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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-18

More than twenty million free samples
of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve have
been distributed by the manufacturers.
What better proof of their confidence in
its merits do you want? 1t cures piles,
burns, scalds, sores in the shortest space
of time. j. Hal Bobbitt and Henry L.
Hicks.
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NAVAL STORES.

WILMINGTON, N. c., Sept. 17-Turpentine
firm at 28 1-2a29; receipts Sc casks.
Rosn firm at 81 .00a105; receipts Sc.
Crude Turpentine firm at Sl.lO, $l6O and
81 go; receipts Ia barrels.
Tar firm at 81 80; receipts 149.
CHARLESTON, S. c., Sept. 17.-Turpentine
firm at q 1-2; sales -.
Rosin firm; sales - A, B, c, d, 80: Il, $1.OO;
81 40; N, $1.65; w g, $3.50; w w, $2.15.
SAVANNAH, Ga, Sept. 17.-Turpentine firm at
Rosin firm; sales s45; receipts 2,77O; A, b, G,
ID, S1.0O; E, S1.O5; F, S1.15; G., S1.30; II, $1.35;
/, SI.4O; X, S145; M, $3.50; N, $1.65; w G, S1.s0;
w w, S215.
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D. ]. ROSE & BRO,
RAI EIGA NJ
Office in the HoIleman Building.

Don't fail to consult us before having your
plans prepared We are prepared to give you
the latest designs and best arrangement of
rooms. We can please you. Write us. Book
of latest designs coming.
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Machine Business.

We are still on hand with full lie OF
engine boilers, cav and griSt mills, tram
cars, the celebrated Champion ReaperH
and Mowers and brick making ma
chimes.
Repairing Done Promptly.
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, Ills, Sept 17.-Hcavy clear
ances at the coast to-day held prices
steady in the wheat pit. September closed
unchanged and December "A higher Corn
rose u. Oats advanced 1sMA. Pork
ribs unchanged.
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, Sept. Ill p. M-Spot cotton,
limited demand, prices favor buyers; Ameri-
can middling 7-32d.
The sales of the day were 5000 bales, of which
500 were for speculation and export, and in
cluded $500 American; receipts 1000 bales, in
Guiding !, 300 American.
Futures opened quiet with moderate de-
mand and closed quiet at the decline.
American middling, low middling clause:
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Allen & Cram
Machine Co.,
RALEIGH, N. c.

We regard the liberal patronage that
we have had in our line during the last
Uwenty-nine years as evidence of oui
ability in the
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NEW ORLEANS.

Spot cotton closed weak and Lice lower;
middling uplands So; middling gulf So; sales
228 bales.
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red e5 ID. Corn-No. 2, sOa3O4. oats-No. 2
q ka21 1-2; No. white 24a25; No. 3, white 23a
"a. Rve-No. 2 Az. Barley-No. 2, 39a4. Flax
seedyNo. /, 49, Prime Timothy seed S2.47 1-2
Mess pork per bbl., S8.40aS.45. Lard, per 1OO
S477 Lad 81 IL. Short rib sides, loose S. 15a
535: dry-sated shoulders, boxed, 4JSa424. Short
clear sides, boxed, $56O05.7O. WhiskeY, -.
NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Sept. 17.-Flour quiet but
steady; winter straights 1885; do. patents $375a
$50; Minnesota patents $3.8Oa4.45; Minnesota
bakers S3.15a335.
Rive -four strong at S2.60G3l0.
Buckwheat flour dull.
Corn meal steady; yellow western 20; city rs.
Rive steady; No. 2, 40; state -.
Barley quiet; western choice new mailing Ala
40; do. feeding 30 l-2a54'
Barley malt duly; western 55a6l.
Wbea see sn oS steady; No red 72a{ options
Nav 6s1{: September 704; December 67h.
Corn. spot steady; No. 2, 35Aa353a; options,
May =; September -; November =; De-
Oats, spot steady; No. 2, Is; options, Sep
Beef steady; family $1Oa11. 90; extra mess s8a
$50; beef hams $1,000; packet S9.00a1000; city
extra India mess $14. 00a15:0O.
Cut meats steady; picked bellies 6a7%;
picked shoulders A4a4 1-2; picked hams 7]4a
H.
Lard tseady; western steamed closed S5.15;
city -; September $50, nominal; refined quiet
Pork dull; mess S9.00d925; short clear
Nll.UU'U IL.f0s ldIllly plIsOVUlA'OO.
Butter firm; western creamery 15a21; do. fac
tory II 1-2a14; Elgins Il; imitation creamery
13a16; State dairy 1913.
Cheese firm; large white 71-2; do. small
~: large colored ID; do. small ~; light
skins 6lG6 IL; part Skins 5]4a5 1-2; full skins
Eggs firm; State and Pennsylvania II; west
ern fresh 16 1-2
Potatoes quiet; Jerseys $15Oa1.S7 1-2; New
York 81 25a1.75; Long Island $1.50@200; sweets
JERSEYS SI.500225; southern $1.50a1.75.
Petroleum strong; refined New York, S6.65;
Philadelphia and Baltimore $3.50; do in bulk
$40.
Rosin steady; strained, common to good, $18C
Turpentine steady at 31a31 ID.
Rice firm; fair to extra 5@a6%; Japan 52SG
.66.
Molasses steady; New Orleans, open kettle
good to choice, 28a33.
Peanuts strong; fancy hand-picked 51a5 IL;
other domestic 4a4A.
Cabbage dull Long Island $200a3.00.
Freights to Liverpool steady; cotton by steam
15d; grain by steam 2Ad.
Cotton seed oil inactive prime crude nOmi-
nal; prime summer yellow % IL spot; % for
future delivery; butter grades nominal; prime
winter yellow 27a2S.
Coffee-Options, September S5.20a5 25; OctO-
Der ST. spot Rio, dull; No. z, invoice 90; No
jobbing -; mild quiet; Cordova S015.
Sugar, raw strong; fair refining 13-16a3%
centrifugal, 96-test, 49s; molasses sugar elsa
ga; refined strong; mould A 54; granulated
5 1-2.
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OPIUM, MORPHINE WHISKY
If interested in the cure of these habits
write for my book on these diseases
mailed free. B. M. WOOLLEY, NJ. D.
Atlanta, Ga.
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BALTIMORE.

BALTIMORE, Nd, September 17.-Flour dull;
western super S2.2502.50; do. extra S2.90a3.25;
do. family $3.50a4.0O; spring wheat straight
81 .3504.50.
Wheat easy; spot and September, 69ssa6976;
October 634a69 1-2; December 68Ma68 1-2;
steamer No. Q red 64%a6456; Southern wheat by
sample 64G71; do. on grade -.
Corn steady; spot and September, 334a33 ~;
October 49, a335s; new or old, November or
Southern white corn 34a35; yellow
Oats firm; No. white western, rs l-2a27; NO.
mixed 49,.
Rye easy; No. nearby 40 la No. west
ern 50&.
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Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour steady special brands S4 25a4 80; hard
patents $3.40a360; soft patents S3.30a3.40; hard
straights $3.00a3.20; bakers So. 00a210 Wheat
No. spring 64a653l; No. spring 62a654; No. 2
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OTHER COTTON MARKETS.

Galveston, quiet, 81, 7,185 bales.
Norfolk, quiet, Ia, 497 bales.
Baltimore, nominal, so, - bales.
Boston, easy, 5 11-16, 81 bales.
Wilmington, dull, ga, 1858 bales.
Philadelphia dull, So, Is bales.
Savannah, quiet, easy, Sd, 4,245bales.
New Orleans, easy, 516, 1926 bales.
Mobile, weak, 5, 1856 bales.
Memphis quiet, 3-16, 1,131 bales.
Augusta, quiet, 5-16 2,273 bales.
Charleston, quiet, 5 1-16, 1856 bales.
Cincinnati, quiet, So, 2l3 bales.
Louisville, steady, 5 IL, - bales.
st. Louis, quiet, 3-16 ~ bales.
Houston, steady, 54 1913 bales.
New York, weak, So, - bales.
RALEIGH COTTON.
RALEIGH, N. c., September II.
Receipts 289 bales. Market quiet.
New cotton ........,......... :. -. >. 4X65M
Strict middling cotton -. 5000. 5%
Low grades ........ ........ 05A
PRODUCE.
Snrinp chickens ,.................. 121Sm171a
Eggs OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 10 Mlo1s
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New ORLEANS, La, Sept. 17.-Cotton futures
closed steady. sales
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G. NJ. BUSBEE. Attorney.
August Goth, 1898 tbs.
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NEW YORK.

New York, Sept. 17.-Cotton futures opened
steady at the decline.
Futures closed steady
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RALEIGH COTTON
PRODUCE.
NEW YORK MONEY.

Spring chickens ...............'... 121s@ia3s
Eggs ......''...''...'''''t 10 Mlo1s
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OPIUM FOUND IN
CANS Of LARD
How the Drug Reached
San Quentin.
AUTHORITIES MAKE A HAUL
RECOVER A QUANTITY OF THE
CONTRABAND ARTICLE.
AUTHORITIES MAKE A HAUL
Was Struggled in by Convicts Who
Were Made to Work on Farm
Which Supplies the Prison
With Provisions.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Aug. %
1t was only last week that the prison
officials were dumfounded at learning
the true status of the opium traffic
as carried on by the convicts inside
the prison walls. Their eyes were then
opened to a realization of the fact that
the trade in the soul-destroying drug
was not confined to few of the more
vicious element, but that some or the
TRUSTEES. were engaged in smuggling
goodly quantities of the contraband ar
ticle through the gates and dispensing
it to their companions at exorbltant
prices.
Now come to light the facts as to
how the famous BEDROOM discovery
happened to be made, showing what
was hitherto known only TO the OH
Gals in the higher circle'-that only
a short time ago the authorities made
a haul of the largest quantity OF opium
secured in years. 1t was a cleW that
popped UP in connection with the SELF
ure that led to the bedroom" raid.
About midway on the road leading
from San Quentin to Greenbrae is sit
uated a large farm, the products or
which find their way to the prison
larder 1t is in charge of j. Jones,
who is entered on the pIlSou pdyIoil
as farmer and has the privilege at
any time of asking for number of
convicts to assist him in his work.
Shortly before the opium was seized
a number of hogs were butchered and
several TRUSTEES assisted in preparing
the meat and trying out the lard. The
lard was placed in the ordinary cans
used for the purpose and sent to the
prison.
Certain peculiar actions of the con-
victs in handling these cans led to
quiet investigation. AS result small
quantities of opium were discovered In
three cans. Nothing was said of the
discovery, and 1t was decided to let the
opium enter the prison in the hope Of
making a large seizure.
The vigilance of the officials was re-
warded. The next consignment of lard
was searched and a large quantity of
opium found There were only two
cans out of thirty that had no opium in
them. The aggregate quantity was
about seven pounds.
All this opium must have been hidden
on the farm by accomplices on the out
side. The accurate movements of the
convicts showed, furthermore, that
they must have been in daily commu-
nication with the outside dealers. in
and guards.
1t was by keeping close watch upon
some of the suspected TRUSTEES" that
the opium was found in the red
room" Other prisoners are under sus-
picion, and 1t is believed the gang of
''opium merchants" is In a fair way to
6e hrnl
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Won cleyerly. Second and third
Fort Erie Winners.

BUFFALO, Aug. 29-Results at Fort Erie:
First race, four-year-olds and upward. sell
ing. five and half acknowledgements II.
to 3. won. Quack Quack second Forfeit third
Time. 10SA.
Second race, two-year-ods. selling. five fur
longs-Neada. TO /, won; Lizzie Kelly second
Ruth Black third. Time. 1:02% .
Third race, three-year-olds and upward, SELL
ing. mile-Pearl to 5. won; Simon d sec
ond, Ellsmere third. Time. 1:41.
Fourth race. two-year-olds, five and half
furlongs-Oakmaid, even, won; Trimmer sec
ond. Holden third Time, 1:09h.
Fifth race. three-year-o and upward, one
and a quarter miles-Maratina II. to !, won
ANNE Taylor second, Savaran third. Time
2:09A.
Sixth race, four-year-olds and upward. five
and half furlongs-Utopia, even. won; South
Africa second, Jesse third Time. los.
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ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
San Franciscan Loses His Life While
Hunting Near Napa.

NAPA, Aug. 29.-The body Of L. Balart,
a cigar manufacturer of San Francisco.
was found on the Deweers place, about
He had been hunting in the hills, and
evidently had stopped to eat his luncheon.
but seeing game In the brush had started
for IT. In going through the brush his
shotgun was discharged. The entire
charge entered the abdomen on the right
side, and, ranging upward, some Of the
shot lodged in the heart. Death must
have been instantaneous. A hunter acct
dentally discovered him dead In the brush,
with the shotgun across his legs. one bar
rel discharged. 1t was an oldsfashioned
was his half-consumed lunch. He had
been dead several hours, but his clothing
was still burning, having been ignited by
the discharge.
Mr.. Balart had been in Napa only few
days, and was representing the Knights
of Honor. He was a native of Spain, 81
years of age, and leaves widow and
children in San Francisco.
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SAN FRANCISCO CALL.

BUSINESS OFFICE of the San Francisco
Call corner of Market and Third streets, open
until II o'clock every night in the year.
BRANCH OFFICES-527 Montgomery street.
corner Clay; open until $50 o'clock
ss7 Hayes street; open until $50 o'clock
e21 McAllister street; open until $50 o'clock
e15 Larkin street; open until $50 o'clock
1871 Mission street: open until 10 o'clock
2261 Market street, corner Sixteenth: open
until o'clock.
los Eleventh street; open until o'clock.
2526 Mission street: open until o'clock.
NV. corner OF Twenty second and Kentucky
efreets omen until o'clock
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Results at Anaconda.

ANACONDA, Aug. 2s.-First race. selling.
five furiongs. Taghairm won, White Fern sec
ond. Eloper third Time. LOS.
Second race, selling. six furlongs. Dorah
Wood won 1 Don't Know second. John Hav-
lin third. Time. lie
Third race selling, mile and sixteenth.
Grady won, Daylight second, Reel third Time.
1:50A
Fourth race, four and half furlongs, Eta
II won, Dutch second, Jack third. Time, :55.
Fifth race, selling, five and half furlongs.
Gold Bug won. Joe Cotton second, Punter
third. Time 1:10A.
Sixth race, selling five and half furlongs.
Shellac won Estro second, Doubtful third.
Time, 1:12H.
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Trout for SEQUEL Greek.

SANTA CRUZ, Aug. 29.-Game Warden
Caplatzi has had $4,000 mykiss trout
placed In Sequel Creek.
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Pugilist Sharkey Heard.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2e.-The following
dispatch has been received by the Associ-
ated Press from Tom O'Rourke, manager
of Tom Sharkey:
PROVIDENCE. r. /, Aug. 2s.-Sharkey ac-
cepts the National Athletic Clubs offer of
s17, 900, all the purse to go to the winner Let
Fitzsimmons shut up put up.
TOM O'ROURKE
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BR|AR SWEET
AND HANDPRESS
Among the Winners at
Sheepshead.
WAYS AND MEANS FINE RACE
AIGoL's MILE RUN A MOST
REMARKABLE ONE.
Andes, Alvarado, Good Friend, What
Next, Inconsistency and Survivor
Won at Harlem-It Was
II. Martins Day.
WAYS AND MEANS FINE RACE
AIGoL's MILE RUN A MOST
REMARKABLE ONE.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, Aug. 29.-Californian
Briar Sweet, the American turf queen,
scared everything out of the fourth race
to-day but Kenmore Queen. and won gal
looping by three lengths in liza 20 lot the
eJx fnrlougs. carrying 121 pounds. She
was at l TO 10 in the betting. The Ken
tuckian won the first event handily, and
Algol, also a Western horse, captured the
second. one mile, in 1:40 So, with l26
pounds up. Ways and Means proved him
self one of the best two-year-olds OF the
season by taking up 125 pounds ana WIN
.,,Ins The Sanohire stakes from a select
FeIS IN IN r9le race being over the Flu
turity course. ,Handpress and Ben Holla-
day were easy winners
First race. two-year-oIds, selling, about six
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FOR THE UNITED STATES
OF CENTRAL AMERICA
The Federal Congress Appointed to
Draft a Constitution
Adio11rns

Special cable to The Gail and, the New York
Herald. Copyrighted. 1898. by James Cor
don Bennett
PANAMA, Colombia, Aug. 29.-The
Herald correspondent in Managua, Mica
ragua, telegraphs that the Federal Con-
gress appointed to draft a constitution for
the United States of Central America adj
tourned last night.
Elections for the President of the
greater Republic Will take place in De-
cember. The present Government will
continue it's sessions until November /,
when it's powers will be transferred to
Senior Amalpa and a new regime estab-
lished Professionally by the constitution.
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OF Interest to the Coast.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-The following
postmasters were appointed to-day ALTON,
Humboldt County, A. L. Johnston, vice
F. w. Luther, resigned; Chat, Lassen
County, c. P. Holman. vice L. t.
Stephens, resigned; Elk, Mendocino Coun-
ceased; Monta, Los Angeles County, B. T.
Hayden, vice B. B. Stockwell resigned;
Maple Creek, Humboldt County, John
Murphy, vice Charles Marsh, resigned.
Pensions have been granted as follows:
California-Original, Lewis Cummins,
Castroyille, Sc James A. Hacey, SOL
diers' Home, Los Angeles, Sc; Franklin
lay Oakland, S.
Oregon-Original, Alpheus Field, Rose
burg, Sc.
shington-Restoration and increase.
Ebenezer Winslow, Fruitland, 81 to Sc.
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CHAMPIONS BACK
IN FIRST POSITION

LOUISVILLE, Aug. 2s-The Colonies
took the third straight game from the
Senators to-day. Dineen was touched up
rather lively. Attendance 400. Score:
Clubs r. II. E:
Louisville .............................-. Il 2
Batter and Kittridge; Din
cen and Farrell. Umpires-Swartwood and
Warner.
CINCINNATI, Aug 2s.-The Reds
in the eighth but the Phillies pounded
Dammann in the ninth and won out. At
tendance 1900. Score;
Clubs r. n. e.
F Pbifaaei5b,a s 70 u Z
Observation-Disclosures, Breitenstein and PETIT:
Donohue and Murphy. Umpires-Geffney and
Brown.
PITTSBURG. Aug. 2s.-Tannehill had
his fatal inning in the fourth when six
hits and two errors won the game for
the contest. Attendance 1900 Score:
Plttsbprs ....,...-.-.............-...-'.s 8 z
Bate BatteriesITannehill and schriver: Lewis and
Bergen. Umpires-Lynch and Andrews.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2s.-The Orphans win
ming streak was checked to-day by
ai aoiG in g great fdrm and both teams paf
up perfect fielding game. A gift. a
sacrifice and a clean hit gave the locals
IHelr one IuH- "a uouulc dilu music .
triple tied 1t. Thornton's only pass, two
steals and an out scored the winning run.
Attendance 400. Score:
Clubs r. H E.
Chicago ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. o
New York .-...:.--. Q
Standardization and Donohue; Rusie and
Grady Umpires-McDonald and O'Day
ROCHESTER,, n. Y, Aug. 29.-The
Grooms had on a batting streak to-day
and found Jones and Wilson with equal
facility. Jones struck out eight men in
the six innings he pitched, but when he
was hit it was for long drives Wilson
was no improvement on him. Kennedy,
who pitched for Brooklyn, was very wild,
giving nine passes to first and forcing in
a run. Errors were numerous and costly
on both sides. Attendance 600. Score:
Clubs r. II. z.
Brooklyn ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 16
Cleveland .........:......---:... g
Batteries-Kennedy and Ryan; Jones, Wilson
and Criger. Umpires-Connolly and Hunt.
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Name and W.T.. Jockeys X. y. x. Str. Fin

mile:
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First race purse. five furlongs:

Time. 1O2A. Won easily. Second and third
driving.
land Reserve i0s Vncennes 1oS and Jockey Joe
Jos also ran
sausalito Odds to /, II to 1 and, to l.
Z Track Odds to i. 20 to / and TO L
"Fhyorite.
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MRS. DIR. F. CLARK

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Time. 1:osA. Won cieverly. Second and third
driving
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THE CRYSTAL SWIMMING BATHS
Physicians recommend the Crystal warm sea
water tub and swimming baths. North Beach.
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Time, 1:1 Won handily. Second and third
driving.
Maxine Gomez 81 and Ten Spot IS also ran.
Sausalito Odds to J. to l and y to l.
Z Track Odds to 2, to and 20 to L
2 sFavorite.
miles:
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a. MARTINS DAY AT HARLEM
Californian Rides Three Winners, a
Second and a Third.

CHICAGO. Aug 2s.-H. C'Skeets'O Martin
got very good to-day. plotting the third horse
in the first race the second in the second,
then three winners in Alvarados win
at 20 to 1 was another feather in the cap Of
California. Inconsistency took the last event
al odds of 20 to i, and altogether it was not
q very good day for the form figurers- The
track was good and toward the close 1t was
fast.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-16
The Vociferous Blue Jay,

New York Tribune: The blue jay is
a permanent resident of our groves.
When the deepest SHOWS cover the
ground he may be seen lifting about
in the sunny tops of the pine and
hemlock trees. His winter coat is
hardly MS brilliant as the plumage he
wears a few months later, during the
mating season, but the markings are
the INT He is about one-tifth larger
than n Robin. His general color is
pale blue; the wings and tail, which
are darker blue, are barred with black.
The splendid blue crest OF the male is
erected when he is fighting for his
nestlings or in any way excited. The
throat and under parts of the bird are
a pearly white, and he wears a black
collar. There was never a greater mis-
homer than the name jay applied to
a foolish, awkward person. The jay is
no guy among birds. lie is one of the
most beautiful as well as one of the
most intelligent of all our native birds.
lie possesses all the wit and love of
mischief which characteristics the com
mon crow, to whom he is so nearly re-
lated. Thoreau quotes Il letter TO Will
son, the ornithologist, TO show that the
jay the squirrel and some other birds
and animals, lays up n winter store OF
nuts, corn and hard seeds in post holes
and similar places. His thieyish habit
and taste for the eggs and young OF
smaller birds keep the jay in contin'
uer discord with his neighbors. Nc
sooner are his nestlings fairly fledged
than they are attacked by the robins
orioles and other birds in the vicinity
who will blind them with their SHARP
beaks, or oyerturn their nests, if the
parent birds leave them for an instant
The young jays in such an emergency
will sometimes seek human protection
Last summer four young jays, who had
been driven from their nest, e~nsconceC
themselves in one of the rooms and OF
the upper piazza of n woodland cottage
showing less fear of the inmates thar
of their bird enemies, who watched
them from a distance. Here the moth
er bird fed the little ones, while tho
magnificent plumaged male bird KEEP
guard and drove away all aggressors
The Jay makes n most interesting pet
he has a crows love of jewelry anC
glittcring objects, which he will stea
and s~ccrete with his store of treasures
Like the magpie, he belongs to tina
subfamily of the crow family know
as the garrulinae. These are all nois,
birds, possessed of somewhat remark
bic powers of imitation. In captivity
it is said, the jay has been taught Il
utter words"