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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-15

gian magician, solved its mysteries.
Mr.. Leroy had the satisfaction Of
presenting this great effect in the
cities Of Bombay and Calcutta, re-
Gently on his memorable tour Of the
world. Mr.. Leroy and his co-stars,
Mile Talma and Francisco L. Bosco,
the noted Italian magician, will bring
their big company Of European mys.
terry people to the bennington Opera
house Wednesday night, September
goth.
They will present the famed Hindu
rope mystery. as well as 100 othor
new and sensational effects. Their
supporting company is a large one
numbering upwards OF thirty people
Over 100 head of live stock which
ranges from African lions to Canary
birds are used in their remarkable
performances. Adv.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-15
a salIsfaetory pemon,tralIon

Ncrmonrs first real experience with
q direct primary system OF nominal
Ing candidates for public Office leaves
q conviction OF work rather thorough.
~ done. The experience was accom-.
panied by an unusual hurly.hurly OF
excitement such as goes with the In.
PRODUCTION Of mammoth novelty and
It was also attended by certain dc.
gree OF confusion. as might be- expect.
ed when new methods are tried out
Overlooking those side developments.
which were natural outcroppings. the
people or the state feel today a sense
OF satisfaction IN their work They
went 10 the polls In extraordinary
numbers. considering that the work at
hand was largely miiiatory and was
to be- followed in November by the
browning act OF their suffrage right,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-15
WALSH NEARs END
Big Ed Nearly Through as a Major
league Hurler.

Big Ed Nearly Through as Major
League HurIer.
The boom Of base hits that crashed
from the bats of the Washington Sen.
ators in Chicago on June - sounded
the requiem Of Big Ed Walsh of the
Chicago White sox. king of the spit
ball pitchers, and one Of the greatest
hurlers who ever played the great
American game. Walsh made his bow
for the season firm I'm the conviction
that he could defy tradition and come
back. Never for moment did he en-.
terrain doubt that the once mighty
muscles would refuse to respond to
the demands made upon them. lie
tried and like others, like so many
others. he failed. and perhaps he has
pitched his last game
Walsh may step down from the
ranks, but his fame Is secure. lie
has written his name across the pages
of baseball history In bold hand and
In letters that will not fade. When the
story OF great pitchers Is written q
chapter full OF interest will be devoted
to him and his wonderful career. lie
will be named as the ono pitcher who
never hositatod to jump into a game
which needed his presence. no matter
II he had pitched q full nine innings
or more on the day previous. In 1908
| he took part I'M no few than b6
games, pitching iGi innings. winning
80 games and losing 10. lie allowed
3i3 hiis.i
Walsh was born az Plains. Pa. on
May 10, 1852. made his professional
debut with the Mcridon club Of the
Connecticut league In 1902. He work.
cd there In 1903 also. and then went to
the Newark team Of the Information.
al league. From the New Jersey city
he went to the White Sox IN 1904, and
has been there since.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-15
HINC,U ROPE MYSTERY
Marvellous Trick of orientals at opera
House Wednesday.

Writers and travellers visiting the
Far East have often described the
famous Hindu rope mystery, as per
formed by the native takers Of India.
Some claim that the fact has been
performed through hypnotic intiu-
ences; others through some strange
occult power. Re that as 1t may, the
fact remains that it is the most be-
wilderlng and perpleXing feat ever ac'
complished by mortal man. The Hin
dus have guarded the secret of the
rope trick as only an Oriental can
guard secret. The feat was never
performed outside the land Of Buddah
until Servais Leroy, the noted Bel
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-15

]. II. l.lppmcott oncc vcnturcd to ask
0uida. the novelist. how she cnmc 10
know so much about clubs. camp life,
barracks, gambling houses and Other
places which nrc only visited 10y mon,
She placed her hands upon her katcs
aud, looking straight at her uucstluncr.
said, 1T IL none NJ your business"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-15
Valuable Guidance.

care your children much Of help
and a comfort?'
ayes, indeed. l can always depend
on them to tell me where the best
moving pictures are TO be found
Washington Star
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-15
NQI1LScEss 2
To tho Tax Payers Of thc ecnnloOtO

I. S'HuSu 0N"oVl Dlstr'St'
A Rate Bill has been placed in my
hands for collection as follows:
% cents on the dollar on the Grand
List OF 1916.
| hereby demand payment OF said
taxes, and notify you that will at.
tend at the Bennington County Saw
ings Bank from . o'clock a. m. until
4 o'clock p. m.
There will bo discount OF 4 per
cent on above tax II paid within 30
days.
G. II. Dewey, Treasurer.
Bennington, VT, July 10, 1916.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-15

Whose kcepcth his mouth aud his
tongue kccpcth his soul from troubles
Solomon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-03
Wonderful High.speed Engines

H. w. SlauSon in LeSl1eS.
 The past few years have seen won- derful strides made in the develop ment of the high speed engine. A short time ago engines which would develop their maximum power at speeds in excess of 1900 or 2000 revo- lutions per minute were marvels Of scientific design and workmanship Today we find gasoline engines pro- dueed in this country and abroad which not only stay together at speeds of from 5000 to 1000 revolutions per minute, but which actually develop their greatest power at speeds in the neighborhood of 5000 turns.
 Such engines are the exceptions rather than the rule, however, and the average car of today is driven by motor which develops its power most efficiently and effectively, prob ably, at speeds in the neighborhoo cd Of from 2200 to 2500 or 2600 revolu- tions per minute.
 But there seems to be a confusion in the minds of many car owners and dealers as to the speed at which a so- called high speed engine actually runs under normal conditions A high speed engine can run no faster than the pace set by the travel of the car, talk ing into consideration the diameter of tho driving wheels and the gear ratio. For example, Thigh speed engine placed in a car having 34-inch tires and a Az to 1 rear axle ratio will make no greater revolutions per min ute at 30 miles per hour car travel than will a slow speed engine placed in a car driven at the same speed and, having the same rear tire size and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-03
WHITE MUS COVY DUCK

The Muscovy Duck is claimed by some to be a goose. It is, neverthe- less, very ducklike and is so classed It is found wild in Brazil in the same eolors as 1t is bred in domestic barn- yards. and it's place of origin is gen orally credited to that country
 This duck is bred in both white and colored varieties; the former, the sub ject of this sketch, being most popu- lar. It's plumage is snow white with bright face and knob, the legs an orange yellow. The male carries q tuft of feathers on the top of his head which under certain conditions he raises. The male is usually very large, often attaining 12 pounds, while the female is rather small, never exceed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-03

is called to duck eggs and to young duck meat in the right way, a brisk demand soon follows. The meat of the 10 to F. week-old duckling is excellent. Some claim the young Runner duck is the best poultry meat to be had.
 When the layers are properly handled duck eggs are so sweet and rich that they equal hens eggs. No market n- formed as to the quality and value of duck eggs will neglect them, especially those of the Indian Runner. The eggs of the Pekin and Aylesbury crowd the large goose eggs for size. The Runner egg sometimes reaches four ounces, av- eraging nearly three ounces. while the Pekin eggs average four to five ounces
 Add to this three other facts, viz: (a) that ducks thrive on a goodly pro portion of cheap feed; (b) that the skill full grower seldom loses a duckling; (c) that there is now a steady demand for these products, and it will be seen the duck industry holds a favorable place with the heretofore popular hen.
 Producing Market Ducklings
 Many growers who raise green ducks for market look askance at the Runner, or at any of the small breeds of ducks. They want Pel1ins, which weigh 10 pounds or more to the pair when ready for market Pel1ins, Aylesburys and Rouens, with a standard weight of nine pounds for adult males, are probably the only birds, except geese, that will make an average of half a pound week of growth for the first 10 weeks.
 Producers of green ducks want a bird that grows rapidly, fattens easily, has white pins" and of which the male and female are nearly equal in size, Even these meat producers demand a breed that lays we'll else they cannot get enough young stock.
 Despite their size, Runners lead all other ducks, even for meat Some have said, the smaller the Runner the better. For instance, a grower of Runners for high-class hotel or restaurant trade may be found urging that round-bodied birds smaller than standard should be selected as breeders. There are several reasons for this. One is that the wild birds for which they are sometimes substituted are usually of small, round-bodied type Another reason is. if there is too much weight, the charge per portion must be increased to the customer, or the proprietors, buying by weight, will suffer a very small profit.
 An important factor in favor of Run ner flesh lies in it's game qualities, which enable restauranteurs to substi- ute it for real game.
 Restrictions on game birds contin-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-03
THE BIRMINGHAM AGEHERAID, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1916

gear reduction. This means then that a high speed motor will no tear it. self to pieces" merely because it IS capable of attaining high speed. It does mean, however, that the so-called high speed motor will be able to de- liver a large portion of it's highest power at speeds beyond which the old type of motor would show a marked reduction in horse power developed.
 Any owner can determine the diam eter of the tires on the rear wheels, and he may be fairly certain that the speedometer is correctly adjusted to indicate the actual speed of travel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-03
DUCK CULTURE ISAS
 PROFITABLE A AS CHICKENS.
Game Qualities of the Run ner Create an Appeal to the Epicure-MOst Ducks Are Prolific Layers; l; Ducklings Make Rapid Growth
By c. S. VALENTINE

-- su'-Dr Drity on the Indian Runner Eo slac snt of economics will deny that
 aifd hat grows twice as fast as all
 making for first place as Q proposition. Money thus in-
 a be turned over twice as fast Then, too. the everyday layer outdis- tances the alternating layer. The every day layer is the duck.
 The deeply indented coast lines of New England seem to indicate that nature fitted this locality for duck raising. Yet, strangely enough, this entire section is reported to produce little more than one fifth as many ducks as Indiana alone. The latter Is little larger than Maine and is almost without water border. The New England states produce less than half as many ducks as Arkansas, state entirely inland and having 11,000 square miles less territory than New England. One reason for this may lie in the fact that waterfowl have been given very little publicity in this section. The New England experiment stations have made no speciality of ducks that can be re- called, though Rhode Island did impor- tant comparative work with geese and tried some crosses. Why natural spe- cialty of coast like that of Rhode Island should be so neglected is a puzzle
 Apathy Toward Waterfowl Broken
 The apathy toward domesticated water fowl, extending over much of the coun- try, included the growers, exhibitions and the stations This has now been broken, by two events: (a) the well nurtured growth of the green duck' industry; (h) the advent of the Indian Runner duck. Green ducks (meaning immature) have been grown for sometime in large numbers, and the progressive Long Island breeders have opened a commission house of their own in New York city, handling their own products and those o2 other growers.
 The Indian Runner is pretty thoroughly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-03

ually increase. The government is re- solved to stop the illegal sale Of game birds. Restrictions are placed also on the sale of their feathers. 1t is re- ported that even the grower or domes- ticated Mallards has not been safe from interference.
 The general rule has been no spring or summer shooting, and short open season in the fall. Unless the disap- bearing wild fowl can be increased by protection, and the more intelligent ln- terest of the people at large, domestic birds must take their place in the mar kets Thus, the opening for small ducks of superior quality, like the Runner, Is a most important one And tho Runner is equal to the demand.
 Furthermore, the grower who pro- duces eggs as speciality wants small eaters with not too large bodies. Yet he wants a fair carcass to sell when he has obtained the best part of the egg yield from each bird. The quicker this can be done, the greater the profit. And because ducks lay almost daily during the best of the season, they are ideal subjects for crowding for eggs till the moult when they can be sold for more than it costs to replace them with young stock A Canadian breeder re- ports returns of ST each from his first flock of Runners, in less than year from table eggs.
 The utility grower needs to think more than has been his custom, that he must breed his stock along the lines of weight and type, in preference to feath- CTS. In all breeds weight tends to run down, unless the birds are bred to a standard weight. Moreover typical birds are likely to be better layers. Agricultural schools claim this is espe- cially true of the Runner duck.
 The interior fittings of poultry house are no less important than the construction of the building. For next week, Robert Armstrong has prepared an article on the construction of nests, which is illustrated by working dia- grams of a few simple contrivances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-03

ing eight pounds weight.
 Muscovies have long and powerful wings, useful in combats with other poultry, for they are indeed quarrel some, and for flight. They do not however. wander far, and will return to the farm buildings at nightfall.
 Te duck prefers to steal her nest It is not usuaual for her to suddenly appear with II or 12 ducklings which she has matched in some remote corner.
 White Muscovy Ducks when young are of good gamey flavor and are often served as canvasbacks. When old their flesh is tough, rank and unappe- tizing. In consequence, they are sell dom used as utility ducks on the great duck farms. /
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-03

established in the United States and Canada. Mexico sends many inquiries, and the largest order reported by the Cumberland Penciled Runner club in 1915 came from Alaska.
 It is also reported from Hawaii that the duck industry there had taken new lease on life, having passed out of the hands of the Chinese The present de- mand is for Muscovies, while large demand has sprung up for duck eggs especially those from the Indian Runner breed.
 Wherever the attention of consumers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-03
Wafer-Tank A Home
From the Popular Science Month,

From the Popular Science Monthly.
 An old water-tank in western town stood idle until an enterprising citizen came along and recognized in 1t the making of a home for himself and his wife.
 He set to work with carpenters tools, and in a week he had the interior fitted up comfortably. He cut windows where he wanted them and made door large enough for the champion tall man in the United States to walk through without ducking his read.
 To disguise the tank-home as far as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-03

Lester park, the beautiful recreation ground at Duluth, Minn., is benefited by the fact that Congress has made provision for the removal of the un- slightly wooden Hume that traverses the resort and supplies water to the hatchery of the United St0'
 of fisheries. This aged and leaky wooden box IS to be replace Dy inch iron pipe, buried in the earth. at cost of about $2000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-03

possible and also to add an element of architectural beauty to the whole, he fitted the roof with extensions, placing windows in the extremities.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1916-12-29
NJ. H. 5. CAFETERIA
DEFEATS H. c. OF L
School Children Get Hot Meals
in Cold Weather; Many At
tended; To Be Limited

While you and 1 are trying to
find something to eat at minimum
expenditure OF "four bits, " it is start
ling to learn that it is possible for
some folks to get all they want to eat
for a "little old thin dime. - Tell you
where, you would get your next meal
there? If that is the idea that you
have somehow acquired, you are en-
tirely out of luck. Your money is
spurious ard you can't get credit at
this "beanery." Two weeks ago,
Miss Cora Severson, instructor of
domestic science in the Morris High
School, opened cafeteria lunch coun-
ter for the accommodation of grade and
high school pupils that live too far
distant from the school building to go
home for their dinner at noon. The
cafeteria service at the school build
ing was started last year by Miss
Severson and it proved to be of such
service and so we'll patronized that it
was started again this year. So popu-
lar has it become during the past two
weeks that only pupils who lived
more than three blocks away are per-
mitted to get their meals at the lunch
room.
The lunch service is self support
ing, although the food-stuffs are SER
we'd at cost which barely covers the
cost of the food and enough to pay
the domestic science pupils who take
turns helping to serve at the counter
ten cents an hour. The attendance
varies with the coIdness of the days.
Last year on January IL, when the
mercury dropped to thirty de-
grees below for the coldest day of
the year there were more than eighty
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1916-12-29

was shown for the sending of march
ing club to the carnival. About
twelve persons signified their willing
ness to 60. The Morris business men
seem to be willing to furnish uniforms
for the marching club and pay the ex-
penses of queen from this city to
lead the delegation. 1t is probable
that a queen contest will be held in
the near future.
The committee are anxious to know
just who is contemplating attending
the carnival, in order to make def
mite arrangements for the uniforms
that the Morris marching club is to
wear. The committee will canvass the
city next week.
In the regular business session of
the Commercial Club last Friday
night, the committee in charge of the
subscriptions for the purchase of the
lot, adjoining the Public library, an
nounced that there is still $50 in out,
standing payments. These payments
are due January I, 1917. The sub,
scriptions were taken last spring anc
$500 has already been paid in.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1916-12-29

Tuesday evening of last week, before
an audience that crowded the church
to the doors and was accorded en-
thusiastic approval by everyone. The
continues, the music and the presenta-
tion were all of the highest order.
The plot of the cantata was charm
ing Christmas story, of how the Eight
Plotters determine to catch Santa by
turning back the hands of the clock.
They were overheard by Santa's Right
Hand Man, who causes the Sand Man
to put them asleep. They are releas-
ed through the good offices of Queen
Fairybell, but in the second attempt
succeed in capturing Santa Claus.
Much of the credit for the success
of the performance is due to Miss
Hazel Witwer, the director of the can
tata, and who has been untiring in
her efforts to make it a success.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1916-12-29
AUTO TRUCK USED
TO DELIVER, MAIL
Morris Post Office Is TSwamped
By Christmas Mail-3OOO
Packages Daily - 49, So

''Our Christmas postage receipts
alone, amounted to $50 daily during
the four days preceding Christn: as
and there was an average of 1900 in
coming parcels and like number of
outgoing parcels each of these days."
said Postmaster Finnegan to a
worried young woman Tuesday. Mr..
Finnegan was trying to convince the
person whom, we can just as we'll call
Agnes, because that is not her name,
that the Morris Post office wasn't re-
sponsible for the delay of a package
"'she wanted very much and which
she knew positively was sent last
Wednesday,. Mr.. Finnegan pictured
the mountains of mail, that have be-
come delayed in the different post
Offices and after finding that the
package, that Agnes was looking for
was from small town in Southern
Minnesota, convinced her that the
package was probably on the bottom
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1916-12-29
PROPOSE LAWS FOR
SLICHTED CHILDREN
Suggested Law Would Provide
Guardian in Every Com
munity of State

Morris, like every other community
in the state will have a "guardian"
to care for and protect dependent and
neglected children, under suggested
plan which may be presented for
adoption in the Legislature naxt month
by thirteen special friends of unfor-
tunate children, and experienced
workers for child welfare, now draw.
ing new laws on the subject.
Under this suggestion, Probate
Judge Stenger will be one and a local
woman another of three guardians pro-
posed in this county. A child welfare
bureau to direct these guardians may
be created in the State Board of Con-
troll, which is already doing success
full work of this kind. Some plan is
sought to better protect and look af-
ter helpless children. A scheme of
guardianship is to be recommended
because the state has been somewhat
lax in the discharge of this duty in
the past.
Six months or longer residence of
child in foster home as a prere-
quisite to adoption of the child and
compulsory commitment of the feeble
minded child to a suitable school,
hospital or home when his best in
terests so demand in the opinion of q
home physician and other capable
judges are other proposals in the plan.
Purely charitable motives are back
of the child welfare movement. The
voluntary commissioners are giving
their time at the request of Governor
J. A. A. Burnquist without compen-
sation and the incidental expenses have
been met by popular subscription
among friends of unfortunate children.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1916-12-29
CHILDREN PERISH
WHEN HOME BURNS
Tragedy Similar to One in Heg-
bert Happens near Battle
Lake "a Hours Later

Twenty-four hours after the home of
VIM. Schultz, of Hegbert was de-
stroyed by fire and burned to death
the two youngest children, a tragedy
almost identical in every particular
took place near Battle Lake, MINI.
The story of the terrible death of the
Shultz children on Friday, December
Is was told in last weeks Tribune.
According to the Battle Lake Re-
view, the two little girls of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. M. Waite, the eldest four
years old and the youngest babe of
eleven months, were burned to death
when the home caught fire in an in-
explicable manner and the structure
was totally destroyed. The father
was logging in the woods near Mahno-
men, while the mother went on an err
rand to farmhouse nearby and left the
two children in charge of Is year
old son. The boy was at the stable
doing the evening chores when he
discovered the home to be in flames.
Although he could hear his sisters
screaming for help he was unable to
get near them. The father returned
home to attend the funeral of his
children. The mother is prostrate
and it is feared that the nervous shock
may affect her sanity.