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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18
Bullock Ran Amuck.

Some excitement was caused In
Wexford (Ireland) the other day, by
the vagarles of bullock, which ran
amuck. The animal took refuge In the
house Of man named Murphy and
climbed the stairs and entered bed.
room. 1t demolished large bed and
other articles, and then took a head.
er" into the street twelve or fourteen
feet below, bringing with 1t the win.
dow frame and sashes. 1t escaped in.
to the harbor and swan about for o
considerable time before 1t was cap
tured by means of boats.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18
Emp,y.no the washsub.

The newest tubs have faucets or
taps In the side which come into use
when the tub is to be emptied. But
those who cannot AFFORD these tubs
may have their old ones. IL OF wood.
atted up similarly at little cost. Then
long piece of garden hose attached
10 the tap serves to conduct the wa.
ter out OF doors or into q sink in
another room. SO emptying the tub
with little expsnditars of eRergy.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18
Economical HOG Trouah,

When rough lumber is SIS thou
sand, q six-foot hog trough made of
two-inch plank costs about 30 cents
for lumber. Labor and nails add 26
cents to the cost. My hogs destroy
from one to three such troughs in a
year, says a writer in an exchange.
Feed gets wasted, too. for new trough
Ia seldom made till the old one is poor
er than 1t ought to be. Three troughs
at the above estimate cost s2.26. An
iron trough six feet long costs $2.26.
and will last a lifetime. Much think.
ing is not needed to decide which kind
of trough Is the cheaper.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18
saItlnq cabbaqes.

For several years have raised cab
bages and found 1t advantageous
after setting out the plant. to DROP
q little salt on the heart OF the cab
hage, says q writer In the Fruit Grow
or. When, the salt Ii dissolved by
rain, or some other agent. 1t should be
renewed. and the process continued
until all danger from cabbage worms
il past
A cabbage treated In this way vii
grow much larger. and when the
head is cut open 1t win not be found
honeycombed with wormholes.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18
No Chance for Him.

A certain minister having noticed
a new attendant for several consecu-
tive Sundays, engaged her In conver-
sation after service. Cordially sha-
king the young blond by the hand, the
reverend gentleman asked her name,
address, etc., and concluded by. ask
ing if he might call upon her. In q
rather broken English and very Swed-
ish information came this response:
mo, tank you, have reg-lar fel-
Iaru
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18

The origin of the word Yankee
has been variously explained. Some
authorities think 1t is corruption of
the word English, as 1t was pro-
nounced by the American Indians who
called the white people "Yenghies.' y
1t seems first to have been applied to
the British soldiers about 1775, as a
term OF reproach to the New England
ers who afterwards adopted it them
selves.
Others hold that Yankee is cor
ruption Of Jankin, or John, nick
name given to the English colonists
of Connecticut by the Dutch settlers
of New York. The song Yankee
Doodle" was originally "Nankee
Doodle" and was applied to oliver
Cromwell.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18
Highest Form of Animal.

A Boston teacher had been giving
familiar talk on zoology to class
Of ten-year-olds, in a grammar school.
To test their intelligence, he said, In
the course of his remarks: who can
tell me the highest form of animal
lief" A little girl held up her hand.
well, Mary?" "The hy-ena,' shouted
Mary, seriously, but triumphantly.
Repressing smile, the teacher said:
us 1t, Mary? Think again. Is a
hyena the very hlghest?" "Oh, now
know" cried Mary; "it's the giraffe" /"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18
suaared Walnuts.

Shell and skin as many walnuts as
desired, separate them into halves and
mash them in an icing made of four
ounces of sugar to one egg. Place
them on sheet of thick paper, stand
in the, oven and bake until they are
o light brown color. When cold re-
move from the paper and serve piled
high on q glass dish. After shelling
and .skinning the walnuts the halves
should be dried at the oven door be-
fore being dipped in the icing.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18
sewlno Hint.

When outlining round forms 1t Ia
much easier to make the outline
stitches from lsftito right. as they win
then conform to the rounded shapes.
Knots should never be used In en-
broidery Of any kind. and when hegin-
ming the outlining run a few stitches
to the commencing point and then cover
these stitches with the outlining.
After the work is finished run the
thread back and Hasten with,a button.
hole stitch.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18
Fruit Turnovers.

Use pun paste for these. Roll 1t out
to about one-fourth inch thick and
cut It out into circular shaped pieces
of the desired size; pile teaspoonful
OF fruit on half Of the pastry center.
sprinkle over some sugar. wet the
edges. and turn the paste over It.
Press the edges together and crimp
IL desired, brush the top with white OF
egg, sprinkle with sifted sugar. and
bake on tin sheets or pans in brisk
over for about 20 minutes. Raw fruit
or jam or drained canned fruit may
be used for the filling. Little should
% used In each.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18

You near people quote an old say
ing sometimes about such and such q
place being no bed Of roses. That
does not mean garden beds, but real
beds on which people slept There
used to be mattresses, cushions and
couches stuffed with dried rose leaves
both in Greece and Rome, and An
tiochus, when he meant to enjoy him
self very much, slept In tent of gold
and silver In bed stuffed with roses
Those times are past and gone, but
you still see In many houses baskets
and bowls of dried rose leaves stand
Ing about.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18
Also Had Something to Praise.

< The other morning my four-year-old
cousin and her five-year-old friend
were talking Of all the hand-painted
china their mothers had. The five
year-old one said: "My mother has
a hand-painted sugar bowl and milk
pitcher and some plates" and she
mentioned several other things. Then
my cousin spoke up and said: "Huh!
That amt anything; we got hand
painted fence back In our yard" ."-Ex-
change,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18
His Patience Exhausted.

A yeomanry squad was drilling, and
being out of practice, most of them
were suffering from bruises caused by
the unsteadiness of one another's
movements, 81 believe you have cut
my head open," shouted a recruit to
nervous comrade, who had given
him a serious knock. sWell," said the
distracted sergeant-in-charge, now is
a good time to put something in it!
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18
Layinu Mattlno.

When laying mating. it is not al
ways necessary to cut it in order to
fit corners and alcoves. 1t may be
better to do so in very small spaces
but often moistening the mating Il
found to be better than cutting. Soft
ened thus. ii can then be bent with
out breaking. and makes q neat, sub
stantiai edge.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18
Gave Him AWAY.

Master (who is trying to make a
good impression on his strait-faced
aunt from whom he has expectations)
MARY, have you seen letter any
where about marked 'Private'?" Mary
You mean the one from the man
what can't get lis money out of you,
sir? l put it be'ind the mirror, SIR
Punch,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18

Good seed corn is the key to getting
good stands OF corn. A good stand OF
corn is necessary to secure good
Yields. Owing to the wet fall Of 1911
there Ii now much doubtful seed
corn In the country.
One cannot afford to plant corn
any years. much less this year, with.
out testing. The single-ear method
Of testing seed corn is the only prac-
tical method.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18

Where Catherine, age five, buys her
candy, they will not sell less than a
nickels worth. Catherine asked for
money to buy some, but her papa
said: "You have pennies of your
own" She answered, "Oh, but pen
nies amt any kin to one another un-
less you've got five"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18
For a Heavy Heart.

Set about doing good to somebody; /;
put on your hat, and go visit the sick
and poor; inquire into their wants
and minister to them. Seek out the
desolate and oppressed. I have often
tried this medicine and always find
1t the best antidote for a heavy heart.
John Howard.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18
The Eternal Whv.

"Papa," said an inquisitive boy,
don't fishes have legs?" "They do
not" answered papa. why don't
they, papa?" Because fishes swim
and don't require legs" Then he
asked, Papa, ducks have legs, don't
they" why, yes, ducks have legs. :"
well, ducks swim, don't they?" "Yes,"
"Then why don't fishes have legs, if
ducks do? Or why don't ducks not
have any legs If fishes don't?" Papa
gave up.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18
When Your Eyes Need Care

Try Murine Eye Remedy. No smarting-Feeis
Fine-Acts Quickly. Try 1t for Red. Weak,
WAtery Eyes and Granulated Eyelids. Illus.
trated Book in each Package. Murine Ia
compounded by our Oculists--pot a "Patent Med
icinea but used In SUCCESSFUL Physicians PIac-
lio and sold by Druggists at $50 and 600 per Bottle.
Murine Eye ealyo In Aseptic Tubes, 8c and 60c.
Murine Eve Remedy Co., Chicago
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18
cooklno veoetab,es.

When cooking vegetables remem.
Der that all vegetables which grow
above ground should be put into hoil.
ing water. and all which grow under.
ground in cold water-with the sx.
ception OF new potatoes
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18
UNUSUAL RESOURCE OF BOY
Lad With One Roller Skate Attaches
Il to Box and Secures Bigger Load
of Wood Than Othere.

Small boys were collecting firewood.
where 1t had been thrown out for
them, at the side door of a large gro-
cery establishment on upper Broad.
way. There was something of rush
to see who would get the most, and
the proud possessor of one roller
skate came out ahead In the scramble,
says the New York Sun.
Seizing an orange crate, he strapped
his skate to one of the bottom stats
and, filling the crate with wood, rolled
1t away on the four wheels of the
skate, while others were left to drag
or carry their smaller loads.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18
WOMAN COULD
NOT WALK
She Was So Ill-Restored to
Health by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.
.Pentwater, Mich. "a year ago Twas
very weak and the doctor said ] had

8 erlouS dlsplace-
ment. / had back
ache aud be airing
down pains SO bad
that / could not sit
in a chair or walk
across the floor and
! was in severe pain
all the time. ! felt
discouraged as ! had
taken everything |
could think Of and
xpee NJ hoffar 7
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18
WILLING to Become an Enemy,

"The quickest way to make an en-
emy Of man is to lend him five dol
lars" said philosopher, sententious.
ly; and then, with half-concealed
show Of eagerness, he inquired: isn't
there somebody around here who
would like to make an enemy of me?"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18

Burnt matches are dirty and danger.
GUS to throw about, the charred wood
leaving dirt and the glowing end some.
times burning fine bureau scarf OF
polished wood, Have a little glass OF
sand and thrust the burnt end of the
matches in this, thus preventing dirt
and danger,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18
"Fashlon" or "Cookery?"

Daring color schemes are likely to
dazzle visitors to Paris. Cream
skirts are to be worn with mustard
coats" says morning paper. We
hardly know whether this comes un.
der the heading of Fashion" or
Cookery. London Globe.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18
Good Reason. Too.

miss Mary" inquired the clergy
man, "have you seriously considered
the great question of life?" well, you
see, sir" Mary replied, blushing,
none of the young men has asked
me yet"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18

The traffic on the Rhine between
Strasburg and the Holland frontier
amounts to the enormous total of for
ty million tons annually
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18
economy, FruuaIIty, Industry.

The original tightwad lives In Mis-
souri, According to those who know
him, he Is so tight that he saves the
tips of his shoe laces and sells them
for old iron, and in the last 20 years
he has realized IL cents from their
sale.--Popular Magazine.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18
Contradictory.

Queer things, these alleged wise
saws. "Know thyself," for instance.
On the other hand, familiarity breeds
contempt" How do you dope that
out?
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18
Pompous Coal Horse.

"A coal horse, said the magistrate,
has pompous stride. There is more
dignity about coal horse than there
is about provincial mayor"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18
Lessons Danger From Fire.

Transmission line poles and cross
arms treated with creosote oil are
less liable to destruction by fire than
untreated timber of the same kind.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18
Never Satisfied.

When man gets something for
nothing he is pretty sure to think it
might have been something better.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18

DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regu-
late and invigorate stomach, liver and
bowels. Sugar coated, tiny granules,
easy to take as candy.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup the best remedy to use for their children
during the teething period.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18
EVERLASTING,

Tings gained are gone. but great
things done endure,--Algernon Swim.
burne.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18
Had 10 Have Round Elaures.

No thoughtful person uses liquid blue. It's a
pinch Of blue in large bottle of water, Ask for
Red Cross Ball Blue the blue that's all blue.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18
Irrigation In Australia.

Australia Is irrigating more than
two million acres OF grazing lands with
artesian wells.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18
PLIES CuREn IN a ro nAYs
For Burnt Matches.

Your druggist viii refund money II PAZo ONT.
MENF fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind,
Bleeding or Protruding Piles In 6 TO ID DAYS Soc.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18
Electric Current and Nerves.

current travels at from 33 to 60 yards
a second.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-07-18
A Bed of Roses.

Liquid blue Is q weal solution. Avoid it. Buy
Red Cross Ball Blue. the blue that's all blue. Ask
your grocer.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-23
COUNT JAILED
FOR BOARD BILL

Andor von Coboly. who posed as a
Hungarian count at the Palace hotel,
linguist and the recipient, he said, of
10 decorations from European royal
ties. and whose trunk was held by the
hotel management on bill, Is in the
city jail in Seattle pending an inves-
tigation by the police into his fnan-
cial standing.
Won Cobo1y's troubles have been due,
he asserts, because Of his unfortunate
likeness to q piano salesman by the
name of Andrew n. Won Czukor. who
says Won Coboly, is wanted in Brook
lyn, for deserting his wife and child.
Won Coboly. who is composer and
concert pianist, made his debut in
Seattle seven weeks ago. He filed a
vaudeville engagement and then came
to San Francisco. Won Coboly had a
high old time here until he ran short
Of funds He returned to Seattle last
week and registered at the Washington
Annex hotel.
Yesterday the manager of the hotel
read in a San Francisco hotel publica :
tion that Won Coboly had left an un-
paid bill at the Palace here. Won
Coboly was then arrested.
To the police in Seattle Won Coboly
admitted that he owed the Palace hotel
here $50. He left trunk. he says
containing personal effects worth sew
eral hundred dollars.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-23


This note is believed to be the fare
well of the man who ended his life by
jumping from the 100 o'clock Southern
Pacific ferryboat yesterday morning
He was A S. Hale. telegraph operator.
SO years old. without funds and without
work.
"Goodby. You'll never see me again
If everything turns out all right" said
midnight Monday. See this satchel.
There's 80 pounds in 1t. I'm going to
get the I:20 boat to Oakland. So long
Hale was nervous and unstrung. He
had told McMartin many times he
would attempt suicide. Once he
bought ticket on asLos Angeles boat,
put it sailed three hours behind time.
Disgusted, Hale went to McMartin,
showing the ticket
Il would have jumped overheard
when the boat got outside the heads il
1t hadn't been so late" he said. Il
couldn't wait for 1t to start"
The farewell note was left in Hale's
room IN the Hotel Brown. 619 Larkin
street, and found yesterday morning.
Hale had been employed as an op-
orator in the Western Union and Postal
companies and had been discharged as
a nervous wreck. He was unmarried
across the bay Hale rushed to the end
of the stern, ducked under the apron
chain and leaped overheard.
cry of help was heard, but the
body sank as IL weight were at
tached, for nothing was seen when
the searchlight was flashed on the
water a short time later. A search for
half an hour proved fruitless. 1t is
believed Hale attached the weighted
satchel to his body and thus sank to
death.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-23
MOTORCYCLE KILLS
GIRL; INJURIES man
Collision Between Two Tan
dem Parties Fatal to
San Franciscan

Especial Dispatch 10 The Cali
STOCKTON. July 22.-Miss Catherine
Owens of San Francisco is dead and
Jack Baker of Victor Is near death to-
day as the result of motorcycle acci-
dent late last night on the road be-
tween Lodi and Woodbridge. The San
Francisco girl. died from fracture at
the base OF the skull. Baker suffered
a smashed left hand, compound frac-
ture of the right leg and Internal In
juries which may result In his death.
Baker was driving the motorcycle
and Miss Owens was riding tandem.
They were returning to Woodbridge
late at night when they collided with
a motorcycle on which Archie Prehn
and Sam Langford of Lodi were riding.
Prehn and Langford state that they
were blinded for a minute by the light
of another motorcycle and failed to
see Miss Owens and Baker In time
to avoid the collision. Baker is said
to have been travelling at fast rate
of speed when the accident occurred.
Miss Owens was picked up uncon-
scious and carried to the ]. Wagers
home The Wagers family are away
on their vacation and the door was
broken open and the injured girl taken
inside Doctor Arthur was summoned
and attended her. Mrs. Owens, mother
of the girl, arrived at the Wagers place
this morning on the early paper train
from San Francisco.
Baker was taken to Lodi and at
tended by Doctor Tower. His con-
dition is serious. Prehn and Lang
ford suffered several cuts and bruises
about the face and body, escaping Sc
rious injury. The motorcycle on which
Prehn and Langford were riding is the
one on which a Stockton youth was
killed here several months ago when
he collided with a buggy and ran the
shaft through his body.
Miss Owens died shortly before 2
o'clock this afternoon.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-23
IS NEGROES BURN /
To DEATH IN OLD |
MISSISSIPPI JAIL.
Rescuers, Driven Back by
Flames, See Prisoners Beat
Vainly at Bars, Then
Fall Into Fire


JACKSON. Miss. July 22.-Trapped
by flames in the second floor of an
antiquated convict cage. 35 negro pris--
oners were burned to death at the
Oakley convict farm, 20 miles from
here late last night.
The flames rapidly ate away the only
stairway leading to the second floor.
The prisoners tore at the heavy bars
on the jail windows to no avail. The
flames drove back members Of the res
cue party each time they attempted to
liberate the negroes, who one by one
fell back into the flames and perished.
There was no fire fighting apparatus
at the farm and the first floor of the
building was filled with inf1ammable
matter.
The convicts all were worked In the
cotton fields of the state farm and were
housed in the cage" for the night.
Among them were some desperate
criminals serving long sentences.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-23
PURE FOOD SHOW FOR
WELFARE EXPOSITION
Exhibit In Venice In October Will be
Under Supervision of Prof. NJ.
E. Jaffa Of State University

Among the features announced for
the public welfare exposition next Oc-
tober in Venice. Cal. in connection with
the annual meeting of the League of
California Municipalities and the state.
county and municipal health officers
will be a puresfood show.
This will be conducted under the
auspices of the state board of health
and the direct supervision of Prof M.
E. Jaffa of the University of California,
director of the state food and drug
laboratory.
No product will be allowed which
does not comply with all the provisions
of the federal and state pure food laws
A large number of manufacturers
and dealers have promised to partici-
pate
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-23
WALDORF MANAGER LUCKY
Jury in His Case Disagrees
Judge Deasy Orders q
New Trial for
August 4

John Barneberg. president of the
Waldorf social club, that came into
renewed prominence through the story
told two weeks ago by Mrs. Beatrice
Atchity, escaped conviction yesterday
on misdemeanor charge of keeping a
gambling place.
The jury in Judge Deasy's court for
more than an hour stood eight to four
for conviction and reported at $40
that there was no apparent probability
of being able to agree upon a verdict.
Judge Deasy discharged them and set
the case for retrial August 4.
Barneberg was in court long before
his case was called He was nervous