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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-09
HIGHLY coLoRED FUN.
orotesque Sport That Is Part Of the
Hoi Festival.

The curiously childish horseplay of
the Hoi festival. which Is celebrated
annually by the maharaja of Patiala.
is described by Mrs. Charles Bertram
in "a Magician In Many Lands" The
author made the acquaintance of the
famous Hindu ruler during a tour of
India and was invited to remain over
for the festival.
Early in the morning / went to the
club, where | found many of the
guests, who were taking part in the
ceremony for the first time. We were
provided with a complete new suit of
Hindu garments, and our dressing
was superintendent by the maharaja's
servants. We had camels, elephants
and victorias provided for us. was
on an elephant in a kind of box, and
we drove in procession to the palace
in the native city.
We were received with great acclaim
by the natives. and | was led to be-
lieve that it was to be decidedly a dig
nified occasion. But l was woefully
mistaken. The fun had not begun.
Certain formalities had to be gone
through before the signal was given.
We took our seats in the courtyard
of the palace at long table that was
loaded with large gilt dishes filed with
different colored balls as large as
oranges and filled with Holt powder.
At signal the brother of the mahara
I. 10 hn 90 he toh
salaamed TO the prince, who took one
Of the balls and threw II gently across
the table. striking the officer on the
breast.
The ball broke and scattered the
powder over his costume. Then there
was n general scramble, and in less
time than il takes to write hundreds
of balls were flying about, their many
colored contents scattered broadcast on
the crowd Next baskets OF loose pow
der were thrown upon MS IN handfuls
1t was no use to expoStulate. The
moment you opened your mouth some
body filled II with powder The battle
grew fast and furious, when suddenly
an enormous stream OF water from
fire engine drenched everybody. The
colored powders became wet and, min
Cling together, dyed us all in brilliantly
variegated hues.
After this sort Of thing had gone on
for half an hour it ceased by mutual
consent, and we returned to the pri-
vate gardens of the maharaja, where
we were most unceremoniously pitch
ed into tank Of running water.
was dyed deep scarlet all over my
body, and It was fully a month before
the color entirely disappeared from my
face and hands.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-09
7eo-YEAR SENTENCE
oregon Banker Appeals to the High
est Court.

Washington, Dec 6.-The case of
T. Thorburn Ross. the Portland,
(Ore) banker sentenced to i'm
prsonment for 79O years in the
county jail unless he paid a fine of
$576,S53 and five years a prisoner in
the state penitentiary, was up for ar
gument today before the supreme
court Ross was president of the
Title Guarantee and Trust co. in
Portland in 1907. He and other bank
officials were charged with larceny.
The sentence had been set aside by
the supreme court of Oregon as be-
ing excessive.
Ross attorneys contend that The
Oregon courts lost Jurisdiction over
the case because three days after
sentence was imposed upon MIN the
state adopted a constitutional amend
ment substituting indictments for in
formations as the proper form Of
accusing persons OF crime.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-09
AUTHORS BLUNDERS.
Some Amusing Slips Made by Famous
French Writers.

Some Amusing Slips Made by Famous
French Writers.
NJ. Tlbert Gin published in La Re
vue de Paris an amusing series Of
howlers perpetrated not by school.
boys. but by the great panjandrums
Of French literature. 1t appears that
hardly one of the great men in the
i,haIanx of nodding Homers escapes.
First comes Theirs himself with
Throughout the day torrents of rain
poured down. and twenty thousand
AustrIans bit the dustw
The weighty and erudite lawyer, NJ.
Troplong. proclaims in one of his SOM
Der tones that lin the midst of many
crumbling institutions that of property
stands erect on its feet, seated upon
justiceG
The pen of the famous critic, Fran
cisque Sarcey had its frequent lapseS.
On his helmet waves missing
ptumer and I'm the tones of Mile.
Ugaide one recognizes her mothers ia
miuar hand" for example.
M. Toussenel. journalist, naturalist
aud historian. has a sentence, no doubt
of profound ethnographical interest
which might perhaps have been
phrased otherwise: THE English and
Russian nations, the two greatest pow
crs ia the world. are precisely those in
which the man makes the greatest ef.
forts to resemble the woman-the Eng
lishman by shaving himself daily. the
Russian by putting out his chestr'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-09
INDiVlDUALISM.

Individualism and aristocracy
are doomed. The commonweal
and the new democracy are COM
ing into their own We must de-
velop a social consciousness and
create a social conscience-so some
while labor cries for unionism.
the church for unity. And we
are beginning to realize that
Christianlzed labor and democ-
ratified Christianity could togeth-
er not only conquer the cont
nent, but could win the world
for justice, for righteousness and
peace Bishop Mccormick.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-09
CAPTURED TWO MEN
One of Them from Burlington,
Charged with Attempted Bribery.


Manchester, N. H., Dec. 6.-When
Edward Burke of 40 st. James street,
Burlington, VT, and Frank Mahoney
of 1874 Front street of Rochester, N.
Y, picked out James Vassos of So
Spruce street in this city as an easy
mark upon which to practice their
snatch-thieving stunt, they were
made aware of their big mistake in
less than a minute last night. AS a
consequence the two strangers are
locked up at the city prison, nursing
badly swollen faces, while their in
tended victim has gone on his way
unscratched and still in the posses
sion of all of his belongings.
The way that Vassos got after the
two thugs would make typhoon
seem like a gentle June zephyr in
comparison.
1t appears that Mr.. Vassos was on
his way to the depot, and when he
was midway between Elm and Frank
lin streets, two men approached him
and one of them made quick grab
for his watch. He succeeded in get
ting hold of the chain, which was
brokne in the mixup which followed,
and then he made another attempt to
get the watch, but as he did so,Mr
Vassos landed Jack Johnson punch
on his chin and down he went for the
count. The other fellow rushed to
the assistance of his pal, and quick
as a flash Mr.. Vassos' right again
shot out and there lay the two
would be thugs prone on the ground.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-09
ALGEBRA,

The science of algebra is said ia
have been the invention of Mohammed
Of Buziana about $50 A. ID. The sci
ence was introduced into Spain by the
Moors The first treaties on the subject
I'm any European language is believed
TO have been that by Luca Pacoli in
1894. The first English algebra was
written by Robert Recorde. teacher of
mathematics at Cambridge. about 1851
He was the first TO use the sign of
equality.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-09
sANTAs MAIL TO BE DELIVERED
Postmaster-General Orders Letters
Given to PhiIanthropists.

Washington, Dec. POSTMASTER
General Hitchcock today issued an
order authorizing postmasters to de-
liver all Santa Claus letters TO such
charitable institutions in the city or
town where they are received as de-
sire to give attention to the requests
they contain. If Santa Ciauss cor
respondents forget to stamp their let
tiers, as often happens, the law
oblges the postmaster TO forward
the missives to the dead letter Of
fee, but in such cases he is authoriz-
ed to submit the names and address
es of charitable institutions that ex-
press desire to consider the wants of
the writer's.
While this method of handling the
thousands of Santa Claus letters the
children of the poor send every
Christmas entails additional work
for the postal service. Mr.. Hitchcock
believes the purpose fully justiles
the expense.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-09
Killing Time.

Perhaps the busiest time OF the year
in old colonial days was November.
called killing time" When the chosen
day arrived oxen. cows and swine
which had been fattened for the win
ter's stock were slaughtered early in
the morning that the meat might be
hard and cold before being put in the
pickle. Sausages. rollches and head
cheese were made. lard tried out and
tallow saved.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-09
Parsley.

Parsley formed the crown with which
Hercules. as conqueror or the Nemean
lion. crowned himself; Anacreon cele-
brates the plant as the emblem Of joy
and festiviU. Fable makes parsley
the fopd OF coursers. The warriors Of
Homer fed their charges with II for
battle.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-09
IN M ORTALITY.

The belief in a future life is CO.
eval with the beginnings Of the
human race in the history OF evo-
luton.
The belief in future life is
one of the differential attributes
OF humanity.
Man is not only the animal that
possesses articulate speech and
the power of reasoning. He Is
the only creature who expects 10
survive the event OF physical
death.
That wholesale skepticism
which is directed against what
ever exists or has existed In the
shape of an ancient belief, that
violent outbreak of materialistic
atheism OF the eighteenth cen
fury, is surely one of the most
mournful episodes in the his
tory OF human thought.
We yet sometimes are enter
tanned by a belated eighteenth
century naturalist who is fully
persuaded that his denial Of hui
man Immortality is an inevitable
corollary from the doctrine Of
evolution
The more things we try to ex-
plain the better we realize that
we live in a world Of unexplained
residua.
Those who seek to prove any
thing by the evidence of disem-
bodied spirits who hold commu-
nication with certain mediums
are not likely to make much I'm
preston upon minds trained in
investigation John Fiske.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-09
DAY.


Day! ! lament that none can
hymn thy praise
In fitting strains OF all thy
riches bless.
Though thousands sport them In
thy golden rays.
Yet none like thee their Max
er's name confess.
Great fellow Of my being. wake
with me,
Thou dost put on thy dazzling
colors Of light
And onward from the east 60
forth to free
Thy children from the bondage
of the night.
/ hail thee. pilgrim. on thy lone
ly way.
Whose looks on all alike being
nant shine.
A child Of light like thee I can
not stay.
But on the world bless must
soon decline
New rising still. though setting
to mankind,
And ever In the eternal west
my day spring find.
Jones VERY.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-09
The Gloaminq.

whats the cleaning. Uncle vii
iiamT'
We'll. before man is married it is
the time TO take walk with the girl
he toves. but after he is married it is
the time he falls over rocking horses
aud building blocks on the parlor
floor. London Telegraph.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-09
Her Quick Wit.

He-Your new hat is charming, but
fancy 1t doesn't 60 well with that
dress. She (enchanted)-Oh, you dear
did hubby. SO you really mean to buy
one dress ms well?
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-09
praotioed What He proaehed.

HiIls-Gruet says that he believes in
Weeping in touch with his fellow men
.tiIls-- Well there aren't many of them
hat he hasn't touched
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-09
Changed.

when my two girls were born |
used to wonder what was going to
make OF them"
And nowg-
Now that they're grown up and In
society I've begun wondering what
they're going to make Of me."-Detroit
Free Press.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-09
!:|!I J

s10o and Soc at Drue Stores or direct upon re-
ceipt of price and dealers name. Send l0c fsr
trial bottle.-Philo Hay Spec Co.. Newark. N J.
"For Sale and Recommended BY
COLES PHARMACY"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-09
The HIGH COST OF LIVING.


But are the prevailing high
prices wholly the result OF natu-
raj laws regularly working them
selves out? There is little doubt
in my mind that governmental
meddling has bad much to do
with IL. - Gottfricd Koch of
Bremen.
| cannot agree with such theo-
ry that the high cost of living Is
due chiefly to the change in
standards Of living rather than
changes in prices. The trouble
is not be any means wholly due
TO n lack of our early thrift and
economy in present day Ameri-
can laborers. How much of the
high cost Of living is due to the
desire Of capitalists for excessive
dividends on watered stock | am
unprepared to say Certainly
some of il arises thus. Then the
high protective tariff helps to
keep it up too. But over and
above these artificial causes are
certain natural causes which
need explanation. | am positive
of the necessity for an interna-
tional investigation which will
learn the extent of this phenome-
non and gain working informa-
ton for effective reform.-Pro-
fessor Taussig of Harvard Uni
versity.
or course in China conditions
are so bad already because of re-
cent devastating floods that the
question of what causes high
prices becomes futile. The di-
rect problem facing the unsettled
governments of many interior
provinces is how to prevent too
many people from starving to
death.-Louey Po Sang of Hong
kong.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-09
WHEN THE DANDRUFF
BEGINS TO FALL

You'll know there is something wrong.
No one with healthy scalp has Dandrua
it is not natural.
Healthy, strong hair cannot grow under
these conditions and what's far more dis
turbing, the hair that you have will soon
turn grey and fall out. Then comes
PREMATURE GREY HAIR" snd
that Has Been Look" about them.
HEED THE USE
HAYS HAIR HEALTH
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-09

A contented spirit IL the sweetness
Of existence.-Dickena
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-09
NAM MoN.

We cannot serve God and
Mammon, but we can serve God
with Mammon.-S peer.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-04
TO ABSORB FRECKLES
AND OTHER BLEMISHES

Every spring receive many letters
from girls seeking some reliable re-
cipe for removing freckles. Last
year | advised many to try mercol-
lied wax, Such favorable results
were reported that this season have
recommended nothing else for the
purpose. The wax seems to possess
unusual properties which completely
absorb every freck.c, with no harm
ful effect, The complexion improves
wonderfully, becoming as soft as a
rose petal, and as delicately tinted.
Get an ounce Of mercolized wax at
any druggist, spread a thin layer of
It over the entire face every night
for awhile, washing this off in the
morning. For rough red skin, sal
lowness, blackheads, pimples, and all
cutaneous blemishes, this treatment
is superior to any that has ever come
under my observation.
Springtime also brings wrinkles to
many sensitive skins that are much
exposed to winds and changing tenn
peratures. Pour a half pint witch
hazel into basin, then an ounce Of
powdered saxollte, which quickly
dissolve. Battle the face in this; the
effect on wrinkled skin is remark
able--Marle Demarest in Ladies'
Favorite Magazine.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-04

freezing, thawing and jolting of dyna.
mite nave been eliminated. Many a
man has started out in the morning
with a load of dynamite and never
came back to apologize to the folks
Tor keeping the dinner waiting. And
IN the case of the family whose Sun
DAY morning breakfast was interrupt-
ed by the explosion of dynamite in the
oven, two are dead and the frying pan
never has been found.
George P. Jones, powder expert and
general manager Of the Cameron
Powder company, manufacturers of
dynamite, at Emporium, Pa, attended
demonstration by the American Safe
" Powder company and thus relates
his observations:
When the demonstrator was about
to place a charge of powder under a
5-foot stump he inquired of an expert
powder user present how much 60 per
cent dynamite, the highest grade,
would be required to blow the stump,
twenty-five pounds, was the answer.
Well replied the demonstrator, then
am afraid we havent's powder
enough, for there are only IA pounds
here However, he placed the IA
pounds of Lionite under the stump and
blew 1t, with roots Is feet long, clear
out Of the ground.
Two hours before this he had put a
cartridge in water. His next stunt was
to explode this by cap and fuse in a
pool of water and produce a miniature
geyser. But that was nothing. Frozen
In cake Of artificial ice were cart
ridges that had been in the ice a week,
with the end of the cartridges open.
These were exploded with unimpaired
efficiency. One began to think that
this demonstration was vaudeville
magician and expected to see the in
evitable rabbit jump out of his coat
collar or a Portland rosebud blossom
| from cake of ice.
Just by wPE Of adding to a little
tableau effect he put stick of Lion
ite on a rock, ignited It and stood in
the 'limelight' while 1t burned quietly
throwing out brilliant white light
until consumed. But that was easy
Next he put a stick Of Lonite' on the
rock, placed another seven inches from
1t and exploded the first stick. It shat
tered the rock and hurled the COM
panion stick with terrific force
against rocky cliff 60 feet away with
out exploding the 'Lionite.' Then, get
ting spectacular, this powder wizard
threw a cartridge down a 70-foot
gulch, striking the rocks below with
out explosion. All of this proved how
safe Lionite' is for transportation.
Another charge of powder that had
been in water three weeks was put in
a hole under stump, then discharged
and blew the stump 500 feet. By this
time was determined to let the fellow
do his worst, and followed him into a
tunnel to test his claim that there isn't
headache in ton of Lionite. There
Is nothing like a powder headache II
seems to have lifting power, as If the
top of your head we're being pryed off
Every powder user knows what it Is
and breads II. We stayed in the tun.
mel while Lionite' cartridges were ig
nited, inhaled the fumes and could
look any patent headache cure in the
face and laugh, There are no obnox-
ious fumes and gases with this pow
der as are encountered in dynamite.
81 am a manufacturer Of dynamite
concluded Mr.. Jones, "and l hope thes,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-04
HOQUIAM
TROUBLES
INCREASE
UNITED PREss LEASED WIRE. ]

HoqUiam, Wash, May 3.-Abduc-
tion Of w. A. Thorn and c. A. Biscay,
Industrial Workers of the World lead
ers, who were run out of Hoquiam and
beaten up Wednesday night was fol-
lowed by the driving out of Emil Sill
vo, Finnish strike leader, and two
others by special deputies yesterday
and the city is in a ferment of indig-
nation. Warrants are out for the kid
napers of Thorn and Biscay and
Prosecutor Campbell says he will
push the cases.
The Trades and Labor Council has
condemned the police and a mass
meeting Of the citizens will be held
tonight, with Mayor Harry Ferguson
as the speaker, to protest.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-04

American Safety Powder people will
ma enough to keep them busy in the
Northwest, without coming into our
territory, for, so far as can see, their
powder has all the advantage of dyna-
mite without its Objectionable fea-
lures" -"
The American Safety Powder COM
pany claims an increase of efficiency
over dynamite of only 25 or so per
cent, but big users of their powder.
such as the Portland Lumber company
who have used 10 tons, estimate that
they get twice as much work ont of n
box of Lionite' as out of box of dv-
Mantle. In demonstrations the demon
strator usually cuts the charge one
half the amount experts estimated
would be for dynamite, with superior
results. Yet, with this high efficiency,
the fact that it is, as claimed, a safe
ty powder, is attested by the report
of the National Bureau for Safe Trans
portation Of Explosives. In their tests
'Lionite' was shot into with a 30 cali
Der military rifle, without exploding
the powder.
The officers Of the American Safety
Powder company, with offices at 1922
72S Yeon building, are
President A. w. Hendricks, former
dean of Whitman college, Walla
Walla, Wash, general manager,
Wayne Darlington, one of the best
mining engineers in the United States
Among the trustees are C. X. Went
worth, Jr, of the Portland Lumber
company; Henry Copenhagen, of Co.
penhagen Bros, railroad contractors;
Colin V. Dyment, Northwest editor of
the Oregon Journal. A. c. Callan.
formerly manager of the Pacific Hard
ware & Steel company, is manufactur-
ers' agent, handling the entire output
of the factory. Associated with him
is w r. Kaser, for many years with
Allen & Lewis, and later with the
Prince Shoe company. They have
opened offices under the name of Cal
Ian & Kaser in the Yeon building.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-04

State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas
County, S.:
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that
he is senior partner of the firm of
f. j. Cheney e. Co., doing business in
the City of Toledo county and state
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum Of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case Of ca
tarrh that cannot be cured by the use
Of Halls Catarrh cure
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9th day Of De-
cember A. d., 1886.
(SeaD A. w. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system.
Send for testimonials free.
II. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all druggists, 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.