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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-12

[ saw her hard eyes We're dripping
tears. Suddenly she brushed a hand
across her wet lids. Then she gaZed
intently at the spot where the Medora
had gone down. The waves were rock
ing above her tomb, and l, too, saw
something black for a moment. Then
it disappeared in the foamy wash.
THE Medora's. smokestackw / ex-
claimed.
Elsie turned to her husband. Char
lie, she's sitting on the mud bank"
AYE" he returned calmly.
1--WE aimed to set her right there
added Sandy proudly. after thot pi-
rate crew mutinied and tried to get
away with the money in the hurricane
l drawed the fires, and the captain
here opened the sea cocks, and'-he
chuckled- 1.-The Medora dipped her bow
and went doom below. There she sits
like the lady she is on her mud bank,
taking care of the money till we can
get the wreckers here and pump her
out and bring her up safe and sound
Twas the captains idee, and he'll be
gettin' something cot of it ALL he add
ed automatically.
Mrs. Sayles dropped her gaunt frame
on the sand beside her little husband
and Rugged him in a crushing EN-
brace. There's no man like him, San
dy.'' she triumphed.
"Ye Gamma beat him. assented
Sandy.
Delay there, woman!" roared the
embarrassed captain.
| moved to the waters edge and re
viewed the events of the day. The
| half submerged smokeStack showed
/ plainly now. | had never heard OF
! such an unseamanlike proceeding, but
| It had required courage.
Although highly scandalized at tht
remarkable maneuver executed by The
captain and engineer of the Medora tc
preserve her golden freight, | could
not help laughing until from very ex
haustion I sank upon the sand
Suddenly the captains voice raspet
on my ear.
Crying, lubber?" he asked dryly.
I turned and wrung his horny Httl'
hand Captain, you're wonder !;
living wonderI''
"Humphr' snorted the captain. bu
away back in his hard little blue eyt
caught an answering twinkle.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-12
DUMMERSTON.

Clyde Rawson spent the weekend in
Jacksonville.
Mrs. A. f. Robbins has returned
from visit of week in Northampton
Mass.
Mrs. Richards Bradley and two
daughters arrived at Brook farm this
week.
Deacon Adm A. Dutton was able to
spend day this week with his daugh-
ter, Mrs. A. /. Miller
Miss Mildred Halliday IS spending
part of the summer vacation With
her aunt, Mrs. Augusta Rennett, at
Elmwood.
G. T. Reed has a new bathroom with
modern equipment The plumbing was
done by r. f. Walker and assistant
employees of Pearl Clapp of Brattlebo-
TO.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles NJ. knight and
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Iredelle of Akron
Ohio, came Tuesday to their summer
home, Orchard Dell, and later two ears
of motorists from Tidioute, Pa, joined
them.
Mrs. T. II. Brown returned yesterday
from an outing of a week, during
which she visited in McIndoes Falls
and with her son, Arthur l.. Brown, il
st. Johnsbury. With her son rs chauf
feur and friends she made a motor triT
to the Franconia range in the White
mountains.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-12

An egg beaten that is said to have
several points of advantage over most
has been designed by an Illinois man.
A handle has an oddly shaped spiral
spring mounted on the end of a double
wire, and one end of the wire has a
button on it To operate the utensil
the button is rested on the bottom of
the bowl and the handle moved gently
I'D and down. with the result that the
spring. owing to its odd shape, flies
around at great rate and whips the
white Of egg or cream into a foam in
less than no time. A further advantage
is the fact that the beater rests SO
close to the bottom of the bowl that it
will whip up the white of one egg or
an ounce of cream almost as rapidly
as it Will a larger quantity.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-12
TOWNSHEND.

Miss Irma Derry has returned to her
home in Brookline
Frank Barber was in town on bust
ness this week. He returned to his home
in Montpelier Friday.
Miss Nina Martin has finished work
ing for Mrs. 4. T. Lincoln. She went
Saturday to her home in Putney.
Miss Stella Howard returned to her
home in Jamaica Friday after spending
several days with Mrs Carroll Robin
son.
Miss Georgianna Mexican went Sat
urday to Springfield, Mass, to spend
the weekend with her sister, Mrs. 5.
C. Swift.
Mrs. Earl Derry returned to her home
Thursday evening from Newfane, where
she had been 10 days, at the home Of
her PARENTS.
The Hadassah league met in the YES
try of the Baptist church Friday aud
made plans for the annual sale to be
held in August.
The ladies aid society of the Bap
list church met in the vestry of the
church Thursday afternoon. Supper VISA
served by the members of the society
! Several teams and automobile loads
railroad just below Salmon Hole bridge
Thursday evening. The accident incon-
xenleneed many people from town both
Thursday and Friday
| Miss Myra Hobart fell Wednesday
j night while in a state of somnambul-
ISM. She received severe shock and is
suffering much pain, but no bones were
broken. Her sister, Mrs. Ward, of
greenfield, is caring for her.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Fullerton. who
had been visiting Miss Mabel Fuller
ton, left Friday for short visit with
friends IN New Hampshire. They will
visit relatives IN Iowa before returning
to their home III Los Angeles.
! Tomorrow is the eighth Sunday af-
ter Trinity. Services in the Conerega
tIonal church: IL clock, morning wor-
ship with sermon by Rev. C. II. B.
4 Sellger, subject, Sin and Punishment;
i Q clock, Sunday school in charge oil
i Deacon +. II. Allbee, superintendent.
The Dorcas Guild OF the Congrega-
ucnal church met at the yestry Wed
nosday afternoon. Various lines of rev
business We're discussed and a picnic
luncheon was served at clock.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-12

MYSTERY
OF THE
MEDORA
Daring Captain Thwarts
Designs of His Pratt.
cal Crew
By STEPHEN RUDOLPHE

The rusty little freight steamer Me-
dora bobbed tubbily in a rising sea.
On every quarter stretched the Car
ibbean, its calm blue face changing
to ugly gray green as ominous dark
clouds raced up from the horizon. 1t
did not need a land lubber's glance
at the falling barometer to inform the
solitary passenger that gale was
brewing.
was the solitary passenger. My
firm had sent me to Trinidad island
to install some new machinery at one
of the big sugar estates, and the steam
er on which / had sailed from New
York had paused at a Cuban port of
call. | had gone ashore and been left
behind. Through the courtesy of bust
ness friends and part owners in the
Medora it was learned that the little
freighter was about to clear for Port
Of Spain. ana despite the protests of the
peppery little captain l sailed as a pas
senger in the wake of my own steamer
Plainly I was an unwelcome guest
The captain ignored me- The two
mates scowled upon me and whispered
darkly together The crew of four vii
famous looking blacks grinned savage
~ when | appeared on deck. The
Scotch engineer patronized me and
smoked my cigars.
Because of their hostile attitude to.
ward me l came to the conclusion that
there was some mystery about this
voyage of the Medora, and | idly
sought for some clew to its solution.
1t so happened that had not to search
far The solution was to be thrust
upon me in the most unwelcome and
unsupported manner.
Now the Medora in light ballast, pro-
ceeded to toss giddily on her south
ward way, and l watched the rise and
fall of her bow with anxious eyes
Landsman as l was, I scented the
coming storm and l dreaded it.
Captain Sayles trotted past me, his
little nutcracker face wrinkled in its
habitual frown, his grizzled mustache
twisted fiercely upward in two points
He squirted tobacco juice perilously
close to my white yachting shoes in
Aiuit puL tOutcLIlDtttOuS IcCOSulllOH OF
my presence, although he never glanc
ed at me.
When the captain had disappeared
the first mate slouched past
Good afternoon, Blake" 1 SAID
cheerfully
Noon," he returned morosely.
Looks like a hurricane"
Nothing doing" he said contrarily
He stopped short, bent a hand over hi
eyes and squinted ahead Bells were
ringing below in the engine room, ant
the horizon line was changing.
We're putting back" I rejoiced.
Putting back, eh? I'll see abou
THAR muttered the mate, and he can
tered forward in the wake of the cap
tain.
Far to the northeast could see tn
hazy blue coast of Cuba lifting abov
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-12
NORTHFIELD, MASS

George Elmer of Providence, r. l., is
visiting Mrs. \. d. Elmer.
Miss Sarah Minot is spending the
summer in South Deerfeld.
There win be moving pictures at the
town hall Tuesday evening
Miss Susie Rollins of Northampton
is guest of Mrs. G. n. Kidder.
Il. 2. Circuit OF Melrose is here super
intending his Main street property.
Rev. II. F. Randolph, d. D., of Mont
clair, n. j., is with his family at his
South Main street residence.
j. a. De Veer and family of Ozone
Park, n. Y, are at the Octagon cot
tage for the summer.
Jesse A. DunnelI of Easthampton
was a guest at John. .Dunnell S THIS
week.
Rev Arthur Wood and family OF
Camden, \. j., are at the J. 3. Wood
home for the summer.
Mrs. Alfred j. Breinig has opened
her house, Ruheheim, and her mon,
Paul, and family will join her there
Miss Esther Struthers of Athol is 9
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Quigley at
Franklin Inn.
DR.. Clyde E. Barton will sell HIS
beautiful summer residence, Hoken, al
its furnishings and IA acres of land by
auction Aug. ..
Communion service will be held il
| the Unitarian church Sunday morning
/ and Rev. IL. l.. Buzzell will preach OF
! The Greatest Thing in the World.
1 Mr. and Mrs Alfred Sheldrick hav,
/ opened their Bible tent at East North
/ field and have as their guests Mr.. ant
Mrs. L. 7. King of London, England.
Miss Prescott, in charge of th'
Junior work of the Foreign Missionary
| conference now in session here, vii
speak to the children on Round Tol
Sunday morning at IL O'Clock. He
/ salk will be illustrated and a collection
will be taken for a Ihndoo child o.
/ ieprous parents. SssgE.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-12

hardly have been surprised had he
vanished altogether, absorbed in the
angry fire of her glance.
Hello, Elsie" he said meekly
enough.
eWell. Charlie Sayles," she broke
forth at last, what are you doing
here, laying off like a lord or high
duke? 1 thought you'd cleared for
Port of Spain
Were wrecked, Mrs. Sayles," put in
Sandy politely.
wrecked, is it," Her eyes searched
our faces in growing incredulity.
/ aye, Elsie" said the captain sadly.
where's the Medora?' she demand
ed, dropping the wood with crash.
Captain Sayles pointed the stem of
his pipe toward the harbor. "She lies
down under there" Il
I'D be proud to say it, Charlie
Sayles. Wrecked in your own port
pretty pair of sailormen We be. What
have you to say, Sandy McAlpin?" She
whirled upon the Scotchman
'.She went DOOM" replied Sandy
"And the crew.
Iney muunleu, ana tne pirates eS-
capped with the one boat left They're
hangin' aroond like sharks moo, waitin'
for He shot glance at me and
stopped.
"And the bags of gold money We was
trusted to take to Trinidad to pay off
the sugar hands?" persisted the wo-
man.
went doom with the Medora"
''Fools!' muttered the woman bitter
ly as she turned seward She stood
looking out over the gray water, and
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-12
Cleaning Paint.

The easiest and quickest way of
cleaning paint is to have two pals of
water. one cold, to which tablespoon
full of ammonia has been added, and
one hot. with the ADDITION of little
an1monia and soap powder With a
soft flannel wash the paint with the
soapy water. then rinse with the cold
water, using a wash leather instead of
the flannel. and wiring the leather fair
ly dry. Paint washed like this dries
with nice polish. which no amount of
drying with cloths and using hot water
alone will impart.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-12
To Remove Wall Paper.

A good way to remove old wall paper
is to use the following solution: A
thick pasty solution should be made by
adding flour and a few spoonfuIs Of
salt into boiling water. After this is
made add i fe,9 ounces of acetic acid.
which may be purchased at any drug
store. This pasty solution should be
applied with a brush to the old wall
paper in quantities After a aew min
utes the old paper can be removed in
great strips very easily and with very
little dust or dirt.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-12

THE SECOND MATE sPRANG INTO THE BOAT.
COME ON LADS, HE YELLED.
the horizon, but every now and then it
was blotted out by the mountainous
waves.
The gale arrived without further
warning.
With a whistling shrek of rage the
winds ripped loose and sent the little
steamer careening over the oily sea
Great churning waves slapped the
heaving sides of the Medora, and
smothering volleys of foam broke on
the decks. There was an ominous
greenish glare on sea and sky.
l tore open the door of the compan-
ionway. and the wind slammed it be-
hind me, catapulting me neatly down
the brass bound steps to the oilcloth of
the cabin floor where I slid helplessly
to and fro with every slant of the ship.
Nothing but imagination will keep
the halo of romance bright.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-12
GETTING Even.

James, four years old, had been
naughty to the point of evokfng a
whipping from his long suffering moth
er, and all day long a desire for re-
venge ranked in his little bosom.
At length bedtime came. and. kneel-
ing before her, he implored blessing
for each member of the family indi-
vidually, she alone being conspicuous
by her absence. Then, rising from his
devout posture, the little suppliant fix.
ed keenly triumphant look upon her
face, saying as he turned to climb into
bed:
81 s'pose you noticed you wasn't IN
it ?"-Harper's Magazine
Tic art nf nalnasircc u The. art of lie.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-12
DrivinG Ants AWAY.

The best way to get rid of the trou-
blesome little ants that haunt the safe
and kitchen cabinet is to follow the lit
tie soldiers as in line they march
away laden with supplies Somewhere
near the house you will find their
headquarters When you get them To-
Gated get kettle of boiling water and
scald them out You will not be both
cred any more unless another bed OF
them locates near your kitchen. in
which case all you have to do is to re
peat your tactics
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-12
WILMINGTON.

The Wilmington Automobile club
was organized recently with the fol
lowing officers: Pres, f. S. Crafts;
sec. and treas, F. L. Schuster; these
together with Z. A. Childs, Roy Courte
manehe and i. A. Brown constitute the
executive board It is announced thai
one Of the chief aims Of the club vii
be the promotion of the = bette
roads, idea.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-12

''ror the lands sake-use Bowker' s
Fertilizers. They enrich the earth and
those who till it,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-12

II fakes Supreme love to bridge
over Indifference.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-12

The art Of pleasing is the art of de
ceiving.-[ Vauvenargues.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-12

The argument of the strongest is al
ways the best La Fontaine.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-12

Nothing but imagination will keep
the halo of romance bright.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-09-01

out having records of digestibility of
dried pulp at hand, but it runs about
eight to one and it is SO rich and so
digestible that very little pulp will
balance up lot of alfalfa hay.
The composition of California dried
pulp is as follows, according to re-
cent analysis Crude protein, 8. 10
per cent; ether extract (fat), 1.O1 per
cent; carbohydrates (sugar, starch,
etc. J., SO. 27 per cent crude fiber, 2O.36
per cent; moisture, 8.33 per cent. and
ash 2. 81 per cent. From this con-
lecture as to It's food value can be
made with fair accuracy.
How it's done. = To dry such a
bulky and wet mass of matter is an
expensive proposition both in the way
of machinery and operation. The
pulp is first run into large press and
is put under pressure of about 600
pounds to the inch. This removes a
large proportion of the water and
leaves the pulp in the form of cake.
To dry the cake it is necessary to
reduce it to fine state of division
and the cake is sawed up into small
shreds. These are run gradually
through large boiler and exposed to
steam heat. The steam is enclosed in
revolving plates which push the pulp
along so that it comes out dry, ready
for sacking. Quite number of these
outfits are needed in a mill of only
moderate size, which makes equip
ment expensive.
Experience has shown that the sub
stitution of few pounds of pulp for
few more pounds of alfalfa hay will
generally increase the yield of good
this improvement keeps up during
the $50 or so days of lactation it will
add 1920 pounds of milk to the yield
of every cow. II each of 30, 900 COWS
does that well the state will have
6, 600, 900 pounds more of milk than if
all the pulp ran through the sewers to
the ocean. Pacific Rural Press.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-09-01

rather economical and profitable feed
for the owner Of the stock, although
of no great value to anybody else.
The price t. o. b. the mill was usu-
ally not far from % cents ton, which
was very cheap, as that was only about
s.. 90 ton for the dry matter in it and
that dry matter was more digestible
than almost any other cattle feed in
existence, and not only that, but was
such stimulant to the cattle that
they could make much better use Of
straw and common foods than they
could posi- bly, have done If the pulp
we're not fed.
There are, however, disadvantages
to the feeding of fresh pulp. One is
the immense quantity that is turned
out every day. The largest factories
in the state may handle from 200 to
300 tons of beet per "a hours. 65 per
cent of which will come out in the
form of pulp, and 1900 tons and over
is large amount to dispose of In such
q short time.
The pulp had to be fed in only a few
places and naturally large number
of animals had to be gathered together
in each of those places. Except In
rare cases dairy cattle could not make
very great inroads on the total output
and by far the larger part of the pulp
had to be used for fattening beef cat
tie.
Most beet factories are close to some
town, and to have large herd of cat
tie in close pro ximity to towu is not
pleasant, and the pulp is even more
Objectionable than the cattle when it
starts to ferment. All Of the pulp is
not fed as soon as it is produced; it
is produced in too large quaint ties
for that.
Not all of the sugar is removed in
the factory and what is lett soon starts
to ferment in such moist conditions.
The COWS and steers do not mind the
odor-if anything it reminds them of
dinner time, reversing the effect on
the human species.
To keep this pulp it is necessary to
put it In silos, and like all ensilage
the top layer Of the pulp spoils. AS
the siIos are wide, fiat reservoirs more
than anything else, this loss is much
greater proportionately than with or
binary snsilags.
Still another objection to feeding
green pulp is it's bulk. There is so
much water to it that handling is one
of the most expensive parts of the
process. To save handling some feed
ing is generally done near at hand to
the sugar mill, where odors from pulp
and cattle and the flies are not as OBJ
jectionable as they are to towns and
people. Such feeding near the mills
is nearly always of beef cattle rather
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-09-01
THE COMING OF DRIED BEET PULP

For years the California dairyman
has known of beet pulp in general
way; for years all except very few
have had no occasion or opportunity
t. use it and have considered it feed
which could be used in only a few
places; but now line of development
has been started which bids fair in a
very few years to make beet pulp al
most as common a feed as bran, and
the change will be one of the most i'm
portant things that has happened in
California dairying.
What the Pulp is.-So much for the
preliminary announcement concern
ing the situation. Now a few details
about it. 1t is generally known what
beet pulp is, but few facts about it
will not be amiss. The cane sugar Of
a generation ago is gradually being
crowded to the wall by beet sugar.
The two are practically the same
thing, as chemists can find no differ
ence between them, though the Gamer
sometimes claims to be able to do SO.
Cane sugar is old in history, beet
sugar is young, and while the tropics
once provided the sugar for us, the
sugar beet in temperate zones has sup
planted it, and vast plantations in the
West Indies have long since reverted
to the jungle or are being used for
other crops than cane. Sugar beets
are a European invention, not long
naturalized in America, although nine
large factories are already operating
in California and still more in at least
two other states. Until recently the
sugar of the beet alone was wanted.
The rest of the beet, however, was on
haLd and had to be gotten rid OF.
When it was sold it was as a waste
product at waste product prices, the
factories getting barley enough to
justify their handling it.
Beet pulp after the manufacturer
has taken all the sugar out that can
prohtably be extracted is pretty soft
juicy mass. The beet itself contains
very large percentage of moisture
but the pulp is worse. At the start of
the process the beets are sliced up to
wafer-like thinness, they are then
macerated in pure water which re-
moves most OF the sugar and other
soluble materials and leaves lot of
water in their place. Altogether the
fresh pulp contains from 90 to 80 per
cent Of moisture and is SO we'll cut up
that it is more of water jelly than
anything else.
It's Old Uses. The only use for fresh
beet pulp before profitable way of
driving was found was to feed it to beef
or dairy cattle as quickly as was con-
venient. AS said before, this was a