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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1895-03-27
WIRE FENCES ANOFOx HUNTERS
How a Difficulty with the Riders Was
Overcome in England.


Overcome in England.
In the great grazing grounds of tie
Shires farmers long ago discovered that
wire was an excellent substitute for
oak railing in their OK fences, says the
National Review. Why they should
ever have deemed it necessary to
strengthen with outworks those black
thorn Notifications is matter on which
sportsmen are insuficiently informed;
but wire soon became so popular in the
midlands that the county was fast be-
coming as unridable as is at this mo-
ment the immediate neighborhood OF
London.
Lord Onslow has shown us in vol
ru1e in the Badminton library how per
factly horses at the antipodes are
traiued to jump wire fences, which are,
of course, visible enough, and how they
may even be taught by experience to
make allowance for a single wire run
through brush fence; in other words,
to chance nothing and top twig every
thing. But no horse can ever be ex-
pected to allow for something he can
not see on the take-off side of fence,
SO that evidently if riding to hounds
was to be anything more than gallop-
ing along roads or through gates the
wire guard must cease to prevail.
A wire fund accordingly had to be
raised for the payment to such farmers
as would enter into the arrangement Of
all expenses connected with letting
down the wire during the winter
months and replacing it in the spring.
English agriculturists being as class
the most good-natured of men, this
plan was very largely, though far from
entirely, successful; enough of the
country was free from the iron impedi-
ment to enable men to ride with con-
fidence over large tracts, but there
were always plenty of places where the
occupiers were impracticable and where
jumping, except for the blissfully ig-
norant or splendidly reckless, was
tabooed.
Still the danger spots were pretty
well known, for the farms being large
the local committeeman who had the
management of the modus vivendi had
each comparatively small number OF
persons with whom to treat.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1895-03-27
THE MOON AND CLOUDS.
No Perceptible Influence Exercised Be-
tween Them.

No Perceptible Influence Exercised Be
tween Them.
1t is an old weather saw that the fu:!
moon eats clouds. Sir John Herschel
put the idea in a more scientific form
bysuggesting that sufficient heat might
be radiated from the surface of the
moon to cause the disappearance of
clouds from the earth's atmosphere
when the moon is full, and when, con-
seouentlv. its radiation toward the
earth is greatest. Humboldt and Ar
ago did not consider such an opinion to
be unreasonable, while many sailors,
ard others practically interested in
weather changes, are fully convinced
that the full moon drives away clouds.
The proper way to settle such ques-
ton is, Of course, to notice what actual
~ occurs. This investigation has been
undertaken in England by Mr.. S. j..
johnson, who has recently announced
the result OF observations covering the
last fifteen years.
He carefully noted the condition of
the sky at the period of full moon, com
pairing the appearance at the time of
l1oonrise with that at midnight, and his
conclusion is that the moon exercises
no perceptible influence in causing the
disappearance OF clouds.
In the course Of his investigation Mr..
johnson made one hundred and eighty
six separate observations. On one hun
dred and twenty-six occasions the sky
was the same at midnight as it had been
ut moonrise, on thirty-three occasions
it was clearer at midnight than at
noonrise. and on twenty-seven occa-
sions it was more clouded at midnight
than at moonriSe.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1895-03-27
THE FIRST CIGARS.

The Havana Variety Was Smoked IN
Paris as Long ago as 1913.
When were cigars first smoked? Ac-
cording to a French authority who has
been making Investigations in this sub
ject, the weed in this shape was not in
troduced into France till the return of
the French army from Spain in 1928.
This fact is on the authority of Hippo
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-05-03
Highest of all in Leavenng Power-Latess U. Govt Report
RH!a!!! q! BRssiRs RsSassF
ABSOLUTELY PURE
ABSOLUTEEY PURE

is now exhausted, and how long
the drawing from the general fund
will continue the governor does
not know. The failure to provide
for the convict fund is likely to re-
suit in large number of ex-con-
victs being left to drift along the
valley towns and almost invariab-
ly they will bring up down in
Portland.
1.-THE last legislature did many
things that were wrong and failed
in many instances 10 do anything
at ALL" says the Salem Post.
"One thing in particular which
they failed to do was to provide
means for the convicts who are
discharged from the penitentiary
whereby they could leave the city
or state. for now they get nothing.
At Walla Walla we believe they
receive cheap suit of clothes and
$10 when discharged. some in.
vest their little cash is spirituous
refreshments and go from the pen
to Jail while others quietly pull
out and are seen no more.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-05-03
License Them.

The county is overrun with ped
dlers, to the damage of everybody
concerned, except themselves. The
parties who buy of them are gem
orally more or less duped, as the
stock lof good peddled is gener-
ally old-fashioned shop worn stuff
that is dear at any price, and the
merchants who have good stock
have their trade curtailed. AS
none Of these pay taxes it is highly
proper that their business should
be licensed, SO that they are placed
more nearly under the burdens
that our merchants have to bear.
A tax of not less than 500 a quar-
ter should be levied upon them,
and in the meanwhile those who
have goods to purchase had better
patronize their local merchants,
whether of The Dalles or other
wise. Your home merchants, will
generally do better by you than
any body else, and besides he, and
not the peddler, is the man who
carries you when you need 1.-THE
Dalles Chronicle.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-05-03
DON'T STOP TOBACCO.
How to Cure Yourself While Using II

How to Cure Yourself While Using It.
The tobacco habit grows on a
man until his nervous system is
seriously affected, impairing health,
comfort and happiness. TO quit
suddenly is too severe a shock to
the system, as tobacco, to an invet-
crate user becomes q stimulant
that his system continually Graves.
Baco-Curo is scientific cure for
the tobacco habit, in all its forms,
carefully compounded after the
formula Of an eminent Berlin ply
sician who has used it in his pri-
vate practice since 1872, without a
failure, purely vegetable and guar
anteed perfectly harmless. You
can use all the tobacco you want,
while taking Baco euro, 1t will no.
tify you when to stop. We give a
written guarantee to permanently
cure any case with three boxes, or re-
fund the money with 10 per cent.
interest. Baco-Curo is not a sub
stitute, but scientific cure, that
cures without the aid Of the will
power and with no inconvenience.
It leaves the system as pure, free
from nicotine as the day you took
your first chew or smoke. Sold by
all druggist, with ironclad guam
tee, at $1.00 per box, three boxes,
Thirty days treatment $3.50, or
sent direct upon receipt of price.
Send six two-cent stamps for SAM
pie box, booklet and proofs free.
Eureka Chemical & Manufacturing
Company, Manufacturing Chemists
La Crosse, Wisconsin. =
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-05-03
Queer Things in YamhllI.

Queer things happen in Old Yam
hill. Harry Guilds boy was re-
Gently sent to the pasture to drive
home COW and calf, but in the
herd there happened to be long
legged, white-tailed steer, which,
upon seeing the boy, started at a
ten mile gait through the woods,
when he turned, jumped the creek,
followed by the calf. The boy
pulled off his jacket and away he
went, in the vain endeavor to eth
er turn back or separate tie calf.
After running q mile or SO, until
he was tired out and winded, he
stopped short, and shaking his fist
at the calf, he exclaimed. "Now
go it, you gol-darned, dad-gasted
fool, I'll take the COW home and
when your supper time comes you
will see what kind of son.of-a-
gun of a mother you have got"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-05-03
Lo, the Poor indian .

A delegation of braves from Fort
Hall reservation called on Gov.
Mcconnell, Of Idaho, the other day
to get him to write to the presi.
dent and state their grievances
against their new agent Teeter,
and ask for the reappointment Of
their old agent, A. w. Fisher.
They claim Teeter says mean
things Of the Indians and continu-
ally threatens to jail them. gives
them bones for meat and only half
rations, and when lie visits their
homes carries pistol. They fur
ther say he shot himself and wants
TO get them into trouble through
his own fault. The Indians are
opposed to the opening of the res
ervation. The governor wrote to
the president as requested, who no
doubt will listen also to the other
side Of the story.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-05-03
Armour, Swift and Morris also

Armour, Swift and Morris also
divided up their territory, thu
avoiding the indiscriminate and
wasteful spending of money for
new market houses. For merely
only the brands of the house whose
sign was on the house could be
had there. Now the consumers
frequently finds it impossible to
buy Armour's stuff in an Armour
market, Swifts's in Swift market
or Morris in a Morris market.
That circumstances may not
prove the existence of "trust," ("
but it certainly suggests at least
"gentleman's agreement"
The "Big Three" do not sell all
the meat that is consumed, but il
the independents "get gay" they
specially feel the power of the
combine" and the ground is cut
from un der them. Experience has
taught the Independents that they
serve their own interests best by
selling at prices the big fellows
| fix.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-05-03
A Brand New Thing.

In the upper country they are
killing squirrels now with lice.
They have tried to give them the
smallpox and other contagious dis
eases, but it failed. Finally they
imported few lousy squirrels and
now where there used to be twenty
there is but one. The lice seem to
eat them up alive. Those caught
in traps are lousy and as lean
as a match and are more dead than
alive. 1t seems to be a sure cure
and the time will come when they
will sell squirrel lice over the count
er in drug stores as they now sell
bird seed.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-05-03

Karl's Clover Root, the great
Blood purifier gives freshness and
clearness to the Complexion and
cures Constipation, 25 ctes so cts,
s1.0O.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-05-03

It will be an agreeable surprise
to persons subject to attacks Of bill
ious collie to learn that prompt re-
lief may be had by taking Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy. In many instan-
ces the attack may be prevented
by taking this remedy as soon as
the first symptoms Of the disease
appear. 25 and 30 cent bottles for
sale by Osburn.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-05-03
DISCHARGED coNvlcrs.
Have a Hard Row to Hoe in the Ore
gon PenitentiarY.

Have Hard Row to Hoe in the Ore
gon Penitentiary.
When the convicts are discharg-
ed from the penitentiary at Salem
the custom has been to give the
man IS with which to get out Of
town. In the case of friendless,
homeless fellows this small amount
Of money came as a godsend, en-
abling them to put distance be-
tween themselves and the walls Of
the prison. What becomes of all
these men, and how they manage
to get out where they are unknown
and secure work, if inclined to be
honest, is not known. Discharged
convicts thrown out upon a town
the size Of Salem must have a hard
time gof it indeed. IF they have
just left prison everybody knows it
and the sad truth is, as an ex-con-
vict says, few people care to en-
ploy the ex-convict, because they
are afraid to trust him.
The fund from which ex-conyicts
were supplied on being discharged
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-05-03
Foretold in a Remarkable Dream

We know a great many people
take no stock in dreams, but fre-
quently they come true and sur
prise both the dreamer and those
who it may effect. Here is a dis
patch from Laurel, DEL, of April
%, which is not only interesting
but also strictly true:
Charles Fooks, son of Daniel
Fooks, Laurels wealthiest citizen
died q few days ago. Three
months ago Edwar Taylor, an aged
citizen, was laughed at for telling
the story of a strange dream he
had had, foretelling the death of
eight prominent citizens. A few
days later he seriously said that he
he was worried by the return ofthe
dream, and that the four persons
first named to die would be the
most prominent and wealthy citi-
zens of the county. They were
Benjamin Fooks, Governor Marvel,
William Daniels aud Daniel Fooks.
The first three are dead and so is
the oldest son of the last named.
Two Others seen in Taylor's dream
are i'll, and also homeward bound
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-05-03
Chinese RIcYclists.

Pendleton has several Cinnamon
who are enthusiastic wheelmen,
and they keep two bicycles busy
all the time. Mr. Eastman, the
Falcon bicycle representive, now in
Pendleton, says the Japanese are
much ahead of the Chinamen in
good riding and invariably buy the
highest priced wheels, says the
East Oregonian.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-05-03
Our better halves say they could

Our better halves say they could
not keep house without Chamber
lains Cough Remedy. It is used
in more than half the homes in
Leeds. Sims Bros, Leeds, Iowa.
This shows the esteem in which
that remedy is held where 1t has
been sold for years and is we'll
known. Mothers have learned
that there is nothing SO good for
colds, Group and whooping cough,
that it cures these ailments quickly
and permanently, and that 1t is
pleasant and safe for children to
take. 25 and so cent bottles for
sale by Osburn.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-05-03
Wheat and Sacks

Wheat brought 40 cents in Pen
dleton Saturday. II was q lot Of
mixed bluestem and club. 1t is 8
cents better than any previous
sales reported. 1t is understood
that the price Of sacks this year will
be 6 cents. Last year farmers paid
8 cents for them.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-05-03

"The stock interests of a large
portion Of Eastern Oregon will con-
tinue for many years hence to be q
leading industry, by reason Of nat
ural adaptation ofclimate and nat
ural productions; but it seems
senseless to ship hides, horns,
bones and wool, ETC., to foreign
markets, when we should have all
the necessary factories. for their
treatment within our own borders.
Why bring shoe from anywhere,
so long as we furnish the hide fol-
the shoe; in fact, everything but
the labor to shape and fasten it to-
gether? Every county in eastern
Oregon should have wool-scour.
ing mill, and enough woolen
factories in the state to work up
every pound of wool purchased
here.n
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-05-03
EASTERN OREGON.
The Benefits to be Derived From Di-
uersified arming---Livestock

Interests.
We make the following extracts
from the interesting letter to the
Oregonian, from Hon. A. w. Cow
an, which faithfully portrays the
needs of Eastern Oregon.
"a large portion of Eastern Ore
gon is adapted to the growing of
broomcorn. 1t is just as sure a
crop as wheat, and has proven
more profitable to the farmers of
Nebraska and Kansas, and gives a
wider demand for labor. Every
neighborhood where this product
can be raised should have a broom
factory, by which employment
throughout the winter season could
be furnished quite a number Of per-
sons in Recommending for the mar
ket,
"The growing Of fax should be
a great industry, as it will thrive
in all localities. 1t requires only a
short growing season to mature it,
and it is quite possible that two
crops could be raised on the same
piece Of ground each year. 1t is
is not liable to damage by storms
or wet weather.
"This would be a profitable in
dustry, as the seed yield would be
from fifteen to thirty bushels to the
acre, from which oil could be taken
with little expense, and the fbers
made into ropes, cordage or bur-
lap, or in the raw state it would
have a profitable commercial val
M
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-05-03
Those who never read the adver-

Those who never read the adver-
tisements in their newspaper miss
more than they presume. Jonath-
an Kenison, of Bolan, Worth Co.,
Iowa, who had been troubled with
rheumatism in his back, arms and
shoulder, read an item in his pa
per about how a prominent Ger.
man citizen of Ft. Madison had
been cured. He procured the same
medicine. and TO use his own words
1T cured me right up" He also
says: A neighbor and his wife
were both sick in bed with rheu.
matism. Their boy was over tc
my house and said they were SO
bad that he had to do the cooking
| told him of Chamberlain's Pain
Balm and how it had cured me, he
procured a bottle Of it and it cured
them up in a week. 30 cent bot
ties for sale by Osburn "
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-27
raIIor-made frocks will be made with
a semi-close-ftting coat sleeve.-N. Y.
4 POST
Printed and Striped ve,vet..

A novelty in velvet, which is too
striking for very liberal use. has a
printed surface of very gay colors in
quaint antique designs. The soft pile
is fiattened, and lustre is added equal
ling the gloss of satin. What will suit
q greater number of tastes and more
varied purposes is the rave velours
with chameleon grounds on which are
very narrow velvet stripes These are
especially attractive in very dark col
ors, Persian green and violet being
very beautifully blended There are
also white grounds with black velvet
stripes. or with moss green, or the
beautiful blue called bleu de France.
Waists of this striped velvet will be
used with skirts of a single color, and
there will be many short godet coats
of the striped velvet. Printed striped
velvet is new and very rich, the color
ing, like that of illuminated glass, be-
ing in the ground of heavy peau de sole
as well as in the velvet stripes The
glace miroir velvet and all the favor
lite shot velvets of last winter will he
brought out in new colors-
BaZar
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-27

EAST DOUGL AS AVENUE.
o. Closed to Invoice Today Ready for Business Tomorrow -

saprng. 1ney start for the slopes
lower down, leaving the dog and one
of the company behind in charge of the
camp. Before beginning operations, a
ceremony has to be performed.
The Nepalese seldom take up the
trade of aconite collecting, as they
have superstition that the presiding
demon of the hills imprisons evil spirits
in this plant, which fly out as soon as
it is dug up, and infiict dire calamity
on the digger. Bhotians have this
superstition also, with a remedy. They
always have in their party destroyer
of these spirits; and every morning be-
fore digging, the lama, standing on a
convenient hill with his crowd around
him, makes . fire and burns some
dhuna, a sort Of resin, then putting
two fingers in his mouth, he gives sew
eral shrill whistles All wait in breath
less silence till an answering whistle
IS heard, an echo. the cry of bird
pheasant as rule-from the gorge be-
low, or the soughing of the wind
among the pines. which they take as
the dying dirge of the spirits.
Thus satisfied they commence the
digging, shake out the mud and throw
the roots into the basket. BY evening
you can see them elm bing up the hill
sides from various directions, making
for the encampment, where they
empty out the contents of their baskets
in heaps, and cover them with
bamboo leaves, to keep out the heavy
frost of the night The collectors
work in couples, and during the day
the roots are spread out to dry in the
sun. When dried, bamb boo frames are
made, with fire below, on which the
aconite is placed when the fame has
died out. Three or four days over this
artificial heat dries up the root. While
the firing process is going on the man
attending to it has cloth tied round
his head. covering his nose, as it is in
furious to inhale the fumes 1t causes
a feeling of heaviness, followed by
symptoms not unlike intoxication.
While the aconite is drying the ool-
lectors fill in their time sharing pleas
ants, which come to the open country
TO feed; trapping musk deer, which are
plentiful on the Singalilas, and shoot
ing various other kinds of game to
supply their immediate wants The
live pheasants and deer they put into
bamboo baskets and bring into the
stations for sale.
The whole trip generally lasts a
month; and when sufficient aconite has
been collected and dried, the roots are
packed in baskets, with other goods
and chattels on the top, which make a
very decent load, varying from one
hundred and twenty to two hundred
pounds. Chambers Journal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-27
CARNIVAL WEEK AT KANSAS
CITY

Carnival festivities will commence ut
Kansas City. Tuesday morning. Oct. l.
at 10 o'clock. with a grand flower parade
millions OF roses viii bedeck beautiful
horses and carriages in natures colors.
Prizes-Shetland ponies. carts. etc.
Same day at 500 p. m. the great
parade OF the Priests of Pallas. n pa
geant OF unsurpassed grandeur and
magnificence. The management an
nounce that great care has been taken
In the selection OF subjects with view
to making this the most entertaining of
all the displays made by Kansas CIiy's
famous Priests OF Pailas. Novel me-
chanical designs win be introduced. and
fun loving people Will find variety %
amusing scenes.
Wednesday. october ?. 200 p. m. BIZ
cycle parade In Carnival Costume: a
novel and grotesque affair.
Wednesday evening at 900 p. m,
Priests OF Pallas ball.
Thursday. October :. 100 n. m, the
funny kansas City Karniyal Krewe.'
will let loose its pent up humor of a
year in a whiri OF hilarity and innocent
amusement. together with a grand mill
itary parade. 1t VIII eclipse all pre-
vious efforts.
Every night except Thursday and FRI
day. Pains Siege of vicksburg." the
great spectacular display OF the CEN
fury: vast sea OF fire and fountains
OF flame.
Special arrangements have been per-
fected to enable people to reach Kansas
City in time for the festivities. Spec
ial trains returning have also been ar
ranged for after the Priests Of Pallls
parade Tuesday night, and will reach
Wichita early Wednesday morning.
Tickets are on sale September 90 20
Octoebr s. inclusive. good returning
until October Z. for S. IS. the round trip.
TACsC; AZ GARVEY