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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-11-08
FertiIiners for stravberrie,.

Nitrate of soda is a valuable fertil-
izer for strawberries and raspberries,
and should be applied with powdered
phosphate Of lime.
This application to Strawberries will
sometimes treble the. yield. The ber-
ries are larger in size, handsomer in
color, more solid and finer in flavor.
Ordinary manure will not produce such
results, as 1t is not converted into plant
food until after the demand of the
fruit.
Nitrate Of soda and powdered phos-
phate Of lime are assimilated by the
plant at once, and appropriated at
cost of less than $40 per acre, using
400 pounds of the mixture, which con-
tains the three ingredients considered
necessary to use for feeding plants, nit
rogen, phosphoric acid and an alkali.
Andrew II. Ward in Meehan's
Monthly.
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A Low Poultry Run.

A safe and secure poultry run that
requires less material than a high pen
can be made from laths sawed in two,
which would make the sides 2 feet
high, making the frame of scantlings
and the top of sawed laths, box boards
or similar material. The top of the run
should consist almost entirely Of trap
doors, using bits Of old harness for
hinges, which will look we'll If cut neat
ly. The illustration shows one of the
doors propped up to show the construc-
tion more plainly. The doors are 4
feet long, the length of lath, and may
be or 10 feet the other way and still
not be clumsy, being constructed Of
such light material.
This trap door is an important fea-
ture, as 1t permits the tender to enter
easily for removing top soil and replac-
Ing with fresh earth, or other caring
for the birds. The frame material is
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cou1den,t auit Gnmh1inw.

Driving a cab in the streets of Lon
don is young man who has literally
thrown away $4,000. The son of a
wealthy family In Yorkshire, he went
into the army, but soon became distin-
guished by his gambling propensities.
He ruined himself and had to leave his
regiment. Some time ago while living
in garret news was brought to him
that he had been left fS0,000. There
was a condition attached to the legacy
that the money was to Immediately
pass to another person, named in the
will, if the legatee was ever found
gambling. A detective was set to
watch the ex-captaln and. saw him en-
ter a well known club one evening.
where he lost the sum of $500, which
he had raised on his expectations. He
forfeited his $4,000 before he had eyer
laid hands on it-LondonTid-B Bits.
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been in cultivation for more than a
hundred years, but the original tree Is
still alive at its place of origin in
Southern France, says American Guilt
vator. Although a French pear, 1t
seems to be as hardy as any and sue
ceeds as far north as Ontario and in
parts of Northern New England where
any pear will thrive.
II is " good pear to grow on ounce
roots, producing large specimens and
annual crops. 1t also does well on pear
roots. 1t is rather large pear, choice
specimens averaging about three and
one-half inches long. The skin is vel
lowish green, with reddish brown
checks and dots. The flesh is white.
fine grained and buttery and the flavor
pleasant and spicy. 1t ripens about
with the Sheldon in early October. Its
shipping Qualities are excellent, and it
ranks among the first of the general
purpose pears.
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STILL A BOY.

~Still boy" we heard one say
To another, half in Jest.
Then fun-wrinkles Joined in play
With laugh of merry zest;
And the jolly frame of him
Shook with bursts of sheerest Joy
As he answered back with vim,
''Well, I'm glad I'm still a boyl"
Still boy-aye, true enough
Glad, yet gentle; pure and kind;
Nodded sure of manly stuff
Kind of boy It's hard to find.
Kind of boy it's good to see
Man-boy, wholesome, simple, true
Kind of boy you'd like TO De
If the choice were left to you.
Still boy-how many now
Have forgot the solemn eye
Have forgot the wrinkled brow
Is the boys that once came by7
Call him back-it is his due;
Let him come with youth and Joy
Back into the heart of you,
Laughingly, and still a boy.
Still boy-ah, well-a-day,
Boys are scarce enough at best.
With the rippling roundelay
Let the boy still be your guesty
Let him cleave unto your heart
In boy-confdence and hold
Still a boy-the man apart,
Long, long after he Is old.
The Reader.
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Field mice do not attack old trees n
they can get the bark of young trees.
but they sometimes do much damage to
orchards. Wrap the trees With tar pa-
per, extending the paper several inches
into the ground. This method not only
prevents the depredations Of mice, but
also serves to protect against the bor-
ers The paper need not extend over
one foot above the ground
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Ensilage.

BY the use OF -ensilage the ration
can be greatly cheapened, but ehsilage
is not balanced food. and must not,
therefore, be used exclusively. A ra-
ton of As pounds of ensilage, s pounds
of clover hay, pound of bran and / of
linseed meal will c-st about 10 cents a
day and be as nearly balanced as can
be desired. This ration will be better
dlgested than one composed mostly of
dry food, and the ensilage can be
grown from sllage corn at a cost be-
low that OF any other food that can
be produced on the farm.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-11-08
Soil for Potted Plants.

The soil to be used for potted plants
should be mixture of leaf mold from
the woods, sand and good loan, a little
powdered charcoal being an improve
ment. A piece of broken pot should be
put over the drainage hole. then enough
soil put in so that when the ball Of
earth is placed in the pot there will be
about an inch of space from the sur
face of the soil to the rim of the pot.
Fill In the soil all around the ball, and
pack 1t moderately tight Finally give
the pot tap on the bench to settle the
soil. After all the plants are potted
put spray nozzle on the sprinkler and
give them good watering, shading
with newspapers for two or three days
during sunshine until re-establlshed.
Never use large size pot for small
rooted plant, If you do the soil will
sour ane the plants sicken and die.
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Grass Mulch I'm Orchard.


The average results of the different
methods Of orchard culture at the Ohio
Station, covering period now of six
years, are quite markedly in favor Of
planting the tres In sod and mulching
the trees. The trees on the plat thus
treated have made heavier and more
vigorous growth than under any other
system Of culture, and have produced
double as much fruit. Under the cultl-
walton and cover crop method of cul-
ture the trees made very nearly as
good growth, and the fertility of the
soil was kept up. The fact, however,
that the general results, as regards
both tree growth and yield of fruit,
are inferior to the grass mulch method
is the surprising thing.
The poorest results of all were OBJ
tained when clean cultivation through
out the season was practiced, since no
humus or fertility was added to the
soil by this method, and the ground
washed and quilted SO badly that
heavy fills were necessary, and the
practice had to be abandoned at the
end of the fourth year.
The trees set In sod and having cir
cular area cultivated about them gave
very good results for the first two or
three years, after which much better
results were secured by either the
cover-crop method or the grass mulch
method. This method of culture was
the most expensive and laborious plan
adopted. Its chief usefulness is on
small, very rough or stony areas, where
mulching material is not available, or
on home grounds where neat and sight
ly grounds are desired.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-11-08

The Russian thistle, which was CON
sidered dangerous pest In the West
has not spread as rapidly as was ex-
pected. 1t seems to thrive best on aka
II soils and Is not partial to all kinds
of land. Since its appearance 1t has
subdued the Canada thistle, and has
been very beneficial In several States.
Though 1t Is not desirable plant to
have on the farm, the farmers who
have learned to keep 1t in subjection
no longer fear It
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I
Subsoiling and drainage are systems
that should be practiced in connection
with each other. Subsoiling without
drainage is more damaging than bene-
fetal, as 1t allows the water to accumu-
late and there remain. If the system
of drainage is made complete there Is
nothing better than deep cultivation, as
sisted by the subsoil plow. The great
fear of those who are opposed to sub
soillng is that they are compelled to
turn up soil from below, which is not
desirable, as it requires time for the
cold undersoil to become proper plant
food; but the subsoil plow does not
as many suppose, turn up the SOIL It
simply pulverizes it. The plan usually
pursued is to plow the soil In the ordi-
nary manner, following in the same fur
rows behind the first plow, with sub
soiler, to which should be harnessed
three horses, in order that the work
may be thoroughly done. AS the first
plow moves on, leaving the upper soil
broken, the subsoil plow, coming after
1t, should 60 in to a depth of at least
Z inches below the plowed furrow Ga
foot, If possible), thus rendering the
actual depth quite deep, though not
mixing the upper and lower strata.
The advantage is that moisture Is re-
tained when rains are not frequent, ow-
Ing to the greater capacity and depth
of absorption at the time of rain, and
also greater moisture from capillary
attraction by virtue of the porosity of
the Subsoil.
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The Corn cnItirntn-

II the corn cultlvator undergoes as
much improvement In the next few
years as It has in the past, 1t viii al
most be a white shirt job to plow corn.
The dustless feature should be next
given attention by makers.-Farmer
in Iowa Homestead.
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why He Changea His MIND.

Hanks-"Do you believe In total de-
pravity, Mr.. GrumpyT'
Grumpy "a confirmed old bachelor)-
"I didn't use to, but I do now. rye
been boarding for the past three
months In family where they have
half dozen children. Judge.
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of this age is a desire to be new and
striking.
The essence of immortality is to make
an exception of ones self.
The most costly vacation is the one
in which we let the soul lie fallow.
The sermon that is nothing but hot
air generally produces cold wave.
Every time you silence the voice Of
the right you give vice right to live.
He cannot serve the world without
who does not strive against 1t within.
Jesus never stood 80 high above a
man but He could not get below him.
The fortune that seems least to the
assessors may seem largest to the an
gels.
The best teaching of the life of
Christ Is the living Of the teachings of
Christ.
The man whose only asset is taking
way finds himself in Jail before he
knows it.
There's a good deal Of difference be-
tween right thoughts and thinking you
are right.
The practice Of morality is worth
more than the most perfect philosophy
of morals.
Some seem to think that the King
dom of Heaven is the land Of corns
and whine.
If we despise the cannibal, what
shall we do with those who live on the
souls of men?
Folks who are lecturing on uplifting
the race are often sitting squarely on
somebody's sorrow.
The church needs only So much ma
chinery as will connect her with the
power from on high.
Given an appetite, it does not take
much brain power to think up good
reason for anything.
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type of pear and is
highly recommend.
ed for the New En-
gland and Middle
States by the Off
cial list Of the de-
partment Of agri-
culture. The name
Is being more and
more shortened to
Louise, which Is
enough to distin-
guish it from other
varieties.
This pear has
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Hardly.

Miss D,-Angellna, why don't you
marry Lieutenant Y?
Miss A.First, because he has no
brains, and he can't ride, dance or play
tennis What could we do with him2
"But he swims beautifully"
'Oh, yes But one can't keep ones
husband In an aquarium, you Know
London Tid-Bits.
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rhex pen,t spenlx Ner.

"Dogs don't Ike music.p
-How do you know7"
"My dog howls whenever my wife
sings"
$50 do /. but ike music."-HoustOn
Post
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-11-08

A good printer is man OF the high
est type. He attends TO mis- own case
and makes 1t rule never to be out Of
sorts.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-11-08
A Good Market Pear.

The old market favorite pear, Louise
Bonne de Jersey, Is still one of the best
known and most popular of the French
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-11-08

of 2x2-r4ch scantling at the corners,
while the side strips are made Of inch
boards sawed 2 inches wide. The earth
under this run should be slightly
mounded for the sake Of dryness.-
Farm and Home.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-11-08

A man isn't necessarily two-faced be-
canss he has double chin.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-11-08
RAMS HORN BLASTS.
Warming Notes Calling the wieke1
to Repentance.

The darkest lives
are those which
have no windows
on Heaven.
There never yet
was success apart
from sincerity.
The Word of God
is not a treatise,
but a revelation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-16
BIRDS EGGS.

Two infnitesimal white eggs tax the
tiny nest OF the lovely humming bird.
The catbird In her scrapbasket-like
nest lays four to six blue green eggs.
-Four to six little white eggs are laid
In the domestic phoebe birds beautiful
and finished nest.
Blue white eggs Of the bobolink may
actually be stumbled over as one walks
along the high grass.
The hooking bird, Of romantic fame,
lays from four to six speckled green
eggs In her loosely done nest.
Two white eggs occupy the mourning
doves home, which stands for the poor.
est sort Of bird housekeeping.
One of the best architects ia the
world is the oriole. It's graceful nest
contains four TO six whitIah eggs
marked with black and brown
Olive gray eggs with brown spots
Owe Of thenD occupy the blue jays
bulky nest in tree crotch high above
the ground.-st Louis Republic.
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GOOD WORK
Doac Daily ii Barre- Many Citizens Tell
AZ

Done Daily ii Barren Many Citizens Tell
Of 1t.
Nearly every reader las heard al
Doan's Kidney Pills. Their good work
IL Barre still continues, and ON citi-
zens are constantly adding endorsement
by public testimony. no better proof
iof merit Gun lie bad than the experience
Of friends and neighbors. Read this
ease:
Mrs Eliza Mitchell, formcrlysof Az Ma.
pie Ave, says: sFor some timc | was
annoyed with kidney complaint, There
was trouble with The kidney sccretions
which were Irregular and too frequent
especially at night when my rest was
greatly disturbed. | also had terrible
pains just over my hips and these would
sometimes extend up through my should
crs. also had dizzy spells and every
cold | caught made me suffer more
acutely. NY SON had used Deans Kid
ney Pills with great benefit SO / decided
to try them. | got a box at =. A,
Browns drug store and had taken but
d few doses when experienced relief,
and the use Of two boxes improved my
condition in every way. The pain in
my back lessencd, and the secrctions
were regulated
For sale BY all dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster-Milburne Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States. Remember the name Doan's---
and take no other.
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cullivatinn nIackharrin.

Many fruit growers contend that a
blackberry patch should not be cult
waited after Aug. | or Is in order that
oil wood may be well ripened for win.
ter, but my experience has been that
when cultivated until Nov. or until
most Of the leaves haze fallen they will
be more vigorous and never winter Kill.
The Early Harvest blackberry Is quite
tender to cold, but / have never seen
II injured when the cultivation was
kept up until Nov. /. Next FAN cultlya-
ton should be very shallow. We use
q light drag that has a double,row Of
large nails driven in the bottom, ana
this stirs the earth thoroughly to the
depth of one or two inches and ia wide
enough to clean out the entire space
between the rowsJ. A. Banta.
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Corn For siiace.

For sIlage corn my cultural princl-
pies are the same as for field corn,
says a writer in New England Home
stead. plant for sllage a large flint
corn; also sweet corn for the canning
factory, Of medium Crosby variety.
We put In the silo one load OF sweet
corn to two Of flint corn, which makes
q fine silage. plant IN rows about
thlrty-two inches apart, eighteen inches
in the row. Leave four or five stalks
of yellow corn in a hill, while for sweet
corn three or four stalks are enough TO
give II a good chance TO ear well.
cultivate often enough to prevent
weeds from getting start or crust
forming. ] keep the soil thoroughly
stirred until the crop shades the
ground. For fertilizers I use six to
seven loads Of dressing and 500
pounds of commercial fertilizer to the
acre. / believe the proper time to cut
corn for the silo IL al the time the ears
begin to speck OF glaze.
For a silo | prefer the round stave
style with continuous doors. Use 2 by
inch slaves, white hemlock, with 4 by
inch stuff for door castings Have
by inch strips taken out of the cor
ner Of the 4 by 9, leaving a jamb for
the doors, and 4 piece with two corners
taken out for the erosspiece where the
hoops go around. Make the doors Of
two inch planke Provide proper hoops
and foundations. Any man handy with
tools can build a sllo that viii last for
years and give perfect satisfaction.
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TALK OF THE TOWN.

Masonic charms and pins at I. p. Aus.
TIM, "thc watch and clock man.
Old gold and silver wanted at re-
liners prices in exchange for goods at
+. Il. Burr's.
i. 7. Austin sells stone cutters
glasses, all kinds and prices from zoe to
$500 per pair.
Stone-cutters' glasses, zoe per pair,
Lellies, per pair, SC. Il. Il. Barr & Co.,
SC North Main street
If you want to invest iii real estate
that will pay IA per cent. inquire 81
a. a. Smith, Barre, vt.
Or. Marline will meet patients at lis
Office Tuesdays and Fridays only, dur
ing his vacation, except by appointment
A regular meeting Of Hearts Of OaI;
lodge, No. All, Order Sons 81 ST. George
will be held i'll Foresters' hall, Tuesday
evening at 1880. A full attendance ii
requested. Per order secretary.
For sale-Onc roll top desk, one
book case, one extension table, three
small tables, one rocker, one wardrobe
one iron bed complete, one mattress,
carpets, rugs and gas stove. Also en-
cyclopedia. Mrs. Clifford ]. Cote, 70
Maple avenue.
The Uniyersalist Sunday school picnic
win be held at Shephard's grove, Wed
nesday Of this week. The 1918 a. m
car viii be taken by all to whom 1t II
convenient, and the children and parents
and all friends are invited to join in the
pleasures Of the day.
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The Raspberry.

It Is the nature of raspberrles TO pro-
duee two sets Of roots, one consisting
OF deeply piercing or anchor roots, the
other surface or feeding roots, and
these suggest the kind Of quarters
needed, says Gardening. The soil
should be deeply and well stirred to al
low the long roots to descend. while
the surface soil must be well cultivated
for the top roots to run In. Healthy
canes when dug up viii be found with
perfect wigs Of roots from just be-
meath the surface, and these are the
kind that produce good berries, This
habit OF surface roofing necessitates
considerable care in cultivating the up
per soil When hoelng have sharp,
fiat hoe, and cut the surface soil very
shallow to kill the weeds, and as early
In the summer as possible put on a
mulch Of good yard manure, which
will keep the surface roots cool, moist
and well fed.
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CHELSEA

A. X. Kittridge Of STAFFORD was in
town ON business Friday.
Frank e. Miles accompanied BY Mrs.
Miles, who has been here with her hus-
band for two weeks returned to her
home in Newport.
lIilas L. Roberts left Friday morning
Tor his home in Roxbury, Mass, hav-
ing been guest at the Orange county
hotel for two weeks.
Richard II. Bacon of North Charles
town, n. H., came Friday evening for a
short visit to his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Erdix N. Bacon
Allen Dickinson with his wife and
daughter visited at the home Of their
son, William A. Dickinson, OF North
Randolph over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl f. Parker OF Barre
city came Saturday to remain few
days with Mrs. Parker's parents, Mr.,
and Mrs. Fred A. 0rdway.
Mrs. j. P. Roberts accompanied BY
her son, Harry }, Roberts, and her sis
ter, Mrs. W. P, Libby, returned to her
home in Lowell, Mass, Friday.
Rev. Carl II. corwip, who has been
here for three weeks visit to his
parents, DR. and Mrs M. III. Corwin,
left for his home in Chicago Thursday.
r. Fl. Adams, Jr., returned Friday
evening from Massachusetts where Ne
attended public sale Of horses in Bos-
ton and Lowell at which time he bought
nine which he took home with him.
Ernest Hope, Martin and Hall Car.
penter, children OF Adelbert b. Car
penter Of Somerville, Mass, have come
u spend the summer. The boys will
stay at George +. Densmore's and Miss
Hope will remain most of the time at
Clark Halls in North Randolph.
w. II. Sprague was in Brookfield Sat.
nday writing insurance for the Granite
Mutual Fire Insurance company 81
Barre and with Mrs. Sprague went TO
South Randolph where they were
guests over Sunday OF Deputy Sheriff
and Mrs. Z. w. Kent
Joseph Lowell of Topeka, Kan, 40.
companied by bis sister. Mrs. Hattie
Miller Of Meridian, Miss, were in town
Thursday and Friday, the guests Of Mr..
and Mrs. Truman Spear and Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred G. Waldo. Mr.. Lowell came
cast to attend commencement of Yale
college from which institution he grad.
uated fifty years ago in a class Of 10f,
all Of whom that are now living, 30 Ia
number were present at their class re-
union. His sister, Mrs Miller. has de.
voted her life IN educational tpfere-sfe
having been principal of colored school
at Meridian for period Of twenty
years. They left Saturday for Hartford,
Conn, to visit daughter Of Mr..
Lowell.
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CABOT


Mrs S. J. WisweIl was in Barre over
Sunday.
N. D. Wells and wife were IN Mont
pelicr over Sunday,
Mrs. Hiram Wells went to Swanton
to visit her daughter for time.
Il. NJ. Bliss and D. r. Collins were IN
Montpelier Saturday on business.
Miss harrington Of DanvilIe, who has
been visiting at John Farrington's foI
some time returned home Saturday.
Frank Lyford and son, Of Waterbury
who have been camping at Joe's pond
for ten days, returned Come Saturday
The strawberry sociable which was
postponed from Friday on account Of
the weather, win be held Tuesday night
Earl Rogers and Sydney Currier, re.
turned from Joes pond Saturday, where
they have been camping for week past
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Myers and
daughter, Allen, and Mr.. and Mrs. Fl
Noodry returned from Cedar Cottage AZ
Joe's pond Monday.