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HAVE NOT YET REACHED LIMIT
More Powerful Explosive Than Any IN
Present Use Is Dire Possibility
\ of the Future.

Nitroslycerin, although considered
one Of the most violent explosives VI
present use, develops only 1850 cat
ories per kilogram, since the nitric
acid which it comprises does not take
part in the reaction and the hydrogen
and the carbon therein give only 10
per cent of the energy of combustion
which they would disengage If they
were alone. Explosives of liquid AR,
or oxyliquite. give as high rs 2'@oo
calOries because the liquid oxygen
combines directly with the carbon ana
the hydrogen. The combination OF
Undergraduates with ozone, ozonide o.
ethylene and benzlne triozonide, though
liberating no more heat Of explosion
have higher "breaking value be-
cause of the greater speed of decom-
position.
Theoretically, still more powerful
explosives are conceivable; n trichlor-
ate of glycerln should develop 5000
calorles. twice the force of nitro
glycerin; and finally, a mixture OF
liquid hydrogen and liquid ozone, II il
were practical, would give about 45OC
calories and would be the most terrible
substance possible to obtain.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
DADDY OF ALL FISH STORIES
Here Is One That viii Make Any
Disciple Of lzaak Walton Look
to His Laurels.

A reader has asked us to retell the
story of the sixty-hve pound catfish,
which appeared original in the column
some six or seven years ago. We have
always considered it the best fish story
we know. We trust the community
will permit us to repeat it.
AS we used to tell it, the story ran
something like this: We were fishing
for bass under the old mill dam in the
river, south of Grigsby City. Some
thing took the bait and lunged away
with it despite our efforts 60 hold 1t.
We surmised, correctly, that it was n
good-sized catfish or drum, and began
working it backward and forward
across the stream in the deep water
under the dam. Eventually we headed
the leviathan down stream and finally
stranded it in the shallow ripple be-
low. 1t could get neither forward nor
back, and with the help of half a dozen
other fishermen, who were watching
the contest, we landed it. II proved
TO be a monster cat of the yellow or
Mississippi variety, and weighed sixty
five pounds on the scales uptown
New York Tribune.
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Crow at Home on the Earth.

81 have seen no bird walk the ground
with Just the same air the crow does"
writes John Burroughs in "An ldyll Of
the Honey Bee" ut Is not exactly
pride; there is no strut or swagger In
it, though perhaps just little con-
descenslon; It is the contcnted and self
possessed gait Of lord over his do
mains. an these acres are mine he
says, and all these crops; men pillow
and sow for me, and l stay here or 20
there and find life sweet and good
wherever I am
"The hawk looks awkward and out
Of place ON the ground; the game birds
hurry and skulk, but the crow Is ut
home and treads the earth as IL there
were none to modest or make him
afraid" maj
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
Index Finger as Nut Cracker.

Nut crackers, which are based on
leverage, make us suppose that IL takes
great strength to open a nut; and, in
fact, everyone knows from experience
that without such a little machine It is
hardly possible to overcome the hard.
ness Of nut. And yet one can open
hundreds of nuts in very short time
without any Implement and without
any effort whatever merely with the
aid of the index finger.
Place the nut upon a stone or q
block of wood, but so that the Joint
stands perpendicular In this position
hold it faes with the index finger OF
your left land, strike with the right
fist hard upon the index. aad the nut
will at once break asunder. Light
blows will not accomplish the feat.
One must strike hard. III may happen
that the nut Will fly away, hut this
only proves that the joint was not held
in perfectly perpendicular position,
which is Indispensable To success. The
point Of the nut should also be turned
toward the chest.
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opprobrlous vplthets.

a correspondent informs us that n
woman defendant In Brittany police
court has been fined 80 francs for call
ing another woman IAN old tank" The
offcnse presumably lay in the unusual,
as In the case OF the flshwife whom
O'Connell sllenced by calling "paral-
leloplpcd." Psychology has never yet
solved the problem why compare
lively innocuous phrase may cause
more oncnso than the vllest abuse.
For instance, "mort nux vaches" does
not strike the Englshman as so very
terrible, yet, to tell a French gendarme
of your desire for nm increase in the
mortality rate among COWS is eurer
way Of asking for trouble than to SLAM
der The Pope Ia a Home Rule strong
hold.--London Gloha --
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
ELECT
MRS. BAILEY FOR PRES.
Vermont Association win Work for
Ratification Of Federal Suffrage
Amendment.

Burlington. July 1l.-Plans for the
ratification OF the federal suffrage
amendment constituted the chief topic
for discussion this morning at the sec
ond days session of the Vermont
EQUAL Suffrage association convention.
The plans were outlined by Mrs. Hal
sey W. Wilson, national recording sec
rotary She said that in the 81 states
which have not adopted full suffrage
an intensive petition campaign Will
be necessary to insure ratification.
She called attention to the fact that
the Leslie woman suffrage commits
sion had offered a series Of prizes to
the states which first made up their
full quota OF women's names, the 81
nonsuffrage states being divided into
three groups The first state return
ing its full quota OF women's names
in each group before November %
will get prize of $1,000, the second
$500 and the third $500.
Mrs. Wilson also explained in detail
the work of various commissions to be
appointed TO further the work OF rat
itication.
Inc HOHllndtHiS OVihnii'too auDAlie
ted the following report of officers for
the coming year, the report being
adopted: President, Mrs. A. l.. Bailey
OF st. Johnsbury; first vice president
Mrs. l.. A. Blanchard OF Montpelier
second vice president, Mrs L. j. Par
malice of Enosburg Falls third vice
president. Mrs. w l.. Bryant OF
Springfield; fourth vice president
Mrs. Anna Hawkes. Putnam OF Ben
nington; treasurer, Mrs l.. X. Thomas
of Richford; recording secretary Mrs
H. H. Reid OF Burlington; correspond
ing secretary, Miss Dorothy Walter OF
st. Johnsbury; auditor, Mrs. John
Spargo OF Bennington.
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GRIP SPREADS RAPIDLY
swltzerland's Army Is Now Being
Seriously Affected.

Geneva, July 11.-Spanish grip CON
tinues to spread rapidly in Switzer-
land. The military authorities an
nounced today that on July 8 there
were $500 cases in the Swiss army
and among in~rned troops. The death
rate so far has been comparatively
small
At Lausanne the authorities have
been Obliged TO close the schools.
They also have published meetings in
private buildings and visits of friends
TO patients in hospitals. At Berne
the telephone service has been disor
ganized, owing to the number of EN-
ployes who are sick.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
LENT INSPIRATION TO ARTIST
How Clint in Eye Of Model Led Paint.
err TO Alter the Spirit Of His
Masterpiece.

"The Spirit Of Seventy-six''-the fa-
nous drum and fife trlo-cans from
the brush and genius of Archibald N.
Willard.
The artist emerged from Overalls and
a Wellington, o., wagon shop. A pic
ture called "Pluck No. l." displayed
in a Cleveland art dealers window, at
tracted the attention Of the dlscrlml-
mating and paved the way to a kind of
partnership with James II. Ryder,
through whose suggestion the "Seven-
ty-six" picture was begun.
In its early stages this painting
was called "Yankce Doodle" and 1t
was first planned along serio-comic
lines. "But one day." declares Mr.
Willard, 81 caught a CLINT in the eye
Of the old man who posed for the cen
ter figure, and in flash it revealed IT.
self to me what all this stood for, aud
1 could 20 no further. The real pic
ture pushed everything else aside and
went ahead and painted itself"
The old man whose flashing eyes
inspired this change Of conception was
the artists father Rev. Daniel Willard,
a man of revolutionary stock.
Thus curlously it was only by the
merest switch Of an inherited senti-
ment that this symbol was prevented
from becoming fanciful burlesque to
live only for the brief day of its ere
ation.-Everybody's Magazine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
For Constipation and siIiousness

Good digestion goes far toward com
tort and health in hot weather. I'm.
digested food in the stomach can
quickly poison the system Geo. len.
ner. 4l6 Labor St, San Antonio. Tex,
writes; Foley Cathartic Tablets
have proven the best laxative | have
taken and ! recommend them 10 anv
one suffering from constipation or
biliousness They should be in every
travelling mans grip Quick relief
for sick headache, bloating or other
condition caused by bad digestion
Sold Everywhere.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
How Blinds snve rarrners, crona.

A farmer who thought the robins
were pulling up his young cabbages
learned from student Of bird life that
the birds We're pulling up only those
plants which were dead; and this was
to get at the wire worms at the root,
which had caused the plants TO die
and which would destroy other cab.
bages If left alone. In another case q
group Of farmers thought the meadow
larks were destroying their crops. An
ornlthologist persuaded one farmer 10
spare the larks on his place. The
other farmers shot them The result
was that the man who spared the larks
was the only one for miles around who
had an oat crop. The birds killed the
insects which destroyed the other
crops.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
THE EVENING BAiNNEL
BENNINGTON VERNON
Saturday, July "a. 1918.
BENNINGTON s2ISr>

sses " shs Town sno VILLAGE Pes
sr'ssiy sss suss A@Ise-~s
Willard H. Lighthal is in New
York on business.
Bissell Mears Of Los Angeles
Calf, is the guest of Carl Chase.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Simpson are |
in Wateryliet for the week end.
Miss Nora Purcell is spending
Two weeks with friends in New
Britain, Conn.
Robert Gordon is setting up scale
for the Bennington Scale company in
Providence, r. !.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Eisen Of Brook
.yn are visiting Mrs Eisen's sister
Mrs. Frank Dagesse.
Aldace Won Date has returned to
Rutland after o months stay with his
son, A. r. VonDette.
Seymour f. Wood has rented his
brush back factory in Arlington 70
parties in Glens Falls.
George Thompson of Park street is
! New York setting up scales TOT
the Remington Scale company.
For good shoes at prices lower
,nan elsewhere visit the New York
Store shoe department aov.
Maxwell touring car for hire. VIII
AXE parties week days and Sunday
Mrs. e. l.. Hunter. Tel 2z2-M. Adv
Miss Helen Martel of Newark, n
T.. is the guest for the summer va.
eation OF her aunt, Miss Anna Berger
on.
Alfred W. Elicit wishes to thank
! his friends who remembered him on
his birthday lie received twenty-five
cards.
Mrs A. II bishop and daughters
Cecilia and Francis left today for a
weeks visit in Greenfield and
Boston.
SO Carmen and Katherine La
Bell OF Pittsheld are the guests Of
r.n Miss Marjorie Dagesse
of Park street.
A. J.. Cooper, daughter Miss Mabe
Cooper and Newton COttrelI have re
turned to Watch iill r. l., after 9
few DAYS stay in town
The Misses Alice and Dorica Rous
seau nave returned after spending
week with relatives in Worcester
Mass and Norwich. CT
Miss Marie Mackie of New York
! who is visiting in Pownal. has been
guest OF Miss Alice Morrissey o
Washington street for few days.
A card party was given Wednesda
evening at the home Of Mrs Rober
z. Pilling Of Stafford street for tn
benefit OF tho Woman's Relief corps
Miss Elizabeth Goodall gave
a dance for her friends Friday eycnin
s in the rooms Of the Young Woman
a club Donnellys orchestra furnishe
Q music.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
STRIKE AT SPRINGFIELD
Smith & Wesson Employees to Number
Of 600 Are Out.

Springfield, Mass, July 12.-Be-
tween 500 and COO employees of the
Smith Wesson company, pistol
makers, struck today upon the re-
fusal OF the company to grant de-
mands for higher wages, improvement
in working conditions and the rein
statement Of several shop stewards
discharged yesterday. The company
Is working on government contracts
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
LoNd Emery.

Wife (after returning from church,
You should have been there this
morning. We had a beautiful sermon.
Husband-rll bet you can't repeat
the text.
Wife-Yes, I can. It was from
Ezekiel 16, 10: 81 girded thee about
with fine linen'and l covered thee with
silk"
Husband-Huhi It's no wonder you
remember it.-Boston Transcript.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13

PRESIDENT WILL VETO
Agricultural Bill Contains Distaste-
full Anne ndment

Washington, July 12.-Congressmen
are informed that the president has
begun a message vetoing the twenty
eight million dollar agricultural bill
because OF the amendment increasing
wheat to two-forty a bushel 1t is
generally believed the measure will be
re-enacted with the wheat amendment
eliminated
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
Won HlNDENHURG ILL
German Military Command Assumed
BY Gen. Ludendorff.

London, July 12.-Dutch traveller
from German, says a Hague despatch,
declares that rumor has been spread
all over Germany that field Marshal
Won Hindenburg is ill., and unable to
participate in the work at army head
quarters. Military command there
has been assumed by Gen. Ludendorff
German papers, the Traveller says,
are not permitted to mention the
rumor.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13

The of our July Clearance was afOregOne con-
cusiOn from the day began preparing for it, because
values such offered hardly expected und
er present conditions you readily see how easy
vas for this July Clearance be with OppOr
tunties to save so plentifully provided
If the war should continue for another year. such
NO NEED TO SAY MORE THE VALUES
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JULY CLEARANCE


values as are offered in this July clearance will not be-
possible next year.
What wonderful chance to save this July clearance
offers. Just think of the unusual number OF Thrift
Stamps you can buy with the quarters and dollars saved
here and there Think of the seasOnabe goods being Of
feed for less than former costs in the face OF scarcity
of merchandise and advance in prices.
IL THE BALANCE OF THE STORY
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
FIVE AiRPLANEs LOST
American Fleet Believed to Be in Ger.
man Hands.

Washington, July 12.-Five Ameri-
can airplanes which went on bomb.
ing expedition have failed to return,
Gen Pershing's communique reported
today. Berlin reported that five
American airplanes were in German
hands yesterday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
Two Special Groups OF Goats
nt $3.50 and SIS. 90

Manufacturers are showing the identi-
cal styles for fall. and if this is any sign
of coming fashions the woman who buys
one of these at the reudced price will be
merely anticipating her fall needs at a
worthwhile saving And she can get sew
cral months wear out OF il this season.
Materials are mems wear serge, poplin,
velour and gabardine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
rioat Clearance OF Suits
at $3.50 and $500

And these reduced prices have been
put into force in spite of the fact that
wooden goods are advancing in cost and are
scarce, and in spite OF the fact also that
women will be wearing these selfsame
styles in the fan So then TO purchase any
suit involved in this sale provides an OPP
poriunty TO save that any woman looking
ahead win be glad to take advantage Of.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
A Quick, Positive Clearance of
Women's Coats and Suits

matters not manufacturer have discontinued making up special
below prevailing costs we
wanted Gust
and the fact that have larger
quantity rebounds benefit in the lower
costs prevailing.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13

soc Pebecco Tooth
Paste .....-.... 35c
20c Colgatc's Talcum
Powder ....... t4c
25o Mennen's Talcum
Powder ...... i5c
Zoe A!r Float Talcum
Powder ....... o7e
SOC kolyno's Tooth
Paste ........ 1ee
25c Mum ..,.... ieo
acc Daggott q Rams
dells Cold Creams
Csc
35c Daggett & Rams
deils Cold Cream
PIC
BIC Daggeit d Rams
dell's Cold Cream
17c
G9c DER Kiss Face
Powder ..... 49e
soc la Blanche Face
Powder ...... CSC
soc Lady Mary Talcum
35c
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GOWNS, CSC

Very sheer materials, including
nainsooks. batstes and crcpoa.
Choice from such q variety of mod
els gives evidence OF the proper
tions of this showing.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13

Three new models of nainsooks
with embroideries, medallions, lace
insertions, beading and ribbon.
Notice particularly the splendid
quality of nainsooks in these
chemises.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-03-28
Colonel N. l. Shade
Writes Of Conditions
Observed in France

tWe are indebted to Mr.. James q.
Mather for a copy of the appended
letter. written by Lieutenant Colonel
M. y. Shade, Of Aberdeen. who, as g
major, went across to Europe with the
carly transports carrying American
military forces. 1t will be noticed
that the communication bears 10 date
and indicates no place from which IT
was penned. but Colonel Shade was
somewhere in France"-just where
it@doesn't matter and Just where we
couldn't tell if WI would, for we don't
know, Since it is interesting through
out, dealing with conditions that are
entirely novel; from the standpointof
an American, the eolonels entire let
ter is reproduced. with the belief
that it will prove to be especially in
wiling to readers Of this paper-IEsd-
itor.l
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-03-28
Coming to
Wl !
Or. D|!'||o!ra|nIl
TIE Reliable Specialist
WILL AZ
Kampesk|a''I Il Hotel!
Wed, April ;
NO HOSPITAL
NO KNIFE
NO BLOOD
CONSTELLATION AHDExAMs
NATION no ALLcALLiha
oN AsoVE pATE@


Dr. Doran,s tiras Ii devoted exslu.
siyely To the treatment 81 chronte diss
eases. Ia these diseases RE - D1rs
fected his skin and treatment until
there are few cases that are incursble
BY his mefhods.
Vigorous manhood ~ tho sseDuiAg
stone 10 success ID life. Men ana wO1n.
enWIlo have special diseases q wsnks
ness lurking HI their systemA, broK66
down wrecks Of what they ought 10 be
and who want to feel vigorous ~ they
did before they lost their henlth-tQ
enjoy life again-to win back the vim,
yigor and lost vitality should eonsnIt
4 specialist who IL qualified y treat
their particular cases pr. nnran haa
nearly quarter 81 q century in
years of experience and Has suecess
fully treated hundreds Of chronic
cases.
According to HIS method Il treat
nent be does no operate for cllrouisS
Appendicitis. gall stones, ulcers cfthSs
stomach, torsils and adonoids.
He has I'd his credit many wondsN.
|fuls results IA diseases of Il asoa1ach.
liver bcNsls, blood; skin. nsryes, nd
ne heart bladder. bedwefting, !
Etarrh, weak lungs, rhenrnatisnn scis
atica, 4 ulcers. sksnsd eondifion
Of hoth men 4 woraens and rsctS1
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-03-28
Charles Chesser, Son
I. Chesser, Dies

Many pioneers OF Codingtoa county
will recall Mrand Mrs. James I'M
Ghesser. formerly residents ii Henry.
or arther living near thestown, on d
farm, but who later removed ~
Brookings, thence To Grand Junction,
Colo. where. for the past ten Or If
teen years. they hare been residing on
their ine fruit form the city
But their oldtlns friends win
deeply regret toalsarn % the death
which entered the family Short time
ago. taking the only son. and only
child, who had attained ito mans
estate. The Grand Junction lColo,9
Sentinel pf March Is. contains 4 "a.
terence To the funeral. II appearsthat
the son, Charles Chesser, following
his graduation from college offered
his services to his country In this
great conflict, although IA what par:
ticular branch 81 the service he was
engaged Is not stated inthe article.
With the announcement 81 the fun.
erai is printed this editorial comment
NV Walter aWlker, the editor
"a il~ag-draped caskeL was taken
from a train 1T he railway station in
this city night before last containing
the body Of local boy who had died
In the service Or his country
s'That flag-draped casket was today
taken by tender hands to the Gene.
terry across the river.
1T was the hrst fIagSdraped casket
Grand Junction has seen since the
great war started.
As We think Of that fag.draped
casket. OF thenoble and splendid young
bay sleeping there beneath the folds
OF Old Glory are we not all pledg.
ing anew our aIlegianceand our 10y.
atty and strengthening our determin-
alton to carry to- ucces every liberty
loan campaign, every Red Gross dr
and every other movement that uul
country asks VS. to take up
And are We not an vowing anew
that no tolerance whatever will be
given the pro-Gersnan, against the
government sentiment that may be
expressed in our community BY any
man and womana That the indiyid-
.ual who. by sympathy for any feature
sof the German u 81 ~ attack on
our governments policies IS comfort
ing the enemy. shal not continue ia
live III our city Or community.
AS we think Of the nag-draped
casket that vas carried through the
streets today and over to the silent
city on the hill. as NE think Of the
grief Of tbs loved cHes left behind,
let US resolve anew that every mar
and woman will csleerfuIly and 10y;
ally do all he and she can do in ths
big task Of defeating the brutal en-
envy and thereby lessening the nun
Der of nag-draped baskets that ma,
come into the ha1nlets. towns an,
cities Of our nation.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-03-28
Towns Of Masonry.

A5aMHE
have aong promised you aview OF
fc as. customs, habits, and impress
sicns not ordinarily given BY sight
seers and tourists. This will neces-
sarily have to be curtailed in 9 meas
ure 10 be sure that it passes the ever
present censor.
FIRST, the towns are all masonry.
houses, outbuilGings. fences and all,
everything is locked lip with a pom
derous Key, the doors, gates to the
yards, and even every railroad cToss-
Ing has iron gates and 4 watchnaan
uves at all the country crossings, at
night he goes to bed and locks the
gates and when ! come along, which
/ frequently do, a have to stop and
tune up KIaxon until rouse him
from his slumbers. You can imagine
how ! like this locking scheme The
widow am billeted with Informed
the interpreter when 4 came 7 that
she would leave the front door un
locked but would lock her bedroom
door. had no objection to- the ar-
.rangement, but when she learned that
my habits were quite nocturnal she
forgot the first part of the arrange
ment and when I pm home fn the
wee small ho,irsof the morning
found that I vas Iocked ont mad
some noise and said things think
would have forever barred me from
~ delightful doIrnicile had she under
atood them When I had decided to
10 oyer i the once and crawl Vs.
VIII ths sergeant ma5or ne pondissri
rssa shluttars hat cIosecYer eveyy
window sWung out rom al upstairs
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-03-28
4 HILlou ATTACK.

When you have q bilious attack your
liver fails Ia perform its functions.
You become constipated. The food
3 eat ferments 81 your stomach ia:
stead Of digesting. This inflames the
stomach and causes nausea, vomiting
and 4 terrible headache. Take Cham,
1berlain's Tablets. They viii tone ur
your liver, clean OUT your stomach
and you Will Q . be AZ well as ever
They only cost q quarter. ADV. 39-4s