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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-07-17

account of Ill health. While he was i'll
he did various things to while away
the time. One day he started to build
toy cathedral patterned after a pic
ture ne saw in magazine, His build
ing materials were matches and glue,
his tools a pocket knife and a glue
brush. The plan was laid out for a
building IA feet high, IA feet long and
I feet wide. He worked with remark
able patience, oftentimes putting in all
his waking hours at his task. After
two years of almost continuous appli.
cation the job was finished.
The walls Of the cathedral, the tow
ers and turrets, the galleries and stee-
pies, the ornaments are Of match
es. 1t took more than 100000 match
es to build the church and more than
100 pounds of glue used in fastening
the 100000 matches securely.-New
York Press
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quite correct" she beamed, with defl-
mite f1nality, "and one might just as
well be out of the world as out Of the
style, you know. OF course they're
sweet and pretty and fragrant, and all
that" she said, giving them vigorous
shake, as though they needed course
in gymnastics. "But who wants any.
thing like that, indeed?
'Oh, yes, sometimes some men, . the
old-fashioned kind, that wear silk hats
and say thank you,' occasionally buy
them, and then, too, when girl is in
mourning and can't wear anything
else, there is a slight demand, but to
send violets to a girl"-she held up her
hands in horror.
'Nvhy, l am sure she'd give them to
the cook"
swell, what do they likeT" asked.
For answer ! was treated to glance
that would have been a credit to an
emigrant inspector.
Likey ecnoed Snarp-eyeQ SyDh
"why, anything that stands out, shows
off; lets everybody know that you're
wearing them, speaks for themselves;
that's what they want"
She swept by bower Of roses, dusky
with velvet beauty, and pointed to
great patch of gaudy orchids
"There there" she exclaimed.
That's the kind that makes the hit;
Just look at them. There won't be one
left after the ball tonight. OF course,
I'll have to fall back on the roses to
help out, but it'll be those bright ones
there she pointed to crimson blot
staining some snow-white hyaclnths in
the case beyond. you know" she con-
fded. II do believe some girls would
wear sunfowers If they were only fash
ionable. Those chrysanthemums and
bright flowers do make an awful hit,
and as for orchids followed her
forefnger trying to find some mythical
meaning other than loud plea for
dollars and cents. "Those, Of course.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-07-17
The Explosive Force Of water.

Water, looked upon as the tamest OF
liquids, is as great an explosive as
dynamite, under certain conditions. In
one day water breaks up more earth
and rock than all the gunpowder, gun
cotton and dynamite in the world do
in year. These explosives can be
controlled by human agency, but water
does not hold itself accountable to man.
1t runs into the ground, freezes, ex-
pands and spits the soil into little
pieces. Finding crack In a huge
rock, it repeats the same process,
forcing it asunder. II frozen in the
pores of tree it often explodes with
report like gunshot and the force
of dynamite bomb.-Dundee Adver-
tiser.
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MORNING.

Awake, awake, from dell and brake,
The mist Is thinly rising,
Be thou wise and ope thy eyes
To see the sun uprising;
Ths morning sun with slantlng beam
Shines Ger the hillside and the stream
The lark upsprings, with dew on wings
And MARBLES out his lay;
From tiny throat his thrilling note
Welcomes the coming day
o man, arise to higher things
List to the song all nature sings
Awake, awake, the day will break,
Though on thy bed reclining
It will not stay, though lie thou may,
Grumblng or repining
Come, lift thy heart to God above,
And bless and thank Him for His love.
Baltimore Sun.
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NO LONGER LOVED.
ViOlets Purchased Only by O1d-Fash-
toned Men Who Say "Thank You"

ViOIets Purchased Only by Old-Fash-
toned Men who Say ''Thank You"
If a straw may show which way the
wind blows, says well-known news
paper writer, then violet may also
serve as a vane to indicate the passing
zephyrs Of society.
In the present vanishing of the violet,
there is no better indicator Of this radi-
cal change between the woman our
fathers used to call mother" as she
stitched and sewed and smiled upon
her little brood, supremely happy with
the bouquet Of violets that sometimes
graced her gown, and the smart, up-to-
date Mrs. B.
Formerly when flowers were distinct
iy emblematic, deep with esoteric
meaning. there was no greater compli-
ment than to be presented with bunch
Of violets. Poets the world over, since
Adam delved and Eve went violeting,
have rhapsodied over the womanly sig
nificance of its quiet fragrance. From
first reader dltties about the ''mossy
dell where the humble violets grew"
to Napoleon's eloquent tribute as he
plucked 1t as the springtime emblem of
his return from Elba, and also Of Jo-
sephine's devotion, everywhere from
garret to throne, it has nodded its low
ly head, with a success undreamed Of
by naughty garden beauties. Modesty,
sweetness, innate gentility = these
glowed in the deep blue Of each fra
grant messenger. But, gracious alive,
who wants to be that nowadaysl
"violets? Dear me! Don't get those H
said the florist with president glance
like an up-to-date Sybil with fat bank
account. They're way out of style.
No one ever buys violets any more !
They're too little, too modest" she
pointed to few meager bouquets that
looked very modest indeed, dropping on
their wilted stems
'.rhey're not half showy enough. not
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-07-17
Explosive Force of Water.

Water, looked upon as the tamest Of
liquids, is as great an explosive as dy-
Mantle under certain conditions. In
one day water breaks up more earth
and rock than all the gunpowder, gun
cotton and dynamite in the world do in
a year. These explosives can be con-
trolled by human agency. but water
does not hold itself accountable to man.
1t runs into the ground, freezes, ex-
pands and splits the soil into little
pieces, Finding crack in huge rock,
it repeats the same process, forcing 1t
asunder. If frozen in the pores of a
tree it often explodes with a report like
a gunshot and the force of dynamite
bomb.--Popular Mechanics.
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feared that the shock had been too
much for the old man, that it had un-
hinged him, but when 1t seemed to. him
that Zick was acquiring comfort from
his monologue, he waited.
At length, when the quietness fell in
the little room, and the thud of the
engines and all the miscellaneous
sounds of the workaday world came
in, Mr.. Hawthorn began again.
There are many temptations to
young lad coming fresh into an Office
such as this"
There is,'' acquiesced the same dull
voice.
There are more temptations to
clever lads than to the dull ones"
Maybe" answered Zick.
"Rube is the brightest lad we have
ever had"
aye" said Zick, with a long sigh.
Il said that myself this morning." and
the contrast between his exultation at
the dinner hour, and his despair before
the tea hour came, caught him, and
seemed to grip at his heart until he felt
suffocated
The master came round, touched his
workman on the shoulder.
my FRIEND" he said, and the two
stood side by side while the master
spoke persuasively, "let us say that it
was a sudden temptation. Perhaps,
since it was the first step aside, it will
be the last have made up my mind
to give Rube another chance. | shall
let him stay on. No one knows, SO 1t
will be easy for him. l shall have him
in here all by myself, and | shall tell
him that, as his father can trust him
to be honest for the future, / can"
Again there was silence in the plain
bare room, with the japanned boxes,
instead of pictures, ranged on shelves
round the wall, and a great drawing
of machinery over the fireplace. The
sun suddenly streamed through the
dlngy window; Zick watched the parti-
cles Of dust as they danced to and fro,
up and down, slanting wedge Of gold
en- brightness.
There was war in the old mans
heart. The fiercest, the hottest of all
human battles was being waged there.
The fight was not only between princi-
pie and love, it was between duty and
a fathers great affection.
Godfrey remembered his empty pock-
ct. He remembered that 1t was the sec
ond occasion on which his 'lowance had
been missing; he remembered that
Amelia Ann had declared that penny
or two had lately gone three or four
times out of the mug where the house
keeping money reposed. Zick had not
seen Rube steal from the mug, from his
pocket. He could say he had seen moth
ing. But did he, in his heart of hearts,
believe that Rube had taken it-nay,
more, in his heart Of hearts was he not
sure?
Mr. Hawthorn waited, new sur
prise, new perplexity gradually over
spreading his face.
"Can you trust Rube?" Mr.. Haw-
thorn asked.
Godfrey flung up his arms.
"Lord help me, can't" he cried out
He turned. He put up trembling,
shaking hands to the slanting band Of
sunlight, as though he saw In it an
angels ladder leading from earth to
heaven, looked with tear-blinded eyes
to where he knew that the wedge Of
blue still frightened the sky.
"Sallie, lass" he implored, "don't
take on. Bide comfortable up there.
He is your lad, l know, and you only
left him with me for our bit here But
what could | do? l couldn't lie, and
wouldn't say aught but what l have
said, and tell the truth. The Sketch.
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the exertions Of his body standing out
in beads about his brow, II have done
my best; you know l have done my
best and If you are up there with the
angels you must know more. You will
know what l can't understand-you
will know where the money has gone ;
you will know-though l can't see who
else could have taken it-that Rube
had naught to do with 1t, or you would
never bide comfortable among that
music and them crowns"
The idea comforted Zick, quieted
him. There was, there must be, some
solution entirely exonerating Rube that
his poor brain could not grasp.
He moved aside step or two, to
where he could catch glimpses of the
sky through the dust-covered window
Before him was a little wedgC Of blue.
lie looked up as often as he dared. He
saw the colored patch growing larger
and larger, the gray disappearing. 1t
seemed to him that that was how Sallie
was speaking to him, was reassuring
him.
1t was hardly an hour later that one
OF the clerks came to him, and bidding
him let the underman take command
of the machine, told him that the mas
ter wished to speak to him in his pri-
vate room.
Stamps, 1t appeared, small postal or
ders, had been missing from the office
for the last month, and an investiga-
tlon had established beyond a shadow
Of doubt that Rube was the thief.
AS Zick listened the persplration be-
gan by standing on his forehead when
Mr.. Hawthorn ceased 1t was pouring
down his face
NO" he cried out, as he heard the
first words. my little lad, Sallle's son,
rob his masterl Not he!"
But before the story was ended he
was reduced to silence. When the last
word was said, Godfrey looked at his
master, his eyes implorlng, his lips
trembling.
You'll none have the law again
him !" he supplicated.
"Zick ~ cried out Mr.. Hawthorn.
You and I have been together all these
years, and you ask me that?
But the old man was beyond listen
ing to a reproach or Justification.
"Sallie's little lad" he muttered. He
put up his arm before his eyes; hard
sob broke from him. He had forgotten
his master, the office. The case lay
not between Rube and Mr.. Hawthorn.
but between Zick and his Sallie.
Lass he pleaded aloud, and he
turned for moment and raised his
eyes to the blue wedge of sky showing
through the Office window, as If Sallie
were Just behind it. 81 did me best,
lass; don't grieve, don't take on: Just
think l was an old fool, and not good
enough for the job you left me. 1t is
me who is to blame. Mel Not him,
your little lad, that / saw you sewing
EN- bits of things for the last time you
and me sat side by side before the fire.
Think, lass, as how my fingers was all
thumbs with Rube's little clothes when
he was too small to do for hlmselfl 1t
has been the same with learning him
proper. 1t has been, me that had moth
Ing but thumbs at learning him proper.
II wasn't your little lad that you died
for at all; 1t was nobbut megs
Mr. Hawthorn waited. He caught a
word here and there Of the low, whis-
perlng voice, He could hear that Zick
was accusing himself, At tirSt he
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-07-17
CATHEDRAL MADE OF MATCHES.

A coal miner named Wilhelm Lem.
pertz arrived here few days ago with
a Cathedral cathedral made of
matches. He came from Port Arthur,
Texas, where he had been employed
until recently. The cathedral repre-
sents two years of Lempertz's labor,
such painstaking labor as few men are
capable of performing.
For 20 years Lempertz has been a
coal miner. He worked in the mines
of Germany and America, but a few
years ago he had to give up mining on
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-07-17

are most expensive, and therefore best
of ALL"
"Violets." she shook her head. "beau-
tiful and fragrant and tenderly sincere,
If you like, but old-fashioned, dread
fully old-fashioned, and not even to be
considered, you know"
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Barnum,. Ready Retort.

Barnum once appeared at Oxford to
lecture on "Humbug." The rowdy stu
dents would not give him a hearing.
At length, in momentary lull, he
shouted, Then you don't want to hear
anything about humbug?"
I'VE don'tw was the answer in q
roar.
WELL retorted Barnum, "I've got
your money, and there's no humbug
about that!"
The disturbance came to a sudden
finish, and Barnum proceeded in peace
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-07-17
FRENCH MAKE MONEY REARING ANaoRA RABBITS

COMBING THE HAIR, PICKINGIT AND PACKING FOR MARKET
tidy Of
which
like silk and the skin by those afflicted
beneficial
the thicker
is said
pleasant
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-07-17

After an affecting scene at a play
the men all blow their noses vigorous
". and the women pat their eyes. A
mans way Of crying is to blow his
nose.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-07-17

II there is one thing garruIous
man detests more than another it 10
a talkative woman
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Jumpinx at = Conclusion.

"Jinx wants to know If suicide is q
sin?"
why, then, did he get marriedT'-<
Houston Post
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-01-30

Senator Kittredge. of South Dakota. is
in the case OF Senator Kittredge. he
is one of the most influential OF the
younger members. His judgment Is re-
spected and relied upon. His word car
ries weight. His position is In conso-
nance with the best traditions or the
upper house OF the country's legfsla-
ture, and he is regarded as one or the
strongest men in the body.
There are now ninety-two senator's.
or this number not more than twenty
FIVE or thirty do the actual work OF the
body, do the enormous labor that Is
required to sift the good from the pad
and to frame such laws as shall be Tor
the good OF the country. thousands
of individual propositions are present.
ed to the senate during each session.
They must go to committees and be
passed upon. Many Of the committee
members give but perfunctory atten-
ton to their duties. They are attract
ed rather by the social side or life In
Washington and pass over lightly their
responsibilities to the country and TO
their constituents. The men who real
ly make the laws, who ponder the
propositions sent to the committees,
who thrash out the wheat and discard
the chaff are the men who really con-
troll the senate. and of this number
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-01-30

years, and there has never been a
shakey transaction on the part of any
one Of them. Their books and their
business have always checked. They
have either had the goods that
belonged to their company, or money
or collateral to show for them. The
attack upon them has fallen fiat. 1t
will never be heard of again. The
assistant attorney general was told
by four different attorneys that he
had nothing which would stand in
court for a minute. He said he was
paid for coming up here and had got
all he could and would turn that
over to the attorney general to do
what he pleased with it. The Wau.
bay correspondent for the American
is evidently being called upon by the
boxers to earn part OF that living
guaranteed him if he would move to
Waubay for one year. We would
advise him to first look up their rep
utations before he bases any more
sensations on testimony of persons
such as Ebert.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-01-30

authors, publishers and the trades UNI
ions interested In the subject.
Since he has been III the senate
there has not been an important meas
ure that has not been studied careful
ly by him and supported in accordance
with his sense of the highest needs
his country and his state. His imprint
is on the oleomargarin act of May 3.
1902: the reclamation act Of June II.
1902; the alien contract labor law OF
March 3. 1903; the precedence pro-
vision In expediting the disposition OF
antitrust cases of February IL, 1903;
the establishment of the department OF
commerce and labor of February Ia.
1908; the employers liability act OF
June IL, 1906 the limitation of the
hours of labor by employees of rail-
roads in the act of March 4, 1901; the
meat inspection act of June 30, 1906;
the pure food act of June 80, 1906;
the railroad rate legislation of June
29, 1906; the safety appliance equip
ment acts of February %, 1902; March
2, 1908, and June 80, 1906. Other
important measures which had his
support were the act of June Z, 1906.
providing for the collection of statistics
concerning public utilities every five
years; the denatured alcohol act or
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-01-30
SENATOR "A. b. KITTREDGE.

June z, 1906, and the act of March
2, 1907, providing for a reduction OF
the cost of transportation of the mails
by railroads.
Free of Corporation Influence.
Friends of Senator Kittredge who
have known him long and intimately
and who, when he first entered the
senate. predicted an exceptional ca
reer for him, point with satisfaction to
his record and insist that a careful
scrutiny of it will furnish conclusive
proof of his loyal service to his con-
stituents and Of his absolute freedom
from all so called corporation infiu-
ence." Although contrary to what is
understood to be popular belief in
South Dakota. 1t is said by the sena-
tors friends here that he never was
railroad lawyer" in the common ac-
ception of that term. 1t is admitted
that he had been employed by rail-
road company in legal contests, but il
is claimed that he served ii precisely
as he served other clients-simply as
a lawyer-and that when he accepted
his commission as senator he severed
these relations, holding that it would
be improper for him to act even as
attorney or legal adviser for any in
terest that might be the subject of
either federal or state investigation
or legislation. 1t is claimed that Mr..
Kittredge has Steadfastly adhered to
this principle and that even in the
days before he entered the senate he
never was In any sense the political
representative of any railroad and UNI
der no circumstances would he have
accepted any service which would
have taken him outside of what he
considers the strictly legitimate field
OF a lawyer to become lobbyist or
dispenser of corporation favors. His
high conception of the ethics of his
profession is well known, and the
world long since came to recognize
the fact that a capable and con-
scientious lawyer can generally he
trusted to make a wise and safe pub
lie servant.
A Republican of Republicans
His friends here claim that Sena-
tor Kittredge's record shows that his
interests are with South Dakota; that
he has constantly labored for his con-
stituents: that every act or his has
been in harmony with the best thought
of the country and the highest needs
Of the people; that he is republican
OF republicans, striving constantly to
advance the interests of his party,
never for moment led away by
any specious anti-republican doctrine.
in line with the traditions and policies
Of the republican party, and always
voting right South Dakota has taken
an important place in the senate
through the ability, influence. char
acter and personal force Of Senator
Kittredge, and Judging from advices
received here the state will honor her.
self by returning him to the senate,
where he must inevitably become even
a greater power than he Is now.
John Z. Monk.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-01-30

visiting at the A. w. Alderman
home east of town.
Thos. Carr and Miss Addie Knapp
OF Webster were visiting friends
here Sunday.
Misses Jennie and Nina Hokanson
and brother, Arthur, visited Webster
Monday evening.
Born, Monday, Jan. 20, 1908, to
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Palmer, a
daughter. We congratulate these
good people and wish for the little
Miss long life Of happiness and
usefulness.
While Ed Brennan was driving
home from town Sunday morning, in
some manner he was thrown out oil
the buggy on the hill east Of Palmera
and struck on his head. rendering