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r ONLY ONE OF HIS KIND. The Reason the Judge Refused to ' Hang on to the Horse. During the second Cleveland cam paign Colonel John F. Irish, the golden tongued orator, and Judge Klnne of Waterloo, la., the man with lungs of brass, were stumping Iowa In behalf of the Democratic candidate. They were driving In a buggy on the road to Sidney, a young city In the southwestern part of the slate, when they came to a fork of the road where there was no sign board. Which turn to take was a question, as they had barely time to make the town anyway. "There's a farmhouse over there a bit. You sit still, and I'll go over and ask questions," said Irish, nud climb ing out, he started for the desired in formation. He got it and on his re turn saw the horse, evidently fright ened at something, tearing down the road at runaway speed. Instead of try ing to stop the horse, Judge Klnne dropped the reins, climbed over the seat and dropped oft the back of the buggy into the road. When Irish caught up to him the judge was busily dusting himself off after hia roll in the roadway, not in the least disfigured by his acrobatic stunt. "You're on the right fork of the road, all right, Judge, but why didn't you hang on. to the horse?" asked Irish, laughing heartily. "Why didn't t hang on to him?" rumbled Klnne in his deep subcellar voice. "I'll tell you why I didn't, my Christian friend. There's lots of horses in this world, but there is but one Judge Kiune." Los Angeles Times. TEMPTING TABBY. Pose Ruse That Won a Satisfactory For the Camera. The repairs on the house were com pleted and the shavings swept out; also a new coat of paint added dressiness to the outside. What next but a pho tograph of its new angles? That, be ing considered, .the question of . mo ment was how to pose Katusha. Rolled into a ball every cat looks like every other cat; hence it was Ka tusha in action that must grace the foreground. Being abominably cod dled and fat, action was the last thing that appealed to Katusha. Coaxing and likewise prodding made no effect. She bad been known upon occasions to bo stirred by a morsel of delectable food. But fancy an aristocratic feline pictured in the attitude of tearing at a chicken bone! Impossible for Katu sha. There arose an emergency and with it tho mistress, who disappeared into the house and brought forth a branch of Japanese paper cherry blossoms. A wave of them before Katusha's eyes was like making some hypnotic pass. She got up, stretched her body, while her nose just reached the pinkish flow ers. That was it! They appealed to her aesthetlcism. Snap went the camera. It was per fect. "How" began tho man of tho house. "Just the alluring fragrance of a silver of chicken secreted In the bough," said herself as Katusha rolled back into n ball. Kansas City Star. t Tame Eagles.- A man living near Tromso, in Nor way, is a great lover of wild birds nud has succeeded in taming three eagles. lie took them on the moun tain side whilo they were young and, according to tho London Field, kept them n couple of years in captivity. 'As their craving for liberty, however, grew stronger and stronger he at last let them loose, but they have settled down in the neighborhood of his home, and when ho ascends tho height which has become their favorite resort with fish or a newly shot seagull they quickly discover him from afar and eotno majestically Balling through tho nlr, settling down besldo him. Their meal over, they willingly allow him to pet and Btroke them before they again mako for tho rocky islets, but they will not allow a stranger to approach them. Etiquette. Tho very high sounding word etl quetto had a very luunblo origin, for etiquette meant simply a label. It de rived its preseut meaning from the fact that a Scotch gardener who had laid out tho grounds at Versailles for Louis XIV. was much annoyed at the courtiers walking over his newly made paths and at length had labels placed to indicate where they might walk. At first these labels were ignored, but a hint from high quarters that in fu turo tho walks of tho courtiers must bo wlthlu tho "etiquettes" or labels was promptly ntteuded to. To keep within tho "etiquettes" cwno to mean to do tho correct thing. Played Them Both Way. The French comedian Perlet was ex traordinarily thin. A physician recom mended him to try some bath in the Pyrenees, so he betook himself to the mineral springs, where he bathed un remittingly, but all in vain; be did not Increase in size. "Patience," urged the doctor. "There is nothing like our baths for making people fat" One day while Perlet was waiting philo sophically in his bath for an embon point which never came he beard a conversation in the next room, from which his own was divided by only a thin partition and which was occu pied by an enormous woman, fat as the Hottentot Venus. "Doctor," said she, "I am getting tired of this." "Why?" asked the Aesculapius. "I have been here two months." "Well?" "Well, 1 am as enormous as I was when I came." "A little patience, madame," nrged the doctor. "There is nothing like our baths for making people thin." Perlet, hearing these words, sprang out of his bath, dressed, rushed home to his hotel, ordered his "bill and left for Paris by the next train. Argonaut As It Used to Be. Mlldmay is a philosopher in his way. Tho other eveuing Mrs. M. gavo him it scolding that would have mado nl most any other man crazy. But Mild- nmy said never a word in reply. He only murmured to himself: "And that is the woman I used to hold on my kneo and call my little tootsy wootsy!" A Simple Life. And what," inquired the visitor, who was "being nice" to little Bobble, "are you going to do when you grow up?" "Be a business man," responded Rob ert, "like father, ne took me down to his office last week, and I'm going to work like him and have a good time." "And what are you going to do in business?" pursued the visitor. "Going to do Just like dad," repeated the youngster "catch the train every morning and when I get to the office light a big cigar and sit down at my desk and say there's so much work to do It's no use beginning till after lunch, and then go out with another big man and eat and eat till I can't eat any more, and then go back to business and ask everybody else why the work ain't done, and then get so mad because nobody docs anything that I'll go home early and be so tired I can't do a thing except read the paper and smoke more big cigars and swear." Pearson's. Florists' Jargon. The florists have a trade Jargon of their own. When a man who grows flowers for a living rattles off some thing like "paper whites, valleys and Romans" the confused layman has to stop to think what the Jumble of words means. It Is only the trade way of say ing paper white narcissus, lily of the valley and Roman hyacinth. Likewise "mum" Is their word for chrysanthe mum, and time and space are likewise saved by saying . "cyp" instead of cyprlpedluan. So Bridesmaid roses are "maids." American Beauties are "beau tics," I'erle du Jardin becomes "perle" and is pronounced pearl, while Souve nir du President Carnot is reduced to its last word,' just as those other illus trious French rose names, General Jacqueminot and Marechal Niel, where shortened to "Jack" and "Niel" in the heyday of their glory. New York Press. A Locomotive's Breathing. The "breathing" of a locomotive that is to say, the number of puffs given during a Journey depends upon the circumstances of its driving wheels and their speed. No mat ter what the rate of speed may be, for every one round of the driving wheels a locomotive will give four puffs two out of each cylinder, the cylinders being double. If the av erage circumference of the driving wheel is twenty feet and the speed per hour fifty miles, a locomotive will give, going at express speed, 850 puffs per minute, 52,800 puffs per hour and 1,055 puffs per mile. London Stand ard. Suitable Game. Uncle Jack came to visit the family Just after Johnny had recovered from nn attack of the whooping cough. "How did you amuse yourself while you bad it?" he asked. "Me and another boy who una it played Indians and gave warwhoops," answered the little fellow. Chicago News. Plenty In Reserve. A man who bad been fighting got two black eyes. Next morning he met a friend, who exclaimed: "Why, Jack, where have you been? You've got two black eyesl" "That's nothing." he replied, "i could have got plenty more, only I bad no place to put them." Pleasant Strang Guest I don't know half the people In tho room. Just look at that woman over there the cross eyea, rea headed one. And some one told me she was married. Don't you think the fellow was a fool? Other Guest (meek ly I know he was. I'm him. Balti more American. ' Generous. First Beggar-Wlmt arc you doing liens rote? I thought your stand was on tho bridge. Second Ilegsar-Oh, cave that to my sou ns a wedding present. Meggoudorf Blatter, , ' Cheese Itl "What do boys mean when they say 'cheeso it?"' "It means that something mlschlev ous has a curd and they want to get 'a whey." . - Send the Press to a ft tend. v NOTICE TO CREDITORS. In the Connty Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. In the matter of the Estate of Emery LaHue, deceased. : Notice is hereby given to all whom it may oonoern: That Sarah LaHue has been appointed administratrix of the estate of Emery LaHue, deceased. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them, witb proper vouohers as required by law, to me at the law offices of Peter son & Wilson, at Athena, Oregon, or at Pendleton, Oregon, within six months from date hereof. Dated tbis the 12th day of August A. D.1910. Sarah La Hue, Administratrix, Peterson & Wilson, Attorneys. (Paid Advertisement.) Professional - ' s. PHYSICIAN V. Sharp AND SURGEON trr-JL For constitutional amendment giving to cities and towns exclusive power to license, regulate, control, suppress, or prohibit the sals of intox icating liquors within tho municipality. 328 X Yes ENDORSED SY 40,000 OREGON CITIZENS Greater Oregon Home Rule Association, 618 Electric Bldg Portland, Oregon. THE MOST SCIENTIFIC WATCH Special attention given to all -, calls, both night and day. Calls promptly answered. Office on Third Street, Athena Oregor G.S.NEWSOM.M.D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON "' Calls answered promptly night or day. Office in Post Building; Residence op posite M. E. Church. PETERSON & WILSON Attorneys-at-Law Athena, Oregon. - Pendleton, Oregon WATTS & NEAL . Attorneys-at-Law Athena, Oregon. - Freewater, Oregon JOS. C. BADDELEY, D. V. S. Proprietor of ' City Veterinary Hospital 703 Chase Ave. :: Phone, Main 34 Walla Walla, Wash. Will make calls to cAthena and Vicinity J To be had in the County H H Hill, Jeweler, Athena. THE ST. NICHOLS HOTEL I J. E. FROOME, pkop. TROY LAUNDRY For GOOD WORK HENRY KEENE. Agent, Only First-class Hotel in the City. THE ST. NICHOLS la the only one that can accommodai Foley's Kidney Cure makes kidneys ana biaaaer rtsnu oomraorclal traveler. J t Can botecomended for 1U clean and well ventilated rooms. Cor. Maih ahd Third, Athkna, Or. Eighth Annual Walla Walla Fair and Race Meet September 19-24y Inclusive SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON'S GREATEST FAIR $20,000 in Purses and Premiums FAST RACES FINE FRUIT EXHIBITS BIG STOCK SHOW SPECIAL AMUSEMENTS Send for Premium List R. H. Johnson, Sec. T. H. Brents, President. Walla Walla, Wash. Athena AUTO Livery J. G. Bryan, Proprietor. , Talked Too Much. Wife (reproachfully) You forget bow you once breathed your love in my ear and promised that my every wish should bo gratified. Hub No, I don't, but 1 wish now I'd followed the hygienic rule of keeping my mouth shut while breathing. Boston Tran script. 1. Billiards. "Hnve you heard the billiard conun.' drum? Well, here it Is: " 'What mado the red ball blush! " 'Why. when it saw the two whites kiss Id the corner. Consistency. Murl'la-Po yon consider engage ments hldlns Mllllcent-Certalnly. If oii didn't there would be no fun In lu-etikin;: ihfm -Illustrated Bits. Patronize home merchants. Repairing a Specialty Reasonable Rates. Special Attention Given to Commercial Travelers. Night and Day Service. We sell Lubricating Oils and Gasoline. MARION JACK, Pres. M. L. AKERS, Sec-Treas. A. F. MAY, Manager. Pendleton Iron Works We Make all Kinds of Farm Machinery to Order and We Guarantee the Goods ' Repair Work on all Ksnds of (Machinery a Specialty Structural Iron Casting end Foundry Work OFFICERS F. S. Le GROW, President, H. KOEPKE Vice-President. ED. E. KOONTZ, Cashier, E. A. ZERBA, Ass'L Cashier. DIRECTORS H. KOEPKE, F. S. Le GROW, S. F. WILSON, E. E. KOONTZ. M. L. WAITS. "1 T :AsM OF ATHENA CAPITAL STOCK." $50.000...... SURPLUS, $85,000 The wolf never dares to come up to the door that has a bank book behind it. It is the only way the average man can be snre of keeping him oft. Every man owes it to his family to provide such protection and keep it as strong as he possibly can. tA. J. Parker BIER I P Everything Flmt Clam yHo d em and Up-to-date SOUTH SIDE MAIN t222 STREET ATHENA HyfyAn 'Mm HO Makes the food more delicious and wholesome ROVAl BAKINQ POWOSB CO., NEW YOBK. I Wall Paper Paints. Oils. Glass House Sign and Carriage Painting E. T. Kidder, McArthur Building C i t v M eat M a r ket WM. JAMIESON, Prop. NORTH SIDE OF MAIN STREET The Best Meat to be found in Town. Come and see me. I will treat you right. WM. JAMIESON, ATHENA, OREGON JOB PRINTING Neat Workmen Fast, Modern Presses High Grade Stock THE $HEMVIN-WLUAMS BATH ENAMEL Is just right for the purpose. Withstands the effects of hot and cold water. Makes old bath tubs look like new $-W. Bath Enamel wears well and is most economical, Put up iu large or small can. Colors roost suiuble lor the purpose, , eopie of Oregon it is now p to You The popular Colonist Fares will again be in effect between September 15th and October 15th, during which period tiokets to Athena will be on sale daily f 10m CniCAGOat $33.00 ST. LOUIS..... 32.00 OMAHA .... ......... 25.00 KANSAS CITY ..... 25.00 ST. PAUL 25,00 and from other cities correspondingly low. These are Westbonud, one way fares only, but anyone here can Prepay for relatives or friends in the East, if desired. Consult your local tailroad agent Now is the Time B to let tha'wnrld know of nnr rnof rnnnrnea cnrl snlnnrtid nnnfirtnnitifid for Home Building. Write to everyone you know in the East. Send them good inetrnotive printed matter, and tell them that the cost of getting here is but little more than half the usual cost, and to oali upon a repre sentative of the ' Company for all desired Information, or address WM. McMURRAY General Passenger Agent, : PORTLAND, OREGON.