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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23
CROCODILES' TEARS.

THE Gn0mes wanted to have an Adj
venture" said Daddy, so Peter Gnome
suggested calling on the Crocodile
Family.
But they live SO far away COM
planned one little Gnome.
We'll, said Peter, if were going
to be too fusSy we won't have an Adj
venture. You know sleeping and stay
ing Home won't give it to us. We've
got to put up With all sorts of things
when We're searching for an Adventure
yes, every kind of thing imaginable,
Crocodjlcs, Snakes. and the Croco-
dies Cousins, the Lizards.
THE Lizards are nice said anOth-
er Gnome, but | don't know that I'm
so very fond of Crocodiles and Snakes
"'We're not going to see the Snakes
said Peter. I said we might have to
meet one or two on our way to see fhe
Crocodiles, but nothing ever happens
to the Gnomes, so don't he afraid.
"All the Gnomes began thinking Of
the plan and finally they decided that
it would be a marvellous Trip to visit
the Crocodiles.
"'We must find out said Peter. why
some Tears are called Crocodile Tears
Are some Tears different from
others?' asked the very smallest
Gnome of all.
"'Ies,' replied Peter, the Croco-
diles' Tears are not real, real, watery
Tears. They are only make-believe
Tears. But if you ask me any more
questions We'll never be off
peter Gnome gave low whistle and
down there came from the top of q
nearby Mountain a great big, billowy
Cloud. Every Gnome jumped right on
and nestled down just as if they were
going to sleep, for the Cloud was SO
soft and almost like bed.
Here we are, said Peter at last.
The Cloud carried them down to an
other Mountain Peak, and then the
Gnomes took their walking sticks and
went down the Mountainside to the
'Crocodiles' Home.
Hello, Crock said Peter.
"Thats not my name, said Grand
pa Crocodile, and he began to wipe
his Eyes with his enormous Handker-
chief of green sea weed.
Well, you needn't Cry about it,
said Peter. And that reminds me,
he continued Gas if for a moment he'd
ever forgotten that it was the one
thing he wanted to knowD why do
you Cry so much-those queer, dry
! TearsY
Its my sad life,' said Grandpa
Crocodile, and the Children are all the
same. As for Mother Crocodile over
gender she's hardly ever smiling. She
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23
"WelI, You Needn't Cry About It."

good Appetite to do with Tears?
asked Peter who was decidedly puz-
zled. Unless she has Indigestion,
though I've never heard of "a Croco-
die with Indigestion
SHE has the finest Digestion any
Crocodile could ever wish for. It's
perfect. But she has a good Appetite
and she Weeps.'
Tell US what you mean said
Peter, who was growing impatient.
YOU'RE very stupid said the
Crocodile, but I'll be gracious and
tell you. For years and years and
years we have all loved to eat deli
cious little Children maybe, or deli
cious little Animals. Now our Fam
lily have outgrown their taste for
Children. We've seen 50 many when
we've been in the Zoo that have bored
us with their silly ribbons and hars
and coats that we have just taken to
eating tender little Animals. But
every time we eat anything like that
we Cry for we feel it is SO very sad.
And when we're not eating we Cry
because we feel 1t is very sad to have
nothing good to eat. We Cry because
we're cruel-we are-it's true-but
maybe some day We'll stop Crying
then we'll stop eating little Animals.
You see, Grown-Ups, we hear, speak
of our Tears as meaning nothing. be-
cause they say if we really felt bad
ly when we were cruel we wouldn't
do the same thing over again-which
is very absurd
"'You are a wretch, said Peter
Gnome, and until YOU learn to be
honest and kind. you can never come
to visit US. Good-by, and when you
want to be our friends you must tell
US you've learned good manners On
til then you'll stay by yourselves ?"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23
RANN-DOM REELS
and sealing uaX OF cabbaSes- 3, kin3s
" A MIN G THE Bah
Howard liam

Naming the baby is delicate opera
ton which requires more tact and
fnesse than discussing the European
war with total stranger When
baby is born into the home it is care
fully weighed by the proud father,
who always throws in couple Of
pounds for good measure, after which
the entire family will begin to hunt
around for a name that will satisfy
| everybody until the baby gets big
| enough to realize what has been at
tached to it.
| Under our present mode of govern
ment the baby is not consulted about
| its name. but is obliged to accept any
combination of letters which will keep
an old maid aunt in good humor. Some
times the baby is named after an an
cestor who was an advocate of simpIi.
| fed spelling, and is thus given a short
| ierky cognomcn which follows it down
to old age. Then also it is quite popu
lar to hunt through the Bible for the
correct spelling of Jereboam, and at
ter this is determined the child is
rivetcd to it and compelled to &c
through life explaining to curious
friends that he was not old enough t
prevent it.
One of the greatest pleasures in life
Is to be presented with a set of twin.
Protected nv Tho 10
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23

With the above words, Lillian
Russell, an unquestioned authority
on feminine attractiveness, places no
uncertain value on nice hair as
beauty asset. Unkempt, uncared for
hair not only cannot be attractive
bat is actually disgrace.
But why have ill-kept, untidy hair?
BY devoting a few moments regular
ly to brushing and intelligent appll-
cation Of NEWBR0'S HERPICIDE,
the hair may be made to yield won
derful returns in increased personal
charm.
Dandruff is the uIrect cause of
more hair trouble than anything else.
The hair becomes thin, harsh, I'M
even and falls out in quantities. 1t
looks dead and lifeless; there is no
luster. The scalp itches.
HERPICIDE will remove the dan
druff which is causing all the trouble,
clean the scalp, give the hair life,
snap and luxuriance. The hair stops
coming out, the itching ceases al
most at once and Withal there IS a
most gratifying sense of cleanliness.
To the woman who wishes to
make the most of natures gifts by
having fluffy. beautiful hair, NEW
BROS HERPICIDE is a toilet
necessity. 1t is exquisitely per-
fumed and is a delightful hair
dressing.
In soc and 100 Sizes. At drug
stores and toilet goods counters
everywhere. Guaranteed by The
rerpicide Co.
Applications at the better Barber
Shops and stsir-DreSsing Parsors.
Send 10 cents for sample bottle and
booklet 10 The Herpic;de Co., Dept. S.
Dpfroit MiCt
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23
New Hampshire Roads.

Manchester UnIon.)
The report from the state highways
department at Concord, that last year s
banner record for state road work in
New Hampshire will not be equalled
this year is not at all disheartening.
The idiosvncrasies of the labor mar
ket. in view of the limitations neces-
Isarilv placed on funds available for
work on state roads, have naturally
hampered progress in that work.
Nevertheless. progress has been made,
and if it falls somewhat short of last
wear $ achievement, il is still real pro-
gress Very properly. in the circum-
stances, special effort has been made TO
complete the old roads on the trunk
lines. Naturally enough, since all the
Invaluable trunk line money has been
needed in completing old lines, no con
struction on the new cross state lines
laid out by the department in 1915 will
I've done this year, outside the regular
state aid Yet, before the season
closes, much will have been accom-
iulished.
Take the East Side line, for in
stance. Two weeks more will see il
Icompleted. The connecting link in the
Thirteen Mile woods, which travellers
lthis summer have found in sad contrast
Ito the excellent roads on either side
Of it. is now about finished. This link
connects the fine thoroughfare from
Eerlin, Milan and Drummer with the
unsurpassed Androscoggin river road
which proceeds to Enrol and thence
Through Dixville Notch to Colebrook
Its completion will be hailed as boon
Thy almost innumerable automobile
tourists and others. And it is tvpica
Of what has been done in other part
Iof the state. The season s work, albei
less IN volume than that of last year
las been marked by perceptible pro
aress All along the line; and it ha
been done in the fact of heavy odds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23

and then try to locate a pair of long
meter names for them. Nearly all twins
are given names that sound as much
alike as possible, thus ma king it an
easy matter to tell them apart after
they have been identified by the
parents.
If the baby is a boy, the mother al
ways insists upon naming it after the
father. which is a splendid arrange
ment, as in after life the father Is
able to handle about four-ffths Of the
son s mail and get a good, clear idea
of the modern love letter when it has
the proper carburetor adjustment In
the case of a girl it is always better
to pick ont a name that has been worn
for several years by some rich relative
who is looking for a good place tt
| leave a farm covered with ripening al
! falta and red pigs
| 1t is trying task to name a baby
when it is the seventeenth member ot
the family. Some people use the tele
phone directory, while others can b,
seen feverishly scanning the societ,
column in the effort to find some namt
which has not been tried on any of Tho
other children. Benjamin Franklin wa:
the seventeenth child, but he survived
his name and grew to be a great, gooC
man, which teaches us to forgive GU
parents for what We received
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23

Here is a case up in Addison county
court where the jury failed to agree in
a suit brought to recover for the death
of a COW, said to be valued at $25, and
the story of the case says the costs al
ready made are enough to buy four or
five 500 cows 1t is litigation of this
kind that cutters the court dockets all
over the state, and the litigants are the
losers whatever the outcome.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23
of hindsight which might much bet
ter have been foresight.

Senator Page, after the promises and
protestations of the past campaign,
clearly owes it to Vermont to make
himself felt and recognized in some
more active and constructive manner
than heretofore in the opinion of the
Rutland Herald. He owes it to Yer
mont to divorce himself from his pri-
vate business and devote his time in
Washington exclusively to the public
business. If the Republican party re-
turns to power let us see him at the
heads of the committees to which he
confidently claimed he was entitled, and
let us see some useful and creditable
Accomplishment from his hands.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23

1t is doubtless an indication of the
future relations of the Boston &
Maine system ana its subsidiary lines
that the new control of the Connect
cut River railroad seems to be in the
hands of men who are supposed to
favor making that road an integral
part of the Boston & Maine system.
1t was the refusal Of certain subsidi-
airy lines to have such a relation to
the main company which prevented
settlement without passing through a
rcceivership. Perhaps this is a case
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23

The goat is now recommended to help
out with the supply of milk for New
England ms we'll as to trim the brush and
keep dogs away from the focks of
sheep. Those three industrial and pasture
police duties are all possible to the
goats. but there is still another reason
for substituting them for cows to pro-
/ vide milk foI families. Children can
/ take the entire care of few goats
and supply the family three or four
pints of milk daily without serious ex-
|pcuse. That is recommended for people
/ living in the newer sections of cities, in
small villages and on farms which are
devoted to other purposes than keep
/ ing cows. The goat needs but a small
place for stabliug, eats garden refuse,
trims ont the roadsides and is always a
neat liver. Its milk is not popular in
I this country but that is said to be be
cause we are behind the Europeans in
some Of the economies which are even
tually forced upon people when they
fill a country up nearer its limits of
human habitation. But there is more
1 to the value of goats than that. They
could he kept to the number of many
thousands in New England to good ad
vantage, even if they only do police
duty with the sheep where dogs are
dangerous and to eat the brush out OF
old pastures.
Half dozen goats with a flock
of sheep means that there will be
no bother with ordinary dogs, fol-
the goats are not afraid of the CANNES
and consider it fun to chase them away
from the sheep. They also eat what
the sheep will not touch and therefore
keep the pastures in better shape. The
young goat is Just as good eating az
the young sheep, and is considered bet
ter in the countries of southern Europe
They mix up with the breeds which
provide mohair for special kinds o.
fiber which is now largely used in thi
country and most of which is imported
because Americans do not keep goat
in large numbers. The United State
also imports millions of goat skins an
nually, and that money could be KEEP
at home if the goats were raised TO
4 their hides and other values. There /
only one disease which bothers goats
a fever special to them, but they hav
never developed that in this country
! They are generally regarded as discas
discouragcrs when kept about a plac
L of human habitation.
That all reads well for New Englan
where the people are in need of NOR
means to make the best of the land ad
I vantagcs or disadvantages as some pre-
fer to put it. There is condition o
frugality about goat which should az
4 peal to hundreds of thousands of tn
II people living among the hills. Thei
milk Is always wholesome, never carrie
tuberculosis germs, and it is more fat
tening than the average of COW s mill
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Wild Animal WAYS. Ernest Thompso
A Good Suggestion.
{ Burlington Free Press

We have wondered what would hap
pen, if a presiding judge were to ad-
Journ county court without day when a
term comes with no eases ready for
trial day after day. 1t would save the
state an immense expense, and when
the next term came round the chances
are litigants would see that attorneys
were ION their job. Why not try the
plan in the various counties of Yer
mont and see how it will work.
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TO SUBSCRIBERS.

1t is the aim Of the management to
of the paper each night, and it solicits
the cooperation of subscribers to that
end. Prompt reports should he 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.
VI is only by this method that the pub
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23

According to the Barre Times, Roger
Hulburd s success in the primary "'may
be attributed largely to his personal
magnetism over that of his opponent,
Speaker John f. Weeks. - Our guess
would be that his narrow margin of vic
tory was due to the fact that his name
appeared ahead of that of his op-
ponent on the primary ballot.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23
An Interesting Case.
Barre Times.

More than one motorist will follow
with interest the progress of the case
brought in Brattleboro, in which the
driver of slow moving automobile is
charged with refusing to allow tour.
ing machine to pass after repeated re-
quests by sounding of the horn. The
charge of obstructing the free passage
Of vehicles on the highway is not
brought very often, but good many
people are ready to state that ii ought
to be brought much oftener than it is
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23

If fresh eggs actually go to IS cents a
dozen this fall, as is predicted by the
secretary of the Massachusetts board of
agriculture, there are a whole lot of us
who will have to make radical changes
in our breakfast menu.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23

Betty Golddust - Did you have a
satisfactory interview with papa?
Jack Brokeleigh-t Not very; he said
all he could give us was his consent.
Saturday journal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23

Practical Sailing and Motor Boating
E. w. Kendrick.
This book is adapted to the wants OF
the novice and also to the experienced
sailor. 1t is the result of experience
accumulated from two thousand miles
of water, sailed in craft of all descrip
tion, in every part of the world; II
has been analysed and boiled down an(
to it has been added eight years of life
sailing and cruising in smaller Graf
along the American coasts. The bool
is fully illustrated by diagrams ant
plans; glossary of nautical terms an'
full index increase it's usefulness.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23
The Crown of
Wornanhood

'Uncared for hair cannot be beau
tiful. There is no part of the human
makeup so revengeful as the hair.
It cries out: Look at me, care for
me, or | will disgrace you! Treat
me with consideration and | will be
a glory to you
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23

eve dined out last night Pa dis
g@aeed us, as usual. - . How was that? -
: He got to the end of the dinner with
three forks and two spoons still un-
used. Boston Transcript.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23

. m sure there has never been a
breath of scandal about her Why,
hash t she any friends?' Pearson S
Weekly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23

Cries ana cries ana Cries. She has
such a good Appetite
"'NOw what under the Sun and the
Moon and the King of the Clouds. has
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23
No Place for Corn.

On what toe does a corn never
come? The mistletoe.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23

A gasoline engine driven machine
has been invented to bale hay zeEsst raw
in cylindrical bales.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23
At the Library
New Books for Boys and Girls.

The Boy Book of Battles, E. Wood.
Very interesting accounts of thirty
of the most famous battles, beginning
with Marathon and closing with the
greatest naval battle of modern times
that between the Russian and Japan
ese feets-Tsushima
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23
With Air Girges in Egypt, w, S. Perry

With Air Girges in Egypt, w. S. Perry.
1.-The author of this book seeks to
interest American boys and girls in the
country of Egypt; in the village and
home life of the Egyptian children of
the present day; and in the remarkable
civilization of Egypt of olden times,
when the pyramids and the greatest
temples of the world were built, and
when many kinds of beautiful things
were made by the people who dwelt
upon the banks of the River Nile The
many places of interest in that wonder
full country are visited with Air Cir
ges, the donkey boy. (From the Pre-
/ face.)
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23
When I Was a Poy i'm

When l Was Boy in Russia, Vladimir
de Bogony Mokrievitch.
The story of the author $ life as a
boy while living on a Russian noble
man s estate. He writes of their sum
mer and winter sports, religious cere-
monies of the Greek church and stu
dent life. He tells much of the Revolu-
Zionist movement, and of the peasant S
struggle for freedom, and a little of
his own life in the Siberian prisons
from which he escaped.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23

Spain in 1915 imported 100000 tons
of coal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23
When Mother Lets Us Carpenter, job

When Mother Lets Us Carpenter, john
d. Adams.
The first of the book gives the neees-
sary information about materials, tools,
staining and finishing. Then follow
the directions for making many simple
articles such as a swing, board-seat, pen
holders, carts, etc. Quite young children
can follow the directions without super
vision.
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RHYMES from the Rhineland A. H
| Goodwin

Rhymes from the Rhineland, A. RI.
Goodwin.
A work of love by the compiler
who has translated little stories, para
bles and rhymes from the old classic
German writer's. She has aimed to fol
low the originals as closely as possible
in meter and meaning. The groupings
are as follows: In an enchanted land
Out of doors; Riddles and parallels;
Homeland; Dreamland. There are many
| quaint German illustrations.
When Mother Lets Us Act. S. G. S
Perry.
| This is not a book for work, it i
book for play There ism t thing
to learn by heart in it. Tells the chill
dren how to present tableaux and pan
tomimes, and how to act Mosques an,
little plays.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-23
THE USEFUL GOAT.

SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER -, 1916.
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Protected by The Adams Newspaper Servicel
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When Mother Lets Us Make Candy, ]
d. Bache.

When Mother Lets Us Make Candy, E.
y. Bache.
Explicit directions for making all
kinds of Judges, taffies. brittles, cara
mels, fondants, etc With each recipe
is given the utensils most convenient
for use. The rhymes and pictures make
the book especially attractive to chill
dren.
When Mother Lets Us Model, Helen NJ.
Adams
This book is running over with direc-
tions for making the most interesting
| things of clay - beads, dishes, vases,
jars, candlesticks, etc.
Wild Animal Ways, Ernest Thompson
Seton.
| Fascinating stories about animals
some were intimate friends of Mr..
| Thompson, others he imagined. The
heroes of these stories are Coalv- Bay
the outlaw horse, Foam the razor
backed hog, Way-Atcha the coon-rac-
coon, Billy the dog, Atalpha the winged
brownie, the wild geese of WyndygouI
and jimmy the bad monkey.