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p THE AfttHRAL FLED EIC or as te la ei fa ai ol tt U ti t p a e e 1( e fi M ll P a u v P n n w d 1 c An Incident cf he Graat Naval Gattle Off Santiago. SCARED BY THE FIRST SHOT The Thundering Eoom of the Oregon's Sig Gun In Opening the Attack on Corvera's Fleet Proverf Too Much For tho Nerves of the Old Veteran. "It's ;i remarkable thhiii." s;iid the enptnin. "Mint almost silways in any preni event of exciting experience, even one In wbicu litiman lives arc In volved, there N likely to be some little minor feature with a humorous side to It that will call forth si smile, if not a sudden burs: of lauKhter. It seems as if In such trying moments one's feelngs veek a quick vent and seize upon any little incident as a safety valve." This particular piece of philosophy was expressed by the pim old captain of our steamer as we were lazily churn' iiiK alonn the lower coast of Florida. "I never ;et down on these southern seas." continued the captain, "without thinking of that 3d of July. 18US, when our fellows pushed the Spanish fleet up on the shore after their attempt to steal out of Santiago harbor. "1 was first officer of the Hasher, one of the auxiliary steamers that the gov eminent had chartered and rushed Into service. We had been engaged in car rvlng provisions from Tampa down to the ships of the fleet, and it was ticklish business, too. because no one really knew up to the last few days just where the Spanish fleet actually was. and we expected to be overhauled and raptured almost any time. "This particular trip had been an eventful one. and after rounding Capo Mnisl, on the eastern end of Cuba, we soon slahted our splendid Meet of tight ers ranged In that fatal semicircle round the entrance of Santiago like a pack of hounds watching for a fox to mine out of his hole. It was a great Fight. I tell you! The smoke was lazi ly curlini: up out of each stack, show-in-; that steam was up and everything readv for the spring from the leash the in t-iii 'he fox showed his head. "We Had our orders and in a short time were close alongside the big old Oregon, which, you remember, had ju-t made Mint wonderful trip round the Horn to take part in the fracas. I don t ielleve there ever was a hot toi lay even In the tropics than this SuihI.iv. tin- "d of July Things were sit Mzz!:ng everywhere, and the i.ieci Il'!t seemed to be steaming. te! " had warpeil alongside and the crew 'i. id liegiin carrying aboard tlie consignment of bread, potatoes, on ions ami nther stuff I stepped iuto the aplaitis room to see If I could get ; lv comlort out ot the eltvtric fan 'viiKli was wo-UIng overtime. I had lust spoken to old Admiral, the cap tain's pet tomcat-mid a huge fellow lie was who was lying on the floor siren tied out as wide as possible, fair ly gasping for nlr. when, holy mack erel, there were a concussion and a deafening mar which sent me sprawl ing and nearly knocked my head off. All I retueuibei seeing that instant was a lag cat going utmost to the ceiling, wlih a tali as Pig around as n grapefruit anil everv leg. claw and halt- siMiidin;; straight out The Ore gon ted let go one ot Its tiig forward tiinvi guii- tight alongside ot us, for tin Spair-li lo had tai'ted out of Its hose In lust one Instant everything on earth in the way of activity seemed to be doing I rushed In (lie door, ami the tiling that caught my eye was that old tomcat vning al't on the upper deck like a streak of greased 'i-hming. with everv sill set to catch the wind and fairly clawing at the deck in his effort to make time. "In almost less time than It has tak en to tell yon that one shot had growu Into a deafening roar from almost ev ery gun in the fleet that could bear on the fox. Our lashings bad been cut loose, and away went the fleet in that dramatic rush to victory for us and death to the Spaniards. "As my captain and I stood on the bridge and watched the seu lie turned to uie and snhl: 'Knight. I'm an old mini and haven't but a few years more to live at best I'll give the rest of my years to sev this tight to the finish, aud. by the gmls, I'm going to follow em" And he gave the signal for full speed ahead "Say. Put that was a sight'. No man who s:iv p will ever forget it. The race was nil In from of us, the Span lards running for cover and putting up the hest tight they could in their half baked condiMoii and our fellows plug ging them fast and turlonsty "We lollowed until the light was all over end Mien en me about to return to Santiago file captain gave orders to serve supper In the ethcius mess, for tielthei ot us In the excitement of the !:iv tied thought a tiling about eating. As e sat down to out meat lie turned to tne and -aid: 'Knight, have you seeu my old turnout Admiral? I've hunted for him ad over the ship ' Well.' I replied, pulling out my watch n ml looking at It. "If he has kept i p tie- pare he was making when I Raw lim last going aft on the upper deck he's line 'n nhout minutes now on his mini tap a round the world ' "We never did se,. old Admiral again, and eripi;iin mourned him till his dying l:n Prank I'resbrey In Chi cago Ite. ,.1'd I lei I id i o l et ,n,i rui, ,,. k undignified:, sul-nil- ii v ..... e-n j i tiii itieoii'f.ically utv ii ire. m. in..- i.i'ti. ri 1aiUi Stevcusou. i HOTEL BEDS ABROAD. To Get Into Some of Them One Hat te Uie a Stepladder. The European bed always strikes tbo uninitiated American traveler as a huge Joke. In France they commence to impress him with their height and narrowness, and he looks dubiously at the enormous Turkey red cotton "coavre pied" of eideidown. which eeems something like a mountain, and he wonders how he is ever going to bear all that extra weight on his per son, liut when he has slipped be tween the sheets aud the grateful warmth communicates itself to his cold bones if it la winter they are sure to be like icicles he discovers that it Is deceptively light and deliclously com fortable. Ia Switzerland the beds attain a little more height, but it is in Ger many that they become of such an altitude as to necessitate a pair of steps to mount them. One tourist, finding that one leg of the stepladder was broken, solved his difficulty by golug to the extreme end of the room, taking a running start and landing with a flying leap in the midst of tho Turkey red eiderdown. He crawled in under the crocheted counterpane and was soon fast asleep. Some time In the night he became sleepily aware of a consuming thirst and started to gei out of bed for a drink. A startled shriek, followed by some swear words thnt even the thick headed German wnrchmnn understood, penetrated to the remotest chamber in the inn. 'I was half awake," he explained afterward, "and had been dreaming of standing on Table rock, in the Yosem ite. I tfartcd to get out of bed-and began to fall. Naturally I supposed 1 was plunging to the bottom of that precipice, and I'll leave It to you If any ono wouldn't have let out a yell when he thought ho was going to be dashed to death." Sometimes In European hotels the tourist is taken solemnly to one side and told that by nnvlng a few francs or lire more he can have the royal bedchamber. A certain hotel in Sor rento, where a dozen or more royal heads have lain In one season, is even more geuerous, for if the rooms are empty they make no extra charge. And the traveler loves to recount when he is back on his native heath how his cheek pressed the same pillow that had been used b.v the little queen or Holland or the king of Saxony. New York Tribune. i moles have largely suffered, ana yet within an apparently short penoa oi time, as measured by such events, a balance has again been established. The sex equilibrium may be com pared to that of a gyroscope, where the greater the disturbance of position the greater is the force tending to re establish Its natural 6tand while In motion. Current Literature. BALANCING THE SEXES. Singular. Isn't It, the Way Nature Preserves the Equilibrium? One of the most subtle and interest ing problems of life, according to the eminent statistician and student of heredity, Professor R. .1. Ewart, is the numerical relationship of sex and its influence upon the body politic. The woman's rights movement Is in essence a mathematical and statistical problem. according to him. There Is not a gen eral advance of woman, as some sociol ogists assert. There is a sudden mani festation of her power, a period of su premacy and then a decline of her status. The explanation Is statistical mainly. True, it has always been something of a puzzle why the proportion of each kind, apparently with little or no un derlying reason, Is produced in the right numbers. The argument that if such were not the case the particular species would not survive does not re veal to us the methods by which til's object has been achieved. That some mechanism must exist by means of which within certain limits the number of males and females born Is regulated is proved by the facts of history, where we have numerous examples of wars and other social upheaval.s where PURE FOOD LABELS. They Were Used In Palestine as Early as the Year 850 B. C. Professor George A. Keisner of Har vard university discovered among some speciments of earliest Hebrew writing in the excavations of the city of Samaria, in Palestine, a most Inter esting record of the first pure food laws in history. He also found an cient writings dealing with the first instance on record of the keeping of wines in a government warehouse un der bond. Dating back to the period of King thnh k.-,o n. c. these Inscriptions are considered to be one of the greatest finds of the Harvard Palestinian ex peditions which delved Into the city of Ahab and Omri for three years. They found labels on wine and oil jars. These mention tho year In which the wine was laid down In the cellars of the palace storehouse, and they state the vineyard from which tho wine came, important facts that are recog nized equally well by vintners today. On the oil jars the label runs, "A jar of pure oil," with the mention of the district from which Uie oil came. The bits of pottery on which the descrip tions were written were not parts of tho jars, but were evidently Intended to be attached to the necks of the re ceptacles, just as are labels or seals at the present time. New York World. Professional S. F. Sharp PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention given to all callb, both night and day. Callspromptly answered. Office on XblrJ Btreet, Athena Oregor G. S. NEWSOM. M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON , Athena, Oregon. Calls answered promptly night or day. DR. W. G. HUGHES, Dentist Office in Postoffice Building, Athena Ore. Hours, 9 to 12 and 1 to 5-1 PETERSON & WILSON Attorneys-at-Law Athena, Oregon. - Pendleton, Oregon WOOL, SILK AND LINEN. Tests That Will Determine the Quality of the Fabrics. If you wish to find out whether the material sold to you as all wool or all silk Is really so make a 5 per cent so lution of caustic potash and in this boil your sample of silk or wool. If the entire sample is consumed in the boiling your material Is what it pre tends to be: if there is a residue that residue Is cotton. The caustic solution consumes the animal fibers. If you wish to find out whether the silk thnt seems to be heavy silk Is weighted with mineral burn the sam ple and the nsh will show you how much mineral weighting there Is. The pure silk will be wholly consumed. In buying supposed linen goods of toweling or suiting, dip your sample into concentrated sulphuric acid for two minutes and wash it out carefully. The cotton will have been consumed, the linen will have resisted the action of the acid. This test Is one that should be made with precaution, as vitriol Is not a thing to be tampered illi Administratrix Notice. In the County Court of the State of Oregon, in and for the County ot Umatilla. In the matter of the Estate of Charles Wilson, Deceased: Notioe is hereby Riven that Maggie Wilson of Athena, Oregon, was on the 1st day of Juoe, 1911, appointed ad ministratrix of the estate of Charles Wilson, deoeased, by the above en titled court, aud that all persons hav ing claims against said estat" are hereby notified to present said claims with proper vouchers thereto, to said administratrix or to Iter attorney, Homer I. Watts, at his office in Ath ena Oregon. Maggie Wilson, Administratrix of the tistate of Charles Wilson, deoeased. Homer I. Watts Attorney-at-Law Athena, 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 tAthena and Vicinity C. W. LASSEN. M. D. V. Olllclul Stock Inspector. Graduate McKUlip Vetinary College, Chicago Fhone Main 37, rKNDLETON, OKKGOA Veterinary Surgeon & Dentist 1Mb 3 ST. NICHOLS HOTEL J. E. FROOME, prop. Only First-class Hotel in 2 4-V. Citxr ! THE ST. 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