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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-18
Queer.

Young Smoother was in reflective
mood In one corner Of the clubroom.
when he muttered to himself. II
compare the one or two creditors I
have with the millions and millions OF
persons to whom l owe nothing. !
wonder why in the world those chaps
make such a COMPOUNDED noise about
IT."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-18
Why She Chose Friday.

Two stars were discussing the we'd
ding OF third
"Why did Elfrida choose Friday, OF
all days, for the ceremony inquired
one.
Well explained the other, "yon
see. she had been married on each
Of the other days. and not one OF
the matches had turned out lucky.
SO she thought she'd try Friday Just
for change" s
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-18
How to Plant Fruit Iress,

Dynamite Is being used very extern
siyely all over the United States IN
planting fruit trees. says the American
Forestry Magazine. Some Of the larg-
est nurseries advocate II and some OF
the most prominent commercial or,
clards are using the method exclusive.
" IN new paintings.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-18

HOW

EOW -----------------'-----
THE @. A. n. MEMBERSHIP
is RAPIDLY FADING AWAY.
Figures compiled at the ma
j. tional headquarters Of the
Grand Arny of the Republic
) show that at the annual nation
al encampment held In Indian
apolls in September more than
10000 Of the Civil war veterans
who attended the eucampment
, Of 1920 were counted among the
missing, as the ranks have been
depleted to this extent through
the last year.
, Total membership Of the G. A.
Il. today Is 93,l5h, while its men,
bership in 1920 was 103,25S.
Total membership Is scat
tered among 4,44j posts in every
state. Ohio. with 1924, has the
, largest membership, with Penn
sylvanin second with 9,122; New
York third, S,795; Illinois fourth,
6.S6S; Indiana fifth, 5,949;
Massachusetts sixth, 1856. No
, other states have 5000 or more
members, Members In the old
/, Confederate states total approx
, lmately 200.
The G. A. II. was organized In
: Illinois In the spring OF 1865. BY
! July. 1865, there were 40 posts
In Illinois, representatives Of
/, which met in convention and or
gahized the state department.
1 Posts were organized In other
states, resulting In the first ma.
tlonal encampment being held In
Indianapolis November 20, 1896.
! Ten states were represented at
! this encampment, u states in
|, 1867, "a In 1868, 81 In 1869, hay-
/, ing 2,050 posts.
, In 1890, reports taken as au-
thentic declare that the member
! ship was 400, 4S9, the highest
: mark recorded. From 1878 TO
1890 the growth was rapid, be-
F, ing from 1900 to $4,000 annual
, ly. Since 1890 the decline has
, been constant, except for D.
: 600 gain In 1905, said to be due
, to prospects Of favorable pen
: sion legislation. The member
+, ship Of late years Is as follows:
i. 159,S6S 1915); 149,074 (l916);
. 1881 (10l7); 120,918 (191S);
+. 1l0,357 (l9l9); l03,25S 1920
f, 93,155 (1921).
= The 1920 national encamp-
mont voted to meet every year
+, as long as single member sur
: viyed. Brig. Gen. John l., Glen,
I, addressing the Army and Navy
club, Washington, maintains he
+, is the youngest g, A. Il, member.
/, He Is seventy-one years old, hay
, ing enlisted as drummer boy
: when eleven years old. The
question OF who Is the Oldest
/, member always brings up hun
dreds of claimants and no relia-
(, BILE record has been obtained.
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Agnes Schramin. julia Hughes. Lotte
Cobb, Frances Nash, Marion Clark.
BERTHA LaBarge. lBeatr ce Shevlen
Rena Brooks. Rita Cardinal, Marion
Meagher, Hilda Jones, Cathryn Clark,
Mary FRAZIER, Bridge Meagher, Mar
celine Caron, Rowina Roby
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-18

Travelling by night. the hassar, a
sort OF FISH, will go several days over
Ian. ION diminished pond TO an
other, or from f:"ar ~ river.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-18

Some men hang onto dollar as.
though II were the last one they're
ever going to see.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-18
DECORATION OF CELLuLoID
How Poker Chips, Combs and Other
Articles Can Be ornamented
In Color. lf

Articles OF celluloid can be dec
Grated by using colored solutions of
eeIluloid dissolved In glacial acetlc
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Produced by the McSregor Company
At Opera House Friday Night.
You viii not be satisfied with one
view of Margse" the delicious musical
comedy which will be presented at
the Bennington Opera House Friday
evening,
The music has a haunting quality
You take it from the theatre with YOU
Sub-con aciously, perhaps II joys
around with YOU all day-you cannot
easily describe t Ike moonlight on
a river seen through swayng boughs
The comedy is captivating, the dances
swift the sett'ngs luxurious and the
girls the prettieat in the world.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-01
RIchea Erom ths Mind.

In the last analysis a mans mind
is his best source of riches. To him
who works II, no Klondike ever yield
ed richer ores. There is no limit TO
the variety of jewels stored there; the
supply gives out only when men cease
to dig. Columbus got a new continent
out of his mind and the marveIs OF
that new world are not yet fully
known. Newton got the laws of gravi-
ty from his mind and science has been
revolutiOnized to stay ever since. Far
aday mined the science of chemistry
from his mind. Edison. Marconi. Hol-
land. the Wright brothers and others
have chiseled from their minds the
facts that have left blessings to the
race. They did not get them bodily
from their minds. They found there
the ideas and the Incentives, and as
they worked the material world was
made TO yield returns that blessed the
race.-Grit.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-01
RationS Are So Good That Ath-
Ietic Training Tables
Are Barred.
MARSHIPS ARE NOT so GOOD
Mechanical Condition Of the Fleet Has
Undergone Little Improvement
sinee the War, Says
Bureau Chief.

Washington.-Csaim still may be
made that the American navy is the
best fed body of men in the world,
Samuel MCGOWAN. paymaster general
Of the navy. declared in his annual Ie-
pCrt. In support Of his statement.
Rear Admiral MCGOWAN cites the fCl-
lowing order issued by Admiral VIII
son, commander OF the Atlantic 1eel.
Training Tables Barred.
due to general excellence Of pres
ent navy ratIons and living conditions
on board ships of the fleet, training
tables for athletic events are consid-
cred unnecessary and are therefore
forbidden.
Surplus provisions left over after
filing the wartime need. Admiral Nc
Gowan said. have been disposed of
at reasonable prices. He added that
new stocks of the current seasons
pack were being obtained in sufficient
quantities to meet the estimated re-
Quirements Of the coming year.
Increases In the prices of foodstuffs
during the year were reflected in the
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-01
SAYS BREED SKUNKS FOR FUR
United States Department of AoricuI.
ture Calls Beast Frisnd
of Farmer.

Washington. - Breeding of skunks
as means of stabilizing the "de-
pressed fur market is the latest sug.
gestiOn Of the Department of Agricul-
ture.
Despite all the harsh things that
have been said about this lowIy animal
the department describes him az "the
best wild animal friend the farmer
has" The skunk, the announcement
says, can be used for destroying mice.
grasshOppers. crickets and white grubs,
at the same time furnishing the farmer
from $50 to 500 worth of fur a year.
All that is required Of the farmer.
the circular says. Is that he respect
the animals dens. keep his poultry in
skunk-proof yards. kin ar old horse for
them every fall ard We tactful when he
poets them in the evening"
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-01

derness for Lem In the days before
she had felt the call of the eity-he
had been kind to her parents during
days of illness, and If she had re-
NAMED in Support 1t is very likely
that she would have married Lem
Barker and remained in her own
home.
months intervened-and she could not
visualize Lem, save as a blushing,
bashful country youth with big hands.
Though she shuddered at the recollec-
ton of her passing fancy for him, she
watched for his sail, as did many of
her neighbOrs. Lem Barker's folk
were all dead. and some one must look
for his homecoming. One by one the
neighbors shook their heads and gave
up the task.
poor Lemmie's gone for good" said
the last one, shaking his old head
sOrrowfully. "He was a good lad, was
Lemmie, and knOwedhis boat better'n
most folks. Can't seem to see how
he'd let the. sea get the better of him
mo. street ] shan't believe he's lost
yet" but he went home at last and
Nell was alone, stralning her eyes to-
ward the mouth of the inlet. 1t was
the last day of her vacation and she
would have to return to the city on
the morrow; and here was Lem-her
aunt had promised to write and tell
her whether he ever came home.
Nell forgot all about her golden
galleOn and the smartly dressed office
men In the city as she remembered the
touch of LENS strong arm across her
shoulders when her father died; once
his lips had touched her bright hair,
reverently. Lem would take no more
than that, then. Her heart quickened
at the thought of him.
The sun was setting. The water
was turning TO yellow liquid under
its golden touch. What was that in
the inlet? Nell rubbed her eyes,
Something shining-something gOlden2
Yes-it looked like a galleon, its stern
heaped high with silver fish-tOns
of them. AS it drew near to the old
wharf Nell ran down to meet it. A
fishing sloOp, painted yellow from
stem TO stern. riding into port on a
flowing tide! A sail was reefed quick
ly and she came to under bare poles.
A chain ratified and there was fresh
'chunk" as the anchor struck the
water. Nell's hands went to her
throat-it ached SOL Her golden gal
leon-so this was the way 1t eame1
Now, the dashing lOver-how strong
he was, this Lem Barker-Iike young
bronze god. his hair blowing back from
his handsome face. breaking into a
smile at sight of her slim loneliness.
''Oh, Nelliel Is 1t your" he said
hoarsely, as he leaped ashore.
"Yes - Lem you are safe, my
dear"
well. darling?" he asked after
long silence.
She lifted her wonderful eyes to his
sea-blue ones. MY ship has come in
at last" she sighed cOntentedly, and
forgot all about the golden galleon she
had dreamed Of,
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from old systems, and trying anything
new that came along, no matter how
idiOtic or insane It might be, so long
as it promised something different
from that which was.
No Such Weakness There.
"Had l been one of those returning
refugees into any one of the hundred
and more villages cared for by the
American Committee for Devastated
France, FOR instance, l am not sure
that | should not have hoisted the red
flag, not that believed in any of the
social absurdities for which it stands,
but that it had the virtue at least of
being different from the one had
used to reverence. But to my amaze
ment | found no trace of any such
weakness in the hearts of those good
people in the department of the
Aisne.
''They looked with cold, dumb grief
upon the wreckage that had once been
home. but the flag they raised above
them was not the red flag of despair,
hut the tri-color of hope, and | am
proud TO say that in one corner Of 1t
was blue field holding 4S stars. They
knew that that flag had waved gal
lantly at Cantigny, at Chateau
Thierry. at st. Mlhiel, and in the Ar
gonne and that. there ii had meant
force, hut here 1t stood for sympathy
and moral support. and 1t held them
proof against any despairing urge Of
resentment against a civilization that
had specifically seemed to fail them.
Indeed it was proof that that civiliza-
tiOn was going to see them safely
through the charred aftermath of
war;"
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-01
Why Success Succeeds.

1t is surprising how quickly one can
gain the reputation of being a brisk,
lively worker-and it Is wonderful how
valuable such a reputation becomes to
a man.
II is said Of such a fellow: HE is
hustler"-and knowing that hustling
is one Of the fundamentals of prog
ress, we look for him to get along well
even putting ourselves out to shove
him up the ladder.
That Is why nothing succeeds like
success.
People are always willing to believe
that intense activity is founded on
true ability and a good purpose. and
viii play that vitalizing force In their
fforts.--Louisiana Grocer. =
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-01
Think Monkey Stole Diamond.

st. Louis. Mo.-Baffled by a wave
of rohberies and pocket pickings. the
police have turned their attention TO
the Forest Park ZOO in the hope of solv-
ing at least one Iight-tingered misap-
preparation. The quest began with n
search of the monkey cages on the
theory that an $500 diamond pin was
taken from Mrs. Clifford C. Fox as she
strolled through the zoo on Sunday
afternoon. Park police believe one Of
the monkeys. attracted by the sparkler.
reached through the bars of his cage
and lifted" the pin as Mrs. Fox
strolled past.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-01

then be utilized for mechanical pur-
poses.
Excavation methods and machinery
have been improved so much of recent
years that 1t may be possible to sink
such bores and shafts to a depth of
thirty miles.
At present the deepest well ever
bored is hole six inches In diameter
on farm in the United States. 1t
has been driven to depth Of 1879
feet. or nearly mile and half.
The deepest mine shaft is at MORO
Veiho, Brazil. which goes down about
a mile and a fifth.
AS one expert points out. we have
only succeeded in scratching the
earth's crust The real wonders have
yet to be revealed to us.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-01

shevism temporarily triumphant out
side of Russia we might with greater
reason look for it in countries so dew
astated by war as TO leave their peO-
pies i'm a state of hopeless deSpai-.
and 1t is TO the relief OF those, rather
than to that of the unscarred, that we
should turn our attention, carrying 10
them not only material relief. but that
moral support for which civilization
is supposed to stand.
al must admit that as / traversed
the devastated regions of France and
Belgium in nv two visits to the war
area, and looked upon the ruin there.
and realized the full measure of the
suffering inflicted upon millions of in
nocent people by the wild forays Of
the Hun, it seemed to me that any one
of these millions of sufferers would be
perfectly justified in turning away
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-01
MYSTERIES or HIDDEN HEAT
Time win Surely Come When the
Earth VIII Yield Up All Of
Her Riches.

Vast stores Of heat and power Tie
HIDDEN IN the bowels of the earth,
waiting to be tapped.
We csuld do without coal and oil
eualii we but develop the heat re-
sources Of the earth.
And ID 20 doing we should probably
nfa new chemicals and minerals Of the
efeafest value to the worlds COM
nIiace.
s. the conclusion scientists
I:i to. and they are urging
Esd Ns to saive the mysteries OF
.he llRi of the earth. Already some
ny IS being made Of the internal heat
~ the earih in the volcanic regions or
l'slF where the steam issuing from
5ae EFpilnd is trapped and put 70 vari-
f'le i<lss
g suggested that hor's should
't li''k 70 admit water which. would
81 einyerfed into steam and could
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-01

tstry OF war. division of the genera.
STAFF. and bore Instructions that they
be kept in the railway station in Rome
without being opened to await a spe-
eial envoy from the war ministry.
The newspaper asserts that evident
ly by this means it was expected the
truck would pass the Italian frontier
at Kufstein. In the Tyrol. without Gus
toms examination. but the Italian on
Gals insisted on opening the cases and
found they contained machine guns,
cannon. revolvers and field glasses.
The Oiornnle d'itaIia came TO the con-
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-01

Mother Goose" was a reuI charac-
ter and not an imaginary parsonage
as has been supposed. Her maiden
name was Elizabeth Foster and she
was born in 1865. She married Isaac
Goose In 1893 and a few years later
became member of the Old South
church. Boston. She died in 1857.
aged ninety-two years. The first edi-
ton Of her songs, which were orig
inalIy sung to her grandchildren, was
published In 1T16 by her son-in-Iaw,
Thomas Fleet.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-01
ArmIess Mother Made
All Her Baby's Clothes

Although she has no arms.
Mrs. J. c. Teagarden of Den
yer, Colo, is able to give her
baby the same care that other
mothers give and every bif of
clothing the baby wears was
made by the mother. Physicians
and nurses at the hospital
where the stcrl- brought little
Delphia May were amazed at
the facility with which Mrs.
Teagarden. horn with no arms.
cared for her baby, using teeth,
feet and shoulders.
Mrs. Teagarden keeps her
own house, sews. cooks and
makes the beds, and she is able
to comb her own hair with a
comb held in her toes. Delphia
May Is normal child.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-01
ASPIRIN
Name "Bayer" on Genuine

Take Aspirin only as told in each
package of genuine Bayer Tablets of
Aspirin. Then you will be following
the directions and dosage worked out
by physicians during q years. and
proved safe by millions. Take no
chances with substitutes. II you see
the Bayer Cross on tablets, you can
take them without fear for Colds,
Headache, Neuralgia. Rheumatism.
Earache, Toothache, Lumbago and
for Pain. Handy tin boxes of twelve
tablets cost few cents. Druggists also
sell larger packages. Aspirin is the
trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of
Observation-Disclosures Of Salicylicacid.-
Adv.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-01
THE BEST YET.

If you have never used Vacher-B Balm,
you don't know how quickly and pleas
antly cold in the head, or soreness
anywhere can be relieved by this HARM
less remedy.
Ask your druggist, or send for a free
sample. to E. w. Vacher, inc, New Or
leans, La.
Avoid limitations. Nothing is "just
as gOOd. ADV.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-01
FRANCE FREE OF
BOLSHEvIK faint
American Relief Steadies People
in Devastated Areas, Says
Noted Writer.
BANGS MAKES OBSERVATIONS
Declares Aid Must Be Continued 70
Restore Sufferers to Full Visor-
Hope, Not Despair, in
Their Hearts.

New York.-Bolshevism will never
AXE root in the miles of ruins along
the Aisne as long as the morale of the
French is kept high while the people
are rebuilding and replanting, asserts
John Kendrick Bangs. 1t is better
to build up human soul than to re-
store ruined chateau, the well-known
writer and lecturer epitomizes.
Speaking from observations made in
two trips of inspection through the
regions which remain almost as
wrecked and desolated as the Ger
mans left them, he declares the work
done by the American Committee for
Devastated France to be most import
tant in steadying the population DUR
Ing the reconstruction period.
Fears Would BE Allayed.
''ln restless times like these" said
Mr.. Bangs. when the great DOGGY of
Bolshevism is being reared every
where to brighten the timid into all
sorts of compromises with conscience,
l sometimes wish that every influen-
tial factor in America could be trans
ported to Europe to see for them
selves exactly how matters stand over
there. / think a great many of their
fears would be allayed, and that they
would find that Bolshevism is to be ap-
pretended only where there exist no
standards of any sort by which the
poor and ignorant can measure it's
shortcomings.
THAT 1t should succeed in Russia
is easily accounted for by the utter
illiteracy of over 80 per cent of the
population.
IF there were any real fear Of Boil
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-01
ARMS sMUGGLED to ITALY
Rome Newspaper Believes They Were
Intended for the Tyrolese
Militia.

Rome.-The Giornale d'Italia has
been conducting an inquiry concern
ing a seaIe.l truck sent from Berlin to
Rome containing. according to the.
German sender. hooks and diplomatic
documents belonging to the Italian
embassy in Berlin. The truck con-
tained IS cases addressed to the min
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-01
information Bureau.

A man sent his bumptious son to col
lege and in a month or so wrote in
quiring how he was getting along In
the grind Of knowledge. He got this
characteristic reply:
Fine. Write often and ask me any,
thing that puzzles you. "-Everybody's
Magazine.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-01
In Marriage They Are Not Divided.

In Marriage They Are Not Divided.
Cincinnati. O.-When Oscar Helm
chen. Jr.. and his sister. Miss Hilda
Heinchen. participate in double we'd
ding. they will remain together, as
both plan to live in the same house.
They met their sweethearts at the
same time, proposals were made sim
ultaneously, their engagements were
announced together, and now after be-
ing married at the same time they will
share a double house.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-01

Those who live by the coast do not
want better weather sign than the
gulls. which In the various winds that
viii bring the rain collect IN big
fiocks and gather in the fields or circle
high over the land. wheeling and
screaming upeaslly. They viii NOT
come in on false alarm. and none
need fear they will ulake mistake
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-01
Bio Rat With a Bark.

The attention of the Texas depart
ment of health has been called to a
new rat which has appeared near Red
Rock, which is said to be as large as
squirrel and acts much like a kan
CARGO. 1t has a bark like a small dog.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-01
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never
Suspect It
Applicants for Insurance Often
Rejected.

Judging from reports from Druggists
who are constantly in direct touch with
the public, there is one preparation that
has been very successful in overcoming
these conditions. The mild and healing
influence of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-hoot N
soon realized. 1t stands the highest fuE
its remarkable record of success.
An examining physician for one Of the
prominent Life Insurance Companies, in
an interview on the subject, made the AZ
tonishing statement that one reason why
so many applicants for insurance arg re-
jected is because kidney trouble is -
common to the American people, and the
large majority of those whole sppIica-
tons are declined do not even suspect
that they have the disease. It is On sale
at all drug stores in bottles of two Hizea.
medium and large
However, if you wish first to tese this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer & Co.. Binghamton, N. Y, for n
sample bDttle. When writing be sure an6
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-01
what Would He Do with a Million,

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. c. Newly
who recently inherited 140-acre farm
and $1,000 worth of personal property
left by two uncles Of MooresviIIe. has
presented the entire estate TO the town
Of Mooresville. the income Of which Is
TO be used to erect a memorial TO the
two men.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-01

clusion that the arms were destined
for the Tyrolese militia. which 1t SAYS
are well known for their anti-ItaIian
feelings.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-01

of
flying
though
on at for Commute flight under perfect altitude
ship William
a
Of
Of
hour.