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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-09-09

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advised residents of Oak Park to
cut down dead trees and use them
for fuel.
They are at last going to put
gates at Ridgeland, Oak Park
and Wisconsin avs, Oak Park, on
the L" Will be installed by the
Aurora electric and Met. lines.
Two accidents have occurred
at these crossings.
Frederick Heyden, S4s Lii
av., street sar employee who died
at the age of "a, left clock with
photographs of his family on its
face instead of numbers.
B. H. Upton, SIS, GAO S. 47th
av., laborer, swallowed wood al
.cohol. Dead. Ill health.
John Thorsen, Morgan and
Erie sts., walked into the w. Chi
-cago av. station with a broken
jaw. Couldn't talk. Police had
peach of a time finding out who
he was. Don't know yet who
broke his jaw,
Vim. Holmes, negro, highway
.robber, tried to jump from 4th-
story window of S. Clark st. sta
ton. Rescued.
Holmes was in emergency hos
pital from injuries suffered when
he tried. to kill Patrolnan Thos.
Bassett, who arrested him.
Holmes and another negro, Ed
ward Moses, were arrested for
robbing Antoine Swiderski, 1920
S. State ST., of 81 and. a bunch of
treI1c -
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-16
THE CURIOUS SNAIL.

This Creature Can Live Without Air,
Water or Nourishment.
While the snail has lungs, heart and
general circulation and is in every
respect an air breathing creature, it
can nevertheless exist indefinitely with
out inhaling the least breath of air, the
element that is usually considered the
essential to existence in all creatures
supplied with lungs.
ITO all organized creatures" said
Leppert, "the removal of oxygen, wa
ter, nourishment and heat causes death
to ensue." When that statement was
made Leppert did not appear to con-
slider the snail as one among the great
host Of organized beings" for expert
ments by Spallanzani have proved that
any or all the usual life conditions can
be removed in the case Of the snail
without terminating its existence or in
any way impairing its functions.
The common snail retreats into his
shell on the approach of frosty wealth
er, and the opening or mouth of its
shell is Theoretically sealed by a secre-
tion which is of a silky texture and
absolutely impervious to air and water.
In this condition it is plain that it is
deprived of three of the four elements
of life mentioned above-air, water and
nourishment.-H Harper's Weekly.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-16
QUICKSILVER MINING.
An Occupation That Quickly Dooms
the Workers.

An Occupation That Quickly Dooms
the Workers.
The chief quicksilver mines in Eu-
rope are in the Spanish town of Alma
den, which is an Arabic word, mean
ing "the mine Of quicksilver" These
mines were formerly worked by the
Iberians and after them by the ancient
Romans. Between 1645 and 1S43 the
Spanish government employed galley
slaves in them, an occupation that
soon ended In death. The fumes Of
the mercury produce constant saliva
tion, and the system becomes perme-
ated with the metal.
At first the victim is seized with
tremblings, and then the teeth drop
out; pains in the bones follow and then
death. The annual yield of mercury
is 100000 pounds, to produce which
1000 men are engaged in this un-
healthy employment.
After Almaden so far as yield of
quicksilver is concerned comes Idria,
an Austrian town, twenty-eight miles
from Triest. These mines also were
once worked by criminals, who, owing
to the terrible qualities of the mineral,
expired after about two years service.
There are now nearly 500 miners en-
gagged in the work at Idria. They are
induced to enter the mines by high
pay. A pension is allowed when they
are disabled. and provision is made for
their widows and children. -Pearson's
Weekly.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-16
Statue With Umbrella.

Some poor art is to be seen in this
country in the shape of statues dedi-
Gated to the memory of great men, but
no American enormity in this line quite
equals that which was perpetrated by
an English sculptor for the town of
Reading. When the fellow townsmen
of certain George Palmer of that place
decided to honor his memory they de-
termined upon bronze statue of Pal
mer, which should be not merely q
portrait as to features, but correct
presentment of him as he appeared
among them every day. Accordingly.
the stranger in Reading Is startled by
the most unconventional Of statues.
with every crease and wrinkle Of the
homely attire of the original repro
duced. TO complete the effect the stat
ueis bareheaded, with silk hat and UNI
bTelIa In hand. 1t is thought that this
is the only instance in which the
necessary but not entirely beautiful
umbrella has been reproduced in
bronze.--New York Sun.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-16
He Fooled Her.

eff you were asked to get ready to
start next Thursday on long journey
do you think you could do so?" asked
her rich employer, who was wild
over.
ooh, l-much would depend upon the
kind of journey it was to be-" she
replied.
II mean a pleasant journey--a jour.
ney that would last for a month or
more"
"And should / have company on the
journey?"
"Well, l hadn't thought of that No,
1 don't believe you would. should
expect you to go Alone
'sThen don't believe I could get
ready" she. said turning to her type
writer and making four mistakes In
the first line of the letter she had be-
Chicago Record Herald.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-16
CHEERFUL MENDELssoHN.
The Pioneer In Good Conducting and
the Boy Joachim.

The Pioneer In Good Conducting and
the Boy Joachim.
The art Of good conducting began
with Mendelssohn. The Leipzig Ge-
wandhaus owes the greatness Of its or
chestra to him. He was aehard task
master, but, according to the words Of
Joachim, he earned the good will and
respect of his men by his thorough
knowledge, says the Music Magazine.
He was sane and rational, preferring
a cheerful mood to gloom. Johann
Kruse, formerly second violinist Of the
Joachim quartet, once told a little sto-
ry Of Mendelssohn's conducting in Lon
don, where he was always a favorite.
"Mendelssohn was to bring out the
boy Joachim, then about twelve or
fourteen years Of age" he said. AT
that time Joachim played Bach and
Beethoven like master. He began to
rehearse the Mendelssohn concert with
the orchestra when suddenly with boy
ish impetuosity he turned to the con-
ductor and said, Herr Mendelssohn,
am sure there is a mistake in the or
chestration here's
"The cheerful and sunny Mendels-
sohn replied. We'll, this is good time
to correct 1t, my boy and the error
was found and corrected"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-16
Ryles on Bills.

Among the humorous memories con-
nected with English judges is one of
Justice Byles and his horse. This en-
inent jurist was well known in his pro-
fession for his work on "Bills," and as
this gave a fine opportunity for ALTER
alton his associates were accustomed
to bestow the name ON the horse, which
was but a sorry steed. There goes
Byles on Bills" they took pleasure In
saying, and as the judge rode out every
afternoon they INDUCED daily in their
little joke. But the truth was that the
horse had another name, known only
to the master and his man, and when a
too curious client inquired as to the
judges whereabouts he was told by
the servant, with clear conscience,
that master was out on Business"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-16
FLOATING A TOWN AWAY.
Story of the Origin Of commsreia!
Street In Provincetown.

Strcer IN FrovincetoWns
Commercial street In Proyincetown
had an origin in keeping with its pres
ent nautical air and appeal to the inn
agination. The town originally stood
on the spit Of sand far out across the
harbor, where the lighthouse now Is.
Many years ago the government
bought Provincetown, houses and all,
in order to protect the harbor from the
threatening sea. The Provincetownian
went to the government people and
asked what they were going to do with
the houses.
Pull 'em down. of course" said the
government.
Cant we have emp inquired the
late owners.
"Sure," replied the government, IF
you'll take 'em away"
"Sure!" echoed the Proyincetownians.
Old wreckers that they were, they
applied their technic to the problems of
house moving. They bulkheaded their
dwellings up. necklaeed empty casks
about them in the way Of life preserv-
ers, and one sunny morning the village
of Provincetown, true to its maritime
traditions, set sail, schoolhouse and all,
and came floating gayly across the har-
Dor to where it now stands. Near the
railway track today they point out
certain store as the original seafaring
schoolhouse.- metropolitan Magazine.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-16
A WAGER Won.

The following story is told of ]. P.
Morgan-and possibly of other success
full business men as well. For three
consecutive days the great financier
carried an empty birdcage in bis hand
to and from his Office. On the third
day one of his managers ventured to
ask why he carried that apparently use
less article.
ITO see," replied Pierpont Morgan,
'if any one would have the impudence
to ask me why l did So"
II beg your pardon" began the in
quirer. s.Ia-
you needn't do that" said the chief,
smiling grimly. 81 had bet with a
man that had at least one employee
with some curiosity. I've won the
money; but in future don't ask ques-
tons about things that don't concern
youv'
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-16
VIII Test New Wheat

Fl. D. Cox of ths Farmers Union.
who returned from Northern Idaho
recently with samples of wheat which
were running 100 bushels or better
to the acre expects to use the samples
for experimental purposes. says the
Walla Walla Union. He plans to test
the wheat and see If it will do as we'll
as in Latah county, Idaho. The sam
pies were secured from the q. O. CLARK
ranch on Fix ridge In Idaho. the grain
icing introduced from Alaska a few
years ago. It is of the miracle"
variety. Some millers claim that
while the percentages of gluten in the
grain is large. 1t is not the best gluten.
The heads are busby and are like or
binary wheat heads only for few
meshes.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-16
TWO Curious kSives,

When Sheffield first became famous
for its cutlery a peculiarly shaped
knife, designed for a variety Of uses,
was made with great care and sent to
the agent Of the Cutters company in
London. On one Of the blades was en-
grayed the following challenge:
London, for thy life,
Show me such another knife.
The London cutters, to show that
they were equal to their Sheffield
brothers, made knife with single
well tempered blade, the blade having
a cavity containing a rye straw two
and a half inches in length, wholly sur
rounded by the steel; yet, notwith-
standing the fact that the blade was
well tempered, the straw was not
burned, singed or charred in the least!
1t is needless to add that the Sheffield
cutters acknowledged themselves out
done in ingenuity.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-16
THE ELEVATOR BOY.
In Chicago He Made Rapid Progress
In Becoming an Expert.


In Becoming an Expert.
The first day be is occupied mainly
In learning how to run hfs elevator.
The second day he is SO delighted
with his position that he makes every
effort to give all the information asked
of him.
The third day he gets his uniform
and begins accustoming himself to
telling the passengers to step lively.
The fourth day he learns how to
advise anxious inquirers to look at the
bulletin board or ask the starter.
The fifth day he is SO thoroughly
versed In the duties of his position
that he can run the cur past people
who are yelling Down. or sUpv' and
three floors away from them watt
back the gentle admonition to punch
the button. Also, he is now able to
carry the nervous passengers two
floors too far and then refuse to go
back.
The sixth day he is an adept and
demonstrates it by sliding the door
quickly in the face of the man who is
second late, also by stopping the car
and dropping couple Of floors to take
on the stenographers with huge blond
rats, who haughtily omit pressing the
button.
He is now real elevator boy and
wonders what right the public thinks
1t has, anyway.-Chicago Post.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-16
R0UsED THE AUDIENCE.
A Mining Camp Melodrama With an
Unexpected Climax.


Unexpected Climax.
Joseph Jefferson used to say that his
career came very near being nipped in
the bud In small western town. He
at that time was member of a small
pioneer company which progressed by
means Of three "bull teams" from one
mining camp to another. They were
always heartily received by the min
ers and cowboys, who readily paid the
$5 In gold required to witness their
performance. Mr.. Jefferson was the
traditional melodramatic villain and in
I the third act was supposed to kidnap
"the child" The supposed mother,
hearing its cries, rushes upon the scene
just as he is about to escape and fires
fruitless shot from revolver
Upon this particular occasion all had
gone well until this scene was reached,
and the audience, many Of whom had
never before seen any kind Of theatric-
al performance, sat as IL spellbound.
At the crack of the mothers revolver.
however, the spell was rudely broken.
by heaven she missed himv' a red
shirted miner in the front row shout
ed, drawing his own six shooter and
leaping to his feet. "Round to the
back door and head him off fore he
can git boss, boysp he yelled, and,
following him, half the audience STAN
peded for the exit.
The excitement was finally allayed
by the mother and the villain ap-
pearing hand In hand before the cur
tain and the managers explanation Of
the situation. When the performance
had been concluded the audience in
sisted on paying another admission
price and having an immediate repe-
tition from beginning to end.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-16
CHAMBERLAIN AND
CANAL REGULATION
FAvORS FREE TOLL FOR AMERI-
CAN COASTWISE VESSELS.
Oregon Senator Favors the
Bill as Reported From the
Lower House Recently.

Senator Chamberlain, after trying
for some days. succeeded in getting
the floor of the senate to speak on the
regulation of the rates through The
Panama canal, and the management
Of the canal zone. The senator said
that he was uneqnivocally in favor of
the house bill. His speech was listen
ed to with deep interest by every one,
and there were few interruptions.
The senator discuss the bill from
three standpoints. First, he said, he
was moved to insist on the right of
this country under either the Clayton
Bulwer treaty or under the Hay
Pauncefort treaty, to discriminate in
favor Of American shipping engaged
in the coastwise trade, and he con-
tended that we could, if we wished to
do 40. discriminate in favor of Amer
loan shipping engaged in foreign trade
and without thereby violating the
terms of either treaty.
Second, Senator Cham berlain insist
ed that American coastwise traffic
ought to be given free tolls. He dis.
cussed generally the effect Of free tolls
On transcontinental and other rail
rates. insisting tina. whatever might
be the reduction in tolls on American
ships, the railroads would have to
meet it by corresponding reduction
in their rates.
Third, the speaker said that ships
owned by the railroads. or in which
the railroads had any interest. ought
not to be permitted to pass through
the canal at all. he gave his reasons
for this contention at considerable
| length.
The effect of allowing railroad
| owned ships to pass through the canal,
said the senator, would be to throttle
the independent competition and drive
the independent ships out of business,
enabling the railroad companies to in
crease their rates as soon as compe-
tition could be swept from the sea.
! Senator Chamberlain discussed the
Columbia river situation where inde-
pa.ndent boat lines had brought down
rates to very marked degree, and had
made rates much lower than they had
been befcre between all points whers
there was rive.r and rail competition.
The railroads mace bitter warfare
on the independent lines. but did not
drive them out Of business tefore they
had demonstrated their effectiveness.
Going into the records to prove iss
contentious that the railroads have
maintained ship lines to use them as
clubs against independent ocean car
riers. the senator referred to an inves-
tigation by special committee Of
the house in 1893 regarding collusive
arrangements between the Pacific
Mail and the Southern Pacific to sup
press business across the isthmus Of
Panama. and if such practices were
inimical to the business interests Of
the country to recommend some rem
edy.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-16
Tho French Imperial Guard.

The Imperial Guard of France was
created by Napoleon ]. when he be-
came emperor in 1904 1t was formed
by merger Of the guards" the Con
yention," the directory" and the Con
sulate.' 1t consisted at first of 9,775
men, but was afterward considerably
enlarged. In the year 1909 1t was by
the emperor's order divided into the
old and young guards. In January,
1914, 1t numbered 102.70G 1t was dis
solved by the Bourbon Louis XVIII. in
1915, revived by Napoleon III. surren-
dered with Metz to the Germans and
was abolished by the government soon
after.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-16
MILLING INTEREST
WOULD SUFFER.
LOCAL MAN SHOWS CHARTERS
HAVE BECOME SCARCE.
Fund of $225 900 to Insure a
Portland Oriental. Ship Line
Bids Fair to Materialize.

Indications are that the $225. 00C
fund to guarantee line of steam
ships from, Portland to the Orient,
will be raised without trouble. The
O.-W. R. & N. company has subscrib.
cd $75, 900 of the amount and the hal.
anoe of the fund it is said will be
raised without delay.
In giving the subscription, the com
paly makes the stipulation that the
Hill lines subscribe like amount.
This will undoubtedly be done at once,
and the remaining $4,000 will be
raised in Portland. This sum will
insure permanent line of steam
ships for Portland in the Oriental
trade.
Without the line. milling interests
! of the Inland Empire would be forced
to the point Of chartering space in
vessels heretofore chartered for wheat
exports, or else close down. In the
event they would secure the wheat
carrying vessels to transport -four to
the Orient, the wheat exporter would
be up against an insurnountable
proposition, and the wheat raiser
would suffer accordingly
With the Oriental line not running
out OF Portland, the milling interests
of this section would be seriously
affected. In an interview with NJ.
L. Watts, manager for the Preston
Shaffer mill 10 this city, he said:
"The milling interests Of the inland
empire are put to their wits end for
space in vessels bound for the orient
as it is, and with Portland connections
cutoff. the situation would be still
worse.
"We have 500 barrel mill, in op-
Grafton here. and it is running night
and day. Our principal shipments
are scheduled for oriental points, and
should the present connections at Port
land be annulled. we would he forced
to send all oriental consignments via
Seattle.
'Ih he tonnage at that port has been
contracted for to a large degree in
advance. SO that see only further
complications by the abrogation of
the Portland service. Flour shippers
with whom have discussed the aues-
tion seem to he united in the opinion
that Portland will not flag out on the
proposition. but will mister a solid
front in successful effort to get and
maintain real oriental shipping ser
vice.
"Should even the present service
cease. not only would the milling in-
terests feel the effects, hut indirectly
the wheat raiseTs would be losers also.
for the reason that the bulk of the
grain grown in UmatilIa county is
ground into flour, and this flour, as a
rule. finds consumption in the orient.
..Under present conditions the mills
must necessarily have the grain. and
this being the case, higher prices ao-
crue to the raiser in sections where
mills are located. Consequently with
premium placed on shipping space.
as would necessarily result with the
doing away Of the Portland oriental
service, the mills of the inland empire
would tie up against it and the faFmE
eIs with them. /"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-16
A Fortunate Chance.

"What | don't ketch on to-" said
Nose Willerby, sis how We managed to
make that ottermobile feller pay ye
thutty dollars fer spillin' waggin
load O bad eggs. Ye can't spile bad
egg, kin YEP"
"Waal, We see," said Uncle Jabez, "it
come about this way. When the
smashup come th' air got SO full o. that
pesky gasoline that the condition o.
them there eggs warn't hardly purr-
ceptible. ."-Harper's
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-16
MeIody Becomes Malady.

That persons have very diverse ideas
and tastes in music was exempiified
in an incident at pupils vocal re-
cltal lately. A young woman was hay
ing quite struggle with song and
one woman in the audience said to her
companion:
isn't that beautiful melodyY
The other looked bored and said:
'sIt sounds more like malady to
me."-St. Louis Dispatch.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-16
Robert nrownina.

OF Robert Browning toward the
close Of his life Frederic Harrison in
his memoirs has this TO say: "He was
all things to all men and all women,
always at bis best, always bringing
light, happiness. generosity and sense
Into every society he entered. / think
him the happiest social spirit whom it
has ever been my fortune to meet"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-16
Maxine Her Comfortable.

Hosts Youngest-Don't your shoes
feel very uncomfortable when you
walk. Mrs. Newryche? Mrs. New
ryche-D Dear me. what an exraordi-
nary question. Why do you ask. child:
Youngster-Oh. only COS pa said the
other day since you'd come into your
money you'd got far too big for your
boots.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-16
The Dangerous Germans.

One can never resist good school,
boy .'howler." Here is the latest.
The teacher had been giving a les
son on elementary hygiene, explaining
about cleanliness and germs, and SO
on, and the scholars were asked to
write an essay on the subject
Said one youth: "Dust is thing that
should always be carefully got rid Of,
as 1t nearly always contains Germans,
which do a lot Of harm. London
Answers.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-16
Big Apple Crop.

Washington is given credit by the
international Apple Shippers assooia-
tion, with having crop three and
three foufths times times as large as
last year, this being the greatest in
crease in the United States with the
exception of Kentucky which has a
crop. the association claims, FIVE time
as large as in 1911. The quality is
good. Walla Walla growers state that
these figures are probably correct, the
yield being from three to four times
as large as last seasoD.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-16

Within the next six weeks or two
months q reduction in electric light
rates will be made ty Manager L. e.
Coyls Of the Milton municipal light
and power plant of approximately 25
to 90 l-3 per cent, says the Eagle, AL
though the definite schedule 10 not
complete and no official authorization
of the reduction las Teen made by the
council, The change in rates has been
agreed upon to take effect some time
this fall.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-16
Call for Warrants.

Notice Is hereby given that The City
Of Athena will redeem outstanding
city warrants numbers 515 to $40 in
elusive, and water commission war
rants numbers 487 to $50 inclusive.
Warrants will be paid at the office Of
B. B. Richards on August l8. 1912,
after which date interest on said war
rants will cease. Dated at Athena,
Oregon, this the 1eth day OF August,
1912. Victor O. Burke,
City Treasurer.