FACTS ABOUT SPAIN... A Brave Pe pie, But Not Fit for Open v . Fighting;. Portlnml Oregonian '. The area ofcoa tinental Spain is 191,100 rrj'iare miles hoot double tliat of Oregon. The pop ulation, according to Ute ee imsle, it a little less than 18,000,000 For to old a conntrv, iber bat been iitiin receut time eanaioVrable increase of popula tion. In 1798 the popnlatioo rai eeli maMlo number 10,(01 430: in 1828 it waa 13 698 029; In 1880, 15.658,631. Tbe pupulalioa of Spaniah colon 'al poeaeaeion in America if estimated at 2.438.395 now much reduced by the rniian .r : in Aaia. 7.1J1.172: in Africa. 186,000. Total, 9,695,667. The total J population OI Spain ana ner iwiumee, " therefor, is about 27,600,000. ; According to the statement of the ' minister of finance, tbe debt of Spain, June 20, 1S96, amounted to 6,941,459,300 ' pesetas. Tbe peseta is silver coin, of tbe nominal value in our currency of 46J rents. Tbe debt of Spain, then, measured in our money, would amount to the prodigious sum of $2,500,000,000 a gam nearly as great as the debt of the United States at the close of our civil war, and three times as great as the present interest-bearing - debt of the United State. , In a financial sense, then, Spain is verv weak. Her revenue for manv Tears tores, btie nae, , moreover,, employed evrry pofeible means of raising revenue, and has no further resources to draw upon ; ana ner create is so low tnai ad ditional loans are Impossible. - act arujY, uu papier, id iuiuoihuh iui- rcidable. The forces consist of a per . . . - , 1 -1 . L. -1 niDeni nrnJT vi a normal aireuiuu ui 183,000 men and officers, and ol a nrst or active reserve and of a second or leuen tary reserve, for which no number are quoted, ine greater pare oiiue active army has been sent during tbe pest three years to service in the East and Wed mutes, ana n is uoinveu an nicnicnin part have perished. Spaiu's army is .. ........11.. fAMt.l.UlA nn.fiAnLUhanh gauize really formidable armj. But sne , UBS, a.oavy oi consiuerauio siieugi". with winch losses mtgut be inuicteu on us at points along our extended a a hniil i ill rnnru aha ftnnlii land na luixtts uu uur uuron. jur uivubuij should e attempt to laud an army on the coast of Spain. We should, how ever, speedily send an army to Cuba, and every tilort would be made to des troy the Spanish navy, to blockade the ports of Spain, and to force them, where It might Seem possible. The commerce of Spain is very considerable, and it would be an important part oi our effort to blockade tbe ports of tbe country. Spain has no resources that would en able ber to compete with us in making additions to naval strength. Tbe Spaniards are a brave people, but for an open field fighting are not good soldiers, f hey are capable, however, of making desperate resistance, when under cover. It was only when within fortifi cations that they made any real resist ance to Napoleon's armies. True, they captured oue French army corps during the Napoleonic wars, but that was due to the Incompetency of the French com mander. But tbe Spaniards have high I opinion of their own soldierly qualities and of their national prowess; they are vainglorious braggarts, and really believe they never were beaten, but they have been victorious in all their wars. It ie their fixed belief that it was their own might that expelled Napolean from opatn, and tney doubt not u opatn nad been in the place of France in 1870 the German armies would have been burled back in defeat over tbe Rhine. Of tbe soil of Spain, about 80 per cent is classed as productive. Of this 35 per cent is devoted to agriculture and gar dens, 3 6 per cent to vinyards, 1,6 to olive culture, 20 to natural grass, and 21 to fruits. : Wheat, rye, barley, maize, esparto, flax, hemp and pulse are the leading farm . crops. The vine is the most Important culture, and large quan tities of wine, oranges, raisins, grapes, nuts and olives are exported. Great Britain takes annually from Spain pro ducts worth 10,000,000 to 12,000,000. Contrary to common opinion, Spain has a very considerable merchant navy. From the latest return, it contained 427 steamers of 313,178 tons net, and 1041 sailing veptels of 172,729 tons net; total, 1468 vessels of 485,907 tons. In 1805 there entered 20,268 vessels, of 13,193,629 tons, of which 11,054 carried the Spanish nig. ; - , U The Sunday-School Decaying. Not for a long time has the Sunday school as an institution bsen handled so absolutely without gloves as in Edward Bok's editorial on "The Decay of the Sunday' School" in the March Ladies' Home Journal. Mr. Bok bas evidently studied his subject closely, and tbe re sult must have been far from satisfactory, judging by the way he bandies tbe entire topic. In words which no one can mis understand, with sure aim, he pillories tbe average Sunday-school, and declares it to be "a rebuke to the Intelligence and a discredit to the church." I'robsbly no religious article of recent publication willcaueeso much comment or e?oke such bitter controversy as this remark- . 1. 1 n : . ;i i. .. i. 1 1 l. 1 1 . i . i i 'UIB BUILUriBl UV lUB 1 11 imur 1 DUil Muiinr. Free of Charge to Sufferers. Cut this out and take it to your drng gist and get a sample bottle free of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. Thev do not ask you to buy before trying, this will show you the great merits of this truly won derful remedy, and show you what can be accomplished by the regular size bot tle. This is no experiment, and would ' be disastrous to the proprietors did they not kuow that it would invariably cure. Many of the best physicians are now using it in their practice with great re sults, and are relying on it in most se vere caaee. It is guaranteed. Trial bottles free at the Pioneer .Drug Store. Regular sins 60c and $1. State Convention. The democratic state convention will meet in Portland Wednesday, March 23, to nominate state and district officer?, including candidates for congress from the first and second districts. The con vention will consist of 267 delegates, the mini being one delegate for each 200 votes, or fraction thereof over 100, cast for William J. Bryan. Fred Rogers In Chicago. Fred Rogers, general freight and pas senger agent of tbe W. A 0. R. Ry is In charge of tbat road until such time as the Northern Pacific officials formally take profession. It is rumored tbat Mr. Rogers ill be made general agent of the syetent, but it may be aeversl weeks be fore the Northern Pacific makes a move in the mutter. Certainly Out of Luck. ' Thirteen young Englishmen, under the leadetsbipof Viscount Avonmore, left Montreal on December 13th last for Klondike. Since their departure they have bad all kinds of bad lack. From Montreal they proceeded to Edmonton, ! N. W. T., where n fw days ftr their artival Captain All ejn died of pnen momn.eoa traded by venturing out when tbe temperatnre was 20 degrees below sen Dr. D. D Hoop, another member of the party, fell and bi lly sprain! his ankle a few days later. Then Captain Powell, whil on a short t ip into the country, had hir feet badly frozen, and an English colonel, who was one of the ill-faied 13. broke IU arm. Captain Powell left tbe patty and proceeded to Vancouver, where, three days laujr, he died. Tben Dr. Hoops met with an other accident by falling across a dog sleigh, breaking bis ribs. Mr. Banner man, another of the parly, was arrested at the instance of Captain O'Brien, on a charge of embezzlement. Captain O'Brien, who bad assumed the leader ship of the party, was arrested on tbe charge of assault for atiempting to stsb a man in his employ. The captain bas Just been bound over to keep the peace and tbe party is broken op. . I . What Dr. A E. Salter Says, Buffalo, N. Y. Gents : From my personal knowledge, gained in observing the effect of your Shiloh's Cure in cases of advanced Consumption, I am pre pared to say it is the most remarkable Remedy that bas ever been brought to my attention. It lias certainly saved many from Consumption. Sold by G. C. Oaburn, tbe prescription druggist. BY SCRIBBLER. CHAPTER IV. tl'WAKl' AND ONWARD. As stated, the dynamite had expWid The heavy freight train coming 'at full speed, completely closed tin tunnel, thereby transforming it into a huger cannon.-' Tire compressed air caused by the rapidity of the train, added consl-hrably to tbe force of the explosion, which naturally found vent at the open end.:, or muzzle, The first t thought . of Shot ty Jones cur Klondiker was tbat hn had been blown to atoms, and, as be felt himself borne outward and upward through the air without an effort of bis own, it fUsbed through his mind tbat he was climbing the golden staiis. ' For only an instant did these thoughts occupy his time; for, on feeling around and pinching bimeelf, be found that he was all there, and very much alive and so far as be could determine alter a hur ried examination but slightly damaged. His next thoughts were of a soft place to alight, but he derived no comfort from their entertainment, His contem plations and anticipations being some what confused be defered action till later. In It as time than it takes to tell it he was sailing through tbo air at an elevation cf four miles and at a rate of speed of ten miles a minute. Seeing some object whirling near him, he involuntarily put out his hand, as a drowning man would grasp st a straw, gradually stopping its gyrations. It proved to bo a box containing two hun dred pounds ot onions, the only part of his outfit he had seen since be had been so unceremoniously elevated. Drawing it to him be placed it under himself, reclining on it, as it were. It seemed to buoy him up; to give him strength; which no doubt It did -onions being noted for their buoyancy and strength giving qualities. Becoming somewhat accustomed to his aerial flight, our Klon diker found by experimenting that he couli change his course, up or down, to the right or left, at will, by simply extending bis hands forward and inclin ing them in the direction he desired to go. Thus was demonstrated by sn accident which had hitherto been but a theory ; that is, with tbe proper altitude and sutlicient momentum one can sail through the air indefinitely, with little effort on his part; like a bir J with mo tionless pinions, the resistance of the atmosphere being equalised by the pres sure of the same, as it closes in after the aerial navigator. . On making this discovery, Mr. Jones proceeded to make his calculations ac cordingly. He decided to steer for the Klondike, regardless of consequences. We shift the scene to Athena. For the paBt weeks entertainments and fes tivitiee have been te order of the day. The numerous orders; Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights, Workmen, Woodmen and Maccabees, each had their innings, as did also the public school, affording an opportunity for local talent as varied as pleasing. One of the most unique and pleasing of tbe entertainments was that given under the auspicies ol the Rebekahs; the Female Minstrels. ' Both ?3S 'ota era'; mm i a;- u i i i the street parade and tbe performance at the opera house would have been creditable to professionals. - The United States of America, once the land of the free and the home of tbe brave, is now the land of the trust and home of the slave. Trust corporations and monopolists, control almost the entire wealth of the nation, compelling every free-born American citizen to do their bidding or cease to exist. To them we are bound as Irrevocably as was ever Africans during cruel slavery days, and unless a combined and vigor ous effort is made to throw off the shackles, ere long we will have to bare our backs to the lash. All staple pro ducts are being cornered by speculators. The standard Oil Co. control the entire oil business, Joseph Letter has cornered 13,000,000 buabels of wheat, Armor has a cinch tn the pig, and last but not least Thompson tbe "village blacksmith," he of the "sinewy hands" and "brawny, arms," has recently, l i 11 . a i n Scrofulajvelling On the Neck and Great Weakness Caused by Impure Blood -Vas Constantly Crowing Worse. M When my son tvas 6 years old bo was In very poor health snd we could get nothing to relieve him. At the age of 7 years he began to complain of soreness on both sides cf his neck and soon lumps be gan to gather on one side and grew to halt tbe size of an egg. We then became more uneasy and began to doctor him for scrofula. lie gradually grow worse, how ever, until at the age of twelve years we had lojt all hope of his recovery. He be came so weak ho could sit up but a few minutes at a time. My v. ifo saw Rood's Sarsaperilla recommended as a great blood purifier and we sent and got a bottle. We began giving our boy tbe medicine ac cording to directions and it was not long before we saw he was Improving. He continued taking it until he was in very good health. lie is now 13 years old snd Is well. We recommend Hood's Sarsapa rilla for all troubles caused by Impure blood." B. M. Silveb, Grouse, Oregon. Hood's Barsapnrllla Is told by all druggists. $1; six lor 15. Get only Hood's. made a corner on ton! stools. "Week in, week tut, from m til night, You cm bear his belbwe blow," And his corner on Fresh mush rooms, . Is what makes hii bailors go. It is rutuorttd that Ilks and Githen are interested in the d jtl ; Accessaries after the ac, as it were; but Thompson is credited with having tutnipnlated tbe corner. "Auil children,- coming home from School, ' . Look in at the oten door," ; j And see him, feasting on French mushroims, " . As he scbemea to corner some more. ' It behooves over patriotic citizens to rise in their might and nip this innova tion in the bud. In a well regulated community there is no place for Pluto crats. Down with monopolists. Live or die ; sink or swim ; survive or perish ; eternal vigilance is tbe price of liberty, and don't you forget it. At the entertainment given by the Woodmen Circle, Mr. Parrett delivered the address of welcome. As a spell- bounder Mr. Barrett is a success, procf of which is tbe fact that some of the audience shed tears as large as prunes. The bovine species, from time imme morial bave been noted for their total disregard for the rights of humanity and their base ingratitude for favors kindly shown. Tbey have a way pe culiar to themselves of gaining one's confidence and when least expected presumably from motives nf pure cuss edness betraying it at tbe very first opportunity presented. When ever a person arrives at the conclusion that a cow is innocent and harmless, and can be trusted, then that person is in danger beware. Remember it was Mr. O'Leary's cow that kicked the lantern and caused tbe destruction of Chicago. How much better it would have been bad she kicked the bucket before having an opportunity of kicking the lantern. Then more recently Joe Saylor. who was a victim of misplaced confidence, while milking bis favorite cow she up set him, and, to add insult to injury, she deliberately stepped in his face, making a track tbat resembled the letter B. Joe being of quick perception took the hint and let her be. Since then he has taken his coffee and strawberries strait. Recently an incident occurred at the Rosonsweig residence, which for pure unadulterated ungratefulness and pre meditated abstractiveness surpasses any similar occurrence on record. Mr. Fred Rosensweig keeps a cow, and that she may the more readily and willingly accede to the demands on her generosity, she is abundantly supplied with all the dainties and luxuries that are eupposoJ to keep a . cow in good humor and condition. Being docile and content she thrived and fattened but from want of sufficient exercise she was inclined to be a little foxy. The other day the young hopeful, Rosensweig Junior, while watering her tied her to the sill of the kitchen win dow. No sooner had he done so than the obstreperous brute started off with the Rosencweig residence, inmates in cluded and if the window frame hadn't Sven way, the re ia no doubt but what r. Fred Rosensweig and family would soon bave been enjoying the pleasures and comforts of country life, and pos sibly Fred would bave been accused of jumping some ones ranch. The house was considerably damaged and Mr. Rosensweig ia loser, having neglected to take out any cow insurance. Mr. Rosensweig ia deliberating as to whether ! or not it would be advisable to hang : tbat bovines hide on the fence, as a I warning to those who have implicit I connaence in a cow a lutegrity. (To be contiaued.) Children and adults tortured by bums. BCalda. inillrl Miam nr aVln diseases may secure instant relief by using De Witt's Witch Haiel Salve. It is tbe great Pile remedy. Palace Drug Store, Wm. MoBrUe, Prop. Real state. 480 ACRES ! ten miles north of Athena 320 acres of good wheat land, 160 acres pasture. Good house, barn, out buildings, wind mill, etc. A bar gain at $5,500. 160 ACRES splendid wheat land, six and a half miles north of Athena well im proved. Yours for $4,250. 1120 ACRES 600 acres in cultivation, balance pastuie; about 250 acres summer fallow. Well improved with house barn, two wells, wind mill cistern etc. Cheap at $12,000. 240 ACRES on Pine Creek. About 8Q acres in cultivation. Abundance of water for irrigation and plenty of wood for use on the place. Nearly 600 fruit trees now bearing. $2,400. 180 ACRES . good timber land. You can get it if taken no w, for $900. 400 ACRES pasture land, one half suitable for cultivation.' Good spring of water and is only two miles from railroad station: A snap at $1,000. 1 HOUSE one 7 roomed house and good barn with 3 lots in Railway Addition $650. 160 ACRES 5 or 6 milec from Athena, good Wheatland,- $3200. 320 ACRES - 130 acres in cultivation, balance pasture, part in summer fallow. A good place for $3,750. ; 80 ACRE fruit farm, between '.Walla Walla and Milton." 25 acres of bearing fruit trees, 4 acres fn' strawberries, 3 acres in blackberries, 2 acres in asparagus, balance in alfalfa.. A good house, barn, etc., abundance of water for irrigating purposes, no rocks. A model home and a mon ey maker. Price, $12,000. 1 FIVE - -'i room hous? on Jefferson Street, Athena, for $500. 2 LOTS on Washington Street, Athena, a good house and barn, fine location and cheap at $500. - -" 160 ACRES on Weston mountain, part sum mer falow, good house and barn, growing orchard, all well improved $2800. 320 ACRES in Sand Hollow, 135 acret sum mer fallow, good house and barn, plenty of water. An excellent wheat farm. $7500. J. W. SMITH, Athena, Obegon. )QtgS3e- Wm, McBride, -.Dealer In.-. I PURE DRUGS & MEDICINES. Fine Cbemicals. "Plariacentical Specialties, Dye Stuffs. Toilet dk Fancy article, Comba, Brushes, Perfumery, Powders, Preparations for the teeth. ' Frescrlptlon&carefuUy compounded. cigars;; Everything first-class at the "Pilace." The- COMMERCIAL LIVERY, FEED and. SALE STABLE. Best Turnouts In Eastern Oregon. Stock Boarded by the Day, Week or Month. LPlNKKRTOX & FbOOMS, Pro'S R.J. SLATER, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Athena, Ork. J. B. Huntington, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Athe.va, Oke. 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