The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-03-26
THINGS you MAY NOT KNOW
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The government of Austria makes
special inducements to farmers whl
will reclaim waste lands and make us
Of them.
| Gin Is still used as medium of ex
lchange is some parts of the Niger
country in Africa, but the government
discourages it. Owing to the extreme
conservatism In these districts the tasl
is difficult.
The Department of Agriculture and
Commerce in Japan is being prevailed
upon to grant sparrow destroying sub
sidy, as in some parts OF this district
the English sparrow is becoming a pest
having devoured the rice crop
A variety of verses of improved quail
ity reached the Municipal Suffrage
League of Chicago, in the 500 prize
contest offered for the best battle
hymn" to be used in the woman's
cause. A feature of the offering is a
preponderance Of women writer's.
Fire In Chicago barn has ruined q
collection of 1900 negatives of news,
boys with whom the owner nad won
several gold medals. The owner had
spent many years gathering the news
boy negatives, the types being those of
newsboys Of almost every country in
the world.
Prominent actors and musicians in
Berlin have been engaged for the "shad-
ow theater" which will soon be opened
In that city. 1t will be conducted, ac-
cording to the prospectus that has been
printed, as the Schattenspieltheate in
Munich, and similar place of amuse-
ment in Paris.
At meeting of the Mendelsham
Sparrow Club 1t was stated that during
this year 4,918 old birds, 2,S07 young
bird and 3,914 eggs had been destroyed,
a total of 1859. The local farmers
pay a voluntary rate, based on acreage,
from which payments are made for
birds and eggs destroyed London
Standard.
Long before women's newspapers
were started, and fashion plates in
their modern form were thought of,
women derived their knowledge of the
fashions from dolls dressed In modern
costumes, which were sent from one
country to another, more especially
from Paris then, as now, the leading
center of the mode.
In a paper read before the Society Of
Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
Henry Penton states that the oldest
iron ship In the world is the United
States warship Michigan, the material
for whose construction was dragged
across the mountains from Pittsburg to
Lake Erie" where the ship was built,
as long as slxty-six years ago.
Whether warts spread by contact has
been much discussed. A Glasgow physi-
clan mentions that a maid with many
warts on hands and arms was employed
In a certain family, and warts soon ap-
peared on the hands of the three chill
dren. The youngest, boy of FIVE, with
a habit OF biting the fingers, developed
two warts on the LIP and one In the
mouth.
The announcement that the Japanese
are about to open the railway which |
hou httilt In, te,.t Id /
est evidence Of the good work which |
they are doing in the island, which was
acquired In 1895, at the close Of the
war with China. At the time of the |
sixty-two miles of the road
Inc was completed. 1t now covers a |.
-otal Of 334 miles, and Japan has built
The additional 272 miles at nearly
100000 less than the estimates
Dante is held responsible for the ex-
,resslon, painting the town red" In
lis "Diyine Comedy" Dante, led by vir-
I'll, comes to the cavernous depths of
he place, swept by a mighty wind,
where those are confined who have been
he prey of their passions Two faces
rise from the mlst-the faces of Fran
esca and Paolo. "Who are yes" cries
1ante in alarm, and Francesca replies
adly, "We are those who have painted
he world red with our sins"
Massachusetts State Board of Health
as issued a bulletin on cold-storage
oultry In which this advice Is given
0 housekeepers: 'In order to avoid
water logged and frozen
owls the consumer should demand the
rozen bird and thaw 1t himself. If
hawed quickly by immersion IN buck
of hot water, it may be eaten with
npunlty and with relish he same day
is purchased; or, If hung overnight
room temperature, 1t may be ready
,r use the day following"
Farrant's liquor, for the preserva,
on of vegetable organisms, consists of /
lirty-fye parts or distilled water, in
hich, while boiling, 0,1 part of white
rsenic is dissolved. The cooled fluid !
mixed with an equal part, by weight.
[ glycerine, and In this Is dissolved ,
le same quantity, by weight of gum
rablc. In this fluid the most delicate
ant organisms are preserved admir-
bly,, and in addition. II Is not liable TO s
which, in hot countries, {
of great value. 1t is poisonous, Of I