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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20
Royal Compliment.

Solomon ]. Solomon, the London
artist, has announced his intention of
living In Palestine, now that Eng
land has won the country from the
Turks.
Mr.. Solomon IS rich and famous now.
but he was poor a few years ago. and
admission to the Royal academy had
not yet given him the right to add
the coveted 'R. A." to his name.
AT an academy exhibition In those
days Mr.. Solomon's picture was so ex-
cellent that ii cast all those about 1t
in the shade.
1t is said that the king pausing be-
fore the masterpiece. declared:
Exquisite! And yet Solomon, I'm all
his glory, is not r. AID like one of
these"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20
A Word From Home.

There S fellow needs a letter,
Will you write him just line!
u will make him feel much better
To receive this friendly sign.
That we march in love beside him
Wheresoever he may roam,
Share his life. wilate Ter betides him.
As we think of him at home.
lie has borne his country's burden,
Sailed away to face the fight;
VIII you cheer him with this guerdon-
You are with him day and nipht2
Just sit down and write a letter.
Full of vim, and news, and cheer.
1t will make him feel much better
For your thinking of him there.
Ihere are days when he feels badly
In his dugout far away.
Send him, comrades, freely, gladly,
Ildlngs from the L. S. A.
stand beside him thigh and shoulder.
Send your spirit with a might.
II will make him fight the holder
just to read the lines you write.
Just sit down and write letter
Full of happiness and mirth.
IT VIII make some boy feel better.
AS he burrows in the earth:
Make his dugout one fine mansion.
Make his nightwateh bright as dav
Sit right down and send good tidinps
10 the boys who sailed awayl
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20
SPIES IN AMERICAN ARMY
Enemy Agents Found in Uncle e,rnan
Uniform viii Be Severely. :
Dealt With.

Most difficult to detect of all spies Is
the man in uniform. The penalty is
death, Of course, but this never has de.
TERED the master spy. Some of them
are now feolishly relying on the theory
that America is too good natured to
execute spy even if found in its OWE
army or navy.
IhuS FAR there have been q few in.
stances of men who impersonated of.
ncerS. These have proved to be crooks
and swindlers intent on fraud and rob.
oery. But some real spies are believed
10 nave enlisted in the American army.
Several persons who qualified for com.
missions through the officers training
camps have been suspected of other
IMAM patriotic motives. In cases where
investigation has not brought evidence
sufiiclent for severe punishment those
whose loyalty has been doubted were
ordered into inactive service.
Curiously enough, fewer complaints
OF enemy activity have come from
American cities where German colonies
are located than from cities where
otner large foreign elements reside.
This is attributed to the fact that the
American citizens of the first-mention.
ed communities have since the out
break of the war been especially watch.
ful, and also to the fact that the Ger
man-Americans, most of whom have
pledged their allegiance to their adopt
cd country, omit no opportunity to
demonstrate their Americanism.-Da
vid Lawrence in Saturday Evening
Post
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20
BRATTLEBOROLOCAL.

The Brattleboro Civic league will
hold its last meeting of the season
Wednesday afternoon at A 0 clock with
Mrs. George ). Dowley.
Miss Leona Moon was very pleasantly
surprised Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock
by 10 of her friends, the occasion being
her eighth birthday anniversary. The
table was very prettily decorated in red,
white and blue Refreshments of sand
wiches, fruit cake. cookies. candy and ice
cream were served and games were
played. Everyone had a very enjoyable
time and the guests left at ) p. M, The
little hostess received several gifts.
The United States service commits
sion announces an examination for jan
itor on June 3 to fill a vacancy in the
position of laborer, custodian service IN
the postoffice building at Brattleboro
at salary of 5000 year. No eduea-
tional test will be given and applicants
will not be assembled for mental exam
ination. The examination will consist
of the subjects of physical ability and
training and experience. Applicants
must be citizens of the United States
and have reached their 20th but not
their 50th birthday anniversary on the
date of examination, except that per-
sons honorably discharged from the mil
itary or naval service of the United
States by reason of disability resulting
from wounds received or sickness in
Cured in the line of duty, will be ex
cused from age limits. For application
blank, form 1900, address the local sec
rotary, postoffice, Brattleboro, or the
district secretary, room l45, postoffice
building, Boston, with whom applica-
ton must be filed in complete form on
or before June 3.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20
Height Of European countrle..

According to geographers, the aver.
age height above the sea of the differ
ent countries Of Europe is as follows,
stated In feet: Holland. $50: Belgium,
53o; Russia, $50; Germany. GOT; Great
Britain. 712; Roumania, 800; Denmark
INCLUDING Iceland), 1,155; France, l..
zoo: Scandinavia Norway and Swe-
DEM, l,4O4; Italy. 1864: Austria. l.
69S; Balkan peninsula, 1900; Spain
and Portugal, 2.298; Switzerland, f.
26S. From this it would appear that
the largest, Russia, is the third lowest,
and that the third smallest, Switzer-
land, is the highest.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20
Mind Sill a Puzzle.

Science hopes that In time it may
discover the method whereby the bill
lions of brain cells operate in making
us the thinking creatures we are. 1t
would know why the large mind is not
always the large brain; why we reach
our everyday conclusions in the diver
sifed affairs; why we act, plot,
scheme; why, as Professor Scott as
serts, the brain can stand the strain
OF persistent work better than the
muscles Of the body.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20
Decoys for Mailards.

In mallard shooting, as a rule. half
dozen decoys will be enuugn. unless
there is succession OF open ponds or
lakes. Ii there is great Zeal OF open
water you can use a dozen m;.llard
decoys. About four dr3'-es to eight
hens for mallards make the best Sc
lection. Remember that mallGrds like
little holes or ponds and a half dozen
big decoys 20 a long way. Mallards
are not like deep-water ducks; they
prefer their own select crowd, while
deep-water ducks like to be with the
big bunch where nearly all kinds are
miXed.-All Outdoors.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20
Law of AVERAGES.

Some railroad official engaged In
winning the war for democracy has
figured it out that, after you have
travelled 100000 miles, your turn to
be killed in an accident Is at hand.
That settles it. When our speedom-
eter registers 15.999999 miles, We
are going TO travel the rest Of the way
afoot.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20
Cigarette Papers.

A rather dignified lady got a little
shock the other afternoon. She called
at the house of new acquaintance
and the little fellow who answered the
door said that his mother was out.
The dignified lady took out a card
to leave and in doing so let the tissue
sheet flutter to the ground. The boy
glanced at it. "Please'm," he said
you dropped one of your cigarette
papers. Boston Transcript.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20
Proper Home Lite,

The right kind of home life mems
everything to every one Of us. The
average wife or mother should keep
this truth constantly before her and re-
solve that her home shall be made
bright and cheerful spot. Otherwise
she must expect that her family will
seek outside attractions. for common
sense tells us that no one will remain
Tor any length of lime Ill any place
where he or she Is uncomfortable or
Observation-Disclosures.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20
Sailors Joke.

A naval officer told sea story at
banquet.
Sailors have a strong sense of hui
NOR" he said. "a certain young sailor
was just back from nine-months
cruise. He celebrated his return in
great many bars, and when the last
bar closed he danced down the street
with his pockets filled with bottles of
beer, and waving bottle in either
hand above his head.
Boys, he said, it's disgraceful
what I'm going to say for a sailor, but
it's the TRUTH nave a horror Of
waterr"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20
a Feature Missino.

The moving picture business prob
ably will never reach its zenith in the
smaller towns until some device is
perfected by which jokes may be
sprung on the more prominent local
bachelors In the course of the play,
as the old theatrical troupes used to
do.-Kansas City Star.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20
Send Wounded lrishmen Home.

In future all Irishmen serving with
the British army who are wounded or
sick are to be sent back to Erin to
complete their recovery as soon as
they can be moved. An army council
instruction states that patients whose
homes are in Ireland are, as far as
practicable, to be treated in hospitals
in the vicinity of their homes. This
applies to all Irishmen, whether serv-
ing in English, Irish or Scottish units.
The instruction applies only to men
whose homes are in Ireland.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20
Most Desirable Utility.

II l We're asked to name what, in
my opinion. is the most desirable util-
ity In modern life. | would not name
the railroad, the telephone, the cleo
trio light, the automobile. the big hats
with their fine feathers. nor the wom-
ems dresses. l would name running
water in the house.-Governor Craig,
North Carolina.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20
Wasted Time.

School hours are business hours The
manufacturer or merchant cannot az
ford to waste time in business hours
the future manufacturer or merchant
cannot afford to waste time In school
hourse. This is why we have the de-
mand for vocational education-Mont-
real Star.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20

The First Clock.

When two sayages agreed to meet at
certain dead tree at sunrise the first
clock was wound. Our historical dates
and our railway schedules are little
more than that primitive agreement
to meet ut the dead tree at sunrise.
There are plenty of sunrises and plenty
OF dead trees. Time Is the choosing of
particular sunrise and particular
dead tree for the convenience of hu-
man arrangements.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20
Liberty for Children.

A recent Italian educator has de.
clared that unnecessary restriction in
child's life is crime There must
be rules, of course. and children must
learn to obey, but much friction can
be eliminated by avoiding unnecessary
commands. There should be few rules,
but these should be firmly ad-
hered to. 1t is Infinitely better not to
give command than to let child
evade 1T. The habit of teasing for a
thing will never develop If this course
is faithfully followed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20
Computing Time In Greenland.

Up in Greenland, where the nights
are six months long, the timetable
makes no difference on the score Of
daylight saving. what time do you
have breakfast?" asked the travelling
man at the Greenland hotel. From
half-past March to quarter OF May"
answered the urbane clerk.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20
From the Buddhist Scriptures.

Man never dies. The soul habits the
body for time, and leaves 1t again.
The soul is myself; the body Is only
my dwelling place. Birth is not birth !;
there is soul already existent when
the body comes to it. Death is not
death, the soul merely departs and the
body falls. 1t is because men see only
their bodies that they love life and
hate death.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20
DUMMERSTON.

Memorial services will be held in the
Grange hall, Dummerston Center. Nav
30 at $50 in the forenoon. Col. w. ii.
Greenwood post and Relief corps of Put
ney win attend the service and decorate
the graves. Rev. Delmar f. Trout of
Brattleboro will deliver the address.
Dinner will be served at the hall inn
mediately after the services at the GEM
cteTy.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20
Both Ways.

Now, son. said the business man
to his new Office boy, II want you to re-
member that the way to succeed Is
never to look ut the Clock
Thanks, boss; I took your tip
said the boy the next morning as he
ambled in two hours late.-Richmond
Times Dispatch.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20
Correct Observer.

A restaurant manager says that
Young women handle money more rap
idly than the older ones, and we don't
doubt 1t for a moment. The amount
Of money that can pass through the
hands OF a young woman has fire.
auently paralyzed young husband
who thought he was something Of a
spendthrift himself. - Boston Tran
script.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20
Permanent Pine Eittinus,

II you desire to fasten pipes or pipe
nttings together permanently, thor
oughly clean the parts to be fastened
and cover the threads with strong
solution of salt and water The salt
VIII rust the threads together, fasten-
ing the parts. - Popular Science
Monthly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20
Making the DandeIion Beautiful.

The original chrysanthemum, from
which all the superb varieties we
know today are descended, was, in its
wild state, nc bigger or handsomer
than a dandelion. 1t is found that the
latter grows with astonishing rapid
lty and luxuriance Of bloom under
Cheesecloth shade.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20

fcum with skinner The syrup can be
canned or bottled for future use. While
hot seal tight. The syrup can be boiled
down thick and stirred into sugar. Can
also be ground to pulp in a cider mill
and the pulp pressed, boiling down the
liquid same as for maple sugar. One
bushel Of beets will make from to
quarts OF syrup. One ounce of sugar
beet seed will plant a row about 100
feet long and produce two or more
bushels of beets.
Price Of seed-10c per pkt., zoe per
ounce, COO one quarter pound.
For fertilizer, use our Sheep Manure
or our Special Mixture of Phosphate.
One ton per acre or in small lots
about IL lbs, fer one rod. Fertilizer
also put up in g., 10 and 25-lb. lots.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20
But Two Added lettersi

"Oh, dear!" exclaimed Immogene,
who lives with her very strict Aunt
Priscilla, II wonder why 1t Is that puri.
tanical people are nearly always SO
purityranical I"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20
Oniniona.

Some folks never know when they
are we'll off, but everybody thinks he
knows when the other chap is.-De-
troit Free Press.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20
Don't BE unhapuy.

Unhappiness is SD largely our own
fault that ninety-nine times out Of a
hundred We should be ashamed to con-
fess It.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20
Such 1essona

There is one teacher who is not idle,
Dut working overtime. and her name is
Experience.-New Haven Register.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20
First Christmas Presents.

The custom of Christmas presents
originated from the gifts of gold,
frankincense and myrrh brought by
the Wise Mn to Christ.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20
Optimistic Thouuht.

In case of difficulty and when hopes
are small. the most resolute counsels
are the safest.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20
SUGAR

You can grow
Sugar Beets and
make your own
sugar, so says the
u. s. Department
of Agriculture. If
you plant sugar
beet seed in rich
soil in May you
can make syrup
or sugar by slicing
and standing in
water one hour to
extract the sweet
ness, then boiling
to the thickness
required. While
boiling remove the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20
Somebody Had To.

"On what, pray, do you base your
self-respect?' "on the law of supply
and demand."-Farm Life.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20
MARRIAGES..

/ In Brattleboro, May Is, by Rev. r. II
Ciapp, Richard Ernest Davis and Miss
Edith Mary Clark, both of Brattleboro
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20

Well, They Don't Know Any!
Men quarrel and fight about their
opinions, never about facts.-Chicago
News.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20

No Bald Heads Among Them.
It's said that negroes and Indians
rarely, II ever. become bald
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20

The war is costing Australia over
$4o0,ooo,000 year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-20

ADVERTISE IN THE REFoRMER.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1918-02-15
THAW BRINGS IN
MUCH TOBACCO

The thaw of last Thursday and
Friday brought great deal of to-
bacco to Dresden on Friday, most
of it going to McCuan's barn, near
the depot. A large stream of wagS
ons from the west came into Dresden
last Friday morning, each about
one-fourth loaded with tobacco.
This was all that could be hauled
over the terrible roads, which up to
this time have been good all winter
In fact, one man had to stop en- route
and take out mare and borrow a
mule.
This tobacco was the purchase of
Walter McClain and most of it came
from the Salem neighborhood.
Speaking about mud, did you know
that the mud tax you pay annually
is your heaviest tax burden? We
wonder how much longer our people
will pay this tax.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1918-02-15
Free Flower Seed
Hastings Catalogue
Tells YoE About 1t

No matter whether you farm on
large scale or only plant vegetables
or flowers in Il Snail way, you need
Hastings 1918 Seed Catalogue It's
ready now and we have copy for
you absolutely free, il you write for it,
mentioning the name Of this paper.
In addition to showing you about all
the varieties OF vegetables, farn
grass, clover and flower seeds, our
catalogue tells how you can get free
five splendid varieties Of easily grown,
yet beautiful flowers, with which to
beautify your home surroundings.
Good seeds CT almost every kind
are scarce this season, and you can't
afford to take chances in your seed
supply. Hastings Seeds are depend,
able seeds, the kind you can always
depend on having good luck" with.
You are going to garden or farm
this spring. Why not insure success
so far as possible by starting with the
right seed? Don't take chances that
you do not have to in seeds. .
Write today for Hastings 1918
Catalogue. It's free and will both in
terest and help you to succeed in 1918.
II. G. HASTINGS CO., Seedsmen,
Atlanta, Ga.-AdVt.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1918-02-15
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

Mrs. Ida Gilbert VS.. Ed Rocks ct al.
In Chancery Court at Dresden Weak
ley County, Tennessee.
To Ernest Rocks and Charley Rocks:
In the above styled cause it ap-
pears from the original and injunc-
ton bill filed in said court, which
is sworn to, that the defendants, Err
nest Rocks and Charley Rocks, are
non-residents of the state of Tennes-
see and are residents of the state Of
Missouri, so that the ordinary pro-
cess of law cannot be served upon
them, they are hereby notified and
required to appear before the Clerk
Dand Master of said court, at his Of
flee in Dresden, Tennessee, on or
before the
FIRST MONDAY IN MARCH 1913
and make defense to the bill filed
against them in said cause in said
art, otherwise the bill will be as to
them taken for confessed.
1t is ordered that this notice be
published for four consecutive weeks
in the Dresden Enterprise.
This Jan. II, 1918. j18-25-f4-l1
l. L. BANKS, C. & N.
J. w. Rankin, Solicitor for COmpFt.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1918-02-15

SCHOOL ON TOP.

Mt. Arie, Feb. 11.-Mr. Bob Burns
who was reported real sick last week,
is better.
Now is the time to use the old
road drags, patch up the old ones
or make new ones, for the roads OF
this community are needing drag
ging very badly Everyone do his
part, and let's make this the best
roads of the country.
A very large crowd attended SER
vices at Pilgrim Sunday and enjoyed
splendid sermon, by Bro. Bryan
Mr.. Brooks Elinor, of Christmas
Vile has German measles, but is do
ing very well.
Mr.. Charley Baker has recently
purchased some land from Mr.. Thos.
Moore, where the old Mt. Arie school
house used to stand.
We are glad to report the fine
progress of the Christmasville High
School, under the supervision of Miss
Mildred Meadows, Miss Eunie Scates
and Mr.. Hillary Smith.-FOmato
Girl.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1918-02-15
C0RIN1H AND NEW SALEM

This community has a siege OF
German measles. Well, give me the
measles, but in the name OF God,
don't want anything that has Ger
man tied on to it.
Mr.. Carl Stoker has moved his
family back to Mr.. R. S. Roberts
from Mississippi, and he will leave
for the army in a few days.
Mr.. ]. W. Nooner, of the Nooner
Drug Co., Humboldt, is in the com
munity this week.
Now, if you don't believe this
community is eating Hoover biscuit,
Just go over to Mr.. Will Stephens
and watch him make the corn flour.
There are few young buck ne
groes right close around here that
are hardly old enough for army SER
vice who are stealing baled hay,
horse blankets, lap robes and a lot
of other such stuff, who will not
work for 80 Gems per hour. Now,
Mr.. Editor, give us solution OF
the problem. We await your solu-
ton. (The law won't allow US to
tell you in print. Editor.
Willie B. Carr fell from the loft
last Friday and came near killing
himself.
If all the men around here from
81 up don't leave to go over and cool
off Mexico while those from 81
down lick Germany, there will be a
wheat crop sown in this community
this fall.
Now is as good time as anyone
ever saw to drag the roads.
If you don't believe it has been
cold down in these diggins, just ask
Mr.. ]. A. Nooner if his mules tail
didn't freeze off.-A No. 8 Boy.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1918-02-15
NONRESIDENT NOTICE.

Verda Rathbun, Complainant, VS..
Milo D. Rathbun, Defendant.
In the Circuit Court of Weakley
County, Tennessee.
To Milo D. Rathbun:
A bill for divorce has been sworn
to and filed in this court, which bill
ayers that you are nonresident OF
the state of Tennessee and a resi-
dent of the state of Indiana, so that
the ordinary process of law cannot
be served upon you. This is, there
fore, to notify you, the said Milo
D. Rathbun, defendant in above
styled cause, to appear before the
circuit court of Weakley county, to
be held in Dresden, Weakley county,
Tennessee, on or before the
FIRST MONDAY IN APRIL, 1913
and make defense to said bill filed
against you, or the same will be ia
ken for confessed and proceeded
with ex parte as to you.
This Jan. %, 1918. f1-8-15-22
w. W. HOUSE, Clerk.
Murphey & Maiden, Atty's for Com
plainants.