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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-08
A POULTRY FOOD OF GENUINE
MERIT

The manufacturer of any stock food
must be attentive TO all the details of
it's preparation being certain that
only first class materials enter into
its composition. It is claimed for
Pages Perfected Poultry Food that
there doesn't enter into its compost
ion single particle of the ordinary
meat meal which is the basis OF so
many poultry foods. The nearest ap-
proach to it is what is known as tai
low scraps or cracklings and every
grandmother who has lived on the
farm and taken care of chickens
knows there is nothing better to
make hens lay than tallow scraps and
Pages Perfected Poultry Food con-
tains a considerable percentage of
this ingredient.
If you want to know more about this
food and the best ways of using it,
write c. S. Page. Hyde Park, VT. for
his booklet, Profitable Poultry" 1t
will be sent free, postpaid to anyone
mentioning this paper.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-08
A POIIceman,s Testimony

j. N. Paterson, night policeman of
Nashua, Iowa, writes Last winter
had bad cold on my lungs and
tried at least a dozen advertised
cough medicines and had treatment
from two physicians without getting
any benefit. A friend recommended
Foley's Honey and Tar and two-thirds
of bottle cured me. | consider It
the greatest cough and lung medicine
in the world. Quinlan's Pharmacy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-08
COMPANY NJ WINS AGAIN
Soldiers Defeated the oreenbacks of
Albany EasiIY

Hoosick Falls, Dec. COMPANY NJ
added the second victory to its credit
in the basketball season Saturday
night by defeating the Greenbacks Of
Albany at the Hoosick Falls Armory
court by a score of IS to H. The
game was somewhat one-sided and
the soldiers had matters pretty much
their own way. The first half ended
with the score is to Z. The second
half gave Company NJ 20 and the
Greenbacks 49,
The teams lined up as follows:
Company VI Greenbacks
Surdam, Hale ri ri Eagan
Ely, If II Connick
Willis. Surdam, Murray
Roys, re rg. Palmatier
Fitzgerald * IL, Vanderloo
Baskets-Company NJ, Surdam. S.
Roys, 4 Ely. o; Willis. l. Green
backs, Eagan, 4 Vanderloo, .; Pal.
matter, l. Fouls, Murray. , Offici-
ais referee, w l.. Carpenter; timers,
e. r. Stephens and Fred Fairbanks.
Next Saturday Company NJ will
meet the ex-Continentals of Schenec-
tady
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-03
The Panama Canal.

Maj Chester Harding, one of the United States army engineers on duty at Gatun dam, Panama who Is now paying a brief visit to his brother, W. P. G. Harding, graduated at West Point in the class of 1889. He was appointed from Tuscaloosa to the United States Military academy by the late Col G. W Hewitt, who was a member of Congress when Tuscaloosa county and Jefferson county were in the same congressional district. Major Hard ing is one of the younger majors in the army and is regarded as one of the very best engineers in the service.
 Work on the Panama canal is pro gressing satisfactorily" said Major Hard- ing. "Co II. c. Goethals. United States army, chairman of the Panama commits sion, is exceptionally we'll equipped for the responsible and exacting position he holds. In the first place he is great engineer; and then he has great admin istrative capacity, great business ability, a thorough knowledge of men and won derful tact.
 Health conditions in Panama are good. The temperature is very much the same all the year round. lightweight in the shade is considered about the maximum heat during the day. but the humidity makes the days seem pretty hot. The nights. however, are cool and pleasant about like found Wednesday night here at Glen Iris.
 Tt is now estimated that the Panama canal will be completed by January 1, 1915 We may finish the work consid- erably earlier, but in order to be on the safe side and not disappont the public. 1915 is named as the ultimate date. It is estimated that the total cost of the $3OO GOO, ,o0o'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-03
Next DeCember'S Deficit

Senator Reese of Selma predicts n deficit by mid-winter of $75O,0OO in the state treasury, and past experience seems to justify and uphold his predic- tion. For one year ago the treasury held as balance s1,275, ,000, and in December it could muster but $49, 1890! All the rest of the money had been dis buTsed.
 The present balance is about $632,- GOO, and Judging by the record of the previous year the deficit in December will range from s656,OOO up to the sum named by Senator Reese. The differ ence between receipts and disburse- ments from October to December 31 last year was $1.275,sS9 p on the wrong side of the account
 This deficit should have been fore seen and provided against Such mat ters were carefully attended to in the administration of Governor Jelks, but in the present administration the mot to seems to be to go ahead without
 caution, letting the treasury take care of itself. The state Is in sound con- dition and prosperity is returning, but it is not credit to any state to have to hustle around any street for money to meet running expenses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-03
Air LOCOmOtlpn In the Near Future

Let no one imagine that aviation is to be confined to war preparations. The airship will no doubt be useful in scouting and it may become a dan gerous machine in offensive move 1lents. But its greatest uses will be in serving the ordinary uses of mankind in times of peace.
 Zeppelins that carry as many as 16 passengers are high-priced. At pres ent Zeppelin dirigible costs about S30O,000, but an aeroplane can be pur- chased even now at about s200O Per haps the price will be reduced one half, and when it is aeroplanes driven by 60-horsepower motors will be with in the means of all who can now afford buy automobiles.
 Let no one assume that aeroplanes are to be mere toys of the daring few, or sky-scouts in war. The aeroplane is needed by man :n his everyday ayocations, and it will be utilized in the soon coming years as the automo- bile and the telephone and many other inventions have been. From this time forward inventors will be busy in bringing the new invention within the uEes of mankind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-03
ICE A LUXURY IN ENGLAND.

From the London News
 Why are we so far behind other coun- tries in the use of ice? In the United States in the hot season ice is regarded as one of the necessities of life. In the towns the ice merchant delivers a large block every day as regularly as the milk man brings milk or the baker bread. All perishable foods are kept on Ice as matter of course. and an American house. wife would be bitterly ashamed if her butter were to appear at table in such a state that 1t had to be helped with a spoon. All manner of delicious dishes and beverages ice creams. frappes, sun daes, are concocted with ice or frozen milk a principal ingredient And not merely in the hot weather but through out the year Americans consume iced water in fabulous quantities.
 It is believed by some that this may be one of the causes of the American ten dency to dyspepsia. But it has been ob- served that English people who have spent a year or two in the United States always regret the Ice creams and the iced water It has been stated, too, that the large consumption of sugar in the various elaborate iced beverages is partly respon- slble for the relatively small consumption of liquor among Americans. since sugar as some dietary experts believe, discour- ages the taste for fermented drink.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-03
SEOUL A NEW CITY.
Inc Washington Herald.

From the Washington Herald.
 Seoul, the capital of Corea, according to Johann Richter of Berlin, manu- fscturer, who is on tour of the world, and is at the Shoreham, Is fast becom- ing a new city. Tt is fairly well lighted" he says Many of the stores keep open during the evening, and most of the houses have an oil lamp or an electric light globe at their front gate Looking down the wide main streets of the city reminds one of the larger towns of Amer ica, for the lights alone are to be seen, and the low, one-story buildings are lost in the darkness.
 Seoul has now an electric car line run by Americans. It was put in long before the Japanese took hold of the government, and about half of the stock belongs Ao the retired Emperor, who has refused to sell out to the Japanese cap italists. The Coreans are now patron izing the roads. At first they said it was magic, and a mob destroyed some of the cars. Their theory was that the line would prevent the spirits giving them rain They said the cars were boats. and that the gods, looking down from the skies, seeing them swimming to and fro through the streets, would say: These people need no rain, for their city is swimming in water
 "A similar feeling prevailed as to the magic in the telephone and telegraph systems Many of the Corean women. knowing that speech went over the wires thought the poles must contain spirits, and that the sound of buzzing on the wires was their voices. Indeed, some said their prayers to the telephone poles at the time."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-03
QuakeS At Panama

Earthquakes are possible all along the Pacific coast, and Panama is no exception to the rule. The canal zone is an earthquake zone. The recent shocks, however, injured nothing. There was nothing there in fact to be injured. The Gatun dam thus far is built mostly on paper only, and the high level of water has not been es- tablished. Whether these things can be or will be injured time only can disclose. The canal is to be built on the lock plan, and it is not probable that the recent earthquakes will be permitted to change the plan.
 The advocates of low level canal will be very apt to utilize the recent occurrence in pushing their theory of construction, but it is not probable that a harmless shock will change the sit uation. The country is committed to a high-level canal, and Colonel Goe- thals is preparing to put in the Gatun dam with its high-level lake, and the country stands ready to take the con- sequences of any quakes that may come along.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-03
Constitutional Prohibition Not Final

q am for constitutional prohibition" says some busy citizen, .'because I want the question settled and taken out of politics. I want something legislature cannot conjure with-can- not repeal.'
 This is honest error The amend ment in question reads as follows:
 Article KIN, Section L The manufae- ture, sale and keeping for sale of alco- holic and malt liquors and other intox eating beverages shall be forever prohib- ited in this state; but alcohol may be sold for medical, scientific and mechan ical purposes, and wine for sacramental purposes, under such regulations as the legislature may have prescribed or may hereafter prescribe. Section 2. Nothing in the constitution of Alabama shall be construed to prevent the legislature under the police power from designating places where such liquors may not be stored or kept.
 Were legislature to repeal the Car michael, the Fuller, and, other bills of like nature, the proposed amendment would become simply imperative, for it does not provide in itself penalties or other means of enforcement. A re- peal of all the acts of the present leg islature rests in the hands of any suc- ceeding legislature, and the voters who votes for constitutional prohibition in the belief that he is ending all agita- tion over the subject is simply dsre- garding the facts of the situation. Standing by itself, unsupported by statutes, the proposed amendment would simply be an academic express sion of the state on the subject. It would be as harmless and ineffective as a last years birds nest. It could nc more enforce itself than could the section of the constitution which says liberal system of public schools shall be maintained throughout the state. That section means whatever the leg islature shall say from time to time 1t means-no more, no less. And so it would be with constitutjonal prohibit ton. All depends upon each succeeding legislature, and nothing at all depends upon an academic statement in the cons stitution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-03
IN HOTEL LOBBlES
Without Complimentary Passes.

"Who ever heard of a State Fair with out complimentary passes?" Is a question often put to members of the advertising committee of the Alabama State Fair, said one of the committee. Well. we are going to show the people one next month October Il to 20. We are going to put every cent that should be reasonably ex- pected to come through the gates right Into features which will make this un- questionably the best fair Birmingham ever had.
 Tt takes money to run an enterprise. like this, and it was a spirit of co-opera- tion rather than one of arbitrariness which compelled this move. It did seem a bit revolutionary, but now the best peo- pie, even the fellow who never was known to pay his way to a state fair, is declar- ing with the rest of us that it is fine idea, and the way to prove you are good Alabamian is to pay for your admis- sion.
 Every officer of the Alabama State Fair and Exhibit association has pledged himself to pay for his tickets, and just think what an amount of hard work each one puts in besides"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-03
FORGED POLlTENESS.
Why Women Do Not Stand in the
 Street Cars of Mexico.

From the Baltimore American.
 If any man opines that the days of chivalry and the true knight-errant spirit with on a far southward journey, nor halt his steps until he brings up in the town of Morelia, which is the capital of the Mexican state of Michoacan," re- marked a travelling man.
 Having arrived in Morelia, he will at once see that the chivalrous spirit still survives I was down there not long ago, and the gallantry of the men and their extreme readiness to extend cour- tesies to the fair sex pleased and sur- prised me. When I noticed the alacrity with which the native males jumped up on the crowded street car to offer their seats to the first senorita that entered. I thought to myself, How much more gentlemanly are those Mexicans than many Of my own countrymen. They do not wait to see if some other man is going to get up, but each tries to beat the other in courteously proffering his seat to the lady.
 'I spoke about the matter to the pro- prietor of the hotel, and immediately he began to laugh.
 "'You must understand, senor.' said the innkeeper, that the governor of our state issued a decree that if any man keep his seat in a street car, there by compelling a woman to stand, he is liable to arrest and a fine. The police have been instructed to execute this or der severely, and I think this has much to do with the prompt politeness of which you speak, since none of our population wishes to become involved with the police, and to be publicly branded as lacking in gentility" /"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-03
PROHIBITION A FAILURE.
From Leslie's Weekly.


 A unique scheme to evade prohibition laws has been devised by the incorpor- ation of express companies which operate between states. In the last two or three months several such companies have been incorporated in various parts of the coun- try. In every instance the companies do 3 business close to state lines. None of them has filed with the interstate commerce commission It's annual report, and 1t is un- derstood an effort will shortly be made by the officials of prohibition states to pre- vent the operation of such companies.
 The commission received an inquiry from the Mississippi state authorities some time ago respecting the operations of an express company at Natchez. Mis- sissippi is prohibition state, yet 1t de- yeloped that an express company had been organized and incorporated at Nat chez the bulk of the business of which appesred to be transportation of beers and ltouors from another state into Mis- sisippi. The beverages are conAgned to individuals in Mississippi and are deliv- cred by wagons of the express company. Tho curious part of the transaction IS that the express company was incor- porated by dealers in beers and liquors, with the evident intention, according to the Mississippi authorities, of evadins the stringent state liquor laws. similar case has arisen in Massachusetts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-03

and he is at once physician, editor and
 explorer He has been afflicted with
 the arctic habit many years, for he
 accompanied the Peary arctic expedi-
 ton of 1591-2 and the Belgian antarc-
 tic expedition of 1s97-9, each time as a Surgeon. He lives in Brooklyn, and
 as a writer on polar exploration he stands high.
 His success in reaching the pole in April, 1908, was due in part, no doubt, to his study of arctic conditions, but largely, it is plain, to his choice of route. He crossed from Greenland to Elssmere land, a vast island at the head of Smith Sound belonging to British North America. Greenland be- longs to Denmark. but Ellesmere isl and belongs to Great Britain. This island juts into the polar regions up to point in about S5 degrees, north latitude. Grant Land is it's upper end. It is not easy to trace the course of Dr. Cook beyond Grant Land on any map in general use. But as soon as the successful explorer arrives in Co., penhagen the particulars of his great in the teeth of darkness, famine and arctic cold will no doubt be told and no one can tell it better than Dr. Cook himself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-03
An Old Disease.

"Pellagra was first noted in Italy and takes it's name from the Italian." said well informed man.
 'The name comes from the Italian pella-skin-and is noted in Italian author ities as a filthy skin disease common among farmers.
 Perhaps 1t is not so newly discovered as that 1t has been more clearly defined pathologically, as was the case with ap- pendicitis, which affliction was not infre- quently charged to other intestinal or gans than the vermiform.
 Tt is worth while noting that although negroes are the largest consumers of corn meal, particularly the western pro- duct, and are less discriminating as to its freshness and soundness, yet a large per cent of the cases reported are white persons. Again: The disease was known in Italy before the introduction of maize Qndan corn)."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-03
THE DOMINO PERIL.

From the Washington Herald.
 It is not in any great degree our busi- ness, of course, what rules and reguls- tions of conduct the various states of the union set up for the benefit of imaginary uplift of their citizens, but it would be interesting to hear recital of the clr- cumstances bringing about the outlawing of the ancient game of dominos by one of our Dixie sisters, nevertheless.
 It does no violence to reasonable pre- sumption, to be sure, to aver that evil may be attached to the playing of dom inos. As innocent as the game may be in itself, 1t can be used for gambling purposes-even as push-pin, mumble-peg, backgammon and kindred pastimes may be so used. But there are already laws against gambling, and those who divert the righteous trend of dominos to sinis- ter ends may be reached effectively, we should think, without putting a general ban on this particular device for the amusement of mankind, or discriminating against it specifically.
 Is the game of dominos one that is especially dear to Satan's heart, and is he able to employ 1t for evil more sue cessfully than the other games we men, tion herein? What is there in particular connected with the playing of dominos that differentiates it discreditably from it's kith and kin in the realm of games? We confess the puzzle gives us pause. We had never thought to ascribe to domlnos any attribute of overshadowing sinfulness; we had inclined to think 1t neither worse nor better than games of parallel persuasion. We had never con- sdered it wildly interesting, but we had pointedly neglected to view it as a pow erfully demoralizing agent in an all too weak and vacillating world.
 We fear some of the southern states are getting a wee bit too good for this earth in some respects. The positive pro- hibition of dominos is going too far There are those who will think it utterly ridiculous, indeed. A long face and a melancholy supervision of everybody's business discourages optimism, we think and some southern legislatures surely seem inclined nowadays to gloomy enact ments of one sort and another.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-03
UPPER SIXTEEN.

From Puck.
 What numbah, lady?' asked the pleas ant-looking porter of the woman who entered his Pullman an hour prior to train time
 Upper 16," answered the mild passen- ger.
 Upper 16?' The porter's exclamation was almost shriek, and his yellow face screwed itself into wrinkles of concern.
 T know it's hard,' sighed the woman as with a softening of her heart, she felt that this menial was expressing for her the indignation she would have liked to voice herself. And I never got an upper before-at the end, tool'
 Did they say that theah was all they had?' pursued the porter. as though loath to realize such unworthy treatment of lady passenger.
 The last one.'
 q don't believe this ca-ahs all sold out like that!" he scolded. You just have a seat theah, lady, while I goes into the office; I kin suah git you something bet tahw
 With smile of contentment the pass enger dropped into the seat to wait, though she had boarded the train in the hope of retiring early.
 The world was not so bad after all. There was a goodness in human nature which exceeded her most optimistic dreams. For here was this man, belong ing to a department of service not noted for its eagerness to coddle patrons, talk ing such kindly interest in her comfort.
 The porter returned, with lag in his step and discouraged shake of his head.
 Best we kin do, lady; got an awful crowd comin' on heah tonight"
 Well, it's too bad; but thank you, just the same, for your trouble,' beamed the recipient of this unusual attention.
 "Ya-as'm, 1t suah is too bad!" muttered the porter, as he started for the linen cupboard "I was goin to sleep in uppah 16 mySelf!'