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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-11-10
BowIed Over.

There is in a Western town a Judge
who occasionally hits the flowing bowl
until it puts him down and out. One
morning, following an unusunally
swift encounter with the alcoholic foe,
he appeared in his Office looking sad
and shaken up.
How are you this morning, Sam?"
inquired a friend.
Worse than I've ever been, !" re-
piled the judge, with groan. sim
in bad at home. When / left the
house a little while ago the children
were calling me Sam and my wife
was addressing me as Mister"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-11-10
Ancient Needle FaotoryY

The discovery Of prehistoric
needle factory at a prehistoric lake VII
lage near Glastonbury. England,
reused much interest recently. The
dwellings, were placed on mounds OF
clay raised above the level Of the wa
ter. The framework OF primitive
loom was found under one mound. and
the number OF broken bone needles
and bone splinters discovered In an.
other mound led the explorers to think
that 1t may have been the site Of an
ancient needle factory.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-11-10
Ald to Husbands, Memories.

The United States government is
undertaking a cure for men who forget
to mail their wives letters by install
ing mail boxes in street cars in
Washington. If it works well in the
capital, this aid to bad memories will
be extended to other cities. The idea
is that with mail box staring him in
the face while on his way to his Office.
there is no excuse for his carrying
letter in bis pocket more than three or
four days. Success Magazine.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-11-10
SMILE ON WASH DAY.

The laundress' delight IL RED
CROSS BALL BLUE. A neat. handy
package, nothing to break or spill
ada blue that Is all blue.
It In 90 far superior to any liquid
bluing that there IL no comparison
Always produces snow white clothes
Large package 10 cents. ASK YOUR
GROCER.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-11-10

Ten-year-old Arthur had been tell
ing impressiveIy Of the number of
servants employed in his home. He
continued: And our house is fixed
50 that If you want drink, or win
dow raised, or to go upstairs, or any
thing, all you have to do is to pull a
chainr' NBut what do you want with
so many servants in that sort of q
house?" asked one Of his hearers.
90" replied Arthur, 1--WE have the
servants to pull the chains"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-11-10

Hamilton Webster (called Ham"
for SHORTY, had just been elected sher-
iff of county in one of the Western
states. He had received strict orders
TO keep no prisoner in solitary confine-
ment. One evening he found himself
in possession of but two prisoners, one
of whom escaped during the night.
The next morning he opened the cell
of the one remaining and proceeded to
kick him out, remarking: Git out Of
here, you pie-facei You stayed in to
get me in trouble over that derDed
solitary confinement regulation, didn't
YER Success Magazine.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-11-10
An Autocrat,s Relaxation.

"You seem to get a great deal Of
pleasure out Of business" "Yes." re-
piled Mr.. Dustin Stax. "after ! have
fretted over q golf match there's moth
ing rests me up like getting back to
my desk. where I can have everything
my own way"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-11-10
Youth Never to BE Recalled.

A man has shrewd suspicion that
age has overtaken him when he keeps
assuring you that he feels as young
as ever-and he doesn't know but
younger. Poor fellow, he Whistles to
keep his courage up; but. alasl he
cannot recall youth as he calls his
pointar-with o whistle.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-11-10
MIRA. Prime Puzzled.

Cy Prime says he often tells his
wife that whatever he amounts TO he
owes to her-and the poor woman
can't make up his mind whether he
10 handing her an insult or compii-
ment-
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-11-10
PINK EGGS AND CHICKENS.
College Feeds Dye to
Poultry at State Fair.

Salem. Or. An exhibit at the Fair
that is attracting great attention is
that of "sky-blue-pink" chickens, and
eggs with red yolks and pink whites
both perfectly sound and wholesome
shown by the poultry department of
the Oregon Agricultural College.
Dyes of coal-tar product, are fed the
birds one day, and the next day the
eggs and birds show gay difference,
illustrating vividly the immediate
effect the quality of food has on the
eggs, the flesh, and even the feathers
and toe-nails of the fowls.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-11-10

o nd SO nervous i
could not do any.
thing. The doctors
treated me for diff
ferent things but
did me no good. /
got 80 bad that ]
could not sleep day
or night. While Il
this condition ! read
Of Lydia E. Pink,
hams v ege ia biz
Co mpo un d, ant
began jtg uso an(
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-11-10

Children suffer every day in the year
with Sprains, Bruises, Burns, Cuts and
Bumps. Hamlins Wizard Oil has been
curing these aches and pains for nearly
sixty years.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-11-10
Graft.

Exulting in his suddenly returned
strength, Samson was about to push
the pillars from under the temple.
"Ha," he chuckled, as the roof top.
pied In, couldn't have done 1t II the
contractor had built this temple 40
cording tb specifications"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-11-10
The Canine HowIoIouy.

INC CaHIUS FfUWiUIuHys
I There 10 nothing 80 very remark
able In the Atlantic City dog that can
tell time. Every dog on earth can
tell time. That is. they can tell break
fast time, dinner time and supper
time, and know to a minute when 1t Is
time to start their nightly howl
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-11-10

Dr.. Pieree,s Pellets, small, sugar
coated, easy to take as candy, regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bow
els and cure constipation.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-11-10

Mothers win Tad Mrs. winslows Soothing
Syrup the best remedy 10 use foI their children
turing the teething period.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-11-10
AFTER
I YEARS
SUFFERING
| Was Cured by Lydia 3. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

Waurika, Okla.--'T had female trou-
bles for seven wears. was all run down.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-11-10
EXPERIMENT STATION NoTEs.E

BY r. w. Thatcher. Director Washington Elk:
pertinent Station, Pullman.
Pork may be picked by using for
each eighty pounds of meat, one pound
of salt, four pounds of sugar, one
quart of molasses, and three ounces of
saltpetre. The meat is well rubbed
with salt and left in a pickle barrel
for fifteen days, draining off the fluid
from time to time.
A second method is to use one BUSH
ell Of fine salt, two pounds of brown
sugar, and one pound of saltpetre,
which would be enough for eight hum
dred pounds of meat. The sugar i'm
proves the flavor of the meat, and the
saltpetre makes the pork firmer. At
ter few days little more of the salt
mixture may be applied, rubbing it
in if absorption is going slowly. All
cut ends of bone must be thoroughly
salted in, as decomposition is most
likely to occur in such places. This
method may be used where hams,
shoulders, and bacon sides are packed
together in the same barrel, the hams
being packed at the top of the barrel
to prevent them from becoming too
salty. Resulting should take place
within ten days or two weeks taccord-
ing to the weather. After four to
six weeks the meat may be nnpacked,
washed, and smoked, or the salt may
be left on the meat during the process
of smoking. Before hanging in the
smoke house the meat may be sprink-
led with black pepper or mixture of
black and red pepper. A molasses
barrel is better than whiskey barrel,
but If whiskey barrel is used, the
interior should be charred first. This
will remove the flavor of the whiskey.
Alfalfa makes an excellent pasture
for hogs, and we have never found any
injurious effects in pasturing our
brood sows on it. Alfalfa will stand
pasturing after it has beome well es-
tablished, but should not be pastured
until it is at least year old. Some
grain should be fed to hogs that are on
alfalfa, barley or wheat usually, in
this Western country.
When it comes to feeding cows, on
account Of the high protein content of
alfalfa hay, it would not be well to
use oil meal and bran, unless these
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-11-10

We generally find that cows that
have had their calves running with
them as long as three weeks are very
hard to manage SO as to get maxi
mum amount of milk. If it is possi-
BILE it would be better TO wean the calf
while it is only few days old, and
then by careful manipulation of the
udder, there should be no trouble in
having the COW let down her milk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-24
America.Japan War News.

The usual grist of war news" appears
today A newspaper correspondent at
st. Petersburg cables that Russia s
state department attributes Japan's ex-
traordinary energy in Fastening the ad-
iustment Of the Russo-Chinese frontier
dispute to her necessity of having the
mainland undisturbed while she deals
with America. In ascertaining the in
tentions of Japan the Russian intelligence
service shows improvement over its con-
dition q few years ago. Russia was then
rather slow in comprehending Japans
intentions. The news that Russias state
department attributes Japan's activity In
the Russo-Chinese matter to her desire
IN get at the United States would be
,udicrous II It did not help to feed tho
belief of so many persons that there is
luminosity between Japan and the United
States.
There is no quarrel between the United
States and Japan. 1t is not likely that
there will be a quarrel, and II one should
arise the chance is remote that 1t would
not be adjusted in accordance with the
dictates of good sense rather than by
means of guns. Nations are not going
to fight unless they consider II necessary,
and the Judgment as to the necessity is
not going TO rest with limoges and men
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-24
Eastern Branch Reclamation.

The reclamation Of the Eastern branch
flats goes forward, not as rapidly as the
citizens of the District would wish. but
still progress is being registered. Each
step in this improvement will make the
succeeding steps easier, and what has
been an active hope for at least twenty
years may become a reality within half
that time. With the necessary money
available a squadron of dredges would
quickly raise fine park out of the shall
low waters of the river. So much of the
river ooze is exposed at low tide and so
little water lies above it at high tide that
the work of reclamation is far from
stupendous.
Under the appropriation for river and
harbor Improvement work Is progressing
on the retaining bank from Giesboro to
a point OF Buzzard point, and opera
tions will be hastened by a new dredge,
the arrival of which has been mentioned
In The Stars news. The work Of filling
in the Eastern branch flats below the
navy yard has proceeded gradually. The
sum Of 100000 appropriated by Congress
at its late session will be devoted to
beginning the reclamation of that part
of the river above the navy yard bridge.
Reclamation Of the Eastern branch
flats will add extensively to the park
space of the capital, and will eliminate
an area detrimental to the whole city,
and which is particularly a drawback
to the development Of the eastern and
southeastern parts of the District.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-24
The Barefoot Lass.

The barefoot lass who lightly trod
The leafy lane long years ago
GLOW many years / do not know
Wassgraceful as the ferns that nod
Beside the shadowy brooklet's flow.
Although her grace none could deny,
We breathed a patrOnizing sigh
And from our memories bade her pass,
Since she was but a barefoot lass.
One night. 'mopgst other folk who plod
/ sought the playhouse where the show
Filled seats unto the rearmost row
Because a dancer. all unshod.
Reveled In PAGES swift or slow.
paid five collars to get by
The ticket takers eagle eye.
viewed her through an opera glass.
1t was the selfsame barefoot lass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-24
Guarding Maniacs.

The plot of insane men to overpower
guards. possibly kill them, and escape
from the Government Hospital for the
Insane, reported in The Star today, once
more calls attention to the desperate ma
ture of many Of the maniacs confined in
that institution.
Complaint has been made by citizens
that escape from st. Elizabeth is too
easy. and that too much freedom Is given
inmates believed by the hospital author
tiles to be harmless. There Is a very
serious phase to the situation. The coun-
try north, south and east of the hospital
has become thickly settled within twenty
years. II is probably accurate to say that
no alarm is felt by the great majority of
the citizens there because Of the prox-
unity of insane men and women. They
have been accustomed for years to seeing
patients at large. sometimes with an
attendant and in some cases without one.
Trouble has so seldom resulted that there
is a question whether the authorities
would be right in restricting the freedom
allowed these unfortunate persons.
But In the matter Of the maniacs, known
or suspected to be dangerous. stringent
precaution against escape should be
taken. The superintendent of the insti-
tuition believes that larger number OF
guards is necessary. AS result of the
escape OF three dangerous inmates last
week. an investigation by the Secretary
Of the Interior Is promised. and the result
Of this should determine what increase
in the force of guards ought to be made
and what additional precaution against
outbreak and escape may be taken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-24
Mr.. Croker and Tammanv.

Richard Croker again declares that he
is out of politics for good. At present in
New York, on his way from Florida,
where he winters. to Ireland, where he
summers. he is importuned to take a
hand in the senatorial game at Albany,
but refuses He expresses regret at the
delay. and agrees that it has injured the
party in the state. but will neither advise
Mr.. Sheehan to stick, nor suggest a COM
promise candidate In his place The bows
are to fight it out without word from
him one way or the other.
This suggests permanent retirement
but q severer temptation to return to the
game may come. Suppose Mr.. Murph,
loses Sheehan. and does not name the
winner. Suppose. as the result. his pres.
tige as leader of Tammany Hall dimin,
ishes. Suppose he is forced to abandon
his newly acquired state influence. and
ceases to figure In the speculation abou
the state delegation to the next demo
cratic national convention. Suppose. even
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-24
The Old Texas.

1t is announced in the news that the
Navy Department will let the old Texas
rust away in the mud and shoal water
off Tangier Island In the Chesapeake.
Scorned as has been," battered by
the guns Of ships that carry the same
flag she few in actual war service, CIV
ing up her life that the gun crews of
those ships might practice straight shoot
ing, and that ordnance experts might ex-
anime her wounds, the old Texas has
been condemned as not worth saving. 1t
would cost more money to set her afioat
than she would be worth.
There is In the tragedy Of this gallant
and faithful ship that which stirs the
pity of the landsman. Still. on the other
hand, 1t is pleasant to reflect that she
sank in salt water, under gunfire. She
might have met q worse fate. She might
have been condemned and broken into
bits for sale as junk. Worn-out, obso'
lete, too old for competition with younger
and stronger ships. she gave up life fol-
the good of the navy she SO long honored
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-24
The Saratoga Battlefield.

The renewal of the demand for state
park on the battlefield Of Saratoga merits
the success which Gov. Dix's champion
ship seems to promise to 1t. OF all the
famous battlefields on this continent none
has deserved better or Jared worse at the
hands of the American people than that
on which the decisive blow for independ-
ence was actually struck. Millions have
been spent to mark the places Of contest
between the north and south on score
Of fields I'm the civil war. yet at Saratoga,
where the north and south. the Virginia
riiemen and the New England minute
men, together repulsed the invaders, there
stand today only half dozen unsightly
and ill-placed stones, monuments rather
to their donors than to the place or per-
son they should celebrate. Yet seldom
has the opportunity for preserving the
battlefield as 1t was on the day OF conflict
been offered more admirably than at
Saratoga. A century and quarter have
hardly disturbed the terrain. No town,
no railroad. nothing has come to de-
stroy the contemporary value Of the
field map which Burgoynes engineers
prepared for him in the long days when
his waiting army halted at Freeman's
farm; and the map remains the one
satisfying guide to the battle-ground.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-24
Past and Present. +"

THE republican party needs Mark
Hanna" Such is the declaration of q
man of enough consequence to be quoted
by the newspapers. But does it? Would
Mr.. Hanna be the man for this day. with
its conditions?
In 1896 business was almost at a stand
still. and the highways and byways show.
ed professions of idle men tramping tC
and fro in search of work. The Cleye-
land administration had failed, and, tC
add to the trouble. the democratic party
was threatening the country with free
silver coinage. 1t had rushed from the
arms of Wall street straight into those OF
populism, and taken for its new leader
a man more snowy than substantial.
This was Mr.. Hanna's opportunity. and
he seized it. A business man of sagacity
and large credit i'm business circles, he
stood forth as the advocate and manager
of policy for restoring business con-
fidepce. He repeated everywhere what
his chief, Mr.. Mckinley, had so happily
phrased. and told the people that the
thing to do was to open the mills in
stead of the minis. The business world
supported him with enthusiasm.
Today there is plenty Of business, and
the great majority of wage-earners are
we'll employed. In fact, there is SO much
business and profits are SO enormous In
certain lines. the favorite proposition is
government regulation. A popular charge
is that the interests are "hogging'
things, while the people are denied a
just share.
At this time Mr.. Hanna would be tag
ged as a tool of the interests" ard be a
handicap instead of a help to his party.
His management of campaign would be
vulnerable on that account, and probably
disastrous. The republicans, as matters
stand. are greatly plagued by the charge
OF being too near the Interests" and
going too far in tariff and other matters
in behalf OF corporate wealth.
''Oh. for a Jefferson This is an ex-
clamation frequently heard from demo-
Gratis, or men calling themselves demo-
Gratis. And yet nothing Is more certain
than that if Mr.. Jefferson were now alive
and in politics he would be classed by
many of these men as a socialist, Or
worse. Many of his eminent cotempo-
raries considered him a mushy dreamer
intoxicated with the catch phrases Of the
French revolution.
"Oh. for Jackson" is an exclamation
by men who for several years recently
ragged against Theodore Roosevelt, who
was giving in and from the White House
rather striking exhibition of the Jack
son way Of doing things. And 1t Is about
ten to one that if Gen. Jackson were alive
today he would be employing his most
vigorous expletives against some OF the
policies which men conjuring with his
name now are pressing on the country.
Sufficient unto their day were these and
other strong men. Let the dead past and
those who made it rest. There are men
Of this day equal to all existing emer-
gencies. and they will find and take theiy
places when the bell rings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-24

who desire the excitement of active serV-
ice. The yellow peril, especially that par
Of the peril which is to take the Pacine
coast and hold it as subject territory, Is
a yellow chimera- The army must Dc
developed to and maintained in a hign
state of efficiency and the navy must oe
made strong and effective, but not 70
protect us against any Immediately I'M
pending invasion.
The government Of the United states
should have a sufficiently large army,
maintained at the limit of efficiency ana
equipment. and a great navy as an insur-
ance of peace. Though the probability
is that they will not be called on to f1ght
battles and campaigns, and though the
chance that they will be called on to hght
japanese invaders is infinitesimal, yet the
army and navy should be ready. That Is
what the army and navy are for. Ii
is their business to be ready. That IS
why the American government. with the
consent Of American taxpayers, SPENDS
on the army and navy SO many million
dollars a year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-24
Passing of Another Gretna Green
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Delaware has withdrawn from the list
of states that countenance easy marriage
laws. Through its legislature 1t has re-
Gently adopted a law that will make the
state no longer possible as a mecca for
persons who. for one reason or another.
may wish to become welded without go
ing through the stringent formaiitieS that
form a barrier against hasty or ill-ad-
vised unions in their own common
wealths This new statute relieves the
officiating clergyman to a great extent
from responsibility and places it upon
county clerk. who. when license is re-
ouested. must place the persons who APP
nly for 1t under oath to answer truth
fully all questions that are asked. An
other feature is that written consent OF
the parents or guardians must be pre-
scented before the license can be issued.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-24
Chicago's Little Parks.

Chicago will make three new parks
bloom where not one bloomed before.
They will be set where population is
densest, sanitary conditions worst and in
FAINT mortality greatest. At the November
election q million-dollar bond issue was
authorized for the creation Of three or
four small parks in the poor and con-
gested section Of the city. The park board
has reported its survey and three sites
will be selected. This Is progress along
business lines. The parks are not to be
created so much in the interest of beauty
as in the cause of health. They are to be
public breathing places and common sun
parlors for men, women and children
who do not see blue sky or green sward
The parks are not SO much esthetic as
unitarian.