davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-09
SUCCESS AND FAILURE.

\ story i'm the Saturday Evening Post
tells Of q man who failed seven times in
different lincs-and then succeeded. He
had learned something from each OF the
seven failures, and when success was
finally achieved. he went back and did
some of the unsuccessful things over
again. HIS first bad egg was a farm.
lie now owns one which makes money.
lie failed in a grocery-and now owns
the majority of stock in a good one.
lie owns a bank and a timber business
in both of which he lost out former
.Iy.
This man has had unusual opportuni-
ties Tor analyzing success and failure
into the elements which 80 to make up
each His conclusion is this:
"a failure is a man who does the
wrong thing without learning from it;
the man who does the right thing, but
quits before it is finished; the man who
finishes, but does not get it right; and
/ the man who does not do it at all.
"rndcrlyiug all those is the same
attitude of mind-a sort of uncertainty;
half-heartcd disposition to let when
ever the pulling is hard and wait for a
lift.
Success demands a mental state that
enables YOU to meet all classes Of men
OH a level; an open mind that takes
i'm the details of a problem and comes
I TO a conclusion after, not before, fun
considerations: the rcsourcefulncss
which enables YOU, when your wagon
breaks down on the road, to invent n
way to mend it and get it in with your
load just the same; persistency which
enables 4 man to do what he started
ont TO DO. He may not do it the first
or tenth way he tries. He does not al
ways sticl, on project he finds foolish,
But in enc form or another, he carries
. through whatever he starts"
The New Year Is now here. with its
balancing up of accounts, with its ex-
animation of couseicnces, with its anal.
vsis of tbc past and its resolutions for
|. the future. Many a man has failed in
the past who has it in his power to
succccd-cveu after seven or twice
seven failures, if he has learned from
them the lessons set down above Con
tiuued failure is simply bad habit OF
mimi Currass is gIso q habit which cau
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-09
thank your

But before the curtain fell. Robin
perched on one of the trees near by.
His clear voice rang out in trill after
trill of JOY. Everyone was speeches..
Could he have understood? And soon
he was joined by another Bird and
stlil another, until on that branch three
little Birds sang out their glorious.
full notes, While the audience and per-
formers looked up and listened.
They did not stop. They did not
seem to notice the People. They We're
not IN the least shy And their songs
were so happy, so free, so joyous that
everyone felt the little Birds knew that
something had happened for them.
And as they finally flew away, one
after the other, everyone was sure the
Birds last song had been, we thank
you toor"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-09

less. So many People do rot know that
these wings and feathers are cruel. But
we want them to find out-and then
never. never, never TO wear such kinds
again
"She paused for a moment, and all
the People in the audience shouted out,
We will always find out where our
feathers come from they said, and we
will know which ones are cruel and
which ones are all right
Then the little Girl smiled, and
bowed and said, We have our reward
in those words of yours. And we
thank YOU. oh, so much. And we also
know, that if the little Birds could
thank you-they would, indeed they
would
The curtain fell again. and the an
dience clapped some more, saving.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-09
THE L D We lett Err

The love letter is habit which is
cured by marriage.
Almost all Of the marriage ceremonies
Ill this country are preceded
by the twelve-page love letter, contain
ing passionate avowalS Of undying cs-
TEEN and averaging fourteen misspellcd
words to the page. 1t is 4 peculiar and
melancholy fact that before marriage a
man will find time to sit down every
day and prepare a long, wordv love let
ter full OF grammatical misdemeanors.
but after he has been married for two
years he is too busy to send anything
but picture postcard with 4 request to
shake down the furnace.
The love letter is intended for TEN
porary use only, and il Justice were
done law would be passed prohibiting
wives from retaining cpistles which TO
no good except to coniure up sad mem
cries. Some wives take great delight in
hauling out their husband S love letters
and reading them out loud. This is a
fendish and inhuman practice which
Protected by The Ada
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-09

To those little burgs like Barre, Ben
nington and st. Johnsbury, which vent
ed their sarcasm on Brattleboro last
year. when the postotfice here passed
Rutland III the total volume of business
and ranked second only to Burlington,
We point with pride to the fact that
the figures for 1916 showed an increase
of S7,402.23 in a single year and So
97&.1S in two years. The grand total
for the year Just ended was $67, 1870.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-09
Legislature Must Act Quickly.
st. bloomsbury Caledonian.)

NHl. - OlHNpuiN NdltupEIdu'l
If the legislature is to carry out the
recommendations Of Governor Graham
regarding the reorganization Of the
courts Of Vermont it must act quickly.
The election Of justices of the supreme
court and the superior judges must be
held on Thursday, Jan. Il, a week
from next Thursday. The reorganiza-
tion should be made before this date
and it is probable considerable time
will be required to make the change.
If n bill to do this IS introduced it
will be referred to the judiciary com
mittcc in each body. The committee
viii be composed of attorneys. The
Bar Association of Vermont has de-
clared itself opposed to the changes
recommended by the governor and,
the members Of the judiciary commit
tee being members Of that association,
il is very probable the bill will be re
ported adversely. Ordinarily this would
kill the bill, but not necessarily so. Each
chamber if it sees fit can oycrrule the
committee S report and pass the bill.
That of course means q well organized
and stiff fight, but there are enough
energetic business men and farmers in
each chamber to conduct a successful
fight on this issue if they wish.
1t is up to the members of each
chamber who do not belong to the
profession of law to relieve the state
of the burden Of supporting twenty
seven judges-iive justices of the SUI
prcme court, six superior judges and
sixteen municipal judges-to do the
work that was done twenty years age
by seven judges. Remember that the
governor who recommended these
changes is an attorney and is thor
oughly familiar with the work of the
courts and that he has not recon-
mended an Impractical method Of re
duclng the tremendous expenses of the
department of justices. The people want
the changes he has urged and they are
looking to the able members of eacl
( body to give them a short, sharp anC
! victorious fight for more economy il
ionr courts. We most earnestly hope the
/ Legislature viii endorse in full the rec
concentrations Of the governor relating
/ to the courts.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-09

The st. JohuSbury Caledonian does n
public service in pointing out that in
slant action in Gov. Graham $ plan TO
reorganize the courts should come at
once, otherwise the election of SUI
Preme and superior judges will take
place Jan. is. Our advice to the mem.
bers Of the legislature Is to listen tc
the arguments o. Gov Graham, and not
to be carried away from a desirable re
form through TIE persuasions and blan
dishments Of a coterie Of lawyers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-09
"uncle Horace, stirs Vermont.


(Sprincfeld. Mass. Republican,
Tho 5o+b oo,.ar,,or of Vermont
Horaca FroIcb Graha,n of C,raftsbIlrv
s+or4od Of ~. roanr,,,,ond;og sncb IN
oi,or+,,r,,i,,.r Il +1,o lra--ornnan+ ~ that
s+o+o - 80 etar+In III Mo are an.
+o,,+oa r,.i+h ~ o,l;s,ti,,rr oraor 10
,ra,,la ro1,,no H. &c. nj con+roIi1o
a,,tLor;+4, M nea,,-;t,if;4,- o1ona 10
linas of roo1 No. +hinllinr and has Owen
s,,f,icio,,+ oa,,s;llara+;a,, = this nrahlon,
n nrodIce . nroara,n +hat win attract
o+4an+ion Io,-a,,a H. hor.lo,.s ~ III
Croon 1Io,5rto;, 80 - i +bo ycr-
,nnn+ enston ~, - 9,, +lo lo+irnc al
aentive - ~ ~ ,.alodie+ory and
ca ex.Gov CbarIos W Ca4as nado one
If +ba Ionoost adarassoo Al racorl u
Non+nelier las+ rrhnrsla1, I'M b;s offort
was blankated ~, +ba ra,.,ln+ionar, ma
yran, which ia no,,- ,,o,.o,.nar otTorod -
thc Jeoislatnrr
Gov Grabar, e.IIy III. hoord of .on
troI in s+ota affairs +ho+ would ra,,Iaca
many axistinm otf;.ials ana nc,,,,,iJsian
ers ono of T,bosn d,,+io, - LII,
the chairman Of the finance committee
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-09

committee, for which he is well quail
fled. Mr.. Tenney of Dummerston IS
chairman of the committee on town
lines, and has places on the committees
on conservation and highways and
bridges The other Windham county
members have places on committees
where they will have 4 lot of hard work
to do and opportunity to show their
capacity for constructive work.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-09
Paving That Needs No Curb.

The streets of a new residence dis
trict in Cedar Rapids, Ia, have been
improved recently with an inverted
crown concrete paving That is, the
center of the street is 4 tri1e lower
than the sides, so that the water drains
down through the middle of the
thoroughfare. This makes curbs I'M
necessary and is said to have proven
very satisfactory. In case pavement
that is laid without curbs has the US
ual curved crown the water will event
ually wash away the earth under the
edges. = January Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-09

There is no need of a watchful wait
ing policy in the Vermont legislature.
The program has been presented to the
various members. Now is the time to
get right down to work, TO reorganize
the courts first and then take up the
broad, general policy for making the
state business big proposition on the
lines outlined by Gov. Graham.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-09

causes the average husband to wonder
WHY woman was invented After all
that man has done for woman, provid-
ing her with home, allowing her to
spend part of the money she earns over
the rub-board. it would seem that he
should be treated with greater consider
alton and respect, instead of being
made painful joke before his own
children
The purpose of the love letter is to
satisfy the recipient that she has an on
.portunity to marry one of Nature 5
.noblemen. The love letter which does
mot promise everything from eternal
happiness to an electric washer is as
much out of place as tan shoes at a
church wedding. Thousands of women
have taken the love letter at its word
only to find that it failed to saw anv.
thing about who should pay the grocery
bills.
The love letter which reads as we'll in
old age as in youth is the only kind
worth having.
rs Newspaper Service1
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-09

tloN me TO give
4 Play like this I!
Wasn't it splen-
did! = Still more
they clapped, so
that the curtain
had TO be raised
once again and
the Performers all
stood and bowed
and called out,
Thank you, thank
you. For the lit
tie Birds w e
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-09
GIVING Father AWay,

A young minister preached one Sun
day to a rural congregation and spent
the next day visiting the people.
At one house the man of the house
was expressing his appreciation of the
sermon in.complimentary terms while
assisting the minister to put up his
team. His little son had followed him,
and after cycling the minister minute
or two exclaimed:
why, papa, you said he was one
hoss preacher, and he's got two
bosses ~
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-09
10 SUBSCRIBERS.

IT 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.
IL is only by this method that the pub
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-09
Member Of the Associated Press.

The Reformer is on sale every evening
10y the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattcboro News Co,
G. w. Cleayclaud. d. =. Cutler * CO.
tEsteyviuo). Brooks House Pharmacy.
West Brattleboro, J. l.. StockwelL
East Dummerston, NJ. +. Brown.
Putney. NJ G. Williams.
Newfane, y. NJ. Batchelder.
Townshend, c. w. Cutler.
West Townshend, G. II. Grout.
jamaica. r. J. Daggett.
South Londonderry, +. II. Tyler.
South Vernon, T.. +. Buffum.
West Chesterfield, N. H., Mrs. w
Streeter.
Arsdale, N. H., ". II. Lyman.
Bellows Falls, VT, Depot Restaurant
Windsor, VT, Windsor Restaurant.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-09
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run Of paper.
so cents an inch for first insertion; .
cents an inch for each subsequent inser-
tiou. Limited space on first page at
double rates.
space rates on application.
Classified advertisements Five cents
q line first insertion win 30 per cent
discount for each subsequent insertion,
without change Of copy.
Heading Notices 49, 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, 1917-01-09

of-door perform
ance, and that it
would be given
for the Birds"
"W hat sort of a
perfO r mance?''
asked Nancy.
How could
they give it for
the Birds?" asked
Nick?
In t h g firs
place" continued
Daddy, "the per-
Torrance was to
I..4T
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-09

Heavy iron wheels, suitable for jim
rikishas, are needed in China. These
wheels are similar to those used on mo-
torcycles.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-09
EVENING
EEAIR TALED
LMARY GRAHAM BONNER
PLAY FOR BIRDS.

zone day. said Daddy "some little
Girls decided they would give an out
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-09

TUESDAY. JANUARY 9, 1917.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-09

protected by The Adams Newspaper Service7
Evening journal., 1917-10-03
Railway Wages and Taxes
Increase; Rates Decline

''The railways OF the United States in
the calendar year 1916 paid higher
average wage per employe, a greater
amount per mile in taxes, and handled
freight at a lower rate per ton per mile,
than at any period IN their history"
says the Hallway Age Gazette in It's cur
rent issue. "These facts are disclosed by
a compilation made by the Bureau Of
Railway Economics Of the returns made
TO the Interstate Commerce Commission
by the so-called Glass ! roads-those
having annual operating revenues ex-
ceedlng si,OO00OO. These returns for the
first time are for the year ending on
December 81, according 10 an order OF
the Commission making the fiscal year
coincide with the calendar year. and
they cover railways having SO per cent.
of the mileage OF the country and re-
ceiving 81 per cent. OF the total oper-
ating revenues
Compared with a similar compilation
OF returns for the year ended on June
30, 1916, the average wage per cmploye
OF these roads shows an increase from
sS40.62 20 SS6s.69, or s28,07. This is ex-
elusive OF salaries to general and dlvi-
sion officers.
IN the same period taxes increased
from S63i.29 per mile to S6SO65 per
mile, OF sl9.3i and the average freight
rate per ton mile decreased from 7Ol
mills IN the year ended on June 80, 1916
TO 7.06 mills in the year ended on De
cember 81. 1916. Passenger rates In
Evening journal., 1917-10-03
Peoples Column
TREES AND THEIR CONSERVATION.

TREES AND THEIR CONSERVATION.
To the Editor Of THE EVENIN JOUR-
NAL.
Slr.-Permit me TO add my word OF
approval to a recent editorial in your
valuable paper, in which you took an
occasion to urge the replacing OF trees
on our sidewalks, as well as the sur
glcal care Of those not yet fallen by
the way.
The trees OF our city constitute one
Of It's greatest beauties and one whose
conservation each generation cannot
take too much pride in guarding zeal
ously. l never 80 to Philadelphia in
summer that her sun-DaKed thorough
fares do not impress upon me the
superiority Of Wilmington in this re-
spect. When we plant trees in the city
street, we are planting for others as
we'll as for ourselves, and, in view Of
the tropical spells OF heat with which
we are visited annually. perform In so
doing. a truly phllanthropic act.
trust our city officials having the mat
ter In charge Will follow the lead Of
some Of those New Jersey towns and
cities which have made tree cOnserva-
ton a fine art as well as a science.
In closing, let me share with your
readers these fine stanzas quoted In the
address by Robert Alexander Long, Of
Kansas City, Mo-, before the conference
OF governors called by President
Roosevelt and held at the White House
in 1908:
"A tree Is one OF natures words, a
word Of peace TO man,
"A word that tells OF central Strength
from whence all things began;
"A word to preach tranquility to all
our restless clan.
"Ah, bare must be the shadeless
ways, and bleak the path must be,
"Of HIM who. having open eyes, has
! never learned TO see
And 50 has never learned TO love che
beauty Of tree.
"He loves the love that gilds the
that springs In star and cl0d,
HE lovet the love that glids the
clouds and greens the April sod;
"He loves the wide Benelcence; his
soul takes hold on God"
(Signed)
A LOVER or TREES AND OF
WILMINGTON.
Wilmington, Del, Sept. 30, 1917.
Evening journal., 1917-10-03
SELF GOVERNMENT FOR
india IS IN SIGHT
BY LOWELL MELLETT.
United press star Correspondent,


LONDON. Sept. iO-lBy MaiD -
William Jennings Bryan will be glad
10 learn that self-government appears
10 be i'm sight for india. All friends Of
democracy, OF course, viii be glad, but
Bryan particularly for he Will not have
forgotten the howl that arose when he
told the English right here in London
that self-government was due India as
It's right.
Announcement OF the fact has been
made in connection with the pre-
paratlons for a visit to India by Edwin
s. Montagu, new Secretary for India.
This is the same Montagu, who before
be became Secretary denounced lndia's
governmental system as "too wooden,
too iron, too inelastlc. too antedlluvlan,"
for modern needs Explaining what 1t Is
hoped TO accomplish, the new Secre-
tary made 1t clear that he was volcing
government program, not his own
ambition as a reformer.
This program, In his language, is to
take substantial steps towards in
creasing the association Of the Indians
Evening journal., 1917-10-03
PLAYED LOTTERY ON
HIS WOUNDS and WON
BY JOHN II. HEARLEY.

united Press stan COrfcSponuentl
ROME, Sept. 9.-(By Maill "A slack
haired soldier dropped into the state
lottery Office at Brescia, hesitating be-
fore the busy clerk while vainly trying
60 think OF lucky numbers"
20. play on your wound, II may
bring YOU luck" | advised the impa-
tient clerk, glancing at the silver tape
on the soldiers arm which indicated
that he had been wounded at the
'front.'"
The clerk got out the soothsayine
Il. book and between them they inter
preted the wound In "lucky numbers.
The date and zone OF the battle, the
nature of the bullet and the feelings
OF Its victim, all had their numerical
equivalents.
Il don't want TO win for myself" the
soldier remarked, I'm thinking OF Ma
ria and the youngsters. Think Of what
the money would mean to them. Ma
donna mia, bless my numbers.
The soldier risked forty cents on the
magic formula, far more than he could
really AFFORD. SAY, Just iot my num-
wife and babies, II l don't come back
from the CarsO," he told the lottery
man. The clerk jotted down the sol
dler's numbers in a note book and
turned to several talkative peasants.
The drawings were later held under
the eye Of italian ofilcialdom. The next
day the clerk remembered the soldier
and referring TO his notebook discoV-
cred that the wounded stranger had
won 5000.
Evening journal., 1917-10-03
Safeguards Health
of The Children

Constipation, or inaction OF the
bowels, ~ q great menace TO
health. Cathartio or purgative
remedies should never be given to
children as the violence OF their
action tends to upset the entire
digestive system. "A mild laxative
IS far preferable, and the oombt-
nation Of simple laxative ho-bs
with pepstn known as Or. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsiu, and sold In
drug stores for nifty cents O bot
tie, Is highly recommended. This
preparation contains no opiate,
narcotic, or habit-forming drug
OF any description, IS mild and
gentle In tts action, and brings
relief In an easy, natural manner.
Its pleasant taste appeals TO chill
dren and they take 1t readily.
Thousands of mothers have tes-
titled to the merit OF Or. cald-
wells Syrup Fepsin, and in count
less homes 1t "a the standard FAM
lily remedy. A trial bottle, free
OF CHARGE can bo obtained by
writing to Or. W. n. Caldwell, 45e
Washington St. Monticello, Iln-
notg.
Evening journal., 1917-10-03

creased slightly as between the two
periods-fr0m 1895 cents In the year
ended on June 30, to 2.0l2 In the year
ended on December 81.
"The mileage Included IN the two
compilations is substantially the same,
being 23i ,2i6 miles in the statement for
the former fiscal year and 23i t7G I'm the
statement covering the new fiscal year.
THE increase IN the volume OF SER
vice performed I'm the two periods un-
der comparison was from 339 ,sS3, 100000
TO 1862, $4,000 900, or 22,25i 100000 ton
miles OF revenue freight: and from 30,
7s3, 100000 TO 34,573, 100000 or 79O.OOO0OO
passenger miles.
"The average number Of employees,
exclusive OF general and division OH
GERS, Increased from 1863, 92S 10 1926
i03, or by 62,i75; and their aggregate
compensation increased from 81 3i4, ,665, =
664 to 81 ,579,i90, or s97 ,9i3,52G. The
increase In number OF employees was
per cent and in their compensation "a
per cent.
"Total operating revenues Increased
from s3,38i ,945,76i 10 s3,592 .59l ,O23, OF
s2i0, Gas, ,529, equal TO GO per cent Oper-
atlng expenses Increased from s22it.-
O7i,ll3 TO s2.35i5iS,724, or si43, an 2St
equal 10 ca per cent. Taxes increased
from Sii5536,535 TO Si5e,s75,396, or III
per cent.
Investment I'm road and equipment
showed an Increase for the year ended
on December 81, as compared with Tho
year ended on June 30. Of 9s65S'OSs.'
Evening journal., 1917-10-03

in every branch OF the administration,
gradual development OF self-governing
institutions, progressive realization Of
responsible government in India, as an
integral part Of the British empire 90
Liberals I'm England regard the steps
being taken as one Of the greatest ad
vances for democratic government the
world has witnessed. India with its
large population divided into castes,
races and religions, must have some
experience Of self government, they
say. before the entire machinery Is
turned over to them.
A plan originating in india Is being
considered and may be acted upon
favorably. This provides that each
province OF India shall have It's own
legislative council and administrative
organization, under a British Governor,
Independent OF the Indian central gov
ernment at first; gradually this CEN
tral government would exercise the
functions Of federal government.