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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-19
HACK hAcKt rAck,,

With raw tickling throat. tight
chest, sore lungs. you need Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound. and quick
~ The FIRST dose helps. it leaves a
soothing. healing coating as it glides
down your throat. you feel better at
once. s. Martin. Bassett Neb..
writes Il had severe cough and
cold and was almost past going. I
gotta bottle Of Foley's Honey and
Ia and am glad to say 1t cured my
ceusht entirely and my cold soon dis
appeared" Every user is friend.
Harold W. Cole.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-19

The receipts for the theaters and
music halls OF Paris have just been
published. These statements are re-
CURED by law in view of the poor re
lief tax levied ON these earnings. The
figures. states the Paris correspondent
of the London Times, have never been
as high as they are for last year
nearly si3,3S3,000. They exceed by
$5SS0O0 the record established in 1912
and by $l,94G.000 the returns for 1911.
The increase is due principally TO the
takings of cinematograph shows. These
establishments I'm 1913 earned S1.655.-
600 as compared with S1.3l4,OO0 the
year before
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-19

in the language Of diplomacy"
which to the layman is often an oh
scure method of communication, the
situation at Smyrna may be delicate
but there is little danger that the I'm
tied States will be drawn into the
complications on the other side of
the world because a religiously-craz-
ed Mohammedan gunner may have fir
ed a Shot at launch flying the stars
and stripes. The fellow behind that
gun may have had no disposition to
distinguish between the diffa 'ent
kinds of Christian dogs" They may
all look alike to him.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-19
Novel Gold Minino.

A novel method Of gold mining" has
come TO light at deserted mining
camp near wickes, Mont. To be exact
II is the remains Of what was once =
thriving village at the Gregory mine.
II has developed that the sand used
in plastering the houses came from
taifngs ponds rich IN gold Now that
the camp Is falling TO decay the old
cottages are being torn down and the
plaster carefully saved and shipped 10
the E,st Helena shelter Argunaut
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-19
A Man Need Not Die

to secure a positive benefit from life
Insurance. There is Che chance OF
death, also the chance OF living be
yond the ability to produce new es.
tate. Look into our policies design.
ed to furnish old age income after
providing family protection while
needed National Life Inns Co. Of VT
tMutuaD. Earle s Kinsley. General
agent, Mead Building. Rutland. VT
Adv.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-19

We can't say we admire the book
entitled won by Chance" It's too
much OF chance. Geraldine Hopkins
gets lost In forest twenty miles long
by fifteen broad, and ON the same day
Reginald Schcmerhorn has just escap-
ed cyclone, and Geraldine has been
hanging over the brink Of precipice
for two hours We think it would have
been better TO have had the couple
meet In a first class chop house and
get acquainted through Geraldine find
Ing that her watch had stopped or that
She bad left her purse ut home.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-19
Where the Leak Is.

III had a wife who would do some
sewing for me wouldn't lose SO much
money ont OF the holes in my pockets"
growlcd Mr.. Gabb.
The only hole In mans pocket
tina, he loses money out of is the hole
at the top replied Mrs. Gabb-Cin.
cinnati Enquirer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-19

Conductor Of Village Bsnd-wbst's
wrong. Duncan;
Duncan (celliSp-The drums be-
playin my music and I've been playh
his
Conductor thocht there was some
thing no Just richt.-London Punch.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-19
British Censorship

There could be no graver erro; of
judgement. no falser position, no
worse libel on the British people than
these deliberate and vain attempts to
keep them In the dark and to let the
tidings OF disaster come to them
slowly, as If they were incapable of
hearing its full weight at once.-New
York Sun.
II is almost unbelievable that news
Of the destruction of the great British
battleship Audacious should have
been suppressed for half month.
even allowing for the strict censor
ship. The loss of fighting monster
that ranked among the best in the
British navy would be disaster of
the first e.-Wilkes-B Barre
Record.
Great Britain has entered this con-
test processing adherence to som,
very high ideals. 1t will not get the
men or the money needed to prose
cute it honorably unless it deals fair
ly with its own people. Il will not
gain or keep respect abroad unless IL
proves by word and deed that it does
not shrink from the truth, however
humiliating the truth may sometimes
be.-New York Globe
Alas, that Gilbert and Sullivan are
not living to embalm in immortal ca
dences the achievements of the Brit.
ish censor ship. Officially the dread
nought Audacious is still ahoat
spreading terror among the enemies
Of the British empire. The censor
not only refuses to admit anything
happened to the Audacious; he re.
fuses to let the news of her loss be
sent by cable from England. or be
published in Notwithstanding
Standardization.
A censor apparently from the ma
ture of his business, seems to con
tract the delusion of the ostrich. lie
fels a disagreeable fact does not be-
come fact until published. So Pet
rograd suppressed as long as ii could
knowledge of the Allenstein defeat.
So Berlin suppressed for ten days
any mention of the retreat from be-
fore Paris. So now London, with its
head in the sand, ignores the sink
ing of the Observation-Disclosures
York Globe.
Beyond doubt the delayed info una
ton deals a severe shock to public
confidence in Great Britain because
Il was delayed If news of the casual
ty had been given out when 1t occur
red. the effect OF Il would already
have passed away. The British gov
eminent would not have come under
the suspicion that II fears TO let its
war casualties be known. Naturally
this incident will cause many to won
der what other casualties sustained
by Great Britain have been kept from
public knowledge.-Albany Journal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-19
Locking For improvement.

Weren't yoa here about a week ago
asking Tor foodz' said the lady. look.
ing critically ever her spcetacles nj the
tramp AZ the kitchen door.
Yes. mRam." was the unexpected
reply. but heard you had new
cook since thenr'-Yonkers state. man.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-19
Not a Fiaht.

Here. here. stop fighting with all
those boys
II amt fightin'."
Yes. you are"
"No. amt. I'm just tryin' to punch
Bud Hicks I'm the nose, cause I'm mad
mt him. amt mad at bis brothers.
but will he If they don't quit kickin
me In the shlus. - Detroit Free Press.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-19
Anxious 70 please.

80 you are expected to do a kind
act every day."
Yes" replied the boy scout.
How about today?"
We'll. the teacher has been having
little trouble with me. Don't you
think | might stay away from school
and give her resty'-Washington
Star.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-19

In Found nj Last the daughter of
millionaire has had forty offers
Of marriage. She knows that every
one Of the forty young men simply
want her cash She determines that
whoever gets her shall get her through
love, and she packs her trunk and goes
west and pretends 10 lie poor. She
strikes Il job teaching school at So a
month and board. and after about six
months along comes Popsy Harrison. a
young man in a red wooden shirt. who
is head boss in n sawmill. He says
Gosh hang it," and "Gol durn it,
and he wipes his mouth on the table
cloth. but she discovers that he loves
her FOR herself and she gives him her
heart and stack Of government bonds
rs big MS a house. Things ought to
always come ont that way. and we
hope the book viii have large sale.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-19

to make artificial flowers for 80 cents
day and attempt suicide nine differ
ent times should be chained up TO a
Digger Indian. The book leaves her
clasped 10 his bosom. but in spite OF
his long love he may have found some
other excuse 10 stand her or. We
cant conscientiously recommend the
book
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-19

Mrs Malsprop. your husband has
said nothing to my proposal for your
laughter
well. don't worry. His silence j.
eassmount to consent. - Baltimore
American.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-19

mucn DeSIcr Iiidii L
did when the doctor
was treating me. l
don't suffer any
bearing down pains
at all row and sleep
well. l cannot say
enough for Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
Bile Compound and
Liver Pills as they
have done so much
for me. / am enjoy
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-19
How's This T.

- sfer One duDdrsd Dollars r.
sasrd for any case OF Catarrh thsI
cannot b cured hy Halls Catarri
Cure
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-19

We can't conscientiously recommend
the book entitled Tho Hatbox Mys-
terry" A young man calls ON young
girl and leaves his hatbox behind. She
opens II. Of course. and she fluids let
ter showing that he loves another and
has put up Job to rob n bank. The
girl sets out to thwart him and bring
him TO Justice and. after failing down
q we'll being blown M on steam.
boat and run over by a trolley ear. she
discovers that the supposed villain Is
a millionaire in disguise and that the
haihox belongs TO another man. There
are too many adventures for small
box. and the girl doesn't even marry
the niilllonairc after his innocence has
been proved. and the hatbox dropped
out Ola third story window.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-19
Old Fsvorites.

Parson-i)o you know the parallels,
my child:
Johnnie-Yes. sir
Parscn- And which Of the parallels
do yeu Ike bestS
Jchnnie-I like the one where some
body loafs and fishes.-Phlladelphia
Reaord H--.f.t
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-19
What $40 Did
FOR This Woman
The Price She Paid for Lydia
E.Pinkham'sV Vegetable Com
pound Which Brought
iz Good Health.

Dahville, va.-"I have only spent ten
dollars on your medicine end / feel SO
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-19

We wish il distinctly understood that
Major Shortwell Is no longer the
Washington correspondent u tie Kick
a.. We had great hopes Of the major
when he stsrted out. lie went away
from here IN q red shirt and bBckskin
leggings ana cowboy hat. and we saw
10 Il that he had two guns and bowie
knife and lasso. His first two letters
hit the boys plumb center. but then
he l,egsn TO fsii and was a dissppoint-
ment. We suspected the reason and
i,eean 10 investigate. II is with sor-
row that we saw he went back on his
crowd. We have convincing proofs
that nc hadn't heen in Washington a
month before he began tn eat pie with
rnrk. wear white shirts and walk
around In store clothes. II was inevit-
,bie that his style % writing should
change. and two weeks ago y degpn4
Grated into such twaddle that we threw
the copy into the wastehaSket. We sre
done with the major.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-19

find out that Theodore's love was any
thing to brag OF, and the fact that he
loved for thirteen long years before
saying anything about it does not rec
Ommend him 10 our estimation. A
young man who loves a girl so that he
can't sleep nights and yet permits her
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-19
~ cnFNFY % rni.s.

We. the unde sizned. have known r. J.
Cheney for the last IS years, and believe
hin PERFECTLY honorable Ia all business
transacfione and flnaccialiy abba 70 earn
fnf any ohlsstiors made by his firm
NATIoN.s1. B-AsK or COMMERCE.,
Torca- n
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-19

dalfs Catcrrh Cure Il taken Internally
ettfnf direttiy upon TIE blood and nv
Ia Fufa.sss q The eystesn Testirnoniaf
ssnt free. Price = cents or bottls so
= eli Druggists.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-19
ARIZONA KICKlETS
The Editor Turns to a New
Task-Book Reviewing.
MORE SCo7N THAN PRAISE.
He Is Especially Taken With the Ro-
nance of an Heiress With a Fancy
For Suitors In Red Wooden Shirts-A
Correspondent Dropped.
BY M. QUAD.

BY M. QUAD.
Copyright. 1914. by Associated Literary
Pressl
ACCORDING to our Office scales,
IA the book entitled 1.-The Love
IA OF Theodore weighs just
twenty-four ounces. We can't
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-14
YELLOW BAKING POWDER IS
 NOT 4 SUBSTITUTE FOR EGGS

Washington, Feb. 14-The Depart ment of Agriculture has recently re- eeiVed letters from a number of per- sons who desire to place a product on the market under the name Egg Powder" or Egg Substitute." These oes1gnat1ons would undoubtedly lead the ordinary purchaser to believe the product either to be made from eggs or to have the effect of eggs in baki7,e- in reality, the product is nothing but a, baking powder containing a consid- efabIe excess of ground rice as a filler ana colored yellow with powdered tumeric.
 The Food and Drugs Act prohibits the sale of food products under false or misleading names and as it is evi- dent that product of this kind can not De regarded in any way as sub- stltute for eggs in baking it's sale as an Egg Powder or Egg Substitute is not sanctioned by the Department
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-14
THE LESSON OF THE
 BRAGGING SPIDER.
(BY Virginia VaIe.l


 Once upon time a spider said to the other spiders: .sI can weave the biggest web you ever saw ior anybody ever saw
 One big spider in the corner smiled but didn't say a word. As the others asked the bragging spider to go ahead and weave. The big spider just smiled.
 The bragging spider began to weave. Around and around he went weaving a thin net as he walked. At last he grew rather tired but his friends laughed and said they could do much better than that So he started around again. He worked so hard that at last he had a very big cobweb and his friends all said it was fine, but some other spiders told him it was not as large as they had seen.
 So he went to work again and wove one so big and bright that lots of flies came to look at it and they flew into it and were stuck so fast they could not get out.
 The spider was glad to see them in the web as he was very fond of flies. So he ate one for his breakfast and then spun a long silver thread from the net and hung down on that swing ing back and forth in the sun to get his exercise.
 At last he spun the thread long enough for hirn to reach the ground and he ran off and played with the other spiders and left the files in the web where they stayed a long time
 Finally the big old spider who had smiled at his bragg1ng little friend got up and looked at the flies and with a swift rush climbed all over the net of the bragging spider, who worked SC hard and ate up all Of the flies
 When the little spider came back
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-14
BEAUTY CHATS
THINGS ABOUT THE EARS.
Bv Blanc11e Beacon.

Here are two letters about the ears
 One friend complains of the red ness of her ears. She says 1f am out In the cold or in a very warm room. or if become ennbarras ssed. (and I am very sensitive)s they get terribly red and burn so as to make me uncomfortable
 You may be oversensitive about the redness of your ears. They may reel red and yet not be uubecomingly so-
 Ton can do much toward regulating the circulation of the earss by means of application of hot and cold com presses Fold small, soft towels so that they make a small square large enough to cover the ears. Wiring them out of ice water and apply one to each ear When they get warm wiring them out in exceedingly hot water, as hot as can be comfortably borne, and apply to the ears, keeping them on until they are no longer hot Alternate the hot and cold a half dozen times The last application skin Of the ear is very thin and the blood vessels are very near the sur- face, so that they are more suscept- fble to atmospheric changes than any other parts Of the face. The ears flush the same as the cheeks, when one is sensitive Try and abandon all self conscious thoughts for the rest Of the cure.
 My other correspondentl says she is troubled with an offensive discharge from the ear'' and wants advice
 This condition denotes a1f1amm ation 1.-the ear ana means chat you should consult am ear specialist and he will ten you how to properly cleanse and heal it If you wish to preserve your precious hearing. never neglect trouble with the ear
 have more to say to you about the sara fz ff, nTa 1K4ee hf1 n remove wax and other Instructions from them and about their general care Look for another article very
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-14
The Road To Marriage


 Oh, such tender words as those val entfnee contained. They did the pro- posing for full many a hashful young man who could never have found courage to utter the words Of love. If he had matrimoniaI 5nfshtions, they were sure to run something like this: str1o truer words have eser been said Than Those who love should surely If thy hearts mine, as mine is thinA. Dearie. be my valentine-''
 ' After that, the course of true love may run smoothly He has only to whisper to her the next time they meet. DO you say yes or no to the verse on my va1entine3s
 Mine times out of ten, he is buying an engagennent ring coon after The wedding bells the sequel tells! Cupid has joined two hearts. with but a. sin gle. thought"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-14
LITTLE BENNYS NOTE BOOK
By Les PaDe

 That's a funny sawt of a skert youve bin wareing lately, fzent 1t, mothtrs pop sed to ma aftir suppfr last nite- Watts funy about it, sed ma Its so nutch widir at the top than 1t is at the bottin, sed pop.
 Serteny, it's peg top skert, that's the reezin, sed ma, thare verry fasil- nfbil
 Fashion, thy nniddiI naim is rec dfckilus, sed pop. do you rsely wunt to no wat that skert looks like.
 Perhaps you'll be so kind as to ten me- sed ma It looks like tube of tooth vaah aftir the bottom haf of it has been squeezed empty sed pop
 on, that's very brtlly1nt. rnE1t subjeckt of klose. let me infoarrn you that those coIlers with the w5da openings that you have bin Bareins Iatetly are the most abserd things evvir saw in my life. That shows how mutch you no about sentilmens wareing apparil, sed pop, not ony are well dressed men awl ovir the kuntry wareinS them, but they are awl the rage in L.undun 5eat now.
 Chiner, sed mas thare the sfmpnest looking things I've seen in yeers. do you wunt to no wat they look like Wat, sed pop. They look as if 8umbCddT had sneeked up vile you weren't lookfne and cut 3 intshes awf the frunf of them, sed ma. Tommy rot. sed pop, t1ars nobEv looking collars and if you don't thtnIr so thares sumth1ng the mattir with yure taste.
 Do you wunt to no wat they look like, ,sed ma. l : No, sed pop.
 They look as if they were Co fffr for you they stretched apart fn tha frunt and showed yure kOIlir bu1ttas sed ma.
 Awi rite. we win let it go ct siats sed pop.
 DO you wunt to no wat they look like to me, sed ma
 No. konfownd #, I sed no wuntss sed pop. They look as if the ends are so sI<ared thare trying to run away fruz1 eetch uthir, sed ma. You serteny are a brilfyint woona- un. sed pop. Do you wunt to no wat they look l like, sed ma. No. dang it, no, sed pop. And he got up and went out of the ssttlne-
 room. slamming the doar aftfr him
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-14
LAURA LEAN LIBBY'S DAILY
 TALKS ON HEART TOPICS
fcopyright 1a1s by Newspaper syndicate,
WHOSE VALENTINE ARE YoUa

.,I.ve wandered east. I've wandered
 west,
 Through many a weary way
 Hi1t never, never can forgeL The l,1ve Of 1ife's young day. z, r,,or-nin, lifei O lnornin h1ve!
 q, 1iehtsome days and lang, vV1s,.a7, ffnnied hopes around our near ls Lake simmer blossoms sprang
 young girl fresh to the city said to me: ..I,m just longing and waitins for St. Valentines Day to come Then 1, shall De sure to know If any youns man I've met have taken 1anSy to me. If so, they'll be sure to send me . vaIanfipe', I wasn't surprised az 7,ar ,ar,f1btlysiasr1a for I know how much they make Of the merry day ID coun- fry towns The night befores every | vs111ne- man who has his eye on some pretty, girl slyly drops his 'Cupfd measeh ger, at the post office
 It's amazing what a large bunch oi vol1r,r men gather expectanSly the next morning on the corner across the way from the post office, ostenstoly to stop but a. moment to pass the tlme of day Yet, somehow. they finger
 From all corners of the village come bevies Of girls. in groups and singiy- They pause abruptly in ernbarrass- ment at sight of the young men, their pretty faces flushing as crimson as ryaoyJes They try to nai5lead any one covertly watching by passing the place and making a tour round the block. Then in desperation they slip in, ostensfbIy to buy a stamp. The clerk behind the window laughs as they are turning away and says. think there's a. 1etter for you.
 The bevfes of girls watch breath 1essly as the n1Issives are handed out Every lass is sure to receive at least one. They are all true daughters of Eve. can scarcely restrain their inn- patience to get home and see what the envelope contains
 Each swain watches eagerly to know what hts chance Of winning her may be: he can tell this by the blushes on her pretty face as she passes him by, his precious nlissiye cuddled n ller muir. Her eyes are downcast, but she smiles
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-14
SMOKE WITHOUT. FIRE.

The Holland Forbses are chafng in a way that no ta1cum powder can as- suage over the reports that their daughter Natalie had eioped to the stage The F'orbses are naturally very much cut up by the silly things printed in the ewspapers-interviews that never took place and that sort of thing-and can trace the whole mat ter to no other source than the re- mark dropped by Miss Forbes that she was coming to New York to take a few dancing lessons from a profes-' sional. Everybody knows, however, what tangled jungles of gossip can spring up over night from mustard grain Of truth dropped innocently.- Town Topics.