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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-02-05
NewFouNDLAND's SEAL HUNT
May Be Abandoned for the Coming
Season

St Johns. n. F., Feb. 4-Unless
some plan can be devised within a
month whereby the skins and oil of
the hair sead can be utilized by the
British government for war supplies,
there is strong possibility that the
seal hunt, which has been an import
ant factor in the commerce of New
foundland for many years, will be
abandoned for the coming season.
Because of industrial depression
and the war none of last years catch
of 1913 600 have been disposed Of and
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-02-05

ial parlors at the village for accomo-
dation of the public,
Dr. w a. Reynolds of Albany was
in town over Sunday stopping al the
home of Mrs. Charles B. Kent.
Mrs. Moses Sheldon, who has been
seriously i'll, remains In ,sbout the
!, st. 81 Lx4a k
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-02-05
Hosiery and Underwear
FOR LADIES

At 35c. Lord q Taylor Merode hand
finished Knit Vests and Pants
that have sold at soc and SOC.
At 2lc. All styles in Burson Hose.
At SC. Regular use and 35c Bur-
son Hose, mill runs.
At lc. all regular l5c straight La
dies Hose. including every style.
At for sc, special sale of fleece
lined and wool. in regular l5e
grade. only being samples, also
regular Sc hose in med. cotton,
guaranteed fast black.
AT for use, special lot of sample
Hose in fleece lined and wool
that are regular use and $50
quality.
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Ribbons, NeckWear, Veilings,
Gloves

All regular use Ribbons in every
shade, marked .... zoe yd
All l SC Ribbons marked ........ lOc yd
All DC ribbons in off shades only. SC yd
All 81 SO Gloves are marked ........ $I.OO
All 81 90 Gloves are marked .. .85
All SOC Cashmere Gloves are. . SO
All soc Angora Gloves are. ... 10
All Csc Knit Gloves. ladies' and
children II
All soc Ladies Neckwear ............ 35
All use Ladies Neckwear .......... is
All SOC Infants Bonnets ............... as
Ali Csc Infants Bonnets. 49,. is. for rs
All 25c Veilings ............... ...... IL yd
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-02-05

er, for healing throat and lungs ana
in the treatment of coughs and colds.
Father Johns Medicine Is doctors
presc iption. pure and wholesome.
Guaranteed
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lhe uauRq III
u s n & patent
med / ci n e s is
from the stimu-
lants and dan
gerous d ru & S
which many of
them depend on
for their tenn
porary effect,
Because it is
free from alco-
Ii oil. narcotics
q n d dangerous
drugs, Father
Tohn' q Madt-
cine has had so
years OF sue
cess as a tonic
The Ely miner., 1915-05-28
WESTERN CANADA
SEEDING FINISHED
Wheat and Other Grains Have
Had an Excellent Start.

The seeding Of spring wheat was
pretty general this spring about 7th
OF April or about as early as b Illinois
and Iowa. Oats and barley followed.
Information Is to hand that ON first
OF May all seeding was practically FIN
tshed. Farmers will now be busy at
their breaking, and the land for sum-
mer fallow will be entered upon. Some
who did not get their land prepared
last fall, will be later than the others.
but as the spring In Western Canada
has been very open they win be only
few days later. At the time or
writing rain would be welcome, but
at seeding time, the ground contained
splendid lot of moistrHe and the
lack of rain at the present time viii
not be serious. The number OF farm
ers who have gone into the raising OF
cattle has been considerably in
creased, and the preparation for ex-
tensive cultivated grass pastures Is
In evidence everywhere. The culti-
vation of fodder corn is being largely
entered upon In Manitoba there be-
ing upwards OF $4,000 acres In corn.
In Saskatchewan there win be q
large increase In the area planted, and
In Alberta many Of the more progress
sive farmers are taking hold Of It.
The yield varies according to the cul-
tivation it receives, and nuns from
five to nine tons per acre. m some
portions of Manitoba where 1t has
been poor for some years, success has
been achieved in ripening and it Is
expected that a variety win soon bs
developed that will provide seed for
the entire West, that will at an early
date give to Western Canada a fame
for the growing of marketable corn
equal to that it has now for the
growth of smaller cereals.
A trip through Western Canada re-
veals field after field Of alfalfa, the
growth Of which in any portion Of
the country is now absolutely assured.
When these facts are made known to
the farmers of the corn and alfalfa
growing states, where their value as
wealth makers is 80 well known, there
will be no hesitancy in taking advan-
tage of the splendid gift of 160 acres
Of land made by the Government OF
the Dominion of Canada, where equal
opportunities are offered. Besides
these free grant lands, there are the
lands of some of the railway COM
panies and large land companies, that
may be had at low prices and ON
reasonable terms. During the month
Of February a large number of In
quiries were received, asking for farm
| lands.
An encouraging feature OF the farm
| land situation in Canada Is the large
percentage of sales made to settlers
| In the country who desire to increase
their holdings or to others who will
take up farming in place OF different
occupations previously followed:-Adr
| vertisement
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MINNESOTA VICTIMS
FIND QUICK RELIEF
Wonderful Remedy Saves Many From
Desperate illnesses and Dan
gerous Operations.

End stomach troubles quickly with
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. The first
dose proves what il VIII do. Hun
dreds of people in Minnesota have
used it with unusual benefit.
Here are the words Of a few Of the
many in this state who have taken It:
JOHN TOWEY, 2030 Dayton ave-
nue., ST. Paul, Mimi, ordering sec.
ond treatment, wrote: Il have been
feeling fine since l took your medi-
cine. 1t certainly cleared my skin
/ have recommended your medicine to
q number of stomach sufferers
MRS. PETER WILLIAMS, 274a
Eighteenth St., s., Minneapolis, wrote:
II have taken Mayr's Wonderful Rem
edy and feel like new woman.
am entirely out Of pain. Four Of our
best doctors could do nothing for me
and agreed / must have an operation" !"
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy gives per-
manent results for stomach, liver and
intestinal ailments. Eat as much and
whatever you like. No more distress
after eating, pressure Of gas in the
stomach and around the heart. Get one
bottle of your druggist now and try It
on an absolute guarantee-n not salts
factory money will be returned.-Adv.
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LEES SURRENDER
AT APP0MATT0x
Date Should Be lrrevocably Fixed
in the Minds of the Amer
ican People.
Cy J. A. WATROUS.

UAeutenant-ColonelU u. s. A, Retired.)
7 AM writing on Wednesday, April
s, but thinking of April 8, fifty
years ago, when two powerful
American armies came together the
last time to fight after having fought
for nearly four years in score or
more great battles, not to mention
many smaller ones; the day upon
which one of these armies, that of the
Army of Northern Virginia, which had
been under the command of Gen. Rob-
ert E. Lee ever since June, 1862, sur
rendered to General U. S. Grant, COM
mander of all the armed forces of
the Union
1t was great day for both armies.
and. for that matter, the whole ma.
tion, the South as well as the North,
though Lees army and the South did
not look upon it from that standpoint
at the time. / am of those who have
always maintained that the supremest
kindness ever manifested toward a peo-
pie was extended to the South when,
under the leadership of Mr.. Lincoln,
the rest of the Union prevented the
South from leaving the Union to build
up a southern confederacy. That Is
why j say, fifty years after the mo.
mentous event, 1t was a great day for
both armies and the nation.
Many things happened at Appomat-
tox aside from the one overshadowing
event. One of them is the fact that
Grants soldiers and Lees soldiers be-
gan to fraternize as soon as possible
after the surrender.
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WOULD NOT HAVE FALTERED
ration Of the War No DisIoyaIty
Was Possible.

1t is true that no one foresaw how
gigantic a war 1t was to be. The talk
at first was Of $4,000 men and 80
days. But suppose it could have been
foreseen that the conflict would last
four years; that 100000 men would
be enlisted on the Union side; that
the Union casualties would be, $1,000
killed In battle, $4,000 died of wounds,
$4,000 died from disease. and $4,000
died in prison and by accidents. would
the awful toll have dismayed the loyal
people OF the nation? Would the
South have been more than sobered
by the corresponding losses for itself?
In the year after Gettysburg and the
Vicksburg surrender the campaign to-
ward Richmond, beginning with the
Wilderness, was still to be fought,
and to prove the bloodiest episode of
all, with the Union loss in killed and
wounded of over $4,000 in Virginia
alone. Il was up to then the most
destructive war Of modern times, that
The Ely miner., 1915-05-28
By FRANK @. MENKE.)

(By FRANK G. MENkE)
And now, let us discourse a bit con.
cefning those pop-eyed New York Yam
KEGS.
Up to the present moment, We have
refrained from uttering a few kind
words concerning them. There's a
reason, as they say in breakfast food
circles. The reason is that in the
past whenever someone asserted that
"the Yanks look good" the Yanks
promptly rose up and called that some
one liar by trying to burrow through
the bottom of the American league.
But this year it may be different.
At any rate, we cannot do other than
make the plain statement that the
1915 Yankees look better and have
been displaying better baseball than
any Yank team since Jack Chesbro
and associates nearly won a pennant
In 1904
The Yanks, so far, have been the
real surprise Of the American league.
No one expected them to get away
with jump because of two seemingly
good reasons. One was that it was a
comparatively new ball club and it
was figured that it would take month
or so for it to get to working smooth.
iy. The second reason-and most i'm.
portant-was that during the first
three weeks of the campaign, the
Yanks have been pitted against the
supposedly best teams in the Ameri
can league.
wild Bill' Donovan's outfit has
tackled the Senators, with their peer
less Walter Johnson, the ever-dan
gerous Athletics and the Red Sox, who
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The Swords Of Grant and Lee

Methinks tonight I catch a gleam
OF steel among the pines,
And yonder by the lilied stream
Repose the foemen's lines;
The ghostly guards who pace the ground
moment stop to see
III all IS safe and still around
The tents Of Grant and Lee.
Ills but a dream: no armies camp
Where once their bay'nets shone
And HespeRs calm and lovely lamp
Shines on the dead alone.
A cricket chirpS on yonder rise
Beneath the cedar tree
Where glinted meath the summer skies
The swords Of Grant and Lee.
Forever sheathed those famous blades
That led the eager vani
They shine no more among the glades
That fringe the Rapidan.
Today their battle work Is done,
Go draw them forth and see
That not stain appears upon
The swords of Grant and Lee
Today no strife of sections rise.
Today no shadows fall
Upon our land, and meath the skies
One flag waves over all;
The Blue and Gray as comrades stand,
As comrades bend the knee,
And ask Gods blessing on the land
That gave us Grant and Lee.
So hong as southwark. wide and clear,
POtomac's river runs
Their deeds will live because they were
Columbia's brave sons.
30 long as bend the northern pines,
And blooms the orange tree.
The swords will shine that led the lines
on valiant Grant and Lee.
Methinks I hear a bugle blow,
methinks / hear q drum;
And there, with martial step and slow,
Two ghostfy armies come;
They are the men that met as foes,
For it's the dead I see,
And side by side in peace repose
The swords of Giant and Lee
Above them let Old Glory wave,
And let each deathless star
Forever shine upon the brave
Who led the ranks Of war;
Their fame resounds from coast to coast
From mountain top to sea;
No other land than ours can boast
The swords of Grant and Lee.
.e.. Author unknown.
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were touted as almost certain grab
bers of the 1915 championship rag.
The Yanks tackled that formidable ar
ray-and emerged victorious.
wild Bill" the managerial gent.
isn't dreaming pennant dreams.
That's too much to expect OF q
new ball club" he says. "But you can
bet on it that the Yanks are going to
land a first division berth-the height
of my ambition for 1915"
The most surprising feature of the
Yanks showing to date has been its
pitching. Caldwell, Keating, Fisher
and McHale, are In great shape. War
hop will round into form with warmer
weather, and "Old King" Cole is ex.
pected to perform nobly in relief roles
as soon as he RECEIVERS from his recent
operation.
Caldwells greatest achievement to
date was his to victory over Walter
Johnson, in which he allowed the Sen.
ators only two hits. Not to be out.
done, Heating pitched two-hit game
against the Red Sox few days later,
and Fisher has been pitching consist.
ent low-hit games.
Pipp and High, secured from the De-
troit Tigers, have added greatly to the
batting strength of the club. The club
as a whole, is hitting at great clip
and hitting in pinches. Its fielding
is far above the Yankee stand and OF
others years, and the catching depart
ment is strong.
when you look US over very close
ly," remarked wild Bill" you dis
cover that We don't look so bad after
ALL" wild Bill" is correct.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-28
NEW UNIFORMS FOR MACKMEN
Players on Philadelphia Athletic Team
to Wear Gray-Green Suits When
Away From Home.

Along with the new stars who have
left the Philadelphia American fold
this year go the much criticized road
uniforms of the Athletics. When
away from the Shibe park the Mack
men wear costumes Of a grayish
green, while the old coal scuttle caps
have at last been discarded in favor
of the more up-to-date ball players
headgear, the cap being white with
black bill and stripes.
This is the first time since Mack
won the first championship for Phila-
delphia that there has been a change
In the uniform of the Athletics. Mack
Is more or less superstitious, and he
believed that the dull gray uniforms
IN which the Athletics formerly ap-
reared were partly responsible for the
good fortune of his team. For that
reason he was :oath to change, al
though his team was often criticized
for its slovenly appearance.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-28
Many Women Volunteers.

Undoubtedly quite a number OF
women served as soldiers in the Civil
war. disguised as men, And many
more. who would have liked to 90,
sought the opportunity in vain. One,
who made application to the officer
in charge of the draft bureau at New
York, wrote: Pardon the liberty !
take; but am an ablebodied woman,
and, if you will enlist me, l will put
on soldiers clothing and 60. There
shall never be anyone the wiser un.
til my time has expired. l think I
should make better soldier than a
great many men who are always talk,
ing but won't fiRht" .~
The Ely miner., 1915-05-28
BASEBALL
STORIES

Cliff Curtis has been traded to Co.
lumbus by the Newark Internationals
The Phillies and the Tigers are the
big surprises of the year in baseball.
Comiskey has refused an offer made
by the owner of the Milwaukee team
for Lena Blackburne.
The Vernon club of the Pacific
Coast league is after Arthur Fromme
of the New York Giants.
iris Speaker did not start the sea-
son at very high rate of speed, but
the Texan is not the only one.
Manager Hickey, when interviewed
after Detroit made ten runs of his
pitchers in one inning said (Cen-
sored.)
Fritz Maisel of the Yankees Is after
the base-stealing honors in the Ameri.
can league again. Fritz is starting the
season with a rush.
Those fellows who have been try.
ing to can Norris O'Neill as president
of the Western league realize what
long way it is to Tipperary.
It's a pretty safe bet that the Pitts
httr Dirafnc u-i11
centage in the National League than
they did in the training season.
Tommy Mcmillan, shortstop, has
been purchased by the Indianapolis
club. Mcmillan played with the Ro-
chester International league club last
season.
There are so many come-backs this
year that there is hardly room for
| the plain Cobbs, McInnisses, Speak.
ers, Zimmermans and other never
gone-backs.
1t is reported that Walter Johnson
has decided on dreadful tactics. He
will spit on the emery ball, deliver ii
| with his knuckle and become as much
a menace to the human race as a
| submarine.
President Harry Stahlhefer of tho
Evansville Central league club, has re
leased Surgrue and Marooney, back
stops, and Pittery and Craig, pitchers
and announces he will try to finish
the season with thirteen men.
The Toronto club is helping New
| ark build up a team. It has re
leased Pitcher Bull Wagner and Short
stop Joe Pops to Harry Smiths crew
The Kansas City club could moi
come to terms with Pitcher jim
Baskette and gave him his uncondi
tional release, along with like free
dom granted Charley Hallman.
Pitcher Max Fisk, who was with
the Chicago Federals last year, bu
was cast adrift by Joe Tinker thi.
spring, has caught on with Spokane il
the Northwestern league.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-28
Advice Needed.

II win take the matter under ad-
visement," announced the referee In
the divorce proceedings, land will de-
eide the case next week"
But, your honor" put tn her coun-
sci, "the appellant Is immensely veal
thy and"
That" said the referee, lis the
point upon which l wish t. be ad-
vised This hearing is adjourned. =
Judge.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-28
DIFFICULT MATTER TO BUNT
Sliding to First When Opposing
Players Are Playing In.

Rube Oldring, the Athletics center
fielder and slugger, says man takes
chance of injury in sliding to first.
particularly If 1t is bunt, and the
pitcher and first baseman as well as
possibly the second baseman of the
opposing team are all playing in for
the play. The runner is likely not
The Ely miner., 1915-05-28

of half a century ago. It's terrible de.
mands were revealed by degrees. But
the Union would have been preserved
In any case. Those who stood by Il
met the emergency after every re.
verse. They would not have faltered
If the future could have been read, be-
cause they knew that a nation that
will not defend its rightful authority
under all circumstances pronounces
itself unworthy, and chooses for itself
the worst of all fates.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-28

Three months ago Mr.. and Mrs. Erd-
man of Richmond, Mich, were mar
ried. Sunday Erdman choked his wife
and her three-year-old daughter by .
previous marriage to death and slashed
his throat with a butcher knife. Erd.
man has chance for recovery.
Twelve men chosen as jury to de.
termine whether Theodore Roosevelt
libeled William Barnes returned ver'
dict for the former president.
Mount Lassen emitted q river OF
boiling mud, which flowed from the
crater down the mountain through Hat
creek valley in Colorado, driving peo-
pie from their homes. Several farms
were buried, farm houses swept away
and bridges destroyed.
Assemblyman Minkley, Social-Demo
crat of the Wisconsin legislature,
asked the house for leave of absence,
saying the $500 paid him by the state
had been spent and he desired to re-
turn to his trade and earn enough to
enable him to continue his public serv.
ice.
Dan Hurley, j., was indicted at Lin
coin, ILL.,, for the murder Of his sweet.
heart, Katherine Roller. Hurley is six
teen years old. Miss Roller was seven
teen.
The Michigan legislature adopted .
resolution pledging to President VII.
son "the hearty support of the people
of the state of Michigan to maintain
the honor and integrity Of our great
| nation"
John Ulrey, twenty-four, a rancher.
was shot and probably fatally wound.
ed at Glenwood Springs, Colo, as he
answered a knock at the door of his
home. The assailant escaped. Ulrey
was married last Sunday.
Four persons were killed, three prob
ably fatally injured and seventeen 9TH
ers seriously injured at Syracuse, N.
Y. when an automobile load of dyna.
mite to be used to search for the body
of a drowned boy exploded. Several
women are among the injured
John DePalma, who was driving q
car in the speed trials at the speed
way at Indianapolis, Ind, turned over
while travelling at the rate Of about
ninety miles an hour. DePalma and
Mechanician Phillips were painfully
! injured.
On a stage 140 feet wide and rs feet
deep, the Brooklyn Historical society
| presented a mammoth pageant show.
ing the history of Brooklyn, or Breuk.
| ellen. as the Dutch called it. There
are 1900 in the cast and 1000 in the
| chorus.
The United States must arm imme.
| diately If it is to keep place among the
nations. Secretary of War Lindley M.
Garrison told the pacifists gathered al
Lake Mohonk, N. Y, for the annual
| conference on international arbitra,
ton. in a brilliant speech.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-28

Timid Youth--What do / have to
pay for a marriage license?
Facetious Clerk-Well, You get it on
the installment plan.
Timid Youth-How's thate
Facetious Clerk-Two dollars down
and most of your salary each week
for the rest of your life.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-28
Foreign

One of the most disastrous wrecks
in the annals of British railroadin9
took place on the Caledoniap railway
at Gretna, near Carlisle. England,
when three trains came into collision.
One hundred and sixty-five soldiers
and many civilians were killed.
After q conference OF the Greek cab
met ministers with the doctor treat
ing King Constantine it was decided
to telegraph to Berlin for specialist.
Prof. Friedrich Kraus of Berlin has
been summoned
The Ely miner., 1915-05-28
Sure Of the Pennant.

Manager Stallings is absolutely con-
fdent that his Braves will retain the
flag. Says he: "The world is against
us. but we yill win"
The Ely miner., 1915-05-28
And INGENIOUS.

Bing-I understand that Shmelts In
lazy.
Biff-Lazy, You bet! Why, when
he spanks his child he lays carpet
over the kid, so that he can do two
Jobs at once.-Michigan Gargoyle.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-28
CLEAN SWEET SCALP
May BE Kept So by cuticura Soap
and Ointment. Trial Free.

To have good hair clear the scalp
of dandruff and itching with shampoos
Of Cuticura Soap and touches of Cutt
cura Ointment to dandruff spots and
itching. Nothing better than these
pure, fragrant, supercreamy emol-
lients for skin and scalp troubles.
Sample each free by mail with Skin
Book. Address Cuticura, Dept. KY.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-28

Outlaws in Mexico City, who assault.
ed the German charge d'affaires. now
are threatening the lives of other for.
eigners. The government is powerless
to act against the bandits.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-28
Mexican Revolt

Two thousand men, women and chill
dren Joined in bread riots at Hermo.
sillo, capital of Sonora state. and loot
ed Is stores, two Of them American,
the rest Chinese, according to reports
reaching Nogales. Ariz.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-28

Beauty may be only skin deep. bat
It is nearly always effective.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-28
Washington

The Pan.Americaa Financial confer,
ence opened at washington. Finances
trade and transportation are the threQ
principal topics before the conferences,
President Wilson delivered the ad-
dress of welcome to the delegates.
Justice Mccoy OF the district 50
preme court at Washington took un-
der adyisement the motion of the gov
ernment to dismiss the suit brought
by the Riggs National bank to enjoin
Secretary McAdoo from alleged unlaw-
full prosecution of the bank. Relief
sought by the plaintiff pending litisa-
ton was denied by the court.
A daughter was born to Secretary
and Mrs. William McAdoo. who was
Miss Eleanor Wilson. the youngest
daughter of the president. The baby
weighed nine pounds and was named
Ellen Wilson McAdoo. after Mrs. Nc
Adoo's mother. Tho child was born at
the McAdoo home in Washington.
The United States will be a world
leader In ideas as a result OF the Eu-
ropean war, according to DR.. Philan-
der P. Claxton, federal commissioners
of education. In an address at Wash.
ington.
Letters to President Wilson. In
which the writer's apologize for the at.
tempt by sufiragists to approach the
president during his recent stay in this
city with an appeal for the sufiragist
cause, have been mailed to the presi-
dent by a number Of sufrragist leaders
at New York