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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-05-26
FLOATING ISLAND FOUND
Queer Discovery Made by the Crow
Of the Bark Atlas In the
Pacific Ocean.

The crew Of the bark Atlas, which
arrived in Seattle recently after
the Horn from Philadelphia,
reports a queer discovery for one day
Of the 1873 Of her voyage. She had
been out many days without seeing
anythins-only three ships were seen
on the entire trip-when one morning
in the Pacific the lookout reported
that he had sighted land off the port
bow where NO land was supposed to
be. Nor could any be found on the
charts.
1t seemed low in the water, but too
much like the real thing to be a
mirage, so tho captain ran toward It..
1t proved to be land, right enough; an
island covered with trees and thick
low underbrush. Birds and few
monkeys were seen upon 1t, but no
other signs Of life. These precluded
the possibility Of the island being OF
volcanic origin, and leads the captain
to claim it as a floating island. He
believes that 1t was washed out to ses
from delta of the Rio de la Plata OIL
the Negro, and that the underground
was so thick that Its roots held th'
whole together.
AS he saw two trees tumble int
the water from the Islands edge be
fore he sailed away his theory appear
to be somewhat substantiated.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-05-26

A convivial person from somewhere
upstate was manoeuvring home from
banquet in this city, where the sons
of certain county had made merry.
He lost his bearings-all streets loow.
ing alike to him-and paused under a
lamp post. He wasn't sure whether 1t
was a cafe signal, an arc light, comet
or the moon. He was inclined some.
how to the belief that 1t was the moon
the moon in the middle of many.
Presently, as the convivial gentle
man was swaying on his heels, anoth-
er well-reefed person came along, and,
after the manner of ships in distress,
hove to alongside and regarded the
light Of the lamp post with the first
man.
Wash trouble. OIL fel'?" asked the
newcomer.
"She' 'ere," said the first convivial
one, "whar I wan t'know s thish; Ish
tha' light lamposh or ish 1t tn moon
hip
The convivial newcomer swayed on
his heels and studied the light for a
long time. Finally he said with pro-
found gravity:
Don know, OF fell. Am a stranger
here m'self!"-New York Times.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-05-26
EYE NOT PATRIOTIC ENOUGH
ocullst's Second Attempt Procures for
Him Decoration From Haltien
Emperor.

During the reign Of Emperor Sou
iougue in Haiti one of his generals
wrote to an eminent oculist in Paris
ordering glass eye. The oculist fat
tered himself that successfully con-
structed artificial optic would secure
for him decoration of honor by the
Haitian government; accordingly, he
devoted his entire skill to the produo-
tion Of a work of art.
Six months after the shipment of
the eye to Haiti, the oculist received a
small box from Haiti. In his imagina-
tion he pictured the golden testimonial
to his skill, 80 1t was with horror that,
when he had unwound the folds Of cot
ton in the box, he saw returned his
work of art. A letter accompanied the
box. Among other things it said:
"The eye you have forwarded me is
Of tint that resembles that Of the
Spanish flag, and am tSo patriotic to
wear any but the color of my coun-
try"
Whereupon the oculist proceeded at
once to the admiralty, where he ascer'
tanned the colors of the Haitian flag
He then Immediately manufactured a
scarlet and green eye, of the approved
shades, and forwarded 1t to the EN-.
peror, who was much pleased with the
effort and who duly decorated the ocu,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-05-26

No Es,s,e Of Any sort ras Been A.
lowed on Mount Athss for Many
Centuries.

For centuries past, Duke Max "a
Sachsen informs US, women have not
been allowed on the Turkish penin-
sula. Even female animals are prohib-
tied. Condensed milk is imported
from Switzerland, so that the eyes Of
the inhabitants may not be offended
by the sight Of COW.
The peninsula is Mount Athos, and
its inhabitants are the members Of
20 monasteries, which have existed
there since the days when Christian
emperors held rule at Constantinople
and gave laws to all Europe. For 1,400
or 1,500 years, let us say, no woman
has trodden the ground of Mount
Athos.
A vast quantity of art treasures and
precious manuscripts has been stored
in the monasteries, but for the most
part their contents and even their
character remained entirely unknown
-Tit-Bits.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-05-26
MODEST TOMB OF GARIBALDl
Expressed Desire of italian Patriot
Disregarded After Death by
Friends and Relations.

There is in Caprera a peculiar scent
of resin and incense baked in the sun.
and it is precisely this sun, not as in
Africa, which brings out the aroma of
the lentisk of the low-growing pines
and of the myrtles, says the Glasgow
Herald.
The pungent perfume of these
island shrubs explains the desire ex-
pressed by Garibaldi in all his wills
(not excepting the last in 1870 to
have his body burned on a funeral
pile of the wood of the island before
letting any one know Of his decease,
in the open air, his face turned to the
sun like Pompeius, and then to have
the ashes placed in the wall behind
the tomb Of his little grandchildren,
Anita and Rosita, and beneath the
shade of leafy acacia.
But when he died, his will was dis
regarded by friends and relations, and
against this proclamation Giosne Car
ducci,' the greatest of modern Italian
poets, has protested-a protest ap
proved by the most eminent men of
science and of the democracy. Thus
! the body Of the hero was embalmed
and placed in a tomb covered by an
enormous block Of Caprera granite
and inscribed on 1t only the name,
Garibaldi.
A tomb worthy indeed Of the hero
and which reminds the visitor Of the
modest grave of Gladstone's father in
the little cemetery at Leith, near
Edinburgh. Garibaldi's resting place
is In an olive wood between the gen
erals house and the seashore. Five
other tombs surround his now, those
Of Menotti and Maulo, his eldest and
his youngest sons; Of his daughter
Teresita, wife of General Canzio, and
of Rosita and Anita. A sailor of the
italian navy mounts guard at the
tomb.
In his home at Caprera Garibaldi
rose very early in the morning and
with his hat we'll pulled down over
his eyes proceeded by a tiny footpath
to a prominence and thence admired
the wide view of sea and horizon.
After his morning walk he returned
home in a cheerful frame Of mind
had a kind word for everybody and
went with the peasants to look after
the cultivation of his fields.
During the last years of his life, be
ing crippled hand and foot by arthri.
tbs, he seldom left his room, but he
sat with the windows open and the
sparrows hoped in and took food
from his hand On his deathbed he
had the windows opened to let two lit.
tie tame tomtits into his room. He
generally dined at noon, then played
game of draughts; after that he die
tated his correspondence or some
lines from memory, retired to bed at
and there read his favorite authors,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-05-26
newcomer
KinqsIey's Pebble Ridge.

Readers and admirers of Charles
Kingsley will learn with regret that
his beloved pebble Ridge" at West
ward Ho! has suffered serious damage
from the recent gales.
This remarkable barrier is about
fifty feet wide and twenty feet high,
and extends in a straight line for
about two miles from the distant cliffs
to the mouth of the Taw, like an arti-
ficial embankment. 1t is singularly
uniform and compact structure, form.
ed of rounded slate, stones or pebbles,
varying from six inches to two feet
in diameter. Formerly the "potwal-
lopers," as the neighboring common
ers are opprobriously called, used to
vindicate their rights by replacing the
scattered stones every Whit Mon
day, but of recent years this laudable
practice has disastrously fallen into
desuetude.-Pall Mail Gazette.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-05-26
Rather Read Than Sc King.

II anybody would make me the
greatest king that ever lived, with
palaces and gardens, and fine dinners,
and wine and coaches, and beautiful
clothes. and hundreds of servants, on
condition that l would not read books,
I would not be king-I would rather
be poor man In garret with plenty
of books, than king who did not
love reading
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-05-26
Ducks Driven by Hunger Into Harbor

Owing to stress Of weather outside,
where they generally dwell in security
from mankind, large number Of
coots, black ducks and king elders
have come up into the slack water
above Martins Point bridge and are
trying to find means Of sustaining life
until warmer weather opens up their
regular feeding places.
1t will be recalled that few years
ago the fats, even up through the
bridge, were frozen over and nothing
but hand feeding for a number Of
days saved large numbers Of these
fine birds from starvation. 1t may be
necessary to resort to the same treat
ment again, for the fats above the
bridge are pretty we'll iced up and
only a small section Of open water
and moist ground remains for the
birds.-Portland ArS.--
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-05-26
MISTAKES i OF 4 SCIENTISTS
Fxrsday and Airy Made Erroro About
Submarine Gable and Nswesnae
About Aeroplanes.

Sir Humphrey Davy's dogmatic pro-
houncement against gas lighting Is
not the only instance Of clever scien-
tist being hopelessly wrong. The
early history of submarine cabling
furnishes two striking examples. Con-
suited on the scientific side of the
project, Faraday asserted that the first
cables were made too small. Then he
said that "the larger the wire, the
more electricity would be required to
charge it," and in this quite wrong
opinion he was supported by other
eminent electricians. AS result Of
this dictum the current was increased
until the operation literally electro
euted" the wire and the cable broke
down. 1t was Lord Kelvin who by
sending messages through heavy ca
bles with incredibly weak electric cur
rents proved that Faraday was mis-
taken.
Sir G. B. Airy submitted the pro
jeot to mathematics and arrived at
the conclusion that cable could not
be submerged to the necessary depth,
and that If 1t could no recognizable
signal could ever travel from Ireland
to Nova Scotia. In aviation Professor
Newcomb, one of the cleverest math-
ematicians America has produced.
who died last year, declared that he
had automatically investigated all
the conditions operating against the
heavier than air machine and was con-
vinced that the aeroplane would never
be more than scientific toy; and the
possibility Of an aeroplane motor be-
ing reliable in the reduced atmosphere
pressure above 5000 feet was by sew.
eral experts said to be out of the ques-
ton @ few months ago. Drexel's car
bureter was certainly a bit erratic
above the clouds last week, but he
rose to an altitude of 6750 feet.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-05-26
N .I.. n a GRANULATED
cT0I1Ifh (oilQ NQII)p) ITCHING LIDS
Sz~1 szs.-.--S ia So sSs--smss CAN BE CURED
The lmaaInatIon Of coret.

Imagination and invention are often
taken as the same thing, whereas they
are as different as wit and humor
The question OF imagination in q
painters work is not to be estimated
In terms Of literature, but In terms Of
paint. The delicate silver grays and
cool, translucent greens OF Corot are
OF the essence of imagination, as un-
derstand the word.-R. B. Cunning.
hame Graham
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-05-26
Old CoIllery Closed.

Tranent colliery, Haddingtonshire,
from which coal has been taken for
nearly 700 years, was closed recently.
For many years women went down
the mines at Tranent and worked
with the men. One or two old women
who were formerly engaged in the
mines are still living in the district
London Daily Npil
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-05-26
ltcr Vegetable.

We are only just now beginning to
have ssirrets In our market. This
vegetable is an Asiatic one. being
known to China and India. 1t has been
a favorits In Europe and especially In
Paris for rs years, and has tuberous
clustered roots, very white and sweet,
and when served with butter they are
delicious. 1t is a most desirable win
tar VapatahIa
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-05-26
Household Remedy
Taken in the Spring for Years.

Ralph Rust. Willis, Mich, writes:
Hoods Sarsaparilla has been house
hold remedy in our home as long as /
can remember. l have taken it in the
spring for several years. 1t has no
equal for cleansing the blood and ex-
pelling the humors that accumulate
during the winter. Being farmer
and exposed to bad weather, my sys-
tenn is often affected, and Isoften take
Hoods Sarsaparilla with good results"
Hoods Sarsaparilla is Peculiar to
Itself. There is no "just as good"
Get it today in usual liquid form or
tablets called Sarsatabs.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-05-26
The nuns OF Yucatan.

There is in. Yucatan chain OF ruins
three hundred miles long where once
stood buildings richly decorated and
erected with vast amount of archi-
tectural knowledge. The buildings be-
long to the Stone Age, when the fig
ures we're carved with pieces of flint.
The people of this age had not the use
Of either bronze or iron.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-05-26
The Old Attendant Was Faithful.

When Napoleon died at Longwood
st. Helena, rainstorm was raging.
A faithful attendant threw over the
body Of the emperor the cloak he had
worn at Marengo-a battle won by the
incompatible Dessaix after it had
been lost by the commander-in-ehief Of
the army Of italy.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-05-26
Rise In Russian Lakes,

During the last 20 years the lakes
of Russian Central Asia have shown
a steady rise of water-level. Within
this period, or since 1886, the Sea Of
Aral has risen about six and half
feet The phenomcI@n has accom-
panied a period of augmentation of
rainfall.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-05-26
sewing kecsptacIe.

Jane-The newest reoeptacles for
small pieces of sewing are made OF
ribbon, which is turned up and over
cast at the ends to form pockets. Il
10 tied around the waist In the form
of girdle and the pockets hang con-
veniently at the right side.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-05-26
Thunderstorm Observatory.

1t is announced that thunderstorm
observatory has been established In
Spain In which atmospheric dis
charges, both local and distant, are
detected graphically and aooustically
A wireless telegraph instrument Is
used for this purpose, because each
lightning discharge Is accompanied
by electromagnetic waves similar TO
those used in wireless telegraphy.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-05-26
For Poor Actresses,

Baronne Koenigwater OF Frankfort,
formerly a distinguished actress OF
Vienna, has just set aside fund OF
$1,000, the income Of which is TO pro
vide poor actresses with necessary
stage clothes. the lack OF which often
hinders their career. Other people are
being asked TO Join In this work.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-05-26

The greatest of all horsemen, says; "In
my 40 years. experience with horses have
found Spohn's Distemper cure the most
successful of all remedies for the horses. 1t
is the greatest blood purifier" Bottle, Soc.
and $1;oo. Druggists can supply you or or
Free book. Spohn Medical Co., Spec. Con-
tagious Diseases. Goshen. Ind.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-05-26

In the Great Salt lake people are not
drowned through sinking, but stran-
gled while still afioat. The bitter wa
ter may enter the air passages with
fstal effect, but the body floats until
1t reaches the shore and is picked up
-Harper's Weekly.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-05-26
TRY MURINE EVE REMEDY

for Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes
and GranulatedE Eyelids. Murine Doesn't
Smart-Soothes Eye Pain. Druggists
Sell Murine Eye Remedy, Liquid. 25c,
SOC, $1.00. Murine Eye Salve in
Aseptic Tubes, Csc, $1.O0. Eye Books
and Eye Advice Free by Mail.
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-05-26

Is moi recommended rec. m men s,' for t every
DNNT liver az Bladder trouble 1t will
A>~OA' bs found just the remedy you
need At druggists in fifty cent and dollar sizes.
You may have sample bottle of this wonderful
new discovery by mail free. also pamphlet telling
all about it.
Address, DR.. Kilmer G. Co.. Bnghamton. NJ Y.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-05-26

Jamaica Is more populous in proper
ton to its size than Spain, Turkey, Rus
sia, and some other European coun
tries, The white people, however, are
outnumbered by the blacks and cob
ored by nearly 80 to !.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-05-26

Household troubles: Headache, Tooth
ache, Earache, Stomach ache. Hamlins
Wizard Oil cures the G aches and pains
so why don't you keep bottle in the
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-05-26

Constipation causes and seriously ag-
gravates many diseases. 1t is thor
oughly cured by DR.. Pierce's Pellets.
Tiny sugar-coated granules.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-05-26

Mothers win find Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup the best remedy to use foE their children
during the teething period.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-05-26

Ask your doctor to name some OF the
results OF constipation. His long list will
begin with sick-headache, hiliousness,
dyspepsia, thin blood, bad skin. Then
ask him II he would recommend your
using Ayers Pills.
--Mads by the J. c. Aver Co., Lowell, Maas.-
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-05-26

Sermon by the Deacon.
Girls whose grandmothers used to
get outdoors and boil big iron ket
tie full of maple sirup or soft soap,
says Deacon Palmer think they are
doing something when they can roast
a marshmallow in a chatting dish" -
Atlanta Con et'trtion.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-10-25
vENlREMEN DISQUALIFIED.
Juror in mcNamara Case Talked Of
 case to Outsider.

Los Angeles. Cal, Oct. 24 "A chance street conversation started by B. W. Clark. venireman in the McNamara murder case, with Harry Candler. vice president and assistant general manager of the Times-Mir- TOT Company. and sonir-law cf Gen eral Harrison Gray otis publisher cf the Los Angeles Times. brought Clark's services as q prospective jnr- or to an abrupt end when he told about 1t in court late today.
 The talesman was censured by Judge Walter Bordwell for careless ness and promptly excused on a chal. .lenge by the defense suggested by the court.
 Chandler according to Clark, had said he hoped the salesman would qualify as juror. It was said b'- nleht that Chandler waa held re sponsible for the occurrence so far las the court was concerned
The Sentinel=record., 1911-10-25
STATE STATE FAIR FAIR TAX TAX
 WAS REDUCED
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION REcoG- NizEs STATE INSTITUTION
 AND SAVES IT MONEY.
About $5.o0o Is Saved to the Associa- tion Through Action Taken Yes.
 terday Morning by Beard.

fine Arkansas state legislature tr~ governor of Arkansas. and others might not recognize the Arkansas State Fair as beneficient institu- ton. but the Garland County Beard of Equalization did so recognize the state fair yesterday. when the taxes on the Oaklawn property were reduc- ed from about $2S.0O0 to s5.000. and incidentally the State Fair Associa- ton is saved about $500.
 The State Fair Association had to enter Into q contract with the Oak lawn property owners to pay the cor poration tax. the other taxes, and the insurance, which are the nrccs. sary and fixed expenses of the prop erty, in order to hold the state fair at Oaklawn.
 The taxes under the appraisement. would have been about $650, but President Harry NJ. Westcott of the State Fair Association went before the county board yesterday and show cd that boiy where so long as the Oalxlawn property was being used ex- clusively as state fair property, and the state fair was beneficient insti- tuition to Arkansas and Hot Sprngt and Garland county, 1t should not he required to pay the same rate of tax ation that private corporation should pay, and the board thought SO too. and the association was saved something like $500 on the transac- ton.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-10-25
DR. COOK CHASED
 OUT OF THEATER
TO LECTURE AT COP. ENHAGEN AND IS GIVEN A
 LIVELY RECEPTION.
Denounced as a Crook and a swIno- Ter and Leaves by the
 Back Door.

Copenhagen, Oct 24 pr. Fred A. Cooke's theatrical attempt tonight to vindicate his reputation by lec- .ure iE the hall where two years ago he addressed the Royal family and some of the most prominent people cf Denmark under the auspices c. the Geographical Society on the oc- casion of his triumphal entry into the capitol, resulted in extrem-n riotous scenes. Dr. Cook finally was compelled to retire ingloriously by the back door.
 Ever since it was announced that Cook was returning to this city to lecture. the newspapers and the peo- pie have been strongly stirred and threats of violence were freely cir culated. Fifteen hundred persons assembled in the hall tonight and a great crowd outside greeted Dr. Cook with an uproar of insulting cries,
 He was escorted by police, however, and no violence was attempted
 The meeting within the hall was turbulent throughout. A small frac- ton of the audience supported pr. Cook and applauded his efforts. 9th CTS hissed continually with the re- sult that the two sides almost came to blows.
 The lecture illustrated by means of lantern slides, was for the most part repetition of his former talk
 Dr. N Hansen. the Danish ex- plorer who formerly supported Cook, started trouble loudly denounc- ing Cook as a pure swindler. The climax was reached when an alleged picture of the North Pole was thrown upon the screen. The audience was so hostile that Cook stopped his lecture and withdrew He was es- corted by strong detaenment oi police to his hotel through the side streets.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-10-25

be held at New Orleans nex, week to devise ways and means to uphold the price of cotton, there win be plenty of information as to the de- mands of the foreign countries foi American cotton.
 Governor Colquitt began to receive telegrams today from secretary of State Knox conveying the reports of the American consuls in the several countries as to the demand for cot ton and it is expected that by next Monday every country will be heard from.
 Commissioner of Agriculture Kone is getting reports from all sections of Texas on the Texas crops and will have this special report ready next Monday. Other governors are said to be doing the came thing and it is hoped to be able to figure both the supply and demand.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-10-25
GLlDDEN TOURISTS.

cordela. Ga, Oct. 2i.-with cheering crowds lining the streets. the Glidden Tourists reached here this afternoon, after a successful run from Atlanta. Bright sunshine and excellent roads made the days jour ney one of the best of the tour. The Gliddenites were entertained to- night at the Elks Club where an el- alborate luncheon was served. To- morrows run twill be from here to Live Oak, Fla@
The Sentinel=record., 1911-10-25
INVESTIGATE HAzlNG.

Annapolis. Md, Oct. 25.--A board of investigation was today appointed by the naval academy authorities to slft the reported hazIng last Sunday of a fourth class man by a member of the second class for the entertain ment of two girls. According 10 he stories two fourth class men were made to go through physical exer cises a;nd other stunts. Academy officials yesterday denied all know ledge of the affair.