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Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27
She Mas Mistaken

George, didn't l hear you slipping
upstairs on your tiptoes very late last
nightp
mo, wifey, dear. crawled up on
my hands and knees. ."-Gargoyle.
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27

Bisbee, Ariz.-The first number
drawn in the selective draft in Cochise
county was held by Alexander Duarte.
now in the detention camp at Colum.
bus, N. M. Duarte, a coal HEAVIER en-
ployed by the Southwestern railroad,
at Lowell, was deported July 18th with
the band of alleged |. W. w. members
and sympathizers.
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27
French Hold Positions Everywhere.

Paris,-The Germans made a gen.
eral attack on the whole sector of the
Aisne front between Craonne and
Vauclerc. The war office announces
that the French withstood their furi-
Gus assaults and maintained their po,
sitions everywhere.
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27
Very LikeIv.

"A battery of the state militia Of
Utah uses wooden horses for practice.
And they say the men have their hands
f'l managing them"
Hands full of splinters, l suppose
they mean"
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27
Nothing Too Good for Josh.

"How's your boy Josh doing in the
army?"
First rate" replied Farmer Corn
tossel, although his mothers a little
disappointed. She speaks about the
slOwness of Josh's promotion every
time she sees in the paper that the
same old general is still holding his
Job"
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27
On the Stand

Lawyer-When was it you said you
noticed the prisoner lost countenance?
Witness-I don't remember exactly,
but I suppose it was when his face
fell.
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27
Good Work.

Mrs. Bang, next door, says the
moths have got into her piano and are
running It,"
Really? Well, I'll never say an
other unkind thing about n moth"
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27
carranza Given U. S. CARTRIDGES.

Washington.-On the urgent recon-
mendation Of Ambassador Fletcher
President Wilson has consented TO al
low Carranza to import 2,7U0OOO
rounds of ammunition.
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27
a Useless Strike

Il struck man today in self
defense"
you did?"
"Certainly. l knew he was going
to ask me for the loan of five dollars,
and ! struck him first"
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27
Bound to Be Heard.

"Why this sudden fondness for mu-
sic?
"Well?" replied Senator Sorghum,
Sin order to stay in the business a
statesman must be heard. My people
don't pay attention to my serious re-
marks, and they don't laugh at my
funny stories. 1 guess it's up to me
to take singing lessons"
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27
MINISTERS OF GOSPEL
PUT TANLAC TO TEST
Wen-Known Ministers of the South Come Out
Openly and Fearlessly and Tell What They
Know to Be the Truth About the Medicine
That Has Helped Them.

ARELY will minister of the Gospel indo proprietary medicine
The preachers high calling the influence commands puts grave
responsibility his word He will eopardze his reputation
by commencing thing without first assuring himself is all right His
word carries much weight the hom the street. the public
prints as in the pulpit.
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27

Personal magnetism enables a man
to make others believe that he is right
when they know he is wrong.
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27
When Your Eyes Need Care
Try Murine Eve Remedy

No SmArting Just Hye Comfort 30 cents al
Druggists or mail Write for Free Bye Book
MURINE EYE REMEDY CO., CHICAGO
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27

Red Cross Bag Blue makes the laundress
happy, makes clothes winter than snow.
All good grocers. Adv.
Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-27

AssassIns Fire on Minister KNrensky.
Petrograd.-~br attempt to assassi,
nate War Minister Kerensky was
made at the town Of Polotsk. A shot
fired at the minister missed nim.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-24

Two contrasting freaks Of nature
are the Island of Fire and the Lake
Of Snow. The Island of Fire is called
the Home OF Hot Devils. 1t IS sit
uatcd in the midst OF large lake Of
boiling mud in the Island of Java.
The steam and gases which arise
from the STICKY mud form them
selves into bubbles, attaining diam
cter of five or six feet, and sail high
up in the air like balloons carried
hithcr and thither by the wind and
finally exploding with a loud crash.
The biggest snow lake is seen from
the summit OF HiSpar pass, in the
Karakoram range. 1t is more than
SEQ square miles in area. In Switzer-
land the sea of ice. might. better be
called the SEA Of snow, as the. sur
face is broken up by solar. heat.
which makes Il Minute hssurfng in
the ice. giving it the appearance OF
snow.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-24
HENS AND DAYLIGHT sAvINc.
WocdEtcc17 Poultryman Tries Tatcn-
sive Electric Light Methods.

Scientists may disagree over the
value and practicabilitv of the day
light saving schcmc--and there is
popular hesitation, too, over the Plan
OF tampering with the hands of the
clock-but the Woodstock hens which
have been offered more pay Cor its
equivalent N food for a longer day s
work, have accepted il cheertul.y and
are putting in I'll, extra hours faith
fully to the qualification and profit
OF their owners.
The Boston paper which noted the
successful demonstration in Los An
geies, of the value of q longer work
ing day for hens, need not have gona
west for an item Of scientific interest.
1t is an old story in Woodstock-t.lis
extra hours -for-hens scheme-and there
it has progressed wen beyond the ex-
perimental stage.
superintendent Wilfred Smith of the
Woodstock Electric company, who is
in private life a poultryman of per-
sistence and resource. some time ago
wired his hen houses for eIectri. lights
thinking that good artificial sunrise
I would stimulate the egg production of
l-l' ihitutt mems WHICH wee In IN
yielding only two or three eggs a da~.
Ordinarily in winter time the hens
so to bed at about $50 p. M, giving
tFem only about eight hoars-a short
period, Mr. Smith xplains-in which
- eat and digest three meals, scratch
around and lay = few eggs. Begin
ming November 10 he lighted the hen
fousfs at & p. 81, tn counterfeit
dawn, or daylight iuduying tfa hens
to ect ~ aud take Il lif3'e needed ex-
/ Crci'e and eat and fiji their crops. At
! O'Clock ia the morning tima-elock
| turns on the light aud the hens, which
| have gore 20 roost for the Mi MT eat
again Of the grain scattered in the ehalf
| They are then ready for the day $ work
! at about the regular summer hour.
Mr.. Smith reports that since ThankS
! giving day his 40 hens have laid p
( eggs q day. with the same kind OF feed
they received before At the pres nj
prices for eggs, he SAYS that one ega
. day vii pay for TIE spurious sun
shine used for misleading and spur
ring the hons ON to more fruitful en-
dcavols. Now other Woodstock poul
trTmen are lighting their hen houses
and in time il is hclipv i that IN
scheme viii he generally adopted Su
irerjntendent Smith doesn t claim t,
have originated the daylight savin.
plan in this noighborhool. Inc homo
belong to Leonard Bradley. o. Bridge
, water. who tried it frs. with Ian
torn. How successful Mr. Bradley wa
with kerosene ilium;uant he hiss no
, loa-ned.-Wocdstock Elm Tree Month
w.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-24
NAMES HIS PET AVERSION5
Physician Pretty Well Covers Every
thing in Making the Following
FerVent Prayer.

Doctors. it appears, do sometimes re-
sort to praser according to the Nedi-
cal Times. But since such communica-
tons are usually strictly confidential
in character they are seldom recorded
(hcrc below. at lcast) although they
undoubtedly express the inAermoSt
yearnin@s of the supplicant's soul. \
certain Doctor jacobson has recently,
and openly. prayed to be delivered
from the following things:
Health insurance: from deadbeats
from the neurasthenic who keeps a
diary; from the birtE-control crank
and other professional sociologists
from the writer's of unnecded text
books; from drug fendS; from the
young married woman who is NOT
strong enough 10 bear child; from
obese pigs who won't diet as direct
ed; and from night calls. Also, from
fool legislation from food cranks wis
tell Us how 10 live for ten days Oh
S1.1O; from socialistic health boards
from half-haked specialists: from New
Thoughttsts; from seekers after faist
certificates of Illness from moribm,
journals, third-rate journals, and freal
sex journals,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-24
GIRLS! DRAW A MOIST
CLOTH THROUGH HAIR,
DOUBLE IT'S BEAUTY
Try this Hair gets thick, glossy,
wavy and beautiful
"A at once.

Immcdiatc7 -Ycsl Certain that S
the Joy Of IL. Your hair becomes light,
wavy, fluffy, abundant and appears as
soft, lustrous and beautiful as a young
girl 3, after a Danderine hair cleanse.
Just Try this--moisteu cloth with
little Dandernc and carefully draw it
through your hair, taking one small
strand ut a time. This will cleanse the
hair of dust, dirt or excessive oil, and
Ia just few moments YOU have doubled
the beauty Of your hair. \ delightful
surprise awaits those whose hair has
been neglected or is seraggy, faded
dry, brittle or thin. Besides bcautify-
ing the hair, Danderiue dissolves every
particle Of dandrulf; cleanscs, puriics
md inyigorates the scalp, forever stop
ping itching and falling hair, but what
will please you most viii be after a few
weeks use, when you see new hair-iine
and downy az lirst--ves really
new hair growing all over the scalp. Ii
YOU care for pretty, soft hair, and lots
of it, surely get a % cent bottle of
Knowlton IS Dandcriac from any drug
store or toilet counter and just try it,
Adyt.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-24
FIRST TO BUILD GOOD ROADS
McAdan, by His Invention and Work
Did Much to Advance the Pros
perity Of England.

The inventor of macadamiZed roads
was John LouGon McAdam and few
inventors ever gave their name more
currency than he did by his good loads
invention. He was born in Scotland in
1876 and came pretty near becoming
an American for he came to New
0rk in 177G and remained there in
the employ of an uncle IS years. Re
turning to England in IS3 he took up
the study of road-maling and from
that time on it was his lie WORK. He
was the father Of good roads in flng
land Macaulay, in his history Of
England, has a chapter on the bad
roads Of cit period IN whcn ke says,
ON the best lines OF communication
the rutS We're deep, the dcSccntS We're
prccipit0us and the way often such as
it was hardly possible to distinguish.
IT happened. almost every day, that
coaches stuck fast, until a team Of cat
tie could be procured from some neigh
boring farm to tug them out of the
slough" McAdam's views in regard
to road-mahing. especially in regard TO
the use of broken stone, We're finally
adopted by the authorities and in 1897
he was appoi4ed surveyor general Of
roads in Great Britain. Parliament
voted him $500G0 for his services and
offered him l.uighthood and title, but
he declined them. He died in 1886 in
his eighty-first year A biographer
says: "McAdam's efforts largely CON
trihutcd to produce that network Of
mail coach communication in England
wisch for some years before railways
+ were introduced. greatly advanced the
nations prosperity ard prepared the
way for the railway system Ills sys-
/ TEN was adopted in the construction of
! the old national read il this country.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-24
The Insulted' Ticer.

In ''Tigerlaud" G. T. Goulfsberg. its
uuthor. alludcS to the belief. current
among some Of the natives Of Bengal.
"that tigers resent Icing discussed by
human beings and should one overhear
man doing 50 VIII not rest till it has
killed and eaten the offender" There
fore when 4 tiger is near 1T hand they
speak Of it rs q "gpcdur' : Bengali for
jaekai-and - hope to deceive it.
When it was pointed ont 10 III old ma.
tive that to Insult a tiger by calling il
jackal-the smallest and most insig
nihcant beast ia the forest-was scarce
ly the best way Of prOritiating il he
merely shrugged his shoulders and
,aid "Kya iane:" twho kiloWsH. add
l.g by way Of explanation that such
was thei. 'dgStuor Qu>toHt.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-24
ATTACKS WILSON LOBBYING.
Senator Joncs Objects TO President.
Visits ID Capitol.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2t.-President
Wilson ) plan q visit the capitol FIRE
qUont'r, urging .ction on his legislative
program was attacked Yesterday toy Sen.
atur Jones. Republican, who d. Jared
it indicated a course OF "sEstemati.
lobbying by the President
Senator jones said he did not wish
to introduce any resolution at tbs time
although lac thought the matter should
invite "the careful consideration OF
the Senate. lie spoke, lie said, lin
view of the notice in the newspapers
that the chief executive Ct our eoun.
try proposes to carry out systematic
and continued system OF lobbying in
connection with legislation now pend
ing before the senate.
The senator remarks led to no de
bate.
President Wilson now sees no pros
pect for an extra session of congress
Senator Kern, at the suggestion OF
the steering committee, called caucus
for Thursday night to pass ca a tcnta
tive program which includes raiiroa5
labor legislation, corrupt practice
bill and the Webb bill to permit domeS
tie corporations to maintain fugcigl
selling agencies. What bills the com
mittcc purposes to bold W haze no
been disclosed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-24
BE PRETTY! TURN
GRAY HAIR DARK
Look young! Nobody can tell if you
uee Grandmother simple recipe
Of Sage Tea and Sulphur.

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and sulphur, properly compounded,
brings back the natural color and lustre
to the hair when faded, streaked or
gray Years ago the only way to get
this mixture was to make it at home,
which is mussy and Troublesome. Now
adays, by asking at any drug store for
Wyeth s Sage and Sulphur Com
pound, YOU will get a large bottle of
this famo0 old recipe, improved by the
addition Of other ingredients, for about
30 cents.
Don't stay gray! Try it, No one
can possibly tell that YOU darkened your
hair, as it does it so naturally and
evenly. You dampen a sponge or soft
brush with it and draw this through
your hair, taking one small strand at a
time by morning the gray hair dis
appears, and after another application
or two, your hair becomes beautifully
dark, glossy and attractive
Wyeth S Sage and Sulphur Com
pound is a delightful toilet requisite
for those who desire dark hair and a
youthful appearance 1t is not intended
for the cure, mitigation or prevention
of disease.-Advt.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-24
Till the Plumber Comes.

If often becomes necessary to stop II
leak in water pipe when a plumbers
services cannot Immediately be OF
tanned. Pipes have Il habit of spring
ing leak at the most inconvenicnt
times. 10 persons who may find
themselves in this predicamcnt i sug-
gestion sent TO Popular Mechanics by
!. w. Cox of Florence, Ala should
prove valuable:
4 piece Of sheet rubber was placed
over the leak and Il wooden block was
fitted over it, the inner surface being
curved to fit the pipe. The block and
rubber packing were clumped against
the pipe by means of Il stick, notchnd
to tit against the pipe and held by a
twisted wire, block being used to
wedge the packing and cover block
firmly into place. The repair was wa
tertight and saved much Inconvenience
and probably considerable damage.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-24
COLUMBIA DOING HER BIT. -
Cash Leaned to Canada and Her Allies
Totals 81, 325, ocC, 900.

Ottawa, Jan. 24.-Thc Montreal
journal Of Commerce, conducted by W.
5. Fielding. formerly Canada 5 minister
of finance. specifies the loans and bank
credits of United States capitalists to
entente belligerent nations since the
war began.
From August, 1914, to the ofcnng of
this year, the total advances Of United
States money 20 bclliaercnt nations
amounted to $685. Gee, Of which
Great Britain got sos. 100000, Canada
S27o,50o,0O0, France $685. 000,0o and
Russia $3.50. 900, 00o, and GermoHv but
$45,00G,ou0 50 far rs disclosed. The
Journal Of Commerce remarks, however.
that "the banking credits advanced Il
German interests will never he ful V
aSccrtained, MOI only hecaus, such
transactions arc private, but in this
ease doubly SO, due to operation OF the
British blacklist and the fact that
shipments to German have not been Ill
trect. but chiefly through neutral coun-
tries north Of the central powers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-24
SOUTH HALIFAX.

John and Ada Wordcn and Morlcne
Woodland are ILL.,
Mrs. Clara Calvin spent the week
end with her daughter Mrs. ". c. Har-
ris.
Mrs. Mary Blodgett Of Brattleboro
pig, with her sister, Mrs. Dorr Sprague.
this week.
Lester Fairbanks has moved his
fami. from West Halifax to his
farm on North River.
Mrs. Clarence Sprague snd daugh
ter are visiting with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Erwin JOY at Elm Grove
Most OF. the lead mined in the
United States is smelted in thrc-
states-Misscuri, Idaho and Utah
There are nearly 1000 books on elec
trical subjects in the library of con
greSS at Washington.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-24
HEAD AND NOST'RILS
STUFFED FROM COLD
'Papc's Cold Compound ends cold
or grippe in a few
hours


Your cold Will break and all grippe
misery end after taking dose of
Pape 5 Cold Compound = every two
hours until three doses are taken.
It promptly opens eloggedup nostrils
and air passages in the head, stops
nasty discharge or nose running, re-
lieves sick headache, dullness, feverish-
ness, sore throat, sneezng, soreness and
stiffness.
Don stay stuffed-up! Quit blowing
and snufling! Ease your throbbing
head-nothing else in the world gives
such prompt relief as ''Pape S Cold
Compound" which costs only % cents
Iat any drug store. It acts without
assistance, tastes nice, and causes no
inconvenience. Accept no substitute
Adyt.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-24
Womcn Of Ancient BabY;on.

To some extent womcn's rights We're
recognized in Babylon. Indeed in
some respects. they were acknowledged
us mems equals. They entered into
business partnerships, they could lend
and borrow, they could bequeath their
property without let or hmdrance. In
the great temples of Babylon, the
priests and priestesses stood on the
same level. The marriage laws of the
Babylonians gave the advantage to the
men. Not only fathers, but also broth
crs. sold their women into marriage
Often though not always brides We're
required to bring their husbands dow
ries. But the property she possessed
remained her own And tails was five
and twenty centuries ago.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-24

ISIS. The Imperial government viii fol
low with the liveliest interest the sub
scquent development and economic
rapprochmcn Of the countries.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-04-14
WE WANT MEN

Help us reduce the high cost of liv-
ing, by selling groceries, paints, oils,
grease, roofing direct to consumer at
wholesale prices. You can build up,
with our cheerful assistance, business
of your own; one you can be proud of.
No experience required. Our reputa-
tion for quality goods, extremely low
prices satisfactory treatment is so
we'll established, that sales are easily
made. A great many Of our statesmen
are averaging $4,000 weekly; building
substantial bank accounts, living in
their own homes. Your opportunities
are what you make them Think this
over. Then write us for more infor-
nation. John Sexton & Co., whole
grocers, Lake and Franklin Sts., Chi
cago. 1t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-04-14
a sueeessfuI Comedy.

= SUCCESSFUL Nomcoy.
The French have a way OF express
ing their amusement by saying not
as Americans say, Fl laugh but 1T
Is to laugh" At the o. c. w Tuesday
night ~The Man Who Married Dumb
Wife was the direct complement Of
the word .it," in that French sentence,
aud the TO laugh was the part of
the audience, whether glumIy inclined
or no.
There was neither a lawyer nor a
doctor on hand and everybody Won
dered Il their patriotism held them
down town at the rally or perchance
they could not stand the gaff. for the
play happens to be an unusually clever
satire on lawyers and doctors. with a
stab or two Oh the side at lovely wo-
man.
Miss Davis must have worked a mag.
ic upon the publishers in order to per.
suade them to allow so recent a Broad
way success-for twas but last win
ter that New York was flocking to see
ito be presented by amateurs. Then
she "maglcked' another magic on
those o. G. w girls-her first year
pupils at that-turning them into SOL
emn medieval lawyers and DOCTORS
who we're perhaps a bit like moderns
after all, but were in any case vastly
mirth provoking. All the girls did
clever work but Hazel Owsley's
sprightly mischief as the secretary
and Nellie Zimmerman's consistent so.
lemnity as the pompous lawyer, de-
serve special mention
The quaint. attractive costumes be.
ing historically correct. were well
worth consideration. and think of it,
made by the girls themselves, under
Miss Banks direction.
In fact it was well rounded bit Of
excellence and the girls who were SO
pretty and the girls who were boys
were so witty that everybody who has
not already seen it, had better go early
and get middle seat Monday night,
when THE Man Who Married Dumb
Wife will be repeated
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-04-14
Entsrtalns Win Musicale.


Conspicuous on Chickasha's social
calendar for the week was the music
ale at which the friends Of Mrs. James
William Owsley enjoyed her hospital
ity at the Country club on Tuesday az
ternoon Easter lilies and yellow ros-
es were used with artistic effect in
decorating the large club room, bas.
ket Of especial beatuy crowning the
piano Mrs Lizzie Lester and Mrs.
WIN Dwyer welcomed the guests and
Mrs Wootten introduced them to the
hostess Receiving with Mrs. owsley
were Mrs Johns. Mrs. n. Fl. Dwyer
Mrs T L, Bailey and Mrs. Blaekmon
The pretty monogrammed programs
were given out by Mrs. Claud sigmon
and Mrs. Ben Morgan.
The program opened with Wagner's
Magic Fire Spell. from "WaIkure"
charmingly rendered by Mrs. Bailey
and this was followed by a dialect
reading A Dark Brown Diplomat" by
Miss Frances Hiliman. After Miss
Hiilman had responded to a heary en-
core, Mr. Shannon Owsley Of Okaho-
ma City gave a double vocal number.
Look Down Dear Eyes and slave
Song" Always a favorite, Mr. Ows-
lev was called back and sang. THE
Sunshine Of Your smile,r and in re-
sponse to further applause, brought
the guests to their feet with "Ameri-
ca Mr Owsley was accompanied BY
his sister, Miss Hazel.
The ''Lorelei" played by Mrs. w. G..
Patten. was an artistic number and
was followed by pleasing encore.
Rosalind a comedy in one act, play
ed BY Miss Frances Davis advanced
class OF pupils, was a delightful sur
prise to the guests. The parts We're
taken by Misses Bess Flowers, Mary
Thompson and Orc Blzzell, who enter.
tanned their audience from start to fin
ism with the skill Of professionals rath-
er than amateurs
A delicious lee and salad course
was served following the conclusion
Of the entertainment, the hostess be.
ing assisted baMisses Leta Major,
Doris smith. Inez Lester Rebecca
Armstrong Fay Smith and Hazel ows-
ley
One hundred and seyenty-fiye invi-
tations were issued for the afternoon.