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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-07

As soon as Postmaster Burleson, act
ing under the administrative clauses
of the parcel post act, announced the
changes recently commented upon in
these columns, a violent opposition ap-
peared The changes were substantial
benefits to the patrons of the post,
such as a reduction of the rate within
the two principal zones, the increase
of the weight limit, the decrease of the
insurance rate, and the permission to
use ordinary stamps.
Opposition took the form of charges
that the secretary was usurping the
authority of congress, the most plausi-
Bile form it could take, inasmuch as the
secretary has made strong showing
to justify the steps taken. But this
plausible form of attack should not de-
eeive the press and the public. The
interests whose profits are encroached
upon by the parcel post are influential
and it would be remarkable if they
did not fight hard IN their defense.
What is important is that the parcel
post should find its friends awake
The post is proving it's public value
and it most certainly will extend its
scope Of usefulness. 1t has come to
stay and to grow. But its advance
will be retarded as much as possible
by It's competitors. The public inter
est demands its legitimate extension
and Improvement, and Secretary Burle-
son should be given support in his for
ward policy Tribune
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-07

more significant, because they directly
affect the farmers, who have, FOR the
past thirteen years, been the especial
care of our legislators, if we are to ac-
cept professions and not results. In
the message of Governor La Toilette to
which | have referred, he begins an
exordium upon education with the
statement Wisconsin, is an agrieul-
tural state. With comparatively few
exceptions her cities are only centers
of farm prosperity, and much more
to urge education of the farmers, up
on the legislature. A result of this
policy is that the appropriations for
the present biennial term are; for the
university, $5,943,57s, and for normal
schools, $2,S49,656 or total for the
two classes of education of 1878, 234,
or almost $1,50O,000 more than it cost
to run the entire state fifteen years
ago, when Governor La Toilette thought
the growth of expenses serious enough
to give it a front place in his message.
"But there is another, and as it
seems to me, more solemn picture.
The United States census, taken the
year before Governor La Toilette s mes
sage was delivered, showed that Wis
consin had increased in population dur
ing the decade reported SS2,l62, or
1886 per cent. All but eight of the
seventy-one counties in the state shar-
ed in this increase, and the cities
showed an increase only about so per
cent greater than the general increase
in the entire state. The census of
1910, tells a different story. The gen.
eral increase drops to 12.8 per cent or
264,81S persons, an actual falling off,
in the aggregate of III ,344 people.
This loss was in the agricultural por-
tions of the state. Milwaukee city
alone represented one-third of the
whole increase. Thirty-two counties,
As per cent Of the state, showed loss
in rural population, and all but nine
teen Of these counties were saved
from showing loss, as counties, by
the increase in their cities.
cit is necessary TO comment upon
such figures. I commend them to
the careful analysis of thoughtful and
patriotic Wisconsin people. | am in
terested in them profoundly, because
| am a working man and tax payer,
but they should mean no more to me
than to other people. 1t looks as if
it were high time to awake to the
difference between fub dub about
Wisconsin S greatness and the real
cold, uninspifing facts. The truth is
that but for the growth Of the city Of
Milwaukee, and seven other cities
that have above $4,000 population,
the increase in the population, Of the
state would have been about so per
cent less. The farming country, too,
would show much more loss, as a
whole, but for the growth of the coun-
ties in the northern part Of the state,
but even they showed no such growth
as in the previous decade.
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Fire and tornado insurance. Keno
sha R ealty Company, corner Main st.
and PacE aVenue. advtf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-07
THURSDAY, AUGUNsT 7, 1918.

The gentlemen from outside the state
Who propose to instruct the Wisconsin
voters in the matter of supporting OF
opposing the initiative and referendum
amendment which is to be passed on
at the November election have no time
to lose. They viii find the Wisconsin
voters little farther advanced in the
school of politics than some they have
dealt with in other states.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-07
ASKS ARREST OF ICE MAN.
Elizabeth ST. Woman Charges Patrick
Ryan With Assaulting Her Monday.

Mrs. Anna Beavers appealed to the
police this morning for the arrest of
Patrick Ryan, employed as a delivery
man by one of the local ice companies.
Mrs. Beavers alleged that Ryan at
tempted to assault her at her home on
last Saturday and again on Monday.
She later told her story of the assault
WI ich was Of a sensational nature, to
the district attorney. Police were or
dered to bring Ryan into court and it
is expected that he will be arrested
during the day.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-07

SEND i to the Union Dye Works to
be- cleaned o. pressed. Our motto is
good work and prompt service. Phone
600, our auto vii cal. adytf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-07

Awnings, porch and window shades,
croquet sets and hammocLs Step in
and inspect our lire. Pitts and
Heather. aAytf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-07
CALL 56.

For taxi service, day or night. Frank
Nelson Livery. advtf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-07

Fire and tornado insurance. Keno
sha Realty Company, corner Main st.
and Pa.E avtnue. advtf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-07

Try a want ad.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21

President Wilson has probably be-
fore now received that fiye-pound box
of maple sugar from Senator Page.
1t may not "sweeten the chief exc
cutive to such an extent as to change
his views on the sugar
tariff, but II he has been
accustomed to the hickory bark
and glucose combinations sold in the
cities he has experienced something
of a surprise. Senator Page comes
from one of the best maple sugar sec
tons of the state and it is known
that 1t has been his custom TO make
his purchases for distribution at
Washington from one of the makers
who not only operates one of the
many fine sugar orchards In the La
noble valley. but who has also put a
large amount of scientific study into
the manufacture of the product.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21
FRANK E. HOWE, Editor and Pub.
BENNINGTON. VT, APRIL 81, 1911
VILLAGE VS.. CITY

The village of East Montpelier is
not to lose its only industry, after all.
The Wooden mill of the Little Manu-
featuring company. which was burn.
ed some months ago, is to be rebuilt.
And what is even more pleasing
news for the community the new
structure will be planned on a scale
to give employment for nearly double
the number of workers on the payroll
when the original building was de
stroyed. The centralizlng OF all
kinds of manufacturing has resulted
in the elimination of many plants
which were formerly scattered
throughout Vermont and New EnglanL
and this change of method has had
much to do with the decrease of pop
ulation in the semi-rural sections. At
the time the wooden mill in East
Montpelier was burned 1t was gener-
ally predicted that the factory would
not be rebuilt, and, in view OF the
tendency of the present day, the
statement caused no surprise. That
the rumor was incorrect will be the
most pleasing bit of news. that has
been circulated in East Montpelier
for some time.
If economic conditions did not fav-
or the tendency to group each partl-
cular line of industry in a certain
city or cites in all probability the
trend in this direction would have
experienced a reaction years ago.
And. yet, as one considers the condi-
lions that are prevailing today In
Patterson, n. j., in Auburn, n. "
and in the textile cities of Massa-
chusetts, 1t appears trifle strange
that manufacturers of certain goods
have not endeavored to find a way
out by moving their plants to small
err communities. An individual con-
Germ would be able to indemnity itself
with the social life of small village.
The employees in many cases would
be owners of their homes and would
therefore take more vital interest
in the success of the business and
the living conditions could be made
far superior to the surroundings In
which the city operatives pass their.
lives. The healthier atmosphere
ought to create a better class OF
workers mentally and physically and
a consequent increase in product.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21
Beware of O.htments for
Catarrh That Contain Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the sense
Of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering u through
the mucous surfaces. such articles should
never be used except on prescriptions
from reputable physicians. as the damage
they will do is ten fold TO the good YOU
can possibly derive from them. Hall $
Cafarrh Cure. manufactured BY y. =
Cheney & Co. Toledo. q. contains no
mercury. and is taken Internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. In buring TAU
Catarrh Cure he sure Won get the genu-
Inc II IS fafpn internally and MADE N
Toledo. Ohio. by +. J. Cheney q CO. Tes-
tiuonials free.
Sold hv DRUGGISTS. Price 70 per bottle.
TAKE Halle Family Pills for constipation
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21
BABY CHAFED, SORE
HEALED IN THREE DAYS
WITH COMFORT POWDER

Mrs. F. C. Hudson of Riyerhead, N.
Y, says: Il find Comfort Powder far
superior to any talcum powder ever
used. 1t entirely healed my babys
chafed and irritated skin in three
days" The superior medication or
Comfort Powder makes 1t unequalled
for chatting and all skin soreness or
irritation of infants and adults alike.
Be sure you get the genuine with
the signature of E. S. Sykes on box.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21

Even under the present local op
ton law Montpelier continues to live
up to the reputation acquired in the
old days of prohibition. Those grand
field days on which illegal sellers of
booze we're sentenced by the dozen
never reached the scale acquired by
Washington county court and when
Judge Fish on Friday last took up the
cases of al respondents he is said to
have broken all records under either
statute.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21

A brief news dispatch the other day
referred to the fast that six year old
boy got hold Of some rat biscuit that
had been put In the cellar and that
the funeral services were held the sec
oIrd day following Casual thought
prompted by this incident would H. 60
the effect that when parents put out
poison OF this kind. and especially
within easy reach OF little people. COM
mon sense would dictate that they
warn the children OF the deadly nature
Of the bait.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21
1sIritTo Your NeIahhors

II you are one Of those fortunate
women who have found relief through
the use Of Lydia Z. Pinkham's Nege
table Compound. from the dreadful
suffering incident to some female de
rangement, tell Of Il to your nelghboI
whom you hear complain OF dreadful
backache. bearing down pains. dizzi
ness. headaches. irregularities. ner
Tousness and dependency. and vher
she finds relief In natures remedy
for vomans Ills, as thousands OF 9th.
er women have. shs viii bless you Tor
telling her about e.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21
YOUR HAIR IS TURNING GREY
And IT MAKES YOU LOOK OLD

because you are old looking-use Hays
Hair Health now.
Those who are using Hays Hair
Health recommend 1t to their friends,
because it is genuinely good, always
restores grey hair to its natural color;
destroys dandruff, keeps the scalp
clean and healthy. You begin TO note
the difference at once. The few grey
hairs disappear and never return.
Why look old when you are young7
Get bottle of Hays Hair Health at
once, start using it and see what q
difference few applications make.
Free: Sign this adv. and take 1t to
following druggists and get a>50c.. bot
tie Of Hays Hair Health and Csc.
cake OF Harfina Soap, for Soc; or $1.00
bottle of Hays Hair Health and two
Csc. cakes of Harfina Soap Free, for 81.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21
Lancashire Dialect

"Owd time he's a troublesome codger.
Keeps nudging Us on to decay.
And says That's nobbut a lodger.
Get ready for gooing away"
Moral. Get ready today BY securing
a good lire OF protection in the Ma.
tional Life ms Co. Of VI (Mutuall
Earle S. Kinsley. General Agent,
Mead Building. Rutland, Vt Adv.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21
handinn Him Ono.

This Is leap year." said the gay
bachelor tentatively.
"Ah" responded the beautiful GIRL
without any infection.
"You know what leap year is for,
don't you?" pursued he OF the lax lib
erty and firtatlous disposition
Certainly" was the response.
"Well." he persisted, bound to have
It come to him. what Is II forr'
ITO give the girls a chance to show
their independence" responded the
beautiful girl as she turned on her
heel and pursued her solitary way.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21
Modern.

"The Youngloves certainly have an
up TO date baby"
Have theyT'
"Yes. They can't put 1t to sleep by
rocking IT,"
"They Just lay II on bed. give II a
copy of Browning, and II reads itself
to sleep. suppose"
by no means. II refuses TO slumber
at all unless they take II auto riding"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21

II your local banker thinks II dubious
for you to invest your hard earned coin
In some distant speculative venture il
Is fair to assume that it would be a
good idea to investigate the merits OF
the proposition thoroughly before clos
ing deal. The banker will likely err
on the side Of conservatism In giving
his advice. and when ones pulse has
been fred by the speculative microbe
be Is in need Of just .his kind Of ad-
vice.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21
FARM NOTES

The spring shooting of Wild fowl is
prohibited by law in some states and
ought to be in all. At this time the
migratory birds are on their long flights,
are usually thin and poor as result
of scant fare and are mighty poor eat
ing compared with their plump and ten
der condition in the fall. II spring shoot
ing were done away with entirely these
fowl would be unmolested In their
spring mating and nesting. with the re-
suit that their number would be great.
ly increased and fall shooting be pro-
portionately improved.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21
Hunor and
Philosophy
FLYING.
~ DUNCAN n. .svsTa

TT seems as though summer
= Had started II,
Only, Us
And here we are .xfat
SHOOTING down the decline III
With August ,'r-
Oh. my,
How summer does fyi
It's here
To cheer
Us for a little while .
With Its genial smile,
To wrap us In a neat
Blanket OF heat.
To cling as friend
Who would make no end
To his stay.
And then 1t must away.
II beats the well scrubbed Dutch
How time does fit!
Ii
Never loafs around
Or tries to be steady boarder.
In order
To catch a fieeting moment
We must arise.
Rub our eyes
And take a quick glance
Or II will dance
Into the vast
And we'll filled past.
That Is what summer.
Is doing just now.
1t Is on the roller coaster
And Ia going some.
Hear the hum
or the wheels?
1t comes.
And goodness knows
II goes.
Hardly do we feel its hot breath
On our necks
Than we have to clear the decks
For autumn.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21
No Hone There.

what are you looking over the
fashion plates for. hubby?"
81 was Just noticing that II doesn't
take much to make woman's dress
this season"
"Much?"
"No."
"Oh. as to material, no But the
money!
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21
This is Not the Time When
Old Age is to be
Desired
10 KEEP POPULAR KEEP
YOUR APPEARANCE OF YOUTH

a young man was surprised to have
his application for position turned
down" He was better equipped fol
the position than the fellow who got it
He discovered that his grey hairs
did it. He was "too old" looking. It's
the same everywhere. There Is nc
doubt but that grey hair does make 6
man look old. There Is no use waiting
another minute-don't lose your pc
sition or fail in getting better one
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21

feacher-Do you know. Tommie.
when shingles first came into usei
Tommie-I think when was between
ave and six years old. ma'am.-Yon-
kers Statesman.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21

SouI milk and buttermilk. clover and
alfalfa hay. bran and oil meal are
among the best as well us cheapest
forms of protein (bone. bleod and mus.
Gle formerl 10 use in making up the
feeding ration of the brood SOW. Some
corn may be fed. but ii should be bal.
anced by feeds containing protein
largely. Many n SOW has pigs that are
born dead or are sickly and die shortly
thereafter simply because proper care
is not taken In feeding ration that
will furnish these needed bone and
muscle forming elements.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21

When a man refuses to listen to
gossip his wife wonders whether his
liver is out of order or things have
gone wrong at the office.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21

He-I've never been able to get a
goodphotogrsph Of my face. She-Al-
low me to congratulate you.-Philadel-
phla Telegraph.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21
Wasted Effort.

My luck Is Just like this. you see:
Whenever from watery grave
A maiden fair and young save
She's SURE 90 have a family.
And so she cannot marry me.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21

A lady asks how to raise the fine
head lettuce that Is served Mt high
class hotels and ON railway dining cars.
While it is true that the bulk OF this
head lettuce is raised under forced hot
house conditions. II is nevertheless pos
sible for most any one to secure nearly
rs good results. The important point
Is to get the seed sown early so that
the plants will come to perfection be-
fore the hot weather comes on. Sow
the seed OF head" variety In hotbed
or in the house. and as soon as the
weather permits Din case OF outdoor
growingl transplant into bed OF rich
soil so that the plants will be seven or
eight inches apart each way. Cultivate
frequently so as to keep the plants
growing. and water II needed. Civ
ing plenty OF room for the plants TO de-
velop In is the chief point to keep In
mind: in fact. IL Is the only way that
oead lettuce can be grown.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

THE great burning question Of the
nation is neither Taft nor Wilson,
but which team will win the pennant.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21

The most miserable thing in the
world is the joker forced into corner
with his intimates refusing TO take his
position seriously.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21

No woman needs to be lonesome who
has a new hat and mirror.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21
y y
Not on Him.

MOT on HIM.
"Y our fac e
6 e e m g familiar,
but | can't recall
ever meeting you
before"
II don't think
you ever met me-"
"B ut l can't
get over thinking
I have seen you
before. Maybe ]
nave seen your
pi ture some
where"
But l assure
you l never have
been cured OF any
thing"
y q
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21

In the island Of Jersey every girl who
marries receives a COW as part Of
her dowry.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21

Implement houses viii have to get
busy II every political ring is going
70 need a steam roller.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21

The highest learning Is to he wise.
ind the greatest wisdom Is TO be good
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21

OF course n rolling stone must at all
times have at least a slight downward
tendency.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21

IL may be that the unusual noise We
hear Is a landslide to one OF the numer'
,us presidential candidates.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21
HAROLD w. COLES PHARMACY


what would you do" asked the
lieutenant who was instructing the
class In aviation, III you were up a
thousand feet in the air and the steer
ing gear should go wrong or the en-.
CINE should fail?"
"I'ds hit the earth IN about twinty
seconds, I'm thinkin'," replied Sergeant
McManus.-Chicago Record Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21

II the cost Of living would consent
to come down from Its pedestal the
act would be popular aud provocative
Of great applause.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21

And then a man who is able to tell
the truth doesn't always have the dis
position to do so.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21

That TIE possession of good farming
land has been better investment prop
osition than government bonds is H.
Illustrated In the case OF Minnesota
man who has lately netted profits as.
gregatlng $4,000 from the sale OF a
dozen farms located in the northwest
hold of these properties some twenty
three years ago and then proceeded to
forget that he had them. Some he
bought as low as 1915 per quarter sec
ton. The investment of money in
good land today is just as advisable as
Ia the past. but the advance In value is
not likely to be so rapid as In the patt
six years.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21

One of the chief drawbacks connect
ed with buying a piece of land without
first inspecting 1t IS the possibility Of
getting title 10 something that isn't
worth a continental. This was illus
trated in some cases that were report
ed to the writer the other day. In one
of these an investor paid good round
price for a parcel OF land in distant
state only TO find on visiting the sec
ton later TO look after his property
that it was located in the bed of
lake. In another instance the land
bought was in river bed and would
grow nothing but fleas.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21
Mamma Remembered

Papa (enraged) = Well, Constnntia,
daughter, I've never in all my life seen
as soft, green. unsophisticated, spoony
an idiot as young Puddtngton. Nam
ma (emDhatically,-I have!--Philadel-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21

II any Of our readers had scabby po-
tatoes last season they may shut OF
this trouble by treating their seed this
year with formalin. This Is done by
mixing half pint OF 40 per cent forma-
lin in fifteen gallons of water and sus.
pending the seed In gunny sack in
the liquid for a period of two hours
After soaking the desired length OF
time the seed should be lifted and the
solution allowed to drain back into the
container. However. to insure the crops
being scab free the seed should be
planted on new ground or that which
has not grown potatoes for two or
three years.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21

Why should men be permitted to
criticise women's dress when they
don't know how to attire themselves
either beautifully or comfortably
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-21

The excessive humidity keeps the
weather man from suffering from the
charge OF having Joined the drys.