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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1908-02-28
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@enalt; urD it bate nabeSu bic
Spffnune ~nufeeseben als mir eeratbs
en- fpurbe Or. Sings Stem 0iacOnerg
gu prDbiren;; unb ih min es jest
frei iaeen: eS rettete rtetn 2eben,
8eiferuns folste ben @ebraud1 Der
eriten 5laihe unb Madden it Elm
Dusenb 5lasben eebrauft, mar ih
pieDer Elm eeIunber eliidliher
Mann,' iaate George NOure BON
@reenestnnb, u. s. als Elm Miittei
fir puten uno @rfaltuneen uub pei.
fer ibmad3er number 9unsen unb
Ssrblter pom 2uneen uno Berhdter
bon 2uneenenblnouug ttebt Rem
SiicDnerp oben an. SOC. unb $l.0O in
@aIfer 8ros., Gpotbete. 8robe.
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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1908-02-28
9 datsn gsrbanIO unes q

3 d Il Gsrbnnlo uns en-
RepeinaBiee IBERIA nmlua9 an
24Iten 5ebruur 1908.
Das &rotOt0u 6er leBleH reael-
maBisen Beriammluna waroe uerIe.
len, uno anaen0mmeu pie uerlelen.
Yin mOuatlihen Yet;rceen einsen
eiu $3.50. Gin Sriei pom 8eulld,
Imeritanilhsn 9tarlonal 5unO. uns
terSeinnet BON Gr. Is. S. oeTamer
uts B%rdiioent, uno aoolpb Eimm ala
Setretdr in Be5ua Der Brubibition
Bewesune wurog uerleien uno gut
eebeiBen @benfauS wuroe eine
@Opie Der Briefe uerleien melhe an
unierem &epr6lentanten uro Gents
tor nit unteri9rifter oes Braiioeu-
ten uno oes SetretarS oieies 8er-
ems, abpelanot Duroen, uno Ses
ihlOiien, oieles @hreiben benz Bro-
totOa beisufiioen,
9ieielben lauten mie Iolgeno:
To the Honorable, the Members of the
Senate and House of Representatives,
Washington, d. c.
The Members of the Hermann Sharp
shooters Society of the city of Hermann,
in the state of Missouri, composed of CT
items of the United States, respectfully
petition Your Honorable Body not to
pass any prohibition or interstate COM
merce liquor measure pending before
you.
AS German-American citizens of the
Country we hold ourselves second to
none in our devotion to the cause of
true temperance and toall that makes for
the sanctity aud purity of the home, and
decency and order i'll the State; but we
are bitterly opposed to the passage of
any law that destroys our rights of per-
sonal liberty; and for the protection of
those rights we stand united as one
body.
Is As free and sovereign people, we be-
lieve that we have the right to regulate
our lives and homes. as we see fit. The
right to drink our wine and our beer,
and to import it into our homes, we con
slider as absolute an attribute of human
liberty as is the right to buy any other
food. The passage of some of the Bills
would enable the State wherein we live
to prevent us from bringing a glass OF
beer or a bottle of wine to our tables,
and the divine right of each to pursue
his own good i'll his own way will be sac
ri6ced to the fears and the fanaticism OF
those who regard drink as a crime. We
German-Americans have never allowed
our love of food and drink to degenerate
into intemperance or to interfere with
the good of the community, and we re-
gard these Bills as ali unrighteous inva-
sion of our manhood rights and of hui
man freedom, and as misleading and
iniquitous measures; and we pray for
their defeat.
Signed
William Eberlin, President.
Fritz Lang, Secretary.
Brief Rom NAtbaren Senate,
Us 8. Stune unb nom Ntthnrer
II ptaientnnt Champ Start ouB ole,
ietben obiaes Shre,ben betCmmer
baben in metden olelelbeu lih ust'
pilidten Gaes gu ttuu ben BrObiti'
tIoullten ibr Shun su hiniertreibeu
mui0en uDm Setretar uerleieu
"a tetne fpeitere @eihafte unrta
ann, 10 uertaete iih be Serlumm-
,una.
5rits 2aua,
Setretdr.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1908-02-28

Don't let the dealer sen you a substitute.
that he says is just as good.
The GREAT WESTERN viii cost you Just
q little more than any other. but for every
dollar extra hat II costs. you will get 2.0O
/ more In value. The difference In cost will
nbe more than made up in repairs alone. in a
4 short time. Besides this, you win always
have a machine that win be ready for busi-
ness. 1t won't be laid up for repairs lust
ut the time that you want TO use ~.
The Man who offers you a machine with
pine pole and frame Is doing IL for a pur-
nose. What Is the reusonY It'll not be-
cause he thinks pine better than oak.
He mayytell youit's as good utyou know
different. srhen IL must be that he buysit
for less and expects to make a bigger proht
Why are some spreaders made with pine
pole and pine frame instead OF Be
cause pine Is cheaper" WHY are they
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1908-02-28
Sh inrehe HERMIT meiner

-Sh ipredle hermit meinen
9ont nus Der 5tplpe 8rnss 8nnb
melbe MIDI gu meinen 80 @eburtstne
nit eiueu 5tdnofen beehrten. Chen
faus BEN 5reuuben ,pelfe grfriihs
unaeh m%itbruften unb alien
Die lidl 10 tiebreid u,eiueg etinnerten
nuo 00fihfeiteu erniejen.
Mrs. +. Sadth
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1908-02-28

su irbea lidl an b. oeCmnnner RAD
Ten lnoem lie aus eiaer Ilude eiaea
@leiauteu mahleu Rnp oara ihls
Observation-Disclosures ith IN BIT
DPifeutthteit %orau9teu.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1908-02-28

- 5prfgreet Sacpb GbiIip
unb Serr Shinbler naren leste
8Ohe in gtoro aaiiiuuri auf Beiud,
uno audi UNI @eihdftlihes su erie.
oigen.
- Den @%beleuten Anbreas S1eib,
le iun., unieren @adnunih aut ben
5amiliensuwnbs. MDee bic Rleine
sebeiben our Sreuoe uno Sroit Der
@ltern!
Srau Warp 8raeutiaam be.
finoet iih nuf Der 8rantenltfe.
- Cine gelepauu 2tne lou mad
ynorem Sheible jun. eebaut per-
Den uno bon oa mad 2ouis Nolfina
unb jpater mad Berger.
- 2ouis Oberruurtman, Der gieb.
onftauFer, mar lebte Buae bier le.
Ste Bodle bier neeen S6Deine unb
Wifhtibe Sur lebtere besabtte er
sufrieoentelenne Beetle.
Die Shule i'm &otb 9iitrift in
pelder SRI. Mauo SaG 2ebreriu lit
miro 5reitae ben %. Sebruar Shuf.
iffue bnlteu. SRI. pau bat in ibrer
Stelune els aehrerin aIIsemein be.
friebiet.
Die 2ebrer Gbmuno unb Sobn
Don par am Sonntua bier bel ibren
Gitern gu 8eiud.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1908-02-28

8. 3. 2oper, uUn Rariqa, 81. y.
lagt: SD bin Elm 8auihreiner unb
babe uiele Sbntttmunben eebeilt nit
Budtin's Grnica Snlbe. Sc bat
MIDI Shwersen uub Dollars erlpart
SO TT bel Deitem Die beit beiIenee
Salbe bic th nod aefupben babe.
peilt 8ranbwunbeu, Shpdren. @es
ittpure eczema nnb Samprboiben
rs Gents. @alfer 8rpR.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1908-02-28

abonntrt auf baa ,Sermanner
goltsblatt.sI
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1908-02-28

sa,ereA - ths Posi- omee at Hermann Mo-, as
suond @iasS 1rail matter.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1908-02-28

Gear Wheels and Sprockets keyed on-not
pinned on or fastened with set-crew only
Heavy Wheels with big spokes--not light
wheels with Ia or z-in. spokes
An Endless Apron-not q half apron
A Hood and End Gate TO keep the manure
away from the heater while loading
The Great Western Endless Apron Spreader
has all OF these good good features.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1908-02-28

;ttttt @untos ppm &aufleuten, Enrmern, 8eielI,
itaften, @otp0rationeu un6 Irtuatteuten.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1908-02-28

uno @reoitbrieie nadl aIen 9he,ien ber gsett
nu8aefeut.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1908-02-28

Sc3aRIt BrOSent 3,nlen 1uF 8eit 8epoiten.
8rcssrt 3tuien auf Sparetulaeen.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-06

Paris, nce.-Preparations for the
interment of the remains of Emile
Zola with full national honOrs in the
Pantheon, the French temple of fame,
are now complete.
The ceremony will be very elabor-
ate and impressive, and almost iden-
tical with that observed when the
body of Victor Hugo, the last great
Frenchman to be so honored, was
transferred to the Pantheon.
The realization that Zola is being
glorified, not so much as a reward
for his prodigious literary activity,
but because he was the first great
leader in the Dreyfus defence, which
routed the general staff of the army
and forced France to purge herself of
the charge of social injustice, has re-
-viVed whatever is left of the old AMI
mosities that 10 years ago divided
France into two camps.
During the night the body will be
watched over by friends of the famous
writer, in order to prevent possible
manifestations before the tomb. 1t
has been decided to close the Pan
theon after the conclusion of the cere-
mony and to reopen it on Saturday
for the admission of the public.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-06
cheIsea,s Taxable Loss.

Boston, Mass.-The taxable loss to
Chelsea, according to figures just CIV
en- out by the Chelsea board of assess
ors, in the four wards affected by the
fire amounted to $5,479, 900, while un-
taxable property valued at $1,141, 200
was destroyed. The assessors are at
work on Ward 5, which was untouched
by the fire, and the figures should be
ready at the end of the week.
The heaviest loss on taxable prop
erty was in Ward 3, where the de-
crease is $1,S18,450; Ward l follows
with 81 ,475, 500, Ward 2 with 1,419,95O
and Ward 4 with $767,50O In nontax-
able property Ward leads with a
loss OF $3S6,O00, Ward 3 is next with
a decrease of $37S,500, Ward 2 shows
a loss of $191 400 and Ward 1 a de-
crease of $l84,5O0.
Supt. of Buildings Bachelor has
issued "a permits for permanent build
ings, practically all of which will De
erected within the burned district.
The permits are for 80 buildings and
In some cases one permit covers two
or three structures. Some OF the
buildings will have stores on the
street floor with apartments above.
Nine factories may be erected and
20 individuals or firms are empower
ed to make repairs or alterations,
which, in some instances, amount to
rebuilding.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-06
THURSDAY,
June 4. 1908.

w. u. McClintock A, g. RatSheSky,
Mark Wilmarth. r. A. Briggs and G.
H. Dunham confirmed as board of con-
troll of Chelsea, Mass, and new regime
will become operative Immediately.
Rev. Samuel Freuder, converted
Jew, renounces Christian pulpit and
denounees missions at Hebrew Mes
sianic conference in Boston.
Zuhrah leading in Marblehead-to=
Bermuda race when boats were last
reported from Highland light.
Crank who wanted $3,0OO,000 from
the president, arrested at the White
House.
Dist. Atty. Jerome will oppose mo.
tion to have Harry X. Thaw trans
ferred from the state hospital at Mat
teawan, N. Y, to some other institu-
| tion.
President thrown over embankment
into creek when saddle horse rears and
falls.
Cotton congress recommends the
substitution of net weight basis of
purchase for the present franchise ba-
sis.
Cut in postal rate between United
States and Great Britain Oct. /.
Massachusetts senate amends 81
hour bill for women and minors to
read Sc hours.
DR.. Wilfred Grenfell has trying
experience off the coast of Labrador.
Evidence of need Of postal savings
banks found in money order sales.
Massachusetts dental society starts
move for reorganization of national
dental association.
Democrats of Idaho split over the
Mormon question and hold two con-
ventions.
Deaf and dumb man fined for pro
| family at Lincoln. I'll.
Young child killed by car at Brock
| ton, Mass.
Sir Robert G. Reid, Gear of New
foundland dead.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-06
In Favor of Postal Banks.

Washington, d. C.-The wisdom and
necessity of the establishment of pos
tai savings banks, which Mr.. Meyer
has been advocating so forcibly for
several months, is shown by the num-
Der of postofice orders purchased
solely for savings. To ascertain as
nearly as possible how many persons
q invested their savings in postoffice
orders the department instructed all
first and second class postmasters to
keep record of money orders made
payable to the persons who purchased
them.
When person buys money order
payable to some one else it is of
course evidence that it is to be used
to pay debt, but when it is bought
payable to himself it shows that it is
for savings purposes. During the year
which ended last February /, 27,623 Of
these orders, aggregating $8,000,00O,
were sold at 1865 different postof-
fees.
Large as this sum is it is only a
fraction of the deposits that would
find their way into the pOstoffice saw
ings banks II they were in existence,
and instead of this money going into
the treasury and being practically
withdrawn from active circulation, 1t
would under Mr.. Meyers scheme, be
redeposited in the banks in the local
tiles which furnished it, thus being
actively employed and tending to pre-
vent money stringency.
Mr.. Meyers postoffice savings bank
bill, which was introduced into the
senate by Mr.. Carter, has been made
a special order for Dec. IA next. Mr..
Meyer has made so many converts for
the scheme and has been able to dem
onstrate it's great value to such an
extent that it is believed the bill will
become a law next session.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-06
Deaf Mute Fined For profanity

Danville, lll.-The first case where
a deaf and dumb man has been fined
on the charge of profanity has been
recorded at Lincoln, Ill. The man
fined was George s. Petro.
Petros wife made the complaint
against him, asserting that he used
her harshly and that many times he
had cussed her in the sign language,
besides using indecent language on
his finger tips. The unusual case
was heard by Justice Hunter, who re
ceived the testimony of the Petros by
means of writing.
When the court was satisfied that
the complaint was based on fact he
fined the deaf and dumb man So and
costs. Before Mr.. and Mrs. Petro left
the courtroom they agreed to patch up
their difficulties and they went out
OF the court house arm and arm, talk
ing sweetly to each other on their
fingers.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-06

Washington.-Tha the president
narrowly escaped a serious If not fatal
accident Tuesday when out riding in
company with Mrs. Roosevelt is now
known to be true, although when the
rumor of the presidents accident was
spread about Washington 1t was de-
MED at the White House that the presi-
dent had met with any mishap.
Later the president admitted that
he had been thrown from his horse,
and while he confessed to some OF
his callers that he was feeling rather
lame in spots" he made light of the
incident
The president and Mrs. Roosevelt
went for one of their customary after.
noon rides and were attended as usual
by Sergt. MeDermott, his military
orderly. They rode through Rock
Creek park and came to shallow
stream that had to be forded.
The president was riding young,
green and somewhat fractious horse,
but which he had we'll in hand. At
the ford Mrs Roosevelt was slightly
in advance and just as the presidents
horse put its hoofs into the water fer
some unknown reason it SHE'D, reared
on its launches and made dash for
the bank on one side of the stream.
The president had little difficulty in
bringing the horse back to the water,
but Immediately the animal repeated
the same tactics, and this time the
president was unable to hold him. In
twinkling the horse was at the top
Of the bank, his fore legs in the air.
The president leaned as far forward
as he could to shift his weight, but
the ground was soft, the horse began
to slide backwards, and before he
could recover his footing he had fallen
his full length backwards into the wa
ter.
Fortunately, just before he fell the
president managed to disengage his
feet from the stirrups and to throw
himself to one side into the water.
Otherwise he would have been crushed
under the horse or been struck by its
hoofs as it was frantically endeavor-
ing to get up.
Mrs. Roosevelt had forded the
stream, expecting the president i'm
mediately to follow her, and as he was
not by her side she turned and saw the
president floundering in the water.
She retained her presence of mind
and waited to render assistance in
case it was necessary.
The orderly as soon as he saw the
presidents danger jumped from his
horse and waded into the stream, but
by this time the president had scram-
bled to his feet and was more intent
on regaining possession of his mount
than he was in thinking about him
self
With the assistance of Sergt. Nc
Dermott, the horse was soon brought
| to land and was found to be uninjured.
The president was wet through, but
otherwise he declared himself as feel
ing none the worse for his involuntary
bath, and after squeezing little of
the water out of his saturated, cloth
ing he mounted his horse and rode
gaily off with Mrs. Roosevelt.
1T was rather lucky that when we
fell the horse landed with his hoofs
away from me, for if there is anything
| dislike, it is the idea of having my
hair combed in that manner" the
president laughingly told friend.
The president does not think any
the worse of the horse for having
thrown him. He said he thought the
horse was all right and he liked him.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-06
A BATTLE FOR LIFE.
Mlssionary-Explorer Has Terrible Ex.
perince off the Labrador Coast.

perinee off the Labrador Coast.
ST. Johns, N. F.--A battle of many
hours against pack of hunger-mad-
dened dogs on a pack of ice was the
experience, off the coast of Labrador,
of DR., Wilfred Grenfell, recent Wis
itor to Boston
The temperature was 10 below zero,
and the doctor had only knife to de-
fend himself against the savage
brutes.
DR. Grenfell is superintendent OF
the Royal National Deep Sea Mis-
sion in the Northern regions.
DR.. Grenfell had left Battle Harbor,
Labrador, to attend some patients at
another settlement 10 miles distant,
and he was travelling over the ice
with a pack Of dogs. Soon he found
himself driven off the coast.
Evening was approaching when he
got on a bad spot of ice. Before he
realized it he was in an area covered
only with drift ice, and before he
could stop the dogs the animals had
carried bin into the water The dogs
attempted to climb on DR.. Grenfells
back, and he was obliged to fight the
animals before he was able to climb
onto solid piece of drift ice. The
dogs also succeeded in saving them
selves.
AS the wind and cold increased,
when night came on, he determined to
kill three of the team of dogs to af-
ford him more warmth of body and 70
supply the other beasts with food,
fearing that becoming hungry they
would attack and devour him.
AS it was, they attacked him saw
agely and he was bitten terribly about
the hands and legs by the brutes be.
fore they died The doctor spent a
trying night. He wrapped himself up
in the skins of the dogs but still found
1t so cold that he repeatedly had to
run about the ice to keep up the cir
culation of the blood.
Hoping that next day he would be
in sight of land, though the ice was
fast receding from the shore, the. doc
tor took the legs of the dead dogs and
binding them together made a pole
to the top of which he bent part of his
shirt to serve as a signal, and this
eventually proved his salvation, as
the flag was seen by George Reid and
others of Locke's Cove, Hare Bay, and
they effected a rescue.
During the latter part Of the night
the doctor, worn out from his exer-
tions, from his struggle in the water
and his fight to escape the dogs which
were upon him while immersed and
nearly drowned him, was forced from
sheer exhaustion to lie among the
animals. Their bodies, as they slept
huddled together, afforded him CRATE
full warmth, and for few hours he
slept. He also utilized parts of the
skin of the dogs around his feet to
serve for boots, and bound them
tightly with pieces of rope traces.
He was fully 40 hours on the ice,
suffering from frost bites, wounds,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-06
Lower Postal Rate to Great Britain.

Washington.-Post General
Meyer has again shown his progress,
siveness as well as his thorough
grasp Of the necessities of the postal
service by making an arrangement
with the British postal authorities
by which the rate ON letters between
the United States and Great Britain
will be reduced to two cents on the
first of next October.
At the present time the United
States has a two-cent rate with Cana
da, Cuba and Panama, but for the rest
of the world II is five cents.
For years the business men Of the
United States and England have been
agitating for a reduction of the rate,
as they believed that cheaper postage
would bring about freer intercourse
and would be to the advantage Of trade
on both sides Former postmaster
generals have hesitated to make the
reduction, fearing that 1t would cut
too heavily into the postal revenues,
but Mr.. Meyer is courageous enough
to risk the experiment, and he believes
that the difference will be more than
compensated blythe increased volume
of correspondence.
To the occasional letter writer or
the tourist five cents means nothing,
but to the immigrant writing to the
old folks at home, it means great
deal; II they can write for two cents
instead of five they will use the mails
more frequently. 1t will also lead, it
is believed, to freer use of the mails
by business firms. The rate Of Ave
cents is now almost prohibitive for cir
culars and other printed matter that
it is desired to send in a sealed en-
velope, but at two cents the tax is
not excessive.
The minimum weight of letter as
now will be an ounce.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-06

|%**%@*%@T he impression his bars
T%%E%%% spite however there are
%%%%%*%%%% O
make play the of a crowbar. Hemmed in by
conditions tat be too for them surrounded by obstacles
apparently nsumounab attempting
out OF their predicament assistance eap
a razor
energetic scarcely of hdtydu
ais we have the those reasonable human beings who are pol
itc enough to make a virtue of necessity.
they have other than candle they do not o"
her property universal lighting auI m
opposition carefully hoard little candle uh
the time when they which occasion asserts
its advantageousy would find
making place as
razor; in lieu
The inability opportunities that have been
offered proved serious
handicap the the other hand the kaR OF
being able the humnants the penny
helping the rough road that all must travel to reach @
heights where heights alone may ma
the realization highest aspirations
In attain impossible one looks
them advantage wh
opportunity they is WE'LL II h
unsuitable is by bend
them that there time like the
such achievements
for the arvestwheher profitable an unpo
liable one-depends which today
1t is this that the who makes virtue of necessity has
waiting for better
chance The former be just thoroughly dissatisfied with his present
condition the latter but he does not make lot OF k about IT, "
him the opportunity
he the most of the present
dsagreeabe He his at
cultivate it, Having set for himself
he directs his attentions and faculty that ma
However menial his
makes the OF e ana
himself advantage
wisdom
brings to him.
dscontened with ones lot especially When
To who has not discovered the truth
building the future depends the
tive work that is done today these mena tasks are extremely gas
things the paving stones over
reaches the point
where he the wisdom of making virtue OF o
New York