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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-11
JAB PROVERBS OF WOMEN

Tender and hard is a woman's
heart,
Women admire women of their own
type.
Very jealous women are easy to CON
troll,
Women who seek liberty too often
lose it.
Women who habItually bite their
lips are callous.
"New" women are created to re-
place good women.
If you want to love women begin
by spending money.
A woman may pardon cruelty hhG
injustice, but never indifference,
Aoetc Acid From coconuts.
Acctc acid is being manufactured
fpnul enpouut shall, in Cp,Ion
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-11
VERMONT NEWS
Montpelier

Although the total receipts in the
automobile department are consider
ably larger thus far this year than
last it is interesting to note that May
LhLs can was loss than Nm 1920.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-11
NEW HARNESS SHOP

All KINDS or harness and leather
work, new and repairs. trunks. bags
auto tops, curtains, etc, At the shop
formerly occupied by Harry Cummings
on North Street. To open Feb. ..
GEORGE SMALL
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-11

Gold may be beaten so thin as TO re-
qulre $4,000 sheets for pile an inch
thick.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-11

An ounce Of 22-carat gold is worth
80 per cent more than an ounce Of IA
carat gold
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-11

Gold was used by the Romans for
filling teeth about 500 years prior to
the Christian era.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-11

The worlds production Of gold In the
last quarter of century equals that
Of the preceding 400 years.
The Appeal., 1921-01-08
OLD WOMAN MAKES QUILT
Makes One for Her Grandson That
Contains 5,76o Pieces Of
Patches. .~ r.

Medford, Wis.-Mrs. Jackson Moon
Of Perkinstown. has just completed a
quilt consisting Of $3.50 pieces for her
grandson, William Woods of Wausau.
The pieces were collected from
friends and neighbors. Work on the
quilt began last April. Two weeks Of
continuous sewing made Mrs. Moons
fingers so sore that she was COM
PEELED to abandon the work for time,
resting her fingers by spinning for! a
neighbor. =,
Mrs. Moon, although seventy years
old, does her own housework, enter
tains much company, helps with the
milking, churns three times a week,
markets her butter, and no sick rela-
tive or friend can find better nurse
than she.
In the past twelve years this indus
tri0us lady has pieced 13 quilts each
made up Of thousands Of pieces, all
sewed by hand, for Mrs. Moon does
not like to sew on q machine.
The Appeal., 1921-01-08
DIGGERs TURN UP TREASURE
Sewer Workers Find Collection of
Rings and Watches in a Bes- r
ton Slime Pit.

Boston.-A sewer gang quit work at
noon the other day with a valuable
treasure trove. In the slime Of an
old pit near the Quincy house they
had found three gold rings, coins,
watches and other valuables.
Hotel employees suggested that the
hotel had claim on the articles, as
the property probably Of guests of BY
gone days. The police suspected that
they were part of the loot of thieves.
But when the men showed coins dat
ing back to 1857, stamped with pine
tree on one side and Massachusetts"
on the other, they insisted that the
statute of limitations made the prop
erty theirs.
With the ancient coins they found
beer checks, which the foreman of the
gang said he intended to keep with
a "pine tree shilling," as a souvenir
of the past. The foreman estimated
that the deposit Of mud in which the
valuables were found had not been dis
turbed in Is years.
The Appeal., 1921-01-08
vU0D00ISM is
FAITH OF HAITI.
Admiral Knapp, Investigating
Conditions, Tells Shocking
Tales of Practices.
KILL HUMANS, DRINK BLOOD
Native To- Strongly superstitIoua,
Fears Evil Eye and Stands In
Great Awe Of yopdoo Priests
and Priestesses.. .. -.

Washington, D. C-That 95 per cent
of the natives Of Haiti believe in the
African jungle faith of voodooism
(which requires the sacrifice of human
beings and the drinking of human
blood is declared by Rear Admiral n.
S. Knapp in his report to the secre-
tary Of the navy on Investigation Of
Haitian conditions.
Admiral Knapp cites shocking
case of the trial Of a voodoo priest,
who is reported to have killed 13 chill
dren, whose blood was drunk and flesh
eaten by persons present at the rites.
"Voodooism is prevalent" says the
admiraPs report, "and the further one
goes from the coast into the interior
the more openly is voodooism prac-
ticed. Voodooism is essentially snake
worship, and in it's extreme rites it
requires the sacrifice Of human beings
and the drinking Of their blood and the
eating of their flesh.
Orgies at Sacrifices.
''The human sacrifice is called the
'hornless goat;;' minor sacrifices Of
goats are made. These religious cele-
brations, if the word religious can
be applied to such affairs, end in dis
graceful orgies Of debauchery. 1t is
very difficult, Of course, to determine
just how extensively the beliefs are
held, but some Haitians themselves
have asserted that probably 95 per
cent Of the total population believes
in voodooism to greater or less ex-
tent. .s..
'Of course, the contrary is strongly
held by apologists for the Haitian
character. It seems certain, however,
that whether it be the effect Of voo-
dooism or not, the average Haitian is
strongly superstitious- s-superstitiou
with the superstitions of the jungle.
He Is afraid Of the evil eye, or, as it
is called here, the 'ouanga,' and stands
in great awe Of the yoodoo priests and
priestesses. It is also believed the
educated classes are not free from
much Of this superstition, even where
they deny belief in or the existence Of
vo0do0ism.
p Veodoo Followers Feared.
"Haitian officials high in place will
not take action against persons ac-
cused Of voodooism, whether because
of their own belief in it or because Of
fear born Of their own knowledge Of
the extent to which voodooism is prev
alent among the population or Of in
curing enmities. A voodoo priest has
been lately tried and sentenced, and
the proceedings of the military COM
mission are now in Washington await
ing action.
'Th1s man is said to have killed, at
one time or another, 13 children,
whose blood was drunk and whose
flesh was eaten by persons present at
the rites. The practice Of similar voo-
doc rites is confidently believed by
those most familiar with the situation
in Haiti to be not unusual in the re-
mote places, although it is very diff
cult to obtain any positive evidence in
corroboration."
The Appeal., 1921-01-08
RAVAGED BY L0CUSIS
Province in Argentina Swept by
Plague of Insects.
Disappear 40 Suddenly 40 They Come,
Leaving Desert Of Country
They Pass Through.

Buenos Aires.-A plague Of locust4
Ike that which in ancient Egypt "cov-
cred the face Of the earth" this year
descended upon the province ofSSanta
Fe. Similar offensives are almost an
nual events In one part or other Of Ar.
gentina. !: ~ J.. :@}.-es. = H.. -
The locusts come suddenly and with.
out warning. Where for q year or sew
eral years perhaps not one Of the In
sects has been seen, a veritable cloud
Of them will one day appear and settle
on the ground. These usually come
from the northwest, from the vast al
most uninhabited tracts in Bolivia, it
Is supposed. They cover the earth like
moving carpet, gradually moving on.
At first little damage is done, aside
from the Inconvenience Of having lit
orally millions Of the insects covering
everything and even penetrating the
houses. But as they progress through
the country they bore holes into the
earth, preferably in hard spots such as
roadways, into which they deposit
their eggs. Within short time the
larva are Matched and come forth. At
first these cannot fly, and it is at this
stage that they devour every living
plant within their path, with the ex-
ception Of few species such as will
low trees.
A little later the insects develop
their wings and, leaving the country
through which they have passed a
desert, they disappear almost as sud-
denly as they came. Where they go
to has never been discovered.
Argentina has had recourse to many
methods of fighting the locusts. The
nation maintains organized locust
fighting squads, something like those
formed to fight fires, and these are sent
every year to the sections invaded. In
addition, every rancher is held respon-
sible for fighting the pest in his own
locality. .-...~.
One Of the methods employed is to
dig trenches in which the insects are
collected, afterward being burned. But
no matter how many millions Of them
are made away with in any such man
ner, it is impossible to block the pest,
owing to the great extent of Argentina,
much Of which is still very sparsely
settled. -s..-r. - -.~,. .=
The Appeal., 1921-01-08
HAS LIVELY EVENING
Alleged Thief Leaps 40 Feet and
Lands on Auto.
Then He Tries to Take 30-Foot Plunge
to Railroad Tracks, but Police
-s .man Gets Him. -,,rss..

New Y0rk.-This Is how Alex Ur-
banuff, twenty-six, an unemployed tail
or. accused of having robbed a woman
Of her pocketbook containing $40,
spent an evening. ~c@... .-.~ l..
First returned the purse containing
the money at the Bridge Plaza ele-
yated station in Long Island city,
where he is accused of purloining it,
', when his alleged victim confronted
him.
Ran when his accuser, Mrs. Mary
Howell of 322 Crescent street
screamed for the police. -. ~-
~Leaped from the end of the station
platform to the tracks. It -..
Made record speed for four blocks
when pursued by a special policeman
and a crowd of men. 49,.
At point over the Diagonal street
viaduct he almost ran into an ap-
preaching train.
To save himself he leaped 40 feet
for the street. ..1
He landed on top of a. swift pass
ing automobile and was bounced Off
to the roadway.
He saw Mounted .Patrolman Kav-
anaugh coming toward him, ran to
the railing of the viaduct and was
about to- leap to the tracks Of the
Long Island railroad, a distance of 40
feet, when he was intercepted.
Taken to Hunters Point police sta
tfon he was finger printed. .>...
Suffering from shock and other in
juries, he was removed to st. Johns
hospital.
Here he was found to have sus-
tanned bad injury to his left leg and
shoulder and possibly internal injur-
les.
The Appeal., 1921-01-08
INCREASE OF ALIENS
Net Growth in immigrant Popu.
Iation for Year 1854.
Total Of 633,a71 Sought Entrance to
United States In Last Fiscal
Year.

Washington .-Estab ablishment Of ma.
chinery overseas in cooperation with
foreign governments through which
aliens before breaking up their homes
may determine whether they will be
admitted to the United States and leg
islative considerations Qf the proposals
Of the second industrial conference ara
outstanding recomme endations in the
annual report Of Secretary of Labor
Wilson: =. 81 ss ts e. 80
The report shows that 633,371 aliens
arrived in this country during the last
fiscal year, as compared with 237,O21
the year before. OF the total arrivals.
11,795 were excluded at the ports
where they sought to enter. OF those
arriving 430,001 are classed as immi.
grant aliens and 195,575 as nonimmi-
grant aliens. Departures Of aliens to-
tailed 42S,O62, including 288,3l5 immi-
grant aliens and 139,747 nonimmigrant
aliens, making the net increase in the
immigrant population for the year
1854. .. -.
Japanese admitted number 1914, as
compared with 14,9O4 the year before.
The-total number of Japanese depart
ing is placed at 1858, making, the re-
port says, the indicated increase in
Japanese population, 521. OF those ad-
mitted, 9,193 were males and 6,9S1 fe-
males.
Besides the immigrants turned
. back at the port of arrival, 2,762 were
ordered deported during the year on
departmental warrants, as compared
with 3,O6S the year before. OF those
deported, 469 were classed as anar-
chists and criminals. In addition, 591
others are awaiting deportation.
During the year $4,000 aliens took
the initial or final steps toward citi-
zenship.
Mr.. Wilson urges legislative action
to carry out the recommendations Of
the second Industrial conference, pro-
posing joint organizations of manage
ment and employees for prevention of
industrial disputes and a comprehen-
sive plan for adjusting such disputes
when they occur. F.
The Appeal., 1921-01-08
Major Is Jailed for
Gardening in Niqhtie

Los Angeles, Cal.-Because
he persisted in attending to his
garden clad only in his abbrevi-
ated night shirt, Maj. e. A.
Weed, seventy-nine, Of Santa
Monica was arrested. Major
Weeds arrest came following a
complaint made against him by
Robert a.. Green. The police
say that Major Weed was seen
in his garden by many of the
neighbors, who had remon-
strated with him in vain. Dur
ing the war drives, Major Weed
:. did some excellent work. He is
a widower.
The Appeal., 1921-01-08
BONES OF PILGRIMS MOVED
Taken From Canopy Over Plymouth
Rock, Which Is Being Reset
to Shore Level.

Plymouth, Mass.-The bones Of
some of the Pilgrim fathers were ex-
posed for time when the box in
which they have been kept was taken
from the canopy over Plymouth rock,
where it had rested since 1880. -
The records do not identify the
bodies, but the two relatively we'll
preserved skulls and other bones
found in the casket are reputed to be
those of members of the colony who
died during the ordeal of the first win
ter.
The canopy is to be removed and
the rock reset under conditions that
will bring it again to shore level.
The Appeal., 1921-01-08
It's No Fault of Mint
If You're Shy of Coin

Washington.-The mints es-
tabHshed record in coinage
during the last fiscal year, ac-
cording to the annual report of
Director Ray Baker made pub
lie. A total Of 8O9, 100000 coins
were executed, which, Mr.. Baker
declares, is a worlds record.
The figures show an increase of
46 per cent over 1915.
Public demand for smaller
coins, particularly pennies, is re-
f1ected in the report, which dis
closes that -moresthan 512,5OO,-
600 coins in the record output
were 1-cent pieces.
The Appeal., 1921-01-08
Uncover Huge Ruins at
Garden of Gethsemane

London.-The Palestine de-
partment Of antiquities, which
had charge Of the exploration
work being carried out In the
city Of Ascalon, announces the
discovery Of some huge marble
pillars. and statues, says a dis
patch from Jerusalem. The de-
partment has also unearthed
some medieval and Fourth CEN
tury churches. and MOSAIC pave
ments at the foot Of the Mount
Of Olives, leading into the Gar
den of Gethsemane.
The Appeal., 1921-01-08
OLIVER TWISTS JAIL CLOSED
Workhouse In London Goes to
Museum.

London.-St. Georges workhouse,
just south Of London bridge, where
Oliver Twist had the audacity to ask
for a second helping Of thin Cruel, has
been closed by the poor law authorities
and the inmates have been transferred
elsewhere.
The Cruel Of which Dickens child
hero and his fellow sufferers partook
was made In copper cauldron, which
is to be presented to the Southwark
borough councils museum.
The Appeal., 1921-01-08
Baby Ostrich scrapnv.

Vancouver, Canada.-Jonathan, the
first ostrich chick hatched in Canada,
Is progressing under the care Of Zoo
Manager F. Green in Stanley park.
1t was at first believed that the rare
and valuable bird would not live, and
it was taken from its parents and
placed In the Green home. Appear
ance Of weakness proved deceptive,
for Jonathan quickly whipped the
house cat and won decision over the
family spaniel.
The Appeal., 1921-01-08
Return Hero Medal.

Connellsville, Pa.-While a negro
woman held up Mrs. Annabelle Gemas
along the West Penn street car line,
near the Gemas home, two negroes
searched her, took her pocketbook,
containing about $50, but returning a
gold service medal which the wom-
ans husband, the late George Gemas,
had been awarded for service in the
Spanish-American war. The trio halt
ed Mrs. Gemas with the request,
"Please give us your money, LADY,
The Appeal., 1921-01-08
KING SPLITS ROYAL ESTATE
Spanish Monarch to Parcel Out $500
Acres of Land In Small
Farm Plots,

Madrid. - Instructions have been
given by King Alfonso for the forma-
ton of an agricultural syndicate, the
object of which will be the parceling
out Of the kings royal estate at Ell
Pardo, nine miles west of, this city,
for cultivation under the auspices Of
the Catholic Agrarian federation.
The property contains nearly $500
acres and will be divided into small
plots.
A plan has been devised which will
permit laborers to acquire the land
allotted to them.
The Appeal., 1921-01-08
GARDEN OF EDEN n
WANTS NURSES
American Church Crusaders Are
Hampered by Lack of
-" -- . ~ -. s. u
Medical Skill. -
CALL FROM t"'CRADLE OF RACE.
Arabs Show Willingness to Accept
What Formerly They Fought
mesopotamia IL Completely
Changed by World War.

/ NeW 1OrK.-WanCeQ: DOCTORS ana
nurses for the Garden Of Eden.
The call comes from the "cradle Of
the. race" itself, the land watered by
the Tigris and the Euphrates- -Meso-
potamia. And the need stands be-
tween American crusaders and the an
swer to their prayers for 80 years.
For decades the Garden of Eden and
all the vast expanse of desert, steppe
and fertile coast, land that is Arabia
have famed with the fanaticism of
pagan and of Moslem tribes. For 30
years the mission workers among
these Arabs, notably the Arabish mis-
sion of the Reformed Church of Amer
lea, have prayed for a means to pene-
trate this barrier and reach these wild
.tr1besmen. And they have prayed for
a change in the spirit of the people.
Prayers Are Answered.
10 both prayers have come answers.
An economic, social and religious
study Of the country now being con-
Quoted by the Interchurch World
Movement as means to making prac-
ticable closer cooperation of Ameri-
can Evangelical churches in their COM
mon tasks, shows that Mesopotamia
has been completely changed by the
world war and that all Arabia has
been affected. The survey shows, too,
that medical work is the best and in
many cases the only possible method
by which the initial contact may be
established between the pagans and
Moslems, on one side, and the cru
saders Of the cross, on the other.
And now, when the Arabs show a
willingness to accept what formerly
they fOught-when unparalleled op-
portunities for service are offered the
ders-they are helpless for lack
of doctors and nurses.
The finest hospital Of the Reformed
church mission is standing idle, re-
ports the Interchurch World Move
ment survey. -.
And the survey reveals more than
the need Of medical men and women.
There is shortage of workers, both
foreign and native.
Large UnexpIored Territory.
Arabia, the survey shows, contains
the largest unexplored territory in
Asia-possibly in the world. It has
total area of 1,23O,276 square miles
and it lies in the southeastern part of
the great peninsula. The crusaders of
the cross have been limited to the east
ern coast and the vicinity of Eden.
Hejaz, the Moslem 'holy land"
where lie Mecca and Medina, has no
missionaries. Hadramaut, with a popu-
lation Of 100000, is untouched. There
is not single mission station far in
land.
At the hour Of opportunity, created
by the world war, the call comes from
the crusaders, through the Interchurch
World Movement survey; first for more
doctors and nurses for the Garden Of
Eden and the Arabian interior; and
then for more workers.
On the basis Of what the survey has
revealed, the Interchurch World Move
ment is shaping program for the CO.
operative effort Of the Protestant
churches in America to win the nomad
tribes Of Arabia, and the present
dwellers in the garden, to the ideals
Of Christianity.
The Appeal., 1921-01-08
"FIoatino crematorvu for Ian..

TOky0.-Tokyo will soon have a
floating crematory," the first Of its
kind In Japan.
Two specially constructed vessels Of
$50 tons each, with facilities for ere
mating 80 bodies at a time, will be
used. The vessels will be anchored
at a wharf at Shfbura. and, after
funeral services have been held on
board. they will leave for a point
about seven miles off the bay for the
cremation. .=s
The Appeal., 1921-01-08
Run Big Bih In "Libre" Taxi.

Mexico City.-1n the belief that they
were graciously being extended the
freedom Of the city, several Texas ex-
cursionists halted a taxicab marked
'Libre" and toured the city half a
day.
When presented with a rather large
bill they protested, telling the driver
his car was labeled "Free" and was
part Of an entertaining committees
c0urtesies.
The bill was paid when they were
reliably informed that every taxicab
.'at liberty" or ready to hire Is
marked tLibre."
The Appeal., 1921-01-08
Rat Killing Time Comes Aoain.

Falmouth, Ky.-The successful rat
killing party staged on the J.. J. Eek
ler farm has suggested that rat par
ties" would be good thing for the
farmers Of that section. The rodents
are particularly bad at present, but
there are fewer on the Eckler farm
than In many day. While moving
tobacco sticks three members Of the
party killed 83 rats and at the same
time permitted six to get away.
The Appeal., 1921-01-08
Food for the Judicial Intellect

London, Ky.-Should fathers Of
girls have their rocking chairs strong
enough to hold two people? That was
the question involved in So suit here.
A father sued young man for that
sum for Wrecking rocking chair when
the girl sat on her beau,s lap The Ia
ther recovered damages in the magis-
hata's Office, but Judge Luker reversed
the decision, holding the chair was not
as strong as It should have been.
The Appeal., 1921-01-08
Something Funny. All Rioht.

Tiltonville, O.-There was some
thing funny about the chicken dinner
served Mayor Charles Beswick. He
was guest of honor at stag party
where the chicken was, served in lib
eral portions. On returning home
Beswick found that Is Of his choice
pullets had disappeared.
The Appeal., 1921-01-08
Squirrel Found in -.
Stomach of Trout


Columbia, La.-Can fish climb
tree or do squirrels take a
bath occasionally? This is the
question being asked by G. T.
McSween. While he and his
daughter, Mrs. Annie Wear,
were fishing in Horseshoe lake
they caught five unusually large
trout, two of which appeared to
be somewhat Overfed. On open
ing them, a squirrel was found
IN one, and a two-pound gar fish
in the other.
How that trout got that squir-
rel is the puzzling proposition.
The Appeal., 1921-01-08
4The Yellow oatrlch= Feather.v

1<The Yellow Ostrich. Feather"
Bonneville, Ky.-Nancy and Gym
thia Hale, aged fourteen and fifteen,
respectively, who cook and wash and
sew for six little mOtherless brothers
and sisters, have made quilt which
they have chr1Stened The Yellow Os-
trich Feather" Neighbors thought so
much Of It that it was sent to Louis
vile to be sold for the benefit Of wom-
en- Of the mountains.
The Appeal., 1921-01-08
Heart in the RIGHT Place.

Anderson, Ind.-Firemen hoisted a
4O-foot ladder to rescue a pigeon sr1s-
pended over high ledge Of st. Mary's
church The pigeon was entangled in
tWine Women in the crsWd which
watched the rescue applauded.
The Appeal., 1921-01-08
"A Boom Soon Punetured.

= Washington Courthouse, O.-This
city and farmers in the neighborhood
Of Point creek had the thrill Of oil"
when it was reported all over the sur.
face Of the creek It was learned lat
er that 1t was part OF 5000 gallons
which had escaped from wrecked
railroad chr
The Appeal., 1921-01-08
Buried il the Wrona Town.

New Albany, Ind. MOTH
ing is kDWn here concerning Samuel
Peacock. overseas soldier, whose body
arrived here for burial, members OF
the American Legion took charge Of
the funeral,
The Appeal., 1921-01-08

Even the bow-wOws are being fitted
out with goggles for motoring, accord
ing to report from Boston, which
states that goggles for dogs have been
placed on sale there. A prominent
Boston woman who is in the habit Of
taking her dog on motoring trips start
ed the fad. The dog was suffering
from eye strain as the result Of riding
out on windy days.
The photo shows Towser with his
specs. ,-'~