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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-13

afire When the cutter. after sending
several shots across her bows brought
her to, the British commander was
much chagrined to find his mistake. and
ordered the captain to take down the
pennant he was flying, but Captain Rog.
ers answered that he would do nothing
of the kind, as he was entitled to f1y
the colors.
While he was off the Irish coast.
Captain Rogers had another experience
which sorely tried his pride. He found
when about fifteen miles from Cork
that he nad run out OF coal. He was
in calm, but was unable to get ND
steam, and while he had hoped to steam
into Liverpool, he was compelled TO
enter like any other sailing ship. On
the voyage, which ended on June 20, at
9 o'clock in the evening. he came to an.
chor in the River Mersey, in front of
Liverpool. The voyage had lasted 20
days II hours, during which steam had
been used so hours.
Cruised I'm European Waters.
Although the Savannah did not en-
ter Liverpool under steam, she shipped
coal as soon as possible and gave the
people at that port sample Of her
work under engine power. Richard
Rush, the American minister, sent a
dispatch to the State Department, not
ing the arrival Of the ship. In this
note he refers to the vessel as being
the first of her description "that has
ever crossed the seas and having ex-
cited equal admiration and astonish-
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-13
BIumng the BInner.

The talkatlve man In the smoking
room was boring the company with his
"reminiscences of the great people he
had met Last week." he said, "I spent
a most delightful day with my friend
Lord Broadacres"
Indeed" said gentleman on a cor.
ner, who had not hitherto spoken; "and
80 you don't recognize me as Lord
Broadacres"
The boastful one instantly collapsed
and, muttering some apology, left the
room.
And I'm not Lord Broadacres al
ALL" chuckled the gentleman as the
door closed upon the discounted one
London Tit-Bits.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-13
HOME MADE MIXTURE
SAID TO BE INEXPENSIVE AND EASILY
PREPARED BY ANYONE.
Is Said to Promptly Relieve BaCkache and
Overcome Kidney Trouble and BIad-
der Weakness Though Harmless
and Pleasant to Take.

What will appear very interesting to
many people here is the article taken
from New York daily paper, giving a
simple prescription, as formulated by a
noted authority, who claims that he
has found positive remedy to cure
almost any case of backache or kidney
or bladder arrangement, in the follow
ing simple prescription, if taken before
the stage of Bright's disease
Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half
ounce: Compound Kargon, one ounce
Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three
ounces. Shake we'll in a bottle and
take in teaspoonful doses after each
meal and again at bedtime.
A we'll known authority, when asked
regarding this prescription, stated that
the ingredients are all harmless, and
can be obtained at small cost from
any good prescription pharmacy, or the
mixture would be put up If asked to do
so. He further stated that while this
prescription is often prescribed in rheu-
matte Affections with splendid results,
he could see no reason why it would
not be splendid remedy for kidney
and urinary troubles and backache, as
it has peculiar action upon the kid
ney structure, cleansing these most i'm
pcrtant organs and helping them TO siit
and filter from the blood the foul acids
and waste matter which cause sickness
and suffering. Those who suffer can
make no mistake in giving it trial.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-13
Sets Out for Liverpool.

After showing her PAGES to the citi-
zens of Savannah, on the morning of
Saturday, May %, 1919, the Savannah
set sail for Liverpool. The log of this
historic trip is still to be seen In the
National Museum at Washington,
where there are several other relics of
the daring Captain Rogers When the
ship was off the coast of Ireland, a
British cutter, the Kite, noticed her,
and seeing the smoke belching from her
funnel believed the strange craft was
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-13
A Pertinent Question

The lank, long haired young man
looked dreamily at the charming girl
on whom he was endeavlng to make a
favorable impression.
did you ever long for deathf" he
asked, in a low and moving tone.
"Whose?" inquired the charming but
practical young person.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-13

was responsible for the experiment,
commanded the Phoenix built for John
Stevens and his son, Robert Livingston
Stevens, in 1908. He took tine little
Phoenix on her memorable voyage from
Sandy Hook TO Cape May, the first time
a steam vessel had braved the dangers
of the ocean. He also commanded the
Eagle in 1918, when that vessel made
her first voyage from New York to Bal
timore, and he was associated with the
owners of the New Jersey, when regu-
lar bi-weekly voyages were inaugurated
between those ports. Captain Rogers
was regarded as person whose opin-
ions on the subject Of steam navigation
were important and valuable, and he
frequently was consulted by steamboat
owners and constructors.
The first long voyage of the Savan.
nah was from New York to Savannah.
The trip occupied days 10 hours, and
during that time the engine had been
worked 417a hours, The vessel left New
York at 10 o'clock on the morning of
March 2S, 1919, and arrived at her des-
tlnation on April 6, at o'clock in the
morning. Arrived at the southern port
the ship attracted a great deal of at
tention, for it was known that she was
to try for the record across the At
lantic. The revenue cutter Dallas sa-
luted the ship as she entered the har-
Dor, and the bank Of the river was
lined with patriotic citizens. whose en-
thuslasm found relief In shouts of ap-
proyal.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-13
Tive Since.

Hostess-You seemed embarrassed a,
meeting Mr.. Smoykle, Mrs. Travnoo
Guest-I thought you knew, Mrs.
Longshore. He's my-my antepenuti.
mate husband
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-13
where He Shines.

When thugs beat up New York man,
Find a policeman If you can.
He only seems to show his mug
When citizens attack thug.
Herald.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-13
Quite the Contrary.

NASTY medicine, is it? What are you
hking it for? To help your cough~
ITO help it2 Great Peter, no! To
kill it." ,-..-
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-13

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Soothins
Syrup the best remedy to use for their childrel
during the teething period.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-13

OF all the words of tongue and pen,
The maddest are these: you'll Day me
whenT
Baltimore American.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-13

Some women have such small
waists that 1t makes you uncomfort-
able to look at them
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-13
The ola MANI, Exner,ence

Hes the boy after your own heart
isn't heP'
Not much!" replied the old man..
"He's the boy after my pocketbook "-
Atlanta Constitution.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-13
/eaf ofA7e fleet LuecNsvNt7 recda.e ne1ooo
al"e voyage efMe cjassDwsD7. E7zo0ee~
m c/YecZy71 1czM0<2h07

AS large and as powerful as Is the
Lusitanla, the big liners memorable
trip across the Atlantic did not create
half so much interest as did the voyage
OF the little American steamship. the
savannah, which was the first steam
vessel to bridge the great ocean. The
Sayannah's trip was made in the year
1919, and was only intended as an ex-
pertinent, as she did not carry passen-
ger or a pound of freight. From
financial viewpoint the trip was fail
ure, for, while there were several offers
to purchase the new steam vessel, none
OF them regarded as acceptable.
The Savannah's trip is historic and
was accomplished at great risk. So
fearful were mariners generally of the
rate OF the experiment that the COM
mander found 1t impossible to obtain
sailors In New York, and was obliged
to seek them in New London, Conn, the
home Of the sailing master, Stevens
Rogers, who was we'll known to the sea-.
faring men at that port.
Much Of the data regarding the Sa-
vannah has been lost, but it is certain
that she was full-rlgged ship, with
auxiliary steam power, and of $50 tons.
Originally intended as a sailing packet
between New York and Havre. While
she lay on the stocks at the shlpyard
at Corlear's Hook, New York, she at
tracted the attention of Captain Moses
Rogers, who had been associated with
Fulton and Stevens in commanding sew
eral Of the early steamboats,. He in
duced a wealthy shipping firm in Sa-
vannah to purchase the vessel and fit
her with steam engines with view to
giving that city the credit of being the
first to lnaugurate transatlantic
steamship line. .a
Queer rPaddle-WheeIs.
Scarborough & Isaacs, the firm refer
red to, bought the ship and had her fit
ted with an inclined, direct-acting, low
pressure engine of 80 horse power, the
diameter Of the cylinder being 40
Inches and the stroke five feet, The on
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-13
'articuIars Wanted. /.

Particulars Wanted.
Customer Where is your hose depart
nent?
New Floor Walker-Er-garden or
parlor variety, madam?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-09-28
LETTERS DID THE WORK
L,hey Stopped Marriage by Threat
eniES Death to the4TS-o To
Be United.

Owesse, Mich, s. pit. 27.-Were the
1stters threatening the lives of Lewis
GFreenman and Nancy Meyer. of Car
land, if they married. written by
friends or relatives who were opposed
rs the match? The marriage has been
postponed, at least, and many of those
acquainted with tire young couple are
Of the opinion that they we've bogus
and writtaa solely for the purpose
which they accomplished.
Ereenman received the first letter
about two months ago, just before the
original date set for the wedding. This
second carae few days later and
said that the writer was a rival for
the lady's hand and if they insisted
on marrying he would kill borh OF
them. A third letter invited the pros
pective groom to fight a duel 81 il
lonely spot. but Greerman's father
persuaded him not to so there with
an officer, as the young man proposed.
Greenman has now placed the letters
in the hands Of an attorney.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-09-28
GooId C.onfesses the murder.

Monte Carlo, Sept. 27.-Vere St.
Leger Goold was written to the local
judge cOnfessing that he and his wife,
Violet, murdered Emma Levin, the
Swedish woman whose dismembered
body was found in the baggage of the
Goods on their arrival Aug. 6 at Mar
settles from Monte Carlo. Goold says
the crime was planned by himself
and his wife. Being at the end of their
resources they resolved to rob the
woman, intending y only knock her
into insensibility and take her money
and jewels, but the woman screamed
whereupon she was killed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-09-28
Society Women Took Fares.

Kalamazoo, Mich, Sept. 27.-"Trol-
ley day. in Kalamazoo, the occasion
being in the nature of a benefit for
Kalamazoo hospital, the street cars
had society women of the city as con-
ductOrs. and little change is given back
to those known to be able to pay more
than the regulation nickel. There was
a ball game in the morning at River
view park between the doctors and
lawyers. In the evening the Mu Delta
Sigma fraternity gave a grand benefit
ball at lakewood pavilion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-09-28

chat he Supposed there was some legs
reason for building these receiving SIS.
tons when John G.. Milburn. chief O.
the defendants counsel, tnterposed anl
said he gave the advice, and cons-l.
cred it good legal advice Il don a,
said Kellogg.
Millburn, cross examining the WI
ness. developed that the pipe lines col-
meeting The terminals at Unionville,
Center Fridge and Fonc Grove with
tidewater ut New York ana Baltimore
were the plivate lines of the Standard
Oil Company Of New Jersez. and wcEe
not public carriers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-09-28
USE THE EXCELSIOR
SEWING MACHINE Needle

Any one having an old machine
can improve their sewing by using
Excelsior needles, as it is perfect
fit to any machine made.
If you have an old sewing ma
chine which has been in use 30 yrs.
or more, try the Excelsior needle
and you will find great improve
ment in your sewing. To prove
this statement [ am willing TO send
to any one using an old machince
which has been in use 20 years. 2.
Excelsior needles, one for DO thread
and one for 60, free of charge and
leave it to you as to the ex-
cellency of the Excelsior needle.
Fill out the blank below and mail
to me. I carry the greatest variety
and largest stock of machine
needles of ally house in this part
of the state and give all orders the
best attention.
CHAS. G. ROBERTS,
Lancaster, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-09-28
HAD A SAD HOMECOMING
Mother Dead Months Ago, an Inmate
Ofthe County Inffrmary. and Sis
tiers in an Asylum.

Marion. Ind, Sept. 27-Etta Scott
an 1S-year-old girl. came to Marion
from Franklin county in search Of her
mother. whom she had not seen in
eight years. Her sorrow was great
when she learned that her mother had
been dead several months, having died
at the county infirmary last Deem
Der. Miss Scott is an orphan and was
bound out when 10 years old to a fam
lily at Laurel, Ind.
Recently she had thought much of
her family, and having been away
without any communication with the
members for eight years resolved to
\gO to the old home in Marion and
renew the relationship. She was great.
" distressed on learning of the death
of her mother, but her trip was not
altogether one Of disappointment, for
at the Grant county orprans' home she
found two of her younger sisters. Miss
Scott will return to Laurel, where sine
has good home.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-09-28
Man Who Assumed Too Much.

Bloomington, ILL.,, Sept. 27.-Fred w.
Cobb, employed in the bureau of navi-
CATION in Washington, applied for a
marriage license in Macoupin county
to wed Miss Rosa Rhoades, of Ches-
terfield. The next day he returned the
document. stating that he had the posi-
tive declfnation of the young woman
to his proposal of matrimony. Being
certain of his success, he had procured
the license first. When his suit was
rejected she also told him to return the
license. He has gone to Washington
alone.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-09-28
BEAN HARVESTER AT woRK.

two long steel blades mounted upon a
strong framework carried upon wheels.
The long shears-like blades are set to
cut the roots of the plants just beneath
the surface of the ground. Above these
blades guard rods or guide rods are SO
arranged as to move from their Origi-
nal positions the plants whose roots
have been severed, and since the i'm
plement is designed to cut two rows of
beans across the field the plants of two
rows are thrown together in a single
,windrow This clears a space for the
passage of one Of the animals in the
team, so that it is necessary for only
one to pass through the standing crop,
thus decreasing the amount of loss by
Smelling which would result from both
animals being driven through the
standing crop.
After the plants are thrown together
by the harvester it is customary for
men with ordinary pitchforks to follow
the harvester and place the beans in
small heaps to cure for several days
before storing them in barns or sheds
for thraShing. In some instances where
the work is done upon very extern
sive scale and where the loss from
Smelling is not considered sufficient to
justify the employment of hand labor
for punching the beans with forks an
ordinary horse rake is employed for the
purpose.
Where the beans are to remain for a
longer period and to become more
thoroughly cured in the field and
where the work of harvesting is done
entirely by hand the crop is frequent
Iy placed in shocks which are built
about pole four or five feet in height,
both ends of which have been sharp
ened and one end placed firmly in the
ground. A small quantity of straw,
grass or other material is placed
around the base of the stake and the
beans as they are pulled and are piled
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-09-28
HAD TO "INVENT ANOTHER"
Fish Says of Northumberland OH
the Loan Charges.

the loan SndrSeS.
"But when called to testify before
the interstate commission Mr.. Harri.
man could not stand on either the
proposition that he quarreled with me
because / would not add to the Union
Pacific-Southern Pacific representation
In the Illinois Central road, nor on
the vague generalities of the letter of
Nov. z. 1906. which he had caused the
other directors to join with him in
signing and handing to me at the
opening of the meeting of the board
of directors held on that day.
Hence, the necessity for him to then
invent yet another, which he did by
trumping up accusations against me
in respect to matters which had hap
pened four years before, which were
and had always been fully shown on
the books of the company, and were
perfectly we'll known to the directors
of the Illinois Central company when
they unanimously reelected me presi-
dent in the autumn of 1908, and again
I'm 1904. and for third time in 1905"
concerning the loan by MIN as pfeS1-
dent of the Illinois Central to Dresser.
Fish says that it was made in collater-
al which at the time was marketable
and abundant" After the failure of
the Dresser firm the collateral was
sold at loss. But" says Fish. ''if
my personal enemies can only claim
that l caused the company a single
small loss in respect to the millions
might say hundreds of millions
loaned in the meanwhile (more of it to
Mr.. Hartman than to any other in.
dividual, / am content to let the mat
ter rest there. 1t is needless to add
that on no other loan made by me and
of course on none to me, did the Ill,
nois Central Railway company ever
Jose a dollar"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-09-28
MORE ENORMOUS PROFITS
In One Year Nearly Twice the Amount
of the Investment.

New York, Sept. 27.-The Indiana
Pipe Line company, subsidiary of
the Standard Oil, made profit of ST.
O91. O22 in 1903 on a total investment
of Sc. Dos. 75S, according to the com,
pany's figures produced by Geo. Cheese
bro. controller of the National Pipe
Line company. who appeared as a wit
ness in the federal suit against the
oil combine. Attorney Kellogg. for the
government. sought to show that the
Indiana company maintained a high
schedule of tariffs to prevent ship
ments of oil by independent oil pro-
ducers. Chesebro testified that tht
Indiana company transportedpractical
y only the oil of the Standard COM
pany.
Calvin \. Payne, under eXamina-
ton, stated that the tanks and receiY
ing stations at the end of the pipe line
of the New York Transit company, anc
at the terminals Of the pipe lines o.
the National Transit company ut Cen.
ter Bridge. Pa. and Fond Grove, Pa.
were built the year the Hepburn law
went into effect. Payne was stating
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-09-28
ROOT At INDIANAPOLIS
Has No Special Question to DisCUsI
with Diaz When He Meets
Him.

indianapolis, Sept 27.-SecretaTy or
State Root, accompanied by his wife
and daughter and secretary, reached
here-at go 5, Ia. ON his way to Mex
leo. 1Among those who called Oh him
during his stay of ten minutes ia this
city was Vice President Charles W..
Fairbanks.
Root said there was no special queSr
ton 10 be discussed by him with Pres
ident Diaz. His visit was largely OF q
social nature and was IN intent SINH
lar to his trip to South American coun-
fries last year.
Richmond, Ind, Sept. Secretary
of State Root while at Richmond a
short time on his way to Mexico, gave
an interview in which ne stated en-
phaticaliy that he has no presidential
aspirations and that the presidencg
has no allurements for him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-09-28
PIow Points.

Where too large a proportion of the
farm is kept under pillow the soil soon
becomes impoverished and unproduc-
tive.
ALI animals thrive best when fed at
regular intervals and given each time
no more than they will readily CON
sumo.
Clean. straight fence rows, and
fences in good repair, add materially to
the appearance and value Of the farm.
When the cost Of keeping a good
article is no more than keeping a poor
one it is certainly advisable to keep
the better.
No vegetable accessible to the farm
er absorbs SO much nitrogen from the
air and leaves so rich a storehouse of
It as cloYer.-Kansas Farmer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-09-28

around the pole until compact minia-
ture stack about four or five feet
high is formed. The operation is very
similar to the common practice fol-
lowed by growers Of peanuts in stack
ing and curing. The curing process in
amy case is carried far enough to pre-
vent the vines holding after storing
them in the farm prior to thrashing.
If the vines are thoroughly ripened in
the field before harvesting they can be
stored in from two to three days if the
weather is satisfactory.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-09-28

ESTATE of Joab K. Graves. deceased,
= State of Wisconsin, County Court {
Grant County-In Probate. @ -
Notice is hereby given. that at the specis
term of the County Court, to be held IN an
for said county, at the court house in tn
city of Lancaster. in said county. on the At
Tuesday of Oct. A. D.. 1907 being Il
ten ten O'clock in the FORENOON 6gS the foiioWin
matter will be heard and considered:
The application of Mary c. Graves. exc
cutrix of the last will CT Joab K. Grave.
deceased. for the adjustment and alI9Y
ance of her final account, and for the q
tribution of the residue of SAID estat'
pursuant to the provisions OF the last WI
of said deceased.
County Judge
Dated. Sept. 2Ith. 1907
list ms. Sept. 18th: last ms. OCT. Ia
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-09-28
Operation on Hartman.

New York, Sept. PIE. II. Harri-
man is not 1T his Office having under
gone a surgical operation for the trOu-
bic from which he suffered last win
triflinG compared with that which
Hartman underwent eight months
ago. but he is not expected to retur1
TO his Office until next week.