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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-15

1t the most successful ever held. He
also told of advantages to Virginia In
an exhibit.
q. A. Banks, delegate from Norfolk
city. has introduced a bill to appro-
pirate SIS, 600 for an exhibit. The bill
is before the House Finance Commit
tee.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-15
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 14.---Cotton
market close: January. 10.46G4S;
February la-394A3; March. 1919 u
80: April. 1o.49; May. 1853 q "a !:
June, 1866 q 81; July, i0.59u6l; Au-
gast. lo,AsasSi: September. 1914 %
g. ID: Gs@.a@ser. i0.3s6g3a;a November
1898: December. 1e.40G41. Market
closed steady.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-15
WAS FORMERLY spy IN
SERVICE or ENCLAND

BERLIN. Fen 14s-Ihe Hom6nrger
Nachrichten pubItshes docurnontSxy
evidence showing that Rue Or vSr~
rua. on whoae eecret Nvt6emcA H4r-
trand stewart = young LonAoa soliel-
II the service o. EngiAnA. Rua Nus
dtSmisssd from the British sosvica and
entered tho 0asnnau Desvice - ~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-15
Richmond Live sto.,x

Live stock report for week emf
ing February ~. 1912:
Recoipts--a23 cattle. 81 calves. Al
sheep, $3.50 hogs. Best steers. 8 4
70 4; medium to good. SIT to 6;
common to fair, IL to Is; best
heifers - to IS; mediuiH 10 good,
Z ~ 81 t1sl:, cQp}Enon II fair. 70
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-15
MARKET CONDITIONS

Eggs--Rcceipts moderate; market
little lower today, but active.
Pouitry--Lfttle more plentiful and
Turkeys much duiler.
Dressed Hogs Coming IA freely and
dull.
Neals--More active and scarce.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-15

| BY Messrs. White. OF Able .larle and
Page--A blu TO grant ~ermission to
| the rector and visitors OF the Univer-
/ sity Of Virginia to have a bronze
i statue cast OF Houdon-s statue Of
/ Washington in the rotunda of the
/ Capitol.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-15

Virginia as amended and re-enacted
To the Committee on Public Prop
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-15
RANGE OF STOCKS ONNY. STOCK EXCHANGE
NmrA CS- iim r.
open. high. Low. pId. closlng. sales.

b. lssier = c.. IIe7 r. Main 81.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-15
open. High. Low. Bid. ciosing,

s5g 57M Box 5sM So
81. y. =. ~ AZ, ~
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-02
Values.

We have just got the market price OF
wives doped out, not to a penny, but
close enough. The research work came
to an end when we put the subject of
marriage up to prominent bachelor.
II wouldn't give 80 cents for wife,"
he asserted.
But" we asked, you'd give a
counterfeit half dollar for a better
half, wouldn't your"
He acknowledged that he would. So,
you see, were getting right down to
cases.-New York Journal.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-02
AN UNFoUeHT DUEL.
And the Reply southsy Prepared For
Byron's Challenge.

FNUu tHo noPV 0VutuSy FTcParsH FW
Byron's Challenge.
Lord Byron once sent challenge to
Southey, the poet. The quarrel which
led TO the challenge had sprung from
a severe criticism of Byron's work by
the future poet laureate. 1t happened
that the friend to whom the challenge
was intrusted, Douglas Kinnaird, was
too sensible to deliver it, and so the
duel never got beyond the merest pre-
liminaries. Southey nevertheless, In
full expectation of the challenge, had
prepared letter to send in reply.
This letter J. Roger Rees quotes In
"The Pleasures Of Bookworm." 1t
follows:
"Sir-I have the honor Of acknowl'
edging the receipt Of your letter and
do myself the pleasure Of replying to
1t without delay.
'In affairs of this kind the partners
ought to meet upon equal terms. But
to establish the equality between you
and me there are three things which
ought to be done, and then fourth
also becomes necessary before / can
meet you on the field.
"First.-You must marry and have
four children. Please be particular
In having them all girls.
"Second.-You must Prove that the
greater part of the provision which
you make for them depends upon your
life, and you must be under bond OF
$4,000 not to be hanged, not to com
NIT suicide and not to be killed In
duel, which are the conditions upon
which have effected an insurance Of
my own life for the benefit Of my
wife and daughters
Third must tell three direct false
hoods concerning you upon the hust-
ings or in some other not less public
assembly, and shall neither be ablc
to do this nor to meet you afterward
in the manner you propose unless you
can perform the fourth thing, which
Is:
"That you must convert me from the
Christian religion.
'Till all this is accomplished our dis
pute must be carried on without the
use Of any more iron than Is neces-
,ary for blackening our ink and mend
ing our pens or any more lead than
enters into the composition Of the Ed
nburgh Review.
II have the honor to subscribe my
self, sir, yours, with all proper consid-
GRAFTON, ROBERT SOUTHEY."
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-02
DocToRlNe A DIAMOND.
Trick That Makes a Yellow Stone Ap.
pear Clear Blue White.


pear Clear Blue White.
Let me show you little trick that
would advise you not to put into prac-
tice, said jewel fancier to number
Of friends the other day.
The conversation had turned to dia-
monds during the midday luncheon,
and the expert had been holding forth
on his favorite subject. The little
group of St. Louisans were interested
, still more when the speaker drew a
big solitaire from his finger and beck
oned waiter across the cafe.
Bring me a glass of water and an
indelible pencil said he when the
seryitor came over to the table.
"This is trick that Is essentially
crooked" said the jewel fancier, "and
will get by nine times out of ten even
when the examiner Is an expert at
judging precious stones and detecting
trickery. 1t will make yellow off
color diamond look like a stone of the
very first water. I'awnbrokers In
Vulnerable have been fooled by this
same trick. as 1t Is extremely difficult
to detect even with powerful glass.
The expert took the pencil and allow.
ed the indelble lead to dissolve In
the glass of water. 10 a couple OF
minutes the water was as blue as indi-
go water.
"Now watch" said the man who
knew the lore Of jewels.
He took the ring and dropped 1t into
the glass. It's brilliancy was dimmed
by the hazy, blush water until 1t look
ed like dead stone.
"Now, you noted" said the demon.
strator. "that the diamond placed In
there was a bit yellow. 1t will be a
clear blush white when II comes out
of Its bath"
At the end of a minute the stone was
taken out. The top of the gem was
dried with a soft handkerchief and
then the ring was waved to and fro
for few moments. 1t was held up
for inspection. Not CLEAN Of yellow
was to be seen. The stone was ap-
parently magnificent blue white gem
that any one would be proud to own
and loathe to pledge.
1T is the blue pigment deposited on
the back of the stone that has made
the difference" said the jewel expert
'"The deposit Is so filmy that strong
glass cannot detect 1t. You cannot see
1t from the rear of the mounting and
only bath of alcohol will remove 1t.
1t will stay on the gem for weeks II II
is not removed in that way. 1t used
to be favorite trick of many folks
who now and again had to put dia.
mond into the hands Of a pawnbroker.
''The trick Is called 'doctoring
stone,' but, as | said In the beginning,
l would not advise you to try 1t.
don't know what the law on such
matters is In Missouri, but there are
states where person convicted of
such an offense would serve a long
penitentiary term for his cleverness."--
st. Louis Republic.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-02

To secure favorable Interpretation
of the three-year homestead law, as
it was recently passed by Congress. 1T
has been necessary for Senator Borah
to introduce supplementary bill
making doubly clear the meaning OF
the original hill. This would not he
necessary but for the fact that the
interior department has always been
hostile to the three. year homestead
proposition and having failed to pre-
vent the passage of the bill Is now re-
sorting to practice that is common
these days--that of so interpreting the
land laws as to prevent them from be-
coming operative. Thus tar no diff
Guilty has arisen with the main proyis-
OH of the law, as TO the new entries
though instructions earring the law
into effect are still held back, but the
department has shown disposition to
nullify that part Of the law which per
mita entrymen to avail themselves OF
the three year provision. Senator
Borah intended, in framing his bill,
to enable all homesteid entrymen to
acquire title In three years. provided
they complied with the law, aud ht
specifically made this bill apply to ex
listing entries not yet perfected, so thai
thousnds Of eutrymen now working
for title can secure patent after three
years OF residence.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-02
PAPER BOXES.
One industry Alone Uses 1000 Differ
ent Sizes and Shapes.

One Industry Alone Uses 1000 Differ
ent Sizes and Shapes.
A thousand machines Of many types
and sizes and designed for many pur-
poses are used today in the manufac-
ture Of paper boxes. This assortment
of machines Is absolutely necessary,
for the number of styles Of cardboard
boxes used for packing all sorts or
articles is without limit.
According to the Edison Monthly, one
industry alone, the making Of pens,
pencils and erasers, requires boxes OF
1000 different sizes and shapes.
Paper box making, one Of the new
but important Industries of this coun-
try, has made its greatest progress
during the last half century and par
ticularly within the last twenty years,
after modern machinery had been in
troduced. The business has assumed
wonderful proportions in New York
city, where the capital invested ex-
ceeds $5,O00,000.
One hundred years ago there was no
such thing as q paper box Inc con-
tainer of those days consisted OF moth
ing more than heavy sheet OF paper
wrapped around the article to be car
ried. In time some progressive person
conceived the idea of cutting part way
through the paper In order to make 1t
fold more readily. With this four sid
ed wrapper it became the custom to
tuck the loose ends In to prevent the
contents slipping out
From this was evolved the idea of
scoring the paper so both the sides
and ends folded up and then gluing the
ends together. That was the way the
first paper boxes were made, and 1t
was years before any marked improve
ment was made. In those days knife,
pair of shears, a kettle Of paste and
straightedge, with supply of box
board were sufficient equipment to
start q man In business.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-02
How Artificial Furs Are Made,

The raw pieces of pelt are frozen
and the skin carefully shaved Off.
tha wed and sent to the tnnneries to
be made into leather. The frozen fur
which remains Is allowed to thaw
slightly at the bottom. SO that a small
part of the hair is freed from Ice
This thawed portion is then covered
with a solution Of rubber. which Is
allowed to set.
The result Is that large seamless
pieces of fur are obtained much
cheaper than those which come with
the natural skin. These same artiA.
cial furs are said to be more lasting
than the real. because they are I'm
mune from the attacks Of MOTHS
Paris Nature.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-02

Success bas followed the experiment
0E Q. s. Hudson. cashier OF the First
National Bank OF Bsud, who last yeai
shipped In a carload of brood sows and
sold them to nearby farmers, taking
their notes at one year Ia paymeut'
He writes DO. Lively. Of the Portland
l'rion Stock Yards Co, that the hogs
NO proving q profitable investment
nd be has a report from each man
who purchased, showing a profit oil
as high as 200 per cent 10 some inst
anoes He says no believes ths aVet-
age will be 100 per cent or moie gu
each hog.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-02

The following article is from the pen
of Thomas f. Lawson, the Boston fin-
anoier, appeared on the editorial page
of the New York World. Mr.. Law
son made trip to Oregon last year.
He says:
"After careful study of the PROF.
lens set forth in your telegram, were
graduating today from college, East,
West or South, I would head straight
for the great undeveloped Northwest.
/ would buy my ticket for Portland,
Oregon. would spend my first week
in that splendid prototype of our old,
consecutive and intellectual but with.
al courageous and hustling New Eng
land capital OF half a century ago.
While In Portland / would haunt the
Ieportorial departments Of the daily
newspapers, the ever welcoming rooms
of the humorous BUSINESS clubs and the
booming departments of the great rail
roads and navigation lines oentering in
that supreb metropolis. Then would
light out and into the modern para
disc of happiness and dollars the vir-
gin interior Of that wonderful state, a
world In itself, containing to spare and
then lots more, everything that makes
for health, hustle, prosperity and con.
tentment for man, woman and child.
II I were possessed of 100000 to $50,
900 capital, In twelvemoDth would
telegraph back to Bradstreet & Dunn
to mark my rating $125.000 and three
twelve months later / would wire
them to make it from a half to three
quarters of million. II had only
my oarfare, Bible, dictionary and foun-
tain pen, would send word to the old
folks to watch out for the Christmas
coming of the old home mortgage lif-
ter, and would bet my pal dog, for
of course / would have him along,
against pouch OF tobacco that when
Christmas came wouldn't be making
excuses for not coming East. Details?
Bosb ~
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-02

In the announcement OF sermon
to be preached last Sunday, In a Pend.
Teton church. the Live Wire modern
ized the announcement by saying that
it would te ten TO one bet" that
the audience would be the largest to
ever face a Peudleton preacher. that
there would "he something doing;"
in fact, "a hot time in the old town"
was anticipated ny the editor.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-02
Willie Remembered.

Mother (reprovinglyl- Willie, some
one else may like the tender bits Of
celery besides you Why do you al
ways pick them out when the dish IL
passed? Willie-You said, ma, that
must never take the biggest pieces
when things are passed to ms,-Boston
Transcript.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-02
Her AIibi.

Much to the curious little girls dis
gust, her elder sister and her girl
friends had quickly closed the door OF
the back parlor before she could
wedge her small self in among them.
She waited uneasily for little while;
then she knocked, No response. She
knocked again, Still no attention. Her
curiosity could be controlled no longer
"Dodow she called In staccato tones
as she knocked once again. "'Tain't
me! It's mammar'-Lippincott's,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-02
rha Point Of viavv.

II suppose your clerks are all Re.
publicansT
''No," said the merchant. II hire the
best men. irrespective of their poll
tics"
"What queer way to run a busi.
ness" commented the politician
Louisville Courier-J Journal.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-02
Presumptuous.

Raynor- Think you could improve ON
the works of nature, do you? Shyne-
/ know / could II had the power. I'd
make some kind OF seed that could be
planted on a bald head and grow into
a crop Of hair. ~Ghieago Tribune.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-02
Only a Decoy.

81 think she will make very domes.
tic wife. have been calling on her
for several months now and always
find her darning one Of her fathers
socks"
"But have you noticed that 1t is al.
ways the same old sock 2"--Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-02
Black Eaas.

The black Cayuga duck, south
American bird. frequently lays black
eggs. The colorlng does not penetrate
The shell, being due to an oily pigment
which can be rubbed of. In success
sive layings the ccloring fades and dis
appears,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-02

She What would you do II you had
money enough to supply your needsS
Held start 10 to make d lot more to
supply my wants. Exchange.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-02
H,ah Finance

'Why do you keep asking people for
change for dollar and then asking
other people to give you dollar for
sour changer
well, somebody may make mis-
take in change some time.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-02
OREGON AGR|CULT'L COLLEGE

This great institution opens it's doors
for the tall semester on September
20th. Courses of iUstIHction include;
General Agriculture, Agronomg. Ani-
NAL Husbandiy. Dairy Husbandry.
Baoteriology. Botany and Plant Path
elngy, Poultry Hustandry. Horticul-
ture, Entomology, Veterinary Science,
Civil Engineering. Electrical Engin-
eering, Mechanical Engineering, Min
ing Engineering, Highway Engineer
ing. Domestic Science, Domestic AIT.
Commerce. Forestry, Pharmacy 70
ology. Chemistry. Physics. Mathe-
matics, English Language aud Liter
allure, Putlio Speaking Modern Ian.
guages, History, Art, Architecture.
Industrial Pedagogy, Physical Educa-
ton. Military Solenee and Tactics.
and Music,
Catalogue aud illustrated liteEatnre
mailed free on application. Address,
Registrar. Oregon Agricultural Col
tegs. CORVALLIS, Oregon.
School Year Gpeps September 10th.
q a NJ NJ ER 8 a I've
tna most heaiina saive In the Wesi@-
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-02

You wel s,,a "Hnd' TINE FOR any
th,ny - ~ r'a"' liale sn2 must
s.age d AglTt iias a
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-02
Cured Of Terrible Cough ON Lungs

N. Jackson, Of Danville, ILL.,, writes:
"My daughter had q severe attack Of
La Grippe and q terrible cough on her
lungs. We tried great many remedies
without relief. She tried FOLEY'S
HONEY AND TAR which cured her.
She has never been troubled with cough
since"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-02

Splendid harvest weather this. A
little tropical, but the mountain camp
ers. the haryesters aud the fat people
do not complain OF the temperature.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-02
Good Results IN Every Case

DR.. C. ]. Bishop, Agnew, Mich, writes:
"I have used FOLEY'S HONEY AND
TAR in three very severe cases OF pneu-
monia with good results in every case"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-02
A Desirable Limitation.

II envy the man who believes that
superstition about Friday" said Mr..
Growcher.
II consider 1t depressing"
"Not at oil. A man ought to be
mighty comfortable who can feel sure
there's only one unlucky day in the
week. Washington Star.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-02

Cured When Very Low With
Pneumonia
J. W. Bryan, Of Lowder, ILL.,, writes:
"My little boy was very low with pneu-
monia. Unknown to the doctor we gave
him FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR.
The result was magical and puzzled the
doctor, as it Immediately stopped the
racking cough and he quicklyrecoyered."
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-08-02
Saved Hsr Life from Pneumonia

"My wife had severe attack Of Pneu-
monia which followed q case OF La Grippe
and I believe that FOLEY'S HONEY
AND TAR saved her life," writes James
Coffee, Of Raymond, Missouri.
The Holbrook news., 1912-03-22
Girl Clad as Man Taken as Robber

AI YACK, N. Y.-Still garbed in the N suit of boys clothing she wore when captured, Miss Estelle McEIroy, eighteen years old, was locked up in the Hillburn jail. The girl was ar rested in the search for the leader of a band for whom the police have been looking for months A charge of attempted burglary Is made against her.
 The prisoner was a Sunday school pupil, active in church work and a member of the Temperance Union at Hillburn.
 For months the police of villages in RockIand county have been look ing for a band of burglars who robbed factories, private houses and postof- Aces. The robberies were evidently the work of skilled thieves, but not once was any clue left on which the detectives could start their work. Hillburn, Nyack and Surern were Visited and once the robbers stole several thousand dollars worth of goods from Q store at New City. with in . stone's throw of the county jail.
 As . result of the many burgiaE1ss
The Holbrook news., 1912-03-22
cANTILEVER BRIDGE OF LOGS GnEsrsstIns Structure Built by the BrItloh Columbia Indians Over
 the 5uIkeIey River.

Some interesting examples of In- dian ingenuity are afforded on the River Skeena and it's tributaries in North British Columbia These wa terways in their upper reaches flow very swiftly and for the most part through deep ravines. As it is im- possible for the Indians to cross them by means of canoes they have resort cd to bridging.
 These bridges are interesting struc- tures from the engineering point of view, inasmuch as the cantilever prin- eipls is adopted. A bridge of this de- sign spans the Bulkeley river where it is about 120 feet wide, and the height from the bridge to water level is about 30 feet
 It is built of wooden logs, the legs of the structure being formed of sin gle stout logs varying from SO to 80 feet in length. The task of lowering them into position must have de- manded considerable ingenuity on the part of the builders .
 They are buried about 15 feet at their lower ends and anchored by the superimposition of masses of large rock rolled and carried to the site. The longitudinal members of the shore spans are similarly buried in the ground and lashed to the ends of the diagonal legs.
 These main members, correspond ing to deck girders, are about 12e feet in length. and to either end the A members of the superstructure are dashed. Elaborate cross bracing is resorted to in order to secure greater strength
 When the bridge was first erected the different members were simply secured together by willow thongs. but when the British Columbian gov ernment erected a more substantial suspension bridge lower down the river the Indians assembled and fol- lowed the white mans operations with great interest They observed how the thick wire cables were slung and anchored, and accordingly decided to introduce wire into their own struc- fure.
 They procured the material for this purpose from wherever they could and introduced it in a most fantastic manner Also when the Grand Trunk Pacific railway engineers commenced working on their track near by the Indians procured odds and ends, such as bolts and spikes. from them for introduction in their bridge, SO that now it is a strange looking piece of work, though the fundamental conti- lever lines are still distinct.-Scisn- fific American.
The Holbrook news., 1912-03-22

may enjoy the things that are perfect ly legitimate and healthful, under mu- nicipal direction. It is not paternal- ism. It Is just ordinary common decency.
 "The girls would be glad to go to good places if there were such. They enjoy intensely. the dances arranged by the various social settlements. Those places are always overcrowded, and are always crying for more room.
 Why may not the public school buildings be used for the public? In most of them there are excellent halls which would make most desirable dance halls. People are willing to trust their daughters in public school building. Behind such build ings stands the honor of the city; nothing harmful could be allowed there, and to the immigrants the hon. or of the American city means every thing that is fine and beautiful and helpful.
 If there were properly supervised municipal dance halls there would be 8 decided gain in the mental, moral and physical equipment of the boys and girls.