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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15
InciyiIitx OF women.

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We hear and read much concerning
woman's rudeness to man and mans
ungentlemanly attitude toward WON
ankind-but what about woman's In
civility to woman? Is there anything
to equal it, There are, says an OBJ
serving writer, would-be ladies, there
are so-called ladies and there are la.
dies. The first may get into the sec
ond class, but neither Of the two is
likely to rise to the third. Whether
through fault or misfortune an unfin-
ished lady seldom achieves the f1n-
ished state.
The lack of consideration for the
rights of others shown In public by
women who pass by courtesy for
ladies is of kind peculiar to itself
and members OF their own sex are
usually the victims. Women who trav-
ell In public conveyances with their
children are sometimes almost brutal
ly callous. Who has not seen mother
sitting angle-wise. with a child for
whom she has paid no fare occupy
ing another full seat, while tired and
package-laden women are "strap-hang-
ing" In visible discomfort directly In
front of her? Conductors, however eff
cient. must not criticise the manners
Of their passengers too strenuously and
few men venture to complain to or Of
woman, therefore the remedy would
seem to depend on the victims them
selves, If the evil is to be remedied
at ALL
One Of the guiding rules Of would-be
ladies who never will be ladies appears
to be that OF "last come first served"
You will best observe this womanish
trait at a ticket window, a bargain
counter, or any similar place where
individuals are being waited on one
at time, and the order of precedence
Is not enforced. Go, for example, into
any large department store which
maintains trading stamp" booth.
Meek and patient women who have
been waiting five or ten minutes for
q turn, see some well-dressed imitation
Of lady sail airily up, elbow herself
10 the front, claim her stamps and go
on her way, quite with the
air Of having done nothing that could
call for unfavorable criticism. How
ever other women may feel about 1t,
to q man 1t Is both amusing and exas-
perating to note the serene impudence
with which some of these dear angels
Of the fair sex rush In where poor
vols Of men fear to tread.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15
.pread,, and .pigeonr Seed.

School children in the crowded
parts of New York do not speak Of
corn and oats and wheat by those
names, but always refer to them as
seeds" The other day in one Of
the big schools the teacher was talk
ing to her pupils about gardening.
She ended with a request for each
pupil to bring few seeds the next
day to be planted in the window
boxes. The following morning the
children appeared mostly with either
oats, wheat or corn. While putting
few grains of each in the earth the
teacher referred to them by their fa-
miliar names. One of the girls in
the class took courage to "set the
teacher right" and said: Some one
must "a told you wrong, teacher.
That pointing to the wheat-"is
bread seed, an that yellow stuff amt
corn; It's pigeon seed. We always
call them that In the block where we
live"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15
lnax,n. Merth Of Farm.

The best time of the year to look
over 4 farm for the purpose of buying
Is in the summer. Just before the
binders get to work. The good and
poor places will show up then as at
NO other time, and. II the season prior
to that time has been an average one,
the crop will be fair index of the
value OF the land. The common prac-
tice of going farm hunting Just after
the springs work Is over has little to
commend II. save the inconsiderable
matter of time saved. The poorest time
In the whole year to pick out farm
is when 1t Is covered with drifts Of
snow.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15

The desperate struggle to do some
thing worth while is the very thing
which draws out our reserve forces
and develops latent power, says 0rison
SWEET Marden In Success Magazine.
Without this struggle, many people
would never have discovered their real
selves. Napoleon was never so ne
sourceful. never SO levelheaded, never
had that vigorous mental grasp, was
never able to make such powerful COM
binations as when he was driven to
desperation. It was when all bridges
were burned behind him, and there
was no possibility of retreat, that the
possible Napoleon came to the rescne.
Napoleon said Of his great general
Massena, that he never showed his
mettle until he saw the wounded and
and dead falling all around him In
battle; then the lion In him was arous-
ed, and he fought like demon.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15
N1< ana Tane;zeEr
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The silk cashmere comes In nearly
every color imaginable.
A new yelling has colored Russian
center with black ehantilly border.
Golden-brown velvet, made In R2S-
sian blouse style, is an attractive
model for the school girl.
Soft satins are more used for petit
coats than taffeta, the latter's tenden-
cy to whisper" being against it.
Madras In figured materials made
into pretty blouses can be worn with
moire skirts. The colors should be
alike.
The button counters now have gilt
ornaments in the way of slides and
tassel tops for the finish Of the mar
row velvet scarfs.
Pointed fox. rich and lovely, seems
to have captured a large share Of fem
mime attention. The huge NUTS and
scarfs to match are especially popu-
lar.
0ne-sided frills on sheer blouses are
the popular fad Of the hour. Knife
plated and scalloped edged. or simply
rufied and lace trimmed. they are
French and dainty-looking.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15

cumstances we're other than they ara
But that Is waste of time The thing
to do is to do as much as you can
for others here and now, and so make
the most of your opportunities.
Don't be SO busy preparing for
some vague future time when you WIN
be happy that YOU have no time to be
happy to-day. The future will soon be
the present, and the chances are that.
when 1t does come, we shall still be 50
busy planning that we shall miss ous
chance Of happiness altogether.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15

Acidity may be overcome by apply
ing from 500 to 1000 pounds of lime
per acre. or bJ the use OF floats or
grounds shells.
There is much Of value written these
days about work on the farm which
will never benefit some farmers. be-
cause they have the notion that they
are too busy TO read.
No other people set so high . value
on good soil as the Hollanders, and
we are learning that not many acres,
but rich ones. make the profitable
farm.
The roots Of the cowpea penetrate
rather deeply into the suhsoil and en-
able the plant to feed upon the min
eral food that 10 not readily extracted
bY other crops.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15
Culture of the Orchard.

Cultivation Of the orchard is mainly
ior conserving soil moisture. II culti-
walton is begun early In the season
and continued until midsummer.
growth of wood will be stimulated and
fruit developed. Less moisture In late
summer and early fall Is desired. so
that wood will properly develop and
harden to be able to stand the cold
OF the following winter, Arrange to
cultivate the orchard early In the
summer and have the soil In good Ak
for sowing to rye or other cover crop
toward the last Of summer. The cover
crop will afford some good winter pas
ture and will keep hilly land from
washing away.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15
DooR

well, but tight plank floor is better.
but best Of all Is good concrete floor.
In the center of the floor there should
be firebox built of brick; this is
about 12x18 inches inside measure
ment and IL inches deep. When cur
ing build your fire in this and cover
with a piece Of perforated sheet iron.
The house should be eight feet high
at the corners and left open to the
comb, the inside of the rafters pref
erably celled. Place 2x8 joists two
feet apart on the plates, and 21a feet
above these put in another set OF joists
on the rafters; these can be 2x6, and
in both sets Of joists which will be
used to hang your hams place iron
meat hooks two feet apart and two
inches from the lower part Of the
joists. These hooks can be made Of
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15
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Miss Hattie Pearce, of Billings, Mo-.
Is clerk in the Court Of Appeals
Miss Nellie Horton, Of Fort Worth.
has been elected treasurer and secre-
tary of the. Farmers Union In Texas.
She has just passed her 25th birth
day.
Mrs. Danforth willard Blanchard,
one Of the oldest woman suffragists in
the world, is SO years Of age and lives
with her niece, Mrs. ]. B. Booth. In
Detroit.
The Rev. Sarah A. Dixon, for sew.
eral years associate pastor of the First
Unitarian Church of Lowell, Mass, is
now pastor Of the Congregational
Church at Tewksbury, Mass.
Miss Mary Nye Of Columbus, Miss
Bertha Salzgaber of Bellaire, and Mrs.
Irvine G. Miller of Springfield. o.. have
been appointed deputy inspectors Of
workshops and factories.
The Wesleyan Conference of Eng
land recently passed by a large ma
jority motion to admit women as lay
delegates. This resolution has to be
approved by the synod before 1t can
become rule Of the denomination.
Mrs G. c. Kenelly has been ap-
pointed probation officer OF the New
Orleans Juvenile Court by Judge VIII
son. She has taught school for sew
eral years and has also had expert
ence In handling children and young
women as the agent of the Travellers
Aid Society of New Orleans.
Mrs. Isaac l. Rice Of New York
was chosen at the conference In Lon
don of the International Society for
the Suppression Of Street Noises to
have charge of the second congress OF
the society. which is to be held in
New York In 1912. The first congress
is to meet in Berlin in June. 1910.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15
Filling Washy Places.

II there is no other trash on the
farm for filling washy places in the
fields straw manure from the stables
Is excellent. The straw will fill the
places and catch and hold all of the
soil that washes into them. The ma
nure In the straw will help to make
the ground more productive when 1t
is again cultivated. Never plow in
a gully with fresh dirt without some
trashy and brushy filling to hold 1t
and catch more.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15
Currants ana Gooseherrses.

Gooseberries and currants are
planted about three feet apart. They
should be cultivated and must be
kept free from weeds. Currant
worms, IL they make their appear
ance, can be kept down by spraying
or sprinkling solution Of one ounce
of white hellebore to three gallons Of
water. The plants should be sprinkled
we or three times in the spring.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15


to rise again, and to her belongs the
iredit for nine-tenths of the good
there is in the world to-day.
II we knew all 1t would be easier
to forgive all.
Babes In Christ should not be fed
on watered milk.
Some of us pray most for the things
we need the least.
Imitation virtues don't wear any
better than imitation jewelry.
Experience is a dear teacher, but
her diplomas mean something.
Talking for Christ should never be
done with frown on the face.
It is better to kill a snake In q
clumsy way than to let 1t escape.
When the name of Christ is every.
thing to us. it will do everything for
US.
No work is so small but that faith
fulness in 1t will sooner or later be
seen and rewarded.
Our Lord praised two women for
their liberal giving, but no man gave
enough to attract his attention.
The preacher who gets his sermons
out of the magazines is always won
dering why people won't go to church.
There are some people in every COM
munity who do more for the devil In
the church than they do for the Lord
outside.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15
Control of San Jose Scale.

Although the San Jose scale is =
thing to be avoided, 1t is not dreaded
so much as 1t used to be. The lime
sulphur wash will prevent the disease
from spreading. 1t is cheap wash
for small trees, but quite expensive
for large trees. but It pays. Spraying,
cultivation, pruning and care of any
crop, II properly done, are to q cer-
tain extent expensive and troublesome,
but they pay in the end in the guam,
tity and perfectness Of the fruit.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15

This is very great improvement
over the old way Of having the tongue
mortised into roller which would
turn and when the team would try to
hold back going down hill the tongue
would fly up, sometimes clear over
their heads, and prove to be OF very
little account. Many people, says a
writer, do not know Of any better way
yet. so will try to show you better
way, a way that takes the weight of
the horses necks and at the same time
holds the tongue rigid when going
down hill. First get nice straight
locust sapling for tongue, one having
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15

The velvet street suit trimmed with
fur is the fad. These little suits are
jaunty and graceful and are cut in
short walking length, band of fur
trimming the bottom, as well as bor-
dering the coat and the draped velvet
turban. This suit Is of royal blue vel
vet and the border fur is sealskin, the
blue velvet turban having sealskin
border and an ornament Of dull silver
and blue.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15

ready, with nothing to clean up after
making 1t, and much better than the
old sticky batter plaster. A piece OF
bread well dampened Is better as
poultice than either fax seed or slip
perry elm, and will neither dry out nor
sour so quickly.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15

po So Iner6 OuBnt
to be a cement floor.
bins for potatoes
and a rack for milk
pans and such arti-
cles. Here Is a good
rack. Take a post
6 inches square; on
this nail cleats. 1
inch thick and liz
inches wide. In pairs.
that is, one on the
north side, one on
the south side exact
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15

To Make Farm SmOkeh0use.
What / have found to be good
smokehouse for curing rs to 100 hams
should be about 12x14 feet. Build a
good. strong frame and flll the space
between the siding and ceiling with
soft brick, writes A. G. Wharton In
American Agriculturist. This viii
make your house cooler in summer
and will keep the temperature more
even in winter. Cover with shingles.
A good solid clay floor will do very
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15
TAin sea An Pa.ture.

Never let the sod get thin on the
pasture land. for this always means
the decrease Of the root systems Of the
plants and decrease in their ability
to penetrate the soil in search of plant
food. When sod becomes so thin that
the hoof Of the animal win break
through II In wet weather, II has
reached state Of exhaustion that re-
Quirea attention
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15

one-quarter inch rod iron and should
be long enough to let the meat hang
clear of the joists.
A window should be made In one
end of the house to give light when
needed, and this fitted with q tight
shutter. as we do not want much air
and sunshine to strike meat before or
after curing,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15
A pevetea Husband.

wife--Dearest. II you and l were
thrown on desert island. what would
you dot
Husband--Thank heaven can swim
Brooklyn Citizen.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15
TiIe-nrnined soils.

Tile-drained soil is more profitable,
being more quickly gotten into condi-
ton for crops and insuring better
condition all through the growing sea-
son. 1t is also true that crops in
drained soil do not suffer as much
from drought as do crops In undrained
soil.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15

above these one on east and one on
west, leaving 4 inches between each
two pairs. and have them long enough
to hold milk pans at each end. To use
for plates, cans. ETC.. fasten some
boards on for shelves.--Cor. Farm and
Iorna
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15
AIastara Plaster.

Trim the crust from a thin slice Of
Hight bread. then sprinkle 1t thickiy with
ground mustard. Spread a thin cloth
over the mustard and dampen with
-sa>-ar or water. Your plaster Is all
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15

Women started on merry widows.
but they've gone on to peach baskets.
wash bowls inverted. and then to now
er pots. but now they've gone on to
wash baskets, and / wonder whsre
they'll stop.-Gen. Ballington Booth
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15
-
TorGOH a

a natural fork at the end for the neck
yoke, as shown. Have your black
smith make two loops from an old
wagon tire as seen at A, with half inch
holes and bolts to attach them to the
two forward cross-pieces of sled, holes
being bored In the cross-pieces to
match holes in irons. The tongue is
then notched little to receive the
cross-pieces.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15
r.rly Au.traiian squatter..

Squatters in Australia used to BE-
able to take up crown lands at .
yearly rent of penny an acre.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15
BET CALLS.

Rams Horn Sounds n Warming Note
to the Unredeemed.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15

Many a man does more kicking with
his tongue than q mule does with his
two hind feet,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15
Useful ana Happy.

Try to be useful Just where you are.
Many Of us are fond Of imagining
how much we should do II eur cir.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15

receptions.
dinners, from Chinese blue velour with inset
In
skirt artistic
band with gold
embroidery
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15

Whenever you
see a boy. wait a
minute. and you
will hear him
whistle for his
dog.
w o m a n m ay
have been to
blame for the fall,
but she certainly
has been the first
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15
One er the other.

Triumph, or else yield to clamors
Be the anvil or the hammer.
From the Germnn
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-04-15
Keeping Cellars in Order.

Very frequently the cellar is lacR
ing in conveniences. This should not
Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-02
Gyrosoone Claims

After a careful consideration of both
the advantages and disadvantages in
cfdental to the use on a single-rail line
American comes to the conclusion that,
ingenious and scientifically sound as
the system is, its success as a substi-
tute for that by which freight and
passengers are now moved will prob
aoly be at best a limited one.
What the new cars, it says, would
save as to weight by increased num-
Der OF wheels they would lose by the
enforced carrying of the gyroscope it
self. and as the latter would have to
be extremely well made, the cost of the
cars would not be decreased. There
would be a saving by the elimination
OF the line of rails, but the one re-
naming would probably be as expen-
sive as two are now. and 1t would ne
cessitate expensive changes in roadbed
and bridges by the concentration of
train weight that is now divided. So
Tar as the passengers were concerned,
their comfort, especially in going
around curves, would be much increas-
ed by the change to the gyToscope cars,
but that present speeds could be dou-
bled with safety and economy, The
Scientific American much doubts. The
only imm ediate utility of the monorail,
gyroscope railroad seen by this au-
thority is for pioneer lines through un-
developed country, especially in noun
famous and billy regions, where many
and sharp cur eS were necessary
n. Y Times.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-02
THOSE BANK DIRECTORS
And Their SIP $4,000 Automobile
Bookkeeper.

Twelve dollars week was q small
salary for an employee who had it in
his power to steal $144,000 before his
detection. If depositors knew what his
salary was they would have become
suspicious of him when he rolled by in
an automobile with a chauffeur at his
side. But the public, or the greater
part of it, supposing he received
munificent recompense for his services,
did not wonder at his style of living.
The public, therefore, may well be
excused for its implicit confidence.
But what of the directors? They knew
what salary their bookkeeper received,
hence ordinary prudence ought to have
aroused suspicion on their part. But
even if their attention was not drawn
to the chasm between the young mans
mode of life and his small wages, the
decline in the volume of the banks
business should have frightened them
into an investigation of it's finances.
A person who should not take
thought for his health when the scales
told him he had lost SO per cent. in
weight would be deemed mad OF i'm
beetle. AS for the directors who it
seems, did not direct, we trust they
will be able to make an explanation
that will relieve the public of the ne
cessity of drawing an unpleasant
paral1ei-BoSton GLOBE.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-02
Waterbury Doctors and Publicity.

Are the doctors of Waterbury vic
tins of over-1olodesty and ddffidence?
Anyhow, the Waterbury Medical as
ISOLATION has adopted a resolution re-
questing newspapers, in publishing ac-
counts of sickness accidents and oper-
ations, to omit the names of the at
tending physicians or surgeons. We
do not understand that the organiza-
ton objects to the publication of the
name of the victim of the accndent or
of the subject of the operation.
Successful editing Of a newspaper
involves the exercise of judgment with
reference to what to leave out. But
in every case to omit the name of the
physician from accounts of accidents
and surgical operations would be an
offense against enterprising Journal
ism. In many cases, probably in a
majority Of cases. the name OF the at
tending physician is an unimportant
matter. But in the case of a, promi-
nent Individual who is the victim of a
serious illness or of grave accident or
of a surgical operation, the public is
interested to know, as indeed it has
the right to know. the name of the at
tending medical expert
The immediate motive which prom pit
ed the adoption of the uo-naIne reso-
luton of the Waterbury Medical asso-
citation we do not know. Perhaps so ne
doctors have had an itch for publicity
and have sought to get their names
into print on every possible pretext,
and to such physicians the resolution
may be intended as q rebufLe. But