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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-02-20

Wanted-Three salssmen for our new
county. Township aud Railroad
Surveys OF Oregon. These surveys
are q splendid compilation OF facts
figures and drawings. and Of won
dsrfui value. Counties and towns
are fully indexed. and populations
OF each are given; railroads plain
ly shown and distances between all
stations also shown; congressional
districts outlined. numbered and
populations given. Other features
too numerous 10 mention. A splen-
did opportunity for energetic men.
Rand. MeNally 4 Co.. Chicago. III.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-02-20

A tissue builder. reconstructor,
builds up waste force, makes strong
nerves and muscles. Some people do
not realize what a great remedy Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea ia; S5
cents, Tea or Tablets. For sale at
DR.. Stones store.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-02-20
PORTLAND MARKET.

wheat-Club, 69@70c; valley
70c; blue stem, ITO 72c.
oats--Choice white, $29.
Millstuff-Bran, $17.
Hay-Timothy, $14Q$15; alfalfa
$14.
vetch-s7.5O@ss.OO.
Potatoes-s1.O09$1.25 per cwt
Poultry-Hens, 13h @14o; mixed
chickens, 11@12c; dressed chickens,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-02-20

Butte n wenderoth--Fins wines.
liquors and cigars. We handle the
celebrated Kellogg and Castle
whiskies. Cool and refreshing beer
constantly on drough. south
Commercial strest s-s-iU
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-02-20

For Sale.--S4 acres OF choice land,
good 9-room house and barn and
outbuildlngs, good orchard and
we'll; 10 acres of hops; situated
three-Quarters of mile from car
line; land all In cultivation and
will be divided II desired and sold
In two lots. Address w. A. Liston,
$40 Court street. Salem. 1-26-tms
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-02-20

wanted---Gentlema or lady 70 travel
for mercantile house OF large cap
ital. Territory at home or abroad
20 suit. II desirable the home may
be used as headquarters. Weekly
salary OF $1,000 per year and ex-
Denses. Address Joseph A. Alex
ander. Salem. ore. 2-iS-tm'
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-24
A Brokers' :
=-Love Affair
0NNNN~~~~~~

Barclay Ashton, stock broker, had
a reformed look in his eye.
~ am going to settle down." he said
methodically, calculatingly and firmly.
II must get married"
Very punctllious and discreet was
Barclay. He proposed to get married
Just as he proposed to buy Brighton
"A" 1t was good investment.
Then he set about 1t In the most ex-
traordlnary Wall street manner.
II don't want" said he, "any giddy
beauties, want mature, sober, eco
nomical, modest, healthy, good-temper-
ed. affectionate, sagaclous. loving,
motherly, genteel, sterling woman
Girls make me weary"
When you get one of these financial
intellects regularly to business he
knows what he Is about, and he doesn't
make any mistake.
So Barclay set up matrimonial bu-
reau in his private office.
He would advertise.
No nonsensIcal rot about cultured
gent desiring to meet cultured lady, but
straight business proposition.
1t would involve immense clerical
system--very well, he would dictate
answers for an hour every morning.
First thing to do-get an extra ste
nographer Must be business-like girl
girls, bad, but have to put up with
It."
One morning there came to Barclays
office a girl with small waist, pearl
gray pellsse over her shoulders and
cornelian ring on her finger
Il am stenographer," said she very
meekly. II came to answer an adver-
tlsement"
Barclay was signing checks. It was
one Of the busiest moments OF his life.
Finally he glanced at her.
"Young woman, | want discreet.
confidential secretary to answer corre-
spondence. She's got to be here early
in the MORNING, attend to business
strictly. The salary Is SO week. Do
you think you can sit down to that
kind of drudgery for that pittance and
keep the business to yourselfP'
"Yes, sir"
'Now, then" said Barclay, "the mat.
ter for which have engaged you is
aside from the regular business BY
the way, what Is your name3"
"Mary Nelson"
"Well, Miss Nelson, don't want you
to talk outside this room about any Of
the business you have to transact here.
II you do there1l be trouble"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-24
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
THEY RESUMED"

Hentley villagers still chuckle over
the story of Alonzo Peters courtships
although Aionzo died, an old man OF
30, several years ago. But he was in
his far-away youth, chiefly notable az
wooer. He courted nearly all the ELI
gible maidens in the town-not stimuli
taneously, for he was no gay trifer
with hearts, but consecutiyely, and with
serious matrimonial intent,
Not that his suit was ever rejected.
Tor he never reached a point where it
could be; that was the trouble.
Alonzo was slow. He was very slow.
Girl after girl wearied or despaired.
and married some less deliberate suitor.
Then Alonzo, after brief pause for
retrospection and selection, would
transfer his affections and try again.
He had been trying some twenty years
when Lydia Worrell, one of his earliest
sweethearts, was left widow. Hent-
ley tradition tells that he came awk.
wardly up to her after church and
stammered drawlingly with painful ef-
fort:
"Howdy, Lydia! You and me used to
see quite little Of one another once.
Shall We resumer
Certainly we'll resume" the pricked
ears of many Of the lingering congre-
cation heard Lydia answer, sweetly,
'but shall it be where we left off, Mr..
Peters, or twenty years further along?
It's as you please"
They resumed as far along as mat
rimony.
'Leap-year may have its uses in 9TH
er places, and I'm not denying It," COM
mented Captain Billy at the store
proudly. "'Taint needed in Hentley,
though. Lyddy Worrel's way is long
sight better"
''Lyddy Worrelps way" has indeed
passed Into local byword which never
fails to be quoted when shy or dila-
tory suitor needs encouragement.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-24
Union yyith Cody WIN.

Mans will alone can do great things.
Gods will can do greater. When the
two are joined together, limitations
are swept away. Every man knows
by experience something of the posi-
bilities Of his own unaided wlll-power.
There have been times when, in es-
arrangement from God, and without
prayer, we have depended upon our
own will alone In the accomplishment
Of a certain matter, and by sheer de-
termination have succeeded. 1t may
have been only a small accomplish
ment, but 1t was enough to prove the
existence and the working value of a
will. What God asks of us is that we
use that same will, and in that same
spirit of determination, In working with
Him and with His will. If we would
try as hard with Him as we sometimes
try without Him, life would begin to
show results.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-24
Uncalled For Anxietie..

Would 1t not be better to leave to-
morrow with GodG That is what is
troubling men; to-morrow's tempta-
tions, to-morrow's difficulties, to-mor.
rows burdens, to-morrow's duties. Mar
tin Luther, in his autobiography, says
II have one preacher that l love better
than any other on earth; it Is my lit
tie tame robin, who breaches to me
daily. put his crumbs upon my win
dow sill, especially at night. He hops
onto the window sill when he wants
his supply, and takes as much as he
desires to satisfy his need. From
thence he always hops to little tree
close by and lifts up his voice to God,
and sings his carols Of praise and graf
itude, tucks his little head under his
wing and goes fast to sleep, and leaves
tomorrow to look for itself. He is the
best preacher that have on earth"
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each separate scene; the best way of
doing each several duty. We have no
right to act in an aimless and indo-
lent manner, and then expect all our
negllgences and slips to be made up
and corrected by an over-ruling prov
idence. There is an over-ruling provi-
dence, but there is also teaching
wisdom of God, and If we wish to be
fully under the protection Of the one,
we must open all our faculties to re-
ceive the instructions of the other
DR.. A. Raleigh
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-24

For week the business of the office
went on as usual.
1t was Monday morning. She had
hung up her hat, and busted her ma
chine, when Barclay said, with sad
expression Of countenance:
Miss Nelson, you've been a faithful
and efficacious secretary, and l am sor-
ry I've got to lose you, but the fact is,
I've found the woman l want, and, of
course, | shall not need you any more.
YES" he went on, "I've actually
picked out the woman who Is to be my
wife. You remember all the qualities
that | was fool enough to expect in one
woman?"
Eyes, sir"
"Well, I've found most of them"
Il am very glad, SIR"
And you are the woman"
Barclay extended his hands toward
her. "Will you be my wife"
Mary Nelson dropped her head.
Then she stammered "No."
A strange, new light came into her
face. mfr. Barclay" she said present
ly. Il am a poor girl and you are a
rich man. could not fill your require
ments, as specified in your letters to
other women. Besides | love nv inde-
pendence, and no woman Of spirit cares
to be traded In like shares of stock"
Barclay fell to his knees. "My dear,
you are right" His big frame shook
with emotion. "I am wretched,
money-warped, business-soaked dog.
do not deserve you. But do love YOU.
with all my heart. May pursue this,
the dearest wish of my life? VIII you
permit me to prove my worthY"
The naughty, contemptuous smile In
the girls face quickly gave way to the
usual sweet and earnest expression.
by this admission" she said. taking
his trembling hand, ~ have proof
enough.
"Yes."-Kansas City World.
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"My mother is dying" she said. 81
have neglected her to-day so as not to
disappolnt YOU"
"Confound It, Miss Nelsonl" said
the broker, jumping up. "What do you
mean by having mother Ill and not
telling me? What do you mean by COM
ing here to-day? Will you never get
any business in your head?"
He opened the door.
"Here, Sam. get hansom,"
And Sam saw the sailor hat In his
hand.
About week after this the office
had three baskets of letters in 1t. Bar
clay used to come in, look at the vacant
desk and go away again.
Then the sailor hat reappeared. Bar
clay shook hands with Miss Nelson.
congratulatlng her on her mothers re-
covery.
"Pshaw, don't mention 1t, my child.
am about as kind as the average busl-
ness man--no more. no less. We've got
lot of business here"
They both laughed.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-24
Looking Beyond.

There are many people who &c
through the highways and byways OF
life with eyes that see not. Some keer
their eyes ever turned toward the
past some have their eyes fixed solely
on the future, others are always blind
ed by present care and their own per-
sonal anxieties.
That one may see, the soul must have
fsen to where the little frets and wor-
ries may be dismissed.
One must break through the crust of
Indifference and slip out beyond the
cares that infest the day." The spirit
must have gone to meet the Infinite
and found peace.
Then, when we walk forth In Gods
sweet out-of-doors, the eyes will see
the beauty Of the King, and the ear
will hear the still, small voice.-W. H.
Handy.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-24

Every burden laid upon us Is COM
pliment from God. An employer does
not commit great responsibilities TO in
competent workers. The more import
ant the work Is, the more careful he is
to select only those who can safely
represent him in the way they should
while carrying that responsibility. So
with the atfiiction and sorrow and
business and household cares that are
bearing down to-day upon many of
Gods children. The Father believes in
those to whom he is entrusting such
burdens and he is showing his conf
dence in their ability to represent Him
BY the way they meet such RESPONSE
bility. To bear nobly the part He gives
them, trusting all the rest to Him, that
Is His charge to each.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-24
A Necessary Dtstinction.

Mr.. Hipsley had dog that he valued
highly, but the animal was terror to
the neighbors on account of its having
Quarrelsome disposition and an un-
fortunate tendency to use its teeth on
human beings as well as on four-footed
creatures Of its own kind. They had
frequently asked him to keep the dog
muzzled, but he had refused. Finally
they laid the case before the authori.
ties, whereupon an officer called.
There has been good deal Of com.
plaint about your dog, Mr.. Hipsley.
he said, "and I am afraid | shall have
to ask you to put muzzle on him."
"But / don't believe In muzzlina
dogs!" he answered, with some heat.
II think the poet is right when he
says:
Let dogs delight to bark and bite.
For God hath made them So"
YES" rejoined the officer, who. for.
tunately, was possessed Of q sense Of
humor, but he doesn't say we should
delight to let them bark and bite"
Mr.. Hipsley saw the point and
yielded
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Honoring God.

Let man make 1t his object in life,
to bring to God all the honor that he
can; to show that he remembers Him
and regards Him and reverences Him,
even when 1t Is not likely to be noticed,
even when 1t is inconvenient to him
self, even when there might be many
excuses found for postponing, omitting
or forgetting it; let a man live thus,
and God Who is thus honored by him
Will, In turn, honor him. He will cause
men to see that life Of remembering
God is, on the whole, in the long run,
a happy life, and successful life, and
an honored life.-Dr. Vaughan.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-24
source OF Discontent.

There is a law that runs through
all things, which finds its cruelest
force In money. The more a man has
the less he thinks he has. All that
God promises Is all that we need, not
all that we desire. Our desires are
infinite-they are made for God, and
what Is great enough for him Is too
great for anything less. We are al
ways trying to make ourselves little
enough for the world to fill us, and
we cannot. This is the source of our
divine discomfort. We perish with
hunger 80 long as we seek to fill our
selves with the husks the swine do
eat. 1t is only in the Fathers house
that there is bread enough and to
spare, and the heart will never be
merry with the abiding merriment un-
til we arise and go to the Father
Mark Guy Pearse.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-24

round figures and has foreign trade of $101OOOOO
year. OF which little more than onefourth is with the
United States, or $2,70OOO0.
These countries capable Of much greater develop
ment than they have attained but order to attract the
population and capital necessary to the development of
her resources peace and order must be assured This
cannot De mad under existing conditions there is no
promise that these will be materially changed in the near
future What is manlfesty needed is a union Of the
central American republics and establishment of one
stable government but all efforts hitherto to bring this
about have been futile and while it may eventually be
accomplished the time Of its attainment is probably
remote.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-24
NNN0NNonNNc
Making To-morrow,s Character.

Making TO-morrow's Character.
To-morrow's character Is determined
by to-day's action. Therefore it is not
only possible to control the future-it
is our positive duty to do SO. Whether
we will or no, we are max
ing or unmaking character to-
day, for character Is habit
crystallized." To recognize this ought
to help us to take the higher ground
always. No man can safely say that
he will "take things easy" to-day, and
tomorrow do differently. Tomorrow
may not come; but If it does come, he
Is less likely to do we'll than he was
to-day, If today he has showed charac-
ter peg downward. We have the
privilege Of looking at our every act as
typical Of our real and final character;
and we have a duty to do SO while
each act awaits our decision. What Is
left of to-day may still be so regarded
and so controlled, If the control is
given to One who alone can overcome
the past.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-24

She turned her demure face toward
him and said 'Yes, SIR" so meekly and
patiently that he noticed her eyes.
So they got along very nicely with
out any nonsense. Barclay would come
in the morning, look to see If the sailor
hat was hanging on the peg, grunt
Good morning. Miss Nelson" and then
sit down at his desk
His heart was constructed on solid
clockwork business principles, and one
morning when he came in the sailor
hat was not on the peg. 1t annoyed
him.
where is that young woman2' No
one knew.
The next day when she came he rep
rimanded her fiercely.
1T annoyed me very much" he said.
"You should have sent me word. It's
Irregular and unbusinessllke.
She looked at him in her meek way.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-24
NATIVE LABOR IN PHILIPPINES.
Coming of American RevOIutiontzes
Former Methods of working

Coming of American Revo1utionizes
Former Methods of Working.
When the first batch of men mus
tered for work they looked small and
pinched and half-starved, and many Of
them were hollow-chested and weak Of
limb, says George H. Gray In the Re-
view of Reviews. The manager gave
them daily an allowance wherewith to-
buy hot lunch and saw that It was
duly spent. There were tiendas at
tached to every gang, where wholesoh,r
food was served. The better fare so6ifs
worked a wonderful change in the1
physique of the men. Their muscles
filed out, they grew bigger and held
themselves straighter. They began, too,
to put ON the airs of prosperity, for
such wages as they were earning had
never before been dreamed Of. More
over, the Americana had made clean
sweep Of the "capitas," the squeeze"
or percentage, which formerly never
failed to go into the pocket Of the fore
man. The Filipino began to be glad
that he had been reconquered, for with
big pay-and every centavo of it.
and nourishing food every day, and
kindness at the hands Of his employers,
he felt that new day was dawning.
Meantime, however, the manager be-
gan to be sorely worried at mysteri-
GUS Punctuation in his labor supply.
Many Of his best men would be absent
for days at time. An engineer, in
reverting feelingly to his experience at
this time, says; "One Of the peculiar
things with the natives Is that when
ever they want to go Off 1t Is always.
a case Of their mother being dead. L
know of one native who buried six
mothers inside of three months He
was employed In the storeroom and I
just let him off each time and kept
account to see how far It would go.'S
After awhile it dawned on the man.
ager that the people he was directing
had markedly domestic tendency, and
that their unsettled habits were caused
In a great measure by their unwilling
ness to be far away from their FAM
lilies, who were living in distant VII
lagos. So he ran up large number
# pipa shacks close to where the con-
struction was going on, and here he
transplanted the families and house
hold goods to the laborers Soon he
series of variety shows and
even put up a couple of cockpits, and,
In fact made little Coney Island
FOR the settlement. The laborers were
delighted and the manager had all the
abor he wanted.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-24
FAMOUS GAMBLERS.
Old Time london Betting Clubs and
Their Members.

Old Time London Betting Clubs and
Their Members.
There were three principal clubs
Whites, Brookes' and Boobies. Whites
was originally Chocolate house" In
William ILLS time, but became a pri-
vate club early In the eighteenth CEN
tury and was used by the Tories. It
was a club always noted for high play
and betting, and very curious some Of
their bets were, the old wager book
being still preserved. Brookes' was
the Whig club and was then conducted
by that
Liberal Brookes, whose speculative
skill
Is hasty credit and a distant bill;
Who, nursed in clubs, disdained a vul-
gar trade,
Exults to trust and blushes to be paid.
Among the members Of this club
were the Prince Of Wales and, of
course. his fdus Achates, Sheridan, be-
sides the great Charles James Fox,
who here played deeply and whose
name is oft recorded In the wager book.
which, however, is of older date and
was kept when the club was held at
Almack'S Lord Northington bets Mr..
c. Fox, June 4, 1774. that he (Mr. c.
F.) is not called to the bar before this
day four years" March IL, ITS,
Lord Bollnbroke gives a guinea to Mr..
Charles Fox and is to receive a thou
sand from him whever the debt of this
country amounts to f171.OO0O00. Mr..
Fox Is not to pay the 1900 till he il
one Of his majesty's cabinet" "April
Z, 1871, Mr.. Sheridan bets Lord Lau-
derdale and Lord Thonet 20 guineas
each that parliament will not consent
to any more lotteries after the present
one voted to be drawn in February
next"-From -The Dawn OF the Nine
teenth Century" BY John Ashton.
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The First Dancers.

People have danced for thousands of
years and will probably continue TO
do so for ages to come. This custom
is of ancient origin. The first people
to dance were the Curetes, who adopt
ed dancing as a mark of rejoicing in
154S B. G. In early times the Greeks
combined dancing with the drama, and
in % B. c. pantomimic dances were
introduced on the Roman stage. At
the discovery of America the American
Indians We're holding their religious,
martial and social dances.
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elected, and there Is no second term.
A high degree is by no means title
to heaven.
Every right word spoken, every right
thing done, is seed sown.
To voice a lie, to vote a wrong, Is
treason to heaven and murder to the
world.
The souls of men are to each other
directly as the attitudes of their feed
ing grounds
A man ought to count as unit in
the problem of life, and not as splotch
upon its page.
Failure is falsehood. When one fails
he does SO by deceiving himself or
somebody else.
God WINS That is as true as that
He Is, or that he knows, or loves, or
rules the world.
1t Is almost no trouble to know what
God, as we conceive Him, would say in
any matter that has moral character.
Objects on shore are good to steer
by, for coaster, when the light is
good. But ocean-goers steer by a fixed
star.
There is but one kind Of power. It
Is the truth to our Father, or to our
selves, which is the game thing-in a
word, righteousness.
1t stands to reason that when one Is
awakening to sounds outside, he will
not hear, or will hear imperfectly, the
still, small voice within.
Life is journey. 1t is always slow,
and it is never easy, save when 1t dips
downward. Every upward step costs
wear of heart and brain and muscle,
but when you arrive you will know.
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United States indicating growing interest about those
countries and increasing mpatience ON the part of
many American business with the recurrence of
these erupons in the body polite of Central America
There is undoubtedly now considerable sentiment that
sooner later exercise more open
ly and firmly its influence to deter the Southern peoples
from resortng to to settle every trivial difference
which they have.
Data regarding the foreign trade population of the
more important Of the Central American States is not
without interest Nicaragua has population in round
numbers, Of 100000, and its trade with the world in
general amounts to $5,500,0O0 year. about two
thirds of which is with the United States The popua-
tlon of Honduras according to the census of 1902 is
775000 The trade with the United States is more than
onehaf of the total trade of the republic and amounts
to $450OO00 Salvador has a population Of 100000 In