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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-05

Dryness combined with high temper.
ature is commonly deemed injurious,
notes an exchange. This is the com.
bination found in desert climates and
in many artifleially heated dwellings
In northern climates in winter. The
dry, hot atmosphere induces restless
nes and nervous" feelings as well as
Trying and irritation OF the skin and
mucous membranes Susceptibility to
colds is said 10 be increased in inlool
dwellers in 4 hot, dry atmosphere, al
though a slmilM effect does not seem
toe'be associated with the nrldlty OF
desert climates.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-05

Brilliantly ready with endless showing OF the sorts OF things
Men Folks like to find in their Christmas Stockings
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-05
carbolic Acid.

The use of earbolic acid as q disin-
ectant should be discouraged, but
ghen it is used 1t must be borne in
ind that to be efilcacious it must he
iIutod in about twenty times its bulk
OF cola water.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-05
Ruined That.

"He makes a success of everything
he touches"
"That so! He didn't seem to i'm
prove the fresh paint on our wood-
work any"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-05
yg..., sstFs 80 I lFNiljWI
its.. Use lef lingo.
4 Y st1{ Id saksgig stxN

'A-ses5e sesei aet'es si'slyoake, tlEei apostle
Of cooperation. was the FIRST 20 make
Use Of Inc nici,nAnie. lingo liz refer
.efee. fo.a wcehg. Kind of patriotism in
oa4etter which he wrote about the Dis
raeliaii Cliarviihsts IN 1878, observes
the Argonaut, Nobody yet Knows foi
certain where the word came som- or
what was its original meaning Mot
teuX, in his seventeenth centur i trans
lation of EtaholaiS, gave par ahtft rs
"by Jfhgo;" it is some peoples opin
: ION tiInt :Tlngso g. Tie BAsQiIe for God
and that the word !. L.. nlsds its WAY intf
the. English. -langgase through. -the
medium of Basque sailors
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-05
on His DIGNITY.

"What'll you say, OF man, if your
wife asks if you've been drinllin?"
81 sh'll treat the queshum with (hic)
dignified shilennce."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-05

IN The 4Nthmetibsofs ne a NJ 4: I,
.lity plus oh Observation-Disclosures sslsss,,
.si' lFowl9-p lnsufafte r'eticjss
les the yalu4 pf ability MUS ogporl
lity ana pe5pttuatEs5 earning ca.
sity beyond 1.-THE lffStfme oP the ia.
iidual. lnsutg mere feahfle tinsnf-
Ie. National life .fea3, eGb.io oF Vt
'utual) Eai55 S. Kinsley, General
emit Mead fqilding- Rutland, VT
The Wahpeton times., 1917-02-08
Amsterdam Street Car Service.

The electric street car service of
Amsterdam is municipality owned and
managed. It's annual receipts are
nearly $2O00,OOO, with a profit of
about 10 per cent. No deficit has ever
occurred under the city management.
The lines Of cars are numbered from
one to 10, and have total of 40 miles
of track. The cars bear their re,
spective numbers and signs to show
the starting and terminal points and
important intermediate places. When
the routes are known, however, the
lines are always referred to by their
numbers. The trolley support is
formed of two arms, about two feet
apart from the base up to near the
top. where the space witlens to about
four feet, the width of the horizontal
rod which touches and travels along
the overhead wire. Thus there is
never the trouble of delay caused by
the trolley getting off the wires, as
where a wheel is used. Between the
arms of the trolley-support hangs the
number of each line, in large figures
plainly visible several hundred feet
distant. The number is also shown
against glass ut each end of the car.
and is Illuminated ut night. This sys-
TEN of numbering, which is believed
to have originated in Amsterdam, is
now extending widely over Europe.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-02-08
WARNED OF OZARK HORSE"
Phrase That Has Become Famous Had
Its Origin in Race Meet in Ten.
nessee Town.

The first use of the phrase, "a dark
aorse," has been traced to a turf ora
cle named Judge McN1inamee. A man
named Sam Flynn owned black stall
Ion called Dusky Pete. He was not
"likely hoss" in appearance, but he.
.ould travel at rate that put most of
he animals pitted against him to.
scOrn.
1t was Flynn's custom to ride this
horse into town where a race meet
ng was being held, and enter him in
race. Dusky Pete didn't look par
icularly good, and Flynn could al-
ways get a goodly number of bets
1own at excellent odds. Seldom did
Pete fail to romp home far ahead of
he local favorites, to the enrichment
If his owner.
One day Judge McMinamee was an.
pointed judge at race meet. and
among the entries he observed Dusky
Pete. "Gentlemen." he said, 'there's q.
lark horse in this race that will make,
re sick" After that it became a
saying to "Look out for the dark
lOrse."
The Wahpeton times., 1917-02-08
Left Wears Wife THINKING.

The wears wife was tireless in dis.
:ouraging the use of tobacco. Accord
ng to the good lady, it was the weed
which made veritable wilderness Of
he rose-garden of life. "Well, Annie. ~
she remarked to one of the village.
asses about to get married. II hope,
FOUR chosen is one Of the non-chimney-
7ariety--1loes not smoke "He amt
what you'd call a slave to the habit.
na'am," replied the girl, "but he amt
exactly a stranger to it. don't feey
:alled on to put stop to it, neither
You see. want him to be happy and
comfortable about the house when
we're married" "Surely he would be.
lust as happy without that dreadful to-
,acco?" advanced the lady. "P'r'aps.
he would, ma'am, and p'r'aps he
wouldn't" came the answer; "anyhow.
[ wouldn't like him to keep on findin'
Jobs out o. sight every few minutes.
hen come in eatin' corfy berries, like.
he poor wicar."-London Tit-Bits.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-02-08
PERFECTION SLOW TO COME
Evolution Of Photography 4 Matter Of
Many Years and the Work OF
Many Minds.

The distinction Of making the first
chemical step in the history Of pho
Biography belongs to Italy, owing to the
discovery by chemist of the six
teenth century that nitrate chloride Of
silver is blackened on exposure to
light, while the foundation of pho
tographic optics was laid by Della
Porta in his invention about 1860 of
the camera Obscura, l. e., the darken-
ing of nitrate of silver by light.
Experiments in 1777 by Scheele, a
Swedish chemist. and by Ritter of
jena in 1901, in the acton of rays Of
light upon horn silver, carried the
science Il step further. But to Thom-
as Wedgwood of England belongs the
honor of having been the first to pro-
duce photographs by the action of
light on sensitive surface produced
by nitrate of silver, his researches
being much aided by the observations
Of Sir Humphrey Davy. These pho
tOgraphs We're made in 1902.
Twelve years later Nicephore Niepce
of ChalOns-sur-Saone was the first to
produce permanent pictures by the
means of solar radiation, his process.
described as heliography, consisting in
coating piece Of plated silver or
glass with bitumen.
The daguerreotype, which did JUS
tice without mercy, was produced
about 1889 by Daguerre and Niepce.
For more than twenty years the
daguerreOtype, facetious descriptions
Of which are found in the pages Of
Samuel Lever, Dickens, Thackeray
and Reade. held tyrannous sway, w.
81. Fox Talbot in the meantime vain
~ trying to secure recognition for his
calotype process, which, by the aid of
paper stepped in nitrate of silver, pro-
duced the negative or invisible picture
now used in all photographs.
To Howe is credited the invention
Of the changing box, containing doz-
en- or more plates with special form
Of dark bath, which can be changed
with one plate at time from the box
and then inserted in the camera for
exposure.
Changes in Photographic apparatus
with the introduction of sensitive films
supported not on glass but on flex-
ible material led many leading pho
tographers Of the late sixties and
early seventies to seek material
which, although possessing the trans
parency of glass, would be less brittle,
To Morgan and Kidd of Richmond.
the fashionable photographers of their
day. belongs the distinction of evolving
by means of gelatin emulsion the
bromide paper now used for enlarg-
ing.
The rapidity and sensitiveness of
modern dry plates have given birth to
fiashlight pictures, produced by scar.
tering magnesium into lamp flame.
This system is now invariably used
for taking group portraits ut public
affairs.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-02-08
Romance and Sentiment.

Some people think that the working
girl becomes coarse and unwOmanly
and loses her natural charm and rO-
mantle sentiment. This is not true.
for the business girl not only does not
have all the romance and sentiment
knocked out of her by learning to do
things for herself. but she is better
suited to select q husband or to mate
with the man with whom she will be
happy than those girls who learn the
practical side of life only by what
they hear of the outside world ard
through the gossip of the narrow cir
Gle in which they move.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-02-08
Not a cuspidor.

G. E. Lockmuler, travelling repre-.
sentative of the Central Normal col.
lege, at Danville, Ind, formerly was
principal of the Upton high school.
On a recent date he returned to visit
the Upton school, and Oh that partic.
ular day Superintendent c. F. Patter-
son arranged an oral drill for the bene-
fit of the visitor.
'Now will some one volunteer tu
give us good definition of the word
scpulcher?" the superintendent asked
in the course of the drill.
A freshman girl was quick to re.
spond.
"A sepulcker," she said, us q spit.
toOn."
The pupils laughed. and then laughed
again when Superintendent Patterson
responded:
"No. Il scpulcher is not splits not
O cuspidOr."
The Wahpeton times., 1917-02-08
The Greatest Fortune.

II there be one man before me who
honestly and contentedly believes that,
on the whole, he is doing that work to
which his powers are best adapted, I
wish to congratulate him. My friend,
/ care not whether you are from the
office or the shop; 1 care not whether
you preach the everlasting Gospel from
the pulpit, or swing the hammer upon
the blacksmith's anvil; care not
whether you have seen the inside of a
college or the outside-whether your
work be that of the head or that Of
the hand-whether the world count
YOU noble or ignoble; if you have
found your place you are q happy
man. Let no ambition ever tempt you
away from it, by so much as n Ques-
tioning thought. G. Holland.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-02-08
HOST HAD REASONED WELL
Couldn't Afford to Sacrifice Reputation
for veracity by Backing Up His
Guests "TalI" Story.

A well-known diplomat told at q
dinner in Washington significant par.
able.
"They who expect the men in au.
thority to do a great deal for them
they who expect the impossible-should
remember the grizzly-bear story.
"A famous grizzly-bear hunter gave
dinner, and one Of the guests told of
bear hunt that he had once shared
In with his host. It had been re-
markable hunt. The bear had been
killed under almost incredible difficult
ties. Although his auditors looked
skeptical, the narrator did not spare
them any of those difficulties. He
counted on the host, you see, for cor
roboration.
"Then, when he had finished his
strange but perfectly true tale, he said:
"There. that's the story. and, gen.
tlemen, our host will corrOborate every
word I say
"'No. George he said, 4 don't re-
member anything OF this sort at ALL
"Tableau!
"Maddened by this tableau, the
guest, ut the end Of the dinner, took
his host aside and hissed:
why didn't you back me up in
that bear story? You know every word
{ Of it was true
"'Yes,' said the famous hunter; yes.
J 1t was all true, but I saw that every
body round the table thought you were
lying. If, then, I had supported you,
the only result would have been they
would have set ME down for q liar,
tOo.'"
The Wahpeton times., 1917-02-08
Charitable Sex,

Hazel-So you are really going to
marry young Sapleigh, are you?
Aimee-I sure an.
Hazel-Well, it will save you the
trouble of hunting one when you get
ready to begin housekeeping.
Aimee-Hunting what?
aazel-Why, a fiat.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-02-08
SOME SMILES
A Feminine Genius.

Say" said the man who had patron
lied boarding houses for years, 1--WE
struck an ideal place at last!"
whats the answer?" queried the
man who married in haste and was re-
penting ut the free lunch counters.
1.-THE landlady has it down fine," re.
piled the other. "She keeps all the
leftover stuff separate and properly
labeled. SO that each boarder gets back
his own scraps in hash and pudding"
The Wahpeton times., 1917-02-08
What He Wanted.

"llcllo. uncle" exclaimed the city
nephew. as he warmly grasped the old
mans band. ":=:ad to see you lookin.
so WELL Ho" is dear aunt and charii-
ing COUSINS
"Here. boy" interrupted the old man
as he pulled out his pOcketbook, "how
lDuch do you wantY"
The Wahpeton times., 1917-02-08
Perfectly Clear.

Prelfm Question - Describe the
manufacture of barometer and ex.
plain its action ut different levels,'
Brilliant Answer-"To make baron.
eter. close glass tube at both ends
and pour mercury in. If you take IL
up mountain it goes up. If you take
1t down mountain 1t goes down.
Widow.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-02-08
How He Took II.

Kind Lady-And you really took the
pledge one time. did you?
RuElmy Robbins-Yes, nam. seed
1t IN Il deserted cottage onst, an as
dat was all dere was I took it an
sold it. De frame wus gold, an dey
gimme er dollar fer it.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-02-08
Wrono Auain.

"And this is our Louis XVI room. !"
remarked Mrs. Grabcoia.
"You don't say so" exclaimed Mrs,
Wooper. II didn't know you had g
lOdger of that name.''
The Wahpeton times., 1917-02-08
He Had Hopes.

anyway" re-
marked the anna
teur poultry rails
er, 'ff I don't
make anything at
the game, I have
hopes that my
hens will soon be
self-supporting."
"How do you
figure that out?''
queried the gen
tleman from Mis-
SOllri.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-02-08
Often the Case.

I'm choosing wife," said the scan.
:y-haired philosopher. lone should
lever Judge by appearances"
Il can see where you are right" re-
Ioined the knowing youth. 1.-THE home.
lest girls usually have the most
Money"
The Wahpeton times., 1917-02-08
Sage Advice.

"What am I to do" asked the very
young man. who was about to butt into
society. "when the conversation gets
too deep for comprehension?
"Go to the owl, young man: consider
her ways and act accordingly" an.
'wered the Shelbyville Sage. Look
wise and let out hoot occasionally" {"
The Wahpeton times., 1917-02-08
PugiIistic eIowino

Mrs. Naggs (dur-
ing the spat)-Oh.
would I were a
man!
Naggs-I would
you were. too.
NJ RS. Nagg s.
And what If l
were?
ggs You
would 60 down for
the count in theI
first round.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-02-08

"They have taken to eating their
>wn eggs." explained the q. p. r.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-07-20
UNCLE SAM CARES
FOR Ex|LED |. ". ".

Columbus, N. M. = Closely guarded
by forces of United States cavalry
from Douglas, Ariz., the special. freight
train carrying the 1900 deported strik-
ers and others from Hermanas, N. M,
arrived here. The deported men were
placed in detention camp here pend
ing further, instructions from the fed
eral government.
w. B. Cleary. a Bisbee attorney and
labor advocate, who was among those
deported, in a statement reviewing
the deportation, said that many of the
men wished to return to Bisbee where
they own property and had wives and
families. A census Of the exiles show
cd that 312 had registration cards un-
der the selective draft law and that
142 were owners Of Liberty bonds. Mr..
Cleary said that besides strikers and
members of the I. w. W., the exiles
included small business men and 9th
Or residents Of Bisbee who were sus-
pected of sympathizing with the strik-
erS. Fs ass "#H 'si Z, .-. ~
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-07-20
PRESIDENT WARNS
AGAINST ExT0RTI0N

Washington, D. C. - President
Wilson has appealed to the country's
business interests to put aside every
selfish consideration and to give their
aid to the nation as freely as those
who go out to offer their lives on the
battle field. .ss-gy,s 49,. ID
In statement addressed to the coal
operators and manufacturers he gave
assurances that just prices will be
paid by the government and the public
during the war, but warned that no at
tempt to extort unusual profits will be
tolerated. .&s- Ia, s.fs IL
"Your patriotism" the appeal said,
sis of the same self-denying stuff as
the patriotism of the men dead and
MANNED on the fields of France, or 1t
is no patriotism at all. Let US never
speak, then, Of profits and patriotism
in the same sentence.
81 shall expect every man who is
not a Stacker to be at my side through.
out this great enterprise. In 1t no
man can win honor who thinks of him.
self" s%
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-07-20
Gives Support to Original Food
Measure in Senate.
GORE SUBSTITUTE OPPOSED.
Executive Said to Have Expressed
Dissatisfaction With smoot
Liquor Amendment.

Washington, D. c. - President
Wilson has come to the support Of the
administration food control bill as
originally submitted to congress.
In response to a request from SEN
ate leaders for assistance in solving
the difficulties standing in the way Of
action there, the president sent to
Democratic Leader Martin a personal
letter, recommending the general pur-
poses Of the general bill for govern
ment control of foods. feeds and fuels
only.
He wrote that he believed unnecces.
sary the extension of government con-
troll Of steel. iron, copper, cotton, wool,
leather and other products.
The substitute bill drawn by, Sena-
tor Gore is opposed by. the president
as an emasculation of the administers.
ton legislation He wrote that he
considered prompt final disposition Of
the legislation imperative.
The presidents letter, which was
not made public, is understood not to
have discussed prohibition in any
form. On reliable authority, however,
it is said that in his conference with
the senate leaders the president ex-
pressed disagreement with the Smoot
amendment adopted by the senate last
week, directing purchase by the: gov
eminent Of all stocks of distilled bev.
erages in bond at cost, plus 10 per
cent. @ a. a. ......- X q.
On receipt of the presidents letter
administration leaders prepared to
obtain action along the lines suggest
ed. Senators Lodge, Smoot and other
Republican leaders were called into
conference and a meeting of the Dem
ocratic steering committee was ar
ranged. 81 ~
Food Administrator Hoover confer
red with Senator Chamberlain, in
charge Of the bill, and added his OBJ
position to the Gore substitute as null
lifying the governments control plans.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-07-20
BETHMANN -AOlLWEC
QUITS HIS POSITION II %

London. - Kaiser Wilhelm has &C.
copied the resignation of the German
imperial chancellor, Theoba!d Won
Bethmann-Hollweg, and has appointed
in his place DR.. Georg Michaelis, food
controller, under secretary OF finance
for Prussia, and a privy counsellor.
An official German wireless dis
patch with this information was an
nounced by the British admiralty here.
No further details were given. OH
cial confirmation was had earlier that
the Prussian minister Of war, General
Won Stein, had resigned and that his
retirement had been approved by the
kaiser. ,.l.a.+. .y..- t5@
The designations of all the Prussian
cabinet were formally rendered the
kaiser several days ago, when the Ger
man political situation became acute.
The emperor delayed acceptance OF
several of these, but delayed dis
patches from Berlin mentioned that
neither Minister of the Interior Helf-
ferich nor Minister of Instruction Solz
of the Prussian ministry had attended
recent meetings of that body, indicat-
ing their imperial master had dropped
them from his official list of coun.
sellers. 4
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-07-20
EACH NUMBER DRAWN
AFFECTS 1000 men

Washington, D. G. - Drawing Of
lots for the selective draft not only
will determine what men are to be
called to the colors in the first war
army, but will show In what order the
others registered will be liable for
service when later armies are or
ganixed.
"A plan of drawing will be followed
under which a definite place in the
waiting lists will be given every one
OF the millions who registered.
Those standing at the head of the
list in each country or city district
will be called first before the examina-
ton boards and then the obligation
viii pass on down the line ~ long as
men are needed.
This does not mean that q separate
name or number will be drawn for
every one Of the country's $500. 900
registrants In fact, every number,
under the theory Of the plan, will
represent more than 1000 men, one
for each of the registration districts.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-07-20
ASK s2,0oo,oo0,00o
FOR BIG ARTILLERY

Washington, D. c. A great ar.
tillery program for the war against
Germany will be provided for in the
coming So, coo, OOo, 900 general deficiency
appropriation bill.
OF the total approximately $4,000
10000 is to be asked to provide for
big guns, ammunition and equipment
for use in addition to those to be
drafted this summer. -
Among other plans intended to be
provided for in the big deficiency bill,
the draft of which already is being
prepared by the committee experts
with some of the lesser essentials al
ready in, will be the financing Of pr.
vate plants to make war munitions for
which between 100000 and $4,000.
900 is to be asked. f"' s
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-07-20
MIGHTY STRUGGLES
ON WESTERN FRONT

London. 80 With somewhat Of q
slackening of the Russian offensive
in Galicia, owing to bad weather,
the French and the Germans along the
observation-disclosures and in Champagne
have come together in mighty strug-
giles, in which the advantage rested
mainly with the former forces.
In Champagne, north of Mont Haul
and northeast of the Teton, the
French, in violent attack, captured
powerfully organized German trench
elements on front Of more than 800
yards and to q depth of more than 300
yards, and consolidated them. not
withstanding heavy counter attacks,
in which the Germans suffered heavy
casualties and lost In addition 800
men made prisoner. &y
Z Along the Chemin-des-Dames the
Germans, west Of Cerny, Saturday
night, after heavy artillery prepare,
ton, threw heavy forces against the
French line. &c., ~ I'd.