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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-18

Stratton, Of Brattleboro spent Sunday
at John $ Stratton S.
NJ, and Mrs Charles Mason have
returned from Philadelphia, and on
Saturday they opened their summer
home.
The Ladies Benevolent societ.. met
Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Henry
q. Smead. Fourteen women We're III
attendance.
Miss Matte b. Metealf, who had
been with Mrs. Orrin Bolster two
weeks, went Wednesday TO Brattle-
boro for a few days.
Miss GLADYS Bure1 was 4 guest last
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-18
DOVE UNDERMUSLINS

Gowns of nainsook and long
cloth, trimmed with lace and
embroidery, At SOC to S1.9S
Skirts in all the new styles,
trimmed with lace and en-
broidery, At csc up to S2.9S
Envelope Chemises in many
beautiful styles,
At SOC up to S2.9S
Corset Covers, special values,
At Csc to csc
Hand Embroidered Chemises,
Gowns and Combinations;
beautiful, dainty styles,
At csc to S2.9S
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-18
SOUTH NEWFANE.
Methodist Pastor Buys Farm.

c. +. Ingram has sold the Blake farm
which has been occupied by his son,
Merton Ingram, to Rev. \. s. Charl-
ton. Mr. Charlton will remain at vii
Evansville, where he is pastor Of the
Methodist church.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-18

The Mothers day services in the
Baptist church sunday We're OF interest
and well attended
John NJ STATION and son, Harold
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-18

week Of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ingram
Of Brattleboro and returned for school
work at Wilhamsvile Monday.
Edward Y. Morse ana Miss Matte
Vane u Brattleboro called on friends
in the village Saturday. Mr.. Mors,
Will give an aluminium demonstration
Benevolent society late IN June Or
early in July.
Secretary Lane gave us all a cud to
chew when he said The war will he
fought on this side Of the Atlantic if
we do not beat Germany to il.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-18
SCRIM CURTAINS

81 WIZ III 81 There many bargains at
H# Ffl>t#358#0 IN4 f#1 lust the time you need them
E#H 3s31112@3g E# fV9f ii most
EHYE W.T. MElIH#E=E3 Curtains made of fine scrim
MN KM f#3 trimmed with lace made with
IN II~A@7f3sNM ##ngaK1 valance; S1.25 value,
NAV aM8 NaaK###1 Sale Price CSC
MI K48 TT as4sAA Marquisette Curtains plain hem
EJ If#M IN 88&Ss3#5 E8 stitched, also lace trimmed,
XII 4 IF&A LLl @34#E11ssE .s88J At CSC to 81 .99
M IE|n sNaR1 Scrim Curtains at 25 per cent less
EJ-1nS43 & ##&81 than market prices, nearly all
v ~~@ ~ made with valance,
At 81 AS to S2.9S
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-18
BREAKS WITH GERMANY.

Honduras Sewers Relations Following
GUatemaIa's Lead.
WASHINGTON. May Is Honduras
has severed diplomatic relations with
Germany following the lead OF GEate-
malH.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-04-20

based on Professor Towards experiments, has
been made and shows that one fly can have be-
tween June and September 2S, 4353, 654 ,612OOO,-
OOOOOOOW descendants.
Prof. s. A. Forbes. state entOmolOgist of llli-
nois found that house flies breed freely in decay
ing animal carcasses, point of significance In
connection with conditions
1t is most important to have an efficient fytrap.
One known as 1.-The Minnesota hytrap" appears to
be the best constructed. 1t is planned on the
principle of having a box with hole beneath 1T, a
piece of bait under the hole and sufficient space
for the fly to walk under the box. The box is
entered through funnel that is decapitated
cone The fy having gorged himself on the bait,
WILL according to his invariable habit fly upward
through the funnel and become imprisoned in the
box. He will not fly out
Health Officers Responsible.
The courts have passed upon the question OF
damages for a sufferer from typhoid who could
trace his illness to flies feeding upon the filth or
sewage A few years ago man living in German
TOWN. Philadelphia, recovered heavy damages from
the city for his illness, which he proved was
caused by stream flowing through his yard which
had been polluted by sewage from a house ten
anted by typhoid patient. The defense reled
upon proof that the plaintiff had neither drunk nor
bathed in the stream, but an entOmOOgist con-
WINGED the jury that he had contracted the dis
ease through the medium of flies, which had car
red the infection from the stream to the food
exposed to their visits in his house.
Scourge of European War.
A horrifying form of the fly peril has been en-
countered during the present European war. This
is the presence of myriads of flies that have bred
on the bodies of the dead soldiers and carry
septcemia (blood poisoning), and other diseases
Profiting by the experience of the Spanish-Amer-
lean and Boer wars. the military authorities pro-
tected the pits in permanent trenches and camps
against flies, but thousands Of dead bodies are
living i'm the shell-swept area between opposing
trenches where it is absolutely impossible to carry
out sanitary measures.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-04-20
is DEATH PAINFUL?:

The physical pain of death depends, suppose
on the particular cause of death, says writer IN
London Tit Bits. Naturally, death from starvatlon
or cancer must be very much more painful than
death from old age. Dying is probably more PAIN
full than death itself. At some most painful death
beds there seems to come a period OF calm when
the end draws near l think it is great pity that
for the sake of relations death agony is some
times prolonged by the use of powerful drugs.
remember a doctor saying to me at the death Ded
of a young officer: IF there were relations here we
should keep him alive for few hours why
should a dying man be kept alive for these senti-
mental reasons?
suppose great deal of the painfulness OF death
is due to our struggling against IT, just as When
we resist an anesthetic, it causes us great dscOm-
fort while if we meekly submit to 1t the sensation
is delightful, so with DEATH
The reason resist is that we cling to life ms
does not necessarily that WE are afraid to
die or that we have doubts about immortality, and
want TO have as much of this world possible for
fear there is other. The greatest struggle Tor
life I ever witnessed on the part of young
sniritualist who most certainly believed in the
next world. He simply refused to die and md
literally live some days longer because OF his de-
examinations 1t rather splendid, this insistence
on life though it probably cost him lot of pain
On the other hand. remember young soldier
in France who died from sheer lack of wanting 10
live The doctor told me that he need not have
died if he had only resolved to live.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-04-20
SECRET SERVICE EVER GIN THE Alert

no appeal for aid. He has done his
duty; he is dead.
Dies in Line of Duty.
In Mexico City recently well-known
and devoted servant of the United
States, well known because of his I'M
dying love for his country and his
splendid nerve, was killed in IL street
fight. Killed because he was about 10
uncover things which were better kept
under cover, in the opinion of the
Mexican government.
His friends knew why he was killed.
they knew he had been in the shadow
of death many times, hut only his in
Inmates knew why he persisted in
haunting the grim reaper to come get
him.
\ "Secret agent" is secret agent
in ali that the word implies. He must
serve his country in silence. He may
plshed by the soldier or sailor in bat
tie, but the world cannot know of
them. No decoration graces his breast
no hOnors are thrust upon him by an
admiring public, yet he continues on
his perilOus way doing his duty, a man
without country. who is invaluable
to the nation. but yet one whom the
nation cannot recognize.
If he is killed, his death is Otter
avenged by one of his fellow agents
for many friendships are formed no
alone between men of his own ma
tional corps, but with those of Othel
nations with whom he must necessar
! lily work.
Often French, American and Brit
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-04-20
GOLD OUTPUT FOR 1916 S478,625,0O0

new finds of Importance. Those In
India, about 1869, at the Collar field,
were Suspect" for considerable
while, and but for pluck and persever-
ance, might have been overlooked.
However, in the end they proved sue
cessful. The policy of sinking single
shaft few feet further saved the stu
alton, and though quite ten years were
taken tb enter the stage of production,
India since 1880 has, to 1916, inclusive.
obtained from modern working about
2500OO.OO0 value.
The greatest discovery so far has
been that Of the Witwastersrand. Prior
to ascertainment Of existence Of gold
bearing Blankets In the Transvaal there
had been finds of quartz deposits In
other parts Of the Transvaal republic,
also at the Gold Coast. Quickly 1t was
ascertained that the region where now
is johannesburg was highly payable.
In September. 1886. the Rand was pro-
claimed goldfield, production COM
menced, and the output of the Trans
vaal, from some $4,000 worth of gold
in 1884, five years later attained ST.
100000 and the output in 1899-the
year Of the commencement Of the BOer
war-was at the rate of about $780,
OOOOO year.
Record Production.
For 1916 the value of production was
the record one Of about $197 500 900.
and at the present time the Rand pro-
ductiOn alone equals about 41K per
cent of the total gold output Of the
world. while the whole of Africa shows
a proportion of over AZ per cent. There
were discoveries In Rhodesia, which in
1916 also attained a record production.
and West Africa, from which came ma
tive-produced gold dust-hence the
names of Guinea Coast and Gold Coast
and which in modern time has, with
some slight success, added to the
worlds supply.
For many years Victoria, of the Aus.
traiian continent, was the premier pro-
Queer of gold, but it now yields COM
paratively small output. In the mid
nineties important discoveries were
made in West Australia, and the Cool.
gardie and other fields quickly put on
the pace. The maximum output Of the
colony Of any year was that of 1908
S43, $50, O00-but gradually since its pro-
duction has fallen off. In New Zealand
and Queensland finds were reported
early in the sixties.
Till quite recent years the output of
Canada was nearly all by-product In
connection with copper smelling, aver.
aging till the mid-nineties only about
81 100000 worth Of gold per annum
but late In the nineties the Yukon field
became a fairly important one, and
: discoveries Of Out-and-out gold regions
! in Ontario have recently commenced to
: show some good figures. Yukon at
tanned its highest in 19O0-some S1S
, 100000: but in 1916 fell to $780, 900.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-04-20

Another case l remember of young Tommy VINO
had a long, weary illness from an awful wound
He. too no doubt bound to die, but he too, lost
heart 1t was arranged that he should go to Eng
land but he had ceased TO care to do SO, and re-
fused. The end came rapidly after that
| think these instances show that much depends
on will power My own father was man of ex-
traordnary vitality A month before his death his
doctor said to me- by all the laws he ought to be
dead now" 1t was difficult to believe few hours
before his DEATH at the age Of ninety that he was
a dying man. His again was q case of the most
absolute belief in the other world, coupled with an
intense desire to live and not die moment too
soon.
Probably the greatest pain in death is mental
pain | can conceive a wasted life, stupid life,
and still more a wicked life making it very pain
full for man to die
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-04-20

The London Lancet announces that the spread
of typhus. an eruptive fever quite different from
typhoid. has been traced to flies. Typhus mas al
ways occurred in dirty and starving communities.
1t has been very prevalent in Russia, ana Is said
to have been largely responsible for stopping the
first Russian invasion of Austria, because IL keu
and Frustrated many men,
The spreading of infantile paralysis virus on the
feet and in the gullet of the house fly as observed
by Doctor Flexner of the Rockefeller institute mas
already been thoroughly explained. Experiments
have also been made indicating that the poison
of this disease is conveyed by the bite of the sta
Bile fly very much as malaria is conveyed Dy lhe
bite of the mosquito.
These experiments are thus described by Or. T.
4. Wnslow. an expert on insect pests, of the
American Museum of Natural History:
Tests With Monkeys
"Prof NJ J. ROsenau of the Harvard Medical
school, succeeded in producing nfantile paralysis
in six out of twelve monkeys bitten by stable
flies which had been allowed to feed on other
monkeys suffering from the disease.
professor Rosenau's work has since been con-
frmed by Doctors Anderson and Frost of the Unit
ed States public health service There is of course
no certainty that the disease is always transmitted
by the stable fly. The work of Doctor Flexner
and of the Swedish observers and the occurrence
of a certain proportion of cases in cold weather
strongly suggest that sometimes infantie paralysis
may he spread by direct contact between human
beings or in other ways than by fly bites. On the
other hand, 1t seems certain the biting stable ny
Is one means by which the disease is conveyed
and the seasonal and geographical prevalence OF
the epidemics make it seem probable that this Is
the usual and most important means.
1.-The habits of the stable fly differ widely IRON
those of the house fly. The stable fly is biting
fy feeding on the blood of the higher vertebrates
II is found in the vicinity Of dwellings, particularly
where horses and cattle are kept but 1t is apt Il
remain outdoors in warm, sunny places ana does
not come into the house much except at night AND
before rain"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-04-20

Many of the largest japanese war
ships have been equipped with wire
less telephones which operate success
fully for distances up to 100 miles.
Quails, part of the food of the Chill
dren of Israel when in the Wilderness,
are still numerous In Egypt; and dur
ing their yearly migration descend in
swarms.
II is believed that the observatory
at Picking is the oldest in the world,
having been founded in 1879 by Kublai
Khan, the first emperor of the MOD
gol dynasty.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-04-20

Gravity is the only ,power used TO
convey heavy objects over roller con-
veyor that has been invented for iac-
tories. warehouses and stores.
The king of England and the der
man emperor are grandsons of Queen
Victoria; the queens of Greece. Nor
way, Spain, Roumania and the czarina
of Russia are granddaughter.
Among the many fine gems that the
new Austrian emperor has inherited
from the dead Franz Josef is an opal
which weighs IL ounces and is esti-
mated to be worth about 100000.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-04-20

iSh secret agents work hand in hand.
The Frenchman may discover Whlie
doing some work for his own govern
ment that there is plot being hatched
for a German invasion of the United
States through Mexico. He passes the
information along to the British and
American agents.
Suddenly Il fleet of British and Amer
lean warships get sailing orders. Ihey
depart. "destinatiOn unknown. There
is no invasion.
Help Each other.
The American may uncover mes
sage of vast Importance to France.
His friend, Paul Ledoque, has worked
often with him. Paul shall know.
And so it goes on, the never ceas-
ing state of activity throughout the
world; men come and go, come fuii
of the enthusiastic desire to do for
the best interests of the nation, and
20 by the more violent, yet expected
route of Sudden death"
Unknown, unhOnored and unreward-
ed, they play with death as you play
with your own particular amusement,
accomplish their ends by any means
in their power, yet guarding the ma
ton from more dangers than you ever
dreamed could exist.
Not particularly clean game, for
it involves theft, assault and battery
and often deliberate murder, but neces-
sary to the preservation of law ana
order throughout the world and just
as honorably enacted as the killing OF
men in battle.
They are the "watchdogs of the
mist" and they fit In and out OF TINS
world of strife like so many firefiies'
A flicker here, n flicker there, then
the light goes out forever. Heroes un'
rewarded.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-04-20

A device that vibrates the rear light
on an automobile when the car stops
to warn following vehicles is the in
vention Of a Philadelphia.
Out of 2,750.0O0 children in Eng
land between the ages of twelve ard
sixteen. only 100000 received any
further education after thirteen, &C.
cording to the latest reports.
The Scouts of Baton Rouge, La. dis
covered by taking census, that there
were 81 varieties of trees in their
city. The grand total of trees Of all
kinds was 14,SO3.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-04-20
SOME P0STSCRIPTS

There is said to be more unexplored
country in Brazil than In all the rest
of the world put together.
The gibbon is the smallest OF the
manlike apes. The gorilla. which Is
often six feet high, is the largest OF
the apes.
As result Of the special one-cent
assessment to organize women. approx
imately 10000 women workers have
Joined the trade union movement with
In year.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-04-20
Early DAYS of Egypt.

Predynastic Egypt consisted of various petty
states ranged along the banks of the Nile-this A.
600 years before Christ. The Egyptians had al
ready mastered the art of making textile fabrics by
spinning and weaving and the men wore kits and
the women long robes Wonderful pottery was
made though this was done by m0lding. as the pot
ter's wheel was unknown. Gold. stone, ivory and
bone were made into ornaments and utensils. Boats
were used and the art Of sailing was discovered.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-04-20
HUTS FOR BRITISH SOLDIERS
New Invention In Use at the Front
In France to Shelter the
Troops.

Toronto.-A recent invention adding
TO the comfort Of the British and
Canadian forces at the French front
is described in a dispatch received
here from London. 1t is known as
the Nissen hut, a semicircular shell
ter with the appearance of a big piece
of stovepipe half buried In the earth,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-04-20
Last Of the Indian Battles.

The battle with Big Foot's band of
Indians at Wounded Knee creek, South
Dakota, was fought December 20, 1890.
Capt. George d. Wallace of the Sew.
enth cavalry, and about 80 soldiers
were killed, and Lieut.. Ernest A. Gar
lington of the Seventh cavalry, and 3s
others were wounded. A large num-
Der Of the Indians, including A squaws
and IL papooses, were killed.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-04-20

and containing doors and windows.
There is room for % men in each hut.
The convenience of transportation and
the speed with which they can be
erected enable men hitherto forced to
sleep in the open during an advance
To obtain shelter.
The event of the week at the Cana
dian army headquarters at the French
front, according to the dispatch, was a
visit by Sir Robert Borden, Canadian
premier, and Robert Rogers and ]. d.
Hazen, members Of the premiers cab
met. The famous First brigade Of the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-04-20
Human Resolves Weak.

What mcckeres are most arm resolves.
TO will is ours, but not TO execute. We map our
future ike some unknown coast. and say here
is a harhor there a rock: The one will attain,
:he other sh;n, and we do neither some chance
gale springs up and hears far Ger some I'M
fathomed SEAL. +. LandoD
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-04-20
Total Imports of Metal Into
United States Were More
Than $500, 900, 900 Greater.
s1,30O,OOO,OOO DURING war
Worlds Yearly Production Increased
More Than Sixty-FoId in a Century
-Witwatersrand Most Impor-
tant Source of Supply.

WashingtOn.-The worlds total pro-
duction of gold last year, though near
ly equal to the record output for any
year, was less than the amount i'm
ported into the United States In that
period Most of the imports came from
Great Britain, which controls two
thirds of the production.
The total imports of gold into this
country in 1916 amounted to $685.. OOO,-
OOO and the worlds production to
7S,G25.OO0. In 1915 the imports were
$3.50 100000 and the worlds produc-
ton $iSS,OOO,OOO. the highest on rec
ord. Since the outbreak of the war,
August 1, 1914, the United States bas
imported total Of 81 300. 100000 in
gold. and has retained approximately
81 600, 100000 of 1t.
The decrease in production Of nearly
s1O,OOO,OOO is accounted for by the
Statist. which supplies the estimate of
production, on the ground Of lessened
production in Australasia and the
United States, partly offset by an in
crease of about S5,OOO,OOO In the Afri-
can output.
Source Of Gold Supply.
The most important source Of the
gold supply is the Witwatersrand. With
the small output Of outside districts OF
the Transvaal this section produced
last year gold to the value Of S197 1000
600, n record annual output. RhOdesia
produced S19, 10000; Australasia, S44,.
10000; Canada, S20,25O,00O; India
| ST 100000. and the United States
S9,. 435 900.
The worlds yearly value of gold out
put about q century ago averaged 81,
! SOC. 600. the bulk of which was derived
from Russian gold workings in the
UraI mountains. Gradually Othel
sources of supply came to be added Il
Russia's production, and large in
creases occurred. Such gains were
very considerably added to i'm the late
forties and early f6ties Of last centur!
consequent on the discoveries made IL
California and Australia.
The discoveries in the two widel!
separated regions stimulated search II
all parts of the world. and especial.
internationally during the second hal
of the nineteenth century there wer
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-04-20

Dominion's' original division passed In
review.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-04-20

- HAT the common house fly is the great
NJ est menace to human life in temperate
regions the highest medical and scien-
III tiic authorities in the United States
and Europe are now generally united in
81 declaring.
Nj The dissemination through this in
sect of the endemic infantile DaralySiS,