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OF CORK HUSKS AND CAKPET. HAKBY A. GARFIELD. "You Jim I" called the man with the iioe to the young fellow with the sham bling gait, who was making for the street exit, putting on his coat as he went. The youngs man stopped hesitatingly and turned about "What you doln' with your coat on? Where you goln'?" "I've quit the Job," replied the young inan. i "Come here and tell me why" you Quit," said the man with the hoe. "What's the trouble wltt you? You ain't been on three days." "Mac's been raggln' me again," said the young man. "He's-picked on me right from the first an I told him Jest now I wouldn't stand for It I'm through and that's all there Is about It" "Rats !" said the man with the hoe. "You don't want to quit every time the boss gives you a lick with the rough side of his tongue. If you do that you'll work Just about one day out o' the week an' put In the rest huntln' another Job. Here, I'll go talk to Mac. Come along o' me and we'll fix It up." The young man shook his head. "No," he said, "I told him I wouldn't stand for It, an I won't. I don't take everything. I don't have to. I know when a feller don't treat me right" "See here," said the man with the hoe. "Mac's bark's worse than his bite. He don't mean one-half o' what he says. There ain't a man on the Job ho ain't got after some time. What do you think bosses are for, anyway, if they can't talk a little? They've gotter do It to earn their pay. You're too sensitive. Anj' little thing puts you out" "Oh, I guess not," said the young man. "He told me I wasn't worth my salt an' that I moved around like I was goln to sleep. He said I was bo slow that I made a snail look like It was exceedln' the speed limit." "What of it?" said the man with the hoe. "You don't think he's fool enough to pay you wages if he don't think you earn 'em, do you? If you do you're fool ed. ''Mac ain't that kind of a maa He wants you to move a little quicker, that's all. The more work he can get out of us the better he'll satisfy his issm'm "I've bought my last bill of goods there," declared the caller, with, empha sis on the possessive pronoun. "I've told Mr. Wenham that he might as well close my account. He's been wanting me to do It for a long time, although I can't see what difference It makes whether you pay cash or have things charged. You have to pay for them anyway and they don't let the cash customers have things any cheaper and I don't think they are as polite to you if you haven't an account But I must say I think It's downright mean and dishonest the way they do business." "I thought they had a rather good reputation," said the hostess. - "I don't care what kind of reputa tion they've got," said the caller. "I know , they served me a mean trick and I'll never buy another cent's worth there again, unless it's something that I've absolutely got to have. .You know that mercerized French poplin I. was telling you about?" "I don't think "you told me." "Perhaps I didn't, come to think of It You noticed Emmie's dress, didn't you the heliotrope T' "Yes, Indeed. I thought it was a sweet little dress." "Well, It Is. I think so myself. How much do you think l paid a yard for that poplin?"- ' "I don't know, I'm sure; It's very pretty and It. looked as If It would wear." "Would you think 88 cents too much to pay?" "No, Indeed!" 'There 1 That's Just what I told Mr. Wenham and he laughed at me. But I guess I know something about goods. That poplin cost me Just 28 cents a yard at Goopin's. The moment I saw It I said to myself, That's a bargain 1' " "I should think so." -j "Wouldn't you now, really?" ' "Indeed I should. Didn't It wash?" "Yes, It washes nicely. The girl told me that It would, but I didn't take any chances. I made her cut me off a piece and took It home and washed St end It came out beautifully. Yes, Em mie has worn that dress six or seven times. You wouldn't think It to look at it, would you?" "I thought It was quite .new. Have they any more of It?" "Oh," yes. Certainly they've more of It I bought enough for me a dress and for Emmie a dress, but there's more of It" "But what was there wrong with it?" "There was nothing wrong with It es far as that goes. But I bought all that stuff and thought I'd made a clear boss. That's all there is to It numor him, my son, humor him. Step around lively; it won't do you no harm.! tell you you've got to get your hide tough ened up. Jest laugh an' lent go at that only don't let Mac see you lauglv lu You VI get along all right as soo-3 you realize that the bosses ain't got time to be polite." ' "He called me a knock-kneed loaf er," .said the young man, with a highly Injured air. "Your knees do kind o' interfere a little," said the man with the hoe. "I don't say he ought to have mentioned It 'cause It ain't your fault You can't help the way you look or the way your knees bend In, and I don't blame you for feelin' a little sore. But you don't want to quit on that account''. , . "That's not all he said to me by a good deal," muttered the young man, starting toward the door again.--. "No use o' your bein' too thin-skinned. You'll prob'ly have a darned sight worse things said than that said about you before you're as old as I am. You've got to get used to It. Here, don't go. Come on and we'll see Mac about It" ........ "He cussed me, too," said the young man. ""What does that amount to?" said the man with the hoe. "Cussin' don't break tuy bones. Don't take no notice of It Jest go on as if he was readin' out loud an' pay no 'tentlon-to him. I'd let hliri cuss a blue streak if he wanted to. He don't hurt nobody but himself.. But It don't mean anythln'. A few little pet names, that's all. You wait till he boots you off the place afore you get mad. He'd do It quick enough If he didn't like you. Then you'd have some cause to get sore about" "He done it," said the young man. "By gol I That's what he done." "Kicked you?" 1 "Sure, the big slob!" The man with the hoe rubbed his bristly chin with his lime-crusted hand. "If that's the case," he said, thought fully, "I don't know but what you done right to quit You don't want to be too sensitive, but It looks to me as If you've gotter draw the line somewhere." Chi cago Dally News. saving of 10 cents a yard on it, and everybody I showed it to th6ught it was such a wonderful bargain, and for that matter they're selling a poorer grade right now at Sudhamer's for 39 cents no better, ahway. And what do you think? Guess!" "Oh, I couldn't" said the hostess. "I knew you couldn't Well, I looked In the paper the other day and saw that Goopin's were offering mercerized silk poplin for 25 cents, and I went right downtown and found It was the very same I'd paid 28 for. I declare I am so mad I never want to buy an other thing there." Chicago Daily News. . 1 v Not? a Big- Hall for Boaton, Efforts to have the conventions of the Democratic and Republican parties take place in Boston have been handi capped by the difficulty of finding a hail large enough to seat 15,000-odd persons, says the Boston Herald. This lack need no longer militate against Boston. By the summer of 1908 there will be an auditorium available which will hold comfortably 15,000 people. The plans for the first world's shoe and leather fair, now being energetic ally pushed, include the erection of an enormous fair building on the Charles River embankment Cambridge. It is claimed that by utilizing the floor space of the structure seating room will be provided for 15,000. The fair building will be a preten tious structure with five domes, one to represent each of the world's conti nents. , It will measure 500 by 200 feet and will be two stories la height ex cept under the monitor roof and main dome, a space fifty feet wide, 600 feet long and eighty feet high. Under this main dome will be a circle theater.. seating "8,000 people. It Is estimated that by removing partitions and utiiiz-1 lng the space occupied by showcases and other temporary. obstructions, the' seating capacity can bo Increased al most Indefinitely. i. SieH of Bean t jr. From whatever standpoint women may be regarded, It Is Impossible to Ignore the supremacy of beauty, whlcft both in life and fiction, exercises a power more potent than any other Ira- man influence. outlook. The Source of Mlauaderetaadlnar. "We should be careful what we say." remarked the wise person. , . "Of course," answered Miss Cayenne, although It Isn't so much what we say that gets us Into diflJculty ai what i somebody says we said." Washington I Star. . TELEPHONES ON CABS. Caefal'ln Trala Dlapatehlag Cob aaiona Quickly Hade. There re three methods followed In the application of the telephone to elec tric railway dispatching : (1J Fixed tel ephone substations In booths placed at suitable ' points along the Hue. (2) Jack boxes at poles to which portable telephones carried In the cars may be hung and connected for temporary use. (8) Portable telephone sets hung upon the front of the car, the vestibule platform of which serves as a booth, and attachment made by flexible wires to Jacks at numerous poles along the line. -v On some railway- lines, says Techni cal Literature, the method of connect ing a telephone on the car with the line Is not by means of a Jack at the side of one of the poles, but by a long slender rod .carrying the wires, which may be hooked upon the main lines any place. The telephones used on electric rail road systems must give transmission which Is clear and loud, and must be of types not liable to be placed out of ser vice by the Jar of continuous transpor tation on a car. . Application of the telephone to train dispatching on electric railways has re sulted In a marked economy of both plant and operation and that fhe abil ity of the superintendent to be in formed as to the position of the various cars and to communicate with their operators gives a . greater service effi ciency to the road. ' The telephone Is of great service In severe snowstorms by reason of the facility which It affords for informa tion to be given the train dispatcher as to the condition of the road. In cases of mishap the telephone affords means for quick clearance of the track by the facilities of obtaining wrecking cars or repair hands. In cases of accident not only can medical help be summoned for the Injured but means can be taken to procure information relative to de tails of the occurrence which may be of great importance in ascertaining the liability of the company. A GOOD LAWN. The Beat Wtjr to Prepare the Ground and Sow the Seed. -A food' lawn may be made either by laying sod or growing seed. If turf Is used, the lawn Is sometimes ready for use In less time than when seed Is used, but practically the difference Is very slight Fewer iwns are made from turf every year. The turf or soli Is nearly always obtained from a near by field. It abounds, In course grasses and pernicious weeds. The former may be got rid of after considerable trouble, but the latter rarely ever. Sod laid lawns are nearly always uneven, seamy and varied in color and texture. Their cost too, Is much In excess of seeding the lawn down. A lawn produced from a mixture of good, new, recleaned seeds of the finer grasses and clovers Is superior In qual ity and texture to the best sod obtain able. To obtain the best results from sowing, the ground should be carefully dug over not too deep, six or eight inches will be enough and nicely lev eled off j then sow on broadcast a good fertilizer, 600 pounds to the acre,, or about ten pounds to every 15 by 15 square feet. Rake this in and roll It or flatten it with the back of a spade ; then sow seventy pounds of some good lawn seed to the acre, or on pound to every 15 by 15 feet Sow half this quantity walking one way .and half walking at right angles to it so as to get even distribution. Do not sow In windy weather, and be sure to rake the seed In, and after sowing roll it well or beat It flat with the spade. Those seeds that are deeply burled will not germinate, and those that are exposed will be scorched by the sun, blown .or washed away or taken by the birds. Whenever necessary to sow In Bummer it is better to mix with rye or oats to protect the tender shoots from the hot sun. Suburban Life. Found Ita Way Home; The story of a pet seal, captured when a pup by a lighthouse-keeper on the coast of England, Is given In "Rem iniscences of a Sportsman." The young seal was fed, and allowed to have the range of the kitchen, and the members of the household became greatly at tached to it It would make Its way daily down to the water, and pass many hours swimming about It secured more or less food in that way, but always re turned to Its place in the kitchen at night Blindness finally came to the seal with old age, but It continued Its Jour neys to the sea, and returned home as regularly as before. As old age increased, it caused an noyance by its peculiar cry for food and its lessened ability to get about At last the family decided they must part with it and not wishing to kill it they arranged with a fisherman to carry It 1 well off some twenty miles and drop i it into the sea. They expected that it ' would come to a natural death In that element But on the second day it ap peared again at its accustomed place. Another effort was made to get rid of it by ananging with a sailing ves sel to take It several hundred jnlles out to sea and then drop it In. This was done, and some time passed away with out any sign of the seal. But seven days after its departure the kitchen maid, who slept near the door of the kitchen, fancied during the night she had heard the plaintive cry of the sea! ; and the next morning Its emaciated body was found on the threshold. All isn't singing that Is gurgled.' She (looking away off) How clear the horizon Is! He Yes; I Just swept It with my eye. Boston Transcript "Promise me that you'll never marry again when I'm dead." "Of that, my soul, you may be perfectly sure." Kurger. "Say, Dick, what is the new fad they call phonetic spelling?" "It's the kind, Jim, they used to flog you and I at school for using." Baltimore Ameri can. "What did old Gruff saywhen you told him you would like biro, to find you 'an opening In his office?" "He showed me the door." Baltimore American. Patient When you're 111,, doctor, do you treat yourself? "Nerl call In one of my colleagues," "Then can't I call in one of them the one that cured you?" Kurger. ' . - Tommy Pa, what Is the Isthmus of Panama? Pa The Isthmus of Pan ama, Tommy, Is a narrow strip of laud connecting Central America and the United States Treasury. Ram's Horn. Mrs. HIghbridge Do you find It more economical to do your own cook ing? Mrs. Burnham Much more. I find my husband does not eat half so much as when we had a cook.--Scraps. Tlmklns I hate that fellow Plant em. He is always talking shop. Slnip ktns Plantem, the undertaker? Tlmp klns Yes Every time I meet him he asks after my health. Detroit Trib une. "John's done right well up In the city, after all." "Do tell." "Yes; I've Jes' hearn that he's recovered from one appendicitis, two ortermobiles, one heart failure an' three business ones." Atlanta Constitution. "How much postage will this require?"- askedv the young author. "It la one of my manuscripts." "Two cents on ounce," answered the post- office clerk. "That's first-class mat ter." "Oh, thank you!" Judge. Laundryman I regret to tell yon, sir, that one of your shirts is lost Cus tomer But here, I have Just paid you 12 cents for doing It up. Laundryman Quite right, sir ; we laundered It be fore we lost It. Harper's Weekly. Things are not as they used to be," said the man of melancholy reminis cences. "No," answered Mr. Dustln Stax regretfully. "The times was when great wealth would get a man out of trouble. Now it gets him into It- Washington Star. "This is a queer world," sighed Mr, Splurgit. "Whllo I was wondering where I was going to get the money to pay the rent this month, I happened lu the kitchen and heard the washerwom an say she'd Just paid down $1,000 on a new house." Detroit Free press. Doctor What? Troubled with sleep lessness? Eat something before going to bed. Patient Why, doctor, you once told me never to eat anything before going to bed. (With dignity) Pooh, pooh ! That was last January. Science has made enormous strides since then. Ex. ' "You'd make a pretty good clerk," said the employer, sarcastically, "If you only had a little more common sense" "Indeed!" replied the clerk. "But did It ever occur to yeu that if I had a little more common sense I wouldn't be a clerk at all?" London Tit-Bits. Housekeeper I hear your brother, who died in California, left you $1,000, Dinah. That will be a great help to you. Washlady Deedy It will, missis ! Ah's been needln' a planner an' a pho- nograft an' a oil palntln' ob mahsalf In a gilt frame fo' yeahs, an' now, bress de good Lord, Ah kin hab-'ein! Puck. Lawyer (examining , witness) Do you know the man who formerly owned this gun? Witness Yes, sir. Lawyer Is he In the courtroom? Witness No, sir. Lawyer Where is he? Wit ness I don't know. Lawyer When and where did you see him last? Wit ness Six months ago at his funeral. Chicago News. "Well," said he, anxious to patch up their quarrel of yesterday, "aren't you curious to know what's in this pack age r "Not very," replied the still belligerent wife, indifferently. "Well, If s something for the one I love best in all the world." "Ah ! I suppose It's those suspenders you said you needed." The Catholic Standard and Times. The big touring car had Just whizzed by with a roar like a gigantic rocket and Pat and Mike turned to watch It disappear In a cloud of dust. "Tblnj chug wagons must cost a hape at cash," eald Mike. "The rich Is fairly burnin' money." "An' be the smell av it," sniffed Pat "it must be thot taint ed money we do be hearin' so much aboot" Success Magazine. Where The? Come la. "I see that the world's population Is estimated at 1,480,000,000 persons. . Is our town, considered In that calcula tion?" asked a Tuckaboe boy of bis father. "Oh, yes, my son," replied the fath er; "Tuckaboe'i population Is repre lented in some of those ciphers I" Yonkers Statesman. When a man has bad luck, bli friends think they have done their duty when they soy; "It's too badl" Two Grinding- Wheela Taed for Pol. tuning- the Teeth of the Comba. There are many kinds of grading wheels, but perhaps, as curious as any is the cornhusk wheel, which Is used for grinding combs. The teeth of some sorts of combs, tfter they have been cut, still need to be be rounded on the edges and smoothed and finished all around, which could not be done on a solid, flat-faced wheel, Ohio. He was graduated from .WIN says the New York Sun. For this there llams in 1S85, studied law at the Co ls required a wheel of some material Junibla Law School and then went that will work around the edges of the abroad an spent a year at Oxford and teeth and also In between them. The the Inns of Court lu London. ' corn-husk wheel serves this purpose' 0n June 14, 1S88, he married Miss well.- j Belle Hartford Mason of Mentor, Ohio, For the making of such a wheel dried Bnd the same year began law practice corn husks are used. They are laid to- Cleveland. He rapidly became prom-' gether and tied in little bundles of a Inent in the commercial and railroad dozen or bo, the butts all at one end business of Cleveland as a director of and the points at the other. j the Cleveland Trust Company, vice The corn-husk grinding wheel Is 20 president and director of the Garfield Inches in diameter, made up of such Savings and Banking Company, and lu little bundles of corn husks placed with J 1898 president of the Cleveland Cham--their butts against and secured to the ber of Commerce. He was an organizer spindle on which the wheel Is to turn, 'and afterward president of the Muni the husks radiating from It all around. dpal Association ef that city, a mem- nen a sufficient number of bundles of minus 10 iurm me wueei nave thus been placed against the spindle, he wheel Is compressed, to make It not solid hut compact and give it the width of face required. The wheel built up In this way of corn husks is mounted and run by powd er. The workman, using water and powdered pumice stone in the grinding, stands, with a tray of combs to be ground on a table at hand, and one after another holds the combs against the wheel. The life of a corn-husk grinding wheel Is only four or five days. , Another Interesting wheel to be seen In the shop where they finish combs is a polishing wheel of carpet covered with muslin. This wheel has a smooth and, when In use, flat rim, which, how ever, will yield anywhere under pres sure, and so when a comb Is held against It this wheel adapts Itself readily to all the comb's rounded or molded surfaces, and thus can be made to polish it perfectly everywhere. A "rooming house" In an Arizona town is often a one-story building spreaaing over the ground like a New i England cow barn. There Is usually a hall through the center and rooms opening off on each side. One of the most surprising specimens of this kind of elongated architecture Is described by a Brooklyn man who recently re turned from the West. "When I went out," he explains, "I took up a homestead Just out of town, and while I was completing my ar rangements I stayed In the new city, at a rooming house appropriately named 'The" Bowling Alley.' The en trance led directly Into the long hall, Into which thirty-four rooms opened seventeen on each side. - At the far end was the dining-room, at a point where the tenpins are set up In a regular bowling alley. , "In those days I was not much Inter ested In anything which did not ier taln directly to my ranch. I was look ing tor a house one about ten by fif teen feet I wanted to buy something already built In town, put It on a truck and move it out to my place. Such houses were to be seen daily niov- lng through the streets of Douglas, and ( God;" the third,, Sarobam, "God's lm I concluded that a second-hand house. age." and the fourth. Savntclievnm. would meet my wants. "I asked the landlord of 'The Bowl- lng Alley' if he knew where I could buy a little house about the size of the room I had occupied m tus estauusu- mnt "Size of your room?' he answered. 1 TTtTl 1 fAtnr nM.M fllrtf Otllf Tfrvll ) Tt'o' "i " twuh mot du.w ",un, iue annate is auoweu to reatl yours for one hundred dollars.' ; . the five sacred books, drink ambrosia " "'What! Why, my room is In the;flnd hear the houris sing. middle of the house. How am I going to take It?' " 'Put up your money and I'll put up the house.' "I put up the money. In a little while the landlord, with two men and a team of horses, pulled the dlnlng rom off the end of the hotel and pried open wie ngiu siue ut lu vuiui. i..ui gou,9 of gu(.h g nevep Bpo, God,g mod, gave them the chance to extract my'el by 8llflVng or ,)ftrlng the nalK room as handily as a man might take,rhese nre Rrahumn Yogls. They a book out of the middle of a set on aiWaiider aI))lut tm enrt,1( alway- go)n(f llb.fy ?h? . Lt MTom left t0 riht- They eut nothing "The hotel was built on a sect I on a but nauseous fooj nd ve n plan, so that in case busings was bad tant Btate of a5strnctl(m on d, , ' in town, the building might be hauled gyhjectg in pieces across the desert by mulel Tbe hMvp Snyutch power and set up a-uiu where there the comng flbode of tbe ' ' was a demand. Lhiin-nhor. Th. n..n. ... j i ,t.i i i . . . i.i . i a l mi.-: " 'I like to have my house so as I can Lfi . ',A . " : . . . ,.tentlon to heat or cold, never hatha ink on wneu i want to,'" nnA nffm saw a hunk said the host ., At Ilea-nlar Itatea. nnn. nfHMn t.l arm of the editor of the Inevl,le lV TT HULLS niJC HUM. U'C VUfaftA for three years, and endeavored to turn his gaze toward the sky. "Just notice the moon,. William!" she said. In a melting voice. "At the uwal rates, Matilda, I shall be happy to do so," he replied. Long Ago and Novr. Miss Gaddie Enemies, are you? Why, I t!ought she loved you not long ago? Miss Bright So she did, and she loves me not now. Philadelphia Press. Different. , "What's the best cure for love?" "Matrimony." "I don't wish to kill it, but cure If Houston Post Never Judge a woman's brilliancy by the lightness of her hair. A"""' So" Prealdeat Ha I Fltw "' tor Larate Thlnsa- Williams College in Massachusetts ba9 Wected Prof. Harry Augustus 0arfll''J of Princeton as its president t0 succeed Rev. Dr. Henry" Hopkins." Irof Garfield Is the eldest son of Jan)e' A. Garfield, twentieth President tue United States, and was born JSt53 t Hiram, Portage county, bef of the National Municipal Leagua PROPV HAKHY A. GARFIELD. Executive Committee, a vice president . of the National Civil Service. Reform ' League, a director of the American So- jCial Science Association, chairman of the social committee of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce on the reoraran- Ization of the Unlted States consular service and a trustee or director of sev- eral other Cleveland business and civlo associations. Since December, 1903, he has been professor of politics in Prince- " ton university. He Is an intimate frienil ( of ex-Frosident Cleveland and ls.popu-' lar at Princeton, Prof. Garfield's wide experience with men and affairs and the practical char- acter of his career make htm, in the opinion of the trustees of Williams, an ' Ideal choice for executive of that col lege. Of late years trustees of col leges and universities "have been In clined to select for executives men who . are comparatively young and who are practical business men as well as schol-. ars. Trof. Garfield Is regarded as an excellent example of tho modern col lege president. HINDOO HEAVENS. Four Deirreea of niina to Which the Departed Sutrita Paaa. The Hindoos believe In four special aBodes of the righteous after death, The first Is called Snra-Ioga, "God's world;" the second, Snmeeba, "Near to whleh signifies "to be absorbed In. him." To Sara-loga, the first degree of bliss, go the souls of all of those who have ever made a pilgrimage to a holy place 0r who have paid for the temple lights for one month. In Sara-loara there Is great happiness and no work or sick- mi . .. .. . - To Snmeeba go the spirits of alt Keerlkarar, or workers In the Brahman cause; also those who forego the com forts of life, such as sleeping In a re cumbent position, eating sufficiently, ' etc. Their happiness consists chiefly of continually praising God. To Sarobam. the third heaven rn tha 10 If they are, sick, no one knows It but themselves. They are the stoics of tha U'nrl il r,f ifAnv An1 IiaIUva u .. ' "" KTA ? L!'" Conld Thin Them Oat. The non. n. L. Dawes In his young manhood was an Indifferent speaker. Participating In a law case soon after his admission to the bar before a North Adams JiiKtW of the peace, Dawea waa opposed by an older attorney whose eloquence attracted a crowd that packed the courtroom. The Justice was freely perspiring, and, drawing off his ooat In the midst of the lawyer'slo juent address, be said : "Mr. Attorney, suppose you sit down nd let'Dawes begin to speak. I want to thin out this crowd." Boston Globe. Wanted to Keep Them. Too seem to like bis attentions. Why don't you marry hlmT "Because I like his attentions."- Town and Country, . , ;.. (..'..; .V t.f r Y