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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-13

japan is taking probably her first
lesson in the principles of the cohsti-
tuition Of the United States. The older
treaty powers Of Europe have received
many lessons on the same complex
subject, but it is doubtful if they
have learned much. Just now the
government of Washington is doing
its best to explain to the indignant
government at Toxic that the presi-
dent and congress could have had
nothing to do with the exclusion of
Japanese children from white schools
and the establishment of separate
school for the japanese in the state
of California. The administration
has to confess that If California should
refuse these little brown people ad-
mission to any school at all the
national authorities could not stop it.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-13

be more profit for the company in
carrying people for less money. Other
companies are planning similar reduc-
tions. The next five years will witness
unprecedented reductions in passenger
fares. Railroad managers are coming
to understand the simple scientific
principle that there is more money in
doing large business with small
margin of profit on each transaction
than in doing small business with
large margin OF profit on each tran
saction. New York World.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-13

Our home merchants take the farm
eI's produce. With them lie finds a
ready market for his butter and eggs,
for his potatoes, apples and other pro
duce. The department stores take
only bis mouey. Our home mer-
chants, not for profit but for accom-.
modation and to assist tue farmer, buy
his produce. They sell it in ma
jority of cases for less than they pay
for it aud handle ii at loss, yet some
farmers do not appreciate this and
take this very same money and send il
to department store when they could
get better bargains right here at
home.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-13

If there is no Piano in the house,
one should be purchased or at least
hired. And it should be one of the
BEST PIANOS
shown III our rooms. These instru-
ments are the perfection of mechan-
ical workmanship and are unexcelled
sor sweetness and richness of tone.
STANLEY PIANO HOUSE,
Main Street, Walla Walla, Wasf
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-13
A Year of Blood

The year 1908 will long be remem
bered in the home of +. N. Tacket,
of Alliance, KY, as year of blood ;
which flowed so copiously from Mr..
Jackets lungs that death seemed very
near. He writes: "Severe bleeding
from the lungs and frightful cough
had brought me at deaths door, when
| began taking DR.. Kings New Dis
oovery for Consumption, with the
astonishing result that after taking
four bottles was completely restored
and as time has proven permanently
cured" Guaranteed for sore lungs,
coughs and colds at the Palace drug
store. Price 90 and trial bottle free.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-13
Had a Close Call

"A dangerous surgical operation,
involving the removing of malign-
ant ulcer as large as my hand from
my daughters hip, was prevented by
the application of Bucklen's AInica
Salve, says A. G. Stickel, of Mile
tus, W. Va. Persistent use of the
salve completely cured it," Cures
cuts, burns and injuries. 25c at Nc
Brides.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-13

After several days hunting a cele-
brated old grizzly of the Deschutes
region was killed by two Bend men
and their dogs. The bear has crossed
the river twice each year for IS years,
aud many a hunter has tried in vain
TO get him. His tracks measured
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-13

1t is announced that the proper
material has been discovered near
Durkee for making Portland cement
aud large plant will soon be con.
structed. Such an industry means
much for Eastern Oregon. The de-
maud for cement is growing.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-13

14xS inches, his foreiegs were "a in
ches around aud he weighed over 1000
pounds. The dogs that worried him
have trailed 81 bears that have teen
killed,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-13

Eating too much sauerkraut nearly
caused the death of J. f. Nowlin of
klamath Falls. He was formerly
school, superintendent of Umatilla
county.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-13

The Grand Ronde valley has its first
corn crib, near Cove, where farmer
has raised 30 bushels of corn per acre
on Is acres.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-06-02

one corner, the whole so covered and
fitted with cement that no insect or
surface water can enter, except through
the Header from the uoff fiagstoae
commented at the edges covers the
manhole; and this is surrounded with
a brick wall foot high and covered
with another flagstone, made alright
with cement. This leaves a foot of
confined air and excludes FROST This
is covered with a foot of earth, and
turfted, and the whole cistern covered
with earth.
The filter in this cistern is verti-
cal hollow cylinder, Of brick, two feet
inside diameter, laid in hydraulic &C.
ment, and extending from the con-
crete bottom to the top covering, with
an air-hole an inch in diameter, to al
low the air to escape ais the cylinder
fills with water. The bricks used are
good weather bricks, such as would
be used for the top of chimney The
circular form resists like an arch any
sudden pressure of water against the
outside. The water soaking through
the four inches of brick is so we'll fiji.
tered that it answers perfectly the in.
tended use.
The overflow from the cistern is
made so as to give an escape for the
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tain buildings in the vicinity of the
palace being under consideration, such
is the ministry Of marine, the senate
or the palace of the council of state.
The trousseau of Queen Maria Girls
tina was shown in the ministry OF
marine, but that building is not at
the moment in very good condition.
and it would not be strange if an
other building would be chosen. The
senate adjoins the marine ministry
and its salons are very large. If the
cortes are closed the government will
decide in favor of the senate building
as it offers innumerable advanta ges
for such a show, not the least being
the absence Of steps to it's approach
According to the usage of the Span
ish court all the articles of the irons.
seau are exhibited down even to the
most intimate details of household
linen, the dresses on lay figures and
the jewelry and other articles in glass
cases, the whole being under the care,
of the halberdiers.
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minions. He made many requests to
be returned to Dahomey, and his ex-
lied condition moved many people to
intercede Tor him. The local popu-
lation sympathized with him, officials
pleaded his cause, and for years polit-
ical journals of the colony have
teemed with editorials bewailing his
sad position. Finally the minister for
the colonies compromised and consent
ed to his transfer to Algeria.
Behanzin never liked any of the
features which other people find so
charming in Martinique. When he
was brought here after the end of that
memorable campaign in West Africa
when his warriors cut up whole COM
panies of the French soldiery he was
confined for a, time in the old Fort st.
Louis. 1t was thought he would be
more reconciled if given more liberty,
so he was allowed much freedom.
During the volcanic disturbance OF
Mount .Pelee, in 1902, he was very rest
less, and his. discomfort was marked
during the recent seismic movements.
Anything served as an excuse to ask
to be sent back to his country.
OF the thousands of tourists who
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important part in this respect. Of
course, the bee unconsciously does it's
work of fertilizing blossoms, it's prime
object being to secure the nectar Sc
creted in the corolla; but as it buries
itself deep in the blossom it carries
on it's downy body the fertilizing. pol
len, which is transmitted to the sta
mems.
Jean Ingelow noted the little fell
lows coated with pollen, and wrote:
Oh, velvet bee! you're dusty fellow;
You've powdered your legs with gold
According to Gleanings in Bee Gull
ture no state, perhaps, produces more
apples and grapes than does New
York, and perhaps in no other state
is Bookkeeping carried on so extensive
ly. The connection between the two,
therefore, is manifest.
l remember reading of section of
California where cherries were pro-
duced in enormous quantities, and in
cidentally bees were kept by some
who were not engaged in the produc-
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mined to go in on a larger scale, IN
til now he has eight hothouses about
800 feet long by so feet deep, all
steam-heated, with a force of about Il
men to manage them, all growing Gu
cumbers.
Lettuce is raised in the houses from
October to March, the cucumber-vines
not being set out until about the mid
die of March. The vines are started
In hotbeds in the houses, and when
set out in the houses they are in most
cases two or three feet in length, with
buds just starting.
Heavy steel wire is stretched on
poles, and forms a support for the
growing vines that fairly fill the house
as, year after year, they produce sew
eral hundred barrels of cucumbers
and that at a time when the prices
they command are big
There is, however, a pathetic side
to the case; and that is, the loss of the
bees. After the little fellows fly about
the house from blossom to blossom
they fail in most cases to find their
AAFCo, anu uuuufeuS OF L1em can be
seen bobbing against the glass roof OF
the house, trying to get outside.
1t doesn't take much of this to put
them out of business, and so we find
hundreds of dead bees on the foo,
which could not get to their homes
This being the case, Mr.. Becker is
compelled to buy new hives each year
for his houses; but as this is merely a
matter of few dollars output for a
return of many hundreds of dollars
the item is looked upon as one OF
necessary expense
Thus year after year this shrewd old
German makes the bees help him pro-
duce early cucumbers which, without
their help, would be impossible. It is
therefore, very evident that all who
grow fruits and certain vegetables
should be sure that there are bees
enough in the neighborhood to insure
the proper fertilization of the bios.
SONS.
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ton of fruit. For some reason a
quarrel arose between the bee-keep-
ers and the cherry-growers, who
claimed the bees were singing the
fruit, with the result that the bees
We're, shipped away. In few months
the cherry crop began to dwindle, and
almost fail; and when the growers
met together to consider the cause it
was found that, with the sending
away of the bees. the crop had begun
to fail.
There happened to be one or two
wise heads in the convention, who
surmised the cause; and as an expert
ment the bees were brought back,
with the result that the crop went
back to its former proportions, thus
showing the close relation between
bees and fruit
What Is true of fruit-blossoms is
also true of many others, chief Of
which is the cucumber. There are
two distinct kinds of blossoms upon
a cucumber vine-the male and fe-
male; and in order to get the fruit the
pollen must be carried from the male
to the female.
During the summer, when the Gu
cumbers are grown out of doors, bees
in the vicinity kept in hives. or living
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-06-02

wild in old trees, will fully accom-.
plish the purpose. When it comes
however, to raising early cucumbers
in a dollhouse, when the vines will
be poisoning before the bees are
Alright, one is confronted by serious
proposition.
Mr.. J. F. Becker, of Morganville, N
j., found that, if he could get a crop
of cucumbers grown in hothouses so
as to get them to market before those
grown out in the field should arrive
he would be able to command a
splendid price for them. After care
full thought he determined to try the
experiment of placing a hive of bees
in each dollhouse to see if they would
pollenize the vines. Hives with
strong colonies were brought, and
placed in each end of each house SO
that the bees could fly out into the
house from one hive-entrance or out
of doors as they preferred The writer
visited the dollhouse during April,
when the blossoms covered the vines
and the noise Of the bees could be dis
tinctly heard as they went from flower
to flower. So thorough did the little
bees do the work requi. I'd, that, with
few exceptions, healthy cucumbers
formed at each female blossom.
The crop that followed was enor-
nous both as to size and quality, some
specimens being a foot long, and as
much as three inches in diameter. Not
only were the cucumbers fine in ap-
pearance, but especially luscious were
they for eating. So thoroughly did
Mr.. Becker succeed that he deter
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-06-02

The one great mission Of the
honey-bee is modification; the honey
she may store is to interest US in her
propagation"
Up-to-date horticultrists have
known for years that the presence of
bees among the blossoms means an in
crease in quantity and quality of fruit.
In some sections there has been OBJ
lection raised to bees by fruit-growers
who declared that they were singing
the fruit
Those who have made study of
bees know full well that the bee has
no implement with which to open a
sound specimen of fruit. The hornet
and wasp, both of which have sharp
Jaws with which to tear old bark from
trees and kindred substances with
which they build their nests, will fire.
quently bite a grape, pear, or a
peach; and because a honey-bee is
seen slipping the juice that runs,
some fruit-grOwers have declared
them enemies when the reverse is the
case
One has but to watch the busy fell
lows as they work from blossom to
blossom, to see that, in pollenizing
fruit, they are the greatest of bene-
factors. Take, for instance, an apple
blossom. We find in it the stamens
with their corresponding anthers.
While it is true that the winds will, in
a measure, carry the pollen from the
anthers to the stamens, yet at best it
is imperfectly DONE
The body of honey-bee is covered
with a heavy down that plays a very
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-06-02
.ENA'S fine CASTLES
PRINCELY PALACES OF THE
NEW QUEEN OF SPAIN.
After Her Marriage to King Alfonso
She Will Find Herself Mistress Of
Half Dozen Magnificent
ttHOmeS ,,

When in June the English princess
Ena of Battenberg, becomes the wife
OF King Alfonso and entitled to the
title of queen of Spain, she will find
herself mistress Of at least half a
dozen magnificent castles and palaces
in Spain.
First Of all there is the splendid
royal palace at Madrid, great pile
similar to Versailles, built by Philip
V. 1t is massive building some 500
feet square and it's most striking fea-
ture is magnificent marble staircase.
Some distance outside of the capital
is the ancient palace of Escurial, ir-
reverently known as the gridiron on
account of it's curious shape. 1t LAS
rooms and corridors tOtaling 12O miles
in length. At Aranjeuz there is a
brighter and more pleasant dwelling
place, much more often visited by the
Spanish court, while near San Ilde-
fonso is the palace of La Granja.
Then King Alfonso has a delightful
shooting box at Ell Pardo and a beau
tlful seaside home, the Miramar pal
ace, at San Sebastian.
Among the rules which Princess
Ena is likely to find somewhat irk-
some is one requiring that the queen
shall retire at ten o'clock in summer
and half-past eight in the winter.
Should the king wish to visit the
queens apartments after dark he
must wear slippers over his shoes,
have black mantle thrown over his
shoulders and a shield over his arm.
He must also carry lantern and a
long sword and go unaccompanied.
Two guards whose service begins at
IL O'Clock pass the night in the ante
chamber to the queens room. The
king himself has a nocturnal guard.
1t consists Of six gentlemen of the
city of Espinosa. They wear a Gu
rious uniform comprising blue jer-
kin. short braided trousers, silk stock
lngs and sort of silver trimmed
opera hat. Each carries a fine Toledo
sword. When the king retires to his
room these guards take charge of the
key and give it up to no one until the
next morning, when it is delivered to
the grand master of the palace after
the king has arisen.
Perhaps the most trying feature of
the life at court SO far as the queen
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fore II will be safe to- return to- the
black repub lie. So s;

is lore IT viii be- safe to return to the
black repub b lie. ss3 Si
@ Behanzin,s son, p rince WanIlo, is an
illust ration OF what & ucation can do
+ for man. Educated III the common
schools and the Lycee of Martinique
she compared fayorably with Els black
and white fellow students ID his stud
lies, and this ia a countr where the
standard Of educat ton is very high,
Wanilo IN late years was always pres
sent when the king deigned to give 40
audience. He IS the mouthpiece oi
his dethroned father and translates his
native tongue into beautiful French,
OF Behanzin's three wives one is his
fayorite, OF course, the youngest. his
favoritism is Indicated by her con
slant presence at his side,i and she is
always seen holding an umbrella over
her regal spouse. She shows her de-
yotion, also, by olding for him "a
small glass dish like Al finger bowl,
half full st sand, always ready fol
such use as q smoker might have fo1
"a vessel Of this kind.
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is concerned is the extreme lack OF
privacy. At one time even her re-
ligious confessions had to be made in
the presence of the king and, although
this restriction has now been done
away with, still the minutest detail
of the days proceedings is mapped
out in advance. 1t is said that the
queen mother seldom has more than
ten minutes at her disposal during
the course Of the day.
In accordance with the custom of
the Spanish court, the royal trousseau
will be exhibited for the inspection of
The public. This, however, will not
take place in the royal palace, which
Is the residence of the bridegroom
elect. It has not yet been decided
where the display will be made, GER
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came to Martinique many were more
anxious to see Behhanzin and hobnob
with royalty than tosIook upon the
many scenes Of beauty. and Interest
for which. the island Is Justly ceIe-
brated. He was indeed a royal exile.
The exiled king returns to- Africa,
but not to his own country. IN Al
geria he will still be an involuntary
exile. People here Will now be more
interested in the voluntary exiles, Of
whom there are a number, such as
former President Simon Sam, Of
Hayti; Lafontant, former minister Of
finance, and several deputies and gen
erals, all of whom have been con;
demned to death by default s. In the
Haytian republic and are here walt
ing the passing Of President Nord be-
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DEP0SED MONARCH Of
~: pAHQMEY, REMOVED To ALGERIA

American visitors to the charming
island of Martinique will no longer be
able to crafty their curiosity and pay
their respects to real live king OF AT
RIGA, for Behanzin, the former king
of Dahomey, has departed under the
direction of the French government
for Blidah, Algeria, where he will re-
main a prisoner, close to that other
royal captive, Ranavalo, queen OF
Madagascar.
King Behanzin has been interned at
Fort de France since 1894 when he
was captured by. Gen. Dodds and the
Dahomey' uprising quelled. The life of
the old warrior here was a sad and
melancholy one notwithstanding the
fact that his three wives two daugh-
tiers and only son, Prince Wanilo.
We're his constant companions, and
the further fact that his movements
in Martinique were not restricted. He
was free to move about the city and
surrounding countryside, yet while The
possibilities of escaping from the is
land were remote, some one, whose
business it was to know, could al
ways account for him. He was often
seen driving out accompanied NY his
favorite wife and Prince Wanilo. Once
each month he appeared at the gov
ernor's to receive the allowance made
him by the French government. He
always appeared in public attired in
his kingly robes and invariably smok-
ing cigar in a very long pipe.
The government allowed him a
house, too, where he and his family
lived peacefully, sadly and always
with with longing for his former do
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filth which comes from the roof, pre-
venting the necessity for frequent
cleaning. The leader from the roof
enters at one end, and the waste passes
from the other end.
A channel is made of five-inch tiles
across the bottom, beginning about
three feet from where the entering
water strikes the bottom, and thence
by brick fue against the side, four
by six inches, to the overflow channel
at top, which has sharp descent
through tiles, terminating in four
inch galvanized pipe, with seif-act-
ing valve at the bottom, which is
closed when no water is running, thus
excluding vermin. The whole chan
mel inside the cistern is well &C.
mented.
Another plan suggested by Rural
Affairs, is shown in the smaller illus
tration. The cistern for holding the
filtered drinking water is "a feet deep,
and the water it contains is as cold
as in a well Of this depth. It is arched
with brick over the top, the arch
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and to her surprise she observed the
same young man. She nudged her
friend. There's the young scape-
grace" she whispered.
That's the store detective" replied
her companion. "He wasn't flirting
with you. He thought you were a
shopllfter. No wonder he followed you
when you didn't buy anything"
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became so embarrassed that she sud-
denly decided not to buy the brooch,
but started off to look at the bargains
IN shirt waists. To her surprise she
was followed by the young man, who
seemed persistent in his Irritation, so
much so that she left the store without
making a single purchase.
It's downright shameful she ex-
claimed that night at the dinner table,
when girl can't even shop III New
York without being ogled by man.
A few days afterward she happened
to visit the same store with a friend,
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OBJECTED TO "oGLING."
Young Woman Shopper Didn't
Know About the Store
Detectives.

A young woman, member Of we'll
known New York family, went shop
ping and stopped in big department
store to select gold brooch, states the
Globe. While looking over the jewel
~ she observed fashionably-att
young man making eyes" at her, at
least she thought he was. She finally
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heavy rope laid over the rump helps
somewhat; but persistent COW will
soon free her tail. A double rope,
kept apart by bit of stick on either
side, as shown in the cut, will secure
ly hold the tail. The two ropes should
be tied together where they pass over
the back.-Farm Journal.
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are almost as cool as refrigerator,
and this sort of an arrangement serves
the purpose with great deal less ex-
pense.
A wire clothes line will serve as a
cable. Any old pieces of iron will do
for the counter weight, and it is well
to have a ratchet wheel such as are
found on old chain pumps to prevent
the elevator dropping when it is we'll
filled. Make as many parts as posi-
BILE of wood to prevent rusting. My
elevator is AZ inches high and Is
inches square.