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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1895)
i " ATHENA PRESS Published Cvry Friday Morning By J, W. SMITH, Proprietor. F, B. Both, Editor. Entered at Athena postofflce as gecond-clwis mall matter. ' . -; - ' Subscription "Rates : Per year, In advance, - - Single cop let, In wrappers, 6c Advertising fiata: - Local reading notices, first Insertion, 10c per line. Each subsequent Insertion, 5c. All communications should be addressed to he PRESS, Athena, Oregon. , ATHENA, ' MAY 24 1895, Announcement was made through the columns of Umatilla county papers last week to the effect that the annual session of the Umatilla county Pioneer Association would ba held in Weston on June 6 and 7. The president of the Association now says all preparations have been re voked and no meeting of the Pion neers will be had, owing to "hard times." Times are hard 'tis true, but does it cost any more to fill up your baskets and attend the sess ions of this truly interesting gath ering this year, than it has at any time of the past? We think not. The pioneers are just as ready to meet this year and hav8 a good time together in speech making stories of pioneer life, etc, as they have ever been. And meet they could, but for the red-tape that makes the association a Weston in stitution when in reality it should belong to the county, and not have a stereotyped place of meeting. If the members of the association would cut the red-tape that binds them to Weeton as a meeting place to hold their sessions, there are towns in Umatilla county, among which is Athena, that are prepared at all times to raise the necessary money to insure these annual meetings of the old pioneers a suc cess. .! ,., ' It must be a very stupid indivi dual who does not realize that the sentiment in favor of tho free and unlimited coinage of silver has thoroughly captured the popular mind. If the American people are fully determined to put in opera tion this system of finance they should certainly have the privilege. Hurling such epithets as "gold bugs" and "silvcroons" at each other is a piece of supreme folly. The way to demonstrate the truth of any theory is to try it. This is the people's government, and it is nobody's business but theirs if they want to adopt a system of finance independent of all other civilized governments. Trfe consequences ara theirs, bode they good or evil. Let the question come squarely beforo tho people, and give them what they want. . Tiik action of Gov. McGraw of Washington,in refusing to designate eight men to go to the silver con vention that is to meet today at . Salt Lake City, was properly re buked at Spokane one day last week. But it should be remember ed that J. II. McGraw, the politic lial boss and ringater at Seattle, is now styled and wears the dignified appelative, his excellency the gov ernor. Besides this Mr. McGraw is, or was the president ot the First National Bank of Seattle, and there fore has a double interest in not favoring silver in any form what ever, says the Tomahawk. The people of Spokane are evidently alive to all the make shifts of the governor and will remember J. II. McGraw and meet him later. Get your gun ready. A swind ler is abroad in the land, offering a box containing 3G pieces of soap for a dollar, and he gives as a prize a rubber door mat with the initials of the purchaser upon it. He do livers the soap, which is a fraud, and promises to deliver the mat as soon as it can be manufactured with the owners name on, collects the dollar, and vanishes, to be seen no more. : f Our estemed republican contem porary, the Pendleton Tribune, ris es in its dignity, and says; "It looks now as if the republic an clubs of this country "will not be represented as fully nt Portland as the activity taken in the election of delegates in this city indicated. Since it has been learned that an effort will be made to place on rec ord all members as to their views on the financial question, the as tute politician will naturally enough find that owing to pressing busi ness engagements, his presence at the meeting of state clubs in Port land will unfortunately be preclud ed." A court in Levenworth, Kan., has ordered Dr. Keeley to reveal the formula of his celebrated cure, under the penalty of being mulct ed in, the sum of $100,000. At the same time a Milwaukee court has permanently enjoined the doc tor from making" the revelation. "Law," as the fellow said, "is a son of a gun." Think a moment, Don't you ar rive at the conclusion that a cream ery would pay in Athena? There are over 200 milch cows within a radius of 7 miles of town, the milk product of which would support a good creamery in first class shape. Tell your neighbor about it and hear what he says. Wages went down and mills were closed under the McKinley law, Now, wages are going up in nearly all the manufacturing es tablishments, and the closed estab lishments have resumed business. An advance in wages of 10 per cent, has just been made in several manufactories.. Speaker Crisp recently said that the democratic nominee for presi dent next year will be a Western man with a military record. Won der if be didn't mean the redoubt able Thomas Waite, of Salem, the man who captured the cannon from Gov. Pennoyer? ' Five million cans of tomatoes were put up in this country last year. And yet there are people living in this country who can remember when tomatoes were not eaten. They were called love apples, and were raised for ornaments. On the 24th day of May, Queen Victoria will be 76 years old. She will then have reigned 58Vyears the longest reign of any monarch of the 19th century. It is rumored that she will abdicate in the favor of the Prince of Wales." The Chicago Inter-Ocean, one" of the strongest republican papers in the West, is one of the most out spoken advocates of free silver in the United States. Verily, the the world do move. This country is fast learning that every man elected to office is not a statesman. We need more states men, though, and fewer politicians and professional office-seekers. Hush! Don't make any fuss about it, but jusi inform your re publican acquaintance that the ap ology demanded from Spain by Secretary Gresham is on deck. Everybody should carry a big lot of insurance on his life. It will enable his wife to marry again. And the other fellow will have a good time on it. John McLean, of the Cincinnati Enquirer, has purchased a control iDg interest in the New York Morn ing Journal and will hereafter make that paper Democratic. The political party, that expects to win next year must go in the fight with harmony as its counter sign it matters not who comes there, After all, it is the fellow who knows when not to talk and who has the will power to act in accord ance with that knowledge who is truly wise. As an advertisement a Chicago firm on last Monday sold half eag les for $4.75 and silver dollars for 90 cents. v . In nearly all the municipal elec tions in North Carolina on Mon day last the Democrats were vic torious. Dr. Price' Cream Baking Powder World's Pair Hlgheat Jttodal u Diploma. HAS NEVER BEEN REFUNDED. Million of Money Owed the Govern ment by 28 States. An interesting question has been raised whether, in view of the de pleted condition of the treasury, the twenty-six states of the union which, in 1837, received from the general government deposits amounting fo over $28,000,000 could not be made to refund. Early in 1836, congress found the government in possession of be tween $40,000,000 and $50,000,000 for which it had no present need, or any suitable place for safe keep ing. Un J une 16 of tnat year an act was passed authorizing the sec retary of the treasury to deposit under certain specified conditions all of thia money, with the excep tion of $5,000,000, with diffeient states on their assuming the obli gation of payment on demand. The sum of money which each of the twenty-six states received is stated in several reports of the sec retaries of the treasury . to have been as follows (cents . omitted): Maine, $955,838; New Hampshire, 669.086; Vermont, 669,086; Massa chusetts, $1,338,173; Connecticut, $764,670; Rhode Island, $382,335; New York, $4,014,520; Pennsylva nia, 2,867,514; New Jersey, $764 670; Ohio, $2,007,200; Indiana, $860,254; Illinois. $477,919; Michi gan, $286,751; Delaware, $286,755; Maryland, $955,838; Virginia, $2 198,427; North Carolina, $1,433,757 South Carolina, 1,051,422; Georgia, $1,051,422; Alabama, $669,085; Louisiana, $477,919; Tennessee, $1,433,757; Mississippi, $582,335; Kentucky, $1,433,657; Missouri, $382,335; Aakansas, $286,751. In his annual report for 1895, the-United States treasurer says: "The fiction that these deposits amounting to $28,101,633 may some day become available has ceased to be held. It is a very sin gular fact that the records of the treasury department do not show that any demand ha3 ever been made on these for the payment of this money It seems to be the general opinion that an act of con gress would be necessary before steps could be taken to compel a payment, but whether such an act will be passed through congress is extremely doubtful, in view of the fact that the representatives of the 26 states in both houses would be interested in its defeat." Donna Inez. What is that rum bling noise in the street? It makes tad nervous. Don Manuel. Don't be frighten ed, dear. It is only a revolution; or perhaps, an earthquake. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder Awarded Gold Medil Midwinter Flr, San Fmncljco. How's This. We offer Ons Hundred dollars Reward for any case 6f Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Oure. F J. Cheney A Co., Props, Toleds, O - We the underHlKed have known K. J. Chen ey for the last 15 years, and believes him per fectly honorable In all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obliga tions made by their firm. West t Truax, Wholesale Druggist, Toledo, (. Waldlng, Kin nan fe Marvin, Wholesale DrnKirist, Toledo, Ohio. Hairs Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, act ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Price, 7.5c, per bottle. Bold by all Druggists. Testimonials free. THE ' WANT COLUMN. Some of the Tragedies of the Small Ad vertisements. Did you ever answer an advertise ment in tho want column and learn after long days of waiting that you were not wanted? Did you ever insert a timid "want" yourself and have no other satisfaction than the meager one of reading it in print? Then you have no skill to read between the lines of your newspaper, says Kate Field's Washington. Take any three advertisements, for work in a New York daily and try to see the man or woman it represents: "Wanted Gentlemen boarders, in a private family." I knew a woman who resolved on such a plan, being tired of dressmaking and thinking this an easier task. She met with but what few women would have won success. She had no lack of boarders, but after a few months' trial she decided, with a very weary Bmile, that of the two horrors, dressmaking was the least to be dreaded. Head the next: "Wanted A few more music scholars." If I should guess at the number of answers to this I would say none at all; and here, again, even success would mean, to all but a few, defeat. Of music it is true more than of any other kind of instruction, that the teacher must bo born; but I imagine that this teacher who needs (scholars is not born, she is made by circumstances. If sho loves rausie, she is tortured by tho sound of tho dear old piano played by careless little fin gers. I am so very sorry for this due that I am glad to turn away. In another "A young man of twenty three wants a position to do anything." Is it possible that there is any man who has reached the age of twenty-three and learned no more about the world? Who would daro to employ a man of such wide ability? This is even more sad than the other two, for the trouble this time is In the man himself. What these three advertisements reveal is an utter lack of practical knowledge and of how to make one's way in tho world, and the fault is with tho parents. A man who gives his children absolutely no means of support is more cruel than the man who leaves his little one to die in the street It is the fashion in these days to bring up one's sons and daugh ters in luxury, accustom them to the thought that "what is will always be," and, at the first hint of misfortune, to commit suicide and leave them more ignorant of how to earn their own p bread than the little girl who tries to sell you paper flowers. A man recently received eighty answers to a single advertisement for a typewriter! Yet at this moment there are thousands learning to use a type writer and actually expecting to get a position at once. If Christ were here He might ask again: '.'Can ye not dis cern the signs of the times?" What the "want" column preaches is very plain that our young men and women must be taught to do what the world wants, and unless they learn how they are fit for nothing but to fig ,ure as object-lessons in the "want" col umn of some newspaper. , ". How Bo Kroko tho Jeo. Many diffident persons find the . be ginning of a conversation awkward, especially on ceremonious occasions and with strangers. Sometimes, how- ever, the ljeginning w noi nan so wk ward as what comes afterward. Ac cording to a story in Punch, a bashful young man said to a lady at a dinner party: "I've got to take you in to din ner, Miss Travers, and I'm rather afraid of you, you know. Mrs. Jolibois tells me you're very clever." The young lady was naturally amused by thia dis play of simplicity. "Bow absurd!" she exclaimed. , "I'm not a bit clever." The man heaved a sigh of relief, and an swered: "Well, do you know, I thought yon weren't." Drawback In Gunboat Ufa. ' The attention of the British admiral ty has been called to the one serious drawback the modern steel ship pos sesses, namely, the death-like coldness of the interior walls. It is possible, in deed, to wsnn the ship with steam, but nothing can warm the sides in cold weather, and the man that sleeps near the unsympathetic steel is liable to contract rheumatism in the unconscious effort to warm A. jr. IF-AJRIKIEIR, sn AVING, THE HAIRCUTTTNG, SHAMPOOING, IIAIRSINGING, In Latest Styles. V W P. LEACH, mm SUCCES the ;: ; ' .; LEADING FURNITURE DEALER IF YOU WISIITO borrow money on real estate, Sell or buy farm or city property; have your life in sured; have your property insured against fire in the best companies in the world; invest money at j cood interest and have it well secured; have Deeds, Mortgages, Contracts, Leases, etc., drawn correctly, call on W. T. OILMAN, Athena, Ore. He represents the following first-class fire insurance companies: Phoenix, Ilome, Royal, Ger man, Caledonian and North west. m writes his own policies and guarantees correctness, and at the lowest rates at which responsible com panies will take risks. He has the agency for the Equitable Life Insurance Co., the best of any Athena Bakery And . . . Cash. Grocery 5k Will Sell...... Maple syrup, 1 gal can . . .60c. Golden Poppy syrup i gal. 50c Corn Meal, 10 lbs 35c Rice, 14 lbs..'........ . ..$1 Every thing else in the Grocery line at bottom Prices. ... . A. SCIINAEBELE. Prop'r. iH O. Worthington, Proprietor YOU CAN BUY WITH SILYER : A Sulky Plow for $ 45 OO A 16 inch Walking Plow for 17 OO A 14 inch Chilled Plow for . . . 11 OO A3 Section Harrow for 16 OO A Gang Plow for 65 OO A Buggy for. 75 OO A 4 Spring Hack for. 90 00 ARoadCart for................. .. . 25 00 Lime Per Ikiri-el... ................. 1 50 Cement Per Barrel... ...... .s. 5 00 A 14 Bar Seeder for . ... . . ............. 65 00 We have the goods in stock and will sell them to you at the prices named. All fist class goods. THE C. -A BAEBETT CO. ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE ATHENA PRESS ARE READ BY THE PEOPLE. it by the sacrifice of bis own vital heat. On rery cold days the closed air ports will drop icicles, and the seaward wall of a stateroom will be aa cold as icat . , T res ting Man. One of the uses of thorns la to pro tect the plant from animals which feed on herbage. Says La Nature: Nearly all plants that have thorns in their wild state lose them after generations of cultivation. It is as if plants brought under the protection of man gradually lay down their arms and trust them selves entirelv to his protection. Furniture Did You Say? Furniture - , IS ' "Just-'.'.-:' What JOHN S. BAJK.ER, The 2ndST Man of Court Street, Pendleton, Sells so Cheap. Proprietor o ELECTRIC BARBER SHOP. sr- i .vijp k - " !. ":;:! i . . .( v : ; ! ' .- v .i -SUCCESSOR TO -N. A. MILLER, H.O.Worthington L-eWder of Low Price. ( What Cash will Buy Costa Rica Coffee, No. 1, 4 J lbs for $1; Luckles' family Savon soap per box, $1; Illinois Corn, 8 cans for $1; Tomatoes, 8 cans, $1; Peach es, 8 cans, $1; Rising Sun Syrup, 5 gallon bucket, $2.25; Pickles, plain or mixed, 5 gal kegs, $1.40; American Lye, 10 cans, $1; Rolled Oats, 20 lbs for $1. : : : Sugar and other staple Goods sold on Very small margins. Remember THE WESTON CORNER GROCERY.