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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-04-20
False Report on Mount Jackson

Quite an interesting little joke at
the expense of Mount Jackson, a
lovely town in Shenandoah. is told
by the Harrisonburg News. The
joke is also on the Richmond Viz
gilman, the new dry" daily.
1t seems that Mount jackson had
an election lat week to decide
whether the town should install a
$15, 900 water system. The election
determined the question Affirmative
ly by most decisive majority.
The correspondent who sent out
the story of the election referred to
the advocates of the water works as
"wets" and to the opponents as
"drys.
The Richmond paper publishing
the itemTwrote headlines that car.
ried the idea that a wet and dry
election on the liquor question had
been held, and that the "wets" had
won. This item was reprinted in
other papers from the Richmond
paper, and gained circulation all
over the State.
AS matter Of fact Mount Jack.
son has been dry" so far as liq,
uor is concerned. for ten or twelve
years. and is said to be liable to re.
main dry for years to come.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-04-20
THE CALL OF THE FARM
Many Conveniences Make Rural
Life Attractive
CITY MEN ANSWERING CALL
Good Roads and Improved Schools
Resultant Causes

Perhaps one Of the most impor-
tant movements inaugurated re-
Gently, is the "back-to- the-farm.
and how to improve conditions OF
country life movement
We are firmly con vinced there
are more dissatisfied people in the
cities than in the rural districts
among the adults.
You will rarely meet city man,
ho. when he opens up to you in
confidence, will not say his ambition
is to save enough to buy little
country place, while the man of years
who has lived on farm, rarely de-
sires city life.
1t is the younger generation Of
the country that is being lured away
from the farm by the glare and
glimmer of better rainment, more
leisure, less hardship and more
social advantages, while the city
man, weary Of the maelstrom of
strenuous commercialism. looks
longingly to the green fields and
hills and dales, yet breads the bad
roads, poor schools and limited
social intercourse.
First and foremost in the work
OF making country life more pleas
ant and attractive must be improve
ment Of the public highways. This
will bring neighbors into closer re-
lationship and promote social inter-
course. With good vehicles, and
smooth. hard roads, persons living
ten miles apart are nearer to each
other than peighbors having between
them a distance of not more than q
mile or two, but hardly able to ex-
change visits during certain seasons
of the year because OF impossible
roads.
With good school houses and good
roads, there will be neighborhood
meeting places which will bring
the young people together in a way
to relieve much of the tedium oil
life to them, and the rural mail and
telephone will put them in closer
touch with urban communities and
the outside world.
Better farm houses and more at
tention to the comforts of the home
surroundings, more flowers and
ornamental plants in the yard, and
a greater variety OF vegetables in
the garden will help to beautify the
home and improve the table, and all
this will help to make country life
more attractive, but still more will
be the stimulus of intelligent farm
ing in which the young men of the
farm strive to ontdo each other in
increasing the productivity of the
soil, in che variety and excellence
Of their products and in the general
results of their achievements.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-04-20
few SALOONS IN SOUTH
Four-Fifths of Sixteen States Is
Unlicensed Territory
ANTI-SAL00N LEAGUES WORK
Demands Law Forbidding Ship
meDt into Dry Territory

meDt into Dry Territory
Following are portions OF the
statements adopted at the confer
ence of the superintendent and
field workers of the Anti Saloon
League, OF the Southern States, as
sembled at Atlanta, Ga, April 1st
to 4th, 1910, and were ordered by
the conference to be printed and
given general circulation through
out the Southern States.
The development of public sent
iment 10 our beloved Southland has
reached the stage at which the sa-
LOON is recognized as q curse to the
individual, and as a menace to
society. This sentiment has been
crystAlizei into law and in 80 per
cent of the our Southern territory
the liquor traffic has been branded
as a criminal. OF the 1926 counties
in the 16 Southern States Lie have
no legalized saloons and there are
net as many saloons in the entire
territory south of Mason and Dix
on's line as there are in the single
city of Chicago.
Having wrought this tremend-
Gus revolution and having convict
ed the saloon as a criminal at the
bar of public opinion, and having
embodied that conviction into law.
many of our people have been in
clined to think that the victory is
won and have settled down in finan-
cial security. But to rest now
will be fatal to our cause. The war
is not over, the battle is still rag
ing and the liquor traffic, while
sorely wounded is not dead. The
great liquor trusts have tremendous
resources They do not propose tc
surrender thu trade of the great
South and from thei, strongholds in
the great cities they are directing
the fight in desperate effort to re-
gain what they have lost.
The South is face to face today
with an organized c~mpaign of law
lessness on the part OF the liquor
traffic. This monster is neither
ashamed nor afraid to declare that
it will not obey the law, chat it will
continue to do business in spite o.
the law. 1t stops at nothing, II
buys policemen and councilmen and
judges on the bench. 1t offers
brides of various kinds to Statt
officials from governors down L
constables. 1t buys outright, or i
subsidies by large advertisement.
many prominent newspaper.
through whose editorial and new.
columns it carries on it's warfare.
employs brilliant writer's, who pre-
pare imaginary interviews ant
fake" news items and editoria
comments to discredit the workinl
vi ~ dttdCkS
methods and motives of Temperance
workers, originates and through
subsidized press circulates SANDER
concerning them in an effort to des
troy their influence with the people
1t is thoroughly desperate and IN
principled, neither character no
life itself is sacred in it's eyes.
In carrying on its campaign G
notification, we regret to b
obliged to state that the most DO
tent ally of the liquor traffic is tn
United States law, which allows tn
flooding of dry territory with liq
uOr from wet territory, under tn
protection of the interstate com
MERGE law. 1t is matter of prim
Importance that each State be mad
entirely independent in the exer
else of it's power.
Jefferson's Immortality
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-04-20

Mrs. LaSalle Corbell Pickett.
widow of th.on eayd1ajor General
George E. Pic, ~. who led the
charge on the third day at Gettys-
burg,is making her vaudeville debut
in Boston at Keith's Theatsr this
week. Her description of this the
gra,>sst charge in military history,
is Jsicularly fascinating, more so
perhaps in that it is rather novelty
on the vaudeville stage.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-04-20

Ohio capitalists who own $4,000
acres Of Dismal Swamp land in Vir-
ginia and North Carolina, are pre-
pairing to dig fifty miles of canals
for draining the land, which is to
be used for tr ucking purposes.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-03-18
Breeding Swine.

In breeding swine or live stock OF
any kind the breeder should have a
well defined object in view, point to-
ward which to work, type, an ideal.
If you will, well fixed in his mind.
All hogs of the same breed are not
alike, and 1t Is this fact that makes
improvement of any breed possible.
There are different types of the same
breed for the breeder to select from,
and the intelligence and Judgment used
in the selection of the animals re-
served for breeders will sooner or later
demonstrate the success or failure of
the breeder. OF course, methods of
feeding and care cut an important fig
ure. Many men who are good feeders
Of swine are very poor breeders, but
few good breeders are poor feeders
The tendency of all our improved
animals is to revert backward toward
the original type, and in the case of
swine 1t should be borne in mind that
while there Is no stock that can be so
rapidly improved by judicious selec
tion, care and feed, there is none that
will degenerate so quickly under neg
lect.-Kansas Farmer.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-03-18

PeIIagra.

The dreaded disease called pellagra
IS common in Northern Italy, in the
south of France, in Spain and in coun-
tries further east in Southern Europe.
1t begins with an eruption on the skin.
which breaks out In spring, continues
till autumn and disappears in winter.
1t affects those parts Of the surface
which are always exposed to the sun
and the air The disease Is accompa-
MED or preceded by remarkable lassi-
tude. melancholy, moroseness, hypo-
chondriasis and not seldom by suicidal
mania. With its progress and duration
the disorder becomes more aggravated,
with shorter and shorter intervals in
winter. At length the surface ceases
to clear itself, and becomes perma-
nently enveloped In thick, livid, lep-
rous crust, somewhat resembling the
dried and black skin of fish. BY this
time the vital powers are reduced to q
very low ebb, and not seldom the in
tellectual functions as we'll. The vic
tim loses the use Of his limbs, espe-
cially of the palms and soles, torment
ing the victim day and night. To
these severe Affections are often added
strange hallucinations. The disease,
when advanced, takes the form OF
many other maladies, such as tetanus.
convulsions, epilepsy, dropsy, mania
and marasmus, the patient being at
last reduced to the appearance of q
mummy. 1t is mainly confined to the
poor residing in the country districts,
and is seldom seen in very young chill
dren. The cause of the disease IL
traced to the eating of altered maize,
in which putrefaction occurs during
the warm season.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-03-18

When cattle were raised on the
range a good set OF horns was neces-
sary for protection. An all-wise crea-
tor put them there for that purpose
On the farm COW or a steer Is not
in need of horns. Breeders are breed
ing them Off very rapidly. Even the
long-horned Hereford has a polled
strain now, and 1t Is predicted by
many that within twenty-five years a
horned animal of the bovine race will
be a curiosity. On the other hand, ad-
vocates of horns say the hornless
strain Of every horned breed Is under.
sized. and until 1t can come up to those
that have horns In size and weight
people will want the horned cattle Of
both shorthorn and Hereford breeds
However, there is no reason for leav-
ing the horns on after they are there,
The time to take them on Is when the
animal Is young. and the way to do It
Is with any Of the prepared horn kill
ers. But take them OF with the saw
rather than let them go. 1t Is more
humane to do It than not to do it,
Farmers Mall ann Breeze
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-03-18
Eve and the Apple.

Princess Duleep Singh at a dinner
In New York said that she found the
American woman marvel of beauty
and the American man a model of
good looks and kindness.
THE American man." said the
charming princess. is rightly held up
to the world as the pattern husband.
In Europe they have a saying about
Eve and the apple which shows how
wretched failure the European hus-
band is. This saying is unknown in
America, am sure It would have
no point. no application. here In the
land Of pattern husbands. The say-
ing is this: The evil one didn't give
the apple 10 the man. but to the wom-
an, because the evil one knew well
that the man would eat 1t all himself.
but the woman would go halves"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-03-18

l have noticed one thing in partic
ular while travelling In some of our
best agricultural states, and that is,
when | see number Of well dressed
farmers discussing beef and milk ra-
tions, feeding young animals for a
healthy development, nitrogen, potas-
sium and phosphorus and their runc-
tions in plant growth and protein and
carbohydrates and their functions In
animal growth, am invariably In a
prosperous and up-to-date community.
Now, the question is, do the best and
most intelligent farmers read their
bulletins and keep In touch with their
station workers and read the agri-
cultural press, or does the reading of
these bulletins and agricultural papers
make more intelligent farmers? 1t Is
one or the other considered from either
standpoint. for these bulletins and
agricultural papers are not read by the
poor and uneducated class of farmers,
neither do they circulate as freely
among the poorer farmers as they do
among the farmers in the better agrl-
cultural communities. Agricultural
Epitomist.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-03-18
HINTS FOR BERLIN rRAus.

| EIaDtacIxs and Pumpkin Pies to "a
Made mt Exposition Next Year.
The American woman in all her
glory is to be shown at Berlin's Amer
can exposition in 1910. Preliminary
ARRANGEMENTS for such an exhibit have
Just been made by Mrs. Norma knu-
pfel-Lutge, who, despite her Teutonic
name, is a native-born American, hav-
ing Just left New York to take up her
residence in Berlin, the New YORK
Times correspondent says. She is well
known in managerial capacity in the
United States through her connection
with important musical enterprises.
The celebrated Leipzig Philharmonic
orchestra, under the conductorship OF
Hans Winterstein, toured the country
in 1900 under Mrs. Knupfel-Lutge's di-
rection, and Daniel Frohman intrust-
ed Kubelik's first tour of America to
her hands a few years later.
Mrs. Knupfel-Lutge's plan is to ex-
hibit feminine America to Germany
from all sides, but particularly in the
home, in order to show that the haus-
frau fourishes in the United States,
too. She has proposed to transplant
interiors of model dwellings repre-
senting every stratum of Yankee WON.
ankind, from the working woman to
the society queen. Characteristic
American kitchens will be seen In the
act of turning out such world-famous
specialties as fap-jacks, corned-beef
hash, pumpkin pies and other things
mother used to make.
Special attention will also be be-
slowed on American feminine toggery,
which is SO admired by German and
other European women.
The department in short is to be a
composite of things which make
American women, in the estimation
of their husbands, the best housekeep-
ers and the best dressers and, all
around, the best women In the world.
The promoters of the exposition well
come Mrs. Knupfel-Lutge's project en-
Enthusiastically and promise to devote
to the department enough space to
make it one of the prime attractions
Of the show. If the management car
ries out its purpose of having bevy
of typical Gibson girls recruited from
various sections of this country to pre-
side over the department, the success
of the enterprise is assured beyond the
question of doubt Maj. Carson.
chief of the bureau of manufactures Of
the United States department Of COM
merce and labor, sends word that the
department is doing its utmost to In
terest American merchants and manu-
facturers in the Berlin show.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-03-18

do to retain his desperate clutch and
work himself up.
He reached the cross pieces, and
perching himself securely raised his ak
in both hands and struck furious
blow, which was followed Immediately
by scraping buzz, as the wire he had
severed slid over to the beams and
fell to the ground.
Then 1t was that Jim recognized the
shrewdness and utility of Pete's act,
for the other end of the wire was fas-
tened to the roof of the burning build
ing directly above the window at
which the imperiled men stood, and as
soon as it was severed it fell within
their reach. ~
A great cry Of joy went up from the
vast throng below as the men grasped
their ,improvised fire-escape and de-
scended in turn; but above 1t rose a
shrill wall of mortal agony.
Help, boss! help! rs dun goin' to
fall"
The flames had burst through one of
the windows, and were darting far
across the street and beating upon
poor Pete In his defenceless position.
He could not move nor attempt to de-
scend. 1t was all he was able to do to
keep his hold upon the hot beams.
Realizing that his nerveless fingers
would soon be powerless to sustain
him, he cried aloud In his anguish to.
the only being in that great crowd up
on whom he could call.
AS that desperate, appealing cry
reached his ears, Bib jim deserted his.
beloved No. 20" and sprang toward
Pete's lofty perch. Right and left the
big fireman elbowed his way through
the crowd, knocking gaping men hith.
er and thither like so many tenpins.
But he was too late! Poor Pete hung
on as long as he could, and then, with
a slight quiver of the body, the scorch-
ed and blistered fingers relaxed their
hold, and the little hero fell to the
pavement.
Jim raised the limp form tenderly
in his strong arms.
pete. Pete, my brave little fire.
mani" he murmured, chokingly, as he
pressed his lips to the black face.
AT the word fireman. coupled with
his own name by the gruff and tender
voice whose owner had given Black
Pete the only friendship he had ever
known, the boys eyes opened dreamily
and rested for moment on his big
friend. A smile OF recognition flashed
over his features.
80 dey won't take no cullud dri-
vahs, boss" he muttered, aDsently.
We'll. Is done de best could, any.
how" And with sigh of satisfaction
at this thought, mixed with regret
though 1t was, his eyes closed once
more. to open again where even Black
Pete would be of some account" and
where mo. 20" would not be the realt
zation of his highest admiration.
verley Magazine,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-03-18
Jim's Vagrant
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The FURNISHED mountings and metal
surfaces of mo. 20" glistened and
sparkled as the sums rays crept lazily
into the engine house and fell in a
golden shower upon the beautiful mon
ster But In spite of this the keen and
practiced eye of BIN Jim detected a
blue on one of the brass levers, and,
fetching his chamois skins, he set to
work with will to remove this dis
graceful blemish; for not speck
would be allowed upon his beloved ma
chine.
mo. 20" was conceded to be the
finest machine of Its kind in the city;
and Big Jim, as he was universally
known, was acknowledged to be the
tallest man and the best driver In the
whole fire department. Many times he
had been complimented by the district
engineers, and on one occasion he and
his engine rendered such signal SER
vice that the mayor Of the town sent
him personal note of thanks. That
note Jim carried constantly with him,
and would not have given away for
any consideration
Strange to say, there was no envy of
Jim or his engine. All who knew him
loved and respected him; and Big Jim
was the pride, and mo. 20" the pet of
the entire department.
For the last hour Jim had noticed
little negro standing on the opposite
side Of the street and gazing into the
engine house with evident interest.
While the fireman piled his chamois,
the lad grew bolder, and, crossing the
street, stood timidly In the doorway.
The day was far from sultry; and Jim
gazed at the boys bare feet and thin,
ragged clothing, feeling of profound
pity stole into his heart.
you should not be without your
shoes, my lad" he said, kindly, in his
deep, gruff voice.
"Haln't got no shoes, boss"
Jim gazed askance at the black ur.
chin.
Where are your parents?"
Dunno. Neber had none"
But surely you have some relatives
or friends"
Dunno what yer means by relatives,
boss; but | hain't got no friends Any.
how" he added, pathetically, as though
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-03-18

There Is nothing quite so good as
fine brush to catch and hold soil wash
Where small trees are used to I'LL a
gully the top of the tree should DC
placed toward the head Of the gully, SO
that all soil and trash coming down
will be caught In the forks of the
branches. If the tree is placed in the
opposite direction the descending trash
will slip more easily by and over j
For the same reason, in filling gully
with brush and branches, the tops OF
the brush should be placed upstream.
Where gullies have been formed dur
ing the summer by soil washing IT Is
well to fill them as early as possible ID
the fall while the leaves are still On
the brush with which they are f1lled.
When they are filled early and before
the leaves of the trees have fallen,
many leaves, as well as grass ana
weeds that may be blown about the
fields by fall and winter winds VIII pe
caught in the brush to decay, VIII
help fill and will form good soil. Ihe
brush itself will decay in a year OF
two, so that when the gully Is filled II
cannot only be plowed over. but VIII
become the best soil. Never I'LL q
gully with soil, unless some brush or
similar material is put in the bottom
to hold the soil.
In mending steep place In the road
side, briers, brush and all fence row
mowings make good material to lay
down to place the dirt upon. II rocks
are available it is best to first lay
brush In the place to be filed, then
place the rocks upon the brush, and
last the dirt upon the rocks and brush.
These will hold and bind the dirt until
it becomes settled and firm, and 1t VIII
be less subject to washing and being
cut up by travel in wet weather.
Never burn bit of brush on the place,
but put 1t to some good use.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-03-18

the fact had been impressed upon him
until he had become thoroughly con-
vinced OF Its truth, rs no count, no.
how. / Is, so 1t DON make no diff'ence."
Jim's upllfted hand paused in mid
air as he heard this remarkable state.
ment.
Whats your name?" he inquired.
BLACK Pete answered the boy, sim
ply
But what's your last manner"
"Hain't kot no NOAH names, boss :"
How old are your"
Dunno"
Jim gazed In blank astonishment at
his new acquaintance. the like Of whom
he had never before met
Say. boss. said Pete, and his voice
dropped to whisper. and his eyes
glistened as he gazed In undlsgulsed
admiration at the engine. "is you the
drivah OBJ dis yere inglneY"
Jim nodded,
Pete gazed with such evident awe
and reverence upon mo, 20" that Jim's
big heart was completely won.
We'll, Pete" he said, a few minutes
later. Il guess I'll have to leave YOU.
It's time was attending to my sun.
per, BY the way" he added, III you
have no friends. where do you get your
meals?"
"Oh, | gets EN- best way kin, boss:
and when can't git muffin, does with.
,ut." was the phllosophic reply.
what are you going to do to-nlshtY"
Cant have muffin tonight. Hain't
got no money, and don know where
to &c"
Look here" said Jim. and the grufr
voice grew a little softer, you wait
here minute" and he disappeared
Soon he returned with package
which he handed to Pete.
There" he said, I've divided nv
supper with you, Pete. Now tell me
where you're going to stay tonight"
Dunno, boss, Had a good place up
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Stick to the FnrmI
stick to the farm" says the President
To the wide-eyed farmer boy.
Then he hies him back to the White
House home,
With its air of rustic JOY.
"Stick to the farm" says the railroad
king
To the lad who looks afar,
Then hikes him back on the double
quick
To his rustic private car.
Stick to the farm" says the clergy
To the youth on the worm fence
perch,
Then he lays his ear to the ground to
hear
A call to a city church.
Stick to the farm" says the doctor
wise
To those who would break the rut,
Then hies him where the appendix
grows
In bountiful crops to cut.
Z -McLandburgh Wilson in New York
Sun.