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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-13
THE EVENING BANNER
BENNINGTON VERMONT
Wednesday, May 10, 1915.
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

John t. Kelly of Troy is visiting
in town.
Born this morning daughter to
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry B. North. (
Miss Helen Longtin, who, has been
i'll with quinsy sore throat, has recoy-
cred.
Social dance tonight Foresters hall
9 to u. Tickets 10 cents. Cards s
to TO- ADV.
Social dance tonight Foresters hall
8 to 10. Tickets 10 cents. Cards s
to TO- Adv
Maurice E. Rudd. who has been
confined to the house by Illness. is
able to be out again.
The new style ladies' militant mid
dies. just arrived at the New York
store ADV.
Homer Lyons and family have NOV
ed into the house recently built by
him on County street.
Miss TIildred Hart, who has been
WISHING Her moluei' NIB. H. H. iiai .
has returned to Springfield, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs William Bashaw of
Rutland. who have been visiting rela-
tives in town, have returned home.
Catamount commandery, U, 0. G.
c., held a card party in their rooms
Wednesday evening. The prizes
were awarded to Mrs. Lyman Arm
strong and w. C. Houran.
Tbout thirty ladies' of circle No. 3,
Nj. e. church, and other friends spent
last evening at the home of Mrs.
Nina Allen giving her birthday
surprise. 1t was pleasant occasion.
Refreshments were served and gifts
presented in token of friendship and
esteem.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-13

"Mr. and Mrs, Hubbard and several
other first-class passengers were
standing under the bridge, huddled
together, when the ship went down"
he said.
"They were perfectly cool and col
lected, and made no attempt to rush
for the boats They believed the
statements of the Lusitania's officers,
who had megaphoned to them that
the boat would float and that there
was no danger
81 consider the slow speed of the
Lusitania and the fact that she kept
on blowing her fog horn as nothing
more than an invitation to the Ger
mans to come and torpedo her.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-13

A youthful bride had undertaken to
keep house. she went to the municipal
markets of course. One day the man at
the vegetable stall displayed for her
admiration. a bunch of fine asparagus,
picked not three hours ago." he said.
The new housekeeper gazed upon the
asparagus with unaffected amazement.
Does It grow like that?" she asked. II
always supposed the cook braided the
ends of it."-New York Post.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-13

tania We're built with the assistance
of government loan of $13000,000,
the officials of the American line, the
only one flying the American flag
across seas, believe that their line
should also receive encouragement in
their scheme to build up an Ameri-
can merchant marine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-13
Hard Hearted.

According to hard hearted Chica-
goan, the time will come when sickly
man will nor be able to borrow money
or get commercial credit.
Shades of Poe. Carlyle and Steven
son. what's TO become of the anemic
poets ?-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-13
unguentol.

is an antiseptic healing ointment for
the treatment of eczema and all skin
diseases it contains no harmful drug
yet is powerful germicide and heal.
ing emollient.. Much study and many
experiments have proven repeatedly
that no remedy can compare with I'm
guentol for the quick relief and posi-
tive cure of eczema and skin troubles.
Harold w. Cole Pharmacist.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-13
PLAN NEW AMERICAN LINERS
Officials to Ask Government Aid in
Building Four.

New York. May 13.-The American
line announced yesterday that it
would ask the Government to assist
it in the construction of four fine
new ships of the Lusitania type, cap
able of making Is knots or more. In
asmuch as the Lusitania and Maure-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-13
FIND co-EDucATIoN A FAILURE
Westminster College Trustees viii
Gust 249 Girl Pupils.

Denver, May 12.-Coeducation is a
failure, according to the board of
trustees of Westminster College, who
took action today abolishing women
pupils at the heavily endowed Pres
byterian educational institution.
As a result 249 "co-eds" will be dis
missed Also the girls dormitory
erected at cost of nearly 100000,
will be devoted to other purposes.
The college trustees do not believe
it feasible to get the best results
where the sexes are mixed in classes.
HUBBARDs COOL TO LAST
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-13
Eyewitness Says They Made No At
tempt to Rush for Boats

Queenstown, May 12.-FJ Perry
of London, one of the Lusitania sur
vivors was the last person to see Ell
bert Hubbard alive and the
first to give information OF the final
moments of the American writer.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-11-25
TWO BRAVE BOYS.

When the firebells ring in the city
and you know that house is on fire.
It does not brighten you, because you
know that the brave firemen will be
there soon and put out the fire.
But in the country there are no fire.
men or engines. and the people have
cause to be alarmed when a fire
breaks out.
Thomas and William lived on a
farm. Thomas was fourteen and Will
liam twelve, but they were sturdy lads
and knew how to work.
One morning their father and
mother went to the city to be gone
all day, and after the boys finished
their work they went into the woods
for berries.
They had filled their pals and were
returning home when William said:
Father and mother must have come
back early. can see the smoke from
the chimney"
Thomas did not answer for a min
ute, and then he said. That smoke
is not coming from the chknney; it
looks as though one of the buildings
is on fire.
Both boys ran as fast as they could,
and then when they were nearer Will
liam said: It's the barn, and we must
get the horses out"
The poor animals were kicking
about in their stalls and frantically
Juggling at their halters.
We must wet our handkerchiefs
and tie them over our mouths" said
William, running to the pump. 1t takes
more time to tell about it than it took
The boys to do this. Then they ran
into the barn and united the two
horses and led them out.
Thinking that they would look out
FOR themselves, the boys began pump
ing water to pour on the flames.
They wet their heads again and
went into the barn with pals of water.
when the horses came running in and
acting in the most frantic manner
One of them knocked William to the
floor, and in. the smoke Thomas did
not see him, and supposing that he
would catch one of the horses, Thorn
as caught The other, and led him out
and tied him to tree.
When William did not appear he
began to be frightened, for the flames
we're coming up through the floor, but
Thomas did not stop to think of that.
He knew William was in the burning
Darn.
Wetting his face and head again, he
-an into the barn. His feet struck
something, and he felt to see what it
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-11-25

Interested in the Peep o. Day stallion
Cock o the Walk and he has half a
dozen mares of American stock.
Whether his attempt to grow blue
grass on James river land turns out
Well or not. it is certainty that he
will produce race horses at Curls
Neck. Bluegrass pasturage is we'll
enough. but it Is not absolutely essen.
tial to the production of the thorough
bred. There is none at Harry Payne
Whitney's Brookdale farm in Mon
mouth county, N. J. Monmouth county
is celebrated for its potatoes. Yet Mr..
Whitney's stud has been the most sue
cessful in this country these three or
four years. Moreover, the late Col.
William r. Johnson raised good race
horses few miles to the southwark
of Mr.. Billings place before the war.
and more recently the late Virginia
Bradley bred the American derby win
ner, Robert Waddell twenty or thirty
miles down the river in Charles coun-
ty. Mr.. Billings will find substitute
for bluegrass If 1t develops that the
Cur1s Neck stud must have one, no
matter what it costs. for he does not
stop when he sets out to do something
and, being man of wealth, he does
not have to bother about the cost
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-11-25

In all the world there is no faster
saddle horse than Uhlan. the famous
beauty owned by c. X. G. Billings
Uhlan holds the worlds trotting rec
ord. having covered mile in I min
ute 541a seconds. Mr.. Billings paid
$4,000 for the horse.
Mr.. Billings, who has the veteran
trainer of thoroughbreds, Charles +.
Patterson, in England. buying year
iings for next seasons racing about
Washington, Baltimore and New York,
Is going to help bring back the glory
of the Old Dominion as a breeding
place for thoroughbreds,' said John
Manahan of New York the other day
to a Washington Post correspondent
Mr.. Billings never thought of breed
ing thoroughbreds until he became the
owner of the Curls Neck property be-
low Richmond, developed by the late
Carl Semi. One of the things Mr.. Sent
did at Curls Neck was to establish
upward of thousand acres OF alfalfa
1t is the intention of Mr.. Billings to
turn under part of this alfalfa and es-
tablish bluegrass pasturage. He ex-
poets to recruit his stud from the stall
lions and mares he has purchased
abroad through Patterson and by pur-
chases in this country. Already he is
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-11-25
SOLDIERS FIGHT UNDER FIRE
Men Have High Old Times With
the Gloves After Coming Out Of
Trenches-Disregard Shells.

Lance Corporal Keyworth of the
Twenty-fourth County Queens" of
London, who was decorated with the
Victoria cross for bravery in throwing
bombs at German position for two
hours while exposed to rifle fire, tells
this story of boxing among the sol
diers:
After coming out of the trenches,
the men have high old time with the
gloves. Shortly after the engagement
at Givenchy we went to a picture pal
ace, only three miles behind the firing
line, and saw some fine boxing. 1t was
like this: The building where the
scrapping was held had been banged
up by shells, and it was easy to mag
inc it falling in heap.
It was, nevertheless, packed with
fellows who, not being able to box
themselves, let things go on the mouth
organ. Boxing gloves and mouth or
gans are ever SO popular. / don't know
what we should do without them.
But the boxing every contest went
to the bitter end. There was no vic
tory on points. 1t was all long, glo-
rious slug, and all the time the slug,
ging was going on shells were continu-
ally dropping around and about but
no one bothered the least little bit"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-11-25
TEACH BOYS MILITARY DRILL
Australian Youths Enter Ranks Of
"Junior Cadets" at Age of Twelve
Must Be a Soldier.

Australian boys begin their military
career at the age of twelve years.
when they enter the ranks of the "Ju-
nior Cadets and drill under the in
struction OF their schoolteachers.
Their target practice is limited to
shooting what is popularity known as
the twenty-five rifle.
At the age of fourteen the school
boy is graduated into the Senior Ca
diets" and here his military training
begins in dead earnest. He learns to
care for his rifle which the govern
ment furnishes to him. The state also
gives him an olive drab military uni
form. He learns the movements Of
squad and company formations and
learns to deploy as skirmisher.
The Australian schooiboy becomes
a soldier irrespective of his own
wishes in the matter, or those of his
parents Truancy officers, such as in
this country watch the attendance at
school, in Australia hale into court
the parents of boys who are absent
from their military drill, and it is not
an infrequent occurrence for heavy
fines to be levied on parents who are
indifferent to their sons military edu-
cation.-The American Boy.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-11-25
q Can See the Smoke

vas. 1t was William, who had struck
lis head in falling, and the smoke had
made him faint.
Thomas dragged him out and laid
aim on the ground and went back for
he other horse that happened to be
1ear the door just then. The flames
lad singed his tail and name, and he
Vas a sorry-looking animal Thomas
led him to a tree, and then went to
William.
He wet his face, and after while
he opened his eyes. What is the mat
err" he asked
Thomas told him. And now we
must save the house and other build
ngs,' he said, by putting out this
ire. You get the dinner horn,". he
old William, and blow loudly as you
cam
The pump was near enough to the
barn, so that he did not have to run
FAR, and Thomas pumped and carried
pals OF water and threw on the burn
ing floor His poor arms ached and
mis- hands smarted, but he did not stop,
and by the time the horn was heard
by the farmer down the road, Thomas
had succeeded in resrly extinguish-
ing The flames. The .ower part of the
barn was damaged, but by his hard
work Thomas had kept the fire from
spreading and saved the house. He
had saved his brother, also, for II
Thomas had not been brave and gone
into the smoking barn William would
have been burned.
When their father and mother came
home that night, they saw from the
road that the barn was burned, and
when the boys told them all that hap
pened, they thought they had two
brave boys.
When their mother kissed them
good night she said, Il am proud Of
my heroes, but we must not forget the
Ono who watched over and protected
you. and thank him in our prayers. >
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-11-25
TWO ODD OPTICAL ILLUSIONS
Three Circles Seem to Chase Each
Other in Same Direction-Wire
hoops Are Quite PuxxIing-

There are some tricks that can be
played on persons eyes which are
pure illusions. Hold this paper foot
or more from your eyes ana turn it
gently round to the right or left in
small circles, keeping your eyes fixed
on the three rings.
As you move the paper round like
the hands of a watch you will find that
the rings in these circles seem to chase
each other in the same direction, and
the longer and more intently you look
at it the faster they go.
Circles can be made with spokes ii,
them which to some persons seem to
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-11-25

shot. These tiny little pushes prob
ably looked to Marston as hard as
hitting dime with rifle from thou
sand yards, for Gardner won the hole
and took the extra one, and so quail
fed to play Anderson.
In his final match the Chicago man
showed the same skill, and, after a
close and very exciting battle, finally
vanquished the last man that stood be-
tween him and the championship.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-11-25
Circles Chase Each Other.

be going in the opposite direction to
that in which the paper is turned, but
the illusion is not SO perfect unless
the circles are much larger than there
is space for in this column.
Here is another curious optical illu-
sion that has puzzled great many
persons who have tried to account
for it:
II we suppose these to represent
wire hoops, which of them is nearest
you, A or B? The answer is that it
is the one you first make up your mind
is nearest you. But now il you look
steadily at it for few moments your
eyes will get tired of that idea and
will suddenly shift that hoop to the
farthest away from you, in spite Of
your wishing to keep it as it was, and
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-11-25
ABE COUNTED HOUSE;
THEN FOUGHT MORAN

Abe was fighting Owen Mo-
ran, former protege of Char
ley Harvey OF San Francisco.
Moran was tearing into him like
a mailman, with Attell ducking
and blocking languidly as he
looked around the house. Sud-
denly Abe grappled Moran and
wrestled him over to the corner
where Monte Attell, Abe's
brother, was sitting.
Monte said Abe sadly over
the struggling Moran's shout
der, Il tell you that there
isn't a cent more than three
thousand dollars in the house.
counted the bleachers and the
boxes myself Only three-dol-
lar people came in after the
first round"
Then Abe settled down to the
less important business of box
ing Moran.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-11-25
Switch Baseball and Football.

Every. spring the baseball players
ball; every fall the football players
kick because it is too hot. Why not
have the representative Of these two
sports get together and arrange to
swap seasons? A 1890 April tenn
perature is better for football than
an $4,000 September temperature, and
the converse is equally true.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-11-25
THE SAW ESAU SAW

'Esau sawed wood. Esau
Wood would saw wood All the
wood that Esau Wood saw, Esau
Wood would saw. In other
words, all the wood Esau saw
to saw Esau sought to saw. All
the wood Wood would saw, And,
oh! the woodsaw with which
Wood would saw wood. But one
day Woods woodsaw would saw
no wood, and thus the wood
Wood sawed was not the wood
Wood would saw if Woods
woodsaw would saw wood. Now,
Wood would saw wood with a
woodsaw that would saw wood.
So Esau sought a saw that
would saw wood, and one day
Esau saw saw saw wood as
no other woodsaw would saw
wood. In fact, of all the wood
saws Wood ever saw saw wood,
Wood never saw a woodsaw that
would saw wood as that wood
saw Wood saw would saw wood,
and so | saw Esau Wood saw
wood with the woodsaw Wood
saw saw wood
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-11-25
Johnny Exers, Ria Salary

Second Baseman John Evers of the
Boston Braves receives $4,000 year
salary and is under contract for 1916
and 1917. In addition to his salary his
contract calls for an additional $4,000
if Boston wins the pennant; $500 If
the team finishes second; $1,000 If it
gains third place. end $500 for fourth
place.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-11-25
Wire Hoop illusion.

after you have looked at it in its new
position for space it will go back
again.
If you do not decide which is the
nearest to you at first, but just look at
the middle hoop steadily, you will see
them one way. perhaps with A in
front and toward you, and then A will
suddenly go back and B will be in
front
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-11-25
NEW CHAMPION GOLF PLAYER
Robert Gardner, Young Yale Graduate,
Recently Walked Off With Title
at Detroit Tournament.

Another new champion has arrived
with the victories of Robert Gardner
of Chicago, the young Yale graduate,
who recently walked off with the
crown of the United States Golf as
ISOLATION, at Detroit, Mich. Gardner
qualified to play J. G. Anderson, the
Eastern player, by defeating Marston
in game that hinged on an 1S-inch
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-11-25
Sox Train at Macon.

The Chicago White Sox will do
their spring training in Macon, Ca.
next year. if the persuasive powers OF
Macon's mayor and city council count
for anything. An invite has been sent
Charles Comiskey
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-11-25
Johnny Farrell Receivers.

Johnny Farrell. the Whales second
sacker who was forced to quit during
the summer because Of illness, hopes
to be back in the lineup next spring.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-11-25
Medical Examination pax

During tuberculosis week which
will be celebrated throughout the Uni
ted States from December to Decem-
Der IL, national medical examination
day will be observed on December g..
Groups and individuals will be urged
to make arrangements for physical ex-
animation on that day. A circular de-
scribing in detail how the advantages
Of medical examination day may be
obtained and indicating certain physi-
cal impairments which everyone
should look for will be sent on request
from the office of the National Asso-
citation for the Study and Proven
ton of tuberculosis. l05 East Twenty
second street, New York city.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-11-25
keep Something in Reserve.

Don't tell all you know. Maintain
some reserve. There is nothing more
useless than dry we'll
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-11-25

To keep clean and healthy take DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regulate
liver, bowels and stomach.-Adv.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-11-25

Sometimes man gets tired of be-
ing good and experiments in vice out
of curiosity.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1915-11-04
Seriebtet aber Kriesslaee.

Ser budtu. George 8islinser,
8eftor Der ct. Iarien : Stride in
aeotuf, Soma, lit neuIid bon einem
geiufe ieiner Seimatb in 8apern
3nrildgefehrt. er Idgt, bah so
Yro5cnt aler neripunbeten beutihen
Soleaten pieoer sur Srent suriidz
febren, bab ieboh Solbaten tpie Sffis
5iere bes arieses miibe iinb nnb cinen
abermaIi9en @interfelb3us iIrhten.
Die 0euti6en baben erobe ahtuns
Dor Den fran5oiiihen Solbaten. Die in
bieiem Selo5ue bel mebr Yatriotisz
mus 3eieen als i'm Sabre 1870 unb
Die beiten Sruppeu Der aliierteu
bilben. Bon Den Ganabiern iperben
MIR ipenise tpieosr ua6 Suuic toms
men. pcnn Tie mubtcn bic Sauptlait
oes Samples trasen unb ibre better
H%csimcntcr ipurbcn fat poqitdnbia
perniftct. l%leberbaupt seben Die
Sffi5ierc auer armccn gu. baB Die
beiten Hesimeuter nncr Mrmcen aufs
gcrieben fporoen limb. Sic beutid,en
Sfi3iere insen. baB nod fcin enalis
i6er SffiSier iein Gbreniport ge>
brohen bat. Sic perpfdnSen cs MIR
llngern, lpenn lie es aber einmal oez
9cbcn taben, bnlten tic eS aud, unocrs
brild'lid. Gin bcutifcr Sfiisier. Der
lcln Gbrcnlport brift, bari gar uid,t
nlebr IN 'cinc 6cirnutb 5uriidtcbren.
- HorosI mcrifa."
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1915-11-04

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