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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-01
One Cent Placed at Five Per Cent.

! Wagner and sultan. the German sta
tlsticians, estimated in the year 1897
the population of the world at 1,4S(
million persons. More than one.half OF
this estimated number was based upor
the results of actual censuses, and the
remainder was carefully estimated. We
shall probably not be far away from the
truth if we say that there are now (in
A. ID. 19l1) $500 million persons on the
Earth
| If in Ammo Domini | a man had then
| desired to be hailed in a later century
! Universal Benefactor of the World, he
could have achieved his desire by then
investing the equivalent of modern
American Cent at per centum com
pound interest per annum, the interest
to accumulate year by year for the
benefit of future generations.
At the end of the first century of in
vestment--namely in A. d. 100-the
original Cent would have grown to |
dollar 81 cents. At the end of 1910
years after Ammo Domini l. namely,
at the end of the year 1910 Nast YEAR,
the original Cent would have grown
to the stupendous value of 296,1S0.000,.
600 600, 600, 600, 600, 600, 900, 900, 600, 600
dollars.
This accumulation resulting in A. D..
one cent in Ammo Domini is so vast that
no brain can realize what is the meaning
of the enormous quantity of dollars inst
stated We are wholly unable to realize
the stupendous golden growth of this
original cent unless we press into our
service various aids to imaginative con.
ception, such as those I have dreamed
and here Illustrated.
Imagine the earth transformed into
a hugh fiat slab one mile thick, floating
in space. Let every man, woman and
child now living in the world-approxi-
mately 1,S00 million persons-contin.
uously discharge quick firing gun load
ed with American Gold Eagles in place
of bullets for one thousand years. Each
Gun fires into space one thousand Gold
Eagles per minute, which drop over the
edges of the earth.
The result is that at the end of one
thousand years continuous discharge of
Gold Eagles from 1,S00 millions of quick
hrlng guns at the rate of one thousand
dold Eagles per minute from each gun,
only an infnitesimal fraction of the
money would have thus been got rid of. |
The amount to be thus drawn upon be- |
ing the $29,61S followed by thirty-four
Is, this amount being the accumulated
'esult of one cent invested in Ammo Dom
nj at five. per centum compound in
crest until the end of the year 1910
All this firing away of Gold Eagles
would have to continue for more than /
4, 100000 00,000,000 years. in place of
or merely one thousand years, in order
o exhaust the money accumulated in
\. D. 1910.
This incredible result is no freak of
ancy. but solid fact. - John Holt
Schooling in the November Strand.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-01
What Next?

! When at dinner in Rome a tourist was
served with strawberries still growing on
ribbon, she thought this was the last word
the parent vine in common earthen pot
which was concealed by sash of wide
with regard to serving food at the dinner
| table, 1t remains, however, for "a New
York florist to work what seems like a
miracle. He claims to be able to grow
lettuce while you wait--crisp lettuce for
dinner-to eat with your broiled spring
chicken.
When asked to reveal his secret he said /:
Il take handful of lettuce seed that
have been soaked over night in alcohol
and / plant them in a box containing
three inches of loan and quicklime |
water this well, and in ten minutes the
seeds burst, In twenty minutes two tiny
leaves push through the earth. The leaves
grow and multiply. In an hour thy are
as big as dollars, Then you may pluck
and eat them. They are deicious-a fairy
salad. Sometimes when | give a dinner
party | have one Of these little prepared
lettuce beds in the center of the table. The
guests see the lettuce grow, and when the
time comes for the salad course there is
their salad blooming before them all ready
for them to pluck.
Considering what marvels in the way
of cooking are accomplished with the
chatting dish and denatured alcohol stoves
and scientific marvels like this, we may
reasonably expect to see the lamb driven in
alive, slaughtered. and cooked before our
very eyes.-N. Y. Times.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-01
A WANNA 10 Republicans.

iNl, AihdlN htNHfilEtlsl
We must either be republicans next year
Or 20 to pieces.
II may he that the cohesive power OF
long habit viii hold the party organization
together a little while longer in Vermont
than IL does Ina the nation. That was true
when in the last great shift in national
politics a few little wing states continued
10 hold on to a forlom hope long after
there was no such thing as "A real wing par
ty in the nation at all.
But Vermont rcpublicanism is more a
part of the nation and more closely and
yitally in sympathetic reciprocal circula.
ton with the nation than some ileshpot
politicians pretend.
We must make up our minds here in
Vermont 10 have a republicanism that
means something more than mcrdy hold.
ing public offices, or We shall have these
same public offices with no republicans in
them.
What does Vermont republicanism stand
for?
What do platform pledges mean here in
this statey
What do the people risk when they send
a republican TO the legislature, their party
faith or his personal integrity:
Is the republican party TO stand for
government by spoilsmen for the pride and
dignity of place and powerg Or for a
government by frecmcn for the benefit
Of society at largey
We may laugh at the threats Of national
political upheayal and say that they are
not likely to effect rock-rihhed Vermont
But we must notforgct that the last time
this nation underwent political upheayal
Vermont was one Of the first six states to
'upheaVc'
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-01
An Elephant Round Up.

The number of elephants in Ceylon is in
creasing so rapidly that they are becoming
a terror to the traveller and a scourge to the
planter, the latest estimate of the forest
department placing their number at five
thousand The great native landholders ar
ranged, therefore, with the help of their
tenants, to relieve the latter of one of their
grievances and at the same time to derive
from the operation considerable sport and
more profit, for in Ceylon the elephant has
very real market value, for he not only
figures conspicuously in all ceremonies of
religion and of state, but is employed in
forest-cleaning cultivation, irrigation, and
pretty much every other form of draft
work, being, when properly trained, use
full and valuable animal.
When it is appreciated that the opera
tons preliminary to a successful kraal
extend over a period of several weeks, that
as many as three thousand heaters are en-
ployed in the drive that dozen lives are
sometimes lost and half hundred ele-
plants captured, it will be seen that kraal-
ing is a sport only within the reach of
kings, and Of Kandyan kings at that. The
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-01
The Turkey.

Strut, noble bird, with tail Ouisnrtad
And with proud pOise Of thy beadl
Thou stridest through the BARNARD be,,
The lord of all, from chanticlger
Down 70 the humblcst. walhuug i3tE
And all must envy thee thy luck.
The rooster crows, but loses vim
Nhene 'er thou lOOkest straight al hin.
The guinea fowl uplifts its voice
In rasping tones when tW0ulj rejoice
But both grow meek and tame and
small
Before thee. turkey, boss of an.
How grandlv dost thou take thv wav
With ne Ter a one to say thee nav,
When with thy wattles cleaning red
And with thy naughty. upheld head
Thou slowly turnest all about
Thou art the king, without "a doubt
Thy tail unfolded like a fan
Thou NEWEST things with regal sean,
And chickens, ducks and foolish geese
Seud from thy path for sake Of peace
And yet-again we say, and vet
The farmer now his ak doth whet
How like to man, o gobbler proud
Unmindful of the coming cloud
Thou struttest to the glad acclaim
Of those who speak with awe thy name,
How soon thy dreams Will come to
wreck;
How soon thoul t get it in the necki
Wilbur ID. Nesbit, in Chicago Evening
Post.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-01
White River junction Station Burned.

The union railroad station at White
River Junction was burned Tuesday, caus
ing loss of about $4,000, mostly covered
by insurance The fire was one of the most
spectacular that has been seen along the
valley of the upper Connecticut river. The
structure had wooden roof and burned
like finder. The local firemen, unable tc
check the flames in the station, directed
their efforts to saving surrounding prop.
erty The freighthouse, the beef sheds Of
Swift & company, and the hide and tallow
establishment of A. j. Perkins caught fire,
but in each case the blaze was soon ex-
tinguished
The telegraph office in the station-the
largest relay point in New England north
of Boston, and the most important tele-
graphic point between Boston and Mont
real, was burned out, but wire communica-
ton was restored in temporary office.
The union station was owned jointly by the
Boston & Maine and the Central Vermont
railroads, the former system owning two
thirds and the Central Vermont having a
one-third interest in the property 1t had
just been remodeled DIR. Q. W. Daley
owner of the restaurant in the station,
places his loss at $4,000. The fire is sup
posed to have been caused by defective
wiring between floors
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-01

At the annual meeting of the Vernon
Fish and Game league in Burlington las
week the following officers We're elected
President, Maxwell Evarts of Windsor
secretary, J. w. Titcomb of Lyndonville
treasurer, Charles F. Lowe of Montpelier
assistant secretary, Edward Cornell o.
Lyndonville; vice-presidents. F. H. Brooks
of ST. bloomsbury, Fred H. Babbitt of Bel
lows Falls, W. G, Reynolds of Barre, f. L
Greene of St. Adams, F. i. Fish of Yer
gennes, D. d. Burdett of Pittsford, B. j
Derby of Burlington; executive committee
F. G.. Smith of Addison, E. c. Orvis OF
Washington, r. L. Patrick of Burlington,
G. NJ Campbell Of Wells River, G. F. Mel.
son of Derby Line, Redfeld Proctor OF
Proctor, 0. L. Martin of Plainfeld, DIR.
Henry d. Holton of Brattleboro and E. A.
Davis of Bennington. The membership
committee will consist Of L. H. Greene of
Montpelier, M. Fl. Riddell of Burlington
and Collins Graves of Bennington. The
auditors will be f. A. Rowland and FL. j.
NJ. Jones of Montpelier and S. M. Paige of
st. Adams.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-01
E. Howe's Great Motto.

~. y, l''f'", i 'p'"'' a.,
Ea HOVE the Old Atc4lson "lo ll,, man ,.a
ing little magazine on his Potato Hill
farm, near that city lie does i Tor the
luh OF me thihg lie Is something Of q
practical Joker recently he put i9rth a
motto, since notices are very popular IN
these later days, and he Worded 1t Ike
unto TINS 81,
b, we must gu learn 70 ne absolute win
me absolute lnllnite with the lntnlte' yes
one with the One. 60,
III took' One man was carried OIL MS leet
by the motto. lie thought II was me
greatest thlhs IN the Worid ana that y
would regenerate mankind, and mankind
is Always, we are lold' III heeu OF rtReh-
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-01
Country oreamerios,

AAHhl iihHhNlAlAHN
The Rmttlchoro creamery is the last u
close up, following the example Of a length
enng list of country ereamcrics all over
New England. OF the half dozen that wen,
doing prosperous business hereabouis a few
years ago, not one survives. This Is a re'
suit OF the insidious inyasions of city butter
makers, who have gradually got control OF
immense supplies OF cream hy offering high
prices, aud then charging up enormously
Tor their butter The farmers, who for a
number Of years have been gradually won
away from the creamery. have at many
times received more for their milk in actual
cash 10y shipping IL to the city than ia
selling IL 10 the creamery, but the shipping
of il away has taken from the farms such
hy.pr0ducts as skim milk and hutteimlk.
These two byproducts are essentials in the
raising Of swine and veals and the raising
of such stock means the addition Of fer.
tiizng agent to the soil. The absence Of
such stock means a reduction of he icrtlliz
alton OF a farm. These clements OF farm
have been overlooked 10 eonsid.
cradle extent 10y many Of the farmers
shipping their milk 10 the city.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-01
CURES CATARRH
Antiseptic, Healing, MenthoIatum
Quickly Kills catarrh
Germs

| Catarrhal troubles can be cured only by
an antiseptic treatment that kills both
the catarrhal germs and soothes and heals
the irritated mucous membrane.
Apply little Mentholatum to the nasal
passages at night and while you sleep
the treatment does its healing work and
at the same time kills the catarrhal germs.
Its action is almost immediate; the first
nights treatment gives you great relief.
You can buy % cent jar of Menthol-
alum from any druggist with guarantee
of money back if it does not do all that
is claimed for it. This is the most eco
nomical treatment for catarrh that was
ever known as one package will last two
weeks or more. Every home should
have jar of Mentholatum as it is in
valuable for all cases of inflammation, sore
ness, etc.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-01

very small number of Europeans who have
witnessed these jungle round.ups is due to
the fact that the scene of operations has
from necessity to be laid in almost impcne-
trable jungle, TO reach which means no in.
considerable expenditure Of money, time
and temper. not to mention the drawbacks
.of very primitive transportation and still
more primitive accommodation. uncertain
commissarat arrangements, and such minor
as snakes, Jungle ticks, leeches
and mosquitoes f Alexander Powell. in
the December Outing.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-01

That Drury college Junior waa bBB,
human skeleton in the chapel .ffaTe a.
baecalaureate service last Jane uss II.
servedly suspended for NOT raa1.F5z'B,
the inhumanity of his .uH,tas1agbi
rebukc. - Young men who ara ag9rs
that they are going forth 90 e8r5as
the world are in no mood to b. r.
of their latter end. Besides. H.
speculation as TO the authorship Of t5s
piece Of impotence must have sari6u.ly
Interfered with the slumhers Of the If.
fanprg
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-01

Fletcher sentiment was partly manufae
tured There may be some truth in the
suggestion, but the Delioer organization y
not 10 he outdone in this ngard For alb
sence Of spontancity and for the omni'
presence OF atiiiciality the Dclloer boom
Is fairly entitled 10 first premium, II Yer
montels have not lost their sense OF humor
they must have been greatly entertained
hy the ceremonious launching of the Mont
pelrr candidate
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-01
The Brattleboro Gait.
burlington Clipper.)

II all towns in Vermont could follow the
lead of Brattleboro there would be no ques
ton of decadence or any fear of what the
census figures would show. Besides the
commercial buildings that have gone up
there during the present year, running into
several hundreds of thousands of dollars.
3S dwellings have been constructed. Where
dwellings are going up will be found
growth and prosperity Let us all travel
the Brattleboro gait
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-01

One objection to the proposed insurance
bill in England is that some of the women
workers cannot pay the insurance fee of
threepence (six cents) a week 1t seems
Incredible, but is said to be true. There
are "sweated workers" in the country who
spend three cents at noon for their dinner,
except on Friday, which is pay day, when
there. is no money left from the previous
weeks pay envelope.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-01

cent take the catalogue which NJ. f,
wrongly addressed 10 another jpd.r3l.' zen
But this, while a biz saving dI 4 p,
ing to 9buate the situation mated \.
the negligence OF 50 70 10 rar 0r, !.
postmasters to notify the dlm Wl5a a Y
catalogues lay there aneallci .sr "
ing that il was not fair to lose N. ~. .'
through negligence OF pp,tol. rm tl..',.l
the matter was taken up l- Wa.bT,,,5,ss'
aud arrangements We're iul... n58. " Y.
overcome this, A total ii S2ut6 9s., "
was saved by this careful rlurart y, .]1I \.
a trip 10 Washington, a sNr. Th.#, r,t5.
concerns can now, too, share.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-01

l.. II. Bailey says that uwtb II
growth of leisure children arssii
novels and entertaiumnnt nerfa8's5I.
and are afraid Of soiling th.ir .at6sy +
lie SAYS that we are "deyc.onirt5.sssi
Of artistic idleness - That leisure n. .l
be strenuous is a conception l'8'a5It n.
the American 10 entertain. n fsrr..
be said that the idleursy which H. II,
scribes is particularly "ari,tfr
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-01

After all the good things that were said
about that Thanksgiving proclamation it
was pretty tough to have a Rutland min
lister come out and say that ''the language
is not alone the merest schoolboy rhetoric,
fiamboyant, extravagant and absurd, but it
is made to say things which are distinctly
contradictory"
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-01

Samuel G. Blythe is a keen political oh,
server and a fairly accurate forecastcr OF
political events as furecaSters 60 There
fore, it is Of more than ordinary interest
to know that he believes this country will
have elected a democratic president one
year hence. Mr.. Blythe has just completed
a wider Swing around the circle than the
president himself took and the results Of
his studies are appearing in the Saturday
Evening Post His present opinion is that
President Taft will he renominated by the
republicans and defeated at the polls I'M
less the democrats make the fearful mis-
take of naming a candidate who stands for
the same things that Mr.. Taft stands for
According to Mr.. Blythe, there is slim
chance OF anything happening within the
next year TO pacify the hundreds Of thou
sands of republicans who are now opposed
to the present administration. 1t took them
more than year TO become alienated;'
they certainly won't recover in less time
than that These republicans admire VIII
nam lloNdIu IdlJ us It Julil' bVillhl NllN'h'
but when politics are mentioned they re-
member that he refused to veto a tariff bill
parts of which he admitted We're indie
fensible," and later checked an attempt
on the part OF democratic congress to,
remedy certain schedules in this bill Mr.
Blythe comedies Taft's denomination be-
cause the president is in control of the or
ganizaton that can control the selection
of delegates to the republican national con
vention, but he doesn't hesitate to assert
that a progressive democrat like Gov.
Woodrow Wilson of New jersey would
brino about tha ;,nr,rfirf, g,.,,t,,,rn
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-01

1t is to be feared that Undertaken
Cor Mortician) Thomas F. Burke of
Brunswick, N. j., is not aware of the
grave dignity of his job. The other day
he drove his motor hearse through the
streets with its sides embellished by the
Sheriff y Thomas F. Burke, democratic lem Ss tic
candidate for sheriff and Thomas F.
Burke, undertaken Cor mortician), are
one and the same person.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-01

Grand Army men throughout the state
seem to be thoroughly in sympathy with
the move started by U. S. Grant post to
make Governor Mead the next state de-
partment commander of the G.. A. R. The
fact that he is the only governor of any
state who is G. A. r. member ought to
make Vermont veterans hasten to honor
him
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-01

Let us be thankful today that we have
plenty of cold turkey to eat; tomorrow
that there is plenty of fricaseed turkey
Sunday that our appetite for turkey hash
is so enduring; Monday that there is so
much nourishment in turkey soup; Tues.
day that the last of the bird has been dis
posed of in accordance with the laws of
household economies
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-01
Fitting.

1'Do you know of any good remedy for
a deadlock"
81 should suggest key to the situa-
ton. Baltimore American.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-01

In the course of an editorial on til,
needs of this state the Bennington Banner
hits upon vital topic
First and foremost, some intelligent
effort to improve, develop and put new life
into the rural communities OF Vermont
The likelihood OF these communities has
been sucked out by 10 years of emigration
and, not all, but scores Of these communi-
ties are today suffering from decay and, in
too many cases. moral, mental and physi-
cal weakness tending toward degeneracy.
This is the greatest problem that confronts
Vermont today. These isolated communi-
ties and men and women raised under these
conditions often even in the larger towns
are the ones who are making the record
of serious crime in Vermont so long these
days. The matter should be taken up by
the governor and legislature at the first
possible opportunity.
The matter with Vermont" is due to
no other condition so mucn as to the de-
generation of its small towns. We may
talk about the mountain rule the town
representation system and score Of other
faults but their influence is comparatively
trivial. What is needed to put Vermont
where it belongs is a systematic endeavor
to restore those towns that for generations
have seen their most promising sons and
daughters leave for fields of wider oppor-
tunity, This cannot be brought about in
a minute, but better schools, better roads,
increased transportation facilities, easier
means of intercommmication, and better
knowledge of modern agricultural methods
all of these things will help.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-01
A Card

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to
refund the money on a 50-cent bottle of
Greenes Warranted Syrup of Tar if it
fails to cure your cough or cold. We also
guarantee a 25-cent bottle to prove salts
factory or money refunded.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-01

A number of men of the right sort were
chosen officers Of the Vermont Fish and
Game league at its annual meeting last
week but the list still contains a lot of
political deadMood.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-01

The Montpelier Journals frosty attitude
toward DeBoers candidacy seems to offset
that anti-Fletcher petition in Windsor
county
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-01
True Words.
(Windsor Journal, !

We believe it was in the columns of the
Montpelier Argus that there appeared as
a preliminary to the announcement of the
DeBoer candidacy the suggestion that the
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-01

Christmas is due three weeks from Mon
day. Your shopping
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-01

Entered as seeond.eass matter, January 4,
1907, at the postofllce at Brattlehoro, VI,
under the Act Of Congress Of March 2, 1879.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-01

BRATTLEBoRo, FRIDAY, DEC. !. 1911,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-01

Dental floss is the best thing on which
to string pearls. coral or glass beads,
The floss may be bought at any large
drug store for 10 or - cents a spool
To fastcn the end neatly to the clasp,
run the floss through the end two beads,