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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-24
STOP MA VACATION IN
 THE IRISH CHANNEL
English Admiralty Issues Orders Restricting For Navigation Waters Lying Between England and Scot
 land and Ireland

London February 23.7(1O D. m)-The British admiralty that the Irish channel and the channel waters lying England and Scotland and Ireland have been Etricted for navigation from today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-24
Crew Lands

Washington February 2S.-presIdeLt Wilson d'scussed with his cabinet today the general situation produced by the declaration of submarine war on mer- ( hant vessels and 1t was said later the replies from England and Germany to tte irfcr nal representatsons would have
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-24
American and Norwegian Merchant Ships Sunk in Death" Zone - Crews Are Saved
BRITISH STEAMERS OVERDUE BELIEVED
 TO HAVE BEEN SUNK
England Claims Commerce Not Greatly Interrupted by Mine and Submarine Warfare

London. February 23.--t5,50 D. m, An official announcement says riot at Singapore, in the Fifth Light infan- try. over promotions. has been quc'icd. ous."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-04
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Miss Ethel Gooding of Springfield
Mass, IS visiting at her former home
here.
The regular meeting OF ST. Agnes
Gunu will be held Tuesday evening at
the Parish house
Mrs. Robert Gardner of the Pow
nal road is confined to the house as a
result of fall on the ice.
~. NJ. c. A. Work in Vermont
Will be the subject of an illustrated
talk by b. n. Clark, State Secretary
OF the Association at the local Y. NJ.
c. A. tonight at p. m. This will be
with the stereopticon lantern and
Will show the various lines of work
done in this state, among railroad
men, fare boys, granite and marble
workers besides the various groups
OF boys and men in the cities. Camp
life viii alsos be shown as part of the
activities of the state. This lecture
will be free to all men and women
and boys and 81 Is over ID who are
interested in the work of the associ-
alton.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-04
POWNAL

Thomas {. O'Connor Of North Ad-
ans was in town Friday.
Arthur Rood of Troy was the guest
of his aunt. Mrs. D. 7. Bates Friday.
There was very pleasat dancing
patty at Pownal Center Wednesday
evening. The comittee in charge was
Wolcott Potter and Ralph l4add
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Wright return
ed last night from Laconia, n. H.,
where they have been for 10 days
visiting their daughter, Mrs. Raymond
Fairmen.
Miss Eva Brimmer recently was
operated on by Dr. Wright of North
Adams for growth in her throat.
The operation was not a severe one
and Miss Brimmer is suffering no in.
convenience.
The benefit concert in the Baptist
church Friday evening was great
success. All the numbers on the
prog am were we'll taken and the
audience appreciated every number
The playing of the Glassaphone by E.
f.. Guilford was a unique feature and
his mastery OF common goblets was
amazing. Some one remarked that it
was equal and sounded like an expert
with the flute. The amount taken in
will go to the church piano fund.
Owing to misunderstanding GU, in
fo~mant. we incorrectly stated that
Mrs. Mary A. Scoheld had had one
Of her feet amputated. The item
should have read that it was feared
that she would be obliged to lose the
foo,
3. f. Towne and A. G. Parker are
the first local auto owners to get
their 1915 numbers. Mr. Towne took
his family and Mrs. e. T. Parker to
North Adams yesterday where they
had dinner at the Berkshire There
was queer coincidence in the new
numbers for the Parker cars. The
Ford got the same old 80 which it has
had since the dark ages while the
Chandle' was allotted No. 1888, the
four numbers of which added together
mako the same number as the Ford.
The North Adams cars all seemed to
be running with 1914 number plates.
Mrs. Charles Gates of Eagle
Bridge, wife of the former section
foreman here and her daughter, Mrs.
Hefferman were guests of Mrs. Fraz-
Ter Hayes Of Lincoln Ave-, yesterday.
Roy G.. Lampman, local agent for
Saxon cars started this morning for
Bridgeport Conn He expects to 80
today where lie will stay for several
days attending the automobile show.
Next Thursday Mr. Lampman will be
a guest at the Hotel Knickerbocher
where the Saxon Co., tender din
ner to all their dealers who attend the
show.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-04
Oriuin Of tiumbuu.

1t is not generally known that the
word "hnmbug." long so much In
vogue. is OF Scottish origin There
was in uldcn time race called Bo,;ue
or Bong OF that Tx in Berwickshire-
\ daughter Of the family married a
son of Hume. of Hume In process OF
time. by default OF male issue. the
Rogue estate devolved on one Geordie
Hume. who was called popularity
Hume of the Bogue.' or, rather. III um
o. the Bug.
He was inclined 10 the marvellous
and had II vast inclination To cxalt
himself, his wife. family. brother and
all his ancestors OH both sides. His
tales. however. did not pass current.
and at last. when any one made an ex.
traordlnary statement in the Nearns.
the hearer would shrug up his Shout
ders and style it Just "A hum o the
bug" This was shortened into hum-
bug. and the word soon spread over
the whole kingdom .-Philadephia In.
0uirer
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-04
TINY HAMMERS IN STEAM.
Billions of Flying Molecules Give the
Gas Its Power.

Billions of Flying Molecules Give the
Gas Its Power.
There is an old Scotch proverb that
"Mony mickle maks muckle."
which means that many little things
put together make much The power
of steam is case of this, for it can
drive great boats through the water
and it can tear up the greatest rocks.
Yet all its power is due to the coming
together of little units of power.
When we speak of steam we mean
water vapor-water in the form Of gas.
This gas is formed under pressure and
has power TO expand. 1t is this eXpan-
slve power that does the work After
lard the gas becomes cool and con-
densed, so that we can see it, and that
is what we call steam.
The power Of the gas is due to the
tiny molecules of water of which it is
made. These are flying about i'll all di-
rections trying to get loose and so
striking against the sides of whatever
hens them in The force in one Of
these molecules is very tiny. for the
amount of stuff in the molecules is so
small If you had hammer smaller
than you could see you could not drive
a nail with it. But as there are bill
lions of these little hammers flying
about hi the gas they are able to do all
the work that steam does. From The
Childs Book of knowledge"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-04
Clearinq For Action.

When warship is cleared for action
not only is everything movable on the
decks removed or made secure but
every article made OF wood is. rs far
rs practicable. thrown overheard.
Sofas. tables. chairs, pianos. all the
furnishings of officers quarters. IN fact,
are hufriedIy pnt over the side hy the
blueiacketS. aud In Il few minutes rs
much as 1000 worth of stun is iloat-
ing round the Dreadnought At the
moment that warship is preparing 10
tire not single soul is to be seen on
the decks All the sailors are below
working the guns and getting the anu
munition ready london Answers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-04
GEoGHf oKlCAL PUZZLES.
Where Were Ultima Thule and the Lost
Atlantis [ lated?


\ most ilugHiha geographic mystery
has come down from ancient times.
This is the Old question as To the idcn-
lily of Ultima Thule. II was about 400
Is. {. that i'ytheaS. Il citizen of Mas
silia. sailed on his famous voyage. He
discovered Albion and then continue ed
farther north until he reached SPOT
which lie named Ultima Thule. What
this country WIS has never been deter
mined. Ii lmHy have been Shetland or
Norway or Iceland.
Another ancient puzzle IL that of At
iantis. lt is commonly believed now
adays that this vanished continent did
once actually lie beyond the pillars of
Hercules. and there are theories unend-
Ing concerning it. Some regard ihe
Canary islands as fragmentary remains
or 1t. others think that the supposedly
lost land was really America: but. In
considering these speculatious. 1t is
we'll 10 bear In mind the fact that the
first mention Of the country was made
hy Plato. aud many scholars are sure
that the philosopher merely INDUCED In
an imaginative eight. The solitary evl.
dence that Atlantis ever existed is his
reference to it-Chicago Herald
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-04
ANTIQUITY OF kits.
They Were Worn, It is Said, by Soldiers
of Ancient Assyris.

They We're Worn, 1t Is Said, by Soldiers
of Ancient Assyris.
The Kilt IS n style of dress that is i'm
mensely old. The soldiers of Assyrian
kings are said to have worn a sort OF
Kilt while. as We all know, the noun
taineerS Of the Balkans regard it rs in
dispensable.
1t seems To have been worn III Scot
land from prehistoric times and, ac-
cording to some authorities, was at one
time only the plaid worn across the
shoulders. In cold weather it was twist
ed around the waist. or perhaps it
would be more correct to say that part
of It was.
Killed regiments are comparatively
modern. as the first highland troops.
the Black Watch, We're recruited in
1925 and were called by their now his
toric name owing to the somber color
OF their tartans-black, blue and green.
When they were originally raised
each company wore the tartan OF its
commanding officer, and when banded
together in one regiment a special one
was designed to prevent jealousy. The
Seaforths wear the Mackenzie tartan,
the Argyll and Sutherland the Camp
bell and the Gordons and Camerons the
same rs their name. i london Saturday
Review
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-04
No Heart In Il.

= Broad street employer Of tenn
peramenta stenocrapher is man OF
practical sense and real kindness vino
wants the girl to succeed at her bust
ness The other day he called her into
his private office and had fatherly
talk with her. Later one OF her col
leagues in the same building met her In
the elevator.
Say, Gladys" she said whats this
about your boss having a heart to heart
talk with you this mornings"
Henri nothing" responded the TEN.
peramental creature. tossing her blond
locks like an orinnmmc of war. What
he handed TO me hadn't no more heart
I'm 1t than there is in stab of liver at
II ten cent beanery. See?'
Which is one reason why girl stcnog-
raphers can no hired nj Sc Il week.
New York Sun
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-04
Puttinn the K In Kant.

Kant the Scoto- German, began his
name with an alien TX" on the same
principle that caused Murdoch. the
Scottish coal gas discoverSr, to bring
his TO az end with a *" IL you turn
to Murdoch's biographers you find
them explaining that Murdoch with Il
*" is the English form Of Murdoch
with an III" But the great gas man
himself explained that he made the
change in spelling Ito oblige the Eng
fish. among whom he lived" He
found that they had difficulty in Civ
ing "the full cultural pronunciation"
to the last syllable, and so he made
things easy.-Iondon Chronicle.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-04
ONE VIEW OF WAR.
And the Question of the Mother Of tho
Slain Soldier Boy.

And the Question of the Mother OF tho
Slain Soldier Boy.
When but consider the word war
feel shock. as If one spoke to me Of
witchcraft. inquisition, some dead and
distant thing. abominable. monStrouS.
unnatural.
When we hear OF cannlbals we smile
with pride and proclaim our superior
ity over those savages.
What are savnges. real savages
those who fight to eat the victims or
those who fight to kill. merely TO XIII?
Those youthful soldiers OF the line
speeding along yondcr are destined 10
along the roads by butcher. They are
destined to fall on plain. their heads
cleft by II stroke from sword or their
breast pierced Ivy bullet And these
are young men who could work. pro-
duce be useful. Their fathers are old
and poor; their mothers. who during
twenty years have loved and Worship
ed them. as mothers can worship will
learn in six months or perhaps year
that the son, the child. the big child.
brought up with so much trouble, with
50 much money. with so much love.
was thrown into hole like dead dog
after his body, riddled by bullet. had
been tramplpd and crushed into pulp
by the charge OF cavalry. Why have
they killed her boy. her noble boy. her
only hope, her pride. her life?
She cannot tell. Yes, why?-Guy de
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-04
ISLAND OF CYPRUS.
Once Famed For Its Forests, II Has
Had Stirring History.

Had Stirring history.
Cyprus is an island in the Medlter-
ranean which has figured largely in
the history of Europe Famed in an
tiquity for It's forests, today, except for
the pine woods on the SUBMITS Of its
historic mountain, IT is largely bare and
treeess From Egypt came m0uarclls
TO find timber for their tleets. and from
Athens and Rome men TO work its rich
copper mines. The APOSTLE Paul Wis
tied Cyprus in his first great mission
airy journey, and Mark went there later
with Barnabas.
At the division of the Roman empire
Cyprus went TO the Byzantine emner
ors. In the twelfth century England
took the island and sold it to the
knights Templars, who in turn sold IT
TO the king of Jerusalem. In 1910 the
Turks sent 10000 men against Cyprus.
Nicosia. its capital, was taken after a
forty-fiye day siege, and 10000 people
were put to the sword. In 1878 Eng
land and Turkey entered into an agree
ment whereby Turkey retained soyer
eighty over the island. while England
tool, charge OF It's administration.
Cyprus is 14s miles long. from forty
10 fifty miles wide and is about $500
square miles in area, with fertile
plain separating northern and southern
mountain ranges. The island produces
copper, gold. silver, asbestos, gypsum,
red jasper. cotton, wheat, barley, to-
bacco. silk and fruits. Wine is its best
known product, The water supply is
meager. hut the climate Is healthy
National Geographic Society's Bulletin.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-04
Tie Retort Courteous.

Justice Day was Il hanging judge"
and when on circuit expedited business
in a summary manner. On one occa-
sion the rial of prisoner concluded
at dusk. and the judge ordered candles
to be lighted so that he could try an
other case that night.
O'Connor. Il noted Irish barrister, de
Tended and in protest against night
work exclaimed, addressing the court:
What. my lord. try men by night.
What will men say? That Justice is
not done by Dayw
He obtained his end, and at the next
sitting the accused was acquitted
London Mirror.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-04
Damas SOUS.

II is estimated that Mt least 10000
pilgrims pass through the city Of Ia.
mascus each year. They are material
TO the financial welfare OF the ancient
100000 for goods OF every kind. Ia.
mascus is busy. and the people are in
dustrous. Nearly everything actually
needed by the native is made there.
and there is surplus sufficient to sup
ply Il large surrounding territory and
way. In this respect Damascus has not
changed in hundreds Of years. It has
always been n maker and distributor
of food and acknowledgements
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-04
DUMDUM BULLETS.
They Get Their Name From the Town
Where They Oriainated.


Dumdum bullets have their name
from Il little town in India, near Call
cutta, where the ammunition factory
for the British government In India is
situated. For the. benefit of Afghans,
possible Indian mutineers. negroes and
other barbarians the British had bul.
let manufactured here which is half
covered with STEEL but with Il soft
seaden nose. When discharged from
modern rifle of high power this soft
nose expands. or mushrooms, turn
ing the bullet IN the air into Il horrible
bulging object, which tears through the
flesh of man, surely bleeding him to
death. 81
The purpose of this bullet is 10 kill
the man every time. The purpose of
the ordinary humane bullet Of modern
warfare. which is wholly incased in
steel or nickel, is merely to put the
man out of the fight. 1t makes u small,
clean wound If it does not strike a
vital part the bullet may go entirely
through the man without wounding
him seriously. But 1t shuts him out
of the fight for the time being.
The British military authorities In
India considered that n humane bullet
like that would he OF little use TO fight
savages with, and therefore. at Dunn
dun. they manufactured the soft nosed
expanding horror. But the internal
national conference at The Hague IN
1899 decided against the use of this
bullet in war and adopted rule for
bidding it.-New York Mail.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-04
ailliard rabIes On SOLID Rock.

Billiard tables supported on solid
rock are among the novel features of
Il thirty-six room concrete residence
located on one of the islands OF the
San Juan archipelago in Puget sound
Each table rests on Il massive concrete
base. which extends through an open
ing in the floor and has its footing on
bedrock and is therefore rs solid and
as free from vibration as If it We're a
part of the island itself.-PopuIar Me
Chanics
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-04
SALISBURY

Miss Lila Elwell and Harry u,
Bronson, both OF SALISBURY we're
married at the Baptist parsonage at
North Bennington. Dec. % at seven
o'clock by the Rev. Charles Turner
The bride was attended by Miss
Gladys Elwell sister of the bride and
Miss Bessie Bronson, sister of the
groom. The groom was attended BY
Raymond Elwell brother of tho
bride. The happy couple left mid
showers of rice for western New
York 80
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-04
The Doldrums.

"In the doldrums' is n phrase more
often employed than understood 1t
refers to n belt of Gains contiguous to
the equator and situate between the
course OF the southeast and northeast
trade winds. Long periods with scarce.
ly n stir in the air and a torrld sky
above broken by sudden squalls and
violent storms OF short duration, make
the dodrums dreaded area for sailing
ships.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-04
London's Costly Tree.

Probably the most costly tree in the
world is a plane tree which grows IN
Wood street. London. 1t occupies Il
space thar would bring n rental OF
$3.50 year. and this capitalized at
thirty years purchase gives value OF
e37.500.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-04

King Henry VIII. wished to commits
sion Il nolleman OF his court to visit
Francis l.
IL was at moment when interna-
tional relations were extremely shaky.
and the cpurtier showed no particular
desire TO absent himself from his home
and country Oh so dangerous mission.
DO not bc afraid" said King Henry.
"lf Non lose y,uir Ne In my service L
viii av"nsr c"a hundredfuld. Will
lake "Il ihr lI'.rs at M HE Frcnchnien
in my i,uy.,o
''slisH!, ,o'N majesty; yOur majesty
Is 'iio'.i sr ,ti.- S'hl The rourtier.
hut - as ,,r ip ~ Win II YOU take
III ihric iA iar D." u'p which will ut
~ iaN SIN.
I'M Nii "s.4 ,upd in The court
irr t1na r>,a>cd from al dangerous
mission
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-04
a DECLINING Art.

Don't you want your boy. Josh to
he good speller:" asked the school
teacher.
81 dunno" replied Farmer Corntos-
sci. About all the notice a good speler
gets nowadays is bein' called on occa-
sionally TO decide bet" -Washington
Star
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-04


dependable remedy-Dr. Truos Elixir
Discovered by my father this com
pound has for over 60 years been
growing in reputation as a sure rem
cdy for worms of all kinds and for
keeping the stomach in the pink of
condition.
Send for list of symptoms.
Do not endanger your child's health
but get bottle of DR.. True's Elixir,
the Family Laxative and Worm Tx
peller. al once. Good for adults also.
At your dealers. 35c, soc and 81.
Advice free Special treatment for
tapeworms. Send for book.
AaSarn- hskna
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-04
Memory.

Says Jean lngelow: They are poor
who have lost nothing; they are poorer
FAR who. losing. have forgotten; they
most poor OF all who lose and wish
they might forget"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-04
Unusual Siaht.

Once we were young. and now we are
older. but never yet have we seen
mans wife going TO his folks for ad
vice us 10 what she should buy.-Gal-
weston News
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-04
a Poor Remedy.

81 notice man who had cold in
his head has committed suicide"
Poor fellow, Now what fool friend
could have advised him to try that
remedy" Philadelphia Ledger.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-04
ClassifYinu Man,

Men may he divided into two classes
those who regard whiskers as an or
nament and those who hold shaving ms
n sacred duty --Atchlson Globe.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-04
Worms A Danger 10 Children

Childhood has many Ills; but
worms, whether pinworms or stom
ach worms, must be vigorously guard
ed against. No gain in health and
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-04
Very Hiuh,

Il just got that DOCTORS bill for that
fever of mine"
How was itf'
III was II very high fever higher
than | dreamed"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-04
WIT IN HISTORY.
A Brief Address and oithy Reply
That Won With Royalty.

Frederick the Great once granted
hearing to subject un condition that
he should cut his remarks very short
let him say but two words" said
the monarch g.
Very WELL" agreed the subject, and
on entering the presence Of Frederick
he held out a petition and uttered but
the two words:
Sire, sign"
The subject won his request.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-04

strength is possible I'M
til they are removed, II
you suspect that your
child is suffering from
worms, do not lose an
other minute, but get a
bottle of this timetried.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-04

Our wealth is often snnre to our
selves and always Il temptation to
others. -- Cotton,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-04
EconomitAl.

II IS told OF an Aberdeen miser that
he eats his meals in front of mirror
because ii doubles the dishes.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-04

Faith must become active through
works C. w. Wendte
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-04
J. II. COLE, M. D.

Has resumed his general practice,
also special work, eye, ear, nose and
throat. Goitres cured without the use
OF knife. Office over Adams Hard.
ware store. 4S5 Main street. Tele-
phones 235 and 27S-W.