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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. Boyd, Publisher Published Every Friday. Office, Corner Third and Jefferson Streets. Entered in lli rostottlce at A therm, Oregon, us (cond'lttHs Mall Matter. Subscription Rates. 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, transient, running less than one month, first insertion, per inch 25c Subsequent insertions... M Display regular, per inch 12 Local readers, first insertion, per line. 10c Subsequent insertions, per line 5c Lodge resolutions, per line 5c Church notices, admission, per line. . 5c C4THENA. ORE.. NOV. 15 1912 A painfully siRoiQaant n-port from Richmond, Virginia, appeared iu tbe news dispafobes of last week. It re lated to tbe uase of Floyd Alien and CJanda Alien, lotb under sentence of death for torder-rnfflan runrder in a coort bouse. Of tbe goilt of tbeso men tbere may be co doobt, and Ibe qneetion of capital punishment may hi pot aside lor oil tbe purposes we bave now in mind, as may all considera tions cf mercy. The point to wbioh Tbe PabliO- wishes attention directed nppears in thece wordB in tbe press dispatch : "Floyd Allen's wife itsrel a pablio appeal for money to aid the effort to save them from death"! Whether that money was uocded to fe r.nre a io. hp1 citation of Eontcuce, or to carry t be case to tbe highest courts, the dispatch doesn't make clear, t lor tbe former poipo.se, it would probably be ohi'Iphs; yet tbe rery appeal for it implies (but money is regmded an le gitimately needful aud as cot always ineffective. More probntily, however, tbe money is wanted to enable the condemned men to encore a heaiiuK of their cbsp ii the opptr courls--iu other word, to prevent a misoarriaKe of jotticp. Now. observe tint the question is tot u Virginia qucUot Iheie is probably to ntnta iu ttia union in wbicb tome snob appeal is not ueotFssiiry to seen 10 full attention fioni the couits in cuce of convicts without u udIj mouey. Nut In r is tbe questiou at this point u Floyd Allen question or rvcu a question of guilt or innnceuoe in a particular oase. It is u qurstion of tbe barter and sale of justice. If ono convict may carry his case to I be highest courts regardless of apparent guilt nnd merely troatme tie is ri'ib enough to pay tbe expense, but another, regardless of apparent guilt, oaunot oarry his oasn there heonute , do is not lioh enough to pay tbe ex pense then juHtioe is for sale. When a peisou is auoused of crime, every facility of legal machinery designed to convict the guilty aud to auquit the innocent atiould be at bis servioa as freely aa tbe same machinery is at the service of the prosecution. from Atlantio City, where her land lady demanded that she pay her board bill. . Miss Wingate alleges tbat sbe baa been tbe iuuooeut tool of a band of outwardly refined sooiety women, wbo iu reali'y are promoters of all sorts of swindling enterprises. Miss Wingate deolates tbese women induced ber to organize an Authors' club iu Cbioago aud to pass worthless checks wblob sbe thought were good, 'ibis is but one of many revelations in freak criminology tbat oozes from day to day to pnblio discovery and knowl edge. We read that when tbe Olym pian games wore held iu Athens in 181)15, no piokpookets operated iu ti e crowds. Wben it became evident that tbe Rimes would draw large numbers of foreigners to Athens the pickpockets held a meeting md pledg ed themselves, one and all, to suspend business as long as tbe games lasted In order to protect the reputation of their country. Aud they kept tbeir word. Iu tbe post-bellum period only Gro ver Cleveland made anything like the spectacular rise of Woodrow Wilsoo, but Orover Cleveland bad bad more experience ttiuu tbe president eleot. He had leeu the sheriff of bis county, the mayor of his city, tbe governor of bis state. He bad been a lawyer wbo mingled politics with bis prac tice. Woodiow Wilson bad led tbe secluded life of a tsobolar, until events at Princeton university piecip il.attd bis resignation as its presided and projuctod bim Into the arena of politics as bis party candidate for governor of Ins state. W hether be win or lose, the true Progressive of whatever party will keep bis faou steadfastly set to the K'h1 of iiMlinnal righteousness. Resurrection of the Pig. Boys' and girls essnys ure so rcrnnrk able sometimes us to suggest tbo con scious cleverness of the ndult. Here is ono pure and unadulterated, sent iu for tlio children's essay competition In connection with the Darwin agricultur al show. Prolmbly you think you know something of the pig already. It will be instructive exorcise to fill out your knowledge of this anlmnl from this es say "For the pig to die" (we are in formed) "is to be born again to a sphere of grcnter utility. When we get out of bed In tbe morning we brush our hair and clothes with Its bristles: for our breukftst we have a crisp, sa vory piece of bncon. When we arrive homo for our dinner we find some ten der chops awaiting us, and when we go back to work we feel as strong as Jack Johnson. On our arrival homo to ten we find some pork sausages friz zling in the pan, and we hare our supper of cold sausages, which per haps disturbs our sleep. And we tlrcnm of bacon, pork chops and sausages, and tho cause of all this is the pig." Dun dee Advertiser. Every season belongs more or less to Cupid, tut as the autumn is one iu wbioh he harvests a laige proportion of bis a mi oh I crop of bliss, it may be apropos to ask yon. sMUtitneutal tir, how would you like an "elbioal" bride? Oue was desoiited iu a recent issue ot the Baltimore uu, whose "ethical" wrndiug four mouths ago attracted attention even in this era of rapidly succeeding teusalions. This ethioal bride took her newly made busbaud to a physical culture resort, where the ludy fasted fur 40 days on water and fruit juice, and the weak ling aud caitiff groom gave in to his etoniaon after only 17 days of Ibis Spiritual lifo. Now this itLioul brido starts for Engluud, where- duiing tbe winter "while resting" Irom bet fust, fiho will take a course ut the Lnudou Bohool of Economics, n coirispoutfeucn course tu ethics cud philosophy, a training at some uiedieiil school, King ing lessons, a cntiiss in dietetics and tOokory, paiut two lingo pictures for the Royal uundeiuy, atteml Inclines t:U socialism, suffrage, inco U'geiiern tiou, Vegetarianism aud UhrinU'iu social ocienoe and write for magaziois on food reform, diem, uianiage aud morality, besides dipping a little Iu irrlety nnd studying the luttst fem i lue style, The inesoluto aud bstk sliding groom, we mite, U to be left bohiud. May be glow strung tuough for Ms nspousU'ilii lis iu timet Hut would jou, my dear tb, who uie ou marriage tent, like tu have an "etli ioal bride"? As for omselves, we cou feat we like tbe old style better, the Mother Kve style, even if she does sometimes fonllsllj iiitble at thing that modem hyyieue aud ubiloscpliv oondetuu, aud get brisolf and na iuto trouble. The ethioal brido may bu u most aduiirallo aud woudetful pro duct, aud we leave her without regret to tba cthiual bridegroom, If tuob u male miracle onti auywheru be found. The Hotel Hoodoa Room. "We used to havo a room in tho old Fifth Avenue hotel that was known aa tho suicide room," said a former clerk. "Of course tho name was an office se cret, but whenever ono of us rented that room to a stranger wo never felt quite comfortablo about lilin until aft er ho had left the hotel. Now that tho old hotel is gone thero can be no barm In mentioning that tho number of tho room was BC9. I don't see how even tho most superstitious person could get a Ueodoo out of that number, and nobody ever refused to tako. it so far as I know, but it is a fact that of tho twenty-five suicides that took place lu tho Fifth Avenue hotel during fifty years, seventeen occurred In room BCD. Tho Inst that took place was that of a young woman, who drowned herself In a bathtub. You will find that in any big bote! that has been running for any length of tlmo there Is n room lint has a hoodoo of eoino kind on it" New York Sun. Filing an Alibi. Parson "White's precautionary meas ure of protecting bis chicken coop with chilled steel bnrs was futile, for that very night four more of bla choice Leghorns disappeared, leaving tho sev ered bars as the only visible evidence of tho theft. However, his suspicions pointed toward bis next floor neigh bor, whom he had scon prowling around bis yard that day, ami accord ingly lio bad this suspect up In the po lice court the noxt morning. 'If tho prisoner can tile an nllbl I'll let him off with a suspended sentence," announced the Judgo at the end of tho evidence. "Can you filo an alibi, Hani?" "I guess 1 can," eagerly rejoined tho suspect, "if it ain't any harder den Pnhxon Whlto's chicken coop bare." Siin Francisco Star. "I'm a crook. It is true. Hut l'ui a orook simply because clrciiiustmieea made rue so. 1 was lu Ibe bauds if u Laud of swindlers, apparently rtsutot able, society s iudlers, arid I bud to do their bidding in ordr to live." 'ibe reuisrkabltt dtatement was uis.de by Ucraldiue Wiugate, tulfragist, author-playwright, aud daughter of the late Commodore Ucorge Wiugate, U. S. N., wheu the waa disoomed iu a New Ycik hotel after dmuppeaiiug Grace Knives. There Is a curious class of knives of tho sixteenth century tho blades of which have engraved on one ldo tho musical notes to tho benediction of tho table, or grace before- meat, and ou the other the grace afttr meat. These knlvos usually went in sets of four, representing a four pnrt harmony of bass, tenor, nlto and treble. They were kept In an upright case of stamp ed leather nnd were pluccd before th singers according to tho adaptation of each ono to his particular part. As may bo supposed, the inscription was usually iu Latin. Tho following speci men Is taken from actual knives of the period: "Pro tuls benoQclls Dens, gratlas aglnius tlbt" (For thy good clfts, O God. we thauk thee). A Witty R.ply. It was during one of the recent strikes. An old man. evidently a utrlk er, who looked rather seedy and down at the heel, went up to a trio of youug strikers who were standing at tho cor ner of tho street aud asked If one of them could lend him a inutcb- One of tho young men. thinking be would have a joke at the old man's expense, handed him a match and with n seri ous face suld to him: "But when will 1 get it back If" "After the strike," was the quick though ..unexpected reply.-- Jj. Fear Conjurer's Presents. "Just once at every performance I re gret my skill as a magician," said the conjurer. "That is when the little folk I call up on tbe stage to assist me in a certain turn are afraid to accept the bona fide presents I offer them for fear they will go off. At a certain point in the performance I request a girl and a boy of ten or thereabout to step up. After an interchange of confidences, in which they tell me their first names, and I tell them mine, we get along swimmingly together until they leave the stage, when I present each with an appropriate present. Their ginger ly way of handling it tweaks my heart strings painfully. It would please me to possess those youngsters' trust and confidence, but my success as a ma gician precludes that. With books and candy held at arm's length they tiptoe down tbe aisle, and, no doubt, every chocolate Is nibbled and every page turned in constant terror lest some new trick be sprung on them." New York Times. The Making of Paper. The fineness to which the fags are ground has no direct influence on the durability of the paper, for even brok en cells of linen and hemp remain un changed for thousands of years In fa vorable conditions. The employment of strong alkalies and of starch size appears to be the cause of rag paper becoming yellow and brittle, while neu tral or mildly alkaline treatment and animal size favor durability. Air dry ing favors the durability of paper. Even the best rag papers are injured If not destroyed by soaking or exces sive dampness. It is impossible to Bpcak with certainty of the durability of modern papers containing few or no rags, as the ultlmato effect of the new process of making, sizing, loading nnd calendering cannot be foreseen. Many new papers have already proved their lack of permanence. Exchange. Gunpowder. The explosive nature of gunpowder, which Is made of charcoal, sulphur and saltpeter, Is due to the fact that when fired the charcoal and sulphur are burned at the expense of the oxygen In the saltpeter, much heat is devel oped and large quantities of gas are produced. This gas exerts great pres sure on the sides 'of tho gun; hence its disruptive or propulsive effects. When gunpowder is fired in n gun the explo sion is not instantaneous. The expan sive force of the gases produced acta on the shot all the time it Is moving along the barrel and gradually In creases its velocity. If tbe explosion were so sudden ns to be practically in stantaneous the greater part of the forces would be exerted mainly on tho sides of the chamber containing the powder nnd not, ns is actually the case, on the shot A Prisoner of St. Kilda. A romance of St. Kilda is the story of Lady Grange, wife of an eighteenth century Scottish lord of session. She was for nome mysterious reason seized aud carried off In the dark, she knew not by whom, nnd conveyed by night Journeys to the blghlnnd const, nnd thence by son to St. Kilda. There among the few inhabitants she re mained for several years n prisoner. provided, however, with a constant supply of food nnd n woman to wait upon her. No inquiry was made for her, but at Inst she conveyed a letter to a friend by the daughter of a cate chlst. who hid It In a clew of yarn A ship was sent to rescue ter, but her Jailers got wind of it nnd transferred her to the Island of Ilerrles, where she died. Glass Flowers. In the University Museum of rinr vnrd Is a collection of plants modeled In glass. II Is a wonderful collection both In size and In the bounty and ac curacy of the work. If Includes flower ing plants, from the simplest to the most elaborate and complex, being done In the natural color of the particular flower modeled, with buds, leaves and steins. This Is known as the Ware col lection. The plants were modeled by Leopold ltliischUa. founder of the art of modeling specimens in glass. He was born May 27. 1822. In Alchn. a town In northern Rohenila.-Hoston Post. Practical Results. "There niny be something In this theory of telepathy," said the mystical person. "You mean thought concentration that enables you to Impress your ideas on others?" Inquired Senator Sorghum. "Yes" "Well, there may be something In It, but don't depend on It. Por practical results In impressing people telepathy will never compare with a brass band and a par:ide."-Wnshlngton Star. At to Success. Griggs -I should say that the two keys to success are luck and pluck. Rrlggs-Surel Luck in finding som one to pIuck.-Boston Transcript Called His Eluff. "Sarah." said Mr. Jollllwy to his wife as he finished his breakfast "1 shall not be home to dinner tonight My old friend Bill Peters Is In town." Good:" said Mrs. Jotliboy. "That suits me to a T. I'm not going to be home to dinner myself. My old friend Gcortre Watkins telephoned me yester day" - Kot't dined at home. Harper's Vee.:!y. Quickly Settled. Mamma, on hearing that her sister had received a new little girl, said to Lillian, her young daughter. "Lillian, auntie has n new baby, and now mam ma Is the baby's aunt, papa Is tbe baby's uncle nnd you are her little cousin." "Well." said Lillian wonderingly. "wasn't that nrrauged quick?" Professional Noisy. Lawyer Now, air. tell me. are you well acquainted with the prisoner? Witness I've known lilm for twenty years. lawyer nave you. I must now ask. ever known him to be a dis turber of the public Knce? Witness- Well er-he used to belong to a fife and drum corps. One Thing Lacking. "She has violet eyes, rosy cheeks and a illy white throat." "Yes. She'd be all right If she didn't have a voice like a raspberry bush." Chicago Record-Hera Id. Judging by the Effect. She-What was It the choir Just sang? He Prom the appearance of the congregation I think it must have been some kind of a lullaby. Laugh ter, v I hold that one to be the best dress ed whose dress no one observes. Thackery. Force and Perseverance. There nre two ways of attaining an Important end force and perseverance. Force falls to the lot only or the priv ileged few, but austere and sustained perseverance can be practiced by tbe most Insignificant Its silent power grows irresistible with time. Mme. Swetchine. Wary. Percy Her father said if he caught me in the house again he would kick me out narold Have you called since? Percy Do I look as if I had been kicked? Exchange. Sarcasm. He nas 6ur new laundress melan cholia, my dear? She I'm sure I don't know. Why do you ask? ne Noth ing, only I noticed the clothes are so blue. Exchange. Wipe out the past, trust the future and live In a glorious now. Towne. FOR SALE At a bargain: 560 aorea of cboioe farm land near Atbeua. Well im proved, with pleuty of good water. One of tbe best wheat farms in the country. A rare obauoe at only $05.00 per aore. Ten or eleven thousand dollars down bandies ttia place, bal ance on terms to suit the purchaser. For further particulars, see B. P. Richards. Opera - House For Sale. South half of Lot 7 and 8, blook 1, Kirk 1st addition. G room bouse. Ex amine snme and make us a bid; any reasonable cash offer will be carefully considered. Mullin Bros. Land Co. 1205, 3rd Ave. Seattle, Wash. Return Engagement TIE BETTY BARROWS PLAYERS 2 Bis Comedies MONDAY, NOV. 18-" When We Were 21," made famous bv Nat Goodwin and Maxine Elliott. TUESDAY, NOV. 19-"A Nifiht Out," a clean comedy, full of fun. Specialties Between Acts. Prices KOi!. 35c. and 25c. ! Seats on Sale at Dell Bros. S. . Sharp PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention given to all calih both night and day. Calls promptly sriBwered. Office on Third dtreet. AtheDa Oregor jJEWJEIiIEIR WATCH AND CLOCK REPAIRING M SPECIALTY. V" in Mill 'W'1 ' tA. J- Parker naff everything Flril Claim - Modvrn and I'p-to-date SOUTH SIDE MAIN STREET ATHEKA G. S. NEWSOM, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Athena, Oregon. Calls answered promptly night or day. PETERSON, WILSON AND BISHOP Attorneys-at-Law Athena, Oregon. - Pendleton, Oregon Homer I. Watts Attorney-at-Law Athena, Oregon. C. W. LASSEN. M. D. V. Official 8tock Inspector. Graduate McKillip Vetinary college, Chicago Phone Main 87, P1CNDLETON, OKKGOJN Veterinary Surgeon & Dentist C. H. SMITH Te Live Stock : AUCTIONEER Phone Main 376 MILTON, OREGON THE ST. NICHOLS HOTEL J. E. FROOME, pbop. I Iff Only First-class Hotel in I the City. Iff THE ST. NICHOLS la ibe only one thai can actoromodau commercial traveler. W ; Can b tecomended ror Us clean aud well ventilated room. i Cob. Haik andThikd, ATBBHA.'Or. t TROY LAUNDRY For the Best Work HENRY KEENE. Agent, BANNER 8 A LVE ttio most healina salva in tha world. 1 1 If l3lF Ndrthwest lNDPR0DUCT$ Sr I 1 1 jl I I IkJ international dairy ln I 1 lij P0RTIANO,0RE I J N0VEMBERI9.20J9I2 V I III FARMERS MER-CHANTS. AND STOCKMEN V 1 1 I III FROM EVERY III I 111 POINT IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL BE HERE I I I I III MANY VALUABLE PRIZES III RHli EXC LJ RSI ON flM 1 -TU FOR FULL PARTICULARS Ifd-p )j0ATE5 0FSALE NOV. I8M9-20.1IMITN0V.ZSS y Hardware & Implements G. W. Proebstel, Weston We are showing a fine line of Heaters, Cook Stoves and RaDges. Our stock of Hardware, Implements and Ve hides is complete. We have the new Empire drills, har ness and horse Clothing, Woodi Coal, Lumber, Building Material, Wire Fencing, Plumber's outfits, etc. All Sold at Reduced Prices for Cash tS.-J.-j. a... II! 1 1 Saved Her Life from Pneumonia "My wife had a severe attack of Pneu monia which followed a case of La Grippe . and 1 believe that FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR saved her life," writes James Coffee, of Raymond, Missouri. Good Results In Every Case Dr. C.J. Bishop, Agnew, Mich., writes: "I have used FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR in three very severe cases of pneu monia with good results in every case." P re "I ml M W 1 1 Cared of Terrible Cough on Lungs N, Jackson, of Danville, IU., writes: "My daughter had a severe attack of La Grippe and a terrible cough on her lungs. Te tried a great many remedies without relief. She tried FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR which cured her. She has never been troubled with a cough since." Cured When Very Low With Pneumonia J. W. Bryan, of Lowder, III., writes: My little boy was very low with pneu monia. Unknown to the doctor we gavt him FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR. The result was magical and puttied the doctor, as it immediately stopped the racking cough and he quickly recovered." SI ii i 4