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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-20

The aim of the reformers in school
and college athletics should be clearly
and directly the betterment of condi-
tions, not the extirpation of the love of
combat which is inherent in the
nature CT mankind. The notion that
hard general work, resulting in full
muscular development, saps vitality,
weakeus the organs and is wearying
incubus to the individual is SO illogic-
al as hardly to deserve an answer, re-
marks the Boston Post. But som
persons believe this. Such should pity
the wild animals that, guided only by
an instructive physiological need, run,
jump, pursue and wrestle with one
another, thereby using and developing
fully their whole bodies.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-20
THE ROYAL BOX.

The car of Russia rules over nearly
One-sixth of the total land surface of
the globe.
King Edward is ,robably the only
motorist who is re- 1larly driven by a
policeman. His majesty's car is always
In the hands of skilled policemen-chauf-
feurs from Scotlan.i Yard.
The waist of Queen Maud of Norway
measures but seventeen inches, and
she Is so ethereal in appearance that
even In England. where the cult of
thinness has as w6rshipers practically
all the women of the Skipgd3m and
most Of the men, she Is called rather
too frail and delicate in appearance.
Emperor William of Germany IS get.
ting gray. One day the past Summer
when the kaiser was cruising in Nor.
wegian waters he visited the ya,:ht Of
M Menier, where he fell into cDnver.
sation with DR.. Berardi, who Was his
fellow student at Bonn university.
Df. Berardl remarked upon the increas.
Ing whlteness of the emperor's hair.
Yes" the latter replied, "that is true
enough, but l would rather be all gray
Ihan to become bald"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-20

A plan for drawing trade to town
that has beeu successfully wokred at
several points might be adopted to ad
vantage in this city. The plan is as
follows; An agreement was reached
between all the merchants whereby
they offered special sales on certain
days, each merchant selecting some
certain line of goods upon which he
made lower price than usual. Thus
one dry goods house would sell gloves
at a special price. while another
would offer bargains in dress goods.
One hardware merchant would reduce
the price on stoves. Every line of
business was represented and care was
taken that no conflicts occurred.
Prizes were then offered to the farmer
bringing in the best load of grain or
tue handsomest haby aud the bargain
day was extensively advertised in the
surrounding country, the names of the
merchants and their special sales be-
ing in all cases stated. The farmers
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-20

Mr.. Frank Baker, ex-state printer
and ex-state republican boss, leans
back in his $4,000 plush covered
chair and tells a $15-a-week reporter,
as he puffs rings of smoke from $5
cigar. to say to the 30 cent people of
Oregon that he proposes to make them
a present of his 10 cent print shop.
Then he dreams a $4,000 drea m
and puts the reporter next 10 the fact
that once upon time he was one of
the common herd aud had the phat
take of $25 per on morning paper.
Then at the thought of being a self
made CD man, he smiles $4,000
smile, brushes the cigar ashes from
the sleeve of his $4,000 coat, taps the
toes of bis $500 shoes together, and
with another $4,000 smile dismisses the
scribe. And the reporter. What of
him. Why, he has the "stuff" for
story. Verify, some men are born
great-others lucky.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-20
CURRENT COMMENT.

IN spite of the occasional dishonest
official the man with Lank account
feels easier than the one without
Washington Star.
One way of maklnS children good by
surgery might be to Derform an opera
tlon on the skull of an occasional par
ent.-Chicago Tribune
On the modern theory OF preserving
Itace everything looks absolutely Sc
rene. The Krupp works are making
2,700 pieces of artillery for eight gov.
indianapolis News.
More big ocean liners are to be built
An increasing number of people, K
seems, are waking up to the necessity
of disposing IF some of our surplus
prosperity i'll Europe every year.-Ex
change.
No one can look with fear on home
ule for Ireland. 1t will promise bet
Ter and bigger Ireland, au Ireland of
more free thought and of better social,
religious, educational life than ever.---
Louisville Herald.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-20

Cattlerien and sheepmen to the
number of 208 were at Sumpter last
week in conference with the forest
reserve officials in adjusting their
range allottments for 1907. These
men represented over 400 owners.
whose holdings in stock and land ex-
ceed valuatoni of $40, 1000, 900. The
range in this division of the Blue
Mountain reserve is about 100000
acres, and applications call for almost
as much more, even with the previous
announcement that cuts off from 10 to
40 per cent in the number of sheep
and cattle allowed for next year.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-20
ATHENA, ORE, NOV. 20, 1905

The generosity of ex-Stste Printer
Baker is astounding. His offer to
make the state Ipresent of his print
ing outfit may be placed to the credit
of the fellow as an act of gratitude
FOR the kindness shown him by the
people Of Oregon in giving him a
chance to become wealthy by taxing
themselves in the rerpetuation of the
graft that is known to exist in the
state printing Office. But there is a
burr under Mr.. Bakers krupper. and
this burr is the cause for his spas
modic benevolent spell. Baker, who
before his election to the ofice--of state
printer, was earning $50 per week at
the "case. " His terms of office is said
to have netted him fortune. Not con-
tent with this, he held on to his plant
and tribute has been paid him by
other men elected to the office since
his, Bakers, term expired. But in Mr..
Duniway, the state printer elect,
who by the way, is a practical printer
in every respect, Baker has bumped up
against very prickly burr. Mr.. Dun
iway does not propose to fatten
Bakers pocket book any further from
the proceeds of the state printing
office. and unless the owner of the
present plant comes speedily to reason
able terms, proposes to install new
and modern plant. Hence Mr..
Bakers bluff in making the offer of
his plant to the state as gift, with
the understanding that the Office of
state printer be placed on fat salary.
The Press favors and would like to see
the Office placed on fiat salary basis,
but rather than see Baker have any
credit for putting it there, after hav-
ing feathered his nest from the
emoluments of the office as it is, this
paper would perfer the present plan of
doing the state printing. The condi-
tions being known, the fact that Baker
cannot Stick Duniway for royal
ty on what is termed by knowing
printers to be an obsolete plant
prompting him to make his offer to the
state, is rovoltng to degree of adding
insult to injury. BY all means let
Duniway select an up to date printing
plant. Then the state should take it I
off his hands at cost and carriage,
place him on fiat salary, and tell
MIR. Baker TO shovel his junk iuto the
scrap heap, where it belongs.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-20

Wood, the lucky dog He has heal
ed up that old sore of humiliation we
opened for him once, when we COM
pared his bass voice in chorus practice
to the believing of Hereford bull.
He insinuates that the musical editor
of this paper always Imagined be
could play from bone, but only emit
ted discordant sounds like jackass in
distress, aud more than once disrupted
the Athena band.''
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-20
LAW POINTS.

The authority of Il clerk of district
court to take bail bond was denied
in Territory tx rel. Thacker versus
Woodring t3kla.D l.. r. A. (N. 81, S4S.
The failare of the court in a criminal
case to nterpose objections to improp-
er questions made by juryman Is
held. in State versus Crawford (NIinn.),
! l.. Il, \. (N. s., $50. not necessarily
to be reversible error in the absence
of objection or exception by counsel.
The right of bank to apply to the
personal obligations of a commission
merchant money received for produce
sent him for sale and deposited by him
IN his general account in the bank Is
denied in Boyle versus Northwestern
National bank (Wis.). L. r. A. IN. 81,
I10.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-20

The Union Repu blican gives the in
formation that since the recent elec-
tion in Colorado, leaders in both par
ties announce that it is time to end
the female suffrage matter, that the
results have demonstrated time and
again that women are a failure in
politics aud in public office. The po-
litical leaders of the Centennial State
are said TO be against continuance of
the farce, and announce that many
Colorado women wish to retire from
politics entirely.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-20

THIS section of the greatest wheat
growing country ON earth has just
about all the moisture it needs at pres
ent. However, Jupiter Pluvius il
evidently asleep at the top, and until
the water tank runs empty, irrigation
hours are open to all without restric-
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-20
Church OF Christ.

Services every Lords day. Bible
school at 10 a. IN. ; preaching at Ill;
\. Z. 5. 9. E. at p. M. preaching
at 5. p. m. Prayer meeting on We'd
nesday evening at s. The public is
invited to attend all of these services.
v. E. Hoven, Minister.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-20
TALES OF CITIES.

Chicago has put its freight traffic in
stead Of its passengers below the sur
face Of the streets.
Tho population of Brooklyn at the
tiEle Of consolidation was S3S,000. II
Is now l,35S,000, Il gain of $4,000. rel
rtively larger than Manhattan's.
Where London consumes 10000, 900
8 lions of water day New York con-
sumes l300,000.000. Where London has
an area Of 11S square miles. 'New Yark
has S2c.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-20

The whooping cough germ has bee
found. 1t took science long time to
locate a microbe which has never
ceased to call vociferous attention to
its wherea bouts.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-20

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, Wash
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-20

responded in most gratifying manner
and the merchants were we'll pleased
with the plan. The idea has already
been carried out in several cities.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-20
Neck FurS

Over 1900 pieces of dependable
Neck Furs are now being shown
in our Suit Rooms. Every piece
new and the very best of Reliable
Furs.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-20
Late Fall Millinery

Our Millinery Rooms are show
ing the SWEETEST of Fall Hats at
greatly reduced prices, which
makes your selection of Fall Hats
one of profit as well as pleasure.
The Irish standard., 1906-06-09
DANCER of Mixed MARRIAGES.

James r. Randall, writing anent this
subject in the Catholic Columbian,
says: Forty years ago, in the fertile
and beautiful Frederick valley, the
Catholic church which was filled on
Sundays and feast days with Catholic
families. Gradually the congregation
diminished and in recent years virtu
ally was extinguished. So the church
building has been sold to the Luther
ans. The only explanation given was
mixed marriages. We congratulate
ourselves upon conversions, but how
many are lost to us by such nuptials.
The Young Mems Christian associa-
ton in the east has been engaged in
making a religious census and the Sa-
cred Heart Review published the fol-
lowing item from it: In families
where the father and mother are
church members, but do not belong to
the same church, only so per cent of
the young men are church members.
When the father and mother
are Protestants, only 32 per cent of
the young men are not church MEM
bers. Where one of the parties is a
Catholic and the other a Protestant.
Sc per cent of the young men do not
belong to church."
The Irish standard., 1906-06-09
Heroes MemoriaIized.

The Pilot calls attention to the fact
that memorials to distinguished men
of Irish blood promise to become nu-
merous in America. One is projected
by Congress to Commodore John Bar
ry, Father of the American navy; an
other was reared last October in SOM
erset in memory of General Philip
Sheridan; a bill was introduced in Con-
gress last year providing for the estab-
lishment OF a national military park
on st. Michaels Island, Lake Cham
plain, to be known as McDonough Ma
tional Park. in honor of Commodore
McDonough, in commemoration of his
victory over the British fleet in the
battle of Plattsburg, September 18th,
1914, and in memory of the American
sailors and soldiers who persisted there;
a monument has been erected in Hell
ena, Mont, to General Thomas Fran
els Meagher; and the government of
Canada is to raise one in Parliament
Square, Ottawa, to Thomas Darcy
MCGEE. In Boston there are monu-
ments to John Boyle OReilly in one of
the public parks and to Colonel Louis
Cass, the gallant commander of the
Ninth Regiment in the Public Garden.
The Celtic element played creditable
and conspicuous part in the history of
hn fIa
worthy of public memorials.
The Irish standard., 1906-06-09
For the Nephews.

Why is bread like the sun? Be
cause when it rises it is light.
Why is a train of cars like a blan-
ket? Because it covers the sleeper
What islands are best for picnic
goers? The Sandwich Islands.
When does burglar become Il bird
When he is a robin (robbing).
What is most like {. half-moon?
The other half.
Why are troublesome visitors like
trees in winter? Because it is Il long
time before they leave.
What is the difference between the
Prince of Wales and bomshell? One
is heir to the throne and the other is
thrown to the air.
Why is Westminster Abbey like a
fireplace? Because it contains the ASH
es of the crate (greaD.
What is that which everybody has
seen, but will never see again? Yes
terday.
What is the best day for making pan
cakes? Friday. $685..
What is the keynote to good man.
ners? Be natural.
What letter of the alphabet is neces-
sary to make shoe? The last.
The Irish standard., 1906-06-09
md the ill-natured words of others

and the ill-natured words of others
will scarcely be needed by you.
Is it worth while to let the little pet
ty annoyances of every day sour your
disposition and make you burden to
others? If you have learned to smile
when the meat is tough or the cook
leaves unexpectedly, you are pretty
sure to have happy home A man
may overlook a bad dinner OCCASION
ally, but he grows weary of frowring
face.
Is it worth while to be discouraged
because you have failed in some under
taking? Success comes only to the
brave heart, and after repeated effort.
If we work for an object and long for
it with all our hearts, it will most prob
ably come to us, though seldom at
the time or in the manner we expect
ed, and should it never come this frail
life is not our final rest"
Is it worth while to say unknd
things of Others when by so doing we
injure ourselves more than we do
them? Better word of pity for a
fallen brother, since we know not but
that we may share his fate.
In a word, is it worth while to stoop
to gather thorns and thistles, when
fragrant flowers are reckoning to US
from tree and hedge; but we must
reach up and gather them; they will
not come down to us.
The Irish standard., 1906-06-09
DOWNFALL OF EvlL.DoERs.
Handwriting Experts and Conviction
BY Juries.


Handwriting experts have so fire.
quently been proved to be incorrect
In their deductions that juries seldom
convict prisoners on their evidence
says Answers Curiously enough.
however. although the handwriting
test has been proved to be unreliable
the evidence of faulty spelling has
never failed to bring retribution to
evil doors.
1t appears that forgery is compare
lively easy, and that even an expert
can be readily deceived by Il forged
document: but it seems almost Ger
tain that IL an adult. even of good edu-
cation. misspells certain words, It is
almost impossible for him to spell
them correctly from dictation, unless
aided by a dictionary.
This strange fact was wildly mani
tested through the acumen of Justice
Darling during the hearing of a
breach of promise case recently at
Birmingham. The plaintiff relied upon
certain letters. which she stated were
written to her by defendant. to es-
tablish her case. The man. however,
denied the authorship, and there were
considerable doubts expressed which
the judge shared. as to the incriminat-
ing documents being in his hand writ
ing.
Gross perjury is being committed
in this case" said Justice Darling.
And then his Lordship thought of Il
new test How do you spell the
word 'awful?' he inquired of the de-
PENDANT.
"A-w-f-u-l," was the response.
That's how the word is spelt by
the person who wrote this letter." OBJ
served the judge.
And it was this fact that procured
the plaintiff $500 damages.
The political history of the last fif-
teen years has been determined by a
mistake in spelling. The fact that
an sc" was used instead of an "a" rem
dered the claims of the Irish party
to Home Rule and other reforms pos
sible as constitutional question to the
Imperial Parliament.
The Irish standard., 1906-06-09
Do Catholics believe that O. man by

Do Catholics believe that a man by
his own good works can obtain saliva
ton?
Catholics do not believe that by his
own good works, Independently of the
merits and Passion of Jesus Christ and
Of his grace, a man can obtain saliva
ton, or make any satisfaction for the
guilt of his sins, or acquire any merit.
Do Catholics believe that no Protest.
ant can go to heaven?
Catholics do not believe that Protest.
ants who are baptized. who lead good
life, love God and their neighbor, and
are blamelessly ignorant of the just
claims of the Catholic religion to be the
only one true religion, are excluded
from heaven provided they believe that
there is one God in three Divine Per-
sons; that God will duly reward the
good and punish the wicked; that Je-
sus Christ is the Son of God made man,
who redeemed us, and in whom we
must trust for our salvation; and pro-
vided they thoroughly repent Of having
ever, by their sins, offended God, says
Benziger's Magazine.
The Irish standard., 1906-06-09
The Holy Family.

On the return from Egypt Mary Jo-
seph and the Divine Child went to
Nazareth. there to enter upon life
of obscurity, poverty and toll. For 80
years the Sun Of Justice remains hid
den behind the cloud, seemingly un-
conscious of His Godhead and forget
full Of His mission. How the Saints,
the Church of God in all times have
loved to ponder over this mystery!
and with what instruction, spiritual
profit and consolation! During these
years He set the example of the vir-
tues that We're to single out in all ages
the lives of His true followers. With
er, He gave the model to be initiated by
all states of life and condition in His
Church, by married and single, by par
ents and children, by the rich and
poor, by masters and servants, by en-
ployers and workmen. More precious
still We're the prayers and merits
through which He obtained for His
whole Church ever afterward abund-
ant grace to copy the pattern He set
them. Above all He drew the plan,
laid the foundations, and provided the
graces of the Christian home; so much
was to depend upon it. Happy the
family that is regulated on. the pattern
of the Holy Family!
The Irish standard., 1906-06-09
thought. a bit too late.

thought. a bit too late.
Two strikes!" tn umpire beloved,
but tn bleachers didn't shout;
1 looked at Casey an saw his smile
was dyin' out.
I braced myself an sent him one in my
peecoolyer style,
An Casey swung mid all his might
an missed it by mile!
No matter what tn po'try says of
Casey an his bat,
This is the way it happened, you can
lay your coin on that.
TIL bands are playin' somewhere, but
tits not in Caseys town,
They're serenadin' Riley, he's tn nan
who put him down.
An SO skidoo for Casey's fame, his
numbers "twenty-three!"
Twas Riley. Pitcher Riley, was TIL
hero don't you see?
st. Louis Republic.
The Irish standard., 1906-06-09

1t was at the period when the gray
est charges We're being made against
the late Charles Stewart Parnell and
other members of the Irish Parlia-
mentary Party that The Times cleo
trified the world by publishing a let
ter, purporting to be from the Irish
leader, approving of assassination.
The majority of the British people
at the time believed it to be authentic.
At the famous commission of three
judges that was held to investigate
these terrible charges, handwriting
experts swore that this letter was in
Parnelrs handwriting. Despite the
searching cross-examination the late
Lord Chief Justice, Lord Russell of
Killowen Chen Sir Charles RusselD
subjected them to, it was impossible tc
shake their evidence, and most people
We're convinced that Parnell had
penned this terrible document.
Then a journalist named Richard
Pigott entered the box.
Write on piece of paper the word
'hesitancy,' said Sir Charles sudden
ly.
The witness did So and handed the
paper to the counsel. The word was
spelled "hesitency,' which correspond
end to the spelling of the same word
in the discriminating letter.
Triumphantly Sir Charles pressed
his point, and in few moments the
wretched Pigott admitted that he had
forged the letter and sold it to the
Times for large sum.
The Irish standard., 1906-06-09
Riley in the Box.

There's been lot of smokin over
Casey an his bat. ....
And how he didn't win tn game an
other CUFF like that.
They've made some rhymes about him
that have sort O. swell his fame,
But what's tn good O. crackin' up tn
nut that lost tn game?
I'd heard about this Casey an TIL way
he smashed 'em out;
I'd heard about his posin' just to draw
tn bleachers' shout.
So when we tackled Casey's team you
may be sure tried
To put a kink in Casey's fame an
puncture Casey's pride.
For those O. you seen tn game it's easy
to recall
That we'd have lost an they'd have
won had Casey hit the ball.
Twas in tn ninth wild bases full that
Casey came to bat,
An lordy, how tn bleachers cheered
when in his hands he spat!
I doubled up an then unkinke1 an let
tn horsehide fly,
But Casey only stood an smiled and
watched tn ball go by.
zone strike" tn umpire shouted, an
I thought there'd be a fight,
But Casey sort O. turned an said, BE
quiet, lads, he's right"
Again shot screamer an it whistled
DER the plate;
If Casey thought he'd strike at it, he
The Irish standard., 1906-06-09
Is It Worth It?

Is it worth while to fret and worry
because certain things have been de-
MED you, when you could scarcely
enumerate your blessings if you tried :?
Better spend the time in endeavoring
to cultivate a grateful, happy spirit,
and the sunshine that wells up in your
heart will overflow and come back to
you in n thousand ways.
Is it worth while to make yourself
miserable if others speak i'll of you
and attribute your actions to wrong in
tentions? Their judgment, after all,
is feeble. and may vary with the wind
Learn to live in a beautiful, calm at
mosphere of religion and high ideals,