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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-26
Estate Of WILLIAM ]. BROWN

STATE on VERMONT The Honor.
- District Of bennington So able prnlato
Court for the District aforesaid
10 all PERSONS interested In the estate OF
William J. brown late OF pownal IN said Dis.
trict dc. cascd. GREETING
AZ a Probate Court holden Il bennington
within md for said D strict ON the nth day uf
January 1911 an Instrument purpor ng To he
he last will aud Testament tt William j.
brown late OF pownnl IN said District. deceased.
was presented To q q Court Aforesaid, tor Pro.
bate.
Aud Is Is ordered by said Court thU the a,l
day OF February iliat the i'rohote Ofiiuc In
snid bennington. BE- ns,iEn'd for proving said
instrument; and Tint notice thereof be given
TO a ! persons concerned. hy publishing this
order three weeks suvc, ssvcly la the licnning.
ton Evening Hammer n newspaper circulating
IN that vicinity, IN said District, previous TO
the time appointed.
T1EREfORR you are hereby notified To az.
pear before said Court. nc the timc aud pacp
aforesaid, and contest the probate OF said " III.
n YOU have cause.
Given under my hand at bennington Ia said
District. this llth day OF January 1911.
GRACE n. HOLT, Register.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-26
WORLDS LARGEST STEAMER
II Is the White Star Liner the oIym-
pic Launched October 20.

The White Star liner Olympic,
christened by the Countess of. Aber-
deem, wife of the Viceroy of Ireland,
was launched at Belfast on the goth
Of October. No other boat ever
aunched has attracted so much pub
lie attention, not only because she
is the largest vessel that has ever
been built, but because her machinery
Is Of a type considerably different
from that of previous steamers.
| Though her launching weight Of
ltwenty-seyen thousand tons, the
heaviest weight ever transferred by
man from land to water, gave rise
tor greater anxiety than Is usual in
such an operation. all plans worked
to perfection, and she glided into the
water as gracefully as would small
aunch. The boat contains many radi-
cal improvements. and provides for
$500 passengers, while the crew will
number SEQ. Her engines are of 49,
600 horse power and are OF two
kinds, known to engineers as the
lreciprocating and the turbine.
II may help us to realize the Olym-
pics great length of SS2i9 feet II we
compare 1t to the Metropolitan tower
In New York, above which, II set up
on end, she would extend 1872 feet.
She is twice as long as the height OF
the dome of ST. Peters at Rome, and
equals In length the total drop Of
the famous Bridal Veil fall In the
| Yosemite va ley
Since the advent OF the Great East
ern in 1858 no steamer has created
such general interest rs the Olympic,
not only on account of her surpass-
ing size, but also because of the im-
mense forward steps thus marked in
other lines OF marine accomplish
ment the outcome Of many centuries
OF conflict with the sea.
Because II the enormous size of
The ships. the accommodations, both
as regards the several public apart
lments, including tennis courts. sun
parlors. swimming pools, etc, and
he passenger staterooms will be ex.
ceptiOnally spacious. while the beau
~ and luxury OF The appointments
will surpass anything heretofore at
tempted in any country of the world
In the field OF marine transportation
February st. Nicholas.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-26
PORTO RICO MAKING PROGRESS
CoIton's Message to Legislature
Shows Improvement

San Juan, p. r Jan. Ex-Governor
Colton's message just submitted to
the lnsular Legislature, reveals a re-
markable continuance of progress by
Porto Rico. Within two years the
authorized banking institutions of
the island have nearly doubled their
deposits and have more than doubled
their cash resources, the latter now
amounting to nearly $17,0O0,00O The
sugar crop OF 1910 was 346,7S5 tons,
an increase of % per cent over the
previous year. The output of 244,00O,
900 cigars and 400 100000 cigarettes
found satisfactory market The
coffee exportatiin was 100000
pounds, big increase, and at better
prices. The fruit shipments grew to
$1,635,S17 in value. The total exter-
nal commerce of the island during
the last fiscal year reached SOS, 595,074
in ya'ue an increase of 400 per cent
in ten years and of $l2,0O0.000 or 81
per cent in one year. The exports ex
ceeded the imports by $7000,000
The insular revenues during the
fiscal year were $3,500,000 an in
crease of $4,000. OF these revenues
the customs duties, $S79,000 formed
a part. The rest was raised by snter-
nal tax. The total cost of govern
ment main. nance was $3,559,64 but
there remains a surplus OF more than
81 900 in the insular treasury. OF
twelve principal construction con-
tracts for the $3,000,000 irrigation
scheme IL per cent of the total work
is completed This irrigation will
cover 100 square miles of fertile
plains. Seven new roads are being
built to connect important towns
Most of this work is being done by
prison labor.
Great educational strides have been
made. The average daily attendance
at schools has increased eighty per
cent In four years. Governor Cotton
recommends that municipalities
whose finances will permit II be al
lowed to issue bonds for funds with
which to build high schools The gov
ernor advises either the Improvement
of the present incomplete telegraph
and telephone service owned by the
insular government, or its sale or
lease to some person or company
pledged to improve IT, Under govern
ment ownership II has been run at
loss. The message announces the
maintaining Of low mortality rate
and calls for more adequate health
and sanitary laws. 1t also asks that
steps be taken to insure more prompt
and effective administration OF justice
In all the insular courts. The COVER
nor says he will ask the legislature
for special corporation legislation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-26
AFTER SOLDERING.
1.-THE Gentleman In White and the
Idea Of the Red Cross.


1.-THE Gentleman In White and the
Idea Of the Red Cross.
During the Italian war Of 1860 young
Jean Dunant was travelling in that
country. After the battle OF Solferino
he visited the field, and. seeing the
terrible sufferlngs of the wounded SOL
diers who lay around unattended, he,
with the assistance Of several peasant
women, formed an ambulance service.
with Its headquarters In little church
at Castlgllone. He helped with his
own hands to bind up the wounds Of
Frenchmen. Italians and Austrians
alike.
"They are all brothers." he said. "a
wounded enemy is an enemy no long
err" And he and his corps Of helpers
brought water and medicine and
smoothed the pallets OF straw and
cheered the unfortunates and closed
the eyes Of the dead and performed
the last kind offices for the dying.
Dunhnt was regarded by the hundreds
Of wounded as a miracle Of goodness
little less than an angel THE gentle
man in white" was the way In which
the officers spoke Of him as he moved
around among the sick, his light cloth.
ing making him conspicuous on the
Geld.
His experiences at Solferlno, where
he saw that the willing hands of a
few unframed helpers actually saved
many lives and comforted hundreds Of
others. inspired him with the grand
idea OF an organlzatlon-the Red Cross
Christian Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-26
MoRs pAY EoR 3. :. 3. MEN
Amendment in House to Postofficc
Appropriation Bill

Washington, Jan. 25.-The House
Tuesday passed the postoffice appro-
priation bill carrying about 1857 ,OOO,-
600 with no votes IN the negative.
The postoiiioe committee of the
House. the pOstmastergeneral and
others higher up, including by infer
ence the president, came in for scor-
ing at the hands of members of the
House during consideration of the
bill. The debate reached its height
when Representative Sisson OF Miss
issippi declared with vigor.
The mail service all over the Uni.
ted States is in a of a fix TO use
a strong expression, and this House
should fix the responsibility where it
belongs. Some say 1t is the commit
tee, some say it is the department and
some say it is the president. The de-
partment has declined to spend the
money appropriated for additional ru-
raj free delivery routes and is going
to turn back a surplus of $4,000
from this service. Forsooth, upon
what hath these Caesars fed that they
can thus defy the mandate of the
House and the Senate of the United
States?"
AS soon as the rural free delivery
service paragraph was reached in the
bill, dozen members were on their
feet offering amendments to increase
the pay OF the rural carriers from
$500 a year all the way to $1,000
Chairman Weeks of the postoffice
committee attempted to limit the de
bate, but the House would not hear
OF it, Representative Bartlett of
Georgia led the fusilade of criticism
| by offering an amendment to give the
carriers $1,000 a year. Representa-
tive Austin of Tennessee scored the
postal committee and said the coun-
try ought to know where the respon-
sibiity lay Chairman Weeks said
that unquestionably some of the rural
carriers on the harder routes were
underpaid. Others, he thought were
receiving all they deserved.
However" added Chairman Weeks
amid great applause, "The committee
is now willing to have the salaries of
the rural carriers increased 500 a
year"
The House then passed with a
whoop an amendment providing that
after July /, 1911 the carriers should
receive a salary not exceeding $1,000
a year.
An attempt to substitute official
postage stamps for the franks now
used by members Of Congress and
government departments was defeat
ed.
Please do not open until Christ
mas" will be permitted on mail mat
ter in the future, If the action of the
House is sustained approving a pro
vision a lowing these extra words TO
be written on mail packages.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-26
TAFT TO TALK RECIPROCITY
Chief Speaker at Ohio Society Dinner
on Anniversary of MeKlnley's Birth

Washington, Jan. 26.-President
Taft probably will discuss reciprocity
at the annual banquet OF the Ohio
Society Of the District OF Columbia,
to be held here on the night Of Janu-
airy 80.
On account OF the fact that the date
is the anniversary OF the birth OF the
late President Mckinley, whose last
speech. made at Buffalo shorty be-
fore he was assassinated, was on re-
ciprocity, II was suggested to the pre-
sldent that he could find no subject
more appropriate. The reciprocity
treaty just completed between Can
ada and the United States will be
sent to Congress on Thursday.
Other speakers at the banquet will
be Secretaries Knox and Wilson and
Senators Root and Dick.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-26
putting prisoners on their Honor.


Sheriff Frank Tracy of this county
is trying out some interesting expert
ments in pacing the inmates OF the
county Jail on their honor in leaving
the Jail without guards to attend cir
Gus and more recently to attend re-
ligious services in the Salvation Army
hall at Montpelier. The prisoners
thus placed on their honor have not
failed him on these two occasions, but
have returned to confinement within
a reasonable time. The former case,
that of circus attendance, was recent
ly commented upon with wonder by
Boston newspaper, accompanied
with Speculation as to how many in
mates Of Boston institution, thus
given their liberty temporarily. would
have honor" enough to return. 1t
needs to be stated, perhaps. that Sher
iff Tracy is not trying out this expert
ment with prisoners who are charged
with serious offenses, but rather with
men largely who find themselves in
their unfortunate position through ex-
cessive use of intoxicating liquors.
Hence, they are not persons who are
really dangerous to be at large, nor
are they desperate characters. More.
over, their terms of confinement are
so short that 1t would not pay them
to run the. chances OF added confine-
ment In case they were to be recap
tured after attempting to escape. All
Of these facts make 1t difficult to com
pare the experiment in small city
like Montpelier with what might hap
pen were prisoners in large city in
stitution released for a short period
and told to return within a certain
time. And even in the former situa-
ton. successful as 1t has been thus
far. 1t is evident that the limit has
about been reached.-Barre Times.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-26
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE
u Fatafa III lane A. CnEEN

The undersigned, having been appointed by
the Hon. Probate Court for the District OF Ten.
rington. COMM -SloNtilS. 20 receive, exam.
Inc and adjust the claims aud demands Of all
persons against toe estate 81 Jane G. Green
ard all claims exhibited N onset thereto hereby
give notice that We viii meet for ihn purposes
Aforesaid, ~ the oilioo uf llatchcldcr 4 hates
a the village Of Pennington IN said District. on
81 July 1911 next. frCtn 2 o'clock Z. NJ. untl
o'clock 7. NJ, ON eaOh OF said days aud that
six months from tie 18th day OF january
A. d, 1911 is The time limited by said Court for
said creditors 90 present. thcir claims % us Tor
examination and allowance
Dated a. nenningipn. Vermont this 18th day
Of January a. u 1911.
EDWARD L. BATES
FIRED .. GRAVES
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-26
Our Farm Machinery Abroad.

Scarcity Of labor in many countries
Is forcing the farmers to adopt labor
saving machinery. according to the bu.
reau of manufactures. A bulletin it
has issued shows that nearly $4,000
600 worth Of agricultural machinery
was exported from this country In the
fiscal year recently ended, Russia and
Argentina being the best markets.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-26
ARE YOU LIKE THIS?
Tired All the Time, Not Much Good
for Anything, Hardly Able TO Drag
Around, Just All Run Down.

Around, Just All Run Down.
n you are. we ugarantee our vinol
wi cure you. II has cured many
people around here who were In this
condition.
Now look here, just try ono bottle
of Vlnol and II YOU are not satisfied
that Il did you good, come back and
get your money. II will be returned
without question That IL n fair pro
position and shows our faith In Viuol
and that We do not want your money
unless you receive benefit.
We know what We are talking about
because we have sold Ninol for years
and have seen how much good II has
done among our customers.
Vinol Is not patent, secret nos
trum. but an honest. tried and true
body builder and strength creator of
world wide fame, delicious aud easy
TO take. Come In today and start
your cure at once. You take no risk.
VIM. l.. Gokay, Druggist. Benning'
ton, VI.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-26
COPPER POISON IN OYSTERS
Many Cases OF illness Traced to. II.
Say Government Chemists

Many Cases OF illness Traced to. u,
Say Government Chemists
Washington, jan 26.-Many strange
cases OF Illness may be attributed Il
copper poisoning from oysters In the
opinion of officials OF the Bureau OF
Chemistry OF the Department OF Agri-
culture. Experts Of that bureau are
now testing specimens, and many
have been found to contain copper.
The beds from which they come will
50 condemned Il Ia said.
The copper does not enter into the
vital parts Of the oyster hut is taken
up by the outer flesh. Many OF the
oysters examined have been made
green by the mineral.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-26
LOOKING BACKWARD

the uninsured man at age OF 90 re.
grets that he did not at Is take a 30
year Endowment. Look ahead Nat
ional Life Insurance Co. Montpelier
W lMutualD Earle s. kinslel
Agent. Rutland, VI.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-26

It's better to go out with
out your hat and coat on a
damp and raw day than to
walk around in the wet and
elushy streets in thin-soled
OF low shoes.
The first thing to do to
prevent colds is to keep
your feet dry.
Then wear the right kind
ofclothing-and that means
the kind that is loose warm
and comfortable.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-26

Then get into TIE habit
of sleeping with your win
dows open. Fresh cir has
never killed anybody-but
foul air has killed billions.
Then eat the proper food
nourishing food, and plenty
of it.
Then always have a bottle
of Sirolin at hand, and take
it regularly in cold or damp
weather, and whenever you
have been exposed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-26

other pulmonary affections,
but it is tonic and recon
structive inits action ,aswell.
1t stimulates the appetite,
improves the digestion, aids
the assimilation of food,
nourishes the tissue, and
is potential in retardIrg that
waste OF tissues and that
poverty of blood which are
among the most prominent
features of progressive con-
sumption.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-26

u these directions are fol-
loved until they grow into
a habit, you will never be
bothered by colds, or bron-
cl lis, OF coughs, and the
Grippe epidemics will pass
you by
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-03-10

Pending the arrival of their old
friend the ohinoh bug and the Hessian
fly the Chicago manipulators are work
ing the Canadian reciprocity Eugbear
overtime in the wheat market, says
the Oregonian. There was an advance
of 10 cents per bushel in the market
last Saturday on the alleged reason
that Congress had adjourned without
interfering with existing trade regu
lations between the United States and
Canada. AS the only possibility for
the reciprocity measure legitimately
to affect wheat prices in this country
will be after this country has ceased
to figure as an exporter and is no long
81 governed by foreign prices, Satur
days bulge was hardly warranted by
the statistics. For the week ending
Friday our exports of wheat, flour in
oluded, wsre 2,980,000 bushels, COM
pared with 2,O4e,000 bushels for the
same week last year. This does not
bear the appearance of an immediate
cessation of exports Of wheat from this
country.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-03-10
MAYLOsE Bird CONGRESSMAN
Action at Special Session Alone Can
Give State It's Due.

Unless congress acts at the special
session and passes reapportionment
bill, the expectation of third con-
gresham for Oregon in the Sixty-third
congress will fail and the state will
fall short of its share in the legisla-
tive halls at Washington.
Anticipating the allowance of an
additional congressman to which Ore
gon is entitled under the last census,
the late legislature passed bill diyld-
ing the state into three districts, one
formed by the counties of eastern Or
egon, another by the western counties
exclusive of Multnomah and the third
by Multnomah alone. This is such a
natural div vision, besides putting ap-
proximately one-third of the popula-
tion in each district, that it was easily
adopted in spite of opposition by
Speaker Rusk and few other mem
bers.
The house of representatives at
Washington performed its duty at the
recent session by passing reappor-
bill. by which the mber-
ship of that body would have been in
creased from 391 to 433. The bill
was killed in the senate. The extra
session is the only hope for change in
the old apportionment. under which
have Eeen elected the last
10 years and which the country Las
now outgrown.
While the constitution of the Unit
ed States says congress "shall" make
a reaprortionment every 10 years,
there is no penalty for failure to per-
form this duty. Every new apportion
ment causes lot of logrolling before
figures can be fixed to command ma
jority vote, and this time the measure
was delayed so long that it was lost
in the turmoil of the last hours.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-03-10
Oregon LAYERS Are Best.

When New York hens beat those Of
the Walla Walla valley, they will
have to dust" says special to the
Oregonian. Recently the press reports
carried story of the record made by
the hens of Marcus Johnson, of Glen
vile, N. Y. But now comes Mrs. B.
f. Williams, Of Milton. Or, with 45
hens. Buff Rocks. that laid $50 eggs
during the month, and it was not a
good month for eggs either. Mrs.
Williams believes that when it comes
to egg records. her hens are "there
with the TELLS" and she wants to be
shown when they are passed by any
other variety so far as winter laying is
concerned.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-03-10
Fear of the Tree.

The first experiments at tree plant
ing in London were sternly discour-
aged A. d. Webster tells us in Town
Planting that when Loudon built his
house in porchester terrace, Bayswa-
ter--this was in the thirties-he plant
ed sumac by the side of the path
opposite. The action was met by
prompt and triumphant opposition on
the part of the district surveyor, whose
complaint was that it was ''likely to
shade the pathway and keep it damp"
In the end the tree had to go.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-03-10

There is movement on foot in
Washington, D. G. to preserve log
cabin that was built twenty-five years
ago by Joaquin Miller, to perpetuate
the name of the poet. II it is relics
this society is looking for, Canyon
City has a shack to offer that was 90
cupied by Mr.. Miller forty years ago,
before he got to te big poet, says the
Blue Mountain Eagle. The house is
not much for looks and Tits present
owner and occupant. Mr.. Thomas
Kelly, icing trifle careless about
doing up the dishes and sweeping the
same floor that the poet used to sweep,
has helped Father Time to make a
real relic. When Mr.. Miller was there
in 1907 he identified the house and
said everything looked natural hut the
washing on the line.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-03-10
THEY SCRUB EACH OTHER.
Daily Bath of the Pupils In copenha-
oen's Public Schools.

Denmark Is one of the cleanest lit
tie countries imaginable. In Copen-
hagen public school one may see an
interesting sight. Mounting the spot
less stone staircase to the first flight,
everT morning you may see at s o'clock
the children assemble and answer to
their names and then march to a
dressing room Here they undress,
and each child neatly folds its clothes
and puts the tidy little bundle on the
floor. Then the children go into a
small square room with shelves all
around. and on these shelves are in
Vulnerable wooden tubs, such as we
use in America for washing, with two
iron bands around them. Everything
is In immacuIateAorder. The teacher
gives each child tub, and he or she
takes 1t into an immense and well
lighted wash room.
OF course the girls and boys are
washed separately, and they perform
their ablutions by grades. the tinlest
ones coming first. The floor of this
wash room is of cement, and in the
center Is a latticed wooden floor All
around the top of the walls runs
nickel shower pipe, the water OF which
is regulated by the teacher. Under
these showers at the height where the
small fingers can reach are little nickel
stands with soap and the stiffest hog
bristle brushes, which make one shiv-
er. Near by is also faucet.
Each child puts his or her tub under
the faucet and lets the necessary
amount Of water into it and proceeds
to scrub. not himself or herself, but
the child in front--a novel sight and
a pretty one for lover Of children.
But one could not help thinking what
an instrument of torture that innocent
brush could be If the small fingers
that manipulated it did their duty
viciously, paying off some grudge or
fancied slight.
When all are clean the teacher turns
on the showers. and they are all thor
oughly rinsed with first hot and then
cold water Each child is obliged to
empty its own tub. Then the clean,
rosy little bodies dry themselves with
rough towels, standing on the wooden
latticed, floor. Each tub has to be
carefully put away. the children dress
themselves, and they file in for prayers,
and the business of recitation begins.
Youths Companion.