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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.
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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
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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
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"Just-'.'.-:'
What
JOHN S. BAJK.ER,
The 2ndST
Man of
Court Street,
Pendleton,
Sells so Cheap.
Proprietor o
ELECTRIC BARBER SHOP.
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-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.