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VOLUME XXX.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JUNE 1. 1918.
NUMBER 24
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GET ALONG WITHOUT SCENERY
In That, as In Many Other Ways, the
Chinese Theater Seems Primitive
in Our Eyes.
Scenery In China is conspicuous by
its .absence. Mountains, mountain
passes, rivers, bridges, city walls, tem
ples, graves, thrones, beds and other
objects are represented by an arrange
ment of chairs, stools and benches,
while the passage of rivers, horse rid
ing, unlocking of doors and entering
houses where not even a screen exists
between the visitor and those he visits,
ML HERMON HOLY GROUND
Many Nations Have Built Their Tem
ples on the Elevation of Which
David Sang.
Mount Hcrinon, sacred mountain of
Syria, rises, a silent sentinel, above
the fruitful fields and vineyards of
Lebanon and Damascus. Cut off from
its range of the Antlllbanus by the
deep valley of Barada it has kept Its
lonely vigil through the ages. The
Hebrews called it Hermit. According
to legend the wicked angels in their
fall from Paradise landed on Hermon
the climbing of mountains, execution nnd gave lt lts name.
or criminals ana numerous oiner ac
tions are presented by pantomimic
motions that are perfectly understood
by the audience. Thus, a leper drinks
wine, In which, unknown to himself,
a venomous serpent has been soaked,
feels an Itching sensation and throws
himself Into an imaginary fish pond
where, to the beating of gongs, he goes
through the motions of washing and
finds himself cured of that loathsome
disease, to become a future chief grad
uate. Or a general sent on a distant
expedition brandishes his whip, capers
uround the stage a few times amidst
the clashing of cymbals, and then
stops and informs his audience that he
has arrived. Or a criminal who Is to
be hung, accompanied by the weird
music from the two-stringed fiddle, will
wail and moan his confession and then
walk over to one side of the stage and
stand under a bamboo pole with a rag
tied to the top. He has been hung! All
pain Is represented by throwing the
heud back and gazing upward. Anger,
by very hard breathing and staring
eyes. Every movement of the hand or
head, the positions In which the feet
and arms are held, are all significant
of some definite action and meaning,
and these movements are perfectly un
derstood by the Chinese, who will tell
you, like the modern school of stnge
artists In the West, that scenery Is an
unnecessary bother. From "The Chi
nese Theater," by Frank 8. Williams in
Asia Magazine.
Like a gray-haired giant the old
mountain helds Its white-crowned head
above the clouds. At sunset these
clouds turn to rose and gold, the moun
tain top flaming like a torch against
the sky. As the sunlight fades the
evening mists wrap old Hcrraon's head
In vails of gray and white. "The
white-haired old man of the mountain
lias donned his nightcap for the night,"
the people of the surrounding plains
tell you.
The mountain's foot Is covered with
the green of oaks, poplars and dense
brash with an occasional luxuriant
vineyard. The wines of Damascus are
famous throughout the Orient. The
mountain springs keep the valleys
well supplied with water. Higher up
are the ruins of former temples, built
centuries ago, their entrances facing
the rising sun. In the old days the
pious folks of the valley climbed the
mountain side to worship on their holy
ground. The temples are of various
nations. Including Greek, Roman and
Hebrew.
David sang of Hermon and the
cooling breath of the winds blowing
from Its icy summits. As the giver of
all good things, of wine and cool wa
ter, of timber and olives and breezes
In summer days, of tales of wonder
and angels for the winter nights, the
people of old looked to Hermon ns a
storehouse of treasure set up by a
beneficent Deity.
MUSIC OF MARVELOUS POWER
More Moving Than Any Sounds of
Earth Are Those Heard In
Churches of Russia.
And what shall I say of the music
of a Russian cathedral? There is no
organ and there are no female voices.
The chorus choirs are composed of
men carefully trained through a long
series of years. The Russians have
naturally rich, sonorous voices, nnd
their sacred music is Inexpressibly
moving. At times soft and appealing
at others a weird minor strain, It not
Infrequently swells into a volume of
almost overpowering majesty. I have
heard church music In many parts of
the world, but such music nowhere
else. It voices the sadness and suffer
ing, the implicit faith and the solemn
mission of a great people. More truly
than any other church music In the
world, it Is the expression of the deep
er soul of a nation, elemental In Its
moods of storm and tenderness, of
half-barbarous passion and of sub
lime aspiration. Every time we heard
It we stood In silence and awe, con
sclous that the strings of our hearts
were being strangely swept and feel
ing as If we were In wide spaces under
the open sky and in the presence of
n Mount SInal from which Issued al
ternately the crashing thunder, the
blazing lightning, and then the mur
muring of trees and brooks, nnd the
still, small Voice. Was this mere emo
tionalism? It may have been, but the
mysterious spell still lingers in my
memory. Exchange.
Fine Work of Art In New York.
Most Important In the accessions of
the Metropolitan Museum of Art Is a
delightful relief sculpture of Vishnu
"The Preserver, the Pillar of the Unl
verse," says the New York Times. The
relief is 61 Inches in height by 28
In width and Is beautifully carved
from a greenish black stone In high
relief. The figure, standing erect, Is
Impressive nnd the serious face gives
the Idea of the thought power for
which Vishnu stands, the balancing
force between the contending powers
of good and evil. There is a wonder
ful amount of finely carved detail In
the ornamentation of the figure and
the sort of canopy under which
stands. At the foot of two pillars on
cither side are two smaller figures, and
In the upper part of the relief are
tiny figures who represent the ten ava
tars of Vishnu. The figure comes from
a temple In Klkkerl, In the Mysore dis
trict of southern India, which was
erected In 1171, and the sculpture is
supposed to date back to the last quar
ter of the twelfth century. It was re
moved to England In the early part of
the nineteenth century.
WANTED HIS MONEY'S WORTH
RETURN TO WAGER OF BATTLE
Warfare of the Future Likely to Be
Restricted to Comparatively
Few Combatants.
A day, not fnr removed, may come
when the embattled hosts of rival na
tions will give place to a wager of
battle to decide the conflict. The bat-
tit- will then be confined to the com
batants alone without violent Interfer
ence with the peaceful pursuits of
noncombatants or destruction of their
property.
First, however, we must evolve
great engines of destruction, so per
fect that a few skilled heroes will di
rect each one of them. These war ma
chines will be so costly that only a
few great powers will have the re
sources to construct nnd maintain
them. Wise legislation and skillful
systems of taxation will be necessary
to organize the whole people for their
support. A chosen few, picked from
the whole nation, will man them, men
In the full vigor of their strength,
physically perfect to endure the terri
ble strain, nnd powerful of brain to
meet nnd surmount every Intricacy of
mechanics and every difficulty of
strategy.
Above all, these hero supermen
must he of such unswerving character
that they will, day in nnd day out,
without surcease, devote their unflag
ging zeal to the great task of defend
ing the civilization for which they con
tend. The evolution nnd the Increas
ing economic burden of maintenance
of this machinery will make war the
luxury of the most powerful Btntes
and will cause the area of war con
stantly to recede. Small nations will
no longer he able to maintain military
establishments, nnd eventually the mil
lions of men who now bnttle upon the
field of honor will have been replaced
by a contest among a few men In con
trol of stupendous machinery. Ellery
C. Stowell in the Century Magazine.
une- or iTie nest-informed men In the
country, who heenme prominent in
business nnd diplomacy, left school
when sixteen years of age to enter
the services of a firm of East India
merchants In the old days of sailing
vessels. He made many voyages round
the Cnpe of Good Hope and devoted
his time on shipboard to study. He
read every word in one of the encyclo- j
pedlns of that day nnd learned seven
or eight lnngunges. In this way he be- I
came the best-posted man whom the j
federal government could find in the
United States for special diplomatic
work. Whenever a subject arose In j
conversation with which he was unfa
miliar he looked it up In some book
of reference nnd he said he never for
got what he read about a matter that
Interested him at the time. His was
a perfect system of self-education.
New York Commercial.
aean particles col.uct in trie pores of
the sponge nnd will remain there even
after considerable rinsing. If n sponge
were examined under a microscope
one would be horrified at the picture
It would present. Msriannn Wheeler
in the People's Home Journal.
Fancies of Children.
The Spectator spenks of that "region
Into which the 'grownup' has no right
of entry, nnd no key to turn the lock,"
the mind of the child, and then gives
some Instantaneous flashes of the child
point of view, n point of view discon
certingly aloof and apart from that of
"grownups." A child, on a torpedoed
ship, when everyone was anxiously
hoping that It would keep afloat, was
heard to say, in n weary voice: "Oh,
when will the ship go down?" A small
boy who was being shown the bust of
his grandfather, mounted on n little
circular stand, asked his mother
whether his grandfather had been a
very wise man, and then added : "But
was that all there was of him?" Per
haps the capping story Is thut of an
other little boy who, when told to make
no remark on a guest's absent foot,
exclaimed : "Oh, no, and when I get to
heaven I will say nothing to John the
Baptist about his heud."
Grasshoppers Fly to Sea.
The grasshopper would seem to have
nothing In common with the seagull,
yet grasshoppers have been picked up
in swarms at sea, 1,200 miles from the
nearest land. The African grasshop
per has been known to cross the Red
nnd Mediterranean seas In destructive
numbers, nnd even to fly to the Canary
islands. For the most part these
grasshoppers are of a migratory spe
cies (Sehlstocera turtarlca) noted for
its great flights. The bodies are about
four Inches long nnd nre equipped
with large air sacks In addition to the
usual breathing tubes. These sacks
buoy up the Insect so that lt Is able
to stay In the air for days nt a time,
exerting practically no effort at nil.
During flight its speed varies from
three to twenty miles an hour. When
it Is tired it rests on the wnter and Is
borne along on the waves. Popular
Science Monthly.
LITTLE SOUNDS THAT DISTURB
Nobleman Evidently Had Some Idea
That Great Musician Was Giving
Him the Worst of It
Wlenlnwski had his mumorous expert
ences, this even after he was quite
widely known, writes Alexander Bloch
in the New York Times. On one occa
sion he was asked by a wealthy Brit
lsh nobleman to state his terms for
plnylng half an hour nt his home
They came to an agreement, nnd on
the evening of the musicnle Wleninw
ski opened the program with Beethov
en's "Romnnze In F."
He was ploying his best and deeply
engrossed in the music when he sud
denly noticed out of the corner of his
eye the host nervously looking nt his
watch. This happened several times
before the "Roraanze" was finished.
At Its close, as he was bowing Ml ac
knowledgments to rapturous applause,
the British peer caught him by the
sleeve and whispered In his ear:
"For heaven's sake, man, how much
do you expect to get through In half
an hour at this rate? Why do yoii
play such slow pieces?"
PET SAVED SOLDIER'S LIFE
The Garden of Eden.
The question of the site of Eden
has greatly agitated theologians ; some
placed lt near Domascus, others In Ar
menia, some In the Caucasus, others
at Hollah, near Babylon; others in
Arabia, and some in Abyssinia. The
Hindus refer lt to Ceylon, one writer
locates it at the North Pole, and a
learned Swede asserts that It was In
Sudermnnin. Several authorities con
cur In placing It In a peninsula formed
by the main river of Eden, on the east
side of it, below the confluence of the
lesser rivers which emptied themselves
Into lt, nt about 27 degrees north lati
tude, now swallowed up by the Per
sian gulf, an event which may have
happened at the universal deluge, 2384
B. C. Many, however, think that the
whole story of Eden is a legend and
that, accordingly, the man who tries
to find Its site is like the blind man
who looks In a dark room for his black
hat that Is not there.
WORRY OVER SMALL THINGS
Unfortunate Habit of Making Moun
tains Out of Molehills All Too
Common With All.
"One of the foollshest things we mor
tals do," said Mr. Gratebnr, "Is to make
mountains out of molehills.
"Half the worry and distress In the
world comes from this unfortunate
habit. It breeds distrust, creates hard
feeling, breaks up friendships, makes
discord In families, it makes misery
nil around, nnd all this in nine hun
dred nnd ninety-nine cases out of a
thousand for Just nothing.
"The commonest form of molehill is
the spoken word. Somebody says some
thing to us that we think is mean, or
that we think Is suspicious, or lack
ing in appreciation, or twitting or sar
castic, and right away we begin to
brood over lt, to let It rnnkle In us, to
magnify It, to mnke n mountain of It.
"It Is at least an even chance that
the little thing of that sort that dis
tresses us so was never meant that
way at all. But suppose It was meant
to be sharp. What of it? We are all
human, nnd the best of us are Ruble to
make little slips at times and say lit
tle thoughtless things that we ought
not to.
"But why should we make moun
tains of such molehills, of things that
would have been forgotten the next
moment If we did not dwell on them,
keep thinking of them and brood over
them until finally we magnified them
Into great grievances?"
A Very Live Tree.
In a recent St. Nicholas there Is a
picture of the battered trunk of a
tree, broken away in places, and In
side lt Is growing a young tree. The
old tree was one of the giant redwoods
of California, and In spite of wind and
fire lt has made up Its mind to keep
right on growing In the person of the
young tree in the very spot where lt
has Btood for years and years.
During a terrible storm on the moon
tain the top of the tree was broken off
and afterward the trunk was very
nearly destroyed by a forest fire, but
the root retained vitality enough to
send up a young tree within the trunk,
which protects It from the wind.
The original tree was a splendid spe
cimen, more than 11 feet In diameter
and towering high Into the air, and Its
successor will probably be of goodly
size when the protecting old trunk
tails swaj.
Snakes as Pest Destroyers.
Snakes are not our enemies, says
Gayne K. Norton in American Forest
ry. They never attack except In self
defense. Of our 111 species only 17
are poisonous two species of Elnps,
coral snakes, and 15 species of cro
tnline snakes, the copperhead and moc
casin, the dwarf and typical rattle
snakes. On the other hand, the help
they render is valuable. The pests
destroyed each year, especially ro
dents that injure crops and carry com
municable diseases, roll up a large bal
ance of good service In their favor.
Rodents are destroyers of farm
products, cause loss by fire through
gnnwlng matches and insulation from
electric wires, and of human life
through gernvcarrylng, particularly the
bubonic plague.
Effective "First Aid" Rendered by Cat
When Its Owner Was Wounded
During Crimean War.
During the Crimean war a French
soldier was leaving his native village
with his corps, when a little cat caino
running after him. It would not go
back, so he put it on Ills knapsack and
carried It along. Day by day, writes
Arthur Brnadley In the Evangelical
Messenger, she was perched up thus,
and every night slept by his side.
One day a great battle was to bo
fought, so the soldier left pussy be
hind with n sick comrade. . After he
had gone about a mile on the way tho
cat came running up to him, so he took
it on his back again. Musket and can
non balls were now flying around.
The soldier fell twice, but nt Inst a
dreadful wound laid him bleeding on
the field.
The cat, Instead of running away,
jumped to the place where the blood
was flowing, and began to lick the
wound. The nrmy doctor came, and
the lad was carried to the hospital
tent.
When he recovered consc iousness he
asked whether he would live or not,
and the doctor said: "Yes, thanks lo
your pussy; she has used her tongue
well and has stopped the flow of
blood, otherwise you would have died."
Strange How Ordinary Noises of the
Night Affect One Who Is Alone
In the House.
When you are alone at home and the
night Comes on, and the noises begin
say, It Is a lonesome feeling, Isn't 117
Uncanny like; ghostly; uncomfortable,
You had not thought much about the
family, one way or another, when the
family was present. Accepted the fam
ily ns a mutter of course, and went
about your way. Sat down after the
evening meal and read the newspaper ;
paid no attention to I he swishing of a
curtain, nor to the whispering of the
wind, nor to the creaking that forever
takes place about a house. Nothing
disturbed you, when tho family was at
home, but now, with the family away,
everything disturbs you and startles
you.
There is nothing to fenr, of course.
You are not afraid ; lt Is not that. But
as you sit there alone, reading, and a
shutter rattles a little, how It startles
you, says a writer In tho Columbus
Dispatch. The furnace clicks, as fur
naces will, anil you wonder what It is
In the basement, A vine scrapes the
lattice at the back door, and It sounds
for nil the world like a burglar trying
to unlock the door. You know It is
not n burglar; you arc not afraid, un
derstand. Rut, some way, every little
noise nbnut the house startles and
astounds you.
And then you get up to go to bed,
You had never before noticed that lt
1 made uny sound whatever as you
walked across the floor when the fata
lly was at home; but now, it's differ
ent, to say the least, when the family
is away.
Self Education.
Some of the best educated men nev
er went to college. One of the most
eminent geologists never went to
school. Mnny college nnd university
graduates think they have acquired
the sum of human knowledge and rest
on their oars for the rest of their lives,
while others with Inferior advantages
pass them In the pursuit of knowledge.
Sponge Is a Germ Carrier.
Along with many other unsanitary
toilet articles, tin- sponge is going out
of fashion. Rut people may bo still
found who consider It Indispensnble.
They have overlooked the fact that
the sponge Is porous and that every
pore becomes a hiding place for untold
colonies of germs. You cannot boll
a sponge for any length of time, there
fore you cannot insure Its absolute
hygienic cleanliness. As the germs
multiply, n peculiar musty odor be
comes noticeable.
When one bailies, many particles of
dead skin are thrown from the body.
If itspongc Is used quantities of theso
He's Some Help.
Belle Her husband is very good at
figures, you know.
Beulnli Iteally?
"Oh, yes. He's In a bank."
"Think of Hint I"
"She always lakes htm to her knit
ting club."
"What can he do at n knllllnp;
?lub?"
"He counls the stitches so she can
talk."
Marching Orders.
Patience What's become of that
young man who used to call on you?
Patrice Y'ou mean the one papa
didn't like?
"That's the one."
"Oh, he's gone to be a soldier."
"What's he know about being a sol
dier, I'd like to know?"
"Oh, papa showed 1dm how to
march."
Steel Is Easy to Cast.
The English have Just Invented a
high-speed steel which is so strong that
engines and guns anil tools made of It
can be worked more rapidly than those
made of any of the other steels. The
Popular Science Monthly magazine
says that tools of this steel can be cast
Into shape, and casting Is the quickest
known way of making any tool.
There nre few steels, however,
which, by costing them, do not be
come brittle. "Cobolterom steel," as
It Is called, nevertheless can be made
In this manner Instead of having to
be forged and rolled, two very much
lengthier and more expensive proc-
Workingmen Must Save
He can only do this by buying his goods for
strictly cash. There is no such "haven" of economy
anywhere like the J. C Penny Co. We pay strictly
cash for our goods and buy them in enormous quan
tities for our 197 busy stores. You surely benefit by
this.
Canvas Gloves - - 10c and 15c
Leather-faced Canvas Gloves 25c
Rockford work Sox 3 for 25c C& 10c
Automatic work Sox
Tan and black work sox
Bandana Handkerchiefs
Horsehide Glover,
Work Shirts
2 for 25c
- 15c
5c and 10c
98c. to $1.69
69c and 89c
Harvest mulehide Shoes
Harvest elk-hide Shoes
Heavy work Shoes
Heavy blue Overalls
Stripe Oderalls
Khaki Pants
Work Suspenders
Cotton Union Suits
$2.25
2.76
2.98 to 4.98
1.89
1.49
1.69 to 2.49
25c and 49c
89c to 1.49
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