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NOTICE.

NOTlCE-Howard' Steam Carpet Cleaning
Works corner st. Clair street and
canal. Two of the latest improved carpet
cleaning machines now in operation. Teie-
phone SIG.
NOTICE-On May /. 1895. the Paoi Mineral
Springs Company will let the contract for
erecting a four-story brick hotel. with
all modern improvements. Plans and
specifications are now ready for inspec-
ton at PaoIi. Ind.
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Western Line. Asleep.

The Western lines have gone to sleep
Again on the work of perfecting their pas
senger agreement and nothing is being
done. 1t is generally conceded now that it
will require meeting of the executive Off
GERS of the different lines to bring order
out of the present tangled condition of
affairs. The executive officers. as a rule
lose no time in Strengthening out freight
matters, but for some reason they show no
disposition to NEEDLE with the passenger
department. Meanwhile the decentralization
I'm rates. is increasing and unless it is
checked before long 1t can result in moth
ting less than free fight. Reports are be-
ing received by all lines of the demoralized
conditions prevailing at Kansas City, where,
1t Is said, scalpers are doing a fiourishing
business. This, assisted by two or three
small "spats' between general passenger
agents which have occurred of late, has
created feeling of distrust that is bound
to breed mischief within a short time.
Western passenger affairs are in worse
condition now than they have been for sew
eral years and the symptoms point to no
improvements for some months, at least.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

INTERCHANGEABLE
WANtED-Cook, first-class for hotel. An
swer at once to SPENCER HOUSE, An
derson, Ind.
WANTED-Girls experienced in soldipg.
JOURNAL JOB PRINTING COMPANY.
126, 12S 130 West Maryland street.
WANTED--Board two weeks each month;
young man; near center OF town. Address
JOHN L. FRAZER, 15S Fourth. Louisville.
Ky.
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Failed to Form a Pool.

The meeting of Colorado lines at Chicago
which convened for the purpose of forming
q pool on freight traffic. has adjourned
without accomplishing It's object The
roads nearly came to an agreement, but
finally concluded that their differences
could not be adjusted at this time and ad-
1ourned 1t was decided, however to stop
the irregularities existing in freight rates
river. For some time past the standard
freight rates from Chicago to Kansas city
have been applied straight through to Col
on May all the rates below the tariff
sheet are to be dropped and standard rates
decision was reached regarding Utah rates
Another effort to form a pool will be made
within a short time, although no definite
date has been set for 1t as yet.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-18
A Remarkably Fast Run.

Not until quite recently has the Toledo
st. Louis & Kansas City been looked upon
as a road over which it was safe to run
trains at high speed. but in the last two
years mach has been done to improve it's
roadbed. and it has always been equipped
with superior power. Several times of late
fast runs on this road have been noted. but
not until Tuesday had there been an at
tempt to attain the. highest speed. when a
run was made which would be a credit to
kins, general passenger agent, informs the
Journal that on Tuesday q special train of
four private cars, conveying superintendent
OF various lines, made the run from Toledo
TO St. Louis. via Toledo. s.. Louis & Kan
eaS City route, in the remarkable time of
ten hours and thirteen minutes. distance
"a miles There were four changes of en-
gines and six water stops. The quickest
ninety-eight and two-tenths miles, in nine
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Circuit Court.


EuBHT n bFUWH, Judge.
Charles Koerner VS.. c. Il. Adams Com
pany; malicious prosecution. On trial by
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-18
FINANCIAL.

TOANS-sums of $500 and over.
City property and farms.
c. e. COFFIN & CO.. 80 East Market
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-01-04

consequent inability TO acknowledge
her visit with even a sixteenth part of
the homage it demanded. He begged
her 10 kindly consider how i'll he must
be when it remained an impossibility
to throw off the malady even for her
entertainment. In reply, winged with
speed, came dear little missive whose
import was as follows:
II come not as your empress, but as
the daughter OF your fond well wisher
and coadjutor, and as your own anx-
ious friend"
Shorn of all ostentation and display,
the empress arrived and remained be-
side her grateful subject until his final
summons.
Some years ago, when the imperial
palace was burned. the unselfish en-
press, amid all the excitement and dis
comfort she was for the nonce called
upon to endure in a hasty fight to
comfortless old yashika, thinking first
of her subjects natural concern for her
comfort, sat down and wrote them
dainty little rhyme. which proclaimed
as erroneous the report that she had
changed her residence. 1t coyly as
serted that her home had always been
in the hearts of her people, and that
she sincerely hoped that neither by
fame nor cold could she be driven from
the dear abode. IN Y. Journal .
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MuMBLING LECTURERS.
How EhgIish Audiences Are Entertained
by Meu OF Scienoe.

How EhgIish Audiences Are Entertained
by Men OF Science.
Nothing can surpass the patience of
sAhA British audience at certain of these
Avftures. We have been present, says
5. |.Ariter in the London Globe, on one
occasion when distinguished,
perfectly nnintelligible, member
'oFthe Royal society engrossed the at
tehtion of about nine hundred ladies
and gentlemen from eight O'clock until
ten. What he was saying no one
knew. He mumbled on unrcmittingly
and the company loudly applauded
him in the intervals, when he drew
breath for fresh lease of incoherence,
But he held long rod in his hand and
periodically he raised.it and pointed at
an enigmatic agglomeration of lines,
which were believed to be an illustra-
tion. This of itself alone would have
satisfied his audience, coupled, of
course, with the spectacle of his own
respectable person. And when the
lecture was over the secretary compli-
mented the old gentleman on his most
instructive discourse, there was n rush
of eager seconders of the resolution,
and the general public strcamed ont,
yawning and happy. This gentleman
received twenty-five guineas for his
effort, and 1t is not known to this day
what he was talking about There is
no civilization in the world to equal
that Of the average provincial audience
at lecture. It tolerates all things
uncomplainingly. We have known
these kindly people endure long Sc
ries of lantern slidesupside down with.
out a murmur, though their pictorial
matter was believed to be of a very ex.
citing nature.
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A rAcrFuL EMPRESS.
The Pretty Act of the swset-Natursd
EmprosR of Japan.

The Pretty Act of the swset-Natursd
Empress Of Japan.
The empress of Japan, being that
sweetest of all creatures, womanly
woman, hasupo many occasions open
ly evinced her deep interest in the wee
ones Of Japan. giving freely to all in
stitutions that exist To benefit them in
any way, even practicing all sorts of
touching little economies that she may
be able to swell her contributions to
certain charities that most interest
her.
Tho conduct OF this ideal woman up
on certain sad occasion her devoted
subjects are never w cary Of describing.
Prince Iwaukura, fearless Japanese
leader in the momentous days of the
crisis--from which the lovely archi-
pelago is still trembling in its sub
sidenco to what seems assured stabili-
ty--lay dying in his yashilxi. The
empress announced her intention Of
paying Iwaukura visit in person.
The poor prince, weak. and, as have
said, about to die, was thrown into
dangerous state of excitement upon re
ceiving the news, but he managed TO
borrow from some hidden nervous force
sufficient strength 20 grasp his writing
box and brushes and to paint her an ur-
gent but most respectful request not to
think of coming 70 him.
He forced upon her as excuse for de-
clining so great an honor the fact Of
his rapidly-approaehing death. and his
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-01-04
Missouri SNAKE CATCHERS4.
A Queer Industry Carried On
Along the Mississippi
The Reptiles Forsake tho Low Lands In
the Fall and Seek the bluffs.
Where They Hibernate
Through Winter.

The cool fall weather affords the
careful observer a fine opportunity for
noting one of the curious things in
nature--the migration of snakes, says
the Alton correspondent of the st.
Louis Republic. These reptiles look
up their winter quarters, and these
quarters in this vicinity may be found
in the bluffs which line the river bank
above the city. All the snakes which
spend the summer in the bottom lands
of Missouri point, just opposite, make
their way across the river to the bluffs,
where they hibernate until the gentle
breezes OF spring thaw them out, when
they slip down the shale and debris
which underlie the bluffs and again
seek the lowlands.
The crossing of the river is very
simple matter for them. They simply
swim over, and many are killed by
fishermen while making this crossing.
An old resident of the bluffs above
this city states that he has seen the
time in November when the river
could not be crossed in slsiff, especial
ly in the middle of the day when It
was warmest, without at least a dozen
snakes being seen swimming for the
bluffs, and he has frequently killed n
half dozen rattlesnalses with an oar
while going to and from Alton.
A hunter along these bluffs lately
saw an old man who appeared to
be looking very intently at the water
with field-glass, and, curious to dis
cover what it meant, joined him at the
edge of the water. The man had with
him besides the field-glass heavy
sack and curious pair of long wooden
tongs, and in answer to questions said
he was snake catcher, watching the
surface Of the water the while.
Presently he sighted snake swim
.ainRtfor shore short distance above
where he was standing, and proceeded
to meet him with his tongs, with
which he picked up the snake as he
landed. Itproved to be black snake,
aud was dropped into the sack without
further ado. During the next hour he
caught two water snakes, q garter
snake and spreading edder The
last he put in his sack and turned out
the others, saying that they were mo
good"
The old man had grown quite friend
ly by this time, and visit, by invita-
tion, was paid to his cabin boat, in the
back room Of which he had corraled
over fifty live and kissing snakes,
which he said he sold to a party in St.
Louis, who resold them to others for
different purposes The trick of catch
ing them he had learned when q boy
from Indians, who would come down
to the bluffs and catch rattlesnakes as
they crossed the river. These Indians
used to catch them with boats, and
sold them to man at the fort. He.
had learned something that the In
dians did not know, however, and that
is that man can catch more snakes
along the shore with half the work.
Snake catching is followed every fall
OF the year here hyssl1number of men
who appear to find recreation, excite
Nment and profit in the occupation,
While at the same time they are rid.
ding the neighborhood of some very
undesirable visitors and thus con-
ferring benefit on their fcllowman.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-01-04
SUMMONS.
In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon,
fer Umatilla County.
James S. Brltten, Plaintiff

In the Circuit Court of the State Of Oregon,
fer Umatilla County
James s. Britten, Plaintiff,
VS.
A. p. woodward, Catherine WHY
son, Jane Wilson, Cora Woodward
and Anna Henry, Defendants.
To A. r. Woodward, Catherine Wilson, Jane
Wilson, Cora Woodward and Anna Henry,
the above named defendants:
In the name ofthe State Of Oregon.
You are hereby required TO appear and ans
wer the complaint filed against you In the
above entitled suit within ten days from the
date of the service OF this Summons upon you
If served in Umatilla county, state OF Oregon;
Oregon, then within twenty days from the
date of such service upon you, or If served up
on you outside Of the State of Oregon or by
publication thereof, then BY the first day OF
the regular term of the above entitled Court
next following such service or publication, to-
wit: the 2lst day Of January, 1895.
Defendants will take notice that II they fail
to appear and answer or plead within said
time, plaintiff, for want thereof. viii apply to
the Court for the relief prayed for In his com
plaint, sO-wit: For decree of this Court de
claring the plaintiff herein TO Pc lne ne legal SCI
as such heir hs is entitled TO all the property
of which she (the said Louisa Britten) died
seized, orin which she possessed any right or
real property being described In the complaint
In said suit as follows, to-wit:
The Southwest quarter Of the Northeast
quaFleFj the SOutneusb quafteF Oh tue NOftLl-
west quarter, and the Northwest quarter OF
the Southeast quarter Of Section nineteen, in
Township three, north of Range thirty-six,
east of the Willamette Meridian, containing
100 acres and situated In the county OF Uma-
tilia. State of Oregon. And that the above
named defendants and each and all OF them
be forever barred OF any right or interest IN or
TO said real property or any part or parcel
thereof as heirs Of said Louisa Britten deceas-
ed or in any manner whatever and for such
other and further order and decree In the
premises as t. the Court may seem meet and
equitable. Z. DEPEATT,
Attorney for Plaintiff
This summons Is published by order OF Hon.
James A. Fee, one ofthe Judges Of the above
entitled Court. made and done at Chambers
at Pendlet0n, Oregon, On the 10th day Of No
vember, 1894. E DEPEATT.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
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JUST THE THING.
Damming the Mississippi River with
Woven willow.


Woven Willow.
The willows which grow along the
shores of the Mississippi river, says the
Waverly Magazine, are of no use in the
arts, but when it comes to building
q dam the engineers find nothing that
fills the bill half MS well as the humble
willow. 1t lines the shores and can be
easily reached from the barges whereon
it is transported, and it is SO soft that
it is easily cut and handled 1t is
woven into great, long, continuous
mat. One end of this is anchored to
the shore on one side of the chute that
is to be damned, and the process of
weaving is thence carried On straight
across the stretch of water on pecu-
liarly-shapcd boat called a grasshop-
per. As fast as the mat is woven on
the grasshopper it slides into the water
at the lower end of the inclined weav-
ing rack, and it is laden with rocks
and carried straight to the bottom, and
this is continued until the opposite
shore is reached. The mat is then COW
cred to the proper depth, twelve to fif-
teen inches, with rock, and then an
other mat, made in the same way, is
woven and laid down on top of the first
and similarly weighted down, and this
work is continued till the dam has
risen as high as it is intended to stand
the finishing, being always heavy
coating of rock that covers the willow
and all The willow, always covered
with water and the mud that inevita-
bly, lodges among the rocks of the dam,
ie kept sealed alright and of course
does not decay 1t binds the rocks to-
gether and prevents the dam being
showed out of place by ice or disturbed
by the pressure of the current at high
water. 1t is good for no other purpose
50 to hold a shore that is washing
away with It's roots, and for dam con-
struction 1t is supcrlatively the thing.
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FREE.

The Northern Pacific Farmer,
Published at Portland Oregon, now
in its twenty-first year, is the best
and in fact the only truly weekly
agricultural paper published In the
Northwest. 1t is edited by Frank
Lee, the granger editor, assisted by
scores Of correspondents, and con-
tains from 16 to 80 pages weekly,
of agricultural, horticultural, stock,
poultry, Western market reports,
childrens, household, and other
TENS of interest that no one who
has any interest in the farm or the
Northwest can afford to be with
out. At ST cash in advance per
year for this large weekly makes it
the best and cheapest paper in the
United States. To all new sub
scribers who will pay one years
subscription to The Press in adj
vance. and all old subscribers who
will pay their back subscription
and one years subscription in adj
vance to THE Pass will receive
this great Northwest journal free
for one year. No one can afford to
be without it.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-01-04

THE maharajah of Kapoorthella,
with his youthful wife and suite, are
indulging in the social gayeties of Vi
emma. The prince and princess take
daily lessons in social etiquette.
THE widowed crown princess Of
Austria has presented her bridal robe
of brocaded white satin, embroidered
with her own arms and those of the
Hapsburgs, to the church of Bozen. 1t
has been transformed into magnifi-
cent chasuble
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-01-04
THE RAILROAD IN PALESTINE.
Modera Civilizations Advances Into the
Lands OF the Bible.


Lands OF the Bible.
The present is 4 kind of columbus
wear" for Palestine, and in commemora-
ton of the opening of the railroad in
the holy land an extra flag might be
displayed at the great Chicago exposi-
ton, writes Selah Merrill, United States
consul, in Scribner.
During the month of August, 1892,
tens of thousands of people for the
Grst time in their lives saw a railroad
and train o. ears. They had arevela-
ton, and in the great city rs we'll Us in
the dirtiest village of the land wonder
was at its height. The excitement can
hardly be realized by the Inhabitants OF
other countries, to whom railroads,
perfected by the highest engineering
skill and with lavish expense, are OBJ
iects as familiar and common as daily
newspaper. We forget that not very
long ago, in our own country, we had
only bridla-paths and scarcely yearly
post, while railways and steamboats,
had not even been dreamed OF. Let all
the world rejoice il this medieval coun-
try is experiencing . sensation which 1t
can hardly comprehend.
The sigcifieance OF this event is not
that fif5y-three miles Of railway have
been built, or that the capital and the
seaport have been united By iron rails
it is that this has been done in Turkey,
which has always, by all the prejudice
and force of its religion, by all the arts
of its diplomacy, and by every Other
means at its command, done all in its
power to keep out western civilization
It is, therefore, well aimed spear
thrust in the side of this old despotic,
backward-loolring government, and may
foretoken for it either the dawn o.
health or the shadows of inevitable
Joo4h .
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THE most modest little pond can re-
fleet picture Of the sun, If it is abso-
lutely ~ rest in ITSELF Carlyle.
The injury of prodigality leads TO
this-that he that win not economize
viii have to agonize. --Confucius.
Tiosn whoreason only by analogies,
rarely reason by logic, and are gener-
ally slaves to imagination.-C. Sim
mons.
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pUBLIC NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that win apply 70
the mayor and common council of the city Of
Athena, Oregon, at meeting thereof 20 be
held on the 18th day % DeceI1lN r. 1894. for u
liquors In less quantities than one quart. said
liquor % be sold only In the Matlock building
situated on lot 8. IN block 5. Of said city.
Dated nov. Is, lSsi. 1.Ew SHAW, Applicant.
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AssIcNEE.s NOTICE.

In the matter OF the Assignment of
Alexander Moore, Insofvent Debtor.
The undersigned having been duly appoin-
ted Assignee OF the estate Of the above named
insolvent debtor, under and by virtue of an
act OF the Legislative Assembly Of the State of
Oregon, entitled "An act TO secure TO creditors
just division ofthe estates Of debtors who may
convey 10 Asslgnees for the benefit OF credi-
tors.n approved Get 18th, 1875 and all Enbse-
quent amendments thereto.
All persons having claims against said es-
tate are hereby notified to present the same TO
me al my place Of business IN the city OF At
hena, Unatilla county. Oregon. duly verified
as by law required, within three months from
the date Of this notice. Athena. Ore. NOV. 3,
1884, C. W. HOLLIS e. DEPEATT,
Assignee. Attorney for Assignee.
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THE ELK PLAYED PossUM.
A Surprise Awaited the Hunter VIII
Started In to Skin the Beast.

A Surprise Awaited the Hunter Who
Started In to Skin the Beast
"An elk beats the dickens for mis-
chief" said an old hunter to a writer
for the New York Sun. "One time
was hunting on the Yellowstone river
with Uncle Pete McDougall and
squaw man named jackson, and every
kind of game that you ever saw was
found there. We shot no end of buff
falo, deer and antelope, and thought
the list complete when we struck q
band of elk in the open valley. The
squaw man said that the only way to
kill an elk was to bury yourself in a
clump of bushes and wait for him to
come to you. I knew better, and so
we herded up the group and tried to
close in ON them in a circle. Well,
they all got away except one bull, who
was cornered until could get shot
at him. was fiattering myself that it
was q great shot when saw him fall
fat on his side and never move hair.
"'You know all about killing elk /
said, sarcastic like, to the squaw man.
lyon killed him, you skin him., he
said.
"'All right, said /, but you don't
get any of the meat And with that
out with my knife and walked quickly
over to the dead elk, never noticing
where ho was hit. / got square over
on hisneck, and was just reaching with
my knife to strike the skin from his
head when Of all surprises ever got
that was the worst. That bull elk
just raised up in the air with me on his
neck, and, tossing his head, caught me
squarely on his horns came down
like piece Of lead ore in a thousand
foot shaft. tried to hang on to his
horns but he ierlSod my grip and threw
me high in the air and on the ground,
where lay with the breath knocked
out of me and too scared to move and
thinking he would trample me to
death in the sage brush. Finally my
friends got in their work. The elk
had SO much fun that he did not see
them coming, and Uncle Peteput ball
in his heart just as the beast was
about to jump on me with all four
feet. The elk tum bled over on me, and
under his crushing weight tainted.
The next remembered was the smell
of smuggled Canadian whisky and the
squaw man saying with laugh:
1t takes long time to learn an
ellx's ways
Like Gen. Grant in the interview,
I had nothing to say ON the subject. -
THE most modest little pond can re-
fleet picture of the sun, If it is abso-
lutely ~ rest in ITSELF Carlyle.
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