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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-12-20
A Narrow Escape

On the west side of the Blue
mountains there ate several farm
houses close to the railroad track
and in some Of them live families.
A freight train was going down the
mountains at the usual rate Of
speed, and after rounding d curve
the engineer saw a dhild sitting in
the middle Of the track about
half mile ahead. He at once ap-
piled the aiSan stopped the train
just in time to prevent a terrible
accident. Just as the train stop
ped a man appeared from the side
of the track and picked up the
child walked into the house near
by. The engineer started his train
again and went on down the noun.
tain. LA Grande Chronicle.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-12-20
Punished q Pupii.


On Thursday Miss Nettie Com
nell, teacher in the Pleasant View
school district, punished Ernest
Ruppe, a pupil aged r. years, and
yesterday the boys father come to
town, says the Tribune, and tried
to cause the arrest of the teacher on
"a charge of assault and battery.
He brought Earnest with him, and
an examination Of the boys back
disclosed the fact that, while there
was evidence Of corporal punish
ment, he was not, as had been stat
ed,- excessively punished, Mr..
Ruppe said his son had committed
no offense that would justify the
action and he could not account for
the teachers action. On Wednes-
day, he said, Ernest and another
boy jumped on a cart on their way
home from school but he thinks
they did not violate the school
rules and regulations in any way.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-12-20
nRuieh,. AGAIN.

When Judge Eakin announced
in the circuit court Friday after,
noon at the opening in the $4,000
libel case, wherein Cora Thomas,
colored, appeared as plaintiff and
Bowen & Small, editors and pub
fishers Of the popular Morning
Democrat, occupied the enyiable
position Of defendants, that some
objections had been made to Judge
Clifford presiding in. the trial Of
this case on account ofthe relation
ship existing between he and one
Of the litigants, w +. Butcher, one
ofthe defendant counsel, arose and
addressed the court as follows:
"Your honor, I think it is only
just and right that you should state
TO which party bis honor, Judge
Clifford is related, the plaintiff or
defendants.n It is intimated in
legal circles that Judge Clifford
will bring d suit for slander against
the astute counsel. Baker City
Democrat.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-12-20
The ,Bus lIpset.

AT Heppner, there came near be.
ing serious accident Thursday
evening. AsEone ofkhe hotel buses
was approaching the depot, the
team became frightened and start
ed to run. The wheels on one side
struck a bank and the bus upset.
There were FIVE or six passengers,
but, although the outfit was drag
ged 80 or 40 feet before the team
could be stopped, 10 one was hurt
beyond few slight scratches. The
bus was considerably damaged, the
top being smashed allto pieces.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-12-20

The prevalence Of scab among
several large bands Of sheep in
Umatiila county, has caused wide
spread alarm among the owners Of
sheep. Some weeks ago it was re-
ported that five or six bands we're
afflicted, but the disease has In
creased to such an alarming extent
that now II is.said the number Of
bands will reach.into the neighbor-
hood Of fifty. Every one interest
ed hopes that the matter will re.
ceive prompt attention, and that
the disease may be quickly stamp
ed out.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-12-20
The Freewater Postoffice

There is quiet war in progress
over the Freewater postoffice. The
present postmaster, g. T.. Urmey,
sent in his resignation to. the de-
partment some time since and with
It was sent a petition Of q hundred
patrons Of the office asking that
Mr.. Barnes be appointed to fill the
vacancy. For some reason the
Barnes petition has not been acted
upon, and now Miss Jennie Thomp-
son thinks she would like the po-
sition and in accordance with that
desire has also circulated a petition
which has been quite numerously
signed.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-12-20
In Favor q WatFus

Inthe case Of the cash-entry con-
test Of Austin H, Six against Ly-
man M. Watrus, involving land
within the limits of the grant to
the Northern Pacific railroad com
pany, in the La Grande land dis
trict, Oregon, the secretary of the
interior affirmed the decision of
the general land Office. The entry
was made March 21, 1891, and the
contest was filed in January 1892,
charging that Watrus was not in
possession Of the land under any
deed, written contract or license
from the Northern Pacific. The land
Office decided in favor of Watrus,
holding an entry cannot be can
celled on mere suspicion of fraud,
and that more convincing evidence
| is recAgsnrV.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-12-20
HoRsg MEAT FoR sac.
Ben Selling Goes to Europe 10 Look
TN the Markets

Ben Selling Goes TO Europe 10 Look
Up the hhrkets.
The Western Packing Company,
which is engaged 30 slaughtefina
horses, recently send the president
Mr.. p. Selling, brother Of Mr.. b.
Selling of Pendletok over to Eu.
rope to see if any market could be-
found there for herse meat. He
was gone two7months, and visited
London. Paris, Hamburg, Antwerp,
Rotterdam and Brussels, aud found
:thatscores of Americans had pre-
ceded him on the same effand. He
found that horse meat is not used
for food in London, kHtsis hawked
about the streets Tor cat meat.
Large numbers offbroken down
hack horses are shipped from Lon
don to the various Cities of the con-
tinent to be, slaughtered for food.
Large quantities Of horse meat are
sold in the cities Iaboye named,
dealers in the article having a
large horse head for q sign, and
dealing in no othsrakini of meat.
Horse steaks sell for 124 cents per
pound, which is about one-third
the price Of beef Much horse meat
is used in makingSaus and
many Of The poorer ssses seldom
or ever eat other kih68f meat. 1t
is about the only kind Of meat the
working man can afford, and he
wants it in q fresh state. Thous-
ands Of laboring people do not eat
meat onoe a week, and most Of
them for their noonaay meal have
nothing but q piecsof coarse rye
bread.
The chances fof selling American
horse meat in Europe are not very
favorable Only the choicest pieces
like the hams can be shipped at
all, and, in order that these can be-
shipped with any profit at all, it.
will be necessary fortransportation
companies to give lower rates than
rule at present. Unsatisfactory ar
rangements could be made in this
respect it would help.to build up
business which would be of great
benefit to this state, as it would
enable horse growers to get many
thousands Of dollars for horses
which otherwise are worthless.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-12-20
pont,s for the New Woman.


Don't chew cloves.
Don't stay out late,
Don't sit crosf legged.
Don neglect your husband.
Don't crease your boomers.
Don't wear ready made neckties.
Don't swear when you find but
ton off your boomers.
Don't forget to pay your SUBJ
scription TO the PREss,
Don't make things disagreeable
for your husbands mother.
Don'ttell him about "the biscuits
your father used to bake"
Don't forever be harping on The
length Of your husbands millinery
bill.
~ Don'ttry 10 deceive your hus'
Sand With that old story about
|T'tne LODGE
Don't forget that your husbands
life in the nursery is uaonotlnous
and that theaters please men:
1 Don't when your courting aman
May so late that bis mother j
ged to eject you foreibly.
,after the theatre walk your
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-12-20

In 1892 Mr.. A. Z. Goldwater, who
owns three retail drug stores in N.
X. City, having learned ofthe great
value Of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy for colds, Group and whoop-
ing cough, ordered supply for his
customers. 1t met with SO much
favor that he soon found It neces
sary to order more, and during the
winter sold over two gross ofthe
remedy. He says it gives the best
satisfaction of any cough cure he
has ever handled. For sale at 25
and 50cgnts per bottle BY Pioneer
Drug Store.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-12-20
pairv production

The second annual meeting Of
the Washington State Dairymen's
association has just been held at
Tacoma. The most important
thing accomplished by the associa-
ton is the disseminationIof dairy
erature.through the press ofthe
state, showing the superior advant-
ages Of daifying ia Washington,
and as q result there has been q
great increase in the number Of
creameries in the state.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-12-20

James a. Mag8t0n was released
from the custody d Ehe sheriff, and
is now at Liberty 90 free from
any detention. The charge ofin.
sanity has been biEhdrawn BY
the authorities. sbe detefnsna- 4
tion TO send NJ f9nton ID the
asylum was not carried oil al ac-
count of frmgds taking fhsfgB Of
the case. Mr. MatstoF now shows
no signs Of insanity
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-12-20
liis Lee Was Broken

Patrick LeLaughIin, a section
hand on the o. r.. &c N. at Meach-
am, met with severe accident
early Saturday afternoon. While
Ipropelling rapid moving hand
car, he lost bis hold to the handle
bars, and jumped to save himself
He landed on a drawhead and his
left leg was fractured below the
knee. The section foreman put or
the brake and stopped the car with
out trouble.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-12-20

ever before used on western road.
tits built for speed, and has seven
foot drivers, carries 200 pounds Of
steam and weighs sixty-eight tons.
exclusive Of the tank. which has a
capacity Of 1000 gallons. This en-
gine has made the distance between
Chicago and Council Bluffs, Iowa,
in ten hours, which, allowing for
stops, means, SO miles an. hour.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-12-20

Ifyou want a reliable dye that
will color an even brown or black,
and will please and satisfy YOU.
every time, use Buckingham ! Dye
for the Whiskers.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-12-20
Al Editor Rafnrnned.

Frank g. Clark, editor Of the
Wallowa Chieftain, was married at
eight o'clock Wednesday night to
Miss Nellie ZWcher at Enterprise.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-12-20
Narvas ON Edga.

Twas nervous, tired, irritable and
cross. Karl Glover Root Tea has
made me we'll and happy. Mrs. e.
B. Worden. For sale at Pioneer
Drug Store.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-12-20
a Natural Beautlaer

Karrs Clover Root Tea purifies
the blood and gives q clear and
beautiful complexion.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-12-20

u "a youts soss,S-
Don'sget jealous q your huspalrss
because he raves GSve the minister
and declares that sha breaches the
dearest serinonss1
''Donlt insist that your husbands
bloomers shall hNse full that they
are likely to cato hon the train or
on the pedals Of his bike.
So
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p,,bI;she ! s'sf pd,4 S'Ts = 49,, : s'lslel'
uvt'sies, ~ ss st NV 2tesJn ~ hoM
y; W - },, I,, NJ, y s.o g'ss M
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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-12-20
AMafnn1lIIl Enrlne.

To It's style and some Of its feat
pFes the new Baldwin engine on
the 6. 3. & g. Is different from any
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-12-20
AN INFO
The Bride was

j
in hillside addition, and
the highest regard Of her neigh
and friends. Mr.. Ninson, a yo1l
bachlor of this city became enams
ored ofthe charms Of the lady and
q few days since, according to the
report of Dame Rumof, they mus
tually agreed to link together their
lives, for better or worse on or
about tSe first of the New Year.
In the meantime the scarlet fever
broke out in the city and one Of
Mrs. Fenton's young sons, (she is
the happy mother Of three was
strickeS down with the disease.
There was nobody to nurse the lit
tie fellow and nothing was more
natural than that the prospective
step-father should assume the Of
fee. He tooa up his habitation at
the home of bis betmthed and as q
matter Of convenience " was decid-
ed to hasten the wedding day.
Accordingly, on Tuesday, Rev.
N. ". Parsons, accompanied by a.
few Witnesses who were friends Of
the bride and groom, repaiied to-
the Hillside dwelling. OF course
theceremony could not take place
in the house for fear Of the con.
tagion, SO the couple stepped forth
to the yard, and there under the
broad canopy ofheayen took lSpon
themselves the VOWS that made
them one. May their lives be one
of sunshine is the fervent wish of
the Eagle.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-12-20
The Rest k.ouoh Cure

u Ghiloh's Cure A neglected
cough is dangerous. Stop it at
once With Shiloh'se s<iror sale
at 0sburns'
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-12-20
LoBeR B,ksCroRr

r o. o. F. NO. 70, MEETS EVERY
L. Friday night. Visiting Odd Fellows
n good standing always welcome.
The evening times., 1895-08-30
ARIONS WILL BIZ FgASTED
sasngerbund Is Preparing a Royal
Time for the Visitors.
They VIII Arrive Tonight, and Many
Dinners and Excursions Have Been
Plnned to Entertain Them.


The Arlon Society, of New York, win
arrive in The city tonight at 1890 O'Clock
and will be received by a committee OF
the washington saengerbund and such'
other members who may desire to par
ticipate in the reception.
The saengerbund takes great pride in
this event, as the ''Bund" was the guest
of the Arions IN the occasion OF the visit
to New York last year.
The visitors will be escorted tn the
Ebbitt House, where they will stop during
their stay in Washington. The programme
for their entertainment win be as follows:
Carriages will tnke them Saturday morn
Ing for tour Of the city, returning to the
hotel for lunche,n. AT 2 o clock the visitors
will go TO Marshall Hail and Mount Vernon
on the Manchester. At Mount Vernon there
will be ceremonies at the tomb, consisting
of singing by the Bund and dirge by the
band. Dinner at Marshall Hall and n
concert by the Fourth Artillery Band will
follow.
At 8 O'Clock the party Will return to the
city, and Sunday morning win start for
Luray Caverns, returning that night for
an entertainment at the clubhouse of the
saepgerbund.
On Monday the visitors will see the
White House and Capitol and return To
New York at p. M.
The evening times., 1895-08-30
PRIMITIVE INCUBATOR.
Australian Bird That Builds Mouno
in Which to Hatch.

An Australian Traveller has recently
brought 10 light a rather remarkable fact
which seems to explain the invention Of
the incubator. The story is nothing more
than that of an extremely primitive incuba-
tor that several species of Australian birds
known as mound builders construct
for the purpose of Matching their young
The most artistic of these mound builders ia
the brush turkey or tallegalla latham, which
is called the weelan by the natives
The mounds those strange birds build
are conical and sometimes rise to the height
OF ten feet In building them the birds
first draw a large circle with their claws
and march around it, throwing clawfu,s
OF sticks and rubbish in the center When
sufficient quantity Of material is gathered
1t is then piled UP symmetricaily and
tightly.
onthe accomplishment of this the hen flies
UP on the summit, and, scooping away {
cavity two feet or more in depth, deposits
the eggs in circle, with the large end up
ward, carefully covering them. The fer
mentation OF the mass Of vegetable matter
and the heat of the sun hatch them. Both
themale and ndthefemalestayfaith around
the mound, keeping close watch and
soaring off intruders.
When the young birds come out of the egg
they stay in the mound for at least twelve
hours. On the second day they fight their
way out with both wings and legs f.'rly de-
veloped. Late in the afternoon the fledg-
lfngs are put back in the mound again by
theirparents, but at a diminished ed depth, and
they are only lightly covered. Twenty -four
hourslater they are strong and well equipped
for flight and running.
The Australian jungle fowl, megapodius,
is an even greater mound builder, the
heaps it raises sometimes rising to height
OF nearly sixtees feet. 1t is the Australian
tradition that these birds were originally
ten feet high and when hunted by the
natives in the early days Of the earth threw
UP the mountain ranges of the country whiIs
endeavoring to escape.
The evening times., 1895-08-30
AN ELECTRIC NAN.
He Pulls Cart Over the Streets
Advertising Soap.

Aud now Niagara Falls will probably
be the location OF a factory for turning
out electric men-not mesmerists or Sven
gals, but automatons that will run by
electricity. They have built one up at
Tonawanda, at the Gillie, Goddard &
Company's plant, where they turn out
merry -go-rouDds. This man has been
on the streets of that town. 1t is an
invention of Phillip Perew, who has secured
patent. The idea is by no means perfected.
At present all the man is good for is to
pull cart about the streets OF the city.
The model that has been exhibited in
Touawanda, TO the delight of the populace
aud the honor OF a Ger tainsoap, is but crude
thing. The man, clothed in Continental
uniform, drags heavy cart wit hsome ease,
while on the sides of the cart flaring signs
cxalt the glory of soup or pills, as the
case may be. The model has been on the
streets OF Tonawanda. and it worked well.
1t is so al,uring that the small boy flocked
in such dense swarms that the policeman
was summoned to-chase him away. The
ma was about seven feet tall.
The men, though, that the firm will
make will be run by storage batteries.
aud have phonograph. The phonograph
causa whatever is desired. Itcanexpound
the virtues Of patent medicines or be used
for political campaigns. So, at present,
the only form of labor threatened by the
Invention is that of the sandwich man
and that Of the campaign speaker. The
men and carts that are used to extol medi-
cines will be very fine pieces Of mechanism,
and can be geared to go as fast as any one
desires. By simply turning on current,
the man, his eyes still fixed on eternity,
CO a bump down the street at rate far
exceeding any bicycle. The limit has not
been reached. In course of time it may be
that men can be constructed to do almost
anything and the laborjng man can sit
around and smoke twenty-five cent cigars,
while multitude OF electric me q do all the
work. This will not occur for some years
yet, but no one can say where 1t will stop.
The evening times., 1895-08-30
HE OFFERED A DISCOUNT.
But the Old Man Was Deaf to His At
tracftve Proposal.

But the Old Man Was Deaf to His At.
tracftve Proposal.
as it possible, sir, that you may know
my errand?"
The elderly man, who sat In his private
office, looked up from his desk as his visitor
spoke. and shook his head, says Life.
Il had thought" replied the other. as he
dropped into chair. and, reaching over and
selecting one OF the Havanas from a box on
the desk, that you might have noticed my
growing regard for your charming daughter.
/ was first attracted to her, sir, some two
months ago, and The acquaintance, which
promised SO little at first, has gradually II
paned into love-"
1T has, has it?' replied the older man
feverishly, taking up fountain and absent
mindedly trying to sign check with it.
"Ycs, SIR" exclaimed his visitor, sit
has, indeed, / have seen your daughter,
sir, under the most trying circumstances
and never knew her to lose her courage.
She Is the kind OF girl that have. until
now, searched for In vain. Her unflagging
patience in the face of well-nigh insur-
mountable difficulties her unvarying good
humor, her persistence. are all qualities
which in turn have appealed to me and in
spired depth of passionate love that up
to this time did not dream my nature was
capable Of. 1 Will, however. pass over the
sentimental side and proceed to business.
have come, sir, to ask if you will consider
from me a proposal of marriage for the hand
Of your daughter
AS he spoke the elderly man had risen
and stood over him with dangerous
gleam in his eye.
mo, sir!" he exclaimed empaatically,
81 will not Such q proposition is alb
surd. I wouldn't consider it for mo-
ment." ~
His young and courtly companion arose
and. taking up his hat, prepared to leave
the room.
VERY well, SIR" he replied loftily, as
he slipped Circular out OF his pocket and
handed it to the fair-haired typewriter near
the door, 81 was going to Fay, in case you
had favorably considered my propos al, that
I would gladly take 25 per cent discount
off my bill for teaching your daughter how
to ride the bicycle" :
The evening times., 1895-08-30
New Mosuuito Remcdy.

An enterprising young man, who is part
owner in a boathouse down the river, claims
to have discovered something that WILDE Of
inestimable value to mankind il experience
proves its worth. The inhabitants of this
down-the- river rboathuose ewerenearlytorn
pieces by mosquitoes every time they at
tempted to sleep in the house at night.
Screens seems to be of no avail, and it
looked at one time as il the house would
have to be abandoned. Finally an old
lady who lived in the neighborhood told
them that she had not been troubled by mos
quitoes for several years.
The remedy was astonishingly simple She
discarded allscreens and threw the windows
wideopenat night. Acrosstheopenspaceof
the window she stretched piece of red rib,
bon about two inches wide. "A mosquito
said she, cannot be induced to pass that rib
bon. Why 1t is do not know, but know
the natives of India take this means of baf
fling the vicious mosquito. 1t works to per
fectionherealso." The young nIanfollowed
Instructions. and now declares that there has
not been a mosquito In the boathouse since
the ribbon wssstretcheda across the doorsand
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Record.
The evening times., 1895-08-30
DOING THE WORLD AFooT.
Five Germans Reach Washington q
Thnfr VnDnr Tnrrpov

Five Germans Reach Washington on
Their Wager Journey.
Five German "round the world men
arrivediD Washington last night. Ten days
ago they left New York on a wager to
walk round the world in two years, the
amount at stake being two thousand dol
lars each, put up by New York sporting
men.
By walking the railroad track the men
reached this city, where they will give
concert tomorrow night to replenish their
purse, part Of the contract being that they
should leave New York without any money
and earn their way. The concert will be
given in Arion Hall
The party is composed of NJ. Wirssner,
A. Nouw writ, L. Nouwirt, b. FeldmaDn, and
Fred Meyer. They are all good pedestrians,
wirssDer and Myer having footed it from
New York to San Francisco in 100 days.
From here they will go TO Atlanta, and
after two weeks at the exposition go to
New Orleans, thence to San Francisco.
thence to Yokohama.