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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31
TUESDAY, July 81, 1917.
PEACE TALK.


DR.. George Michaclis, the German inn
pcrial chancellor, and Count Czernin,
the Austrian-Hungarian foreign minis
ter. in statements which are made pub
lie simultaneously, try to convince the
world that the odium for the continu-
ance Of the war should be placed on the
allies. They are at one in representing
that Germany aud Austria are waging
war in self-dcfcnsc, and that greed for
conquest on the part Of Great Britain
and France is the obstacle Of negotia
/ ticas for peace. On the other hand,
! they declare that the central powers are
/ prepared to make any peace which is
/ honorable to Them as if that vague
/ phrase was all-suilicicut for the begin
ming Of negotiations 1t can well be inn
agincd what the emperor of Germany
aud its military leaders would have to
offer in the way of an honorable peace.
If these statements are put out in the
way Of fcclers for the United States,
with any idea that they will change the
determination of this country to see the
war through, until the German imperial
government is overthrow, they will be
Of no more avail than dust blown before
lthe wind The answer of the American
people is well expressed by Secretary
of state Lansing, and to the purpos,
expressed by him, the country commits
itself unreScrvcdly. He says:
~ am convinced that the indcpend
encc OF no nation is safe, the libert,
of no individual is sure, until the mil
jtary despotism which holds the Ger
man people in the hollow Of its hand
has been made, impotent and Harmless
forever Appeals to Justice, to mora
obligations, to honor, no longer AVA
with such power. There is but on
way to restore peace to the world, an
that is 10y overcoming the phvsicf
| might Of German Imperialism by fore
1 pf arms. >
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31
MILK PRICES ANGER DILLON.
New York Commissioner to Seek Re
lief Through Hoover.

NEW YORK, July 81. ~ Protest
against the persistent advance IN the
price of milk from 9 to II cents a
quart in less than year will be made
to Herbert c. Hoover by John j. Dill
lon. New York state commissioner of
foods and markets, who left here for
Washington last night. The latest an
nounced advance will become effective
August ].
.SMr. Hoover has sent for me-" said
Mr.. Dillon, ''and / purpose telling
him what is going on in New York IN
the milk distributing business. |
consider this milk question is broad
enough to be national problem. It
seems to be propitious that the an
nouncement of another advance in the
retail price is made at this time when
the discussion of food legislation is
on If Mr. Hoover can step III and
make adjustments and correct the sit
uation it will be one of the finest
things possible.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31
Try Drying Huckleberries.
(IIartford Courant.)

Many of the berries coming on now
gan be dried, thus saving cans for other
things which do not dry to advantage,
and among these is that New England
product, the hucElcberry. which grows
so we'll that even thrifty Yankees have
never attempted to cultivate it and thus
give it a chance. The Indians dried
these berries centuries before the Eng
lish settled hcreabouts and, in the win
ter, mixed them with other less inviting
substances and ate them with a relish
Coming to fruits il is easy and safe to
predict that this fall the dried apple
viii ''come back'' 1t never left, for
that matter, in sections of Pennsylvania
but assuming that moderate amount
of sunshine marks the month of Septem-
Der there will he a supply of dried apples
next winter throughout Connecticut. 1t
Is even possible that October will see
some young housewives making use of
harberricS so common along the Connec-
.tleut shore, not for canning but for sauce
purposes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31

The food administrator of the United
States has drawn up six suggestions
which if sincerely followed and lived
up to should result in tremendous food
in this country. These
suggestions are not gsing to be lived
up to in any effective way, however,
unless there is concerted action and that
can be brought about only if every or
ganization of any kind in every locality
will organize to secure the earnest adop-
tion of the food schedule. Those who
stay at home should never lose sight of
the fact that they are being depended
upon to win the war almost as much as
the armies in France and every ounce
of food conserved contributes to the sue
cess of the allies. In this light the re
Isponsibility of the stayat homes is
great and every movement which places
this country on a more sound economic
basis brings us one step nearer a sue
ccssful termination of the great con
flict.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31
Little Benny's
Note Book
BY LEE PAPE,
By LEE PAPE

1estidday my cuzzin Sue came erroun,
and | was up in my room reedng The
Boy Scouts in Europe, being pritty ixcit
able, and She came up saving, Benny,
your mother ses for you to play with me.
Wen did she say that! | sed, and Sue
sed, jest now, and | sed Q, all rite, lets
play I'm reeding and you're setting there
watching me-
No, | Nunt to play house, sed Sue, and
sed, All rite, I'm the father and I'm
setting hecr rceding.
And I'm the mother and I'm jumping
GROUND trying to pervent you, sed Sue.
Wich she started to do, hitting my book
with her hand and pulling my hare and
everything, and | scd, Hay, you cut that
out, do you heer?
No, lets play I'm def mother and
cant heer, sed Sue. And she kepp on do
| ing it and all of ii sudden | shut the book
and threw it at her feet, saving, Its a
good thing for you you're gerl, Id show
YOU. all rite
| Watts the mattir, are you afrayed to
| hit gerl? sed Sue
| I'm to mulch of gentilman, | sed, and
Sue sed, Well, if Won leeve me hit you
TALL my mite, Ill leeve you hit me all
yours.
All rite, all rite | sed Thinking it
wood be a fine way to get a good krack
at her and still be gentilman, and
stood there, saying, Go on, hit me-
Wich Sue did. giving me u fearsc
'puntch rite in the stummick ware I
dident iNpect it, and then she ran out
iof the room and down stairs as fast rs
!she Good, with me after her yelling, Hay
mo fare, no fare And she keep on run
ming till she bumped rite into pop hang
ling mp his hat on the hat rack saving
IUnlSle viii, Unkle Will, hes going to hit
me.
Benny, sed pop, am | acktually tc
ibleeye that you were pursuing this
young lady with eny sutch ungallant in
tentions? and | sed Yes sir she sed il
Id leeve her hit me she wood leeve IN,
hit her back, and left her, and she went
and ran
I'm afraid you'll half to call the bargain
off, sed pop, bargain is a bargain, bu
one of the unritten rules of polite sis
siety is that ladys words can not b.
used agenst her And he went up stair
and Sue went up rite in back of hin
sticking her tung out at me-
Proving the best way to hit lady il
not to wait for invitation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31
STATE NEWS NOTES.

The Eastern Tale company. with man
plants at East Granville and
Rochester, is making extensive improve
ments in its plants, under the direction
of the general manager. c. B. Hollis.
The company has an order through the
Federal Chemical company of Boston. for
the tale used in the manufacture of tai
cum powder that the soldiers of the
United States army are to carry in their
travelling kits. The company is soon to
install electric appliances for power use
at both OF its plants, the contract having
been made with the Hortonia Power com
pany. AT East Granville new grinding
Imachine of roller type has been put in
and storage capacity is also being in
Icreased.
Miss Ruth Halinan. daughter of John
Mailman of Burlington nearly bled to
death when she cut one foot on a piece
! of broken glass. She had been at Fort
Ethan Allen and was running to catch a
ear for home when she stepped on what
she thought was sharp stone and the
cut was SO sharp that She did not know
she was injured until blood began tt
Ooze through her shoe laces and over tho
| top of her shoe. Passengers on the cal
bandaged the wound and partially
stopped the bleeding and when sh,
reached home it was found she had sev
cred vein and an artery. The physical,
stated that had the cut gone unban
daged few minutes longer she woult
have bled to death.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31
MILITARY POWER
OF GERMANY GROWS
Half Million Square Kilometers of En-
tente Territory Captured, Says
Newspaper

BERLIN, July 3l-The Berlin Tage
blatt, III its review of the third year of
the world war, points out that the armies
OF Germany and her allies have con
quered more than half a million square
kllometers OF entente territory and as
serts that the military strength of the
central powers, instead of decreasing, has
increased, while that of France has visl
bly, diminished. The Newspaper says the
herman people has plainly announced its
readiness Tor peace and expresses the
hope that commonsense and sincere de-
sire for the cessation of hostilitics will
assert themselves III the ranks of Ger
many's adversares.
The Iageblatt says: The end of the
third year of the war finds the issue in
the east and III the west undecided. For
the moment interest i'll the military oper
ations is focused upon Flanders and Ca
| licia
The past year, however, has been
fruitful of many instructive results.
Above all it may be asserted that the
entente no longer has the disposal of I'M
limited production and supplies of am
munltlon as was the case during the
Somme battle The cessation of NUM-
ton reinforcement has had IA noticeable
effect on the western front. And, where
as the material resources of our oppon-
ents have not increased and the strength
of France has become yisibly diminished
we still are unimpaired i'll our strength
and more strongly fortified than ever be
fore.
He who is willing to be guided solely
by the facts and will not permit himself
to be deceived by illusions must admit
that the ambition of our foes to crush II,
is today less justified than at any othe
period, and because this is so we may b.
permitted to express the Eope that com
nonsense and Sincere desire for peace
; may finally assert themselves in tn
ranks OF our opponents.
The German people through its &C
) credited representatives has plainly an
, nounced to the world at large its readi
ness for peace We hope this expression
will be appreciated i'll its full importanc
ION the other side.
The following offers an approximat
t picture of the area of occupied territor
. which is now held by the military force
! of the central powers measured in squar
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31
A GREAT MEDICINE.

That most successful of all remedies
for women 5 ailments, Lydia +. Pink
ham s Vegetable Compound, owes its
origin to a botanic recipe which came
into the possession of Lydia Z. Pinkham
about fifty years ago.
This recipe had proved so effective
in the practise of skilled physician
that Mrs. Pinkham procured the herbs
and stepped and prepared them in true
old-time fashion ON her kitchen stove
for her friends and neighbors who sui
fered from woman's ailments The
fame of the virtues of this wonderful
medicine spread, until it is today recog-
nized as the standard remedy for wom-
an S ills.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31
BRITAIN'S ARMY 6,5O0,O00.
Five Hundred Thousand in Navy, l.
100000 from the Colonies.

PARIS, July 81. - David Lloyd
George. the British premier, gave a
breakfast to number Of editors of i'm
portant French newspapers, during
which he discussed fully with them the.
military situation and replied to qucs-
lions. The Temps yesterday afternoon
gives a summary of his talk:
Mr.. LLOYD George said Great Britain
now had between 100000 and 5000
goo soldiers enrolled without counting
between 10000 to soc. 900 belonging to
the navy or nearly a million men from
dominions and colonies. Great Britain
had placed at the disposition of her al
| lies, he added, from 100000 to 2.0O0.-
| 600 tons of merchant ships. Next
year 5 building program for merchant
ships. which already has begun, amounts
! to 100000 tons. or twice as much as in
a good year during peace time. AlIud-
ing to the campaign against submarines
Mr.. Lloyd George said
The diminution in shipping losses is
incontestable. It is impossible to aban.
don this subject without paving homage
to the aid given by the American navy
both regarding the organization of con
Ivoys and by torpedo boat destrovcrs
which have rendered an invaluable serv
ice. -
Continuing Mr.. Lloyd George sai6
that five million men and women now
were engaged in war work in the United
Kingdom. More women could be en-
!ployed if the trades unions did not fea
the competition Of women after til,
war, but other countries seemed to hay,
Experienced the same difficulties. /
could be said that at present no Eng
lish authority is working for individual
interests, except i'll agriculture.
Although the English people sincere
Ily hoped the present war would he tn
last war, Mr.. LLOYD George continued
the country intended to avoid its pre-
INious error and III the future would b
gable to support itself. He said he rec
LIognized that the latest news from Ru,
n STA was not good news but that Russi
4 already had shown that She possesse
infinite resources and was the land &
the unexpected.
| In bidding farewell to his guests. NJ
, Lloyd George said the world s futul
depends on Great Britain and Franc
acting together.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31

to do" said Mrs. Duck, as she waddled
off.
"'We all know what you are going
to do they all said.
"'Well, why don't you join mey she
asked, politely.
Its too much trouble they said.
Too long walk, and besides we don't
all care about spending so much time
in pond. You are particularly fond
of ponds
q know it. cackled Mrs Duck
And it's good thing l am. For can
get cool. l don't have to stay around
grumbling about the heat the way you
all do
az can get COOL squealed Pinky
Pig.
$50 can L. said Brother Bacon.
land l know just the same way of
getting cool that Brother Bacon and
| Pinky Pig know said old Grandfather
Perky Pig.
$50 do L. grunted Miss Ham,
"'Well. how much the pig family do
know said Mrs. Duck. How are you
| All SOllS " get COOI!
And without moments waiting,
they all said, in their squealy, grunt-
ing voices, MUD
Then they went on to talk of the
glorious GOODNESS of mud, the feeling of
mud around their feet and legs, and
how wonderful mud was to lie in on
a hot, hot day.
$50 you're really all not so unhap,
by about the heat after all said Mrs
Duck. Why didn't you think Of mud q
moment ago instead of making your
self unhappy thinking about how hot
you We're? Now you are thinking how
cool you will be, and you actually fee
cooler already
"And all the pigs waved their LITTLE
twisted tails and squealed, 'Wha
Mrs. Duck says is perfectly true
! 'Soon all the animals had begun t,
talk. They didn't want the pigs to b.
the only creatures with bright ideas.
$50 the hens and roosterS and chick
. ems all spoke of nice cool spot undo
Q some trees, where little breeze wa
blowing, and the cows spoke of a mic
| DrOOk ana Il meadow where lneT6 Wcr
trees and long grasses.
1.-THE sheep, the turkeys, the gees
and old Billy Goats uncle, Johnni
d Goat, began to think of places wher
: they could get cool.
Il "And as soon as they thought {
! these places sure enough, they bega
:, to feel much cooler. Their voice
!. were not so shrill and cross, an
q though they shrieked and cackle,
il crowed and made all shorts of sound
o still they were far, far happier.
Sc "'Cluck, cluck, we must be off, sal
z Mrs. Hen.
I "'Cock- a-doodle-do,' said Mr.. Roo
2 ter. Tn starting now for cool afte
noon
"We're off, moo-moo, moo-mo(
~ said the cows.
- "'And we know of a place, too, ba
re a-a, said the sheep.
ri "'Gobble, gohble, gobble, the ire
a will do for us said the turkeys.
at 1.-The mud. the glorious. wonderf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31
Glorious Goodness
of Mud.

You've been so good and have
worked wonders said the Fairy to
Mrs. Duck. All the barnyard crea-
lures We're grumbling of the heat and
you told them what you We're going
to do. Then they We're too proud not
TO think of something to do, too, so
they could get COOL And now they
are happy and will be much, much
cooler. 1t is hot day, but oh! how
much hotter folks and animals are who
talk about the heat and who grumble
about ii.
"'You've set such q fine example,
Mrs. Duck continued the Fairy, and
helped so many creatures today that
you will find a reward for you down
in the pond
and sure enough Mrs. Duck found
lily pads covered with her favorite
kinds of supper bugs!"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31

ing dHu II uliliiiS
a n q S C OIL d in 6
about the heat.
There seemed to
be no place for
them to get cool.
The ground was
hot. Everything
they touched was
hot. Even the
drinking b o W ! S
looked hot. And
the water had be-
come quite warm.
- We'll, l know
what I am going
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31
FELT LIKE A NEW
PERSON
After Taking Only One Box OF
"FTut-a-tiVes"
EAST SHIP HARRnuB

LAST SHIP HARBOUR,
ut is with great pleasure shat write
to tell you of the Wonde,1nL benefits L
have received from taking 'Fruit-a-
tives". For years, l was dreadful
sufferer from CONSTIPATION and Head
aches, and was miserable in every way.
Nothing in the way of medicines seemed
to help me. Then 1 finally tried
" Fruit-a-tives" and the effect was
splendid. After taking one box, feel
like new person, to have relief from
those sickening Headaches.
Mrs. MARTHA DEWOLFE.
SOC. box, 6 for $3.50, trial size, &c.
At all dealers or sent postpaid By Fruit
a-tives Limited, Ogdensburg. NY.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31

Young officers produced by the brief
training at Plattsburg and
similar camps are said to be making a
remarkable showing at the training
grounds in France. Their tircless en-
crgy, as well as their intelligence and
ready adaptation to every new situation,
are the admiration of the regular army
officers. The suggestion now comes from
American army headquarters somewhere
in France that more of these young Off
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31
TO SUBSCRIBERS,

II Is the aim of the management to
secure efficient service IN the delivery
OF the paper each night and 1t soncits
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.
II Is only by this method that the pub
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31
SATAN FOUND PETRIFIED.
His Remains With Horns Dug up in
Pennsylvania.

WASHINGTON, Pa. July 31.-Sa-
tan is dead. His petrified remains
have been unearthed and are now at
Elm Grove, w. Va. The curious find
will be viewed by noted scientists.
: With horns protruding from the
forehead and with spiked tail and
cloven hoofs, the stone form was dug
up along Big Wheeling Creek, near
West Alexander.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31
1t Ran in the Family.

Suicide is very initiative, according
to Wynne Baxter. the coroner. He
said he had held inquests upon a
grandfather, father and son, who
had all taken their lives in precisely
the same way.-London Observer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31

reached the pond
when she saw,
just ahead of her,
a beautiful fairy
In a lovely cool
dress of soft
green and silver.
" 'l1ello,' said
the Fairy, in her
silvery voice.
" 'Quack, quack,
quack,' said Mrs.
Duck, in her best
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31

Remember the mother or whoever is
the head Of the household when YOU
come to vacation time. The woman who
is complied to prepare three meals a
day in a cottage where she has only a
few conycnicnccs for work is not get
ting much of a change or rest She de-
serves a vacation where some other per-
son does the work
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31

The American people have always
thoroughly understood all the rights
that 90 with democratic government,
but not until CONSUMPTION came along
meaning Of the duties of citizenship.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31
You can almost hear the corn grow.

1t will help toward food conservation
for each household to utilize now the
pcrishabIe vegetables, and to store for
future use crops like potatoes and dry
beans.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31
kilonleters

"I'his total IS opposed By 900 square
kilometers OF land held by the French
and the AustroI hungarian territory in
Russian possession measuring 25,3OO
square kilometers. The latter figure no
longer holds good 1t has been dimin-
ished by fully 90 per cent and is likely to
fall away entirely in the near future"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31

mud, said the pigs, sQuealing in tneir
happiest tones.
Mrs. Duck smiled a great, broad
smile and wabbled on. She had almost
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31
Hardly,

"The worst part of being a bachelor
is that when die my name dies with
me-" What Is your name?" Smith"
Life.
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and file of the army, and the idea will
no doubt be acted upon by the war de-
partment.
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Comfortable Reading Glasses

are a great boon to all those affected
in any way with weak eyes We are
Optometrists with years of experience
behind us. We advise you for your own
safety and comfort to let us correct any
defect in sight you may have. Our ex-
aminations are thorough and painstak
ing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31
DADDSEV[NDG
ARY TALL al
~ MARY GRAHAM. AMI BONNER
A HOT DAY.

"All the creatures of the farmyard,"
said Daddy, were cackling asd crow
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31
A strophc.

Teacher-Ressie, name one bird that
is now extinct.
Little BessieTpick. mon ne tEltpa tol
Teacher-Dick? What sort of bird
is that?
Little Bessie-Our canary. The cat
eXtincted him!
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31

Although the hen does not dance She
is frequently engaged for set.