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ATHENA, FEBRUARY 21,1896
The editor of the Bella Plaine
(Iowa) Union says: We took din
ner at a fanner's house not very
long ago and here is what we
noticed: The cloth that covered
-tti table was made in Ireland; the
dishes on which the meal was
served came from England; the
fried ham, for which the hostess
had paid 15 cents per pound, was
not unlikely part of the same hog
that he had sold a few months be
fore at three and one-half cents;
the pickles were made.in Chicago;
the kraut at Dubuque; the bread
and pastry were made from flour
from Minnesota, the shortening
was packing house lard from Chi.
cago: the canned corn was from
Waterloo; the sauce was dried fruit
'from California; but butter was
apologized for as being made by "a
neighbor, their own cows being dry;
the salt came from New York state:
the coffee from Brazil, and actually
the only blessed thing connected
with that meal which was produced
on the farm, was the blessings
asked on tho food, and the appetite
that consumed it. And this man
was working like a lave raising
corn and oats at 15 cents, and hogs
at $3.25 to pay bills for this kind
of living. This is all wrong.' Just
so far as intelligent care and skill
exercised both in the house and out
of it will permit, tho raw material
produced on the farm Bhould bo
there so used and converted into
finished products as to supply the
homo needs of the farmer. This is
one of the beat arguments in favor
of farm life that the man on the
farm can, if he will, have the first
fruits of the poultry yard, the
dairy, the field, the garden, the
orchard, and not only tho first
fruits, but the opportunity, if he so
will, to prepare and to store these
products ' that it shall be harvest
timo for him overy day in the year.
A By stem of agriculture which will
contentedly raise 15 cent oats to
pay for 15 cent ham has slipped a
cog, and needs overhauling.
A practical illustration of how
the endless chain of grcenbackism
' is enriching British usury at thib
country's expense was unexpected
ly developed the other day in New
York. When the steamer St. Paul
ran ashore on the Jersey coast, she
had in her hold 11,300,000 in gold.
This gold was taken out and re
turned to the sub-treasury at New
York, where it was found, upon
examination, to be the identical
metal that had been taken out of
the same sub-treasury for export a
short time before. It had been sent
to Europe and shipped back im
mediately, bearing all the costs of
freight and insuianco and dangers
of loss by shipwreck,
Thus was inadvertently exposed
the game of hide and seek by which
the bond subscribers, foreign and
domestic, have been attempting to
cover their tracks. That gold had
been drawn from the jlnited States
treasury and shipped to London
for the ostensible purpose of meeting
the ordinary requirements of ex
change, but in reality it was taken
out to precipitate another call for a
loan by this government, and to be
returned to the treasury in pay
ment for its equivalent in bonds.
Ero jiow it has probably been
restored to the treasury reserve,
but only to be drawn out again via
the greenback route, just as soon
ns the requisite amount of currency
can bo scraped up and presented
for redemption.
The most grievous feature of this
expose is the reflection it casts
upon the mooted advantage of hav
ing our bonds sold by popular sub
.caption, instead of to a syndicate.
It shows that the new loun, like
circulation, 'its advertising rates are
all that have preceded it, is paid
ultimately, except an inconsider
able fraction, with gold withdrawn
from the treasury itself. It also
emphasizes the fact that so long as
the greenback redemption system
makes the periodical issue of bonds
necessary, just so long will it be
impossible for us to prevent the
money-makers of London from
profiting by it. Englishmen may,
through their financial agents here,
maintain a run upon our treasury
if they please, and we cannot put
an end to it Belong as the legal
tenders are outstanding.
It is rather a costly price we are
paying for the poor privilege of
seeing a clownish congress do
nothing. Telegram.
TriiittE is a systematic plan being
carried out by the goldites and
bosses of the Republican party to
insure. Dolph's re'clection to the
United States senate, says the
Oregon Scout. The campaign is
being organized on a senatorial
basis. Mitchell men, or those
favorable to silver, are not wanted,
and their names are being scratched
from the list of possible delegates
to the various county conventions,
and when candidates for the legis
lature are nominated by the Re
publican conventions of the various
counties it will be found that they
are all solid for Doloh. People of
tho state have been wondering
what the meeting of the Republi
can leagues in Portland, was for,
as nothing was done at, that meet
ing. outside of singing a few doger
al rhymes, other than to agree to
not express an. opinion and leave
the platform for-the convention to
formulate. The Dolph men placed
a gag in the mouths of their un
suspecting brethren who have been
advocating free silver and who
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would be favorable to Mitchell
Evidently this was the only object
in calling that meeting, and the
scheme wuh succespfully manipu
lated bv the bosses. You have not
heard a chirp from a silver Repub
lies n ii nee that meeting, and wil
not hear it during the campoign
The bosses are on top and Dolph
will be returned to the senate
Time will verify tho truth of these
remarks. .
It appears the , present law ap
propriates $136,000 for seeds, and
Secretary Morton refuses to use the
monev for that purpose. Some
., m m
congressmen have gone so far as to
say that they will impeach Morton
unless he carries out the law, and
expends $ 130,000 in tho purchase
of seeds. Whether congress has
tho power to compel him to act, is
a ouestion that has not yet been
settled. It is charged that Secre
tary Morton has insinuated that
certain congressmen have been
guilty of selling seeds allotted them
for distribution. This, of course, is
indignantly denied. But whether
true or otherwise, the custom
should bo abolished. No possible
good can arise from it, even to the
members themeelves. We believe
that for every constituent who re
ceives a package of seeds, and who
is gratified at the compliment, as
many others are displeased because
they too have not been so favored
But why should the people's
money be takbn to enable congress
men to make presents to their con
stitiients? That's the question
It is all wrong, and we sincerely
hope th.tt Secretary Morton will be
able to down the practice now and
forever. Oregon Independent.
?ow comes the report that
Swede has discovered the North
Pole. Perhant lie has. but we
should like to see his discription o
the pole. What kind of a stick is
it? Whether it is mado of Oregon
pine. How it atands the wear
so many revolutions. Whether
any traces of the Garden of Eden
have been discovered. Whethar
any of Adams tracks' havo been
seen. All these things would be
interesting to know. Let this
Swede unburden himself. If the
country around the pole is any
more prosperous than, this, we are
off.
The East Oregonian reprinted a
portion of an editorial which ap
peared in last week's Press, but
for reasons best known to itself
culled the article to suit its own
purpose. Such methods of journal- J
ism ill becomes a newspaper that
even professes to be upright and
houorable to even a limited degree.
The portion f the article which
the East Oregonian did not see fit
to run in its columns, read:
"The Pendleton East Oregonian
and Tribune have about quit their
discussion of which has stolen the
most from the taxpayers of the
county by charging exorbitant
prices for doing tho county's print-
ng. One thing is very apparent
to every one who has read what
they have said of each other, and
that is, that both have been proven
guilty." -'
Secretary Morton has refused
to purchase seeds to be distributed
by senators and congressmen
among their constituents. And
because he so refuses, he is receiv-
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ing roast alter roasi irom genue
men who are desirous of supplying
their.friends with garden and other
gee Is. i
Secretary Morton is right. He
want-) to break up a custom that
has grown into a monstrous evil.
This distribution of garden seeds
among the people by congressmen
is nothing more nor less than a
species of bribery an open bid
for their votes. This, perhaps,
might be all right if the members
purchased the seeds themselves.
But ' when they vote away the
people's money for such an object,
It becomes 'a sin that has no right
to be continued.
Today's paper contains an ar
tide from the pen of one who
groans under the nom de plume of
"Taxpayer." He is evidently con
versant with ihe methods of the
present system of assessing proper
ty and holds out a remedy, which
in his estimation would be a sure
cure, and effectually . and forever
eaualizo thing pertaining to the
assessment of property by simply
"turning the rascals out," and sub
stitute rome ono else, ana u we
read between the lines correctly,
"Taxpayer" wouldn't object serious
ly to being the subatitule. The
Athena Press believes it will take
something more than "a change"
to renovate arid reconstruct our
method of assessing property. ;t
The Townsend Nail Works.
lhe Jeuerson county superior
court has ordered that the affairs
of the-insolvent Port Towneen''
nail works be immediately wound
up. and appointed D.M. Littleneld
receiver for the company. The
works have not been operated for
several years. Promoter and Man
ager J. M. Lively informs the
Leader that he had arrangements
already peifected for starting when
the receivership was consummated,
and that he has made a cash offer
of $10,000 to Mr. Littlefield for the
plant. He states that a man is
now on the wav who would back
the institution, and that if his
plans are brought to maturity
operations would commence at once
and 500 kegs daily be turned out
until next fall. "Such a condition
of the nail market as existed when
the Port Townsend works were in
operation - and became entangled
financially." says Mr. Lively, "will
probably never again be known
certainly not for a number of years.
At that time the price of nails was
11.40, while at present the price is
$2.1)0, and a contract for a big out
put couri be" made at the present
time-for that price. Ibis wou.d
How an absolute profit of $1.50
over the returns recaived for the
last output, which, it will be seer
at a glance, is a big enough thing
in itself." Port Townsend Leader
Governor Lord expects to fill the
vacancies on the board of regents
of the university of Oregon and the
state agricultural college, in a few
days. He says both appointments
will be made from Eastern Oregon
as that part of the state is without
representation on either board
since the death ot Mr. bturgis and
the resignation of Mr. Frenrjh.
"Bacteria do not occur in the
blood or in the tissues of a healthy
living body, either of man or the
lower animal?." So says the cele
brated Dr, Koch. Other doctors
say that the best medicine to ren
der the blood perfectly, pure and
healthy is Ayer 8 Sarsaparilla,
Much ot life's miserv is due to
indigestion; for who can be happy
with a pain in his stomach? As
corrective and strengthener of .the
alimentary organs, Ayer'a Pills are
invaluable, their use being always
attended with marked benefit.
Notice.
All accounts due P. M. Kirkland
are now at the First Nationa
Bank for collection, and all are re
quested to come forward and settle
at once. P. M. Kirklaxiv
W. E. Young has added con side
erably to his stock. Young's goods
are noted in this end of the county
for their superiority in workman
ship and quality.
within the reach of
THL FIRST CIGARS.
The Harana Variety Waa Bsiokae tn
Pari Loaf Ago as ISIS.
Wl ion were cixrars first smoked? Ac
cording to a French authority who has
been making investigations in tms sub
ject, the weed in this shape waa not in-rn.-W.ed
into France till the return of
the French army irom Spain In 1823.
This fact is on the autnortty oi Uippo
lyte Hager, the dramatic author, who
writes thus in bis memoirs:
"Our return from Paris waa by way
of Orleans. On the route we met quite
frequently officers returning1 from
Spain. They .had generally cigars in
their mouths a new habit, since be
come general. From this point of view
the campaign oi 1823 had tne good
financial result of establishing a .new
branch of import trade."
Another document, however, carries
back the use of the cigar to a slightly
earlier period. The "Hermit of the
rhanaee d'Antin" (1818). eoine to see
his nephew, a -young officer at Paris,
finds him at his hotel In morni: ? cos
tume and smoking a Havana cigar.
tv. a taafo for ciirars seems at this time
to have been sufficiently extended to
make them a common article in the
stock of every grocer who was careful
to cater to the wants 01 nis customers.
CASTE FOLLOWS THE NOSE. .
Anthropologist 8sr tbe Mom Tells the
Culture of Man.
Anthropology, said Sir William Flow
er, is becoming of the highest impor
tance in politics. If we take a series
of castes In Bengal, Behar or the
northwestern provinces and arrange
them In the order of the average nasal
index, so that the caste with the finest
nose shall be at tho top, and that with
the coarsest at t'xo bottom of the list,
it will be found that this order sub
stantially corresponds with the accepted
order of socinl precedence.
The castcless tribes who have not yet
entered the lrahmanical system oc
cupy tho lowest place in both series.
The fisher castes arc a trifle higher in
the scale; the pastoral, the cultivating,
and a group of cognate castes from
whose hands a ltrahman may take
water follow in due .order; and from
them wa pass to the trading and the
landholding classes and the upper crust
of Hindu society.
Thus it Lv scarcely a paradox to lay
down as a law of the caste organization
In Husteiu India that a man's social
statu "varies in inverse ratio to the
width of his nose.
German Account of the Starry Flag.
A Oermnn Periodical has the follow
ing story as to the origin of the Stars
and Stripes: The idea pnginatea witn
Tnn named Marker. He was born
on the Island St. Croix, of the Danish
West Indies, where his lather ana
grandfather had lived. In 1775 he left
his native island and proceeded to
Philadelphia, newas among the first
to join a company of volunteers for
American liberty and independence.
For valor shown at Oriskanyhe was
elected captain, and to show his
gratitude he .designed a flag, in whose
upper corner Tie applied the thirteen
stars, emblematic of the thirteen orig-
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FISCHER'S NEW
a full line of Harness
and Saddlery Goods are
to be found.
ALL COMPETITION IN PRICES AND GOODS
will be met. AH work will be guaranteed as to
quality and workmanship. Try the new shop.
Nobth hub Mais Street - - .Athena, Oregon.
Deafness Cannot be Cured.
bv local epolletUloiw m tliey rannot mu-li the
diwti.iett portion of tlifwr. Tlwrvteonly ot
way tocurc (leafiww, nnd IJiKli by conxtitnt
loimi reim ilim. lmruras I eiuini by an iit
numedwmlltlonofthe mmvua Unlit of lb
Kustacblnn Tnbo. When Hit IuIk Utnllnmvd
you havo a rumbllnjt eounti or Imoorfivt hear
ing, and when It 1 oiS irvly elosotl. Deafness I
Um 'mult and unit th Information etn lie
taken out, and thin tu miton-d toltu normal
condition, hearing will be deirovodftrwver;
nine ensn ont ot' ten are caused by cat tarn,
which Is nothing but an inttamed condition
of the niucuttM surfaces. ' ,
We give One Hundred Dollar rpwnrd for
anv eaxeof lHwrueMcaiiiwd by catarrh) that
cannot t Jrured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Bond
for circular; free. . ...
.1. I'll KN EY 1., Toledo, O.
e.e,Sold by all l'rmjglsU, T..
Dr. Price' Cream Baking Powder
WerU't Fair highest Medal and Dirr.
all. THE PRESS
inal btatcs of the union. This was the
first occasion upon which - the "star
spangled banner" waa unfurled. The
original flag of Capt Marker is sup
posed to be in existence in some nation
al collection of relic of the war of the
revolution. '
FEMININE INGENUITIES. .
The Qaeer Cte tho Women of Pern Hake
of Shawl Pin.
, Of the multifarious uses of the hair
pin, some, at least, are well known.
They are suggested by a French travel
er's description of a pin which the In
dian women of Pern wear as a fasten
ing for their shawls. Its head is in the
shape of a spoon. In fact, it is a spoon
and a shawl-pin in one.
It is odd, the Frenchman says, too
see a woman pull out the pin, letting
her shawl drop from her bare should
ers, and proceed to nse it for eating her
soup or porridge "After the repast she
passes the bowl of the spoon carefully
between her lips two or three times,
gathers up her shawl, and fastens it in
place. - -
The same women nse their slippers
instead of pocketbooks a point in
which they may be said to have the ad
vantage of their North American sis
ters, who, having no pockets, or none
within comfortable reach, are Com
pelled to carry their purses in their
hands. .'.-
The money of Lima consists of bank
notes, which go very well into the bot
tom of a slipper. As to the effect npon
the bills, perhaps the least said the bet-:'
ter. There is an old saying that money
always smells sweet. - '
New Terror for Drench Convicts.
Life in the French penal colony at
New Caledonia has been pictured as so
agreeable, both by reason of the cli
mate as well as the leniency with
which convicts have been treated, that
transportation seems to have lost most
of its terrors. Criminals do not con
ceal their preference for a long sen
tence in the beautiful Pacific island to
a much shorter term with hard labor
in one of the penitentiaries at home,
and when perpetrating a misdeed have
sought as a rule to render their offense
as serious as possible, so as to entail
transportation if eaptured. , It is with
a view of putting an end to this senti
ment that the French government has
now decided to stop sending convicts
to New Caledonia, and is making ar
rangements to deport them instead to
Gaboon, the fever-stricken and most
pestilential of all districts of French
Congoland in Africa.
There is still a deal of good hunting
on the Delaware peninsula, although
the region has been steadily shot over
by a sporting population for the last
two hundred and fifty years. Dela
ware has stringent game protective
laws, and in the lowest county of the
state there are great swamps that still
harbor a considerable variety of game.
The same is truej of several of the
Maryland eastern shore counties, and
the two Virginia counties have prob
ably as good aquatic hunting as is to
j be. found anywhere on the Atlantic
coast short of a few almost inaccessible
paints north and south. '
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HARNESS SHOP
Notice f Publication.
Ijind Offlee at tadrande, Oregon, Jan. 81,
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of hix intciitiou
to make Anal proof m support of his claim,
a:sd that suid proof will be made oefore ih
bounty Clerk or Ciiiatlila county. Oregon, at
IVudfeUtn, Oregon, on March a, ISsW, vi:
JOHN C. VOX,
Hd. entry No, 7X4 for tho lots 1,2,7 and 8,
sec. 15. tn. n. i Sa. K. V. M. '
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cnltivatton
of said land, vUj Thomas 1. Page, illiaui
Brace.of Atheiuv, Oregon, tleorge l . Dennett,
Itanief Brigs. Weaton, Oregon.
Any rcraon who desires to protest against
the allowance of such proof, or who Knows tkf
any suosiamial reason, under tne law and the
regulations or th Interior IH'partmcnt, why
such imof should not be allowed. wfHbeeA'eh
an opportunity at the above mentioned time
and place to cross-examine the witnesses of
said claimant, and to onereviaeuee la remittal
oftnat submitted by claimant.
B. K, Wujsos, Kogister.
"touches the spot."
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PENDLETON'S BIG STORE.
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OOCIO'
is now selling
during this month,
nearly everything
in the house
AT REDUCED PRICES
SHOES
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CLOTHING
. has reduced prices and odd suits where we have
but one or two of a line left are closed at cost.
DRY GOODS.
Have all special prices during this Sale, and the
lists of which can be seeriatthe counter.
. WINTER GOODS
especially have felt the sharp cutting of prices.
. We don't carry over unseasonable goods for an
other year, but close them out and buy new.
SCRIP -as
advertised, is given during this Sale.
jpfiyMention this paper
It BOSTON STORE
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W. P. LEACH,
LEADING FURNITURE DEALER
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II Carpet Remnants . . -. i
HALF PRICE
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WALL PAPER THE SAME.
H JESSE FAILING, -
THE ATHMA MAEEBT
FRANK BEAL, proprietor. -AFRESH
MEAT ALWAYS o ON HAHD
Highest Cash Price paid - We buy for Cash and sell foi
for Butcher StPek, Cash strictly :
YOU GET THE VERY BEST AND LOTS OF IT,
WUEN YOU SPEND MONEY WITH
BEALE
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Sell or buy farm or city property; have your life in-"
sured; have your property insured against fire iu
the best companies in the world; invest money at
juuun.miKv im uve iii wen eecurea; nave Deeds, .
Mortgages, Contracts, Leases, etc., drawn correctly, catt on W. T.
OILMAN, Athena, Ore. He represents the following first-class
fire insurance companies: Phoenix, Home, Royal, Ger-
"au ticuuuian ana ionmvest. iie writes
hi3 own policies and guarantees correctness, 7
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
, $1.50 .per year.
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when you are trading at
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Main Street, Pendleton,
Athena, Oregon
South side Main Street.
CAPITAL STOCK,
SURPLUS, - ,'.
$ 60000
$31,000
interest on time deposit. Proper attention
collection. Deals In foreign and
domextic exchango.
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