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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-20
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Biographies and Detective Stories.
Biographies and Detective Stories.

bIoSAdpLlco anu DeIeCtlSe DUTIES.
Some notable biographies in the Lii
rary are the following, some of them
being standard works of permanent
value and the others more recent books
which are of particular interest:
Franklin, Autobiography.
Boswell, Life of johnson.
Gibbon, Autobiography.
Southey, Life of Nelson.
Moore, Life of Lord Bryon.
Lockhart, Memoirs of the life of Sir
Walter Scott
Irving, Life of Washington.
Carlyle Life Of John Sterling.
Treveleyan, Life and Letters of Lord
Macaulay.
Sabatier, st Francis Of Assist
! Allen, Life of Phillips Brooks.
Huxley. Life and Letters by his son.
Burne Jones, Memorial of Burne- Jones,
by his wife
Gosse, Father and Son.
Schurz, "reminiscences.
Palmer, Life of Alice Freeman Palmer.
Shaler, Autobiography.
Suklofr, The Life Story of Russian Elk
lie
Irvine, Ny Lady of the Chimney Corner.
Barrie, Margaret Ogilvie.
Steiner, Against the Current.
Muller, Carla Wenckebach.
Charnwood, Abraham Lincoln.
Breshkovsky, The little Grandmother
| of the Russian Revolution.
The following detective stories are
among the best in the library:
Adams, $. H., Average Jones.
: Anterior, G., Mrs. Belfame.
; Barbour, A. NJ, That Mainwarins
! Affair.
{ Bentley, E. c., The Woman in Black.
, Bonner, g., The Girl at Central.
Bonner, G., Treasure and Trouble There
! with
Brebner, P. j., Christopher Quarles.
Chesterton, c. K, Innocence of FatheI
Brown.
/ Cholmondeley, NJ, The Danvers Jewels
t Clemens, S. L., Pudd nhead Wilson.
Il Collins, Wilkie, The Moonstone.
Doubleday, r., The Green Tree Mys
: terry.
S Doyle, Sir A. c., Valley of Fear.
Futrelle, J., My Lady's Garter
{ Hardy, A. s, No. 13, Rue Du Bon Dia
: BILE.
: Hornung, L. W., Mr.. Justice Rallies.
Hornung, E. W, A Thief in the Night
: Leblanc, NJ, The Crystal stopper.
/ Leblanc, NJ, The Golden Triangle.
o Lee, j., The Green Jacket.
d Lincoln, n. s., G. o. d.
: MacHarg, W, and E. Balmer, The Ii
r dian Drum.
Moffett, c., Through the Wall.
n O'Higgins, H. j., The Adventures o
4 Detective Barney.
Poe, E. A., Tales.
Reeve, A. b., The Silent Bullet.
Rinehart, NJ. r., The Man in Lowe
Ten.
! Rinehart, NJ. r., The Circular Staireas;
q Stevenson, B. E., The Affair at Elizf
/, beth
e Wells, c., Anybody but Anne.
a Wells, G., Faulkner Folly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-20
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-20
Honorary Army Promotion.

Brevet is a French word, meaning
commission or warrant. In military
usage it gives an officer higher NOM
inal rank than the one for which he
receives pay. 1t is an honorary pro-
motion. The first time it was used in
the United States army was in 1872
when Capt. Zachary Taylor, who aft
erward became president, was made
major by brevet for his brave defense
of Fort Harrison against the Indians,
near Terre Haute.
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per is not changed on the second
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kindly notify this Office of its
amount and the date it was sent.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-20
ICE


On and after July 18th our
price for teams will be $500
per day of 9 hours, or soc
per hour for less than day
work. The scarcity of help,
with the advance in wages
made necessary to keep our
men, together with the in
creased cost of, equipment,
makes it impossible to longer
continue at the present
krices.
Crystal Springs Ice Co.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-20

Herbert Hoover is an expert. He is
efficient. He knows his iob-and with
out very much fuss about it and with the
use of very little law or force of any kind
he has done such stunts as sending over
s5,O0O,000 bushels of wheat to the allies
after we had used up our surplus We
did it by taking the wheat out of our
own mouths. And we have done this
gladly, happy that there was some way
by which we could serve.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-20


ooh, DEAR" said Porky Pig, 81 am
quite mistaken. / thought you were
trying to take something from me,
and of course l would not be true to
myself and my own pig nature if l
allowed it for minute. And when l
come to think of it / don't really
mind at all if you do take words l
use. Words aren't of any use. They
can't be eaten. Still / do know
beautiful word! Grunt-grunt-grun
Il know a perfectly lovely wordp'
81 suppose that word Is honor"
said Miss Ham.
"And why do you suppose such
thing?" asked Grandfather Porky Pig.
"You began by saying that it was
such a great honor. So if honor is
great-honor must be the word"
squealed Miss Ham.
You're absurdl' said Porky Pig.
''More than that! You're quite wrong.
What / meant to say was that it was
a great honor to have such word in
| the family.
"TeIl us all about it," said Pinky
Pig, who had just arrived on the
| scene.
Eyes, tell u.s." said Sammy Sausage.
81 will tell you" agreed Porky Pig,
''if only Miss Ham will stop saying
silly things such as repeating with
out doubt after me when she hasn't
the remotest idea what 1 meant"
Il will not say anything more like
that" said Miss Ham meekly. Il was
only trying to agree with you, Porky
I was trying to be polite and pleas
ant"
every well,., said Perky. ST forgive
you"
Continue with your story" said
Pinky Pigs mother.
Continue" squealed all the pigs.
s'Far, away, across the. sea- said
Perky, "there is flower wf1icfh has
lived there for many years-not the
same flower but its relations-its re-
Iations which came before it-rela-
tons known as ancestors randfath-
ers, grandmothers and so forth.
SIT is this flower which has such a
wonderful name-it's a most beauti-
full word"
"Tell it to u.s." said the pigs. "We'd
like to hear about a beautiful word,
though of course we don't take much
stock in beauty"
"Of course not" said Porky.
$50 on" Miss Ham urged. "You
keep stopping"
Friends, Pigs, and all of you,
must not be interrupted if 1 am to
continue"
HE must not be interrupted" the
pigs all said. And then they kept
very quiet while Porky went on talk
ing.
1.-THE name of the flower is called
the Cyclamen flower, and it come:
from the word circle. meaning some
thing round"
OF course when all the pigs heart
such very big word it was all the!
could do to keep from squealing, bu
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-20

eyclamen fiowers-or rather the stems
of the flowers. And so not only has
the flower that name but it has an
other named after one of the Mrs.
Pigs-sowbread or pigbread, and
that to me is very fine"
'We might have known" said Miss
Ham, "that somewhere in the story
there would be something about
food"
well, I'm sure can't help it if it
happens to be good to eat and if our
family enjoys it, said Perky.
ITS fine to have such name to
our food as Cyclamen too. But bread
sounds even better, for that's such a
substantial. filling and comforting
word" he grunted
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-20

they managed to
stay quiet.
at was so
n q m g d because
the inner part of
the flower was
absolutely round.
1t has different
shades Of red and
pink, while some
of the flowers are
white with touch
es of red.
"But the stem
part of the flower,
which grows IN
der the ground is
eaten by our fam
ilY. Pigs love the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-20
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-20

tonic the whole allied world has been
waiting for. 1t is bound to remind the
German high command of future posi-
bilities of an unlimited concentration of
American reserves, for the continued in
filtration of Americans into France spells
only one thing, and that is greater free
dom to develop the situations as they
arise.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-20

- -
doubt, without a
doubt" grunted
Miss Ham.
"What do you
mean by using
my words, Miss
Ham?" a S K e d
Porky Pig.
"They're n O t
your words--they
belong to every
one and every
thing" said Miss
Ham. Besides /
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-20

Some Of the state papers are still call
ing for the reelection of Governor Ora
ham. Isn't it about time that he came
out with definite statement on the sub
ject?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-20

OF course, this plan of filming the chefs
Of the Bennington clubs may save the
state the cost of contesting. but when
you get right down to il what is there to
CONTEST
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-20
Bee Hives Always in Demand.

In some parts of northern Arabia
the hills are so well stocked with bees
that no sooner are hives placed than
they are occupied.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-20
Deserving a Double Honor.

1t takes a brave spirit to bear with
out complaint secret trouble. As long
as we can talk about our trials, or
while we know that others realize what
we are enduring, and sympathize with
US. it is comparatively easy to smile
cheerily and be patient. But honor is
due to the one who will not burden his
friends with even the knowledge of his
troubles.-Girls' ConlnonioIi.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-20

Is the Rutland Herald grooming a third
candidate for governor? Some of it's re
cent utterances would give that impress
sion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-20
Member Of the Associated Pre,,.

The Associated Press Is exclusively
entitled to the use for publica ton OF all
news dispatches credited to II and not
otherwise credited in this paper and also
the local news published herein
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-20

DADD7'S[y[NINQ)
[A|QY TALE
81 hAN @AuhNRQyNeR>
BREAD FOR PIGS.

tits an honor" said Porky Pig,
without q doubt it's an honor"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-20

Gen. Foch's stroke is just the kind of
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-20

A good life hath but few days, but
a good name endnreth forever.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-01-05
FILTHY HOG WALLOWS
SPREAD DISEASE

Louisiana club boys are encouraged
to construct wooden or concrete wal
lows for their pigs and to keep them
in a reasonably clean condition. These
are made by digging a shallow hole,
big enough for the pigs to lie in, u.s.
ing concrete for the sides and bottom
and plastering it onto the earth. 1t is
a good plan also to put in a drain SO
that the water may be readily chang
ed. The hogs thereby have access to
plenty of good water during the hot
summer months, which is essential 10
a thrifty condition, without having 20
use the muddy and filthy wallow holes
that are so common over the country
and which are often the means of
spreading contagious diseases, espe-
cia1ly cholera.
In addition to making hogs more
comfortable, these wallows can be used
TO rid them of lice and feas. To do
this, cover the surface of the water
with about half an inch OF crude oil.
When the pigs go into the water they
will become covered with oil and the
vermin will be killed.-W. H. Balls,
Extension Division, Louisiana State
University.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-01-05
CAL0MEL SAL|VATEs
AND MAKES YOU SICK
Acts like dynamite on q slurgish
LIVER and you lose q
days work.

There's no reason why a person
should take sickening, salivating cal
omel when few cents buys a large
bottle of Dodson's Liver ToneSa
perfect substitute for calonel.
1t is pleasant, vegetable liquid
which will start your liver Just as
surely as calomel,. but it doesn't
make you sick and can not salivate.
Children and grown folks can take
Dodson's Liver Tone. because it is
perfectly harmless.
Calomel is a dangerous drug. It
is mercury and attacks your bones.
Take dose of nasty calomel today
and you will feel weak, sick and
nauscated tomorrow. Don't lose a
days work. Take spoonful of
Dodson's Liver Tone instead and
you will wake up feeling great. No
more biliousness, constipation, slug
gIshness, headache, coated tongue or
sour stomach. Your druggist saws if
you don't find Dodson's Liver Tone
acts better than horrible calomel
your money is waiting for you.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-01-05
EVERY GARDEN SHOULD
GROW IRISH POTATOES
Seed Potatoes Should Be sprouted
Before Planting.

A portion of every garden should b
planted in fall Irish potatoes, if space
permits. This will provide nutrition:
and palatable food during the late
fall, and the surplus may be stored
for winter consumption.
Small potatoes from the spring har
vest are usually used as seed for the
fall paintings. The seed potatoes
should be sprouted before planting
and planted whole, instead Of being
cut in pieces, as for spring planting
The popular spring varieties. such as
the Red Triumph, Irish Cobbler and
White Star are commonly planted in
the fall.
Do not plant potatoes that are AT
fected with the scab disease. If you
are not familiar with the appearance
of this disease, write to the Exten
sion Division, Louisiana State Uni
versity, Baton Rouge. for Circular No
on the Potato Scab.
Prepare ridges three to three and
one-half feet in width for fall Irish
potatoes. No fertilizer will be required
by rich soils, but when stable manure
is used it must be well decomposed
and thoroughly mixed with the soil
during its preparation.
The middle of August or little lat
er is good time to plant potatoes
in southern Louisiana. In the central
and northern parts of the state plant
ings should be made a few days
earlier In planting, make trench
on the center of the ridge and drop
the potatoes eight to twelve inches
apart If the soil is moist, cover to a
depth of three to four inches; if dry
or sandy, cover little deeper. Keep
the surface of the soil well cultivated
with garden hoe.
In digging. the potatoes must be
carefully handled. Store them in a
cool, well ventilated place--pot in
sacks. but preferably in shallow "slat
ted" boxes; or spread the tubers out
thinly on a dry floor. Some covering
will have to be provided for them in
freezing weather.
If potato beetles appear. hand-pick
and destroy them; If they come in
large numbers, poison them by dust
ing with powdered arsenate of lead
and. air-slaked lime.-G. L. Tiebout,
Horticulturist, Extension Division,
Louisiana State University.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-01-05

Miss Amalie Ruzicka, 1449 South
18th ST., Omaha, Nebraska, writes:
Il have suffered with catarrh of the
throat / caught cold and 1t settled
IN my throat and / coughed badly
and was very weak. I could not sleep
and had no appetite. l had two doc
tors. and had taken SO many different
medicines and found no help. I thought
l VIII have to give up; but at last
my mother read about Peruna, so l
thought OF trying that great medicine
Peruna. / got a bottle Of it and in
about four days ! almost stopped
coughing, and after a while I surely
found relief. and from that time we
are not without Peruna In our home"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-01-05
GIVE POULTRY PLENTY
OF PURE WATER

Water is very important part OF
the ration required by poultry. The
body of an average mature hen con-
tains about Sc per cent water. An
egg is about rs per cent water. All
feed consumed by poultry must be
softened by water 20 prepare it for the
digestive process. Blood Is composed
very largely Of water, which serves
to carry red and white corpuscles to
the different parts of the body to
nourish the needy tissues and elimi-
nate waste products. Water is just as
important and valuable as feed in
maintaining the body health of the hen
and as a factor in the maximum pro-
duction of eggs.
Supplying water once or twice day
Is not sufficient. Pure, fresh water
should be available to poultry at all
times. 1t serves not only the purposes
mentioned. but to lower the body tenn
perature of the hen. This is done by
system of evaporation through the
breathing organs which is the cause
of hens holding their mouth open and
breathing rapidly on hot day. The
faster they breathe the more rapid
is the evaporation through the lungs
and the lower is the body tempera-
ture.
The average flock Of one hundred
hens will use about FIVE gallons of
water daily during the hot season.
Considering both the present prices
Of feed and the relative value of feed
and water in the ration. water has a
feeding value of about twenty cents
gallon. AS water costs practically
nothing. there is no excuse for neg
lecting this very important factor in
feeding poultry.-A F. Rolf, Live
Stock Extension Service. Louisiana
State University.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-01-05
No Difference
The Proof Is Here the Same as Every
where.

For those who seek relief from kid.
ney backsche, weak kidneys, bladder
ills, Doan's Kidney Pills offer hope OF
relief and the proof is here in Colfax,
the same as everywhere. Colfax peo-
pie have used Doan's and they recon-
mend Doan's, the kidney remedy used
in America for fifty years. Why suf-
fer? Why run the risk of dangerous
kidney ills fatal Bright's disease.
Here's Colfax proof. Investigate it.
Mrs. j. d. Boston. says: my back
caused me a lot of misery. l could
hardly get around to do my homework
and should have been in bed. When
stopped over, / could hardly Strengthen
owing to the sharp twinges that darted
through my loins. The pain was so bad
that felt like screaming, My kidneys
were weak and caused me no end of
annoyance. finally got Doan's Kid
ney Pills at the Dixie Drug Do, and
three boxes restored me to good
health"
Price Coo, at all dealers. Don't SIM
ply ask for kidney remedy-get Doan S
Kidney Pills the same that Mrs. Bos-
ton had. Milburn Co., Props. ),
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-01-05
YOU AND /
AND-CO.

The Government of the United
States! Do you think of it merely
as some great big machine up in
Washington that levies taxes and
eats up good deal of money keep
ing its machinery moving? If you
do you are wrong.
The United States Government Is
business corporation run for the
good of the citizens. who are its
shareholders. Its head office 10 at
Washington. You and hired some
IF the cleverest men we could find
10 run this business for US. Now,
when you hire man to do q big
Job for you you must give him your
support, in both money and good feel,
ng. You know what 1t would mean
4 you were to hire a man to run
your farm, or your store, and then
vent about amongst your neighbors
gr,lmbling about him and 'cussiAg"
him. Would you get good results?
Would the business be success?
These fellows that we have hired
20 work for us in Washington are
real human beings. Take our Presi-
dent. Read some of his speeches.
Read what people say who have
talked with him constantly. They
Will tell you that he is the most hui
man Of men, with great big symp-
athy for everyone, whatever his po-
sition In life. BY the way, the Pres
ident is Southerner Take the Sec
rotary of the Treasury, too, who is
asking you to buy Bonds-a boy
from Georgia, growing up among the
people of the South, having to work
hard at an early age for living
he studied law and became a lawyer
whom everybody trusted because he
was straight. He knows just as
much of your conditions and is just
as much your friend today as he
was when he was a lawyer in a
country town.
These people need your support In
the biggest job that any men ever
tackled. They want your friendship,
your good will
Quit "cussing" the government, il
you ever did this, and shake hands
with our boss foremen," good fell
lows. every one of them.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-01-05
Could
Not Sleep
| No
Appetite
Now Well.
We Always
Have PERI
-
FARM DEMONSTRATION WORK
BY r. L. Sloan
AGENT FOR GRANT PARISH

IS'Ss'SNsNc'cNsHscN-NcNcS ~ 90" 90
Terrace Your Land to Held Fertility.
No one can make money FARM
ing poor land. A rich soil and
a poor farmer is a better combi-
nation for profit than poor soil
and a good farmer.
On hilly land there can be no
soil building without soil saving.
1t will avail US little if we apply
fertilizer and pillow under legumes
and then allow the rains to wash
the fields into gullies. Long,
warm summers and a heavy an
fnual rainfall make it harder to
maintain soil fertility here than
in the north.
To save our rolling lands it is
necessary to have terraces. In
order to properly lay off terraces
some leveling instrument is nec-
essary. The eye alone cannot be
depended upon to lay off any ex-
tensive system of terraces for abb
solute accuracy is essential. On
nearly all of our land it is neces-
sary to give the terrace some fall
in order that it may carry off the
water during a heavy rain, for it
often rains so hard that the land
simply cannot drink up all of the
water.
There are several types of ter
races, but the one best suited to
gently rolling lands is the broad
row terrace, which can be culti-
waited with the balance of the
field. There are already goodly
number of excellent terraces in
Grant parish. and it is hoped
many more will be built in the
next two months. This office
has a good level and in order to
facilitate the work / would like
for all who want me to help them
to let me know at once.