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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1908-03-06
XIV

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lie ia niGii Tsin. nsir eas
nurfts nitt osiSehen.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1908-03-06

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erfabren.
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toRnte, Der ibn nun in Idnellem 2duf
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3isl Der 5abrt .rpudts.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1908-03-06
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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1908-03-06

SeUlHeHf III letIer 0ertes
beubeit fam auf piiitere Rafe. qls
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muBts, 6aB 7 Announcement Der Glets
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Elm aeiniteiff ni6t ales aus pieIen
bret SbotIu6en MAIDEN!
gm anoern Morgen punt einbat5
3ehn lI6r mlBte elm 9ontroGeur in
Ringoorf nit in ben Waatn Iteiaen.
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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-21
THE "FIXER" OF GOTHAM.
New York East Side Character Has q
Real Mission in Life.

New York East Side Character Has .
Real Mission In Life.
You will not find him mentioned in
the city's charter nor on the pay roll
of Greater New York, but the east side
''f1xer" is an established institution and
is as important In his way as the po-
liceman who samples the wares Of the
pushcart peddler, or as the white robed
street cleaner.
When aliens come to this country,
says the American Hebrew, and are
enmeshed In mountain Of ordinances
and regulations 1t Is obvious that their
lapses from the straight path marked
out for the native must be viewed with
an eye Of softened by kindness.
"This eye Of kindness is the "ixer'
He Is the man who rushes to the rescue
Of the unfortunate wight who has been
caught in the wheels of the law and
who needs a sponsor.
Necessarily the 'fiXer' Is the inti-
mate friend Of the ward heeler, Of the
district leader and necessarily of the
judges of the minor courts. He is usu-
ally bluff, hearty, good-natured and
with genuine love for his fellow
citizens.
"Whea a pushcart peddler is sud
denly made to realize that he Is violat-
ing the law by standing on one spot for
more than the regulation number of
minutes, and he is arrested by the po-
liceman who has been sampling his
beans or his fruit, it Is not a pleasant
situation In which he would find him
self If he had no means of communica-
ting with friends who are friends of
the 'fixer.'
ut Is the 't1xer' who sees the district
leader for him, who appears in court to
say good word for him, who sees the
Judge before the case is called, and
who, If necessary, puts up the bail
to take him out of Jail for the night.
ut must not be supposed that the
'fixer' is a philanthropist. He dlsdains
ethics and civic virtue as the fanatic
mouthing Of the sllk-stocking folk
What he does is done for his own good
"If he does not receive his fee Ii
money he knows he may count upon The
rescued individual for his vote, and d
vote is easily converted into monetary
value. AS the friend of those in dis
tress he becomes an influence in th,
neighborhood, and an army of sucf
friends may lead to political prefer
ment of lasting Importance"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-21
The Remittance Man.

Throughout the west from Cape
Nome to San Diego, stretch long ranks
Of pioneers, building great cities, turn
ing arid deserts into fertile plains, har-
Messing mighty rivers to do mans bid
ding, clearing away primeval forests,
laying the foundation of an empire In
lands where solitude has relgned su-
preme But one figure stands aloof
from the stern-faced, hurrying throng,
unmoved by all their clamor and CON
temptuous of their feverlsh strlvings.
1t Is the Remittance Man.. Here on the
skirmish line of civilization, with the
roar Of battle ringing In his ears, with
men on every side Of him rushing
eagerly into the fray, some to emerge
victorious. some to fall fighting gallant
ly against odds, he remains an only
slightly-interested onlooker. The re-
mittance men in large numbers come
from England and are supported by
money regularly sent to them. They
have left their native lands on account
Of some scandal, or infraction Of the
law, or family disagreement, and form
few ties here.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-21

more minutes. Excited men parade the
aisles, carrying their State banners,
cheering and singing. Finally, when
order is restored, the chairman an
nounces formally the name Of the NOM
inee.
World Knows the News Quickly.
This Is greeted by more cheering and
everybody is happy except the friends
of the defeated. They move to make
the nomination unanimous with for
nal grace that lacks enthusiasm. This
Is done and the band plays. n the
meantime the click Of the telegraph in
strument shows that the news has been
carried to every town and hamlet in
the country. 1t has been cabled to for
eign countries. The rulers Of all ma
tions know within a few minutes after
the nomination who is the prospective
President of the United States.
No matter how long it has taken to
choose nominee for the Presidency,
the whole performance has to be gone
IhIOuSu dSulH hheu IL EOlito " hVih
mating a candidate for the second
place on the ticket. There are not so
many "favorite sons," however, and one
ballot frequently suffices More noise,
more enthusiasm. The convention has
nominated the ticket.
Each State delegation, at one of Its
conferences, has chosen Its candidate
for member of the National Committee.
The election Of this committee Is now
in order. 1t is put through quickly, as
rule, and without hitch. Then reso-
lutlons Of various sorts are passed.
The ticket is named, the convention
passes into history and the battle for
power and patronage begins The dis
trlct delegate goes home. His towns
men congratulate him on his good work
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-21

A college youth is rarely as old as
he talks.
All the worlds a stage, and most OF
us are in the gallery.
The things we turn up our noses at
are the things we can't understand.
girl may make sweeping asser-
tion without knowing how to handle a
broom.
Strawberries come and go, but In
boarding house circles the prune is per.
ennial.
A man has to have a mighty good
disposition to be willing to admit he
hasn't.
Engaging manners are an asset Ii
other circles besides the matrimonial
market.
If woman can't find any other way
to enjoy herself she win do it by hav.
ing the blues.
The reason women have so few bad
habits is they have such queer ideas
of what fun is.
There's nothing makes hlar Sc
proud of his brains as for somebody
else in the family to have them.
L IA girl always has an idea that If she
knew any dukes most of them would
want to marry her.-New York Press.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-21
o~NNN1NNSOOO~

Story of an Amateur PouItrymnn.
About the most sensible (and l
might add, also, the most profitable,
beginning ever saw made in the poul-
try business was by young clerk, VINO
lived in the suburbs Of nearby city.
He sustained severe attack OF the
''hen fever" and, as is the usual occur
renee, became enthused over the "enor-
NOUS profits to be made with poultry.
He did not, however, allow his
enthusiasm to get the best of the bet
ter judgment, and cause him to resign
his clerkship and Immediately embark
In the poultry business on a more or
less extended scale, as has so frequent
ly occurred; but, instead, he held on to
his clerkship, fixed up good, comfort
able little house on back lot, bought
a dozen STANDARDIZED hens and a
rooster al a dollar head, of a neigh
boring fancier, and thus made his
start.
This was early in the spring; during
the spring and summer he furnished
the family table with eggs and chick
ems, and, besides, hatched and raised
something like hundred young chicks.
Out of these he retained twenty-five of
the best pullets for breeders, and, OF
course, at the same time charging his
house room; and so, by the next spring,
we find that his business has, from nat
urai causes, tripled itself, and all this
time our friend has been steadily and
rapidly gaining in practical knowledge
Of the business.
This natural increase continued for
another year or two, and by this time
he had his business so firmly establish
ed on paying basis that he was justi-
fed in buying small farm out at the
edge of town, and then and there be-
coming a full-fedged poultryman, max
ing this his exclusive occupation.
Speaking of profits, he recently told
me that he scarcely managed to meet
expenses the first year, the second
year he slightly more than kept even,
while subsequent years have not failed
to show a nice little sum on the right
side of the ledger.-Outing.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-21
Destroying Pocket Gopher..

The Nebraska Experiment Station
has been investigating the destruction
Of pocket gophers. AS effective and at
the same time inexpensive methods as
can be employed are: Trapping when
done properly and In conformity with
the animals habits; poisoning under
certain restrictions and careful prac-
tices; shooting at certain times and
under some conditions; and lastly the
protection Of the natural enemies Of the
animals 1t is urged that barn owls,
the long-tailed weasels and ballsnakes
especially be spared, since all these ami
mails are particularly noted as enemies
Of pocket gophers wherever they are
found
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-21
Squash Bugs.

The squash bug never lays its eggs
on the stem, unless by accident, but
the under side of the leaves. The eggs
are of dark chestnut color, globular
in form, and exist in clusters. They
may be found by turning up the leaves,
when the eggs may be crushed. An
other insect deposits its eggs on the
stem; this is the borer The larvae,
as soon as hatched, eat into the stem,
and are then difficult to dislodge. One
of the most effectual remedies against
enemies of the squash is solution of
saltpeter, which is prepared by dis.
solving teaspoonful in a quart of
water and sprinkling it over the plant,
though sawdust, saturated with tur-
pentine, is also used on the. ground
around each plant with success.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-21
"cHnDREN's EVANGELIST .
a1i.. camIin, whose work Amons

Miss GamIin, whose Work Among
the Young Is Very Successful.
The Children's Evangelist is the IT,
tie bestowed upon Miss Alice Miriam
Gamlin, of New York, the superintend-
ent of the evangelistic department of
the State Sunday School Association.
She has made a special study of evan
gelistic work among children and has
met with remarkable success. She has
simple but direct methods of reaching
boys and girls. To even the careless
and Indifferent child she seems to be
able to make the truths of the Chris
tian religion attractive. She brings be-
fore the children the beautiful ideals
and the wealth of wisdom which are
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-21
Denntured AIcohol school.

AS result of plans which have
been matured by Secretary James Will
son of the department of agriculture,
there will be established shortly in his
department at Washington denatured
alcohol school. This will include a
small but complete dlstilling outfit, in
Guiding watts, worms, engines and other
necessary apparatus, while 1t win be
the aim of the secretary and his spe-
cialists to give practical demonstra-
tion of what denatured alcohol Is, how
it is made and from what products to
all visitors at Washington who may be
interested in the subject. DR.. H. w.
Wiley, chief chemist Of the depart
ment. has been assigned to the Job.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-21
Experiment station Bulletins.


1t always has been and always will
be true that scientists can but point
the way and practical men must dem
onstrate in a practical way all new
developments along the line of inn
provement in agricultural and breed
Ing problems. Our experiment stations
are doing excellent work and are not
only introducing new ideas, but are
also condemning practices that We're
considered good by those who thought
they were right but had no way of
demonstrating their propositions. Prac-
tical men should be slow to discredit
the work of these institutions and
should work in harmony with them for
the general uplift of the cause which
they are all trying to better. The ac-
cessibility OF the work done at these
stations makes it easy for every one
to keep in close touch with the work
being done. The bulletins issued are
cheerfully sent to all who will apply
for them without cost to the recipient,
so that there is no excuse for any one
not knowing just what is being done
by these Woodworking scientists who
are always glad to spread the news
of new discoveries or new ideas. If
you are not getting these bulletins regu-
larly from your own experiment sta
ton it is your own fault-National
Stockman and Farmer.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-21
Battleneld Logic.

Among the men who served with
Roosevelt's rough riders In Cuba was
a little Dutch Jew, who, according to
the men in his own troop. was "the
very Incarnation OF cool, impudent
bravado in a fight" He was a con.
sistent fatalist
One day he observed commde dodg.
ing spent bullet that had whistled
uncomfortably close to him.
watts de use to todge dem pullets ?,
sang out the little Jew. "Deyl hit You
shust as veil we're you are as we're you
aintr-Eyerybody's Magazine
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-21

The honey produced in the United
States last year would load a string
of freight cars from Chicago to New
York. "This is certainly sweetness long
drawn out"
The heifer calf that is intended for
dairy use should not be given too fat
tening ration. Oats, grass and milk,
with scant ration of shelled corn,
will furnish about what she needs for
her proper development,
The 1900 pound draft horse at three
years old can always be counted on by
the horse raiser as safe and profit.
able proposition. During the past few
years such an animal has been worth
from 10 to - cents per pound.
Some one who has tried it says that
If flour of sulphur is mixed literally
with the seed corn in the planter box
the cutworms will not touch the corn
so treated 1t is certainly an easy and
inexpensive recipe and at least worth
trying.
The colt that is halter broken at the
start and trained and handled as he
grows not only makes a much more
tractable horse at three years old, but
also one that will fetch considerably
higher price on the market because of
this very fact.
When the flock of hens is confined
at close range and no green food is
available, cut green stuff, preferably
lawn cuttings, should be given to them
in generous allowance every day or
| two. The greedlness with which they
devour it not only shows that they
relish it, but that their systems need it
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-21
Tennis Rackets.

What most affects the life of the gut
In a lawn tennis racket is dampness,
says the New York Sun. Nowadays
rackets are strung so tighi that the
strings break with even greater fire.
quency than before. The dea is that
tight gut sends the ball with greater
force from the very tense surface. The
dampness gets right after these very
taut strings. A lawn tennis man was
explaining recently what precautions
have to be taken in sending rackets
abroad:
"When first we began to send them
to Bermuda, for instance" he said,
I'VE put them merely in waterproof
covers. Greatly to our surprise we
learned that the entire first shipment
had arrived with strings broken. We
tried the same packing again, with the
same result.
"Then we realized what was the
trouble and packed the rackets in tin
boxes. Each box was carefully soldered
up and that made them alright and
damp proof"
The lawn tennis man explained
new wrinkle Of players. At the end
Of season some of them have all the
gut cut out Of a favorlte racket. This
Is done because If the gut were left in
a string might break in the winter and
put the strain all on the side of the
frame. warping 1t.
"with favorite racket they think
1t better to pay for restringing them
than to run those chances" said he
at doesn't hurt racket to restrina
lt; really 1t helps and improves it"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-21

ing illustration
The nest is made of wire and is sup
ported in a suitable housing, both OF
which can be removed from the chicken
house when cleaning is necessary.
When thus removed they can be con-
veniently placed in a suitable recep-
tacle containing boiling water and
thoroughly cleansed of all impurities
and undesirable insects.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-21

one time and presents the smallest
possible space for filth to enter. The
round coneshaped top prevents the
fowls roosting upon it. 1t may be fixed
ON platform high enough to prevent
the litter being rescratched into it.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-21
Harvesting At Right Time.

Pick vegetables with the dew on
they are superior to those picked In the
hot sun. Beans, however, must be
picked when dry; If vines or fruit are
handled when wet they viii rust. The
following are better picked before full
sized; String beans, beets. carrots.
corn, cucumbers, peas, radishes and
squash. Don't allow seed to ripen OF
the plants or theY win stop bearing.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-21

extended to the
poultry yard. The
Industrious hen is
to be provided
with a sanitary
nest which can be
readily W a S h e d
and scrubbed as
occasion demands.
This recent devel-
opment is shown
in the apcOmnanv-
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-21
Water PANS Cor Poultry.

In the construction of water pan
for poultry some provision should be
made to keep out dust and litter. The
forms shown in the illustration permits
fowls to drink from different sides at
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-21

them.
Miss Gamlin is a native Of Worces
ter, Mass, and went through course
Of thorough training to fit her for the
work in which she is engaged Five
of her seven years in this branch of re-
ligious work have been spent in New
York All during the summer season
she conducts meetings in the metropolis
in tents, which seat from 300 to 500.
She is a woman of great natural abil-
ity and of wonderful personal magnet
ism.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-21
sanitary PouItry Nest.

The present-day tendency to employ
sanitary measures in the dairy, the
stable. the doghouse, ETC., has at last
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-21

Small yards for hogs require very
tight fences either Of boards or wire.
The plan shows cedar posts set less
than eight feet apart. At the top aud
bottom are two by six inch planks set
into the posts and there are seven lat
ernl wires
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-21

Even an empty headed man is caps
bic of getting full
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-21
MANAGING A NATIONAL
POLITICAL CONVENTION
Slight Variation in the Procedure Between
Republicans and Democrats.
Great Power Welded Vigorously by the National Committee
Preliminary the Gathering Handful of Leaders Control
Machinery, Nominations and Platform

adjournment, usually until the next
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-16
HAMKEYEs
In the District Court.

The trial jurors for the term were
excused this morning until next Mon
day morning. as there are no more
jury cases ready for trial this week.
A number were assigned that for vari-
Gus reasons could not be reached.
Mrs. Emma Hoeck was given judg-
ment of S400 against I. F.. Andrews.
now of Minneapolis. The case grew
out of a restaurant partnership. in
which Mrs Andrews and Mrs. Hoeck
We're partners
The jury in the case of II. J. Mich
OILS VS.. Joseph Walker and Bert Pal
mer returned verdict at o'clock
Wednesday night. The verdict was
for Frank Beeson, who was an inter-
venor in the case. he having alleged
ownership of the machinery Nichols
traded to the defendants for the
horse. The jury fixed the amount Bee
son should recover at $40. Nothing
was allowed for damages.
Judge Parker gave decision in the
case of w E. Davis VS.. f. Il. Hartman.
The decision was in favor of Davis
and w. f.. Smith. The suit was
brought on chatte mortgage on live
stock, against which Smith claimed to
have lien for pasturage.