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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-08-14

II can be seen from these figures that
t t average majority for the republican
candidate for governor in these thirteen
eiectlons is 25,ll9. and that the nearest
a 1lJn to these figures was made in
). Phelps by 25,Ol2. The smallest ma.
Jorty, for, governor in Vermont in a
presidential year was that secured in
iSg2; the year of the great democrat
tidal wave, when Levi X. Fuller defeatad
Bradley b. Smalley by only 1885. The
largest majority for governor in any wear
was was that secured by Josiah Grout in
1886, when republican majority of s6.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-08-14
Program for Sunday Concert.

There will be a band concert on the
common Sunday at 4:30 p. m, with the
following program:
March, The Stars and Stripes Forever,
.Sousa
Suite. .Gruenwald
No. In the Arbor.
No. Dance Of the Nubians
No. 3 Solo Dance.
No. Antony's Victory.
Gavotte Militaire. ......... Cramer
Grand Selection, Lohengrin. /. /. Wagner
American Overture. -. Catlin
Intro: Our Nations. Red. white and
blue, fail Columbia, Washington s
March, America, Keller's Hymn. The
Land of Washington, The Star Span
gled Banner. Yankee Doodle.
Finale. The Star Spangled Banner.
Rev. DR.. John R. Cow of Somerville,
Mass, will be the speaker of the after
noon. There will also be band con
cert on the common Thursday evening.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-08-14
Deaths

In st. Joseph, Mo-, Aug. 4, Ms. h
Green. 95, native of Whitingham,
In Nottingham, Aug. .. Walter @
old son, of Mr.. and Mrs. John Dh' =,
In Rawsonville, Aug. II, L. . ~
son.
In Brattleboro, Aug. Is, Mrs MAE
Taft Prouty, SO.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-08-14

Il suppose, Eve" observed Adam,
they passed out through the gate, !,
really should have been more. econonn
In the matter of fresh fruit" u
What do you mean, ADJ she a'Sa
Don't you see what we've done, ',
the reply. "We've eaten ourselves ou
house and home. boston TransfnP'
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-08-14
Marriages

In Brattleboro, Aug Is, by Rey' hS
Thompson, Charles William BuflV"
and Miss Anne Brainerd Rodden'
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-08-14

HESTER.
Gold Medal Flour makes the ightest
sponge cake ever saw. RACHEL.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-08-14

DeWitt's Little Early Risers, sac, N
pleasant, sure, little liver pills. Sold
Druggists.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-08-14
Linens

Tuffntfy
Soc Linen Towels soc
25c Bureau or Buffet Scarfs. 19c
Special Lot Renaissance &c
SOC Half Bleached Table Damask 48c
Smyrna times., 1908-04-29
How Indians Tan Deerskin.

The skin dressing of the Indians,
both buffalo and deer skins, is general
ly very beautiful and soft. They
stretch the skin either on a frame or
on the ground, and after it has remain
ed there for three or four days. with
the brains spread over the deshy side
they grain it with a sort of adj or
chisel After the process of graining.
though the skin is apparently beauti-
fully finished, it passes through an
other process-that of smoking. For
this they hang the skin on frame
in smoke proof house or tent. The
fire is made at the bottom out of rot
ten wood. which produces a strong and
peculiar smell. The fire must be smOth-
cred to make the smoke. The grained
skins must be kept in the smoke for
three or four days. and after this the
skins will always remain the same,
even after being wet. which does not
belong to the dressed skins in civilized
cOuntries.-"Life Among the Indians.
Smyrna times., 1908-04-29
Antiauitx of Petroleum.

Though it is only within recent times
that petroleum has become an article
of commerce, there is abundant proof
that it was used in the arts forty cen
turtles ago. The mortar used in con-
structing the walls of Nineveh and
Babylon had petroleum mixed with it
for the purpose of securing greater Co
hesiOn and excluding dampness. Traces
of the bituminOus matter are very dis
tinct in the ruins, and the existence of
petroleum springs at Is, some 100
miles from old Babylon, indicates one
source of the supply. In the ancient
history of several eastern countries al
lusion is made in unmistakable terms
to the existence of petroleum springs
New York American.
Smyrna times., 1908-04-29
Strong Room PeriIs.

Before now people have been shut in
strong rooms and have had narrow es-
capes. On one occasion a locksmith
was repairing an interior safe in the
strong room of New York bank when
the cashier closed the vault door, AS
it was worked by a time lock it meant
that the door would remain closed un-
til the following morning. Fortunately
the man knew the secrets of his
stronghold and by opening a manhOle
was able to obtain a sufficient supply
of air. He then made a pillow of a bag
of dollar bills and composed himself to
sleep until the door was opened next
morning Strand Magazine
Smyrna times., 1908-04-29
HIDDEN DANGERS
Nature Gives Timely Warnings
That no Smyrna Citizens
Can Afford to Ignore.

DANGER SIGNAL NO. comes
from the kidney secretions. They
will warn you when the kidneys are
sick. Well kidneys excrete a clear,
amber fluid. Sick kidneys send out
a thin, pale and foamy, or thick,
red ill-smelling urine, full of
sediment and irregular of passage.
DANGER SIGNAL, NO. 2 comes
from the back Back pains dull and
heavy, or sharp and acute, tell you of
sick kidneys and warn you of the
approach Of drOpsy, diabetes and
Bright's disease. Doan's Kidney
Pills cure sick kidneys and cure them
permanently. Here's Smyrna proof
Mrs. Harry E. King, Mt. Vernon
street, Smyrna, Del, says: "My
husband suffered for three or four
years with kinney disease and was
unable to find anything to give him
relief until he procured Doan's Pills
at Clifton & Raymond's pharmacy.
For a long time he came home COM
planning of weary, dull ache across
his back and loins, and finally the
kidneys became very much disOrderec
and weekend in action. After using g
few boxes of DOan's Kidney Pills the
entire trouble disappeared. He has
had no return attack, since, and is
very enthusiastic over Doan's Kidney
Pills. "
For sale by all Dealers. Price
so cents. Foster-Milburn Co..
Buffalo, New York, Sole Agent:
in the United States.
Remember the name-DOan' S
and take no other.
Smyrna times., 1908-04-29
Good Cause For Tears.

A certain medieval sultan had all the
mirrors removed from his palace, 50
that he might avoid the pain Of see
ing his own face. This sultan called
on his grand vizier one day and by ac-
cident happened to catch sight of his
reflection. His hideOusness overpow-
cred him, and he broke into violent
sobbing. In this outburst the vizier
Joined. Finally the sultan calmed
down. wiped his eyes and got ready to
smoke and talk. But not so the vizier.
He sobbed ON and on. His master, tap
ping his slipper impatiently on the
cushions, waited for him to cease. At
length the sultan got angry and ex-
claimed:
"Why do you weep longer than I,
vizier?
"Alas," the grand vizier replied, you
wept, o commander of the faithful,
because you saw your face but for an
instant, but l see it all day and every
day.
Smyrna times., 1908-04-29
MUSIC AND THE MASSES.
Popular Opinion Should Be Educated
to Be the Arbiter as to Merit.

Popular Opinion Should Be Educated
to Be the Arbiter as to Merit.
Give me the approval of the masses.
and | can survive without the aristOc-
racy or the critics; not that the latter
are to be despiSed or ignored. but their
minority decision should not be final.
What makes or breaks great works
On their first performance in Europe?
Not the verdict of the aristocracy nor
of the critics, but the masses, the COM
mon people. 1t is i'll the galleries that
the battle is waged. with Kisses and
applause, and it is upon the prevailing
opinion of this portion Of the audience
that the fate of a work depends. But
in America, alas, tie masses do moth
ing. 1t is the critic who assumes to
tell this nation what is good work and
what bad. and believe and am daring
enough to say that there is no man or
small cOterie of men capable of teach
ing nation art 1t needs the battle of
minds among the people, and again !
say, alas. our people, our masses, have
not yet been muSically educated, have
not yet had an opportunity to live in
the proper musical atmosphere
One great drawback for the masses
here is that the opera season lasts but
few months and that the prices of
the limited number of representations
during that brief period are so very
high that the people generally cannot
afford to 60 1t is dreadful to me to
realize that it is the very people whose
souls long for music and who sooner
or later will, believe, be the chief
factors in building it up here as they
have been in Europe and who are now
denied the opportunity not only of sat
isfyng themselves, but of lending theiI
aid to the spread Of art feeling and
comprehension Mary Garden in Ev
! erybOdy's
Smyrna times., 1908-04-29
Death was on His Heels.

Jesse P. Morris, of Shippers, Va,
had a close call in the spring of 1906.
He says: can attack of pneumonia
left me 50 weak and with such fear
full cough that my friends declared
consumption had me, and death was
on my heels. Then l was persuaded
to try DIR. Kings New Discovery.
1t helped me Immediately, and after
taking two and half bottles l was
a we'll man again. l found out that
new discovery was the best remedy
for cough and lung diseases in the
word Sold under guarantee at Ben
ton N. Weldon's drugstore. so cents
and $1.0O Trial bottle free.
Smyrna times., 1908-04-29
Easy Shoppinq.

There is little trouble attached to
shopping in BuenoS Aires. When a
citizen with Il plethoric purse goes to
market he buys his vegetables in piles
without regard to quantity or quality.
Nothing is bought by weight. If a
man wants beef he simply tells the
butcher he wants some meat. and he
gets a chuni. pays the price and goes
home satisfied
Smyrna times., 1908-04-29
A New Gar Load Of Hay Just
Arrived, Clean and Sweet,

Another Carload of the famous
Dover Brick Co.'S Brick just in.
Come while you have plenty to
select from. Our stock is complete
and our prices right.
Smyrna times., 1908-04-29
THE
new YORK WORLD
THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION.
Read wherever the English Language
isHSpOkeB.

The Thrice-a-Week World expects to be a
better paper in 1907 than ever before. In
the course of the year the issues for the
next great Presidential campaign will be
foreshadowed. and everybody will wish to
keep informed The Thrice-a- Week World
coming to Won every other day, serves all
the purposes Of a daily, and IS far cheaper
The news service of this paper Is con-
stantly being increased, and It reports
fHlly, accurately and promptly every event
of importance anywhere in the world.
Moreover, its political news IS impartial,
giving YOU facts, not opinions and wishes.
It has full markets. splendid cartoons and
interesting fctioL by standard authors.s
The Thrice-a- Week Worlds regular sub
soription price is only S1.00 per year, and
this pays for 156 papers. We offer this
uneouafled newspaper and The SMYRNA
TIMES together for one year for S1.75.
The regular subscription price Of the two
papers is $500.
Smyrna times., 1908-04-29
How 10 Avoid Appendicitis

Most victims of appendicitis are
those who habitually constipated.
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup cures
chronic constipation by stimulating
the liver and bowels and restores the
natural action of the bowels. Orino
Laxative Fruit Syrup does not nause-
ate or grippe and is mild and pleasant
to take. Refuse substitutes. Sold
by all druggists.
Smyrna times., 1908-04-29
IF YOU ARE GOING
To BUILD

Give us a call and let us furnisA
the materials. We will furnish ev-
erything in the Lumber Line, Porch
Columns, Flooring, Siding, Lath,
Shingles, etc. Also, Cement and
Lime.
Buy your LIME from us for
W hitewashing. Also, Paints and
Brushes.
Smyrna times., 1908-04-29
ATwenty Year Sentence.

81 have just completed a twenty
year health sentence impose by Buck
lens Arnica Salve, which cured me
of bleeding piles just twenty years
ago, writes o. S. Woolever, of Le-
Raysville N. Y. Bucklen's Arnica
Salve heals the worst sores, boils,
burns, wounds and cuts in the shortest
time. 25c at Benton N. Weldon S drug
store.
Smyrna times., 1908-04-29
Knew Where Il Went

"Are you one of those mean spirited
men who ask their wives what they do
with the money they receive"
Certainly not" answered Mr.. Meek
ton. Il don't have to ask my wife.
She plays bridge whist. Washington
Star.
Smyrna times., 1908-04-29

BARNETT b, p, 2:O613 is brown stallion
stands 1872 hands high and weighs 1895
pounds folded 1898. Bred by G. NJ. Coch-
ran, Middletown Del.
Barnett B, 2:O61l crack = mile) Worlds
Champion StalliOn-holds worlds record
for the three fastest consecutive heats over
a half mile track in a regular race.
His record of 2:0615 was made over half
mile track and is a worlds record for a
stallion over a half mile track in a regularly
contested race. That he is a good cOnsis-
tent race horse is shown by the fact that he
reduced his record of 2:144 in 1904, to
2;104 in 1905 and to 2:06A i'll 1906.
Individually he is perfect horse. His
disposition is the best, having raced three
years without break, and today is absolute
ly sound.
The year this horse took his record he
had served forty EIGHT mares, and only had
| seven weeks preparation for the race.
The limit of this horses speed has never
been reached, as he has not had first class
opportunity. He gets fine colts, and IS the
sire of only one colt (twO years old showed
quarters over Curry's track at Greenwood
Del, in "a seconds. His yearlings showed
considerable speed. His sucklings have
| sold as high as $3.50.
He will make the season of 1908 at $50. 90
/ to insure.
Will not be responsible for accidents or
escapes, but best of care taken of mares
/ sent to me.
NOTICE.
Barnett B., will be at the residence of E
H. Donovan, near BrenfOrd, Del, every
other week, beginning Monday, April 2Oth,
and remaining there until Friday evening OF
each week, and at MiddletOwn, Del, on all
| other dates.
For further particulars address
j. w. Barnett,
Middletown, Del.
Smyrna times., 1908-04-29

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Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-03-06
NEGLECTED. BAYBERRIES.
VSne Was When the Crop Was Eager.
Iy Harvested.

Years ago when the first frosts had
pick the lunches of bayberries to make
the pale green wax candles which
when burning gave out the aromatic
smell Of the leaves that the pickers
crushed in pulling off.
We no longer pick bayberries for
company candles for the winter time.
Except few romantic souls who gath
er berries enough to make candle or
two for old memories, few faddists
who want to try to make bayberry can
dies by some discovery or other in Il
magazine and some stanch old New
Englanders who love to get out in the
pastures on crisp fall day-these are
all who gather the bayberries now.
Left to themselves, the clumps of
bushes have spread out and in some
cases Overrun whole pastures. In some
parts of Connecticut the bushes have
grown very tall.
In Branford, on the coast. there are
almost bayberry trees, as many can be
found growing along the highways ten
feet tall and some even taller. These
bayberrles must be very old. You can
not help wondering how many crops
have been picked off them in years
past.
AS early as 1717 the town records
show that the gathering of bayberries
on the highways and common was for
hidden before Sept 10. A fine of 10
shillings for each violation was the
penalty. 1t appears that the wax from
the berries was used in making a
backing and a salve and that bayberry
wax continued an article of trade in
Branford down to the last fifty years.
Human nature being about the same
one century to another there was
probably in I'LL a great complaining
of people who picked the berries "be-
fore they were half ripe" or got up
mornings before anybody else had
chance" hence the regulation and the
fine.
But what a breathless. hurried bay
berry picking it must have been the
morning of Sept. 15!-Hartford Cou-
rant.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-03-06

to take a place in the chorus after the
season had opened, and she found
herself as far as ever from her goal.
She had comforted herself with the
idea Of working up" and when plain
Ben Streator had begged her to give
up the idea of acting and marry him
she had made chilling reply and a
neat alluSiOn to what she owed to her.
self and to her art.
1t seemed rather different now. Be-
ing new, she had not learned the ropes
and had applied literally the rule that
no relatives might see her off. There
had been no hand clasp at parting,
and she had not even seen Ben.
Her faStidiOus taste revoIted at the
idea of spending the night in Il mar.
row berth with strange girl as q
bedfellow, but there was no hope fog
1t, and she entered the car.
The special car was excessively hot
AMI without sufficient ventilation. The
alsies We're packed with girls in va.
rious stages Of undress and noisy with
their chatter. The car was entirely
OSSul'ICu ~ NOlhSll, anu lH'e III III Nul
tainS We're regarded as superfluous.
The stateroom door was partly open,
showing three of the principals playing
cards. The musty odor of Egyptian
cigarettes came through the door and
gradually mastered the other scents in
the car.
Two girls sat swinging their feet
over the edge of upper g, but the
half of the lower berth was occupied
by girl who lay with her face to
the window, her frail shoulders shaken
by sobs.
you draw lower G?" grinned one
of the occupants Of the upper berth.
"Bet you don't sleep Stilings is home
sick already. If she keeps up the
yowling after the train starts we're
going to have a pillow fight"
you'd better sit up in the smoking
ROOM" urged another "YOu don't
want to get drowned, and Stillings is
flooding the car with her tears"
81 think It's shame to talk that
way" declared Beatrice as she saw
that the glbes We're adding to their
Victims discomfort. you should be
ashamed Of yourselves"
zone Of them Salvation Army girls
again this season." chanted the tor
mentor from above, and the cry was
caught up along the car until Beatrice
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-03-06
Hindoo First Steps In English.

A native had been caught at Calcut-
ia scaling the wall Of the premises into
the compound Of No. 3, Chowringhi,
dressed in a complete suit of European
clothes. The man had on the previous
evening concealed himself inside a
shop and had employed his time till
morning in fitting himself with COM
plete suit of clothes, including a white
shirt, with studs and links; a red tie,
carefully put on; black socks, pair of
boots, a watch and chain, handkerchief
and even a pocketknife, with a straw
hat and stick. He even went the
length of writing his name inside the
hat. On being caught he said he want
ed to learn English and as a prelim-
mary step thought it best to dress him
self in sahib's clothes.-Bombay Qndia)
Advocate.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-03-06
A Word For the Girl.

"An old customer of mine from the
interior of the state came to town q
few days ago" said Philadelphia
wholesaler, land after leaving his or
der for goods he asked the privilege
Of sitting down to my desk to write n
letter. ! took him over to one of the
typists and told him to get his letter
up in good business shape, and the twy
worked over 1t for half an hour. Then
the man came back to me with his let
ter in his hand and said:
"Mr Blank, this typewriting bust
ness Is great thing
eyes
"'And that's fine girl who did the
work for me-
ayes
"'She made her fingers go like light
hing
eyes, she is very speedy
Seemed to be perfectly willing to
Cbllge.'
eyes
"a very nice girl indeed, and hope
she'll get on. In fact, l want to put in
word for her.
"That's kind of you, What is itT
."Tell her. he said as he lowered
his voice and glanced over his shout
der, that If she'll pay leete more at
tentiOn to her spelling she'll come out
at the top of the heap. Tell her In n
way not to hurt her feelings
"'But what words has she spelled
wrOngY
"He held out the letter and pointed
to word and whispered:
"The young lady got one "f' too
many in the word, but tell her as
gently as you can
1.-THE word was coffee. "-Pittsburg
Press.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-03-06
Same Old Misery.

'S'pose dar wuz a turkey fer every
man In de country"
"Wouldn't make any difference, fer
dey'd have wings enough to fly out eI
reseh."-Atlanta Constitution.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-03-06
DANGEROUS FISH.
Ways of the Green Moray of Bermuda
and the DeVifish.

Ways OF the Green Moray OF Bermuda
and the DeVifish.
When one speaks of dangerous fish
the first that come to mind are the
shark and the octopus. But neither Of
these is really formidable to fishermen.
The shark never attacks boat and the
octopus very rarely.
A much worse creature than either
shark or octopus is the devilfsh-a
large ray that is common in the warm
waters of the Atlantic. This fish
grows to weight of Il ton and half
and, besides formidable teeth, is arm
ed with horrible barbed and poisoned
spike in the tail. 1t has often been
known to attack boats.
A fishing party in a launch succeed
ed in happening one of these fish in
the bay known as Arkansas Pass, Tex
as. The brute lowed them eighteen
miles out to sea and very nearly upset
the launch. 1t was twenty-five feet
long and weighed 5000 pounds.
A very nasty customer Is the green
moray OF Bermuda. This rather re-
sembles a cOnger eel, but Is green in
color and savage beyond any fish that
swims. An English marine officer, fish
ing off Bermuda a year or two ago,
hooked a large specimen and began to
pull 1t In.
His negro boatman, his eyes staring
with fright, begged him wildly to cut
the line. The officer at first refused,
but when he saw the fish turn on itself
and with a crunch of saw edged teeth
bite large piece out Of its own body
he came to the conclusion that 1t was
not nice thing to have in a small
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-03-06
one Night
In The car.
BY MABEL SYNS.
Copyrighted, 1907, by p. e. Eastment.

Beatrice thrilled with excitement as
The low buildings on the rivers edge
came into sight. TO her the dingy en-
trance TO the ferry house was the gate
TO the Hall Of Fame.
She wished that Ben might be there
to see the company start. but Ratsey,
the ferret eyed little stage manager.
had announced that none Of the chorus
girls might be accompanied to the
train by friends or relatives under
penalty of Il five dollar fine. lie was
nervoualy pacing the cobblcstoncs in
front of the entrance every minute to
make certain that the rule would not
be broken.
on the block above the ferry house
leave takings were plentiful, but the
house itself was free Of crowd Of
weeping relatives and mournful gen.
tlemen friends"
You are Miss Fabcr?" asked Ratsey
in his quick, tense tones as Beatrice
came up. you bunk with Miss Still
lings; berth 6, car .. Better get right
over and 90 to bed before the train
pulls out"
Il thought l might be able to get a
berth by myself" protested Beatrice.
Il am willing to pay the difference"
II have no time to make n change"
said Ratsey impatiently. after the
opening night you may do as you
please, but the management pays to
the opening town, and you will kindly
permit us to arrange matters. Miss
Stillings has gone over already. You
will find her there"
The magic word company" passed
Beatrice through the ferry gate and on
the other side into the train shed. AS
the boat pulled away from the New
York side she leaned over the rail and
watched the receding city.
When she had graduated from the
dramatic school she had expected to
get n part with a Shakespearean com
pany at least, but she had been glad