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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-13
WHAT KIND or LIME TO BUY
Difficult to Answer Question to Suit
Needs of Each lndlvIdual--Brlef
Summary Given.

n
A bulletin issued by the Massachu
setts experiment station on the use OF
lime in farming. says it is difficult to
answer the question as to what kind
Of lime to buy to suit the needs of
each individual; but in general the
following brief statement may be
made:
l. Quick and hydrated lines are
best suited to heavy clay soils, when
1t is desired to improve their mechan-
ical condition.
2. Carbonates in the form of finely
ground limestone or mari work quite
satisfactorily on light loans.
3. Lime containing large percent
ages of magnesia should not be ap.
piled to soils deficient in carbonate of
lime.
A. Calcium of oxide costs the least
in the form of quick or freshly burned
lime but is quite disagreeable to
spread
5. Slaked or hydrated lime can
be spread with less discomfort than
quicklime, but costs on an average 10
cents more per 100 pounds of calcium
oxide
G. One hundred pounds of calcium
oxide in the form of ground limestone
costs at least 10 cents more than a
like amount in the form of mari or
slaked lime, and some 25 cents more
than in the form of quicklime.
Z. Lime Is an aid to good farming
but can not take the place of fertiliz-
ers, stable manure, thorough cultiva.
ton and proper crop rotation.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-13
TRAGEDY In Bird Mluratlon.

Very many of the birds that start for
the south never reach it. Not the least
Of the dangers on the way is the en-.
countering of the dazzling electric
lights, tall buildings, telephone and tel.
egraph wires, and other Instructions
in the cities, especially on cloudy
nights when the fight is low, Al
such times the morning reveals the
tragedies of the night, when little
bruised bodies lying here and there In
the streets tell OF the havoc wrought
Terrible sufferers in this respect are
the warhlers. Also countless thou
sands of migrating birds have PER
ishcd miserably by being blown out te
sea by adverse gales; and blizzaras
and unusually severe snowstorms haye
claimed unnumbered victims.-H. NJ
laing In the Outing Magazine.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-13
WHITEWASH THAT
STICKS TO WALL
Excellent and Quite Inexpensive
Plan OF Improving General
Appearance OF the
Home.

There are many brick and stone
walls, as well as wooden outbuildings,
fences and the like. about suburban
place which. lacking paint detract
much from the general appearance Of
the home. But paint is somewhat ex-
pensivs and cannot be applied with
too lavish a hand By the average citi-
sen. There Is. however. whitewash.
which Is easily made and applied. is In
expensive, and which for most out
door work win answer quite as well as
i'll paint For chicken houses. brick
walls and the Ike it Is excellent.
To make the whitawash. slake half
! bushel OF fresh lime with boiling
water, keeping It covered during the
process. The lime should not. Of
course. ne confined. but merely cor,
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Successful Cultivation.

Successful cultivation demands tw,
things, good mechanical condition of
the soil and proper richness. Never
dig fresh manure into the soil Just be-
fore planting. II you have none which
is we'll rotted and cannot get any,
spread the fresh material thinly on top
OF the ground, between rows and
plants and allow the rains to wash It
in gradually. II the soil has been cul.
tivated before and has plenty Of de-
cayed vegetable matter in 1t, excellent
results can be obtained from artificial
fertilizers Bone meal is good, but is
not complete fertilizer Wood ashes
should be used with caution, as the
large amount of lime they contain may
do mischief The best is what is
known as a complete fertilizer, and
should always be used carefully and
exactly according to directions from
the man you buy it Of. Sheep manure
is an excellent fertilizer.
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Pay for Insults.

1t began when someone discovered
Alecandre Bruant's little cabaret for
laborers and masons, to whom rude
but powerful song writer's warbled
their ballads OF the people" Friday
evenings the fashionables began arriv.
Ing In dress clothes and a string OF
elegant equipages, to pay the beer SO,
and be good naturedly insulted by the
chorus of habitues as they departed.
Next 1t was the Cabaret of Janitors,
tho Quatz-Arts, the Tavern of Assas.
sins, Fursy's Shanty-to which the
smart world still goes--and many an.
other. all copied on the same model.
It was seen that the fashionables were
glad to enter little hall, where
everybody could not go because there
was not room, because 1t was dear and
different. As soon as the middle class
and flourish public caught on the fash.
ionables quit and tried another.
Grasplng this taste of the rich the
managers of those that remained
smart kept their prices very dear.
Thus, you pay $500 for the poorest
seat at the Capucines and dearer for a
bao,: seat at the Michel than for an
orchestra chair at the Grand Operal
MISUNDERSTANDING resorts insure
heir cloakroom for million and tho
bonds Of its employees aggregate a like
sum.
Rich Americans flock to the Cam.
zines, hidden on the boulevard. 81
posito the Olympia. The Olympia, blaz.
ing with lights, has 40 cents an.
trance, You must hunt for the Cam.
cines through dim porte.coehere into
an ordinary apartment building court.
yard, where II is surrounded and ton
ped by business Offices aud fats. There
is scarcely sign Inside, a bljou hail
with IA rows OF seats, six boxes, tiny
low balcony as dear as the rest \
jewel box stage, Deaux-Arts scenery
worthy to frame Regina Badet and
$500 cheapest entrance.
Here the young King OF Portugal
met Gaby Deslys. as star of Review.
cite. Here Regina Badet. one.time
ballet queen OF the Opera Comluue
plays. sings aud dances in "Sappho
and Phaon," whose dialogue. however
witty and refined. would never be per
mitted on the stage OF u large theater.
The same may be said of the costumes.
At one moment Regina might Jump
into the sea and scarcely wet her
clothes. There are hall a dozen OF
these theaters of the first class. the
Michel. the Arts. the Madame. the
Mondain. the Fursy. and so ON, The
Grand Guignol makes specially OF
short pieces OF horror and terror,
many OF which have been adopted in
America,
At 1880 p. m. In the late Paris
spring, Il Is still daylight The rich
Americans. dressed In their evening
clothes. begin to set uneasy.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-13
The witching hour approaches.
Dan coming?
The Sylvan Restaurants.

There are a hundred Dams, all In a
hurry, bubbling with life and ardor,
knowing everything and everyone.
Many arc young Frenchmen of best
families. Many are English and
Americans grown up In Paris. do
not say that rich Americans cannot
get ON without Dan in the evening.
but they'd rather have him.
At the instant Dan arrives, all ago,
and upsets all arrangements. (This
surprise and upsetting has its charm)
lt's too fine night to dine indoors
Quick, telephone to the Ambassadors
for table! Great crowd there to-
night, the Due de Montpensier re-
turned from his exploring expedition
has dinner party. Vanderbilt an
other, Sacha Maghan and the two
Grand Dukes, it will be delightful!
Eyidently--or they would be stuck
Dinner In the sylvan restaurants of
the Champs Elysees Is the dearest eat
ing proposition in Paris. Laurents Is
severely fashionable. Paillards (Du.
rand's) is as fashionable and slightly
gayer The Ambassadors, with It's
terraces, perron and balconies under
the trees yet partly enclosed from lne
wind, is charmed spot of gilded
youth-and old ageand fresh, laugh
ing beauty, mixed world of arsto.
Gratis, racing men, actresses, profess
sional loveliness, notable foreigners
and daring married ladies' with their
husbands. The management is that of
Maxims At lunch, the cookery is the
best In Paris, and not dearer than the
other Maxim's; but dinner is out Of
price.
Gayety is on the bill of fare. But
always within correct bounds. Even
lone parties Of rich Americans arrive
at semblance of rollicking cheer,
while looking on. Half dozen young
men of high family, half dozen pretty
women vaguely of the theater rlay
ladylike practical jokes on each other,
so keep things moving. They need not
pay for their supper, That is why
your bill is higher
II you want to see real crazy razzle,
Dan will take you to the Abbaye de
Theleme-referenc to old Rabelais'
tlpsy Utopia. with its motto: DO as
you please To whet your appetite,
he will tell you its story-how the dis
credited Montmartre night-restaurant
with cobwebs on its wall was taken in
hand by the Cafe de Paris and Armeno-
vile, and in one week filled with the
cream of rioting Paris, the line OF
private equipages waiting two blocks
outside.
The supper for six persons, $50. And
cheap. All the while you have been
lulled by love songs. You have had
next to nothing to eat. If you want
more, 1t is dearer. Breaking crockery
and setting fire to celluloid knife
handles, $40 extra.
Dinner was dearer. If you had
melon, lobster, flowers, primeur veg
etables, peaches. strawberries, cher.
ries, cigars and liquors. count It $50
or $40 for six persons, Habitues get
1t at half price,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-13

ence. All businesses require both
capital and trained mind. Some
years ago the poultry business was
doomed with the false inducement
that raising chickens was an occupa-
ton that called for very little labor,
practically no capital and very small
amount of experience. These false in
ducements were handed out in order
to create sales for stock and machin-
cry.
But instead of being that easy occu-
patton, 1t was found to be one that
required brains, energy, and every
requisite needed In any other busi-
ness. He who is easily discouraged,
q victim Of the blues or he who
soon tires of the sameness of work,
Or the close confinement it entails,
had better leave the poultry business
entirely alone.
While 1t cannot be said that the
care of poultry Is hard, muscular
work, at the same time getting up in
the morning and repeating what every
morning before was done during the
week, working at night when Ian
tern is necessary, duties to perform
on every day, Sundays and holidays
included. soon tries the grit, the push
and the patience Of man.
But If the man masters all these
obstacles, and sticks to his business,
he will, as a rule, succeed. There are
times in all enterprises when 1t looks
as though the business would fail, but
by pegging away it is soon discovered
that only dark cloud had appeared
But 1t is at these times that the
begin to reason that the
days for success in this line" are
gone by.
When man gets to that state of
mind that he cannot see silver lin
Ing in the cloud, he Is ready to accept
the first offer to sell out In the
majority Of cases he makes his losses
all the greater by selling out below
cost.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-13
How He Attained Rank.

Some men are fond Of being known
BY military title, Just where they
got the title is often a mystery. Nev
ertheless. the crop OF colonels and ma
iors continues to Increase. Col Lu.
cius y. Polk has made careful study
of the subject. ~Colonels are divided
into two classes" said Colonel Polk,
''the colonel OF the regular army and
the other kind OF colonels. have
often been asked how | got the title.
II Is no mystery, On one occasion /
was out with party of friends and it
came my turn to buy the liquid re.
freshments. One Of the party who did
not know my name said, Colonel,
aint you going to trsats' and that is
how got the rank OF colonel
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-13

The writer has seen days when
there was hardly cent of income,
when he had to go into debt to buy
feed and pay other expenses, and days,
too, when he couldn't even see pros
pect of some business for long time
to come.
But he stuck to the work, and when
the first money came in, it was soon
followed by other money, and in time
the debts were paid, and ever since
there has been more or less regularity
of income.
During those trying times, when IL
seemed almost impossible to keep the
wolf from the door, the writer would
meet men in other walks of life With
the big rolls of bills in their pockets.
with fiourishing occupations, but
nevertheless, he held on, never losing
an opportunity of making turn fol
the good.
He was rewarded. Some of those
men with the big rolls of banknotes
were not satisfied; they wanted to
make more money, wanted to grow
wealthy, read of the great sums
realized by men who invested in
stocks, who became rich by the own
ership Of mining shares-they gave
up their present occupations, sacri
feed the goose that laid the golden
egg and became slaves to the stock
gambling lure, which finally left them
high and dry.
So the beginner must not forget
that he who sticks to his work is the
one who will finally come out on the
right side. Trials are often angels In
disguise.
The beginner must know that his
fowls deserve and must have the best
Of care. He must keep close watch
as to conditions, must provide com
fort, cleanliness and plenty of room,
Likewise he must study the appetites
of his flock
Both system and regularity are i'm.
portant factors, never forgetting thai
shiftlessness is costly and filth is 9
dangerous stumbling-block The quail
ity and quantity Of brain work put
into the concern determines the
amount. of success.
Trained thinking and wise work.
ing is a secret that will, in the end
bring about success. bad luck" IN
merely another term for bad manage
ment. No duty is rightly performed
that Is done in mechanical manner
The beginner must stop and think
He must notice the little matters. He
must never assume more work thar
he can accurately perform. He must
never overestimate his capacity, and
he must never rush to get done.
Haste makes waste. Map out o
plan, and then work by it. Scrub
treatment will bring scrub results.
The lack of good business sense has
been the cause of more failures than
has anything else A man never
shirks his duty when he is in dead
earnest in his work.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-13
FEED TO REGULATE SYSTEM
Value Of Bran ls Not Generally Appre
ciated by Poultry Raisers-
To ForeteiI Sex.

The value of bran as poultry foos
is not appreciated as 1t should be by
poultry raisers 1t Is rich In protein.
1t not being rich In carbohydrates 1t
Is OF little value as a fattening food,
but as regulator Of the system there
is nothing better. Tho dry, faky bran,
free from middlings, is to be preferred
to bran that is rich in middlings OF
low-grade flour. In a mash It should
be two parts bran to one part Of each
OF the other ingredients, and always
by weight. not measurement. Bran
placed in small troughs, and kept
constantly before the brooder chicks,
will act wonderfully we'll in regulating
the system of the chicks so that the
cases OF bowel trouble will be scarce.
No one can foretell the sex of chicks
while still an egg. 1t Is known that
eggs collected up In the early part OF
the season will predominant in males;
also, when cock had only very lin.
tied number of hens to fertilize. The
reason is that the cock in spring is In
full vigor, but becomes less vigorous
as the season advances. II the male
parent Is old, and the females are
young, more hens than cocks will be
had; the contrary is true IL the cock
Is young and the hens old.
AS to the shape of the egg, 1t varies
according to the age Of the layers;
thus, the eggs of pullets are smaller
and more pointed than those of older
hens. Long and pointed eggs do not
give any more males than round ones.
Some say that the egg produces a
cock Of its own If its crown or air
space is horizontal; hen, II 1t is
oblique-that is, slanting. In our ex-
perience we have not found such re.
suits.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-13

cred. as confined, It possesses consid-
erable explosive FORCE Strain 1t and
add a peck Of salt dissolved In warm
water, three pounds of ground rice
put in boiling water and boiled to q
thin paste. half pound OF powdered
Spanish whiting and q pound of clear
glue dissolved in warm water. Mix
these well together and let the mix
ture stand for seven days in a rea-
sonably cool and shaded place Keep
the wash thus prepared in kettle.
and when 1t is being nsed put 1t on
as hot as possible. using painters
or an ordinary whitewash brush. Al
ways use magnetism lime for white
wash.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-13

from inflammation, and your Sanative
Wash relieved me. / am glad to tell
anyone what your medicines have done
for me, You can use my testimonial in
any way you wish, and i viii be glad
to answer letters. - Mrs. CHRISTINA
REED, 105 Mound ST., Peoria, Ill.
lIrs. Lynch Also Avoided
Operation.
Jessup, Pa. --" After the birth Of my
fourth child, had severe organic infam.
nation. Iwould have such terrible pains
that it did not seem as though / could
stand it. This kept up for three long
months, until two doctors decided that
an operation was needed.
"Then one Of my friends recommended
Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound and after taking it for two months
Twas we'll woman. Mrs. JOSEPH A.
LYNCH, Jessup, Pa.
Women who suffer from female ills
should try Lydia Il. Pinkbam's Vegeta-
bic Compound, one of the most success.
full remedies the world has ever known,
before submitting to a surgical opera.
tion.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-13
LOOKING Far Into the Future.

Italy has added to her agricultural
area by draining the great Fucina
marshes and thus providing q living
for hundreds of thousands OF her pow
erty-stricken population. 1t will prob
ably be hundreds Of years before
America is so thickly populated that
additional area will of necessity have
to be acquired for farming, but when
the time arrives there will be engi-
neers able and willing to drain the
vreat lakes.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-13
Lice on Poultry.

II It we're not for lice, poultry rails
ing would be an easy matter AT the
same time 1t is not difficult to rid
the henhouses of this pest. Mix any
good disinfectant In the whitewash
and apply to the interior OF the chick
en-house and keep the nest boxes
cleaned persistently and filed with
new straw, and the lice will have to
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-13
DAISY FLY KILLER
Silent Ennllsh Crowds

: Silence is great characteristic q
an English crowd, it seems. The Eng
lish people are generally very quiet
Once | went to Shepherds Bush With
my French friend. He said to me-
Can you believe that there are some
ten thousand people in this ground !?
Just shut your eyes, you would feel
you were standing in desertl" Yes.
ne was only too true. In France OF
Japan they would make deafening
noises observations Of a Japanese 10
ENGLAND.
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a sailing home from Paris.
"a Charlie" she said to a
Partisan friend of the family,
r lie u matte, knobby-handed,
with a bold spot, but still In circula'
tion; Charlie, am quitting this Mod
ern Babylon, this Cavern OF Folly
Pardon, Mabel, but you got about
with celerity,' replied the gouty one.
mo Parisienne of my acquaintance
can begin to touch your record"
"Oh, but Charlie, 1t was not for
pleasure she reproached him gently
often was quite tired, but | kept
up--just to see,'
Such were her last words. His were:
Mabel, you're fraud!' But he was
mistaken. All the rich Americans who
come to Paris get about the resorts
with energy, fearful Of missing some
thing. Parisians do not understand.
They just wanted to see!
The husband Of Mabel and two 9TH
ers trusted Charlie to take the ladies
to supper at the Abbaye after the thea
ter Amid gypsy music, lights, toi-
lettes, popping champagne, laughter,
practical Jokes and calls from table to
table, they noticed pair of Spanish
dancing girls weaving fandango in
the aisles Charlie stepped aside a
moment to speak to the maitre d'hotel,
and, returning found that Mabel had
invited the dancing girls to their table.
Its eurorlse, Charlie" she said
guiltyily; but the scolded. "You know
you should not do It," he said. What
possessed your"
"Oh," she answered, 'it Is Just to
make a study!"
After all, she said to him, because a
whole series Of very smart resorts base
their existence on previous Partisan
desire to make Study" to see some
thing different" and exclusive,
All the genesis of the little jewel box
theatres cote, ION the side," so popu-
lar alike with rich Americans and
Par'rtans, is here.
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location for Best Annlsa.

The thinning of apples on horizontal
limbs shows the best shaped as well
az the largest sized fruit to be on the
under side Of the limb.
This Is doubtless due to the fact
that as result Of the law of gravity
3 major portion OF the sap flows along
the underside For the same reason
a wound win heal over more quickly
on the under than on the upper side
Of limb.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-13
MAKING the Harness Last.

You can make your harness last
twice as long by giving 1t proper care,
and 1t takes but very little time to
do 1t. "A good set of double harness."
says G. R. Chase, assistant in farm
mechanics at the Kansas Agricultural
college, 'if properly cared for should
last the working life of a horse"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-13
The peanh rnaa

It is claimed that the most profitabls
life Of the peach tree Is from four to
eight years, From 9 peach tree CEN
sus taken in Orange county. N. Y. 1t
seems that thorough cultivation Ii
more essential than either pruning or
SPRAYING.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-13

When you go to visit the sick de
not forget that good laugh Ii one Of
the best tonics and bit Of humorous
gossip or piquant saying Is better
than any drugs. Make the invalid
smile If you cannot start up = laugh,
but make your visit short; remember
that too much Of good thing i a.
bad as too little.
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Turn TO Motor Vehlcles.

The advent of motor vehicles In
Madras is of comparatively recent
date, but within very brief interval
they have to a great extent supplant.
ed carriages drawn by horses, which
formerly constituted the chief means
Of transportation among the European
contingent.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-13
Kew Rlnu for q Bride.

At a marriage service at Chelten.
ham parish church recently. It was
found that the bridegroom had forgot
ten the ring. At the suggestion OF
the clergyman the key of the church
door. which had ring at the end. was
commandeered, and the ceremony was
completed. Pail Mall Gazette.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-13
cleaninn Glass Bottles.

A glass water bottle, when constant
ly used, soon becomes discolored. This
may easily be cleaned by pouring
little vinegar into the bottle and add.
ing pinch of salt. Allow this to
stand for several hours; then rinse
with clear water. The bottle viii be
perfectly clear and bright.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-13
Everyday Diplomacy.

Gen. Horace Porter was giving an
Illustration of everyday diplomacy aft
er having compared 1t with world
diplomacy. I'VE will say, for in
stance" he observed, "that our every
day wiseacre is introduced to man
from Iowa. He talks corn with him.
He meets a man from Boston and
talks beans. Should he happen to
be thrown in the company Of man
from Iowa and of man from Boston,
ne would discuss succotash."