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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-15
ANOTHER r. r. STRIKE
Conductors on 4s Roads To Demand
More Wages

Detroit, May 14-"Conductors on
forty-eight eastern railroads will
present their demands for an in
crease in wages of from 10 to 20 per
cent on July /, and II the roads re-
fuse to arbitrate a strike will be or
dered within the fortnight follow
ing" said + ". Thomas, general
chairman of the Eastern association
today He is here attending the BIZ
ennial convention of the Order Of
Railway Conductors. Both Nj
Thomas and A. b. Garretson, presi-
dent of the o. r. c.. insisted that it
had been agreed TO that no action
on the matter would be taken at this
meeting or at the convention Of train
men in San Francisco May 19.
About the middle of June a vote
will be taken among the member
ship" said Mr.. Thomas. "and we ex-
pect it will be overwhelmingly in
favor of a strike. Then on July
we will go before the railroads with
our demands. All we ask is arbitra-
ton. The other two associations.
the western and the southern. now
have in operation the wage rate we
are seeking"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-15
$4,000 FOR HOSPITAL
Rutland Hospital and Library Get
Generous Gifts

Rutland, May 14.-Gifts of $4,000
TO the Rutland Hospital association
and $4,000 to the Rutland Free Lii
brary association have been announc-
ed, the money being provided for in
the will If the late Mrs. Florence b.
Cults, wife of George II. Cults of Los
Angeles, Calf. and the former wife
of the late John w. Cramton. On
what conditions the requests are
made is not at present known as the
officers of the institutions have had no
formal notification of the gifts and did
not know about the. disposition OF
Mrs. Cults money until informed by
The Herald.
The estate amounted to approx
mately 100000. Half of the amount
goes to her husband and the rest 10
relatives in the East. She had two
brothers, Horace Gates of this city,
and George ID. Gates OF Sweet Boise,
Idaho, and other mire distant rela-
tives in this vicinity.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-15
SANDMAN BAGPIPES.
So Exhausting That Nearly All Who
Played Them Died Young.

Bagpipes are the Bulgarian national
instrument. Until lately the servants
who waited on the Turkish grand
grand vizier in ConstantinOple were
mutes. though not. as in former times,
persons specially mutilated, but chill
dren born deaf and dumb. They used
a language OF signs. with special GEES
ture 10 describe the representative OF
each nation. To indicate the Bulgarian
agent they Initiated n man playing on
the bagpipes. IL was not the Bulga-
rians who invented the pipes; however.
instruments. An ancient gem shows
Apollo with them. and two instruments
I'm the book OF Daniel are believed to
have been bagpipes.
The bagpipes range not only in time
from Apollo and the Bible to the pres
ent day. but geographically from Chi
na 10 Spain and Great Britain. Eng
land is said to have given them to
Scotland. one country. however. final
ly lost peculiarly severe form OF the
instrument. This was the Sandman
''lannedda," which had three pipes, all
placed in the plper's mouth. and was
played by rubbing strips Of wax mp
and down over the holes.
The work was so exhausting that
nearly all the pipers died young. In
1916 George Burdett came across one
who had survived to the age OF eighty.
But he was the last Of the lannedda
players. and when he died the instru-
ment was played no more. - Chicago
News
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-15
FAvoRs A PURE FABRICS LAW
Congressman Says That rs Per Gent
of CIothinq Stuffs is Adulterated

Washington, May Exchanging
that rs per cent of the clothing sold
in the United States is adulterated
Representative Lindquist of Michi
gan today introduced a pure fabric
and leather bill" which would guar
antee to the consuming public pure
fabrics in the way unadulterated
food is guaranteed them now.
Under the proposed law articles OF
wearing apparel will bear labels
stating the quality of material from
which they are made. A provision
of the measure would also force man
ufacturers to fumigate goods before
being put on the market.
There is no conception of the
great percentage of manufactured
commodities that are adulterated by
the manufacturers for no other pur-
pose than to take an unjust profit
from the pockets of the people, y
said Lindquist, There is scarcely
an article of any consequence man
ufactured from any fabric or leather
but is adulterated in some manner
or other. Yet they are all placed up
on the American market for the gen
uine article, and the public is forced
to pay a genuine price for them"
The Congressman asserted that
his Investigations have shown that
adulteration, with the exception OF
silk, is most practiced on cheaper
materials, and this places the bur
den on the great masses of people
who can least afford to stand the
strain of the high cost of living"
The Government he declared, has
long maintained a department to test
goods manufactured for Government
supplies in an effort to prevent fraud
The public demands the same pro-
lection for the same reason he con-
cluded.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-15
A DAINTY TOILET ARTICLE

Every lady who desires TO keep ur
her attractive appearance, while at
Theatre. attending Reception, when
shopping, while travelling and on
all occasions should carry in her
purse a booklet Of courauds orien.
tai Beauty Leaves. This is a dainty
little booklet OF exquisitely perfum.
ed powdered leaves which are easily
removed and applied to the skin II
is invaluable when the face becomes
moist and flushed and is far super.
Tor TO a powder puff as It does not
spin and soil the clothes.
Il removes dirt. SCOT and grease
from the fact. ,mparting a cool deli.
cate bloom 20 the complexion. Put
up in White and Pink and sent any.
where on receipt OF ten cents IN
stamp or coin
=. 7. HOPKINS,
81 Great Jones ST. New York
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-15

Switzerland can show some house
names quite as fantastic as those in
Holland. There is villa near Bale
christened in way worthy of Uriah
Heep-"Klein aber Mein." IL would be
hard. however. TO parallel Gustave
Dore's attempt in this direction. He
expressed the name Of his house at st.
Cloud in stave of music with the
notes G L b A c ID lido mi 81 Ia do rel.
which. being interpreted. means Dom
;cile a Dore.-London Standard.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-15

You can stop that awful itch from
eczema and other skin troubles In two
seconds.
Seems too good 20 be true--but IL is
true, and we vouch for II.
Just a few drops of the simple, cool
ing wash, the ODD. Prescription for
eczema, and the itch stops instantly.
We give you enough to prove II FOR 90
cents.
Now. IL you have tried great many
-.,res for eczema and have been disap-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-15
COLLIDE IN THE AIR
Passenger Meets Death When 81
Plane and Monoplane Crash.

Johannisthal, Germany, May IA
Another collision in the air occurred
here today. A bi-plane piloted by
Capt. Fucker and carrying a pupil
named Dietrich as passenger, came
into collision with a monoplane at
an altitude of 60 feet. Fucker was
instantly killed, Dietrich was badly
injured and the men in the mono
plane were slightly injured
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-15

SOLDIER KILLS HIMSELF
Corporal at Fort Ethan Allen Had
Been Suffering from Dependency

Burlington, May 14.-Julius Lyke,
aged 81 years, corporal and clerk,
of Troop l.. Tenth Cavalry, at Fort
Ethan Allen Winooski, shot himself
in the head yesterday in his room
and died instantly it was learned to-
day.
He was respondent. His record
had been good. His body will be
sent to his home in Pennsylvania.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-15
LEGENDS OF THE SWORD.
Curious Beliefs That lowered Round
the Ancient Weapon.

Countless legends and superstitions
days when fighting was the principal
occupation of life. So highly was the
sword esteemed that Mohammed In
the Koran declared it to be "the key
" heaven and hell"
The warrior or knight gave name
to his sword. He vowed at the altar
never to draw it in n false cause. II
was his companion aud friend and de-
Fcended from father to son for many
generations. One sword named Broth
er of the Lightning" had golden hilt
Inscribed with magic words. In times
of peace these We're said to be illegi-
Bile. but before a battle they glowed
red as blood"
Ii was believed. moreover. that a
sword after long use acquired life OF
its own. Many famous swords We're
said to utter cries before battle. and
after weapon had killed five score
ed from its scabbard at the approach
Of a foe. Certain swords were said
to refuse to give wound in a bad
cause. Among these was the brand
Excalibur. which, was given to King
Arthur by fairy and which Richard
Occur de Lion professed to own.
In the east superstitious reverence is
still paid TO the sword. The Daimlos
Of Japan. when they voluntarily sur
rendered their rank. kept as rule the
wonderful blades which had been
handed down from generation to gen
Grafton. In some cases for more than
a thousand years. and which had alb
sorbed, as they believed. some of the
character and life of the men that had
owned them.-Harper's Weekly.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-15
FLY AS PARALYSIS CAUSE
Doctor Says II Is commonest Carrier
Of lnfantile Disease.

st. Louis, May 14.-Warning
against the fly as the commonest
cause of infantile paralysis was CIV
en- by DIR. E. w. Saunders of this
city in an address before the Mis-
souri, Medical Association today. DR..
Saunders traced connection be-
tween infantile paralysis and the
raising Of poultry, and gave that as
an explanation why the disease was
more prevalent in the country and
suburban districts than in the crowd
ed part of a city.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-15
slow Chan.

Yes" laughed the girl with the pink
parasol. he is the slowest young man
ever saw"
In what way. dearT asked her
chum.
why. he asked for a kiss. and ] told
him ! wore one Of those knotted wells
that take so long TO loosen"
And what did he dog-
"Why. the goose took time 10 unite
the knot'-Mack's Monthly.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-15
Instant Relief from Eczema

pointed. do not make the mistake OF
refusing to try this soothing wash. All
other druggists keep this Odd. Pre-
scription-go to them II you can't
come to us-but If you come to our
store we will give you the first dollar
bottle on our positive no pay guaran-
tee. that Odd. will stop the itch at
once.
ODD. Soap keeps the pores healthy;
ask US about 1t.
w. L. Gokay, Bennington. VT
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-15
SHOOTS 800 POUND BEAR
81. JohnsbUry Farmer Gets 6ruin
After Waiting Many Weeks.

St JOhnsbury. May 14-Carl
Wheeler shot a 3OO-pound bear today
on his farm FIVE miles from here.
The bears tracks were seen last fall
around the farm and Mr.. Wheeler
has been on the outlook for him ever
since. Today the animal came out
OF the woods and was shot a short
distance from the barn. Il vas q
fierce looking animal about four
years old.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-15
ONLY HEALTHY CAN MARRY
Montclair Pastor Told to Perform
Ceremony for None Other.

Montclair, N. J, May 1.-THE
members of Unity Church in annual
session tonight voted in favor OF a
proposal that the pastor, the Rev.
Edgar s. Wiers, be instructed to re-
quire a medical certificate from all
persons seeking to be married in
the church henceforth. Notice of the
intention to have the annual assemb-
lage vote on the question had been
given in advance. and all came pre-
pared to express their conventions.
The vote in favor of the proposal
was unanimous. There were a num-
Der of women present.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-15
NEW SOURCE OF GASOLINE
Coherty Tells Londoners Il Can BE
Made from Illuminating Gas.

London. May IA gasoline ia
mine is imminent but it can be re-
lieved by the recovery of benzol
from ordinary Illuminating gas, &C
cording TO Mr.. Doherty. a New York
gas expert. He made these asser-
tons at a dinner given by Lord Mon
tagu OF Beaulieu at the Savoy Hotel
tonight.
According to Mr.. Doherty 12.000,-
600 gallons of benzol annually could
be obtained from the gas Of London
alone.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-15
A Country Place.

snow this country place is improved
with asphalt streets. electric lights
and brick walks"
You don't understand. I'm looking
for a country place that is improved
with some turf. lake. perhaps. and
few trees. kansas City Journal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-15
SENIOR ESSAYS
Senior Program at the High School
Next Friday Afternoon.

The second section of the senior
essays and declarations will be CIV
en- at the High School Friday after
noon at one-thirty, The program
will be as follows:
Thomas Edison Mr.. l.. Waite
Professions, their Usage and Signi-
ficance
Miss Greenslet
Vocational Training
Miss M. Durham
Piano Selection Miss Cutting
Polar Exploration Mr.. Gerkin
The Recreation Movement in the U.
s. Miss +. Moore
Augustus st. Gaudens
Miss Caswell
The Future of the Telephone
Mr.. Paulson
Song School
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-15

Very Young Man-You wouldn't
think It. but I've just paid $4,000 in
cash for a house. and it was all made
by my own pluck and PERSEVERANCE,.
Young Lady-Reaily, What business
are ycu in? Very Young Msn-Tm q
pon-inIav.-LondonT t-Bits.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-15
No Regrets.

you'll be sorry some day that yOu
didn't marry"
We'll. ia rather not be married and
he sorry wasn't than be married and
sorry I was~- New Orleans Tines
Democrat
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-15
Rolling In Wealth.

SIS he richy
Il didn't think 50. but he mast be-"
"why?r
II heard him say the other night that
he lets his wife have all the money she
wants."-Detroit Free Press.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-15

The reason a woman Is a woman r.
because II her watch has 4 beautiful
monogram engraved on the back she
doesn't care whether II keeps time or
not.-Galveston News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-15
Familiar Iettera.

An overworked letter. I; busy let
ter. r: a deep letter. c; surprised let
ter. G: a rustic letter. ]; financial le-
Ter. o: a Chinese letter. Q. a social let
ter. T; an inferior letter. U.-Llfe.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-15
APPOINTS JAMES 3. DONOVAN
Gov Fletcher Names Judge for Ad-
Olson County Municipal Court.

Middlebury, May Thames B.
Donoway of this village, member
OF the Addison county bar and well
known throughout the county, has
been appointed by Gov. Allen M.
Fletcher. Judge of the recently Great
ed Addison County Municipal court
He is A years old and a native OF
Vergennes.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-15
BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL
American League

New York 2. Cleveland 2 Us in
nings).
Philadelphia-Chi (wet grounds)
Washington 10, st. Louis 5.
Detroit 4, Boston /.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-15

Games today: Cincinnati at BOs-
ton, St Louis at Brooklyn, Pittsburg
at New York, Chicago at Philadel-
phia
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-15

To be happy here Il your chief end.
for to Be happy We must needs b
good. H. Kirke White.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-15
THE WEATHER

Probabilities for this section for the
Next "a Hours.
For eastern New York and western
Vermont possibly showers tonight
and probably Friday. Warmer to-
night, warmer west portion Friday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-15

Hope and patience are sovereign
remedies for all trOubles.-Burton.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-15
andlna of the Clubs

Games today: New York at Chica-
go, Boston at st. Louis, Washington
at Detroit, Philadelphia at Cleveland.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-15
National League

National League
Boston Z, st. Louis 0.
Cincinnati 6. Brooklyn 2.
New York ii. Chicago II.
Pittsburg Z. Philadelphia 2.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-23

New York. June 21.-Mxne. Marie Rappold, the American opera singer, who has just finished a western con- cert tour, recently divorced, has con hrn1ed the report of her approaching marriage to Rudolph Berger of the Royal opera, Vienna, who is expected to come. to America. soon. Their hon eymoon will last until the opera sea son begins in the fall, when MT. Ser ger will make his first appearance as 6 member of the Metropolitan Opera company, New York. The romance began several years ago when Mime. Rappo1d sang Elsa to Bergers Lohen- grin at the Berlin Royal Opera, and they discovered a mutual attraction
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-23
old Cuckoo superstitiona.

In the spring the cuckoo's first call of the season formerly played great part in love d1vinat1ons. A common English belief was that an unmarried person hearing a cuckoo call and inn media teIy taking off boots and stock ings would find on the great toe of the right foot a hair whose color would be that of the poll of the destined lover. Another idea, mentioned by Milton, and persisting till this day, was that an unmarried man or maid+would re- main single for just as many years as the number of the cuckoo's calls when first heard in the spring.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-23
Hardly Worth While.

Eleanor was the little daughter oftfa musician whose first oratorio, accord ing to a writer in HaFper's Magazine was to be given at musical festival in a city some distance from their home Eleanor had. never been away from home, and her parents thought that she would regard-the journey and concert as the greatest experience of her life and decided to take her.
 The oratorio was pronounced highly successful. But when Eleanor was be- ing put to bed that night she looked so unhappy that her mother asked her if she had not had a good time. Eleanor looked up tearfuIly and said:
 ''Did you bring me all this way from home just to hear that thing that's been coming up through the register for the last six monthsP'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-23
TIE MELTING OF MOLLY  By MARIA THOMPSON
 DAVIESS
  Copyright, 1912. by the Bobbs-MerrIn ComDanW
Copyright. 1912. by che Bobbs-Merrm
 Company

hasn't had real joy race for a long time, and I felt that it needed it. I rolled over and laughed into my pill low,
 The subject of the conduct of widows tradition is most set about it is that, and what was decided to be the proper thing a million years ago this town still dictates shall be done and spends a good deal of it's time seeing its di- rections carried out. For a year after the funeral they forget about the poor bereaved, and when they do remember her they speak ito and of her in the same tones of voice they used at the obsequies. Then sooner or later some neighbor is sure to see some man walk home from church with her or hear some old bachelors voice on her front porch. MT. Cain took Mrs. Caruther's little Jessie up in his buggy and helped her out at her mothers gate just be- fore last Christmas, and if the poor widow hadn't acted quick the town would have noticed them to death be- fore he proposed to her. They were married the day after New Years, and she lost lots of good friends because she didn't give them more time to talk about it.
 don't intend to run any risk of los- ing my friends that way, and I want them to have all the good time they can get out of 1t. Pm going to serve out mint juleps of excitement until the dear old place ise running as it did when it was a two-year-old. Why get mad when people are interested in you? It's a compliment, after all, and just gives them more to think about. I remembered the two trunks across the hall and hugged my knees up un- der my chin with pleasure at the thought of the town talk they con- Eained.
 Then just as I~had got the first plan well going and was deciding whether to wear the mauve meteor or the white chiffon with the rosebud embroidery as a first -julep for my friends a sweet ness came in through my window that took my breath away, and lay still with my hand over my heart and Hs- tened. 1t was Billy singing right un- der my window. and I've never heard him do+it before in all his five years. It was the dearest old fashioned tune ever written, and Billy sang the words as distinctly as if he had been a boy chorister doing a difficult recitatiVe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-23
Chinese Nurses.

~One-thfng fhat3you can't find in New York is a,professional Chinese nurse" |" said a doctor. ''The town was raked fore and aft for one not long ago. A sick American recently come home from the orient declared that a Chinese nurse was essential to rapid recovery, and the doctors on the case instituted a thorough search>for such an attend ant. Every person have net-who has ever been attended by a Chinese nurse cannot be satisfied with any other. There are a number of them fin Chi nese cities They have been rained by American and EuFopean nurses and missionaries, but as soon as they get the hang of the business they go their instructors one. better in .gen4leness and soothing ways. It is common fer persons who have known their minis tra tions abroad to ask for them here:s but they cannot be und.''-New York Times.