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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-01-12
How to Address Government Offiicia

incorrect to address him as "Mr. Sec
retary," which title is reserved for his
chief. Likewise it is decidedly bad
form to address or speak of the wife
of any public official including the
title of her husband. The wife of the
president is always addressed as Mrs.
Taft, for instance, and not as Mrs.
PRESIDENT" nor is the wife of sena-
tor MRS. Senator Black" nor the wife
of an army official MRS. Gen. Blank"
Suel women in Washington are known
and addressed as MRS. Blank"
A list of titles which 1t is proper to
use in Washington in personal inter.
course is as follows: e
The president-"Mr. President"
The vice-president-"Mr Vice-Presi-
dent" =
Members Of the cabinet
Secretaries Of state, treasury, war,
navy, interior, agriculture and coE1nerca
and labor-"Mr. Secretary"
The attorney general"Mr. Attorney
General"
The postmaster general-'Air. Postmas-
ter General
An ambassador-"Mr. Ambassador. or
"Your Excellency."
A minister-'Mr Minister
All other members of the dir.ead alto
corps. unless they have titles-"Mr, &C.,"
The chief justice of the supreme ce;d't-
''Mr. Chief JUSTICE
Associate justices-"Mr. JUSTICE
United States senator-'Senator.'
General, major general, brigadier Gen
eral-"General"
Colonel and lieutenant coloncl-"Col-
onel'
Majors and captains are given 9heir re-
spective titles All officers of Sic tank
below the line of captain are addressed
as ''Mr. -.'' Officers of the metical de-
partment below the rank Of captain are
addressed as Doctor"
Admiral and rear admira1-"A dmiral"
Commodores, captains and commanders
are addressed by their respective titles.
Recently the state department has
promulgated an order that all CORE
spondence addressed to the secretary
of state shall read, "The Honorable,
The Secretary Of State"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-01-12
Some Philosophy Drawn Out by Pro-
posed English Law.

Some Philosophy Drawn Out, by Pro-
posed English Law.
To make divorce easier is the object
of a thoughtful and rather influential
English society. 1t declares that there
are, in Great Britain, a hundred thou
sand unhappy copules who wohld at
once seek divorce if the law permitted
which condition it appears to regard
as a stuff cient reason for permissive
law.
Probably the Englishmen have been
reading the Declaration of Independ-
ence, "Ghosts," when We Dead
Awake" and other immoral philosophy,
from which they have absorbed the
singular notion that people have some
sort Of right to be happy.
Neither Jefferson nor 1bsen, we may
point out, actually went so far. The
American philosopher specifically linn.
tied the right to pursuing happiness
maraly; he said nothing at all about
oyertsktng it; while the great Nor
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-01-12
Three Cornered Jar for Weather Man

panama if they say it's going t.
snow"
"At my home" interjected the third
member of the group, my wife has a
standing order with our confectioner
to send up ice cream whenever lie
sees the cold wave flag flying"
The mild-looking man with the
twinkling brown eyes said nothing.
They were all strangers to one an
other The three who had spoken
were on thier way to New York. At
Harrisburg the. mild man with the
brown eyes arose, gathered up his
baggage and, bowling to the group
produced three visiting cards. He dis.
tributed them and, smiling, took an
abrupt departure. Then the others
looked at the cards. They read:
willis L. Moore, Chief of the.
Weather Bureau. Washington, D. Co.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-01-12

invoking the Law.
Ayker-Where are you going in such
q hurry, old man?
Pyker-I'm going to consult law.
yer about having my wife indicted for
making incendiary speeches.
Hyker-Do you mean it?
Pyker-Yes,-I do. Size insists on
M getting up and starting q fire every
nRrntng. Il :: 81 s4>s i
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-01-12

ftEUNNY organization, this weather
I bureau of ours!" exclaimed a
member of group of four in the
smoking compartment OLA Pennsyl-
vania train bound east from Chicago.
II see it predicts general rains for to-
day." and he held the paper sideways
to dodge the glare of a brilliant In
dian summer sun.
"Yes," said the man on the sofa. II
always take my rain coat when they
promise fair weather and wear 4
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-01-12

Henry Holbrook had not only sent
me away as ignorant as I had come,
but had added considerably to my per-
plexities.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-01-12

To love a good woman Is liberal
education. To love lady Of fashion
is q commercial cation.-Ls slie'a
Weekly. s.. q.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-01-12
Others Did, Also.

Others Did, Also.
The charge Is brought that George.
Washington ate with his knife. OF.
course he did. Washington was not
In all respects ahead Of his time.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-01-12
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ILLUSTRATIONS BY
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SYNOPSIS.

Miss Patricia 1IolbIook and Miss Helen
Holbrook, her niece. were entrusted to
the care of Laurence Donovan, a writer,
PATRICIA confided to Donovan that she
feared her brother Henry, who, ruined by
: bank failure. had constantly threatened
which Miss Patricia was guardian They
game to Port Annandale to escape Henry
Donovan sympathized with the two
women. He learned Of Miss Helens an
noying sutton. Donovan discovered and
captured an intruder, who proved to be
Reginald Gillespie, sultor for the hand Of
Miss Helen Holbrook. Gillespie disap-
.ailor appeared and was ordered away.
Donovan saw Miss Holbrook and her IA
Their meet on friendly terms. Donovan
man he supposed was Holbrook, but who
sa1d he was Hartridge. q canoe-maker.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-03-25
A practical pemon.tratlon.

''The best way to study nature is tc
go right to It,"
Il suppose So"
"0h, know 1t. I was once disposed
to doubt the industry OF the ant, Of
which SO much Is said"
And you learned better?"
II did. l had controversy with a
naturalist over the question, and
thought l had him beaten until he
gave me a demonstration"
Took you out and showed you the
ants at work, did he?"
We'll, not exactly that, but he took
me along on one of his scientific expe-
ditions and then maliciously pitched
my tent over an ant hill. BY the time
discovered what was happening the
conviction was forced upon me that
ants are really and truly Industrious.
They are small, but they made me
move, and some of them went right
along with US to the next camping
place. New York Times.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-03-25
rreventrng diseases.

The poultry papers are flooded with
letters asking remedies for fowl dis.
eases. Many of the letters may be
read between the lines and give a
story of conditions which should not
exist. Nearly all poultry ailments are
preventable II few simple rules are
observed.
Plenty of grit is necessary. 1t may
be placed in the water, in which char
coal should be also be placed. The wa
ter must be clean, and IL allowed to
accumulate, the droppings from the
fowls is most prolific breeder Of dis
ease germs.
The henhouses must be well ven
tilated and dry at all times. Drafts
and damp floors claim a heavy toll.
Impure food and soured mashes
cause Inflammation and other diseases
of the digestive organs. Any chickens
showing symptoms of an unhealthy
condition should be at once Isolated
from the flock. Better care can be
given 1t, and the danger of injecting
other fowls is removed. Farm and
Ranch.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-03-25
About Exe-GIasses.

1t is hard to realize what our an.
cestors did without the help Of specta.
cles. The first mentioned Of them
seems to be towards the end Of the
thirteenth Gentry, when convex spec
tacles were invented-it is supposed
by Roger Bason. Concave glasses
were introduced soon afterward, but
the Spectacle Makers company OF
London was not incorporated until
1880. 1t seems that the ancients knew
nothing of these aids of vision; and 1t
is more than likely that Homer and
even Milton might have been spared
their blindness had they understood
the use of powerful lens. Eyeglasses
came In much later, when the spec
tacles were considered too cumbersome
for fashionable wear; and longnettes
came even later, when great ladies
wished an ornamental case for their
eyeglasses. The eyeglasses of to-day
fit on the nose with spring-for-
merly they were held in place with
the hand.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-03-25
To Combat Mail Order Houses,

To Combat Mail Order Houses.
Don't blame people for buying goods
| from the mail-order houses. Don't i'm
agine that the average citizen is goini
to be moved by any great patriotic
impulse to trade at home simply to ben
eft the community. The fact Is that
the average man Is already feeling q
little grouchy at the high prices of al
most everything, and If he can find
some way to buy his goods, wares and
merchandise little cheaper by send
ing away for them, he will probably
send. OF course he is likely to be
fooled. He Is likely to get inferior
goods, and all that, but what's the diff
ference, If he sends away? The money
is gone, and won't come back.
The place to head off on the mail
order buying is before 1t starts. And
the way to head 1t off is to convince
people that they can actually do better
by trading at home. 1t can be done,
but 1t takes some exercise OF brains.
Whenever clever antagonist Is using
brains to devise schemes to get the
best of you in some way, whether It
is in game of chess, a battle for
blood, or a fight for business, it be,
comes necessary for you to use brains,
too, or he will 'get" you The mail.
order house is using brains In its ad'
yertising. In order to meet that sort
of competition you, too, must use
brains. You must study your adver.
Using; plan 1t out carefully to meet
the exact conditions which are present
ed. Make your advertising with this
point in view; to convince prospective
customers that you can sell them bet
ter goods at better prices than anyone
else.
If these mail-order advertisements
are sufficiently convincing, II they
make people believe that they can get
goods cheaper by sending away, the
money will go, and no amount OF high
sounding argument about patronizing
home Industries will do any good. The
merchant himself buys where he can
get goods cheapest and the customer
will certainly do the same.
The way to meet such competition Ia
to study their advertising. Make your
advertising readable. Give the custom.
er square deal. Do not pretend to-
be selling goods at loss. You are en-,
titled to profit and the customer has
sense enough to know 1t. Make your
profit reasonable one, advertise your
prices, and deliver the goods as adver.
tised, and the customer will In most
cases be satisfied The customer would
rather trade at home than send his
money away. but he viii not sacrifice
his own welfare to do so. and you
wouldn't do 1t yourself Merchants
Journal.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-03-25

Bolivia Is famous for its silver, bu.
also possesses considerable quantities
Of gold, which. however. cannot be
extracted without great expense. In
the seventeenth century an Indian
near the town OF La Pas found mass
OF native gold. supposed to have been
detached from the neighboring noun.
tain by lightning. Bolivia Is, on the
whole. in q backward condition. polit.
lcal changes and internal conflicts
having hindered the development Of
its natural wealth.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-03-25
better Breeding Each T,m..

No line Of breeding requires more
thought and study than horse breed
Ing This Is why so many fail In pro-
ducing the highest types. One of the
essentials is knowing the type OF sire
to breed the mare to. Many farmers
will breed light mare to a heavy
horse or the very opposite, and the re-
suit Is nothing tangible in the way of
Improvement Every farmer should
know what kind of an animal he has
and be able to select a sire to breed
her to that will give an improved off
spring. With a proper selection made
here the remainder will be easy.
1t is well to note at the outset that
no horse is absolutely perfect. Every
animal has some defect, be II large
or small The defects In the mare
should therefore be carefully noted,
and the sire selected should be espe-
cially strong In the weak points the
mare may have. 1t should be hardly
necessary to mention that 1t is never
a good plan to cross breeds To make
a success of the business the horse
breeder must select one breed and
stick to 1t.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-03-25
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A movement has been started In 81.
Paul, Mimi, for the formation of
pipe trades council.
The Alabama State Federation adj
vocates the establishment of nation
al tuberculosis sanatorium.
According to the last available fig-
ures, those of 1907, Denmark had
trade union membership of 109,914.
Oklahoma City has started move-
ment to get the convention of the In
ternational Typographical Union In
1912.
Steps have been taken looking to the
formation of State organization of
bricklayers and stone masons in Min-
nesota.
Short time notices have been posted
in the locomotive industry at Horwich.
England where FIVE thousand men are
employed.
Boston (Mass.) boiler makers have
unanimously rejected the terms pro-
posed for their return to the A. r. Of
L. international fold.
For the two-year period ending June
30. the International Association OF
Machinists paid strike benefits
amounting to s612,S965o.
deadlock has occurred in the South
Derbyshire (England) pottery trade
with regard to the revised scale OF
payments to the sanitary pressers.
The Swedish government has inter-
yened to settle the dispute which was
the cause of the general strike in
Stockholm Arbitrators have been ap-
pointed for this purpose. and to draft
regulations for settlement of future
disputes.
The journeymen bakers Of Paris.
France. and suburbs have issued. an
appeal to the public to boycott all bak-
cries where Sunday work Is stiIl car
ried on.
The master tailors' organization Of
London. England. is considering the
advisability of forming strong trade
union In order to protect their inter-
ests under the trades boards bill
New England cigarmakers' unions
win undertake vigorous label cam-
paign In Vermont. and the most par
ticular attention will be paid to Rut-
lana and vicinity.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-03-25
To simplify Sugar Beet Culture.

The Department of Agriculture is
experimenting with view to obtain
Ing a single germ beet seed. Last
years investigations were successful
In increasing the percentage of the
single germ seed to so per cent, as
compared to 26 per cent for the year
previous. BY methods of selection
from single-seed plants this percent
age may be still further increased.
The ultimate establishment Of sim
gle germ beet will revolutionize sugar
beet growing, since the several sprouts
sent up by the ordinary seed, all Of
which must be carefully removed by
hand, constitutes the most difficult
problem in beet raising
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-03-25
Farm Notes.

Alfalfa is growing in favor as 70
tation crop.
Give the colts plenty of room to run
about In.
The plow has its share in the good
roads movement.
Fit the collar to the horse. not the
horse to the collar.
Owls are vermin destroyers. En-.
courage their presence on the farm.
1t is poor policy to feed inferior
grain to horses especially to the work
team.
On cold nights do not leave the
cows out to sleep on the damp ground
where they may be chilled.
The manure heap is not the farmers
bank unless he gets 1t out on the land.
Then It returns goods interest.
Make every square rod on your farm
pield its quota Of profit. Some use
can be found for even the poor strips.
Study out how you can best use all
your land.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-03-25
EXCITING FISHING.

One can easily imagine that after
feeding for many weeks upon hippo
potamus steaks, the flesh of elephants
and other coarse food of that nature,
Ash Of almost any variety would form
an agreeable and pleasant change.
Such, at all events, was the opinion
OF Sir Samuel Baker, who, after a
long march In Africa, through a wild
and dangerous country, arrived upon
the borders of broad river. He took
his fishing-rod, and wandering up the
stream, cast his line over the water In
the hope of enticing some beauty OF
the deep to take Issue with him.
put on q large bait, and threw 1t
about forty yards into the river, well
up the stream, and allowed the float to
sweep the water in halfcircle, thus
taking the chance Of different dis
tances from the shore.
For about half an hour nothing
moved. | was just preparing to alter
my position, when out rushed my line,
and striking hard, believe fixed tho
"old gentleman" himself, for had no
control over him whatever.
Holding him was out of the ques-
tion. The line flew through my hands
and cut them till the blood lowed, and
| was obliged to let the fish take his
own way.
This he did for about eighty yards.
when he suddenly stopped. This un,
expected halt was great calamity,
for the reel oyerran itself, having
no check-wheel, and the slack coils OF
the line caught the handle Just as he
rushed forward again, and with jerk
that nearly pulled the rod from my
hands he was gone.
found one Of my large hooks bro
ken short of. The flsh was monster,
After this bad luck had no run
until the evening, when, putting on q
large halt and fishing at the tail of a
rock between the stream and still
water, once more had grand rush.
and hooked Dig one.
There were no rocks downstream,
ali was fair play and clear water. and
away he went at racing pace straight
for the middle OF the river To check
the pace, grasped the line with the
stuff of my loose trousers. and press
cd 1t between my fingers SO as to act
as a brake. and compel him to labor
for every yard; but he pulled like
horse. and nearly cut through the
thick cotton cloth. making straight
running for al least hundred yards
without halt.
now put so severe strain upon
him that my strong bamboo bent near.
iy double. and the fish presently so far
yielded to the pressure that l could
enforce his running In half-clrcles In.
stead of straight,away.
kept gaining line until at length
led him Into shallow bay, and after
. great fight, Baeheet embraced him
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-03-25
SURPRISE FOR A SHOPPER.
Coin She Had just Laid Down Picked
I'm by Another.

COln Sne Ha0 just La1d Down k'lckee
Up by Another.
Shouldn't you think" said thu
shopper, that they'd lose lots o.
these Christmas cards. have lots o.
them stolen? One place where wen
for cards they always have whole
roomful of them, Christmas cards ani
nothing else.
you see this room crowded witt
customers, all the people that can gel
in, and to wait on them you see thret
or four or half a dozen saleswomen
enough l suppose to attend to tht
business. The customers go rummag
ing around, turning the cards ovel
and searching for what they want
and paving them over generally.
should think lots Of them would gel
torn and bent and soiled; and what's
to prevent anybody from picking uE
cards and carrying them away? Still
/ don't suppose the people that come
here would steal, anyway; but ! did
have one queer experience In thai
room the last time / shopped there.
II had bought bunch Of cards and
paid for them, and had them put in
separate envelopes and then all In one
big one, and then l saw some little
cards that caught my fancy, that were
two for five cents, and took two Of
them and carried them to the sales
woman / had dealt with and said:
Cant put these right In this en-,
velope? and she said Certainly and
that's what / did.
"But / couldn't hand the nickel TO
her because she had both hands full
at that moment doing up some cards
for somebody else, and so / said ]
would lay the five cents down here, on
the table, and that's what did. And
then what do you suppose happened!
II stood there for moment wait
ing to see the saleswoman pick II
up, and as / stood there the woman
standing beside me opened her purse
and put that nickel In 1t.
why! / was SO surprised that !
didn't know what to say or do, and
I didn't say or do anything and ]
don't know yet what to think OF It"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-03-25
EYmCulKyzcH[lM lMIL1 KS


on the surface of the water, particu-
larly IL the edge is thin and clean cut.
The glasses, with graduated amounts
of water, might be placed in regular
scale order on table covered with
both cloth and table felt. At each
glass put performer with good ear
for music and steady middle finger,
which is the best and strongest to use.
Each glass must be held firmly. near
the bottom, so as not to mar the
sound, with the forefnger and thumb
Of the left hand. In this way all fa-
miiiar airs may be produced with
some really sweet vibrations, IL you
know how to use your finger to the
best advantage.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-03-25

by falling upon him: and clutchins
the monster with hands and knees
he then tugged to the shore mag
nificent fish of upward Of sixty pounds
For about twenty minutes he had
fought against such strain as I had
never before used upon fish. II
measured three feet eight inches ia
the root of the tail, and two feet three
inches In girth of shoulders, and the
head measured one foot ten inches in
circumference.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-03-25
swine Breeding.

A swine breeder Of experience and
good judgment says: ''The best show
pig may come from the smallest SOW
in the herd. but it is not safe, as a
rule, to select breeders from that class.
We want the most size in the. short
est time, and we can safely forego a
little of the fattening tendency, pro-
vided we secure in the prospective
breeder ranginess and tendency to
growth. ! don't care how good the in.
dividual, If only three or four pigs
were farrowed in the litter l would
not reserve one of them for breeder"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-03-25
Hogs for Turning over Money.

The hog commends itself to the gen.
eral farmer on account Of Its prolific
qualities. A SOW will produce two lit
ters Of six to dozen each per year
and the farmer can turn his money
over several times with hogs while he
is waiting for other animals to ma.
ture.
Hogs require little more care at
times than other some animals, but
the man who likes to work with them
and is wiling to study their needs and
give them regular care will find them
most profitable adjunct to the farm.
They can be turned into money OF
food as the owner chooses.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-03-25
Cold-Water Music.

This Is an old amusement, but only
those who have tried 1t know how
much melody may lurk In a glass OF
water. II you have eight thin tumb.
lers Of the same size and shape, you
may make musical scale easily.
Each tumbler contains a certain
amount Of cold water, more or less,
according to the volume of sound re-
quired; this you may find out prac-
tically by dipping your finger In the
water and drawing 1t briskly round
and round the sharp outer rim of your
glass. This produces musical note.
The fuller the glass the deeper the
note. The swift motion of the finger
round the edge produces vibration