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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-07

ORCHARD AND GARDEN.


When crop makes very good prof
its there Is danger of growing TOO
much, thus inviting disease and insect
enemies that may be troublesome to
combat. Diversified gardening Is the
best plan for most producers. This
makes it possible to rotate which IS
IN advantage from good many stand
points.
Feed the soil if you wish to have
the soil feed you, applies forcibly to
wornout lands.
Good fruit can be raised only With
care and attention given to spraying
pruning and generally good care.
The best compost heap is the ma
nure of horses, cattle, sheep, hogs ana
fowls. All such should be saved.
Perennial Towering plants are salts
factory because they grow in the same
place for years without much atten'
ton.
Know what You must spray for, then
do the work right, Don't expect any
one spray material to be universal
remedy
Plow or spade up the poultry runs
that are not occupied and SOW to rye ot
Il miStureAf rye and clover. THIS WI
furnish gseen stuff for winter ard Al
the slime time disinfect the soil
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-07
woMAN's BEAUTY NO SECRET

1T all lies in the care she bestows
upon herself and in keeping at bay
those dread ills peculiar to her sex.
The flashing eye, the elastic step, ami
the clear complexion never accom-
pany organic troubles. The dis
tressed expression, lassitude, head
aches and mental depression are only
the telltale symptoms Women SO
troubled should take Lydia Il. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, that sim
pie remedy made from roots and
herbs, and restore their health to n
normal condition.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-07
Farm and
Garden
THE SILO FOR LATE CORN.
Cool July Means Late Maturity In Any
Event

Event.
Only those who are senselessly opti-
mistic fail to see that some OF the l3l1
corn crop will be too immature to criD,
says the Iowa Homestead. Ordinarily
second planting and, in some instances
third planting will beat Jack Frosts
record, but the cool July this year means
late maturity in any event. Even early
planted corn on well drained land Will
mature later this year than usual and
if this is the case it stands TO reason
that second and third planting VIII
have to battle for its life if it reaches
maturity.
Under these conditions men are max
ing move in the right direction when
they plan on the erection of silo,
We have said before that we are not
inclined to favor the plan of filing the
sllo with washy, immature fodder. but
this is not equivalent to saying that
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-07
BENNINGIOk- BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village TOLD
Briefly for Busy Readers

Mrs. George Curran of Cohoes, who
has been visiting Mrs. Margaret Cur
ran Of Beech street, has returned
home.
The receipts of the post office for
last month we're over 500 in excess
of the total for the month OF August
last year.
Miss Libbo Banker. who has been
the guest of Mrs. Margaret Curran OF
Beech street, has returned to Troy.
Miss Banker will leave shortly Tor
Detroit where she will make her
home
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-07

Center school received first premium
at the Cambridge fair for the best dis
play of school work.
Mrs. Lester Woodland who has been
staying with h>jr daughter, Mrs. Flor
ence Millington, returned to her home
in Arlington Tuesday.
Miss Claudia Hawkins who has
been visiting her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. S. NJ. Hawkins in Manches-
ter, has9returned home.
Remember the Lend-a-Hand meet
ing to be held at the home of Miss
Elizabeth Hard Monday evening
Every member try to be present.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles r. Hawkins,
sons Wales and Arson, and guest.
Miss Jennie Helm OF Philadelphia.
enjoyed trip by auto to Somerset on
Thursday.
Miss Ida Loveland, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Loveland of Pawlet,
and Edward Collins, son of Mr., and
Mrs. Walter Collins of South Shafts
bury were married at 2rD'clock We'd
nesday afternoon at the NJ. f. parson-
age by Rev. Peter Heller. Mr.. and
Mrs. Collins left for Pawlet where a
reception was given themr Wednesday
evening at the home of the bride.
There were over hundred people
present at the reception among whom
were Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Collins
and Mr.. and Mrs Herbert Booth of
this place. The gifts wer6 many and
beautiful. The bride and groom win
visit relatives in North Adams before
returning home.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-07
His Tact.

"Dubwaite is not a brilliant CONVEX
sationalist."
mo. Still he has Il certain amount
of tact
"YesY"
When there is a lull in the CONVEX
sation he gets up and puts n. new rec
ord on the photograph" Birmingham
AgeHerald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-07

reasonably good ensilage cannot he
made out of corn even though the crap
is cut before the grain is well dentcd.
1t is true that corn may not contain
its maximum nutrition value until the
grain begins to harden, but one had
better have - per cent of Il crop saved
in good shape, as it will be put in the
sio, than TO run the ris,i of losing 1t
all by trying to crib soft, mushy corn
Those who have lad experience in
shocking immature fodder know that
after it stands in the field two or three
months it is Of very little value, be-
cause it weathers much more rapidly
than mature corn. and. furthermore, Il
it Is shocked while it Is green the inn
mature ears will invariably mold, SO
that their feeding value Is absolutely
lost. The same kind of corn put into
the siio conserves the full feeding val.
lie because air Is excluded from cnsi-
lage and there is no decay of soft corn.
More acid will form, TO be sure, where
the corn Is more or less immature than
where IL is LndtuTe, Dut lHlS siuiltA
means that the ensilage will have 10 be
used nationally. presumably along with
rather more hay than would be neces-
sary if the crop had reached maturity.
The policy of converting at least part
of the late corn crop into ensilage will
be carried out this year by dairymen
and beef producers alike. The South
Dakota station found out by expert
ment that as much as two pounds of
gain daily can be made on steers fed
ensilagc alone, and, while this is above
tile average. yet it shows the possiblli-
ties that may be realized from tits
method of feeding. Used in conjunc-
ton with oilmeal or cottonseed meal
tnsiage makes an ideal food for all
classes of cattle, ana in some instances
it has been utilized with good results III
feeding it to horses For the dairyman
it is almost unsurpassed, particularly
when one can feed in conjunction. With
clover or alfalfa hay or, as before stat
cd, along with some of the rich concen'
trates like cottonseed meal or oilmeal
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-07
a Good Instrument.

Sinclair-That's nice looking bar
lings-It's too sensitive. 1t even indi-
Gates when my wife is going to have
4 crying spell.-puck.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-07
A Dutch Custom.

Looking glasses are commonly to be
seen hanging outside Dutch dwellings,.
These are so arranged that persons
sitting inside can without being seen
enjoy n reflection of all that is going
on in the street
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-07
A Woman's Riaht.

"And how long have you voted?"
Twelve years"
"And how old are your
"Twenty-two."-Life.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-09-11
TWO KINDS OF OLD AGE.

Investigators In eugenics announce
that their research has uncovered the
fact that most great men are born of
parents nearing middle age. The
physical prime of life is in the mid
twenties, but the intellectual zenith is
reached two or more decades later.
Man as an animal is ready to decline
at forty, but as a thinker he is valu.
able at eighty, If he has not neglected
his mental growth. In athletics, youth
is a paramount asset. Ball players,
who need good balance of shrewd.
ness and muscular agility, begin to
drop out of the game before they
reach the two-score mark. Hans Wag-
ner is the only player in the American
or National league who is past forty.
He is In his forty-second year. Eddie
Plank of the Federals Is in his forty
first year; Harry Lajoie will be forty
this season. They are the old men
of the profession. Yet the destinies of
nations are guided by men who have
reached the half century mark Out,
side the sport pages the names we read
as playing important roles in the
world affairs are of those near three.
score. President Wilson, for example,
is fifty-nine; Theodore Roosevelt, fifty.
seven; Thomas Edison. sixty-eight. In
times when individual success depend
ed solely on fleetness Of foot and
strength of arm, old age was tragedy
Civilization is not only making 1t easy
to grow old, but is pushing forward
the boundary line between youth and
maturity.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-09-11

The Barnard gold medal awarded
every fifth year by Columbia univer-
sity on the recommendation of the
National Academy of Sciences, ito
that person who, within the five years
next preceding, has made such discov-
cry in physical or astronomical sci
ence, or such novel application Of SCI
ence to purposes beneficial to the hui
man race, as may be deemed by the
National Academy of Sciences most
worthy of the honor" will be given
this year to William H. Bragg, Caven-
dish professor of physics in the Uni
versity of Leeds, and to his son, w. l..
Bragg, of the University Of Cam
bridge, for their researches in molecu
lar physics and In the particular field
of radioactivity. The previous awards
of the Barnard medal have been made
as follows: 1895. Lord Rayleigh and
Prof. William Ramsey: 1900, Prof
Wilhelm Conrad Won Roentgen; 1905
Prof. Henri Becquerel; 1910, Prof
Ernest Rutherford.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-09-11
WHAT GERMANYS
TERMS WILL Be
AN INDEMNITY TO REIMBURSE
GERMANY FOR COST OF HER
MILITARY OPERATIONS.
Absolute Freedom of the Seas to be
Established Through international
Declaration of Rights to Which
All Powers Shall be Signatory.

Washington.-In we'll informed dip
lomatic cirles it is reported that the
terms which Germany is willing to
consider for peace are substantially
as follows:
1.-The establishment of Poland into
an independent kingdom, to be COM
prised of all Russian Poland, part
of Austrian Poland and q small part
of German Poland.
2-Absolute freedom of the seas. es-
tablished through an international
declaration of the rights to which all
maritime powers shall be signatory.
Germany will agree never again to
establish a submarine blockade. Eng
land to agree never again to make the
North sea tributary water.
3-Coequal rights and liberties for
the Jews in all lands guaranteed by
all signatories to any treaty of peace.
4-Bessarabia, now Russian terri
tory on the Black sea, to be coded to
Rumania
Austria Hungary to be given a
dominating influence in the Balkan
states.
belgium to be restored and her
sovereignty and future neutrality
guaranteed.
All French territory held by Ger
many to be restored to France.
S-That portion of Alsace held by
Franco To remain q part of the Ger
man empire.
all German colonies seized dur
ing the war to be restored.
l0--An indemnity to reimburse Ger
many for the cost OF her military
operations.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-09-11
MUST Be NEUTRAL
SAYS CARRANzA
FIRST CHIEF iNSTRUcTS HIS MEN
TO COOPERATE WITH kMERi-
CANS ALONG THE BORDER.
Denies That His Followers Have
Crossed Border to Fight and Has
Given Orders Not to Fire
on American Troops.

Brownsville, Texas-General Car
rama is to take hand in the Texas
border imbroglio, according to state
ment by General E. P. Nafarrate Of
Matamoros, commanding the Carran-
"a troops opposite the Brownsville
section.
General Nafarrate said that General
Carranza wired him to enforce strict
neutrality along the border. Nafarrate
replied that to do this he must have
more troops Nafarrate, saying that
he wished to ooperate with the
American military authorities, gave
the following outline of border fight
ing as reported from his side of the
line:
1--WE have received orders from
First Chief Carranza to strictly OBJ
serve neutrality and not to help in any
way the Texas revolutionists. I'm
friendly reports have said several
times that our men have crossed to
the Texas side to fight. That is wrong,
because our review list, the first OF
this month, shows no man Is missing.
We have given orders to our officers
not once, but three times, not to fire
on American troops, even If they fire
on u.s."
Asked why he believed rangers
might cause trouble, Nafarrate said
because they were not careful enough
to distinguish at whom they were
shooting.
General Nafarrate said he now has
available for border patrol duty be
tween the mouth of the river and
Guerrero, more than 100 miles above
Brownsville, 1900 men, including Gus
toms guards.
General Nafarrate said that one Of
his lieutenants who tried to water his
horse in the Rio Grande at Reynosa
was shot from the American bank. He
did not know the identity Of the Kill
lers, but said he did not believe they
were American troops.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-09-11
CHILD STOLEN BY CHINESE.
Misshapen Toe Aid to Proving ldcr
tity After Thirty Years.

tity, AFTER tn'rty years.
San Francisco.-By a misshapen toe
and a birthmark on her body, Mrs.
G. E. Kostadt has thoroughly estab.
lished her identity as Annie Mooney,
who was kidnapped from her parents
in this city thirty one years ago,
when she was Ave years old, was kept
by Chinese for several years, and was
rescued by police from trunk where
she was hidden.
After her rescue from the Chinese,
Annie was adopted by Portuguese
family. Her foster mother died when
she was IA years old, and four years
later Annie marie Kostadt.
James Mooney, her father, and
others, offered rewards aggregating
$4,000 at the time Of the child's dis.
appearance. Mooney and his wife died
several years ago, but four sisters
and brother are here to welcome
their long lost sister back into the
family fold.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-09-11

Those who have seen the villages OF
Igorrotes at various expositions and
summer amusement parks in this
country will read with wonderment the
achievement of missionary in the
Philippines who has succeeded In
teaching these primitive natives the
highly technical art of making half
tone cuts Father Stanton. who pre-.
sides over the Mission Press at Saga
da. has sent to friends in the United
States samples of the work of his ma
tive craftsmen that are said to be as
tonishingly good. A few years ago the
Igorrotes were horde Of naked saw
ages. beheading their enemies and
! eating dogs as their favorite food. The
gap between this condition and max
ing halftones has been bridged in 8
miraculously short time.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-09-11

Funny stories OF from 5000 to 5000
words, stories with good laugh in
them" are advertised for by popular
magazine. 1t Is a sign Of reaction from
the food of serious fiction. war tales
and disguised treaties on economics
business. sociology and sex that has
been depressing the reading public
for months past. But every publisher
knows that the really humorous story
Is the hardest kind of story to get II
is much easier to write gloom and sob
stuff; detective thrillers and love 70
mances can be turned out by the
dozen, according to formula. The story
that provokes laughter requires skill
backed by that most precious of all
gifts, sense of humor. There are nc
rules for its construction. 1t Is hap
piest when 1t ignores rules or makes
its own. The market has an unfailing
welcome for the writer who can cheer
folks up.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-09-11
RUSSIANS BEATEN
IN EASTERN GAL|C|A
VIENNA WAR OFFICE REPORTS
SWEEPING VICTORY OVER
FRONT OF Is MILES.
Russian Emperor Reported to Have
Assumed Command of His Army
and Stirring Events Are Elk
pected in Near Future.

A defeat of the Russians over a
front of about twenty-five miles in the
vicinity of Brody, eastern Galicia, Is
reported officially by the Vienna war
office. The Russians everywhere evac-
uated the positions they held. accord
ing to the report, and are being pur-
sued by the Austro-Hungarians.
The report says:
I'VE captured the castle of Pod
kamien in violent hand-to-hand fight,
ing; the height of Makutra, southwest
OF Brody, positions near Radziwilow
and many other points of support
which were vigorously defended.
THE battle at some points contin.
ued until this morning. Beaten every.
where, the enemy evacuated his ter.
rain, our troops pursuing him."
The news that Emperor Nicholas
had placed himself at the head of his
army, which he announced in tele-
gram to Raymond Poincare, president
of France, and tbs visit paid by the
French commander in chief, General
Joffre, to the Italian army foreshad.
ow, it is believed in military circles
in London, stirring events on both the
eastern and western fronts in which
the armies of all the allies will CO.
operate.
1t is declared the Russians already
are nearly, if not quite, holding their
own against the Austrians and Ger
mans, whose advance at most points
has been stopped and in places are on
the offensive.
the fact that the Russians continue to
| occupy the town after the Germans
have advanced to the Dvina, southeast
OF Riga, leads military writer's to the
conclusion that the Russians feel rea,
sonably sure of their ability to defend
the river and in time to push suffi,
cient far westward to relieve the
pressure on their forces on the shores
Of the Gulf of Riga.
The Anstrians and Russians are
facing each other across the Seth
river in Galicia, where the fighting is
continuous. The stands which the
Russians are making suggest that
their supply of ammunition is ample
A Petrograd correspondent says the
ammunition shortage of the Russians
has been corrected, and that while
the production is slow it is incessant
and growing in activity and method.
For the thirteenth successive day
the allies have bombarded German DO
sitions in the west, only varying their
artillery activity by occasional ali
raids. sapping and mining operations
and bomb throwing. In this fighting
the Germans are also taking part, and
success rests first with one side and
then the other.
Similar activity Is noticed on the
part Of the Austro-H Hungarian army
along the northern frontier of Serbia
where the Teutons are Strengthening
their positions on the rivers Save and
Danube, presumably preparatory tc
new offensive movement.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-09-11
CANADIAN STEAMER
SUNK BY TORPEDO
STRICKEN VESSEL SINKS ON HER
WAY TO QUEENSTOWN AFTER
PASSENGERS WERE REMOVED.
Twelve Passengers and Thirteen
Members Of Crew Missing, While
About Twenty of Those Taken
From vesse! Were injured.

London.-The Allan line steamer
Hesperian, with $50 passengers and a
crew OF 800 aboard, bound from Liver.
pool for Montreal, was attacked with.
out warning by German submarine
off the Irish coast just as darkness
was falling Saturday evening AL.
though the torpedo found it's mark,
the vessel remained afioat until 6:25
Sunday morning, when 1t sank.
Six second cabin passengers, six
third cabin passengers and thirteen OF
the crew of the steamer are unac.
counted for.
The captain Of the stricken liner
remained by his ship until it sank.
He declined to comment on the disas.
ter for publication, hence the official
statement as to whether he believes
his ship was the victim of torpedo
or mine must come from the admir-.
atty, although the captain is quoted
as having told an Allan Line official
that the Hesperian was torpedoed.
The force Of the explosion was tire.
mendous and of the passengers land
ed at Queenstown, many Of them scan.
tily clad, about twenty were injured
There were no American passengers
aboard, but two members of the crew
were American citizens and they were
both saved.
About thirty Canadian soldiers, who
were wounded in battle in Flanders.
were going home to recuperate. Most
of the other passengers were Cana,
dams returning from a visit to Eng
land, or English people on their way
to Canada to settle.
The torpedo struck the Hesperian
In the forward engine room and the
ship Immediately began to settle by
the head. Captain Main ordered the
passengers and crew into the boats,
but his officers remained on the
bridge, although at that time he must
have felt sure that his ship would go
down.
| The discipline was perfect, but one
of the boats which became damned,
capsized and those in her were thrown
into the water. In the darkness con.
1
fusion naturally prevailed, but all
were picked up and with other passen.
gers and the crew were transferred to
rescue steamers, which arrived in an.
swer to wireless calls for assistance.
The Hesperian was about $50 miles to
the westward when struck.
The Hesperian was vessel OF TO-
900 tons gross. The Allan line, own
ers of the Hesperian, has been oper'
ated for about three years by the Ca.
madam Pacific railroad, ships OF the
line running between Great Britain
and Canadian ports. The Hesperian,
twin screw steamer, was built at
Glawgow in 1905 She was ass feet
long, with a beam of 60 feet and q
depth Of 80 feet.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-09-11

Pierre jaime, the French detective
who has Just died, once traced MUIR
derer within forty-eight hours with no
clue save trouser button. Such a
feat seems almost incredible, yet many
criminals have been brought to justice
through clever minds following up the
very slightest clues. Suspicion was
first awakened In the Crippen case by
the spelling OF the victims name,
"Elnore." with two rs" on a forged
letter; Bennett of Yarmouth notori-
ETY. was traced through a laundry
mark on piece of linen, and Or
rocks, who murdered constable at
Dalston In 1884, was brought to the
scaffold by an initial on a chisel. So,
IL you want to be criminal, you had
better go out naked and unarmed.
Even then some special constable
might take note Of you.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-09-11
A THEORY EXPLODED.

For several years laymen whose
early opportunities for the study OF
astronomy were limited, but who are
yet interested in the mysteries of the
starry universe, have been RECALLED
with stories of the innumerable me.
teors which pass through the field OF
the gigantic solar telescopes, when
several degrees from the sun. One
prominent astronomer counted sew
eral hundred spots, having the appar-
ent diameter of the little planet Mer-
curry, following one another across the
solar disk, during an observation Of
three hours. 1t now appears, accord
ing to observations made recently by
Professor Barnard at the Yerkes OBJ
servatory, and also by Doctor Denning,
that, instead of being meteors, these
objects are clouds of pollen dust or
grains, carried along by the wind in
the earths atmosphere. Hasty and
unwarranted conclusions drawn by
laymen in matters pertaining strictly
to the realm of scientific research are
not infrequently treated with sarcasm
by experts. Yet it would appear to be
unkind, even upon their own testi-
mony, to remind the astronomical ex-
perts that they are also human, and
may innocently conclude that fly's
eyelash on the lens of telescope may,
under certain favorable sidelights, be
mistaken for the tail of a comet.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-09-11
JUDGE KILLED BY ASSASSIN.
Rhode Island Jurist Shot Down From
Ambush Near His Home.

Providence, R. l. - Willis s.
Knowles, for the past seven years
justice of the Eighth district court,
was shot to death near his summer
home ON Lake Moswansicut In North
Scitu.te on Sunday. The assassin
fired from bushes by the roadside.
The police were searching for a man
who formerly accompanied the justice
on hunting expeditions in the hope
that he may throw some light on the
personal affairs OF the dead man that
will suggest motive for the killing.