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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER - F. B. Boyd, Publisher Published Every Friday. Office, Corner Third and Jefferson Streets. Entered In th" HoMortlcwat Athcnn, Oregon, as ecoudclasa Mall Mnter. Subscription Ratea. One copy, one year. . ............. .$1.50 When paid in Advance, (otherwise, $2.00) One copy, six months. 75 One copy, three months. 50 . , Advertising Rates. Display i transient, running less than one ' month, first insertion, per inch. 25c Subsequent insertions 12 Display regular, per inch. 12j Local readers, first insertion, per line. 10c Subsequent insertions, per line 5c Lodge resolutions, per line 5c Church notices, admission, per line. . 5c tyATHENA. ORE.. AUG. 16 1912 ' PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH. Descendants of the Germans Who Came to This Country In 1682. To most Americans the word "Dutch" means German. Tlio Dutch are Hol landers from the Netherlands. New York was first settled by the Dutch from Holland. The first Germans came to this coun try In 1C82 and settled at Germantown. It is estimated that the Germans and their descendants in Pennsylvania numbered 100,000 at the time of our revolution. The descendants of these are called the Pennsylvania Germans or Dutch. The word Dutch is a cor ruption of Deutscb, meaning German. The early Germans were followers of Menno Simons, known as Meunon ltes. , They were persecuted in their own country on account of their re ligious belief and when Penn offered religious liberty It was gladly accept ed by them. The persecuted Germans came largely from the Rhenish palati nate, Wurtemberg, from the lower Rhine, Alsace, Saxony and Switzerland. The southeastern counties of Penn sylvania, such as Lancaster, York, Berks and Lebanon, were chosen for settlement. These settlers spoke a variety of dialects, and, owing to seg regation In religious communities, they clung to their mother tongue. English words haTe since crept In and as a re Bult we have the somewhat pictur esque language known as the "Penn sylvania Dutch." Their religious be lief and their common Interest have preserved this class with singular purity. Philadelphia Ledger, OLD TALLY STICKS. Their Use In England Was Abolished With Disastrous Results. In the museum attached to the standards department of the board of trade, In Old Talnco yard, London, a box containing a number of the old exchequer tally sticks, upon which, un til an early period in the last century, It was the custom to keep the national accounts. The tallies were notched sticks of seasoned willow or hazel, tUo notch on tlie edge representing the particular amount Iho smallest for pence, a - larger notch for shillings and the larg est for pounds. . Tbo system, which wns first Intro duced by the Normans In the year 10(10, was not finally abolished until the reign of William IV- and then only with disastrous results. An order was promulgated fiat the nccumuluted tal lies, amounting to ninny thousands, were lo be destroyed, and they were accordingly burned in one of the stoves in the house of lords. By some means or other the stove became choked, the paneling caught fire, and In the end the whole of the palace of Westmin ster, with the exception of Westmin ster hall, was destroyed. Somo years ago n number of theso old tally sticks were discovered In Martin's bank. In Lombard street New York Tribune. . Puszles From the Greek, If two are a few, why not three: If three, why not four, nnd y a gradual ly advancing Increment of number why not 10,000. or any other in'iuber? Or, again, If the loss of n single holr does not make n man bald, why should tho loss of two, of throe, and so in, and Jnferentlally the loss of nil? If, then, no addition or subtraction of a unit can transform a small num ber of wheat grains Into a heap or a full head of hair Into n Imld head, how Is It possible that either transition should ever be accomplished ? Take a groin of millet out of n bushel find let It fall on the ground, and It 'makes no noise. Take every grain lit i -recession of 10,000, let the same hap 1 j, aud no sound Is hoard. Then col 1 K t nil the groins back Into the bushel i nd pour It out, and the result Is a kreat noise. How, asks Zeno. can 10, 000 noiseless processes make one full of noise? Honors at College. ' What was your sou's social stand J :ig In college?" "Ou, very fair. Why, he almost got Into the Gibber and titttenk society 1" "Indeed. How wait that?" "Why, you know they always hit them on the back as it sign they havo been selected, aud George was hit on the back with such force that It knock ed him down." "Mercy J" "Yes, Indeed. He thought of course ho had been chosen, but he found out afterwnrd It was the class bully who hit him beciuine he didn't like the set of Lis collar. But even that's a great honor." Cleveland Plain dealer. She Hated It Sure, "I hate flattery," she said. "Of course you do." he replied. "Kv rry pretty girl does." Theu she drew a long, deep sigh and permitted hfm to press her check ngaiust bis owu.-Chlcago Hecord-ller-Hid. ; . Two Views of It. ParsonDo you lake this woman for better or for worse? , Bridegroom- Well, 1 can't exactly say. Her peoplo think It's for Itetter, but mine think It's for worse. -life. GAY OLD FASHIONS. " Dandies of Past Centuries Would Make Solomon Look Sad. Compared with the gay apparel worn by the dandles of the past ages the youths of our time in the gayest of gay raiment make but a poor show. The bishop of Ely in the fourteenth century had a change of raiment for every day in the year. The Earl of Northumberland boasted no less than sixty cloth of gold suits at this time. In the time of Chaucer the men wore clothes as many -colored as Joseph's coat, so that while one leg would be a blaze of crimson, the other would be tricked out in green, blue or yellow without any regard for harmony or contrast. '" , Even as late as the middle of the eighteenth century, a dandy would dress himself in a vivid green coat, a waistcoat of scarlet, yellow breeches and blue stockings. And the gentleman of a few years later wore, among other vagaries, a coot of light green, with sleeves too small for the arms and buttons too big for tbe sleeves; a pair of fine Man chester breeches; clocked silk stock ings; a club of hair behind larger than the head which carried It; a bat not larger than a sixpence. It was a common thing In the early part of tbe eighteenth century for a man of fashion to spend several hours dally in the hands of bis valet Among the many operations which took up this time was "the starching of the beard and the proper perfuming of the garments, the painting of the face and anointing with oils, tinctures, essences and pomatums. London Standard. TRAMPS OF THE SEA. Their Work In Developing tho Ocean Carrying Trade. There are land tramps and sea tramps, but whereas the former lives by the labor of others, the world's business would be In great straits were the latter to be swept from the face of the ocean. While there have practically always been tramp ships since men have sailed the sea, It re mained for tbe Yankee skippers to de velop this phase of ocean carrying to Its highest degree. Tramping on the ocean Is only another name for trad ing, and many are the stories extant of Yankee skippers swapping beads, mirrors, calico, knives and other trifles for Ivory in Africa, and for commodi ties equally as valuable In other lands. . The tramp steamship came luto ei' Istence during the war between the states, nnd It Is to this type of vessel that England primarily owes her su premacy on the sea, she having en couraged the building of tramps more than any other nation. In times of peace they add to her prosperity, and where they enjoy a subsidy, as they do In some Instances, they are used as transports and other auxiliaries in times of war. Next to England comes Norway as a nation which encourages sen tramps, and as her maritime laws are more clastic than those of Great Britain, many British tramps are sold to Nor wegian owners, who make them pay after they have outlived their useful ness under the British flag. Marine Journal. Rook and Crook. The rook appears to have become the bird whose name stands for swindlers in a distinctly i unfair way. At first "rook" meant a dupe, then tho verb "to rook" came to mean to cheat, nnd out of this was evolved "rook," a cheater a complete topsy turvy proc ess. It Is curious that the same thing has not happened to "gull." Here also the verb came from the substantive meaning a dupe, and as tho gull strikes one us rather a knowing bird one might have expected the same evolu tlon as In the case of tho rook. It should bo observed, however, that "gull," a dupe, did not refer specially to the sea gull, the word having for merly meont n young bird of any kind. Iu Elizabethan English it signified n callow youngster who wished to be thought smart. London Chronicle. ZINC SMELTING. Not a Modern Art, Since It Was Known as Early as 1798. For niauy years the art of zinc smelt ing was supposed to be relatively mod ern among metallurgical processes and to be due to the invention of the Abbe Daniel Douy, a chemist of Liege, the story of whose accidental discovery in 1805 is classical. The particular type of Belgian fur nace may indeed be credited to Dony, but it has long been doubtful whether he was entirely unacquainted with pre vious undertakings. Thus it is well known that the manufacture of spelter was begun In Upper Silesia about 1798 1800 by Johann Kuhberg, who learned the art In England (where zinc smelt ing was theu being carried on by the English process of distillation down ward) and Bergrath Dilllnger began zinc smelting in Cnrinthla iu 1799. As remarked by Ingalis In "Produc tion nnd Properties of Zinc:" "It is in comprehensible indeed that ten years later there should have been no knowl edge In Belgium of what was being done in this branch of metallurgy in England, the two countries being sepa rated only by a narrow strip of water, while the news had previously pene trated eastward to the Polish frontier." Engineering and Mining Journal. Professional S. F. Sharp PHYSICIAN AND SUKGEON Special attention given to all calls both night and day. Call promptly answered. Office on Third Street. Athena Oregor G. S. NEWSOM, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Athena. Oregon. Calls answered promptly night or day. i PETERSON & WILSON Attorneys-at-Law Athena, Oregon. - Pendleton, Oregon MAKING CLOUD PICTURES. Some Useful Hints That May Help Amateur Photographers. Your cloud picture depends largely upon your choice of n subject. Rivers and small lakes, mountains and hills lend the best contrast, while trees in the immediate foreground come next. Wide expanses of level lands or vast stretches of water are unsatisfactory. If you desire an ocean cloud effect be sure to place n cliff or some prominent landmark in the foreground to break the monotony. The exposure for cloud effects, made necessary by the laws f light and op tics, Is necessarily very rapid. Anom alous us it may seem, this does not pre suppose an extra rapid lens. In fact, such a one may defeat the very object' yo.i hops to attain. I make my cloud scenes with an ordinary rectilinear lens by preference. The exposure with an eight stop should be the maximum speed of the ordinary shutter. If the day is exceedingly brllliaut the stop must be correspondingly decreased. The great danger is In over exposure, thereby dissolving' your cloud. Charles Stuart Moody In Outing Magazine. Meals In the Dark Ages. Few references can be found as to the manner In which a meal was serv ed and eaten during the dark ages. As near as we can learn, the soup was put In a big bowl with ears, called a "porringer." There was seldom a spoon for each person. Those who had spoons dipped them into the porringer, and the liquid wns carried directly to each mouth. Those who were without spoons drank their soup from the por ringer, holding It by one of the ears, or else borrowed n spoon of their neighbor. The meats were placed in a large vessel in the center of tho ta ble. Each person present at the meal picked out with his fingers such bits as he desired. One or two knives nn swered for half a dozen guests. Those who were without knives borrowed from those who hod them. As a rule, the guests at table used their own knives. There is no evidence that napkins were supplied to guests at this period. At any rate, no mention la mnrla tt hAm The Salamander. In Andrews' "Anecdotes Ancient and Modern" (1789) one reads, "Should a glass house lire be kept up without ex tinction for a longer term than seven years there Is no doubt but that a salamander would be generated In the cinders." This probably accounts for the popular Idea that a salamander lives In tho firo, a fallacy so far re moved from the truth that the curious Hzardllke beast so called cannot en dure eveu the heat of the sun, but skulks away under stones to avoid It. It will never lose Its reputation for firo eating, though, which lingers still In the heating utensil that Is named after it ' Intoxicated by Tobaoco. CiTlng evidence against a man on a fhargo of disorderly conduct at Bow street police court, a constable said that the accused behaved In n very violent and disorderly manner In l.el tester square on Tuesday evening, lie quarreled with a cabman, nnd eventu ally the witness took him Into cut'. tody, believing him to be drunk. At the police station the prisoner denied that he had been drluklug, hih! the doctor who examined hint reported 1 that he had chewed tobacco to such au extent that It had had the same effect upon him as nlcohol.-l'all Mall Gn-iiette. The London Bobby. In humor, in urbanity, as In perfect control of his district, the London po liceman is the nearest possible ap proach to perfection. To the stranger he seems tho politest of all the London ers. The shop people In London are, In tho average, both stupid and rude; the supposedly well bred people In Hyde park, If n hapless vagabond were to come to them for Information, would be either Insolent or unintelligible; the policeman, however, seems invariably polite, wonderfully well informed and furnished with English that Is not nearly so atrociously cockney as that of those who fancy themselves his bet ters. "Vagabond Journeys, tho Human Comedy at Home nnd Abroad," by Per clval Pollard. An Explorer's Stratagem. Sir Harry Johnston, the famous ex plorer, once escaped from a very tight corner in Africa by a queer stratagem. A score or two of murderous natives had surrounded his tent, iuto which beforo rushing it they sent an envoy Tho envoy wns told tho smallpox was in tho camp, and a wretched Albino was sent out as the awful example. Iu five minutes the scared tribesmen had vanished. As Sir Harry well knew, they feared tho "white disease" more than all the Inventions of Maxim. An Accomplishment to Bo Revived. Tommy Ilarduppe Con yon whistle, Mr. Wigwag? Wigwag No, my boy. My whistling days are over. Tommy Then you'd better lenrn again. Wig wag Why? Tommy 'Cause I heard pop say he owed you some money and you'd have to. whistle for it. Real Laziness. The Little Uussums-tuose of the outh-nre snld to be cleverer than the Kusslnu of the uorth, but they are lazy Just how lajsy may be gathered from this quotatlou from Mr. Maurlco Baring's book, "Russian Essays nnd Storks:" "The Little Russian," said a Llttlo itusslau gentleman to me, "la so lazy that he will say to his wife, 'Llttlo wife, say who.t to my homv I have h pain iu my tougue.'" Homer I. Watts Attorney-at-Law Athena, Oregon. C. W. LASSEN. M. 1). V. Official 8tock Inspector. Graduate McKUlIp Vetlnary College, Chicago Phone Main S87, PENDLETON. OKKGO Veterinary Surgeon & Dentist For. All Kinds of and OILING NEATLY DONE Call on A. B. STEELE Successor to Chas. Norris Your Patronage Solicited LOW FARES EAST Visit the Old Home VIA Lines Protected by Automatic Block Signals. Round trip tickets to principal cities in Middle West anl Eastern States on sale during ' JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER Going limit 15 days: final return limit October 31, 1912. 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