The Athena press., April 21, 1911, Image 4

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cATHENA. ORE.. APR. 21 Mil
The oomio supplement wbiob baa
beoome a latber prominent feature of
all of the newspapers in tbe big cities
of tbe oonntry is reoeivingsome rather
severe critioisin in tbe East, observes
tbe Oregouian, and a number of or
ganizations for tbe suppression of tbe
borror have been formed. Unfortun
ately for those who are offended by the
presence of tbis ridioulooa buffoonery
which has such a strong hold on tbe
ohildren, publio sentiment is not yet
ready to abolish it. Tbe Sunday sap
plement oomios are printed by tbe
newspapers for the same reason that
detailed aooonnts are printed of prize
lights, salaoions law suits and other
kinds of news eagerly road ty some
and rejooted ty others. A newspaper
with unlimited capital behind it and
a desire to spend that oapital most
rapidly, oould serve the publio with
just what tbe editor thought tbo pub
lic ouRht to have. The publio, how
ever, would show its disapproval of
snob a policy by refusing to bay tbe
paper, and iu due season, when tbe
capital was depleted, tbe paper would
peiisu. No one has yet succeeded in
putting out a paper that was satisfac
tory to all readers. If some paragon of
nil journalistic virtues should leach
this pinnacle of success, he would
have no opposition. The world would
need but one paper. Nearly all own
ers and editors of our newspapers
would undoubtedly be willing to do
away witfi the Sunday scarecrow if
there were not a demand from the
publio that pays tbe bills.
Oolonel Roosevelt is said to have
expressed tbe belief at Helena, Mon
tana, that Woodrow Wilson, governor
of New Jersey, will be tbe Demooiat
io candidate for the presidency. Col
onel Roosevelt is a clever, far-seeing
politician, not a theorist, understand
ing tbe practical side of politics as a
pastmaster of the art or science, ub
one pleases, and his opinion is deserv
ing of mature consideration. Tbe
signs of tbe times, in the opinion of
tbe emiueut gentleman from Oyster
Bay point unmistakably to tbe former
oolloge president as the candidate,
There is no gainsaying the fact that
Governor Wilson has touched the pub
lio imagination quite a tit sinoe he
assumed the reins of oflioo. The chief
reason for it is that he is honest
wbiob seems to surprise his Now Jer
sey constituents who apparently re
gard honesty as something entirely
unusual.
It has been said that where eloquence
formerly went, into the pulpit it now
goes into congress or iuto jail. There
wiJl Us those to druw an invidious
comparison, but others who believe
they have the silver tongue may be
drawn toward by the pulpit by the
announcement tLat a mission worker
iu Now York so impressed a member
of tbe congregation that bo was pres
ented with a chock for $100,000. A
in n u who can do that with his tongue
deserves some credit for not ubaudnn
iug mission work tor promoters' work.
With tbo Couuty Sohool Atbletio
Moot coining olf a week from Ununr
row, Saturday, and the annual piouio
of the Umatilla County Caledonian
Sooioty to bo held May ID and 20,
Athena will t:o called upou to enter
tain large (lumbers of visitors. Tho
City Park affords excellent induce
ments for outdoor gat herings and many
into pie will tuke advantage of the
opportunity the track moot and piouio
gives to come hero ou those days and
miuglo with the crowds.
The postal saviugs hanks mo in
creasing their deposits from day to
day. t'oatmastor Ilitoboouk announc
es that the depoaits incrouNed iu tbo
iH banks in tho last two mouths by
i8,0t; while tho uvorago deposit
changed from $110.61 to 3t!.8l. Ap
parently tbe number of depositors is
steadily iuoroasiug while the amount
of the deposits remain about tho same,
snoh that it would not bear descrip
tion in print. Tbe murder of tbe por
ter was unnecessary to tbe plans of
tbe train robbers; it was a particular
ly wanton crime, and one that merits
iwift and sure punishment. Train
robbing is a relio of border days that
seemed to have gone out of fashion
tor a time, but the Oregon Short Line
robbery some time ago and the holdup
ol tbe Limited on tbe Southern Pac
ific indicate that fashions in robbery
are having a reversion to type.
Canary birds were introduced in a
Portland ohurob on Easter, and asoore
of tbe finffy yellow songsters where
used to reeuforoa tbe choir. Any one
who is grouob enough to complain that
canaries "get on tbeir nerves," ought
to be compelled to listen to the yowl
ing of tbe back yard cat.
The death of Sam Lloyd, the puzzle
king, will be a matter of regret to the
children. He may not have oontrib
uted toward making the world tetter,
but he certainly sharpened its wits,
and made it a, more pleasant place in
which to live.
Colonel Roosevelt has visited the
scenes of bis early life in Idaho and
is delighted witb the changes be has
found there. The western world does
move, as the oolonel no doubt discov
ered. MOURNING CUSTOMS.
They Are Vory Ancient, and Experts
Differ 83 to Thoir Origin.
The origin of ;oiiis iuto mourning
was discussed recently by n body of
anthropologists. Some students hold
that the wearing of black was orig
inally a disguise assumed as n protec
tion from the dead person's spirit.
Tho idea was that the deceased was
naturally disgusted . to flint himself
dead nnd that he wreaked his resent
ment upon his relations. Therefore
the relations thought that to alter
their appearance would be a means of
escape, and all over the world veils
were used to hide the faces of mourn
ers u practice still surviving in the
impenetrable veil of the widow.
The disguises mourners used such
as the veil, the turning of the clothes
inside out and the shaving of the head,
as practiced by the Ainos were sim
ple enough, but supernatural beings
were always, it appeared, easy to
trick.
Another theory of mourning was
that it was put on to warn people that
its wearers had been. contaminated by
death. There was nn idea of pollution
attached to the great mystery. All
early people shared the horror of death
nnd tlu fear of the return of the spir
its. Thus in the Sudan widows sprin
kle their food with ashes to prevent
their husbands' ghosts from eating It
Exchange.
O'ftara aud Clore. the two youug
men aaaused of tbe boldup of tbe
Overland Limited ot the Southern
i'aoiflu aud the murder of au iuolieus-
ivo negro porter, are being taken
back to Utah to stand trial for tbe
otleuau committed, ot which tbev may
or may not be guilty. The crime of
which they are charged is au especial
ly brutal one, and the treatment which
tbe thieves gave some of tbo defense
less female passengers ou the traiu whs
THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS.
They Extend Eatt and West For More
Than a Thousand Miles.
Few persons are aware that the
shortest route from San Francisco to
Japan is by way of Alaska. Nearly a
thousand miles are saved to vessels
trading with the orient by coasting
along the Aleutian islands rather than
following tho Hawaiian route.
Tho Aleutian islands, which extend
in n chain cast nnd west for more
than a thousand miles, are inhabited
by the remnant of the Aleuts. Their
war of the revolution closed just as
dm American Revolutionary war be
gan. So patriotic were tho Aleuts, so
brave in their struggle for lnuepemi
(hat thev succumbed to the Rus
sians only after n conflict of nearly
fifty years, and then stmply because
the race was almost exterminated in
the struggle.
While the Aleutian islands must
oventunllv form an important link in
the commerce between the United
States and the orient, other islands
link mr country -with the vast empire
to the north. In tho narrow Boring
strait, lie two little islands, one occu
pied liv Russia.- the other by the Unit
ed States, so that citizens of the two
grent nations live on respective lsiauas
within u few miles of each others-
Notice to Creditors.
Iu the County Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
Iu the Matter ot the Estate of Francis
M. Maustield, Deceased:
All persons whom it may oonoern
are horety not ill od that George W.
Gross was duly appointed ou tbe 8th
day of April, A. D., 1911, adminis
trator with the will anuexed of the
estate of Francis M. Mansfield, de
ceased, aud that letters cf adminis
tration with tho will annexed have
been issued to bim. All persons hav
ing claims agEitiBt eaid estate ate
hereby uotilled aud required to present
them to bim, with proper vouchers as
required by law, at the ofiloe of bis
attorneys, Peterson & Wilson, iu Ath
ena, Otegou or at tbeir offices in Fen-
dletou, Oregou, within six mouths
from date of the first publication of
this notice, whioh said first publica
tiou is made in the Athena Press news
paper ou Fiiday the 14th day of April
A. D., 1911.
George W. Gross,
Administrator with tbe will annexed
of the estate of Franois M. Mansfield,
Deceased.
By Peterson & Wilson,
Attorneys for Admr.
Cow for Sale,
11 A. Piuberton baa a sood. fiesb
niilK oow for sale. Cow is five years
old and ia a prolifJo milker.
BATHTUBS IN MEXICO.
Made of Cement, They Are a Real Lux
ury In a HojClima'i.
"Unless you have been iu the trop
ics," remarked the man who had just
returned from a trip to Mexico, "you
can't possibly realize how great a lux
ury a cold bath can be. It's not that
thei.lniate is necessarily warmer than
a New York summer, but the natives
have worked out the problem of bath
ing its ultimate conclusions. They
have invented the ideal tub. ,
"Oa the great private estates in
Mexico baths are in use today which
were hewn out of the solid rock cen
turies ago by slave labor. They are
located for the most part in the vicin
ity of running water and are fed by
bamboo pipes, but in many eases they
have to be filled by the old fashioned
method of carrying a bucket to and
from the spring.
"In the cities the so called stone
baths ure made of cement. The resi
dences of all well to do people are
provided with them, and tbey are a
feature of the native hotels. They are
usually about ten feet long by four
deep baby swimming tanks, in fact.
The tropical custom is to fill the
baths late at night. By the following
morning the water will have acquired
a limpid coolness that acts like a tonic
upon the body. When one remembers
thnt near the equator it is almost as
warm in the morning as it is at noon
and that water taken direct from the
city mains is always tepid the advan
tage of the atone or cement bath is
evident." New York Sun.
TIGERISH TUNAS.
Wild Carnage When They Meet Their
Natural Prey, Flying Fich.
One time at St. Clements we sighted
a feeding school of tuna, an exhilarat
ing sight. A flying fish weighing a
pound and a half or more would start
from the water and soar an extraor
dinary distance, nearly out of sight,
but every inch of that flight I knew
was covered by a big tuna keeping
his place just beneath the "flier" and
ready to seize it the moment it fell
into tho water. This rarely failed.
The moment tho fish began to drop the
tuna would spring at it like a tiger,
turning and tossing the spume into
tho air with a splendid nnd electrify
ing rush, a maneuver that was re
peated all over the blue channel.
Tho sensational charge meant that a
school of tunas had discovered a school
of its natural prey, flying fishes. At
once tho lust for blood nnd food was
on, and the carnage was the result.
I have observed some curious scenes
at sea, but never have I seen fear so
forcibly expressed as by a school of
flying fishes exhausted aud at the
mercy of (lie voracious tunas. I have
had thorn ;.ntlier p. bout my boat nnd
cling to it keel ns closely as they
could, while the air was fuil of leap
ing tunas nnd soaring flying fish. At
such times when a s hool of sardines
is rounded ti;i the fishes are so terrified
that men have rowed up to them and
scooped thorn in by the pailful. C. F.
Holder in Outing.
Delhi and Its Hictory.
Shah Johan hi 1031 built the present
city of Delhi, close to the old Delhi,
nnd made It the royal residence. The
Mohammedans still call It Shahjehana
bad, the "city of the king of the
world." .'m!:r Shah, tho Persian usurp
er, captured it in 17.1!). massacred
thousands i the inhabitants and bore
away plunder to Ih? value of nearly
$100,000,U!0. Including tho famous pea
ce:!; throne and the great Kohlnoor
diamond. Tli ! British first came into
control in when the Mahrattas
were defeated near Delhi by Lord
Lake. When Ihe sepoy mutiny broke
out In l.'WT Shah Mohammed Balm
dour, then ninety years old, took com
mand of the. city and until the English
again triumphed enjoyed the imperial
state to which he had long been a
stranger,
Harrlman Told Him.
Hai-rlmati had an almost supernatu
ral instlm t for knowing what was
going on r.n;l who was doing it in the
mysteries of stock manipulation. Once
when Southern 1'acliic had been going
up fust, Ilnrvimnn nnd various bnuk
ing houiicM buying in concert, he called
up on the telephouo one of his private
brokers. "Somebody Is selling," he
said. "Yes, sir," was the answer.
'Well, hand the market 2.",000 for
me. immediately ne caueu up ine
head of a banking fli'm much inter
ested in tho market, "Who's selling
Southern Pacific';" lie asked. "I don't
know; we haven't been able to find
out," was the, answer. "I'll tell you,"
snapped Haniiuau; "it's your house."
And he cut off the connection before
any reply to him could be made. Exchange.
The Tough Kid.
Nubor I saw the doctor at your
houao yesterday.
Subbubs Yes; that boy of mine
climbed tip on the porch when he was
told not to, and
Nabor Ah, I see. lie fell and broke
his-
Sublmbs-Xot much! He's sound ns
a dollar. But my wife tried to whip
him for it. and new she's a nervous
aud physical wreck. Catholic Stand
ard and Times.
New to Him.
"I see your sou has pone to work."
"Yep."
"How is he getting along?"
"Oh, fine: Anything in the way of
n novelty always appeals to him."
Washington Herald.
In High Life.
"Met your wife lately?"
"No; but 1 see by the society papers
that she will lo nt home twice this
month." - !.ou!svi' Courier-Jou lial.
i A Barbed Wire Cut, Collar
ra or Saddle Gall not proper'
A healed leaves a disfiguring
near.
Ballard's
SNO
LINIMEN
la the Right Remedr tor All
Abraalona of tbe Flh.
If the wound Is cleansed and
the liniment applied promptly,
tha heallnsr Drocess begins at
SI onoa and the wound heals trora
m the Inside outwardly, thus per
forming a perreci cure ij
leaves no scar. If the wound
heals on the outside too Quick
ly, pus forms under the sur
face and breaks out Into a run-
k,l Itf hard tn plira
and Inevitably leaves a bad
scar.
Owners of blooded stock pre
fer this liniment to all others
for that reason, and they use It
not only on fine animals, but
on human flesh, as it does its
work quickly and thoroughly.
Price 25c, BOc and f 1.00.
JamesF.Ballard.Prop. St.Louls,Mo.
T 1 A 6o oil Line of Stasis
rinf .mfL, ,A 1UJL JU JL
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Stephens Eye Salve Is a rfeallng
SotoAwoRreowHewataByL1
Byron N. Hawks
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The Mother's Friend
Is a good hose, which go out with the boy, stay
with him through the day's play, and come back
home whole at night. Look for the trade mark
shown below.
TtKADE MARK.
Miller's
Big Furniture
Store
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Athena
Free
I have 200 fine Pictures, framed and worth $2.00
each. I am going to give one free with every $25.00
cash purchase made at my store. I have the largest
stock' of goods I have ever carried Come in and see
what I have. We picture offer is good for 30 days, only.
ESI
Just Off erin
gs of Merit
Beginning
April
On second floor, w'e place on sale 50 Women's Fine Tailored Suits in
whioh there are boanty, value and servioe combined in this assortment
can be found tbe most appropriate and desirable models wbiob will tit
to perfeotion Gray and blaok. brown and black worsteds, brown obev
iots, navy bine serges, blaok serges and diagonals Medium length, box
style or semi-fitting jackets Skirts plain gored or panel back All sizes,
including stouts Regular values to $25.00 on sale only
$18.75
NEW PARASOLS.
Tbe women of Ainerioa are emu
lating tbeir sisters in Japan and
nest summer sou shades will bob
like sunlit waves of tbe sea. We
have many new novelti to show
yon. The prices range from $1.50
to $15.00.
DRESS GOODS
Marqesettes, one of tbe seasons
most popluar materials. Gomes in
cotton, silk, silk and cotton, etc
Just reoeived a lot of new colors
in the silk Marqnesettes. A pleas
ure to show our goods.
Silks
As a style favorite the beautiful "SILK FOULARDS" promise to
hold a high position in tbe realm of dress, and we further illustrate this
fact We'd call attention to tbe ezolueiveness of onr showing along
these lines for "really" tbey'ie a marvel of color and design deftly woven
in to combinations of the most beautiful and stnnniug effects. Come IN
let ns show yon. NO TROUBLE.
Millinery Department
We have jnst reoeived by express a tine assortment of Uage, Fiek and
Beiman & Lyman hats. Come and see these tbeso new creations before
buying. You'll find here some of the most beautiful bd? stylish hats
you'll see this Beason. They're priced right too.
DRESS TRIMMINGS.
New arrivals in tbis sect on. We
can now match most any oolor. Give
yon from narrow soutache to wide 12
in. braids. Also all kinds beaded
trimmings, etc.
JEWELRY.
Coral is extremely popular tbis sea
son and we are showing a number of
novelties in the way of belt pins,
toiero pins, hat pins and beads, 35o
and np.
GLOVES.
t White pearl clasp gloves with heavy
blaok stitobing will lend a newness to
even an old suit. We have also re
ceived our silk gloves for spring in
both two and sixteen button lengths
in black, white and onjors. 16 but
ton length kids in all tbe wanted,
shade". We oan fit in yon gloves at
any prioe from. 250 to $4.50.
WOOL DRESS GOODS.
Serge, Wool. Taffeta, Poplin, Pan
ama, Broad Cloth, Batiste, in fact
any weave that is made yon'll find in
this big stock. All eclors. Prices
yd. 50o to $3.00.
ART DEPARTMENT.
We are now prepared to meet yonr
demands for Irish crochet thread. We
carry "Barlours" Irish Flax thread,
suitable for all kinds of oroohet work,
also books of ins! motion. All sizes
from tbe very finest to ooarse. Comes
in holdor, ready for nse. Price, 15c,
two for 25o. ,
WASH GOODS.
In this department you will be sur
prised to see tbe magnitude. Any
and all Kinds, all colors, combinations
etc., from the heaviest materials to
the very "sheer." All laundry, and
the prioe, yard 5o to 50o.
The Peoples Warehouse, Pendleton
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