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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-02-21
Borax, Natures pisinfectant Cleanser aad Purifie

81
z Everyone realizes the necessity of some
Mmethod of publication of inks, drains and
utensils in which may lurk the germ Of
dreaded disease.
q Health is question of cleanliness and
breven. ion.
- Most people are familiar with the use OF
knisinfectants in cir ordinary sense-ai
of which are either unpl asantly associated
with disagreeable odors on which are de-
pended okill the germ of fcontagion (Which
disinfectanis must of necessity be of more
or less dangerous chHrac er), and must be
used for this purpose and no other, and in
consequence must be kept from children
and ca eless handl ng.
i ere is, however, within the reach of all
OF ii our readers a simple, safe and econ
omical article that will not only answer for
every disinfecting purpose but can also
beused for multitude of doines ic clean
sing and purify purposes-Bora
Borax is pare, VIII te armless powder
coming direct from Natures laborato y; in
fact Borax has of en- been called Natures
Cleanser and Disinfeetan y
Two tablespoonfttls Of Borax in a pailful
of hot water poured down the greased-chok-
ed pipes Off sink or flushed through dis
easel den drain, cleanSes and purifies it.
leaving it cl an and sweet.
Bed clothing and clothes used in a sick
room can he made hygiencally clean and
snowy-white, if washed in hot solution of
Borax water.
Kitchen and eating utensils used during
Illness will I've kept from all possibility II
contagion if Borax IS used when washing
them. Pure as snow and harmless as salt,
and beca Sc it can be used for almost every
domestic and medical purpose, Borax must
be considered the one great household ne.
ceSSity.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-02-21
RHEUMATISM RECIPE
PREPARE THIS SIMPLE HOMEMADE
MIXTURE YOURSELF.
Buy the ingredients from Any Druggist
in Your Town and Shake Them
in a Bottle to Mix This.

A we'll known authority on Rheuma-
tism gives the readers Of large New
York daily paper the following valua-
BILE, yet simple and harmless prescrip-
ton, which any one can easily prepare
at home:
Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half
ounce; compound Kargon, one ounce;
Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three
ounces.
Mix by shaking well in bottle, and
take teaspoonful after each meal and
at bedtime.
He states that the ingredients. can be
obtained from any good prescription
pharmacy at small cost, and, being q
vegetable extraction, are harmless to
take.
This pleasant mixture, if taken regu-
larly for few days, is said to overcome
almost any case of Rheumatism. The
pain and swelling, if any, diminishes
with each dose, until permanent results
are obtained, and without iEjuring the
stomach. While there are many So
called Rheumatism remedies, patent
medicines, ETC., some Of which do give
relief, few really give permanent re-
suits, ana the above will, no doubt, be
greatly appreciated py many sufferers
here at this time.
Inquiry at the drug stores Of even the
small towns ELECTS the information that
these drigs are harmless and can be
bought separately, or the druggists will
mix the prescription if asked to.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-02-21
European Labor Leaders Alarmed
Over Increase In Homecoming
Contingent.
STEAMSHIPS ARE LOADED DOWN
Hundreds of Destitute Aliens Wan
dering Streets Of Paris on
Verge Of Destitution.

The increasing contlngents Of home
coming Italians, Lithuanians and other
Mediterranean steefage passengers are
disconeerting not only to the steamship
companies, who have inadequate facili-
ties for dealing with such sudden and
unexpected traffic, but to the labor
leaders of Europe, who deny that these
newcomers have sufficient money to
pass the winter without working, and
declare that they will thus add to the
misery Of what Is sure to be hard win
ter among the European working
classes.
The figures given by the French la
Dor bureau as to the returning emil.
grants are corroborated> by Nicholas
Martin, agent Of the American line,
who says that all the steerage capacity
Of every vessel has been taken until
Feb. /, while thousands more will be
unable to return to Europe before
spring. If this keeps up, Paris CORE
spotdent says, some special measures
must be taken to repatriate the hordes
of disappointed adventurers, for the
ordinary means are insufficient.
''To my knowledge several hundred
Of more or less destitute aliens are wan
dering In the streets of Paris ON the
verge Of starvation, and the prefecture
police books will probably multiply this
figure by three" said one Of the officials
at the ministry Of works to the CORE.
spondent. '"The best We can do is to
expedite their return to their native
countries. Something like half Of them
have no more money than is barely
sufficient to pay their fare"
Never since the first ship sailed out
of New York harbor has there been any.
thing like the present exodus of emi.
grants from that port. Day by day the
crowds clamoring for transportation
abroad grow greater, with no prospect
Of their reduction in numbers.
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CAMPING IN THE PYRENEEs.
Frenchmen Have Found New Play
L. -. l

Frenchmen Have Found q New Play
ground In the Mountains.
A party of ten young Frenchmen are
preparing to spend next summer In the
Pyrenees, according to the Boston
Transcript. Some of them went
through the experience this year and
they consider themselves the discover
ers Of the Pyrenees as a playground.
They go in with tents made of duck
over light frames, which when set up
are about six feet six square and FIVE
feet high, each of which shelters four
or five men at night. They also take a
collapsble boat. When the railway is
left the first stages of the journey into
the mountains are made by picking up
some Of the muleteers who cross the
mountains from Spain taking sweet
grapes to the French markets. These
good fellows on their way home are
only too glad to carry the camp equip
age on the backs Of their burros in con-
sideration of few polite phrases and
few francs.
At the close Of long days tramp
down the darkening side of the noun
tains the explorers will sometimes see
fame suddenly shoot up ahead Of
them. The guides and porters give an
exclamation of pleasure ana hurry to-
ward It, They find it has been kindled
to guide them by some herdsman,
whose ear, used to the silence of the
mountains, has caught the noise of
their footsteps in the distance. He had
no idea who they were. Most likely
he thought they were smugglers ply
ing between France and Spain.
Close by his hut the camp is set up.
In one great soup pot there is an ola
podrida of meat and barley. From an
other comes the fragrance Of tea. a.
skin of red wine is broached and the
Frenehmen produce such delicacies as
smoked sausage and potted fowl or
even pate de foie gras. The air and
appetite born of the days tramp make
everything taste its best.
In the morning the party splits up
for days sport. The cook and his aid
start for some farm or village to buy
provender. If there is water near the
fishermen get the boat into commission.
Small as it is, it is a stanch craft,
with a belt of kapok or Javanese fiber
about her which makes her practically
unsuitable. This is essential, for the
water in the mountain lakes-bowls In
the hollows of the hills-ls so cold that
even the best swimmer could keep
afoat unaided only few minutes.
The young Frenchmen say that they
want to make the most of their dis
covery before 1t gets noised abroad, be-
cause when the joys of rolghing 1t In
the Pyrenees are once revealed the re-
glon will be oyerrun by Englishmen
and Americans until 1t becomes an com
monplace as the Alps.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-02-21
The
General Demand

Of the Well-Informed of the World has
always been for a simple, pleasant
and efficient liquid laxative remedy of
known value; laxative which physi.
clans could sanction for family use
because its component parts are
known to them to be wholesome and
truly beneficial in effect, acceptable
to the system and gentle, yet prompt,
In action.
In supplying that demand with its
excellent combination of Syrup of
Figs and Elixir of SIENNA, the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. proceeds along
ethical lines ana relies on the merits
of the laxative for its remarkable
success.
That Is one Of many reasons why
Syrup Of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA is
given the preference BY the Well
Informed. To get its beneficial effects
always buy the genuine
tured by the California Fig Syrup Co.,
only. and for sale by all leading
druggists. Price fifty cents per bottle
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-02-21
A Wonoerful Racord

Many so-called specifics and
cures" for rheumatism have already
been brought before the public; but
when iheumatism, neuralgia and kim
dred diseases have become chronic and
threaten ious results, you may rest
assured that they will help but very
little, If any. Although not recon-
mended as "infalible," the peculiar
qualities Of st. Jacobs Oil especially
adapt it to those cases which may be
termed "chronic," and which have
previously withstood all known "spe-
cifcs," as well as the prescriptions Of
the best physicians.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-02-21
WORK OF IRRIGATION.
New Plans Adopted Contemplate
Many improvements,

New Plans Adopted Contemplate
Many Improvements.
In the Irrigation division Of the Ag-
ricultural Department the three main
lines of work will be- as heretofore, dis
semination Of practical information,
scientific and technical Investigations,
and reporting on irrigation conditions
In certain districts. In view of the fact
that probably about 100000 acres OF
land provided with water for irriga.
tion will be available for settlement at
the close of 1908, 1t is believed that in
no other way can more good be done
than In supplying practical information
through publications and expert ad-
vice to the new settlers on this land,
and 1t Is therefore deemed advisable
to broaden the scope of this work so
as to make 1t valuable to every class
Of farmers dependent upon Irrigation
and to every project, whether public or
private.
The scientific and technical investlga.
tlons Will be a continuation and exten.
sion of what has already been done.
Prominent features Of the work Will be
to determine what becomes Of the large
quantity Of water which Is annually
spread over cropped soils, involving a
study Of evaporation, seepage and dis.
tribution Of losses, with view to Sc
curing higher economy in the use of
water; the relation of irrigation water
to quantity and quality of crop and the
adaptation Of methods to different soils
and crops, and study Of the more
technical features of the measurement,
conveyance, storage and distribution of
water on farms, and the various de-
vices used for pumping.
In the study of irrigation conditions
in different localities emphasis is to be
laid especially on possible improve
ments Of present methods which will
lead to more economical use of water.
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That Terrible BOY.

Mrs. Kerruthers (making call) Yes,
indeed, Mrs. Kajones, put in nearly the
whole blessed day in the dentists chair.
Mrs. Kajones-I can sympathize with
you. know how it hurts.
Mrs. Kerruthers-My dentist hardly
ever hurts me, though He's SO careful
and gentle that don't mind it at all. /
declare | slept half the time while he was
at work.
Johnny Kajones-That dentist wouldn't
never do for NAV. When she goes to
sleep she snores like a thrashin' machine
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-02-21
DevotIon to the IdenI.

The hero of the play had just died Ia
low, tremulous, wabbling music, but the
audience insisted on his coming before the
curtain and kept up the applause for the
space of five minutes.
At last supe came out and stepped
forward.
ladies and gentlemen" he announced
In high-keyed voice. he says he'll have
the curtain raised and you can look again
on his cold corpse If you want to. but he'll
be id If he's going to vi'late tine pro
prieties and degrade his art by coming te
life again before tomorrow evening.
Thanking you again, ladies and gentlemen
viii now retire"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-02-21
The Poor Cat.

A young wife called her husband on
The telephone to tell him a tale of woe
In tear-choked accents she said: "That
you dearie? Well, you know that love
ly chicken pie made you-that horrld
old cat came In and ate 1t up before I
could stop it?"
He answered: "Never mind, dar.
ling; III get you another cat"
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only by Sight.

Soulful Miss-You are familiar, I pre-
sumo, with the Portuguese Hymn7
Col. Lumpkin Gust returned from a
trip abroad) --Er-no; saw him, Of
course, when was in Europe, but never
net i'm. You mean King Carlos, don't
vou7
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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-02-21
what the Cloth Got in Boston.

If you go to San Francisco and meet
a friend he will ask you to stay week
with him. In Omaha he will take you
home overnight, in Chicago he will
take you out to dinner, liz New YORK
he will hurry you off to lunch, in New
Haven he will hand you a good cigar
and In Boston he will give you an ap
observation-disclosures.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-02-21
We Hear of More Cnres

OF troubles originating in impure blood,
scrofuia, loss Of appetite, catarrh, rheuma-
tism, Hoods sarsaparilla than by all other
so-called remedies combined. Somehow
those cured BY Hoods seem to stay cured,
and they gladly tell the good news to others
= scrofula sore--My wife had q scrofu.
.aaQus sore on her leg for years. Many differ
spedicines gave but little benefit She
XH3d to Hoods Sarsaparilla and the sore
f,ekly healed. 1t Is good blood medicine"
N. DAFT, Crosby. Texas.
y Afflicted 10 Years-"Hood's Sarsapa-
rilla. has cured me of scrofula. with which
have been troubled 16 years, and caused by
vaccination. My little daughter had q
scrofula swelling on her neck and Hoods
Sarsaparilla also cured her." Mas. NORA
RUeHEY Hughey Tennessee.
Hoods sarsaparilla is sold everywhere.
In the usual liquid. or In tablet form called
SaTsatabs. 100 Doses One Dollar. Pre-
pared only by c. /. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass.
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Failed to Relieve.

On the mighty deep.
The great ocean liner rolled and pitch,
ed
Henry" faltered the young bride, "de
you still love me?"
More than ever, darling !" was Henry'i
fervent answer.
Then there was an eloquent silence.
lTf'Henry," she gasped, turning her pale
lkhastly face away, 81 thought that would
make me feel better, but it doesn'tl"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-02-21

Peat briquettes are now being made at
Norfolk, Mass, with machine. The
peat is cut up by revolving knives like
a meat chopper and then pressed through
die in continuous bar, which is sliced
into briquettes by knife operated auto
matically,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-02-21
Gam Copper he Madef

That the recent experiments of Sir
William Ramsay, the English chemist, are
not likely to result In the artificial man
ufacturs Of copper Is the conclusion OF
President Ira Remsen, who recently made
an address on the subject before the Sci
entifc Association of the Johns Hopkins
university at Baltimore. DR.. Remsen
said that the experiments In question
indicated that the substance we call cop
per, and which we have hitherto regarded
as stable elementary form Of matter is
capable Of undergoing very slight de-
composition, but while 1t Is possible that
a minute quantity of the element lithium
can be obtained from copper by the ac-
ton of radium emanation, the change Is
very slight and it does not seem proba-
BILE that any method can be devised by
which It can be markedly increased.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-02-21
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that
,s Contain Mercurv.

as mercury willsurely destroy the sense ofsmell
and ompletely derange the whole system when
entering itthrought the mucous surfaces. Such
rriptions from reputable physiciaps' as the
damage they will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by f. ]. Cheney Il Co.,
internally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the gem
uine 1t is taken internally and made In Tol-
free.
Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c, per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-02-21
Regarding jack,

"Jack always ends his letters to me
by saying, 4 remain, yours forever"
said the girl who had more money than
beauty.
"Yes," rejoined her girl friend, who
nad more beauty than money, "and If
you were poor he would probably re-
main a bachelor"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-02-21

The Pe-ru-na Almanac in 5000, 900
Homes.
The Peruna Lucky Day Almanac has
become a fixture in over eight million
homes. 1t can be obtained from all
druggists free. Be sure to inquire
early. The 1908 Almanac is already
published, and the supply will soon be
exhausted. Do not put it off. Speak
for one today.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-02-21
New Method.
, you wish to choose q Yife7

Do you wish to choose wife?
Flip ,oin.
Or select your lot in life7
Flip coin.
OF two evils make no choice,
Save your time, and strength, and voice
There's better way! Rejoicel
Flip coin.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-02-21

howard E. BURTON. ar1 Chemist
= Leadvule, Colorado Specimen prices; Gold.
Silver Lead 81 Gold SILVER 75c; Cold soc; Zinc OF
Copper, 81. Cyanide tests. Mailing envelopes and
full price list sent on application. Control and UNI
Pire work solicited. References; Carbonate Ma
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"Oh, wad some power the giftie gle us
To see oursePs as ithers see usl"
Oh, better still, make ither swells
To see US as we see oursels.
Press.
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Mo hers will find Mrs. winslow's soothina
Syrup the b. st remedy to use for their childrel
during the teething period.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-02-21
Letting the Cat Out.

LettlnB tine Cat out.
Amelia-Herbert, dear, your Office is on
Orange street, isn't itp
Herbert--Yes; why?
Amelia-That's what told papa. He
made such funny mistake about you the
other day. He said he'd been looking you
up in Brad street.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-02-21

According to the report of the New
York State Commission on Lunacy, the
total number Of persons confined In In
stitutions for the insane In that State is
26,357. This Is proportion OF about
one to every 300 Of the population. The
indications are that insanity has been
steadily on the increase since 1897. While
the percentage Of foreign born to the
population Is %, the percentage Of for
eign-born insane Is 40. Insane patients
Of Irish and German nativity are on the
decrease, while those of Russia, Austxia.
Hungary and Italy are increasing.
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A man may not see much economy
In his home, but it is there all right ;
at least, he is always hearing about 1t.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-02-21
Only One "BRoMo olJINlNr +"
Just a Family Jar.

That is LAXATIVE BRoMo QUININE. Look
Tor the signature of +. w. GROVE. Used the
World over to Cure Cold in One Day. 25c.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-02-21

The population of Oklahoma Is about
100000, and the increase in Oklahoms
City, the metropolis, which now has 81.
Ar, has been 1928 per cent In sevea
years.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-02-21

The lead In very cheap pencils is some.
times only coke.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-02-21

E'Tc b.. Vitus Dance ana all Nervous Diseases
IO permanently cured by DR.. Klns's Greas
Nerve Restorer Send for FREE 90 trial bottle and
treatise DR.. Il. IL Kli1e, Id, sal Arch st., Phila Pa
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Some men go about looking 70
temptation to yield to
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speed.

ut takes you long time to pass
given point" said the minute hand, sa
passant.
Il may be SLOW" answered the hour
hand; "but 1t takes you all of sixty-six
minutes to catch up with me-"
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He (angrily)-So there was q man
after you when you married me, was
there?
She-Yes; there was.
Poor fool! wish to heavens you
had married him."
Il did. boston Transcrint.
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p. N. u. No. 3-os
WHEN writing to advertisers please
w mention this paper.
Tlower of the FnmIIx,

Uncle 'Rastus, how old are youT
Pas seventy-nine, boss. III soon be
octogeranium. Chicago Tribune.
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PILES CURED IN s TO "a DAYS.

PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any
case OF Itching, Bind. jleeding or Protruding
Piles In to ID days or money refunded. 60e
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BAD BLOOD
THE SOURCE OF ALL DISEASE

Every part the body dependent the blood noursnent and
strength When this life stream flowing through system state
purity and richness we are assured Of perfect and uninterrupted health;
the body fed weak impure polluted blood system deprived
Its strength disease collect and the various
ways Pustuar euptons pmpe rashs and
show that the blood is in and diseased
much acid the OF irritating
The result morbid unhealthy matter In the blood and Rheumatism
a Sc1oua Blood Poison etc. all dpseated blood
that continue poison remains
These impurities and pns find their way various wvs
Often sluggish inactive condition OF the
avenues OF bodily waste leaves the refuse and
acids which taken
throughout the Coming contact with contagious
or the poisoning the bood also breathe germs
OF Malaria
sufficient quantity becomes instead Of health Some
unfortunate to inherit bad blood
constitutional disease OF ancestors handed down they
constantly annoyed and troubled with it. Bad blood
ease and until this vital fluid ceansed and purified the body
suffer IN some way For blood troubles of character
discovered
and all pOns supplies the heaul properties it needs and completely
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Prisoner-Gosh! l don't need any
alibi. All you've got to do is to prove by
me that L was drunk.
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hasten recovery by keeping the
bowels regular with Ayers Pills,
Under the New Rulinx.

His Lawyer-The trouble is that
they've got half dozen witnesses who
saw you whipping your wife. 1t will be
hard to establish an alibi in the face Of
that +ft.tt sst.N s1E