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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
Music Of the Spheres,

It Is to Pythagoras, it Is said. that
we owe the word philosopher says
4 bulletin OF the National Geographic
society Being asked on one occasion
IT what branch Of knowledge he was
A master he replied that he was sim
ply a philosopher, a lover of wisdom.
His doctrine Of the TRANSPORTATION of
souls is supposed TO have been the out
growth of his early years spent in
studying the mysteries of Egypt. 1t
is to this sage also that we are indcbt.
ed for the idea of the music of the
Spheres for as corolary TO his the
DRY of the solar system. which. by the
way, antedated Copernicus by 1000
years, lie imagined that the heavenly
spheres by their swift motion through
space produced musical notes which
were too beautiful to be heard by cal
lous human ears.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
shsarina Sheep In Syria.

The manner of shcaring sheep in Syria
and all Asiatic Turkey does not differ
materially from the ancient methods of
the people MS applied TO practically ev-
cry other vocation. While the sheep in
dustry is one of the Oldest IN the coun-
try. having existed for centuries In the
same pastures where the ancestors Of
the present herdcrs also tended flOcks,
there does not appear to have been any
improvement in the manner Of shear.
ing or breeding the sheep. Shearing Is
still accomplished in the crudest way,
the workers always leaving consider
able amount Of wool on the animal,
while the fleece removed is cut most
uneycnly. The shearers frequently cut
great holes in the skins of the sheep,
which 10y the use Of modern shearing
machines could easily be avoided.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
True In Every LANGUAGE.

Tennyson once attended Il dinner
where G. /. Craik proposed The La
dies" In doing SO he recalled the
cynical advice given by brother Scot
to his children: TAX my advice and
dinna marry for siller. You can bor-
row cheaper"
Seine time later Tennyson at his own
table repeated Mr.. Craik's story, but
expressed the idea without attempt
ing dialect His son, Hallam, remark
cd, surely, father Craik did not use
those words"
NO, he did not; but, then, Craik is a
Scotchman, and | am afraid to ven
ture on repeating him exactly How
ever, it's almost as good in English as
in Scotch, and it's tremendously true
in both"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
BANKS AND BAnKN0TES..
Ensiand's First Paper Money Was Ia
sued by the GoIdsmths.

sued by the Goldsmths.
With the almost entire use of paper
currency at the present time the his
tory Of its origin may not be uninter-
esting. In the days Of the Stuarts mer-
chants used to lodge their reserves OF
gold in the Tower, and when one day
Charles l., in thoughtless moment.
annexed a large sum lodged in that
way and forgot to put it back the
merchants decided that hencefortb
they would put no more trust in
princes, but would look to the gold.
smiths.
The goldsmiths thereby became the
first bankers. and the first goldsmith
who hit upon the novel idea of giving
note. not only to the person who
deposited gold, but also to the person
who came to borrow. founded modern
banking with an original deposit OF
$4,000.
The banker gave promise to pay up
to, say, $4,000, aud as long as there
was no immediate demand ON the part
Of the persons holding these promises
to pay to bate that hfomise 6Giverted
into cash business proceeded merriy,
but necessarily there was a limit be-
yond which it was not safe to do this
kind Of business. and it was always
possible that something unforeseen
might happen that would bring an I'm.
usual number OF notes for presentation,
Asa matter Of fact, this did happen
frequently in the early days, and final.
" the government stepped in and grant
cd the almost entire monopoly Of issu-
Jag notes to the Bank Of England
London Standard.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
Gold Filled.

A gold filled tooth and your gold
filed watch case may be said to be
inversely analogous that is to say,
Your gold filed tooth has more or less
Of the tooth structure of enamel on
the outside with gold on a core filling
the center. Your gold filed watch case
consists of two sheets Of gold. having
between each sheet some baSer metal
to which the gold Is soldered. AS to
the gold In the case. il may be Of any
HncncSs and any thickness commensu-
rate with the term gold filed" \
jewcler win tell you that 10 carat
gold is not gold, having too great an
admixtnre Of baSer metals. Many per.
sons have the idea that the gold filed
Ease is an amalgam of the kind instead
of n Sandwich" Of gold treated in the
inside with the base metals.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
THE EVENING BANNER
BENNINGTON VERMONT
Monday, July 10. 1917.
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town snc Village Ted
Briefly fer Busy EsAdsra

John Stone and Howard Manley of
Manchester visited friends in town.
The Misses Odria Lynch and Mar
jorie Hurley spent the weekend in
Troy.
DR.. Henry ]. Potter has returned TO
Bennington after an absence of sever
al weeks.
Theda Bara in Heart and Soul at
Harte Theatre tomorrow afternoon
and evening. Adv.
Fearless Helen Holmes in Chapter
No. of the sensational Railroad
Raiders at Harte Theatre today.
ADV.
Rev. C. F. Hill Crathern, the new
pastor, occupied the pulpit of the Old
First church at Old Bennington Sun
day.
Large shipment of ladies' and miss
es' silk sweaters just received. which
will be sold at reasonable prices at
Joe Levin's. ADV.
L. l.. Stevens, who has been in poor
health for some time, has gone to
Greenfield to remain with his son, G.
L. Stevens for a while.
Hubert Hart has bought of c. Lynn
| Wood the latter's camp, known as
| "Linwood' in the edge of Pownal.
Mr.. Hart has already taken posses
| sion
Mrs George Wadsworth, Mrs John
Kewley, Mrs. Arthur Nevis, Mrs.
Frank Sigworth and daughter, Ella,
motored over the Mohawk Trail to
Greenfield, Sunday
About thirty members of Benning.
ton council Knights of Columbus, sew
erql automobile parties and the re-
mainder by trolley, went to Adams
Sunday to attend the comforting of
the third degree by the Adams coun-
| Gil.
Work on the grounds about the new
Henry w. Putnam memorial hospital
is progressing rapidly. The main
landscape scheme is practically com
pleted and a considerable portion OF
the lawn will be seeded down next
month
DR.. f. S, Pratt motored to Silver
Bay Saturday and returned this morn
ing with a party of young people from
here, who have been attending the
conference there for the past ten days
The party consisted of Misses Edna
| Waldron, Martha Pratt Marion Hatha
way, Jeanette Perkins and Thelma Jol
iyettc
Col Louis A. Piaget Of Patterson, n
j., will deliver his lecture THE Lane
ofthe Midnight Sun Wednesday eve
ming of this week in the NJ. Z. churcl
under the auspices of the Brotherhood
assisted by local musical talent Mr.
Piaget is well known here havns
been an annual summer visitor for {
| good many years The entertainment
is not confined to the brotherhood
membership but is for all who wisl
10 attend
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16

The British soldier when fresh bread
is not available IS supplied with what
he calls deg biscuit" 1t looks like
Just that, being n thick cracker four
inches square and weighing three
ounces. OF whole wheat flour pressed
solid. It might be described as CON
denSed loaf OF bread.
The French have "war bread
somewhat similar, which when put
into hot water or soup swells up like u
sponge
The famous German pea sausage
Is composed Of pea meal, bacon and
fat. II was the invention of Berlin
cook, who discovered process where
~ pea meal could he made proof
against deterioration. one sausage
eight inches long yields twelve plates
OF nutritious soup.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
Why the Widow Got Him.

The folks were talking gossip with
some neighbors who were making a
social cali. They We're discussing n
certain man that everybody agreed
was such a fine man and wondering
how ever it was that rather gay
grass widow had succeeded in leading
him to the altar. "Well kin tell ye,"
said Uncle EbeneZer. who had contin-
ucd to smoke his pipe without taking
part in the discussion, "he had no
chance Exchange
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
llliteracY In Russia.

The percentage Of illitcracy IN Russia
is very large, ranging about - per cent
in some provinces. In Petrograd, the
capital itself half the population can
not read or write. The urban popula-
tion is generally better educated. In
Guiding the whole empire considerably
more than half the people are Hitter
ate, though educational movements
have made remarkable Roadway in
Russia during the past few years.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
TEST YOUR LUNGS.
A Simple Method by Which One May
Measure His Development.

Measure His Development.
People often suffer from weak, un.
developed lungs without suspectlng It,
True, small, feeble lungs are usually
associated with small, narrow or
sunl,en chest, but not invariably BY
means OF the misuse Of physical cul-
ture il is possible 10 develop large
chest muscles, thus acquiring big
chest measurement while the lungs
remain small aud III nourlshed.
Again, lung mischief is often so slow
and insldious in its approach that the
trouble IL not discovered until II Is
firmly established. Here, however, Is
Il simple test which viii tell YOU
whether your lungs are healthy or not;
Take rs deep n breath as YOU can.
and then, IN Il slow but distinct voice
count from one onward as far as YOU
can without taking In more breath
The number Of seconds you can con.
tlnuc counting is a pretty reliable IN.
dex to the state Of your lungs, so you
should have some one to time you.
II your lungs are sound and normal
ly developed your range will be be.
tween twenty and thirty.iive seconds
II your limit is between ten and TWEEN.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Sick Headache.

s Exhaustion, indigestion and y
y oycrwrought nerves are causes y
- of sick headaches, from which .
- many women suffer. If II is z
- possible the patient must go to =
- bed. for an hour or so Of com y
- pletc rest viii do more toward 9
~ restoring the normal condition .
y than all the medicines known. =
y Take the hair down, part It in y
- the middle and braid Il In two y
- loose braids This will rest the y
y head. \ hot water bag placed =
=: at the feet will draw the pain y
- from the head. soothc the nerves =.
- and restore the normal temporal !.
- ture OF the body. A hot cloth on !,
- the forehead or cold one. Il the
- patient prefers. will relieve the ).
,s pain. Perfect quiet Is an abso- :.
- lutte necessity. for this induces :.
y sleep. which is the quickest aud =
- sureSt remedy. Rest an hour or :,
g so II possible. then upon arising
- eat a very light meal. consisting Y
y of some hot liquid. accompanied 9
~ 10y toast or cracker.
~ \
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16

~ seconds there is no need to be
alarmed; probably Your lungs are
merely in need of exercise. to be read
lily obtained by regular deep breathing
in pure air. y range less than ten sec
onds, however, points to more or less
mischief, and you should not delay In
having your lungs examined by med
ical man.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
Got Throunh.

Q Among other startling statements In
her composition on "a Railway Jour
ncy" the following was made by lit
tie girl:
"You must get ticket, which is a
piece of paper, and you give 1t to a
man, who cuts hole in It and lets YOU
pass through"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
Quick Work,

Two insurance men were Dragging
of the promptness with which their re-
spective companies paid up. Said one
Of them, THE man died and handed
the check TO his family within an hour
of his death"
That's nothing" said the other
scornfully. "Why, a man fell from an
upper story of one of our buildings,
and handed him the check MS he went
past my window. London Mail.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
ROOFING JOBS

The partnership of Wood & San
born having been dissolved am now
prepared to look after your needs in
Slate, Paper and Pratex roofing
Ridge rool and drip
Either new work or repairs. If you
have a leaky roof give me a call,
Frank NJ. Wood
Phone 9S-R. SOC IL Gage St
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
PorfectlY Natural.

"Why does that young man reach in
his pocket and draw out package Of
papers as soon as he begins to talk to
any one;'
THAT'S mere matter of habit. You
see, he is life insurance AGENT.
Exchange.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
Matrimonial Amenitin..

The wife and | had a spat this
morning She remarked TINT she didn't
get much OF man when she married
me-"
"Whew, And what did you say?"
"Oh. agreed with her. | said II Id
been high class man | wouldn't have
picked her out. Boston Transcript.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
His Occasional Wish.

"Why don't you ever want to 90 TO
a wedding" snapped Mrs Enpcck. II
don't believe you've been TO wedding
since YOU attended your own"
"No," mildly responded Mr., EnpccG.
81 haven't. And" he added softly to
himself, Il sometimes wish hadn't
attended that one. - Exchange.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
Broke tho Seal.

In Mark xiv. 3. the woman who
brought "thc alahaster box of ointment
Of splkcnnrd" is said to "break the
box before pouring out the ointment.
This probably only means "breu ilng
the seal which kept the essence OF
tho perfume from cvaporatmg.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16

ibid he tell you all the bright things
his youngsters have been sayingf'
Yes
"Whal d.d You sayT'
IL told him children should he seen
and not heard from Detroit FREQ
Press.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16

The oldest pavement Of which there
is any record in modern cities is that
of Cordova, in Spain. which was paved
with stones hy the MoorS in the middle
of the ninth century. The MoorS also
caused water to be conveyed to the
city IN leaden pipes.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
A Question Of strenn,h

1t Is stated that kitchen dishes aud
utensils made of glass REINFORCED by
wire are stronger than dishes aud utcn.
sils made of metal. Very probable,
but so are kitchen maids stronger than
metal dishes and utensils, louisville
Courler.Journal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
REGULAR Course.

Don't you think that young folks
ought 10 be taught how to spend
money"
"lIumph. see you never sent n
boy % yours to college Exchange.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
kiodesty.

Modesty is one of the sweetest and
most desirable qualities ore can pos
scss, and yet too much modesty hinders
advancement. When this quality Is
ovcrdcveloped It antagonizcs aggres-
siyeness, without which no great sue
cess can be attained.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16

The Count (who has had little tin
with his ilanccc, the hcircsS) But, my
treas,Tc- The IIeircSs Your treas
urc? Your investment You mean.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
Weleome Trouble.

Miss Ncwitt-May's in trouble. She's
had proposals from two men aud. can't
choose between them. Miss pnssay-
Heavens. And does she call that trou.
hley
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16

a weak mind Is like n microscope,
which magui6cs tri.,ng things hut Gun.
not receive great ones. Chesterfield.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16

Falsehood is like ncttle. because II
usually stmgs those who venture to
NEEDLE with 1t.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-16
An Went.

He ul y. m. ut the piano. What
shall | sing next? She-"lIomc. Sweet
Home" without any variations. Puck.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-05-11
PROSPECTS FOR BEANS.

Geo. E. Ferrill, of the United States
Department of Agriculture, has this
to say regarding the production of
beans during the present season.:
Reports show that all foreign
beans that have been held in storage
in other countries for as long as five
years, amounting to over five million
bushels have been sold and delivered
in this country for six dollars per
bushel and over, the quality of which
was never equal to the Michigan pea
bean.
The farmers of this State will make
no mistake in planting beans so that
the cry of ten milton bushel bean
crop in 1917 may come true. No
matter how large an acreage may be
planted in MICHIGAN in all Of the bean
rowing sections Of the State, il is
roing to be next to impossible to SUP
nly the demand Chat viii appear for
BEANS"
Conditions are simply appalling
when one thinks of what next winter
seems certain to bring forth. says
Mr.. Ferlill "From all the statistics
we can gather, America has food
enough TO last until next fa'l There
is not enough to last after that Our
fate then rests on what we can har-
vest. What we harvest depends on
what we plant now"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-05-11
A STORY Of THE
OLDEST PIONEER
SETTLER OF 1868 LOVES OLD
HOUSE BEST
George Aplin Tells Something of The
Life of His Sister and incidentally
of Other Pioneers

The following letter, which is de-
void neither Of pathos nor of humor,
deals with an incident which hap
pened last fall when an undertaken
and an officer, being notified that Mrs.
Sarah Rogers had pass ed away, made
what happily prov ed to be a fruit!ess
"trip to her residence at Pine Run,
events proving that she had gone to
the place next best TO heaven, per-
haps, visit with her kindred. Ehe
letter was written by Mrs. Rogers
brother, Geo. Aplin, himself pioneer
resident Of this locality, but who now
resides at Bay City. and is as follows:
The old lady who lived near tac
Pine Run schoolhouse, whom the cor
1Oer and undertaken looked for soon
after New Years last, and did not
find her because she had been spirit
ed away, has, like the robin, return
ed to her old nesting place to stay
there until the near approach Of au-
other winter, if her life is spared that
long. Why? Because she lived n
Genesee county before any other per-
son now living in Genesee county did,
viz, in 1886, when Michigan was a
territory, and in Thetford township
opposite and north of the Charles
Bouttell farm in 1840. This is her
old home and she can't stay away
from it. She had three brothers and
II were veteran soldiers in the Union
lrmy. One was killed twenty days
before his three years were out. They
III enlisted in the Summer of 1861,
and two Of them came home in 1865.
The old lady, and the writer of this,
with their father, have picked black
berries in 1845 and '46 where Clio
md Farrandville are now. 1t was all
woods then and Thomas Dean had
sawmill then at Clio mill dam and
there were then only three houses
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-05-11
CROPS NEEDED.

The Messenger has within the past
two weeks received from various
sources many columns of matter urg-
ing the farmer to put forth his ut
most effort this year in the production
of crops. The necessity for the best
possible production is undoubtedly
great. The necessity could scarcely
be too strongly emphasized, but there
could be no use in our printing all
that dope, because the average far
mer is as well acquainted with the
situation as anyone else. Govern
ment officials state, and we believe
they are correct, that the food re-
serve is lower in this country at the
present time than it has been in the
past twenty years. The wheat har-
vest in Argentina and other wheat
producing countries does not promise
well We must Feed our own people
fret, and support our allies in Europe
who are fighting The battles of civil
ization, if possible. If we do not or
cannot accomplish the first obligation,
the government must insist upon
division Of such food stuffs as we may
have; if we do not accomplish the
last obligation we are in for di-
saster of even greater magnitude
than might result from famine.
Therefore. we know thlt every far
mer and every other citizen is going
to get busy and do his level best. It
is not going to be a question of saw
ing money, but of saving food. We
have plenty of money, but we cannot
eat it. To secure . n~Cper conserva-
ton Of food il might be Well to cut
out. FOR time, lot of the super
huous feeds that by reason of unstint-
ed plenty and long practice have come
10 be a part of American social life.
If we work to produce food and then
work to save it we shall be al right,
bnt we need to wake up to a situa-
ton that is very real and we need to
apply our remedies in a real way. We
should not apply our practices in food
economy as did the young lady Who
was suffering from too much flesh
and was put upon d prescribed diet,
This was tried for some time and the
patient grew still! fatter. The doc
tor was mystifed and said, "Did you
eat what l told you?" 81 certainly
did, DOCTOR" said the fair patient.
'Did you eat anything else?" asked
the puzzled NJ. D., and the girl re-
piled with innocence and candor,
Nothing but my regular meals" !"
That is about the kind of dieting the
American people have been used to
practicing and there is nothing surer
than the fact that it is not the kind
demanded by the exigencies of the
present time.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-05-11
w. C. T. U.

A very successful meeting was held
at the home of Mrs. l. D. Gillett. Mrs.
Corwin. having charge. Devotionals
by Mrs. Newton. Several prayers 10y
members. Supt. Gilmore gave pro
gram. Several nieees were read and
discussed, Bringing cut may u-eGGl
thoughts to rotl at com
posed by Mrs Phillips, Of Fenton
was sung by Mesd1mes Corwin and
SU'ihart It was sung ot tie ri ict
convention.
We are y band oS sisters. and on
strikes we never 90.
We always wear our ribbon as we
travel to and fro;
We hold aloft our colors, as we
march against the foe,
In county Genesee.
We love our sister counties, in oui
old District Sixth,
We're working all together 'gainst
the foe with all his tricks,
We're sure to be the vanguard
cause we are the kind that sticks
In dear old District Sixth"
After the program, Refreshments
were served and a social hour was
enjoyed.
The next meeting will be at the
home of Mrs. Green at the M. p. par.
sonage, Wednesday, May 10th; visit
ors welcome.
MRS. A. A. HAVEN,
Press Stunt.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-05-11
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.

Boys and girls who feel that they
would like to have a hand in helping
their country in time of need could
adopt no better means. perhaps, than
to organize a club having for it's OBJ
iect the cultivation Of corn and vege-
tables on pieces of land that would
otherwise be unused. The govern
ment OF the United States recognizes
the importance Of these clubs and has
a department especially devoted to
assisting them in their work. Three
hundred and siEty-fve thousand boys
and girls are enrolled in these clubs
throughout the country. If boys and
Girls in this town or any of the neigh
boring townships or school districts
would like to form such clubs they
can get full instructions and valuable
assistance by writing O. II. Benson,
Bureau Of States Relations, Washing
ton, ID. G.