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A TRAP FOR WAR SHIPS
They Might Be Caught B a Chain
 of Great Magnets.
One of the Possibilities of Flectr;cs, eoas+ Defenses-How to Protect New vortr Harbor-Col. W. R. King,s In-
 vention and Its Uses.
TcopYRrGur, 1896.

So many people have been talking and thinking within the past few weeks and even nervous about the ways and means of defending the coasts of the United States against attack by a for eign power that the progress of cleo trical experiments in this matter may be of interest.
 Since the last war in which the United States was at all practically in terested, applied electricity has done so much to change the methods of com nunication and locomotion both on land and sea that more may be expected from it. We had the Atlantic cable in 1868, which condensed weeks into days as far as commerce is concerned be- tween the old world and the new: also the telephone, which cuts into the mail methods for moderate distances shortening the time of supply from days to minutes; then the street trolley car, which is an example of machinery propelled by electricity that has so greatly facilitated the transportation of passengers and mails in cfties-to say nothing of the electric light. All of which is applied electricity.
 Out of what was at first mere idle curiosity l took the trouble to find out how far electricity can be relied upon as an aid or a single factor in defending our coasts and harbors, and the result is here given.
 In November, 1894, Col. W. R. King. then commanding engineer at the United States engineering school at Willet's Point, on Long Island tried to see how powerful a magnet he could make, and of what use it would be. He took the largest steel cannon he had (of which it IS unnecessary to give the dimensions here), plugged up the mug gle with soft metal, then wrapped the barrel with copper wire, thereby mak- ing an instrument that could be great Iy magnetized by a current of electric 'ty. When the current was turned on
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pations as country fairs or church festi- when her husband iselectedt tocongress. Possibly as the wife of the mayor of the town, or the daughter of it's leadin@ merchant, she has been a woman of some prominence and leader of it's social gatherings. She looks forward to taking conspicuous part in the gayety of Washington, as in that of her own town. She leaves her home with her head in a whirl of giddy anticipa- tion.
 She and her husband have only vague ideas as to where they will live, but look forward to luxurious quarters in a hotel as the proper thing for people i'll their position. It takes them but short time to discover that a congress- mans $5,oo0 year will not support q great degree of luxury, and they set tle down very likely in aC boarding houae with the privilege of the parlor
 Washington is full of these places. Most of them are kept by representa- tiyes of decayed gentility. The land, lady regales her boarders at table with stories of her former wealth and ele. ganee ''befo' the wah." She is perhaps employed in one of the departments, and leaves the management of the house to slipshod negro servants.
 In the depth of this typical Washing ton boarding house, the first dream of congressional luxury is dissolved.
 On her arrival the new n1ernher'e wife feels q little timid at what she has
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ably the most quaint of all curios is q flag made from the bridal robes of Mrs. Gen. A. r. Hill, who devoted her handsome silken gowns to fashion q pennant for soldiers. Then there is the flag, now all torn and almost fall. ing into pieces, Of the famous band of Culpepper minute men, whose ban- ner shows the coiled rattlesnakes and the familiar legend: Don't tread on me- in dimmed letters of gold.
 A memento of the great Kentucky raider, Morgan, is in the museum, and consists of small rope formed by plating pieces of bedticling. This rope was used by Morgan and seven of his men in their escape from the pris- on in Ohio, where they were confined. But the most pathetic thing is little handful of coffee, not more than three tablespoonfuls; yet this was the last of the rations issued to the men under Lee at Appomattox, and on these few
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hll small pieces of iron lying near the cannon began to leave their places and cling to the great magnet. A man took a dinner tray loaded with pieces of scrap iron weighing from an ounce to a pound, and when he was within 100 feet of the magnet the pieces began to leave the tray and cling to the can- non, and little nearer the platter was as clean as that of Jack Sprat and his wife after they were through eating Next a erowbar weighing 25 pounds was taken near the cannon. It flew out of the mans hands and stuck with such force that two strong men were re- 9uired to pull it away, and this could be lone only by sudden jerk.
 It was noticed also that the mag neEc eompasses in the immediate neigh oorh0od were appreciably depleted by this, Pe greatest magnet in the world. Some ewspaper reports at the time luoteqIsol. King as saying thata ships eompg 9s9ould be defected six miles at sea; but tais was an injustice to the colonel, ana herewith is given an ex- Tact from asprivate letter written by am at the time to show what was really lone After deprecating the wrong natements by certain newspapers, Col. King wrote:
 V, B. ENGINEERING SCHOOL, ,Wfllets Point. Queens County, N. Y, Nov 27, 1894 DEAR SIR:
 
 ., Tt may be of interest to you to know. 1setiy what the effect is on the needle @1nu this l had carefully tested just before soo ul letter came, viz, at distances of o0 lVo , ioV and 200 feet. In line nearly east Si'u west through the magnet the deflec- Sens or the compass were s degrees, It sgsrees, B degrees and 21s degrees, which ,es ,4oWs the rate at which the force tapeTs 'lI. so to speak.
 a,. Lou may also be interested in some s'ures ,a4 recently taken, showing the mag ,ns ns holding up five 320-pound projectiles, ma uoW the force will pass through man liSa ilu cause iron to stand out from his body Ae quiils upon the fretful porcupine
 
 n, Respectfully. W. R. KING" ,x .ne pictures show number of large piAes attached horizontally to the let ''-iN''-i7 i'S''- ''- 70 illustrate the practical use of the se m this great magnet, as it might < apphed to coast and harbor defenses
 New York and other places, I shall ,1. aan ene result Df talk with Prof. W. ,b,k' of the department of natural ssles, Columbia college, in relation
 ohe effect that combination Of
 - great magnets might have upon
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disappointments of a first round of calls.
 X white house reception is something the sew eongressman's wife has long looked forward to. She starts with less trepidation than when she made her first calls, for her husband is with her, and he has that breezy air of self-conti- denee that is typical to the new con- 2ressman. He has not had time to re- alize what small figure an everyday congressman cuts in Washington.
 She soon finds herself in the midst of a crowd made up of everybody who is prominent in the capital, either socially or politically.
 The resident society is well repre- sented. So is the foreign element, and the army and navy. She looks enyiouslg at the women about her, sowell dressed, so graceful, so entirely at ease. Every moment she realizes more the need of experience and training for her new po- sition.
 After a few experiences she feels more at home, and even learns to .patronize" some less experienced sister. This is common type.
 The woman who can afford to have quarters at a hotel is just as amusing in her way. She thinks the reception" given every week by the proprietor of the house is a very brilliant affair, and the attention she receives as the wife of Congressman Blank completely turns her head.
 The wife of the member from the
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Heavy Tax for Bicycles.

One of the suggestions recently made to the chamber of deputies in Paris was by commercial traveller, who pro- posed that women's bicycles should be subjected to yearly tax of $50, and that none should be permitted to wear rational costume without taking out a license every year at a cost of S2o0.
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A DroD of yyatar

Water that is now i'll the ocean and in the river has been many times in the sky. Tine history of a single drop taken out of glass of water is really a romantic one No traveller has ever accomplished such distances in his life. That particle may have reflected the palm trees of coral islands and have caught the suns rays in the arch that spans a cloud clearing away from the valleys of Cumberland or California. It may have been carried by the gulf streams from the shores of Florida, or of Cuba, to be turned into crystal of ice beside the precipices of Spitz- bergen. 1t may have noyered over the streets of London and have formed a part of murky fog and have glistened on the young grass blade of April in Irish fields. It has been lifted up to heaven and sailed in great wooI-paclxed clouds across the sky. forming part of q cloud mountain echoing with thun- der. It has hung in 2 fieeey veil many miles above the earth at the close of long seasons of still weather It has descended many times over in showers to refresh the earth and has sparlled and pubbled in messy fountains in every country in Europe. And it has returned to it's native skies. having ac- eomplished it's purpose, to be stored once again with electricity to give it new life-producing qualities and equip 1t as heaYen's messenger to earth once more.-Charles s. Whiting, in Museum.
 
 He Had Relative
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No Cause for Fear.

she-The last man that asked father for my hand got thrown out.
 He-But you are more of a job lot now than YOU were then.-Town Topics.
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He Had 2 Relative.

He Had Relative. She--Are you a good judge Of di. a1nonds?
 He (absently)-No, but l have an uncle who is.-N. Y. World.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1896-11-20
A Dandy Thing to Sell.

have been doing so well this summer
selling combination dippers that ! think
1t is my duty to tell others about it. |
have not made as much money as some
read about, but never make less than
$3, and often IS day; the dipper can be
used as a fruit jar filler; a strainer fun
mel sick room warming pan, and a
pint measure These eight different uses
makes the dipper such necessary article
that it sells at nearly every house. as it
is so cheap. You can get Ia sample by
eending, 40 did, 18 two.eent stamps 10
pay postage, ETC., to W. Fl. Baird & Co !,
Station A, Pitteburg, Pa, and they will
mail you dipper, and you can go right
to work Anyone can make So or $4 q
day anywhere. A READER.
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A Wife EQUAL to a Gold Mine.

Will some of your readers give me q
good recipe for making cold starchP /
am selling self-heating fiat irons and
iron little at every house and have to
.nse 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 fiat irons, and am doing
splendidly. A cents worth Of fuel will
heat the iron for three hours, so you
have a perfectly even heat. You can
iron in half the time and no danger of
scorching the clothes as 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 so on each iron
and have not sold less than ten any day /
worked, My brother is doing well and l
think anyone can make lots of money
anywhere selling irons. The ]. F. Casey
& Co., st. Louis, Mo-, viii, start anyone
in the business, as they did me, If you
will address them. Mrs. A. RUSSELL.
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WESTERN OREGON FLOODS.
The Big Storm has Abated and the
Cloode ara paradino

The Big Storm has Abated and the
Floods are Receding.
Portland, Nov. 1.-THE worst Of the
storm is over, as reports recently from up
the Willamette river show that the river
is at q standstill and falling at some
points.
Along the East Side water front the
rise OF the river has demoralized things
somewhat, but no serious damage has
been done. The water covered the john
son dock yesterday at the foot OF East
Stark street, occupied by the Columbia
woodward, but most of the wood has.
been moved to East Water. Between
the dock and East Water there is quite O
space, which is occupied by scow houses.
One had capsized, and lay on its side yes
terday, while the others were floating
ABOUT in rather uncomfortable positions.
South from the Duniway lumber yard to
the old railroad dock, the shore is lined
with these floating houses, and many
appear in bad shape. Some are partly
inverted, and not few are turned over.
The most subtantial are all right.
High water carried away span of the
iron railroad bridge over the Natchez,
near North Yakima Sunday. The bridge
was built FIVE years ago at q cost OF $l5,-
600.
Heavy rains have swollen all the
streams in the Willamette valley and
Western Washington, and great damage
is being done. The town Of Woodland,
on Lewis river, is ten feet under water.
AT OREGON CITY.
The river below the falls stands at 30
feet, and at Is feet above the fall, and it
is still rising slowly. 1t is expected to
begin receding tomorrow The Clacka.
mas has been slowly falling oil day. On
the fiat between this city and Park Place
the Southern Pacific tracks are covered
two feet with water, and the fires in the
locomotives of both passenger trains this
afternoon were put out, the sonthbound
trains barely pulling through the water
so the fire could be rekindled The troll.
ley cars resumed running today, though
somewhat irregular. The Willamette
paper mills resumed operations tonight.
| The chief danger from the ireshet is
| fhoutyht m k---~s-s-.-s : - u't- Nth'S
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Notice of Filing Final Account.
In the County Court of the State OF Ore
gor, Umatills county, in the matter OF
the estate Of Philologus Ely. deceas-
ed.
Notice is hereby given that Charles NJ.
Ely, as executor OF the last will OF Philo-
LOCUS Ely, deceased, has this day fled
with the clerk OF the above named court
his final account and report in the above
named matter, and said court has fixed
en- eleven O'Clock in the forenoon Of Sat
urday, November 81. 1896, as tbs time,
and the County Court room in the Court
house of Umatilla county, Oregon, at
Pendleton, in said county, as the place,
when and where all objections and ex.
ceptions TO said final account and report
will be heard aud passed upon, and the
said account settled by said court.
Witness: The Hon. VIM. Martin,
Judge Of the said court, and the seal Of
eaid court attached hereto, this 18th day
OF October, 1896. [sEAL ]
BY order Of said Court,
Attest: b. s. BURRoUeHs,
County clerk
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BRIDGE COLLAPSED.
Broke Down while a Small eand

Broke Down While Small Band OF
Cattle Were Crossing.
What might have resulted ia serious,
il not fatal acci6entk~ocutred at Milton
last Wednesday, when one OF the county
bridges which spans the Walla Walla
river, collapsed. rhe Eagle gives the
following account:
On Wednesday night the bridge across
the Walla Walla river above the city col
lapaed under the weight OF band Of cat
tie that were being driven by Messfs,
Lee and Try Berry and Chas. Armstrong
Fortunately no injury to the cattle or
drivers resulted, although number OF
the cattle went down In the wreck.
The bridge ie wooden one and about
four years ago was placed In thorough re-
pair by tho county. II was considered
unsafe. however, through some fault Ia
construction, and the authorities have
often been warned OF late by teamHterr
aud others that an accident OF serious i'm.
port might result If steps we're MOI
promptly taken by replacing damaged
parts. As nothing serious has resulted
from the accident, no blame seems to be
attached 10 anyone. but had 3 mans
f,an broken or human life loal
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The teachers examination was con-
clujed last Friday afternoon. Below are
given the names of ten out Of sixteen
who underwent the three days' examine
ton and were successful in securing cer-
tiicates
First grade certificates l.. I.
Link Of Ohio, E. s. Foss of Walla Walla,
Mrs. George Mottinger Of Umatilla, Jake
English OF Weston.
Second grade certifcates-Miss Mary
Blackburn Of Freewater, Miss Julia Ed
son Of Milton, Edith Perry Of Yoakum,
Kate Perry of Pendleton, B. F. Brown oi
NoIin.
Third grade certiGcates-Mrs. Parilee
HALEY OF Pendleton.
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GONernoF LOfu FFOCtaUidttoHs
Governor Lord has issued the follow
ing THANKSGIVING proclamation
s'For the manifold blessings vouchsafed
to us during the past year, it is fitting
that we, as grateful people, should
make due acknowledgements to Almighty
God. In recognition OF this duty, and In
conformity with time-honored custom,
aud in accordance with the proclamation
OF the president of the United States, /,
William p. Lord, governor Of the state OF
Oregon, do designate and set apart Thurs.
day, the Goth day of November, 1895, as
Thanksgiving day.
s'0n that day | recommend that the
people abstain, as far as practicable from
the occupations of everyday life. and
that they assemble in their usual places
Of worship and offer prasae and thanks.
giving to God for the Reace and prosper.
ity bestowed upon us for the health and
happiness with which he has blessed US,
aud for our freedom from pestilence and
calamilies. Let US also devote the day 70
the emjoymant OF hospitality and the
atrengthenlna oi family ties TO relieving
the wants OF the e'fJeedy and distressed,
and In the doing charitable deeds; to
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The East End" as Reflected
BY Our Exchanges.
THE BRIDGE COLLAPSED.
Fell Under Weight ola Drove
of Cattle.
WESTON LEADER.l


Mrs. P. A. Worthington has been quite
Ill for several days.
A son was born last Tuesday night to
Mr. and Mrs. T. F. McCabe at their
home on Wild Horse mountain,
P. Stump and John McCaw, the lessees
Of the Weston mill who operated the mill
80 successfully until its loss by fire, have
gone to Wallowa county, where they have
interests.
Weston is glad to welcome as citizens
Messrs. James Mitchell and John Foss,
lately of Athena, who have engaged in
the blacksmith business here.
A party of Westonites visited Walla
Walla last Saturday, and passed the day
pleasantly In ,sight-seeing They were
temporarily inmates OF the penitentiary,
and praise highly the efficient manager
ment OF that institution. At the conclu-
sion Of their visit the prison orchestra
played for their entertainment.
Displayed in the Leader Office window
are three mammoth Burbank potatoes
raised by H. Waddingham on Wild
Horse mountain. Two Of them, twin
"murphies" that were raised in the same
bill, weigh exactly three pounds each.
"Doc" 0'HafTa claims to have raised q
five.pounder at his place below town.
He 10 reliable man, OF course, but has
not yet produced the potato.
President Royal, of the Weston Nor
NAL, recently returned from Malheur
county, whore he has been conducting q
very successful institute. He found that
considerable number of Malheur coun.
ty teachers are graduates OF the Mon
mouth Normal, and that the results OF
their good training is shown in their ef-
ficient work.
/ Built at small expense, yet in sub.
stantial manner and on modern plans,
the new Congregational church OF Wes-
ton, is model house Of worship. The
exterior is handsome in appearance, and
the we'll proportioned tower gives pleas
ing effect. But it is the interior which
! most impresses the observer, its admir-
able arrangements have in view the &C.
commodation OF large or small audi
ence.
/ George Marsh and son, Bert, returned
I few days ago from the placer mine on
South Salmon river, Idaho, where sever
Al Weston parties are operating in
ss like manp~~Ah, The other mem
splor and j. b.
Z the mine,
S7''" at
IL
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inspiring sentiments Of loyalty to our
country, and respect for it's laws and
the maintenance Of public order; to cul.
tivat;ng a just regard for the rights and
opinions of others, and intoxicating
sense Of duty that will lead us to fulfill,
as far ss lies in our power, our obliga.
tons as citizens and individuals"
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Administrator.
A Chance to Make Money.


have made 81 ,060 clear money in 81
days and attended to my household dutt
les besides, and I think this is doing
splendid for women inexperienced in
business. Anyone can cell what every
one wants TO buy, and every family wants
Dish Washer. don't canvass at all /;
people come or send for the washer, and
every washer that goes out sell two or
three more, as they do the work 70 per-
lection. You can wash and dry the dish
es in two minutes am going to devote
my whole time to this business now and
lam sure can clear 5000 year. My
sister and brother have started in the
business and are doing splendid. You
can get complete instructions and humid
reds OF testimonials by addressing the
Iron City Dish Washer Co., Station A,
Pittsburg, Pa, and if you don't make
lots of money it's your oSn falt. Mra.
W. FL. L
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The New Hook Spoon Free to All.

read in the Christian Standard that
Mies A. NJ. Fritz, Station A., St Louie,
Mo would give an elegant plated hook
spoon to any one sending her ten 2cent
stamps. | sent for one and found 1t is
useful that showed it to my friends, and
made $13 90 in two hours, taking orders
for the spoon. The hook spoon is a
household necessity 1t cannot clip into
the dish or cooking vessels, being held in
the plate by hook on the back. The
spoon is something that housekeepers
have needed ever since spoons were fret
invented. Anyone can get a sample
spoon by sending ten 2.cent stamps to
Miss Fritz. This is q splendid way to
make money around home.
Very truly, JEANETTE s.
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This Is Your Opportunity.

On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps,
o generous sample will be mailed of the
most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure
(Ely's Cream Balml sufficient to demon
strate the great merits Of the remedy.
ELY BROTHERS,
Sc Warren St., New York City.
Rev. John Reid, Jr., Of Great Falls, Mont,
recommended Ily's Cream Balm to me. l
can emphasize his statement, 'sIt is posi-
tive cure for catarrh If used as directed. ~
Rev Francis W. Poole. Pastor Central Pres
Church, Helena, Mont.
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
cure for catarrh and contains no mercury
nor any injurious drug. Price, so cents.
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A Rin namare Suit.

Last week at Pendleton papers we're
served upon the defendants in damage
suit brought by T. T. Newman, Of Walla
Walla, against George r. Lash, J. +.
Walker, A. d. Stillman, O. 5. Jackson
and the East 0regonian Publishing GO.
The plaintiff sues for $1,000 damages for
defamation of character. building his
case upon an article which appeared in
the East Oregonian in April, 1895, to the
effect that the Royal Endeavor, as repre-
sented by Newman, was fraudulent rep
resentation.
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MafFisusAzxsneaass7,s
ing, November, Ii, 1880, .ygrzps-ssa
OF Councilman Henry Frazier ~
Campbell and Miss Maggie GSSsS
young people have fitted up the !. y
dwelling Oh the corner of Mill ana
ond street where they will reside in u
future.
Miss Estella Berry, Of Walla Walls
daughter Of Geo. +. Berry, who reeentl
returned from a visit to Honolulu, hi
secured position as vocal instructor
the Columbia college Of Vancouver, B. 6
She win leave In few days TO enter uRdy
her duties.