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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-27
DADDYSEV[NDNl
[ARY TALL Ell
TuM BILE BUGS.
~ MARY 0AHAN BONNER

tits time we began work." said Mr..
Tumble Bug.
Il quite agree with you," said Mrs.
Tumble Bug. II do not want to waste
another moment" she added.
Now the tumble bugs are beetles,
and they have these curious names
because of their curious habits.
Are the eggs ready?" asked Mr..
Tumble Bug. For some day the eggs
would be little tumble bug beetle chill
dren, and the daddy and mother were
very much interested, of course.
"They are in the ball." said Mrs.
Tumble Bug.
They always lay their eggs in ball.
Mrs. Tumble Bug spoke again.
II am all ready" she said. "Are
you, too, my dear?"
Eyes, indeed" said Mr.. Tumble Bug.
II hate to see these creatures who let
the mother do all the work. So many
animals and insects do, though I will
admit that there are great many who
help, and SO the world isn't such a bad
| place after ALL"
"Pve heard Of great many who
help" said Mrs. Tumble Bug ''They
say that the father birds are especial,
ly devoted"
'Ive heard that, too," said Mr.. Tum.
BILE Bug.
But no one could be amy kinder
than you are, my dear" said Mrs. Tum
bic Bug.
Il can't help it," said Mr.. Tumble
Bug. You are such nice beetle anG
do think so much Of you that l sim.
! ply can't help working with you. II
gives me pleasure to assist you"
Mr.. Tumble Bug wiggled his legs as
he said this. and Mrs. Tumble Bub was
| tremendously pleased.
"All the Tumble Bugs help their
Wives she said.
"Ah." said Mr.. Tumble Bug, that is
| because there are such nice Tumble
| Bug ladies. We cannot do anything
else but be nice. We would not be
gentlemen beetles if we were rude. YOU
know"
And you take an interest in the
eggs, too, don't yOu?" said Mrs. Tum-
BILE Bug.
"Of course, do" he replied.
We'll do just the same with them
as usual, l SUPPOSE" questioned Mrs,
Tumble Bug.
You know BEST" said Mr.. Tumble
Bug. And that was just why she had
asked, because it made her feel so
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-27
A HERO EVERY DAY
Brave Deeds of Men in Americas
Fighting Service.

Although he had been in the service
but few months, when the time came
to display the courage and gallartry
OF men in tho [. S. navy, it is record
ed that Francis Marble Blair, q phar-
maclst : mate, third class, met the sit
uation according to all tradition. Blair s
duty was to minister to the sick How
ever, chance gave him different OPP
portunity to show what he was made Of.
While serving on q United States ship
III home waters he went TO the rescue
of hather vino had gone beyond his
depth at Ocean Beach, Cal. Blair had
never been in the surf before, so his
task was all the more hazardous. With
the eli of a shipmate he made the res
cue. He has been commended b. Secre-
tary Daniels. Blair enlisted III the
navy. May 5, 1917. at Salt Lake City.
and gave as his next kin, his father,
Davii Marble Blair, OF Lasamine, Wy
oming.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-27
WEDNESDAY,, FEBRUARY q, 1915.
A NEW GERMAN EMPIRE.

Perhaps the actual military work of
Germany in Russia is about finished. 1t
remains to reap the economic and po-
litical harvest, but there must be much
filling and watering before the harvest
is ripe. In this work soldiers as well
as civilians must be employed, Ger
many cannot entirely withdraw her
armed forces from this occupied terri
tory, and the more of Russia she takes
over the larger must the force be 10
secure its pacihcation and to maintain
order. How many soldiers Germany
must keep in Russia is something that
perhaps even Germany does not vet
know, but it is certain that the iron
hand must be used there in connection
with the diplomatic tongue, and the
iron hand will play the larger part in
the task of making German territory
Of these annexed lands.
Germany will hasten the work of
assimilatiug and consolidating what
She has taken possession of b. force.
so that her chances of holding it after
the war is over may be increased. 1t
may be that in the end she will he
willing to forcgo for the time all her
ambitions in the west, which have had
in view an extension of her coast line.
the domination OF the North Sea and
a strategic position with regard to Eng
land, for the sake of an enormous ex-
tension Of her empire in the east. If
her schemes in Russia are successful,
Germany viii not only add vast terri
tory to the empire and greatly increase
her economic Importance and self-sufTi
cheney but she will dominate the whole
of the old Russian empire, from Lith-
uania, Poland and Bessarabia to Man
/ churia and the Pacific Ocean.
Fertile fields, rich copper. iron and
coal mines and an extensive oil coun.
| try will come directly into her posses
sion or completely under her influence
and there will be opened up trade OPP
/ portunities of enormous value. If the
war leaves Germany in possession Of the
/ territory that has been taken from Rus
/ sia and in control of the rest of that
country, there will arise a German en-
/ pire that win be a greater menace to
/ the peace of Europe and the peace of
. the world and greater enemy to de
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-27

may Use AS much as desired of all
kinds of oysters and sea food. poultry
and game; corn meal, oat meal, rice, HON
my, barley and rye; milk, fresh and
dried vegetables and fruits; and cream
or top milk for table use only. 1t oc
ours to the Los Angeles Times that. with
the eight and one-fourth pounds Of re-
stricted food allowed, supplemented with
about SIX dozen oysters, five pounds OF
mackeiel and sanddabs, a turkey, few
chickens, an unlimited quantity OF corn
meal, oat meal, hominy, barley and rice
cakes, say ten or twenty pounds OF dried
vegetables and fruits, gallon of cream
and about five gallons of milk, a man who
has the price could, in a few months fat
ten himself up SO that he would be iii
tor a Christmas present 10 his uncle. AnC
yet Senator Smoot Is calling for day
OF fasting.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-27

man, and lopsided men do not win
great wars. No man can achieve real
greatness without an abiding faith in
something, and for most men that
something is a belief in benefeent
Creator, ready to assist men when they
most need assistance, But it is not
men to preach fanaticism that Pershing
wants. He is seeking men who by pre-
cePt as well as by example can preach
clean, manly living to clean, manly
men. He is seeking them because, like
4 wise commander, he understands the
moral requirements of his followers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-27
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE

Me and pop was taking wawk be.
fore suppir, and we met Mr.. Lewis, and
him and pop shook hands and Mr.
Lewis started to laf as if he thawt
sumthing was funny as enything. say
ing, Ha ha ha, I must tell You a GOOD
loak on myself. pottsie. il sertenv wa,
a good one on me, ha ha ma
Let's have it, Lew. the man who can
Ian at joak on himself is helping te
win the war, sed pop
1t serteny was on on me. all rite
ha ha ha, sed Mr.. Lewis. | was wawll
ing along jest now at peece with the
werld thinking noble thawts, and n feI
10 with green neektie stopped me and
sed, Excuse me, but ! see by your but
ton that you're a member of the Order
OF Manly Steers, and YOU can see bv
my button that I'm also member and
II Its all the same to YOU Id like tc
borrow dollers, I'm stranded in q
strange city ware | don't know n sole
TO cash cheek for me, and if you'll
let me have the ) III be onv too pIad
to give You my name and address.
Good, wat Good be fairer2 sed pop
LA ha ha, wait till | tell YOU. its
one on me, all rite, zed Mr.. Lewis
We'll l took a look at his button and
It was perfeckly good button, and
let HIM have the and we Exchanged
cards and went our WAYS, and pritty
soon. ha ha ha, | came across Buzbv
and he sed, Say Lewis he said, YOU did
emf see my lodge button on your travels
did you, dropped it down the street
and some chap with a green neck tie
very kindly helped me hunt for it for
about 10 minutes, but we coodent 10.
cate it, ha ha ha. ha ha ha. izent that
one on me, Pottsie, ha ha ha.
Tia ha ha, ha ha ha, sed pop.
And the reel .ioak of it was. ha ba
h. il was my last 5 spot. and now
Ill half to ask you to come across with
a temporary . to rescue me, sed Mr.,
Lewis
o, aed pop. And he took out a 5 dol
Ter bill pritty slow and handed it to
Mr.. Lewis, and Mr. Lewis put it in
his pockit, saying, Thanks, old top, it
serteny was good ioak on me. wasent
it?
1t seems to of bin good ioak all or
round, sed pop. And me and him kepp
on waw king.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-27

Won Hertlng possesses a sense of
grim humor. He took particular pains
to state in his address in the reichstag
that Germany Is fighting a defensive
war. 1t has looked like it all the way
from the time Belgium was invaded
Northern France, Serbia, Montenegro,
Rumania and Poland and other parts of
Russia can give striking testimony that
there IS nothing offensive or possess
ing a spirit of aggrandizement in Ger
man warfare. Won Hertling is so naive
that he doesn't ever stoop to use the
former American term of benevolent
assimilation. -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-27
HEAD AND NOSTRLS
STUFFED FROM COLD
Pape's Cold Compound ends a cold
or grippe in few
hours

Your cold will break and all grippe
misery end after taking a dose of
Pape's Cold Compound every two
hours until three doses are taken.
1t promptly opens clogged-up nostrils
ana air passages in the head, stops
nasty discharge or nose running, re-
heves sick headache, dullness, feverish-
ness sore throat, sneczing, soreness and
stiffness.
Don t stay stuffed-up! Quit blowing
ana snuffling! Ease your throbbing
Matchmaking else in the world gives
such prompt relief as ''Pape's Cold
compound, which may be bought
at any drug store. 1t acts without
assistance, tastes nice, and causes no
inconvenience. Accept no substitute
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-27

General Persaing's request for more
chaplains for our soldiers abroad is one
that ought to be needed. Regardless of
what individual opinions may be on the
subject of religion, no thinking man
can doubt the Importance OF the right
kind of spiritual leadership for men
who are called upon to endure what our
boys must endure, says the St. Louis
post.Dispatch. Al long ago as Plato 5
time the threefold nature of every man
physical, mental moral-was known
and understood. Neglected develop
mcnt of any Of them means a lopsided
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-27

The Reformer Is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co., c.
W. Cleaveland. :. l.. Purinton (Estey-
ville), Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens
Depot Newsstand Mrs. d. f. Doyle,
South Main Street
West 5rattleboro, j L. Stockweu.
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Putney, NJ G Williams.
Newfane. n NJ. Batchelder.
Townshend, G. w. Cutter.
West Towushend. c. II. Grout.
Jamaica, r. J. Daggett.
South Londonderry, RI Tyler
South Vernon. r. Burum
Northteld. Mass. Thompson Bros.
West Chesterfield. NJ. H., Mrs w
Streeter.
HinsdaIe, ". H., W H Lyman
Bellows Falls, Depot Restaurant
Windsor. VT, Windsor Restaurant
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-27

very happy to have Mr.. Tumble Bug
tell her so. And she felt like very
lucky beetle indeed.
WED better begin" said Mrs. Tum-
BILE Bug. and they started work at
once.
They took the ball in which were
rolled all the eggs. Mr.. Tumble Bug
began pulling at the bail, for he
thought that was the hardest part of
the work. And Mrs. Tumble Bug
pushed it as hard as she could.
They kept on pulling and pushing,
Mr.. Tumble Bug trying to do the heav-
lest part of the work, until they tum-
bled their ball of eggs into hole in
the ground which they had planned as
their children's nursery.
And that is the reason Mr.. and Mrs.
Tumble Bug and theiy relations are all
called tumble bugs instead of beetles,
for they always tumble their children
into hole, where they come out, later
on, as Tumble Bug children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tumble Bug are ex-
tremely pleased that they are not
called plain, ordinary beetles, for they
think in this way they are more dis
tinguished.
L think the children will be fine
lot, this time" said Mrs. TTmbIe Bug.
You always think so,'' said her hus-
band, smiling.
And as they looked about them they
saw other Tumble Bug families tumb-
ling or rolling their balls of eggs into
holes in the ground.
The daddy was always pulling and
the mother pushing. 'You see" said
Mr.. Tumble Bug, 1--WE bugs can't help
being nice to you. It is the habit of
everyone Of us to help our dear little
beetle mates"
And all the mother beetles felt very
proud that they were looked after and
assisted with the housekeeping and the
bringing up Of the children.
SO Mr.. and Mrs. Tumble Bug took
q fine nap and every little while anoth-
er daddy Tumble Bug was helping a
mother to tumble the eggs INTO hole.
For, as they both do the same work.
they both deserve the name of Tumble
Bug, and they are glad ed proud TO
nave this name. And all the daddy
Tumble Bugs want 10 be able to al
ways live up to ;heir name. and from
the way they wo~lz. | feel sure they
always will.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-27

Arson w. Bedding, who has been Civ
ing Claremont, y H., bright, snappy
and attractive daily newspaper in the
Evening Eagle, has accepted a position
with the William Filene s Sons COM
pany of Boston as executive secretary
of the Filene Cooperative association,
an organization of the $500 employees
of the Filene store, where an advanced
experiment in industrial cooperation is
being worked out. Mr. Bedding will act
as business manager Of the association
and as counselor to the employees in
their relations with the firm, and an
incidental portion of his work will the
supervision of the store paper, The
Echo. No disposition has been made by
Mr. Bedding of the Eagle Press, of
which he has been the proprietor since
1912. 1t is to be hoped that the bust
ness at Claremont will fall into compe-
tent hands, as the daily paper has been
big factor in putting the town on the
map.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-27
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

1t Is the aim of the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery of
the paper each night, and il solcits the
cooperation Of subscribers to that end
Prompt reports should be given OF each
failure to receive the paper on the morn
ing following the omission, in person.
by telephone or postal card, thus enabling
the cause of the error to be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper
remedy Immediately applied 1t is only
by this method that the publisher can
secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-27

Vermont boys and girls have an OPP
portunity to help this spring in making
maple sugar and syrup. In Lyndon
where the home gardening and stoc
raising activities includes all children
Of school age, the Youngsters have mar
ko5ed maple products to the amount of
several thousand dollars in single sea.
son.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-27

With the March elections Newport
will appear in all the panoply of a
city, its boundaries including the vii
lage of Newport and West Derby,
which is "suburb' on the northeast.
The new municipality viii contain
something over 5000 population. Most
large villages have found the city form
of government rather expensive, but
perhaps Newport will profit by the
mistakes of other communities. The
city viii be the smallest in the state
with the exception of Nergennes, which
has been joke city for wears The
Newport Express advocates the election
of Curtis s. Emery az mayor. Emery
was rewarded for some political activity
by appointment as collector of customs
at Newport while he was a resident of
Chelsea, and for eight years sucked
the juicy plum which hungry Democrats
hoped to get. when to their dismay it
was found that the district of Mem
phremagog had been abolished. Emery-
is dcbonair and a good mixer and in
personal pulehritude a. we'll as ability
would tit into the office of mayor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-27
Our Restricted Dietary.
Topeka State journal, J

Food Administrator Hoover's ration
card allows each person per week: Two
and one-half pounds of beef, mutton and
lamb; one-half pound Of pork; one-half
pound of butter; one-half pound of
cooking fat; one-half pound of -four for
use in gravies; three pounds of bread:
three-fourths of pound of sugar In
addition to the foregoing each person
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-27

What Germany is doing to Russia
ism circumstance to what she would
do to the United States or Great Brit
ain if she got a chance.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-27
Member Of the AssocI ated Press.

The Associated Press Is exclusively
entitled to the use for publication of all
news dispatches credited to II and not
otherwise credited i'm this paper and also
the local news published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-27

Men are sometimes Ike razors-.na
cheapest has the strongest pull
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-27
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run OF paper
so cents an inch for first insertion, 25
cents an inch for each subsequent inser-
ton. Limited space on first page at
double rates
Space rates on application.
CLASSIFIED advertisements-Five cents a
line first insertion with so per cent dis
count for each subsequent insertion
without change of copy.
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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, 1918-02-27

TRY THE CLASSIFIED COLUMNS
In THE DAILY REFORMEp
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1918-04-26
FARMERS, ATTENTION

Here is new ruling of interest to
all wheat growers.
Hamp Williams, federeal food adj
ministrator for Arkansas, in response
to numerous inquiries relative to
wheat held by farmers, has made
the following special ruling:
Farmers who grow wheat will be
permitted to retain enough and have
it ground into flour to last them
until the next harvest.
"They will also be permitted to
retain enough for their own seed
purposes.
I'm the event, AFTER retaining
enough for personal consumption and
seed purposes, provided the surplus
is not too great. they will be permit
ted to sell their wheat to farmers
who have not wheat for seed pur-
poses. They must first satisfy their
county food administrator that such
sales are for seed purposes. We pre-.
fer that small surplus wheat be kept
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1918-04-26
FIND COTTON VARIETIES
BEST SUITED FOR STATE

Fayetteville, Ark, April 24.-ln an
effort to find the varieties of cotton
that are best adapted to the soils
and climate of Arkansas, the Agri-
cultural Experiment Station of the
University of Arkansas conducted ex-
tensive variety tests during the sea-
son of 1917. The tests were made
under the direction of W. b.. Ayres
and were conducted comparatively by
the Experiment Station, county dem
onstratiOn agents of the Agricultural
Extension Division and reliable farm
ers. The Eexperiment Station an
nounces that the following varieties
were found to give the best results:
Cook No 5SS. Doda Favorite, Trice
King, Cleveland, Triumph and Elk
press.
The average results for the highest
varieties are as 20 lows: Cook No
5ss $12S.9O per acre for seed and
lint King. s126.69; Express, $126.23;
Triumph, $114.41; Dodd Favorite
s115.26; Rowden. s1O3.37; Trice. s119
Cleveland. S11223.
A detailed account of the expert
ments is given in circular No. SO
which may be obtain ed by address
ing the director Agricultural Expert
ment Station, University of Arkan
sas, Fayetteville.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1918-04-26
PETITION FOR PARDON

To His Excelleacy, Chas. II. Brough,
Governor:
Your petitioners, citizens and tax
payers of Lee county, would respect
fully state that in our October, 1915
term of court 7'att Stamford and
Sam Stamford, brothers, were con
victed upon charge of grand lar.
ceny and senten ed to five years in
the penitentiary. They both began
to serve their sentences Immediately
since which time Sam Stamford has
died, while confined in the peniten.
tiary. Matt Stamford is still con
fined in the penitentiary and we
feel that there was at the time room
for some doubt as to the guilt OF
these parties, but they were found to
be guilty and we feel now that the
one living, Matt S AID ord, has been
sufficiently punished for the charac
ter of crime he was convicted of.
Your petitioners would therefore
respectfully request that Matt Stand
ford be granted free and full par
don and your petitioners will ever
pray, etc
j. w. BUSH,
CLYDE ANDREWS,
r. l.. HOPE,
And Others (150)
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1918-04-26
Better FARMING HINTS
Plant Corn Of Medium Early Maturity

Plant Corn Of Medium Early Maturity
More corn will undoubtedly be
planted in every county in Arkansas
this year than ever before. In an
swer to many inquiries concerning
the best variety of corn to plant.
L. w. Osborn. with the University of
Arkansas. college of Agriculture,
says "a variety OF medium early
maturing corn should be chosen for
soils of ordinary fertility because
late maturing varieties cannot stand
facing a short period of dry weather.
Boone County White and Johnson
County White are good varieties to
plant but Johnson County White re-
auires more fertile soils.
Roberts White Dent does well
on good uplands and bottoms.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1918-04-26

in the community in which i 4
grown and that every inducemer|
made to get large wheat crops
every instance, however, fus
who intend TO grow any amou1|
wheat should get in touch with 4
county food administrator, who 4
assist them in every way possaA
Farmers who take wheat nl
mill for flour for their own
sumption should not at any time
home from the mil more tnan y
days supply. of flour The mm
have a record OF the Wneat Nv
and the flour the farmer Is emu
20, but he should limit his amour
flour from wheat he grew 70
days supply, and at the END u
month get another months suA
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1918-04-26

"A life for every foot of ground is
what Germany is paying for territory
gained. But she probably thinks that
lives can be produced, while there is
only so much territory.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1918-04-26

No Job too big for US 70 =
efficiently and quickly J. W.
err. concrete contractor.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1918-04-26
SOME GUMS

There was an old man in Duluth
Who had in his head not tuth.
But would cen undertake
To eat boarding house steak
can gum it he said, that's the
truth.
Florida Times Union.