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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-09

$50 far as the primary vote is con
ceined in selecting presidential can
didates it has worked out a perfect
farce. Those who have wanted a pri-
mary law must be well pleased" says
the Waterbury Record which must be
looking for scrap with the Benning-
ton Montpelier Argus.
When an individual or a newspaper
is so zigoted, prejudiced and unfair
that it does not hesitate to condemn
and vilify something that it has never
seen and does not understand, it is a
waste of time to argue. banning a
baby in the cradle may seem to the
Record and some others to be praise
worthy and creditable performance
but somehow we feel that it reflects
more on the critic than ii does on the
baby, and we believe that fair-minded
people are not much misled by that
sort Of attack. From its very start the
primary movement has been aided by
its opponents. a man is judged by the
company he keeps and law is some
times passed because of the unreason
able viliication Of its enemies.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-09
THE WEST END" ROAD
Contract Let 70 j. n. McCusker OF
Waltham, Mass.

Contract Let to j. H. McCusker OF
Waltham, Mass.
j. II. McCusker of Waltham. Mass,
who built the Harwood hill road and
other highways for Mr.. Colgate is to
put in the new road from Anthony
crossing to the New York line. The
contracts have been signed and will
be delivered In a few days. Mr.. Nc
Cusker was here last Friday and went
over the road with Mr. Davis, the
county road commissioner. Work is
TO be begun this week and Mr. Nc.
Cusker is now looking for men. A
drill has been set up to take out the
ledge in front of the Phil Jacobs
place and work has begun there.
The state has agreed to contribute
$4,000. The town voted $500 at the
last March meeting. The selectmen
have agreed TO put on 5000 or the so
called five per cent money coming
from the state and $500 has been
pledged by private subscription. Mr..
Colgate has agreed to pay the cost in
excess of $4,000 and has already
spent about $4,000 on the road. About
$500 of the private pledges has been
paid and those who subscribed are ur-
gently requested to send in these con-
tributions without delay because it is
desired that the full amount be paid
before the town delivers its contract.
The road is to be built with strong
base of the teltord type with crushed
stone dressing and bituminous binder.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-09
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion OF the car. There 10
only one way TO cure deafness. aud that Is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness 10
caused by an innamcd condition OF the mu-
cous lining OF the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube 10 nnamed sou have rumbnng
sound or imperfect hearing, and when II 10
entirely closed. Deafness 10 the result. and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to It's normal condi-
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever nine
cases out OF ten are caused by CAtnrrh
which is nothing but an lnnamed condition
of the mucous surfaces
We will give one Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness (caused by catarrh) thnt
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh cure.
Send for circulars free.
T. j CHENEY x CO, Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. Use.
Take Halls Family pills for constipation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-09
erandmOther,s Medicines

Our grandmothers were wise In the
virtues of the herbs of the field. They
used to gather and store roots and
herbs and use them to cure the all.
ments OF their families NORWOOD
thorcughwort, sage, rue, camomile--
the list might go on aud on of the
healing plants with which they made
us familiar.
Now their grand-daughters set the
extracts from just such good old roots
and herbs, from the nearest druggist
ready prepared for use One such
medicine, which women find best fol
their own ailments, is the well-hnowr
Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-09

Next Tuesday all the voters of Yer
mont of the three leading parties have
the opportunity to go to the polls at
their regular voting places and express
their choice as to who they want for
presidential candidates. Every voter
should go and if he fails he should not
grumble afterward about the result.
1t is the first time in history that Yer
mont voters have had this privilege
The polls will be open from noon until
s o'clock in the evening so that all
may have a chance to vote.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-09
SALISBURY

Miss Stella Bates is spending few
days in Bennington.
I-rs. Flo!u i3ates Of Remington is
visiting her daughter for few days
Edgar Harrington had the msior
tune to lose one of his horses last
week.
Rev. Mr.. Kent, district superinten
dent, occupied the pulpit in the NJ. +
church Sunday.
The Ladies' Aid society will meet
with Miss Gratia Peck Friday after
noon at $50 o'clock.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-09

EVELYN BARSOLoW
used it for all four children and it is
fine; they like it and ask for it.
A trial bottle of Dr. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin can be obtained, free
of charge, by writing to Dr. w B.
Caldwell, Asa Washington st.. Month
cello, Ill.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-09

is one that should be filled by the
biggest man in this country who can
be induced to accept it, 1t would be
no discredit to Mr. Daniels if he re-
tired. He should remember Balm
ger and what happened to Nh, Taft as
result"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-09
Going Fishing E?

You need Harley Davidson Motor.
cycle to take you to the choice
places.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-09
NOTHING worth while

was ever accomplished without some
sacrifice. 1t is hard to save and deny,
but your family is worth protecting.
Insure while insurable. National Life
ms. Co. of VT (Mutual) Earle S.
Kinsley, General Agent, Mead Building
Rutland, Vt. ADV.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-09
MILITIA TO GUARD BORDER

National Guard CT Three States Or
dered Out for Service.
Washington, May 9.-PIesident vii.
son has consented to the ordering out
of the national guards of Texas, Ari-
iona and New Mexico for guard duty
on the border. -Four regiments of in
fantry regulars have also been ordered
to entrain Tor the southwest.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-09

1t isn't fair TO judge man by the
speech placing him in nomination. He
probably never saw it and was too ner-
yous to listen.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-09
HILCHEY g WEEKS

We have a ton-and-a-half motor
truck and are prepared to do all
kinds of trucking. Quick and salts
factory service guaranteed. Tel.
SPIN.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-09
SAYS DUST DANIELS
Ex-Mayor Fitzgerald of Boston Be-
Iieves Secretary Should Retire.

Boston, May S.-EX-Mayor Fitz-
gerald in the current issue of his
weekly paper, the Republic, demands
the resignation Of Secretary of the
Navy Daniels. He says:
Secretary Daniels should retire.
The job of head of the Navy depart
mcnt when we are in a world crisis
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-09

Simplifed spelling is no help to a
man who finds himself cornered and
unable to spell the word either way.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-09
Soures PORCELAIN.

ScVres Porcelain.
No other art or industrial influence
gained so much for French prestige as
the porcelain of Sevres.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-05-08

Coffee. appealed to Mrs. HolnviIIe,
head of the welfare bureau.
Mrs. HoinViIle's answer opened the
eyes of the employees to the benefits
obtainabe from this much-adVer-
tised bureau. She said:
There's no use of you people
coming to me about this case. We
will absolutely Go nothing for beg
CARS in this department"
The employees returned to the
basement and took up collection for
Charley. Nicskels, dimes and quar-
tiers were contributed from the small
nav envelopes of the Field employees,
but repeated appeals for substantial
aid from the company were cOIdly
ignored and Charley's friends were
warned that they had better not in
terfere.
Mrs. Coffee made a personal battle
for the boy. She wanted the company
to exert its influence in getting the
boy out to the municipal tuberculosis
sanitarium. Doctors told her that if
this could be done Immediately the
boys life might be saved. But the
store, through with its broken wage
slave, refuses to lift a hand
The fight went on in spite of the
warnings of Marshall Field & Co. and
Friday the boy was admitted to
the sanitarium, where the city will
pay for the effort to win back the
health the boy lost in the Marshall
Field basement.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-05-08
PLANS NORTH SIDE PAPER

PLANS NORTH SIDE PAPER
Walter B. RodeTick, formerly con-
nected with the Herald, expects to
publish a weekly newspaper on the
North Side this fall. He received
incorporation papers from Spring
field Friday and the work of organiz-
ing the new publication has been go
ing on for months.
The paper will be seven columns
and will run from 10 to Is pages. The
printing plant is expected to be 10
Gated in the vicinity of Wilson av.
and Broadway.
There are 5,o73 radio stations in
the United States.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-05-08

BASEMENT WORK AT FIELDS
LANDED BOY IN SANITARIUM
This is a story of how the great
store of Marshall Field & Co. took a
young boy, stuck him in their damp
basement and then threw him out
eighteen months later, a victim of
tuberculosis.
Just eighteen months ago Charley
Dinibar, then II, left his bOyhOOd
games and set out to make his own
way in life. He was an orphan and
it was necessary that he aid his old
er sister in maintaining a home.
Attracted by the outward grand
eur of Marshall Fields store, Char
ley applied there for a job. He was
handed the usual story by the en-
plOyment bureau. He was told that
if he would be industrious, attentive
and courteous he might some day
have an office of his own in their
great institution.
So they tossed Charley into the
basement and forgot about him. He
was made a stock boy, the boy who
Tugs cIoaks and suits back and forth
from morning till night.
Charley used to sunlight and
fresh air, cracked under the strain
afr trying it for over a year. He
began to look peaked. One day Doc
tor MunsOn, who is hired by Mar
shall Field to watch employees, spied
the boy.
MunsOn ordered Charley to report
to his Office. There he told him that
he was suffering from tuberculosis.
The boy was stunned He and his
sister had no money except with
which to purchase the bare necessi-
ties of life.
When Charley returned to the
basement to bid his associates good
by they told him of the boasts of the
Marshall Field welfare bureau. which
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-09-15
is DE- SEPTIEMBRE DE 1916 CO.

AunQue no son los ueStiergos el Sitio pre-
mas udecuado para c0nmemOrar las
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-09-15

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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-09-22
SLEEPING IN QUEER PLACES
EngIishman Chooses Mario" Plank
100 Feet Above the Ground
for a Siesta.

A short time ago d man was dls-
covered in the lunch hour fast asleep
on a plank. His arms were hanging
down, one on each side OF the board,
which was about a foot wide. de was
snoring gloriOusly, and quite careless
of the fact that If he turned over for
greater comfort he would tumble out
Of bed" 100 feet. for that plank was
part Of the scaholding erected for the
repair of church splre.
A similar disregard for danger was
reported lately during the erection OF
an electrical plant. one of the men,
engaged on the tall chimney, missing
his mate at the lunch hour, went up
the half-finlshed chimney to find him.
He discovered him fast asleep on
narrow ledge of brick inside the shaft
a fall from which meant q drop of 80
feet.
The other week a circus arrived In
a certain town, not hundred miles
from London, at an early hour, after
a long journey and performance the
previous night. AS a consequence few
OF the company got any sleep. That
day there was the usual procession and
the afternoon performance. The lion
tanner had had very rough time be-
cause of the illness of one of his
beasts.
The evening performance arrived,
and the man had to pretend to go to
sleep with his head on the body of u
couchant lion, finishing up the per-
Torrance by springing up and put
ting his head In another lions mouth.
But when the jumping-up time came
a gentle snore was heard. The man
was fast asleep with his head pillowed
on a lion.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-09-22
New Russian OIL Fields.

A newly verified Russian oil field,
with an area of about 10000 square
miles, or about twice the size of the
New England states, now energies
strangely from mass of explorers
data to suggest pretty strongly that
current pessimism over the decreasing
output of the oil fields of the Caucasus
Is not well justified. This new field,
according to Russia the monthly organ
Of Il. Martens 4 Co., Is located in the
Ural province, begins at the Caspian
sea, taking fanlike shape to the north
- far as the town Of Alexandrovsky
Gal, runs nearly due east to the town
Of Temlr and from there in southerly
and sOuthweSterly directions, following
the Emba river to the Caspian sea
again. Although an attempt was made
by the government to encourage the
commercial exploration of this coun-
try as far back as 1899, no serious de-
velopment work had been done until a
very short time ago. Russia more now
than ever, Is feeling effects Of the high
prices Of petroleum and its absolute
necessity has led to the discovery of
these nelds.-Wall Street Journal.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-09-22
This Really Happened.

Not one woman in a dozen will be-
lieve this story, although 1t is true.
Every other week Bill Smith can prove
it by rolling up his left pants leg. The
alternate week the proof is in the
laundry basket.
BIZ works In shop where a man
must have fOFearms. He has solved
the underwear-sleeve problem by hav-
ing them cut off above the elbow.
The other day he bought new union
suits, and showed Mrs. Smith on one
arm how much he wanted cut off. The
next Sunday morning he donned the
suit and found she had cut off the
right arm and left leg. He appraised
Mrs Smith, but she retOrted such q
blunder was impossible"
But Bill had the proof, and he still
has it; for on the union suit there is q
seam around the left leg just below
the knee, where the cutoff has been
put back.
BIZ says: "As we sew we rip, and
If we snip, inadvisedly, it's best to sew
it on again"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-09-22
LITTLE ESSAY ON PANTS
Some Very Interesting Ihou9h's OH
Those Worn by Male Of the
Species.
Pants are Of two kinds human and

Pants are of two kinds; human and
dog.
The human pants Of commerce are
worn mainly by males.
But equal rights prevail among
dogs.
Human pants are worn thicker in
winter and thinner in summer.
The dogs pants come thicker In the
summer.
The dogs lungs are the seat of It's
pants. (Date 1875, Hostetter's Al
manac.)
White pants are not garment. They
are a business to themselves.
The man who wears them doesn't
work at much else at the time.
When | was small and on farm, l
wore pants that were not new.
So far as could find out, they never
had been new.
When they had been first worn out,
by the first tailless ancestor ! had,
.they had been patched at all the ven
tilated places.
When the original goods wore out
between the patches the first patches
were connected by other patches.
And sew on.
Where they overlapped-the patches
the goods became about an inch
thick.
And when human legs made of any
material less durable than vulcanized
flint are incased in a set of inch-and-a-
quarter Deer Island jeans trousers
patched with every kind of heavy
goods from horse blankets to rem
nants of rag carpet-when, | say, any
human neither limbs are incarcerated
in these bendless tubular garments In
a wheat field on a southwest hillside at
two o'clock on clear, still day when
the temperature Is 10 in the shade
and there Is no shade, the owner OF
said legs thinks longingly of the bas-
tile, the stocks, the pincers, the gull,
lOtine, the pillory, the thumb-screw
the rack, the stake and other religious
plSasantries.
have gone long days In the wheat
field In rair of such asbestos pants
lined with sandpaper or barbed wire
and now death or public speaking OF
fashionable dinners--none of those
things has any terror for me.
| playfully inquire Of death as &c
the location of its stinger.-Farm Life
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-09-22
Woman,s Winning Force.

The winning force in wOman's life is
first of all, purpose--a purpose which
carries with 1t the assent of reason,
the judgment Of the mind and the APP
prOval OF conscience.
This purpose must be your own
not anOther's. The sorrOwful expert
ences Of many women Is that they
are always children, with no plan of
hfe, no will by which their energies
are to be directed.
Don't drift, but steer. Dare to be
singular. Scorn to degrade yourself
by yielding up your individuality ia
suit the whlm Of the worthless.
Now and then woman stands aside
from the crowd, laborS steadfastly and
strHightway the world wonders, ad,
mires and crowns the determined
doer, and yet it only illustrates what
growing and exhaustless force each
woman might become If she took hold
of life with purpose.
Determine to live for something last,
ing. Even goodness fails where there
Is no will.
You cannot dream yourself into a
character. You must hammer and
force yourself into one.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-09-22
Once-OVera

The wife who is plainly dressed and
does not have the luxuries you en-
JOY Is not necessarily unhappy, and
she may be getting much more out o
life than you are getting.
II 1t may be that she and her husband
are laying up money for their old
age, while you and your husband are
spending all you earn.
When the time comes that you
should be taking comfort and be free
from worry you may find yourself
worried because Of your scanty saw.
ingS, while the woman you pity To-
day may then be secure In the
thought that she has enough to SUD-
port her TO the end of her days.
So do not waste your pity on the
woman who is so plainly dressed.
She may have more sense than YOU
at the present time and more conn.,
fort In the years to come.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-09-22
Paid 5000 for q Colt.

Those who had the mistaken idea
that the day OF the horse Is passing
must have received a rather severe
tolt when Walter Cox paid no less
than 5000 for an undeveIoped year
ling Of STANDARDIZED trOttlng blood.
While higher prices have been OBJ
tanned for yearlings In other days.
there has always been q record at
tachsd to the natural breeding attrac-
tionS Of the yOungster In question. In
this ease, however. st. Frusquin, son
Of the noted San Francisco Melisande,
has never been driven against time,
and thus the price establishes a new
record on the sales market II seems
rather q pity that the name ST. Frus-
Quin should have been chosen for such
q promising colt. 1t will inevitably be
confused possibly AZ a disadvantage,
with the great running horse st. Frus-
Quin-Owned by Leopold de ROthschild
which was the winner of the classic
1900 guineas and was beaten only by
the sensational PsrsimmOn, then
owned by the prince of Wales, in the
derby Of 1S96.-Ths Spur.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-09-22
MAKER OF MISCHIEF
CARELESS TALkER Ia os,.I
CAUSE OF TROUBLE
Most Observation-Disclosures Are R..,.
Exaggerated Reports Due TO Az.
age Persons inability TO DIV.
Accurate Description

The inability to give accura,.
scriptions is not to be counted =
That is fault frequently due 10 =
perfect development Of the powo..
observation or of memory. II sho.,
be recognized as such, and ueasrs.
taken to correct 1t by the cult,voas
of such powers as will enable ~
who possess them to accurately ,ons.
to others what they have seen
what they have heard. Most peonl. :
spect truth and desire to be truthta
but very few worship truth as ~
should, by efforts to reach il in ~,
intercourse with their fellowmen
much mischief may be done in soo,a.
by merely careless talker with
poor memory who does not intend /,
do any harm as by a malignant ~
who spreads false stories with n. !.
tent to deceive.
Indeed, the majority of misnna..
standings and anomosities that AZ.
In the intercourse of men NAV
traced. to exaggerated or mislasa,1
reports Of what one has said abopt \
other. 1t is not SO much what "a =,
as the manner and spirit of the !.
mark, that should be convened ~
One who Is incapable of correctlv j
porting the spirit of a converssno]
should refrain from attempting 70 ~
Vey 1t to another. The exact word
may be reported in such a way a.
convey false impression, or the mi,
Of the remark may be correctly av.
without the use of the exact wOrda
This fact is clearly recognized
sharp lawyers, who, when the test
mOny is injurious to them, will n
allow witness to give the substsne
Of conversation so as to convey
true conception of its spirit. but nd
upon the exact words spoken, KNOWN
that in the effort to give them Il
witness will be very likely to obscur
Or distort their meaning.-Irish WOrlI
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-09-22
The Mountain Ash.

Long ago people believed In witch,
and evil spirits, who were going abO,
the country doing harm. They eli
believed that the rowan (mOuntsl
ASH had some charm to do away vii
their evil powers.
So all the maidens wore the scarf,
berries of the rowan in their hair, 40
the young men carried canes mad
from the branches of the same tre
The housewife hung branches Of y
berries over her doorway, while Id
good man hung the same about h
barns and stables, so the witches COuI
have no power over his sheep and cd
tie and horses.
For the same purpose they kept
great hoop of rowan branCAs
Through this they made the yOuE
calves and lambs jump. This act VI
intended to keep sickness and deaf
away from them-at least the GOD
man thought so. Every animal b
to jump through the hoop whether
wanted to or not, for the good ND
switched his legs with a rowan swift
until the jumping was accomplished
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-09-22

They escaped the 'deadening mon0t-
Ony Of rural life by becoming wait
resses In hotels and workers in fac
tories
Some Jared little better and some
q great deal worse-but none Of them
became Jenny Lind or u Florence
Nightingale.
The boys. too, we're full Of the grand
unrest. They turned their backs scorn-
fully on the old homesteads.
Each was "the architect OF his own
fortune" and teacher had taught him
TO believe that all the building mate
RAILS we're TO be found In distant
places.
After they had failed as architects,
many Of them came humbly but gladly
back To the old district and succeeded
az farmers.
Now as never before In the world
opportunity IL found on the farm, and
every school teacher should know that.
There are more statesmen of real
worth and more genuine poets coming
from the tall grass than from the tall
buildings.
The wider horizon Is the privilege OF
youth. hut II IL visible to everyone who
lifts his head AT home. while 1t Is too
often obscured by clouds OF smoke to
the SOJourner In the cities.
DO not let teacher I'LL the minds of
your children full VI cheap romance
while she ignores all the beauty and
dignity that should make rural life W
satisfying.