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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-09
"Fired" Champagne.

From the Philadelphia Record.
 It is strange how many desirable i1i- ventions and processes have come by chance or accident. Scientists pore
 over difficult problems and keep on ex-
 perimenting until they are worn out with study and hard work, and an or i dinary larymen, with no scientific
 knowledge whatever, looks the scient-
 ist's work over a short time and makes
 suggestions which at once solves the difficulty. Even children have discov-
 cred what grown people have groped around blindly for, as, for instance, the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-09

shrleHed, and when l looked for the red monster he was gone.
 When near the watering tub at the Hazard place, Sharon, the hideous giant rose up again. This time the monster was so black l could just discern it's outlines by two green searehights. I must have fainted from fright, for when l recovered my senses 1t was daylight and my clothes were still damp from perspiration and my hair white where il was a jet black before p
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-09
MT. Fairbanks Favorite Drink.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
 yice-President Fairbanks denies that he likes buttermilk. He says that he once thanked q lady for handing him glass of the stuff and that some newspa- per published q paragraph about it. thus giving rise to the story that buttermilk was his favorite beverage. He insists that be rarely drinks anything but lee water.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-09

the diaphragm of the shield and braced
 against the circumference formed by the flanges of the last completed ring of the tunnel. As the jacks shove the
 shield ahead the width of ring, the shell slides oyer the outside surface of the tunnel wall and the segments that make a complete ring are erected In. side it. So the tunnel grows ring by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-09

was taken as evidence of inferior breed- ing and courage, and Grose held that "blaclSleg" was derived from the black legs of gameeoeks-a view, however, dis counted by the single point that their legs are not always black.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-09
High-CldSs Gift Articles

Will be found at this
 store in abundance, but al- ways for less money than elsewhere. Our well known popular pricings are ap- piled to all merchandise in our store.
 We now wish to call your attention to some of the most magnificent orna- mental pieces of genuine hand chiseled marble statues, busts and pedes- tals ever shown in the city. And you will also find here a grand showing of exquisite electroellers in
 many unique and original designs, and these along with our selection of high class bric- -brac completes a stock from which the most fastidious m a y
 choose gifts with greatest satisfaction.
 s---
 J. LOWinSOhn 1921 Second Ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-09
Practical Physiolooy.

Teacher-Johnny, do you know the ef- feets of alcohol on the cells of the brain? Johnny-Naw, but l know de effects on dc cells of de station house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-09

We have been in bus ness for nearly 25 years, and every season we note an increase in the number of our Christ mas shoppers. The req son is, people have learned that a gift may be at once beautiful and useful-in fact, the more utility there is i'll it, the greater the satis- faction of the recipient as well as the donor. We cannot fail to live in the mind of the loved one if there is some. thing to call us up every time the hand or eye falls upon it. And better still is the thought that our gift is a constant source of pleasure and comfort not a thing to be put away under lock and key, to be seen only at long intervals, but q part of the daily life. Furniture is most inti- mately associated with the home, the center of our affections, and the making of furniture is now one of the fine arts. Thus the gift of furni- ture is the expression of love, good taste and sound sense.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-10-09
THE DIVORCE EVIL.
Spokesman Review.

The recent grinding out of large
number of divorces by the courts in
this city. while not accompanied by
any particular sensational feathers has
afforded to all who take an interest in
the divorce question as a social prob
lem an interesting subject for study
and reflection. If the number of de-
crees that have just been granted were
a matter of everyday occurrence there
would be strong sentiment that con-
ditions here were terribly and regret
tably bad. They are bad enough, it
is true, but not quite SO serious as the
court records of a week would seem
to indicate. The practice OF reserv
ing for special dates the disposition of
divorce cases must be taken into con-
sideration.
If conditions are worse here than
could be desired they are still not
nearly so bad as in some other locali-
ties. 1t is predicted tnat the forth
coming report of the census bureau on
marriage and divorce will not reflect
any credit on the people of the United
States. While the statistics are tar
from complete, the work of gather
lug them has gone far enough TO con-
vince the bureau that the complete
showing will reveal startling con-
dition of affairs. In some cities the
agents of the bureau are finding that
for certain periods the courts have
been divorcing men and women about
as rapidly as the preachers unite them
in marriage.
In nearly all the northern cities, it
is said, the statistics show that the
divorce mills have been working
overtime. In most sections of the
south the marriage vow is still held
sacred. Even in the southern cities
the agents are finding that divorce
proceedings are seldom resorted to.
The popular demand for remedial
legislation is likely to be renewed
when the complete report is made
public, and state Legislatures meeting
next January may find themselves be-
sieged by the advocates of reform. 1t
is understood that whatever is done
will have to be by the various states,
congress not being constitutionally
authorized to pass federal law on
the subject applicable to all the
states. There is unfortunately little
reason to expect that uniformity in
state legislation which is hoped for in
order to give real strength and gener-
al effectiveness to corr lection of the di
vorce evil.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-10-09
Are You Tired, Nervous
and SIeepIeSs !?

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ually due TO the fact that the nerves are
not fed on properly nourishing blood;
they arc starved nerves. DIR. Pierce's
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toned up and invig0ratcd, end you are
good for 4 whole lot of physical or mental
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crease in vitality and health are lasting.
The trouble with most tOnicS and med
icincs which have large. booming sale
for short time, is that they are largely
composed of alcohol holding the drugs in
solution. This alcohol shrinks up the red
blood cOrpnsclcs and in the long run
greatly Injuries the system. One may feel
exhlaratcd and better for the time being,
yet in the end weakened and with vitality
decreased. DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery contains no alcohol. Every
bottle of it bears upon its wrapper The
Badge Of Honesty. in full list Of all its
several ingredients. For the druggist to
offer you something he claims is Hjust as
good is to insult your intelligence.
Every ingredient entering into the
world-famed Golden Medical Discovery"
nus ShS bpPiOfu uhu ~
ment of the leading medical authorities
of all the several schools of practice. No
other medicine sold through druggists for
like purposes has any such endorsement.
The "Golden Medical Discovery" not
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Godcn Seal root used in its compound
ing Is greatly enhanced in its curative ac-
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drake root and chemically pure triple
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rThc Common Sense Medical Adviser"
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Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con-
stipation. biiousness and headache.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-10-09

tering Athena are accommodated in
the matter of making connections by
VIM. Mcbride and O. A. Barrett &
Co. These firms have for the most
part given time aud attention to tele-
phone calls free of charge. The rural
telephone business has assumed such
proportions that the point is reached
where an operator is necessary, and
the question has been raised whether
it would not be more satisfactory to
merge the rural lines with those of the
long distance company and have all
the work done through one office and
with one set Of operators. Argument
favoring this consolidation is made
strong by the claim that charges
would be low and the service would
be of the best.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-10-09

The Barnes brothers of Elgin have
purchased 150 head Of goats and will
engage in goat raising. They made
their purchase from goat raisers in
Western Oregon and have fine herd
to start with. The promoters of the
new scheme have several hundred
acres of timber land north of that city
on which the animals will be kept a
greater part of the time, On some of
the land the timber has been removed
and it is thought that the goats will
greatly assist in clearing the laud of
undergrowth aud brush. Goat rails
ing has grown to be qui lnIgc and
profitable industry in the western part
OF the sta;eaud there is 20 reason why
results as good should not be obtained
east Of the Cascades Mohair readily
sells for 80 TO GO cents pr pound.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-10-09
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
Baker City Herald.

Where the law conflicts use common
sense. In following that method
Judge VIM. Smith this morning solv-
ed the problem which has been pre-
picking the courts of Baker county
since Oscar Jacobson was arrested
charged with moving sheep from the
county without permit from the
stork inspector. Carl Parker.
The circuit court through Judge
Smith this morning held that Jacob
sons defense. that be had a permit
from tha Uuion county inspector, VAS
good. He directed the jury to returr
a vel diet acquittiug Jac, bson.
There seems to be two laws regard
ing stock inspection 0u the statute.
With one of these jacobson had coni-
piled. One gives the permission to
move stock upon the certificate of the
inspector of the county in which they
are at the time of moving, the other of
the inspector of the county into which
they may be moved.
Judge Smith decided that it was for
the protection of the county into
which the sheep were being taken that
the law was intended, and that the
certificate of the Union county inspec-
tor whose territory was about to be
invaded by Jacobson's sheep, was
the proper one. He held that as q
matter of common sense it would not
protect Baker county stock to have
unhealthy sheep kept in the county,
but that it would injure the stock OF
the county into which they were to bt
taken, and hence the jurisdiction
should rest with the Union county
man.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-10-09

A neat swindle has been worked on
the state of Washington, whereby
that state is loser by several thousand
dollars. Our sister state has bounty
of 81 ON coyotes and so. so on wild
cats, and genius named Wright has
been rakiug in the shekels pretty fast
during the past six months. His rec
ord has been great during the past Elk
months on coyotes and wildcats in
King county, be having presented 45O
coyote and wildcat scalps. This led
to an investigation and it was learned
that the scalps were brought on from
the east and panned off on the easy
county officials.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-10-09
ATHENA, ORE, OCTOBER. g, 1906

Umatilla county wheat raisers will
be interested in the following statis-
tics relative to wheat production in
the Argentine republic:
Aside from the production of cattle,
by which Argentina first attracted
attention, the country is known as a
wheat grower and will continue to in
crease in Importance in this direction.
The extraordinary gain made during
1908 04 in crop raising as against ami
NAL production was not due to any
unnatural or phenomenal causes. Ex-
ports of farm products during the first
six months of 1904 increased more
than a third over the same period in
1908, which was considered a very
good year. At the same time the ex-
ports of animal products fell off 8
per cent. The total wheat export of
AIBoHlluh up " bho ASO u CoUODOh'
1904, was 1OO,OOO,0OO bushels, while
the total for the year 1908 was only
$4,000, 900, and for the preceding year
only $500, ,07O bushels. The wheat
area is rapidly extending to the west
and southwest The acreage esti-
mated by the Argentina department of
agriculture tor the past season was o.
275, 1873, and the estimated production
224, 100, 6O6 bushels. This is chiefly
in the province of Buenos Ayres,
Santa Fe and Cordoca, with smaller
amounts in Entire Rios and in the ter
ritory of the Pampa.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-10-09
NEW PUZZLE; HOW OLD is JANE
Denver Times.

One of the justices the other day en-
countered a problem that is still puz
zling him. Among the witnesses in a
case was woman who had been cali
ed to tell of the quarrel which Led up
to hair-pulling between two of her
neig ghbors in big tenement house.
She took the stand and was sworn,
and counsel for the defendant asked
her name.
"Jane Symonds, she answered.
How old are you?" asked the law
yer.
well, F" responded the witness, 81
am the Oldest of the family. There
ere fifteen of us, and there is just a
year and half exactly between the
birthdays. am Just eight times the
age of my little sister Eva, who is the
youngest of the family. You can
figure it out for yourself.
The court and the lawyers are still
figuring. See if you ran make it out.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-10-09

The News Letter published at Hood
River celebrates its first anniversary
by getting out fine, 20-page illustrat-
ed edition, setting forth the great
advantages of Hood River and that
valley. The edition is the best that
has ever reached our desk. Not only
is it we'll edited but the illustrations
excel those of the ordinary magazine
and the press work is perfect. The
edition is credit to the publisher and
the town which it advertises.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-10-09

In Eastern and Central Washington
the farmers telephone liues are being
connected with the Pacific States
Telephone & Telegraph company's long
distance system, and wherever the
change has been made, after thorough
demonstration, the service is said to
be found much better than under the
old method of having your neighbor
to call up another neighbor before
you are enabled to talk with some
other neighbHr. The rural lines en-
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-10-09

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 i'll our rooms. These lnstru-
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, 1906-10-09

The democrats nominated w. r.
Hearst for governor of New York,
and endorsed Bryan. The republicans
nominated Hughes for governor and
endorsed President Roosevelt's ad-
ministration. Tammany hall helped
Hearst to defeat the Jerome demo-
Gratis, and now the latter will bolt
Hearst. Such is politics in the En-
nire state.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-10-09

The Hermiston Herald is the 20 ung-
est and latest newspaper swaddling to
make its appearance on the Press ex-
change table. 1t is healthy infant,
comes to us in handsome dress and
apparently is nursed by some one who
is we'll up in the ways aud manners of
newspaper work.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-10-09

William Pinkney Whyte, the new
senator from Maryland, was 80 years
old in August. He has for colleagues
Edmund w. Pettus, S5 years old, and
John Z. Morgan, eighty two, the two
from Alabama. These three men
are senators indeed. in the original
sense of the word.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-10-09

Boltiug is popular fad. Mayor
Mcclellan has bolted Hearst. Fifty
thousand republicans will bolt the
head of the ticket in Iowa. The
bosses must be defeated. ibis is a
bad year for bad men.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-10-09
Settle UP.

Those knowing themselves to be in
debted to VIM. Mcbride, the druggist,
are expected to call aud settle by Oc-
tober 10. Otherwise cost of collec.
tion may be ADDED.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-10-09

Cuban independence is only an
''irridesoent dream" full of night
mares. Don't blame Palma for want
ing to skidoo. The Teller resolution
was a stupid and stupendous blunder.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-10-09
offense to give away cent cigars for
campaign purposes.

Until President Roosevelt becomes
a grandfather. Emperor William may
claim that he is better man than the
great American.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-10-09

A Kansas statesman suggests a law
making it criminal offense to give
away campaign cigars. Move tt
amend by making it crimina
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-10-09

tlI communication should be addressed to
+ PRESS AthenaOregon
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-04

There were dogs, monkeys and poll
parrots without number, and by actual
count 104 goats for sacrifciaI purposes.
The retainers numbered J52 persons,
and the luggage and equipment Occu-
pied several cars. This man was the
ruler of a territory equal to about halt
that of Ireland.
Brother of the Morning Star"
These Indian dignitaries indulge in
all sorts of fancies and extraVa gances
One signs himself THE Brother or me
Morning Star" and another carries
around with him a clock with a dia-
mond pendulum. The favOrite wife of
one notable decided that she wanted a
set' Of false teeth, and the American
dentist who got the job had to put
them In without seeing her face. This
difficult task was accomplished by the
lady wearing a mask with a hole cut
for her mouth. The American is re-
ported to have received 5000 rupees for
his work. A physician who was sum,
mOned to the harem of one of the ra-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-04

jahs told me that he was not permitted
to see his patient. She thrust her hand
out from behind a screen and he felt
Of her pulse, and her tongue was pre-
sented for his inspection through a slit
in the curtain. These precautions were
taken because in India it IS not proper
for a married woman to expose her
face to the gaze of any other than hel
lord and master.
It is a well established fact that it is
next to impossible to discourage an
American tourist when there Is any
thing unusual to be seen. This was
proved by an incident which occurred
during the visit Of the Prince of Wales
TO India At one of the functions re-
curing full dress there appeared a tall.
angular woman attired in a plaid walk
ing suit. The waist of the suit had been
made decOllette by rolling up the
sleeves and turning the collar under.
This woman who so brazenly defed the
strict rules of dress by this silly make.
shift finally attracted the attention of
Lady CUrzOn, who asked an acquaint-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-04

Gently during one night. This was &C
cOmplishcd by appOrtiOning the entire
country into small districts, The popu-
ldtiOn Of which was enumerated and
classified between suns. This count
showed that there are thirty cities in
India with over 100 900 inhabitants each
and that in some quarters the density
runs as high as $50 to the square mile,
which is undoubtedly the greatest in
the world.
Calcutta has LOO, 900 people, making
it the second largest city in the British
empire.
One striking result Of this census
was the revelation that there are 26,-
100000 widows in India, most of them
little 81 is who were betrothed while
children and whose husbands died be-
fore they reached maturity. Although
these little wives have never left the
parental roof, their marriage being
technically no more than an engage
ment, according to Indian custom they
are widows and cannot wed again. 1t
is now legal for them to remarry, but
the n-obServance Of the law IS so
general that the occasional marriage OF
one Of them is regarded by the news
papers as an extraordinary event
Their pitiful plight IS one of the sad
dest things in sorrowful India.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-04

of his baby and after some hesitation
he will reply that it was born about
the time of the rice planting" or soon
after the end of the harvest" No
amount of insistence can establish the
age OF the infant any nearer than this
The ideas that people have about
what a1lS them are often extremely
amusing One man is very much dis
treSsed because he has not saeezed for
three months, and another is disturbed
by the beating of his own heart and
wants II stopped. A man will appear at
the hospital complaining of some trivial
thing, and the doctor VIII at once see
that he is suffering from something
else When told Of his additional NAL
ady he is very likely to reply: ''Oh.
that will be all right as soon as the
wind blows from the west" He will
scorn the prOffered treatment and go
his way content in the belief that a
change In the direction of the wind Is