The Athena press., January 07, 1898, Image 2

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ATHENA, JANUARY 7, 1898.
"What's the matter with Han
na?" dleton Tribune as a writer of the
sensational order, is a rattler. He
Would "shine" on the San Fran
cisco Examiner.
The condition of Main street is
horrible, to say the least. What
is to be done for its betterment,
is 'the burning question of the
hour. The columns of the Press
are open for discussion.
The increase of 12 9-10 per cent,
in postal receipts in November of
this year as compared with No
vember of last year, taking fifty of
the largest offices, is proof of the
rising prosperity of the people.
There is no better index of the
state of the country than the post
al revenue.
Merchants of Pendleton and
their clerks, have been discussing
the advisability of closing their
establishments at 6 o'clock in the
evening, the months of January
and February. It is argued that
if all should close, the business of
none would suffer in - consequence,
and the strain upon the patients
and good nature of the amiable
people who serve the public would
be greatly lessened, thus increas
ing their cheerfulness when on
duty.
The grand contest between
speculators in the Chicago wheat
pit appears to have come to an
end for the present, at least.
Joseph Leiter is credited with hav
ing won a victory. There are
about 8,000,000 bushels of con
tract wheat in the Chicago eleva
tors and Leiter owns it all. Until
Leiter begins to load wheat out of
these elevators he cannot tell what
kind of grain he is to get on his
contracts and the prediction is
made that there may yet be live
lier times before the final end of
the big fight.
Commissioner of Pensions Evana
has been giving some attention to
a proposition whereby the services
of pension attorneys engaged in
the prosecution of claims before
the office, may be dispensed with,
and their work done by officials
under government supervision.
Informally, he has been discuss
ing the matter with members of
the house committee on invalids
pensions, but ia not yet prepared
to outline the details of his plan.
The present system, he says, is
wrongful, and should have been
done away with long ago.
The ICast Oregonian ia informed
by the "Lantern," a weekly paper
published in Portland, which does
not hide its light, that "General
II. B. Compson is spoken of in
political circles as the strongest
man the democratic party can put
forth in the gubernatorial race,
and it is a fact that he is being
mentioned surprisingly often in
relation to that position." Men
tioned by whom? Himself and
those he prompts. General Comp'
eon has the office-seeking disease.
He is not fit to be a candidate for
governor or deserving of election.
No man is who makes a business
of feeding from the trough of
office. East Oregonian.
Without exception, the annual
edition of the Portland Oregonian
was the greatest in point of ex
cellence and breadth of production
of any paper, whether a special or
regular edition, that has ever
reached the Prksh exchange
table. In this edition, the Ore
gonian has, by far, excelled any
previous effort on its part, and
easily stands as a mark for other
Coast papers to. aim at, for no
special edition of ny paper wert
of the Rocky mountains can be
compared to it. It is entirely free
from those towdy, sensational,
smeared-lined engravings which
explain nothing, and are merely
used as space fillers, but which
are generally used as the principal
feature of special editions. On
the contrary, the Portland paper
is filled with good, wholesome, well
written information, every line of it
being devoted to the vast lesources
and development of the Pacific
Northwest. The engravings are
superb, and magnificiently ill
ustrates the edition.
The Standard Oil Company,
if a iecent report can be considered
authentic, is likely to turn to the
Pacific coast as the source for an
increased proportion of its oil pro
duct. It is stated that the coining
season will see it operating exten
sively on the coast and the oil
prospects in Alaska will be devel
oped. It seems probable that the
oil supplies in Pennsylvania and
neighboring states are showing
such signs of exhaustion that the
big trust is anxious to develop
new ones, and in case it goes large
ly into operation on the Pacific
coast it is likely, with its through
methods, to succeed in obtaining
quantities of oil far beyond any
thing so far dreamed of here.
Judge Lambert Dead.
Judge V. 8. Lambert, one c f Walla
Walla's most prominent citizens, died
Friday morning of pneumonia, after a
low cays sicicnees. Judge V. I. Lam
bert wbr born at Deptford, England,
three miles from London bridge, July
26, 1818, and therefore bad he lived
until next July would have been 70
yenre of age. fie came to the United
Stated in 1852 He was married in 1847
to Mlis Marah Ann Payne, who I ore
him eight rhildern-four boys and four
girlt all of whom nre living
To Prepare Oatmeal for the Table.
Where bard coal ia used for cooking
purposes, oa meal may be put over the
Are at tit o'clock in the evening,
brought to boiling point, and kept at
Ibis temperature over night to tbr.t it
may be ready to lerve in (be morning.
Where so.'t coal, wood or eas ia used for
cooking purposes, it will be necessary to
put the oatmeal over me Are at noon.
when the luncheon or dinner is being
prepared. Put four Leaping tablespoon
full of the steel-cnt oata into one quart of
cold water; add half a teaepoonful of
alt, and put it over the fire in a double
boiler ; cover, and cook continuously for
one or two hours Then it may be put
aside until ttie mgnc meal is being pre
pared, and cooked again aa long as the
fire is burning, and tben put aside to be
reheated at breakfast time. The kettle
ebould be covered closely, and the oat
meal must, not be stirred from the be
ginning to the end of the cookinz, other
wise the grains will be broken. Stir
ring oatmeal seems to destroy its (Uvor.
Mrs. 8. T. Rorer, in January Ladies'
Home Journal.
Got a License But Not a Bride.
Pendleton papers publish a sensra
llonnl story which is as interesting as a
tale of romance. The Orlando in the
story la a young man named Walter
Lindsey, and the young woman sought
after, but not captured, is Miss Minnie
Thrasher, of Pendleton. On New Year's
day voting Lindeey procured a marriage
license, without consulting the jouug
lady 'a wixhea in regard to the important
matter nt all, ao It ia aaid. Lladaey
male preparations for the wedding at
the Lome of a friend, but when he w nt
alter his bride ( ?) he found she had gone
to Adams in a buggy with her brother.
Nothing daunted, and like a knight of
ye olden time, young Lindsey folio ed
at break-neck speed. The couple were
overtaken on the road near Adams, and,
ao the story goea, the would-be bride
groom's afflictions were smothered with
a S.'O gold pit ce and a ring he had given
the young lady sometime before. Miss
Thrasber says she never consented to
marry Lindsey, and that his attentions
to her were distasteful and were never
encouraged.
The Surprise of All.
Mr. James Jones, of the drug firm of
Jones A 8on, CowJen, III , in speaking
of Dr. King's New Discovery, says that
last winter bis wife was attacked with
La Grippe, and her case grew so serious
that physicians at Uowden and Pana
could do nothing for ber. It aoemed to
develop, into Hasty Consumption.
Having Dr. King's New Discovery In
atore, and telling lots of it, he took a
bottle home, and to the surprise of all
ahe began to get better from the first
dose, and a half dcien dollar bottles
cured her aouud and well. Dr. King's
New Discovery (or Consumption, Coughs
and Colds Is guaranteed to do this good
work. Try it. Free Irial boitlea at
Pioneer Drug Store.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
The beet aalve in the world for cats,
braises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
aorea, tetter, chapped hands chilblains,
corns, and all akin eruptions, and posi
tively cures piles, or no pay required. It
is guaranteed to giva perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price S5 cents per
box. For eale by Pioneer Drug store,
G.U. Oeburn, proprietor.
Doa't Tobiw Spit Rk lour Uft intj.
To quit tobacco easily and torcrer. be niaf
netle, full of Ule, nerra and vlcor, take No-To-Bno,
the wonderworker, that make weak men
strong. All drugiflaw, Ko or II. Curecuaran
teed. Booklet and sample tree. Addrest
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
Estray Notice.
Came to my place about June 1, 1897,
a red eteer, 2 years old in the apring,
crop off right ear, brand on right hip but
not distinguishable. Makion Jack,
Public Notice.
Not loo I hereby alven Hint I will mlv to
the mayor nmt i-onuuoii council of the oily of
Auiemi, uroiion, at n mooting inoreor to lx
hold on (health day of Jan. !,tbr ailwnw
to noil opIrlluouK, malt nutl vinous lkniorn In
1M (iimnlltifn than one qvmrl, mtltl lUimtra to
no gold only in a uuiiuinv miuaimi on me osl
one-half of lot'o.8, In lilix-lc No, ft, of said
eity. Will Wiais,
JUited Juu. 7, I88. AiiUuit,
Clew to Soeree of Counterfoil Half-Dollar
Circulated on the Coast.
At last the United States secret serv
ice authorities have struck a lead to
the source from which have come the
thousands of almost perfect imitation
half dollars circulated throughout the
Pacific const.
' It is believed the counterfeits, which
absolutely defy detection, except when
under a powerful magnifying B'oas in
the hands of a clever expert, were made
by Chinese in their native land and
brought to this country last summer
by the members of the troupe of Chi
nese actors who came to America to
perform at the Atlanta exposition. Al
most the entire troupe ia now in San
Francisco, having been filling engage
ments in Chinatown theaters) since re
turning from the enst.
It is estimated that $20,000 of the un
authorized coins have been disposed
of by the Chinese, and that "Little
Pete," the Chinaman of recent racetrack-job
notoriety, was back of the
scheme. However, the $20,000 realized
has not leen clear profit, as the coun
terfeits contain almost the same
amount of pure silver as do the regular
ly minted half-dollars, but the extreme
ly low price of silver bullion gave the
counterfeiters a good profit.
Bow She Managed to Win Everybody's
Heart.
, It was the tact and genuine kindli
ness of Dolly Madison that made her
one of the roost prominent of American
women. Several episodes 'mentioned
in Mrs. Goodwin's "Life of Dolly Madi
poti" are significant of this. At one of
her levees, her attention was drawn
to a rustic visitor, a youth who was
evidently suffering all the torments of
embarrassment. He hod at last ven
tured to help himself to a cup of cof
fee, when Mrs. Madison walked up and
addressed him. In the surprise of the
moment, the lnd dropped the saucer and
.strove to crowd the cupjnto his pocket.
His tactful hostess took no notice of the
accident, except to observe that in such
n crowd no -one could avoid being
jostled, and straightway turned the
conversation to the boy's family, and
ended by sending her regards to his
excellent mother, and bidding the serv
ant bring another cup of coffee. On
another occasion two old ladies from
I he country arrived at the white house
while the family were still at break
fast. To the surprise of the rural vis
itors, the woman they had come to see
appeared in a stuff dress of dark gray,
protected by a large housewifely white
npron, and with a linen kerchief pinned
about her neck. Her. simplicity of
manner and attire completely swept
away their awe, and before departing
one of them found courage to ask:
"Perhaps you wouldn't, mind if I kissed
you just to tell the folks about!"
The traditions attached to this tree
nre very numerous ami widespread,
from the days of Tliny downward, says
Notes and Queries. The fancy or belief
that Judas hunj himself upon an cider
tree, which will be found in Gerarde
and many old herbalists and poets, Ber.
Johnson among them, of course, gave
'iyyytme to the purplish-brown fungus
C1 tfr0W8 on 'ta kar'c under the title
oTJ lidos' ear," which Coles refers to as
"Jewes Kare, called in Latin Fungus
Kiimbicunus and Auricula judae." The
plant appears to have had in England
the old cognomen of pipe tree or bour
tree, nud in Scotland bore tree, no doubt
from the facility with which pipes or
tubes for musical or other purposes
huve always been mode by pushing nut
the pith from the younger branches.
Weseemtogetthe name from the Dutch
holder with the German hohl under,
sureau with the French, in Holland
vlierboom, Italian snmbneo, Itussian
busina, and Spanish sauco.
The spiced wifie so almost universally
made from the berries in country dis
tricts, and the medicinal virtues at
tributedand not without reason to
vX'ry many preparations made from its
bark, shoots, leaves and roots by coun
try folk from time immemorial, and a
proportion of which nre found in the
pharmacopoeia, have doubtless made it
n popular plant, and gathered around
! many of the niperstitions, tales, and
even enhanced the virtues it is said to
possess. At all events, in nearly eveiy
county in Kngland its praises can be
heard, and wondrous tales in connec
tion with it will be found 1o exlRt,
I THE. XI
ATHENA RESTURANTI
Mrs, Hardin, Proprietress.
H. P. Millen, Manager.
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Cau be recommended to tho public as
being nrst-clasg in every
particular.
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' -; We
Employ
.White help only. 8
MEALS 25 CENTS.
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THE
ST. NICHOLS HOTEL I
J. W. FROOME & SON
PKOrRIETORs
Iff
Only First-class Hotel in
tlx nttr
Iff
THE ST. NICHOLS
la the only one that can accommodate
commercial traveler.
Iff
I an be rwomemled for II a clean and
I
well ventilated rooms.
COR. MXtS ASBTHIRO, ATHKSA,Or.
C. A. BARRETT & CO.,
THE PIONEER HARNESS SHOP
Is the place to get the best of Harness. "Good
Workmanship and best of material," our motto.
W. E. YOUNG, Proprietor, Athena, Oregon
FIRS1 SETIOML
H. (".. Adams, Prcnldent.
H. McArtbur. Vice-President.
CAPITAL STOCK,
SURPLUS,
Pays interest on time deposits.
Deals in foreign and
E, L. Barnett, Cashier,
If you want to
If you want to
MAKE
SAVE
Buy your Harness and Saddles of
.. FRED FISCHER,
Main Street, Athena, Oregon
"MILLEE, THE RUSTLER,"
Has Bargains for All
Main Street.
N. A.
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THE UMATILLA ART GALLERY,
E. PICKEL, Proprietor,
Is turning out the finest work ever seen In Eastern Oregon. Ho will give you the -worth
of your money every time. Anything you want in the picture line, can
be made at his Gallery. Photos on button, pins, etcPhotographs from 51 np to
$20 per dozen; Crayons from 11.75 to $6 each; Water Colors and Pastels from 2.60
to J10 each; Free-hand work from 515 to S75 each. Give him a trial, instead ot
Bonding your money out of the country. Patronize home industry.
(O
raimV Clocks:
4! JftrTK4vb I LVE RWARE r9.
'at very lowest prices
A SPLENDID STOCK TO SELECT FROM, AT
ASTONISHINGLY LOW PRICES-
II. II. HIV
Pioneer Drug Store, .
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THE SIX
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HWStf. Price f
None higher.
Soma reliable n.
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nearly every city
them, or they can be inail from
us in either Kew Yotk or Chicago.
Stamps takes. Latest Fashlca Sheet
sent upon receipt of one ceat to jay
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Heaters
Sold By
C. A. Barrett & Co.,
Dealers in
GENERAL HARDWARE
A Car-load of
"Flying Dutchman"
Gang Plows
Main Street, Athena
BMK OF ATHENE
8. D. Davis, ) (i
T. J. Kirk, V Directors
E. L. Barnett, j K
$ 60,000
21,000
Proper attention given to collections.
domestic exchange.
N. W. Barnett, Assistant Cashier, a
MONEY
Get a job in the mint.
MONEY
I can save
You Money
On your
Furniture
MILLBR, Athena.
FRONT S
Worth of
MERCHANDISE
To Be Slaughtered
RETIRING FROM BUSINESS
Ourentire Stock of Merchan ,.
dise, consisting of Clothing,,
Overcoats, Boots and Shoes,
Hat3 and Caps, Socks, Shirts
etc. must and will ''be closed
out at once regardless of costA4
Square Store
The Clothing Emporium.'
Remember the place, first door, south of
PostcSice, Pendleton. Or.
J. S. HATE,
Proprietor
Everrbody Says So. -
Cascarets Candr Cathartic, the most won
derful medical discovery of the ap, pleas
ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently
and positively on kidueys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire arstrm, dispel colds,
euro headache, fever, habitual constipation
and biliousness. Please buy aud try a box
of C. C C to-day; 10, 25, 50 cents. Sok1 and
guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
Jio-To-Bae Tor Fifty Ont.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
owa MroBX, Mood pure. Wc, II- AU drugg&La.
$15,000
THE NEW YORK CASH STORE
WE ARE AGENTSf 6
lentil
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5To25CTSi
FIT BEST..
MosTsracji
ssJ5 aixLOQucsirwc;
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k- Because they will buy more goods here than
you can get eleewhere. - ;
WE UNDERBUY AND UNDERSELL -
That's why we grow. Everything is marked down to the last
cent. We have made Low Prices in Athena and will spare no
pains to still try and make them lower during 1898. Just stop
and think what you was paying for Goods a year ago before we
opened our doors, and then compare with the Prices we are
making you today for the same goods. . -
Are We Not Saving You Jloney? -
The more Goods you buy of us the more we can save yon.
Think of this and come and see if we do not practice what
we preach. '
Yours for
Bloch Building
piBL ESTATE
J. W.-Srijifn,
Office over Plrst National Bank,
? THE NEW LUMBER YARD, i
MAIN STREET,
A (Complete Stocko
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a"d apetever bl ugrit to Pendleton. Also an
. eleg j'ortierest face CCrtains, Table. Covers and
Ijge rnmaigs-all.of tho .latest styles and patterns".
'"Bciutiful,rT;; ti'ija word fof these goods. A few samples of
Carpet at Barrett's hardware. store, in Atheua. '
.JESSEiFAILING, Pendleton, Oregon.
- ; ' In all Branches "
Neatly done by Chapman. .
HOUSE PAINTING AND DECORATING.
J. W.
GrlMC
New Opera. House, Athena.
WEDNESDAY EVENING JAN. "12.
v Programme
1. Match by Sousa "King Cotton". 1 . . .'; .... Orchestra
2. - Address of Welcome. . .. . . . . - ; . J,'. . B. Huntington
Henrietta Have You Met Her"..,. . . .. ...f: . .1. .Josef Mueller
4-; - Piano Duet;v. .... ...JVJS?' Hollis '
- , . . ; iMiss Idalee Wedekind
recitation "Caleb's Courtship":.:. . . . . t. . . . . Jocelyn Koonti
Overture "Snap Shot," The Hit of the Day. . . , . . . . . Orchestra
Vocal .Solo..'.; . . i ::.. .... .i . . .V. .Mrs. Ida Gillis
Clarinet Solo ...... 4 . .' . . .... , . . p. L. Helfrich
"8th Air Varie of Grand Fantasy" E. Brepsant. :
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Vocal Solo T. ..... .
; Comic Song "Pa'Me Off at
Vocal i)aet. . . ...
March "Greeting to Ems"-by
GENERAL AD3IISSIOX, 25c.
Your Dollars
Grow Big
In Our
Store
Bargains,
F. C. Marquardsen.
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iWalter Fries
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