davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-12

Answer: Your eliminating organs.
such as liver and kidneys, are in need
of treatment. Begin taking balmWOrt
tablets at once. Get them in sealed
tubes with full directions of any we'll
stocked druggist.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-26
Teaching Tricks to Birds.

A professor of natural history re.
flutes the statement 80 frequently made
that teaching a bird to draw water
needs apparatus, and that the learning
Is cruelty to the bird.
"The following experiences Of mine" 4"
he says, according to London Tit-Bits,
proves that 1t Is not so by any means.
We bought a young bird last January,
so wild that on our approach 1t flew
madly round the cage. We hung the
cage low, and by patience, after the
bird got used to our proximity, induced
1t to take groundsel, first held at
stems length, then between the fingers,
finally from the lips. We used to let
him out freely, and he would perch on
the loaf next me at breakfast. His
perch projected through the wires, and
here was his favorite seat when at lid
erty. Then | tried hanging bit of
groundsel by short string to the pro-
jecting stick. After inspection he
pulled 1t up with his beak. On length
ening the string with fresh bit OF his
preferred weed had the pleasure and
interest of seeing him pull up the
string with his beak till the flower head
was within reach, catching the slack
after each pull with one foot and then
transferring 1t to the other, so that the
coils were quite neat"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-26
Ireland First Country to Require Sur.
names; Here is What Some OF
Them Mean
Them Mean

The fact Is not generally known
that Ireland was the first country in
modern Europe to enforce the adop-
tlon Of surnames by law. The act
prescribing their general use was
passed more than 100 years before the
nglo-Norman invasion, whereas sur
names did not come into general use
In England until the days OF Queen
Elizabeth, nor in Wales till late In the
seventeenth century.
There are some interesting mean
ings attaching to the most well-known
Irish names. Here nre few, with
the curious changes Of spelling thnt
have come about since the names first
originated;
Murphy came from 0'Murphy, Nor
phey, and Morphew, meaning "superl-
or"
Kelly came from o'Kelly, Klely,
Keeley, meaning 'for war;"
o'Connors Is derived from Connors.
Conerty, meaning "helper,"
Dougherty from o'Doherty, Doherty.
Daughaday, meaning destroyer"
All Irish names at the first stage In
their history had 80" before them, the
first change consisting of dropping
that "O'." 1t will not be necessary,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-26
Meteorites Are Valuable.

Specimens of meteorltes command
such value that those which fall to
the earth are generally broken up in
to innumerable parts and scattered in
all directions among the private collec-
tlons. Thus one of the earliest known
meteorites, that was found In En-
sishelm, Upper Alsace, in l492, is rep
resented In 60 collections. The result
Of this practice Is that exorbltant
prices are asked by dealers for meteor
ic material In amounts sufficient for
analysis and study, A recent catalogue
of Philadelphia dealer, says writer
In recent issue of Science, advertises
perfectly commonplace type of me-
teoric stone ut S5 n gram, the only pos
sible excuse being that there was not
much of ii, and in failing It passed
through the roof of barn.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-26

Denver, Colo, has, 1t Is believed. the
largest American flag in the world. 1t
is lS7 feet long and 6S feet wide. When
II Is necessary to wash the immense
flag II is hung on the side of the muni-
cipal auditorium and fire hose turned
on II, It takes two hours to wash the
flag.
Henry Anderson who owns ranch
In Washoe county, Nevada, has his cat
tie herded by flying machine. Once
each day his COW aviator flies over the
range to find the cattle and observe
their condition. Mr.. Anderson paid
$4,000 for the airplane and already
believes 1t will be worth dozen cow.
boys to him in time.
Alaska formerly had enormous ex-
ports Of gold and salmon. These are
still important, but to them she has
added copper. The value of that sta
pie In the figures for the last fiscal
year was S26,000,000 The total sales
of articles by Alaska TO the United
States amounted to $50, 100000 during
the year, or an amount nearly seven
times greater than the United States
paid for the country.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-26

therefore, to repeat the name with the
80" before 1t.
Sullivan was originally Sulllfant and
Sulllvant, meaning "quick-slghted."
0'Donnell and Mcdonnell and all
combinations of that name were Dom
aid, Daniel, Dona, meaning dark
chief"
Moloney was O'Mullowney, Meloney.
Mullany, meaning "thoughtful."
Mccormack was O'Cormac, McCor-
mac, Mccormick, meaning "son of the
crown"
Flynn was Flann, meaning "red."
Flanagan was Flnnegan, meaning
Druid"
Boyle was Boylan, Boland, Bolan,
Boylin, meaning "benign."
o'Brian was Bryan, Bryant, Br2es,
Bryon, meaning "arthor"
Brady was McBrady, meaning "ship
captain"
Macauley was O'Cnwlew. McGawly,
McAuly, McAuliff, Cawley, meaning
"echo," or literally, "son Of the rock"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-26
A Little of EVERYTHING

Rockland, Me-, yearly produces L.
100000 barrels OF lime.
1t costs Holland about $4,000 a
year to maintain Its dikes.
Sacramento (Cal) business men
have formed Barefoot league for
health and amusement objects.
The skin of the whale In places has
been found, 1t is said to be as much
as two feet In thickness.
Canada's 1915 crop yield Is valued
at $S00,000,00O. with wheat heading
the list at more than S312,0O0,000.
Mrs. Mary A. Landon has been chos-
en- president of the Woodstock -Syca-
more street railway In Illinois.
A peculiar clear, tough and durable
celluloid has been invented In England
for automobile windshields.
Believing that mountain climbing de-
velops the nerves, as well as the mus
Giles, Philadelphia physical director
has his pupils climb the sides OF quar-
ries
With her first proposal, girl Is
firmly convinced that she will need a
blank book In which to keep record
Of her offers.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-26
Poultry Pointers

Feed at regular hours and the fowls
will always be ready and waiting for
their last meal.
Put the windows In the poultry
house low down near the floor, so that
the hens will get the benefit of the
light and sunshine when scratching for
their feed.
The chaff that settles beside the
straw stack at threshing time makes a
splendid winter litter In which to feed
the small grain. Have 1t about six
inches deep all over the hen-house
floor.
All perches In the poultry-hOuse
should be built on level. When built
one above another, step-fashion, the
hens will fight for the higher perches
with the result that some Of them will
become injured or eggs will be broken
In them.
Grit or lime Is absolutely necessary
for egg production. It is always well
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-26
Fans Of France.

AT the time that Louis XIV was king
of France fan making had reached,
perhaps, its highest point. 1t has not
gone backward since then, but surely
no fans could be made more exquisite
than were those of the days of the
glory of Versailles.
Du Barry and Nine. de Pompadour,
the two most persistent favorites of
Louis XIV, were both very fond of
fans, and many are the stories told of
their extravaganza in buying them
or, at least, ordering them, for the
king had to pay for them. One that
was chosen by Nine. de Pompadour
took nine years in the making. 1t was
made of paper cut like fine point lace,
and the sticks bore medallions so tiny
but withal perfect-that they could
only be made out by the aid of very
powerful microscope.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-26
Emergence of Arabia as Separate
Nation Is Climax of a Century
of ReVOlts

and sword, but is said never to have
suffered from any serious epidemic.
This seems the more remarkable be-
cause the city lies at the lowest level
Of valley which must be a cesspool,
and the sewage, having no outlet, per-
cOlates into the wells. The immunity,
ascribed by Mohammedans to miracu-
lous interposltion of providence on be-
half of mecca the Inviolable," Is due
to the dry climate, the fact that most
of the inhabitants have the fine physi-
cal vigor needed for long journey,
and the absence of destitution. The
thousands seen begging are "beggars
at fair" reaping the harvest of
wealth brought by pilgrims.-London
Chronicle.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-26
Old Idea Of Gulf Stream, Once Taught
in Schools, Changed by
Later STUDY

1t Is only by speaking loosely that
the shippers Of several incoming ships
can say, as reported, that the presence
Of many sharks along the coast was
due to shifting of the Gulf stream.
What they mean was that the northeast
drift OF warm water is greater than
usual, broader, perhaps, or closer in
shore, or possibly degree or two high
er In temperature than is customary at
this time In this latitude, says the New
York Sun.
The Gulf stream as distinct cur
rent cannot be identified north Of the
thirty-second parallel Of latitude, which
1t crosses between the Bermudas and
the Carolina coast. There 1t divides
Into small streams. The westerly winds
blow upon 1t and break up its surface.
Its warm waters become mixed with
the colder ocean and 1t becomes an ele-
ment of the northeast. At the same
time the warm currents are recogniza-
BILE as far north as 40 degrees latitude,
a trife south of New York; beyond 40
degrees north and go degrees west
longitude no test of temperature, salt
ness, color or motion serves to distin-
guish them from the rest Of the ocean
drift.
Who does not remember having 1t
impressed on him In his schooldays
that the minlstrations of the gulf
stream alone made habitable the Brit
ish Isles? 1t is not true, as patient
study has shown. The southwest
winds bring moisture from the ocean
to Europe, and this great blanket Of
moist air contains much more latent
heat than dry air at the same temper
ature. From the moist air come
clouds, fogs and rain, which condense
heat and water upon the Old World
and prevent the loss of ground heat
by radiation. That Is why there is
such striking difference in temper
atures upon single line of latitude
cutting the two continents.
While the warm water flows north
east from the Mexican gulf the cold
water on the north is finding its way
southwesterly, deeper down. When
the cold current strikes the tropical
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-26

delighted with their experiences and
have many pleasant things to say
about the people they met in the Amer
lean States. At their home overlook
ing many square leagues of pampa
land, which bears the name Of "Quilla-
lauquen," the hands of genuine hos
pitality stand outstretched.
Their Land Not for Sale.
In southern province Of Argen-
tina l met the owner of a great ranch.
thought his vast estate too large for
one person, and asked if few hun
dred ore few thousand acres could
be bought from him. He smiled, and
said that money was no inducement
to part with any of his lands he really
wanted more than he possessed, but
none of his neighbors would sell their
properties.
In the extreme northern section of
the country-the Gran Chac0 region,
largely unexplored-I made the ac-
quaintance of another gentleman of
landed estates. He, too, owned many
thousands Of acres, but unlike the
southern estancia, this area was al
most virgin wilderness. "Will you
sell me small portion of your land
few hundred acres?" I inquired.
NO." was the response, II am keeping
the land for my children. When a rail-
road Is builded In this direction land
values will increase, and my children
will reap the benefits"
In visiting the marvellous vineyards
Of the Mendoza region, where the cul-
tivation Of the grape has almost
reached perfection, I asked similar
question. The reply was, In effect,
that few vineyards are for sale at
price that could be called reasonable.
These three practical Illustrations
show the time-honored tendency Of the
wealthy Argentinean to retain his pos
sessions, and If possible increase rath-
er than diminish their area, which In
many cases has been handed down
through families for generations.
Since the plowman and the me-
chanic have almost banished the low
ing herd and the picturesque cowboy
from our western plains, the young
American who loves life In the open
and Its dash Of recklessness OCCASION
ally seeks the newer field in the far
southland. Some have found work rid
ing o'er the Argentine pampas but, gen.
orally speaking, life on the pampa Is
gradually losing its former wild attrac-
tions. Furthermore, the wages paid
the ordinary cowpuncher are rarely
over $50 or $40 per month; the natives
perform this labor and in many ways
are as efficient or more so than the
North American.
Travelling over Argentina impresses
the visitor with the vastness of things
in general the range, the level pampa,
the stock, the lonely cot, the far-dls-
tant horizon. He secs how the possess
sion of vast estates and the revenue
therefrom makes 1t possible for the
owner to live in ease and delegate the
active management Of affairs to others.
Even If the rich owner maintains q
home on the pampa he Is almost GER
tain to have more palatial residence
in Buenos Aires, the Mecca for the
great majority of Argentines. Fur
thermore, the wealthy ranchman or
nlontar caalyS ctill u,idar fialdc of dix,a,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-26

to have a large pile of sand and gravel
handy, where the fowls can heip
themselves.
Milk Is d good feed for hens. GIVE
all the milk they will consume. The
hens will not only lay well, but VIII
keep in a strong vigorous state OF
health.
You should no more think OF Keep
ing common mixed flock OF mongrel
chickens than you would buy or care
for chance Seeding fruits, wholly un-
known and untried.
While the weather is dry, the poul-
tryman should store away several bar
rels of road dust to be used In the
dust boxes during the winter months.
Thoroughbred fowls are the only
profitable sort to keep. no matter
what you keep them for.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-26

The sudden emergence Of Arabia as
n separate unit In the great war is a
continuation of q series of revolts
against Turkish control since 1918,
when it was annexed by that nation
for the second time In Its uneasy his
tory. From 1882. to 1908 there have
been eight revolts. Its happiest days
were those of the pre-Islamic period,
during which 1t was powerful enough
to defeat the Romans In "a B. c., and
to resist all other foreign invasion I'M
til 522 A. D., when 1t was conquered by
the Abyssinians.
Mecca was compared by Burton to
Bath, but has been likened by other
writer's to "Florence without beauty
1t has had full share Of flood, fire
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-26

zone 1t becomes heated and rises to
flow northeast again. The Gulf Of
Mexico is like the coil Of pipe in a
gas water heater; 1t supplies intense
heat in a small area and adequately
tempers half the seas.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-26
wbv Ammonia Cleans cIothes.

Ammonia, the great spot remover
of the American people, Is really gas
dissolved in water. 1t belongs to the
alkall family, and on account of Its
mineral origin Is the foe of all oils
and grease, which explains the easy
way 1t disposes of spots that soap and
water cannot affect. Bath ammonia
Is fine cleanser.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-26
Part of the Game.

"These diplomats are a queer lot"
"What makes you think so?"
"They rarely ever permit them
selves to indulge In plain yes or
no."
Don't censure them for that. II
they were not mysterious nobody
would think they were earning their
salary"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-26
More Than He Could Bear.

Sur ten years,
mum, l wuz a
glass eater wild a
circus sideshow,"
said the frowsy
applicant for
breakfast.
"How did you
happen to lose
your position 2"
ut wuz dis way,
mum. De beard
ed lady got sick
an de manager
wanted me ter
take her place fur
a week. Bein' an
artist, me soul
revolted at prac.
tlcin' n low decep-
tion like dat an
l quit"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-26
SOME SMILES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
From Missouri.

Y oung Man
Sir, / am unable
to find words to
express the love
I have for your
daughter, and
Her Father
Never mind the
W ord s, young
man; figures will
do. Just show me
your bank book.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-26
EIQhtlna Moths Win paper.

Moths hate newspapers; and will
rarely touch anything wrapped in
them. Wrap Winter clothes entirely in
newspapers before putting them away
for the summer and you may feel rea.
sonably certain that moths viii not
harm them.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-26
Imaalnatlon.

The gift of imagination appears to
be the peculiar privilege of man. The
architecture of the beaver is clever
and ingenious, but the work Of one
beaver differs only from that of his
fellow In the shape and nature of the
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-26
To Keep Waxed Paper.

Take two pieces of cardboard slight
ly larger than the paper, place to-
gether and paste strip Of cotton
across one end to form hinge; when
dry place your sheets Of waxed paper
between the cover and sew through all
with stout cord, leaving loop to
hang 1t up by. You will find this
very convenient, as 1t takes up very
little space, Is out of the dust and is
very handy to use, as all you have to
do is to lift one sheet or as many as
you wish to use without removing from
hook.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-26

wood at their respective command.
The cells of honeycomb, beautiful
and mathematically correct as they
are, differ in no particular from those
in every other bees construction.
Every village boy knows that one
thrush's nest is repeated, character
for character, in that of another. With
you 1t is different; each one of you
can put something Of himself into his
work, and unless he does so he be-
comes mere copyist, an echo and not
sound, a purveyor of "whlte-robed
innocence" and flower bespangled
meads. samuel Johnson.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-26
Poet Had Riaht Idea.

Matthew Arnold, discussing the pop
ularity Of his own dog poems, said that
while comparatively few loved poetry,
nearly everyone loved dogs. And Mat
thew Arnold was right.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-26
Sure 10 net Van.

It's getting so you might as well
submit to the operation now. II this
doctor doesn't get you. some other ons
will.-Kansas City Star.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-26
1000, 900 In British NAVY,

The working forces of the British
navy, ailoat and ashore, include more
than 100000 men.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-26
As Others See Us.

She Cat the opera) Don't you think
Miss Screecher strains her voice when
she sings?
He-Perhaps; but If she does, she
uses mighty poor strainer.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-26
On an Estancia.

"QuillalauQuen,' an average es-
tancia, is located on the Southern rail-
way within eight hours train time of
Buenos Aires. The area embraces
over 100000 acres; the stock consists
of 100000 sheep, $4,000 cattle, 1900
horses, 800 milch cows, and thousands
Of swine. The personnel which keeps
the wheels of this large establishment
In good running order includes more
than 500 men, women and children. The
families are scattered over the estate;
and to the head of each household is
delegated certain duties. For instance,
the milking of 800 cows twice daily is
an enormous task. BY systematic ap-
portionment of the herd over the place,
the actual number at any given point
is not considered large. The enormous
quantities Of milk obtained are brought
to common point and certain portions
dispatched daily to Buenos Aires.
A very busy season on the stock
farm comes yearly at the end of cold
weather or about the first Of Novem-
ber. More than 100000 sheep must
be sheared. So Systematically is this
work done that from 5000 to 1000
animals are relieved of their wool each
day.
Presiding over this estancia is
young man, native of Argentina,
hardly out of his thirties. He
and his wife are cultured and charm-
ing hosts, and 1t may be of interest
to know that this young manager and
his wife have visited the United States
and Travelled over the country from the
Pacific to the Atlantic. They were
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-26

~ EHIND eight galloping mules
- drawing a strong old coach Of
the style Of modified "forty-
miner" we sailed forth from a
little Argentine settlement on jour
ney that covered many days in the
great outdoors of the far southland.
Our emules were ridden by three
young natives of the cowboy type who
delighted In fast and reckless speed,
while fourth man sat on the drivers
seat, one man to each pair Of steeds,
so 1t worked out. In addition to food
for man and beast, the old coach car
ried only four passengers, writes Will
liam A. Reid in Los Angeles Times.
The time was November; and In Ar
gentina the harvest days were drawing
near, for be 1t remembered that sea-
sons in the far South are reversed.
As the day advanced and we became
a mere speck moving across leagues
and leagues-not acres-of pampa land
the novelty of the journey gave place
to serious thought. The farther we
advanced the more lonely the whole
country appeared, for we were not
within the zone of waving fields of
grain or the fenced-in estancia (farm).
Around us stretched the open country
and the far-away horizon closed the
view; here and there gently rolling
lands merged into level tracts that ap-
peared to have no limit; the plains bore
q brownish-green color, occasionally
windmill came into view.
Wherever the windmill stands one
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-26
One Mans NiaM.

she-Why is 1t that men always like
the things that disagree with themY
He-Well, have an idea it's because
they make good wives.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-12-14
soIInARITY OF MOTHERS.

That the mothers of the country
will stand together and be source
OF strength to each other is the
statement made by DR. Kate Waller
Barrett. Of the Mothers Congress.
she insists that the American mother
must help the foreign born Ameri-
can mother to understand the reasons
for the war. "The foreign mother
cannot support her boy at the front,
unless she understands what he is
fighting for" says DR. Barrett, Chair
man of the Immigration Committee
of the National Council of Women
.sThe foreign mother in America, un-
HE TO understand English, has come
10 this country to be at peace, and
she is left in chaotic state when
her sons are drafted TO fight for their
new country. She cannot read the
newspapers, or talk TO American
women. except through her children
as interpreters AS she cannot un-
derstand the reasons for this war, she
becomes rebellious, and her feeling is
communicated to her son in the train
ing camp" She must be educated In
the causes of the war.
Or. Barrett urges American moth
ers to feel a solidarity with the
Americanized mother of other ma
lions. THE soldier is dependent up
on the feeling in his home for his
own attitude of mind" She says,
THE Mothers Congress is doing a
great work by holding meetings IN
many cities to explain war measures,
and develop the patriotism of the be-
wildered foreign women. We moth
ers must stand together"