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The Benson signal., 1918-04-06
LOCAL. ITEMS

Forest Mckinney, a prominent
business man of Dening, n. NJ,
accompanied by Mrs Mckinley,
were i'm town Wednesday
Scott White, ex-sheriff of Co.
chise county and pioneer Arlz2nan,
has been appointed receiver of the
United States Land office at Phoe-
nix, in place of the late John J
Birdno.
Mr.. and Mrs. Colvin returned
home Wednesday after six weeks
visit at their old home near Doug
las with friends and relatives.
They report an enjoyable trip but
are glad to get back to Benson.
A. w. Bard, proprietor OF the
Benson barber shop has returned
to work. after a spell of sickness
lasting about two months. His
friends are glad to see him back at
the post of duty.
Today is the first anniversary OF
the day upon which war was de-
clared by the United States against
the German government. Cele-
brate by subscribing for the Liberty
Loan.
A Mexican cowboy came to
town and over stayed Iris time.
He wrote a note back to the ranch
foreman saying my absence is
impossible. Some one has remov-
ed mr. wife My God! [ am an
moved. .-Arizona Catt1eman.
W. A. Fiege, who is buying
cattle for Sullivan & Reilly of Idaho
went to Phoenix Saturday, but will
return to Tucson ina few days.
He has just bought about all the
steers around Winkleman and
Hayden. Arizona Cattleman.
The freight movement through
Benson is very heavy at present.
There is a regular jam of cars con-
stant1y filling the tracks of the
railroad yards and all available
sidings. Both the main and branch
lines are hauling a greatly increased
tonnage.
For SALE-F1rst class seed po-
tatoes Idaho Russell variety guar
anteed free from disease. Raised in
San Simon Valley price per sack
4 cents per pound-write for price
on large quantities.
Peter Jensen,
San Simon Ariz.
During February with 23 busi-
ness days, $13,878,811 were loan
ed to farmers by the Federal land
banks, according to a statement OF
the Farm Loan Board. This is
So, ,O91 ,294 more than the January
total.
On March l the, total amount of
mortgage loans placed since the es-
tablishment of the Federal land
banks is $64, 532 ,343, covering %,
495 loans.
For SALE-1ease on school 1auds
near Benson. Lease runs to 1921
apply to Mrs. M. B. Shilliam
Lowell Arizona.
First Presbyterian Church
Sunday School at 10 o'clock.
Morning worship at II o'clock.
Subject THE Buried Life
Hymns 80 s, 118, $50.
First class boot and shoe repair
ing promptly done at Benson Sad
die and Harness Shop. Moderate
prices
Evening Worship at 7. 80
Subject The church and the
Liberty Loan.
Hymns 348, $40, 129, q.
Dependency Due to Constipation
Women often become nervous
n.,d dno1nn+,dn1nt Nhe1, tIiS ic die
The Benson signal., 1918-04-06
Dependency Due to Constipation

Women often become nervous
and respondent. When this is due
to constipation it is easily corrected
by taking an occasional dose of
Chamberlain Tablets. These tab
lets are easy to take and pleasant
in effect.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-06
BASIS FOR LOANS
To FARM OWNERS
Federal Board Issues Rules for
the Guidance of Land
Banks.
MANY MECHANICS ARE NEEDED

Ten Thousand Skilled Men Wanted for
Service in the Aviation Section of
the Signal Corps-New Kind Of
Bullets.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-06

All cheese now in storage must be
marketed before June Is, unless spe-
cial permission to hold is given by the
food administration.
The Press., 1918-05-16
ALL HAVE THEIR UNDER DOGS
Good Reasons Why Peoples sympa- thies Are With the Fellow Who
 Is Temporarily Down.

Cur sympathies naturally travel the line of likes-that is, the things we feel in ourselves, we feel in others. We ap- plaud the under-dog, because we so often have been the under-dOg. We like to lift the other fellow up when he is down, because we also have been down. Sympathy starts at home-or else it isn't sympathy.
 Your periodic moods of failure and disappointment are your under-dogs.
 So, instead of walking past these under-dogs of yours and casting no sympathy their way, pause to give them your heart and your hope, and soon the picture and fact will be your over-dogs-y0ur victories and your genuine achievements.
 Nc under-dogs can possibly appeal in importance to the underdOgs of your daily experience.
 Perhaps you will applaud alone the under-dogs of your personal glooms and shadows, but what of it? As Low ell says: "Daily, with souls that cringe and plot, we Sinais climb and know it not" What difference, what odds, so long as over your manhood bend the skies?"
 Courageously cheer the under-dogs of your experiences and stay proudly by them until their fight becomes fac tor of your kingship.-GeOrge Matthew Adams, in Good Housekeeping.
The Press., 1918-05-16
Russia and the United States.

The old autocratic government of Russia was always particularly friend ly to the United States. During the Revolutionary war Russia offered to mediate for peace and her offer was accepted by the United States but de- clined by Great Britain. Russia was one of the first governments to recog- niZe the independence of the United States and continued to show her good will by making treaties of amity and commerce with the United States. Sev- eral of our early presidents in their messages referred to "the continued friendship of Russia" Tn 1923, Rus sia proposed a friendly adjustment through diplomatic channels of the boundary line between American and Russian possessions in the Northwest and President Monroe authorized the United States minister to Russia to at- tend to the matter. In doing so he said: "The government of the United States has been desirOus by this friend ly proceeding to manifest the great value which they have invariably at- tached to the friendship of Russia and their selicitude to cultivate the best understanding with that government"
The Press., 1918-05-16
BECOMES lRksOME AT TIMES
No Matter What the Nature ef one's Occupation, Its Routine lVVlll Oc-
 casionalIy Weary.

Are there times when your work be- comes lntolerably irksome? Yes2 We'll, don't jump at the conclusion that you are in the wrong place when this hap pens once in awhile. That will be true whatever work you choose. No matter how we'll adapted you are to your occu- patton, there will come times when your thoughts will wander, and the routine will weary you, and you will feel that any other work would be preferable to that which you have chosen. One of the best-known woman writers of the last generation wrote an impassioned warning to literary as- pirants, telling them to do any work, even scrubbing floors, in preference to taking up a literary career. Undoubt- edly she wrote at a time when her chosen work seemed unspeakably irk- some, but if she had been cornered, she would probably have acknowledged that the profession of authorship has considerable to commend it when com pared with scrubbing floors.
 This occasional impatience with our vocation ia inevitable. No matter how congenial it fs, there are times when 1t will seem a burden. The people who change their occupation every time 1t begins to bore them, are the tramps of the business world.
The Press., 1918-05-16
STAINED BY X-RAYS
Experiments Have Shown These Pro- duce the Same Effect as the
 Light of the Sun.

It is well known that glass exposed for long to sunlight acquires a violet tint. In very old houses the windows facing south are often distinctly yiO- let. Experiments recently made in the laboratories of the General Electric company at Schenectady with Xrays prove that these can he used to dye glass in many colors, principally an anne thystine violet and an amber vel low, but also green and bright yellow.
 These cOlors, according to Mir. RO- senthal, who conducted the expert ments, are due to notifications of the physical. structure of the glass and not to chemical alterations. The color can be made to penetrate to any desired depth, from a mere surface tint to complete cOlOratiOn of the entire sub stance. And the same method can he applied to tinting porcelain, enamel and precious stones.
 An interesting and important fact about this glass that has been cOlOred by long exposure to X-rays Is that it becomes imperviOus to the radiatiOns that have transformed it. Thus it can be used as a protection against the glare of the sun or the snow and against the X-rays themselves.
The Press., 1918-05-16
" tgls ga \ -F|".- N v :. Aa to Remarkable Longevity.

We have a1l read of Thomas Parr, who lived to be one hundred and tifty- two. Likewise of the countess of Des- mOnd, one hundred and forty-five ; Margaret Patten, one hundred and ,thirty-seven Thomas Damme, one hundred and Sixty-fOur; John ROvin, one hundred and seventy-two; and Pe- ter Torton, who reached the age of one hundred and eighty-fYe. But these cases of extraordinary longevity lack proof.
 In the days when those persons lived no accurate chronological records were kept, and dates of occurrences were usually fixed by assOciating them in memory with other events believed to have happened about the same time. A mans identity was liable to be con- fused with that of grandfather of the same name.
 Nowadays nobody lives to any such ages. Why imagine that the extreme limits of longevity have shrunk within the last two or three centuries2
The Press., 1918-05-16
TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
 OF HOLLAND COUNTY:

hereby apply for a transfer of John E. Moore's Druggists License to use spIrituous and intoxicating liquors in com pounding prescriptions, and to sell such liquors upon prescriptions of any prac- Using physician, at No. 2i Main street, town of Stafford. l agree not to sell spir. ituous and intoxicating liquors to be drunk on the premises l agree not to sell spirltuous and intoxicating liquors except upon prescription of a practising physician that 1t shall be revocable for misrepresentatien if l do not fulfil the foregoing agreements. And l, on oath, do state that the business there to be car. ried on is one in which am engaged as employee of the proprietor, and that am licensed Pharmacist.
 Dated at stafford, May 4th, 1918.
 ARTHUR c. VINCENT, Applicant.
 We, the undersigned, are electors and taxpayers, owning real estate, Of the town of Stafford, and hereby sign and endorse the foregoing application of Arthur c. Vincent for a license, and hereby certify that said applicant is a suitable person to he licensed pursuant to said application.
 Dated at Stafford, May 4th. 1918.
 Antoni Jacobsen, Andrew Jacobsen David Bissett, R S. Converse.
 Harry A. Kuehl.
 hereby certify that the above named signers and endorsers are electors and taxpayers, owning real estate, of the town of Stafford.
 Dated at Stafford, May 9th, 1918.
 ! CARL CONVERSE, Town Clerk.
The Press., 1918-05-16
Love in FIshdom.

This is no fish" story as the term is usually referred to, but 1t Is a story about fish. Jim Foster, student of fish affairs. vOuches for it's authenticity.
 Jim has collection of big live fish in small aquarium in a downtown restaurant and for 12 hours every night he watches them perform.
 "The fish are very affectionate," de- clared the fish student, "They are gOOd-tempered and kind toward one an. other. See those two largest fish They are 'married,' guess, or else in love with each other. They always kiss each other good night and nibble affectionately at each others mouths. The female of the two never puts her cold fins on the male ones back. And in the morning-say, It's amusing to watch them yawn and stretch them selves. Free Press.
The Press., 1918-05-16
How Mould xnr rLa + c.nn.la

Because of its peculiar swaying mo- tion in walking the. camel has been called the "ship of the desert." This title may also have some reference to the extreme stupidity and passivity of the animal, which submits to great loads; which 1t will often carry for days at time without stopping for food or drink, with no more urging than 9 ship would require from the hands of its pilot, says the Popular Science Monthly. The manner in which the drivers hobble the cameIs when they stop for a rest is interesting. They do not depend upon stakes driven in the deep yielding sand, but simply double back and t.e one of the fore legs of the animal, so that it can lie down or rise up, but cannot move from the spot.
The Press., 1918-05-16
Grass on Volcanic Soil.

The island of Ascension which was described by Sir Joseph Hooker, as a 'scOrched mass of volcanic matter, in part resembling bottle-glass and in part coke and cfnders," has recently undergone q sudden transformation, owing to the appearance of a luxuri- ant mantle of grass. According to 8 Kew Bulletin the grass is Enneapogon mollis; it has never been reported from the island before, hut is n native of tropical Africa. Whether the seeds were borne to the island by the birds of the wind is uncertain, but their sud. den germination appears to have been due to the occurrence Of copious show. ers--a rare event in Ascension Scien. tiflc American.
The Press., 1918-05-16
EXPLAINS LAUGH OF BABIES
With Mysterious Sense of Humor.

The human love of nonsense Is a di- vine mystery. We have often heard pessimiSts declare that we come into the world weeping. It Is truer, 1 think, to say that we come into it laughing. For laughter in a baby seems to be its first conscious apprehension of some thing outside it's small needs and pains. It may cry merely because a pin is sticking into it, but 1t laughs because already it sees something that makes 1t laugh, 1t knows not why, something that catches the eye or ear and seems irresstibly funny to it.
 There is nothing more mysterious than a baby'S sense of humor. 1t fre- quently loses 1t as 1t grows up, together with the other trailing clouds of glory, but most babies are born with 1t. To satisfy 1t nursery rhymes were invent ed, and to satisfy the same instinct in grown people "The Hunting of the Shark" that incompatible classic, came into being, and Caverly and Gil- bert and Lear stood on their heads, so to speak, and performed such verbal antics before high heaven as must have made the very angels laugh.
 When the Owl and the Pussy Cat, having dined on mice and slices of Quince, 'hand in hand, on the edge of the sand" dance by the light of the moon," there is something which, as Stevenson was fond of saying, delights the great heart of man. But, of course. with these modern artists of nonsense there is usually deliberate attempt at the grOtesQue and the absurd. We know why we are laughing, but with the old-fashioned rhymes of which am chiefly thinking, we laugh-Or, for that matter, cry, perhaps-without having any reason to give.-Richard Le Galli- enne, in Harper's Magazine.
The Press., 1918-05-16
Companionship.

In regard to hranan cOmpanionshipS, there are two words to say We need the communion of men, but there are times when it is best for us to be alone. Joy cries out to be shared {; but sometimes between ourselves and full appreciation alike of beauty and of fellowship lies the need of being alone. The mood of solitude, then, is in order to the enjoyment of compan- ionship. It prepares our hearers for genial hours of shared delight. Per haps the rarest and most precious ex- perience is that in which friends or lovers understand each other so com pletely that they can share thRS need full mood of solitude with an unspoLen @Rmn8 inv
The Press., 1918-05-16
Raptd psnmen,s Records.

The average person has no idea how much muscular effort is expended ip writing letter. X rapid penman can write 30 words in minute. To do this he must draw his pen through the space of 161A feet In 10 minutes his pen travels a rtmlong. and tn five hours a third of. a miIe. In writing an average word the penman makes in. the neigh horhood or 1G curves of the pen. Thus In writing 90 words to the minute his pen would make 4SO curves, assoc curves in an -four, and SG.40Q,900 in n year of geo days of ten hours each. The man who succeeded in making l. 0OO.OOO marks with a pen in n month was not at all remarkable. Many men make 100000 while writing.
The Press., 1918-05-16
Win the War with Potatoes.

The enemy is out-eating us in potatoes-nut- -potatoing us. Here are the figures-per capital weekly con- sumption: United States, ?. quarts, Austria Hungary, quarts. Germany, 16 quarts. We must eat more potatoes, and that right soon, or much of our record crop of last year will be wasted. Potatoes are plentiful and getting cheaper. Eat them instead of bread. Fight the enemy with potatoes In France fifty per cent. of the total energy of the people IS said to go into military effort. Hardships. hunger, sorrow-all suffering is excused with the explanation, ''It is the war. '' This is the kind of spirit needed in every American home.
The Press., 1918-05-16
Edihle Precions Stone

There is only one edihle precious stone-salt And this is the most pre- cious mineral aii fhe entire earth. If we were obliged to choose between 1t and all the otlierS. ue should throw back into the darkness esf inmost eaifh the diamondS and alls v;lgieties@ Of the retaining only the salt. Without salt there isfno life. Salt is the bloom on the checks of fair wom- en, and the strength in the muscles of men,. Without salt there is no love i: no struggle. .Sall is as indispensable as the sun rays. If salt were to disap- pear from .thc earth maallinde would die of snlt. hlhager.- Exchange.
The Press., 1918-05-16
poina Your Best Wins.


 A good many men who have less ac- tual knowledge and ability than their associates make more rapid strides toward fame and fortune sitnplys be cause they are hound to get along and make. something of themselves! Don't look at man who has been very sue cessful and then console yourself with the thought that his opportunities have been vastly greater than yours. They may have been. and they may not have been. II S.>of course. true that oppor; tunity Is not always equally appor. toned amohtssn men. but lacE of success Is more often dur To lack of effort, or to a feeling ofecdntcntmcnt with small aceompllshment84,1 man who puts the best there is, illahim into his busl- ness need never worry, about the little ills that come rolling in around the first of each month.
The Press., 1918-05-16

An appeal has been sent by the Connecticut War Savings Committee to every town and city in this state asking that holders of Liberty Bonds invest their interest coupons. which fall due May 5. in war savings and thrift stamps, theFc by allowing the government to retain the interest as we'll as the principal of their aocumu- lated savings. It is estimated that the amount of interest to be paid on Liberty Bonds on May 18th in Con- neotiout will be in excess of $1O0, GOO, and it is hoped that the patriotic owners of the bonds will at once turn over this money again to the govern ment in it's hour of need.
The Press., 1918-05-16
SHERIFF'S SALE.

By virtue Of m execution issued by William II. Heald, Judge of the Borough (ouTt Of Staf- ford Springs, dated May 6. 1918. directing me to County, Conn, to satisfy a judgment rendered by said court in favor Of Anton Hak against said Charles Woodhame, which judgment ia dated May s, 1918, l will sell. at public auction at the Daleyille stOre 30 called, in the town Of Willlngton, on the 23d day Of May, 1918, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon the following property to wit: The stock of groceries, including hour; tea, coffee, sugar, crackers, cookies, canned goods, confectionery, tobacco, soap, cigars, lamp chimneys, located in said Daleville store.
 VIM Q. ELDREDGE, Deputy sherin.
 Dated at Wilmington, May Q, 1918. 9w0
The Press., 1918-05-16

agricultural college, who is acting a' purchasing agent for the department, will make another trip to Kansas City during the coming week for the pur pose of purchasing several more cal loads of cattle. The live stock depart ment now has orders for more cattle than were brought in the first ship ment. Samuel Russell, Jr. of Middle town, chairman of the committee, states that anyone wishing to purohas' cattle should place their order witf him as early as possible in order that it may be included with this ship meut.
The Press., 1918-05-16

The efforts of the live stock depart
 ment of the Committee of Food Supply, Connecticut State Council of Defense, to bring live stock into the state for sale among the farmers has met with such a ready response that Professor Harry L. Garigus of the Connecticut
The Press., 1918-05-16
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The Press., 1918-05-16
Liniment.

"What makes you take teaspoonful of that hard liquor and rub it on your ankleF' "Well," replied Uncle Bill Bottletop, q have quite some rheuma- tism: and before could get this liquor I had to promise 1t was for medicinal purposes"
The Press., 1918-05-16
MARCUS B. FISK, Clerk.
ATa Q Court of Probate holden at Tol.

A T Court or Probate holden at Tol- "A land, within and for the district Of Tol- land, on the 18th day Of May, A. D. I9S.
 Present, EDWIN $. AGARD, Judge.
 On motion of Edgar <. Edgerton, administra- tor, with the will annexed, on the testate estate Of Austin LathrOp FdRerton, late Of Holland, within said district, deceased
 This Court doth decree that six months from above date be allowed and limited for the oredi- tors of said estate to exhibit their claims against the same tO the administrator, and directs that public notice be given Of this order by advertise Ing the same once in some newspaper having n circulation in said district and by posting copy on the public sign-p0st in said town Of TOl- land. nearest the place where the deceased last dwelt. Certified from Record,
 EDWIN S AgARn Judge
The Press., 1918-05-16
Early IntoxIeatlno LIouors.

Pliny says: "The natives who inc habit the west of Europe have liquid with which they intoxicate themselves, made from corn and water. The man. her of making this liquid differs. In Gaul and Spain and other countries 1t is called by different names, but It's nature and properties are everywhere the same.
 ''The people of Spain in particular brew this liquid so we'll that 1t will keep 8 long time. So exquisite Is the cunning of mankind in gratifying their vicious appetites that they have thus invented method to make water itself produce Intoxication."
The Press., 1918-05-16

M ANTED-Second-h and broken w down Bicycles and parts. sS
 BURT s. CHAFFEE, stafford Springs, H, D, l.
The Press., 1918-05-16

HOUSEHOLD Furniture wanted and
 ! sold at the shoe repairing shop Of F, CARO- CARL, Man street. tgI
The Press., 1918-05-16

A new and varied as- sOrtment of Ladies' and Misses Tailored and Trimmed Hats. Not only the best styles, but the best values and prompt service.
The Press., 1918-05-16

A T @ Court of Probate holden at Staf- A ford within and for the District of stafford, on the 9ih day Of May. A. D, 1918.
 Present, ROBERT IT, FISK. Judge q On motion of David B Needham, executor on the testate estate or Sarah r. Belcher, ate Of Stafford, within said district, deceased
 This court doth decree that six months be al. lowed and limited for the creditors Of said estate to exhibit their claims against the same to the eXecutor, and directs that the public notice be given of this order by advertising the same once In some newspaper having a circulation In said District, and by posting copy on tho public sign post in said tow n Of Stafford, near est the place where the deceased last dwelt.
 Certified from Record
 MARCIIS R. FISK Clerk.
The Press., 1918-05-16

IT NJ. SWARTFIGUER, Eyesight lls Specialist Rockville. Office hours to i2 -l to D. sundays by appointment. Car fare paid one way. altf