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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-10-23
Any Lady May Do II At Home
Costs Nothing to Try.

At last. drunk no more. no more.
treatment that 10 tasteiess and odorless.
safe. absolutely 80; heartily indorsed by
temperance workers: can be given secretly
by any Indy In tea. coffee or food: effective
In Its silent work--ths craving for liouor
relieved In thousands OF cases without the
drinkers knowledge, and against his Will.
VIII you try such a remedy n you can prove
Its effect, FREQ to your Then send the cou.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-10-23

Ai~ th., IL MAKES it vep hard for me to get
around"
Aoeyer. DO not worry about your rheu.
u,,,,m as that can re vsry easily controlled
nv using the following; Get a. the drug store
,he ingredients named. mix thoroughly. And
,akr a tea,poonful Ut me~ltime and again Ut
bedtime and you should soon no entirely re-
l,.,sd Of tha. dissgreeabls disease. rheu.
nathan. Purchase 3 drauu Of iodide d
,,o,.s.lum; u o. Of wine Of eochi'um: =
,,,ms Of sodium saiicylate: on. comp. hun
hImvort: I OF. comp. essence cardiol. ana
40. NJ Srup sanaparilla. This has sathfisd
,bousan ds and an Crs II will you
.>,,,.,c,,n" asks. Can you tell n how
=, .,.,co,o. q bronchlal trouble which man
,,..,. i,,.f after singing by tickling In the
.hro.t hoars.ncu and q sNsns eoushf
Ar.weY: Obtain . bottle OF easence
,.ho' ls,ene and use II purs. or make into
r,nah syrup by mixing with ordinary u.n.
,,',si .ussr syrup or honey. Directions for
49,. ANA how N make accompany Inc package.
~ makes q full pint Of effective pleasant
and bronchial troubles:
.Mu. q. B." writes; y suffer xreat
a..i with stomach disorders-heay feeling
after .a.ns heart p;lp''.s1 .,. . .ns , sas
on a,,. :s9m 70 eat hearty meal. Sometime
Gcst main. fear appendicitis"
Apsv~r: Ths NEGLECT Of constipation and
,ndisestiou 10 the most frequent cause OF
apprndicitis. II 10 better to prevent than 70
obtain tablets tropeI'tine and take according
10 directions accompanying sealed carton.
They are link white and blue. to be taken
morning noon and night. respecti'ely;
think many cases II appendicitis could Do
prevented BY Using "'o'~p''n' "'eh's'"'"'
"Mr,. c. C." writes; Can you prescribe
A tonic for one who Ia slssplesa. nervous.
hys,ericai. thin and settins thinneri HAVE
| little appetite and AN restless day ana nisnt,
Answer: The following II wsd for several
| y.ess will gradually restore and strengthen
| your nervous system: ConHound syrup OF
| hypoplos phitss. 8 oks.. tincvIs cadotnene.
| / or. mot cariamoml. Nix. shake wall And
take . tessnooniul ba'or' sAch mes"
*. X. X" ssk. - am srowlns more
stout asI grow older and weigh 10 pounds
too much now. ! am alarmed and want "
reduce. Please advise what TO take"
Answer: You need not be alarmed u you
| will begin taking 5-grain arbo.ous tAblc's
| These tablets reduce Usually At the rate Of .
pound day after tho first few DAYS. Any
druggist can suny them In sealed tubes with
full directions
poor H." writes, MY health q very
| poor on account Of . long standing constipa.
| ton. have 70 me pills or something all
| the time Can you prescribe something 70
| take that will cure chronic constipstioni"
| Answer: CONSTIPATION is probably the cause
| Of more Illness than any other thing Moat
| reme,iies only sssravats the trouble and never
| cure. always prescribe 3-Tsin sllpherb
| tablets tnot gu. hur tablets). and have found
| them most reliable and gradually curative.
1 Ur1,.v MI MI he 10 raj.
and liver while purifying the blood. ADV.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-01-03
GOOD ROAD DRAGGING
TWo-Slab Log, With "Set Back" "
Found Satisfactory.
One Common Mistake In Construction
of Device Is That 1t ls Too Heavy
and Another Is In Use OF
Square Timbers.

A great many experiments have
been made with great variety of de-
Vices for road dragging, but the two
slab log or plank drag with liberal
"set back" has been found the most
satisfactory. Double drags for work
ing both sides of the roadway stimuli
taneously have been tried with only
limited success, says writer In the
Illinois Farmer. The reason for this
lies in the fact that both sides Of an
earth road are never exactly alike.
This causes the two parts Of the drag
to work unevenly and to interfere
with each other. 1t is also impossible
for one man to operate both parts
successfully, as will be shown later
on.
Two mistakes are commonly made
in constructing drag. The first lies
in making 1t too heavy. 1t should be
so light that one man can easily lift
1t. Besides. a light drag responds
more readily to various methods of
hitching and to the shifting of the
position and weight of the operator,
both of which are essential consider
atoms. A drag can be made heavier
at any time by proper weighting.
The other mistake is in the use
Of squared timbers, instead Of those
with sharp edges, whereby the cut
ting effect of sharp edges is lost and
the drag is permitted to glide over
instead of to equalize the irregular
tiles in the surface of the road. These
mistakes are due partly to badly
drawn illustrations and plans of drags
which have occasionally appeared In
newspapers and partly to the errone-
GUS idea that 1t is necessary that
large amount Of earth shall be re-
moved at one time.
A dry red cedar log is the best
material for drag. Red elm is an
excellent material. and box elder. soft
maple, or even willow are preferable
TO oak, hickory, or ash
The log should be OF feet
long and from 10 to 12 inches in d.
ameter, and carefully split down the
middle. The heaviest and best slab
should baAselected for the front. AT
q point on this front slab inches
from the end that is to be at the
middle of the road locate the CEN
ter OF the hole to receive a cross
stake and % inches from the other
end of the front slab locate the cen
ter for another cross stake. The
hole for the middle stake win lie on q
line connecting and halfway between
the other two. The back slab should
now be placed in position behind the
other. From the end which is to be
at the middle of the road measure 20
inches for the center OF the cross
stake, and inches from the other end
locate the center OF the outside stake.
Find the center of the middle hole
as before. When these holes are
brought opposite each other. one end
Of the back slab win lie 16 inches
nearer the center OF the roadway than
the front one, giving what is known
as "set back" The holes should be
two inches in diameter. Care must
be taken to hold the auger plumb
In boring these holes in order that
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-01-03
CONSTRUCTION OF GOOD ROAD
Less Time Should be Devoted to
Building and More Given to I'M
provement Of Dirt Roads.

One point is generally overlooked
in all our fuss about good roads. and
that Is the size Of the Job. Advocates
of big bond issues talk as If fifty
million dollars would give state like
Pennsylvania or Ohio good roads,
whereas 1t will do nothing of the sort.
1t will build few roads In each coun-
ty, and only few Another mistake
Is to confuse road Improvement and
road construction or reconstruction.
We loosely call road built at great
expense an Improved" road, and we
have done this so long that the words
road Improvement" are now asso-
ciated In the public mind with heavy
expense accounts. and big bond is-
sues. Road-building is costly no mat
ter whether the road be brick, mac
adam, asphalt or combination of
such materials. 1t is too costly to be
universal or even extensive, says the
National Stockman and Farmer. But
road improvement may be extensive,
perhaps universal, and 1t may at the
same time be more economical than
the present sieve system of using road
funds. Let us get a firm hold of these
two great road facts, namely. that
bodybuilding can cover only a frac-
tion of the mileage in this generation;
and that road Improvement can be ap-
piled to all or nearly all of 1t.
When we get these facts firmly in
mind we shall not devote less atten-
tion to road construction but more to
road Improvement We shall insist
that more money be provided for the
great body of road mileage. that 1t
shall be applied in a more rational
way, and then We shall have good
earth roads. Just now in the clamor
for road-building the dirt road has too
few friends, too little money, too lit
tie study as to methods of improve
ment and entirely too little attention
to it's upkeep. At the same time this
neglected dirt road Of America Is g..
100000 miles long. while the con-
structed road is 100000 miles long.
Fortunately few communities are
pointing the way to better dirt roads
at lower cost. The systematic use OF
the drag all the year. proper drain
age, constant care instead OF spas
modic working these are all on the
finger-board that points to good dirt
roads.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-01-03

the stakes shall fit properly. The
hole to receive the forward end of
the chain should be bored at the same
time.
The two slabs should be held 30
inches apart by the stakes. Straight
grained timber should be selected
for the stakes, SO that each stake
shall fit snugly into the Pinch hole
when the two slabs are In the prop
er position. The stakes should
taper gradually toward the ends.
There should be no shoulder at the
point where the stakes enter the
slab. The stakes should be fastened
in place by wedges only.
When the stakes have been placed
in position and tightly wedged, a
brace two inches thick and four inch
es wide should be placed diagonally
to them at the ditch end. The brace
should be dropped on the front slab
SO that its lower edge shall lie
within an inch Of the ground, while
the other end should rest In the
angle between the slab and the end
stake.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-01-03
sAWDUsT ROADS IN FLORIDA
Disposition Made Of 5y-Products o.
LAUNDERING In Southern State
Wear Well In Georgia.

Sawdust roads are being made In
an experimental way In Leon coun-
ty, Florida. Great piles Of sawdust
dot the state throughout Its pine land
sections, useless monuments TO the
sawmill's work. The disposition OF
the by-products Of numbering In
Torida-the sawdust and the stumps
has long been the subject of care
full study, but until now they have
largely been wastes, 1t is believed
that practical process has finally
been evolved for the making of pa
per pulp from pine stumps and the
utilization Of the mountains of saw
dust in road building would prove. a
great boon.
In many Of the more favored sec
tions OF Florida clay lies beneath
the sandy loan with more or less of
over-burden. Where this over-bur-
den is light 1t may be readily
stripped off and clay pit opened
which affords good material for hard
ening the road surface. In some sec
tions--notably Marion county-great
lime deposits lie close to the surface,
not rock like the usual limestone de-
posits, but soft enough to be handled
by picks and to be crushed by road
rollers. An application of this soft
limestone on road that has been
surfaced with clay makes altogether
an ideal road, and miles Of such high
ways are being built by enterprising
communities and counties. Where
these materials are available, or
where cheaper roads are desired, the
sawdust can doubtless be utilized to
good effect In Leon county two
ridges OF earth are thrown UP with
road machine at the required width
from each other and the space be-
tween Is filled with six-inch bed of
sawdust. This Is followed with a
smaller machine which plows UP and
mixes the earth with the sawdust
This makes roadbed on which the
tires OF the heaviest loaded vehicles
make no impression. The contractor
has kept an accurate account Of ex-
penses in connection with this sec
tion of sawdust and earth road and
finds the cost aggregates $297 mile,
showing It to be about the cheapest
road material In use.
Some sawdust roads were built in
south Georgia twenty ears ago and
have worn we'll and given good sat.
lsfaction. The Leon county soil is
somewhat clayed, which adapts 1t
we'll to the use of sawdust. but this
mill by-product can also be used to
advantage in the sander soils. 1t is
a common practice In some OF the
sandy sections to build walks with
the sawdust In which the manufac-
tured Ice is packed for shipment by
express, and little of this sawdust
mixed with sand affords surpris-
lngly firm footing There seems no
reason to doubt that the mountains
of sawdust scattered all over the pine
lands OF the south may be advan-
tageously used to acquire a flrmer
surface on the sandy loan roads.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-01-03
Listing Corn.

At one time listing corn was apt to
be rather slovenly operation, but
now tools have been thoroughly well
adapted to this method, Disk cult.
vators seem more In favor for they
thoroughly destroy the weeds and
then narrowing helps level the rows
before the next cultivation, Even the
small cane is deeply planted and
seems to succeed well in states where
there Is plenty Of rainfall.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-01-03
Science and Death.

"Even in the face of the iney
law Of DEATH" says the Lance Isps,,
ence still has consoling mes 20 8
can hold out the hope that "a. May
the ravages of disease may SO f&r be
eliminated that death will be nothing
more than a quiet and painless phe-
nomenon. 1t will cease to be feared.
and come even to be desired as a 1T
ting close to a weary day"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-01-03
ThanIks to the cartoonIst.

Party emblems that figure on bal
lots represent the more serious pur-
poses and type the traditions Of vari-
Gus political followings; but the en-.
blems that the cartoonists and humor-
lists have established are the more
popular, because they represent that
cheerful mood in which majority OF
persons attack politics without aban-
dcning the earnest aim that underlies
Its Manifestations
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-01-03
The LusoIous Delaware Craze.

Just where the Delaware originated
is not known. 1t was first noticed
many years ago in the garden OF Paul
H. Provost of Hunterdon county, New
Jersey. The Delaware flourishes best
In a rich, well.drained soil. 1t Is very
popular In New York and other states
to the south. OF high productivity and
with a delicate, pleasing flavor, the
Delaware holds high rank with many
growers.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-01-03
Be Careful In Speech.

II in our speech we would need
consider how our words will affect
those to whom they are spoken-if we
would try to hear them with their ears
and consider how they accept In their
hearts, there would not be much pas
sionate or unadvised speech; certain
ly there would be few spirits wounded
or lives embittered by the words OF
our nps.-W. G. Horder.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-01-03
ElHIIlY 37aEsINa rSs Sss.Es FyE
He BELONGED.

The accomplished and obliging
pianist had rendered several selec-
tisns. when one of the admiring group
of listeners in the hotel parlor sug-
gested Mozart's Twelfth Mass. Sew
eral people echoed the request, but
one lady was particularly desirous Of
hearing the piece. explaining that her
husband had belonged to that very
regiment. -Everybody's Magazine.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-01-03
Eight who Deserve sIaps.

Eight men who deserve to be
slapped on the face: He who despises
man Of power; he who enters q
house unlimited and unwelcomed; he
who gives orders in house not his
own; he who takes a seat above his
position; he who speaks to one who
does not listen to him; he who ins,
trudes on the conversation of others;
he who seeks favors from the ungen-
erous; and he who expects love from
his enemies. From Persian Saying.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-01-03
Cooley ON Good Roads.

Road building Is science" said
@. l.. Cooley, representing the good
roads department OF the federal gov
ernment at the good roads oonven-
tion at the Dallas (Tex.) fair. There
is no more reason why man should
work out his road tax than that he
should teach out his school tax. We
lose millions of dollars annually by
lack OF intelligent application OF road
funds"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-01-03
One Mistake He Made.

"Your son seems very clear-head-
ed" "Yes; he's smart boy. Only he
made Q mistake once. He said. Fa-
ther, now IL tn time to fall so We
failed, and made good money from it
Only II we had waited TIL III next
week we would have burned outl"--
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-01-03

There are today throughout the
United States several hundred de-
scendants each Of Miles Standish;
Governor Bradford. Richard War
ran. John Holland and Elder Brew
ster. AL Mayhower descendants and
worthy Of their sires.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-01-03

table Compound. My husband said it
would restore my health and it has. p
Mrs. MAY WYATT, Ashland, Ky.
There are probably hundreds Of thou
sands Of women in the United States
who have been benefited by this famous
old remedy, which was produced from
roots and herbs over thirty years ago by
q woman to relieve woman's suffering.
Read WhatAnother Woman says:
Camden, N. III had female trou-
bic and serious displacement and was
tired and discouraged and unahleto domy
work. NY doctors told me never could
be cured without an operation, but
thanks to Lydia E. Pinkharn' 3 Vegetable
Compound am cured of that affiiction
and have recommended it to more than
one OF my friends with the best results. -
Mrs. ELLA JOHNSTON, S24 Vine st.
If you want special advice write to
Lydia Z. PiRkham Medicine Co. (confl-
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter wiIl
be opened, read and answered kv 4
woman and held In strict confidence.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-01-03
Keen Grit and Linz.

It is well to keep grit and lime with
In reach of the fowls at all times. 1t
is true that In the country fowls can
gather plenty of grit from the fields,
but 1t is convenient to have It in the
poultry-house, SO that when bad
weather is on the fowls are not com
PEELED to be without II.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-01-03
CnmnaratlvA.

II think 1t must be awful to have o
wife that goes through your pockets
every time she gets chance In
search OF loose change" said Will
loughby. "Oh, that's only minor af-
Fiction" said Barrows. tits the wife
that goes through your whole bank ac-
count that gets on my nerves" ."--Har-
per's Weekly.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-01-03
Easy Check TO Forqe,

Judge Lumley Smith remarked at
the Old Bailey that checks for e8
cdd were most frequently altered by
forgers engaged in what was now an
extensive business. Only "y" was
needed to change the eight into
eighty. In the case before him
check for a8 14s had been made into
one for $50 las.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-01-03
"costermonuer."

Ribbed costard apples, cooking
kind, are now to be seen In the shops.
The costard Is referred to In the
household accounts of Edward l., In
whose reign the street seller of the
apple was called costardmonger---
hence "costermonger' and "coster. -
London Standard.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-01-03
Cake Twenty-Five Years Old.

A veteran baker of Quincy, Mass.
had a unique experience shortly be-
fore retiring from business short
time ago. A wedding cake rs years
old was brought to him by local man
to be refreshed for his silver wedding
anniversary. He had baked the cake
himself for the wedding, 25 years be.
fore.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-01-03

Allied to the rare forms OF nervous
hiccough there Is also the emotional
hiccough. which arises In connection
with moral shock, severe fright and
sudden emotion, the hiccough due to
irritation and hysterical hiccough.
The latter Is particularly noisy
form, with rough, coarse sound. It
Is sometimes a sort OF yelping or
barking noise, persisting for some
minutes or even hours.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-01-03
Good Time to Think.

At this season, while you are haul
ing the crop to market. Is a good
time for you to reflect on the advan.
tages of good roads. and how much
time and money are lost by poor ones.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-01-03
Prononatlna the oulnoa

The ounce is easily propagated
from cuttings. and the orange ounce
Is one OF the best ripens early and is
of the best quality Cuttings should
be kept In moist sand in cool cellar
or buried in the grounds until wanted
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-01-03

New Jersey was the pioneer in the
good roads movement, but New York
has $4,000 miles of road with great.
er mileage OF improved highways than
all the other eastern states put to-
gether. New York win this year spend
$21, 100000 on roads.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-01-03

There Is nothing like the farm When
GARD times come knocking at the door.
There may not be much money going
In seasons Of stress. but there Ia ~
ways the assurance Of 3 full table,
rncf over ones head. and no fear OF an
ssintfn9 iandlord.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-01-03

The road improvement that win be
made In the United States this year
would easily be more effective If a
little better system were followed
Much so-called Improvement comes q
long ways from improving.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-01-03
country Road system.

Thirty-three counties In Michigan
have adopted the county road system
and about si.o00.O0O win be spent In
Improvements. The plan Is to improve
coupty trunk line roads at the en-
penss of the entire county.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-01-03
Doc Earned His License.

The little fox terrier of L, N. Hanley
won for his master license tag for
the killing OF 100 rats. The prize was
offered, when the canine had killed 80
in two weeks. by member of the
council Advocate.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-01-03
Good Roads.

Good roads are costly while they
are In process OF building, But we
have yet to find community which
has these better highways that would
by any manner of means consent to
go back to the old way.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-01-03
New Road Surface.

In Montana road experts have found
that crude sugar beet syrup sprinkled
over dirt roads that were dusty makes
the surface impervious to rain and
two coats year viii keep the road in
first class condition and at very low
cost.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-01-03
Spring Work Best.

The best work that can be done on
country roads Ii Just after the spring
rains. Thorough dragging with the
split log or IL that IA not available har.
rowing and rolling viii improve their
condition at least fifty per cent. until
the fall rains come.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-01-03
chanaIna Hues.

You are In love with blonde" re.
marked the fortune teller, "but after
you marry her, beware of q brunette
who" mo danger" remarked the
patron; "it's the SAME woman. The
Ladies' World.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-01-03
We'll Answered.

"Now, my little man." an English
bishop once said to bright young
laddie. 'T will give you an orange II
YOU can tell me where God is." my
lord" was the unexpected answer, u
will give you two oranges II you VIII
tell mo where he is not"