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ATHENA. DlfATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 28, 1817.
NUMBER 7
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Year's Greetmg;jri&$e hhpe that yMr
measure. of prgHtff and happiness
for 1918 Will ex&gii, any you have ever
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Men Dtwobsd With Others to Reoeivo
FnM TrcinMnt, and Appealed
for BeeMlon for SMer.
Clemencegp, beneath his brusqoe.
masterful, Mtsafttlc anrK1 oft-ruttltig
spbtefc. itnd la spfte of the vitriolic
character o( his writings, possesses an
exceedingly Itlnd'nttil charitable heart
He Is nol;ricn, MiH therefore cannot
affonl to give .away much. Hut he has
made a point, both when -in tifflce and
out of It, to devote a couple of hours
ears day to free medical advice to the
poor, neve . comtontiuc to take a fee.
writes a Paris correspondent. His spe
cialty la aktn diseases, and his con
sultation room Is always crowded with
poor patients. One nay when last In
office as premier, being In a hurry, he
Instructed his servant to tell the Inst
butch of his male patients to strip In
his ante-chamber, so as to save the
time of the undressing In the consult
ing room. One by one they were rap
idly prescribed for and sent on their
way, until only the last remained. He
presented himself In due course In an
extremely decollete condition without
a stitch of clothing, and with every ap
pearance of nervousness.
"Jf. lo President," lie began, with a
low. bow.
"Well, what Is the matter?" asked
the doctor-premier.
The man stammered inarticulately.
"Come! Come," exclaimed Clenten
ccuu wfth . impatience. "Out with It I
Tour skin seems perfectly healthy. I
can see nothing wrong."
'There is nothing the matter with
tne," said the ioor man at last, recov
ering his voice, "but I don't know It
Is all strange I only came to ask you,
M. le President, for .your powerful In-.
HUK.ivtr-wiiii me Koveriinieiu w luucuie
for my widowed sister a place as post
mistress at Clermont."
DON'T FRET ABOUT TRIFLES
DRIVING CATTLE BY MOTOR
Stock Dealer Introduces Innovation
Which May Sooner or Later Rele
gate Broncho to Background.
A new use for n motorcar has been
found by u cattle dealer In one of the-1
middle western states, whose business
comiiels him to drive extensive herds
of meat on the hoof along ihe roads,
says an exchange. Daring the hottest
part of last summer this purveyor de
termined to drive his ntilmnls by night
In order to spare them the Inevitable
suffering that attended such operations
In the middle of the day. Getting In
his car, be started the herd ahead of
him In the road, and by throwing the
searchlight before anil honking his
horn he kept the nnhnuls moving quick
ly in the compact mass.
There are instnnces of the use of
the motorcar In round-up work In the
far West, so that the traditional pic
ture of a cowboy astride a bucking
broncho may have to give way to one
of that leather-breeched gentleman
cuddled down into the wheel of a flex
ible runabout; his lasso- presumably
dangling over the windshield.
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Height Effects In Alrplalnlng.
Sonic effects of airplane flights at
very high altitudes are described In a
recent English report. "Height ef
fects" begin to be felt at 10,000 feet
and become marked In most cases from
17,00(1 feet up. The prluclpnl difficul
ties are cold and luck of oxygen.
Strange to soy, no airplane has yet
been devised on a plan which delib
erately utilizes the heat of the engine
to keep the passengers warm, although
any tractor model has this effect to
some extent. The matter of oxygen
Is solved by taking a supply In a con
tainer, which the aviator mixes with
air when he feels oppressed. It Is
feared, that flying at very high al
titudes, to be made possible In ihe fu
ture by further development of mod
els, may produce n trouble analogous
to the "bends" experienced by work
ers In compressed air caissons due to
the extreme pressure changes.
Magnifying Petty Mistakes and Trou
bles weakens One's Ability to
Master Bigger Problems.
Some of us rather overdriven women
get into n habit of magnifying the pet
ty mistakes or troubles of disagreeable
events of the day, the business day,
and milking them out very big and ter
rible. - The result la n loss of energy,
for magnified troubles bring worry and
anxiety, which Is u sort of polKoato
the mind and even to the body, writes
Jessie Huberts In the Houston Post
Don't hang on to the mistakes of
yesterday. Today's will be easier to
manege If you haven't that drug on
you, and by a little more firmness you
gain soon get to the point when the an-
quyanee or me moment gets ltseic set
tled In that moment and then Is drop
ped. J We would think It a fool thing to
feed our body poison, even In the mi
nutest particles; but we feed our
Oerves poison, even though It be in
small quantities, when we deliberately
fret and worry over small thiugs, mak
ing them huge and Important by the
mere turning of them over and over.
These are strenuous days. Don't
weaken your strength by unnecessary
and harmful fussing over trifles. After
you have done whatever can he done
to remedy what bus gone w rong, turn
our mind away from it. lletuse to be
fpndiiated by small mistakes. Few of
s, by Ihu way, arc terrllled by n really
big thing. We rouse up and meet It
deflnltcly mid firmly, unless wo have a
yellow streuk. Hut the small thing
often breaks down our nerves and
then our nerve.
TORPEDOES ON FOUR WHEELS
Explosive Propelled Toward Enemy
Trenches and Controlled by Means
of Wires Attached to Works.
La Donienien Del Corrlere, Italy, re
ports a new nor device, the Invention
of on English engineer, strali'ord Tal
bot. Literally, It Is a torpedo on wheels
which may be propelled toward the en
emy trenches and controlled from the
starling point by means of attached
wires.
The explosive Is mounted on o metal
lic box which rides on four wheels.
Attached to the box Is n contrivance
consisting of a dynamo which propels
the wheels. The entire machine is
electrically controlh-d. permitting the
explosion of the charge St (he desired
moment;
Two parallel wires connect Ihe tor
pedo with Ihe control station. These
are curried on spools and unwind as
Ihe machine advances. The power is
derived from accumulating batteries
at the starting point. When it Is dc
Slrtd to fire Ihe charge all thai Is re
quired Is to push a button. According
to (he Inventor Ihe total cost of this
contrivance Is about $150.
BOY ROBBER LOST HIS NERVE
Youth Reported Alleged Visit of Band
It, But Later Was Induced to Pro
dues Stolen Jewelry,
A thrilling story of kubs. masks uad
robbery, which had stirred country
neighborhood by It recttnl, molted Into
the innke-believe of a yello-bck novel,
once investigators were on the job,
says the Indianapolis News. A talk
between two persons, which Is said
to novo occurred behind a fanner's
bam, 1 ed to the recovery of loot In
the form of Jewelry and a confession
from a boy, who reluctantly dragged
from his trousers pocket the remains
of a dollar bliL
Sheriff Coffm was called In b; neigh
bors after the boy, whose name Is
purposely withheld, had communicated
to persons with whom he lived that
a very darkVfinn, wearing n mask over
his face, hat visited his home while
he was alone; that he had been threat
ened with a shotgun nnd, after rifling
the house, had forced the boy to leave
with' him. About o mile from the
Ionise, the boy related, the stronger
gave lilin IXi cents mid told him to
"keep his liaiulli shut." A duck and n
Belghfh hnre also were taken, the boy
declured.
When Ihe sltortiT arrived there was
a eHiMt:ttron behind the burn, nnd
when It had been concluded the boy
dug Ihe jewelry out of the ground,
told his friends that he hud suld the
duel; at a nearby grocery for some
money; that the llclglon hare escaped
while he was on his way to the gro
cery, ami Hint ilio masked man was
the creation of bis own Imagination.
"(live him another chance," Ihe sher
iff told the guordlans of the wayward
boy. "Ho, won't do It again."
The boy nodded continuation.
VOICES MUST BE PLEASANT
Hospital Nurses Undergo Course of
Training In Some Institutions to
Cultivate Refined Speech. .
"if the success or fullure of a phyal-
dan Is, In coma cases as least, deter
mined hy his tongue, bow much more
Important Is this matter of speech to
the nurse, who must be constantly with
the patient, and whose every look and
gesture are wutched targets for criti
cism,1 silent or open," writes Dr. Irving
V. Voorhees In the Nurse. "It Is said
that In some hospitals this question
of refined, pleasing speech has become
B part of the nurse's course of train
ing, and that she Is tlcraerlted for dis
regard of the principles as set forth
by her teachers. Although I hnve no
personal knowledge of these hospitals.
It Is certainly a consummation devout
ly to be wished that every one who
conies Into the sick room should know
how to speak softly and agreeably."
Doctor Voorhees says Kuropean na
tions realize the Importance of the
nurse's voice nnd Insist upon It far
more tliun we do. And any woman
who plans to become a hospital nurse
and has not a pleasing voice already
should start at once to cultivate one.
The sick are very sensitive) to voices ;
the blind uro especially affected by
harsh voices, so much so that sous
wealthy bliud men will not pe'rnUt a
person whose voice Is uot pleasant to
come near them.
AN OFFICIAL STORY TELLER
Libraries In Canada' Find Special Fea
ture tor the Entertainment af
Children Is Worth Whlls. :
In several of Ihe public libraries- of
Canada storv telline t ,.i,iiriri, h..
FOOD ORDERS ARE OBSERVED i f"r y"" 'eeu n sh feature,
' soys an exchange. Each Saturday morn-
Meatless and Wheaticee Menu In Con- i,iDg frm" fltt' 10 " hundred children
neetlon With Lord Mayor's Annual
Banquet at Mansion House.
At Inst the gaunt figure of famine
hns stalked Inlo the Mansion House
and edited the menu of the lord may
or's banquet. There, everybody who
knows anything about English' history
assemble nt tho library In a room set
apart for the purpose and culled ho
"Children's Uoom." The ages of the
children vary from six to fourteen
years.
At St. John, New Brunswick, story
telling has been continued now for
three years. This year It has been
or about good eating, knows Unit the found advisable to divide the children
Climbers Imprisoned Atop Fuji.
The wisdom of erecting huts on Fuji
for refuge In case of sudden storms
Qf snow and rain-was proved recently
when . violent fall of snow and hall
burst upon tho crest of the sacred
mountain. During two days more than
10,000 climbed the mountain and sud
den arrival of the storm ennght sev
eral hundred of them upon the hilltop.
Tliey sought safety in the numerous
refuges. When the storm burst the
police compelled all excursionists to
wart for belter weather nt Gotemba
and Tnrobo.' Ilellcf parties were sent
out butwere unable to get through the
drifts. "Anxiety was felt for the food
supply, but the adventurers came
down safely. For two days the peo
ple In the snow were Incommuni
cado, owing to the destruction of the
telephone wires. These will be burled
before next season.
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Jerusalem's Greet Walls.
After 12-M Jerusalem was under the
rule of the sultans of Egypt until the
year 131T, when Sellm I conquered
both Palestine and Egypt, Inking Ihe
title of caliph, and carrying off the
sacred banner of the Moslems to Con.
ttautinoplc. Sellm's son, Suleiman the
Magnificent, once more built ihe great
walls about Jerusalem. These walls
of Saleimau are the present fortifica
tions of the city. Rut the great walla
of Suleiman the Magnificent are only
tlx lat of a long series of walls
whlehi time after Hue, have been
built only to be destroyed. The most
tragical destruction not only of the
walls, but also of the whole city, was
that which was carried out by the Ilo
tsuu armies of Titus, in the year TO
of our era, lit the reign of the Emperor
Vespasian.
What He Wants for "Plain Food."
Do you know this man, have you
ever heard of him the man who likes
plain food? Ills tastes ore of the
simplest; a BftW eten soup yourself,
clear Consomme Ihe color of pale sher
ry: Take a knuckle of veal anil four
pounds of lean beef . . . goes ihe
sympathetic recipe. (Notice, you
"take," you don't "buy.") "Fry, to a
tender brown, carrots, onions," etc. So
goes on this tender, delectable process
untl! you finally "clarify." The time the
cook spends prion the simmering, the
frying, the clarifying, and the strain
ing Is not of course taken Into ac
count. "The man who likes plain food
enjoys ronsls of meat, Joints and rib
roasts." Exchange.
center, the very palate,' of goiinnitnd
ise Is situated, according lo a London
correspondent.
The British empire Is ransacked for
edibles ond potables to furnish fnrlh
Ibis aldermanie holiday. And when
ic occasion's star guest, the premier.
rises to shake the pillars of Ihe world
Willi his address, the guests are often
In such a stale of torpor Hint Kiev
have to scan Ihe morning papers to
And out what he renlly said. But war
has changed all that When the time
for this year's banquet approachecj,
London's sensiillonal press began ttl
shout for n war menu so loudly thai
his lordship bud to come out nnd as
sure Ihe reporters of the meatlessness
anil whentlessness of the coming feast.
Another of England's glories vanished I
Chemistry Recognized Science.
Chemistry has been accorded on al
most formal recognition as the science
nt the heart of modern warfare. The
British ministry of reconstruction has
pointed out thai llerhmity selected the
chemical Industry for especial nurlnre
In making Its war preparations, es
pecially that imi of the Industry deal
ing with coal tar derivatives, In which
field die Imperial government gradual
ly won a temporary world monopoly.
The minister of reconstruction has np-'
pointed a coniniHtee of sli chemists
to Investigate (lie situation In England
and to recommend a plan for nmking
the British chemical industry self-sustaining
and equal to any call upon It
during and after the war.
Von Hlndenburg a "Junker."
"Junker" Is phllologtcnlly akin to
"Jonkbeer" nnd has a quasi-equivalent
In the English "Squire." The Junker
Is n man of some blrlh and of Inherit
ed property, especially land, says an
exchange. The word Is used to de
scribe that larc class of Prussians
who come of noble, seiulnoble or nt
least old and "good" families and
whose worldly isissesslnus are such as
to give them as appreciable stake la
the government. Von lllndcuhnrg Is u
One example of the Jnnker; Kuden
dorff. his collaborator. Is not ; junker
by Mrfh. however much a one he may
be by taste.
Capital Punishment
Capital punishment precolls In all
the states of the Cnlon excent Knnsns.
Maine, Minnesota, Ulo.de Island. Wash
ington and Wisconsin, in Michigan
the only crime Hinlsbuble hy death Is
treason. The dnith penally was abol
ished In the state of Washington In
in:.'!. In Iowa In lIT'j nnd restored In
m In Colorado In 13P7 ami rextored
In Hsu. Hanging l the ordinary mode
of execution, bm In InKanii. New York,
Nebraska, Ohio, ivnnjjfyliania., Arkan
sas. Vermont and Vfrgtnln vleetisx-tt-tlon
is the legal ro-thod. In Nevada
hanging or shuolbig Is optional with
the condemned p-, ..,
Sewing Machines In Arabia.
The sale of sewing machines in
Arabia has Increased since the war
begun, owing In part to the demand
of Bed Cross organizations. A recent
shipment of 000 American mncblnes,
according to a correspondent, will be
disposes; of as follows: One hundrei!
In Aden, 20(1 In Abysshdn, 100 In Bed
Keo porta and 200 In (he Persian (iulf
district. There Is also an Increased
demand on the part of the natlv.s,
Oennany formerly supplied the terri
tory with cheap machines, but the
stocks of these ore low, and American
products now lend. FuM-pawer sew
ing machines are In growing prefer
ence over Ihe hand-operated type, but
electrically-driven machines cannot be
sold, as (here Is no general electric
service plnnt In Aden. Dust and rust
are difficulties experienced In the nse
of Hie machines In tho Arabian cll-
aeeordlng trt tfge and to hold two
classes of half an hour each. The
work has steadily grown In Interest,
nnd the demand for books of a ' less
trivial type Justifies Ihe work of tho
committee lu charge. During the sum
mer, when opportunity offers nnd a
story-teller of note Is a guest of the
city, notice Is given to the library, and
it Is often possible to have a special
session.
Arrive and Depart
"Arrivals" nnd "departures" hnve a
definite place In French trench philol
ogy. When the American troops first
entered the I reaches their French com
miles were very anxious to have them
distinguish accurately between the
nolso of "nrrlves" ami "departs." "I
thought they Mere talking Jiurbor
clearances at first," sold one Yankee
lad. "Then I heard a low, whining
sound and a shell exploded behind us.
'Un arrive,' sold my companion. He
signified tlmt It was a present from
the Germans. Soon there was a louder,
sharper sound. It wan a responsive
roar from our own batteries. 'Un de
part,' he said with great satisfaction.
H'vtKV we bad it. The exchange of
artillery Are is, after all, a mailer of
'arrivals' and 'departures.' Needless
to say, the 'departs' enjoy the wider
popularity."
Going Too Far.
Mrs. Boffin 1 read In the paper that
a woman In looking after another Wo
man to see what she had on fell out
of a window. Mr. BoUln-Well, that
eniy goes to show that some women
NEWSIE KNEW HIS BUSINESS
Magazine Vender In Passenger Coach
Commercialized Lor NorthellfNfs
Boosting of His Book.
The foUowing Is a storj related by
Lord Northcllffe In n Loudon poper,
concerning his book "At the War" :
"In the Culled ; States and Canada
the newsboys wolk through the trains
selllngi'thcMatcst publications, Ond re
cently one of (him offered Ills lord
ship, who wris on bis way from New
York to Chicago, a copy of his owu
book, 'At the War.'
"I've rend II," quietly replied the an.
thor, shaking his head.
"Oh, you have!" exclaimed the hoy;
adding, with true Yankee Inquisitive
ness. "And how did you like It?"
"Pretty well," snld Lord'orthcllffe.
Then, thinking of the tedious hours
spent la revisions and proofreading, he
added Impressively, "I. rend It live
tlnuW'
'"I lew I live times!" exclaimed the
toyand two passengers wMD nnd over
heard the conversation., promptly
bpjight copies, while the enterprising
tfewsveudor moved on down the car,
saying :
'"At tile WorWlCW hook tusl nati
one man read It live times. Oulv n
.copies left." Stray Stories.
MUSIC FOR THE WAR TANK
Qraphaphcne Records Are Gift of
Woman; French Officer Requests
Bowling Equipment fr His Men.
For the amusement of soldiers nroh-
ahly no nmre unique donation has been
made than that of $50 from a woman
for griiphaphoiie records to equip a
tank. There Is something grotusoiuie
about music emanating from this weird
iron caterpillar, states a trenail eorre-
Other donations have not lacked nn
element of the picturesque, as, for In
stance, tho supplying of a hospital in
Paris which was rilled with African
troopers with TOO fans. They were so
appreciated during the summer that,
the hospital appealed for more. An
accordion was sent to fill tfspecllie
demand.
One French officer requested games,
for his men. What sort? In one regi
ment In which most of tho soldiers
were fathers of families the prefer
ence, for some reason or other, was
for boWllng. The trench, It mirsi seem,
does not make n bad alley If a few
balls and pins will liven a dull period.
Possibly a change of noise la agreeable!
Kitchen Soldiers.
Kitchen Soldiers ore Ihu latest ex
porliiioiit In practical patriotism, (jond
Housekeeping. In eo-openitloii with Ihe
United States food adiulnlsiratlon, is
conducting ihe enlistment In Ihn
magazine appears ihls pledgeTnneb
Women are urged to sign :
"I, the member of the household In
trusted with the handling of food, do
hereby enlist as a kitchen soldier for
home service ond pledge myself In
wnsto ne food and to use wisely all
food purchased for (his household,
knowing that by so doing I o,n help
conserve -the fowls Unit md i.
hipped to our soldiers aud our al
oes. ,
I (US JS a movement for the woman
who Is ncttiatly dealing In the food of
American homes. Employer 1 em
ployees arc urged to join the forces.
A soldier mny be one who fights just
with her brain or one who lights by
doing with her hands tho work of
women In this crisis, sin? may be
one whose ancestors have lived heri
tor generations or she mny bo mm
whose parents have seen fee's hor
rors pass their very door abroad,
whose brothers bear the arms of Eng-'
laud, or Frtiiu-e,r Italy, or Itussia, or.
any other allied country, ouce you
TJTirJtoo'em 80 1 fell?"
kitchen Is your balllelleld.
your
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VVe take this means of thanking our
friends and customers of cAthena and
vicinity for their liberal patronage for
the past twelve months. This has
been a banner year for our cAthena
Store. We shall continue to give you
same service the coming year that
we have in the past. Wishing you all
a happy and prosperous New Year,
We are Sincerely Yours,
J. C. Penney Co., Inc.
H. J. Power, Manager