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

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    CLIMATE 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.