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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-10-09
WHAT BECOMES OF SISSY BoYsP

Do They Become Leaders I'm Busi~
ness and Intellectual Pursuitsf
Just thinking about the old schooI
days again and wondering what be-
comes of the sissy fellows that are to
be found in every country school. You
have asked yourself that question co.
600 times. You know, the fellows who
were SO suspiclously, unnaturally good,
proper and correct, that you, being
normal boy, had an intense desire to
bloody their noses and spoil their
clothes.
Remember Ethelbert Johnson Proc.
tori Maybe that wasn't his name In
your school, but you had fellow cut
off the same piece. Ethelbert's mother
made him wear curls until he was II
years old, and he wore knee breeches
until he was so tall that he looked like
pair Of stills. 1t Is when he was
about 10 years old that you remember
him best. He didn't play rough games.
He didn't spit through his teeth, was
never late to school, wouldn't rob a
birds nest nor break windows In a
vacant house.
He always wore a clean collar, and,
oh the disgrace of 1t, he blacked his
shoes every morning. To be fair, we
will have to admit that he was a hog
for knowledge. He gulped down the
stuff that was in the books like pup
swallows milk, and was at the head
Of the class. He could tell you the
answer to II time II as easy as any
thing
And every time he got a hard knock
or heard harsh word he told the
teacher He was a tale-bearer. It
came natural to him to snoop and
sneak. If you whispered, he reported
it. Most Of the time he played on the
girls side of the school yard.
Everything about him was narrow.
and you could safely wager that he
came from the kind of home where
everything was according to rule. One
Of those houses where they never open
window for fear the sun will fade
the carpet And when examination day
came, 1t was this same pale, nice-look-
ing Ethelbert who took most all of the
prizes and answered all the puzzling
questions.
You threw rocks at him as he went
down the road with his arms full of
books, and then you grew up and moved
away and never heard anything more
Of Ethelbert johnson Proctor.
But what becomes Of these fellowsf
Do they ever get to be bankers, con-
gressmen, or senators, or do they build
railroads or factories2 Is there place
in the world for that bloodless sort of
human, or do they just dry up and
blow away?
If they do, it is just as well, for this
is a world that calls for red blood,
and more of 1t every year. 1t needs
brains, but they must be backed by
strong bodies.
Wouldn't you like to know what be-
came of Ethelbert Johnson Proctor?1
Old Timer In Chicago Journal.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-10-09

The farmer is liable to forget his
bird friends. l wish to tell some
Of my farmer friends what l have done
this spring, in regard to our quails.
When our assessor came around |
gave In some quails, as well as do
mestic fowls for taxation, as l knew
about how many we had oD our farm
when winter was over. Some will say
that you could not tell how many
birds you have, because they will be
On your farm one day, and on your
neighbor's the next. While that is
true, do not our domestic fowls so
over on our neighbor's place, also,
If you give them opportunity to do
SO? Which most people do that |
know of. But do they not come back
home every evening to roost? 1t is
the same with the quail, and he will
roost on the farm where he was bred
and hatched, providing he is unmolest-
ed by hunters, hawks, etc. If you
were to chase your domestic fowls
with dog and gun one-tenth as much
as you do the poor little quail, In the
fall Of the year, do you think that
there would be many chickens on the
roost in your chicken house at night?
The writer has known coveys that
after being chased and shot at all
day, would be whistling the call just
at dusk, and after getting back to-
gether would fly to roost.
think that anything that is as
valuable as the quail and stays with
you through such circumstances,
should be protected better than most
of our farmers are DOING. H. T., In
the Indiana Farmer.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-10-09
resting the Health Of an Animal.

The pulse of a horse when at rest
beats forty times per minute; of an
OK from fifty to fifty-five; Of a sheep
and a pig about seventy to eighty.
The pulse may be felt wherever a
big artery crosses bone. 1t is gener-
ally examined in the horse on the cord
which passes over the bone Of the lower
jaw in front of Its curved position, or
in the bony ridge above the eye; and
in cattle over the middle Of the first
rib; in sheep by placing the hand on
the left side. where the beating Of the
heart may be felt.
Any material variations Of the pulse
from the figures given above may be
considered as sigh Of disease. II
rapid, hard and full it is an indica-
tion of high fever or Inflammation If
rapid, small and weak, low fever, loss
of blood or weakness. If slow the pos
sibilities point to brain disease, and If
irregular to heart troubles.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-10-09
NO TIME FOR HOLIDAYS.

He never had time to play,
He never had time to rest,
But he worked away and thought of
day
When what he had done would attest
The usefulness of his life;
His worth as a man among men;
Then he would quit the strife
He would rest on his laurels then.
As a bondsman chained he shaved,
Ever looking ahead;
As a miser he boarded and saved
Grudging his daily bread!
Beyond was happy day
Nearer and nearer it drew
When his work should be put away,
And care should be banished, too!
At last, upon a day,
When the sun was low in the west,
He put his work away,
And sat him down to rest
But where was the dreamed-of blissF
And why was it now denied?
Things seemed to have gone amiss-
So he brooded awhile, and died.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-10-09

OIL any of the houses may be varied to
suit the builder. The front Of this
house consists of curtain on frame
hinged in such way that it may be
swung to the roof to allow the sunshine
to enter. The plans of the curtain
front houses lend themselves to the
construction Of an enclosed house by
using lumber instead of cotton.
The roosts, nest boxes, drop boards
and In fact all Interior fixtures, should
be constructed and put up in such a
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-10-09
DO Not ROB Yourself.

Have you ever noticed that the farm.
ers who buy corn, clover, hay and oil
cake for feeding their stock always
have the most fertile farmsl The man
who practices selling his grain crops is
taking Just that much fertility from bis
own farm and selling it at the price OF
grain. It Is q very bad practice
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-10-09

way that they may be easily removed
for cleaning and disinfection. The dia-
gram illustrates how they may be ar
ranged with advantage in any house.
The roosts should rest In sockets, and
the drop boards should not be nailed
in place, but simply rest on the cleats
at the ends.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-10-09
The Real Injury.

whats the matter, Johnny. did you
hurt your" asked the kind-hearted
stranger TO the child In tears.
NO." bawled Johnny. Il was Just
going to punch that Brown kid, and
when l fell down he got away r-De.
troit Free Press.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-10-09
His Idea.

II was up to the city and Henrys
been fool enough to buy an automobllly
and build grodge."
whats a grodgeT
"It's a stable for folks that haven't
got any horse sense to put into it,
Baltimore American.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-10-09
Mlnern uphoId unioniaua.

The convention of the Western Fedora
tion Of Miners at Denver reafirmed ita
allegiance to the principles of industrial
unionism and to aid In the sOlidifyins
Of the working class
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-10-09
Other Harmful Food Adu,te-.,...

DR.. Wiley, the government chemist,
says that the poison squad experiments
have shown that both benzoic acid and
benzoate of soda should be excluded from
foods as being injurious to digestion and
to general health.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-10-09

The style Of curtain front house
shown is of the shanty roof type, feet
8 inches high at the front and feet 9
inches at the rear. The width of this
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-10-09

In writing love letter man should
remember that 1t may come home to
roost.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-04-12
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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-04-12
hem bending over the table in amaze

them bending over the table in amaze.
ment:
'It is a black card-the one yor
chose and placed on thu bottom of the
pack"
The voice still Kisses through close
ground teeth and the breath is fairly
dragged through the widely distendeC
nostrils. The eyes flash with the in
tentness of a bloodhound on the trail
Gives Unseen Cards Name
at is the spades-the ten of spades"
Then with a slight relaxing of the
body, as student after solving an in
tricate problem, he softens his voice
and says to the man who originally
chose the card.
Turn 1t over"
The card proves to be the ten of
spades, chosen by the same party when
Benzon was out of the room.
but we couldn't follow that card
ourselves when you flung them on the
table that way" exclaimed the five.
"Follow-if you cam" replied the
student of the unseen forces of air and
matter.
Then came what seemed to be the
most wonderful and yet the most sim
pie of all.
Those hands fondled the pack of
cards in the faces of the five intent
spectators who leaned over to watch
the pack.
you have heard of palming a card"
asked Benzon. well, here is some
thing better than that! See the top
card in the pack held in my right hand?
Now watch my left hand as we'll"
Card "Thaws Out" to Another
That left hand passed over the face
of the pack, the fingers being kept wide
open, 80 that the eyes of the audience
could watch easily what became of the
top card. 1t did not pass to that empty
left palm. But still the top card on
the pack in the other hand had
changed, melted, thawed, been trans
formed from the eight of spades to the
king of hearts.
"Closer, closer" urged the magician.
And the faces almost touched the dex-
ferrous fingers and the shifting-or
rather. sappearing-cards. 1t was as
though a play were given with the
scene shifters not working, and yet
with all the marvellous effects of the
greatest scenery. The top card simply
changed its complexion from clubs to
spades, to diamonds, to queen, king
all without any explanation of what
became of it's predecessor.
Five heartfelt signs of perplexity
went up as the French student of In
dia's magicians paused.
The room was then darkened. The
small piece of soleo paper which he
produced was placed in an envelope,
The playing card which some one OF
the party had chosen beforehand was
unknown to Benzon. But when the
small piece of soleo was being taken
out of the envelope after the pack of
cards was shuffled by one of the Wis.,
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-04-12

him believed so, too, from that hour
and minute and flashing second of
time.
To further prove this, M. Benzon
quickly took the same pack, again
shuffled and cut by another member
of the newspaper delegation, and with
out looking at any of the cards, which
he held face downward as before. he
dealt his "pal' on draw an ace full on
tens and the fall guy" a king full
on tens.
The pal" wished he had had money
on the game that time.
twenty-five years have I studied
this" explained Benzon, land 1 am
still student. I do not care for large
crowds. 1 do not need to stand back
from my audience. See-here, close
at hand"
, Grouped around the table, with ell
bows all but resting on it, the news
paper men watched a marvellous trick
performed which put the chills In the
middle of the back and made all OF
the men sit up and think.
Some Close Range Work
One member of the audience of five
all at close range, remember-took
the pack, shuffled it, chose one card,
which he placed on the bottom, then
held this in his hand.
BenZon returned to the room, which
he had left previously. He held the
hand of the man with the pack of
cards an instant-the hand which had
held the pack.
''Relax-relax," he said.
Then he flung the cards on the table.
1t looked like a failure.
Suddenly this marvellous student OF
vital magnetism, who can do anything
it might seem, spoke as though to
living object, dog or horse, or even
a fellow being.
Come. come" he said, and his voice
came through tight-set teeth, as
though he were pulling-pulling-p pull
ing with all the might of an athlete
against a ton of granite.
"Come!"
And those nervous, steel-fibered hands
darted above the pack of fifty-two
cards. all face down on the table, like
the poison hurting heads of the cobras
of his alma mater, India.
'It is "a
There is a restless stir among the
cards in one corner and out from the
bottom of the heap an active little
card. face downward, shot forth after
those long, slender. all-enticing fingers.
which were always held about six
inches above the table. Just as the
card reaches the end of the table 1t
stops. With the pasteboard, still up
side down, the miracle maker re-
marks to the audience of five-all of
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-04-12
A Tip for Fat Women

In a few years that excess fat Of
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the youthful symmetry of 20 through
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Simplex. Take a teaspoonful after
meals and at bedtime. Mix them at
home if you wish, but see that the
Marmola comes to you in a sealed
package.
This mixture makes firm fleshed,
well-formed women out of fiabby,
shameless ones. 1t animates their
stomachs to burn up the food fats in
stead of allowing them to gather at
the waist line. Without disturbing the
diet or requiring exercise to help 1t out
4. dissoIves the fat away just where
eaeled the most. 1t has been known
melt away harmlessly as much as 16
nees a day without causing single
\ inkle.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-04-12
Musical Advertisements
L. E. Behymer

Manager of musical attractions and the
Great Philharmonic course. Singers
and instrumentalists furnished on APP
nlication for church choirs, recitals, re-
rentions. clubs, societies and at homes.
0ffices-Blanchaid hall building, s44
and 345. Phones: Main 1888. Home
1880 FIX. 49,
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-04-12

itors, which was cut by that same
party, the card selected at the point of
cutting by the magician was found to
be exactly photographed on the soleo.
1t was the ten of spades.
Wears Richest Jewelry
The jewelry of this remarkable man
is something which attracts the visitor
Instantly.
The late shah of Persia presented him
with a seven and a half karat diamond
ring.
Swami Vivekananda, M Benzon's
famous Hindu teacher in this art, gave
him a hammered gold locket.
The Grand Duke Boris of Russia
gave him another handsome ring, with
his regards.
A magnificent diamond sunburst
scarfpin was also donated to him by
f. Marion Crawford, the famous nov
elist.
These but show, as does the pendant
marked king of Cards." how M. Ben
ION has won the esteem of people
throughout the world.
1.-THE average mind today is shut up
in boxes" said BenZon, "the invisible
world being absolutely unknown to 1t.
7 have vet much to learn, despite my
twenty-five years of study along this
line. But the average man or woman
are as though their eyes were closed,
their nostrils plugged and their ears
padlocked."
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-04-12
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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-04-12

Mrs. Yeast: ct understood you to say
there was a monster parade in town last
night"
Mrs Crimsonbeak: YOU UNDERSTOOD
Alright NV husband and the man next door
paraded home at midnight I consider EN-
both uonstersp'-Yonkers Statesman.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-04-12

Mime. Genevra Johnstone-Bishop
Prima donna, soprano, teacher OF voice.
Suite S49-343, Blanchard building.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-04-12

VIM. Edison Strobridge
Pianist and organist. Studio. room 1888,
blanchard building.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-04-04
To the Peasant Type.

Unless factory and shop conditions are changed
materially America is threatened with the appearance
of of like those of the peasant class of
Russia, according to Professor Edward A. Ross, of
the University of Wisconsin, who addressed the H.
linois Federation of Women's Clubs.
After quoting from statistics to show that one
third of the women of the country between the ages
of fifteen and twenty five engaged in industrial
occupations, Professor Ross said:
With many of them is is only temporary, but do
you realize that for the few years they at the
loom in the shop the conditions surrounding them
are not shaped or influenced by anybody who has any
interest in them?
The truly feminine girl, the one of fraility and
decacy, will pass from Our working classes. There
will be reversion to the type of masculine women
squat fat-chested, broad-backed, 1owbrowed crea-
tures-workng in the fields side by side with the
men, the burdens of wifehood and motherhood COM
ing but as as an incident to day of toll
The cost of the cure, the prevention of such state
is in the hands of society today. The day when
man could sell himself into slavery is in the past of
all civilized countries further interference in the
field of the socalled freedom of contract" cannot
be considered bold The law can tell girl Just how
many hours of her time she may sell.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-04-04
Influenced by Spirits.

According to the allegations of Mrs Katherine
Burton Power of Brookline, Mass, the late Mrs,
Isabel Beecher Hooker influenced and swayed
by spirits of another world Mrs. Powers's con-
ention corroborated by witnesses in the Superior
Court at Hartford Connecticut, when the first hear
ing given by Judge Milton T. Shumway on the
appeal by Mrs Powers from the probating of the
will of her grandmother, Mrs Hooker The latter is
remembered not only the vigorous champion of
woman suffrage before Congresses and Legislatures
but also the sister of the Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher of Brooklyn, and of Mrs. Harriet Beecher
Stowe, who wrote Uncle Toms Cabin"
Mrs. Hooker's original will left $4,000 to Mrs
Powers, who is the daughter of the late Judge Henry
Burton, of Middleton Witness after Witness all
prominent people of Hartford, supported Mrs Powers
to-day by testifying that Mrs. Hooker had told them
that spirits in general and especially the spirit of her
daughter Mary Burton, had demanded that she re-
woke the legacy of Mrs. Powers, because of the
latters unhlial conduct The courtroom sat as
founded the stories were unfo1ded. When court
adjourned DR.. Edward Beecher Hooker, son of
the testatrix and physician of Hartford was tell
ing of his mothers death. He is also accused by
Mrs Powers of exercising undue influence over his
feeble mother who left practically all her large es-
tate to him and his family.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-04-04
Hmon6 the Cracker Women.

81 feel as if I were living in a story book" said
Mrs. William C. Frost, wife of the president of
Berea College addressing an audience assembled in
the home of Miss Helen Gould in the interests of
the college and the mountaneers of Kentucky Mrs
Frost rehearsed of her visits typical mount
ain home.
"Sunbonnet on head and whip in hand rode on
horseback, first down good pike, then over mud
road, and then through the bed of mountain
stream" she said much of travelling has to
be by way of the river beds. Reaching the valley,
came to little log cabin. The men were working
in the cornfeld on the hillside. The woman of the
household was washing by the stream. Children
to be seen in every direction the boys keeping fire
under the kettle the girls trying to make themselves
useful, and the baby lying asleep blanket Large
families are the rule If there less than eight or
ten children apologies are in order President
Roosevelt is popular in the Cumberland mount
aims than he is in Wall Street.
"'Howdy, honey? Mighty proud to see yer. Rest