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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-24
KITCHEN MENDIcANCY.
some Customs that Had Their Origin
in Slavery.

Some Customs that Had Their Origin
in slavery.
There are many institutions which
are exclusively and peculiarly southern
and which obtain in no other country
says the Augusta Herald. They have
their origin in slavery and the customs
which have grown out of that condi
tion and some of them are the reverse
of wise. OF these the institution of the
service pan is one that is so injurious
that 1t should be suppressed by law as
something which has passed the stage
of being an intolerable general nuisance
and is fearfully demoralizing evil
The service pan figures in every
household where a colored cook is EN-.
ployed. 1t belongs to the cook, and Is
supposed to be receptacle for the
scraps that are left from the table.
These are claimed as the perquislties
Of the cook, and are by her collected
and taken home at night. In theory
the service pan is to receive only the
scraps, which otherwise would be vast.
ed, but In practice 1t is made the stor.
age place Of all the eatables that can
be transferred to it, and not only the
scraps but very often the choice ends
Nothing is served on the table but
generous sample Of 1t goes into the SER
vice pan and the finer the cake or the
more expensive the dish the larger the
slice of 1t which Is distracted to go into
the service pan.
In the evening the cook goes home,
and the service pan goes with her. At
home she has her man, who ordinarily
puts in good days work loafing
around some dive, and shows up at
night with healthy appetite, sharpen
ed by twelve hours fasting, and puts
the contents of the service pan to the
use for which it was invented. Some
times 1t Is the cooks whole family
which Is fed out Of the service pan, but
In the majority of cases 1t Is some
worthless loafer, who spends his time
hanging around dives and makes his
living out of the service pan.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-24
BEES THRIVE IN WASHINGTON.
Busy Little Insects Bring I'm Goodly
Revenue Each Year

Busy Little Insects Bring i'm GoodIy
Revenue Each Year.
Charles w. Sager, the bee king Of
central Washington, has succeeded in
making record in his apiary that will
attract the attention of all those inter-
ested in honey-making. says the Seattle
Times. At his ranch near Belma, Sa.
ger has upward of 100000 bees
Speaking of his experience in bee cul-
ture in this locality recently, he had the
following to say:
eWhen l came to this country four
years ago the few people here who had
bees told me two supers to a colony
would be all any would gather. That
year | lost much because / was not
prepared with supers and the bees had
no room to store what they could gath.
er. In 1905 l had ninety colonies in
the spring. During the season they
produced $3.50 pounds of honey-2,S50
pounds extracted honey and 5000
pounds comb honey, an average of nine
ty and half pounds to the colony.
''The best colony produced 19e
pounds. The lowest gathered fifty-six
pounds. In 1906 they did somewhat
better. l began the season with eighty
six colonies, from which | took S,S6s
pounds, or 103 pounds to the colony
The gathering this year win be only
about half crop, This condition, how.
ever, seems to be general.
"In a good year the bees can gather
honey quickly and consequently it is
very clear. Comb honey usually whole
sales for 1919 cents pound, and the
extracted product for 8 1-3 cents. AT
this price the colony making 1876 pounds
would produce $24.50 worth of honey.
The principal advantage of extract
Ing the honey is that it leaves the comb
ready for the bees to refill, thus say.
ing the time required to build new
combs. Also the freight on extracted
honey is only about half what it is or
comb honey. Bee authorities contend
that bees will produce one and half.
pounds of extracted honey to one OF
comb honey. Alfalfa makes the clear.
est and very best honey. Each variety
Of bloom makes different colored and
favored honey.
"This country is much better than
the average for honey because Of the
great quantity of alfalfa raised How.
ever, the ranchers are cutting their
grass so soon after the bloom arrives
that the bees do not have the opportun
lty they could if 1t were left standing
a few weeks longer.
During the working season the aver
age life of working bee is forty-twc
days. Sixtythree days from the egg to
the grave A good queen will lay from
1000 to 5000 eggs in a day. like tc
ave about 10000 bees to the colony
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-24
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Marriage Arranged
~o<>ooA00

Oh my darling Mona, is it really
>,gQu? How delicious! l had no idea
yon were In town yet. And I've such
heaps to tell you. Only I've really no
time now, because l have an appoint
ment with Madame Celisne, and you
know she won't wait But must tell
you a little about it. Come in here
and have an ice, and III tell you how it
all happened.
l met him in Rome, you know. 1t
was very hard work at first, because
he would have been much more inter-
ested in me If had been an old stone
in the Forum. However, had lots of
patience, and lovely chiffon hat
bought in Paris, and so, finally, when
we all moved on to Naples, he, Ter
ence, you know, came too
We had a lovely time in Naples with
the volcanoes and things, and soon
saw he meant it all right, only he was
frightfully shy, about coming to the
point, and he had not many opportuni-
ties, because Mr.. Carstairs and Jack
Congleton were with us, and you know
what they are!
Well our last day arrived and moth
ing had happened, and l got awfully
anxious, because he isn't the sort of
man to propose by letter; and, besides,
l knew If he went back to Rome, unat-
tached, that Kitty Singleton would
Oh ! she is cat, Mona!
So on the last afternoon, when we
all drove up to San MARITIME to see a
museum or a monastery, l am not
quite sure which 1t was meant to be,
made up my mind to be mother to
myself, and said l should walk back
to the hotel, and wouldn't he, Terence,
YOU know, come with me.
OF course, he jumped at 1t. Jack
Congleton and Mr.. Carstairs said they
wanted to walk. too. but I marched on
ahead, very firmly, with Terence, and
asked him about stones and inscrlp-
tions and things they couldn't talk
about, and soon they grew tired OF
walking behind together because they
don: like each other much), and so
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exhilarating sport must be forsaken in
winter, at the time of year when II
would be most appreciated. The nov.
city of such auto-sleigh as that shown
in the accompanying illustration will
appeal to many. Runners are attached
to the front and back wheels. An aux.
iliary wheel, which assists In propel.
ling the vehicle, is placed in front OF
the rear wheels. Wound around the
latter and the auxiliary wheel is o
toothed chain, the purpose of which is
to grip the icy surface of the road and
force the vehicle onward. Any auto
can be equipped with these attach.
ments, which are not made perma.
nent part of the motor car.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-24

Nearly every boy likes to work with
tools, and is glad for good sugges-
hon, Here are few easy things to
make, and they are as useful as well
as ornamental
narrow shelf In the kitchen cup
board Is a great convenience II placed
Just above the lowest large shelf. Get
board as long as the cupboard, but
only four inches in width. Rest 1t on
four fat screweyes, two at each side
Of the cupboard. This narrow shelf
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-24
.NIeKERBoekER TRUST co.

Charles Tracy Barney, deposed presi-.
dent Of the Knickerbocker Trust Com.
pany, millionaire promoter, social lead
er, clubman and one of the best known
men in New York City, shot himself
because Of his inability to endure the
blot upon his business reputation which
he feared would result from the sus-
pension Of the company. He had been
at the head of the trust company for
many years and had seen it grow from
a comparatively obscure concern to one
Of the leading financial institutions Of
the city. Then, almost without warn
ing, came the crash. The resignation
Of Mr.. Barney as president of the
Knickerbocker was accepted by the d.
rectors and the next day the great
trust company. with obligations to it's
depositors amounting to nearly $1,000
900, was forced to suspend payment.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-24
AUTO SLEIGH.

Attachments for PropelIlng Motor
Cars Over Ice and Snow.
Automobile enthusiasts will be inter-
ested in an attachment designed by a
Washington man whereby motor cars
can be easily transformed into sleighs
Automobiles cannot be depended upon
to traverse over roads covered with
deep snow or an icy surface, and this
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-24
A Terrible Pace.

"Literatnre sets a terrible pace for .
man." remarked the sympathetic adj
mirer.
yes" answered the higb-browed and
determined youth; tits fierce TO keen
trying to write things faster than the
editor can throw them into the waste
Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-24
Humor in the Jnnr1a.

The Monk-Afternoon, Mrs. Lion.
Are you taking little Leo to dancing
school?
The Lady-Yes. Mr.. Monk.
The Monk-Do you patronize Profes-
sor Bear or the Misses Fawn?
Neither, Mr. Monk. / prefer Signor
Gnu. He teaches all the Gnu dances.
you now."-Cleveland Plain Deale.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-24

Nothing makes woman who does
house work quite so furious as to have
anyone even intimate that she does not
have to work much harder than the
women who work down town.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-24

Every other man you meet claims
that at one time he thought OF being
preacher.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-24

1t Ii only matter Of time until the
man with the borrowing habit runs out
of friend&
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-24

This greedy boy would not be salts
fed with moderate share Of the pud-
ding, but ate 1t all. See to what his
gluttony brought him Chicago Daily
News.
The sun., 1908-11-24
or How Much Help Is Russia to
France?

The reason why the proposed Euro
pean conference has not yet been con-
voked with view to the settlement Of
pending questions in southeastern Eu-
rope is evidently the deadlock between
Austria and Russia. The controversy
between Turkey and Bulgaria concern
ing the amount Of the pecuniary indem-
nifty to be paid by the latter Power
could doubtless be adjusted by negc-
tiation; but Austria firmly refuses 10
enter a conference IL her annexation
Of Bosnia is to be made a subject Of
discussion, whereas Russia insists no
less inf1eIibly that no change in the
Berlin treaty should be made without
the consent of all the signatories. How
does it happen that Austria now ventures
to assume toward Russia an Indifferent,
not to say defiant, attitude? The ques-
tion is answered by a French diplomat
list, Mr.. ANDRE TARD1EU. whose essay
on the Russo-Japanese war received
the prize in the French Academy. In
a book just published he points out that
Russia has ceased to be the imposing
military Power which she was acknowl-
edged to be before February, 1904, and
that consequently the Hapsburg moD-
The sun., 1908-11-24
Business Rents and the Future OF
the city.

We have had some experience of the
effect which limiting the height Of
buildings has on rents. Tie present
tenement house law, which went into
effect in 1901, cut down the height per-
mitted in non-freproof tenement house
construction from seven stories to
six. The law diminished the pros-
pective earning power of unimproved
tenement house sites at the rents which
then prevailed. Building was there
fore inevitably checked until rents
had been forced to a higher level
sthrough increase of population in pro-
portion to housing. The consequences
of the law in checking construction and
advancing the cost Of living were auto
matte, beyond the control OF any group
of persons.
!. According to an investigation by DR..
T.. n. l.. GOULD, made for the Tenement
House Commission Of 1900, the average
net return on the ordinary class of
tenements erected under the old law
and held free Of mortgages was 5.S1
per cent. This return had been suffl-
cient to encourage building and keep
the normal supply Of housing ahead Of
the demand. Thus, a tenement CEN
Asus taken by the Board of Health in 1900
showed that despite heavy immigra-
5tioh el2 per cent. OF the total number
of apartments in Manhattan was va
The sun., 1908-11-24
As to a Certain Preference.

| would much prefer 10 retire 10 private life
-SWGitan JENNINGS Bryan,
Well, nobody's going to stop you. Bill;
There's nobody In your way,
We're ready to help you do IL TIL
You've settled right down 10 stay.
Three times the people have said IT, Bill
They've hollered Il loud and true.
A rood long rest OF q hundred years
Is the ticket, old man. for you.
You've borne the brunt Of the battle BILL
For jolly old good long while.
Three times the people have swept you up
In neat little human pile.
They feel that you've served your purpose. Bill
Done all you could hope 10 do.
And q nice long rest on Salt Rivers bank
Is the ticket, old man, for you.
You kept US awake for good long time
And you've bothered US like the deuce:
You shook our hvers and niled our minds
With eloquent verbal juice.
You've told US all what we ought TO know
Md hammered u In hard too.
And we're all agreed that the quiet life
Is the ticket, old man, for you.
The folks In charge OF our business
Are able at last, we think,
To carry Us on for a little while
Provided With food and drink.
Wen gel along as we always did
And evermore hope TO do
so take your rest. for q long repose
Is the ticket. old man. for you.
Go home. old chap, for a good long snooEe
Indulge In O genial snore,
And don't you worry a bit. old boy.
on the future or heretofore,
Wen wake you up when we need YOU, Bill.
In the year twenty three -ousht-tvo-
The ticket OF twenty three eight perhApG.
ls the ticket old man. for you
CARJIlA SArIIH.
The sun., 1908-11-24

ID.
9reap VII not eA lisa y. VII tllss
have We in mind when ~ say "a
deeds must follow words? Tlsre !
just one instrument Of eoerciun to %
applied: tho RciehstaE must refust
fnhexibly through a majority 10 appro'
priate any money for the empire unit
the principle OF Ministerial account.
ability to the peoples representatives
shall have been conceded. But how
can such O stand be taken under exist
ing electoral oonditionsi The Radicals
and Socialists. though they control
about one-half OF the popular vote,
occupy only small minority Of the
seats In the popular chamber. How
can this be under system Of universal
sufirage2 Because. although it was
originally intended that the election
districts should be a. nearly equal as
possible from numerical point Of view,
there has been no change in the distri-
button of the seats since tho formation
Of the empire, although since that time
the number OF inhabitants has increased
more than 20 per cent. and there has
been an Immense shifting OF population
from farms and villages to cities and
large towns. The result 10 that in come
rural districts a member Of the Reichs-
tag can be elected by less than 10000
votes, whereas in some urban distTicts
almost $4,000 may be needed. II is Of
course the Radicals and Socialists who
suffer most from the Unfair discrimi-
nation to which the densely peopled
centres are subjected.
The progressive members OF the
Reichstag are keenly alive to the neces-
sity Of obtaining redistribution Of
seats as the first step toward gaining
majority Of the chamber and then pro-
oeeding to exact Ministerial RESPONSE
bility. But, we may be asked, how
could the acquiescence Of the Kaiser in
the will Of the Reichstag bring about
change in the German Constitution?
We answer that il could not, taken by
itself but that simultaneously the same
weapon. the power OF the purse, exer-
oised by legislative majorities in the
local parliaments Of constituent States
should be used to coerce recalcitrant
governments at Munich, Dresden, Stutt-
gart. &c. Such q sweeping movement
is not by any means so impracticable as
it may seem, for there are many Rad
icals and Socialists in Saxony already.
and not a few in Bavaria. We do not
expect to witness anything Of the kind,
until after the next general
election.
The sun., 1908-11-24
Some Southern Blunders.

Some light is thrown upon the despair
ing attitude of the South in respect of
Mr.. BRYAN by a recent utterance Of the
Charlotte Observer commenting on that
gentieman's San antonio interview:
There b no need to speculate upon the future
OF the national Democratic party. II may sur.
vive; indeed It will. and will continue to win
State victories; but there will be no hope for It's
success as a national organization so long as the
Bryan shadow Is over Il. which Is 90 Aay the
Bryan blight. He cen never lead Il 70 victory:
but he win see carefully to It that under any
other leadership than nls own II continues 20 60
to defeat. He win remain strong enough for
that
Having delivered itself Of which
gloomy, not to say hopeless, sentiment,
the Observer dismisses the subject Of
BRYAN in these words:
The obssrsv discusses these things as
matter OF duty to Its readers-not that 1t feels
any interest In them. IL respectfully declines to
be interested for the present In the Future OF
the Democratic Party, which Is ps subject Of
It's thought TO the things that arc calculated to
make Charlotte grow and is trying to do some
thing for North Carolina. which Il loves better
than Il does the national Democratic party or all
the rest OF the world.
This seems to be the prevalent feeling
everywhere in that section. Southern
ers do not care three straws about the
national Democratic party so long as it
is dominated by BRYAN. The upbuild-
ing of their part Of the country occupies
every thought and inspires every en-
ergy. So far as they are concerned
Mr.. BRYAN may have the long haired
dwellers OF the chaparral and per-
petuate his candidacy indefinitely.
They will devote themselves to the
and the prosperity Of the
South and leave the destinies Of the
nation to such Republican Presidents as
Mr.. TAFT. Mr.. BRYANs power to pre-
vent the election of any Democrat
save himself may be real enough in the
future-events will show
but IL would have amounted 10 nothing
this year, as everybody now knows.
The truth, we infer, is that the domi-
mating elements Of the South while
iealously preserving their Democracy
in respect Of purely local questions
were easily reconciled to Mr.. TAFT.
For them anything rather than the Peer
less Thingumbob Of Nebraska.
The weak spot in the Southern philoso-
ply is the assumption that Mr.. BRYAN
can defeat any Democratic nominee Of
whom he does not approve. How does
The South knew this? What strength
has Mr.. BRYAN shown outside OF its
immediate territory?
The sun., 1908-11-24
Why Reform 10 Difficult IN the Ger
man Empire.

II will be recalled that, excited as was
the Reichstag by the discussion OF the
Kaiser's London Telegraph interview,
no resolution was passed requesting
the sovereign to introduce responsible
government. The omission was due
TO the fact that as all we'll informed
Germans know, 81 ch an innovation, for
the present at least, would encounter
insuperable obstacles in the German
Empire. What are these, and how can
any Of them be surmounted?
The two obstacles are the anomalous
position Of the Bundesrath in Ger
many's Imperial Constitution and the
grossly unfair distribution Of seats in
the Reichstag. An amendment to the
Constitution would require the assent
of the Bundesrath. and this could not
he seci,red through Prussia alone o.
the fifty-eight votes Prussia has but
seventeen, though in addition she con-
trolls three-and it would therefore be
needful to win over the constituent
rulers, the Kings of Saxony, Bavaria.
WGrtemberg, the Grand Dukes of
Baden, Hesse- Darmstadt. &c, by ap-
plying pressure to each individually.
AS things are now the constituent SOW
ereigns are opposed to the regime of
responsible government, and through
their delegates to the Bundesrath would
vote the proposal down. 1t is not the
exercise OF authority by a Chancellor
solely accountable to his master Of
which they complain, but the fact that
Emperor WILLIAM has been in the habit
of talking whenever the whim has
seized him, not through the official
channel but outside Of it. What they
want is that the head OF the State shall
recognize punctiliously the specific func-
tions of the Chancellor. not that this
official himself shall be made dependent
on the will OF the popular branch OF the
German parliament.
We may take for granted, there
fore, that debates on the subject Of
Ministerial responsibility-one OF these
is to be started shortly by the Radicals
and Socialists come absolutely TO
nothing so long as words are not fol-
lowed by deeds. Emperor WILLIAM
will not heed them, and his fellow mon
The sun., 1908-11-24
Blue Chick EnEliah.

To THH EDrroH or THE SUN-!sir: Mr.. John
F. o'Nesl OF centrevilie, Del. advertises great
sale OF stock to be held on ThanksR,vine D.y.
Among other things he advtrtlses quantity Of
backward cows. feeders, bulls and bolognst-
Now J. being persistent youth, desired know,.
edEe as 10 what Mr.. oNears boloEnAs might be
He informs me that bolognas, so called In Del,.
ware. are q loo OF old cows that Amt rood
fer pothin much nioren boloEny sassingers."
Has the word similar currency elsewhere,
WILMINGTON. November 90 HIP
The sun., 1908-11-24
CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
How Much OF Mans Income Should Be
Spent Upon Them?

To THE EDITOR or TEE SuN--Sfr: Is there any
sort OF rule or recognized habit as 10 the amount
In proportion TO ones income that one should
spend for Christmas giftsf For a number Of
yeats have given my wife two weeks salary
TO pay for the whole collection OF presents for
herself, the rest OF the family and everybody
that We have TO be squeezed for st Christmas
But the cost Of living has gone Up so that two
weeks salary seems altogether too much 10
give. Meanwhile the number OF what you might
call involuntary gifts, gifts you feel you must
make. has Increased. ,.l
IL Is all very we'd TO say that ones own nsts
and discretion are or should be enough 10 settle
this question, but nobody wants TO be mean
generosity. .. .."'
In fact. can't afford II. But do wonder
whether other men feel as perpleKed ana helpless
about Il as do. sc,
MOUNT VERNON. November %.
The sun., 1908-11-24
Last Werd on Indian Terrap,p.

To THE EpITOh or THE SuN-Sh: Perhaps
"bushy" was an exuavagsnt and TO that extent
misieadine adjective, but the muskrat has hair
upon Its tall, even II Il is what one might call
wavy. The main point. however, is impregnabiy
fortified 10 fact. Muskrat 10 mighty good eating:
It's habits are cieanly. and only the favored few
will know the difference when IL Is offered them
as terrapin. EPIcpHE
NEw YORK November -
The sun., 1908-11-24
A statesmnn,n Di.cretIan.


FFofH Ht LoHdoH UHToHItIt.
II discretion Is virtue on the part OF the aver
age man II Is a positive necessity with cmperos
and statesmen. This truth wss realized BY Glad'
stone AZ the outset OF his political estcer shortly
after his marriage no said 10 his wife: shall !
tell you nothing, and you can say everyihin
Or shall tell YOU everything. and you say noth'
inE,- She chose the latter alternative. like
woman, and like wise woman rgidiy adhered
10 her part OF the bargain.
The sun., 1908-11-24

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuE-.Str: The din
culles attending athletic contests between Brtons
and Americans will never be remedied while they
race by foreign standard OF linear measurement.
No wonder there is boring" and "pocketing- and
a question as 10 the British fair play while they
struggle over distances measured by strange
outiandish standards. What is the matter with
our yard. foot and lnchI SAMUEL S. DALE
BOSTON, November 81