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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1904-01-01

whistle an the Dutchman in her. That
whale was scientist, sir. He calkilated
all right to lose the boat; but, bless you,
it's a bigger job than anyone wanted
to tackle to stave that craft, an as for
fioatin', she was boxed at each end an
couldn't sink. But that amt the end
of the story. We remembered the fell
lers that jumped an we seen the big
boat would pick 'em up before we could
put another over, so we turned to look
at Frank again. There weren't anythin'
left in the boat to bail with an he
couldn't do nothin' but wait on the
pleasure of that whale. He Travelled
away from the ship as fast as he come
at it, an he must "a gone third of
mile before the boat Stacked. Then we
seen her slow down an come to dead
stop. Lines busted says /; man a
boat an fetch in the Dutchman.' l
hadn't no more'n spoke the words when
a big wave seemed to rise up near the
boat an old whale blowed 30 foot high.
Then he got old Liz in range. Up his
tail goes an he under the water again.
could see Frank wade forrard in the
boat an try to pay out line, but it was
jammed, an before he could make it
loose the boat gave n jerk round, al
most a-throwin' him out, an come at
us again. What Pm sayin's truth, Doc,
that boat struck another bee line for
us. suppose, more properly speakin,
the whale did. Gosh! How she did
come kitin'! Frank quit foolin' with
the line an just hung on. reckoned
the boat was movin' Eastern ever, only
she didn't throw so much water, cause
she set down almost to her rowlocks.
We stood speechless while she was driv-
in for us. When she got within 100
yards the mate took big breath and
let fly:
"Jump, you Dutch lubber, or you're
dead man.
"But he didn't jump, an could see
him gittin' ready for another dive under
old Liz.
II grabbed up a bucket, climbed on
the rail- an when the boat come neal
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1904-01-01
KINGS OF FOREIGN BLOOD.
Few European Countries Can Boast
Of Rulers Who Are Really
Natives.

It Is strange how little really native
blood the royal families Of Europe have
In their veins. The king of Greece is
generally called Dane, being second
son of the King of Denmark, but as the
king of Denmark was prince OF Schles"
wig Holstein, the Danish and Grecian
reigning houses are both OF German ex-
traction, says London Black and Whlte.
Germany, has, indeed, supplied most
of the royal houses Of Europe. The
czar is, of course, lineal descendant OF
Peter the Great, but nearly all his In
tervening ancestors have been German,
as In the middle of the eighteenth CEN
tury a prince of Oldenburg inherited
the Russian crowns and transmitted
them to the subsequent czars.
The king of Sweden is French, and OF
quite humble extraction-that Is, hum
BILE for monarch-though his grand
father, Bernadotte, was one OF Napo-
Icons most famous generals.
The Spanish crown is filled by a
prince who can boast at least OF fair
percentage of real Spanish blood, ana
Italy's king, too, descended from the
old kings OF Sardinia--one Of the ltai-
ian states.
The royal house of Hapsburg has
given many emperors to Austria, which
is one of the few countries where the
king is really a native OF the country
he reigns over.
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enough let drive at Frank, hopin' to
knock him overheard il hit him. He
seen it comm, lodged, an just as the
boat wenttail up again yelled:
81 can't swim!'
"Down went the boat like soundin'
lead, an this time we all slid over to
starboard to see her come1u Seven
or eight seconds passed, maybe, an
then about Is fathoms off our beam
up come the boat, bottom up! oh,
Lordl' groaned the cook, he's goner!'
But he warn't, No, sir. The boat
hadn't Travelled 20 yeard afore she
righted, an we seen Franks head bob
up over the gunnel. WE'LL old whale
didn't run so far this time, for he broke
water . few hundred fathom off. In
about minute he sent up a stream of
blood. i seen then that the harpoon
was good throw, an he wasn't goin' to
fight long.
II sent the second boat out after him,
but they didn't git far fore down goes
whale for the third time. an in n sec
ond the little boat sl",~ea e@oin an we
knew he was comir tl:,. There warn't
no way to make T.. atchman jump,
an there warn't no way to stop the
whale, so we just waited again while the
little boat made tracks for us like she
was goin' to ram. just when reck-
oned by the line out that the whale was
passin' under us there was a tremen-
dous bang an every mothers son was
throwed fiat. Old Liz rolled to star.
beard an then back to port an lay
roekin' while we got up, Reckon you
guess what happened, Doc? That whale
miscalkilated, He laid his course fine
as silk, but his elevation was off o
couple o points, He didn't fetch deep
enough, an hit old Liz welt tha'd
like to rip the keel off her, That set
tied the business, too. We looked over
the rail an seen some bloody water,
then u ilipper and soon n big black
body floated up alongside. There was
our whale, sir, dead as hunk o. salt
pork, with the top o. his head half tore
off. He was blue whale, Doc, and he
hiNthsuICu Clusc tu bS IStb. WHAT DC.
come o. the Dutehmanq Why, the boat
slowed down when the whale rammell
us an the other boat took him off.
Hurt2 No. He went to work cuttin'
up that whale along with the rest of
'em. ! did hear afterward that he was
grumblin' cause twas his bucket /
throwed athim an it warn't picked up,
Right lively whale, warn't IL, Doe?n
fright lively" repeated the doctor,
absently. Brooklyn Eagle.
j, "We have called to beseech your aid
In a movement for the publication of
politics. said the spoSeswoman of the
delegation ofhigh browed, lean wasted
ladies and gentlemen.
well, my friends said the practical
statesman, Il don't know but politics is
in need OF good deal of publication
fright now
"Ah! We thought you would seer"
"Yes, 1t is getting SO mixed up with
reform and economy and one thing and
another here lately that there is hardly
my of the good, old-fnshioned, pure poll
itics at all any more" Cincinnati En-
4 u1irae
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WHITE WATER IN THE OCEAN.
Rare Intervals in the Trop-
icsl Regions.

OF the many sights witnessed in the
oceans of the globe, one of the most
curious and most weird is that de-
scribed by sailors as "the milky sea-"
ships being surrounded for several
hours by water that appears to be
snowy wbiteness. Compiled from ex-
periences recorded during the last 20
years, an interesting account of the
phenomenon is given on the North At
lantic and Mediterranean Pilot Chart
The spectacle is restricted TO the dark
ness of night and rare occasions, and.
while it is limited mainly TO the warm
er waters of the tropical belt, it APP
pears to be more common in the In
dian ocean than in the Atlantic and
Pacific. From the white water the
light is so strong that ordinary news
paper print can be read on beard ship.
but the scene all around is Of an awe
inspiring description. The horizon is
blotted out, sea and sky seem to be-
come one in sort of universal lumi-
nous fog, which, like London fog.
AOUs she oDscireE VI the sense OF us
tance and direction, the deck being lit
mp with CHASTITY, shadowless light.
Last June off the west coast Of South
America bucket Of the white water
emptied back into the sea resembled
molten lead. This curious sight has
interested scientific Investigators, Dar-
win among them; but while it is, no
doubt, related to the many phosphor-
escent displays common at sea, there
is no difficult explanation forthcom-
ing of this particular manifestation or
Of the singular atmospheric effects re-
sulting from 1t.
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Notice of Final Account.

In the County Court OF the State OF
Oregon for the County OF Umatilla.
In the matter Of the estate of Enos +.
Tucker, deceased:
Notice is hereby given to all persons
whom it may concern that Robert y.
Boldly, administrator OF the estate OF
Enos P. Tucker, deceased, has filed his
account and report in the above entitled
court; and that the county court by or
der has appointed Saturday, the 2bth
day of December, 1908, as the time and
the county court house in pendleton,
Umatilla county, Oregon, as the place,
where any and all objections and excep-
tions to the same will be heard, and the
settlement thereof bo made, The first
publication of this notice is on Friday,
Nov. ~, 1908, and will appear for four
consecutive weeks in the ArHENA Pass.
Robert j. Boldly.
Dated Nov. II, 1903. Administrator.
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IT'S not enough to twne the Tyre
And wait for harmonies to come.
God sendeth not ceiestriai fire
When human hearts are cold and numb,
sTis not enough to calmly walt
That quickening dew should on US IAN
To vaguely long for what is great
While still pursuing what is small.
sTis not enough with tears of woe
To weep for all the worlds distress,
The drops that from inaction now
Nor US, nor other lives, viii bless.
IT'S not enough the love to take
That other hearts on ours outpour'
The soul is only kept awake
BY giving something from its store.
'Tis not enough with dropping wing
And aimless feet to walk this earth;
Effort alone can blessing bring
And crown the soul with sovereign
worth.
Inter Ocean.
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EstUeatp x0ssr Tssweis Wlth eAseaFerH
Candy Cathartse. cure constipation forever.
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within 50Eyafd OF us they oil went over
but Frank.
Jump. you IDIOT yells do you
want to git stoye2' Mebhe he didn't
aaar. but | reckon ii wouldn't make no
difference, for as I'm liyin', Doc, that
Dutehman lay himself out on his Stun
mick Iii the bottom OF the boat. grabbed
i foot cleat with both hands and hung
on for dear life. Well, old whale kept
steam on. could see the boat 60 down
) little BY the head as she got close to
an' I knew the rope was scrapin' the
rs lsueI. We was all holdin' breath
agifin' To see Frank splatter his
fsllns against the ships side, when the
boat went nose down, stern up aud un-
der the water with n kerchng. She
missed reaelin us by about tive yard
ss4All hands aboard ship leAnt over to
see Frank and the splinters come up,
Tor the boat would sure fetch again the
keel md 70 10 kindlln wood, We waited
m waited IN waited. bsfi. BY gum,
there weren't no spIinters an there
wern't no Frank. All of sudden one
OF the men sings OUT: 'Ily the holy
poker. loolsl' whipped round and
there 10 fathona OF our port, was tn
little whaleboat, full O. water to tn
gnnnel. an Frank htandin' UP in her
waist deep, holdin' On 70 rowioclS 70
dear life. So help me, Doc, that boa
Was towed clean under old Liz, tn
Dsltehman in her, an come up sound o.
The other side.
YES. sir under the ship ns slick as
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Early Closing.

We, the undersigned, hereby agree to
close our respective places Of business
at . p. M, during the months of Jan.
uary and February, and at p. N. dur
ing the month Of March, 1901
Athena Mercantile 90.
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NJ. ]. Bagley.
Dell Bros.
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Gross Z WeFtAiugton.
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IT'S JUST A COUGH

that gets your lungs sore and weak ard
paves the way for pneumonia or con-
sumption, or both. Acker's English
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throat and lung troubles. Positively
guaranteed and your money refunded If
you are not satisfied. Write to us for
free sample. w. H. Hooker 4 Co..
Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by Mcbride y
M
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GOOD HORSES AND RIGS. REASONABLE PRICES.
DRIVER FURNISHED WHEN DESIRED.

Horses boarded by the day, week or month.
Stables on End street, South of Main street.
j. f. Wright, Proprietor.
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"Reckon you've got something on
your mind, cap,' said the doctor.
1'Oh, nothin' very particller," said the
captain, but when whales was intro
duced itEre1ninded me. had old Liz
up Behring sea way two years ago-old
Liz Vas my snip; full name bein'
Elizabeth j. Barker-an' we'd had q
pretty good season. September we put
around for the Horn, and, as things
happened, didn't see another whale till
we struck into the Forties. Then, sir,
bout II o'clock one fine mornin', we do
in about six knots, we raised whale
that was whale"
seBig, bet" said the doctor.
mo, not so terrible big" said the cap
tain, "but pesky. i was standin' about
midships when one of the men sings
out: Hi Cap, look at 'er blow SURF
'nough, half mile off and dead abeam
To starboard, he was blowin'. lie sent
up a good spout and then seemed to
kinder settle himself, like he was nap
pin, shown good bit Of his length
hove old Liz to, and we put over acouple
of boats. Rowin' in the small boat was
d Dutchman named Frank. ] mention.
him, cause he comes into the yarn
pretty prominent. Frank was good
sailor, but one Of them fellers that has
- fir 1ftTIie TO say: He teRded, right
business and kept his hatch sbat-i
ned close. Well, as it turned out, the
ke boat licked the big one and got
Whaclx ut the whale. They put
boon into him just over his port fin
Z HI down he went.
q II stood a-watchin' things through a
sass. / waited am waited for the boat
start OFF in tow, but she didn't do
Is thin' but set stEl, which was puzzlin'.
about five minutes somethin' big an
X broke water tween us and the
5oat, an there was old blower, not
more'n 200 yards from the place he went
down. He warn't up long, but enough
to git his bearin's, guess, for down he
& went again, nm could see the bow
man gettin' ready to give him all the
"a he'd take. Then the boat started,
Ad d bit an come dead for the ship
40-mile clip. never see o boat
s. w = NtfINlArtI klilgs lii NNiiSh
She got within quarter of mile !
thinks to myself Thisis gittin blamed
interestin'. / wondersis that whale go-
In to sheer OIL or Is he goil' to give us
d ram? Tint boat, sir, travelled for us
as true as d hair, an could see the men
in her gittin' excited. On she come,
THROWN spray like liner, and ! cal-
kilated If she held her course she'd hit
us SO near 'midships it wouldn't be
worth measurin' the difference. Then
| see the man in the bow make pass
for the rope with the hatchet, but he
was nervous like, an missed 1t, for the
fHtchet went overheard an he, losin'
his balance, along with it. The rest Of
the men warn't long decdin' what
they'd do. It was 90 overheard or git
smashed to finders and when they got
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Drying preparations simply devel-
op dry catarrh: they dry up the secretionss
which adhere to the membrane and deeon-
pose, causing a far more serious trouble than
the ordinary form of catarrh. Avoid All DRY
ing inhalants, fumes, smokes and snuHs
and usa that which oiaanses, s0othes and
heals. Ely's Cream Balm is such remedy
and win cure catarrh or cold IN the bead
easily and pleasantly. trial size will pc
mailed for i0 cents. AL druggists sell the
soc. size. Ely Brothers, &c Warren ST. n. 4
The Balm cures wiahsat pain, does not
irrilate or cause sneezings Il spreads Itself
over an irritatad and angry saFlaee, rsiley-
ina Immediately the painful lnhanniati
With Ely's Greazk 8al ou are armed
AGAINST Nasal Catarrh and Fever.
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A4PESKY WHALE.

HERE'S w b q lies
an whales said
the captain, sud-
denly. Some OF
'em is pesky crit
ters, an some amt
so pesky."
Smoke went up
in clouds, and there
was silence for five
minutes.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-04
PROMINENT MEN EAT
BIG MISSOURI MELON.
Ninety Founder Devoured by super
fntendents of Several Agricultural
Building Exhibits.

Aatt W. Hail. Director OF the Missouri
exhibit in the Palace OF Agriculture, had
g ninety-pouni watermelon a few days
ago. which he did not know hog to dis
pose o.. he finally decided TO send IL "a
his friend James Walsh OF the Nebraska
display.
Mr.. Walsh placed TIE melon In his
States butter refrigerator and allowed 8;
TO get cold Then ne Issued invitations to
some OF his friends TO help eat IL.
The invitations extended TO Canada and
North Datota on the north. New York on
the east, Texas on tEe south and Cali
forn!a on the west. but. despite the dis
tances. We're delivered IN ten minutes
All OF those invited responded prompt
~ at O'Clock IN the afternoon, Tor they
had tasted OF Missouri watermelons De
fore and knew what they would miss 1.
they did not attend the feast.
II. r. GODDARD represented Canada, Gov.
ernor Bartlett. North Dakota: J. II.
Durkee. New York. Mr.. Graham, Texas
Colyin y. Brown. California; Robert T.
Willis. Colorado. and Hr. Hall. Missouri
Knives, forks and napkins were not ir
evidence. and SIr. Walsh's guests "dus
in to the melon negro fashion
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No. 81 cars: West Piaias. NJ. - cars at
many other tcHI- cars ra-gry g. - g -
cas- caCh. In al La CARS oyeE the Frisco sys-
TEN slCre.
A letter from Louise E-b. an !u.nigra-
tier agent tor the Frisco system. located
at Cedar Gap. No. to Mr.. Hughes. also
gives interesting information about tia
fruit crop, especially the peaches in the
Ozark region.
A. c!=ecto. q the Oak Frat. Growers' A.
socltticn- had occasion 70 yls.t during ere
past 'Eree months all parts az tbs great fruit
arriving bet ot TIRE oza-kJ. from f1Tt Smith.
ARK. 10 TEsyeE. No. a; Van Buren, Dur
lag the peach season and AN one orchard yieli
3 60 crates q p-arhes. which then soia en- a..
tack at si.i0 Per crate. In ell orchards o.
that section Ne saw trees that re &c! ;as
owrerr Sis 20 $40 ger acre The O,3ea Farm,
Ocea. No. SHIPPED twenty five cars os
peaches. and the set proceeds averaged q pss
eYnte One car shipped 20 boston brosHht NJ
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ENGINE Runs OFF TRACK.
PennsylSania Road VIII Test Mae
Locomotives 1t Fair.

The mammoth lS3-ton Atchison. Topeka
and Santa Fe freight engine which the
Pennsylvania Railroad was running into
the Palace Of Transportation to be tested
On It's big testing plant. ran Of the track
as Il Was being switched on the sharp
curve leading into the balldin-. and now
the pennsylvania engineers are spending
their time getting the big engine back on
the track.
Two powerful engines Will be used for
this purpose One OF the engines Will be
hitched IN front and the other on the ad-
joining track. The first will pull the loco
motive forward, while the second will pull
II over on the track from which 10 ran on
This Is the nth Of the engines secured
BY the PennsS wanna Railroad Tor testing
In It's plant !; Is the only practical test
Ing point IN the world. and will be put
to permanent use by the Peansylyarlia
Company after the Worlds EaI-. During
the Worlds FaiE nine locomotives. will be
tested a. this plant. ali OF them Of dr.
ferert makes. and several OF them of
foreign manufacture. BY this expert
ment:nE the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany hopes to determine the very highest
type Of engine for every kind OF railroad
Use.
Some OF the engines to be tested are Of
the fast passenger types and they will
be run for stretches OF eight OF ten
hours at the rate OF sixty miles an hour
The big Santa Fe engine which II now
OF the tack. Is a much more powerful
one than any yet tested II IL the second
largest type OF locomotive ever built
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BIG HEMP STALK LOST.
Measures f6 Feet, q Inches. and Was
Started Towards Fair.

The abseacs of q mammoth stalk OF
hemp from the Missouri. exhibit In tie
Agriculture building a. ;hs Words Fax
was the cause OF sore regret TO Frederick
Eolwig. a native OF Oregon County. who
sent the handsome specimen ard con-
hadeHtly expected 10 see !; OF exhibit.
The stalk measured u feet incles. be-
ing the tallest OF its Kind ever gso|n n
Missouri Hoiwis had noticed early t9ai
the stalk was towering above everything
else IN ihe field and cherished IL through
out its growth. intending TO send IL 10 the
Exposition as a sample @: what Missouri;
could do.
The gan. stall: met With some InI.hap
en- route which accounts Tor Its failure
20 appear IL the exhibit Mr.. EOlSig. be-
sides possessing the reputation Is the
sroweE OF tho talIest hemp ever spro1ieG
IL the State. Is an interesting character.
On his breast he wears an iroa medal
Indicating thEt he was one OF The 'O.u
Guards" honored by ths late Prince Bis
mack FOR honorable service in tho field.
The cross w2s made from an old iron FIELD
piece which stood on the frontier OF Den
mark during the campaigns OF Germany
against that kingdom. pouring shot into
the charging ranks Of the Germans. The
cannon was a; length captured and its
lion mass remolded into crosses. which
sine. Is5.5 have served IS medals OF honor
for all Sho survived the attack
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peaches Ero-n, bu: the most popular and
widely known is i1e e Iberia"
II Is generally conceded TO be the hes;
End OF q peach. and thousands Of bushels
Of liberia peaches are eaten n St Lou;s
every year.
A model peach farm. and perhaps one o.
This farm covers 500 acres. II "a ira
versed for three miles By the Frisco sys-
tenn. and has width OF hall mile on
nenss sheds at ST. Elmo. into which the
refrigerator cars are run for leading
peaches when packed into crates. Every
cay during the packing season from six
train Is run on special schedule 10 North
EN- and Eastern cities for distribution.
tTcia Ieo 70 s"2 men are employed
This Is none too many when 10 Is consit-
cred that there are f+o.ooj trees laden with
fruit There Il money IN growing peaches.
and this Is fully Illustrated by statistics
from the st. Emo farm a carload OF st.
Emo liberia peaches viii average In q
fair market SEQ. THIS year there hare
carloads Of h,gh-Era6e pesche.
The McNair orchards at St Elmo are the
largest In the country. In Is.o :he frs,
orchard. which now contains ~ 90 trees.
The American Fruit Company has loe 90
peach trees set on: on 5000 acres OF land.
acres OF land. on which are 72.tco bearing
peach trees. The Brandyille farm has 1900
bearing peach trees
Hundreds Of thousands OF acres OF hilly
land along the Ozark uplift are planted IN
peach trees, and the crop this year. while
not ss large as usual. yielded a shipment
OF I.ieD cars from along the Frisco system
IN Missouri and Arkansas alone. With IA.
vorable weather, there should be next
year a crop OF $50 carloads OF peaches
In the Ozark uplift alone
ATTRACTS MANY WORKERS.
The peach industry attracts hundreds OF
workers 20 tho Ozarks during the early
part OF August Tor the purpose OF Eather-
Ing the crop.
A repor: made 10 S. A. Hughes. general
immigration agent OF the Frisco system.
by G. A. Atwood secretary o. the Ozark
Fruit Growers Association states that on
July n OF the present year the following
towns had ehippec peaches:
Van Buren. ARK. 80 car: Roshkonong. No.