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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1896-01-17
COMEDY BY THE SEA.
8 ne Forward FoIlg-Garraious Mothers
The Cnnceifed narIcar.

he Forward foIlE-Garraious Mothers
The Conceited Dancer.
It's good fun to sit apart and notice
he people at swell summer hotels,
hough sometimes it's a little sad, too,
ays an eastern correspondent.
The forward folk, who try to get ac-
luainted with each newcomer of pre-
entious appearance, and who gets
ropped as frequently as they are takel
up, are amusing, as the newly rich, who
lancy the ready road to elegance is
gained by assuming fierce haughti-
ness, the maintaining of which makes
them as uncomfortable as it does their
interiors.
The garrulous mothers who have to
talk all day long about the charms and
perfectionso of their daughters are pretty
trylng.
Then there are the two or three
lonely creatures who have drifted in
somehow and are out of their element,
and are quite conscious of the fact.
They mournfully sit out the concerts
ind eat their meals almost tearfully.
There are, as a rule, SO few men at
ae summer resorts that the few who
niger longer than over Sunday get so
.wellcd with their own importanee'th that
they are unbearably saucy.
At the hop the other night I noticed
hat the manner of the dancing men
was as full of conceit as is pudding
Of plums.
They lounged up TO a girl, held out
their arms, smiled sickly smile, as
who should say:
''I'll give you turn or two, poor
thing.
I'd cling to the wall till | took root
before I'd dance with them, but girls
aren't all alike, and the eonceited chaps
had only to drop the handkerchief"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1896-01-17
/, POOR BOB Mhile.-
A Plea for the Shy Game BIRD When the
Weather rs uads

weather Is Bads
When snow covers the ground and
sleet envelops trees and shrubs many
birds of various kinds seek the farIm-
house and its vicinity. They seem to
know that in their extremity man is
their friend. Their confidence is not
misplaced; they arc liber. I'D by diff.
ferent members of shs h, Did until
the emergency has passed. ID they are
again able to make their own living
These birds come to mans abode f.
protection as we'll rs for food. and aft
the cravings Of hunger are appeasct
Z they stay around the dwelling, fcelin,
that the predatory hawk, fox, owl az.
the heartlcss, murdcrous runner Of th;
season will not recllessly venture
assail them Frequently these birG
return season after season TO the saIr
homesteads. BY reason of their aprea
tolnanlzind birds of this class seldo!.
die from the effects of hard winters.
says the Baltimore Sun.
That the great game bird, the part
ridge. excessively wild and laid, does
not, when privation comes, seek mans
homestead like the birds ! eltion@d
above, though in extrem y, i weather
q covey OF partridges msy be SCI.
about the srawyards where cat!lc p1
housed and fed. Their presence aboi
SUCH places il proof Of tho.g su!ierii,3s
Tor they only leave thcip 3ustont
',aunts and businesses ws1c, sorc
pressed for want OF food. .lt&sc biz
have been found dead in sssa..s wcaa'.
or, poisoned from eating la,r4l 0 aat
isfy their hunger Clotlstt ii belah
full plumage Of hues In ac5;arl vi !,
grounds they escape fairl1 s. ], IL
shc hawk i'll ordinary til y. las Il
tand ont in bold solicf s.t
nd fall an easy PREY to s.. /. 49,. .':-
satiate hawk, us ,;s,ll aa -. -, II,
owl. It is against the la, H on
boot or trap this nnhl4A~.,,l3isl. - Il.
ason, and farmers and d ahu@t
that no jaarau.iing il, sis iilsa j
nc. In adtiitio.; TO pr, i's.ag 49,
.ilinaeeous bird the q e9tlsars
lows That the partridge 5 lie ;.u::.i-
rs friend. and that he s!proys i,iyri-
lis of injurious insects. t:tis protect
ig tho grain crops and tii, flGit from
auch injury Everyone, whether resi.
lent of the city or country. loves 4
aear the call Bob VIII on bli;,i
3umn. II days throur hi ,inlc ii.
arly in the fall, VIXEN ,lng one
re nearly grown, aha 10 watc5
he male partridge perohed on tn.
renee as he gives out the note 1t
IS impossible to look at him then with
out feeling love and admiration stir the
heart. lie is in trouble now. Let
everyone who can help him. Bait the
haunts of the patr;dgcs in yoar vicin-
ity daily with corn and wheat. Use
your gun on the hawks and owls and
put your pack of hounds on the foxes
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adorned with an emblem which figures
upon the garments of every convict
and penitentiary inmate was one that
struck taFFor into the hearts of the
worthy people of England. Questions
were addressed to the government in
the house of commons by members
who were forced to take the step by
their constituents, and SO widespread
and serious was the popular indignation
over the affair that the London news
papers received an official communion
ton, which each published in large
type on the editorial page, assuring
the people that, after due irfyestiga-
ton, 1T had been ascertained that the
noses of both the prince of Wales sons
were absolutely free from any such
disagreement as that which had been
reported.
King George, of Greece, his second
son, and his nephew, the czarowitz, are
each of them tattooed, it having been
done in both the latter cases in Japan.
BESIDES these there are among the
tattooed princes Queen Marguerite OF
Italy's brother, the duke Of Genoa:
Archduke Stephen, Of Austria, and
Prince Henry of Prussia, brother Of
Emperor William.
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TATTooED ROYALTY.
That Sort of Adornment Favored by Princes
and Now and Then by q Princess.

That Sort of Adornnent Favored by Princes,
and Now and Then by Princess.
Grand Duke Alexis of Russia, broth
er of Alexander III, enjoys the dis
tinction of being the most magnifi-
Gently and elaborately tattooed prince
of the blood in Europe. His powerful
right arm is adorned with superb
dragon, which covers it almost entirely
from halfway between the wrist and
the elbow to the shoulder II was done
in Japan, at Nagasalki. where the grand
duke spent some time serving as lieu-
tenant on board the flagship of the
Muscovite squadron in China waters.
Alexis is by no means the only member
Of the reigning family who is thus in
delibly marked. Princess WalderInar
of Denmark, wife of the sailor son of
King Christian, has beautiful anchor
and crown tattooed on her arm half
way between her shoulder and her
elbow, which of course is conspicuous
when she wears a low dress. Her hus-
band, likewise, has naval emblems tat
tooed on his arm, and So too, has King
Oscar of Sweden, who served for many
years in the navy before ascending the
throne. His sons followed his example.
Queen Victoria's second son, the new
duke of Saxe-CoburE Gotha, Is tattooed
much in the same way as his brother
in-law, the Grand Duke Alexis, while
his nephew. the duke of York and
future king of England, has couple
Of crossed flags upon.his forearm. The
tattooing was done during his cruise as
midshipsman and led to no end Of
! rumpus, for some busybody either
wrote or cabled home from Australia
that Prince George and his elder
brother, the late duke Of Clarence, had
had the straight arrows-the mark
used 70 denote government property
worked with the needles upon their
royal noses. The idea OF sovereign
having his most conspicuous feature
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"Reminiscences of his prolonged stay

"reminiscences of his prolonged stay
there.
About fifteen years ago the land and
house were purchased by David Ii.
Mount, wealthy miller in the village.
Later it was sold to Martin A. Howell,
of New Brunswick, N. ], Mr.. Howell
made many necessary repairs to the
old Berrian house, but by the removal
of the great two-story veranda in front
of it, which was supported, as were
those of most colonial houses of pre-
tensions, by large, round pillars, it
lost its characteristic picturesqueness.
The architectural beauty of the old
colonial style of house, with its COM
Portable, hospitable look, has been en-
tirely lost and the house looks to-day
like many other farmhouses, built for
use only. 1t is now occupied by
Michael Hines, boss quarryman, and
his family. They revere the memory
of Washington even more than others
that have lived in the house since he
occupied it, and delight to show visit
ors through it.
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The floor would then fall through
onto the Chinese museum, and the
walls, sixty feet in height, would col
lapse and b9 precipitated, with the
roof, upon the assembly.
The leader explained to the person
whom the audience expected next to
hear, that by addressing the assembly
from the end of the hall, he could with
draw the company from the sunken
part of the floor to that where the
front walls strengthened the joists to
bear the weight of the people.
The reply to this was that his own
family was in the audience, and that
he must get them out first. "You shdU
gsotl" said the leader; "a hint Of danger,
q rush, and we shall all be under the
fallen walls and roof. Five minutes
delay may kill us altogether
AS a boy In the audience well re.
member my surprise at seeing ths
leader suddenly appear at thc far frpht
of the room, and tell the peopfeY th@t
they would next be addrcssed Kou
where he stood the organ-Iofts D AS
the audience turned md moved ~ tne
front, tile flooring rose six inches.
The people were entertained partly
by an impromptu sentimental song in
voice without quaver, IN the very
face Of death, and as soon as practica-
BILE they were quietly dismissed.
Not single individual In that great
assembly was aware that, by the pres
ence Of mind Of one man, an awful ca
tastrophe had been averted. The
imagination sickens at the thought Of
what would have been the consequence
OF panic and sudden alarm by the
failure Of the courage Of this man.
! am confident that, excepting the
speaker referred to and the manager of
the building, no one outside the irnme-
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1896-01-17
GREAT PRESENCE OF MIND.
A Terrible Catastrophe Averted by Pub
Lie Speakers self-ControI.

"A ASEkkb1S OASabtEoVHe AV@Eto0 ny y fuD~
Lie Speakers self-ControI.
One of the ''sights" of Philadelphia,
fifty years ago, was a magnificent
Chinese museum, whose treasures, col
lected by Mr.. Dunn, a munificent mer-
chant, We're displayed In building
erected on the site onwhich now stands
the Continental hotel. Over the mu-
scum was long, narrow upper room,
about thirty-dve feet high. 1t was
public hall, used for lectures and con-
certs, and with it was associated most
remarkable instance Of presence of
mind. A correspondent of the London
Spectator tells the thrilling story.
In the central part Of this immense
auditorium were collected one evening
about three thousand persons. At
about nine o'clock, the manager Of the
building came to the leader Of the
meeting, white with alright, and told
him that the floor had sunk nearly a
foot, and that in few minutes more
the lemons Of the joists might be ont Of
their sockets.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1896-01-17

Aou viii ll-d 10 you look back upon
your life that the moments that stand
ont, the moments when you have really
lived, are the moments when you have
done something in the spirit OF love.
As memory seanS tho past, above and
beyond ell the transitory pleasures,
there leap forward those supreme hours
when yon have been enabled to do nm
noticed lsindncsses to those about you,
things too trifiing to speak u, but which
ron feel have entered into your life
and character.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1896-01-17

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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1896-01-17
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date family of the man whose courage
prevented this catastrophe has known
the whole story till now.
The terror of those minutes before
| the crowd was moved and the floor
rose toward its level, was such, that he
never, even In his own family, alluded
to the scene, though he lived for forty
+, years afterward.
! Pyeng Yang, d city In Corea, was
I: founded three thousand and sixteen
i years ago. 1t Is known as the we'll
less city. Within its walls is not d
single well and all the water Of the
city is carried up by watermen from
the river which washes its southern
wall. Tradition shows that this has
always been ~, for ii is4aia thai wiien
| aGl3ines9 Ksn@sPf bcs ged II two bhou,
sgad yoal~a sQs beheYing that he cou1d
4 eoNrei ts iIl'AFita " - enpitutate ~
| cutting ohs tlttif water gtpply, hG Wa
ied 10 giyG n The attempt because tae
scI3ersor tie rtsils tools fsh scasss
aud we,tt tfroagh tho motions of the
sbath, LIa the scales, glittering in the
sun, looked in the eyes of the aston
ished besiegers to be drops of water
A Profitable Dream.
Tunis must be capital place for
those who live gnC thrive on the credul-
| ity of their fellow len. 1t ii said that
q lady there ! ~ tly announced that
she had dream, which she considered
as q Divine revelation, that whoever
drank the water Of her cistern would
not be liable to take the cholera, and
she offered TO furnish the water at q
penny drink. The people throngaa
to taste the water, and in two days
more than twenty thousand persons
had paid their pennies, and imagined
that they had obtained immunity from
the dread disease.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-04-30
Marvellous Results.

From letter written by Rev, j.
Gunderman, of Dimondale, Mich, we
are permitted to make this extract;
~ have no hesitation in recommending
DR.. Kings New Discovery, as the
results were almost marvellous in the
case Of my wife. While ! was pastor
of the Baptist Church at Rives juno
ton she was brought down with
Pneumonia succeeding La Grippe.
Terrible paroxysms Of coughing
would last hours with little interup-
ton and it seemed as she could not
survive them. A friend recommend
ed DR.. Kings New Discovery; it was
quick in its work and highly salts
factory in results" Trial bottles
free at J. NJ. Gleissners drug store
Regular size SOC. and sl.00.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-04-30
Not So Expensive.

Running for ofiiceunder the Austral-
ian ballot law is far less expensive
than under the old election law, if
the expense accounts of candidates as
filed with the county and city clerks
can be taken as a true index. As
these statements are sworn to, they
have to be accepted as correct. The
expenses Of the various candidates at
the recent city election will not aggre-
gate $40. This is simply nothing as
compared to elections under the old
systems.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-04-30
MAY HAVE CONCERTS.
Band Will Play If the Town Gives
It announcement.

The Abilene military band is prac-
ticing fol its summers work at the
new hall over Suffers and is making
sweet music. The 22 members under
G. R. Pleiser's management are max
ing rapid improvement and the band
already ranks with the best in GEN.
trail Kansas. The boys are consider
ing the matter of giving outdoor con-
certs on Friday evenings during the
summer and if they have proper en-
enlargement will doubtless do so.
These concerts are a good thing for
the town as well as furnishing pleas
ant entertainment for all. The mer-
chants and others should push the
matter and make them a certainty.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-04-30
FRUIT TREES THRHATIHID.
Leading 0rchardists Are Frightened
at the Worm Pest.

The pest Of small web worms on
the apple trees to which the RErLEC-
TOR called attention two weeks ago
threatens to be very serious on the
orchards OF the county. c. H.
Aumick, Of Cheever, who has one Of
the finest orchards in the county, was
in the city today and says that the
injury really promises to be enor-
nous il the ravages are not checked.
He is an experienced orchardist and
has had experience with similar pests
in Illinois. There, he says, they
have sometimes ruined orchards as
well as stripped forest trees Of foliage.
He says he first noticed them last
week on forest trees near Chapman
creek and has since been watching
them. Some are on his own trees but
as he came to town he saw them more
on the Samuel Wilson place and this
side. He gives the following formula
as sure remedy for these web worms
or the coddling moth
"Take one pound London purple;
zone and one half ounces sulphate Of
copper dissolved in boiling water);
one double handful Of air-slacked
lime. Mix and add 40 gallons of
water and use as spray"
This he says will save the fruit. II
severe measures are not taken he
thinks the county will have less than
half an apple crop.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-04-30
NURDBRBD IN Chicago
ms. CuIBHRTsoN WELL KNOWN
IN ABILENE.
She Was the Daughter Of the Late
Ns. 3. B. Claiborne and Spent
Many Months in the City

Our dispatches last evening con-
tanned brief notice OF the murder OF
a Mrs. Culbertson in Chicago and said
she was formerly of Junction City.
She was equally well known in Abb
lene, having been daughter of Mrs.
r. B. Claiborne, wife Of one OF Abb
lene's newspapermen. She spent
maHy months here in the latter SOS
and was quite favorite among the
young people.
Culbertson with whom she lived
was a laborer. He called the
woman to the yard back Of the house
and shot her three times, then tried
to kill himself She died instantly.
Culbertson's crime was committed
in frenzy Of drunken jealousy. He
and his victim had lived together for
several years, but she left him on ac-
count Of his intemperance and abuse
of her. Culbertson visited the house
several times within the last two
weeks, always drunk and threatening.
Tuesday evening he called there, dis
played two revolvers, and threatened
to kill his wife and Mr.. Newlands.
The police were sent for and he was
taken away away, but not arrested.
When Mrs. Culbertson went into
the yard her husband came in through
an opening in the fence. He chased
her out in the alley and back in the
yard, where he fired two shots at her,
one entering her head back Of her
ear, and the other her neck. She fell
to the ground dead.
Then Culbertson called for his
child, but finding she did not come,
fired three shots into his own body.
staggered out into the Church court
and there fell into the dust. insensi-
BILE. He was taken to the county hos
pital; bis wife's body was taken to
the morgue.
Culbertson is 40 years old. He
has divorced wife and two sons.
Mrs. Culbertson's maiden name was
Lillian Mccormick, she was "a years
old. Her home was in Junction CITY,
Kan, where her father is a farmer.
She frequently said she intended re-
turning home with her daughter and
remaining there.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-04-30
Doidge's Narrow Escape.

VIM. Dodge, a farmer living five
miles southwest of Manchester, was
listing corn Wednesday afternoon
when his team became frightened and
6egan running. The News says that
in his efforts to stop the horses Mr..
Mr.. Doidge's foot became entangled
In the harness in some manner, and
after being dragged several hundred
feet over the rough ground, his shoe
was torn off and he was released. He
was thought to be seriously injured,
but when DR.. Bethel made an exam
ination he found no bones broken but
several very painful bruises
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-04-30
Creamery Profits.

Many farmers think they are not
getting enough for their milk at the
creameries and it is probably true
that never were prices for butter as
low as now However there is an
other side to it, as the Junction City
Union figures it out thus: "Farmers
are not slow to see that there is a
difference between III for butter fat
and 10 and II cents for butter, with
great amount Of hard work connect
ed with butter making taken from the
wife, who already has too much hard
work to look after. After deducting
cost of hauling, sc cents for 100
pounds Of skim milk, the creamery
patron gets 1871 cents for butter,
while the one who makes butter at
home only gets 10 to y at the store.
This is supposing that farmers get as
much butter fat out Of the milk as
does the separator, which is not often
done.n
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-04-30

One by one the men who have been
influential in making Dickinson
county prosperous are passing away.
Deaths hand strikes them down here
and there and soon none will be left.
The death Of Thomas Byrne which
occurred at | o'clock Friday a. m.
took another from the list and busy
successful life is ended. For several
days Mr.. Byrne had been sinking and
when the end came, after the family
had gathered from their widely scat
tered homes, it was not unexpected.
Thomas Byrne was born in County
Donegal, Ireland, Feb. s, 1920. At
the age Of - he came to America.
In 1871 he was married and settled
at Pittsburg, Pa, from which place
he came to Kansas in the early 70's,
and settled at Chapman. In 1886 he
came to Abilene which has since been
his home. Unobtrusiye yet obser-
want, looking after his own affairs
and never worrying about the affairs
Of others, he was a good citizen and
neighbor and won the respect Of all
who knew him. A devoted member
Of the Catholic church, he died as he
had lived strong in his religious faith.
His children who survive him are:
Jerome and Thomas Byrne, Pittsburg,
Pa; A. B. Byrne, Chapman, Kas.;
Mrs. J. j. Berry, Kansas City, Mo-;
Mrs. Sullivan, Scammon, Kas.; Geo.
Byrne, Atchison, Kas.; Stephen
Byrne, and Mrs. A. G. Taylor, Belle
vile, Kas.; and Mrs j. I. Prender-
CAST, Abilene, All but the two at
Pittsburg are home.
The devoted wife, aged Is years,
whose maiden name was Jane Easter,
is left lonely after more than a half
century Of welded life. The kind
husband and father by whose side has
been so long her pathway has preced-
ed her across the dark river, leaving
her indeed desolate and Borrowing.
Much sympathy is hers in her grief.
Funeral services will be held at $3.50
Monday at st. Andrews church, in
terment at Chapman cemetery.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-04-30
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