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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-10
Most Old People
Are Constipated

The wear of years impairs the ac-
ton of the bowels. With advanc-
ing age people are disposed to re-
stricted activity and exercise, which
is responsible for the constipated
condition of most old folks. The
digestive organs are more sensitive
to the demands maze upon them and
rebel more quickly.
A mild, effective remedy for con-
stipation, and one that is especially
suited to the needs of elderly peo-
pie. women and children, is the com
bination of simple laxative herbs with
pepsin that is sold in drug stores I'M
der the name of DR.. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin. A free trial bottle can be
obtained by writing to DR.. w. d. Cald-
well, 452 Washington St, Monticello,
Ills.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-10
CHOLERA IMMUNE HOGS.

NJ II. Reynolds, veterinarian of the
Minnesota State Agricultural college,
has recently published statement
with reference to the wisdom of using
caution in buying so called cholera inn
mune hogs that should be of value TO
hog raisers everywhere. He says: "A
farmer living on an uninfected farm in
infected territory may safely purchase
only % hogs that have been through
cholera some months before or %
hogs previously susceptible that have
received the serum virus treatment
three weeks or more before they are
moved to his farm. In any case, hogs
going to I'm uninfected farm should be
kept entirely apart from the healthy
hogs already on the farm, taken care
Of by separate herdsnlan and kept
in quarantine for at least two weeks"
1AEzz1;v
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-10
STRANGE DEATH MESSAGE.
Curious Incident Connected With tho
War In Europe.

1t may have been strange and trag-
ic coincidence. Some will believe there
was more in it than that.
The husband Of a Paris woman VIC
linist, himself a musician, left for the
front shortly after mobilization. His
Christian name was Remy. At part
ing he told his wife:
If | go under will try to let you
know directly, before the official news
reaches you"
She scarcely played any music dur
ing his absence. but the other day she
took up her violin, feeling impelled to
play one piece which lie liked above
ALL She opened the case, and two
strings of the violin suddenly snapped.
the ID and the Il. IRE and MI she
at once thought. 1t was the warning
he had said he would give her.
The next day Il telegram informed
her that her husband, Sergeant Remy,
had been killed in action.-Paris Cor.
London Telegraph.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-10
You Don't Need a Piano

Very bad if you don't seize the OPP
portunity to buy one of those Becker
Bros, pianos at $275. Never again
after this month will you get an OPP
portunity to buy this $3.50 piano for
any such money. We absolutely war
rant this piano for 10 years, and if it
is not the best bargain you have ever
seen in a strictly high grade piano
when it is set up in your house, you
can send it back to us. Better send
for catalogue today before it is too
late. George D. Jarvis & Son. Bur
lington, VT.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-10
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
serviceable Eye Lotion.


The wind and dust are often
, the cause of considerable pain
and discomfort TO the eyes. Par
ticles of dust may set up a slight I
irritation and redness in the
eyes unless removed. A safe and I
cleansing remedy for all mild
eye affections is made from boric ,
acid, prepared as follows; Dis
} solve four teaspoonfuls of boric
acid powder In one pint of boil
, ing water. When the mixture
has cooled 1t is ready for use.
Either use an eye cup or a clean I
medicine dropper to introduce
the lotion into the eyes. The
wash may be used three or four
times day.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-10

At Kearnty, Neb., an outbreak of tn
berculosis in drove of hogs was
traced to the fact that they were fed
the table scraps from hospital where
tubercular patients were kept Be-
cause of this fact and the further fact
that things detrimental to the health
of the hogs often go into the garbage
barrel at the hotel or restaurant, the
swill furnished by such places is often
Of questionable value.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-10

Operating the cream separator ut the
speed at which the manufacturer in
tended may make a good deal of diff
ference in the amount of cream got
from Il given amount of milk. In Il
recent experiment conducted under the
direction OF Purdue university, Ind, it
was found that a farmer who MIXED
twenty cows during three years lost
SOD because he guessed at the speed
Of his separator.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-10

While 1t is an important thing TO
have the butter come" it is well to
remember that the churning process
may easily be carried too far. If con-
tinued TO the point where the butter
becomes lumpy a certain amount of
buttermilk is incorporated in the butter,
with the result that the moisture con
tent of the butter is increased and its
keeping quality impaired.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-10

This matter Of the exhibition of a
good sized apple within small mouth
ed bottle is no particularly wonderful
thing when one understands how it is
done. The way to do it is TO slip the
bottle over twig bearing a blossom
and fastening the bottle in place so
that it will not slide Off. AS the apple
grows 1t will fill the bottle
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-29
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES

Shutdown Slim, by Henry Herbert
Knibbs, author of Overland Red"
with frontispiece in color and illustra-
tions by Anton Otto Fischer. Hough-
ton Mifflin Company, New York.
Shutdown Slim" has all the ro-
nance and adventure that gave "Over-
land Red" its great success. plus a
rollicking humor that puts a double
hitch in the books appeal. 1t is a
story of the Great Southwest, where
blood runs hot, and life is still untamed
and picturesque. Like Overland Red,
Suadown Slim is a hobo, but of an
alto gether different type. He is the
butt of the Concho cattle ranch, and
his one pal is Chance, a dog you
won't forget. There is a feud be-
tween the cow punchers and the sheep
herders, a feud that brings gun play
and thrilling adventure There is
Eleanor Loring. too, wonderful girl
with the nerve of a dozen men. and
Anita, under the spell of whose great
dark eyes Shutdown is inspired to show
the stuff that is in him. Readers that
like thrill, laugh, or love affair,
will find all three in Shutdown Slim. y
1t is a book that has every element of
success, and 1t is bound to be a seller.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-29
WHERE THE PEOPLE CAN HELP

TT the people of PENNSYLVANIA adopt
the suggestion of Governor Brum-
baugh they can get good roads. To
be perfectly frank about it, the Key
stone State does not enjoy the best
reputation for highways in sister Com
monwealths or among its own people.
A good many who have gone TO other
parts of the country have come back
to this State filed with wrath at the
condition of highways. municipal as
we'll as State, county and township.
And quite a few have relieved their
feelings by denouncing the State High
way Department, utterly regardless of
the fact that ii was responsible for
less than 10 per cent. of the road
mileage, and that it was without au-
thority, except advisory, and that more
or less shadowy, over the rest.
Highway Commissioner Cunningham
has adopted the wise plan of fixing
TIP the highways committed to'his care
and keeping them in order rather than
expending many thousands of dollars
on new construction. He has rec
ognized that if the highways are made
good and kept good that there will be
less demand for expensive new con-
struction and that popular opinion will
support him in refusing to build until
all roads are right"
Now. the bulk OF the roads OF Penn
sylvania which nave caused criticism.
and justly so, are in the townships.
Some of the boroughs are not guiltless,
either. The system of handling town
ship roads in this State for years has
been temperamental. Where a good
road supervisor was in office the re-
suits were apparent Too often in
difference reigned and the farmer suf-
fered with the automobile owner and
the doctor. and they all took it out in
making faces when they should have
asks them to do. DIR. Brumbaugh sug-
gests that the people constitute them
selves vigilance committees" and go
out and spot the bad stretches of road
and then get after those in authority.
He urges them to hold meetings and
talk good roads. In other words, he
wants the people to make good roads
their business Just as they make it
their business to see that air and water
are free from pollution and that
nuisances are abated.
Good roads should be part of that
comprehensive policy which we call
public safety.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-29
sTWIxT DEVIL AND DEEP

1t was a bright summer morning in
Savannah when two ladies of color met
at the corner of Broad and Oglethorpe.
Said one, Mandy, All heah yo'-all was
out skiff ridin' wifi Mistah Jackson las
evenin'."
"Yassum." said Mandy. "Ah suttinly
was out ridin wifi Mistah Jackson las
evenin: an All wants to toll yo' Abs
powuhful disconfiustered in that gem
man-powuhful.'
wifi Mistah Jackson? All heah he's a
puffec' gemman. All do"
"Puffec' gemman" exploded Mandy.
"Puffec' gemman, huh! Yo' know whut
that low down niggah do? That
scoun'el done git me out dab in that ah
boat. right plumb in de middle OBJ ue
ribber. Then that amoriferous coon he
low he gwine kiss me; yassum ies' lax
Abs tollin' you. Cose All low he
amt gwine do any sech thing. Then
that niggah low he gwine kiss me. an
IL All 'iects he gwine upset de boat an
drowned us bofe. Yassum, he say that
ve'y thing"
Mandy paused and seemed loath to
continue the narrative. Her listener
waited impatiently and then burst
An whut yo'-all do then. Mandy.
when that niggah done act so scam
"Whut All do? Huhl whut All do"
And Mandy moved scornfully down the
street We'll, you-all amt heah o.
any niggahs bein' drownded, has yo'?"
Judge.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-29
MEMORIAL DAY

TN the early sixties mighty army
i of heroic Pennsylvanians, under the
call of Lincoln and Curtin, marched
to the defense of their country and to
undying fame. Others since have fol-
lowed their patriotic'example. \ nation
that does not honor its heroic dead is
not worthy the respect and loyalty of
the living. A nation that is not great
in reverence and in gratitude cannot
endure.
In every part of this great nation
sleep its soldier dead. They deserve
all the lofty encomiums and patriotic
utterances that have been and will be
pronounced over them Their graves
everywhere should he kept green and
their memory fragrant in our hearts.
At least once a year our people
should devote a day to them and to
those they loved and left as wards of
our love and concern. Moreover, in
all our schools and churches and in
our press and on our platforms our
children should be taught the meaning
of loyalty, the,value of patriotism, the
price of peace.
peoples we love are in a most de-
pIorable and unfortunate war, it is
most appropriate that we should, in
our memorial services, not only pay
fitting tribute to the heroic dead, but
earnestly and devoutIy supplicate Al
mighty God to stay this tragedy and
give to our people and to all people
guidance to early and enduring peace.
Let us forget all past differences, and,
remembering only that He hath made
of one blood all nations of men for TO
dwell on all the face of the earth.
earnestly. commandingly devote our
enegries to secure peace, lasting peace,
holy peace for all His people.
Therefore. I. Martin G. Brumbaugh,
Governor of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania. do hereby issue this my
proclamation and earnestly request all
our people to observe May 80, 1915, as
Memorial Day.
As part of the fitting observance
thereof, I request that bells be toIIed
from IL noon until 1905, that flags be
placed at haIf-mast, and that all citI-
zens stand with heads uncovered and
in solemn silence during this period.
Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-29
THEN HE ANSWERED

Occasionally in court proceedings.
which some reporter Is trying to get
into the record, some witness will In
sist on simply shaking the head in
attorney
There was present such witness at
hearing recently held in the county
of Il. Again and again the attor-
ney was Obliged to repeat the answer
for the benefit of the official court re-
porter. Presently the patience of the
attorney gave out
please answer the question" he said
why don't you answer the question:
IL did answer" was the retort of the
injured witness. "I shook my head"
Yes" assented the quick -witted at
torney for the defense. 81 heard IT
rattle. and so did the court reporter
but he doesn't know whether you shook
1t up and down or sidewise. e."-Lippin-
colts Magazine.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-29

The day is ended. Ere | sink to sleep
My weary spirit seeks repose in
thine;
Father! forgive my trespasses, and
keep
This little life of mine.
With loving kindness curtain thou my
bed
And cool in rest my burning pilgrim
feet;
Thy pardon be the pillow for my head
So shall my sleep be sweet.
At peace with all the world. dear Lord,
and Thee,
No fears my souls unwavering faith
can shake:
Ais well-which ever side the grave
for me
The morning light may break!
Michigan Christian Advocate.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-29

The three first questions are espe-
cially significant. AS to the two first
the administration is doomed to learn
that its course is not only unpopular
but that the people have made up
their minds that a change is abso-
lutely necessary. This brings us to
the third question, on which, 1t seems
likely, will hinge the trend of the 1916
campaign. Having discovered that
the business policies and general atti-
tude of those in charge at Washington
is distasteful to the people and that
the Presidents attitude toward the
European war is generally commended,
the natural thing to expect is that the
President will be induced to adopt
more reasonable views concerning
business regulation and to make as
much as possible of the popularity of
his war policy.
The administration has dealt with
the war in a way to command the re-
spect of voters of all parties, it is
true, and the President is deserving
of all the commendation he has re-
ceived. But 1t may be said with no
thought of detracting from the glory
that has come to him as a result. that
ex-President Taft or any other of a
dozen Republicans that might be
named could have been relied upon to
conduct themselves just as vigorously,
just as sensibly and just as patriotically
as the President has done. Calmness
and firmness were demanded by the
situation and little more. The people
know this and if the Democratic lead
ers hope to win next years fight on
the Administrations war record alone
they are leaning on broken staff.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-29
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Mayor Stabler and members of
the Williamsport council have been
taking trips in the vicinity OF their
city.
David Howells of Kane, has been
elected president of the Pennsylvania
conference of the Congregational
Church.
Bishop j. F. Berry is to make the
commencement address at Wyoming
seminary.
Fire Chief Fl. F. Ferber, of Scran-
ton, is working to secure the national
fire chief convention for his city next
year.
The Rev. DIR. j. A. Singmasters
the new chairman of the Lutheran
synod, is president of Gettysburg Col-
lege.
j. II. Lahm is the new president
of the Hazleton Board of Trade.
DR.. G. w. Guthrie, prominent
Wilkes Barre physician, is very Ill.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-29
REGULATING THE JITNEYs

IND. F. EISLEY'S call for meeting
T. of the owners of jitney cars to-
morrow to consider the formu-
lation of rules of operation is a step
in the right direction. The sole COM
plant against the jitney driver is that
he has been law unto himself. The
interests of careful drivers have been
jeopardized by the reckless members
of the jitney corps. For self-protection
the owners OF motorbuses must enforce
rules that will protect both themselves
and the public. They must punish
severely any violation of their own
rules or those of the city's traffic regu
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-29
FEARS FOR 1916
He PHILADELPHIA

TIME PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC
ii LEDGER is authority for the
statement that in every voting
district in the United States Demo
cratic leaders are endeavoring to pol
the sentiments of the public toward
the Wilson administration, in prepara.
tion for next years effort to re-elect
the President. by means of the follow
ing list of questions:
I. What is the feeling OF the
Democrats in your county toward
the National Administrati tion2
people generally toward the Ad-
ministration and its policies?
3. What particular policy meets
and, If any policy is disapproved,
tive the reasons therefor?
4. Are the Independent voters
avorable or unfavorable to the
5. Are business conditions good,
bad or Indifferent in your section?
6. If there has been more or
less business depression. to what
cause is It ascribed by the people
generally?
I. Are business conditions i'm
8. What is the condition of the
Democratic organization in your
county?
.. What is the condition of the
Republican organization in your
county?
10. Have the Republicans and
Progressives got together in your
county or are they getting to-
gether?
IL. If the election should occur
to-day would Democracy fare bet
ter or worse than in 1912?
II. Are our opponents active?
If so. in what manner and with
what result? What would you
propose to offset their activity?
In every line of every one of thes,
questions is reflected fear that all 4
not we'll with the Democracy. Blu
that Is not all. The canvass now be
ing made indicates that a desperat
effort is to be made in 1916 to retaiI
the reins of office and that those II
charge of the campaign are losing n
time in establishing their line of bat
tie. Good or bad. favorable or unfa
vorable. the leaders of the administra
tion are determined to learn where tn
President stands in public opinion.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-29
HERE HAZE SHOULD DIE
This is the land where hate shoult


This is the land where hate should
die
No feuds of faith, no spleen of race,
No darkly brooding fear should try
Beneath our flag to find a place.
Lo, every people here has sent
It's sons TO answer freedoms call;
Their life blood is the strong cement
That builds and binds the nations
wall.
This is. the land where hate should
Though dear to me my faith and
shrine.
I serve my country best when
Respect the creeds that are not mine
He little loves his land who'd cast
Upon his neighbor's faith a doubt,
Or cite the wrongs of ages past
From present rights to bar him out.
This is the land where hate should
die
This is the land where strife should
cease,
Where foul. suspicious fear should fly
Before the light of love and peace
Then let us purge from poisoned
That service to the state we give,
And so be worthy as we ought
or this great land in which we livei
Denis A. Mccarthy. in Youths Com
paniOn.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-29

lations If all of them are not to be
brought into disrepute and disfavor
with the public.
Like every other business in an ex-
perimental stage, the jitney has to
find itself" The process is nearly
always painful and always disagree
able. Eventually there will be we'll
established rules for the government
of this class of motor vehicles, but in
the meantime the jitney owners will
do we'll to follow the lead of Mr.. Eisley
in his wise effort to control the evils
that have sprung up.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-29
Locally introduced

Mr.. Manufactures, when your
product is advertised In the local
newspaper you are properly IN
troduced.
The newspaper. the merchant
and the consumer in the same
COMMUNICATIVE mutual inter-
ests.
Your newspaper advertising
gives your product local prestige.
Dealer cooperation is assured
because the dealer knows that
newspaper advertising means ac-
tivity at his store door.
Manufacturers seeking local
introduction" are invited to ad-
dress the Bureau of Advertising.
American Newspaper Publishers
Association. World Building, New
York.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-29
HONOR THEM TOMORROW


Down the cemetery lane l wandered,
Pausing often on the way.
To interpret the inscriptions
on the tombstones. cold and gray.
Some took forms of emulation
Sounding honor. praise and fame
Here and there I found marker
Bearing nothing but name.
But the stones that most impressed m,
In this place so quiet, still.
Were the hundreds in a straight line,
Lost to view Ger brow of hill.
Each one bearing Just a number
Here 1t was / barred my head
AS mark of my respect for
Men of men-the Unknown Dead.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-29

THE shouting and the tumult dies
The smoke of battle drifts away,
And yonder in the eastern skies
The clouds retreat before the day.
The sun shines on the farthest hill.
The plains are wet with holier dew,
And every little babbling rill
Repeats a song of dreams come true.
A thousand fields of golden grain
Wave Ger the broken battle lines,
And where war left it's crimson stain
The ripening grapes peep through
the vines.
The guns of Krupp no longer take
OF quivering flesh their ghastly toll,
Nor yet do charging legions make
Vast harvests for the bloody roll.
The terrors of the air are tanned;
In peaceful paths they wing their
way;
No longer where the battles famed
Wen see their bulk in quest of prey.
The Cossack fierce and Uhlan bold.
Who died, mere pawns in royal
game,
Have joined the Goths and Vikings old
And men now know who were to
blame.
The Britons far-fiung squadrons fade;
Naught but the memory of them
clings
To that grim day when history made
Such havoc with the rights of
kings"
Within the dim museums halls
Neglected, wars grim relics lie;
The tattered flags droop on the walls;
The rusted sword is sheathed for
aye.
And over all the spider filings
His cobweb veil. while. day by day,
The peasants children and the king s
Go hand in hand about their play.
The people rule by freedoms right
In land of Kaiser, King and Car;
Nor dupe nor slave is left to fight
The battles of the lords of war.
THE captains and the kings depart
The pomp and circumstance is past /;
In every village, town and mart
mans soul is his own-at last!
&C. B. Joyner, in Christian Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-29
TIME

Time moveth not; our being tits that
moves;
And we, swift gliding down life's rapid
stream,
years,
Ordained to chronicle our passing days.
So the young sailor, in the gallant
bark,
Scudding before the wind, beholds the
coast
Receding from his eye, and thinks the
while
Struck with amaze. that he is motion
less,
And that the land is sailing.
Henry Kirke White.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-29
Day of thankspivi1
Our Daily Laugh
PROVED.

So you think
the office some-
times seeks the
man?
You bet! Our
office has spent
five t h o u s a n d
dollars trying to
find our last CASH
Ter.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-29
COMING BILLY's WAY

[From the Pittsburgh Sun.1
With Marconi working on an in
strument that will permit us to see
what is going on in the next room.
and Edison announcing that he has
perfected an apparatus to fix a tele-
phone conversation so that it can be
referred to later, everything seems to
be breaking Billy Sundays way. Moth
ing makes man better than the fear
of being found out.