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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-08

WEDNESDAY, 1Ot-Tenth episode of The Exploits
Elaine" two parts entitled Current "A
Greater Americans" comedy % Mayrdom"
with Arthur Johnson and Lotte Brsco
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-08

TUESDAY, MARCH 9thA Daughter of the People" FIVE
featuring Laura Sawyer and Frederick DeBeleve 9Th
the Cold Gray Dawn of the Morning After by George AIDE
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oONDVlLLE

G. L. Burbank had his house
shingled last week
Relatives from Canada recently
visited at l.. w. Bryants.
l.. G. Roberts and two children
were in Manchester Saturday
Hobert Faskett Of Jamaica was in
town visiting relatives Sunday.
Mrs, Eugene Bristol of Groton, vt,
was a guest at l.. G. Roberts last
week
Mr. and Mrs. A. w. Butler of ia
maica were guests at J. NJ Kendalls
cunday.
Miss Nina Morse of New London.
Conn, is visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ed. Morse.
Miss Kathleen Sullivan of Win
throp, Mass, is spending few weeks
mt Rev. Peroival Hewitts,
Hilda and Florence Cobb of South
Londonderry are spending few
days with Mrs. John Gardiner.
Miss Hettie Haven of South Lon
donderry recently visited her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. +. d. Hayward
Mr.. and Mrs. d. j. Kendall and son
Waldorf of New York are visiting
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. j. M. Ken
DAN
Mrs Sarah Burbee is having her
barn shingled Her brother Clarence
Gleason of Westminster West, is do,
ing the work
Henry Kendall and daughter, Mrs.
Guy Hazelton of Manchester Depot
have returned home from their visit
at J. NJ. Kendall's.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. P. Burbank and
daughters Hazel and Mildred of
Chester who have been visiting rela-
tiyes. returned home Sunday.
Mrs. Henry Slade OF Manchester
Depot, and Miss Addie Burbank of
Manchester Center were recent
guests at Mrs. Flora Burbanks.
Mrs. Nellie Burbank and daughters,
Dorothy and Marion went to Dunn
merston Saturday. They expect to
return Wednesday. Her mother, Mrs
Jacob Ellenburg of Fair Haven, n.
j., is also expected Wednesday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-08
TWO ACCIDENT CASES
Reported to the State Industrial Acct
dent Board

Montpelier, June S-Two accidents
of a serious nature have been report
ed to the industrial accident board at
the State House, one occurring at
Mortified Tuesday morning and the
other at Cambridge last Friday. a
total of three accidents have been
sent in to the board by employers
since the workman's compensation
law went into effect the first of last
month.
j. Battistina of Northfeld, employ
ed by Cross Bros. Granite Co., suffer
ed the loss Of two toes when a stone
which he was moving slipped and
fell upon one foot. The accident hap
pened at 10 O'clock yesterday.
Paul p. Mikel, employed as labor
er by the Standard Oil Co. at Cam
bridge is in Mary Fletcher hospital
at Burlington suffering from injuries
received when a blast went off unex-
pectedly. According to the report
made to the board, Mikel was lamp
ing charge of powder in a hole,
when spark, probably caused by the
drill striking pebble in the cement
ignited the explosive. The man had
his eyes injured, nose lacerated,
chest hurt and thumb and foreiinger
on his right hand injured. 1t is fear
ed that he will lose the sight of one
eye. He is 40 years of age.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-08
An East Indian Crime.

The occidental reader who shrugs his
shoulders deploringly over the evils Of
Indian caste has little conception of
what suffering the custom involves.
Its tragedies extend even TO the hum
bic, commonplace matters of everyday
life. \ little incident witnessed Icy
Prince Bojidar Karageorgevitch and
chronicled in his Enchanted India"
needs no comment.
Stones and flying sticks were thrown
at little pariah girl whose shadow ms
she passed deliled the food of Brah-
man.
He merely threw away the rice,
which the dogs soon finished. But the
bystanders who witnessed the girls
insolence in going so near holy man
she, 50 base and unworthy-flew at
the unhappy creature, who ran away
screaming and dropping the load of
wood she was carrying on her back.
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SAVED BY POETRY.
Plaintive Plea That Moved Lysander to
Spare Athens.

Plaintive Plea That Moved Lysander to
Spare Athens.
When, r. C. 404, after heroic strug-
gle, Athens, the City of the Violet
Crown was captured by Lysander
there were not wanting clamorous
voices to urge that the city whose lust
for empire had brought such woes on
Greece ought to be laid level with the
ground.
The Spartan general at first lent a
willing ear TO his powerful allies, but
while the council was still debating
this momentous issue a plaintive voice
was heard from the city walls chant
ing those noble lines from the Flee
ira" of Euripides, that most human
Of the poets of Greece. in which the
heroine contrasts her fallen lot with
the splendid exploits Of her father,
who had dismantled the towers of
Troy.
Lysander bent lis head and pom
dered on fortunes cruel reverses. Trl-
umphant as Agamcmnon, who could
tell but that he might be reserved for
a fate as cruel? The lesson of mod
Grafton was accepted. Athe1s was
saved.
Milton has immOrtalized this dramat-
ic event in one of his best known SON
nets
The repeated air
or sad Eleotras poet had the power
To save tie Athcnian walls from ruin
bare.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-08
WEATHERcoCKS.
They Were Known Before Our Era and
Were Then Called Tritons.

Were Then Called IritonS.
The weathercock had its origin at q
very early date. Marcus Virtruvius
Pollia, a noted Roman architect and
engineer, who was born about so B. c.,
In his works calls vane triton,
probably because in his time it had
the form of triton. The usual form
ON towers, castles and secular build
ings was that of banner, but on &C.
clesiastical buildings it was repre-
sentation of the male of the barnyard
fowl.
There have been other forms of
vane. The one over st. Peters, Corn
hlll, London. is in the shape of key;
that over st. Nlildreth's church is a
gilt ship under full sail The grass
hopper of the Royal Exchange. Lon
don, is the vane that formerly sur
mounted the former exchange. The
dragon on the spire of Bow church,
Cheapside, is another celebrated vane.
One of Mother SYMPTOMS prophecies
was that when the dragon of Bow
church and the Srasshopper of the
Royal Exchange should meet the
streets of London would be deluged
with blood. In what way they should
meet the old dame did not explain, but
it is known that at one time these two
vanes were side by side in the yard
of a stonemason in Old Street road,
vet there was no shedding of blood
London Answers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-08
OPERATED CAR WHEN DRUNK
Sheldon Man Fined in st. Adams At
ter Hitting Another Car

st. Adams, July William Dauph-
in of Sheldon, was arranged before
Judge N. N. Post in city court yester-
day afternoon charged with driving
his automobile while under the infiu-
cnce of liquor. A half Pint of liquor
was found in his possession. Fle was
fined $25 and costs, a total of S3l79.
which he said he would pay as soon
as he could get into the bank in tie
morning Judge Post has reported
the case to Secretary of state Guy
w. Bailey. Dauphin ran his car out
Of the foundry garage on Federal
street, across the street, then back
again, as he went back he hit a car
owned by a Swanton man. which had
been run up beside the walk for the
purpose of filling the tank with gaso-
line. The Swanton car was some
what damaged.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-08
Holland,s Colonies.

Holland, with a population number
ing only little more than 5000 600
fourth the size of the state of Now
York, ranks third among the countries
of the earth in the number of its colo
rials and fifth among them in the area
Of its colonies. Only Great Britain
and France have greater colonial pop
uations, and only Great Britain,
France Germany and Portugal have
greater colonial areas. The Dutch rule
six times as many people-3S000,000 90
outside of Holland as there are with
in its boundaries. --Argonaut.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-08
The SPINAL Column.

The spinal column, or backbone, is
the most ingenious engineering struc-
ture ever constructed. 1t contains
within its center the spinal canal. in
jury to which would produce in us i'm
mediate paralysis or death. The sepa-
rate bones of the spinal column are
fitted ard adjusted so nicely that
there is little danger of this, and. be-
sides being provided with cushions, it
is elastic and strong.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-08

Mr.. and Mrs. 4. w. Butler of ia
maica were guests at j. NJ Kendalls
Cunday.
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Making Progress.

as the girl you love beginning to
smile on YOU
well. no." replied Cholly Litebrane
veraciously. she hasn't gone quite
that far, but every time | say anything
she smiles at me- Richmond Times
Dispatch.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-08
Unanswered.

"Say, pop, may l ask you a ques
tion?"
Yes, Teddy What is it?"
when mans finished milkin' I
cow, how does he turn off the MILK"
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Success In Fiction.

Crawford How can he make mon
ey out of short stories if he never sold
one?
Crabshaw-Why, man. he's teaching
others how 20 write them.-I.ife.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-23

fire on this, the day of good will,
In Germany and Austria every anu
every father makes Christmas the feast for the
children, the great day of reunion, the glad time
when all meet under the old r%oof-tree, and social
customs prevail over religious observances. The
Christmas tree is ubiq~uitous-everyone has it,
rich or poor-and no one omits Weihnachts
Bescheerung or Christmas gifts. To provide these,
the German people will, if need be, save UP half
the year. Each member of the household must
have something as a surprise, generally service
able prese nts that are often needed ana always
acceptable.
Singularly enough, the Christmas Is not cele-
brated as one would expect in Italy. There the
night Of the year is less a religious festival than
a fair. The world seems absorbed in dellrious
excitement, and all crowd round Pulcinello anc
divert themselves hilariously till the churches
claim them for the midnight mass. But the fun
goes on; they laugh ~gleefully, as only Italians
can laugh, enjoy themselves to their hearts CON
tent, but the celebrations are not home celebra
tons; it Is a general, not a domestic, feast.
In Russia and Poland the children put their
shoes filed with hay outside the door for the
horses of st. Nicholas; and it is believed in most
sections that st. Nicholas comes first on a pre-
~paratory visit ten days before Christmas to learn
which children have been good. He leaves nuts
and candy in the shoes of those who have been
good, Out nOLnluB IOF tHOSo WIN HdFo ueeu udut
who thus know that they may expect no presents
on the real Christmas day,
In Serbia and the other Balkan countries, at
dawn on the day before Christmas the sturdy peas
ant proprietor dispatches his sons to the forest.
On reaching the spot where the destined Christ
mas tree stands, the axbearer offers up a prayer;
then he draws on a pair of gloves, takes q hand
full Of corn, filings 1t against the tree, and says,
Good morning, and a happy Christmas to you.
This done, he addresses himself to the task of
telling, paying careful attention to the laws of the
"badnyak," which prescribes among other things
that all the cuts be made on one particular side.
once felled, the tree is carried home and leaned
against the east side of the house, where 1t re-
mains till evening. Then the wife lights two can
dies and places one on either side Of the door
way, while the husband goes forth to bring in the
"badnyak."
The master of the house now throws three nuts
into each Of the four corners of the room, saying
as he does SO: I'm the name of the Father:
in the name of the Son; in the name of the Holy
Ghost-Ameni"
All night everyone remains %gloating over the
cracking. roasting pig, with an eagerness OF
anticipation prcportionate to the zeal with which
they have observed the six weeks fast ~enjoined
by the Greek orthodox church BY this time
Christmas day has dawned, and on Christmas
everyone must go to service.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-23

embroiled look upon the United States as a greedy
animal growing fat and sleek feeding on their
life blood, and probably would return our gifts to
us with curt "Nothank-yous."
Instead | shall confess that l am weighed down
with the hopelessness of the situation. Here in
America we have all we may reasonably ask Of
Providence-considertng our own sins of politics
and social injustice. Over there they are cursed
beyond the power of words to describe, and the
curse will be felt for generations.
Millions in Europe are dying in the agonie5
Of starvation, cold and disease for want of food,
clothing, shelter and medical aid. What a ghast-
ly joke 1t would be in these circumstances for the
richest and luckiest nation to offer those millions
of pitiful children a little candy and fruit when
they need milk and broth, mittens when they need
blankets and clothing, dolls and toy trains when
they need doctors and nurses and sanitary sup
plies. No, this is no time for polite mementoes.
Let us concentrate on giving the only real help
that would suffice and that would be welcome
peace as soon as possible
Let us look upon the manner in which Europe
celebrated Christmas before the war.
In France and Belgium on Christmas eve the
b~araques, or booths, appear in the streets without
hindrance, and are all ablaze with candles and
glittering treasures, for every household must
contain some bright trinket in honor OF Noel. The
midnight mass is thronged; the magnificent
Christmas hymn is chanted everywhere, and then
al ID Bleeiui nonuay Ior an nOur or 30, Tor II ID
Christmas morning, the p~eace-making morning OF
the world
There is the boudin to be eaten. the calen. or
Christmas lamp, symbolical of the star that guild.
ed the Magi to Bethlehem, to be lighted, the lit.
tie creche to be exposed, and all happiness, all
goodwill to everyone to be expressed before re-
firing with the grand chorale OF peace sounding
in the ears. In the country the lads and lassies
merrily drag home the buche de Noel, correspond
ing to our Yule log, which is kindled by the head
Of the family; the boudin must be eaten and the
hot spiced wine sent round. and many q misun.
derstanding Is made clear beside the Christmas
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-23

Schools, churches, factories, homes-every sort
OF habitable place is filled with wounded. And
one of the most fourishing enterprises over there
is the sale of artificial limbs.
Even from Asia comes the wall of sorrow, for
Mohammedan Turkey is religiously slaughtering
its hundreds of thousands of Christian Armenian
subjects. News dispatches of the last few days
describe the terrible plight of refugees-penni.
less, ragged, hungry, diseased, noncombatants and
exhausted, beaten soldiers-who are sweeping
out of desolated Serbia into Greece. We read Of
women with children in arms spending a month
tramping through the snow-covered mountains.
hoping in the end to find a little warmth and
food and peace. We read Of frozen roadways
strewn with the bodies of those that stopped on
the way for a bit of rest--and never went on.
None Of the hundred million of us in the United
States can appreciate the horror of 1t all. Some
Of our war correspondents over there have seen
and heard, but none has suffered and endured as
those who are a part of the confagration.
Santa Claus will have a sorry time abroad this
year. Fathers and mothers have neither the
heart nor the means OF concentrating the birth
of the Child of Bethlehem and his mission among
men. OF necessity they and their children will
fast instead Of ~feast-if there Is any feasting 1t
will be a feast Of prayer and hope.
America sent no Christmas ship abroad this
wear. why not? some OF US may ask. Why not?-
with the United States at the height of prosperity
and blessed with peace. Perhaps because we
realize what a horror the war is. A prominent
newspaper man in one OF our large cities-a man
who had much to do with the success Of the
project last year-had this to say when the ques-
ton was brought up:
"a Christmas ship this year-a boatioad or two
or three boatloads OF dolls and jumping-jacks and
red apples and candy and cakes and mittens and
redtop boots for the kids Of Europe? shall not
dwell on the fact that the warning nations have
become much more deadly in their hate and sus-
picion and probably would refuse safe passage for
the cargoes from one country to another. | shall
not concern myself with the fact that the nations
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-23
seIectlna Names for churches.

Methodists have not been given to
invention in selecting names for their
church. Very few are called by the
of saints-unless Wesley, As
bury and Simpson are so styled. The
name Centenary has a MISUNDERSTOOD
meaning among us, and we have
numerous memorial churches bearing
the m of bishops or b~enefactors.
The rest are called First church, or
are named f0r the street on which
they are located. A writer in the Liv-
ing Church has classified the dedica.
tons of 6,861 Protestant Episcopal
churches in America. He finds COS
having the name Saint John, 40
Grace, etc. A list of 16 ~dedications
supplies names for two-thirds Of all
the churches of that communion
Christian Advocate.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-23
Too Many.

Amy good seats left?" asked the
tall, cadaverous looking man at the
box office.
PLENTY of EN-" said the box Office
man. "All down in front, too"
Great Scott! I'm sorry" said the
tall, cadaverous man, turning away
with a sigh. I'm the author of the
play."-London Opinion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-23
Dec. DC. 1914.

British made naval and air at
tack on German fleet without i'm.
portant results.
Zeppelin dropped bombs in
Nancy, German aeroplanes made
raid in Russian Poland and French
aviators attacked Metz.
Fighting in Flanders was halted
by dense fog.
Russians made gains In the
south.
French attacked Austrian naval
base at Pola in the Adriatic.
Germany notified neutral nations
their consuIs in Belgium would
not be recognized further.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-23

surface formed by dull blades set in a
cylinder. This cylinder makes one
revolution clockwise, then one in the
opposite direction, and this is record
ed by a counter as one rub. The other
end Of the cloth is clamped to q
roller; on which is placed the quad
rant, from which any number OF
weights can be suspended, and thus
put the cloth in tension. The ma
chine can be driven by an electric
motor. When the cloth is worn
through the machine automatically
stops.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-23
Dec. %. 1914.

Germans claimed to have
stopped allies in west.
Germans accused of Smelling
hospital in Ypres.
Russian army threatened rail-
way to Thorn and Germans re-
formed to protect it.
Won Hindenburg's left threat
ened by new invasion of Germany.
Germans crossed branches of
Bzura and Rawka rivers.
Austrians defeated in the Car.
pathians.
Arabs menaced Christians in
Hodeida and French consul was
seized.
Allied fleets bombarded German
positions on Belgian coast.
French destroyer shelied Turks.
Allied fleets shelIed KlLid Bahr.
Many Austrian soldiers killed in
troop train accident.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-23
Choice of His Heart

Charles had been to an afternoon
party. When his mother called for
him he was telling her how we'll he
liked a certain young miss.
Which one is she?" his mother in.
quired.
The one with the rufles on her
hair" he replied, pointing to a child
with a profusion Of golden curls.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-23
Dec. 25. 1914.

Unofficial Christmas along much
of the western front, the allies and
Germans in some instances ex
changing gifts and visits.
French shelled the outer forts of
Metz.
Civilians of East Prussia began
movement toward interior of prov
ince.
Russo-Turkish operations were
stopped by intense cold.
Two German aviators flew up
the Thames.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-23
Dec. %. 1914.

British using new howitzers in
west; French artillery demoIishes
German trenches.
French cruiser damaged by Aus.
tTian torpedo.
French submarine sunk by Aus
trian shore batteries.
German aviator dropped homh
in Dover.
Germany denied French charge
of hiring neutral ships to lay
mines in Mediterranean.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-23
English Town, II is Claimed. Has
Machine That Makes II Possible
tc Tell Value Of Goods.

A machine for testing the wearing
quality Of cloth has been produced In
Bradford. England. It may be found
Of interest to American firms which
manufacture. sell or use textile fab.
RIGS. Relative wearing qualities Of
different pieces Of cloth may be de-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-23
Cause for JOY.

A man came up to a lecturer in a
hotel in Manchester, saying, with en-
thusiasm:
We'll, sir, | enjoyed your lecture
very much last night"
81 didn't see you there"
"Oh, I wasn't there"
We'll, what do you mean by telling
me you enjoyed my lecture, and you
were not PRESENT."
"Oh, bought tickets for my girls
father and mother and they both
went"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-23
TESTS QUALITIES OF CLOTH

termined by placing them in the ma
chine and giving them a uniform mum
Der OF rubs, perhaps two hundred
each. This makes It possible to com
pare n kind OF cloth with it's imita-
ton. or to compare cloth samples OF
the same character from different
mills.
A piece Of cloth Is clamped in a
rigid Jaw and passes over a rubbing
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-23
unuualifiedlY False.

Skinner boasts that he never let's
anybody get ahead of him-that he
takes nobody's dust" "Skinner's a
falsifier; he takes everybody's dust he
can lay his hands on.'-Boston Tran
script.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-23
THE EUROPEAN WAR A
YEAR AGO THIS WEEK
Dec. 20. 1914.

DEC. ZUl 1879.
Won Hindenburg advanced fur
ther toward Warsaw.
Russians crossed the Bzura.
burning the bridges.
Serbians and Montenegrins
again invaded Bosnia.
Turks made gains near Lake
Urumiah.
Allied fleets bombarded interior
forts Of the DardanelIes.
Russians drove Turks toward
Van.
Belgian provinces agreed to pay
tax TO Germany.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-23
True Happiness.

To watch the corn grow and the
blossom set, to draw hard breath over
plowshare and spade, to read, to
think, to love, to hope, to pray--these
are the things to make a happy
Ruskin.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-23
Driven TO Desperation.

Il am SO tired of being conventional
and customary and correct" stated H.
H. Harsh, that one of these days /
shall stop right in front Of a church
and in a firm voice calculate Draft"
kansas City Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-23
chlnese vlew III AmarIcana.

An American teacher in Picking re-
peats the interesting summary OF
Americans made by one Of her pu-
pills. as follows: 1.-THE Americans are
quite clean. like the Japanese. and
eat clean food, so they have little time
to catch III. Americans take their
wives whenever they travel. Most Of
the Europeans have boards. but the
Americans shave every day"