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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-03
The Chinese civ. Xmas

"The Five Kings is the name of the
sacred book in which is incorporated
the religion Of the Chinese, as well as
a great number Of other peoples of the
orient The doctrine is complex sys-
tenn Of moral. social. political and re.
ligious teaching built up by Confucius
on the ancient Chinese traditions. and.
although its author lived more than
FIVE centuries before the birth OF
Christ. 1t is still perpetuated as the
state religion OF the Chinese down to
the present day Confucianism is a
religion without positive revelation.
with minimum of dogmatic teach.
ing. whose popular worship is centered
In offerings TO the dead, In which the
notion of duty is extended beyond the
sphere Of morals proper, so rs TO en-
brace almost every detail of daily life.
The chief exponent Of this remarkable
religion was K'ungtze, or Kungfutze,
Latinized by the early Jesuit mission
aries into "Confucius. Chicago News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-03
Snakes ere Great Fasters.

Snakes. though at times they gorge
themselves. are great fasters In the
French museum an anaconda twenty
feet long was very small feeder,
though he gained in weight Taken
there In 1885, he had only thirty-four
meals during the next five years. con
sisting Of small goat or few rab.
bits The interval between these meals
varied from % TO 20l days He would
not touch food unless he was in real
need Of it. and it was only by watcn-
ing and noticing when he seemed to
be uneasy that his keepers could con
clude that he was hungry. During the
long fast, which was In 1856. many
strenuous efforts were made to tempt
or force him TO eat without the least
success.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-03
NORTH BENNINGTON.

Herbert Bostwick's son, Royal, is
i'll OF typhoid fever.
A party of out of town friends were
entertained at H. f. Lambs Friday.
Mrs. l.. f. Fuller. who has been
spending a few days in New York
city, has returned.
Rev. H. c. Harmon of Newark, n.
j.. will occupy the pulpit OF the Con
gregational church on Sunday morn
Ing. August 4.
Frank Sherwood and wife of Lehigh-
ton, Pa are visiting their father, l..
+. Sherwood of Riverside. making
the trip in their 1912 Ford car.
Rev. w l. Coburn is spending his
vacation in Boston and vicinity.
There will be no service in the Bap-
fist church Sunday morning Sunday
school at the usual hour.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-03
Met the Emergency.

"The men with the most resourceful-
ness and the greatest power Of initia.
tive come from the smaller towns" de
clared an Ohio congressman. "Somc
time ago a printer in my district was
promised the job of preparing some
school board ballots. The work would
give him profit of about $50, and he
needed the money. He had it all spent
even before the time came TO print the
ballots. Then the board of election
sent him word that they wouldn't need
the ballots, as there was no contest for
the school board.
You'd give me the job il you gave
1t to anybody wouldn't your asked
the printer
"'Oh. certainly they told him So
the printer got out a petition and ran
for the school board. thus making a
contest, and they gave him the job of
printing the ballots after all. As soon
us they were printed and his bill o. KID
he withdrew his candidacy. "-Philadel-
phia Ledger
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-03
A Clever Cat.

The owner of clever cat writes to
Our Dumb Animals that the pet, "a
great. fat, lazy, good natured fellow"
has fondness for eggs. Sim Tom
was detected In the kitchen recently
on a table watching an unopened bag
of eggs. stepping back noiselessly, ~
writes the owner, I'VE saw him eau
tiously tear the bag with his teeth and
claws. stopping every little bit to lis
ten. Finally the opening was large
enough for him TO get out an egg by
gentle little pats. He held the egg In
his mouth. jumped to the flOor. rolled
his prize about gently until he got it
into position and then bumped it
against the table leg until it broke.
Then he enjoyed his feast" The writ
er wonders where Tom got the taste,
as he Is and "his ancestors for genera
tons back were city bred"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-03
Deadly Marshe. Of Siberia.

The largest extent Of marsh land in
the world is to be found in the low
lands which form part Of the steppe OF
Baraba. between the rivers Intish and
Obi, I'm Asiatic Russia. The region is
fat and covered with forests, salt lakes
and quivering marshes, extending over
an area which is not less than 100 100
square miles. During the sum Ter
dense clouds Of mosquitoes float over
the treacherous ground. Immense areas
Of these dreaded urmans have never
been visited by man. The marshes,
treacherously concealed under a sway
ing layer Of grassy vegetation. can only
be crossed by means Of kind Of snow
shoe in winter except at the peril Of
ones life.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-03
The White Niohts.

June is the month Of the white
nights" i'm the far north. In Finland
one can read a newspaper in the open
air at midnight. and the sky is bright
with tender. gentle radiance. There
is no break between the sunset and
dawn, and the same rosy flush serves
for both Strictly speaking. summer
in Finland is just one long day The
moment the first star glimmers in the
south 1t is sign that autumn is at
hand. The long period Of light ex-
ercises a marvellous effect upon vege-
tation. and the leaves of trees grow 10
an enormous size. The development
Of plant life is crowded into few
weeks. but Il is none the less perfect
for that
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-03
A Hawk and a Hymn.

Charles Wesley, brother of John IVES
ley, who founded the Methodist church,
wrote some 6,OO0 hymns. Jesus. Low
er OF My Soul" was the most popular
OF any he wrote. He got the idea for
this one day rs he was sitting at his
desk. A bird pursued 10y a hawk flew
In at the open window. The hawk.
afraid to follow. few away. and Wes-
ley. struck by The incident, was at once
inspired to write song. applying what
he had witnesSCl TO our spiritual life
Kansas City Stcr.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-03
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village ToIc Briefly
for Busy Readers

Born, August 2, a son to Mr.. and
Mrs. Garry Sayers.
DR.. and Mrs r. X. Gray of Airing
ton were in town Friday.
Miss Mollie Saxton of North Ad-
ans visited friends here Friday.
Miss Rosetta O'Hare went to Pitts
field this morning for few days
visit
Mrs John Burns of Spring street
went today to Troy for few days
stay. - I;
Emory S. Harris is attending the
Democratic convention at Manchester
today.
Rev Bernard Kelly of Manchester
returned home today after few days
stay here.
Comrade Rollins of the Soldiers
Home, who has been i'll, is able to be
out again.
MRS. Helen Farnum of West Main
street is spending few days in
Woodford.
Mr.. and Mrs Paul Galipo of Pitts
field, formerly of Bennington, are
with relatives here.
Miesses Helen and Florence Mort
of Gage street are recovering from
an attack of measles.
George o. Totten, Jr, of Washing
ton. the architect for the Everett
mansion arrived in town today.
Homer Sherwood, an inmate of the
Soldiers Home, has returned from a
visit in the northern part of the state
Mrs Martin Manning of Troy, who
has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
Mary Leonard of Adams street has
returned home.
Sixteen members of the local
Democracy went today TO Manchester
TO attend the county convention
which is being held there.
Miss Lena Berlowtiz of Plainfeld
n. j., came today to visit her sisters,
Misses Sarah and Eta Berlowtiz,
who are guests CT Mr. and Mrs Ben
jamin Shimilintzl-y
News has been received here of the
sudden illness in Albany of john
Stoddard of that city. Mr.. Stodda-C,
who is a commercial traveller for the
Cottrell & Leonard Company, has
been coming to Bennington on regu-
lar trips for the past 40 years and
therefore has many friends here
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-03
MOUNT ANTHONY GOLFERS FALL
Bennington Players Eliminated
Second and Third Rounds.

Dorset, Aug. 3.-Bennington's rep
resentatives in the Vermont State
golf championship were all eliminated
in the second and third rounds yes
terday. p. II. Jennings fell before
II. X. Kerr in the morning while his
brother Z. p. Jennings was being de-
feated by w. II. Roberts of Dorset.
Fritz Jennings, the former champion
was obliged to default through inabll-
ity to be in Dorset
Guy B. Johnson met defeat at the
hands of A. j Mcclure. Ekwanok.
in the morning, and in the afternoon
round s.. NJ. Moffat lost to C. NJ.
Clark, also of Ekwanok. The final
match for the title is being played
today at 36 holes by F. A. Martin and
II. X. Kerr, both of Ekwanok.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-03

Boswell. wien his first biography Of
Johnson first appeared. met Lord Thur
low hurrying through Parliament
street to the house Of lords and said.
"Have you read my book
YES. confound YOU" growled Lord
Thurlow. every word of it. couldn't
help myself"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-03
NOTICE.

The Burlington Trust Company is
mailing to its friends and patrons an
old fashioned Farmers Almanac for
the coming year-1913.
Mail a post card bearing your ad-
dress to the Company at Burlington.
Vermont and a copy will be mailed
you free OF cost
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-03
Th. Wires Were Crossed.

Hotel Man Cwho thinks he is calling
down his butcher)-Say. l am shy a
heart and a liver. eight ribs and a
shoulder. Now, I want 'em right away.
Railway Once (which has been con
nected by mistake)-Sorry. but the
wreck has been cleared up.-san Fran
cisco Post
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-03
NOTICE.

Owing to depreciation committed by
some OF the young men and boys who
congregate around the pond located
on our property we are obliged 70
prohibit bathing In the pond and 10
hereby serve notice that all trespas.
sers win be prosecuted.
Twin State Gas & Electric Co.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-03

New Oook-I allus insist on the mis-
sis cooking the dinner the first night
arrive Mistress-GoOd heavensi whyl
New COOk-After that anything tastes
good to the family.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1912-12-06
CONTINUE AS WE ARE.

1t may be the psalm of the pessimist, but
to our mind the move toward popular gov
ernment toward which the United States is
rapidly drifting just now, forebodes no good
to our republic. A popular government is
a government Of men with neither party or
principle and when the whole gets divided
up into factions squabblng over the spoils
then the Man On The Horse is quite in
sight There is no doubt but that the inter
ests have abused the confidence Of the domi-
nant parties, but two wrongs never make
one right. Let's purge and purify the domi-
nant parties and permit this country to con-
tinue a representative government as OF
yore The various parties should be respon-
sible for the nomination Of the various can
didates, and then let the people elect such
of those nominated in whom they think they
can put the most official confidence.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1912-12-06

recent years the postal savings banks have
been established and that medium is con-
stantly bringing more gold to the vaults OF
Uncle Sam, all Of which is lying idle while
the country by and at large is suffering OF
a money stringency For the owner OF real
estate to borrow money at present he or
she is compelled to give eight per cent per
annum for the money and per cent cash
commission, which, to say the least, is ex-
horbitant and outrageous Ii the United
States government would add another feat
ure to it's postal savings banks and loan
the property holder the money for three
per cent with no additional expense to the
borrower except to furnish an abstract Of
title, which would be examined by the dis
trict attorney, safe and legitimate chan
mel would be established in which to turn
the constant stream Of gold that is being
horded up In the government vaults, while
the whole country is almost in panicy con-
icy condition, for the use of it,
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1912-12-06
eR1FF1THs, ORDINANCE USELESS.

A good deal is being said in Seattle just
now about the Griffths ordinance curtailing
the police powers Of the city. The Griffths
ordinance is absolutely worthless, as it tells
the police they must not do those things
which the statute Of the state in plain Ian
guage says no one, except clad with the
proper authority shall do. Ii policeman
kicks in a door without having been SO in
structed by the sheriff of the county, such
policeman has broken the law the same as a
private citizen. Have the policemen live up
to the law the same as any one else and there
will be no further trouble about the purity
squad
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1912-12-06
VOLUME XIV, NUMBER 50

mediately adjourned. The Republicans will
permit nothing to pass, whether good or bad,
for which the Democrats can take the credit;
nor will the Democrats permit anything to
pass for which the Republicans can take any
credit. Thus the country is between two
great fires and is doomed to destruction, or
almost so. We repeat if congress desires to
serve the country to the best advantage, it
will Immediately adjourn.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1912-12-06
AMALGAMAT1ON OF RACES.
Well Known AnthroOplogist Notes Change
in Color OF AtrO-AmericanS.

in Color OF Afro ro-Americans.
AS the earlier separated American types
are becoming centralized into one type, SO
the American Negro, already possessed OF
many OF the mental and emotional char
acteristics Of our nation, has become so
Importantly different from his African an
cestor that to call him a plain Ethiopian
would not be touching the point, says Walter
Winston Kenilworth in the Forum. He is
already an American citizen. Who knows
what he will be six generations henceg
Apart from this, it remains singularly mys-
terious just exactly why the Negro type is
gradually reinquishing its darker bodily
shade and coming into rarer and more Cau-
casion color. There are Negroes, and an In
creasing growing number Of them, whose col
or is not far removed from that the average
Caucasian Of southern Europe or western
Asia. Many of them in truth might be
taken for orientals of the darker Italian or
Spanish types.
The only reasonable hypothesis is the
amalgamation Of the Negro with the eau
casian. 1t alone can account for the gradual
change in the frontal development of the
head, the gradual thinning of the lips, the
gradual contraction Of the nostrils and the
gradual change in texture of the hair, re-
ceding from its primitive curly state to the
straight black coarse hair of the south
Asiatic, the Malay or Pacific island type.
This is so emphatically striking that atten-
tion only need be called to the fact
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1912-12-06

Because millionaire child dresses it.
self it is paid penn day and the fact
is made the subject Of an Associated Press
dispatch It's just such fool talk as this
that makes damphools out of children whose
parents are worth whole bunch of money.
If the ugly wretch was put to work the
same as other boys whose parents are only
worth their will and determination, there
would be far less danger of this country
being led astray by permitting such idlers
to control her destinies through the vicious
use of i'll gotten gains
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1912-12-06
WHY NOT ADJOURN?

Congress is again agonizing the citizens OF
the United States. One of the best things
that the present congress can do is to re-
sign subject to the call of the President, and
then he should forget it. Nothing will be
accomplished by the present congress and
the country would be money ahead II it I'M
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1912-12-06
ANOTHER SKUNK CABBAGE.

Governor Bleese OF South Carolina made
an ass OF himself at the meeting OF the gov
ernors at Richmond, Virginia, and the Of
1enslye gases he exploded were SO nauseatlng
that many OF the ladies who were present
at the meeting, lett the room. The country lis
tened to a like antl-Negro crusade from
IlIman and Vardeman, which, like the howl
ing Windstorm, spent It's force and subsidized.
Goy blease seems to have the Negrophobla
even worse than 'Illlman and Yardeman, but
with The same uIterlor aim In VleW-a seat
IN The united STATES senate. However, the
governor is to be commended Tor his desire
to project the virtue OIL the white women,
out II he would only eliminate the white :
from his determination and protect the vlr-
tues Oh all women, ms rantlngs would be
gwen million times more consideration. For
every WnlGe women outraged Dy a black man
IN ooulh CaroIlna thousand Dlack women
are snameru1ly outraged by WnlTe men. be-
tween three and Iour mllnon halI-DIo0dS
NEGRO and Wnlte), accordng 10 the late U.
.. census, are to DE LOund III TINS country,
ana IL is sale 10 say not one III 0U,UUU OIL lnem
Is the progeny Oh Dlack man ana Wnlte
woman IL GOV. blease nlmseH Is not gulILy
OF Jnls SeII-same dlaDoncaI act, Gnen he is Jne
exceptional WnlTe man Oh the OouL1. Inc
man VINO is Wllllng 10 ole III Gne protection
Oh the virtues OF women Is one OF the nOD1esC
creatures III GOd S creaClOn, except Ine Wo-
man he protects, but the Ioul mouth SKUNK,
who uses the women on whose shoulders 10
crawl TO high oInclal position, is the mean
est and mosJ desplcable hoWlmg human hy-
ena III Gods creation. GOV. BleaSe seems To
be just such specimen OF the genus homo.
The Negro, however, need have no fear OF
such men making his lot harder in the Unit
ed States, as white men OF honor see the In
Justice in it and either pronounce the trader
a dangerous demagogue or of the class that
shouts for police protection to cover up his
own criminal and cowardly acts.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1912-12-06
UNCLE SANS CASH.

Once again the United States treasury IS
breaking down under the weight of gold
that is constantly accumulating within her
vaults and there seems to be no way OF
turning the flood tide through any other
legitimate channel Some years ago when
the Democratic party got hold OF the gov
ernment similar condition prevailed. In
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1912-12-06

If President Taft succeeds in reorgani-
izing the Republican party he can boast of
having been on both sides of the question
disorganized it and reorganized it, The
question is, Did he perform the former
with the view of accomplishing the latter?
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1912-12-06

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The Detroit times., 1912-09-10

people who give part of their time.
In the fall, winter and spring go TO
Philadelphia for three days each week
stay at the Lighthouse and spend my
time visiting the women and assisting
the other workers In various ways
Most of my work has been among
women. have had nothing TO do
with the mems department, and but
little with the boys.
The Lighthouse is located in the
center of big textile mill district.
Most OF the people who live in the
neighborhood and work In the mills
are Americans, English, Germans or
Scotch. They do not suffer from ex-
tremes OF poverty as long as they
have work, but IL the mills shut down
they Immediately face the greatest
distress.
Our work, OF course, is not only to
elieve distress whenever possible
usually by helping the men to get
work elsewhere-but also to give
them the social and religious oppor-
tunlties they naturally crave.
"One Of my principal duties has been
70 assist another young woman In
making the Monday evening gospel
meetings for women attractive and
helpful. From these meetings and
from our association with the women
In their homes, am sure we derive as
much benefit as they. / love them and
enjoy being with them. They are
genuine. They face and fight real
problems.
There is no snobbery, no pretense.
no 'bluff' among those women. Their
tasks are too serious, their problem
The Detroit times., 1912-09-10

counted by merchants" he said. "and
they are no longer thinking OF the
political situation, but are intent on
building up their business lines.
The records show that there Is no
longer the tendency on the part OF
manufacturers and sellers to produce
or purchase beyond the demand and
their needs. Business men of the
country have become more wise and
conservative In their manufacturing
and buying. For instance. In the silk
trade IL this had not been SO in the
present period of dullness and linn
tied sales In this business there
would have been great many more
failures In the trade.
Business In the country Is on q
sound basis because OF this and Is
thoroughly prepared and about to en-
ter on a decided increase; not a
boom, but thorough revival In trade.
Offerings of commercial paper from
merchants have never before In my
experience been so large.
We are experiencing large de-
nands for money from the west and
the south. Money rates on CONNER
ciai paper appear to be almost al
their top now. Time money rates
may reach 6 per cent before the end
OF the year"
The Detroit times., 1912-09-10

too vital to permit such trivialities to
enter their lives. They are earnest
and wholesome. They understand our
feeble efforts to help them. All they
need Is a chance--and that chance We
try to give them, not by assuming A
coEdescending attitude, as II We were
seeking TO give charity from above,
but by getting acquainted with them,
living their lives, studying their prob
lens from their viewpoint entering
into the spirit of their lives as com
renions and becoming their friends.
THAT Is what the men and women
of the Lighthouse are trying to do
That is what |, in very, small way,
ain trying to help to do"
In the old Lighthouse settlement dis
trlct in Philadelphia, this Is what the
o; her young women at the Lighthouse
say about it:
mo one connected with the settle
ment ever did better work than Miss
Wilson, especially In the women's
gospel meetings. She has remark
able power to get close TO the women.
She talks with them, not to them, and
her language is natural, sympathetic
and convincing. The women love her
sincerely. IL is really more than love
lit is almost worship.
I'VE have been enormously bene'
fitted by Miss Jessie's help"
Do not get the idea that Miss Jessie
Wilson is high brow" or an up
litter" merely because she does seri-
Gus work for humanity. She Is as
warm hearted, genial, and human as
ehy healthy American girl. She
plays a corking game of tennis-which