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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-20
WARRANT.
The legal voters of the Village of Brattleboro
ors hereby notified to meet at town hall, on
Thursday, April z, 1903,
at 7:SO O'Clock p. NJ.

To act ON the following Articles, to wit;
ARTIcLE1. To see if the Village Will vote 10
Law. locate and maintain a water main of not less
than eight inches in diameter, connecting with
the mains of the Chestnut Hill Reservoir Com
pany at or near the Main Street bridge in said
Village of Brattleboro. to run from thence along
Vernon Street as far Southerly as the factory OF
r.. Souto 4 Company. for the purpose OF supply
inc the inhabitants of the village with water
for domestic uses and for the purpose OF pro
tecting the property along the line of said err
NON Street and its vicinity from fire; and Tor
the purpose of establishing and maintaining
hydrants upon and connecting with sald n man az,
for fire protection; and for the purpose OF en-
abling the parties desiring TO establish sprlnk
Ier protection i'm and about the buildings ana
property owned by them.
aRTICLE2 To see if the Village of Brattle-
boro will vote to issue bonds TO defTay the eN-
pense of laying and maintaining said water
main.
W II. PERRY, Village Clerk.
Brattleboro March i6, 1905.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-20
.OLUME XVIII.
WANTED, FOR SALE, TO RENT, Etc.

v,NTED-Middle aged man and wife on
INV farm. Man must be good mixer A. v
Nity. Bratteboro
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-20

NTED Young man to work in blacksmith
NV shop as helper. S. b. WILLIAMS. II
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-20

INrED-By L. L. STEWART, ten good car
INV nrnters who are willinl; to go ont OF town
\ y work. Please call at Brattleboro House dur
IT,, Mar 26 and inquire for l.. l.. STEWART.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-20

Do M M %ssPSon at So Wits Rfs
hon street.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-20

TrEIp WANTED MAILMAN, active and
IIi intelligent, with horse and wagon ana
['ra,,t st50. to deliver and collect. Permanent
fao0 0 week and expenses. FRANKLIN, Box IS,
IPhiladelphia.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-20

|Hrv ANTED-30 to 40 II. 2. portable boiler.
w Address c., Reformer Office. lott
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-20

T,tr trANTED-At once an experienced COOK
NV 81 90 per week. Apply at house FRAN
'GnopuuE. Main street, Brattleboro.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-20

rAYTED-At ce, four good house paint
NV ers Apply to L. II. LAzELLE, East
Northheld, Mass.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-20

y ANTED-A Young man to learn tailoring.
w This is rare chance to learn the most
fr,nced methods LAFLEcHE Bros, Brattle-
/ Iboro, VT
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-20

,uoRSECLIPPERS sharpened. L. II. SrELL-
Ill NAN, Machine shop, Brattleboro, Vt.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-20

|HyvANTED-Man for general farm work Ad
NV dress BON $40, Brattleboro, Vt, '-tt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-13
The Kansas State Flower.
From the Kansas City Journal


Legal phraseology does not yield itself
readily to symbolism imagery, and we
seldom find anything ornate or poetical
about an act of the legislature. SO poets
and rhetoricians everywhere should come
with bowed heads and grateful hearts to
contemplate the Kansas law of 1903 estab-
nshlng state flower. We quote the law
in full:
Whereas Kansas has native wild
flower common throughout her borders
hardy and conspicuous, of definite, unvary-
ing and striking shape, easily sketched.
nodded and carved, having armortal ca
pacities, ideally adapted for artistic repro
duction, with its strong distinct disk and
It's golden circle of clear glowing rays-a
flower that child can draw on a slate. q
woman can work in silk, or man can
carve on stone or fashion in clay; and
Whereas this flower has to all Kansas
a historic symbolism which speaks of from
tier days winding trails. painless prairies,
and is full of the life and glory Of the past,
the pride of the present, and richly en-
blematic OF the majesty of golden future,
and is a flower which has given Kansas
the worldwide name. the sunfiower state;'
therefore
Be 1t enacted by the legislature of the
state or Kansas, That the helianthus, or
wild native sunfiower. is hereby made,
designated and declared to be the state
flower and floral emblem Of the state of
Kansas"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-13
Electric Wires and Trees.
rom the Rochester Democrat

From the Rochester Democrat.
The fastening of wires, whether having
an electrical connection or not, to trees
is quite likely to kill them. Passage OF
wires through the branches Of trees lie
fatal to tree life.
A beautiful tulip tree near the corner OF
East avenue and Alexander street is dying
because wires pass among its branches.
The telephone wire. apparently harmless
because of the slight current it carries, Is
almost deadly as the electric light wires.
A grounding of the current of the telephone
wire by swaying of branches or wire. gives
a tree intermittent shocks that kill. Wires
carrying no steady current carry at times
powerful atmospheric currents and are de-
structive. Steel wire strung in the mag
nettc meridian becomes magnetic and the
magnetic intensity varies. If such wires
are attached to trees the latter show the
effects in sickly foliage and slow growth.
A row of naples along the roadside south
OF Rochester has been used by land owner
to carry the steel wires of a road fence in
place of posts The wires run north and
south and are fastened to the trees with
wire staples that penetrate the sap. AS
result of this bad treatment the trees are
sickly and will probably die in few years
A wire with only casual Or induced cur
rents kills slowly, but 1t kills. Those who
care for trees must keep wires away from
them. or the labor of planting and rearing
will be lost.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-13
VITAL FORCE
Is CRUSHED BY CHRONIC rRo,,e1

Is CRUSHED BY CHRONIC TROUBLES
One of the most weakening. undermining trop
tles which mankind is heir to Is hemorrhoIds mr.
piles The victim Is careless and neglectful of the
dlsease Mt first because the pain is slight and
the bleeding may only occur occasionally or he
may De reassured by the occasional Disappearance
or tne symptoms Aud yet II at the very start
be had found rational remedy to soothe the in
hHtnmatiol he would propably never have had a
return Of this irritating malady
fiies may develop at any of the year and
at almost any age of the victim: the abuse of
cathaTtics often causes this trouble, and a period
arrives when the dread Of pain at stool hecomes
so great thai the sufferer begins to neglect the
calls OF nature. and the bowels are either forced
TO retain the feces only partially cleared
on account of the suffering attendant uDop n thor
ough movement.
Before you reach this stage use remedy which
removes the cause, thereby eradicatng the disease
and that is the Pyramid Pile Cure, which Is sold
by all druggists at nifty cents a package; IL Is
In the form Of a suppostory is applied directly to
the parts affected and brings about a complete
cure. quickly and painlessly A valuable little
DOCK on the cause and cure OF piles is published by
the Pyramid Drug Co, Marshall Mich and we
advise every sufferer TO send for a copy of IT.
People who have suffered from piles for years
are often astonished at the instant relief expc-
rlenced from the first application Another i'm
portant advantage is the fact that any one can
use the remedy without detention from business or
Interference with daily occupation
Il feel 1t my duty to recommend the Pyramid
File Cure, for after suffering ten years with a
most distressing form Of Piles / am entirely cured
thanks to this remedy Any one doubling this
can write to Margaret Brady, 1856 Whitman street
Cleveland. Ohio. oe1SSi6
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-13
1140 Fifteenth Street.
If
WONDER STORY
Of the Railroads Gives Amazing Facts
About American Supremacy.

From the New York World.
In 1880 there was not one mile of railway
in Wisconsin. Tennessee or Florida, or any
where west of the Mississippi river. Even
in 1870 half the area of the country was still
without railways. In 1900 the United States
had 1913. 346 miles of railway lines two-ffths
of the mileage of the world In round num-
bers there are now 100000 miles A single
American system. the Pennsylvania, car
ries more freight than all the lines combin-
ed in any other nation in the world.
The first American railway-not built for
steam cars. however-waS made to haul
Quincy granite for the Bunker Hill monu-
ment. That was In 1926 1t was three miles
long. The first railway built for steam cars
was the Charleston and New Hamburg line.
In South Carolina. This was for some time
the longest line in the world 1877 miles.
When the war closed in 1865 no American
railroad had leo miles of tracks. Now
there are eight great systems with over
10000 miles each.
Roughly. our railroad systems are cap
ttalized at $1,000. G00.OOO. divided half and
half between stocks and bonds. A little
over hall the stocks pay dividends. The
capital of the railroads IS more than
twelve times as great as that of all the
banks.
The first locomotives weighed three to
five tons An imported English locomotive
weighing ten tons was too heavy. Twenty
five engines of that day would make one
of today. Fifty years ago Il train load OF
900 tons WIS heavy. Now loads of 1000 to
2.JCO tons are handled.
Europe has miles of railway for 10000
people the United States twenty-five miles
Freight pays the bills. This is more true
OF this country than of any other. Freight
revenue is over 81 600 600 900: passenger re
CeiPts about 500 eos .0Uo Our average pas
senger train carries only forty-two people
English people take railroad trips four
times often In proportion as Americans
but shorter ones.
The ton mileage" of freight In 1901 was
141 OF .1Sf.oio-a number too vast to be
conceived. The average journey of a ton
OF freight is 12S miles.
There is much talk every year about
moving he crops" and freight car famines
In the granger region. Yet farm products
are only 0ne-ninth of the cOuntry's freight
Mines furnish more than half. forests one
fifth, factories One-seventh. There are 1S3-
600 miles of railway mail routes. Strange
as 1t may seem. this mileage Is consider
ably surpassed by the distance over which
mails are carried on horseback or by
wagon. The quantity of mail so carried
however, is comparatively trifing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-13
Hats On or OHP
he Providence Journal.

From the Providence Journal.
The old debate on elevator etiquette has
been revived again There are those who
insist that every gentleman should take
off his hat In an elevator If ladies are pres
ent, while others say that rules observed In
street cars and other public conveyances
apply. No question is involved In more
complications Removing the hat Is, gen.
orally speaking a sign of respect, but in
many cases custom has made It's removal
absurd In this particular case the ques-
ton seems to be almost wholly one Of cir
cumstances. In hotel for example. where
a gentleman using corridors frequented by
ladies' would remove his hat the elevator
certainly comes within the same rule In
an office building. on the contrary. where
hats are worn In the corridors 1t seems like
an anectation TO remove the hat on enter
ing the elevator. Yet even In this case
local conditions may properly modify the
general rule. courtesy which seems ex-
aggerated may border dangerously on i'm
perttnenCs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-13
RADIUM AND CANCER.
New Treatment for Deep-Seated Malig-
nant Growths.

From the New York Tribune.
Ever since Alexander Graham Bell. in
ventor of the telephone. made his sugges-
ton about a certain class of cancers the
public has been curious to know whether 1t
commended itself to medical experts and
whether any trial of 1t was being made. 1t
is now known that several physicians in
this city acting on the hint, and have
more or less faith in its efficacy. One Of
them is DR.. William J. Morton. who has for
years made a specially of e. sctro-therapy.
Professor Bells proposition was based on
two now well-establshed facts. The ema-
nations of the X-ray tubes have in many
instances exercised a remedial influence
upon cancerous affections on the surface
of the body, though apparently without
effect on those which lie at greater depths.
One of the kinds of radiation thrown off by
the element recently discovered by M and
Nine. Curie seems to be identical with those
of the vacuum tube 1t therefore occurred
to Professor Bell that it might be much
easier to introduce a tiny glass tube. con-
tanning particle of radium. into regions
where the large and cumbrous apparatus
hitherto employed could not be used The
great object was to get the source Of the
helpful radiation in direct contact with the
diseased tissue.
Dr. Morton was quick to see the force of
the idea. He has studied out a way to in
close in a slightly larger glass vessel one of
those small reCeptacleS IN winch faOlum IS
procured, so that the latter may be con-
veniently applied to the throat or wherever
else 1t is wanted. In the International Jour
nal of Surgery for October he describes 1t,
and says that he is already using it in sew
eral cases. He is not ready to announce
results yet. Whatever Improvement Is eff
fected must come slowly at best. and time
is required to show the merit Of the pro-
cedure. Besides, examination Is not so easy
with a deep-seated cancer with one on
the surface. However, from the few ca eS
already wrought with the Roentger tube,
and from his ability to produce the same
effects in Photographic plate with radium
as with X-rayS, DR.. Morton feels justified in
entertaining much hope.
In the same communication the writer
briefly mentions some of the lessons Of past
ment of cancer He is careful TO say that
many cases yield. and many do not. There
are a large number of failures to cure he
remarks, land it Is these which furnish the
fuel for unbelief, while the cured cases
equally provide the basis of enthusiasm. 4"
The outlook for success, 1t Is pointed out,
is better If the patient Is taken in hand
early. whereas the prospect Is less encour-
aging where the abnormal growths have
a chance to mature. Even where the re-
moval of the latter by surgery eventually
becomes necessary, DR.. Morton advises the
employment Of X-rays, both before and
after operation. In the former instance 1t
may check further development; In the lat
ter it may prevent recurrence, which has
been observed in about three cases out OF
every four that are relieved by surgery
alone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-13
HANSON IN DISFAVOR.
Familiar London Vehicle May Be
BaniShed.

Londo On Correspondence of the Chicago Tribune.
There are many limitations here that
the hanson cab, which is as much identi-
fed with London life as the boobies or
the fog itself, has seen its best days and
is soon to depart forever.
OF late days terrible Indictment has
been found against the favorite vehicle OF
the Londoner, and facts are not wanting
to show that as q death-dealing contriv-
ance the hanson cab Is almost without
peer in the history of metropolitan trans
portaton. The list Of casualties from the
use of these cabs has never been accurately
presented, but within the last few years.
and particularly in the last few months,
series Of distressing accidents has appar-
emily made some impression on current
opinion here in London.
1t Is curious thing that campaign
should be on In London both for the abOli-
ton Of the hanson cab and the abandon
ment of free trade, and that Joseph CHAM
berlain the late minister for the colonies,
should have been the prime mover in both
cases. The world at large has lost sight
of the fact that Mr.. Chamberlain was
thrown part way out of a hanson CAP and
was severely cut and bruised, but the
people of London remember and ever since
his accident the newspapers have contain
ed almost daily some striking reference
to the actual dangers Of life In London In
the use OF these famous contrlVanceS,
which are so necessary 10 ordinary trans
portation in London. owing to the fact
that the people here have persistently set
their faces against surface tramWays and
elevated railroads alike. neither OF which
exist within the business boundaries of tho
city Of London
Mr.. Chamberlain's accident was graphic
ally and Sneerngly described to me the
other day by bus driving friend OF mine
who worked numbering vehicle from the
vicinity OF the Bank to the Dun Cow Tav-
ern out beyond the Elephant and Castle on
the old Kent road. Nj
II fancy the thing would not have been
noticed If joey had been a, poor man that
nobody knew. The right honorable gent
was sitting away forward, Just as he al
ways sits and shouldn't. when the cab
stopped for something It stopped pretty
sudden, and up jumps the right honorable
gent, and pop goes his head through the
glass He never would have been hurt II
he had been sitting back and attending to
his business. nor the cabby wouldn't have
been hurt either II he had been strapped
to his seat as bus drivsrS are.
Nevertheless, Mr.. Chamberla1n's action
in popping his head through the glass IN
a cab and sustaining aoseries or cuts and
bruises called forcible f. attention to the
fact that after light rain or heavy fog
the surface Of the roadways In London be-
comes coated with an city and exceedingly
slippery mass, so that a cab horse Is re-
quired to skate about half the time to
avoid falling down and the other half OF
the time he does fall down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-13
GIRL BANDIT GANGS
NEW CLASS OF LAWBREAKERS
FOUND IN NEW YORK.
Young Women Who Dress Well and
Carry Guns-Prefer Drunken Sail
ors for VictimA

From the New York Sun.
Down in that part Of the lower East Side
where gangs flourish most there has grown
up in the past twelve months brand-new
kind Of gang. It is made up Of young girls,
and the tales told Of them would seem
ridiculous were 1t not for the fact that In
the last two weeks three Of them have been
arrested and their deeds recounted under
oath by policemen in court.
New York has always had women thieves.
but they have usually been mature women.
not young girls like those who are now
operating on the lower East Side. The wo-
men thieves Of the water fronts and Of the
negro districts are almost all pickpockets,
too; those on the lower East Side are high
way robbers
1T is hard to believe" said County De-
tective Reardon the other day. that young
girls of fifteen. sixteen and seventeen go
out at night armed with pistols and hold up
men on the street; but if there is any police
officer who does not believe it. I think can
convince him that it is true in very short
time
Operations of the Hoodlums.
81 first struck this crowd when I was
looking up policy shops in the fourth, sixth
and seventh wards 1 soon learned that
they would make very valuable allies to a
man in my position, so I cultivated them
and got to know some of them very well.
Il never caught one Of them in the actual
commission of crime, but know very
we'll what they do. Just you walk down
through Hamilton street some night and
stagger a bit as though you were drunk.
and see how quickly some young girl Will
shoot out of a hallway after you.
IF she can't coax you into the hallway
she will whip out pistol in minute and
go through you. either alone or with the
assistance of some other girl who will come
up suddenly, from where you do not know.
Most of the girls in the gang which oper-
ates along Hamilton. Chambers and Roose-
welt streets at night are either the sisters
or the sweethearts Of the young toughs In
the Yakey Yake gang. Some are merely ad-
mirers of the deeds of these young thugs
while others. according to a policeman OF
the Oak street station. are confirmed read
ers Of dime novels. and are fired to crime by
the heroes of this sort of literature.
The Children's Court.
The children's court, which has revealed
many queer phases Of New York life, first
brought to public notice this gang of young
girls. A pretty girl Of fifteen. Bridgetta Co.
lonna of So James street, was brought there
by the police on complaint of her mother
who accused her of being member Of q
gang Of girls who robbed men and otherwise
badly conducted themselves.
The investigation into the career of the
COlonna girl brought to light the existence
of a gang of girl thieves. variously known
in their field of operations as the Five
Points gang. the Gap gang and the James
street gang. The Colonna girl, according to
her mother. carried a pistol, and although
she came home, rule, she spent many
nights away from home. She was turned
over to the Gerry Society. which still has
her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-13
The Reasoning Child.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
1t was in Philadelphia public school tho
other day that class in spelling was going
over a lesson in words Of two syl!ables
One Of the words was mummy" Chill
dren" said the teacher, "how many of you
know the meaning of the word mummy !"
After long silence one little girl raised her
hand.
''Well. Maggie?'
at means yer mother"
The teacher pointed out her mistake, ana
explained fully the meaning Of the word.
Presently the word poppy" had to be
spelled.
who knows what poppy means?' asked
the teacher.
The same little girl raised her hand. this
time brimful of confidence.
well. what's the answer, Maggie?"
1T means man mummy, replied the
child.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-13

Samson had just slain ten thousand Phil
istines with the Jawbone Of an ass
ITO think" he exclaimed. "how much
quicker 1 could have done 1t with an autor'
Perceiving the advantages of modern
methods. he regretfully wondered whether
he had lived too soon.-New York Tribune.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-13

Bernard and Anna Schultz husband and
wife. committed suicide at their home in
Milwaukee by inhaling illuminating gas
Continued iilhealth is the reason ascribed
for the act.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-03-28
SEVERE ATTACK OF GRIP.
Cured by Cine Bottle Of ChaIsi-
berlain's Cough Remedy.

when had an attack Of the grip
last winter the second one) actually
cured myself with one bottle of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy, Says Frank
w. Perry, Editor of the Enterprise,
Shortsville, N. Y. This is the honest
trath. ! at times kept from coughing
myself to'pieces bv taking teaspoon
full of this remedy, and when the
coughing spell would come on at night
/ would take a dose and 1t seemed that
in the briefest interval the cough
would pass of and / would 20 to sleep
perfectly free from cough and its
accompanying pains. To say that
the remedy acted as a most agreeable
surprise is putting it very mildly. |
had no idea that it would or could
knock out the grip, simply because |
had never tried it for such purpose,
but it did, and it seemed with the Sec
ond attack of coughing the remedy
caused it not only be Of less duration,
but the pains we're far less severe, and
| had not used the contents of one
bottle before Mr. Grip had bid me
adieu" For sole by Estorge Drug
Store