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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-04

ct, he started in with several slices of
watermelon, which many of us to this
day regard as an article to be APP
preached with extreme caution
An amazing man was the doctor, or,
at least, he seemed so at the time He
gained fame and lost thirty-six pounds
and demonstrated the fact that to a
certain extent food is superfluitv, or
at least less of daily necessity than
is commonly imagined. Undoubtedly
his demonstration would have caused
considerable juvenile resentment, only
people were not inclined to regard it
rs lesson for general application.
One of the learned professors has
written new book, entitled "Psvchol-
ogv of the Days Work. and one re-
viewer has furnished this Illuminating
explanations: Psychology has to do
with the concrete operation of think
ing. Our own acts are the products of
our think king and the Interpretation of
! the acts of others must be done bv our
thinking.
i So we may see that the strange and
unprecedented act of DIR. Tanner in
1850 bore an intimate relation to this
important subject. There was his own
psychology in connection with his for
ty. day fast, and there was also the
psychology of the public attitude to-
ward it. But we doubt if the doctor s
, psychology could be considered as in
any way associated with the Day s
= Work. 1t was probably a psychology
! cal by-product, as may be said of most
r psychological phenomena; in NthisN par
:. ticular ease perhaps a mere love OF
notoriety He never lost it, but h,
= was never again able to attain tn,
same high altitude. His record o
fasting was soon broken by others, bu
t none of his successors in the cham
d pionship achieved celebrity equal t
:. his. Nor was he ever able to restore tn
: quick vanishing lustre of his own
Subsequently he tried TO focus publ
: attention to himself again by offerin
/ to be "buried alive" for forty dav,
and at another time he was prepared t
: live for a year on 10 cents dav. The
: he declared his intention of marvin
2 when he was one hundred wears ole
" and at the age of eightv-one he al
- nounced that he would start an eighty
!. day fast. But all these publicity d,
Y vices proved futile. The public faile
:. to become even mildly excited by an
of them.
&c AS a study in psychology the path
G. tic feature of DR. Tanner S career wa
n that for the last thirty-fve years,
d spite of his determined efforts, he WI
d an obscure parsonage. The announc
is ment of his death meant nothing exceI
re- TO those who could remember tho fort
1t days wonder of the summer of ISIS
n But then, a fame that can be remeu
to bered nearly forty years after, /
n. achievement is rather more than com,
n. to the average man. Perhaps, after a
le the doctor is to be accounted amor
the famous men of his age.
ne Young in Providence Journal
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-04
INITIATED PROFESSIONALS.
The Way the Island of Curacao Got
Stamps Quickly.

The island of Curacao, a West India
colonial possession of Holland, is SO d;s,
tant from the mother country thc the
war has been causing a shortage o Cura-
Gao stamps, and an interesting stony in
connection with this situation involves
the ingenuity of the postmaster, H. A.
Williamson, writes Kent b. Stiles,
stamp editor of Boys Life
Early last summer the stock of the
islands one cent stamps became exhaust
ed Postmaster Williamson was com
PEELED to go into the stamp-making bust
ness for himself
A large square of buff paper, rather
thicker than the ordinary tissue used for
stamps, was divided into 40 smaller
squares by means of perforating device.
Upon each Of these smaller squares the
postmaster had printed. in black, Cura-
Gao across the top, the figure ! in the
center and the word cent across the bot
i tom. Along the right margin, reading
upward, appeared, in script, Haw.
In tins manner was created one OF
the most unique PROFESSIONALS in philate
| lys history and war adhesive which ii
time may become somewhat of a rarity
AT what price is this stamp selling
| today? The answer may be found il
Postmaster Wiliamsens own handwrit
ing In letter to 4. c. Roesser, wh'
permitted the stamp editor to read thi
communication, the postmaster offers t
sell 1000 of these PROFESSIONALS for 5000. o
at 20 cents each. With his initials. thi
postal official guaranteed the genuinenes
Of the stamps, which of course sold a
one cent each in Curacao. Now he offer
them at 20 times their face ,value-for h
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-04
THE NAV OF MARS.
Startlingly Capacious and Destructive
and Awfully Expensive.

The lining of a l4inch gun is worn out
by 10 shots A shot requires but the
tiniest fraction of a second Computa
ton shows that the effective life of a bio
gun is but three and four tenths seconds
In an aerodrome in France is an attend
ant. He wakes the boys, looks after their
clothes. That is all he is fit for now.
But he is treated with the greatest re-
spect, for he was once an aviator him
self. Sometimes he murmurs to new
conner, as if in apology for his present
| occupation, Il spent 800 hours in the air."
| Five hundred hours, and he is now a
nervous wreck. The other day a Cana
dian aviator passed through Chicago We
| rode with him for few hours on the
tain. He will never fly again. He has
no LESSONS, no broken bones. His nerves
are gone. In his last flight his muscles.
through sheer nervous strain, refused to
function, and he dropped like plummet
for 5000 feet-a mile-and redressed his
machine Just in time to save himself
from humiliation Each time. the brakes
of the train began to grind his lips would
set like the Jaws OF a steel trap.
The motion of the slowing train was
like that Of falling. Each time it hap
pened he would apologize in a suffering
voice. Then he would apologize for slut
tering Before that awful dive from
cloudland he had never suffered, he said
We know something of the cost of dread
noughts, torpedoes and the shells of IA
inch guns We give little thought tC
rifle cartridges. But they cost cents
apiece in America and II cents apiece. il
is estimated. by the time they are de
liyered to the firing trench These rifle
cartridges are used in the machine guns
and an ambitious gunner can use up S97.
80 worth of them every 60 seconds al
most the receipts from two small Liberty
4 Bonds Baltimore American.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-04

realizes that philately creates a demand
for stamps. The questions come up: Us
Postmaster Williamson authorized by the
government of Holland to charge this
extra price for Curacao's stamps" and
Does this extra money go into Curacao's
postal treasury or does Holland condone
speculation by colonial officials?'
POSTMASTER Williamson writes that his
provisional in its cancelled condition is
rare. The whole stock in circulation,
to quote from his letter, is $1,000, but Of
course a great part of it is lost to the
| (philatelic) dealers, as the stamps have
been used principally to prepay the post
age on printed matter-newspapers Wis
iting cards, etc.-circulating in the do
nestle service of the colony and addressed
to parties who are not interested in
stamps "-Springfeld Republican.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-04
Clear, Peachy Skin ]
: Awaits Anyone Who :
: Drinks Hot Water
! Says an inside bath, before break .
{ fast helps US look and feel
!. clean, sweet, fresh.

Sparkling and vivacious-merry
bright, alert-a good, clear skin and
a natural, rosy, healthy complexion are
assured only by pure blood. If only
every man and woman could be induced
to adopt the morning inside bath, what
gratifying &ange would take place.
Instead of the thousands of sickly.
ana emiclooking men, women and girls
with pasty or muddy compilations; in.
stead of the multitudes of "nerve
wrecks, - rundowns, - "brain Tags
and pessimists we should see a virile
optimistic throng of rosy checked PEG
pie everywhere.
An inside bath is had by drinking
each morning, before breakfast, a glass
Of real hot water with a teaspoonful OF
limestone phosphate in it to wash from
the stomach, liver, kidneys and ter
yards of bowels the previous days in
digcstible waste, sour lamentations an(
poisons, thus cleansing, sweetening anC
freshening the entire alimentary cana
before putting more food into the
stomach,
Those subject to sick headache, bill
iousness. nasty breath, rheumatism
colds; and particularly those who hays
a pallid, sallow complexion and whc
are constipated very often, are urgeC
to obtain a quarter pound of limeston
phosphate at the drng store which wi,
cost but trine, but is sufficient (,
demonstrate the quick and remarkable
change in both health and appearance
awaiting those who practice interna
sanitation. We must remember tina
inside cleanliness is more importan
than outside, because the skin does no
absorb impurities 10 contaminate th
blood while the pores in the thirty fec
of bowels do.--AdV.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-04
BLIND INVENTOR.
Former Rochester Boy a Genius In
New Ideas.

Frederick w Prendergast, formerly
of Rochester. Vt, now of Cambridge
Mass. has an apparatus which its in
ventor asserts promises to recover any
sunken ship that can be located. Blind
since youth he believes he has solved a
method for salvaging ships. The prin-
ciple Of the invention is embodied in
an expansible cradle formed by air
tight infatable bags. engaged with a
weighted cable, which can be lowered
into positions around the submerged
huh and confined there by locking de.
vice. When inflated the bags dust
themselves closely to the sides of the
hull. lifting it upwcrd to the surface
These bags, or pontooRs, are made Of
any inhatable material, such az huayN
cGrvas, made alright and water gin
with rubber, and in any size needed
Each bag is projected within q fabric
sheath woven from heavy cord or rope
through the lower edge of which tn,
cable passes. A spiral weave with uni
| of rope is used to give strength to the
sheath. Tubes gre provided for ad
hitting air
The inventor points oct wherein
! cradle formed of Welding pCntoons pos
| sesses notable advantages for this pur
| pose over those made of metal. Ordi
narily huge steel cylinders have to b
towed into position over the wreck
| filled with water to sink them. the
pumped out before air can be forced in
| Divers often find it matter Of extrem
| difficulty and danger to harness then
up to the wreck. aud months may b
consumed in the task.
It adds 10 the interest Of these ihven
| lions that the man who worked Their
out has been blind almost since how
hood. In spite of that handicap. Fred
erick w. Prendergast has done a grea
deal of mechanical work He went t
! Massachusetts from Vermont about .
years age. His early life was spent 8
Il farm near Roehest eE, where later h
built and, for number OF wears onel
ated sawmil, getting ont lumber an
shingles: Whenever short of help, Il
! was able 70 run the saws and plane
himself and to take care of Them, doin
his own filing and setting. 1t Is eonsit
cred quite difficult to set a planer sine
the knives have to be very exact in OF
der to do smooth work.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-04
PERISHABLE FAME.
Notable Instance of 1t in the Case of
the Late DR.. Tanner

To the young people of this genera
ton the announcement of the death of
Dr. Tanner was not of the slightest
significance. One mas to have at least
faint memories of the queer fashions in
feminine dress and the still qucerer
furniture and household decorations of
the Rutherford B. Hayes period to have
the name of DR.. Tanner produce dis
tinct impression. And that impression,
in all probabilities, is much stronger IN
those of 30 years or so than in the
Iiminds of 60 or 40, for very potent psy-
| Geological reasons which Will presently
| be dwelt upon.
The chief melancholy factrof DR. Tan
/ ner Is career was that he was a lifelong
seeker after fame, and that for nearly
forty wears he had been obliged to sub
sist on former glores He never again
succeeded in reaching the pinnacle of
| fame which he attained in 1880, al
though he made various desperate eff
forts even after he was an octogenari-
an. And so his death at the age of SIS
or so created only mild excitement
land his newspaper obituaries in gener-
lal have been very brief. If he had
been a real philosopher he would have
rested content with his one great bath
in the limelight and might have muir
INJURED "Sic transit gloria mundi - Will
resigned shrug of his shoulders over
the transient quality of most glory
But he kept on at intervals making des
pcrate plunges TO regain his lost emf
uencc.
In the summer of 1889 people in New
York manifested their human interes
in the phenomenal by paving their goot
money to enter hall and watch D1
Tanner in the perfectly passive per
Torrance of abstaining from food. |
could not have been a wildly exciting
/ performance, and the persons who spen
| hours at this spectacle in the determln
/ alton TO miss nothing must hav
/ vawned much during the alleged enter
/ tainment. But if it was disappointin
J as spectacle it lacked nothing as
h matter of abstract interest The Who'll
II country was wildly excited over til
II daily progress of this hero, for the va
II liant doctor had undertaken forty-da
II fast. an endurance stunt that was un
Il versallv believed to be impossible.
II To the Juvenile imagination of thos
II days the thing was not only impossible
II but was positively awe-inspiring as q
II effort. To an appetite that demande
II doughnuts and cookies and bread an
II butter and cake and apples and all sort
II of things between meals the mel
H thought of going forty days withol
II any sort of food was appalling. ma
II who could do that, or even attempt
/ do it, was in the rank with Alladi-
II Jack the Giant Killer. and D'Artagna
II Older people were of much the san
= opinion and were quite skeptical.
= But DR.. Tanner did it. He went Il
i whole forty days with only an occasion
| al drink of water, and then he did a
other amazing thing Instead of re
II uming the food habit with a slice
II milk toast or a dish of tapioca pulliI
/ as might have been expected of Of
II who was all run down by a foodlesS q
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-04

found relief from pain and feel so much
better than / use to. When / hear Of
any girl suffering as / did | tell them
how Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound helped me. - DELINA
: MARTIN, 20 Bowers ST.. Nashua, Nh.
Lydia E. Pinkham' 5 Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotic or harmful
drugs therefore is perfectly safe rem
edy to give your daughter, who suffers
/ from such painful periods a3 did Miss
Martin.
The reason so many girls write
lydia T.. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn,
|, Mass, for advice, is because from their
! 30 years experience they have store OF
knowledge which is invariably helpful.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-04
The Venerable Toad,

Toads often look very old, don't
they? Even so, probably you have
never imagined that toad might be
$50 years old. Actual records prove
that there have been toads of more
than 100 years Of age, and very likely
this estimate has been exceeded.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-04

dense forest which burned. The potash
is the ashes sunk into the sands and
thence into the small lakes which
abound in the hills. Perforated pipes
are driven into the bottoms of these
lakes and the water pumped, first
through the mud and then into a pipe
line to reduction plant The water
is evaporated and the potash remains
New York World.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-04

iioN QUILL pains tlIoI
I would often faint
and have to leave
school. L had such
pain / cid not know
what to do with my
self an d trie d SO
many remedies that
We're of no use. !
read about Lydia E.
Pinkham's Y e ge-
t lie Compound
in the newspapers
and decided to try it,
ard that is how
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-04
Diamonds Of Many Coiors.

Although when free of color they
are said to be of first water, diamonds
are found in nearly every color Of the
rainbow-red, yellow, orange. green
and blue.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-04
Close Quarters.

Disappointed House Hunter-rve
brought back the keys Of your mai
sonette-why, there isn't room In 1t
for the chilrden to have the mumps -
London Opinion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-04

Miss Emma Novakova has come to
America from Prague as the personal
representative of Miss Alice Masaryk,
president of the Czecho-Slovak Red
Cross. She is also secretary of the
Juvenile court of Prague and is study
ina conditions here with view to
adopting some of the methods OF our
juvenile court administration to her
problems.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-04
AS Far as IL Goes.

Some peoples idea of efficiency is to
pin a notice on the front door that The
bell is out of order, instead of having
it fixe6.-OhiO State Journal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-04

The rainbow trout of Australia grow t.
such large size that it is illegal to take
a fish uEaer ~ iuAhss in lsngsh.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-04
SCHOOL GIRL
!. Tells OTHERS
How They Can Find Relief
From Periodic Sufferings.

Nashua. N. H L." am nineteen years
old and every month for two years |
1. i - a
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-04
, Surgeon and physlcian.

10. X. ANDERSON, Surgeon and Physician.
,{6uKery a speciality. Office and residence,
ByOsks House, l2s Main ST. Hours: After.
uoans. 80 to 3; evenings. 7 to 8, except Tues
dsys AID Fridays. Sundays by appointment
only. Phone 20
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-04

DIR. GRACE W. BURNETT, Physician and
Surgeon. Market block, Elliot St. Office
laelrs: $50 to go a m, l30 to 2.30 and to &
s =. 81. Telephone, Jaw.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-04

. DR.. ". P. GREENE, Physician and Surgeon.
Office. Bank block. Hours: $50 to 10 a. M,
! to !, and to 8 p. m. Residence. So Green
| St Telephone connection.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-04

4 W. ]. KANE, NJ. D., Physician and Surgeon
Once, Room 10, Ullery Building. Hours: $50
70 80; $50 to 800; TO 8. Office phone, ISL.
: Residence, $50 Elliot St, phone 40sM.
y c. X. ALDRICH. NJ. D. Hours: 1890 TO 230,
TO 3. Office phone, l65-W house, l65- K.
u X-ray work speciality.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-04
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

Il IR. C, y. HUNTER. Office at residence. West
UrGttlebnfo. Hours: to = a. m; to 2: aud
90 10 2. m. Telephone, 3l8.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-04

ll nR. THOMAS RICE, Physician and Surgeon.
lS Main ST, Tel. al. Office hours: to ), and
% 10 the evening.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-04

ER. E. r. LYNCH, Surgeon. Office, Park
liaig., rooms and 3; telephone, so Office
hctlTs: Until a. m, 2 to 3. and to 9 p. m.
MeIrose hospital telephone 20l, 9 to 10 a. M
! Residence. al Canal ST., telephone, III. Sun
h1Ys hY ahna,intment only.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-11-21
Still an American.

No matter where ne goes, an Amer
zen and Is entitled to all the pro-
lection the United States govern
ment can give him. The Mexican
government may be impotent to pro-
tect Americans. but our government
should not be and should hold to
the strictest accountability" any
nation that fails to safeguard Amer
lean citizens within its borders.
Such IL the immemorial policy OF
the United States 1t should be
maintained in the present case. The
flag follows the citizen.-Greenville
). g.. Piedmont.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-11-21

State OF Mississippi,
Monroe County.
Chancery Court, January Term, 1920
No. 6241.
Charlie Mayer, Complainant,
VS..
Stella Mayer. Defendant.
TO Stella Mayer. postoffice address
unknown:
You are hereby commanded to be
and appear before the Chancery
Court of said County and State. at the
Courthouse thereof. in the City OF
Aberdeen, Monroe County. MISSISSIPPI
pi. on the 3rd Monday in January
1920. then and there to plead. answer
or demur to the bill of complaint
fled in said Court against you by
Charlie Mayer, wherein You are the
defendant.
This the 9th day of November, 1919.
q. G.. RAY. Chancery Clerk,
Young & Coleman.
Aberdeen, Miss.
Solicitors for Complainant.
ll-I44t
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-11-21
The Sugar Famine.

1t is folly 10 charge the sugar fame
to the increased use of soft drinks
or to the individual hoarders. There
Is an abundant supply if it.esn he
forced to the market. and its eqtxk
distribution effected. This is duty
of the government through its sugar
equalization board and good
many millions Of Americans are
wondering WHY. in this respect. the
government has failed to function.
Their wonderment IL the more ma
tual when it il learned that the Gu
ban sugar crop has not yet been
marketed for December delivery, that
beet sugar growers are holding back
their output for the crest of the in
evitable higher market, and that
sugar companies everywhere are
cutting up Juicy dividend melons
Meanwhile anxious householders
scurry about from shop to shop beg
ging for a pound or two of sugar.
only 10 be told that there l. none on
band Richmond Times Dispatch.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-11-21
Hardly Conceivable.

Since it develops that the vast
holdings of sugar now in New Or
leans warehouses belong to the
British government, an effort will
he made to borrow few tons of it
for the relief of our own people. In
view of the things which this coun-
try did for England last year, and
the year before, it is hardly con-
ceiyable that her request can be re-
fused. Laurel Leader.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-11-21
Notice for Publication.

Department of the Interior.
L. & Land Office at Jackson, Missis-
sippi. November :, 1919.
Notice is hereby given that James
Franklin IsbeI. of Quincy. Missis-
~ippi, who, on April Is, 1916. made
Homestead Entry No. O72S0, for
NV ia OF the SW ii, Section p =,
Township IL south, Range IL west,
Huntsy lille Meridian has filed notice
0f intention to make three year proof.
40 establish claim % the land above
described, before United States Com
missioner, at Aberdeen, Mississippi
Dn the 10th day of December. 1919.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Charlie Smith. Clarence Smith, Jim
Boyd, -. NJ. Young, all of Hamilton.
L +. ID. No. 1.
W. Z. CUMMINs. Register.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-11-21

The State Tax Commission has
Just announced the assessment rolls
for this year total s610. $50, 1873, the
figues including both real and per-
sonal property. The realty roll
totals $45S. 965. 80 and the personal
roll $151, 1916, ASS. Both rolls show
an increase over former years. 1t
is stated that only in two counties
are there controversies over the tax
assessments. The heaviest tax payer
according to the rolls will be Bolivar
county with an assessment of nearly
thirty millions, Cahoma il second
and Kinds third in the lists of as
sessments. Clarion Ledger.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-11-21

Yazoo City merchant say a few days
since that he ordered a shipment OF
the sugar and received reply that
the wholesaler was nearly out of the
refined sugar and could only ship
him small quantity, but that
he had plenty of brown sugar which
they could ship him for 10 cents a
pound. The merchant had to sub
NIT, as sugar was hard to get, but
like the heather Chinese, the way
of the wholesaler is peculiar" You
trust the profiteer every time to find
some method of evading the law
Yazoo Herald.