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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08

the track, looking very white. The
train had swept him Off his feet
Mighty brave little chap!" said
some one near the door. "There are
three miles of track sunk clean out Of
sight just ahead Of us. If 1t hadn't
been for him."
But just then another face, that
Danny somehow seemed to know,
smiled tenderly down on him; and the
next thing he knew a big man was on
his knees beside him, and all at once
everybody's eyes seemed to be filed
with tears
my boy! my boy!" the big man
sobbed, brokenly. ITO find you here,
like this, after going back to the old
place to look for your
And then Danny knew just what the
wonderful thing was that had hap
pened. He had found his father at
last t!-Pennsylvania Grit.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08
thing to me personally, only l should
hate to see Alicia imposed upon.

thing to me personally, only l should
hate to see Alicia imposed upon.
Sometimes, though, l catch myself
wondering If Alicia is really as guile
less as she seems. / wondered when
she told me about losing her purse on
shopping expedition yesterday. IL
was dreadfully worried about it," she
said. 1T seemed so careless of me. 1
don't suppose men ever do lose their
purses, do they?"
Never" replied, "or almost never"
Papa never does," said Alicia. Il
heard him tell mamma that he never
did. That was when mamma lost hers.
He says 1t is so foolish FOR women to
carry their pocketbooks around in their
hands; but I'm sure don't know how
else they could carry them unless they
balanced them on their heads. Besides,
when have mine in my hand | always
know it's there; 1t isn't as If 1 had it
in pocket where I'd never be sure
that somebody hadn't picked it,
"Of course not" l agreed. "But If
you carried yours in your hand how did
you happen to lose it?'
II laid it down, of course. was
looking at embroideries at Spoonder-
by's and you can't look at embroideries
with one hand"
Il can see that with half an eye,"
said.
81 wanted the embroidery. for a
guimpe," said Alicia.
For a what?"
''0h, never mind Anyway, l must
have gone away and left my purse ly-
ing on the counter. know that must
have done so, but didn't think of it
at the time 1t must have been an hour
before | missed it. had got through
with my shopping at Spoonderby's and
/ was in Raxtrells.>
"You hadn't bought much, then"
"What makes you think so?"
81 just guessed"
81 wanted a sample of albatross
and"
did you say you were in Raxtrelrs
Or Lincoln Park.
"Albatross is a clotn, silly" said
Alicia II had a sample of 1t in my
purse that wanted to match and when
/ went to look for 1t found, of course,
that hadn't got It"
~YOu looked for it in your hand, /
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08
OPEN AIR RESTORES SKIN.
Hospital Physicians Test Plan Which
Makes Grating Unnecessary.

nOApItuI FnyslcAanS rest ftau w nhcu
Makes Grating Unnecessary.
How the city hospital physicians
avoided the necessity of the delicate
operation Of grating live cuticle on
Johnnie Cottle's scalded breast and
saved his mother, who had volunteered
to furnish the skin from her own body,
the pain of the sacrifice form an inter-
esting chapter in the history of pain
less surgery.
About two months ago the S-year-old
boy sustained burns SO serious that his
life was despaired Of. The skin COW
ering his entire breast was destroyed
and phyicians at the hospital first
thought that in order to save the life
Of the child the cuticle Of live person
would have to be grated on his body
Mrs. Cottle, who lives at 1918 Arm
strong street, offered to furnish the
required amount and was ready TO un-
dergo an operation every day until her
boys breast was covered and healed.
Day after day Mrs. Cottle went to
| lAC hOSpitdA piOpdASO W uAASA e,O eAS
operation, but each day she was told
that the boy was not ready. She final
ly became worried and then the secret
was revealed to her.
On the third floor Of the hospital,
with nothing but the sky above him,
the patient, his breast exposed to the
open air, was lying on a cot, covering
which was a thin gauze to keep away
dust and Impurities Of the atmosphere.
For two weeks the raw breast of the
boy was thus exposed to the action of
the air until a perfect scale was form
ed over the wound. Then the boy was
taken indoors, nutritive salves were ap-
piled and now he is all but ready to
be. discharged.
For a long time physicians at the city
hospital have realized the curative pow
ers of oxygen and other components Of
air, but the case of Johnnie Cottle Is
the first successful demonstration Of
the theory. Basing their contention on
the successful experiment, the physi-
clans now declare that instead of band
agins wounded member they will ex-
pose 1t to the open air, taking care to
keep from the wound all impurities
St Louis Republic.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08
He In Welcomed.

"At last" exclaimed the foreign
statesman and man Of letters, as he
stood on the deck Of the ocean steam
ship and gazed with klndling eye at the
busy mart of commerce that lay almos.
at his feet. within an hour the dream
of my life will be realized, and | shall
stand on the shore of America, the land
of the free, the home of the brave ard
the hope Of the world"
Within an hour, however, he was
standing before a red-nosed, CLASSY.
eyed inspector and Indignantly deny-
ing that he was an anarchist, a pau.
per, coolle laborer, bigamlst, thief,
murderer or a fugitive from justice.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08
THE LAUGH OF A CHILD.

There's the laugh of the dawn in the
waking east,
And the laugh of the monday sky;
The laugh of the breeze, the delirious
laugh
Of the fame when the night-winds sigh.
There's the laugh Of the stars, and the
meadow brook,
Of the sea, and the festal wine,
The frivolous laugh, and the wonderful
laugh
Of the heart at affections shrine.
There's the laugh of the rose at the set
ting moon,
When the night has flown away,
But the happiest laugh, the ineffable
laugh,
Is the laugh of the child at play.
Boston Transcript.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08

The death rate in the United States for pneu-
monia averages about 25 per cent and stands next
to consumption (tuberculoss) in frequency of
DEATH 1t usually begins with hard chill and is fol-
lowed by high fever, with pain in the lungs and a
short catchy respiration and peculiar flushing of the
face the same side of the afflicted lung, for fortu-
nately, 1t often involves but lung and should
1t be the left sde heart involvement seriously compl
Gates the
When taken with chill it Is always best to call in
your physician, FOR chill usually trouble ahead,
and it unwise to waste time in home experiments Put
the patient in bed in well ventilated ROOM preferably
upstairs with southern exposure, and keep
temperature of 65 degrees Oil the chest both back
and front and with layer of lambs wool Avoid
cold compress and Ice packs The food should be light
and easily digested broths, soups, milk, whey, or
well beaten eggs given raw and not much of anything
at time save cold water ad lbitun.
Visitors should not be admitted to the sick 1t Is
bad enough be SICK without being critically inspected
by curious friends, who usually tell doeful stories
maintain a hopeless silence and woe-begone coun-
tenances that would strike terror to burglar If the
patient is able to whether you do do not CALL
card expressing sympathy and good Wishes flower,
will bear your message and will not njure the patient
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08
Alicia's Purse


GD HERE is an appearance of sweet
simplicity about Alicia, an ingen-
uousness of expression, an inno-
cent, half-inquiring, wondering
look in her big blue eyes and an art
lessness In her observations on things
in general that render her friends very
anxious on her account. | am anxious
myself-very anxious.
am afraid that one of these fine
days some designing youth with padded
shoulders and pointed shoes will per-
suade Alicia to a matrimonial engage
ment. There are many such young i'm
posters dangling around her, and it is
rather remarkable that nothing of the
sort has happened. Not that it is any
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08
A HAPPY CITIZEN.

1 happy in de springtime wen de days
is gittin' long
En- de birds is in de blossoms. des a
shakin' 'em wild song;
Wen de larks is lookin' lively, kaze dey
knows de fros' is done,
En- de crows de blackest shadder 'twixt
de green worp en- de sun.
Happy on de way,
Singin' all de day:
de rain'll make de roses, en- de grass'n
come ter hay"
/ happy in de summer-des ez happy ez
kin be,
Wen de cotton's des a-snowin', en- de
corn's ez tall ez me,
Rustlin' er his green blades whar de ives
win run a race,
En- shakin' er his silky, shiny tassels in
my face.
Heah me what sayf
l happy on de way,
Fer a sunny road is leadin' ter de happy
harves' day.
I happy in de fall-time, wen de leaves
is gittin' brown
En- de hick'ry-nuts is fallin' en- de apples
dent de groun';
Wen you heah de hounds a-bayin', en- de
horns begin ter blow,
En- de fox is huntin' kiver, en- de rabbit
layin' low.
Happy on de way
OATS de word you heah me say
De fros' hez spiced de harves' ez it twin
kles ter de day.
En- winter got his blessin's, en- he mighty
mighty sweet;
Cabin fo' a-crackin' ter de dancip' er
yo' feet;
En- come ter de conclusion, wen heah
de Christmas chime,
De worP so full er sunshine dat I happy
all de timel
Happy on de way
Winter-time en- May;
All de worl is singin' wen de heart make
holiday!
Frank l.. Stanton.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08
slight Error.

The newest alrshIp, says the Louis
gille Courier-Journal Is 100 feet long
and resembles an ear of Kansas corn.
That Is an exaggeratlon. Ears Of Kan
sas corn are not 100 feet long. The
Louisville editor seems to have con-
fused the length of the ears with the
height of the stalks.-Kansas City Jour-
mol
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08
Not the Name for IL.

81 suppose" said the new reporter,
"there is lot of Jealousy In the the
atrical profession"
Not particle" replied the leading
lady. "Why, my understudy is dead
anxious for an opportunity TO take my
part" Chicago News.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08

screw herself up to the pitch &c" couldn't do that"
exclaimed the docle wife, "it would be rude and un-
ladylke"
The patient woman may be reformer, but, like other
morals she must expect to sacrifice herself to the cause
She may be good and vlrtuous and still domineerng
husband will do he likes 1t is the man who is mar
ried to woman who does not waste any sympathy on
him that usually proves himself to be model husband
This does not that the sensible woman spends
her married days quarrelng and making up She knows
that she needs tact and judgment to succeed as wife
as in every calling She her energy and when
she expends it she it to good advantage When she
wants kick she does not give the ball mid modest
thrust but like the successful football player she waits
until she can send 1t into the coveted goal
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08
The Man for the Job.

II sent for you,' said the man OF
the house, ito fix key in my daugh-
ter's piano"
But" protested the man, IL don't
know anything about pianos. I'm a
locksmith."
Exactly. want you to make IL
possible for me to lock the blamed thing
up."-Philadelphia Press.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08
American LnwIessne.n.

One community In this State COM
plains that 1t has been the scene Of
ten murders in month. 1t would
seem as though the survivors had a
right to feel anxious
Ledger.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08
WifI, nnfn A. IA

"He's put the cart before the horse"
Old Dobbin said, "and I'm
Quite glad to be the horse, of course
You see, it's feeding time"
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08
FACTS ABOUT PNEUMONIA.
By DR.. Ella K. Dearborn.

Pneumonia is classed among the infectious
diseases, but more likely the diplococcus-pne
monia is the result of disease, instead of the
cause of it. Childhood and old age, those of
lowered vitality, and those much exposed to
lnclement weather and alcoholic devotees are
especially liable to pneumonia, and, having
had it once are predisposed to the second
attack
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08
PATIENT WOMAN is A MENACE TO THE HOME
BY Della Austrian.

The development Of judgment and reason
has taught woman that beligerency is mas
culine accomplishment which only needs lit
tie practice to be acquired. The other day
woman was telling a friend that her husband
was the best of men until something dispeased
him, and then he was dreadful. The wise
woman counseled that the next time this man
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08
FARMERS SHARE IN PROSPERITY.
BY Mai. Edwin C. Hardy.

To-day the American farmer occupies DO
sition of pre-eminence In the realm of indus
try and commerce. He is the largest con-
tributor to the wealth of the nation. He
does more than any other agency for the gen
eral welfare. He Is the chief factor In the
countrys prosperity of which he is enjoying,
and most deservedly, a liberal share.
What the agricultural producers of the
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08

A man may be able to fool all the
women some Of the time, but there are
some women who fool mn all Of the
time.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08

Which Is there more of In the world
abuse Of men by women and of
women by men, or courtlng7
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08

United States have is graphically set forth in the
annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture. What
the possibilities of the future may be conectured
from what has been achieved The product of American
farms this year was more than $20000O00GO greater
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08

"Still, I'm sorry for that young
man. suppose he thought I'd be at
Raxtrell's for long time and he'd get
the purse and bring it back to ME and
surprise me. wonder if lie isn't walk
ing up and down State street now with
that wretched little purse in his hand
looking for me?'
81 wonder" l said And, as re-
marked before, am still wondering
Chicago Daily News.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-10
THE NEW JERSEY GoVERNoRsHIP.

A highly interesting turn has been given to
the informal but earnest canvass for the New
Jersey governorship, which has been going on
for some time, by the apparently authoritative
announcement that Justice Fort, of the Su-
preme Court would accept the Republican nom
ination if it were offered to him by the united
party. Justice Fort is now in Europe and may
not return home until after the nomination has
been made He has long been regarded as one
of the strongest possible candidates in the
party. provided he were willing to exchange
the bench for the governorship, and since his
departlre for Europe, and even before it. his
candidacy has been vigorously urged by his
friends, both in his home city Of East Orange
and elsewhere throughout the state re-
cent letter Of his friend DR.. Charles S. Stock
ton in The last Orange Gazette practically
placed him before the party for its nomination,
and this later announcement of his willingness
10 be the candidate confirms that presentation.
This does not mean, of course, that Justice
Fort will be the Republican candidate, but it
does mean that a striking and suspicious
factor has been introduced into the preliminary
campaign, displaying exceptional and undis-
puted elements Of strength. Justice Fort is
resident of Essex County, which is commonly
regarded as the crucial battle ground of the
state campaign. He is commonly regarded as
a regular or organization Republican, if a
man so divorced from partisan politics can be
properly associated with any faction, and Ger
tainIy he would be quite acceptable TO that
branch of the party; yet, on the other hand, it
is inconcevable that the followers of the New
Idea could fail TO support enthusiastically the
man who succeeded, where every one else had
failed in putting an end to the gambling in
iouities of Long Branch, who cleaned out the
Little Coney Island" cesspool Of Hudsoc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-10
PROTECTING LAND TITLES.

The disclosures which have been made in our
columns of the ease with which fraudulent
transfers of real estate can be effected IN THIS
CITY and of the temporary success Win which
they have been effected have given 10 the public
an unexpected and unwelcome shock hitherto
real estate has been regarded as the safest ana
most substantial form of property. Buildings
might burn, jewels be stolen, stocks ana Dohds
be lost in one of many ways, and even money
in the bank might at least be impounded for a
time by some vicissitude of fiscal fortune. But
the soil would remain in place 1t was secure
against accidents or rascalites- 1t was en-
phatically real" property. Yet now 1t appears
that a mans land may be bought and sold by
strangers without his knowledge, and such
fraudulent transfers may be officially recorded
at the Registers Office, or the land may be
mortgaged or pledged for bail in the same SIMS
ter manner And there is way for the
Register TO prevent IT."
That is. indeed, disquieting state Of affalrs
In the end. no doubt, such trickery is bound to
| be exposed and defeated. and the rightful owner
of the land will be confirmed in his possession
| Of it. But before that happens there are large
possibilities OF trouble. Important bal! bonds
! may be found vaiueless. Mortgages purchased
| by innocent men in good faith may prove to be
worthless Property owners may be put to
| bother and expense In vindicating their titles
| against lheSc lulpuQeHI ITduuS- Inc puolIC
| records of land titles may be falsifed by the
| insertion OF spurious documents, and thus the
task of searching legitimate titles may be COM
plcated and honest titles may suffer suspicion
of impairment. Granted that such pieces Of
rascality have not often been committed, the
fact remains that they have been committed and
that It is possible to continue committing them.
The matter is one which may well engage Of
| fetal attention. There certainly should be such
| a degree OF circumspectiOn In the acceptance OF
bail bonds as would make 1t difficult and hazard
ous if not actually impossible, for such fraudu-
| lent security to be offered. There should also
be devised some method Of protecting real es-
| tate owners from the annoyance and expense
which such trickery with their titles might en-
tail It ought to be possible for a man, having
| honestly bought and paid for a piece Of land to
! have his title thereto recorded and thereafter
| held fndefeasible by the state, instead of hav-
| ing to keep watch over 1t with shotgun, as
! though it were Montana mining claim which
was in danger of being Jumped
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-10
THE MARYLAND DEMOCRATS.

The Democratic party in Maryland is having
some interesting experiences in trying to man.
age itself and do its own thinking. Such cares
were worn very lightly during the long German
Rasin regime. The party was then personally
conducted" and state conventions meekly car
ried out prearranged programmes. Mr. German
and Mr. Rasin have both died within fifteen
months, and the delegates who met in Baltimore
on Thursday to nominate candidates for Governor
and other state Offices evidently felt the lack Of
a guiding hand and the loss OF voice that was
still The vital problem before the convention
was to strike as even 2 balance as possible
among the many aspirants for Mr. German $
seat in the Senate. and the solution was finally
reached Of recommending the holding of a prl-
mary election to nominate two candidates-one
10 FL out the unexpired term ending March B.
1909 and the other to serve for the six year
term ending March 3, 1915. The convention also
took the extraordinary precaution OF pledging
the nominee for Governor, if elected, not 10 be
a candidate for any other Office during his four
wear term.
Judce Austin L. Crothers. the nominee for
Governor. has played no considerable role in
MARYLAND politics and as probably chosen on
The Watters0nian theory that the most promis-
ing Democratic candidates nowadays are those
about whom the least is known About two
weeks ago the Democratic leaders got together
and passed q resolution enumeratlns ana ue-
scrIbing the qualities desirable in this years
nominee. Here are the specifications of the
prospectus:
we all agree that in the selection OF our can
,si6are for Governor the convention may Well De
exborted to choose who in addition TO the
SuaIif5cafions of high personal character ana IN
ree-ffv knowledge of the financial CONDITION, re-
sources and needs Of the state, approVa! OF DEM
ocratic principles and policy intellectual capaclty
10 deal with matters OF state ana aoIy 10 IN
pres upon the people with both tongue and pen
his convictions upon public questions Is Iouho
a -. 80 ee1oa time 10 be free from personal OBJ
secfions that may tend to injuriousiy affect ms
svsi.ability as a popular candidate or ahenate
Sroy. him any considerable body OF our party
friends What we need in our canoldate rs q
,,nion of strong moral and intellectual quantities
Win a vote getting popularity founded upon
,.ersorlal magnetism which viii commend MIN 10
All classes Of the people
We do not know that the conference had
Judge Crothers in its minds eye when 1t painted
this glowing picture OF an ideal CANDIDATE IL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-10
GIVING THE HIRED NAN HIS DUE.

Great men do not often grow in pairs. But
Nebraska seems to have produced TWO OF an eA-
ceptional calibre. 1t was Mr.. Bryan VINO nfSC
made the Prairie State famous. But the fame
giving habit is infectious, and now another
Nebraskan. the present Mayor of the thriving
city of Omaha, is planning to give 1t second
claim on Immortality. The Hon. James =.
Dahlman-"Cowboy Jim, as he IS famlnarIy
known-has announced that he is going to run
for Governor of Nebraska and, If elected, is
going to break all Nebraska records for max
ING good He is so sure of making good in
fact, that he will consent to accept the sur
frages of a prospectively grateful public Only
on the condition that it raise the salary OF lhe
office TO which he is to be elected 300 per cent
Mr. BRYAN In one of his canvasseS for the
Presidency testified to his willingness to be
drafted as what he called the nations chlei
hired man." Mr. Dahlman is willing to De
Nebraska's chief 'hired man." But Ike
laborer conscious of his own worth in the labor
market he wants to set an adequate value on
his services. He will do for four prices what
other statesmen have previously done LOT one
price He does not want an honor Whlch IS
merely honorary; he wants salary attaching
which will enable him to fill the office he
aspires to with ample dignity and reaSonaole
margin of profit The Omaha Mayors idea IS
q successive one If Office seekers can only fix
their own salaries the hardships Of statesman
shin will be greatly relieved. In union there
is strength and If Mr.. Dahlman can unionlze
the patriots ready to. sacrifice themselves on the
altar Of public service the level Of salaries
can be easily raised. An association TOT lhe
protection of candidates for underpaid offices
would do much toward spreading prosperity
and encouraging cheerfuiness among those VINO
bear the burdens of public life