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The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20
a owEsT YET FOR CORN"

ron September last the following head
lines appeared over the market reports In
the Chicago Evening POST; loves b. pes
For Corn-Sells To-day at 10 Cents Per
Rushel For September Delivery - Wneas
Also Weak and Low.
Yesterday when work was over,
And the evening closing down,
Reading through the evening paper
News of country and or town,
CHANGING at commercial columns
no learn how trade had ruled since morn.
/ saw, in striking type, headline
Reading: Lowest yet for corn
.T,ovest vet for cornr What of it?
Surely, nothing new to hear;
Every week tells the same story,
Month by month and year by year.
"Towest vet for corni" Consider
Though the story may be old
There are those who have to suffer
Every time the tale is told.
Every time the tales repeated
Unto ears well-ngh forlorn
Some surviving hopes defeated,
Hearing: Lowest yet for corn"
But I fancy some are saying:
ut is safe at all events;
Safe to say Chicago market l.
Won't go under twenty cents:
When those fearless spectators
See the chance before them here
They'll become bold OPERATORS
And-"There'S nothing left to fear.
We have heard some such assertion
Bravely made from year to year;
Lower than this last quotation,
There is nothing left to fear.
Nothing left to fearr Where are they7
Who are left with strength to cope
MOI here's nothing left to hope!
Nothing left to hope if wisdom
Has not yet the lesson taught,
BY the striking down Of silver
Has the wretched wreck been wrought
Nothing left to hope! Remember!
Back in eighteen seventy-three
Gold and silver both sustained us,
Silver coinage then was free.
Unrestrained each noble metal
Aided all the works of man,
Each in turn relieved the other
On the bimetallic plan.
Only once or twice this nation -.
Had endured a panic's sway,
Now, like any poor relation,
Panic comes full-dressed to stay!
Dismal periods of depression,
Disappointment on all hands.
See US raise in sad succession
Half-priced crops on mortgaged lands.
Half-priced crops, which in the selling,
Leave such small rewards to toll.
Sorrow quarters in the dwelling
OF the tiller of the soil.
Cunning tricksters said though silver
Had been king in days of yore,
Now it's royal reign was ended,
It should be free-coined no more.
Thus by tricks that treason played US,
Silvers coinage rights were sold;
And the crimes results have made US
Slaves to Europe and to gold.
Patiently till now we've borne it,
But the outlook growing worse,
Love of country! Love of freedom!
Call us now to end the curse.
We have got a demonstrated
Champion by Gods good grace,
Bryan-by our votes elected
To the nations highest place.
Bryan, and our silver treasure,
Free-coined dollars bright as morn, !.
Danish sorrow Welcome pleasure!
Danish Lowest yet for Corn!"
H. de 8.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20

Prof. Flinders Petrie has pretty
large ideas about museums. He wants
tbe government to buy a tract OF 0oo
acres. somewhere within an hours ride
of London. and gradually build it all
over. for a storage place for ethnolog
ical materials. No museum i'll London
is large enough to hold the treasures
that are being discovered by English
men all over the world.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20

J. NJ. Barrie, the novelist, said when
he arrived at New York, that he had
never been interviewed. Mr.. Barrie is,
therefore destined to learn a lot of
things during his stay in this country
that he never dreamed of before.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20

The winner finished in a. quarter OF an
and were helped by a big jug of beer.
the public at Lille, France. Fifty OF
the hardest smokers of the district sat
A smoking match recently amused
down together to consume two ounces
Of the strongest tobacco in the short
est. possible time. They used clay pipes
hour.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20
The Nations Cap.ta1.

The president hPs appointed Charles
g. Steele postmaster at Minersville,
Pa, vice John Toole, removed because
of default in accounts.
Lieut.. George H. Stafford, U. S. n,
formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, has been
transferred from service ON the gun
boat Baltimore to take charge of the
photographic station at Cleveland.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20

The two great pearl markets OF the
world are London and Paris. The
sources of supply are several and wide
" separated A large portion OF the
finest round pearls continue to come
from the Sooloo archipelago, although
the supply from this source is steadily
diminishing.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20

That brilliant military genius who
defended Plevna, Osman Pasha, is
now occupying the mental position of
sealer of food for the sultan, his duty
being to protect that holy parsonage
from poison. Osman must be made
of CHEAP stuff if he is content.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20

Verona, in Italy, boasts of pair of
twin sheep each having six legs. The
extra legs are hind ones of the same
size as the normal ones, though they
do not reach the ground. The owner
will not sell them to a museum, as he
thinks he can make more out of them
as mutton.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20

1t is far cry from this latitude to
Florida, and yet the reports of the des-
titution in some portions of that state
from the recent hurricane, through the
wreck Of homes and the destruction OF
the crops, will undoubtedly appeal to
the benevolent. Humanity knows
neither latitude nor longitude.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20
Being Sent to This Country to
Help Elect Mckinley.
MARK HANNA IS OUT FOR THE CASH.
Not a Bit Particular About Where 1t
Comes From.
He Is Receiving 1t Not Only from trusts
Banks and Syndicates in the United
States, But from Residents In
Europe as Well, to Control the
Election in November.

LErOnq the New DIX T1VTdIu, a 10
France, edition, August "a, 1896.
Published in Paris, France.
"Honest- Money Campaign Fund"
ITO the Editor Of the Herald:
IT see that you have published my letter
of August II in your edition of the 18th,
and that you do not dissent from my propo-
sition to start an Honest Money Campaign
Fund to be made up by subscriptions
from Americans now in Europe. there
fore ask YOU to open your columns for the
acknowledging of such subscriptions
and to put me down for 500. 1 inclose
draft on Rothschild, at London, No. A
1896, for $50 made payable to your order
and will send you check on my bank at
New York for the rest if you will kindly
advise me what it will be.
BRETT STOKES.
''Homburg-v. d. H., August a. 1885,
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20

1 believe the struggle now going on in
this country and other countries for
single gold standard, would, if successful,
produce widespread disaster in the end
throughout the world. The destruction of
silver as money and establishing gold as
the sole unit of value must have ruinous
effect on all forms of property except those
investments which yield a fixed return in
money.-James G. Blaine. Congressional
Record, pages $50 to S22, 1879
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20

When Ii Hung Chang got home and
his wife kept him awake half the night
asking him what he had been doing
when he was away, he probably
thought in a sympathetic way of the
many people whom he had turned the
Interrogation crank on in his travels.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20

Now that Lord Roseberry is in a pO-
sition where his utterances do not
amount to anything he, too, has come
out against the sultan. Over in Eng
land it seems to make considerable
difference whether one holds office or
not.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20
THE NEWS RESUME.
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.

a Comprehensive Review of the
Important Happenings of the
Past Week CuIIed From the Tel
egraph RepOrts-The Notable
Events at Home and Abroad That
Have Attracted Attention.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20

The Connecticut girl who eloped with
a cripple evidently thought that if she
End her husband ever did fight she
coald dodge or run quite as quickly as
he. They have long heads, these fair
women of ours.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20

The November election will prove
that Carl Schurz, who has acted in
turn with the republicans, democrats
and mugwumps, does not carry the
German-American vote in his pocket.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20
Omaha, Neb., September %, 1896.
National Democratic Committee, Chica-


National Democratic Committee, Chica-
go, Ill.
Dear Sir: Answering your favor of Sep
TENDER 81, relating to the charges in an
Italian paper in Chicago that Mr.. Bryan
had written several editorials, criticising
Italian immigrants as class, I beg to
say that Mr.. Bryan did not write those
editorials; did not know of their being
written and probably never even read
them, as he was, at the time they were
published, absent from Omaha upon tour
of the western states.
Moreover, 1 desire to state that under
the arrangement by which Mr.. Bryan be-
came editor-in-chief of the World-Herald,
it was specially stipulated that he should
be in control of the paper only so far as
it's political policy was concerned upon ma
tional issues. He did not become respon-
sible for editorial matters outside of his
particular department. He did not even
direct the course of the paper on local
politics
''The editorials in question upon the sub
ject of Italian immigrants were written
by a member of the staff whose duty it
was to prepare editorials on miscellaneous
topics from time to time not connected
with national politics.
"As stated above, Mr.. Bryan had nothing
whatever to do with the editorials in
question and was not even in the state at
the time they appeared. Yours truly,
&c. M. HITCHCOCK, President"
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20

Senator Palmer, the boiling goldbug
candidate for the presidency, says Nc
Kinley will carry Illinois and Mary
land and be elected. Palmer is more
concerned in McKinley's election than
in his own.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20

! Prosperity is reported to have killed
George Du Maurier, but we know of
large number of people who are willing
to contract that disease and run the
risk of pulling through it.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20

The railroad bosses may drive their
men into Mckinley clubs and compel
them to go to Canton, but they cannot
compel them to vote a Mckinley ballot.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20

Between buying an excursion ticket
to Canton and losing their jobs, good
many men are buying tickets who will
vote for Bryan when they get inside the
election booth.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20

The reporters in Guayaquil can very
well be excused if they worked a ref
erence or two about the Fire Fiend
into their stories of that $54,O00,000
confiagrat ton.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20

An Ohio girl eloped with base ball
catcher. Her relatives gave chase but
were unable to catch them on the fly,
and they are supposed to have scored.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20

''The farmers must stand together and
protect themselves against the droncs
of society, who produce nothing but
laws Prince Bismarck in 1895.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1896-11-06
nGreat Personal Events. ),


A series OF articles of unique interest
has been undertaken by the Ladies'
Home Journal. It is to be called "Great
Personal Events" and will sketch the
most wonderful scenes Of popular enthu-
siasm and thrilling historic interest
which has occurred in America in the
last fifty years. Each one will be graph
ically detailed by an eyewitness, while
leading artists have been employed to
portray the events in pictures made from
old illustrative material. The series has
just been started in tho current number
Of the magazine, Hon. A. Oakley Hall,
ex-Mayor Of New York City, sketching
the scene. "When Jenny Lind sang in
Castle Garden" which still stands as the
greatest single concert in the annals of
American music. Mrs. Henry Ward
Beecher in the following issue will tell
of a remarkable scene in which her huH-
band was the central figure: when
Mr.. Beecher sold slaves In Plymouth Pull
pit" Then Stephen Fisk viii portray
the furore and excitement when the
Prince OF Wales was in America" Parke
Goodwin will follow this in succeeding
number with an account OF the unparal.
leled excitement in New York when
Louis Kossuth Rode up Broadway"
Hon. John Russell Young will sketch
when Grant Went Around the World"
Mr.. Young being OF General Grants
party. The great scene in the Senate
Chamber when Henry Clay said Fare
we'll to the Henaten will follow. Lincoln
will figure twice in the series: First, in
description of when Lincoln was
First Inaugurated," and, next, "When
Lincoln was Buried.n The stirring story
Of the discovery OF gold by John w. Mac
kay will be revived in "When Mackay
Struck the Great Bonanza" The series
will extend throughout all the numbers
OF the Ladies Home Journal during 1897.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1896-11-06
GRAY Hair Made DARK.


! saw iu your paper a statement that
zula Vulier would restore any head Of
hair to natural color in three weeks. As
| was very gray | sentsfor sample pack.
age, and in less than three weeks my
hair was perfectly restored to natural
color. My wlfe's hair was light red,
and by using Zulu Vulier, her hair is
now beautiful auburn. Any one can
get q sample package OF Zulu Vulier by
sending 81 two cent stamps 10 Wilson &
Co., New Concord, Ohio, and II 1t does
not restore the hair TO natural color in
three weeks they will return your stamps;
1t not only restores the hair to natural
color, but will stop the hair falling out
Immediately and is one of the best hair
tonics made, and you take no risk, and
il it does not satisfy you perfectly they
will return your stamps. A READER,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1896-11-06
"oLD FoRKEo FOOT. j"
The Biggest and Smartest Deer in
Eastern Oregon.

The Biggest and Smartest Deer in
Eastern Oregon.
Away mp in the Greenhorn range OF
mountains, sbout As miles weat Of Baker
City, hunters and prospectors often catch
a glimpse Of monster deer. DE has.
Yoamed these hills for many years, and
Is known to every man, woman and child
for miles around as "old forked foot"
from the extraordinary spread OF his toes.
His track ie easily known on this account,
and old hunters have followed Ii for days,
but the willy cid rascal Is too cute for any
Of them. Stories are told of his leading
whole band cf deer away from hunters
and disappearing with them es complets-
ly as though they bad wings. Various
opinions give his weight from 800 to 400
pounds, though Baker City Nimrod
who spent several weeks in these mount
aims this summer, and who he'd good
opportunity to make good calculation, ),
gave an estimate Of $50 pounds. This
hunter wac making for the highest peak
10 small range Of hills early one morn-
ing, and when near the top sat down on
a log for rnoment's rest
II laid my gun on the ground at my
feet" 40 he tells II, "end, while starting
pipe, glanced mp acroas little opening
in the pines. inet ahead Of me. At one
side thought / cav an ear Just at the
edge Of some brush. Then / thought
there vas ~ eye near It, looking at mo
| WAS not cOnyinced, however, iill tie
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1896-11-06
NUMBER AS.

biggest buck inan ever saw trotted
across the opening, not 80 feet in front of
me. Astonishment ovsscams ne, and /
stood openmouthed and saw him disap-
pear in the timber. did recover in time
to bring down the young doe that follow
ed a moment later. But had lost inter.
est in deer hunting, and l sat down on
that log and could have wept for grief at
my stupidity in letting that buck escape
me. He left the mark of the forked feet,
and | followed the trail all day without
success.
Next summer / am going back there,
and If l don't bag this animal, 1t will be
for some better reason than had this
last time.n
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1896-11-06

Will eome OF your readers give me
good recipe for making cold starch? /
am selling self-heating fiat irons and
iron little at every house and have to
use some starch every place and want to
know how to make good cold starch.
My husband was in debt and / being
anxious to help him thought would sell
self-heating flat irons, and | am doing
splendidly. A CENTS worth Of fuel will
heat the iron for three hours, 60 you
have perfectly even heat. You can
iron in bali the time and no danger Of
scorching the clothes ae with the old
iron, and you can get the most beautiful
gloss. sell at nearly every house, as
the iron saves so much fuel everybody
wants one | make 81 80 on each iron
and have not sold less than ten any day /
worked. Ny brother Is doing wsl and l
think anyone can make lots OF money
anywhere selling irons. The j. E. Casey
& Co., st. Louis, Mo-, will start anyone
in the business, as they did me, If you
will address them. MRs. A. RUSSELL.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1896-11-06
Mcclure Sentenced.

George r. Mcclure, who wac recently
convicted Of criminal assault upon the
person OF Emma Fawcett, member of
Salvation army, was brought before
Judge Lowell and sentenced to Is months
in the state penitentary. When asked
If there was any reason why sentence
should not be passed, the old man stood
up, and with great effort stated that he
was not guilty OF assault nor did he in
tend to commit crime. He said
he was never before charged with
crime, had always been a good citizen,
was an old man and prayed the courts
leniency. He broke down and cried like
child when sentence was passed. The
old man is nearly 60 years Of age.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1896-11-06
MuIe and Giant Powder.

s. q. Sparks, who resides at Blue Rlv-
er, has the contract for delivering sup
plies and material az the Lucky Boy
mine. The supplies are delivered at
Blue River and from there are carried
six miles over the Lucky Bay trail to the
mine on mules. A few days ago a part
Of load carried by one Of the mules
comprised box OF giant powder. When
we'll up the trail the mule became tired
OF his load and began to buck and rid
himself OF 1t. Everybody got ont OF the
way, expecting each minute TO see the
mule and the side OF the mountains blown
into atoms. But his muleship, wholly
unconscious Of the death dealing charae-
ter Of the load on bis hack, kept ON buck
ing until he loosened the pack and II
rolled off down the side Of this mountain.
The box was broken on the rocks and
sticks OF giant powder scattered in every
direction, but not one Of them exploded
from the concussior. The mule don't
know what he escaped, for giant powder
usually explodes OF the least jar
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1896-11-06
M'KlNLEY ELECTED
His Electoral Vote Estima-
ted at 26O.
STATES EVENLY DIVIDED
Mckinley Carries % and the
Rest go to Bryan.

q b il . II sa--s i
Portland, Nov. g. 5---Practically complete
return from all counties OF Oregon, ex.
cept five, give Mckinley a plurality Of
1855.
No returns have been received from
Crook. Curry. Lake, Grant and HaTney
counties. Crook county will undoubtod-
ly show majority Of 100 for Mckinley,
while Harry, Grant and Curry combined
will probably give Bryan a majority Of
300, which viii leave McKinley's gDlura.
lity in the state about 5000. . sgtaga
Clackamss has run her plurality for
Mckinley up to 200, Clatsop will give
more than 700, Marion still stands at
about AGO., Morrow is good for 81, and
Washington fol 500.
Polk, Douglas and Josephine are for
Bryan by small pluralities, and Union,
Jackson and Linn give him large plurali-
ties.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1896-11-06
IN THE GOOD OLD WAY.
Athena is Still the Banner Democratic
Pracincf

Athena is Still the Banner Democratic
Precinct.
Tuesday was just the kind of day to
bring out q full vote to the election polls.
The morning was bright and nature was
flooded with sunshine. About 8 O'Clock
the country voters began to stream into
town, and voting during the forenoon was
fast and spirited.
In North Athena precinct, the judges
were, Victor Shick, ]. W. Stamper and
r. L. Maloney; and e. 8. Waterman
and j. Bloch acted in the capacity Of
clerks.
The judges in South Athena we're,
Robert Coppock, H. Macarthur and Bill
Russell; j. K. Brady and Jinks Taylor
were the clerks.
In South Athena precinct, It's votes
were polled. For Bryan there were 81; /;
for Mckinley, 70; for Palmer, A J; Prohi-
bition l;-Bryan majority over McKin-
ley, IL.
North Athena rolled up 2O9 votes, Of
these 1856 went to Bryan; SO to McKin-
ley; to Palmer-Bryan's majority over
Mckinley 81. Total number of votes
cast in both precincts, 3S4; Bryan's ma
jority over Mckinley in both precincts.
70.
The following returns Of the county
show that regular old time democratic
vote was polled, and that when the boys
pull off their coats and work, populist
and democrat side by side, could make
1t extremely hot for any republican can
didate who seeks county Office in the
future.
This ia more than pleasing to demo-
Gratis up this way, from the fact that the
claiming everything in sight in this coun-
|. ty, even going so far as to make the re-
diculous statement that it had in its pos.
session the names of 1858 democrats who
had declared themselves against the
Chicago ticket.
The following vote Of the county, as
received up to the time OF going to press
proves the Tribune bull.dozer and mis-.
representor, and, further that it takes
something besides abuse and ridicule of
populists and democrats to make votes
in this county:
Pendleton-McKinley Ga, Bryan 72,
Levering /, Palmer A.
North Pendleton Mckinley 1872, Bry-
an las, Levering /, Palmer l.
South Pendleton-S Mckinley 81, Bry-
an ITO, Levering Q, Palmer 8.
East Pendleton--M Mckinley 40, Bryan
1856, lowering 8, Palmer 2.
From returns received and estimating
those not yet heard from, precincts out
side of Pendeton gave the following ma
jorities which chow that Bryan carried
the county by 219,
Bingham Snrin pa-- Rrvan
Yoqum-Bryan 10.
Willow Springs--McKinley 23,
Vinson-Even.
Union--Bryan 8.
Ukiah Bryan %.
Mountain-Bryan 10.
Mllton-Bryan 35.
Juniper-Bryan "a.
Hogue-McKinley s.
Fulton Mckinley 80
Athena-Bryan 70.
Alba Bryan g.
Vansycle-M Mckinley s.
Helix Mckinley 2.
Cottonwood--M 16.
Echo-Bryan a.
Gilliland-Bryan 6.
Adams Bryan 8.
Valley--Bryan 36.
Ruddock- Mckinley 8.
Weston Bryan 76.
Meacham-Bryan 64.
McKay-Bfyan 8.
Alta Mckinley 68.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1896-11-06
Worth Your Confldenc

The success OF Hoods Sarsaparii.Fiu
conquering scrolula in whatevey %gs Il
may manifest itself is vouched for Dy
thousands who were afflicted by this
prevalent disease, but who now rejoice
over permanent cure by Hoods Sarsa-
parilla. Scrofula may appear IS humor,
or it may attacl he glands of the neck,
or break out 10 eadiul running sores on
the body or liz D. Attacking the nue.
GUS membrane, . may be developed in
TO catarrh or lodging in the lungs leads
10 consumption.