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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21
CONTROL OF THE BASEBALL
First Requisite OF Pitcher Cannot BE
Too Strongly Emphasized, Says
Chrlsty MatheWson.

The first necessity for pitcher is
to have control of the ball, says
Christy Mathewson In St. Nicholas.
That can't be emphasized too strong
ly. A boy may be able to throw all
the curves imaginable. but If he
can't put the ball where he wants 1t,
the batter keeps walking around the
bases. and he will never win any ball
games. Therefore, would, first Of
all. advise my young readers to prac-
tice accuracy. until they can place
the ball just where they want to send
It. Let them pitch to another boy.
with a barn or fence as a backstop,
and try to put one high, over the In
side, and then high over the outside.
and again low over the outside, and
keep up this practice patiently until
mastery of the control of the ball ia
obtained A boy will find that even
II he can't pitch curve, but has
good control, he will be able to win
many more ball games than IL he has
lot of benders, but no ability to put
the ball where he wants It
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21
[MDaSi9
TcZUWOIs
TRICK WITH WALKING STICK
How to Make Cane or Umbrella Stand
Up Without Any Apparent Sup
port-Practlce Needed.

"The feat of compelling walking
stick or umbrella to stand upright In
the middle of parlor without being
supported by anything or anybody al
ways seems wonderful" says Nine
Hermann. 1T is best, when about to
perform this feat, to have a black
screen for a background, and to order
the stick or umbrella to stand alone
about a foot In front OF this screen
To show the audience that there is
no person or apparatus behind this
screen to secretly help the stick to
stand when commanded the performer
can take the screen away for a few
minutes until all are satisfied that
there is no hidden apparatus there.
Pass the cane around among the au-
dience to let them see there is no
pin In the canes ferrule, and that 1t
is an ordinary cane, absolutely with
out life.' When the screen Is again
In place the stick can be hypnotized
by few mysterious mumblings, which
will be certain to keep the audience
guessing in the wrong direction. Then
the stick will stand alone for as long
as the performer may desire. The
secret of the hypnotizing Is SO simple
that the audience will never suspect
1t; 1t is to previously tie a yard OF
black thread from the top Of one OF
the front legs of an ordinary chair to
the top OF the other front leg, letting
the bag Of the thread fall to the
ground until ready for the hypnotic
ing. Carelessly place the stick within
the bag of the thread, planting the
stick upright six inches from the
chair, making 1t appear that 1t Is only
by the merest accident that the per-
former selects this particular spot.
Now take your hands away, and, OF
course, the stick will stand where
! you place 1t. The supporting thread
will not be seen on account Of the
dark background This and many 9TH
er feats any amateur can perform aft
er a little practice"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21
Tobacco Habit
Easily Conquered

A well-known New Yorker of wide experience
has written n book telling how the tobacco or
snuff habit may be easily and completely ban
ished In three days with delightful benefit
The health improves wonderfully after the
nicotine poison is out of the system. Calmness
tranquil sleep. clear eyes, normal appetite, geod
digestion, manly vigor. strong memory and q
general gain in efficiency are among the many
benefits reported. No more Of that nervous feel
Ing: no more need of pipe. cigar. cigarette or
chewing tobacco TO paeify the morbid desire.
The author Edw. J. Woods, 634 Sixth Ave-. 1850 B.
New York City. viii send his book free on appli-
cation, 10 anyone who writes to him.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21
MoDEsTY AND MODERN GIRLS
Few Years Ago Public Speaking by
Young Women and Athletics
Would Have Been Tabooed.

Addressing an audience Of girls at
the charities conference, Miss Beulah
Kennard made this declarations:
twentieth century girls are less
modest than any since the days OF
Louis XVI"
Not many years ago the modesty OF
the shrinking violet. which was asso-
ciated with timidity and expressed by
demurely downcast eyes, was a model
followed by young women of that pc
Rod. They were expected to faint at
moments of stress, and 1t Ia to be pre-
sumed that they did.
Painting has gone out of fashion.
The telephone girl In the Austin flood
who stuck to her switchboard, sending
out warnings to the people Of the town
while she herself faced death, was no
exception to the rule Of these times.
The level gaze of the unafraid has
displaced downward glances Of timid
modesty. A few years ago public
speaking by girls at public gatherings
and the sort of athletics now common
In colleges for women would have
been thought immodest.
1t may be, as Miss Kennard says,
that girls show less modesty than
their sisters of other times, but who
Is there who says that twentieth
century girls" and their standards are
less admired and less worthy Of ad-
miration ?-Clevelan Plain Dealer.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21
Where Ignorance Is Bliss.

Decisions of the United States Su-
preme court are the most carefully
and most successfully guarded edicts
that ever issued from the government
channels in Washington, D. c. For
many years the Supreme court judges
have succeeded in guarding their de-
cisions against any "leaks," even
though preliminary proofs are printed
for their own use.
While presidential messages, inter-
state commerce decisions and other
documents are given out in confidence
to newspapers, the Supreme court de-
cisions never come to light. New
York brokers often would pay inn
mense sums for accurate information
as to the courts decisions in railroad
or corporation suits that may affect
the stock market; but the information
is always secured first when 1t falls
from the lips of the justice as he reads
the decision from the Supreme Court
bench.
With this preliminary, the feelings
of a Washington newspaper corre-
spondent may be better imagined when
he got this letter from the editor Of
Southern paper for which he corre-
sponded:
'Please try to get the decision in
the Jones case couple of hours in ad-
vance 80 we can get out an extra on 1t.
You ought to be able to pull good
scoop out of this. Go around and see
Chief Justice White; he knows all
about the case, and If you jolly him uI
perhaps you can pry the decision loose
way ahead Of time"
No, he didn't 60. - Cincinnati En-
uuirer.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21
Is 4 Wonder
In The Blood
A Remedy That Has Shown
a Most Remarkable
Purifying Effect.

The word medicine is one Of the most
abused In our language There are GER
tain medicinal properties just as neoes-
sary to health as the food we eat. Take,
for example, the well-known tonic medi-
cine S. s. s. This famous blood purifier
contains medicinal components Just a.
vital and essential to healthy blood as
the elements Of wheat, roast beef. the
fats and the sugars that make up cur
daily ration.
AS 3 matter of fact, there Il ons In.
gredient in S. S. S. which serves the
active purpose Of stimulating each cell
lular part of the body to the healthy
and tudicious selection OF Its own essen
tial nutriment. That Is why It regener>
ates the blood supply; why It has such q
tremendous influence In overcoming co
Kema. rash. pimples, and all skin af.
dictions.
And in regeneratlng the tissues s. S. s.
has Q rapid and positive antidotal effect
upon all those irritating Influences that
cause rheumatism. sore throat. weak eyes.
falling hair. loss OF weight. thin, pale
cheeks. and that WEAKNESS Of muscle and
nerve that Is generally experienced as
spring fever. Get a bottle Of 8. 8. 8. at
any drug store. and In q few days you
win not only feel bright and energetic.
but you win be the picture OF new life.
S. s. 5. Is prepared only In the laboratory
Of The Swift Specific Co, leo Swift Bldg.
Atlanta. Ca, who maintain q very en-
Client Medical Department. where ell who
have any blood disorder OF q stubborn
nature may write freely for advice ana
q special book OF Instruction. s. 8. s.
n sold everywhere by drug stores. d.
partuent ana general stores.
Beware OF any attempt to sell you
something ''just as good al 3. 8 s.
Such claim is preposterous. There Ia
nothing else s.iust as good" as s, .. q,
nor d there another remedy similar Il
this famous blood purifier.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21
Subtraction.

The teacher was hearing the youth
full class in mathematics.
"No," she said; Sin order to SUBJ
tract, things have to be in the same
denomination. For instance, we
couldn't take three pears from four
peaches, nor eight horses from 10
cats. Do you understand"
There was assent from the majority
of pupils. One little boy in the rear
raised timid hand.
"Well, Bobby, what is it?" asked
the teacher.
"Please, teacher" said Bobby,
Couldn't you take three quarts of
milk from two cows?''-New York
Evening Post.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21
The Best Policy.

If an income tax they frame,
And you find they've got your name,
Will you truthfully disclose
All that in your pocket goesf
Will you count each fee you earned,
Te how much your stocks returnedf
Will you, on your honor true,
Pay the utmost cent that's due?
Tell the truth, sir, if you can!
Tell the whole truth like mani
Would you stoop to lies, forsooth?
Tell the truth!
If to wed girl you seek,
And the maiden thus should speak:
"When we're married will you be
Just as you are now to me?
Will you bring me sweets and flowers,
Sit and hold my hand for hoursf
Will you take me to the play,
Never care from me to stray?
Tell the truth, sir, like mani
Tell the whole truth If you canl
Falsehood is a serpent's tooth
Tell the truth Judge.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21

boat and must be covered with water
tight canvas. A soap box. torn apart,
will provide material for the rudder
as Illustrated by Fig. A. The sail Is
three feet wide and FIVE feet long
Tack stick along the top and bot
tom edges, and by means of these
cross-arms lash 1t to the mast. The
mast fits into square hole and does
not turn. The sail turns around 1t
and is operated by the handlebar 3D."
A keel added to the bottom will give
greater buoyancy and at the same
time add steadiness to the craft.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21
BOYS CATCH MANY ANIMALS
Two Missouri Lads Capture Rabbits
and MInks by the Use of Sim
pie Figure Four Trap.

These two Missouri boys catch a
great many rabbits and minks. They
build their own traps. The trap In
the picture Is set with simple fig
ure four trigger. The box is above
two and one-half feet long and one
foot wide. This length gives room
to place the bait well inside the door.
The bait and stick to which it is at
tached should be very light, so that
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21
Not TrinIets.

My little grandson was told by his
mother to run across the street and
inquire of lady who was going by
with three little babes In q cart If
they were tripets. He soon came
back, looking much disappointed, and
said: "No. they are not triplets.
They were born the same day, but two
of them are girls and the other is a
boy. Exchange.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21
Kill Dandruff
Make Hair Grow

For dandruff, falling hair, or prematurely
gray hair use this formula: Bay Rum, y
ounces; Lavona de Composee, 2 ounces, and
Menthol Crystals, " drachm. II you desire.
add drachm of your favorite perfume. Mix
the tonic yourself or have your druggist
mix it. Apply night and morning with nm
gers. Lavona contains powerful drug that
stimulates the activity of the hair-growins
follicles and is believed to give renewed ac-
ton to the pigment-forming cells SO as to
actually restore natural color to prematurely
gray hair without the use Of dye.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21
Eternal Feminine.

Margaret, aged seven years, was
playing housekeeper. As she pretend
ed to wipe the perspiration from her
face she turned from the toy wash
board upon which was rinsing out a
handkerchief, and, addressing her
brother, year younger, said: "There
you are sitting at your ease and me
breaking my bones doing your wash
inc
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21
Unequal Punlshment.

Two boys who managed to be rather
unruly In school so exasperated their
teacher that she requested them to re-
main after hours and write their
names 1000 times. They plunged into
the task. Some fifteen minutes later
one Of them grew uneasy and began
watching his companion in disgrace.
Suddenly the first one burst out with
despair between his sobs and said to
the teacher;
"'Taint fair, muml His names
Bush and mines Schluttermeyer"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21
suds Not Scarce.

Little Edith was put in the bathtub
and began to shrek. Whereupon her
mother gave her the floating soap
and couple Of rubber animals to
play with and left her to herself. Still
Edith screamed more loudly than be-
fore.
Edith" her mother called, you
must keep your mouth closed while
you are taking your BATH"
"Why?" asked the little girl.
because you'll swallow a lot OF
soapy water" said the mother.
"But," came the child's voice. why
can't swallow soapy water? Amt
there plenty moreT"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21
The "Topgrade" Shoe
The One Exception.

They're handing our degrees galore;
Most everybody lands one;
At colleges, from shore to shore,
Each proud director hands one;
They're giving 'em to men whose claim
Is not a whit Ger zero;
They're giving 'em = these tags Of
fame
To lowbrow, sage and hero.
They're giving out degrees today
To men who call it "drammer;"
(Not that upon this harmless play
We fain would use the hammer.
There's only one place where you can't
Cop out some tag of knowledge;
At 1t take one admiring slant
The good old 'Lectoral Collegel
Denver Republican.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21
The Ruling Passion.

The Amazon in days of old displayed
A man-like vigor on the battlefield,
But, none the less, ere fighting she
surveyed
Her features in her shield
The modern maid who also yearns to
face
Some day, If need arise, her coun'
try's foes,
Would she not, ere the battle, pause
and place
Some powder on her nose2
London Opinion.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21
UNIQUE SWIMMING SAIL RAFT
Construction Of Device SO illustrated
That Any Boy May Easily Put
One Together.

The clever and unique device pic.
tured herewith may be made by any
boy who cares to possess one, says the
American Boy. Study the pictures for
they will teach you more about the
construction than whole page of
text. The making of the body part is
shown in Fig. 2. 1t is, like shallow
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21
Hot In the Country.

Not long ago. when her father
bought country place in Virginia. q
little Washington girl was Afforded
her first experience Of things rural
She rose very early and her eye was
Immediately caught By the sparkle Of
the dew on the grass.
why, laddy." she observed. 'it's
hotter than thought See the grass
I'll covered with psrspirati0nl ~---
Judge
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21
IendInu a Hand.

Little Ella heard the cook say she
was going to have green peas for din
ner. so she went TO the kitchen tc
offer her services in preparing them
While deeply engaged In this fasci
mating occupation. her brother came
and wanted her to SO and play with
him.
"I can't go now" said Ella. "icauss
I'm helping cook uubutton the peas.'
--woman's Home Companion.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21
AS the Legal Mind Saw It.

In case heard at the Belfast Gre
land) summons court few days ago,
In which the complainant was named
Fortune, Sir Edward Newton-Bardy
remarked to the defendant: IF you
stop annoying Mrs. Fortune, misfort-
une will not follow your footsteps" ;"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21
When Your Eyes Need Care

Try aaurine Eye Remedy. No Smarting--Feels
Tlne--Acts Quickly. Try 10 for Red, Weak,
Wetery Eyes and Granuated Eyelids. Illus
trated Book In each Package. Murine ia
compounded by our Oculists--pot n "Patent Mod
seinSH-but used In successful Physicians Prac-
Slce for mnny years. Now dedicated To tho Pub
le and sold by Druggists Mt 2bc and 600 per Bottle.
Murine Hye Baive In Aseptic Tubes, ESQ and 6Oc.
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21
To Kill Odor of Onion.

To kill the odor of onions on the
breath eat lemon afterward or drink
strong lemonade. Many persons who
never eat onions in any other form
cannot very we'll avoid them in some
salads which would taste exceedingly
fiat without this vegetable.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21

"0ur first baby Is
strong and healthy and
we attribute this re-
suit to the timely use
OF your Compound. -
Mrs. FRED YoHANN,
Kent, Oregon.
6 owe my life and
my baby's good health
to your Compound. ."--
Mrs. w. o. SPENcHR,
r. f. D., No. 2, Troys
Alabama.
ST have three chill
dren and took your
Compound each time"
Mrs. JOHN HOWARD
Wilmington, Vermont
"I have Q lovely
baby boy and you can
tell every one that he
Is . 'Pinkham' baby -
l-Mrs.Lou FIsCHKR,
80 Munroe ST., Carl
4 stads, N. j.
" We are 1t lass
4 blessed with . sweet
/ little babygirl. Mrs.
I G.. a. LAP ERoU sH,
/ Montegut, La.
ST have one Of the
/ finest baby girls You
ever saw.s-Mrs. C.E.
! GOODWIN, l012 8. 9th
/ St., Wilmington, NO.
"My husband Is the
happiest man alive to.
/ day. Mrs CLARA
| DARBRAKH, 3g7 Maril
4 l. ST.. Buffalo. NY.
"Eow I have q nice
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cur home. .n-Mm. Do
4 SYLVIA Cora, No. III
i So. Gate St., W0rcez
! tG, Mass.
shave . Hne struns
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- Mrs. A. 4. GrEs
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at haye : big, r.
healthy hoy. .s--Mrs-A
4 4. BATxwaKR, RID
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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21

they slightest touch will set, 1t of.
Traps for mink should be smoked
after every catch, as these animals
are very wary, and will not go into
a trap that has the smell Of man upon
1t. A better way to catch mink Is
to use a steel trap, covering 1t lightly
with leaves or grass and fastening 1t
to post with light chain.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21
Merciful Wife.

A Cincinnati man who attempted to
dictate what his wife should wear is
now defendant in divorce suit. 1t is
a wonder he isn't the central attrac-
tion In o jam funeral. Houston Post.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21
His Penance.

He loved to dive and he loved to swim,
And he loved in the tide to play;
Then what in the world was the mat
ter with him,
That he sat in the sands all day?
He sat by a girl whose bathing suit,
Whose cap and whose shoes were
dry;
And she would have thought him
perfect brute
If he hadn't--so that was whyl
M. S. Bridges, in Judge.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21
Man in the Case. Probably.

Alice--"I think Kitty's new hat IL
simply fright" Marie-"Isn't It.
helped her to select it."-Boston
Transcript.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21
Discovery Valuable to Science.

Discovery Valuable to Science.
A German chemist recently Sdiscov-
cred that the extract of the skin of red
radishes in alcohol is more sensitive to
acids and alkalis than litmus, tumeric,
or any of the chemicals usually used to
detect their presence.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21
CHILDLESS
WOMEN

These women once childless, now happy and
physically well with healthy childrenwill tell how
Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made
al this possible. Here are the names and correct
addresses--write them If you want to, and learn
for yourself. They are only few out Of many
khouaands.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21

Mothers win find Mrs. winmow's Soothing
Byrup the best remedy TO use for their children
during the teething period.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21

Advice to misers: Take care of the
pennies and the dollars will take care
of your heirs and their lawyers. -Dal.
las News.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21
Love Eternal.

They that love beyond the world
cannot be separated by it.--William
Penn.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21

Mother entered the room Just IN
time to see four.yearold verna knock
her older brother down.
'verna. how could you do such
thingl"
The Lor trength." Yer
M proudly Tpers Maya
xine
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21
= = = : u 4 :
Above All Price.

Gold and silver may supply US with
the necessaries of life, with food and
drink, clothes and houses; but they
can not. give the joy Of kind look
Lord Avebury.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21

DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets first
put up 40 years ago. They regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bow
els. Sugar-coated tiny granules.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21
Make the Milk Jug Sweet.

To sweeten milk jug, scald it with
boiling water, then fill with cold water
and add a teaspoonful of salt and
leave it for five minutes before empty.
ing it.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-21

More Valuable Accomplishment.
Helter-" Holmes gets a gigantic
salary from that mining corporation.
Skelter-"Able to locate gold mines,
is he?" Helter-'N much. Able
to locate stock purchasers. Life.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-08-26

der rag over his rough cheeks. Dom
need much a day like this-its sc
cloudy in there they can't see you. Yor
oughta seen me last night, though
had on all my swell stuff.
But say-it went big last night. One
kind old gink comes down and takes
me by the arm and says: Don't be
afraid, madam; they will not hur,
your boy!' And after I sat down
couple of women said: We'll, If we al
had the spunk you've got, these here
ushers wouldn't get so fresh!' And to
hear 'em say: oh, you can't fool me!
She belongs to the show! can see
that! She belongs to the show"
The muscular gentleman repeated
the "she" with peculiar relish, that
Identification being Of course the high
est compliment he gets, except perhaps
when, as not infrequently happens
some real policeman arrests him fol-
making disturbance and they have to
send out in front to get him released.
There are make believe girls who be-
come real visions Of loveliness on the
big white "rosin backs" or seen at the
distance of the high trapeze. With a
blond wig covering the ears, a bit OF
rouge and a little businesslike adjust
ing Of shoulder straps or carelessly
brushing back an unruly curl, wonders