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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-09-25

Stephen Elliott turned his face home
ward. He was not well. The fever
had left him weak and irritable, but
he suddenly felt strong determination
to go back to America. The details Of
his business. were in competent hands.
He had become a very rich man. There
was nothing to take up his attention
now save the recovery of his health.
His family physician was at the
dock to meet him. This old friend
looked at him anxiously as he pressed
his hand.
He saw Stephen settled in the big
easy chair that faced the wide window
through which he could see the long
wooded slope and the sparkling Hud-
son. Then the old doctor pressed the
wasted hand and growled a word or
two Of cheer and hastened away.
AS he sat there he heard a voice.
Somebody was singing in an inner
apartment. 1t was a pleasant voice,
low and mellow. 1t must be the maid.
There was something soothing about
the voice. The shadows were creeping
up the hills. The mists were rising
from the river. He closed his eyes,
He was aroused by a voice from the
inner doorway.
ut is half past 5. l must bring In
your supper"
Every WE'LL" he said.
A lamp was brought into the room.
Another lamp was lighted. A table
was moved about. He heard the clat-
ter Of cups and spoons. A firm hand
grasped his chair and turned it on It's
well oiled casters. A little table,
daintily spread and garnished, stood
before him. A vase of flowers was in
the center of the snowy cover. The
fire in the CRATE threw shadows on the
ceiling. The lamps were shaded. A
rosy glow filled the room. Stephen
Elliott felt strangely comfortable.
He looked at the table.
"Iou knew what the doctor Or
dered?"
YES"
ut looks very nice. And you knew
that lights might hurt my eyesT
YES"
"rhe doctor has made all the ar
rangements with your?
Yes"
He did not look around. He knew
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-09-25
HoT-WEATHER HINTS.

Avoid black clothing. 1t draws the
heat.
Above all, avoid anger. Keep your
temper.
While eating less don't forget to take
plenty of exercise.
Avoid alcohol. Total abstinence ID
best, sparing use of liquor imperative.
Easy shoes help to preserve the temper
and keep down the temperature.
Remember, as little meat as possible.
Vegetables and cereals are the best.
An inveterate foe to comfort in warm
weather is the ice water so universally
used.
Persons often complain of suffering
from heat when an overloaded stomach Is
the only trouble.
Thin, loose, unlined garments of light
color go far toward insuring comfort and
health in summer.
If a child has any intestinal trouble
milk often acts as an actual poison. Ce-
reals should be used instead.
The white stiffened linen or canvas
ventilated hat is the proper headgear.
Stanley, the explorer, said that the derby
was an abomination and the straw haa
not much better.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-09-25

It's poor excuse that a woma
won't accept when she wants to because
nobody else will.
The way woman judges how sick
her husband isn't is by how much fuss
he makes about it.
When a girl wants you to squeeze
her hand it's sign she will make more
fuss about 1t than If she didn't care.
There's always lot more enjoyment
in smoking when your wife worries for
fear you will spill the ashes on the
floor.
To maintain her social position a
woman needs to have things In her
wardrobe whether she can wear them
or not.
There's something about the clothe
women wear in summer that makes you
think how different they would be if
they were dressed.
Something woman can never learn
Is that when a man who works hard
all year gets little holiday he'd rath-
er spend it enjoying himself than Wis
iting her relatives or have them visit
him.
Every woman would like her son to
go into the ministry except that she Is
afraid 1t would stand In the way of his
being President.-New York Press.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-09-25

she was standing near him in the shad-
ows.
Your voice is the voice of a young
person"
Yes"
And where did you learn to do these
useful things
AT school, At n school where the
girls are taught to be self,dependent."
but you must be quite young"
II am we'll and strong. l have had
excellent physical training"
"A fine school, truly. Tell me about
It, You liked your companlonsT
"Oh, yes"
And they liked you?"
Il am sure they did, They made me
their class president"
She said this simply, and yet there
was a touch of pride in her tone.
Stephen Elliott had been eating rs he
talked, Something had given him an
unusual appetite, And the simple food
before him was beyond criticism.
1T doesn't seem quite right for the
doctor to coop up fine girl like you
In this out-of-the-way place. For you
must be fine girl, / would like to
look at you"
She came slowly and stood beside
him,
The light from the mantel lamp fell
ON her face.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-09-25
0o~o~ooooo.
1174- William the Lion defeated at Ain
III

1174-William the Lion defeated at Ain.
wick.
I356-The elector of Brandenburg waA
appointed hereditary arch-chamber-
lain of the German empire by the.
golden bull of Charles w, and In
that capacity he bore the scepter be-
fore the Emperor.
170S-English and allies under Duke OF
Marlborough and Prince Eugene de-
feated the French besiegers at Ou
denarde, Belgium.
1776-The statue of King George fr
Bowling Green, New York, destroyer
1779-Stony Point taken from the Brit
ish by the Americans.
l7S6-The United States and Morocco
concluded a treaty of peace.
l799-Aboukir in Egypt attacked and
carried by assault by the Turks un-
der Said Mustapha Pasha.
1S04-Famous duel between Hamilton
and Burr.
1912 Sweden concluded an alliance with
England
lS29-1he directors of the Bank of the
United States declared a dividend of
3A per cent.
lS39-Chartist riot in Birmingham, Eng.
land.
iS40-Treaty of London between the
Sultan and Mehemet Ali.
lS49-Vice President Millard Fillmore as
sumed the presidency of the United
States.
iS62-Gen. Halleck appointed commander
of all the land forces of the United
States
lS63-United States ship Wyoming sank
three japanese ships in battle at
Shomonoseki.
1S73-Communist rising in Spain.
1SS3-Chilians defeated the Peruvians
with great loss at Huamachuca.
18S4-Democrati national convention
nominated Cleveland and Hendricks.
SS5-International park at Niagara
Falls opened.
1SS6-Charles d. Graham went through
the Niagara whirlpool rapids in a
barrel.
tS90-The President signed the Wyoming
admission bill Wyoming territory
became a State.
lS94-Earthquak at Constantinople, with
loss of 200 lives.
1S95-Gen. Nicola Pierola elected Presi-
dent of Peru. Henry M. Stanley
elected to the British Parliament.
tS9S-Admiral Cervera and other officers
of the Spanish fleet reached Annap-
oils, as prisoners of war.
i902-Mine disaster at Johnstown, Pa,
resulted in loss of ia lives. The
Porte demanded the suppression Of
Cretan money with Prince Georges
efigy.
l903-7Cuban Senate ratified the treaty
giving the United States coaling and
naval stations on the island.
l906-Dreyfus finally acquitted by the
court of cessation. !. /. The seventy
fifth anniversary of Belgian indie
pendence celebrated in Brussels.
1907-Ten persons killed by an explosion
in a turret of the battleship Georgia
-. Seven persons killed by the col
lapse of a building in London, On
tario.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-09-25
Put Humun AM the soiI.

If your soil needs humus, plow under
all the coarse manure you can get this
fall. Every farmer realizes the neces-
slty Of having more manure, and one
way to secure It is by providing an
abundant supply of absorbing material
Even If there appears to be large pro-
portion of this material In the manure,
making 1t strawy and coarse, it can be
plowed under and will answer an ex-
cellent purpose. Every effort should be
made to secure all the manure that is
made on the farm, so that nothing
shall be lost This manure. properly ap-
,,lled on the meadows, should be worth
81 per two-horse load in the extra
amount OF hay that win thus be secur-
ed from Its use.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-09-25

He stared up at her, his lip CULVER
Ing, his hands trembling.
There was a moments silence.
us 1t you, FrancesY he whispered.
Yes, father"
She stopped quickly, her round arm
was about his neck her blooming cheek
was pressed against his pale one.
"My dear dear child" he brokenly
murmured. Then he held her off a lit
tie. "And you have come to take care
of me?"
I've come to make you well, father"
And you are the companion?"
We will be quite alone here, father
just you and me-"
He looked at her tenderly. Then his
eyes sparkled.
you are fine girl, Frances-a
splendid girl. IL am very proud of
you"
The girl raised the lamp.
Look above the mantel, father. I
had my mothers picture hung there"
Stephen Elliott looked at the portrait,
Il think she is smiling" he softly
said-W. r. Rose, in the Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-09-25
His DQUgltG[ Frances


The man In the library turned in his
chair and looked at the picture OF a
woman over the mantel. The woman
was young and beautiful, and the artist
had appreciated his subject The man
looked at the picture long and earnest
ly, and softly sighed. Then he touched
a button on the wall.
"Send my daughter here" he said to
the servant.
Stephen Elliott turned back to his pa
pers. But somehow the written words
seemed to run together. The mans
mind had turned back to the subject of
the portrait over the mantel, They had
been so happy for such a little while.
Then she had gone, leaving him with
an infant daughter.
How well he remembered her last
words.
''Be very good to our child, Stephen.
Watch over her, care for her-be moth
er and father to her"
He had promised with little thought
of what he was saying, his great grief
blotting out all minor details, Now the
words came back to him. Had he car
ried out that promise? Was he giving
his child, their child, the care that her
mother would have given her? Was 1t
the right kind of care?
"Did you want me, papa%
He looked up quickly, A slender girl
of 10 was standing by his desk. She
was n dark-eyed child, pale and list
less
"Yes. Frances. Sit here, want to
have a little talk with YOU" He paused
as she took the chair he indicated,
"Frances," he said, "are you quite hap
py here2"
She looked at him little startled.
"Why, yes, papa"
"There is something else l want to
say to you, Frances. am going away"
"Yes, papa"
II am going far away--to Japan and
then across Asia to Europe may be
gone for a year or even more. 1t de-
pends on my business success"
''You couldn't take me with you,
could you. papaF" she asked.
"No; that is quite impossible, Some
day, no doubt, you can so with me
after you finish school,"
The child turned and softly left the
room. The father watched the slender
figure disappear Poor, motherless girl,
A sudden wave of pity surged through
his heart. Had he done the best he
could for the childG How very tame
she seemed how lacking In emotion. He
sighed as he turned back to his papers.
He thought of the lonely figure he
was leaving behind as he sped across
the continent. The child had chung to
him at their parting>Qnd cried bitterly,
but his sister Edith had drawn her
away and comforted her-aGd he had
hurried into the waiting ear. Edith
was still holding her close as the train
sped away.
1t was more than two years before
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-09-25

earth's center TO the center of the sun
must be crossed by the moons center
during her revolution about the earth
In order to produce total or an IAN
nular" eclipse. If the moons center is
either side of such a line, then the
eclipse is a partial one, as only part
Of the moons surface thus becomes
placed between the earth's and suns
centers.
The difference in the cause leading
up to an annular eclipse or a total
eclipse Is In the moons relative dis
tance from the earth at these times !;
that is, whether in "apogee" (the far
thest away point from the earth) or
in "perigee" (the nearest point to the
earth) for, Of course, the farther the
moon is away from us (she travels in
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-09-25
Ink nm LRnfhnr

For ink spots ON leather chairs wash
the spots with milk, renewing the milk
till 1t is no longer stained and the spot
on the leather has disappeared. Then
wash the leather with warm water, and
when dry polish it with very little
linSeed oil and vinegar mixed in equal
parts. The ink stain should be re-
moved as quickly as possible, for If
allowed to dry and harden it is doubt
full whether you will ever be able to
entirely remove it.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-09-25
To Advance Agriculture.

With the $15,0OO,OO0 the United
States Department of Agriculture has
available for this years use consider
able progress should be made in agri-
cultural advancement. While all lines
of work are to be carried out as usual,
most attention will be given the for
estry service. Forestry is one of the
more important problems now before
the American people and it is but
proper that it should receive first at
tention. The Department Of Agri-
culture Is doing good work. There
are those who belittle Its efforts and
claim the money given annually for it's
support is wasted, but much of the
standing agriculture enjoys to-day is
due to this division Of the government.
Let the good work go on.-Exchange.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-09-25

An absolutely water-tight cistern
may be made as follows:
In digging, the sides should be made
smooth and true perpendicularly. For
the bottom use five parts of clean,
coarse, sharp sand (plasterers call 1t
fine graveD to one part of cement 1t
,nly requires to be- damp enough to
work we'll. 1t should be thoroughly
mixed, all at one time, and be lowered
into the cistern quickly and spread
more rapidly with shovel or hoe, and
should be beat down hard and smooth.
Upon this bottom foundation the
cistern should be walled up with brick
or stone In cement to at least 6 inches
above the top of the ground, which will
keep all surface water out. For finish
ing the bottom use one part cement to
one part sand; this is thoroughly mix
ed while dry, ana then water should be-
added until 1t is like plastering mortar.
Dump 1t on the bottom about 3 inches
thick and smooth with a trowel. 1t
will soon be hard as stone. For the
sides of the cistern, which should be
done before finishing the bottom, use
equal parts of sand and cement and
apply quickly as you would plaster
wall. 1t Is not safe to use anything
but the best Portland cement, which
costs about So barrel.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-09-25

Screech owl dar in de Eastwood tree,
Jes' as mo'nful as it kin be,
Hollerin' so dat we hol's our bref-
Screech owl got us skyaht half to def!
Dar's muffin at all dat's troublin' him.
He picks comfable leafy limb
An keeps a-mo'nin' de whole night
through
Like his kin disowned him an de rent
was due!
Dar's heap O. folks, 'twix' me an you,
Dat acts pretty much like de screech owl
do
A-sighin' an a-cryin' like deir hearts
would break
On wifout no trouble, 'cepin' what dey
make.
Washington Star.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-09-25
Dear Meats in England.

The London Meat Trades Journal IL
an editorial says the retail prices of
meats have made a substantial advance
in that country. 1t is pointed out that
the supply Of native-bred stock has for
some time past been short In numbers
and deficient in weight and quality.
and in the United States and Canada
the supplies of live cattle, sheep and
refrigerated beef were on a steady
diminishing scale. Under such circum-
stances, says this authority, it is but
natural to expect that prices all around
should advance materially, but more
particularly for the choicer grades.
From these reports 1t seems that the
United States Is not alone in the mat
ter of high-priced meats.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-09-25
wire Fence Tightener.

Every farmer knows how hard 1t is
to keep wire fences In good condition
more than a year or two at a time
Cattle are bound to rub up against
them, people will sag the wires in get
ting over the fence, and even the
weight of snow has been known TO
break them A wire fence looks all
right as long as the wires are taut,
but as soon as the strands begin to
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-09-25

To stop hens from eating eggs put a
little vinegar or something sour In their
food.
Drop a piece of alum in the drinking
water every two or three weeks: It
will prevent throat and lung disease.
For all cuts, wounds and ulcers use
listerine Nothing is better for a comb
injured In fighting or for any raw sur
face.
If you have not already done 30, Gull
out all surplus stock. Do not waste
feed on birds that are Of no value to
you.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-09-25
Uncle SANS slim Land Reserve.

Uncle Sans Slim Land Reserve.
The time when man might move
westward and take up virgin soil at his
pleasure has passed, and, in general,
it may be said that the son of the
farmer of to-day must look for his sole
heritage In the land his father holds
1t Is now barren boast that "Uncle
Sam has farm for every one of u.s."
In 1906 we had less than 90,0O0,000
acres of unoccupied habitable land.
What a slim reserve that Is may be
realized from the fact that one-fourth
Of it was disposed of In the following
year. We cannot add to our agri-
cultural areas except by irrigation and
drainage, but we may, by intelligent
selection of crops, by scientific cultiya-
ton and by careful treatment of land,
make 1t produce three or four times
as much as 1t does at present. And
this is the direction in which our de-
velopment should proceed, for we must
find room within the next 80 years for
doubled population according to our
undlscerning ideas. The American
farmer of the future must be man Of
broad mind and technical knowledge.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-09-25
Three Feet and a Yard.

The trouble with buying residence
property by the front foot Is that 1t
requires considerably more than three
feet TO make presentable yard. -
Kansas City Star.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-09-25
How to Cool MIX.

Practical experiments seem TO prove
that many, If not all, of the benefits Of
aerating milk were due more to cooling
than to any other cause. Cooling to the
same degree will accomplish substan-
TALLY the same results, but without an
aerator 1t may be difficult to reduce the
temperature as rapidly, hence the aera-
tor may be considered an advantage un-
less a patent cooler is used.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-09-25

ular ones Fasten them to the inside
bit rings of the outside horses, Let
this run over the back of the middle
horse and buckle into the regular
buckle. 1t works fine and gives one
full control of his team.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-09-25
Argentina Animal Statistics.

Consul General Alban G. Snyder
sends from Buenos Ayres a tabulated
list from a report just issued by the
minister OF agriculture showing the
numbers Of live stock in Argentina.
They total 114,S42,440, divided as fol-
lows: Cattle, 25,S44,SO0; sheep, IT,
5S1,10O; horses, 5,462,170; mules AID
donkeys, 545,S70; goats, 2,568,S0O; pigs,
2,S41, 700.
The province of Buenos Ayres con-
tains one-half of the live stock of the
republic, having 100000 cattle and
100000 sheep. Entire Rios province
has 9,006,300 animals, Corrientes 7911,-
600, and Cordoba and Santa Fe each
nearly 100000.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-09-25

The man who is right-headed Is apt
to he geod-hearted.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-09-25
Lines For Three Horse.

Lines For Three Horses.
In using three horses try this way of
arranging the lines: Take a pair of
old single harness lines and make two
cross lines little longer than the reg
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-09-25

THE HOT WEATHER FACE.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-01
HARRY BARNATO LEAVES
FORTUNE OF $75,OOO,OO0

Lincoln, Dec. lin the death OF
Harry Barnato yesterday London lost
a remarkable multi Millionaire. He
was born in the Whitechapel district,
and known there as Harry Isaacs,
and was u brother to the late Barney
Barnato, the famous multi-million-
alre. The two brothers went as
vaudeville performers to the diamond
fields Of South Africa. Harry has
left fortune of $75,000,n00 or more.
Harry was as eccentric as his fam
Gus brother.
He carried checks for, $500, 600 and
100000 in his pocket and allowed
his $40 week clerks t" buy hiSl
drinks without return. tie was al
WAYS covered with diamonds like an
opera star. He spent thousands of
pounds purchasing thoroughbreds, yet
il the weekly feed bill exceeded his
limit by few pence, he was miser-
able.
He fought his tailor for amounts
like sc cents and yet spent thousands
Of pounds for Il spectacular dinner
at the Gayety hotel at the end of the
Russian war. Rut he would not zip
the walters.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-01
CANADA AFTER. NORTHWEST
WHEAT CARRYING TRADE

Chicago. Dec, 1.-Quietly aud delib-
fcrately Canada has been spending
something like $20O,00O,o0O for canals
and railroads with view TO hauling
the great wheat business OF the north
west, according to +. +. Sutherland,
speaker OF the Dominion house OF COM
mons.
And now" he says, .'the Dominion
is in a position TO demand some atten-
ton TO its natural resources. The re-
suit would be that the United States
would lose the grain business which
has meant SO much to the northwest
ern states"
These remarks We're sandwiched into
speech in which Speaker Sutherland
.lauded Scotland and the Scots at the
annual banquet mt the Illinois Society
of st. Andrew, which was held at the
Auditorium last evening. More than
600 acknowledgements We're present.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-01
TWO UTAH MEN TO ATTEND.

y convention of national and state
conservation commissions will be held
in Washington, ID. G., Dec S, the first
meeting TO convene in the IS,lasco thea
ter at AIS O'Clock on that date. Two
OF the three members of the Utah rep
rcscntatives will be in attendance,
namely Anthony W. WINS and o. ],
Salisbury. The other member is Prof.
Joseph f. Merrill, of the University OF
Utah.
President Theodore Roosevelt will
make the opening address at the meet
ing indicated. and the presiding OIL
Ger will be Hon. William H. Taft, pres
ident-elect Of the United States. 1t is
not definitely known at this time Just
now many sessions OF the conference
there viii be, but as many important
subjects are to be considered, it Is like
ly that at least several days will be
taken up by the gatherings Governors
and other prominent men from all the
states and territories in the Union are
expected to be in attendance.