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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02
EXCELLENT TIME FOR LAYING
Not AdvIsabls to Have PuIIets Pro
duolng Eges Before October
Cold Weather flinders.

Many poultry raisers believe that
the sooner pullets start laying the
greater the financial returns will be,
but this is not always the case. It is
not advisable to have pullets laying
before October at the earliest, except
lin the few cases where winter eggs
are not wanted. If the birds start lay.
ing earlier than October the cold
weather comes around, and probably
will not start again until the winter
Is nearly over. II they start laying
by July or August, as very early
hatched pullets sometimes do, they
usually moult In the fall and do not
lay again until February. But 1t is
equally bad II they do not start laying
by the middle OF November, as they
probably will not start in until the end
Of January at the earliest and perhaps
not until the end of February or the
beginning of March.
The time the pullets are Matched
has more to do with the time they
start laying than anything else,
but the system of feeding has consid-
erable to do with it also. II pullets
are maturing too quickly they should
receive free range and be fed only
once a day, about 8 or A o'clock In the
afternoon being the best time. The
food should be only dry grain, and
oats are about as good as anything
for the purpose. AS soon an the early
pullets freely receive nutritious foods
they start laying.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02
CATARRHAL
COUGH
Is Caused by Catarrh of the Throat
and Bronchial Tubes.

Some coughs are produced by grave
organic disease of the lungs. Other
coughs are produced by heart disease.
An irritable stomach will produce a
cough. Stomach coughs are more COM
mon than is generally supposed.
Catarrh will also produce a cough.
Catarrh of the bronchial tubes. Ca
tarrh of the larynx. Catarrh of the
pharynx.
In a catarrhal cough the amount of
expectoration is limited. 1t is not so
easy to raise as in cases of organic dis
eases of the lungs. 1t may be frothy
or stringy mucus, difficult to expecto-
rate. People will go on for months
with this sort of cough and give it no
attention.
Ordinary cough medicines that are
intended to hull the sensitive nerves
that are irritated by the catarrh will
do no good. In fact, they do harm.
What is needed is Peruna, which
strikes at once at the cause Of such a
cough. Peruna is catarrh remedy.
As soon as the catarrh is removed from
the throat and bronchial tubes the
cough disappears.
Usually the directions on the bottle
are sufficient. In some cases where
the cough is very continuous and an
noying tablespoonful every hour is a
better way to take it. But multitude
of people who are suffering with this
sort of cough and yet going about their
usual business need only take the Peru
ma according to the directions on the
bottle.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02
It'll ||D|)
HOW | MADE
MY HAIR GROW
Woman With Marvelously Beautiful
Hair Gives Simple Home Prescrip-
tion Which She Used With Most
Remarkable Results.

Twas greatly troubled with dandruff and falling
hair. tried many advertised hair preparations
and various prescriptions but they all signally
failed: many Of them made my hair greasy so it
was impossible to comb it or do it up properly.
think that many of the things tried were posi-
lively injurious and from my own experience
cannot too strongly caution you against using
preparations containing wood alcohol and other
poisonous substances. believe they injure the
roots of the hair. After my long list of failures,
finally found simple prescription which can
unhesitatingly state is beyond doubt the most
wonderful thing for the hair have ever seen.
MANY of my friends have also used it. and OBJ
tanned wonderful effects therefrom. 1t not only
is powerful stimulant 10 the growth of the hair
and for restoring gray hair to its natural color.
but it is equally good for removing dandruf. Civ
ing the hair life and brillianey. etc. and for the
purpose Of keeping the scalp in tirst-ciass con-
dition. II also makes the hair easier to comb and
arrange in nice form. have . friend who used
it two months and during that time 1t has not
only stopped the falling of his hair and wonder
fully increased its growth but it practically re-
stored all OF his hair to its natural color You can
obtain the ingredients for making this wonderful
preparation from almost any druggist The pre-
scrfption Is as follows:
Bay Rum, 6 o.: Mentho Crystals. x draehm;
Lavona de Compcsee', OF. II you like it per-
furned add few drops of To-Kaion Perfume,
which mixes perfectly with the other ingredients.
This. however, Is not necessary.
Apply night and morning. rub thoroughly into
the scalp.
Go to your druggist and ask for an eight ounce
bottle containing six ounces of Bay Rum: also one
half draehm Of Menthol Crystals. and n two-ounce
bottle Of Lavona de Composer. Mix the ingre-
dienss yourself at your own home. Add the Aen-
thol Crystals to the Bay Rum and then pour in
the Lavona de Coznposee' and add the To-Ealon
Perfume. Let It stand one-hah hour and it is
ready for use.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02
Pure-Rred Stock.

The argument Is sometimes made
that pure-bred stock are adapted to
rich people who have plenty of mon
ey. but not the poor farmer who has
limitod capital. 1t Is true that pure
bred stock are not adapted to the
poor farmer, 1t follows that there Is
no stock suitable for him, for GER
tainly the scrub Is not. The scrub
might do for rich people who wanted
to find some way to lose their money.
These men could certainly have no
other motive in raising scrubs. The
fact is that pure breds are the ami
mails for the poor farmer because they
will help make him Independent, If
the proper care Is given them. The
scrub has no place.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02
Spread Dread PLAGUE.

In the days of King Charles Ii news
travelled slowly in England and be-
fore the people of Cornwall knew
about the terrible plague in London
there came to Bodmin itinerant trad
ers with pack mules laden with silk
and satin crowns, rich robes, plumed
hats and expensive laces, which were
offered for sale at ridiculous prices
The countryside rushed to purchase
and the merchants, having disposed OF
all their stock, departed. Then within
day or two the purchasers were at
tackled by strange sickness, and died
by scores. The gaudy clothes had
been stripped from the bodies OF
those who had died Of plague In Lon
don.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02

whose streaked breast can be distin-
Yuished from the solid color of the
goldfinch.
During the winter they travel in
small flocks, often In company with
tree-sparrows and juncos. But when
spring comes they pair, and then be-
gins long season of courtship, for
they do not breed until into July. The
males are very ardent and affection
ate lovers Goldfinches are among the
few birds that may be observed In
dulging in kissing one another during
the counting period.
In the late summer and fall they
visit the gardens, both In the country
and in town, to gather what lettuce
and sunfower seed they find awaiting
them.
They benefit agriculture by eating
the seeds Of noxious weeds, especially
the common thistle, and in feeding
their young upon harmful insects Be
Ing with US, to some extent, through
out the winter only tends to add to
their usefulness.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02
DAIRY cows ON SMALL FARM
Who're No Considerable Amount oi
Live Stock 10 Kept Animals Are
Of Much Importance.

Dairying should be a justifable
factor in the operations of every
quarter section farm from the stand
point of balancing the farm work.
On small farms where no consider
able amount of live stock can be
kept for growth or for sale fat, the
dairy herd can not be dispensed with
unless the farmer Is SO we'll fixed
that he does not need winter busi-
ness which has the ability to convert
his time and labor into cash.
The dairy herd has an important
place to fill in the prosperity of ev-
cry quarter section farm and we are
very sure that our statement applies
TO all general farms under this size.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02
Acid phosphate In Henhousss.

The best practice is to use acid
phosphate or floats freely In the hen
house. You can put the manure into
order for drilling by thorough ex
posure to drying air and then pound.
ing up and running through coarse
sieve. 1t Is deficient In phosphoric
acid, which the soil usually needs
and at least 80 pounds OF good
grade of acid phosphate should be
added to each 100 pounds Of the dry
manure. Four or five hundred pounds
per acre may be the most profitable
amount for your rye.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02
Kindly Life.

And so the kingly life is life in
quest of big things. Everyone is pain
fully familiar with the temptation to
fritter away life in interests that are
small and mean. There are those
who spend their strength in seeking
money. The concentrated purpose of
their days is quest for gold. They
are jealous for artificial gems and
they miss the goodly pearls.-J. H.
Lowett, D.D.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02
USE WHEELBARROW SEEDER
Implement 10 HItohed to Harrow by
Means Of Rope Attached to Pipe
Saves One Operation.

This makes handy way to use a
wheelbarrow seeder behind harrow.
used a four-section harrow with 1t
and Tapped what the seeder didn't
cover each time. I narrowed around
the field to avoid turning short
around, writes o. 8. Newberry OF
Meade, Kan, In the Farmers Mail
and Breeze. l simply tied chain
behind the harrow as far as the seed
or went, then followed this mark next
time so as to cover all the ground
with the seeder. A piece Of pipe is
wired to the levers on the harrow and
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02
Care o, Poultry.

Beginners in the poultry business
are likely to neglect their stock dur
ing the time they are not yielding re-
turns and often fail to figure the fu-
ture consequences. Such beginners
cannot be successful In the poultry
business. Constant care. good feeding
and fresh water are absolutely neces-
sary at all times. This holds good
from the time the chicks are Matched
until they go into the laying-house.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02
EYl7gy y373GsIZ7a sore saa EYES AFa
Banana Pie.

Line deep plate with rich crust and
bake delicate brown. Filling: Take
scant cup of sugar in your sauce pan
and cream into generous teaspoon
of butter (not melted), beat in the
yolks of two eggs and two tablespoons
flour, and cup of boiling water and
cook, stirring constantly until thick.
Add little vanilla after this cream is
COOL Slice into the crust layer OF
bananas alternated with layer OF
cream. There should be two layers of
each. Frost with the whites of two
eggs, beaten stiff, with two teaspoons
of sugar. Brown in oven. Serve
cold
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02
CARE AND USE OF CASSEROLE.
Excellent Servant of the Cook Must
Have Proper Treatment, and This
Advice Is Good.

Before using casserole for the first
time, 1t is well to temper it; this is
best done by covering it with cold
water. Then letting the water come
to the boiling point, remove from the
fire, and let the casserole remain In
the water until 1t is cold.
Under no circumstances let the cas-
serole be put on the stove without
water or fat in it; If this is done the
dish will crack.
Avoid sudden changes Of tempera'
ture with the casserole; that is, do moi
take 1t from the hot stove or oven
and place 1t in cold water or In Q
wet sink; this will prove disastrous
to the dish.
Casserole cooking requires only
moderate heat; If something Is being
cooked in the casserole at the same
time that intense heat is required
for something else, take the precau
tion of setting the casserole In q pan
of water.
In cooking anything in casserole
1t is well to allow twice the time fol
cooking that would be required were
the stew or vegetables or fruit cook
ed in the ordinary way.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02
Attention to coIts, Feet.

Don't forget to give the colts feet
attention. Now is when the set Of
limbs is determined. There is always
o reason for poor set Of limbs. II
may be hereditary. but II 10 generally
carslsssness on the part OF the owner
who did not keep his feet trimmed
down level with the frog. A colts
feet are continually breaking on and
splitting II they are not attended te
promptly.-Horse Journal
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02
Breaking II Gently.

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, 1913-05-02
step to Your own Drum.

Why should we be in such desper-
ate haste to succeed, and in such
desperate enterprises? If man does
not keep pace with his companions
perhaps it is because he hears q diff
ferent drummer. Let him step to
the music which he hears, however
measured or far away. It is not i'm
portant that he should mature as soon
as an apple tree or an oak. Shall he
turn his spring into summer?-
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02
Premium Fruit Cake.

Red Cross Ball Blue win 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, 1913-05-02
Still. As Servants Go, Old.

Mrs. Heath shifted audibly wher
her sister happened to mention, with
considerable awe, a certain neighbor
"Daisy!" the married woman exclaim
ed. "Why Daisy should speak of hel
help as old family servants cam
imagined" "But why shouldn't she
If she wants tor" inquired the sister
Because the one she's had longest is
her cook, and so far, she's stayed si1
months hs!"-Youth's Companion.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02

CBy H. w. wEIsGERBER. in the Farm
and Fireside.)
Why do l class the goldfinch as a
winter resident? Simply because
think that many a farm boy sees
them and hears the familiar canary
notes" and does not know them to
be our common black and yellow
wild canaries" Of the summer time.
This il what they are, but they have
donned the greenish-yellow garb OF
the female. Often, If they have found
q food feeding place with plenty Of
goldenrod or ragweedy corn field,
they will remain until the seeds have
been consumed, which often requires
weeks Of time.
They must not however, be con.
founded with another, similar north.
srn winter bird, the pine-siskin, whose
notes are somewhat identical, but
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02
Desidable Seed Ears

The best ears of corn have the butts
well rounded out with well.shaped ker.
nels, Ears having straight rows of
kernels and medium size shank are
desirable. The cob should be OF me-
dium size and of deep color. The
kernels should be deep and firm on
the cob, medium wedge shaped, have
deep color, and contain large. bright
germs.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02
Queen Victoria Detested Tobacco

The number of smoking rooms nov
distributed over Windsor castle
would considerably astonish Queer
Victoria could she but see them. Hel
late majesty could never bring herself
to do more than tolerate the weed II
any form, and the smoking room was
always relegated to a very distant
part of her various residences. MOI
were the guests permitted to solace
themselves with quiet smoke IL
their own apartments, as on their ar
rival they were specially warned no
tn dn So
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02
Lemonade Ginqer Punch.

Five lemons, one cupful of sugar,
one cupful of boiling water, ginger ale,
fresh mint, cold water, one-half heap
ing teaspoonful of gelatin. Wash the
lemons and slice them; then sprinkle
over the sugar. Let stand for 80 min.
utes, and then add one quart Of cold
water. Dissolve the gelatine in the
boiling water and add it to the lemon
mixture. Pour the whole into punch
bowl and add the ginger ale, allow
ing one quart of ginger ale for each
quart Of the other liquid. Half an
hour before serving add few stems
of fresh mint.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02
Condition Of Market Enna

Send all eggs to market In a clean
condition. Wash all soiled spots and
keep out all cracked eggs, Sort eggs
of the same size and color into the
same case And most OF all. get the
eggs to the csutomer as soon as pos
sible after they are laid. for they do
not improve by keeping.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02
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Seoder Runs Behind.

the seeder handles loosely rest on
this pipe, but stick Is placed over
them and wired to the pipe 80 as not
to allow too much free play. The
Beeder is hitched to the harrow by
means of a rope attached to the pipe
from the center of the seeder to allow
Il to follow the harrow In turning.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02
Disternper

In all its forms, among all ages Of horses
and dogs, cured and others in the same sta
BILE prevented from having the disease with
Spohn's Distemper Cure: Every bottle
year. $50 and $100. Good druggists, or
send to manufacturers. Agents wanted.
Write for free book. Spohn Med. Co., Spec.
Contagious Diseases, Goshen, Ind.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02
Assure These Benefits
Modern Astronomy.

The popular idea of the astronomer,
says writer in the Worlds Work, as
one who spends his time in sleeping
by day and peering through the small
end of telescope by night, must be
dismissed. "The greater part of the
modern astronomers time," says the
article, "is spent in studying photo
graphs often with microscope.
"Paradoxical as it may seem, an as
tronomer today gazes more often
through a telescope"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02
Good Dairy Farmer.

A good dairy farmer has been de-
scribed as "a good general farmer
plus the love of cows This is a good
definition. because the man who does
not have a fondness for cattle, and
who does not find some satisfaction
In caring for them seldom turns out
to be very capable and prosperous
dairy farmer.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02

IN. u. no. l2-Jla
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02
ReconciIahle.

The Duke de Roquelaure was told
that two ladies of the court had a
quarrel and had cast all kinds of in
vectives at each other. did they call
each other homely?" asked the duke.
mo, my lord!" "All right; then |
will see that they become reconciled."
II Tifa
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02
The Annie Orchard.

How the neighbors laughed when
an old farmer OF sixty years began
to set out large apple orchard. He
is now over eighty. and some years
he has sold crop OF 400 or 500 bar.
reis of apples, That is better than
life insurance. he thinks.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02

The n Of ten,ton meteor, its
tail A~ ely hundreds Of yards long,
lighteneu UP the Allegheny Valley for
three miles, the other day, just above
Pittsburgh, as 1t fell. Residents of
nearby hamlets ran from their homes
in fright. The next day the mass OF
substance was smoking hot and incan-
descent in places.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02
Modern Advancement.

Just the use Of common sense, the
following of personal choice, 80 far as
that choice is moral and measured by
the best instead of the worst of ones
self, and the expenditure Of few PEN
MES will place at the disposal Of any
worker such means of self-education
as were not to be had by the rich of a
generation ago.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02
How Paris Helms Poor.

The fact that the receipts Of Paris
heaters have more than doubled in
che last twenty years is good thing
for the Paris poor, since every buyer
of theater ticket in Paris has to pay
a ten per cent tax for the poor. the
total amount of which for the last
year was $1,300,0
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02
Men Who Succeed.

The men whom have seen succeed
best in life have always been cheer
full and hopeful men, who went about
their business with a smile on their
faces, and took the changes and
chances of this life like men, facing
rough and smooth alike as 1t came
Charles Kingsley.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02
Preserved Cherries.

Stone the cherries, preserving every
drop of juice. Weigh the fruit, allow
ing pound for pound for sugar. Put a
layer of fruit for one Of sugar until
all is used up; pour over the juice
and boil gently until the syrup begins
10 thicken. The short-stemmed cher
ries or the Morellas are the best for
preserves. Sweet cherries will not do.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02
For the Shopping BAG.

Sew very large safety pin in your
shopping bag. Then hang by means
of smaller safety pins your door key,
samples of cloth, memoranda and such
things. They will be handy when you
open the bag and save poking down
and around and about the bottom OF
the bag for these things.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02
About as Far as He Could Go

On the first of the month there was
to be a shift in studies in some of
the public school grades, and young
son was consulting his father. He
had finished with ancient history,
which was ancient arbitrarily up to
the time of the Christian era. How
far did you get in it?" asked the sire.
Down to zero." responded the heir.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02
Flowers In the House.

Flowers add so much to the cheer
fulness of the home, even though we
may not be extravagant in buying
them. A few flowers tastefully ar
ranged brighten the entire appear.
ance of room. Dinner tables look
bare and neglected without the little
vase of flowers or centerpiece OF
ferns.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02

More farm implements are worn out
by sun and rain than by use. Get
them under cover and use plenty OF
grease and paint. Doing this means
the difference between buying new Inn
plements every ten years and every
three years.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-05-02
WORTH TIME AND TROUBLE
Salad Rolls Call for Care in the Max
ing, but the Result Repays All
the Outlay.

Soald one cup milk, add three ia.
blespoons butter, one and a half ta-
blespoons sugar and half a teaspoon
full Of salt. When lukewarm add one
yeasteake, dissolved in one-quarter
cupfuls lukewarm water and one and
a half cupfuls flour. Cover and let
rise, then add white of one egg beat
en- stiff, and Toured to knead. Again
let rise, shape In small biscuits, place
in rows on Toured board, cover with
cloth and let 1t rise until light and
well puffed. Flour handle of wooden
spoon, and make deep crease in
middle Of each biscuit, take up and
press edges together. Place closely
in buttered pan, cover, let rise, brush
over with one egg slightly beaten and
diluted with one tablespoonful milk
and bake IL or Is minutes in a hot
oven. This may seem quite process
to go through, but when done and
ready to be eaten one feels really re.
paid They are the best ever ate.
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