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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-18

"'Splash, splash" came from Mr.
Pickerel, which meant delighted tc
see you
"Then Mrs. Pickerel splashed too
and after that the little Pickerels
splashed for all they were worth
and so on until every single Fish had
given Il welcome to the Fairies.
''The Fairies sailed about in their
boat which went under the water as
we'll as on top, and then every little
while they would get out from one Of
their glass port holes and swim
around with great glee.
"'Now for the races shouted Mr.
Pickerel. When / say one, two, three
go, remember what it means. l vii
give three small splashes with my tai
and then | will jump away, way VI
and come down with a terrific splasl
which will mean CO.
"All the Fairies got ready for tn,
big Swimming race, and the littl,
Fishes all swan around in circles t.
cheer them along, for of course til,
Fishes didn't go in the race. Tia
would hardly have been fair.
"And when Mr.. pickerel said, Go
or made the terrific splash all tn,
Fairies jumped and it was severa
minutes before any of them actual,
got started! That amused the Fishe
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-18

There is no one in Vermont who has
disposition to censure the Greater
Vermont association for the break
which ex-Gov. +. c. Smith made at the
gathering in Montpelier. The criticism
for talking politics in public address
falls entirely on Mr.. Smith personally
The association is composed of loya
Vermonters who are laboring mselfsh
ly for the advancement of the state.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-18

TIE LAW IL l.
the Evening Fairies-all of them were
included, and they made great prepare
tons over the way they should go.
''In the first place they wore lovely
dresses of green seaweed which were
really beautiful, and they put on their
water wings of green too, to help them
when they got tired swimming. The
Fairy Queen wore chain of very fine
sea shells which once upon time old
Dir. Pickerel had sent her. They had
been given to him by one of his rela-
tions who lived in the seq, for of
course Mr.. Pickerel's home is always
In fresh water-such as a lake or q
river or a stream.
This Swimming Party was given in
a lake, and Mr.. Pickerel was the host
so you can well guess how flattered
he was when he saw the Fairy Queen
wearing the present he had once giver
her.
"The Fairies all arrived in their
boats made of glass through which
they could see right down to the
bottom of the lake, which was yer!
deep. The Mermaid Fairies and the
Fishes We're all Swimming around
waiting for them. and when they came
all the Fishes fins wiggled with pleas
ure and the Mermaids whisked abou
their beautiful hair with excitement.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-18
PRESIDENT FOR A DAY.

1t has been figured out that mas
much as March 1, 1917, comes on
Sunday that following the expiration
of the term of the present president
Of the United States, that for one
day at least neither Mr.. Hughes nor
Mr.. Wilson will be president but that
the office will be filed by the secre-
tary of state, Mr.. Lansing. This is
probably a correct forecast of the. sit
uation as it presents itself for next
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-18
WOMAN AND WAR.

A Western woman doctor declares
that women are physically fit for ser
vice at the battle front. Probably
some exceptional women may be, but
are not the majority prone to ailments
which make even household cares a
burden? Hence the necessity for that
great remedy which during forty
years has done more than any other
to relieve such ailments and mitigate
the suffering of American Women
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-18

The Bennington Banner was rather
rude in lifting the mask from the
Lvndonville Journal s famous straw
vote for Page. A paper like the Jour
nal, which would show commendable
enterprise by spending 80 for one
special news feature, does a rather
remarkable stunt when it takes up :
canvass of no particular new
value at an expense of severa
hundred dollars
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-18

The Pennsylvania railroad, which
attempts to lead in all things per
tanning to railroading and succeeds
in most, is not to be outdone in gea-
crosby toward the families OF
soldiers. 1t has set aside 100000 for
the relief of fami1ies of its en-
ploves who have entered the army
AS an act of patriotism and public
spirit this beats preparedness parad
ING.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-18
The Difference.
New York World.)

One evil which the Republican par
ty 5 calamity experts will not fail to
fasten on the Democratic adminstra-
tion is the appearance of man-eaters in
northern waters.
Whether this Eruption is due to the
low tariff or to the President s inep-
titude and vacillation or to the gen
eral cussedneSs of Democracy, we can.
not say; but certainly it is something
horrifying, and even Wall street views
it with alarm.
Let us remember, however, that il
the good old days of standpatism the
sharks were all on land and most OF
them enjoyed an immunity which no
body now extends to the seagoing va
riety.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-18
A Live Wire.
BARRE Times

During the past year Frederick II.
Babbitt of Bellows Falls has proven
himself an energetic head of the
Greater Vermont association, and his
reelection to the position of president
of the association is fitting rceogni-
tion of his services both to the asso-
citation and to the state. The associa-
tion received so much publicity and so
much impetus during the present
week that its work ought to be con
siderably more widespread during the
coming administration of President
Babbitt.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-18
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertislng-Run 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
a line first insertion with 80 per cent
discount for each subsequent insertion
without change OF copy.
Reading Notices-Ten cents per line
first insertion with so per cent discoun
for each subsequent insertion without
change OF copy.
Position 10 per cent extra.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-18
Pancake Observations.

Alice, aged three, stood watching
her mother baking pancakes. After a
few moments silent observation she
said: THAT'S easy; put on back, turn
on stomach, then eat"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-18
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

1t is the aim OF the management to
secure efficient service In the delivery
OF the paper each night, and 1t 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, 1916-07-18

mer.
And how Granny Perch did grin
and wiggle her fins when she was
asked to give the prize to Fairy
Perch"
"What was the prize?" asked Nick
"A new set of water wings made
out of the softest and lovelfest OF
moss that came from the bottom OF
the lake and which had been made by
Granny Perch into the wings.
"And then all the Fishes took the
Fairies to their Pond Lily Cove where
they had banquet Of delicious water
weed salad. water moss ice cream and
pond lily lemonade"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-18
WOMEN ALSO ARE ENTITLED

Ito life, liberty and pursuit of hap
lPiness. That s why just man ear
ries life insurance. National Life ms
Co, of Vt. (Mutual.) = ALBERT G..
LAIRD, Special Agent, Abbott Block.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-18
Daddy laughed

Daddy laughed
and continued.
"T h ere are
S o m g Fairies
called the Mer-
maid Fairies be-
cause they're in
the water more
than they are out
of it. And they
helped the little
Fishes get up the
Swimming Party
for they knew
just what all the
o t h er Fairies
would like.
every Fairy in
Fairyland was in
yited. There were
the Wood Fairies
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-18

The largest car ferry in the world
transports freight and passenger ears
across Carquinez Straits, between
Porta Costa and Benica, Cal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-18

ana Ille L dlFleS
thought it a pref
ty good joke too.
/ "Well, and who
do you think won
the race?'' asked
Daddy.
"rhe L airy
Queen" sal q
Nancy.
4 mo, 1t was
won by Fairy
Perch. She had
been given that
name at the last
Party given by
Granny ? ere h
who had wanted
her name to be
used by a Fairy
who was such q
nlarxnlnnc S,ri,n,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-18

Protected by The Adams Newspaper service7
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-25
LANDLORD SHOOTS DOWN TENANT
Former Federal Court Clerk w. r.
Ward Shoots Seton Hurst.

Tishomingo.-W. T. Ward, a prom
lnent citizen OF Tishomingo, shot and
killed Seton Hurst, a tenant on one OF
Wards farms, nine miles north Of
here.
There seems to have been III feel
Ing between the two men for several
months which reached its elimination
when they met in the road near thea
Ward home. A few words we're
spoken and then two shots were fred,
one taking effect in Hurst's face just
below the eye and the other in the
body. Hurst was riding horse and
the second shot was fired while he
was falling.
Physicians say that Hurst's neck
was broken, caused by the fall from
his horse. Ward was arrested and
placed in the county Jail at Tish0-
mingo to await preliminary examina-
ton, the date of which has not yet
been fixed.
Ward is an old-time citizen Of this
part of the country, having been for,
a long time clerk OF the federal court.
during territorial days.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-25
HOW THE WORLD EMPTIES AND
FILLS

Twenty-Five years ago Coxey's
army marched to Washington. The
papers were full of it. Mention
Coxey to anybody over 35 years old
and see the understanding in his
face. Know Coxey and his blooming
army? Well, should say so! Now
try Coxey on men and women in the
twenties. Just try it. 1t will open
your eyes. Coxey? Who the blazes
is Coxey? Looks of confusion and
ignorance.
Coxey, you see, quit advertising.
That is, the Coxey publicity ceased.
And the world has filed up with peo-
pie who never heard of him. Mil
lions and millions of them.
That is the way of some advertis-
ers. They speak up few times then
go back to their factories. There, by
George, we've told 'em! And then
old Father Time begins to work.
And the undertaken. And the parson
armed with marriage license. And
the baby carriage. And rheumatism.
And, first you know, the world is
peopled with new bosses, new buyers
and new housekeepers who never
heard of you. Incredible! WHAT
never heard of ME-? No, never heard
of YOU! Sorry to disappoint you.
Man is provided with great big
ego. If he didn't have 1t he couldn't
stand it to live. Without an ego he
would probably take one look at the
moon and go jump in the lake. Now
the best thing that an ego does is to
give you fine feeling of permanence.
OF course you aren't permanent, and
your sense tells you so. But Mr.. Ego
keeps trying to make you THINK you
are. What he aims to do is to make
you feel comfortable. Nice thing to
have around-an ego. You need him
in your business. But don't believe
everything he tells you. He is the
most agreeable and ever present liar
on your remises.-John M. Siddall
in the American Magazine.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-25

attempt to carry an election by dis
honest and unlawful means, never
been guilty of perjury, or of attempts
to corrupt court, and all this I can
unblushingly declare before God and
man." then that man can contem-
plate the day of final judgment with
out fear or trembling, for he has
stood the acid test. Just now 1 can
not remember any man who was
mixed up with county seat contest
who could stand that test, but pos
sibly there may have been such a
man.
have known men who had lived
until middle life or even longer, with
excellent regulations who, when
plunged in the heat of county seat
fight, would lie like tramps, steal
without conjunction of conscience;
stuff ballot boxes with unhallowed
Joy and contribute to the employment
of professional bandits whose bust
ness it was to terrorize, beat up and
is necessary, kill the leaders of the
opposition.
Every form of lawlessness from
petit larceny to murder was resorted
to in these contests and each side
justified it's action on the ground that
necessity knew no law.
When it became evident that Sara
toga was going to win in its contest
with Iuka, the thought occurred to
some of the Iuka leaders that Sara
toga could be checkmated by estab
fishing town in the exact geograph-
ical center of the county, and so the
new town of Pratt was born. Then
the contest shifted from Iuka to
Pratt. The story of that final con-
test is too long to tell here. 1t is suf-
ficient to say that Pratt finally won
and the doom of Saratoga was writ
ten. Some echoes of that bitter con-
test were heard afterward when an
attempt was made to collect some
thing on the bonds which Saratoga
had issued in the days of her pros
perity, when the future doomed rosy
before her.
The principal object of interest
now at the old townsite is the state
fish hatchery. 1t is said that the
Kansas fish hatchery is one Of the
most complete found in any state.
1t has cost the hunters and those who
imagine they are hunters great deal
of money, but my private opinion is
that there is not a fish more in the
waters of Kansas than if that hatch
cry had never existed. l want you
to remember that / say this is my
opinion. may be very badly mis-
taken. l am not much of a fisherman
and do not know much about the
habits Of fish, but my Judgment is
that the money spent in building this
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-25
SARATOGA

The daily papers of Kansas recent
ly contained a news item that light
ming had destroyed the last of the
buildings on the old town site Of
Saratoga, Kansas. There was time
when Saratoga was one of the boom
towns on what was then the frontier
The founders of it had picked really
picturesque location, and with an eye
looking toward the future, when per-
haps it would be the fashionable
watering place of central and west
ern Kansas, they named it Saratoga.
The Minnesota, one of the most beau
tiful streams in the state, with its
swift flowing and crystal waters,
babbled its way through the site of
what its founders believed would
some day be busy and beautiful
city. The Minnesota at this point
had sufficient volume of water to
justify, in the opinion of the town
builders, the erection of a water
power mill, and the fertile prairies
that lay all about gave promise of
abundant harvests of wheat to supply
that mill and many more.
The little town of Iuka lay six
miles to the north of Saratoga and
four miles farther from the geo.
graphical center of the new county
of Pratt. Iuka had the temporary
county seat. 1t was the first and most
important job of the Saratoga found
ers to try to pull that county seat
from under the Iukans, who were de-
termined to hold it down if possible
The county seat fight in Pratt county
differed only in degree from the
county seat contests in dozens of 9th
er Kansas counties. There was not
so much shooting as in many other
cases, or at least the aim of the
shooters was not so good, as ! do not
now TtCdll Ludt dnyDOuy Oh OibhOi
side was actually killed during the
contest. In other respects it had all
the bad features and accompani-
ments of county seat fights generally.
When you get the comfortable no
ton in your head that you are per-
fectly honest and that under no cir
cumstances would you deviate from
the paths of rectitude, don't be too
sure about yourself. Maybe you have
never been tried. The world is full
of people who have maintained fair
reputation for integrity all their
lives simply because they have never
really been tested. The county seat
fight was the acid test of an honest
man. If he could come through that
with good reputation; if he could,
after it was over, look any man In
the face and say truthfully, Il have
never resorted to dishonest practices,
/ have never been concerned in an
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-25
SPARKS FROM THE FIRE WASTE

SPARKS FROM THE FIRE WASTE
The fire waste of the country IL
excessive, and is sapping its pros
perity. Reduction of the fire waste Is
an important part of the campaign
for the conservation of the national
resources.
Fire losses in the United States
and Canada in 1915 were $184,959,-
100, most IF them due to careless
ness.
Fire losses and the cost of fire pre-
vention in the United States amount
annually to $450,O00,OOO, or more
than the total American production
of gold, silver, copper and petroleum
in year.
The cost of fires each year is one
half the cost of all the new buildings
erected in year. e
The annual per capita fire waste
in the United States is 1881, in
Europe, 33 cents. Cause: The lat
ter has better construction, less care
lessness, increased responsibility.
If buildings in the United States
were as fireproof as in Europe, the
annual cost of fire losses and protec-
ton would be only 500, 100000.
Over 5000 persons are killed and
$4,000 are injured annually as re-
suit Of fire.
Defective fues are responsible for
10 per cent of all the fires.
All fires are the same size at their
start. Every second counts; 80 be
prepared.
An ounce of fire prevention is
worth pound of fire extinguishment
The way to get lower insurance
rates is to have fewer fires.-Nation-
al Fire Protection Assertion.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-25
DOTS AND DASHES
WIRE NEWS OF
THE WEEK
War News.

Reports from Saloniki show that the
general engagement which began Fri
day and is continuing with intensity
over an extended front from Florina,
near Monastir, to the river Struma,
represents an irregular line nearly $50
miles long.
+ + +
After breaking through the Stokhod
line in Volhynia the Russians made a
further advance and captured several
positions, the Petrograd war office
announced recently. Spirited fighting
is in progress in the Carpathians near
the Hungarian frontier.
+ r +
Assaults by British and French
forces against German positions north
of the Somme in France have result
ed in the gaining of additional ground
by the attackers, according to the
British and French war offices. The
French advance was in and around
Maurepas, the scene of much hard
fighting during the past few weeks,
and the British gain was in the direc-
ton of Ginchy and Guillemont, near
the southern end Of their section Of
the Somme front.
+ r +
There has been little activity on
the eastern front, according to the Of
fetal reports. The Teutonic allies
have taken the offensive on the
Greece-Serbian frontier, north Of Sa-
loniki.
Six determined German counter at
lacks on the British trenches were re-
pulsed with heavy losses to the attack
ers, according to the official state
ment issued by the British war office.
Northwest of Bazentin the British cap
tured about one hundred yards Of
German trenches.
Some mystery exists as to the situa-
ton on the Eastern front. For two
consecutive days the Russians have
confined themselves to statements
that nothing of importance had &C.
Cured. The Austrian and German
war offices have been almost equally
uncommunicative.
+ + r
The French and British, striking
with terrific force in three directions
on the Somme front, have stormed
nearly three miles of German
trenches, driving forward at points to
a depth of three hundred to five hun
dred yards. The most important
gains were made by the British and
French troops striking north from the
point where the Allied lines meet.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-25
just the Thing for Diarrhoea

About two years ago / had Sc
we're attack of diarrhoea which
lasted over week." writes w. c..
Jones, Buford, N. D. IT became so
weak that could not stand upright.
A druggist recommended Chamber
lain's Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. The first dose relieved me
and within two days I was as well
as ever" Many druggists recon-
mend this remedy because they know
that 1t 10 reliable. Obtainable every
where.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-25
Hiah Record For Pork.

Oklahoma City.-The record price
of $1O.15 a hundred pounds was paid
for live pork at the Oklahoma City
yards last week. This beat the form
er local record of 31005, established
two weeks ago, by dime. The sup
ply of live pork at the Oklahoma City
market was scant, only 1,400 head
showing up This partly accounted
for the big price. Demand for pork
was great, and this had hearing.
Local packers declared that they
would not be surprised should even
the high mark of $10.15 be bettered.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-25
WHY SOME MEN ARE FAILURES

A whisky ad declared: Total abb
stinence is a form of fear-and fear
is the cause of failure. Cast out
fear" A profound thought, this. But
why confine it merely to the matter
of abstinence from alcohol? You
don't smoke? Then, Of course,
you're a coward. You abstain from
profanity? Be a hero; indulge in
oaths moderately" Do you often
beat your wife? What, never? Some
booze magnate may accuse you Of
showing the white feather IL you
don't knock her down-"in modera-
ton" That advertisement clears up
for us the puzzle Of why there are SO
many failures in the world. They
simply don't booze; that's all the
trouble. Be hero. Get soused and
ed!-Collier's Weekly.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-25

fish hatchery might have been spent
to better advantage.-T. A. McNeal
in Mail and Breeze.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-25

For bargains in feed and hay see
Johnston. Phone "a.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-25
Fire At Jones.

Oklahoma City.-Fire of unknown
origin at Jones in Oklahoma County
destroyed the Frisco railroad depQ.
McMullen's general merchandise store
and several other business buildings
in that town, causing loss, it is esti-
mated, of approximately 100000. The
fire started in the depot about A O'Clock
in the morning and gained Roadway
so rapidly that the Jones City fire
department was unable to check It.
Flames reached four cars Of alfalfa on
the Frisco tracks, destroying them.
then jumped to the business section.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-25

President Wilson has vetoed the
Army Appropriation Bill because of
exemptions from discipline for retired
officers forced into it by the House
conferees, led by Representative Hay,l
over the opposition of the War De-
partment. A new bill will be neces-
sary and may delay adjournment Of
congress.