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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-11-22
He Rises Late.

There is an old saying, much quoted
by advocates Of early rising-it Is the
early bird that gets the worm. That's
all right for the bird, but how about
the worm? The editor knows a man
that has reasoned the thing out, and
has concluded that rising late is the
proper thing to do. Here is the way
he puts 1t:
The lark was up to meet the sun, and
carol for his lay;
The farmers son took down his gun, and
at him blazed away.
The busy bee arose at 8, and buzzed the
meadows DER;
The farmers wife went for its hive, and
robbed 1t of its store.
The nimble ant rose early, too, his labors
to begin;
The greedy swallow few that way, and
took his antship in.
o bees, and birds, and ants, be wise, in
proverbs take no stock;
Like me, refuse to rise until it's half-past
s o'clock.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-11-22
Nora's stone Butterfly.

Teddy and Nora ran into grandpa's
study all out of breath.
1T is, isn't it, grandpa?" cried Nora.
"It isn't, is it?" cried Teddy.
"What are you talking about, chill
dren?' asked grandpa smiling.
about my stone butterfly" said
Nora, eagerly. 81 found it down by
the brook. 1t must have got caught in
the stone someway. See herel"
Nora held out stone in which was
something that looked very much like
butterfly with it's wings spread.
Grandpa took it In his hand and looked
at it carefully. THAT Is not butter
fly" said he.
There, Nora!' said Teddy; II told
you 1t just happened So"
NO. grandpa went On, sit did not
just happen so. Let me tell you a
story"
"oh, do, grandpa!" cried Teddy ana
Nora together.
"a long, long time ago"
"When you were little boy?" inter-
rupted Nora.
ut was long before there were any
little boys in the world" said grandpa,
"and just where our farm is now,
nothing was to be. seen except ocean.
In the ocean lived a great many she'll
fish. There was one little fellow who
had very pretty shell, though l can't
tell you just now what color 1t was.
He had a spelndld time swimming
about with his mates in the warm sea
water as long as he lived, and when he
died he left his little shell in the sand
at the bottom of the ocean. The sea
slowly drifted away, and the sand
grew harder and harder, till at last 1t
turned to stone, and the shell turned
to stone, too. There 1t lay for thou
sands Of years, till at last a little girl
found 1t and called it stone butter
fly"
'Oh, grandpa, how funny" said
Nora. "And are there any more shells
in the rocks?"
"There are so many" said grandpa,
"that you could not write the number
ON your slate"
"Then see If you don't fill my cabi-
net with 'em!" cried Teddy.-Youth's
Companion.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-11-22

gic link in chain of operations -
tending all the way to America, it could
be made invaluable. Pratas is re-
ported to be the most southerly of the
chain of islands running down from
Formosa. A naval base here would
permit sudden and swift attacks on the
Philippines, and as swift return to
headquarters for coaling and refitting.
PROXIMITY OF PRATAs TO PHILIPPINES.
Its possession by Japan brings the arch
ipelago in quick striking distance.
The question Is, will the underbrush
and the sea birds still occupy Pratas
by themselves, or are they to be re-
placed by shops and docks?
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-11-22

eign, are so plentiful ana SO Deauurm
at present, that thousands of boys and
girls are finding ways of preserving
them. Most of them use an album for
this purpose, but 1t is said that a post.
card chain is preferable in every way.
Punch hole through each corner Of
the cards, string them on two ribbons,
putting the ribbons through the upper
holes from the under side. and then
across the ends Of the cards and down
through the lower holes. String on as
many cards as you please, one above
the other, like the links Of a chain
Tie the two ribbons together at each
end, and hang the chain on the wall (;
or finish with bow of ribon at each
corner of the first and last card, and
fold in book-form.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-11-22

shaped. 1t is surrounded by 40
mile reef, through which are two ex-
cellent ship channels, the northern one
offering an unobstructed depth of from
10 to 20 fathoms. 1t is barren, except
for scattered underground. 1t is occu-
pied only by multitudes of sea birds
and by occasional Chinese fishermen.
Why should Japan want Pratas ISL
and? 1t is of no value for agriculture
or commerce. 1t possesses no natural
resources. But it is admirably adapt
ed for naval base. AS a coaling and
reftting station for ships operating in
archipelagan waters either against the
Philippines, or as an important strate-
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-11-22
NnynI shake-up Beaun.

One Of the most radical shake-ups In
the history Of the United States navy is
now reported to be under way In the de-
partment, with especial reference to the
personnel OF the line on the battleships
which are 70 take part In the Forthcoming
Pacific cruise. The purpose Is to adj
vance the younger men to the fighting line
and send their elders to the rear, and 1t
Is said that Of the eighteen captains who
will command the ships on the long voy.
age fourteen will be men younger than
the oficers now In command.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-11-22
PLEASANT ISLAND.
"A Bat of Land in the Pacific Named
for the Natives, AmiabIe Traits.

"A BIT of Land in the Pacific Named
for the Natives, AmiabIe Traits.
The solitary little island Of Nauru
rises from Pacific depths Of about H.
OoO feet some 400 miles west of the
nearest land Of the Gilbert group. 1t
Is scarcely as large as an American
township, and 1t is an atoll, but 1t dif-
fers so much from nearly all the other
atolls Of the Pacific that 1t has attract
ed much attention.
The atolls rise only little above the
sea level, and after the traveller has
seen two or three Of them he concludes
that they are very monotonous. But a
part of the outer rim of Nauru is YER
dant ridge of about 200 feet high, and
what was once the lagoon encircled by
coral reef Is now a plain, slightly roll
ing and strewn with coral fragments.
This atoll evidently had a peculiar
history that made it different from
many Of the other atolls. Here and
there are bits of volcanic rock and ves-
tiges Of ancient craters that help to ex-
plain this history.
The time was when volcanic forces
lifted the submarine mountain on
which stood the circle of coral and the
lagoon within it until the lagoon was
I, above the sea level, and it's waters
drained away, leaving dry plain. SO
here we see an atoll lifted into the air
so that Its whole formation may be
studied above the sea level.
Nobody knows when emigrants came
In their small boats to settle on the
little island, but there is every reason
to believe that they sailed from the
Gilbert Islands. Their habits and arts
are very similar to those of the Gilbert
Islanders, and there are striking resem-
blances between their languages. Their
names for many plants are almost or
quite Identical with the names for these
plants in the Gilbert archipelago.
When white men came less frequent
| ly than they do now the natives used to
throng the beach, welcome the visitors
with glad shouts and lavish their best
hospitality upon them. There were
factions among them and they were
often at war until they were disarmed
by the German warship Eber after the
island became a part of the German
Pacific possessions.
Every visitor for years past has said
that they are the most gentle, peace
able, and friendly people that could be
imagined, and these attractive qualities
induced some English seafarers to give
new name to the island by which it ls
now everywhere known. Even on the
German maps are found both the native
name Nauru and the name now In com
mon use, Pleasant Island.
Considering its smallness, the island
has become remarkably conspicuous In
a commercial way. No other island OF
its size produces so large an amount OF
copra, the dried meat Of the cocoanut.
Several years ago great phosphate
beds were found In the interior and
they are proving a gold mine to the
kGerman Jaluit Company, which IL
working the deposits In connection witt
an English company. The latter dis
covered beds also In Banaba Island
about hundred miles away, and the
two companies are working both de
poslts together.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-11-22

ence, being careful to show them only
the face that is not covered. Now drop
it. into the box with the covered face
up. Put the lid ON the box and talk
mysteriously then open the box and
show the audience that the coin has
disappeared. Put the lid on the box
again, make few passes, open the box
and let the coin fall out into your hand
with It's uncovered face up. When you
show 1t to the audience they will be
mystifed.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-11-22
hklaS5ClenCe
k( (NN ANp
Sss.sIIiilventiOn IS

The motor used by Santos-Dumont
in his recent successful attempt to fly
with an aeroplane weighed slightly
more than two pounds per horsepower.
The excavations at Paestum have
brought to light a roadway % feet
wide, fanked by footpaths. The pave
ment, of large stone blocks, shows deep,
ruts worn by the wheels of heavy char
lots. A beautiful Doric temple to Nep-
tune has been uncovered for distance
of 100 feet.
The largest telegraph pole in Eng
land, with one exception, has just been
erected over the postoffice at Chorley,
Lancaster. 1t is over 20 feet high, and
weighs 21a tons. The diameter is from
16 inches to 20 inches The weight Of
the cross arms and insulators alone ex-
coed one ton.
For several years past, in some of the
vine-growing districts Of France and
Italy, persistent attempts have been
made to dissipate gathering hailstorms
by the systematic firing of guns at the
clouds. Many vine-growers believe that
the method is effective, as their vine
yards have escaped threatened hall
storms when the guns were fired. A re-
cent report by DR.. Blaserna of the re-
suits of long series of experiments,
under scientific control, shows that the
supposed effects Of the gun7firing are
illusory, and that hall cannot be dis
sipated by firing in the air any more
than rain can be induced by similar
method.
The preparation Of mineral and ar
tificial organic colors by the aid OF cleo
tricity has recently made considerable
pYogress and 1t is suggested that the
products Of this new industry may
eventually replace those derived from
coal tar. Among the colors now, pro-
duced In commercial quantities by the
employment of the electric current are
vermilion, Scheele's green, cadmium
yellow, japanese red, cerise, or cherry
red. Berlin green and zinc white, be-
sides q number Of organic colors. The
process consists essentially in sending
an electric current through a solution
containing the elements required for
the production, by precipitation, OF the
coloring matter desired.
The surprising results recently OBJ
tanned by means Of the new kinds OF
glass manufactured at jena, which
permit the passage of ultraviolet rays
invisible to the eye, but capable Of af-
fecting Photographic plate, are well
Illustrated by telescope photographs OF
the constellation Lyra. One of these
made with an object Of ordinary glass
shows 351 stars; another, made with
an objective composed Of the new
glass. and having the same time Of ex'
posure. shows in the same field Of view
619 stars. 1t is hoped that by means
of larger objectives still more surpris
ing results may be obtained. Another
method Of photographing by Invisible
radiations consists in bathing the plates
with certain solutions which render
them sensitive to the infra-red rays Of
fhp spaatrIIm.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-11-22

Japan has hoisted the sun-fag over
Pratas island, according to dispatches
from Yokahama. That means that she
has taken a gigantnie step of 1000
miles toward the Philippines. Pratas
island is just 100 miles north of the
Philippines, and is just go miles too
far north to be claimed by the United
States according to the treaty of Paris,
which named the twentieth parallel as
the northern boundary of Spaln's for
mer Nisland possessions. 1t is a small
island, a mile and half in length
by a half mile in breadth, horseshoe
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-11-22
The Boy ana HI. Bones.

Here is an extract from school
boys composition on bones the teacher
to whom it was submitted vouches
for its accuracy as a copy: Some Of
my bones don't grow close to my 9TH
ers, snug, like the branches to the
trunk of a tree, and am glad they
don't, for If they did, / could not play
leak-frog and other good games that
know. The reason why they don't
grow that way is because they have
Joints. Joints is good things to have
in bones. They are two kinds. The
ball and socket joint, like my shoulders,
is the best Teacher showed it to me,
only 1t was the thigh Of a COW. One
end was round and smooth and whit
ish. That is the ball end. The other
end was followed in deep. That
il the socket. and 1t oils itself. 1t is
the Only machine that oils itself. It
never creaks like the school door.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-11-22
obliging Her.

what are you turning the gas down
for?- demanded Miss Pechis.
I'm going to kiss you" replied Jack
Nervey.
"I'd just like to see you"
"Oh. You would? Then I'll just
leave it up."-Philadelphia Press.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-11-22
No Proposal Yet.

Miss Yerner Mr.. Sloman is such
an excitable person, so effervescent, as
it were"
Miss Wise-"I should think you'd
be the last person in the world to call
him efferyescent'
Miss Yerner-"Why so7'
Miss Wise-"I notice you haven't
succeeded in making him pop
Philadelphia Press.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-11-22
How II Began.

A dramatic critic has married an &C.
tress.
Probably the courtshIp began the
first time he noticed her.--Cleveland
Plain Dealer
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-11-22
go 49, Maktng of Magaaines.o

Prospective Have you the
Uptonow magazine:
News Stand Proprietor Ito assistant)
Billy. refer to your index and see If
we have the Uptonow7-Puck.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-11-22
The Magic ram BOZ.

Take small round pill box and a
coin that exactly fits into it. Cover
one side of the coin with paper of
exactly the color Of the inside of the
box. Now show the coin to the audi
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-11-22
Made Good.

He said if she refused him
He'd die and though a kid 1t
Turned out as he said it wouldi
In fifty years be did It
Houston Post.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-11-22

Ill humor like chemical preparations,
often comes from a retort
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-11-22

Instead Of calling man liar It is
more polite to say he Is unhistorical.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-11-22

A Chain Of Postcards.
Postcards bath domestic and for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-09
TO TAKE DISPOSITIONS
ORDER FOR EVIDENCE IN MRS.
BRADLEY's TRIAL.

Justice Stafford today signed an order
Osborne of Santa Cruz. Cal. as a commits
soner to take the deposition orally Of NJ.
H. Madison, a witness for the defense In
the approaching trial of Mrs. Anna M
Bradley on the charge of numbering ex-
Senator Arthur NJ. Brown of Utah. SINH
lar authority was granted for the designa-
ton of Florence Hartley of Salt Lake City
to take oral dispositions OF Louise Garnet
Judge Thomas Marioneaux. Samuel King
Judge w. H. King, Senator George Suther-
land and Cuthbert Olsen.
The signing of the order by Justice STAFF
ford this morning followed a conference be-
tween Attorney Hoover OF Wells. Hoover &
Wells, local attorneys for Mrs. Bradley,
District Attorney Baker and the court yes
terday afternoon, at which time counsel for
the defense presented a petition asking that
fourteen witnesses for the defendant be
brought to this city at government expense.
the defendant being without funds.
Mr.. Baker protested against bringing such
a large number Of persons from Utah, Call
fornia and other points in the extreme west.
and Justice Stafford suggested the num-
Der might be reduced by agreement be-
tween the prosecution and the defense as
to certain of the fourteen persons whose
dispositions might be taken.
AS to date for the trial. District Attor-
ney Baker stated he wished to conduct the
governments case in person. ana he Sug-
gested the trial might follow the hyde
Benson Schneider imond land fraud case
which Is scheduled to begin April 22 Inc
date however was not definitely liked,
Justice Stafford ruling that the question OF
a date might await developments In 'he
land fraud case.
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THE COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK. April 9.-The cotton market
opened steady at an advance of 4aI points
and sold about 5aS points higher immediate
ly following the call. on covering of shorts.
better cables than looked for and reports of
less favorable weather, temperatures in the
belt being low. accompanied by frost In CEN
trail sections and light precipitation in the
cas- Trading was not active. and the lib
eraI estimate for tomorrow's receipts at
Houston Y-omoted some room selling dur
in. the early session easing prices of or 3
points from the best but the market was
steadied by support rom bull leaders.
and held about :;a4 points II, higher in the
middle of the morning.
Futures opened steady. April. 90 bid.
May. aJS; July. 9.6S; August. 9.Il-I3: Sep
temb-l 9I3: October 9H; November. Of
fcr-d g9s: December 10.OO-02; January,
IuI1.
The market was easier late in the fore
noon. WITH the old crop positions back to
practically the closing figures OF the pre-
viou- day under scattering liquidation and
local bear pressure. while the new crop was
neglected.
Spot quiet; middling uplands. IL. D; mid
ding gulf l1,2J.
Estimated receipts at the ports today. 3D..
UD bales against 2S.9.9 last week and 26-
90 last year. For the week. JD,V0 bales.
sliuSt 10. l21 last week and 1856 last
year Tuday's receipts al New Orleans.
1881 bales. against : .GIj last year, and at
houston 49l2 bales, again st ..U6S bales last
year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-09
ECHO OF rHEArER DISASTER.
Chicago Hearing Has Pertinent Beal
ing on Iroquois Case.


CHICAGO, April Elm Judge Kavanagh's
court today George Williams. building COM
missioner under Mayor Harrison, will be ar
raigned on the charge Of malfeasance in
ONCE.
Unusual interest attaches to this case
from the fact that it is destined to bring
either the final curtain in the legal drama
or the first real hearing on its merits of the
question as to the responsibility for the
Iroquois Theater disaster three years ago,
when 500 lives were lost Judge Kavanagh
long ago upheld the validity of the or
dfnance found faulty on March 10 by Judge
Kfmbrough of Danville in freeing Will ].
Davis OF the charge of manslaughter.
On account of this difference Of opinion 1t
Is considered a fair presumption that the
merits of this case, II It Is pressed, will be
passed upon fully, with the probability Of
their final disposition by the supreme court.
OF the eight persons held accountable for
the 1roquois catastrophe by the coroner
jury Williams alone remains before the bar
OF justice. With him In the Indictment for
malfeasance was named Edward Laughlin
building Inspector, who approved the Iro-
quois Theater with its faulty equipment of
fire apparatus. But Laughlin, died last
year before preliminary hearings Of the
Davis indictment were begun
The maximum punishment that can be
meted out to Williams. IL he should be
found guilty of neglect of duty. is a fine Of
$1,000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-09
GRADE CLAIMS COMMISSION.
Report on Property at Sd, M street
and Delaware Avenue Northeast.

The property of Mary F. Mitchell. John
ODonoghue and others at the junction OF
M and Sd streets and Delaware avenue
northeast, has been damaged to the extent
of $4,000 by the change Of grade OF the
streets for the union station improvements
according to a report of Charles A Baker
George w. Moss and George Spransy, the
grade claims commission, filed today in the
District Supreme Court. The tract contains
81 ,262 square feet.
A note attached to the report sets forth
that the commission dregarded the petition
for allowance of damages filed by Caspar
l.. Craig for himself and on behalf of Clar-
ence Craig and Lauretta F. Boyd as to the
property in question, for the reason that 1t
appeared from the evidence submitted to
us that the parties were not the owners of
the property, or any part. and had no inter-
est therein, at the time Of the changes OF
the grades of the streets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-09
Furnished hr Dick Bros. X Co.. ii2 Ii st.
'Phuurs Main CLIO U4ll.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW YORK COTTON. 3 PM.
Nv ORLEANS COTTON. 2 I'm
Liverpool Prices.

LIVERPOOL. April 9.-Ciosing Cotton
Spot. good business done: prices 2a6 points
higher. American middling. fair. 69T; good
middling G.51; middling. So. low middiing
5TS good ordinary. 5.l3; ordinary. 4.75.
The sales of the day were 10000 bales of
which 900 were for speculation and ex-
port. and included 800 American. Re
ceipts $1,000 bales. including $500 Ameri-
can. Futures opened quiet and steady and
closed steady; American middling. g. o. C.
April. J-It. April and May. SO; May and
June. 5.e9: June and July 5.66i: July and
August 5.6J. August and September. SCH.
September and October. 5.5Sts: October and
November. 5.55; November and December
554. December and January. 55i: January
and February. 5.551z; February and March,
= 56Iz.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-09
THE BALTIMORE MARKETS.


Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md. April 9.-wHEAT-Quiet ;
spot. 7slaaIss. No 2 red sO,4asOf.: April 7sIss
Ts&: May. T9IaaTJ$4: steamer No. 2 red 741aa
T4% receipts. I,:;23 bushels: southern by sample
GSaT5: southern on grade, 741aa7sls
CORN-Firmer: spot. mixed. 52a52N: No. 2
white. 53Aa53h: April. $50, a53h: May, 521sa52b:
July, 53L. asked; September. 54H; steamer mixed
iDlpa43% receipts II los bushels: exports PA 2S6
bushels; southern white corn. 53a54; southern yel
low corn. 50HsJ2iz.
OATS-Easy: No. white. 4SI,a4SZ: No 3
white. 47Aa41x: No. mixed. Al asked: receipts
81. tn bushels.
RYE-Firm; No. western, domestic 75a78:
choice SOaSl; receipts. 9, 156 bushels.
HAY-Steady. unchanged.
GRAIN FREIGHTS-Qu Quiet. unchanged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-09
Drivers Of Hotel Vehicles.

Major Sylvester. superintendent of police,
has recommended to the Commissioners an
amendment of the police regulations, max
ing IL unlawful for the driver of hotel
omnibus or conveyance to carry passengers
to any place other than the hotel ..yby
which he is employed. The recommends
ton is the result OF continual complaints to
the effect tia: hotel drivers Interfere with
the business of public hacks
The matter has been referred to the cor
poration counsel of the District for an
opinion.