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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-12-15
INDIANS AND COMETS.
A Belief That the Sun Chases Stars an,
Bites Them.

A Belief That the Sun Chases Stars and
Bites Them.
When the last comet was streaming
in the sky | was camping one night in
a canyon near the footsof Cooks peak
In the party was an old and--for an
Indian--fairly intelligent Ute, named
Sam. Sam had been attached to some
cavalry troop at Fort Cummings as
scout, but his day of leaving the service
being reached he attached himself to
me-for consideration says writer
in the St Louis Post Dispatch.
Pointing to the comet asked Sam
what he could say in its defense from
the standpoint of Ute. Sam was, un-
like most Indians. great talker, and
could speak English very well. He
was ambitious to perfect himself in
the language, and readily seized on
every chance for talk. Indeed, |
discovered him on one or two occasions
all alone and talking vigorously at
mark like savage Demosthenes.
Tell about thatq'' said Sam, point
ing toward the comet. "Sam do it in
a heap easy. The sun is the man and
he have moon for squaw. The stars
big stars and little stars--are all their
children. The sun don't like em. If
he catches one he eatsit This makes
the stars heap 'fraid, and when the
sun has his sleep over and comes out
the stars run and hide. When the sun
comes stars go--creep into holes and
hide. But the moon is good. She
loves her children--the stars-and
when the sun sleeps she comes out in
the sky, and the stars are glad, and
they come out of the places they hid
in, and forget to be 'fraid and play.
But when the sun wakes again they
run. He is always after them and he
catches them sometimes. This one,"
continued Sam, again pointing to the
comet, tsthe sun catch one time. He
got away, though, but the sun hit him
and hurt him. That's why he bleed
20. Now he's heap scared and okeeps
his face always toward the place where
the sun is sleeping"
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FAIR WAS A DRAIN.
Other Cities Grudga the millions Spent
In Going to Chicago.

IN GofnR to Chicago.
The close of the worlds fair must
have an important effect upon the
business condition of the country. saws
the New York Post. For six months
there has been steady drain of
money from all parts of the nation
into Chicago-money which but for
the exposition would have been ex-
pended in thousands of cities and
towns. Millions of people went to Chi
cago between the 1st of May and the
LIST of November, and spent on the
average large sum for the round
trip. The st. Paul Pioneer Press esti-
mates that there must have been. at
least 100000 visitors from Minnesota,
and that it cost them on an average
$40 apiece for the journey and $50 ex-
penses in Chicago. This would make
$1,000, 900 that was taken out of Mime
sofa by the exposition. We believe
that this not an over-estimate We
observed the other day statement in
an Iowa paper that no fewer than 450
people had gone to Chicago during the
season from one county seat in that
state, and although large proportion
of them went on cheap excursions.
their average expenditures were esti-
mated at $35 apiece. While there was
a great number of visitors from the
city and vicinity who paid but little,
the expense was heavy for people from
distance, and there was constant
stream to Chicago from the remoter
parts of the country
II it be estimated that the 21,5O0, 900
admissions represented no more than
100000 separate individuals, and that
the average expenditures were as little
as S25, this would mean the diversion
of 800, 900, 900 from the ordinary chan
nels Of trade into the treasury Of the
fair, the receipts of transportation
companies, the pockets of Chicago ho-
tel and boarding-house keepers, and
the other classes who levied toll upon
the travellers. 1t must be remembered,
too, that the large part of this money
came not from the wealthy, but from
people who were forced to save in |
order to raise the necessary amount.
and who consequently refrained from |
expenditures at home which they |
would otherwise have made In this
way the fair has aggravated the nor
NAL effect of the financial depression |
in almost every community. Its close
will arrest the streams of money which
from thousands Of points for half
year have been flowing toward Chica.
go, and will thus have very percepti-
BILE influence in improving the business
sit,1atfon
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LeglsIatI.e Intslligenos.

The intelligence Of member Of the
Kentucky Legislature has at times been
called into question, but it is hardly
fair to that distinguished body Of
statesmen to have any doubt on this
subject. In testimony whereof is this:
Two newspaper men reporting the pro-
ceedings at Frankfort were disputing
over the spelling OF 0 members name.
BY George" contended one, II tell
you it Is spelled with an a. z
"f'li bet you dollar it is an e." In
sisted the other.
Il know better and wen leave It to
him. .
The other gave long whistle.
Leave II TO him, nothing" he ex.
claimed; '.he doesn't know how %
spell his name, and I've seen him run
bis tongue out four inches trying to
write It.
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FUTURE o. ALuMlNuM.
Roofs for Houses and Hulls for Vessels
Sure to BE Made OF It.

Sure to BE Made OF It.
Aluminium, which itself possesses q
high degree of specific heat, does not
really absorb heat itself, and thus is
not liable to the chief objection to iron
buildings In not countries. hut apart
from light decorative purposes, says
the st. Louis Post-Dispatch, such as
balconies, cupolas, finals and veranc
das, it is as q roofing material that
aluminium should be most welcome to
the builder. In plates or scales, two-
thirds lighter than copper, uncorroded
by air and undimmed even by the sui
phur Of London smoke, It should make
roof fit for u palace Of romance.
The humber elements OF health and
comfort in the house hardly less i'm
portant than it's. external defenses
against the weather--pipes, cisterns,
taps and cutters, now made of iron
which rusts, or lead which poisons--
would be more enduring and far more
healthy il made of this light and clean.
ly metal, which might also take the
place of all water-holding vessels now
made of heavy, brittle earthenware or
painted tin. An aluminium bath is
among the probable Injuries of the
next century. But II is not as mere
accessory to comfort and convenience
that real development of the new
metal should lie. 1t is for use at sea
that its most marked quality of light
ness obviously fits it.
The marine engineer and the naval
architect, who are already looking in
this direction for a reduction of the
weight which is inseparablc from loss
Of efficacy, whether in speed or cargo,
cannot neglect the possibilities Of q
metal, which, when mixed in the pro-
portion of one to fifty, gives to alum
inum-bronze hardness aud tough
ness which makes it almost as reliable
as steel, and which, II the proportions
could be reversed and the strength pre-
served, would reduce the weight Of
ships and machinery alike by two
thirds That is a problem which
awaits the metallurgist for solution.
The reduction in cost, judging byan-
alogy, can only be question of time
and research.
The best steel now costs little more
than one-half penny per pound, while
aluminium is fifty times that price.
But aluminium exists in far greater
quantities than iron. is more widely
distributed, and neither the limits OF
time nor the history Of metaliurgy for
bid US to conjecture that, as the world
has seen its age Of stone, its agc Of
bronze and its age Of iron,B so It may
before long have embarked on q new
and even more prosperous age Of alum.
inum
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Great Destruction In the Delaware Bay
Beds by the " fsorer."
The "borer, pest about the size of
a small strawberry, is working great
havoc among the oyster beds in Della
ware bay and tributary streams, says
the Philadelphia Ledger
Capt Moses Veale, of the oyster
schooner White Lily, says that the de-
structive powers of the 'sborer, have
beer known to oystermen only few
years. BE had followed oyster digging
for nearly thirty-fve years, and the
first s'borer' he saw was about ten
years ago, but their ravages in theoys-
ter beds were comparatively unnoticed
until last year.
Capt. Vsale said that last year the
numbercfdead oysters with holesmade
by bore.s in the shell became so great
that eystermen were alarmed. This
year the work of heborers has become
q grave matter, and If it continues
r any bays will be depopulated Of oys-
GERS. From one bed we dredged on this
trip we got twelve hundred baskets of
oysters, but out of these only two hun
dred were good. the dead oysters hav-
ing been killed by borers. A peculiar
thing about the ravagesof the borers'
is their apparent selection of the best
oyster beds. We have found this to be
true several times this season, We
have found q bed Of small oysters al
most entirely free from 'borers. This
bed will be separated from another
bed of larger oysters by two hundred
feet, but this latter bed will be SO badly
affected by the creatures that twill
hardly pay TO work it.
Iron what can learn from oyster
men the destruction wrought by borers
is much more severe in Delaware bay
than in other places.
1.-The work of the borer this year
makes double misfortune, for the
oyster beds were badly damaged by the
big storm in August and September.
Very few people who are not in the
oyster dredging business know any
thing of the methods of the borer.
When first took notice of It's work /
secured several oysters just after the
,borer had fastened itself to the shelf
When the l,orer fHsteiis itself II holds
on like a leech, and it Is with difficulty
that IL can be removed with the
fingers.
Sometimes the borer fastens itself
to the oyster shell near the edge and
then the oyster is not killed When
the hole of the borer is made near the
center Of the shell the oyster is at
tackled in it's vital parts and dies in
three or four days afterthe hole Is first
made"
Some of the bed-owners near Maurice
river have lost large sums of money
this year on account OF the borcr. All
oystermen say there can be no wayof
taking away the borer without de-
the oyster beds.
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DEATH OF 4 NOTeU GIANT.
The Chinaman Chang, Who Was Not Less
Than Nine Feet in Height.

1nnn Nine Feet In Height.
The famous Chinese giant, Chang,
died at Bournemouth, England, No
rember 5. Chang had been seen several
times in America, says the New York
Herald. Because of a prevailing super
stition among the Chinese people
his height was never measured, as
they believed that death would ilnine-
diately follow the measurement. But
there are none who have observed him
or who have stood up beside him who
estimated his stature at less than nine
feet. His physical proportions were
very symmetrical and his strength was
herculean. Having travelled and exhib-
tied throughout the civilized globe he
acquired and spoke with fluency FIVE
different languages English, Ger
man, French, italian and Spanish He
was very companionable man and
delighted to meet and converse with
intelligent men and women.
Chang was born in 1s47 at,Waang-
Hue, near Pekin, China. His parenss,
who are still living, are large tea and
silk growers, and are independent.
There is nothing in their constitution
nor that of their progenitors to indi-
cate the possibility of transmitting
gigantic proportions to-their extraor-
dinary son. On the contrary, Changs
parents are about the average size of
Chinese people, who are well known
to be rather under the ordinary size.
At his birth there was nothing to in
dicate that he was to grow to his pres
,ent stature, and up to the age Of nearly
six years his height did not exceed
most children of his age. After short
illness he began to assume such gigan-
tic proportions that his parents were
much alarmed at the growth Of their
huge son. At the age of twelve he
was equal to the height Of his father
and the generality of the neighboring
people. The phenomenon of his being
as tall as man, and yet showing all
the habits and actions of child,
caused him to become the wonder and
astonishment of the neighborhood. At
the same time he suffered great per-
sonal discomfort, for the men would
not associate with him and the chill
dren would not play with him. At the
age of eighteen he commenced to ex-
hibit himself in public.
Chang was here in 1880, in 1888, and
in 1886. After his last visit here here
turned to his native land to marry a
Chinese beauty. Itwas his intention
ut that time to come back to America
and to settle down in the west. He
used to wear watch given him by
Queen Victoria which weighed two
pounds and a half, and had chain
nine feet long, which barely reached
around his neck and down to his vest
pocket He had large stoclSof gloves
and jewelry presented to him by royal
and other distinguished personages.
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Wild geese and wild ducks show
knowledge as to the resistance Of the
atmosphere and sagacity in overcom-
ing It. When doclxs of them have TO
go long distances, they form triangle
to cleave the air more easily, and the
most courageous bird takes position at
the forward angle. as this is very
fatiguing post another bird ere long
takes the place Of the exhausted lead
er. Thus they place their ayaiIable
strength > The service Of thesocisty.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-12-15
Efz1z;jcI;;llI,zEa E|iIE1;jI;;lI,a
- !.
N5d!Iz:SzsIl
Better,
Pills

Druggists in Liquid, or in Powder
to be taken dry or madeintoa tea.
The King Of Liver Medicines.
have used your simmons Liver Regu-
lator and can conscienciously say il is the
king Of all liver medicines, consider 1t d
medicine chest i'll itself.-GEo. w. JACK
son, Tacoma, Washington.
aS-EyERY PACKAGES
Has the z Stamp in red ON wrappers
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LODGE DIRECTORY

A O. u w. NO. l04. MEETS THE
IN Second and Fourth Saturdays OF
month. 4. A. Citizens,
Recorder.
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ABSOLUTELY POVE

eastern brother. This Is isaceoufited for
by the fact that all fof-beArinr ami
mails have darker coats in the more
thiclsly timbered regions.
The CrSlGp . ENEMY.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-12-15

" AS old as
ehills' and
never excell-
ed. " Tried
and proven
is the verdict
of millions.
S m ons
Liver Regu-
lator is the
onl y Liver
and Kidney
medicine to
which you
can pin your
faith for a
c u r o. A
mild laxa-
tive, a n d
purely veg
etable, act
ing directly
on the Liver
a II d Kid
neys. Try it.
Sold by all
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-02-01
Notice to Tax Payers.

The undersigned as tax collector
of the revenues of Miller county Ark
will be at the following places, and
dates, for the purpose of collecting
the taxes ON the personal and real es-
tate property assessed for the year
1892, as charged upon the Tax Books
Garland City, Red River Township
Wednesday, Feb. !, 1898.
West Track, Cut OF Township
Thursday, Feb. 2, 1898.
Hervy's, Lost Prarie Township
Friday, Feb. 3, 1898.
Sand Hill, Sulphur Township, Mon
day, Feb. 6, 1898.
Era, Sulphur Township, Tuesday,
Feb. Z, 1898.
Bright Star, sulphur Township
Feb. 8, 9, 10 and IL.
Homan, Homan Township, Monday,
Feb. 13, 1898.
Collins Mill, Cleveland township
Tuesday, Feb. IA.
Genoa, Cleveland township, We'd
nesday, Feb. Is.
Roberts, Beech township, Thursday.
Feb. l6.
Boggy, Beech township, Friday
Feb. II.
Pleasant Hill, Days Creek township
Saturday, Feb. 18.
Texarkana from Feb, 20 until April
10, 1898. A. S. BLYTHE,
Sheriff, and Ex-O1icio Collector OF
Miller county, Arkansas
This December 80, 1892.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-02-01
Grave Mistakes.

Physicians frequently make mis-
takes in treatment of heart disease.
The rate of sudden deaths is daily in
creasing. Hundreds become victims
of the ignorance Of physicians in treat
ing heart disease. One in four per
sons has diseased heart. ShortnesS
of breath, palpitation and fluttering
irregular pulse, choking sensation
asthmatic breathing, pam or tender
ness in side, shoulder or arm, weak OF
hungry spells, are symtoms of heart
disease. DR.. Miles New Heart Cure
is the only reliable remedy. Thou
sands testify to its wonderful cures
Books free. Sold by Smith Drug Co.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-02-01
Nhe CommILtod Nnlclde.

Mrs. f. G. Cone, at Paris, left this
letter. "My husband.-Forgiye me II
| cause you trouble, but | suffer so,
You do not know what these long,
wakeful, wretched nights are to me,
and am so tired, darling-the pain
will never be better. 1t is not easy to
take my own life, but l have been
sick so long. Goodbye, my husband,
| love you-your wife" This is but
one of the thousands that gives up,
instead of using DR.. Miles Restora-
tive Nervine, and being speedily cured
of their wretchedness. Go to Smith
Drug Company and get an elegant
book and trial bottle free.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-02-01

THE bill calling constitutional
convention should not be allowed to
lag till the session of the legislature
is far gone. This is one of the most
important measures before that body
and should be pressed. The good of
the entife State demands it and the
News hopes soon to chronicle its
passage in both Houses Hot Springs
News.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-02-01

The Illinois supreme court has rem
dered decision that women can vote
at school elections. Last spring Mar
tina x. Plummer and May NJ. Moss de-
feated Oscar q. Yost and Otto Wal
lace by the aid OF the votes of 293
women. The county court decided
against the women, but on appeal the
supreme court reversed the decision OF
the lower court.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-02-01

THERE is more hope and enco ur-
agement of "a good time a comm I"
through a decrease of the cotton
acreage, an increase of improved
stock-horses mules cattle and hogs
than any scheme which may be de-
vised to relieve the burdens of the
farmers. A big crop of cotton means
low prices and hard times. Diversi-
fled products promise prosperity and
happiness
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-02-01
500 Reward 500

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known
to the medical fraternity. Ca
tarrh being constitutional dis
ease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
TEN, thereby destroying the founda-
tion of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building
up the constitution ana assisting
nature is dong its work. The pro-
prietors have so much faith in its
curative powers, that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that il
fails to cure. Send for list Of testi-
monials. Address,
f. j. CHENNEY Il Co.,
Toledo, 0.
L..
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-02-01

JUDGE WM, LINDSAY, of Kentucky,
will succeed Senator Carlisle, who
has resigned his seat to take cabi-
net position with Mr.. Cleveland. The
new Senator is almost rs large rs
David Davis. He is a typical Ken
tuckian in manners and appearance
and is about 55 years of age; law
yer by profession; served on the State
Supreme bench ard has for years
been a State Senator as well as Ken.
lucky commissioner to the Worlds
Fair. -Four months ago President
Harrison rendered him the position
Of Interstate Commerce Commission
er, an office which he declined He
has always been a Cleveland man.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-02-01

THERE are 752 conyicts in the
State prison. OF this number 500
are negroes, 227 whites and Indians;
2 white women and II negro women.
One hundred and ffty-three are be-
tween the ages of 8 and 10, and q
are between 80 and 60 years old. AT
least tw hundred of the total num-
Der should now be in a reformatory
school.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-02-01

WE hope to see the bill providing
for constitutional convention pass
ed, rs romething needs speedily to be
done that will allow the great State Of
Arkansas to keep pace with her sister
States. BY digging down into the
core of our present constitution many
radical defects can be found which
can with safety be remedied-Fort
Smith Elevator.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-02-01
To the Public.

desire to inform my friends and
the public generally that ! have added
number of fine mileh cows to my
llolstein dairy farm, and have under
taken the personal supervision of
same. | have also taken charge Of the
milk wagon and will deliver milk to
all customers personally, guaranteeing
absolutely pure milk Of the best quail
ity. All orders should be given, or
addressed, TO j, A. NJ. Smith, Texar-
kama, Ark. l-l6-tf
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-02-01

A WOOL GROVER near Silver City,
New Mexico, writes to the Republic
that he has 1000 ewes whose wool
under the Mckinley act has fallen
from l6t TO II and II cents. II am
free trader out and out" he says.
And when he has said it he has
preached y sermon, not the less forci.
bic bacause it is all in sentence. -
st. Louis Republic
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-02-01

ANOTHER bloodless revolution is
reported This time from the Ha.
waii Islands, in the South Pacific
ocean; the monarchy was overthrown
and a provisional Republican form Of
Government set up, and annexation
to the United States is desired and
sought for. We say "throw out the
life line" and take her in. II the
United States possessed Hawaii she
could make it the Gibralter Of the
Pacific.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-02-01
Tobacco Users Smile Sometimes

when told that tobacco hurts them
their wives never do, because shatter-
ed nerves, weak eyes, chronic catarrh
and lost manhood, tells the story,
If your husband uses tobacco, you
want him to quit, post yourself about
No-to-bao the wonderful, harmless,
guaranteed tobacco-habit cure, by
sending for our little book titledi
sDon,t Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your
Life Away" mailed free. Drug Stores
generally sell No-to-bac. THE STER-
LING REMEDY Co., Indiana Mineral
Springs, Indiana. 1-16-13t-eod
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-02-01
Making a World Wide Reputation,

Making world Wlde heputatlon'
Chamberlain Medicine Co, of Des
Moines, is an Iowa manufacturing iu-
stitution and one in which the resi-
dents of the State look upon with
pride. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
has become national in reputation, and
is known in nearly every household
in the state and throughout the great
west, Its merits are becoming estab-
lished in all parts of America,--Coun-
ell Bluffs, Iowa, Nonpariel.
For sale by all druggists.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-02-01

This has been the coolest winter in
many years, both in this country and
Europe. Above latitude 80 the mer-
curry reacoed 30 to 45 degrees below
zero and the suffering in the higher
ATTITUDES has been very great, espec-
tally among the poor
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-02-01
How to Save Doctor Bills.

Many doctors bill has been saved
by the use of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy The name is household
word in many parts of the country.
Chamberlain's medicines have an eX.
tensive sale in the Worlds Fair City
and many people testify to the merits
of their different remedies,-Chicago
Daily Calumet,
For sale by all druggists.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-02-01

Now that Mr.. Blaine has "passed
over the river" and Harrison is dead,
politically, the real causes that lead
to Blaine's leaving Harrison's cabinet
will come to light.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-02-01

j. w. Stuart & Son will make Il
present of hat to any child, four
years old or upwards, or to any man
whose chest measures 40 inches orless,
that they cannot fit in suit of ready
made clothing. Come along ye stout
men, We slim men, ye little men, and
get that hat. It's ready for you. If
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-02-01

HoN. JOHN L. MITCHELL, the new
ly elected Senator In Wisconsin, is q
farmer, banker and a sound Demo
crat, who has performed splendid ser
vice in redeeming the Badger
State