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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-04
THE MEN I'M
GLASS Al

A sound, healthy man is never a back
number. A man can be as vigorous and
able at seventy as at twenty. Condition,
not years, puts you IN the discard. A
system weakened by overwork and care
less living brings old age prematurely.
The bodily functions are impaired and
unpleasant symptoms appear. The weak
spot is generally the kidneys. Keep
them clean and in proper working con-
dition and you viii generally find your.
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Haariem Oil Capsules periodically and
your system will always be in working
order. Your spirits viii be enlivened,
your muscles supple, your mind active,
and your body capable of hard work.
Don't wait until you have been reject.
ed. Commence to be frst-class man
row. Go to. your druggist at once.
Get a trial box of GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM Oil Capsules. They are made
of the pure, original, imported Haar-
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Money refunded If they do not help you.
Remember to ask for the imported
GOLD MEDAL Brand. In three sizes,
sealed packages.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-04
Today's Anniversaries.

1s56-Fort Nicholas at sebastopol
blown up by the allies with l00,-
600 pounds of powder.
1s70-The telegraph lines in Great
Britain were taken over by the
government.
1sS2-Sir William Palliser, who invent
ed a powerful projectile for
piercing armorplated ships, died
Born in Dublin, June IS, 1892
lS94-Morton S. Wilkinson, former
United States senator from Min
nesota, died in st. Paul. Born al
Skaneateles, n. Y, Jan. %, 1919
1901-Body of Queen Victoria trans
ferred from the Albert Memorial
chapel, Windsor, to the mauso
leum at Ffogmore.
191l-The Persian minister of finance
was assassinated at Teheran.
19l5-Three assassins connected Will
murder of Arehduke Francis
Ferdinand were executed.
1916-Russians repealed new German
attempt to cross the Dvina river
l9l7-President Wilson asked all neu
trail governments to take common
action with United States il
severing relations with Germany
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-04
A CHILD'S TONGUE
SHOWS If LIVER OR
BOWELS ARE ACTIVE
If cross, feverish, sick, bilious, give
fruit laxative at
once.

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children sfCalifornia Syrup of
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love its pleasant taste and
it thoroughly cleanses their tender lit
tie stomach, liver and bowels without
gripping.
When cross, irritable, feyerish, or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look at the
tongue, Mother! If coated, give a tea
spoonful of this harmless fruit laxa-
tive," and in few hours all the foul,
constipated waste, sour bile and undi-
gested food passes out of the bowels,
and you have well, playful child
again. When its little system is full of
cold, throat sore, has stomach ache,
diarrhoea, indigestion, colie-remem-
Der, good inside cleansing should
always be the first treatment given
Millions of mothers keep California
Syrup of Figs" handy; they know a
teaspoonful today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Ask your druggist for a
bottle of California Syrup OF
Figs which has directions for babies
children of all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Beware of eoun
terfeits sold here, so don't be fooled
Get the genuine, made by "California
Fig Syrup Company "-Advt
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!, The Reformer is on sale every evening BY
the following news dealers:
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cleveland, S. L. Purinton (Esteyville), Brooks
+ ouse Pharmacy, Aliens Depot Newsstand,
George j.. Bower, Riverview Street Fort
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Putney, III. G. Williams.
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From Here am. there.

In Holland useful gum or paste is
being made from garlic.
Kid gloves are made of sheepskin or
lambsskin, never of .kidskin. -S
The horn of the rhinocerous is not
joined to the bone of the head, but
grows on the skin.
It is estimated that four miles of an
ordinary SPIDERS thread would weigh
scarcely one grain.
Norwegian government experiment.
ers have succeeded in producing a
bread containing twenty per cent of
| fish.
OF the fifteen lines comprising the
| system of Chinese government railways,
only one was built by the Chinese them
selves.
Kansas, Alaska excluded, is geogra-
phically the central state of the United
States, lying equally distant from the
four boundaries of the country.
The supreme court of the United
States originally consisted of FIVE as
soeiate justices, which number was in
creased to s in 1887 and to 8 in 1863
and again reduced to s in 1869.
1 Hc INST IHCOiHc-ldA III lHc Cuittt
States was enacted by Congress in 1862
to take effect the following year /
taxed all incomes over 5000 and unde
$4,000 3 per cent, and over $4,000
per cent.
In ancient times the country nov
C known. as Portugal was called Lusita
MIA. The present name is derived frol
!. Porto Gallo, the original appellation 0
: Oporto, which has ever been the chic
: commercial city of the country.
|
r A maple tree so years old was CT
e down recently at Hydeville, VT In
crotch, 10 feet from the ground, gre
a black raspberry bush that reache
nearly to the ground and for two yeal
had borne an abundance of fruit.
it Although the head of whale is
5, enormous size, from one-quarter to on
7. third of the length of the entire bod
e and the mouth fifteen to twenty fe,
g long and six feet wide, the opening
le the gullet is not larger than man
It fist.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-04

Captain Persius, we'll known Ger
man naval writer, says the German
submarine warfare was so per cent
bluff-hluff of the Allies and bluff of
the German people to whom the gov
eminent did not dare to tell the truth.
This game of bluff which the German
government has pursued in regard to
its people leads one to wonder what the
outcome will be as the real truth of the
events of the last four years be-
comes fully known to them.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-04
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1919
IN DARKEST RUSSIA.

1t would seem that the gloom over
the Russian situation is dense enough
TO herald the approach of dawn, but
there is nothing but darkness discern
allie now. The invitation of the pow
ers represented at the peace confer
ence for meeting of all the different
Russian factions at Princes island has
been ignored and no one has author.
ity to represent the nation as a whole
Meanwhile the Bolshevik forces are
slowly exterminating the allied forces
sent to Russia to protect allied stores
In the allied forces are some chow
many the government refuses to state)
American boys losing their lives in a
losing fight America has been watch
ing its sons in France and, since the
armistice, in Germany and apparently
IS Indifferent to the considerable num-
bers who have made the supreme sac
rifce in Russia.
| Why the boys are there, how many
have been sent there, how long they
will be left there, whether any will
return from there are all questions tc
which the government turns deaf ear
News dispatches indicate that very
dark chapter of American history il
being enacted in that land of darkness.
and despair.
What is to be done about it2 Evi
IDENTIFY none of the allied powers wisl
to send more troops to Russia. But hov
can they desert the men who have beel
sent there and allow them to fall int
7 he hands of the murderous Bolsheviki
America certainly does not want /
fight the battles of the Russian peas
ants or attempt to establish law an
order in that vast disorganization Blu
she cannot honorably consign fore
of her citizens to untimely death Their,
Russian snow fields have been the bury
ing ground of a Napoleon S army an
it looks as though they are to be th
shroud of American boys. Rescue c
these forces during Russian winte
is probably impossible but if they ca
! possibly escape they should be a
lowed to do So America wants I
/ know why they have not been ordere
home when some of them could hay
come? We hope the government COZ
trolRd cables are not too heavily owe
/ loaded to convey instructions to the:
I boys for their salvation and assn
anee to the American people that the
government still stands for America
I humanity.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-04
IT oday' Events

Fifty years ago today the woman suf-
frage movement in Kansas was formal
ly organized at convention in Topeka
The first annual meeting of the East
ern Ontario Good Roads association will
open at Ottawa today and continue in
session over tomorrow
Important reconstruction and other
problems are to come before the ses.
sion of the provincial legislatures OF
Alberta which convenes today.
sPlans to attract tourist travel to the
northwest will be discussed at the an
nual meeting of the Pacific Northwest
Tourists association, to be held today
at Tacoma.
A state conference of Kentucky edu
Gators has been called to meet at the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-04

tlldt 1000 With
might have come
to us has been
eaten by people.
Thi nix OF it'll
Horrible. horrible
thought -
"Y gu should
have told US il
was a horrible
discovery. You
got us very much
excited for moth
ing" said Grand
father Perky Pig
what a horri-
bic discovery"
they all said.
"The only thing
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-04
| about in the most luxurious manner
which is said to equal the pomp of the
| former German nonarchs.

According to the representations of
Mr.. Grounding, we have six weeks of
winter coming to us; but since we read
of his defying all superstition by COM
ing out to enjoy the January spring
weather down in Pennsylvania, we be-
gin to lose faith in his ability as a
foreeaster. The weather man, too, is
not convinced, for while he says there
may be some snow this week, he sees no
signs of an old time winter.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-04

The authorities of Columbia college
are compiling series of psychological
tests which each entrant must pass in
stead of the usual college examinations.
This move has been made because of
the wonderful results obtained in the
army, these tests being used in the
training camps and in tests for air
service Universal standards have heen
reached whereby each person examined
can be classified. It would seem quite
probable that the system will meet
with some disfavor in the minds of tbs
general public as it would disbar some
prospective students whose fond par
ents would consider such tests unfair
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-04
~ Wonder if They
Missed the Rad
ish Tops"


said Miss Ham.
"And the very dearest and best of
friends that ever lived" said Sammy
Sausage. do give me a piece"
But" said Brother Bacon. you
haven't let me speak
"He is going to make a speech when
he presents me with it." said Grand
father Porky Pig. yes, he is going
to stand up and say:
"'Dear Grandfather, it gives me
great pleasure to say these few words
before l present TO you this token of
my affection and of my esteem, in
which l am sure all of those present
join me. You have been fine citizen
of the pen. You have never failed 10
try, at least. to get the best Tor your
self. You have never failed TO uphold
the family name of pig. You have
never failed TO appreciate that You
| were at the head of the pen and while
| those under you should receive what
they can get themselves, you were the
| one to have the best. So, dear Grand
| father, it gives me great pleasure to
| present to you this piece of food
THE words of that speech are all
| right" said Miss Ham, "but instead Of
addressing them TO you. they should
be addressed to me. Ladies' before
| gentlemen is the wise old saying.
"Ah yes said Mrs. Pinky Pig,
Ladies before gentlemen is wise
old saying, and the words should be
addressed to me"
Il haven't discovered any food
When 1 said 1 had discovered some
thing l didn't mean l had discovered
food" said Brother Bacon
All of the pigs -grunted very MOURN
full little grunts Its sad TO hear
such news when our hopes were so
high" said Pinky Pig.
1T wasn't my fault you had such
! high hopes said Brother Bacon
you didn't give me chance to
0 speak"
, Il suppose that is true" said Miss
a Ham sadly.
Q "oh, what blow" said GRANDPA
! Their Porky Pig.
81 suppose now you aren't interest
!. ed in my discovery" asked Brother
4 Bacon.
Not in fhe least" said Pinky Pig.
/ well" said Sammy Sausage, hope
/ fully, she may know of some way of
getting food. Let's hear what he has
to say"
/ Lets hear what you have TO say
6 Brother Bacon they all squealed.
= 4 have discovered said Brother
! Bacon, that people are trying to bt
i so saving and thrifty that they eat
things they used to give to US"
Not really?" asked Miss Ham il
If a voice full of horror. How car
q, such a thing be-"
"Yes," continued Brother Bacon, +"
heard a little girl who was looking
at us the other day, say:
n Il wonder if they missed the rad
II ish tops 1 ate last summer. l neve
nj did eat them before, but l was toll
l mustn't waste. In fact | ate lots O
1 things last summer never did be
&c fore
re $50 did l. said the. other littl
nc girl.
40 $50 you see" said Brother Bacon
az have made the horrible discover.
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university of Kentucky today to dis
cuss the rehabilitation of the public
schools following the war.
Omaha is to be the meeting place to-
day of a Trans Mississippi Re-adjust-
ment congress, called to discunss prob.
lens facing the West in after the-war
readjustment. Eighteen states viii be
represented.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-04

II. Souther has traded horses with
Charlie Brough. Both seem satisfied
with the deal-Riverside
L. V. Smith who spudded into a
severe case of pneumonia fever two
months ago, has repaired his casing and
is drilling around the streets again
Grand View.
You ask me to write news. Why
don t You put me wise2 Surely / am
not mind reader.-Queehee.
John Harlow don It care whether the
snow melts or not as he has new
bob sled made by R. O. Manviile.-
Mooresville.
/ We don't know much about Queehee
Falls farms now but guess they are get
ting up quite woodpile.-Quechee.
The saving bank has seven new hloh
| backed chairs. They would grace any
parlor in the kinridge
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TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

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efficient service in the NdeIivery of the paper
each night, and it solicits the cooperation Of
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edy Immediately applied. 1t is only by this
method that the publisher can secure the de.
sired service
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-04
The Makeup Man Has an Inspiration

Over 200 reople of all ages gathered
in the assembly room of the Methodist
church to enjoy an unusually good
time on Wednesday evening. Nearly
all were dressed in an unusual way.
Old maids and matrons renewed their
youth by dressing as fair damsels of
IA. Men in blouses and Knockers
played unusual pranks of 40 years
ago. Even the minister looked unusual
~ good when he entered dressed in his
Sunday best but on removal of this
garb another suit was disclosed which
would have done justice to any farmer,
and his wife was sweet little miss of
four summers with a dolly, who could
cry. She was kegt quiet by loy-pop,
proudly displayed
She leaves to mourn her q husband,
| daughter, Gladys, two sons, G. Parker
and Reginald, all of Newport.-Vt. Elk.
Well. Well What next If here is
not Mrs. Andrew j. Knight, she that
was Sarah Jenne, out on toboggan
scooting down the side of Mount Pu-
laski, and Mrs. Knight 76 years young
| If anyone tells you that the air of New
bury is not conducive for vigorous
old age, shoot him on the spot.-New,
bury news in Barre Times.
| We spend our next vacation in New
/ bury.
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orn at Braisdaodd. III. % y4als ago

born at BraIdaoad. anS % y4ats iagq
today.
F. Wayland Aver of Camden, y. J.,
president of the Northern Baptist con-
vention, born at Lee, Mass, years
ago today.
Frederick Ebert, German socialist
leader who has played a prominent part
in recent events in Berlin, born at
Heidelberg, AS years ago today.
DIR. William F. Mcdowell, bishop OF
the NJ. E: church, and an aggressive
foe of, the liquor traffic, born at Mil
lersburg, TO-, 81 years ago today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-04

Mr.. Hohenzollern has decided TO wear
full beard always, and his barber has
gone hack to Berlin. William, with
what assistance he can get from the vii
lage barber, viii henceforth train his
whiskers like ordinary mortals.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-04

| understand that Smith went into
Mays short time ago, walked up
to the toilet counter and said to the
Young lady, 81 want a good prepare
tion for making the hair grow He
got it, or thought he did. He came
hack in about week s time and said
to the young lady: What was that
hair tonic you sold me, miss2 I've
got big lump on my head" She
smiled sweetly. and said, ct IN so sorry.
| must have sold you a bust developer
instead of hair restorative. Prom
| Printers Ink
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-04

The receipts of the government from
war savings and thrift stamps have
reached the billion dollar mark. Every
one who has invested in these commod
tiles of Uncle Sam, must have feel
ing of satisfaction to think that he
helped "put it over.p
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CLIPPINGS
With Now a Comment and Then
Only q Caption.

The things which appear in this col
umn
viii henceforth be very solemn;
AS person has "writ"
And told us to quit,
For jokes, we are told, he don t call'em.
Sir or she:
You seam to use this collum to make
fun of people mostly & i woodn t think
it wood be good biseness for you to
poke fun at evry thing the way you
do. doEt see enything very funny
about the things you rite eny way hes
ing proberly one of them kind you rite
about.
a disguised reader.
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To-day ssBirthdays.

George Brandes, Denmark's foremost
man of letters, born in Copenhagen, II
years ago today.
Rear Admiral William L. Rodgers,
L. S. n, born in the District of Col
umbia, 50 years ago today.
John Mitchell, former president of
the United Mine Workers of America
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Aunt Sarah has just received a postal
card from her nephew in Florida who
writes that he has discarded his over
coat for lawn tennis and bathing
suits Aunt Sarah says that lawn may
be all right for tennis suit but it Is
scandalous to use it for bathing suit
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Member Of The Associated Pres.

The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for publication of all news
dispatches credited to it and not otherwise
credited in this paper and also the local news
published herein
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that makes il pos
sible to bear is the fact that we didn't
know anything about what we had
missed until now, and we didn't ac-
tually miss any food" said Brother
Bacon.
I'VE can always eat though, he
added, and all the pigs nodded their
shouts.
"Stin." said Grandfather Porky
Pig, '.it's not nice to think OF any
Thing which we couldn't grab. We
wouldn't be real pigs if we didn't
think that way"
And though they had not been hun
Cry even with people not wasting
food, still they hated TO feel there
was something they didn't get a
chance TO grab!
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Shackett mislaid nearly three months
ago, were hanging on the nail where
he hung them after returning from cleo
ton in November.-Grand Isle item
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1t - interesting to note the effect a
position of power has on those who
preach the doctrine of equality and the
equal distribution of riches. Kurt
Eisner the Bavarian socialist premier,
formerly poor journalist, travels
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Mart's Prosperous Appetite.

A letter from Mrs. Mart Prosper
from California states that Mart has a
job picking oranges and lemons. We
envy him his position among the ripe
fruit with his old Massachusetts ap-
petite. Their table also has daily
supply of fresh garden "sass. '-Riv-
er Road item.
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The inhabitants of one New Hamp-
shire town are evidently firm believers
in preparedness. This town, which is
not large enough to boast of but one
combination store and postoffiee, has
made 10000 gallons of cider this fall.
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One Year Ago Today in the War.

OAS 15aI <2BO 4Vudy III OHe WdI
Bola Pasha placed on trial in Paris
for treason.
Petrograd Soviet decreed separation
of church and state.
American position in France an
nonnced as northwest of Toul
Canadian Fuel Controller ordered
factories to suspend for three days.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-04

Generalization of the army passed
the million mark during the past week.
1t can't be any too rapid to suit the
boys.
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Mel johnson has been on the sick
list for several days with severe
Morresville item.
No more toot-aches, Mel, after next
January.
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News from Our Neighbors.

The Emerson boys are getting up a
woodpile. Good work, boys.-Felcher-
Vile
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ADySEv[NING.
[AIRY TALL e.
BROTHER eAcoN's DISCOVERY.
. MAY 0AHAM bonner

81 have discovered something" said
Brother Bacon to the other pigs.
"Oh. give me q
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Mrs. Hopkins Upset Again.

Mrs. Lydia Hopkins is not as well
'u!gSe p9q lou OF eYel o. peq saq pue
Montpelier Argus
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A Case of After Election Aphasia.
The town hall keys which John
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piece" said Pinky
Pig.
His N 0 t h Ell
should be thought
Of first. Respect
to your elders.
Brother Bacon"
said Mrs. Pinky
Pig. the mother
of Pinky Pig. too
"Give m Q q
piece; I'm the pet
OF the pen" sale
Master Pinky Pig.
"R e m G III b e r
your grandfs
tlier,'' said Grand
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IN THE REFoRMER