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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23
How the Red Pursuers Increased.


One day while the late Senator
Hearst, father of William Randolph
Hearst, the publisher, was a young
man and yet had his fortune to make
he and a few companions were on a
prospecting tour Along in the after
noon they sighted a band of Indians,
and as i'm those days all Indians were
hostile Mr.. Hearst and his friends nat
urally wanted 10 get away from there.
All the prospectors except the future
senator were mounted on horses. Mr..
Hearst was on a retired army mule
and soon found himself in the rear
The Indians were on his trail, and
things began TO look serious when he
called out 20 his rapidly disappearing
companions: Hold on. boys; there's
only few Of them. We needn't be
afraid"
Just then the mule scented the ap-
preaching Indians and with a Wild
snort started out with a gait that soon
left the horsemcn far behind. When
Hearst was about quarter Of mile
in advance Se turned in his saddle and
yelled at the top OF his voice:
Hurry up. boys; you'll get scalped-
There's more than a hundred OF them"
kansas City Star.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23

1.-THE campaign which recently
took place in Vermont was as clean
and fair as ever occurred in any
state, and this is another reason
why trading and combination in the
legislature in connection with the cleo
ton of state officers would be, it
seems to us, wholly reprehensible
and wrong. bennington Banner.
Naturally enough, such course
would be held 'reprehensible and
wrong" by such interests as fail TO
trade into power. If the Banner is
ignorant that the trading" efforts
are not confined to the opposition
to Fletcher 1t is innocent indeed.
Yes, it was a clean" campaign; so
clean" in fact, that republican ora
tors called the other gubernatorial
nominees, liars" every day for two
weeks.--Rutland News.
The News has worked itself into
such a rage in its opposition to Mr..
Fletcher that we fear it is unable
to see facts in their true perspective.
Inasmuch as nearly two-thirds OF the
members elect of the new Legislature
have, voluntarily and without solicit
tation, in their returns to the secre-
tary of state, declared themselves to
be Republicans it does not require
extensive learning in logic TO see
that trading and combination to be of
any effect must be against the Repub-
lican candidate 1t really doesn't
need either innocence or wisdom
to determine that. AS to what Re
publican orators or Democratic ora
tors or any other orators called their
opponents hasn't really any bearing
on the cleanness of campaign. Re
publican orators probably did call
some of the Democrats liars. and we
distinctly remember hearing Demo
cratic orators call Republican candi-
dates and respected and trusted state
officials crooks and grafters. We al
so heard a Bull Moose orator call
both Republicans and Democrats
shocking instances of vileness and
other epithets even worse. Some al
lowance should be made for the per
fervid word painting of campaign
spell-binding during dog days. All of
them will probably now admit that on
the spur of the contest they may have
put it just a little bit strong. The
News alone appears to suffer from
hang over. Its crouch will prob
ably work off in due season.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23
The Missinu Broque.

In his book of "reminiscences George
Chirgwin, the English comedian, tells
a story that illustrates two of his
strong points on the stage-his quick
ness Of repartee and his trick of enter
Ing into confidential relations with his
audience.
He was singing an Irish song in an
Irish town once, but he had some diff
fculty with the brogue
A typical Pat in the audience stood
up and called out Indignantly, "Och,
ye spalpeen. an where's yer brogue
intoirelyT
Chirgwin grinned cheerfully.
you've got it," he said. and the au-
dlence screamed themselves hoarse
with delight
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23
POND GAVE THE SIGNAL.
And Max o'Rell Put on All the Steam
That Was In Him.

Ana Max O'Hell Put on All the steam
That Was In Him.
Max O'Rell used to tell the following
incident:
major Pond, my agent, was very
often present at my recitations, and l
asked him once If he heard everything
said, because | think . lecturers
conscientiousness should not How the
audience TO miss a syllable At my
request he went TO the very back Of
the hall when the lecture commenced,
and it was arranged that If he missed
single word he should raise his
handkerchief to his nose.
81 was tired that night. and toward
the end. at most important passage,
| saw the major lift his handkerchief.
put on steam. Soon afterwnrd
came to a very critical point, and once
again he raised his handkerchief to
his nose and kept it there. That pro-
ceeding astonished me. for was near
ly at full blast For the second time
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23
ABOUT THE HOME.
Good Things For the Economical
Housewife to Know.


Housewife to Know.
People using articles made of rub
Der that frequently lose their elasticity
through oxidation may restore the ma
terial to its original condition by a sim
pie process. Soak the part in mix
parts water. This is particularly well
adapted to the restoring of rubber
bands, rings and small tubing which
are ready to become dry and brittle.
Tests made at the London electrical
exposition have demonstrated that the
shrinkage of meat when cooked In a
coal range is somewhat greater than
that of the same meat cooked in gas
range and considerably more than
when cooked in an electric range, A
leg of mutton weighing eight pounds
and eight ounces showed a shrinkage
OF two pounds and eleven ounces when
cooked in the coal range. whereas
leg of mutton weighing nine pounds
showed loss of one pound and four
ounces when cooked in an electric
oven. The shrinkage for the gas oven
was two pounds and four ounces on an
eight pound leg of mutton.
Grease on kitchen floor can he soft
ened by pouring kerosene over it and
letting 1t remain for ten or fifteen min
utes; then scrub with soda water
Paint and varnish can be easily re
moved from the hands by first rubbing
well into them some grease or lard,
then washing with soap and water.
Shabby japanned trays can be reno
waited by an application Of copal var
nish TO which little bronze powder
has been added. Keep in warm place
till the varnish is dry and hard.
When ironing between buttons on a
blouse place the buttons on folded
Turkish towel. The buttons will sink
into the towel. and the spaces between
them will be ironed beautifully smooth.
Linoleum will look better and last
the longer for an occasional rub over
with flannel cloth dipped in paraffin,
which will remove all dirt and stains.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23
A SUGGESTION.

At the dinner table on board an
ocean liner one man was much annoy
ed by the vulgar manner in which bis
next nelghbor ate.
He tried to take no notice of the
man, but after watching him pick a
bone in an extremely primitive fashion
he could not control bis feelings any
longer, and turning to the offender he
said:
Don't you really think you would
be more comfortable II you took that
bone out on the mati"-Youth's Com
naninn
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23
Made a Start Anyhow.

Ghosts and weird apparItlons which
We're said TO appear in an empty house
were not an inducement TO possible
tenants, so the agent had it elaborate
~ done up and decorated and by the
way Of tempting bait had some Eek
pensive gas fittings put in the house.
The next week he heard that some
bold man had been after the house.
His heart laaped with hope and expec-
tation, and he rushed off in frantic ex-
element TO the housekeeper OF the
haunted grange.
"This is splendidr' he gasped. Some
one has taken the house, hasn't heE''
Il don't know, sir, I'm sure. Per
hapS he'll come back for the house,
but he's taken all the gas fittings
81. Paul Dispatch.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23
A LOAD or DAINrIEs.
The Prize His Feat of Daring Won For
the Hungry Soldiers.


the Hungry Soldiers.
While a large Cuban force, before the
outbreak of the Spanish-American war,
was besieging a town held by the Span
iards the officers found it difficult to
get any variety in their daily bill of
fare. General Frederick Funston. at
that time in the Cuban service along
with other young Americans, describes
In his book, Memories of Two Wars"
some Of the oliver 'ons'' by which deli
cacies were obtalned-or not as the
case might be.
Time hung heavily on our hands. but
we had some diversions.
One night Huntington made lone
hand raid ON the town. He crawled
through the Spanish lines, roamed un-
challenged through the streets and
came back with fine turkey.
Inspired by this feat, Colonel Carlos
Garcia's negro servant, who had known
the town well in times of peace, begged
try to get a supply of Spanish delica-
cies from the abandoned stores Per-
mission was reluctantly given, and the
plucky fellow set out on his perilpus
errand
He wormed his way through the
grass, crawled under the barb wire en-
tanglements, reached the center of the
town and effected entrance into a gen
eral store. Inside it was pitch dark,
and he dared not strike light, but by
feeling about he found a lot of prom
Using cans and put them in "A sugar
sack that he had with him.
Handicapped by his heavy load, he
found returning slow and painful, as
well as dangerous, but finally, after
an absence of five hours. the exultant
negro placed his load at Colonel Gar
cia's feet, whose friends promptly gath
cred to see the result of the raid and
mayhap to partake thereof.
BY the light of campfire the sack
was quickly emptied of its contents
eighteen cans of house paint! If there
was any one thing that nobody had
any use for in those days it was house
paint The subsequent proceedings
were appropriate to the occasion.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23
a Tub of Rosewater.

The small son Of Victor Rosewater,
editor OF the Omaha Bee and recently
Republican national committeeman for
Nebraska, was DESTROYS of sailing boats
In the bathtub of the Rosewater home
you cannot" said Mrs. Rosewater.
Father is taking n bath just now"
why is father taking bath?" de-
manded the boy
"Why do you take bath?' countered
Mrs Rosewater
Because | have to-" replied the son.
Saturday Evening Post
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23

though much astonished at the re-
quest of the guest for a second crab,
walked apparently unperturbed out of
the dining room, then bolted up the
back stairs, burst into the room occu-
pied by the nurse, gave hasty glance
at the tray, shouted, 'Thunderation-
she has eaten the crab." and rushed
downstairs again. Not more than a
minute later the frightened nurse star
tied the guests by flying into the din
ing room, crying, What was the mat
ter with the crabf-Chicago Tribune.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23

l opened the steam valve and did my
utmost. Another interesting passage
remained. and as approached it again
the handkerchief went to the majors
nose. could do no more, and, with
lamentsble sense OF failure, | fin
ished dismally. thinking that all had
been lost.
81 regret. said | to the major after
the lecture. appearing quite dlsheart-
ened that you did not hear me-
"'Not hear you? heard every syl-
labler
"'Why the deuce did you put up
your handkerchief | asked.
al forgot all about it, was his an.
swer. oh, | am so sorry. Fact Is,
I've a cold I'm my head. Pray pardon
me-
"'You have nearly killed me- re-
tnrtad'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23
Good RuI, Eer Pi. Crust.

A good rule for pie crust, which may
be used for meat as well as for fruit
and other pies. calls for two cupfuls Of
pastry flour. one cupful Of shortening
and half a cupful OF ice cold water.
Mix with a cold knife in the usual
way. For meat pies sift teaspOOnful
Of baking powder with the two cupfuls
q four Such a crust is crisp and
daky and does not rise Ike biscuit
fough. but more Ike fine pun paste.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23

ing through the
theatrical adyer-
It's e m G u { 5 he
saw. under the
heading Of the
opera house. in
large letters,
"Geschlossen."
"What sort OF
business are they
d DING at the
opera h o u $ ey'
h e a SIX q d an
American friend
cautiously.
The friend look
ed at him GU
riously, thought
for a minute and
then replied, Il
haar fhap Qra
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23

turning people away"
The manager dashed of to the
opera house TO book seat. and as
he drew near he saw that the place
was plastered with announcements of
"Geschlossen," and he became quite
excited.
But he knows now that "geschlos-
sen" is not the name OF new opera,
but simply the German for closed
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23

Antoine Deloria, Postmaster al
Garden. Mich, knows the exact facts
when he speaks of the curative value
OF Foley Kidney Pills. He says;
From my own experience recon-
mend Foley Kidney Pills, as a great
remedy for kidney trouble. My faith
er was cured Of kidney disease and
a good many OF my neighbors were
cured by Foley Kidney Pills" Coles
Pharmacy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23
Shine Just Where You Arc.

Don't waste your time in longing
For bright. impossible things.
Don't sit supinely yearning
For the swiftness of wings.
Don't spurn TO be rushlight
Because you are not star,
But brighten some bit OF darkness
BY shining just where you are.
There is need OF the tiniest candle
AS wei as the garish sun.
The humblest deed is ennobled
When II is worthlly done.
You may never be called TO brighten
The darkened regions afar
SO ill for the day your mission
By shining just where you are.
John Hay.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23
KICKED HIM IN THE NECK.

Scott walked over and kicked him in
the neck.
Great Scott. manr' said his manager.
grooming as Scott was disqualified
whatever made you kick him in the
neck? You had him lickedr'
"Sure had him lickedr' yelled Scott.
THE slob didn't have no business try
h' to get upr'-Cincinnati Times-Star.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23
HoW's This Z

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
r. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo. o.
We the undersigned. have known +. J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable In all business
transactions and financially able TO carry
cut any obligations made by his firm
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE.
Toledo. o.
Hans Catarrh Cure + taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
co1s surfaces Of The system. Testimonials
eent FREE Prire q cents per bottle sid
~ an Druggists.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23

a guest VINO was
fond of this deli
cacy and who al e
lowed his appe-
tite to get the
better of his
breeding a S Ike d
for d Sc con d
era b. Now. 1t
happened b a t
the market man
h a d delivered
only { h rt e e II
crabs, and on the
evening of the
dinner there was
a nurse in the
house who was
being served up
stairs. The thir-
teenth crab had
gone to her.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23
A Lesson In German.

A story is going the rounds about
rather inexperienced theatrical man
ager who went over to Germany re-
Gently to see if there were any good
musical plays to be had. He stayed
one night in Frankfort. and on glanc-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23
BENNINGTON, VT, SEPT. 20, 1912
The Bratleboro fair takes plac,

The Bratleboro fair takes place
this week. So far this month every
fair has suffered from rainy, dis
agreeable weather, but it speaks well
for Vermont that, in spite of the
storms, practically every fair has been
successful. Vermont is on the for
ward move and the agricultural
shows reflect the advance trend of the
state
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23
More Suitable.

A very stout young woman asked ad-
vice about her costume for fancy
dress ball. 81 think Of going as Helen
OF Troy" she ended. DO you think
Il would suit me- Her companion.
surveying the young woman's swelling
contours with a faint smile. answered.
"Helen Of Troy-or. perhaps. don't you
think Helen Of Avolrdupois would he
,etterT'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23
Kept Him In His Place.

He was bonehead pugilist, and we
will call him Kid Scott. He was fight
ing In town in the west one night.
He put the other fellow down for
count, but as the referee said mine"
the other fellow started TO get up.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23
,s7 oil

us insure you today is wisdom; to
wait until tomorrow is folly. Ma
tional Life lns. Co. OF VT. (Mutual)
Earle S. Kinsley, Mead Building. Rut-
land VT.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23
Paw Knows

Willie-Paw. what is rough neck7
Paw-A man who wears a rubber col
lar, my sOn--Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23
- The - n
Scrap Book
A Culinary Tragedy.

A lady who lives on Greenwood ave
nue. gave a dinner recently. There
were twelve at the table. One of the
courses consisted Of soft shell crabs.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23

which shows a skirt Of small box plaits
sewed all the way down and pressed
fat.
The gown is made of navy blue faille
silk and is short enough to show the
buttoned boot Of patent leather.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23

She-Can you manage a typewriter
well?
He-No; I married one.-Exchauge.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23
pIaits to the Fore. SAYS Fashion.

One of the most authoritative dress
making establishments of Paris is re-
sponsible for this charming gown,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23
WHEN THE NDRUFF
BEGINS TO FALL

You'll know there is something wrong.
No one with healthy scalp has Dandruff
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" and
that Has Been Look about them.
HEED THE WARNING-USE-
HAYS HAIR HEALTH
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23
Some People Wear Glasses

look better, but most people wear
them because they have to. In any
event, unless they fit the eyes per
fectly the eye-sight is bound to suf-
fer We have been fitting glasses for
long time and that is our speciality
If your eyes trouble you come in and
let us advise you as to what glasses
you need.
j. E. MATTISON,
Registered Optometrist.
ass Main Street, Bennington
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-11-11
u. S. ADMIRAL WANTS
TURKS DRIVEN OUT
COlvOcOresses u. S. N. Retired Says
He Hopes to See the Cross on
St. Sophia.
1000 GREEKS CHEER HIM.
Mass Meeting Of Pan-Hellsnic Union N.
Y. ReiOices in Victories Of Allies
and Fall Of SalOnika.

A mass meeting of 1000 Greeks was
held in the Grand Central Palace,
New York, yesterday afternoon un-
der the aupsices of the Pan-Hellenic
Union, which has so, 600 members and
lac branches of the society in this
country, to celebrate the success of
the allies in the Turkish war. and
parti sularly the triumphs Of the
Greeks ia the struggle.
The Greeks wildly cheered the
statement Of one of the speakers that
the Greek Army would not pause until
il had replaced the cross on the dome
of the Church of st. Sophia in Con-
stantiAople. but their enthusiasm
broke into a roar when Rear Ad-
miral George r. Colvocoresses. y.
s. N, retired, said he desired to see
the Turks driven out of Europe. All
the other speeches were in Greek,
but the Admiral spoke in English. He
was introduced by the Greek Consul
in New York, d. N. Botassi. in these
words:
AT the time of the massacre Of
Chios, in 1921, the American mission
aries saved from the hands of the
Turks a Greek boy and brought him TO
the United States. That boy was
brought up and married in America,
and his son is the Admiral ] here
present to you.
'Zotov' roared the Greeks three
times, signifying "Hurrahl May he
live many years! -
Admiral Colvocoresses said:
my friends-I might say brothers,
for we all come Of the Hellenic land
| lit is good that we meet here in this
land of liberty to give thanks to God
for giving success to the arms of
Greece. There is no man among you
who has greater desire than / have
to see the Turks driven out of Eu-
rope. and to see the cross on the top
of st. Sophia.
Don't live on the past glories of
Greece alone. The day has come
| when YOU must be Greeks of today
and cease to live on the memory OF
what your ancestors have done. You,
who know your history, know that the
one fault of the Greeks of ancient
times was the lack of unity; they
could not hang together You are
now united"
Admiral Colvocoresses was born
in Vermont in lS47 AMI graduated
from the Naval Academy in 1869,
after service on the old gunboat Sar.
atoga as captains clerk in the Civil
War. He was commissioned lieu
tenant-commander and served as ex-
ecutive officer on the gunboat Con
corC during the battle OF Manila
Bay and on the flagship Olympia.
He was advanced FIVE numbers for
eminent and conspicuous conduct
in battle, and subsequently retired
with the rank of rear-admiral 1if
home is in Litchfeld, Conn.
Admiral Colv0coresses was at one
time stationed at the Naval Academy
for some years and has many friends
here.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-11-11
BIujackets Lose to Visalias.

In one of the hardest games of the
season the Visalias, of Baltimore,
managed to defeat the husky team
from The cruiser ssReina Mercedes, Of
the Naval Academy, at Baltimore on
Saturday, II TO 6. 1t took the hard
est kind Of work by the Baltimore
ans to come out-oD top, as the sailors
have a good heavy team that shows
the result Of the coaching it has re-
Gently received at ths hands of Weems
and Dalton, former Naval Academy
stars.
Two entire teams were used by
the tars in an effort to take the
game. but the visalias put up one Of
the best games Of their career and
kept their heavy opponents from the
geal line, the six points made By the
sailors being the result Of two field
goals. For the Service team Rand
made some good tackles and the work
Of Weller, Eubaak and Kirby also
stood out prominently.