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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-19

that the prosperity of this new territory
would seem to be assured. There Is but
one cloud overshadowing this hoped-tor
prosperity. and this is, to abandon the
language of metaphor for that OF fact, the
absence of cloud. The country is one OF
almost continuous sunshine, the brlIlancy
of the light cqualing that of the tropics,
and il it is really the light rather than
the heat which bars tropical lands TO the
white man. as Woodruff contends. the
prosperity of the Canadian Northwest
promises to he shortlived.
As those who have read Major Wood
rufus interesting book know, he holds
that the failure Of the white races to
colonize the tropics is due, not to the
heat of these regions, but to the excess
of light which there prevails. The Euro
peans who have been most successful
in coonizing tropical regions that is, who
have themselves peoplcd the colonies and
not merely ruled them by a constantly
changing staff of officials, are the natives
of the lbcrian peninsula. a dark-skinned
race; and to blends, Woodruff asserts.
tropical lands are fatal. If it is the heat
rather than the light that is injurious. the
white man should prosper more than the
black man, and the blond more than the
brunei. since the presence of pigment in
the skin distinctly favors the penetration
of the heat rays. But the white man.
especially the blond, suffers in the
tropics after period of exhilaration
and sense of well-being, he becomes dis
inclined to labor, grows naurasthenic, and
finally breaks down physically and men
tally. This Woodruff attributes to the
action of the actinic rays of light which
penetrate the more readily the less of pig
ment there is in the skin and hair, and
he therefore concludes that it is the light
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-19

comes. The sudden aud terrific pressure
i more than steel plates viii stand,
Not long ago ! saw a green engineer
PLAYING with certain death simply be-
cause he did not know how TO handle the
water. lie had run the engine ON 10 a
side track and was trying Ia get the IN
ieetors to work, Nader than hornet,
the new engineer used every cuss word
he was acquainted with because the in
jeotors wouldn't send drop Of water
into the boiler, The water IN the boiler
hy this time had become very low, aud
the metal kept getting hotter aud hotter
until the lower part of the hre was
cherry ned. And that fellow was trying
with all his might TO get water into that
boiler Getting down from my engine |
ran over and told him to quit ioollne
with the niectors aud to drop his Tire
lust rs quick as he could, which was the
only thing 10 prevent "a bad explosion,
This he did aud the danger was soon
past, but he certainly burned her good,
"Now. that engineer didn't know IT,,
but he was in the same position as a
man TRYING to see how hard he can Int
1000 pounds of dynamite with sedge
hammer and wondering why Il won't go
off, The conditions were such that the
moment he got "A stream OF cold water
started the boiler would have gone up
into the air like balloon. The engineer
really didn't know how much he had to
he thankful for because the inlectors con
sistently refused to work. II used Ia
happen once in while IN the old days
that boiler blew up on account oi br-
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-19

luii' was pS superior SAILING 70 NecP W
wlndward get the weathersagel Oh an.
other vessel Inc term Is coistahtL i'les net
. WIN ~ .'1 w nt"'
W. w. NoP' oI' 'oo'. ,r;,u, ;nstanoo If tbe
nat'i enu - r ou,'Gno IN ,,6rase. i
vn'i'e v,ltise VI th a' %nttee, and In earlv
VIZ so,''eCi,''ep LIZ G,,' e'"' ,ra fnd
.gW VI noD ai, us ISL I'D and
we rue WIN '"o We " Wv tbn hattor and o." >
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-19

ing worn out or detective, but this dos
not happen often in these times. The
boilers nowadays are SO thoroughly test
ed and so well and strongly made that
nine times out of ten the cause of eA-
plosion will be found to be low water
There was boiler explosion some
years ago that was right up to the com.
pany. The boiler Of an engine on a road
running into indianapolis had been con-
demned for some time, but there was
such shortage OF power that the COM
pany took the chance of using the en-
CINE until a let-up in the traffic would
give it an opportunity to lay the engine
up for repairs. The engine didn't wait
for that time to come, but let loose one
night about 90 miles from indianapolis
and scattered the played-out boiler over
all the immediate vicinity, incidentally
distributing the engineer and fireman
over about the same area. No sooner did
word reach headquarters OF the explo-
sion than large force of men was sent
to the scene before daybreak, and for
perfectly obvious reasons, taking sledge-
hammers, they pounded every bit of the
ola boiler that could be located into such
condition that no one could ever tell
whether there had been anything defec-
tive about it or not
"But you may depend upon it when
the company is in the right every effort
is made to preserva evidence that the eX-
plosion was brought about through the
fault of the engineer. Some time ago an
engine blew up on one of the roads run
ming into Baltimore and both the en-
gineer and fireman were killed. The en-
CINE. or what was left of it, was placed
on a side track by the company for flu
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-19

sured. aud carefully watched to prevent
accidents,
These rooms occupy some 5000 square
feet of floor space, This Is more IMAM
was available on all four floors OF tue
l'llerV building annex, previously oc'
rnniea bv the plant, There ARE from
u 10 90 employees and the equipment
at IN. Office is sufficient 10 accommo
date 50 per cent, more work, by m
ereasing the number of employees
The Vermont Printing company was
Iucorporated under the laws of Yer
mont In 1908, with y, II. Crane rs the
principal Stockholders the company
bought the Reformer Of Ullery \ Co.
and the Ludlow Tribune; We were then
doing about 5000 year OF general
printing aud the Reformcr aud the
New England Farmer, owned by Mr.
lIlery aud printed for him. The JOB
mnting gradually increased aud IN
1904 the job department was leased To
II, c. Rice 4 Co., who operated 1t IN
Ill 1905; in November, 1905, arrange
mcnts were made with +. l.. lloughton,
puhlishcr of the Holstcin -Friesian Reg
ster (twiee a month";, which had pre-
yiously been printed out of town, TO
have the printing done here, and the
lcasc 10 II. G. Rice 4 Co. was terminal
ed and Mr. Rice bought onehalf of
the capital stock owned by Mr., Crane,
The plant and business of the Vermont
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-19
THERE'LL BE THE DEVIL TO PAY
And Other Common Phrases Which
Come from Nautical Terms

'Themll lie the devil to pay" The
phrase is in common use, often with the
addition, "ani no pitch hot Ninety
nine out nf hundred persons would say
that il refers Ia the landlord Of hades,
But the term has nothing To do with
hades or it, chief occupant, II comes
straight from the slpyah,
In caulking ships deck that II, ~
filling the seams between the planks with
oakum aud aiterwarl pouring pitch over
the oakum the outside seam, being very
difficult TO work, came To be known as
the devil. The technical term for pour
ing in the pitch was paying, The expires
sion is now clear enough,
Or take again that very common eS'
preston close quarters, Close quarters,
on close tights, were wooden barriers,
loopholcd, which stretched across mer'
chantman's decks for repellng boarders,
Slayers were occasionally fitted thus IN
ease of rising among the negroes
Ii we take these words and phrases in
something like alphabetical order, we
shall At once come upon abaek-"l was
completely taken aback.' A ship is TAX
en- ahack when the wind has headed her
laid her sails ahaek and stopped her way
through the water; she halts in hei
tracks rs the man taken ahack does.
10 hold alooi is not 80 often heard now
a. in past days, 10 hold ones aloot, or
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-19

a.. ,l,.. dermis. which is suilused WIN
y WIanJ nfTaring a barrier as eie',N'
teu Jul Lia.l ,jgmrnt Of the Negroes SKIN
~ ~" roasnn why Europeans do mol tn,Na
In the tropics Is, he ln1intaun'' nd when
are attuned to colder climates ana nnder
1ransplanted to warm feRlohs ~ IT, than
abnoImal conditions oil neat i",n The
af Gght. lie does not deny wa, 18th.
J,niy,ns ol the sunlight regions o. ILL.,"
w., r,nndn suffer from neuiaI.no,,'l
- INF he asserts that these uepona
80, no way upon the sunshine ea'eps
HI. may have an indirect en9V' "
,,,sn, of rs tonic properties which ''da
=, ,bs undue expenditure oil energy "
''nother pnr Of his article he adunllS' III
III tbat intense aud long continue sun
ht'o may move eNhaustlng, nut he ie
~" Woodruff theory OF IT. ACTON AZ
t.a,t;ng ~ possible evil effects TO eye
LIN rcsulting from the glare. we lear
nn -. Il .isfnrd has not proved his ease ior
~ ,"'',o,ios that intense sunlight may nc
Nv len, ,s" differing from Woodruff ana
tI1n.,is AMY in his explanation oil us nc
-, mo farmers who are now popping
western Canada are not gong TO "eai
snI,red glasses tn prevent eyestfalh, anu
,bcy are not going to take NE easy, loi
,bcy mnst work hard to reap theif mar.
,ast hefor, the winter frost ana they
I'M nnt work the less hard because the
l;,bt stimulates them To greater en-
deavor. ,.,a
An interesting experiment = being
worked out in Manitoba. ana II Is one
which should in its results cohilri' VI
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portable telephones carried III The .
may be hung and connected toI p
porary use. go Portable trIe2li
sets hung upon the front of the cai p
vestibule platform of which serve :
booth, and attachment made by "
ible wires to jacks at numerous p
along the line.
On some railway lines the metA'. .
connecting a telephone on the cal '.
the line is not by means OF ]lA'
the side of one of the poles, ouI p
long slender rod carving the We
which may be hooked upon tDr A'
lines at any place. The te.t3l~a
used on electric railroad systems u Y,
give transmission which is cltai 4
loud. and must be of types not ul.
to be placed out of service by TUX I
of continuous transportation on q
Application of the telephone % ~
dispatching on electric railways l& /.
suited in marked economy OIL W W
plant and operation, in that the i a,-.
of the superintendent to be lnl"- \,
as to the position of the various =
and to communicate with tAeh WI
tors gives a greater service en'''
to the road. /.
The telephone is Of great seF'" h
severe snowstormS by reason Of I|
cility which it affords for INFORM.
to be given the train dispatcher
the condition of the road. In c''"
mishap the telephone affords mean r
the quick clearance OF the 'fayG
the facilities of obtaiHng ",'n
ears or repair hands. in eases ., s
dent not only can medical help Dr." y
moned for the injured. but mean
be taken to procure ialorma'lvu M
tive to details of the occurrence "" va,
may be of great importance IL , %
tanning the liability Of The conlP''
Technical Literature.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-19
LOCOMOTIVE BOILER EXPLOSIONS
No Other Accident So Dreaded by En-
gineers and Firemen.

The blowing up of railroad locomo
engineers and hremen,' said an engineer
at is seldom that any one riding ON an
engine whose boner lets loose ever gets
away alive. The average person looking
at a big engine running along under full
pressure can have no idea OF the tremen-
dous power that is bottled up in the big
iron can. Just consider the length and
width Of one of these boilers, and then re-
member that every single square inch OF
all the surface is outstanding IL pressure
of 22O and sometimes 24O pounds. There
is no indication of the force fastened up
in one Of these travelling volcanoes until
trouble develops and then the stunts thai
boiler will do are almost unbelievable.
Just the other day there was a bad
explosion on one of the mountain divis
ions of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
down in West Virginia. A big freight
engine whose boiler was so wide and high
that it would barely clear the top and
sides of the tunnels, suddenly let go as
engineer was pulling into side track.
With crash the boiler tore away from
the engine frame, scattering the running
gear and the tender. Jumping over a
freight car standing near by, it shot 100
feet away from the track. As soon as it
struck the ground it gave another leap
that took it $50 feet further toward
rm-house, and once more coming back
to the earth, right in front of the house,
made still a third bound, went clear over
the house and finally landed in the or
chard, a short distance from the farm
house and fully 500 feet from the engine,
having acted for all the world Just like
a skyrocket that has accidentally been
touched off before being properly pointed.
Both the engineer and fireman were in
stantly killed.
Another remarkable boiler explosion
took place some time ago on the New
Haven road. One of the largest of the
freight engines was running along under
full Roadway when the boiler, without a
moments warning, wrenched itself from
the framework, jumped over into a near
by field. The curious part of this acct
dent was that the engineer and fireman
we're not killed, not even hurt. As a
rule, the cause of boiler explosion is
shortage of water. Either the engineer
does not know the water is low or the
injectors won't work. And it is not as
simple matter to keep a full supply of
water in a boiler as one might think. 1t
is when a lot of cold water is sent into
a very hot boiler in which the water is
allowed to run low that the trouble
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-19

Tribune was sold the following month
and the money received was used in
equipping the Brattleboro office for the
increased work. Since Dee. !, 1908, IA
large amount of new type has been
purchased, "A new linotype, cylinder
press and folder. large motor, Il pow
cr cutter and stitcher, and a small job
press. The plant, consequently, is just
about twice the size it was in 1903.
The business has grown correspond
ingly, and especially during the past
four months, since we have been cs-
tablished in the new quarters. This
shop is as well equipped-material, la
Dor and machinery-as any shop of its
size in the state. Every job that goes
out is under our guarantee that it will
be satisfactory. Every reader Of the
Reformer and every one who is inter
csted in printing or newspaper work is
invited to inspect this office on any
working day.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-19
IRREGULARITIES Or CLIMATE,
Sunshine in Western Canada mahoS
Settlers Neurasthenic.

4 few years ago little Wa, known .,
the Canadian provinces TO the West ~
Manitoba, aud indeed OF Manitoba itsen;;
and MI Ills vast region was thought oil
only as a frigid waste from which came
he cold waves which periodically sweep
across the United States, CARVING itos'
into Texas and even to the orange grove
al Florida. But lately it has been io9nd
that that country is one Of exceeding. Ter
tiiity, the richness OF soil and the bright
ness al sunshine combining to MAKE ~
admirably adapted TO the growing, OF
wheat. despite the pitiful breyity OF its
summer. A migration of large proper
tions has been setting in from the United
States and Europe, and this region now
promises to become one of the. great gran
aries Of the world. The cold Of winter
is long continued and intense, but the
heat Of summer is ample in intensity and
duration for the ripening OF gram, the
soil is rich. aud the unoccupied land y
Of almost limitlcss extent and capable oil
supporting very large population 50
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refute Woodruff's theory. Ii he Is cor
rect the movement OF wheat growers,
most of whom are Scandinavians or men
of other blond races, to northwest Can
ada is doomed to failure. Those who are
now building up the country viii fall
by the way, and their farms will be
abandoned or will be taken by fresh i'm
migrants ignorant Of the forces against
which they will in vain contend. If the
prosperity OF the northwest continues,
if the population is permanent, and if
success rewards the labors of the set
tiers in this land of sunshine, Major
Woodruff will have to add a chapter to
his interesting book explaining the anti
dotal effect of cold, or of some other nat
ural force, upon the deleterious action of
sunlight
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-19

eoyery made before MeTalor's projection
came into use, Plane sailing was the
simplest Of all sailings aud thus came
the present meaning Of the term,
Rakish, used 10 describe a man or wo-
man whose appearance Is not quite fe'
spectacle, was originally used Of vessel,
generally pirate or SLAYER, whose masts
had a heavy rake or lean toward the
stern. There ar, however, several derry
ations Of the word, some authorities TAX
ing il from Iakeholl, which is rierrrd TO
the Swedish raka, 10 roam. Rakish Is at
amy rate recognized term Ia describe
the extreme lean aft of the masts, aud
this used to be- the characteristic Of the
fast sailing schooner, Of which rig pirate
aud slavers wen fond,
Few of us realize that the British sailor
is almost bcing of the past, Yet 81 1t
is. sails have been discarded altogether
in the British navy, In the mercantile
marine sailing vessels are fast passing
away. The sailor IN the days Of sailing
ships was man apart with his own
customs aud language. his own ideas and
superstitions, He has disappeared now,
but not without leaving his mark upon
our language. -Macmilan's Magazine,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-19
Tore Up the Wrong Paper

81 have been engage. 10 the P'~
of law a good many years. Nj" =.
Urmy, police judge OF Topeka ~ ~
land about the most hH'roUs 'I.'
ever saw in a court,room was ID W =
ka. One day an old ""gio ina' 4,
being tried in the justice cCui' ;ri
was before the office 81 PoIC' ~, NJ
was created-and he de- ',Ilueu l., n
by jury of his peers. ne rVpr
Their read nor write, an lie I'"|
sisted that the jury, to i" DIS p M,
required by law, mus. ne u''' Trr
read or write, too. 7 .'oIu ~. /;
! agreed to it, but We a't Il 'lr' AL,
ing twelve men in Tol"Na ""y 90
neither read nor writ bu' - nj.
find them and the cas- went W n
Before the jury retire ! IU ,gtc
pieces of paper and ". ,bs b
one piece and mot gull'N oH 40
er, and instructed the r"FelilSn q.
jury to destroy the one A' liu nv IA D
used and to return the o'hIt h
when the jury reached 4 Y e.s, VI
jury was out only a few liiIu, nisj B
ii came in. The forew"n h"n 3 VI
a piece of paper with die "O''
ty' written on it. enI y
well, gentlemen, you p"'
guilty, do you?" l askfa re ~
mo, sab jedge; No SAM oa,
found him not guilty, 'Re 9 i53 VI
the jurymen. Then b. auu ;,gfr 7
disgust: 4 tole that '.'I n sof Il
was tearin' up the wrong p''''
per. kansas City Star
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-19

probation, the Boston ior
most popular dog in A irs. s,' w
collie. "
The other dog whicl Ue5s,
duced is the Chesapea Bay
the birth OF which o. Brgbl. ,,l
even more obscure than .be Rsa~
rier. These dogs are Nh h. sl
the Carroll Island Chr aear IKE
used for duck shootHs Ger "II.a
who has charge OF the as al tft w ~
Island Club, gives th toT y
origin: "A number e.. a,r, ,,t 2
sci from NewloundHs. ran
near an estate called + limit e ~
the shores of the Che ...lke M
tate belonged to Gcora I.aw =, ~
Of well-known Mar I'd ismi.
board were two n updhrI
which were given to M aw Lg Il
tain in return for hi rspitajt.
Chesapeake Bay retire. 1, A w..
tween those two dog, OIL. the h,',
tan hounds, or coon 5.r- Of I'M
ton" This dog Is %. mpu.Iv 'D ~,
in the West, particular r Po1b,l
attic and other point. ..ong IN X
Coast. New York Tuh s. ~
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-19

except ornamentation. A little mora
tnan 80 years ago Robert C. Hooper Of
Boston purchased a nondescript little
dog from ro William OBrien. also of Bos.
ton. The newcomer was halfbread bnll
ana terrier of the fighting tyne, dark
bundle IN color, with blazed face n
WIN TINS material Mr.. Hooper went to
work TO produce new type. and bv add
,1s golden color, milder lip and reg
i nla'hg the marking on the head he at
E Ias. produced the Boston terrier. This
baer Il aitogether American, but it has
the last 10 years. For a lone t;ma - ,,il
sseornfully referred to by the owners Of
the ,purer breed as that TttIa h,,Ilo u
headed pup from MassacbpsettS !"
whether from patriotism or genuine an
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-19

was quickened At sea ii was thieves
punishment and took the place of the
more brutal punishment of being logged
and towed ashore astern of a boat and
disgraced.
All plain sailing; this term is so spelled
even in nautical works of some age. but
plane sailing is the correct form. Before
Mercator invented the sea chart which
goes by his name all charts were on a
plane projection. In using these the
ships course was treated as an angle and
the distance, difference of latitude and
departure as the sides of a right-angled
triangle.
There were very large errors in plane
charts, yet all the world was charted on
them and all the great voyages of dis
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-19

rather than the heat which bars the
white man from the tropics.
In the Western Canada Medical Jour
nal, Rev. L. G. Heustis asserts that the
inhabitants of Manitoba and the ada
cent territories are mduly neurasthenic.
and, adopting Woodruff's theory, at
tributes this condition to the excess of
sunshine with which that country is
blessed-or cursed, according to the point
of view. In the issue of the same jour
tention, and asserts that sunlight is
blessing. He comedies that sunlight is de-
structive to protoplaSm, but says that the
actinie rays do not penetrate the skin
to any extent. the deeper tissues being
protected by the epidermis, and especial
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-19
THE ORIGIN OF DOGS.
Two New Species Produced in the
United States.

In spite of the disdanful and patrician
expression on the canine countenances at
a modern dog show, Indicative of count.
less generations OF social supremacy IN
the animal kingdom, the actual origin of
the dog is more completely shrouded in
obscurity than that of any of the do,
nestle animals. Naturalists are still
wrangling over his parent stock. arguing
that it is almost impossible for the 1856
known varieties to be all descended from
one kind, whatever it might have been,
The world of dog lovers is indebted to
America for the production of only two
new species
Best known of these two is the Boston
terrier, the little romd-headed. brindled
bull terrier, which is good for nothing
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-19

al the legislature creating the new police
lore, was soon aiterwam affirmed, ana
m. municipal police force passed out ol
existence. The doughty Matsell, thons'
ion the time defeated, was made, supefln'
tendent Of police when he hoard was ~
arranged ia 1873 l.eslie's Weekly
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-19
Use Of Telephon on Car

There are three mo .lds foIovg
the application Of th. teIeBbm
electric railway Dis aatchi6,
Fixed telephone substa.ions IN IA.
placed at suitable points aor,
line. (2) Jack boxes 3. poles 70 \
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-19

Col. William C. Gorgas, the United
States commissioner in the canal zone,
told the Cornell medical graduates that
within the next two or three centuries
THE centers of wealth, civilization and
population will be in the tropics, as they
were in the dawn of mans history"
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-19

ture reference. The fault was clearly
with the engineer, for the reason that
the crown sheet was badly burned and
the boiler had given away in that spot.
There is not the slightest truth in the
statement that an engine about to blow
up will make some sort of noise. 1t never
gives warning. but simply lets go, and
lucky is the man who sees one go up and
lives to tell about it.'-Rochester Herald.