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ATHENA NOVEMBER 6, 1896,
THE ELECTION.
McKinley is elected President of
the United States. The people so
declared by ballot Tuesday. While
the Press from its honest and
sincere convictions, opposed Mr.
McKinley's election to the utmost
extentofitsability.it submits to
the will and dictation of the peo
ple who by their votes, have de
clared their confidence in the abil
ityofthe republican candidate to
overcome the ills and distress which
at the present time exists through
out the length and breadth of our
fair land. While we concede the
election of Mr. McKinley, and sin
cerely hope for the beet results and
the highest attainment of expecta
tions of the American people who
have elected him to the highest of
fice the suffrage of those people
are capable of giving, we do not
surrender one grain of the princi
pies for which we have contended
were right, and worthy the . sup
port of every true citizen of this
great and grandest nation on earth.
We would consider it undemo
cratic not to bow to the supreme will
and wish of a nation of 70,000,000
of people, onlv with a grace botn of
the conviction that the principles
for which we have contended were
democratic, sincere in motive and
for the betterment of the condition
of our nation, its people and its
institutions.
The campaign just ended has
been marked by the use of much
abusive and harsh language on
both tides, which we acknowledge
was unjournalistic and which aid
ed materially in characterizing the
great canvass that has just ende-;
as one of the most bitterly contest
ed in the history of the country.
Party lines were to a great extent
obliterated and the issue, despite
all efforts to make it appear other
wise, was that xf our monetary
system. The Bryan party asserted
this to be the issue, but the op
position denied the issue until the
closing days of the campaign, when
influential speakers acknowledged
it to be true, and even the Portland
Oregonian condescended to admit.
It was a great political battle, and
out of the wreck tho Pbess points
with a certain degree of pride to
Umatilla county, Adams precinct
and South Athena precinct
The Berlin correspondent of the
Daily News reports he has learned
the German treaty with Russia was
in nowise as harmless as alleged,
but was disloyal to Austria.
"Prince Bismack was eager to come
to termB with Russia," says the
correspondent, "at Sierniewicz,
where the czar and Emperor Wil
liam met, and later, :n interviews
with M. De Giers, he gave too warm
an expression of his desire. The
Russian diplomat noticed this, and
raised his price, the result being
the agreement, which it seems con
tained clauses which even now are
unknown, but which prove bad
faith to Austria. In government
circles it is suspected that Bis
marck's ultimate object is to dis
solve the dreibund as the prince of
a Russo-German alliance."
. Cuauncy M. I)ErEw is btill on
the eligble list. According to the
Chicago Tribune's New York spe
cial, he said so himself in the corns
of a political speech. Interviewers
could draw nothing from him as to
the truth of his reported engage
ment to his ward, Edith Collins,
but a pretty girl in the audience
forced the admission from him.
Mr. Depew had remarked that he
could only give up his objections
to the 10-to-l plank if it fixed the
rate of 1C girls to 1 man, whereup
on the feminine portion of the audi
ence had a severe case of flutter?,
and one young woman remarked
audibly: .. "Oh, mamma, did you
ever hear anything like that from
an engaged man?" It maybe this
remark was overheard by Mr.
Depew, for he unbosomed himself.
He said that the reports that he
was engaged were, to say the least,
premature. He expressed regret
that such felicity had as yet been
denied him, and wound up by say
ing: "I beg to assure you that I
am still eligible." The feminine
portion of the audience cheered
wildly, while the unmarried mas
culine part ot it looked alarmed.
: The Rams Horn drops the fol
lowing words of encouragement to
poor boys who may be envious of
the rich man's son. "Between a
rich man's son and a poor man's
boy, it is no doubt true that angels
can often see that the latter has
the most to help him to get the
best out of this life. In many
ways the rich man's son is as help
less, as an infant in swaddling
clothes. The poor man's boy is
obliged to work, and by so doing
finds a sweetness in brown bread
that the rich man's son cannot find
in poundcake. He finds a joy in
rest to which the other is a strang
er in his idleness. Ho has every
incentive to improve his time,
while tho other has every tempta
tion to waste his. He has hopes,
aims and amoition which the other
knows nothing about, and in hun
dreds of ways can find a
truer satisfaction in living than
his more favored brother. Having
battles to fight that the other has
not, he may also win victories that
are sweeter.
It is getting so that no part of
the great political papers can be
relied upon any more, particularly
along about election time. The
big dailies have for several weeks
been filling their telegraphic col
umns full of the shortage of wheat
until the price was 'boomed to a
high figure. Then they discover
ed that the shortage is not as great
as they first reported and wheat
takes a drop of 12 cents. This is
an exact parallel with 1888 when
wheat in the East was worth 89
cents, September 12. Just before
election it jumped up to $1.18. A
few weeks after election dropped to
90 cents. The only difference is
that the drop came this year be
fore election instead of after. It is
generally a safe proposition to sell
any kind of a product that makes
a jump just before election.
While famine is threatened in
India through tho drouth, the west
of Ireland is declared to be face to
face to famine owing to heavy
rains, which have caused a failure
of the crops, especially potatoes.
Throughout September and during
the beginning of October there was
an incessant downpour of rain.
There has been great floods in the
northwest of Ireland. Many must
feel the pangs of famine before
Christmas. The situation is com
pared to that of 1879, when a dis
astrous harvest lwl to a revival of
political disorders in Ireland. How
ever, the chief (secretary of Ireland,
Mr. Gerald Balfour, during his re
cent tour of the affected districts,
secured information which he saya
will enable him to cope with the
distress which he is now ready to
meet.
The Portland Oregonian saya:
Umatilla county is for McKin
ley." The Oregonian hardly cares
what it says these days. If its
other political newa is on a par
with this, Bryanites hereabouts
can count a victory in county,
Btato and nation. The Oregonian
has done more for Bryan and free
coinage in this campaign than any
other one paper in the state, and
yet the Oregonian is said to be a
McKinley gold standard paper.
East Oregonian.
A man don in Sau Francisco
has been sentenced to the peniten
tiary for life for trying to swindle
a man out $20,000. and it did not
take them but a short time to do
so cither, but about two years have
passed and one of the most villan
ous criminsls in history of the
Pacific coast one Durrant has
not suffered the penalty which he
bo justly deserves.
In the Big Bend and Yakima
country, is about the only portion
f of tho Northwest where the farmers
look to the manufacture of their
own sweetness. There has been
about a half dozen sorghum mills
purchased . by , the farmers near
Kennewick this fall and all of them
are busily engaged in turning out
molasses from large fields of Borg
hum. ' .- - " , ' . '.. , ..
Athena congratulates Weston
democrats on the fine showing
made. We are pleased that Wes
ton has entered the race for the
banner democratic precinct of the
county. Athena still carries the
banner, of which she is justly
proud.
Hurra for South Athena pre
cinct! That reservation wire prov
ed to have several kinks in it, and
further, that while it works very
well 'in republican primaries, it
isn't worth a whoop in election.
The Dalles dispatch verv truly
says that some people are always
finding fault with nature for put
ting thorns on roses instead of
thanking her for putting rosea on
thorns.
There are many things in thi8
world thatdon't work to perfection,
and one of these is the reservation
political wire.
The "i-told-you-bo" man is not
in it with the one who predicted a
landslide for McKinley.
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Below we present some choice
morsels for the Pendleten Tribune
and Milton Eagle to chaw on at
their leisure:
From tho Tribune.
The Tribune has the names of
358 leading democrats of this coun
ty who have declared themselves
against the Chicago platform and
the Chicago national ticket. By
request the names are withheld
from publication. It may be ad
ded that these men largely consti
tute the brains and financial back
ing in the old democratic organiza
tion in this country.
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With the assistance of the patri
otic voters of this county, who un
til recently identified with the
democratic and populist parties, it
is confidently expected that the
republicans will carry the famous
old county of Umatilla by from
three to five hundred votes.
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From the Eagle.
"Three hundred and fifty-eight
democrats in this county has reg'
istered their names as being against
Bryan. Among this number are
all the brains and financial back
ing of the old democratic organiza
tion of Umatilla county."
Pendleton gave McKinley 41
over Bryan. Milton gave Bryan a
majority of 35; Umatilla county
gave Bryan 224 majority. Com
ment is unnecessary.
Died in Walla Walla, this afternoon, of
Consumption, Ella, the beloved wife of
Harva Whiteman. Funeral. Sunday af-
ten-.oon, in Walla Walla.
STARVING INDIA.
Most Destitution Known Since the
Terrible Famine.'
A London dispatch of October 24th,
says t at the wheat market and the proa
peots of a famine in India Btill attract
much attention, altnoiifkb. some of the
most influential newspapers do not share
the feeling of alarm which prevails in
some quarter. The Bombay Gazette ol
September 10, said :
"The prospects are as bad aa possible
ho'h ft r ft lin and cotton. A lead in ft ex
potter has informed his clients in Eng
land the crop of cotton will not exceed
fiftv or sixty pr cent, on the average
In Southern Indh the outlook ia more
hopeful. The supply of fodder is ample,
and ft the worst comes there is no fear
of the recurrence of the horrors of 1870,
owing to improved railway communica
tions. Native astrologers baeii g their
theories on traditional observation ot the
heavens state it it rains within five days
a famine will be averted, but that later
rains will not avail."
The Lucknow Hindustani said : "The
question now is whether the famine will
last only four months or a year. The
antomn crop is sure of an entire failure
No amount of rain can nave It, and
the fate of the spring harvest de
pends upon rainfall by October 7."
The Englishman proposes that the
government should undertake to provide
wheat by baying in the cheapest market
after consulting London, Odessa, Amer
ica and Australia, then distribute it
through European agents to the needy
provinces.
The Mark Lane Express saya the rise
in the price ot wheat is warranted by the
situation, adding: ,
"It is not speculative. On tho con
trary, a speculative bear raid is on foot
The English crop, which certainly does
not exceed 7,250,1)00 bushels is atated to
be 9,000.000 and there are signs that out
side influence ia directed to accomplish a
reaction."
The Ex prow urges English farmers
not to rush wheat to market, but to send
between now and Chrlstmaa the aame
quantities as sent during November and
December, 1895, stating tbat American
and Rossian farmers are strong holders,
owing to both crops being smaller than
in 1805.
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder
Awtrdad Cold MU1 Mid winter Fjdr, Saa FranciicA.
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ji
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The only Fills to take with Hood's Barsaparilla.
This Ia Tom Opportunity.
On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps,
a generous sample will be mailed of the
most popnlar Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure
(Ely's Cream Balm) sufficient to demon
strate the great merits of the remedy.
ELY BROTHERS,
66 Warren St. , New York City.
Itev. JohnEeid, Jr., of Great Falls, Mont.,
recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. I
can emphasize his statement, "It is a posi
tive cure for catarrh if used ns directed."
Eev. Francis W. Poole, Pastor CentralPres.
Church, Helena, Mont. -
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
cure for catarrh and contains no mercury
nor any injurious drug. Price, CO cents.
Notice of Filing Final Account.
In the County Court of the 8tate of Ore
gon, Umatilla county, ia the matter of
the estate of fhilologus Ely, deceas
ed. ,
Notice is hereby given that Charles M.
Ely, as executor of the last wih of Fhilo
logus Ely, deceased, has this day filed
with the clerk of the above named court
his final account and report In the above
named matter, and said court has fixed
on eleven o'clock in the forenoon of Sat
urday, November 21. 189G, aa the time,
and the County Court room in the Court
house of Umatilla county, Oregon, at
Pendleton, in said county, aa the place,
when and where all objections and ex
ceptions to said final account and report
will be heard and patsed upon, and the
said account settled by said court.
Witness: The Hon. Wm. Martin,
judge of the said court, and the seal of
paid court attached hereto, this 13th day
of October, 1896. seal
By order of said Court,
Attest: B. S. Burroughs,
County clerk
There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases pot
together, and until the last few years was
supposed to be incurable. For a great
many years doctors pronounced it a local
disease, and prescribed local remedies,
and by constantly failing to cure with
local treatment, pronounced it incnrable.
8uience has proved catarrh to be a con
stitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney &
Co.,Tole !o, Ohio, is the only constitu
tional cure on the market. It ia taken
internally in 10 drops to a teaspoonful.
It acta directly on the blood and mucoui
surfaces of the system. Tbey offer one
hundred dollars for any case it fails to
enre. Send for circular and testimonials.
Address. F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, O.
Sold by drugniata at 75c.
Notice.
All accounts made with me in 1894 and
1895, must be settled at once, or costs
will be made for collection. lm
Ed.Taft,
Notice
All knowing theraslves indebted to the
estate of tie late E. DePeatt, are reques -ed
to come forward without further delay
and settle.
Minnib L. DkPeatt,
Administrator.
A Churn that Churns in one Minute.
I have been in the dairy business all
my life and have many times chnrned
for an hour before butter would appear,
so when I beard of a churn that would
churn in a minute, I concluded to try it.
Every day for a week I used it, and not
only could t churn in a minute, but I got
more and better butter than with the
common churn. Thia is very important
information to butter makers. The churn
works easily, an J will churn an ordinery
churning in less than 60 seconds. I have
eold two dozen of theso churns in the
past month. Every bntter maker that
has aeen the churn in leas than a minute
has bought one. You can obtain all de
sired information regarding the churn by
addressing J. F. Casey A Co., St. Louis,
and they will give you prompt and court
eous attention A Dairy Man.
You Can Be Well when yonr blood is
rich, mre und nourishing. Hood's Sar
saparilla makes the blood rich and pure
and cures all blood diseases, restoring
health and vigor.
Hood's Pills are easy to take, easy to
operate. Cure indigestion, headache,
85o.
Oil of Gladness,
is a pleasant, palatable preparation, en
tirely free from all oily taste, and may
be administered internally or applied ex
ternally. It will remove all pain that
"human flesh ia heir to," if properly ap
plied, and might be rightly termed "a
panacea for all ills." Price 60 cents.
For sale by Osburn.
To Cure a Cold in One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund tbe money if it fails
to Curs. For sale by G. C. Oaburn. 25
eta.
I write Insurance only with the very best Companies. When you
want Policies written on your house, barn, or grain, see that
they are in the Aetna, Palatine or Caledonian.
Represented.
J. W.
BOONE THE HUNTER.
tin Always Carried Hia Bins and Killed
H"nck Bis Game.
The next few years were passed by
Boone amid unending Indian conflicts.
He was a leader among the settlers,
both in peace and In war. At one time
he represented them in the house of
burgesses of Virginia; at another time
he was a member of the first little Ken
tucky parliament itself; and he became
a colonel of the frontier militia. ' He
tilled the land, and he chopped the
trees himself; he helped build the cab
ins and stockades with his own hands,
wielding the long-handled light-headed
frontier ax as skillfully as other fron
tiersmen did.
His main business, writes Theodore
Roosevelt in St. Nicholas, was that of
surveyor, for his knowledge of the
country, and his ability to travel
through it in spite of the danger from
Indians, created much demand for his
services among people who wished to
lay off tracts of wild land for their own
future use. But whatever he did, and
wherever he went, he had to be sleep
lessly on the watch for his Indian foes.
When he and his fellows tilled the
stump-dotted fields of corn, one or
more of the party were always on
guard, with rifle at the ready, for fear
of lurking savages. When he went to
the house of burgesses he carried his
long rifle, and traversed roads not a
mile of which was free from the danger
of Indian attacks.
The settlements in the early years
depended exclusively upon game for
their meat, and Boone was the mighti
est of aU hunters, so that upon him de
volved the task of keeping his people
supplied. He killed manybuffaloes, and
pickled the buffalo beef for use in win
ter. He killed great numbers of black
bears and made bacon of them, precise
ly as if they had been hogs. The com
mon game were deer and elk. At that
time no Kentucky hunter would waste
a shot on anything so small as a prairie
chicken or wild duck; but they some
times killed geese and swans when they
came south in the winter and lit on the
rivers.
A Watch That Has Bon Since 1784 and
Is BU11 Good Timepiece.
Judge Frederick W. Moore, of the
superior court, is the possessor of an
heirloom in the shape of a watch that
no amount of money would buy, says
the St. Louis Republic. And, besides
its value as an heirloom, it has a hisj
torio interest. '
The timepiece is of the open-face
bull's-eye pattern. As with all old
style watches of the pattern men
tioned, the outer case must be removed
before it can be wound. The outer
case of this watch is of hammered
gold, and all the work on it was done
by hand. While this is apparent from
the workmanship, it is further proved
by the date on the inside, which is
1751. There is an inscription on the
inside as follows: "Daniel De St. Leu,
Servant to Her Majesty, London." Her
majesty thea was the queen of George
II., the then reigning king of England.
The authentic history, of this valu
able timepiece is this: In the years pre
ceding 1754 William Augustus, duke of
Cumberland, the second son of George
II., was the commander of the British
armies. In the Scottish campaigns and
in the campaigns against the Prussians
and the Russians, and when he was at
the head of the British, Hanoverian
and Danish forces of fifty thousand
men, Dr. Frederick William Schwartze,
a Hanoverian, was on his staff as sur
geon. At the close of the campaign
against the Prussians and the Russians
the duke had three watches made like
the one Judge Moore has, and of which
it is one. The watches were presented
to three officers of the 'duke's staff by
1dm as a mark of his esteem. One
went to Dr. Schwartze, as a Hano
verian, one to a British officer and one
to a Danish officer. The presentations
were made in W55. After the doctor's
services had ended in 1757, and the
duke had returned to London, it was
expected he would succeed to the
throne, but the birth of a son to his
elder brother cut h'm out.
Dr. TV. Clark ScMnsoa, of Edinburg,
was a classmate of Emperor William of
Germany at Bonn, says the Boston
Transcript. Telling of his first meet
ing with the German emperor he said
the other day: "It was in the fall of
"78 when I first met the emperor. . He
was a student at Bonn. I shall never
forget the amusing spectacle he pre
sented. You know it is the custom of
the students at Bonn to take a daily
plunge in the waters of the' Rhine.
For the new man this la a trying ordeal.
When they go down to the Rhine to
take their first swim they are repeat
edly ducked by the older students un
til they cry for mercy. Everyone was
on the lookout for the price's initial
appearance, and when he ventured Into
the river he waa ducked unmercifully
But William would never give up.
Down again and again went the future
emperor's head, but he pluckily refused
to give up. Finally, when he had
reached the verge of total collapse, he
was pulled out of the water looking
more like a drowned nt ,, . i:
, mla- took us nearly twenty min
utea to bring around Germany's future
ruler.
SMITH, Athena, Oregon.
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