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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

70 thousands and thousands of pur.
cntS the great surprise of me war
win De- the fact that their boys win re-.
twn TO them unframed aud manly
through their trial by fire.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

That ancient end-man joke about the
chicken may be answered by saying
that it crosses the road to get out of
the pathway Of whlzzIng automobile
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

Germany could stand all the hurting
of epithets her enemies are doing il
only the hurlers would now and then
fling an onion, cabbage or even
rotten egg.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18
Anneal to Psychologists.

We are going in strong for psychol-
Ogy and invite assistance. Why is it
that whenever sheriffs, marshals and
constableS have their photographs
taken they Invariably wear their hats?
Houston Post.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

Tho German flyer who continued
to II yht while falling in his machine tc
certain death was worthy foemar
who deserved to perish In better
cause
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

II a woman's uncle is a rich bachelor.
her husband will probably treat him
with courtesy when he comes TO visit
and will serve him the tender side Of
the porterhouse.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

After the announcement that the
new deficiency bin is SG.3i7.715.6GG.0l.
who will dare say we are NOT keen
ing accurate account Of every cent We
spend?
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

Croquet is reported to be the most
popular game among the French sol.
dierS on the war front It's restful
qualities have at last been indicated
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

OINTMENT fails to cure Itching.
Blind, bleeding or protruding Piles
stops Irritation; Southrs aud Heals
You can get rvstfui sleep after the
iirst application Price soc.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

War is horrible, but the Red Cross
is taking away some Of the horrors
that marked previous wars and we
can all help the Red Cross.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

War conditions demand the discon'
tinunnco Of the doughnut, but con
adcratc government might be per-
studded to permit us TO preserve the
hole.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

A German captain naively Gays:
'More United States transports would
be sunk by U-boats if the matter were
not so hazardous" The cinches are
the only chance they take.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18
Wednesday, December 10, 1918.

A League of Nations may not pre-
vent war altogether but it will make
it much more difficult to carry on a
war.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

How serious the food question has
become is shown in the fact that 10
housewife announces new way 10
prepare carrots for the table.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

Tho plan to exchange prisoners on
basis Of 1900 Turks for 1000 Eng
llsmon shows that Constantinople Mt
least appreciates its own inferlorlty.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

American slang Is being taken up
by the French. The prediction that
our npnant phraseology would one
day assert itself In the vocabulary of
seliromcnt Is rapidly being realized.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

The opinion Of marine experts seems
to be that II that nonsinlSnble ship
eyer had torpedo fred into her she
would not be worth sinking.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

Egypt IS producing fuel gas Out ot
vegetable refuse. We might do That
here, only Hoover won't allow ms Go
have any vegetable refuse
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

Suggestions that whale meat would
be excellent food were received with
interest. but the whale abattoir has
not materalized.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

II takes man with powerful lot
Of money to win The love Of college
girl lf he uses the ~ seer" 81 taken"
and II done It" brand Of grammar.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

Director General McAdoo's plan to
grant half fare TO farm workers is 'eN.
cellenL Pay their way 70 the farms
and make 'cm walk back il they won't
work.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

The boys in France miss at least
two things: The pies like mother used
TO bake and the cigars like father
used to smoke
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18
Subscription Rates.
mrMnEn or Ass6clArEp Press

The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for publication of
all news dispatches credited to IL or
not otherwise credited in that paper
aud also the local news published
therein.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

Buying winter coal now is prepared.
ness-and Inc world ought 10 know by
This time how great is the value OF
preparedness.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

One Of the most depressing incidents
of the war Is the flood Of lying It has
turned loose. In this respect war Is
almost as bad as politics.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18
Credit Goes to Pennsylvania.

Judge Jes1e Fell Of Wlll;es-Barre,
Pa., although he was not the discov-
erer Of anthracite, is generally giver
credit for its introduction MS fuel
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

once again it is time for the an
nual jest about fathers going TO the
circus for the boys sake, but we shall
refrain.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

Average citizens would bear with
eQuanimlty the threatened scarcity of
golf balls II somebody would put more
hens eggs into circulation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

New York department stores are
now experimenting with women floor
walkers Ii is job for which many
mothers have qualified.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

The average man always takes more
pride in the muscle gained ut thc
gym" than in that acquired 10y die.
ging the potatoes.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

This war is the biggest thing ever
staged since Noah stepped into the ark
and any one shows a poor sense Of
dramatic value who takes no share
In ii.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

We are glad we are not as afraid OF
German official camouhage MS some of
the war experts profess to be.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

When the Pullman porters become
government officials they should by all
the rules of propriety be too proud TO
accept tips.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

Even II nobody had ever learned to
write foolish love letters there would
be plenty of ways TO get in wrong.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

There is less seditious talk since the
new law was passed, but we must keep
right on listening for those actions
that speak louder than words.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

This 50 called human race will be
lot happier as soon as it learns o wear
things that will not spoil in little
rain.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

Unfortunates who are always get
ting the wrong number are the strap
hangers of the telephone service.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

The designation Of "woman yco-
man" is no worse than the Swiss adj
yertlsement of "cow-warm goats
milk"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

When On Idea gets firm lodrmont
in the brains and hearts Of 100000000
people something is bound TO come
Of it.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

The aversion of some folk 10 fresh
air is only less violent than thar Of
others 10 work. although neither ever
killed anyone.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

Now that the sugar allowance has
been increased, counting nights viii re-
sumo something OF heir ancient
sweetness.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

oilers of draft age are merely non
essentials as ornaments, not as regular
workers ut useful occupations.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

New potatoes, it seems, are now
defined as potatoes that have never
been used before
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

There is none so blind as the con-
genital optimist who always sees
things coming his way.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

Winemakers Of Bordeaux tread the
grapes with their feet Is that what
puts the kick in the wine?
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

This will he America over all In
more ways than one. The British
small boy is learning how to PLAY
baseball
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

The thing win be going about right
when The champion riyeters are as well
! known as the champion batters.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

When woman expresses her real
opinion Of hubby 20 The neighbors. it
IS time for the divorce lawyers 10 sill
up and listen.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

Revolution in Germany should studi-
ously avoid necdlessly scattering its
hands with blood.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

Something not to worry about now is
the price and style regulation of straw
hats.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

About the most dangerous occupa-
tion in the world seems to be that of
being an "ace."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

There are 100000 Predetermined per-
sons in the United States, not counting
the professional pacihsts.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

A pessimist is a man with n bin full
of coal who kicks about having TO
empty the ashes
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

Apple crop is estimated TO be ~
100000 barrels. That means 10000
100000 cores.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

The. girl who expects to manage a
husband should first learn how to feed
the brute.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

To hear The average "nu" victim talk
after his recovery one would think he
was expecting service medal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

The only good feature of the Ma IS
the fact that il goes just rs rapidly as
1t comes.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

Russia's redemption will come when
she adopts the American slogan ''worll
or fight?'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

It would astonish some Of us If we
! knew how many of us behave our
selves because we have to.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

Many q man who talks yehemenllv
about the self-determination Of PEG.
pies has TO ask his wife'S permission
Ia go out
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18
Nonessential lndua,ry.

Our Idea OF noucSsential industry
is tracing the pedigree Of Il dog.-Dsl.
las News
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

Negotiating with the hOlSheyiki is
bound tn be messy affair.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

You can't give idlers wock-you'ye
got TO throw it at them.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

Nothing seems so tasteleSS ms The
vampire kiss on the movie" reel.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

Added to the cost Of living is the
cost Of being sick
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

If the price Of milk continues 10 20
up we shall have to chase The pig ont
Of the parlor and keep 4 COW
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

If you have not given vntil 1t hurts,
you have not given enough.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

Give according TO means and not
according to meanness.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

Russia has simplified it's alphabet.
That ought TO encourage students to
tackle the language.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

! In the small boys calendar summer
: comes with the first swim.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18
Daily Thouaht.

Goodness Is the only investment that
neyer isis Henry David IhorSsG
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

An optimist IS man with no fear
OF the 'au.~
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

What Kind of conscience has n
conscientious objectOr?"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

TickliSh problem-arresting Spanish
influenza without catching ii.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

A little garden work day also
keeps the doctor away.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

FRANK E. HOWE. Editor and Pub.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-20
HEAVY FINE Melted
OUT BY MANAGER

!. X. Dye, general manager Of the
Coal and Coke railroad company was
fined $1,000 and sentenced to six
months In the Randolph county jail
by Judge Benjamin f. Keller, of the
United States district court in Char
lesion on a charge of having violat.
cd the Elkins act. Dye, who has
been tried two or three times for al
legged Illegal discrimination in The
distribution OF coal cars, was con
vlcted at the June term of Federal
court In Charleston. He was found
guilty Of having Disseminated aga
inst mines in which he was not in
terested by allowing mines in which
he held an interest more cars than
their regular allotment
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-20
PLEDGE THEMSELVES
IN MISSION LABORS

Miss Mary f. Powers, of Bayard,
Va, has returned to Washington,
where she is employed in the serv.
ice of Uncle Sam, after visiting at
the home of DR.. and Mrs A. Bruce
Eagle, While in our city she was as
sisted by Miss Belle Browning and
Mrs. A. Bruce Eagle In effecting a
missionary organization in Trinity
Methodist Episcopal Church South,
where over thirty young girls pledg
ed themselves to the missionary
work of this organization Miss Pow.
ers is secretary of the missionary
Field of the Winchester District of
the Baltimore Southern Methodist
Conference. and is a most earnest
and efficient laborer in this work
that is entrusted to her.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-20
Last And MeaneSt
OF H0henzOllernS
Yet William Had His Great
Traits, SAYS Writer.

London. Nov. 2o.-Sir Valentine
Cherol gives a character sketch of
the kaiser in the London Times, in
which he describes the downfall of
Wilhelm II, fleeing from the foe he
once dared to call contemplate and
from the wrath of his own people,
who had turned away from him.
Cherol says: There is none to
pity him. but it would be merely to
belittle the tremendous effort 1t has
required to hurl him from the pin,
nacle on which he stood only a few
weeks ago if we were to deny him
certain elements of harmonic great
ness.
only a man who had taught him,
self he was born something more
than man, who was possessed of
ruthless energy and industry, could
have exploited as he did to his own
ends all the material intellectual
forces of his gifted laborious, highly
educated nation until it became diff.
cult to say whether he was the ere
ator or the embodiment of morally
perverted Germany.
"a strange blend of medieval mys-
ticsm and coarsest modern mater.
ialism, he could exercise an almost
hypnotic charm on those whom II
suited him to persuade or cajole, and
he could be brutal beyond words.
even to the most loyal of his serv
ants when they had outlived his lik-
ing His own private life never laid
him open to reproach, but through
the foul, notorious scandals FIRE
quent among his immediate entour
age Berlin became under his eyes
the most depraved capital in Eu
rope.
"A consumumate actor, with the
whole world as his stage, he would
at one moment play the vulgar buu
foon with his intimates and at the
next assume in public the sternest
Olympian brow.
His sword has persisted. He him
self survives, a fugitive, an outcast
the last-and history will say the
meanest-of the Hohenzollerns.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-20
NOT TO SPEND LESS
$4,000 Per ANNUM
Counties Urged To Employ
Skilled Engineers.

No county in West Virginia will
spend less than $4,000 Il year on
class A roads alone, and from that
Up to $4,000, including state and
federal aid, according to a state.
ment from r. s. Scanlon, member
of the state road commission, in
which he. urges the employment of
a skilled road engineer by each coun-
ty to insure that the funds will be
spent wisely.
Some of the members of the coun-
ty courts with small tax incomes
have insisted that they could not af.
ford to pay salary of 81, 800 to
$1,000 a year to get such an engi-
reer, but Commissioner Scanlon is
of opinion that competent supervis-
ion of the road building and the
spending of the money by an exper
fenced man who should be under
bond, would save the county much
more than his salary each year. In
addition to that the commissioner
declares the permanent result for
the public in better alignments, bet.
ter grades and better drainage would
be twenty-five per cent higher.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-20
SISTER OF NOTED
AVIATOR VISITING

Miss Katherine Barr, of Washing
ton, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs, +. r.
Mcdonald, at Inwood Miss Barr Is a
sister of Lieut. e. Osmi,n Barr, who
has control Of the u. s. Caproni Pi-
lot. Since the fatal accidents OF its
former Italian instructors, Resnatai
and Gino, and who is now stationed
at Roosevelt Field, L.. l. Miss Barr
will return to Washington in few
days, after visiting Mrs. A. Bruce
Eagle and will resume her work in
he Congressional Library where she
is employed.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-20
EARNINGS DECREASE
BUT STILL ARE BIG

Railway earnings in September
we're $25.000.000 less than in August
but were slightly greater than those
II the same months last year. Re-
ports to the Interstate Commerce
Commission, made public show a
total operating income from Sep
TENDER of s101 1888 ,953 compared
with s97 .637,927 for September, 1917.
Total operating revenue was $4ss.-
1890 or 100000 900 more than
in September. 1917, and operating
expenses were $370,604,S 800 an in
crease of 1926, 900 over those for
the same month last year.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-20
B. & O. PENSIONS
FOUR OLD EMPLOYEES

-Four employees, two of whom had
served the company for 4S years
were recently retired under the pen
sion rules of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad. The pensioners are Den
mis- Hannigan, car oiler on the Hi
nois division of the road, with n
years of service; William L. Pearce,
blacksmith on the Baltimore divis-
ion, with a record of as years; Fred
erick H. Sewell, clerk on the Balti-
more division, who has been with the
road for As years, and John Sinnott,
machinist helper on the Baltimore
division, with 32 years of service.
In 1917 the Baltimore and Ohio
paid out $4,000 through its pension
feature to those who were honorably
retired, Total payments since the
Inauguration OF the pension feature
October l, 1884, amount to $S,4S2 $50,
Is.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-20

the groundwork Of a training which
increases their confidence and de-
velops the instinct to act quickly
under trying conditions. A good
boxer, good wrestler, a good base
ball player. n good runner, a man
who is proficient in any line OF
athletics, makes better soldier
than the man who Is content to
watch others compete. The spirit
of competition Is n great enIiven-
Ing force.
Letters have received from
former Camp Upton boys who are
now at the front are the best proof
of the value of sysmatic physical
training. One In particular. from one
Of our old artillery boys. says that
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-20
-77a7l-7----1'---
NO MORE SPLITTING IN
FACTORY DARK CORNERS
(sy international News service)

LEY international News Service)
Cleveland. o.. Nov 49, 1t Is q.
known fault Of men that they like
to spit into dark corners. Said spit
ting Is known to spread disease, and
the Nela Park works OF the General
Electric Company, in promoting an
antlspitting campaign in an effort
TO check influenza, has bit upon a
scheme that is said to be working
extremely well in checking splitting
liz corners. Every corner in the
great plant has had white strip
painted on the base board and y
white quarter circle on the floor
The workers, seeing the reminder,
hesitate to spit and the result has
been the virtual elimination of spit.
ting in corners at The factory.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-20

n FEW YORK'S soldier boys who
" went to Camp Upton are 60
ing to be better men after the
war, because Of the physical train
ing received there. 1t has been
wonderful to watch them develop;
to see the pale office worker be-
come the bronzed fighting man
the fellow with a punch.
i. To work with the army officers
In getting Our men In the proper
physical condition for tho great
task before them is only one of
many things that has to be done,
but it Is of supreme Importance.
Therefore 1t was with great deal
of pride that | found myself Sc
) lected to represent the Y. M. G. A.
in this particular work. II any
successes has attended my individ-
ual efforts, 1t has been due mainly
to the ready response of the boys
themselves and the whole-hearted
support OF the regimental officers
who appreciate the efforts of the
"Y," the X. of c.. the Jewish Wei
fare Board, the War Camp Commu-
nifty Service and kindred organiza-
tons which are working together
in the United War Work Campaign
for $170.500,000 to enable them to
continue their activities. Every
American should contribute to this
fund.
The games taught by the phys
ical directors provided by these or
CARNATIONS in which nearly every
man Is able TO participate, form
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-20
COLD GONE! HEAD
AND NOSE CLEAR
First Dose Of "Pape's Cold
Compound Relieves All
Grippe Misery.
ppn't staY stnffed.np!

Quit blowing and snuffling! A dose
Of "Pape's Cold Compound" taken
every two hours until three doses are
token viii end grippe misery and
bseak up severe cold either In the
head. chest, body or limbs.
1t promptly opens clogged-up nos
I lis and air passages; stops nasty
discharge o. nose running; relieves
s ok headache, dullnes, feverishness,
sore throat. sncezng, soreness and
stiffness.
"Pape's Cold Compound Is the
quickest. surest relief known and
costs elly few cents al drug stores.
IL acts without assistance. tastes
ntce. and causes no Inconvenience.
En't accept a substitute. 1t