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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-09

Hens will not refuse to lay provid-
ing the conditions which surround them
are favorable for egg production. OF
course, hen cannot keep on laying all
the time, nor will some hens lay even
for a majority of the time, but the
farmer who provides the correct condi-
tions of housing, feeding and general
management will find that he will not
be entirely without eggs at any time of
the year. OF course, it is not the hens
nature to lay at this time Of the year,
but If she Is comfortably housed and
well fed, the farmer will find that the
hen after all really has little senti-
ment as to just which season she shall
produce her eggs
Getting eggs is not entirely matter
Of feeding, yet If we feed correctly the
hens will not have that as an actual
obstacle to laying. Maturity and vigor
are two important things In the hens
that are to be heavy winter layers.
Keep the hens in thrifty, vigorous
condition, and be sure and feed va
riety. These things count for a great
deal toward success. Corn, oats and
wheat are the three principal grain
feeds, but there are others that may
well be fed by way of variety and
the meat and green stuff In some form
should never be neglected Give any
kind Of meat scraps or prepared meat
foods, as 1t pays. Try to keep the hens
under conditions as near like those In
existence at spring time as you can,
and you will not suffer severely from
an egg famine. This is nothing impos-
sible, and briefly, only means comfort
able housing, variety of feeds, green
stuff and meat scraps, and sanitary
Quarters.-Agricultural Epitomist.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-09
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SUNDAY SAUNTERINGS.


Something of the exact behavior
demanded from young people by those
In authority in the early days of the
nineteenth century is brought to notice
In the biography Of Peter Edes, a
pioneer printer in Maine. Mr.. Edes
had an apprentice, James Orrock, who
enjoyed walk on Sunday, after a
week of indoor employment.
Mr.. Ed@s soon found out that this
was not permitted at Bangor and
wrote to friend of the trouble caused
him by his apprentices apparently in
nocent amusement
You must know" he writes, THAT
the people are very strict on this day,
and will not let men walk out, much
less boys. James was strolling about
and was ordered home by the tything-
men, but he would not obey them. a
complaint was lodged against me on
the next day, and | should have been
obliged to pay fine had not Judge
Duttou pleaded in my behalf that l
did not approve of such conduct, and
SO got clear"
Another interesting incident in con-
nection with life in Bangor at this
time is an advertisement which APP
peared In Mr., Edes' paper, the Bangor
Weekly Register. stating that:
"E. 4 NJ. Il. Edes have opened a
school In the room over the Register
office for the instruction Of young
misses and small children In the use
full and ornamental branches of edu.
cation"
The terms were: "0rthography and
plain work II cts, per week; writing,
English grammar, Geography with the
use of maps, Composition, ornamental
needle work % cents per week." This
was probably one of the first schools
In Maine for teaching young ladies,
exclusively, In the branches of educa-
tiou, and also Including plain work and
fancy needlework.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-09
GRIDLEY'S LEAVE.
Touching Scene When the Brave
Captain Left the Olympia.

Touching Scene When the Brave
Captain Left the Olympia.
On the morning of the battle of Ma
Mia Bay Captain Gridley was so i'll
that the little commodore offered to
excuse him from duty, but CALAMITY,
as is characteristic of the man, he re-
piled, THANK you, Commodore Dewey,
but she is my ship and will fight her."
And he did, although, iguratively
speaking, he was dead man before he
went ON the bridge, and days had
strung themselves into but few weeks
when he was ordered home on sick
leave He came up out of his cabin
dressed in civilian clothes and was met
by the rear admiral, who extended him
most cordial hand. A look of trou-
bled disappointment fitted across the
captains brow, but vanished when he
stepped to the head of the gangway
and, looking over, saw not the launch
but twelve cared cutter manned en-.
tirely by officers of the Olympia. There
were men in that boat who had not
pulled a stroke for quarter Of cen
tury.- The stars and stripes were at
the stern and captains silken coach
whip at the bow, and when Captain
Gridley, beloved alike by officers and
men, entered the boat 1t was "Up
oars!" and all that, just as though they
were common sailors that were to row
him over to the Zafiro. When he sat
down upon the handsome boat cloth
that was spread for him he bowed his
head, and his hands hid his face as
First Lieutenant Reese, acting cock.
swain, ordered: "Shove off Out oars
Give away !''-St Nicholas.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-09

There are those who declare that
nothing is created in vain, and that
rats and mice are in some way benefit
10 mankind. 1t is hard to see just
how. The statisticlan Of the Agricul-
tural Bureau at Washington computes
that they create S15.OO0,00O damage a
year. That is the real money damage,
saying nothing of the annoyance. As
an offset, the rat catchers of the world
sell about s1,0O0,00O worth of skins per
year, and the furriers work them and
sell them for Ave times that sum. 1t
!s estimated that full-grown rat will
eat six bushels Of corn per year.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-09
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hay chute being provided for each two

hay chute being provided for each two
stalls.
The milk room being located as 1t
is, the milk may be taken to 1t at once.
In this room should be located the
separator; also plenty Of clean water;
If possible running water should be
provided. The shop is very neces-
sary room, and 1t will save many small
repair bills In 1t may be stored the
nails, bolts, etc. In the horse barn
the harness room is located in the
center, which makes 1t handy to all
parts of the same. The two box stalls
provide room for both male animals as
well as sick and ailing ones.
The hay bay is supposed to be open
clear to the roof. However, some
farmers may wish to arrange this
space different. The partition sepa-
rating the cows from the center sec
tion is boarded or plastered up tight,
except the calf pen, to separate the
cows from any odors, dust or dirt from
the other animals. The box stalls,
however, in both the COW and horse
barn are 30 constructed that the In
mates may have good view Of the
other ANIMALS. They like company,
and will do better if they can see their
neighbors.
The floors Of the COW stable, the
milk room, feed room and silo are Of
cement, the gutter being formed in the
floor and having four-inch drain at
the rear leading to the manure pit
The stalls are made to fit both long
and short cows. The first stall in
front is four feet wide and five feet
long. The rear stall is three feet six
inches wide and four feet eight inches
long. The stalls then slope from
front to the rear, each stall being
slightly shorter. Stalls are now con-
structed in so many different ways
that 1t is hardly worth while to men,
tion them, every COW man having his
own views of the matter. However, 1t
is wise to 80 build them that the stall
may be easily cleaned and washed.
This construction will comply with all
sanitary requirements Of inspectors.
The floor Of the horse stable may be
of cement or clay.
The location, the local supply Of
materials, etc., will of course govern to
certain extent the material enter
ing the construction of any building,
and, In fact, all buildings. The barn
as shown Is twelve feet to the caves
and thirty-eight feet to the peak; the
silo is thirty-eight or forty feet high.
The barn should, of course, have a
good foundation Of stone, brick or
cement. On many farms it has been
the practice to build small shed
here and there and the stock is scat
tered all over the farm This causes
an unnecessary lot of labor to care
for them also an unsightly appearance
to the surroundings. In constructing
a barn Of this sort it will not be neces-
sary to do all the work before the
same may be used, but portion of 1t
may be left until time and perhaps
your purse will allow it to be finished.
--Wallaces Farmer.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-09
To Increase Fruit Yield.

One orchardist is said to have in
creased the yield of his orchard from
fifteen to $50 bushels in the following
manner: He reduced the tops of the
trees one-fourth; then In the fall he
plowed between the trees. After ma
nuring well he planted corn, beans and
pumpkins, and harvested a nice crop
of each. The next spring he repeated
the same form of cultivation, and that
year, in addition to the good crops Of
corn, beans and pumpkins, harvested
seventy bushels of good apples. The
next spring he manured for the third
time and planted potatoes, which did
not do well, but he harvested $50 bush.
els Of fine apples from the orchard.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-09
A GLASS WORKS.

process of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of
the Blowpipe.
The process of bottlemaking Is an
interesting one, says writer, In the
center of circular building is chin
ney from the top of which a peculiar
intermittent light tiickers. Underneath
the chimney stands conical furnace
of brick containing, perhaps, no fewer
than eight holes, which are like fierce
ly glaring suns, and from which pour
expanding broad rays of orange color
ed light. IL your eyes are strong
enough to look through the holes from
which the orange beams of light
emerge, you see several hundredweight
OF molten metal shining silvery green
Is as many earthen dome shaped melt
ing pots.
The nature OF different kinds Of
glass is dependent upon the quality
eg the raw material called batch"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-09
HE WAS DEAD THREE MINUTES.

Physicians Experiment Restores
COnsumptive Patient to Life.
For three minutes last night Oscar
Culver Of 262 South Tenth street
Brooklyn, was dead in the eastern dis
trict hospital, says the New York Press
His pulse beat ceased and there was
tot the slightest heart action or trace Of
breath on mirror held before his lips
Mrs. Culver was at the bedside, and
convinced her husband was dead. she
Wept bitterly. DR.. Henry Jaffer de.
c1ded to attempt an experiment. He
administered six drains of whisky and
ten grains Of strychnine and resorted
to artificial respiration.
Gradually the heart resumed it's beat.
ing, the pulses futtered and the sup
posed dead man quivered back to life.
He spoke to his wife and for fifteen
minutes she sat with him. He was con-
scious at midnight.
II feel like fighting" said Culver to
the physicians after he came back ia
life.
The man was too i'll to understand
he was to all appearances dead for
three minutes, and his restoration to
health Is out of the question. as he is
dying of consumption and inflammatory
rheumatism. The admixture that was
given to him to restore the heart ac
tion was sufficient to kill a healthy
man, but It's effect is only temporary.
DIR. Jaffer requested the supposed
widow to retire for a few minutes
Staggering into another room, she flung
herself, weeping, into a chair. Then
DR.. Jaffer administered the strychnine
and whisky hypodermically to the seem.
ingly dead man and at the same time
resorted to artificial respiration. The
staff physicians and surgeons gathered
about the bed and watched the result
Of the experiment.
Within fifteen minutes there was a
slight resumption Of heart action. 1t
was only tlatter Then the mouth
twitched slightly. A few minutes more
and there was evidence of resumption
OF respiration snd the heart beat quick.
ened. Dr.. Jaffcr, thus encouraged, re.
doubled his efforts to restore life. The
other doctors assisted, and half an
hour after he had been reported dead
Culver opened his eyes and sighed. He
apparently became unconscious again,
but at the end Of an hours work by
the doctors his eyes opened again and
he spoke.
The heart was beating evenly, though
weakly. Signing deeply, the resurrect.
ed patient said. II feel like fighting"
The doctors gave him more stimulant
and permitted his wife to enter the
room and talk briefly with him. The
patients voice was scarcely more than
a whisper. His wife was gratified to
hear even that, and she remained at
the bedside as long as the doctors
would permit her. That was fifteen
minutes, but she was not permitted to
say much to him. Weeping tears OF
joy, she left the hospital, with the
promise of the doctors that they would
keep her husband alive as long as they
could; but they added she must not
hope for his recovery. 1t was thought
he would live through the night, and
his wife might have another short talk
with him to-day, before he passed be
yond medical skill.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-09
Barn for Mixed Farming.


The farmer who can SO adjust his
work that he may dispense with the
help Of one man Is lucky indeed, but
many a farmer has done so by sim
ply changing his system Of feeding and
caring for the stock; also by so dis
posing of the grain and hay that IN
stead of hauling many tons OF 1t TO
market it is fed on the farm, and the
beef, pork, butter, cheese, etc., sold.
This allows the farmer to restore to
the ground at least part OF the fer
tility In the shape Of manure.
The barn plan shown herewith IN
the two illustrations, the ground plan
and the perspective view, is 80 ar
ranged that one man may feed and
care for the stock in short time. AS
shown on the floor plan, the barn will
accommodate fourteen cows, twelve
horses, has box stalls for both the
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-09

results can be obtained from a de-
vice such as the one shown herewith.
1t is made by taking both ends out of
a barrel and mounting it upon a box
or above a fireplace in the ground.
The meat to be smoked is hung from
the sticks laid across the top of the
barrel, the fire built underneath and
the lid put on.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-09
SUFFICIENT Ground.

First Young Lawyer-You seem to b,
very much attached to Miss Goodcatch
Second Young Yawyer-Well, she
owns 800 acres OF land. That's SUN.
cient ground for an attachment, isn't
it?-Illustrated Bits.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-09


A LOng-FeIt Want.
Ane day wee Willie and his dog
Sprawled on the nursery floor,
He had florists catalogue
And turned the pages DER,
Till all at once he gave a spring,
"Hurrah ~ he cried with joy;
"Mamma, here's just the very thing
To give your little boy!
"For when we fellows go to school,
We lose our things, you know;
And in that little vestibule
They do get mixed up so.
"And as you often say you can't
Take care of them for me,
Why don't you buy a rubber plant
And an umbrella tree?"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-09
had spoken to Mr.. Smith she would III

had spoken to Mr.. Smith she would in
turn introduce her friend.
These exercises, trivial as the de
scription may seem, the vice-president
of the Confederacy says, "were of great
use to raw country boys and girls, re
moving their awkwardness and conse
quent shyness and the painful sense OF
being at a disadvantage or the dread OF
appearing ridiculous. Youths Com
panion.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-09

Little Evelyn, not yet years old.
had learned to spell "c-a-t, cat"
In the first flush OF excitement she
exclaimed: won't the cats be sur
prised -Harper's Monthly.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-09
he Honest.

The great explorer, David Living
stone, writes in one Of his books:
Grandfather could give particulars Of
the lives of his ancestors for six genera
tions of the family before him; and the
only part Of the traditions l feel proud
Of is this: One Of these poor, hardy
islanders was renowned in the district
for great wisdom and prudence; and it
is related that when he was on his
deathbed, he called all his children
around him and said "Now, in my life
time / have searched most carefully
through all the traditions l could find
Of our family, and never could dis
cover that there was dishonest man
among our forefathers. If, therefore
any of you, or any of your children,
should take to dishonest ways, 1t will
not be because it runs in our blood; 1t
does not belong to you. leave this
precept with you, BE honest. '"-ChD,
Sren's Friend.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-09

At last we have discovered the diff
ference, The clothes of stylish man
are shaped to him, while a stylish
woman is shaped to her clothea
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-09
Champion Butter Cow De.s-

Pedro's Estalla, champion butter COW
OF the world, with a record Of 7l2
pounds in twelve months, was killed
by an accident at the Missouri Agricul-
tural College farm.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-09
Small Temporary smokehou.e.

If one butchers only once year, says
correspondent of Farm and Home,
1t is not necessary to build an expen-
sive smokehouse, for almost as good
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-09

The hen-pecked husband has more
than q peck Of trouble
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-09
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Walled Up Alive.

severe sentence was recently pass
ed upon sparrow by flock of blue
birds. A bird-box for martins and
bluebirds is erected on a pole a short
distance from Fort Lee, and every sea-
son a pair of bluebirds takes posses
sion of 1t. This year they bnilt their
nest In the box, and the female laid one
egg. To celebrate the event she hopped
out Of the box, and took a turn or two
around the field.
When she returned a sparrow was
In the box, quietly sitting upon the egg.
The bluebird demonstrated at such out
rageous proceedings, and tried to per-
suade the intruder to leave. Then she
became angry and pecked savagely at
the sparrow, but the sparrow had the
advantage, as the box protected it on
every side, and the hole was only large
enough to admit one at time.
A flock of angry bluebirds responded
to the call Of the distressed mother,
and council of war was apparently
held. Two or three of the bluebirds
stationed themselves at the entrance to
the box, and closely guarded the spar
row. The others flew away to neigh
boring mud hole. but soon returned,
carrying their bills full of stiff, muddy
clay. One by one they deposited their
load at the hole and began to plaster
1t up, working rapidly, and bringing
straw and small twigs to work into the
mud and stiffen it.
The sparrow did not realize the
meaning of all this fuss until the hole
was nearly closed up. Then 1t began
to fiutter around and struggle vainly to
escape from its prison; but the senti-
nels pecked at 1t and drove it back,
until the hole was completely covered
up, and the sparrow's doom was sealed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-11-24
MANY DEsERTIONs IN ARMY.
Annual Report Shows That 1925
Men Deserted Past Fiscal Year.

Continued extensive cese-tions IN
the United States army during the
las, fiscal year forms the leading
feature Of the aonua! report OF Ad-
ju,ant General Ainswo-;h. Afte!
showing that 1893 men deserted
from the enlisted force Of the .egu-
lar army. General Ainsworth conclud-
es that only strict enforcement Of
severe penalties will diminish ma
tegially the practice Of taking
French leave" Of the soldiers.
He regards as rathe. alarming the
fact that the number Of deseruons
during the last fiscal year was greater
than in the preceding le months.
OF the whole number Of enlisted men
..97 per cent deserted during the
last fiscal year. while the deee.tons
OF the preceding year amounted to
i.5s per GEN. General A:oswosth
says the abolition OF the caa:een,
the monotony OF GARRISON life. the
increasing amount OF work and study
demanded OF a soldier. and the ease
with which -enune.at.re employ
mens can be obtained 10 civil life
in these prosperous times are causes
OF the evils mentioned.
The percentage OF deseTcons
among the white troops Is about ten
times greater than among the col
ored men IL the service. OF the men
who deserted during the year. l.
0!3 were appreheDded and 3I5 sa.'
rendered.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-11-24
MAKES ANOTHER BLUFF
STANDARD OIL COMPANY ORDER
ED TO DISSOLVE.
The United States Circnit Court for
Missouri Declares It an Illegal
Combination and Must Quit.

A dispatch from St Paul. Mimi,
says in an opinion written by Judge
Walter y. Sanborn OF 81. Paul. and
ooncurred In by Judges Vande-veater.
Hook and Adams with a special con-
curing opinion by Judge Hook. the
United States Circuit Court for the
eastern district OF Missouri Saturday
handed down IN opinion declaring
the Standard Oil Company OF New
jersey an Illegal combination oper-
a,inS in restraint Of trade and or
dered its dissolution.
In this decision the government;
Of the United tSates wins sweep
ing victory. and according 10 Frank
D. Kellogg, who was the govern
ment's special prosecuting officer.
the government has won every point
for which Il contended.
The case will be appealed direct
to the United States Supreme Court
as he judges yho signed the decree
are in effect the judges OF the Unit
ed States Circuit Court OF Appeals.
although they were sitting for the
purpose OF trying this case as the
circuit court tc- the eastern district
OF Missouri.
The decree OF the court disso!v-
Ing the Standard Oh trust becomes
effective In thirty days when no
doubt stay will be granted for the
purpose Of trying this case as the
decree takes effect. unless stay IS
granted. an Injunction Will be issued
the Standard Oh Com
pany from q further continuance OF
It's business under its present for
nation.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-11-24
Her Wandering Boy.

Where IS Luke E!sg!,bothar
II any one las Information Thlce
will lead 20 the location o! cono!-
,ion OF the lad. the heart OF az anS-
ious uothe: at Somerset. Ky. VII!
be made glad. The DO? was Las.
heard from 3, Charleston more tnan
:ou. months ago and since that t:ns
rbe mother has waited n vain toT
hc- bov 20 return home.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-11-24
Waotct! 10 Hang sooner.

Al Russellville. Ala. Tom Robert
son. who two weeks ago killed his
wife and his motheT-:n-law and dan
gc1ously wounded mis- w!:-'s father.
was found guilty OF murd"r n the
circuit court and sentenced TO be
hanged December Is. That's too
long for me 70 live. exclaimed Roo
e,tsoa. when the date Of his eAecU-
ton WAS announced
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-11-24
The Woman IN Black.

The mysterious woman IN black
rho committed suicide Wednesday
n the rest room Of an Atlantis de-
oaTtment store was identified as Miss
WtIlano Cotton. daughter Of MIS-
Rehecc. D. Cotton. The young ~o-
man. who died from an overdose OF
st.ycha!ae. was said TO have been
u bad health 20, several months aed
despooceIt.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-11-24
Killed Abost Lynehins.

At Cairo. H.. Wednesday Henry
Small. q negro shot AID killed VIII
liam pone, one OF the negro soldiers
discharged from the United States
army after the shooting up OF
brownsville, Texas. The shooting
followed az argument over the lyncn-
.nr there last week OF VIII James,
the negro accused o: the murder o.
Miss Annie Pe!icy.