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LORE OF WERE WOLF STORIES OF MEN TRANSFORMED BY DE8TINY OF WILL. Jervant Who, Being a Loup-Qarou, , Found Food for Master Exposure of the Wife of a Nobleman of Auvergne. John of Nuremberg relates how man, lost at night in a strange coun try, directed his steps towards a fire that he saw before him. On reaching it he found a wolf sitting enjoying its warmth and was informed by him that he was really as human as him self, but that he was compelled for a certain number of years, like all his countrymen, to assume the shape of a wolf. A strange country, Indeed, where ' wolves when the evenings grow chilly light a fire and in the comfort of its ruddy glow are found ready to enter tain the passing . traveler with their conversation! : Olaus Magnus, in the early part of the sixteenth century, tells us a story of a nobleman and his retinue who lost their way in journeying through a wild" forest and . presently found themselves hopelessly foodless . and shelterless. In the urgency of their need one of the servants disclosed to him In confidence that . he had the power of turning himself at will Into a wolf, and doubted not but that, if his master would kindly excuse him awhile, he would be able to find the party some provision. Permission be ing given, the man disappeared Into the forest under semblance of a wolf and very quickly returned with a Iamb in his mouth, and then, having fulfilled his mission, resumed bis hu man form. In Auvergne in 1688 a nobleman, in returning from the chase, was stopped by a stranger who told him that he had been furiously attacked by a sav age wolf, but had been fortunate enough to save himself by slashing off one of its forepaws. This he pro duced as a trophy, when, to the as tonishment of both, it was found to have become the delicate band of a lady. The nobleman felt so sure that he recognized a ring upon it that he hurried to the castle and there found his wife sitting with her arm tied up, and on removing the wrappers the hand was missing. She had to stand her trial as a loup-garou, and, being convicted, perished at the stake. Hulme's Natural History Lore and Legend. Pay Physician's Bill Last The medical convention held re cently In the new Memorial hall in Cleveland, O., brought a lot of phy sicians together socially. Now, when the profession meets In that way and momentarily lays aside the guardian ship of the public health and pursuit of "bugs," a crop of good true stories , Is sure to be harvested. Here follow a few gleanings: "The last obligation a man pays off Is his doctor bill," said a Beaver coun ty physician in a group in the foyer. All the rest nodded emphasis. "The grocer has to be paid or he refuses credit, the gas company peremptorily shuts off the gas, the landlord goes at once to legal processes and the saloon enforces a strictly 'pay-as-you-enter rule. The doctor waits and waits, and aares not aun, or tne man will go Into a rage and haughtily change doctors, and never pay bis bill. "A man laid 110 on my desk the other day and said: . 'There, thank God, that's the last cent I owe.' "That's what they all say,' I re plied. 'Pay everybody else first, the physician last. Next time you get In debt, I want you to make that remark to the butcher, not to me.' "The man looked at me in offended amazement and walked out" Cats Drive Off Snakes. For many years I have been run ning a cattle station in Queensland, where snakes are tolerably numerous. ai me neaa station we have always kept up a standing army of from fif teen to twenty cats, and have been practically free from the presence of snakes about the buildings and yards. That this was owing to the pres ence of our cats I have no doubt whatever. They were always on the lookout and I have often seen mem bers of our feline bodyguard growling over dead or dying snakes and have more than once witnessed savage en counters between them and their vic tims. On the other hand, martyrs to their duty were from time to time found dead in the morning with all the evidence of a fight and their de feat in the shape of snakebite on their bodies. Spectator. A 8hoe Tip. ' Before putting on patent leather shoes always rub the surface of the vamp briskly with the warm palm of the hand, thus softening the shoe and rendering it less liable to crack. Many patent leather boots "crackle" all over the first time they are "worn, when this precaution might prevent the ac cident. Another method Is the grad ual warming of the shoe, and It must always be remembered that shiny -hoes are never kept in cold places. In Doubt "I see you are still standing pat," said one statesman. . "Yes." replied the other; "but I can't feel sure whether I am still la the game or playing solitaire." ATTRIBUTES HIS SUCCESS TO CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Christian Sci ence ' , has, been credited w.l t h many achieve ments, but It is unusual for relig ion to have In spired the build ing of a railroad. That this Is the case, however, is attested toby Ar- t h u r Edward Still well, who thinks he ought to Know, since he is the builder as well as the president of the road In question, the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient railway. Also in this connec tion it is worthy of note that once be fore Mr. Stlllwell built a railroad which was lost to him by the reor ganisation methods of "high finance." In the present and second venture Mr. Stlllwell gave Wall street what might be called "absent treatment." and the' new railroad is one of the very few in the country that have not received financial nurBing from that well-known Quarter. Railroad builders have been com mon enough, as have captains of in dustry more or less identified with re ligion out of business hours, but Mr. Stlllwell has attained unique prom inence in that he frankly places his business success as the result of car rying his Christian Science belief into all his deeds. During the 49 years since he was born at Rochester, N. Y., there have been many other interests than those of religion to mark Mr. Stlllwell as man of original thought and action It was in Chicago that he laid the beginnings to his fortune and became Interested in the faith of which Mrs Eddy Is the head. As a life insurance agent there be made a record. Dur ing this period he claims he was cured of a spinal disease . by Chris tian Science healers, and in that way became Interested In,- their religion. Shortly afterwards Mr. Stlllwell sug gested to. the president of the life insurance company for which he worked that certain methods should be changed. That was many years before the era of Insurance Invest! gations and naturally Agent Stlllwell the "hustler" with the moral sense was discharged. Still he had saved 120,000 and with that and his faith be went to Kansas City to build his railroad. This was his first venture and since then he has admitted that he was in error. To be sure, he formed the com pany, sold by his personal efforts 120,000,000 of bonds in Holland, and finally saw completed the Kansas City. Pittsburg & Gulf, a monument to Mr. StlllwelVs ability, even though It Is no longer his and the name he gave it has been changed to the Kansas City Southern. But Mr. Stlllwell was not discour aged. He decided to build another railroad and not to ask any help from Wall street, so he planned the line from Kansas City to Topolobampo on the Pacific coast of Old Mexico, a dls tance of 1,629 miles. President Diai of Mexico was so impressed with the value of the road that he granted It a 14,000,000 subsidy, while counties in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas came In for another million. IN A FAR COUNTRY By Temple Bailer HERO OF BOER WAR IS UCCESSOR OF KITCHENER Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton, a fa mous English of ficer, has suc ceeded Lord Kitchener as In spector general of the Mediter ranean forces, a position held by the latter for only a short time. Gen. Ham ilton distinguish ed himself In the Boer war and has been decorated by many countries. He was born at Cor fu, in 1853, a descendant of military stock. His education was finished at Wellington College and he entered the army in 1873. General Hamilton first saw service In the Afghan war, In 1878, and ac quitted himself so well that he was given the medal with two clasps, a token of excellont service. He was In the Transvaal war of 1881 and three years later took a prominent part In the Nile expedition, gaining several medals and promotion to the rank of major. Next he was in the war with Burmah and In 1895 he fought in the Chltral relief force, India. His record in South Africa gained for him addi tional honors. He commanded the in fantry in the brilliant action at Eland- slaagte and for his personal valor in the field was recommended for the Victoria Cross. During the rest of the campaign in Africa he served wltfc no less distinction and in the end fair, ly won his title. General Hamilton has also gained some fame as an author. His publica tions Include "Fighting of the Future," Icarus," -A jaunt in a Junk" and "A Ballad of Hadji." Method In His Heroism. "It was noble of you to Jump In and save your worst enemy from drowning." "Well, I can't claim much credit I had Just been reading the swimming articles that tell you It is best to avoid struggles with a drowning man by giving him a hard punch on the Jaw. I simply couldnt resist the temp tation." Washington Star (Copyrighted, igio, by Asaociated Literary Press.) Over her cakes and" coffee Cynthia admitted her homesickness. Paris was the place of her dreams. She had thought her little home town dull, but it was nothing ' to this dreary waste of cathedrals and art galleries, with every one speaking a strange language. Everett Batcheller had told her how it would be, but Cynthia had had her mind set on a year abroad, and she had scraped and saved, and had at least attained the fulfillment of her desire. ' But, in her planning, she had for gotten to provide for friendships. Cynthia was a friendly little soul, and all her life she had had neigh bors and church associates who car ried her off to meetings, and club colleagues who consulted her about things. At home she was a very much occupied and rather Important person. But here she was nothing. The people at the boarding house turned up their noses at her, and an English girl had openly insulted her on the Fourth of July. Cynthia had written to Everett of the latter incident. But Everett was not entirely sym pathetic. "You know that wherever. you go the eagle screams, Cynthia," her told her. "You ought to stay In your own country, and among your own people, If you want to be happy." "Her own people!" That sentence stayed In Cynthla'B mind long after "Look Here, Let's Go Around Togeth er a Bit" she had tucked away the letter In her trunk for safekeeping. . ' - "I'd rather see a familiar face than all the portraits in the Louvre," she mused forlornly. As if in answer to her wish, a form darkened the doorway of the pastry- shop, a halting voice asked In very bad French for cakes and coffee, and with a hesitating step a very large lady came and sat down at the next table to Cynthia. Cynthia, eyeing her with some curi osity, decided that she was an Amer ican. There was an unmistakable air about her clothes; there was less fin ish than in the attire of a French woman, and more of style than is possible for an Englishwoman. There was tragedy in the face, and when the coffee came and the cakes, a sigh made Cynthia bold. May I . come over and talk tos you?" she asked frankly. 'I'm aw-i fully homesick, and I'm pretty sure you are an American. The face beamed. "My dear," she said, "you have saved my life. I think I should have died if I had had to string out another French sen tence. My tongue aches with twist ing it- Cynthia laughed. "Going abroad Isn't all It is cracked up to be, is it? she asked. "I have been ' homesick ever since I landed." "Have you really?" the stranger confided. "Well, it's the same with me. I'm used to having my friends about me but after my husband died and his mines turned out so well, everybody said I ought to travel to broaden my mind. But I waBnt made to broaden my mind; I was made to sit on my front porch and fan on hot Says, and to go In my kitchen and bake better buns than these on the cool ones." " Cynthia laughed. "I feel that way myself. I Just long to bake a pot of beans or a clam chowder, and some times when I've been visiting tombs and things I'd give anything for a cup of my own tea." - i "Now that's Just the way I feel," laid the other. "Look here, let's go around together a bit. Maybe things would be better if we had somebody to talk it over with." t Things went so well that on the second day, the two took a amall apartment together, with a tidy serv ant in charge:, and together they went the rounds of sightseeing, find Ing a certain satisfaction . in their common complaint against this very foreign town, and in their common enthusiasm over the home country. "But I wouldn't tell Everett for anything. Cynthia confessed to her friend. "He told me how it would be, and I wouldn't believe him. I thought it would be like fairyland. but I dtdnt understand that fairy land wo ild be lonely without friends. 1 "Yes. It would. But who Is Ever ett?" '. .: ' .'" "Everett is the man who wants tc marry me." Cvnthia said, wltfc knitted brows. 'But "I'd rather teach "Goodness gracious," cried the other woman, "why don't you marry him? Any woman can teach, but it isn't every one who has a man to love her." Cynthia laughed. "I believe , I'm half In love with him. . But he isn't broadmlnded. He's perfectly con tent to. stay in that little town and stagnate." .. . " "There are worse things," said the wise companion, "than stagnating Think twice before you turn Everett down." "I am perfectly contented as I am,' sftid Onthia. "and since I met you am beginning to enjoy the tombs and the Tuilerles." "It's the same with me; but you m 1 J-A IaaI (hot nr vnunflr. una saouiaa i ico war." ... . i In the midst of their satisracuou, the elder woman fell Hi, ana, in nneriiiniiB fashion demanded home - cooking. Cynthia, rising to the occasion, dis missed the French maid, and, after some difficulty, found an English girl who agreed to follow American recipes. By means of much depend ence on canned goods and dried prod ucts, a menu of baked beans and clam chowder, of codfish cakes and corn bread was made possible. - The days were cool, and, with the magazines from home, -and some sim ple sewing, the two aliens spent their days happily.' I don't seem to care for art gal leries and things," said Cynthia; "it is so nice here under the lamplight. In her letters to Everett, however, she still kept up her semblance oi sightseeing enthusiasm. "I'm not go ing to let him crow over me," she decided. But he did not crow over me, for suddenly his weekly letters ceased and Cynthia began to realize, after month of silence, that It had been his letters that had kept her content. "I canT understand, she said one night, "what has become of Everett. "He has probably found somebody else. No man is going to stand being treated as you have treated him." Under cover of darkness Cynthia wept a little. She began to under stand what Everett had really meant to her. She knew now that the vision of her future had always shown her in a circle of friendly faces In her home town, with Everett by her side. He was bo much in her thoughts that when he walked one morning into the Paris apartment, she met him without surprise. "Oh, dear, I have wanted you so, she said. ' "I knew it," was his sympathetic response, "You and 1 belong to each other. Cynthia, and even the seas couldn't really separate us." After the first raptures, Cynthia Introduced Lim to her companion. "I have had her in training," the f matron stated. "I wish you could see the way wo live. We sew and read and eat American dishes, and if it wasn't for the "fact that we can see Notre Dame from our windows in stead of the Baptist church spire, we wouldn't know whether we were in Paris or In Pike's Corners." - "Why so we wouldn't," Cynthia cried. "I don't believe I am as broad- minded as I thought. Everett." "Well, you are broadmlnded enough for me," Everett stated. "And now, if you don't mind, Cynthia, we will get married, and continue this foreign tour together." "And I'll go home and get things ready for you," said the other. "I wanted an excuse and this is the best ever, and I" guess Cynthia and I will have- more fun talking over our experiences on your front porch than in living them in a far country." . NEW SOUP RECIPES GIVING VARIETY TO COURSE IN MENU. FIRST TEACHING A CROW TO TALK If His Tongue Is Spilt Straight Down the Middle Lengthwise He Can 8peak Better. "You know, of course," said the man in the mackintosh, "that you can teach a crow to talk." Silence gave negation to this propo sition. , "It's so, anyhow," he persisted; "but if you slit his tongue straight down the middle, lengthwise, he can talk a good deal better.. Why, I've seen that thing tested. A neighbor of mine, a college professor, had a crow that could speak several words. He had Its tongue slit, and when the tongue got well the bird could say almost anything the professor wanted it to say" "Did It perch upon the bust of Pal las. Just above the " "Cut that out! I'm telling you something that actually took place." "Did the bird talk itself to death?" "Did it talk the professor to death?" "Could It sing two parts?" "Did It use words that bad a dou ble " "Gentlemen." Interrupted tne man In the mackintosh, "you make me In tensely weary. The professor. It Is true, gave the bird away. A barten der has It now." "What was the trouble?" inquired the man with the green goggles. "He couldnt make It talk gram matically. It split Its Infinitives." Sometimes Happens. "He's been around the world ant. yet you never hear him tell about his experiences." "Maybe he was chased around Che -world by detectives. Potatoes and Sorrel Added to Familiar Tomato Bisque How to Use the.,. -. Water In Which Fowl Has Been Boiled. , In the fall the housewife's fancy seriously turns to thoughts of soups. With the first few whiffs of snappy autumn air the stock pot acquires ah Interest which it has lacked for at least three months, while the dally menu becomes longer by one hot wholesome course. . When reinstating soup to its proper dignity this year it would be an ex cellent housewifely study to vary It to a greater extent than In former sea sons. -;- :v . The average first course is extreme ly limited in point of variety, and good and tasty recipes are so numerous that It is a pity this should be the case.. While fresh tomatoes are still with us, try a variation of the familiar to mato bisque. Have the fruit weigh ing Just a pound, and cook them in salted water, with either three or four white potatoes (peeled, of course) according to size, and have a bunch of sorrel in the water. When soft, rub them through a sieve and heat again with some butter. Add the seasoning liked, boil up yet again, and serve with toast fingers, Any poultry stock makes a good soup in capable hands. And by poul try stock is meant not the extracted Juices of a whole fowl, but simply wa ter in which the biped is boiled. This is the method followed by one adept manager td use up -the super fluous liquor when serving boiled fowl. To a pint and a quarter of the latter Landlord and Tenant. I have been a property-owner for yearly 40 years and during that period, have lost from depreciation 15,000, from empty houses 10,060 and from defaulting- tenanta- over 6,000 or a total loss of over 40,000. During this 40 years I have never known a defaulting tenant honest enough to! pay a shilling off the arrears when! once he removed from the neighbor) hood. Letter in London Telegraph. . Loose Shoes. , Quite as bad as too tight shoesv against which we are always warned,' are too loose ones; they cause corn and bunions and often produce flat-i tenlcg of the arches. The woman with the peculiarly shaped foot who cannot get shoes exactly to fit her except when made to order, should get them a little' too long rather than a little too wide;7 it is the lesser of two evils. . Sweden's Church Boat .The church boat is a popular Insti tution in Sweden. It brings famlllea to service from the farms around Lake SilJan to Leksand. The water route is the nearest and most conve nient, and bo the big boat goes from farm to farm along the shore picking up the church-goers, who later return by the same route. Wide World Mag azine. ; v ' The Humorous and the Witty 8tory. The humorous story is strictly a work of art high and. delicate art and only an artist can tell it; but no art is necessary in. telling the comia and the witty story; anybody can do it. The art of telling a humorous story understand, I mean by word of mouth, not print was created in America, and has remained at home. Mark Twain. ' v ' . " ' Sown Oats. "It's no good looking at me Ilk Aat father," Bald Augustus Frederick, twelve years old, as his parent hav ing punished Sebastian Claude, four- add Just a little celery, a mere sliver teon years old. for being in possession of onion, a saltspoonful , of pepper oi a pacxei or uose or me .Frame, corns, and a teaspoonful of salt to taste. When it has reached the boil ing point simmer it slowly half an hour, and afterward strain. Prepare the usual blend of flour and butter, gradually pour on to it the boiling liquid. Add one cupful of milk and season with salt and pepper. ' If the yolk of one egg Is slightly whipped, thinned with a tablespoonful of the soup, and added to the pottage proper it makes for additional rich ness. In such case it must be served immediately, or it will curdle. - Artichoke soup is less known than many other vegetable broths which are less choice. Following is a reli able recipe for it In a tablespoonful of good butter fry a white turnip sliced thin, red onion ditto, three pounds of Jerusalem artichokes, wash ed, pared and sliced, and a thin slice of bacon. Stir these in the hot butter for ten minutes, and gradually add one pint of stock. Season to taste, strain and press vegetables through a sieve, after which add two cups of boiling milk, reheat and serve. ' One of the many uses of a can of salmon is a soup easily whipped up on washday or to eke out a scanty luncneon menu some time. v Remove all bits of skin and bone and mash the fish in a bowl to a paste. Mix together two cups of veal broth with the same quantity of sweet milk and bring to a boiling point Cream together two tablespoonfuls of flour and one of butter, and with it thicken the stock, stirring smooth. Add the fish, boil up once more and serve. The earne rule can be used when there is a pound of fresh boiled sal mon In the larder to be picked over, and It is equally delicious with hail- but. Good and appetizing, too, especially noteworthy In a household where there are school-going appetites, Is cream of sago. For .it is the sago, after being thoroughly washed, is soaked three hours or more. A quart of white stock is put in the soup pot with a small onion, a bay leaf and a parsley spray and is slowly simmered for 30 minutes, after which the greens are removed. A pint of cream or milk is brought to a boil and is thickened in the usual way with blended butter and flour. This thickened milk, Is poured into the boiling stock, season ed and the pottage is ready for lmme- Mfnufetorers of Furs. Raw Fur bowrht and looked searchingly at htm. "Yon know perfectly well I chucked smote In when I was eleht." London Globe, Cattle From the Sahara. The cattle raised on the fringe of the Sahara are known to be of good quality and are estimated at 2,000,000 head. With a little scientific feeding during the dry season their numbers might rapidly be increased and the Soudan region might become a sort of second Argpntinav ' - Above All Others. The deepest coal mine is near Lam bert, Belgium, 3,500 feet deep; tho biggest dock is at Cardiff, Wales, and the .strongest electric light is at the Sydney lighthouse. Australia? while the largest lighthouse is at Cape Henry, Virginia, being 165 feet high, s-fi - Very Fast. The electric ventilating fan on the wall of the restaurant was whizzing round. A gentleman who had dined extremely well sat looking at it for some time. "Walter," he complained at last "that clock's fast!" Punch. - Dally Thought Though we soar into the heavens, though we should sink Into the abyss, we never go out of ourselves; It is always our own thought that we per ceive. Condlllac. ' Big Bank's Business Methods. Before discounting any paper the Bank of England requires at least two good British names, one of which must be the acceptor. It seldom holds over J150.000.000 in bills discounted and securities of all kinds. No Humiliation In Apology If you make a mistake and offend a friend, don't hesitate to apologize. It will make you bigger, broader, happier,-and will prove you a man la stead of a s?nm. Lie Seldom Harmful. No lies can hurt a man- for a long time. There is little use In spending your time trying to correct lies. The lie Itself will drop like a feeble shaft against the armor of truth. . ' SCHUMACHER PUR CO. dlate appreciation. sold. Fnre remodeled a epecialty. 20J Madison St., bet. First and front Sts , Portland, Oregon JJ.I-Hl.'l'KM, Ytii Hill EYE BEilDIF Olive Salad. Mash two anchovies and add them to French dressing. Stone 24 olives and chop them rather fine. Cut one boiled beet into dice. Chop a small cucumber pickle. Line a salad bowl with lettuce leaves, sprinkle over tho gherkin, then the olives, then thn W '"Ked Weak, Weary, Watery Eye and H beet and potato. Dust with aalt Dan. GRANULATED EYELIDS 1 rlka and white pepper. Chop two MmineDoesn'tSmarfc-SoothesEyePain hard-boiled eeea verv fln -t Dmfbti ScD Mm-hc E bmJ rL.j . js sit. ti nt them over the Ud. Snrinkio iii(iu J?"!? Sal, In Aptic Tube. 25c, $HOO with IZ 7lit -,.P, U.ghUr BOOKS AND ADVICE FREE BY MAIL ; ine. over C MurineEyeRemedyCoChicaao . , ..w.vu uieabing. toss and serve. v Boiled Tripe. Wash half a pound of trin tv boil up in water, drain, cool anri r,,t Into small pieces. Put these with one cupful of milk, one cupful of water, two sliced onions, season with pepper and salt and let simmer for two houra. Mix one beanln spoonful of flour with a littiA milk, add to the tripe, stir until it boils, then let It simmer for nnfh. SO minutes. ct PWWffi i'i lii' iiiinlfciilhaltoiiH.i, Ti .1 iiilfilifBffh Cream of Squash. Peel and boll squash until add one onion, mash through a col- u w "j up oi squash add one cup of milk; put In a small lumD of butter, season with salt and neDnr. erve hot yper. is not a "food" it is a medicine, and the only medicine In the world for cows only. Made for the eow and, Ha nam Indicate, a cow car. BarrcnneM, retained afterbirth, abortion, teours.cakedudder.andaU aim ilar affection positively and quickly cured. No on who keep cows, whether many or few, can afford to be without Kotm-Knv." It iamad epciaIly.to k y eow healthy Our book "What to Do When Yonr Cow ArSickJ.nt fr Ak your local dealer tot AM-JCmk "oraend to th maaaractarara. 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