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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-21

Business-Iike Printing. No fuss and
no feathers The plain. neat kind that
looks right. Times Printing CO.. Is
John Rest Main 1898 or City s3S5.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-21

The tournament in question will
offer bowlers the chance OF shooting
between the 4 and pins, the object
being to miss both. AS soon as one
of the pins is toppled the contestant
retires. The pin Is the one In the
next to the back row on the extreme
left, the six being on the same line
on the extreme right. They are 1g 81
inches apart from the inside edges
and regulation bowling ball Is 3
inches In diameter.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-21

The thing looks easy. II you ever
bowl just try 1t out for yourself and
see how many times you can miss
both pins and keep the ball on the al
ley. Fouls Franz, who Is well known
in Detroit. having met a number or
the local sharks here, tried the stunt
on a wager with AL Sondheimer.
Franz missed the pins FIVE times and
on second attempt put the ball past
them seven times. Sondheimer miss
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-21

PfIakon, the Finnish Hon, In a bit OF
he faunaTe ddy missed.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-21

II. steve Kane and Billy KLEIN were
(which New York fans insist is the
fact). and Kane has had the rollers
slipped under him, what will the arbi-
trattng stan look like this Year,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-21

Now, on the level, do you think At
tell was under wraps or slipping?
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-13
MIR. DE BoER is wILLIN'

Joseph A. DeBoer of Montpelier is a
receptive candidate for the republican
governorship nomination In letter to
the editor Of the Barre Times he states
his position as follows;
81 have made no campaign and mean
TO make no campaign for the nomination,
being prevented from so doing by the
demands upon me Of the business pm which
| am employed. ! would like TO add,
while do not expect, as some papers have
suggested, to have anything passed up
TO me on plate. that if for any reason the
marty should see fit to nominate me, |
would accept, having never declined to do
any public duty with which ] have been
charged. | regret that for the reason
stated above cannot give the time and
energy which usage seems to require IN a
campaign for the nomination. | have
been urged thereto by a great many
friends in every part of the state, to all oil
whom am most heartily Obliged.
With no intention of belittling Mr. De
Beers ability or the valuable service to
the state that he has rendered, we venture
the statement that his announcement will
arouse no wild enthusiasm among the
people of Vermont 1t simply confirms
the opinion that has prevailed in regard
10 his attitude toward the governorsmp
He would take the nomination if it came
his way, but as for making an effort to get
,it-wcll, you have his reasons in the fore
going paragraph This isn't news. 1t
has been taken for granted for ever so
long, and has apparently had no effect OF
checking the growth of the sentiment that
Allen NJ. Fletcher of Cavendish iAthe
best man to have the nomination next
limo
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-13
The High Cost of Souls.

Rev. Billy" Sunday, the former base.
ball player who has conducted evangelistic
meetings in almost every part Of the
country, has succeeded he thinks, in re-
ducing the saving Of souls to business
like basis. He has gone so far as TO make
an estimate OF the cost OF soul-saving in
various cities In Mr.. Sundays cost sheet,
indianapolis souls come highest at $500
each
New York City souls are quoted at S545,
while in Boston they can be obtained for
$3.50, Other quotations are Denver $425,
Chicago 1895 and New Orleans SIS.
So far as Mr. Sunday has made investi-
cations, souls come cheapest in Atlanta
where. they may be saved for $7J head
if souls have heads
Billy" Sundays figures have aroused
much justification and considerable ad,
verse criticism. Atantans complain be-
cause souls are so cheap and Indianapolis
people. because they are so dear. The
general impression seems to be that
Billy Sunday acquired the percentage
habit in his baseball days and hasn't been
able to shake it off-Success
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-13

| Some time ago the Free Press stated its
position with reference to the fight be-
tween conflicting railroads IN Vermont
holding that the true interests of the state
demanded the service Of both the Grand
Trunk and the New Haven and their afiili'
ated lines as essential to healthy competl.
ton; that each should be kept on basis
within our borders where that competition
would be assured, and that fair treatment
should be accorded to both.
Moreover we stated that there was dan
ger lest in taking the side of one road or
the other the people of Vermont find them.
selves in the position of having elected
public servants because the latter favored
one road or the other rather than because
the candidates were the best men for the
public positions involved. If our columns
were to he searched carefully, it would be
discovered that we have arraiqed the
Central Vermont ten times where we have
criticised all other roads in Vermont
combined.
In spite of the fact we find utterances
like the following in the Windsor Journal /;
"Shall Chittenden and Franklin counties
be the saviors of the State? The eastern
counties which would be the most affected
by through double-track railroad oper-
ated by the Boston 4 Maine and New
Haven systems from South Vernon to
White River Junction are curiously calm
in the face of calamity. Can it be that
the people of the eastern counties believe
that the present piecemeal control in the
Connecticut valley, with the resulting
public Inconvenience, is not the best rail
road arrangement that can be devised?
Constantly viewing with alarm the plans
of Mr.. Melen and the possibility that Wall
Street capital, even in these days of the
bounding of enterprise, may find way to
parallel, ON the Vermont side, the Central
Vermont tracks in the Connecticut valley,
valiant band from the northwest corner
of the State blows frequent warnings, The
nopoly," "Wall Street," and %. p. Nor
gan" which still serve to brighten children
and to thrill the horse marines, ring loud
and true Will not the eastern counties
take heed and save themselves? They
should think of the great Importance to
their section in maintaining the autonomy
of the Central Vermont system with its
projected branch to Providence, r. l., and
its existing line to New London. No one
can foretell the limits of the traffic that
may be built up between Vermont and
Providence. Already to New London go
many Vermonters, one day out of every
$50, to witness the elghts OF Harvard and
Yale in the regatta on the Thames. On the
other hand, the Boston & Maine and New
Haven systems merely connect Vermont
with the comparatively insignificant towns
of New York and Boston, Our readers
can easily determine, if they will, wheth-
er Mr.. Mellen's road or Mr.. Fitzhugh's
is likely to render the more service to
Vermont and is the mose important to
the welfare of the State.
The northwest band asserts that it is
concerned only for the best interests of
Vermont and maintains, "a spirit of indie
pendence of both roads" To paraphrase
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-13
Algeria Blind Beggars.

The Arabs have a saying to the effect
that when You travel through the
country of the blind, be blind yourself;
and though, like all proverbs, it is doubt.
less not intended to be taken literally,
still, the malady of blindness is SO common
in Algeria, especially among the tribes
that inhabit the oases of the Sahara that
the traveller may almost stop and ask
himself if he has indeed come to that
country of the blind The prevalence OF
eye disease is due, perhaps, to the intense
dazzling brilliance Of the desert sun, and
to that complete absence Of shade which
must be endured by the wandering
Saharian The Arabs are normally very
kind and respectful to the aged or infrm,
and a blind man or woman will seldom
lack an escort of one or more children
to pilot them safely along the roads, and
who, if they are still young and active
enough to work, will assist them in hoist.
ing their load of sticks or barley upon
their backs, and see them safely home
to the humble dwelling that shelters
them Wide World,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-13
FOUR MILES AN HOUR.
Not So Easy to Walk at That Rate as
Many Persons Imagine.

There is nothing that the average person
| believes more implicitly than that he can
walk four miles in an hour easily, Almost
any one will saw eve were out walking
for an hour and half to-day. Let me see
four miles an hour; that makes six miles
we WENT and he is convinced that Is the
ground his party covered.
That same average person has only TO
try to walk four miles in sixty minutes
to discover that it is good stiff going
There are many more folks who cover
three miles in the time when they think
they are going at the rate of mile better
than there are who actually know the pace
they are making
It is an easy thing to determine. Fog
instance, one man started at 10th street
on Central Park West and walked down
alongside the park He noted the time
on his watch when he started and swung
along at a gait that he fondly believed
was a mile in ten minutes. That, for m
stance would be about one-half the speed
that the average mile runner would make
when he was fairly new to the game,
but he would have to have trained for a
time to do that
The walker didn't take out his watch
until he had reached Ninetieth street, the
end of his first mile. Then he looked.
1t was fifteen minutes almost to the
second when he ended that mile.
This was little of a shock, especially
as there were only couple of crosswalls
in the way and there was nice stretch
of gravel path alongside the pavements
on which to walk. But he started off
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-13
Newspaper Achievement.
Isl Alhans Messenger. J

YOU Ahibhiio -'''9Ni't~''F
The way in which The White River
Junction Landmark handled its report OF
the state fair and the completeness of the
two Brattleboro papers accounts Of the
Brattleboro fair are shining examples IN
weekly newspaper enterprise Rutland
News.
There are newspaper achievements in, the
circumscribed circle of the New England
rural press every day and every week that
are the equivalent of anything done in the
wider field of metropolitan journalism. II
all the entities are to be considered, The
trouble is that some of our friends do not
look for them and consequently do not see
them. The value of a news story after all,
largely depends upon the odds against
which it was secured and published There
is precious little new under the sun. And
on these odds country newspaperdom has
Park Row skinned a mile,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-13
\ DANGER IN DELAY.
Kidney Diseases Are Too Dangerous
for Brattleboro People to Neglect.

The great danger of kidney troubles is
that they get firm hold before the sufferer
recognizes them. Health is gradually I'M
dermined. Backache, headache, nervous
ness, lameness, soreness, lumbago, urinary
troubles, dropsy, and Bright's desease,
follow as the kidneys get worse Don't
neglect your kidneys. Help the kidneys
with the reliable and safe remedy, Doan's
Kidney Pills, which has cured people
right here in Brattleboro
Mrs. D. A. Wilder, Ullery Bldg. Annex,
Brattleboro, VT, say: 81 think as highly
of Doans Kidney Pills today as ever and
confirm the statement | gave in their
praise in 1905 At that time | was sub
iect to attacks of backache and whenever
| brought a strain on the muscles of my
loins my trouble was aggravated | was
also subject to headaches and did not rest
well. Doan's Kidney Pills were finally
brought to my attention and / began their
use. They disposed of the backache
and headache and made me feel better
in every way. l am glad to say that the
cure this remedy effected has been per
For sale by all~dealers. Price so cents.
Foster Mi1burn Co., Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and take
no other.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-13

The modesty of the Montpelier Journal
editor is apparent when he says that an
interesting article on the mountain rule y
policy in this state might be written if a
close student Of history like Horace ".
Bailey or Frank l.. Greene were to under
take it. With due respect TO Messrs.
Bailey and Greene it may be said that
there is no closer student OF Vermont
history alive than Editor Crockett Of the
Journal. Frankly, we have sometimes
wondered whether his iondness for re-
search into events in the past did not
cause him to devote a bit too much Of his
editorial space to their discussion.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-13

The political conclusions of the Yer
mont Fish and Game leagues biennial
September boat ride and banquet are not
very barometrical this year. In the flrst
place, no governorship candidate had the
patriotism to supply free tickets and sec
ondlv, the passing of the hat by waters
was feared Thirdly, too many would-be
lieutenant governors desired to charter
the boat and fourthly no minister could
he found who would risk his reputation
bv asking grace at the banquet board.
Filthy. the boat ride and banquet have
not been held Rutland News.
If ANYBODY feels bad about the passing
of this political fest, and wants to get INTO
an organization that working Tor the
development of real fish and game inter,
ests he can Join The Caledonia Forest and
Stream club. It's the largest and i've
lest fish and game organization IN the
state today-St. Johnsbury Caledonlan.
Which calls to mind the fact that not
many years ago there was in existence a
Windham County Fish and Game Pro-
tective association. It's untimely death,
due perhaps to the burden Of too ponder
GUS name, is regrettable as its opportu-
nity for accomplishment was large, and
vet the fish and game interests OF the
county are not being entirely neglected
Within the past year number of Brattle-
boro sportsmen have united in an effort to
replenish the trout streams in this section,
and they are planning to do more along
the same lines another season. 1t is not
too much to expect that from this begin
ming may grow a small but efficient organi-
cation for the betterment of fishing and
hunting in Windham county
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-13
CHURCH NOTICES.

Unitarian church, Rev. +. @ S. Osgood
pastor. Service next Sunday at 1870
Rev. A. +. Wilson of Mortified, Mass.
will preach in exchange with the pastor
Sunday school at 1l.45. All are welcome
First church Of Christ, Scientist Sunday
morning service, 1045, Sunday evening
service, 730, subject, Doctrine Of Atone
ment Wednesday evening testimonial
meeting 7.45. Reading room is open
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from
'230 to 430. All are welcome. Emerson
building, Elliot street,
Universalst church. Rev. D, +. Trout,
minister Sunday services 1890 a. m,
Divine worship with sermon by pastor,
subject, What is Man? Sunday school.
.11.45 a. M; Christian union service, I
p. m, including reports of delegates to both
national and state conventions Preaching
service in Vernon, m. Weekday notes. :
General convention of Universalist church
meets in Springfield, Mass, Oct, ISL.
First Baptist church, Rev. John r. Cow,
D. D.. minister. Worship with preaching
both morning and evening. Morning topic,
Who is Sufficient? Evening service offer
ing the gospel in song and sermon. topic,
Good News for Mourners Bible school
at - o'clock. Young peoples meeting on
Tuesday evening at 7.30. Meeting for
conference and prayer on Friday evening
at 7.30. topic for tonight, Is the Church
Business the Kings Business?
Centre Congregational church. Rev. Roy
NJ. Houghton minister, Sunday services ;
Divine worship with sermon, 1880 a. m,
subject. Men and Religion; Sunday School
at 11.45 a. M; meeting of the Brother
hood class at the same time mass meeting
for men in the Methodist church, $50
p. M: stereopticon lecture in the church,
7.3O p. M, subject, The Shepherd King
This friday evening at 6 o'clock, supper
for the teachers and officers Of the Sunday
school, to be followed by teachers meet,
ing in the chapel. Devotional service and
bible lecture in the chapel, 7.45 subject
The Fall of Jericho.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-13

The town of Mortified, Mass, has
right to take pride in the material progress
it has made within the past few years and
the prosperity it now enjoys. Inc I'M
provements that have been made and are
still under way at Mortified seminary
represent an expenditure of more than
$500, 900, including such magnificent bulld-
ings as the Sage Memorial chapel, Gould
hall, Margaret Olivia Music hall and the
new home science building. The town
proper has recently seen the completion OF
a handsome new high school building, a
public hall and business block in addition
to numerous new residences. Electric
street lights and oiled highways are other
steps in the right direction. In act, the
Mortified Press is entitled to the modest
pride with which it says:
Real estate values have risen notice
ably. They have risen far more in pro-
portion to their former value than our
slightly increased taX-rate. New families
are coming here to make their homes, Tor
Mortified is becoming more and more
recognized as one of the most attractive
home towns in New England. This,
together with the educational advantages
of our public schools, the seminary and
Mt. Hermon school places us in unique
position and guarantees our future. Who
ever is not proud of beautiful Northfield
should be presented with a railway time
table with outgoing trains plainly marked.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-13

Wouldn I il be- little bit Of strategy,
to be very precisely material IN terms, II
the location Of the new company IN n new
part of the state enlisted new popular in
fluenccs toward helping Ia support the
regiment, and scattered the forces about,
more evenly, from geographical view
point, beside st. Adams Messenger
II certainly would, but what new part
of the state can hope to support militia
company properly when i, can hope for
practically nothing in the way of help
from the state treasury in providing the
Accommodations necessary TO keep young
men interested in the Vermont National
Guard2 For that reason wouldn't the
company 5 success be more probable in a
community where such Accommodations
exist
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-13
Glove Prospects.

The consumption of long gloves this fall,
as estimated by a very conservative glove
man. will be several times the quantity
used last fall Whites will be the greatest
sellers, blacks and colors in order named,
There is a broadening demand for colors
in STAPLE styles to retail at 81, 81 80 and
ST. The very heavy percentage of black
years seems likely to yield somewhat in
favor of tans, browns. crays and other
shades. This change is desirable in many
ways. the manufacturer being able to as,
sort the skins so that they may be used
for shades they are best adapted for, re
sulting in better average quality for the
wearer. DRY Goods Guide.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-13

Woman $ suffrage was defeated in Cali
fornia Tuesday the majority against it in
San Francisco being sufficiently large to
overwhelm the favorable vote outside the
city. At the same time the voters OF that
state expressed emphatic approval of the
recall of all elective officers including the
judiciary, and an amendment providing
for the initiative and referendum.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-13

DR. Wiley is enthusiastically received
in Vermont, which wants it distinctly
understood that maple sugar is'not made
of moasscs Boston Transcript
1t is a safe bet that DIR Wiley couldn I
be taken in by any Of the so-callcd maple
sugar that Vermont is often made to
father, but if his knowledge Of this product
is deficient there are scores Of sugar-makers
in this state who would be pleased to send
him a generous sample Of the real article
next spring
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-13

The Barre Times says that the official
year book of the Vermont Automobile
club credits Barre with 90 machines and
Brattleboro with 81, We can count lO7
Brattleboro machines from the registra-
tons in our copy without crediting the
local dealers with more than one apiece.
1t S no use, friend. We can beat you on
automobiles even if our death-rate from
tuberculosis is less.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-13

pleasing, Vermont has been extremely
generous to me in political way, and
consciousness Of this fact prompts my
action in stepping aside in favor Of those
whose service has received less public
rcward?n Would anyone be inclined To
eritieise his action?
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-13

again for the second mile. This time
he walked steadily, using his hips, and
eventually got stridng at a clip that
convinced him he was going at least four
minutes better than the other time At
Seventeen street the memorable watch
showed fourteen minutes for the second
mile
"And then / was all out" said the
walker, "and | made up my mind |
wouldn't try TO make time for the rest Of
my walk down town. Those two miles in
Twenty-Five minutes were about my best.
Perhaps | could have done the two in a
little better. but to go on for two more
would have pulled the average down. 1t
taught me something about that four miles
an hour idea IN. Y. Sun.
What have they put up that scaffoldng
round the church tower for?"
Its for short-sighted people who want
to know the time '-Pele Mele
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-13

OF course, if Senator Page really wants
to head the Vermont delegation to the
republican national convention there is
small doubt that his constituents will ac-
cord him the honor without hesitation,
but stpposing he should come out with a
statement something like this: "No, am
not going to be a candidate for delegate to
the national convention. | realize that
among my constituents are many able
representative men fully as well equipped
as | to perform the duties Of the Office and
to whom the honor would be equally as
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-13
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