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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06
MIR. PRIM RETURNS.


 Mir. Prim, who disappeared from Se- dalia twenty years ago, leaving wife and many kinsmen to mourn his loss, sud- denly reappeared on the scene of his early activities. He had changed greatly and relatives who met him doubted his iden- tity. Even his own son wasn't sure, al- though MT. Prm insisted that he was the genuine article. Finally the man went home and, unannounced, started upstairs. His wife ran from her room, screaming the husbands name, and meeting him in joyful embrace. How did you know it was me?" asked Prim, after recovering his breath By the way you walked up- stairs,' said Mrs. Prlm.
 Kansas City Times. He sang of the world when the sun shone bright, He sang of the world in storm,-- When the cold winds blew on a winters night, When summers breath grew warm. 7 He sang of blooms and flakes of snow, He sang of bliss and pain; When his hair was gray and his head bowed low
 He sang glad youths refrain.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06

duce as abundant1y as good lands in the western states Antiquated meth ods in farm work will soon belong all together to the past. Home seekers. are coming this way, and before the next census Alabama's population will be greatly increased AS someone has said, the south Is coming to be known as the new vest" f
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06
COULDN'T STOP.

COULDN'T STOP.
 A few months ago a Methodist preacher delivered a discourse on Jonah at La Center, Ky, in which he is reported to have said: When Jonah left that fish he hit the ground a-runnin', and started full tilt for Nineveh. One of the sisters looked
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06
Germany's eff

Germany's effort to grab Sus in Nor occo is worthy of the bullying power of Europe, for Germany has taken Russias place in that respect
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06

In Washington the standpatters deny the allegation and try to defy the in- vestigation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06

If those soldiers in Texas should come back now they would have only pleas ant recollections of the Texas temper ature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06

President Taft at Beverly, the sum mer capital, Is new illustration of an old line--"On again, on again, gone again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06

Some baseball team has to be last on the list, and Atlanta is nobly and steadfastly filling the post in the Southern league.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06

President Taft's salary is decreased by the effort to keep that silver shiny.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06

The express companies have gently reduced their rates and are trying to look as innocent and reasonable as they can
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06

The housef1y has to keep busy because its average life is but three weeks. It young
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06

The snubbing season in London is fully rounded up and snubees are now quietly playing for even against even
 | the throne itself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06
THE OLD FREE CATTLE RANGE

1niS Fl. Weed In Success Magazine.
 For years, to each stockman who used the public range, the world was still young, and it was his. without fence or bar, without let or hindrance. There is an old cowboy song which gives the spirit of the early days: My ceiling Is the sky, my floor is the
 grass, My music is the lowing of the herds as they pass,
 My books are the brooks, my sermons
 are the stones.s
 My parson is a wolf on a pulpit of
 bones"
 However, as the century drew to a close, the cowboys grassy floor became more and more thickly dotted with herds and their lowing came to have for him a hoarse tone of menace for the future.
 Worse yet, there were focks, too. as well as -eyer-increasing, ever nibbling f1ocks of sheep which poured onto the grazing lands in spring and ground, leaving a desert behind of what had been the cOWmdn $ sweet grass pasture.s It seemed to him a modern version of the plague of To- custs.
 There grew to be 4o,o0o,oO0 of these unsuitable sheep competing with 50,- 900, 900 Cattle. They literally destroyed hundreds of thousands of acres on the good ranges. When the cowman came to market his stock they were light and the prices accordingly low. Clearly, the sheepman was his natural enemy.
 The world was no longer young. Each cattleman was anxious to secure the best sweet grass and source Of water. Yearly. as winter passed and spring came it grew increasingly nec- essary to make an early start for the summer pastures, now no longer end- less. With waste-m making haste the stockmen drove on herds and f1ocks and trampled down the young, tender grass in their, efforts to secure foothold
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06

The mercury in some towns is mak- ing home runs as we'll as the baseball players.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06

All hosts of the President endeavor to make the table he sits down to creak as much as the chair he sits down in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06
NEVER.

Eve ne'er been to Carassonne.
 But what of that? Why, bless my soul, I've ne'er to Monte Carlo been
 And watched the tricky marble roll.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06

The summer is half over because 1t began on May 1 this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06

The Wolgast-Moran brusing match in San Francisco was the least fitting celebration of the national holiday that has been reported.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06

July brides are as greatly pri8ed as June brides. No month has mon opoly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06
VERISIMILITIIDE

What is Daubsley painting now?' f, "A picture of the sea-"
 "Mermaids and all that sort of thing?'
 NO Daubsley is a realist. He pie lures the sea full of watermelon rinds, decayed vegetables and tin cans"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06

Aeroplane flights are preferred now to flights of oratory on public occasions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06

In choosing things to drink even in a dry" state 1t Is better to observe the safe and sane plan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06

The bubbly fountain is all right, but until it is generally installed it is bet ter to carry your own drinking cup
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06

All towns are willing that Aviator Atwood should fly over them if he will not fly to them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

out of her window, and saw cloud of dust down the road, and after looking intently, said to her husband: I believe in my soul wonder comes Brother Jonah' She went to the door and hollered. Good mornin'.' "sGood mornin',' answered Jonah, without turning his head. !" Where you goin so fast, Brother Jonahr
 "'Goin' to Nineveh, he replied. ,' We'll, stop and take dinner With us. "".Ain't got time Three days late now '.'Oh, come In and get your dinner. Brother Jonah. We've got fish for dinner. t'.Don't talk to me about fish,, said Brother Jonah.
 Well. come in and have drink of water \
 Don't talk to me about water'-and on he went a-clipping toward Nineveh.''
 The United Presbyterian.
 WARMED HIS HEART.
 Said one who oft
 Would rush the can,
 Tt makes me love
 My fellow man."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06
BRANDING RANGE CATTLE

Lorimerlsm is suffering from the hea wave in Illinois.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06
NORTH IF

Bobby. suppose you were suffering like the poor little Jimpson boy. next door2 He lost his thumb shooting fireworks"
 T wouldn't mind it much. ma He had the biggest cannon cracker in town."<
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06
QUITE THE CONTRARY.

QUITE THE CONTRARY. T presume you put up this sign, Be- ware of the dog,' so he who runs may read?" NO. It was put up there so he who reads may rum
 THEY DON'T EXIST. The poets hand
 I fain would gripe Who ne'er hath sung About his pipe,
 Birmingham ge-Herald. The poet man
 Can have our purse, Who neer has writ A "cheer-up' verse.
 New York Telegraph He does not live, The poet guy Who ne'er has sung Of swat the fy''
 Syracuse Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06
ANNOUNCED.

Next winter. therell be ''thrillers''
 In every "girly' show; The Grizzly Bear will figure there, The Turkey Trot," also.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06
A pIsTRAuGHTl HUSBAND.

Doctor just word with you before you go in to see my wife,
 'Well?'
 1T don't know whether she Is after new clothes or a summer trip, but for the love of Mike, recommend physic."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06
oBEDIENI

OBEDIENT. He'll never need His wife to fear, Who still pays heed With "Yes, my dear"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala. postoffice as second-class matter under act of Congress March 3. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06

z E. Morgan and T. s. Millsap are the only authorized travelling repre- sentatives of The Age-Herald in Its Circulation department
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-12-29

I
An irascible guest had been sitting
at the hotel table about three minutes
and no waiter had come to him, ant
when he caught the eye of the heat
waiter he called him up Here" he
said Ill naturedly, "I've been waiting
for half an hour for somebody to take
my order, and nobody has come near!
Am going to be waited on?"
Certainly, sir"
"Then | want to know why ! have
been kept waiting n half hour"
"Well, sir" explained the waiter,
"the man who was on duty when you
came In, half an hour ago, has left
and won't be back until tomorrow, and
/ only came on duty ten minutes ago,
so don't know the reason"
The guest knew he was being made
fun of, but he also knew that he had
been telling falsehood, so he said no
more.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-12-29
AN OLD SPANISH CUSTOM.
Police Still Call Out the Hours Of the
Night at Los Arenas.

Night at Los arenas.
Most Of the ancient Spanish customs
have long since died out, but one Is
still maintained here, In the village Of
Los Arenas, near Bilbao, and all light
sleepers will, I think, be with me In
saying that this could be very well
done without, says the British consul
at Bilboa
The custom consists Of the "serenos'
might policemen calling out the
hours and state of the weather every
night, commencing at midnight and
finishing at 5 o'clock a. m. said
calling" but shouting would really
be more correct. One is reused by
one Of these loud voiced policemen
singing out beneath the bedroom win
dow, LAS doce, serene" CTwelve
o'clock, fine weather'D
By o'clock the weather has prob
ably changed, and 1t may be raining
and blowing regular hurricane, a
state of things in itself enough to
wake any man up. Yet you are cheer
fully informed Of the fact by the Do-
liceman shouting, 'Las cuatro, ilovien-
doP C'Four o'clock, raining.")
Many inhabitants have tried in vain
to get this stopped, for no.useful pur-
pose whatever is served by the GUS
tom, except, perhaps, to the Spanish
Bill Skies, who considers 1t a very
useful guide to the whereabouts of the
police.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-12-29
SUMMONS.
In the Justice Court for the District
of Athena, County of Umatilla,
= State of Oregon.
Joe Lieuallen, Plaintiff.

II. Howell. Defendant.
| To Fl. Howell. the above named
| defendant: In the name of the State
| Of Oregon, you are hereby required
to appear and answer the complaint
filed against you in the above entitled
action, within SIX weeks from the date
of the service of this summons upon
you, service being made ly publioa-
tion in the Athena Press, newspaper
published at Athena. Umatilla County,
Oregon. and if you fail SO to answer
or plead thereto, for want thereof.
plaintiff will Jake judgment against
you for the sum of SOL. 5h together
with plaintiffs costs and disEurse-
.. ments in this action as demanded by
the plaintiffs complaint, filed in the
above entitled matter.
This summons is published pursuant
to that certain order made and entered
in the above entitled court in said
matter on the 22nd day of November,
1911. by B. B. Richards, Justice Of
| tie Peace for the district of Athena,
County oy Umatilla, State of Oregon.
The first publication of this sum-
mons is made on Friday, the Gath
day of November, 1911 and the last
publication will be made on Friday,
January l2th. 1912.
Dated at Athena, Oregon, this Gath
day Of November, 1911.
Homer /. Watts.
Attolney,for Plaintiff. /.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-12-29
ECCENTRIC BETTING.


Curious Wagers Recorded at Whites
Club In London.
The betting book of Whites club in
London contains the record of. some
extraordinary wagers The idle gen.
tlemen of 100 years ago could give
their successors of today sundry hints
on eccentric betting. Here are fac
SMILES Of some of the records. One
reads:
"1fr. Methuen bets Colonel Stanhope
10 guineas to / that a worthy bar
onet-understood between them-does
not from necessity part with his gold
Ice pals before this day twelvemonth.
The Ice pals being found at pawn
brokers' will not entitle Colonel Stan
hope to receive his 10 guineas."
This peculiar wager was made In
1918, and another one, recorded the
Same year at Whites, may have ref
erence to the same hard up parsonage.
1t reads:
"Lord Alvanley bets Sir Joseph Cop
ley 5 guineas that a certain baronet
understood between them-is very
much embarrassed in circumstances.
In three years from the date hereof,
If one Of his bills is dishonored or he
is observed to borrow small change of
the chairmen or walters, Sir Joseph is
to be reckoned to lose"
Here Is an odd one: "Mr. Butler
bets Sir George Talbot 20 guineas
to 1 that he is not in the room at
Whites with Napoleon in the course
of the next two years-Aprll "a, 1916"
History shows that Mr.. Butler won
that guinea Christian Science Moni.
tor.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-12-29
Call for Warrants.

Notice is hereby given that the City
Of Athena will redeem outstanding
City warrants bearing serial numbers
327 to 430 inclusive, bearing dates
FROM March 1909 to May 1910. In
terest on said warrants will cease on
and after this date.
Dated at Athena, Oregon, this the
10Th day of December, 1911.
V. O. Burke,
City Treasurer.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-12-29
NAMES AND FACES.
Douglas Marked the Men He Wanted
~-S to Know hrain.

Douglas Marked the Men He Wanted
- to Know Again.
"Stephen A. Douglas had the most
remarkable memory for faces Of any
man in public life," declares a corre-
spondent. upon the occasion Of a
visit to Washington on election day in
1880 the late Colonel John w. Forney
was discussing the election of Garfield
over Hancock with Colonel Harmon Of
Detroit Colonel Harmon had been
mayor Of Detroit and prominent in na-
tional politics. Harmon and Forney
got to talking about earlier politics,
and Harmon related the story Of q
meeting with Douglas in New York.
Douglas had been nominated in Balti.
more by one faction of the Democratic
party. Breckinridge was chosen by
the other faction in Charleston. When
he heard of his nomination Douglas
was In New York. He entered the
Astor House, then the headquarters
for all politicians and the principal
hotel In New York, and Immediately
was surrounded by his political admir-
ers. Among them was Colonel Har-
mon. The latter, according to the
story he told me, put forth his hand
and congratulated Douglas on his nom
nation
"Thanl1 you, Colonel Harmon re-
piled Douglas.
Harmon was amazed that Douglas
should have remembered his name, for
he had met the little giant but once,
fifteen years before, and then for but
n brief period. After a time he return
ed and asked Douglas how he was
able to call him by name.
"'My dear colonel said Douglas,
whenever l meet man / want to
know again put mark on him and
I never forget '"--Washington Post.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-12-29
Brain Weiohts.

The average weight of mans brain
is forty-six ounces, but 1t varies large
ly in different individuals. Usually
1t is about one-thlrtieth. of the body's
weight In quadrupeds the relative
weight is remarkably less than 1t is
in human beings 1t is one-one hun
dred and twentieth in dogs, one-four
hundred and ilftieth in horses, one
seven hundred and fiftieth in sheep
and one-eight hundredth in the OK,
thus indicating direct relation be-
tween weight Of brain and intelligence,
the animals named being ranged In the
order OF their mental capacity and do
cllity.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-12-29
Rauaraa Msthada In India.

Lady Wilson, the wife of an eminent
Anglo-Indian official and long resident
In india, in her book, Letters From
india" says: 1T amuses me to notice
the way the Indians reverse the order
in which we do things, For instance,
at home men fake off their hats when
they come into house; Indians keep
on their turbans, but take off their
shoes. We beckon with the palms of
our hands turned inward; they beckon
with them turned out. My ayah lays
my slippers In row with the toes
pointing toward me. The cook begins
to read his Hindustani book OF recipes
from, tho last page backward and
writes his accounts from right to left.
When the native carpenter uses ma
tive screws he screws them in from
right to left and saws inward, which
makes one nervous"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-12-29
A poanr.

A verbatim fragment from the law
courts:
Kings Counsel examining witnessl--
Did you know--you did not, but ! am
bound to put 1t to you-on the 25th--it
was not the 25th really; It was the
oath; It is mistake In my brief see
the defendant-he is not the defendant
really; he is the plalntiff--there Is a
counterclaim, but you would not I'M
derstand that-yes or no2
Witness--W -What!--St, James Gazette.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-12-29
THE BRITISH CABINET.
How lts Secret Documents Are Pro-
teeted and Printed.

How its Secret Documents Are Pro-
tected and Printed.
Each member Of the cabinet Is sup
piled with key which fits the lock of
q certain dispatch box retained by the
prime minister. At any particular
crisis, when important papers reach
Downing street, the premier, after
perusing them, places them In the dis.
patch box and hands the box to spe-
cial messenger, who takes 1t round to
each member of the cabinet in success.
sion. Each member opens 1t with his
key and relocks 1t after he has read
the documents 1t contains. In this
way the papers are prevented from
falling into the hands of strangers or
members of parliament who are not in
the cabinet.
Now and again II is found necessary
to print copies Of a Secret which
comes up for discussion at d meeting
or the cabinet. The document Is cut
UP pt0~fhany small pieces and dis
triHnted among goodly number of
&e0npositors In the government print
Ting works, each of whom sets up his
little piece, and the little piece may
represent Only a dozen lines of type.
When all the fragments are In type
highly trusted official collects both the
copy and the type and puts the latter
together The printing of the docu-
ment is then done In secret under the
eyes Of this official, and the men who
work the printing machine are for
hidden to handle any Of the paper after
it is printed upon.--National Magazine.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-12-29
Tho Tranaformatlon Of Percy

I
Ills name was Johnny, and bis ambl'
tion was to be grown up. He had
watched Cissy and Percy, but that's
another storlette, as Kipllng says.
Papa he piped as he walked with
his dad on tho beach, whats under
those rocksT
"Limpetsw snapped papa This was
not the first question.
Wouldn't they rather walk about,
pap
Nor raped out pa. "rhey prefer
to cling where they are"
Els everything that likes cllnging to
something else a llmpet, paf'
"For goodness--yes" roared father.
Johnny thought.
"Well, pa" he concluded, "ls Percy
a limpet, pa, when he says goodby to
Cissy In the passageT-London An
swers.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-12-29
Hot Air as a PoIisher.

Hot air is used for polishing. The
articles to be treated are placed ia a
basket In a centrifugal machine driven
at very high speed and heated air is
blown from pipe through the basket.
A high polish is thus produced very
rapidly. Nickel plated articles that
have become tarnished are made bright
In few minutes. Wet metal, fresh
from the bath, needs nospreliminary
dying, for the current of air dries and
polshes 1t at the same moment.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-12-29

sald, my motner says your motner
has an ugly old hat what Is her last
years lid made up news''
And when Mr.. BrownAand Mr.. Jones
reached a mutual friends. hoping to
spend the week end together, they
found cooiness between the fami-
lies. Philadelphia Times.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-12-29
rhsra Was a cooInsaa.

Two fashionable Philadelphia women
met In Chelsea one morning recently.
AS they shook hands and stopped to
speak Mrs, Brown said TO Mrs, Jones,
'srhats beautiful hat you are wear
ing
'Yes, my dear, Isn't 1t cunning2 And
I'm so glad you like 1t. John gave me
the money, aud had II imported from
Paris
Next day little Susie Brown. was
playing. with the Jones girl. and she
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-12-29
A e.s,n, cra,,morlan

"you think a great deal of your hus-
band, don't your" said the visiting
relative
''You have the wrong proposition,
answered Mr. Meekton's wife, with the
cold tones Of the superior woman. y
think for him. .s--Washington Star.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-12-29
Respected His Wishes.

Friend-Why do YOU get married so
soon after the death of your husband?
'Widow--My dear. II there was any one
thing that my poor dead and gone hus-
band insisted upon, in season and out,
II was that should never put on till
tomorrow what could do today,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-12-29
Farmers, TeIephone Meeting.

All persons having telephones on
Farmers telephone lines running int
Athena are called to meet in mass
convention at |. Q. o. F. Hall in Ath-
ena. on Saturday. Deu 23rd, 1911, at
1880 p. m. sharp. Matters OF vital
Importance to all concerned will come
up for consideration at that time.
J. W. VanCleave,
Geo. Carmiohael,
J. Fl. Kew,
Committee.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-12-29
some,hlno Like Il.

"What was the matter with the old
gentleman who was 50 fond or argli-
Ing about eveIythingf"
Il don't know, but believe the doe
tors said 1t was something like discus
sion on the brain ~ Baltimore Ameri-
can.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-12-29
OF Course Tot.

II n man really loves a woman of
course he wouldn't marry her for the
world If he were not quite sure he
was the best person she could by any
possibility marry. Holmes
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-12-29
The spi,it That Wins

Griggs--I admire Parker immensely.
Tie has hard time making both ends
meet but he's game from the word go.
Briggs Game! Why, Parker looks
upon the struggle with the wolf as
mere sporting event.-Boston Tran
script.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-12-29
FOR SALE.

Five-room house. one clock from
Main street, good cellar, woodshed
and barn. Inquire at th is office.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-12-29
NOTICE.

The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the First National
Bank of Athena, Oregon, for the cleo :
tion of directors for the ensuing year
and for the transaction of such other
business as may lawfully come before
it will be held in its office in Athena.
Oregon on Tuesday the 9th day of jan
uary, 1912, at the hour of 2 O'Clock
p. IN. f. S. LeGrow,
December 1st, 1911. Cashier.
For the most practical, useful and
up to date Business Education, attend
the Pendleton Business College.
M. l.. Clancy, B. A.. Prin.