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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-12-31
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The wasp can cut its way through
a seashell.
The first motor exhibition was helt
In England In 1895.
OF the 100000 acres under culti
vation in Burma, 100000 are devoted
to rice.
The London hanson seems to be or
the decline. Other types Of convey
ance are taking Its place.
Prince Edward Of Wales, future King
of England, until few weeks ago re-
ceived "a cents pocket money each
week while in residence at Osborne
Naval College.
Germany's top output for 1907 is es-
timated at $25,000,000, of which $19,.
100000 was exported, and of the total
the United States and Great Britain
took more than half
Compulsory study Of the ancient
Irish language in the new national
university at Dublin is expected to
meet some opposition. At Queens Col
lege, In Cork, Irish classes were IN
stituted four years ago. The first year
four pupils appeared. only two of
whom stayed out the course; the sec
ond year there was class of two, and
since then there have been no students
of Irish at all in the college.
There are practically no fire engines
in Japan. but the Yokohama City
Council has made an appropriation to
buy two, In the old days of bam-
boo houses, which the owners could
take apart and carry of under the
arms, fires CAUSED little concern in the
land of the Mikado, but the Yankees
of the East have been constructing real
buildings In recent years. Some de-
structive blazes, with heavy losses,
started the fire engine movement.
It beats all what odd questions
reach some of the departments of gov.
ernment In Washington Not long ago
the treasury received letter from a
Pittsburg man who had made a bet,
asking How many cents are there in
bushel?" The answer was not easy
to offer II the man had asked about
pounds he might have received def
mite answer. AS 1t was. he got In re-
ply guess from a clerk, that rough
ly there are something like $500. or
$4,000 pennies
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-12-31
vIGILANTEs IN PARIS.

Citizens Determined to Protec,
Themselves from the Apaches.
Parlslans are taking the law into
their own hands to suppress the hood.
lums known as Apaches, who have
been waxing more audacious and inso-
lent of late, a letter to the New York
Sun says, Posters signed by we'll
known lawyers and medical men are
placarded all about the city and it's
suburbs calling upon the people to ioin
the League of Social Protection.
This league will form an armed DO
lice body to protect members and their
property, The manifesto runs:
Fire brigades have been formed to
fight fire and a society exists for the
protection of animals. The time has
now come when honest people must
unite and take action against the ruff.
fans who terrorize the suburban dis
tricts.
Organized and disciplined troo,s Of
honest citizens are to be formed in ey.
cry district where Apaches endanger
life and property. Reprisals will be
exercised by the Social Protection
League, whose armed members will
seek out the Apaches and strike hard
taking the law into their own hands .
1t is proposed that the league shan
start operations in time for the com.
ing winter when the dark DAYS ana
longer nights give the Paris tough IA.
vorable chances for carrying on his
work without being easily detected by
the police.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-12-31

liam Pm oh
chair mo An 200 years old thai
has held sral generations of round
faced youngsters, all descendants OF
John Alden of the Mayflower, New
York Herald's Boston dispatch says.
Mr.. Church is direct descendant Of
Alden. The chair was given to him
by his aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth Church
Stoddard, daughter of Lydia Alden,
who married Gamaliel Church. II am
sure that 1t belonged to your great
grandfather" Mrs. Stoddard told him.
1T may have belonged to your great
great-grandfather."
Mr.. Church feels assured that this
chair was used In the family Of the
fifth John Alden, born in 1740, who
lived in Middleboro. 1t may have been
handed down to him by his father,
John Alden, born In 1718, who also
lived In Middleboro.
The chair bears evidence Of its age
Well It may, for the Alden children
grew up very much as children grow
up to-day. On the arms Of the chair
are countless childish scratches. There
are also one or two generous jabs with
a knife or some other sharp instru
ment. The hickory footrung is i'm
pressed with the kickings of two and
possibly three generations Of chubby
feet.
Fashioned in the days when house
hold furniture was homemade and
made for keeps" this heirloom is an
interesting bit of workmanship. A
friend of Mr.. Church interested in
antiques came into his Office to glance
at it one day and found that he had
spent half-hour before he had finish
ed turning 1t over.
There Is not nail in It. The join
ings, which only show fine seam,
and which have lasted for centuries,
were made with pegs. The small
pieces of wood at the back Of the chair
were made from oak barrel slaves. A
piece of homespun linen duck, sub
stantial and woven on an old-time
hand loom by the mother or sister in
the family, is stretched across the seat.
About an inch from the floor were
originally four cross pieces. Evident
ly the temptation of placing ones toes
on one of these rungs and rocking
backward and forward, irrespective of
whoever happened to be in the chair,
was too much for the small Aldens.
Three of the pieces have been rocked
away Despite this the old chair wob.
bles only slightly.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-12-31
sunfiower. for Poultry.

Sunfiowers are grown by many
poultrymen and farmers. The seed
make an excellent feed for poultry
and can be easily and profitably pro
duced. The seeds can be sown in
rows and the crop cultivated the same
as corn. When ripe the seed is thrash
ed out and fed to the poultry either
whole or ground. Ii the sunflower
heads are thrown into the chicken
yard. the birds will thresh the seeds
out themselves with no expense to the
grower. 1t is an excellent fattening
food. and when fed with cracked corn
gives good results.
1t is too late this season to SOW the
sunfower seeds, but 1t is good thing
to keep in mind for another year
Farmers Guide.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-12-31
OUT OF REACH.

Pour, rain!
You cannot get into my heart
Or put out the fire of my soul;
/ am safe In beautiful realm apar'
Where the angels of light patrol!
Pour, rain
You are good, am told, for the flow
ers and the grain,
But you bea3 the the door OF my
heart In vain.
Blow, wind!
The trees you can buffet and break
You can trouble the waves OF the
sea,
YoI, can scatter the petals of many
a. fiower,
But you cannot terrify me!
Blow, windE
For the gcountry OF Peace and a
Quiet Mind"
Is part Of the world you can never
flndl
Youths Companion.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-12-31
The Naked Truth.

There is an ancient fable which tells
US that on summer afternoon Truth
and Falsehood set out to bathe togeth.
er, They found a crystal spring. They
bathed in the cool. fresh water, and
Falsehood. emerging first. clothed
herself In the garments of Truth and
went her way. But Truth. unwilling
to put on the garb of Falsehood, de-
parted naked. And to this day False
hood wears Truths fair white robes,
so that many persons mistake her for
Truths very self. but poor Truth still
goes naked.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-12-31

When the frost is on the pumpkin
and the fodder's in the shock,
And you hear the kyvack and gobble
of the struttin' turkey cock;
And the clackin' Of the guineas and
the cluckin' Of the hens,
And the ROSTERS hallylooyer as he
tiptoes on the fence;
Oh, it's then's the time feller Is
feelin' at his best,
With the risin' sun to greet him
from night Of peaceful rest;
AS he leaves the house bareheaded
and goes out to feed the stock,
When the frost is on the pumpkin
and the folders in the shock.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-12-31
The Apple Barrel.

The Apple Barrel.
1t stood in the cellar low and dim,
Where the cobwebs swept and sway
ed,
Holding the store from bough and
limb
At the feet of autumn laid.
And oft. when the days were short
and drear
And the north wind shrieked and
roared
We children sought in the corner here.
And drew on the toothsome hoard
For thus through the long, long win
ter time
1t answered our every call
With wine Of the summers golden
prime
Sealed by the hand of fall.
The best there was of the earth and
air,
OF rain and sun and breeze,
Changed to a pippin sweet and rare
BY the art of the faithful trees
A wonderful barrel was this, had we
It's message but rightly heard.
Filled with the tales of wind and bee,
OF cricket and moth and bird;
Rife with the bliss of the fragrant
June
When skies were soft and blue;
Thronged with the dreams Of har-
vest moon
Ger fields drenched deep with dew.
Oh. homely barrel, I'd fain essay
Your marvellous skill again;
Take me back to the past, pray,
AS willingly now as then
Back to the tender morns and ewes,
The noontides warm and still,
The fieecy clouds and the spangled
leaves
OF the orchard over the hill.
Edwin L. Sabip, in Lippincott's
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-12-31

While vegetables are given a low
value as food for man or beast on
account of their large percentage of
water, the dry portion is highly nu-
tritive. In the potato the % per cent
of solid matter is nearly all available
for food. The proteids as flesh form
ers and the carbohydrates as fat pro-
ducers are essential parts Of food.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-12-31

Reports come from Ontario that the
perennial sow thistle has gained a
firm foothold, making it the greatest
weed enemy with which the farmer
has to contend. 1t has been spread
from one farm to another by the
threshing machines, the numerous
seeds being easily carried. One meth
cd being advocated for it's eradication
is to SOW winter rye in September and
pasture 1t the following spring. This
can be followed in June by rye, tur-
nips or buckwheat. In this way crops
are secured and the SOW thistle.
fought at the same time.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-12-31

Salt buried few inches in the
ground In certain spots will attract
the hogs and confine them pretty close
ly to such places.
It Is natural for hog to root, but
II you want to prevent him from do
ing so simple ring in the snout will
answer the purpose.
1t Is great mistake to mark hog
by mutilating his ears. Better uss q
metal tag.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-12-31

The husky, rusty rustic of the tos-
sells Of the corn,
And the raspin' of the tangled
leaves, as golden as the morn,
The stubble In the burrows kind o.
lonesome-like, but still
A-preachin' sermons to us Of the
barns they growed to fill;
The straw-stack in the medder, and
the reaper in the shed;
The hosses in their stalls below, the
clover overhead;
Oh, it sets my heart a-clickin' like
the tickin' of clock
When the frost is on the pumpkin
and the fodder's in the shock.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-12-31

Here" he said abruptly, how does
| O. fellow feel when he's in love?"
The head bookkeeper looked at him
scornfully. Come Off" he calculated
go on and tell me-" urged Bow
man. I'm in earnest. l want to
know"
The head bookkeeper looked at him
dlsgustedly over his glasses. For an
everlasting, all-round idiot" he said,
you certainly are the limit She's
got you going, has she?"
Bowman said nothing more, but
from his knitted brows and general
air OF unrest one might have gathered
that he was still studying his own
emotions.
The next morning he was eagerly
watching the door when Miss Finley.
looking little pale from her illness
came in. Without a moments hesita.
tion he went over to where she was
standing. Neither of the other girls
had arrived.
Miss Finley" he said, Il came owe,
to tell you something. l just found
1t out yesterday. I'm In love with
you" He stood back and regarded her
with look of the deepest interest.
She gave little nervous laugh
Who told you?" she gasped.
Il found 1t out myself" he said
triumphantly.
Il didn't think l could do It," she
said soberly. told the girls | was
going to try just for fun, but didn't
think | could. l told them the other
day that gave 1t up. l thought
YOU"
Bowman's face grew stern for mo-
ment. You did 1t Just for fun!" he
said. You never thought what It
might mean to me-"
She gave quick little sobbing sigh
II did 1t for fun at first" she said
"but afterward-"
"Well?" demanded Bowman. "Whv
did you do 1t afterward?"
Because liked you," she said
after moments pause.-Chicago
News
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-12-31

column. while she stood beside him
humming little tune. In a moment
he handed the slip back to her. 81
think that fixes you," he said hap
pily.
"Oh, thank you ever SO much" she
replied, softly. She stood for mo
ment, sliding the paper back and forth
In ridge at the side of the desk
Tn afraid you think 1t was awful
funny of me to ask you," she contin
ued, hesitatingly. you always seem so
busy"
why, I'm never too busy to help
you," he said. With quiet imper-
sonal pleasure he watched the pretty
color surge up into her cheeks. COR
any of the other girls" he added
genially.
Miss Finley turned on her little heel
and walked away so quickly that Bow
man was unaware of the smile that
was curling her lips. A little ripple of
giggles greeted her as she returned
to the stenographers' corner.
WAS 1t frost?" inquired Miss Tenn
pie.
Maybe" replied Miss Finley non
committally. But one frost doesn't
make winter You Just watch me"
1t was perfectly astonishing the
number of things Miss Finley found
after that which only Bowman could
do for her. II the drawers of her desk
became refractory and refused to open
or shut, only Bowmans strong arm
seemed to be considered equal to the
task oe getting them into working or
der again. She even got him to
sharpen her pencils for her and her
frequent appeals to him to know IL
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-12-31
Then, but Not Now

DO you know Penrotte?a
Yes; he became well acquainted
with me before his play became a sue.
cess. - Boston Herald
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-12-31
Catching His Eye
-. -

If Bowman, the assistant bookkeep
e2. had heart he was as unconscious
OF It as he was Of any other of the
practical working organs that went
to make up his physical man.
N Bowman loved his big ledgers. He
Yelled In long, terrifying columns of
agures. He liked good things to eat
an Unconditional way, which left him
nmoved II the steak happened to be
one too much or too little. He was
-avoted to his mather. He enjoyed
hls pipe in the evening after dinner.
However, up to the age of 2S he ap'
parently had never needed or been
disturbed by the swish Of a pettlcoat,
nor had let his head be. tNrned even
the fraction of an inch W the glance
Of a bright eye.
He wasn't afraid of girls; In fact, he
rather liked them. They were pretty,
he thought, ON account Of the bright
colors they wore, and some of them
were graceful, so he enjoyed seeing
them flash about, but somehow they
all looked very much alike to him and
he regarded them all with henevo-
lent indifference He was quite an or
binary, stout, plain person, who wore
big spectacles across his big nose, had
a Wide, kind face and twinkle In his
eye.
Bowman was probably the only mem.
her OF the Office force who remained
unmoyed the morning Miss Finley
made her hrst appearance, Quiet and
smaii~and dairty as she was, she was
vet such vivid csestsire that even
the manager, who believed that bust.
ness and social relations should be
kent distinctly separate. noted her and
asked her name. However, the FIRST
time Bowman remembered seeing her
was one morning several weeks after
her initial appearance, when he raised
his eyes from his work TO find her
standing at his elbow. looking Just a
trifle audacious, tritle shy. but very
pretty, with piece OF paper held up
appealingly In her hand She laid the
paper on the desk In front of Bow
man and he noticed that she had to
stand on her tiptoes to do It.
"Wili YOU add them for me. Mr.
howman?' she pleaded. "You don't
know how mean they act for me-"
Bowman's slight interest In the fluffy
topknot Immediately changed to a pro
nounced interest in the column OF fg.
ures she handed him.
Certainly" he answered, He ran
his pencil rapidly up and down The
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-12-31
BY JAMES wHIrCoMB RILE'

There's something kind o. hearty
like about the atmosphere
When the heat Of summers over
and the coolin' fall is here.
OF course we miss the flowers and
the blossoms on the trees,
And the humble of the hummin'
birds and buzzin' of the bees;
But the airs 80 appetizin' and the
landscape through the haze
OF crisp and sunny morning Of the
early autumn days
Is pictur' that no painter has the
colorin' to mock
When the frost Is on the pumpkin
and the folders in the shock.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-12-31

About week after this episode
Bowman was surprised one morning
upon looking over toward the steneg.
raphers' corner to discover that Miss
Ffnley's chair was vacant, He was
even more surprised at the queer,
sinking sensation that took possession
tf him when he realized that she was
not there. His first impulse was to
go over and ask where she was, but
q sudden hit of shyness seized him and
no decided not to, This made him
uncomfortable, for shyness and vacil,
lation were entirely new emotions to
him. He dragged down one of his
beloved ledgers and began writing in
It. instead of figures. he seemed to
SEQ little pointed face In mist Of
soft hair,
AT last he stuck his pen behind his
ear and gave himself up deliberately
to reflection, After some minutes of
unproductive mental labor over the
problem in hand he turned to the head
beokkeeper.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-12-31
Hired Man and the BOSS,

An exchange presents each lof. the
two sides of the farm labor question
in this somewhat homely but fdrcibf6
manner.
"He felt that he was working too
hard for the pay received; he knew
better than the boss how the work
should be laid out; he caroused on
Sunday and was dead to the world
Monday; he was jealous Of the other
hired men-he got fired!
"He had no regular hours; he
shifted teams from one man to anoth.
er; he spent his time in town; he had
plenty of spare room in his house, but
gave the hired man the best In the
hay loft; he grumbled about trifesS
his hired man quit"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-12-31

her hat was on straight set him to
wondering philosophically If a girls
hat could ever be considered on
straight,
He felt no annoyance when she came
to him one day apparently in the deep.
est despair because she couldn't find
one of her hatpins, which was buried
deep In the fluffy trimmings OF her
hat. but afterward 1t occurred to him
that life would be much simplifed for
them Y girls didn't wear such fantas-
tic things.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-12-31

Many people who have no time to
play are always clamoring for some
thing to play with.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-17
Longevity Among Jews.

From the Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette.
 Superficial scrutiny. of the vital statis- tics yields the Jew a prominent position in the sanitary world, ii longevity serves as an index of hygenic living. With the average length of life for all Christian people placed at 36 years Il months Q9OO the Jew may hope to reach AS years 9 months.
 Neufville dSS5) inquiring into the com parative duration of life and causes of death of Jews and Christians in Frank fort. learned that one-fourth of the Jew ish population was living beyond Il years, while only one-fourth of their neighbors was living beyond the age of 59 years 10 months Abbott claims that they d e., Jews) are much less frequently the sub 1ects of tuberculosis and acute epidemic diseases than any other race of man kind"
 Why should this seeming vital supe- rsority exist? According to Richardson. "the causes are simply summed up in the term 'soberness of life The Jew drinks less than his even Christian;' he takes, as a rule. better food; he marries earlier; he rears the children he has brought into the world with greatA personal care; he tends the aged more thoughtfuly he takes better care of his poor and he takes better care of himself" To this might lave been added that through religious customs hygienic tendencies became an inheritance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-17
MAN OF MYSTERY
 IN BALKAN CRISIS

From Current Literature
 Never was royal parsonage the object of a scrutiny more baffled than that which all Europe now concentrates upon the heir to the Austro- Hungarian throne the elusive, reticent, little known Arch sponsible, in all well-informed organs abroad, not only for the new aspects of the old Balkan crisis, but for the progress of those subterranean negotiations DOT tending more serious events in the im- mediate future. But for the archduke, ayers the Paris Figaro there would have been no revolt of Bulgaria. and but for him the London Mail insists, the Elm peror Francis Joseph would never have repudiated the treaty of Berlin. To the intrigues of the archduke the Paris De- bats attributes the passivity of official Berlin in the matter of the forthcoming congress of the powers. His personality is the key, according to the London Standard, to every contemporary riddle of diplomacy, for he has subdued to him. self not only the will of the aged sov- ereign of the dual monarchy. but that of Emperor William himself. Many and varied as are the diplomatic issues with which dynastic Europe is bemused, they resolve themselves one and all into a question which every newspaper from London to St letersburg asks in one form or another: What will the Arch duke Franz Ferdinand do?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-17
BULLOCK COUNTY
 BONDS ARE SOLD

Union Springs, January 16.-(Special)- The Bullock county bond issue of $100O00, for the purpose of building good roads. was sold here today in the office of the probate judge. There were several bid ders present representing firms who deal in such securities, and the bonds were auctioned off to the highest bidder by Judge Singleton. representing the county commissioners. John B. Weakley of Bir- mingham was the highest bidder and pur- chased the entire issue, paying premium of $4600. making the bonds net the county S1046O0 with accrued interest from the date of issue to the date of delivery.
 The condition of Mrs. T. J. Dean is still critical and she is not expected to live through the night.