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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-10
THE MARYLAND FIGHT
Taft Supporters Unwilling to Give
Up the State

Up the State
Baltimore, May carrying by
eighty votes Howard county, which
has three delegates, Theodore Roose-
welt will have &C votes in the state
convention, one more than a majority
which will give him, according to the
men who framed the Maryland prim-
airy law, the sixteen delegates from
that state in the national convention.
The friends of President Taft are
not willing to concede this victory to
the Roosevelt men. First OF all,
they say that the vote is so close they
are entitled to the official figures be-
fore giving up the fight, and Repres-
entative Mckinley, manager of the
Taft campaign, gave out a statement
in Washington in which he said that
under the rule adopted by the nat.
ional committee. the delegates from
the First and Fifth districts, which
were carried by the president, will
vote for him.
Isaac Lobe Straus, formerly attor-
ney general and the man who draft
ed the primary bill, with George r.
Gather and Ravid NJ Newbold, Jr.,
prominent lawyers of this city, take
issue with Mr. Mckinley, and declare
that the legal and moral effect of
the law is that in both the state and
national conventions, the choice Of
the voters at the polls shall prevail.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-10
NABs BRANDON RUNAWAY
Lad Stole Bicycle and Started For
Charlestown on Empty Stomach

Lad Stole Bicycle and Started For
Charlestown on Empty Stomach
Rutland, May S.-Polceman Pat
rick II. Conln at three o'clock this
morning saw a boy endeavoring to
hide bicycle in a dark corner near
the depot here and suspecting some
thing was wrong took the lad in tow.
He proved to be Parker Burnett of
Brandon, aged Is years, who was
running away from his stepfather
Mr. Burbank, who, he claimed, had
misused him
The boy had stolen the wheel from
Constable c. c. Fletcher of Brandon,
and ridden it to Rutland with the in
tenton of selling it and using the
proceeds to pay his carfare to
Charestown, Mass, where an uncle
lives. He was penniless and had had
nothing to eat since noon and finally
said that he was glad he met the
officer. He was fed and his railroad
fare paid back to Brandon.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-10
EGO For Foot Misery
And all Soreness and Burning Will
Fade Away as II BY Magic

William L. Gokay. the reliable drug
gist is selling a whole lot of EGO
on money back plan to people who
must have strong feet to support a
vigorous body.
Get EZO for weary, tender, burn
ing, aching, foul smelling feet. Get
ii to take out the agony from corns
and bunions. Use this delightful
ointment for chapped hands and face
for eczema, rough or itching skin and
for chatting. A jar for only % cents.
Mail orders from Eco Chemical Co.,
Rochester n. Y.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-10
BENNINGTON MEN WHO
SERVED IN THE
CIVIL WAR
CONTINUED from Sixth Page)
Arlington, Va.
Harmon Whitton % II nth

Arlington, Va.
Harmon Whitton, Co. f, 10th.
Cold Harbour, Va.
Erwin w. Niles, Co. E, 10th.
Francis Reynolds, Co. e. 10th.
Hiland A. Fuller, Co. A, I'd
Fredericksburg, Va.
Luther Cary, Co. A, 4th.
Edwin Briggs, Co. A, 4th.
Hampton, Va.
Lorenzo ID. AXtell, Co. Il, 10th.
Geo. II. Tomb, Co. f, 10th.
John II. Burnett, Co. G, Cav.
VIM. G. Brown, Co. E, 5th.
Lundon Park, Annapolis, Md.
Chester b. Elmer, Co. A, I'd.
Laroy Wyman, Co. A, ID
Charles Rice, Co. Il, 10th.
Va. Asylum, Washington, D. c.
Lucius Lincoln, Co. f, 5th.
Sylvester f. Crumb, Co G, Cav
VIM. II. Hughes, Co f, 9th.
ALBEIT Lyon, 20. a, "a.
Petersburg, Va.
Saml Carpenter, Co A, I'd.
Lysander Jackson, Co. A, I'd.
Joseph Taylor, Co. G, Cav.
James r. Lockwood, Co. T., 10th.
Joseph Minott, Co. A, 4th.
Richmond, Va.
Geo. II. Calkins, Co. G, Cav.
Winslow A. Colby, Co. G, Cav.
Palmer Clapp, Co. G, Cav.
Lewis S. Conger, Co. G., Cav
Chas. Mattison, Co. G, Cav.
Chas. c. Dunn, Co. G, Cav.
Chas. Sherwood, Co. C, Cav.
James c. Foster, Co e. 10th.
James b. White, Co. h, 10th.
Geo. Camp, Co. b, 10th.
Winchester, Va.
Marcus NJ. Claigh, Co. A, I'd.
VIM Mahoney Co. T., 10th.
Florence, S. c.
Herbert L. Weber, Co. A, 4th.
Wilmington, N. c.
Samuel F. Dunbar, Co, A, 4th.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-10
FIsHED WITH DYNAMITE
Mount Holly Man Planned Big Haul
but Got Fine and Sucker Instead

Rutland, May S-Clifford NJ. San
ders of Mount Holly, aged % years,
was arraigned before Judge F. G.
Swinnerton in city court this after
noon on the charge Of using dyna-
mite to kill fish He pleaded guilty
and was med 500.
Last Sunday Sanders put some ex-
plosive into a big hole in a Mount
Holiey stream in which there were
known to be large trout. A neigh
Dor heard the first explosion and on
going to the stream found Sanders
there. He had taken a bushel bas-
ket in which to carry his fish home,
but all he secured at the first dis
charge was one sucker.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-10

LoTimer.
Now it was wrong for Mr.. Taft
to keep silence about and therefore
really help Mr.. Lorimer as long as
Mr.. Lorimer could be of use to Mr..
Taft, but 1t was not merely wrong,
1t was wrong in peculiarly mean
way, after having thus endeayored
TO use him while he might help Mr..
Taft, to turn around and for the first
time openly condemn him when the
chance for using him had vanished. ="
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-10

Mrs. l.. ~ Snow 90 wiater ST
Bangor. Me, was troubled fos many
years with kidney and BLADDER all.
ments, aud had a lain In he's back.
with dizzy spells. pnd Other painful
symptoma She saw Foley Kidney
Pills advertised and took them and
splendid results followed. She
says Il have now taken three bot.
Ties OF Foley Kidney Pills ami today
J am perfectly cured Of kidney and
bladder 'routlc"- Coles Pharmacy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-10
INTERVIEWS
WITH MOTHERS
George Schsefisr

George had a
chronic bronchial
cough which the
doctors could not
cure. l gave him
Father Johns
Medicine and it
restored his
health. - Mrs.
Geo. Schaeher,
2612 Glenwood
Avenue, Phila.,
Pa.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-27

there it's fair to middlin', brt with tn,
back woods of Liberia it amt to be men
toned in the same breath"
why, you fellows ought to be ticklet
to death to come over here-think what
you've done for science"
Think what science has done for us
Ever since the day l tumbled into tina,
pit my life's been a burden. Chucked
into rickety cages, jossled up hill and
down dale. rolled around over @eas"-
Just the same. 1 think the jokes on
you. Here these other animals have had
to put up with that sort of thing for the
last hundred years. You've hidden away,
become an enigma to science, defied the
white man to find you out and penetrate
your seclusion. Why. hardly any of the
natural history books have pictures Of
you. You've been almost as extinct as the
dodo bird. And up against all this goes
a man who says he's going to find you,
The Washington herald., 1912-10-27
When the III Travel in Germany.
facilities are afforde,

FACELLENT facilities are afforded
in Germany for transporting invalids
and cripples who are unable to walk,
thus setting an example which American
railways might well follow. The German
railroad system provides a first class car
for invalids who can afford to use il.
This car is fitted with every possible con-
venience for the ill A special apart
ment. opening on the level of the station
platform with q double door so that
stretcher can be carried in without the
slightest difficulty, is set apart for the
invalid and attendants.
The rest of the car contains a kitchen.
where meals can be prepared, and Sec
ton handsomely upholstered for members
of the family or accompanying frierd..
For invalids who travel second or third
class an apartment on an ordinary car u
used, opening in like manner with q
double door on the station platform.
The charges for transporting i'll anG
helpless persons have hitherto been mod
crate. For invalids travelling third class
the charge has been the cost of four
tickets. free transport being granted for
two attendants. This rate is still granted
when the car containing the invalid apart.
ment belongs to a regular train with
fixed destination; otherwise in the future
six tickets second class must be DUR.
chased.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-27
Force of Good Books,


Then he said a lot of other native
idioms.
Next day when Mister Hippo didn't
show up at home little Missus Hippo
went out to look for her recreant spouse
When she was passing the Bunsoliopsis
trees down by the Fam Fam path . sim.
liar misfortune befen her. A few weeks
later little Missus Hippo and her husband
met. together with an old uncle. on board
the steamship bound for Hamburg.
Up at the Elephant House I found
them, the sequels Of this tale, Tumbo,
Tida and Heine. after their thousands of
miles Of ocean travel and they looked NO
worse for the wear at that.
How do you like America p I asked
Tumbo in the usual newly arrived celeb
rity fashion.
Compared to that tumbly ocean out
The Washington herald., 1912-10-27
,i Little Items of Interest
81.
ss$s'

shipment including nine pounds of butter
net. These pasteboard butter boxes come
with an upper and lower part and are
folded together and fastened with metal
clamps to make the finished box. In
knocked down condition these boxes can
be had in Germany for 5000 thousand
for the best quality and $21 AZ for the SEC
ond quality.
Eggs are shipped either in strong card
board or wooden boxes, the inside of which
contain corrugated cardboard partitions
forming squares each large enough to re-
ceive one egg. Between the layers of card
board partitions a sheet of cardboard is
placed. The wooden boxes are attractive
ly finished and cost at retail 95 cents each.
They are provided with a paddock and
neat cover and can be used for an indef-
mite period. Pasteboard egg boxes con-
tanning partitions for ten eggs can be had
for $45.22 thousand and boxes to contain
twenty-four eggs for 81. 40 a thousand.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-27

and after fighting with natives and fever
and all your other modern conveniences
at last he got you-got you on your own
ground"
"oh. you give me a pain." and he
snorted to Tida to follow him out to the
yard, but followed them.
And now we've got you, and we paid
SIX thousand dollars apiece for you; eigh-
teen thousand dollars for the three of you.
you conceited, bantam brutesw
What was that you called US ?" Tumbo
and Iida had started with their heads
down In my direction, but I got to the
other side of the fence first.
Personally I'd a lot rather have the
money. and you'd better enjoy your dis
tinction while it lasts, because soon some
more of your tribe will be put on the
market and your price will 20 down.
Goodby" It's just as hard to keen vour
temper sometimes as it is to keen a pipmv
hippo. and I never expect to do either.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-27
New Guardian of the Treasury

THE Treasury of the State of New
York always has been regarded a
easy thing. Any one who dit
business with it just charged what HI
needed and on the general principle thai
"every one was doing it." But recently
there has come to the relief of the State
Treasury a first all 20 the injured auditor
in the person of an unimaginative bust
ness man to whom political courtesies'
are a theory and not q condition and to
whom politicians are just as other men
He is causing all sorts of ructions among
the accepted canons of charges against
the State.
If q carpenter turns in bill for a keg
of nails that is aboIt three times what
they are worth the Auditor Person calmly
quotes the market price of that particu-
lar Kind of nails and tells the contractor
his bill will have to be made out at that
figure. His cruelty toward the Treas
ury's assailants has no parallel IN the
history of the CspitcPs finances.
This Auditor erson has sense of
uuluOE WAlSu Aclpo aA2u IL AiS HOEh. IL
had to come TO his relief the other day
when he received q bill from a decorator
in this city for matter of renovating a
room in the Executive Mansion. The
amount charged was $3.50 above the con-
tract price. The Auditor Person was
coming to New York, so he wrote to the
decorator asking for an appointment to
discuss the bill and the unsatisfactory
manner in which the work had been done
An engagement was made for ten o'clock
of q recent .1orning.
Now the decorator is high and mighty
parsonage. When the Aud;;or Person
reached her Office he was ushered into the
hall of the studio apartment by a young
girl in black, and then was shown into a
room where a tall and stately young
The Washington herald., 1912-10-27

l soon found myself figuring on the plan-
.a'ion idea and finally decided to 90 into
IL got land in the Island of Basilan.
JUST opposite the Moro capital, Zambo-
anso' on Mindanao. I practised dentistry
tnere Tor a while, keeping my eye on the
plantation at the same time. mads
money In my business to put into the
plantation until the plantation began to
give returns. I planted hemp at first be.
cause that gives a yield the second yea,
ana returns are not % long DELAYED. I
began to plant rubber in 1905 and am
just beginning to get returns from NJ,
rubber trees. The first tree planted in
The philippines is on my estate. / planted
1t in November, 1906. At first I ran ,Ionv
by myself, but 1 found haG a good thing
and 1t became too big for me TO handle
1t myself, so 1 got ether people to come
in with me.
compared with tae older plantation
rubber countries we are still an infant.
but healthy one. There must be more
than two hundred thousand acres planted
in rubber in Ceylon. for example, while
we have about five thousand. But we
believe that we have one of the best rub
Der countries in the world. The northern
Islands are not SO suitable, as the ty.
phoons are too destructive to the young
plants, but in the southern islands we are
almost ideally situated. We hav. the
same latitude as Ceylon and the Malay
States and we have abundance of labor.
We don't have to import our laborers a.
some Of the other countries have ts L."
The Washington herald., 1912-10-27
8 The Lure of the Philippine Islands e.

II RON service in the navy to planting
] cocoanuts and rubber may seem an
unusual jump, but DR.. J. W. Strong,
recently back from the Philippines, de-
'ciares that such q change there Is the
ordinary rather than the extraordinary
thing.
DR.. Strong said most of the develop
ment in the islands is the result Of the
work of men who went out there in one
of the two services and who left them
to engage in commercial pursuits. He
himself arrived there in the early days of
the occupation, in January, 1899, and has
been back home once before.
why did l stay there? Did it look
good:" said DR.. Strong. repeating ques-
tions put to him 1T looked good, and it
is good. I'll tell you how it is. When l
came back in 1902 my original intention
was to stay home. landed in San Fran
cisco and I said to myself, No more
Philippines for me- had three months
leave of absence to see how / liked it at
home. anyway. I stayed in San Fran
cisco for . week or 90, then I went
back to my home town in Missouri and
then made tracks for Washington. I
went straight to the Secretary of the
Navy and told him l wanted, to 60 back
to the Philippines
The Washington herald., 1912-10-27
Our Trade with Russia Grows.

Our Trade with Russia Grows.
THE trade of the United States with
Russia in 1911 showed q marked in
crease over that OF the previous year
the imports from the United States, &C.
cording to customs figures, rising from
I$29, ,s27, ,255 in 1909 and SIS, ,O55, ,41O in
1910 to $51, ,91s. .695 in 1911.
These figures are misleading, as the
United States sells to Russia direct and
through English and German commission
houses cotton alone to the value oi
$50, 900, 900 yearly, while agricultural i'm
plements and machinery, at conservative
estimate, amount to $12,OOO,OOO and
Leather to $5,OOO.O00.
Various other articles such as machine
tools, lubricating oils, automobiles, type
writer's, -four. &c. aggregate $15,OOo.oOo
80 1t is evident that the sales OF the
United States to Russia amount to at least
$50 OOO, 900 annually and may reach as
high as $9OOOO.0OO. As the Russian
custom houses do not segregate articles OF
American manufacture delivered from for.
eign steamers, their estimates of American
exports to Russia are valueless for statisti-
cal purposes.
In the Russian customs returns the ex-
ports to the United States are calculated
at only $685., 500. while the annual de-
clared export returns from the various
American consulates show that, in fact,
the exports amounted to $1S .679. 100. as
compared with s14,92f, ,591 for the pre-
vious year and $17,729.727 in 1909. Ma
terial increases are noted in many articles
and decreases in only a few.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-27

makes for character.
My general plan is this in my new
position of Consulting Book Physician -
To give the boy the best books; to de-
velop his tastes, strengthen his mind and
broaden his character; to cultivate him by
the books he loves best. Wiz. this pur-
pose in mind have gone over thousands
of books and classified them in twelve
divisions. First have considered the
different kinds Of stories boys like.
Second, I have aimed to selec. the very
best stories along these lines with the
idea of emphasizing the moral qualities
that such stories develop. In this way
the boy gets the thrill and the enjoyment
he wants and is surrounded by the proper
atmosphere that tends to develop his
character. We don't want the boy to
think We would have him goody-goody,
but We want him to get the best stories
written by the best men, and we also
The Washington herald., 1912-10-27
BY ANTHONY H. EUWER,

Editors Note.-If you don't believe
an animal can talk, in his own particular
way. there's no use reading what fol
lows, which was written for true believ.
ers only)
'nNCE upon . time there was a little
,Ogentleman and little lady who was
the little gentleman's wife, and they
lived in . very junsly forest. Like mos,
other little people who grow up to be
small, they were very conceited about it.
They were eoneeited about many things,
about the trimness Of their little figures
and because their flesh didn't roll around
in huge punches a. 1t did with their big,
cumbersome cousins. They were con-
ceited because their eyes -7ere not ogly
and poppy-out like their cousins, and
again because they did not depend for
their comfort on the rivers and marshes.
But their greatest boast. which was
the boast of all their tribe, was that in
all their history, 90 far As they knew, but
two or three of their number had ever
been captured This was because they
were always exclusive and retiring,
whereas their big, wobbly cousins were
ever being promoted to glory through
their reckless manner of living. One day
little Mister Hippo, for such was his
name, said to his wife,
Il feel just like taking long walk to-
day, 50 don't look for me back too socn."
"very WELL" said his wife, for she al
ways trusted him implicitly.
Little Master Hippo wigsled his ears
and set out As his pleasing form dis
appeared around the jab-jab bushes he
waved his little scrub tail an affectionate
soodby. That afternoon the warm sun
was beating down on his black enamel
hide.
Funny how those chaps down in the
river country are always getting into
trouble. Now. there just the other day.
there was . smash and q crunch, wild
tansle Of Hippo and branches and grunts
and bellows down in big hole.
"Woww said little Mister Hirpo. a. he |
looked around At his helpless predica- |
ment. "This il ., muss-s hippo pota
nuss. If there ever was one. Why didn't
tap on wood when ] was taking?
The Washington herald., 1912-10-27
Butter and Eggs by Parcels Post.

= HE prospective parcels post in the
United States will doubtless have an
endless number of problems to meet
in the beginning, not the least being the
one concerning what shall and what shall
not be carried. 1t may be of interest to
the millions who will use the system to
know that in Germany the parcels post
service is used widely by farmers in their
trade with town and city customers
especially for the delivery of butter and
eggs.
Butter thus shipped is wrapped first in
parchment paper and then packed in a
cardboard box. As a rule, shipments
under ten pounds are not made, each
pound being separately wrapped, the total
The Washington herald., 1912-10-27
Boys Dislilke PreaehinR.

creature with We're de We're pose and
accent inquired as to the nature of his
business. When he stated the reason for
mis- call another attendant was sum.
moned and this one proved to be a young
dandy with condescending air and a
pair of new vl.sIers, Londc, brand.
The Auditor Person was led into a Sec
ond room and the matter of the bill gone
over. Presently a .,age in buttons en-
tered and informed the young dandy that
the fashionable decorator would see the
gentleman from Albany. Then they were
led into the "Prec.n-e."
At one end of the long room stood a
bishops throne from some medieval ca
thedraL Its interior was lined with Grim
SON velvet, against which leaned the fash
ionable decorator clad in black from shoe
tip to bonnet. In front of her was
long. ornate table, and up t, this the
Auditor was conducted to a seat. The
young dandy stood by the side of the table
in military attitude while the "audi-
ence" lasted.
From the lofty and remote eminence of
the throne the decorator asked what was
the trouble about the bill From the
lower levels of common sense, honesty
and humor the Auditor Person pointed
out that the State of New York ..dn't
propose to pay hardware bills twice, to
pay the board of New York workmen in
Albany, when no extras were to be al
1nuod hv tb> farms ~ fha confracf NOR
did the State propose to pay the bill at
all until the work was done in a suitable
manner
The decorator acted like the coon in
the Davy Crockett story and came
down." orly gracefully and distantly, of
course. Then the Auditor from 1.lbany
left the Presence" with neither young
dandy. page, naughty female nor any one
else to sh~- him to the door.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-27

books Of mainly sport 7 even 90 70 far
A. to speak Of heroes Of humor. What
contribution do they make to the upbulld-
ing of characterl It was through Lncoln's
humor that We obtained the true value Of
his humanity, of his kindliness. A man
may laugh and still b yillain. yet he
may laugh and also be .. saint. Humor b
bound up in good disposition. and that
The Washington herald., 1912-10-27

want him to be surrounded By the best
atmosphere"
In way this il just the work that the
public and school Libraries are striving to
accomplish. but they are not aiming to
prescribe in quite Mr.. Matthews Official
manner. Madam" the Chief Physician
of Books will say, II think yodr boy IL
suffering from q lack Of perseverance.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-27

and in return he will recommend to them
just the literature they are most in need OF.
Now, Mr.. Matthews proceeds On the
principle that boys father is hero to
that boy before he is father. He ID
firmly convinced that the point of contact
with boy is his love for the hero And
from that point proceed most of the fun
damental virtues which Mr.. Matthews
through his Recommendation viii strive
to develop.
Boys Dislike Preaching.
Il recognize" he says. that boys and
girls begin their reading with cheap
stuff, save in those instances where the
culture of the home is against it. l know
by my extensive investigations. notably
among the school children of Plainfield,
n. j., what an unfortunate waste of time
there is before child's interest in Alger
fades into something better. Ny problem
is not to deal with the exceptional boys
at both ends Of the scale, mean the ex-
ceptionally weak child or the exceptionally
bright one. But my work is among the
dead level mass. which is about seventy