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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-24
Copyright by George Matthew Adams

about 100000 and viii be constructed
according to American standards
The Chinese are great admirers of
the telephone. They have become tired of
the difficulties which beset their use OF
the telegraph, where the many characters
Of their alphabet force them to send all
their messages In code. and want to on
JOY the time saving methods of approach
familiar 10 Americans. Conveniently
new exchanges are Being erected in most
of the larger cities to augment the $1,000
subscriber lines already IN use in the Ce-
lestial Republic.
Girls are being trained for the hello
job IL Shanghai for the first time 1t i
very probable also that the more TAXA
tive sex viii be used in the operation of
the new system in the Yangrse Valley.
Hitherto, due TO the cheapuesS of male
labor, all work at the Chinese exchanges
has been done by men,
The political unrest in China has had
little effect upon its industrial progress
When Mr.. Minor first went to China. in
1918. there We're about a million cotton
spindieS IN operation. Today SiXty-five
factories are running f.T50.O00 spindleS
Labor in China is just as plentiful
as ever-the supply Is unlimited There
has been 4 slight increase in wages, due
| to higher cost of living. condition which
hinges directly on the price of rice, but,
on the whole. the workers do far more
&
other countries. When Mr. Minor left
China the native carpeuter< were getting
a daily wage equal to . cents IN Amer
lean money.
Employees of the foreign-owned factor
! les have a much easier time than their
associates in the native concerns The
former are required to put IN nine hours
day, six days a week, while the latter
work ten hours day. seven DAYS a week
continuous grind which Is broken only
when the Chinese New Year completes
its annual cycle.
1.-The fractional trouble between the Pc
king and Canton governments have had
little effect upon foreign representatives
in China. Aliens are responsible only
j to their respective legations. They are
free to deal with both Sections Of the Re
public. In the three wears since its or
ganization the China Electric Co. joint
undertaking of the International Western
| Electric company and the Ministry of
| Communications at Picking. has raised its
| capitalization from S250000 TO 81 00O.-
| coo growth fostered by the increasing
| demand for telephones and other electri-
cal material in the Republic
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Little Benny S
Note Book
by LEE PAPE..

Ny cuzzin Artie was cr.ound today and
him and me PLACED Uncle Tons Cabin.
him being Uncle Tom BY backening his
face with a cork aud RE being Simon
Legree By getting pops p;pe out OF the
setting room ard wawl,ing erround per
tending 10 smoak it with a wicked *
preston, and / put the pipe ia my p0cbit
and forgot all about il and tonite vile
Ne was eating suppir fna sed, Pew, Tor
goodniss sake pew VIII, UNI, watts your
pipe doing IN the dining room
Not thing, because it happens TO be
ia the setting room ware it belongs, the
pipe may be strong but your Imagination
IS stronger if | may be permitted to IN
ddldge in a little icak, sed pop
Ne thinking, Heck, q, anu We kepp
on eating sHppir and pritty soon ma sed,
Nliiyum, pew, ! tell you the pipe must
Be in this room SOFA wares, nuth.ng eis
IN the house smells Ike that pipe thank
goodnlss. Don't You smell something,
Giaddis! she sed, and Gladdis sed. | Ger
teny Go, pew.
It's ware it belongs I tell YOU. sell Pop,
altho Is a matter of fact the Tieh aroma
of that pipe would grace eny ROOM II the
house.
You meen disgrace it, Lee hee. psw,
sed ma. And She got up and started TO
lcol erroUnd the room going pew. pop
SAYING. you can leok yourself dclf dam
and blind but youR never find Il III heer
do YOU smell enything. Benny
No sir. | sed Nch | dident proberir
On account OF being use to il b. that
time, and ma sed. It's in heer someUares,
know that smell, to M sorro.
Me thinking gosh, koley smoaks, and
pop sed, Benny, go up IN the setting
room and bring down my pipe with the
smell attached we IL soon prove that Us
men are more Intelligent as a seeks than
YOU Wimin
Yes sir. | sed. And 1 ran up to tie
setting room ard took pous Pine out Of
my pockit aud brawt it down. Don say
ing, Well was il ~ thereZ and me say
ing. Yes sir. Wich it was on account of
me having took it M. and ma scd. Well
/ declare, I'm not touvinced vet, the
smell is ixactly the same, izzest it,
Gladdis
1t ceGteny Is. sed Claddis. and pop
sed watts the use, you cant prove ens-
thine 10 a woman. can YOU Benny? and
| setl. 40 sir.
Wieh maybe you cant.
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to some other route over as satisfactory
highways
A Panacea DISCOVERED.
(NIiddlebIIrv Regiter !

There is really no more use for hot
lemonades. alcohol rubs and quinine.
Brother Belknap. of the Bellows Falls
Times, has discovered that colds disappear
as by magic when one climbs to the high
attitudes Of Mansfield and he produces no
less parsonage than his Excellency. Gov
ernor HARNESS, as a testimonial for the
sure-cure.
The Times maintains that the governor
was suffering acutely with a cold which
vanished the moment the dizzy heights
were reached. The Times goes on to
suggest the formation of the League to
Eliminate Colds, whose especial work
shall be to provide rapid transit to the
chin" for all sufferers.
If the Times could only induce the gov
ernor to become president of the league
the rapid transit problem would be no
problem at all. His exceIlency would
surely provide a landing place for avia-
tors on the crest, even though it did take
a few thousand feet of number one hem
lock plank.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-24
THE TELEPHONE IN CHINA.
Network Of Toll Lines TO Unity TIA
Republic.

, Business men of Northern China. real
izing that little progress will be made in
the unification of their country until il
adopts modern methods of internal com
munication, have started agitation co
link up all of their principal cities by
telephone toll lines, saws Clark III. Minor,
former manager of the China Electric
Co. of Picking, in Western Electric News.
Mr. Minor has just arrived here on his
way to London, where he Will become
commercial manager of the Associated
and Allied companies of the international
Western Electric company of Europe.
The article says
Work has already begun on a long
distance line between Shanghai and Pc
king that will connect with the toll sys-
TEN now in operation between the north
ern capital and Tienstin. This latter
line. which has the distinction of being
the only intercitv cable now existent in
China, is only 100 miles long. The new
artery of communication probably viii be
completed late this year. 1t %ill cost
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-24

The Reformer is on sale every evening by
the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co., c. w.
Cleaveland, S. L. Purinton (Esteyville),
Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News
stand, Gilbert J. Pollica, 2S7 South Main St.
(Fort Drummer district.
West Brattleboro, ]. L. Stockwell.
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Putney, M. G. Williams.
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South Londonderry, F. H. Tyler.
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Hinsdale, N. H, w. H. Lyman.
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co.
Greenfield, Mass, C. A. Hays
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The Endurance Test Route.
BARRE Times. }

The route of the horse endurance test
this year from Camp Alfred Vail in New
Jersey to Washington, ID. c., did not
prove as satisfactory as the route from
Fort Ethan Allen to Camp Devens be-
cause the highway was hard and slippery,
making the going very difficult for the
horses. 1t was said at the time the Yer
mont-New Hampshire route was first
picked out that the gravel or natural
roadbed of the highways in those two
states furnished very satisfactory condi-
tons for the test inasmuch as they offered
a fairly soft surface for the pounding by
the horses feet; and il was demonstrated
in the test that the horses feet were not
seriously affected while at the same time
their endurance otherwise was given a
fair try-out. Possibly the projectors of
the annual test may decide to come back
to the Vermont-New Hampshire route, or
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-24

a North Main street amateur gardener
suggests that if the people who are burn
ing their leaves would just take the
trouble to carry them back and spread
them on the garden they would i'm
mensely improve the soil, restore humus
and protect any perennials they might be
carrying over. This sounds like good hor-
ticultural sense.-Rutland Herald.
So it does to us, but think of all the
aromatic tang" and that wonderful fit
full glow" you would miss.
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ToGay's BIRTHDAYS

Ted (Kid) Lewis prominent welter-
weight pugilist born in London, % years
ago today
Or. Richard f. Seholz president OF
Reed college born in Milwaukee, II
years ago today.
Tasker l.. Oddie, junior United States
senator from Nevada, born in Brooklyn
y. ", 81 years ago today.
Queen Victoria of Spain formerly
Princess Ena of Battenberg), born in
England, 81 years ago today.
William H. Bremner, president of the
Minneapolis & St Louis railroad, born al
Marshalltown, Iowa, D years ago today.
John s. BenhAm. representative in con
greSS of the fourth Indiana district, born
in Ripley county, Ind, 5S years ago to-
day
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-24

The mechanical wonders of the modern
telephone switchboards and other devices
of the telephone systems of today did not
seem to impress the Montpelier Argus ed
itor as much as did some other things.
He CALAMITY observes that visiting week
at the exchanges demonstrated that a
whole lot of good looking young women
are employed at the switchboards.
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Today S Events

The king and queen of Italy celebrate
their silver wedding today.
One hundred years ago today died
Elias Boudinot, first president of the
American Bible society.
Italy's delegation to the conference on
the limitation of armaments is to sail to-
day en- route to Washington.
An industrial relations conference for
all industries in Pennsylvania is to be
opened today at Harrisburg.
The South Carolina state fair win be
opened today at Columbia and the Tri-
State exposition at Savannah, Ga.
Birmingham, Ala. is TO enter upon a
week of festivity today in celebration of
her semi-eentennial as a municipality.
Hon. w. L. Mackenzie King, leader of
| the Liberal party III the dominion, is to
carry his election campaign into Ontario
| today.
| Plans for world peace and uniform JUS
| tice viii be discussed at the second an
nual conference of the Internatioal Bar
association, TO be opened today at Picking,
/ China.
Americas unknown soldier, who will
| be buried in the Arlington National GENE
| terry on Armistice day. will be chosen by
la commissioned officer of the Ameri
can forces at Chalons today.
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enforce the laws, the sooner we find it
out the better
Meanwhile, the people have had all
they desire in the way of government
operation of railroads What they want
is return to normal conditions and they
know the chief obstacle to such return is
the determination of the railroad unions
to keep up wartime wages or stop the
roads from running
The issue is clear enough and must be
settled sooner or later. Perhaps now is
the time to settle it.
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TnEay's Anniversaries

I7S4-Sir Moses AIontefiore. known as
one of the greatest of Jewish phil
anthropists, born in Leghorn.
Italy. Died at Ramsgate, Eng,
July -, 1885.
1S4G-San Juan Bautista was captured
BIS the Americans under Perry.
1S52-Daniel Webster. the great states
man and orator. died at Marsh
fed. Mass Born at Salisbury, y.
H.. Jan. Is. 1872.
1S94-JapaneSe army crossed the Yalu
river and invaded Chinese terri
tory.
1S96-The Ri. Rev Frederick Temple
was appointed archbishop of Can
terbury.
19O1-Yale university concluded 4 cello
bration of ITS bi-centennial.
1911-Ida NJ Lewis. keeper of the Lime
Rock lighthouse, aud known as the
Grace Darling Of America, died
at Newport, II. /.
19I9-The Cooper Union auditorium in
New York was closed to the So
cialist party.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-24

Watch the bonfres. One set some
buildings in the state on fire recently and
at Enosburg last week little girl was
badly burned because her clothing caught
fire from such a blaze.
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no TIE SUBSCRIBERS.

1t is the aim of the management to assure
efficient service in the delivery of the paper
each night, and it solicits the cooperation of
subscribers to that end. Prompt reports should
be given of each failure TO receive the paper
on the morning following the omission, in
person, by telephone postal card, thus en-
abling the cause of the error to be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper rem
edy Immediately applied. It is only by this
method that the publisher can secure the de-
sired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-24

a Quebec jurist has just ruled that Ii
quor may be legally transported over the
border into the United States. Nobody
seems to have been very much worried
over the legality of such transportation
up to date.
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hFRs
{ MontpeIier Argus !

(Montpelier Argus.)
The Brattleboro Reformer thinks that
the problem of congress is to place the
taxes where they viii affect the least
votes. Perhaps that is the reason that
the proposed tax bill was called rotten
affair by members of both parties in the
senate on Wednesday,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-24

The Massachusetts state highway de-
partment has announced the recent adop-
ton of three warning signs which are to
be placed on the most travelled paved
highways of that state. The signs are a
II, a cross and three bars at an angle of
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-24
Hats on to The Farmer

| am very fond of vegetables. growing
fresh and green;
lake green peas, for example-their
like has not been seen.
And there are beans and lettuce, green
corn and golden squash:
But the prices in this blooming town
are something fierce, bv gosh!
SO | thought | ID buy little farm and
run it by myself;
l could have my fresh green garden
stun and save a lot of pelf.
d have trees that bore all kinds of
fruit, and I'd have berries tod.
planned about million things for
that little farm TO do
Chorus
But-there are bugs on the potatoes
And the pear tree has the blight.
And the beans have all been eaten
BY the woodchucks in the night.
The worm is in the cabbage
And the corn6eld S got my goat;
o, | tell YOU, boys, ] We tried it.
And the farmer gets my votei
I'd get UP to milk the COW before I'd
barely closed an eve:
She believed in prohibition, and the
darned thing had gone dry
d think, q III surely have fresh eggs
for breakfast. anyway,
But the hens would all be on strike
anu not one WOuld lay.
would go to pick my cherries on the
. tree SO bright and red
But I'd find that all the birds that fly
had beat me there instead
bought tons of fertilizer, barnyard nj
trates, ash and sucn.
And then the seeds refused to sprout,
because | d used too much
The borers got into my peach trees;
they made me fighting mad:
And also my hubbard squash, the very
best | had
When everything was burning up I'd
pray to have some rain;
Then / d holler, when the deluge came
to have it drv AGAIN.
Whene 'er | sprayed the apple trees I
got it in the eye;
The horse had collie in the night, 1
surely thought he d die:
So / went and chopped the beanpoles
down and kicked the milking pail,
And on the fence l put a sign which
reads, THIS FARM FOR SALE.
AMY w EGGLESTON.
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PLEASANT READING

candle, Oh
Il" the Of
the and
the
cunning nah
they plug to
swift the odn peaceful time when might
up
ms at would interfere Motor bandits unhead of IN those
serene ana seldom
of a
at sweat nbe the
hat they IL while
lest IN
whH ana WHINE; shat Of
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Highway Doctors.
burlington Free Press

Huntington Free PreSs)
Speaking of highway doctors for Yer
mont, why should they not be compelled
to take degree and get license tie
same as any other practitioner on the
long suffering public?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-24

discovered that the moon has been off the
track for 80 years
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Those Unruly Furnaces.
burlington News.)

Huntington NewS)
BY making lot of noise around the
furnace 1t Is now possible for a man to
spend a good deal of time in his cellar
without arousing suspicion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-24

The deer-hunting season is the week of
November Z. Let's make it mo accident
week..
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One Year Ago Today.

Leon Bourgeois. president of the coun
Gil of the league Of nations. stated that
Article Y was not essential to the cove
nant
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norathy,s Observation .

Three aunts and two uncles were visit
ing Mt Dorothy's home one Sunday re
Gently, and the unmarried state of the
guests as well as Of her own brothers
and sisters ser the little one a-thinking
Finally she remarked, Isn't it strange :?
AIy mother and the cat seem to be the
only people in this whole family that
have any children. '-Bostop Transcript
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-24
In the Days News

Earl Cavan, who has been designated
as one of the representatives of the Brit
iSh war Office at the approaching con-
ference on the limitation of armaments in
Washington. is a famous soldier who
commanded the British forces operating
in Italy during the World war and has
since been commander-in-chief at Alder
shot. After completing his education he
entered upon u military career and dis
tinguished himself in the South African
war of twenty years ago. He is a keen
soldier, and devoted to his profession; Is
a favorite with his brother officers. and
greatly liked by his men, Earl Cavan is
no stranger to America, having served in
the early nineties on the staff of Lord
Stanley of Preston, then governor-g general
of Canada The earl Is childless and the
heir to the title is his younger brother,
the Hon. Lionel Lambert, who married
Miss Adelaide Randolph. step-daughter of
the late William &. Whitney of New
York.
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Member of The Associated Press

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.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-24

Girls attending the San Francisco high
school of commerce have placed 4 D,ln
on silk hosiery.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-28
Pacific Coast League.
KANGAROO LAND TENNIS
 PLAYERS COMING TO US.

SYDNEY, N. s. w., May 2S.-The Australian tennis team which is toI compete in the Davis Cup matches will sail for the United States on the steamer Niagara, June 9.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-28
QUIT MEAT WHEN
 KIDNEYS BOTHER
Take a Glass of Salts Before Break fast if Your Back Hurts Or
 Bladder Is Troubling You

No man or woman who eats meat regularly can make mistake by flushing the kidneys occasionally, says a well-known authority. Meat forms uric acid which excites the kidneys, they become overworked from the strain, get sluggish and fail to filter the waste and poisons from the blood, then we get sick. Nearly all rheumatism, headaches, liver trouble, nervousness, dizziness, sleeplessness and urinary disorders come from sluggish kidney.
 The moment you feel a dull ache in the kidneys or your back hurts or if the urine is cloudy, offensive, full of sediment, irregular of pas sage or attended by sensation of scalding, stop eating meat and get about four ounces of lad Salts from any pharmacy; take a tablespoonful in a glass of salts before breakfast and in few days your kidneys will act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for generations to flush and stimulate the kidneys, also to neutralize the acids in urine so it no long causes irritation, thus ending bladder weakness.
 lad Salts is inexpensive and can not injure; makes delightful effer- vescent Whitewater drink. which ev- eryone should take now and then to keep the kidneys clean and active and the blood pure, thereby avoid ing serious kidney complications
 Adyortieop,ant
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-28
SHOOTERS TO BLAZE AWAY
 ON THE RANGE
Both Rifle and Shot Gun Shooting Tomorrow at
 Last Chance Basin.

Another of the popular shoots of the Juneau Shotgun and Rifle Club is to be held at the Last Chance Basin range of the club starting at o'clock tomorrow afternon. Both rifle and shotgun shooting will be held.
 According to E. G. Keney, secre tary of the club, oach week is sec ing a bigger attendance at the meet ings of the gun club at the range. Banner crowds, he said, have been the feature of the last two Sun days and from all indications tomor row will be no exception.
 With either blue rocks to shoot at with the shotguns or the rifle tar gets with the rifles. most any taste in firearms can be satisfied ac- oording to Mir. Keeney and all in terested are asked to turn out to- morrow.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-28
BASEBALL PRACTICE FOR
 TOMORROW IS SCHEDULED

There is to be practice for the ball players of the city at the Last Chance Basin grounds starting at ? o'clock tomorrow afternoon, ac- cording to Jack Woodland, manager of the Fire Department team.
 With a good day it is hoped &C., cording to Mir Woodland to get a good turn out of those wishing to make the team and to have several hours of vigorous workout in prep aration for games that may be scheduled soon.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-28
SIX MILE RUNNERS OF COUNTRY ARE MATCHED
 FOR EVENT IN JUNE

BOSTON. May 2S.-The matching Of six of the leading mile-runners Of the country in special race for the English high school centennial anniversary meeting at Harvard sta dium, June 15, was announced to- day The prospective competitors are Joie Ray, Illinois A. c. Hal Cut bill, Boston, A. A; Ray Baker, Bates; James Connolly, George town; Walter Higgins. Columbia and Den his O'Connell, Harvard
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-28
FAMOUS JAPANESE
 TENNIS PLAYER TO
 BE IN DAVIS MATCH

NEW YORK, May 2S.-The United States Lawn Tennis Association to- day received word that Zenzo Shimi- dzu. famous Japanese tennis player, would compete in the Davis Cup matches in the United States this summer. Z
 He expects to leave for this country within Two weeks, probably stopping in EpEland to enter the Simbledon &rznpionships next month. Fs1'>< -..-.