The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-09-25
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY
The Haymarket riot in Chicago oc-
.urred on May 4, 1886.

helen Itunt JacKSOH Is DuTleu III
Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs.
1t is expected that the Australian old
tge pensions project will cost FL, 10000
yearly.
Twenty-Five high school principals in
Kansas are women. They are said to do
cheir work so well that no one has ever
suggested putting men in their places.
There is never a part of the year
when Pixies Peak is entirely without
snow. In the hottest July and August
weather snow is to be found even at
considerable distance from the top of
:he mountain.
Twenty-Five men interested In the
navigation of the air, have formed the
Aero. Club of California at Los Ange-
les. The purpose Of the club is to OBJ
ain suitable grounds for experimental
ascents and maintain repair and con-
struction shops.
A residence Of at least FIVE years Is
required to qualify an alien for natur-
ilization. No matter how long man
may have been In the United States,
two years, must elapse between the date
Of his declaration of intention and his
ldmittance to full citizenship.
To meet the deficit In the budget the
French Minister of Finance suggests
tha do,Ihl{no of tho JioanciD0 faoS of
lenders of absinthe. This taxing of
the green peril' will, it is thought, be
popular; the minister anticipates that 1t
will bring him in $2,000,000.
Adeline Genee is Danish girl, who
made her debut as a dancer at Copen-
hagen when she. was II years of age.
She then went to Berlin to dance at
the Grand Opera House, and after
ward to Munich. She is considered to
be one of the most graceful and accom-
plished dancers in the world.
In the manufacture of alcohol from
peat, Danish company, with one ex-
perimental plant in Denmark and one
In France, has found the cost to be
about one-fourth Of that made from po-
tatoes. In the process Of manufacture,
the eellulose or fiber of the peat is con-
verted by sulphuric acid into a soluble
carbohydrate and this Is fermented by
special yeast.
In 1907 Philadelphia's export and
import trade increased $25,0O0,000 in
value over the figures for the previous
year. The total value Of the city ex-
ternal trade for that year was over
$150,0O0,000. These figures account in
part for the opening Of the new steam
ship service between Genoa, Italy and
the City of Brotherly Love. The Ital-
ians want some Of the business.
IndIa's government has recently au-
thorized the employment Of women
telegraph operators The candidates
must be between 18 and 80 years of
age, and they must be unmarried or
widows. They must undergo training
of twelve months in the telegraph train
ing classes. during which time they will
receive $6.65 a month, the same allow
ance that is drawn by male learners.
In connection with the death Of
Grover Cleveland, 1t is interesting to
note that only twice before in the his
tory of the nation has the United
States been without living ex-Presi-
dent. George Washington died in 1900,
when John Adams, the second Presi-
dent, was in Office. Andrew Johnson,
at the time the only surviving ex-Chief
Executive, passed away in 1875, two
years before General Grant retired to
private life.
The Dutch government has granted a
concession to the Amsterdam and North
Holland Electric Tramway Company to
build and operate an electric railway
system in Holland. The route will be
nearly fifty kiioms, running from Am.
sterdam north through Zaandam to
Kromeminie, from Zaandyk to Wyk.
aan-Zee, and Wormerveer to Purmer.
end. The Holland Development Com.
pany of Amsterdam will build the en-
tire system.
The Arabian Nights" is an extensive
collection of tales forming part Of the
Arabic literature, and the exact title
Of whichls 'aThe Book of the Thousand
and One Nights" They were first made
known to Europe by Antoine Galland
between 1904 and 1717. He was q
French Orientalist, who succeeded
after much effort, In obtaining a manu-.
script, which he supplemented by gath.
ering tales from professional story-tell
ers, whom he met during his travels In
the East.
AS an instance of the Great Eastern
Railways elaborate precautions for the
safety of travellers on Its system, the
Railway News says that at Broxbourne
for the purpose of advising the station
signalman when train has passed his
down or up advanced starting signal, O
rail contact is placed about 800 yards
ahead Of the respective advanced start
Ing signals, and on the engine reaching
the rail contact bell is rung in the
signal box, and this bell continues ring
ing until the signal Is replaced to dan.
ger.
According to a report In the Neue
| r.