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The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-17
paIlN Thought.

A Enan's own conscience s. sis sole
tribunal and BE should care no more
FOR that phantom opinion than lie
should fear meeting s ghost i &c
crosses the chorchyard Al dark I-yte
ton.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-17

on their way without 50 much as "a buh
from "a British man u war
The Swedish government has noted
this The Swedish shippers are actu-
ated IS offers o6 heavy bonuses Il they
DC elude the hlocsadlus sguadfons II
costs In anpreciable SUM for ship g
be tied up at kirkwai for severa
dass and tbe bonus is gladly paid %
those who make the delay unnecessary
Thus is IS that night after night
Swedish merchantmen slip through the
blockade. al lights out and riskins
erythme
The fact that the proportion OF sue
cess af these Swedish merchantmen IS
tWo ~ one ana the added fact That he
Noewe could steun right through that
bloekadng squadron without discovery
nlnsf obviously result IA but one CON.
einsiou
Other msevses 70 Come.
.frhare ril be other Moewes. many
81 Them And theg wu come aud So
without let 81 hIud5ance at least ~
fte proportion Of tteo emit q threea1ia
British shipping viii suffer b.e@ thai
Viii make jhe toH already pasd 5e
/. +. boats iusGeuidcanf ly comparison
eHut that IS not a8 tbat the NleeW
has shown che woaa II bas sl4eNSf
thes there ls nothing ~ ores eat the -
gnrsion iute she outer seas - seate
ching more Formidable Ehaa Nsy faS
formed merchantmen
Wbt tbe plans e s0e 1.lia' &.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-28

DR.. F. B. Mallory, pathologist of the
Boston City hospital and his assistant,
DR.. +. NJ. Medlar, have discovered the
bacillus that causes scarlet fever. The
germ is similar to the one that causes
diphtheria Scarlet fever is not only
one of the most contagious diseases,
but it payes the way for inroads by
illness in other forms In the good
old days when guarantees were not
enforced scarlet fever swept away
children by hundreds Older residents
Of Putney recall at least two frightful
cPidemics in that town, and years ago
the majority of the children in several
large families in Brattleboro died from
the affection. Now that the bacillus has
been discovered the next step will be
to work out an antitoxin that viii
fight the disease after it has been
caught, and vaccine that viii pre-
vent the possibility of contagion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-28
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~ {skIfoWa1d LRar1n 90 d.
of shoes and ships end sealing Wax- Of cabbaSes- knS
ps end sealinS wax Of cabbeSes-S kings

eone-cluteh type of asthma, and he soon
returned to Spain, where he d ed slow,
hesitating death caused by lack of
breath
America was discovered several times
after Columbus got through, but it was
always found in the same place, ell
though greatly improved in general eul-
ture and table manners. Has the reader
ever thought of where he would be now
if Christopher Columbus had not STUN
bled onto this country while hunting q
way to get back home in one piece
There were times when Columbus de-
SPARED of discovering anything but 4
watery grave, which is one Of the damp
est and most unpleasant forms of dis
covery, but he persisted and gave to
the world a great, free republic, re
spected at home and cartoOned abroad
columbus has never been recognized ~
anything but a few monuments, and
there are thousands of American col
lege students who do not know what
he died of. This teaches us that fam,
is bubble, and soft soap bubble a
that.
We should all be glad that Americs
was discovered when it was, 9th T
wise many of US would MT be here L
enjoy the blessings OF liberty, equalit.
and 25-cent gasolene.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-28
Paying tho Price.
(Boston Transcript

tbosIOH Transcript
1t is a little too. early to assume
that the German empire is, like its
General Fries in the Corsican military
prison, deliberately committing suicide
by rushing on French bayonets. A
nation which has lust subscribed AZ,
additional $2,650, 100000 to the war
levy cannot be regarded as exactly in
the last ditch. The entente allies still
have plenty of hard work to do before
the inevitable day of Teutonic collapse
is ushered in. 1t is probably true that
this new subscription to the fourth
German loan is quite in the nature OF
an enforced levy on the German PEG
pie. 1t is a curious thing that Berlin,
via Sayvllle, should boast that the Ger
man war loans have now reached a to-
tai of $9,075, 900, 900, while the British
loans have totalled only $4,000 900 900
If that is true, the German nation Is
about $4,000,000, 900 nearer to econ
omlc exhaustion than the British. 1t
is true, at all events. that Britain has
not drawn on its permanent resources
nor deprecated it's funds, while Ger.
many has exhausted practically every,
thing. But the financial stress of the
German empire has not proceeded sc
far as to impair its military resources
nor to threaten its campaigns with
strategic collapse 1t can hold on Q
long time now, with the enormous re
sources in grain which it has Just
drawn from Roumania and Bulgaria
and upon the final test of that national
efficiency which even its enemies have
had to admire.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-28
[proteeted BY The Ada ms Newsraper servicel

English writers call the oil-bird, the
Steatornis caripenis of the ornitholo-
gists, very remarkable bird, first de-
scribed BY Alexander Won Humboldt,
and so on, with fu.l details as TO the
creature 5 habits and characteristics, as
noted by dozen scientific Observers
But as a matter of fact the devil bird
was his original discovery.
The Colonel was born to be a dis
eoverer. and all his life he has lived
up to his duties. He discovered Gu
ba. British East Africa and the River
of Doubt. He discovered " ldcats,
mountain lions, bears and sparrows.
He discovered the Irish sagas. Edward
Arlington Robinson and Thucydides.
He discovered eivil-service reform.
Armageddon, social justice and the
Golden Rule. II would require a
work the size of the Encyclopaedia
Britannica to do justice to the Col
onel s discoveries in literature and or
anthology, in poetry and politics, in
morals and geography. The Colonel S
discoveries are national events. So
I March "a, 1916. will be marked in the
calendar as the day he first told this
world of finding the devil bird il
Trinidad.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-28
Primary Like. Blank Cartridge.

NhdHUolPh I1SIdlu anu -NSN9.
The presidential primary in Vermont
to take place in May, looks at present
much like blank cartridge. Voters
are expected to express by ballot their
preference for the presidential candi-
date of their party. This is clear
enough, but Is eircumscribed by the
provision of the law that requires can
didates themselves to request in writ
ing that their namps be placed on the
official ballot. As the situation exists
this year, probably few names Will ap-
pear. Even Woodrow Wilson, who is
the onlyS Democratic prospect, will go
farther than he has anywhere else If
he formally requests that his name 90
on. It is certain that neither Justice
Hughes nor Colonel Roosevelt will
take this step, and unlikely that any
Republican candidate seriously con,
sidered viii do So Should this be the
case voters may still make their pref
erance known by writing in the name
of their choice on the ballot. How
ever, it seems to us that this require
ment of candidate, that he ask to 90
ON the ballot, is going too far. In most
states the petition IS sufficient to get
them on, and they may, if the candi-
dacy is unwelcome to them. re-
fuse to have their names put on the
official ballot. This is a more becoming
course than putting the initiative on
the candidate himself. But sach i'm
projections in the act are not vital and
can be remedied if they work out poor
ly on trial.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-28

The discovery of America by Chris
topher Columbus, deceased, was one of
the most useful discoveries ever made
by anybody, although very little was
said about ii at the time. 1t was great
event in the history of the world, and
yet the press of that day thought so
little of il that it was buried on an in
side page, next to free reader for a
onc-night corn cure.
Columbus discovered America in 1892
or thereahouts, but it was not his fault.
He did not know America from slab
of side pork, and he and his brave crew
were agreeably surpr sed on landing to
! be greeted by the high cheekbone of
the American Indian. Columbus did
not dream that in few hundred years
that sparsely settled country would con
tain 100,000,00o people, enjoying the
benefits of o protective tariff and the
open saloon aud buying automobiles and
encyclopedias on small monthly pay
ments.
The first thing Columbus did on his
arrival was to plant the Spanish flag
on proud eminence. A little later he
! found it necessary to plant quite a mum
/ Der Of the original inhabitants, who re
| fused to be reconciled to the white
/ brother. The climate did not agree Will
/ Columbus, who was troubled with the
4 TPrntected bv The Ada
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-28
TIE REAL KIND.

No better expression of patriotic SEN
timent or pledge of loyalty has been ut
tered by man not born in this country
than that contained in letter written
by Senator Knute Nelson of Minneso-
ia to q constituent who had congratu-
lated him upon his stand in supporting
President Wilson when the latter asked
Congress for vote of confidence in the
administration S policy regarding sub
marine warfare. Among other Things,
Senator Nelson said:- AS for
me, felt that ! could not do otherwise
than stand by the American govern
ment in this matter. America has done
so much for me that l owe it every
thing, and | could not do less than
stand By our country; and l mean to
stand b. it at all hazards in time OF
war or peace. Senator Nelson was
born in Norway, but he has learned the
lesson Of real Americanism The sen
timents he expressed could hardly be-
surpassed in genuine love Of country
frcm motives of pure patriotism. II,
has done much to prove that the acci
dent of birth has not all to do Will
loyalty to our country and flag and thu
sooner more of our citizens are actuatet
~ this spirit, the sooner many of on
problems Will be solved.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-28

the open, and your only chance for life
was to GnJ the range OF the enemy and
shoot at him so correctly that he in turn
eouid nc longer ahoot correctly at you.
Would you listen to the orders cf your
corporal? Would you take the anee he
gave you, carefully adjust your sight,
and frs every shot as carefully as if
you we're trying to rug cane ut Concy
Island or tax" !, rev step in a dan, G ?
No, son could not 10 ii, and failing Il
60 it, YOU would hc killed by soma
peasant Of the type that You see work
ing on the railroad track or mixing
concrete FOR the foundation of the road
ou which YOU run your automobile, and
upon whom you lo"1 as hardly human
He is 9 better sol !ier than you ere.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-28
Listers and Their Work.
(LudIow Tribune.

LUDLOW Tribune.
In his conference with the listers of
Vermont, Tax Commissioner PIumlev
is emphasizing the Importance OF the
lister as a public official and the abso-
Lutte necessity Of his doing his work ac-
cording to the statutes regulating and
governing that work. He tells the LIST
er that his Office requires the exercise
of good judgment and impartiality
that he is prominently the most i'm
portant factor in the whole scheme of
property taxation; that the germ of
lnequitable taxation finds its origin in
the local assessment; that every step
taken outside the straight and narrow
path marked out by the statutes leads
to greater and more glaring inequali.
ties; that the law prescribes the stand
ard of values; that the lister does not
make, and is not responsible for, the
law, but is armed and equipped as the
law directs, and he has taken an oatl
to enforce the law; that if the law Is
not right, if it is inequitable or unjust
the surest way to have it corrected /.
to enforce it impartially He tells the
listers that a tve-percent Indebtedness.
does not entitle a man to claim Al
offset, but that six-percent obligation
does so entitle him.
Being thus duly instructed, by au
thority, there is no good reason why
lister should fail in the full perform
ance of his duty within the limit O
the law. The Importance of the lister :
work cannot be gainsaid, and it is u,
to him to give the town and the stat
the full benefit of all the faithfulnes
and ability he possesses.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-28

are asking of the Connecticut River
Power Co. l read that Mr.. Fits point
ed out that three men in Vernon had
formed an association and buy elec-
tricity of the Power company and
manage the distribution Ia that vii
lage.
Allow me to say to Mr.. Fits 1t is
Gus three and no more, as there are
over 20 residences here that want elec-
tricity for light and power and can
not get it.
Respectfully,
J. A. BEERS.
South Vernon, March %
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-28
Vermont's Celebration.
Boston Tran cript.)


Only in the East would it be pos
siblc to stage such an old home move
ment' as Vermont has launched for the
coming summer, as part of the progr IN
for the celebration of the one hundred
and twenty-fifth anniversary of her al
mission to the Union. 1t means little
west of the Mississippi, and nothing at
all on the Pacific coast, where the nat
i've hearthstone of the average citizen
lies in SOME other part of the country
and the native-bOrn son is the excep-
ton. New England is the mother OF
the American immigrant. Her sons and
daughters have populated the prairies
and conquered the Rockies, taking with
! them to every part of the continent the
traditions of New England order, tar fl
and government. A home-e omlng of
these means something of vest signif-
canoe in the history of our country, and
/ it means something, also, to New Eng
land, for not son has left but can
bring an offering with HIM upon his
! return. The old-home celebrat on that
Vermont is talking about would be 6
most excellent thing, both for those
| have gone away, and those who have
stayed. The former viii have an op
portunity to renew their faith the lat
ter to obtain new ideas that have quick
ened under the necessities imposed b,
fresh environment and strange prob
lens. The Vermonters of today vii
show how they have kept alive all tha
is best in the character of the Vernon
man and woman. The erstwhile Yer
montcrs, or their children, or the chill
: dron S children viii bring a needed in
spiration to the Motherland It Ill
be unfortunate if this project shout
not be carried forward to a complet
success. Let Vermonters all over tn
United States, and those who are i
/ foreign lands, respond to the invitation
e that are being sent broadcast. Let til
green hills throb beneath the football
of the pilgrims. Not many can boast
, nobler shrine. Wherever they hav
gone the sons and daughters of We
e mont have kept alive the love the
i bear their native state. Their organ
g cations are implanted in every part
;. the country. They are vigorous an
patriotic. All that Vermont needs
u plenty of publicity to make her oil
o home celebration the greatest New En-
Il land has ever known.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-28
What Military Training Does.

(Robart r. Mccormick in the Century !;
Gentle reader, If you are young man
of military age, do you feel that you
could stand in .your place in trench
squad en., 10 youT duty as muzhiks and
other peasants Of monarc hical Europe
have frequently done? Ny own opin-
ion of you is that you could not, and
NY opinion has the strength of a con-
viction. ! do not care whether you are
a clerk or college professor, lawyer
or a laborer.
Supposlng you were advancing in
open order Of attack, and had reached
a point where, with Iour captain killed,
your platoon commander wounded, your
line, unable to go forward, was lying in
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-28

Congress las done some foolish
things Of late, but it win be cordially
commended by the country for definite
~ turning down old Doc Cook S re
quest that it reopen the North Pole
controversy. Who discovered the Pole
was decided some years ago by compe-
tent authorities, and the public has
had enough of it. Incidentally it is
patiently awaiting a demonstration OF
the discovcrer 5 loudly acclaimed val
ne to science.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-28

Barre, Vermont, has some splendid
full page advertisements of its granite
in the Saturday Evening Post and
Everybody S Magazine. If we do not
look out, the nation will forget that
Concord is the Granite City of the
Granite state, New Hampshire-Co
cord n. H., Monitor.
SO far as Granite State goes as a
name It is misnomer. Barre is the
center of the granite industry of Amer
lea, surprising Concord, y. H., and
Quincy, Mass, in the extent AMI value
Ct its product.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-28
STATE NEWS NOTES.

The following officers have bee
elected to the Vermont branch
Railway Mail Clerks association
President. c. A. Jackson of BuTliE
ton: first president, c. B. Nj
calf of Essex Junction: second Vie
president, G. y Monroe 81 Sou
Shaftsbury: third vicc-presideat,
C. Smith Of White River -IuEcti5
secretary-treasurcr, J. Al. Ashley
Burlington; executive committee
+. Kicker Of Burlington, j.. T.. Da
Of St. Adams. H. g Wright OF r.
land and Il. b Kimball cf Enosha
Falls.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-28
Signs of Prosperity.
Rutland News. ,

Judging from the number of im
portant real estate transfers w,ic'
have taken place in Brattleboro - =
many in three weeks rs IN the pcst
three years that village promise
one of the hveliest seasons for beild
ing and other improvements OF any
town in the state. 1t seems that realty
in Brattleboro is in good demand and
at good prices, and this is one of the
best signs of activity and prosperity
and also confidence IN the future that
any town can show.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-28

in lard, butter may be used in its
place or ham or bacon fat.
Jambalaya OF chickcn.-Fry a young
chicken, cut in pieces, in hot fat with
a few slices OF ham. Put into the
fireless cooker. Fry q sliced onion,
two tomatoes, and when nearly done
add a cupful of rice, stirring con-
stantly. Pour these over the chicken
with enough boiling water to cover,
season with salt, pepper, bay leaf,
thyme, chopped parsley and a bit of
red pepper. Cook ten minutes, then
transfer to the cooker. This may need
some cooking to reduce the gravy be-
fore sending to the table as the dish
should be served quite dry. Two or
three hours will be long enough to
cook young chicken.
Another chicken dish is prepared
like the jambalaya. adding a can OF
red peppers. emitting the rice.
Creole Gumbo.-Cut in pieces
young chicken. Wash and sprinkle
with salt and pepper and fry in hot
lard Pack the pieces in the cooker
kettle. Add sliced onion to the fat,
removing some if there is too much.
When the onion is tender. add spoon
full Of -four. brown this carefully, add
ing a little hot water to keep il from
burning Have ready some small
pieces OF ham, two dozen oysters, two
dozen boiled shrimps, and add these TO
the contents of the pan. Then pour
over the whole three pints Of boiling
water. Cook together for a few min
utes. then pour over the chicken.
There should be enough liquor TO COW
er the chicken. Boil FIVE minutes.
season to taste and place in the cook
er. Before serving, heat TO reduce
the gravy. Pour into a tureen, sprin-
kle with chopped parsley and send TO
the table with chopped parsley and
rice cooked dry.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-28

1t is time for the sweet girl gradu-
ates to begin thinking about their
commencement gowns. There has been
sensible change toward simplicity of
dress at the ending of the school
course. The girls at Rochester, n. H.,
have set an example that might well
be copied, in voting to wear at gradu-
alton MILDLY blouses and skirts costing
not more than So if untrimmed, and
not more than $40 if trimmed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-28
TO SUBSC RIeERS.

1t is the aim of the management to
secure efficient service in the deliver s
* the paper each night, and IL solicits
the 20 operation of subscribers to that
end. Prompt rerortS should be given OF
each failure to receive the paper on the
morning following the omission. In per
son, by telephone or postal card, thus
enabling the cause of the error to be
promptly and accurately discovered and
the proper remedy immediately applied
II is only by this method that the pub
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-28
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run of paper
30 cents inch for first insertion; %
cents an inch for each subsequent inSer
ton Limited space on first page at
double rates.
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements Five cents
"A line first insertion with SO per cent
discount for each subsequent insertion
without change OF copy.
Reading Notices-Ten cents per line
first insertion with so per cent discount
for each subsequent insertion without
change Of copy.
Position 10 per cent extra
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-28

and too much pepper,
but with notifications
these recipes may be
come most appetizing
and popular. The ever
present garlic, a mere
suggestion, makes the
dish more zestful and
tasty, but it must be
used with misery care
Food need not be fried
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-28

With all its reputation, and generally
q deserved one, Massachusetts does
some freak stunts. Here is its house
passing an anti-vaccination bill in this
year 1916!
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-28
The colonel's Discovery.
New York World.)

If his travels had led him i'll that
direction, the Colonel might have dis
covered his whiskered devil-bird in a
glass case in the Brooklyn Museum.
Or if he had turned to the Encyclo-
paedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition,
Vol XII, P. 643, he would have found
a column signed Alfred Newton, Eel
low of the Royal Society, on what
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-28
''ZENg 8EEEPI
Y1aEH9zABENET

The cares Of the day old moralists say
Are quite easy to perpleN ONE
Then drive today's sorrow away till
tomorrow
And then put it off till the next one.
Charles Dickens.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-28

In view of the fact that Washington
officials estimate that it will cost $780,
100000 to capture one bandit named
Villa the Holyoke Transcript is moved
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-28

The Rutland woman who died at the
age of 70 from indigestion after iv
ing IS years without eating solid food
deserved a better fate
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-28

to remark that it is lucky that he
hash I twin brother.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-28
MESSAGE FOR TAR. FITS.

What advantage has the eity over the
country, now that the farmer has his
automobile, running water, elect ic
lights, graphephone and pajamas?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-28

If you cant stop baby s whoopine
cough, put him into barrel or some
other quiet place.