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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-04-05
HOW COYOTES HUNT.
They Take Turns in Chasing the Fleet
footed Jack Rabbits.

They Take Turns IN CnaStuk Inc EAoob~
footed Jack Rabbits.
"Did you ever see pack of coyotes
a-rustlin for grub?" asked an old miner
of a reporter of the Moreno Cali In
dicator. ''I've lived on the desert for
nigh onto thirty years." he resumed,
'.and seed many queer sight, but coy
otes a-rustlin' for grub beats them all.
Them animals are as well trained as
any body of soldiers ever was under
Gen. Grant. They elect captain,
whether by drawing straws or by bal
lot, don't recollect off-hand. Just at
daylight a reveille calls the pack to-
gether, and they come yelpin' and
howlin' over the desert like a lot of
things possessed, their appetites sharp
ened by the crisp air and eager for
their regular diet Of jerked rabbit
meat. The avant-couriers sniff around
among the sagebush and greaseweed,
while the rest of the band form into a
big circle, sometimes spreadin' out on
the plain over radius of two or three
miles. The couriers head a jack rabbit
in the circle and the coyote nearest
takes mp the chase.
"You know jack-rabbit can run ten
times fasten than coyote, and when
the one in pursuit gets tuckered out
the next one takes up the chase, and so
on till the jack falls down dead from
exhaustion. Then the whole pack leap
onto him, their jaws snappin like
sheepblades in shearin' time. Then
when the jack is disposed of another
reveille is sounded and the pack again
forms into q circle and the circus is
kept up until every one of the yelpin'
yeller devils has satisfied his appetite,
sometimes KILN hundreds of jacks
and cottontails for one meal, fur coy
ote can eat jack as big as himself
and then look as il he was clean starved
to death. was clean through the late
unpleasantness with Gen. Grant, and /
know what scientific generalin is, and
them coyotes know as much as any
soldiers that ever lived about army
tactics. The commander in chief is
usually the oldest coyote in the pack,
and he sits ON knoll where he can
give orders to his lieutenants and aids,
and what they don't know about am
buscades, maneuverin' and field tactics
amt worth KNOWN"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-04-05
THE WEATHER ON MARS.
Visible Evidences of a Warm
Spell on the Planet.
AN Extensive Thaw Observed Which I'm
dicated a summer Season In the
Southern Hemisphere or Our
Nelghboring World.

Among the most interesting observa-
tions of Mars during the recent opposi-
tion were those relating TO the gradual
disappearance of the snow cap sur
rounding its southern pole. The disap-
pearance was due, Of course, to the
fact that it was summer in the south
ern hemisphere of Mars, and the polar
SHOWS melted more and more rapidly
as the sun rose higher upon them. Yet,
although the reason was plain, and be-
cause it was plain, one could not watch
the process without experiencing a
strange feeling that amounted almost
to awe. 1t is quito easy, says the Scr
entific American, to think dispassion-
ately OF the possibility that some things
may GO on in other worlds just as they
do in this one us long us your eyes have
not confirmed what is in your mind;
but when peering through u telescope
you actually behold such occurrences,
the effect is startling. 1t is like COM
ing suddenly in broad daylight upon
the scenery of dream. On June
the snow around the south pole of Mars
was 2 2,400 miles across. A snow cap of
proportionate dimensions on the earth
would, in the northern hemisphere, ex-
tend as far south as st. Petersburg, the
southern point of Greenland and Mount
st. elias in Alaska, BY July the di-
ameter of the snowy area had dimin-
ished to about 1900 miles. On August
l it was only l,l0O miles and ON August
81, the date of the summer Solstice in
the southern hemisphere of Mars, the
snow cap was but 500 miles across, But
heat accumulates in n Martian summer
after the sun has begun to decline, just
as it does upon the earth, and accord
ingly the melting Of the SHOWS oontin-
ned after the solstice was passed, AT
the end Of September the diameter Of
the snow-covered region was only about
$50 miles, and at theopening of Novem-
ber it was less than 200 miles.
Now comes a curious fact. About the
middle Of October it was reported that
the polar snow cap Of Mars had van
ished; some of the most powerful tele-
scopes failed to reveal n trace of i'll
Vet it is not probable that 1t had actual
~ entirely disappeared The explana-
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tion OF the apparent disappearance Is
no doubt to be found in the fact that
as the snow area diminished it left the
pole uncovered by receding TO one side,
for previous observations have shown
that on Mars, as On the earth, Whit
may be called the ''pole of cold"
does not correspond IN location with the
pole of the planet S axis. Schiaparelli's
observations in 1877 and 1879 showed
that the center OF the snow cap during
its minimum in those years was dis
placed toward that side of the pole
corresponding to an areographic longi-
tude OF about 40 degrees. With the
other side OF the planet turned toward
the earth the snow cap would
have been invisible, being, so TO
to speak, hidden behind the pole, This
is apparently juss what occurred
in the middle CT October last. The
south pole was then free from ice, and
the center o. tho snowy region was
displaced, as in 1877 and 1870, along the
meridian cf 10 degrees. But it was on
the other side of the planet which was
at that time presented toward the
earth during the best hours for obser-
vation, and consequently no polar snow
waG seen; not because it had no exist
ence, but because it was concealed.
1t is probable, however, that at its
minimum the snow cap was exceeding
ly small, perhaps less than one hundred
miles in diameter No such rapid and
and extensive disappearance of snow
and ice ever cccurs upon the earth, al
though the advocates of an open polar
sea may find encouragement in the
fact that the uncovered south pole of
Mars corresponds in color and general
appearance with what are believed to
be the water areas of that planet, while
what remains of The snow cap in such
circumstances rests apparently upon a
mass OF land, perhaps no more than an
island rising out of the polar ocean.
Owing to the larger cccentricity of its
orbit, the extremes Of temperature on
Mars are greater than upon the earth,
although the total amount of the solar
heat received by the planet is less than
half as much as we get. But more i'm
portant than these differences is the
rarity of Mars atmosphere, which has
been so clearly demonstrated by the
recent spectroscopic observations of
Prof. Campbell. It may not be scien-
tifc, but it is certainly human to ask
whether it is probable that human be-
ings resembling ourselves were includ-
ed in the field of view of our telescopes
last autumn, while we watched the
southern SHOWS of Mars sparkling to
the sun and melting away at his ardent
touch. If such beings are there they
must exist in an atmosphere less than
one-quarter as extensive as the earths.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-04-05
Metal and Garthenware soldered.

A new electrolytic method of great
use to plumbers is the joining of metal
to earthenware. The earthenware
should have an unglazed surface, but
If otherwise the glaze is removed
and the surface coated with plum
bago and placed in an electro
lytic bath, thus obtaining a metal
lie coating. To this coating the
lead pipe can be soldered in the or
dinary way by means of plumbers
wiped" joint. This process, it is said,
will probably supersede the use of
rubber sleeves, washers and putty,
with which imperfect joints have often
1,en,& nrc1atnAnl
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81 don't think saw you at church
last Sunday, did II"
mo, sir; but / usually aim to get
thar. Had a spell NV sickness last week
an was laid up.
81 am glad 10 hear you are church
goer and hope you are "a member"
"Well, mister" and the natives face
showed some regret, II hain't got so fer
along as that yit. Bout the best kin
do is to go to meetin and take chances
on the balance"
''But why don't you become mem-
ber?"
Gaze my business is agin it."
s'What do yon do?' '
I'm teamster"
"Why, that is no reason why you
shouldn't join the church"
"But l drive mules, mister, an after
ten yers at it I'm here to say that mule
drivin' an the Christian religion won't
gee fer shucks, an thar amt no use
tryin' to make 'em. I'm just as glad to
see you, though, mister, an whoa,
thar, whoa" he broke in on himself as
his team went into chuel. hole, and
before he got on to hard ground again
! the preacher was Convinced that the ma
| tive was more than half right.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-04-05
THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
Th0y Are Situated Many Miles Distant
from Honolulu.

xh0y Are Situated MANY Miles DHbC@nt
from Honolulu.
The group lies in chain distant
from Oahu seven hundred to twelve
hundred miles. west bv northwest.
There are several records of its discov-
cry. Ocean island was quite well
known as early as 1880. In that year
the English vessel Gledstanes was
wrecked on it's shores. In 1870 the
United States cruiser Saginaw was
lost in these waters. She had gone
down there to dredge channel and
provide station for old side-wheelers
then setting out as Pacific mail liners.
The only losses of life were from
small boats. One boat, sent up this
way for assistance, was lost just off
Kauai But one of the crew was
saved. lie brought the news to Homo
lulu. In few hours Capt. King, now
minister of interior, was off aboard a
schooner carrying relief expedition.
Next day, at the request OF the Ameri-
can minister, an island steamer was
sent after the schooner. Long was
master of the steamer, and Capt. Rice,
now of the tug Eleu, was mate. They
beat Capt. King only twenty hours to
Ocean island. The Americans were
gone. They had been picked up by a
sailing vessel. An inquiry that stirred
naval cicles followed the loss of the
Saginaw, and Honolulu was made the
port of call for the Pacific mail. OF
the three side-wheel liners, one was
burned at sea, one at Hong Kong, and
the third lost off Panama.
Years ago two whalers went ashore
in one night on Pearl and Hermes
reef The vessels were lost entirely
and several men drowned. In 1885,
the English craft Dunnater Castle,
coal laden from Newcastle, was
wrecked on an Ocean island reef A
small boat sent for help found its way
here. The Waialeale, Hale, master,
was dispatched to the rescue and
brought all hands to Honolulu. The
crew of the Saginaw first found water
on Ocean island.
AT one time the carrying OF guano
and phosphates to the United States
from the midway group promised to
become a great business. The discov-
cry of phosphates in Florida and other
states along the Atlantic coast had a
depressing effect on the fertilizer traf-
fic in the United States
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-04-05

South Carolina, where at present the
mines arc most vigorously worked
The next largest producer of the fer
til;zer is France, which, in the year
named, was credited with 400, coo tons,
after which SHOULD be placed Belgium
with 200,000. The entire output of the
world in 1891. outside of the United
States, was $4,000 tons.
The home consumption of the fertil-
i2er takca place chiefly in the southern,
eastern and western states. 1t is con-
spicuously in. demand for the cotton
crop OF the south for the fruit and
vegetable crops of the east and for the
grain crops OF the west. AS regards
the situation Of the principal deposits,
We learn that there are in South Car
olina twenty three land mines and
seven river mines; that there is one
land mine in North Carolina, while
there are no fewer than eighty-eight
land mines and eighteen river mines in
Florida. The number of acres con-
tTcilcd for mining purposes in Florida
is lis, 1913; III North Carolina, $500, and
in South Carolina so, 100, or total of
252, 1873 acres. The total capital in
vested in plant in Florida is 81, lao, ,582,
and in land $11 ,34G, ,057; in North Caro-
lima the plant is represented by $4,000
and the land by 500, 900; in South Car
olina the plaat is worth s2,5G3, 800 and
the land Sa.93)09o. The total average
number of employees engaged in the
production Of phosphates is 9,175, but
this does not inclnde all the labor in
one mine o. the skilled labor in two
mines the facts in relation TO which
are not reported. The total amount of
money expended for labor was S2,47S,-
$50, and the average earnings of a
mlner amoGnCcu TO S27U per annum.
We are assured that great, pains
has been taken by the department
Of labor to collect trustworthy in
formation as to the amount of phos-
pilates which may reasonably be ex-
pected to be delivered hereafter from
the mines. The quantity in sight in
South Carolina is computed at 14,000,-
900 tons; in this state the industry, at
the present rate of production, will ex-
tend over twenty-eight years from
sol. The quantity of phosphate visible
in North Carolina, Georgia and other
states is put down at 100000 tons,
while Florida is credited with the
enormous quantity Of 1873, ,O56, 116 tons.
Taken together these estimates showa
total of l,.S,o5S, ,416 tons of phosphate
in sight, and enable us to measure the
future opportunities for the employ
ment of labor in this industry.
DIR. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Medal and Diploma.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-04-05
NO CHANCE TO sE plous.
ATuie-DrlvInE NIoantAinecr's Reason 10,

4 Muie-DrlvlnE MoantAinecr's Reason for
Never Attending Church.
The circuit rider in the West Virginia
mountains one day overlook noun
taineer driving pair OF mules along
the road and engaged him in conversa-
tion, as was his wont, says the Detroit
Free Press.
'You will excuse me, said the good
man, ''but l am the preacher on this
circuit, and want to know the people
who live here. ! suppose this Is your
neighborhoodYn
Yes, sir, live down here on Greasy,
just beyant the forks, was the prompt
response.
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TIME SCHEDULE.
Trains arrive every Wednesday at IL a. m.,
and depart at Ills o.. m. For time cards,
cards, maps and tickest, call ON or write j. A.
Mueirhead, Agent, Athena, Oregon. Or A. d.
Charlton Assistant General Passenger gent,
255 Morrison St., Cor. Third, Portland, Or.
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,entler sex, everyone of whom should subscribe to
)emorests Magazine. II You are unacquainted with
IS merits, send for o specimen copy Gree), and
rou will admit that seeing these THUMBS has put
rou In the way of saving money by finding in one
Magazine everything to satisfy the literary wants Of
he whole family.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-04-05
THE WORLDS CRIMINALS.

In 1850 there were 6,737 persons in
the prisons of this country, or 2es per
1000, 900 of population; now there are
SO, s5S, or l,1s0 per 100000.
rHR prison population of India,
large as it is, is only IS per 100000 in
habitants, or less than half the proper
tion that prevails in Great Britain,
In 1890 there were 45,SSs penitentiary
convicts in the United States, l0,SSs
inmates Of the county jails and l4,S46
boys and girls in the reformatories.
In Saxon murder cases the number
of compurgators demanded was some-
timesvery large. One case is recorded
in which the judges demanded 1000.
EXECUTIONS ceased TO be public in
England in 1865. Before that time
they We're in the squares in front of
the Jail and attracted thousands Of
people.
In 1857 l6S,S59 persons were arrested
in Great Britain for crime, of whom
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South side Main Street.

i, D. LrvEIr, Cashier Athena, oregon
The sun., 1895-02-24

Dr. Day says There Is Plenty or tho Metal
on the Yucan RIxer and Its Feeders.

WAsHINGToN, Feb. 2O-Dr Day. the minera-
logical expert of the Geological Survey says
there is plenty OF GOLD in Alaska, md that a
great deal of money could be made there il
some company would undertake to furnish
transportation facilities for reaching the mines.
The Treadwell mine, which is the only great
capitalized mineral property in Alaska, is one
OF the most profitable In the world. but that is
due not so much TO the richness OF the orc as TO
the practical business ability and economy
shown in its management
There are hundreds OF mines in this coun-
try" Bald DIR. Day, with much richer deposits
than are found on the Treadwell property that
do not pay athll, while that one yields big div-
dends. IL is simply matter OF prudent and
able management. The same can be said OF the
Homestake mine at Deadwood. which Is very
similar In the character of its orc and in its
methods OF management On the Yukon River
and its branches and feeders there is plenty OF
placer gold, and the further you go up the better
IL gets, but there is no way to reach that
country except by crossing the mountains on
foot from Sitka, or by going up the Yukon River
In the spring when IL Is clear OF ice. A little
steamer commences running every year about
April and makes regular trips for the benefit of
tourists and miners until the water freezes up in
the fall, but owing 10 the rapids it is able TO go
but = comparatively short distance, and
outs, and other boats and make tho rest
OF the distance tho best they can. The
current is swift, the journey is slow, and
attended with great danger The miners carry
supplies for the entire season, and IL they hap
pen TO meet with an accident they are entirely
dependent upon tho generosity OF Others. They
COUP AZ early as they can in the spring and stay
as late as they in the fall, but they scarcely
ever get more than six months WORK out OF tho
year. They make good wages as a rule, but there
is great deal Of luck about IL, aud most of
tho work Is done with no other facili-
ties than = pick and pan. Occasionally
some proud and naughty capitalist brings
in cradle, and his name is celebrated for en-
terribly cold and long and dTeATy. and unless
man Is very well housed aud has plenty OF
provisions he would not do well TO remain in the
camp after snow flies. Two or three years ago
Ap Englishman wntered way up the Yukon, but
he did not leave his cabin the entire season.
When he came away he swOTe that the aurora
borsAls was not visible At the latitude, OF the
Yukon River, but IL turned out that he had
never been out Of his cabin. and tho windows all
looked the other way. II q company should or
RAnlze TO develop those regions for gold AS the
Hudson BAY Company worked British America
for furs. II would make great deal more money.
There is plenty OF coal In Alaska" DIR, Day
ADDED, and there are lead mines within the
arctic circle"
The sun., 1895-02-24

a sick man, When he could trust himself 10
speak he said with little smile!
Its pity you have the outward appearance
Of gsntlem.n1 rent regret nr cannot be always
think would have laughed at him but for
the tragic touch In II all. The desperate strue-
gle to play his part OF innocence; 70 appear re-
"ChallOner," ! said, you shall gO free, as |
have promised, but Florence is not a good place
for you now. Leave here tonight, In half an
that is not ALL The copies of your picture are
mine. show me reasonable proof OF your get
ting on honestly. of trying TO really be the gen.
tleman you once were, and will suppress the
photographs and do all can to help you. What
lie turned half from me, scraping the gravel
with his stick. Twice he fingered his waistcpat
pocket ueryously. and once he half extended
his hand. Then he turned, bowed slightly, aud
walked away. pulling on his gloves
~ the door lie dropped q small coin into the
hand OF the obsenuious waiter who bowed him
out, and stood moment buttoning his glove.
the picture OF easy CUntCntinent | waited n
minute after lie had gone and then went direct
to the police station.
night, because he was "shadowed," and the
shadow" further reported that he lad ten.
dered a 5O0-franc bank note in payment for his
ticket to Genoa. understand now his nervous
Two years later. In Seville. whore American
dentists and oil stoves were all therage. passed
one night u flaming placard at n theatre door
headed: MIR. Crawford Hughes, Marvellous
American Magician" | bought u ticket en-
tered. and turned my gnZe toward my com
patriot on the stage.
IL was Challoner. e
sat the show out. and II was. very good, but
at tire end missed Chalioner. Next day, when
tried, he had gone no one Knew where.
Now when there Is n storm at night light the
dreadful night and those CHASTITY white hands.
] know Challoner did them. But how
The sun., 1895-02-24
THE AMERICAN HEART ANALYZED.
| Deductions Drawn from tho Character or
1000 Popular songs.

Deductions Drawn from the Character OF
1000 Popular songs.
II the gentleman who wished to write the
songs OF land were still alive and wanted To
furnish this country with its ballads. words ana
music. in cheap. popular form, he would find
that most OF his time would be occupied In COM
posing sentimental dtties. IL may therefore
be argued. conversely, that II the songs Of o
land indicate the prevailing Characteristic of
the people, this is distinctly sentimental ma
ton. The premises for this assertion are estab-
lshed from an analysis and classi ihcaton OF a
list of one thousand songs which como under
the head OF popular In this list there
are translations, no classical compost
tions, not more than dozen selec-
tions from operas. and no songs that are not in
English or some dialect OF English. Many of
them are old songs. but they are tavorites. and
while the composers range from Dibdin TO De
Koven and from Tom Moore to Dave Braham.
these ], 900 songs-as much by reason OF their
evergreen topics and lasting music as because OF
their recent publication-can safely he called
the popular songs of the day.
In order to get at the relative popularity of
the thousand popular songs, they first
grouped under the two main heads of Serious
and Comic. the result showing that, so far as
the lyric leanings of the people go. Americans
take that form of amusement quito as seri-
their amusement. The figures give T60 serious
popular songs. against 23l comics. In the face
Of the large circulation OF comic papers. the
high favor in which the American humorist
stands. and the crowds at the comic operas,
this certainly is a peculiar showing. 1t would
seem to provo that while Americans publicly
give countenance to humor. deep in their heart
they prefer the serious things of life. its loves
and its babies. its memories and its mothers.
A further analysis of the list showed that the
serious songs were of sufficiently composite
character TO allow Of segregating therefrom
those which dwelt solely and clearly on such
tender themes AS Love. Mother. Religion. Home
Baby: Romance. Patriotism, and what may be
called Sentiment. Next IL was seen that the
songs of two races were sufficiently numerous
to form separate classes the Irish and negro 40
that with these subdivisions the classification
was made under the eleven following heads:
Comic Sentimental. Romantic. Patriotic. Relig-
ious, Mother. Home, Love. Baby. Irish and
Negro. The classification then gave the follow
ing result, with the songs arranged in the order
of popularity: