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ATHENA, AUGUST 30th, 1895.
In pregon, as in any other agri
cultural state, the farmer that
makes farming pay, works hard
and intelligently, but it is a fact
that in portions of the state, where
alfalfa is a staple crop, one can
make a living with lees work, than
anywhere else on earth. Alfalfa is
better than a bank account, for
draw on it as you may, it always
will show a balance to your credit.
It is equal to an artesian well for
live water, and bores to reach it.
Cattle live on it, hogs fatten on it.
A hungry horse want3 nothing bet
ter. For filling a milk can U'beats
the pump. Once etatted on your
land, it will stay with you like a
KuRsian thistle or a first class
mortgage. , With a twenty-acre
alfalfa field two milk cows and a
herd of hogs, a farmer is ''healthy,
wealthy and wise."
Senator McBride of Oregon is
in favor of electing United States
senators by a direct vote of the peo
ple. Here are his reasons for it:
"It would bo well for the senators
in congress to receive their election
directly from the people that the
senators themselves may know and
feel that their trust has been dele
gated to them by the people and
not by the few men, howsoever
able and worthy, who hold the elec
tive power under the present sys
tem. I think, too, that the elec
tion of senators by popular vote
would remove from Jhe minds of
the masses prejudice which, though
often a mistaken one, exists against
the senators as a body, that does
not feel it3elf directly responsible
to the people themselves."
A meeting of the business men
of Salem and. the farmers of the
surrounding country was held re
cently for the purpose of taking
stops toward the establishment of a
creamery. The project met with
favor, and a committeo was appoin
ted to canvass the business men
and farmers to ascertain how much
will be subscribed to the enterprise,
The business men of the capitol
city have taken a step in the right
direction. Athena could inaugu
rate this movernqnt to successful
advantage to herself and to the
farmer in precisely the same way.
The money question docs not af
ford a test of any man's Democracy
There are as good Democrats on
one side as on the other. It will
not do to say that the man who
favors the free coinage of silver is
not a Democrat, or thai thd man
ho opposes' it is not a Democrat,
is a question upon which good
mocrats may and do widolv.dif-
ew libel law tegarding
s, passed by the Illinois
ist winter, has been un-
repealed at the re
gion of that august
e or tlie new law
of retractions
and providing
Jier than ex
ges where
pay.
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while the well known name of that
veteran writer, Mrs. Abigail Scott
Duniway, who a quarter xf a cen
tury ago launched the "New North
west" on the journalistic sea, tops
the editorial page. We wish the
nw paper success.'
The Wallowa Chieftain says if
J. L. Carter hag any friends left
they should, call him off. That
paper thinks he should be satisfied
with his present soft snap and let
the school superintendent care flrop
There is some.satisfaction in know
ing that the all important subject
of education in Union county is be
ing well looked after by a' compe
tent official, Mies Nellie Stevens.
A petition for a rehearing in the
case of J. B. Eddy, railroad com
missioner, vs. Secretary of State H.
R. Kincaid has 'been filed in the
supreme court. The people the
taxpayers of Eastern Oregon sin
cerely hope that the rehearing will
be granted tbe petitioner, and offer
up a prayer that the commission
ers may be ousted.
A man and his wife in Kansas
spent a fortune in suing each other
for divorce. After they had gotten
rid of all their money they conclu
ded to live happily together in pov
erty. This is a new demonstra
tion of the theory that the way to
get any satisfaction out of wealth
is to spend it.
An editor who takes produce in
exchange for subscriptions and ad
vertising space, has been asked to
give his views' on the money ques
tion. "Money is," he says, "so far
as we are concerned, the essence of
things hoped for and the substance
of things not seen."
Ex-Senator Ingalls says the pop
ulist party is "not wholly defunct,
but is on its death-bed, ill with an
incurable malady; its pulse flutters
its respiration is labored; its tem
perature is low. The undertaker
is waiting." .
Benjamin Harrison has again
taken occasion to Bay, "I am out of
politics." Many others in these
United States could say as much'
and not be accused of prevarica
ting. AMONG TOYMAKERS.
HIM A nulla B. Edwards Talis of What Bha
Saw In tha Howes of Bt. Ulrlch.
In her story of the toymakers of the
Tyrol, Miss Amelia li. Edwards, in her
"Untrodden Peaks," mentions many an
Interesting visit to the homes of the
working people'of St. Ulrich, where so
many toys are made.
"In one house," runs the account,
"we found an old, old woman at work,
Magdalcna Polduuf by name. She
carved cats, dogs, wolves, sheep, goats
and elephants. She has made these six
animals her wholo life long, and she
has no idea how to cut anything else.
She makes them in two sizes, and Bhe
turns out as nearly as possible a thou-'J
sand of them a year. She has no model
or drawing of any kind to work by, but
goes on steadily, unerringly, using
gouges of different sizes and shaping
out her cats, dogs, wolves, sheep, goats
and elephants with an ease and an
amount of truth to nature that would
be clever if it were not utterly mechan
ical. Magdalena Faldauf learned from
her mother how to carve these six ani
mals, and her mother had learned, in
like manner, from her grandmother.
Magdalona has now taught the art to
her own granddaughter; and so it will
go on being transmitted for genera
tions." In another house Miss Edwards found
the whole family carving skulls and
crossbones for fixing at the buses of
crucifixes, for the wood carving of
Groduer Thai is religious in its nature
as Well as amusing. In other houses
there were families that carved rock
ing horses or dolls or other toys, and in
still other houses there were families
of painters.
"In one house," says the gifted
authoress, "we found about a dozen
girls painting gray horses with black
points. In another house they painted
only red horses with white points. It
is a separate branch of the trade to
paint saddles and headgear. A good
hand will paint twelve dozen horses a
day, each horse being about one foot in
length, and for these she is paid fifty-
five soldi, or about t xro shillings three
pence English."
PARTIES OF SHOPPERS.
AaaanpUah Let and Try tha Clarka Mora
Thaa Uwm aa IoaUrldaal.
It there any season of the year when
women dont "shop?"
I suppose there must be, but I declare
whenever I visit one of the mammoth
emporiums, it is filled with the fair
ones,, as busy aa bees.
They generally hunt in couples, or
even in threes or fours, and the shop
men and women rather resent this.
For, if Miss Jones is alone, she baa
only one mind to make up. But a quar
tette means four times the work, or
so the employes have often assured
me. "
For instance:
"Oh. that's Just lovely! I've been
looking for that allay. Caa you let
have fourteen " '
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quite sure it won't be becoming.
"Oh, then wait! You needn't cut
lhat off. IH look at something else.
The shopman pockets his scissors,
and brings out a sigh instead, for the
bevy in time float away, and that aale
i dished.
THE HORSELESS AGE
ElMtrielty Will Moon Drive tha Ttt ml
Anlsul Off tha Straat,
Dr. Chauncey M. Depew, who was
asked whether he thought the horse
was doomed, 6aid:"I imagine that one
fine morning we will wake up with ap
paratus ready to take us to our offices
by an automobile carriage, or, per
chance, through the air. But in spite
of my full belief in the electric carriage
of the future I doubt whether the serv
ices of the horse will ever be entirely
dispensed with. I cannqt conceive our
active Americans adapting themselves
to the pursuit of pleasure in carriages
moved by electricity or ' by any other
kind of motor but- the horse. What
has made the bicycle so universally
popular but the one fact that it per
mits of action on the part of the rider,
that it affords excitement? For similar
reasons the carriage horse will al
ways have friends and admirers; his
style, action and movement cannot be
duplicated or imitated. As to the
ordinary .everyday horse, he is certain
ly doomed. The extent to which elec
tricity has discredited and replaced
him is exemplified by the fact that it
no longer pays to breed horses that
command but a moderate price."
Evarr Ilorse It Own Doctor.
A striking instance of animal in
stinct, or "horse sense," is revealed by
the actions of. an old horse owned by
Henry Boot, a prosperous farmer of
Wissahickon, says the Philadelphia In
quirer. Mr. Root's horse ,hus been
troubled for months with rheumatism
of the entire body, and all the treat
ment of learned veterinarians failed to,
relieve the suffering of the animal.
One day, upon being turned into the
meadow, the horse pawed tip the earth
with his hoof an.d stooped down to lick
up the dirt. Almost immediately the
beneficial effects were noticeable, and
ever since the rheumatic horse has
taken his daily dose of mud to the ex
tent of nearly a half peck per day. He
is almost entirely cured.
Art of Chines Burglars.
The Chinese burglar takes an ingre
dient of his own, burns it and blows
the smoke through the keyhole of the
bedroom where the master of the house
is asleep. The fumes dull the senses of
the victim just enough to make him
helpless,, while at the same time per
mitting him to see and hear everything
that goes on in the room. The only
antidote against the charm 1b pure wa
ter, and most of the wealthy Chinese
sleep with a basin of this near their
heads.
STAGEVTANDS.
The Kind of rood Varnished la Actors In
tha Flays.
When actors partake of a repast on
the stage the minds of many in the au
dience ask: "Are the viands real?" The
answer is, sometimes they are and
sometimes they are not. One of Mr.
Salvini's recent productions was
'Friend Fritz," in which there is a
typical stage breakfast.
The writer happened to be behind
the scenes on the first night of the play
in Philadelphia, and he overheard a
conversation not intended for the ears
of the audience, between Fritz and
Ilanezo while seated at the table.
From the remarks it will be learned
precisely what constituted the menu.
"Just taste this bisque and give me
your opinion," said Fritz aloud. The
soup was tasted in silence. Then
Ilanezo remarked .sot to voce: "It's
awful, governor; there's no salt in it,"
then aloud: "Delicious! delicious!" to
which Frederick replied: "Perfect!
perfect!" ,
, Enter Catherine with the fish, which
was a half loaf of rye bread cut in the
form of a fish and garnished With let
tuce and floating in a gravy of soup.
Joseph's violin was heard by the au
dience while the fish was being served,
but not Fritz's remarks when he whis
pered: "Eat the fish, boys." "I can't,
governor," said Ilanezo; "rye bread
doesn't agree with me."
The pork pie was next served, but
instead of pork it contained apples.
"Aha!" exclaimed Fritz aloud, "this is
your favorite dish a pork pie," to
which Ilanezo replied with a jolly
laugh, and then whispered: "Governor,
I can't eat pie, I'm banting."
The Ehino wine and claret were gen
uine, and the glasses were always set
down empty. This is accounted for by
the fact that Salviui is too good an
Italian to drink a poor quality of wine,
and the bottles generally coutaip the
best that can be purchased.
"In New York," said Mr. Salvini to
the writer a little later, "a friend of
mine presented me with a bottle of port
that was said to be forty years old, and
, the company drank it before the audi
ence, which no doubt tlwught it to be
cold tea or burnt sugar and water. But
the breakfast scene was played with an
unusual amount of earnestness and ac
curacy that night."
FIRST WATCH EVER MADE.
It Was OoMtruetad of Xros and la tttu la
, Banning Ordar.
About three hundred and seventy
five years ago the first watch was made,
and it is still in running order. Clocks
were made long before watches, the
year 000 after Christ being about the
time when clocks with wheel works,
the power being given by hanging
weights, were first made. But these
timepieces were stationary. Later on
smaller clocks were made, but it was
not until the beginning of the sixteenth
century that an ingenious locksmith of
Nuremberg constructed a portable
watch made entirely of iron.
A private collection recently brousrht
to New York from Berlin contains the
first wateh that was ever made, and ono
that is still in working order an iron
watch of Peter llenlein. now universal
ly accepted as the inventor of the pock
et watch, who was a locksmith of Nu
remberg, and was born in HS0. The
present watch was made certainly not
later than 1320. The works are entirely
of iron. The back of the ease aad the
r.vcr, which are of bronae, and the
?! L nre beanHMly ornamented ith
ji- os-,;uoa of uif-ppiyus, ih'-.iirn,1 cut
thi Mitfj afui i? i; -.iU ly i! I,
but has no minute marks on the spaces.
Above the figure 12 there is a small
thorn, and above each' of the other
figures a small knob, -for convenience of
feeling the time at night - The early
watches had but one hand, the hour
hand and the mainspring, of hardened
iron, had no casing, hu was merely
confined by four pillars supporting the
back plate. - .
. NAPOLEON'S HORSES."""
Tha UtUa Corporal Waa Vary 'sad of tha
XeMe aatmala. . ,- , ,
IA the present revival of interest in
Napoleon, little attention has been paid
to his love for horses. A study of this
side of his nature would reveal some in
teresting facts. . In Egypt Napoleon or
dered the capture of every horse ridden
by the Mamelukes, where capture was
possible." Nearly every horse taken was
shipped to France, as many of them
were of the Arab type. One of the
ships on which some of the captured
horses were shipped was wrecked in at
tempting to escape from a English frig
ate. Another ship on which Junot
sailed was captured, and Junot was
made a prisoner. When Napoleon heard
the news, he expressed more regret for
the loss of the horses than he did for
that of his favorite secretary, after
ward marshal of France. .
The horses that arrived safely on
French soil have left their mark on the
horses of France and this country.
Their descendants can be seen - every
day on the streets of New York. They
have driven the Clydesdales and Eng
lish shire horses -out of the Ameri
can markets, and the smoothly turned,
trappy, rapid walking, active Normans
and Percherons are the result of the
capture of the horses of the Mamelukes
by Napoleon in Egypt. " Their blood
lines were so strong that the grays pre
dominate, and it is a common occur
rence to see horses that weigh upwards
of one thousand pounds with the clear
cut head, wide throttle,' sharp-pointed
ear and beautiful, mild eye of the Arab
type- .-
TOO MANY GIRLS.
What They Do In Chlaa Whan Suoh Is
tha Case.
As maid-of-all work, the Chinaman
has won a fair reputation; but he is un
doubtedly wrong on the woman ques
tion. A correspondent of Frank Les
lie's Monthly tells of her Chinese serv
ant's peculiar conduct when twin girls
were born to the household.
Sue Kung had been with us three
years, when twin daughters blessed
our home. He came in to look at them,
and laid a new coin on their pillows
and some tiny cups under the crib, and
then asked: "Him girls or she boys?"
We said, two girls. His face was a
study, and wildly waving his hands,
with the gesture of wringing the neck
of a fowl, he said:
"Too much girlie; ling hims neck in
China. Too much girlie cost too
muchee; allee time want nice clothes.
' Too much boys good, 'cause they makee
muchee money in the banks."
When he came in the next morning
he said: "Me likee you belly (very)
much, but me no likee to stay in any
place where him gettee two girlies allee
same time."
He made us numerous and elegant
presents, such as beautifully embroid
ered mantel draperies and highly col
ored silk handkerchiefs, and some pret
ty china trinkets and ornaments for
"them too much girlies,"' and left our
employ. .
BEES FORM FRIENDSHIPS.
Experiences of a Young Man to Whom
"Thej Took a Liking.
"I always loved bees," said the young
man in gold-bowed glasses behind the
dairy counter , as he handed down a
honeycomb for the inspectioc of an idle
customer, according to the New York
Sun. "When I was on the farm," he
continued, "I could go all about the
hives and not get stung, and none of
the others dared go near the bees. We
used to have an old farmer come around
and tend to the swarms, but one day
when I was a boy working in the fields
I heard a great humming noise up in
the air and saw a swarm a-coming.
Well, I picked up a tin pan that was
tliere and hammered on it till the bees
settled on the end of a fence rail. Then
I thought I could tend to the swarm as
well as the old farmer, so I got an old
hive, washed it out with honey and wa
ter, rubbed my bands and arms with
burdock juice and honey water, and
went at the bees. I got them off that
rail by the handful and they never
stung me. "
"After that I regularly tended to the
bees. Whenever there was a swarm I
rolled up my sleeves, took off my shoes
and hat, and went at them. I have
taken them from all sorts of places, but
I was never stung only once. They'd
light on my head by the dozen and
crawl through my hair. That used to
send cold chills down by back. Some
times my arms were so covered with
bees that from wrist to elbow you
couldn't see the flesh. The one time
when I was stung I had found a swarm
on a high limb and was sowing it off, and
at the same time holding on to it that it
should not fall to the ground with the
bees. In doing this I squeezed one of
the bees, and it flew straight at my
temple' and stung me just above the
eye. Since I left the farm the folks have
given up the bee business. There's no
doubt about it, bees like some folks and
hate others, and I dont know any rea
son for the difference."
A Natural Uoestton. -
A Cincinnati paper reports that the
agent of a clock-dealer in that city
called one day on a good German citi
zen of the "Over-the-Rhine" district,
and endeavored to sell him an eight
day clock. "My dear sir," said the
salesman, "this is a remarkable clock.
It is not only beautiful, but it is most
useful. Why, this clock will run eight
days. without winding." . The German
opened his eyes. "Eight days vidout
vinding!" he exclaimed. "Vy, dot it is
a creat glock. But tell me dot if he
vill run eight days vidout vinding, how
long vill he run if you da vind him?"
Good reed.
An Englishman and a Scotchman
were walking in the fields together.
"Humph!" said the Englishman, "oats
are very well in their way. Now in
England we feed them to horses, but
here your men eat them." "Ay, ay!"
said the Scotchman. "And just see
what fine hors 1 ;.. -re are ia F?Hnd,
and what t . .,-' Vot-
VUN liYTOIKENrT
The Komantio Tale of an Amer
ican Profesoor's Downfall.
d by tha Wllee of 'aa Aleutian Island
Maiden to Forsake His Wife and Coua
- - try A Touching Story of Ufa
la tha North, v
Maj! S. E. Nettleton, who was two
years United States special treasury
agent at the Pribylov islands, or Seal
islands as they are sometimes called,
was a close observer of the customs of
the Aleutians, and relates many inter
esting anecdotes of his sojourn there,
says the St Louis Republic.
"In the far away Pribylov islands
'there is a little convent devoted to a
nameless religion," said Maj. Nettle
ton. "It has only one occupant, whorn
the natives call Kchatka, the Aleutian
nun. She worships no invisible divin
ity and has no theoretical doctrines,
but she teaches her people that if they
live honestly and relieve the sick and
unfortunate they will be rewarded.
"Years ago, when the islands were
the property of Russia, a Russian
trader came to the islands to exchange
his merchandise for sealskins and the
fur of the silver gray fox. He fell in
love with an Aleutian maiden, the
belle 'of- the island, and in the due
course of time they were married.
The trader and his dusky wife made
many voyages between the island and
Russian ports, but one day they were
brought from their ship to one of the
Alaska Commercial company's huts,
both very ill with a terrible fever.
With them were two little twin girls,
whose exuberant health and spirits
were a sad contrast to the condition of
their parents. The mext ,day their
mother died. Her husband was at the
point of death, but when his dying
wife was brought to his bedside and
asked him to give their children to her
parents he feebly assented.- When the
funeral of his wife was taking place
he too died, and the two little orphans
were ., removed to the home of their
grandmother. .
"Their lives were uneventful until
they reached the ag'e . of sixteen.
Neither had been to school, and they
knew nothing of the outside world, ex
cept what they , remembered of the
fairy tales told to amuse their child
hood fancies. About this time the
United States purchased Alaska and
sent a young professor from one of the
leading eastern universities to the
island on a scientific expedition. The
trip was an arduous one, and he left
his young wife at home with her rela
tives. Securing the data and statistics
for which he was sent in a few days,
time hung heavily on his hands, and
the young savant undertook the task
of.instructing the beautiful but illiter
ate sisters. . Kchatka was an apt pupil,
quailing eagerly from the Pierian
spring, but her sister, although quite
as bright, seemed to be much more in
vested in her tutor than she was in
her grammar or arithmetic. The at
traction was mutual, and when a ship
came on which the young professor
might have returned home he wrote to
his wife that he was unexpectedly de
tained and could' not come home for
another three months. .The arrivals of
ships at the islands were few and far
between? and the nest mail brought. a'
letter imploring him to return home,
.as his wife was at the point of death.
It so happened that one of the Alaska
Commercial company's schooners was
to sail for .San Francisco the following
day.' The young professor resolutely
went on board, bribing the boatmen to
refuse to bring his Aleutian sweetheart
to the schooner should she ask them to
do so. ' -
, "The schooner lay fully a mile from
the shore, and the sailors were already
in the tall masts spreading the canvas
preparatory to departure, when one of
them caught sight of a woman swim
ming in the water. She came on board
and implored the young man to aban
don his idea of returning home, or to
stay at least until the next ship. Her
knowledge of English was limited but
as she knelt before him on the deck) of
the ship, her dark eyes pleading more
eloquently than words, he decided to
forsake his invalid wife and spend his
days with his Aleutian love. ,
"He returned to the island and en
deavored to forget the woman whom
he had promised to love and cherish,
who", lying at the dark portals of death,
was longing for a parting kiss or a last
embrace before she died. The mail
which next reached tha islands in
formed him that his wife was dead;
that she died with his name on her
lips, and that her last intelligible utter
ance was n hope that he would meet
her in the better land.
"He read the letter and feU to the
floor unconscious. Fully two months
of faithful nursing saved him from
dying of brain fever. When he was
well enough to return home he mar
ried his Aleutian sweetheart, Kchatka,
her sister, refused to leave the islands.
During the epidemic of . smallpox,
which nearly depopulated the islands
a few j-ears ago. she was one of the
very few whoalid not take the disease,
although she was constantly at the
bedside of the sufferers. The simple
natives say that the Great Spirit re
fused to spoil her beauty, that she
might shine as an angel of light among
them and teach the road to the Aleu
tian heaven, where seals are plenty and
It is never cold.". --
BRUIN AS A DEFENDER.
A Trapped Bear Whips a Mountain Uoa
and a Coyote.
A Montana ranchman, having lost a
fine brood of ducks, set a bear trap
biited with fresh beef, and that night
heard a howl, which he recognized as
that of a coyote. . Knowing that the
animal could not escape he turned over
to sleep again, when he heard such a
chorus of howls that he went 6ut to in
vestigate. He found a coyote and a
cinnamon bear caught in the trap,
showing that both animals had made
a strike for the beef at the same time,
while ten feet away was a mountain
lion, waiting until one of the fighters
had killed the other .before finishing
the winner. The bear and coyote
seemed to know this, and made no hos
tile sign, so the lion sneaked around to
the top of a sheep shed near by, where
he lay crouched for a moment, an
then made a spring, dropping squat
on the bear. , A terrific strnsrfrl l
lowed, m whieh the lion at iirstv
the best of itJ.it 11 ".- . Kw
a grip on liis nUver&ary a neck, tuc
lion's head dropped and he . was
strangled to death. Tbe bear Was not
much better off, bleeding from many
wounds, but he still had life enough to
look after the coyote. He made two
strokes'at the coward of the plains and
crushed the life out of him. Then the
bear staggered around a minute and
rolled over dead.
BIRDS AS BArtUMtTERS.
A Wall-Knqwn Writer Who Holds That
Thoy Are Not Weather Wise.
In his charming book, "Recent
Rambles, Dr. Charles C. Abbott gives
some little attention to the question
whether birds can realize the coming
of a storm so far in advance-of its
actual appearance as to serve observant
man as a reliable barometer. Al
though this has been ' popularly be
lieved for centuries, Dr. Abbott thinks
that it has no basis In fact and voices
his opinion in these words:
"It needs but a short ramble in the
woods and fields after a summer
shower to see how painfully destructive
are moderate vind and rain when
they rush across the country hand-in-hand.
There is no more touching sight
in all nature than the lowly murmured
plaint of nest-birds as they contemplate,
after a shower, their ruined home and
drowned fledglings. '
"To credit a bird with weather-wisdom,
and yet with no power to guard
against probable danger, is to assume
that it leads the terrible life of one in
constant fear a mental condition the
bird's daily life flatly contradicts.
Never does the -world look brighter
than a. few hours before some great
change. Never are the birds more
merry, mammals more full of play; yet
the impending storm means mischief
that to some extent might be averted
had these happy creatures but an ink
ling of what was coming."
FIRST OF HOOFED ANIMALS.
Supposed to flave Lived on Western Prai
ries 600,000 Years Ago.
In the rooms of Prof. E. D. Cope, at
Philadelphia, the person fortunate
enough to gain admission, says the St.
Louis Republic, may see the creature
which all naturalists are unanimous in
pronouncing the first representative
of the hoofed-animal species.' The an
imal is not alive, neither is it entire so
far as flesh and blood are concerned,
but to the paleontologist, who cares
only for the fossiled bones, the speci
men is perfect It is not larger than
a yearling calf, and not nearly bo tall,
and was found in the Wind river coun
try in Wyoming. Prof. Cope named it
Thenacodus. primeavus when it was
first discovered, giving it as his opin
ion that It was akin to a specimen
which was found several years ago in
France (the paleotherium), and which
gave Cuvier and the other naturalists
so 'much trouble to classify. At the
time of the discovery qf the French
specimen the savants of Europe decided
that it was the ancestor of "hoofed
critters," but the Wind river fossil,
which is easily distinguished as being
a type of the same, is believed to be
much ''more ancient. Cope's curiosity
was found in rocks' belonging to the
eocene: period and the time when it
grazed on the western prairies has been
placed as far tack as five hundred
thousand years. Every bone is perfect
and in place, and the specimen could
not be purchased for ten thousand dol
lars, ''...(.?
HAD PREACHERS ENOUGH.
Stories That Are Funny. But a Little
, Doubtful.
The story is related of a bishop who
came to one of our state prisons and
was told: "No need of you here, sir.
Wo have eight preachers safely locked
up who are brought out each Sabbath
to minister to their fellow-prisoners."
If this appear a doubtful tale, it can
be varied with the following about a
young lady Sunday-school teacher who
has a class of rather bright boys, aver
aging between seven and nine years.
Roceptly she requested each pupil toj
come on the following Sunday with
some passage of Scripture bearing up
on love. . The lads heeded thcrequest
and in turn recited their verses bear
ing upon that popular subject, such as
"Love your enemies," Little children
love one another," etc. The teacher
said to the boy whose turn came last:
"Well, Robbie, what is your verse?"
Raising himself up, he . responded:
"Song of Solomon, second chapter,
fifth verse: 'Stay me with flagons,
comfort me with apples, for I am
sick of love.' " '
. ,.
Clipping of Gold Coins. '
A century or more ago the clipping
of coins was - carried on extensively in
England and elsewhere. Gold pieces
which had lost -more or less of their
substance were' common then and
passed current readily enough. But
statutory restrictions have rendered
this business comparatively unprofita
ble. However, it is still practiced by
criminals of great expertness. Gold is
almost exclusively subjected to such
treatment. Some of the processes em
ployed are remarkably ingenious. -
rmersi
THE PRODUCERS' WAREHOUSE COMPANY'S HOUSES are now open and
ready to receive wheat along the line of the Washington & Columbia River
railway, which gives you a market at Taeoma, Seattle or Portland These
house are open to all wheat buyersat all times. Each lot will be piled separate and
loaded out hs taken In. Wethlnk too expensive to farmers to send men out to drum
ud and, solicit your buglness, as all such expense is charged to vou in some way or
other, Cumtux? "
PRODUCERS' WAREHOUSE CO.
J. L. KILLIAN, MANAGER.
Clark Walter, - . - - - Agent at Athena.
THE
FARMER'S
; Meat Market
A
The 'place to get your fresh
Tifpf VmI Pni-lr ami
futton. Fish in season. V
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BREHM, Proprietor,- wrpregon
$100 Reward $100.
The readers of tnls papor will be pi nod to
learn that there Is at leant one dreaded dlKeare
thatscienee has been able tneurein all im
sUMtee and that lsfntarrb. Hull's Cattnrrh
I tire Is the only positive cure now known to
tb medical fraternity, rattarrh being-a eou
stitutlonal dlseiwe requires constitutional
treatment. Hull's cattttrrh cure is token in
ternally, acting directly upon tbe blood and
mucous surfaces of thesyxtem, thereby de.
troylnir the foundation of the dixease end
giving the patient strength by building up the
conntitntion and assisting nature in doing its
ork. Tbe proprietors have so much faith
In it curative powers, that theyofl'er One
Hundred Dollars tor any case that U falls to
cure. fiend for Testimonials.
Address V J. CHENEY . Co., Toledo, O
tS. Bold by ad DrugglsU, 7oe.
NOTi ce f6 republication"
Land Office at Grande, Oregon.
., , . August 17, 1MB.
Notice Is hereby given that the followliiK
named settler has tiled notice or his Intention
to commute and make final proof in support
of his claim, and that said proof will be nmdo
before County Clerk of Umatilla Co. at Pen
dleton, Oregon on September 2Sth, 1805, vis:
JAMES H. GALLAHER.
Hd 5648, for tha NE Sec. 23 Tp 4 N B 83, E
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of, said land, viz:
S ?,Boit C.Hellx Wijllam Reeder, of Athena
irlc,ln.nonof Adams, Clluton Mun
ford of Pendleton.
Any person who desires to protest aeanst
the allowance of such proof, or who knows of
any substantial reason, under the law and re
gulations of the Interior Department, why
such proof should not be allowed will have an
opportunity at the above mentioned time and
place to cross-examine the witnesses of said
claimant, and to offer evidence in rebuttal of
that submitted by claimant.
B F Wilson,
Register
Summons.
In the circuit court of the state of Oregon
for Umatilla county,
nogs scott. nawuu
J A Johnson," J B Stewart and
T.l .Tahnnni, 1 l.m.i..
To J A Johi'iBon, J B Stewart and J J Jolin-
Bv.ii 1.11c uuu.r iiuuieu ueienuems.
In the name of the State of Oregon.
You are hereby required to appear and ans
wer the complaint filed against you in the
above entitled action within ten days from
the date of the service of this summons upon
you, If served In Umatilla County, or If served
in any other county in the State of Oregon,
then within twenty days from the date of
such service upon you, or if served upon you
outside oftheHtate of Oregon or by the pub
lication thereof then by the flrst "day of the
next regular term of said Court next follow
ing such publication, to-wit: the Uth dayof
October. 18115. . .
DEFENDANTS will take notice that If they
,", to ftPPear and answer or plead to the
plalntitTs said complaint within said time,
the plaintiff for want thereof, will take judg
ment against thera for the sum of 157.u;l.
with Interest thereon at the rate of 8 percent
per annum from t qth day of May 1895, until
paid together ith the costs and disburse
ments of this ae ion; e, jePkatt.
' Attorney for Plaintiff;
This summons Is published by orderof Hon.
J. A Fee Judge of said court, made at cham
bers In Pendleton Oregon, on the 21st, day of
August 1895. : E. DePeatt,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
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Summons.
In the circuit court of ' the state of
Oregon for Umatilla county, .
C. C. Fraaier, Plaintiff, .
vs I
Robert Ferris, Alexander Ferris f
and B. F. Btone, Defendants.
To Robert Ferris, Alexander Ferris and B. F.
Stone, the above named defendents,
In the name of the State of Oregon.
Yon are hereby required to appear and ans
wer the complaint filed against you In the
above entitled Court within ten days from the -date
of the service o( this summons upon you,
if served In Umatilla Co.;or if served in any
other Coui ty In the state of Oregon, then
within twenty days from the date of such ser
vice upon you, or if served outside the state
of Oregon or by the publication thereof
then by the first day of next regular term of
said court next following such publication.
10 wik me inn aay ot uctooer, ittf.
Defendants will take notice that if they
fall to appear and answer or plead within
said time, the plaintiff for want thereof, will
take Judgment against them for the recovery
of the possession of the following described
lands and premises situated in Umatilla
county State of Oregon.'towlt: The Southwest
quarter of Section 25 in Township 5 North of
Range 34 East of the Willamette Meridian and .
for tne sum of Eight Hundred Dollars dam.
age for wlth-holding the possession of the
same from the plaintiff, and for plaint lira
costs and disbursements of this action.
C. H. Finn and E. DkPkatt.
Attorney's for Plaintiff.
The above summons is published by order of
Hon. .fames A. Fee, made at chambers at
Pendleton Oregon, on the 81 day of July, I8i5.
a H. Finn and E. DePkatt.
Attorney's for Plaintiff.
Notice of Settlement of Final Account.
In the County Court of the State of Oregon for
Umatilla County.
In the-Matter of the Estate of 1
James M. Isley, Deceased.
NOTICE Is hereby given t hat the undersign
ed, as administrator of the estate of James
M. Isley, deceased, has rendered and presented
for settlement and filed in the above entttled
Court his final account ot his administration
of the said estate, and that Monday, the 2nd
day of September, 1895, at 10 o'clqck a. m of
the said day, the same being a day of the term
of said Court subsequent to said tiling of said
final account, to-witt; of the September term
A. D. 1895 thereof, has been duly appointed by
said Court for the hearing of objections to said
final account and for the settlement of the
same. Dated at Umatilla County, State of
Oregon, this 18th day of July, 1895.
E. DePeatt, Madison P. Isley.
Attorney . Administrator.
PUBLIC NOTICE. '
Not ice Is hereby given that I will apply to
the Mayor and common council of the city of
Athena, Oregon, at a meeting thereof to be
held on the 25th. day of Agust 1895, tor a
license to sell spirituous, malt and vlpous llq
uors in less quantities than one quart, said licj
uors to be sold only In a building situated on
lot 7 In block 5, of said city Alex McKay
Dated Aug 1st, 1895. Applican
Karl's Clover Root, the great
Blood purifier gives freshness and
clearness to the Complexion and
cures Constipation', 25 cts., 50 cts.,
$1.00. .
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder
World's Fair Highest Medal and Diploma.
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder
Awarded Gold Medal Midwinter Fib. San Francisco.
'Attention
All kinds of smoked meats.
Hams lard and Bacon...
V The very best of Sausages
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