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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-25
A u T u NJ "

Autumn is that season of the year
when the window screens come of and
the sixply union suit comes on.
About this time every year we have
spell of autumn weather, when it
becomes necessary to think deeply up
on some disagreeable subject, like hard
coal or Mouse cleaning. 1t is rude
shock to = man who has succeeded in
saving enough money out of sum
mer 5 slavery to buy diversified non
skid tires and then find that autumn
catches him without anything in the
coal-bin but currents of air and shov-
ell
Autumn is delightful season of the
year, however, as it paints the fading
leaf a golden hue and deposits it in a
large. knotted clusters III the caves
trough, where nobody but steeple Jack
can get at it. The autumn leaf is Il
beautiful sight, but when one thinks
Of the thousands Of cisterns and water
spouts which are choked by it every
fall and have to he cleaned out by some
human flT, his admiration for the same
falls quite few feet.
Autumn is welcomed by the automo
Protected by The Ada
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-25
Beans Shoot Up.
Detroit Free Press

Michigan jobbers have decided on
50 beans for Il starter with a threat
that the price may 90 to IS before the
season is over, and since Michigan is
about the whole thing in beans this
settles the question. just how much of
a jolt in the ribs Boston is to get from
the Wolverine state the reader may
understand when he learns that a wear
ago beans were quoted at $3.50 to
$2.95, according to the date of delivery,
and on Dee. 3 We're from $3.45 to
1885 bushel
The reason for the big rise in price
i'm t the War-unless this summer 8
weather is to be blamed on the war 1t
is the shortage of the crop, which
stands at about 100000 bushels
against 100000 bushels in 1915.
Beans have gone up just as wheat and
flour and bread have gone up, but
there is a little added pain in the con
temptation of their desertiOn of the
poor man. They were the last hope.
l here is nothing 'cheap and filling
ANY more.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-25

bile enthusiast, as the roads are not
so uneasy as they are in the spring.
By the time autumn arrives nine
tenths OF our country roads are covered
with a velvetg carpet Of domestic
dust. which conceaIs the niHeinch
thank-you- ma am from public vieW
and breaks more semi elliptic rear
springs than driving into an open
draw bridge. Two Of the most pleasant
features Of autumn are the total ab-
sence of mud and the noiseless with
drawal of the hayfever germ, which
is succeeded by the earnest and indus
trious grip micrObe.
In the autumn the schools are opened
and the soft swish of the paper wad
and the ringing reproach of the rubber
ferrule are heard in the land. Every
autumn thousands Of school ma am,
flock out of the Yellowstone Nationa
Park and try to catch up with tn,
| Fifth Grade arithmetic. The New Jer
/ sev oyster also reappears and dies /;
| lingering death at the Ladies Aid sup
per. BY thinking what life would l.,
! without the school ma am and the oys
| ter we will appreciate autumn more
MS Newspaper Servicel
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-25

they live they are thought well of. If
1t were not for that, they wouldn't be
liked, for every morning bright and
early they begin to wall and moan
and cry.
Daddy Guacharo-whom I am 60
Ing to tell you about-had fine
Home in dark Cave. The whole
Family liked dark Home and they
loved the night. Daddy Guacharo
always told the plump, little Birds a
story before 1t was time for them to
go to sleep.
How they enjoyed sleeping and
telling Stories and talking and chat
terfng-everything that happened in
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-25

Detroit is the wonder city of Ameri-
ca. In a decade it has jumped from the
100000 class in population to upwards
of 100000. Small cities frequently
make big gains as percentages go, but
present day history shows nothing to
compare in the cities of the first class
with the gain made by Detroit, which
now holds fifth position among Ameri-
can municipalities, with New York,
Chicago, Philadelphia and ST. Louis
holding the positions ahead in the order
named. The automobile industry has
been big factor in booming the Mich
igan metropolis.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-25
Member of the Associated Press.

The Reformer is on sale every evening
by the following news Dealers:
BrattIeboro, Brattleboro News Co,
Park Drug Store, c. w. Cleaveland, ID.
II. Cutler q Co. (Esteyville), Brooks
House Pharmacy.
West Brattleboro, ]. l.. Stockwell.
East Dummerston, NJ. +. Brown.
Putney, NJ G. Williams.
Newtane, n. NJ. Batchelder
Townshend, c. w. Cutler.
West Townshend, G. ii. Grout.
jamaica, X. j, Daggett
South Londonderry, +. II. Tyler.
South Vernon, f.. r. Buffum.
West Chesterfield, NJ. r., Mrs. w
Streeter.
Hinsdale, NJ. H., w. II. Lyman.
Bellows Falls, VT, Depot Restaurant,
BertOlino Il Bertolino, +. G. Winnewisser.
Windsor, VT, Windsor Restaurant
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-25
STATE NEWS NOTES.

The annual meeting of the Vermont
State Grange will be held IN Rutland
Dec. II, Is and IA.
Articles of association have been
filed with the secretary of state by the
McGovern Granite Co., inc, of Barre,
with capital stock of $4,000 divided
into 800 shares. The incorporators are
Daniel j. Hayes of Montpelier. Robert
MeGovern of Hartford, Conn, Frank
and Cirillo Broggini of Barre.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-25

Another hope in the search for the
mysterious and elusive infantile pa
ralysis germ is gone now that medical
experiments under the auspices of the
federal government have exonerated
the flea. The stable fly, the house
fly, domestic pets and finally the flea,
have all been suspected Of carving
the disease, but none of the charges
stand today. So far the thousands
of cases the present epidemic has
provided for study have not enabled
the medical profession to make GER
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-25
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

II is the aim of the management to
secure efficient service M the delivery
of the paper each night, and it solicits
the corporation 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.
II is only by this method that the pub
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-25

If you want to attend the world s
championship baseball series file your
now with the secretary of
the Boston Americans. That team,
which holds the world S championship
at the present time, is in Il position to
come through at the head of It's league,
and to be a contender again for the
highest honors. The great percentage
of fans in New England are very loyal
to the two Boston aggregations in the
major leagues.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-25

We will bet a red apple that not one
resident in 100 in Wndham county can
tell, without looking at the map or at
a state directory, what counties are
passed through in going by the regular
railroad route from Brattleboro to
Montpelier. The answer of most we'll
informed persons will be Windham,
Windsor, Orange and Washington. But
there is another. If you don t know
what it is look it up and you will have
one small item of information to your
credit for the day.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-25

The Coburn family is evidently high
" respected in the little town Of East
Montpelier. j. l.. Coburn is running
for the Office of town representative
from that bailiwick, and if he is elect
ed, as seems probable, he will be the
fifth Cobun to represent the town in
the general assembly in the past 80
years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-25

Rutland is getting n lot of free ad
vertising. Senator Page, after the
strain of the strenuous campaign which
cost him over S2l 600, went there for a
rest cure. 1t is time for the Barre
Times to tell us a story about somebody
getting the change and another individ-
ual getting the rest.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-25
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertsng-Run of paper,
80 cents an inch for first insertion; 2
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, 1916-09-25
Develop SeIf-Controi.

Self-control may be developed in pre-
clsely the same manner as we tone up
q weak muscle-by little exercises day
BY day.-William George Jordan.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-25

Here 5 hoping that our good friends
to the south have cerulean skies and
mild temperature for the fair in Green
field tomorrow and Wednesday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-25

tain discoveries concerning the trans
mission of the disease.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-25

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER %, 1916.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-25
$l.OO a Week

Have you ever seen the beautiful snoW-White
Porceliron Table Top on the McDouga? Just i'm
agine table top that is always as Clean sanitary
as driven snoWyet that will not chip crack nor
discolor, nor dent, nor break-that has to be
secured or polished-that no amount of use can de
StrOy
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-15
Reforms for County Fairs.

correspondent touches on an important point
in suggesting that certain forms Of amusement be
banshed from county fairs The day has long
passed in America when rural patrons OF the fairs
are properly described as bucolic. Entertainment
at these exhibitions is NOT designed to amaze the
gaping rustics ranged around" Much progress
has been made in the way Of doing away with
forms OF amusement that were offensive to good
taste and good morals, but room for improvement
exists. The purpose Of a county fair in its first
sense educational, and II should be made to con-
form closely to this IDEAL Entertainment features
provided should be Of such character as will
harmonize with the general idea Of Improvement.
Devices designed merely to lure stray nickels from
idlers or the unwisely curious are unworthy Of a
place where the high achievements Of modern
agriculture are being shown for comparison. The
county fair viii not realize its real service until
its is established on plane with the industry it
chiefly represents. 5
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-15
Explaining Array Maine

How about Mainel What comment have
you to make on the results" Speaker Clark was
asked
I'VE got he'll licked out of us-got beat good
and plenty There's nothing to say. II reminds
nc Of the country preacher who was called on
for prayer unawares. He turned to the congrega-
ton and said: Sing a sockdologcr while l col
lcct my thoughts Pm collecting my thoughts"
Vice President Marshall took cheerful view
oi The results. IF any republican can get any
comfort out Of such small majority as they
rot IN Maine yesterday, ! say welcome" he said
II expected the democrats to be beaten. l
said 20 publicly two weeks ago Anything under
fifteen thousand was favorable to the democrats
and II was under $4,000.
Il did not 60 to Maine because ! knew we
couldn't win and didn't want to see democratic
chances al staked on Maine, It wasn't real
test and didn't want TO see II given the appear
ance Of such. II showed some progressives have
gone back /. the republicans, Of course, but il
Also, showed that many had not. Why, on the
basis Of the same vote that was nedeed to win in
Maine, the democrats would have to make up
10000 votes III Indiana to win. And If / be-
lieyed ii was any such proposition as that
wouldn't be going back there to yell my lungs
out. On the basis Of the way the Maine vote
divided, We can win over the nation and We will
win
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-15
Kssplng Il All IN the Family.

While the democrats have spent over billion
dollars In the last four years more than the re-
publicans did in the preceding four years, they
must be given credit for doing their utmost to
keep It all In the family. The record Of the ad-
ministration so far has not only been charac-
tcrizcd BY an utter disregard Of the civil service
law, and the creation Of many thousands Of new
positions to be Glled by deserving democrats"
but It Is notorious for having placed on the pay
roll more relatives Of cabinet officers, congress-
men and senators than ever before were SO
recorded. The Cleveland dictun, "A public Office
is public trust" has been amended to read, "A
public Office is family graft" and the Jacksonian
doctrine as to spoils has been enthusiastically APP
piled along this lne.x
This practice persistently piYsued by the con-
spcuous higher-ups has been carefully initiated all
down the line until the pay roll s filled with sons
and daughters, brothers and sisters even wives
assisting their husbands in taking out the cash.
Some deserving democrats perhaps, were taken
care Of, but this must have been because not
enough relatives to fill the places could be found.
The situation must be inspiring to those faithful
followers Of the donkey, who actually believed
they were voting for better form Of govern
ment, only on find they were merely providing
means for gratifying an inordinate appetite for
pic" and pork"
Nepotism was never so rampant as under the
present democratic administration, whose per-
formances contrast strangely with its protesta-
tons Of high purposes.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-15
NEBRASKA EDITORS.

F. D. Conley, formerly Of Valley. Neb.,
has succeeded Archia X. Donovan. as edi-
tor and owner Of the Madison Star Mail
Myron R. Shrader has sold the Steinauer
Star to C. L. Peckham, proprietor OF the
Lewiston Post, who will operate both papers
in the future. Mr.. Shrader has resumed MS
work as teacher in the Pawnee City schools
Editor l.. J. Cooper of the Central City
Nonpareil last week issued an illustrated
historical, booster and opportunity edition.
which is one of the best Of its class ever
produced in similar field in Nebraska 1t
contains forty EIGHT pages of carefully gath
cred stories of the early history OF centra'
Nebraska. compiled from all available
sources and is illustrated by hundreds Of
high-cIass half-tone engravings. many o.
which are made from photographs taken
many years ago. As contribution to local
history 1t is well worth preserving.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-15
BRIEF BITS OF SCIENCE

A Salt Lake City man Is the inventor OF
an undershot water wheel that will run. when
wholly submerged, In a stream, the blades
folding on the upward stroke. ~
A German scientist has invented pro-
cess using superheated steam for treating
sewage sludge to remove its fatty acids and
increase it's value as fertilizer.
Refining nickel by new process is re-
ported as having been discovered in Can
ada. The assertion is that 100 pounds OF
matte can be converted into fifty pounds OF
metal in forty -eight hours. and that the low
grade iron ore of the Laurentian hills near
Ottawa can be used.
The best conductors of lighting. placed
in the order of conductivity. are metals,
acids and water. The best nonconductors,
ending with the most perfect insulation,
are India rubber. guttapercha, dry air and
gases, wool, ebonite, silk. glass, wax, sui
phur, resins and parstfin.
The ratio of color-blind people to those
Of normal sight Is about IS to 1,l54. This
does not mean that all Of the sixty-fve are
absolutely color-blind. but that that is the
ratio of those who are more or less affected
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-15
EDITORIAL SETTINGS.

Boston Transcript; Ths democratic slogan,
40 it for Wilson," Is singuIariy like the re-
publican slogan. the only difference being
the substitution of 'to" for "for."
Washington Post: More attention would be
paid to boy prodigies reported from the
leading universities II the lowbrows
weren't so busy making the world 90.
Philadelphia Ledger: Accepting the golden
rule policy Of the administration at Its face
value, the Mexican commissioners are ready
to ask us for little trihe of few hum
bred millions loan as proof that we really
love them.
Baltimore American: The parley between
American and Mexican commissions for set
Element of border troubles began with a
luncheon. This is sound philosophy and wise
policy. No lean and hungry Cassius on the
job could ever take an optimistic look at
depressing conditions of any kind.
Louisville Courier-Journal: Practical
jokers took the painter Of small launch
occupied by several persons, struck out ut
full speed with their powerful motor boat
and dragged the launch--in Pennsylvania
river-so fast that it turned turtle and two
girls were drowned. Why do we yell mad
dog" and kill comparatively harmless
animal instead Of yelling practical joker"
and killing the more dangerous brute on
sight7
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-15
TOO PROUD TO LOAF.

We're camping on the Rio Grande
with nothing much to do
But wash our shirts and darn our Socks,
And darn the insects, too.
We want the world to unde stand
We're not too proud to fight,
But draw the line at loafing here
With things that sting and bite.
The rattiers are a friendly lot
And visit US by scores.
Tarantulas prefer our tents
To sleeping out of doors.
We've learned the horned toad Is but
A ha mless little oaf,
We're not bit too proud to fight,
But how we hate TO loaf!
In mapping In our shoes and hats
The scorpion persists,
And we did not enlist to be
Asbunch Of naturalists.
We're not too proud to fight the foe
No matter when he comes,
But are ashamed to wait around
And loaf and twirl our thumbs.
while we are valeting for mules
And building fences here,
Some other fellows have the Jobs
We held for many year.
We're not too proud to fight--in fact
We'd glory In fray,
But we're too busy just to sit
And loaf our time away.
OF this is not soldiers life,
This smuggling sand and sun,
Mosquitoes, fleas. and all the pests
That crawl and fly and run.
We're not too proud for Freedoms sake
To fight and bleed and die,
But loafing will not help to keep
Old Glory in the sky.
OMAHA SOLDIER AT THE FRof
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-15
Upheaval in war Brides"

A general scramble to buy has sent prices Of
stocks In companies that have to do with the
munitions trade shooting upward again, and thus
is the way opened for some speculation as to
what basis exists for this movement 1t Is GER
tain that the trade will not outast the war; it is
almost equally certain that new and lower level
OF prices must be reached soon after the war.
Indeed, wise investors are agreed that the first
sign Of approaching peace will be the signal for
break. II this is true, the present movement
may be taken as supporting the belief that the
war is not to end this year, and that the present
traffic in munitions will continue for many months
to come.
The extent to which the trade has risen Is
hardly understood, even by those who have
watched II closest, For the week ending Scptem-
Der g 1916, the exports from the port Of New
York were $66,379,3s2 OF this $i4,4o0,573 went
to France; $ls9i64o7 went to Russia, while the
United Kingdom took $l9,o3o,737, and Italys
share was S3l07,323, total Of nearly $s3O0o,0 900
to these four belligerents alone Nearly seventeen
million dollars OF this amount was represented
by explosives; another million was for empty
Shells another for firearms, and another for picrc
acid, which 10 used In manufacturing high ex-
plosives. For the single week from the port of
New York almost twenty million dollars worth
Of material for use on the battle line. while other
items Of service TO the armies will foot up quite
as much more.
WAR brides" are earning their keep in Amer
lea just now and form magnificent basis for the
prosperity" Of which the democratic president
and his admirers boast with such enthusiasm.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-15

After a series Of careful expert
ments and tests at the Invalids' Hotel
and Surgical Institute, Buffalo. N. Y,
covering many years--Dr. Pierce,
the medical director Of that hospital,
made announcement that he could
prove that a medicine which he call
ed "ANURIC" was the best uric acid
solvent now to be had. As a remedy
for those easily recognized symptoms
Of inflammation--as scalding urine,
backache and frequent urination, as
well as sediment in the urine, or If
uric acid in the blood has caused
rheumatism, lumbago, sciatica, govt,
it is simply wonderful how quickly
"Anuric" acts; causing the pains and
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-15
Before Taking and Alter Taking.

Democrats feigning to be satisfied and pleased
with the result Of the Maine election remind us
strikingly of the contrast pictures in the patent
medicine ads labelled Before taking" and ''After
taking" only with the sequence reversed. The New
York World, which is the most valiant OF all the
democratic newspaper champions Of President Viii
son and his administration, on the day before the
voting, blazoned on its front page as vouched for
by most reliable and best known political cores
pendent, after a personal survey OF the political
battle field, this statement:
The democats, supremacy confident Of the
reelection OF their governor, Senator Johnson,
and two out of the four congressional candi-
dates,have good reason to believe that Hughes
has helped their side Of the government
On the day after the voting, which showed
that Maine had elected republican governor, two
republican United States senator's and four re-
publican members Of congress, the World un-
burdened itself OF this language:
i was inevitable that Maine would go re-
publican. What was in question was the size
Of the majority, and the republican majority is
anything but decisive.
To hearten the democrats the World would
have its readers now believe that the loss of a
governor, United States senator and congress-
man, to say nothing Of an additional senator and
congressman. whom they counted on winning, is
not discouraging, but encouraging.
When a democrat pretcnds to take comfort
out Of Maine put it down that he is simply
whistling to keep up his courage.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-15
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VOW IS A GocA TIVE 70 AReAlfE
Ab0tT Your "HN MONEY"

.'Tm going home ami tell my constitn'
enis few things" remarked Senator sor-
Shum go,
You think they need Instruction."
"Oh. no. I'm looking for Information on
my own account. / want to try EN- out
and see whether they arc good-nStured and
willing to listen to me as usual "--Wash'
ington Star.
Ninister--Yourg man, do you know the
price of the pursuit OF pleasure?
Blacksheep. Jr.-Yes sir! Thirty cents
the first mile and 10 cents for every half
mile after that--Lampoon.
He (reading a sign)-No tips allowed IN
this place.
She--Dear me, isn't that provoking! ]
was just going to order some asparagus
tlps.-Baltimore American.