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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1911-02-02
TROUBLES OF A CONSUL.
a Sample Of the Way These offeials
Are Somstimss Badgered.


Are Sometimes Badsered.
Consuls the world over are likely
to have their hands full With e +
tain types Of their fellow country
men or women, as in the instance
about to be described. 1t occurred
when Captain A. F. Townshend was
acting in his official capacity Of
British consul in a town in Asia
Minor. One day, he relates in "A
Military Consul In Turkey" an
English lady arrived and was shown
in to his office. She was invited to
sit down, which she did with eau
ton after subjecting the consul to a
careful scrutiny.
"eYou are the consul, l suppose?'
/ admitted that such was the
case.
~WeI," she went on, my steam
er only stays here for SIX hours, and
/ want to go to Tarsus to see the
place where St. Paul lived, and as
/ believe the train has gone I want
a carriage, and you must guarantee
me that I shall be back in time for
my steamer, and / want an inter
prefer who speaks English and
Turkish, and"-
Madam" / interrupted, Il must
really
my name is Mrs. x" she
snapped, with a kind Of don't-dare-
to-madam-me air.
very WELL" 1 replied as meekly
as I could, 9but as you have not
shown me your passport 1 did not
If I could find an interpreter
who spoke English and Turkish I
would buy him for myself, so / fear
you can't have that, but I"-
@And you must arrange about
for me in Tarsus," she put IN
But" / continued desperately,
II shall try to get you a carriage as
soon a possible. Of course we can't
call a cab, you know, as if we were
in Regent street, but III send a
for one"
Rather unsatisfactoryp she
growled-
@And I'll ask the Turkish gov
srnor to send a policeman on the
box, 50 that you viii be quite safe.
cannot, however, guarantee what
lime you may get back 1t is sixteen
to Tarsus." {
well, 1 won't 60 at all" she de-
as if she we're inficting a Z
rushing blow. @But / want to
a Bank of England five {
FOUND note, and as l don't know
he rate Of exchange 1 shall have
trust you to change it for me-"
'Reapy, Mrs. X" / said, goaded
nto retaliation, @you seem to have
ONE very mistaken ideas. Let me c
ell you that l am neither a cab pro- t
nor a tourist agent, nor yet y
money changer, and l must ask c
GU to change your note else y
I
She sprang up as if she had sat
n a wasps' nest. y
young man, I shall go straight g
iick on board my steamer, and as a
have most influential friends In a
he foreign Office you viii hear Of e
le againp e
~That viii be a great pleasure" a
iurmured as the lady sailed out. 3
For days afterward / trembled at 81
he arrival Of every telegram, but g
be foreign Office, In its leniency, u.
rust have decided to give me one 81
chance before dismissal with
ut q character"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1911-02-02

The ordeal by battle introduced
into England BY William the Con-
queror died out Of usage in Eliza
beth's time. But it still remained
the law of the land until 1918, when
it got repealed after being resorted
to BY one Thornton. he had de-
and murdered a beautiful girl
Ashford, and, claiming his
to wager Of battle, the court
Of queens bench was obliged to al
low it. The girls brother when be
was challenged refused to fight.
The murderer was forthwith dis
eharged-New York Press.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1911-02-02
How's This?

We oaeg one Hundred Dollars Reward for any
III CHENEY 4 co. Toledo. o.
We. TIE undersigned. have known i. J. Cheney
Tor The last Is yean. and believe him perfectly hon
onble n an business uan1actiong and financially
able 70 carry out any OBLIGATIONS made By h1 0fm.
WA1DLEo. KrNEAH 4 nAnvfr.
Wholesale DfuREgls. Toledo. o.
Halls CatafTh Cure b taken Internally. acting
directly upon TIE blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system Testimonials 61nt free Prico 70 cents pF
'' Tsss nsils Fsmiy PiHs ior constipation.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1911-02-02

List Of mail remaining uncalled
for for week ending Jan 81. Cards
Lloyd Perkins, Mrs. H. II.
chanc. Wallace, P. NJ.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07
Hope Of Japan at Coronation.

There will be no more interesting
royal guest at the coronation than the
crown prince OF Japan, who, It is now
definitely decided, will represent the
mikado on that historic occasion. The
prince will visit England in greater
state than any other royalty, for he Is
to be escorted by formidable squad.
ron Of warships-the pick Of Nippon's
navy. .
The imperial highness bears tho
sonorous name of Yoshihito Haron.
omlya. He is the only son Of the mi
kado, ts In his thirty-f1rst year, and
Is the hundred and sixty.second In the
imperial line, tho hope of a dynasty
which has ruled Japan for nearly 1000
years.
Prince Yoshihito admirably typifies
the newer generation in Japan. He
speaks English and French extremely
we'll, and is a close student of the
methods and manners of the west.
One Of his characteristics Is fond.
ness for wrestling, apropos of which
1t Is related that during his school
days he suffered the indignity of being
beaten, in the presence of his father.
by powerful schoolmate. People
expected the emperor to be displeased
but. on the contrary, he called the vic
tor to him and heartily congratulated
him.
my son." said the mikado, will one
day need manv Srnh mo~ ~ you"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07

Beat one dozen fresh eggs and three
pounds of pulverized sugar for 55 min
utes, then add as much soda as will
lay on the end Of knife and beat five
minutes longer. Be sure and don't
stop beating. Add -four enough to
knead. Set it aside in a cool place,
Just SO it doesn't freeze, until eve
ming. Then roll little thicker than
pie crust. The Germans have little
fancy molds for these, but any small
cookie cutter or baking powder can
lid can be used to cut them with
After they are all cut spread out on q
table and cover with thick cloth and
let lay over night. In the morning
sprinkle baking pans with caraway
seeds and place cakes in pans on
seeds and bake In slow oven for three
quarters of an hour. These are favor
lte little cakes among the Germans
and are excellent.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07

This pudding, If correctly made, II
both tasty and digestible Take {
quarter of a pound of -four, foul
ounces of cleaned currants, three eggs
and one cupful of milk, and make int
a light batter, then add teaspoonfu
of baking powder and pinch of salt
Pour into well-buttered puddin,
dish, sprinkle in the currants, ant
bake in a moderate oven for about on,
hour. When baked, turn out the pud
ding and cut up. Serve with suga
or with golden syrup.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07
Rice RoyaIe.

Pick over and wash cupful of rice
Drop into a large kettle of boiling
water, add a half teaspoonful of salt
and tablespoonful of sugar and keep
at a galloping boil until the grains
feel tender when rubbed between the
fingers. Drain thoroughly, pack light
ly in a slightly buttered mold and
let stand ten minutes in the open
oven. Turn out carefully on q deeI
platter. Baste over this the syrup
from canned fruit (heated), arrange
the fruit itself around the base and
serve either hot or cold.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07
MAKES FOR ECONOMY
LATEST IMPROVEMENT ON THE
FlRE'.GSS STOVE.
Electric Device nsures Both Con.
venience and CIeanIiness-Use of
Alarm Clock Is Also a Most
Useful Innovation.

Those familiar with the economies
Of the tireless cooker will appreciate
the combination of this device with
the convenience and cleanliness of
the electric stove. y
The outside of the stove is made
Of finished hardwood. The containing
compartment is lined with non,
unstable metal between which and
the woodwork is fireproof non-heat-
conducting packing. through which
wires pass to the electric stove To-
Gated in the bottom of the receptacle.
II the length of time required to
bring certain meat or vegetable to
boil is known, the dish containing
1t is placed in the receptacle, and the
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07
Matter Quickly Settled.

In an English opera company, form
ed for the summer months, 1t was
found that the tenors were too light
for the rest of the chorus. The mana
ger protested that there were voices
enough, and the leading tenor was
questioned why he did not sing with
more force. His answer to the re-
monstrances of the manager was: Il
am paid summer wages, and | refuse
to sing anything but my summer
voice" The engagement of the tenor
and his summer voice came to a
speedy termination
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07
Strawberry Pie.

Make nice rich pie crust, put the
bottom of the pan turned upside down
on table; put three or four fork holes
In the crust to keep from raising up
from the, pan. Bake by itself. When
baked light brown take the crust,
turn on a plate, then the crust Is
ready to fill. Have ready one quart
fresh picked strawberries, sweetened
to taste, fill the crust with the straw.
berries, cover the top of the berries
with the whites of two well-beaten
eggs, sweeten with sugar. Put in the
oven Just long enough to light brown
the whites of the eggs.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07

The Church boat" is popular in
stitution in Sweden. 1t brings fami-
lies to service from the farms around
Lake Siljan to Leksand. The water
route is the nearest and most conve-
nient, and SO the big boat goes from
farm to farm along the shore picking
up the churchgoers, who later return
by the same route.-Wide World Maya
zine
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07

When using oil lamps the housewife
Is always very careful that every part
of the lamp is scrupulously clean and
the burner is boiled to remove any &C
emulation of dirt. She forgets, though,
that her gas Jet is just as likely to ac-
cumulate soil. Often there is quite a
little collection of dust and If this is
cleared away the improvement in the
light Is noticeable.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07
Erudite phvsician-

A western physician received the
following from brother physician:
Dear Dock: I have a pashunt whose
physical sines shows that the wind
pipe has liberated off and his lungs
have dropped into his stumick. l have
given hym everythink without effeckt
his father is wealthy Honorable and in.
hooenshial as he is member of as
sembly and god nose don't want to
loss hym what shall l do ans by re-
urn male. Yours frat Doc Tishbein.' n
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07
THE TRUTH ABOUT BLUING.
7 ak No. |.

Avoid liquid bluing. Every droI
of water is adulteration. Half a cent.
worth of blue in large bottle fillec
with water is sold for cents or II
cents in many places.
Always use RED CROSS BALI
BLUE, the blue that's all blue. A
large two-oz. package, all blue, sells
for 5 cents, or 4-oz. for 10 cents. De
lights the laundress. AT ALL COOL
GROCERS,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07
Smallest inhabited Island.

People who inhabit some of the
Thousand Islands in the st. Lawrence
river claim that they are the smallest
Inhabited islands in the world, but it
has recently been determined that the
site of the Eddystone lighthouse is en-
titled to the distinction, the island
upon which this lighthouse Is built
being only 30 feet in diameter at low
tide.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07

A child in the family of farmer
near Atlanta, Ga, was thought to be
fatally Ill, and the forehanded father
bought coffin for it. To his delight
the child recovered. For time. the
man knew not what to do with the
coffin, but he placed four legs under it
and now uses it as water trough.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07
The Doq and the Flea.

Dog fanciers realize the difficulty of
separating the animals from the feas
which often inhabit them. Few of the
older methods are entirely satisfac-
tory, but a Chicago electrical man is
authority for the statement that the
use of the vacuum cleaner Is most eff
hcacious.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07
r.,1s 100 Old Eslllg Ig:|
Where They pIsaqreed

Meyerbeer and Rossini, in spite of
all their rivalries, were the. warmest
of friends. Rossini once said: "Mey-
erbeer and can never agree" When
some one in surprise asked why, he
replied: "Meyerbeer likes sauerkraut
better than he does macaroni."
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07
Quick CurtainI

She was a very pretty girl and ter
ribly enthusiastic. When the young
navy officer was introduced to her
she made no attempt to disguise her
interest. 81 do so love the navy"
she chanted to him fervently, breath
ing her ecstatic emotion, Where Is
the navy now?"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07
Better Done In Private.

A well-known doctor, we read, ad-
vises people to roll the eyes in order
to strengthen the eye-muscles. A lit
tie risky, perhaps; for if this exer-
else were carelessly practiced in
crowded restaurants and other pub
lie places, the eye would stand good
chance of being suddenly blackened.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07
TRY MURINE EYE REMEDY

~ I"~'t''N-
for Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes
and Granulated Eyelids. Murine Doesn't
Smart-Soothes Eye Pain. Druggists
Sell Murine Eye Remedy, Liquid. Csc,
SOC, $1.00. Murine Eye Salve in
Aseptic Tubes, 25c, $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, 1911-07-07
Years of Suffering
Catarrh and Blood Disease =
Doctors Failed To c,,a

MISS Mabel F. Dawkins, 1914 I,afav.
cite St, Fort Wayne, Ind, writas.
For three years l was troubled with
catarrh and blood disease. tried sew
eral doctors and dozen different rem
edles, but none of them did me anv
good. A friend told me of Hoods Sar.
saparilla. l took two bottles of this
medicine and was as well and strong
as ever. | feel like different person
and recommend Hoods to any one s1f-
fering from catarrh."
Get 1t today in usual liquid form or
chocolated tablets called SarsatabO.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07
Combined FireIess Cocker and Stove

Combined FireIess Cooker and Stove.
cover closed. Then the alarm of the
clock is set to go off in 20 minutes,
4 half-hour, or in such time as the
case may require. Closing the switch
starts the cooking. When the time is
up the clock sounds the alarm and at
the same time opens the switch, and
the cooking then continues as in a
freless cooker. This stove enables
"the lady of the house" to start the
evening meal, go shopping while it is
cooking and return to find 1t ready
to serve piping hot. A drop shelf is
provided on the side, while a COM
partment beneath the cooker permits
the storage of cooking utensils
Popular Mechanics.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07
Meat Cakes,

Take cold meat, mince fine with fat
bacon, season with pepper and salt
mix well. fry and serve with gravy
Fine with hot biscuits for breakfast.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07

DR.. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar
coated, easy to take as candy, regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bow
els. Do not gripe.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07
Rich Agricultural section.

1t was mentioned at the annual din
ner of the Lancashire Farmers asso-
citation that there were 1000 cows in
the county--a greater number than
In any other county III England. Ian
cashire, too, had the largest acreage
of potatoes, with the exception of Lin
colnshire, in Great Britain, having 43,'
900 acres under cultivation.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07

Hamlins Wizard Oil, the Worlds best
liniment, has been curing pain for nearly
sixty years and can te depended upon just
as surely as the old family doctor who may
be miles away.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07
.OTTUMWA
WOMAN
CURED
By lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Ottumwa, Iowa.-"For years I was
almost a constant sufferer from female

CrOuDle III dill ll5
dre adful forms ;
shooting pains all
over my body, sick
headache, spin al
weakness, dizziness,
| depres S 81 on, and
Everything that was
lhorrid. l tried many
doctors in different
lparts of the United
Estates, but Lydia E.
lPinkham's Vegeta-
Ible COmpOund has
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07

Indeed, the one great leading feature OF
our new Hair Vigor may we'll be said to
be this - it stops falling hair. Then it
goes one step further aids nature in
restoring the hair and scalp to healthy
condition. Ask for "the new kind" ."
--Mads By the J. c. Aver Co.. Lowell, Eass.-
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07

Mothers wifi find Mrs. WInslows Soothing
Syrup the best remedy to use for their children
during he teething period,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07

Water Towers on Flreboats.
F1rebcats, owned by several of the
larger cities, are now supplied with
masts to elevate the discharge noz.
Eles, on the same principle that water
towers are used by land firemen.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07

done more for me than all the doctors.
1 feel it my duty to tell you these
facts. My heart is full of gratitude to
you for my cure."--Mrs. HARRIET E.
WAMPLER, 524 S. Ransom Street,
OttumWa, Iowa.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07
Consider This Advice.

No woman should submit to a surgi-
cal operation, which may mean death,
until she has given Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound fair trial.
This famous medicine, made only
from roots and herbs, has for thirty
years proved to be the most valuable
tonic and invigorator of the female
organism. Women residing in almost
every city and town in the United
States bear willing testimony to the
wonderful virtue of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass,
invites all sick women to write
her for advice. Her advice is free,
confidential, and always helpful.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07

HOWARD, E. BURTON : Assayer and Chemist,
Silver Lead ST. cold Silver 5c; God &c. GIu Znc
or Copper, ST. Mailing envelopes d full price LIST
sent on application. Control and Umpire work so.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-07-18
WESTON
Paraeraphs of Personal Men
ton and Items of Gen
eraI Interest.

WESTON. July 1s.-The new school
IbuiIding here will not be completed
before late. fail, and the High school
WIN not likel5s begin before the frst
Of october.
YES Greenhouses new brick resi-
dence on Center avenue is being
RAPIDLY pushed to completion as are
the new Kitson frame dwellings on
the same street
Mrs. Eli Morgan, an inmate of the
hospital died here Friday. The body
vas sent to Fairmont where her
people live.
Dr.. Thomas West. a well known
Keyser man, died here last week IN
the hospital. HIS wife came and took
the body to Keyser where. interment
was made.
The sun Lumber Company Of this
CITY recently purchased a larger
interest in the BIayton Lumber Com
n,nv at Pickens. This is one OF the
largest lumber concern IN central
west virginia and gives the Sun Lurn-
her Company the control OF vast acres
NJ valuable timber The business OF
the Afaytou Lumber Company will be
bone from, the office fneWeston which
has necessitated the enlargement oil
the companies Offices. Possibly no
,uurber company in the world has
made the rapid strides this company
has. Its Office force consists oil
n n Brewster, president; Jacob
Koblegard, treasurer: c. W. Rinehart'
tsocretary, and NJ L. b sprigg, man
,ager. - No nr
H. F. Rymer has leased inc
Sam Hardemen lots in Deanviiie' TINS
citv. and will p9t down a gas well AZ
once. The contract has been let 70
Ives Greathouse and work will begin
At the earliest possible date
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-07-18

HTsAiNNA FOR CHILDREN
Brings healthy sleep.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-07-18
Dr.. McClelland Urges the
Passage Of the Bond Is
sue for Buildings.

The undersigned has been prac-
tlcaIly interested for more than a
generation in the sanitary housing
OF schools and congregations. He
has also been recently patron of
tho Clarksburg High school and
mem Der of his family is now one of
the teaching force of that school.
If long experience and deep person
al interest qualify for the express
sion of judgment as to the common,
every day decency OF enlarging our
school accommodations here-then
the writer is qualified to say some
what upon this at present one or
the most vital questions of our CO.
operative civic life. The writer has
been trained to economy. His pro-.
ress!on is favorable to almost par
slmonious frugality. But he also
knows that inexorable law of all
life, private and public, that we
must spend to have. The case in
hand is a case altogether in point.
Undoubtedly the most valuable
asset of our corporate life is our
children. The altogether indispeu-
slb,e instruments of their future
well being and well doing are their
public school teachers. To accom-
pItgh the 1audable purpose proposed
In our school activities, our children
of tender years and their teachers,
Especially cultured and prepared for
their high and delicate function,
must work together hours, days,
weeks months, years, in most COM
lp'icated, dimcult mutual endeavor.
recurring for success the most Ia
yorable physical conditions possible.
lack of room means vitiated air
This poisonous atmosphere means
torture, stupefactiion and slow death.
What a crazy fool would he be who
should expect valuable chrome
meter to run we'll and to endure
subm erged in bath of corrosive
acid Into such bath, growing
stronger and more fatal as the in-
crease of school population in our
RAPIDLY growing city aggravates the
hacking process, we are plunging
the bodies and souls OF the hope oil
our city-our own flesh and blood
Room, adequate air space, ordi-
nary physical comfort are essential
to the highest efficiency Of any class
of indoor workers. The more com
pucated the work. the more neees-
sary are the proper conditions
What work. more complicated thar
school work. Consider only super
acialIy the exacting character Of the
Indoor work fequired by the neces'
sites of the times of our boys and
girls and also OF their teachers
There must be close attention con
tinued application, clearness o.
thinking. alertness OF mind ant
body, versatility the power to leave
this, and to take up that success
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-07-18
WOMAN Jailed
In Default of Paying a Fine
for Being Drunk in the

Emma johnson. a coIored woman,
was fined SO and costs this morntng
in police court by Mayor Frank r.
Moore and sent to jail for three
days in default of payment for be-
ing drunk last evening In the
streets.
Abraham Pilsen was also fined IS
and costs for drunkenness and re-
manded to jail for three days in fe-
fault of payment.
A cash bond of $500 was for
felted last evening in the court by
a man giving the name of John
Smith who was arrested the eveninE
before for exceeding the speed limit
in an automo bile.