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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-15

placed on sale tonight.
The trio consists of Miss Louisa Car
olina Rund, violinist and contralto, Miss
Bertha Elizabeth Rund, cellist and So
prano, and Miss Rose Elizabeth Welt
fenbach, pianist. Miss Weiffenbach is
a daughter of George Weffenbach, who
came to Brattleboro with the Monte
yuma degree team last June and later
he and Mrs. Weiffenbach visited here.
During the war the young women de-
voted their professional activities to the
men in service, giving programs in every
|cantonment,s army post and naval sta
|tion in New England and New York
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-15
BRIDGES SWEPT AWAY.
CONTINUED from Page II

carried off the 60-foot iron bridge be-
tween Jamaica village and the rail
road station. Two wooden structures
on the road to West Jamaica and one
IN East Jamaica were swept away, also
one near the Ed. Farnum place in
Wardsboro.
The Ice in the main river broke up
from Jamaica to West Townshend, car
rying out about 60 feet of the West
River railroad trestle bridge. This
bridge is about $50 feet long, and before
1T Is repaired it may be necessary to get
pile driver here from ST. Adams.
The mixed train which left Brattle-
boro around 10 o'clock Saturday passed
over this bridge safely but was caught
In an ice jam a mile or so south of ia
ma1ca. A large number of volunteers
from Jamaica were secured to move the
ice so that the train could proceed
Mixed in the ice are a large number
OF short length pulp wood logs which
had been piled on the banks of the
branches of West river preparatory to
hoating them to Brattleboro when the
river became clear
Not far from % passengers wished
transportation Saturday night from
Brattleboro to points as far north as
lownshend so a train was sent to that
point, returning yesterday afternoon
trans are running on both sides of the
West Townshend bridge and passengers
are being transferred.
The sudden change to freezing tenn
perature Saturday night ended TIL,
thaw and prevented further breaking
up OF the river, and doubtless pre
vented the Connecticut river from
breaking up. AT present there are No
indications of the ice breaking ND il
the Connecticut.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-15
80 sHes .s44-a
STREET CAR SERVICE.
Continued from Page L.

track which is still impossible will turn
out in good numbers as have those
along that part of the line which already
has been cleared the completion of the
task viii be an easy and short one
Several West Brattleboro residents already
have signified their willingness to come
to the east. village this evening to help
with the work Manager William II
Richardson said today that no transport
alton fee would be charged whatever
workmen care to ride from the west
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-15
GIVES SECOND CONCERT.
Rund Trio to Be Heard Here Both
Wednesday and Thursday Evenings.

On account of the unexpected demand
for tickets for the concert to be given
by the Rund Trio of Boston in Odd Eel
lows hall Wednesday evening, March "a,
arrangements have been made for the
trio to remain in town to give second
concert the following evening with an
entirely new program. Tickets forfthe
second evenings entertainment viii be
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-15
May Avert Railway Strike

BERLIN, March Is ASSOCIATED Press
An uncontirmed report was current
shortly before midnight last night that
the new German government had reached
an agreement with the Ebert govern
ment IN order to avert the threatened
railway strike.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-15

end of the town to the point where work
will be done tonight
A visitor from Greenfield who was in
Brattleboro said much better progress
had been made with the street car ser
vice here than in Greenfield
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-15
Stand by Old Government.

BERLIN. March Is wireless to Lon
don).-lt is reported here that the south
herman generals and Saxon troops have
gwen their adherence to Gustav Noske
The minister of defense in the Ebert
government,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-15

has acted as secretary since the resig-
nation of Robert Lansing, resumed his
duties as under secretary, law officers
of the department having held that he
could not serve as secretary adj interim
for more than 80 DAYS.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-15
GENERAL STRIKE IN FORCE
Continued from LIST Page)

Others and he makes every effort to get
out of doors.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-15

where they met with the greatest enthu-
|siasm. Their programs here will include
vocal and instrumental solos, duets and
trios, and vocal numbers with violin and
piano Accomplishments.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-15
Williams Succeeds R.nner

WASHINGTON, March Is. = VIII
liam Martin Williams of Alabama will
succeed Daniel c. Roper as commission
er of internal revenue.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-15
LAND SLIDE IN PANAMA.

The Canal Closed to Deep Draft Vessels
as Result.
WASHINGTON, March Is. = A
land slide in the Panama canal has
closed the waterway to deep draft YES
sells, the war department was advised
today by the commander of the canal
zone.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-15
DEATHS.

In Brattleboro (Memorial hospital)
March II, Clarence Judson Derry. 43.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-15

Catherine de Medici carried the first
fold fan ever seen in France.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-15

tmIally, the looser a woman ties a man
the tighter she holds him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-15
NO SECRETARY OF STATE.
Acting Secretary Polk Gould Not Act
Longer-Resumes Old Position.

WASHINGTON, March Is. = The
state department was today technical-
ly without head. Frank L. Polk, who
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-11-26

r ASA week when Saturday night
IL was jusa bouta close up an6
Queeta work / no feela yer good. /
gotta money but no mocha pep.
stoppa one place where sella da flow
ers for geeva look. Was leetle keed
outside bouta seexa years old. He
sella da paper but he gotta plenta
eft wot he no sella yet.
He aska me, please, meeSter, you
lika buy da paper?" l say, "Wots mat
ter you no sella before dees? Every
body stoppa read for go to bed now"
\ aska eef he wanta getta rich one
day. He say no Wanta getta rich
iusa buy hees mudda buncha flowers
for Sunday. Hees name Jimmy Brown
and he telIa me hees fadda go dead
Tonga time. He say tomorrow was
was when hees mudda gonna hava ia
birthday.
81 lika to buy my mudda some flow
ers so | try sella more paper" he say.
"Eef | sella every one gotta plen1a
money. | BETA, meester, my mudda
sure glad eef / geeva her flowers for
da present. Wonta you please buy
jusa one paperT
You know l reada paper Tonga time
before dat night. But | lika dat leetle
Jimmy Brown ALA right. / no wanta
heem getta wise so / say | gotta TWEEN
ty-five keeds my family and everyone
wanta newspaper and l buy da Whola
works.
And righta Queeck Jimmy smila so
beeg and go buy hees mudda some
flowers. He say, "Tanka you, Mees-
ter" and den he walka home maka
plenta noise weeth wheestle. He sure
was glada keed ALA right.
Jusa between you and me no for
sDreada round to Jimmy, l no gotta
twenty-five keeds and l no wanta ALA
DAT paper. But / wanta see Jimmy
geeva bees mamma da beega boquet
for present 1 buy everyone da paper
he, gotta and when he ees gone |
trOw cen da waste can.
Pretty queeck l no feela seeck any
more and | starta wheestle, too. Som
ating maka me feela good ALA for
sudden. Mebbe was dat tune Jimmy
WheeStle.
Wot you tink?
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-11-26
HOW DO YOU SAY 1T?
BY (. N. Lurie
Common Errors in English and
How to Avoid Them
THE USE OF "GoT."

THE word get" and it's deriva-
Il tives, got and gotten" have
their proper place in the English lam
guage, but they are frequently over
worked and misused. Get" means
ito acquire, to gain, to obtain, to pro-
cure" and it does not mean to have
or to become. To say "He got a for
tune meaning that he acquired one,
is correct usage, but it is not correct
N say Hes got fortune" when one
means "He has a fortune" Say 81
have a cold" but do not say "I have
got cold" or 1--WE got a cold"
Some authorities permit the use Of
'have got" meaning have" but they
call such use colloquial, meaning that
it is common but is not recognized as
standard. 1t is, however. sometimes
defended on the ground that long
usage has made it part of our com
mon speech.
Il did not get to 20 there" and sim
liar expressions, are heard some
times, but they are examples Of an
other faulty use of the word "get."
Say, II could not go there" or II had
no opportunity to go there"
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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-11-26
| IN vtI6tt7f M.
FORKS.

THE table fork is comparatively
Il modern. 1t was first introduced
in Venice by a Byzantine princess,
and its use rapidly spread throughout
Italy. In an inventory of the court
of Charles V of France, dated 1879,
there is mention of silver forks; but
for some time the use of these instru-
ments was satirized Certain French
and Scottish converts even forbade
them as sinful. Their original form
was two-tined; the three and four
tired varieties came later.
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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-11-26

TO constipation. TONES for the blood
and salines for the bowels were nee
essary in addition to the constant use
of olive oil on my fingers"
Olive oil, she added, had Afforded
her only temporary relief, but her
case was most unusual one. But
This advice is excellent, and should be
followed by every woman who suffers
more or less from this unpleasant
affection. Salines or salts need not
he used if some other laxative is USED
in their place. Salts as a rule are the
most effective, though some women
cannot keep them on the stomach.
For ordinary cases. the woman
should do most of her work wearing
rubber gloves, keeping the hands from
direct contact with dish or scrub wa
ter. especially if the water contains
borax or AMMONIA, or some such dry
ing solution. Ashes, stove polish, etc,
should be handled with glOved fingers.
Then the hands should be rubbed with
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-11-26
Sessa17R7 0=5 SVIHs MISUNDERSTANDING
Z y " Q|X'{'kI

she does now-she must learn some
thing from watching two such experts
as we are"
And this was the reason PuSsle
White was so unhappy and as she
washed her face she was thinking now
she could catch more mice and snow
Table and Blackie that she was just as
smart as they thought themselves to be.
Pussie White had friend that lived
down the road, SO she took, herselI
off to tell Peter Dog her troubles.
Peter was very wise little fellow
fand very fond of Pussie, for they had
played together when Pussfe was a
kitten, and she had never scratched
him as the other kittens had done.
II think / can help you, Pussie, "
said Peter. II ann not at all fond OF
mice, but am SURE can catch them
and tonight if yoq can manage to
keep Blaclie and gRbbie away from
the barn / am sure v e can catch mice
enough to surprise thosS two spiteful
creatures"
were eating their supper irt the farm
house kitchen Pussie Wh1& slippeg
away before the others had Qis5ed.
Down the cellar stairs shey In and
climbed out of the windoA fwhere
there was an opening for the RAussies
to go in and out lii
When Pussie White went @A she
managed somehow to knock BENArd
that was fastened on the outs. TX
down it slipped right over, the scllS1
ing.
Some time later when Blackie and3
Table wanted to go to the barn f0rtd
the night, as they always did, they ]
had to stay in the cellar all nightSSf
The next morning Pussie WhitA dtid
not care for her breakfast and smiled
to herself as she heard the faBfner's
wife say to the other pussiess III guess
Pussie White caught all thelB1ice last
night and you two did ROFcatch any,
from the way you eat"
But her revenge was complete when
later Blackie and Table ran into the
barn and could not find mouse, for
those that Peter and Pussie White did
not catch the night before were fright
ened and ran away from the barn to
live.
Table and Blackie did not make
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-11-26

North and South Saskatchewan, but
they were surrounded and attacked
from all sides until all were killed.
Hornaday computes that the number
of animals slaughtered annually by
the Northwest Indians must have been
$4,000. Only struggling bands were
left On the basis of all available data,
Hornaday estimated that the number
running wild and unprotected was $50.
In 1889 there were 256 buffalo in cap
tivity, 200 under protection in Yellow
stone Park and 635 running wild (of
which number $50 were estimated to
be in the AthabaSka region of the
Canadian Northwest Territories)-a
total of 1O91.
An attempt was then made by the
United States to protect the remnant.
By 1903, according to census, the num-
Der had increased to 1883 head, main
ly confined in American reservations
eminent purchased a herd of 700 head
owned by Michael Pablo of Montana,
and special national park was pro-
vided for the herd at Wainwright, AL
berta. By 1918 this herd had in
creased to 3,711 head. The number
of captive bison in the United States
| in 1919 was 3,04S head. and there were
about 20 head running wild, making
total of 3,11S. Counting the Canadi-
an protected herds at 3,711, and add
ing 800 wild bison in the Athahaska
region, where they are now protected.
and 40 in public and private parks,
the total in Canada at the beginning
of 1919 was 1920 animals. SO there
| are approximately 1850 bison in the
| United States and Canada, compared
with 1901 in 1889, showing that they
are coming back.
In fact, 1t seems to be certain that
! the buffalo is coming back. For ex-
ample, there are two herds in Yellow
stone National park-a wild herd and
tame" herd-and both are increas-
ing. There are known to be at least
90 animals in the wild herd. The tame
herd now Q919) numbers 413 animals.
the increase of herd of 81 establish
ed In lJUZ.
The calves of the 1919 season num-
! Stred 01. Iii fact, Mr. Hewitt is so
certain that the buffalo is coming back
that he discusses the problem of what
to do with the surplus when it be-
comes fact. He says:
The rapid increase of the bison in
our national reservations raises the
question as TO what we shall do with
our surplus. In the Buffalo Park at
Wainwright, Alberta, this question is
becoming a serious one. as they will
soon occupy as much range as is cap
able of sustaining them.
1.-The natural answer to this ques-
ton is to create additional reserva-
tons. which policy undoubtedly will
be followed, particularly in the United
States, where much additional range
suitable for bison, but less suitable
for agricultural purposes. is available
In addition provision is being made
for the donation of surplus animals
TO municipalities public organizations
and institutions.
But cannot we go step further
and consider the desirability of en-
couraging farmers TO purchase sur
plus aNimals from the government
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-11-26

the subway at Forty-second street
during the rush hour, according TO tie
report of a Y w. C. A. secretary. sta
toned in Canton, China. when
passenger wishes TO get off tie
steamboat" writes this Y. W. C. A.
secretary, "a shrill whistle is blown TO
summon a small boat 70 carry her TO
shore. Then man carrying long
bamboo pole with hook on tits end
climbs out on a little ledge on the
side of the steamboat. ready 10 catch
hold Of the boat as il passes by. The
steamboat slackens its speed Dut
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-11-26

and to maintain them? Any one VINO
has visited the bison in our national
reservations will agree that if they
We're maintained in semi-dOmestl-
Gated state they could be treated in
the same manner as range cattle, pro-
vided they were inclOsed. The cost
of building suitable fencing might
prove an obstacle in many cases, but
it should not prove insuperable, In
view of the high price of beef. AS
beef animal the value of the bison IS
we'll worth the careful consideration
of our agricultural authorities. In ad-
ditiOn it provides a robe OF proven
value in more northerly states ana
provinces. Not the least of the ad-
vantages of the bison over domestic
cattle is their ability to rustic Tor
themselves in winter and under Gil
matte conditions which prove a hard
ship to our introduced cattle"
Of course the plains Indians prac-
tically lived off the buffalo; the animal
was food, clothing and shelter to them.
But the crime of the wanton destruc-
ton of the buffalo lies at the door OIL
the white man. Why, the passengers
used to empty their rifles into the
herds as the trains sped over the
plains. Thousands of animals were
killed simply for the tongue, says Mr..
Hewitt in this connection.
With the coming of the railroads
through the West and an increased
demand for buffalo robes. the butch
cry of the still hunt began. Other
methods were too slow for the COM
mercial hunter who must kill hun
dreds of bison in order to realize on
pelts worth but from 60 cents to "a
apiece. The still hunter approached
the herd to within 100 to $50 yards and
proceeded with great deliberation to
shoot down the animals without
stampeding them. Their leader, usual
" the Oldest cow, was first disposed
of. and them the others slaughtered
one by one One or two shots min
ute could be fired, and with good luck
a hundred bison killed from one
stand so that one hunter was able
TO account for from 1000 to 5000 head
season.
The miles of bones eventually gave
rise to a traffic which became remun-
erative as there grew up demand
for phosphate for fertilizers and bone
black for refining sugar. In 1874 the
SAINT Fe railroad alone shipped near
ly 100000 pounds of bones, which
brought as much as SIS ton crushed
thine will not efface the trace of
the bison's occupation of the conti-
nent." Mr.. Hewitt says. They blaZed
the trails that later became important
HIGHWAYS. The bison selected the
route through the Alleghenies by
which the white man entered and
took possession of the Mississippi
valley. They found the best routes
across the continent, and human in
tercourse will move constantly i'm
paths first marked by the buffalo 1t
is interesting that the bison found the
strategic passageways through the
mountains. marked out the most
practical paths between the heads of
cur rivers-paths that are closely fol-
lowed today by the Pennsylvania, Bal
timore & Ohio Chesapeake & Ohio,
Wabash and other great railroads"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-11-26
CRACKED FINGERS

n AM indebted to one Of my readers
IL for the following letter, which was
sent me after some advice on the cure
for cracked nails. The letter came
some time ago, and l have saved it
to use as the season approaches when
nails and fingers split from the change
of weather.
Says my correspondent-who
name is withheld by request-'I had
cracked fingers for nearly two years
before going to our family doctor.
He said the condition was due to a
generally anemic condition of the
blood. and that this was partly due
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-11-26

covered the continent, there were but
1901 head alive in 1889. Now there
are 1850 in the United States and
Canada.
Efforts of the American and Canadl-
an governments to save the Dlsoh-
which was slaughtered almost TO the
point of observation-disclosures descrlbed
by C. Gordon Hewitt in Natural His
tory, the official magazine of the mu-
scum of that name. Mr.. Hewitt Is
actively engaged in the salvage, as
consulting geologist TO the OTTAWA
Commission of Conservation. He says
the manner in which the total loss
of this magnificent animal has been
prevented should fill with hope and
confidence all who are trying to con-
serve wild life.
There were literally myriads of
buffalo in the old days and their hab-
itat originally covered nearly all of the
North American continent. Even as
late as 1871 there was seen migrating
across the plains wedge-shaped herd
on a 25-mile front with a depth of 90
miles: such a drove could contain no
fewer than 100000 head.
DR.. William T. Hornaday, director
of the New York Geological park, says
in a pamphlet that the original range
started almost at tide water on the
Atlantic coast, extended westward
through dense forest, across the AL
legheny mountain system to the Mis-
eisSippi prairies, and southwark TO
the delta. Although the plains cOun-
try of the West was the home of the
species, where it flOurished most
abundantly, it wandered south toward
Texas, westward across the Rocky
Mountains into New Mexico, Utah and
Idaho, and northward across a vast
shores of the Great Slave Lake. The
vast herds seemed to clothe the prair-
les with a coat of brown.
George Catlin, in a book in 1882,
said from 10000 to 100000 robes were
marketed annually, which meant the
slaughter of from 100000 to 3,0O0,-
600 bison. About the same time FIRE.
mont bore witness TO the appalling de-
Struction.
The death knell of the bison was
struck when Union Pacific construc-
ton began in 1866. Previously the
difficulties of marketing served as a
slight check on the rate of extermina-
ton. This railroad divided the orig
inal body into southern and northern
herds. HOrnaday estimates that in
1871 the southern herd contained s.
100000 animals. though most estimates
give higher total. Between 1871 and
1875 the great southern herd was
wiped out of existence.
Final slaughter of the northern herd
was inaugurated by the opening of
the Northern Pacific in 1880. when the
half-breeds of Manitoba. the Plains
Cree of Qu'Appelle and the Blackfeet
of South Saskatchewan swept bare
a great belt of country stretching east
and west between the Rocky Noun
tains and Manitoba. A few thousand
remained in the country around the
headwaters of Battle River, between
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-11-26
PUSHES REVENGE

TITLE PusSie White was feeling
- very unhappy one morning as she
sat in the barn door in the sun licking
her paws.
Pussie White had only lived at the
farm for short time, and she was
much younger than the other pussies,
Table and Blackie.
The reason Pussie White was SO un-
happy this morning was because the
two older pussies had made fun of her
for not catching as many mice as they
did the night before.
"Of course, she may in. time be able
to catch q few more than she does
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-11-26
Only 1,O91 head survived
in 1889. Non they have
increased to 1860 in
United States and Canada
and

He American bisOn-butfa-
lois now safe from ex-
tinction, the scientists an
nOunce. What's more,
the buffalo is coming
back. Maybe our chill
dren's children will have
buffalo robes and buffalo
skin coats as our fathers
did. Anyway, Of the myr-
lads of this splendid big
animal. whose range once
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-11-26
Stepping Lively
in the Orient

The familiar "step lively" of the
subway conductor and policeman,
which hastens the movement of cos
mopolitan life, is not escaped today
even in the Orient. One needs to
watch her step, when travelling ny
steamboat up languid oriental stream
ynst as carefully as when boarding
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-11-26
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Simplicity.

by Edna Kent Forbes

olive oil or vaseline after the nightly
hot water and soap washing, old loose
gloves drawn on, If the fingers are
badly cracked. and kept on all night.
This is as much to protect the bed lin
en- as to keep a supply of oil right
against the skin.
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