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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-12
WHERE THE MULE FAILS.
He Doesn't Relish Battle When the
Artillery Gets Active.


More nearly imperyious TO heat than
any of the other domestic animals, in
Guiding his own ancestry, the mule has
played prominent part In the de-
yelopmcnt of our southern states. On
the sugar plantations and in the cot
ton fields he is without peer.
His Traditional endurance renders
him almost Invaluable to the quarter
masters department of armies in tho
field but the experienced artillery Old
Ger uses horses instead for handling
artillery in action.
A mule doesn't enjoy battle. He
doesn't relish its excitement and its
terror, that mctamorphosis that changes
men alternately into poltroons and
demigods.
Under a sustained artillery fire n
horse becomes unusually docilc. He
turns instinctively to his master as 10 n
creature of higher power, and his very
terror renders him gentle.
But the mule displays no such faith
in humankind. In the turmoil Of bat
tie he suddenly becomes arbiter of his
own acts, and he either bolts or balks.
A mule disapproves all that he does not
understand and II is traditional that
he is not alaenablc to rcason.-Los An.
geles Times.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-12
Passive Goodness" in Vermont.

Baccalaureate sermons this year
have generally had something of the
ring of war in them We should GER
tainly have expected clarion note
or two from the president Of the uni.
yersity of that erst-while warlike state
of Vermont, in harmony with the ten
dency, Great is our surprise, there
fore, to take up the verbatim report
in the Burlington Free Press OF the
baccalaureate address of President
Guy Potter Benton, of the institution
named, and to find its theme to be
THE Merit of Passive Goodness"
Passive goodness. The doctor could
not give his hearers enough of II.
Through six columns of space this
Vermont educator exalted that peace.
full virtue. giving off as he did so such
rays of composing thought as the fol-
lowing.
Cold passivity is more valuable as
social asset than feverish activity.
Active service that is worth while
is the concrete expression of passive
goodness No life can be poured out
in deeds into a heart center where the
still waters flow inexhaustible in
clarity and purity
Strengthen yourselves for the con-
flicts which await you by the stern re.
solve that come adversely or prosperi-
ty, you will establish yourselves in
the possession of that passive good.
ness which will bring you contentment
despite all contrary winds.
There are those in this class who
already wear the soldier uniform OF
our country. II is a badge of high
honor and yet, let me remind you, if
you would make 1t mean all 1t should
mean it must stand for the firm
strength of passive character rather
than for the buster OF spectacular
action.
Possibly. the merely passive goodness
which the state of Vermont has shown
in the war thus far. and its aversion
for anything like spectacular action,
are due in some measure to the exhor
N"'ioho anu lilt iliHutntt VI 1 itSlutHl
Benton. Enlistments in Vermont have
not been what they should be. There
is nothing to encourage them in such
profound moral utterances and the
above 1t is true that DR.. Benton
went on to praise the men OF the sen.
Tor class who had the spirit to stand
before him in khaki lie could not
very well have done otherwise. But
there. was about his praise labor Of
restraint solemn attitude OF bal
ancing, as If he were afraid that he
would really say something on the
side of the war in which his country
is engaged, that made this yortlon OF
his address really pitiable,
What can have happened to the
state of Vermont?-Boston Transcript.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-12
No Wonder He WouIdn,t Sell.

Captain Amundsen told an amusing
story OF one Of his arctic expeditions.
Several Of his dogs having died, Cap
tain Amumdsen asked one of the ma
tiyes In his best Eskimo II he would
sell him n few dogs. TO his surprise
the request was promptly refused The
explorer and the Eskimo had long
argument, the explorer pointing out
that he must get dogs somehow and
the Eskimo replying that they never
sold them.
"NOnsense!" Captain Amundsen eS-
claimed 81 have often bought dogs
The Eskimos seemed Immensely as.
tonished. and at the end of another ar
gument Captain Amundsen discovered
that instead Of using the Eskimo word
for dogs he had been asking the man
to sell him some "childrcn."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-12
SHAPE OF THE HAND.
The Reason Our Fingers Are Not All
of the Same Length.


There is no known reason why our
fingers should be of different lengths
today. In fact it is thought by some
people that the hand would be stronger
if the fingers were all Of the same
length. says the Book of Wonders.
Certainly, however. the hands would
not then be so beautiful and might not
be so useful.
The human hand today is perhaps the
most versatile thing IN the world. You
can do more things with the hand than
with any other thing in the world. The
probability is that the shape of the
hand today and the length Of the
fingers are the result of the different
things the human being has called upon
the hand to do during mans develop
ment up TO the present time.
We must go back to the time, how
ever, when man walked on fours, for
that is probably the real explanation.
Originally mans fingers were Of diff
ferent lengths because all four footed
animals had the same pccu Gtities. The
shape and length of the toes and their
arrangement were the ideal arrange
ment for giving the proper balance and
support to the body and in moving
about gmd in climbing produced the
best toe hold.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-12
How 10 Stop Loss Of Hair
and Starr New Growth

II your hair is thinning out, lifeless,
full of dandruff and your head itches
like mad. it's sure sign of the danger.
Gus dandruif germ, and quick action
must be taken to save what hair you
have and start new growth. Don't
wait until the hair root is dead, for
then nothing can help you, but get
from your druggist four ounces of
Partisan sage-it don't cost much and
there is nothing you could use that's
any better. DR.. Sangerbund, the fam.
Gus Paris specialist, discovered that
dandruff and falling hair are caused by
a microbe--then came the discovery
Of the value of Partisan sage OiQuid
torm) TO destroy this germ. prevent
falling hair and the formation of dand'
RUIZ A few messages with Partisan
sage are all that are usually needed,
And very soon you should be able to
see the new hairs coming in. Partisan
sage Is womens favorlte hair dressing,
because Il will not stain and makes the
hair mstrous. soft and FUZZY. BE sure
you get Partisan sage (Giroux's) for
this brand Is guaranteed. William l..
Gokay can supply YOU.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-12
The Sphinx's Riddle.

The riddle which the sphinx pro-
pounded to the Thebans and the solu-
ton of which she made a condition OF
her withdrawal from the state was as
follows: what animal has one voice,
at first four, then two and at last three
feet?"
Oedipus discovered the answer TO be
man." who in infancy, from using his
hands as well as his feet in walking.
may be said to have four feet lall
fours). in after life employs but two,
and in old age to these he adds staff.
which may he reckoned third. Upon
this solution being given the sphinx is
said to have thrown herself headlong
from the citadel
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-12
Gardens Should Be frequently
and Adequately Cultivated
VINCKLE the around with thc hoe. :
mike it langh with The harvest.

"NcKLE the ground with the hoe
runs an Old adage. land you VIII
make it laugh with the harvest
That is only another way of saying
that cultivation is necessary in order ID
make the garden grow, and cultivation
reduced to its lowest terms means moth.
ing more or less than the constant use
of the hoe.
The average amateur supposes that
the reason why he hoes the garden il
TO keep down the weeds. That, OF
course, is a necessary part of garden'
ing, but every time the ground is stir
red what is termed by farmers dust
mulch is created, which serves to lock
the moisture into the ground.
Everybody knows that the oil in a
lamp rises through the wick by reason
of what is termed capillary action Tho
moisture rises through the soil in ex.
actly the same way when the surface
is packed hard, then being evaporated
and lost in the air.
When the surface of the soil is kept
loose this escape Of the moisture is
greatly retarded. It follows, therefore,
that the most important time Of all for
cultiyating The Garden is as soon after
rain as the ground can be worked.
II must not be hoed when sticky, but
prompt cultivation will help to hold
the water which has entered tho
ground.
II is also very important to cultivate
frequently during a dry season, FOR tia
sun bakes The ear;h unless It is kept
constantly stirred \ good hoeing in
midsummer Is often worth almost AT
much as Il shower.
The time to start cultivation is tho
moment The plants begin TO rokc their
heads through the ground. 1t is neccs.
sary to have air as we'll as water in
the soil If the plants are to thrive, and
this tx accomplished when cultivation
keeps the soil loose.
OF course it isn't necessary to use 4
hand hoe all the time. If the garden Is
a large one, wheel hoe il almost n
necessity. although much labor can bo
saved with SCullle hoe If the soil Ii
not heavy and fun of stones.
Once week is none too often to cul.
tivate the garden all the season
through. and the most successful gar
dcners VIII probably hoe the cropl
twice as OFTEN The oftencr this work
is done the easier it becomes for II
is not At al hard to cultivate soil
which is In good tilih, while ground
which has become baked by the sun
or packed by the rain is difficult to
loosen up.
Cultivation. therefore, should be set
down us one OF the Indispensable items
Of garden work, even though 1t may
not sound quite SO attractive rs plant
Ing the seeds or harvesting the crops
-AA
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-12

A Vermont exchange inquiries how
to keep the robins out of the cherry
trees. Don't try to keep them out,
The robins earn right to a few
cherries by catching cut-worms and
other pests all summer Killing birds
because they eat cherries and other
small fruits is just about as sensible
as it would be to poison the hired man
in the middle of haying. Orchardists
of long experience always put out a
few extra cherry trees, scattered
around the place, purposely to encour.
age the birds to live in the orchard
1t takes very little extra work to raise
enough cherries for the birds and the
family also and every farmer and
gardener should consider the insect
eating birds members of his family
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-12
Russia,s Parquetry Floors.

Most flooring put down in Russia is
parquetry and 1t is generally oak.
Even in the unpretentious houses and
fiat buildings this parquctry is to be
found. In some cases, OF course, the
finish is not so fine rs in others, and
in ordinary buildings the designs arc
not SO elaborate. One of the most
noticeable features Of a Russian house
is that rugs and carpets are used for
wall decorations instead Of floor cover
ings. Floor polishing by professionals,
who come regularly once every week
or ten days, is considered part of the
regular routine of running house.
Detroit Free Press.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-12
Ancient Greeks Had Trades.

In the days Of their greatest prosper
ity the Greeks probably excelled all
other nations in the variety and excel
lcnce Of their manufactures. Their
sons were often the great scientists of
their age, for Thales Of Miletus, one of
the seven wise men OF antiquity" was
an oil merchant; Socrates was a stone
mason, who left the quarry and bench
to become the teacher of mobiles: Arts
totle compounded drugs while trying
TO solve his problems" apparently
proposed by other tradesmen, artists.
musicians, architects and engineers;
Plato and Scion had callings as well as
studies and political activities. SO, too,
all were soldiers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-12
True Contentment.

Let us learn to he content with what
we have. Let us get lid OF our false
estimates, set up all the higher ideals
n quiet home, vines of our own plant.
ing few Nooks full Of the inspiration
of genius, few friends worthy of be
ing loved and able to love us in turn, Il
hundred innocent pleasures that bring
no pain or sorrow. Il devotion to the
right that will never swervc. a simple
religion empty of all bigotry, full of
trust and hope and love and to such a
philosophy this world will give up all
the empty joy 1t has..-Dayid Swing.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-12
liow's This :

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case OF Catarrh
that cannot DO cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
Il. ]. CHENEY & Co. Toledo, o
We, the undersigned. have known i ],
Cheney for the last Is years. aud believe
him perfectly honorable In all business
transactions and financially able 10 carry
out any obligations lnade by Ills tlrm.
NATIONAL BANK or COMMERCE.,
Toledo, o.
acting directly upon the blnod and mu-
,ous surfaces of,the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price 70 cents Ier bottle. Sold
by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pun FOR constipation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-12
FRANK e. HOWE, Editor and Pub.
Thursday, July ~, 1917.

Former Governor E. ]. Ormsbee of
Brandon, who was in Bennington We'd
nesday to attend the annual meeting
of the trustees of the soldiers home,
is one of the grand old men of Yer
mont. He has been a member of the
Masonic fraternity for Sc years, hay
ing Joined the order in 1855.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-12
churchyard Yew Trees.

One reason given why very old yew
trees are so often found in country
churchyards is that originally these
trees were planted to supply the peas
ants with wood for their bows, for In
lawless times II was soon discovered
that the only place where trees would
be safe from nightly marauders was
the churchyard, where the most hard
ened thief dared not venture between
darkness and dawn.-London Mail.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-12
Out Of His Clnsa

II hear your new son.in.law has
brain fever said the curious man.
Brain fever, did you say?' chuckled
the father-n-law. "Thc poor BOBBY
couldn't have any such sickness.
Imagine jellyhsh having backache."
Puck.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-12
Cure For Winkinn.

Pa--At last I've found n way to make
that young scamp of ours stop winklng
his eyes.
Ma-Really?
Pa--Ycs; I'll show him the articles
In this science magazine where Il says
that every time we wink we give the
eye hath.--B Buffalo Express.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-12
Changed.

$50 you own your own house, Wig
glnsi'
mo; l do not"
why, you told me so last month"
Eyes. We had no cook then. brown
ing's Magazine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-12
THINK FOR YOURSELF.

There is nothing which ssla so
much TO the treasures Of tho
mind and increases it's power as
lis own thinking. Learn to think
for yourself. Il 10 all very we'll
10 hear and to read the wisdom
Of others, but ono should not let
this take the place Of ones own
thought,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-12
His Decision.

81 have been in your train a long
time now"
81 can't marry you" said the girl
"All right. Here's where | change
cars then."-Kansas City Journal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-12

Costa Rica has one electric street
railway.
Mattresses are forbidden in cafes in
Mexico City.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-12
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-12

If when people are charged with
their faults they were credited with
their virtues there would be a great
many more good neighbors In the
world. Chicago News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-12
What started the BAR.

Wife / wonder how you can look me
IN the face, TIusband-.Oh. n man can
t,t used to anything Exchange.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10

After nearly two months spent in
useless talk regarding the food con-
troll bill the measure at last is in the
hands of the president. That the
talk has been useless is shown by the
fact that the measure was passed
practically in it's original form. The
prohibition feature was added but the
distillers have been given ample time
10 make up a supply sufficient prob
ably TO last for the duration of the
war and they still have thirty days in
which to work. If the law have the
merit claimed for it by it's friends il
should have been passed promptly.
While congress talked food spectators
have been growing wealthy at the eX-
pense of the consumers. The legisla-
tion marks long step forward in
state socialism and it's success or fail
ure may have a far-reaching effect
on the future policies of the country.
Great reforms are born of necessity.
The socialists have won more than
they could have obtained by a century
of agitation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10
Our pRospECTIvE ALLY.

Recent events in China have at
tracted the attention of the world
more than ever before to that little
known and less understood country.
No adequate estimate of conditions in
country so vast as the region inhab-
tied by the Celestials can be obtained
from reports emanating from a few
scattered sections. Probably many of
the Chinese themselves have no
knowledge of what is taking place in
their own country.
About 95 per cent of the popula-
ton of China is confined to one-third
density of 200 to the square mile. Five
per cent of the population inhabits IS
per cent of the area, with density of
10 to the square mile. Lack of trans
portation facilities and inadequate
means of protection account for the
sparseness of settlement in the outly-
ing dependencies. AboutN40 per cent
of China's population is in the prov
inces south of the Yangtse river, with
density of 23O to the square mile.
This territory has twice the area of
the original thirteen states OIL the
American Union and four times the
population.
There are no wheeled vehicles in
use south of the Yangtse except on
the Canton and Yunnan railways.
There are therefore no roads in this
section. Rice is cultivated thruout
this area, and transportation is over
paths rather than roads or by boats
or waterways. In this section the wa
ter buffalo and oxen are the only ami
mails used on the farms, and goods are
carried on the backs of men rather
than on pack animals or wheeled We
hicles, except where the few miles of
railways are in operation.
Rice is often spoken of as the staple
article of food for the whole of the
Chinese people, yet tens of millions of
people in China have never seen or
tasted rice. Vast areas of the country
in the north can not grow rice, and
even in the rice-growing sections mil
lions of people are too poor to buy or
use rice.
In the outlying dependencies, con-
stituting IS per cent of the total area
of China, the density of population is
less than that of the middle west of
the United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10

times dodge in vain. And no class,
on its own initiative, makes any effort
to. break this thrall of habit, and take
advantage of the hours when the
streets are open.
Mr.. Case believes that this state of
affairs will undoubtedly be regulated
by law, and the capacity of New
York's streets greatly increased. He
suggests that each class of retail
stores making deliveries should en-
ploy a traffic expert, whose word
would be law.
He would route delivery wagons
just as train dispatcher routes
trains, and most of the goods bought
on Monday would be delivered be-
tween 2 and 6 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing
Doubtless something of this sort will
be done with regard to delivery traf-
fic. but that does not solve the prob
lem of the pleasure auto. the most un-
controllable element in the city's life.
Its speed is regulated by law, but it is
impossible to set a speed limit that
applies to all streets, so the law mere
ly states that cars must proceed at IL
reasonable speed. The result is con-
vincing proof that the judgments of
men vary.
The passenger auto really knows no
law but the whistle and arm and
word of the traffic cop, who is a
feared and often hated individual.
Beset by a host of difficult problems,
encountering more different kinds of
fools in day than any one else in the
city, he would be a wonder of sweet
ness indeed if his temper did not ac-
quire an edge. But there are many
wonders in New York, and one of
them is polite traffic cop, who al
ways wears smile. He was the re-
cfpient last Christmas of a generous
purse from the Automobile associa-
ton.
Questions on the above or any sub
1ect upon which the reader desires in
formation should be addressed the To-
peka State Journal Information Bu-
reau. Frederic j. Haskin, Director,
Washington. D. c.. with 2-cent stamp
e. closed for reply.