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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-19

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-19
Moran & Rohde

relieve you of all irksomc responsibility
in the sad hours of your bereavement.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-19

Embalmcrs and Funeral Directors
Phone 354-W. 81 Main ST., Brattleboro
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29
Contraband Trick Detected

Rubber Is by no means the only SUBJ
stance which the opponents of con-
traband tricks endeavor to get through.
Germany wants copper badly, and
there are always people trying to sup
ply her with it. Some of them hit up
on an ingenious plan which seemed to
promise certain success. Instead of be-
ing hidden in the ship, the copper was
clamped to her bottom. Apparently the
consigners thought that, however close
ly the British navy might search the
interior of a vessel, no enc would have
sense enough TO think of examining the
outside OF her below the waterline.
But they had. One sailing vessel when
intercepted and oyerhauled WAS found
10 have a great Quantity or copper
fixed along her keel. Into harbor she
went and the copper was seized.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29
SnaiIs Are Easy to Raise
And Make Nutritious Food,
States a British Authority

"All snails are edible and nutritious"
said Canon Hershey In book on Brit
lsh land and fresh water molluscs, just
published. He goes on to say that
even the common garden snail. though
insipid, is as nourlshing as calfs foot
Jelly.
There is large white-shelled snail
called Helix pomatia that is commonly
eaten by connoisseurs in the south of
England, while all over France, Italy
and Spain several species are used
as food. In France there are many
small snail farms which yield q good
profit to their owners. In the French
and Italian quarters of New York
snails may be bought, either alive or
cooked, and at most of the French
restaurants they are served "escargots
farcis'' being the most usual form of
the dish.
Snails are easy to raise In large
quantities. They need lime for MAX
ing their shells, but they do not have
to be fed, as they can find their own
food, which Is the leaves of many
plants. They eat nothing else.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29
Why Soldiers Play Chess.

There Is an increasing demand for
chess and draughtsmen In every hos
pital and nursing home for the wound
ed men from the front. Men who
are confined to q bed and who are,
perhaps, nervous wrecks from the din
of battle, find solace In a game Of
chess. The reason is the men are so
fond of chess and draughts is mainly
because they enjoy the element of
competition. Yet all the. while the
game Is quickly making their shat
tered nerves settle down again. A
mans spirit cannot be altered or
dampened by hardships. but his nerves
In most cases are broken up entirely,
and for those who are not strong
enough to play billiards, tennis or
other strenuous games, chess and
draughts prove as effective. Chess
originated In China, and Is the Oldest
methodical game In existence. The
first mandarin wanted new and
complicated game and invented chess,
the first game being played upon the
stone squares of his palace.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29
Wise and Otherwise.

An examining optician is an eyewit-
ness.
Only good nelghbor can appreciate
good neighbors.
A conceited man is unable to see his
personal defects.
And many q mans belief in his SUI
perior wisdom makes u fool of him.
The average man seldom cares
whether the truth does hurt-the other
fellow.
Open the door to little vice and q
big one will crawl In at the window.
No. Cordelia, bee is not necessarily
as angry when it stings as the victim
is. a
Be sure the gun is loaded before at
tempting to teach the young idea how
to shoot.
1t is far better to lead a procession
than to follow it--unless the leader
rides in Il black wagon with glass VIM
dows.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29
Human Life Most Interesting Of All Subjects OF
Study.
BY EDWARD HOWARD GRIGGs

The most interesting of all subjects Of study human life and the
most instructive of all problems those concerning the development
personality bringing active realization the powers of individual
character The dealing with personal life should be most
absorbing subject The literature of autobiography has all the charm Of
novel, with the added interest that the story true The students
temptation read simply enjoy the fascinating material one
usually good fiction There is of considerable value
such reading but the fruit of the work be multiplied times
by active study In each text the student should discover the central
classify the subordinate relation thereto He should
proceed the type of personality presented
and conditions of its Development Next the whole
the life subjective and objective should be estimated
these should be asked GLOW far would
self be willing live such worth of the characters
VIII contribution to the world?"
should be used constantly the key with which to
characters and types experienced In turn each
personality studied challenge the students
active reflection deepening his insight into his life and problems
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29
Better to Love.

Better to love while living,
And better than all that's said
To go with heart forgiving
The living before the dead.
For with the dead 1t is peaceful,
And hearts can ache no more;
But with the living, they need you,
And their hunger Is never DER.
Better to love while singing,
And better than all that's sung
The love in a sweet word winging
To wed with heart that's young.
For words are an empty message,
Aud life is a sunless CLEAN
Without the passion that puppies
The silyery valleys of dream.
Better TO love while toiling,
And better all toll for this
The touch of tender spirit,
The bloom of an answering kiss;
For the toll may tear us asunder,
And the care may batter and scar
But love with a living wonder
Can battle the bitterest atear.
Baltimore Sun.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29
Fashions DEGREES.

The ribbed weayes are as much liked
as ever.
camlsoles with ribbon shoulders are
preferred.
Green is said to be one of the com
Ing colors.
Scarfs and stoles are of velvet as
wen as of fur.
Clinging effects are still seen in eve
ming gowns.
Gored capes are among the latest
Partisan whims.
The marquise Is fnyorite shape for
the new hats.
Satin spots are seen on large black
velvet hats.
Machine plaitngs continue to be ex-
tensively worn.
White silk shoes are hand-em-
broidered I'm silks.
sheerness continues to be the domI-
nant feature.
Pile fabrics are most in favor for the
coming season.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29
GOODS ON APPROVAL
By DR.. SAMUEL G. DIXON
Commissioner of Health of
Pennsylvania.

It is the custom with many firms to
send certain classes of goods to their
customers homes on approval. If they
are not satisfactory the prospective
purchaser has the privilege of ex-
changing them. Obviously it is impos-
sible FOR the salesman to know what
conditions are In the house where such
goods go, who handles them and how
they are tried or examined. The pos
sibillty of spreading communicable
disease Is very real.
When new things go into a home,
curiosity and interest is naturally
aroused In all the members Of the fam
lily. Children and adults join in the
examination.
OF course where there are cases of
communicable disease which have
been reported and quarantined no
goods are delivered on approval. There
are often cases of disease. however, in
the early stages unrecognized or SO
mild in form as to make it seem I'M
necessary to call q physician. Into
these homes merchandise Is delivered
without question.
Modern craftsmanship is far removed
from the sharp barter of earlier days
and fair dealing and honest represen-
tation are recognized as necessary
foundations for success. Sending
goods on approval however, is carry
ing things so far that it may result in
harm to the purchaser.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29
Casserole Of Rice With Meat.

Boil cupful of rice until tender.
chop half pound Of any cold meat.
season highly with salt and pepper.
celery salt and tablespoonful of
chopped onion, a teaspoonful OF
chopped parsley, pinch Of marjoram
and thyme. Add one beaten egg. two
tablespoonfuls Of fine cracker crumbs
and moIsten With hot water or stock.
Butter small mold, line the bottom
and sides with the rice half inch
deep. pack In the meat. then cover
closely with rice and steam As minutes.
Serve on platter with tomato sauce
poured around II.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29
Doubtful Case.

The judges five-year-old son, John,
had been naughty when his parents
were having company and had been
reproved. That night when his mother
went up to hear John say his prayers
she suggested that he ask God to teach
his parents how to bring him up prop
erly.
John was quite penitent and prayed
humbly: "Please, God, teach mother
how to make me good boy" He
paused for moment, then added
thoughtfully: "And father, too, if you
can do anything with him."
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29
o-BAN DARKENS GRAY HAIR

Gray. strenked. prematurely gray or
faded hair quickly restored to original
dark shade by shampooing hair and
scalp a few times with Q.Ban Hair
Color Restorer. No dye-perfecfly
harmless. Q-Ban acts on roots--reviyes
color glands-makes hair healthy. grad
ually changing all your gray hair 10 an
even natural dark shade. making entire
head OF hair clean. fluffy. abundant
without n trace OF gray showing. 30
cents a big bottle by parcel post
fAlso sold by most druggists.l Address
QsBan. Memphis. Tenn. Adv.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29
Here's One for the Amateur
Magician to Try on Friends

The performer spreads newspaper
on table, 50 that there may be no
suspicion of q trap or opening Of ally
sort. and on 1t sets a glass OF wine.
over this, for a moment, he throws n
borrowed handkerchief. Then, pick
Ing up the covered glass; he exclaims
In the language Of Horace: 'Nnnc est
hibendum." and. snatching awny the
handkerchief, shows a glass Of water
which he drinks.
Inside the glass, and dividing It like
4 partition, Il a piece Of transparent
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29

cellulold stained of wine color; to
this is attached a piece of fine silk
thread, which hangs over the side of
the glass. On the free end of the
thread is fastened small black but
ton, which enables the performer to
get hold of the thread easily and pull
out the celluloid partition when re-
moving the handkerchief.
The drinking of the water is to do
away with the idea, that some of the
audience may have, Of any chemical
preparatlon.-"Ma Tricks" by
Henry Hatton and Adrian Plate in
Century Magazine.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29
compo.. of Rice with Peaches.

Wash two-thirds OF cupful of rice,
add one cEpfnl of boiling water. and
steam until the rice has absorbed the
water. then add one and one-third cup
fuls OF hot milk. one teaspoonful OF
salt and fourth OF cupful Of sugar.
Cook until the rice is soft. Turn into
q buttered mold and, when shaped, re-
move and arrange sections OF canned
peaches dipped In chopped nuts or
macaroon crumbs. Serve with the
Juice from the peaches. Pears may be
used In place Of peaches.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29
Rice as a Valuable Food.

In the Orient rice Is appreciated at
Its proper worth. Rice has higher
food value than potatoes. IS compare
lively cheap and, with the ease In
which II may be prepared, 1t makes a
food not to be desplsed.
Cook cupful of rice until tender,
In two cupfuls OF brown stock. highly
seasoned with salt, cayenne. chopped
parsley and onion juice. Stir in Il
tablespoonful OF butter Just before
serving.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29
Collars Grow Wider.

Collars and cuffs grow bigger
and bigger; II looks as though,
before many moons have passed,
the extreme style Of 1890, when
cape collars. falling almost to the
waistllne at front and back were
worn, will have been reached. A
smart neckwear set for wear
over simple silk frock or
blouse, is of sheer batiste, with
edge Fittings of plated net. The
collar opens in a V and falls well
over the shoulder. and instead of
crossing in)surplice fashion. the
long ends are gathered ND to
form a sort OF jabot. The cuffs
reach the elbow and are buttoned
all the way up, with round
crochet buttons.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29
The Centicorpus.

Mrs. L and Mrs. D are adj
joining neighbors in suburb near New
York. Each had just finished hanging
out her weeks wash.
81 declare" remarked Mrs. L, as
she hung up the last sock, ito look at
all those stockings one would think
that l washed for centipede."
Me, too" returned Mrs. D..
"Just look at those shirts. "-Christian
Herald.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29
Mothers Cook Book.

BEFORE the evening lamps are lit
While day and night eommingle
The sire and matron como and SIT
Beside the cory ingle,
And softly speak OF the delight
Within their bosoms swelling
Because beneath their roof tonight
Their dear ones all are dwelling.
w. ID. Kelly.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29

ITO hold ''its place in the sun, tine avowed purpose
L of great nations conflict To hold cts place In
the sum- the object of every business in the great
fight for industrial and commercial supremacy.
To be able to hold cts place in the sum- the supreme
test of asphalt roof 1t is the sun, rain snow,
that plays havoc with roof If it can resist the drying
out process of the beating down upon it, day after
day. the rain or snow will not affect it except wash
it clean and keep it sanitary.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29
Boiled Rice PUDDING.

Wash two cupfuls of rice. add a
cupful of stoned rnlslns, cut in halves,
with teaspoonful OF salt Tie In n
pudding cloth. leaving plenty Of room
for the rice to swell. Drop Into boil
Ing water and boil until tender. Serve
with fruit sauce.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29
After a Moonlight Night.

Bacon-Have you seen the beach
this morning?
Egbert-No something worth see
ing?
ut certainly is
Covered with sea shellsT
mo; covered with hairpins."
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29
LookInn on ,he nrlaht SIDE.

"what became OF that plan you had
10 get rich raising ehiekensT
1T wasn't altogether "A success"
WAS Il any kind OF success7"
"It didn't do me much good. But II
made a few surviving chickens very
happy and comfortable
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29
Innortant to Mothers
Gentle Influence.

"Do you think going into politics in1-
proves a mans disposition"
"As a rule" replied Miss Cayenne
"He is obliged to look pleasant at least
often enough to have his picture taken
for campaign purposes"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29
COVETED aY ALL

but possessed by few-a beautiful
head of hair. II yours Ia streaked with
gray, or IL harsh and stiff, you can re-
store 1t to fits former beauty and lus-
ter by using La Creole Hair Dress-
ing. Price $1.00.-Adv.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29
The Ideal.

"What is your husbands name, mad.
tam?" asked the directory canyasser.
"John Smith" e5sa
"Plan John Smith, eh?n
mo, inded John is the handsome
est man in Bingtown."
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29
Rice With Cheese.

Put layer OF cooked rice, layer
of grated cheese and tomato sauce or
hard cooked eggs sliced In thin white
sauce. then another layer of rice. cover
with crumbs and brown In hot oven.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build In The System

Take the Old Standard GROVE S
TAsTELESS chin TONIC. You know
what YOU are taxing. as the formula Is
printed on every label. showing IL Is
ouinine ans Iron in tas,eless form. Tho
ouinins drives out malaria. the Iroo
Builds up the systsHL 50 Cents
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29

a man may change his opinions"
yes" replied Miss Cayenne. But
man who changes them too often
needn't have troubled himself TO have
any Ia the first place"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29
Unreasonable Assumption.

"Nero fiddled while Rome burned"
81 don't believe it. No violinist
would permit a pyrotechnic display on
the same program with himself"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29

MY boy Is always taking things
apart TO see how they are made, but
be is never able to put them together
again. / don't know what to make of
him.
THAT'S easy. He has just the right
temperament for critic"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29

''How does the pretty medical coed
diagnose the men Ia her classT
"she says they're all dead easy"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29

Akron. O.. watched skunk stroll
down Main street ut noon the other
day.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29

THIS IS THE AGE OF YOUTH.
You will look ten years younger if you
darken your ugly. grizzly, gray hairs by
using La Creole Hair Dressing. ADV.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29
Both of a Kind.

Drowning men clutch at straws."
$50 do thirsty ones. Baltimore
American
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29

There are 42s.css persons in Yoko-
hama.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29

Hongkong is to have school Of LAM
guages.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-29

Popular movie actress who has been
on the stage since she was twelve
years old and is now one of the high
est paid stars of the silent drama.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-15
QUALITY IS MOST ESSENTIAL
Greatest Profit Can Be Expected Only
From Live Stock of the Very
Highest Grade.
CBv r A TROwRRIDGF

(By y. A. TROWBRIDGE)
Quality becomes more essential to
profit in live stock farming each sea-
son. When labor, land, and feed were
cheap it was possible to realize a prof
1t on live stock of an inferior grade,
but with the present high cost of these
production factors and a constant dis
elimination on the market against the
scrub" 1t has become evident that
the greatest profit can be expected only
from live stock of good quality. 1t
may be possible for the feeder or deal
er to make a profit on inferior live
stock IL he is able TO buy 1t sufficiently
cheap and sell quickly, but usually
someone has not realized the greatest
possible profit when scrub" goes to
market. If 1t Is not the feeder, it Is
the man who produced the animal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-15
ATTENTION TO LATE CHICKS
Wet Mash, With Grain Feeding, Morn
ing and Nights, Will Give Most
Excellent Results.

Late chicks should be given special
attention at this time and forced for
rapid growth. Wet mash, such as
equal parts of cornmeal, bran and mid
dlings. mixed to a crumbly consistency
with milk and fed twice per day, with
a grain feed morning and night, will
give good results.
Chicks that haven't learned TO roost
as yet will soon be snifiiing and sneez-
ing If allowed TO sleep on damp
ground. Provide perches close to the
ground and place near roosting quar-
ters cad with little teaching at first
they will soon learn the trick.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-15
Saw That He Was Quite Dead.

tensions. II wouldn't marry you in a
million years" she said. The man l
marry must go In college"
Arthur planned 10 work his way
through college, but his mother lived
through II long period of invalidism,
and that put an end To his ambitious
plans. What happened was that Ben
nett senior took the boy into his bank.
where. ut twenty-five. he was earning
ten dollars Il week. Soon afterward
Bennett senior died. leaving the banks
To Jim. and Jim came home from col
lege with the expressed intention of
making things hum.
Mllicent and Arthur were on speak
ing acquaintance. but the young fellow
had never got much further with her.
When Jim came home there was not
much doubt whom she preferred. She
did not take much pains TO hide Ii
from Arthur. either.
Arthur went 10 work for Jim. who
CONSIDERABLY raised his salary to
twelve dollars. He told him. with n
grin. that he would be able to get mar
ried on IL, If he lived frugally.
By this time Jim Bennett and Mill
cent Patterson were rs good Us en-
gagged. in the opinion of the townSpeo-
pie. Jim Beunett operated car-two
ears, for the matter of that. and the
two were 10 be seen together every
where. People went so far rs 10 say
that IL they were not engaged they
ought Ia be-.
They were engaged. but what deter
mined Millicent To have II announced
was the behavior Of Arthur Royce He
was calling on her by this time. aud
one evening he seemed somehow diff
ferent from what he usually was. Mil
llcent said to herself. with laugh.
that he was falling IN love with her.
But she was not prepared for his sud
den proposal. nor for the tragic way in
which he took her refusal
IL always told YOU I'll marry rich
man and n college man. and you are
neither Arthur" said Mllicent.
and | told you would marry you,
and will" answered the boy.
Maybe You WILL" replied the girl.
"but I'm going % marry Mi Bennett
first. anyway" She stretched out n
slim. white hand This Is my engage
ment ring" she said. isn't IL pretty?"
Arthur run from the house. 4 week
later the engagement was announced.
Somehow there lurked the rudiments
Of heart In AIlllicent. She was sorry
for Arthur and she said nothing about
his proposal To Jim.
But that was what was nj the back
II her request that the announcement
should be made. Nobody was greatly
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-12-15

nailed across battens on edge, say
three inches by one. The front board
Is only three inches wide, and between
this and the next is space of four
inches. after which the boarding TO the
back is solid. or course the "well"
thus made Is protected at the sides by
pieces Of the same thickness nailed
on TO the battens. The front board
has Vshaped piece cut out from the
underside TO half Its width. the point
OF the V TO the front. The allghtlng
board slides close under this floor on
lodges nailed TO the battens.