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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-15
Efficiency Increased,
 Waste Prevented

The proposed arrangementbetween sne Western Union, the Ang1o-Amer- ican and the Direct U. s. companies will bring the eight cables of the three companies under one operating con- trol. The consequent increase in effectiveness and economy will place the Western Union, in a position to offer certain advantages in cable service not now enjoyed by the public.
 The other way open to enable the Western Union to make such inn movements ana introduce such new services as it proposes to do, would be to lay new cables. This would seem to be the, height, of folly. Duplication of the existing. trans Atlantic cable facilities at a cost of many millions, when there are more than ample facilities for all business, would put an unnecessary financial burden upon an already fully burdened business and would probably postpone the reduction of rates or introduction of new services
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-15
THOSE WHO TAKE
 FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS

For their kidneys and bladder ail- ments, and for annoying urinary ir- regularities are always grateful both for the quick and permanent relief they afford, and for their tonIc and strengthening effect as we'll. Try Foley Kidney Pills. F. B. Brill, Cur tis Pharmacy, ~135
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-15
Proposed Modification of Existing Arrangements

be obtained, demand direct cable cir cults between principal centres of the
 two sides of the Atlantic, as well as special circuits devoted to special business.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-15

Mir and Mrs. Samuel Potter and daughter Sarah of Auburn, N. Y., are visiting MT. and Mrs. Julius Warner, O1.d~-, S5A
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-02-28

president during a halt In the pro-
gram TO "be a man" and join his
brethren. Sometimes if he looks upon
the affair as more of joke than any
thing else he does their bidding, and
they reform and march to headquar-
ters with him at their head. Usually.
however, his wife appears instead
with bucket Of soapy' water, which
she promptly throws over the demon
strators, or she quickly causes clear
lnce with a hose pipe.
TO the onlooker 1t is just an exhibit
ton for laughter and nothing more.
but behind the scenes there is general
Iy lot of trouble and heartachlng.
A good number Of these "henpecked"
demonstrations have sequels in police
courts. Sometimes. it is an enraged
victim being charged with assaulting
demonstration. but more often than
not the sequel shows a wife appealing
to the magistrate for a separation or
1er.-London Tit-Bits.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-02-28
THE HENPECKED CLUB.
Queer Methods of a Queer Society In
Lancashire, England.

Queer Methods OF Queer Society In
Lancashire, England
or all the queer clubs that exist In
Che world you will find some Of the
queerest in Lancashire, England. One
OF these is called the Henpecked club
As the title indicates, its members are
all males, and you can come across
club in almost every Lancashire town
OF any size.
The meetings are held, as rule, In
SSome Dar parlor, and the discussions
ure about members and often non
members who have the reputation of
being henpecked When evidence has
been brought to show that a particular
7nan has allowed himself TO come un
der his wife's thumb they tax him with
az IN the place of meeting. The presi-
dent delivers a lecture on the danger
of husband permitting his wife to
V1Surp his position as master, and when
Che Others have Endorsed his remarks
the person to whom the speeches are
addressed is warned that IL he con
Eiunes to stand the henpecking he will
be made the subject Of demonstra-
ton.
The announcement that a "henpeck-
cd" club demonstration Is to take place
Es received in the district with mixed
Meetings. The men applaud 1t. and the
Socal police, recalling similar displays
ghat led to trouble, become little
anxious. On the evening appointed
the members of the club meet at n
pnh1ic house, where they arm them
eBeIYes with all kinds of household
utensils; then. led by concertina play
GERS or a tin whistle band. they start
cut and march along the crowded
sstreefs of the district.
One man carries n broom, another a
Sswab, third shovel or a coal
sscnttle or henderson a poker. Fire
rbongs, blacklead brushes. washtubs
ouckets-everything used in the home
IN facts carried shoulder high. As
Ghry march along to the music in front
and the dlscordant changing of thelI
baggage they sing snatches of songs
ten which the name Of the victim oc
Enrs often.
The mission of the verses, which
have been specially composed for the
occasion by local poet, is to hold uT
Ghe henpecked one to rldicule, the res
con for the demonstrators bearing the
tsonsehold goods being, of course, t
uemind him that, having fallen undel
petficoat government he will quickl,
become the slavey.
When they reach the cottage where
their victim resides they form circle
IN front Of the door and sing and
rlang their tenders and coal scuttles
more loudly than ever.
The man inside Is invoked by the
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-02-28
MANCHESTER DEPOT


Joseph Provoncheor is on the sick
list.
C. H. Parker was in Albany this
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. N. Shaw are visit
ing in Boston.
O.sJ. Bardwell, who has been sick
with pneumonia is improving.
Mrs. ]. w. Fowler, who has been
very sick, is very much better.
The seats are all sold for the lady
minstrel show Monday evening.
DR.. Gale of Rutland has made DIR.
Wyman several visits this last week.
George C. Wood of Bennington is
directing the Manchester Union
band.
Mrs. T. ]. Healey entertained the
Bridge whist club last Friday after
noon.
! Miss Nettie Whitman visited in
Hoosick Falls and Troy this last
week.
Frank Briggs of Bennington spent
Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Min
ME Briggs.
The center card club enjoyed a
banquet at the Fairview last Thurs
day evening.
About S5 couple enjoyed a social
dance in |. o. o. F. hall last Wed
nesday evening.
Miss Luella Davis has returned
from visiting her brother, Guy Davis
in North Adams.
Frank Rowe, who has been visiting
his brother c. b. Rowe, has returned
to his home in Middlebury.
3 Miss Eva Hayes condition is very
much improved. She had short
ride Sunday afternoon.
Miss Sarah Walker, who is attend
ing the Albany Business college
spent Sunday at home.
Miss Novack the nurse who has
been taking care of Miss Eva Hayes,
has returned to her home in Rutland.
The Baptist society will hold their
annual donation and oyster, supper
Thursday evening. Supper served
from to 8 o'clock
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-02-28

0gdensburg. so that convenient
steamship communication could be
made by the st. Lawrence river and
the lakes with Chicago, Cleveland.
Buffalo, Milwaukee, Detroit. and
Toledo. 1t was In position to com
mand a East amount of the grain
traffic. But there seemed to be some
obstacle. Now, apparently the New
Haven railway system is to attempt
> to impart vigor to the Rutland sys-
TEN and to utilize to the fullest ex-
tent the possibilities which are be
hind IL; but it is to do this for the
benefit of Boston rather than New
York.
Railway managers in this city are
greatly interested in the new impulse
which seems to characterize Boston
and which is apparently likely to re.
suit in the high development of that
city as a commercial port. not mere
ly of Massachusetts or of New Eng
land, but sharing almost upon equal
terms with New York City the great
commerce initiated in the West and
particularly in the agricultural reg
ions and which is to be carried across
the seas.
That the New York Central should
have permitted the New Haven rail-
road company to obtain this author
ity in the Rutland system, is looked
upon here as practically equivalent
to acknowledgment that the system
is of little competitive value, compar-
atively speaking. to the New York
Central. II cannot deliver a great
volume of traffic to New York; what
ever traffic is designed for the inter
national commerce Is naturally
brought to the city by the main lines
of the New York Central, the over
flow going to the West Shore railway
which the New York Central owns
The Commerce between New York and
Canada follows the New York Cen
trails main system Moreover the
New York Central's interests in Bos-
ton are fairly well protected by the
Boston and Albany lines which the
Central controls
Through the control of the Boston
and Maine railway by the New Ha-
ven, the Rutland railway is to be-
'come natural, and presumably a
very great, feeder of Boston; these
two systems are to be connected by
a short link built from Bellows Falls
Vt, Rutland terminal, to the Bos-
ton and Maine system. This fact the
New York Central management has
realized. 1t has therefore, through
cooperation and community OF inter-
est, practically turned the Rutland
railway system over to the New Ha-
ven road, which now almost absolute.
ly dominates New England. AS the
New York Central's own connections
with the Rutland system are many.
one at Ogdensburg, N. Y, and at Ma
lone, N. " and one at Chatham, n.
T., the Central is still in position to
COMMAND a normal share of the traf-
hc carried by the Rutland.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-02-28
WHIMS OF THE MOMENT.
Something New In 6Iouses - Skirt
Models to Be Worn This Spring.

Models to Be Worn his spring.
A pleasing variation from the all
chiffon overblouse is one made Of chif
fon and satin or marquisette and satin
in matching tone the lower part of the
blouse being Of satin.
A revival of the pinafore cut in con
junction with the Magyar sleeve is
promised for the spring.
Skirts. II is said. will be tight fitting
around the hips and flare at the feet
in the new styles. This is a welcome
change to many women who did moi
look graceful in the extremely narrow
skirts Of the winter.
Pink and mauve, amber or sapphire
blue and black, also grays with touch
es Of emerald green. are modish com
binatiOns for smart frockS.
This is one Of the attractive housl
jackets Of the season and particularly
adapted for summer wear The necl
is low and the sleeves comfortably
short JUDO CHOLLET
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-02-28
A GENEROUS OFFER
To Whom II May Concern

There are hundreds of people in
this vicinity at this season OF the
year who need blood-making, body.
building and strengthening tonic.
It is to all such, which comprom-
Use old people, delicate children, the
weak, rundown and convalescents,
and all those who suffer from chronic
coughs and colds, that we ask to
come TO our store and get @ bottle
of Vinol. our delicious cod liver and
iron tonic without oil) -
II II fails to build you up, create
strength and restore normal health,
we will cheerfully return the money
paid us for it, We take all the chan
ces-you take none. AS matter of
fact we don't take much chance
either because Vinol rarely disap-
points us. Come in and get bottle
on these terms.-Wm. l.. Gokay Drug
gist, Bennington, Vt.
UPuLIA:
Cold ksdal flour L. nourisnins
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-02-28
So Absurd.

Youth-Look here, This horse (
hired from you runs On to the pave
ment every time he sees a motorcar.
Horse Dealer-Well you don't expect
a horse to run up telegraph pole or
climb tree. do youT- New York Jour
nal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-02-28
To Cure a Cold In On. Day

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo Quinine
Tablets. Druggists refund money II
II fails TO cure. Il. w. GROVES sig
nature IL on each boI. 2sc
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-02-28

This May Manton pattern In cut in slzei
from 81 20 ~ inches bust measure. Sent
10 cents to this office giving number. 6s17
and II will be promptly forwarded to yoJ
by mail. II In haste send an addltiona
two cent. stamp for letter postage. which
lnsures more prompt delivery.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-02-28
"Dr. Miles Nervine
Raised Me From
the Grave Mrs. Taylor

This is strong statement to
make, but it is exactly what Mrs.
Thomas Taylor, of Blum, Texas,
said in expressing her opinion of
this remedy.
"Dr Miles Restorative Nervine
raised me from the grave and Ihave
much confidence in it. | can never
say enough for your grand medicines.
If anyone had offered me $4,000 for
the second bottle Of Nevine that l
used would have said no indeed"
MRS. THOMAS TAYLOR,
Blum, Tex.
Nervous exhaustion is COM
mon occurrence of modern life.
The wear and tear on the nervous
system is greater now than at any
time since the world began. For
sleeplessness, poor appetite and that
run down" feeling, nothing is so
good as
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-02-28
DR.. Miles Nervine

Your nerves are your life and
lack Of vital energy makes existence
a misery. DR.. Miles Nervine will
tone up your nervous system.
Ask any druggist. 1.-THE first bottle falls
to benefit, your moneyls returned.
MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21
The Elections Of 1911.

Six states will elect governors this
year-Kentucky, Maryland. Massachu-
sets, Mississippi, Rhode Island and
Vermont. Mississippi and Maryland
are conceded to the Democrats. Rhode
Island and Vermont probably are as
surely Republican. The Republicans
have the governor of Kentucky now,
and will make a fight for his re-elec-
ton with slight hope Of success, but
with the United States s~enatorship In
the balance in that state, the greater
chance seems to be with the Ken
lucky Democrats.
The really Interesting campaign this
year will be in Massachusetts. Last
year the Democrats elected Eugene N.
Foss, and he has given the state a
progressive administration. But the
Republicans are planning to make
Massachusetts the national battle
ground in the 1911 elections. If they
can win back the state it will be &C.
cepted by the Republican national or
ganization as an Indication that the
tide of insurgency against the admin
istration is receding.
The fight to redeem" Massachu-
sets will be led by Senator Lodge
and Representative Mccall, both
friends of the Taft administration. Nc
Call led the fight on the Republican
side in the house for reciprocity. Sen
ator Lodge gave his support to reci-
procity, but did not take the interest
in the measure that was manifested
by Mr.. Mccall. The Massachusetts
farmers were among those who pro-
tested against reciprocity through
their Grange organizations, But Rep
resentative Mccall says that public
sentiment is changing on the subject
or reciprocity, and that if the Demo
Gratis make an issue of it the Repub-
Leans will accept 1t, thus adding ma
tional interest In the Massachusetts
fight by joining issues over a nationa'
measure.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21
Systematic Tariff Robbery.

There is a joke concealed in this
little tariff story, according to Mr..
organs Commoner. The task of the
reader will be to detect the joke, then
decide just whom the joke is on. The
country consume about three million
tons Of sugar a year. OF this amount
100000 tons is imported and zoe. 00O
tons produced at home. The home
product isn't worth as much as Ne
braska's egg and butter crop by sew.
eral millions Of dollars. Yet under
the guise of protecting" the American
sugar raiser the sugar are
taxed about $50 million dollars a year.
Sugar is retailing at about Silt a ton.
We could buy the home product and
give 1t away, paying the price now OBJ
tanning under protection, then throw
it away, and save ITO million dollars
a year by putting sugar on the free
list.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21

heel sailer from the port?
Il want money! want to borrow
said Amber promptly.
ION your word, sahibT"
"OA security
What manner of security car you
ofef?"
"a ring-an emerald ring"
Dhola Baksh shrugged. His eyes
shifted from Amber to the encireling
faces Of the bystSnders. II am a poor
man." he whined. How should / have
money to lend? Come to me on the
morrow; then mayhap I may have a
few rupees. Tonight ! have neither
cash nor time"
The hint was lost upon Amber. "A
stone Of price" he persisted.
With a disturbed and apprehensive
look, the money-lender rose. Come.
then" he grumbled, 'Tf you must
A voice cried out behind Amber
"Heh!"-more a sQueal than q cry.
Intuitively, a at a signal Of danger,
he leaped aside. simultaneously
something like a beam of light sped
past his head. The goldsmith uttered
one dreadful, choking scream, and
went to his knees. For as many as
three seconds he swayed back and
forth, his features terribly c%ontorted,
his thin old hands pfucking at the
handle of a b~roadbladed dagger which
had transfixed his throat. Then he
tumbled forward on his face, kicking.
There followed a single instant Of
suspense and horror, then a mad rush
Of feet as the street stampeded into
the shop. Voices clamored to the
skies. Somehow the lights went out.
Amber started to fight his way out.
As he struggled on, making little
Roadway through the press, a hand
grasped his arm and drew him an
other way.
Make haste, hazoor!" cried the
owner Of the hand, In Hindustani.
Make haste, lest they seek to fasten
this crime upon your head"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21
ACCIDENT OR DESIGN?
DEFECT IN CAMPAIGN PUBLICITY
LAW NULLIFlEs ACT.
Opinion viii Be General That the
Bill as 1t Came From the
House Was "Tinkered"
in the Senate.

The discovery has been made in
Washington that the intent of the
campaign publicity law, so far as 1t
applies to the senate, has been nulli-
lied. The law was enacted during the
hurry and confusion attending the
closing hours Of congress, and 1t may
''e that the defect which has been
lound in it is due to clerical careless
ness. On the other hand, it may have
been brought about deliberately.
The law, as originally drafted, pro
ytded that lists of the expenditures
Of committees in charge of the cam
paigns of candidates for the senate
and the house Of representatives
should be filed with the clerks of those
bodies and be a matter of record, open
to public inspection at all times.
There Is a warm senatorial contest
on in Virginia, with four candidates.
Two Of them have filed their expense
statements. The primaries are to be
held September 7, and naturally the
voters of the state desire to know to
what extent money has been used in
the campaign. Newspaper correspon.
dents applied to the secretary of the
senate for permission to see the ex
pense accounts already filed. He re
fused. AS his authority, he showed
the new law, as it has been enacted
Then it became apparent that so fal
as the senate Is concerned the pro
vision requiring publicity had beer
omitted.
The senate does not stand any toe
well with the country now and the
general opinion is bound to be that
the bill, as it came from the house,
was tinkered with. Whether that is
the case or not, the best thing the
senate can do, as soon as congress re-
c%onvenes, is to so amend the law as
20 make 1t fulfill the end for which
1t was intended.
Its only purpose was publicity of
campaign expenditures for senators
and representatives. That is some
thing which has long been demanded
by the people and they are not to be
cheated out Of 1t for long, either by
accident or design.-St. Louis Repub.
lie,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21

laugh cut Il the darkness and words
intended for his ear
~By Malang shahi but my lard doth
fight like a Rajput!"
Amber caught his breath and en-
ploded. Half q chance. you damned
thugs. and I'll show You how an Amer
lean can flght!"
But ne had spoken in English, and
his hearers gathered the import Of his
words only from his tone, apparently.
He who had addressed him laughed
applausively.
1T was a gallant fight" he COM
mented, "but like all good things hath
had its end. My lord is overcome. Is
my lord still minded for battle or for
peace? Dare /, his servant, give Or
ders for his release, or"
Here Amber interrupted; stung by
the bitter irony, he told the speaker
in fluent idiomatic Hindustani precise
ly what he might expect II his lord"
ever got the shadow of a chance to
lay hands upon him.
The grim cackling laugh followed
his words, q hooking echo, and was
his only answer. But for all his de-
fiance, he presently heard orders Is
sued to take him up and bear him to
another chamber.
Unexpectedly he was let down upon
the floor and released. Bare feet sour
ried away In the darkness and Q door
closed with q resounding bang. He
was alone, for all he could say to the
contrary-alone and unframed. He
was ore he vas astonished; he had
not been disarmed.
A food of lanplight leaped through
some opening behind him and showed
him his shadow, long and gigantic
upon the floor Of earth and a wall Of
stone. He wheeled about, alert as a
cat; and the sight Of his pistol hung
steady between the eyes of one who
| stood at ease, with folded arms, In
On open doorway. Over his shoulder
was visible the bare brown poll of an
! attendant whose lank brown arm held
aloft the lamp.
One does not shoot down in cold
blood a man who makes no aggressive
move, and he who stood in the door
way endured impassively the mute
threat Of the pistol. Above its sight
his eyes met Amber's with a level and
u~nwavering glance, shining out or q
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21
MAY BE PROUD OF RECORD
Democrats In Recent Session Have
shown the Nation That Its
Faith Is Justified.

The adjournment of the special ses-i
sion of congress is chiefly notable for
the fact that 1t leaves the Democracy
with a clean record before the coun-
try.
BY grace of Democratic votes and
persistency the pet measure Of a Re-.
publican administration, Canadian rec
iprocity, and the subject which
brought the special session into ex-
i~stence, was steered safely through
hostile Republican waters and put be-
fore the Dominion parliament for
ratification.
On the side Of tariff legislation the
party has accomplished all that could
have been expected of it, viewing the
handicap and the shifting coalition I'M
der which it worked and upon which
it had to depend.
The full effect Of the presidents sue
cessive vetoes Of measures aimed at
Undertaking. policies that trailed Re-
publican pledges no less than Demo-
cratic doctrine can, of course, be &C
curately estimated only after the final
record Of the next regular session is
made up.
What counts principally is that the
Democracy has amply demonstrated a..
capacity for cohesion and discipline,
giving a body blow to Republican,
prophecies that the old-time dissen-
sions and decentralization would null
lily the fruits Of the victory Of last
fall.
Thus far the nations vote of conf
dence has been justified. The temper.
of the organization has, moreover,
been sufficiently tested to give earnest,
that the constructive steadiness of the
recent session may be expected to
carry its omen of victory up to the
presidential election next autumn
AtlaIta Constitution.