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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-11-19
MISCELLANEOUS

NOTICE Judson Andrews. CARPENTER and
y lnnider has not moved away frm tavu.
tut i still az The old place, ready % do build
Ing aud rfuairinr a. herrt fore. All OF ers
promptly attended o.. Telephone ALL 3a9'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-11-19
WANTED

IITANrED-work by the day and washing
w TO do at home. Apply Nash Il Hutch
ms 3jt6'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-11-19
LOW PRICED ADVERTISING
FOR sALs
COR sALE-About 30 tons of good hay
Lorenzo Moore. Tel. 22i-6. 35tf

EOR sALE-Farm for eae or will trade for
small place in or near bennington; farm
situated i'm West Sandgate known as the Kent
farm: there are 40 acres. half tillable. and
there is nearly 5000 worth of wood and tim
her on farm; spring water at house; fair house
Of 8 or 10 rooms aud barn nearby; farm VIII
keep cows and pair horses; for particulars IN
quire of Fred II. Baker, North Termination
r. +. ID. No. /. BTU
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-11-19

VNANTED-Neat, reliable girl as waitress
w and chambermaid References required.
Apply Robinson. y Monument Ave, lei. 10
82t0
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-11-19

Branch No. of St. Marys Guild
will meet with Mrs. Joseph Nj. Ayers
from 3 to 5 O'Clock Wednesday after
noon.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-11-19

At o'clock, rain or shine on
the premises about 3 miles south
of Bennington on the North
Adams trolley line, the following
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-11-19

Mrs. Mary Worden of Amherst
Mass. has been passing a few days
with her sister, Mrs. Edwin Spear
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-11-19
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
sGrss o. che Town and iIlsse Told BrisfI
6nT Eszy ReaderE

e. A. Swan is visiting in Spring
field, Mass.
Thanksgiving post cards at Girls
wolds. adv.
Mrs. C. w. Thatcher is passing the
day in Troy.
Mrs. E w. Bradford is passing the
day in Troy.
Miss Marjorie ShurtIeff is passing
the week in Montpelier.
O. E. Butterfield of Wilmington is
passing the day in town.
Walter Hilchy has returned from
hunting trip in Woodtord.
DR.. C. f. Perry of Readsboro
passed the week end in town.
John T. Kelly of Troy is passing a
few days in town on business.
Mrs. James Burke will entertain at
| cards at her home this evening
A daughter was born yesterday to
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred H. lockwood.
T. D. Melhado of Poughkeepsie is
visiting NJ. Malcolm of North st.
Miss Ruth Ressequie went to Troy
this afternoon for few days visit
Mrs. Frank Norcross of North St,
is confined to the house by illness.
Mrs. Leslie E. Smith of Rutland Is
a guest of Mr.. and Mrs. f. w. Spear
Deputy Sheriff John Nash went to
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-11-19

Mrs. ]. T. Carpenter will entertain
the Union street circle of the Metho
dist church at her home on Main st.
from to O'click Wednesday af
ternoon.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-11-19

Mr.. and Mrs. II. S. Brown of Old
Bennington are planning to go to ST.
Augustine. Fla, about December i
where they are to pass the winter
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-19
Late Fire Costly

While P. W. Parson was in Sc
attic last night his coffee house at
1915 Commerce street caught fire
and caused alarm among nearby
merchants.
The fire broke out supposedly
from a defective gas pipe and
spread from the coffee house to
the Donkin's second hand store
and then to the Lewiston hotel
on Pacific avenue. Water caused
great damage, sinking through
the floor to the Cheim Clothing
company and into the Penny Ar
cade. The pawn shop of 8. Far
bar, 1913 Commerce street, was
also damaged to the extent of
about $500.
Capt. Olson OF No. 1 station
was overcome by smoke and had
to be carried out by his compan-
ions. An inmate of the hotel with
a broken leg was removed with
difficulty.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-12
MISC0UNT; KILLS SELF
Rich Cattleman Thought He Was
Pulling the Trigger on RevoIver's
Empty Chamber.

Oklahoma City, Okla.--Gen. Frank
Canton Of the Oklahoma National
Guard. has returned from Benjamin,
Texas, where he attended the funeral
Of his nephew, Roy Burnett, rich
Young cattleman Of New Mexico
"The cattlemen OF the range coun-
try" says General Canton, "place only
Ave cartridges in their six-shooters
and keep the vacant chamber under
the trigger, to lessen the chance of
accident at discharge. But Roy had
a habit of playing with his revolver
by slowly pulling the trigger 80 as to
turn the cylinder without firing. and
counting the chambers as they passed
before the trigger place. After count
Ing five he would give the trigger a
hard pull and snap the weapon on
the vacant chamber. soaring some
friend the while by pointing the re-
volver at him.
''Roy and his wife and two young
men of New York who were visiting
them had been TO party a few miles
from the ranch the evening of March
l2. When Roy and his wife retired to
their room Roy said he would like to
give her pistol exhibition. He did
the usual counting OF chambers. or
thought he did. and then placed the
muzzle to his temple on what he
thought was the vacant chamber and
pulled the trigger. The chamber had
cartridge In 1t and he was shot
| lead"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-12
IMPORTANCE OF DISINFECTING
AFTER OUTBREAK OF DISEASE
Practice Appreciated Stockan and Farmer
There Is Also Lack O Information Concerning
Practical and Economical Methods OF
Procedure O Cleaning.

Such drugs are known as disin-
fectants, and, fortunately, we have at
hand a number that possess the pow
er of destroying bacteria.
Bichlorid of mercury also known as
corrosive sublimate and mercuric
chlorid, chlorid of lime, formalde-
hyde, carbolic acid, crude carbolic
acid, cresol, and compound solution OF
cresol, are such drugs. They have
only to be brought in contact with
the bacteria in order to destroy them.
Before either of the above are
used. however. the farmer should
study their peculiar characteristics
and use the one best suited to his
purpose. Violent poison should not
be used unless the user Of the dis
infectant is familiar with 1t and its
results.
In the practical work of disinfec'
ton there are three essentials:
1. A preparation of the building
that will facilitate reaching organisms
of disease.
2. A disinfectant which upon con
tact can be depended upon to destroy
such organisms.
8. A method Of applying the dis
infectant that will assure the mos
thorough contact with the bacteria.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-12

ounces per day. per fowl (nearly one
half pint per day for 100 hens) no
bad effects were noticed.
With this amount, however, diar
rhoea attacked few of the hens. but
the trouble disappeared when the
amount OF salt In the food was re-
duced about one-third. When the
hens were allowed free access I'd
boxes Of course barrel salt, not
enough was eaten to show any Ill ef
feet, either by hens that had been feS
salt freely for two months or by those
that had been without any for the
same time.
Little significance was attached to
the egg yield from the old hens fed
at an unproductive time OF year, but
twice as many eggs were obtained
from the salt-fed hens as from the
others so there was no indication OF
unfayorable effect In this direction.
When reporting the experiment Il
was suggested that salt at the rate OF
one ounce per day for 100 matured
fowls could be fed without risk. In
later feeding 1t was found that i've
ounces OF salt in every 100 pounds
OF food was a safe proportion
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-12
Rx GEORGE W. poPE.l

It has been found that the average
stockman and farmer does not real
lie the importance of thoroughly dis
injecting bis premises following an
outbreak of contagious disease. There
is apparently widespread lack OF
information regarding the germicidal
power of various substances, COM
monty termed disinfectants. There ts
also lack of knowledge concerning
practical and economical methods OF
proceeding with the work of disinfec-
ton. Moreover, the temperance OF
q contagious disease on premises from
which 1t was believed to have been
eradicated may frequently be traced
to careless or imperfect work in con-
nection with the cleaning and disin-
fection of the place.
1t is but natural to acknowledge the
presence of only such objects as can
be seen with the unaided eye. Sci
ence, however, by means of the high
power microscope, has clearly proved
the existence Of numerous minute anil
NAL and vegetable organisms-and 1t
Is a matter of common knowledge
that many of these organisms fire.
quently find their way into the ami
NAL body and produce disease. 1t is
also well known that these germs
vary in form and other characteristics
and that for each disease of an in
fectious nature there Is a specific
germ.
II these germs could be confined to
the animal body and die with 1t there
would be no such thing as an infec-
tious disease. Unfortunately, how,
ever, they are thrown off by the ami
NAL through the excretions and lie in
the earth, In the litter of stables, up.
on the floor and walls, and in cracks
and crevices. Here they may remain
and maintain their virulence for an
indefinite period, ready at any time to
be gathered up by an animal In Its
feed or to be blown about In dust and
drawn into the lungs.
The work Of disinfection Is based
upon our recognition of the presence
Of disease germs, and disinfectior
means the act of destroying the
cause of the infection. In other words
disinfection is a removal of the cause
and 1t will be clear to any practica
man that in dealing with disease an!
effort which stops short of com
plete removal Of the cause is mos
unwise and Improbable. To those un
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-12
INCREASING THE
YIELD OF GRASS
Among Four Chief Essentials arc
Smooth Surface, Prepare.
taon, Good Seed and
Fertility.
(By r. B. RUsHING.)

Farmers who content themselves
with two tons or less cannot under.
stand how yields Of three or four tons
even more are obtained. There are,
however, four chief essentials; a
smooth surface, with even, steady
grade, thorough preparation of the
soil, and abundance Of good, healthy
seed and plenty Of fertility and to
which might be added the proper
amount of moisture.
Where land Is stumpy or rocky, 1t
may be considerable expense to re-
move them, but to obtain the greatest
amount Of grass 1t must be done. The
rocks must either be sunk or hauled
away and the surface smoothed SO as
to give a gentle grade. A little de-
preston where the water can stand
may cause patch Of grahss to die
out and few patches will kill 9
hundred pounds of hay.
After this thorough grading the
land Is thoroughly fitted. This does
not mean just plowed and narrowed
In the ordinary way. l prefer the use
of a cut-away disc, which does the
work just the opposite to the turning
plow.
The continued working Of the soil
with the cut-away clears the soil Of
foul stuff and gives the new seeding
a chance. The soil should be worked
over with the cut-away and the
smoothing harrow many times, not
all at once, but continued through
July and August. In this way, when
ready to seed the soil Is certainly as
fine as an ash heap.
The seed then should be put on
carefully and accurately, SO as to have
every square inch Of surface covered,
thus having two blades Of grass where
one formerly was.
The question frequently asked is:
Why is this large amount of potash
necessary? No one who has ever
used fertilizers on grass need be told
that nitrogen gives the grass a rich,
green color and makes 1t grow very
rapidly.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-12
Care of the Brooder.

Brush out the brooders every other
day, changing the material used In
floor covering. This may be Of bran,
sand, sawdust, or paper, but must be
dry, Damp bedding induces disease
every time. When it is necessary to
wash the brooder choose warm, sun
ny day, SO that the chicks will not need
1t, and |. can be thoroughly dried be-
fore returning them at night. If these
conditions cannot be complied with a
temporary brooder may be used for the
day by means of box and one or
two jugs Of hot water we'll wrapped
in flannel. the latter serving the double
purpose Of holding in the heat and
preventing chick being crowded up
and burnt.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-12

accustomed to the work, disinfection
may seem most complicated proc
ess. Any approved method, however,
Is comparatively simple when carried
out carefully, although like many
another procedure 1t is one in which
attention to details counts for much.
1t Is important to bear in mind that
the causative agents of many dis
eases are extremely small and may
remain for an indefinite time in dust,
cracks, and crevices of buildings, SO
that efforts aiming at the eradication
of disease from contaminated prem
ises must be thorough In order to be
effective.
In the work of disinfection nature
has provided man with most valu-
able ally-sunlight. 1t is well known
that the direct rays of the sun are
destructive to many forms OF bac-
terra, in some. cases destroying them
and In others lessening their intiu-
ence, Thus the importance OF we'll
lighted stables Is evident. The dark
and sunless building will be favor
able breeding place for bacteria, and
the structure which admits the great
est amount of sunlight viii be the
least favorable for their development.
Again, heat will destroy the bacteria
Of disease. By this is not meant the
ordinary heat of the sun, but heat as
developed in boiling water or in
flame. 1t Is upon this principle that
the surgeon before operating renders
his instruments free from the possi-
BILE presence OF bacteria by boiling.
and It is heat which renders Jet of
live steam destructive to bacteria.
Sunlight, however, cannot be consid-
cred more than an accessory in the
destruction of bacteria, while the ap-
plication of heat In the form OF steam
or flame Is seldom possible. The re-
suit Is that In the practical work OF
disinfection we are dependent upon
certain drugs, which have power to
destroy the organisms of disease.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-12
HAD RATS IN TRUNK
THE OPENING OF WHICH WAS
CAUSE OF SCRAMBLE.
After Making Voyage Across Atlantic
In Packing Case Owned by Family
Of Germans, Over Score OF
Rodents Are Killed.

1
Baltimore Customs inspectors-at
least some of the old.timers like Will
lam H. Richardson, Charles H. Bran
nan, Levin j. Heathcote and others
expect to run across things that are
strange-and sometimes dutiable-in
the baggage of steamship. passengers
from the other side. Even the young
er members of the force are on the
lookout for experiences that are out OF
the ordinary; but In the more than a
quarter of a century Of service under
Uncle Sam Inspector Richardson the
other day encountered something new
under the sun. as far as the United
States customs regulations are con-
cerned.
Examination of baggage, especially
that Of immigrants, is not the most
pleasant occupation in the world. Ask
any customs inspector about this. But
to open box Of personal belongings
and then to jam ones hand into a
nest Of rats-or rather three Of them
lis Just little bit more than even a
blase inspector cares to go through.
And because of this there hangs a
tale-or, to be more exact, nearly two
dozen tails-and the following is the
yarn:
The Breslau, with 1,153 passengers
from Bremen, docked at pier s, Locust
Point, the other afternoon, where the
cabin passengers were landed that
night, and the steerage kept aboard
until the next morning. There were
l.105 in the steerage, the majority Of
whom were men, but there we're q
number Of women and several fami'
lies among the immigrants. One OF
the families was that of Heinrich
Popken, a thrifty German, who had
with him splendid family Of seven
Pull-grown children, In addition to his
wife-six handsome daughters and
one son--each of them we'll dressed
apparently well educated, and, need
less to say, the cause Of considerable
comment. The family had numerous
packages containing household goods
and personal belongings. Inspector
Richardson opened the first box ant
found nothing dutiable. While he wat
taking out the belongings Of the Pop
kens, a second case had been opened
As soon as the lid was lifted the in
spector saw that nothing but ruin la!
before him.
"Rats!" he cried. Sc what rat
have DONE"
With the cry the case was SUI
rounded by customs officers, railroa,
men and immigrants. And It was
sorrowful sight to the Popkens. TIL
case had been filed with clothing; bu
not even ragman would have take
the articles as they lay.
Inspector Richardson took charge {
the situation and there began scare
, Tor the marauders. They were 500
, uncovered First one and then al
. other Of the rodents was unceremon
, ously chased out of his comfortabl
quarters. The cry spread among th
immigrants, and in few seconds th
whole pier was in an uproar. The CT
Of "Ratsl" in half dozen language
rang through the building. Here an
there scurried the rats. After then
sped former Cossacks, Austrians, Rou
nanians, Bulgarians, Germans. Pole
and Hungarians Not one rat man
aged to escape, and when the carnag,
was over there were % OF then
stretched lifeless on the hard. col'
floor.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-12

Pivoted to the center is a revolving
handle resembling a miniature motor
mans controller, with little cup In
one end to hold the kernel and a
spring cap to keep 1t in place and
press 1t against the crater plate. The
nutmeg is placed in this cap and the
handle turned until the desired amount
is ground off, the operation being
much speedier than when kernel has
to be rubbed across the crater by
hand. Furthermore. the hand method
results in waste, as after the nutmeg
has been ground so small that 1t can.
not be scraped without scraping the
fingers as well. 1t has heretofore had
to be thrown away.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-12
SALT NECESSARY
FOR ALL FOWLS
In Order To Guard Against Amy
Deficiency It Ia Well
to Feed for LACK Of
PaIatabiltty.

Salt In some quantity is q neces-
sity TO the living animal, Some food
contains all that is probably needed.
but the amount in others is small.
In order to guard against any pos
sible deficiency 1t Is we'll to feed some
salt. especially II 1t increases the
palatability of the ration.
Moderate quantities OF salt had
been fed to poultry with apparent ad.
vantage. but the limitations of its
use were not known. A feeding trial
was. therefore. made with twelve
hens to get some suggestion as to the
approximate limit OF its safe feeding
to mature fowls. For one lot OF hens
salt was mixed in the food. increasing
In amount by periods of feeding. I'm
I'll It was fed at the rate OF .06S
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-12
Drinking Vessels.

A good way to prevent hens from
overturning their drinking vessels Is
to punch hole in the side-near the
top of tin pail or old tomato can
and hang 1t up on nail driven into the
woodwork of the chicken house, about
six inches from the ground. Be sure
there are no sharp edges to the can
or that the head Of the nail does not
protrude more than half an inch.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-12
DAISY FLY KILLER e., e..
Importance Of Physiognomy.

"Do you believe a man with reced.
Ing chin is likely to get along as well
In this world as man with chin
that projects?" 1T all depends upon
circumstances. II the man with the
roceding chin Is a son Of the presi.
dent of the company and the man with
the chin that projects is merely work.
Ing his way up from the bottom l
should be inclined to feel that physiog.
nomy would not be Of vast import
ance."
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-12
seere. Revealed BY Face.

J II you want to get at the real
strength and character Of q persons
face, study the right side Of 1.-THE
ugly side, as portrait painters some
times call 1t. There you will find the
lines bold and harsh, with every de-
feet accentuated. On the left side.
however. everything is softened down,
and the face is at It's best. Whenever
you suspect man Of trickery or de-
ceit--and this rule applies equally to
the fair sex-stand on his right ana
watch his expression closely.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-12
Took an Unfair Advantage.

Doctor Graham, q widely known
physician In London. once conceived
the plan Of burying persons up to
their necks in the earth and leaving
them there for some hours az a cure
for some diseases. George Dyer, It Ia
said. in despair Of anyone listening to
him read his own poetry, took advan
tage Of the situation of Doctor Ora
hams patients and read to them al
the while they were stuck In thA
earth.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-12
Bio Money In MuskrattIna.

Salem, N. J,--Isaac Brandifr. the
well-known Salem county muskrat
trapper, has closed his place on the
marshes for the season and Ia ready
for trip to Alaska for the summer
Mr.. Brandiff reports that during the
past season he cought $3.50 rats, for
which he received over $4,000, the
average being about 81 cents per rat.
He endeavored to reach the 10000
mark. but fell short because hundreds
OF the rats were frozen to death In the
terribly hard winter. tho first time he
had ever seen that condition.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-12
WlndfaIl In Old Hat.

There is something more than q joke
In inheriting an old hat from an uncle.
For the recent Mardi-Gras fete. In
Paris, motor bus driver, wishing to
"dress up" borrowed from restanr-
ant keeper an old battered top" hat.
inherited from a deceased uncle. Dur
Ing the festivities, the wearer, In at
tempting to adjust his wig, knocked
of the hat. and to his astonishmenf
out fell nine 100 franc notes ($180).
He hastened to put this unexpected
bequest into the cafe keepers
banda
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-12
perslan Lamb skIns.

The trade in Persian lamb or astra.
khan skins centers In Turkestan, and
the traders of that country have the
entire monopoly Of It. They pasture
the eve lambs in immense f1ocks, and
1t has been found useless to try to ac-
custom these animals to any consid-
erable change of climate. If they
survive elsewhere, the skin under
goes degeneration and the fur conse-
quently becomes less valuable.-Har-
per's Weekly.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-12

A teacher who can arouse feeling
for one single good action, for one
single good poem. accomplishes more
than he who fills our memory with
rows on rows Of natural objects,
classified with name and form. For
what Is the result of all these, eU
cept what we know as well without
them, that the human figure pre-emt
nently and peculiarly is made In the
image and likeness of God?-Goetha
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-12
Spring-Cleaning
The Human System Needs It.

Mrs. M. Morgan, All 4th Ave. E..
E,rainerd. Mimi, writes: 'I take from
3ne to two bottles of Hoods Sarsapa-
riIla in the spring to purify the blood
lust as regularly as do my house,
cleaning, and go around light-footed
and light hearted. / believe 1t Is the
best blood purifier known"
Hoods Sarsaparilla so combines the
curative principles of roots. barks and
herbs as to raise them to their highest
efficiency; hence its unequaled cures.
Get 1t today in usual liquid form or
tablets called Sarsatabs.