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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-31

out by the care she took to intrust
her ~ealth--st!ll very great despite
IN" fortune that had been stolen by
her late iover--into the hands OF an eX
'remciy capable lawyer. who saw to it
that she was not molestad.
The wedding cake and the deckings
OF the table gradually CT umbled away,
or We're devourcd by mice and rats.
Cobwebs shrouded the great silver
epersne in the centre. and what show
ed of Its metal was black. The table,
cloth became yellow. Dust and mold
dropped IN everything. Everything
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-31

On her neck and hands she put The
jewels that had sperklcd there. When
the letter came. she he'd not quite
finished dressing. ono white satin
shoe was on her foot, tho other was
lying on the table. She ar-ayed her
self so. The unused shoe remained
Unused
There wcre many clocks in the rooms.
e'sidc the little gilt clock Oh her
table, ana her watch She turned tho
hands OF each to twenty minutes 10
g, and stopped them.
sun. she was not mad, by any
means. as the WORLD defines madness.
Fer greedy relatives soon found this
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-31

except for the unfadin: brightness of
the sunkcn eyes.
She lived in this completely lonely
desolu ton for five years. Then she
adopted an orphan girl, had her edu-
Gated AMI lavished money on her to
make her charminp and attractive. For
tho first time since her living burial,
there came 10 her something like Joy
when she saw tine girl grow yearly
ia beauty--a malignant JOY. but sim d
joy. She lost NO opportunity of telling
her that she was beautiful: and !nces-
sanity, with jealous patience, she
taught her to be naughty. warned her
that she could protect herself from the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-31

| was dead. except spiders and other
crawling things.
The silks and sa,ns and laccs be
came yellow. the bridal gown faded
like the withcrcd flowers. the stock
ms on the shoelcss font was trodden
To rags. and soon the iiair under the
bridal veil was snow white. The dress
That has been put on tho rounded fig
shTunken to skin auf n"nc. fSurc
tlat was as the figure of "a phantom.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-31

In literature the fantastic Inns real
md Important place. Some of the
masterpieces I'm NIL languages arc
purely fantastic. I:Nru IN compar-
ntivcly unskilleL buuds. the fantastic
usuulIy succeeds III making AN mp
peal to the readers, because Il sat
isles the huniun desire for something
TINT Will divert the mind from the
everyday concerns of life. hut the
fantastic rarely appeals for any ren-
soD other than because IL Is fnntns
Tie. We do NOT, for instance, imnriHc
TINT there ever were such bcin.S n
those who people Poc's wonderful
fantasies. We do not expect ever 10
meet such people. II * the same
with Colcrldgc's creations. with the
exception of .1'hc Ancient Mariner"
Fowcvcr, II may thrill u>, fnntns-
tic story rarely succeeds iu milking
MS deem II pnrt OF our ava world.
II .cmnius rhnstI., and the actors In
! remain ghosts.
v hen Chnrlcs Dickens wrote .Grcnt
Expectations" he conceived A. prodi
i-ionsly fantastic figure, n Ehust. Tie
Nrcstcd Tint ghost from the fantasies
of dream. mud he set II. nliNc and
terribly real. into the living world.
That living ghost Il Miss UavIShum.
To NIL who rcnd the story, She -cnnnins
forever II Spectral, frightening shape;
hut she remains rcHI. She il ~ Ehost,
hut not the ghost at legends. vvnIl>-
ing the cnrth In ErnNrclOih.s. She
t. ghost thnt we all knew. We
bnyc all seen such ghosts move among
us in flesh and blood, with hcnrts
md minds long dead nnd buried.
Miss Hnrishum Il remarkable cS-
ample of Dickcns's almost unique
trcmcS OF romance mud rcnlIsm. lie
Dcvcr troubled himself nbout ,vheth-
err he a romnntIrist or n renlist
lie saw the romance In every reality
md the rcnltty In every romnncc.
He SAW, and showed, TINT every hui
mum hcinE has romance In him. and
thnt every romance has II human he
Ing In II.
Neither a modcrn renliSt nor ~ modern
roinuntsctst could have nude any
thing out of Miss Hnvishum. She
could be created only l,y n man who
was both. Only Dickens could hive
made her what he did--a spectre thnt
remains intensely real in her intense
~ huinnn broodins over old wrongs,
in her blind hufrcd of the world, In
her craving for revenge, nnl in her
miserable n:"uy of repentance when
s'c srcs tim, revenge fulfilled. Rnrc-
~ hns any writer unintcd better the
Srcnt truth TINT revenge rcNcnEes
Itself on no one so surely us on the
one who Wrcnks thnt revenge. And
his magnificent sanity md dircctness
are shown nowhere more Clearly
than tnthis, HIS most fantastic story,
Tor II strikes one of the most
atrHiEht and true and direct blows
ever struck AT the colossal foil. of
hueflnS hcnd WRONGS nnd rrlcfs aud
srttlnS them UP to blast the present
and the future, Instead OF letting
them become II softcninE memory of
ForrONrs past and zone,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-31
VLIMiss Hayisham; Dickens Most Fantastic Character

that she had not set put on. Her
handkerchief. gloves and the prayer
book were heapcd before tho mirror.
Even the flowers. withered now. were
laid where they had been.
I'm those rooms, Illuminated hence
forth only 10y candles, Miss Havisham
lived from that day. never again see
ing the l!Ght. Shc carried herself in
her bridal gown. 10 the Very veil that
flowed down from her hair. in which
she placed the with.rcd bridal wreath.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-31

lived. lie had thought that the glow
Ing forge was the bravost of places.
and had longcd for the time when he
was 10 be apprcnticcd. But when he
went home that evening he thought
only OF IIstella. Her contemptuous.
beautiful face was before him. He
hated his coarse clothes. He wished
that Joe were gentleman. He
tlousht. What If Estclla saw me
working at the forge"
He had been Il simple. innocent hoy.
with II heart of faithful love for Joe.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-31
TT 1TE name OF the great house vas
Salts House. 1t had been SO

IT III name OF the great house vas
Salts House 1t had been SO
named ny its proud ana happy
builder 10 SHOW tina, he had attained
all his desires tina: whoevsr owned ana
dwciicd IN It could wish for nothing
more
However well OF i'll he may have
heea satisfied after he had finished il.
he had 10 satisfy Death wh.n Death
succeeded heirs 70 house and tomb
Perhaps more than one Of them dis
covered tina, the word salts was
!rtla ironical, craven over the portals
OF the house. and might much more an
prop-iatciy have bcen enrved aver The
portals of tho family tomb. sun, Satis
House presented laughing front 10 The
world, rich with gardens by day ana
bright with lights by night. and like
TIE people who dwelled in il, made q
brave show OF its happiness ana kept
rs troubles. II /, had any, 10 itself
Not till II came Into tho hands of
the last Of the race did Salts House
become an open irony: no, till MISS
fayisharn. thc spoiled beauty me, har
,rasedy. was salts House transformed
from house to grave like crea.
tUre OF Eastern encnantment. suddenly
pet.ihod
When sh. succeeded to the family
possessions, il seemed thai happiness
never could turn It's back ON her OF
the house. She was young. beautiful
and rich. From infancy she lad not
known what It Is to have d desire an
fulfilled. Their was none near net who
did not bend TO uer Sights, wish
None ever dared to hina that any wish
possihiy might be mere caprice
None ever taught her that !iaHch,ircs.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-01-05
Hard 10 est Into JAN. !.

There was a qiseef old specimen Of
humanity brought to the Cuyahoga
county jail. He had been convicted Of
the crime Of crueltysc animals. and
there was no doubt In anybody's Iz1Ind
stiat be richly deserved the penalty IN
ficted. It is the custom to examine
prisoners, however, before they are as.
signed to their cells. When this old
reprobatc was brought up the interro-
cation went thus:
what IS your nameiy
"Budd Dobbs.,"
stWhat Is your age?
"SIxty-eight.v
'Nhat is your religion?"
"Great snalkesI Does d man halter
git religion before they'll let him inter
Jail In this county r. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-01-05
WoRDsWoRTH's RECITATION
The Way the English Post Rsesivsd
Ralph Waldo Emerson.

HaIph waldo Emerson.
When Emerson, the great American
writer, came to England be paid a Wis.
It to Wordsworth, says nm English
magazine. Wordsworth had just re-
turned from journey ana was in his
garden writing q poem on what he had
seen. The visitor found the great poet
white haired, tall, sparely built man,
Of rugged. rustic type, with nothing,
unless 1t were ths fine eyes. to hint Of
the poet,
Wordsworth made no ceremony over
the visit of the man from q far land
but said instantly when he was called
to greet him, "If you are interested In
my poetry perhaps you will like to
hear these lines" Emerson politely
agreed, and this is what happened.
Emerson has himself written the story
down for us. The old poet thought
for a few moments. then stood forth
and repeated with great animation an
entire poem he had written.
THE recitation the American phi.
losopher wrote afterward, was 50 un.
looked for and surprising Words
worth standing apart and reciting to
me In a garden walk, like q schoolboy
declaiming that at f1rst ! was nearsto
laughing; but, recollecting myself thai
| had come thus far to see d poet and
he was chanting poems to me, saw
that he was right and that was
wrong, and gladly gave myself up
to hearyp q ss N
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-01-05
ALeoend - Aoine,. ..

For many centuries we English hays
pIumed ourselves npqp the victory Of
Agincourt. Iades IL Is from King
Henry VS. address to his soldiers on
that occasion. as given by Shake
apeare. that the motto Of this journal
Is taken, Familiar in their mouths as
household words But the French
have an account of the affair not SO
much to our credit. II was arranged
according to this fable, By the two
leaders that only the mobiles on each
side were TO dght King Henry v.
then artfully ennobled his whole army
and hence got the best of the enemy.
Shakespeare unwittingly gives q little
6onntenance to the legend when be
makes the king declare In the abovc
manticned address, "Be re ne'er so
vile. this day shall gentle your condi-
ton. London Standard
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-01-05
BRASS WORKERS.



The nresant rate ~ S,,ortal,tv a. f,e
rrass foundrvman. e two ana Z hair
t,nsaa tl,at 81 tbe, yarmar Rasn,rasn,.r ,,,-r
diseases, nart,c,,larlv cous,,nnt,on ~ !.
co,anf Far 4 tba sIifrarenca C,on,norati,,., M
tabIes, basef ~ ~ s,crnesa mi 4 iuvali,l. 81, \
ism. If obtainable. would show ever
greater flIfferencps
The apa statistics IN the trat.e ara
startling. or 1.75i brass III foundrvraen 5
bnt saventenns ovsr s,st,, ~ ~ w ,.,,,, 80
were found and J hare ofs sSss oysr ~ fsrfy = J
years Of ace, when asl,ed tbe 8 cause m 3
of this ofIlcials inyariablv stafed .
.Tl,ev cot too old Taev con,t t,rn
out The worIss thew should everv dav !,
But what sort of an industry Il Il this n
which nearly six-sevenths "a its ri. Il,
lowers are too old i the nee of fortv !,
II Il not thus among ironmoIdersT7 most
Of whom are hale and hearty even at
sixty years and still able 20 t,,rh ont
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-01-05
HUNTING THE WOLF,
Trained Eagles Are used BY the Tar
tar Tribes Of Asia.

tar Tribes Of Asia.
There arc many ways Of hunting the
wolf In Russia, some sesy curious and
exciting and others as lame as target
practice The most sportsmanliko way
II by means OF hounds, and all over
Russia today there are we'll to do
sportsmen who hunt the animal In this
fashion. Wolves are also taken in pit
falls and shot. while still another way
Is to drive in a sleigh through the for
est III time Of hard frost, when the
wolves are bold with hunger. AT the
back Of the sleigh one or more sports.
men lie snugly under their fur rugs
with their rifles ready. a young pig +
carried In the sleigh, and Its cries soon
reach the ears of the lurking wolves,
who cannot resist following The sleigh
and are speedily shot.
One of the most picturesque ways OF
hunting the wolf. perhaps, Il that
which one may see IN the west of Asia
o1l fha bleak Kirghiz steppes. The Tar.
tar Tribes are wonderful horseinen, md
they liglo after the wolf in very lal.ke
pa1IIes NOT only aressdogs used to
oxezIlze the quarry. bat becansz s
tel wolf nlny GET away lfron, ||l@|llz'
eagles afe sised being trained h 5
The hunter Iii very much tIia IL 8
manner lis Falcons Ii oIdeiY Wines {
great bird sits on the IiY1l;l&{s s st
until 1t is let loose. Then II 5f>.Iz S. s.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-01-05

Pat DOYLE. The ranch hand axested
in Athena Friday evening under q
charge OF larceny by emtezzlement 10
that be was oserpaid in q settlement
made with Tom Thompson OF PendIe.
ton. was SLOWED to 60 free upon bis
return Of tbs $50, which be admitted
did not belong TO bin and his paying
e6 costs. which were made In his oap-
tore.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-01-05
WALTER PIERCE
FOR CONGRESS
DEMOCRATIC WAR HORSE IS
URGED BY FRIENDS


Walter IA. Pierce, one OF The strong
6ll men ia the Democratiro party, IL
being urged BY bis friends to seek the
nomination from Conarosstnau from
this diAtrict, and II 10 now understood
that ho has decided to make the race
At pseseut Mr.. Pierce Is resident
of Union county. being president Of
The conpany owning Hot Lake San
itariam.
( Mr.. Pieroo has been identified with
politics In this state for mum bef Of
years, and Is one or the leaders of Bis
party. He served q masilla eupnty u
its clerk and has aleo hseuS atuta aoll-
ator.
II 10 said the possibilisy of III lge
Bennett of the The Dailes entsrii1R
tie campaign for ti,s z'oii1 - attii5i1 Is Is =
very vague one and MI rieroe's
friends are sauguine ID their belief
that be Is the one man The nanocrats
SHOULD endorse 10 mako the rRoe
against the Republioan nonlnae. who.
ever he may be.
Considesahle activity Ii noted IL
ths Republican camp With several
new aspirants ont Ii the open, rhs pos-
sibilities Ok this or that one winning
the nomination y matter o. guess
work.
sJere Rnsk, ex-speaker Of tbs house.
Is making 40 motive campaign and
was iil the city Wednesday, being e!|
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-01-05

Neighbor Hello. 1Anlinsl How ars
your Haven't seen you in the garden
for quite dime. and you never come
and see the wife and me now. Why
NJ 1T Jenkins Well. the fact is. old
chap. that It's not through III viii or
bad feeling or anything like that. ron
know; only you and Mrs. Possmors
have borrowed 50 many things from
me that when | see your place II
makes me feel quite homesick. Lon:
don Answers
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-01-05

kegistrafon books for the primary
election are now open and voters may
register. The books for tbs registya-
tion Of voters will remain opeu until
April Is and It is pfohabIe that there
will be tut few names entered until
later In the caplpaign, Tbs date for
&hp primary elsction il set for April
Ig.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-01-05

And why DO yon think,' asked the
president. that you woeld be m orna.
ment to the diplomatic cofpsfs
sir replied the applicant. with
DardcnAbIe pride. ''for four sears ]
bad the honor Of directing church
shcir. = Philadelphia Record.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-01-05

IN NJ M N NO Ue0s Ig
Pocahontas had saved the life Of
Captain. John Smith.
"What would have been the use Of
killing him. anyhow, par she said.
.srhere are millions OF other John
Smiths. and there wouldn't have been
line about II III the papers"
! Her news instinct was y,ncrrlyi
Saving the captain's life mad6 i 3ral
page story OF the affair." a <s11
News.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-01-05

Aftsr vacation from studies for
ten days. The Athena school resumed
WoEk Tussda5 morning. Theirs will
be no interruption IL Tia regular
eohool work now until lha national
holiday. Waahington's birthday.
February 29.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-01-05

'ayhat beautiful picture Of an an
gelg' said the lady who was visiting
the art gallery.
4Yes," replied tbe aviation enthu-
sIast, "but between ron and me those
wings aren't practical. Washington
Star
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-01-05

The regular annual meeting OF the
stockholders OF the First National
Bank Of Athena, Oregon. for the eleo
tion Of directors for the ensuing year
and for the transaction Of such other
business as may lawfully como bsfore
II will bs hsId Ia its Office in Atbena.
Oregon on Tuesday the ash day Of Jan.
nary, 1912. ct the hour Of 2 O'Clock
p. N. +. 3. LeGrow,
December let, 1911. Cashier.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-01-05

re ah0 despairs wants love. wants
faiths for faith. hope and love are
three torches which blend their light
together; nor does the one shine with.
Out the othef.-- Metastasio
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-01-05

Traian and Carrie Tucker of Wss,
ton this week sold their farm land
naar that citv to William Mckenzie.
Tor d consideration ot $1,000.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-01-05

Re Is a brave man who refuses 10
be disheartenea II tie fact that he
M.as beaten yesieFdae
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-01-05

Labor 20 keep dive In your bFeast'
that little spark OF celestial Gre. con-
ssfasss. n. sxrsssssz..axa..
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-01-05

10 what CULTS sinzIn A8BIa HUI
from the track Of huuaaI iiea Ieads )
Byron.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-01-05

Eber Luna spout New Year's day
with friends It Milton.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-07-29

There are other instances. A
patient is very i'll. He asks his
physician question, the correct
answer to which might unduly
excite him and cause death. The
physician withholds the truth.
That isn't a lie"
Take soldier in war, fighting
for home and freedom. He is
captured, and asked to tell where
his comrades are. He is threat
ened with death if he refuses. He
purposely misleads. them in his
answer. The enemy had no moral
right to the truth, hence it was no
lie to deceive them.
as it lie for a woman to send
word to the door telling caller
she is out?"
That is merely pet fiction of
society, and I do not believe any
one is deceived by it. Most peo-
pie regard it as polite way of
begging to be excused from re-
ceiving the caller then, although
l have urged that it be discontin-
ued and the caller be told that
Mrs. Se-and-So begs to be ex-
cused today"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-07-29

Then it is no lie to lie to a per-
son who hasn't a moral right to
the truth?" l asked.
at is no lie to withhold the
truth under such circumstances"
he replied.
Not so very long ago, young
man came to me and told me of
an unfortunate girl in the "bad
lands" She wanted to leave the
life of sin and shame that hourly
dragged her farther from decent
womanhood.
"This girl went to several store,
keepers asking for position as
salesgirl. Where did you work
last?' was invariably asked her.
She told them. Always she was
turned away, sometimes with in
suit.
''She tried getting work as
domestic. Again did that ques-
ton face her, and the women
turned her away even as the men
had done.
Driven to desperation, she
was upon the verge of returning
to the bad lands, when the young
man brought her to me. l pro-
cured a position for her and I did
not tell her past life.
THAT was. deceiving her EN-
ployer," l interjected.
ct was an abnormal condition,
created by society, and society |
had no moral right to the truth. |
Sufficient it is to ME that the girl
regained her lost womanhood,"
and is today a happy married
woman. The young man who in
|
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-07-29
Outside, Looking In.

outside, Looking In.
After spending the greater part
of the evening with friends, John
went home, and arriving there,
decided to sleep in the front yard.
Next morning, happening to look
up, he saw his wife observing
him from an open window.
"Shut that window he yelled.
"Do you want me to catch my
death of cold ?"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-07-29

England has $4,000 acres of or
chards, yet purchases 100000
tons of foreign apples yearly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-29

Although Mr.. Guild is now receiving
a salary of $4,000 a year, he intimated
in letter read before the church
members that he would be willing to
accept the pastoratee of the Topeka
church at salary of $4,000.
Mr. Guild was born in 1871 at
Galva, Illinois, where his father was
pastor of the Congregational church;
but he grew up in Kansas, living at
Seneca from 1873 to 1881, during his
fathers passionate there, and at Ster-
ling from 1883 to 1889. In 1889, at
the death of his father the family
moved to Topeka.
Mr.. Guild was a student at Wash
burn college, 1S9O-1S92. He then
went to Knox college, Ga1esburg, Ill,
acting as assistant in the gymnasium
and graduating in 1894, with the de-
gree of B. A. He then entered Chi
cago Theological seminary, taking the
full three years course, but paying his
way by serving as director of the
gymnasium. He obtained his theoIog-
zeal degree in 1897 He was pastor at
and then at the Leavitt Street Congre-
church of Chicago from 1900
to 1904. He was then called to the
uperintendency of the Illinois Home
Missionary society. holding that i'm
portant Office until 1907, when he was
called to the New England secretary
ship for the Congregational Church
society, with headquarters at
Boston. He remained in this position
four years, until 1911, making a great
success of his work, and Incidentally
adding to his reputation as an admin
istratOr by serving the executive
secretary of the World in Boston
exhibit.
When the Men and Religion Forward
Movement was organized year ago Mr.
Guild was called to it's executive secre-
and is holding that office at the
present time. During the last ten years
Mr.. Guild has made several trips to
Europe and the Holy Land and has taken
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-29
TO BOOM TOPEKA.
Publicity Committee of Commercial
Club Planning Campaign.

The publicity committee of the Com
mercial club met Thursday and decided tc
start an advertising campaign that will
embrace new ideas.
1t may be two months before a def
mite plan is worked out, but various
suggestions were made today. One OF
these was that an advertising sheet or
card be printed, bearing a cut of To-
peka's million dollar block. Under
meath the cut could be left space for
advertising matter that could be in
serted by merchants or other business
men.
The committee was of the opinion
that Secretary KeHy's plan to have
summed labels printed calling the at
tention of the people that Topeka is a
manufacturing city, was a good one
Members of the committee are:
Marco Morrow. W. o. Rigby E. B.
Stotts. l. c. Bailey and N. B. Burge.