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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-07
PATRIOTIC GREEK MAKES
READY TO FIGHT BOCHES

Spokane, Wash. - James l..
Dorgan. a subject Of Greece, is
in a training camp preparing to
fight for Uncle Sam against the
Germans. Four years ago he
came here from Athens with only
a slight knowledge of the Eng
lish language. In these four
years he was graduated from the
public schools and the high
school. While attending school
he worked in a newspaper office
and accumulated $500. He also
owns a Liberty bond and bought
War Savings stamps.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-07
Prefer Candy and Gum.

Kokomo, Ind.-EnamOred of ciga-
.ettes, chewing gum and chocolate,
burglars entered the Paul Wickershan
grocery and carried away 5000 ciga-
'ettes. 30 packages Of chewing gum
md 20 cakes of chocolate
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-07
FINDS LATEST VARIETY OF
CONSCIENTIOUS DIRECTOR

Oi,icago.-Chicago has pro-
duced the latest variety OF con
scientious objector," and. as a
result, John Taylor probably VIII
not serve Uncle Sam overseas
John, who had been called Tor
service, walked into q court
room here and confessed 10 eih-
bezzling more than $4,000 from
his employer during the last TWO
wears. He said he objected 70
going to the army With a black
mark against him-so ne eu
fessed. He was held for the
grand jury.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-07
Ban on baseball Pools.

Albany. n. I.-The operation Oh
Baseball pools, prevalent throughout
he country, has been held TO De oooA-
making by the appellate division Oh 'he
xuDreme court. third department OF
&ew York state
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-26
LENT INSPIRATION TO ARTIST
How Clint In Eye Of Model Led Paint
er to Alter the Spirit Of His
Masterpiece.

"The Spirit Of Seventy-six"-the IA
nous drum and fife trio-came from
the brush and genius of Archibald M.
Willard.
The artist emerged from overalls and
a Wellington, O., wagon shop. A pic
ture called "Pluck No. l." displayed
in Cleveland art dealers window, at
tracted the attention Of the discrimi-
mating and paved the way to a kind of
partnership with James II. Ryder,
through whose suggestion the "Seven-
ty-six" picture was begun.
In its early stages this painting
was called "Yankee Doodle" and 1t
was first planned along serio-comic
lines. "But one day." declares Mr..
Willard, II caught CLINT in the eye
of the old man who posed for the CEN
ter figure, and in flash it revealed it.
self to me what all this stood for, and
I could 20 no further. The real pic
ture pushed everything else aside and
went ahead and painted ITSELF"
The old man whose flashing eyes
inspired this change Of conception was
the artists father, Rev. Daniel Willard,
a man Of revolutionary stock.
Thus curiously 1t was only by the
merest switch of an inherited sentl-
ment that this symbol was prevented
from becoming fanciful burlesque to
live only for the brief day Of its cre-
acknowledgements Magazine.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-26
Crow at Home on the Earth,

II have seen no bird walk the ground
with just the same air the crow does"
writes John Burroughs in "An Idyll Of
the Honey Bee" ut is not exactly
pride; there is no strut or swagger in
it, though perhaps just little con-
descension 1t is the contented and self
possessed gait of lord over his do
mains. All these acres are mine he
says, and all these crops; men plow
and sow for me, and I stay here or 60
there and find life sweet and good
wherever I am
"The hawk looks awkward and out
of place on the ground; the game birds
hurry and skulk, but the crow is at
home and treads the earth as If there
were none to molest or make him
afraid"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-26
Opprobrlous Epithets.

A correspondent informs us that n
woman defendant in Brittany police
court has been fined so francs for call
ing another woman "an old tank" The
offense presumably lay in the unusual,
as In the case Of the fishwife whom
O'Connell sllenced by calling 'paral-
lelopiped." Psychology has never yet
solved the problem why q compare
lively innocuous phrase may cause
more offense than the vilest abuse.
For instance, mort aux vaches" does
not strike the Englishman as so very
terrible, yet, to tell French gendarme
of your desire for an increase in the
mortality rate among cows is n surer
way Of asking for trouble than to SLAM
der the Pope In Home Rule strong
hold.-London Globe.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-26
ORIGIN OF ALPHABET LOST
Generally Accepted Theory Is That the
Letters First Came Into Use
Among the Egyptians.

The alphabet we use Is n queer
thing, when We come to think of 1t.
In effect, 1t is made up of conventional
signs.
Turn this page upside down, and
you cannot read it. 1t might almost as
well be printed in Russian characters
or in Arabic.
Few subjects have enlisted on the
part of language students more specu-
latlve thought than the origin of the
alphabet. 1t is today a matter much
in dispute.
There are those who aver that on
pebbles almost as ancient as the early
cave dwellers Of southern Europe have
been found inscribed characters rep
rcsenting the origin Of some os our
alphabetical letters Of today.
But the theory most generally ac-
ccpted at the present time is that the
letters of our alphabet originated with
the ancient Egyptians. They were, to
begin with, Photographs"
Take as" for example. In form 1t
represents snake. The sound of the
letter Is the kissing of snake. There
you have it. What more could be de.
manded of single letter In an alpha
bet? 1t is whole picture.
20" Is supposed to have been knot
In n strng-the letter being originally
II piece of sinew. &c" was bow pulled
taut. &c" was the followed hand, from
which one drank-whencc the sound
OF the letter. 81" was the crooked
stick used In primitive times as
plow. "N' was plckax. "V" was an
OK yoke. "X' was crossroads. "T"
was tally--a primitive mode Of count.
Ing. "Y" was the right hand upheld.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-26
Some Old-Day Battles.

The great odds in numbers which
the British army has had to face on
the western front is no rare expert
ence in its annals. Wellington has
borne witness to that fact in his re-
marks that Talavera was the only
battle In which he had numerical
superiority, owing to the presence Of
the Spaniards, who, while showing
much personal gallantry, were badly
led. At all his other battles he had
fewer men than the enemy. AT Sala-
maca had 10000 men, and the French
perhaps $4,000. AT yittoria l had Co.
600 men against 10000. At Waterloo
the proportion was still more against
me. l had $4,000 to $1,000; Napoleon
had near $1,000. The whole army in
the south Of France under my COM
mand was considerably larger than the
force of Soult at the battle of Tou-
louise, but In numbers actually en-
ployed in that battle l had less than
he" All Of which goes to show that
strength and success do not neces-
sarily lie with mere weight of num-
bers. There are other factors vastly
more essential.-Christian Science
Moci.o..
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-26
SILLY TO WORRY OVER PAST
Far Better to Get Busy as Possible in
Planning Something Worth While
In the Future.

The woman who sits around discon-
soIately bemoaning the fact that what
she considers her best years have van
ished does not by any means deserve
the sympathy she would like to re-
ceive.
Pray, who outside the home circle
cares what ones years are, whether
the bloom has faded from ones check
or whether ones figure has lost or Is
losing its youthful lines?
The person who foolishly wastes
good time in wishing that he or she
could reclaim other days should try to
forget self and Immediately become
busted with some wholesome task.
There are no fountains of perpetual
youth to be found at any price in any
cline. This fact was demonstrated
long ago, and the person who sets out
in search of those magic waters will
return bitterly disappointed.
Time leaves its traces upon all of
us, much as we would like to refute
this charge. How senseless then to
resort to artificial means, hoping that
by so doing we shall eradicate the
marks of passing years!
On the other hand, why not concen-
tiate ones best thoughts upon the
Present, remembering that there are
october sunsets more lovely and more
brilliant than any that ever paint
Jrne sky!
The woman past her first youth has,
/ she is blessed with good health plus
will power, work to do, and she
ihOuld do it. Not one of us ever ques.
tions the age Of any person who per-
forms some worthwhile task. Instead,
we applaud the worker, meanwhile
hoping earnestly that he or she shall
long continue to serve or entertain.-
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-26

through: re got right up to- the
limit and"
"Henry, feel in your inside pocket"
"What do you mean?"
IT mean what I say. Feel In your
inside pocket. Yes! I should think
you would look worried. I found
letter there last night. Who is
Thomas Bickford, and what does he
mean by debts of honor? Where have
you been going every Saturday night?
You told me you went to your club,
and that gambling wasn't allowed
there. Does Mr.. Bickford-"
"Polly, the artistic qualities of that
thing grow on a fellow. I'm begin
ming to like it. 1t sort of sets off the
room. Please tell the maid to hurry
up and serve dinner. I'm as hungry
as bear."-Dayton News.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-26
SQUEEZING THE HUN.

With Foch apparently ready to close
the trap in the Soissons- Rheims sal
lent, as the result of narrowing the
pocket in which the Huns have been
i. drawn from 81 miles in width down to
21Imiles, it is possible that the allies
are advancing within the circle of d
glorious v1tstory. Press dispatches of
last evening land this morning indicate
that AmericarA and French artillery of
heavy bore isl in stupendous action.
throwing tons Of metal and explosives
in crossfre Which is spraying the
two important concentration points of
the pocket. French-American battle
lines this morbing were drawn within
three miles d T the main railway center
of the enemy, andf and bis one narrow line
of communication and possible win
drawal to the north is menaced by the
terrible onslaughts being made on his
flanks by all modern methods of war
fare. The British have thrown fresh
divisions into the vortex and with their
French comrades yesterday advanced
two miles at poirt west of Rheims,
which resulted in cutting the mouth of
the pocket eight miles shorter. Tn.
Crown Prince is getting an awful
maullng and few days more of Cruel
ling will place the present battle on
par with the terrible losses he sus-
tanned in the battle of Verdun. Indi-
cations point to indecision on his part,
whether to retreat to the Vessel river
or throw into the conflict the masses
of Hun reserves he has gathered be-
hind his lines and fight it out. In
either case, the allied command feels
confident of successfully accomplishing
his defeat but what they hope for is an
overwhelming, crushing victory, and
the news from the front portends
that
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-26
ROUSED HIS ARTISTIC SENSE
After a Little Reflection MIR. sniggsby
Could See Beauty of Ornament
He Had Condemned.

"Here's where patience ceases to
be a virtue" said Snlggsby. Look
at this hat I'm wcarin'. It's three
years old. I can't afford to buy a
new one, and yet you 20 and pay $37
for that brass thing to put on the
mantelpiece. Darned If I'm goin to
stand for it,"
"My dear! What shocking languagel
What If the ncighbors should hear
your"
Il want 'em TO hear me. I don't
care who hears me. I've stood this
as long as I'm goin' to stand it. You
take that thing back tomorrow and
see that It's taken off our bill. I'll
never pay for 1t. Put that down
where you won't forget it. The worm
has turned. Right here's where l
cross the Rubcon. I've stood for
lot OF darned foolishneSs, but I'm
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-26
Sensible Table Discourse.

Speaking Of autobiographlc recipes
for domestic use, there's nothing bet
ter than Benjamin Franklin's descrip-
ton of how the table was managed by
his father when he was boy. "At
this table he took care to have some
sensible friend to converse with and
he always started a useful topic Of
discourse which might improve the
minds Of his children. By this means
he turned our attention to the proper
conduct of life and no critical notice
was ever taken Of the victuals on the
table-whether they were cooked well
or i'll, whether they were in season or
out of season. Thus was brought up
to be quite Indifferent as to the kind
Of food that was set before me and to
this day if I am asked after dinner to
tell what have dined upon I am
scarce able to foil "
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-26
INSECT VICTIMS OF "B00zE"
Scientists Familiar With Many Varle.
ties That Indulge In a Sort of
Bacchanalian Festival.

There would seem to be no partlc-
ular reason from the human stand
point why the Ivy should be called the
plant of Bacchus, since no wine is
made from its berries. Entomologists,
however, have found that the ivy
flowers provide verltable bacchana-
liam festival for number of insects.
Men Of science are wont to sally forth
at night with lanterns to capture the
intoxicated moths that crowd around
the grecnlsh blossoms. When the
willow is in bloom they find n similar
scene Of dissipation around its yellow
catkins.
The tlppllng insect may be used to
point moral by the prohibltlonist,
since rum not infteQuently leads TO Its
ruin. There Is fly so addicted to
wine that Linnaeus named 1t the "cel-
lar fly" which appellation Kirby
changed to the more appropriate one
Of the "cellar wine drlnker," Kirby
states that the larvae Of this little fly,
whose diet he could attest from his
own observations, disdains to feed on
anything but wine or beer, which, like
Bonifoce in the play, 1t may be said
both to eat and drink.
There are bees and flowers whose
random meetings result In the same
curious phenomenon. On the single
dahliaS and gaillardlas of the garden
bees are often to be seen In the same
maudin state, and these bees are more
frequently of the black and yellow
banded kind. If you take such a bee
Off the gnillardia the insect will re-
main In your hand, indulging in
quaint antics or simply trembling in
every member. Presently, however, 1t
will recover and fly Off straight to
another gaillardla flower and in
very short time is again in Its former
state of lmbecility. One may pick 1t
up again and have O repetition Of the
performance. .
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-26
Notice To Creditors.

In the County Court for Umatilla
County, Oregon.
In the Matter OF the Estate of
Charles A. Barrett. Deceased:
Notice is hereby given that we, the
undersigned, have been appointed Ex-
ecutors of the Estate of Charles A.
Barrett, deceased, by the above en-
titled Court, and as such executors,
have qualified as required. All per-
sons having claims against said estate
are hereby notified to present the same
to US with proper vouchers at the office
of Henry A. Barrett. executor, in the
c. A. Barrett & Co. Implement Store,
or to our attorney, Homer |. Watts, at
his office in Athena, Oregon. within
6 months from the date hereof.
Dated this 9Th day of June, 1918.
Jennie E. Barrett,
Henry A Barrett.
Executors.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-26
WHAT YOUR
DOLLARS DO
One Hundred Cents Worth
of Mercy and Relief for
EveryW Fund Dollar.

Your Red Cross dollars-every cent
of every Red Cross dollar-actually
relieves suffering-actually goes as
you give 1t, for war relief. Not one
cent Of any contribution goes into
Red Cross administration expenses
the overhead of War Fund admins.
tration Is more than covered by the
interest accruing from the banking Of
the funds. All relief work not per.
tanning to the war is amply covered
by the normal revenues of the Red
Cross through membership dues.
Your answer to humanlty's cry
your donation to war reIief-includes
not only the care and restoration of
the wounded. 1t Is a mission of mercy
to the famished, the homeless and
helpless, the lame, the halt, and the
blind-all the victims Of war that ap.
peal to the heart of mankind.
The relief of invallded soldiers, re-
itCI VI HulllulCu uhb bikhtt tiohi-
ing of crippled soldiers for useful pur.
suits-relief service for the care and
revival of soldiers on furlough from
the front-relief Of children through
out devastated territory-relief of de.
pendent families of soldiers-relief to
prisoners In Germany-relief among
repatriated DeOple returning to France
-children's refugees and hospitals
these are among the divisions Of or.
ganlzed work that carries practical aid
to its every object In wide field Of
activity. Its scope embraces Russia,
Roumanla, Serbia, Italy and Armenia
besides the great field Of France.
Your donation makes this great mis-.
sion of mercy your own.
The Red Cross carries 100 eents'
worth Of aid for every dollar donated.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-26
TRAIN MIND TO REMEMBER
BY the Proper Exercise of Will One
Can Teach the Brain to Regis
ter Photographs.

A man who has wonderful memory
says in the American Magazine:
If you can train your right arm to
deliver a good blow, you can train
your memory to retain facts. There
are just as many flabby-minded men
in the world as there are flabby-bodied
ones. Both kinds of flabblness are due
to lnzness, the one mental, the other
physical.
Above all, you must remember that
the brain is a Photographic machine
and you can make it take an enormous
number Of photographs. don't con-
tend that each man may eventually
have as good memory as his neigh
boris, but l am firmly convinced that
90 men out Of 100 can have better and
more servlceable memories than they
now have.
Teach your brain to register photo
graphs of what you want it to retain.
BE enthusiastic about it. Work at it
every day while you are doing your
other work. 1t isn't very hard. Most
men use about 80 per cent Of their
available energy when they're work.
ing. Concentrate on what you are
doing. Let 1t soak into you. Absorb
it-and always absorb it with the con-
vlctlon that 1t is going to stay abb
sorbed.
There you have my recipe for
good memory: Determine to remem-
ber, don't worry, and learn how not to
let your office worries and work 60 to
bed with you at highland, above all
things, get into the open and give na-
ture chance. Fresh air and sun
shine have as beneficial an effect on
the memory as they do on the other
parts of your general makeup.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-26
SUMMONS.
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
Eva B. Beauchamp, Plaintiff,

~ SNA'ANANSs
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
Eva B. Beauchamp, Plaintiff,
vs..
Roy L. Beauchamp. Defendant.
To Roy L. Beauchamp, Defendant
above named:
In the name of the State of Oregon,
you are hereby required to appear and
answer the complaint of the plaintiff
filed against you in the above entitled
suit, within six weeks of the date of
the first publication of this summons,
to-wit. on or before Friday. the s3rd
day of August 1918; and you will take
notice that if you fail to appear and
answer the said complaint or other
wise plead thereto within said time,
the plaintiff for want thereof will ap-
ply to the court for the relief prayed
for and demanded in plaintiffs said
complaint, namely, for decree of the
Court forever dissolving the bonds of
matrimony now and heretofore exist
ing between plaintiff and defendant,
and for other equitable relief.
This summons is published pursuant
to an order made in this Cause by
Honorable Charles H. Marsh, County
Judge of Umatilla County in the ab-
sence of Circuit Judge G. W. Phelps
from said county. The first publca-
tion of this summons will be made in
the Athena Press on Friday the 18th
day of July, 1918, and the last publ
cation of this summons will be made
on the s3rd day of August. 1913.
Dated at Pendleton, Oregon, this
10th day of July, 1915.
Peterson & Bishop,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Post Office address, Freewater. Ore.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-26
Notice to Creditors.

In the County Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
In the Matter of the Estate of
Joseph Sheard, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned has been appointed by the
above entitled court administrator of
the estate of Joseph Sheard, deceased,
and that she has qualified as the law
directs. All persons having claims
against said estate are hereby notified
to present the same, with proper
vouchers, to me at my home near
Athena, Oregon, or to my attorney,
Stephen A. Lowell, in Despair Block,
Pendleton. Oregon. within months
from the date hereof.
Dated July lst, 1918.
Lydia Sheard, Administrative.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-26
500 Reward, $l00

The readers of this paper will be
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to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo,
Ohio. Sold by all Druggist. 75c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-28
Prohibition Party to
 Meet in Anniston

The following announcement will be of interest to all prohibitionists in Alabama:
 "A state convention of the prohibit ton party of Alabama is to be held in the Alabama hotel, Anniston, Fri day, August 30th. at II a. m. Party leaders from various parts of the state importance are to be discussed.
 "The prohibition party of this state will not oppose the dry candidates re- gently nominated in the democratic primary. as it is working for a prin- ciple and rot for mere party name. Our position was very aptly expressed by the Anti Saloon League of America, when in its national convention it in- dorsed the resolutions: Whenever any party or candidate prefers the liquor traffic above public morals such party or candidate must be abandoned" In harmony with this declaration it is our desire, where practicable. to nominate candidates oppose the wet nominees of any party. and we urge all the friends of the Anti Saloon league to join us in our effort thus to carry out their principle so ably expressed.
 "A feature of special interest will be the nomination of candidate to oppose Congressman Blackmon in the Fourth district. Friday evening, just following the convention, a mass meet ing is to be held in Heflin. where our nominee for Congress will fire his first gun in the campaign. Yours truly.
 "A. F. LOKEY,
 'State Chairman"