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nuiiiiiiiii muaiiiii i ON A MODERN WARSHIP. the Feelings of a Commander at D cribed by Himself. How the commander of a modern big American battleship can feel Is dis closed in the following, taken from a letter written by such an officer: "There are more than .900 men on this ship, and on the theory t an official of the government Is n servant of the people I am the servant of these 000 inen and am bound to see that they are. kept In food and clothing and baseball bats and abundantly supplied with occupation. Perhaps I should feel more Independent if I didn't have to listen respectfully to the orderly every time he comes In and makes one of bis infinitely numerous reports and put men in jail when I don't want to. "Some of these 000 men look more dignified and independent than I feel. 1 wonder whether I look dignified and Independent. I suppose I ought to do so, for to swing a steel mass 504 feet long successfully around like monsters and to make 15,000 tons writhe around the corners of narrow channels is something of an art, after all, and one not possessed by many of the inhabit ants of the globe. "With all that swinging of steel monsters around there go the responsi bility and the knowledge that if the ship runs aground the whole civilized world will be acquainted with it in side of twenty-four hours." DEADLY HORNETS. " The Ones That Buzzed About the Young Soldier's Ear. A great general was taking his regi ment into action. He sent forward a detail of men to make gaps in a rail fence to avoid the heavy loss sure to result if the whole body of men paused to tear it down. The coolest and finest man in the de tail was a young soldier who had never been under fire before. When he began pulling down the fence he fancied be had disturbed a nest of hornets, as he thought he heard them singing fiercely about his ears. But the lad was not going to run from hornets when there was more serious business ahead. Ignoring the angry Insects, he open ed the fence and rejoined the regiment without being stung. In a day or two he was surprised to hoar that be was to be promoted. "But," he said modestly, "I don't think I deserve promotion over the oth ers." "My boy,'! replied the geueral, "I saw you pull down that fence. You were the coolest man under fire I ever saw!" The man gasped, stared and turned pnle. "What!" he exclaimed, regardless of grammar. "Was them wasps bullets?" : Miners on the Corner. "Those men," said Sherlock Holmes, "aro colliers. You can tell It by their attitude." The men, very clean in white shirts and black overcoats, squatted on their heels on a sunny corner. "Any other men," continued Holmes, "would stand. They would lean against the lamppost or the wooden Indian., of the tobacconist. But these men, in the low galleries or tunnels of coal mines, for lack of space must work seated on their heels quattlng, as we say. And this position, which would be come a torture to you or mo in five minutes, is to them, from long usage, comfortable and customary. It is their favorite position at all times. "Hence when you see men idling on their heels on the street corners you can always set them down as miners. If they aro bowlegged the case against them is doubly strong." Buffalo Ex press. The Lady Wat Not the Ghost. An Irish family once had a ghost so troublesome that they sent for detec tives, One of these men late at night fell asleep in his chair.. The lady of the house chanced to come into the room and could not resist the tempta tion to groan and rattle her keys. She had never played ghost before. It was "momentary indiscretion. But the po liceman did not and could hardly be expected to believe this, ne said it was hardly worth while to bring htm from Dublin, and he withdrew in dudg eon. ; Yet the lady was not really the ghost. He was sulking lu retirement; hence doubt has been cast on the ghosts of haunted houses even among reflecting minds. London News. Civil Service In England and America. The difference between the civil service examination in England and In America is Important and to the advantage of the English. In the United States the object is almost en tirely to discover the immediate flt- boss of the candidates for the work they are expected to do. In England the object In most cases is to measure what their ability to do the work will be after they have learned vit. From "The Government of England," by A. Lawrence Lowell. LONG FEASTS. ne Chinese Dinner and a Couple of .' Eskimo Banquets. Mr. Ward, the American envoy to China, who tried to secure an inter view with the emperor, Hieng Dung, in lfififl. tells how he was entertained at dinner that lasted from noon one day until G o'clock on the evening of tbe day following. The total number of courses is not gWen, but Ward men tions that he had to give in after par taking of 138 diftVrent dishes, "where upon his hosts wondered greatly" pre sumably at his abstemiousness. Probably, however, the Eskimo ban quets last longer than any others and the quantity of food swallowed is also proportionately greater. Ross records that seven of his party of natives once ate continuously for thirty-three hours, during which time they consumed 200 pounds of seal meat Europeans ex; posed to the same climatic conditions act in much the same way. Captain Scott of the Discovery on his return from his long sledge Journey over the inland ice of the antarctic continent iirt nothing but eat and sleep for the space of three days and nights, and even then he was still hungry. Commander Peary and his party, re turning famished from their futile dash for the pole in 1900, slaughtered a herd of seven musk oxen on Hazen island, oft the extreme north of Green land. For two days and nights there after they crouched inside their snow huts, eating continuously, and when they had finished the pile of bones outside was "as high as a tall man's chin." FREAKS OF FOOD. Queer Effects That Are a Puzzle to the Physician. As regards drink, writes Dr. Beverly Itoblnson in the Medical Record, I have known a tumblerful ofmllk to bring on an attack of asthma with hives in an otherwise healthy child. When the milk was taken and a piece of bread eaten at the same time there was no nsthmii nnd no hives. I could explain this by saying that the bread helped break up curd and that stomacnai ai cestlon was not interfered with. But why and precisely in what manner and for what reason asthma ana nives warn occasioned are certainly matters largely of thought and conjecture. I have known mushrooms in good condi tion nnd on reoeated occasions to cause most distressing oedema of the uvula and palate. Prior to these attacKs tne individual had eaten mushrooms repeatedly with no bad or unpleasant effects at all and had tnorougmy en toved them. I have known an individ ual in whom a single strawberry would give neuralgia of the teeth wnicn last ed twelve to twenty-four hours. Again, prior to the attacks of neuralgia of the dental .branches of the nun nerve the same individual had eaten repeat edly and abundantly of strawberries without pain, ache or unpleasant symp toms of anv kind. In this case it seemed as though the only plausible though not entirely satisfactory expla nation was that with increasing years strawberries had become inimical to that patient. Bliss. "What sort of time do you expect to have during the social season)" "Fine," answered Mr. Cunirox. "Mother and the girls will be so busy thinking about their clothes that they won't have tlino to notice my gram mar." Washington Star. . The Other Side. "I've been wondering about some thing." "About whatr I wonder if cooks ever get together and discuss the missus problem. Kansaa City Journal. Dreamless Sleep. Occasionally I have met people who have Insisted that they do not know what it means to dream. To them sleep comes like the pall of death, en veloping them so completely as to en tirely extinguish the consciousness for the time being. But, strangely enough, I have found that these individuals do not seem to appreciate this blessing of undisturbed repose. Instead, they feel that in some way they are being cheated out of something that belongs to them. Like the Scotch plowboy, they protest at never being able to "enjoy" a night's sleep, because their head no sooner touches the pillow than It Is time for them to get up again. Bohemian Magazine. "The Prussian Versailles." It would be as unjust to form an es timate of the Hohenzollerns or of their capital without visiting Totsdam as to form an estimate of Germany without visiting Bavaria, for Totsdam is more than "the Prussian Versailles." It rep- resents the complement of those stern er Hohenzollern qualities which are embodied in the city of blood and iron. Cold, colorless Berlin may well be seen on the gray days of standard rrv.Bian weather. Sunlight seems exotic there. But the characteristic charm of Pots dam la revealed only when skies are bright and flowers are in bloom. Rob ert Haven Schauffler lu Century. Virtue has many preacher, but few roartyrs. Kelvetins. Not Particular. Mine. Calve at a ladles' luncheon was -condoned by an elderly spinster an the grouud that a laudatory article about her bud not been very subtle or discriminating. "I know well," said the spinster, smiling behind her glittering spec tacles, "that only discriminating praise pounti as praise with you." "Don't talk about discriminating praise," answered Mmo. Calve. "Ful some flattery la good enough for me." -Washington Star. More than nine out of every ten cases of rheumatism are simply rheumatism of the muscles, due to cold or damp, or chronic rheumatism. In such cases no internal treat ment is required. The free application of Chamberlain's Liniment U 11 that is needed and it is cer tain to give quick relief. Give it a trial and see for yourself how quickly it relieves the pain and soreness. Price 25c; large size, 50c. Absorbing. "Is the new filing system a uc- eessV Great!" "And how's business?" "Oh, we've Btopped business to at tend to the filing system." Boston Traveler. - Cynical. A Chicago professor says, "The man who never parleys over t ab fare, who never scans the prices on a menu and who hibernates when he's broke car ries an Infallible amulet nsiainst fern Inine criticise ."-Kansas City Star. Fulfilling Hit Agreement. TTAvinz become tired of livins in rent ed houses, Mr. Gwlmple had bought a home of bis own. Not having enoneh moner to Day for it outright, be had made a cash payment of $1,000 and riven a trust deed on the property for the remainder. One night, not long after he had taken possession of bis new home, Mrs. Gwimple roused him from a deen sleeo. "Gerald." she said, "somebody la try ing to get into the honser Mr. Gwlmple crawled out of bed and started downstairs. "What are you going to dor she asked him. "I'm going to let him in," he an swered, half awake. "To let him in! Who?" "The man that holds the trust deed on this property," he mumbled. "The document I signed binds me to admit him to the premises at any hour of tbe day." Youth's Companion. Too Much For His Mind. "Mv first lmoulses." walled the Bad eyed Individual, "are invariably good. In fact, 1 think that I may venture without fear of undue exaggeration to Bay that they are very good. But I never act 011 them. I always act on second thoughts. This trait In my char acter lias mined my career, because my second thoughts are always Daa.. In fact. I think I may say without fear of misrepresentation that they're punk." "Well." suseested he who was lls- tonlnc. "whv don't you wait until third thoughts nnd net on them?" Mournfully, despondently, the sad eyed Individual shook his head. "Mv dear sir." he croaned, "I never had three successive thoughts about anything in my Ufe."-Exchange. A hint: "You seem to be very fond of your rtnllv." remarked the visitor. "Yes." renlied small Margie, "sne'8 so different from most people. She never Interrupts me when I'm tam ing." Chicago News. Dwell net too long upon sports, for as they refresh a man that is weary so thoy weary a man that is rerresnea. Fuller. Power of tho Will. "I've just been reading about the power cf the will. It's a wonderful thing." "Yes. I know of a will that makes seven children and thirty-two grand children behave." Puck. 9 g'jl f if Vjbv" - ' IS Y J M OF THROAT AND EM A Q)DS(S ca FOR COUGHS AWD COLDS CURES ll THROAT LUKG DISEASES SAVED HER SON'S UFE My son Rex was taken down a year ago with lung trouble. We doctored some months without improvement. Then I began giving Dr. King'a New Discovery, and I soon noticed a change for the better. I kept this treatment up for a few weeks and now my son is perfectly well and works every day. . , MRS SAM?. RIPPEE, Ava, Mo. 60c AND $1.00 SOLD AND GUARANTEED BY C THE PALACE DRUG COMPANY, ATHENA, OREGON ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. In tbe County Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla Connty. In tbe matter of tbe estate of Joeepb A. Kainville, deoeased. Notice is hereby given that tbe un dersigned has been appointed admin istrate of tbe above entitled estate by the above entitled court, and hasqnal- iflod as the law direots; all persons having claims against said estate are berebv notified to piesent the same with nrouer vouchers at the offioe of Lowell and Winter, Despain Block, Pendleton. Oregon within six montns from the date hereof. Dated this 26th day of January, 1909. Joseph X. Kainville, Administrator. OFFICERS H. C. ADAMS, President. T. J. KIRK, Vice President, F. S. Le GROW, Cashier, EDW. E. KOONTZ, Ass't Cashier. DIRECTORS H. a ADAMS, T. J. KIRK, F. S. Le GROW, D. H. PRESTON, P. E. COLBERN. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. In the County Court of the Stale of Oregon for Umatilla County. In tbe matter of the estate of James Rain villa, deceased, tint-inn in hnrnhv siven that the un dersigned has been appointed admin istrator of the above entitled estate Dy 1 im nhnvA entitled court, and has qualified as the law directs; all per sons having olaims against saici estate are hereby notified to present the same with proper vouohers at tbe office of Lowell & Winter, Despain biook, ren dleton Oregon, within six months from tbe date hereof. Dated this 26th day of January, 1909. Joseph I. Kainville, . Administrator. BASm OF ATHENA CAPITAL STOCK. $50,000. ... .SURPLUS, $30,000 A General Banking Business conducted 011 Conservative Principles L. TO 'Tls an 111 cook cannot lick his own finger. Shakespeare. REFEREE'S SALE OF REAL PRO PERTY Whereas an order of the Cirouit Oonrt of the State of Oregon for Uma tiliM Hnuntv. was made and entered on thn fiih dav of Marob 1909. in tbeoase of E. M. Russell and wife Plaiutitts, va. W. C. Russell and wife. W. A. Wnlnh. Lnainda Rnssell. insane. May Russell, Walter Russell, infant, Ar- thnr Rnssell. infant and Ada Uassell, infant, and R. J. Slater anaidian ad litem for said Walter Russell, Arthur Russell and Ada Resell, infanta and fnr Lnainda Rnssell. insane, defend nnta. wheretv tbe lota one, two, three, four, five and six in blook three Stafford's addition to tbe city of Ath ena, Umatilla county, Oregon accord ing to the plat thereof now on reoord in tbe offioe of tbe recorder 01 convey Annua nf said oountv: and a certain nthnr niece of land bonnded as follows: Beginning at monument number six which is sitnated 603 feet east and 660 rant north of the Quarter seotion cor nor hntween sections 18 and 19 T. 4, N. R. 85. E. W. M. tbenoe south 310 feet more or less to tbe north line of Harrison street in Stafford's additiou to the oitv of Atbeua.'thenoe running wnat 460 feet more or less to a point directly north of tbe west side of Fifth street Athena; tbenoe north 910 feet more or lees to a point directly wont of said monument number 6; tbenoe east 460 feet more or lees to tbe nnint of hesinnius at said monument unmber six, containing abont three aores more or less; and wherein tne undersigned was appointed referee lor tbe purpose of making said sale. BVNOW THEREFORE notice is here by given that tinder and by virtue of said order I will on Saturday tbe iota dav of Anril 1909. at one o'clock f. M. at the court honae door in Pendleton, Oreeou sell to the highest bidder for cash all tbe right, title and interest of said above isamed varties in and in tha above described Dtemines as by law provided, tbe same aud all its appattenanoes thereto belonging. Dated tbia 13th day of Marob, 1909 B. B. Richards, Referee. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE CREDITORS. In tbe County Court of tbe State of Oregon for Umatilla Connty. In the Matter of tbe estate of Adele St. Dennis, deoeased. Notice is herebv given, that tbe un dersigned has been appointed admin istrator of tbe above entitled estate bv the above entitled court, and has qualified as the law direots. All per sons having olaims against said estate are herebv notified and required to piesent them with proper vouchers as required by law at the law oince or Peterson & Wilson at Athena, Oregon, within six months from tbe date here of. Dated this 6th day of February A. D. 1909. F. S. Legrow Administrator. THE QUELLE RESTAURANT GOOD THINGS TO EAT WELL SERVED GUS LAFONTAINE, PROP. Pendleton, Or. The Lurid Glow of Doom. was seen n the red face, bands aud body of the little son of H. M. Adams, of Henrietta. Pa. His awful plight from eczema had, for five years, defied all remedies and baffled the best doo tors. who said the poisoned blood had affected bis lungs aud nothing could save him "But." writes bis mother, seven bottles of Electrio Bitters com pletely cured him" For Eruptions, Eczema, Salt Rbeum, Sores and all Blood Disorders and Rheumatism Eleotrio Bitters is supreme. Only 60c. Guaranteed by Palace Drug Co. FARM LANDS FOR SALE No. 180 $76.00 an aore will buy one of tbe best foot-hill farms tbat is for sale in tbe East end of Umatilla county. This farm contains 660 aores, 200 acres in summer fallow wheat, 96 aores in pasture, balanoe in stubble; good barn for thirty horses, good house and all kinds of outbuildings; water piped to the bouse and barn from a large spring; some good fruit. Terms, about 110,000 cash and as long as you want on tbe balance. W hav number of fine farms that we would like to show you if you are wanting to buy. Coneland & uinn. No 10 Seoond St Walla Walla. 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