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Awl trjJ in wf ' for Measuring Time It nppears that In certain sections of Algeria a copper bowl with a hole in it takes the place of a timepiece. An American with business interests In tlmt colony tells of the peasants of llenl Fernli, for example, who use the l.owl for timing the flow of water into their gardens from the only nearby liver. So precious is the water among the hill people In that part of the world thnt a few moments more or Ien3 In the period of flow is of great Importance. A watch, therefore, is not to be depended on. The howl is part of a system of measuring lime thnt must be of great antiquity and probably has prevailed In Algeria for countless generations. When gardens are to be irrigated a member of the village council ac toiiipanies the landowners and brings with him u large earthen bowl, or a metal pail of water and a Email topper bowl in the bottom of which is a minute hole. At the moment Alien the mud wall of the Irrigation canal Is cut through, and the water is allowed to flow Into the first gar den, the councilor carefully places the perforated bowl, which is the property of the village council, and which, therefore, Is the legal measure, upon the water in the pall and watches carefully for it to sink, which it will do, perhaps, in 15 minutes. Thus each landowner is entitled, as the case may be, to three, four, six or eight sinkings of the copper bowl. As the time approaches when the flow of water Into a garden is to cease u neighbor in the little group of land owners will shout to an assistant in his garden to be ready to cut an inlet Into i.i.i laud as soon as the bowl has sunk for the last time. Just as the bowl sinks the last time the peasant cries out to a man in his garden to stem the How of the water by filling with mud the hole through which it lias been running. Since landowners are present in person, and since an elder with the official bowl does the measuring, It appears that the quaint method Is almost as good as any. Paper-Shelled Nuts With reference to the pecan, the term "paper shell" has been extended in its application until It Is now prac tically without significance. Originally applied to those types of pecans hav lng such thin shells that one could easily be cracked when two were crushed together In one hand, the term during recent years has t.een made to include all cultivated varie ties, many of which have fully as hard shells as the average wild nuts. Prop erly speaking, the term "paper shell'' never referred to a particular variety; Its correct application has been only with reference to varieties having very thin shells. The Same Thing It' was obvious that the waller was frightened, and the manager of the restaurant laid a iinnd on his shoul der. "What's the matter?" lie asked con solingly. The waiter cast on apprehensive glance over his shoulder. "Cent over by t Tie window has or dered roast mutton for his third course." "Well, and what about 11?" said the manager. "The mutton ain't offr Is It?" "Oli, no. sir." vplied the waiter nervously. "Hut 'e Hmse roast veni son instead of tisli for 'Is second course, sir." London Answers. Gave Impulse to Move for Better Education American Education week undoubt edly developed from the movement forwarded by Dr. P. P. Claxton in 1020, then commissioner of education. School Life of October 15, 1920, car ried what was apparently the first suggestion for a nation-wide campaign for the Improvement of schools and other agencies for education. In this article Doctor Claxton designated the week of December S to 11 as "School week" and urged governors and chief state school officers to take proper action to cause the people to use this week in sucli a way as would most ef fectively disseminate among the peo ple accurate information in regard to the condition and needs of the schools, enhance appreciation of the value of education, and create such in terest as would result in better oppor tunities for education and larger ap propriations for schools of all kinds. LOW it Boy Who "Made Good" Huns Christian Andersen, who be came famous as a writer of fairy tales, was a poor boy. He was not attrac tive or popular and he did not do well In school. He was considered queer and about town was known as the "ugly duckling." He was born at Odens. the oldest town In Denmark. When die king of Denmark heard about 1 Inns' genius he took an interest in the hoy and sent him to a special school. Then Hans went traveling. He hud an ambition to write great dramas and novels, but at this he was not a success, says Pathfinder Magazine. But in inventing simple little stories he was the world's master. He con sidered these little tales almost worth less, but his fame spread ail over the world. You can live as economically at at horn "DACK UP the family and old kit bag; go to sunny California for a few weeks, months or for the winter. ' Visit movieland, orange groves, the oil fields, beach resorts, big cities. Golf courses galore! Finef ast Union Pacif ictraintaf f ord connection via Portland or Salt LakeCity.Diverteroutepermitted. MAKE TOUR RESERVATIONS NOW UNION PACIFIC 1M VVUUAHU HASIS C. M. EAGER, Agent Athena. Orejr Tempted Observers' from foreign countries suy American husbands, as a rule, spoil their wives by praising them overmuch. However correctly the criticism may apply generally, it does not apply to the old Maine farmer who Is on record as having said: "Yes, I reckon Tve got the best wife that ever lived. For nigh on to fifty years, through sunshine and shadow, riches and poverty, sickness and health, she's been as true as steel and as sweet as an angel Yes, sir, I don't believe a better wife ever lived atop of the earth, and some times It's all I can do to keep from telling her so." Boston Globe. Something in Luck Says Novnlis in one of his question able aphorisms. "Character Is destiny." But not the whole of our destiny. I In inlet, princ of Denmark, was spec tacular and irresolute, and we have a great tragedy in consequence. But if his father hnd lived to a good old age, and his uncle had died an early death, we can conceive Hamlet's having mar ried Ophelia, and got through life with a reputation of sanity, notwith standing many soliloquies, and some moody sarcasms toward the fair daughter of Polonlus, to say nothing of the frankest incivility to his father-in-law. George Eliot Jensens Blacksmith Shop Repair Work Prices Reasonable Athena, Oregon RELIABLE WATCH REPAIRING Main St. H. H. HILL Athena ALCOHOL Half & Half will stand 35 below zero De Lux Weed Chains ATHENA SERVICE STATION Venetians First to Restore Fading Sight After visiting the University exhibi tion in Borne, with its quaint and mag nificent collections, says a correspond cut of the Baltimore Evening Sun there can remain no doubt in one's mind as to the fact that Italy has been the mother of spectacles. Professor Albert ottl, a professor at the Unlver sity of Padua and dean of the oculists of Italy, collected a number of ancient and modern books about spectacles. and illustrated this valuable material in a treatise which he dedicated to Senator Isidore del Lungo. The latter had attributed the invention of spec tacles for .- short-sighted and long sighted persons to the Dominican monk, Fra Alessandro della Spina, of Pisa. But Professor Albertotti, whose au thority in this matter Is unchallenged is of the opinion that the glory of first making spectacles must be attributed to Venice, the home of glass and pure crystal. From the codex of the "Ca pitolarl della Arti" of the state of Venice, dated 1201, it is found that severe penalties were applied to dis honest spectacle makers who used slm pie glass instead of pure crystal. Another document proving the an tiquity of spectacles is a portrait of Cardinal Hugh, of Province, painted by Thomas of Modena, in the chapter of St. Nicholas at Treviso, in which the cardinal is represented as wearing spectacles. The minister of education, Signor Fedele, also lent a rare picture by the Lmbrian painter, Nlccolo Alun no, representing the Virgin and Child with St. Jerome, who is reading book with a large pair of spectacles across his nose. Superior Women Raise Men to Higher Level In a marriage where the two people are of unequal birth or tradition, it is better that the wife be of superior grade because she is much more likely to lift the marriage and the children to her cultural level, according to Rheta Childe Dorr in an article In Liberty. "An inferior wife," explains the au thor, "too often drags the husband down, because, alas,, the male of the species finds1 it only too easy to slump. Robert Louis Stevenson noted this among the missionaries of the Soutli seas. The men, he tells us, "after a few years grow careless of dress and behavior, neglect to shave or bathe, and in extreme cases practically go native. The women, on the contrary, hardly change at all, but after 20 years among natives live, dress, and act exactly as they did at home." Knew He Would Help In a field where Barrie sat thinking out a story there were lambs. One of them strayed away fom its mother, turned around three times and was lost. The bleating was terrific. Bar rie had to put down his work and lead it back to its mother. Hardly had he returned to his seat before another lamb did just the same. They went on doing it, one after another, keeping Barrie busy taking them back to mamma. But the wonderful thing was that, after a time, instead of looking for their mother themselves they Just came to Barrie and Insisted on him finding her for them. Barrie contends, says Jerome K. Je rome, who tells the story In "My Life and Times," that lambs are much more Intelligent than Is generally supposed. Words Most Used Analysis of business letters, news papers and ordinary correspondence has produced a list, of 50 words said to be used more frequently than any others : The, and, of, to, I, a, In, that, you, for, it, was, is, will, as, have, not, with, be, your, at, we, on, he, by, but, my, this, his, which, dear, from, are, all, me, so, one, if, they had, has, very, were, been, would, she, or, there, her, an. The first 12 words make, on the average, 30 out of every 100 words commonly used. The 50 words run 50 to the 100 in ail ordinary writing. Only one of the 50. "very," has more than one syllable. Pneumatic Troubles "My hack feels .terrible rheuma tism, I think." "Didn't I hear you say you'd pumped up four tlies!" "Yes, why?" "Then It's pucuaiutisiii you've got, not rheumatism." Boston Transcript. 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