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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-12-13

bordered this path they saw the smoke
as high as the tree tops.
you've got to make it, old boy"
muttered Joseph Stagg, and he dashed
the horse again.
The spirited Cherry leaped forward,
both the woman and the child scream
ing.
us 1t far? Is it far?" gasped Aman-
da in his ear.
TOO far for comfort. But keep your
heart up"
AS the man spoke, a blazing brand
swung through the air and came down,
right on Amanda's shoulders. Carolyn
May shrieked. Joseph Stage brushed
off the burning stick.
Cherry mounted another small ridge
and then they gathered down into
little hollow where there was slough
beside the road. The water was green
and stagnant, but 1t was water.
The man pulled In the hard-pressed
horse and leaped down, passing the
reins to Amanda. He whipped off his
coat and dipped it In the mudhole. He
drew 1t out dripping with water and
slime.
"Look out, here! Have to shut your
eyesl" he warned bis two companions
on the seat of the blackboard, and
threw the saturated coat over Miss
Amanda's head. The dripping garment
sheltered Carolyn May as well.
Now. good horsel" he yelled to
Cherry, feaping back to the seat. Gid
lapI"
The horse started up the slope. An
other swirling brand came down upon
them Joseph Stage fought 1t off with
his bare hand. His shirt sleeve caught
fire and he was painfully burned on
the forearm before he could smother
the blaze.
Another flaming brand fell, landing
on Cherry's back. The horse squealed
and leaped forward at a pace which
Mr.. Stage could not control. Maddened
by the burn, Cherry had taken the bit
In his teeth and was running away.
The man threw down the reins. He
could do nothing toward retarding the
frightened horses pace. Indeed, he
did not want to stop him.
His left arm he flung around Miss
Amanda and the child, and with his
right hand chung to the rocking seat Of
the careening blackboard.
The wet steamlng coat saved the
woman and the child from injury.
Joseph Stage had lost all count Of
time. The forest road might still ex-
tend ahead Of them for mile, for all
he knew.
But suddenly they broke cover,
Cherry still galloping wildly, and
plunged down an open ravine to the
edge of lake of sparkling water.
"Bless mel The lake! the lakew
hoarsely shouted the man.
The walls of the ravine sheltered
them from smoke and fire for mo-
ment, but the brands still fell. Cherry
had halted on the edge of the lake. but
Joseph Stage urged him on into the
water, flank deep. The shore was mar
row and afforded little space for
refuge. He lifted Amanda and the
child bodily from the seat and dropped
them into the water.
"We're safe now" he said hoarsely,
jumping in himself, and holding Caro-
| Ign May and Amanda. "We've got wa
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-12-13

she had already bathed and helped
Carolyn May to undress, and where
the little girl was now sleepily eating
her supper Of bread and milk.
swell, wonders don't ever cease, I
guess" she said, more to herself than
to her little confidant. who'd have
thought II !"
who'd have thought what, Aunty
RoseY inquired Carolyn May.
"Your uncle and Mandy Pariow have
made 1t up" breathed the woman, EVIL
IDENTIFY much impressed by the wonder
of Il.
"Yes. indeedI" cried the child. isn't
IL nice? They aren't mad at each other
any more"
To BE coNTrNuEDl
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-12-13
Her Title.

Bacon-I understand his wife has
a position now?
Egbert-Yes. She's working at a
ribbon counter in department store.
"And does he call her his better
half?"
"No; his counterpart"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-12-13
GIVE BLACKBERRY GOOD CARE
Provide Winter Protection Before
Ground Is Frozen-Canes Should
Be Bent Over.

prepared by ,he United States Depart
ment Of Agricurure.)
Before the ground Is frozen solid,
but after all danger of warm weather
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-20
Value of Our New Daylight.
Providence Journal.)

Figures that show the bearing of day
light saving on war gardens are inn
pressive-three million gardeners In
seven months will gain 546,000,000
hours, which are equivalent to 62,250,
600 days of eight hours each or 1s6,9S6
years. This time is considered sufficient
for raising the equivalent of the sup
plies consumed in six months by an
army of a million men, These calcu-
lations by the president of the national
war garden commission leave no doubt
as to the practical value of the plan for
setting the clock ahead an hour
A continuance of daylight saving in
| 1919 is expected as a matter of course
People who appreciate its advantages
naturally wonder why SO much talking
was necessary before congress ordered
the change. No disturbance was caused
by the federal regulation for the reason
that 1T applied to everyone, and whel
the time comes for setting the clocl
back an hour there will be no confusion
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-20
The Americans in France.
Daniel A. Polling, in Christian Endeav
or World.l

Daniel A. Polling, in Christian Endeav
or World)
America may well be proud of her
glorious sons in France. Physically,
mentally and morally they are magnif-
ieert. | know men, young men; and
have never seen anywhere fellows
who, judged by the triangle measure,
body, mind, spirit, are the peers of
those saw on our front line in
France; and never have | seen anywhere
men en- masse who were their equals.
/ had not intended to write it here but
| will. ! have been five weeks in Eng
land and seight days in France; ] have
seen thousands of American soldiers
seen them in villages, seen them on
trains, seen them in London and Paris;
but / have not seen a single private OF
officer who was under the influence OF
liquor.
There are moral problems to be solved
and men and women are toiling to solve
them as humans never labored to meet
the moral challenge of any previous crf
sis. The work is not finished; Goo
knows the road is long to its turning
but let all Americans know that thos,
who are representing them in England
and France are not lodging any issues
that they are not going backward, an,
that they are not standing still; the,
are going forward.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-20
A Smoke INSPECTOR.

The president of woman suffrage
organization is mighty person. DR..
Anna Howard Shaw spoke in the as
sembly hall Of the Claypool hotel on
the opening evening of the annual con-
vention Of the Woman's Franchise
League of Indiana. The room was
built to hold 500 persons comfortably !;
but about 500 were there That evening.
Mrs. Richards Edwards of Peru. presi-
dent of the franchise league, thought
she detected an odor of s,aoke. From
her position on the stage she sent a
message to Miss Adah Bush. of Kent
land, to investigate the source.
Miss Bush left the room for a few
minutes. When she returned she sent
up to Mrs. Edwards the message:
Il have seen about the smoke. have
had 1t stopped."-Indianapolis News.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-20

on hand, and our allotment for the
coming year is 1854, 900 tons Some To-
cal agents, who anticipated trouble, by
early and strenuous efforts, succeeded
in getting for their particular localities
more than a normal supply in the past
two years, but with the strict govern
ment regulation this will be impossible
in the immediate future. There is sure
to be a shortage of coal in this state
next winter, even if the weather condi-
tions are favorable Vermonters have
a great advantage over people in many
other parts of the country, as we have
close at hand large supplies of wood
Mr.. Jones advises every town to open
a municipal woodward. This advice is
timely and should be needed To get
the wood, however, it is necessary to
have plans made at once. Wood cut late
in the fall will not make very desirable
fuel The time to cut wood for us,
next winter is now.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-20
A HERO EVERY DAY
Brave Deeds of Men in Americas
Fighting Service.

Though the marines first thought in
battle is get the enemy he never
turns his back on wounded comrade,
even should his own life be the price
This has been proven many times in
the land and sea campaigns of the United
States Marine corps and recently in
that portion of the front line trench
in France held by the devil dogs. y
Private George Clifford Brooks, of Rich
Hill, Mo-, with Sergeant Louis Cukela
of Minneapolis. Mimi, and Private Wal
ter klamm, of Hammond, Ind, were
attacked by Boche raiding party while
holding an advanced post The enemy
fire was terrific, Shell fragments were
flying In every direction. With the out
post detail was Corporal John Kuhn OF
Lansford, Pa Brooks saw Kuhn fall
fatally wounded, and with the aid Of
his comrades rescued their dying com
panion from the enemy Then they rout
cd the raiding party Brooks was award
ed the war cross. He enlisted at Kan
sas city, Mo-, on May 4, 1915, and re
ceived his first training as marine a
the Marine Barracks. Norfolk, Va. Hi
| mother. Susan A. Brooks. lives at Ricl
Hill, Mo.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-20
FL CAD(Y'SEv[N|Nl'
I'll FAIRY TALE
M( 81 hAN GQAHknI CONNER
NEW. ARRIVALS.

"They don't make the fuss over US
they should" said the rat kangaroo.
II don't believe they know we're
here" said the tree kangaroo.
what is that you are sayingW
asked the Oldest kangaroo inhabitant.
We've only just arrived from Aus
tralia which is many, many miles
away, and here we are in the Zoo
ready to be admired" said the tree
kangaroo.
1--WE admire you." said the Oldest
inhabitant, 'but we'd like to become
better acquainted first"
We've had most interesting trip"
said the rat kangaroo. You should
hear about it."
Il don't believe it compares with
our many adventures and stories we
could tell" said the oldest inhabitant
Nonsense" said the tree kangaroo
1--WE have travelled very far. We are
new arrivals and the head keeper OF
this zoo was delighted to see u.s.
Hes very polite man." said the
oldest inhabitant kangaroo, not wish
ing TO flatter the newcomers.
"Why do you say that your adven
lures are finer and more interesting
than ours" asked the tree kangaroo.
Because we see a great deal o
the world too. We don't walk out t
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-20
To Save Foolish Motorist.

The officials of the Long Island
railway have begun another years
campaign to try and prevent motorists
from committing suicide by driving in
front of moving trains. Last year the
Long Island had 100 Embarrassing
gates smashed by automobile drivers.
1t was favorite game to drive at high
speed into these barriers, smash them
and then clear the track just a few
feet ahead of the oncoming train. Mon
days newspapers usually carry long
casualty lists resulting from foolhardy
motOrcar drivers, who celebrate Sun
day by going to eternity instead of
their intended destination. There are
reckless drivers in every state and in
every city of every state. Indianapo-
lis has its share and sooner or later
they will learn that the game between
the automobile and the locomotive is
an unequal one. The locomotive wins
every time.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-20
Where to Stop When in Vermont

Where to Stop When in Vermont is
a beautifully illustrated booklet of III
pages issued by the state publicity de-
partment. It is directory of hotels
and of attractive homes where summer
visitors may find accommodations. Par
ticularly in war time many people will
seek the quiet resorts where they may
find rest and recreation, instead of GO
ing TO the immense summer hotels
where you pay more for style than any
thing else. With over 400 lakes and
over 100 mountains upwards OF
1900 feet in height Vermont has beau
tiful and restful scenic charms, ant
there are many places where the vaca
Zionist may find clean, airy rooms an,
an abundance of wholesome food at
moderate price. 1t is to those VIII,
want a real vacation but who do no
know where to go that this latest book
let on Vermont s attractions will appea
strongly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-20
Full of Resource.

Representative McLemore said the
other day at dinner in Washington
''Our American resourcefulness an6
knack of getting things done is going tx
shine out in this war. Look how on.
commanding officers deal with thi
French hotels that overcharge our sol
diers! They post sentries at the doc
to explain to our men that the place i
s'out of bounds - That soon brings tn
hotel to reason.
eve re a resourccful nation. Al
American girl in Paris once halted he
millionaire father before jeweler
shop in the Rue de la Paix, and pointe'
to tiara surmounted by a coronet.
9. Pa, buy me that9' she said.
- Buy YOU that?' her fathe
be duchess to wear that.
1.-THE girl tossed her head.
- You buy it, she said. I II find tn
duke. Detroit Free Press.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-20
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE

Pop came home this AFTERNOON and
leened back and put his feet up and start
ed to feel in his vest pockit, saying,
There, / mite have known it, not a single
segar, and me perishing for a smoak.
Benny, do you think you can break
record running GROUND to the segar store
and bringing me back half a duZzen Sc
CARS?
Yes sir, will you give me a nickel to
go to the movies wen come back? | sed.
Ill give You , niekels for , movies if
you promise not to stop running all the
way there and all the way back, sed pop.
les SIR, If you give them to me now
maybe 1t will make me run even faster,
l sed. WITCH pop gave them to me, with
the money for the segars, saying, There's
no length | woodent go TO for a smoak
jest now, may of bin harder mp
Tor a smoak at some period of my life,
but cant remember wen, fly, Mercury, fly
Meening pe, and | ran down stairs and
out OF the house and down the street,
thinking, | bet If | wunted to ! Good be
a champeen runner, if | wunted to. And
] termed Ground the corner still running
as hard as Good, and who was GROUND
there but Mary Watkins, saying, Ware
You going, Benny, you must be in a
hurry.
Not so much of one, / sed. And 7
stopped running and started to wawk
: alongside of her, saying, Ware you going,
+ enyware?
!, No ware speshil, sed Mary Watkins
= And we kepp on wawking and pritty soon
we passed ice GREEN place, Mary Wat
kins saying, They sell nickel plates in
there, Sid Hunt bawt me a nickel plate
v | in there wunts
Sid Hunt amt everybody, do you fee
n like some now sed. Which she sed
r she did, and went in and Mary
Watkins had a nickel plate of straw
berry and / had nickel plate of chock
lit, paying for them with the 2 nickels
} pop gave me. And then Mary Watkins
sed she had to go home, and | started
- TO wawk home with her, witch by tina
time it was getting dark, and all OF 4
suddin | put my hand in my pants peck
it and felt the money for pops cegars
and | sed, G., ] got to go sumware, TX
II cuse me- And termed GROUND and RAJ
n all the way to the segar store and go
Y the segars and ran all the way back
lie being all out of breth wen | got there
land pop was waiting for me madde
a than enything, saying, Wat are you on
70 Of breth about, you must have crawle'
- both ways backwards on your hand
> and neez And he grabbed the segar.
~ and heer three of them was broak Of
. account of me having fell on them o
Is the way back. being one of the reason
III WY I'm writing this up in my room o.
TT a empty stumick.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-20
A Real Remedy
For Falling Hair
Keeps Scalp Cool, Stops Itching ant
Prevents nandruff

Here s good news for men and women
whose hair is falling out, whose scalps
are covered with dandruff and itch like
mad.
Wilfred F. Root, or any good drug
gist, can now supply you with the gen
uine Partisan sage (iquid form), which
is guaranteed to quickly, surely and
safely abolish every sign of dandruff
stop itching scalp and falling hair and
promote new growth, or money re-
funded.
Thousands can testify to the excellent
results from its use; some who feared
badness now glory in their abundant
hair, while others who suffered for wears
with dandruff and itching head got a
clean, cool scalp after just few days
use of this simple home treatment
No matter whether bothered with
falling hair, gray hair, matted, stringy
hair, dandruff or itching scalp try
Partisan sage-you will not be disap
pointed. It, q scientific preparation
that supplies all hair needs.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-20
OBEDIENT TO OLD COMMAND
Palestine Farmers Still Remember
Biblical Injunction in Refer.
ence to the Cleaners.

After the lentils and similar crops Of
the bean family have been gathered in
by the Palestinian farmer, the barley
harvest comes next, and lastly the
wheat.
When harvesting, the men wear
leather apron and sometimes a large
padded glove. The women have none
OF the protection provided for them,
says the Christian Herald. Sickles
small and with quite a dull edge and
is employed when the crops are short
and scanty. These do not cut the
straw, but rather help pull up the
grain by the roots or break off the
brittle stalks. The other, called man.
pal, is much larger and supplied with
short, slanting teeth, and is used on
the tall, well-grown grain fields.
Reaping with these simple imple-
ments and binding the sheaves with
their own straw. considerable
amount is left behind and many Of the
ears drop off, but once the reapers
| have advanced, they, actuated by al
| most religious scruples. will not pick
| up that which has been dropped, even
| though they be severely poor them
selves. for they unwittingly follow a
command not given to them but to for
mer inhabitants, the tillers and reap
| ers of this land: "And when We reap
the harvest of your land, thou shalt
not make clean radiance of the cor
ners of thy field when thou reapest
neither shalt thou gather any cleaning
Of thy harvest"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-20
THURSDAY, JUNE 90. 1918.

The story from Washington that Ger
many for years had concealed from the
world its immense birth rate and really
dad a population of 90,000,000 instead
of 6s,0Q0,000 when the war started can
readily be believed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-20
WOULD KEEP LOVE IN WORLD
Pathetic Plea Made by Austrian
Woman More Than Her English
Sister Could Refuse.

She was a little Austrian woman
and she was crossing the ocean on a
great hostile liner. Most of the other
women were the wives Of Englishmen
and they could not forget that her
country was at war with their land.
They ignored her, and she was left
much to herself. And yet
One morning as she was walking
up and down the deck In her solitary
way she passed the steamer chair of
a middle-aged English woman who was
knitting at gray wooden sock, re.
lates a writer In the Christian Herald
And suddenly she paused in her walk
and held out both Of her hands.
"Oh," she cried, in very good Eng
lish, twill you not let me knit a few
rows on that sock?"
The English woman looked up. Ant
her face was cold and rather hard. Is
think" she said, "that you wOul'
scarcely want to knit on this sock
For it is going to an English colone
my husband!"
The little Austrian woman locke
at the coloneps lady. And there wer
| tears in her eyes. 'Listen," she sal
in low, shaking voice. 81, myself
have son. He is an officer in tn
Austrian army. But II you knew m
son I do not think you would hat
him! If knew the colonel, your hu
band, I do not think l would hat
him either. I" She paused fl
| moment before she went on, an
then-"now that the world is torn /
war;" she said, 1--WE women must {
what we can to keep little love in
II May I, perhaps, knit fe
rows on the sock"
) Silently. but with tears in her ov
eyes. the English woman handed ov
the gray wool.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-20
"a Give You a Cordial WELCOMED"

meet the world, but the world comes
to our cages to meet u.s." the Oldest
inhabitant said proudly
The rat kangaroo looked at the tree
kangaroo and they both rubbed their
heads as though to say:
Poor old inhabitant-his brain Is
little queer"
But while they were thinking this
and saying nothing aloud the oldest
inhabitant went on talking.
you see people from all over the
world come to see us. There are peo-
pie who speak different languages and
they stand in front and chat about u.s.
All. the many languages which have
been used In describing our charms -
And the kangaroo who had lived long
est in the zoo waved his tail delight
eddy.
1--WE have seen people from the
South, the North, the East and West,
| and even from the center"
whatever do you mean by the CEN
ter!' asked the tree kangaroo.
| Il mean here, of course" said the
oldest inhabitant. Il am judging the
other directions from where l stand
Here in the zoo the keepers come to
see us, and then the outsiders come tc
gaze and admire as I've said before.
You see" he continued, 1T Is true
hough we don't travel, we see people
| Who have travelled And that's fine
We hear their stories. It's far great
er and more superior To hear of man.
| journeys than It is to know OF Jus
)ne which we have taken ourselves.
The oldest inhabitant certainly di,
bring out his point, and the tree ant
rat kangaroo visitors wished the
hadn't boosted quite so much. 1t
ine,' he continued, ito be talked
many languages"
"Soon we will be as lucky as yo
are" the tree kangaroo said.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-20

The complaint that the young Amer
leans who have just reached the 81
mark are too young for war service is
not well founded. 1t should be remem-
bered that youngsters fought and won
the Civil war. Official records show that
2,l59,79s men under % fought in the
Northern army alone and that over a
million of these blue uniformed warriors
were IS and under.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-20

The Reformer IL on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
5rattIeboro, Brattleboro News Co, c.
W. Cleaveland, g. l. Purinton (Estey-
ville). Brooks House Pharmacy, Allen q
Depot Newsstand, Mrs. d. F. Doyle.
South Main Street.
West Bratteboro, j. L. Stockwell.
East Durmerston, NJ. f. Brown.
Putney. NJ. G.. williams
Newfsne. n. M. Batchelder.
Townshend. C. w. Cutler
West Townshend, c. II. Grout.
Jamaica, r. ]. Daggett.
South Londonderry, r VI. Tyler.
South Vernon, Il. Buffum.
Northneld. Mass, Thompson Bros
West Chesterfield. N. H., Mrs. W
Streeter.
HInsdaIe, N. H., w H. Lyman.
Bellows Falls, Depot Restaurant
Windsor W.. Windsor Restaurant
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-20

The Barre Times quotes Harry White
Hill Of the Waterbury Record as saying
that in his recent tour of the state in
the interest of the war savings stamp
advertising campaign only one person
ventured to talk politics with him. The
explanation is easy. Harry was so much
in earnest with his regular mission that
he didn't give anybody else chance
to talk.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-20

The income taxes of Americans that
amount to $4,000, 100000 were paid last
week with hardly a word of comment.
The bankers are amazed at the ease
with which the nation met its war lev
les. They regard it as fresh evidence
of the financial strength of the country
and as an Indication of its power to
bear the ever-inereasing burdens of war
taxation and war loans.