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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-14
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FOR SALE Good apples, 73c. per bush
81. w s Betterley, Rice Farm. 219tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-14

To RENT Furnished rooms with elec-
trio lights ard use Of bath 1913 Main St
219-22O
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TO RENT - Tenement on Spring
street. Inquire of w. D. Smith, 4 Ell
hot st. 169-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-14

TO RENT-Small house on Western
avenue. Inquire of w. D. Smith, 4
Elliot st. l95-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-14

TO RENT Pleasant downstairs tene-
ment Inquire 3 Locust ST. 166-tf
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TO RENT Two 4-room tenements, GA
Prospect ST. s ID. Estabrooks 219224*
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TO RENTING pleasant rooms
very low price; rs South Main St.
2l7-2I9E
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TO RENTING furnished rooms
for light housekeeping. Il Green st.
Mrs. J. r. Bailey. 215-tf
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Special Notices

CARL KLOIS- Custom tailor. Calls
for and delivers work. Phone 23GlW.
200 22O&
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FOR SALE ~ 6-yearold bay mare,
weighs 975, well bred, sound clever,
all right for lady to care for or drive
anywhere, day or night, afraid of
nothing aud shows some speed. For
price and further particulars address
Box Is, care The Brattleboro Reform
err BrattIehoro, Vt. 2l4-21g
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FOR SALE-At Thompson house on
Main street, secondhand lumber,
doors, windows, slate, boiler and ra-
diators, also electric fixtures, etc.
Berkshire Wrecking Co., North Adams,
Mass. 2G5 If
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TO RENT - Downstairs tenement.
Inquire at 4 Birge st. 1S0-tf
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TO RENT Heated room. G. Harris.
40 Main street. 219-tf
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! TO RENT-Tenement at so Chest
nut ST., So per week. o. T. Ware. I49-tf
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-02-26

generating as well as dying-what are
the conditions that produced this re-
suit?
In some measure they are purely
physical according to the students OF
the eugenic problem who met at the
national conference at Battle Creek.
In the last SO years there has been an
appalling shift in the center of gray
ity, due to the worlds progress in me-
chanics. Frederick L. Hoffman esti-
mates that in the last decade the city
population has increased 35 per cent.
while the rural population has in
creased but one per cent.
Cities" he said, boast of their
growth in population, when they
should be weeping"
Hence factory degeneration" as re-
ported from densely populated milling
sections of the south. In senate docu
ment printed at the request Of Sena-
tor Townsend, the statement it made
that Tin Manchester and other English
manufacturing districts the police
force is largely recruited from the
country districts, because the home
grown men are not large enough"
In Is years the British Association
for the Advancement Of Science found
the average height of men had de-
creased one inch. The same authority
found the we'll to do Briton on an av-
erage of 31a inches taller than an en-
ploye in the mills, and that at the age
of twelve the height of their respect
i've sons differed by five inches. In
So years the height required for adj
mission to the British army was lower
ed from feet 6 inches to feet, and
still the proportion of reflections for
this cause remained the same.
Similar testimony as to race deteri-
Grafton comes from Scotland, Ireland,
Germany and France. DR.. Alexander
Graham Bell poipts out that asylum
treatment and the very natural inter-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-02-26
PUTS BABY TO BED ON SNOW
Somnambuist Father Takes Good
Care of the Child, but Mother
Gets a Scare.

Bangor, Me.-Mrs.> Edward Parady
of the French settlement near Still
water went to church the other eve
ming, leaving the infant in it's crib,
with the father sitting by the fire close
by. AS she drove up the lane leading
to the house on her return she fancied
that he heard a faint moan. Entering
the house she found the cradle empty
and the father was asleep in his
chair.
Where is baby, Ed?" she asked.
Parady started up in surprise, say
ing, why, baby's in her crib. OF
course
In a flash Mrs. Parady thought OF
the moan that she had heard at the
foot of the lane, and out into the night
she ran. Near an old pump, almost
buried in the deep, soft snow, was the
baby. One hand and one cheek had
become chilled, but the infant was
we'll and cheerful.
Then Parady thought of the only
explanation that has yet been offered.
Il worked hard that day." said he
"and was very sleepy. ! remember
of thinking of going to bed and OF
taking baby with me. am sleep
walker and guess | must have fallen
asleep and then got up and carried
baby out into the snow instead of to
bed. The snow looked white and soft,
like bed. ! guess that must have
been the way out of ii"
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LOST TO HISTORY SURGERY OF WILD
Animals When Injured Assist Ma
ture in Cure.
When Taken With illness They Have
aFacuty of Doctoring Themselves
Just as Man Did In Early
Days of Race.

Few persons realize how many anil
mails are constantly getting hurt and
also getting sick. The wild animals
seldom get sick from what they eat
but the domestic animals frequently
do, because they are not fed properly.
Wild animals get injured from fight
ing with other animals Of their kind
or in fights with their animal enc
mics.
But in both cases these animals
have a faculty of doctoring themselves
that is remarkable. InstinCtively do
the animals choose such food as Isl
best suited to them. Many scientists
have claimed the human race once
did this and that if cast into a will
derness would again seek out a diet
that would be exactly what they
needed.
To battle is by no means alone hui
man, for animals and birds do this
probably, many varieties at least, with
greater regularity than humans. AMI
mails also rid themselves of parasites,
such as troublesome insects, by means
of dust, mud, clay, and such things.
Animals suffering from fever rel
strict their diet, keep quiet, seek dark
ness and airy places, drink much
water, and sometimes plunge into 1T
from time to time. When dog has
lost it's appetite it eats that species
of grass known as dogs grass" Cats
also eat grass, catnip, ETC., when sick
Sheep and cows in the same circum.
stances seek out certain herbs. An
animal suffering from chronic rheu-
matism invariably keeps as much as
possible in the sun. The warrior ants
maintain regularly organized ambu-
lances.
Latrielle cut the antennae of an ant.
Other ants covered the wounded part
with a transparent fluid from their
mouths. If chimpanzee is wounded
it stops the flow of blood by placing
it's hand on the wound or dressing it
with leaves and grass.
A terrier had an injured eye. It
remained lying under a counter, avoid
ing heat and light, although it had
been its habit to keep close to the
fire. 1t adopted general treatment
rest and abstinence from food. The
local treatment consisted in licking
the upper surface of it's paw, which
it then applied to the wounded eye,
again licking the paw when it became
dry.
Cats also, when hurt, treat them
selves by this simple method. Delau-
nay cites the case of a cat that re-
NAMED for some time lying on the
bank of river; also that of cat
which had the singular fortitude to
remain for As hours under a jet of
cold water.a4ll
The methods adopted by most OF
the wild animals for doctoring them
selves are unknown to man, as when
such animals are In captivity they
are cared for by veterinaries. But
there is no doubt that almost every
animal has the ability to doctor itself
skillfully.
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marriages is resulting in a race Of
deaf mutes. Dr. Lillian South. the
state bacteriologist of Kentucky, in
discussing the fight being made
against hookworm in that state, said:
Hookworm victims are stunted men,
tally and physically. There are not
enough able-bodied men in some Ken
lucky counties to hold the offices. OF
the 10000 inhabitants of Rowan coun.
ty, 1000 were illiterate not long ago"
Doctor South told one very striking
story of the effect hookworm has upon
it's victim:
zone farmer" said she, sold his
farm for $4,000 In gold because Of
the deposit of coal beneath the sur
face. He kept that gold hidden about
his house, because he didn't know
what to do with it. Nor did he change
his manner of life"
The growth of city population is a
grave factor. British Investigators
found that not only does life in city
tend to make the next generation
weaker, because of the noise, stresses
and infections, but that the people
who move in from a rural district are
apt to be of weaker type to start
with. Hence progressive deteriora
ton. Alcohol is charged with much
of the responsibility. Prof, Alfred
Gordon studied 1T alcoholic families
of Philadelphia, to find that all of the
200 children in 80 of these families
showed signs of degeneracy, and of
them $50 were epileptic. OF "7S chill
dren found in 20 families whose pa
rents and grandparents were both al
coholic, 35 were imbeciles and Is in
sane" The use of drugs has largely
increased in the last few years--of
which a disproportionate increase oc-
Cured in the cities-with deleterious
results.
The increasing complexity of mod
ern life was a favored cause for decay,
in the opinion of several speakers.
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New York-To the lay mind scienti-
&c eugenics seems to be founded upon
the blacklist pessimism, says Herbert
Carey. Perhaps scientists see more
clearly than the rest of us-thougn
they do not all see alike, or get the
same conclusions from the same facts.
Some of them are sure we are going TO
the apes very fast. Death and degen-
Grafton and insanity and gibberlng
idiocy seems to be the only possible
end for the human race, they thlnK-
unless something is done at once to
check our sliding tendencies. Per-
haps the most disheartening revelation
IL that we are no stronger or more
capable mentally or vigorous morally
than our forefathers were in the days
when they dressed in pigment-a pen
and ink sketch.
1--WE speak with pride of the advance
of human civilization" says Doctor
Metcalf, land that blinds us to the
fact that since the dawn of history
there has been no clearly recognizable
evolution of mankind We reach larger
results in the problems of life than
did our progenitors 5000 years ago,
because we build upon the experience
of the generations between.
Other scientists swell this despond-
ent chorus. Prof. Ray Lancaster
sounded the keynote in 1892, when ne
wrote that compared with the fore
fathers of our civilization, the ancient
Greeks; we do not appear to have I'M
proved so far as our bodily structure
is concerned. and assuredly not SO far
as some of our mental capacities are
concerned"
DR.. J. H. kellogg declares that the
human race is dying" Rev. Newell
Dwight Hills is quoted as declaring
that within 400 years we shall all be
insane. The superintendent of the
asylum at Austin, Tex, in an official
report published some years ago, held
that 'the insane in this state may soon
outnumber the sane" He jocularly
added that in that event the insane
might turn themselves out of the asy-
lums and put the sane in.
III. H.KLaughlin of the Cold Spring
Harbor eugenics record Office learns
from the thirteenth census that there
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-02-26
Poverty in Rome.

Poverty in Rome is described as
more squalid than that of any city in
continental Europe. ION the Testac-
clio, formerly a rubbish heap the Porto
San Paolo, families of ten, fifteen and
even twenty-five persons have been
reported to be living in one small
room with single window overlook
ing a courtyard and no sanitary ac-
commodation," says London Every
man. This was four years ago Dur
ing the administration of the Jewish
mayor, Nath IN, the city of st. Peter
has, it is said, greatly improved. Liv-
ing conditions are better. 1t was for
merly VIGOROUSLY unhealthy, but has
become one of the healthiest cities of
Europe.
Rome lives on the foreign visitor,
however, and the reasonable objection
made to Mayor Nathan was that in
undermining Rome nothing would be
left to attract foreign visitors who
flock there by thousands.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-02-26
OFFICER OF THREE CHURCHES
Edifices Still Standing Proud of Wash
ington's Connection With Their
History.

Three churches in Virginia hold
proud claim to close connection with
George Washington, in each of which
he held the position of vestryman. One
of these is Christ church, in AleKan.
dria; another, Falls church. In the
town of the same name (about six
miles southwest of Washington, in
Fairfax county,; the third is OLD Po'
hick church in Mount Vernon Parish,
SO called for Pohick creek, small
stream flowing close by. The last
named was the home" church OF
Washington, and that to which ho was
most closely allied, having served as
warden and vestryman in it for over
twenty years, and contributing gen.
erously to its support.
OF Christ church he was a frequent
attendant, as business often called him
to Alexandria (which place was his
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-02-26

are 9147 inmates of institutions of
various sorts to the 100000 of popula-
ton in this country-or almost one
per cent. He has recently declared
that ten per cent of us are SO far "an-
tisocial" as to be unfit for parentage.
E. E. Rittenhouse, president Of the re-
Gently formed Life Extension insti-
tute, of which former President Taft
is an active member, in recent paper
said that rs per cent. of the 100000
school children in the United States
are more or less defective. DR.. V. v.
Vaughan of Ann Arbor-who specifi-
cally declares he is not an alarmist-
says "the American people are threat
ened with a spread of mental and NOR
al degeneracy through the multiplied
ton of the unfit"
DR.. Gertrude Hall says that "only
one-half of the dependent children we
have examined and tested in New
York state are up to normal standard"
Cancer is killing $4,000 annually in
the United States and 200, 900 die from
tuberculosis, not to speak of the other
chronic diseases, some of which, on
the authority of statisticians, have
doubled their mortality rate In thirty
years.
Reports show that in certain parts
OF England, Scotland and Ireland the
physical condition of the inhabitants
has degenerated. On the moral side we
are getting TO better fast-and we're
a little worse here than our neighbors.
Rittenhouse, who is an authority, says
that 5000 murders are committed in
the United States annually and an av-
erage of 116 murderers are executed.
We have the appalling homicide rec
ord of over 100 per million of popula-
ton, against seven in Canada, nine in
Great Britain and Is in Italy. The
birth rate is declining and the span
of life shortening. About $4,000 men
and women commit suicide in this
country each year. kellogg says that
the daily average dose of poison-al-
cohol. nicotine, caffeine and opium-is
SOS grains" Our eyes and ears and
teeth are going back on us. Over Is
per cent. Of the rapidly increasing
number of insane are paretic, because
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-02-26
Turned the Tables.

She turned the tables on Taylor
Gronlinger, attorney, the other day
in the court of T.. l.. Dietz, justice of
the peace. Mr.. Groninger was ques-
tioning the witness in an effort to find
out whether she had discussed the
case with any one except her attor-
ney.
who did you go up to your attor-
ney with?" he asked.
with my husband"
"And you are sure yon did not tell
him anything about this cases.?
And sure, sure, | didn't. And sure
l am not for tellin' my husband every
thing. Yez don't tell your wife every
thing yez knows, does yer?"-lndian-
apolis News.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-02-26

bishop of Maryland who in turn had
it from his father, a resident of New
York City.
The letter follows
HEADQUARTERS, Sd December, 1881
Dear Sir: Your favors of the 21st
September and Gath and 26th October
came regularly to hand, as they con-
tanned only intelligence of the move
ments of the enemy's fleet, and re-
CURED no particular answer, did not
think it worth while to give the Chain
of Expresses the trouble of riding the
whole way back to you. Your letter
of Goth September, directed by favor
of Count de Bremble, never reached
my hand until the 4th November, and
then it came from the eastward. How
this delay happened | cannot say. But
beg you to believe that had the
letter come directly to me, | should
not have failed to give you the infor-
nation you requested.
you must have seen the resolve of
congress by which Captain Asgill was
released. All things considered,
question whether the determination OF
congress- upon the proceedings of Lip
pincott's court martial would have
been different from what it has been,
had not the courts of France inter-
coded warmly in Captain Asgllfs
favor, but after request made by the
prime minister In which he expresses
the wishes of their majesties that
Captain Asgills life might be saved
there was scarcely no possibility or
refusing, more especially as Sir Guy
Carleton promised to prosecute still
further the persons who might be
found guilty of Captain Huddy's MUIR
der. ] have lately written to him and
begged him to inform me what steps
had been taken.
"The report that General Carleton
had pledged his word that during his
command no small parties should
come within the American lines or
to any part of our shores is not lit
orally true. But l have reason to De-
lieve that he has taken measures to
discountenance and discourage all acts
VI FAOAChCO OA IAS Part VI titS A~AHSN
Indeed we had an instance OF 1t
few days past. Two of Sheldons
Dragons were taken off their post by
a party of refugees from Monisanla,
and carried off to Kings Bridges. They
were Immediately returned with their
horses arms and accoutrements to
Colonel Sheldon, intimating that as
they had been captured without proper
authority it was not thought justifiable
to detain them. Upon the whole, sir,
| cannot help hoping that the savage
kind of desultory war which we have
long experienced is at an end.
Your favor of the 22d ult. only
reached me last night, owing to the
delay of expresses, l am obliged by
your accuracy in stating the number
of the fleet which sailed on that day.
/ had before heard of that event, but
not in SO particular and satisfactory
a manner.
There will be no occasion for you
any longer keeping lookout upon the
coast. or communication with Norris
Town. But should there In future %
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that he was acting for what he con-
ceived his fathers welfare in fasten-
ing him with a chain, as the father
gave evidences of insanity and had
made threats against members of the
family. A policeman. who took the
father to the city hospital. reported
that the son had been arrested, but
later it developed that when the cir
cumstances had been explained to the
police officials in charge of the station
to which the patrolmau reported. the
official decided there was no ground
for arrest. The son said he had not
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-02-26

At one Of his beer evenings" Bis
marck asked a group Of Alsatian depu-
ties how they liked Germany. Your
highness," replied one of them, I'VE
have made it a marriage of reason.
and sometimes that is the best kind
of wedlock." YES" rejoined the
chancellor with a laugh. love and
mutual respect between couple often
come from their living together. Let
us drink to that. Prosit!" When the
chancellor was made a prince-on the
day the first imperial German parlia-
ment met-the old kaiser insisted on
his quartering Alsace-Loraine in his
coat of arms.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-02-26
WHAT EUGEN|S7S OF THE WORLD
ARE ENDEAvOR|NG TO ACCOMPLISH
Some Insist the Race Is Deterioratng Says Herbert Carey
Rush to The Large Cities and the Completely of Modern Life
Given as Among the causes-Many Depressing Facts
Are Revealed.

of syphilis, "the ulcer which is eating
into modern civilization" The whole
racial situation, as viewed by the sci
entists. recalls one of Booker Wash
ington's stories. He met an old colored
woman one day.
Where you goin', Aunt Calline?" he
asked.
"Lawd bless you, Misteh Washing
ton" said Aunt Caroline. Use done
been where rs gwine."
Conceding that the scientific eugen-
lists have established their contention
that the human race is rapidly de-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-02-26

any uncommon arrival at New York
either of ships of war or transports
with troops, or should an embarka-
ton of any consequence take place,
you will very much oblige me by send
ing a particular express. You VIII
now be pleased to furnish me with sn
account of all the expenses which
have been incurred by you in this
last business and it shall be repaid
with thanks by, dear sir, your much
obliged and obedient servant,
&c. WASHINGTON.
GENERAL FORMAN."
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Effect 1t Had on Her.

The handsomest American uniform
is unquestionably that of the First
city troop of Philadelphia. 1t is re-
lated of certain Trooper Biddle, who
is particularly handsome, that as he
clanked down Walnut street one da!
IN his long and lustrous boots, whit
doeskin breaches and glittering helm
a pretty young Irish parlor maid We
heard to say to the butler: "Shur
an I'd like to Dawn him nowl"
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HELD AS
PRICED HEIRLOOM
Signature of George Washington
Makes 1t Invaluable to
Its Owner.

A LETTER signed by George Wash
"A ington is an heirloom in the fam
lily of William H. Paret, real estate
man of Kansas City Mr.. Paret re-
ceived the letter frVm his father, the
late William Hale Paret, Episcopal
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-02-26
CHAINED FATHER FOR SAFETY
ST. Louis Butcher, Whose Parent Was
Insane, Not Arrested by
the Police.

st. Louis.-The statement given
out that Morris Glazer, who runs
butcher shop here, had been arrested
sitter the police found his father. Max
Glazer, chained to the floor Of room
In the rear of the butcher shop. proves
on investigation to have been untrue.
Morris Glazer convinced the police
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-02-26

post Office, voting and market place.
for considerable periods; and especial
ly was this true after the Revolution,
when Pohick church (Which suffered
severely from the misfortunes of war;
was frequently closed. With rails
church he had somewhat slighter
connection and for a shorter period,
but contributed literally to build 1t
and acted as one of its vestrymen.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-02-26
Death News Tannled.

Union Hill, N. J.-Simultaneous
troubles on their phones, each trying
to get the other, delayed only few
minutes news of the simultaneous
deaths of Archibald Boyle. forty, here
and Arthur Boyle. his nephew. in New
York.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-02-26
,s BAR 20 Secret MARRIAGES.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Secret marriages
cannot be kept secret if the bride
wishes to- vote in California. Deputy
County Clerk McAleer handed down
ruling which declared that women
must state under oath whether they
are married or single.
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Literal Disaster.

what do you think the can1ibai
chief remarked when he choked on
the broiled missionary?
''What did he remark"
Another good man gone the wrong
way!'"