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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-19

One of the most interesting tips
made by our party was a visit to the
Allen fruit farm several miles south of
San Juan and near the village of Bay
anon. There are several ways OF get
ting there and, as 1t turned out, We
chose the hardest, at least for those
who did the work. We hired a small
sloop with crew of two sun baked
Porto Ricans to sail us across the bay
and up the Bayamon river to land
ing about mile from the farm we de-
sired to visit.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-19
NORTH VILLAGE FINANCES

Tax Of 20 Cents for Highway and 20
Cents for General Purposes.
At the North Bennington annual
village meeting Tuesday tax Of 20
cents for highways was voted and a
tax of 20 cents for incidental and cur
rent expenses.
The treasurer's report showed re-
ceipts from all sources to be $3761.S3.
Orders of trustees, $2734.37.
Order borrowed money, $500.
Trustees note, surveys, $316S2.
Interest, 1851.
Treasurer. for collecting, 1929.
Balance on hand, $369.96.
Making total of $3761.S3.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-19
He. Good Opinion of Women.

mss oooo Opihion OF women.
Men have no organization In the
world that 10 doing a. much for the
world at the present time and for civ
illzation as the National Federation Of
Women's Clubs" said Prof. Zeublin
Of Chicago in an address At Minneap-
oils. He said that woman IL not only
stronger mentally. but she is superior
to man physically, and the day of her
equality with man is at an end as she
is in every respect his superior.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-19

both by natives and whites. The tree
is one of the handsomest that grows
on the island. 1t has leaves some
thing like a maple, but larger and
coarser.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-19
Failed to Relieve.
On the mighty deep.

On the mighty deep.
The great ocean liner rolled and
pitched.
Henry" faltered the young bride.
do you still love me?"
More than ever, darlingl" was
Henry's fervent answer.
Then there was an eloquent silence.
Henry" she gasped. turning her
pale, CHASTITY face away. Il thought
that would make me feel better. but 1t
doesn't ..
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-19
Then Appeai.

IT must tell you frankly" said q
lawyer to his client, that l do not
see the slightest chance of your win
ming the case"
, "Why?"
Because the law or the point is
against you"
rs that all?" remarked the client.
"Then go ahead. The judges are moi
always right.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-19
WEATHER FORECAST

Next "a Hours.
For Eastern New York and Western
Vermont fair on coast Snow flurries
and colder in the interior tonight.
Friday fair and colder.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-19
- Y NJ N A S u NJ
~ CA r N ~ Al
OPERA HOUSE, TUESDAY, MAR. "a
NJ O II n -

rNOTICF: Purchasers OF tickets for the FIX
hibi.ion may exchange them for reserved seats
at Hyde's Drug Store Friday morning or thei O.
after. Tickets go on sale at Hyde's Friday
evening.
Two speclaltles In the program will be a
sketch by Munroe and Davis and slack wire
walking by Daley Bros. OF North Adams.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-19

When We started home We found
that the breeze was blowing half
gale down stream so we made the trip
in short order, or should have but for
an exciting incident just after getting
out of the river into San Juan bay.
There are several mud banks and small
reefs and the man steering the boat
mistook the course and ran the sloop
onto one OF the reefs. The wind was
so strong that we spun around broad
side and the boat careened to one side
in way to make land-lubbers jump.
The skipper and his assistant yelled
at us In Spanish and we yelled at them
in English, but the skipper after much
effort and perhaps some Porto Rican
profanity got us all corralled in one
end of the boat and worked her off into
deeper water We did not realize II
until afterwards but truth compels me
TO say that the water was so shallow
| llut We tuulu all nave SNtpPcu Out VI
the boat and waded ashore. The dis
lance was some 200 to 800 yards, but
the water was not over waist deep.
On our way down the river we saw
sort of high pen made OF Stats and
looking something like New England
corn crib. We tried to find out from
the boatmen what it was for but their
Spanish and our English did not work
very well together. After several
strenuous trials TO explain the skipper
said ''beefy beefy" and made a motion
as though cutting a throat. II you
can tell from this what the thing was
for you can do better than can. /
only tell of the incident to illustrate
the difficulty in eliciting much infor.
nation from the Porto Rican natives
with whom visitor is thrown in con-
tact.
Frank z. Howe
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-19

Mr.. Johnson has around his place
many cocoanuts and other tropical
trees including several bread-fruit.
This tree which furnishes the principal
food of the natives on some OF the
islands of the south Pacific grows well
in Porto Rico and the fruit is PRICED
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-19
SAWYER ADJuDeEp BANKRUPT

Frank z. Howe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-10
Plenty of Corn This Year

The dry weather in September did reduce the yield in the corn belt to some extent, but at the same time it hurried the crop to maturity, so that the heavy frosts in the last week of September in the surplus corn states did not materially lessen the crop. A small amount only of the crop has been husked, but the best estimates put the yield at 2,614, 100000 bushels, as against last years crop of 2,592 ,O0O, ,OOO bushels. The present crop outruns every crop except two. In 1906 the product was ,927,OO0,O0O bushels, and in 1905 the yield was 2,7OS,OOO,OOO. The present yield stands third in the list. When the husbing is completed it may prove a close rival of the crop of 1905.
 Texas and Oklahoma have produced large crops of corn, and the corn crops of the other cotton states are excellent. The south will buy some corn, but it will not buy as much as it has in any recent year. It seems impossible to induce our farmers to grow enough corn, and this is chiefly due to faulty methods of cultivation. When corn Is grown according to the teachings of the federal department of agriculture it is as profitable as so many acres in cotton. Possibly the demonstration lessons that the government is induc- ing southern farmers to present will lead to improved cultivation, and i'm proved cultivation means a sufficiency of homegrown corn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-10
Collections to Biennial Sessions

The letter of Col T. c. Bush, pub lished yesterday, calls attention anew to the biennial-session amendment. The proposition in its present form is certainly crude, inasmuch as it does not put the entire state government on a biennial basis. It leaves the execu- tive branch of it on quadrennial basis while it aims to put apart of the legls- lative branch on the biennial plan.
 It does not call for a full, fresh ap- peal to the people every two years, as many people in this state have thought It did, because it provides that one half of the senate shall hold over. It does provide for the converting of a legislature every two years, but not for a legislature freshly elected. There is little advantage in this over the pres ent plan, for in an emergency the leg lslature can now be convened at any time by the governor
 The amendment as it stands is crudt. and imperfect. It should be recast and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-10
Our eontentment is our best having.
 -kine Henry VIII.
Southern Cotton Mills Starting Up

Charlotte, N. C., may be said to be the center of the textile business in the south, and correspondents located there agree in saying that the outlook among the mills is considered promis- ing. Mills that have been partially or wholly idle all summer are now run ming full time and in a few instances night work has been resumed. The opinion is expressed by expert mill men that nearly all the southern mills will be in operation by November 1, and that the demand for goods will be good after the election is decided.
 The mill men in the Car0inas are so optimistic that they are again engaged in planning enlargements and improve ments, and a number of new mills are being organized. Some of the new mills have New York capitalists be- hind them.
 The corner has been turned in the textile industry, and normal conditions will no doubt soon be restored. The farmers of the south should keep in- formed of the situation among the southern mills, for they are true in- dex of the condition of the goods mar ket The strike in the Lancashire mills will be settled as soon as those mills can fill their warehouses with cheap cotton, and the New England mills are in the game. The southern mills are, however, trustworthy, and all reports agree that they are fapidly starting up, and that their view of the future of the textile trade is optimistic and hopeful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-10
Uncle Joe as Hsndicap.
Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
 Requests are pouring in upon Uncle Joe" Cannon to speak in various states and districts. The democrats profess to welcome his appearance wherever he goes. They are spreading the report that Governor Hoch of Kansas refused to in- troduce him when he addressed meeting in that state recently, for the reason that Hoch was on the committee which went to Washington with reference to the Lit leheld bill to prevent the naturalization of prohibition through interstate com- merce. The Kansas City Star is warmly supporting Taft, but believes desirable to eliminate Cannon. His particular friends are finding difficulty in getting through the popular primaries. Jenkins of Wis consin, who has done his bidding on the Judiciary committee was overwhelmingly defeated. Miller of Kansas. another Cam non man, was severely alarmed by the narrowness of his margin. MT. Tawney, the chairman of the appropriations com- mlttee, and the speakers right-hand man, barely succeeded in getting a renomina- tion in Minnesota, while J. Adam Rede's defeat was attributed by the Chicago Daily News, in a recent issue, to the Cannon blight' The Chicago newspa- pers are practically giving no support to Cannon All this in itself is not so re- markable as that it should have dawned on the public so suddenly after the extra ordinary popularity which Mir. Cannon en- Joyed several years ago. when his Abra- ham Lincolnesque methods and appear ance made him popular hero.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-10
Standing Timber In This Country

A census, so to speak, of the coun- try's standing timber is to be taken by the national conservation commission. The total stumpage is at present estl- mated at 1,99O,OO0, 100000 board feet. These are the figures compiled by Henry Gannett for the census of 19Ou, and MT. Gannett has been placed in charge of the new timber census.
 Assuming that his figures are cor rect, it becomes an interesting ques- ton how long the supply of timber will meet the demands of a populous and expanding country. The annual use is put at 100000, ,00O, ,0OO board feet, and the annual growth at 40,0O0,0O0, ,0OU. These figures are immense, but they are the best that are at hand, and when the sum in arithmetic is finished it is seen that the supply will be exhausted in 23 years, or in 1881.
 The report of the conservation com- mission will be awaited with interest, for it has sent out 150,000 letters ad- dressed to lumbermen and timber land owners, and when the replies are con- piled, or rather digested, better esti- mate of our timber resources will doubtless be furnished than the coun- try has ever had.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-10
Mr. UNderWOOd'S PrOSpectS

The demoerS1s of the Twelfth Con- gressional district of New York de- elined to renominate w. Bourke Coch- ran. preferring instead Jefferson H. Lew, who once served in Congress. Tammany and Mr. Cochran do not agree, and Mr Cochran's defeat be- came inevitable.
 This action by the New York demo. crats advances MT. Underwood one notch in the ways and means commit tee. all that stands between our Rep resentatiye and the chairmanship Of that great committee is democratic control of the House of Representa- tives in the Sixty-first Congress. Demo cratic control of the House is consid- cred probable even if it be impossible in the electoral college.
 In a Congress pledged by both par ties to a revision of the tariff the chair manship of the ways and means com mittee is place outranked by the presidency and the speakership only. The chairman of the ways and means committee in the next Congress will easily rank third in the government of a great country, and the prospect is that Oscar w. Underwood will be the man that will hold that place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-10
THE RETURN.

Arthuhr Symons. Poems" A little hand is knocking at my heart, And I have closed the door, q pray thee, for me love of God, depart: Thou shalt come in no more" "Open, for Tam weary of the way. The night is very black. have wandered many a night and
 day.
 Open I have come back The little hand is knocking patiently; listen, dumb with pain. wilt thou not open any more to me? / I have come back again. q wilt not open any more.. Depart. I, that once lived am dead. The hand that had been knocking at my
 heart
 Was still. And 1?' she saii. There is no sound, save, in the winter
 air,
 The sound of wind and rain. All that I loved in all the world stands
 there,
 And will not knock again
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-10
Indiana for Bryan.

From the Washington Herald.
 Indiana, according to R. r. Warren, a business man of Paris, Ind, who is reg istered at the Ebbtt, and who is here on a sightseeing tour, will vote for Bryan at the presidential election in Novem- Der.
 "The republican party of our state Is in such disorganized state, and is- sues which have been interjected in the state campaign are so unpopular with great many of the supporters of the republican party, that there is nothing else to be expected at the election but a heavy cuttings of the state and national tickets. The prohibition plank in the re- publican platform has aroused the Ger man republican element, which always has voted the republican ticket. Then another drawback, which prevents sus- cess, is the lack of undertanding among the leaders of the party.
 Another great factor in the election in Indiana will be the labor vote. So far as I have been able to ascertain, the vote of these people will be deposited for the benefit of Bryan. The members of organ ized labor in Indiana are paying atten- ton to the advice and counsel of Com pers. They disclaim that Gompers can control their votes, bug they admit that it would be sucldial for the interests of organized labor if the members of this organization did not heed the counsel and advice of their leader, who has been hon. ored mby them with the highest office in the order.
 Bryan is making a stronger fight this time and the substantial business men. who did not place any confidence in him before. have changed their minds, and say that he could not be more radical in his views and actions than was Presi- dent Roosevelt. Another argument which
 is used extensively by business interests Is that they had no cause to be enthu- siastic about Roosevelt's ticket; that their interests had suffered severely as a result of some of Roosevelt's policies"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-10
Rival To Cotton Seed Oil.

Washington, October 9.-Bidding fair to rival the cotton seed oil industry of Amer ica, the palm oil and nut industry of West Africa only awaits improved meth ods of cultivation and preparation for the market. Consul Yerby of Sierra Leone, in report, describes some of the prlmi- tive features of the trade. and invites Americans of inventive mind to contrive a machine to do the work now done la boriously by hand. There is little cultiva- tion of the nut palm trees beyond allow ing them to grow and removing the nuts that others may take their places The hulling work Is too crudely done. From Sierra Leone there were exported during 1907 almost 35,000 tons of nuts and 616,00O gallons of the oil, valued at $2,500, ,000 Most of the oil is shipped to England and Germany for use in making soap, candles and lubricating oil.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-10

been in Colorado for some time on ac- count of poor health has returned, greatly improved.
 
 l.. Brandt, president of the Nicola Building company of Pittsburg, is in Birmingham. It is understood that he is one of the bidders on the Chamber of Commerce. the bids for which will be opened today.
 
 J. M Mowbray of Rhodesia and E. R. Jones of Mexico are registered at the Hillman. They are prominent min ing men. James Weath erly, who was operated upon yesterday at Copeland's infirmary. is resting comfortably and will be able. 1t Is thought, to be out within the next few days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-10
RAIN HURTS FAIR.
Programme Will Be Continued Into
 Next Week.

Huntsville. October 9.-(Special.) )-The continued rain of today spoiled what promised to be the biggest day of the Tennessee Valley fair Everything was called off for the day. If the weathei clears up for tomorrow everything that was scheduled for Thursday and Friday will be held on Saturday.
 The board of directors of the Fair as- sociation held a meeting today and de- cided to run the fair over into next week, Monday and Tuesday. All of the race horsemen and all of the concessioners have decided to remain until the fair Is closed. They have lost money so far be. cause of the weather, and have come to the conclusion that they had best remain here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-10
Campaiun BIunders.

From the Washington Herald.
 campaign of blunders. This describes the pending political contest. There have been blunders on both sides. Here are 6 few of them, put in a nutshell:
 REPUBLICAN.
 Operation of the steam roller at Chicago when Taft could easily have been nom- mated without it.
 Putting in charge of the campaign man. agement a tactless. unskilled young man who had affronted many of the party's leaders in the preliminary skirmish, and who had demonstrated no capacity for in- itiative work or direction.
 Choosing as treasurer, at the instance of Panama Cromwell, a gentleman whose trust affiliations invited immediate attack and placing on the executive com mittee the head of a trust then under government fire.
 Blanketing Taft's western tour and forcing him into secondary role before the general public by means of sudden Presidential activity in the campaign.
 White House assault upon Foraker, in- spired by disclosures in stolen letters, and a reopening of the Brownsville cpl soes-all immediately following public reconciliation between Taft and ForaEer.
 Making an issue of Haskelrs course with reference to oil pipe lines in Okla homa when that course was apparently in keeping with the departments action at Washington; and casting aspersions upon democratic judge at. St. Louis who had acted as counsel for the oil in terests, although his partners in the same litigation were three eminent repub- licans.
 DEMOCRATIC. Electing as treasurer of the national committee the governor of Oklahoma, a political product of mushroom growth, without financial standing and concerning whose antecedents Candidate Bryan un- fortunately was unfamiliar. Challenging an investigation of Has kelrs record, without knowing what it was. and then finding it necessary to per nit him to retire under fire. Inviting a controversy with the Presi- dent which served his avowed purpose to ginger up the republican campaign and which. whatever the ultimate and general result dispeled at once the apathy then menacing the party interests throughout the west.
 Unwise filings at Governor Hughes and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-10
Faithful In Attendance.

Tonight is the first time in many months that I've not attended a meet ing of the city council,' said Ex-Presi- dent John L. Parker, last evening.
 T rather miss it, but then when q mans business calls him he can moi neglect it for public office or politics. never missed a single meeting for the IA months I was president of the cour- cil; pretty good record, isn't it?
 T tell you the position of mayor, ol member of the city council will be nc easy job for the next year or two; stil it's a great honor to be mayor of such g city as Birmingham. Capt. OBrien vii fill the office with credit I feel sure."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-10
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR,

From the New York Press.
 You can tell when a girl isn't really in love by the way she acts as if she were.
 One woman's natural sense is worth 50 mems trained reason in a predicament.
 The average man would rather be noto- rious for evil than never noticed for any thing.
 The best help to self-control is to have somebody big enough and strong enough to sit on you. No matter how sorry a woman is that she married a man, she can be glad that she kept some other woman from getting him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-10
MT. McQueen Returns.

J. w. McQueen, vice president of the Sloss- Sheffield company, who had been away on a sick leave for few weeks, returned home yesterday. As friends greeted him all remarked on his lm' proved condition. MT. Mcqueen had been suffering from a carbuncle for some time before he quit work; but at the command of his physician he went in September to Indiana and from there to Pennsylvania. He spent about two weeks at Cambridge Springs, Pa, and was greatly benefited by the waters there.
 Mir Mcqueen has, as matter of course, lost some flesh, but he now looks the picture of health. He has resumed his office work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-10

perfected, and Colonel Bush is correct when he says the people will probably vote it down.
 The biennial plan prevails in ma jority of the states, and it will no doubt find favor in Alabama some day. But when it is adopted it should be applied 10 the executive as well as to the legis- latiye branch of the government, and il should call for an election of an en- tire new legisl2mre every two years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-10
A CREED.

A CREED. It does no good to worry over what is past and gone The stream that turns the water wheel must hurry ever on And neither time nor tide regards the pleasure of man, So look for joy in everything and do the best you can. It does no good to weep and wall, no mat ter what the cause, And for the flood of human tears the world cares not two straws; So lift your daily burdens and in spite of sorrows dart, Keep purpose burning in your soul and courage in your heart The wisest men who ever lived were help less when 1t rained And never yet has fortune smiled when plodders-on complained. The one best bet for each of usAjust take the tip from me Is not to be surprised at all at anything you see. And still to say when trouble comes, 'It comes to all of us No need for any chap to kick or try to make a fuss. One thing is very certain, which nobody VIII Ceny, Hard luck can't last forever-'twill be finished by and by!"
 A HARD JOB. 'Whiffle looks worried these days" Yes, he's suffering from intense ner- vous strain" What's the trouble?" He's trying to save money.'
 GROWLERS. The pessimists are hard to please And with them troubles rife; You'll always find them grubbing in The cactus patch of life.
 MEANT THE SAME Did you say you intended to mash my face?"
 No; said that I would gladly avail myself of an opportunity to make some alterations in the map of your features" Trouble started immediately.
 DEFINED.
 Seeing life
 Through rose-tint prism
 That, my friend,
 Is optimism.
 ONE ROUTE. Pa, do angels eat angel cake?" No, my son; but that's how some of them got to be angels
 NEVER TO BE. When Eugene Debs Is White House