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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-12-23
AMBASSADORS.
They Enjoy Some Curious Privileges
at European Courts.

They Enjoy Some Curious Privileges
at European Courts.
In the popular mind-the American
mind at least--there Is very little diff
ference between an ambassador and
minister, but the former is entitled to
very many privileges abroad that are
denied to mere envoy.
For instance, one curious privilege of
an ambassador Is that he, and he
alone when dismissed, may turn his
back to the sovereign to whose court
he Is accredited. The mode Of pro-
eedure, generally speaking, is as fol-
lows:
When the audience Is at an end the
ambassador waits to be dismissed by
the sovereign. When dismissed the
ambassador bows, retires three PAGES.
bows again. retires three PAGES, bows
third time, turns on his heels and
walks to the folding doors, But when
the reigning sovereign Is woman,
still potter methods obtain. To turn
his back would be discourteous; to
walk backward would be to resign a
privilege; therefore the ambassador re-
tires sideways like crab. He keeps
one eye on the sovereign and with the
other he endeavors to find the door.
BY this unique means he contrives to
evince all pollteness to the sovereign
and at the same time retain one of his
privileges.
Another privilege of ambassadors is
the right of being ushered into the
royal presence through folding doors,
both Of which must be flung wide for
him. No one save an ambassador can
claim this privilege, the most any non
ambassadorial individual can expect is
that one of the doors shall be opened
TO him.
One privilege appertaining to tho
ambassador, one capable of causing
great Inconvenience to the ruler, is the
right of demanding admission to the
sovereign at any hour of day or night
This was one of the reasons why
Abdul Hamid. when sultan of Turkey,
opposed the raising Of our mission at
Constantinople to an embassy. 1t was
decidedly inconvenient at times to see
the American representative at all.
To the European the most important
feature of the ambassadors makeup
u his sword. There the blade of the
sword Is rapier blade with the point
blunted, 1t has been facetiously OBJ
served abroad that the use the sword
ts put to In addition to its trick of
tripping up Its wearer is usually the
harmless one of poking fires. One di-
plomatist was said to file his bills on
his sword when 1t was not otherwise
engaged. and for long while 1t was
. standing witticism OF the corps dip.
iomatiQue In Europe that the Russian
ambassadors used their swords to file
broken treaties, circumstance that
was held to account for the inor,iinate
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Queen Elizabeth,a Amulet.

Queen Elizabeth during her last H.
ness wore around her neck charm
made of gold which had been be-
queathed to her by an old woman in
Wales, who declared that SO long as
the queen wore 1t she would never be
Ill. The amulet as was generally tho
case, proved Of no avail, and Eliza
beth, notwithstanding her faith in the
charm, not only sickened, but died.
During the plague In London people
wore amulets to keep off the dread de-
stroyer. Amulets Of arsenic were worn
near the heart. Quills Of quicksilver
were hung around the neck and also
the powder Of toads.
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length of their weapons. .-Harper's
Emmet's Presence of Mind.

A story is told of Robert Emmett
which proves his secretive power and
resolution. He was fond of studying
chemistry, and one night late, after
the family had gone to bed, he swal-
lowed a large quantity of corrosive
sublimate in mistake for some adsd
cooling powder. He Immediately dlsA
covered his mistake and knew that
death must shortly ensue unless be in.
stantly swallowed the only antidote.,
chalk. Timid men would have torn as
the bell, reused all the family and sens
for q stomach pump. Emmett called no
one, made no noise, but, stealing down
stairs and unlocking the front door,
went into the stable, scraped some
chalk which be knew to be there and
took sufficient doses Of 1t to neutralize
the poison.
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ATHENA. ORE. DEC. 1910

Practically every part of the state
OF Oregon will be benefited by the
plan for the extension OF experiment
work In all phases Of horticulture and
agriculture which is now under con-
sideration by President w. J. Kerr of
the Oregon Agricultural College and
the authorities OF Washington. The
plan will be- submitted to the regents
Of the college at meeting which will
be held within the next two weeks.
In all probability theregents will ap
prove the plan and IT will then be
ready for presentation to the legisla-
ture at its next meeting. The plan in
cludes extensive experiments in irri-
cation in the Willamette valley. The
experiments will be carried on In CO.
operation with farmers and fruit
growers at such points In the valley
as will best suit the varying oon.
ditions This may necessitate work
in as many as fifteen different COM
amunities in the valley. 1t will in
oitsids Investigations Of methods Of irri-
CATION and testing of soils, drainage,
the adlaptability of various kinds Of
farming aud the time and methods Of
tillaRe,
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No SweIIinu at All.

Il see not one ripple on the water.
All is calmness," said the little Ger
man lady, looking out dreamily over
the quiet sea. II hat crossed the
ocean when 1t was calm like this all
the way over"
do you mean that there was no
swell even In midocean% asked her
companion, who had never crossed at
all.
mo, no swelling at ALL" was the re-.
ply.-New York Press.
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State banka have been prosperous
the past year. as shown by the annual
report Of State Banig Examiner Wright
who found individual deposits in Ore
gon banks on No Ivemher 10 totaled
sl0i. .a70.3oo, nes gain since Novem-
ber 10, 1909, Of lsl4. .aal, $50. Total
resources Of Oregon banks Increased
during the year almost $40, 900, 900.
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The biggest wheat cargo ever sent
away from the Columbia river was
that taken the, past week by the Nor
wegian tramp steamship, the Bjorns-
tjerne Bjorpssn. which sailed with
aOb. 500 bushels for Europe. This is
the second largest cargo Of wheat
over loaded on the Pacific coast.
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Edgar Allen Poe got into niche In
the hall of faipe just in the nick Of
time. He had S96 votes. "Only this
and nothing more" His spirit has
been"tapping, esently tapping" at the
door Of the hall of fame for some
time. Poo was a genius sure, for did
he not write muchl that notody knew
what bio really meab,t?
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Oregon's financial condition, as
shown by the state treasurer's report.
is in excellent shape. There is $424.-
913 on hand, with no debts. bonded or
otherwise.
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The annual report of the Portland
Union tStockyards company shows
Portland il hacoming great packing
cantey. The value Of livestock shipped
The iirst year the concern was in oper-
alton amounted to IS, $780, 600.
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Wherein Thev Differ.

Jack-Widows are wiser than maids
In one respect at least. Tom--What's
the answer? Jack--They never let a
good chance go by, thinking that
better one will come their way.-Chi-
cago News.
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The writer who said that an optim-
ist believes in mascot and pessim.
ist takes stock in hoodoo. had a
fair view Of human weakness.
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A large acreage around Hermiston
Is being seeded to alfalfa. This Is
not only a profitable crop for hay, but
there is money in raising seed which
brings 23 cents per pound.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-12-23

Oregon has q population of 67s,765.
according to the figures of the thir-
svanth census. 40 increase Of 6a.7 per
cent over ten years ago. when the state
had a1S, $40. The increase of 20
years has been il4 per cent.
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Somebody said that there are no
flies In the Philippines for an ant de-
YOURS them. This is an anti-Hy cru-
sade of the right kind.
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-Four hundred boxes Of Comioe
pears, grown near Medford. sold in
The Iondoa market this season. for
&i0 box. 80 -
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Wallowa has startling potato story.

One vine that grew on new ground.
is said to have attained the height of
8 feet, inch, and produced 40 tubers.
the total weight of the potatoes being
16 pounds.
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Bad men excuse their faults; good
men will leave them.--Johnson.
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Oregon City has a paper mill that
is the third largest in the world.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-06-04
The BEAST IN
THE JUNGLE


The business man is the most i'm
portant man in any community, for 1t
is business that makes any commun
ity, race or class of people prosper
ous When one arrives in commun-
ity an impression of the prosperity of
its inhabitants is derived from the
business appearance and activity. So
far as the negro is concerned what
can you imagine that a strangers i'm
preston would be of the prosperity
of the Colorado negroes from their
business? Where is it? Who is he?
What are negroes doing in Colorado
in a business way? Who employs?
Who is employed in negro business?
Who is responsible? These are the
questions.
When negroes go to a white man
with proposition to buy, what are
their references? What bank can he
refer to? What firms that you have
been doing business with can be your
references? What is the business eX-
perience of these men? Are there
dozen men in Colorado who can stand
the commercial test in one body, to
purchase $4,000 worth of goods for
a business proposition, paying $4,000
cash and $4,000 on 80, 60 or 80 days
credit? If there are, why not start
some kind of business and give en-
ployment to our girls and boys who
have graduated from our mixed Colo
rado colleges, and not have them go
south for employment?
The opportunity is ripe for business
enterprises of all kinds. There are
barber shops, restaurants, rooming
houses, clothes cleaners and shining
parors. No hotels, no department
stores, no grocery. no butcher shops,
no banks, and many other necessary
business enterprises that can be es-
tablished, and do a creditable busi-
ness.
There are two negro newspapers in
Denver, both self-sustaining; one first
class job printing office. and two up
to-date undertakers All other busi-
ness is not of much consequence.
The negro population of Colorado
is principally of Southern extraction,
and are inclined to support negro
business enterprises, and do support
them where the business is run on
business principles.
In this state, where negroes have
all the privileges of white stores, who
get and hold the trade, negro business
men and women must be up-to-date
and keep pace with commerce. If
negroes could shave in white barber
shops, there would not be as many
negro barber shops as there are in
Colorado The Jungle Herder will
tell you that is just the trouble. ne
groes have too many privileges in
Colorado. and he won't patronize his
own people.
II negroes will go into business
along the same line that the whites
do they will find that negroes will
patronize their own, just the same as
any other class sticks to their own.
Negro merchants must cooperate for
the employment of their own,
and place them under obligation to
patronize them, by helping the less
fortunate to be Independent of white
business firms. The Jap, Jew, Dutch,
Sweed, Italian, and all other race
business men and leaders. provide
for the masses, and the masses are
in duty bound to support their firms
The same condition can be brought
about by our business men and lead
ers.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-06-04


lot of good substantial business ne
groes in Colorado, but they are beaten
back from entering the fertile fell
beyond the Jungle by those wild
beasts who guard every trail of op-
portunity, by their howl of politics,
religion, failure, wait, patience, and
that the party that freed us will es-
tablish u.s."
Race interest should not be govern
ed by politics and religion altogether,
or by what has been 1t is the NOW
and the FUTURE that makes the
white man prosperous. He is not
waiting, he is not patient Except
when he deals with the negro. He
is nervous. anxious and determined.
He is ready to help us when we show
the proper inclination to help our
selves, and be self-sustaining. He is
getting impatient with his negro bur
den, and unless the negroes in Colo
RADIO get a move on themselves to
help lift the burden of responsibility,
he may expect at any time to see the
wave of Southern disfranchisement
and oppression coming this way, as
immigration of the whites from the
South is being solicited, and he is
coming fast and in numbers.
Fifty years ago the white man and
the negro landed in Colorado to-
gether. There was nothing here but
broad, open country. No money
and not much to eat. Their chances
were equal. No prejudice and no diff
ference in the race for independence.
Look at the white mans position now,
and compare it with the black mans.
Most of the old timers have gone to
the great beyond, and did not leave
much to the credit of their children.
| often hear them talk of the OPP
portunities of their parents. Now
just make note of the condition of
the old timers children of 80 years
ago, and figure out what will be the
condition of our children 25 years
from now, at the rate we are going
Is it not time for the Beast in the
Negros Jungle to stand up and look
wise?
| have been told by leading negroes
that did not know how to deal or do
business with negroes | admit all,
after several attempts, which has
qualified me to study the situation,
and | am convinced that it is the
Beast in the Negro's Jungle that
don't understand. | have no political
aspirations in Denver, and from the
ol, Of In do
think | would attempt to do business
in Denver, since my leading negro
friends were kind enough to advise
me of my incapacities. Others, who
may contemplate doing business in
Denver should appear before the Jun
gle Herder and pass an examination
for qualification to do negro bust
ness if they intend to engage in bust
ness here.
The negro business men leave their
interest to the politician and preach
er instead of cooperating for bust
ness influence and advantages. What
influence can a pig-head politician
like the Black Moses of the Negro
Democrats (and his ilk in the Repub-
lican party of this state, bring to any
business. or the standing of our rep
resentative citizens? What is need
ed is for the business men and pro-
fessional men to get together and
work by committees for influence and
prestige. and not allow these whisper
ing, Switching political pests to beat
back those who are in the proper po-
sition to represent the race 1t is
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-21

Y THE mountain
frontier, between
the Argentine Re-
public and Chile
nearly 1900 feet
above the level Of
the sea, at Cumbre
Pass, is a piece Of
statuary absolutely
unique in history,
THE Christ OF the
Andes Cast in the
bronze from the
cannon Of opposing
Chileans and Argen
tines. It was placed
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T77T7Z-T ~ ~ W5z19- 11217H zL73z7zE ~o

and vest coasts Of South America and in the
transport of lighter manufactured goods from
Europe and America the rail route will prove a
formidable rival
Though Brazil and the Argentine Republic
washed by the Atlantic, vast tracts Of rubber
growing districts Of the and of the agrtcul
turaI and cattle sections of the other lie far
nearer to the Pacific. With facilities of trans
port It is reasonable to suppose that products
which have hitherto found their sole ports OF
shipment on the Atlantic seaboard will ultimately
turn to the Pacific, and vice versa.
As a medium of ocean traffic the Importance OF
the route can not be overestimated At present
South America is TO great extent a commercial
apuanage of Europe. On the east coast the trade
Of The United States with the countries Of the At
lantic has been handicapped by inadequate ship
ping and also by the fact that the east coast
TO the south of the turn Of the continent Is really
much nearer TO Europe than to the United States
with the added advantage Of more favorable sail.
ing conditions, and the west coast is as remote
by sea from New York as it is from Liverpool OF
Hamburg. When the Panama canal is completed
a different condition will prevail. Then the United
States especially in its manufacturing sections,
win enjoy a tremendous advantage in respect TO
all that portion of South America situated or
commercially tributary to the Pacific Already the
opening Of the Tehuantepec line across Mexico and
OF the nteroceanic route In Guatemala has aug,
mented the volume of trade between the Atlantic
and Pacific.
with The Buenos Aires-Valparaiso route open to
easy transport Chile and Peru will not longer be
cut on from the great streams of the world com
merce They will be IN direct and constant in,
tercourso with the countries to the east and will
be brought proportionately closer to Europe, and
long step will be taken toward South American
solidarity by bringing the capitals of the west
coast under the same influences as those OF the
east
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4 mILLYTQZV c3oE7YT ar EfHg
ZIQ4VcS4NDZr7% mn NZqJC ~2p

the native win be the flHlmcut Of the dream
long cherished by engineers Of pieycing he An.
des which was accomplished on the morning ct
November e. 1909 when the workmon OF the
TunsnndIne railway approaching from opposite
sides OF the tunnel faced the last thin line OF
rock which IN the heart Of the Andes, separated
Chile from the Argentine Republic
10 was mn italian workman. operating under a
british engineer In the employ Of an An~lo.Amer-
lean FIRM and carrying to fruiNon the ag. Iect Of
two Chilean brothers, who placed the fuse for
the demolition of the rocky barrier and opened
up line " communication which, I'm the opinion
OF leading journal Of the United states. rs like
ly 10 change political relations I'm South America
and commercial conditions throughout the world
The first man 20 traverse the tunnel from end TO
end wins the chief Of the Argentine section Of
worlnon followed by 90 of his operatives tmost-
IS ghioans) who returned to their native land
with banners flying and cries of ,iclory
From tho capitals OF Chile and the Argentine
Republic mnrtlonarlos and private individuals
iouruoyod 20 DO present at this last act IN IN uu.
dctalyrg which has engaged The talents of
succession NJ engineers and hnHneiers since 1860
and which upon completion. vim take rank with
~" great Nnino tunnels
FIFTY years aeo Inc North American captain ~
industry, William Wheelwrlghf prepared ten
taive plan for crossing tho continent from Rosario
In the Argentine Republic 'o the Chilean port of
Cadoro, over the Pass of San Francisco rhir-
teen yonrs later tho Chilean brothers Juan and
Muteo Clark to whom the credit for the project
OF the line as completed must ho awarded took
the first practical steps In tho matter through
concession obtained from the Argentine govern
ment for u railroad from Ruonos Aires to The
Chilean frontier
In 1880 The FIRST section from villa Mercedes 20
Mendoza was built 10y tho Argentine government.
connecting with the Clark line from Nuenoe Aires
to villa Mercedes. In mn $50 miles. 4 subsequent
concession to "a British company secured me com.
ST NJ hp rAq ~ no 'rrr
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Really a Serious Dilemma.

The chap who works on one side OF
ne" said an office man, has been mar
ried six weeks and he sneaks TO the
telephone about four times a day and
calls up his wife, and then hear him
saying; Dear, how is your headache
now2 hope you are feeling better.
Then pretty soon he comes back to his
desk and goes to work again all smi-
ling.
The man who works on the other
side of me has been married six Yeas
and he goes to the telephone only
when he's called and then hear him
saying: Why, | can't possibly do that,
can't spare the money; and then lie
comes back to his desk all sCowling.
And, really, when l hear the way
these two men go on l don't know
what to do. l don't know whether tc
get married or to stay a bachelor"
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CRATER LAKES OF MEXICO

away and I'm The great hollow Of the crater
crowds Of hundreds can be lost and not a murmur
but the echo of ones voice from across the era,
ter, nearly a mile away, is heard.
The calm restfulness Of a crater lake is unlike
anything else in the world. One finds lakes and
solitary pools In forests mountain Businesses
and the calm there is akin TO witchery. but they
are stirred sometimes by passing breezes and
the trees will wave above In the wind But in
crater lake there is not breath that will stir Il
and even stone cast into its bosom creates rip
pies that seem as though they would be swa,
lowed ere they are born Peace is word withou;
a meaning until one lies silent on the slope II
such A crater with such lake NJ his Leet
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-21
The IeWeled Set.

An actress said OF Eleanor Robsons
She is a dear She has married Au
gust Belmont. Now she is in the set
that once heard her so wittily ridi-
cule
She said that in conversation with
a leading matron Of this gilded, this
ieweled set, she once said:
And where do you think you Il
spend the summer, Mrs. Van Gelt?'
Er-the North Cape, I believe.
Mrs. Van Gelt answered. One can get
skiing there all through August, you
know
And where will you spend the win.
ter, then?'
"O Oh, Florida, by all means. There's
such ripping January bathing at Palm
Beach.
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Too Lavish,

Mrs. Dobbs was trying to find out
the likes and dislikes of her new board
er, and all she learned increased her
satisfaction.
DO you want pie for breakfast" she
asked.
NO, thank you" said the new
boarder, with smile. pie for break
fast seems a little too much"
That's Just the way I look at It."
said Mrs. Dobbs, heartily. Il say pie
for dinner is necessity, and pie for
supper gives a kind o. finishing touch
to the day; but pie for breakfast is
what | eau putting on airs. Youths
COMPANION.
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A Divided Family.

The bright six-year-old daughter of
a physician happened into his recep.
ton room the other day and a wait
ing woman patient engaged her in con-
Versation.
Il suppose you 90 to church and
Sunday SCHOOL," she asked.
Oh, yes, maam," she replied.
And what denomination do your
parents belong tor"
Why" said the little one, mann
mas a Presbyterian and papa's
stomach specialist"
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New Work for Woren

Mrs. Frederick H. Snyder is the
only womcu impresario on earth, she
says She decided that grand opera
would be good thing for st. Paul ana
made her first venture so successful
that she has continued in the business
after the fashion Of men engaged in
the same work