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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-03
They REFUSE TO EAT

AT periods IN most ChlldrenS' lives
they fail to relish their meals and refuse
to eat even the delicacies prepared to
tempt their appetites. They lack am
bition, and growth seems impeded,
which causes anxiety and worry.
To compel them to eat is a grave
mistake, because nutrition is impaired.
Healthful exercise in fresh air and sun
shine is important, but equally import
ant is a spoonful of SCOTS Emulsion
three times day to feed the tissues
and furnish food-energy to improve
their blood, aid nutrition and sharpen
their appetites.
The highly concentrated medicinal
food in SCOTS Emulsion supplies the
very elements children need to build up
their strength. They relish Scott sit is
free from alcohol
Scott < Bovine. Bloomfield Nj. 1874
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-03
Member of the Associated Press.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1916.

\ rumor which spread quickly
through the financial district at New
York this week had it that the Unit
ed States would be in the market soon
with an offering of 5000, 100000 of
bonds. The report emanated. it is
quite likely, from the preparedness
campaign which President Wilson is
carrying on, but it has run ahead of
the facts, for no inquiries have vet
been made on behalf of the govern
ment which justify an expectation of
an early offering. For some months
it has been considered certain that
government financing would have to
be done to make up the deficit in cur
rent revenues and to provide for new
battleships. Bond men who follow
government financing very carefully
were of the opinion yesterday that no
overtures looking to floating a big Is.
sue would be made until congress had
had an opportunity to authorize the
expenditure of money to carry out the
Presidents ideas. To raise 100000,
+ coo now would only serve to take the
edge off the market without supplying
/ the needs which must be cared for il
the proposed program for new coas'
dcfenses, additional ships. and a bis
standing army is carried through
Banks with Washington connection
were unable to verify the. report tina
a $2oO,oOo,oO0 sale was imminent.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-03

Henry Holt, the publisher, who is
particularly we'll remembered in Bur
lington, thinks that American litera-
ture is going to the dogs, and that the
magazines are responsible, aided ald
abetted by the government People
now read the magazines and good books
get but little attention He has strong
reasons for this contention. The num-
Der Of booksellers in this country has
been decreasing for years, although our
population has steadily increased. In
the per capita production of
books we are far behind the big Eu-
ropean nations, even Russia leading us
in the ratio of three to one, and Ger
many having a bigger percentage of
lead. The governments responsibility
seems to consist in the fact that it
charges higher postage rates for books
than for periodicals. "'The government
carries the Police Gazette at a cent a
pound,' says Mr.. Holt, "and charges
eight times as much to carry a spelling
book or Bible 1t cannot be ex-
pected that literature win thrive under
these conditions.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-03

Legacies with strings tied to them
are some times of doubtful value. In
these days when members of all Chris
tian churches are drawing closer to-
gether it is like turning back to the
past to read of a bequest to an educa-
tional institution with a proviso that
it shall be available only on condition
that the head of the school shall be a
member of a particular denomination
Principal Guy w. Powers, who has been
doing efficient work at Leland & Gray
seminary, is a Methodist, and the So
600 bequest to the school is on condi-
ton that the principal shall be a Bap-
fist. Leland & Gray needs money, but
it is doubtful whether it can afford to
take money which savors so strongly of
an outworn prejudice. 1t means the loss
of good teacher now and the gift is
likely to prove again and again a bar
to just the kind Of service that is need.
ed in the school.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-03
ACID IN STOMACH
S0URS THE FOOD
Says Excess of Hydrochloric Acid is
Cause Of Indigestion.

y we'll known authority states that
stomach trouble and indigestion is near
ly always due to acidity-acid stomach
and not, as most folks believe, from
a lack Of digestive juices He states
that an excess of hydrochlorie acid in
the stomach retards digestion and
starts food fermentation, then our
meals sour like garbage in a can, form
ing acrid fluids and gases which initiate
the stomach like a toy balloon We
then get that heavy, lumpy feeling in
the chest, we eructate sour food, belch
gas, or have heartburn, flatulence, wa
terbrash, or nausea.
He tells us to lay aside all digestive
aids and instead, get from any phar-
macy four ounces of Jad Salts and take
a tablespoonful in glass of water be-
fore breakfast while it is effervescing,
and furthermore, to continue this for
one week While relief follows the
first dose, it is important to neutralize
the acidity, remove the gas-making
mass, start the liver, stimulate the kid
neys and thus promote free flow of
pure digestive juices.
/ Jad Salts is inexpensive and is made
/ from the acid Of grapes and lemon
juice, combined with lithia and sodium
phosphate. This harmless salts is used
by thousands of people for stomach
trouble with excellent results.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-03

top valve of his neck and swallow
some lumpy article of food, like can
of sardines or a discarded coffee grind
er. This causes us to inquire why it
is that Che ostrich never chokes to
death, while a baby which bites into
a soda cracker with its first teeth can
throw the entire family into a nervous
fit
The appetite of the ostrich has never
been sounded up to the present writing.
The nearest approach to this appetite
known to scientific research is that of
the winner of a pie-eating contest. 1t
costs more to put flesh on an ostrich
with a surging, funnel shaped appetite
than it does to buy a few hours of sleep
alta New York hotel. This is why the
genuine willow plume roosts so high in
the department store advertisements
If there is anything the ostrich is
good for except to tantafze reluctant
husbands with the price of its wearing
apparel, no one has ever discovered
what it is. NobodF would think Of eat
ing an ostrich for Sunday dinner. and
| it has a sour and highly inflammable
! temper. f it should become suddenly
| and irrevocably extinct, nobody woul,
mourn except the milliners.
ms Newspaper Service
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-03
TIL E. o S RI III

The ostrich is a tropical bird with
a collapsible neck and tungsten steel
digestion. 1t is manufactured for the
sole purpose of producing willow
plumes, and on that account is looked
upon with suspicion and dislike by
every right-minded husband
Men who have made a close. person
al study of the ostrich and have OBJ
served his lack of table manners tell
US that he is not supplied with the
brain that ordinarily accompanies the
domestic cabbage. All the ostrich
knows how to do is to moult and shed
willow plumes, which are then run
through dye vat and sold TO women
who are too proud to wear the wing
of a defunct turkey. After fond hus-
band has paid for enough willow
plumes to ornament fourfoot picture
hat, he will not be able to approach
an ostrich without a shudder
We are taught in our physiologies
that the man who invented the seam
less garden hose secured his inspiration
by watching the ostrich take down his
neck just before retiring and wind il
around his person. 1t is fascinating
sight to see tame ostrich open the
Protected by The Ada
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-03

The Reformer, acting on the advice
of a tax collector, urged citizens to
pay their taxes before Feb. l if they
wished to be eligible to vote. An OBJ
servant citizen calls our attention to
the fact that according to the law
passed by the general assembly of
1915 the time limit is Feb. Is. We are
pleased to accept the correction. There
may be some dilatory individuals who
still have chance to keep themselves
out of the cipher class by paying their
taxes before the date mentioned. We
can see no good reason, however, why
the payment of taxes should be de-
layed as long as possible. Taxes are
due July l and payment ought not to
be dragged along until more than half
a year later
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-03
Plucky Stubs.

(Holyoke, Mass, Transcript
Stubs of Kansas is never afraid
The ex-governor went down to FL Paso,
Tex, as a special guest at the $25
a plate banquet given by the Chamber
of Commerce to the American Live
Stock Association. When a SO a plate
dinner is going it means costly wines
After Stubs had borne the drink-fest
as long as he could he rose up and told
the live stock men they should be
ashamed to serve wine at their ban
quets, that prohibition was coming as
sure as death and taxes and that it had
saved Kansas $5,000,000 in crime pre-
vention and better morals.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-03
WEST BRATTLEBORO

David 7. Perry was in Newfane yes
terday on business.
Herman Miller of Elliot street is in
the Melrose hospital to receive medi-
cal treatment.
Alonzo w. Johnson, who has been
i'll with grip, is little better, but IL
not able to be out
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Mofitt have re-
turned from a few days stay in Bos-
ton with Mrs. Moffitt 5 parents.
Mrs. G. Copeland and daughter, Mil
dred, are recovering from an attack
Of grip. Mrs. Bessie Lyman, nurse, is
i'll with the same disease.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
Woman S circle of the Baptist church
has been postponed until next week, On
account of the illness of the president,
Mrs. Jennie NJ. Cheney. Mrs. Cheney
is better
Baptist church, West Brattleboro,
Rev. !. NJ. Compton pastor. Morning
worship at 1870. Sermon by the pas
tor. Sunday school at noon. Evening
worship at Z. Midweek prayer meet
ing Wednesday evening at 7.30.
| Miss Rosetta Bullock of Boston came
| yesterday to move her mother from the
heHoSe nOSpltaI, where Sne had DCCn
several weeks with fractured hip, 70
| the home of Mrs. G. T. Stafford. Miss
| Bullock will remain at Mrs. Stafford :
for the presen+.
At the annual business meeting of
the Baraca class of the Baptist Sunday
school the following officers for the
year were elected: President, John Nc
Kay; vice pres, Russell Thomas; sec,
Allen Wilmington; treas, Adm Jillson
teacher, Rev. |. NJ. Compton.
The meeting of the Home Economics
club has been postponed until next
week Friday, when it viii meet with
Mrs. +. A. Knight from 3 to 5. Mrs
\. w. Sweeton will read a paper on
The Different Elements Contained il
All Foods, and What Proportion Does
Our System Need Daily.
The Twentieth Century club me-
with Ms. F. G. Taylor Wednesday af
ternoon and elected these officers
Pres, Mrs G. NJ. Hamilton; vice pres.
Mrs. James Gibson; see. and treas.
Mrs. 4. G. Taylor; directors, Mrs L
NJ. Goodenough, Miss z. E. Weather
head, Mrs. Fred Smith. A quilt wa
tied during the afternoon.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-03
Looks Like Petty Business.
{ Rutland News. !

The arrest of Postmaster Prentiss
G. Dodge of Randolph, for many years
printer well-known throughout the
state, for furnishing liquor to three
citizens of his town, may disclose
some startling facts. Mr.. Dodge
claims that the charge has its basis,
and is but another chapter, in the
postmastership controversy in his
town. which began with the dismissal,
on his recommendation, of two local
rural free delivery mail carriers. 1t
is alleged that the liquor was illegally
furnished some of these rural carriers
within the precincts of the post office
on the day before Christmas, in 1914,
The delay Of over thirteen months in
making the complaint will be hard to
satisfactorily explain, unless the men
he treated have only just begun to
have a Hhead' as the result of what
they drank, and consequently feel an
antipathy toward Dodge. At this dis
tance it looks like petty business, to
say the least
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-03

minutes, add the orange to the yolks
and when well mixed add to the
whites, then fold in the flour that has
been sifted with the cream of tartar
Bake slowly 40 minutes. If using 2
gas oven, light the oven just as the
cake is put in.
Chocolate Caramel Cake.-Take two
ounces of chocolate, one cupful O.,
sugar, one-half cupful of milk. a QUAR-
ter of cupful of butter, two cupfuls
OF flour, two eggs, two teaspoonfuls OF
baking powder and one teaspoonful OF
vanilla. Mix as usual and bake in Law.
ers. For the filling cook together a
cupful and half of sugar, half a cup.
full Of sweet milk, tablespoonful OF
butter; cook until it hairs. Cool. add
vanilla.
Date Torte.-A cupful each OF
chopped dates, nuts and sugar. a table.
spoonful of flour, and teaspoonful of
baking powder with two well-beaten
eggs. Bake and serve with whipped
cream.
Almond Tartiets.-Line patty tins
third of pound of almonds, add two
tablespoonfuls of rolled cracker
crumbs, sifted. three eggs, beaten, a
third of cupful of sugar, two cupfuls
of milk, salt and vanilla to taste. Fill
the shells and bake.
Date 6ars.-Take "a cupful of dates
chopped fine, beat two eggs, separat-
ing the yolks from the whites, add
three-fourths of 4 cupful of sugar to
the yolks, then add six level table
spoonfuls of -four a teaspoonful of
baking powder with fourth of tea
spoonful of salt, add the chopped
dates and cupful of walnut meats
chopped, then fold in the whites and
bake in slow oven in a sheet. Cut
when cold in pieces the size of a wa
fer
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-03
The Kind of Farming That Pays.
(Rutland News

A Bristol young man has given con
crete proof of the possibilities of in
tensive, intelligent and business-like
farming in Vermont. On his farm of
$40 acres which ten years ago could
support only twelve COWS at present
he has a dairy of 80 animals. The
average income from these during
1915 was $105 gross, each showing
net profit of $500. Furthermore, the
farm was run on shares, the operator
and owner each taking from it during
the past year $4,000 in clear proht
What this Bristol farmer has done,
anv other farmer with fair average
Vermont agricultural land can do, by
pursuing a similar scientific and bust
ness system. This case cannot fail to
be an inspiration to others.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-03
A More Intimate View of Germany

(bdTIe lines
Rather interesting revelations of
conditions in Germany are brought to
Vermont by DIR. George o. Webster,
long a resident of Berlin. who has re-
turned to his wife former home in
st. Adams for a sojourn pending the
recovery of his health. DIR. Webster
asserts, among other things, that Ger
many of the educated class and of the
official class recognizes the reasonable
ness of the American position as re-
CARDS the shipment of munitions to the
allies, admitting that the United
States is within its rights in permit
ting such shipment. This viewpoint
is so much in contrast to the crazy
headed acts of German supporters in
the United States who have tried by
every means disrcputable to prevent
the shipment of such munitions that
it is very interesting contribution
to the knowledge of the existing con
ditiOns. Moreover, DR.. Webster as
serts that Germans, who think, do not
have feeling of bitterness toward
the United States, albeit they express
the hope that the government az
Washington will be as persistent in
holding the entente allies TO strict ac-
case of Germany. Dr. Webster brings
back a report of optimism among Ger
mans as to the outcome of the war, al
though the people are somewhat ais
satisfied that the consummation of vie
tory is taking so much longer time
than expected. He refers also to that
strange German viewpoint, apparently
/ held by all classes of people, that
Germany is the aggrieved country il
this war and that the entente allies
were the aggressors. The conviction
is calculated to support the German
patriotism, far-fetched as it may seen
to those who are dispassionate oh
servers of the progress of events
That the German patriotism is being
kept up to a fever pitch is the domi
nant note of the reports brought bacl
by DIR. Webster.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-03

The sob sisters with tears on tap,
get their innings Whenever a murder
trial comes into court, especially if
there is woman in the case And if
there are women 50 much the better
for playing on the emotions of readers
There is one case still unfinished which
has given an opportunity for singing
slush, mush and gush seldom equalled
1t is being played up from all possible
angles. The physical, the mental, the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-03
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 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, 1916-02-03
TO SUBSCR RIB ERS.

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, 1916-02-03

There is a big objection to the
Shackleford good roads bill, which pro
vides for a federal appropriation of
$25,O00,o00 for building highways in
the different states, for the reason that
the bulk of the money is to be speat
in the states which have done the least
for themselves. The bill looks like an
award to the laggards
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-03

moral characteristics of the principals
are being described and sketched for
the deleetation of the morbidly curious.
This kind of diet is neither construc-
tive nor elevating. A plain recital of
the facts, leaving the reader to draw
his own conclusions, would be more
wholesome.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-03
WILLIAM VILLE
Methodist Church Notes.

An interesting missionary program
will be rendered by the AIizpah class
at the evening service next Sunday.
The ". F. NJ. S. will observe visitors
day this week Friday at p. m, at
the parsonage. Every woman is cor
daily invited
Lincoln Sunday, Feb. Is, will be OBJ
served not only as the anniversary of
Lincoln 5 birthday Feb 12), hut will
also mark 30 years since the death Of
Lincoln and half a century of the work
of the Freedmen 5 Aid society. III
honor of this semi-ccntennial there will
be a special program, entitled The Up
ward Way. given at the Methodist
church at 1890 a. III. All seats free
Everybody CONC.
Mrs. Adds Barber of Lyndonville is
the guest OF her daughter, Mrs. ". II.
Temple.
Clifford Gould went Tuesday to
North Granville, \. ", to visit Dr. and
Mrs. p. p. White.
Mrs, d. r. Stedman & Mrs. E. r.
Willard attended the Universalist fair
in Brattleboro on Wednesday.
The \. N. Merrifeld mill, run bv Tn
derwood 4 Derby, is shut down while
repairs are being made on the engine.
Miss Dora Thayer and Helen LaPlant
of Brattleboro were guests Wednesday
of Miss Thayer s sister, Mrs c. r. Tn
derwoOd.
The Camp Fire Girls will serve a
supper in the church vestry next Fri
day, Feb. IL. The evening will be
spent socially in playing games and in
a general good time.
The monthly meeting of the AIizpah
class was held in the home of Mis-.
Mary ingram Friday afternoon After
the meeting a social hour was enjoyed
when refreshments of sandwiches, cake
coffee and ice cream were served b,
the hostess. This was the largest meet.
ing of the class.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-03
WHY 1T SUCCEEDS.
Because It's For One Thing Only, and

Nothing can be good for everything.
Doing one thing well brings success.
Doan s Kidney Pills are for one
thing only.
For weak or dsordered kidneys.
Here is Brattleboro evidence TO
prove their worth.
O. F. Howe, l3S Elliot ST., prop.
wagon repair shop, Brattleboro, says:
- Ny back troubled me for a long time
and | was often so lame that [ could
hardly stoop or lift. / tried plasters
and several medicines. but received no
relief until / procured Doan's Kidney
Pills at the Brattleboro Drug Co. Two
boxes removed the backache and lame
ness and restored my kidneys to a nor
NAL condition. -
A LASTING EFFECT.
OVER TWO YEARS LATER, Mr.
Howe said: "Doan's Kidney Pills rid
me of kidney trouble and it has never
returned. -
Price soc, at all dealers. Don 7
simply ask for a kidney remedy - get
Doan S Kidney Pills - the same that
Mr.. Howe has twice publicly recon-
mended. oster-Milburn Co., Props.
Buffalo, \. Y.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-03

whites of six eggs, tbs
yolks of five. one cupfu
each Of sugar and -four
three-fourths of a tea
spoonful of cream of tar
tar, the juice and rinC
of a large orange. Bea
the whites very stiff anC
add half of the sugar
beat the yolks and ado
the other half heat fr,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-03

If they vote mo we shall have it
Just the same unless the next legisla-
ture repeats the Perry Act. After May
|, 1916 or May l, 1917 we shall have
state prohibition anyway, no matter
how the people vote next March. 1t
is only a question of when it takes eff
feet that is to be voted upon the first
Tuesday in March.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-03
The Perry Act Vote.
(Morrisville Messenger

In all this talk pro and con, regard
ing the question of the retention of
the present local option law, or adopt
ing state wide prohibition under the
Perry Act, scarcely word has been
said upon the real question to be voted
upon. 1t is not whether we shall have
state wide prohibition or local option.
Under the Perry law, we shall have
state wide prohibition May /, 1916.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-03

There is something wrong besides
the boys when 22o midshipmen funk
their examinations at Annapolis. We
have a suspicion that the examinations
at the naval academy are pretty fine
on technical lines.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-03
Not a Place for Applause.
{ Rutland Herald. }

Judge Stanton set a good example
by fning-or at least holding for SEN
tence-the leader of the applause that
followed the acquittal of an accused
homicide in st. Johnsburv. 1t is high
time that the public was brought to
realize that the court room is not a
place of entertainments
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-03
A MERRY PARTY

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
ers, 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, 1916-02-03

A Michigan woman was arrested be.
cause she wanted to kiss a railroad
brakeman. As a penalty the court ought
to make her do it .