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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-10-20

MOSCOW PARTIZANS
Editor of Weiser Signal Gives Views
on State Issues IN Talk at Eggan's
Wall Last Night

L. /. Purcell. editor and publisher
of the Weiser Signal. spoke at Egg
gan's hall last night on state issues O
the campaign, giving a republican
view. Members of both leading po-
litical parties were present, and ap-
plauded the speakers remarks fire.
quently.
Mr.. Purcell lived up to his reputa-
tion for speaking feariessly, and to the
point, and his remarks found a ready
with his listeners because of
his sincerity.
Every party makes Mistakes Mr..
Purcell said today. discussing the at
titnde assumed by some speakers.
"The republican party has made
plumbers. The democrats have made
plumbers. But it is poor policy to
point to those biundsrs DIS indicative
of the party's purpose. An attack
should be personal only When II man
is pursuing a policy that he knows is
wrong, and yet is toying to make the
people believe is right. His character
is at issue in that case. And the
people are coming 10 war. honest pub
lie officials"
Mr.. Purcell expressed his belief, re-
lying on the expressions he has heard
in his speaking tour. that Governor
Alexander will be defeated.
Il find a very strong sentiment for
ID, w. Davis" Mr.. Purcell said. Il
have noticed hat the Wilson senti-
meHt is stronger in northern Idaho
than it was a few weeks ago."
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-10-20

"Redd-not to contradict and
COMPUTE, nor to believe and take for
granted, but to weigh and c0wnd-
ey."-Lord Bacon.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-01

prepared from canned pears which
have been shaped in balls with a
French vegetable cutter, add pineapple
juice for sauce and bits of preserved
ginger chopped fine, as well as a few
chopped almonds sprinkled over the
top. Serve in steamed sherbet glasses.
For the meat course turkey, goose,
duck or chicken may be chosen, or
squads are always delicious. With
the meat serve a slice of candied
sweet potato. a mashed potato GRO
quette, formed in the shape of an egg.
and pass a dish of mock crab.
Mock crab.-Melt four tablespoon
fuls of butter Ca quarter of cupfuD
add a half-cupful of -four, half-tea-
spoonful of salt, three-fourths of tea
spoonful of mustard and fourth of
teaspoonful of paprika; stir until
well blended. Then pour on gradually,
while stirring constantly, one and a
half cupfuls of milk Bring to the boil
ing point and add one can of corn one
egg, slightly beaten; three teaspoon
fuls of Worcestershire sauce. Turn
into buttered baking dish. cover with
croutons and bake until the bread is
brown.
For the salad course tender head let
tuce with a good French dressing sea
soned with a small amount of ROGUE
fort cheese, is a most tasty salad.
! For dessert plain vanilla ice cream
garnished with orange strip and can
/ died orange peel to carry out the color
! scheme OF yellow and white, or rice
balls may be served with an orange
| sauce. simple and delicious dessert
! easy to prepare. Candies of yellow
and white may be upon the table
and are passed with the after-dinnel
coffee.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-01

Each fall, when a few young men
are killed and manned playing football,
protest of horror is heard on every
side, but common practice which
takes a toll of thousands of lives an
nuallv passes almost unnoticed. OF the
S,621 persons killed on steam railroads
III this country last year 5,O84 were
trespassers, who, had they stayed where
they belonged, would have been out
Of harm S way. Only a small number
Of the victims were Migrants. The
great majority of those who entered
the roads premises without authority
were foolhardy citizens who risked
their lives for convenience to save a
few steps.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-01

DR.. \. P. Wood of Mortified, Mass,
who has been an efficient member of
the library committee many years, was
not given nomination for a new
term of three years by the Republican
caltcus. DR. Wood is a staunch Republi-
can who has served in the Legislature
he was given the icy hand by his party
associates he does not purpose to drop
out of the contest, and he has there
fore taken out Democratic nomination
papers for election to the library board
ishness of drawing party lines in local
affairs, particularly in small com
munity like Mortified.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-01

The silent gunman story from AL
bany has every mark of the dime
novels distinction. Here is an uni
Identified man roaming about, shooting
persons apparently with no special pur-
pose, using a tiny bullet which if pro
PEELED by ordinary powder would not
penetrate a heavy coat at 20 feet, but
actually propelled by some curious
compound which makes no noise but
slight hiss and which has three times
the propulsive force of powder. And
to add spice to the story, this com
pound explosive is a secret of just one
plant, which is engaged in the manu-
facture of munitions. 1t viii be al
most a pity to catch the murderer and
have all the cold facts displayed, it i:
so unlikely they will come up to the
imagination. But one really important
point is this: Does this man posses!
the secret of this new explosive, o.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-01
Start Tomorrow
and Keep 1t Up
Every Morning
Get in the habit of drinking a
glass of hot water before
breakfast.

We re not here long, so let's make
our stay agreeable. Let US live well,
eat well, digest well, work well, sleep
well, and look well. What a glorious
condition TO attain, and yet, how very
easy it is if one viii only adopt the
morning inside bath.
Folks who are accustomed to feel
dull and heavy when they arise, split
ting headache, stuffy from cold, foul
tongue, nasty breath, acid stomach.
can. instead, feel as fresh as a daisy
bv opening the sluices of the system
each morning and flushing out the
whole Of the internal poisonous stag
nant matter.
Everyone, whether ailing, sick or
well, should each morning before
breakfast, drink a glass of real hot
water with a teaspoOnful of limestone
phosphate in it to wash from the
stomach. liver and bowels the previous
day s indigestible waste, sour bile
land poisonous toxins; thus cleansing,
sweetening and purifying the entire
alimentary canal before putting more
food into the stomach The action Of
4 hot water and limestone phosphate on
an empty stomach is wonderfully in
vigorating 1t cleans out all the sour
lamentations, gases, waste and
acidity and gives one a splendid
appetite for breakfast. While you are
enjoying Your breakfast the water
and phosphate is quietly extracting a
large volume Of water from the blood
and getting ready for thorough
flushing OF all the inside organs.
The millions of people who are
bothered with constipation, bilious
spells, stomach trouble; others who
have saIlow skins, blood disorders and
) sickly compilations are urged to get ?
quarter pound of limestone phosphate
from the drug store. This viii cost
very little, but is sufficient to make
anyone pronounced crank on the sub
iect of inside-bathing before breakfast
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-01
On With Reform!
(St. Adams Messenger.

Complaints are already cropping out
over the working of the minimum
wage law in Massachusetts, In the
case of persons materially below the
ability to earn the minimum wage.
they are discharged and lose their en-
ployments altogether. This is a great
misfortune and Is = serious drawback
to the law. Secondly, in the case of
persons who are not discharged but
are near the line, the wages of per
sons higher up have to be reduced in
order that the employer may be able
to pay his help as a whole Hence the
better workers get less than their Just
due in order that the poorer ones may
get more than they really carn.-Brat-
tleboro Reformcr.
What logical objections to the law
are these? Are we TO have any snch
thing as inequality in this land or
equality? Fie upon the suggestion. Is
not Democracy the great leveler2 If
n man has more brains than You; I
! lie is more skillful; if he has wasted
/ his time in fitting himself to be of
! greater worth to his employer; il he
neglects to weaken himself by dissi-
patton; is it right that YOU should be
penalized for these things? In the
Oit udNS II Is true tHdI SuCn matters
counted; that industry and study and
skill were rewarded But that was
before the great idea of social reform
and equality burst with its dazzling
hrilliancy upon a blinded world Now
we must all be alike, the inefficient
must be paid equally with the efficient
the industrious must not expect better
treatment than the laggard; that is
the new doctrine, which is full of com
fort to the inefficient and the lazy an6
some day will be universally admired
because it will work effectually to xii
off all individual effort, for why strive
for excellence, since lack of excellenc,
receives an equal reward and is ac
tually of more concern today than eX
cellence itself2 You are Il reaction
airy, you who would bring in sordit
rules of economies to overthrow TIN
J beautiful scheme. If economic law
interfere with the program, is not tn
remedy simple and close at hand? TIL
social reformers at your Legislature
will repeal such obnoxious statutes
It is truly surprising that in progress
i've Vermont that such q paragraph a
: that from the Messenger s contempol
. airy could appear. Such standpatter
and reactionaries must perish. o.
? with reform, health to the uplifters
Cor are they downpullers?)
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-01
Strong for the Present Law.
Londonderry SifterD

March meeting will soon be here
and we may as we'll be posted as to
two state issues to he settled then
and there, namely adoption or re-
lection of the direct primary system
Of making political party nomination
or of leaving it, as at present, wholly
in the hands of the bosses and polif-
zeal quacks and grafters. Then it viii
also be up to the voter to saw whether
we shall retain the present local OBJ
ton liquor law or abandon it for state
wide prohibition. In other words shall
we discard a law that is reasonably
well enforced and fly to one whose eff
cheney is wholly in the air or worse
still in the hands of the legislature
Can we trust it2 1t might set us back
to the state of affairs when states at
t0rneyS could compromise with viola
tors by exacting a promise that they
would cease selling and accepting .
| plea of guilty to two or three offenses
| with its five or ten or fifteen dollars
| fine. Often the seller would keep right
OH with the traffic and make enough
to pay his fine during court procedure
! Under the present law the penalty is
drastic, entailing fine of three hun
dred dollars for each offense This pre-
GUIDES a plea OF two or three sales
Six or nine hundred dollars are not
picked off the bushes every day By
the common violator to say nothing OF
the bootlegger. Should We vote pro
hibition will we have any assurance o.
any such efficiency to tide the law
over? Not a bit of it, indeed there /.
no probability of it. The reverse il
the more likely to happen. Every lit
tie half baked pettyfogger, and ou1
state is full of them, viii be opposed
for they each will want finger in tn,
pie and these are the kind we usually
trust to make our laws We ar,
ashamed to admit this but it is an ev
erlasting fact.
In view of these facts The Site
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-01
The Hetch Hetchy Fraud.

The Hetch Hetchv valley, as beau
tiful as the Yosemite, 30 miles away,
was given over to use as a reservoir;
a great national wonder place that was
IA priceless, and should have been a
precious, possession of the American
people forever. was ruined, so that San
Francisco might have a water supply.
Save us, or we perish of thirst. cried
the clever tongues that robbed the
United States Of that paradise Vain
~ the friends of park preservation
proved that San Francisco had other
and adequate sources of water supply
Vain was the campaign against the
spollaticn Congress passed, President
Wilson signed, the bill
The Times and many public-spirited
associations of men and women were
not listened to. The lie about san
Francisco 5 necessity was believed II
| IS now impudently admitted Speak
ing of certain plans of the mayor of
San Francisco, The Chronicle of that
city says:
| 1t IS not proposed to bring the
| Hetch Hetchy water to the city
at all. Some future generation
may do SO, but those now alive
nave no means of knowing what
/ iutuIe generations may do. At any
rate, the Hetch Hetchy as source
OF water supply is to be dismissed
from consideration.
In short, the mayor proposes to build
a power plant in the Sierras for a mu-
nIclpal railway with $4,000, 900 Of
Hetch Hetchy bonds voted and issued
to provide for perishing San Fran
cisco s water supply.
Thus in its nakedness is the fraud
upon the United States exposed to
every eve. 1t is no consolation ia
those of MS who tried to save the
Hetch lietchy valley that our predic-
tons come true-New York Times.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-01
WEST BRATTLEBORO

Miss Susan Clark is recovering from
an illness with grip
John S. Wood, who is i'll with grip,
is threatened with pneumonia.
Mrs. George Prouty of Bonnyvale
road is recovering from an attack of
grip.
Fred johnson, stage driver between
Brattleboro and Wilmington, is a vic
tim Of grip.
Mrs. L. D. Berdge has returned
from Rutland, where she was called
by the death of her uncle, a. II. Ev-
erson.
The Home Economics club viii hold
a regular meeting this week FRIDAY
afternoon in the home of Mrs. Z. \
Knight.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Peck of Green
field We're guests over sunday in th'
home Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Henry c. Squires.
Mrs. Hannah Bullock, who has beer
in the Mcrose hospital several week
/ on account of fractured hip, IS abl'
10 sit ILL a little each day.
Miss Patience Wilder has returned
to Springfield, Mass, after haVln;
spent week here with her parents
Mr. and Mrs. u. W. Wilder.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-01

March meetings this year VIII I'M
doubtedly bring out one of the largest
votes ever recorded in Vermont The
two important measures, the state pri-
mary law and Perry bill for statewide
prohibition, are to be settled. In ad-
dition there will be the usual vote on
the question of whether liquor licenses
will be issued this year. We know of
many men who viii vote no on the
question of license, and who are against
the Perry bill, which means a no vot
on that measure also. The question OF
uniform town accounting Will also come
mp for consideration.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-01

And now wild geese are blamed by
a veterinary of Holland for spreading
the foot and mouth disease, which has
cost the government of Netherlands
nearly $3,20O,O00 in indemnities during
the past year, as it is claimed the dis
ease very often breaks out at the
places where the geese halt in their
flight. Over $4,000 cattle were slaugh-
tered last year. but the government
has been asked for an appropriation
of 100000 to be placed at the disposal
Of the minister of agriculture for the
purpose of trying other means than
slaughter for dealing with the disease.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-01
THE N u LIE
Howard | Ram

The mule is a meek and lowly beast
of burden with long, vibrating ears
and smoulderipg temper. \ great
many people have approached the mule
in a spirit of friendship and good will,
and after leaning earelessly on his
right hip have been introduced to his
temper with so much success that
they had to be carried home III a bed
blanket
The mule is constructed in a very
compact and substantial manner out
of durable material, and is harder to
kill than a piece of scandal with 4
tenfoot start Science tells us that no
body knows the real age or longevity
of the mule, as most of them die hur
riedly as soon as the plaster of paris
east is able to be removed from the
owner. There is something pathetic
about an aged, careworn mule, with
/ thin, gray whiskers which has been in
vited to his last resting place by an
irritated owner who is carrying a
grudge and a drain pipe in his lef:
lung.
The mule is not as good looking as
the horse. but is far more useful t.
man. The horse has to be fed hay and
corn every once in a while, while the
mule lives on straw and the hope OF
revenge. The mule is not as bright
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-01

mentally as the horse, either, and is
given to deep fits of dependency.
during which he should not be dis
turbed. Nobody ever attempted to
arouse a mule from a fit of desponde1-
cy without hearing the low, in
gratiating report Of fractured rib
Immediately afterward.
The mule has four feet, two of
which are used to steer with. He also
has cold, calculating eye, with
which he measures the distance from
where he is standing to the jugular
vein of his victim. The mule is surer-
footed than any other animal. unless
lit is the prudent elder who con
tributes to the church with one hand
and collects saloon rental with the
other
The mule is one of the poorest
singers now vocalizing before the
public. Some people go so far as to
say that they would rather hear a
male alto or a solo on the mouth organ.
There is something about the singing
voice of the uneultivated mule which
| causes a feeling of sadness to creep
over the listener, but this soon gives
! way to desire to rctaliate with a
coarse, red brick. The mule would be
more highly respected if he did not
! SET a bad example for so many men.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-01

The red invader banner waves;
1t waves o Ter all the woes of war,
o er ravished fields and CORY graves
The turf is wet with woeful vine
But Vengeance, saith the Lord, lis
mine!''
Behold the grim 6ppressor s pillow
Rips up the blossom bordered sod;
The tyrant s mark is on his brow,
His feet with iron shoes are shod.
In vain for peace the people pray
But One mas said, - viii repay
The spoiler 5 torch has been abroad,
And far and wide have flown the
brands.
Destruction travels every road
With loosened hair and bloody hands,
The smoking ruins give no sign,
But Vengeance, saith the Lord, lis
mine,''
Infamed with fury and with lust,
The Hun rides out to MAIN and kill;
He brushes valor to the dust
And dares the world to thwart his
will.
And men are weak, or they delay,
But One has said, 4 Will repay,''
The STRIPPING slim-the palsied sire
Lie Notwithstanding on the sod !;
The steel has quenched their vital fire,
Their frozen lips appeal to God
The victor spares nor spire nor shrine,
But - Vengeance, saith the Lord, is
! mine,''
He speaks the gentle name of Christ,
lie battles III the name of God,
But children has he sacrificed
And on the altar-stone is blood,
\ Nominations stain the shrine
j But Vengeance, saith the Lord, lis
minei
The bullet shrieks its shrieks of death
! The sword is drenched from sun t
sun:
Famine to murder answereth
And the foul work is never done.
Starvation, chaos and decay
But One declares, Il will repay
In bleeding Belgium near and far
The red invader 5 banner flies;
Crushed in the awful mills of war
The welfare of nation lies
The wakeful vainly seek a sign
But Vengeance, saith the Lord, 81
mine.'
Arthur GoodenOugh,
in Springfield Sunda
West Brattleboro. Republican.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-01
SURVIVAL OF THE FIFrEsT, !,

A proprietary medicine ike every
thing else that comes before the
public has to prove its merit. 1t has
to meet competition. The law OF
the Survival of the Fittest' ap-
plies to this as to other things. The
fact that Lydia Z. Finkham' 5 Veg
etable Compound after forty years
of success is still one of the largest
sellers proves that it is a dependa-
BILE, standard remedy for the all
ments of womankind, and one in
which they may have perfect conf
dence.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-01

does he merely possess a few cart
ridges made from it, without knowing
how to manufacture it? Another point
is that if there is any such ingenious
explosive manufactured in this coun-
try the war department ought to know
something about it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-01
TO SUBsCR RIDERS.

1t is the aim of the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery
of the paper each night, and it solicits
the cooperation of subscribers to that
end. Prompt reports 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
1t is only by this method that the pub
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-01

winter table, and the fluff
fly yellow and white
chrysanthemums with
fern and stevia TO re-
lieve the stiffness.
A fruit cocktail may
begin the meal, or this
may be dispensed with
and the soup be the first
course. A pretty and
tasty cocktail may be
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-01

is firm in the belief that we should
vote no to this proposition and hold
fast to all we have, and NOT let our
hatred of this traffic run away with
our brains and thus lose all we have
gained by years of experimenting with
this vexatious problem.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-01

enjoying the delights of our good cook
ing, is often seen at our restaurant
People say our service and cooking is
so good they like to bring their friends
We strive always to please our custom
crs, and our food the best the market
affords, which combined with our quick
and courteous service, makes our res
taurant the most popular one in town
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-01
Member of the Associated Press.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY l, 1916.

1t will help some if we remember,
before all the New Year resolutions
are forgotten or put in cold storage,
that: eve do not overcome in one
great effort, but in constant endeavor
lasting through the years of life
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-01
NE KITCHEN
sHSg8ABENET

Good thoughts are no better than
good dreams. unless they be executed.
Emerson
What wilt thou do with the year
That is dawning so fresh and clear
Dawning in whiteness
Dawnins in brightness
What wilt thou do with the year?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-01

Hamburg has an experimental plant that
obtains power from the ebb and flow Of
North sea tides
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-01

Bobby pondered deeply for a mo
ment and then he said: Which is
she, mother, Faith or Hope?'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-01
Near Relatives.

"Who is that lady dressed in black,
mother?' asked Bobby, as he sat with
his mother on a ferryboat.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-01

Some people imagine that they have
peek of trouble when in reality It
wouldn t fill pint cup.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-01
A WRITER'S DINNER.

Yellow and white seem TO be IA
vorite combination Of color for the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-01
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Ru of paper
so cents an 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
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 80 per cent discount
for each subsequent insertion without
change of copy
Position 10 per cent extra.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-01
NaAs net~ eeQ

BE just before you are generous.