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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1893)
7 . w v. . f.l ' V l.i 1. i. 'If it' And itably Gave Asstf- . j . -.Woman' -JruthfufVti iMie nau iosi je iittifrtfiBa check given her at the da v nursery in the fair grounds in exchange for her bahy, and she was in a dread ful state of mind. To make mat tera worse the matron would not surrender the babe in the absence of the check, because childless mothers had been known to attempt to Bteal children from similar in situtions, claiming pretty youru sters and pretending 10 have lost their checks. T , 1 . in tins case ine woman was so homely and so plainly dressed and the baby of two years was so pret ty and so richly attired, that the matron's suspicions were - aroused "so check, no baby,", waa the concise summary of her decision The mother pleaded in vain and her tears flowed in torrents, so aw ful was the predicament in which she, a stranger alone in the city, was piacea. UT Jil l 1 1 1 t t Liei ine baoy aeciae, sne im plored. Matron Hall consented to the trial. Twenty youngsters of about the same age were ranged in a row in the nursery and the nearly crazed mother was admitted under promise that she would not speak or otherwise attract the attention oi tne loaaiors. me trial was brief and satisfactory. One cherub had no sooner'laid its eyes upon the tearful woman than it fairly howled: "Mammal Mammal" and ran to her as fast as possible. The mothor caught the little one to her breast, smothered it with her kiss. es and wept more copiously . than ever. The baby's evidence was ac cepted as conclusive proof. Chica go 1 nbune. The Farmer is a Crank The farmer is a crank because he wants to borrow money at 2 per cent, instead ot 12 to 10 per cent! Because he wants the govern ment to deal with him on the same basis that it does with other men! Because he wants more than 25 cents per bushel for his wheat and 7 cents a pound for cotton! Because he kicks against freight rates and causes the railroad own ers to become rich and him poor! .because he kicks against paying 75 per cent of the taxes when he owns 25 per cent of the property and half of thajt mortgage! Because he protests against a condition that condomns the real wealthproducers to a life of toil, while the speculator lives mluxur ous ease! Because he has discovered that he has been deceived by his political friend8(?)and has concluded to vote independently! Because he assumes to know anything at all about politics! Because ho refuses to be dictated to as in the past! , Because he refuses to be robbed and then vote for the robber! Because he has made up his mind to quit being a fool! I Oh, yes the farmer is a crank! -He was all, he was everything as long as he did just what the pol itician told him to do! . But when he decided to be some thing of a politician himself it was "just too awfully awful!" Besause he wanted to do his own thinking and acting he was the crankiest kind of a crank! Why don't he go on and support the bosses in fat offices as of old,' allowing them to steal him poor and then to go to the poor house? He wouldn't be a crank then! Oh, no! Ex. Gone to California. B. S. Paguo, Oregon's forecaster, has taken charge of California , weather and has located at San . Francisco. The Examiner says: , "Mr. Pague is from Portland, Ore., and for some time it is natural to expoct that ho will labor under the disadvantage of predicting 'rain' oftener than it comes. He will be Bomewhat in the position of the Mississippi valley farmer, told of in ancient history, who visited Ari zona and was tempted by the ap pearance of threatening clouds to venturo'an opinion that a shower would shortly ensue. The same antique chroniclo records that a dusty inhabitant of tho land of cactus replied: 'You may be right stranger, but tho chances are against you, as I have been here t for twenty years and it hasn't rained yet." Receives a Pardon. , The following, from tho Portland Telegram, will be of intorest to friends of Ilufus Haggard, a young -. man formerly a resident of Walla Walla and Milton: Gov Pcnnoy or has granted a full pardon to 11. B. Haggard, who was sentenced from this county to serve one year in , the ponitentiary for larceny, last Feburary. Haggard has been working as a trusty in the peniten tiary brickyard. The pardon res tores him to all the rights of citi zonship. ,. Speaking of the what-would-you do-if-you-were-a-man question, It was an unfeeling woman who said tsho supposed she would make a fool of herself like any other man. Affections of the bowels, so pre valent in children, cured, by Sim mons Liver Regulator, '' " d fr Japan. . ' .' ... e" i , -, ' r ' - A fEPOtfi the .Kurile '."sy. " -iA.Jea'ixhaated on tulTbfeanier Empress of India in mid-ocean when D. Law was re turning from Japan in September, and which has been in process of domestication for six weeks with some young tame pigeons on the rectory barn, was released from confinement a few days ago in the hope that hereafter he would prefer civilized pigeon life. The beauti ful bird remained about for two days, every few hours engaging in marvelous feats of rapid flight as if trying his wings. During these efforts he cut the air like a whip lash and Bhaved limbs of trees and eaves of buildings, as only a skill ful wing could do. On the third day, being apparently satisfied with his powers of flight, he rose in the morning high over St. Paul's church steeple until an atitude of at least 500 feet had been reached, then circling a few times he started with steady stroke for the west and was soon lost to view. As he has not been seen since, and several days have elapsed, he is doubtless look ing out upon the Pacific ocean by this time, and may make an at tempt to cross 500 miles of wintry sea to his island home. The leop ard cannot change his spot, nor the Ethiopean his skin. And neither, it would appear, can a wild dove change its instincts and cease to long for the scenes of its squad hood. Walla Walla Statesman. An Old Fight. The Walla Walla Statesman, in commenting on the probabilities of the division question in this county coming up at the next elec tionon says: The first gun for another division campaign in Umatilla county next June has been fired by citizens of the eastern end. It was in the shape of a mass meeting held at Weston on Saturday, the object purporting to be to adopt resolu tions condemning the county court and county clerk for their action m the much mooted Lee street bridge affair. 1 he citizens of Milton do sire that an injunction suit be com menced against the payment of certain county scrip issued in pay ment for the construction of this bridge within the corporate limits of Pendleton The meeting was not as well at tended as anticipated and Weston did not seom to bo;in sympathy with Milton, lit seems to be fight between the latter town, and Pendleton and is probably the commencement of another division campion with Wilton in the role of champaign for the eastern end. Umatilla county will never be divided, however, while Athena, Weston and Milton cannot agree. It has always been a three corner ed fight, and so it will continue unless Athena and Weston could pool and incorporate under the same name. What Does He Buy. tho question, "What does a man buy when he purchases the title to a farm'? ' has often been asked, but not satisfactorily deter mined. From the latest decision on ' the subject, savs the Globe- Democrat, it is plain that he buys the ground, of course, and all the buildings erected on it, whether they are mentioned or not. He also buys all the fences, but not material once used, then taken down and laid aside, nor material purchased for a ne:v fence, unless these are specially mentioned. He also buys all adjuncts necessary to the farm except implements and machinery. For instance, if there is a pile of bean poled cut and once used they are the sellers property, unless specified as sold. Standing tree3 and trees that have fallen or blown down go with tho ground, but if cut down and made into cord wood, they become per sonal and must be specified in the sale. Camped With the Party. The latest news from Missoula, received by telegraph on Wednes day, is to the effect that the relief party from'tort Missoula in search of the Carlin hunting party has been recalled and all search aban doned. A man named Larson. iving near Lolo, camped with the hunting party about three weeks ago on the middle fork of the Clear water. They were with a couple of French boys who have prospect ed there, and are well supplied with food for the winter, having 500 pounds of flour and plonty of meat. The relief pnrtv from the fort can only return by the way of the trail, and all transportation will be left where it is until spring, as it is impossible to get it out this winter. What' His Brand. A Missouri editor says he has a subscriber who gets drunk every little while and invaribly insists upon paying a year's subscription. He has his paper paid for in ad vance up to 192G. We wish tho editor of the paper would find out what brand of whisky tho fellow drinks and send us a" few gallons. Wo will pay him a goqd price for it, and if it proves what he says, we will take a barrel. Pimples, blotches, sores, and their cause, removed by Simmons Liver Regulator. UNKS, It has been ascertained by Prof. Ker- not, of the Jlelbourn university, Aus tralia, that the usually assumed weight of 80 to 100 pounds per square foot, pro duced by a dense crowd of persons, may be largely exceeded. As illustration - of the inconven iences of too much learning is furnished by a page in an encyclopedia where appears: "Sweet flag, see Acorns; Sweet gum, see Liquidamber; Sweet pea, see Lathyrus; Sweet potato, see liatatas." A tbact on the Great Northern rail road was delayed for some time recent ly while crossing the long bridge near Blaine, Wash., by a steer which per sisted in walking the entire length of the bridge on the ties in front of the train. A Baltimore invention is designed to outwit train robbers. It is a double safe lock for express car safes. Should the messenger be attacked he throw the combination on lock No. 2 and the safe can then be opened only at the terminal station. It has been said that the world pays most to those who kill generals and great lords; next most to those who amuse singers and actors, while those who preach, teach and write for the papers come along somewhere near the bottom of the list. In splitting open a log at Middles borough, Ky., workmen discovered a dark-brown spherical mass, which proved to be a toad. It was at first perfectly lifeless, but upon coming in contact with the air showed signs of life and soon began to hop. PEOPLE OF NOTE. Uncle Timothy Dyer, aged 93, the oldest resident of Vinal Haven, Me., recently caught with a hook and line, from a small.boat, a halibut weighing 823 pounds. Mrs. Blount, the ex-commissioner's wife, says that some of the native women she met in Honolulu were as cultivated and refined as any women she ever saw. . , Babon Hibsch has sold Italian rentes to the amount of 1,000,000, and has in vested the amount in American rail road securities, including some low priced stocks which pay no dividends. Austin Corbin is the leading spirit Y and chief promoter of the proposed un derground railway system for the city of New York. His plans involve the expenditure of about 8100,000,000. Gov. Markham, of California, has spent all his vacations in the moun tains in the southern part of his state for fourteen years past. He camps in the woods and is an ardent fisherman. HAPPY THOUGHTS. Love is said to be blind, but it us ually gets there ahead of the old man just the same. Galveston News. "Well, Anna, have you found the rose for my hair yet?" "Yes, madam; but now I cannot find the hair." Flle gende Blaetter. Stbange to say, many brokers are best pleased With the stock market when it is simply unbearable. Boston Commercial Bulletin. Br the way why doesn't the con ductor punch the train-robber? He might at least give him a check. Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Does your friend, the star actor, flraw well?" "The only time I ever knew him draw a full house was when he was playing poker." N. Y. Press. Watts "How did you come out in your little wrestle with the" Chicago wheat market?" Potts "I went after wool and got worsted." Indianapolis Journal. LITERARY CLIPPINGS. Sib Henry Bessemeb, the inventor, now in his eightieth year, is writing a sketch of his life. " The Harpers are said to have on hand more than fifty thousand dollars' worth of accepted manuscripts. ; Cowfer loved pets, and had at one time five rabbits, three hares, two guinea pigs, a magpie, a jay, a star ling, two canary birds, two dogs, a 'retired cat" and a squirrel. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes says he docs not feel half so old now as he did at twenty-seven. Probably he is much younger, despite his years, than the average young man of seventeen. Ibsen's deepest regret is that he docs not speak English, and cannot, therefore, reach the hearts of the peo ple. Nearly all the other dramatio writers seem to be trying to reach their pockets. ! ODD CORNERS. Norway men cannot vote unless they have been vaccinated. , Australia's summer is said to be so hot that matches accidentally dropped on the ground-often become ignited.,. In Turkish Asia Minor such is the condition of the roads that the freight of a ton of grain one hundred miles would be over forty-five dollars. The Eskimo Bulletin is the only journal published in the arctic circle.. It is printed at Capo Prince of Wales, Alaska, and is issued only once a year. The inhabitants of Thibet are the dirtiest people on earth. Not only do they never wash, but when once full growth has been attained they never take oil their clothes. When the gar ments they wear become old others arc put over them. i j . i ABOUT OURSELVES. i Tuk largest apes have only sixteen ! ounces of brain. The lowest men have thirty-nino. - Human blood is composed of T7.8 ptirtH of wyt or, 0.8 of albumen, 14.1 of coloring mutter and 1.0 of saline. The amount of air that a man can iuhale in twenty-four hours will fill seventy-eight hogsheads and weigh fifty -three pounds. Manx species of bacteria aro bene ficial Instead ot hurtful to man. Many of them manufacture the . necessary i food for useful plants. I count him a rascal who tries to get full work out of a half-fed horse. Mant people ride "over the hill to the poorhouse" in the do-nothing sled. The road to fortune la well traveled, but too many are headed in the wrong direction. Some men have sense enough but are too indifferent to go to the trouble of using it. American Agriculturist , "missing ' J.F.FOK Of ltf Moines, ! Murcli , . 15. Med. mfo. ,y Dufur, OregJi. Gentlemen: On arring home last week, I found all well and anxiously awaiting, Our little girl, eight and one-half years old, who had wasted away to 39 pounds, is now well, strong and vigorous, and well fleshed up. S. B. Cough Cure has done its work well. Both of the children liKe it. Your S. B. Cough Cure has 2ured and kept away all hoarsness . trom me. bo give it to every one, wun greetings lor all all. Wish ing you prosperity, we are ' Yours, Mr. & Mrs. J. P. Ford If you wlHh to feel fresh and cheerful, and eady for the Bprlng't work, cleanm your siyHtom with the Headache and Liver Cure, "j w"B fcwwur lurceuottec e&en wees. 50 cent per bottle by all druggists. Sold under a positive guarantee by the ST. NICHOLS : : : : SHAVING PARLORS, NEXT TO HOTEI , First-Class Work Guaranteed Ladles Shampooing C. L. REEVES, a specialty Proprietor ATHENA RESTAURANT . Mrs Hardin, Proprietress. II. P. Miluen, Manager. Main Street bet. Second and Third Can be recommended to the pub lic as farst-class in every particular.- , None but White Help Employed, MEALS AT ALL HOURS. DAY OR NIGHT. Sappers for Special Occasions :, IS 85 .''' - THE- ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL J.W. Frocms & Son, Props Tho ' Only First-Class . - Hotel : in the City. ;. 4nd the only one that can accommodate commercial men and travelers. IHE ST. NICHOL HOTEL Can be recommended for its clean and well ventelated rooms, in which will ; be found everything congenial Ihe'dining rooms ate under the supervision of Mrs. rroome and the table is sup plied with the best the market affords. ATHENA, OREGON. PROF. J. S. HENRY, INSTRUCTOR ON ' PIANO' AND' ORGAN Will be in Athena on Thursday's and Wed nesdays of eucn week hereafter. Leave order with b . Kozenswelg, at J. w. UoUib' Athena. -THE- COMMERCIAL Livery, Feed it 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. Q. M. FROOME. Carats, and TrU-Mrks obtained, and all Fat. eat business conducted for Moor rati rets. Our Office it Orroam o. 8. FTtHTOmct and we can aecurt pattnt in less time Uiau those remote from Washington. Send model, drawing or photo,, with descrip tion. We atfTise, ii patentable or not, free of charge. Our fee not due till patent is secured. A PaMm.rr, "How to Obtain Patents," with cost of snm in the V. S. and fereigaoouotrict sent free. Address, C.A.GUOW&CO. Op. Patent Optic tti asmimbtqm. B- C. i J. Bloch & Co, have just re ceived a large stock of ladic's and Misse's cloaks and jackets, of the latest designs, and are selling them very cheap. See them before pur chasing for the fall and winter. It Xf"! xal 11111 WE WILL TAi I So. WHEAT i I AT Per Bushel on All 1 8 I k Subscript Accounts. ARE YOU A HUNTER 7 Send Postal Card for illustrated : Catalogue of lmcnester Repeating (WAV .44- D WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS COMPANY ;";'v NEW HAVEN, CONN. JWWJWMHWWJWfJ 3 What Is the condition of yours? Is your hair dry, harsh, brittle? Does It split at the ends? Has It a lifeless appearance? Does it fall out when combed or brushed ? Is it full of dandruff? Does vour scaln itch ? I& It Ant nf In n hMfrl Anjf ftinn 9 If itiAcA nrn catiia nt your symptoms be warned in tiaie or you will become bald. JjJ Skookum Root Hair Grower! Is what yon need. Its nrottuetlnn fs ru.san accident, hut tta rosnltof aefAntlfta 8? research. Knowledge of tne rjoi dow (o treat mem. "HKooiiiim "contains ucituer minerals nor oils. I lnotalye,butdellghtfui!5rcoilug find refreshing Toni. By stimulatltii the follicles, it stop ailing iuur, cu,n aundrvjf and grow hair en bait ktads. tV Seen the scalp clean, healthy, and free from Irritating eruptions, hy sC the use ot Skookum Skin Ooajh It destroys jMimstk inxcots.wUich feed on ST and dertroy tht hair. : sf If your druggist cannot supply you sond direct to tu, and we will forward, J1 prepaid, on receipt of price. Grower, 31.00 per bottle ; t tut 13.00. Soap, Wo. Z" per jar ; 6 for $2.50. , . m THE SKOOKUri ROOT HAIB CiROWER CO. . 5 3s TtS aitiwi 07 South mini Htmr ' OOOa.XXXOOOOOOOCH3 Disease commonly a s f symptoms, which when neglected increase in extent and gradually grow dangerous. ST'E:? RIPANS TABULES fMt cf0R:;-E RIPANS TABULES Mparts Tabules Regulate iAa Sysfem and Preserve the HedUl. s fURY GIVES SAVE RELIEF. ' Sold ONE 1 PR1UTIIIP ALI- KINDS rtllli I - - r. 1 I 1 , - to W:. 1' 1 ;ion .... lifles Repeating Shot Guns Ammunition diseases ot tho hair and scalp led to the dlaoor- sc it sr" I'lltu Avenue, Kcw York, jr. T. Ji - ' ' . : ' comes on with slight TCI TWF MANY A DOCTOR'S BILL. by Druggist Ererywhere. CF DOME AT THE PEESS CFF1 ill , Mi. in uttitk. , - Grain Dealers, . ARE STILL;. "HERE GRAIN BAGS FOR SALE. DAVE TAYLOR AGENT. Athena, - ; Oregon. - CHA8.C. SHARP, Successor to N. A. Miller, PAINTER & PAPERH ANGER Estimates on all WorK Furnished. House painting, Decorating, Paper Hanging a specialty, Car ' '' riage Painting. HOT0GRAPHS! ;; . PHOTOGRAPHS! Photographs in Everv STYLE -Call on- s. THE BOSS .PHOTOGRAPHER. 8nceesor ta Cnmnitngg, Main St. Athena. Coppying and Enlarging, Viewing at eas onable rates. Call and see him. Cox, McRae cfc Co., 'Dealers In HARDWARE And- '- -' FARMING JMPLEMEHTS RUSIIFORD WAGONS, GATE CITY .HACKS P WOODS HARVESTING MACH f INERY, AND EXTRAS OF J 'ALL KINDS. LL Call and Get Prices. " COX, McRae &Cfo, Athena " j THE ATHENA LIVERY STABLE Xtf: SmethermettVosterTPrrS f (Seccee8or to J. A. Nelson.) i v... . f NONE BUT FIRST-CLASS RIGS 1AHD SAFE TEAMS. ' STOCK BOARDED BY THE DAY WEEK OR MONTH. ' Give Me a Trial. Corner Fourth & Current, Athena. TICKETS On Sale OMAHA, KANSAS CITY, ST PAUL, CHICAGO, ST. LOUIS, AND ALL POINTS EAST, NORTH AND SOUTH TimeTableof Train s: mixed- no. 3, from Pendleton arrives and leaves northern Ttnintant 11 9rt n. m H itr No. i, from Spokane ,and northern points arrives and leaves for Pendleton 6 15 p. m. PULLMAN SLEEPERS, COLONIST SLEEPERS, RECLINING CHAIR CARS and DINERS ... Steamers Portland to San Francisco every 5 Days. TICKETS AMtTHOM EUROPE For rates and eeneral infn....:-- Catl on A. R. Bradlev. Agent, Athena, Oregon. S, II. HClahk, ) Oliver W. Misx, f Becehties E. Eixeby Anderson,) W. H. ETJRLBrjT, AmU Gesu Pass. Afi. Tt. ? f