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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
Water Cooler.

IT has been discovered that an ordi-
nary flower pot can be utilized to keep
butter, water and other things cool
during the hottest Of summer days.
An ordinary flower pot will serve the
purpose well, in fact any clay jar or
common unglazed earthenware pot,
will answer. All that is necessary is
to moisten a cloth with strong salt
water and keep 1t over the top Of the
flower pot. The ends should drop
down into a soup dish or basin in
which the flower pot should stand.
This draining dish must be kept full
Of water all the time.
Another way is to wrap layer of
burlap round a porous jar. The wa
ter Is placed in the jar and exposed
to a current of air on dark window
sill, with the windows open and the
shutters closed. The water inside the
porous receptacle percolates in a mi
croscopic moisture to the outer sur.
face. The burlap wrapping maintains
such slow rate Of evaporation that
the pot is kept cold, and that coolS
the contents.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
BOSTON TRADITION IS HIT
Bespeetaeled sehooIboy for Which
Hub Has Been Known Throughout
Country, is Almost Extinct.

Another Boston tradition was shat
tered when DIR. William II. Devine, d.
rector of medical inspection in the
Boston schools, reported to the school
board that So per cent of the pupils
now in school have normal vision.
The bespectacled Boston schooIboy,
one OF the sacred traditions of the Hub,
respected everywhere else, is no long
er honored at home. He has become
almost extinct, like the messenger boy
who quotes Browning.
Even the fad for tortoise she'll rim
glasses Of the style that grandfather
used to wear and which We're supposed
to give BOstonlans who wore them that
owllke look Of wisdom, could produce
only 6,036 bespectacled children out
Of total Of SOTO examined. It looks
on the face Of the report rs If stald
old Puritan Boston was cutting loose
from all her honored traditions and
going in for athletic, red-blooded,
healthy boys and girls.
Doctor Devine reported that out OF
a total Of s9,179 pupils examined, 75,.
1872 had normal vision. He also re-
ported that out Of total Of S9,10S pu-
pills whose hearing was tested 1881
had normal hearing in both ears. Only
376 pupils suffered from both defec-
tive vision and hearing.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
NORTH BENNINGTON

Mrs. Edgar Bailey of Mlddletown,
Conn, has been the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Il. G. Phillips
The Baptist church cordially invites
you TO It's services. Morning worship
at 1890. Sermon by the pastor ON
the theme: "A Full Length Patriot of
the Son of Cod" Sunday school fol.
lows. Young people meet at $50.
Evening preaching at 1850, subject:
Free but Costly"
The board OF trustees of the North
Bennington Graded School have given
the use of the school yard for a play
ground. 1t will open Tuesday July
s6, at , o'clock An children between
the ages of and 10 inclusive are in
vited A force of volunteer workers
have been obtained, and will be assist.
ed by Miss Leola Spencer, who has
taken a course in playground work
at the Thomas school in Detroit The
children will be assigned to different
groups according to ages. There
will be swinks, games, storytelling
and sand pile for the younger child
rem. II It should rain on Tuesday
the meeting will be postponed until
Wednesday at the same hour.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
REMARKABLE CURES MADE
Soldier Who Was Struck Dumb at
( Front Regained Speech Through
His Own Effort Alone.

There have been many remarkable
cures of soldiers during the present
war. including men who. through shock
have lost the powers of sight or of
hearing or of speech. One man, struck
dumb at Mons, was suddenly cured by
putting his hand unconsciously on a
very hot water-pipe. Another regained
both speech and hearing while laugh
ing at a moving-picture show. A third.
by no means the least interesting, re-
gained his speech through his own de-
liberate effort. The doctor told him
before leaving Boulogne that only his
own effort could cure him. He sug-
gested that he keep on shaping his
mouth as though pronouncing the VOW
els The man persevered, and one
night suddenly found he could speak
He kept on talking to himself all night,
lest he should lose the power again.
His fears were unfounded, and he
was completely cured. 1t is all very
curious. The need for the patients
own deliberate effort Is certainly sug-
gestivc. It calls to mind the case of
the man with the withered arm. BY
his own effort was he healed. BY at
tempting things in faith, slumberine
powers are wakened to new life.-Ex-
change.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
Killing Seals in Fraser River.

The European war has furnished
an idea to the provincial authorities,
who have for years been seeking to ex-
terminate the hair seals, which kill
enormous quantities Of salmon at the
mouth Of the Fraser, says a Vancouver
dispatch 20 the Buffalo News.
Note was taken Of the favorite basb-
ing places of the seals on the Fraser
sandheads. One OF these was mined
with high explosives and charges Of
metal were placed In cans below the
surface of the sand, which the next
high tide smoothed over. At low tide
the seals returned TO their place in
the sun and We're not disturbed.
The next day nearly 200 seals gath
cred on the sands and the explosion
was touched off by q battery from
which wires led TO the seal ground.
The explosion killed every seal.
Other blasts will he set Off, for this
is the big Sockeye salmon year, and
protection Of the run is vital.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
CHAS. &. COLE
BARRIER HAS BEEN LEVELED
False Standards OF Life Disappear
When Boys of Rich and Poor
Go to War Side by Side.

Close to me lives a man whose in
terests have been separated from mine
by more than Il mere ivy-grown stone
fence-to be exact, by several hundred
dollars, says writer in the Woman's
Home Companion. The other day he
leaned over the fence and inquired:
Your boy going?"
ayes"
mine too. Had a notion he didn't
want to wait for CONSUMPTION. BY the
way. those eggplants of yours are not
coming on very well. May | send my
man over with some fertilizer that has
helped oursY
The fence is still there-but not
the barrier. Our boys and our coun-
try leyeled 1t.
There's bound to be a lot OF such
leveling from this time on. Some of
us who have been too busy to get ac-
quainted are going to know each other.
Some who have been too absorbed by
money making and reputation-seeklng
TO make friends will suddenly feel the
need of comradeship. Some Of US who
have worried because our neighbors
dressed better than we did, had finer
monograph, or ran a faster car are
going to have our eyes opened to the
falseness of the standards by which
we have judged ourselves and each
other. We're going TO like each other
a great deal better and to need each
other a great deal more.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
INSECT VICTIMS OF BOOZE"
Scientists Familiar With Many Varle.
ties That indulge In a Sort Of
BacchanaIlan Festival.

There would seem to be no partlc-
ular reason from the human stand
point why the ivy should be called the
plant Of Bacchus, since no wine is
made from its berries. Entomologlsts,
however, have found that the ivy
flowers provide a verltable bacchana-
liam festival for a number of insects
Men of science are wont to sally forth
at night with lanterns to capture the
intoxicated moths that crowd around
the greenlsh blossoms. When the
willow is in bloom they find similar
scene of dissipation around its yellow
catkins.
The tipping insect may be used to
point a moral by the prohlbitionist,
since rum not infrequently leads TO Its
ruin. There Is a fly so addicted to
wine that Linnaeus named it the "cel-
lar fly" which appellation Kirby
changed to the more appropriate one
of the "cellar wine drinker." Kirby
states that the larvae of this little fly,
NiOSt ultl it Nuulu NNlfNl llOll ITO
own observations, dlsdains to feed on
anything but wine or beer, which, Ike
Boniface in the play, it may be said
both to eat and drink.
There ore bees and flowers whose
random meetings result in the same
curious phenomenon, On the single
dahlias and gaillardas Of the garden
bees are often to be seen in the same
maudlin state, and these bees are moro
frequently of the black and yellow
banded kind. If you take such bee
off the gaillardla the insect will re-
main in your hand, indulgng in
quaint antics or simply trembling in
every member. Presently. however, 1t
will recover and fly off straight to
another gaillardla flower and in n
very short time is again in its former
state of imbecillty. One may pick 1t
up again and have a repetition Of the
performance.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
HER PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE
Lesson Seen for the Weary World In
the InvariabIe Ending Of Little
Three-Year-Old's Stories.

A writer in the Atlantic Monthly
described, some months ago, a little
person of some three years who was
insatiably fond of stories. When there
was no one TO tell them TO her she
made them up herself. The writer
was impressed with the invariable end
ing of these stories. which was al
ways. "'And him went home TO him's
muvyer.'" "Bears, lions, tigers. even
elephants and crOcodiles pass through
the most agltating and unusual adven-
ture, but in the end they all go home
to their mother" And the writer adds
that this is an astonishing bit Of wis
dom to be evolved by person of
three.
There have been many pretentious
PHILOSOPHERS of life offered us these
last few years, and 1t may take some
of US no little time to come down to
one so modest. But the signs are
thlckening fast that the whole world,
disappointed with its grand policies
and enfeebled with its PHILOSOPHERS, is
beginning to long for something like
this. 1t may be a blow to ones pride,
but the greatest philosophy of life has
long since been stated. "When he
came to himself he said. | will arise
and go to my father,"-The Sunday
School Times.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13

A certain ledger, whose butter dis
appeared in the most mysterious and
appalling manner, contriyed to stop
the business by adopting a rather in
genious and original plan. Whenever
he had finished with the Wand he
stamped the end with reglmental
button which he had, and for time
all was well, says London Tit-Blts.
One night, however, he thought the
roll looked rather shorter than when
he left it, and yet the impression of q
button was there right enough.
Then summoning his landlady, he
said:
"Thls is not my butter, Mrs. Scott"
"Oh, yes, it is, Mr.. Wild; there's the
mark of the button on IT,"
'Just so, Mrs. Scott; but, bless me,
this button belongs to quite a differ
ent regiment from mine. Yours be-
longs to the r. A. F.; mine to the II,
A. NJ. c."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
oklahoma,s RreathIna WeIl.

Having read in Capper's Weekly Of q
well near Fletcher, Okla. which seems
to breathe, Archie Murray of San Jose,
N. NJ. offers a possible explanation Of
the mystery. He believes the drill had
reached a cave through which river
flows directly to the gulf. The ebb Of
the tide causes air to draw into the
well because a space is left in the cave
for the passage of air. When the tide
rises the air, which is in the passage,
is forced out at the top Of the well.
The downward current causes the wa
ter to freeze and the inward flow of
the water causes the ice to disappear.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
R.R. No. /, Lorne, Ont.

R.R. No. /, Lorne, Ont.
''For over three years, l was
confined to bed with Rheumatism.
During that time, had treatment
from a number of doctors, and tried
nearly everything l saw advertised to
cure Rheumatism, without receiving
any benefit. Finally, l decided to
try 'Fruit-a-tivesn Tor Fruit Livey
7a5leks). Before l had used half a
box, l noticed an Improvement; the
pain was not so severe, and the
swelling started to go down.
I continued taxing This t1NH me-
diane, improving all the time, and
now l can walk about two miles and
do light chores about the place"
ALEXANDER MUNRO.
Zoe. a box, G for 81 80, trial size 25c.
At all dealers or sent on receipt of
price, by FRUlT-A-TIyES Limited,
OGDENSBURG, N. Y.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
War Brinus New Words.

War brings words into the language.
Sometimes the words exist in another
language and are transferred; somG-
times they had fallen into disuse, are
revived and given twisted meaning
sometimes they are coined. One Of the
latest arrivals in England is "jusqua-
boutist," from the French motto
"jusqu' a bout t"to the end"), A aus
quaboutlst" is one that IS for fighting
the war to a finish. Who knows If this
term will not in time be added TO the
vocabulary of the prize rlng?-Man'
chester Guardian.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
Indiana Woman Found Relief

Mrs. Thos II. Davis, r. f. d. No. 3,
Montgomery, Ind, writes she had
trouble with her bladder and treated
for several months without relief
Foley Kidney pills were recommend
cd to her and she commenced using
them She says she got relief from
the first two bottles. and eight bottles
cured her Many similar letters have
been written by grateful persons who
found relief from kidney trouble, back
ache. rheumatism and stiff swollen
joints. Sold Everywhere,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
TO THE FIRST FALLEN.

They need no stone to tell their fnme.
Those lads who fell beneath Cll Glory
In that fair land across the sea-
A land whose tale is one brg story
Their fame is sure. though zone mag
know
Their names-thoso lads OF valor
knightly
Upon Gods flag OF liberty
Their stars shall shine forever brightly,
Free men were they to freedom born;
Life came TO them in p!enteous meas.
ure;
And yet. that others might be Free
They gave all. counting death n pleas
ure.
Their fame within our hearts shall live,
The years can never dim their glory:
They shamed us for our coward hearts,
They pointed us the way to glory.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
Keen Pictures Of British Dead.

The federal government Of Mel
bourne has decided to follow the ex
ample of the British war museum nu'
thorlties and obtain photographs Of the
men who have given their lives In the
war, and of others who have wor
awards and decorations. In order tC
avoid duplication of the effort Mr.. w
Z. Mate, vice president of the Amateur
Photographic society of Victoria, who
has undertaken on behalf Of the Brit
ish war museum to collect the photo
graphs, will do the same for the Aus
tralian war museum now being estab
lished.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13

Ore from Bolivian tin mines is be-
ing smelted at new plant in Chill.
A monograph attachment makes
new clock speak the time every quar-
ter hour.
One Of the easiest ways to cool an
overheated oven is to stand basin Of
cold water in 1t.
The Argentine government will in
STALL an electric voting machine in its
chamber of deputies.
Clothing made of pressed feathers
as a substitute for wool has been in
vented by an italian priest.
A shade that folds like an umbrella,
for convenience in carrying features
new portable electric lamp.
A new system of incubation matches
chicks by the heat Of an electric light
under glass bell in which the eggs
are placed.
The building of concrete sea-goine
vessels having proved successful in
Sweden and Norway, Denmark is em'
barking In the industry.
Hardened copper monograph nee
dies are the invention OF New York
man, who also has succeeded in raak-
ing a watch spring from the metal.
AS n new cotton picking machine is
driven over n field four men follow II
and pick the bolls with nozzles con-
nected to pneumatic apparatus with
which 1t is equipped.
II has been estimated that the wire
In the cores and sheathing of the
worlds submarine cables that have
been made since they were first used
in 1857 would reach from the earth TO
the moon.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
Soldiers Fool sootbIacks.

Three invalid soldiers in wheel
chairs propelled themselves rapidly
through crowded railway station
here 70 a bootblack stand and de-
handed that their shoes be shned In a
hurry. Three bootblacks rushed for
ward, pulled aside the coats thrown
over the laps Of the soldiers, and found
that two Of the men had no legs, while
the third had only one. The soldiers
laughed uproariously, the crowd join
ing In the demonstration of mirth'--
London Cable to New York World.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13

1t has been said. Here's a
bit of news that is good for your
temperature, your temper and
your purse when and if it gets
hot enough to melt the hinges
Of the place the Kaiser is bound
for.
Here's a bit of news chat
should develop into common gos-
sip-a rare bit of unexpected
ness profitable and pleasing:
About fifty genuine Palm
Beach" suits for men at BE
fore War Prices"
No we are not drunk chow
could a man be drunk in Ben
nington since last Saturday,
nor are we crazy or philanthropy
ic. But, and here's cause and
reason combined: We had 'em
and being what we are, country
men we don't know enough to
mark them what they're worth
on present market or maybe we
appreciate our customers and
their business more than we
should. Anyway here they are
genuine palm Beach" suits for
men (coat and trousers) at $40
and S12. Cool stuff for hot
weather.
CHAS. e. COLE
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
Few Real Blue Flowers.

Blue is q scarce color In our gar
dens, hut, ager0tum, cornaower, baby
blue-eyes, Swan river daisy and Salpi-
glossis slnuata, anemone blanda, for
get-me-not, some larkspurs, some col
umbines aud one or two iris are very
good blues.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
Door Comparatively Modern.

Who invented the door no one
knows. It is, however, an invention OF
comparatively modern times. All the
ancient houses, even the houses con
tanning doorways, had no doors. Fab
rics or skins Of animals were hung
across the doorways to keep out the
elements.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
Lucid EXPLANATION.

Theodore had learned from his play
mates that the Murphy family had ten
children, each being two years older
than the one before. "You know the
Murphcs; well they got ten shilren,
Each kids two years older than each
other; they go by ages"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
nard 20 Endure.

az see where woman got divorce
because her husband rouged his
checks"
"She was entitled to It."
"Alaybe so. IL must be exasperat.
ing for woman to have a husband
who is liable to borrow her complexion
before she has a chance TO wear It
herself"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
rRAwLER Crew RESCUED
Georgia Sank in Collision with Steam.
err Bristol,

CT bliolOis
An Atlantic Port, July 1.-THE
steam tawler Georgia, carrying a
crow Of nineteen, was sunk in col.
lision with the steamer Bristol off
the New England coast asst night All
hands We're picked up by the Bristol
and landed here today.
Captain Percy Firth of the Georgia
and Captain Hare of the Bristol, re-
ported that the vessels crashed in Il.
dense fog ard that the accident was
unavoidable. The sherman was hit
at and the crew barsly had time 10
enter two small boats before inc
Georgia went down The uwaler was
without cargo
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
Cards Of Thanks.

We deeply appreciate the many
kindnesses shown by friends and
neighbors, during the long illness of
our dear wife and mother, and we
wish to thank all who so thoughtfully
remembered us with loving words and
deeds and beautiful flowers at the
time of her death.
Farnk Ripley,
Henry Ripley,
Adelne Ripley.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
Portable Hvdraullo Press.

A portable, but very powerful, hy-
draullc press has been invented fo'
bending large pipes TO any desire
curve without injury.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
WE HAVE OBSERVED

That the man who thinks he J
lacks time generally lacks en- ,
ergy. :
That fellow doesn't have to
be a Marathon runner to be long
winded.
That no amount Of culture will
make fat man stop snorting in !
his sleep.
That in the constant sitting of
life men generally land about
where they belong.
That there are lots Of men
with just enough knowledge to
be nuisances.
That a homely face saves
woman from hearing a lot of
rank nonsense.-Boston Tran
script.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
She Does.

A girl may not let you kiss her, but
the chances are she appreciates your
wanting to.--Tlger.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
ORDERS TO eAsEsALLIsT

Washington Catcher Must Find USE
ful Work.
Washington. July Edward Ain
smith the Washington American
League catcher has been ordered to
engage IN some useful occupation or
be placed in the first lass OF drait, 1t
became known today.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13

Blvalves suspected of bearing pearls
are examined by the X-ray to avoid de-
stroying the shellfish.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13

An X-ray picture Of specimen Of
silk hosiery" will reveal the tin"
filling of the fabric.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
THINGS WORTH KNOWING

The French "horizon blue" is said to
be the best color for a military unl-
form.
A whitewash is now made from the
"sludge" refuse OF the acetylene gas
mandatory.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13

One of the easiest ways to cool an
overheated oven is to stand basin OF
cold water in 1t.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13

A monograph attachment makes
new clock speak the time every quar-
ter hour.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
WHATS NEW IN SCIENCE

Ore from Bolivian tin mines is be-
ing smelted at new plant in Chill.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13

The Argentine government will in
STALL an electric voting machine in Its
chamber of deputies.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-06-15

most Incredibly low. This insurance
Is supplemental form Of protection,
stimulating thrift and strengthening
calf