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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-28
The First Households.

The first house boats in this country
were developed on the Mississippi riv-
err and We're called "shanty boats" As
the name implies. they are more or less
Of shelter or shanty built on a small
boxlike scow or float of logs, usually
containing but one room, in which
cooking, sleeping living, trading and
very often gambling We're conducted.
These shanty boats often started from
st. Louis or points farther north and
driftcd with the current assisted and
steered with long sweeps all the way
down the river to New Orleans. Here
they were sold or deserted by their
owners, it being practically impossible
70 get them back up the river against
the current without towing. the cost
IF which was prohibitive.-H. w. Lo-
Eeree in Countryside Magazine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-28
Hall of Fana Candidates.

Il am the lady who owns watci
that is always correct. l wind it nj
every night and never have to ask
my husband what time it is. You may
not believe It. but it's So
Il am The grandfather who never
mentions the fact that my grandchild
is the smartest and best looking young
one that ever lived"
Il am the utterly unconcerned per.
son who doesn't care Il single continent
tal or Mexican dollar whether you
,Nl,int this, NM :, Il.,.tin,,d I,..,,~nr.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-28
soRCERY IN NEW GUINEA.
When the Charms Fail the Penalty lie
Swift and Deadly.

Wnen the CharmS ran the fenaity 10
Swift and Deadly.
Not long since, in an inland village
in New Guinea. a certain mother-in-
law fell Ill. A puri-puri man was
fetched TO her aid from a neighborlng
village. Could the puri-puri man cure
the mother-in-law? Oh, yes, the puri-
puri man could surely cure the mother
in-law! The puri-puri man man must
have, however, as fee for the cure n
dog and a pig. It was bargain. The
dog and the pig passed into the posses
sion Of the sorcerer, and he set conf
IDENTITY to work. 1t was testified in the
course of the trial. which presently
came on, that the sorcerer. who was
by this time the deceased in the case.
had made few passes" over the
mother-in-law and returned to his vii
lage
"Now, my good woman" said he,
upon departing. you will get we'll"
This was not so.
81 called you to attend my mother-in-
law" demanded the son-in-law, when
next the sorcerer came.
1t was admitted.
81 paid you dog and a pig?"
"You did"
"My mother-in-law is dead"
"Hum." 1t is easy to imagine the
CONSERVATION of the sorcerer.
VERY well, them" declared the SON
in-aw. "As paid you dog and a
pig TO cure my mother-n-law. and as
you did not cure her. l am going to
kill YOU
Thcreupon the son-in-law went Off
with two friends in search of weapons.
Witnesses of what followed told the
magistrate before whom the case was
being tried that the sorcerer made no
attempt to escape, that he calmly
awaited the inevitable event. Present
~ the avengers returned, The son-in-
law grievously speared the sorcerer.
and the misunderstanding countenance
and aid --dispatched him with their
stone clubs. Not one of these men,
declares the magistrate, could be per-
suaded that they had done anything
out of the way. Had the sorcerer not
been paid dog and pig for his
medicine? And had not his cure fail
ed? And was he not sorcerer, any
how?-Harper's Magazine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-28
french Military Law.

Every Fsenchman not declared unfit
for military service must on reaching
tile age of twenty serve three years in
the acti1 Q army eleven years III the re-
tservesof ;he active army ttwo trainings
Of one month each, six wears in he
territorial army tone training of two
weeks and six years in the reserve OF
the territorial army. Part Of the con-
scripts, drawn by lot and the number
OF which is fixed every year by the
minister Of war, pass into the reserve
after one year of active service, if they
can re;saF and write. or after two years
if illteratc. Those who are not able 10
bear arms or belong to the active army
for period less than three years have
to pay Il military tax of & francs ISL 10.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-28
Equine SanacitY.

Here is Il Startling story of equine
sagacity related 10y the London Tit
Bits. \ horse was standing in the
shafts of Il carriage just outside To-
cal thea;er. 1t had weary look, as of
one that desired repose.
Suddenly it frightened up. and be-
fore it could be stopped it made a dash
for the box Office.
The reasons for this unexpected be-
havior gave rise to much discussion
till at last one of the crowd, more OBJ
servant than the others, pointed out
that the legend, 40 the stalls" was
written in large letters over the box
office window.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-28

How Lc.t1-e Strike Our Eyes.
Roman .lctte1s or various sizes are
opnm6nly cgGc.l Into rcqgcst liy ocu-
lists in testing vi len. Recent expert
lnenis show great differences In the
case Witllwhich tic varicas letters are
.ecogn.zcI by the sane pepson. n is
especially difficult Of recognition and
Is apr 20 bc mistakon F0r I. By il Sim
liar optical illusiep the angle Cf /. Is
roundel OF making tlie letter rRseni-
bic q reversed ]. V is the casipst of
all letters to recognize, ana 0 presents
little difficGltYs X giS more easily roc
ogni2ed than II, which resembles it
closely, and both y and z are easily
recognized. A is easily guessed at
from its general form, but is difficult
Of positive recognition. including dis
tinct perception of The horizontal line,
L and L are among the most difficult
OF all letters.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-28

IN his address before the annual
convention of the Episcopal Diocese
of Vermont, Bishop A. G. A. Hall
said. I'VE have our ideals, but lack
the ambition to put them in prac-
tice and we do not have the zeal to
instill them into others. II we did
we would not see the Ben Greet
Players giving an entertainment at a
university on Ash Wednesday nor
would wei have our State Legislature
ending its term in a session full of
hilarity on Good Friday. We have
rights in the church and they should
be considered" The good bishop
forgets that outside the Episcopal
and Catholic churches Ash Wednes-
day and Good Friday get but scant
attention in Vermont, and that in
the membership of Vermont leg
islature there are but few Catholics
and fewer Episcopalians. 1t would
be well for all concerned if the great
days in the death and resurrection
OF the Master were more generally
remembered and observed, but how
to compel observance presents a Sc
rtous problem. Bellows Falls Times.
Which OF the two days mentioned
does the Times consider fine great
day of the resurrection" which it
wants. observed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-28
FIRES IN ICEHoUsEs.
They Are Easily Started and Particu-
fLa larly Hard to Handle.


IcehpuseS. despite hen damp con
tents and their Simple structure, lave
q high place among special fire risks.
no kind of tbuldhag is such a paradox
Apparently an icehouse is as safe
against fire as a;pump log or a mud
scow; yet give the flames but half q
chance and nihe times In ten they work
Il total loss. srr.,ss
! Under ordinary conditions an ice
house fire starts easily The walls rise
without masonry tiirect from the
ground; grass fires and brush fires
creep into contact with the bare wood.
Dry straw and hay lie all about, Damp
ssawdust within often takes fire Of it.
SELF Tramps. never over careful in
their smoking, seek. shelter in the
buildings. The saw tooth roofs could
not be better planned TO, catch sparks
from passing trains.
And when she fire has started, 1t is
uncommonly hard TO master. In most
cases it gets an overpowering Roadway
before the lighters can assemble. Hy
drants are often lacking. If the build
ings are full of ice and the covering
straw, the firemen can work only from
the outside; IL the buildings are empty
the great spaces give the flames both
draft and sweep. And the walls,
by their peculiar construction, double
or triple with twelve or eighteen inch
spaces within. packed with tan bark
or other combustlble filing, usually
battle all attempts at reaching and ez-
tinguishing the well fed fire within
them.-Boston Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-28
He DID INDEED MISS HER.
The Professor Admitted Il, but He
Was on the Wrong Track.


When The intrusive muse in Bglwei's
once famous noyel. a'fhe Cations, in
terrupted the professors studies TO an
nounce the arrival OF his iirst born SON
with an explosive, .lt's boy the ab-
sent minded parent merely regarded
her with puzzled annoyance. and in
quired vaguely. whats a boy?'
But it was professor in real life
who. some time after the marriage OF
his only daughter and her departure
from the parental roof. was visited By
cousin, who venturcd to condole with
him upon his loneliness. How YOU
must miss her. she exclaimed.
Miss who:' said the professor with
nh air of amiablc hewilacrment which
presently changed TO one Of pleased
comprehension. Indeed | do, Mar
garrett indeed / do he declared CRATE
fully. But | scarcely supposed my
complete absorption would he 50 sym
pnthetically realized. Indeed, YOU are
right: feel quite lost without her. A
most interesting personality And as
to the poisonings. / am sure she has
been maligned"
"Poisoningsi' echoed his cousin.
Il am quite sure of it," repeated the
professor firmly. There has certainly
been objectionable eXaggeration in
their number, and ! very much doubt
il she ever poisoned anyone nj AL"
81 am talking" said Margaret, "of
your daughter. Mary
"Ohv' said the professor. Dear me!
I thought Of course, you meant Lucre-
zia Borgia. She's the subject OF
monograph that | began the day after
Mary went away and finished week
ago. l felt ] needed a little something
outside my usual routine TO occupy my
thoughts, and Lucrezia has proved
eminently satisfactory"
The brilliant and dangerous Borgia
was startling substitute, certainly,
for gentle hammered daughter of
modern civilization, but one less deadly
than that chosen in like circumstances
by the great French scientist, Pasteur.
"After an he was heard penslvely
murmuring to himself when Il beloved
daughter had departed with her hus-
band to distant home, II shall he
able to devote myself to typhoid fever"
Youths Companion
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-28
Burned Out Fuse PLUGS.

When house fuse plug blows" out
and there is no other Mt hand take a
bit of tin foil--the covering from a
pack of tobacco or chewing gum will
do-and fold it once, making the strip
about one-half inch wide; then lay it
over the contact points Of the plug and
screw the plug into the receptacle.
This will make connection and will
not produce any more body than il the
ordinary fuse wire were used.--Popu-
lar Mechanics.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-28
Monday june %, 1915.

There are three enemies already
in the path of this years graduate,
however laudable his ambition may
he. They are: Disappointment,
Competition and Failure 1t
will need resolution to rout all these
stumbling blocks. But the way to do
is to roll up your sleeves and go at
them one at a time Windsor Jour
ma,
The enemies most dangerous are
laziness, extravaganza, envy, intern
perance and vanity. Overcome these
and disappointment, competition and
failure will prove to be merely
spectators along the line of march.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-28

The little daughter of the hostess
looked long and inquiringly Mt the guest
who she had been told was very
learned man and professor. During
a lull in the conversation she spoke IN,
what do you do in college, please,
sir?"
81 am Il professor, my dear was the
reply. 81 impart my knowledge to the
students"
"Then if you keep on that way" she
said soberly, pretty soon you won't
know anything yourself, viii your
rAdias.j rI-.-.. ~---se- = :.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-28
All are actors

Man enters the great drama of life
without preparation, improvises his
part as he walks the stage, and reach
ing the end of his act, takes to the
wings. policy of life insurance
generally tells how we'll he played
his part. National Life ms. Co., of
VT. (Mutual) Earle S. Kinsley, Cen
eral Agent, Mead Building, Rutland,
VT. Adv. ~,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-28

81 want you to make the outfit for
my trial"
Let me see" mused the experience
I'd modiste. you'll want a direct
testimony suit. cross examination
Gown and something dainty and cling
ing to faint il. - Kansas City Journal
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-28
Law and Ordinance.

All Ordinances are laws" but all
laws are not ordinances. Law is
the wider term, applying to states.
while ordinance has special reference
to the municipality. Laws and or
dlnances are equally rules of action"
laid down by authority. but in the case
OF the ordinance the authority is of
The minor sort-the city as opposed to
the state-New York American.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-28
Horrible Possibility.

''Our engagement was most romantic.
] was travelling with her party at the
time, and proposed TO her in the far
west on the edge Of a mountain gorge"
'Ol. suppose she. had thrown YOU
over Baltimore American.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-28
IIow's This

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, ..
We, the undersigned. have known + j.
Cheney for the last Is years. and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
Toledo, o.
Halls Catarfh Cure Is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price 20 cents sler bottle. Sold
by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pill for constipation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-28
METHOD.

Method is the very hinge Of
business, and there is no method
without punctuahty. Punctuahty
Is important because it subserves
the peace and good temper of
family. Calmness Of mind, which
it produces, is another advantage
Of punctuaEty. A disorderly man
Railways in hurry. He has no
time to speak to you because he is
going elsewhere, and when he gets
there he is too late for his business
or he must hurry away before he
can finish it.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-28
Oratory.

Oratory is the longest distance be-
tween two p,a.itudes. lis success de
Ponds upon bow much it impresses you
when it is being delivered and how lit
tie it irnpresses you nfterward. Life.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-28
How Lc..s-a Strike Our Eye.

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-25
BLAZING CAT SETS FIRE
TOBARN NUMBER TWO
Animal Dashes From One
Structure Into Another and
Ignites 1t Also

A blazing cat ran from a burning barn
into an adjoining barn today. set IL on
fire and nearly caused double blaze
at Model Farm" the place Of Carol NJ.
Whitoomb. Penrose Ferry and Island
roads.
The first FIRE, which was started by
spontaneous combustion In the large two
story harm, had gained considerable head
way because OF the lack of water. Fire
men were combining their efforts TO reseu-
ing the livestock and saving the nearby
buildings. Only two streams OF water
could be played on the FIRE after long
delay owing 10 the long distance that
the hoses had to be laid. One hose went
10 a creek nearly a mile away. while
the other was a half mile long.
Fifty tons of hay, 20 tons OF straw and
440 tons of corn were making the barn
blazing furnace when a blazing cat
ran out OF the structure into another
barn. A fire Immediately started, and
firemen rushed TO the scene 10 drag the
cat out. The blaze was extinguished after
a battle and the cat was killed 10 relieve
II OF is suffering.
The fire undoubtedly would have done
much greater damage II Il had not been
for the ride OF Sergeant Coke, OF the 32d
street and Woodland avenue police sta
tion. = Coke saw the flames and dashed
a mile. ON his horse 10 the nearest hre
alarm box. The loss Is between t20,o0l
and $4,000, partly covered BY Insurance.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-25
IA PERISH IN FLAMES
INA PITTSBURGH PLANT
Continued from Page one


which were In the same building as the
Union Paper Box Company. had narrow
escapes. 20 quickly did the FIRST eat
through the building,
Cardboard and straw. used In the box
factory, made volumes of thick, greasy
black smoke which rolled up IN billows,
obscuring the sky and hindering the fire.
men.
Mrs. Jennie Harris reported 10 the po-
lice that she had seen seven girls leap
from the third floor OF the burning build
ing to the roof Of the Brown feed store
While searching for the girls bodies the
hremen came upon the body OF Peter
Vallcn, an employe OF the paper box fac
tory, who had jumped from the fourth
floor.
Florence Becker died after jumping from
the third floor
Despite the thick smoke and the heat
nremen were able to make their way
through the third floor OF the burning
building. In one of the rooms OF the
box factory they found the bodies of four
girls, who had died of suffocation. Their
bodies We're only slightly burned
one cause for the heavy death roll is
that the hre-escape fell shortly after the
fire started. The rush OF men and
women loosened the fre-escape steps and
they crashed TO the ground
Late In the afternoon a report that the
windows of the box factory were nailed
and that 25 feet of the first hose line blew
up led Mayor Armstrong to order an inn
mediate Investigation. While the fire still
blazed detectives climbed through the still
burning ruins in their search for evidence
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-25
GERMANS RAKE
DYINSK WITH FIRE
FROM BIG GUNS
Austrian Skodas That Bat
tered Ivangorod Turned
Against Fortress
CITY HIT ON THREE SIDES
LONDON, Oct. PA desperate
Russo-German fight for Riga is in
progress, a Petrograd dispatch this
afternoon said. II stated the Rus
slams were holding their ground.
BERLIN. oct. 25.

BERLIN. oct. 25.
The War Office makes the following re-
port on the eastern theatre.
Field Marshal Won Hlndenburgs army
repulsed Russian attacks southeast of
Riga and against our positions northeast
OF Dunabuprg DvinslO which had been
taken from the Russians on Saturday.
The number of prisoners taken by us
there reached % officers and 3I05 men. We
also took u machine guns and one mine
thrower. General Won Liusingcn's Austro-
German forces west of Eomarow have
penetrated the Russian positions on a
front of nearly three miles"
German troops are only nine miles from
Dvinsk, tho important Russian city on
the Duna River against which they have
been driving for months
From Illuxt, the capture of which by
he Germans was announced yesterday,
heavy howtzors are being moved into
position to lombard the Russian forts de-
Tending Dvinsk
The fall of Dvinsk is believed to be inn
mnent
From three sides the Russian positions
defending Dvinsk are being raked by a
terrific artillery fire. Every grade of guns,
from Pinch howitzers down, are being
used. Skoda guns, from the Austrian
army. which were used to batter down
the defenses of Ivangorod and Novo
Georgievsk, are now being used against
the fortress of Dvinsk.
The Russians at Illuxt have been COM
PEELED to fall back, enabling the Germans
to attack the forts on the north and west
Of the city as well as those on the south
The Libau Railway is now virtually all
in German hands.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-25
THREE GERMANS HELD
IN PLOT TO SINK LINERS
Concluded From Page One

concluded FROM Page One
They will be arranged again tomorrow,
charged with conspiracy and having ex-
plosives in their possession unlawfully
DR.. Albert Elder, secretary to Count
Won Bernstorff, the German Ambassador
to the United States, denied that any Of
the men arrested were connected with
the German Embassy or were even known
here.
The police said Dache told them he
came to New Jersey to investigate fac
tories which were alleged to be making
dum-dum bullets for the Allies He said
that after gathering evidence he planned
to make a formal complaint to Wash
ington.
In Hoboken storage house the police
today found two trunks which are be-
lieved to have belonged to Fay. They
were filled with copper wires and intricate
and delicate machinery, which, the police
declare, might be used in making bombs.
According to the men in charge of the
investigation. the conspiracy is wide
spread, extending to many parts of the
country. and the brains of IL is Fay.
Some clues unearthed indicate that a
number of women were members of the
band.
Detectives are making efforts to con-
meet the activities of Fay and his COM
panion with numerous explosions that
have occurred on munition ships and
fires in plants manufacturing powder and
other war supplies for the Allies.
Agents of the British Government in
this country are deeply interested i'm Fay
and believe that an important capture has
been made. They assert that they have
evidence TO show that Fay is a dangerous
spy sent here by the secret service arm
of the German Foreign Office. The pris-
oner is alleged TO have offered a detective
1900 to release him. He has plenty OF
money and seemed confident Of being
able to get any amount he wanted
Fay sed $3.50 in new $40 bills and gold in
his trunk and S20 in his pocket After
searching his rooms. the New Jersey au-
thorities announced that they had confis-
Gated the following belongings of Fave:
A chart of New York harbor, SHOWING
the forts and piers.
Twenty-Five pounds Of trinitrate OF
toluol.
About 800 pounds of dynamite.
Five mines, to be attached to the pro-
pellers of steamships, with time-clock at
taehment, and worth about 5000 each.
Two hundred bomb cylinders,
-Four hundred percussion caps
Two automatic pistols
Fay's racing automobile and a high
powered motorboat. which he kept moored
In the Hudson River, at Grantwood, were
also conhscated,
Letters and other documents found "
Fay's trunk, and written in German, are
being translated.