old gentle
man was dead p"
"Have to be dead to be 10 thereT
Sure"
well. be Is only in there busting the
bustar
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-10

what a debt we owe TO medical
scienceI" be said az be put down the
paper
Good heavensT' she exclaimed
Haven't yOu paid that doctors blu
yetT'-ChlcaeO Post.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-10
Choice of Evils.

Smiley hope you won't mind II ]
bring n friend home 10 dinner tonight,
dear sirs. Smiley-No. no. sir. That
is decidedly better than being brought
home by friend after dinner.-Chi
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-10

People in very cold climates need q
heavy diet"
NO. they don't: they have n have
HIGHT diet Don't the Eskimos eat can
dlssy"-Balunors ADeriosn
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-10
DO 1T WELL.

Do everything well-make tina,
the rule Of your life and live up to
it-and you will find it most con-
ducive to your own happiness and
to the happiness OF those with
whom you are brought into contact
or communication. 1t pays to do
all things well.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-10
ru tNrNu t4~Nt R
subscriptions uavah's u advance

tered 4, the Post office 6ennlnq'"'
- Dec. II. 1903. as second class
mail matter.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-07-03
THOMPSON ITEMS.
That Sunday School Picnic-Per'
sonal Mention.

Thompson, Mo-, July I've
had light shower this morning,
not enough TO do any good.
Geo. Pool has put in a phone on
No. 26 line
Mrs. Maggie Sims and little
daughter are visiting her parents,
r. l.. Davis and wife.
Little Barbara Alice Brenton
is visiting her grandma, Mrs
John Butler, east of Thompson.
w. II. Dempsey sold Egbert
Sims a bunch of lambs at 6 cts,
to be delivered Monday at Cen
tralia.
Mr.. Eugene Jones gave his
Sunday school a picnic and fist
fry June 25th on his farm, dow
at the famous Jackson Springs
Each Sunday school scholar haC
the privilege of inviting a friend
From the looks of the crowd, Bon
or more, Bro. Jones has a larg'
Sunday school and each membe
has a good many friends. 1t wa
an ideal day for the occasion
There are two big springs run
ming ice cold water all the time
There were 100 pounds of fis'
fried on the ground. Bread, pick
les. ice cream and cake were ais
served. 1t was certainly a gran'
day. Everyone went home feel
ing better for having been there
Here is hoping Bro. Jones vii
make his Sunday school picnic a
annual affair.
Ben Brown shipped a car loa
of cattle to st. Louis Sunda
night.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-07-03
BENTON CITY ITEMS

A. j. Douglass is at Eureka,
Ark, on account of his eyes.
Oscar Breedlove and family
have returned to their home in
Bloomington, ILL.,, after two
weeks visit here.
Mrs. J. j. +. and Miss Anna
Johnson were shopping in Mex.
leo Friday.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Jas
Ecton, June 28th, a son.
Mrs. VIM. Ritch is travelling
with her husband III Virginia.
DR.. w. II. Douglass was a bust
ness visitor at Mexico Tuesday.
Mrs. Andrew Tratchel is on the
sick list.
Mrs. Louis Knoebel of Rusl
Hill visited relatives here Friday
Mrs. Edgar Woodson and son
Paul. of East St. Louis, are guest
of the formers mother, Aun
Sarah Tratchel.
There were five car loads o
stock shipped from here Monda
night.
VIM. and Chris Erisman an
Jno. Paradise are building silo
on their farms.
Mrs. Jno. Dovenspike and tw
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-07-03

Here S TO Prosecuting Attorney
A. c. Whitson and Sheriff j. W.
Barnett in the good part they
had in welding the testimony
against John Nicholson, ferriting
out facts and confronting Nichol.
son herewith, convincing him
that he better own up and end
matters quick, for if a jury Of II
men got his case he might lose
his neck. II is a saving to the
State and is better all around
The officers did yigilant and
faithful service.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-07-03

If there is anything which stirs
our patriotism it is the things
which remind us of the struggles
our forefathers made for the in
dependence which we are enjoy
ing in comparative comfort and
even luxury. At this time when
we are all feeling patriotic, we
are pleased to give the readers of
the Message chance to view
some of the historic spots and
events connected with the strug.
Gle for liberty You will find
them on another page.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-07-03

Did you ever try to do some
thing undignifed and get caught
at il in a way which made you
wish you could crawl into a hole
and pull the hole in after you
That is what happened to the
heroine Of the story with the
above caption, found on another
page of the Message. However, il
was on the Fourth of July, and at
the picnic which followed il
worked out charmingly. Our
heroine also changed her mind as
to the Englishmen. When you
have read the story you won I
blame her.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-07-03

Mr.. Robert Miller, ~ years old,
died at his home in this city Tues
day morning. His disease was
hardening of the arteries. The
funeral was held yesterday, con
Quoted by Rev. W. A. Shullen
berger. The wife survives him
He was a good man and faithful
member of the church. Many
friends mourn his death.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-07-03
A Happy Wedding.

Mr.. Hugo Doerge and Miss
Minnie Jones were married We'd
nesday afternoon, at three
o'clock, at the home of the Ger
man minister, Rev. G. Orlowskey
The bride is a charming young
lady and the groom is a popular
Young farmer in Prairie Lea. We
wish them much happiness and
prosperity.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-07-03
An Honest Old Farmer

was formerly Of Johnson County, No. have
been in the Carlsbad Valley for six years -Four
years ago shipped four sOws to my farm here and
turned them on alfalfa They have been there since
without any grain and have to this day sold from
these four SOwS 5000 worth Of hogs and have at
the present time 80 brood sOws, l20 pigs and will
have as many more pigs narrowed in the next two
weeks have never lost hog from disease and
have never heard Of cholera in the Valley. | have
raised hogs all my life in Missouri Illinois and Kan.
SaS, but consider this the best place for hogs have
ever seen
Signed J. A. HsrtShOne, farmer
Carlsbad, New MEXICO.
Write him il you will
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-07-03

The greatest reunion Of Old sol
diers ever held is the Gettysburg
Reunion. on the old battlefield,
July l, > and 3. Fifty years ago
one Of tie greatest battles in the
history Of the civil war was
fought at Gettysburg. II was a
victory for the Northern army,
but it was won only after very
hard and desperate fighting and
reflects credit upon both sides.
Read the story of the battle as
written by Edward B. Clark. You
will find it on another page of the
Message.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-07-03
Trustee 8 Sale.

Whereas, James Ferguson and
Emma l.. Ferguson, his wife, by
their Artain deed OF trust, dated the
18th day of June, 1912, and recorded in
the Recorders Office within and FOR
Audrain County, Missouri, in Book
80 for recording trust deeds, at page
259 thereof, conveyed to the under
signed trustee the following described
real estate situated in Audrain Coun-
ty, Missouri, to-wit:
Beginning at a stone set for the
northwest corner of the southeast
fourth t1-i) Of the northwest quarter
Q-4 of Section % Township 81 Range
9 west of 9Th H. NJ. and run thence
| East 3T3.3s feet for point Of begin
ming. run thence North 50.23 feet to a
point due East of the south line Of the
Alley running east and west through
Block 4 in Fair Ground Addition to
the CITY of Mexico, Missouri, thence
east along the south line Of said Alley
extended l3S. 81 feet, thence south III
feet to the north line of the Mexico
Louisiana and Hannibal road, thence
south SO degrees west along the nortf
line of said road, 1871 feet, thence
north 1897 feet to the place OF be
ginning Being the same land thu
day conveyed by said Gill and wife t.
said Ferguson.
This deed of trust is made and &C
copied subject to prior deed OF trus
of S2.2l5.O0 in favor Of Mrs. Stell
Hopkins.
In trust to secure the payment c
one certain promissory note with tn
interest thereon in said deed OF trus
. fully described and set forth:
And whereas, said deed of trust pro
, yides that if default be made in tn
PAYMENT of said note or int. or any pai
thereof. then both principal and II
: terest shall become due and payable;
> And, whereas, default has bee
made in the payment of said note an
interest and the same remain dr
1 and unpaid.
And whereas said deed of trust pr
vides that in case the trustee name
in said deed of trust shall refuse
act then the then acting Sheriff I
Audrain County shall act, therefore,
J. w. Barnett, Sheriff, at tho reque
Of the legal holder Of said note will, G
Friday, the 25th day of July 1913, b
tween the hours of 8 o'clock a. NJ. al
4 five O'Clock p. NJ. of that day, procee
to sell the above described real estat
at public vendue, to the highest bi
+ der, at the east front door of ii
Court House in Mexico, Missouri, f
cash, to satisfy said debt and the cos
and expenses OF executing this trus
]. w. BARNETT,
Sheriff of Audrain County, Nj
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-07-03
little daughters are visiting rela-
tives at Maryville, Mo.

Mrs. Zach Botliins, OF this city,
SO years old, died at her home in
this city last Monday night. She
was sufferer from paralysis. De
ceased was u faithful member Of
the Presbyterian church. The
funeral was held at the home
Tuesday afternoon, conducted by
Rev. A. A. Wallace" The husband
survives her besides two children
The children are Mrs. Les Low
der and Ed. Botkin.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-07-03

George Robertson of this city
has purchased the Old Judge
Crook Farm, five miles northeast
of Mexico. 1t contains $50 acres
Mr. Robertson will give the place
over to the charge of his two
sons, George and Graham. They
will occupy it and will begin al
once to make it one of the mos
beautifully improved places II
the county. We wish them every
good fortune. We are glad t.
see any boy get into this back-to
the farm movement.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-07-03
AT PERTLE SPRINGS.

The Message editor had a most
enjoyable time last week at the
gathering of the Missouri Press
Association at Pertle Springs. We
have been attending these annual
outings for - years or more but
the meeting at Pcrtle last week
was the best of them all, in sew
eral ways. The discussions and
speeches were more practical,
and all had far better time
socially.
The Missouri editor is a fine
fellow. He is doing more for the
morals and progress and well
being of his State than all the
other forces combined. He has
quit fighting his brother com
petitor; on the other hand he is
joining with him for the best
business relations possible, while
he smiles on all the rest Of the
world and in his preachments Is
ever Haunting the banner of Opt
mism. The Missouri editor is all
right. He believes in his State
and her people.
The meeting at Pertle confirm
ed us in these things. BY the way
Pertle Springs Is a good place tC
meet-even for others beside.
editors. The views are beautiful
and "the water lin the lake
and the springs is fine" Tn,
ozone of the air is as good as tn
mountains. If you have neve
been at Pertle Springs, plan
visit to the place. 1t will do yor
good.
Pertle Springs Is a good plac
TO meet, as we have said. An
right here we want to sugge,
that Mexico and Molino and Sal
ia Fe might have just as beaut
full and delightful meeting plaC
out on the electric line-if "
might get together and extend
Beautiful scenery, hills and va
leys, the woodlands, miles q
miles Of swimming holes" ar
other features. Audrain, Monr,
and Rails counties ought not
have to go away from home if
is merely TO get close to nature.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-07-03

VIM. T. Cross, who was born
and reared in Mexico, who for
some time has been secretary of
the State Board of Charities and
Corrections, a few days ago was
elected secretary of the Annual
Conference of the American AS,
ISOLATION of Charity Officials at a
meeting held at Springfield, III.
Willie Cross is all right and is
making his mark in the world.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-07-03
prosperity

John Nicholson, confessed muir
derer of his wife and adopted son,
was taken to States prison yes
terday. He feared trial before a
jury of II men. He thinks he has
saved his mech.