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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-08-19
FROM ONE WIZARD TO ANOTHER.
How Thomas A. Edison Found the
Diary of Samuel II. ID. Morse.

How Thomas A. Edison Found the
Diary of Samuel II. ID. Morse.
In the middle "S0's" Thomas A.
Edison took a house In Gramercy
Park, New York City, where he found
himself very well situated for the leis'
ure which he always enjoys, being by
nature reposeful man and not the
grinding dynamo that people so often
fancy him. Few things suit better the
mood of idleness than TO poke aim.
lessly around an old house that has
Its legible traces and signs of human
occupancy, and thus one day Edison
found himself in the garret of the
house, where some old furniture had
been stored, writer in the Metropolis
says. Opening one of the drawers, he
saw lying within fiat oblong book
labeled Daily Journal" To his
astonishment this proved to be moth
ing less than an original diary kept
by Samuel f. b, Morse, inventor OF
the universal system of telegraphy
belonged to brief but most intereS
ing period of his life, the year 1S4S,
supplemented by transcripts of i'm
portant correspondence dated back as
far as 1S4S, when the electromagnetic
telegraph system was being construct.
ed between Washington and Balti,
more.
Edison put the book away carefully
and took 1t with him when he estab.
lished himself at his present country
home In New Jersey. He has now
placed 1t in the hands of the Ameri.
can Institute of Electrical Engineers,
with the remark in his accompanying
letter of July 22. 1909: "As this ap.
pears to me to be matter of great
scientific and public interest. feel
that this journal should be placed
where 1t may be accessible to others
and l therefore take much pleasure
In forwarding the same herewith and
In presenting 1t to your institute in
the hope that 1t may be deemed worthy
of receiving place among the me
mentos of the telegraphic art in your
library"
That Edison himself. the great tel
egraph inventor OF our age. who stands
next in line to Franklin and Morse
as master of the electrical forces
should have chanced thus casually on
lost relic of his predecessor is. tc
say The least, notable coincidence
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A Low Wagon.

A Low Wagon.
A low wagon Is a decided advantage
at times on the farm II the roads are
firm. With a low wheeled rig man
can go into a hay field or corn field
and load the rack with half the labor
involved with high wheels. OF course
small wheel will sink deeper into
the mud and drop into furrow or
small depression that large wheel
will bridge over.
The wagon illustrated Is built out
of the ordinary farm wagon with full
size wheel: First, make an axle nine
and half feet long, with skeins that
will At your wheels. Take two tim
hers eighteen feet long, relatively as
strong as 6x8 pine Ground timbers will
answer II you have them on your
FARM, hang these under the axle near
the skeins with fve-eighths round iron
clips with burrs underneath. Four or
six inch blocks may be put between
the axle and timbers, which will make
them still lower. Chamfer the front
ends and bolt together. forming tri-
angle.
Hang the front end under the front
axle by means Of a strong, short reach
bolted firmly to the timbers just behind
the circular part Of front hounds. The
king-bolt goes through the reach and
serves TO draw the rear part, but the
weight is supported by coupling In
front Of the axle. This consists of
heavy eye bolt and large triangular
link. which is looped over the projecting
end Of the reach in front Of axle. Gov
er the timber with tight floor eight
feet wide, as far as possible, without
interfering with the turning of the
front wheels against the timbers. Deck
over the front wheels, resting the deck
ing on false bolster All the deck
ing is of sound inch boards, with
strip nailed under the ends OF boards
to protect them.
For hay, use stakes In rear, with 2x6
bolted cross-wise, and 2x4 fastened
from top of same to the deck to shield
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the wheels. This part may be removed
when hauling commodities other than
hay. Three short posts may be set in
ground with inclined bars and the wag-
on driven or backed upon same to raise
1t from the ground, when the wagon
can be changed quickly and much more
easily than the ordinary rack can be
lifted on or off. This wagon may be
used for hauling silage. corn, and. In
the absence of spreader, for hauling
manure. having no sideboards to both
er with.
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LEGAL INFORMATION


For violating the statute providing
that BARRIERS shall be licensed and reg
istered before being allowed to engage
In tonsorial toll, appellant in Jackson
VS.. State, lit Southwestern Reporter,
S18, was convicted. The law exempts
students in the university and BARRIERS
in small towns. Its purpose is to In.
sure efficiency in the BARRIERS and by
gienic conditions IN their establish
ments. The statute was declared un-
constitutional by the Texas Court OF
Criminal Appeals on the ground that
1t was contrary to the provision pro.
hibiting taxation of mechanical en-
ployments, and that by Its exceptions
1t became discriminatory because the
evils intended to be prevented could
as easily arise In an institution of
learning or hamlet as in the frescoed
parlors of metropolis.
A Missouri statute prohibits courts
from furnishing contempts by fine ex-
ceeding $50 or Imprisonment for more
than ten days. In Chicago, B. G @.
Ry. Co. VS.. Gildersleeve, 118 South
western Reporter, SO, 1t appeared that
appellant had disregarded an injune-
tion forbidding his traffic in partly
used railroad tickets, and had been
sentenced to fifteen days imprison-
ment for contempt Appellant relied
on the statute, and expressed the fear
that unless the statute were recognized
dis constitutional the courts could ex-
ercise their power to punish for con-
tempt in an arbitrary and oppressive
manner. The Missouri Supreme Court
held that as the court was created by
the constitution, and had inherent
power to punish for contempt, allow
ing the Legislature to regulate this
power would be permitting the legis-
lative body to exercise functions prop
erly belonging to the judicial. Three
judges dissented.
In United States ex rel. Atty. Gen.
vs.. Delaware & H. Co. 20 Supreme
Court Reporter, SGT, the statute pro-
hibiting railroads from transporting
in interstate commerce commodities
manufactured, mined or produced by
them, or in which they were directly
or indirectly interested, was construed,
three justices dissenting from the
courts opinion. The Federal Supreme
Court held, in substance, that although
a railroad corporation could not trans
port the product of its own mines,
yet 1t could control corporation en-
gagged exclusively in mining, and
transport the mineral for the corpora.
tion which 1t owned or controlled;
that the ownership Of a railway car
rier of stock in bona fide corporation
producing coal was not the interest In
the commodity forbidden the carrier.
The court illustrates its deduction
thus: A carrier mines and produces
and owns coal as result thereof. 1t
sells the coal to A. 1t Is impotent to
move 1t for account of A. in interstate
commerce because Of the prohibition of
the statute. The same carrier becomes
dealer in coal, buys and sells coal to
A. This coal 1t may transport In in
terstate commerce. Thus If the rule
of literal Interpretation were applied
this incongruity would result, and the
intention could hardly have been to
offer an incentive to carrier to be-
come buyer and seller of commodi-
ties which 1t transported.
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M
Exports of farm products fronA the
United States have increased from an
average Of $3.50. 100000 a year in the
five-year period from 1851 to 1855 to
more than $1,000. 100000 in 1908, ac-
cording to the Department of Agricul-
ture. The increase in exports has
been greater than the increase In pop
ulation. In 1876 the average value
per capita of agricultural exports was
$5.S5; in 1901-05 1t was $10.SS. Ex-
ports OF packing house products have
increased from $1O,000,000 In the
1S51-55 period to $196,000,000 in 1908.
the principal Items in this group be.
ing pork, beef and oleo oil. Since
1905 there has been decline In the
exports of beef, but the balance OF
trade favors foreign countries by near
ly $2O00o0,000 in the year ending
June 80, 1909, according to the ad-
vance sheets Of the report of the New
York Chamber of Commerce. The re-
port will show that imports into the
United States increased $18.085,245
over 1908, while exports for 1909 fell
OF $175.35S.326.
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Question Prompted by the Many
New Methods of Rapid Trans-
portation.
AIRsH1p AND OCEAN FLYER
May Cross Atlantic in Three Days
Monorai1 the Successor to the
Present Railroad.

Two questions seem to be the most
important problems of the age. They
are Where is the speed limitT' and
"How fast is 1t possible to travel a
given distance?"
When the first automobiles reached
such perfection that speed OF TWEEN
ty-five miles an hour was made with.
out injury to machines or drivers the
public gasped, the Baltimore Sun says.
Yet little by little this record has been
changed, until recently Barney Old
field dashed around mile course In
27 seconds, the equivalent of 13l
miles an hour. And this remarkable
rate Of speed Barney coolly promises
to exceed the next time he enters a
contest.
Already 1t is possible to leave New
York on Monday morning and take
dinner on Friday In Liverpool. Naval
men experimenting with oil fuel pre-
dict that within six months or a year
the trip will be reduced from fve
days to three. Small craft burning oil
fuel have plowed through the sea on
test runs at the rate of fifty miles an
hour. Aeroplanes are showing aston
ishing rates of speed. Beriots tri-
umph In crossing the English Channel,
leaving far behind steamers which
left France at almost the same mo-
ment, has shown the scientific world
what is possible and his record may
be broken at any time. The bird-like
flights of flying machines at recent ex-
hibitions show clearly that these de-
vices will one day rival the highest
rate of speed motion attained by We
hicles on the earth's surface. 1t may
be that they will exceed them.
Tremendous speed means the saving
of time, and this is time-saving era.
Time is money. and every second
saved means dollars to the hustling
business men of this generation. This
probably is the real reason for the
eternal striving for faster methods OF
transportation.
In England there Is in operation a
queer looking vehicle which, 1t Is
claimed by the inventor can be run
over single rail with absolute safety
at the incredible speed of 140 miles
an hour Already the monosnil sys-
tenn Is talked of as the most likely
successor to our present railroad meth
dds, and plans to try out the English
inventors time-saving train here In
America are already under way. With
the monorail success the trip from
New York to Philadelphia could be
accomplished in about twenty minutes.
The Twentieth Century limited when
run from New York to Chicago in six
teen hours. would then be about as
modern as Conestoga prairie
schooner in the heart of Broadway.
The one desire of the civilized
world seems, in this generation, to be
to get there first" New inventions.
be they ever SO hazardous, are snap
ped up with avidity by excitement
loving men who are ever willing to
brave death in making the idea prac-
ticable.
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FOR GIRLS TO READ.
New Rule That His Recently Gone
Into Eject al the POstofice.

New Rule That His Recently Gone
Into Eject al the POstotiice.
1t was addressed to a man, but none
the less 1t is letter for girls to read.
Dear Grant," 1t said. Somewhere
have seen this: One is never the
common sinner II means more to me
now than ever before
This morning went downtown, as
we agreed | should. to get your letter
at the general delivery department of
the postoffice. found there were two
windows for women, but there was a
long line In front of each: so | took
my place at the end of one line, feel
ing rs uncomfortable as II everybody
knew that ] was going to ask for my
letter under a false name,
Don't be impatient with me for
that. | hadn't forgotten the argu-
ments in favor of keeping our core.
spondence secret, and | know father
and mother do seem to us unreason.
able and unjust, but. you see. to them
am just their little girl, and-well,
couldn't help feeling strange.
Soon noticed that the line didn't
move. A loud-voiced woman was hav-
ing an alteration at the window. Aft
er while the woman next In front OF
me asked stranger who stood look
ing on what was the matter. and he
came close and explained In a too ia.
miliar way, which somehow included
me with her, about a rule which had
gone into effect this morning. com.
pelling every woman who applied at
the general delivery window to give
her real name and address. The de.
partment he said. was primarily for
the convenience Of people who had no
iiHed address In the city. and II had
been misused; great deal of crime
was known to originate there. And he
went on to say that he had been there
all the morning watching the fun
and that It was mighty interesting to
see how many married women came
there for mall 0 Grant, felt
ashamed!
by this time a young girl behind
me began to ask questions. Then she
and a still younger girl compared
>otea. couldn't help hearing. TAav
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Notes Of the Farm Dairy.


The best cows are the ones that the
careful dairyman raises for himself.
The best favored butter in the world
is made in private dairies-and the
worst. too.
The silo enables the farmer to carry
more head of stock than he otherwise
could be able to do.
To produce their full milk-glvins
capacity. cows should be kept as fres
from disturbance as possible.
No one man can develop COW into .
high producer unless that COW had an
inherited quality Of development to
start with.
The COW with good appetite Is apt
20 be the cheapest butter producer,
Cows that are '1tinicky'' are not ant te
AA nrotltabla
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Raising Pheasanta.

The profits of raising pheasants have
attracted attention from government
experts. 1t Is found that there Ia a
good demand for these birds to siock
parks. game preserves and private es-
tates. besides the regular market de-
mand for pheasants as game. and It is
claimed the general demand Is increas-
ing. The Department Of Agriculture
has issued . booklet giving practical
information on raising pheasants,
Farmers Bulletin. No. $50
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Combination Hog House.

/ have two pastures that have n,
shade trees in them. 1t is very con
venient, however, for me to run the
hogs on them during the summer. Fol
a while used make-shift shapes In
the fence corners, but one winter was
building four movable breeding houses
and ] hit upon a plan by which
could use them in the summer al
shade.
All four sides we're made on hinges
as shown In the drawing, and in tn,
summer these sides are fastened up
Quite large number of hogs can FIND
shelter In one of these houses In the
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Home-Made Cheese Press.
Feed Material.

The various feeding materials give
results more according to quality than
to amount provided the stock. Properly
cured corn fodder, hay that was put In
the NOW at just the right condition
and grain that Is free from mold or
smut. will produce greater gain at less
cost than articles that are not of good
quality. No rule for feeding. accord
Ing to weight of the animal, can be
depended upon. but the more food an
animal consumes the greater It's abil-
lty to produce IL the food itself Is not
deficient in nutrition.
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Dairying In Holland.

Dairying in Holland is the princi-
pal occupation. The land is worth
from $500 to $1,000 an acre. yet the
people pay their rents or interest on
the investment. by producing butter
and cheese, which they place on the
European markets In successful com
petition with that produced in Ameri
ca on land less than one-fifth the
value. The secret is- efficient cows
excellent care, cooperation and supe
riority Of butter and cheese. COW
stable in America is usually an un
tidy. uninviting and In many cases
absolutely filthy place, where, to the
disgrace Of civilization, human food
Is produced. In Holland COW stable
Is as clean and carefully cared for al
any other room in the house.
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the heat wasted, unless furnace oil
some kind Is built about the fire. The
accompanying sketch illustrates fur
mace made of an ordinary drain OF
sewer tile. The diameter Of the tile
must be of such size as to let the
largest part Of the rounding bottom
set inside. Dig out a hole In the earth
under the tile, says Popular Mechan.
les, or break a piece out Of the tile
to make an opening to feed the fire
and for the draft.
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1915 Christening of first child born or
French parents in Quebec.
1672-War declared in Boston against
the Dutch; the first declaration Of
war In the colonies. Union be-
tween the colonies Of Massachu-
setts, Plymouth and Connecticut.
i6S0-Elizabeth Morse imprisoned In
Boston for witchcraft.
177s-The British under Sir Henry
Clinton held council OF war and
decided to evacuate Philadelphia.
17s7-First cotton mill In the United
States started at Beverly, Mass.
17s3-A Democratic society was form
ed In Philadelphia.
1000 Connecticut yielded all claim 10
Western territory !. First municI-
pal court established In Boston.
19-Cornerstone laid for the Penn
sylvania State capitol at Harris
burg.
1S36-Railroad line between Boston
and Lowell opened for traffic
lS38-Earl of Durham arrived in Cam
ada to assume his office as gover-
nor general.
1s45-Fire in Quebec destroyed more
than 1000 houses. ;. Sir John
Franklin sailed on his last expe-
dition to the Arctic.
1S46-A convention met at Albany to
revise the constitution Of New
York.
184s-Maj. Gen Winfield Scott received
by the municipal authorities OF
New York.
t869-First sod Of the Georgian Bay
canal was turned near Toronto.
is61-Savannah blockaded by Federal
squadron. ;. Union troops destroy
ed the railroad between Alexan-
dria and Leesburg, Pa.
tS62-Gen. Banks defeated at winches-
ter and driven across the Potomac
1S64-Nathaniel Hawthorne buried in
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord.
Mass. Sidney Edgerton appoint
ed first governor of Montana ter
ritory.
1S6b-Galveston, Texas, surrendered to
the Federal troops.
1852 The Massachusetts, State Senate
refused to grant the right Of suf-
frage to women.
tS78-One hundred houses destroyed
by tornado at Richmond, Va.
1ss1--Award Of $4,000 made for the
attack on American fishermen in
Fortune Bay.
tS8e-Haymarket anarchists indicted
in Chicago for murder.
lSss-Boston Corbett, slayer of J.
Wilkes Booth, escaped from an
asylum in Topeka.
1SSs-Flood at Johnstown. Pa. result
Ing from the breaking of dam,
destroyed 1926 lives.
lS91-The "modus vivendi" coercion
act passed by both branches of the
Newfoundland Legislature.
1ss2-The High Water Mark" monu-
ment at Gettysburg dedicated.
1ssS-Body of Jefferson Davis taken
from the tomb in New Orleans for
removal to Richmond.
lnSu-OuTulhtlOI ol Lie EIUpSTOE dIu
Empress Of Russia at Moscow.
-Gladstone's body lay in state in
London.
1899-Freneh Court of Cessation decid-
ed in favor of the revision of the
Dreyfuss verdict. More than one
hundred buildings in ST. John. N.
B., destroyed by fire.
I9o0-Welland canal dynamiters sem
fenced to life imprisonment. -.
Gen. John B. Gordon elected COM
mander-in- chief of the United Con-
federate Veterans.
t905-W. w. B. McInnes appointed
governor-of the Yukon Territory.
-. President Roosevelt offered his
services as mediator to end the
war between Japan and Russia.
iS0s-Wiiiiam Lorimer elected United
States Senator from Illinois after
four months deadlock. Andrew
Carnegie gave 100000 for hero
fund in France. !. Alaska Yukon
Pacific exposition opened in Seat
tie. ). Great street car strike was
begun In Philadelphia.
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The EIrnf Thnnaand.

ITS the first thousand dollars that's
hard to get"
That's right" assented the owner
OF the garage. AFTER you separate
'em from that, they'll loosen to any
extent. t."--Louisville Courier Journal.
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Cream one-half cup of butter with
one and one-half cups of sugar, add
the beaten yolks of four eggs and beat
again. Add one cup of milk, two and
one-quarter cups of flour sifted with
four level teaspoons of baking powder,
then one-half pound of dates chopped
and one-half teaspoon Of almond fla,
voring. Bake In thin sheets, cover
with thick icing, and decorate with
stoned dates. Cut In squares.
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summer, and In winter they are just
as warm as can be when used for the
pigs.-John Y. Beatty. in Farm and
Home.
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No girl is entirely happy and salts
ficd with her lover II she continues to
say her prayers during her engage.
ment.
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Speaking for himself. man rarely
says that competition is the life Of
trade. as II he really meant Il.
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Outdoor Fireplace for Kettle
When a kettle is used in the open
air for heating water, or boiling
maple sirup, there is considerable Of
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Think of the Hot Air in every town
that never amounts to anythingi