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IMPORTANCE OF CULVERTS. When Properly Made, They Save Mack ' Time. Troublo and Money. This question of cnl verts ia really quite an important one, since they bear almost tho same relation to roads that keystones do to arches. Culverts made by putting together jointed cement or glazed earthenware pipes are the most .satisfactory, being easier handled and comparatively inexpensive, and 'when laid a certain distance below the surface run little or no danger of being broken. But to obviate this they should be laid diagonally across the road, which pre- VIEW Off ROAD 121 ENGLAND. vents the weight of wagons from bearing upon it with two wheels at once and also gives them a better full. On hills ft is advisable to lay some 3-inch pipes at reasonable distances apart, umaiug up me gniiers into Boon runsinRtead of attempting to give the mass of water free flow down the entire VSL : A. short steep hill needs only a single pipe placed near the foot of the hilL These culverts have one advantage over all others namely, a concave bottom, with a smooth glazed surface, which allows the water to rush through so freely that it carries all obstructions be fore it and permits no rubbish to choke np tho pipes. These require no further attention than a slight examination ev ery spring to see if the frost has cracked a joint or the ubiquitous country boy has taken it upon himself to stop up the opening by stuffing small stones into it. When carefully built, stone culverts are not bad, but they are expensive to make well, and as a rulo their sides are laid up so carelessly in dry walls of such email sized stones that they are liable to upheave and be thrown down by frost. Moreover, the flat stones laid across the top are often so badly dressed and fitted together that the gravel covering thom L .11 1 11 11 M A. L keeps suting tnrougii tne cracks, ruling up the culvert and exposing holos on top, which are either chinked up with cobblestones or left bare until some horse gets hurt and a row is made, with the only result that moro earth is spread over, and the same process is kept up ad Infinitum. - Left entirely to himself, the native roadniaster prefers a more primitive cul ' vert of his own make, which has the enor mous merit in his eyes of being cheap; quick and easy of construction. His method, delightful in its simplicity, con sists in digging a trench across the road and bridging it over with a few split green chestnut rails cut by the roadside, whioh are afterward covered with earth or sod heaped above tliolovel of the road ""able "brealr." Besides its liability to become choked and usoless, this sort of culvert is par ticularly objectionable because it is al ways neglected and forgotten, being left . i 1 1 . i . i. i t j i. 10 rot until at insi sumo norao a loot crashes through it, and tho driver may consider himself lucky if tho animal en capes with nothing worse than a slight . wrench or scratch. During harvest, when it is almost im possible to get men to do any continuous work not conneoted with fanning, to save time we are sometimes obliged to put in a temporary box culvert, mado of planks nailed together like a long narrow box open, at both ends. These culverts are a BUght improvement on tho local ones mado from chestnut rails, inasmuch as, being quite flat on top, they do not de stroy the road's level surface, but unless cari is taken to have them mode of oak en planks they rot out even more qtuck ly than the others, Harper's. Material For Telford Roads. The fittest material for roads 'is trap - rock. The material for foundations may be of any durable stono, laid by hand closo together and sledged, and if round they should be broken, as round stones come to the surface. The foundation should not be less than 0 inches thick, Before putting in the broken stones It is better to spread a thin layer of loam, suf ficient to fill the spaces of stone and make an even surface. When the stone has been put in, it should be properly rolled by a roller weighing about two tons, eas ily movea by two horses. While atop coating of screenings is desirable it can be dispensed with, The repairs on a road are the most important of tho work. If a road is built properly, it should wear uniformly, and when its thioknoss is so roduced that it is necessary to ro-covor it it should bo done in sections, from a mile to one-half mile, and it should be laid, spread and rolled in tho same man nor as described for the building. Bos ton Herald. India Ilnbber Roads. Now ideas in paving have lately at tracted attention, says Sittings. Among these is tho paving of a bridge by a Ger man engineer with India rubber, the re sult having been so satisfactory as to in duce its application on a much larger scalo, a point in its favor being that it is much more durable than asphalt and not slippory. In London a section of the roadway under the gato leading to tho departure platform of tho St. Pancras terminus has for some time past been paved with this material, with the effect of deaden ing the sound made when being passed over on wheels, besidos the comfortable elasticity afforded to foot passengers. . Another material which is being satis factorily Introduced for this purpose is composed of granulated cork and bitu men pressed into blocks, which are laid like bricks or wood paving, the special advantage secured In this cose being that of elasticity. To the 43 vessels already in active Borneo in the United States navy are to be added next the fine gunboat Machias, which can make 16 miles an hour, and, as soon as she gets her machinery and guns aboard, the Massachusetts, the sec ond hoary battleship of the new navy. The Machias is of the clans that fills the greatest need at present that of small vessel Ught enough to ascend rivers and navigate island waters. - .: A Great Flab. There was landed recently at Strom- ness, Orkney, a halibut of extraordinary dimensions, measuring 0 feet 10 inches in length and weighing no less than 243 pounds. The fish was discovered by two lads who were engaged in hauling lob ster creels at the back of tho Holms, a distance of about H miles from Strom- ness pier. It was observed on the sand apparently asleep, and as they had no appliances with them with which to at tempt a capture they marked the spot and returned home to acquaint their father. Armed with a kind of harpoon, to which a line was attached, they went back to the place and found the huge fish had not moved. Carefully watch ing an opportunity, the father succeed ed in planting the harpoon in the back of the halibut. The weapon entered the spine and rendered the fish powerless, but on account of it size and weight it was only after considerable difficulty that it was got on board. It proved a splendid specimen of the halibut and was in a first rate condition. In its stomach was found a variety of small fish, which weighed upward of six pounds. It was at once carefully packed and dispatched by steamer and rail to the London market. London Field. Emperor William's Defeat. The defeat of the German army bill, from whatever, point of view it is re garded, is a very.serious affair. In the first place it inoreases, only a little, per haps, bnt still increases, the probability of war. The emperor, rebuffed at home, cannot accept any kind of rebuff abroad and will be far more sensitive than be fore about slight incidents and more in clined to believe that France or Russia is taking advantage of his situation. Moreover, Frenchmen will think that the internal struggle will weaken Ger many, as it would weaken France, and the hope of finding a moment to fight Germany when she is weak is exceeding ly keen. Too much must not be mado of this danger, because the rulers of France are much better informed than her journalists and can see that a decla ration of war would at once reunite the German people, but still it exists and must be recorded. In the second place, it is probable that the rejection of the bill does leave Germany weaker than she should be. London Spectator. English Sporting Terms. We reprint the f ollowing from an Eng lish paper as a ourio in sporting litera ture: "We learn with great pleasure that Lady Hilda McNeill, young Lord Strad broko's sister, who since her marriage to a nephew of Sir John McNeill has boon living at Rothloy Grange, noar Loughborough, is rapidly recovering from the nasiy fall she lately experi enced in the hunting field. Lady Hilda ia an accomplished horsewoman, and her spill throws no discredit upon her as a cross country ridor. The accident was the result of a cannon, another horse col liding with hers as she negotiated a stiff fence." - Edwin Booth's Tobacco nablts. Edwin Booth's physical disability ia genorally ascribed to excessive indul gence in tobacco. The cigars which the famous tragedian smokes are murvolsof strength, yet it has been smoke, smoke, smoke from morning till late at night for many years. When he was playing, Mr. Booth used to have his valet stand at night at one of the entrances to the stage holding a cigar and a light, so that as soon as the scene was ended Mr. Booth would have his favorite weed at hand. Exchange. Davenport Against Bernhardt. Miss Fanny Davenport desires to de bar Bernhardt from putting on Sardou's latest play in this country, because Bho produces plays "in an incompetent tyay." And the vexatious part of it is that it will take two years or more to pot it through the Gallic head that this is an American joke. It is annoying to be obliged to protest to Parisians that we believe that in some ways the Bern hardt can give the Davenport points. New York World. A very shocking and irreverent horti culturist has torturod a well known Scripture injunction into the fruitgrow er's first commandment as follows: 'Watch and spray." GEO. E. BATES, CONTRACTOR & BUILDER. GENERAL JOBBER. Estimates furnished on all kinds of wood work, lrotidortcds and cook houses built on short not loo. Trices reasonable, Vox 1(1, Alhonn, Oregon. ST.NFCHOLS : : SHAVING PARLORS, NEXT TO HOTEI First-Class Work Guaranteed. Ladles Shampooing C. L. REEVES, AHpwtaitr. Proprietor CstmM, and Trade-Marks obtained, and all Pat snt buuuess conducted for Mooiratc Feci. Oua Omei i Opposite U. S. Pstunt Orrtcr ana we can secure patent iu leas Uiue Uian Utoae remote from Washington. Send model, drawtug or photo., with descrip tion. We advise. If patentable or not, free of charge. Our fee not due till palrnt is secured. A iiMirT, "How to Obtain Patents," with coat el saate In the U. S, and foreign countries seot bee. Address, G.A.onow&co. ope. Patcnt Orncr. Washington. B.C. Have constantly on hand a full line of arming implements J". IE. GrOIRjyEIN, Manager, - -THE- COMMERCIAL Livery, Feed Sale STABLES, Athena, - ' - Oregon. The best Turnouts in Umatilla County. Stock boarded . by Day, WeeK or Month. Special attention given to Commer cial travelers. Give me a call. G.'M. FROOME. Agents Wanted on Salary and Com mission for The Onlv Authorized BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES ft. BLAINE. Uy Gail Hamilton, his literary executor, with the co-operat ion of Ills family, and for Mr Jltallie'S uompicM) worus, ' iwtiii ieura in Congress." and his later book, 'Political Dis. missions." One prospectus for these three Host. Klllni!' books In the market' A. K. V. Jordan of Me., took 112 orders from first 110 calls; audit's profit 8KMI- 50. Mrs. Ballard ofO. tooK lii orucrs, io neat kunhiu uiiuuy; pruui, J2t(.2.r). K. N. Rice of Mass. took 27 orders in 2 days; prollt(M7.25 J-. Part ridge of Me. took 48 orders from mt calls; profit 1J75.25. E- A, Palmer of N, Pak. took 64 orders in 4 days; profit !M.25. Exclusive Territory given. If you wish to make LARGE MONEY, write Immediately for terms to THE HEN8Y BILL PUB CO., Norwich, Conn. TAFT TOLBERT & CO., GENERAL Blacksmiths, Fourth Street, Athena, Ore. ALL KINDS OF MACHINE REPAIRING AT LOW RATES. Horse shoeing Wagon Work MONEY To Loan on Improved Farms. Property at Lor" Rates. Can get Money In less time than anyone Else can get it. I HAVE For sale a number of Choice Farms, including t One of the best farms in Uma tilla County, Two miles from Athena, A NUMBEir-V Of choice Residence Lots In Athena, on easy terms. Insurance in the following Leading Companies: London and Lancashire, Lion, Imperial, Caledonian, Liverpool, London & Globe, and the Continental, the Great farm Company. T .D. HARPER, Athena, Oregon. Pay up. All parties knowing themselves indebted to me, aro notified to come forward and settle without delay. Jan. 1st tf. N. A. Miller. BALD I WRITE What Is the condition of yours? Is your half dry, , liarsh, brittle? Does it split at the ends? Has it lifeless appearance? Does it fall out when combed or uriiatiivw r is It lull oi umtiunr J j wu. pv i Is it dry or in a heated condition ? If these are some of i your symptoms bo warned in time or you will become bald. Skookum Root Hair Grower I U wht yon niwd. lt proJBiSla U t n scrtflent. hr.t tho iraHttef 'MMtifle ry of bowtotreat tfcettu tb.otDve.btilclightriil!yc.x.ll!!t ". wrJitn Tonic iyimuluo , I Kp the scalp elwti. h'tliv, m the use ct &twtt i'. ii and ttartiwy Iht Itinr. If your tlruirif tst cannot nrenaitf, on rcMl of itu.v. S UV f I TliQ SKOOKUrt . Tll1lt MJKK ST 8tfc BURRELL'&'COiUi J and vehicles, carts, Monitor Seeder and Drills. R. J. Boddy, Proprietor of the -"OK" MEAT MARKET, Corner of Main & Fourth. A Large variety of Meats al ways on hand. See us. Are r-ri. you going to insure your Grain? J J? yu ae, see Gilman. He represents some of the best Companies on the coast. He writes polices for fun. See him before placing Jyour Insurance. C. L. SIMMONS, MANUFACTURER OF K J And dealer in Wood, Sand, etc. a J". p?-&k.:k:e5:r Prorprietor of The Athena Club Rooms Fine Cigars a Specialty. ATHENA RESTAURANT. Mrs Hardin, Proprietress. H. P. Milken, Manager. Main Street bet. Second and Third. Can be recommended to the pub lic as first-class in every particular. None bnt White Help Employed, MEALS AT ALL HOURS. DAY OR NIGHT. Suppers for Special Occasions- ' MELS 85 C. THE- ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL J. W. Frooras & Son, Props- The Only First-Class Hotel in the ' City. And the only one that can accommodate commercial men and travelers. 1HE ST. NICHOLS HOTEL Can be reocommended for its clean and well ventelated rooms, in which will be found everything congenial rhe'dining rooms ate under the supervision of' Mrs. Froome and the table is sup plied with the best the market affords. ATHENA, OREGON. HEADS! ": - .itiii.j it h.s in :Mr minerals oorolia. It and (Hisrom irritatinc niMKiii, tr ;i t i...imtii vucom, cut em ir1 1 r RJOT ?A1R GROWER CO., Fifth AeDT;c, J-er Tori, . . Oliver "Newdeparture" Gangplow. Columbus Buggy Co's - A.-bln.eiLa., Oregon.. fo. Joseph J. raduate, JW. E. e. V.S-, London, Eng. Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist. CHRONIC DISEASES a SPECIALTY I am prepared to do all kinds of Veterinary Surgery, Emasculating horse and Regllngs a Specialty. (Thin is the only true method of operating on horses.) Hpeying ra rattle ana hogs on short notice. I will treat all animals in the most approved procedure of Veterinary Surgery, if you have any sick animals it will be to your Interest to call on DR. JOS. J. BILL, Commercial Stables. Athena Oregon. Chas. ; 33 a s IMP0f.TES3 or HARDWARE, FRONT, FIRST AND ViTJ' STS. PQRTLAN6, OR. E REAPER MOWER r- To the many superior poluts that li.ne characterized h old reliable Burltrj n Mowers have been added many now features lnolndlne a nower balanos f .r lifting the cutter bar, eta. D0Db'5 UMrtU oil principles aid HAND & SELF- DUMP HORSE HAY RAKES, HAY LOADERS t ,t t u A. ADRIANCE REAR DISCHARGE BINDER. The lightest, best balanced, most economical Binder made, 9 BUCKEYE STEEL FRAME BINDER. SCHUTTLER FARM & MARKET WAGONS, Vf 1 J 8CNO FOR 1603 J. H. CLARK, FIRST'MTIONS. BMK o o OF H THEME. Fays h. D. j Tlxe .AbiLezo-a 3VEeal3 IlVIIaxQsie'b FRANK BEAU proprietor. AFRESH MEAT ALWAYS ON o. HAM solicit the patronage of the public and eats at the lowest prices John Gillis. Going to buy any Household Furniture? IF ARE SO Be assured It pays Do not be influenced by what our opponents may say to eep you from coming to see our goods. Come and Bee for yourselves. We car ry a full and complete stock of Furniture, wall paper and underta ing goods. , Do You Disease commonly comes on with slight symptoms, which when neglected increase : in extent and gradually grow dangerous. " 917JS3TW RIPANS TABULES "WS5""' RIPANS TABULES MST RIPANS TABULES FwKt D,.S0R: t RIPANS TABULES Ripans Tabules Regulate tha System and Preserve the Health. lEASr ONE GIVES i SAVn t rr? rnr? - . CM t I - tl T lii i i-rn ii - PRl3TIIlG-ALUISDS0F!FEEsscmcE. PANY. Buggies; Racine Co's Hacks, the celebrated Wide-tire Bain wagon. Bill, DODD Co. IRON, STEEL, .VNT , V -""'-if' I J, Illlir M 2 STEEL HElbER' m lmjrovtE2ii!s, specially &$u to Oregon, fasllBjioi ail Jdaltfc -rf--Pi FULL CIRCLE Ail 5TPCI - t- i a II nnrnnrn Kfr i f0 HAY TEDDERS AHLTMflN'S STAR TRACTIOH . ENGINE. THE NEW STAR VIBRATOR An Entirely New Machine built on aew ami successful principles. FINE CARRIAGES, PHAETCRS. TOP BUGGIES, CARTS, ETC., FARRIERS CARRIAGE msrm and fine road wagoni CATALOGUE FRCC. Mng'r, Athena, O South side Main Street. CAPITAL STOCK, SURPLUS, $ 50000 $21,000 Interest on time deposits. Proper attention given to collections. Deals in foreign and domestic exchange. Lively, Cashier, Athena, Oregon in return will give yon the best of fresh FRANK BEAL. Dan Gilli Call on us andg et our Prices before going elsewhere to call on us GILLIS BROS TO TAKE 'JL QUICK TO ACT MANY A DOCTOR'S BILL. ,i i 1 n c i . "J brcijwvoc U ALL FARMERS Soma of them t FARMERS ALLIMCE -The Co-Operatlve Slore, at -Is in the Interests of- CLARK WALTER, Manager, CHAS. C.SHARP, Successor to N. A. Miller, PAINTER & PAPERHANGER Estimates bn all WorK Furnished. House painting, Decorating, Paper Hanging a specialty, Car riage Painting. P HOTOGRAPHS! DUAFTAfl 11 1 T1TTCI I PhoiCgraphs in Every S T XLE Callon WATTS, PHofolfiAPHER. 8ncecsor to Cantinlufcs, . Main St. Athena. Coppying and Enlarglnc, Viewing at eas- . onaoie rates, tau ana see mm. Cox, McRae & Co., Dealers In HARJIWARE farming Elements RUSHFORD .WAGONS, ' . G ATE CITY HACKS WOODS HARVESTING MACH INERY, AND EXTRAS OF ALL KINDS. Call and Get Prices. COX, McRae &, Co. Athena : ' THE ' ATHENA LIVERY STABLE J. M. SMETHERMAN, Prop'r. (Secceesor to J. A. Nelson.) NONE BUT FIRST-CLASS RIGS AND -SAFE TEAMS. STOCK BOARDED BY THE D4Y WEEK OR MONTH. Give Me a Trial. Corner Fourth & Current, Athena. ON SALE TO OMAIIA, KANSAS CITY, ST. PAUL, CHICAGO, ST. LOUIS, AND ALL POINTS EAST, NORTH AND SOUTH TimeTableof Trains: Passenger. No 5, from Athena to Spokane and interme diate poiufcj, leaves ; . 7:45 am No 6, from Athena to Portland and iDtermed- late points, leaves I p m Freight: No 41, from Pendleton to Spokane, leares Athena - . 400 p-mr No 42, from Spokane to Pendleton, leaves Athena . - - . 4:J5pm PULLMAN SLEEPERS, RECLINING CHAIR CVR and DINERS ... Steamers Portland to San Francisco every 4t Days. TICKETS fN DMFROM EUROPE For rates- and general information call on A. R. Bradley, Depot Ticket Agent, Athena, Oregon. W. H. HURLBUT, Asst. Gn. Pass. AjL2M Washington St.,FoKland, Oreson. Mm