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The Maupin Times Published Every Wednesday at Maupin, Oregon, By W. C. WALKER. Subscription: One Year, $l.50,Six Months 75cts,Three' Months 50cts OCTOBER 7, 1914 LOCALS All Around Town Saturday Evening Post Country Gentleman Ladies' Home Journal Sam Misner, of Tygh Valley, bought a new Ford auto of E, J. Fischer of Maupin. He was here today with his new car transacting business with our merchants. John Zumwalt, a pioneer of this country who resides at Tygh Valley was.greeting old friends in Maupin today. Jack Hill and Mack Hallaman were visitors here this week from Wapinitia. John Muir.of Pendelton, arriv ed here a few days ago. He has been absent from, this section, where he formerly lived, about three years. Ed. Brown and Naomi Smith arrived the first of the week from a trip to Pendleton- Miss Minerva Thall arrived Sunday afternoon from The Dalles to assume her duties here as teacher., J. M. Conklin visited his home In Portland Sunday and Monday. E. A. Wayhew made several trips to The Dalles Fair week. Mack Snelson, wife and son arrived here from Chehales, Wn. and spent some time the first of the week visiting at the D. A. Moad home. They own a ranch in the Criterian neighborhood Ray Seme3 was an arrival at Maupin Saturday. The District Quarterly Confer- Each $1.50 per year A. I. L Alt LIN Will take your Subscription ( No Harm Done. Her friends had asked their yvmg hostess to play for them, and she was performing a difficult selection from Wagner. In the midst of It she sud denly stopped In confusion. "What's the matter?' aslced one of the visitors. "I 1 struck a fals note," faltered tbe performer. "Well, what of It?" cried another guest. "Go ahead. Nobody but Wag ner would ever know It, and he's dead." Ladles' Home Journal. Trees and Lightning. It is not generally known that the electric fluid which is prevalent during thunderstorms has a varying affinity for different trees. M. Camllle Flam mnrlon, the famous French scientist, once investigated tne proportion or trees struck In France during recent years, and his figures show that the lime is the safest and tbe oak tbe most dangerous tree under which to stand In a thunderstorm. During the period cov ered by M. Flammarion's Inquiry only two limes were struck, six pines and the same number of asb and beech trees. After that came seven willows, ten firs, eleven walnuts, fourteen elms, twenty-four poplars and drty-four oaks. CHAS. H. FRANCIS, M.D.;C.M MAUPIN, OREGON The Bauer of Austria. The most interesting of Austrian types and the backboue of the dual monarchy is the bauer. In social rank be occupies somewhat the same posi tion as the old English yeoman, farm ing his own land and in many oases eujoying a far more substantial fortune than the nobility. The bauer has a strict social code of his own. mixing neither with the laborers on one hand nor the aristocracy on the other, is apparently quite content with hlB lot and takes pride In bis ability to pro vide almost all the necessaries of life from the productions of his own land, even, in many cases, growing the flax from which his women folk weave all the household clothing. London Mail. Mem. Coll, Ontario Phys. & Surg., Licentiate Minnesota and Oregon Prompt Service on Either Day or Night Calls Eyes tested, Glasses Fitted A Fine Distinction. "Some of the distinctions of life are very puzzling to me," said Mrs. Gaddy. "indeed," said Professor Pundit; "what, for example?" "When you write everything bad and mean in a man's life in n book for everybody to read it's biography, but when you tell the same things to a few people on a front porch It's gossip."-ExcbunKe. R. C. Charter arrived on the train Saturday afternoon, enroute to Wapinitia. Try those Salted nuts at the Styer Confectionary. Jack Staats is in town today after an extended absence. Mr. Collins, of Dufur, was in Maupin on business today. Geo. S, Gray takes orders for harness at rock bottom prices, It Told the Truth. A countryman on a visit to Glasgow while walking along Argyll street reading the signboards and the tickets In the shop windows said to his com panion: "Lloo can a' tbae ham shops be the best and cheapest? Every yin o' them says that, and the same wl' the clothes shops tae. They are jlst a lot o' leears." They continued along the street un til, coming opposite a plumber's shop with a big bill In the window with the words "Cast Iron Sinks" printed In large letters on It, he exclaimed: "Well, Jock, here's yin that tells the truth at ony rate. But any danged fool kens that cast Iron wad sink." Bulgaria's Capital. Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, might have been Constantinople If the Itoman Emperor Constantine had adhered to the preference he felt at one time for it. Several places were thought of as the site for the new Rome before the unrivaled natural advantages nf Byzan tium obtained the honor among them Troy and Serdica In Moesla, now known as Sofia. Came as He Went. Jackson and Johnson are not now on speaking terms. It all arose as the re sult of an argument which required some mental calculation. "I tell you," said Jackson, "that you are altogether wrong In your conclu sions." "Pardon me, but I am not," replied Johnson. "Didn't I go to school, stupid?" al most roared his opponent. "Yes," was the calm reply, "and you came back stupid. "-London Tit-Bits. Resist Melancholy. Never give way to melancholy. Re sist it steadily, for the habit will en croach. 1 once gave a lady two and twenty recipes against melancholy. One was a bright Are; another to re member all the pleasant things said to and of her; another to keep a box of sugar plums on the chimneyplece and a kettle simmering on tbe bob. I thought this mere trifling at the mo ment, but huve in after life discovered how true It is that these little pleasures often banish melancholy better than higher or more exalted objects; that no means ought to be thought too trilling which can oppose it either In ourselves or others.-Sydney Smith. State Convention Is Well Attended The W. C. T. U. state conven tion, which was held at The Dalles last week closing Friday was attended by delegates from Maupin and other sections of Wasco county, as well as from a majority of the counties in the state. Yamhill, with thirty-four delegates, had the largestrepre sentation of any couuty but Multnomah. Mrs- C. T. Hatcher, president of the Alaska Union, gave a fine illustrated leeture Wednesday evening. The con vention address was delivered Friday evening by Mrs Mary Harris Armor, of Georcria. a Bats Inside Bamboo. The cutting down of a clump of bam boos in the royal botanical gardens, Singapore, shows that the hollows in the stems of these plants may afford a dwelling place for bats. On the split ting of a joint three bats flew out, and it was perceived that others were with in. Care was tnkeu to prevent fur ther escape, and later examination of the joint revealed the presence of twenty-three bats In the hollow. Four of those were adult females and nineteen young ones Other bamboo Joints were also found to contain a number of bats. This particular species of bamboo is kuown as Verperugo pachypus. Lon don Mail Longing Yet. Young Husband (sentimentally, as he stops with his bride in front of a show window) Do you remember, my dear, that It was here in front of this very Jeweler's shop that we first met each other? You were looking longingly at that very necklace. Bride (with a sigh)-l remember and still I haven't got It. New York Post. Sport Up ts Date. Spectator on sports ground to offi cial) Look herel I've paid 10 shillings for admission and there's nothing to be seen. Official The reason, sir, is that the aviator is flying above the clouds, the champion swimmer is un der the water and the racing car is going round too fast to be seen! Lon don Express. ence for The Dalles district will 1 eaer of international f be held in the church at Maupin this week beginning Thursday evening and lasting over Sunday. There will be services each even: ing in charge of District Elder W. N. Coffee, of Portland. All ihe house was packed for the occasion. The address was very comprehensive and many telling arguments were brought home The parade on Friday was i feature which helped to impress nr-A cordinllv invitprl rn Pnrh nf the multitude of people in The these services to hear Rev. Coffee I Da9 attending the County fair who is said to be a verv rleasintr!nd Rodeo Wlth the probability sneaker f Oregon going dry at the com ;ing election. A complete report Shattuck Bros, shipped five; of the convention will be riven cratei of chickens to Page & gon, Portland, Monday. Hard to Kill. A crocodile's tenacity of life Is most remarkable. "I remember one time." says a traveler In India, "I was with it shooting party on the Gauges when tbe uatives brought in a six foot croco dile. They hoped some one would want to buy it. but no one did, so It was de termined to kill the creature. It was hauled out of the tank and tied to a tree. Bullets from a small rifle or an ordinary gun seemed only to Irritate the saurian, nor did he seem to care very much when a native thrust a spear down his throat. Finally they were obliged to dispatch blm with axes. Even then tbe tall thrashed about for no little time after." Ho Was a Hearty Eater. Sir George Warrender. who was once obliged to put off a dinner party in consequence of the death of a relative and sat down to a haunch of venison by himself, said to the butler while eating, "John, this will make capital hash tomorrow." "Yes, Sir George," replied the serv ant, "If you leave off now." London Answers. Dickens and the Theater. Charles Dickens was a great patron of tbe theater. He allowed himself one night to be taken to the play by a friend who was interested in the piece which happened to occupy tbe boards. The man in charge of the door would not admit then) without payment, but after awhile the authoritative official was found and the necessary permis sion secured. The performance unfor tunately proved to be very dull, but the famous novelist endured it with stoical calmness. In leaving, however, he stared about him and remarked, with simple pathos: "1 am looking for that kind hearted man who was not for letting us In. 1 should like to give him a shilling." Franklin as a 8wimmer. In 172li Benjamin Franklin was working as a printer at Watts , near Lincoln Inn Fields, and taught two sbopmates to swim, "at twice going into the river." With them and some of their friends from the country he paid a visit by water to Chelsea, and "in our return." he recorded, "at the request of the company, whose curiosi ty Wygate hud excited, 1 stripped and leaped into the river and swam from near Chelsea to Blackfriars, perform ing on the way many feats of activity, both upon and under the water, that surprised and pleased those to whom the performances were novelties." London Tatler. in the near future at a public meeting which is being arranged. Maupin State Bank General Banking Business, Loans, Wheat Buying, Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent, Notary Public, Collections, Money Transmitted Cheaply by Drafts Your Patronage Solicited and Your .... Interests Cared for . . . . Table Mountain. At Capetown, In South Africa, where the traveler usually has the fir it glimpse o the continent, is Table mountain, n magnificent natural curi osity which rises behind the city to the height of utmost 4.000 feet and has a level top aiviut three square miles in area. Us resemblance to a huge table is so marked that the dense clouds which collect nt times around the sum mit are referred to as the ta'jlecloth. A pretty HUle flower which Is found nowhere else on earth grows on top, while on tu northern side of its base Is a similarly rare tree, popularly call ed tbe sllv leaf tree. Liverpool Mercury. Quick Lunch Grip. ( i nest-A frankfurter sandwich with horseradish. Host One dog In tears! Detroit Times. Bores, Another sad fact Is that most of the bores think they are entertaining you. Atchison Olobe. Laplanders. In Lapland men aud women dress alike in tunics, leather breeches, wrin kled stockings aud pointed shoes. Man's Mind. The mind is master of the man, and so "they can who think they can." Ktxun Waterman. Luck. B.D. Fraley Horse Shoeing, Wagon Making, General Repair Work and all Work is done Neat Strong and Guaranteed. No Kick Coming if Once Tried RIVERVIEW HOTEL We Serve first class meals, Always. Good, Clean Rooms and s i Cleau, Fresh Beds Board by Day, Week or Month MRS. D.M.GOETCHJEN Prop. . . The Only Perfect One. Willie was doing penance In the cor ner. Presently he thought aloud pen sively. "1 can't help It if I'm not perfect" he sighed. "I never heard of but one perfect boy anyway." "Who was that?" asked his mother, thinking to point a moral. "Papa," came the Bllenclng reply, "when he was llttle."-Kxehange. Roman Ruins In Switzerland. Near Basel-Augst In Switzerland, la tbe site of the old Roman colony of Augusta liaurica, with remains of a theater, nnd at the nearby town of Hbeinfalden are walls and towers part ly preserved, for this was one of the outposts of the Holy Koman Empire. It has belonged to Switzerland only slnoe lSfl'j Had is picturesque, like tbe ma jority of tbe towns on the Rhine. Pipes, Coffee and the Orient. In the "Arabian Nights' Entertain ments," which are said to be such faithful pictures of oriental manners, there is no mention of the pipe. Neither is coffee to be met with tn those tales, so delightful to all ages. We with difficulty Imagine an oriental without his chibouk, and yet It is certain they knew nothing of this luxury before the sixteenth century. At present, such ts the almost Imperious necessity felt by the Turk for smoking and coffee that as soou as tbe gun announces the set Ing of the sun during the fast of the Ramadan, before he thinks of satisfy ing his craving stomach wul my solid food, he takes his cup of r Bee and lights his pipe. Philadelphia Inquirer, Switzerland's Capital. Tlie quaint city of Berne has been the capital of the Swiss republic since 1S4S. it Is one of the most Interesting towns of Europe for Its numerous me dieval features It was founded In 111)1 by a duke of Zahrlngen, and by 12S8 it was strong enougb to ward off two sieges by Rudolph of Hapsburg, the ancestor of tbe present emperor of Austria. Small Causes of War. Nine hundred years ago a dispute be tween Moclena and Bologna over a well bucket began a war which devastated Luck is what happens on every pay- j Europe. A Chinese emperor once went dav to the man who works. Toledo Blade. Ancient Pola. I'ola, Austria's naval base, has been a naval statiou since the time of the I'.omaos. , KINDNESS. Do you wish trie wotld were happy) Then temembei day by day Just to scatter seeds of kindness As you pass along the way. For the pleasures ol the many May be olltimes Itaced to one, As the hand that pUits the scorn Shelter? armtrs Irom ihe sun. Harness Do you use it? Do you use it? Do you need a new set? Well, Geo. S. Gray will take your order at rock bottom prices. See him. Geo. S. Gray MAUPIN to war over the breaking of a teapot; Sweden and Poland flew at each other's throats in lti.VI because the king of Sweden discovered that bis name In an official dispatch was followed by only two etceteras, while the king of Poland's hud three. The spilling of a glass of water over the Marquis de Torey led to war between France and England, and a small boy, by throwing a pebble at the Duo de Guise, led to the massacre of Vassy and the thirty years' war. A CHEERFUL FACE. Next to the sunlight o heaven is a cheerful face. There is no mis taking it. The bright eye, the un clouded brow, the sunny smile, all tell ol that which dwells within. Who has not felt its electrifying in fluence) One glance at this face lifts us put of the mists and shadows into the beautiful realms of hope. One cheerful face in the household will keep everything warm and light within. Ah, there is a world ol magic in the cheerful face! Elephants of India. Commercially, elephants, la India come under two classes-the one of pageantry, the other "t utility. Every native prince or noblemau of distinc tion in India keeps elephants to swell his retinue, wbile. on the other band, government officials and private per sons, such as timber contractors, etc., require them tor work. Not So Very Wrong. "Spell ferment and give its defini tion." requested the schoolteacher. "F-e-r ni e-u-t, ferment, to work," re sponded a dlmimlnutlve maiden. "Now place it In a sentence so that I may be sure you understand Its meaning." said tbe teacher. "in summer I would ruther play out of doors than ferment in tbe school house." returned the small pupil with such doleful frankness and uncon scious buinor Chut the teacher found It Uard to suppress a smile. Chleajo News. Supported the Proposition. Mrs. Bllckens The president of our club is going to lecture next Tuesday evening on "Conversation as Lost Art." Mr Bllckens (yawning) That soV Mrs. Bllckens Well, why don't , you go on nnd make some sarcastic comment about the impossibility of conversation being a loBt art while women remain on earth! Of course that is what you think. Mr. Bllckens No; I agree with yonr president. Con versation is a lost art. When only ont Me enn be heard It Is merely talk. cuicngo News. PASSION. Passion warps and interrupts th nidgment. He that can reply calm ly to an angry man is too hard for him. Plato, speaking of passion ate persons, says they are like meg who stand on their heads they see all things the wrong way.
