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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1904-03-18
Items in Brief.

Everything for the table at the Blue
Front Grocery.
For fine groceries trade at Gross &
Worthington's.
just received shipment Of fine shoes.
Bagley & Ely.
Squirrels are coming out. Get your
poison at Stones.
The ''General Good cigar Is having
the lead at Gays.
All kinds OF garden and flower seed
at Bagley & Ely's.
Blue vitriol, in quantities to suit, at
Stones Pioneer drug store.
@. A. Barrett & Co. sell the only 16in.
2 and 8 bottom gang plows.
Manasse has something in new spring
styles that will interest you.
Try our Gold Leaf Coffee; the best on
the market. Bagley q Ely.
Sweeping reductions on ladies' shirt
waists. Athena Mercantile Co.
We pay top prices for your potatoes,
butter and eggs. Bagley 4 Ely.
We have the American Hog Fence and
barb Wire. @. A. Barrett & Co.
Sweeping reductions on ladies' and
children's cloaks. Athena Mercantile
Co.
@. A. Barrett & Co.'s line Of hard
ware, stoves and tinware is complete.
Prices right.
New line OF ladies' and misses jersey
leggins just received. Athena Mercan-
tile Co.
The best Of everything in groceries are
to be found at the Blue Front, at prices
that are right
Sweeping reductions on mems sep
arate pants; can fit anyone. Athena
Mercantile Co.
Sweeping reductions on mems suits
an enormous stock to select from. Ath-
ena Mercantile Co.
| Sweeping reductions on mems over.
coats. Call and look them over. Ath-
ena Mercantile Co.
The newest things in embroidery me
dallions at Manassas. See description
of same in the Easter Delineator.
Mrs. Florence Alloway is prepared to
do dressmaking and plain sewing. Chll
dren's clothes specially. Next door tt
A, L. Jones' residence.
/
DIR. Sponogle wishes those owing hin
to please call and settle as he wishes t.
close his book accounts at once.
L. J. Robinson has leased the pain
shop formerly occupied by j. W. Chap
man. Mr.. Robinson is prepared to dt
all kinds of painting, including house
sign and carriage work. Price reason
able.
A. Phillips, of Weston, has larg,
assortment -of Hubber tired @buggies OF
display at his implement house. Gal
and see the Gold Band Harness. He alst
has the all-steel wagons, which he full.
warrants for two years. He sells paten
metal wheels. Before buying any kline
of vehicle, see A. Phillips, Weston.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1904-03-18

Having been twice the nominee Of the
democratic party, and having received a
most loyal support both in 1896 and
1900, William j. Bryan should be con-
tent to let democracy have an opportun-
ity to choose both a candidate and a
platform acceptable to the majority as
represented by the delegates who will
assemble in national convention at St.
Louis, He should not now pose as a
dictator, for by so doing he is contrib
utipg to republican success next Novem-
ber, says one of our exchanges. But
will he step asidef We think not
Bryan is one Of those men who never
know when they are defeated. Brick
houses thrown at his head would not
convince him Of the fact. He stands in
the democratic party as magnet to a
certain following of the rank and file,
who only see the man, consider not that
he is the shoal on which the party ship
has twice been wrecked, but clamor for
the third chance to get 1t "where the
chicken got the AK" Bryan has seen
his day, and with him at the helm, guild
ing the Hearst boom, all the yellow
journals in the country can't make
sensible people support the ''isms" Of
the outfit.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1904-03-18

DR.. Parkhurst thinks that other peo-
pie generally despise the Irish-that
"the world has no use for an Irishman. "
This opinion shows that the celebrated
preachers perception is not keen or
clear in one respect at least. Americans
at any rate rather like the Irish; in fact,
there is much Celtic blood in Americans,
and usually good blood too.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1904-03-18
DRIVING preparations simply devel.

Drying preparations simply devel-
op dry catarrh; they dry up the secretions,
which adhere to the membrane and decom-
pose, causing far more serious trouble than
the ordinary form of catarrh. Avoid all dry
ing inhalants, fumes, smokes and snuils
and use that which cleanses, soothes and
heals. Ely's Cream Balm is such remedy
and will cure catarrh or cold in the head
easily and pleasantly. A trial size will be
mailed for 10 cents. ALI druggists sell the
SOC. size. Ely Brothers, Sc Warren St., NY.
The Balm cures without pain, does not
irritate or cause sneezing. Itspreads itself
over an irritated and angry surface, reliev-
ing Immediately the painful Inflammation.
With Ely's Cream Balm you are armed
against Nasal Catarrh and Hay Fever.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1904-03-18

Local reading notices, firstinsertion, l0c per
ie Each subsequent insertion. sc.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1904-03-18

Heretofore Cinnamon have not en-
barked in politics in Oregon, but now
they are to take hand in the fight be-
tween the two republican factions in
Portland. About 100 native-born Chin
ese registered and voted the Cary ticket.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1904-03-18
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. Unequalled for Con-
stipati0n.

Mr.. A. r. Kane, prominent druggist
of Baxter Springs, Kansas, says:
"Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets are, in my judgment, the most
superior preparation of anything in use
today for constipation" They are sure
in action and with no tendency to nause-
ate or gripe. For sale by all druggists.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1904-03-18
It Saved His Leg.

P. A. Danforth, of La Grange, Ga,
suffered for six months with frightful
running sore on his leg, but writes that
Bucklen's Arnica Salve wholly cured it
in five days. For ulcers, wounds, piles,
it's the best salve in the world. Only
25c. Sold by A. B. Stone, druggist.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1904-03-18

fee. In hb speech Mr.. Williamson
went quite fully into the merits of the
case, and had it been delivered before
the committee having the appropriation
in hand, should have had good effect.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1904-03-18

Public improvements that amount to
~, .63 is fairly good showing for a
town Of Athena's population, in one
year, but as arrangements are now
mapped out, this years improvements
will be far in excess of this amount.
Athena long ago acquired "the habit"
and it still clings to her.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1904-03-18

The Colombian government is report
ed to have reduced its standing army to
1000 men, SO it would appear that the
project Of capturing the isthmus has
been abandoned.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1904-03-18

When politics become so rotten that
the factions OF the republican party in
Oregon have to pay advertising rates in
republican papers before either side can
get before the public in print, party
conditions will soon undergo change.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1904-03-18

We have now passed the "17th of
Ireland" and it is about time for the
lion to go way back and sit down and
give the lamb chance.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1904-03-18

The Russians say that the Japanese
bombardment of Port Arthur has done
no damage, but this may be because the
Russians have nerve enough not to yell
when they are hit.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1904-03-18

A copy OF the speech of Congressman
Williamson on the Lewis and Clark fair
appropriation recently delivered before
the house has been received at this Of
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1904-03-18

That which is most likely to interest
Reed Smoot are the revelations the
United States senate may have.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-09
Jn Particular witb Otber Jm. portant Jnfcrmaticn from Per. $cnal Observation e~~ a sss

power from four o.l-fired generators. The mill, to be erected on the site ad- jacent to the main shaft, will have a capacity of 300 tons per day. and will concentrate the low-grade sulphides so as to obtain a product suitable for mixing with the oxidized ores.
 With the new works under full headway, the company should be in a position to double its output. turning out over 20.000,00 pounds of copper per year. IL is expected that the smelter VII be blown in early in the coming summer.
 The United Globe mines comprise a large number of properties that were consolidated under their present title in 1892, and have since been act i've producers. Through the Hoosier and Gray mines the company has ex. plored the continuation of the Old Dominion fault for a long distance on the strike. finding so far as the work ing have extended in depth, practical. ly the same geological conditions that characterize the rich ore bodies to the southwest At the present Hosier shaft, which is bottomed at 600 feet,is closed down. and most Of the development is being done from the Gray shaft. Finish has been driven on the foot-wall of the Assure through diabase and infolded masses Of lime stone and quartzite; a depth of 900 feet and has attained in a winze below the shaft. the lowest point of develop ment yet reached in the district.
 good deal of ore has been raised from the Grey shaft and from the Cuprite shaft, which is on the same ore zone but further northeast. In the workings near the surface ore oc CUTS as irregular masses in the lime stones of the footwall. and is oxidized while below it is found in stringers and veins that intersect in diabase, changing here to sulphides.
 The old Buffalo mine. worked in the eorly days for its silver values, lies on the side of a prominent ridge just west of the Grey, and still high CT up is the Josh Billings; both mines are opened on faulted Assures which parallel the old Dominion displace' ment. The Buffalo workings consist of two adits driven into the the side hill and following the fault for half
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-09
Election of Officers.

At a meeting of the Copper Bell Mining Company. the following off cers were elected:
 Peter Quinn, President
 Frank H. Hereford. Vice-President.
 Ellie J. Merense. Treasurer.
 The directors are very much pleased at the successful work accomplished by their superintendent, William Kempt, at the mine in Gleason.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-09
Growing Okd

Ought not to mean growing weak and feeble It does not mean weakness or feebleness for those who eat with good appetite and sound digestion. It is of the utmost importance that old people should retain the power to digest and assiniilate food which is the sole source of physical strength. When age brings feebleness it is generally because of the failure to assimilate the nutrition con tained in food.
 Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures diseases of the stomach and other organs of digestion and enables the per feet digestion and assimilation of food. IL invigorates the liver and promotes general physical well being
 -ii is with gratitude acknowledge what Dr. Pierce's medicine has done for grandmoth- CTS good. in fact it has cured her writes Miss Carrie Banker of PerTysburg. Ohio -She had doctored with several physicians but found uo relief until Dr Pierce advised her what to do. She has taken orly three bottles of Golden Med ical Discovery and is entirely well She sui fered with pain in kidneys. bladder and liver for ten years and her limbs were swelied with dropsy so bad she could hardly walk My graud- mother name is Mrs. Caroline Henuen. her age is 7I years. I will gladly answer all letters of inquiry
 Sick people are invited to consult Dr. R. V. Pierce by letter. /ree. All cor respondence is held as strictly private and sacredly confidential c
 Dr. Pieroe's Pleasant Pellets regulate the bowels.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-09

fContinued on Page Eight.)
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-07-30

their creation to the wisdom of the in
sects, which he claims are the kings of
cross fertilization and hybridization.
The pansy has, from It's advent In
the floral kingdom, been a favorite
with flower lovers on account of its
rich coloring and for it's facelike bios
SONS. The only fault ever found with
the pansy by the most fastidious was
that 1t was odorless, but now that the
fragrance of the sweet violet has been
added to its many good qualities 1t bids
to be more Of a general favorite than
ever
"All the hand / had in creating the
fragrant pansy was planting pansies
next to sweet violets. The insects and
the Jealousy of the pansies did the
rest" declared Mr. Pauls. "At my
home in the country l planted pansies
and sweet violets side by side. The
pansies tried to outshine the modest
violets- They Haunted their colors,
nodded their heads and smiled at the
bees all in vain.
1.-THE modest little violet shed its
fragrance, and the bees were attracted
by 1t. They drank of the violets'
sweetness until they became intodcat-
ed. They were always lowering over
the yiolets.
THE pansies grew jealous and deter
mined upon having fragrance, too, so
they Haunted their colors to the bees
again, and the bees, laden with the
pollen from the violets, kissed the lips
of the pansies and cross fertilization
took place The result was fragrant
pansies"
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-07-30
THE FUNNY pufFER.
4 Fish That Blows Himself Up Into y
Round HnII

The funniest little fellow in salt wa
ter is the puffer or swell fish. Fisher
men call him the blow fish.
When he is swimming around at ease
with nothing to alarm him he looks
queer enough, for the skin OF his abdo-
men Is all loose and wrinlxled, and he
has such a funny little tail and such
ridiculous little fins and such a big,
three cornered head that he looks en-
tirely absurd. His mouth, instead of
being big and gaping, as most fish
mouths are, is only tiny round hole
at the end of a pointed. conical snout
Out OF this circular mouth protrude
his teeth. like those of rabbit
He would be about as homely a fish
as could be made II II were not for
the beautiful orange and yellow and
silver coiorlngs that play all over him.
But queer as he looks when he is at
ease 1t Is only when be is frightened
or excited that he becomes really fun
ny. IL he is hooked, for instance, he
comes to the surface grinding those
protruding teeth so that the sound can
be heard a good many feet away. And
then as soon as the hand touches him
he begins to grunt hoarsely. and with
each grunt he swells bit till within q
few moments he has pulled himself Sc
full of air that he is quite round and
firm like ball. SO thoroughly does
he distend himself with air that when
the fishermen hurl him at the water
with all their force, as they often do
he will bounce just like a rubber ball.
II be Is dropped into the water after
blowing himself full OF air he floats
on 1t as lightly as thistledown. and he
win stay that way until he has assured
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-07-30
Clean Hnnd..

On the subject of unclean hands a
physician says that cases of infection
that could be accounted for in no other
way have been explained by the I'm
gers as a vehicle. In handling money,
especially paper, door knobs, banisters,
car straps and hundred things that
every one must frequently touch, there
are chances innumerable of picking up
germs of typhoid, scarlatina, diph-
iberia, smallpox. etc. Wherefore to
avoid any dangerous results the pre-
ventive is simply to wash the hands
Immediately and scrupulously before
eating or touching that which Is to be
eaten.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-07-30
CASTING LOTS.
A Curious Military Custom That Was
Once In Vogue In Europe.

In the armies of the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries the custom of cast
Ing lots to decide what soldiers should
be punished for the offenses OF all was
common. At Winchester, England, In
1915, complaint was made that after
the surrender there had been unfair
plundering. Six soldiers were tried
and found guilty, and 1t was decided
by lot which one of the six should be
hanged. At Tangier in 1868, and
again In 1865, two soldiers had to cast
dice on drumhead, and he who threw
the least was executed. Thomas Mays
translation of Barclays Icon AMI
morum" gives a curious story of this
sort Speaking of English courage. he
says that during the war in the Neither
lands some soldiers of the Spanish
party were taken prisoners by the
Dutch, who decided to make reprisals
for the previous cruelty of their en-
emies. Out OF four and twenty men
eight were to be hanged. There were
lots, therefore. thrown into helmet"
says May, "and the prisoners were
commanded to draw their fortunes
whoever should draw a blank was to
escape, but whoever should draw a
black lot was to be hanged presently.
They were ALL" says May, possess
ed with great apprehension of their
present danger, especially one Span
lard. Their pitifui wishes and tears in
some of the ISLANDERS by did move pity,
In Others laughter. There was besides
In that danger an Englishman. com
mon soldier, who, with caSless coun-
tenance. expressing no fear of death at
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-07-30
MODEL LODGINGS.
what the Rowton House scheme In
London Gives Its Pntrons.

what the Rowton House scheme In
London Gives It's Patrons.
Every man who comes to Rowton
house Is impressed with the fact that
he can there obtain better value and
more comfort than he can get any
where else. He finds that the condl-
lions under which he lives are I'M
proved and that he has congenial sur
roundings and associates. All the re-
sources of civilization he can have
bright, warm. comfortable rooms, lava
tories with basins supplied with hot
and cold water. fOotbaths without ex-
ira payment and a full length bath
with soap and towels for the nominal
charge OF one penny. A man can do
his own laundry work If he so wishes.
He can use any of the reading. smok-
Ing or writing rooms. and, above all,
he has absolute freedom as regards his
mode of living.
Although the Rowton House scheme
provides a complete restaurant where
food OF all kinds can be procured at ex-
ceptionally low prices, probably cheap
er than at any other place In London.
at TIC ouhlC llA1t ISSlueHl is ODllSeu
to purchase any of the commodities
supplied by the company. Residents
can. II they choose. buy everything
they want outside the building, while
inside the Rowton houses they will
find provided for them, without charge.
every cooking utensil necessary, with
cutlery, crockery, etc, without limit.
A constant supply of boiling water is
at hand, and good fires and cooking
ranges are kept going at all times. A
specially arranged scullery. fitted with
white glazed sinks, with supplies OF
hot and cold water, is provided, so that
any man DESTROYS of preparing his own
food can do so without any supervision
or any interference from his fellows
Sir Richard Farraht in Cornhill Maya
zine.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-07-30
LINCOLN ON CIRCUIT.
He Presented n Quaint Appearance
lie Followed the Court

Following the court about on the
circuit was no doubt the joy of Lin
coins life. He was so fond of It that
he declined hattering offer to enter
a lucrative law partnership in Chicago,
because, az he commended, 1t would ne
cessitate more or less confinement in
the office and therefore keep him off
the circuit. Seated In one horse bug
gy, behind a sorry looking animal, he
would set out from Springfield, to be
gone for weeks at stretch. The law
yers, as he drove into each successive
place, eagerly anticipating a new stock
OF stories, gave him cordial welcome,
and the landlords hailed his coming
with delight, for he was one of the
most patient and accomplishing Of
guests. IF every other fellow" re-
lates one of his colleagues, "grumbled
Mt the Indifferent accommodations and
scant fare which greeted us at many
of the dingy taverns we struck, Lin
coin said nothing" His forbearance
in this regard well warrants the OBJ
servation he Is said on one occasion to
have made-that he never so complete
iy felt his ''own unworthiness as when
he stood face to face with real, live
hotel clerk"
How he appeared on the circuit may
be CLEANED from this sketch of him
drawn by Henry C. Whitney, one of
his colleagues In central Illinois: "His
bat was brown, faded and the nap usu-
ally worn or rubbed off. He wore a
short cloak and sometimes a shawl.
His coat and vest hung loosely on his
giant frame. His trousers were inya.
riably too short In one hand be car
ried faded green umbrella, with "A.
Lincoln In large white cotton OF mus.
In letters sewed on the inside. The
knob was gone from the handle, and
piece Of cord was usually tied round
the middle Of the umbrella 20 keep Il
from lying open. In the other hand
he carried a earpetbag, Ia which were
stored the few papers ~ be used IN
court and undeFciothing enough 10 last
uii his return 20 Springfield. Century.
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Turned the Tables.

mr. Sharpe fold lawyer)-Beatrice is
1t possible that. In spite of my positive
orders to the contrary, you have been
allowing that young Snoodle to persist
In his attentions to you? Miss Bea-
trice-Father, decline to answer that
question. Mr.. Sharpe-You do, hey?
I'd like to know why. Miss Beatrice
On the ground that the answer might
incriminate me. and I'd like to see You
get around that!-Chicago Tribune.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-07-30
GRAY SQUIRRELS.
rhez WIN Eat Meat and Have Becn
Nuoyvn to Rob Birds Nests.

II has been we'll said that the gray
SQUIRRELS one sees everywhere In some
of our New England towns are an IN
dication of a higher civilization. IL Is
certainly a pleasure to see these grace
full creatures running across trolley
tracks or over lawns unmolested. "A
stranger would have a very high esti-
mate of the people of city that could
draw to 1t these shy animals. Like
many rodents, however. gray squirrels
will eat meat on occasions. They VIII
even rob birds nests. A friend on
whom / can rely told me OF two or
three instances In Arlington. Mass
where gray squirrels had robbed rob-
ms nests, having been caught in the
very act.
One winter day, in going along Wild
mountain stream, was attracted by
fresh gray squirrel track, and on fol-
lowing 1t found where the squirrel had
killed and eaten a mouse. He had evil
IDENTIFY dug out the mouse, for saw
where he had dug snow and leaves
away from the roots of some black
alders to some depth. Then, taking
the mouse In his teeth, he had run a
few feet to a knoll. the mouse's tall
having left Its print in the snow be-
tween the tracks Of the squirrel. and
eaten 1t, leaving blood. hair and pieces
of bone to tell OF the feast
One time l gave young woodchuck
to an old Irishwoman, who fed the
chuck on ham. Now. II woodchuck
would eat ham, why not gray squir-
rel eat mice or young birds7 We have
abundant proof that many flesh eaters
will, on occasions. eat vegetable food
as well as rodents eating flesh. Lovers
of both squirrels and birds fiay find 1t
possible to protect In some way the
nests Of thrushes, warbiers. etc.-John
Burroughs In Outing.
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Heaven send that no frle'
pocketful of pebbles be temp
shine and glimmer OF our 81
for indeed we meant we'll
the knowledge In which
must take root II stone
ever to go out OF fashion sna|
become a pleasant place Y
namely, that most e'elyj
means well too. The creeu
aginative and kindly hear
not throw stones is brlel'
There is SO much good 10 y,
There Is so much bad In 'ne
That 1t I'll becomes any one =
To talk about the rest Oh W
unless we can do 1t WIN
sympathy-in other woru
Acknowledgements Deianu
Bazaar.