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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17
CATS IS THEY FALL.
They Can Land on Their Feet No Mat
ter How They Drop.

They Can Land on Their Feet No Mat
ter How They Drop.
1t is a common saying that II a cat
Is dropped in any way whatever it will
always alight on its-feet Since man
cannot lift himself by his boot straps
or boat cannot propel itself through
the water except by pressing against
the water in some way one may well
wonder whether this is not one of the
common sayings which are fallacious.
The general principles involved are Of
such interest that the question was
taken up few years ago for consider
alton at session OF French scien
tific society
1t is a fact that ii is dynamically
possible for a cat to turn over, no mat
ter how dropped. and experiments
have shown that they actually do It,.
If a baIloonist or air man should fall
from Il great height and should find
that he were descending so as to strike
on his head he could turn himself over
so as TO strike upon his feet if he
knew the proper means of accomplish
ing It, But the distance he would have
to. fall in order to have time to turn
over would be so great that he could
have only an academic interest in strik-
ing on his feet rather than on his head,
for the final result to him would be
the same in either case. Popular Me
chanics Magazine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17
"A NATION Of OYSPEpTICS"
American People Have Been
Called


Called
Hurried and careless habits of eat.
ing. irregular meals and foods that do
not harmonic. tend to weaken the d.
gestive organs and result in different
forms of stomach trouble.
IL you are one of the unfortunates
who have drifted into this condition,
eat simple foods only. slowly, regu-
larry and take vinol. our delicious cod
liver and iron tonic.
Mr.. W. f. Warehouse Of Portland.
Me-, says: MY experience leads me
to believe that no other remedy
equals Vinol for stomach troubles.
After suffering for years and trying
all kinds OF remedies without help.
Vinol cured my stomach trouble and
built me up so can eat heartily with.
out the slightest distress"
The recovery Of Mr.. Warehouse
was due to the combined action Of
the medicinal elements Of the Gods
livers-aided by the blood making
and strength creating properties Of
tonic iron, which are obtained in Vi
mol. We will return the purchase
money every time Vinol fails to bene-
1T W. L. Gokay. Bennington, VT.
P. S. Our Saxon Salve stops itch
ing and begins healing at once.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17
Husband and vile Both
Saved From Sufferire

I wish to tell you the good results
myself and husband received from
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root About
eleven years ago | had a severe at
tack of La Grippe and was confined
to my bed about eight weeks under
the doctors care. He pronounced my
case kidney trouble and rheumatism
and not receiving the results from
the Doctors treatment | should have
received, / decided to try Swamp
Root After taking several bottles OF
Swamp-Root | was able to get up and
attend to my work. About year lat
er my husband was affected with d
severe attack of kidney trouble and
doctored for some time with the doc
tors and received no benefit. Know
ing Of the good | had received, he de-
cided to try Swamp-Root His condi-
ton was such that he was confined
to his bed and words cannot tell how
he suffered, but after taking Swamp
Root he was relieved so he could 60
on with his work without pain. l
wish to heartily recommend Swamp
Root to all persons afflicted with kid
ney and bladder troubles and you
may publish this letter IL you wish
Yours truly,
MRS. A. z. BRIGGS,
Eldred, Pa.
Sworn and subscr' bed to before me.
this 25th day Of May. 1912.
IRA MCCARTHY, Notary Public.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17
SOCIALIST WIN A POINT
Man Who Caused Hanford's Resiana.
ton Fights for Citizenship

San Francisco. Feb. ia new
hearing for Leonard OLSON of Seat
tie, who lost his citizenship through
a decision by former Judge Cornelius
Hanford. was ordered today by the
United States Circuit Court of Ap-
peals, in conformity with an agree
bent made by counsel for OLSON and
the Government. Olsson's citizen
ship papers were Cancelled by Judge
Hanford on the ground that he had
obtained them through fraud when
he swore he was attached to the Con
stitution of the United States when,
n point of fact, as a Socialist. he
held opposite views. The Socialis.
Party took up the case at Washing.
ton and a Congressional inquiry into
Judge Hanford's conduct of his office
was ordered. The judge resigned
while the inquiry was in progress. At
the hearings OLSON testified that he
had never said he was not attached
to the Constitution, but only that he
was not "devotedly" attached.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17
A GENEROUS BANDIT.
The Double Action Trick That Was
Turned by Cartouche.

Turned by cartouche.
Old time bandits were much more
attractive than those of today. There
is nothing chivalrous about the auto
mobile robbers of America and France,
as there was about such men as Car
touche Here Is an anecdote of which
Cartouche was the hero:
One evening he was crossing the
Pont Neuf, in Paris. when he saw n
poor wretch about to leap over the
parapet into the Seine The brigand
stopped him and asked why he wanted
to bid adleu TO life. The would be sui
eide Informed him that he was on the
point of bankruptcy and that he pre-
ferred facing death to facing his cred
itors.
Cartouche was touched and told the
man to call his creditors together on
the morrow and they should be paid
In full
The creditors assembled. Cartouche
went over their accounts, paid them
all, got their receipts and said goodby
to his grateful beneficiary.
II is almost needless to add that
when the creditors left Cartouche met
them and relieved them Of all he had
overwhelming.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17
Lsa.nd OF the sunk.n Bells.

Somewhere beneath the soil of Sus-
sex, England, there lies peal OF
bells, while In the church near by a
solitary bell calls to prayer. In the
middle ages, it is said, certain val
liant knight wished to present to the
church a peal of bells that should he
of use and perpetuate his memory as
we'll. but the vessel that brought them
careened on approaching the harbor.
and the bells fell out and sank into the
mud. Thereupon the donor declared:
Never shall the church have a chime
until that peal I give II be dragged
from the sea by a team OF four milk
white oxen"
The oxen seem to have been difficult
to obtain. At any rate. the fact re-
mains that 10 this day the edifice TO
which the pious knight made his bene-
faction has never possessed more than
a single bell.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
S2w o. che Town and /ilIsge Told BdsSt
dnY Buns Readess

Remember school meeting tomor-
row evening.
Temple Chapter. r. A. NJ will con-
fer the Mark Masters degree this even
ing, Feb. II, 7.30 p. m.
Mrs. e. A Booth spent Saturday in
Albany with her sister-in-law, who Is
suffering from blood poisoning.
Mrs. Van Kleeck will entertain the
Gage and School street circles of the
Baptist church with silver tea,
Wednesday evening, Feb. 18th.
Walter Houran, who has been visit
ing his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Houran of Scott street, returned to
his home in Springfield this morning.
There will be social for the mem.
bers of the Eastern Star at the Ma
sonic Temple parlors on Tuesday,
Feb. 18th, from to 5. The members
will be entertained by five ladies.
Bring your work and enjoy pleas
ant afternoon.
The officers of the Ladies' Aid soc.
iety of the Second Congregational
church will entertain the ladies' of the
in the chapel. Wednesday af-
ternoon, February 18th, from until
8 o'clock.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17
ARLINGTON

The Woman's Auxiliary met with
Mrs. Fred Brownson on Thursday af-
ternoon.
Messrs Ira Garfield and Edward
Cullinan went to Hubberton Friday to
attend the funeral Of cousin.
Harold Bushee, who has been con,
fined to his home for the past week,
is feeling well enough to be out of
doors.
Mrs. Sarah Kendall OF Bennington,
who has been spending a few days
with Mrs. II. d. LaBatt, returned
home Friday.
Mrs. Edna Long, of Granville, n.
Y, and her daughter, Miss Anna
Long of New York city. who have
been visiting Mrs. w. l. Jones, went
to Granville Friday.
Judge E. H. Holden, Messrs Liv.
were in town Wednesday to attend
the auction at the Garfield home
stead on Water street.
Miss Agnes Robinson and Miss
Kate Killion were in Troy one day
recently to see the formers sister,
Miss Josephine Robinson, who is at
the Samaritan hospital.
Mrs. Richard Keough, who was TAX
en- to the City hospital In Troy.
Wednesday, underwent a successful
operation. Mrs. NJ Morrissey and
Miss Aileen Somers, who are at the
same hospital. are gaining slowly.
News has been received of the
death of Mrs. Seymour Hard at the
home OF her daughter, Mrs. Herbert
N. Shaw in Manchester Mrs. Hard
is former resident OF this town, her
husband having died here several
years ago. She is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Eugene Andrews OF
North Adams, and Mrs. II. n Shaw
of Manchester. and by two sons, Sey-
mour and Clarence Hard of this town.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17
orloin Of English Royal Academy.


The yearly "show" OF works by liv
ing artists which is held at the Eng
fish Royal academy from the orst
Monday In May to the frst Monday In
August owes its existence to a meet
ing of painters which was held at the
Turks Head, Soho. on Nov. II. 1859
The knights OF the brush aud palette
resolved that "once a year, on a day In
the second week In April. at a place
that should he appointed by a commit
tee for carrying the design into execu
ton. to be chosen annually, every
painter. sculptor. engraver. chaser
seal cutter and medallst may exhibit
their several performances" It was
also resolved that the sum of ] shll.
ling be taken daily Of each person
who may come to visit the said per.
formances."-oscar Frichet In National
Magazine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17

The wild horse" which until recent
years was comparatively plentiful in
the southwest and west, was the on
spring Of the horses introduced into
the western continent by the Span
lards. When Pizarro and Cortes In
vaded Peru and Mexico they took with
them the horses (the first ever known
in the new world from which sprang
the droves Of mustangs and bron-
chos that used 20 roam in unfettered
freedom over the plains Of Texas. Cali
fornia and New Mexico and the wide
pampas Of South America. Some Of
the Wild horses were OF good size and
very beautiful. but most OF them. ow-
ing probably to lack Of proper breed
lng. were Of the pony variety
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17
A Difference In Numsr,I,.

Great Britain clings to its own nu-
merical system and regards a billion
as million times a million. But Amer
ca differs, billion In the United States
being only a thousand million. This Is
perhaps the only instance In which Q
thing Is bigger in the old country than
In the new. One has to 90 only a little
way from England-to Calais-to ind
the billion lessened. for France digni
tes thousand million With the name
of billion. They are wasting q word
In France In this connection. however
inasmuch as there Is already 3 word
milliard. TO designate this number
Detroit Free Press
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17
Standards Cut Words.

The most amusing instances of laZ'
ness In speaking are to be found in
Spain. The Spanlards have made 1t a
practice to cut down every word to an
irreducIbe minimum of sound. Take
their word for "son," which is as near
as possible "eecho" (ch cultural. as in
'Ioch"). That was originally the Latin
'filius." The French made 1t fills
the Italians "fgIio" tfeelyol. The
Spaniards could not be bothered with
the ~ at the beginning or the ~ in
the middle. so they simply pronounced
the two vowels with cultural noise,
which comes natural to them, in be
tween-"eecbo." -London Mail
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17
Charity.

The lady was rIaking some remarks
about the kind Of clothes some other
ladies' at church had on.
The finest garment a woman can
wear" said her husband, "is the man.
tie Of charity"
yes" she snapped. "and It's about
the only one some husbands want their
wives to wear"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17
Letter to \
Or. kllmer q Co, |
6inohamton, N. vi

Prove What swamp-Root WIN DO
For You.
Send to DR.. Kilmer & Co, Bingham
ton, N. Y. for sample bottle. II
will convince anyone. You will also
receive a booklet of valuable infor-
nation. telling all about the kidneys
and bladder. When writing. be sure
and mention the Bennington Even
ing Banner. Regular hfty-cent and
one-dollar size bottles for sale at all
drug stores.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17
MISS WILSON IN POLITICS
President Elects Daughter Will Ar.
que for Delaware Ten-Hour Bill

Wilmington, Del, Feb. 13.-Miss
Jessie Woodrow Wilson, daughter of
the President-elect, will speak here
on Saturday night in support of bill
limiting the work day for women to
ten hours. The Delaware Consumers
League will bring her here. The
meeting will be public.
AS some manufacturing interests
are opposed to the measure, the adj
vocates asked Miss Wilson to sneak
in its behalf In order to counterfeit
this influence.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17
A Gard

We. the undersigned. do hereby
agree to refund the money on a 30
cent bottle Of Creene's Warranted Sy
rup Of Tar n Il fails to cure your
cough or cold. We also guarantee .
IS cent bottle TO prove satisfactory
OF money refunded.
Coles Pharmacy, A. s. Hathaway,
Harwood Drug Store.
G. r and A. B. Hawkins,
B. 1. ouinian. = 9. Woodgorth
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17
Filled With Wonder.

i was once a passenger on a train
that was held mp by lone bandit"
Didn't Il make you feel rather
cheap to have to bold MP your hands
and stand there helpless while be
went through your pocketsT
NO: J wasn't thinking Of that Ny
wife was with me. and ] was 20 busy
watching her while abe was at last
being compelled to do a. a man told
her to do that had no time for any
thing else.--Chicago Record Herald
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17
NORTH BENNINGTON

Do not forget the supper at the
Congregational church Tuesday even
ing, after which. there will be an en-
tertainment consisting of music,
speaking and play, How the Story
Crew." given by the young people.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-17

Mt. Anthony lodge F. and A. M.
will work the LIST or entered appren-
tice degree tomorrow evening, Feb.
IS, s p. m.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-12-05
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

)n the Commissioners Court
 tor The Precinct CT Ketchikan
 ' erlltory of Alaska. Dinisieor
 No. 1: In Probate.
 Estate of R. 5. Holt, dereasc1.
 Notice is hereby givnn tha' Dan Nelson has been duly ap.- pointed administrator of inc es- tate Of R. S. Holt, deceased Snd all persons LaNirs clalms against said estate a.a te9aDy notified to exhibit tn. n with Inc necessary vouchers within ~iX months after the first pub hcation of this notice with tha undersigned al his post offics address at Kasaan, Alaska
 Dated this 10th day Of JuH5 1913.
 DAN NELSON,
 Administrator 0 flha Estote
 of R. $. Holt, deceased. (.has. II. Cosgrove, attorney } Administrator.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-12-05
NOTICE OF SALE

Notice is given that pursuant to the provisions of section 27S of part ,, of the Alaska Code of Civil Procedure, 1 will offer for safe upon the premises of the Northland Dock Company at 2 o'clock in the afternoon of the 25th. day of October 1913, 10 the highest bidder for cash one purse seign, which can be seen at the cabin of c. A. John son on Pennock Island.
 This sale is conducted by me for the purpose of satisfying my lein for labor bestowed thereon and materials furnish ed at the special instance and request of Harry Ringstad. Said Harry Ringstad having fail ed, refused and neglected to pay just and reasonable char ges for said labor and material, amounting to the sum of nine ty dollars, (S9O.00) and ten dollars, (S10.00) storage and charges of sale.
 A. H. JOHNSON, By his attorney, Chas. H. Cos
 grove.
 Dated this 2nd day of Octo- Der, 1913, Ketchikan, Alaska.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-12-05
A Washington dispatch says:

A Washington dispatch says: The navy department has a. wakened to the danger of fake tests of Boring River coal from Alaska. The secretary has caus ed a 50 ton sample of the Ala ska coal from the Boring river to be sent to the engineering experiment station at Annap- olis., for test at that place, and the department is going to have this coal picked over and washed, so that the sample may be as nearly as possible in the most favorable condition before the test.
 + | F
 Reports of heavy damage by November winds come from Cordova.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-12-05
A BOOST FOR KETcHlNAN

The November issue of the Alaska and Northwest Mining Journal received on the last boat contains an excellent ar tical on the mining situation in the Ketchikan district. That publication intends to publish articles on the various Alaska mining districts every month, and started with the first dis trict. The article in the pres ent issue deals with the various properties of this region, nam ing and describing them in de- tail in an impartial and fair manner, and will no doubt be of benefit to us. The Alaska and Northwest Mining Journal merits the support of Alaska and Alaskans.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-12-05
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

h the Commissioners Court for the Precint of Ketchikan
 Territory of Alaska, Division No. 1: In Probate.
 Notice is hereby given that W H. GilmOur has been duly appointed administrator of tho estate of Timothy McMahan, deceased ;and all persons hay itg claims against said estate gre hereby notified to exhibit them with the necessary vou- chers within six months after ,he frs. publication of thls notice with the undersigned at hls place of business the Ad- nliral.
 uated this 22nd day of Sep 1cmber, 1913.
 w. H. GLAMOUR,
 Administrator of the Estate
 of Timothy McMahan, de- ceased.
 Chas. Il. Cosgrove, attorney for Administrator
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-12-05
Account
Account G.D1 l..1 For
 Distribution En The Matter of the Estate Of Helen Johnson, Deceased.
TOT

Notice is hereby given that the final account of Henry Goemaere the administrator of the estate of Helen Johnson, deceased, has been rendered to said court for settlement, and that a petition for final distribution of the estate has been filed with said account, and that the 9th day of Dec ember, 1913, at ? o'clock D. m. has heen duly appointed by said court for the settlement of said account and hearing of said petition. at which time any person interested in said e9- tate may appear and file his exceptions, in writing, to said account, and contest the same.
 Dated this 7th day of Octo- Der, 1913.
 E. s. Stackepole,
 Probate Judge. Charles II. Cosgrove,
 Attorney for Administrator.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-12-05
THE CHRISTMAS TREE

The Committee n charge of the Arctic Brotherhood Christ mas tree have found there i, some misunderstanding among the parents in town in regards to it. The tree and the pres ents which are given away will be absolutely free to ali the children of the town and every one of them between the ages of two and twelve will be re- membered. It makes no diff ferance whether the father of the child belongs to the Arctic Brotherhood or not. A census of the children in the town has been taken both through the schools and by direct canvass and the names of all the chil- dren have been secured and the Brotherhood will supply a present for each one of them. The tree will be on Christmas Eve and they will give a dance
 on Christmas night to the older people for the purpose of rais- ing funds to defray part of the expense of the tree. Don't for get Santa Clause will be there.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-12-05
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY

An exchange says that the war department is making every effort to have the post office department relieve them of the care and operation of the Alaska military telegraph and cable lines and the Postal Tel egraph and Western Union of ficials, long with many post office officials, are fighting to prevent the transfer. The post office men arereported as be- ing unfavorable to the transfer because of the imposibility of securing men for the interior stations while enlisted men must go where ordered, but civilians would quit as soon as ordered to lonly interior sta tons. The telegraph compan- ies are adverse to the post of flee department entering the business, because it only fore shadows the ultimate absorp- ton of their own lines by the department. Many govern ment ownership believers are working 10 secure the trans fer as an entering wedge of the campaign to be started this fall for the purchase of the Postal and Western Union by the gov ernment or the organization of a government line connecting every postoffice in the United States. The plans include the purchase of the telephone lines and their operation in con nection with the telegraph, mail and express business.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-12-05
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Tn the Commissioners Court
 for the Precinct of Ketchi-
 kan, Territory of Alaska, Div
 ision No. 1,-In Probate.
 Notice is hereby given that William A. Cornell has been duly appointed administrators with the will annexed Of tha estate of Linus A. Gould, de- ceased; and all persons having cliGms against said estate are hereby notified to exhibit them wltb the necessary vouchers within six months after the f rst publication of this notice with the undersigned at his place of business, the Stedman Hotel, Ketchikan, Alaska.
 Lated this 4th day of Septem- bcr, 1913.
 WILLIAM A. CONNELL Administrator of the Estate of
 Linus A. Gould, deceased. Chas. Il. Cosgrove, attorney for
 Administrator. 9-26-13
 Notice of Final Settlement
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-12-05
 THE CAT SAVED HIM

Fairbanks, Mrs. E. A. Stev- ems, who conducted a laundry in Fox City, was burned to death recently, when the wood piled behind the stove caught fire while the woman was a. sleep. Tony Lapray, who oc- cupied the room adoining that of Mrs. Stevens, dragged the woman out of the building, which was a seething mass of flames. Mrs. Stevens was still alive when taken from her home, but died shortly after be ing taken to the hospital.
 Tony Lapray suffered many burns while trying to rescue the woman. He was awakened when the room was filled with smO by the cat scratching his face. His first thought was for the woman, whom he had left several hours earlier the two having been drinking and gone to bed well under the influence of liquor, which left them in such a stupor that but for the feline both would have pershed. An inquest into the cause of the death of the woman has been ordered by the authorities.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-12-05
TO DOUBLE MILL CAPACITY

A. K. Foss and Stanlye Oak smith of the Foss Bros. mill at Hadley are local visitors. They state that the plans are now be- ing worked out to practically double the capacity and out put of the Hadley sawmill. The mill uses a band saw rig for a main saw and use double cut saw in the future, that is the saw will cut on both sides, utilizing both the up and re- turn trip of the carriage. This will be the only mill fthe kind north of the sound. Besides this change a double planer is being installed and an s. A. Woods band reSaw box ma chine with automatic feed are being installed. The electric light plant which was put in commission about a week ago is working finely.