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The Press., 1919-11-20
A GREAT REORGANIZATION SAL
Beginning Saturday. November 22, and Continuing One
The Press, Nov. 13, 1919. DAVID ROBERTSON TO RE- TIRE FROM BUSINESS. STAFFORD SPRINGS IS TO LOSE ONE OF ITS MOST PROGRESS
 STVE MERCHANTS

David Robertson, proprietor of the D. Robertson & Company department store has sold out his business to John M. Lee of Norwich, the new owner to take possession on Saturday.
 The new owner of the business, John M Lee of Norwich, will be cordi- ally welcomed by the business inter ests of the community. MT. Lee has had many years experience in the dry goods business with the Porteous & Mitchell Company of Norwich, having received his mercantile training under the tutelage of the founders of that enterprising house, and is at the pres ent time director in that corporation. The business will be conducted under the firm name of Lee & Buckley and will be under the management of John D. Lee of Norwich and James T. Buck ley of Waterbury, two energetic young men, who will endeavor to uphold the splendid record of success that has marked the progress of the business under the direction of MT. Robertson, and by fair dealing and progressive methods, they hope to deserve the good will and patronage of the trading pub lie in the territory which the store will serve.
The Press., 1919-11-20
DISTRICT OF HOLLAND ss

RESTRICT OF TOLLAND, ss. Pro- AI bate Court. Nov IA, 1919.
 Estate of Alva D. White, late of olland, in said district, deceased.
 The administrator having exhibited his ad m1n1stratton account with said estate 10 this urt for allowance. 1t is
 Ordered-That the 24th day of November A. D. 1919, at o'clock in the afternoon, at the Pro- bate Office in Holland, be and the same is as- signed for hearing on the allowance of said administration account, and this court directs the administrator to cite all persons interes, ed therein 10 appear at said time and place, by publishing this order once in some newspaper having circulation in said district, and by posting copy on the public sign-post In the town of Holland, where the deceased last dWelt, at least days before said time assigned. Certified from record.
 EDWIN AQARn Indno
The Press., 1919-11-20

DICK your own locality for a home Il Main-st., Center-st Furnace-aye-, Grant ave, Rast-Main-st- Good property on almost every street in town Cheap and reasonable terms. In stafford Hollow several houses near mill. Firsr-class farms one mile In any dfrec- tion, stocked or vacant. Write or phone PAT RICK J. MURRAY 6 SON, Tel ss-2.
The Press., 1919-11-20

A OR SALE-Two horses, one weighing 115O, good worker and drver. rubber trim harness and buggy, also good saddle pony and Saddle Will sell cheap if taken at once. Call at II East-st., stafford Sprln@s.
The Press., 1919-11-20

IN your Quilts, Carpets, Rugs or anything thai is washable, done at the stafford springs laundry. 32tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-05
THINK HIGHLY OF LANTERNS
Chinese Make Them In Many Attrac-
tive Forms, and Pay Sig Priees
for Them.

The shops of the lantern vendors In
the Chinese cities are usually very
gay and attractive. All varieties OF
lanterns are TO he seon--the large
silken ones 3 and feet high, gor-
geously painted with variegated colors,
embroidered in gold and silver or dec.
grated with deep fringe of the same
material, and common small horn and
paper ianterns used by the coolies, ac-
cording TO the Philadelphia Inquirer
The mode OF making horn lanterns Is
very ingenious; the horns are cut in
to remarkably thin slices which, by
means of heat and pressure, are
Joined together and formed into vari-
Gus shapeS-round, square. heXagon,
octagon and some shaped 10 resemble
an hour glass.
1t Is usual for servants after sun
SET to carry before their masters large
lanterns made either of horn or high
" vanished paper with the name,
title and dignities painted in large let
tiers thereon.
At the Feast of Lanterns. which
takes place in the early part of the
Chinese New Year, these lantern shop
proprletors reap a rich harvest, as 1t
Is customary for parents to make
presents of lanterns to their children,
brother to sister, friend to friend, In
fcrior to superior, and vice versa.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-05
S EE II E r E!
Do You Want Your Kidneys Expert
mented on?

Kidney troubles are getting more
common ever day. Government health
bureau figures t5ay deaths from this
cause are IL per cent more than 20
years ago.
Anybody who suffers constant back
ache, who feels blue, nervous and ir-
ritable; who has dizzy spells, head
ache and urinary disorders should
suspect kidney weakness. Over
worked kidneys must have a rest.
Take things easier, live more carful-
ly Take a good kidney remedy to
build the kidneys up again.
But be sure to get Doan'5 Kidney
Pills-the Oldest the most widely
used, the best recommended of all
kidney pills, now in uie all over the
civilized world. Thousands have al
ready tested Doans. You have their
experience to go by. Plenty of cases
right here in Bennington. Here's
one:
A. H. Bishop, prop, bakery los
River ST., says: 81 suffered from
backache, especially when bent
ever. Sharp, shooting pains often
went through the small OF my back
When | read of Doan's Kidney Pilf
/ used some and they soon brought
relie'.
Price COO, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-gel
Doans Kidn9y pl's-tha same thai
Mr.. Bishop had. Foster-Milburn Co.
Mfgrs., Buffalo, n. Y.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-05
OLD BELIEFS STILL SURVIVE
Queer Marriage Customs and superstl-
lions Extant In Many Parts of
the Old World.

II is an old belief that marriage
should take place when the moon is
waxing and not waning. If IT is to be
lucky match, and In many north
country districts strict inquiry is
made rs to The STATE Of the roon be-
fore the welding day Is fixed, accord
ing to writer in london Answers. In
The north. too. no wiS' bride will ask
M odd number of guests 10 her we'd
ding feast. for an old superstition has
II that If this he done one OF the
guests will die before the year Is out.
In the highlands It is taken as n
terribly unlucsy sign If dog should
run between the bridal pair on their
wedding Gar; while in Derbyshire
prospective brides still tell the bees
Of their wedding and decorate the
hives for the occasion. In parts of
England and Scotland there exists an
ancient custom for which reason is
nard to find. by which part of the we'd
'.ing cake is broken over the head of
the bride and the guests scramble for
pieces
None of these marriage manners,
however, compare with the Chinese
custom which causes bacon and sugar
to be hung on the sedan chair of a
Chinese bride. in order TO keep the de-
mons from moeslng her on her we'd
ding journey. The Chinese bride-to-be,
too, has to stand In round, shallow
basket while she dresses for the we'd
ding, in order to make her Of good
temper and amiable disposition.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-05
Bennington

of Currnra marble for the hand "f
sculptor and architect, and even I"
make possible that ornament beloved
OF our grandInothers. the marbe-top
ped table.
For Carrara's laborers, saving and
hammering necessarily, there comes
none of the artists joy OF working
wish n perfect medium. In their tread-
mill of hard labor the slabs Of slis,en-
ing stone long ago became as duh and
uninsplring as so much iron or coal.
Blocks of perfect marble are dragged
about recklessly and laden on wagons
behind long strings of weary oxen.
Carrara exists for the last day OF
the week Then, clutchlng It's earn.
ings SO hardly won, 1t hastens TO the
towns gathering places and for few
Intoxicating hours throws off the grip
OF the quarrles.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-05
TAKE NO JOY IN PRODUCTION
Workers in Quarres From Which Fa-
nous carrara Marble Is Taken
Lead Dull Lives.

Carrara marble is associated with
the silent beauty of great cathedrals
and monuments. There is none of
that dignity about the place of its
origin. The little Italian town of Car
rara. huddled beside the mountain
quarries for which It exists. is a
place of confusion and clamor, of men
and beasts laboring to supply the
world with commodity.
The Pyrenees mountains have been
supplying this marble for centuries.
The quarry workmen have for yenrs
tolled, as their ancestors before them
tolled, to keep M the steady outflow
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-05

okay's Drug Store.
7 Center by j. IL.
'ownal; by Thomp-
y Peltier & Son III
North Bennington
White Creek and
k, have him secure
l.. Thompson Sons
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-05
LAD wAL Ross COUNTRY
Ends rransSytakcn tal jog in Lo.
AngeIS(5Ssh rs Cents in
l4&SsSP ocket.

Los AngelHS Tfl.-With only %
cent piece s4tMs pocket, Nicholas
Cascarino, sIssSf;S arrived in Los An.
geles the dH&N3evening from New
York. He MNKf& the entire distance
having start4HERHt his destination In
November ofN@sfyear. The lad was
footsore andtHp%n from the strain OF
many monthly s5gskel.
"EverybodFsih2New York is talking
about Los Aiseiss," he declared. land
l sure am glaaIaame here"
Nicholas hid Yxpected to find his
only relative.iin The world here. He
believed his nnci$ to be living in Los
Angeles, butTuppn arriving learned
that his relative had moved from the
city over four years ago.
The boy encdnntered many hard
ships en- route, ! In Indiana he was
caught in vfndstorm which left him
with weakened eyes. In the noun.
tans he walked for days through a
long snowshad AT Sparks, Ney., he
almost died Of thirst, ana his little dog
did die. ~ 40
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-05
BENNING ION BRIEFS
News Of the Towr SD Village Toll
Briefly for rosy Reader

Miss Kathryn Healy is visiting in
Brockville, Ont.
Dance at the Young Woman
club Thursday evening. Adv.
The office OF Dewitt E. Lewis will
be open daily while DR.. Lewis is on
his vacation. Adv.
Don't fail to see "Brcncho Biz in
Red Blood and Yellow at Harte
theatre Thursday. ADV.
The return OF "Droncho Billy" to the
screen in Red Blood and Vel ow" at
liarte theatre Thursday.-Adv.
Mr.and Mrs. James Proudlove have
moved from the Wa bridge house on
Imperial avenue to tenement on
Main street.
A special meeting OF the Carpen.
tiers Union VIII be neld in their
rooms N The Hawks b oek. Thursday
evening at o'clock.
Miss Sara O'Conncr is enjoying an
outing of two weeks at Lake George
with DR. and Mrs. Frank Greenan
and daughter, Mary Frances, OF Sche
nectady.
Mrs. Thomas Heran who has been
visiting in Brainard, ~ Y. passed the
week end with the Misses Grennan
of Spring street. EN- route to her
home in Rutland.
Earl Petty, son OF Mr.. and Mrs
Arthur Petty OF Scott. street, is
spending a portion of the summer va
cation with his Grandmother Mrs
Richard Petty in ST. Johnsoury.
Miss Ethel Lewis and brother, Ell
burn Lewis of Springfield are spend
ing two weeks vacation with their
brother, Dewitt f. Lewis and family
at "Sunnyshore' Lake Cossayuna.
Coming to the Harte theatre Thurs.
day the famous "Brocho Billy in Red
Blood and Yellow" ADV.
DR.. Thomas McGrail of Albany
passed the week end at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Fischer on Dewey
street. He returned home Sunday ac
companled by Mrs. McGrail and
daughte., Katharine, who have been
visiting in town for two weeks.
julius L. Weichman. who has con
quoted IL lauleS tailoring establish
ment on North street, has decided to
close his pace of business and will
soon leave for New York where he
was located before coming to Ben.
ningtcn. er August Is he may be
found at hi new establishment al
the southeast corner OF Amsterdam
avenue and saith street, New York
Here he will be pleased to meet any
of his Bennington patrons when they
are visiting in the city During his
stay in Bennington. Mr. Weichman
has demonstrated that he is a reli-'
able business man who is thoroughly
conyersant with his line. During
the war he was the Bennington rep
resentatiye of the Polish relief com
mittee and it was due 10 his untiring
efforts that a good fund was raised
here for the suffering people OF that
sadly stricken land. While living
here Mr. Weichman has become a
real Benningtonian and has made a
arge number of friends who will re-
greet to learn that he has thought 1t
le TO make 4 chalge 0 residence.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-05
READS REMARKABLE STORYpsND
NOW TELLS ONE HIMSELF

Ernest Borden - 40 Stondieh ST.
Burlington VT, tells how he read a
Goldine ad in the paper ana no& sla4
he was he began on the Goldine treat
ment He says
Il suffered with ca arrh and severe
headaches for year. | was short of
breath ana had bad coughing spells
every morning | saw a Gcldine ad in
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-05

northern NJ
not even u
British la'
agricultural
the work d.
Aiesopotani
Moses.
That rich
other parts
plre, need Q
of America
make 1t pre-
rigution is
potania.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-05

\ -class shovels. Th'
oduced many new
\ nents. but most 81
#he fertile plains o.
bical of the days O.
!, as well as man!
p old Turkish ON
! modern machinery
western Europe t.
wonderful crops. Ir
II problem In Meso
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-05

Remember GoLD1NEis sold in Bennington by w
Also in Manchester Depot by w P Pattr MStJ IS
son < Howard in Arlington, by NJ T. Hurd In sanqds
Dorset. nv A p Bishop Readsboro, and by deal q
Woodford SALISBURY by Thorpes Drug St9Te N, =
il from the Gibson-sno Co. of Albany, N w. or ING
Co, of Troy n. Y.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-10-02
FOR RENT

Brand New Kohler & Campbell Pi- ano, per month, $l0, o- will sell it on the lnstalment Plan at $25 per month.-SIMSON'
The Nenana daily news., 1919-10-02

Adrian Croquet, born in 1918, was pioneer missionary among the h. dians for 3S years in the Canadian Northwest. He died in Belgium in 1902, and it is the cardinals wish to visit the scene of his uncle's labors.
 Cardinal Mercier's visit to the United States is largely the result of importunities from all sections of the country He will first pay his respects to Cardinal Gibbons at Bal timore, after which he will visit q number of cities, including Phila- delphia, Pittsburg, Scranton, Albany, Boston, Providence, Hartford, De- troit, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and Chicago.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-10-02

1st
 Selkirk. down Yukon Crossing, : a. m., 1st.
 Casca, up Stewart river.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-10-02
Department of the Interior Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE

Passengers leaving on the train for any point on the line south of town are required to purchase tickets before entering the train.
 Tickets can be purchased from the station agent, whose office is in the employment office, on the ground floor of the general office building. Alaskan Engineering com mission.
 Tickets will be on sale at any time during office hours, and can be purchased in sufficient time be- fore the departure of the trains. Regular trains leave the foot of "A street on Wednesdays and Satur- days at 8 a. m.
 On and after july 18th the freight on the North side of the river at Camp 415 dock will be shipped out Tuesday and Friday of each week, leaving at a. m, until further notice.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-10-02

FOR SALE-Lady's pony fur coat and huff. Apply Mrs. R. s. Me Donald.
 FOR SALE-Furnished house, four rooms, with summer kitchen. a. tic, large basement and winter cellar for vegetables. Heated by furnace. Winter supply of veg etables. Full corner lot. One of the most desirable parts of town. Inquire at News office.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-10-02
MARINE BULLETIN

Davis, Kelly, Sibilla, and Relief, at Gibbon.
 Panama, down Cinema, II p. m, 1st
 Alaska, down Nenana, 5:30 p. m., 1st.
 Reliance, at Cinema.
 Carl White, up Tolovana for Fair banks, II 80 p. m., 1st.
 Benchley, down Melozi, 9:30 a. m. Washburn, up Koyukuk, 30 p. m., 1st.
 Louise, at St. Michael.
 Seattle No. 3, up Rampant, 5 p. m., 29th, last report.
 Yukon, at Circle, 5 p. m., 1st. Jacobs, down Stewart, 10 a. m, 1st.
 Dawson, down Labarge, g a. m-,
The Nenana daily news., 1919-10-02

tories say, Spalding and McVey and some other Boston players jumped to Chicago. The Spalding revolu- ton is given as the reason for the formation of the National league in 1876.
 The neyly-formed National League had for rivals the International As sociation in 1877, the American As, .sociation, Union Association, and in 1900 the American League, which stands today as the only rival
The Nenana daily news., 1919-10-02
BASEBALL.

WTh the commencement o1 Ihe Worlds series, baseball takes a para mount place in the thoughts Of many persons. The word baseball as a designation for the national pastime came into existence in the thirties of the last century, accord ing to historians. and is the evolu- ton of the name ''roundball,' which later became "townbaH," because the game was played at town meet ings.
 There are two schools of thought or the origin of the game of base ball. Some claim that the game Is the evolution of the old English game of 'rounders," while others claim in their writings that the sport is of strictly American origin. Writ CTS of the first group say the game of 'rounders" can be traced to the Netherlands, and in turn to Egypt, even going so far as to suggest that the Sphynx may have been the first umpire
 Those who favor the idea that the -r-5tb \ Americans, and for Americans are in the majority, however, and to Alexander J. Cartwright, New York man, the credit for originating the game as now played IS given by many writers.
 In 1S42, it is written, Cartwright broke in on a game of ''one-old-cat which gang of New York boys were playing on the Murray Hill grounds, and with stick scratched a diamond in the dust, telling the boys this was the game they should play, and suggesting player for each base. three scouts" in the outfeld. a pitcher. and a catcher. In the early days, when the game resembled cricket and any ball hit by the batter was fair" the catch CT had scout to assist him.
 The game as suggested by Cart wright took form quickly and on September 23, 1545, the knicker- booker club of New York was formed, having the honor of being the first baseball club, according to historical writers of the game. The first contest of the new game was played between the Knickerbocker club and another New York team on the Elysian fields, Hoboken, N. J. The New York team won, B to 1. The first tabulated score ever kept of the game, histories record, was that printed by the New York Clip per, July 16, 1853. The contest was played on July of that year between the Knickerbocker and Gotham teams.
 In the early days runs were called faces" and a team had to make 21 to have enough to win. Rule one of the early set of rules, copies of which have been preserved, says that all players must be punctual and observe the time for the commence ment of the game" This precau- ton was necessary because in those days nc bases on balls were possible and it was not uncommon for the pitcher to throw for half an hour before the batter decided to strike.
 Very few changes in the basic principles of the game as set forth in the original 20 rules, made in 1S45, have been made. In rule two of the original set it is provided that "before the commencement of the game the president shall appoint an umpire, who shall keep the game
The Nenana daily news., 1919-10-02
HEROIC BELGIAN PRELATE VISITS
 UNITED STATES

spiritual prince, guardian of the welfare of 2,50O,000 Roman Catho- lies in the little kingdom whose first fierce resistance stayed the German avalanche, Cardinal Desideratus Mercier, who is now in this city. was born on November P, 1851, in Braine d'Alleud, a village only q few miles from the famous battle field of Waterloo.
 Typical of the heroism of King Albert's countrymen, this physically frail but intellectually powerful pre- late of the church stirred the whole world to admiration of his courage when, on the first war Christmas, in 1914, with Germans everywhere in Belgium, ne issued his famous pas i itoral letter, denouncing the invader and urging his people to resist in these words:
 i Germany has violated her oath. 1 We can neither number our dead | nor compute the measure of our ruins. Occupied provinces are not conquered provinces. The authority ! of the invader is no lawful au- thority. Therefore, in soul and in conscience, you owe it neither re- spect, attachment, nor obedience" 1 Later, in protesting against the ! deportation of the Belgians for forced labor, he threatened Germany with "the reprobation of the civil ized world, the judgment of history, and the chastisement of God" 1 Fifteen thousand copies of the cardinals letter were seized and de- stroyed, the printer was arrested and fined, and the brave priest was kept a prisoner in his palace by order of General von Bissing until retraction of the pastoral had been signed" The cardinal not cnly refused to retract his state ments, but became even more de- liant
 1 He was given his liberty, finally, and continued to use his voice and pen against the mailed fist" in crystalizing world opinion against the Central Powers. All during the war, however, he was subjected to petty prosecutions and his secretary and other aides were thrown into jail He went through the lombard ments of Antwerp and Malines and braved the perils of the common soldier.
 Cardinal Mercier was created and proclaimed a member of the Sacred College on April 15, 1907. Before that he was professor in the Uni versity of Louvain, which was re- ipeatedly pillaged and desecrated in the war The prelate's distinguish led service for Belgium throughout the war has been told in frequent news dispatches. Less is publicly known of his early record as a churchman.
 l The cardinal studied at St. Rom bouts colelge, Malines, and the dio- cesan seminary in the same place. He was ordained to the priesthood April i, 1874, entered the seminary at Malines in 1877 as professor of philosophy, after taking a course i in theology at the University of Louvain, and five years later was called to the university as professor or Thomistic or liberal philosophy. In 1886 Pope Leo XIII appointed him a domestic prelate, with the title of Monsignor.
 He comes of distinguished re- ligious family, other members Of which have won honors in the church. One uncle, the Rt. Rev