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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27

Mahomet made the people believe
that he would call hill to him and
from the top Of 1t offer up his prayers
for the observance Of his law. The
people assembled; Mahomet called the
hill to come to him, again and again;
and when the hill stood still he was
never whit abashed, but said: IF
the hill will net come to Mahomet, Ma
homet will go to the ill."--Bacon's Els.
yay "Of Boldness."
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27
DAISY FLY KILLER


Wife-You say ought to practice
economy, John. Now, what did your
dinner downtown cost you today? Hus.
band "a trifle weakly)--About three
dollars. Wife--Heavens, John, three
dollars Just for dinner? Husband Ga
trifle indlgnantlyl--Well. that includ-
cd bottle Of wine, of course. (More
Indignantly You don't s'pose l would
pay three dollars Just for food. do
ou?--New York Sun.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27
JUDGE and nRarmald,s RIush.v

Judicial ignorance is generally a.
sumed. but there are occasions when
a judge is honestly lacking In knowl-
edge. The other day witness in an
Australian court casually mentioned
that certain thing occurred just after
he had "barmaid's blush" Judge
and counsel were for the moment
"stuck up" by this hitherto unheard Of
phrase, but the fact was gradually
ELECTED that it meant drink Of com.
pounded beer and raspberry vinegar.
London Chronicle.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27
MR. CHUNG, cHINA's MINISTER

Greatly to the surprise of the d1plo-
matte prophets, DR.. WI Ting-Fang was
not sent as minister from the Chinese
republic to Washington, but Mr.. Chung
Nun Yew, the former Chinese cox
swain of Yale, appeared as the first
minister of the new republic. No ex-
PLANTATION was forthcoming as to why
the change had been made, and al
though DR.. WI and his charming wife
are missed, yet Mr.. Chung is well
known at the capital, and has many
friends in the state department and
among the diplomatic corps. He
comes to this country with an estab-
lished record at Yale, for he was a
member of the winning boat crew that
fluttered the magic blue pennant 1t is
also said that he was never far behind
upon that popular American game that
has something to do with holding a
full hand"-for poker Is one of the
classics at Yale, He absorbed Amer
ican ideas at college and was very
popular among his classmates. He Is
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27
Queer Counting of Distances.

In the rural parts of Schleswig- -Hol
stein people do not measure distance
By miles, as we do, or by hours, as
In other parts Of Germany. They say
that a place is a pipe, or two pipes,
or three pipes off. according to the
number of pipes one could smoke
while walking there. Shorter dis
tances are reckoned by dogs barks;
a village under mile away would be
wo or three dogs barks.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27
RENE BAzIN SUBMITS Al RECIPE

Rene Bazin never cared for the SUI.
perman nor even for the overcivilized
type of man. He never used the word
eugenics. Science and matter are to
him negligible factors when they are
not supplemented by culture and the
spirit.
In these days, when every one is
greatly concerned with anthropocul
ture. Bazin had to come forth with his
little recipe for breeding good human
specimens.
THE man whom tomorrow win de.
mand," he said In recent address. 'is
the thorough and fearless man. the man
who will do his work well and for
whom life viii have no terrors. The
training Of this man will require the
same methods as the training of
Christian, for II there ever is super
man he win be Christian. II there
Is nobility whose ranks are open
to all II is the nobility OF Christianity.
which assures perfect equality ia
every soul In every field of endeavor
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27
Chinese Children Like Paris.

Recently number of Chinese chill.
dren have been found in the streets OF
Paris and taken before the magistrates
as vagabonds. These children were
brought to France by showmen to per-
form as acrobats. After few months,
their performances having lost their
novelty and ceased to attract, the man.
ayers abandoned them. They have
been taken to the Chinese legation to
be sent home. But they don't want to
go home. The beautiful city of Paris
Is more to their liking.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27
Clocks Run by Fan Motors.

Fans actuated by currents of air
have from time to time been used as
motors for running clocks. One, by
Lepaute, is in the Louvre, Paris. Ben
jamin Hanks, Of Litchfield county.
Connecticut, patented one in 1883. In
a more recent patent the weight is
wound up by the current OF air. in a
chimney which is stopped by self.
acting brake as the weight nears the
top of its course.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27

circumstances
weak they by human impulses
the religious misses oneha life onha
o history
In this view of life the preponderant but
the fathers be
fore that the training real happily
training very early early age child we'll
trained win the chastenng
Do
functions which they will girls that
anidote for debasng attachment
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27
"scoTTY's" MINE is "A MYTH

Death Valley Scotty" told Los
Angeles grand jury the other day that
the president of life insurance COM
pany had grubstaked him for years,
and that New York mining engineer
put up the $4,000 which Scotty paid
for the special train In which the
Death Valley man made his spectacu-
lar trip across the continent several
years ago.
Scotty also testified that he had
tried to persuade the officers of the
Death Valley Scotty Gold Mining and
developing company to locate a few
mining claims in Death Valley. In or
der to give the mining sch,me the ap-
pearance of genuineness, but alleged
that they refused to do SO, saying It
was unnecessary.
Scotty told the grand jury that his
hole In the ground down in Death Val
ley Is a myth, which has been used
for years to fill the pockets of the pro.
moters.
With the exception of F. C. Goodwin
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27
Sounded Like Gaelic.

A story is told Of certain mayor
Of Cork who headed q deputation to
the emperor Of the French and COM
menced an oration to his majesty In
which he conceived to be the French
tongue. Pardon me-" said the EN-.
peror, after he had listened to the
speech with much patience. English
know fairly well, but, regret to
say, have never had an opportunity
of studying the irish language!"-
Argonaut.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27
How Bricks Are Laid.

the day. yet It is surprising how few
people outside the building trade can
sketch bricks laid In proper man
ner. Fig. 3 is the method most people
viii show, whereas the bricks are al
most invariably laid in the styles
shown In the first two sketches, Make
a point of looking at several brick
walls and see for youself.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27
Peculiar Case Of POISONING.

Metal poisoning from handling cop
per coins was the curious cause for
death recently assigned at West Ham,
England. The deceased, age twenty
seven, had been employed to collect
coins fpm penny-in-the-slot gas me-
ters, and his physician testified that
the coins were often green with YER
digris, which remained on the collec'
tors hands and was absorbed through
his habit of curling his mustache with
his finger.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27
MAJoR-GEN. LEONARD WOOD

A word Just at the present moment
might not be out of place concerning
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, u. s. A., who
Is also, as everyone knows, an M. D.
A writer has called him "One result of
the Spanish war" Major General Wood
is New Hampshire man, and he was
born in Winchester In that state just
81 years ago. And he is also a Har-
ward man with his two degrees of M. d.
and Ii. D. He was an assistant sur
geon stationed in Washington when
Mr.. Roosevelt was assistant secretary
of the navy. They rode together and
they were both crack shots, and the
best Of friends. 1t is said that the
Rough Riders was. the inspiration Of
the then DR.. Wood, and that at the
breaking out Of the Spanish war such
a regiment of men who knew how to
ride and how to shoot-plainsmen and
cowboys-was organized. And in it
were mustered a number Of New York
clubmen Of fashion, who were fond of
outdoor sports. The only son of the
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27
Snail Culture Profitable.

French farmers find snail culture a
profitable undertaking. AS many as
100000 "flrst quality" snails, the price
Of which throughout the year aver
ages $1.70 a thousand, can be reared
on an acre Of land. They have to be
led only once day, preferably In the
evening, and though extremely vora-
cious are by no means fastidious. After
q fall Of rain. which seems to sharpen
their appetites, a bed of 100000 will
demolish q barrow load of cabbage in
very short space Of time.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27
Mnsnultn Rites

One evening when the mosquitoes
were very troublesome small Bobby
cried out; "Oh, dear: If the mosqui
toes don't stop biting me there win
be nothing left OF mel ~Yes. there
wili,. rejoined his little sister. sthe
bites will swell up ana make you big.
sar than ever
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27
Formed Queer Alliance.

A pair of linnets made their nest In
beehive on farm In Switzerland,
and have succeeded in coming to an un-
derstanGing with the bees, 80 that
both branches of the natural
world dwell In peace and harmony to.
gether. The birds and the bees use
7 common entrance 70 the hive.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27
Quite Too Much for Used Words.

The value OF advertising was point
cd out to man with budding busi-
ness, and he agreed to give writer
$50 for full page. The copy was
submitted and the merchant looked it
over coldly. Fifty dollars is too
much" he commented You've used
\ lot Of words I've seen before"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27
Explalned.

Dick--"What part of the family
tree am !, muz?" Mother-"I guess
you are one of the limbs, Dick" Dick
do you suppose that's what dad
meant that morning when he said that
I ought to be trimmed about every SO
often ?"--Judge.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27
a Bad spllI.

Here's young woman that was
left half a million dollars merely for
spilling little sunshine into an old
mans life." Her experience is more
fortunate than mine. I once spilled
a cup of coffee into an old mans lap
and he cut me out of his will alto.
gether."
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27
Got His Knowledge First Hand.

Get His knowledge First Hand.
Benson j. Losing, whose historical
collections were sold In New York
city recently, was historian Of the
old school, whose methods were yet in
a way up to date, not to say journal
istic. He travelled many thousands of
miles in gathering material for his
books, conversing with old settlers
and descendants of revolutionary he
roes and making sketches on the spot
of battlefields and scenes of historic
interest.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27

delightful conversatonal and with te
1908 Mr. Chung officially visited the United States special ambassador
China thank this
With the
uar DR. Wu the Minister already fayori tells the
his
versaon that thrills with the interest
that the great future Of his awn that
all began with few Chinese
and began to dream of Oriental republic
than ancipateda
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27
How Taste Is Cultivated.

People who live in climates where
malaria abounds, frequently have to
take SO much quinine that they get to
love the taste Of it, and to take 1t
daily, even when they do not need 1t,
just because 1t tastes good to them.
And yet quinine is one of the bitter.
est Of drugs and these same people,
did they move away from the malaria
district for a few years, would soon
get to detest the taste of it.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27
Beino practlcal.

Practical people are wise people.
Genius may create brilliant ideas, and
be of very active turn of mind, but
money makes the mare go. and what
practical people really wish is to have
a pot. to have that full Of potatoes,
and to have fire enough to make the
mt boil
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27
oIdeat Civ In the WnrId.

Doctor Harkov, Russian savant,
once affirmed that camara, on the
right bank of the Tigrus, near Bag
dad, is the Oldest city extant. Relics
now discovered show that Samara
fiourished before the arrival of the
Semites in Chaldea or Mesopotamia,
1000 B. G..
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27

its
mining concern have apparently dropped
confession
ne never located mine either
else;
role was to make big spurge
unbrded spendhrt while
plans which they should his
And all Scoty
dignifed by lofter title a
Scoy said the $4,000 and that the
yellow compexioned roll he carried
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27

killed In the
is historic After the Dr.
Cuba and became bga general In
by President Roosevelt
the Philippines then followed his appoint
chief of the
Major General Wood although not West Pointer has the
him
the
geona
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27

Hippety-hop to the candy shop
To buy some chocolate drops;
Hippety-hop to the fruiter's shop
To buy some corn which Will pop.
Hippety-hop to our home again.
With candy, popcorn and pepper;
Hippety-hop to the kitchen nre,
For each of us is a hopper.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27
To Brear. in New Shoes.

r. Always shake in Aliens Foot Ease, powder
It cures hot, sweating, aching, swollen feet
cures corns, ingrowing nails and bunions. Al
III Nldruggists and shoe steres, 25c. Don't accept
any substitute. Sample mailed FREE, Address
Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy. Wy.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27
GOOD POINTS ABOUT TOOLS
Many Little Things That Boys Do Not
Always Understand--Use for
Notch on Saw.

Boys that use tools do not always
know what all the smaller parts of
the tools are for. For instance, on the
back edge of every good saw there
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27
MANNER OF LAYING BRICKS
Surprisingly How Few People Outside
OF Building Trades Can Sketch
the Proper Method.

Can you tell how the bricks Of
brick wall are laid? II you are a
town dweller you perhaps pass a mile
9r thereabouts of brick walls during
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27

Mothers will find Mrs Winslow's Soothing
Syrup the best remedy to use for their childrea
during tie teething period.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27
Chemical caterpIllars.

The work of former investigators.
Tichomorrow, Toyama and Kellogs,
has been substantiated by Mr.. Ripley
of the department of biology, Trinity
college, Hartford, Conn. Mr.. Ripley
has produced caterpillars from unfer.
tilted eggs by the action of sulphuric
acid, and has therefore carried one
step farther the investigation of his
predecessors in the production Of
larvae.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27

Red Cross Ball Blue will wash double as many
clothes as any other blue. Don't put your money
into any other.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27

Red Cross Ball Blue, all blue, best bluing value
In the whole world, makes the laundress smile.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27

REAL ESTATE

FOR sALE--1so A. IN LINN CO., ORE; 70 A.
cult; 2-story 10-r. residence barn. outbldgs. $50
bearing fruit trees. machinery. etc, Haven. Box
S19 Chicago.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27

FOR SALE--s0 A. NEAR VANCOUVER, p. c..
Can; a. cult; house. barn. hehnery, incubator.
outbdgs.. 2 a. fruit orchard etc. Allen. Box $40.
Chicago.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27
How Mrs. Cline Avoided
Operation.

Brownsville, Ind. can say that
Lydia e. Pinkham' Vegetable Compound
has done me more good than anything
else. One doctor said must be opera
ted upon for a serious female trouble
and that nothing could help me but an
operation.
"I had i1emorrhages and at times
could not get any medicine to stop them.
Igot in such weak condition that would
have died if | had not got relief soon.
"Several women who had taken your
Compound, told me to try it and / did
and found it to be the right medicine to
build up the system and overcome
female troubles.
81 am now in great deal better health
than / ever expected to be, SO / think
ought to thank you for il. Mrs. o. M.
CLINE, S. Main ST, Brownsville, Ind.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27

Many child Is called dull and s,upis
when the whole trouble Is due TO : Lar,
liver, We firmly believe your ovn doc
sef VII tell you that an occasional dos,
eIAyer's Pills, sugar-eoated, will Dc such
children q great deal Of good. Ask him
EsAs ~ ina J. O. AYER co. Lswsn. Mass.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27

placed anywhere, al
tracts and kills all
flies, Neat. clean,
ornamental. conyen.
lent, cheap. Lssti
all season. Made OF
metal, can't spill OF
tip over, viii not soil
or InIure anything
Guaranteed effective
sold by dealers OF
. sent prepaid for ST.
!. Va. Hroohlytt. nj. ".
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27
WHERE DOCTORS
FAILED TO help
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound Restored
Mrs. Green's Health
Her Own Statement.
Covington, Mo. Your medicine has
done me more good than all the doc

UOr s meQlclnoS. Ag
everymonthly period.
/ had to stay in bed
four days because Of
hemorrhages, and
my back was so weak
/ could hardly walk.
J have been saking
Lydia E. Pinkham's
v G table Com<
pound and now / can
stay up and do my
work. / think It is
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27

LOCATED NEAR TACOMA-Christian co-edu-
cational large campus; modern equipment; ath-
letics new $4,000 gymnasium under construction.
PREPARES thoroughly, and in the shortest
possible time. for College, Business, Teaching,
cialty.
Eight Courses; entrance examinations: sps-
cial classes for foreigners.
EXPENSES LOW: Tuition. board, room and
washing, nine months. $3.50; eighteen weeks. seS,
nine weeks, $50.
You ask: How can you furnish all this for lesn
than the usual price of board and lodgingf We
answer: By the aid of our church we are enabled
to give our students more than they pay for.
We can't tell all here. Our free 5O-pags cata-
logue will do it. Send for it. Address
N. J. HONG, Principal
Parkland, Wash.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-09-27
Sunshine of IIfa.

Sunshine of Life.
Those who bring sunshine to the
ives OF others cannot keep 1t from
themselves.-J. NJ Barrie
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-06

tion of the billion dollars worth of
manufactures sent out of the country
and the various parts of the world in
which this increase has occurred has
led the bureau of statistics to the
preparation of a statement showing
the distribution, article by article. to
the various sections of the world
grouping these for convenience Of the
study according to grand divisions
showing the value of exports to Eu-
rope. North America. South America
Asia. Africa and Oceana respectively
in 1911, and at the earlier period in
which the total was but half that of
today.
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-06
He DIDN'T CARE To
VISIT HAUNTS OF MEN

Sentinel Special Service.
Meeker, Colo, Feb. 6.-To live
within thirty miles of city for al
most fifteen years without paying it
visit, or, in fact, hardly more than
venturng from his own ranch, is the
unusual record of j. NJ. limerick
one of Rio blanco county's pioneer
cattlemen. who is now visiting rela-
tives in Meeker and, incidentally,
renewing old acquaintances.
limerick lives with one of his sons
on the latter's ranch, in what is
known locally as Pot Hole valley. a
farming section about thirty miles
east of town.
And for fifteen years, caring moth
ing for the lure of the town, content
with his home, his family and the
work which kept him busy, limerick,
until this week remained ON the home
place.
At one time limerick was one of
the states best known men. He has
done much for Colorados welfare
During the commonwealth younger
days he served in the Legislature from
Boulder county, and he was also one
of the founders of the University OF
Colorado.
limerick, while advanced in years
is still hale and hearty. During his
long, self-imposed exile he has kept
thoroughly posted on current events
He is known as tine sage of Pot
Hole valley
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-06
The DISTRIBUTION OF
MANUFACTURED GOODS

The distribution to the world of
the billion dollars worth of manufac-
lures exported in the year Just end
ed is the subject of much inquiry
among the manufacturers of the
United States. The bureau of statis-
tics of the department of commerce
and labor recently announced that
the value OF manufactures sent out
OF the country had for the first time
crossed the billion dollar line, the
total for the calendar year 1871 of
merchandise sent to foreign countries
and to Hawaii and Porto Rico having
been l.002 million dollars and that
this total is practically double that
of a decade ago.
These enquiries as to the destina-