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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-01-04
DIED.

On January 3, 1895, of typho-
pneumonia, Mrs. Sarah A. Estes,
aged 81 years, 2 months and ten
days. Mrs. Estes was an estima-
BILE lady, a kind and loving wife
and mother. How greatly she will
be missed by the bereft husband
and motherless sons and daughters,
only those who have experienced
the same bereavement can know.
She was married TO William Estes
Dec. 81, 1854, and moved to Greg
on in 1880. The funeral was con-
Quoted from the Christian church,
of which denomination she has been
a member for some 20 years, by L.
N. Richardson.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-01-04
AN IMPATIENT PANTHER.
Why . Hunters Opportunity Ended n
Ignomirious Failure.

Ignomirlous Failure.
Hunters who go forth to shoot pam
theirs have generally story of triumph,
orat least of worthy and thrilling es-
cape, to relate. But the author of
"Thirty Years of ShilSar" describes the
only chance he ever had of making an
appearance as slayer of the large
feline creatures as sresulting in a crush
ing failure. He gives the story as fol.
lows:
A panther was marked down for me
in small thicket, and went forth to
do for it. When reached the ground
the panther was still there, and keen
eyed native pointed it out to me.
"Hitherward was its head, said this
man, "thitherward it's tail. Doesn't
the sahib see it? Therel therel'' and
he pointed to spot about three yards
off
But did not see that panther-either
its head, or its tail, or anything that
was its; I saw only q mass Of light and
shade under dense overgrowh of
greenery, dead leaves and grass that
were yellowish where the pencils of
light broke in upon the gloom. and
otherwise mysterious shadow that told
nothing to my unaccustomed eye.
All that looked upon in that green
wood tangle was equally panther;
could pick out no particular patch as
being any more pantherish than the
rest; of head or tail made out moth
ing where all was equally one or the
other, and still that native of keenest
vision besought me to see that pam
theirs head and tail and right forefoot,
and many other details OF its anatomy.
Then there came a roar out of the
thiclSet, and a rush which was like the
volcanic upheavai of the ground at my
feet, and, as it seemed, several tons of
that upheaved matter hit me in the
chest and other parts, and was cata-
pulted onto the broad Of my back >
yard or two from where had stood.
That upheaval was the panther. The
brute hadn't had the patience to wait
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-01-04
Couldn't Marry on sso.ooo a Year,

mo, F" remarked the young man with
touch of sadness in hisvoice, st may
be that some day happiness viii be
mine, but at present it is beyond
me. There is q girl whom l love
dearly. She would have me If only
asked her, but dare not l really
cannot marry and live on 10000 a
year. His two friends to whom he
spoke looked at him in wonder For a
moment they were speechless-con-
sternation and pity depicted on their
youthful countenances But present.
" speech returned to them exactly at
the same time, and they fairly howled
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-01-04
HoM,s Thisl

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward or
any case OF CAtarrh that cannot be cured I by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. ]. CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo. q.
We the undersigned, have known +. j,
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable In all business tra>sac-
tiOns and financially able to carry out any
obligation made by their firm.
WEST s TRUAx. Wholesale Druggists, Toldo
@.
WALDISe, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Tosedo, q.
Halfs Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally. act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
aaee Of the system. Price 75e, per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists. Testimonials nee.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-01-04

THE packing house article in
last weeks PRESS has set our busi-
ness men thinking. A number Of
them have expressed themselves
on the subject, and all seem in
clined to the opinion that Athena
stands as good show to secure the
enterprise as any town in Eastern
Oregon. These opinions of the
business men of Athena coincide
precisely with our way ofthinking.
Athena is unsurpassed by any 9TH
er point in Eastern Oregon as to
railroad facilities. Besides being
centrally located in the future hog
producing section of the Inland
Empire, she can afford to offer as
an inducement the finest location
for a packing establishment to be
found in the Pacific Northwest.
none excepted. The Press man
will call on the representative citi-
xzens Of Athena next week for theiF
views in regard to the matter.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-01-04
The swell Toad Not Naturally Big-How
to Have Fun with Him.

The swell Toad Not Naturally Blg-How
to Have Fun with Him.
What is called the swell" toad on
the Carolina and Georgia coast is in his
natural state only about six inches in
length and four inches across the back,
but he is endowed with wonderful ex-
pansive facilities, being capable of in
fiating himself like Yale football on
the slightest provocation. Many tales
are told Of his poisonous qualities and
of the death-dealing fluids that are
stored away at the base Of his fangs,
but all naturalists s:ree that the toad
is nonvenomous, and that stories to
the contrary are but bits of idle folk
lore. Be this as it may, the coasters
handle him when they condescend to
touch the ugly creatures at an) as
charity as they would live rattler.
The under portions of the body of the
swell" are of a dirty yellowish white,
corresponding almost nexactly to the
color Of the true bufo's belly, but
where the latter is smooth the former
is as prickly as the pod OF ''jimson
weed" In order to see him swell out
of all proportions 1t is only necessary
to rub this prickly surface with q cane,
stick or other object To do this prop
erly the creature must, of course, be
turned upon his back, and the funny
part Of the whole experiment is this:
He cannot expel the air which the ir-
ritation has caused him to inhale until
he has been turned right side up. AL
though originally . six-inch animal,
the St. Louis Republic says it has been
known to expand until It is as tight as
drum and had lost all semblance to
animated life. It has even been re-
lated of them that they would con-
tinue TO expand under irritation until
the body would finally burat from over
imitation.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-01-04

Harvey, of the Philistine, says
he don't given d. which town
gets the county seat, there he starts
a pewspapsrI2l Ifthe sign on the
moon is right, and we think it is,
friend should lose no time in
Grating to Penaleton,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-01-04

\ WHEN any one tells you there
will be division of Umatilla County
during these hard times, simply
tap your forehead with the fore
finger Of your right hand. DO this
merely to let him know that YOU
are cognizant Of the fact that he
is talking through his hat.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-01-04
out-of-Court settlements Pay.

The American Lawyer, legal jour-
nal published in New York City, tells
of lawyer of that city who secured
fee of $260,0OO; of another who was
paid S250,O0O for his service on cele-
brated case; while other fees are mem
toned running from 1875, 1000 to 500, 0,00o
won by lawyers, not by conducting,
but by avoiding, litigation. In fact, it
is apparent that more money is made
nowadays by lawyers who settle cases
out of court than by those who put
their clients to the expense of litiga.
f;nu
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-01-04

until | saw him, or the modesty to take
himself Off peaceably in some other di-
rection; he had resented my staring
MS way, even though l saw him not.
and SO had emerged out of his lair like
an animal rocket, and knocked me
down in his fight.
AS he failed to claw me, 1 came off
scatheless; but not SO my attendant,
who foolishly embraced the panther in
view to arresting his fight; he got him
self badly mauled, and did not come
whole man out OF the hospital for some
weeks, That was my disastrous COM
mencement with panthers.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-01-04

in their excitement: "You cannot mar
ry on 10000 year?3 Why not?" why
not?" echoed the youth with the sad
voice, which grew still sadder why.
simply because l haven't the 10000"
And the mystery was explained.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-01-04

in the place limits which had been
taken up by bona fae settlers pri-
or to the selection by the railroad
company were restored as a part, of
the public domain and patents is
sued accordingly.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-01-04

4. A..
tinue on its present. course the
people instead ofthe corporations
will triumph in the Senatorial con-
test. Scott says his patience is
worn out. Well, the peoples pat
ience was worn threadbare at read
ing his chaff long ago. If the only
paper wishes Mr.. Dolph elected it
should oppose him. This is an
historical fact.
East Oregonian: Old McElroy,
state superintendent of public in
struction, and who has recently
been given a fat position in the
state university at the expense OF
the taxpayers, is in the secret en-
ploy Of the American Book Com
pany and busy at work developing
a sentiment in favor Of this COM
pany's publication. This would be
entirelylright and proper if fMcElroy
was not in theemploy ofthe people,
and before he works for any corp
oration whose interests are directly
contary to those Of the people, he
should give up his trust. How
ever, McElroy will never do this, as
his idea Of a public office is that
it is q private snap.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-01-04

oL. L. f. Cook, of Psndleton, is
pspirant forrailway commission
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-01-04

The Milton Eagle, as the cBief
exponent Of the division question,
seems to have run aground for
something to say in defegSe Of its
proposition. Last weeb'its leading
editorial was written by the mar
row contracted editor with the sup
position, no doubt, that he was
turning out a division article Of
great magnitude. Far from it
Our friend wobbles along in a
weakened manner for few lines
on the division question, when sud
1aply one knee drops down, as it
and the continuation Of the
devoted exclusively to
Milton Eagle does moi
the Press does owe;
etc, Mr.. Hull should
!: :: !: ! :. !: !: :. :: !:
i and not ramble SC
be keep on we will
to hear of his end
sty or over . saw
larry Bowmer found
Eagles palmy days.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-01-04
TIE VOICE DE OTHERS.

ortland Sun: A new clerk has
III sent all the way from Moth
Irolina to fill q position in the La
ande, Or, land office. This il
her Of the many small but ag.
ing insults with which the
administration has afflicted
n the Pacific coast.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-01-04

ER Hull, of the Eagle,
q be worried to considera-
Eer the financial standing
Press. The Press
Pery week in the
Umatilla county,
# ll-home print, four
ls to the page, and
in personalities Of a
yenomous nature, only when forced
10 do SO by being compelled to
Rght people with their own weap-
6ns. There is no mortgage on the
Press, as the records will show;
no one has strings on it except its
editors, and when Mr.. Hull asserts
otherwise he is a--well, the truth
is not in him.
The Portland daily press., 1895-11-05
THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION.
Mr.. Swett's New Lecture at Bosworth Post
Hall,

Last evening at Bosworth Post hal
Commander Edwart G. SWEET very
pleasantly entertained the members oil
the Post and the ladies of theRelief Corps
with his new lecture ga Visit to the
Worlds Columbian Exposition.
His scription of those magnificent
pieces of architecture, which WERE born
in a night, - their adornments, exhibi-
tions all beautifully illustrated on the
screen, must have recalled wildly to the
mind of those who visited the "White
City, their first views of the stupendous
structures and the wonders of the Mid
way. To those who missed that oppor-
tunity of life time, there was much in
the speakers remarks of interest and in
formation. Mr.. SWEET is to be congratu-
lated upon having added such charming
lecture to his list. The Columbian Ex-
position is worthy successor to
Picturesque Maine.
The Portland daily press., 1895-11-05
PERSONAL.

Lemuel T. Davis, formerly of this city
is a candidate for city marshal in Ports
mouth. Mr.. Davis is member OF the
Portland Veterans Flremen's Associa-
ton.
Mr.. L. J. Smith of Lowell, Mass, is the
Supreme Chief Ranger of the Foresters
of America. Mr.. Smith will come to
Portland on Thursday, November 14th.
as the guest of Court Falmouth.
Commissioner of Public Works Fernald
was in Boston yesterday.
State Senator M. G. Morrill, of Gray,
was in the city yesterday.
Marshal Trickey took wagon load OF
subjects to Gays photograph rooms yes
terday afternoon to have photographs
taken.
Charlie Lindall, an old PRESS en-
ploye. is in the city. Mr.. LindaH is
known as one of the finest cornet play
ers in the country, and used to play IN
Chambers Band. In Boston he had a
band of his own, which was attached to
the Naval Battalion. He now directs the
Bar Harbor Band, which is employed at
all the great functions of that summer
resort. All his old Portland friends were
g lad to see him.
Explorer Lieut. R. E. Peary of the
United States Navy, was expected to re-
port for duty at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Saturday. He has been assigned for duty
as a civil engineer in the department OF
yards and docks.
Jugge Strout left for Pittsield yesterday
noon, where he is to hear some reference
cases, seven in number.
Miss Alice Laechles of st. John, N. b.,
leaves today for her home. after plea
SAINT visit with friends in Boston and
Portland
The Portland daily press., 1895-11-05
HOW NAPOLEON LOST.
The True and Real Secret of
His Downfall.
Lack of reinforcement Changed
Destinies of Nations.
Battles Lost in Our Own War in
Same Way.
Reinforcement of Both Power
and Strength.
The Great and Vital Need Always
Present.

Nanoleon looked in vain for his general
| to annear when the tide of Waterloo was
aft ia height He did not come and that
orcat Co1oueror lost the field; France
was checked; the fate of Europe was
changed and the tide of human history
found a new direction.
So in the long, fierce war OF the Rebel
lion, many field was lost or won as
needed reinforcemennts came, OF tailed to
come.
So if is in the natural world the
shower grateful to the parched earth, the
| sunshine wooing the green shoot, the
wind that cools or warns at the right
time all help keep nature fresh and
beautiful. In the realm of health the
same law prevails There are parehing
| drouths and destructive floods to be pro-
vided and guarded against; and when
they come, they have to be robbed, as far
as possible, of their effects.
Prevention in all these cases is better
than cure.
Save the battle in advance.
Provide the relief before it is needed.
TT is less expensive and far more be1e-
fetal from every view.
Reinforce nature. Help her to keep
normal and healthy.
Take care of the blood and nerves, and
we shall have no fear of disease.
DR.. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve
remedy has stood the test of many years
for this purpose 1t has no rival as a
wonderful restorative. 1t has no equal in
the notification of the blood, the strength
ening of the nerves and for preventing
all the ills which threaten at this season
of the year.
Try it and be assured. 1t is the great
reinforcement for strength. power and
vigor of nerve, brain and body. 1T will
make Won we'll and strong.
Why waste time in trying uncertain
and untried remedies, when here is a ply
sician's prsscription,a discovery made by
the greatest living specialist in curing
of 81 Temple Place, Boston, Mass. Ii you
take this medicine you can consider your
self under Dr. Greene's direct profession
al care, and you can consult him or write
to him about your case freely and without
charge. This is a guarantee that this
medicine will cure, possessed by no other
medicine in the world.
The Portland daily press., 1895-11-05
Will Inspect the schoolhouses.

At the time the schools opened in Sep
TENDER, the sohoolhouses were all in.prime
condition, having been we'll cleaned I'M
der the direction of Mr.. Bowen, Superin-
tendent of School Buildings. On the first
day of the term diphtheria became pre-
valent in one school and afterwards
spread to other-schools. tits now charged
that the schoolhouses themselves are at
fault This cannot be so, but in order
to allay the natural fears OF parents, May
or Baxter has asked the plumbing inspec-
tor, Mr.. Cram, and the board of health
officials to thoroughly inspect the Butler
schoolhouse, Casco street schoolhouse and
Others where there is any complaint.
They will make an exhaustive examina
ton and d formal report of their conclu-
sions will be made to the Mayor.
The Portland daily press., 1895-11-05
ELLEN B. LITTLEFIELD,

ELLEN b. LlITLEEIELO,
Treasurer.
The depository, Miss Q. M. Bee kett,
reported distributions as follows:
Four hundred and seventy nine yards
of cotton. 227 yards of print, 16 12 yards
of dress goods, SO 1-2 yards of bingham,
81 yards of flannel, 81 yards Of cotton
flannel, 20 yards of flannetelle, 80 yards
Of silesia, 81 yards of cambria
70 pairs of boots, Is pairs of
rubbers, pair of shoes, 80 pairs drawers,
AZ undervests, 80 pairs of hose, yards of
skirting, 4 yards of outing flannel, 2
blankets, 2 wrappers, l suit of clothes, s
spools Of silk, 4 spools of twist, 3 pieces
Of braid suit of clothes; money, $40 r.
Respectfully submitted,
o. M. BECKETT.
The following officers were elected:
. President-Mrs. Charles Hutchinson.
Vice President-Mrs. Ira p. barring
ton.
Secretary-Mrs. j. Fl. Coffin.
Treasurer-Mrs Henry Littlefield.
Depository-Miss Octavia M. Beckett.
Advisory Board-Mrs. Sewall Water
house, Mrs Charles Hall, Mrs. A. B.
Cole, Mrs. w. r. Phelan, Miss Jennie
Anthoine, Miss S. e. Currier, Miss G. M.
Patten.
Mrs. A. B. Cole was chosen secretary
pro tenn in the absence of Mrs. Coffin.
The Portland daily press., 1895-11-05

Awards on Account of Schooner yalOrous
On Saturday Edward Woodman, Esq. /,
as assessor, filed in the United States
District Court his awards for damages
caused by the sinking Of schooner Valorous
by steamer Louisburg. He awards to the
Portland Packing Company the sum OF
81, 362 70, including interest; to William
e. Morris, owner and master of the
schooner Valorous, the sum of 81, 800. rs,
including interest; to the members of the
crew of the Valorous, for clothing and
personal effects lost, he awards small
sums: also small sums to owners oil
freight.
The Portland daily press., 1895-11-05
nj. @. MI. q.
WEST INDIAN SENTINEL
Attorney True Says that the Eng
]ish are Talking Loudly Against Favors
to Cuba by the United States.

County Attorney Charles A. True has
returned from months trip to Jamaica
and the Bahama Islands. He spent a
week touring in Jamaica. The steamer
nassed near Cuba but did not land. For
half day they sailed along the northeast
coast of Cuba. A Spanish gunboat, on
the lookout for insurgents, came out and
looked the steamer over.
"The sentiment gin Jamaica, which is
an English colony says Mr.. True, sis
against the Cuban insurgents. The reas-
on of this seems to be that tn ey fear the
United States will get Cuba. There is
much loud talk against the United States
granting to the Cubans beligerent rights.
eff there are any congressman who
oppose an efficient navy, they should take
a trip and hear the talk in the West In
dies. England's' stock is way up and
ours is way down, so far as national
prestige is concerned.
"But nevertheless Yankee enterprise
is doing much to develop the island.
Capitalists from the United States are
building railroad from Port Antonio to
Annoto Bay The Americans also handle
the fruit trade very largely, and are be-
ginning to ship Jamaica oranges to the
United States.
GA large part of the work on the rail-
road is done by Gwomen, who carry
crushed stone on their heads.
sEvery American I saw travelling on
Al, T,1I
for Thomas B. Reed for President. The
New England men and the New Workers
were especially enthusiastic.
The Portland daily press., 1895-11-05
THE BANK CALL
Why the Police DID Not Investigate tn
Failure of Mr.. Decelle to Ring.

There was some criticism about town
Yesterday, because the police did not in
yestigate the situation at the Maine
Savings bank when Mr.. Decelle did not
ring at II O'Clock. Alderman Dam, chair
man of the committee on electrical ap-
planes, and Marshal Trickey were Seen
by representative of the PRESS yester-
day. 1t seems that only two banks. the
Casco National and the Maine Savings
bank, have the connection with.th police
station. The calls from these banks goes
onto the same tape that the duty calls OF
the police officers go onto, but no records
are made of the bank calls. One insUitu-
ton wanted record made and sent to
the bank. The police department. replied
that it would be done if the bank would
ray the cost of the extra copying. The
matter dropped here. If one OF the bank
watchman should ring an alarm call, ii
would be answered. but the failure tC
ring in the call would pot necessarily be
noticed. The call from the Maine Savings
bank was like any other of the duty calls
which are clicked off very rapidly, at
certain periods of the night. The Casco
bankswatchman rings in different call
"a telephone call so called-and he is
--sually answered.
The Portland daily press., 1895-11-05

Sale of seats for "A Midnight Frolic''
for City Hall opens Wednesday morning
at Stookbridge's music store. Reserved
seats 25. IS. SO cents.
The Portland daily press., 1895-11-05

Sale OF seats for ga Midnight Frolic''
for City Hall opens Wednesday morning
at Stockbridge's music store. Reserved
seats %, 35, 80 cents,
The Portland daily press., 1895-11-05

Sale of seats for '''A Midnight Frolic'
for City Hall opens Wednesday morning
at Stockbridge's music store. Reserved
seats 25, So, so cents.
The Portland daily press., 1895-11-05
MI. G. MI. a.
Free Drawing School for Me-
chanics. Twentieth Year.

This school will be opened on the evening of
Nov, -. 1885. at ITO o'clock at Mechanics
Hall, and will continue four months free OF
or those Intending to follow mechanical pursuits
from anypart Of the state. Three classes will be
formed one for architecture, one for i, mechan-
hranches. A part of the lessons i'll each class
vii he devoted to Free Hand Drawing. Pupils
viii be required to furnish themselves with all
necessary implements and stahona a,;o None
viii Wits be received unit day Of opening BY ABNER
W. LOWELL, 5l3 Congress street, Nov5dtd
The Portland daily press., 1895-11-05
The Census of Maine.

g Major G. j. House who has been assist
ing Labor Commissioner Matthews in
compiling figures to show the population
of the State of Maine has just completed
his work and estimates that there is for
1895 population of 736, 600 as compared
with 722, 600 for 1894. This is gain of
more than IA, 600 over 1894 and U.s. 600
over 1890. These figures are ESTIMATED
from polls as reported by the town as
SCISSORS. A poll is not merely voter as
some think but any male resident 81
years old or over.
The Portland daily press., 1895-11-05

The Portland Railroad Co. will sell at public
auction today, at their stable, st. John street,
100Ihorses; full particulars IN auction column.
The Portland daily press., 1895-11-05

Sale of seats for "a Midnight T rolic''
for City Hall opens Wednesday morning
at Stockbridge's music store. Reserved
seats 25. IS. 30 cents.