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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-28

land started It when he raised Daniel
h. Lamont to the secretaryship of war
No appointment in the new presiden-
tial regime will be more generally sane.
toned then that of Fred w. Carpenter
for the post Of chief Hid In the business
establishment at the White House. Car
penter has been for ten years past the
right hand man" of william IL. Taft
and has earned the promotion that will
place him at the head of the business
staff at the executive onices--a staff
made up Of forty-two assistant secre-
tarles, clerks, telephone and telegraph
operators, messengers, etc,
Carpenter, who win be 81 years Of
age next December, is native Of the
little town of Sauk Center, MINI, but
In 1882. when only 10 years old his
father removed to California and most
OF his boyhood was spent on ranch
In the Golden Gate state. enjoying all
the forms Of open air life and instllling
what has ever since been an abiding
affection for this climatic paradise.
Young Carpenter attended the public
schools In California and private aca-
DENY until he had almost reached his
majority. when he returned to his ma.
tive state and entered the law school
Of the University OF Minnesota. In 1897,
four years later, he graduated as bache-
lor of laws, and In 1898 took the degree
of LIZ NJ, being admitted to practice
both In Minnesota and California.
In 1903 Carpenter returned TO Calf.
tornia and was with a law firm IN San
Francisco when there came 10 him
from the Philippines that message,
which started him upon his interesting
career of the past decade 1t was lit.
tie more than mere accident that
brought Taft and Carpenter together,
The president OF the Philippine com
mission was In need Of a stenographev
for confidential work ana could find no
one TO his personal liking In the islands,
A friend, fresh from America, 70 whom
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-28
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There Is to be a new biography Of
John Calvin to be brought out in July,
during the celebration of the four hun
dredth anniversary Of his birth.
Mr.. Marion Crawfords new novel,
"The White Sister," is out. Mr.. Craw-
ford Is one of the most industrious of
men-his books appear with regular
lty that Is amazing to those authors
who write with less ease.
"Self Control and How to Secure IT,
is the title of new volume soon to be
issued by the eminent DR.. Paul Du-
bois of Bern, Switzerland, who has
written this book upon self control, or
rather the want of it, as fertile cause
of many forms of nervous disorders.
The new book differs from those al
ready published in that 1t will be large
ly philosophical and direct discussion
of what self-control may accomplish
and how 1t may be secured.
Such honor as a statue imparts is
to be bestowed upon the memory of
Francis Bacon by a gentleman of
Gray's Inn. What is pronounced by the
London Chronicle to be "a fearful and
wonderful figure in plaster, surmount-
ed by a hat of the Mother Shipton
type, has already been placed in the
south square of the inn for the consid-
Grafton Of members. This remarkable
hat reminds the commentator of the
chapeau of statue of Wellington
which has not disappeared from its
London site. The memorable thing
about this hat was its arrangement
of metal plumes purposely made to
tiutter in the breeze.
Prof. Rudolph Euckens book, ''The
Problem of Human Life" as viewed by
the great thinkers from Plato to the
present time, will be brought out soon.
In his Introduction the author says,
what does your life mean when
viewed as whole2 What are the
purposes 1t seeks to realize? What
prospect of happiness does 1t hold out
to usP To ask ourselves these ques-
tlons is to set ourselves the Problem
Of Life, nor need we stay to justify
our right to ask them. They
are the cry Of an age rent asunder, It's
heart at enmity with the work of its
hands. = = Nor can Philosophy stand
aloof from the struggle; she only has
her part to play, Is she not pre-eml-
nently fitted to give this movement a
large and generous meaning, to clear
It from confusion and direct 1t toward
It's ultimate goal?"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-28
MexicO's New Discoveries.


The Geographical Commission ap-
pointed seven years ago to map the
towns of Mexico has reported the dis
covery Of 7,679 towns which were not
officially known to exist and were SUD-
ject to no Federal control. While some
Of these places range from 5000 to
$4,000 population, most of them are
presumably small villages.
A Mexican hill village, few Of whose
people can read or write, might easily
exist for years happily unconscious
that 1t was living under any govern
ment at all. A mule path over a pass
connects the village sufficiently with
the outside world. The sun shines, the
crops grow, wants are few, the old In
dian tribal customs furnish all the
needed law, and having no history, the
land is happy.
There are disadvantages in being
named, catalogued and put on the map.
These 1879 idyllic towns will now be
Invaded by drummers, monographs,
fancy waistcoats, automobiles, lawyers,
corn doctors, book agents, Salome
dancers, penny arcades, handbooks on
etiquette and politics and there will be
no place left where the simple life
may be led These geographers have
much to answer for. ..... ...
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-28

Hogs like salt, and too much salt
will kill them. Being hogs they do not
always know when they have had
enough. If mixed with ashes, or ashes
and sulphur, and deposited in piles no
danger need be feared unless they are
ravenous for salt from long continued
deprivation. But If you give them
brine from the meat barrel in free
doses you might as well give them ar
senic. Meat brine Is one of the hog
-poisons. Cottonseed is another, but
why no man knoweth. The latter is a
slow poison for hogs yet good food
for cattle
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-28

milking Alternate hand and machine
methods of milking have detrimental
effect upon the flow. Manipulation OF
the udder is absolutely necessary In
some instances before all the milk can
be drawn by the machine. One man
operating one machine can milk about
the same number of cows in an hour
as one milking by hand. Two men
operating four machines can practi-
cally do the work Of three men milk
ing by hand. Two operators with four
machines MIXED twentyfour cows In
an hour. 1t Is necessary to thoroughly
wash and boil the milking machine
parts after each usage in order to pro-
duce milk with as low bacterial con-
tent as that resulting from careful
methods of hand milking.-Denver
Eield and Farm.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-28
ROMANTIC TALE OF A CITY.
Begun on Rats of Tree Trunks In .
Lake. Now Metropolis.

Begun on Rats of Tree Trunks I'm .
Lake, Now a Metropolis.
The story of the founding Of the City
of Mexico is one Of the most extraor-
dinary tales In history. 1t happened
in 1926, at least it began long time
before that, but was an accomplished
fact about 900 years ago.
In the first place, says the Rosary
Magazine, imagine an almost inacces-
sible mountain, crowned with valley
at the height of 5000 feet above the
level of the sea. In the center Of this
valley was an immense lake. When the
Aztecs arrived, led by the priests of
the god Of war, they found 1t In the
possession of hostile tribes.
Tor that reason and because the
priests declared that in certain part
of the lake where there stood an ele-
walton Of stones an eagle had been seen
devouring q serpent, they began the
construction of the city on the spot, i'm
mediately over the deepest waters Of
the lake. There had long existed
prophecy among the ADtecs that their
wanderings would end when they
should have reached place where the
priests would behold an eagle resting
on cactus plant devouring serpent.
Confident that they had found the
spot ordained to be their abiding home,
they began to construct RATS of the
trunks Of trees, covering them with
thick layers Of earth, upon which they
built rude huts of more or less solidity.
Groups Of dwellings soon began to form
themselves In regular order, thus de-
termlning the primitive streets of the
new city.
They also constructed boats and oars
Of different sizes, useful in peace and
war, and, while certain Of their mum.
ber occupied themselves in defending
their homes and brethren from the on.
slaughts of hostile tribes, others con.
tinued to improve and enlarge the new
city. Gradually the lake was filled up
and terraces arose, one after another,
In the place once occupied by the deep
waters. .. ..s
This was In itself a herculean labor,
unsurpassed In ingenuity and durability
by any similar work Of ancient or mod.
srn times. Upon the first Of these ter.
races was constructed the Teocaln, OF
sacrifcial temple. 1t was begun in 1915
and not completed until 1925, period
of 100 years, from which time may be
dated the official foundation of Tenoch.
titan, to-day the modern city Of Mex
ico
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-28
A Dickens Manuscript,

H. f. Dickens, f. c., tells an inter
esting story concerning the original
manuscript of his fathers famous
Carol" The novelist presented the
MS. to Thomas Milton, an old school
fellow. In 1875 Mr., Milton sold it to
Francis Harvey, a bookseller for ESQ.
Then 1t passed into the hands OF Geo.
Churchill an enthusiastic autograph
collector Mr.. Churchill treasured It
until 1852, when circumstances COM
PEELED him to part with 1t. After pho
tographing every page OF It, 1t was sold
to Mr.. Bennett, Birmingham book
seller and curlo dealer, who eventually
found q purchaser, who readily signed
a check for f200 for 1t. Finally 1t was
bought by Stuart NJ. Samuel of Ken
sington Palace Gardens for $500. who
is said to still retain the precious docu.
ment-London Tit-BitA
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-28

A truck gardener tells that this is
the way he raised early tomatoes: He
took dry goods box 2 by feet and
8 inches deep. In each corner of the
box he set piece Of pinch pipe, so
that he could water the plants from
the bottom, pouring in the water and
letting it permeate through the soil,
which was composed Of a sandy loan
put into the box after the bottom had
been covered to the depth of 8 inches
with well rotted and sifted stable ma
nure. The seeds were planted and
lightly covered and the soil kept moist,
but not wet. In one week after plant
ing the green tops appeared, and in
three weeks they were transplanted
into similar box, being set an inch
deeper than they grew in the first box.
They grew in the box in sheltered
places for three weeks, when they
were ready for the garden.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-28

he appealed in his dilemma, remember.
ed the willing worker in the San Fran
cisco law office, and recommended Car
penter. The young man went out on
the next steamer and proved his metal
so speedily that in less than a year,
with the Inauguration Of Taft as gov
ernor Of the Philippines, Carpenter was
made his private secretary.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-28
Egg. Preserved with Wax.

By a novel process of preserving,
eggs six months old are made to retain
their new laid" freshness. The pro-
cess has been developed by a firm Of
English importers, acting ON the theory
that an egg decomposes owing to the
entrance of bacteria through the shell.
The eggs are thoroughly cleansed and
disinfected and then immersed in a
vessel Of hot paraffin wax in vacuum.
The air In the she'll is extracted by the
vacuum and atmospheric pressure is
then allowed to. enter the vessel, when
the hot wax is forced into the pores
of the shell, which thus hermetincally
seals 1t. Evaporation of the contents
Of the eggs, which has harmful ef-
feet, is thereby prevented and the egg
Is practically sterile.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-28

roots Of the cow pea crop add great
deal Of nitgrogen to the soil, and have
marked effect on fertility. If heavy
green crop of COW peas is plowed I'M
der In the autumn it is best not to
plant the land until the following
spring. A very good plan for bringing
up the fertility of a wornout field is to
sow rye in the fail, plow this under
In the spring, harrow thoroughly, let
the land lie a month, and then sow
COW peas. Cut the peas for hay and
SOW rye again. A few seasons of such
treatment will restore fertility to the
soil. Fortunately, both of these crops
will grow on very poor land.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-28
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Prof. Percival Lowell announces tina,
spectroscopic proof has been obtained
OF the presence of water on Mars. This
would seem, according to the Scientific
American, to settle once and for all a
moot Martian question In LOwell's ia
VOr.
There has recently been completed at
Great Falls, Mont, a huge brick chin
ney for carrying away the fumes Of the
smelling works, which will take rank as
one Of the tallest structures In the
world. 1t Is 1917 feet In outside diane
ter at the base and % feet 8 inches at
the top. 1t extends SOC feet above the
ground and 52Sl9 feet above its lowest
foundation course. Its total weight Is
"a, 1904 tons
DR.. SchllCk's apparatus for prevent
Ing ships from rolling at sea has lately
given fresh proof of Its ability. One of
his horoscopes has been fitted on board
the mail steamer Lochlel. While the
vessel was rolling 1615 degrees on each
side, through a total angle of 33 de-
grees, the gyroscOpe was started and
Immediately decreased the total angle
of roll to 3 degrees. The apparatus is
driven electrically and requires but lit
tie attention.
Radioactive substances cause the ap-
pearanCe of colors in glass and porce-
lain submitted to their influence. This
fact, taken in connection with the
knowledge that in places near the nj
trate-mines of the province of Aconca-
qua, Chile, white glass becomes colored
has led to the discovery, in those dis
tricts, of spots in the soil which mani
fest a strong radlo-actlvlty.
Prof. Il. de c. Ward. meteorologist
points out that while the term temper
ate zone very well describes the climate
within the band of the earths surface
which 1t includes in the southern hem.
isphere 1t is often misleading when ap-
piled to the corresponding band In the
northern hemisphere. The most ex-
treme climatic conditions prevail with
In its limits. In the southern hemIs.
phere the climate Is more equable be-
cause Of the relatively vast extent of
the ocean surfaces there. Even In the
northern hemisphere fully half the area
Of the temperate zone Is covered by
water, and 1t is only over the conttnen.
tai portions that great extremes Of heat
and cold occur.
SO much has been said lately about
the apparent upsettlng Of long g-estab
lished scientific axioms that particular
interest attaches to a recent conflrma
tion OF principle that has long beer
tacitly assumed as correct, although II
late years 1t has been questioned. II
1905 II. Landolt believed that he haC
shown measurable loss OF mass dur
Ing certain chemical reactions, and ht
was disposed to asCribe the loss to thu
emission of electrons, This year Ian
dolt has succeeded In tracing the ap
parent loss Of mass to minute change.
In the volume of the glass vessels EN-
ployed In the experiments. The genera
conclusion which he now draws from
all his experiments is that no chang,
OF mass can be detected as a result o.
chemical reactions, and the law Of con
| servatiOn OF mass In this case Is tru,
within the very small limits Of expert
mental error. .....
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-28
Dandelions and MILK.

A Belgian investigator has. been
looking into the correctness or incor-
rectness of the somewhat popular be-
lief among farmers that dandelions In
crease the yield of milk, and that IN
consequence they are rather desirable
forage than otherwise. He claims that
this belief is incorrect and Is founded
wholly on the false analogy suggested
by the milky juice of the dandelion.
Furthermore, he asserts that dande-
lions in large numbers have a delete
rious effect on the quality of butter
and Is one among the causes which
make it difficult to get butter of fine
flavor and good keeping qualities In
spring and early summer. Hay which
has large quantities of dandelions In
1t has a similar effect, he says, and he
advises farmers to weed their pastures
whenever it is practicable to do so.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-28
WORLDS Most Costly Garment.

The most wonderful, costly and mag.
nificent garment In the world is the
Queen Of Slams State mantle, which
she wears only about once year.
1t is literally covered with diamonds.
emeralds, rubies and sapphires--in fact
with almost every known precious
stone
If 1t were possible for 1t to come into
the market it would probably bring
something In the neighborhood Of Sd
100000.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-28

little stronger to suit yourself. Then
bore a hole, b, In the center for a 2
inch gas pipe to act as a king bolt.
Then take 4x4-inch, foot 3 incn
long erossplece and fasten 1t to the
gas pipe, c, and brace it with AKA inch
braces, a. The height is 3 feet 8 inch
es and width feet.
When taking off the grain bed place
the jack little better than half way
to the rear end. then remove the rear
end off the wagon first and swing It
on to the jack Then put your weight
on 1t and swing it off the wagon,
placing small jack under the front
snd.-C. z. Rux, in Farm and Home.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-28

One Of these days baby will wake
up in a photograph gallery to find its
mother bending over It with drapery
on her head, la Madonna, and the
child will be 50 shocked to think Its
mother has worn the dishcloth down
town, that II will spoil the picture by
throwing a ut.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-28
Restriction of Fertility.

Prof. Spillman says 1T seldom pays
to turn under crop Of COW peas in
the green state. 1t is better practice
to make hay of them. feed the hay
and put the manure back on the land.
AS is the case with all legumes, the
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-28
The Annual Honey Crop.

In one year the bees sent to market
a crop Of honey worth nearly as much
as the barley crop: three times as much
as the buckwheat crop; S6,0O0,000
greater than the rye crop. and nearly
100000 greater than the rice crop.
All of the rice and buckwheat grown
on an aggregate area OF 2,126 1-3
square miles, did not reach TO the
value Of the honey by SIS. .25e.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-28

the breeds Of chickens for general utility the
smaller than Plymouth
Good and fine market fowls
To
successfully profit young duckng
featherIgged quality
the Light superior.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-28
Good Food for STOCK.

do you think alfalfa mullins could
be appetizingT
II don't see why they shouldn't Be
to horses and Birmingham
Age Herald.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-28
Lifting the Wagon Box

constructed wagon bed jack that
is one of the handiest devices on the
farm where there is only one man TO
nut on or take off grain rack or
wagon box. The construction is very
simple. Make a carpenters jack, only
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-28
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Ancient Agriculture.

Why agriculture, the first industry
fundamental, was the last to be de-
veloped is one of the most battling mys-
teries of history. One marvels at 1t
afresh as one stands before a certain
glass case In the Egyptian quarter Of
the British Museum, wherein is a lit
tie group Of farm utenslls-a fractured
wooden plow; rusted sickle, two
sticks tied together with leathern
thong and several tassels that had
hung on the horns of oxen. To be
sure these implements were used 5000
years ago-they were found in the
tomb of Seti but one remembers
that when Egypt was using these
bread tools, no better than those Of the
barbarians about her, she had most
elaborate government, an army and
navy and art and literature.
The records and relics of other ma
tions down through history show the
same strange incongruity For thou
sands of years the wise men Of the
world absolutely ignored the problems
Of the farm. A farmer remained either
serf or a tenant. He was stolid
drudge-"brother to the OK" Even the
masterful old pilgrim fathers had no
plows at all-nothing but hoes and
sharp sticks-for the first twelve years
Of their pioneering. And therefore for
thousands Of years there was hunger
Journal of Agriculture.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-28

Milking by Hand and Machine.
After a test Of milking machines for
a period Of more than year. Prof.
A. L. Hacker, of Nebraska, has made
several conclusions. Heifers in their
first lactation, apparently give better
results by machine milking than do
aged cows that have been accustomed
to hand milking for one or more years.
Some cows are not adapted to machine
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-28

Be Johnny-on-the-spot when there is
an opportunity to be grasped. othsN
wise you may find it missing.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-28

How long after marriage does the
average wife begin TO find fault with
her husbands table mannersf
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-28

wheat bran is preferable. however,
because it Is less bulky.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-10-26
Drysdale
Smart Wells & VeiIings

A score of high novelties ia
complexionveilings Special val
ues in square chiffon cloth wells.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-01-14
Thursday, January IA. 1909.

The appointment OF Senator A. b.
Kittredge as member of the Taft
cabinet in the capacity OF secretary
of the interior is being freely dis.
cussed by the politicians and press
all over the country, and is quite
generally conceded not only to be
among the possibilities but among
the probabilities. President-el elect
Taft and Senator Kittredge are both
Yale men; their relations being close
and friendly for years. They have
been companions in travel and CO.
workers in the building of the Pan
ANA canal-one as secretary OF war
and the other as chairman OF the
senate committee on inter oceanic
canals. Senator Kittredge's ability
az finished lawyer. close student
and most forceful man eminently
fits him for the position. The ap-
pointment would be most satisfac-
tory one to majority of the people
OF South Dakota regardless OF polit.
ical affiliations.