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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-11-13
incident I'm McKinIey,s Life.

The Rev. DIR. James Chalmers OF FL
gin, Ill, tells the following story Of
President McKinley's boyhood days,
which will illustrate his characteristic
honesty:
John Robinson's circus was coming to
town, and William wanted to go, but
the money was not Forthcoming to pay
his admission. The McKinleys kept
hens; so did their neighbors. The hens
were hiding their nests. Williams moth
er told him that by finding hens nest
and bringing her the eggs day by day
he could get together enough money to
pay his own way into the circus.
And the boy did find hidden nest
just inside the line fence. Day by day
he gathered the eggs. But the day
before the circus was to come, being
overanxious and going to collect his
treasures too early In the morning, he
startled and drove from the nest the
hen that was laying for him the golden
eggs, when, 10 and behold she crossed
the line fence and rejoined the neigh
boris flock of hens where she belonged.
Poor William, downcast and crest
fallen, hastened to his mother and with
out moments hesitation, but with
tears In his eyes, said, Mother, I can
not go to the circus" And then he
told her of his discovery that the eggs
were not their own, but must be return
ed to their neighbors.
But when the boy came back after
delivering to the neighbor the eggs he
had collected, his mother, with swell
Ing pride which she had never before
experienced, quietly said to him: "You
have proved once more, my son, that
honesty is the best policy, and you shall
60 to the circus, william, besides"
This incident, related by his mother,
I repeated to Mr.. Mckinley one day
at my own dinner table In my Columbus
home when he was Governor of Ohio,
and asked him If 1t was authentic.
eyes" he said, "and 1t was the lesson
Of my life. From that day l made 1t
the motto of my life never to appropri-
ate my neighbours eggs; and"--he add
ed, with twinkle In his eye-"it has
never kept me from going to the cir
Gus, either"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-11-13
Changes In Farming.

Farming is not what it was twent,
years ago from a revenue standpoint.
Corn and cotton were the main prod
ucts from which the farmer drew his
income, and that, too, only once a year.
Now the process has changed up. In
stead of the one crop. cotton, farmers
have invoked multiplicity of crops,
and not only grow corn and cotton for
revenue, but have supplemented pota-
toes, both Irish and sweet; peaches and
pears, onions, melons, berries, peanuts
and ribbon cane, all of which bring
money at all seasons of the year, and
there is continued market for what
he has to sell.-Sulphur Springs (Tex.)
Gazette.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-11-13
she Hated Garrick.

Mrs. Give was eminent as an
actress on the London stage before
Garrick appeared, and as his blaze of
excellence threw all others into COM
parative insignificance she never for
gave him and took every opportunity
of venting her spleen. She was coarse,
rude and violent in her temper and
spared nobody.
One night as Garrick was perform
ing king Lear" she stood behind the
scenes to observe him and, In spite Of
the roughness of her nature, was so
deeply affected that she sobbed one
minute and abused him the next, and
at length, overcome by his pathetic
touches, she hurried from the place
with the following extraordinary trib-
ute to the unlversality of his powers
Hang him! | believe he could act a
gridiron, IT. p.'s Weekly.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-11-13
New NeiRhborA.

II see they are building a two-story
house In our back yard" said papa.
20 papa, that won't be nice" said
Marjorie. people will look into our
windowsw
"Yes," said papa; zone of the build
ers was sitting on my wlndow-sill this
morning; but when he saw me he flew
away"
"Oh, you mean a bird |" cried Nan
Nan.
"A pair Of the prettiest little yellow.
birds you ever saw" said papa.
But what made you call their nest
a two-story house" asked Tom.
Because 1t Is one," answered papa.
"You see, there Is a great, selfish cow
bird, who is too lazy to build a nest
for herself or take care of her own
children; so when she spied the nest
our yellowbirds had made, she was
mean enough to leave her great egg
In it for her tiny neighbors to take
care Of"
II would have smashed 1t, If had
been In their place!" cried Tom.
"They were not strong enough to
break it, nor to roll 1t out of the nest"
said papa, "and they did not like to
build new one In another place; so
what did they doF They just put in a
new floor right over the cowbird's egg
and built the walls of their house a
little higher. So they have left that
egg in their cellar, where 1t will never
bother them"
wasn't that smart" said Nan Nan.
Lets go and watch them"
The children visited the yellowbirds
every day; and they examined the nest
after the young birds had flown away.
Sure enough, safely slowed away In
the cellar, as papa called 1t, was the
cowbird's large, blotched egg
Youths Companion. .....
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pened to be turned out just as his car
rots were ready for pulling. He also
had dog that was on the best of terms
with the horse. One day he noticed
that his carrots were disappearing very
fast, but he was almost certain that no
one had gotten In and stolen them. Still
he determined to watch and see who
was robbing him. His vigilance was re-
warded, for he caught the thief In the
very act of pulling up the carrots. Then
he cautiously followed him from the
garden and found that he went off In
the direction Of the field where the
horse was. Arrived there, the owner of
the carrots saw that his horse was the
receiver OF his stolen goods. The thief
was his dog. In some way the dog had
discovered that the horse had a par
tiality for carrots. and was unable to
crafty its taste; but with sagacity
that is almost incredible, the dog found
the means of obtaining the succulent
morsels for his friend, and this he did
without scruple at his masters expense.
There was something more than instinct
In this dogs head. But any one who
takes real notice Of the habits and curl
GUS doings Of animals must inevitably
come to the conclusion that the theory
Is not tenable which maintains that ami.
mails can not think and reason.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-11-13
Get a Disk Harrow.

The disk harrow is a tool that is
almost Indispensable on an up-to-date
farm. For working land that is infest-
ed with weeds that spread from their
root systems the disk harrow Is the
only harrow that should be used. 1t
cuts the roots where they lie and does
not drag them from one part of the
field and transplant them In another.
With plenty of horsepower it will do
the work of a plow on some kinds Of
soil, especially in fruit orchards,
where a plow is liable to tear up large
roots and start suckers to growing up
where the root is cut.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-11-13

There is woman up In the .Adlron-
dacks who used to believe In the old
notion that feather-bed is a protec-
tion against lightning, but she believes
so no longer, and this Is how she lost
her faith: 1t seems that a party of
tourists, being overtaken by storm,
sought shelter iu the woman's cabin.
Among them was woman from New
York, who was extremely nervous
about the lightning, and when she ut
tered little shrek and covered her
face with a handkerchief, after a bril-
liant fash, the woman of the cabin
asked her II she'd have a feather pill
low to put on her head,
mo-" answered the visitor: "I think
that would not do any good"
IL guess 1t wouldn't" said the wom-
an: 81 used to believe In feathers and
things, but after what happened last
week, l don't believe In 'em any
more"
what was thatY asked one of the
men.
"why, two o. my ducks got hit by a
streak o. lightning, an stripped as
clean o. feathers as pops head, and
pop ain't he'd sign o hair on his head
for fifteen years SO feathers amt no
good, an yer might es well sit still and
take 1t es 1t comes"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-11-13
MAY FIRES.
Ancient Scotch Custom Which In
vOlved Human Sacrifice.
Globe.

Ancient Scotch Custom Which In
vOlved Human Sacrifice.
Sir John Sinclair's Statistical Ac
count of Scotland" contains notices Of
many old customs, which still contin-
ued to be observed in the Highlands
though they were even then fast dying
out. From the eleventh volume of that
great work, which was published In
1871 and the succeeding years, we
learn, on the authority Of the minister
of Calender, Perthshlre, that the boys
of the township assembled in a body
upon the moors ON May day and pro-
ceeded to dig a circular trench, leaving
the soil in the center undisturbed, so
as to form low table of green turf
sufficient in size to accommodate the
whole party.
They lighted fire and prepared q
custard Of milk and eggs and large
oatmeal cake which they baked upon a
stone placed in the embers. When they
had eaten the custard, they divided the
cake into as many equal portions as
there were persons in the assembly and
daubed one of those pieces with char
coal until 1t was perfectly black. They
they placed all the pieces of the cake
together in bonnet, and each In turn
drew one blindfolded, the holder of the
bonnet being entitled to the last piece.
The boy who drew the blackened por-
tion was destined to be sacrificed and
was compelled to leap three times
through the flames.
Although the ceremony had degeu.
Grated into mere pastime for boys, 1t
is evident that 1t must once upon a
time have involved the actual sacrifice
of human being in order to render the
coming summer fruitful.--Gentlema
Magazine.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-11-13
Hired Man and The Horse.

Every man who works on a farm
ought to know how to care for horses.
By "care" it is not meant that he
should know just enough to feed
horse, but he must know how to take
care of mare in foal, how to break
colt and how to feed it to the best ad-
vantage. He should know all about
horses feet and something about shoe
ing, too. Many a man has dropped
into a fine and permanent job because
he knew these things. Horses are the
most valuable animals on the farm, of
best care of them is the most valuable
helD.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-11-13
Growing Dates in Texas.

An experienced date grower Of Cali
fornia who visited the lower Rio
Grande region of Texas two years ago
discovered large numbers of date palm
trees, some of them very old but all
of which were barren. He proposed to
pollenize the trees artifclally and
share in the proceeds, proposition
which was eagerly accepted by the
owners. Hundreds of these trees are
now bearing delicious fruit The poor,
crippled and sick Mexicans of that Sec
tion regard the man as a sorcerer and
when he visits them they fall upon
their knees and beg him to cure them
of their infirmities.
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NNNSN~NNNN~

A detailed account of the progress Of
the works now in course of erection on
the falls Of the Svaelgios at Norodden,
In Norway, for the separation Of atmos-
pheric nitrogen, on the system of
Messrs. Birkeland and Eyde, is given
In La Nature. These works are the
property of French company, and the
available power is stated at $4,000
horsepower. A second undertaking on
a far larger scale is now In course Of
construction to make use of the falls
of Rjukan, where not less than 250,-
600 horse power will be utilized. Pho
tographs show that the buildings are
now completed, and that much of the
machinery is in place. The factory is
contained in two separate divisions,
the hydro-electric generating station
and the chemical works. Details Of
the revolving furnaces, with the inter-
nal electrodes and the flame ares, are
given
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-11-13
To Prevent Tomato Rot.

The disease often attacks plants that
are not sprayed. 1t is first noticeable
as small black or brown spots on the
leaves and stems of the plants, occur
ring first on the lower and older leaves,
but with favorable weather it spreads
rapidly till the plant is defoliated and
the spots on the stems have coalesced
into irregular blackish patches. If
piece of bark with these spots be ex-
amined under high power microscope
innumerable small, crescent-shaped
bodies may be seen. These are the
fruitlng spores Of the fungus. Spray
with Bordeaux mixture.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-11-13
LIFE IN THE MINING TOWNS.
Though Minus Good Many Cons
forts 1t Has It's Attractions.

Though Minus Good Many COm-
forts 1t Has It's Attractions.
DR.. w. X. Robinson, formerly a
prominent and popular Baltimorean,
but foI the past three years a resident
OF Goldfield, New, is a guest at the Rem
merit, says the Baltimore American. DR..
Robinson, who has prospered greatly
through his ownership CT paying mines,
tuld some interesting facts about his
adopted home.
Compared with Baltimore" said he,
''the mining towns of Nevada are very
shy Of the comforts and pleasures Of
existence, but they have an attraction
Of their own and l really enjoy living
out there. Goldfeld is place Of at
least 5000 people. 1t is wide-open
town. Gambling goes on day and night
and the saloons are never closed. This
does not mean that it is given up to
disorder and violence. On the contrary,
serious crime is rare, and what racket
is kicked up ls the work Of young east
ern chaps, who think they must cav0rt
and raise Cain to make the native re-
gard them with respect
"While the cost Of living is pretty
high, there has been great decline
since the earliest days Of the camp.
One can now rent very comfortable
house for $75 to 500 month. No Chi
namen or Japs are allowed in Goldfeld,
and a strong Irishwoman who can do
all the cooking and other family work
can often get $100 a month. We sigh
for the soft-shell crabs of the Chesa-
peake and the other glorious sea food,
but our beef and vegetables brought in
from California are just as good as you
ean get in Baltimore.
"Goldfield is to-day in better shape
thar it ever was. Everything is on
solid basis. Speculation in wildcat
property has ceased. Labor, like smelter
charges and railroad rates, has dropped
to figure where the mine owners can
pay and get their profits. Some of the
biggest mines are not in operation, but
that is only temporary condition. The
treasury shipments of ore out Of Gold
field are not less than $3.50, 900 month.
Inside of two years l believe the camp
will show an annual output Of not less
than $25,O00O00."
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-11-13
Ration for Cov..

Experiments conducted last year at
the West Virginia Agricultural Station
go to show that, while ration Of grain
given to cows that are ON pasture may
keep them in somewhat better physical
condition and keep up their flow of
milk. the increase in butter fat Is not
sufficient to pay for the cost Of the
grain ration. This would seem to be
on the assumption Of flush pasture
and that the cows would eat additional
grass to take the place Of the higher
priced grain ration.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-11-13
The Mosauito,n Hum.

1t has always been supposed that
the humming sound made by the pes
tlferous mosquito is caused by the rap
Id action of its wings, but Scotch
scientist, who has been investigating
the ynbteCt, Says he has discovered at
the base of the insects wings an appa-
ratus that probably produces the sound.
It consists of movable bar provided
with tiny teeth, and as the wings are
moved up and down the teeth rasp
over a series of ridges. The dlscoverer
Is not sure that the sound is produced
by this apparatus, but he says that 1t
might well be, and further investiga-
ton may show conclusively that It is
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-11-13
spraying to KIN weed..

1t has been proved that such weeds
as false-nax, wormseed. mustard, tum-
bling mustard, common wild mustard.
shepherds purse, pepper-grass, bell
mustard, corn cookie, chickweed. dan
delion, Canada thistle, bindweed plan
tain. rough pigweed, king-head, red
river weed, ragweed and cocklebur may
be destroyed by spraying the field with
a or 3 per cent solution Of copper
sulphate, using about eighty gallons Of
water per acre.
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has kept many house plant from be-
coming tree.
The Lord employs no hired help.
1t is waste of soap to wash a pig.
Only the worshiper can ask as God
wants to give.
There are days when Hold the Fort"
is the right song to sing.
Characters are not built by accident
any more than houses are.
Better be blind than see nothing but
the shortcomings of others.
Fill the mind with good thoughts and
bad ones will be crowded out.
Faithfulness in the day Of small
things is what makes the true man.
The man who goes into Gods busi-
ness goes into a business that never
fails.
The religion that makes no change
in mans life has made none In his
heart.
A man may never utter an oath, and
yet swear like pirate with his face or
his fist.
The real size of the man always de-
pends upon whether he is growing or
shrinking.
You can not always tell how hard a
man has been digging by what he brings
home In his basket.
You have to explain coal oil lamp,
but no breath need be wasted in telling
about the power of the sun. The
springtime will do that.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-11-13
GroMing Nrnnrela.

Mangels grown continuously on the
same land for four years, yielded over
nine tons Of roots, containing one ton
of dry matter, while on land under ro-
tation they yielded thirty-four tons Of
roots and four tons of dry matter per
acre, at the New York Cornell Expert
ment Station. From $4,000 to 10000
plants of mangels,. rutabagas and hy-
brid turnips. and from 10000 to 10000
plants of carrots. per acre, are sug-
gested as proper stands.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-11-13
Fruit Tree Borers.

August is the time to look for borers
Dig the soil away around the stems of
fruit trees to the depth of 8 inches,
scrape the bark with knife, and If
any sawdust or exuding gum Is found
1t is time to get to work. Dig out the
borer and wash the uncovered parts
with mixture of soft COW dung, lime
wood ashes and a little crude carbolic
acid. Then return the soil. The ounce,
dwarf pear and. peach trees are PR.
ticularly affected by this pest.
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Not one person In ten, perhaps, looks
upon tree as a cooling agent beyond
the effect produced by Its shade. And
yet 1t acts on the hot air around 1t
just as lump Of Ice acts on the water
In pitcher Here is the explanation
The human body, as you know, main
tains, when in a sound condition, a
temperature of about 9S degrees, called
bood-heat. Well, tree as a body has
temperature Of about As degrees,
which is not affected by outside influ-
ences. You see, therefore, how a clump
Of trees, irrespective of the shade they
make, can lower the temperature of
the air around them; and when you
consider the combined effect of this
and the shade they make, you readily
understand why the woods are so cool,
and why 1t Is wise to have little parks
all over city, and plenty of trees
along the streets.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-11-13
Let Women Run Incubator.

Please do not get the idea that the
incubator is so everlastingly automatic
that you do not need to give it any at
tention. The result with the use of an
Incubator is great deal like the re-
suits with the use of other things. They
will be In proportion to the effort you
make to great extent. OF course
am not personally acquainted with you,
but as long-dlstance proposition
would heap sight rather you would
turn your machine over to your wife.
The women folks have more natural
good sense in raising poultry, and you
can bet your boots they look after the
pennies and dimes in whatever they
undertake. While man that is accus-
toned to dealing in big money often
overlooks seemingly immaterial things
that go to make the use of incubators
and brooders SUCCESSFUL. M. John
son, Nebraska.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-11-13
Machine Hoe HELMS.

The machine wheel hoe Is great
thing in the garden. 1t makes garden
work real pleasure If you have one
Of the modern combined drill and wheel
hoe arrangements. They are not costly
and not hard to operate. Any one that
has a garden as big as town lot can
afford to have one, as 1t will save its
cost the first season and will last for
twenty years. You can do as much
work with one of them as ten meD
with hand hoes and do it better.
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Wife, make much of your husband.
Flatter him dlscreetly, laugh at his
jokes, don't attempt to put down his
club, never tell him home truths and
never cry, Husband, praise and ad-
mire your wife, and let other men ad-
mire her too. Don't interfere In her
department. BE reasonable about mon
ey II you cannot be generous and not
overfond OF your own voice, And both
OF you; Re very tolerant, expect little,
give gladly, put respect before every
thing. cultivate courtesy, and love each
other all you can. Ii you do all this
YOU are sure to be happy though mar
rled--Maud Churton Brady In Grand
Magazine,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-11-13
Leguminous Crops.

Nature has provided a leguminous
crop for every part of-the earth where
1t was intended that man should farm.
Cow peas, soy beans and Japan clover
In the South. crimson clover In the
Eastern slope, red clover in the Cen
tral states, alfalfa In the West and
Canada peas In the North show how
thoroughly the distribution has been
effected.
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A Curious Incl,Ieut.

Horses viii form strong attachments
for dogs, but II does not often happen
that horse derives any real benefit
from having a canine friend. The fol-
lowing case Will show that dog may
sometimes return horses affection In
a very practical manner. A man living
In the country had horse which hap
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jury from the midge and usually give
a better yield of seed. When 50 per
cent of the heads are dead brown
color the mower may be set to work.
The illustration shows a fnger-like
moving machine attachment for bunch
ing and laying the clover out of the
way of the horses.
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giles against ill-for-
tune and realizes
her In d o m | table
pluck will fail to
feel a sense Of per-
sonal satisfaction
at the success Of
her latest venture.
1t is reported from
Lima, Peru, that
Miss Peck has as
cended Huascaran
to the height Of
25,000 feet, t b e
highest point ever
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what II Means.

I'D like riference, ma'am," said the
cook. who hsd been requested to resign.
"You mean," replied Mrs. Hiram
Onen, "you'd like letter in which
there would be no reference to any
thinS. ."-Philadelph Press.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-11-13
Same Thing.

Miss Bloomer seems to keep her
youth still," remarked Miss Goode.
"Well," replied Miss ChelluS "she
keeps her age Quiet."-Phlladelphis
Press
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The bee lays its eggs on
the body of the green bug,
which are shown In the
picture on the wheat leaf.
When the eggs hatch out
the larv@ feed on the bug
until they become bees,
when they lay more eggs
on the bugs, and this proc
ess is repeated over and
over. The bees are shown
IN fho t1Fa+Trn oud e.,-,