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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-20

setts, and to all persons interested in the
matters stated in said affidavit. that commits
SONS win issue TO suitable persons 20 take
the dispositions of Mrs Sophia Clark and
William F. Clark. both of Charestown New
Hampshire: H. f. Horton Of Providcncc
Rhode Island and Aaron II. Wright u
Springfield Massachusetts,
Dated N BrattlcbOro in the County Of
Nindham. aforesaid this 18th day OF March
A. b. 1914
VERMONT VALLEY RAILROAD
BY HERBERT G. BARBER
Its ATTORNEY.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-20
THERE'S NO UPHOLSTERY

IN its resources and revenues. Assets
are listed at market values and all
else j. on 4 bedrock basis 1t has no
need Of padding or Of makc-believc Ut
any kind. National Life ms. Co. If
VI. (Mutual) EARLE 3. KINSI,cY
General Aren't Rutland. Vt
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-20
FOR ECZEMA OF CHILDREN

Lillian B. Baker, New York
Trained Nurse, says: Il advocate the
use Of Comfort Powder only, in the
nursery for chatting of babies and
children : eczema 1t is a Heal
ing Wonder.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-20
STATE OF VERMONT.
Windha N County, IS.

At Brattleboro in said County. this 10Th
dsy of March 4. D.. 1914. before me person
ally appeared the above named u. j. Folsom,
ana made oath tn due form Of law T. the
truth Of the matters III the foregoing affidavit
contained.
Before me,
FRED e. PIER
Judge Of Windhsm Co. Court
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-20
ORDER OF NOTICE BY PUBLICATION.
STATE OF VERMONT.
Judge Of Windham County Court
Mindharn Cnnn.r- -


Upon reading the foregoing AFFIDAVIT Of IT
+. Folsom. since il appears thercfrorn that
the said afiant IS unable 10 name a rh. per
sons expected - become parties TO the con
troYerSleS therein mentioned all persons
Interested IN the matters stated i'll said aft
dayIt; and since il further appears therefro.n
that Mrs. Alice f. Mcndon. one Of the per
sons named therein as a party does not re-
side in this State bat does reside in the
City Of Springfield ia the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts. and has no attorney Of record
residing in this State
Nov. therefor upon application 81 the
said Vermont Valley Railroad
IT Is HEREBY ORDERED:
That the dispositions Of Mary &. Haywood
George r. Crowell Al Y Cox Patrick Flen-
ing, Eugene Ferriter. PATRICK lynch William
h. Ninton. George Hines Elihu Thomas,
Harry Lawrence. Arthur Horton Mrs Lucin-
Thomas. all OF Bra,tehuro. in the County Of
Windham, aforesaid; Francis Liscom. Isaiah
ings all Of Hinsdale New Hampshire; and
+. r. Brooks of Gardner Massachusetts. IT,
perpctua! remembrance he taken before me
AT the office Of the County Clerk in Grossly
4 County Of Niadham. aforesaid. tie -6iH
day Of March l. D.. 1914 at the hour 1T
/ thereof b. given /" George c. Ayerill. Nellie
! r. Averill his wife. Charles :. Chase Carrie
Chase his wife. all Of BrattIehorn. aforesaid.
and Mrs Alice HI. Mendon. OF the City oi
Sprir gfeld. Massachusetts. and II all to-
sons Interested in the matters stated in said
affidavit by publication Of Said affidavit and
! Of this order IN The BrattleborO Rcformer. %
/ daily newspaper published Al Bratticboro ia
I said County on the goth day ~ March. \
Y ID. 1911. which publication shall be al least
four days before the time fixed herein for tax
ng such dispositions.
Dated ar Bratrleboro IN the County of
wsndham. aforesaid Jhis 18TH dag Of March.
\ D 1911
! Judge 81 th> W.-dh1u County count.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-20

NH N TIT.It.
Judge ~ tLl W.Idh1u County Iouf
Evening star., 1914-07-15
OLD CRUISER BROOKLYN.
To Be Sent to Asiatic Station as
Flagship of Squadron.
From the Philadelphia Bulletin.

| from the fhliaQelphla bulletin.
Merely as a matter of sentiment it
would appear that the Navy Depart
ment made good Investment when it
ordered the repair and refitting of the
old cruiser Brooklyn, instead of sending
her to the scrap heap to be broken up
and sold as junk. as was one time
threatened. Memories of the valiant
service performed by her. as Schley's
flagship in the battle with Cervera' s
fleet off Santiago in 1898. are fresh
enough to cause the people of the coun-
try to hold her in affectionate regard
as an object of historical interest. and
the farther that event becomes removed,
the deeper that interest is likely to be.
Furthermore, the vessel. which is IAN
tiquated,' as naval affairs go, is strik-
ing lesson showing the rapid advance
made in maritime architecture since she
was launched. only twenty-one years
ago. Hailed then as a queen of the seas
and a splendid achievement Of the ship
builders genius, she is today hopelessly
outclassed in armament and defensive
power and theoretically valueless in an
engagement.
But, now that her overhauling has been
completed at the League Island yard
where she has lain "in reserve for a
decade. 1t seems that she is still worth
something more than an ornament or a
relic. for she is to be sent to the Asiatic
station as the flagship of the squadron,
as a dignified symbol of the national
authority. At any rate. 1t is gratify-
ing to know that she is not to be cast
aside, like some of the famous fighting
frigates of earlier days, but will be al
lowed to rest honorably on her laurels.
Evening star., 1914-07-15
Some Figures.
From the Topeka Capital.

From the Topeka Capital.
Abe Peters says that the greatest crank
on figures he ever knew used to live
out in Reno county. That man was con-
tinually figuring on something or other
things that nobody else would ever think
of spending minute on. One day he
met Abe and suddenly drew out a piece
of paper and pencil and asked Abe to
take an average step. Then he meas
ured it carefully and found that the step
was Just twenty-seven inches. Now how
much of the time do you spend walking
round?' Abe said he had never kept a
close tab on it. but supposed that he
spent about six hours a day walking
round. The crank was busy a few min
utes and then announced that Abe dur
ing his life since he commenced to walk
had travelled altogether 123.7G4 miles 116
rods and IL feet.
Then the old man gave Abe a lot of
calculations he had made. and. as he
declared, verified. For example he said
that his wife talked on the average of
1Jo words a minute for nine hours dur
ing the day, and frequently made a rec
ord of a couple of thousand words while
she was asleep. And as he had lived
with her forty years. her total output of
words during her waking hours while he
had lived with her was 1.1S26O,UO Dur
ing this time he figured that she had
moved her lower jaw a total distance of
..S'sa,.Np feet. and used up a total of
2oo;e horsepower. He claimed that he
could prove. by figures that he had veri-
fled. that % per cent of the words used
In conversation between humans is mere
exercise of the jaw and vocal organs
without any accompanying mental eXer-
else whatever. He had made careful OBJ
servation OF 2,HD different people and
then figured out by the law of averages
that - per cent of the males We're bow
legged and ~ per cent knockkneed-
Ninety-five per cent Of the people. ac-
cording to his figures, are fools some
times: ca per cent are fools more than
half the time. and - per cent are fools
all the time. He had found. he claimed.
that Is per cent of the men never lied to
their wives: that was accounted for by
the fact that they had no wives. Ninety
four per cent lied to their wives occa-
sionaliY. and - per cent made regular
practice of il. OF these 81 per cent per
cent really fooled their wives; the other
~ per cent did not.
Evening star., 1914-07-15
Making the Swimming Hole Safe.
from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Unfortunately, an occasional tragedy
marks the history of a swimming hole.
Water deep enough to swim in comfort
ably is also deep enough to drown. Nor
are natural swimming places. in creek
or river. always as nicely graded as to
depth as the rich mans artificial pool;
when ones In he Is likely to be clear in,
perhaps over his head.
This has been usually considered q
necessary drawback In swimming holes.
A lad was supposed to take the risks
ordinarily incident to the game Of learn
ing to swim. Like foot ball, it had it's
dangers. but its rewards were esteemed
sufficient to justify.
1t has remained for philanthropic but
unnamed man Of Dayton to take the risk
out of swimming holes; that is, all ex-
traordinary risk. He proposes to equip
saving apparatus, and Dayton, being a
river town-as readers Of flood news some
sixteen months ago will remember-there
must be a good many such holes and a
good deal of such equipment needed.
Boxes are to be placed along the river
in conspicuous places containing articles
for the rescue and resuscitation of people
In danger of drowning. Each box Is to
have life preserver OF the jacket type
for the use Of persons unable to swim
who wish to help another struggling in
the water, a ring life buoy to be thrown
to one in the water. ropes, printed in
structions for reviving the drowning and
other paraphernalia of like use.
So wise friend Of boyhood ought not
to insist on anonymity. He should have
Evening star., 1914-07-15
Little Danger of Starvation.
From the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

From the st. Paul Pioneer Press.
James ]. Hill has done good work in re-
vealing to Americans how. with all our
boasted civilization, the race Is never far
from actual starvation, not more than a
few months in fact. He has done good
work In arousing the people to the i'm
perative necessity of scientific cultivation
of the land, that production may keep
pace with growing consumption. But to
be pessimisuc about the future, on the
theory that consumption will outstrip
production before many years have pass
ed, is to fail to take into consideration
several important world factors.
We have recently had an exhibition of
the ability Of the Argentine to grow
enough Indian corn for her own use and
ship several million bushels to the United
States as we'll. and the development of
Argentina's corn belt has only begun.
Now comes former Gov. Osborne of Mich
igan, who, having spent one and a half
years in travelling through Asia and hav-
ing traversed Siberia three times in that
period. makes the unqualified statement
that in twenty years Siberia can feed the
world. All that vast hinterland of the
cars empire is being rapidly developed
by Russian labor and Russian capital,
and il the one-time Michigan governor Is
to be believed Siberia alone can supply
any deficiencies in the worlds stock Of
grain for long time to come. Surely
there is fine promise for the future in
this prospect.
Evening star., 1914-07-15
CONVENTIONAL BINDINGS.
Forms That Have No Meaning in
Letter Writing.
From the London Times.

From the London Times.
in the matter of letter-writing the
well-worn adage, which proclaims with
all the arrogant confidence Of the aphor-
istic philosophy that well begun is half
DONE does not apply. The beginning
Of letter is no problem. The schooIboy
launches himself cautiously with the
pieus but colorless hope that his rela-
tive's health is good. His elder crosses
the bridge that leads from the stereo.
typed Dear So-and So'' to the actual
news df any there be- of the letter.
with conventional lamentations that lit
IS an age since l last wrote" But, one
way way or another the gap is success
fully concealed by means of some ex-
preston such as these. By its assistance
the shortest letter can be made to end
with decency on the second page, pro-
vided that the writer does not cultivate
pressed in wide area Of vellum that
industry alone can fill. or an Oxonian
minuteness Of handwriting. The real
difficulty. the social difficulty. of corre-
spondence more usually confronts US at
the end. What is the adverb that must
qualify yours? In a great many cases
the problem is easy of solution. No ad-
verb need qualify 1t at all But this Slip
of those we know well. or perhaps do not
want to know better. When neither of
these tests applies, and the question can
not be begged. cowardly but simple
expedient is still at hand If our letter is
in answer to another. We may observe
the method in which our correspondent
has grasped the nettle and return like for
like by echoing his yours very truly"
Unfortunately. the possibilities are by
no means exhausted. We are left with
all the letters that are neither written to
friends nor in answer to other letters, and
there is no golden rule to guide US. The
perplexed correspondent may well ponder
this grave social problem while the ink
df he is old-fashioned) dries upon his nib,
or gathers to a threatening black globe
at the golden point of his fountain pen
His moody contemplation may well lead
him back to the old wonderment that We,
as a practical people. should continue to
endure these petty yet apparently indis-
pensable irritations We admit that the
penny post has killed the art of letter
writing while We continue to use the
conventional forms OF that art; and We
have left Just enough meaning to the last
two or three words to make them If mis-
applied. a cause of offense to the sens-
tive When the letter was still recog-
nized and conscious form of English COM
position the difficulties were less. II
am" writes Lord Chatham to his nephew,
with the greatest affection. my dear
child. YOUR loving uncle This sonorous
ending agrees well with the tone Of the
whole letter. and there is nothing incon-
gruous about it. But 1t would chill the
modern nephew Come to me. my dear
can. We will go again to the Miter and
talk old times over. l am. sir ETC. If
We closed so friendly a passage with the
Johnsonian. Il am SIR ,t, our o, parteuiar asuisr
or which is the same. our sense of
humor. From my dear Bozzy' to sir
is a far cry in these days. and might
even need a further letter OF explanation.
Evening star., 1914-07-15
The Stable Aeroplane.

From the Springfield Republican.
Has a safe aeroplane actually been
produced? England at least seems to
have been strongly impressed with the
claims for its new army machine, r. E.
/. in which Col. Seely, late secretary of
state for war. made a flight the other
pleted about fifteen months ago. but since
then it has been greatly improved by ex-
perimentaton. The great claim made
for it is that it can be operated by an
unskilled person. who has only to steer 1t
as he would steer a motor boat. leaving
the machine to take care of itself. When
it turns. obeying the rudder. it automat-
fcal1y banks coming to an even keel
again when a straight course is resumed
Nor is this result. for which so many
inventors have been working achieved
by machinery as in the new Wright de-
vice Inventors. generally speaking.
have followed two distinct paths. one
group seeking for model in itself sta
BILE. the other giving this up as chime
ra and turning their attention to de-
vice for correcting mechanically any de-
Walton from perfect balance. The new
English machine is of the former type,
but it seems to embody no radical new
principle. The aim of the inventor has
been rather to study the problem as a
whole. and by harmonious design to cor
rect the faults to which the existing
models have been prone. The problem is
not so simple as with a boat in still wa
ter. which can be kept right side up by
adding enough ballast; it may rather be
compared to the problem of constructing
a good sea boat which rides waves cas-
fly. and that is a product which required
long experience with rough water. The
flying machines which have depended
simply upon low center of gravity for
stability have behaved badly; in still air
they might work, but the air is never
still.
Evening star., 1914-07-15
Ouimet on Golf.
From St. Nicholas.

From St. Nicholas.
Elimination from the championship,
in the qualifying round, had its COM
pensations. 1t gave me the oppor-
tunity to watch the championship play
for the remainder of the week, to see
in action those golfers Of whom 1 had
heard so much. That in itself was a
treat. Some of the matches. moreover.
gave me some new ideas about golf as
played in competition by men In the
foremost ranks. For one thing, 1T was
rather startling. If such a word can
apply. to see golfer like Mr.. Her
reshofr literally "swamped" in his
had made the lowest score OF the en-
tire field in the qualifying round. yet
here was the same man unable to put
up anything but the most feeble op-
position to the young Chicago golfer.
Such a match only goes to show that
their bad days, days on which they find
it seemingly impossible to play salts
factorily. That Is good thing to bear
in mind-no match Is lost before it is
played. When a golfer possessed of
such ability as has Mr.. Herreshof can
be defeated eleven up and nine to play
II. simply shows that golf is game
Of uncertainties, after all; that, in
fact, is one of its great charms.
Evening star., 1914-07-15
FAIRGROUNDS TO OPEN
TO 'K|DD|ES' TOMORROW
President Expected to Sign Bill and
Instructors Ordered
to Report.

Washington Fairgrounds will resume
their normal activities tomorrow. Presi-
dent Wilson being expected to attach his
signature by that time to the District ap-
preparation bill carrying an approximate
total of S12.OOO,OO0 for the needs of the
local government during the current fis-
cal year.
Notice has been served on the directors.
assistant directors and instructors. who
were laid off Monday because of lack of
funds for keeping the Fairgrounds in op-
Grafton, to report for duty tomorrow
morning.
This afternoon the recreation centers
will open for three hours under direction
of the caretakers. who have been con-
stantly on duty as the fund provided un-
der the continuation resolution for pay
ment of their salaries has not been ex-
hausted.
Evening star., 1914-07-15
By Pop

little brown wrens can raise their fam
ilies In security. They seem to appre-
ciate what is done for them. and to re-
pay 1t with their song. They will sit
close by the owner of the garden and
eye him inquisitively. as IL to ask: rs
this the one who provides me with a
home rent free?" and making up his
mind that 1t is, he bursts into a flood
Of song. his little throat throbbing and
every nerve quivering in an ecstacy of
happiness. He seems to be intoxicated
with tthe joy of living.
All he asks is to be let alone and to
be allowed to bathe in the spray when
one is sprinkling the garden. and he
will become the friendliest little chap in
the whole feathered tribe. He will
perch on bush and sing until one al
most brushes him off with the shoulder,
and he will follow the gardener around
keeping close to him. watching with the
Evening star., 1914-07-15
Children Forced Into Streets.

The reopening of the Fairgrounds is
expected to be source of joy in sew
eral quarters. Thousands of boys and
girls, who have been able to use the
grounds only for the three hours a day
since the funds ran out, have Of neces-
sity been forced to use the vacant lots
and streets for their activities or do
without play.
The instructors on the grounds also
were made happy by the announce
ment that the grounds would be re-
opened for the full length Of time each
day. and they would be able to resume
their duties. Many of the men and
women who are acting in this capacity
are taking the money they receive for
the work to pay their way through col
lege. II the grounds had remained
closed for a certain length of time the
money they would have received would
not have been enough for their purpose
And. of course. the officials in charge
Of the grounds are also happy. And it
is believed the citizenship of this city
will also be.
Evening star., 1914-07-15
The Birth of the Waltz.

From the National Magazine.
The first German waltz tune was the
we'll known 'Ach due leber Augustin,'
and dates as far back as ITO. 1t imme-
diately became a favorite with the pleas
ure-loving Parisians, and when the Aus
trian embassy in Paris introduced its
famous dejeuner dansant in the beginning
of the nineteenth century. the waltz was
the prime favorite at these gatherings.
Its reception by the English public was
less cordial when the French dancing
master Cellarius introduced the waltz
into London society in 1872. Caricatures
appeared in the papers picturing the senti-
ments of sthe ultra-purist section of the
community who had persuaded them
selves that the introduction of the waltz
into England was conclusive step on the
national downward path. There is still
in existence letter from a shocked par
ent. who hurried his daughter away from
Evening star., 1914-07-15

ter set of names for metropolitan
neighborhoods than those employed by
the telephone company for the local
telephone exchanges. and it is quite
probable that in the course of time
these exchange names will grow into
regular local geographical designations
so that a citizen will say that he
lives in Morningside. or Audubon or
Riverside. and it will be perfectly
understood. Most Of these telephone
exchange designations are excellent.
but they are at fault in the respect
that some Of the best known old local
names. like Greenwich. Yorkville.
Bloomingdale and Washington Heights.
are not preserved in the names Of the
exchanges. If Harlem and "Chel.
sea" were retained, and even found
convenient, why not Greenwich Village
and Washington Heights? Audubon
makes a fine exchange name. and 1t Is
appropriate by reason OF Audubons
connection with the region. but Wash
ington and Hamilton were on that
ground before Audubon was.
Evening star., 1914-07-15

a ballroom where he saw his precious
offspring held by a young man in a posi-
ton that he could not describe better
than the very reverse of back to back
This first round dance did not become
popular until the Russian emperor Alex
ander with Countess Lieven as partner,
had danced it in 1913 at Almachs. then
the meeting place of the fashionable
world of London. For a long time, how
ever, the waltz was perpetual thorn In
the side of the anemic moralist. and even
as late as 1870 a pamphlet by John Haven
Dexter was issued against 1t. In which ne
objected to the lawless arm OF the
sterner sex encircling the graceful form
of a young and beautiful female.
Evening star., 1914-07-15
Upton Not implicated.

LONDON, July 15.-The attorney gen
eral declared yesterday there Was no evi-
dence before him to justify the criminal
prosecution of Sir Thomas Upton IN con-
nection with the recent army canteen
scandals. for which several army ofacsrs
and employees Of Upton. Limited. were
convicted on charges of accepting or
giving bribes to influence contracta
Replying to a question by Sir Arthur
Markham in the house Of commons. the
attorney general said proceedings already
had been taken in regard to those against
whom evidence existed. No such evidence.
however, existed against Sir Thomas Lip
ton.
Evening star., 1914-07-15
Neighborhood Names.
From the New York Mail.

From the New York Nall.
There is growing demand for
neighhorhood names in this vast, over
grown city-names like Greenwich VIII
lage, Harlem, Washington Heights.
Yorkville and so on. These names are
good and convenient as far as they
go. but there are many sections of the
city that are without any local name
at all The World proposes Clinton for
the section of the city on the west side
above 42d street and beyond 10th ave-
nue-a good enough suggestion. es-
pecially as 'Helrs Kitchen" is not ac-
ceptable, and is no longer descriptive.
Generally speaking. there is no bet
Evening star., 1914-07-15
Who Couldn't Guess It?
From the Cleveland Press.

1t Is green and red and white. 1t glis-
tens temptingly with the frost that's on
it, after it has been in the Ice box an
hour or so.
1t is sweet Sweeter than the honey
that bees have made after they have
flown countless miles in search Of sweet
ness.
1t is Juicy. More Juicy than the peach
that has gathered its moisture from pure
morning dew.
1t is cooling More cooling than the
waters that flow from out the depths of
the recesses that are hidden behind rocks
and smooth-worn pebbles.
What Is IT?
1t is an elixir Of life: an inspiration
to the tired of limb and body. 1t is
Oh, yum. yum!
1t soon will be hera