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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-09-17
TALK RICH OUT OF RICHES.
Critic Urges Criticism as Most
Effective Weapon of the Poor.

| SFlt1C aS uVSs
Effective Weapon of the Poor.
Everything to-day depends upon
talking 1t is futile to sentimentalize
about the vanity of speech or the So
lidity of action, like poor Carlyle.
There Is no action that we can profit
ably perform toward millionaire, ex-
cept strangling him. If we can, at
every afternoon tea or society dinner,
say everything that is calculated TO
make the wealthy people present feel
very uncomfortable, we shall have
done all that is Immediately practic-
able and shall not have lived In vain,
G. K. Chesterton says in Hampton 5
Magazine.
Thus, If were an American, |
should turn off every conversation un-
til 1t came into collision with the sub
ject Of the trusts. If young lady
began speaking to me and said: Have
you seen the Velasquez at Vienna? |
should reply (untruthfully), "Oh, yes
magnificent when he worked In oils
which reminds me that this oil trust
-" and so on. If the hostess said
with a smile, will you carve the
duck?" l should answer with unscru-
pulous enthusiasm, "Oh, | am quite at
home with the cold steel; in fact, the
steel trust, ETC." And If at last peo-
pie began not to want me at dinner
parties, and timid conversationalists
fell back on the weather. l should
cry, Have they yet started a sun
trust, wind trust, or sea trust?
That seems to me much healthier
than -" But you quite under
stand.
After l had done this for year or
two, even the trusts (though, as their
name implies, full of innocent conf
dence) might have begun to suspect
me.
There Is indeed another reason why
we must to great extent rely (for
the presently on speech rather than
action in our dealings with the mon
strosities of modern wealth. Unless
our action Is mere lynching (and |
would never deny that there Is some
thing to be said for that, instead OF
what one calls political, it will not be
action against the very rich, but N
their favor. They hold all the han
dies of the political machine; and for
the purpose Of any prompt action they
have only to move the handles. That
the poor could conquer the rich at
last l believe, because | believe In
God-and also in man. But that the
rich could conquer the poor by $3.50
tomorrow evening l am quite certain.
The whole press would below the
same tune over a million breakfast
tables.
The servants of the rich would have
run million errands, the solicitors
and agents of the rich would have
struck a million bargains, before the
ordinary stonebreaker had even found
his pickax. The poor are sure-but
slow.
Add to this that worst and widest
work of modern science (more bias
phemous than its denial Of God)-its
invention of scientific war. The SER
geant would obey the captain, the SOL
dier would obey the sergeant, and the
democracy would lie dead about the
streets before soldier, sergeant or cap
tain had realized that they were all
obeying swollen and cynical pawn
broker
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-09-17
THE CALL OF THE HILLS.

list Its sound in the night,
The surge song of the sea;
I mark it, welter of white
Or gray with the driven rain;
/ watch it broad and bright,
A sapphire harmony
But the hills call and the rills call
80 it's no for the hills again.
The ships go wavering by,
And fade on the faint sea rim;
Graceful the white gulls fly,
Their cry like far refrain;
The low wind comes like sigh
From the outer islands dim
But the hills call and the rills call, 90
it's no for the hills again
turn my back on the foam,
On the long curved line Of shore,
On the dunes and the reedy loan
And the murmur Of the main,
Oh, the hill man seeks his home
As the sailor the oceans roar
Hark the hills call and the rils call,
so It's no for the hills again
New York Sun.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-09-17
shameful record Of her share In that
evenings hanDanines

shameful record Of her share In that
evenings happenings.
When the thief opened his eyes he
was lying in a cool white bed in a
room wherein the lights were softly
shaded. He could remember nothing.
and when he tried to sit up and look
about him a sharp pain stabbed his
left ankle and he sank back at once.
Then he heard a movement by his
side, and turning his head, looked into
the kindly eyes of Lord Mordon who
was sitting beside the bed.
"An explanation of affairs would
greatly oblige," he said languidly,
glancing round the luxurious room;
rs this an improved Wormwood
Scrubs, run by your lordship as a
society fad? In which case, will you
be so kind as to summon my valet to
bring me some breakfast? I'm hun
cry and"
The whimsical voice ceased abrupt
ly. Lord Mordon had leant forward
and the light shone on his haggard
face.
Mrs. Wytham has told me every
thing" he said quietly; will you
shake hands?"
The thief did not move, and his Gym
ical smile crept back to his lips.
Then she cannot have told you ev-
erything," he said bitterly; men like
you do not want to shake hands with
professional thi--"
Rot" said the young fellow blunt
ly; "as II cared, after tonight"
So they clasped hands, and the
thief's face flushed strangely. Then
Lord Mordon rose.
I'm going to send her to you," he
said; land look here, she wants you to
take her away with you, to one of the
colonies. | have large farm in Mani
toba, and | want manager for it. If
you will take the place l will be-very
pleased"
His boyish face was crimson, and he
avoided the thief's eyes. The thief
lay very still for few seconds; then
he spoke. Perhaps 1t was from weak
ness that his voice was unsteady.
You make me think there must be
few decent fellows in the world!
did not think there were any left! OF
course, I'll take the place! But don't
know what to say; how to thank you.
Perhaps Ida may know better!"
At that the other laughed harshly.
and comprehension dawned in the
thief's plying eyes,
NO" said Lord Mordon, quickly; 'T
will not let her thank me. | have
borne enough without that" and he
went out of the room
A few seconds later the thief, known
to a large circle of friends six years
before as James Darlington Wytham,
was looking into his wife's tear-stained
face.
"Jim," she was whispering, with
gaze averted, 'Just answer me- dear.
est. Do you really want to take me
back after spelling your life as l have
done, and then after-what was so
nearly doing to-night?"
He drew her head down beside his
on the pillow.
From tonight" he said gently, 1--WE
will forget the wretched past and be.
gin again. Lord Mordon has offered
me-
"Oh, know" she cried, her eyes
growing dim; "he is such a dear fell
low!" and she told him of that which
Lord Mordon's frank face has already
betrayed
His arms closed about her, and she
laid her head on his breast with lit
tie contented sigh.
Yours now forever and ever" she
said softly,-Cassell's Saturday Jour-
nal
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-09-17
The WALLPAPER Man.

Oh, I'd sing you a song of the WALL
paper man,
Who's with us once again,
Who comes with the flies and who ev-
erywhere hies
With his ladders and buckets ten;
I'd sing Of the ease with which bric-a-
brac breaks
At the soft, gentle touch of his hand,
I'd sing of the JOY which it seems that
In upsetting jardiniere stand;
I'd sing how he figures the cost of a
Job
To a dot Except extras worth ten),
OF his tracks in the hall and paste
buckets that fall.
And the way the new rug appears
then;
Oh, I'd sing of the wonderful litter he
leaves
And the household he puts In q
fuss
Yes, I'd sing Of him now If / didn't
somehow,
Have to pass up all singing to cuss.
Kansas City Times
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-09-17

The thief had been trife surprised
to find the door Of the room unlocked;
but his surprise amounted to momen
tary stupefaction when, having enter
ed stealthily, he found himself look
Ing into the terrified eyes of a WON,
an. She was on her knees by an open
safe, and the light Of the candle she
had placed on chair beside her show
ed him the ivory loveliness of her face
framed in its streaming hair.
When she saw him she let fall q
little chamois leather bag which she
had Just taken from the safe and
clasped both hands to her breast.
"Jim!" she gasped. "Jim!"
The thief recovered his sefcontrol
at once, and coming forward, seated
himself In an armchair opposite to her
and surveyed her with some amuse-
ment
This Is a surprise party, ma
cherie!" he said lightly, with a gay
smile that went well with his dare
devil eyes and bold, sharply cut fea-
lures. II did not know that you had
taken to felonious practices. But-by
Jove, how the deuce" and he arch
ed his eyebrows and gave low whis.
tie of establishment as he gazed at the
complicated machinery of the massive
safe door. She rose from her knees
and confronted him; a slim, girllsh
figure In her soft dressing gown. trem.
bling from head to foot, whitelipped
and ashen-faced.
Il knew how to open It," she fal.
tered. Il hid in here one day and
watched Lord Mordon do 1t. Oh. jim.
for heavens sake go. or we shall be
heard! Why did | do 1t? Oh. why
did l do it?"
A cynical smile played about the
thief's cleanshaven lip.
Yes! why, indeed? | often see your
name In the social columns of the
daily papers, and read that the beau.
tiful Mrs. Wytham wore magnificent
diamonds, etc. And isn't your host.
Lord Mordon, one of the wealthiest
aristocrats In society? If the state of
your finances Is desperate enough to
warrant this dangerous game, why do
you come to these swell house-par,
ties?"
"Oh, I'm awfully In debt" she de-
clared vehemently Indeed. It's ter
rible! I've sold my diamonds long
ago; the things | wear are wretched
limitations, And I've been losing mon.
ey at bridge, and-and horse racing.
Oh, jim, be generous and 20! Lord
Mordons bed room Is Just above us
and he will hear us! Oh, would
kill myself rather than be caught! For
the sake of old times, JIM"
The thief settled himself more com.
fortably in the chair and stretched
his muscular arms languidly.
"Old times, eh?" he said, sitting a
yawn. Dear me. how melodramatic
We are! Do you mean to tell me you
ever think of those old times?"
Her white lips We're trembling pit.
eously.
Il would give the whole world to
undo the past!" she said passionate,
ly; 'if 1t is any satisfaction to you to
know that Oh, how cruel you are to
torture me so! 1t isn't like you-as
you used to be, JIM"
He laughed grimly,
II am not as used to be; thanks
to you," he said bitterly; then, rising
and speaking more briskly; but. OF
course, I'm going, | was only teasing
you. There is honor among members
of my meg your pardon-our pro.
fession. and this is clearly your show
Rnt how In the name OF all that's Won
derful do you intend to dispose OF the
thingi". I
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-09-17

through them.
1t is an unhealthy thing for boy
to be able to digest mans religion.
Heaven is bound to be very far
country to the man who can hate his
brother.
There can be no friendship with the
Savior without fellowship with His
sorrows.
1t Is the religion you wear as
cloak that is soon worn out and
threadbare.
The depression of many a meeting Is
due to people who want to make an
impression
A peculiar look of wisdom belongs
to the man who discovers the hole in
dough-nut.
The church pessimist takes bite
at the oven before speaking on the
bread of life.
Crooked paths come from trying to
walk to heaven while looking on the
other country.
The church that has no place for
the child-life will have no place in the
life Of the man.
Some men think they are called to
the ministry because they have a lik-
ing for fried chicken
The best proof that you have had a
glimpse of Heaven is that you are try
ing to make earth like it.
You can never get the temperature
OF a church to go up when the folks
are talking one another down.
Lots OF people believe in walking
with God on the rest day and working
for themselves the rest of the days.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-09-17
ehrewd Scheme.

Traveller in Parlor Car-Porter, that
man In front will give you a quarter
for busting him of, won't he?
Porter-Yessir!"
We'll, I'll give you half dollar to
leave the dust on him and not brush
II OF onto me. me."-Somervills Journal
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-09-17
His Colors,

What are your college colors?"
Well" answered Farmer Corntos-
sci, Josh has figured so strong In
hazing an football, l should say they
must be black and blue. Washington
Star.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-09-17
The AnEelus.

This picture was painted by Malay.
1t contains man and church stee-
pie. The man and the woman are
very poor, they have been digging po.
tatoes because they need them to live
on. The potatoes look very small.
Just at sunset they hear a bell ring;
1t Is the Angelus; 1t means they must
pray. So they bow their heads and
pray for bigger potatoes.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-09-17

Women say as mean things Of the
men as they can think of, In public,
but In public men are always compli.
menting the women.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-09-17

It's simply impossible to love thy
neighbor as thyself If he Is an ans {
teur cornet player.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-09-17
TRUMPET CALLS.

Rams Horn Sounds Warning Note
to the Unredeemed.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-09-17
Old Fauorites
~0NNN~SNNNN~
The Old Granite State,


I have come from the mountains Of the
old Granite State,
Where the hills are so lofty, magnif1-
cent and great;
have left kindred spirits in the land
of the blest
When 1 bade them adieu for the far
distant West
Oh! thy mountains. Oh! thy valleys,
in my old native State.
Oh. thy hills and thy valleys are sa-
cred to me.
No matter what in lands of others I
may see,
l may view scenes as sunny, as fair
| and as smooth,
Then I'll think of my cottage that
stands in the grove
| Oh! my childhood OH that home
| stead, in my own native State.
| When l think of the fair one who once
was my pride,
AS she roved among the mountains so
close to my side,
Then I sigh for the days that will
never come back,
For she sleeps 'on the shore Of the
bold Merrimac.
On! that loved one. Oh! that grave
yard in my own native State.
A mother dear I've lost; she's gone to
the grave;
She was the dearest blessing that God
ever gave.
Now I go to the spot where buried is
the loved
And eem to hear her singing with
the angels above.
Oh! my mother; 1 bless her ashes, in
my own native State.
Ballad stanzas.
l knew by the smoke that 80 gracefully
curld
Above the green elms that a cottage
was near
And l said, IF there's peace to be
found in the world,
A heart that was humble might hope
for it here!"
IL was noon, and on flowers that Ian
guishd around
In silence reposed the voluptuous
bee;
Every leaf was at rest, and l heard
not sound
But the woodpecker tapping the hol-
low beech tree.
And Here in this lone little wood" I
exclaimd,
with a maid who was lovely to soul
and to eye,
Who would blush when 1 praised her.
AMI weep If 1 blamed,
How blest could live, and how calm
could l die!
by the shade Of yon sumach, whose
red berry dips
In the gush of the fountain, how
sweet to recline,
And to know that 1 sigh'd upon limo
cent lips,
Which had never been sigh'd on by
any but mine!"
Thomas Moore.
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The best fitting
for future work Is
fidelity in present
duty.
T o. o rro W g
shadow Is always
heavier than to-
days burden.
Love overcomes
all mountains be-
aus 1t Sc e 8
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-09-17

Some men who pose as good story
tellers are not much good at anything
elsa
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-09-17

Even a college education can't de.
prive some young men of their good
eensa
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-09-17

Two days before Lord Mordon had
asked her to marry him. and she had
told him very gently and sweetly that
she could never be more than a friend
to him, but he had always supposed.
as the world supposed that her hus,
band was dead, and this was the death
blow to hundred pathetic hopes
Then, kneeling there with that white
upturned face upon her knee, and the
dark trees murmuring about them-an
admirable mise-en-scene of which she
was completely unconscious-she told
him her story-from that miserable
day six years before. when in a frenzy
OF unreasontng rage she had sent her
husband (innocent as she soon knew.
of that which she had laid to his
charge) away from her forsver. to the
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-08-18
NEW CONVICT PROBLEMS
Increase In Southern Prison POpula
ton and Their Product.

Louisiana and Mississippi have re-
Gently been brought face to face with
a new penitentiary problem, arising
from the great increase in the num-
Der of prisoners, especially of the
negro convicts.
The convict farm system now in
operation in these two states is a
great improvement over the old lease
system. On account of the objec-
lions to convict made goods the pro-
posal to employ the prisoners in man.
ufacturing was rejected in Louisiana
and Mississippi, and it was deter
mined to set the convicts at work
raising sugar and cotton. The guam
tity of the staples raised by the con-
victs would be so small that the free
farmers and planters would feel no
competition from this source, 1t was
argued. Then, too. it was pointed
out that the bulk of the convicts, or
from IS to 95 per cent, were negroes
from farms or plantations accustom-
ed to agricultural life-negroes who
had drifted from the farms to the
towns only to get into trouble.
The experiment in Louisiana has
been more successful than 1t was ex-
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-08-18

pected to be. There was very little
capital to start with, but new farms
were bought with the first profits Of
this venture. Today these farms
are worth millions, all net profit to
the state, and the income from them
promises to turn handsome revenue
annually into the state treasures.
The experiment was started with
out expectation of profit. What was
aimed at was to abolish the abuses
that had existed under the old lease
system and to assure the more hu-
name treatment of the prisoners.
The improvement can not be bet
ter shown than in the mortality.
Formerly the death rate was so high
that sentence of more than five or
ten years was equivalent to the death
penalty-the convict could not hope
to live out his term. Today the NOR
tality in the penitentiary is lower
than outside-less than one-third
what it was among the negroes in
the Louisiana towns. In other words,
the average negro sent to the Louis
lana penitentiary will live three times
as long as he would if he were a
free man in Shreveport or New Or
leans.
Because of so low death rate it is
natural that the penitentiary popula-
ton should increase, but the increase
has exceeded all expectations, has
interfered with the plans of the state
and has stirred up troublesome is
sue.
When the state of Louisiana took
charge in 1901 the lessees turned
over to it LOLA convicts. The num-
Der had increased to 1865 on July /,
1909 The increase is about six
times as rapid as the increase in
population outside of the penitenti-
airy, ana for the negroes 1t is ten
times as fast. Nearly per cent Of
the grown male negroes are con-
victs, and from negro parishes like
East Carroll and Madison the proper
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-08-18
Would Come Back Here.

Mr.. and Mrs. Edw. Jarman and
daughter Lulu, parents and sister Of
Mrs. G. J. WurtZ, left yesterday for
their home at Star City, Indiana,
after a stay of two months.
They will visit the A.-Y.-P E. and
stop at Portland, Salt Lake City and
Denver on their way home Mr.. Jar
man, who formerly raised blooded
horses in the east, expressed himself
as satisfied that dollars could be
made here where nickels could be
made back in Indiana, and If he can
successfully dispose of his farms in
Indiana he will come back and invest
in Washington orchard land.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-08-18

ton rises to nearly 4 per cent. At
that rate it will take just SO years
to land half the male negroes in the
penitentiary.
This rapid increase in the peniten-
tiary population has embarrassed the
authorities. Although the peniten-
tiary board had paid out up to last
year $726,221 for the purchase OF
property and its expenditure for real
estate and improvements Is now be-
yond the million-dollar mark it has
not cost the state a dollar. The
money has come out of the earnings
of the convicts. Because Of the in
crease in the penitentiary population
it is necessary to buy and keep on
buying and clearing land.
The acreage is not nearly large
enough for the convicts and only half
of them can be employed On the farm.
Six or eight more plantations of say
10000 acres would not be too much
to give then all work.
Convict farms pay no taxes and
the county and local authorities are
finding their revenues cut down in
consequence. In Sunflower county.
Mississippi, for instance, there are
complaints that the county revenues
have been reduced one-half by the
convict farm operations. The state
bought the best lands in the county
for it's convict farms and now oper-
ates them tax free.
The opposition to this system has
grown strong among the farmers
of the neighborhood. They complain
that it is disarranging their county
finances, leaving them without money
for their schools and roads, that it is
demoralizing labor and that they are
beginning to feel the competition of
this convict labor. 1t is proposed to
bring the matter before the Mississ-
ippi legislature at its next session on
the theory that the state has gone as
far as can safely go In the matter
of convict farms.-New York Sun.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-08-18
Had Elegant Fishing.

Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Owens and
children returned home yesterday
from Lake Wenatchee. They with
Mr.. and Mrs. George NJ. Russi, went
to the lake last week Mr. and Mrs.
Russi returned Monday but Mr.. and
Mrs. Owens did not get back until
last night They report very fine
fishing in the lake this year. Mr..
Owens brought back with him 13
trout none of which weighed less than
one and one-half pounds and COM
pletely filled his basket. The best
natchee, a few miles above the hotel.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-08-18
STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE.
Neal Dow i'm War Times.

Federal and confederate forces
were preparing for battle. The fed
eral commander and his staff, seated
upon their horses, were consulting
near the right of line, drawn up in
the edge of the woods. General Neal
Dow was standing in front of his
command, very small one, with a
tremendous big hat on his head and
an enormous big sword dangling on
the ground at his side, a picture such
as one seldom sees outside the comic
papers. An aid told General Dow
(perhaps he was only Colonel Dow
them that the commander wished to
see him. General Dow strobe down
the line, the soldiers laughing at the
sight.
General Dow" said the COM
mander, you will march out to that
opening yonder, taking position on
that knoll, and hold it till further Or
ders-' or something to that eff
feet.
In sight of the entire right wing
of the army General Dow went
marching into the opening, his long,
heavy sword clanking on the ground
behind him, his big hat making him
look like a grasshopper under a toad
STOOL The commander heard the
army laughing and looked for the
cause.
who is that walking across the
opening?" he asked.
THAT is General Dow" said every
body.
An aid was sent to fetch him back.
General Dow" said the COM
mander, why did you go out there
alone? Why did you not take your
command with you?"
Dear me, general" said Dow. 81
beg a thousand pardons. l didn't
know you meant me to take anybody
with me. You didn't say so, you
know. "-Rochester Herald.