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The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-06
THlEvlNG BLUE JAYS.
A Family of Three Bring Sorrow to the
Heart of q Soapmaker.

| A Family OF Three Bring Sorrow to the
/ Heart of Soapmaker.
Samuels, the Massachusetts ornithol
| ogist, in one of his books tells story
of blue jay and bit of soap. 1t was
the last piece Of soap that collecting
party in the Adirondack wilds pos
| sessed, and when the theft was COM
mitted by the bird the action was noted
carefully for more than scientific rea-
sons. Bird students know that the jay
| will take almost anything in sight and
eat nine-tenths of what he takes, but
they thought he drew the line at soap.
1t has been left to a family of High
land Park Ill) Jays to bear out Sam
uels' story and to break the soap-eating
record
On the west side of the track in that
Chicago suburb lives German who
thought that he would try the expert
ment of making soap for sale. He col
lected the proper ingredients, put them
ency of paste, and then just at evening
he patted cake and put it on board
in his yard to see If it would harden
over night. He slept little late and
when he finally went to look at his soap
cake, behold! it had all vanished save
a thin edge. That was beautifully
hard, though, and not stopping to con-
lecture what had become of the rest Of
the cake he stirred up the rest of his
mixture and patted cakes until he had
twenty-four, each weighing one-quar-
ter of a pound. The sun had passed
behind the heavy oaks in the yard, so
the German went to the edge of the
road, placed his board so that its ends
rested on two barrels, and put thereon
his soap cakes that they might harden.
A cement sidewalk was in process Of
across the road and
*boat" full of Portland cement mixed
to mush with water and torpedo"
sand, was adjacent and parallel to the
board and it's load of cakes. The side
walk contractor was across the road
and the soapmalser went over to talk
with him. His back was turned on his
sticky product, taking advantage of
which fact, for this bird is sharp-a
family of seven blue jays, five full |
fedged young and the two parents,
descended on the board and attacked |
the soap. The contractor saw them and |
in amazement. They devoured |
the mixture of I've and grease as a dom
key devours thistles. Then the side
walk man gasped out: 'tHans, they are
eating your soap"
The German turned, saw the last bit
If one cake disappear, and then grabbed
4 big, round, smooth stone, such as the
AXE casts up, and threw it, as a man
puts shot, straight at the robbers.
The birds rose, calling ''thief, theft"
for the bluejay is given to
,alling himself names. The stone
anded on the edge of the board and
urned the entire soap product into the
ticky mass of Portland cement. Soap
md cement were ruined.
The jays did not stop to decide which
vas the madden of the men, but made
heir way toward the Ravine drive,
oudly calling "Thief." as they went.
Chicago Tribune.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-06
PEfE, THE TRAMP :,
How liz Won the Good 0p,,,...
ma and HANNAH, W

nov ~ won the Good OpInlo, !. .
pato - ana Hannah. Il
Fete was a very black tram
nobody but Ethelwyn loved !, ~
cause he mewed continnall,. nun
such q mournful, half-starveS5 ~, NJ
that he did no credit wb.. ~ hsl|
good care after he came 70 o w.. Y
house. " grand
II don't like animals aroura !.
and act as II they were halt. N.Y.
said grandma, who was MOI s,a''1
starving anyone OR anything s,.e3
wei knew. But he kept on yos Il
dolefully that Ethelwyn, who sVS W.
iting grandma, when she sow ". \
lady begin to fidget and Look MI
table, would jump down and t.I.s
out to the summer kitchen amy
him in. Although she kent HI; aua
full Of milk there to comfort hi,,'
would still hear him family erwin,
He amt mite Of good, ! s .uy
nah, the kitchen girl. II DOM NJ
he's stopped yowling long enous
catch a mouse" Ou
On! lmost saw him, said Etbsl,
He ran and jumped at soms.I
l didn't stay to see what, ,canss
too"
mo, he isn't good for much. !
say" said grandma, 'but Ehsl|
loves him, SO l suppose Wen MI
stand him.
Ethelwyn felt very happy when
heard this, for she had been N
Pete's bad habit would Get him
trouble.
IN take him upstairs with I,
night" said grandma, ''for I'm a
heard a mouse gnawing in the h
last night, and we'll see if Pete 6,
anything besides cry"
'sOh! I'm sure he'll catch ita
Ethelwyn, and she talked to him \
it that afternoon, and was quite
he understood by the way he !oobe
Pete seemed to like grandma's n
with its bright open fire and /
fender, and he purred content
when Ethelwyn laid him gentlud
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-06
PETE THE TRAMP.

on the fluffy rug in front Of the|
place; then she jumped into herowI
tie bed beside grandma's big ONT,
they both went off sound asleep.
In the middle of the night, tho|
Pete opened his eyes; there W
faint scratching in the closet thati5
ested him SO that he never though
mewing, but stole quietly up, andV
u little gray mouse peeped out, I
black paw shot out suddenly
knocked it senseless. He had a
frolic then, knocking it around y
gray ball, but by and by sonnet
popped in the CRATE, and out GO
live coal over the fender and onto
fluffy rug, and then it smoked
smoked. Pete knew something
wrong, so opened his mouth and ms
his loudest; grandma did not see
notice him at all, but Ethelwy1I
straight up in bed and said: "Oh,
DEAR please don't cry, you'll
grandma, and-oh, grandma, wax
quick, the rugs burning"
Grandma jumped up in a hurry
and drenched the rug from the
pitcher until the smoking stopped
81 do declare" she said attery
II heard the cat crying, but |
think it was anything uncommon
didn't try to wake up. It's ~
you.did, Ethelwyn."
"Oh, grandma" said Etheiwyh
ging Pete hard, isn't Ire the oss
smartest-and, grandma, you can
he amt good for an earthly tnlns
-oh, oh, oh!' she cried, as nel
feet struck Pete's mouse. hes
for two earthly things, grandma,
ling, because he's caught your 10y
ss.That's a fact, =. said grandma, \
ing. ann much obliged to fe'
around, and he shall have crea.
morrow for his breakfast, ion
hadn't walked you we might ns''
burned up."-N. Y. Recorder
Tire Punctured by snas''
The other day a bicycle rue
eoasting down a hill at PuiasAi,
western part of Pennsylvariia'
a big snake lying directly IN =, !.
The motions of the snake conias
bicyclist, and he was compeiieu IL
over it. As the front wheel SUI f.
serpent his fangs shot out anu
cyclist had not gone far 50 Nc
when the front tire collapsed
animation disclosed the fac, ~ ~
snakes fangs had puncturea :.
A Middlesex physician eNa ,.s
snake, which the young man ~
! trophy, and lent corrooorasO =,
story by discovering minute ~. *
IL yuicanized rubber IN the 'es
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-06
IIls Idea.

Every little boy or girl who has had
an Irish nurse has doubtless heard her
refer many times to the .'old country"
A dear little girl was taking lesson In
geography, and was told that Egypt
was the oldest country in the world
She expressed her surprise and said;
"Why, thought ireland was the real.
ly old countryi''-OutloolE.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-06

Th~e are several recorder :,
Of children who are able 70 ~ v.
talk on'the very day Of Their err II
who were provided with irO.
ten teeth, but mertion is msa =. 4,
one which laughed alono " 49,
day of its earthly existeneee--TaS;~
the great philosopher. ' y, "a
says: DIIe was heard to i ,as;a. 4
-ery day Of bis birth his BRAIN III
said 10 have throbbea Nj
that no hand could be laid Oh
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-06

THE eternal stars shine ous as soon A n 4.
dark enough.-Carlyla
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-07-20
A SUMMER SCHOOL.
To be Opened at Dufur on July aed.

To be Opened at Dufur on July 22d.
By request of several teachers !
have agreed to open school of review
for teachers at Dufur on July %, to
continue until the August examina-
tion.
Our experience in this kind of work
is considerable, having conducted sew
eral and assisted in conducting num-
ber of others. For reference we refer
to all those, some 80 in number, who
attended a similar school that we con-
Quoted in The Dalles, many of whom
are teachers in the county at the pres
ent time. We also refer you to Hon.
Troy Shelley, county school superin-
tendeut of Wasco county.
Among the advantages offered by
the school will be an opportunity to
review all the branches, the use of a
teachers library, lessons in a practice
school from one to three hours daily,
phonic drills and all the appliances of
one of the best furnished school rooms
in Wasco county. Another advantage
will be it's comparative cheapness.
Board can be procured at from $3.50 to
$3.50 per week. Tuition, SO for the
term or 81 per week.
Those who expect to pass examina-
tion for teachers certificate in August
will find school of the kind contem-
plated in this notice of great value.
OF course we do not recommend it as
an absolute assurance; but it leads in
the direction and gives opportunity for
the only known insurance, and that is
effort.
We invite all who can attend to be
with US, promising to use every effort
to make the school both profitable and
pleasing. AARON FRAZIER.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-07-20
WORK AT THE LOCKS.
Removing the Bulkhead and Other Work
Preparatory to Opening the Canal.


The work of removing the bulkhead
is being pushed with the greatest
activity, and the contractors have
about 800 men at work on this part OF
the canal. After the dirt has been re-
moved, which was thrown there in
1880 to save the works there are twenty
feet of solid rock that will have to be
BIAS d out before the walls above and
below can be connected. This bulk
head has been in position fifteen years,
and from the soil that was placed there
to protect the works from the flood OF
that year shrubbery and trees have
grown to considerable height. The
walls above and below this bulkhead
are completed, and two gates are in
position-one at the upper ana another
at the lower end of the canal. As soon
as this is removed the walls will be
connected by solid masonry, and the
embankment rip-rapped. Then two
more gates will be put in and boats
can pass through without any obstruc-
tion. OF course the work will not be
finished; but it will be sufficiently so
to answer the purposes of river traffic.
1t was calculated that it would take 75
DAYS. work to remove the bulkhead,
and this will be accomplished some
time in September. The walls will
then be finished and the gates placed
in position, and the canal and locks at
the Cascades will be reality. All
this work can be done by Christmas,
and there can be no doubt that by that
date the Columbia, so far as The Dalles
and vicinity are concerned, will flow
unvexed to empty its wealth of waters
into the lap of Mother Ocean.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-07-20
Arrested for Forgery.

A man was arrested last night for
passing forged checks on The Dalles
National bank. He claimed when first
taken in charge by the officer that he
was a deputy sheriff from the Locks
and had warrant of arrest from Justice
Birnie's court for man by the name
of Edwards; but afterwards told diff
ferent stories in reference to his iden-
tity, and attempted to destroy some
papers he had on his person by throw
ing them in the water closet. This
morning when interviewed by a re-
porter of the TN. he said his name
was P. A. Mahaffey, and was en- route
to his home in La Grande from Seattle
where he had sold some beef cattle. He
got on a spree and spent nearly all the
money he had. In appearance he is
good looking man, looked as though
he had worked at hard labor, and does
not appear as though he had followed
sharp practices any length of time.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-07-20
The Grain Harvest.

In some localities the harvest in this
county has begun, and will be general
in few days. The first part of the
season it was thought crops would be
light: but the weather has been very
favorable during the past two weeks,
and from all reports there will be an
average yield. This lis encouraging,
as the indications are that the market
price will be higher than for some
years. The last harvest was phe-
nomenal one in this region; but the
price was hardly sufficient to pay the
cost of planting and cutting, and with
an average crop this season and the
price ranging from so to go cents, it
will send more money in circulation
than the abundance of grain did last
year.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-07-20
RUFUS.
This Little Town Shows Many Evidences
of Prosperity.

This Little Town Shows Many Evidences
of Prosperity.
The founder of the town of Rufus,
Mr.. r. G. Wallace, spent the day in
the city on business. He says since
the flood of June, 1894, Grant has be-
come almost deserted, and the town of
Rufus, two miles east, has given some
signs of prosperity. A great many
new buildings have been erected this
season, and there are other evidences
of enterprise and progress. Mr..
Wallace has established steam ferry
on the Columbia, connecting the place
with Washington, and there are good
roads to Goldendale and other points
in Klickitat county. To Wasco there
is good road, and a great deal OF
freighting is done to different points
in Sherman county. The railroad
company receives in freights on car
load lots large amount of money
every month, and large portion of
the grain of Sherman is shipped from
this point. Wheat arrives daily from
last years crop, and Mr.. Wallace does
not believe the farmers will be through
hauling this grain before the coming
harvest. There is no sand surround
ing Rufus, and this is great consid-
Grafton in hauling heavy loads. If the
stages to Wasco and Goldendale were
to make this station the town would
soon build up, and there is every pros
pect of this being done in the future.
Mr.. Wallace is very hopeful OF the
town, and expects to see it the leading
place in Sherman county in little
Uhila
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-07-20
The'Concert.

There was a good attendance at the
opera house last night to listen to the
vocal renditions of Mrs. Hinsdale, the
piano accomplishments by Miss Mimic
and the elocutionary recitations of
Miss Jessup. Those present were
highly pleased with the entertainment,
and there were repeated encores. Mrs.
Hinsdale has remarkable sweet
voice, in excellent cultivation, and her
songs were loudly applauded. AS an
elocutionist Miss Jessup has few
equals, and her conception of charac-
ter, intonation of voice and use of ges-
ture were above criticism. There are
few pianists who have the same grace
of touch and thorough understanding
of music as Miss Minto, and her play
ing gave general satisfaction. The
orchestral union, by their excellent
renditions, added much to the pleasure
of the evening. 1t was choice and
classical entertainment, and there was
no lover of the art present who was not
highly grati6ed.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-07-20
just What's Needed

Exelaims thousands of people who
have taken Hoods Sarsaparilla at this
season of the year, and who have noted
the success of the medicine in giving
them relief from that tired feeling,
waning appetite and state of extreme
exhaustion after the close confinement
of long winter season, the busy time
attendant upon large and pressing
business during the spring months and
with vacation time yet some weeks dis
tant. 1t is then that the building-up
powers of Hoods Sarsaparilla are
fully appreciated. 1t seems perfectly
adapted to overcome that prostration
caused by change of season, climate or
life, and while it tones and sustains
the system, it purifies and vitalizes the
blood
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-07-20
Peach Plums.

The Oregon Fruit Union removed
its office yesterday from the Cosmopol-
itan hotel to the brick building occu-
pied by The Dalles Lumber Co., on
the opposite side of the street. Its
manager will be busy during the next
two days gathering and preparing for
shipment east carload of peach plums
from this vicinity. This will be the
first shipment of the season from
Oregon, and will reach the market in
fine condition, establishing the we'll
earned reputation of Dalles fruit in
the east.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-07-20
From Friday s Daily.
Pleasant breezes.
~. -,

| Pleasant breezes.
The big Wallace show August 1st.
No business in the police court to-
day.
| Uncle Toms Cabin in tent July
25th.
Mr.. Henry Hudson, of Nansene, is
in town today.
Prof. Birgfeld returned to his camp
near Stevenson this morning.
Miss Mamie Cooper was passenger
| on the boat this morning for Portland.
Ex-Attorney General Geo. 81. Will
,liams of Portland was in the city to-
day.
James Hagan, the man who was shot
Saturday night by Mcdonald, was able
to be on the streets today.
A marriage license was granted yes
terday by the county clerk to John
Byng and Miss Isabella Thompson.
Mrs. J. r. Warner, of White Sal
mon, Wash, and Mrs. Donnell, of this
city, are camping at Gearhart Park.
William Cowne, of Caleb, is visiting
in the city. He will remain a few
days, and will be accompanied home
by Mrs. Schultz, his mother.
Prof. J. D. Robb, formerly in charge
of the public schools in this city, has
received the appointment of principal
of the state reform school at Salem.
The following deed was filed with
the county clerk yesterday: George
w. Mccoy and Hilda Mccoy to ]. N.
Jennings; Sc sec 25, tip 2 n, r 9 east;
$1,000.
AS the name indicates, Halls Veg
etable Sicilian Hair Renewer is re-
newer of the hair, including its growth,
health, youthful color, and beauty. 1t
will please you#
East Oreqonian:: Miss Effie Frazier
goes to Portland Friday night, and ex-
poets to go to the state editorial asso-
citation at Yaquina bay, in company
with Miss Rose Michel, of The Dalles.
There were two car loads of hogs
shipped to Portland today from the
stockyards of r. E. Saltmarshe & Co.,
in this city, and the same amount of
sheep were shipped to the same place
the day defore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Prinz and
family left on the boat this morning
for a camping vacation near Steven
son, Wash. Mr.. Prinz, after seeing
all arrangements made for the comfort
of his family in the summer resort,
will return Monday.
When, by reason of cold. or from
other cause, the stomach, liver, and
kidneys become disordered, no time
should be lost in stimulating them to
action. Ayers Pills act quickly, safely,
and surely. Sold by druggists and
dealers in Medicines
To make your business pay, good
health is prime factor. To secure
good health, the blood should be kept
pure and vigorous by the use of Ayers
Sarsaparilla. When the vital fluid is
impure and sluggish, there can be
neither health, strength, nor ambitions
On Thursday, July 25, Uncle Toms
Cabin, the world-renowned drama, will
be rehearsed in this city, land the novel
feature about the entertainment is
that the performance will be held
under canvas. The company is Sc
lect one, and every member has been
assigned the part to which he or she is
adapted.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-07-20
500 Reward 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all it's stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional treatment. Halls Cat
arrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby de-
stroying the foundation of the disease,
and giving the patient siren 9Th by
building up the constitution and as
sisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its
curative power, that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that it
fails to cure. Send for list of testi-
monials.
Address, F. J. CHENEY & Co., To-
ledo. o.
@Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-07-20
SHERIFF'S SALE.
Property, Sold Under the Hammer, to
Which is Attached an Inter-
estjnp History,


esting History.
This forenoon two sales were made
of property on foreclosure of mortgage
by j. G. Flanders, the mortgagor be-
ing Rev. o. D. Taylor. The land sold
comprised what was known as the Will
son farm and the Hill farm, the former
containing 242 acres and the latter
615.15, and during the time of the
North Dalles fraudulent boom constitu-
ing the acreage of The Colum bla
River Fruit Co. We have been
informed that the land is con-
sidered as security for several
thousand dollars which the protector
of North and Grand Dalles still owe
the directors of the company, and 1t
has been suggested that this fore
closure and sale may quiet the title to
the property and destroy the security
of Mr.. Taylors creditors in the fru1t
company. The property was bid in by
Mr.. J. A. Johnson, OF Buffalo, who,
some years ago, was induced to 1nVest
a large sum in North Dalles through
the persuasive influence OF the good
sermons and button-hole conversations
of the president of the Interstate In
vestment Co., and for which he has re-
ceived little or no consideration.
There are also several olher Buffalo
creditors of the reverend gentleman,
and whose shekels have been invested
in the rock piles and sand dunes of the
barren waste on the north side of the
river. Mr.. johnson bid the property
in for S12, 1856, and we believe he would
have had cheap bargain if he had
paid $40, 1000 for the land. He is un-
doubtedly amply secured for whatever
amount may be due him, and 1t was
very fortunate that he should have ap-
peared at The Dalles during the time
this sale was being made.
These circumstances will bring our
citizens in recollection of the time
when the east was flooded with ltera-
ture regarding the great city in WASH
ington;, of the sale of corner lots when
the shoe factory was built and the old
shed farther up the river; of the poor, |
deluded people, having invested nearly
all their money in this fraudulent |
scheme, coming out here to find the |
business point and the true city of the |
Inland Empire on the Oregon side OF |
the river, instead of the Washington,
and returning penniless and disheart-
ened. The true history of North
Dalles, alias Grand Dalles. will furnish
an interesting chapter in some future
work, and it will eclipse in every ele-
nent of deception the eden" de-
,cribed by Dickens in Martin Chuzzle-
wit or the "Sea Dreams of Tennyson.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-07-20
A. o. U. w. Election.

The grand lodge A. o. q. w. now in
session in Portland, elected the follow
ing officers yesterday: Master Work
man, VIM. NJ. Colvig, of Jacksonville;
foreman, John D. Coleman, Of Port
land; overseer, G. H. Stockton, of As
toria; recorder. Newton Clark. OF Hood
River; receiver, r. L. Durham, of
Portland; supreme representatives, j.
j. DAILY, of Dallas, w. D. Hare of Hill
boro and W. W, Brannin of Pendle-
ton: grand trustee, G. Fl. Durham, Of
Portland.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-07-20
Railroad Sold.

A Vancouver dispatch, dated yester-
day, says:
The sale of the Vancouver, Klickitat
& Yakima railroad was consumated to-
day, the purchase being in the name Of
G. n. Scott. By the terms of the sale,
the purchasers paid about $4,000 cash,
and assumed Indebtedness amounting
to about $4,000. This Indebtedness is
to be paid in 15-year bonds, drawing
per cent; the purchasers also oblige
themselves to build at least three miles
of extension of the road this year. The
sale puts an end to the litigation in the
courts.
The road is estimated to be worth
from s75, 900 to 100000 The proposed
extension will tap valuable timber
belt, and the road already has con-
tract to move so 0O0,00O feet of logs.