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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07

II appears that the appointment OF
doorkeepers, pages, messengers
sweepers. etc, for the coming session
of the legislature. has been delayed
because there is no sergeant-at-arms
to make the appointments. The term
OF Frank T. Parsons as sergeant-at-
arms expired December LIST and at
the time this was written Governor
Fletcher had not re-appointed him or
named anybody else for the place.
Mr.. Parsons has been an exceptional
ly competent official and should sue
coed himself as the custodian OF the
statehouse property.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07
Life In the Omen.

Men who ride TO hounds learn much
more than the technique OF sport.
Observation, quick eye Judgment and
n number OF other qualities are de
veloped. From the bridge of battle
ship have seen a hunting landsman
pick M torpedo boats az night before
the lookout man saw them. II you
can brown your skin nerves vanish
Sunbeams are good for old homes and
young. Hot baths and constant shade
multiply emotion and increase fads
and tlaccidity. Yet life in the open
tends TO become for town dwellers an
expensive luxury for the few. - A.
Whites Essays.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07
TWO POINTS OF VIEW.
Who Had the Happier Lot, the Lady or
the Lsborer?

the lsborer?
a Fashionable Woman. coming from
the Opera in the rosy nest of Limou
sine. passed a group of Laborers at
midnight Machines, Ike terrible Ami
mails, We're burrowing into the Earth.
Steam was Kissing as II from the
mouths of a million Serpents Rocks
few I'm every direction. Torchllghts
ilamed. There was the thunder Of La
Dor. The Night Shift was in full swing.
And the Woman, glancing from the
window at a certain Workman, for an
instant thought:
How wish | had that brawny La
borer's strength and Joy OF Life. How
] envy him his Power. his physical per.
lection. the wonder of his Manhood,
his freedom from the Shackles that
bind me. He is his own master. while
am slave-the slave OF Man |
despise,''
At that moment the Iaborer paused
long enough by the deep Chasm where
his Engine rocked to glance into the
Motor as it sped by him. And he
thought:
"Oh. to be like her, To know Leisure
and Wealth and Rest! To be free from
Drudgery and Toll, 10 come and 20 as
! pleased, To throw Off the chains OF
Debt and Worry and have the days
ora NIGHTS stretch ahead Of me like a
ii VI = FlHv'crsr'
l'Gt Ia another Instant the Motor was
gone. he Iorchights Haired brighter
than ever. And each had forgotten the
other. - Charles Hanson Towne, in
Judge.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07
Current losses in positIon

o. the chance TO do full weeks
work emphasize the value of the
credits which life insurance supplies.
Thousands OF men are today enjoying
the benefit Of credit provision through
life insurance. National Life Ins. Co.
Of VT tMutualD Earle S. Kiasley,
General Agent Mead Building. Rut-
land. Vt. Adv
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07

When the soil is mellow and the
weeds are Just coming through the
ground more execution can be done
with n garden rake and rake attach
ed TO garden cultlvator than with
most any tool we know Of The ad-
vantage Of the rake is that its teeth
will work among the stems Of small
plants without injuring them. yet will
expose 10 the suns rays weeds that
are just showing.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07

The South Dakota experiment sta
ton has developed sugar beet which
it is claimed contains - per cent by
weight Of sugar. What this means
wifi he understood when it is remem-
bered that the average sugar content
OF commercial beets is usually less
than IL per cent.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07

housewife who has tried it re-
ports that If cloves are put in the cup
boards and on the shelves they will
Keep the ants away. She discovered
this fact by accident as result of
spilIing some whole cloves. but now
uses ground cloves for the same pur-
pose
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07

A writer in the Prairie Farmer re-
ports catching thirty-six rats in four
days in compartment trap baited
with canned salmon. He uses small
quantity at the entrance of the trap
and two or three times as much in the
dining room. After being caught the
rats are drowned In a tub of water.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07
Monday, December z, 1914.

The evening school established by
the local school board at the new high
school building already has regis
tration of Over one hundred and it is
only week old From present indica.
lions there is a chance that the even
ing school may yet equal the day
school in size.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07

Banana culture. while developed Il
great deal in rec mt wears. traces back
70 very ancient times. Southern Asia
is claimed by some as the first home OF
the banana, but others claim that it
was grown by the Incas Of Peru Il
long time before the conquest 10y the
Spaniards.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07

The other day the writer saw cOu-
pie OF grown hens that evidently did
not know what an angleworm was.
They cooked their heads ut ii. but
made no effort TO devour it. 1t is clear
thai tie early education of these Bid
dies was neglected.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07

The desire of children for some ami.
NAL 10 care for and drive cannot a.
ways he satisfied with pony One
mother the writer knows Of solved this
problem by getting her two small boys
a pair Of goats. which furnished them
all kinds Of amusement and took up Il
good deal Of spare time that might not
otherwise have been so wholesomely
spent
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07

An Arkansas woman, Mrs. +. +.
Stoughton, writing TO the Kansas City
Star. recommends using I've water
made by diSsoving a level tablespoon
ful or I've in two gallons OF water AZ
an effective method of getting rid Of
cabbage worms. She says this dope
sprinkled or sprayed on the cabbages
knocks the worms. but does not injure
the vegetables.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07

\ sulphate OF iron solution is eff
fective in killing dandelions This is
made by dissolving pound and a half
Of sulphate Of iron in gallon of wa
ter and applying to the dandelions in
the form of spray. A sprinkler may
he used. but this takes more liquid
than is necessary.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07

II hens are allowed 10 run in the
plum orchard and the trees are given
n sharp Earring several mornings ia
succession when the fruit is about tue
size Of a green pea Il good many of the
curculios will be destroyed. the hens
devouring them aS they fall to the
ground This plan works most ef-
fectively on cold mornings when the
insects are still and sluggish.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07
THAT LIVER Is NO GOOD

that is so lazy II lets the skin do part
of its work. The skin turns yellow
doing it. Such a liver upsets the whole
system. Take Hoods Pills. they put
the liver to work: best for biliousncss,
yollowness. constipation. DO not irri-
tate nor gripe. Price CSC. Of druggists
or G. l. Hood Co, Lowell. Mass.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07

A patch Of rape few yards square.
II IL gets good start before the hens
are turned on to ii. will furnish them
Il fine supply of green food all through
the summer and fall
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07

There are a good many old tabby
cats whose work along the line of ex-
terminating rats. mice and field rO-
dents does not anywhere near offset
their destruction of valuable bird life
Where such is observed TO be the ease
it is better to rely on traps and poison
for the rats and do away with the eats
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07

A Nebraska farmer who has Observ-
ed the habits OF meadow larks sug-
gests that floats should he put in the
farm water tanks to keep these and
other birds from drowning when they
come to drink.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07

If growing corn is dragged in the
afternoons of warm days, when the
stalks are pliable, little damage will
he done by breaking the plants down.
Such dragging puts the soil in the best
possible filth and is most effective
wholesale method OF destroying weeds.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07

The advantage of cultivating soil as
soon as il dries sufficiently following
rain is great. Not only does it pre-
vent baking OF the soil when the sun
comes out, but it serves TO make Il
mellow soil mulch which is a great aid
Ia the conservation of moisture.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07

Some experiments conducted by the
dairy division Of the federal depart
ment of agriculture along the line OF
pasteurizing milk and cream show
that the average cost Of pasteurizing
gallon OF milk under favorable con
ditions Is three-tenths OF cent and Il
gallon of cream a little less than two
thirds Of cent
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07

Probably the best record that was
ever made by grade cow was that OF
a Holsteln grade belonging to a Danish
farmer living near Cedar Falls, In.
During the month of April this cow
gave 2.274 pounds Of milk. from which
were made l.223 pounds OF butter. II
a better months record than this has
ever been made the writer does not
know OF IL.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07

II the work horses have Il scant ra-
ton of hay morning and noon and Il
generous grain ration they will give
the better service.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07

That small children would do well
10 give geese wide berth is plainly
shown In the tragic fate that befell
Frank Clormieck. ten-year-old lad.
the son Of n goose farmer. who lives
az Wind Point. short distance north
Of Racine. Wis. In driving the fowls
from the lake shore Just before feeding
time he struck the boss gander with
a sick. with the result that the bird.
with his mates. turned upon the boy
Five minutes after the boy was res
Crei BY his father he died. both Of his
eyes having been peckei out
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07

can four or five inches In diameter
makes a convenient nesting place for
the wrens. The opening should be
about the size Of half dollar. just
large enough TO admit the wrens, but
small enough 10 keep out the sparrows.
Wrens, though small are very active
and among the most valuable of oar
insect destroyers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07

Easy Uark-lve loaned so much mon
ey to MY friends that am almost
broke. Owens-Iet the make the I'm
lshing touch. Spokane Spokesman Re
view.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07

The city authorities Of jamestown.
y. Y. have decided TO install and OPP
crate municipal milk plant. Bonds
to the smount Of $4,000 are to he is
sued to cover the cost OF the new
plant. Those backing the scheme
count on buying milk at 4 cents a
quart and selling it at q cents and fig
IRE that the profits VI the business
will amount TO some $4,000 annually.
The city consumes 1000 quarts ~
milk daily. The experiment will b.
watched by the residents OF other cit
les with good deal OF interest.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07

Cooling moths, which are the parents
of the apple worms. are responsible
for damage to fruit growing inter
ests annually that is placed at $1,000
600.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07

The wolf bounty paid I'm a good
many states i good deal OF a farce
when viewed from the standpoint 81
the way Il works out. The upshot Of
the bounty plan is that a good many
farmers. for whose protection the bouu-
~ is offered. deliberately let the old
wolves alone 80 that they can get the
bounty on the pelts Of their Young.
which they dig out when the cubs are
few weeks old. n no bounty were
offered at all there + reason 10 believe
that the farmer would Kill wolves,
whether Young or old. whenever coca.
sion offered.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07
How's 'Thisf

We Oier Que Hundred Dollars IA
yard for any case OF Catarrb tina.
cannot be cured hv Halls Catarrh
Cure.
f. J. CHENEY s co. Toledo. o.
We. the unde signed. have known =. J.
Cheney for the last Is Years. and believe
bin perfectly honorable In all business
transactions ana financially able 20 carry
put any obligations made by his firn.
NATIONAL BANK OF COAtMERCE.
Toledo. o
Hali. Catarrh Cure IL taisrn internally.
q ting dire tly Upon She blood and uru.
fcus surfaces 81 the system Testimonials
sent free Price = cents Or liotti. sac
- all Druggists
ttt. Halls sNmlis Pius TO ~cnstirauo
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07

The lice that attack different kinds
of vegetables and fruit trees can be
effectively kept in check by occasional
spraying with solution OF tobacco
extract. This may be given alone or
with other sprays applied FOR other
purposes. The sooner it is appl ell
after the lice make their appearance
the more effective will the results be-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07

Gophers are not only a nuisance be
cause they pie up mounds Of earth To
vex the hired man ut hay ing time, but
also because in their underground tun
ncling they cut on and devour the
roots of alfalfa and other plants. The
pests may hc trapped, but the most cf-
fcciive method is putting grain that
has been soaked in q Swectencd Solu-
ton of Strychnia sulphate ia their run
ways one taste of this dopcd corn
does the business.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07

One farmers wife has found a WY
of simplifying her work lay raising
chickens every other year and putting
up fruit and other stun the alternate
seasons when she does not raise
chickens This arrangement gives her
more time to attend to both, and she
contends that the returns from her
flock OF hens are more than IL she
raised half rs many chickens yearly.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07

The state veterinary department or
Iowa j. seeking 10 secure the co-opera-
ton of he federal authorities and the
railroads in a campaign which Will
bring about the general cleaning and
disinfecting Of the stock ears in which
hogs are shipped to market. Thcrs
would seem TO be little question. rs in
vesticators contend. that the litter
from germ laden cars scattered along
the railroad right VI way is a frequent
cause Of spread Of the disease.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07

The Florists Exchange i authority
for the statement that a group OF wo-
men who live in Central City, Ky,
ore this year conducting a plant ex-
change for amateur gardeners. All
varieties of pot plants arc exchanged.
also shrubs. seeds. slips and bulbs
Any one having more plants. etc. Of
kind than he wishes is invited to bring
them to the exchange and secure some
thing that he does not have. A COM
mittee Of ladies' puts value on the
stun brought In and that which Is TAX
en- in exchange.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-07
/ Real Estate Transfers

Gus Bourgeois as administrator OF
The estate of John A. Boursois. TO
Gus W. Swoboda, CT al deed, Deeem-
Der 3, 1918, e0.S0 acres in forth
west quarter section y, township
u. range /: 10 acres northwest
quarter of fri. northeast quarter,
section II, township II, range l..
consideration $4,6sa.
Robert ]. Swoboda and VIE 10
'arl e. Swohoda. warranty deed,
september ., 1911, lc;s ! and ,,
block 5, Feuchter 4 Lansdcn add'-
,ion to City of Cairo Consideration
$3.50.
James II. Gallisan ct al IS ;rps-
ee, g., to Mary J.. Van sickle,
pocial warranty decd, jult' q. lHli
ntG IL, -, 13 and II. block 7, first
addition to town OF Tamns |on-
sideration 1870.
James II. Galligan. Ct al. to Ger
trude y. Van Sickle, special war
rant deed July IS, 1914, lots IN ard
20. block I, first addition 10 Town
of Tamms. Consideration $50.
Amanda c. Lohr TO Anna B.
Wenger, warranty deed. September
4. 1914, lots 25, &c. -. % and 20,
block 10. fourth addition to City of
Cairo. Consideration $500.
j. C. Balm to Walter q. Warder,
quit claim deed, June 10. 12ti. lots
6. and in lot 4. il Thrupp's sub
division, 14-17-1. Consideration
$500.
Walter B. Warder to Joseph Null
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-07
At a Luncheon Given Saturday in
Chicago, by the Business
Mems League
SAYS DEMOCRATS SHOULD
NOMINATE Mr.. SULLIVAN
Not Only Because He Is a Successful
Business Man But Knows the
Needs of the Farmers

The Illinois Business Mems League
endered a luncheon Saturday
toger c. Sullivan at the Iliquoi.
hub in Chicago. The dining room
vas filled with members of tn,
eague. In addition to Mr.. sullivan
he other speakers were Orya G
VILLAINS, James S. Agar. John W
3ckhart, recently appointed membe
If the Board of Education by Mayo
harrison, Frank G. Hoyne, uncle o.
States Attorney Hoyne and p. w
Dunno, the father of Governor
Dunno.
Mr.. Dunno said in part;
II believe the democrats should
nominate Mr.. Sullivan not only be
cause he is successful bushes:
man. but also because he is a man
Who, by his birth in Illinois and res
idence during young manhood In tn
farming districts of Illinois, knows
the needs of the farmer, who, by his
hard work in the machine factory
for several years in Chicago, know
the needs of the man who tolls and
who, because of his success as a bus
mess man, knows the needs of the
merchant.
II believe in the old saying that
men are born, not made. Illinois
does not boast of a man in her his
tory who has achieved anything fo
her people, except those who hav,
acquired honor by their own person
ality, character and achievements
We favor Mr. Sullivan because o.
himself, not because of some one
else"
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-07
Acnie eSiinn

Il was ann, rtd for oi Fl a yt
ty attacks of acute Indigestion, I.
iGwed by constipation writes NJ;
y. j. Gallagher. Geneva \. Y.
tried everything tina: was recon
mended 10 ne for this tomp'ahs
tut nothing cid ~ much GOOD un'
bout fonr n,ontts az. saw Cham
lerlain's Tablets 1d' ertiscd an
procured a bottle ot them from ou
druggist. soon realiyet that ha
gotten the right thing for the
lelrsd me at one .Sinre tdkin'
two bottles Of them can cat heartl
" without any bad effects" Sol
ty all dealers --Advt
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-07

the others combined--in some beat
ing his chief rival ten to one He
was elected in November 1908, by
. plurality exceeding l65,0Q0 His
term OF Office expires next January,
and he now seeks to go to Con-
gress, with every probability of
success.
Owing to his national reputation
as writer on Abraham Lincoln
and his devotion to the political
principles of the Great Enanci-
pator. he has been called "a Rspub-
lican of the Lincoln type" He is
native of Illinois and for twenty
FIVE years has been resident Of
Springfield. In all of that period
he has been closely associated with
public men and public affairs. He
has known every Governor and
United States Senator from the
days of Uncle Dick" Ogfcsby,
who, by the way, shortly before his
death, gave to the world through
Mr.. Davis the true story of the
rail movement" which had so
much to do with the nomination
and election of Abraham Lincoln
to the presidency in 1860.
He is essentially a "seif.'nade
mann succession farulct Roy,
a country school teacher, court
stenographer. a country editcr,
legislative correspondent At fhc
state capital, member cf the Illi-
nois bar, newspaper writer ani
author of distinction, - man e
brilliant mental attainment, "ar
all-around man of affairs" Son n
veteran of the Civil War, he ha,
been a Republican from ho,'leod
Mr.. Davis has an acqraia'lrrr
with public men that is Ci ns5irr-
scope, and il elected to Cupg' css
his familiarity with lcg;;l1sivo a.
public affairs will make him iton
the outset one of the nicst aeefil
and influential members q: Son.
gress.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-07
Roger C. Sullivan Stands for State Uniyl
ROGER C. SULLIVAN HAs tssuEp THE |
MEkT:

ROGER C. SULLIVAN HAs issuEp THE FOLLOWING STATE.
MENT: ta.. f.-
Governor Dunno Mayor the
right and privilege endorse candidate
public Office other three citizens OF Illinois
Concerning the ground which che choice pedcated
that the exgncies politics demand nomination
candidate express
ton of into this other campaign exceedingly
reprehensb do not believe that the people of Illinois will have
patience with IT, 'aa N.s
The attempt false line division between the
city Chicago the give the impression
neither the people Chicago the Of the
of Chicago will readily condone.
Illinois the light county
manhood following the footsteps OF thousands other
Chicago seeking the broader opportunities
there.
contributed Its quota TO the
this metropolis and f.
contributed
upon every rolls Chicago and Illinois
ndvisbe the lives the people, well state boundary
lines have made them
the and his
themselves of harmony with the
be back yonder the
when public Offices nominations for public Office regarded
public sefvtce
aspiran Of public service is out Of date
For United States Senator the people whose attain
life qualify him faithfully
and to all the of the whole
they have the right expect from their Senator
performance OF his public duties at Washington
reiterate faith In the When
Office United States
the Democratic
candidate the
had been ratified thereby
decision this the Judgment
sr as - ST.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-07
] McCan Davis Of Springfield
a Candidate for Republican
Nomination Well and
fayorabIy knOHn
Throughout State
FAMOUS CAMPAIGN RECALLED

Two Congressmen at Large from
Illinois are to be elected this year,
and ], McCan Davis of Springfield
is candidate for one Of the two
Republican nominations. Six years
ago Mr.. Davis made famous pri-
mary campaign for the Republican
nomination for Clerk OF the Su-
preme Court. He kept out of the
Cook County fight and made a
down-state campaign He became
known as "the country candidate"
and surprised the old time politi-
clans by winning brilliant victory.
The country voters nocked to his
standard in overwhelming num-
bers. and although there were in
all seven candidates he received in
many counties more votes than all