The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-24
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY
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Alden makes ten million cigarettes a
year at very low cost of production.
Wages are 16 cents day.
News paper is made by machinery
at the rate of from $50 to 400 feet
minute. according to width and quail
ity.
None of the monarchies of Europe,
with the exception of Russia, can show
a larger area than that of Texas
she possess $1,000 square miles more
of territory than the kaiser's realm.
James M. Henderson killed horned
snake at his home, near Bush river,
on the Belfast road. 1t was
about two feet long and lying on
stump in the field. At the end of
its tail was a horn, something like a
ROSTERS spur.-Newberry Is. c. OBJ
server.
Despite its shortness, Downing
street, London, contains not only the
prime minister's residence, but also the
treasury. foreign office, colonial office,
the Office of the chancellor of the ex-
chequer and that of the privy council.
1t was built on a swamp and the
ground under the big houses is sown
thickly with age-blackened wooden
piles.
Tar water was a cure-all In the
eighteenth century. 1t was prepared
By pouring gallon Of water on quart
of tar, and the dose was half pint
in the morning and second glass
in the afternoon. Its use became so
fashionable that contemporary noted:
"It's as common to call for a glass of
tar water in coffee house as a dish
of tea or coffee"
The modern French letter box has
the shape of pillar, profusely orna-
mented with the conventional lily. The
whole box or stand is fashioned after
a plant, and the top resembles bud.
The body is surrounded by floral
wreaths or festoons, and the base is
formed by large leaves. The boxes are
placed against buildings and have a
very pretty effect.
Another victory for woman and an
other argument to strengthen the as
sertion that she can gain distinction
in any field of mental activity, says a
writer in the Theater Zeitung, Is the
success of the opera die Dorf Kom-
tesse" at the Berlin Thalia Theater.
The composer is Frau Danziger, a
young talented musician, who will
assuredly contribute more to the mu-
sical wealth Of the world"
King Edward, as is generally known
has a weakness for walking sticks
but a writer in Women at Home tells
of another collection in his majesty's
possession which will have unique
interest in the future. This consists o.
relics gathered from every war ir
which British soldiers have fought
since the early days Of Queen Vic
toria. The king has also quaint as
sortment OF the programs of every op.
era, play and concert which he has az.
tended since he came to years of dis
cretion.
Trenton, N. j., has recently reported
hfteen business women whose occupa-
tions are scarcely feminine. They in
clude bahbering, wholesale tobacco,
real estate. undertaking, pharmacy,
jewelry, piano dealing, insurance, shoe
repairing, banking, charcoal, etc. South
Jhicago's situation is more spectacular,
If less creditable. In addition to wo-
men doctors and police, woman runs
the worst saloon and another the best
undertaking establishment, so that,
from birth to death, even by "the broad
way which leadeth to destruction" a
feminine hand may guide.-The De-
lineator.
Bushido, In word, Is the popular
literature of the mikado's realm. Tt
includes country theatricals, tales of
story tellers. and musical compositions.
1t is not only literature; 1t is an
idea and an ideal, The word means
loyalty, fidelity, devotion, and 1t may
be expressed in dozens of different ways.
Nor is 1t only system of mental de-
velopment; 1t is means of soul
growth as we'll. what" asks Okuma,
''is the best mode OF spiritual culture
for the people of Japan?' His answer
is, ITO, let them understand bushido
and realize its principles in them
selves" New York Press.
One Of the sights" of the forthcom-
ing Brussels exposition which the press
bureau says will be interesting to
old and young alike" will be the mon
ster tableau entitled "The Thuringer
Kirmess." The hundreds of figures,
representing all nationalities and all
classes of society, and the background
of the old-fashioned houses take up
a space of nearly seventy-five square
yards. The great group was designed
and executed by Prof Reinhard Mol
Ter, and the pictures of the lively fair
scene which 1t represents show that
attention has been given to the small
est details, and the exhibit is spoken
Of as rejecting great credit on the
toy industry Of Thuringia, at whose
order 1t was created"
Khartum Is not yet century old