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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-11-27

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nigh Freight rates.

1t costs almost twice as mueh to send
boxed goods from New York to San,
Francisco by rail direct as il does via
London, the SueE canal, Hong-Kong
and YokahGma by steamer.
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9TH Prize g G st Wsa We. ao,s a1d III Msfnss s
We were obliged TO send distance for the goat but
the pleasure derived by the who wins 1t viii certain
" repay us for our efforts The little wagon is Stude-
baker and taken in all there won't be finer Christmas
present anywhere You viii the rig complete at the
store When we give anything, bear in mind that II rs
the best The value Of this gift is S55.OO.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-10
GlinlpSes.

Some hearts there are which know not
full fruition
OF any hope; but oftentimes along
The dark there falls a beam, on loving
mission:
Across the silence breaks a bar of
song!
4 golden day, perhaps, with one whose
coming
To spend all days would swiftly dry
all tears!
A silver night, when earth's discordant
stunning
Is lost in music heard of spirit ears!
Gimpses-short-liv sureties OF
brightness
TO follow fast this life of transient
breath;
Some natures could not bear all sweet
and lightness,
SO God withholds their joy till after
death,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-10
Right Way to Bride.

An amusing story is being told
among lawyers of a Walloon peasant
who had gone to law with neighbor
In a conversation with his lawyer he
suggested sending the magistrate a
couple of fine ducks.
Not for your life" said his adviser
If you do youll lose the case"
The judgment was given in his
favor, when he turned to his lawyer
and said,-
81 sent the ducks" Astonishment
on the atter's part turned to admira-
ton when his client continued But
sent them in my neighbours name"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-10
ADVERTISING SMALLNESS.
Rebuke for Fools Who Write Names
in Public Places.

Rebuke for Fools Who Write Names
in Public Places.
The man who seeks notOriety by
placarding his name where he has no
business to put it merely advertises
his own smalluess. Individuals of
this type drew from President Roose-
welt singing rebuke by lacking
their cards upon the trunks of the
great sequoids near Santa Cruz. The
Pr, sident suggested that the cards
be tom down, and the suggestion was
enthusiasm. which however, does
not insure the trees from similar dec
orations in the future. Why is it that
some people must record the moment
Gus occasion of their visit to not
able place by chopping initials on
tree trunks or scrawling names with
lead pencil wherever Il surface suit
able for inscription is presented 10
their restless gaze?
Some years ago there was national
convention of the Knights OF Some
thing or Other held in Washington.
Besides the eminent sirs there were
in the capital a few people of uneXalt-
cd station who desired to go down the
! Potomac as far as Mount Vernon.
| They were quite indignant when they
| found that the tOmbs of Washington
and his wife were covered inches deep
with the cards of delegates to the con-
ventlon. and that more cards were
! forthcoming in the very face of their
/ protest, while the officials in charge OF
/ the grounds smiled encouragingly nj
the display of pasteboard You can't
go to Niagara without being Informed
that John Smith and Matilda Jones
were Mt the edge of the Horseshoe on
| Tuesday of last week; nor can you in
! spect the dome of the Capitol at Wash
ington without seeing all around pen
who have preceded you, We do not
believe anybody has yet defaced the
! Grand Canyon of the Colorado, be
cause it is somewhat difficult to write
names there so that they can be seer
by those who come after. and no one
who is enough of vandal to defaco
nature would perpe,rate the deface
ment unless he was sure that some
body else would witness and initiate
it. Trees and rocks can't be easily pro
tected against such outrages, but pub
lie buildings can and ought to bt
through the summary punishment o
offenders. -BrOOklyn Eagle.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-10

passion or mlschanCe had dragged
down to the life of the streets. | can
understand the wish which Howells
had expressed somee here that the
dead cities of Italy might all be wall
ed up and left slowly to fall into ruins
by themselves: their present estate is
not dignified and the quest that brings
the tourist to them comes near illus
tratng the indeCency of curiosity.
The worst of it all, so far as Venice
is concerned, Is the feeling that the
cup of its humiliation is not yet full.
Those leaning church towers, those
walls that totter out of plumb, prom
ise other chapters in the story that be-
gan with the fall of the Campanile The
sea which Graded Venice may some
time be its grave Little by little,
you cannot but feel, these monuments
will crumble and disappear as the rot
ten piles sag and snap under them;
you shrink from presaging the GAIA
mitous and bitter day when every edi-
flee shall have melted away into a
moldering heap, and the tides of the
Adriatic, as they sweep back and
forth, will roll across the slime that
was Venice.
Something of this thought came to
me, On my last morning there when |
climbed a tower onls second in height
to that of st. Marks and looked down
on the city and the lagoons that en-
circl d it. 1t lay there in the sunlight.
beautiful yet ruinous. smaller than |
had imagin d-indecd, about the size
and shape of Manhattan island be-
low Canal street. From other towers
the chimes were ringing, and the bells
seemed to proclaim how completely
the past was gone; how far removed
the city from the track of modern com
merce how useless now the vantage
| that had made it great.
l am ashamed to say it, but the same
sensation came to me that | remember
when | spent an hour in COney is
| land after the summer was gone and
the concert halls were boarded up and
the Bowery lights had been darkened
"a desolate feeling quite divorced
from dignity. 1t was depressing. aud
believe me, | was glad to leave Ven
| ice.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-10
A THIRSTY CRUISE.
Suffering of ships Crew for Lack OF
Drinking Water.

Drinking Water.
1t may surprise some readers to
learn that in the year 1893 Elizabcth's
great Almiral, Sir Richard Hawkins,
known as "the complete seaman" had
distilling apparatus on board his
ship, and found the water so distilled
to be wholesome and nourishing"
Sailors in the middle of the nineteenth
century seldom had such standby. and
often suffered through the lack of it.
former midshiEman In the British
navy recalls, in an article in Macmil-
lan's Magazine, the suffering endured
during cruise on board II. NJ. s. Ken.
ophon in the South Seas, sixty years
ago.
For sixteen days, he says, we re.
mined becalmed within sight of land
drifting to and fro, crossing and re.
crossing the equator with wcarying
iteration. The sun stared vertically
at us from a steel-blue sky, and even
under the double awnings the pitch
ran liquid from the seams, so that il
clogged our feet as we walked the
deck.
In the midst of these surroundings
the order was given to reduce the
allowance - drinking water 20 one
pint per day for each officer and man.
This allowance was served out i'm one
issue at noon during the mems dinner
hour. The meal consisted of salt junk,
inI, ia,
was so hard that it would take a
handsome polish in skillful hands, or
of pork that shrivelcd in the boiling
to little more than hard rind. OF
course the result of such a diet was
that when dinner was over, not a
drop of water remained to the poor
fellows for the next twcnty-four hours
of burning heat. The few who tried to
save some found it impossible, for they
| had no place in which to secure il
from their improvident shipmates.
In this strait men fell back on
vinegar, of which each mess had lib
eral allowance, but in their raging
thirst they were not satisfied merely
to moisten their mouths with the
strong acid; they mixed it with salt
water and drank it in large quantities.
and the terrible effect may be imagin.
ed. The men were fairly knocked
over by this horrible mixture, and roll.
ed in agOnies in the forecastle.
At last, on May Goth, we sighted
the anchorage of San Bias, and the
order was Immediately given to serve
out a gallon of water to each man.
Discipline was forgotten in the widest,
most joyful confusion as it was issued.
And so, ninety-three days after leaving
Callao, our privations came TO an end.
For the last seventy-seven days of our
voyage we had averaged a speed Of
Just one mile an hour record for
slowness which 1 scarcely think the
annals of sea life could beat.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-10

race was u to l. Two bets at these
odds netted Smathers over 100000
KID Weller giving him a check for
$50, 800, which is also a western record
FOR a single bet.
Immediately after the race Smathers
remembered his help in a financial
way, giving Hildreth, the trainer,
$500; Gray, the jockey, $4,000; the
stable foreman, $500; David, who
''rubs" the horse, $500, and the boy
who exercises the horse, 500. Mrs.
Hildreth, wife of the trainer, received
$1,000 for allowing Gray to ride Nc
Chesney. He was to have ridden her
own horse.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-10
CHAPTER II


"Dr. Elfenstein," said Mr.. Gray "my
client and friend Mr.. Leon Rappelye,
is, as you see, extremely ill. Our friend
is lonely man, having no relatives liv-
ing to whom he wishes to leave his large
fortune. He has dictated his last will
and testament, and as he desires to sign
it before he may be unable to do so, it
was necessary for him to see you per
sonally previous to placing his name to
the document, in which, | may add, YOU
are deeply interested"
Earle Elfenstein started as he heard
these words, and looked from the lawyer
to the invalid beside him
You are surprised, naturally" again
resumed Mr.. Gray, and probably won
der what Mr.. Rappelye knows of you.
! | will explain this at once Your father
was George Efenstein, a well-known
| banker; in years gone by he did Mr.
Rappelye a never-to e.forgotten service
| His arrival in this country was follow
ed by long and dangerous illness, when
! he lay alone among strangers. almost
neglected, and he attended to his wants
like brother. until he was entirely con.
yaescent. They met often aftcrward,
and then lost sight of each other. Years
learned about three months since that
his benefactor was dead and his only
son was a struggling physician in New
York. He has heard of your fearless,
conscientious manner of meeting your Ell.
gagements, and this was a characteristic
he particularly wished to find in some
young friend. When, therefore, hi,
health entirely failed, he determined tc
send for you, and perhaps place his af
fairs in your hands"
Anything that | can do within the
! range of honor and integrity, | shall b,
pleased to undertake." Earle answered
2 I'VE felt 80. The case then is this
but of course, you will recognize III,
, fact that the history of our friends life
which | shall be obliged to unfold to you
is told in strict confidence. VIII yo,
{ promise to regard that confidence as
:. sacred trust, never to be told to another
r until all that is now mysterious has bee
swept awayW
+ Il will"
s Then | will proceed. Our friend wa
; the youngest son of Sir Godfrey Gler
T, denning, residing in a large town neu
G Liverpool. This gentleman had ON
G daughter, who married against hi
/ wishes, and three sons. Arthur, VIII
would in ease of his death succeed
e the title; Reginald, two years younge
Il and Fit2roy, the gentleman you see b.
n fore you, whose severe domestic misfo
II tunes have been so great that for the La
/, twenty-five years he has been obliged
2 live in this country, under the assume
n name of Rappelye"
N IA short time after the death Of h
parents, for they expired within fe
e months of each other, and after
n. brother Arthur had come into possessi,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-10
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| Are you the one Z!
/ 81 am"
"Thcn please follow me"
The young man was soon seated in n
| handsome close carriage. Street after
street was travcrsed until finally they
turned into the extensive grounds of an
elegant residence.
A. the young man stepped across the
piazza, the large doors were instantly
opened by a colorcd waiter, who motion
ed him to enter and proceeded to assist
in removing his overcoat and wet over
shoes.
Crossing the marble floor of the long
hall, lie was ushercd into room ele-
gantly appointed The bright crate fire
east cheerful glow around, while the
velvet carpet scarcely gave back n foot
afll The table was laid for one, and
very soon sumptuous dinner was sery-
ed, Of which he alone partook
Leaving the doctor to enjoy his solitary
meal, we will precede him to the story
above, and to the presence of the invalid,
whose urgent telegraphic dispatch had
brought him to the place.
The second story back room was large
and commodious, opening into a room be-
/ yond, where every luxury abounded, for
the comfort of the master.
Has he Gomez"
These words issued from the pale lips
Of the sufferer, who was half sitting, half
reclining upon the bed,
Has DR. Elfenstein come? thought
| heard the carriage"
you did, and lie is here returned the
nurse and housckceper Il thought it
best to have him take dinner before you
saw him. ! presume you have much to
say and would prefer not to be interrupt
ed. He will be with you in few mo-
ments now"
Has my lawyer Gomez
Not yet. But the door bell rings
thinl; that is he"
set that stand with writing material:
close by my bed, then 80 down and show
both gentlemen to this room; after which
you can leave us to ourselves until you
hear me ring"
Making herself known to the doctor
the nurse introduced him to Mr.. Gray
then led the way to the sick mans pres
ence
Here is Mr., Gray, Mr. Rarpelye and
this is your expected friend DR.. Ellen
stein
lN'dtullS loIln llln, Wnlle manu-, lut
old man smiled feebly, and between
struggling breaths managed to say:
Il am very glad to see you"
Taking the cmacated hand in both his
Earle Efenstein pressed it tenderly, anC
in low tone full of feeling responded:
Il am glad | could come to you, bu
sorry, very sorry to see you so ill.,
J You must wonder why | summoned
: you, an entire stranger, to my side il
this unceremonious way, but | have i'm
portant business to transact. Talking il
such an eXer,ion, my lawyer, Mr.. Gray
: must explain for me my wishes, anC
why | sent for you"
) These words were uttered at intervals
for his short breathing prevented lon,
: sentences and gently releasing his hanC
> Elfenstein took the seat close beside tn,
bed, while Mr.. Gray seated himself in
businesS-like way beside the table
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-10
WHY Many D.d Not Sing.

An able but easily embarrassed and
somewhat absent-minded young teach
er was about to begin a singing les
son one day when knock at the
SchOOl-rOOm door interrupted proceed
ings. The teacher went to the door
and ushered In n delegation from
prominent local woman's club When
the ladies were comfortably seated
and each had assumed a critical, lis
tening attitude, the teacher resumed
the singing lesson. 1t was one of her
most stringent rules of action that
when compant was present every
thing should go on exactly ms usual.
one of her pupils, Mary Holmes, n
somewhat shy girl, had good alto
voice, and the teacher was anxious
that she should display it to advan-
! tage,
Now, Mary" she said, encourag-
ngly. when | count four, you be
sure to sing. Attention, childrenr
raising her baton. "One, two, three
ready-sing" The children sang lust
ily but Mary's alto voice was missing
Il didn't hear your voice that time
Mary. Remember when | count foul
you are to sing, Next verse, children
one two" Mary watched the motion
of the teachers lips anxiously three
Ready-siugw The childrens sfril
treble rang out unaided by Mary
strong alto,
Don't you feel like singing, Mary
Try this verse, now-one, two, three
Well, what is it2"
Mary had risen, and was shyl
twisting her fingers, Please, Mis-
Brooks" she said, breathtlessly, "yo
told me to sing when you counte
, four and you only count just to tire
every time!'-Youth's Companion.
Sometimes man makes fool {
| himSalf hapauSa his wifa lats hiI
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-10
Wide they swung the massive portals,
IMPRESSIONS IN VENICE.
A City Which Ia Yet Beautiful, But
SuECests Decay.

A City Which Ia Yet Beautiful, But
SuEEests Decay.
Under every mood in which ! saw
the city there was deeper mood
which was hard to define to myself
but which seemed curi0usly COM
pounded out of its pathos and its
squalor. Venice Is beautiful and yet
so pitiful a city where the peoples
of the world have hustled and traf-
licked, that has been great mart and
cosmopois and now is neither, is more
pathetic in its decay than any other;
it is like the lonely and desolate Old
age of a woman in whose salon the
wits and beauX of vanished time had
paid their court says correspondent
of the New York Mail and Express.
1t is unreasonable that any sentl-
ment of disrespect at its plight should
arise, and yet sometimes | felt II. To
vary the figure little, the spectacle
Of the fallen bride had in it something
tragic yet squalid, like tNn fac of Il
beautiful aud high born Woman whom
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-10
Uncle Reuben SaYs:

De man who leaves $1,000 behind
him to erect monument ober his
grave could have bought a heap mo-
public praise wild $500 wuth of soup
tickets, but fur some reason or other
nobody cher put him on to de racket
Detroit Free Press.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-10
PLUNGER SMATHESS, WHO
HIT BOOKS FOR $4,000

f. e. Smathers, the New York stock
manipulation and sportsman, now holds
the western record in future book bet
ting, having won $4,000 by McChes.
ney's victory in the Harlem Handicap
at Chicago.
McChesney was purchased last win
ter by Smathers at New Orleans. The
betting against him in the handicap
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-10

An old railroad man looks upon Il
passenger brak man with disgust; h
says a passenger brakeman is sort Of
nurse TO woman and children passen-
Z rs
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-10
Out she swung, far out,

Out she swung, far out,
The city seemed a speck of light,
Below there, twixt heaven and earth
suspended,
AS the bell swung to and fro.
And the sexton at the bell rope,
Old and deaf, heard not the bell,
Sadly thought that twilight curfew
Rang young Basses funeral knell:
Still the maiden chung more firmly,
And with lips of trembling white.
Said to hush her hearts wild throbbings.
"Curfew shall not ring tonight"
1t was DER. the bell ceased swaying,
And the maiden stepped once more,
Firmly on the dark old ladder
Where for hundred years before,
Human foot had not been planted.
The brave deed that she had done
Should be told long ages after,
As the rays of setting sun
Crimson all the sky with beauty,
Aged sires with heads of white,
Tell the eager list'ning children.
'Curfew did not ring that night"
Der the distant hills comes Cromwell
Bessie sees him and her brow.
Lately filed with fear and anguish
Has no anxious traces now.
At his feet she tells her story,
Shows her hands all bruised and torn.
And her face so sweet and pleading,
Yet with sorrow pale and worn,
Touched his heart with sudden pity,
Lit his eyes with misty light,
$50, your lover lives says Cromwell,
"Curfew shall not ring tonight"
Wide they swung the massive portals
Led the prisoner forth to die,
| All his bright young life before him
Meath the darkened English skies.
Bessie comes with flying footsteps,
Eyes aglow with love light sweet,
Kneeling on the turf beside him,
Lays his pardon Mt his feet.
in his brave, strong arms he clasps her
Kissed the face upturned and white,
Whispered, Darling, you have saved me
Curfew did not ring that night"
Rose Uartwick Thorpc
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-10
Accommodating Him.

Il assure YOU" said the persistent
sutton, that | will not take mo- for an
answer"
You needn't. I'll say yes upon one
condition"
"And that is?'
Just ask me if am determined not
to marry you under any circumstan-
ces. "-Philadelphi Press.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-10

Sometimes man makes fool of
himself because his wife lets him
have his own way.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-10

OLD
FAVORITES
Cnrfew Must Not Ring Tonight.
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Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight.
Slowly England's sun was setting
Ger the hilltops far away
Filling all the land with beauty
A the close of one sad day.
And the last rays kissed the forehead
Of Il man and maiden fair,
He with footsteps slow and weary,
She with sunny floating hair,
lie with bowed head, sad and thoughtful,
She with lips so cold and white
Said to hush her hearts wild throbbing,
"Curiew must not ring tonight
Sexton" Be,sie's white lips faltered,
Pointing to the prison old,
With its tower tall and gloomy,
With its walls dark, damp and cold,
"Ivc a lover in that prison,
Doomed this very night to die
Al the ringing of the curfew,
And no earthly help is nigh
Cromwell will not come till sunset"
And her lips grew strangely white,
As she brcathed the husky whisper,
"Curfew must not RUG tonight
'"Bessie," calmly spoke the sexton,
Every word pierced her young heart
Like the piercing of an arrow,
Like deadly poisoned dart,
Long, long years I've rung the curfew,
From that gloomy Swallowed tower,
Every evening just at sunset
1t has tOled the twilight hour.
l have done my duty ever,
} Tried to do it just and right,
Now I'm old | will not falter;
Curfew it must ring to night"
Wild her eyes and pale her features,
, Stern and white her thoughtful brow
While within her sacred bosom
Bessie made a solemn VOW
She had listened while the judge read,
Without tear or sigh.
"At the ringing of the curfew
Basel Underwood must die
And her breath came fast aud faster,
And her eyes grew large and bright,
In an undcrtone she murmurcd,
"Curfew shall not ring tonight"
With quick steps she bounded forward,
Sprang within the old church door,
Left the old man, treading slowly,
Path so oft he'd trod before.
Not one moment paused the maiden.
But with eye and cheek aglow,
Mounted up the gloomy tower.
Where the bell swung to and fro,
And she climbed that dusty ladder
On which fell no ray of light
Up and up her white lips saying,
"Curfew shall not ring tonight"
Now she's reached the topmost ladder.
Ger her hangs the great dark bell,
Awful is the gloom beneath her
Like the pathway down to hell.
So the ponderous tongue is swinging,
IT'S the hour of curfew now,
And the sight has chilled her bosom.
Stopped her breath and filled her brow
| Shall she let it ring? No, never.
Flashed her eyes with sudden light.
AS she sprang and grasped it firmly,
"Curfew shall not ring tonight"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-10

A boy never considers himself a man
until he possesses bunch Of keys
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-01-29
ons ltundrea oolIars ! boz

Is the value II. A. Tisdale, Summer
ton, S. G, places on Dewitt's Witch
Hazel salve. He says: ~ had the piles
for % years. tried many doctors and
medicines, but ali failed except DeWllt's
Witch Hazel Salve. It cured me. Il
~ combination et the healing proper
ties oG witch Hazel with antiseptics and
emollIents; relieves and permanently
cures blind, bleeding itching and pn,-
truding piles, sores. cuts. bruises. eczema
salt rheum and all skin diseases. A. W
Foreman aw