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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17
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GUS portions of the ship. To these
smaller guns the recently graduated
class Is always sent. In time they
are promoted and placed In charge
of big gun or even a whole turret
Uncle Sam is exceedingly severe
with his students. They must turn
out promptly at 6 o'clock In the morn.
ing, roll up their hammocks, sweep
out their quarters and be washed,
shaved and cleanly clothed for break
fast at 7 o'clock. At o'clock they
enter the shops Of the naval gun fac
tory for their various duties. At 1880
o'clock the students knock off" for
lunch, but promptly at 1 o'clock they
are again in the shops or in the lee
ture room hard at work.
At 4:30 an hours drill under arms
is held. This takes place on the drill
ground of the navy yard and keeps
the men for three-quarters of an hour.
At 5 o'clock comes the event Of the
day, dinner.
Dinner to the seaman gunner's class
is always something to look forward
to. The menu is large and the food,
although simple, is the best that
money can buy. The class has ca
terer who makes 1t his business to
see that the same dishes are not
served too often and that the food
is of the best quality.
From dinner until 10:30 o'clock the
men are at leisure to come and go
as they please. They may "go ashore"
or visit friends In Washington, or they
may remain in quarters and study
their lessons for the next day. The
men are allowed to use civiliar
clothes. For the most part, the stu.
dents restrict their liberties to not
more than two nights week and all
day Sunday.
It Is so great an honor to be sent
to the school and the advancement
after graduating, Is so rapid that none
of the lucky ones care to risk their
chances of being dismissed and re-
turned to the service under their old
rank. Then, as many written prob
lens are required, and several oral
recitations occur each week, they burn
great deal of midnight OIL A Wis
itor to the navy ward any night ex.
cept Saturday will find forty or fifty
clean-cut young men working out
ordnance problems, studying from
dozen text books, and quizzing each
other on the questions that the officer
instructor is sure to ask them the
next day.
Josephus Daniels, secretary Of the
navy. is particularly fond of the, sea-
man gunners' class. To his mind,
the rushing dreadnought and the crash
of mighty guns are not all that go
to make up a perfect naval service.
He believes that eouryear course
In the navy should be equal to
four-year course in the best vocational
school in the country. AS far as the
seaman gunners' class is concerned,
they get an excellent vocational train
ing in Just six months.
A graduate of this wonderful school
can take raw metal and turn out the
most complicated steel mechanism;
turn sheet copper into symmetrical
pipe and ducts; make and charge a
storage battery; wire turret for
electricity; make set Of plans for
about anything. and make and use
smokeless powder.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17

no better. They told me there was no
help without an operation. / have used
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and it has helped me wonderfully.
| do most of my own work now and take
care of my children. recommend your
remedies to all suffering women. p
Mrs. WILLARD A. GRAHAM, Care Of
ELLSWORTH FUTILE, Bovina Center, NY.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harmful
drugs, and today holds the record Of
being the most successful remedy we
know for woman's ills. If you need such
9 medicine why don't you try it7
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound viii help y0u,write
to Lydia aE.Pinkham Medicine Co.
(confidential) Lynn, Mass, for ad-
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by q woman,
and held in strict condolences
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17
What Shall Give Her.

If funds are low and a wedding
present is a necessity to a friend,
make her memory" book-or books
covering stitf-backed blank books
with white satin or pretty silk. In
side have the titles indexed--books,
business, addresses, Christmas lists,
garden lists, invitations, new dishes.
A companion book can be made and
filed with "own" tried recipes from
friends.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17
"a Little Bird Told Ne 81.

The popular expression. "A little
bird told me So" used to convey the
idea that by telling you would betray
your informant but is probably adapt
ed from the twentieth verse Of the
tenth chapter of Ecclesiastes: "Curss
not the king. no not In thy thought;
and curse not the rich in thy bed
chamber: for bird OF the air shall
carry thy voice, and that which hati
wings shall tell the matter"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17
Scientific shoveIlno.

For first-class shoveler there is a
particular shovel load at which he viii
do his biggest days work with no in-
crease of effort on his part. To deter.
mine what this load is series of
tests were made at the works of the
Bethlehem Steel company. Expert
enced shovelers. who could be depend
ed on to do trustworthy work. were
selected and tests were made with
shovel loads varying from five pounds
to 40 pounds, with the result that a
load OF 81 pounds was found to be the
one giving the greatest efficiency,
With the 21-pound load shoveler will
do as much as 20 per cent more work
than with loads that are a great deal
less than this, and with less effort
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17

chamber out about the plant, thus Civ.
ing 1t room to expand and blossom. II
has been found that some OF the
plants of the arum family. which are
common in the Mediterranean region.
develop a temperature of as high as
100 degrees when their buds are open.
ing. To a less degree probably all
plants furnish their own heat under
certain conditions, but ordinarily veg
citation. being by nature adapted to its
surroundings. gets the heat 1t needs
from the soil. air and sun. Animals
are OF a higher order than plants
partly because they are more inde.
pendent Of their surroundinga-The
Pathfinder.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17
Ducks an Important Food suppIy

buSNS dU tHpoTtdHt EOoU SuPpSys
Concerning certain features of Els
kimo life along the north coast of
Alaska, the account written by With
jalmar Stefansson says: I'm the spring
and summer ducks and geese, espe-
cially the former, are an important
item Of diet They are pursued In
kayaks when molting and killed with
clubs, and large numbers of them are
also secured by bolas throwing, for
the migrant route of the ducks along
the coast Is SO definitely known that
a man can stand all day and rely on
1t that three out Of every four ducks
will fly within throwing distance. So
thickly do the birds come that nova
days a competent man with a shot
gun has been known to secure as
many as 600 ducks in a day."
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17
Sickroom Screen.

A screen in the sickroom is almost
indispensable, for it is needed to keep
light from the patients eyes, to guard
the bed from drafts, or shut out the
sight of medicine bottles and SO forth.
An excellent sanitary screen is made
by tacking white oilcloth on to @
frame, then painting on in oil pretty
scene, as birds or butterflies. These
screens can be washed as often as
necessary.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17
The Modern Farmers Daughter.

Of course, girls on farms can be
just as independent as girls in cities
more so, in fact-and healthier and
happier in the bargain. They are not
limited to shop, factory or Office for
paying employment. know of one
girl who raises pedigreed dogs, writes
one of these girls in Farm and Home.
l have heard of others who raise quail
ity cats, canaries, poultry. Shetland
ponies-girls who sew, nurse, pickle
and preserve, bake, raise garden stuff
or small fruits-girls who are satis-
factorily employed in making living,
and incidentally fitting themselves to
be true helpmates when the right man
comes along.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17

Mrs. Pearl White, of Michigan,
writing to Farm and Home, has this
to say on the subject of women prac-
ticing false economy: "Many wo-
man will walk half mile or more to
borrow a pattern that is not even the
right size, trusting to her ingenuity
and good sense to make it fit, but the
chances are that the time alone which
she could save would more than equal
the 10-cent expenditure for new pat
tern, besides securing better fit and
style, and considerable saving of
nerves."
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17
Ready for Reception.

Annoyed by a notice that the local
sanitary committee were going to in
spect his cowhouse, a Dorset eng
land) farmer spread linoleum over the
floor of the building, displayed hearth
rugs in convenient positions, hung the
walls with pictures and a mirror, and
installed a harmonium. When the
committee arrived he gravely invited
them to wipe their feet on the door
mat before entering.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17
Vehicle Swing.

the use of the vehicle swing and to
guard against a tendency of producing
dizziness of the user. For the purpose
named. use is made OF suspended
link pivotally supporting at its lower
end supporting frame provided at
one end with wheels and seats, the
wheels being adapted to travel on the
ground. on the floor. or rails or other
suitable support.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17
Protection Against Bores,

Paley, the theologian, had an ingen-
ious method of warding off the time
waster. When thinking out a prob
lem he betook himself to the river
bank with a fishing rod. He never
really fished, but he found that people
who thought nothing of disturbing his
thoughts would keep at distance SO
as not to disturb the fish. To give
color to the ruse he had his portrait
painted with fishing rod in hand.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17
VEHICLE SWING is INVENTED
Mechanical Device Affords ExhlIarat-
Ing Exercise and Considerable
Amusement for All.

The Scientific American in describ-
ing a vehicle swing, invented by o.
Zimmerman of Los Angeles, Cal, says;
The object of the inventor is to pro-
vide mechanical swing arranged to
provide an exhilarating exercise and
considerable amusement to young and
old using the swing, to insure safety in
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17
Plenty of Grandfathers.

Little Helen's father had been look
ing up his genealogical tree, and fre-
quently spends his leisure evenings
poring over papers from the various
historical societies relative to the
matter. One day while Helen was
playing with her little friends, q
childish dispute arose as to which was
the best looking. Helen, almost In
tears, blurted out: "Well, Alice may
be the prettiest, and Dorothy has ths
incest dresses, but / have sheets Of
grandfathers at home"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17
Considerare.

My little brother William had been
staying up rather late and went to bed
without saying his prayers. Mother
said to him: "Why, Willie, I'm sur
prised at you'll You haven't said your
prayers. - saw, gee!' he answered
whats the use of waking the Lord
up at this hour of the night?"-Chi.
cago Journal.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17
Work.

The beauty of work depends upon
the way we meet it-whether we arm
ourselves each morning to attack it as
an enemy that must be vanquished be-
fore night comes, or whether we open
our eyes with the sunrise to welcome
it as an approaching friend who will
make us feel at evening that the day
was well worth its fatigues. - Lucy
ar0nYo
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17
One Limit He Dare Not Pass.

Gas general proposition, / care
little for the plaudits or criticisms of
my fellow men," stated Pip Maudlin,
the blase young clubman of Skeedee.
"While / am not defiant of public
opinion, am to great extent indif-
ferent to it. But, try as / may, I
have never been able to persuade my
self that my feet are small enough to
permit me to wear white shoes with
out. violating the laws of physical
prosody."
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17

The Alpine flower called the sol
danells, produces heat sufficient so
that II grows even under q consider.
able covering OF snow. II the snow
Ia not too deep the plant sends It's
stem up through the snow, which is
melted by the heat II the snow is
Gesper the heat melts little hollow
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17
"Jarndyce and Jarndyce. !"

Seven years ago a New York real
estate operator left $40, 900 to "the
cause of charity" Recently the court
decided the will valid, but now there
is no estate to distribute-the lawyers
have it. The purpose of the will has
been accomplished. - New York
Herald.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17
When Your Eyes Need Care

Try Murine Eye Remedy. No Smarting-Feels
Fine--Acts Quickly. Try 1t for Red, Weak,
Watery Eyes and Granulated Eyelids. Hug
trated Book In each Package. Murine Ia
compounded by our Oculists-not a "Patent Med
icine" but used In successful Physicians Prao-
lo and sold by Druggists at 25c and Coo per Bottle
Murine Eye Salve In Aseptic Tubes, $50 and Go
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17
Literal Obedience.

Two little sisters, just promoted,
were comparing teachers. Helen said
she did not like her new teacher. 81
have to like my teacher" spoke up
little Mabel. 'It is written on the
blackboard: Love your enemies
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17
Editor Willing to Retract.

"Look here, Mr.. Editor" exclaimed
an irate caller, "you referred to me
yesterday as reformed drunkard.
You must apologize, or I'll sue your
paper for libel" every well, sir, "
replied the editor. "I'll retract the
statement cheerfully. I'll say you
haven't reformed"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17
Where the "Space" Was.

You know how crowded second
hand furniture store is, always piled
high with odds and ends of household
goods. Well, there is such a shop on
the South side, in one-story shack,
which the other day posted this sign
in the window: "Space For Rent. "
II suppose" remarked a man who
was passing, "there must be vacan-
cy under one of the tables. kansas
City Star.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17
MOTHER
so POORLY
Could Hardly Care for Chill
dren - Finds Health in
Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound.
Bovina Center, NY" For six years
] have not had as good health as have

now. / was very
young when my first
baby was born and
my health was very
bad after that. I
was not regular and
I had pains in my
back and W as so
poorly that I could
hardly take care Of
my two children. I
doctored with sew
eral doctors hnt unk
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17
4 Cures While You Wall

Aliens Foot-Ease is certain cure for hot.
sweating, callus, and swollen, aching feet Sold
by all Druggists. Price 25c. Don't accept any
substitute. Trial package FREE. Address
Allen s, 0lmsted, lie Roy, N. Y. - :.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17
Useful Life.

Any Christian spirit working kindly
in its little sphere, whatever it may
be, will find its moral life too short
for its vast means of usefulness. -
Charles Dickens.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17
Off Color.

The man who let's every little trou-
BILE keep him feeling blue must have
streak of yellow. = Chicago Record
Herald.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17
DipIOmat.

Sne-"J Jack, when we are married,
I must have three servants. He
"You shall have twenty, dear-but
not all at the same time. Answers.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17

Mothers will fnd Mrs. wins1ows Soothing
Syrup the best remedy to use for their children
during the teething period.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17

Don't buy water for bluing. Liquid blue "a al
nost all water Buy Red Cross Ball blue. the
blue that's all blue.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17
False Economy.

Water in bluing is aduteratIonD Glass and wa
ter make liquid blue costly. Buy Red Cross Bal
Blue makes clothes whittier than snow.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17

Constipation causes many serious
diseases. 1t is thoroughly cured by
Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. One
a laxative, three for cathartic.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-10-17
DIDN'T HURT A Bit
is what they all say

Of our
Painless
Methods of
Extracting
Teeth.
out-of-town pec-
pie can have their
plate and bridge
work finished in one
day If necessary.
An absolute guar
antee backed by %
wears In Portland
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-07
A Winter on a Mountain Ion

AS one climbs up To the mountain
top the danger from lightning increases
RAPIDLY. and. as Il rule. the UbServa
tories located on the mountain tops
are rather uncomfortable places ot
residence, as discovered by the scien.
tific gentlemen who have had the ex-
perience OF winter on mountain
top. 1t Is evident that ordinary light
ming rods are g"tlrely inadequate to
carry off the enormous discharges OF
the mountain thunderstorms. There
are several ohservatories on Mont
Blanc. and ut one of them. that Of
Jansen. there have been II number OF
bombardnents. during which the in
terror Of the place was filled with rib
bonlike sheets of electricity and balls
OF fire which moved silently from point
to point, Exchange.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-07
THE SINGING OF WIRES.
Scientist Disproves Belief That Sounds
Foretell Bad Weather,

An active discussion has been going
on I'm the German periodical Das Wet
ter as 10 the cause or causes Of the
singing or hummins of telegraph wires
and the possible relation of these
sounds Ia the weather There appears
"a Ice widespread belief that the
: singing is "A prognostic of storms and
| rain or. according 20 another version,
/ of cold weather. As long ago rs Janu-
airy, 1900, the journal above mention
eel reprinted from IA German newspa-
I per an article by Dr. Eydam OF Bruins.
wick In which the writer claimed that
infallible weather predictions could be
made from these sounds. the pitch
ana loudness of the sounds indicating
how soon bad weather would occur.
The recent revival OF this subject
dates from II suggestion made n couple
of years ago 10y Professor Arthur Field
Of Ottawa that the immediate cause Of
the vibration in the wires was Il "seis-
mic unrest in the ground. this In its
turn being u harbinger of bad weather
The obvious explanation of the sing.
lHS N lIill III II que 10 lIls WIFI, us III
the aeolian harp. 1t is claimed that
the sounds occur when the air is alb
solutely calm. hut Of course there
might be some movement of the air at
the level Of the wires when there was
none at the lower level of the observer
otto MeiSsner. who has been making
systematic observations of the phe
nomenon during the past year is I'M
able Ia find any relation between the
sounds and the force Of the wind, but
he does find that the direction of the
wind relative To the direction in which
the wires run is an important factor.
His Investigations also disclose the
fact that the singing of the wires is
by no means simultaneous AZ places
only Il few miles APART This fact, rs
Well AS actual comparisons with sells
mographic records. appears 10 dispose
of the hypothesis that the singing is
due 10 microSeisms MeisSner has also /
disproved the belief that the sounds |
foretoken bad weather
Variations In the pitch of these ,
sounds may reasonably he aSCribed 10 /
changes in the tension Of the wires |
with varying temperature.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-07


Recent dispatches from Great Britain
contained the usual recital of outrages
charged TO the militant sunragettc
with reason or without, every act OF
mccudiarism in England or Scotland
viii DC laid az against these unbal-
uccd women, who are more than will
ing to assume the responsibility, if not
the penalty FOR their crimes and their
tollies. For thus their cause is ad-
ycrtised, and only through publicity
and Oh. moral encct Of their outrages
do they conceive that victory is pos
siblc. Recently a sunragette leader
known IN England as Lady Betty"
calmly admitted that their sole object
in destroying property was to force the
British public into state Of mind
where ttr people would unitedly say
u effect, go. give them thu ballot, ana
let's have done Win this foolishness."
Taa, might be- elective in England.
4t iu America-ncyer.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-07
Hand Washinu Pad.

CURED hair, such aS is used in uphOl.
STEERING the finer grades of furniture Is
much better than brush Tor removing
grease and CRIME from the hands Il
penetrates the crcviccs of the lulucli les
ut all. 70 use simply take large hand.
ful Of the hair. apply soup ana wet II.
then rub over the hands II will take
several days before the wad assumes
the form that gives the best results.
but once in shape il will last linden.
nitely.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-07

was ilrst 20 discover the part which oNy
gen plays IN combustion and in increasing
the calces of metals as compared with the
metals themselves.
lie was also the first to give n correct
anatomical description Of the mechanism
OF respiration. Dr. Mayow, among other
notable achievements, helped the progress
OF science 10y rejecting the commonly ac-
Septed theory hat the use of breathing is
10 cool the heart or to assist the blood
from the right TO the left side of the heart.
two theories that were generally accepted
In ms day.
lie was horn IN London some time I'm
May, l6i3 That ne was precocious youth
IS shown in the fact that he went TO Wad-
nam College, at oxford. at the age of III
teen AID became a scholar there I'm the
year following.
In 1850 he became a fellow OF An Souls
and Lraduated as a bachelor OF law in lGG,
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-07

ID
and listen while tell you about the big
tina tstoul In h aud ugly aud alone
spoi the
o field"
admired like
the rock and
only sides would
take
wonderful little plant that rocks such Some day
here Perhaps then II
n 10 o will look different
pushed oatl
stea beside the big rock
sal
of
close to possible. to
h What old q
until
by
of
it,
u
to
old
am
If there anything admire
old from sight"