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strument is worth $500 but the amount
asked for in the rattle is only $3.50. Buy
d chance.
"There is poetry in everything" mus
ed the editor. ''Now, there is yonder
waste basket" and he laughed as he
sometimes did when he was alone.
The young people Of Athena and sur
rounding towns will participate in a
! Christmas ball, at the Athena opera
house. A splendid time is expected.
Just received from Factory over the
Hunt line, new stock of Gang PIows,
Drills and Harrows. Prices to suit the
times. GA. BARRETT.
IA Farmers should keep sufficient wheat
for seed purposes as 1t has been limited
that not few will sell 80 close that they
will be compelled to pay fancy prices in
the spring.
The La Grande Commercial Club has
raised the preliminary fund of $40O for
making the canvas OF the subsidy for the
beet sugar factory, and thematter will be
pushed vigorously.
Now is the time for some enterprising
individual to lay in q good supply OF
horses. Those noble animals can be
| purchased OF the city Of Walla Walla for
ten cents per head.
No excuse for colds, We offer prices
that make underwear, clothing, over
coats, mackintoshes, capegs jackets and
blankets cheaper than fuel. Alexander
& Hexter, Pendleton.
NThe knights Of Pythias, their wives
sand families participated in social en-.
| joymentat the hall last evening. An
entertaining program was rendered and
an elegant supper was served.
A PendIeton man bought watch Of a
| gentleman OF color the other day paying
| $3.50 for it. When he opened the watch
some little time after, be discovered that
the works had been taken out.
Hansell & Maloney have put In new
| shelving, and are preparing to display
their large stock OF Christmas goods,
which arrived this week. They tell you
all about them in today's Pass.
II in doubt what to select as present
for your best girl, buy agold pen. There
is but one place in Pendleton and Una.
| tilla county, where you can find good
assortment, that is the Blnb Front
The Press has recently added large
amount Of printing material to its me-
chanical department, and better ablethan
ever to give prompt attention to ell orders
In the printing and publishing line.
lA James Cameron, of Helix. has, within
Et6e past few days, sold bis 1894 wheat
for 6716 cents per bushel. He offered it
| two years ago for 40 cents per bushel but
could not effect q sale at thai price
/ We dor't say that we sell as cheap as
| anybody, bUss We do say that we sell
| cheaper than any body, when yo:i
| to PeDdleton w6 will convince you q
fact. Max Bear, the Blue Front,
Teton.
lS A case Of diptheria has =
among Whitman college stud
school house near the piaa
young lady patient boara
closed until danger from
passed.
Great bankrupt Sale
2Ol Court st.. Pendleto
ter In Prices. You ca
on every purchase.
| ly attended TO. Speci
made 10 people Of Ath
Your confidence is
In our procession not
gain Il through earns
integrity, through rel
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John stadel was examined beforeN 81
ted States Commissioner e
Pendleton, on a che
from government
ton deiend. = III
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Square Store
PendletOn, Oregon.
Watch Repairing
rs MY Business

and give
careful, painstaking attention toit. ! give
especial attention to the repairing OF FINE
watches the kind OF watches that need
extra careful adjustment. / try to have
nv work give such satisfaction as VIII
win the confidence of all who leave their
watch repairing in my hands. | want
you to feel that when you leave your
watch with me for repairs, the work will
be done to the best of my ability and In
4 competent manner. It is my ambition
to add to the reputation I think have
in small measure already established,
Of doing honest, thorough watch repair
ing. 81. d. HILL, Athena, Oregon.
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Attentlon. BOYS.

II you want to gladden. the hearts Of
your sweeTbeaEts. 80 70 Max Le~in'e
and buy them q box OF those delicious
bonbons. They are all right you bet.
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Notice to stockho.sIess

INUtIOg 70 StVbHttu1 1FFEf77l1 y . =
The regular annual meeEins 81 The
stockholders of the First Nationsl Ban
OF Athena, Oregon, for th4 elsatioa of
directors for the ensaina year,
and for tho traasactio o N
OF such other business as may lawfully
come before it, will be held at it's office,
in Athena, Oregon, on Tuesday, the 10
day Of January, 1897, at the hour Of
O'Clock p, m.
u. Il. BARNETT,
Athena, Or, Dec. Z, 1896. Cashier.
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The Square Store,
Cut Prices

The Wright & Peters shoes, for
mer price "a to $6, going at $1.75
to 50, or less than &c cents on the
dollar of first cost.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-15

trailed him to his Office and had seen
him put the bag with the money into
the safe. Danny, from window across
the alley, had watched the safe all day.
! had seen everybody leave the Office,
and had followed the cashier. Jim
Wright, to the Grand Central depot,
where he had taken n north bound eX-
press. We had been a little afraid of
Wright, because he sometimes came
back to the office i'm the evening and
stayed late. With him we'll out of the
way there was nobody to trouble us.
for the night Waterman of the building
dozed in the lower hail and lei things
take care of themselves.
I'VE got into the building through
the roof, and came down to the fourth
floor where the Granite Company's
rooms We're. 1t was about ten o'clock
in the evening and there wasn't n
sound in the big structure except the
WatchmanS snores. We picked the
lock of the outer door of the Fairfield
company's offices, and got through into
the cashiers room all right. There
stood the safe, and a good one 1t was.
Danny, who was an expert in such
matters, said that we'd have to blow
it. That meant quick work and a
hasty exit after the explosion, so we
started to look over the ground to see
how we could get away There was a
second door leading out Of the cashier s
office. and L opened it. In Il mortal in
slant found myself in a lighted room
with Colonel Bob Tracy. right in the
middle of It, staring at me across a
desk covered with papers. How he
got there is a mystery to me. for l had
seen him safely started for home. He
must have come back while l was
trailing the cashier.
''The colonel started up at sight of
me, but he wasn't half SO much startled
as was. If it hadn't been for Danny's
nerve, the game would have been up
right there, for I couldn't have done
anything. But Danny got by me. and
just as the colonel opened his mouth to
yell. my pal stuffed soft felt hat al
most down his throat. Tracy fell back
into a chair, and he found himself look
ing down the muzzle of Danny's revol-
Yer. AS that spectacle seemed to be
sufficiently quieted, Danny pulled his
hat out of the colonels mouth, and be-
gan to state the case.
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missions in which nearly all the Chris
tian denominations of this country are
more or less extensively engaged. DIR.
Buckley's answer to this question will
greatly interest not only the members OF
the Methodist Episcopal church. which
denomination annually contributes a mil
lion dollars or more to the missionary
cause. but the adherents Of other de-
nominations as well. He says the effect
of free silver coinage would be disastrous
and necessitate the recalling Of many of
the missionaries. One peculiarly striking
and significant feature Of DIR. Buckley's
remarks is that missionary work Is near
ly all in sO-called 'silver countries" that
Is to say, where silver is the only currency
In vogue. While the doctor does not in
SO many words says so, the inference from
his remarks Is that the missionary is most
needed in those countries where silver Is
the only currency in use. The American
missionaries are now provided for on a
gold basis With this country on a silver
basis the missionary contributions would
go only half as far as they now do, and
the work would have to be reduced one
half. 1t Is apparent that no cause, now
ever sacred and necessary, would escape
the blighting effects of free silver coin
age. The owners OF the silver mines alone
would bo benefited.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-15
TIMELY QUOTATIONS

All are agreed that stability IS the
most important quality that can be
possessed by g. standard of value. Any
sudden change would transfer millions
from the pockets of the mechanics,
farmers and business men to those or
the money changers. For we must
remember that It is not with money
that goods are really bought, but with
other goods and services. The me-
chanic does not buy food, clothing and
shelter with money, but with his labor;
the money, as Mill says, is merely a
sort of tickets which transfer claim
from his employer to his storekeeper;
and it is of the utmost Importance that
these tickets shall always represent
the same amount of eXchangapie
value. When they are made to repres-
ent less than they should do, the In
Justice is quite as great as when they
are made to represent none. e.'-John
Phin in Common Sense Currency.
'It was great crime In the sixth.
fourteenth and sixteenth centuries for
the rulers of nations to grossly debase
their silver coins for their own pront.
and to defraud their subjects. by in
iecting such coins into circulation as
standard money. A similar act today
of defrauding the people can not be
sweetened by the denial Of any de-
probation OF the metal or made IN
ocuous by providing that the profit OF
coming deprecated silver shall accrue
to and be pocketed wholly by the own
ers of silver mines Senator Justin
$. Morrill, in the Forum.
'Any of our dollars will In Mexico
buy about twice as much. including Ia
Dor, as one of its own. If our fiat can
raise silver TO 16 to I, then we have
either reduced by half the purchasing
power of our dollar in Mexico, or
doubled the value of the Mexican dol
lar. If the latter then we have
doubled the ability of Mexico to pay
her national debt. and it would seem
that we have done the same for China
and other countries."-T. s. Van Dyke,
in the Forum.
"a nation may decree free coinage
and unlimited legal tenuer for two
metals; but if there should be a market
for one of the metals at a higher rats
than for the other the metal having
the higher value will not circulate in
that country. The country will then
have two standards, one for its>foreign
exchanges and another and poorer
one for it's own citizens. John Phin,
in Common Sense Currency"
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knew, il the colonel would agree to
make good, win or lose. The colonel
said he would. Then he suggested
that there might be a little i'm the safe.
We'd been so ratified that we hadn't
thought of that. So we all went
through the safe together. but we did
not raise any except a few dollars in
change. We had about decided that
Danny should go to his friend, the bar
keeper, and the colonel to his club. and
that the three of us should meet at the
Grand Central station. VIXEN our de-
liberations were interrupted by loud
sound of voices at the outer door, which
Danny and l had locked.
It's all right, said the colonel. 4
recognize their voices. They're friends
of mine, and it's blessing that they've
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-15
Effects of the Bath

= Its first physiological effect is to per-
feet the respiratory function Of the skin
to give a living and healthy cuticle.
The skin is thus fitted for imbibing the
oxygen Of the atmosphere throwing off
the carbon from the blood-two most
important processes-when we consider
that tho sikin is provided with no less
than seven million pores, designed TO
assist the several secredve organs IN
discharging refuse matter from the
system. Some idea can be formed OF
the Importance of keeping It IN q per-
fectly healthy state. TO q person lla-
bic to take colds from exposure to slight
drafts. the feeling Of defiance to cold
impaired by the Baths IL one Of the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-15
shown up just at this hour. We can

shown up just at this hour. We can
borrow the money Of them.
Danny glanced uneasily at the safe.
Shut the outer door, said the col
onel. They'll never suspect anything.
Just sit down and make yourselves at
home. You're friends Of mine, you
know, and you've come to do a little
business. That'n be all right
He ran to the door, while Danny and
I sat down and tried to look as If moth
ing had happened. I felt comfortable
enough, for it's no hardship for me t
play the gent, but Danny-well, he has
not what you'd call high society
countenance. He looks like crook,
Danny does, I'm sorry to say. told
him to straighten up his necktie and
pull down his cuffs, but he didn't have
any cuffs, and his necktie wasn't so
suitable to his complexion as If 1t had
been made of rope.
IN came the crowd-a lot Of jolly
fellows-laughing and talking.
Friends of mine said the colonel
indicating us: and we got up and
shook hands all around.
"Well, Col. Bob said one of the new
comers, when the Misunderstanding was
over. can we get right down to busi-
ness?'
Sure says the colonel.
Then the first thing is the money,
the hundred thousand plunks,' return
ed the other man. Where are they"
fright here remarked the colonel,
and he went into the inside pocket Of
his coat and pulled the money out!
Mother of Moses, think of 1t! He'd
had that money in his pocket all the
time we'd been fussing with that safe,
and rigging up plans for chasing the
cashier. We'd never thought Of going
through him; he'd acted so cool when
we came near him, and so nervous
when we got around to the safe that
he'd fooled us completely.
when the colonel showed the money
HIS friends jumped on us. 1t was the
signal that they'd agreed upon in the
outer room while Tracy wss bringing
them in. AS for me. never raised
finger. Danny made little half
hearted fight and then went under
1--WE got five years for the job, and
Tn just out. Danny died Of heart dis
ease soon after we reached Sing Sing.
/ suppose he must have got 1t when the
colonel flashed that roll. l did"
And the burglar laid his hand upon
his ample bosom, and sighed.
CTo be continued)
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-15
ARBITRARY ENGLISH.

Wen begin with box, and the plural is
boxes.
But the plural of OK should be oxen, not
OXes,
The one fowl is goose, but two are called
geese,
Yet the plural OF mouse should never De
meese.
You may find q lone mouse or a whole nest
of NICE.
But the plural of house is houses, not hice.
If the plural of man is always called me.l.
Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called
pen?
The COW in the plural may be cows or kline.
But bow IL repeated is never called bine.
And the plural of vow is VOWS, not vine.
II speak Of a foot and you show me your
feet,
And 1 give you boot, would a pair be
called beet?
If one Is a tooth and whole set are teeth.
Why shouldn't the plural Of booth be
called beeth?
If the singular's this and the plural is
these
Should the plural of kiss ever he nick
named keese?
Then one may be that and three would be
those,
Yet hat in the plural would never be hose,
And the plural of cat is cats. not cose.
We speak of brother. and also of breth-
ren,
But though We may say mother, we never
say methren.
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his.
him,
But imagine the feminine she, shis, and
SHIN?
So the English, think. you'll will agree,
Is the greatest language You ever did see.
Commonwealth.
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poisonous matter that Is highly inturi.
GUS to the system and in the loss OF
which the bather is the gamer in many
ways.
The Baths are endorsed by the most
eminapt clergymen and physicians. the
press and public to be tbs greatest re-
lief and cute Ter all bodily ailments.
The frequency with which the Baths
may be taken. depends on the object in
view. For those in health once q week
may be sufficient. For invalids the fire.
quency must be regulated by a medical
adviser who understands its effects and
proper application This IL important
a. 1t fs q great and powerful remedial
agency requiring care and judgment in
its use.
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Announcement.

Mr.. M. ]. Purcell wishes to announce
to the public that he has opened new
Turkish. Russian and Roman Baths at
5Q3 Linden etreet Scranton, with view
Of meeting the increasing demands on
the pubic modern improvements. Tnls
establishment is under excellent man.
agement. Is characterized by cleanh-
ness. attention and moderate charges:
and Ia under the direct SUPERVISION OF
the proprietor date of Hanman batn'
Dublln) who had sixteen years exper-
tcnue in the business.
TNs Baths are constructed on a sys-
,ar1 which combines complete ventila-
ticn with the highest available tempera-
ture and whether sought as luxury or
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-15
ACHES AND PAINS.
Summer Complaints,
Dysentery, Dianhsa,
Cholera MOrbus,

A half to a teaspoonfu Of Ready Relief
in half tumbler of water. repeated as
often as the discharges continue, and a
flannel saturated with Ready Relief placed
over the stomach and bowels will afford
immediate relief and soon effect a cure.
Internally-A half to teaspoonful in a
half tumbler Of water will In q few min
utes cure cramps, spasms, sour stomach
nausea. vomiting. heartburn nervousness,
sleeplessness. sick headache, fiatulency
and internal pains.
naia sls In its various forms cured and Pre-.
vented.
There Is not a remedial agent in the
world that will cure Fever and Ague and
all other Malarious. Bilious and other ie-
vers. aided by RADWAY'S PILLS, so
quick as RADWAY'S READY RELIEF.
Travellers should always carry a bottle
of Railways Ready Relief with them. A
few drops IN water will prevent sickness or
pains from change of water. 1t is better
than French brandy or btters as a stimu-
liant
Miners and lumbermen should always be
provided with 1t.
Price so cents bottle. Sold by all drug
giSts.
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Attendants.

In connection with the baths win BE-
found the best attendants as well a.
skilled chiropodist, also flrst-class
barber. The Baths confer benefits in
calcuIable. intensity health. melancho-
liza Is driven away, and removes the
craving for artificial stimulants.
1t has become a question with me not
what the Baths will cure but what they
will not cure. 1,AsGs
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-15
PART III,

II have always been hard-working
man." said William Harris. the safe
breaker. ''As a rule I've earned what
I've got; though l haven't always got
what I've earned. Many's the likely
safe I've cut into to find nothing but
q set of books with the balance all the
wrong way. Yet there are men in my
line who can't open a tomato can with
out finding it full of green money.
This affair that I'm going to tell
you about is one of the few really easy
things that ever came my way. 1t was
like finding money. Colonel Bob Tracy,
president of the Fairfield Granite COM
pany-with offices in the Clyde build
ing on Pine street, near Broadway
had drawn 100000 out of a bank and
put 1t into the company's safe for use
early the next morning. All that my
pal, Danny Walsh. and had to do was
to walk in and get it.
I'D seen the colonel draw the money
and put it into little black bag. had
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-15
Description of the Bath.

The baths are comprised Of one Of the
finest cooling rooms in the state, every
attention having been paid to proper
ventilation. the lower floor comprising
the Russian, Turkish and Roman baths,
together with the electric and other
scientific treatments SO highly recon-
mended by physicians. All that car
be done has been done to secure the
perfect comfort Of the patron and the
visitor Is assured Of the utmost privacy.
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the alIevfatScn Of pain must satisfy the
most sangudne expectations.

To those who are in the habit Of us-
ing those baths nothing need be writ
ten, printed or distributed in the way
Of circulars or pamphlets to induce
them to continue the use Of the baths;
they know the beneficial effects they
receive from them and use their infiu-
ence in getting others ''to go and do
likewise It Is those who have never
enjoyed the pleasure and benefit that
we must give our attention. We are
often asked by those who have never
enjoyed the luxury Of these baths, will
1t hurt us; does 1t weaken a person;
what do you do?" Such questions to
us seem ridiculous. Yet 1t should not
be so when we reflect how little is gen.
erally known Of the baths In this coun-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-15
For singers, an Effective Cure for
Colds.

Old Aunt Rachael, the well known nurse
OF Holland descent. has gotten up for
some New York physicians. according
to their prescribed formula. a combination
of HOrehound, Elecampane. Grape Juice
and Rock Candy, that is doing wonders
in the cure of coughs, colds and sore
throat. 1t is put up in % and 10 cent sizes.
Public speakers should carry bottle in
their pocket. Sold by druggists.
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Perspiration Not Weak
ening.

1t is common to associate profuse
perspiration with debility, and to imag-
Inc It to be weakening to the system.
This IL mistake. perspiration induced
by passive means cannot weaken. Trav-
ellers resort to the Baths for rsfresh-
ment and invigoration. Perspirat ton
drains away no living Tissue, but merely
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-15
SYNOPSIS.

Mr.. ]. Woodbury. Newcomb, an elderly
student of criminology, returning to New
York from Il visit to Sing Sing prison.
meets on the train Frank Gleason, Bill
Harris and Jack Pinney, convicts, who
have just completed their terms of imprls-
onment and who mistake Newcomb for a
fellow convict. To draw them out he as
sumes the character and proceeds to tell
them the story of his first crime. Frank
Gleason narrates an attempted crime in
which fortune puts him into the position
OF the rescuer of his intended victim.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-15

most striking results, The habituai
use Of these baths remedy this, giving
at the same time beauty to the skin and
i4ealth to the body.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-15
SILVER AND CHURCH WORK.
From the Wilkes-Rarre Record.

Rev. DR.. Buckley the editor of the
Christian Advocate. has been answering
some questions asked him at Chautauqua
with reference to the effect of free sill
Yer coinage on the great cause of foreign
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-15

An inspection Of these baths is desired
Dy the proprietor IN order to appreciate
the advantages to be gained by fire.
quenting them.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-15

try and especially by those who have
not had the time and opportunity to
avail themselves Of the same.