The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, July 19, 1907, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextCLIMATE EOT CHAJTOnfO. "My dear," said the housewife, as she filled her husband's cup a second time from the coffee machine and passed It to Mm, "you can't possibly wear that old eult again this spring." "Why?" asked the man. "What's the matter with It?" - i "You ought to bare a new one." j "Shucks !", said the man. "All It needs la a little pressing and It will look well enough. It's a long way from being worn out" . . ; I "Now, Isn't that Just like you! Just because It Isn't In rags you think you bare to keep on wearing It Jim, I want you to go to your tailor to-morrow and pick out a nice piece of goods and have a suit made of It. It really is a shame the way you go about". ' " : 'Nobody's mistaken me for a tramp so far. Strangers seem to be decently civil to me.",. ;- i "Oh, .you know I don't mean that . I know you look well. You'd took well In o vera Us and you would command re spect, as far as that goes. Nobody would ever mistake you for a tramp, even if you did dress like one." "You won't ever lose anything by that" said the man. "I'm not Joking. I want you to or der that suit And don't go to any cheap tailor, either. Go to a good one, even If you do have to pay a little more. It's worth It And get a gray. I love to see you In gray. I think It jbecomes you more than anything else. fWon't you go to-morrow and see about tr ;. "Why, no, my dear," said the man, "I think I can get along very well with the suit I've got" "Yes, you can get along with it" "Well, then, what makes you want ne to get a new one?" s . : "You'd look so much better in a new one. Mr. Benton was wearing a new THE TEBBIBLE DREADHAUQHT. Type of Fighting . Monster .Which the United State. Will Build. England Is aglow with pride over the showing made by the great Dread naught on her recent test cruise, to the West Indies. Her turbine engines were found to be a great success, and the seagoing and maneuvering powers of the boat all that could be desired. It Justifies to the fullest extent th Judg ment of British naval experts as to the effectiveness of the all-blg-gun ship In modern warfare. While the Dread naught Is the most powerful thing afloat It is also one of the fastest hav ing shown speed In excess of 21 knots an hour. She is 490 feet long, and her tnaln battery comprises 10 12-inch guns. PHOTOGRAPH OF THE DREADNACGHT TAKEN ON HER TEST CBDISE i'A view of the Dreadnaught gives Americans an idea of the appearance of new fighters to be added to the Uni ted States navy. Congress has author ised two battle ships of the ' Dread naught type, and the plans Indicate tnat they will have points of superiority over the British pioneer. United States bat tle ships of the next smaller type are the best In the world, and as great an achievement is anticipated In the crea tion of vessels of this new class. !Otber nations are also falling into Una Japan has a Dreadnaught In commission and others building. .- Ger many has two on the stocks and has ordered two more. Many an affective sermon Is wordless. suit the other day, I noticed, and I just thought when I looked at him what an Improvement It made in his apnear- fcmP TTft urns Innlrlno- dlmnlv a-orfiil before. . Of course, dress means more to him than It does to you with his figure and poor carriage, and then, you know, be has to try to Impress people. Still " "I don't believe I need a new suit, Myrtle!" . - - "But you do need It 1 want my hus band to look his best always his very best, and clothes really do help. That's why I always love to see you In even ing dress. You look so distinguished. You look distinguished anyway, dear est but clothes really do help." , -." The man rubbed his chin. "Of course they do," he admitted. ! "Certainly they do. Now, don't be obstinate, dear. I know perfectly well what you are thinking of. You think I need new spring clothes and a new bat, and you're willing to sacrifice yourself Just to make your ugly wife beautiful. I don't want you to think of me at all. I want you to get yourself the things you need- so badly and not always be denying yourself on my account" "Do you need spring clothes I thought- : : . , '; f - "Jim, I tell you I don't want you to think of me. Why, of course I need clothes. I haven't a thing fit to wear. But never mind that I'll get along somehow. I'm going to have my poor, abused husband have his clothes this time. I'll wait till business Improves." "Well," said the man, "maybe the business might stand it If you don't strike me too hard. I don't know but I will get a new suit myself. How much will fix you out?" "You dear !" exclaimed the lady. "Well, if you Insist on It I'll tell you. But I want you to have your suit" Chicago Dally News. LETTERS BY MESSEWGEB. A Postal Law of Which Yob Mar Not Have Knowledge. The statement made in an uptown club one evening lately that the law prohibits carrying an unstamped letter past a postofflce and delivering it caused much argument Inquiry was made at the postoflice, where an official said that the question had been asked frequently. "You may send a letter by messenger anywhere, past as many postofflces as you please," said the official,- "but you have no right to send your mall that way regularly or at stated periods. This Is prohibited by the postal laws and regulations. Sec tions 1136 and 1137 were enacted to If LLK: prevent the establishment of private mall routes, because the postofflce de partment is recognized as having the absolute monopoly of the transporta tion cf letters and -'packets' cr bundles of letters by regular trips and at stated, periods on all post routes. As to open letters and circulars, they may be de livered by rival concerns, but the peo ple who make the delivery of circulars a business have no right to deliver un stamped closed letters., The jaw shots out the milkmen and the tradesmen, who travel regularly along established post roads, who would, otherwise hot het nalr for remembrance? come rivals to the United States post-1 office for the purpose of accommodating I Some of the Reformers seem to havt their customers. New York Trlbunsv Prof. Moors Sara Weather Recollec tions Are Untrustworthy. Prof. Willis L. . Moore, chief of the weather bureau. Is rejoicing that the country was swept by a blizzard dur ing the last days of winter, for the reason that he believes that Is the only way to convince people of the dTor In the idea that the winters are be coming milder and the climate is changing. He sees financial ruin to many as a result of entertaining these , conceptions, so nothing suits him bet- j ter than to have experience give I dreamerg some pointed lessons, says the New York Tribune. " Is It possible? In that case you owe "Why, the blizzard In 1888," Prof. J me twenty-five cents more. Petit Par Moore will say in his meditations, j lalen. ' , "when you get old enough you will be urat Money Bags I hear you have telling your boys that occurred "every lpent a great deal of your time in It- winter when you were a youngster and that the weather is not what' Is used to be." Shortly after Adam and Eve began to take interest In affairs arose the story about the climate growing mild er, the professor believes. He is able to trace back this weakness In per ception and memory to Thomas Jeffer son and Prof. Moore has such confi dence In Jefferson that he regards him as typical of human nature through the centuries past The chief of the weather bureau points out In papers at the State Department where Jefferson wrote : "It is apparent that the climate of Virginia is changed. The old In habitants here tell me that they re member when snow lay on the ground four months of the year and they rode In sleighs. Now It Is rare that we get enough snow to have a sleigh ride. It Is apparent that the climate of Virginia has changed since .1007, when the set tlers came into Jamestown." "There has been a great deal of clearing In the thickly wooded country of Virginia since 1007," ventured Prof. Moore,- "but really that would not change It The change was in the men who were telling the story. We meas ure things by a different standard as wo grow older. . Every man when he gets to be 60 years of age will look back and think of one great snow storm and he will say : 'We had snow four feet deep all winter long,' be cause all be remembers as he thinks back Is the one snowstorm. ; He remem bers the abnormal and in his mind brings It down to the present day . and oompares it with the average. But It Is not a fair comparison" INTELLIGENCE 0V THE BEE. Transported to California, Ceaaea to Deserve the name of Busy. It would be easy without appealing to any prehistoric event to bring to gether a large number of facts that would show that the faculty of adapta tion and Intelligent progress Is not re served exclusively for the human race. Transported to Australia or Califor nia, our black bee completely alters her habits. After one or two years, finding that summer Is perpetual and flowers forever abundant, she will live from day to day, content to gather the honey and pollen Indispensable for the day's consumption, and her recent and thoughtful observation triumphing over hereditary experience she will cease to make provision for her winter. Buchner mentions an analogous fact which also proves the bees' adaptation to circum stances, not "slow, secular, unconscious and fatal, but Immediate and Intelli gent In Barbados the beec, whose hives are in the midst of the refineries, where they find sugar in plenty durln? the whole year, will entirely abandon their visits to the flowers. Let us lastly recall the amusing con tradiction which the bees gave to two learned entomologists, .Darby and' Spence. - .'Show us," said these, "a single case In which under stress of circumstances the bees have had the Idea of substi tuting clay or mortar for wax and pro- polls and we will admit their reasoning faculties." Hardly had they expressed this some what arbitrary wish when another nat uralist, Andrew Knight having coated the bark of certain trees with a sort of cement made of wax and turpentine, observed that his bees entirely ceased to gather propolis and used only this new and unknown substance which they found prepared for them in abundance In the neighborhood of . their -home. Moreover, in the practice of-agriculture when pollen is scarce the beekeep er has but to place at their disposal a few pinches of flour for them" to' under stand at once that this can serve tbo same purpose and be turned to the same use as the dust of the anthers, al though Its taste, smell and color are absolutely different Harper's Maga zine. ' Changing Color of Canaries. Orange-colored canaries are becom ing more and more popular. The proc ess to turn a canary's feathers orange Is a simple one. ltn its food le mixed a small quantity of cayenne pepper and In a few weeks or months the feath ers change color. If the pepper is giv en to the bird when it is young a more vivid color will be obtained. 5 An Ideal Oration. "That speech of yours was very care fully prepared, said one statesman. "Yes,' answered the other. - "I took great pains with it I don't think I said anything that I won't be able to retract at any time without embarrass ment" Washington Star. ; - . w . tackled sverythlng but themselves, ... r "Did your cook leave yon without warning, jura, emitn- "xea, ana wimoui any spoons, too. Baltimore American. Customer Xou've given me mor- phlne instead of Quinine 1 Druggist- -jyj Mrs. Parvenue Oh, yes, my dear ; we're quite Italicized. Prince ton Tiger. . Impecune Hello, old man ; you don't know any one who would lend me a dollar Just now, do you? Gotrox Well, qo; all the people I know, know you too. Le Figaro. " , Lady (to dinner partner trying to kiss her In the garden) Sir, you are wasting your time! I am married! "I don't care. I'm not a bit Jealous 1" Slmplicisslmus. 'The evidence shows, Mrs. Mulcohey, that you threw a " stone at Policeman Casey." "It shows more than that, yer honor, It shows that OI hit him." Minneapolis Tribune. "You point with pride to the fact that you were never investigated." "Cer tainly," answered Senator Sorghum. "It shows that I have not been care less." Washington Star. . ; Swellup (after the dinner) Yes, I told that pretty girl next to me every thing I knew. Rival I noticed you were pretty quiet over at that end of the table. Detroit Free Press, ' She (after a vivacious discussion) Ah, you dare to look me in the face! He (philosophically) Good heavens 1 In this world one becomes accustomed to everything ! II Motto per Itldere. j Teacher Who was it supported the world upon his shoulders? Tommy Atlas, sir. Teacher Who supported Atlas? Tommy The book don't say, but I 'spect his wife did. Ally Sloper. Willie Papa, If I am a liar, will I go to the bad place?, Twickenham Certainly. Why? Willie I was think ing how far away you and I would be from mother. Woman's Home Com panion. "You are past forty, Inspector; why do you not marry?" "Why, you see, I do not want to marry an old woman, a young girl would be a fool to marry me, and I do not like fools!" Transatlan tic Tales, Borelelgh (at 11:45) Ah, Miss Crit ic, you have such a sweet, retiring dis position. , Miss Critic (yawning) You flatter me, Mr. Borelelgh; but I must confesa to a slight disposition to re tire. Puck. Said She One has to put up with a good deal in order to become an ac complished pianist Said He Yes, and Just think how much more the neigh bors have to put up with. Chicago Dally News. Wiggles Did you have any dlfllculty In speaking French while you were In Paris? Waggles Oh, no ; I didn't have iny dlfllculty at all in speaking It The difficulty was in getting people to un derstand It" Somervllle Journal. Mrs. Subbubs Oh, John, I'm sorry the new cook has spoilt your coffee, but She's so young and Inexperienced. So you must be satisfied with a kiss instead this evening, dear. John bili t i tn nini. r tv niviiL ii i i nil ii-r in. rir.K iih-i n " " i cant unaerstana now uaesar ana j Shakspeare and Napoleon ever got to be great" "Have you read the his- torles of their times?" "Yea. That's what makes It so puzzling. Nobody I teemed to teach anything by mail in those days." Chicago Record-Herald. "Aren't you nearly ready to start?" asked the amateur gunner. "Yes," re plied the guide, "I'll Je ready Just as loon as I can borrow a dog." "Why, where'a your own dogs? What has happened to them?" "Nothing, and I mean to see that nothiug shall." Phil adelphia Press. "Dls paper," said Languid Lewis, "tells erbout a hoss runnln away with a woman, an' she was laid up for six weeks." "Dat ain't so worse," rejoin ed Boastful Benjamin. - "A friend uv mine wunst ran away with a boss, an' be was laid up fer six years." Chica go Dally News. Anticipatory Gloom. There was a cigar store opened up town the other night and as the build ing was not provided with steam heat a gas radiator was supplied. Three hours later a huge plate mirror directly behind was cracked from top to bottom by the unequal expansion In a tight frame. "Bad luck to have a mirror break," commented a customer as he stood at You'll have seven the cigar lighter. years bad luck." . " - , i "I don't mind the glass breaking," the cigar man explained to a friend. "I can pay for a new glass, and I'm not superstitious, but I can't have the new mirror for a week, and meantime every man who comes In here Is going to tell me It's bad luck to have the glass ' smashed." Sure, If. bad luck. Don" I have to stand here and pretend I'm hearing that fool remark for the flrrt time? I'm liable to kill some one be- fore the glass Is replaced. - I've heard It at least fifty times so far. and this Is only the first day." Chicago Inter Ocean,. ,, . , I I Shad? Watering Trough. The writer may be a crank on the summer care of animals, but at least he knows that it pays well to look out for their comfort during the beated spell. Knowing the luxury of a drink of cool water In warm weather an In telligent man realizes that an animal will enjoy Its water much more if it is in a shady place where it U cool and where also there may be a little shade for the animal while It Is drink ing. Only in some sections do we find the old-time drinking trough hewn from a log than which nothing better has ever been devised. On most farms It will not be at all hard to find a corner shaded by trees or vines where this trough may be lo cated. Oftentimes an old tree will serve as a hitching 1 post near the trough and a light chain or tie rope hitched to the lower branches of the tree to hold the horse while drinking if Its owner wishes to leave It a few minutes. By a little care In the set ting of the trough so that the lower back corner Is tilted away from the side at which the horse approaches the trough the overflow may be readily conducted away from the trough and the wet stamping place avoided. A good plan Is to dig out the soli for a foot in the spot where the horse would stand while drinking and fill It with coarse gravel which would surely do away with the wet spots. Indian apolis News. Alfalfa Seed Testing. Directions are given by the Texas station for testing the purity of alfalfa seed and the weed seeds frequently found in it, together with seeds some times used as its adulterants, such as bur clover and sweet clover, are de scribed. In 1905 the station tested thirty two samples of alfalfa seed obtained from the wholesale houses of the State. In these samples thirty differ ent weed seeds were found. The per centage of sand, trash and broken seed varied from 0 to 20 per cent. Testing the vitality of the seed is also describ ed. The results secured with the thirty-two samples showed their vitality or germinating power to vary from 40.5 to 00.5 per cent, the greater num- per Having a vitality or over 80 per .. ... - cent. The actual values of the seed samples In percentages varied from 80.0 to 00. The results in detail are given in a table, Soil Treatment for Forcing Honae. An account of investigations for the control of rosette (Rhlzoctomia sp.) In lettuce and tomatoes, and of nematodes in crops grown under glass, is given by the Ohio station. Experiments have been carried on for three years In testing soil steriliza tion with steam and formalin, and the author has found that for the destruc tion of fungi In the soil the formalin treatment and the steam treatment ap pear to be of about equal efficacy. In the case of nematodes, steaming ap pears to be the only effective treat ment particularly for the destruction of the encysted forms of nematodes. Directions are given for the treatment of soil with formalin and steam, and the comparative advantages and disad vantages of each are pointed out Soil Inoculation. Any farmer can try the experiment of Inoculating the soil with the neces sary bacteria for promoting the growth of a crop. Should the soli seem un adapted to clover It will be found of advantage to procure a few bushels of earth from a field upon which grew a ,uxurlant crop of cl0Ter' broil8tlng me en nil uvcr iuu uc-iu buu aeeaing to I clover, the possibility being that a good stand of clover will be obtained. Eggs Is Great Britain, ' The Imports of eggs Into the United 9r I 4 nM .4 4 r. K. 1(VUI . - , T . .ZZ, rZ . ! ue1t at drawn from ths TltVwZ 11 Dun 2,700 Germany, t ' 1 M, ' A ,4.'82S'000' Franc6' I Canada, 1517,800 1 U otbef COUEtr1' 1827'00- The Dnlud BtateB eiport tl t a limited xtBt' thOM of 1008 te 111 countries beliig rsJuea at oni 1043,000. LOO WATEB1NQ THOUGH. Continuous Corn Culture. In the spring of 1894, at the Rhode Island experiment station, Professors G. E. Adams and II. J. Wheeler begah the study of the continuous culture of corn on an acre of soli that is partly a silt loam and partly a light sand loam. In the first two years only chem ical fertilizers were used, the mali tenance of soil humus being placed upon the corn stubble remaining upon the field. The following two year half of the area was sown with crim son clover at the time of the last cul tivation t of corn and half to rye, in order to compare the merits of a leg mlnous and nonlegumlnous crop as a means of maintaining soil humus. Beginning with 1898, after the ex periment was in progress four years. the first quarter of the acre p?..T was sown to crimson clover and the thlnl quarter to winter rye at the time of the last cultivation of the corn, while the second and fourth quarter acre re ceived no clover crop. In 1899 tbe land was limed to secure the success of clover. A summary of the results during tb twelve years the experiment has beet conducted shows the gain from using; clover as a cover crop, after deducting; the cost of the seed, was $50.24, or an average of $4.19 per acre annually. compared with $4.28, or an average of 30 cents an acre annually from using rye. The Enrlr Frnlta and Vegetable. - Ground Intended for onions should be plowed as early as the weather will Dermlt as the onion crop Is the first to go In. One method of producing onions is to sow the seeds In hotbeds and transplant the small bulbs later. The seeds may be sown in the hotbeds la January or February. By thus grown lng them there is a saving of time and less difficulty with weeds. If prefer red, the onion sets may be procured of seedsmen. In fact, onion sets should now be In the ground. Plant the seta In rows, placing them four Inches apart in the rows. The rows may be suflK clently wide to permit of the use of at wheel hoe. It Is Important to keep tb grass from between the onions as well as to have the space between the rows clean. Onions can endure froBt, and will start to grow almost as soon as planted. . Vermin-Proof Ilooat. Get as vertical supports Iron pipes two feet long, cut Jam tins In bnlf sim ilar to the illustration. Place kerosene and water in the tins. The perches should not come within six Inches of tho walls. Then the red mite (sar--coptes) or tick Is held at bay. Lime washing the house Is not necessary,, snys J. A. C. F., writing from Colac,. Victoria, Australia. In our country In--stead of using dropping boards roofing felt In sheets Is used. It folds easily,, does not rot, prevents the floor front A VEBMIN-PROOr BOOST. being hollowed cheap, everlastings Trap nests of any sort are not knowo within fifty miles of this town. Ws are backward. nape for Sheep. Every farmer who keeps sheep should try rape this year, If only on a small plot, so as to learn how if, grows and what It Is worth. Get th dwnrf Essex variety, plant It in drills ami begin to use it as soon as it Isu well grown. It will grow again after being cut It may be planted In April.' even Inter. Sow It In rows or broad cast It. Those who sow it for sheep broadcast it over the field and turn thtr sheep on It at any stage of growth de sired. It is now considered indispensa ble to all who keep sheep, but, as It 1st also relished by other stock. It will bo found serviceable In providing a suc culent food late In the season after grass Is gone. It Is also excellent for al! kinds of poultry; Frnlt Growing. Fruit sometimes sells at a low price and does not pay, but the same may be said of all crops. The farmer, bow ever, Is not usually a fruit grower (ex cept of apples), and strawberries, rasp berries and blackberries are seldom ; cultivated on some farms. Whether' grown for market or not such fruit should be produced on every farm by way of variety and for home use. The luxuries can be produced more easily ;. by farmers than can the regular crops-; of grain. It takes two or three acres j, of wheat to buy the produce that caa -be derived from a quarter of an acr' of small fruits and vegetables. Want Our Vrnlt. -' ' Prof. W. A. Taylor, of the United States Department of Agriculture, says the' American fruit growers have s great field abroad provided they learn ; Its requirements and. supply the sort!' of fruit demanded.