The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-23
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY
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Id, DSIltu ulu LOuuOu.
Parchment paper is made by dipping
ordinary unsized paper for five or six
seconds in dilute sulphuric acid, and
then washing
The three-year-old son and heir of
The Gar Nicholas is insured for $780,
300, and is said to pay the highest pre-
mium in the world.
The Igorrote provinces of the Philip
pines have been combined and will be
managed by one governor and sub-gov-
ernor. Bontoc will be the capital.
Formosa, with Its population Of
100000, is running the Philippines
neck and neck in the export of sugar.
Each exported value Of 100000 In
1907.
Coal has been found in nearly every
island Of the Philippine archipelago,
but only 4,545 tons were produced last
year. In many places it is associated
with petroleum.
railroad section laborer in North
Carolina has patented a tie-tamping
machine, practical tests of which have
shown that on both old and new road
beds 1t will do the work Of fifty men.
The Kansas Oklahoma oil field took
the lead for production in 1907, push
ing California back to second place. IL
linois, formerly ninth in the list of
states, attained third place for the first
time.
DR.. S. Weir Mitchell, neurologist,
poet, essayist and novelist, has been
elected to foreign fellowship in the
Royal Society of England. The cleo
tion is one of the choicest distinctions
to which a scientist can aspire, and 1t
has come to only three other Americans
now living, Alexander Agassiz natural
list, and George W. Hill and Simon
Newcomb, astronomers.
When the American fleet was at
Wagga Wagga in Australia, there was
given banquet at which labor men,
ber Of Parliament alluded to the Amer
lean navy as the greatest In the
world" Then senator jumped UP and
vehemently protested against anybody
Cracking up the American feet at the
expense of the British" adding that
the British could slick any three other
fleets on the face of the earth" After
that patriotic declaration the senator
started singing ''Rule, Britannia" in
which the whole company Joined.
The club women of Chicago are puz
zled over the question of lawful cos
tune for working women. They poin
out that only little while ago wo
, man in Chicago was arrested and fine
3 for wearing trousers while earning a
honest living as hod carrier. NOV
, they are informed that there has been
8 ruling in the post Office department
8 holding that women employed as mai
5 carriers must wear trousers. There |
a movement on foot to send delega
ton to Washington for the purpose o
consulting President Roosevelt on thu
J subject.
1t is told of the youth Of young
German prince, many years ago, that
upon one occasion, his tutor having
been changed, the newcomer in exam
lining the young prince asked: Can
your highness tell me how much is nine
times twelvew "Seventy-two," replied
the prince with royal promptness. The
tutor paled, but soon recovered his
equanimity "Permit me to state to
your highness that your hlghness's for
mer tutor, whom l had the honor to
succeed as an instructor to your royal
highness, appears to have been a per-
son of rather limited capabilities" he
said.
Landor, the poet, was at the same
time the most violent and brutal and
most delicate and sensitive Of men. He
adored flowers. The gardens of his
beautiful villa at Florence were full
Of flowers and the poet walked among
them daily, never plucking them, only
bending over them reverently to adore
their loveliness and their perfume. His
cook one day served hima wretched din
ner, and in his rage the poet threw the
man out of the window into bed of
splendid roses. AS the cook writhed
with broken leg below, Landor, from
his window, exclaimed In horror
stricken voice: "Good gracious, l for
got the rosesw
AT a Yorkshire inn there Is a pianist
who can render an accompaniment to
any song that any singer wishes to
sing. He can not read note of music,
yet, in the local phrase, he "can play
owt." Recently, however, he met with
: an unexpected check. A new volunteer
hummed over the air, but the pianist
failed to get the key. Lets try II
again." he said; and they tried 1t again.
Still It was of no use. A third trial
brought no better results. Then the
pianist turned on the singer in anger
and said: "Sitha, Awe tried tina on
t. white 'uns. Awe tried tina ON t
black 'uns an Awe tried tina on t
black and white. 'uns mixed. It's nc
use; this singing between t cracks"
Prof. Simon Newcomb, astronomer
has interesting views with respect to
The problems of aviation. He rules out
The possible use OF dirigible balloon