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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16
PERSONAL.

Irving Ellis is in Keene today on
business.
Mrs. Gibson of Springfield, Mass, is
a guest of her cousin, Mrs. V. o. Jones
Morse Bond, who had been i'll two
weeks with grip, returned to school this
week.
cation from her work in H. NJ Wood $
store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Matthew Howard of
Orchard street are both i'll with grip.
/ Foot of Local
Miss Minnie A. Scott, bookkeeper at
I scott S grocery store, is at home on ac-
count of illness.
Clarence A. Barber was taken to the
Memorial hospital this morning very
Ill with pneumonia.
G. Menzies Miller, who has been III
week with grip, was out for few
minutes this morning.
Mrs. Sargent is here from Randolph
caring for her sister, Mrs. G. A. Met
calf, who has been ILL.,
! Fred Jacobs, nurse, of Boston is Wis
ing his mother, Mrs. Emma Jacobs Of
Canal street, a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. E. d. Whitney returned
Monday night from Springfield, Mass
where they had spent two weeks.
Mrs. Abbie Adams Of Williamsville
IS visiting Ill town with her sister, Mrs.
NJ. A. Shearer of Western avenue
Mrs /. Fl. Davis has returned from
North Conway, where she had been
since last summer at her former home.
Mrs. f. ". Sharp is expected to re
turn today from Barre, where she has
spent few days with Rev. Mr.. Sharp.
Mrs. j. Warren Miller of Springfield
tNt) who had been visiting her mother,
Mrs. Q. H. Stickney, has returned to
her home.
Ray Howe, who fractured two ribs
three weeks ago while at his work for
the Twin State Gas & Electric Co., is
out again
Miss Frances Martell who is having
q vacation from her work in Houghton
g Simonds 5 store is visiting in Spring
field Mass
Miss Flora Mather of Springfield
Mass, came Friday to spend the week
end with her aunt, Miss Susan Hough
ton of 81 Canal street
Christie B. Crowell went to Green
field, Mass, yesterday afternoon ans
attended last evening . meeting Of the
Lodge of Perfection Of Masons Of that
town
Miss Susan Hanrahan went to New
York last night on a business trip OF
several days. Mrs. Helen Brasor viii
: be m charge Of the Speciality Shop dur
ling her absence.
Superior Judge +. L. Waterman
slipped on the sidewalk IN front of the
Brooks House pharmacy yesterday af-
ternoon and severely cut the palm OF
his right hand
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Il. Parsons at Brock
lya are expected tomorrow TO spend sew
eral days at the Brooks House Their
son, Harold Parsons, who is student
in Dartmouth college. will spend the
weekend 1t the Brooks House with
them.
Fred II. Harris returned YESTERDAY
afternoon from Hanover, y. H.. wher,
he was one Of the leading participants
in the winter sports. He was the foun.
der and first president of the Outing
club of Dartmouth, which conducts the
winter sports.
Isabel, 10, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
B. l.. jerks of Dummerston road. was
admitted to the Melrose hospital yes
terday afternoon to receive treatment
for appendicitis. and pneumonia The
child is under the care of Dr. G.. b.
Hunter and DR.. f. R. Lynch
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16
commonwealth Hotel
Qncorporated)
Opposite State House, Boston, Mass.

Offers rooms with hot and cold water
Ter $lo0 per day: which includes free
use Of public shower baths. Nothing to
equal this In New England. Rooms with
private bath for Sl.6O per day; suites
Of Two ROOMS and bath for 81 so per day.
Dining room ana cafe frst-class Euro
pC1n plan.
ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF.
TEMPERANCE HOUSE
Send for Booklet
STORER T. CRAFTS, GEN. Mgr.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16
Sporting Notes.

39s 43I 423-l.o5
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16
BIGGEST TEAM TOTAL.
Masonic Team A Rolls 1887 Against
1852 by Team T.

Team y of the Masonic bowling
league defeated last evening team +,
1887 to 1852, and incidentally turned
IN the biggest team total of the season
to date. White, with q single of l12
and total of 900. carried off the in
dividual honors and regained his form.
This was the eighth game of the second
series. The scores:
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16

ITS easy to change the shape
and color of unstable brands
TO initiate the Prince Albert
tidy red tin, 6ut II is impossible
to initiate the flavor of Prince
Albert tobacco! The patented
process protects that!
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16
JUDGE AT ADAMS, MASS.
Fred r. Shaw Appointed to Succeed
Nelson BixbY. Resigned.

Boston, Feb Is Fred r. Shaw OF
Adams was appointed Judge of the
Adams district court today by Gov.
Mccall He succeeds Judge Nelson
BiNbv, who has resigned.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-03-09
Canny Human Skil..

The ocean comes up and smashes
our beaches and our piers; the wind
blows down old houses and walls and
trees; the rain fills up creek beds and
Easements and comes up over the
floors of stores, with some damage to
silks and sugar. 1t is aG very big and
scary and horrendous, but still the
puny human climbs quietly into his
dry street car, the antlike commuter
crawls aboard his chip sized ferryboat,
the steamer swings and dances through
the typhoon. and the cigar box Office
building laughs at the racket and the
fuss. There is skill behind the car,
the boat, the building; canny human
skill that keeps cool and is not to be
bluffed even by the winds and waters
Of the earth, and nature may lose its
temper all it wants; it loses it quite
fruitlessly.-San Francisco Bulletin.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-03-09
How Tea Is Named.

In India and Ceylon teas are named
according to the different leaves of the
plant. The two small leaves at the tip
Of the shoot produce. as a rule, the
best tea, known as "fOwery" and "oY.
ange" pekoe. Pekoe without an ad-
jective Qiterally white DOWN. is made
from the leaf Immediately below those
of the orange and fowery. Next in
the descending scale is the leaf of the
somewhat coarser sOuchong ('little
sprouts'), and lower still are larger
leaves yielding congou Qaborer's tea. OF
tea on which much labor is required
to make it fit for the market and
Bohea. Blended tea is now often d..
scribed as 'congou." Originally the
name Bohea was applied to any kind
of black tea, it being assumed that i,
all came from Wui pronounced by the
Chinese BuD.-London Chronicle.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-03-09
AIaska's Natural Subm marines.

The channels of the Alaskan water
ways vary as you sail on to the north
ward Now they widen into great
lakes; now they are rivers as narrow
as the Hudson or Rhine. At times you
pass through gorgeS walled by islands
and the mainland, and at times you are
in fiords like those formed by the half
sunken Andes along western Patago~
MIA, near the strait of Magellan. This
part Of our territory is made up Of the
heads OF submerged mountains, and in
places there are great rocks as steep,
as high and as sharp as the Washing
ton monument, which come within
twenty or thirty feet of the surface.
These are terrible pinnacle rocks that
rip open the hulls of the steamers.
They are searched for and marked
with buoys by the wire drag of our
coast and geodetic survey.-Christian
Herald.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-03-09
Human Sacrifices.

In battle the Aztecs stroye to save
life so that they could use their pris-
oners as human sacrifices to the gods.
They had the art of ambush reduced to
such science that it was nothing un-
usual for them to bring home 25,OOO
prisoners after campaign. Their bat
ties were not fought for the sake of
any principle, nor yet to gain territory
They fought in order to capture prison
ers, and the hot headed young soldiers
were given wooden swords. for fear
they might in the heat of battle unwit-
tingly slay a foe A dead enemy was
already dead, and hence of no value
for sacrifcial purposes. Were the Az
tees humans? Well, not so that you
could notice. But their destruction of
prisoners on the affairs of their beauti-
full temples was done in the name Of
religion and hence not reprehensible.-
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-03-09
KeTry tne DANDY.

Tcrentrics have flourishcd in every
age. but possibly they were at their
height in the days OF George III. ana
tbe regency. when to be odd was con-
sidered fashionable. Take the case or
Lieutenant Colonel Kelly of the them
First Foot guards, who was a very
vain. emaciated looking dandy. but at
the same time gentleman. HE was
naughty in the extreme and very fond
of dress His boots were SO well var
uished that the polish now in use
could not surpass Kelly's backing i'll
briliiancy. His pantaloons were made
of the finest leather. anu his coats were
inimitable. In short. his dress was
considered perfect
Kelly was burned to death while
trying to save his favOrite boots, and
the story goes that the dandies com
peted among themselves to secure the
services of his valet who knew the Sc
cret of the backing. Brummel was
one of the competitors, but the man
told him that the $50 year he had
been accustomed to receive was not
enough for his talent and that he
should require 1900, upon which the
Beau replied, well, if you will make
it guineas l shall be happy to attend
upon you. Gazette.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-03-09

Venomous snakes take the plate OF
wild beasts in Formosa. and their at
tacks are formidable. says IL Japanese
traveller. who has just returned from
a trip in the southern island There is
a venomous snake on that island b,
the name of amagasahebi. 50 caliel
from its unbrella-like head This.
snake is generally found in watery
places, often In ditch flowing out OF
q kitchen. A maid working in kitth
en- is not infcequently startled at the
ugly appearance of the snake. The
animal makes a peculiar noise by the
nimble movement of its tongue. A
slight touch of its fangs is fatal. A
native Of the island was bitten by the
snake in the thumb. A doctor who
treated the wound made a simple ap.
plication. The man returned home.
thinking the wound would soon be
cured, but to mis- CONSERVATION his arm
had swollen up. He soon lost sight and
hearing. Next morning he was dead
East and West News.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-03-09
Anima! and Plant Life In Brine.

Just west of Promontory Point sta
ton, Utah, is a pond cut Off from the
Great Salt lake by the railroad en-
bankment. At times of high water in
the lake this reservoir fills by percola-
ton through the embankment, but dur
ing the summer this water is concen
trated to brine by evaporation. The
deep pink color of the brine is phe
nomenOn that appears in salt ponds
generally when a certain concentration
is reached. In the salt ponds Of San
Francisco bay this color is due to a
certain bacillus which lives in satu-
rated brines and also in the heaps Of
salt as it is piled for drainage and
shipment. Prohibitive to life as such
an environment might be considered.
strong natural brines are, in fact, in
habited by a number of minute organ
isms, animals as well as plants. The
pink color disappears in winter or
when fresh water is introduced into
the pond.-United States Geological
Survey.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-03-09
Test For a Field Glass.

Inquiry has 1t that the absolute and
1nfallible test of a field glass by the
purchaser is to see what size letters
can be read across the street from the
opticians shop.
It isn't The real test is to climb up
a long and bushy hill until the breath
comes a hundred to the minute. thep
snatch for the glass, reposing in q
shirt pocket, to see whether the buck
is the one you want before you fire.
If it won't go in your shirt pocket ii
Is not the glass you want: others arc
made that will. If it shakes in your
agitated hands it is not the glass you
want. You cannot see enough more
with high power glass to pay for
the times when it is unusable. because
you cannot hold it steady.-Outing
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-03-09
The Gaelic A B C.,

Every letter in the Gaelic alphabe
is represented by tree. The alphabet
of today consists of eighteen letters
in ancient Gaelic seventeen-and now.
as of old, all the letters with the eX-
ception of G. and u, which stand for
ivy, furze and heather, are called after
trees.
The Gaelic A B G Of today runs:
Ailm, bette. coll dur. eagh. fearn.
gath, huath, iogh, luis, muin, nuin.
DIV, peith, ruis, suil. teine. ur, which is
equivalent to saying elm. birch, hazel,
oak, aspen, alder. ivy, whitethorn, lew.
rowan or quicken, vine, ash. spindle
tree, pine. elder, willow. furze, heath
In the ancient Gaelic alphabet the
letter h (the heath or whitethorn) does
not exist. The alphabet is called the
beth-luis-nuin. because b n and not
a b are its first three letters.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-03-09
Snubbino a Grand Duke,

When the Russian Grand Duke Ser
gius, who was blown to pieces with q
dynamite bomb, was governor of War
saw he thought it would be a good
idea if the people Of that city would
contribute to fund with which to
buy sunfiower seeds to be given to
the Russian soldiers, who are very fond
of chewing them. Sergius announced
that every one sending money would
be given receipt, but those sending
1000 rubles ($51W or more would be
thanked personally by himself 1t is
said that the response was excellent;
but, though no one sent in 1000 rubles
and asked to be thanked personally by
the grand duke, many sent in 900 ru-
bles and asked for the receipt.-Lon-
don Telegraph.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-03-09
LAW AND JUSTICE.
The Old Squire Could Strike a Nice
Balance Between the Two.

There is an old New England squire
whose knowledge of the statute law is
limited, but who has decided views as
TO common justice. Not long ago Il
certain Zed Smith was brought before
him charged with larceny.
1t appeared from the evidence that
Zed had rented a horse from a farmer
to do some hauling and that during the
period the animal had remained in his
possession he had fed it from the own
er's stock of grain. although the agree
ment was that Zed himself should sup
ply the feed. He was charged by the
farmer therefore with the theft of two
bushels of oats and corn.
THE statutes made and provided -
the old squire announced ponderously,
SAY that theft is to convert to your
own use the property of another. The
horse is the servant of the owner, not
of Zed, and Zed converted them oats
to the horses use, not his, 50 | acquit
Zed of stealin' them oats. He amt
guilty of larceny"
Zed rose, thanked the squire and was
about to leave the room when the old
man called him back
Gas | said, Zed," he remarked, with
a gleam of humor in his eye, you amt
guilty of larceny. but you shore air
guilty Of something. and I'm goin' to
send you to Jail for month for it,
Youths Companion.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-03-09


~ NN.
closed
aok trimming Of
o 10 nrud and ask for shave hair the
assumes of bouncer
There another
wondering just in
The
each a
tcua
members OF the senate qualified
Hickman
BARRIERS under his direction They especially
rushing a Mr.
Of
glide senatorial
half through
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-03-09
SHOEBLACKS i% uit:G, :.
They Shine as Artists In Ore or eas
National Eccrealions.


Boot cleaning, enc OF tic t,s.tde'
recreations that SaloniM o9ccJ. rank
among the national industries OF
Greece. To sit drinking little cups OF
Turkish coffee and having his boots
cleaned at the same time is the Greek S
ideal of pleasant afternoon. &he ius'
troS, as Greek shCeblacks are music
ally called. though usually Of tender
age. is true artist and is by ne means
content with the dull burniSh that sat
isf1es the English boot boy.
He first meticulously scrdpes YOU
boot clean of the smallest fragment o.
mud, then wipes it carefully So as to
have perfectly clean background to
work on After that he applies the
backing. not by dabbing the backing
brush into the Tin. but with variety
of little metal implements and SponSes.
When he has brushed this to bright
polish you imagine that your shine is
over, but it has really only begun, for
the luStros now goes on to bring out
the high lights by Smearing your boot
over with a cOlorleSs cream which he
brushes again to great brilliance and
finishes off by two or three minutes
friction with velvet cloth. He com
pletes his work by painting the edge of
sole and heel with sort of varnish.-
G. Ward Price in London Times.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-03-09
New Setting For an Old House.

Many an old house has been allowed
to pass into state Of disrepair and
finally has been torn down to make
place for Il more modern building
merely because the owner has not been
able to see in the old building a possi-
bility for the attainment of attractive
ness and charm by means of new set
ting. The raIest gem in a battered
setting can hardly show its value Put
1t In platinum and gold. modern in cut,
and the same gem is glory to it's
owner. Provide the old house with ma.
lures setting in the form of judicious
planting, together with tasteful garden
arrangement and a pergola, and
straightway it is given new lease of
beauty.-f-. G. Hoyt in Countryside
Magazine.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-03-09


1ne
IN light vehicle
coast guard the direction from
which they - "
Inc bureau Of navigation of the
legitimate commercial
STANDARDS
pect or some time and
emc1ent
on OF the source at the
by atmospheric disturbances other directions
Than ordinary receiving apparatus
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-03-09
OUR VANISHING CcrR.
The Most Graceful and Most Hunted o,
All Our Animals

J No animal on the North American
continent has been hunted SO relenl.
lessly as the deer. That's whr he is
getting scarcer every year. and you'll
have to look in park or go into the
mountains to find one today.
For convenience i'll Distinguishing
this animal from other members of the
family scattered over the earth. We
call him the common American deer.
He is also referred to at times as the
roebuck, the jumping deer and the long
tailed deer. He is small, compared
with others of his family, like the
moose and elk, and his color is brown
i'll summer and gray-brown in winter
He weighs between 100 and 200 pounds.
The male deer carries pair of horns.
which he sheds each year after the
breeding season. Then he grows new
pair, their size increasing as the deer
grows older. The female deer. called
the doe. has no hnrns.
They are vegetarians and live most
of the year on shrubs. grass and the
buds of trees. Sometimes they become
bolder and visit a farmers corn or
wheat field. They also like berries.
The American deer is one Of the most
graceful animals on the continent,
speeds over the open ground or through
the forest with equal ease. 1t harms no
one. yet it is the most hunted of ami.
mails. The reason is that the animals
flesh is most delicious. If you have
ever tasted venison you'll see why men
hunt the deer so rclentlessly.-P
delphia North American.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-03-09
When Pens Were First Used.

About the year 600 \. d. pens made
of quills We're introduced. This is
shown by the fact that the word pen
ma, a quill, is not found, it is claimed,
in any work bearing an earlier date
Previous to that time the word Gala
mus. signifying Il reed, was exclusive
ly employed as designation for the
vehicle used in transferring the ink to
the parchment or other surface select
ed by the writer's of that early age
Steel pens first came into use in 1903
and about twenty-five years later those
composed Of gold made their appear
ance.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-03-09
A Literary Coincidence.

"My father, W. Clark RUSSELL" said
Herbert Russell in telling of literary
coincidence, had finished maturing
the plot Of his novel. The Death Ship,
which is a version of the legend Of
Vanderdecken. | was his amanuensis
at the time. He said to me, 'Tomor
row we will begin the story On the
following morning when l entered his
study to take his dictation of the open
ing lines he showed me a letter he had
just received. 1t was from w. S. Gil
bert, the well known dramatist, asking
him why he did not write novel about
the Flying Dutchman."
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-03-09
An Eve Test.

Most people believe that they see the
same with both eyes. That this is not
the case one can easily convince him.
self by the following simple expert
ment: Cover one of the eyes with a
hand or bandage and let the expert
menter attempt to snuff out candle
suddenly placed within a few feet Of
him. He will almost invariably miss
the flame, either oyerreaching, under
reaching or putting the fingers too far
to the right or left of the flame. With
both eyes normal and open the accom-
modation for distance and direction is
instantaneous
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-03-09
Almoat a Getaway.

Where are you going?" asked the
proprietor of a rooming house who was
reused in the early hours of the morn
ing just in time to catch lodger
creeping stealthily downstairs with his
baggage in his hands.
"Oh-er." stammered the loiger. ~
was walking in my sleep"
"Umph! It's lucky thing l wasn't
walking in my sleep. | might have
dreamed you paid ME before you tried
to leave. e."-Birmingham Age-Herald.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-03-09
How He look Ii.

In trailing," said an instructor in
athletics, ''the strictest obedience is re-
quired. Whenever l think of tile the
ory OF training l think Of Dash, who.
after eighteen years of married life, is
one OF the best and happiest husbands
In the world.
"'Dash,' | once said to him. well
Dash, old man, how do you take mar.
ried life?
According to directions he re
Piled
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-03-09
Both Satisfied,

The best thing that ever happened
to me-" sneered the young man to his
FORMER employer, twas when you fired
me- went out and got regular job"
That's all right" replied the old
BOSS. I'm glad you're satisfied. Fir.
ing y''u didn't hurt our firm a particle"
Detroit Free Press.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-03-09
MYSTERY OF A DREAM.
He Heard True When Asleep and
Heard True, Too, When Awake.


"In one of the East Indian border
wars there was engaged an officer of
high repute. the member of an ancient
county family" says Mrs. Mayo in
"Recollections of Fifty Years" One
night the laird, its head, started from
his sleep. eXclaiming:
"'There's the shot that has killed my
brother.
His wife told him it was but a
dream. He must have given an anX-
ious thought to his brother before GO
ing to sleep.
'1The next day the laird and his wife
Pre- il the garden directing their gar
kners when the laird suddenly ex-
E1aimed:
"Do you hear the bagpipes?
ono answered the lady. Z can hear
nothing. l am sure there is no sound.
Strange said the laird, for car
even hear what is played. 1t is ''The
Flowers @ the Forest Are, A. Wefe
Away
"a few hours later came the tele-
gram reporting that the brother had
been shot down by some border war
rior and over his lonely grave the men
of his regiment had played the pa
thetic air whose mysterious echo seem
ed to have reached the laird"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-03-09

fhe extent Of $1,000 for this
of Cecil
made the basis of complaints of
Red
haons the extraordinary
uncovered business
aIe png placed IN or the
backed by
suspicion
this advice too politely
to min his own busne
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-03-09
A Measure of Economy.

"Ritercus says he is not appreciated
In his own community and that here
after he will. send all his humorous
stories to publications in distant
cities"
"A very good plan too. He wants to
make iittle wit 20 long way
Richmond Times Dispatch.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-03-09
Eternal lampa.

A common superstition that the an
clients possessed the art of making
lamps which would burn forever for a
long time obtained, and it was claimed
that one such lamp was discovered in
the tomb of Rosicrucius. Science, how
ever, has long set this. together with
other superstitions, forever at rest,
since it has been demonstrated that
fire will not burn In a chamber from
which the air has been exhausted.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-03-09
Mercy Is Not Strained.

He (brutally)-Women have no sense
OF humor. anyhow. She pointedly)-
Oh, yes. they have! The reason they
oon't laugh at the funny things they
see Is because they don't want to hurt
the poor things feelings.-Richmond
Times-Dispatch.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-03-09
Clear Air.

The air is so clear at Arequipa, Peru
that from the observatory at that place,
$3.50 feet above the sea. black spot
one inch in diameter placed on a white
disk has been seen on Mount Charcha-
nj, a distance of eleven miles. through
q thirteen inch telescope.