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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-07-29

knowed there was a somethin' whin
it came, the bill marked Phase remit
My Dannie read it to me. Says I,
He's in trouble, the little DOCTOR
Thin out goes an sells the COW. An
here's the money, Miss Margaret,
thirty-five dollars. 1t leaves five
OWN, but Danniell soon raise that,
an I'll run up wild it. If 'twar thirty
five hundred I'd not begrudge it fur
what he's done for me-"
She undid the knots in an old ban
danna handkerchief, and brought to
light the pieces of shining gold. Her
face, scanned and marked by care, her
work-worn hands, appealed to Mar
garet. She spoke impulsively, putting
the gold back in the old handkerchief.
Mrs. Halloran, l want you to take
this money and buy your COW again.
The need is not so pressinga way
has come since that bill was sent that
makes 1t unnecessary for us to take
it,"
The relief was plain on the woman's
face. She protested, but feebly, while
her old hand hovered over the coin.
1t is not lightly that one relinquishes
the means of livelihood. She patted
Margarets hand.
"Ye're yer fathers own daughter,
my dear. l couldn't speak finer word
about We. He's a good mantle best
l ever knowed; that merciful to the
poor, We wouldn't believe. He'd be
doin much better in a better neigh
borhood. But the blessin' of the poor
Il think that goes for somethin'."
Margaret razed her air-castles of
unclean foundations to the ground. In
the morning, after she had made her
mother comfortable and sent the chill
dren to school, she took the old horse
and cart and started out on her round
of visits. And just as the angel once
spared the houses marked, so Margaret
dealt mercifully with the ones which
were not. She collected the disturbing
little slips of paper, reading a lesson
in many poverty,stricken place. In
some the money was ready, in some
it was not, but no one had blamed the
doctor.
Margaret was glad of that. To each
she gave the same excuse-the bills
had been sent by mistake. She did not
feel the words an untruth. She sighed
as she drove homeward. So far things
had turned out well, but the hardest
part was to come. 1t would be difficult
to explain to her father, to feel his
disappointment in her, Yet ineonsist-
entity, she longed for his return.
She drove to the station to meet
him. All the way home she pondered
how to tell him, while they talked of
trivial things. Just question, ANY
OF my patients been up, Margaret?"
And then it was out. Blundering-
ly. stumblingly. sparing not herself.
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SHOT AT INoUIsITIvE TOURIST.

wOmRn's Story of Attempted Killing
I'm Mosque OF Omar In Jerusalem.
In letter to friend in this city,
the Orange IN. J.) correspondent of
the New York Sun says Mrs. Herbert
Turrell tells the story OF the attempted
assassination on March of Mrs. Moore
In the mosque Of Omar at Jerusalem,
Of which she was an eye witness. Mrs.
Turrel says she is convinced that wom-
en- have no business to enter sacred
places where the country holds that
they should not be admitted. She says
that the fanatic who fired the potoi
thought he was doing his duty.
I'VE stopped at the golden gate oppo
site Solomon's court" writes Mrs. Ter
rell. ito have sandals placed on our
feet. We of the second party were as
sembed Just outside OF the outer
screen. when we heard pistol shot,
followed by four or Ave other shots in
rapid succession. At first | thought 1t
was bomb; then | saw flash and
smoke. We rushed OF the right of the
mosque In the opposite direction from
the firing.
Following the report women shrek
ed and there was a rushing sound as
of people running. Our guide told us
he would see what the matter was. We
crouched In the corner by huge pill
lar, not knowing how soon an attack
would be made upon us. Our first
thought was that there was an upris-
ing OF the Mohammedans,
'The party which had preceded us
was unquestionahly involved. as the
shrieks of women plainly indicated. We
were told that crazy man had fred
a pistol and that the women were
frightened We realized that there had
been tragedy. but were willing to
accept any kind of explanation.
"The guide said the man had been
firing blank cartridges and had been
arrested He then proceeded to tell
the history of the mosque and we pre-
tended to listen to what he said. We
passed out Of door into court and
here we were Mortified to see blood
spots and sheik was mopping blood
from the floor.
"0ur guide insisted that It was q
quarrel among the moslems and that
nothing serious had happened. He led
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THE MIRACLE.

She's but little colleen gay,
Scarce thicker than me thumb.
But oh, the word she spoke the day!
'Tis blind am, and dumb.
Her small mouth had a pleadin' twist
AS though twas wishful to be kissed;
thought it gave the true word whist,
And hope lept in the heart Of me.
But when I tried it--oh, the blow
The little hand laid on me cheek!
Twas but feathers weight / know,
But sure, it left me faint and weak.
And oh, the look that changed her
eyes
Twas like the change Of Erin's skies
From shine to storm-the black sur
prise
And sorrow burst the heart O. me.
She stood there lashin' me bold ways
So weak the gentle tongue of her,
Compared with some I've got twas
praise
Then somethin', sudden, seemed to
stir
Within me breast. The truth 1t lept
Straight out, belike as if't had slept;
Then-right into me arms she crept
Sure, joys near crazed the heart Of
me.
-Harper's Weekly.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-07-29

1t was in the Office of one of the biz
theaters. A lot of actors were hang.
ing around, couple of journalists
and secretary or two. A young
woman dropped in for a hasty greet
ing, and then paused a moment to
speak to very well-known actor
whom che evidently met for the first
time. The press agents desk was
open, and in corner was a package
of pictures of the celebrated actor.
The latter looked them over, and as
the young woman exclaimed that he
should give her one he said, with an
insinuating smile to the press agent:
ALAS, they are not mine. They be-
long to Mr.. Dash!"
81 can't give any away" said the
latter. Each one costs me 20 cents"
Surely that is cheap!" the young
lady suggested.
The press agent ignored her and
turned to the actor
Cheap? Do you think anybody
would pay that much for your"
And the young lady laughed and
went without her picture.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-07-29
DANGERS OF PATENT LEATHER.
Shiny Shoes Are "a Menace to Life
and Limb in the City.

Shiny Shoes Are a Menace to Life
and Limb I'm the City.
1t has become a matter of some
doubt in the minds of many people
whether patent leather shoes should
be worn in the streets, the New York
Evening Sun says.
Is it safer or is 1t not? Should we
endanger our lives in the distraction
of traffic when, by wearing slightly
less shiny shoes, we could give our
attention to lodging automobiles and
ducking street cars? No child should
be allowed out alone in patent-leather
shoes-that is decided without mo-
ment's doubt; but even people of ma
turer years are not quite responsible
for their own safety when wearing
patent-leather shoes.
They cannot be, no matter what
their strength of character. II ones
shoes will shine, so one must watch
them, and if one walks with ones eyes
riveted on ones flashing feet, one of
necessity bumps into something, and
it is nothing less than cold luck if the
something is lamp-post or a post
man instead of flying fire engine.
And then ones progress is SO slow.
Absorbed, captivated, held spellbound
by ones own boot tips, one is so very
apt to arrive late at the place one was
going to or forget completely ones des-
tination and sinking on to park
bench wave ones feet slowly about,
bewitched by their sparkling high
lights.
Holland has most wisely and kindly
opened up a wide thoroughfare for
those persons who prefer roller skates
to other modes of conveyance, and as
nothing more than a humane precau-
tion the city ought to set aside ore
street for those incorrigible venture
some people who will wear patent
leather boots in public.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-07-29
Prominent Part She Is Now Taking
in the Development of
Oklahoma.
now A GIRL GOT HER CLAIM.
Miss Nannette Daisy's Leap from
Cowcatcher Of an Engine
When She Located"

A person of persistent prominence
In the development of Oklahoma Is the
woman homesteader. Since the first
day of the opening of old Oklahoma
to settlement in 1889, when Nannette
Daisy jumped from cowcatcher Of
an engine on the first train that
brought thousands of homeseekers into
the territory and staked off claim in
''the promised land" the woman home
steader has been occupying front
seat in Oklahoma's march Of progress.
The instances are not few where
women have staked off claims, superin-
tended the cultivation for years and
finally won the prize-a deed to a
quarter section of land from Uncle
Sam, says a Guthrie (Okla.) corre-
spondent of the Arkansas Gazette.
Leaping from the engine, Miss Daisy
climbed a small embankment, made
when the road was constructed, and
hastily disengaging herself from a
white underskirt, she pinned 1t to a
neighboring blackjack bush and called
to the other passengers as the train
started ahead with renewed speed:
'This is my homestead"
That tract of land, near Waterloo
and lying along the Santa Fe's main
line through this State, is still known
as the Daisy farm. She made good on
the claim, got patent from the gov
ernment and held the farm in her
name until the time of her death in
Chicago several years ago. She attain
ed considerable prominence in Okla
homa politics In the early days and
was personal friend of many men
who have since become wealthy and
we'll known in political and business
circles. Afterward she married SOL
dier, one of the men stationed at Fort
Reno, and following his retirement
from the service they moved to Chi
cago, where she died.
1t is estimated that more than 100
lone women held claims in Beaver
County last winter, as rule living in
dugouts and waiting for the spring
time In order to cultivate the land
It's plucky thing to do, but it's a
pluck that in practically every in
stance brings success as we'll as health
and freedom.
After they have lived on their claims
during the period specified by Uncle
Sam they make application for final
proof, the last thing necessary before
obtaining deeds. J. s. Fischer. Uni
ted States land commissioner at Tex
homa, says, as rule, the women pick
the choice tracts of land. In this con-
nection 1t Is interesting to note that
the United States commissioner at
Tyrone, In Beaver County, is a woman
Mrs. Susan Healey. Many women
homesteaders appear before her to file
on claims and make final proofs.
The woman at the head of farm
Is In almost every instance special
list. In numerous cases they have been
exceedingly successful In different
lines Of horticulture, agriculture and
raising of live stock.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-07-29
TABULATING CENSUS RETURNS.

Mechanism of Machines which Are
Labor and Time Savers.
THE automatic machine is the most
recent development in census tabulat
ing machinery, and had it been per,
fected earlier much of the hand ma.
chimes could have been dispensed with
though, in most cases where readings
must be taken very frequently, the
hand machines are almost, If not quite,
as economical.
Whether in the hand machine or in
the automatic, the counters are oper-
ated by means Of electrical contacts
made through the punched holes, ac-
cording to E. Dana Durand In the
American Review Of Reviews. The
machines are so wired that facts can
be counted In combination with one
another. Thus it is possible to count
at the same time facts with regard to
age and marital condition, 80 as to
show, for instance, on one counter the
number Of married persons from 21 to
20 years Of age, on another those from
% to 80, and on others the number
OF single persons Of these two age
periods Each machine, in fact, is
provided with large number of count
ers; as many as sixty counters will
be used in certain runs" Even thus,
however, 1t would be quite impossible
to count all the manifold combinations
of items at single run Of the card
Each card on the average must be
passed through the tabulating ma
chimes five or six times. In other
words, the work is equivalent to tabu-
lating approximately 100000 cards
Even the hand machines used at the
present census are much more rapid
than those of ten years ago. In 1900
the counters used consisted of dials,
from each of which the results for
each county or other unit of presenta-
tion had to be read by the eye and
taken down on sheets Of paper. The
present machines are so arranged that
the results on all the counters can
be printed at the some time by merely
pressing button. This change abso-
lutely prevents errors, which frequent
ly arose In the reading of the dials,
and also greatly economies clerical
labor
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-07-29
INFANT MORTALITY.
Greater Number of Births az Well
as Deaths Among Poor.

Greater Number of Births as Well
as Deaths Among Poor.
An investigation just made by the
New York milk committee with a view
to getting definite information as to
the effects of infant mortality on So
cial and economic conditions has re-
suited in some interesting disclosures.
Three sections of the city were Sc
lected for study, varying much in size,
owing to different densities of popula-
tion, but each, containing about 1900
persons. In the first, inhabited large
ly by the rich, only thirty-seven chill
dren were born in year; in the Sec
ond, where the circumstances of the
people were what is called comfort
able, the births numbered 100, while
in the third, where poverty prevailed,
434 babies were born.
But during two summer weeks, one
of them the hottest of the year, not
one of the thirty-seven babies or of
the 100 died, while among the 434
there were sixteen deaths. The figures
are not large enough to warrant any
final conclusions as to percentages,
but doubtless they are fairly charac-
teristic of the three classes. The i'm
munity of the babies in the two more
fortunate classes during this hot fort
night only happened to be complete,
and that popularity would not be like
ly to be repeated.
That the one group did as we'll as
the other is explained by the inves-
tigators as due to equally efficient care
in both, in the one case, however,
largely the care of highly trained
nurses, and in the second to that of
mothers with leisure and intelligence.
Among the very poor each of the much
more numerous babies had decidedly
smaller chance of life, but many more
than enough of them survived to out
number the other groups. Probably
at the attainment of adult age the
difference will not be nearly as large,
for the excess of mortality will re-
main where it began.-New YorF
Times.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-07-29

i630-Playing with cards and dice was
prohibited by law in Boston.
1639-First party of Ursuline nuns
sailed from Dieppe for Canada
1643-La Tour entered Boston harbor
in a ship from ST. Johns.
16S9-The Assembly Of Connecticut
was convened and the charter re-
sumed.
1701-Yale University founded.
1792-Capt. Gray, of the American ship
Columbia" of Boston, entered the
Columbia River.
1s13-The second Canadian steamboat,
named the "Swiftsure," made her
first passage from Montreal to
Quebec. ). .Havre de Grace, Md.
burned by the British blockading
squadron.
1814-Restoration of the Bourbon dy-
nasty in France.
1824-Coahuila and Texas united In one
State by decree of the Mexican
Congress.
1837-Panic in Europe caused the price
Of cotton to drop to cents.
1S46-Fort Brown, on the Rio Grande,
attacked by the Mexicans.
1853-The Canada clergy reserves, at
ter much discussion, abolished by
the British Parliament.
1856-Gov. Robinson of Kansas indict-
ed for high treason.
1861-Tennessee Legislature passed q
secession ordinance, to be submit
ted to vote Of the people. Gen.
Mcclellan, placed in command Of
the Department Of Ohio, compris-
ing the States of Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois.
lSSS-Confederate victorious at Battle
Of Fredericksburg.
1S72-Liberal Republicans in conven
tion at Cincinnati nominated Hor-
ace Greeley for the presidency.
i882-United States Congress passed
the first Chinese Restriction bill.
80. Edward Blake moved a resolu-
tion in the Dominion House Of
Commons demanding for Canada
the Independent right to negotiate
commercial treaties.
lS84-F'rench brig "Senorine" wrecked
off Great Bank, Newfoundland.
with loss Of over sixty lives.
Indiana Asbury University became
De Pauw University.
1SS5-Gen. Middleton attacked and cap
tured Batoche, on the Saskatche-
wan River.
1889-Dr p. H Cronin, Irish national
ist agitator, murdered in Chicago.
tS9o-Oyer seventy lives lost in the
burning of the Tongue Pointe lu-
natic asylum, near Montreal.
lSs1-Carnegie Music Hall in New
York City opened
tS93-Queen Victoria inaugurated the
Imperial Institute of the Colonies
and India.
iS97-Centennia of the discovery of
the Columbia River celebrated st
Astoria, Ore
I9O0-Disastrou forest fires in north
ern Ontario.
19O1-Large section of Jacksonville.
Fla, destroyed by fire. :. Domin-
ion Parliament passed the bill set
ting aside May "a as Victoria
Day.. death of Justice King of
the Supreme Court of Canada.
19O2-First Congress of the Cuban Re-
public met in Havana.
190S-Discovery of wholesale murders
on the Guinness farm. near La
Porte Ind.
1909-The Shah of Persia again grant
ed constitution. The Finnish
elections favored a continued
struggle against Russian control
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6HOOkS
@D (oLLEGEs
~0~o~o1No~

North Dakota teachers will make an
effort to secure former President
Roosevelt to address their next annual
meeting.
The Michigan Cornell indoor track
meet at Ann Arbor, Mich, resulted in
the following score on points: Michi-
gan, 81 1-3; Cornell, II 2-3.
1t is rumored in Des Moines that the
board of directors of Penn College, 0s-
kaloosa, is planning to take over High
land Park College and locate the Penn
College at Des Moines.
Baron Kikuchi. president of the Inn
perior University of Kyoto. Japan, ad.
dressed general convocation Of the
students of the University of Wiscon-
sin recently on THE New Japan"
Dr. Charles w. Eliot, president
emeritus of Harvard University, who
has been one of the foremost agitators
against the game of football as 1t has
been played the last few years. is warm
in his approval of the suggested
changes for the game on the part OF
the football rules committee.
That 1,796 men are registered In the
gymnasium classes, indoor and out
door sports at the University Of Wis
consin this year is shown by the an
nual report of the athletic director.
In accordance with decision by
Judge Niles, In the Circuit Court at
Baltimore, the Nashotah house. Of
Waukesha County. Wisconsin, an insti-
tuition where young men are trained
for the ministry OF the Protestant
Episcopal Church. will come into pos
session Of nearly s172.000 under tho
win OF Miss Frances Donaldson of Bal-
timore. whs died year and . half ara.
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It's a sign that small boy has a
good disposition II he doesn't resent
being told he looks like his father.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-07-29
DoLLARLEss DoLLIvAR.
POliceman's Concern for SenatOrs
Welfare When He Was a Lad.

POliceman's Concern for Senators
Welfare When He Was n Lad.
The son of Methodist minister,
Senator Dolliver entered early upon
political career; he had the old-fash-
ioned way of using anecdotes to illus
trate his points, which was then con-
sidered effective, though he may have
changed his style with the times. He
is one of the orators who frankly adj
NIT that they ''like to talk" taste
he thinks he may have inherited from
his father and grandfather-the latter
Massachusetts sea-faring man, whose
cargo of cotton during the war of 1912
was contiscated by General Jackson;
If he had his grandson's eloquenee it
is probable that he made some remarks
that would have been worthy of pres
ervation. When preaching on a large
circuit in Virginia, and often riding
200 miles in week, Mr.. Delivers
father met the lady who became his
wife, and that is the reason that the
Senator halls from West Virginia, and
was educated at the state university
there.
After his graduation at the age of
IL the young man decided to migrate
to Illinois, says the National Maga-
zine. He tells thus of this first west
ern visit:
Standing in the railway station of
Columbus. o., policeman tapped me
on the shoulder and with a warning
glance said:
"'You have just been talking. nv
boy, with one of the most dangerous
pickpockets in the United States
lone of the most dangerous pick
pockets in the United States has lust
been talking to country boy who
has not red cent to his name was
my reply"
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making no excuses. Margaret told her
tale, hardly daring to meet her faith
er's eyes.
He did not speak for moment.
When he did, it was very tenderly,
"My little girli"-Youths Companion
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-07-29

Nearly every man wants to lay OF
every time he sees flag. or hears a
hand
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Some very capable men are not only
dogmatic but bull-dogmatic.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-05-06
NOTICE

First Publication April 9Th, 1910.
Last publication June 3rd, 1910.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, CIRCUIT COURT,
FOREST COUNTY.
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLI-
CATION OF WILHELM SCHROEDER
TO SAID COURT TO VACATE GER
TAIN PLATED LANDS.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the I'M
dersigned Wilhelm Schroeder sole own
err and proprietor of the following des-
cribed lands to-wit; Starting at a
point on the quarter line thirtythree
feet west of the center of Section eight
81 Town thirty-four (34), Range Fiji
teen Q5 Forest County, Wisconsin,
thence running in a straight line North
five hundred ten feet, thence East in a
straight line three hundred sixty-two
feet, thence South in a straight line
Five hundred ten feet, thence West in
straight line three hundred siXty-two
feet to the place of beginning. The
same being a part and parcel of what
is known as an Addition to Wabeno,
designated as ''Schroeder's Plat" and
being Lots One, Two, Three, Four,
and Five of Block Six and all of Out
Lot A, and the alley between Out Lot
A and Block Six and all of High Street
and all of that part of Schroeder Street
lying east of a point thirty-three feet
West of the Center stake of Section
Eight, 81 Town Thirty-four (34) Range
Fifteen Q5), Forest County, Wisconsin
as appears by the recorded plat thereof
now on file in the office of the Register
of Deeds of Forest County, Wisconsin.
Will make application to the Circuit
Court of Forest County for an order to
vacate that portion of Schroeder's Plat
20 the Village of Wabeno, Forest Conn
ty, Wisconsin,, as herein described at
the next regular term of said Court.
Dated at Wabeno, Forest County,
April 9Th, 1910.
Wilhelm Schroeder
Petitioner.
J. C. Mars,
Atty. for Petitioner.
P. o. Address: Wabeno, Wisconsin.