The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-01-15
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY
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In all the civilized countries of the
world 60 per cent of the persons over
! 10 years old have to work for living.
There are in the State of New York
forty-three villages of between 1000
and 1000 inhabitants which have free
| libraries.
The Firms evidently have not found
woman suffrage failure. Nineteen
women were elected to their first Par
lament. Now twenty-five have just
been elected to the second.
Berlin opened rink on Sept / for
Ice skating all the year round. This
makes the fourth permanent Ice rink
in Europe, others being operated in
London, Paris and Munich.
The ivory nut, which is so much
used by button manufacturers, is the
fruit of species of palm which grows
in Central and South America. 1t
forms valuable crop, particularly in
Panama, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
A German statistician has calculated
that the steam power in present use on
this globe is equal to 120,000,000 horse
power. The coal needed to supply this
steam for year would make freight
train extending ten times around the
earth.
From Mora comes story Of sugar
beets more than two feet long and
weighing only a trite less than twelve
pounds. There are said to be two of
these monster tubers there, and 1t Is
claimed they were grown on the farm
of a native who lives several miles up
the valley from the town of Mora-Las
Vegas IN. NJ Optic.
The first recorded production of a
play in Australia took place In June
Of the year 1889. 1t was called "The
Recruiting Officer" Tie proceeds of the
first pay night (some f20) went to the
family of q man who had been drown
ed. In January, 1896, rough and
ready playhouse was opened and the
public had to pay one shilling head
for admission. The payments were
made In kind, wheat, -four or rum talk
ing the place of the usual currency.
London Standard.
Don't mark your stationery any
longer with monogram. That Is out
Of date. The latest symbol Is the
thumb mark. 1t is engraved in gold or
silver and has all the value Of Ber-
tillon mark of Identification. Station
ers who have introduced this way of
marking use the prints in the center Of
correspondence card and about half
an inch from the top to make them
most effective. The thumb Is some
times printed in red or blue, although
the metal colors are more popular
New York Sun.
Mrs. Bertha Ayrton has succeeded In
ascertaining the cause of the refractory
behavior of the searchlight in certain
respects and In devising a remedy. The
British admiralty called ON Prof. Ayr
ton to investigate the trouble some time
| ago. After making many investigations
| he turned the problem over to his wife,
who is the only woman member of the
Institute of Electrical Engineers and
who received the only medal ever
awarded to woman by the Royal So
ciety of London for original uiiaided
work.
The Congregatio ional parsonage at Kit
terry is one of the oldest houses In the
State of Maine. 1t is the oldest ecclesi-
astical resideI"e in the State, and the
oldest one In present use In New Eng
land The house was built in 1920, IN
the days of Hon. William Pepperell,
father Of Sir William Pepperell. 1t
contains the library bequeathed by Sir
William to DR.. Benjamin Stevens, for
forty years minister Of the Kittery
Point church. Dr. Stevens in his turn
bequeathed the library to the Congrega-
tiona ministers of Kittery and York
for all time Many of these books con
tain the Pepperell coat-of-arms.--Ken en-,
nebec (Me.) Journal
In Henderson County, Cain Cox, fiv~
miles from Athens, has not only ad-
hered to diversficatlon in all Its forms,
raising fruit, tomatoes and the cereal
and hay crops, as well as some cotton,
h,,+ bo hoe haan tnyacfinn Soma ,oooov
In other experiments, some Of which
are about to turn out very profitably.
One of his side experiments has been
almonds, he having put In quite a num-
Der of the young trees about five years
ago. The trees are now well grown
and are bearing fine almonds, though
not as large nor as fine as the import
ed variety. The trees bore few
almonds last year and many more this
year, and by another year Mr.. Cox
thinks he will get crop large enough
TO market-Houston Post.
The death of James w. Paul, the
Philadelphia banker, recalls this story
which he told at Philadelphia club
not long ago: II was going home one
night late and saw a man who had evi-
dently looked deep into the cup max
ing frantic but unsuccessful efforts to
open a door with a latchkey. After
looking at him few minutes decided
to help the man, who was not 80 far
gone as to have forgotten his polite
ness, for before entering the house