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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-17
ORIGIN of Alfalfa.

Alfalfa is Spanish word used as
tho common name for medicago saliva,
II is Il foreign plant now naturalized
and well known in many parts of the
Unitcd States. The plant itself is of
static origin. and from there was in
lsnduced into Mexico and South Amer
len by the Spaniards 300 or 400 years
ago. In 1854 it was brought from
Chile to San Francisco and has since
become one of the principal forage
crons Of the far western and some OF
The southwestern states. 1t is esu-
mated that about % per cent of the
tame hay and nearly 20 per cent OF
all the hay. tame and wild, now pro
duccd in the United States, is alfalfa
on lhis basis the production of alfalfa
hay in 1916 was nearly 23000,00O tons
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-17
low. the 0Ria Medieine.n

: Happiness lengthens, broadens and
deepens life. And, like the quality of
mercy, to be permanent and natural
1T should not be strained, but should
fow freely. first as the result of good
digestion that attends on appetite, and
lext because it makes the persistent
will to be glad automatic. OF all the
''big medicine that has ever been
brewed in the alembic of science there
is nothing 50 big, SO certain, so COM
plete and so satisfying as joy.--Ex-
chnnge.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-17
What's in a Name?

His grandfather is in the employ Of
Uncle Sam, engaged in passing back
and forth mail for dependent human
ity. His father, Mr.. D., also earns
his bread in the same useful work in
the indianapolis post office. Since
these men of two generations are con-
nected with the mail service, they
doubtless expect little Dick to follow
in their steps. Friends of the family
are sure that this is the intention of
the parents, the child's name being the
proof. The mother liked Richard. and
the father liked Franklin, so the child
became Richard Franklin D., or for
short, r. Y. D.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-17
NORTH BENNINGTON

congregational church, North Ben
nington, Sunday Nov. 49, The theme
of the morning service at IL will be
Zeal According to Knowledge The
theme Of the evening service at 7 will
be "A Soldier Thinking Things
Through"
All are invited to the services. in
the Baptist church Sunday. Morning
worship at 1890 Preaching by the
pastor on the theme, Layman Lead
ership" In the evening service the
subject viii be Martin Luther and
the Kaiser, or Some Shortcomings OF
Luther's Reformation" Christian
Endeavor at 6 O'Clock. Sunday
school follows the morning service
eco to church Sunday; you'll feel bet
ter Monday
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-17
Cultivate Some Hobby.

You need not fear that retirement
viii shorten your life" if you only
arrange to keep body and brain EN-
ployed, writes a scientist. If you have
no hobbies, cultivate them-hobbies
that will interest YOU out of doors for
few hours daily. such as golf aud
gardening; and others that will give
your brain employment indoors, such
as chess, reading, music. writing, and
so on. If YOU thus occupy your time
agreeably and healthily you will add
happy years to your life and be able
to snap your fingers at the doctor.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-17
And for Good Reasons.

The self-satished person who always
knows he could have done better than
the one who was present in time of
some special trouble or danger is sell
dom the person to whom anyone turns
when help or advice Is needed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-17
Ladder of Fame.

There are splintcTs in the ladder Of
fame. But you never notice them I'M
til you begin to slide down.-Clncin-
natl Enquirer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-17
Enloyed the Call.

Nan-'I enjoyed Mr.. Borem's last
call ever so much" Ami thought
that you weren't homer" Nan--T
wasn't"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-17
Without a Question.

Many men opposed TO yivisection
have been known to "split the kitty
Hartford Register.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-03
MARINES LIGHT FIRES
WITHOUT MATCHES

Port Royal, S. C. Aug. How
to light a fire without matches is an
important part of the training given
to United States Marines at this sta
ton. The primitive flint and steel,
used long ago by our %forefathers,
and the old wood friction" method
borrowed from the Indians have
been revived, so that the sea soldiers
may dispense with matches when
dampness renders them useless.
U. S. Marines in the tropics can
start a fire almost instantly by using
a hollow piece of bomboo. This is
4 hollaw piece Of bamboo. This is
ing it with dry moss, and drawing a
stitch to and from across it as a vio-
linist uses his bow. These resource
full worldwide soldiers are expecting
to find a substitute for the useful
bamboo, in France.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-03
The People of This Com
munity Are Reading This
Paper Today
By j. r. HAMILTON
Former A. vertising Manager of Wanamakers, Philadelphia

You, sir, or madam, are part of a greater audience than was
ever gathered to ether in this community. Your combined power
is that of a gre; army.
Your possi lie purchasing power alone is enough to make
every commerce. institution here respond to your will.
You are go ag into the stores of this city now to spend that
money.
your best advan age and where. Let us see how we can help you
most.
Here in til $ paper today is the advertising news of the
merchandise. hey have ransacked their shelves and their stock.
rooms to give y u the finest they have. They are too shrewd to
spend their mo ey and attract your attention to anything but
the best.
This is thei biggest season, too, and some of the values they
are Offering tod y will seem impossible to you who do not know
a buyers necess ties.
If you couk 20 behind the scenes and see their stock of shoes
and coats and d esses and suits and underwear, of furniture and
rugs and drape les, all shrewdly gathered from the ends Of the
earth, all brou ht down to the lowest figure or raised to the
highest standa1 l Of quality by every method known to expert
merchandising, then you would understand the labor that has
been expended for;you@
There is no advertisement in this paper too small for you to
notice today. h oEeyery one of these smaller merchants has had
enough faith in liamerchandise to put his announcement before
you as large as. e could; enough courage to stand back OF it, and
the integrity to ign his name to what he presents. He has some
good reason for talking to you, and the fact that he is talking
to you is proof f his ability and success.
And there s no advertisement too large for you to study
carefully. Man a buyer, with some good value worth a column
of space, has ha Hp put it in the middle of half a page and crowd
it into three she tt lines. f
Here, then, is ,your compendiup of merchandise, your cata-
logr,e of good &c DDS; here amongst these merchants who are ask
ing your attenti N today through the columns of their advertis
ments and offer ng you the best that they have.
Copyightedo s
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-03
Floor Tax On Sugar. of-
fee And Tea
Reduction Fstm 10 10 Is
Per Cenr .i|n Corporation
Tax

Washington, Aug. 2.-Reduction
from Is to 10 per cent in the pro-
posed tax on undivided surplus of
corporations, joint stock companies
and associations, and imposition of
new flour" taxes upon large ac-
cumulated stocks of sugar, coffee,
tea, and cocoa were steps decided on
today by the Senate finance COM
mittee on revising the war tax bill.
1t is planned to complete the bill
Saturday and begin Senate debate
next week.
The levy on undistributed sur
plus virtually is a surtax on corpor-
ate incomes which now pay a fiat tax
although individual incomes are sur
taxed. Reduction of the rate to 10
per cent followed the committees
recent decision to treble the normal
corporation tax, raising $162,00O,-
900 more revenue from that source.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-03
Registrars Can Go To Frank
lin On No. 5.

An unofficial communication from
a member of the Local Exemption
Board states that citizens of Nor
gan City, who have been summoned
by the Board to appear for examina-
ton tomorrow morning at nine
O'Clock, may go to Franklin on No.
5 without violating the spirit of the
summons, if they report to the
Board directly upon their arrival.
In this way, they will save the ex-
pense of spending the night in
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-03
PERSONALS

Misses Emma George and MarVe
r'mers are visiting their aunt Mrs
Ernest Ditch
Miss sunge of Houma, is visiting
her aunt, Mrs. R0ddy'
Mics Agnes Price has returned
visit to friends in Thibodaux'
w. r. NJ. Jacobs has returned
,,am Baton Rouge where ne has
IN attending, the University sum
ner Normal
" Y. Kemper, c. E., OF
r,.nt,in. was in Morgan City today
on business.
r. Col Cans, of New Orleans,
locator and manufacturer of the
c.1dv Card as a selling Device was
!. Morgan City Thursday.
urs Jebeaux and daughter OF
c;h.on are visiting Mrs. Mayor.
" Ernest Ditch left today for
lsv Orleans.
o. Rosie Mangan Of New Or
90. "A the guest of the Soumelilan
tnily.
=, I F. Prohaska spent the day
/ New Orleans yesterday.
little Miss Emelda Bourgeois Of
Aleiers spent Thursday evening with
Mrs. Garrett Lynch.
To the surprise of their many
nds. Miss Elizabeth Reynaud
Mr.. Russell Hoard were quietly
rrried on Wednesday night in
franklin.
Mrs. George Bernauer left this
.Orning to spend the weekend in
DSsAAe
Agiers.
Mrs. C. S. Beard, wife of the
suuerintendent of the Texas Com
psny, has returned to her old home
n Cuhubta, Miss, to attend a fam
lfy reunion.
Sheriff Pecot, of Franklin, was
in towr yesterday on official bust
ness.
Mrs. NJ. P. Palmer, Chairman,
Pro Tenn, of the St. Mary Red Cross
| Unit, is in Plaquemine today on a
tour Of inspection.
Messrs. A. Fundlander, of New
Orleans; Ed. Riddock, Of Cincinnati;
md H. L. Banyon, Of Crowley are
nests at Hotel Costello.
Nj. E. C. Reddock, Of Cincinnati,
Ohio, is spending Friday and Satur-
~ with Fisher Bros.
NJ. Louis Ochs of New Orleans,
~ ! visitor to Morgan City Thurs
~.
The Grand Lodge of Elks are
creating a Million Dollar War Fund,
y be expended by the American
5Red Cross, each Elks Lodge in the
eustSy is assessed in proportion to
y nembership.
y. E. Il. Arlington, a prominent
hsurance representative of New Or
hsas was the guest Re NJ NJ. P.
hlner Thnrsday. -ulea 7 ''
u. P. F. Scales representing the
k1naas Milling Co., Of Wichita, Kan
=. ~ n the City Thursday and
Y. Abe n. Lowenstein of Mobile,
-. was registered at the Costello
ri,day.
AHE
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-03
= {. DANCE A BIG SUCCESS

fstsiotic Dance held q: the
s han 1T night under the aus
q re Knights of Columbus
~ attended and most success
dfsetsd.
hesna Band furnished music
- occasion and everyone pres
satan1astically declared ii the
sh1eyable socal event Of the
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-03
OPERA 0 U SATURDAY
"The Honor Of Mary Blake"

Mary Blake and flossle Payton
are actresses who chum together and
live at the same rooming house in
New York. Richard kearney, offer.:
Mary an important part in a new
play, and when the girl goes to his
Office to discuss matters, Kearney
makes violent love to her. She re-
pulses his advances, and goes home
to relate her experience to Flossie.
The next morning there comes to
Mary a note from Kearney offering
marriage as atonement for his pre-
vious conduct, and Flossie urges
Mary to "take a chance" This Mary
decides to do, and, going to Kear-
ney's office, accepts his proposal.
Shortly after Kearney and Mary
leave the Office to be married a wo-
mar enters and asks for her hus-
band, Mr.. Kearney.
The office boy tells her that MI.
Kearney has just left to be married.
From the boy she gets his home ad-
dress and when Kearney and Mary
return from the church where they
were wed, the woman is waiting for
them. Confronting the pair, she
makes Kearney admit that his mar
riage to Mary is illegal, because he
was married in Australia to the wo-
man who had now appeared after
absence of many years.
Mary, broken-hearted, returns to
Flossie and her furnished room, tells
her sad story and, comforted by
decides to go with her chum
tour with a travelling repertoire
The little town Of Hills
dale is the first engagement to be
by the Manhattan Co., and
there the show remains a week. One
day Mary takes a stroll in the fields
and woods near town and is vicious
ly attacked by a tramp who over
takes her in a lonely spot.
The girls screams are heard by
Kirk Hardy, a wealthy young farmer
who happens to be passing along a
road through the forest, and ne res
cues Mary from her assailant. The
acquaintance thus began is continu-
ed when Kirk frequently calls upon
girl at the. village hotel, and also
walks with her to the theatre.
mother is a flinty-souled
member Of the church and the dea-
quickly spread the horrible
Of her sons social downfall.
When the Manhattan Repertoire
Go. ends It's engagement at Hillsdalc
md must leave for the next town,
Mary is suddenly stricken with pneu-
nonia and is left behind. Kirk hears
If the girls illness and supplies her
With medical attention and nurses,
going himself to sit by
Ter bedside. Their live progresses
md when the girl RECEIVERS they are
married.
Richard Kearney had, meanwhile
divorced his wife, and learns
through F1ossie, who is with
he Manhattan Co., that Mary is liv-
ng at Hillsdale, happily married.
learney, bent upon possessing the
'irl at all costs, goes to Hillsdale,
an interview, and while Kirk
1ardy's mother listens at the door
leads with Mary to go away with
i'm. When she again repulses him,
Iearney uses his strength to over
over her and forcefully kisses her
ust at the moment Mrs. Hardy
opens the door and looks
nto the room.
To see this wonderful Bluebird
"a A$v,po nnunn1a%o ~ IN xhn 0~n-
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-03

MI. H. D. Ponton Of Houston,
Texas was a visitor here Thursday.
MI. Jos. Waterman of Louisville,
KY, spent Thursday here transact
ing business.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-03

A crowd Of young folks Of the
city will leave this afternoon on, the
launch Marie Louise for a trip t.
Clarendon.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-03

Daily Review 40c per month deli
vered to your home.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-01-26
COTTON LOSSES DUE TO IMPROPER GINNING

and subjects the lint to wastage and
damage. Primarily to reduce handling
and freight charges, most Of these
bales are compressed at concentration
points and are. in this way. reduced
to practically one-half their former
bulk. The bales are compressed very
rapidly In these establishments, how
ever, with the result that some bands
are tied shorter than others and bear
most Of the strain. Many such bands
break later. leaving the cotton ex-
posed in such a way that it becomes
seriously damaged during its long
journeys. Complaints In regard to the
condition Of cotton on arrival at its
destinations are continually being re-
ceived from foreign countries, while
the more carefully-baled and covered
cotton from Egypt and India arrives
at the same destinations in good con-
ditiOn.
Use Gin Compress.
While little difference In efficiency
between the screw, steam, and n.y.
draulic gin presses for ordinary cot
ton bales Is found by the department
specialists, they believe that wherever
practicable the local ginner should be
induced by farmers to make use of the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-01-26
TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES

Mexico's largest iron deposit is that
range. A mountain 640 feet high. 1880
feet long and LOO feet broad is said
to he almost n solid mass of iron.
Bolivian railways substituting wood
for coal. owing TO higher prices of
coal, resulting from difficulty of obtain
ing ocean transportation from the Uni
ted States.
Records disclose that for several GEN.
turtles an infusion of nutgalls treated
with sulphate of iron composed the on
ly known ink.
Agriculturists have succeeded In
raising brown cotton in Egypt that is
stronger than any heretofore produced
there.
Corn crops in England and Wales in
1915 totaled 3.4S9,939 acres. 24S,O44
more than in 1914. and the largest acre
age since 1898.
South America took about four times
as much coal from the United States
In the fiscal year 1916 as In the year
prior to the war.
An electric light switch. to be oper-
ated in connection with the doorbell
push button has been invented by q
Canadian.
A wire basket. made to fit inside the
wash boiler, and held in place by wire
hooks. makes less work for the laun-
dress.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-01-26
HOME SEWING A LOST ART
At a Shrtwaist Ball Only Eight In
$500 Made Ones They
Wore.

Proof that home dressmaking Is fast
becoming one of the lost arts Of femi-
ninity was one of the little sidelights
that twinkled merrily at the suffrage
shirtwaist ball, remarks the Pittsburgh
Dispatch. There were almost 5000
persons in attendance; naturally that
meant 1900 or more women. And Of
these 1,5O0 only eight wore shirtwaists
which they had made themselves.
This was discovered through a prize
shirtwaist contest. A prize was award
ed for the most becoming waist worn
by q woman at the ball another prize
was given to the woman wearing the
most becoming waist made by herself.
There were hundreds in the first con-
test, but there were only eight in the
latter contest.
There were many comments on this
from the "side lines" One suffragist
took 1t as a providential answer to
that antisuffrage argument which takes
into account the dire consequences of
taking women out of the homes
through Acknowledgement.
Eight made by women and the rest
probably turned out by man and
machine" one suffragist murmured.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-01-26

The manufacture of toys for Brit
ish children is to be encouraged as a
Canadian industry. A collection of the
toys most in demand in England will
be sent to Canada as samples.
new e.ectric heater looks much
like desk telephone. This apparatus
can be used to heat room, or Ii can
be so placed as to serve as q foot
stove.
new, especially designed gas burn
er is intended for table use. A grid
die can be used on this burner. as
well as another attachment which
toasts bread.
A table containing $50 separate
pieces, all of which are detachable. has
been made by California man. The
only tool employed in the work was
jack-knife.
AT the present rate of output the
United States refinery production for
1916 will for the first time exceed
1000, 100000 pounds. The total Is esti-
mated at 2,096. $4,000 pounds, an in
crease of 449S75,OOO pounds over 1915,
or q per cent.
An inventor has used the sausage
machine as his model in devising a
machine which makes and fills bags
at the same time.
The telegraph and telephone sys-
TENS of the United States and Canada
require about 100000 poles a year for
renewals along old lines and the erect.
ing of new ones.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-01-26
From the United States Department Of
Agricultur0.l

From the United States Department Of
Agriculture)
II there Is to be any considerable
lessening Of the great loss which oc-
ours In the American cotton industry
from the time the seed cotton Is
sucked into the gin until the baled lint
is delivered at the mill, say specialists
Of the U. s. department Of agricul-
ture, planters must come to realize
that a large proportion of this loss
falls on them either directly or in
directly. and that they must cooperate
actively to eliminate 1t. The loss so
far as the fiber Is concerned results
chiefly from improper ginning which
Injuries the lint, and the inadequate
pressing and covering of the bale. BY
concerted action, 1t is pointed out,
farmers should be able to secure bet
ter methods Of ginning and better
handling Of their cotton, being en-
abled, as result, to market their
crops to better advantage. The part
which the mechanical treatment of the
cotton plays in the STABILITY Of the
lint is discussed in a new publication
Of the U. S. department of agricul-
ture, Farmers Bulletin No. 764, "COt.
ton Ginning Information for Farmers"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-01-26
Stray
Snowfall
49,
By
By
Florence L Henderson
Copyright. 1s1A BY w. @. Chapman

copyright. 1slA By w. @. Chapman
"Here, miss--give him as good as
he sent and well join in."
A SNOWFALL, hard as a rock and spot
ted and lined with frozen dirt and
gravel, was pressed into Nina Lay
toms daintily gloved hand.
The lad who had provided her with
this ammunition, together with his
comrades, sent a fusilade after the
scampish urchin who had missed his
mark and landed a snowy sphere
across the neck Of the passing young
lady. The effect was discontinue, for
the loose snow fiuttered inside her fur
collar. She laughed merrily, however,
for that was her sunny way. Then
she directed the hard sphere pressed
into her hand after the scudding refu-
gee.
"Awhl don't you know a girl can't
thrOw?" yelled a derisive voice.
Indeed, CAM" disputed Nina. and
then-"Oh, dear! how clumsy"
She stood rooted In dismay. Her
craftsmanship had been sadly at fault.
She had flung with vim. but her aim
had been erratic and
Crash! Past the flying fugitive
the SNOWFALL had sped. 1t cleared a
high picket fence and. headed for a
habitation 1t inclosed, struck a win
dow pane. burst through it and disap-
peared. leaving the discomposed cul-
prit dumbed and abashed.
The group Of urchins. spying a
farmers bob coming down the street,
dispersed In it's direction. Nina stood
rooted, expecting each moment to see
someone come out of the house seek
ing to learn the cause Of the destruc-
tive bombardment.
There was not the least sign of in
terest or occupancy about the house,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-01-26
TICK ERADICATION IN SOUTH
Mississippi Makes Next to Largest
Number Of Cattle Clippings In
Any One Month.

From the United States Department Of
Agriculture)
The next to the largest number OF
cattle clippings ever made for cattle
tick In any one month in any state
we're carried out in Mississippi in Au-
gust of this year. In that time the
people of Mississippi. who apparent
" are not delaying tick eradication
until their recently-passed state dip
ming law becomes compulsory on jan
uary 1. had provided 1855 dipping
watts, an increase of 30 over the num-
Der in operation in July. according to
field reports received by the depart
ment. In these watts there were no.
424 supervised clippings of cattle or
an increase Of 1900 over the dip
pings carried out In July.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-01-26

Cotton lint is injured under the
methods employed by many gins by
q cutting of the fiber. This is due
usually to too rapid running Of the
machinery, often because Of the pres
sure Of business at the gin. For best
results, from the point Of view Of the
planter, the maximum speed should be
about 400 revolutions per minute for
10-inch gin screws. Twelve-inch saws,
which have recently come into use, are
recommended by the department spe-
cialists because given amount of
ginning can be done with saws of this
size when the machinery is operated
more slowly than with 10-inch saws.
With the saw shafts running at the
same speed, on the other hand. gin
equipped with Pinch saws will have
20 per cent advantage In. capacity over
the same gin equipped with 10-inch
saws. ~
Perhaps the greatest losses falling
on American cotton under present con-
ditions are due to the careless prepar-
alton Of the bales. AS they come from
the gin, the bales are unwieldy. and
poorly covered, which causes handling
charges to be greater than is necessary