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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1912-04-05
PACIFIC COAST BRICKLAY-
Frs ANXIOUS.

San Francisco, April 4.-The officials
of the bricklayers' local union have
called a meeting of representatives, ap-
pointed by the Building Trades council,
the San Francisco Labor council, and
the California State Federation of
Labor, together with representatives of
the bricklayers union, to arrange a
campaign of publicity extending through
out the country, in an effort to create
sentiment favorable to the utilization of
the bricklayers with the American Fed
Grafton of Labor.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1912-04-05

A lodge to provide accommodation
for girls and women earning their own
living and having no convenient place
where they can reside or take their
meals is being established in Leeds
There are more than fifty such in Eng
land and Wales. The one mt Birming
ham In 1910 had beds occupied l2,T61
times and furnished 1857 dinners at
10 cents each to working girls and
women
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1912-04-05
new YORK GRANGE
Membership Has Passed the One
Hundred Thousand Mark.

Some Counties Have Over Seven Thou
sand Members, or More Than Whole
States of the West-Reso buttons and
Reports Adopted and Policies Out
lined For 1912.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-26

81 was passenger on one OF the
old fashioned sailing steamers going
from London to Australia In 1885,
said traveller. "In the Red sea we
ran plump into a vessel, and our boat
cut 1t entirely in two, so neatly that 1t
might almost have been done with
huge knife. We went clean through
her. and the men on the vessel struck
stepped from the two halves of that
ship on to our deck The injured YES
sci went down within a few minutes
after 1t had been struck. The thing
was so strange that when the captain
of the vessel we had struck went back
TO London an investigation was held,
and ii was substantially proved that
the officers had with design got in the
immediate track OF our vessel In order
to bring about collision In the hope
that they could collect insurance mon
ey. The captain and some Of the Off
GERS were punished by Imprisonment"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-26
Old limo Toasts.

Toasts are now rarely proposed ex
cept at public dinners, but there was
a time when they were the order of
the day at every conyivial gathering.
The compiler of a book published in
1897, THE TOastmaster," remarks In
his preface that sit is the custom in
most societies, whether public or prl-
vate, for the president to call on the
company in their turn for toast. In
dividuals are consequently often at
loss. This collection~of genteel senti-
ments and toasts will supply their de-
ficiency, as 1t contains larger number
than ever was before published, the
greater part Of which are spirited and
new" The genteel toasts range from
the righteous, such as May contempla-
ton upon our last resting place check
vain hopes and prevent weak despond-
ency," to the frivolous. such as Lots
of beef, oceans OF beer, a pretty girl
and a thousand year. London
Chronicle.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-26
wh.. |. a Elrsproof suIIdInaf

Nearly all modern industrial enter.
prIses are housed In buildings that are
to some extent fireproof. The question
may reasonably be asked, What con-
shtutes a flreproof building? Moth
ing is more fireproof than furnace,
and yet the decomposition of its con-
tents by fire is its chief use. Build
ings must therefore not only be made
of non-infammable material, but they
must be so arranged that fire when
started can be confined to one room
or to the smallest possible space. With
this object in view they should be
equipped with self closing metal doors
and windows with wire glass or metal
shutters They should have automatic
fire alarms and, above all, an adequate
sprinkler system. Steel framing must
be inclosed and protected with some
material, such as brick, tile, terra cot
Ia or concrete Under these conditions,
with insurance on the contents, man.
ufacturing enterprise Is reasonably
safe.-Engineering Magazine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-26
Indications of Lonu Life.

It seems to be generally agreed that
every person affords physical indica-
tons of his prospects of long or
short life. A long lived person, 1t is
said, may be distinguished at sight
from short lived one. In many
cases physician can glance at the
hand of a patient and determine
whether he will live or not The pri-
mary conditions of longevity are that
the heart, lungs and digestive organs,
as well as the brain, shall be large.
II these organs are large the trunk
will be long and the limbs compare
lively short. The person will appear
tall white sitting and short while
standing The hand will have long
and somewhat heavy palm, with short
fingers. The brain will be deeply
placed, as shown by the low position
of the orifice Of the ear. The blue,
brown or hazel eye is a favorable In
dication. The nostrils, IL large. open
and free. indicate large lungs. A
pinched and half closed nostril indi-
Gates small or weak lungs. These are
general points Of distinction, but are.
of course. subject to the usual indi-
vidual exceptions.-Exchan
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-26
For Honest Advertising.

To the Editor of the Banner:-lt
has been my pleasure to read the ar
ticles of the various local candidates
| for representative and while cannot
in justice tony own convictions sub
scribe toll allthe ideas therein contain
ed, do believe some have me- and il
they could be enacted into laws would
work to the great advantage of all OF
US.
That a large number of beneficial
acts will be passed by any one session
of the legislature cannot be expected
that all laws passed with good intent
will in application prove of great ben
eft ought not to be expected 1t is
my honest conviction that the candi-
dates promise too much, more even
| than many able legislatures of good
intent would be able to accomplish &.
And even were the statutes cover
ing all these various things placed on
our books at one session, they would
be so raw in inception that they
would hardly be suitable to meet and
right conditions now existing.
1t is apparent to all serious and
thinking men that the one great evil
of the last few years working against
the interests of all business has been
the attempt to change conditions too
rapidly. A man is not liable to be-
come MORALLY sick in a day or to re-
cover in so short time. The same
principle holds true when applied to
business and social conditions. Ev-
lis spring up gradually What first
is looked on with askance soon be-
comes open conditions apparently ap-
proved by all.
That many methods of business
great and small are wrong is appar-
ent to everybody. That they can
be righted in ore session no one
would dare think and a candidate for
office who promises too much is liable
when the time comes to accomplish
nothing.
| would like to vote for a man that
expected to bring about just one great
Improvement. Such a man would I'M
doubtedly do a great and lasting good
and ! offer for the serious considera-
ton of our candidates a campaign ar
rument worth more to all of us if en-
acted into a law and enforced than
all the other so-called improvements
now in prospect of being made
refer TO an honest advertising law
It's bound to come sooner or later.
It's the crying need of this day. Let
bill be passed so stringent that mer-
chants will be compelled to call wool,
shoddy and cotton by their right
names; one making fraudulent adver-
Using impossible to be proiitably
done.
Such a law would give a greatly
needed protection to the public and
to the merchant of honest inclination
HARRY j. COLE.
Bennington, Aug. "a, u.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-26
HIGHEST and Lowest State.

Almost everybody knows which is
the smallest and which is the largest
state in the Union, but how many
know which is the lowest and which
is the highest? According to the meas.
urements and calculations made by
the United States geological survey,
Delaware is the lowest state, its eleva.
ton above sea level averaging only
sixty feet Colorado is the highest, av
eraging $500 feet above the sea, while
Wyoming is a close second, only 100
feet lower than Colorado. In minimum
elevation Florida and Louisiana dis
pute second place after Delaware, their
average elevation being, for each, 100
feet. Taking the United States as a
whole, our country lies slightly above
the average elevation Of the land OF
the globe.-New York Press.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-26
Thames Watermen,

The watermen and lightermen of
London can trace their occupation back
TO very remote past. In statute Of
Henry VIII. passed In 1914, for reg
ulating their fares, 1t is recorded that
II has been laudable custome and
usage TYNE out OF mind to use the river
in barge or winery bote." And the an
nails Of the Watermen's company give
an interesting account of dispute as
far back as l293-eoncerning the charge
for the conveyance Of passengers from
Gravesend to London. The regular fare
was one-half penny for each person,
but some INSCRIPTIONS boatmen charg-
ed passengers penny. SO the offend
ers were taken by the sheriff before
the Justices of assize. who admonished
them and made each waterman give
bond of 40 shillings for future good be-
Graphic.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-26
Dumas, Chicken on the strino.

Amusing "reminiscences of the elder
Dumas have been supplied by his cook,
Mime. Colin. Dumas most famous
recipe was ''poulet la ficelle" Chick
en- ON the string. The plucked bird is
suspended by a string from the ceiling
and turned slowly before the fire. The
flames, just touching 1t. brown II slow
ly. 1t took time, says the cook, but
made a tasty dish.
Dumas lived a higgledy piggledy
life," said Nine. Colin. HE kept open
house and always had at least fifteen
people TO dinner. But he lived from
hand to mouth, and at times sheet
served as a tablecloth. After his recep
tons he sometimes worked all night.
Such a muddle displeased me, espe-
cially as his guests We're bohemians.
So left after six months Of it."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-26
THE EVENING BANNER
BENNINGTON, vT.. AUG. &c, 1s1:

Senator Page is likely to get a
hearing for his vocational education
bill at later date, even though his
filibuster did not succeed.-Montpe-
lier Journal.
The vocational education bill is too
big in every way TO be enacted
though filibuster. A measure so
extensive in its scope and carrying
such a large appropriation is deserv-
ing of more extended consideration
than has yet been given the measure
which originated with the Junior SEN
ator from Vermont. That 1t will
eventually be enacted is the hope of
every person interested in the great
educational movement. That 1t
could have made much progress with
the situation at Washington, such as
it is at the present time, was not to
be expected.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-26
The Supreme Court.

For the supreme court of the United
States there is no exact precedent,
either I'm the ancient or the modern
times. In making the great constitu-
ton the fathers awaited themselves
of all past knowledge and experience,
but it was probably from the French
publicist Montesquieu that they got
their idea Of the supreme court In
his book, The Spirit OF the Laws"
Montesquieu. after making a mastery
analysis of all forms of government,
uses these words: There is no liberty
II the judicial power be not separated
from the legislative and the executive"
The trainers OF the constitution knew
Montesquieu's book well. and there is
not any room for doubt about their get
ting the idea OF the supreme court
from that source.-New York Ameri-
can
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-26

Rousseau created sensation wher
he visited England In 1865. Rousseau
and his Armenian Dress" wrote Lord
Charlemont, were followed by crowds
when he first arrived In London. and
as long as this species Of admiration
lasted he was contented and happy
Garrick not only gave n supper in his
honor, but played two characters spe-
cially to please him. Rousseau was
highly gratified, but Mrs. Garrick de
clared that she had never spent a more
unpleasant evening in her life. the phi
losopher being so anxious to display
himself and hanging over the front of
the box so much that she was obliged
to hold him by the skirts OF his coat
to prevent him from falling over into
the mfr ~
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-26
Tho Hat Question In 1870.

The Handel festival was originally
given In Westminster abbey, and the
official notice of 1880 announced that
mo ladies will be admitted with Hats,
and they are particularly requested to
come without Feathers and very small
Hoops, If any" As ecclesiastical law
demands that female worshlpers shall
cover their heads in church, this regu-
lation was curiously anomalous. A
suggestion In regard to ladies' head
gear was also made by Sir Frederic
Cowen In 1905, when he gave 1t as his
opinion that the ladies might discover
in their wardrobe some extremely fas-
cinating fat hats" which would not OBJ
struct the view. The Fascinating fat
hats" We're, however, chiefly conspicu-
GUS by their absence. owing presuma-
bly, 1--WE write subject to feminine cor
rection) to the fact that the fiat hat
was not among the fashions Of that
year.-London Globe.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-26


In the highlands of Scotland 1t used
to be the practice for each shepherd to
take his collie dog to church.
These dogs" as Dean Ramsay
wrote, "sit out the Gaelic services and
sermon with commendable patience till
toward the end of the last psalm.
when there is universal stretching
and yawning and all are prepared to
scamper out. barking In a most excit-
ed manner, whenever the blessing Is
commenced. The congregation OF one
OF these churches determined that the
service should close in a more decorous
manner and steps were taken TO at
tain this object Accordingly when a
strange clergyman was officiating he
found the people all sitting when he
was about to pronounce the blessing.
He hesitated and paused. expecting
them to rise, till an old shepherd, look
ing up to the pulpit, said
Say ava, sir. We're a-sittin to
cheat the dowgs.'"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-26
A Good Reason.

Two Irishmen were digging a sewer.
One Of them was big, strong man
about six feet four inches In height,
and the other one was little. puny
man about four feet six inches. The
foreman came along to see how the
work was progressing and noticed that
one of them was doing more work than
the other. Look here" he cried, how
is II that little Dennis Dugan, who is
only half your size, is doing nearly
twice as much work as you, Patrick
CHANGING down TO his partner, Pat re
piled; And why shouldn't he? Amt
he nearer to it,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-26
ature.

The best definition OF nature is per-
haps Mill's in his Three Essays on
Religion" In that work Mill says, ana
ture is collective name for all facts.
actual and possible, or a name for
the mode. partly known to us and
partly unknown. in which all things
take place" Continuing, Mil says;
The nature Of thing means its en-
tire capacity Of existing phenomena.
As the nature of any given thing is the
aggregate of its powers and proper
ties, so Nature, in the abstract is the
aggregate Of the powers and proper
ties OF all things"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-26
500 Reward. 800

The readers OF this paper will be
pleased to learn that there Is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able 20 cure in all its stages. and that is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure il the only
positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional
disease. requires a constitutional treat
ment Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally. acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system, there
by destroying the foundation OF the dis
ease, and giving the patient strength by
building Up the constitution and assisting
nature IN doing its work. The proprietors
have 80 much faith in fts curative DOW
ers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that u fails TO cure. Send
fort list Of testimonials
AddressF =. J. CHENEY a CO, Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by all Druggists. &c.
Take Halle Family Pills for constipation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-26

D. C. Bybee. teaming contractor Nv.
ing at 66s Keeling Court. Canton. III,
is now well rid OF a severe and an
noying case OF kidney trouble. His
back panied and he was bothered
with headaches and dizzy spells. Il
took Foley's Kidney Pills Just as d.
rected and in a few days ! felt much
better. Ny life and strength seemed
10 come back. and ] sleep well. I am
now all over my trouble and glad to
Foley Kidney Pills" Try
them. Coles Pharmacy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-26

The banana plant bears fruit every
year. II is one OF the most productive
plants In the world and feeds more
people than any other known to man.
1t has been estimated that more than
a third of the human race depend al
most wholly for their existence upon
the banana. That the fruit is amply
able to sustain life. and to sustain IL
in very satisfactory manner. is dem
onstrated by the fact that the millions
who live on practically nothing else
get along very well with it and appear
to be as strong and active as those
who live on other kinds Of food.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-26
Horac. Greeley and an Au.ooraph.

In his "Recollectlons of Busy Life"
Horace Greeley tells the story Of how
be once dealt very effectively with a
persistent autograph hunter. A gush-
Ing youth wrote to Greeley as follows;
Dear Sir-Among your literary treasures
you have doubtless preserved several au-
tographs of our country's late lamented
poet, Edgar Allan Poe If so. and you
can spare one. please inclose 1t to me and
receive the thanks OF yours truly
To which Greeley replied:
Dear Sir-Among my literary treasures
there happens to be just one autograph OF
our country's late lamented poet. Edgar
Allan Poe. 1t Is a note OF hand for $50,
with my Endorsement across the back. II
cost me exactly 5075, including protest.
and you may have II for half that amount.
Yours respectfully,
HORACE GREELEY.
The autograph was found among
Greeleys possessions after his death.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-26
Hopi Indian Debutantes.

Among the Hopi girls of marriage
able age signify their willingness for
matrimony by doing their hair up in
whorls. one over each ear. In the
symbolism of the tribe these whorls
represent the blossoms of the squash
vine These whorls are taken down at
marriage. and thereafter the matron
wears her hair In two rolls. one hang
ing down each side Of her face. These
rolls are said to represent the fruit Of
the quash.-Christian Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-26
Where Re Baked.

He has broken with herg'
$50 have heard"
Il hear that he told her he was I'M
worthy OF her"
"Pshaw: all lovers tell their sweet
hearts THAR
Il know. But she asked him TO put
Il in writing and sign It in the presence
Of witnesses. Atlanta Constitution.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-26
Sure of His Choir.

A peppery New England parson who
was disturbed by his choir during
prayer time got even with them when
he give out his closing hymn by add
ing, u hope the entire congregation
will join in singing their grand old
hymn, and know the choir will, for |
heard them humming 1t during the
prayer"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-26

A dealer was explaining TO a pro-
spective woman purchaser the propel-
ling mechanism Of a bicycle.
Il understand that perfectly" she
said at last. "Now what makes the
front wheel go roundT-Eyerybody's
Magazine
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-26

as your daughter willing to learn to
cook and sweep
mo; she declines TO do those things.
But she says she'll take a course In
domestic science If Wen send her to
some college Louisville Courier Jour
nal
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-26

1t is really not the male lion. with
his terrific roar and formidable APP
pearance. that the explorer fears. but
his mate The male lion is a good
looking poser. but when 1t comes to
business it is his wife who counts, a
la the African native. Game is pulled
down by the female lion, and then the
male beats her off until ne has Toasted
to repletion, when she may have what
Is left: hence ".the lions share"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-26
Double Meanino-

"Umbrellas Recovered" was a sign
that attracted our attention the other
day, but only for minute. We
shook our heads sadly and walked on.
II would take a whole galaxy of clair
voyants and large squad of detec-
tives TO get back a few Of our lost
ones.-Boston News Letter.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-26
Table Daintinsss

l could better eat with one who did
not respect the laws than with SLOW
en- and unpresentable person. Moral
qualities rule the world. but at short
distances the senses are despotic.-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-26
MIIKMEN, FARMERS. MARKETMEN

EXPRESS company contractors, attention. 50
young work express horses and mares. lon
to 1870 pounds these horses were bought
green within the last two years aud are all IN
first claSs conditions; among them are u
matched pairs, ranging in weight 600 10 $500
pounds; prices si2s to s4O0 pc, pair; single
horses. $40 to 500: 20 days trial allowed. II
not satisfactory return at our expense and we
will pay freight both ways; satisfaction guar
anteed or money refunded: will ship TO pur-
chaser TO any town within 800 miles Of Bos-
ton, free OF charge. with blankets and halter
with free pass home to the purchaser; these
horses and mares are not old. WORKOUT hor-es
but young horses used 10y ms in different
branchs OF our express business; come see
them in harness and be convinced; established
In 1884: u years IN the express business
makes us onof the most reliable cnCeTns in
Boston, Call at Office ana stable. CABLE
FXPRNSS co .t3ls Cambridge ST.. Cambridge:
take any EastiCmbrldge car from North or
South station, get on at lnmac 81; large
wood m stable IN tie square.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-26
Hopes He Can't.

81 don't like that new neighbor Of
yours" said the grocer.
"why notg" asked the old time Gus
toner.
"He always seems surprised when
tell him can change a ten dollar bill"
Detroit Free Press.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-26
THE CHANCE TO EARN A LIVING

is destroyed by death Life Insurance
buys that chance and pays its value
when that value is lost. National
Life Ins. Co. OF VT. (MutuaD
Earl S. Kinsley, Agent, Mead Build
ing, Rutland, Vt
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-26
Another Idol Shattered.

Il is nonsense TO say Laugh and the
world laughs with you" The laughing
hyena Is always laughing. but the
world does not laugh with it.-Salt
Lake News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-26

Act in the valley so that you need no,
tear those who stand on the hIll-FrOm
he Danish.