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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-02-21

Stomach troubles, weaknesses through
out the digestive organs which cause
constipation and upset the equilibrium
of the whole system are brought on by
irregular meals, imprudent eating and
drinking, and a lack of the proper nour-
ishment for the organs which Secrete the
gastric juices and make assimilation of
the food possible Some discretion
should be exercised where stomach
trouble is apparent, which if done and
directions followed in using BLOOD
Wine,' permanent cure is almost sure
tofollow Blood Wine' makes diges-
tive fluids. 1t supplies the missing some
thing in the stomach that aids the diges-
ton. 1t will overcome sick stomach,
nausea, vomiting, help you to retainyour
food, and give you good appetite.
1t extracts the nourishment from the
food and turns it into flesh, tissues,
membranes, nerves and muscles. 1tWiH
cure in reasonable time old cases OF
constipation and give the bowels freet
easy action at regular periods. 'Blood
Wine" contains no wine or opiates.
81 sat at my desk all day and for twenty-five
years was troubled with constipation. My
bowels would not move except by fits and starts
and my breath and saliva threw off an awful
odor; my face burned, eyes ached and had
dragged-out feeling all the time. Regular medi-
cal aid failed to produce but temporary relief.
With some prejudice l tried Blood Wine
One bottle helped me. l then had more faith in
it and got another bottle. By using lttle,l
common sense in my mode of living and the, Use
of four bottles effected thorough cure and
now 1 am actually a different, practically q y
new, man. William Curtin, Box 1915, Bottom,
Mass" NM
BLOOD Wine" costs fifty cents bottle.
but you can sample it free of chargaiy 1
George + Greene's drug store, lib
Main street
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-02-21

Secretary Shaw has addressed a cir
cular letter to each of the 1000 women
petitioners to the Treasury department
who CONF lain against the present sys-
TEN of baggage inspection at the lurt
of New York. He asks each petitioner
for detailed statement of her exre-
rience with the insr ectors, an | all The
facts connected Herewith. Each case
will he investigated.
Gen. J. Ii. Wilson. recently APPOINT
ed delegate to represent the army at
King Edwards coronation spoke
strongly for reel; rocity wit Cuba be-
fore the Union League club, CT icago.
last week. He said that though our
army is still in possession of Il g coun-
try and we have absolutely controlled
it for two years, we have not cone une
thing to reI air the ravages of war or
extend the commerce of the country.
He proposed removing the duty on
Cuban inn ortations and at Il e same
time surrounding the island with our
own protective tariff on foreign imTor-
tations. Annexation, he maintained,
is sure to come.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-02-21
ROCKEFELLER
STOP
Obliged to Live on B.
Milk but Worth [
$200,000,000
Blood Wine Effects Interestin.
of Dyspepsia.

Few people know that the Standa
Oil King, whose wealth is so great tia
he can't count it, but estimated to be
somewhere between two and three hun
bred millions, has been troubled for
years with serious arrangement of the
digestive organs, and while he could live
on the best the markets of the world
produced he has been compelled to exc
out an existence ON bread and milk. His
case has recently been brought before
the attention of the proprietors of
"Blood Wine" who after careful study
of his trouble decided that theiI remedy
would help him; and several bottles have
just been shipped to the mult-milion-
aire. If Mr.. Rockefeller takes "Blood
Wine" as directed by the chemist, whose
skill figured prominently in compound
ing this splendid remedy, we shall un-
doubtedly hear of his normal functions
being restored.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-02-21
IL ALL ADS.
CENTRAL VERMONT nv
Southern Division.
GOING SOUTH.

Trains leave Brattleboro as follows:
5.23 a. m. Daily for Springfield and New Y,
40 a. m, for Miers Falls, Palmer and Ne I
London. Connecting at Millers Falls with
Boston Il Maine r. r., at Palmer with Boston
a. Albany r. r., at New London with N. Y, N.
II. *. II. r. II.
9,1O a. m, for Springfield and New York.
l0l5 a. m. for Millers Falls, connecting for Bos-
ton.
PIP p. m. for Springfield and New York.
4.35 p m for Springfield and New York. Daily.
4.35 p. m, for Millers Falls and stations on
Fitchburg Division Boston & Maine r. T.,
Palmer and New London and New York Via
Norwich Line
leave Brattleboro at Z 80 a. m. and AZ p. m
Subject to change without notice.
Trains run week days only except as noted.
f. II. FITZHUGH V. 2. and e. NJ. st. AlbaU
S. w. CUMMINGS, Ct. p. A, st. AlbaS. 4
Corrected to Nov. "a 1901.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-02-21

Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription find that it
keeps them in vigor-
Gus health. They eat
we'll, sleep we'll and
are not nervous.
When baby comes its
advent is practically
painless, and the
mother is made hap
py by the birth of q
healthy child. If you
would be a healthy
mother of healthy
children use Favor
lite Prescription"
N will be very glad to
say q few words for DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
tion,r writes Mrs. P. 8
Douglas, Of Mansonvilie,
Bronze Co., Quebec. rDur-
ing the first four MONTHS
when l looked forward to
becoming a mother. suf-
fered very much from nau-
sea and vomiting, and I
felt so terribly sick ! could
scarcely eat or drink any
thing. / hated all kinds
nf food Al this time l,
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-02-21
The Last Heard OF 1t.

MY little boy ro,k til. Group one night and
soon grew - ba YOU coul hear him r athe
allover the houses, ST. Reyn"ll., Man
field. .. I'VE 'etr h. would die, hu II few
dose. of one Minute, Ough IRE quick v ,"-
litved him and II went IT, sleep. T,h he
last we heard of the croup Now i.n'i Il couch
cure like that raluahI = TN NJ NJ t.ugu
cure l. ai,>oliirI, SAT, and acts immr,atl.
For coughs. cold. "r"up. gri T.. hron''h II AMI
her throat and lung tr.ub e. il j. II certain
cure. Very pl'a ant 4. TAX Tue little on
like il. Greenes Drug store.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-02-21
Notes..

The president Monday sent a mes
sage to the Senate recommending the
granting of Naval Constructor Rich
mond p. Hobson's request for retire
ment, on account of intirmities con-
tracted on duty at Hong Kong
The Senate Monday ratified treaty
between the United States and Great
Britain extending for u months from
July %, 1901, the time within which
British colonies or foreign possessions
NAV give their adhesion to the conven-
vention signed in 1899 for the tenure
and disposition of real and personal
property.
At his hearing on the Philippine
question by the Senate committee Fri
day, Gov. Taft said that the Filipinos
are not fit for jury duty. He said that
UNI Ter the Spanish regime, the courts
were not only sluggish, but notoriously
corrupt, and that the people are so
used to corruption in the administra-
tion of justice that they couli not be
trusted "They need to be trained. :"
he said. "to have examples; they are
not yet ready for jury duty"
Before the Senate Phlllnplne COM
mittee Gov. Taft said Monday that the
Unite I States shout declare its inten-
tion to hnl the islands indefinitely,
with the unders an ling that they shall
have a quasi independence when suit
able. His llan and that of the COM
mission is first to give the people a
uualified suffrage with a gradual
growth in popular government; sec
ond. 10 institute within reasonably
short time local legislature to con-
Sist of two bo1i.s, one tn be chosen by
vote and the other to he appointive;
third. tn Kermit the islands to send
two or three representatives to Wash
ington.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-02-21

wrote to Or. Pierce, and he told me 70 get nis
'Favorite Prescription and bottle of Golden
Medical Discovery got a bottle of each, and
when had taken them a few days, felt much
better and when had taken hardly three parts
Of each bottle felt we'll and could eat we'll as
any one, and could do my work without any
trouble (I could not do anything before). ! feel
very thankful to DIR. Pierce for his medicine,
and tell all who tell me they are sick, to get
these medicines, or write to DR.. Pierce"
Those who suffer from chronic dis
eases are invited to consult DIR. Pierce,
by letter, free. All correspondence
strictly private. Address DIR. r. V.
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure bill
iousness and sick headache.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-02-21

It's mistake 10 imagine that itch
ing rifles can't be cured; mistake to
suffer day longer than you can help.
Doan's Ointment brings instant relief
and permanent cure. At any dug store,
81 cents
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-02-21
THE FIRSTbORN.

Why is it that the firstborn child Is so
often the healthiest of family of chill
dren? The reason seems to suggest it.
self. As child follows child the mother
has less and less vitality often not
enough for herself and none, therefore,
for her child.
Exnecfanf s,,ofhara suln l,sa nocfoe
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-04-04

diculous, If you like-and l invariably
follow "Tannnauser" or "Leonore'
overtures with some little street sons
melody OF ragtime march. 1t frequent
" happens that two persons will sit
side by side at one OF my concerts. one
q lover Of 'high-class' music the other
with a desire only for the ragtime
piece. BY bringing the extremes In
close contrast the grand old overtures
seem grander and the street SONG
sweeter and more enhancing.
why should any conductor refuse
to play music which causes so much
harmless pleasure?
"Ragtime is not . fad, as many have
declared, and 1t will not die out II
pleases the God-given sense Of rhythm
and will endure as long as the world
shall stand. Call 1t what you will
ragtime Is as good as any other name
lit existed centuries before our time
and it will go on for centuries to come
after we have been forgotten"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-04-04
I've Criticisms on ssrmons.

The Rev. DR.. w. s. Rainsford, NJ
tor of ST. Georges church. New Yeti
derives much enjoyment from III
criticisms of his sermons which n
hears from time to time. He vi
an artful way Of calling forth then
expressions, and enjoys telling Il
some very frank replies he has rscstI
ed. He recently asked a young MI
ishioner. who is an attentive lisensl
Well. Dorothy, how did you III
my Advent sermon?"
1T was very peculiar, doctor n
piled the precocious 11-year-old. ia
read 20 many texts from the Bible
The doctor missed from the sefyia
a stern-faced but kindly old woman 1
New England stock. and sought hs
out
Il have not seen you at church lat
~" he said.
THE fact is, doctor. l have been =
ing to st. .--s."
Don't you like st. Georges" u
clergyman asked.
yes" was the hesitating r9E
"but there 10 not enough hellfre
your sermons. You are too easy q
sinners"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-04-04

.rsstime concerts" every Wednesday
sweating, and In spite Of Cincinnati's
reputat1on q ! musical city. these con-
$3.50 drew from $4,000 to 1900 people
U them svsry evening. At these con-
eerts the best elements Of Cincinnati's
Dooula&ion were there, doubling the At
eeAdance It Wagner and Symphony
1onoefts. At the Buffalo Exposition
ga II every other city In the United
1tntes and Canada where Brooke's
&and has played. 30 per cent Of the re-
quests Tor music have been for the
rae-time selections.
II. BroOke's standing as 4 compo-
ser.o 4 popular music has given him .
.svOtco 70 b heard on the subject. Els
Deefally II his opinion valuable when
IL II considered that not one bar Of
raetime nusic occurs In his compost
tions. and that while he does not de-
nd Il. he makes 1t plain that ragtime
snsnic n with the people for al time.
1rrs. James Z. Blair, I society leader
q ~ Louis. declared Ia = public adj
Ar6ns last spring that the Missouri me-
GsQDolls - 'ragtims' city, and In the
N1DoW1ng Talk the bandmaster agrees
Wl1ns#har y TO al cities being In the
e1le1o4sS|yE.
62IdIiinle."" aid M. Brooke, sis now
e~ensraliy mootsd Of al
~ AMONG musicians. but why
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-04-04
LIVING EXPENSES IN ,o.....
What the Diner Has to Paw !,
t0urants. N

What the Diner Has to Pa,
taurants.
An American who, in thu 49,.
language OF his country, is a. N
located in London wants Il
whether any city in the world !.
so niggardly as our own, Hs ~.
going the round of the London =.
rants, and has encountersd i. \.
management Of them a spir,,
distresses him.
There is, to begin with" h.
"a charge OF from I'd to Cd 70, ~.
ing your hat and coat in thu n
room, and a tip in addition il ~.
ed. You want to wash your hoss
another I'd or another Cd, and
other tip. You take up the MEM
beholdl there IL an intimation ~. /
charge OF Sd each person will b. =,
under the guise OF table money 3
charge varies according to the M.
of the place--3d is the lowest. "a !.
haps the average; at a great man, !
taurants it is Is, and in at lear |,
that ! have Visited, j. n
The only difference ia nj
in the lower-priced r~est,un,
it is called table money, y
in the higher-priced ones placed ~
the captivating heading Of couysrt 7
my mind an entrance fee. franh,y n
manded at the door. would be mi
less offensive than to find yourd
asked at the end Of a dinner to n, \
the trouble and expense Of c~leanin, |,
the cutlery you have used" /
His conclusion of the whole MN.
is that London lives by imposing !,
fixed tariff on the accessories thu \
every other city l have ever bea n
are thrown In gratis" and he thin
that being a gentleman is one Of N
most expensive professions an Eal
Hshman can have. He declares 4 n
be an utter delusion that London 4
a cheap place to live in.-Lonaul
Chronicle.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-04-04

Call 1t what you will, and rag
time is az good a any other noise"
says Thomas Preston Brooke. ''This
'raStime' existed centuries before our
time. and 1t will go on for centuries to
some after WI have been forgotten"
"Ragtime," it's origin, its status, its
merits and dement's, and its chances
cor perpetuatiOn have been worrying
musicians with long hair and the pub
Ne having long purses ever since q
popular song writer . few years ago
claimed to have invented its rhythm.
When . discriminating public for
public effect had jumped upon ragtime
and IT. popularity with the hoi polloi.
Some one high in the musical world
came forward in its defense, saying
&Aa& some OF the worlds famous COM
r0ssrs had used It In classic music;
thAt technically 1t was syncopation,
~ under that name was worthy place
= any O~0mposition. Yet still the long
haired musician and his followers are
net roc0ncilod.
In tho Chicago Federation Of Musi-
sAans there II Z prospect Of = split In
tAO organization, leaving the players
u The classic on the one side and the
gNgttme champions on the other. The
1ong-haired men are refusing to ASSOC
6late With the ragtime men, and the
situation = becoshinG acute. JfAnaa y
AZ Denvst last June the America
Tsdsratiot u Musicians 1t its annual
&wF#&yH&H.n @A@ZA&ExHE. vWE~
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-04-04
"Ra6tine" Music Existed
Centuries BE fore Our Time.

player who sat perched on a barrel
in a corner at a 'corn-husking bee.
who held his fiddle at his elbow and
his bow at half-mast, played the Ar
kansaw Traveller and Up Duck Creek
in a style that would put to shame
many of the fellows who claim to have
originated what they are pleased to
call 'ragtime.'
"Drummers have played nothing but
ragtime since the invention of the
drum. The BASS drum is now used
only TO punctuate or emphasize the
heavy beats or pulse Of the music, but
in the original 'sheepskin band that
has furnished martial music for our
soldiers in times OF war for centuries
the bass drummer used a stick in each
hand and helped out the ragtime
rhythm Of the snare drum.
who has no stood on a curbstone,
watching a passing parade, and noticed
how YEARLY the men in line plodded
along to the monotonOus 1-l-l-2-3 OF
the bass drum? But when the snare
drums broke into their merry ragtime
beats of TAFT tat-a-tat' how the
marchers Immediately braced up and
walked with a buoyant, elastic step?
According to good authority. the
sense of rhythm is greater by SO per
CEN than either the sense of harmony
or melody. Consequently, any march
with a strong rhythmic accent, or a
ragtime song with it's intensified
rhythm, appeals more intensely to
greater mankind.
II have often been asked why dc
you play so much ragtime at your
concerts and l always reply that rag
time music is what is most demanded
and that my mission is to please-noi
to educate-the masses. 1t is not 9
crime to acknowledge that you enjoy
ragtime. All the old masters wrote
ragtime, and that great poet and wiz.
ard of harmony. Richard Wagner, was
a postmaster at it. 1t Is a well-knowr
fact that the themes for many of oul
most popular ragtime songs Were
taken bodily from his operas.
Il have always delighted in strong
contrasts-from the sublime to the ri.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-04-04

~THE MAN IN CORDUROY =
By e. }. APPLETON
coovr,pbt. 1902. by Daily Story Publishing Company

one of her pictures at the Spring Elk
hibit and said, in the hearing OF Liza
herself. that he had a notion to ma
the girl who had painted 1t, n rail-
in low with her. And, adding insult
to injury, he had expressed hlmseil
as believing that he would marry her,
too. His %impudence had made Doro-
thy stamp one small foot with anger
and resolve to make him sorry for
what he had said, some day.
I'm paint him carefully and exhibit
the picture next spring" she thought,
background of meadow, and all. Then
the self-satisfed Mr.. Van Dyke Will
see that l prefer to use men-even bis
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-04-04
the Sky.

Prot. Willis l.. Moore of the asrtt
tural department In a recent rVaa
ridicules the idea that storms Of NJ
kind may be induced. dispellsd Or ~
trolled by bombarding the clcas
Prof. Cleveland Able of the weat6
bureau agrees With his concluslos
and in = recent paper criticises na
Franklin's argument for the ration
pl~ausibility and possible effecnveDd
OF ~cannonading the sky with TaA
rings for the prevention Of hailstol1
DR.. Moore and DR.. Able should INV
that . great many people in EavI
besides ignorant peasants believe =
hailstorms may be averted by Inc y
fluence Of explosives. and the "u
they profess II too we'll GROUNDED :
experience, or what passes for eAp1.
ence, to be shaken by anybodys .
dixit. No doubt they are mls!.a1
but to show that they are wou'a !.
Quire that experiments be made ~
conditions similar to those which ="
established their confidence.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-04-04

time was not discovered or invented by
anyone. Darwin says music was
known and understood before words
were spoken and / believe that rag
time existed in the lower animals long
before the advent Of man. It is sim
ply rhythm, or intensified rhythm. and
I have frequently observed animals
Keeping time to music having q strong,
marked rhythm.
Rhythm is the skeleton on which
oil music is hung, and II you will strip
the so-called modern raEtime OF its
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-04-04

melodies you will have the music that
has been In vogue since the beginning
Of time and that still is the only music
OF many Of the heather races. 1t is
the 'juber,' buck, and wing darces OF
the old plantation darby, and no more
inspiring ragtine was ever played than
that which he patted with his hands,
shuffied with his feet. or plunked on
his rudely constructed banjo.
"All the oldtime 'iddlers' were rag
time performers. The backwoods
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-04-04
Egype.s Yelled Women

~
The tasmak or veil may be Diac.
white, long or short. plain or en-.
lished with rows of drawn woIA {
tucks, and OF any sort OF fine. son
terial. The women OF the middls !.
lower classes wear for the most ~.
black wells from n to three III
long; those higher in the soclai ~
wear white ones, and occasionaIN ~
reach to the hem of the dress. - Il.
are held in place by a metal tuOe Il
Is fastened over the nose and Lower ~ ~
Of the forehead by cords securely 2
behind. When worn with this 800 NJ
In the orthodox fashion, there y ~
ing visible but the woman's ~
black eyes. which e evelyD
going on.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-04-04

such a subject should threaten to dis
rupt the Chicago Federation of Must
clans is rather difficult to understand
when considered from an intelligent
and unprecedented standpoint.
During the last yea there have
been published countless articles on
ragtime, written by prominent musi-
clans. teachers, and critics. many OF
whom had something to say about who
discovered" or invented" it. Rag
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-04-04

Ida. laughing softly a. ,..I
expression. Poor Nttls IN
it awful?" ~ -
The most treasured ,aluan.
large collection belonsinr
Van Dyke, Esq, to-day ~
color portrait Of himself " ~
painted by his wife. sast1
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-04-04

Ths aborigines of the Malabar Is
lands employ q perfect whistling
language, by means Of which they can
communicate with each other over
long distances. A stranger wandering
yer the islands is frequently surprised
to hear from the hilltop the sound OF
LOUD whistling, which is quickly re-
peated on the next hill. and SO is
carried from summit to summit, until
1t dies away in the distance. But per.
naps the most curious means of COM
mpxication in the world is the drum
language of the Congo tribe. These
queer people car talk to each Other
with large drums made of bamboo
hoops, over which the skin OF some
animal is stretched. The drum. how.
ever is used only on important oc.
casions.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-04-04

Advices from Germany are to ~
feet that q very satisfactory 49, -.
gutta percha has been derived
peat, and great things are expecv.S
result from the discovery in cnes ~
ing the cost OF insulating ocean 49,.
Gutta percha 10 the only SUD
thus far discovered for protecnAs
wire against the corrosive actle.S
salt water. and the product Is n6
limited, but 10 controlled BY -
ligh Arm OF cable manufactures.
own the forests In the Eass
from which the gutta percna ..
tained.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-04-04
at Is pretty" she said-

will be q second 'Sower.'" Once or
twice . deeting smile curved the cor
ners OF her pretty mouth a. she
thought OF what Ida McCane, her
best friend, would say when she told
her how she had stopped one of Mr..
Van Dykes workmen In his labors
and made him pose for her; but Dor
othy was on her vacation and she en-
5oyed doing things in the country that
she could not do in the city.
Then. too. although she had neye,
met Mr.. Van Dyke, he wa the one
person In the world whom she b.
usve1 she hated. Had he not seep
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-04-04

Time will not make the great man
but he cannot be made without it.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-11
At Paris This Week.

Among the attractions at
Paris this week and one which
Monroe City people visiting the
fair should not fail to see is
Miss Vessie Farrell supported
by her own select company in
standard comedies and dramas
This company is composed of
sixteen people, all artists in
their line, and is the most com.
plete dramatic organization
touring the west. They pre-,
sent Miss Farrels masterpiece
"a Wites Secret" and the great
dramatic success Camille "
There are few plays in the
English language which possess
the elements of heart thrilling
interest and awakeus the sym.
pathy as does Camille" 1t
will be completely acted ard
mounted, with all the attention
to detail. This company will
appear at the Opera House
Paris each night during the
fair and also at Shelbiha dur
ing the fair.