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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-05
JUST HOLDING PALS PLACE
"6lind" eegsar Gives Somewha,
Laughable Reason for His Presence
on That Particular Corner

Professor Walker was standing at
the corner of One Hundred and Tenth
street aud Fifth avenue waiting for
bus, when his attention was attracted
by the rattle Of a few coppers I'm II tin
cup held by blind man who Was squat
ted against the park wall, relates the
New York Times.
The professor was fumbling for a
small coin when the bus swung round
the corner and In his hurry to catch
II he tossed the penny toward the cup
as he turned away His aim not be-
ing good the coin was on It's way to the
ground when the beggar swung the cup
under It with all the skill and> dexter
ity Of bali player.
The professor was so astonlshed and
indignant That he allowed the bus to
20 and approached the pretended blind
man.
Here" he began. "you are not blind.
| saw you catch that penny. You are
a fraud"
'Yes, boss" admitted the beggar,
"yeu has It right. / amt blind myself,
but Won see this here corner Is n good
stand and if'the blind man That always
sits here was to leave II some other
blind man would see the place and
grab IT. So you see, boss, Tn Just
holding the place for the real hind
man. It's his afternoon off. He's
gone to the movies"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-05
KEPT TAx-GATHERER BUSY.
Imposts Were Levied on Almost Ev.
erythirg in England Century
and a Half Ago.

II Is interesting to note that the en-.
tertainment tax Of the present day
was anticipated over $50 years ago by
the inventive genius who proposed
that all places of public diversion.
including playhouses, operas, masquer
AIDES. Ranelagh. VHuxhall, Sadler's
Wells and Astleys-the famous re.
sorts of the fair and the fashionable
of his day-should be taxed, says Lon
don Tit-Blts. Another proposal was
that the very statues I'm the gardens
and the lakes and the groves, the
grottoes and the temples of those days
were thick set with statues OF heath.
en- gods and oddesSes-shOuld have a
price put upon their heads.
Time was when taxes were nut on
the watches attached to the seals that
dansled from. the fobs of the beaux OF
hung on the glrdes that enclrcled the
waists of the bellies. Those who own
ed clocks were also regarded as fit
subjects for special taxation.
The "gulnea-plg" tax--the tax
householder had TO pay for every per-
son In HIS household who wore a pig
tail and covered his hair with powder
had It's day and passed away. So,
too, had tax on soap-the inpost
that gave Lord North his nickname OF
old Soapsuds"-and tax on salt.
Gloves and mlttens were once taxed,
and so also were scores of other artI-
cles and the shops in which they were
sold.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-05
THE FIRST sAsY.

The flrst-how we'll l remember
Sir Hjalmqr was he hight.
With a lusty Norseland war-whoop
He came In the dead of night.
lie met my respectful greeting
With a Kick and n threatening frown;
He pressed all the house in his service.
And turned 1t upside down.
He thrust, when l meekly objected.
A cllnched little fist IN my face;
I had no choice but surrender
And give him charge OF the place.
He needed no creatures pleasure;
But oft with conqueror's right,
He sang In the small hours of morning
And dined In the middle of night.
And oft, 10 nmuse his hlghness-
For naught We feared as hts frowns--
We bleated, and barked. and beloved,
And danced like circus clowns.
-Boystens Modern Vikings"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-05

To the Taxpayers OF the Village of
Bennington:
A Rate Bin has been placed in my
hands for collection MS follows:
30 cents on The dollar for the WI
iage Tax, 20 CENTS on The dollar for
the Highway Tax on the Grand List
OF 1913.
| hereby demand payment of said
taxes, and notify you that | will at.
tend a. the Bennington County Saw
ings Bank from o'clock a. IN. until
3 o'clock D. m.
There will be a discount OF 4 per
cent. on.Village tax If paid within 80
G. II. Dewey, Treasurer.
BenninP'fSNVt.. July Is, 1918.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-05
FISH-SKIN SHOES C0MING1
Quite Possible, Though It Must Be Adj.
mitted They Are Not Altogether
Desirable Footwear.

When things come to the worst
every day is going TO be like Friday
the atmosphere will be crowded with
the aroma of fish. There is a scarcity of
leather, MS everybody knows, and, thaf
being SO, tanners are making n liEi.
gent search for other substitutes, and
new sources of supply. Experts dc.
clare That the skins Of aquatic crea-
lures Offer practically undcveloped
resource, and 1t Is not unlikely that be-
fore long we shall be covering our ex.
tremitles with the skins of the man.
eating shark and the sacred goldfish
The reason such skins have not here.
tofore been utilized for leather is not
because they are not perfectly well
adapted for such use. but only because
the skins Of land animals have been
so plentiful. Disciples of Izaak Wal.
ton dispute the experts about the cur.
Ing of flshskins. They say once fish
always fish. If It comes to pass that
we adopt fish-skln shoes these fish
ermen offer some advice to the calloW
youth who goes counting. "Leave your
iish-slSin shoes on the front porch. like
the Hollanders and Japs, and conrt in
your stocking feet. Otherwise there
will be n chilly reception awaiting
you" Being married, they are talking
by the book.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-05

These are divided thus, local board
induction, 4,792; transferred from
First Vermont Infantry, 1000; credits
to May for enlistments. 1858: I'M
the navy 1000: officers, including
medical corps, 500
Divided by counties those who have
gone through the local boards up To-
July 81 are: A'''loa 900. Bennine1
ton $3.50, CaledcL ai5. Chittenden
GOS, Essex 121, Franklin 81, Lamoille
1871, Grand Isle 81, Orange 225. Or
leans 3OS, Rutland No. $50, No. Q
2SO, Washington SAC. Windham 800,
Windsor 519.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-05

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sloinno ~ " uouA pun 'auIIIaq 3oJJlsd
1ul 40 punos dulIqunl y ohuq nOk pauivuuI
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20 5uiuii sno3uw 9ul 10 uonipuo1 p3unU
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81 9i2uL ave sul 10 uonIod p0guasip QUA
pouoI louuna keu1 80 'euonuoIlddu tpooI "a
psIn9 % louuB9 sSsuJHod lUqIIUlBD
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-05
Universal Electricity.

The increasing use of electricity for
household as wen as business pur.
poses. has led to the prediction of uni
versal water. The cost will be re-
duced TO minimum and II will be as
unheard Of to charge even a stranger
for a nominal amount Of electricity as
to charge water tax TO the person
who asks for drink.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-05
Proof Posltlve.

Are you sure this chicken Is ten
der?' asked the customer in the mar
ket.
yes, think It Is. sir" replied the
marketmn.
And do you know that It is fresh
killedy"
"Oh, yes. sir"
"Are you surei"
"Positlvc." Ia In
e.. LIZ
Why are you so posltive?"
Because caught it in my war gar
den only yesterday"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-05
Spanish Sulphur DEPOSITS.

In the province Of MurcIa, Spain.
there are number Of sulphur depos-
its. One Of the most important OF
them is that OF la Suratu de Lorca,
near the town Of Lorca, the bed of
which extends over a length Of ten
kilometers and a width of one to two
kilometers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-05

70 the Taxpayers Of tho Town OF
Bennington:
A Rate Bill Of the Town Taxes of
1918 has been placed in my hands for
collection as follows: $l.O5 cents on
the dollar for the Town Tax, 20 cents
on the dollar for the Town Highway
Tax, 80 cents on the dollar for the
Town District School Tax.
| hereby demand payment OF said
taxes, and notify you that will at.
tend at the Bennington County Saw.
ings Bank from 8 o'clock n. m. until
3 o'clock p. m
There will be a discount OF per
cent on Town tax If paid within 80
days.
G. H. Dewey Treasurer
Bennington, w., July Is. 1918.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-05
Always Have DANGER SIGNAL.

From the beginning of railroads in
Great Britain n red necktie hns been
part of the uniform of trainmen and
station employees. The object was
that every railroad servant might have
hlways something at hand to impro-
wise into o danger signal when a red
flag was not available.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-05
Wealth and Happiness.

Many who seem to be struggling
with adversely are happy, whilst some
in the midst of riches are miserable /;
that is the case when the former bear
the pressure with constancy and the
latter employ their wealth thoughtless-
ly.-Tacitus.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-05
Standard Specific.

Some facetious persons want to
know what we polish the seat of our
pants with TO make them so bright
and shiny. It's no "get-sllck-qulclS"
preparation, but an intangible and
natural element known as tempt at
tritus.-Houston Post.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-05
to,s45 vERMoNTERs IN SERVICE
Local Boards Have Indicted 4,792-
Navy EnIistments 1000 Medical
Corps 500.

Montpelier, Aug. 1.-The credits
given the adiutant generals office by
the war department show that Yer
mont probably has made as good a
showing in the war game as any
State in the union, 1866 having gone
into the different branches of service.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-05
sPROS-TONE
aTHE UTAH SECRET"

Il oae cf those "once in-a-lilelne" discover
les that see N heaven sent TO waiting world az
stated periods the milrstones which mark the
worlds eniikhtened prosress. PROS TONE
Il the life monument Of achievement 20 the
crsdit Of q physician who prescribed the form
ula Tor diseases Of nervous origin and for
1idney and bladder troubles for thirty years in
private practice. He first used II 10 relieve
kidney and bladder diseases which affiicted the
engineers and other employees OF one OF our
great western railroads Of which he was.fhe
physician. Hisgreat success led TO it's extend
ed use Ter nervous disorders BY the patients Of
oi the Keeiy Institute Of Salt Lake, Utah
Results were 80 wonderfully benehcial, the
good doctor finally decided bis duty toward
mankind was 20 lay it's marvellous, and Pk-
cuLIARLY SPECIALIZED BENEFITS
before tie puhlic-to acQuaint weak, sui ering.
nervous debiatated men and women with what
PkOS-1 ONE would REALLY DO. He was
lBtusaced In his decision TO disclose his Rreat
secret OF renewed health and vitality by two
Kaost tn1uenlial members OF the medical ira
tkIhity who bad used the formula oil PROS
TON 4 IN their private practice and we're as.
tonnded by the wonderful results obtained.
2 Dne vas the Dean Of an eastern Medical College
and the other member OF the faculty OF ano'
fhef college. The result OF their combined ex.
peTience and judgement was the improved
formula under which PRoS-TONE Is now
made, .ss. .,s
dIngglst's--ln oruer that We may be able TO
aequaint you more fully as 10 what It WILL
REALLY ACCOMPLISH
We will mail you FREE on receipt OF 10
cents in stamps or coin and this coupon, enough
PkcS TONE for th ee days trial and full dir.
eetions We want all viciims OF NERVOUSNESS.
falling powers, kidney and bladder troubles, 10
know PRoS.T0NE. TO KNOW The Great
Utah Secret Of health and yitality-to reap its
multiiold benefits.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-05
loo Much to Ask.

"Would you advise a boy to study
the classics?"
ayes, II he has the time. But n
seems hard to expect him to take
his mind or what's going on right
now and 30 awny back to the fall Of
Troy."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-05
NIO.T59~G 2

To the Taxpayers Of the bennington
Graded School District:
A Rate Bill has been placed in my
hands ( collection as follows.
$k2O conts on the dollar on the
Grand List OF 1918.
hereby demand payment OF said
taxes, and notify you that | will at.
tend ut the Bennington County Saw.
ings Bank from o'clock a. m. until
o'clock p m
There will be discount of 4 per
cent on above tax II paid within 80
days
Q II. Dewey, Treasurer.
Bennington, VI, July 10, 1918.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-05
When Americans Were Heather.

Wheh americans were retainer.
The first foreign missionary society
was established at London July u,
l649, being a corporation under the
title of "The Society for the Propaga-
tion Of the Gospel in New England and
the Parts Adjacent IN North America"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-05
No Bond Of SYmnathY.

"That woman seemed to bore you"
Eyes, I'm bald-headed, as you see
All she could Talk about was the trou.
bic she has in washing her hair"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-05
somsthlno New IN nIvnrre casea.

something view IN divorce cases.
Mrs. Johnson-"Slstah Martha has
jest got a diyo'ce FUN her husband"
Mrs, Jackson-"You don't say. How
much ammonia did de cou't grant
her?"-Boston Transcript.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-05
/ CLAIRv OY A N t

II you are in doubt, worry or trou-
bic OF any kind, il your heart is set
on certain end in friendship, love,
marriage, divorce, or business, or il
you are not satisfied with life and
another shares that which rightly
belongs ito you, don't lose faith. lie
has brought happiness, health. and
fortune to thousands whose hopes
were crushed with trouble and misror.
tune, and will do as much for you.
Trouble and misfortune are no re-
spectors of persons: they gnaw at the
hearts or rich and poor alike. He
guarantees to succeed.
] will tell your, inmost soul. give
the names OF those who love you, who
are true and those who are false. !
locate missing persons, y give the
names OF your rivals, enemies and
friends. | find what causes your bad
luck and remove spells, hindranees.
stumbling blocks and hurts. | stop
evil habits and your enemies designs
Give you good luck, remove all evil in.
fiuences, reunite the separated, deye
lop mediums, locate the earth's buried
treasurers, settle old estates.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-05
Amona the Debu,antes

Jane-Bess Is just the right gill for
Jack.
Belle-Then there's not one chlnce
In u million Of his getting her.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-05
rREE collPoN

This coupon with 10 cents stamps or coin
20 pay postage and packing is good Tor FREE
TRIAL PROS-TONE. Only one toeach person
II you desire full sized bottle OF PROS TONE
you may enclose Sl.tO with this coupon and II
will be sent you postpaid. CROSS-WHYTE
go. LAD. ITO Broad St, New York
Write your name and address plainly and
pin thla coupon " your letter,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-09

Nomens and childrens underwear at prices wonder
full their reductions. This without compare
1T relief from the cry of everything going up
it will prove of direct benefit to thousands of
customers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-09

A merchandising movement for the benefit of the
public that will check rising prices, that admits
of no halfway measures that means full clear
away of a considerable portion of fine
Winter stocks Of mems and BOYS furnishings and
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-25
ZEMBO TEMPLE TO GIVE BIG
BALL FOR RED CROSS FUND
Entertainment to Precede Picturesque EDen This
ing in Chestnut Street Auditorium

The liveliest and most picturesque
entertainment of the whole patriotic
jubilee week in Harrisburg will be
furnished tonight by Zembo Temple,
Mystic Shriners, who will make
Chestnut street auditorium ring with
festivities such as have never been
witnessed here. The big idea, foster
ed by Mercer b. Tate and the Zembo
patriots, is to cheer up the COM
munity and MAKE everybody happy
even as the boys in the trenches are
happy at the chance to help keep
America free. And so this night will
be memorable for high jinks; the
whole-souled community singing,
military maneuvers and tripping the
light fantastic for the big evening is
to wind UP with a dance.
The parade will be we'll worth wit
Messing, and the weatherman prom
ises a typical spring evening,
though a trihe cool. Promptly at 7.15
the marching forces will start from
Chestnut street hall, led by sixteen
prominent members of the Liberty
Loan committee. Next comes sixteen
women Garbed as Red Cross nurses,
follows the renowned Zembo band of
fifty-flve pieces, the band which has
swept off one prize after another for
efficiency. The bulk of the parade
will consist of the Zembo Patrol,
identified in four battalions of thirty
two men each wearing uniforms of
the American, British, French and
Italian military service.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-25
HONOR FLAG FOR
CARLISLE WARD
Reaches Apportionment; Pre-
sentation to Be Made To-
morrow Evening

Carlisle, Pa. April 25.-The Third
ward of Carlisle reached over its
100000 apportionment late yesterday
and will be awarded an Honor Flag.
In addition, several other districts
expect to reach their quotas. Plans
are being made to make formal pre-
sentation at the Liberty Day eXer-
cfses on Friday evening.
There have been some changes in
the plans for that occasion and the
parade, which will move at 6
o'clock, will be composed entirely of
women, with the exception of the
members of the Carlisle and Indian
Bands, Home Defense Police and rep
resentatives of organizations and
churches in the service flag division.
In line of March will be members
of the Indian School, Carlisle and
Indian Bands. Home Defense Police
and Representatives of organizations
and churches in the service flag divi-
sion.
In line of March will be members
of the Indian School, Carlisle and
Junior Red Cross, Navy League,
Womens Loan Committee, Commit
tee. on National Defense and in a
place of honor the mothers and wives
of men in service, each to carry the
service flag of the home.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-25
japanese Follow Up
Pennsylvania Work

Acting Commissioner Lew r. Pal
mer, of the Department of Labor
and Industry. has received a COM
munication from H. Yamagata. of the
Bureau of Commerce, Department of
Agriculture and Commerce of Japan,
expressing keen interest in the in
dustrial safety work conducted by the
Department of Labor and Industry in
Pennsylvania. The letter, written in
English by Fl. Yamagata and mailed
at Tokyo March 27, is as follows:
Dear Sir:
Your letter of January II. kindly
accepting my wishes, arrived to me
safely. With many thanks l re-
ceived the separate covers enclosing
the remarkable activities during the
most recent year-fatality table. re-
cent issues of your monthly and an
nual reports, timely hints for the pre-
vention of accidents and disease-all
of which are just what 1 wanted and
proved me so much useful.
'I am very glad to find your re-
ports showing remarkable progress
in many ways in spite of the war.
II should be very happy IL you can
register my name and send me your
annual reports and important issues
published from time to time.
Thanking you again and wishing
good health for Hon. Commissioner
Jackson, 1 remain,
Yours very truly,
(Signed) III. YAMAGATA."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-25

Zembo had a complete rehearsal last
night at its degree comforting session.
After Senat-r e. IL. Beidleman had
unveiled a service flag with 60 stars
on 1t; after the announcement had
been made that Zembo has bought
in all $4,000 worth of Liberty Bonds
and after Ira Kinder, leaving for
Army service, was presented with a
wrist watch, the patrols got into ac-
ton under Commander Hoy, and
drilled until their performance to-
night should be perfection.
The ladies' committee in charge
of the affair, consisting of Mrs. c. W.
BURNETT, Mrs. S. +. Dunkle, Mrs w.
p. Starkey, Mrs. A. II. Bailey, Miss
Anna Hershey, Mrs G. w. Ensign,
Mrs. Charles A. Alden, will sell ice
cream cones during the evening, the
ice cream having been donated.
The entire proceeds will be given
to the Harrisburg Chapter of the
Red Cross, Zembo Temple defraying
all expenses.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-25

old and unframed. but we would like
the chance to go, Just the same.
Some say that the Government will
take us over to see our graves when
the war is ended, but I doubt that.
You see, there would be such a vast
crowd of broken-hearted mothers,
for 1 fear that many. many lads will
go to France but few return again.
When l see them in the streets in
their khaki uniforms, Oh, 1 love them
so! 1 feel like taking them in my
arms and hugging every one. 1 am
only one mother. So many others
are suffering. too. IL did not think
of that sometimes 1 would go mad,
but my faith has never wavered.
When 1 read of a German victory
can smile because 1 know it is but
for a little while. 1 want to see
Harrisburg go over the top in this
drive because the victory is coming"
Another. service flag, with it's star
faded and weather worn, hangs over
the door of an humble home in North
street, from which Sylvester Sulli-
van, a youth of "a. sailed away with
the Rainbow Division last autumn
and passed into the Great Unknown
on st. Patrick's Day in the perform
ance of his duty. His white-haired
mothers lips trembled when she
spoke of this son, one of eight. for
whose return she had been planning.
Last Saturday was his birthday.
See what I got for him. 1 thought
he would like it," she said. pointing
to a little table by the window.
From rounded base arose four
small silk flags, English, French,
American and the flag of service.
Liberty Bonds? Do we know
what they mean? Do we? Even my
youngest boy, who works in a print
cry, is buying 5000 onei My other
lads have them; my son-in-law has
bought for the children. If 1 can,
want to get one myself after a
while.
MY soldier son, my Sylvester,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-25

wanted to go. Yes, I am proud of
him. 1t is wonderful thing to die
that others may live. 1t Is for them
we are fighting (with a wave of her
hand toward her 6-year-old grand
child), for can we see the children
hurt? Can we see those awful Ger
mans come down this street and
murder our babies like they do over
there? oh. If 1 could so, If 1 could
go, I'd like to have a chance at the
Kaiser myself. 1 would wait and
watch a month gladly for the mo-
ment to come. I have not been able
to sleep at night since they killed
my boy. ON, L would show them!
But they will get that beast yet and
when they do it will be from above,
through the air. When it happens.
1 shall get down on my knees for
an hour!
His Christmas Box
The Christmas box packed and
shipped with such loving care never
reached young Sullivan, but his
mother has sent word that it's con-
tents be divided among his comrades
and it's engraved brass plate with
name and address be used to mark
his last resting place. The ironical
pathos OF IT.
These are but two of the multi
tudinous human reasons why Har-
risburg and all the nation are being
asked to buy Liberty Bonds.
Asked" did 1 say? Should not
privileged" be the better word?
America is in this fight to the fin
ish and God helping her, she can
do no other"