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tATHENA. ORE.. MAR. 21,
..1913
MEXICO'S "BLACK ANGEL."
Franoisco de la Carra, minister of
foreign relatione under the provisional
government of Haerta, has aooepted
the oandidaoy for vice-president on
the tioket with Felix Diaz. Ihe aged
Luis Terrazzas of Chihuahua, "the
black angel of Mexico," and head of
the greatest land-owning family in
Mexioo, supports the Huerta govern
ment. Mary Boyle O'Reilly (daughter
of John Boyle O'Reilly), writing from
Chihuahua City to the Cleveland Press
of Maroh 1, thus describes the old
Terrazzas' relations to past, present,
and perhaps future governments of
Mexico.
"This man of eighty-three, this man
who for years has been called 'the iron
hand' of Diaz, will flgbt land reform
to the end of his life. Even now he
is equipped , to send down upon bis
oountry another revolution, shall
Euerta be overthrown and a demoorat
put in power. The present revolution
has found its strength, muob of its
tlnanioal support and praotioally all of
its revolving power in this Terrazzas,
jnqt as other revolutions have other
; rpvplqtions whloh also bad for their
objeot the fleecing of the ondef 'dog. '
' "Terrazzas Utst appeared in Mexioo
blHtory as one of the five commission
ets sent to. Vienna to urge upon Em-
peror Maximilian his aoceptanoe of
the throne. . Remember that? This
; mission secured for the young ambas
eador.tbe uonOsonted Del Rio estates.
"Then came 'Diaz the diotator.'
lie declared all Indian lands, all
ohuroh lands, all peon lands forfeit
if held without record after a certain
given date, Terrazzas, governor of
Ohibuabua, named three und a-balf
cents, Mexican coin, bb tbo piioe in
his domain I Ibis meant that two and
a-balf acres of state land in Chihua
hua was to te worth one and one
fourth cents in Amorioan money.
Terrazzas thereupon sold to himself
B.OOO.OOO acres at this prloel That
sale banished teus of thousands of
private owners farmers, small land
owners, even possessors of house lots
from ownership in an area larger
than Switzerland, and at tbo same
time multiplied the number of poons,
or seml-Blaves, enormously. Peonage
of course, made representative govern
ment an impossibility. All the otfioes
of the stale, I have it, were appot
. tioued to cadets of the Teirnzzus fam
ily. To improve this Torraitasus
owned State of Chihuahua, ptaotioally
everyono was assessed.
"This continued until Maduro be
came president He was ou the Ihsuo
ot 'land for alt the people.'
"As I see it, for two years every ele
ment of disorder has been subtly em
ployed end supported by this aroh
conspirator seeking to wreck the
Nadero government to insure for
liimself and bis onnfrores the ptivilege
of despoiling the country.
"Madero would not resign.
"He was killed I"
New York Ulobe: Eufilinh militant
tmirraglsts are making far more diffl
cult the gaining ot voteH for women.
Mrs. Millioent Fawoett, picsidMitr of
the National Union of Women's Suf
frage sooletics, expressed tho prevail
ing opinion of the outfragists of Eng
land when ehe denounced the militant
rnirraglsU, whose tactics she described
sa detestable outrages, harmful to
Ueir alms. Such crimes, she said,
would be exousable ouly among savag
es and were a setlous menace to civil
ization. Mrs. Paukburst is the leader
Of a email group aud is not represent
ative of the great army ot eutlragista
in Great Britalu who believe that thoy
are on the eve of sucoesc But, unfor
tunately, to tho wavoilug it appears
as it the and her kind wete representa
tive. S) men and women withhold
their support. Bat in England
and Ameiioa, where leformers and ad
Tooateaof obang have eveiy oppor
tunity to edooate the public to their
way of tbiaklng. there in no exoose
for lawlessness. The woman eollrag
lets ot England most free their move
ment of complicity with crime If it is
to succeed at an early day.
Ihe good race home is the one that
lasts at the home sUetob, oplues the
Weston Leader. Veers of failuie may
te atoned for if a mm aohieves char
actcr aid stendiug in the autuma of
bis life. This does uot mean that he
should iolk at the post; but that if be
sets away to a bad start he should
keep a going." To use another meta
phor, it does not mean that he should
sow wild oats in his youth in order to
gain what the world calls "exper
ience." But if he has been foolish
euough to sow them he should diso
and bbrrow them out of his field ere
they take the crop of his manhood.
When he finishes well, he does well.
It is gratifying to know that there
is no race suicide about the new ad
ministration. The little Tumultys and
MoAdoos and Danielses and Burlesons
are quite numerous, it is a good fea
ture and tbe little obes ought to do
moot) toward making tbe administra
tion a jolly one.
AN IDLER'S SAYINGS.
$ The cartoonist on tbe Spokesman-
Review carries tbe idea that the
Q. O. P. elephant is sick beyond re
covery. Time will tell. His is only
a temporary illness just off bis feed
for awhile.
Geel there is a lot of Ann kindling
wood tied up in tbe many unnecessary
fences in tbe town.
Athena is one of the best towns in
this part of Oregon and Oregon is the
best state in tbe Union. Yen will
mate no mistake if you come to this
state to make your home,
The Walla Walla Bears were beau
tifully done up last Sunday by . tbe
Yannigans, who are a part of the reg
ular Bear team a family alfair, as it
were.
We do not wonder that the north
western press has been eulogizing Dr.
Blalock so greatly sinoe bis death; for
indeed be was a great man and did
muob in tbe development of the north
west. Some one wants to koow how a
bald-headed man can toll where to
stop in washing his face.
People seem to have only just awak
ened to the unspeakable horrors of
white slavery ; but it is never too late
to begin a crusade against evil.
When viaitiug in Los Angeles, the
writer had tbe most troutle with
the 'tudes. When in the city
it was tbe multitude; when in the
mountains it was the altitude, and
when in the desert it was the solitude.
Somebody can invest a lot of money
iu building houses to rent in Athena,
and get a good rovouue from tbe in
vestment. New Light on Electricity,
An American observer bus rnlled at
tention to n curious property of an
electric current In t lint when pnsslng
n round a slinrp corner It apparently
projects n dlsrhnrge bIoiik Its original
lino of motion.
In Germany Ihu same phenomenon
has nlso been observed, and now an
other authority advances the notion
that It Is evidence of the existence of a
true electric momentum, resembling
that of water flowing In n pipe. Kara
day bad thought of the possibility of
such a thing, but his experiments led
him to conclude, npilnst it existence.
Clerk Maxwell afterward raised tho
question again and nlso decided It In
the negative. Hut It tins lately been
H)lnted out that the phenomenon Ih In
accord with the most recent theory of
tho atomic nature of electricity, which
had not been worked out In Maxwell's
day fe At any rati!. It Is said, there is
here n newly ucipilrcd fact about elec
tricity, whatever the ultimate explana
tion of It may Pe - Chicago liecord
Herald
In Ultima Thule.
A New York newspniwr man went
as a correspoinleat lor his paper to the
imtlonaj HeiiiociHtlc convention of
1M)S at Denver, lie traveled on the
special which carried the New York
city delegation.
On the second morning out Creen, on
going Into the diner for breakfast
found every table occupied by at least
one person He took a elialr opposite
a stout gentleman who hutl nil the ear
marks of nn east side district leader.
The train was flying through a fertile
and populous section of Illinois Pretty
towns, fine farms and cltmterlng ham
lets flitted by them. There were farm
era and hired men at work In the Holds
and women stood at the doorways
The politician gazed out of the win
dow at the picture Tbeu he turned
to Green with the air of one who had
tnado a notable discovery.
"No matter how far you go," he snld.
"there's human life "-Saturday Even
ing Post '
An Ancient Blast From Turkey.
The C'orrlerv della Sera reproduce
the txt of a quaint document preserv
ed In the Btato archives at Vienna It
Is the declaration of war sent by Sul
tan Mehetnet IV. to the Kmperor Uo
poid In 1S2 "He It known to you.
the successor of the Oiesars, to the
king of rotund and to your allies, that
Mehomt't the glorious ami omnipotent
emperor of the east and the west
U about to luva.de your paltry terri
tories We shall bring ltii).tXX sol
dlors, on horse and foot, to crush you
utterly aud lay waste to all your do
mains We command you to await our
coming In your residence n Vienna,
(there It Is our Intention to have J'uu
beheaded" The rest of the missive
la devoted to a tirade aglmt John So
blesklt. who Is promUt,J'a .lingering
dentil, preceded by elatrate uiut Utff
rible torture - Mudou Chronicle.
Tomerrew
Little ije'rtmde of Hv suuiniers had
Ixrn living with her crandMirent for
st'iw (line lie ruing she asked
l'""'.1"-. iJ "kd j.vud the d.lj at
rtre no use" or a mena, woen grnnama.
refusing to let her go that day, con
soled her by saying that she could go
tomorrow. Tbe next morning found
Gertrude up bright and early, happy
in the expectation of the promised
visit Shortly after breakfast she re
minded grandma of her promise, when
she was again told that. she would be
obliged to postpone ber visit until to
morrow. Looking up quickly, her black
eyes flashing with disappointment, she
snld:
"Well, grandma. I thought today was
tomorrow; you said It was yesterday."
National Monthly .
An Object' Lesson.'
Visitors to' Durham cathedral are
shown a round column in the transept
with 7.x;'.i'i grooves cut as ornnmenta
tions from tup to bottom Behind the
column n short distance apart are two
long windows, aud tbe light from
these fallln',' ou the column has the
curious effect of throwing It out of
the perpendicular Looked nt from
one side, the column appears to lean
to the left, but on tbe visitor shifting
bis position nn opposite result is ob
talned. It Is only by standing directly
in front of the column, with the light
falling equally on both sides, that one
is nble to see bow correctly the build
ers really worked It Is snld that the
deception was contrived so that those
who saw the column might be remind
ed that It Is necessary to see things
from tbe proper point of view before
expressing an opinion.
Suitable Play.
"I am going to make my farewell
tour in Shakespeare. What shall be
the plny-'Unmletr 'Macbeth?' "
"This Is your sixth farewell tour, I
believe." ,
"Well, yes."
"I would suggest 'Much Adieu About
Nothing.' "-Louisville Courier Journal.
A Money Saver.
"You must be spending a heap of
money, baron. You're always driving
about with your wife nowadays."
"On the contrary, I save considera
ble. When we walk my wife is ever
so much nearer tbe enow windows."
Fllegende Blatter.
Electrification of the Earth.
Tbe electrification of tbe earth is a
problem of the physicists. As stated
by Dr. George 0. Simpson, observa
tions from pole to pole bare proved
that tbe earth Is a negatively charged
sphere and that tbe flow of negative
electricity Into the conducting air is
equivalent to a constant current of
more than 1,000 amperes. Yet tbe
charge of tbe earth's surface remains
undiminished. More positive than neg
ative electricity is brought down by
rain, etc., and no source of a return
current of 1,000 amperes is known and
no explanation of Its absence.
Woman's Prerogative.
"Does your, wife ever change her
mind?"
"Only on some minor-matters." re
plied Mr. Meekton after careful
thought "I believe I recall that she
once expressed an Intention to love,
honor and obey or something like
that"-Washington Star.
Trains In the Wind.
A side wind against a train greatly
Impedes Its progress, according to loco
motive engineers, who any the flanges
of the wheels ffxA on the opposite
rail from the direction In which the
wind Is blowing, making the cars pull
a third heavier - Qulncy (III ) Whig
In Seaion,
"Is love of country strong In your
breast?" asked the patriot
"Only In warm weather." snld the
man with the comfortable home in
town -Newark News.
The Obstacle to Happiness.
There Is In all of us an obstacle to
perfect happiness, which Is weariness
of the tilings we possess and the de
sire for the things we have not- Mine
de itlliix
Patience Is the strongest of strong
drinks, for It kills Ihe glunt Despalr.-Jarrold.
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Athena, Oregon. '
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Only First-class Hotel in
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THE ST. NICHOLS
ii the only one that ean accommodate
commercial travelers.
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Where?
TtilS IS NOT
H The e S
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The largest and most com
plete line of Domesctic
and Imported Woolens I
have ever shown is on
display at my shop. All
the fancy colors iu
Browns, Tans, Grays.
Greens and Blue Serges.
Everything that any city
shop carries, I have it,
with good, dependable
workmanship inside and
out, at prices from $15 to
$2fS. Ladies' Suits, Skirts,
one-piece Dresses, Rain
Coats. Also made from
your own material,, if
you desire it.
Careful attention given to all cleaning, pressing and alteration work. But
tons covered. My motto is to please regardless of time or expense. Present
location, Foss house, one block north of school house. -
Athena, Ore. - JAMES CON LEY,
The Tailor
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Careful drivers. Speoial attention given Commercial trade. Horses
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a3ILTW
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