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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-25
Anonymous Letter Writing

The suit against the Hyde Park
and Morrisyille News and Citizen
claiming damages for an alleged libel
contained in letter printed as an
onymous, knowledge of the author.
ship being denied to the plaintiff by
the editor, has given rise to active
discussion in the state press. 1t
seems that several years ago the
Randolph Herald and News adopted
the rule of not publishing any COM
munications in the form of aletter
to thepaper or public without printing
the signature of the writer. Several
other state papers have since then
followed suit The Bennington Ban
ner is one of these, and in making
the announcement it adds, The
Morrisville case is apparently an IL
lustration of newspaper suffering
for somebody eIse's cowardice."
Well, that's just the point
Why didn't this anonymous letter
writer print his name, with his let
ter?
When he found out that the ag-
grieyed person was making inquiries
about the authorship, why didn't he
go to him in person and acknowledge
the letter and abide the consequence
es?
Finally, when suit was brought,
why didn't he come to the front and
assume the liability, instead of leav-
ing the editor in the lurch?
These questions carry their an
swer with them. The answer is that
Mr.. Anonymous, like all anonymous
letter writer's lacks the courage and
the principles of man.
1t reminds one, though the quota
ton does not apply at all points. of
Dr. Johnson's epigram on Lrd Boil
ingbroke His Lordship,' said the
doctor, " is a scoundrel and a cow
ard a scoundrel because he loaded
his blunderbuss against providence
and religion; a coward because he
dared not fire it off himself, but left
a shilling To beggar to pull the trig-
ger. Burlington News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-25
MAxIM'S MACHINE GUN.
A. Terrible Engine of Death Which
Works Automatically.

works AUTOMATICALLY.
Early in life Hiram Maxim showed
himself marvellous genius as an In
ventor. An incident of his boyhood, in
which the reeoH of rifle attracted his
attention to an apparent loss of pow
err. led him in 1872 to utilize the force
of the recoil TO good account In gun
which loads itself automatically and
fires ut the rate of 10 shots minute
by the power of the previously wasted
force.
The Maxim machine gun is an en-
CINE of terrible destruction. This gun
has only single barrel, which, when
the shot is fired. recoils the distance of
three-quarters of an inch on the other
parts of the gun. This recoil sets NOV
ing the machinery which automatical-
ly keeps up continuous fire at the ex-
traordinary rate of twelve rounds a
second.
Each recoil of the barrel has there
fore to perform the necessary functions
Of extracting and ejecting the empty
cartridge, of bringing up the next full
one and placing it in its proper posi-
ton in the barrel, of cooking the ham.
mer and pulling the trigger.
AS long as the firing continues these
functions are repeated round after
round in rapid succession. The barrel
is provided with water jacket to pre-
vent excessive heating Philadelphia
Press
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-25
IS POUNDS OF BLOOD

is the average quantity in healthy
adult, but it is the quality Of the blood
that determines our strength to resist
sickness. With weak blood we find
cold hands and chilly feet; in children
an aversion to study, and in adults
rheumatic tendencies.
In changing seasons get abundant
fresh air and take spoonful of SCOTS
Emulsion after meals, because SCOTS
Emulsion is a rich blood-food that will
increase both quantity and quality of
the blood while it warns the body and
helps carry off the impurities.
When multitudes of people are to-
day taking SCOTS Emulsion to avert
winter sickness, and are giving it to
their children, it is careless to neglect
its benefits. Look out for substitutes.
Scott & Bovine. Bloomfield. N. J. 1876
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-25
GOING ROUND THE WORLD.
The Gain or Loss of One Whole Day In
Making the Trip.

Making the trip'
In sailing around the world eastward
the days are each little less than
twenty-four hours, according TO the
speed of the ship, as the sun is met q
little earlier every morning, These lit
tie differences added together viii
amount to twenty-four hours. This
gives the sailors an extra day-not In
imagination, but as an actual fact
They will have done an extra days
work. eaten an extra days ration OF
food and enjoyed an extra nights
sleep.
On the other hand, in sailing west
ward the sun Is oyertaken a little each
day, and so each day Is rather longer
than twenty-four hours, and clocks and
watches are found to be too fast This
also will amount in sailing around the
world to the point of departure to one
whole day by which the reckoning has
fallen in arrears. The eastern bound
ship, then. has gained day, and the
western bound ship has last one.
This strange fact, clearly worked out
leads to the apparent paradox that the
first named ship has gain of two
whole days over the latter. if we sup
pose them to have departed from port
and returned together. - Westminster
Gazette.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-25

Some years ago at sale of racing
yearlings the Duke of Portland and
another peer bid together for fine
animal, and the contest between them
was very keen. At length over $500
was bid for the house.
IF we go on at this rate" said the
other peer, I'VE shall be paying far
more than the creature is worth. Sup
pose we buy it between us?'
The Duke of Portland agreed and
later on they had discussion as to
what the horse should be called.
well" said his grace, las we are 60
ing to share 1t, why not call it The
LoafT London Mail.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-25
Our Eccentric PHRASES.

WHY do we always talk of putting.
on a coat and vesti Who puts on u
coat before II vest: We also say put
ting on shoes and stockings VINO
puts on shoes before the stocklngsy
We also PIT up signs telling people TO
wipe ther feet when we mean their
boots oI shoes, And a fatlier tells Il
boy he will warm his jacket when he
means to warn his pantaloons We
are little eccentric in our phrases at
tines
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-25
A Chance at Last.

Heidi your mother appear pleased
when You broke the news of our en-
gagement? She--Yes, indeed She
said she had always wanted to tell you
what she thought of your habits of
dress and speech and total lack of good
manners and literary taste, and felt
now she had the right to express her
Richmond Times Dispatch.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-25
rha Nicotine Water HabIt.

The hookah hubble bubble or Turk.
ish water pipe, IS always being smok-
ed by Burmese women, partly because
they like it. but mainly to supply the
men with nicotine water. This hubble
bubble nicotine water habit is. in fact
Il lazy form of tobacco chewing. y
mouthful OF the nasty beverage is held
In the mouth as long as possible. They
carry about gourds full of it and claim
1t preserves their teeth.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-25
Ealn, of Gilnacl.

The real buin OF Gilend is the dried
Juice of low shrub which grows in
Syria. 1t Is very valuable and scarce,
for the amount OF balm yielded by one
shrub never exceeded sixty drops Il
day. According to .Tosephus, the balm
or balsam of Gilead was one of the
presents given by the queen of Sheba
to King Solomon. "a ancient Jewish
physicians prescribed il evidently for
dyspepsia and melanchoia.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-25
unIucky

This is the twelfth time rye called
about this BILL" began the collector.
II hope you won't call again. said
the debtor. I'm bit superstitious
about the number thirteen. and I'm
afraid something might happen to one
or the other OF us."-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-25

trace Marh
pains about the naval, pale face of
leaden tint, eyes heavy and dull
twitching eyelids, itching of the nose
itching of the rectum, short dry
cough, grinding of the teeth, little
red points sticking out on tongue,
starting during sleep, slow fever.
For over so years DR.. True's Elixir
the Family Laxative and Worm Elk
peller, my fathers discovery, has
been the standard remedy for worms,
stomach disorders and constipation,
both for children and adults. Mr..
VIM. L. Wylie of Houston, Texas,
writes: 81 want to say that DR..
Trues Elixir is certainly fine medi-
cine" At all dealers, Csc, soc and
S1.OO. Advice free. Write
Anhurs nsina 4 In IhAAA
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-25
Puzzled.

Every man who is not a monster,
mathematician or mud philosopher is
the slave of some woman or other
George Eliot.
We are puzzling our brain to know
which one of these fellows we are
Ohio State Journal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-25
Letter For Letter.

"Why does Il poet begin so many of
his sentences with or inquired the
politician.
There's no answer" replied Mr..
Penwiggler. why does a speechmak.
er begin so many of his sentences with
~ Washington Star.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-25
Not Much.

She-Well, hope you are going to
write letter to the man who insulted
you. He ian actor,-What. make him
present of my autograph? Not much.
-pele Mee.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-25

could not stand ON
my feet. My sister
in-law wished me to
try Lydia E. Pink
hams We G e TIA b le
Compound and my
nerves became firm,
appetite good, step
elastic, and | los t
that weak, tire d
feeling. That was
six years ago and L
have had three fine
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-25

parasites make their
presence felt through
deranged stomach, swol-
len upperlip, sour stom-
ach, offensive breath,
hard and full belly with
occasional grippings and
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-25
Outdone,

"He dotted OH Alice and would have
married her but for her mother"
"Ah! Her mother
Eyes; her mother was still more at
tractive."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-25

Adversely has the effect of eliciting
talents which in prosperous circum-
stances would have lain dormant
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-25

Revenge is sweet only in anticipa
ticn, never in accomplishment
Youths Companion.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-25
Diseases of Children

find worms one of the most com
mon of children's diseases
pinworms or stomach worms. These
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-25
WAS MISERABLE
COULDN'T; STAND
Testifies She Was Restored
to Health by Lydia E.
Pinlshanl's Vegetable
Compound.
: Compound.

Lackawanna, N. Y. After my fret
child was born / felt very miserable and
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-25

died of wounds 11,115 wounded and
1886 missing.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-26
City Statistics
Deaths and Funerals.


HlCKS-William L. Hicks. aged so
years, living at S46 North Twelfth
street, died at Reid Memorial hospital
Sunday morning He was born in Ken
lucky in 1855 and for several years
has been resident of Richmond. He
is survived by his wife.
Funeral services at o'clovk Tues
day afternoon at Doan & Klute's UNI
dertaking parlors. The funeral SER
vices will be private. Interment Earl
ham cemetery.
MOORE-John Calvin Moore, aged
u years, died at his home, 111S North
E street. He is survived by two sons
and three daughters. The funeral will
be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30
O'Clock from the Wesleyan Methodist
church on South Tenth street. Friends
may call any time. Burial in Earlham
cemetery.
LAUGHLIN - Agnes Katherine
Laughlin, aged months, died Satur-
DAY afternoon at the home OF her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. James Laughlin.
$50 North Seventeenth street. Flu
neral services were held this morning
at 9 o'clock from ST. Mary's church.
Interment ST. Mary's cemetery.
DOAK-Robert L. Doak. 8 months
old, died Saturday evening at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Doak, 425 South Sixth street.
Funeral services were held at 2 O'Clock
this afternoon at st. Mary's church.
Burial St. Mary's cemetery.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-26
CHESTER

Mr.. and Mrs. Morrison Pyle visited
Ernest Davenport and family recently
Mr.. and Mrs. Mabe Study entertain
ed relatives recently
The lightning killed a cow for AL
bert Hood last week.
Mrs. Boerner visited Mrs. Silas VIII
hanson Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. McMahari of Richmond
are visiting their son Burgess McMa-
han and family north Of town.
Miss Helen Hall of Richmond Is Wis
iting Marjorie Pickett.
Mrs. Benz. Hornaday Of Orland, Ind,
is Visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Silas Williamson.
Mrs. Will Boyd visited Mrs. Burgess
McMahan Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Ida Pickett and daughter Mar
iore entertained Mrs Emma Hall and
Misses Esther and Dorothy Henntng
and Helen Hall Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. David is on the sick list.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henshaw and family
entertained relatives at their home
north of here Sunday.
Mrs. Will Morrow visited Mrs. Mey-
ers Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Noah Wilson is seriously i'll
with appendicitis.
Sam Alexander and family and John
Fowble and family of this place at
tended a dinner south of Centerville
recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Menke return
ed to their home in Richmond after
a visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Hill
The Ladies' Aid Society will meet
Wednesday afternoon in the hall.
Mrs. Boyd and Mrs. Shaffer were
Richmond visitors Wednesday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-26
BECKER RECEIVES
HIS DEATH SUIT

NEW YORK. July Assignments
were presented to Supreme Court Jus
tice Ford today on the motion to COM
pei the state to show cause why form
or Police Lieutenant Becker, under
sentence OF death at Sing Sing for the
murder OF Herman Rosenthal, should
not have a new trial
While Ford was listening to the ar
guments Becker was being robed in
his garments Of death at Sing Sing,
for unless stay is granted he will go
to the electric chair on Wednesday
morning. 1t is customary at Sing Sing
to give condemned men the suit of
clothing they are to wear at their ex-
ecution two days before it takes place.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-26
Dolly Writes
On Lies Care
BY DAINTY DOLLY.
e you a pretty mouth !?


The pleasing mouth has lips which
curve from thin outer corners to a
ripe fullness at the middle. The sweep
should be upward to fine cleft at the
middle of the upper lip. The lower
lip should be straighter and not SO
full as the upper. AS to color, the
lips should be deep pink or light
red, not a blood color but at least
three shades lighter
Lips of most American women are
too thin. When they yawn they too
often reveal teeth that are imperfect.
Our mouths should be trained dur
ing infancy. If, however. they had not
been, they may be made more lovely
corners will often serve to make a
child's mouth that is too large, a lit
tie smaller The cleft in the middle
of the upper lip may be made deeper
by tended pinching together four or
five times a day.
Women who would otherwise have
pretty faces often spoil them by
mounting their words, chewing their
lips and otherwise distorting their
mouths. Many of these defects may
be corrected by practicing talking be-
fore a mirror. These little affections
will then become apparent.
The lips should be. lightly massaged
before falling to sleep. The massage
softens them, effacing the lines which
destroy their smooth surface.
Notable advances in all branches of
the postal service are being made by
the modernized Chinese dostoffice de-
partment.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-26
RECEIVES FAINT
CALL FOR HELP

NEW YORK, July 26.-The mystery
of faint IS. o. s." wireless call pick
ed up by the United States radio sta
ton on Fire Island last night, was still
unsolvsd today. In marine circles it
is feared that the vessel which was
summoning help has sunk, but the
theory that it might have been Brit
ish steamer that had been attacked by
a German submarine was generally
secuted
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-26
MORE SENSE THAN FATHER

BEDFORD, Ind, July 2S.-While
his father ran to turn in a fire alarm,
Jimmy Blankenship, II, went to work
and put out the fire in house at G
and Nineteenth streets. When Fire
Chief Cornwell arrived. Jimmy pre-
sented bill for ten cents for doing
the chiefs work for him.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-26

According to parliamentary COM
mittee that investigated. the produc-
ton Of all Of London's electric power
in a few large stations would save
100000 tons Of coal year and great
ly reduce the smoke nuisance.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-26
ODDITIES

The state of Ohio has abolished 1,493
saloons since it's new liquor license
law became operative year ago. This
is exclusive of those forced to close
because of the proportion to population
restriction of one bar to each 500 resi-
dents.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-26
STATION WRECKED

TOULON, France, July 26.-The
French destroyer Bison has destroyed
supply station used by Austrian SUBJ
marines and aeroplanes and cut the
cable to the Island of Lagosta in the
Adriatic sea.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-26

Japan is such a mountainous coun-
try that it has to resort to intensive
cultivation in order to raise enough
rice. In 1912 it used fertilizers to the
value of more than $1O4 100000
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-26

There are still living six descend
ants Of Victor Hugo, two grandchildren
and four at-grandchildren. The in
come from royalties on Hugo's works
still amounts to $4,000 year. 1t
amounted to 100000 in 1884.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-26

The United States agricultural de-
partment maintains moving picture
laboratory for the production of edu-
catiOnal films.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-26

Mount Mitchell, in North Carolina.
is the highest peak in the United
States east of the Rockies.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-26

Germans total steel production in
19l mounted to 1S,579,643 metric
tons
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-26
Vivian Nickalls,

Vivian Nickalls, coach of Pennsyl-
vania university crews, is scheduled
to sail for England August 10, to ac-
cept commission in either the Third
or Fourth Hussars of the kings
army.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-26

British East Africa devotes 10000
acres to waffle growing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27
THREE HUNTERS KILLED
BY ACCIDENTAL SHOTS
Two Wounded by Guns in the
Hands of Friends.

Gunshot wounds. accidentally in
Aicted, killed three hunters yesterday
All the accidents occurred within n
few miles Of New York.
While hunting rabbits on the farm
Of Jacob Bunnell, two miles from New
ton, n. j., John Jackson, sixteen years
old, son Of . Newton photographer, was
killed instantly when a gun in the
hands Of Irving Kern, another men,
Der Of the party, was discharged as
the boys crawled under a fence.
Roy Pfaff, son OF Garrett Pfaff. of
North Branch, died in the hospital at
Somerville from wounds received while
hunting on Thanksgiving Day with
John Lifand, eighteen, Of the same
town, whose pun was accidentally dis.
charged just after il had been reloaded.
At Piping Rock, l.. l., Rocco de Ma
poll, a saloon keeper from Glen Cove,
removed his shotgun from a wagon
with the barrels pointing to his chest.
One Of the triggers caught in a blan-
ket, and de Napoli received full
charge Of shot under his right arm.
He drove to the Office of Dr. r. Hood,
a mile away, for treatment, but died
soon after he had been removed TO a
hospital. He leaves a wife and six
children.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27
Governor Asked to Aid
in Fight for State Hay

Commissioner John j. Dlllon, OF tne
New York State Department OF FOODS
and Markets, announced last night that
he had sent kilograms TO Governor
Whitman and to the Interstate Com
merce Commission asking them to take
steps to force the Lackawanna RAIL
road TO keep it's agreement with MN
to deliver ten carloads OF alfalfa IN
this city by November 30.
The Commissioner said that the Hay
Dealers Association was behind the
plan TO keep the New York produced
alfalfa out. He said that the Onon-
daga Alfalfa Growers Association and
the Patrons Cooperative Association
of Cayuga County appealed TO MN sew
eral weeks ago for assistance IN mar
keting their 10000 tons surplus prod
uct. He agreed, he said, and tried to
arrange, first with the New York Cen
trail and then the Lehigh, to bring the
hay, but they refused.
Then he went TO the Lackawanna.
and this company agreed TO deliver the
hay, the first ten carloads to be here
November 30, but yesterday he re-
ceived word from Syracuse that the
railroad refused to accept the consign-
ment. He went TO Mr.. Platt, trafic
man of the road. he said. and was in
formed that the hay could not be &C
cepted because OF the congested con-
dtion of the line.
"Rut I know il was simply an excuse
not to handle it," Mr.. Dillon said. Our
department is for the purpose Of get
ting New York State products by a
short cut from the producer TO the con-
sumner. The produce men butted us
when we started our campaign to get
New York apples TO the New York City
market, and now the hay men are but
ting our efforts 20 create New York
City market for New York State al
falfa.
at is question OF whether these
spectators are going to be allowed TO
keep New York State products out.
had planned. and so advertised, to sell
the ten carloads of hay without re-
serve at public auction on the Lacks-
wanna dock. Twenty-eighth Street and
Hudson River. Tuesday, at l0:30. ! in
tend 10 make every effort to hold this
sale"
Mr.. billions telegram TO Governor
Whitman read in part: "The hay. is
loaded nt Syracuse, but the Lacka-
wanna officials have placed an embargo
on hay. The Hay Dealers Association
has protested against delivery, and the
Lackawsnna officials have repudiated
their verbal contract with this depart
mcnt 70 deliver the hay at time spec
/ flied.
"The tracks and terminals OF the
railroads are crowded with hay from
| points outside the state. and the farm
ers producing hay in New York are
Disseminated against and kept out OF
| this market by the railroads in the
interests OF the Dealers Association
Will you use your good Offices through
the Public Service Commission or 9TH
ervise 10 help this department deliver
and market ~ hay for the farmers
| Of this stat.<"