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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-08

until the holidays, with little probable
lty That the German peace treaty viii be
taken up In the senate meanwhile In
deed, with the President and Republican
leaders apparently deadlocked over re-
sponsibility for the next move. no action
on the treaty before next month has been
expected.
Senate leaders still hope to get vote
this week on the Cummings bill, de-
signed to meet conditions with the re-
turn of the roads to private operation
and control, hut with the long fight over
the bills anti-strike provision there may
be no final enactment until next month
President Wilson announced last spring
that the roads would be turned back the
first of the yeaf, but attany senator's be-
lieve that now he will wait until the new
law is effective.
Many hearings and invest igations arc
on the docket fel. the week The senate
elections committee plans to take up the
Ford Newberry election contest by APP
pointing a subcommittee to conduct an
Inquiry and count the ballots sent here
from Michigan. The senate interstate
leommerce committee will try TO get
started on plans for investigation of the
| federal trade commission and its en-
! ployes,
| Immigration legislation is to be con-
sidered further this week by the house
Immigration committee and, in considera-
ton OF anti-radieal legislation Senator
Sterling, Republican, South Dakota, will
attempt to have the senate pass this
week his sedition bill, penalizing at
tempts TO overthrow the government.
The coal strike and other industrial
troubles will be considered today at a
special meeting of the senate labor com
mittee. Chairman Kenyon holds that
congress in some way may be able To
assist in settling the strike, possibly by
providing an adjustment tribunal. a
resolution calling upon the government &c
ltake over and operate the coal mines as
an emergency also is being discussed and
4 the committee will consider the resolu
ton of Senator Jones, Republican
Washington, proposing congressional in
vestigation of the coal strike.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-08
Watering House Plants.

Plants should be watered with a
spray, not with a cup or a glass.
Those that can be moved should be
placed whore the water will not dam
age carpets or floors those that can
not-such as large ferns or palms
should have something spread on the
floor beneath them to catch the water
as it drips. The water must be
sprayed from above so that all the
leaves receive it; this carries off the
dust and is the only natural way for
q plant to receive water.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-08
The RattIesnake's Rattle

The rattle of the ratifesnake is de-
veloped from the single cnnieal scale
or epidermal spine. which in most
snakes forms the internal tegument of
the TAIL The bone on which the roof
Of the rattle rests consists of the last
caudal sertebra and is covered with
Il skin which is the beginning Of the
rattle in young rattlesnakes.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-11
eERMANY,s RATIFICATION.

The ratification of the peace treaty by the German government was in zeepi1g with what had preceded it. The national assembly had approved It and had ordered the signing of it and selected those to aflx the sirna- lures IT vas quite natural therefore hat it should proceed to do it's part in ratifying the document when pre- seated to it. It would indeed have been a curious situation had it. done otherwise.
 Germany apparently recognizes that it is for it's own best interests to speed ED The part that it must play in carrying cut the provisions of the treaty fsr b- so doing it will place it. self in Inc best possible light before the rc-Id and overcome the resent r1ert that would certainly follow man. ifc=ta--oas of it's determination to do a.'. s,vise- Germany is so situa ted r'"- i' can do much to tighten it's bur liens by doing it's utmost to see that they are not made heavier.
 And in this connection it is inter citing to note that President Wilson in his talk with newspaper men at Washington gave expression to the belief that trade relations between Germany and the associated powers should be resumed at the earliest mo- LHS4tl- That iS HLdt TefHldIly IS oI course anxious for. With the ratifi- cation of the treaty and the putting of 1t into effect there will be lifted the blockade and the removal of that re- straint of trade will mean much to the nation that has been handicapped by 1t for a long time Germany has much to do to meet it's obligations and it will be through such trade that It will get the opportunity it seeks and must have. and there can be little question but what the trade can be re- established and developed once it gets The chance. It is therefore for it's own welfare that it has voted early ratification.
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THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.

As was expected, the president in his address to mem bers of congress as
 ne presented the peace treaty to the senate spent his whole time in sup
 porting the league of nations. This is
 the part of the treaty that has eu the most under fire and it is the part to which practically all the objection has been raised in this country, the objection Being not to the idea, the name >eGznany of the provisions. but to those sections which are believed to be inimicaI to the interests of this -country-
 It has been pointed out on more than one occasion that there are pro visions of the league that should not be lost. They are considered of inn mense value to the world and to the nations involved, brH|iu the protection of the other countries it cannot be dis regarded that there is need likewise for self preservation
 President Wilson declares that American isolation ended 20 years ago at the close Of the war with Spain but he didn't think so three years ago when he criticised, in a speech in Des Eioines. men in America who are preaching war, who are preaching the duty of the United States to do what ft never would before, seek entangle- ments in the controversies which have arisen on the other side of the water" and yet that is what we will do under this league of nations in it's existing form. The change doesn't seem to have come 20 years ago. but quite recently. with entanglements now being urged instead of summed with a desire to mix into European politics and to have Europe dip into OUTS and willingness to send our ooys into European wars and to weaken our Monroe doctrine. Our moral leadership will stand better on it's own record than by trying to die 1 ;ate to the whole world.
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ain is about to discard, and in fact in- asmuch as the latter have outliyed their usefulness there was probably more. It is therefore difficult to un- derstand why, if it was not possible to distribute the German vessels among the associated powers, or if because of their construction which would not fit in with the ideas of other navies it was not desired to take them over for use as warships, this same plan of putting them up for auction or sell ing them for junk should not have been urged. The idea of wasting on such a large scale when there are so many uses to which such value as represented could be put is deplorable. In fact Great Britain recognizes this when it comes to it's own ships. so it makes a difference whose ships Are involved. E.
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a two-day match at Philadelphia
 arnel1 was in bed. but consented with alacrity until he asked the nature of the match. England versus America was the answer.
 "Oh, England versus America. I'm afraid that won't quite do. It will get into the papers, and if I'm playing on a side entitled England they'll kick up a row at home"
 - And so the team of Englishmen re- siding in the states had to do with out the help of Parnell. Perhaps it was well for the Irish leader was credited with bad temper when his side did not win in a match.
 On the rock hills of Saionica inter sected by precipitous glllies. coarse heritage grows and the nightingale sings, but of man one sees only ones fellow soldiers
 No one ti1ls its barren soil no cat tie try to- snatch a living from its wastes. It is one vast solitude, and when, after a soiourn there. the time comes to march back to the port the first village encountered comes almost asa forgotten novelty.
 But for this fs ct this particular viii lage would not have seemed worth a second glance, for at first sight it was commonplace enough. A closer look, however. revealed at least one novel, ty in the storks' nests built on the roofs of many of the houses. Clumsy nests but welcome. since everywhere the stork is esteemed as a bringer of luck.
 One nest especially caught the eye by the fact that on it's edge a smaller bird was perched with every appear ance of being there, inside the nest of the stork, a sparrow had fashioned a nest of his own-a tiny lodge wihtni the walls of the bigger birds domain.
 So if is now in London, writes Phil lip Gibbs, where the men who came back meet again, and look round for old faces. and miss them and find all things changed, and themselves most changed of all. They cannot get back again to where they were five years ago. They cannot look at life in the same aloof way. They have been up to the neck in realities. They are the people who know. because of wounds in their souls. Their laughter has an ironical note in it. Their ideal ism is touched with naked realism. And they have no sense of peace. They see trouble ahead.
 They are prophets of revolution and anarchy. They find no sort of security in the peace tilat is bein arranged in Paris. Beyond that they hear the menacing roar of disillusioned and 1espairipe peoples. the sulIen revolt Of hungry and workless masses, the Westward tide of Bolshevism.
 The Intellectuals of London. uncer- -ain Of their own future, feeling their way back to professions which they eft in 2 hurry, out Of touch with their 1ld instincts and emotions are restless and unsettled. with melancholy in onely hours. because of that Dead YesterdaY." as one of them wrote. which will never have resurrection in heir lives.
 They foresee a social revo.urlon Tn which they will be the first victims of Chronicle.
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IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

It is impossible to overlook, in con aection with the announcement that has been made by Great Britain to the effect that it is going to dispose of 200 Of ft wornout warships by auc- tion. T'Il- this method is in decided contr+s- to what it took a leading part il proposing to do with the Ger ra-1 va~ships that had been interned F. pa Flow. "
 -l what the British and others
 advocated. the sending to the
 -om of these ships, many of which ere modern and had participated in -.aGa agements of the war, has taken place. Many of the ships are in Davy Jones' locker where they will remain. Thus so far as that country is con- cerned. except for the manner in which it was done and the fact that Germany gets credit for it where oth- FITS would have. there can be no re-. grets. but 1t Is to be noted that when Great Britain seeks to dispose of old vessels it does not resort to tl1e same method that it recommended.
 There was as much value involved In connection with the German ves- seIs, ship for ship. as there is in con- -A1tion with the ones that Great Brit
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.ETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Work Appreciated.

MT. Editor: Since Chautauqua has fulfilled for us the greatest of our an ticipations it is only fitting at this time to express through your columns a word of recognition to the one who has made all of this possible, Miss H. Mabel Burke. No one unless close ly in touch with her during this campaign to secure Chau ta utiua could begin to realize with what un- failing energy she has pushed this great enterprise to 1ful11lment. "a
 Beginning last October with much correspondence, even before that. she has left no stone unturFed to make sfccess to Norwich and Norwich a successful town: to Chau- tauqua. And now. I, as one who feels deeply grateful that such a fine class of entertainment has been put with in the reach of all. wish that one and all might in some way show their appreciation to such an untiring worker. A few such jealous work CTS would continue to make Norwich the Rose of New Eng1and.'
 ONE WHO APPRECIATES.
 Norwich July 10, 1919.
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Cleaned from Foreign Ex.
 changes

Out of the sun -bakcd London street a soldier with falterinG steps entered cafe to quench his thirst.
 Already office girls and men were slipping lemonade and other refresh ing drinks, and one more order for a cup of tea was a mere trifle in the heat of the waitresses' work. The soldier chose a place near the door. but his difficulties were soon appar- ent. His feet jerked and tapped aim IessIy on the floor. and the snaIy hands and odd facial expressions re- vealed the gastly" n1alady of which he was a victim.
 The prim waitress, who could be ,'trechic" to the boys and very nice when she liked. to girls. seldom found a customer unable to take his food But. scarcely noticed by the smiling throng on which her back was now turned, she poured the tea into the saucer and held it up with mothers hand while he quenched his parch- ed lips in the manner of grateful child. A few broken pieces of biscuit gently placed to his mouth completed the refreshnnent. and presently the same hand led him to the door. No ticket was necessary, for she also saw to that
 But customers are waiting and once more she becomes the waitress and
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FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY

.tering little idiot with, baby eyes and "a srairk.
 And then we are off gayly and the
 neighbors call for help and phone the
 police that we are tearing down the
 walls and roofing again in one of our
 periodical wrangleS.
 Our married life is strewn with the mangled remains of friendships that once were and now aren't You may
 set your teeth and say no wife on earth is going to part you and Bill, and Bill
 may say the same, and your two wives may be smiling sweetly at each other at the very minute. knowing full well down in their hearts that you, and Bill will continue friends only over their dead bodies. They don't like each others hair or recipe for ketchup and it's all off.
 ..rWhenever Imogene picks out a new friend I have a faint season of hope. I think trustingly that it wouldn't be possible for this friend to be dowered with as big a bore for a husband. as was Imogene's last attempt at friend Draw closer and view the hideous real ity. If that husband isn't a lomen it's because he is d persimmon or fish.
 q can't see where most of the wom- en pick out their husbands, anyhow. You never in the world run across men like them. until they are husbands. Whether being husbands makes them that way or whether being that way gets them chosen for husbands it is impossible to tell. Still. I am a hus- band, and you are a husband. and by love, we are mighty fine fellows, if I do say it. so that rule doesn't work.
 If your wife is strong minded she will cling to her feminine chum with a, strength in direct proportion to the impossibility of the friends husband. When the friend comes to dinner she has to bring her husband, doesn't she? And you have to entertain him. boiling rage seething up to your wisdom teeth as. you do it. Why. Imogene will let me suffer all evening listening to some shrimp tell how he is the most valuable man in the firm. while she and friend wife are upstairs. cooing over the last new dress with which my helpmeet has set me back a hundred"
 : Well" said the man from Wood lawn, joyously cribbing the Hyde Park mans umbrella. which the latter had "I've suffered myself. This world would be a right nice place to live in if it weren't. for most of the people. e.'-Exchange
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| TT am ponderfng one of dies mys-
 teries," said the man from Hyde Park
 as he helped himself to the cigar which his friend from Woodlawn mistakenly held unlighted between his fingers Incidentally, I wish you would change your brand of smokes if you are going to insist on giving them to me. Well, of all the nerve-'' began his indignant friend.
 As was saying" proceeded the Hyde Park man, pumng contentedly, 'T am trying to figure out why it is that | no married couple ever likes another married couple in it's entirety. in q way of speaking. If Hike Oscar Hendricks, !, 1 it's a dead sure thing that Imogene. turns pale and faints at the idea of breathing the same air with Irene Hendricks. And it is quite sufh cient for Imogene to go crazy about some. women for me to feel in the depths of row bone. by the swar-that her hus- band and I will love each other like the smallpox.
 Tt is far; far worse if we like each other catty corner-that is. if like the wife or Imogene admires the husband and the other quarters to the sketch only. sit and glare politely when trap ped in the same room. Right away we feel that there is the material for a tremendous dramatic sketch, some I thing like breaking home tie or the end of a perfect day. If I find 1mogene and some perfectly harmless man
 
 the price of cauliflower or something sentimental like that. my eyes take on a melancholy light presaging cold poison, guns and divorce courts. And it is sufficient for me to tell some woman that the automobile crop in Michigan is less than the demand to throw Imogene into expensive hyster- ics, costing me either theatre party or new gown. s-a
 Poor Helent', Imogene will sigh. What a pity she is tied up to a man like Oscari She is so sweet and bril- liant and attractive and popular and would have legions of friends swarm ing around her if it were not that every 1 sane person not afflicted with paralysis : runs like a rabbit when Oscar heaNes | in sight I cannot endure that man 1
 "'Hahi' I bark. hopping into the ring 1 as she expected if there is one man i more than another that pity from the { bottom of my soul it is Oscar. A fine 1 noble chap like that married to twit- !
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attends to folks who declaim the modern girl.''
 Probably the majority of churchgo- CTS will agree with the vicar of We'll church bells of his parish to ring out
 '"Tipperary" in honor of the Great
 Peace, for in these matters one must of course draw the line somewhree
 Yet, when the vicar asks: If Tip perary,' why not Tommy, make room for your uncle'7" The analogy is not very apt. Both songs. it is true, are not - well, classical music. But the glorious associations of HTipperary" have raised it far above such criti- cisrn; and though the famous tune may never reach the height of a church belfry, it is, nevertheless, like " to go down to poSterity as the inn mortal .'NIarseillaise" of the Old Con- tempitables.
 How many readers remember the complete disappearance of a member of parliament in a balloon nearly 40 years ago? Mir. W Powell, NJ. .P.. for Alalmesbury. made a balloon ascent from Bath in Decen Der. 1881 accom- panied by two experienced aeronauts, and owing to the unfavorable weather the vessel was brought to the earth near Bridport, where the two aero nauts fell out Of the car.
 Instantly the balloon shot upwards and was blown out to sea, with it's hapless occupant. who was ignorant of such aerJnautics as then prevailed Neither he nor the balloon was ever heard Of again. For a week or two the newspa pers reporteS all kinds Of ru- mors and conjectures. but MT. Pow ellis fate has, of course. never been precisely ascertaired-
 Although the dog days are net yet due this is the dog season among wild flowers. Learned lex;cogra phers tell us that the canine prefix to the name of a plant indicates-like "cow and f'horse''-coarse worthless or spurious nature. But dog grass, as couch grass is commonly called, seems to be so called from the fact of being eaten by dogs for medicine.
 And why should the charming wild rose of the hedgerows, consecrated to Queen AIexa ndra, be consigned to MT. ''demnition bow VOWS ?" Yet this derogatory nickname is of immense antiquity, and can be traced back to Theophrastus the favorite disciple of Aristotle, who wrote the first scientific treatise on botany.
 Hoy many old cricketes know that once Charles Stewart ParneH was asked to play for England? Dr. Leigh, the venerable Dean of Hereford, who is soon retiring. was one who went to request Parnell to play in team in
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-11
NEEDS EARLY ATTENTION.

One of the matters to which the delegates who are. Ie.> in Paris need to give their early attention is the ad- justment of the Plume question. This is made evident by the friction that has developed in that city between the Italian and French troops and it is being urged by the Italian delegates because of that and the situation in Italy.
 This problem has been hanging fire for lcng time In spite of all the plans that have been advanced and the discussions that have taken place, it doesn't seem to be any nearer a set clement than it was at the, start and the longer il remains open the great CT becomes the uneasiness. The fact that it has net been possible to reach an agreement does not by any means justify the trouble among the troops. that those who had been standing shoulder to shoulder fighting a com mon enemy should turn their weapons upon each other c1csing death and injury, but it gives evidence of thu intense feeling that has been aroused and makes it plain that every effort should be made to reach an early and satisfactory adjustment.
 Some idea sofa-what the situation is going to be there unless the AdrlatIc problem is solved without advantages being secured by both sides in the dis pute is disclosed by. what has already taken place in Plume. Though the French colonial troops are not Jugo- slavs they are said to have espoused their cause and apparently expressed their feelings, so that unless the Hume question is settled right it is bound to be a source of trouble to that whole section that will keep it in anything but a peaceful and satisfied state.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-11
PURSUE THE PRoFITEER.

While it cannot fail to be realized
 that prices must of necessity be above
 normal these days there is no getting away from the fact that they are there, and though there is a natural tendency to compare prevailing prices with those of the past the burden oi the complaint is directed against those that are unreasonable and appear to be controlled by the profiteers.
 Just how much would be gained through an investigation into the matter of high prices there is no way of telling. but there can be no ques- ton but what every effort should be made to force tho profiteers to their knees. There is no more reason why they should be tolerated now than during the war or at any other time, and whatever can be done to get the consumer out of. their clutches would be a much welcomed change.
 There is now before the house rules committee resolution calling for the naming of a committee of ten. equally divided as to party for the purpose of Investigating the high cost of living and to make recommendations as to such law or laws as will, in it's judg- ment, reduce the cost of the necessi- ties of life, stop profiteering and punish the guilty
 Such a committee would of course direct it's inquiry to the general ques- tion, but it would nevertheless give special attention to the glaring evil dences of injustice in the matter of prices, and it is against such C: ~ rather than those where there is a d. position to be fair that the most of the complaining is done. The profteers can be expected to try to prevent any such investigation but they deserve no mercy and wherever they can be To- cated they deserve to t3ceive no yDercy
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wine. made for home consumption

wine, made for home consumption, contained more than 50 per cent of alcohol Butterrnilk; which fermehts quickly. developed a higher percen- tage of alcohol than anything the law allows. Almost everything he touched was found to have illegal alcohol in it. This shows what we are coming to. We hope he will keep his hands off caubric tea and shadow coffee.-Wa- terbury American.
 We are more than ever convinced that the best possible solution of the matter of a suitable soldier and sail ors memorial is a hospital. The ar gument that one hundred thousand dollars is not sufficient does not inn