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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-24
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.


W. H. LANE, III. D. 1T Main St., over
Perry's store; Hours: l to 8, and to 1o6 p F.
Residence, 8 Belmont Ave Phone, 789R.
DIR. HENRY TUCKER. Residence IL Grove |
St; telephone, 258. Office, Leonard block |
Hours: 1870 to Q, and to g. Telephone
29-W.
c. R ALDRIcH, NJ. D. Hours: l9.9o to
l65,R. X-ray work speciality.
DIR. @. B. HUNTER. Office at residence,
West Brattleboro. Hours: 8 to 8. m; to
,. and $50 to 9 p. m. Telephone, as.
DIR. H. P. GREENE, Physician and Surgeon.
/ to 8, and TO p. M. Residence, 80 Green
ST. Telephone connection.
G. R. ANDERSON, Surgeon and Physician.
Surgery specially. ONCE and residence;
a m: 1 to $50, and to p. m. Phone. 246.
DIR. E. R. LYNCH, Surgeon. Office, Park
Bldg, rooms / and 8, telephone $40. Ohce
hours: until 8 a: m. to 3, and to p; M;
m. Residence, al Canal St., telephone III.
sundays by appointment only.
B. E. WHITE, NJ. d. General practitionerl.
Office rooms, 4 and 6. Crosby block. hours !:
9 to a. m, to 3, and Z to p. m. heSi-
dence, 20 Grove st. Telephone III.
JORDAN & SON, optometrists, / Elliot St.
Specialists in the correction of defective yls'
ion Examination: to IL a. m, 1.3o TO =.
m; evenings: Monday and Saturday, 70 y
Appointments at your convenience Tel. e9-M.
DIR. A I. MILLER, Hooker block, Brattle-
boro. Office hours: to 0, to 2, 6.3O to o
DIR. @. G. WHEELER, osteopathic Physician
10 Crosby block. Office hours: 10 to IL a
m. TO 4 p. IN. Other hours by appoint
ment. Telephone connections. Chestnut Hlll
DIR. GRACE w. BURNETT, Physician and
Surgeon. Market block, Elliot St. Office
hours $50 to $50 a. m, 100 to $50. ant
TO D. m. Telephone. 744-W
w. R. MOVES, NJ. D., Eye. Ear. Nose anc
Throat to IL. 1 to s. Wednesday anC
Saturday evenings. other hours and Sunday
by appointment. Appointments for glasses fit
ting made by mail or phone. American Bldg
DR., @. s. CLARK, Dentist, Whitney block
Brattleboro. Telephone, 1913.
JOHN E. GALE, Attorney at Law, Guilford
VT. Telephone, 302.
HAsKINs & sCHwENK, Attorneys an
FRANK E. BARBER, Attorney at Law
Room Z, Crosby block, Brattleboro.
ROBERT G. BACON, Attorney at Law
Room 49, Ullery Building, Brattleboro.
o. B. HUGHES, Lawyer. Telephone, 739-v
GILMAN & HELYAR, Surveyors and Coz
tracing Engineers. Tel, 14e-W or 392-V
c. C. BILLINGS, recently First Assstal
Commissioner of Patents Solicitor and Alto
ney in Patent and Trademark Gases, Sc
mour, Seymour, Megrath & Billings, IL Bdw
New York; McGin Bldg, Washington. D.
BARRows co, Wholesale and Ret;
Dealers in Goals OF all kinds ONCE, 81 Ma
St, BrattleborO.
BOND & SON Exclusive undertaking. A
tOmobile service. Tel. 264W.
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while to develop her mental faculties
OF 10 take advantage of opportunities
within reach to fit herself for a SUI
perlor position, Thousands of girls
Unexpectedly thrown on their own re-
sources have been held down all their
lives because of neglected tasks in
youth, which at the time we're dis
missed with a careless 81 don't think
1t worth while" They did not think
1t would pay to go to the bottom of
any study at school, to learn to keep
accounts accurately, or fit themselves
to do anything in such a way as to
be able to make a living by it. They
expected to marry, and never pre-
pared for being dependentent on
themselves contingency against
which marriage, in many instances. is
no safeguard.
The number Of perpetual clerks is
constantly being recruited by those
who did not think it worth while as
boys to learn to write a good ham
or to master the fundamental
branches OF knowledge requisite in a
business career. The ignorance com.
non among young men and young
women in factories, stores and Of
fees, everywhere. in fact, in this land
of opportunity where youth should be
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well educated, is a pitiable thing.
How often stenographers are morti.
ned by the use of some unfamiliar
or term, or quotation, because
or the shallowness of their prepare
ton! 1t is not enough to be able to
TAX dictation when ordinary letters
are given, not enough to do the ordi-
nary routine of office work. The am
bitlous stenographer must be pre-
pared for the unusual word or express
sion, must have good reserves of
knowledge to draw from in case of
emergency. If she is constantly slip
ping up on her grammar, or is all at
sea the moment she steps out of her
ordinary routine, her employer knows
h a her preparation is shallow. that
her education is limited, and her pros
poets will be limited, also.
Everywhere we go we see men and
women, especially from twenty-five to
forty years of age, who are cramped
and seriously handicapped by the lack
of early training. | often receive let
tiers from such people, asking if it is
possible for them to educate them
selves so late in life. OF course it is.
There are so many good correspond
ence schools today, and institutions
k Chautauqua. so many evening
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
CHATS WITH THE
AMBITIOUS FOLK
BY oRIsoN SWEET MARDEN.
NEVER TOO LATE FOR SELF.IM
PROVEMENT,

NEVER TOO LATE FOR sELF.IM-
PRoVEMENT.
A New York millionaire-a prince
among merchants-took me over his
palatial residence on Fifth avenue,
every room of which was a triumph
of the architects, of the decorators,
and of the upholsterer's art. was
told that the decorations of a single
sleeping room had cost $4,000. On
the walls were paintings which cost
fabulous prices, and about the rooms
we're pieces of massive and costly fur
niture and ~draperies representing a
small fortune, and covering the floors
were carpets on which it seemed al
most sacrilege to tread. He had ex-
pended a fortune for physical pleas
ure, comfort, luxury and display, but
there was scarcely a book in the
house.
1t was pitiful to think of the physi-
cal surfeit and mental starvation of
the children of such a home as that.
He told me that he came to the city
a poor boy, with all his worldly pos
sessions done up in a little red ban
dana. Il am a millionaire" he said,
but / want to tell you that | would
give half l have today for a decent
education"
One of the sad things about the
neglected opportunities for self-im-
provement is that they put people of
great natural ability at a disadvan-
tage among those who are their men
tai interiors.
know a pitiable case of a born nat
uralist whose education was so ne.
elected in youth that later, when he
came to know more about natural his
tory than almost any man of his day,
he could not write a grammatical SEN
tence, and could never make his ideas
live in words, perpetuate them in
books, because of his ignorance of
even the rudiments of an education.
Think of the suffering of this splen-
did man, who was conscious OF pos
sessing colossal scientific knowledge.
and yet was absolutely unable to ex-
press himself grammaticailyl II is
difficult to conceive of a greater mis-
fortune than always to be embar-
raised and handicapped Just because
of the neglect of early years.
Many a girl of good natural ability
spends her most productive years as a
cheap clerk or in a mediocre position
because she eve thought 1t worth
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schools, lectures, books. libraries and
periodicals, that men and women who
are determined to improve themselves
nave abundant opportunities to do so.
One trouble with people who are
smartlng under the consciousness of
dehc1ent education is that thew do
not realize the immense value of util-
lzlng spare minutes. Like many BOYS
VINO VIII not save their pennies and
small change because they cannot see
now a fortune could ever grow by
the saving, they cannot see how a little
studying here and there each day will
eve amount to a good substitute for
a college education.
People who feel their lack of educa.
ton, and who can afford the OUTLAW
a make wonderful strides N a wear
by putting themselves under good til
tors, who will direct their reading and
study along different lines.
There is one special advantage in
self-education-you can adapt the
studies to your own particular needs
better than you could in school or col
lege. Everyone who reaches middle
life without an education should first
read and study along the line of his
W vocation, and then broaden him
self as much as possible by reading
on other lines.
Every well-ordered household ought
to protect the time of those who de-
sire to study at home. At a fixed
hour every evening during the long
winter there should be by common
consent a quiet period for mental con.
centration, for what is worth while in
mental discipline, a quiet hour unin-
terrupted by the thief callers. There
is a divine hunger in every normal
being for self-expansion, a yearning
for growth or enlargement. Beware
Of selling this craving of nature for
self-unfoldment. There is untold
wealth locked up in the long winter
evenings and odd moments ahead of
you. A great opportunity confronts
you. What will you do with it?
Copyright. 1915, by the Mcclure Newspa-
Cxrn1goA
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that is, the soil must slip from the mold board
evenly, leaving the surface bright and clean.
Poor securing is due to many causes. The mold
board may be too soft to take a good polish, or
it may be imperfectly ground, or slight imper-
fections may have been left in the surface.
To test a good mold board is an easy matter.
BY running the fingers over the surface from
the bottom to the top one can easily tell whether
the pillow has the right shape, and whether its
surface is perfect. A pillow should have a hardened
edge and point-the harder the better-because
upon the wearing qualities of the plow depend
success or failure to a very large degree.
For breaking new sod, a pillow with a long.
sloping share and mold board should be used, but
FOR stubble or well-tilled ground the pillow with
short, steep mold board is better. The breaking
pillow turns the sod over evenly, and covers all
growth so that it rots and forms humus in the
soil.
Upon the shape of the pillow also depends the
draft. A pillow unsuited to the soil on which IT ia
used will cause a much greater draft than is
necessary. wearing out the strength of the team
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
TESTAMENT STOPS BULLET
British Soldier Saved by Bible
That Was Pierced Through to
Corinthians.

Charles M. Alexander, singing evan
gelist and partner of Rev. DR.. J.. VII.
bur Chapman. who passed through this
city yesterday on his way to North.
field. said thousands OF British sol.
diers were carrying pocket Bibles as
they went to the front. The evangelist
believed that the Pocket Testament
league. which distributed the Scrip
lures, would evangelize the British
army. both at the front and at home
The leagde was organized In Philadel
phia in the ourse of the Chapman
campaign.
Bodies as well as souls are being
saved by the pocket Testaments. in
proof Of which Mr. Alexander shows
a New Testament pierced by a Ger
man bullet This book was hit while
reposing In the pocket of a British sol
der In a trench in Flanders. The
steel pellet plowed through 400 pages.
stopping at First Corinthians. This
Testament saved It's owners life.
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and the patience of the plowman. The more
abrupt the curvature Of the mold board the more
pulverizing the action upon the furrow slice.
The use of a Golfer reduces the draft materially.
particularly on tough soils, clover sod and the like.
Some farmers claim that the only f~rst-class
blowing that can be done is with the walking
pillow, but l have seen some of the best blowing
done with a sulky pillow. There is not much diff
ference in the draft. A sulky pillow carrying a
man will be about as easy on a team as walking,
because the friction of the mold board of the
walking pillow is eliminated to some extent.
The draft of the walking plow depends largely
upon the way in which it is set. If properly
adjusted with a steady pull so that the heel or
wing does not press too heavily against the
soil, the pillow will run easily, smoothly. and with
very little attention from the plowman. l have
seen the men follow the pillow round after round
without even touching the handle, except at the
turning point.
Another important thing in blowing is to have
the width of the furrow just right. If the pillow
is set to take a larger land than 1t can turn
over properly, 1t will leave much vegetation I'M
covered, and the field will be ridgy. The plow
should be set to exactly cut and cover all that 1t
enters, and no more. When a plow runs properly
it should set exactly level.
No man is a good farmer unless he is first of
all a good plowman. Upon the skill with which
he plows his fields depends to a considerable
extent the facility with which he can cultivate
his crop, and, in fact, it's yield.
The question of deep or shallow blowing is one
which must be studied by every man, and
adapted to the needs of his soil and his crop.
Deeply plowed soil contains moisture longer,
affords better home for fertilizer and all kinds of
plant food. is more easily cultivated, and is al
ways to be desired.
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what Did I Tell Youl" He crowed.

What Did I Tell You'll" He crowed.
the cherished goal, he came into the
house in a great state of drink and
glee.
What did | tell yOu!" he crowed.
TIM appointed superintendent of the
ward water department district at
Just double what l was earning be-
fore"
Then, to the silent gnawing sorrow
of Mrs. Foley, he was gone for two
days. He did not come home at all
during that period. Mrs. Foley learned
chat he was Celebrating" his access
sion to supposed power of winning and
dining his faithful adherents. Her cup
of misery seemed full to the brim
when they brought him home on a
stretcher n night. In a fight with
his irritated political opponents Den
mis- had got the worst of it. They
had beaten him up terribly. For a
week he lay in bed mending up, in
discomfort and pain, but by no means
penitent OF forgiving.
I'm just waiting to get back my
strength to pay off the gang that
downed me-" he told his wife. I'll
show them!"
Dennis came home the next night,
uproarious. A d~isorderly crowd com
posed OF his adherents followed him
to the door, They cheered him and
made a great hurrah, Dennis made a
maudlin speech in reply to their noisy
congratulations.
Mrs. Foley, peering timorously from
behind a curtain, discerned that the
occasion memorized some signal ac-
ton against his enemies on the part
of her husband.
She gathered from the exultant re-
marks of the crowd that the new wa
ter department superintendent had
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
PoIsons and pislnfectants.

The poisons and disagreeable odors
are always associated in our minds
with the disinfectants. We know
germs are routed and destroyed by
the liberal use of ill-smelling drugs.
Fragrance and sweetness, too, play an
active part in disposing of unwelcome
germs. The odor of cloves has been
known to destroy microbes in So min
utes; cinnamon kills some species in
II minutes, and thyme in 35 minutes.
The common wild verbena is found to
be an effective destroyer of microbes
in As minutes. The odor of some ge-
ranium flowers has destroyed various
forms of microbes in so minutes.
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HIS LESSON
BY GEORGE ELMER COBB.
Don't do it, DENTIST" pleaded Mrs.


Don't do it, Dennisl" pleaded Mrs
Foley.
1--WE made up my mind" responded
her husband in his usual set and de
termined way. ITS the call of ambi
ton, womanl I've been humble anC
lowly too long, It's the chance of my
life, and I'm going to take it,"
Aren't we well enough off, Dennis
dear?" objected Mrs. Foley. You've
got a steady job. It's in a line you
understand. Better to be foreman OF
the ward sewer and paving gang than
some hifalutin position you may not
be able to hold a year"
81 know my powers, woman; l know
my powers. The new reform candi.
date is going to win, and if l stump
for him he's promised me a better pc.
%sition."
Mrs. Foley sighed. They were hum
BILE folk. Dennis was u~neducated,
their little home was located in a poor
section. But it was all their own and
Dennis was a good husband and a
kind father,
Their daughter Nora was earning
a fair salary as a stenographer. She
was engaged to an estimable young
man, a budding architect and en-
gineer. They were all looked up to in
their own social sphere, humble as it
was, because they were respectable.
Once, in the far past, Dennis had
been a drinking man, but that was
long gone by.
And now came the break that wor-
ried and grieved the good housewife.
Dennis was bent on breaking into poll.
tics. In vain Mrs. Foley pictured the
downfall of Mr.. Herndon, whose son,
Sidney. was engaged to Nora. Politics
had ruined the elder Herndon and he
had died of broken fortunes and a
broken heart.
Dennis went his own way. For two
months he was away from home often
until midnight. More than once he
had como under the influence of
liquor. lie had m%ortgaged the little
home to the full limit to secure cam
paign funds.
ut will all come back, Mary" he
declared ten times over. My candi-
date is sure to win"
And the day after the election,
when his candidate had, indeed, won
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

Since the wal began Mr.. Alexander
has devoted considerable attention 70
distributing Testaments among Kitch-
ener's soldiers. The plan is to have
every recipient sign a pledge card sig.
nifying his willingness to carry the
Testament always and read a chapter
each day Mr.. Alexander spent two
months in the training camps on Sal.
isbury plain. in which time 9,7OS sol.
diers Joined the league.-Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

stick drawn by oxen, with a straight stick
bound to their horns to which a grass rope was
attached.
This kind of implement was in use for thou.
sands of years afterward, and even now in Old
Mexico, within a hundred miles of the border
land of America, the crooked stick is still used.
About a hundred and fifty years ago a pillow
with a wooden mold board was devised, and this
held sway for fifty years, when some genius of
a blacksmith put an iron edge on it, and it was
then thought that the perfection of pillow making
mad been reached. Then came the pillow with
the iron mold board and wooden frame. This
was followed by the all-steel pillow, which now
reigns supreme.
The aristocratic offspring Of the a~ll-steel plow
Is the disk, and this implement, in connection
with the pillow itself, is doing such good work that
II does not seem possible that we shall see anv
decided Improvement in this instrument for some
time.
Good blowing depends as much upon the kind
OF pillow used as upon the man who directs IL A
great many farmers have yet to learn that one
pillow will not do satisfactory work in all kinds
of soil and under all conditions.
Perhaps the best pillow to use is the one with
the chilled share and point. think it is a mis-.
take TO use a pillow point that has to be con-
stantly renewed; for every time a blacksmith
tlnkers with it he turns out a different kind of
plow' and this is one reason why there is so
much poor blowing done in this country. When
a man gets a pillow which does the work to his
entire satisfaction he should stick to it. and
never permit its shape to be changed, if DOS
sible. With a soft point that has to be con-
stantly renewed this is not possible, and that is
why l prefer the chilled point.
Daniel Webster once essayed to he a nIov-
maker, After years of deep thinking and expert
menting, he turned out a most wonderful imple-
ment. 1t was over twelve feet long, built of
wood, with an iron point, and required four yokes
OF oxen to pull it. 1t turned a furrow eighteen
lnches wide, twelve inches deep, which resem-
bled the irrigation bitches of today. This did
not last long, however, and was never used out
side of Massachusetts.
To do good work the plow must scour we'll.
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No Longer Room at the Tor.

Prof. Scott Nearing says the motto,
there is plenty Of room at the top"
is no longer true IN this country on
account of Inc fact that in every great
industry only three of every one thou
sand employees have q chance to rise
to the top. The professors statement
is no doubt literally correct. but he
will probably not deny that the motto
still applies to those spheres of activ-
ity which cannot be considered under
tho head of Observation-Disclosures
Herald.
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been transformed into a crowd puts
them in possession of a sort of col.
lective mind which makes them feel.
think and act in a name quite diff
ferent from that in which each indi-
vidual of them would feel. think and
act were he in a state of isolation.
There are certain ideas and feelings
wAiea 60 not como into being or do
not transform themselves into acts
except in the case of individuals form
ing a crowd.
The psychological crowd is g PRO
yisional being formed Of h~eterogene-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

Gus elements which for a moment are
combined exactly as the cells which
constitute a living body form by their
reunion a new being which displays
characteristics very different from
those possessed by each of the cells
singly.
What really takes place is a combi-
nation followed by the creation of new
characteristics, Just as in chemistry
certain elements, when brought into
contact bases and acids, for example
combine to form a new body pos
sessing properties quite different from
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
EXPLANATION OF THE CROWD
Few Members Of Big Gatherings Act
and Think as They Would Do
as individuals.

The most striking popularity pre-
scented by a psychological crowd. ac-
co-iing to Gustav lie Bon. is the fol-
lowing; Whoever be the individuals
saat compose IL. however like OF I'M
Ase be their mode of life. their occu-
pations. their character or their in
telligence. the fact that they have
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
Oh. So sweetlu.

The young women present were dis.
cussing their ages. And one of the
girls said; Il don't know what II is
about my appearance. but eyervbodv
always guesses me a lot younger than
l really am" And another of the girls
answered. oh. so sweetly: "oh, that's
after they have heard you talk. isn't
II, dear?"
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Which Makes a Difference.

THE only thing | can find to say
against you, Jane said her mistress,
lis that your washing bill is far too
much. Last week you had six waists
in the wash. Why, my own daughter
never needs more than three"
Jane-"Ah, that may be, mum, but
have to. Your daughters sweetheart
is a bank clerk, while my young man
is a chimney sweep. 1t makes a diff
ference, NUM-"
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Needed 1t.

Theatrical Manager-Hi. therel
What are you doing with that pistol?
Discouraged Lover-Going to kill
myself.
Theatrical Manager-Hold on a min.
ute. If you're bound to do It. won't
you be good enough to leave a note
saying you did it for love of Miss Star,
u leading ladyg It's a dull season,
and every little helps.
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Early Attachment

Didn't you ever hide a dime novel
behind your geography and read IL in
SCHOOL," No Il suppose you plume
Yourself on that" mot at all. raj
l love then and couldn't read"
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those of the bodies that have served
to form it.
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INTERNATIONAL
SUNDNYSGIOOL
LESSON

Dy o. e. SELLERS, Acting Director OF
the Sunday School Course Of the Moody
Bible Institute.)
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Its Sort.

Here's a story Of a m who
bravely killed a rattlesnake that was
trying to climb into her basket"
That's a rafting good tale"