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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-25

In the Falkland islands there are
FIVE times as many men as women.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-25

The first European nation to adopt
the metric system of weights and
measures was France. This was in
1890, and was followed by Holland in
1916, by Belgium in 1920 and by Swe.
den in 1889.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-25

The Texas agricultural station has
issued pamphlet, In view Of the
great number Of houses which have
been recently carried away in the
floods Of the rivers of that state, con.
tanning valuable suggestions for an
choring houses exposed to this danger.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-16

Joseph Handman, a plasterer out
of work, was walking on Milwaukee
av. near North aV, last Friday.
Numbers of striking garment
workers were moving up and down
past him and by the shops that they
had quit in their fight for a decent
wage. Cops we're darting here and
there, making arrests or beating
clothing workers at their pleasure.
A policeman dubbed little fellow
and he ran. The heavy, red-faced
cop pursued him, club in hand. The
boy ran past Handman. The police
man followed, but as he passed,
bumped into the plasterer. ..t .
According to Handman, the cop
turned and, from behind, struck him
on the head with his club, knocking
him down.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-16

The cop then gave up his chase of
the boy and returned to the uncon-t
scious plasterer and, according to wit.
nesses, began beating him again in
an effort to get him on his feet.
A washwoman, Mrs. Victoria VOL
ciz of 1643 N. Lincoln st., ran up to
the policeman and begged him not
to beat the plasterer, who had not in
feFed in the strike troubles.
She was pushed by the cop, she;
claims, and fell to the sidewalk. The
policeman stood Handman on his
feet and hit him again.
Mrs. Wojciz, unable to bear the
scene, picked up Landmarks hat, as.
she says, to distract the policeman's
attention from the bleeding man. She
ran with the hat. &C., .-.--...... .....-.
The excited opped Hsndma4
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-08
Old Saws ard SAVINGS.

A few old sayings on the subject c.
food come to us rather as Il surprise In
our age Of daintineSs and refinement.
yet they have their raiSon detrc not
withstanding. "Meat is much, manners
are more" Cease your chatter and
mind your platter "Thc ass that
brays most eats least" "The wing with
the liver to him who's the giver;' He
can give little to his servant who licks
his own treuchaR"
Apropos of this remark it is amusing
to note that manners" was the name
given to the remnants OF a meal. These
came to the servants as official per
quisites: hence our well Worn express
sion before emptying a dish, Leave
the last slice Tor whatever it may be-
for manners"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-08

CARLYLE'S TEMPER.
Il Was the Very Reverse of Bad, Said
His Old Maiciservans.

Carlyle bad temperedt Not at all, If
we are 70 place any belief in the testi-
mony Of tie maid behind the broom.
Che Of Carlylcs servants, Jessie, who
on marrying became Mrs Broadfoot,
las left very favorable impression
o. her old master, says the London
Standard
II could have lived with him all my
days" she says, and it always makes
me angry wheR read. rs | sometimes
do that he was bad tempered. He
was the very reverse. in my opinion.
never would have left him when
dill If | had not been going to yet
married. took great pride in attend
ing on him and studying all his wants
aud wishes
1T was one of nay duties to rush out
and move on all street organs and
things of that kind Many Il time in
the morning before he rose used to
ill his pipe, the short clay he used in
his bedroom, for him and strike the
match TO light il always cut UP his
tobacco the bought it in flat cakes
and kept his tin boX regularly supplied.
He was always so grateful for these
little services
So much for popular belief and the
dictum of the democratic servant biog-
rapbcr.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-08
The DANCING Mania.

The dancing mania" of the middle
ages came ON the heels of the great
plague known as the "black death"
1t was some sort of nervous disease
and is now supposed to have been
what is known as st. YituS' dance
1t began in the year 1874 at AiX-la-
Chapelle and spread all over Ger
many. the Netherlands and Italy. The
dancers formed circles hand in hand
and appearing to have lost all reason
continued dancing, regardless of the
bystanders, for hours together until IN
their wild delirium they fell to the
ground in sheer exhaustion. Painting
and foaming at the mouth, they would
suddenly spring up and begin the
dance again, to be again exhausted.
and so on until they died. The mania
involved millions of people
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-08
The Norweoian Costume.

1t is mt church in Norway that the
national costume is best seen. In the
north the women wear short dark
Gowns. with fringed handkerchiefs
lied becomingly over their curly fair
hair black ones for the matrons and
white ones for maidens. In the south
The old Norwegian dress is often worn
1t consists of short dark petticoat.
with a stripe Of bright colors, full
white blouse and Il red bodice heavily
embroidered, while on Sundays guam
tity of silver pins and chains Arc add
ed The headdress varies according to
the occasion aud the wearers social
condition. The girls wear iaunty red
caps, the married women a Golf made
of many folds of starched white linen,
plated over n wooden frame, and a
bride wears Il high metal crown curl
ously chased and set with jewels.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-08
Cataclysmic Geology.

CataclYsmir geology no longer eX-
lists 1t WAS once the accepted opinion
that the great changes in the carth's
surface had been mainly brought about
by sudden and violent tcataclysmic)
agencies, but Sir Charles l.yell. as far
back as 1888, demolished the old theory
of cataclysm at once and forever. Sir
Charles proved by facts which were in
disputable that the great geological
changes have been produced slowly by
gradual processes of subsistence and
elevation and not by earthquakes, vol
canic action. etc. Lyell may be said tc
be the father of scientific geology.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-08
MODERN WIRE ROPE.
Mathematical Precision Rules Every
Process In Its Making.

Mathematical Precision Rules Every
Process In It's Making.
Although wire rope has been used as
a mechanical appliance for almost 5000
years. it is commonly regarded as a
modern invention. During the many
years which have elapsed since the
first records of its use wire rope has
passed from a crude TO Il highly deyel-
oped product, and the purposes for
which 1t is employed have INCREASED Il
thousandfold In no other branch of
the American steel industry is there so
great a demand for material oEfroyed
integrity. for il might be safely sug
gested that wire rope is born 10 be
abused. 1t is subjected to tremendous
tensile strains, it must withstand con-
slant bendings, abrasion. corrosion and
the peculiar internal stress produced by
vibration
Wire rope n il is made today is the
product of the mciaiiurgist and the me-
chanic. EVER process, from the smelt-
ing Of the Ores, the cold drawing of the
wire and the heat treatments it re-
ceives down to ne straudiug or laying
UP of the cable IS conducted with
mathematical mecision.a
The chemist sees that only steel of
the proper analysis is used. the electric
promoter iuWWos uniformity OF heat:
treatment in various testing machines
clearly develop the worth 90 the prod
st 81
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-08
FIRST BASEBALL GLOVE.
Story of the Little Third 5aseman
With the Iron Fist.

With the Iron FIST.
About 1S67-6S baseball team came
to Rockford H., 10 play our nine,
| says a writer i'll All Outdoors. They
called themselves the "Unconquered
| Clippers of Illinois and pastered our
town with big posters We made up
our minds to give them drubbing,
and at the end of the game the score
was Rockford, 90; Clippers, o.
There was little chap playing third
base who grabbed everything that
came near him. and held it too. |
noticed that he wore Kind of glove.
When the game was over | went to
him and asked what it was that he
wore on his hand He told me hat
he was machiniSt and had got his
hand badly hurt the week before, and
he showed me the wound in his palm.
He said the boys did not wait him
to play in that game but he got "A
piece of thin sheet steel ana made
it slightly concavc, but so that it did
not quite touch the sore plSce. He
then made short glove to cover all
the hand excepting the first joints of
the fingers and doubled the leather in
the palm so that he could slip the
plate between.
| asked him if it hurt and he said
it did not and that he could take hot
one and hold it better Nth the glove
than without it. That is the whole
story. l don't think that Spalding
ever talked to the little chap with the
iron fist, as the boys dubbed the third
baseman, but everybody in Rockford
knew about the mitt, and he may
have got the idea from him. Anyway,
that was the first glove that any ball
player ever wore.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-08
HELP FOR HOMELY MEN.
Facial Decorations and Other Ways to
Tone Down UsIiness.

Facial Decorations and Other Ways to
Tone Down UsIiness.
If my face is too wide beard length.
ems it; if my face is TOO narrow it OK
pands as If by magic with the addition
of what have sometimes been affection
ately called mutton chops" or ''siders"
If my nose projects. almost like
nose trying to escape from face TO
which it has been sentenced for life,
pair of large. handsome mustdches will
provide proper encourage IA nest. so
to speak, on which the nose rests con-
tentedly almost like sitting hen; If
my nose retreats backward into my
face the aesthetic solution is obviously
galways
A stout man can do wonders with his
appearance by adopting pointed
beard and suit of clothes, shirt, neck
tie and stockings with pronounced YER
teal stripes, a thin man, on the other
hand, becomes at once substantial in
effect without being gross il he cult
Yates side whiskerS and wears n suit
Hf cW Jos. shirt, cravat and stockings
With l.oYpunaed horizontal stripes.
+ my face lacks fierceness and dy-
mamie force il needs brisk arrogant
mustache or if it has too much of these
qualities n long, sad, dropping mus
tache will counterbalance them.-At-
lantic Monthly
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-08
TRUE FOSSIL FORESTS.
Yellowstone Parks Array of Stony
Relics of Volcano Activity.

Relics of Volcano Activity.
Remarkable fossil forests exist in
Yellowstone park, the most remark
able, il is believed, of the several fossil
forests which have been discovered
there are others in Egypt, in California
and in ArizOna-because in the Yel-
lowstone most of the trees were en-
tombed in their original upright posi-
ton and not found recumbenl and scat
tered about The ground.
In Arizona, for instance, the fossil
lied trunks have evidently been car
red long distance from where they
originally grew.
In the Yellowstone the trees now
stand where they grew and where they
are entombed by the outpouring of
various volcanic materials.
Now as the softer rocks surrounding
them are gradually worn away they
are left standing erect ga the steep hill
sides, just as they s. i when they
were living. In fact, Il J. difficult at IL
little distance to distinguish some of
these fossil trunks from tAc lichen COW
cred stumps OF kindred lir.g species.
Such an aggregation of fossil ranks is
therefore well entitled to be called a
true fossil forest
1t should not he supposed, however.
that these trees still retain their limbs
and similar branches, for the mass Of
volcanic material falling on them strip
ped them down to bare, upright trunks.
Exchange.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-08
ADMINISTRATORS AUCTION

The undersigned will sell at public
auction, Nov 10 all personal property
on the Edwin Stratton Farm; located
on Park street extension. One mile
north of village of Bennington; con.
sisting of about 80 head of cattle, 2
horses. 500 bushels oats, 80 tons
hay, 300 bushels potatoes and all
farm implements on said farm.
e. r. lockwood,
C. S. Estes,
Administrators.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-08
Puzzled.

y little girl has new baby sister.
and she has been somewhat puzzled
as to the exact status of the new al
rival in the family. She had willingly
given up her bed, but something still
seemed to trouble her greatly. One
day she was found surveying the din
Ing room just at mcaltime. She look
ed at her own high chair, then inquir-
ed Suspiciously y her father, where
Is she going 10 eat, daddie T'-lndiana
polls News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-08
a oueon VINO Was a Kina.

Only once in the history of the world
has queen been officially knowh as a
king. This was in Hungary, when the
Hungarians gave the name of king TO
their Queen Mary in order to avoid
the infamy which the laws of that
country cast upon those who are gov
erncd 10y women She bore the title of
King Mary till her marriage with Sigis-
mund. After that she took the title of
queen.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-08
Good Role.

johnnie Wobbs was regarded as the
town simpleton, but occasionally he
was gifted with Il flash of keenest
repartee, as II city visitor discovered
to his discontinue. What part do
you perform in the great drama of
life?" he asked. 81 mind my own bust
ness" replied Mr.. Wobbs. Argonaut.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-08
PLANNED. but Never Writer.

Among literary works planned. but
never written, have been Life of
Ilazlitt," by Stevenson: History Of
the Wars In Flanders" by Sir Rich
ard Steele; life of Taloyrund" by
Thackeray, and ~ History Of our
Nernacular Literature by Isaac Dis
raeIi.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-08
ConciIiatory.

Head Waiter (dignifed and pompous)
--liaNe you ordered, sir? Despairing
Patron-Ies. ordered a porterhouse
STEAK half an hour ago, and | wish to
apologize for my rudcness. With your
permission will withdraw it as an or
der and renew it us II suggestion.-C
cago Tribune.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-08
Unnecessary knomIedne.

Aunt Sarah "a spinster)--Now, dear,
II you would only watch me closely
You might learn how-to crochet. Little
BesSic'-Oh, I'm g0in' to get married
when | grow up!--Gfttsburgh Press.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-08
Mot In His Line.

She-You must give him credit for
the fact that he expresses HIS ideas
beautifully IIe-But, you see, am Il
freight agent. Judge.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-08
differentiation.

rs your husband an optimist?"
well" replied the tired looking wo-
man, hes an optimist in hoping for
the best, but good deal of a pessimist
in working for it," Washington Star.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-08
A Matter of Einurns.

Lobbyist-May | submit some figures
N support Of my contention? Senator
We'll, there'll have to be at least four
tgures.-Puck.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-08
Knnn on the Move.

Bing-BoreIy is going to take up rail
reading. Bang-So many nice girls
have told him to make tracks that
don't wonder ut it.-Town Topics
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-08
Iona Sentence.

William z. Gladstone. when he was
British premier once made a speech
ut birmingham, The opening sentence
OF which contained 176 words.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-08

Coca. from the leaves of which CO.
cane is produced, was known among
the Incas as the divine plant" long be-
FORE the discovery of America.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-08
Mem S
Clothing.

Made to order or ready
made Mackinaws, Mems
and Boys Pontiacs, Beach
Coats and Vests, Corduroy
Goats and Pants, Wooden
Pants, M e n S and Boys
Sweaters, Bradford's Wool
en- Underwear, Flann e
Shirts, NJ e n S, Women's
and Children's Shoes, our
line of Mems Work Shoes
is especially strong.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-08

BE neither ignorant nor careless with
respect to the futurc.-VergiI
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-08
MONUMENTAL WORK

e. EsrABROOK, Manufacturers Agent,
has one large and two smaller Granite Monu
ments and number of marble jobs ready TO
be lettered. Also Markers aud Corner Posts. at
2l4 South ST. SPECIAL prices on the above work
If sold and sett this fall. ESrA BROOK, 214
south ST. Phone 295. Lettering done in CEN
teries.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-08

Noble blood is an accident OF fortune.
Noble actions characterize the great
Goldoni
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-08

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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-09-30
Wireless Telephony Across the
COntinentLdteSf World Wonder:
Test Yesterday WGS A Success

WAsHlNGTON. Sept 29-Long die.
lance wireless telephone communlca.
ton was accomplished for the first
time today when experiments extend.
ing over several months eliminated
ln succefsful transmission Of the nm.
man voice by radio from the great
naval plant al Arlington. Va. across
The continent 10 The station at Mare
Island. Cal. $500 miles away
The experiments we're conducted
under the direction of Captain Bullard
tnief Or the navys radio service. Dol
cooperation with fhc American Tel
ephone a telegraph company and the
Western E'e~,fr company
secrstaTy Daniels announcing the re-
cult tonight predicted that further
Development Of wireless telephony
would make great changes iu long dis.
lance c0frr1unirefirr t... 20. tem.
taty and naval service ln commercial
usage
succeasfui operation of device fof
automatically transferring to the radio
Telephone couverfafiouf oriElnatnr On
metallic piates also wac accomplished
" tOday'a tests. President Theodore
- Vail and other officials ~ the
America Telephone A. TELEGRAPH com
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-09-30
ERROR FOUND WILL
REDUCE VA. DEBT

CHARLESTON. W. Va. Sept 2s-
it became known here today that the
West Virginia Debt Commission. ap-
pointed by Governor Henry u. Hat.
feld 90 look after the interests of
West Virginia in tho controversy with
virginia over the old commonwealth
debt, now hoped 90 secure a material
reduuon fcrom the si2.393. .g29 award.
ed to Nireinia hy the United states
supreme court last June An error.
DO was said. had been found ln the cal.
culatlons as they wecr uassod upon hv
Que ~ Tho lower courts during tho
progress OF the litigation. and f had
not been found until recently 10 was
also stated That certain members OF
iho commission we're in communica.
lion with members of the VIrrfnia
con mission in Che hope Of reaching a
compromiee amount Considerably
smaller than that ordered paid by the
supreme court. Meantime Interest on
The JUDGMENT aa 90 stands d. piling up
at The rate or yt.Ce7 a day.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-09-30
VICTORY OF
THE FRENCH
DESCRIBED
BIG GAIN IN WEST DUE TO
COMMANDMENT OF GER
MAN POSITION
Followed by Brilliant Dash of AL
lied TrOOps-Germans Make
Great Defense.

PARIS. Sept. 80. 2:3O a. ma sim.
ultaneous movement Of the French on
front OF more than 10 miles after a
bombardment for three DAYS OF well
prepared German positions which were
protected by dense networks OF barbed
wire, the use OF the most recent ere
auons OF French artillery and the
sheliing with long range cannon of
roads. railroads and railroad stations
while smaller guns swept the entire
first line OF the Germans. were among
the elements which brought success TO
the recent allied offensive movement
IN France. according 10 the Havas
agency. which has received from a cor
I respondent an authorized account OF
the battle In Champagne.
The hrst position. which formed
me principal line Of resistance" says
the correspondent. comprised from
Two To i've trenches arranged in
echelons with a complete accessory
Iot dences. including an impenetrable
network OF barbed wire underground
hollow as a protection against bombs
and small forts garnished with quick
hrers. Further and further there was
= system Of trenches which formed a
veritable labyrinth.
The German general stan had the
foresight 10 arrange their second line
.of resistance on the heights dominat-
Ing to the south She valley OF the Py
The positions had been orranizcd with
care. Between the two positions. sep
araied by n distance from two 10 two
and n half miles an the cutting fn the
tconunusd on rage HinsJ
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-09-30
OLD VETERANS
GET OVATION
GRAND REVIEW RE-ENACTED
OVER SAME STREETS AS
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
Thousands Crowd Sidewalks and
Cheer Remnants of the
Victorious Union Army.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 2s.-The
Grand Army OF the Republic marched
up historic Pennsylvania avenue from
the Capitol TO the White House D.
day as when the victorious Union
soldiers mustered out OF service City
years ago.
In '65 the army as II passed In re-
view before President Andrew John
son was 100000 strong. its members
composing what historians have
called the most efficient body Of sol.
dieTs the world until that time had
known. Today In the Blue ranks as
they were reviewed by the first south
ern born President elected since the
war from the same spot upon which
President johnson stood there. were.
according TO the best estimates OBJ
tainable. about 10000 men. Some or
them marched with the aid OF
crutches and canes. Others managed
TO get along by leaning upon the arms
OF stronger comrades. Many. though.
re-trOd the path Of a half a century
ago with buoyant step to the air OF
old time war songs.
Fifty years ago the army was two
days In passing In review. Today
less than four hours were necessary
for the march. which had its patetic
az we'll AZ patriotic side II was a
day % ceers and ears
Old Inhabitants OF The city. Who
have Witnessed many parades. said
IL had been many a year since they
had seen such enthusiastic an ovation
as that accorded 10 the marchers.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-09-30
TECHNICAL
TESTIMONY
FEATURED HEARING IN LIGHT
AND HEAT CASE YESTER-
DAY AT PITTSBURGH.
Executive Interference" Phase of
the Hearing Scheduled to Come
Up Some Time Today.

special Dispatch to the IntelIigencer
PITTSBURGH, Pa. Sept. 29.-Tes
timony Of technical nature was given
at the third days hearing of the Man
utacturers' Light a. Heat Company
against the Public Service Commits
sion, before Special Master ]. w. Van,
dervort. OF Parkersburg. by witnesses
William Trautman and A. p. Daily
Adjournment was had with Mr.. Daily
eth on the stand. being cross-exam.
ined by Judge Frank w. Nesbitt.
William Trautman. employed al the
Hickory station. Pa, was the first
called this morning by the attorneys
for the plaintiff. His testimony dealt
mainly with the gas distribution OF
the wheeling company, a constituent
OF the Manufacturers Light & Heat
(Continuod on Pare Uiual