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ATHENA PRESS Tuesday and Fridays f. B.BOYD .... Publisher You wouldn't be stuck up If you heard all other people say about you. It la a poor sort of man who would rather be awakened by an alarm clock than a robin. ' The new Shah of Persia Is begin ning to realize that be didn't fall heir to a path of roses. Maybe some of those disgruntled Cu bans have an idea that a declaration of Independence is simply a permit to con duct a cock fight Lota of young men who were babies when be was President can tell some bright and Interesting stories about Abraham Lincoln. The Panama Canal is such a big un dertaking that there ought to be glory enough in it for every man who throws out a shovelful of dirt The average $1 bill Is said to last fifteen months, but we will have to take It for granted, as we have never been able to keep one in sight that long. Harrlman Bays he Is In favor of keep ing the small stockholders Interested. Without the small stockholders there could be little lamb-shearing in Wall street Perhaps If Mr. Rockefeller had soon er discovered that he is worth only a paltry 1300,000,000, he would have hes itated about peeling that $32,000,000 off his roll. Dr. Funk says that the spirits find the air of earth hard to breathe. Peo ple who have met any spirits will doubtless recall that they looked pale and unhealthy. No young man, no matter how bright he may be, can expect to learn from Mr. E. H. Harriman's testimony how to gobble up a railroad every morning before breakfast The achievement of Woo Ang, of San Francisco, who raised a draft of $3 to $8,000, is a refutation of the statement that the Chinese cannot adapt them selves to American ways. If there is any truth In the statement that the North Pole Is moving south ward at the rate of twenty miles a year, Arctic explorers can save a lot of trou ble by waiting a few centuries and meeting it half way. The Czar has been told that he must take more outdoor exercise lor tne benefit of bis health. But the Czar can recall a number of cases among the Russian aristocracy where outdoor exercise proved fatal. A negro laborer In a Virginia quarry who was engaged In thawing out dyna mite noticed that the stuff had caught fire, and promptly stamped on it to put It out The surrounding neighborhood was also put out by what followed. Dr. Wiley, head of the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agri culture, gave the House Committee on Expenditures an amusing Illustration of the exacting practices of scientific research. In fepeaklng of the young men who are undergoing experiments In nutrition, Dr. Wiley said, "Nothing Is wasted. If they trim their finger nails or have their hair cut, they bring the trimmings or the hair to me, and It Is weighed. We keep track of the in come and outgo Just as you keep a bank account An Eastern newspaper thinks it a strange thing that many farmers are trying to sell their farms because they cannot get men to work them and then asks what has become of the myriads of immigrants who have come to us in late years. Well, most of those who have not gone Into the coal mines have been caught In the tremendous con gestion of slum population in great cit ies. Maybe this Is because they do not know any better, and If so they should be taught better, but never will be taught while they see the farm owners Joining In the hegira from country to city. Human nature is the same In college u elsewhere. The man who spends a treat deal of money gets talked about to an extent out of all proportion to bis Influence In the community. The ixpendltures of rich college men have been talked about more than those of their families at home, because spend ing much money at college Is a new thing in this country and still a com paratively rare thing. The talk about It has tended to create the impression that the large colleges are no place for poor boys, which Is very far from the tact. The colleges are organized to give ipeclal advantages to manhood and ca pacity, and that Is quite as true of the large colleges as of the small ones. "The greatest thing In the world," lays Bishop Woodcock of Kentucky, "Is be able to He awake at midnight linking of God and your fellow men rlthout fear, without shame and with nit remorse. Cowardice Is the greatest xagedy in life, and more wrong Is lone in the world by weak than by rvtl men," Well said. It Is a great hlng to be able to look your fellow nan square In the eye, and that ability jowea only from your own estimation of yourself. If your life is the kind of life that you yourself cannot ad mire, you need never expect your asso ciates to take you at any higher valua tion than you place upon yourself. If a man carries about with him that con viction that he is a clean man, a de cent man and an honest man, every man he meets will know It If a man is ashamed of himself, that will be equally evident There is a homely but pithy saying, which reads (and It Is the best sort of advice at that) : "Live each day so that you can look every man In the face and tell him to move on." King Edward conferred the Order of Merit upon James Bryce, the new Brit ish ambassador to this country, on the eve of his departure from London. This order Is given to men who have won conspicuous distinction in the naval or military service, or In letters, art or science. Only nineteen persons have received it sixteen Britons, one of whom, Sir L. Alma-Tadema, was a nat uralized subject, and three Japanese. There Is nothing of the kind in Amer ica. The Constitution forbids the na tional Congress and the State Legis latures to grant titles of nobility, and the feeling which prompted the prohi bition has extended to the establish ment of honorary orders, save those for military achievement The Medal of Honor, conferred for acts of con spicuous valor, and the Diplomatic Medal, which Is bestowed upon foreign ministers only, are not properly to be classed with the honors which Euro pean governments use to recognize great achievement There Is not neces sarily anything undemocratic In orders of merit or medals of honor for men in civil life. France, a republic, has the Legion of Honor, and titles of no bility survive there much as official titles survive here, after the service In which they were won has ceased. In all the States a man who has been a Judge or a governor Is "governor" or "Judge" to the end of his days. The universities make men doctors of laws or science or philosophy or letters, and they are called "doctor ;" but the great explorer, the great Inventor, the great painter must remain without official recognition by the government A re cent writer in Army and Navy Life has suggested that something be done to supply this lack. It is not easy to see what can be done. We shall surely not confer knighthood on our men of sci ence or on our statesmen, although It Is no more undemocratic to call a man Sir John Smith than to speak of him as the Hon. John Smith. It will require some ingenuity to find a way to confer upon meritorious persons a distinction which will be permanently attached to their names, yet will not offend those who regard all titles as savoring of an aristocratic system. There was never a time when Mr, Eben Jenkins was not perfectly willing to give a lift In his wagon to a foot traveler along the sandy roads of Hlll ville; but he did not like to have too much taken for granted. One day he was accosted by a flash ily dressed young man who was step ping along the dusty road with a dis dainful air. "Hold on there a minute 1" he called, as the wagon came abreast of him. "I believe I'll take a ride, as you're going my way and 11m In a hurry," and with out waiting for any response he swung himself up beside Mr. Jenkins, who looked at him sharply but made no demur. The road made many twists and turns, but although the young man kept up an Incessant stream of conver sation, he received only the most la conic replies from his host "It's a good deal farther to Hackett than I thought, from what they told nie," said the young man at last when they had been driving more than half an hour. "How far Is It from here?" "Um-cn," Bald Mr. Jenkins, deliber ately, "I'm not a great hand at mathe matics, but keeping straight on as we're going now, I should say 'twould be in the neighborhood o' twenty-five thousand miles. "If you've a notion to get out o' this conveyance o' mine and hoof It back to the first turn, and take the other road, 'twon't be more'n a little matter of seven miles or so." "He hoofed It" said Mr. Jenkins, re lating the etory that night with keen relish, "and It wouldn't surprise me a mite if the next time he wants a lift hi addresses the man he expects'll give It to him some different from what he did me." The Start and the Platan. Why do you fear to become a re former?" "Because," answered Senator Sor ghum, "the way of the reformer Is easy only as long as he Is telling people what they ought to have. It becomes difficult when It Is time to apologize for not giving It to them." Washington Star. ' Ktw York Aa a Y. SI. C. A. Center. New York city is the greatest Y. M. C. A. center In the world. It has more than forty organizations and 20,000 members; It has 400 secretaries and employes and 2,800 of Its members are office holders and committeemen. Its largest building, the 23d street branch, coat $1,000,000 and has 8,600 members. The girl who Is always learning to play the piano never seems to make much progress, from the viewpoint of the critical neighbors who want to rest FAMOUS BEAUTY FROWNS OH PHYSICAL CDLTUS.B FAD. i" a i si "i- L. MHO. La MIlo, the most famous beauty in Europe, and who artists declare could have served as a model for Venus de Mllo, declares that physical culture threatens to spoil feminine pulcrltude. "I don't recommend physical culture which develops muscle and makes one part of the body abnormal at the ex pense of the other," says La Milo. "A woman does not want to have great muscular limbs. She ought to go to the famous statues and study them. The poetic Ideal of the sculptor repre sents the highest form of feminine beauty, and all a girl should desire In the matter of physical loveliness is to reach, as far as possible, the exquisite proportions of the graven gems which are sheltered In our sculpture galleries. Physical culture Is against all canons of true art for women. It was never Intended that a woman should emulate a man, whose glory lies In his strength." AXR ALWAYS FULL OF DUST. Particle Not Observed Became Too Small to Reflect Light. "A most Interesting study," a prom inent government scientist recently re marked, "Is that of what might be termed the foreign elements of the at mosphere. The earth's atmosphere contains an enormous quantity of dust and It is everywhere, In the country aa well as In the towns. "The reason why we do not see It constantly Is that the particles do not reflect enough light to make an Impres sion on the retina. A ray of bright sunlight in a dark room reveals In numerable particles, and yet the mil lions we see are but a small proportion of the whole, being the larger par ticles. "It Is not at all difficult to collect these particles for the purposes of study. Probably the most successful way is that first used by Pasteur, who drew a stream of nir through a tube containing nitrated cotton. The cot ton was then dissolved by treating it with ether and the residue washed and dried. The particles may be meas ured by means of a fine micrometer, a late perfection of which enables meas urements of as little as one-seventy-mill Ion th of an inch to be made. "How these particles are loosed In the air may be readily seen when It Is remembered that all mechanical ac tion has a tendency to reduce to a pow. der whatever substance Is In fraction al contact, even the waves beating upon the shore make a dust Rain In falling collects considerable quantities of this dust and snow still larger amounts. This accounts for the 'red snow' some times heard of, the color being caused by mineral particles. "Of the total weight of the atmos pheric dust about 65 to 75 per cent Is Inorganic matter. This portion Is ab solutely harmless, but In the 25 to 33 per cent of organic matter are to be found germs of almost every kind, and particularly In cities Is this percent age dangerous to humanity. "In the Inorganic portion have been found practically all mineral sub stances. Including the metals sodium, calcium, magnesium, aluminum, nickel, cobalt and Iron. Iron appears In much greater quantity than any other metal, much of that coming from planetary space. The rushing of meteorites through space causes a friction which gradually reduces them to powder con taining much iron, some of which Joins the earth's atmosphere." Never Fer.aed Her. "Delia," began Mrs. Newliwed, timid ly, "I don't suppose er that you would er object to my getting an alarm clock Y' "Not at all, ma'am," replied the sleepy cook; "them things never dls-' curb me at all." Philadelphia Press. Even the bartender has a poor opin ion of the man who playg cards In the middle of the day. S. F. Sharp PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention given to , all calls, both night and day. CalU promptly answered. Office on Third Street. Athena, Oregor THE !oT. NICHOLS HOTEL I I S. E. FROOME. 'pbop. I . Iff . Only First-class Hotel in the City. Iff THE ST. NICHOLS li the only one that can accommodate oommarcial traveler. Can beiecomended for its clean and well ventilated rooms. Cob. Maim and Third, ATBiHA.Or. COMMERCIAL LIVERY STABLE HARRY M'BRIDE, MANAGER Best Stock and Rigs in the City. Competent Drivers, Stock Boarded by the Day, Week or Month at Reasonable Rate. 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