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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-27
HAD SEEN HIS FACE BEFORE
Nurse Who Was Formerly Militant
y ;Suffragette Learns Her Soldier Pa
81 tlent Was Former Policeman.

Y. ~ 't. >. ~ -------. 81 - irff't
Y The day approaches when in recog-
r milton OF the women's generosity in
giving their men for the war the men
Afe asked to give women hereabouts
/ lie vote says a British correspond
cpt. Nothing could be more timely,
therefore, than to recall the story of
what happened in that hospital OF
our British. allies ON the coast of Nor
mandy. A kind nurse was bending
over the pillow of wounded man.
big corporal of the Grenadier
Guards She was dear old lady, the
nurse, one who had In her time en-.
.ioyed a full share as Il militant suffra-
gette. In fact, she had led more than
one furious assault on the houses of
parliament. Yet here she was Law
ishing the, treasures OF her sympathy
upon the country's mere fighting men.
/ 'Ttslodd," she said. "Your face, my
good man, isn't BIT strange to me. I
CANT get rid of the Idea that I've seen
Won many times before"
II can't deny 1t, lna'am,' sighed the
wounded corporal, struggling with a
visible embarrassment. "You have
seen my face before. But can't we let
bygones be bygoues? It's true, Hi
used 10 be policeman. But that was
before the war, ma'am.",
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-27
Eyes Made Of Rubber.

Everybody knows that eyes were
mndc TO rubber. Very few know that
eyessar now being made Of rubber.
Thisis one of the million results of the
war@notes correspondent
+ 'Glgss eyes are always more or less
uncomfortable, and frequently unsight-
ly, and II is Interesting, therefore
when the deformities OF war are so
serious a subject of consideration, TO
learn that two French workers, Nine.
Lemaitre and Teuillieres, have evolved
m entirely new method of replacing a
lost eye. BY the use OF q combination
of hard and soft rubber substance
they have achieved their aim and are
producing an eye that looks well and
feels well.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-27
Cotton In Brazil.

A. L. Morear Gottschalk, United
States consul general at Rio de jan
GIRO, is enthusiastic over the prospect
of revival of the cotton growing in
dustry OF Brazil, according to the San
francisco Argonaut. He calls atten-
tion TO the fact that the republic is the
original home OF one Of the parent cot
tons Of the world. Cotton thrlves in
the country when skilfully cultivated,
but the industry has thus far been neg
lected for others more profitable. The
consul general advances strong point
when he says that by-product Of the
cotton industry-co,tonseed oil cake
would be great help to the cotton
raisers ~ ar.l -,..-,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-27
Alexander
] Drysdnle and Son

Crepe de chine, in spite OF its name,
does not come from China but from
Japan. Italy and France. There are no
factories for making silk piece goods
in China, all the weaving being done
by hand. With the exception of pom
gees, the products of the Chinese looms
are not popular abroad. except In
Oriental countries, being too heavy,
although the patterns are wonderfully
beautiful and the colors exceedingly
rich.
The pongees are woven in the homes
of the peasants, and as they come from
many looms no two pieces are ever ex-
actly alike in weight, fineness, color
and texture. The Standings come from
the Llutang district, and the Nanshal
from the Nighai district.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-27
Continued Oh Page 81
Revolution Headquar,ers.

or all Boston's carly taverns none
were Of more historic interest and
none dispensed greater good cheer
than the Green Dragon, which stood
until recent years when 1t had to be
torn down in order that the street
might be widened. The Green Dragon
was called ''nest OF treason" by the
British because Of the way, In which
the spirit of liberty fiourished here and
the fact that many meetings held for
the purpose of furthering the cause Of
American independence were held UNI
der It's roof. Daniel Webster called
it the headquarters of the Reyolu-
ton"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-27
FIavins as Antlseptie Fails.

Flavine, or acyifayinc, Which has re,
Gently been called the ideal antiseptic
for use in wounds, Is unequivocally
condemned by Lieut.. Alexander Flem-
ing of the British Army Medical corps,
after a series OF experiments with its
effect upon his own blood, upon mi
crobes ana gpon pus. The Lancet pub
fishes his experiments in detail. and
his conclusions are that strong solu-
tons of flavine have more destruc-
tive action on the blood than on the
microbes. anu that weak solutions
have no antiseptic effect worth men-
tl0nihg.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-27
A New Machine AT The
First National Bank

Everything Is Done Automatically
1t prints dates, adds your de-
posits to the old balance, substracts
checks, figures and prints your new
balance. All Of this is done auto
matically. The operator simply
writes the amounts on the key
board = the machine shifts from
column to column and adds, SUBJ
tracts, or prints the date as desir-
ed. without the least attention
being necessary. i's & s's's
Come In And See II Work
Toere is no method of posting
ledgers known which equals this
Burroughs Bookkeeping Machine
in either accuracy OF time saving.
Come in and see our new Bur-
roughs at work in our accounting
department after Dec. l
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-27
For the Bigger : than :
heather Chaps

Rugged Bass Hiking Shoes, Lumber.
Jacks Rubbers, Leggins and Overshoes,
Mackinaws and Sweaters, Warm Wool
Stockings, every species of Gloves and
Mittens that will exist in captivity and
the bulliest sorts of Stag Shirts and
+ Flannel Shirts you could desire
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-27

This machine is really
wonderful set Of steel brains
which we are putting to work
in our counting department.
With it we can handle our figure
work faster than ever before and
at the same time be sure that ev-
cry item in our books is right.
HELPS Us Cipe You Better Service
By the machine method, every
depositer's account is kept in bal
ance all The t'ms and there are no
mistakes such as are unavoidable
with other ways of handling figures
The time saving made possible
by the machine gives us an oppor-
tunity to improve the service to
our customers in all departments
of the bank.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-27
For the Stay-at-H Homes

\ Dress Shoes, Shirts. Gloves, Ties and
Hosiery, Comfortable Lounging Robes
Slippers and Moccasins.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-27
For the Travellers

Every desirable sort Of Trunk, Suit
Case, Bag, Rain Coat or Umbrella,
smart brown or black Shoes and Pajamas
and Night Shirts TO no end, KS yae
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05
Rat Deadly Disease Carrier.

The Spanish war developed the fact
that the mosquito was the carrier Of
yellow fever, writes Il. w. Nelson in
the National Geographic Magazine.
Another type of mosquito is known
to be the carrier Of malaria. The Eu-
ropean war has brought to almost uni
versal public knowledge the fact that
body lice are carriers of the deadly
typhus and many diseases are known
to be carried by other insects.
Among these deadly carriers Of
death and destruction none equals the
house rat in its tremendous drain on
the prosperity of nations by its de-
struction of food and other property,
while ut the SHINE time it is the dead
lest Of all to mankind as a disease
carrier. Within historic times it has
caused the death of untold millions
of human beings through its dissent
nation of the bLbonic plague.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05
a Novel Dinner Bell.

A camp cook whose only means of
calling the members of his party was
pounding on a pan with a knife han
die was unable to make them hear
when they were fishing or hunting at
any considerable distance from the
camp. One of the party to whom he
complained %thereupon made what he
called q "klepalo."
The "klepalo' was merely q piece OF
~well-scasoned oak plank two inches
thick, six inches wide and four feet
long. Through the center he bored a
hole, passed q rope through it and
suspended the plank from the branch
of n tree. The cook 'rang' the in
strument by striking 1t with a mallet,
first on one side and then on the
other.
The mar who made the ''klepalo'
had seer similar c~ontrivances in small
Bulgarian villages. where they are
used instead of church bells to call
the people to worship. A test of the
instrument used by the campers
showed that in ordinary weather con-
ditions 1t could be heard two miles.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05
The Zodiac.

The earliest astronomers, who were
probably the shepherds and herdsmen
Of the old Sumerian civilization. noted
that the Il appeared to make the
circuit Of the heavens in one year. This
is merely an appearance. due to the
revolution of the earth around the sun
every II months. So they divided the
belt Of sky through which he appeared
to travel into II divisions. One for
each division or constellation was
named for something which they
fancied its shape indicated, as, Aries.
the ram; Taurus, the bull, and so on.
This belt of IL consultations is called
the zodiac, from the Greek word zoon,
an animal. Various superstitions grad
ually grew up; among them, that each
part Of the body was under the influ-
ence Of a certain constellation, it in
f1uenced that part Of the body. No
sensible person believes any Of this
old-time superstition that the position
Of the heavenly bodies in these constel-
lations affect either the body or plant
life.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05
The Worst Way.

Back in the dark ages, when the
management of the Erie railroad Il
not all that it should have been-the
rolling stock needing more oil and the
common stock less water-a west
bound passenger train jolted into Corn
ing one day two hours behind time and
halted to patch up the engine and
take on such passengers as were III
no hurry and preferred waiting to
walking.
Just rs the train was about to jerk
itself in motion an excited individual
came rushing along the platform, drag
ging a heavy carpetbag with n hand
and waving Il telegram with the other.
You must wait!' he shouted,
breathlcsSly. I'm in in awful hurry
want to get to Buffalo the worst
way !"
"All right" sang out the conductor
Of the starting train. Hurry up and
Jump aboard. You won't strike any
thing worse than this i'-EverybOdy'S
Magazine.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05
Exeunt Scarecrows.

One OF the many improvements re-
sulting from permitting women to run
n farm instead of to waste out their
lives cooking for the thresher crew is
said to be the substitution, on Long
Island sound at least, of tailors' mod
els for scarecrows. It is not likely
that crows can distinguish a we'll
dressed man from an iil-kempt one,
but no matter how the dear girls
slump around when they are by them
selves, they do like a man who dresses
up we'll. Besides, the models undoubt-
eddy improve the appearance Of the
place than the scarecrows do.
For n thing, a man with good
clothes Is not expected to engage &C.
lively in the farm work one in his old
clothes Is out Of place idling until the
evening chores are done.-Buffalo Elk
press.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05
With the Fingers!
Says CQrns Lift Out
Without Any Pain

Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or
any kind of q corn can shortly be
lifted right out with the fingers if you
will apply On the corn a few drops Of
%freezone, says a Cincinnati authority.
At little cost one can get a small bot
tie Of freezone at any drug store, which
will positively rid ones feet of every
corn or callus without pain OF sore
ness or the danger of infection.
This new drug is an ether compound,
and dries the moment 1t is applied and
does not inf1ame or eel irritate the
surrounding skin. Just think. You
can lift Off your corns and calluses
now without Il bit of pain or soreness.
If your druggist hasn't freezone he can
easily get Il small bottle for you from
his wholesale drug housc.-adv.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05
WARFARE TO BE Different
tillery and Few lnf%antrymen, Each
Heavily Armed.

The army of the future will have an
infantry will be few in number, but
heavily armed, each man with a ma
chine gun, capable of holding a width
of front that otherwise would need a
company armed with rifles. Trench
warfare, ut any rate on the scale that
has been witnessed in France, will dis
appear, for the airplane will overleap
the trenches and substitute a wal of
movement for a war of fixed posi-
tons, says H. Sidelbotham in the At
lantic.
The airplane will be used, not only
as at present for reconnaissance work,
signaling ranges to the artillery, for
raids on communications, and for
bombing a retreating army, but also
for the transport, on a large scale, Of
infantry. One a easily imagine air.
planes sufficiently large to carry so or
even 100 in~fantrymen. A hundred
such planes could transport an army
of 10000 with incredible rapidity to
any point behind the hostile line de-
sired by the general in command. Such
movements will make trench lines OBJ
solete. The whole art Of a will
have to be rewritten from its elements.
The development of the use Of the air
plane will change the strategical and
tactical direction Of the war, from a
game comparatively elementary, like
%lraughts, into an elaborate and com
plicated game like chess, with greater
variety Of O and endless possible
ties Of fresh combinations. Such a
game will be too difficult to be fought
with millions. With proper use of me-
chanical invention a company Of men
will be able to do the work of a divi-
sion in this war. We shall go back to
the days of small professional armies
Of long training and high technical
equipment; the great general of the
future will be he who is able to divine
best all the possibilities Of this new
war movement. and military power
will no longer depend on numbers, but
on the genius Of the direction and the
technical accomplishments of a COM
paratively few human instruments.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05
MORE WHEAT PRIZES
Honors for Western Canada
Come Year After Year.

At the recent Soil Products EXPOSE
for the coveted first prize for wheat.
Western Canada has again carried off
all the honors. Not only has she won
the first, but also the second and third
prizes. These were won by Mr.. S. Lar
combe, of Brittle, Manitoba. In past
had the distinguished honor Of carry
ing off the initial prize.
Harvesting and threshing are now
completed in Western Canada. and
While it is early in the season to give
exact figures as to the average yield
per acre of wheat, oats, barley and
flax It Is safe to assume that the for
mer will yield about 20 bushels per
acre. The price to the farmer will be
about $500 per bushel, giving him
$4,000 IN acre of a return. When it is
considered that the land upon which
this wheat is grown averaged less than
$50 an acre, it takes very little figur-
ing to arrive at an estimate of the
profit there is,to the grain grower of
Western Canada. The writer knows
where a farmer purchased 160 acres
Of land in the spring Of 1916, broke it
up the same year, put it in wheat in
1917. His crop was harvested a few
days ago. 1t yielded 1880 bushels and
he sold it at sos per bushel, giving
him S9,S40. The land cost him $500,
breaking, seeding, seed, cutting and
threshing. 1920. His profit was
S3,12o after paying for his land and
his costs of improving. He has now
S3.12O to another season
with a paid for in full improved
farm.
Never has farming offered such prof
liable returns for labor as 1t present
and nowhere is the large profit equal
to that of the low priced, high yielding
lands Of Western Canada.
There has been n big rush during
the past few weeks of renters and
owners of high priced lands in many
parts of the United States to investi-
gate these 1000 profit reports. No
better season of the year could be
selected by anyone desiring to better
their condition and wishing to give
Western Canada the "once over
: Thrcshing Is now completed and the
grain being marketed. The weather is
fine and will be pleasant for a couple
OF months and q visit now to person
ally investigate the conditions will he
convincing and profitable. While old
home ties and family associations are
n of the first considerations in the
mind Of the reader. who feels that
the old five or ten per cent return Is
sufficient, 1t behooyes the modern and
progressive farmer always to be on
the alert to grasp the opportunities OF
the hour. Land in Western Canada
that Is annually producing Il gross re
turn of from $1,000 to $4,000 per acre
is purchasable at from SIS to $50 pei
acre. 1t can be seen at a glance that
such values cannot help but increase
as they have done in the older agricul
tural districts of the United States
The new settler will find himself sur
rounded by same contented and pros
porous %neighbors. The expense of max
ing one visit to look into Western Can
ada's opportunities is small-a specia
reduced rate is available and you owe
yourself d holiday and Il trip may dc
you good. You owe your dependents {
right to better your condition ant
Western Canada offers that opportu
Observation-Disclosures.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05
Variety Of Time in Honolulu.

On Papaikou plantation the clock
marks three-quarters of an hour ahead
of standard time for the day. In fact.
there are three ways Of fixing the hour
of the day on the plantatiOn-solar'
time. standard time and railway time,
writes A. i. Taylor, Honolulu CORE
has put the time half an hour ahead.
At Pabala the Hawaiian Agricultural
company has advanced all the clocks
40 minutes. Nearly all the other
plantations on the island have gained
from Is minutes to III hour. They
may decide to adopt Il uniform time.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05
Get Menthol From Japan.

Before the war about half the men
thol crystals exported from Japan
were SEN to Germany. Since the out
break of the war the United States
these crystals. followed in order by
Great Britain, France and British In
dia. The price has varied from So to
$3.50 a pound during the last five
years. remaining most Of the time near
The higher mark. Recent improve
ments in the process of manufacture
have kept the price within reasonable
limits in spite Of a considerable in
crease In the demand since the begin.
ming Of the war.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05
Relieving Anxiety.

what makes you 50 thoughtful, Al
gernon, deareSt:'
Il was just thinking Of the disturb
ance to business caused by the war.
darling. Now, they say there Is going
TO be a sugar shortage In the United
States"
"Nell, my own don't get worried.
/ would just as soon have Il nice. long
automobile ride as Il box of chocolates,
any time"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05
Just as Good.

Tommy Atkins had taken a German
officer prisoner and demanded the lat
ter's sword. The officer shook his
head.
II have no sword to give YOU" he
said, but won't my vitriol spray, my
flame protector or my gas cylinder do
as Well!"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05
A Pointed Question.

Jeans maiden aunt is q ureSsmaker,
and she is forever exhorting the little
girl, who loathes the sight Of a thin
bic, to learn tn sew.
Aunt Ruth" Jean remarked recent
~, SHOULD every little girl learn to
sew and make her own clothes!"
YES, indeed" replied aunty warm
ly. "Why do you ask?"
"Well, then, how would you make q
living?"
Aunty subsidized.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05
More Expensive Trimming.

Halefellcr (wildly)-What. DO you
mean to tell NE, woman, that it cost
$50 to get that hat trimmed? Jumping
Jupiter! But that millincrs' game is
the limit
Mrs. Halefeller (sweetly)-Really?
Why, I understood it costs some men
more than that TO get trimmed in D
poker game.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05
CnaccountabIe.

He declares, that he despises, de-
tests and abominates you.'
THAT Is very strange" replied j.
Fuller Gloom. II do not rccollect ever
having lent him any money"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05
Don't Listen Too Much,

If you expect to believe everything
Of the time.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05
Waiting for Congress.

"Why does the president have the
p%ardoning power and not congress-"
I'VE don't want a prisoner who de-
serves Il pardon to run the risk Of
dying Of old age"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05
Hita The BuHseye.

Flattery will always puncture the
bullseye when other shots 60 way be-
low the target.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05
The Practical Girl.

He-You are the prettiest girl I ever
Jaw.
She-That sounds all right, but /
don't know how much the compliment
Is worth until you tell me how mary
pretty girls you have SEEN
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05
Prooress.

Are you interested in food control?'
II have gotten away past 1t. What
I'm interested in now is appetite con-
troll"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05
Question.

"He was Boosting that he did some
record flying abroad at the 'front.'"
"Ayiating or running away?"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05
The Proof Of 1t.

The Proof Of It.
"This concert business is going to
the dogs"
"Why soT
TOO many b~ark-arolles in the pro-
grams"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05
Which Is Done.

MY husband worries SO over our
gas bill
"Oh, tell him to make light Of it,"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05
SAVING Food.

"'Drink to me only with thine eyes
sc said the poet"
"Well2"
"What did the poet mean by that?"
IAN early example Of food a
vation."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05
Always ee Fair.

Try and find the good that is In your
microscope.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05
The New Way.

characteristics, we will have 10
camouflage some Of our diplomatic
| schemes.
Kaiser-Then paint them a neutral
tint.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05

New York's noted old ST. Denis hotel
has been RACED.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05

The note shaver can't be depende'
upon to white down expenses.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05
Out Of the Mouths of Babes,

Little Nettie asked her teacher what
was meant hy Mrs. Grundy." She was
told that it meant the world"
Some days after the teacher of the
class to which Nettie belong asked,
'what is the e%quator?' After some
hesitation Nettie said: II know =; it's
the belt around Mrs. Grundy's waist"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05

No girls face is in 1t with a re-
touched photograph.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05

Women are fast replacing men in
the printing trade.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05

There are fast friends and fast
friends. One kind you can't lose.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05

Yet the fruit tree agent doesn't care
to be known us a professional CRATER.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-05

The Joy Of Misery.
MISERY loves company"
mot if the other fellow has bigger
woes to talk about"