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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-03

three and one-thiM square niles
while the channel entrance is a fore
water dominated by the guns OF the
Brlonian Islands,
@Histcry begins tGF this little
known city with its first CAPTURE by
the Romans in 17S r. G. Pola has
been a war port since its appearance
in the ancient chronicles. it was
once the strongest and widest OF
those lstrian pirate retreats, where
the rehellious spirits OF the Roman
world-empire gathered. and whence
they made their raids upon the rich
commence that flowed from every
Eastern Mediterranean port to
Rome The Romans destroyed the
place. Under the Emperor Sept
mus Severus, a. D. 1921, it. again
became an important war harbor and
it's city grew to $4,000 inhabitants
The trade rivals, Venice and Genoa
fought each other for its possession
as it was key to the freedom Of this
Adriatie. Destroyed BY the Genoes'
/ in 1879. It continued Under the SOY
ereignty OF Venice until 1877, wheI
it fell to Austria upon the dismembe1
ment OF the Venetian State.
"Pola now numbers about $4,000
people, 40 per cent Of whom ART
italians and the rest largely serbo
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-03
LIKES DR.. wRIeHT's SYRUP
Kansas Editor Wakes Eloquent Over
Two Gallons Maple Joy.

DR.. Wright and his son, Earl, those
Vermont Yankee fellows, drove up in
front of the Daily Kansan Office this
morning and the doctor deposited a
suspicious looking package on our
desk saying we should take it home
and il we had no other use for its
contents we might try it in lubricat-
ing our motor car, says the Kansan
of Condordia, Kan, in a recent issue.
when he had gone we tore the
kiver off'n the mysterious looking
package and found it to be a two gal
lon can with the following label on
it. Drawn from the Wood and
made on the farm OF Senator Wright
in Rutland county, Vermont. For
the Kansan editor of course"
Ever and anon we receive confiden-
tial letters from Kansas City where
in we are offered bargains in goods
drawn from the wood four quarts
for $500. with bottle of fine wine
as a special favor from the manufac-
turer io1 prompt oruer, 50 we 1T
once formed a suspicion, well nigh
bordering on conclusion, that our
good friend was going to let us
| sample few jiggers of the moon
shine" he us manufacturing on his
| farm in the hills of Vermont. far
| away from excise officers and inter
| nal revenue collectors.
There was compensation for our
| disappointment, when we made fur
Their investigation, in the fact that
instead of it being "moonshine' for
the individual use of the head of the
family the whole family may enjoy
the kindness and treat afforded us
by DR.. Wright, because the can was
filled with the rarest and best Of
| Vermont maple syrup-the best syr
up in all the world
| OF course we are grateful for the
gift, but more pleased that DR.
Wright should have had us in mind
away back in hts Yankee home il
| Vermont
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-03
STANDARD OIL CO. OF. NEW YORK

this county by the coke ovens in
faiiing t. Save by-produets, among
which are the materials for dyes.
The Maryland steel company at Spar
rows Point, Md, however. does not
seem TO merit this criticism, for it IS
announced that the concern is now
extracting bengol rom the gas that
cones from its ovens. This valuable
rrodact is used in manufacturing
dyes and for ether purposes. Other
steel mills, il is reported, have undar
taken The same enterprise. and SO It
appears that the business OF the
country is aroused TO the necessity
for dye manufacture and it's possible
tiles
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-03
DYE-MAKlNe IN AMERICA
Infant industry Already Has Promis-
ing Start,

Infant industry Already Has Promis-
ing Start
American capitalists and manu-
facturers are awaking TO the impor-
lance of supplying dyestufrs for the
textile works Of the country. In the
past the United States and England
too, il is stated, have depended en-
tirely upon Germany for their dyes
The country has been spending IN
Germany not less than $12,oO0,ooo a
year for the supply. Now that the
source Of supply is closed and many
OF our important industries are
threatened with paralysis in conse-
quence, the fact confronts the textile
Producers that something must be
done to prevent actual disaster.
Even after peace is restored it is lilS-
~ that it viii be a considerable time
before Germany will be able to catch
up with the demand for dyes, 1t is
plain that the important manufactur-
ing industries should take steps to
produce dyestuns,
An interview with prominent tex
tile manufacturer, a representative
man. who has a thorough knowledge
of the subject, explains the situation
and strongly advises the creation OF
dye industry. He does not mini
mize the difficulties which the pion-
GERS will encounter after the voca-
tons of peace are resumed in Ger
many, for Germany viii be a shrewd
competitor but he points the way and
! is confident il wise and prudent bust
uess men take up the work. employ
ing competent chemists, the new IN
| dustry will be a success. In foreign
trade for many years to come the
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-03
cARRANzA APPEALS TO WILSON
Emissary Writes to President, Urg
inc Recognition.


Louis Rougmagnac, an emissary au
thorized by G@eral Carranza to seek
aid for the Constitutionalists Party
in the United States, has sent an op.
en- letter to President Wilson, in
which, after commenting the Presi-
dents action in the European crisis,
the emissary says that the motto OF
the United States in reference to the
peoples of Europe is For Humani-
tvs Sake He then goes On to say
that while the President is applying
this motto in Europe sit has seemed
to me as though the great President
OF the United States could better live
up to the true spirit Of his motto by
applying it equally with the same
good will to this neighbor passing
through such a terrible crisis anc,
whose name is Mexico
After reviewing the causes that
led to the present conditions in Next
co and proposing the names OF These
who, in his opinion. ought to manage
the affairs OF the country Senior
Rougmagnac ends by suggesting that
il is the proper time for the presi-
dent TO extend your hand to Your
neighbor and say You have suffer
ed enough. am going to still fur
Their prove my true conception of our
duty to humanity And you, free
States of Mexico that neutrally have
awaited my decision, here it is.
| recognize, until the new general cleo
lions (Which you and | viii super
yise) the authorized successor OF the
Madero program, and ! authorize b,
my approval the reconstruction of The
| Mexican Government. | give Mr.
Carranza the means of assuring
| peace in Mexico. In word, | contr
| butte a new proof OF my good vii
toward all peoples. and under tn
motto i have adopted for my Govern
ment and my country we consecrat
| ourselves wholly to do all that lies j
our power in the name of and TO
| humanity
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-03
NOTICE

To Members of the Bennington Fire
Department.
Special meeting of the Depart
ment Thursday evening, June 8,
Stark Hose rooms to meet the Carni
val representative Large attend
ance desired.
George NJ. Hawks, President,
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-25
Mystery of a Diplomat.

OF disappearances most mysterious
was the case Of Benjamin Bathurst,
who vanished Nov. %, 1909, while en-
gagged on a secret mission for the for
eign Office. Vienna was the young di-
plomatist's objective, and, with his
friend and valet, in a post chaise, Perle-
berg, a small posting town in north
Germany, had been reached. Here
Bathurst supped and slept, awaiting
the arrival of fresh horses. Waking,
he asked were the horses ready and
passed out of the door to make in
quiries. Eight people saw him go out.
but none ever set eyes on him again.
Various theories were set afoot-Na-
poleon's spies. robbers. illness. In
1912 in the forest near Perleberg a
skeleton was discovered with a hole in
the skull as from a heavy blunt in
strument. Was it that of 1.-The English
lord" as Perleberg people surmised?
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-25
Fish EATING Cattle,

The use OF fish as food for cattle is
an idea more novel than agreeable.
According to Nature, however, it is q
common practice in various parts of
the world. In Shetland and Iceland
the farmers feed dry salt fish to cat
tie, sheep and even to horses. Cecil
Wood, describing experiments Of this
nature, mentions that certain special
cattle, kept for display at the village
festivals in Nandyal, in India, are fed
with mutton and adds that 1t is a fair
ly common practice to make use of
bandicoots by pounding them in NOR
tar and feeding them TO cattle. In
Mr.. Woods experiments two lots Of
heifers were fed on dried fish diet and
normal diet respectively.
The animals took a little time to get
used to the fish, but they ate it readily
enough. At the end Of six months the
fish fed heifers showed an average in
crease in weight Of fifty-four pounds
as against seventy pounds for the
normally fed animals.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-25
Investment BARGAINS.

The investor who picks up desira-
BILE property when everybody is sell
ing and no one buying will have to
wait only a reasonable time to secure
his reward. / recall when real estate
in several large cities was a drug on
the market. Everybody seemed anx-
ious to sell and no one to buy, but
the buyers in those periods have real
lied enormous profits, far greater than
one can get in the Stock Exchange.
The man who has money, even If it is
but a small amount. can always turn
1t over to advantage if he will wait
for the opportunity. Don't go with
the crowd when every one is wild to
buy something. but quietly abide an
opportunity when everybody is anx-
ious to unload and buyers are few. At
such a time the bargain counter opens.
-Leslie's.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-25
Beauty MereIy,a Matter of Health.

Not long ago a woman said, "If /
could afford to have a course of treat
ment in beauty parlor 1 might do
something for my appearance" She
needed to be told that the daily bath,
plain, nonpoisonOus food. eight hours
Of sleep every night, a daily walk,
sensible clothing and really good books
would do more for her attractiveness
than any beauty parlor could possibly
do, writes DR.. Maude Kent in Good
Health.
To have health means to live the
daily life of work and play in a state
Of bodily ease. mental vigor and spir-
ftual growth. We must consider health
In this threefold aspect. for mere ami
NAL health is not desirable. nor q fine
mind in a stunted. pain racked body,
nor soulfulneSS that disregards the
laws of the body and intellectual at
tainment. Ii is the all round person
who is the telling. efficient force in the
world, and the world greatly needs
every hgman being developed to his
greatest capacity.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-25
An Analysis of "Ain't"

"Ain't' is an improper abbreviatiou
Of "are not" British writer's spell II
"a'n't," which properly indicates its
derivation. Americans make it an in.
elusive offense, using it for "am not
and sis not" as well as for ARE not "
1t is unquestionably the worst instance
Of slovenliness In the common speech
Of today.
Yet it is by no means Of universal or
even Of common use. 1t will slip oc-
casionally from refined lips, always
with a jar to the enunciator as well
as to the hearer. But the habitual
user Of 'ain'ts" is careless of refine
ment. He may be an excellent citizen
who never beats his wife or kicks the
cat But there is likely to be some
thing slipshod about him somewhere.
for "ain't" is needless as we'll as ca
cophonous; it fills no void and supplies
no need.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-25
Mounting a Horse.

In mounting take the reins in the left
hand. At the same time grasp a little
name halfway up the neck. Now turn
the stirrup slightly toward you with
the right hand and place the ball of
the left foot in it. Grab the horn with
the right hand and swing on. Don't
pull yourself on. but swing on. Settle
into the saddle easily; don't flop into
it. If you want to get your neck
broke some time mount by taking
the horn in one hand and the cantle In
the other, and the time will surely
come when you will not be disap-
pointed.
Just a word in regard to dismount-
ing. First withdraw your feet from
the stirrups to the ball Take the
horn In the right hand and swing of,
letting the left foot slip easily and
quickly from the stirrup. Remember
this, for many a man has been dragged
TO death because his foot stuck in the
stirrup. Your feet will nearly always
come free If thrown from a horse, but
the left one is prone to stick in dis
mounting unless the above precaution
Is observed.-Outing.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-25
Effect of Familiarity.

"What we see constantly we cease
to see wildly. The faces we notice
least are those we know-and perhaps
really love-best.. Our eyes are bit
faded by following the familiar lines.
1.-The same is true Of pure color
SAYS a writer in the Atlantic Monthly.
water and sky are very beautiful,
and you may suppose that you are
duly appreciatiye Of them, but lie on
the deck of a catboat and look at them
with your head in an unaccustomed
position-sideways and upside down
and note how the colors flare out upon
your vision.
"Or stay indoors for a few weeks in
a room where you do not get much
outlook and then go out. You will be
blinded by the glory Of the world, but
not for long. The glory, alas, fades
quickly, and habit settles upon you
once morel
with our friends faces somewhat
the same thing happens. When we
first meet them they pique US pleas
antly with their unfamiliar line and
color. Gradually we grow used to
them. The first vision has passed"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-25
CHANGED His Mind.

When Charles B. Towns, author of
"Habits That Handicap" first began
his practice in curing drug victims he
had great difficulty in securing patients
in order to prove the efficacy Of his
cure. His claim to have discovered a
cure for drugs was reverberating
through the New York underworld;
but, though speculation was lively,
volunteers were timid. Finally, not
knowing what else to do, Towns ac-
tually kidnapped a race track tout and
put him through the treatment against
his will. when 1 get out of here and
tell the boys what you've been doing
to me-" threatened the tout, "your life
won't be worth 20 cents. They'll croak
you in a minute" But five days later
the tout told his friends quite another
story. He sent, not gun men to kill,
but confidence men to be healed, four
of them. Towns had squared himself
with the underworld as much by his
courage as by his skill.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-25
Odd Cures For Seasicknass.

Among curious remedies for seasick-
ness is that which is popular among
the mariners in the levant-the daily
swallowing of iron rust, which Is OBJ
tanned by the simple process Of scrap
Ing 1t off the anchor or anchor chain.
But this is only part of the treatment
FOR small pouch containing roasted
salt and flowers of thyme must be tied
upon the abdomen as firmly as can be
borne, this being considered to counter
act the effect of the internal disturb
ance caused by the rolling Of the YES
sell known to the ancient Greeks as
"thymian SALT the preparation has at
least the authority of old age, while
Its efficacy is not without modern tes-
timony. And the belt is better than
salt and faith better than the belt.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-25
Brides In India.

A bride in India never sees her hus-
band until after the marriage cere-
mony. The parents choose the wife
for the son of the house without con-
sulting either party. Sometimes the
bride is as young as fourteen. The
child is. gorgeOusly dressed and placed
on a daiS behind a sheet, the women
Of the family being in attendance.
On the other side Of the sheet are the
bridegroom and many of his young
men friends. The groom keeps throw
ing over jewels attached to flowers,
which the women on the brides side
remove and place in her lap or on her
person.
This first ceremony is called the
shadee, and, although a man is allowed
four wives. no other ever holds the
same position as the first chosen for
him The others are of little impor-
lance, living their lives more or less as
servants to the first wife. AS the first
wife gets to middle age she is known
as the begum.-Pearson's Weekly.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-25
Story of a Fortune.

Peter Thelussen, London merchant,
died in 1877, leaving a fortune Of f7OL,-
900. By his will 100000 went to his
wife and children. The rest Of his for
tune was committed to trustees, with
the stipulation that it should be allow
ed to accumulate during the lives of
the sons and grandsons. When they
were all dead the fortune was to go
to the oldest living great-grandson, or
If there should be no great-grandson
It should go to the government and be
applied on the national debt. The will
was contested, but the heirs were IN
able to break it. The last grandson
died In 1859, and the fortune was de-
Iivered to Charles Thelussen, the old
est living great-grandson. At the time
the will was made experts figured out
that the fortune would amount to
something like f1,9OOOO0 by the time
It should be turned over to the great
grandson. but the expenses Of htiga-
tion and administration had been so
great that he received only about the
amount of the original fortune, f7OO,.
900.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-25
PAGE aIX
First Wire Suspension Bridge.

The first wire suspension bridge In
the United States if not in the world
was thrown across the Schuylkill river
near the falls Of Schuylkill, In Phila-
delphia, in 1916. Its history is as fol
lows: In 1909 Robert Kennedy and
Conrad Carpenter built a chain bridge
at the falls Of Schuylkill, which broke
down In 1911 Josiah White and
Erskine Hazard, afterward prominent
as pioneers in the anthracite coal trade
Of Pennsylvania, had erected a rolling
mill and wire factory in the neigh
borhood, and after the bridge fell they
formed a new company, and another
chain bridge was constructed in April,
1911, but this new bridge in turn gave
way in 1916. White & Hazard then
swung wire suspension bridge across
the river from an upper window Of
their factory to some large trees on
the west bank, steps leading from the
trees to the ground. This primitive
bridge structure was intended for foot
passengers only, and but eight persons
were allowed to 60 upon the footway
at one time. The bridge is said to have
cost $125.-EXchange.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-25
To Erect q Tent In Winter.

Instead of using a rope bridge, tents
should be set in winter with a pole be
tween two trees or supported on forked
sticks, and the tapes along the ridge
should be tied to this pole, says All
Outdoors. If the tent has no tapes run
the pole through the tent from end to
end, and support 1t at each extremity
with a forked pole. Better still are
two forked poles at each end, the bot
toms of which are spread far apart
When the tent says it can be frightened
by drawing the bottom close together
and thus raising the ridge. Poles
spread apart In this way also add
much to the stability of the tent in a
wind. While this method requires five
poles instead Of three, 1t is neverthe-
less the best way to erect an A tent
1t will be difficult to drive stakes In
winter, but logs, to which the ropes
may be tied, will serve nearly as well.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-25
How Cotton Varies.

Cotton is usually differentiated In Or
binary classification by the length Of
its staple. Ordinary cotton In the
United States is of several kinds, chief
among them the upland cotton, with
a staple of from seven-eighths to one
inch in length, and gulf of Texas cot
ton, Of which the staple is not usual
ly quite so long. The longest stapled
cottons among the ordinary cottons"
here are the bottom land or bender
cotton. with a staple of from one and
one-eighth to one and one-fourth inch,
and the special fancy staple cotton, one
and three-eighths to one and five
eighths inch in length. The sea island
cotton, which is grown on the sea Is
lands off the coast Of South Carolina.
has q staple of from one and half to
two and a half inches. the average
length being one and three fourths.
Egyptian cotton is being grown In
southern California, New Mexico and
Arizona. Its staple is not 50 long as
the sea island cotton, but compares
rather with the upland cotton here.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-25
Life In New York.

In commenting on the "spenders" OF
the Great White Way a writer in the
American Magazine asks If the improv.
ident habits of the average metropoh.
tan are due to shorter life.
'The grocer on the corner told my
wife that he didn't try to save any
thing because we all die before we
are sixty, anyway. What's the
user he said. You never see many
old people around. I won't live to be
old, and neither viii you.
'That last statement stuck In my
mind. 1t is a fact that In the streets
Of New York you see few people past
sixty. The actual dangers connected
with street traffic must keep the old
indoors to a certain extent, or else it
drives them away to the little towns.
Anyway, 1 am sure you see smaller
proportion Of old people In great cities
than you see In small towns.
Does this fact influence a good
many, like the grocer, to spend all and
to save nothing because Of an un-
consciously formed opinion that al
most everybody works along and dies
in the harness before sixty? Is this
one reason why city people are more
improvident and eXtravagant than
country people"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-25
Mosquitoes In Baadad.


A round the world electrical engineer
tells this story:
1--WE ran up to Bagdad to put over q
little deal with the pasha, former
government official who had been
prominent in the days of Abdul Hamid.
His palace was infested with mosqui-
toes, and we had to plan to give him
relief.
"He lived in the usual Moorish
house, with high walls, fat roof with
parapets, few windows and open court
The old pasha looked exactly as If he
had just stepped out Of a Broadway
musical comedy with his shining silk
robes, turban and red shoes with up
turned toes.
'In the palace garden was a stream
with a fall Of about ten feet. 1t would
develop about one-fourth horsepower.
We built a water mill, equipped it
with a dynamo, wired the palace and
started up some gigantic electric fans
These fans cooled the air and also
blew through the rooms a narcotic
sufficiently powerful to cause the
mosquitoes to fall in coma. All that
remained was for the servants to go
around and sweep them up In piles to
be destroyed."-G T. Hadley in World
Outlook.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-25
Career of the Jewelers..

Jewelers. first appeared in Germany.
Two men, MunZer and Storck, taught
that distinctions Of rank violate the
rights of mankind This was in the
sixteenth century. At the head Of 49,
900 men Munzer commanded the SOW
ereign princes Of Germany and the
magistrates of cities to resign. His
followers ravaged the country until
one Of the German overlords defeated
them in battle. Their leader was be-
headed.
A party of Jewelers. appeared In
England in 1647, where they became
powerful in parliament. They deter
mined to level all ranks and establish
an equality of titles and estates
throughout the kingdom. About this
time Cromwell departed for Ireland.
The Jewelers. raised mutinies in vari-
GUS quarters. Cromwell put them down
In 1649 and imprisoned their leader.
A party Of Jewelers. appeared in Eng
land during the French revolution. A
'1oyal association" was formed against
them, and their efforts brought no re-
sults.-Kansas City Star.