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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-09
EASILY MATCH FOR SPIDER
Latter Insect Has No Chance When lt
Enters Into Combat With Fero-
cious Mud Hornet.

! once saw on the porch OF my resi-
dencc on Lake Hopatcong mud hor-
net deliberately fall into and entangle
herself in spider web, Hudson Max
i'm writes in the North American Re-
view. The spider, perching upon an
outer corner Of the web, instantly
sprang at the hornet. then stopped and
decided that it did not want to tackle
that hornet and returned to its perch.
After waiting while for the spider
TO come to the attack the hornet freed
herself very easily from the web, and
watched her fly several times In cir
Giles and then deliberately alight In an
other nearby web and entangle herself
In 1t. Instantly the alert spider, evil
IDENTIFY either more hungry or less eau
tious than the other. sprang upon the
hornet, when, with an alacrity that
would shame the lightning. and with a
precision developed beyond the contin-
| gency of error, that hornet seized the
spider jabbed her sting into 1t, and
| paralyZed it. Then she took 1t up nice
ly and carried it away
l learned afterward, in the study of
i insects, that this is the regular habit
of the mud hornet-that she catches
spiders in this manner, paraiyzing
them with her sting. She places them
one after another in a mud pocket that
she has constructed for the purpose
until she has enough canned spiders
to feed her young when they hatch
out in the spring. The spiders do not
die, but remain alive in their prison
until attacked by the larvae of the
hornet and eaten at the proper time,
Rather hard on the spiders-but the
habits of the spiders themselves are
not such as to elicit much sympathy.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-09
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER, ., 1918.
THE WOTAN LINE.

The kaiser may hold that the Brit
ish committed an act of sacrilege when
they smashed the Drocourt- Queant
switch line. 1t was not called by
such common name by the Germans
After it was built it was hallowed by
he name of the head of the old German
gods whom the kaiser venerates with
his worship, and whom he calls upon
in times of special excitement To the
Germans this line was the Wotan line.
Wotan is the all-powerful one, the
wielder of thunderbolts, invineible in
battle, the god of victory. Nothing
;ould stand against him when he set
les would hurl themselves against this
line in vain, guarded by Wotan and
his Valkyries, who had become incar-
mated in the persons of the kaiser and
lis German warriors. The kaiser and
his German warriors are angered and
quite a little dismayed that the allies
should be so disrespectful of this god
Of might and power, and that they
;hould dare make so light of his sacred
name. They are not likely to get over
It until the allies convince them that
hey ought to give up the worship of
heir pagan gods. The smashing of the
Wotan line win help in their CONVEX
sion.
The old German god, Wotan, is the
Odin of Scandinavian mythology, and
he Zeus of Greek mythology He was
| he creator of the world; the father of
he gods, possessed of the deepest wis
lom and holding the highest power
Behind and above all the special gods
he was the supreme ruler. The general
idea of him was as the god of the
heaven, the sky, the wind, riding
through space on his eight footed horse
wrapped in his robe of state, and hold
ing the lightning in his hand. Wotar
or Odin has made his mark on the
world. His memory has been kept
alive. His name as it has become mod
fled by the development of Language
s on every English tongue, one day il
every week. When we come to tn,
fourth day of the week and pronounce
it to be Wednesday, we are borrowin:
from the Germans. Our Wednesday
lfter our manner of speech, is Odin ,
lay or Wotan's day. 1t does not i'm
oly that English speaking people ar
holding the old German god in higl
respect.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-09
Foo, shat every dog here has fam

Foo, "that every dog here has fam
lily tree?"
Every one." said Yen Wang.
"There is not a dog in the place
without fine, noble, highly-bred ances-
tors, or great-great-grandpa as
you prefer to call them"
mo wonder, then" said Choo Foo,
"that my mistress gives me the choic-
est Of foods"
$50 does mine," said Yen Wang. 81
have my own meals. bark at the ia
BILE three times again when the family
is eating, and l am given choice bits
to eat-and every afternoon when the
mistress has tea, l am given cream,
rich cream in beautiful saucer, and
a piece of expensive cake made with
eggs"
ITS very nice to be rich," yawned
Choo Foo, in a bored little voice.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-09
FL 0ADY'S lV[N|NG
I'll. A|RY TAl[
Z 81 NAN 0AuAN BONNER
PEKINGESE PUPPIES.

"Well, / am not surprised" said Yen
Wang.
81 am glad to hear it," barked Choo
Foo.
''What makes you so pleasant to-
day?" asked Yen Wang.
1.-THE same reason which is making
you pleasant" said Choo Foo. "And
next year VIII be more pleasant than
you are today. Yes, will. Indeed, /
WILL"
"No, you WON'T" barked Yen Wang,
GROSSLY. "You will never be more
pleasant than I am today"
ut would seem that I am more
pleasant now" said Choo Foo.
ooh, you may be talking or barking
more cheerily, but | mean," said Yen
Wang, shat you haven't the cause
for being more pleasant than | am to-
day."
''Then if you have every reason to
be more pleasant, be pleasant" said
Choo Foo.
II may take your advice and ! may
not" said Yen Wang. "You must re-
member that I am very highly bred,
and / can do as like. / don't have
to be kind or nice or friendly, for
am valuable and my family tree Is per-
feet"
"What do you mean by. family
treeg" asked Choo Foo.
"My dear Dog" said Yen Wang, "a
family tree means that person or
| dog has fine ancestors. My ancestors,
for example, came from China. They
were highly bred. They did not have
| to look after themselves and pick up
bones anywhere and everywhere.
They were fed royalty and magnifi-
| Gently"
"Well if that is what it means to
have family tree" said Choo Foo,
| 81 have one, too. l came from China.
| / have had fine grandparents and
| great grandparents. which are the
| same as ancestors. And my family
| have never gone a-hunting for bones"
| 'Well," said Yen Wang. shat Is
| fine. I know you have family tree,
! for If yeu hadn't, you wouldn't be
here"
''Have all the dogs family trees who
| are here?" asked Choo Foo.
"Every one of Them" said Yen
| Wang ''You see that this is special
dog show, given by club called the
Pekingese club.
"They named the club after US.
That was an honor to begin with. but
we are deserving of all honors, for we
are so highly born. so artistocratic, so
beautiful and so snobbish.
"And they are holding dog show,
as / said before; but it's not COM
mon dog show. It's dog show where
only Pekingese dogs are allowed to
come, and most of us here today are
puppies-that is, we're all pretty
young"
"How many of us are hereW asked
Choo Foo. These two dogs were In lit.
tie houses adjoining each other.
81 believe" said Yen Wang, "that
there are two hundred and fifty dogs
here today. And of all those dogs
took the first prize. That's why an
pleasant"
You mean that is why you are as
pleasant as it is possible for you tt
be-" said Choo Foo.
sAIaybe So" said Yen Wang, "fol
I never believe in being too pleasant
1t would be beneath my dignity. an
a very aristocratic dog, as said be
FORE"
"Yes. so you said." agreed Chot
, Foo. "and If you are so proud at hav
ing received the first prize in Thu
whole show, do you wonder I an
. pleased? For / received the secont
prize"
. "Yes," said Yen Wang, "if you can
+ receive the first prize. it is Away
; nice to get the second"
"And do you mean." asked Cho
i @ sassa
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-09

Now that the truth about the war
situation is permeating the German
mind, with serious effect upon the mo.
rale of the nation, it is believed in
some quarters that Germany's war
lords are preparing to take more risks
than ever before in an attempt to
strike q blow or a series of blows tina
win impede the flow of American rein
fOrcements across the Atlantic and en-,
courage the dropping spirits of their
own people. A London correspondent
of the New York Times is authority
for the statement that "the submarine
campaign appears to be taking on g
somewhat new character, in which at
tacks on American troopships are like
ly to play an even more considerable
part than in the past. Concentration
of submarines in the paths usually
followed by the troop conveys already
have been observed, and there are other
evidences which point to the eonclu-
sion that the enemy in his growing des
peration is preparing to risk much II
the hope of making spectacula:
COUP
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-09
SENT HIM HOME IN HURRY
Proof That There Is More Than One
Way to Get Hubby to Defer His
Business"

Don't wait for me at dinner this
evening, dearie" he said when his wife
answered his telephone CALL
what is the matter?" she asked.
Il have business engagement-very
mportant-which will keep me down
town pretty late"
''Oh, pshaw! Can't you get out Of
it,"
mo, I'm awfully sorry. dear"
TRY to put it Off till tomorrow"
ITS impossible There's man here
from New York specially to see me.
and he's going away on the midnight
train. There's whole lot of bust
ness I've got 20 go over with him be-
fore he gets away"
when did he Gomez
"Just gotiin."
II didn't know there was train
from New York this late"
"Oh, yes. There are trains from
New York every little while"
What is his name?'
Say. honey, / don't like to have
you speak to- me like that. You eyi.
IDENTIFY doubt lmy word. His name is
Davidson, i'll you must know-Wil
liam Davidson-say, who's there
with you?"
why, nobody, dear
Yes. thereais. / heard him calling
you his daisy. I'll be right home"
Without waiting for her to answer
ne hung up. Then she stepped ovel
to the photograph and took off tht
Harry lauder. record.--Sani Kiser In
Dayton News. .~
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-09
FEEL LIKE GIVING UP?
Many Brattleboro People On the Verge
of Collapse.

Many Brattleboro People On the Verge
of Collapse.
A bad back makes you miserable all
the time
Lame every morning; sore all day.
1t hurts to stoop-it hurts to
straighten.
What with headache, dizzy spells,
urinary weakness,
No wonder people are discouraged,
Who do not know the kidneys may
be the cause of it all.
Give the weakened kidneys needful
help.
Use tested and proven kidney rem
edy.
None endorsed like Doan 8 Kidney
Pills.
Mrs. c. T. Wilcox, AZ Clark ST., Brat
tleboro, says: 81 have no hesitation in
recommending Doan g Kidney Pills. 1
used them three or four years ago, when
l had kidney trouble. My Kidneys
were weak and acted irregularly and
were annoying. This continued but
short time when used Doan s Kidney
Pills and a box of this medicine did me
a great deal of good.
| Price 60c, at all dealers. Don It simply
ask for kidney remedy-get Doan s
Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs. Will
cox had. Foster Milburn Co., Mfgrs.,
Buffalo, NY.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-09
Honors Self.Respectinq.

Do no hesitate to do the right thing
for fear some one else may misunder-
stand it and criticize you. There are
some people who live in such constant
fear of being misunderstood, that they
let the majority of their chances pass
uninproved. If you know you are do
ing as yon ought, you will never trou-
BILE yourself as to what others are
thinking. In time, if not at the start.
the world honors the one who respects
himself-Girls' Companion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-09
Honey of the Bible.

1t Is interesting to note that the
wild honey named in the Bible may
not have been altogether the stores
packed away by the bee In the hol-
lows of trees and between the rocks.
There is a clear sweet liquid called
honey dew found frequently on leaves
and comes from the aphids. the tiny
"cows" cared for and "milked" by the
ants for their saecharine substance.
There was so much of 1t on the leaves
of the trees in oriental chimes that Ii
dripped down in considerable quanti-
Ties to the ground. This must have
been the kind named In the hook of
Samuel where 1t says: "And all they
If the land came TO wood and there
was honey upon the ground. And
xhen the people were come into the
wood behold the honey dropped"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-09

That the ban on the manufacture of
beer will not be an unalloyed blessing
is indicated by the loss in revenue
which the prohibition will bring about
Members of the house ways and mean
committee say that this loss will
amount to between $300000,000 and
$400,000,000, and it is intimated that a
consumption tax on table necessities o.
an import tax on coffee, tea, cocoa and
sugar will have to be put into the new
war revenue bin to make up for il
Chairman Kitchin is authority for thu
statement that if war prohibition goe
into effect next July taxes amounting
to approximately $1,000,000,000 will
have to be raised in some other way
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-09

Do the soldiers readl In three
months $4,000 pieces of reading mat
ter and sheet music were shipped to
the field from the Paris Y. NJ. C. A.
warehouse. This included 81 900 books
of general character. Then in the
same period $4,000 of the magazines
sent unaddressed from America for n
one cent stamp were distributed among
the Y huts. The call for more good
books, magazines and papers in inces-
SAINT.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-09
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

II is the aim of the management to secure
efficient service in the delivery of the paper
each night, and il 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
person, by telephone or postal card, thus en-
abling the cause of the error to be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper rem
edy Immediately applied. 1t is only by this
method that the publisher can secure the de-
sired service,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-09
A Unique Send Off.
Barre Times.)

The send-off which IA drafted men got
in Brattleboro when they started for
Camp Upton last week will long be re-
membered by them, for the prospective
soldiers were attended by a company of
more than 30 veterans of the Civil war
who happened to be gathered in Brattle
boro for an annual reunion. Past and
present were thereby linked together over
a span of more than half a century.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-09
Subscription Receipts

The Reformer has discontinued
the practice Of acknowledging re-
mittances by postcard receipts,
and asks its mail subscribers to
depend upon the labels on their
papers for this information. II
the date on the label on your pa
per is not changed on the second
issue after your remittance is made
kindly notify this Office Of its
amount and the date 1t was sent.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-09
Goodness and the Reward.

Mother-I am going out, Mamie, and
I want you to be good little girl
while I am gone, and I'll bring you
home paper of candy. Now, are you
going to be good.
Mamie-Yes, / suppose so but can't
tell how good / ought to be unless /
know how big that paper of candy Is
going to be.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-09

"Fish worms for sale, So a quart,
says an advertisement in Fitehburg
paper. Which leads us to inquire
whether the price of fish worms has
been seriously affected by the war.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-09

No local drive for funds will be need
ed to meet Brattlebor0's quota of the
$l75,000,0O0 joint campaign to be mad /.
this fall for the seven various war
funds. The war chest will take care
of our share. This joint campaign, b.,
the way, comes pretty near to bein,,
an official government endorsement o,
the war chest plan.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-09
TO ADVERTISERS

Transient advertising-Run of paper, 50 cents
an inch for first insertion, Is cents an inch
for each subsequent insertion. Limited space
on first page at double rates.
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements-Five cents a line
first insertion with so per cent discount for
each subsequent insertion without change of
copy.
Reading Notices-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, 1918-09-09

The Burlington News, of which
Judge Charles II. Darling is part owner.
'rnorship the results of which lead
that paper to claim that eight counties.
including Windham %, favor Darling,
'wo favor Howe, one favors Clement
and the remaining three are lighting
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-09
Member of The Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for publication of all news
credited in this paper and also the local news
published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-09

Americans crossed Vesle on Heels O
Boehe-Newspaper Headline.
Just another example of Yankee in
genuity.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-09

Every man knows how can his ar
1uaintances are. h,'.'' is never abso-
lutely sure about himself.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-01
OKLAHOMA CORN CROP IS
SUFFERING FROM OR0UTH

OKLAHOMA CITY. Aug. al
with corn In the southwestern part
OF oklahoma an entire failure, and
damaged over so per cent In the re-
maindcr OF the state by continued
drouth, broken only by light show
ers. the present condition OF the
crop Is 10 per cent of a normal. ac-
cOrdlng TO summary of crop condi-
tions Issued today hy the state board
Of agriculture. This IN decrease ~
80 points az compared with lNst
months condition OF 80 per cent.
Tho condition Of corn In August Of
1917 was i3 per cent.
An estimate on the Yield Of corn
per acre has not been complied by
the agricultural board. but pros
poets do not promise near the G.5
bushels per acre Of 1911. which was
practically the poorest year the state
has seen.
Cotton shows decrease OF ~ per
cent In growing condition as com
pared with the report for July. The
condition of the crop at present In
80 per cent Conditions nj the end
OF August. 1917. was 70 per cent.
Revised figures for the states
wheat yield show l15 bushels per
acre for total area sown in the fall
Of 1917.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-01

served ln,the Confederate navy dur
Ing the Civll war. OF this number
less than 100 survive. and they are
the naval veterans who are 10 hold
their reunion herd on the dates men
toned Admiral A. q. Wright OF
Jacksonville, Fla. Is present COM
mander ~ the naval veterans and
viii attend the. .rcuniun. lie expects
a sufficient numberSof his old com
ra jNs go he present TO make fca-
ture Of the grand parade,
Ask Itccords BE Changed.
A. the reunion I'm Birmingham In
1915 Admiral Wright was instructed
TO petition congress in the interest
OF their dead comrades. whose
namcs appear in the Navy Register
OF 1852 AZ having been dismissed
from the service a petition is now
pending In congress In behalf OF
these 1876 officers of the navy whose
names appear az having been rdis-
missed from service.
A. the outbreak OF the cSgil war
several hundred naval officers from
the. south resigned their commits
sions I'm the United states navy To- 80
with their states and fight FOR the
Coufoderacy. In most instances their
designations were accepted and the
fact appears In the Navy Register.
Ia the case ot 1876 officers, however,
who resigned at the same time, the
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-01
ALL READY FOR BIG
LABOR DAY PARADE
Route and Formation of Tulsa's Blg-
gcst Fine of Marching Units
Has Been Chosen.

Preparations for The Labor Day
parade are completed. According to
J l.. HughletJ who IL grand marshal
Of the parade. it will be the largest
OF It's Kind that has ever been at
tempted In Tulsa. Patriotism will
be the keynote OF the day, not only
In the parade, but IN the celebration
that Will be put on In owen park In
the afternoon.
The parade will start at Sixth and
South Main streets at 10 o'clock
Monday morning All the labor or
ganizations In the city. as well as the
boys working brigade, the Humane
society ana other war organizations
will participate. some with floats
and others with delegations on foot
Starts Sixth and Main.
Starting AZ sixth and Main streets.
the parade will be headed by the
float bearing the Labor Day queen.
Then will come the bakers who have
,<xn directed to form on sixth street
tU@wecn 'Maln and Boston, hea ded
west Next are the sheet metal
workers. Then the cooks and walt
ers, who will form on Boston south
OF sixth street. They will be fol
lowed 10y tho iron workers aud the
miners. Tho butchers form on Cln-
cinnatl south OF sixth street. fol
lowed by the hoistinR engineers
Next comes the typographical union
delegation, followed by the laundry
workers
Following the laundry workers
come the printing pressmen. The
boilermakers come after the press
men. forming on Detroit. just south
OF Sixth street. Following them are
the machinists, plumbers. lathers
and musicians The carpenters will
form on Elgin south OF sixth and the
painters will hc found on Elgln Just
north OF sixth. The tailors are TO
form on the rost side Of Detroit
north OF sixth street and right across
the street from them will be found
the electricians with the head of
their formation at Sixth street the
roofers are 10 form on the east side
OF Cincinnati Just across the street
from the BARRIERS. Plnsterers and
brickayers will form on the eaar
side Of Boston headed toward Sixth
and on the other side Of the street
can be found THE hodcarrlers.
To Assign Organizations.
other organizations will he as-
signed places IN the parade as they
appear The line OF March will be
as follows.
The queens float will proceed east
from Sixth and Main TO Elgin and
TO Main. picking up
the different sections OF the parade
as they go 20 Elgin and como back
10 Main From sixth and Main. the
will proceed north to
Rrady street and thence west 90
hall, where the parade
viii disband
In the afternoon AZ the park. tho
exercises will be given over 20 a gen
eral good thine with plenty ct pa
trlotlsm mixed In. There will be a
hunth maintained where members of
tRe various trades unions will sell
war savings stamps Prominent
speakers from different parts ~ the
country will be present 10 tell us how
to help whip the kaiser.