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what YOU know 10 Of value

1s long as you use your knowledge
mrure with as to capitalize the value
of your knowledge ON income basis to
your family National Life ms. Co.
of Vt. tMuWall Earle S kinsley
General Agent Mead Building Rut.
land, Vt. Adv
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-04
ARLINGTON

Layander Walker. son Of Mr. and
Mrs S. NJ Walker, who was employed
IN the Office OF the General Electric
company Of piitsneld, Mass, under
went an operation for appendicitis at
the House Of Mercy hospital Pitts.
field last Wednesday, He is now in a
comfortable condition, sAk
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-04
NOTICE.

The Board Of Civil authority will
meet ON Saturday afternoon aud Owe
ming. sept 2 at the town clerks Of
Gee in South Shaitshury to revise the
check list An voters should see that
their names are on the check list
r. -. Rice, Town Clerk.
South SALISBURY
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-04

Announce
lneBt is
made that
the latest
Gus Hill
tr ! Il m phi.
Mutt and
jeff In the
j e RI In
The Woody
Vest will
lold tn q
boards at
the opera
house next
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evenin n K
Sept. 8.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-04

TO RENT-targe furnished room
with bath, heat, and electric lights.
l16 Spring street tel 456-R. S1tt
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MUTT AND JEFF

Famous Cartoon Characters to Ap-
pear at opera House Sept. S.
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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

ANTED-Alau to work on farm.
r. w Eldred, tel. l77-l5. S9t6'
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-06
RIM IS STIRRING SPAIN
BY STORIES ON AMERICA
Giving That Country Real Insight ON
Magnitude OF Our War
Preparations.
AssAILED BY pRo.HUN PRESS
Says Future OF Ills Country Bound
Up With That OF United States,
and That He Will Sec 1t Is Not
So Ignorant As in 1893.
IBy Associated Press.l


"ASHINGTON. August 5.-All Spain
Is being stirred by series Of articles
dealing with the magnitude Of Ameri
can effort in the war. appearing in "A
q c." the strongly pro-German news
paper. according 10 a cable received
to-day by the committee on public in
formation from its representative in
Madrid
The articles are contributed by Joe
Martinez RIM. novelist and literary
critic. who is tho FIRST Spanish writer
to visit the American front. Only his
re eminent iiterory position has in.
fuenced the paper TO publish the arti-
cles. says the dispatch. and the writer
is being violently attacked by other
German papers.
RIM. who uses the pen name
"Azorin." has declared. according to
the dispatch that he will use the full
strength Of his pen TO make his coun-
try know the truth about the United
States" He added:
I'm 1898 We suffered a disastrous
d!sillusionment because Of our own ig-
norancc. 1t snail not occur again il I
can prevent il. The future Of Spain
is bound Up with the future Of America.
and this truth must be recognized
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-06
NEW KIND Of CALOMEL
SAFE AND DELIGHTFUL

The new kind Of calomel known as
Calotabs, retains all of the good medi-
cnal virtues of the old style calomel,
We; is entirely purified from all Of the
nauseating. disagreeable and danger
GUS qualities. You can, therefore, eat
what you please and go where you
please, with no loss of time from your
work.
swallow Of water-that's all Next
morning you awake feeling fine. your
liver cleansed. your system purified
fast. Calotabs are sold only in oriCi-
nal, sealed packages. price thirty-fve
cents. Your druggist recommends
them and VIII refund your money il
you are not delighted.-Adv
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-06
COURAGE AND HUMANITY
90 HIND IN GI.ONE

Hand In glove with this courage, the
British In India have carried humanity.
This term may De applied n It's widest
term. slgnityins not only az abstinence
from! cruelty and oppression hu: I'M
Flying also the positive benefits Of
kindly treatment and complete iolcr-
Gnca. 4 tolerance which extends not
only 70 customs and habits. but 20 the
wider ana more potent field OF the pop
ular religions OF those governed
Superficial! observers and hasty trav-
elers are apt 10 stigmat!ze the English
man IN India as cold. naughty and
aloof. Il may be Interesting 10 assert
mat this - merely the cloak OF cxpe-
Renee under which the Engl!shran
governs. The British officer. whether
C!Ti! or military. whom We see in India
80 exactly the same gentle man that we
may meet in the streets Of London or
IL Il country house in Yorkshire. Bu,
partly from example set and partly by
intuition and experience. he has learnt
that a particular attitude and dcmean-
or are essential 10 HIM who aspircs to
govern orieutals with success.
The proof OF the wisdom OF this un-
studied attitude lies in the ages. Yet.
however napproaChable he MAJ seem
10 the tourist. the simplest soldier or
peasan, knows that he can go straight
"a the Eng!!shman and be received
with kindness and consideration
Courage and humanity have done
MNch 10 pave the way, but perhaps the
even hand Of British justice has done
more TO consolidate British rule in In
dla than any other factor. by justice
is not meant only the unbiased and
incorruptible administration of the
law IN the courts. but also everyday
jEst dealing al! round with the natives
OF tho land
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-06
AT THE MOVIES

BLUEBIRD Mnry MncLnren. In
"Fhe Models Cunfcssion."
ISIS-AII week, Lawrence Grant,
Olive Tell, netty Howe, Frank Cur
rlcr md John Sunderland, In "FO
Hell with the Kaiser"
COLONIAI.-AIiccB rndy, in "Thc
Death Dance"
BIJOU = Vivian Martin, In vivi-
cite"
ODEON-Thcda Bara, In "The Soul
OF Buddha."
REN-tsrnce Diamond and Hurry
MOrcy, in ''rhe Other Man,"
ri LII O-MarSucrite Clark, In
"Bnb's BurSlnr."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-06
Indian Saw Vision.

SEWARD. ALASKA. august 5.-The
building OF the governments Alaska
railroad is the fulA!lment OF the proph-
ecy OF an old Indian chief. say the
natives in this part OF tho territory.
According 10 The Indians. the old chief
gears ago saw vision OF TWO brown
s;reahs running through the country
and ending az the ocean shore. The
natives believe these streaks indicated
the steel rails Of the road now under
CONSTRUCTION.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-06
Minister Ready TO Fight.

BY Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, y. c. August 5.-Ros-
we'll Long. the first man called in the
se!ective draft from Mccklenburg
County. has Just been commissioned a
FIRST lieutenant in the national army
Being minister, he could have been
exempted. but claimed no exemptions
He was selected 10 take officers train
Ing after reaching Camp Jackson 6 c..
and has just been commissioned
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-06
INDICTMENTS RETURNED
Pennsylvania RnIIrond, Armour, Swift
and Jersey City Stockyurda
Involved
lBy Associated Press1

BY Associated Press1
NEW YORK, August 5.-F'ederal in
dictments were returned here to-day
charging the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Armour & Co, Swift 6; Co and the Jer.
sey City Stockyards Company with
conspirng TO violate the Federal stat
utes which prohibit the giving or ac-
ccpting of rebates. The alleged offense
is said 10 do with the routing of
traffic
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-06
Remove Liquor From CIR, Hall

S 3. "oodhn OF the office Of State
Prohibition Commissioner ]. Sidney
Peters, was given permission yestec-
day by the administrative Board to re-
move a quantity Of seized ardent
spirits stored in the basement Of the
City Hall.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-06
INSTRUCTIVE ILLUSTRATION
OF OPPOSITE METHODS

An instructive illustration Of the
opposite method uf government NAV
De quoted The Germans acquired by
treaty great territories in Africa. and
forthwith set to work 10 bleed them
white for the sole benefit of GERMANY
The rights and welfare Of the in
habitants of those African lands wer-
Of no account. They were used and
treated as slaves; they were allowed
70 exist only in order that money and
merchandise might be wrung out Of
them by the sweat Of their unpaid
labor for the benefit of Germany on
the other hand and the statement
may perhaps be received with aston
iahment. the British government does
not make one single shilling Of profit
out of India. Indeed, it is often call
ed upon for financial assistance Every
far,hing of revenue raised in India
fiom whatever source, is spent on
India. and to promot its welfare. And.
further. there is no great work OF
public benefit, be II Il canal or rail-
way. nauguratcd in India that is not
financed out OF revenue or by money
raised in England.
If proof were needed of the hold
which Britain has on India not by
force. but by the magic of race genius
and just government. ii is furnished by
this great war. When it broke out
there were $4,000 seasoned British
troops in India, the normal garrison
Within a few weeks practically the
whole Of that garrison was withdrawn
for service in France and elsewhere.
and was replaced as opportunity
offered by territorial units from Eng
land. Until those territorial units
were acclimatized. and fully trained
and equipped. India was practically
without a British garrison.
Was there an Instruction?
Was there n rising, however small
such as might he expected against
tyrannical government, unbacked by
force?
Not glimmer.
few frothy orators. few preda-
tory schemers. perhaps, but of a popu-
lar uupheaval not sign.
On the contrary. led by their princes
of the blood and Of commerce. the
whole Of those 300.O00.000 % Indians
came forth with men and money and
loyal sympathy to help the British
empire in the day of storm and stress
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-06
SECRETS OF ENGLISH
RULE OVER IN INDIA
Courage, Humanity and Justice the
Three Guiding Principles i'm
Governing Iiorics.
COMPARISON OF METHODS MADE
At the Beginning OF the War Far
East Part OF Empire Was Com
plctely DivcStcd OF Her 10000
Garrison.
BY MAJOR-GENERAL SIR GEORGE
fOCSGHCSBAS
International News Bureau1

international News Bureau1
LONDON. August 1.-The success OF
the rule Of tho British in India has
not usually been proclaimed by the
blowing OF horns or the clashing Of
oTmbals. for that is not the English
way. on the contrary. generation AT.
tel generation has gone quietly OF
with it's great work. leaving tho
fruits OF its lahors silently to pro-
claim themselves. II is only when
some outside observer OF Knowledge
ana experience gives to the world his
opinions that the British nation itself
begins TO appreciate what has been
done. Very prominent amongst these
may be found cX-PrcSident Roosevelt.
nat remarkable statesman. after h
Tad himself ruled over one of the Erc1:
nations of the world. and after he had
Travelled much abroad. and pondercd
mrch IN the secrets OF government
amongst other nations. came to the
conclusion that the government Of
India by the British was and is one
OF the most wonderful achievements
IN the history OF the world
When on. who has himself been Il
ruler Of eminence gives utterance 10
such thoughts. the ordinary English
man begins TO take notice, and per-
haps is moved TO inquire how this
great result has been achieved. The
courage. humanity and Justice: for on
those three sure foundations is the
great empire OF India built.
Courage came first. not only the
courage 81 the soldier in battle, but
the serene and steadfast courage Of
The solitary Englishman. wherever he
Gas or whatever his employment
Truo, in early days great battles We're
won against enormous odds by cour
age and discipline But scarce had
the battle clouds rolled away than
single Englishmcn. or ScotsIrcn, or
Iisshmen set TO work governing terri
tories. each perhaps as large as several
English counties. some even as large
as half o.. England. At first they
had small guards for their personal
protection but as lawlessncss de-
creased these were dispensed with.
and single white men, hundreds OF
miles apart, governed with courage.
tolerance and hrmness These all car
rlea their lives In their hands. rs do
to this DAY those whose duties lie on
the northwest frontier, where law
less tribes lives just beyond the british
border but II was. and is, taken al!
In the days work.
Thus in the course OF many years
10 Englishman has become to the In
alan the emblem and embodiment OF
courage u Is not with the fear o:
tyrar. that ne is inspired. but with
r.spcct FOR a brave man.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-06
STRIKE AT LANGLEY FIELD
Employees for Construction Company
Ia Number of $500 Walk
Try Associated Press

NEWPORT NEWS, VA. August s.
approximately 800 men employed on
construction work at Langley Aviation
Field have walked out. following the
announcement By the J. G. Whre Con-
struct.on Company that free board
would no longer be given them.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-06

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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-05

1t is not strange that foreign Wis
itors to the city. as well as many inhab
Itants, look with wonder ut the tat
tered and dirty flags flying from public
as well as private buildings night and
day. The purpose is patriotic, but the
red, white and blue is not fifty honored
by such neglect. The excuse that flags
are costly is no excuse at all. The
wornout flags should be taken in even
If they are not replaced. They would
not be worn out In many cases II the
army regulations for their display had
been followed. In the service the flag
Is raised ut sunrise and lowered at sun
set, says Philadelphia Ledger. 1t is
not permitted to touch the ground or to
gather dirt. Naturally with this care
full and rcverent treatment II is not
so quickly torn or discolored. n those
who wish 20 put out flags cannot take
the trouble to care for them properly
they had better restrain their desires.
The flag should be an inspiring, not a
depressing sight.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-05
Try Making Your DUN
Cough Remedy
You can save about 81, and have
Is hetter remedy than the ready
made kind. Easily done.

II YOU combined the curative proper
ties Of every known "ready-made' cough
remedy, you probably could not get a.
much real curative power as there is in
this simple homemade cough syrup,
which is easily prepared in few min
utes.
Get from any druggist 2h ounces OF
Pincx, pour it into a pint bottle and
ill the bottle. with syrup. using either
plain granulatcd sugar syrup, clarified
molasses, honey, or corn syrup as
desired. The result is Il full pint OF
really better cough syrup than you
could buy ready-made for three times
the money. Tastes pleasant and never
spoils.
This Pincx and Syrup preparation gets
right at the cause of cough and Civ .
almost immediate relief. 1t loosens the
phlegm,. stops the nasty throat tickle
and heals the sore, irritated membranes
30 gently and easily that it is really
astonishing.
A days use will usually overcome the
ordinary cough and for bronchitis,
Group, whooping cough and bronchial
asthma, there is nothing better.
Pinex is a most valuable concentrated
compound OF genuine Norway pine. ex-
tract, and has been used for generations
to break up severe coughs.
To avoid disappointment, ask your
druggist for "2ia ounces of Pinex" with
full directions, and don't accept anything
else Guaranteed to give absolute salts
faction or money promptly refunded
The Pinex Co, TT. Wayne, Ind.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-05

The specter Of revolution Is frighten-
ing the German leaders. The German
nation is generally considered too
thoroughly In the grasp Of organized
militarlsm to attempt to revolt, and
the idea of subordinatlon to authority
too deeply ingralned in the Teutonc
nature for revolt to get the slightest
hold. But other nations supposed to
ne helpless in autocratlc systems have
suddenly arisen, for human nature has
It's limits, and the German people may
see the end Of endurance of practical.
ly intolerable conditions.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-05
MAUD MULLER MAKING eoop,.'

The formal report of the Woman's
Land Army Of America tells only part
of the story of women's contribution
to the food production program of the
nation, but il is significant because Of
the wide range of women's activities
in this field which it reveals. The land
army is organized in IL states and has
numbered some 1900 recruits. These
have been pitching hay, hoeing corn.
shocking grain, bagging corn. plowing.
picking and canning fruit, feeding
stock, driving horses. running tractors
and even saving wood. This is but
partial list of the things they are
doing. and doing well. A good many
farmers mt the outset scOrned the help
of women in the field who wholly for
got that women's work in the past has
not been much less arduous than that
OF men. even in the busiest seasons,
gays Portland 0regonian. There is not
a great deal of difference between ply
Inc broom and welding Il hoe and
housewives who cut their own wood
have been too numerous to count.
About the only revolutionary aspect
OF the situation in many instances has
been that as members of the Land
Army they have been receiving wages
for their work.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-05
GAS MASK DAY
Governor Graham Issues Proclamation
For Saturday, Nov. 9.

Governor Graham Issues Proclamation.
For Saturday, Nov. 9.
l. Horace f. Graham, Governor.
designate Saturday, November 3, Gas
Mask Day and request all citizens of
Vermont to cooperate with their local
chapters OF The American Red Cross
in collecting fruit pits and nutshells
to produce carbon of superior quality.
which serves as an absorbent OF
poisonous gases. urge that special
effort be made to collect pits from
peaches, plums, cherries, apricots,
prunes, dates, olives and to gather
from the woods and stocks on hand all
hickory nuts, walnuts and butternuts,
either the whole nut or the she'll but
not the husk Other materials must
not be included Loss OF life by gas
is greater than by the guns OF the
enemy The torture from gas is in
comparably worse than the pain from
bullets. A million pounds Of fruit pits
or nutshells are needed daily to pro
tect our soldiers and nurses on the
battle fronts.
Red Cross chapters have shipping
instructions, and 1t is suggested that
all stores, schools and post Offices pro,
vide receptacles for these pits and
shells Let us continue each day to
rave them for the humane protection
OF our armies and their fighting eff
fectiveness. Protect the dollars you
give for war relief by furnishing every
field secretary and Salvation Army
lass with the best gas mask Gather
butternuts and you will have the gas
problem in a nutshell
Given under my hand and the Great
Seal Of the State, at Montpelier, this
fourth day OF November. A. d. 1918.
Horace +. Graham,
Governor.
ljy the Governor:
Harvey +. Goodell
Secretary OF iyi and Military Affairs.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-05
BLOOD AND NERVES
Best and Most Economical Treatment
for Combination of Ailments.

Impure, impoverished, irou-lack-
ing blood and weak, unsteady, UNI
der-nourished nerves form n combine
alton of ailments that is most sue
cessfully treated with Hoods Sarsa-,
parilla and Peptiron.
Taken in conjunction, one before
eating and the other after, these
two great medicines supplement
each other, and form the most eco
nomical treaiment-liood's Sarsapa-
rilla for scrofula, rheumatism, ca,
torrh, dyspepsia, loss Of appetite,
that tired Feeling; Pcptiron for
anemia, tired nerves and exhaustion.
In eases whore there is bilionsncss
or constipation, Hoods Pills give
prompt relief Sold by all druggists.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-05

An interesting little problem In per-
centage and profiteering would be in
figuring out how many per cent the
fruit commission merchant and the
grocery man or banana vender make
on bunch of 30 bananas which can
be delivered in New York for 20 cents
n bunch and which are then sold by
the cheaper peddlers at two for cents
or one for cents.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-05
l,y the Governor:
Where Rain Never Falls.

There are parts Of Egypt In which
rain never falls; other places where
1t falls lightly about once In foul
years; and there are two great rain.
less districts OF two or three millions
of square miles, the one including the
north of Africa and the other Mon
golla and Its nelghborhoOd.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-05
To Retain Friends.

To retain friends OF the right sort
means that one must prove u friend of
similar caliber. But on the other hand,
n n girl or woman Is influenced only
by display (Which at best is an empty,
shallow AFFAIR." she cannot hope to
hold the sincere regard Of persons
who In truth are worth while. The
really level headed girl will cling fnst
20 the honest friends Of other less
palmy days--perhaps TO the friends
who make no display hut who are stcr-
lIpg through and through, Exchange,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-05
Reasons Slowly unfolded.

The answers to our impatient ques
tionlng Of life's problems come but
slowly. Today may show us what
yesterday meant. but 1t is dumb about
itself. We must do and bear as best
we may, and always wait for tomor
rows answer to our clamorous
"Whyi"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-05

Five refrigerating plants with ca
pacity Of from three to four thousand
tons Of beef are being erected in
France for the use OF the American
army. No wonder the way American
efficiency is speeding up iills them
lover there" with astonishment and
admiration.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-05
Was Quite Likely.

A Boston man says that an exactina
housewife in that city telephoned to
a meat dealers place Of business that
the next order 'you receive from me
will be the last" The man at the other
end OF the wire agreed with her. lie
said that he was an undertaken.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-05

There's nothing to equal the Yankee
sense OF humor. One OF the boys in
the trenches, who has evidently been
greatly troubled by coolies says he
knows now why the pictures of Ma
poleon always show him with his hand
inside his shirt.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-05

In our biggest shlpbuilding year.
1908, we built 450017 tons. After the
financial crash the next record was
250,620 tons, in 1910 1t was only
130,SS2 in 1915, and 23S,772 even in
1916. Launclrings of 63l ,99S dead
weight tons in July alone and of L.
81 $50 tons actually completed In sew
EN- months are not so bad.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-05

A man sues his dentist because he
can't eat corn of the cob with set
of false teeth for which he paid $3.50.
He Should recover heavy damages.
Life isn't worth living IL you can't
eat corn of the cob.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-05

The best amethysts are brought from
Cambay. In India, and from Siberia,
Ceylon and Persia. The chief supply
Of the blue turquoise is drawn from the
peninsula of Sinai, the great mining
district OF the ancient Egyptians.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-05

Every day the dispatches are telling
us of the growing coal shortage. Sing
little grasshoppers, the summer days
are fine. But It will be cooler in No
yember.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-05

The manufacture of baby carriages
has been hard hit by the necessities
of war. Now what can we carry our
marketing home In?