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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-02

The speed with which the minimum
wage bill was pushed through the
British House of Commons should be
an object lesson to the Congress of
the United States Only a little more
than a week elapsed from the time
the bill was introduced, until 1t be-
came law and it will go into immed-
late effect In this country, II would
have taken two years, at least, and
would then have dragged its way
through the courts for two or three
years more to find out whether or not
the measure was constitutional. Great
Britain has no written constitution
and in this respect, the government
of Canada is similar. They have. In
fact. constitutional system, but II
cannot be invoked to render fedora
laws inactive. There is much TO b.
said in favor of the British anC
Canadian system. at least, in prompt
ness as most Americans. who watcl
the dawdling operations Of congress
and the slowness of American courts
will agree. We are brought up i
this country to revere the constitution
but there are times when we, pei
haps impatiently. wish 1t could b
REPLACED by some system NOR
prompt and responsive in settlin
great public questions.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-02
ARE YOUR KIDNEYS
WELL?
Many Bennington People Know the
Importance Of Healthy Kidneys

Many Bennington People Know the
Importance Of Healthy Kidneys
The kidneys filter the blood.
They work night and day.
Well kidneys remove impurities.
Sick kidneys allow impurities to
multiply.
No kidney III should be neglected.
There IL grave danger In delay.
II YOU have backaohe or urinary
troubles.
II YOU are nervous, dizzy or worn
out.
Begin treating your kidneys at
once.
Use proven kidney remedy.
None endorsed like Doan's Kidney
Pills.
Recommended by thousands.
Proved by home testimony.
Mrs. Celia l.amroeux. 800 Division
street. Bennington. VI. says. Il am
az strong a believer In the merits OF
Deans Kidney Pills as ever. Time
has only increased my opinion Of this
remedy as | have not had any seri.
GUS kidney trouble since II cured me.
For sale by all dealers. Price 90
cents. Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo.
New York. sole agents for the United
States
Remember the name-Doanf-aud
take no other
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-02
MICHIGAN VOTES TO-DAY
Local Option to be Decided and Sew
eral Mayors Elected

Detroit, Mich, March 31.-Twenty-
five counties in the lower peninsula
OF Michigan will vote tomorrow on
the local option question. City and
township elections will also be held
at various points throughout the
state.
With the exception of the wet and
dry" issue, chief interest is taken
in the elections at Flint and Grand
Rapids. Flint is the largest Michigan
city having Socialist mayor, and
the opposition has been making siren
uous efforts to defeat the lncumbent's
reelection. Grand Rapids. the second
largest city in the state, also elects
a mayor tomorrow. OF the twenty
five counties to vote on the local op
ton question, seven are now wet
and eighteen are dry"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-02
Crust OF the Earth.

According to scientists, the earth s
solid crust with a specific gravity of 2.5
as against 81 for the entire globe
crust and liquid or semi-liquid interior
consists Of the various elements in the
following proportions by weight: Oxy-
gen, 4729 per cent; silicon. 27.21; alu-
mlnium, ISL iron. 5.4G; calcium, 377;
magnesium, 26S; sodium, 2.3G; POTASH
um, 2.40; hydrogen, OBJ; tltanlum, 033;
carbon, 0.22; chlorine. Dol; phospho.
rus, 010; manganese, 0.0S; sulphur,
003; barium. DOB: chromium. Dol.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-02
Doctors Use This for Eczema

DR.. Evans. Ex-Commissioner OF Health,
saws: There is almost no relation be-
tween skin diseases and the blood The
skin must be cured through tho skin
salyes have long ago been found worth
less. The most advanced physicians Of
this country are now agreed on this, and
are prescribing a wash of wintergreen,
thymol and other ingredients for eczema
and all other skin diseases. This com
pound is known as Odd. Prescription
for Eczema.
DR. Holmes, the Well known skin spe-
claIist writes: Il am convinced that the
ID D. Pr. scriptioi is as much a specinc
for eczema as quinine for malaria. We
have been prescribing the ODD. remedy
for years
We. ourselves vouch for the ODD
w. L. Gokay, Drugg
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-02

Prescription for eczema and absolutely
guarantee that IL viii take away the
itch the instant you apply 1t.
If you are suffering from any form OF
skin trouble we would like TO have you
come TO our store, for we have had the
agency of this remedy for so many
years that we can tell you all about
ODD. Prescription and how IL cures
eczema. In fact, we are so sure OF what
ODD. will 10 for you that we will be
glad to let you have 81 bottle on our
guarantee that II will cost you nothing
unless you find that II does the work
ought to be enough TO absolutely prove
the merits or the remedy.
Drop into our store anyway and We
Will tell you all aboat this great remedy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-02
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
" Rstates oftsAAC RtCkand pHoHnkRlCB

The undersigned, having been appointed by
the Hon. Probate Court tor the District OF zen
oinptnn. COMMISSIONERS, TO relieve. exam.
inc and M iust the claims aud demands 81 All pef
cons arainsLthe estates Of lsnac Rice and lhuebe
Rice late OF bennington, In said District, de-
cnaacd. and All claims exhibited N Offset Their 90
hereby give notice that We VIII meet Tor the
nurpoaes Aforesaid. AZ the residence ~
koicrt Rice In the town Of Bennington. IN
seld district, on the ith day oiScptcmher 1912
next from O'Clock 7. NJ, until
o'clock y NJ on said day and that six
months from tie sch day Of Ma Oh A.
n 1912 4 the time limited by said CURT
FOR aid rr,~iltbrs to- ptesent their claims 10 us
for examination and allowance
DATED AZ bennington. this ieth day Of
March. A. d, 1872.
AN. DRNio.
H. l. SpFNCBk.
Commissioners.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-02
CRACKED LIPS
Now 10 the Time to Use MenthoIatun
tor Chaps. Rouah skin. sores. Etc

Now Is the time when nearly every
one Is troubled with cracked lipa.
rough face or ohapped hands, as cold
weather causes those troubles unless
special care Is taken OF the skin.
They can be prevented II Menthola.
tum Is used after washing the hands
or face. II, however. the lips are
cracked or the hands chapped and
rough, apply Mentholatum at night
and In the morning the soreness will
be gone aud the cracks healed. Il ia
OF special benefit for cold sores. TAX.
ing out the burning and healing the
sore.
Every one should have Jar of
Mentholatum In the house to use In
the case Of burns. chilblalns. frost
bites or any pain or inflammation. II
Is OF great value In curing catarrhal
colds. Money back n Mentholatuu
does not give perfect satisfaction.
Buy jar today from your druggist.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-02
A THOROUGH Test.

inspector, that woman l said was
always listening on my party line must
have quit"
what makes you think sor
why, my wife has been listening
for three weeks and hasn't caught her
yet"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-02

necessary for women as they think
millinery is. While all insurance Is
good, there is more satisfaction In
having the opinion of experts az to
It's ne and fitness. National Life In.
surance Company of Vermont. (Mu.
tuaiJ Earle s. Kinsley. General
Agent, Mead Building. Rutland, VI
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-02
Flint and oteeI.

Mrs. Highmore with cold dignity
To what am | indebted for the honor
of this visit? Unexpected Caller-To
your careless servant, perhaps, madam
/ dare say she forgot that you were not
at home.-Chicago Tribune.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-02

Many cases OF
typho old fever,
appendicitis a n d
other severe dis
eases are trace
able to prolonged
clogging of the
bowels. Regard
{ h c effects Of
constipation, c.
E. Ayers, 6 Sabin
ST., Montpelier,
VT, says;
II was afflicted
with constipation
o.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-02
A Pessimist.

Tommy Cod-What is 1t they call a
pesslmist. pa; PA Coda pessimist,
my son. is n fish who thinks there is a
hook In every worm.-Puck
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-02
Constipation. if Neglected.
Causes Serious Illness

Constipation, if neglected, leads
to almost innumerable complica-
tons affecting the general health.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-02

W. L. Gokay, Druggist Bennington. Vt
New-York tribune., 1912-03-22
REPRESENTATIVE D. J. FOSTER.

Washington. March @-E"pres"ntatV"
David !. Foster. NJ the 'st Vermont DIS
trict. died here tonight after an illness or
three weeks Nr Foster was FIRST stricken
with grip. which to-day developed pneu-
uonia and terminated fatally in 10"
hours lie was dCty-four years old
Nv Foster was native Of Barnet Nr'
ard was educated At Dartmouth College. In
1852 he ws= admitted 80 IN" lar and hdo
rractised since ~ burlington. Ii" Wa
state Attorney for Chittendeu County from
1sS6 IN 1890 From 1872 10 ls3' hc served IN
tho state Senate. Ina th" latter year he vas
rpado Commissioner of state Taxes serving
s,i,- wears lIo has chairman Of tn" state
poard NJ Railroad Commissioners from 1898
20 1900 TIc was elected 70 tn" Fifty-s"V"nth
congress and had served iu the iioos" ever
since.
Mr. Foster was chairman OF IN" commit -
toe on Foreign Affairs iu the last year OF
tho Siyty-frst Congress. u" Wa aIS9
cLai,,ngn Df the delegation nom Ine Ni,''
states 10 tho general 1sSemhiN OF INC III,
ternationaI Institute Of Agriculture ~
nom. last wear I'm September, l5iV' ne
headed the delegation which rcpresen'e'
,Lje countrv M the celebration or the cen
+eruial cf Mexican independence. lie I"d'''
81 y ifD and three daughters.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-22
Always Much Confusion.

here has always been a good deal OF
confusion between Violet Lady Beaumont.
nee Isaacson. daughter OF Madame
Elise" and Ethel Lady Beaumont. daush-
,cg OF the late Sir Chares Tempest, last
Of his line sud head of one Of the finest
old Catholic families In England ] need
hardly add, after this. that Ethel Lady
Beaumont Ike her two daughters. the
young Baroness Beaumont and the Honor
able Ivy Stapleton. arc dcvout members
Of the Roman Catholic Church, TO which
the young girls father and grandfather
belonged
The ancestral home Of Baroness Beau
mont is Carlton Towers near Selby. IN
Yorkshire. Carlton has been In the pos
session Of the Staplelons ever since JOAN
granddaughter II the seventh Lord Beai-
n4Ont and his hoiross. married Sir Brian
s'aploton. IN the middle ~ the fifteenth
century. IL contains "A splendid collection
of liallen old mastery. ard a superb IL
hrefy. which Is rich in French literature
snd rare editions.
The entfance hail. the broad marble
"srcsse aud the superb Venetian draw
i1g iocin ere said g. have cost over Sl'Vr'-
80 fron the hsgstan tower there rs one
~ 'ho finest views IN Yorkshire. There IS
~ sfngisTanesn passage At Carlton Tow
: ~ witch formerly led 70 Selby Abbey
.,eltss ty.
MARQuIgE DE TONTLNOY.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-22

KAISER STARTS TOUR TO-DAY
Invites Chancellor to Visit Corfu
-Forgives an Affront.

Berlin March % Friday).-The "Taglichs
Rundschau' says that the Emperor has in
vited the Imperial Chancellor, Dr.. Won
Bethmann- Hollweg, TO visit him at Corfu.
The paper also asserts that IL has learned
from "a dependable source" that the Chan
cellor offered his resignation soon after the
Reichstag election and that the Emperor
refused to accept il.
The Emperor will leave for Vienna 10 day.
London. March - Friday).-A 81 Peters.
rIImored in court circles that Emperor
William of Germany has sent letter ~
Emperor Nicholas in which he deals ey-
haustivey with the question OF improve
ment I'm the relations between Germany and
Great Britain.
Berlin, March 2l.-The German Emperor
to-day received Johannes Ksempf the
Speaker: Heinrich Dore and Or. Hermann
Sigismund Paasche. the Deputy Speakers
of the Reichstag, in audience, after hsv-
ing refused 10 meet them because the
Socialist. Philip Scheidemann, who was
first selected as one Of the Deputy Speak
ers, had declined 10 participate in a court
function.
Herr Scheidemanns selection as Deputy
Speaker was not confirmed.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-22
OBITUARY..
CHARLES EZRA sPRAGUE

Charles Ezra Sprague. president Of tho
Union Dime Savings Bank. died at his
home, No TO West I'D street Yesterday
afternoon at o'clock from pneumonia.
He was born at Nassau. \. Y. October
q 1872. received A bachelors degree from
Union College in 1850. n masters degree in
1884, ana q Doctors decree in 1890. He
served I'm the Union army and was wound
ed at the Battle Of Gettysburg. He became
brevot colonel Of New York Volunteers.
Since 1870 ne had been with the bank and
was made it's president I'm 1892
lie was made certified public account
ant under tho law of 1896 was pros'-
dent of the board Of examiners for public
accountants from 1895 to 1898 and was pro-
fessor OF accountanCy in Now York | nj
versity's School OF Commerce. Accounts
and Finance in la0o He was a member Of
the American Fslkors Association ana
president OF the savings banks section of
that organization for 190i-la6. He was also
a member of the Alpha Delta Phi and Phi
Beta Kappa fraternties. serving as pr"si-
dent Of the former: the Loyal Legion,
-. A. r. and the Century Club.
Colonel SpraCue invented many devices
and systems for savings banks and book
keeping and was also tho rrst American
advocate Of Voapuk. He wrote hand
book on tho language in 1883. Other works
and papers were devoted to business sub
iects on which ne was an authority
In 1866 he married Miss Ray Ellison. OF
this city. The funeral will be held SUNDAY
afternoon at go O'Clock at the University
Place Presbyterian Church. The R"v. Dr..
George Alexander, Colonel Sprasue's hoy-
hood friend. will conduct the service. Tho
htlrial viii ha In Flushing.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-22
IS A PEERESS BY BIRTH
Yollnu Baroness Beaumont
Comes of AGE This Summer.

,,,c,rirht 1912. by the Brentwood Company
Young Baroness Beaumont. ono Of the
.rr few British peeresses in her own right.
"a Who is still being portrayed in Amer
10, newspapers as n two-year-od baby,
..,oirs her eighteenth birthday, and Incl
ao,tallv her majority, i'm August, but will
=. presented AT Buckingham Palace before
.hot time probably at one Of the courts
hold after Easter. That will, indeed con
.,,,yte the only official ceremony Of her
,.comins endowed with tho fun enjoyment
- the preroCatives Of peeress in her own
,,Vbt. unless Queen Mary, following the
nrscedent of Queen Victoria. may summon
h.r 10 a private audience TO personally
congratulate her and offer her good wishes.
YOUNG Lady Beaumont is one Of tho two
daughters df the tenth Lord Beaumont,
nbo was colonel of hussars. who
served on the stan in Canada in the latter
ms and who was Killed through the
accidental discharge Of his gun while try
,nq 10 climb through a hedge. his head
being almost entirely blown 10 pieces. As
hs left no son. but little daughter
,ruc another was born three months after
his dsath-the peeraGe fell into abeyanco.
There is scarcely one Of the British
oPeerages" published. either officially or
otherwise. which gives the date Of the
brth Of the ladies mentioned therein, so
inst it is difficult TO know with any degree
Of certitude the precise number of years
that have passed over the head Of the femi-
nine scions Of the British aristocracy.
II viii scarcely be believed that this old
fine chivalry extends 10 the government
rsslf. which. like most corporate bodies, is
generally supposed 10 be devoid Of soul or
feeling Thus the crown declines TO recog-
nize any such thing as primogeuiture
among women.
Certain British peerages descend through
the female as well as through the male
une. that is 10 say, when a baron by writ
dies in case he leaves two girls and
boy. then tho latter child, oven If he be the
Youngest of the three. succeeds 10 the
title But II the peer in question leaves
only two daughters. the crown declines 10
take any cognizance of the respective ages
Of these damsels. and the title remains in
Allowance. that H. 10 say. unused, until one
or another dies whereupon the survivor OF
the two succeeds 10 the title. Often this
ahAvanc, continues through centuries.
Sometimes, but in relatively rare cases, the
crown. usually with the consent OF the en-
,.re fsmilv. terminates tho allegiance IN
favor o. one Of the daughters, who is not
necessarily the eldest, but sometimes the
youngest
New-York tribune., 1912-03-22
Family OriainsllY french.

The original patronymic of tho Lords
and Ladies Beaumont was De RriNnn". II
Ms Henri Dc Rrienue. Nlcomte Dc Beau
mont. Of the French province Of Maine.
and grandson Of John de Rriennc, one Of
,he last kings 81 Jerusalem. who may he
said 70 have founded the English branch
of his family. Ho accompanied Edward I
20 the Holy Land. and 1Cterward served
rudor him during tho wars in Scotland,
was appointed Joint warden OF Scotland
hr bis cousin. Edward II, and was sum
monod 'o Parliament az Lord Beaumont
baron Dog writ g. l2S.
Among othc~ Offices which he held We're
those Of Lord High Constable OF England,
KING ~ Man and Of JUsticiar Of Scotland.
IN ~" tho sixth Lord Beaumont, Lord
lish Constable and Grand chamberlain
Of England. was advanced by Henry VI 10
the rank Of Vis.ouut Beaumont. this being
the nrs, instance Of the creation Of q Wis
county iu England HIS son. the seventh
baron, ami the second Niscount Beaumont,
died without issue while his viscounty,
which was pceragc by creation. became
extinct. his barOny, being by writ merely
ioll into a5cyauce among tho descendants
OF his only sister. and remained in abcy-
ance until QCocu Victoria consented 20
terminate E. IN favor OF Miles Thomas
S,spletou. as the senior or all the heirs.
The eighth baron had two sons. one who
succeeded him and who contracted an eX-
traorliuary marriage with Miss Violet
lsaargou. whose yrother was the original
MADAME Elise" who kept the widely
known drcssnukcr and Inodistes sh'p
in Regent street, London There WAS no
issue II this marriage, and the ninth lord
was succeeded by his younger brother
father Of the young baroness.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-22
REAR ADMIRAL TRY0N DEAD
Was Formerly Surgeon General
of the United States Navy.

Rear Admiral James Rufus Tryon, re-
tired. former surgeon general Of the United
states Navy, died in the United States
Naval Hospital. Brooklyn. oil "Wednesday
night with him when the end came were
Judge r. Henry Lacombe, his brother-in-
law: J. n Tryon, nephew. and Mrs.
Moses. a niece Death vas caused by
tumor.
The funeral will be held az the Univer-
sjtv Place Church, 10th street and Uni
verslty Place. tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock. The body will be taken 70 Nor
rstown. y. +. where IT will be buried In
the family plot
Rear Admiral Tryon was native or
Coxsacke, y. Y, where he was born IN
rN:7 He was educated in the public schools
Of his native place and later was graduated
from Union College He took up the study
of medicine and was licensed 10 practice IN
1851 His alma mater conferred on him the
degrees Of Ph n. and LII. j.. In 1891 and
1925 lie entered the naval service as as
slStant surgeon In ls63, two DAYS after
reaching his twenty sixth year. He was as
signed TO the West Gulf blockading squad
ron where no remained for two years.
After the hght in Mobile BAY he had the
wounded under his care at the Pensacola
Naval Hospital
Later he was brought 10 Washington de-
spite his junior rank and was made as
sstant 10 the surgeon general After four
wears in this post he went to the Asiatic
station In 1871 during an epidemic he
had charge of the temporary hospital which
he established at Yokohama. and was af-
terward selected TO design and build the
existing hospital there.
In 1891 he was made medical inspector
The next two years he was fleet surgeon on
the flagship Chicago OF the White Squad
ron. and during this cruise he received
decoration for services rendered the wound
ed Of both parties during the Venezuelan
revolution on his return to the United
states he was promoted to surgeon general
with the rank OF commodore, and chief OF
the Bureau Of Medicine and Surgery in 1885
After retirement with the rank OF rear
admiral he was for six years in charge oi
The hospital at Sailors Snug Harbor. Staten
Island, which he rebuilt and reorgantzed
on modern lines.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-22
MUSIC
The Boston Orchestra.

Circumstances alter cases: the truth Of
that axiom was probably conceded by every
living soul thousands OF years ago. II
might be perfectly proper to deplore the
fact that when the Boston Orchestra gave
its last evening concert At Carnegie Hall
and offered New York at least its sixth hear
ing Of the Il I.eonore No. g. overture. some
BODY should have wished that the repertory
OF our orchestral conductors were not 50
circumscribed especially since the overt
ure is set down for still another hearing by
the London symphony orchestra under
Mr. Nlklsch next month. So also with the
first symphony bv Brahms, which WAS per
formed for the fourth time this season ana
is announced for two more performances
one bv the symphony Society under Walter
Damrosch. and another by Mr.. Niis"h
and the foreign visitors But, as has been
said circumstances alter cases. II is scarce
" conceivable that anybody who heard the
two works performed last night felt tn"
slightest twnEo Of disappointment or re
sentiment There was too much calling FOR
gratitude at tho puissant and ali-compelliuS
clodueuco OF the performance OF hoth worNs
especially Of the symphony. which from
every point OF view took It's place alongsid'
Of the superb Interpretation OF the sam"
composers fourth symphony which MI
Fielder and his mon gave early in the sea
son or the numbers which followed moth
ing Mood be said Nine. Homer was 10
have sung LISTS "Loreley" and an air from
Dehussy's "LEnfaut prologue but Mime.
Homer had a cold and could not sing and
m place Of the vocal numbers Mr.. Fielder
gave his audience (Which could not have
been larger had there been a dozen sensa-
tional solo performers the prelude TO
"NcistersinEer" so after the opening
numbers We had the utroductions 10 three
opcras which form part OF the backbone
of our repertory az the Metropolitan
Opcra House" e-"Tannhauser." "LOhengrin"
and Die Meistersnger" II Is delightful,
of course, TO hear these pieces played by
the musicians from Boston. but IT Is moro
delightful TO hear them I'm their proper
surroundings, and I'm those we hear them
so often that they might well make place
for something else in symphonic concerts.
Why will orchestra conductors persist in
exhibiting such a teStimOniunl pdupcrtdtisf
II was an evening OF triumph for Mr.
Fielder whose departure from America Is
sincerely deplored by the patrons of the
BOSTON Orchestra in New York. He had
a superb welcome on his entrance. was
called and recalled TO receive demonstra-
tions of enthusiasm after every number
and at the close was applauded to the
echo. II. l.. Is.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-22
NATHANIEL G. MACRUM.

Nathaniel g. Macrur0, retired banker.
eoventv-nine years old. Of 80. g. West 69'h
street who was removed 10 Bellevue Hos
pitaI Wednesday night from '-H street ana
Central Park West, died Yesterday at''T
noon from cerebral h"morrhages.
With hlm at the time Of his death were
his daughter, Bertha. and his son. EDWARD
X. Two other children surviv" him Mr.
Macrum retired from active business some
wears ago At the tim" NJ his retirement
being AZ the head Of a bank At East Liver
pool. Ohio. Ito was nativ" Of fiti>hnrgh
and came To %ew York 20 max" his home
tu-n Anu.a a.n