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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-08-23
Educnfing a Chief.


The Rev. j. &. Patton, once a mis-
sionary TO the New Hebrides, has late
ly died, leaving behind him record
of fifty years of faithful and fruitful
work.
Half a century ago, when Doctor
Patton took up his pioneer work in the
New Hebrides, the natives were can
nibals. To them the missionary brought
civilization, and became not only their
preacher, but their teacher. The fols
lowing incident of his experience is
told in his autobiography
In 1860, after great labor, Doctor
Patton printed his first book, transla-
tion into Aniwan of various passages
of Scripture. He had to work with
broken press and scanty type, but after
long and patient toll the volume was
ready for his people.
The old chief had great desire to
''hear it speak" While the book was
being printed Namakei came, morning
after morning, saying:
''Missi, is it done? Can 1t speak?'
"At last" says Doctor Patton, 81 could
say yes.
"Does 1t speak mv wordsY asked the
chief.
"'It does
Let me hear 1t speak
81 read to him few sentences, and
he fairly shouted for JOY.
cit speaks my own language! Oh,
give it to mep'
He graspedft, turned 1t round every
way, and, closing it with a look of
great disappointment, handed it back,
saying, i cannot make it speak. 1t
will never speak to mel
"'You don't know how to make 1t
speak yet,' answered. 4 will teach
YOU
"As | showed him the book again l
noticed the old chief strained his eyes,
and suspected he could not see the
letters through the dimness of age. l
hunted up pair Of spectacles, and
managed to fit him. At first he was
afraid to put them on, thinking Of sor-
cery. AT last he yielded, and was over
joyed to see the letters clearly. He
cried
"'I see 1t all now This Is what
you told us about Jesus. He opened the
eyes Of blind men. The word of Jesus
has come to Aniwan. He has sent me
these glass eyes. l have got back the
sight | had when was boy
81 drew A B G on the sand in large
letters, and showed him the same in
the book. Fixing these in his mind, he
exclaimed:
~ have lifted up A B c.! They are
here in my head, and will hold them
fast. Give me other three
"He learned very fast. He used to
say to the young people:
"'You say it is hard to read. But
be strong and try. If an. old man like
me can do 1t, how much easier it ought
to be for you Youths Companion.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-08-23

SO he became Smith. Soon he was good
enough to drive the coach. He went to
school little, and then entered Pills
bury's hardware store. Finally Smith
went into the store, business himself,
with Pillsbury as his partner. 1t was
at Herman. Mimi, ana they sold grain,
lumber and farm implements. Every
year the young man was gaining busi-
ness wisdom, putting more money away,
and becoming Americanlzed.
In a few years the country store was
too small for hrs activities. He went
back to Minneapolis and the first of
the G. 4. Smith lumber mills started
to cut logs in 1884. The business grew,
and the mills with 1t. until they soon
were the largest In the world. In 1899
Mr. Smith bought out the Pillsbury in
terests in the business. Since then the
big company has been composed OF but
one man C. 4. Smith, who says be be-
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-08-23

marked the way. Gratefully we thank
Thee, and look forward with renewed
hope. May no cloud be in our sky to-
day. Wherever we are, in the home
or abroad, may we feel that all is well.
Thy love is infinite, Thy goodness un-
measured. Make this real day of rest
for US, so that we may face the future
with glad song on the lips, and a
thrill of gladness in the heart Lead
thou us on!
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-08-23
STORY OF A STURDY swEDE.
Remarkable Life of Little Known
Minneapolis Millionaire.

Emigrant, coachman, multimillion-
airel These are the three grades in
the life of G.. A. Smith, Swede who
lives in Minneapolis. Smith is only 54
and the next stage in his life will be
given up to placing his descendants on
a rock of fortune that will endure for
centuries, perhaps.
The story of this sturdy, thrifty
Swede is one of the many stories of
fortune which the Northwest loves to
tell. Smith tumbled off an emigrant
train in Minneapolis on June %, 1867,
at the age Of IA. He was strong boy,
without word Of English, but in day
or two he went to work as chore boy
at the home of Ex-Governor Pillsbury.
His native name was unpronounceable,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-08-23
The Heart Prayer.

If there be some weaker one,
Give me strength to help him on;
If binder soul there be,
Let me guide him nearer Thee.
Make my mortal dreams come true
With the work / fain would do;
Clothe with life the weak intent,
Let me be the thing meant;
1 Let me find in Thy employ
Peace that dearer is than JOY
~Out of self to love be led.
And to heaven acelimated,
Until all things sweet and good
Seem my natures habitude.
John G. Whittier.
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The Tern. for II.

"My weight" said Huskie, 'is exact.
ly 25O pounds"
"You mean with all your heavy
clothes on?" queried Ascum.
mo, sir! That's. my net weight"
"Net? Most folks would call that
gross. Philadelphia Press.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-08-23
MOI Content,

"They say you are the logical candi.
date"
"Yes," answered Senator Sorghum;
''but the trouble is that the average
voter hasn't the slightest compreben-
sion Of or reverence for logic."- Wash.
ingtOn Star.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-08-23
A COMMUNICATION,

"a woman should not be valued
alone for her beauty" said the sentl-
mentalist.
"Certainly not" answered the French
count; sometimes she is to be valued
by the amount Of allmony she can pay"
Washington Star.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-08-23
Her Renson.

But" asked the first coed, "why did
you elect to take up the study Of Ger.
man Instead Of FrenchT
"oh," replied the other, "the German
professor was so awfully handsome
you now."-Philadelphia PresA
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-08-23

swept about one being that mutiny had
spread throughout the entire army and
that 1t would be impossible to check
the winegrowers' revolt. Following the
desertion of the Seventeenth Regiment,
half of the Eighty-frst Regiment, sent
against the mutineers, Joined them.
The One Hundredth Regiment also
mutinied. Fresh troops from the north
of France were hurried into the dis
| turbed district.
The authorities of Narbonne issued
orders that specific routes should be
followed by those attending the funer-
| ais Of the riot victims The routes were
entirely isolated by troops in the hope
of preventing dangerous demonstra-
tions.
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IIIuHfon.

Woman expecting call from her
lover )-Oh, this waiting is something
terrible! 1 can't stand 1t. ITO maid. J
Sophie, go outside and ring the bell
three or four times, hard Translated
for Tales from Meggendorfer Blaetter.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-08-23

The man with big fish story has
earnest competition in the man whose
dreams come true.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-08-23

Be sure you are right. Then consult
your wife. Theft go ahead.--st Louis
Republic
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-08-23

When a mans moral rights go wrong
be begins to talk about his legal righta
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-08-23

Gracious Father, another week has
passed and countless blessings have
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-08-23

The good either die young or poor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-21

tween the casing of 4 door and The
corner of room, there will be no
need of fastening them to the wall,
II they are made to fit snugly. The
upper shelf. being made fast by screws
60 the upright pieces, Will hold them
firmly in place. A curtain can be
hung In front of them, If desired
Brackets to support the pole to which
Il hangs should be fastened TO the up.
rights. just below the projecting e,.ge
of the upper shelf. This curtain can
BE- made very ornamental by a band
Of plush, velvet, or embroidery, with
@ heavy fringe across the bottom.
If the shelves are stained, or painted
black, and brass pole and brackets
are used, with pretty curtain, this
convenience" will be almost as or.
namontal as useful and after having
one, you will wonder how you ever
got along without It,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-21
A Diet OF SUGAR.

One OF the numerous physcal-cul-
t,re teachers departs from the faith
OF trainers in advising his pupils to
eat all the sugar they can get. Either
IN taking of flesh or lin putting on
desh his advice is to make sugar, in
some form or other, a liberal part Of
the daily diet. Sugar Is a very pow.
sstM stimulant and great producer
of nerve force" he said; II spent two
winters In the Klondike, where the
miners eat enormous quantities of
sugar and molasses. They even
sweeten salt pork with it. Men who
simply soak themselves in sweets do
twice the work of men who let sugar
alone. Swiss mountaineers always
carry liberal supply of sugar in their
hts. Negroes in the harvest fields
grow fat on. sugar cane. In hot or
cold climates a liberal diet of sugar
will put man IN the finest possible
condition. Whatever bad effects su-
gar may have at tirst are soon rem
edied by exercise. 1t has been fad for
two or three years to howl against
the use OF sugar. but there is no sound
physiological reason for it,"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-21
Masked Robbers Cause Terror in Min
ing Towns.
Take Part in Two Furously Waged Fights, in
Which Bullets Flew, and Get OF
Safely, but With Little Plumber.

Four daring masked robbers
heavily armed produced terror in
Duryea and Old Forge early last
Saturday morning. At Duryea
they took part in two furiously
waged running fights with the
Toole brothers and Chief of Police
| Peter Cosgrove. Revolvers were
emptied on both sides, but no one
was injured though the bullets
whizzed by heads in dangerous
fashion.
At the hotel OF Peter Toole in
Duryea the robbers were detected
in the act Of breaking into the sa-
loon. A duel with pistols was
fought between the Toole brothers
and the thieves, the latter making
their escape.
Later while they were attempting
to enter the post Office they were
detected by Chief Cosgrove, who
opened fire on them. He was as
sisted by the Toole brothers. Again
the men escaped after many revol-
yer shots had been fired.
Going to Old Forge they entered
the home of Daniel Jones. Mr..
Jones and his wife were sleeping in
the downstairs part. The husband
leaped out of bed upon hearing the
robbers enter an adjoining room
and rushed to the dresser for his re
volver. He had just got his hand
on the weapon when the muzzles of
four revolvers were pressed at his
head. He was ordered to drop the
revolver. He obeyed.
The bandits ordered him to get
back into bed. One held a revolver
to head of their young son, another
held one against the forehead Of
Mrs. Jones, while the other two
made search of the house. The
mask OF one OF the men guarding
Mr.. Jones dropped and Jones sought
to get look at the mans features.
"Close your eyes or I'll shoot"
shouted the other. Jones complied
with the order. The robbers got
S. and also took Jones revolver.
The quartette then rushed out of
the house after warning Mr.. and
Mrs. Jones that their lives would
be the forfeit if they gave the
alarm within an hours time. They
are believed to be a part Of gang
that has so boldly operated in this
section for some time close to rail.
roads.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-21
asa'
HEALTH AND BEAUTY. |

Rhuburb is an excellent blood puri.
fer.
It is said that apples will relieve
Seasickness.
Lemon juice will remove tartar from
the teeth.
II the feet are tired take warm
foot bath. There is nothing quite so
efficacious for tired nerves.
Ten to twelve drops of tincture of
camphor in tumbler of water makes
q good wash for the teeth
lodIe Is excellent to cure bunions.
Use 1t as often as possible without
hEsterng. Wear oil silk on the spot
during the day
Plumbs. peaches, raspberries and
apricots have less sugar than other
fruits, and are not harmful to those
70 whom sugar is injurious.
The astringent properties OF the
pomegranate are particularly helpful
70 singers and speakers who suffer
with relaxed muscles OF the throat
and uvula.
A very good remedy for relieving
oaraohe is to fill little bag of soft
flannel with salt and make this very
bot In the oven. Test il against your
cheek to make sure it is not too hot.
and then apply to the aching ear.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-21
Governor Makes Them Law.
Approves Several Bills, Two Affecting City
improvements.

Governor Stuart has approved
thes e bills:
Empowering cities to acquire real
estate within their limits which
they may need upon which to erect
necessary municipal buildings.
Providing that game fish may be
caught only with rod and line or
hand line containing not more than
three hooks, and pickeral or yellow
perch may be caught through the
ice, by means of tip.ups, and pro
vding that the catch of perch and
pickeral on any one day by any one
fisherman shall not exceed twenty
pounds.
Repeating the act regulating
fences and to appoint appraisers in
each township in Bedford, North
umberland, Westmoreland, Wash
ington and Fayet,e Counties.
Repeating the act to regulate the
fees Of the county treasurer of Lu-
zerne and Clear6eld Counties.
Authorizing the collection of the
costs, damages and expenses of mu
nicipal improvements, including the
improving of roads and sewers from
the property peculiarly benefited
where private property could not be
assessed for especial benefits and
constituting such benefits lien up
on the property upon which they
are assessed and authorizing the
completion of such improvements
now in progress.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-21
Words of Praise

For the several ingredients OF which DR..
Pierce's medicines are composed, as given
by leaders in all the several schools OF
medicine, should have far more weight
than any amount OF non professional tes
timonals. DIR. Piercc's Favorite Prescrip-
tion has THE BADGE or HONESTY on every
bottlc-wrappcr, In full list OF all its in
gradients printed in plain English.
III you are an invalid woman and suffer
from frequent headache, backache, gnaw-
Ing dlstrE3 In stomach, periodical pains,
dlsagre9ble, catarrhal. pelvic drain,
dragglHg5down distress In lower abdomen
or pclvE, perhaps dark spots or specks
dancTg before the eyes, faint spells and
klndSd symptoms caused by female weak
ness, oSfthf arrangement Of the feminine
organs, SSy can not do better than take
DR.. Pier9eS Favorito Prescription.
The hfsbital, surgeons knife and opera
ting atfdmay be avoided by the timely
use Of N'avorite Prescription in such
cases. Thereby the obnoAlous examln-
atlQns and lQeQilGat tnGnls. Of the family
physician can be avoided and a thQrough
course OF snccess1ul trea tment carried out
10 the hTlLgcY lilc- -bQWe.- "FavorIte
Prescription Is composed OF The very best
native medicinal roots known to medical
science Tor the cure OF woman's peculiar
ailments, contains no alcohol and no
harmful or habit forming drugs.
Do not expect too much from "Favorito
Prescriptions; II will not perform mira
cles IL VIII not disolvc or cure tumors.
No medicine will. 1t will do as much to
establish vigorous health in most weak
nesses and ailments peculiarly incident to
women as any medicine can. 1t must DO
given fair chance by perseverance In its
use for reasonable length OF time.
Youcant-aflard To accept n secret nos
trum as substitute for lhls-remndy -nf
KNOWN -compQSltlQn.-
Sick women are Invited to consult DR..
Pierce, by letter, free. Al correspond
ence is guarded as sacredly secret and
womanly condolences are protected by
professional privacy. Address DR.. r. v.
Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets the best
laxative and regulator OF the bowels.
They invigorate stomach, liver and
bowels. One a laxative; two or three .
cathartic. Easy to take as candy.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-21
NOTICE.

In the Court OF Common Pleas OF Columbia
County.
Filed March 2, 1sO7.
In repetition OF the Commissioners OF Col
umbia County to sell at public sale certain
real estate possessed by said County,
situate In the Borough of Berwick, in said
County, bounded and described as follows |:
Parts OF water lots Nos and 10 in said Borough
on north by road leading TO river, on East BY
lot No. s, on South by river, and on the west by
Chestnut street, whereon is erected a two story
frame dwelling house, each lot being 40 & Il
feet wide the same being part OF the toll bridge
over the river Susguehanna Of the Berwick
Bridge Company OF Berwick In said County pur-
chased by said Counties OF Columbia and
Luzerne under said proceedings as will more
fully and at large appear by reference TO the
report OF viewers with the map annexed thereto
filed in said proceedings on the 14th day or
September 1900, as OF No. $50 April Term, 1900 In
said Court OF quarter Sessions OF the County OF
Luzerne.
Now March 18th, 1907 on reading the within
petition the same is directed to be filed, and
Thursday the 2Sth day OF March, 1907 at 10
o'clock, In the forenoon is fixed for the hearing
q said petition by said Court
BY THE COURT.
3-l4-3t.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-21
10 ACRES and 1872 PERCHES
OF LAND.

be the same more or less. 1t being the same
premises OF which Eli Kline died seized and
which descended to the said Martin Kline and
others.
This farm is In fairly good state OF cultiva-
tion and is desirable little farn. Possession
given April lst, 1867, providing one-fourth OF
the purchase money is paid. All personal pre-
perty on premises reserved. Deed and surveys
II wanted at expense OF purch ser.
TERMS OF SALE: Ten per cent OF one-fourth
OF purchase money TO be paid at striking down
OF the property, balance OF one-fourth at C" n
firmation nisi OF sale, or When possession is
taken, and remaining three-fourths within one
year from date OF sale with interest on all un-
paid purchase money from date OF sale.
JOSEPH A. HENRIE,
Administrator OF Martin Kline, decd.
CLINTON HERRING, Attorney.
SITS,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-21
Predicts a Great Panic.
Railroad President Declares People Are Lay.
ing the Foundation.

A B. Stickney, of st. Paul, presi-
dent ofthe Chicago & Northwestern
railway, in Washington, d. c. last
week, in an interview discussing
the railroad situation, said:
THE people are now laying the
foundation, firm and strong, for a
tremendous panic"
Mr.. Stickney said he does not
believe that the crisis will be reach
ed within the next two years, but
he took the position that it will GER
tainly come and will be even more
disastrous than the panic of I893-o4.
He declared that if the present rail-
road agitation is kept up all the
railroads are threatened with bank
ruptcy, and that in 1909 hundreds
of thousands of men will be thrown
out of employment.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-21
HOMEMADE BOOKCASE
Convenient and Easily Made Re-
eeptacIe Which is an
Ornament
accompanying

The accompanying illustration
shows some very easily made and con-
yenient shelves for books, papers or
other articles. They can be made of
pine, stained to initiate walnut, with
umber, and then oiled or vanished;
or they can be painted to correspond
With the woodwork of the room In
which they are used Or, II preferred,
they can be covered with cloth, tackled
on smoothly and neatly, using brass
headed furniture tacks wherever any
will show. There should be two up.
right pieces, with as many cleats as
there are to be shelves. The upper
shelf should rest on, and be screwed
TO, these uprights, when put in the
place the shelves are to occupy; 1t
ought, also, to be two or three inches
wider than the upright pieces and the
lower shelves are. If they stand be-
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-21
AUDITORS NOTICE.

In re estate or John Relchner, late orthe To,cn-
ship Of Centre, u, The County Of Columbia and
State Of Pennsylvania:
The undersigned auditor appointed by the
Orphans Court OF Columbia County, to make
distribution OF the fund IN the hands or George
W. Kelchner and Emanuel L. Kelchner Execu-
tors OF the estate OF John Kelchner, late OF the
and final account filed In tn Orphans Court OF
Columbia County, TO No. 10 OF Feb'y. Term,
1t07, TO and among the parties legally entitled
thereto, will sit at his office in the Town OF
Bloomsbury, Pa, on Friday, April l2th 1907, at
ten O'Clock In the forenoon OF said day, to per-
form the duties OF his appointment, when and
against said estate may present them or for
ever after be detarred from coming in on said
fund,
3-7-ta. CLINTON HERRING, Auditor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-21
INCORPORATION OF "TFE
CRAFTSMAN"

or Columbia County.
Notice is hereby given that an application
Will be made to the above Court on April ath,
1907 at ten o'clock a. m under the "CorporatiOn
Act OF 1874" OF the commonwealth OF Pennsyl-
vania, and the supplements there o. for the
"The Craftsman" the character and object OF
which is, The maintenance OF a club for frater-
nal, educational and social enjoyments, and for
these purposes TO have and possess and enjoy
all the rights, benefits and PRIVILEGES OF the
said Act or Assembly and It's supplements.
The proposed charter is now on nle In the
Prothonotary's ofice.
ii. A.MCKMLP,
s-l4-4t solicitor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-21
CHARTER NOTICE.

In the Common Pleas Court OF Columbia
County.
Notice is hereby given that an application
will be made by the ST. JOHNS EvANGELI-
CAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF CATAWISSA,
PENNSYLVANIA, to the Court OF Common Pleas
OF the county aforesaid on the1st day Of April
1907, at 10 o'clock a. m, underline provisions Of
the Act OF Assembly OF this Common wealth
entitled IAN Act to provide for the incorpora
tion and regulation OF certain corporations. p"
approved April %, 1874, and 1t supplements,
for the approval and allowance OF certain
amendments to the charter OF said corpora
ion, as set forth In the petition therefor filed
In said court.
C. 4. KREIsHER,
March 4th, 1907.
3-7-4t.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-21
FRIDAY, THE goth DAY OF
MARCH, 1907,

at Two O'CLOCK
OF said day, the following described real
estate ; All that certain messuare, tenement
and tract OF land situate In the Township,
County and State aforesaid, bounded and des-
cribed as follows, to-wit; Beginning at a stone
corner OF land Of william Bellas and Wesley
Bowman, theme by land Of william Bellas and
Wesley Bowman, North 'wenty-eight degrees
West one hundred and four-tenths perches TO a
stone, thence by land OF Wesley Bowman
South fiffy-three degrees West twenty-one and
five-tenth perches to stone, thence by the
same South one-haf degree East fourteen ard
two-tenth perches to n stone, thence by the
same South twenty and one-half degrees
West eight and fourteenth perches TO a stone,
thence by the same North sixty and one-half
degrees West fourteen and three-tenth perches
to stone, thence by land OF Eli Kline South
forty-nve and one-fourth degrees West twenty
nine and one-tenth perches to a stone, thence
by land OF John Grouse South twenty-six and
three-fourth degrees East sixty-four and six
tenth perches to stone thence by land OF
Wesley Bowman North twenty-seven degrees
East seventy and seventeenth perches TO the
place Of beginning, containing