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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-07-29

is a brother-in-lsw aud the latter is bis
nephew. Mr.. Patton has been deeply
concerned regarding the fate Of bis
kinsmen and since the trouble down
there began has scanned the published
list of the killed closely, and it was q
great relief to him when he learned
that they were only wounded and would
probably shortly recover.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-07-29
a Bad Accident.

John Walker was the victim of bad
accident Wednesday forenoon. He was
feeding threshing machine on the Potts
place when his right hand caught in
the cylinder. The hand was badly lacer-
ated, and the thum was so badly mangled
that DIR. Smith was compelled to ampu-
tate it. The forefinger was badly bruis-
ed and was broken in one place.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-07-29
Earmers Attention.

Ii you want threshing outfit buy q
j. l. Case for which we bespeak superb
ority over all other machines, To de-
monstrate this assertion We will put an
outfit in your field with an expert engi.
neer and separator tender, run the outfit
until you are convinced that the rig is
what we claim for it.
ATHENA MERCANTILE Co.
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pnRllc NOTICE..

Notice is hereby given that | will apply To
the mayor and common council of the city OF
held ON the S0th day OF July, 1875, for a license
20 sell spirituous, malt ana vinous liquors in
less quantities than one quart, said liquors TO
be sold only In a building situated on the east
one-haH of lot No. s, in block No. 5, of said
city. WILL WELLS,
Dated July S, lSsS. Applicant.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-07-29
A Timely Warning.

Grain saved is money made. To save
the grain use Fry's Concentrated Squir-
rel Poison. This preparation is the
cheapest and most economical. for the
farmers. One grain kills. Guaranteed.
Price 25c, per can or $3.50 per case of
two dozen. For sale by all druggists.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-07-29
Taken to Pendle on

The Owen boys Of whom mention
was made in the previous issue
Of the Pass, were brought before
Judge Smith Monday. Prosecuting At
torney J II. Lawrey came up from Pen.
dleton, and after testimony from trust
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-07-29
For Sale.

Eight acres OF land adjoining the city
limits of Milton, west Of depot. Good
house and out buildings, balance in
orchard of bearing fruit Of all varieties.
For further particulars cali on or address
Joseph Irons, Milton, Ore.
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puBllC NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that we will apply 10
the MAYOR and common council of the city OF
Athena, Oregon, at u meeting thereof to be
held on the 18TH. day of August ISIS, tor
license TO sell spirituous, malt ana vlnouS uq-
uors in less quantities than one quart, said nq-
uors 10 be sold only in a building situated on
lot Z in block s, of said city BooHER BROS.
Dated July Is, 1925. Appiioants.
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Public Notice.

Notice is hereby given that viii apply to
The mayor and common council of the City of
Athena, Oregon, at u meeting thereof to be
held on the 30th day of July, 1875, for q license
TO sell spirituous malt and vinous liquors 10
he sold only in a building situated ON the west
one-half of lot No, 8, in block No. 5, OF said
city. JOHN ESTES,
Dated, July /, 1895. Applicant.
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Wanted.

An experienced locomotive engineer
desires threshing engine to operate
during harvest Best Of references. Ad-
dress Pass, Athena, Oregon.
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Money to Loan

On choice wheat lands OF Umstilla
county at per cent interest Call on or
address, Gro. P. ROSENBERG,
Pendleton, Ore.
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Notice 10 Farmers. .

The Athena Mercantile company are
agents for the Mccormick binders and
mowers, the best machines on earth.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-07-29
Shoe Lost.

A ladies' tan shoe tuewl was lost be.
tween Athena and Lamar gulch. Finder
will please leave 1t at the Pass office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-13

have given new Impulse to psychology,
and even to ethics Child study is a nat
ural sequence to race study, which, under
the fostering influence of the National Mu-
scum and the photographic bureau, has
been pushed to the extreme in this coun-
try. 1t Is in respect to the training of
the defective classes that these investiga-
lions promise their most important appli-
cations; and In this work the government
il directly engaged through its support OF
the deaf mute, or, as it is now named,
Gallaudet College, the only institution OF
its grade in the world. The distinguished
president of this college stands, as is well
known, for q conservative use of new
methods. advocating, with the prestige of
his experience, his wisdom and his elo-
quence, the advantages for the deaf mute
of the natural Geographic language of
gestures" At the same time, through the
efforts of Prof. Graham Bell, Washington
has become a center of effort for promoting
the exclusive use of the oral method. The
training of the defective classes has been
a Subject of special investigation by the
bureau of education since its establish
ment and recently specialist has been
appointed for this class of inquirers. Hence
two departments Of the National Educa-
tional Association-that pertaining to the
defective classes and that of child study
had the sense of national interest in their
proceedings: and both were exceedingly
practical, and thereby very helpful in their
discussions.
These meetings and discussions have done
much to strengthen the conviction lhat
Washington has great part to play In
the advancing intelligence of the nation.
The day seems, indeed, not far distant
when the directive power of the nation WIN
look to Washington for its best impulses
and for its highest sanctions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-13
p,,,, .foYSq
hlH's in TsPubIe.

~N"An Inc DeHVef Post.
I've s vert. letter parsqR tbm my son ava, out
An my OIL heart is heass as an anvil In NV breast
AZ 'r nrnxs1 me boy whose future had once 90
sn0u s,e wander from the path right an come to
tod ar him when be left not three short years
he'd nnd himself a-plswin. lin mighty crooked
He'd miss his fathers yconnseI, an his mothers
D.. prayers, too, r.. 9 -!c q s,.s-sa
But he , said the farm YES hateful an he guessed
A"'e 70 go. nss4 aaxfefa
KNOW thar's big temptation Tor youngster in the
en, believed our Billy hadrthe courage to resist
an mnen ne left warned him o. the ever waitin'
That lie like hidden sarpints in nfe's pathway
But Bll he promised faithful to be keerfuI, an al
Hed build build reputation that'd make us mighty
But i e. as how my counsel sort faded from
An now the boys in trouble O. the very wustest
his letters came 30 seldom that somehow sort o.
Ina BILLY was a tramping on mighty rocky road
0a' lever " once imagined he would bow my head
An in the dust ID waller his OIL sdaddy.s honored
nnme.
He Whites mites. from out in Denver. an the storys
heart! "
An 50 ] reckoned. parson, you might break the
Biil's In the Iexislatur .but he doesn't say what
fur "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-13
Rather Fight Than Talk.

W. F. Curtis in the Chicago Record
At a. roof garden entertainment In New
York the other night there was an illustra-
ton of Roosevelts popularity and the en-
thusistic spirit which possesses the people
A Well-known impersonator of prominent
characters introduced into his act several
military features. He appears as General
Miles. in the celebrated uniform, as Ad-
miral Dewey and Colonel Roosevelt, dress
ed In his Kharkee uniform. When he ap-
peared on the platform in this costume
Monday night the audience was startled by
prolonged ki-yi-yi-yi, the war whoop of
the Rough Riders, which came from a.
young man who sat at one of the side
tables drinking beer with a party of friends
and fondling a pair of crutches Every
body arose and looked that way, and the
war Whoop was repeated. In less than 9
minute everybody on the roof knew that a
genuine wounded Rough Rider was in the
audience, and although he was only a pri-
Vate, they made him take the platform and
tried to induce him to make speech But
his tongue was paralyzed, and although he
might have faced the Spanish batteries
without trembling, he was frightened half
out of his wits by the demonstration of the
audience
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-13
LAST LONDON CHARLEY"
Who Still Goes His Rounds and Calls
the Flying Hours.

4
An incident which las just occurred has
brought TO the minds of Holborn police
Inspector and few other Londoners one
of those amazing ineongrulties of which
| London life can furnish so many examples
Who would suppose that in the heart of
| London, within sound of thu underground
railway, and within sight of the motor car.
| genuine Char ey' still goes his rounds
| and calls the hours in a loud voice the long
night through?
This comedy-if you like to call IT So
| takes place with unfailing regularity in
| Ely place. Holborn. No spot could be more
appropriate for the perpetuation of such
| custom than this ancient precinct, where
John of Gaunt "time-h onored Lancaster"
| drew his last breath. and where, if we are
| to believe Shakespeare, good strawber-
| ries" ripened in the garden of the bishop of
! Ely, whose chapel still lifts its ancient
though much hidden, walls in Ely place.
After the reversion of the property to the
crown in 1862 various arrangements were
made whereby Ely place remained a prl-
vate precinct under the government of
commissioners. These commissioners still
exercise their rule (Sir George Lewis is
their present charman), which is fortified
by acts of parlia ment and their watchmen
have legal power to arrest misdemeanants
within Ely place and hale them to the near
est police station.
Not that the power is often exercised.
But ii was exercised this very week in
than the police station. The charge of
misbehavior was, indeed. refused by the
inspector duty. who momen tarily
doubted the authority Of the Ely place
Waterman to act a constable. But on
this point he was speedily set right by the
pro 6uction of the act.
The night Waterman in Ely place is re-
quired to cry the hours from IL pm. to 3
am. Nor may his duty be perfunctorily
discharged. Four times along the length
of Ely place must his cry of ''parst eleven"
or ''parst twelve" ETC., be heard. No police
man enters Ely place night or day unless
specially summoned. Nor is the Charley
who keeps watch and ward there within
closed gates at night guardian of mere
empty offices.
Adjoining the place, and out by the afore-
said commissioners, are the Elymews
DIV ceilings. Here sixteen families are resi-
dent, and this little hive of humanity as
wen as caretakers OF Ely place proper are
under the -Charleys" direct protection,
and have their slumbers punctuated by
his melodious cries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-13
HARD TO HIT.
At Two Thousand Yards Cruiser
Locks Like a Postage stamp.

At Two Thousand Yards n Cruiser
Locks Like q Postage stamp.
From the Boston Journal
One of the things which naval experts
hope will be thoroughly settled by the
Spanish-American war is the degree of ac-
curacy obtained in modern naval gunnery
in actual warfare. 1t is said that although
the art of the gunmaker has been for years
pitted against that of the armor manufac-
turer, the greatest difficulty experienced
at sea is not the piercing of the enemy's
arInor plate, but the hitting of the ship
at all.
The main trouble, naval officers say, is
that in aiming the big guns only a very
minute picture of the ship aimed at can be
seen. Prof. Alger of the United States
Naval War College at Newport recently
declared that at a convenient fighting dis
tance ship of the size of the Indiana an
pears to be about one inch long. This he
ADDED, was the case when the ship was
looked at under ordinary conditions In
actual warfare. however, this picture would
pc considerably lessened by the fact that
the man who aimed the gun would have to
pay quite as much attention to the align
ment or his sight as he would to the posi-
uon OF his target, and that he would have
to do all these things at the same time
naval authorities say that the recent &C.
currences at the bombardment of Matanzas
pear out these statements. 1t is noticed
that, although the battle ships had no diff
Guilty whatever in hitting the forts not one
or the numerous shots fired from the shore
nit boat Very much the same condition
was encountered at the bombardment of
Alexandria by the British fleet in the early
eighties In that case the vessels were at
anchor in smooth water, and their targets
We're good big ones Although the range
was short, the damage done by the forts
was Insignificant
Another thing which it is hoped will be
cleared up thoroughly Is the exact utility
or the fast unarmored cruiser in battle
Theoretically it is intended to arm these
boats with a multitude of machine guns
carrying small-caliber bullets. The fire
from these is to be directed on every port
hole, coming tower slot or aperture in the
gun shields that can be made out from the
fire from one of these boats will be so
searching and whitening that all the officers
In the coming tower will be killed and that
the crews of the guns will be so decimated
that the snip attacked by one of these mod
ern spitfres will be put out of action in
five minutes
There are opponents to this theory. how
ever, and they say that, fast as an I'M
armored cruiser may be able to go, a mod
ern shell can travel faster. They cast
doubt upon the ability of the unarmored
cruiser to turn loose the hall storm of lead
with which she is credited, and declare that
one shot from big gun on a modern battle
ship viii put the unarmored cruiser both
out of action and out of existence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-13

From the London Saturday Review.
The lesson of all our conflicts with Amer
lea is that the Americans, both soldiers and
sailors, shot better than our soldiers and
sailors, very markedly better indeed, and
therefore won astonishing Victories. 1t
looks as If the old lesson holds good today
Never have hostile fleets been destroyed
with so little hurt to the victors as at Ca
wife bay and of Santiago.
Now, what Is the cause of this wonderful
precision of American gunnery? Mr.. Hiram
Maxim writes to the papers to say that
while he admires the skill of English gun
ners, he thinks American gunners still bet
ter, and he adds: when / was in Washing
ton several years ago the naval authorities
told me that in case of war the superior
accuracy of our fire would be great as
to be a most important factor in the strug-
gle Is not this accuracy due in some meas
ure to the fact that the very large guns in
the American navy are trained by cleo
tricity, which enables species of tele-
scopic sight to be employed, which Is COM
pleteiy impracticable with guns trained
probably the truth Our ships were beaten
by the Americans in the war of 1S12-14
because the Americans had sights on their
guns and we had none, and because some
of the American ships had ritied cannon
and we had none. But now why cannot
our big guns be trained by electricity like
the American heavy guns, and why can
not our guns have telescope sights we'll
as the American guns? Why cannot our
soldiers and sailors. too. have as much
practice in shooting the American SOL
diers and sailors? Mr.. Goschen and the
Duke of Deyonshire will have to see to
these points. all too long neglected by our
HornbyS and WolSeleys
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-13
Shaving without Seeing.
be New Orleans Times-Democrat.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat
That man can become accustomed to
pretty much anything is proved by the off.
GERS in the army, who. When camped out or
placed in position where they do not have
the accessories of the toilet, soon learn to
do without articles generally thought to be
Indispensable.
In conversation an army officer said the
other day:-"Why. l never think of using a
mirror when shave; do not stand I'D to
DO II, either, but sit down on camp stool
or the side of a cot and whack away Mt INV
face II is more comfortable to be seated.
and then do not have to crane my neck
to see the place / am shaving and thereby
expose myself to cash from the razor
never cut myself; in fact, will be willing
TO wager that can shave in my tent with
out mirror as easily or with more ca Sc
the toraorial table and often leave marks
Of their awkwardness on their faces II ie
all due 10 habit. formed by necessity"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-13
OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM.
ihe Star Spnngied Banner" Versus
mn

| ihe Star Spnngied Banner" Versus
"America.-
| Raford Pyke in New York Commercial Advertiser
1t is quite true that the music
! of THE Star Spangled Banner was taken
| from the old English song called "Anacreon
| III heaven, but this is of no consequence
| Whatever The important thing to consider
| Is whether a national air is uniyersaI1v nm
| derstood and accepted as being such. If II
| Is, then its origin need not concern any
| one. This is the chief ground for obiectinp
| TO our use of the music which we sing to
| america. When 1T is played in mixed
ASSEMBLY no one is ever quite sure whether
| 1t Is intended for America" or FOR Good
| save the Queen" or. for the Prussian ma
| tional air. or for the Danish national air or
| Tor what; since it is used by several conn
| tries, and is, therefore, extremely confus-
| ing. On the other hand, when THE Star
| Spangied banner" is played anywhere in
| the civilized world, no human being ever
| takes 1t for anything other than The Star
| Spangled Banner" while not one person in
| Heaven wa IA
There are just three possible selections
Tor any one to consider in determining what
ought TO be the national anthem of the
United States In the first place there is
Yankee Doodle" which, as tradition te,is
US, was picked out by the American COM
missioners who signed the treaty of Ghent
Al hoAo. AueSe gentlemen ordered Ii to he
played by the bands which were chosen To
render the British and American national
airs at the celebration of the end OF the
war OF 1872. The music of Yankee
Doodle, although English in origin. is in
fact Enthusiastically American, for If is
brisk, dashing, rollcking inspiriting and
full of a devil-may-care reckiessness Yet
1t Is. in the first place, not quite serious
enough In its character; and, in the second
place, there are no words to go with II
which any one would be willing to sing on
an occasion of any dignity whatever. So 7
think that Yankee Doodle is ruled ont
Hail Columbia" is thoroughly American
alike in its music. its words and its his
ttory, yet unfortunately no one knows the
words, no one ever sings it, and no one can
ever be got to sing it 1t is, indeed proper
ly speaking, march and not song: and If
was originally SO written. Therefore ii
also Is practically unavailable
THE Star Spangied Banner" however is
open to none of the preceding objections.
Its music Is martial. dignif1ed and Stirring:
its words are wholly admirable, and they
embody our American devotion to the flag
which Is to every one the symbol of all that
Is dear to Us and of all that We are proud
of in our country, in its history and In it's
great achievements. Moreover 1t is uniyer-
sally sung and will continue to be sung
The only objection to it is to be found in
its musical range, which is rather too great
to be readily managed by the average per-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-13
LIVING ABROAD.
How 1t Happens That Americans Re-
port 1t to BE Cheap.
From Going Abroad.

from Going Abroad
If man tells you living is cheaper In
Europe than America, ask him to prove it
item by item. Don't accept as proof his
statement, doubtless true, that he has
spent less in year abroad than in year
at home. Make him go into details. II he
kept house, did he have a bathroom with
hot and cold water? Was there a range in
the kitch n? Was the house heated by hot
air, hot water or steam? If it was an
apartment house, did 1t have an elevator !.
Were there set tubs in the laundry?
Ten to one you will force him to confess
that in these details and others he did not
have in Europe the conYeniences he thinks
he can not live without in America. Try
him on the matter of food, and he will ad-
init that. taking an average of all the raw
materials he has bought, the European cost
has not differed much from the American.
Ask him about clothing, and at last he will
smile triumphantly, and tell you how
cheaply he bought a. suit in London or
gloves in Naples; but do you demand, How
did they wear. and how did they ftp
Then he will evade again.
The assertion that living abroad is
cheaper than here is a half truth, deceptive
and dangerous Undoubtedly, most Ameri-
cans who go abroad live CHEAPER than at
home, but the reason is simply that they
are contented with less. From necessity or
without unhappiness they dispense with
many things that in America they deem
Indispensable either for bodily comfort or
to maintain social position. IL New York,
Philadelphia or Boston they must dwell in
the aristocratic quarter; in Paris or Berlin
or Vienna it matters not where they dwell,
SO long the surroundings are not squalid.
Ia Rome even that matters little, and be-
cause 1t was once palace" a dirty,
crumbiing tenement house may, without
disgrace. shelter an American family of
high degree. IT'S so picturesque and so
romantic, you know
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-13
The Brave at Home,

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
The maid who binds her warriors sash
With smile that well the pain dissembles
That while beneath her dropping lash
One starry teardrop hangs and trembles
Though heaven alone records the tear.
And Fame shall never know her story,
Her heart has shed drop as dear
As e'er believed the field Of glory
The wife who grds her husbands sword,
Mid little ones who weep or wonder
p And braveiy speaks the cheering word i:r!
What though her heart be rent asunder,
Doomed nightly lii her dreams to hear
The bolts of death around him rattle
81 Has shed as sacred blood as e'er D..
Was poured upon the field of battle!
The mother who conceals her grief,
While to her breast her sen she presses
Then breathes few brave words and brief
kissing the patriots brow she blesses,
With TO one but her secret God
To know the pain that weighs upon her.
Sheds holy blood as eer the sod
Received on Freedoms field Of honor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-13

Since the surrender of the Spanish forces
in and about Santiago the United States
finds itself in possession of several thous-
and Mauser rifles, which will be held as
spoils of war. The weapon Is a magazine
bclt-gun, the invention of German,
Herr F. Mauser, and was first used by
the armies of his own country. Before the
Americans and Spanish forces met our
army authorities knew comparatively little
of the damage done by the much-discussed
gun. but 1t is now declared that the wound
made is not nearly SO much to be dreaded
as was expected.