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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-05
In Odd Fellows Temple

Tuesday. Dec ), 80 p. m.-Rehearsal Of
Rebekah degree. 1t is important that
every member of the degree staff be pres
cnt
Wednesday, Dec 9, 7.3O p. Rehcars.
al Of Golden Rule degree
Thursday, Dec. :, 80 p. m.-Regular
meeting of Oasis Encampmcnt Golden
Rule degree to be conferred Also nomi.
nation OF officers for the ensuing year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-05
PRELATE TO POPE.
Notable Appointment to Rev James
Coyle of Fall River. Mass.

ROME, Dee ,, delayed-Pope Beue
diet has appointed Rev James CoyIe,
member of the bishop S council of Fall
River, Mass, his domestic prelate. Fa-
ther Coyle will carry the title of Mon
signOr.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-05

There are 20,5OO,00O homes in the
United States, according to statistics
gathered by the leading electrical man
ufacturers. Five million five hundred
thousand of these homes, or 27.2 per
cent, are lighted by electricity as fol
lows: 45,000,000 sockets contain carbon
lamps; 35,00o,000 sockets contain
Mazda or tungsten lamps; 100000
sockets are empty.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-05
"GETS" TWO AIRPLANES.
Sub-Lieutenant Nungesser Has Brought
90 Machines to Earth.

PARIS, Dee. ). = Lieutenant
Nungesser shot down two airplanes
within three hours yesterday, the war
office announces. This brings up to 20
the number of airplanes brought to
earth by this aviator.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-05
GERMANY'S TART REPLY.
Says in Substance mind Your Own
Business" to Dutch Protest

LONDON, Dec. ;. - According to
Rotterdam despatch to the Times Ger
many has replied to the Dutch protest
regarding the Belgian deportation in
words which are tantamount to saying
d" Mind your own business The de-
spatch says that a diplomatic discus
sion is proceeding between the two
cOnntr rios
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-05
LLOYD GEORGE OUT.
Strongest Member of British Cabinet
Decides to Resign.

LONDON, Dee. 3. - The Exchange
Telegraph company says that war see
retary Lloyd George has decided to re-
sign. His resignation was drafted after
he received an intimation that Premier
Asquith would not agree to the sug-
gestion that the war council should be
formed without the premier at it's head
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-05
THE WEATHER.
Rain Tonight-Wednesday Fair and
Colder-Moderate Winds.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-The wealth
er forecast Rain tonight. Wednes-
day fair and colder. Moderate to
fresh south and southwest winds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-05
SOME ARE MISSING.
Fate of Part of Crew Of Portuguese
Steamer Is Unknown.

LISBON, Dee. 4, via Paris, delayed.
The English liner Vesna has landed
here Is men of the crew of the Portu-
guese steamer Sac Nicolau, formerly the
German steamer Dora Horn, sunk by a
submarine. The fate of the remainder
of the crew is unknown.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-05
First Baptist Church

The regular meeting of the Christian En-
dcayor society will be held in the chapel
this evening at $50 Topic. The Consecra-
tlon of Business Life. Rev. 3:l4-22 This
Is the conservation meeting and all young
people are cordially invited.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-05
In a Sense.

''Do you get room and board in the
same house?'
''Well, have a room and frequently
get bored by the other dodgers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-05

The average candle power of lamps
sold in 1907 was IS; in 1914, 3s.2; in
1915, 42.23.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-05
MEET TO REVISE RULES.
Committee for Both House and Senate
in Session at State House.
(Special to The Reformer

Especial to The Reformer.)
MONTPELIER, Dee. ).
Messrs. Black, Page, Weeks and
Darling, members of the committee to
revise the house and senate rules, met
today at the state house.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-05

A telephone wire swings for 1900
yards across the Yukon river.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-05
COOPERATIVE EXCHANGE.
Orleans County Farmers to Buy and Sell
Grain and Feed.
Especial to The Reformer.)

MONTPELIER, Dec. 5.
The Orleans County Farmers Co
operative Exchange, inc, of Newport,
with $4,000 capital, has filed articles of
association in the office of the secretary
of state. Four Orleans county men are
the incorborators.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25
HYGIENIC METHODS
ARE OF MUCH VALUE
Few Timely Suggestions May Be
Of Great Value in Construc-
tion of House for Hogs.

(By W. J. WILSON, Assistant in Serum.
Production, South Dakota Experiment
Station.)
Hygiene means health, and all
methods employed in keeping the herd
in healthy, thrifty condition, are by.
gienic methods.
If thinking Of building a new hog
house or remodeling the old one, a few
timely suggestions may be of value. in
the first place, locate the house in such
a manner that you may get direct rays
Of sunlight into every pen, as sunlight
Is a most effective germ killer.
Arrange for a system of ventilation;
hole cut in the roof is not sufficient.
Have plenty of pure air, but do not
allow the hogs to sleep in a draft.
See that the hogs have dry sleep
ing quarters. Hogs that are obliged to
sleep in hot, steamy pens without prop.
er ventilation, are very susceptible to
pneumonia when turned into the feed
lot in cold weather. Plenty of exer.
else for the breeding stock is very es.
sential to the maintenance of good
health.
These points, together with good
clean food and plenty cf clean fresh
water, mean healthy hogs that have
lots Of resistance against disease.
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ANGULAR LEAF-SPOT
OF THE CUCUMBERS
Disease Quite Prevalent Through
out Eastern, Middle Western
and Southern States.

The angular leaf-spot Of cucumbers
is a disease quite prevalent through
out the eastern and middle western
states. It was reported as having
been present the past year in Michi-
gan, Indiana. Wisconsin and New
York as well as the provinces Of On
tar:o and Quebec, in Canada. The dis
ease has also been reported recently
from Maryland and other southern
states.
The presence Of the disease is indi-
Gated by angular, dry, brown spots on
the foliage, which, by dropping out or
tearing. give the leaves a ragged ap-
pearance. Although the disease has
been known for many years in the
field, and has been conceded to be of
bacterial origin, heretofore no organ
ism has been named as its cause. AS
a result of experiments recently con-
Quoted by the plant pathologists Of the
United States department of agricul-
ture, however, the germ causing the
disease has been isolated and identi-
fed.
It was found that the disease is
caused by a bacterial organism enter
ing the leaf through minute orif1ces in
the outer layer. wounds not being nee
essary to permit infection. Young
stems may become soft-rotted or crack
open, but no direct connection has
been found between the leaf-spot and
the soft rots of the fruit. A heavy in
festation, however, often materially
reduces the crop by destroying the
active leaf surface of the plants.
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American Sea Poet.

Now that John Masefeld has come
to be the poetic interpreter of life at
sea to his generation of Britons, it is
interesting to see an American poet,
Lincoln Colcord, rising to be the same
for his countrymen. Beginning his
career on a vessel navigating Caps
Horn, he comes of five generations o:
seagoing Maine folk. His boyhood
was spent on ship sailing the seven
seas. so that now. when he comes to
write poem on The Vision of War;
or when be discusses. before clubs of
literary and civic-spirited men, Some
Of the Fallacies of American Democ-
racy," it is not a product of the ur.
ban-graded school which never has
been out of sight of land who is speak.
ing. Rather is it man who has seen
the world" as that phrase is most &C.
curately though not popularity used.-
Christian Science Monitor.
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CHURNING HINTS Fer WINTER
Butter-Making Troubles May Be Over
como by Keening Cream at the
Proper Temperature.

Troubles arising from winter butter.
making may largely be overcome by
keeping the cream to be churned at
a temperature of SO degrees Fahren-
heit until two days before churning,
when it should be placed where the
temperature is about Is degrees Fair.
enheit.
The cream should be kent at SO to
&C. degrees Fahrenheit during churn-
ing time and when the butter collects
into small nut sizes the buttermilk
should be drained of and water at a
temperature of so degrees Fahrenheit
should be poured over it. repeating
the rinsing process two or three times
With the last rinsing. give twenty
churning revolutions and draw off the
water. To work the butter place the
particles on a fat board and strew the
salt over it uniformly and work Just
enough to distribute the salt evenly
throughout the butter.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25

The result is that re enforced concrete
is the cheapest whore concrete mate
rial is costly and is adaptable for pur-
poses where plain concrete Is untitled.
The reinforcement must be properly
placed in order to develop the strength
Of the structure. AS, for example,
lead a concrete beam to the breaking
point and it will be seen that the low
er part of the beam has pulled apart,
was in tension, while the upper part
has crushed together, or was in COM
preston. Their, fore, if a beam be
the reinforcement should
be placed near the lower part of the
beam in order to take the tension.
else the strength Of the REINFORCE
ment is undeveloped. In placing the
concrete, take especial care not to dis
place the reinforcement from its true
position and 70 wholly and solidly
embed it within the concrete.-Curtiss
Hill in Missouri Report.
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parent plant. The uses of sage are
well known. Thyme makes an excel
lent seasoning for soups and boiled
meats, the buds and leaves being used
for the purpose. Tender tops and
shoots Of summer savory are often
mixed with thyme and sage, or per-
haps with marjoram. Summer savory
is grown from seed each year.
Another kind, known as winter sa-
worry, is a perennial, and will live in
the ground year after year, and fur
nish a lot Of favoring and garnishing.
Marjoram can be grown from seed
planted in drills, and the plants
thinned to stand two feet apart. 1t is
the favorite dressing for fish, but is
also used in meats and soups.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25

ach, liver, kidneys and bowels the pre-
vious days accumulation OF toxins and
poisons; thus, cleansing, sweetening,
and freshening the entire alimentary
canal, each morning, before putting
more food into the stomach.
A quarter pound Of limestone phos-
phate costs very little at the drug
store but is sufficient to make any
rheumatic or lumbago sufferer an en-
thusiast on the m 0rning inside bath.
Millions of people keep their joints
fre from these rheumatic acids by
practicing this daily internal santa
tion. A glass OF hot water with a tea
spoonful of limestone phosphate drank
before breakfast, is wonderfully invig.
Grating; besides, it is an excellent
health measure because it cleanses the
alimentary organs of all the waste,
gases and sour lamentations, making
one look and feel clean, sweet and
fresh all day.
Those who try this for one weak
may find themselves free from sick
headaches, constipation, bilious at
tacks, sallowness, nasty breath and
stomach acidity.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25

Just as coal, when It burns, leaves
behind a certain amount Of incombus-
tible material in the form Of ashes, SO
the food and drink taken day after day
leaves in the alimentary canal GER
tain amount Of indigestible material,
which If not completely eliminated
each day, becomes food for the mil
lions Of bacteria which infest the bow
els. From this mass of leftover waste
material, toxins and ptomaine-like poi
sons, called uric acid, is formed and
then sucked into the blood where it
continues to circulate, collecting grain
by grain in the joints of the body
much like rust collects on the hinge
as shown above.
Men and women who suffer from
lumbago, rheumatism or sore, stiff,
aching joints should begin drinkil-c,
phosphated hot water, not as a means
to magic relief from pain, but to pre-
vent more uric acid forming in the
system. Before eating breakfast each
morning, drink glass of real hot
water with a teaspoonful Of limestone
phosphate in It. This will first neu-
tralize and then wash out of the stom
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25
Modern Dairy Barn and Concrete silos.

There are two sides-inner and out
erin circular fol i for use in max
ing concrete structures. Both sides
are made in the same way, but the
radii of the, forms being different.
they are not made by the same pat
tern. Make a circular form by draw
ing circle of the size of the form
desired and laying boards around the
circumference of the circle. Nail the
boards lightly together and, with the
same radius, mark out the circle on
them. Then knock them apart and
saw them out along the lines marked
and again fasten them together, this
time securely. After enough forms are
made for section of the circular fig
ure, set them up, equally spaced, and
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25
DEVICE TO SEPARATE CREAM
Machine Will Often Pay for Itself in
One Year, Much Depending on
Number of Cows Kept.

The cream separator is a mecEani.
cal device for separating the cream
from the milk, almost instantaneously
by centrifugal force. Its advantages
over the old methods of separation
are:
1. 1t takes practically all the but
ter fat and will save from five to ten
dollars per COW each year over any
methods.
2. Skim milk has its greatest feed
ing value while warm, clean and
sweet
8. Tho labor connected with the
care Of the milk can be decreased
and the profits from the cows greatly
increased because a better quality of
cream can be obtained.
A cream separator is an invest
ment and not an expense to anyone
who keeps five or six good COWS, ard
wants to make butter or sell cream.
A separator will often pay for itself
in one year, often in less time, ac-
cording to the number of COWS kept.
With proper care and attention, a
cream separator will last a decade.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25

put on the side boards or Tagging"
Concrete is either plain or REINFORCED.
One is concrete without any kind OF
reinforcement and in which all the
stresses are carried by the concrete.
The other is plain concrete, re-en-
forced with steel bars, beams or other
forms of metal or material Re-en-
forcement is placed in concrete in
order to take up certain stresses and
reduce the volume Of concrete. Con-
crete is strong in compression, but
weak in tension, SO if steel is embed
ded IN the concrete in the proper
place to take up the tensile stresses.
a great saving of concrete is effected.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25
FIERY RED PIMPLES
eoethed and Healed by Cutieura Soap
and Ointment. Trial Free.

Smear the affected skin with Cuticura
Ointment on end Of finger. Let it re-
main five to ten minutes. Then wash
OF with plenty Of Cuticura Soap and
hot water. Dry. without irritation.
Nothing like Cuticura for all skin
troubles from infancy to age.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv,
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25

tests showing that from nine to fifty
per cent increases have been made by
better feeding and care.
The answer, of course, depends q
great deal on previous feeding and
care, but it is not an important ques.
tion.
The important thing is that we know
positively that by better feeding and
care better breeding and selection the
production can be increased very
largely and very profitably. 1t doesn't
matter what form of effort gets the
credit, the result is what we want,
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25
Mating Young sows.

It is a good rule to mate young
sows with mature boar, one that has
done service before, and to use young
boars on sows that have had a least
one litter of pigs. In this WY, to a
certain extent at least, you avoid the
results of immature breeding which
are sometimes had If both boar and
SOW are ver7 young.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25
GARDEN HERBS FOR
CULINARY PURPOSES
Most Kinds of Plants Are Easily
Grown and Should Be ConSid-
cred This Spring.

Very few gardens have good sup
ply Of herbs for culinary purposes, yet
most kinds are easily grown. and
should be considered when planting
the garden this spring. Europeans
make much more Of such things than
we do.
Sage and thyme are similar in their
manner of growth, being propagated
either from seeds or layers from the
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25
Food Variety Is Economical.

a variety of food necessarily lessons
waste, for the animal then gets all the
elements essential to animal growth.
A continual ration of but single item
probably will supply some elements to
excess, and that which is not made
use Of is wasted; while a variety con.
duces good appetite also.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25
snecial at Nine Cents.

do you suppose all these women
on the streets are shopping?"
"Oh, yes. but not necessarily tor
spring suits, cosmetics and gewgaws."
"No?"
IAN enterprising confectioner ad-
vertises q sweeping reduction in nut
gundaes."
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25
Avoid Wooden stalls,

Stalls of wood have many fiat sur.
faces and cracks which are difficult
to keep clean, and in case of an out.
break Of disease are not easy to dis.
infect thoroughly. Stalls and swing
stanchions made of metal pipe are
more sanitary.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25
MILK ONLY WITH DRY HANDS
Practice Of Wetting Hands Is Filthy
Habit and Liable to Cause Cows
Teats to Chap.

Mixers should be allowed to milk
only with dry hands. The practice of
wettGng the hands with milk is a filthy
habit and is liable to cause the cows
teats to chap in the winter time.
Milking should be done quickly and
thoroughly, with ro violent jerking OF
the teats.
After each COW is MIXED the milk
should be removed Immediately to the
milk house.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25
IMPROVEMENT OF DAIRY COW
How Much Credit Must Be Given for
Better Feeding and Care and How
Much for Breeding?

In increasing the production of q
dairy herd how much credit must be
given for better feeding and care and
how much for better breeding and Sc
lection?
This question has been argued back
ami forth and experiment stations in
this and all other countries have made
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25
Handle Eeifers Carefully.

Be especially kind and thoughtful OF
the young heifers that are to calve IN
the spring. Handle them carefully
every day. Keep them thrifty. by good
feeding.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25

Four years ago, in 1912, the balance
OF trade in favor of the United
States was no less than two hundred
and sixty-seven millions, and this
year. the balance is reduced to only
thirty-two millions. The figures are
extraordinary and reflect the changed
and new conditions in Canada. It
looks as if for the first time in nearly
half a century this year Canada will
sell more to the United States than
she will buy from the Americana
Advertisement.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25
Delightful Hobby.

No matter what your trade, profes-
sior or business is, the poultry indus
try offers a delightful hobby CT
change.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25
Amlcahla Alice.

Alice-Papa. it's going to snow.
Papa (who is busy)-Well let It
snow.
ALICE was going to, papa.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25

She Got the Last Word.
He-Man was born to trouble as the
sparks fly upward.
She-Yes, to trouble woman
Judge.
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Exactly II

wont you consider an apartment
plpposition?"
mo. won't. That's fiat"
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HIGH PRICES
GOOD CROPS
And Good Demand for All Farm
Products.

Il is no new experience for settlers
located in a fertile country such as
Western Canada, where lands may be
bought at very reasonable prices, to
harvest crop that in one season pays
the entire cost Of their farm. Undoubt-
edly this was the experience of many
farmers during 1915, but one instance
may be quoted. A settler who came
to Canada from the United States
some years ago decided to add to his
holdings by buying an adjoining quar-
ter section near his home at Warner.
at $4,000 an acre, with terms spread
over a period Of years. He got the
land into a good state of cultivation
and last spring put the whole quarter
section in wheat. When the crop was
threshed he found that it only took
half the wheat on the farm to pay the
whole purchase price of it; in short
a single years crop paid the cost Of
the land. paid all the expenses of op-
GRAFTON and left him a handsome sur
plus as profit. This settler had some
adjoining land, and his whole wheat
crop for the season amounted to
over $4,000 bushels. He is now plan.
ming to obtain some sheep and invest
his profits in live stock which will as
sure him good living irrespective of
what the season may happen to be.
Canada's financial position is ex-
cellent. All speculation has been elm
mated, and trading is done on q cash
basis, with restricted credit
Detailed figures Of Cansda's trade
for twelve months ending October 81
show how the war is forcing Canadian
trade into new channels. One of the
most extraordinary changes is in CON-
merce with the United States. A
couple of years ago Canada imported
from the United States two or three
hundred million uollars' worth of
goods more than she exported. The
balance Of trade was all with the
United States. The balance is rapid
ly disappearing, and the present out
look is that by the end Of this year
Canada will have exported to the |
United States more than she has i'm
ported.
The figures for the past four years
are Illuminating. They are as fol-
lows:
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1t doesn't take the average honey
moon long to get ready for the en-
balmer.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25
Heavy Mixer Works Hard.

A heavy mixer is very hard
worked animal and must possess p
strong constitution.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25

Over 5000 persons receive pensions
from the United States Steel Corpora
ton,
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Free Ranoe for Hous.

Treerange for hogs does not mes.:
chat they should be allowed to run
over tho neighbor's farm.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25

When a woman trusts her husband
implicitly the honeymoon is still
young.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25
EIements nf Imnrnvemen4

Persistent good care and feeding
are among the principal elements Of
improvement.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25
Get Rid Of Scrub Sire.

Get rid of the scrub sire. no matter
e be has pedigree q mile long.
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Beware Of the Bull.

Don't trust any bull, no matter hcv
gentle, but treat him kindly.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25

German soldiers carry small tin
whistles to blow for medical aid should
they be wounded.
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Want $500 Worth Of Fun? seNS &c T''s E. ns. g.:
lighted; want a good leather belt TO hold you. The
Opportunity Co.. 6I2 Whitney Street. BelVideno, N.