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The McCarthy weekly news., 1922-12-30

Washington Dec 18th
 Senator Burnham today intro dnced a bill into Congress to ex tend one billion dollars in credit to Germany.
 The money is to be used to. buy food for the starving popu- lation.
 After passing thru the hands of the finance committee the bill will undoubtedly go thru the two houses.
 James Nitric who went out rec ently reports a trip to Mayo
 He says that there are many idle men in that district. Mr. Nitric lsft here November 10 tn and returned to Cordova the l8 tn of December, A record bre aking trip.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-01
TWICE PROVEN

II you suffer ba,aac3e, sleepless
nights, tired. dull days and distress
ing urinary disorders, don't eXper..
ment. Read this twice.toid testimony,
It's Bennington extraordinarily
proven.
Mrs. c. II. Robson. 22j Depot ST.
says; 81 have used Doan's Kidney
Pills Off aud on whenever have
needed them As / have to ST quite
a bit, my back gets sore and | suffer
severely when ! have occasion to
stoop or bend When | have sucA an
attack / always get good results
from Doan's Kidney pins. which
buy at gu MANS Drug store" Estate
mont given August 25th. 1850
On April 2, 1920, Mrs. Robson said:
81 am as firm a believer in Doans
Kidney Pills as ever and am Away
glad to say few works of praise for
this re,ilb bladder and baekache
remedy Since giving my otter en-
dorsement for Doans. | have felt fine
and my Kidneys have been In good
condition.
COO. at all dealers. Fostec.Milburr
Co Mfrs. Buffalo n v Advertise
ment
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-01
THE TORTURE OF
INDIGEST
Thousands Relieved by Taking
"FFult-a-tIVGS"
The Famous Fruit Medicine

What is Indigestion and what
causes it? AS you know, solid food
must be changed into a liquid by the
stomach before it can be taken up as
nourishment by the blood.
The stomach acts as chuH 1t is
covered by a strong, muscular coat
and lined with a soft, delicate
membrane which sccretes the Gastric
Juice which digests or dissolves solid
food
When food enters the stomach, the
muscular coat squeezes and presses
the food from end to end, or churns
it, with the gastric juice to dissolve
or digesi It.
Buff the stomach muscles are
weals-or If the dissolving fluid is
pooror.asuidcicnt then food cannot
be digosied properly and you have
Indigestion.
"FruitG.tlreS' or 'Ffult LaT0 dbLetS
arc made from concentrated and i7teHSt-
fed fruit jQices and tones They will
positively cure Indigestion and Dys-
pepsia because they tone up the
stomach, bowels Kidneys and skin,
and thus insure pure gastric juice
and improved digestion.
"F1uitGapcs', me only medicine made
from fruu juices, will corectjo your Iadiges-
non and enable you 10 enjoy epeJ neal
TC this worde1M frit medicine.
50c box, for $3.50, trial size 25c.
Az dealers or from FRUIT.A-TIVES
Limited, OGDENsBURG, y. Y.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-01

ger prints OF every Individual are
taken and lled away for possible fu-
ure reference. Under such an arrange
men. it is impossible for any person
in Argentina to lost his or her ident-
~.
With finger prints Of your boys
duly filed IN your home town, they
cannot possibly run away and JON the
army navy or marine corps W thout
leaving behind them evidence 90 cstah-
h-N their identity.
Every now and then enc hears of a
case where somebody las forgotten all
about himself and docs not know who
he is or where he belongs This alf.ic-
ton fortunately rare, is called 'apha.
s'a'. II the finger prints of suu' an
uuucky ind yidual we~o on file some.
where the task Of identifying him
might' be greatly sjmplifed. Finger
prints taken in habyhood do not alter
their pattern through life.
Every day the war and navy depart.
monts are called ON to locate young
men who are missing from their
ZONES, With only the names (Which
may have been changed and the
vague description it is always diff
cult and often impossible to respond
to the demand In any such instance
a file finger print sent to Washington
wound elicit a prompt and sure answer
as to whether or not the missing man
was in the military or naval service
of the United States-Rehoboti Sun.
day Herald.
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SOUTH SALISBURY

George Baldwin has gone to Dorset
lur q iog days stay with relatives
Mrc. W. E. Stevens is Junior
LcGguc leader for the month Of April.
JCm Coulter of SALISBURY visited
his grand daughterNNlrs. Charles Har
rirgtou last Tuesday
Mrs. garry Beagle and daughter,
Dorothy were IN Bennington Friday
afternoon shopping,
Miss Alice McGoon Of Torrngton.
Conn. has been visiting friends in
the village for a Few days
Mrs. Floyd Sherwm and two sons,
Frank and Ralph of SALISBURY called
on relatives Wednesday afternoon.
Kenneth Matt'son of North Beri>
nngton visited Wis grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. David I'm on Wednesday
Several friends and neighhors met
at the hcme OF Mrs Edward Collins
on Thursday evening to help cello.
brate her birthday anniversary.
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TO KEEP ONES IDENTITY.

U. S. Urges all Par nts to Have
Finger Prints Of Their Children Taken
Uncle sam urges all parents to have
their ohldrens finger prints taken, Sc
that IN case they disappear from home
their whereabouts can be mere east y
ascertained than with a meager de.
acrption. The police department of
any city would be glad, with this idea
in view to make and file tie finger
prints.
Argentina Is far IN advance of us in
this matter. In that country the fin.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-01
II. b. HUTCHINS

Real Estate ana insurance Agency.
Village. Property. Farms and Smal
FIncas on OutElda a SDecialty
Rents Collected and Property cared for
FIRE Insurance
t07 Main street BenninEtos. VI
Telephone O5-w
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-01

pRIN ArG FUNWU CHNIEL
WnToW Fo ytpNteNT
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DIDN'T PAY TO KEEP BOOKS
On the Contrary, New York Stored
keeper Found Hs Made Money by
Not Doing So.

A prominent denizen OF Wall Street,
who summers at fashionable seashore
resort. was annoyed on his return home
TO receive bill for few small trlnkets
for which he was sure he had paid pre-
vions 10 his departure. Having always
pride1 himself on his efficient business
methods, and since the same store had
done the Identical thing the year be-
fore, he wrote scathing letter to the
storekeeper, giving his opinion OF the
man who employed methods which were
the direct antlthess Of his own. The
Incident soon slipped his mind and was
not recalled until the following summer
when he happened to pass the store.
His anger having cooled he determined
TO give the storekeeper some friendly
advice
Well" said the storekeeper, In reply
TO his lengthy discourse, Eve don't keep
any books and, to tell the truth, 1t pays
ms not to. For example, last summer
sold saddle. but when 1t came time
To make out the bill couldn't for the
life OF me remember who bought II.
finally narrowed II down to four people
and sent them oil bills As n result,
was paid by three of them, so you see
there Is no necessity for our keeping
books"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-04
DUE TO MENTAL IRRITATION
Propensity for Smashing Things Ex-
planned by British Institute Of
Industrial Psychology.

What makes the cook smash dishes,
even when she is not angry. and what
causes factory hand to damage pro.
duction unintentionally, has been
puzzled out by experts OF the National
Institute of Industrial Psychology Of
Great Britain.
Pieces OF mental grit get into human
machinery and play hob. A large
amount OF breakage Is due to mental
irritation. which Is largely result OF
fatigue. The worker who Is not-tired
has sufficient energy to use In checking
his irrltability; the worker who has
been performing mechanical motions
all day shows his boredom by crashing
something to the floor.
Breakage becomes epidemic at times,
the British experts have found. Where
groups Of workers are engaged In han
ding the same material, excitement,
luster, hurry or irritation in one sec
ton quickly spreads to another. Where
there is "A regular flow OF material
with rush periodSl II Is found that both
the excitement OF the rush and the
reaction Of the slack time damage
efficiency and incidentally damage the
things that are being handled. BY in
Producing steady flow Of material
there is noticeable rise in efficiency
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-04
CLEAR HOUSES OF REACHES
Species Of Ants That Bring Their Own
Welcome in the South American
Tropics.

"House-cleanlng ants are welcome
visitors in the South American tropics
for they hunt aud XIII the cockroaches
which infest tie homes there. Cock
reaches cannot be kept out Of the
houses; they grow TO unbelievable size,
and they eat everything, including
clothing They even nibble at ones face
or lips while enc Is asleer.
The ants appear in hordes at varied
periods. apparently from nowhere. A
strange fact IN connection with their
coming is that q tropical sariety Of
blackbird With very long tail is Al
ways the forerunner Of the foraging
ants. appearing in huge focks, That Is
the only time that these particular
birds are seen,
The ants invade the houses in mil
lions on their cockroach hunt. Wbols
punches will grab big cockroach and
lug II on bodily. They are like pack
Of wolves In their pursuit Of prey.
Every closet. every bureau drawer,
every crack and crevice in every room
Is thoroughly ransacked by the ants
until no more cockroaches are 10 he
found. One corps Of ants will hunt
ont the scampering reaches, biting and
passing them 10 other ants. who seize
and drag them away.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-04
NOT ALL MERE SUPERSTITION
General Dislike for Two.DoIlar Bills
Partially Explained by Boston
Banker.

The reason for the superstition that
81 bills bring bad luck are problematl-
cal.
One popular explanation Is that folks
are afraid they will pass two for a
zone" Gamblers and sports, particu-
larry, carry their money in heavy rolls
with the largest bills inside, and claim
that It h easy to peel a 81 bill from
the outside and pass It for one Ar
guments and disputes with shopkeep-
ers frequently follow as TO the denomI-
nation OF the bill passed.
Again, folks. who handle large num-
bers Of small bills are likely TO get a
81 note sandwiched In with o number
OF 81 bills and in counting forget 10
make allowance for the extra seed"
Still another possible reason for the
jinx was suggested by Boston
banker.
,"Two-dollar bills are frequently used
by counterfeIters and crooks" said he.
"A man can split 81 bill right
through the middle. then split n
twenty, paste one part OF the two with
another half Of the twenty and thus
make two twentIes out OF a $40 and a
81 bill By passing the $50 side up
they can get away with 1t more often
than you would believe"
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Custom Of Breaking Money.

To break piece OF money at part
Ing, each keeping part, was bond
Of fidelity nj one time among lovers.
This came from very remote ilmes, be-
fore inns and houses OF public accom-.
mediation were known.
Travellers had then to trust to the
hospitality Of strangers living on the
road. and II was customary at parting
to divide some article, such as white
stone or small coin. and for the host
aud guest each to take part, that II
the host required similar hospitality
from his guest he might claim II by
showing his token.
In the Revelation OF ST. John this
custom is referred TO where Christ
says. no him that overcometh win |
give white stone" so that at The Day
OF Judgment he may demand admls-
sion into heaven.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-04
/ WEST sHAFIssURY
1g " b r---a
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Robinson sper

! y " r II ~ -
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Robinson spent
Friday IN Troy. - ~
Percy Foster was the guest Thurs.
day OF his aunt, Mrs. Newell Bennett.
Mrs John Huntington Is the guest
OF Mrs ~ D. Bottum Of Williams.
town.
Truman Amdon was injured quite
badly "Wednesday by horse kicking
him IN the head.
Mr.. and MIS-. L. J. Cummings OF
Bennington were callers of Mrs. Anna
Robinson. Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs Andrew Niles and
'amily spent Thursday with their
daughter. Mrs. Arthur LaCla,r.
| Mr.. aud Mrs. Martin Coulter and
family spent Thanksgiving with Mr..
and Mrs. Alton Ccu ter OF Arlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orlic Dickinson and
fami y spert Thanksgiving in Hoosicx
Falls with her S ster. MIS-. Harry Bar
be-.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Amdon enter
| tanned Thursday Misses Sarah and
G arissa Perkins and Mr. and Mrs
Harry Farnham and sons.
Miss Hessie Chapman and fl end
OF Boston spent their holiday vacat' or
with Miss Chapman's parents, Mr.
and Mira George Chapman.
Mr.. and Mrs. II A. Niles entertain
I, ed on Thanksgiving day Mr. ana
Mrs. Percy Madison of South Shafts
bury and Mr.. and Mrs. ~ d. Bottun
OF Willlamstown.
Mr.. and Mrs II. T.. T.nkham en-
tertained at Thanksgiving dinner Mr.
and Mrs. f., G. Farnham and son
Clarence, of South SALISBURY, Rev
and Mrs. Waldo T.. DeWolie and fam
y o. North bennington.
Tho West SALISBURY sewing circl'
! VIII meet Wednesday. Dec. g. will
: the Misses Sarah and Clarissa Per
kins The ladies are requested {
bring their articles for the fair, a
this will be the last meeting befor'
the fair
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-04
Early Day subterfuae. in Films.

Even In the early days OF film.mak-
lug, ingenious subterfuges were en-
ployed TO enact scenes which would
otherwise have been most difficult to
reproduce. T. Stuart Blackton gives
some examples OF this 10 an article EN-
titled From peep.Show to Super
Cinema" In the London Magazine.
When clnematograph film Of the
Spanish.American war was attempt
ed. the Battle OF Santiago Bay" was
taken in little office under a skylight.
Photographs Of the battleships Indi-
ana and lows, aud other vessels OF ths
American feet, with pictures Of the
spanish warships were cut out and
fastened onto blocks OF wood and In
this way realistic sea battle was
produced.
The csast Of cuba was painted on
small canvas about six feet square,
and Santiago bay was an oil.cIoih tank
Friends were pressed into service To
pun cigarette smoke in on either side.
while Tiny explosions OF gunpowder
were set off from behind the picture
bsttleships,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-04
Make Much Of Sneezina.

Many savage and serni.civllized
races OF the Orient h2se some curious
customs regarding the sneeze. When
the sultan OF Monomotopa sneezes, for
instance. the fact Is made known from
the palace By certain signal. In
stautly every subject within hearing
sets up n shout, the cry is taken up
by others. and so extends until It
rolls throughout the confines OF the
empire.
When the sultan Of Senaar sneezes,
on the contrary. every woman in his
harem or within hearing turns her
back upon him, and makes n sign Of
contempt, by shifting her lips with her
hands--dlsguste that 30 mightya per.
Sonage should have to sneesc like an
ordinary mortal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-04
"WalklnQn Millinery shops.

In certain section OF Mexico there
are women who wear 1850 hats at one
time. They are walking" millinery
shops
Instead OF setting up shop" the
Mexican woman carries her store
around with her. The hats, which are
Of light straw, are for sale, and the
walking millinery shop often carries
about fifty baskets with her besides.
And the baskets are not small fancy
affairs, but oftentimes are OF half
bushel size. II is usually the Indian
women who do this, and the hats and
baskets are woven in most attractive
Indian designs.
The prices OF these handmade arti-
cles are very low. Baskets that would
sell for a dollar In American money
sell for only a few cents in Mexico, and
hats which sell for IS or so cents would
cost many dollars In other countries.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-04
Electro. Chemical Colors.

The preparation of mineral and artl'
fetal organic colors by the aid Of elec.
tricity has made considerable progress
and 1t Is suggested that the products
Of the industry may eventually replace
those derived from coal tar. Among
the colors now produced in commercial
quantities by the employment Of the
electric current are vermilion, Scheels
green, cadmium yellow, Japanese red,
cerlse or cherry red, Berlin green and
zinc white, besides number Of organ.
lc colors The process consists essen.
TALLY in sending an electric current
through solution containing the ele-
ments required for the production by
precipitation, OF the coloring matter
desired Exchange.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-04
SAFETY FIRST ON THE PLAINS
Wild Beasts Learn Early In Life That
Man isa Creature to
Be Avoided.

1t Isl slow-witted wolf that Will al
low the hunter to cntch him mapping
nowadays. Among wolves, says
Enos A. Minis in his book, watched
by Wild Animals the "safety-frst'
motto appears to be: "Avoid being
seen by man; and never, never
touch anything that carries the scent
OF man or OF iron or STEEL"
So thoroughly have wolves learned
that man is likely to be dangerous
that one night some hunters in Wyo-
ming were content to leavesa freshly
killed elk lying on the ground In n
wolfinfested region, protected only by
handkerchief they had tied to one
Of The horns. Another instance a
hunter left deer ont all night In
wolf country and kept tie wolves
away merely by rubbing his hands
over the carcass. 81
Coyotes also are wary; their keen
Glts seem to be always awake. One
day man carrying a gun srroled into
field AT an isolated cattle ranch
where hunting WAS. forbidden. The
appearance OF the man differed from
that OF some men near by who were
carrying fishing poles, but the wise
coyotes either scented or could dis
tingush the gun and knew what 1t
was for Presently oil buried away.
While the gunner remained at least
one OF the coyotes sat where he could
overlook the field. Within a few min
utes after the man had gone all came
! stroling back.
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Walpurals NIaht.

In Germany "Walpurgis night'-the
night preceding the first day OF May
corresponds to Halloween IN this
country. and considering that All
Saints day was originally kept ON the
first OF May. there would appear 10 be
but little doubt that Halloween and
Walpurgis have common origin,
which, doubtless, dates back to the
earliest belief In personal and all.
powerful Evil one.
The German peasants believe that
on Walpurgis night there Is witch
festival, or gathering OF evil spirits
on the summit OF the Broken. in the
Hatz mountains, and the mallgn in.
nrcnce OF this convocation Is believed
to he felt all over the surrounding
country. II was an old custom. and
stu observed in some places, TO light
great bontires OF straw or brush on
that night, TO drive away the spirits OF
darkness supposed TO he lowering In
the air.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-04
MANCHESTER CENTER
Mrs. John Zullo Is visiting relatives
and friends in New York city.

Mrs. John Zullo Is visiting relatives
and friends in New York city.
Mrs. Earle s. Marsh is in Rutland
where she Is q guest of Mrs. A. w.
Gorton.
DR.. and Mrs. James l.. Loycjoy
spent Thanksgiving Day in Weston
with the Doctors parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. f.. Badger and
daughter spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Badger in Dandy
The Community Bible class will
hold its next study hour Dec. Stn, at
the home of Mrs. l. II. Conner.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Batchelder and
fami : were Thanksgiving guests OF
William Batchelder In Dorset
!, The Rev William j. Brown OF
Wells. will officiate at q on church in
tn S village until further notice
| Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Lugene
will leave soon for Lakeland, Florida
where they intend to spend the win
ter.
Mr. and Mrs. j. II. Dimond spen,
Thanksgiv ng with Mrs Dimond''
brother. We're iloughton, OF London
derry
Mrs Clarence A. Conan is in Put
nam Memorial hosp tai, Bennington
where she recently underwent an op
GRAFTON.
Mss Azze Whitman went to Ben
nington Friday where she will d,
special work at Putnam Memoria
hospital.
Mrs. Louis Martin and daughter
Virginia. have returned home from
o two weeks visit with re- at YES II
New York city and Phi adelphia.
A son. Robert Spencer, was born /,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Proyan of Rutland
on Sunday night. Noyemher 26th. Nj
Provan was a former resident of tn
village.
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MUST REST IN CHINESE SOIL
No Son OF the Flowery Empire Al
lowed to Remain Perpetually In
a Foreign Grave.

u Us not perhaps generally known,
but no Chinaman's. remains remain In
definitely on foreign soil. Al the west
coast where Chinese are much more
numerous than In the East, Chinese
cemeteries are large aud there are lots
OF them. In the graveyard Is large,
hollow cement dome with q small hole
Just above small altar table. Plunks,
or small tapers. are burned continually
on this altar during burial ceremony
and the object Is to drive the evil
spirit into the dome and hold him
there until the remains are Inferred.
From the time the oody leaves the
house until It Is covered, prayer papers
are continually In the air. These pa
pers are punched with numerous small
holes. and the belief is that the bad
spirits must creep through each OF
these holes before they can enter the
body.
Periodically the bones OF the de.
parted are disinterred and packed In
small caskets. On all the T. and o.
liners are sections devoted entirely to
the carrying Of these small, boue'hlled
caskets, back TO China for final rein
terment. No Chinese bones are know
ingly allowed to remain OH foreign soil.
Thus China is land of grayeyards
and the greatest difficulties found by
railway companies building in China
is to avoid disturbing the remains oil
Chlna's honored dead.
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Wasp. Bill Like Pair of plneer..

wasp's mandbles--a big. strong
heak, which. after you have looked Mt
Il while. seems as formidable as that
Of nm eagle--do not open with an up
and.down motion. Ike the bill Of q
bird His Is a bill the two halves Ct
which open out to right and left And
instead Of one.half moving while the
other remains stationary, both move.
II works like a pair OF pincers. This
long and strong cutting tool hangs
downwards, though rot in the sense
that It is bent to reach In that direc-
ton.
A wasp has long head, like horse,
and the mandibles, being set straight
on this, naturally reach downward,
writes Charles n. Stewart In the At.
lantlc Monthly.
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Famous Old Restaurants.

What Is the Oldest restaurant In the
world now open for business? Paris
has at least one restaurant, the Cafe
de Ia Regence, which is more than 200
years old the Mitre hotel at oxford,
England, Is said to be 500 years old /;
the Rathskeller at Bremen was built
in 1905 the curious little restaurant
known ms the Bartwurstglockleln. in
Nuremberg which is part of church,
has. II is believed. been serving roast
sausages since the year 400; and the
Capello Nero restaurant In Venice,
traces its beginnings back to the year
1870.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-04
"Habeas Corpus Act.

The "Habess Corpus Act" was
passed IN the reign OF Charles II, and
defined provision of similar characi
rim Magma Charta. to which also 1t
added certain details.
The act provides that any man taken
to prison can insist that the person
who charges him with crime shall bring
him bodily before court and state
the why and wherefore OF bis deten.
ton. AS soon as this is done the court
is TO decide whether the accused is to
be admitted to bail.
Imprisonment in fact. must be either
for punishment after conviction, or for
safe custody tll the time OF trial.