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MULE MUSIC.
The Composition of Missouri Man.

A Missouri composer, melted by
such musical compositions as THE
Don," has written symphony, en-
titled "The Mule" 1t is an admira-
BILE piece of descriptive music. 1t
opens with an easy, moderate move
ment, intended to represent the ami
NAL jogging contentedly along the
road. A few grace notes indicate his
reaching to one side to nab a thistle
as he passes. The road grows harder,
and the movement slower. Then, the
driver encourages the mule The
cluck and the crack of the whip is
heard. 1t stops short, and then the
middle basses take up one note and
hold it through the rest of the sym
phony, to indicate that the mule has
baked and won't move. Meanwhile,
the strings give expression to the
efforts of the driver to beat the OBJ
stinacy out of the beast with the
whip, few sharp taps of the bones
soon coming in to indicate the break
ing of the whip-stock. Dull blows
upon the kettle-drum tell that the
driver has taken up the cushion of
the wagon seat, and is whacking the
mule round the tail with it. How
ever, the mule remains firm, and the
cushion is thrown aside, and the
driver goes to the fence to get board.
The tearing of his clothes in the way
side bushes and his ripping the
board from the fence are clearly de-
fined by the trombones and lower
strings He returns and belabors
the mule with the board, and this is
one of the most lively and pleasing
movement of the work, and is con
tinued until the mule begins to kick.
Then the melody becomes somewhat
obscured, but the force and speed of
the movement are greatly accelerated.
The wagon begins to break First,
the dashboard goes. then the seat,
then the whiffletree sharp clang
of the triangle denoting the breaking
of the ironwork So it goes, till the
mule has freed itself from the wagon.
Then it kicks the man over the fence,
and he falls in a hog-wallow. Then
comes the fndle--the triumphant
bray of the mule. This is a won
dous bit of composition, SO natural and
true to life that a listener with his
eyes closed would think himself in
close proximity to the living animal
The roar is something tremendous
and can only be produced by an or.
chestra of 92 pieces; while the con
ductor has to be strapped down to
obviate his throwing himself off his
feet.
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ANACORTES, w. T., SATURDAY, JULY Z, 1888.

a poor friendless, wretched little waif,
and took me to your heart. Father,
your little girl must thank God in
her own way for these two happy,
happy years" She folded her hands
on his arm and looked in his face
1t was a glorious Easter morning.
The sky was shadowless. and between
the sun and flowers and bird songs in
the oaks, the church was an exquisite
idyll. Once more the orange petals
floated in the chancel; once more the
TIE Deum swelled to the arched roof;
but Alma to day was among the white
robed choristers. Paler than ever,
with all the yearning and passion
gone out of her luminous eyes, you
could only read in them holy hope
and profound peace. The solo rose
in the air. Thrilling, plaintive, every
note perfect in its tender clearness,
never had she sung so well. People
held their breaths to listen
"Make them to be numbered with thy saints
in glory"
A sudden silence of the voice. The
organ ceased. There was a cry
from the choir as Alma fell heavily
forwards. Not sigh from the white
lips. The sweet singer had borne her
unfinished anthem of praise to the
foot of the White Throne.
Nj. b. WILLIAMS.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-07-07

The editors of Stockton, Cal, are
having it on the gambling question.
The Mail says of the editor of its
contemporary: "a man who would
whip-saw an ace and attempt to call
the turn by putting (as we have Of
ten seen him) four dollars (his weeks
salary on card that was as dead
as Thompson's colt. is hardly
the person to discuss this great ques-
tion intelligently." TO this unkind
cut the Herald says: "A man who
would let his money borrowed from
us) lie on the jack until said jack has
passed to the silent majority, and q
drunken cheek-guerrilla appropri
ates the swag, while the player, with
his eye on another mans bet, fondly
supposes he was coppering the queen,
enters this important argument con-
siderablv handicapped"
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The wooden ties had decayed SO that
the spikes that held the rails were
loose"
"Will the paper tie take spike 2
1t seems like iron"
"It will take a spike as readily as
wood, and hang to it, too. There is
plenty of give to the paper tie, SO
that the rolling stock of a railroad
will not suffer They are of uniform
size, and weigh little more than
wood"
Suppose straw board go0s up in
value?'
1T doesn't make any difference.
The tie can be made of any fbrous
substance capable of being reduced
to pulp-prairie grass, for instance.
But how can the straw give out? 1t
takes hundred years to grow a tree,
while straw grows every year. In the
Northwest they burn straw in vast
quantities every year so as to get it
out OF the way. The paper tie must
be adopted before long from sheer
necessity. We can't go on chopping
down trees forever. The paper tie
deadens sound. Col. F. X. Hahn
will shortly introduce it on the ele-
waited road. It's pretty good thing,
l guess, ehi" asked the inventor, and
again he smiled, and drummed on the
tie with his finger nails.
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At an evening prayer meeting il,
a neighboring town, as the nine
O'Clock bell ceased ringing, the
Clergyman who presided arose and
spoke in a most solemn and i'm
pressive manner of the reminder they
had Just received from the bells of
the fight of time and the necessity
of spending time well while it is ours
to improve. When he sat down an
elderly female arose, and in a shrill
voice startled the assembly by re-
marking in a contradictory tone, II
think it must be fire."
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THE ELECTRIC BOAT.

The electric boat has little ma
chinery and uses no fuel. The first
electric launch of real promise was
designed and constructed last Fall by
Mr.. A Reckenzaun, 9. E., and was
called Electricity. She was rs feet in
length and about 5 feet in beam,
drawing l foot 8 inches forward and
2 feet 6 inches aft, and was fitted
with a 22-inch propeller screw. On
board were stored away under the
flooring and seats, fore and aft, forty
five electric accumulators of the
latest type as devised by Messrs. Sci
lon and Volckmar Fully charged
with electricity by wires leading
from the dynamos or generators in
the works, they were calculated to
supply power for six hours at a rate
Of four horse power. Thes storage
cells were placed in electrical connec-
ton with two Siemens dynamous
furnished with special reversing gear
and regulators to serve as engines to
drive the screw propeller. Either or
both of these motors could be
switched into circuit at will. After a
few moments run down the river and
trial of the powers of the boat to
go forward, slacken or 60 astern at
will, her head was turned cityward,
and the boat sped silently along the
shore, running about eight knots an
hour against the tide. In about an
hour London Bridge was reached,
where the head of the launch was put
about, and slipped down the ebb, the
wharf at Millwall was gained in
twenty-four minutes, the mean speed
of the vessel being nine miles an
hour. The total electromotive force
of the accumulators was ninety six
volts, and during the long run the
current through each machine was
steadily maintained at twenty-four
amperes. Calculations show that
this corresponds to an expenditure
of electric energy at the rate of 3.1-11
horse power. Quite recently, how
ever, the famous French electrician,
nj. Trouse, has constructed an elec.
trio boat on a much larger scale and
with a propelling force of far greater
efficiency, as the electric leakages-
if the term may be allowed-are al
most trifing in comparison to those
aboard the Reckenzaun craft, the new
boat may be run far more economi-
cally. Nj. Trouse boat is called Eu-
reka, and at recent trial she easily
ran away from a four-oared racing
gig, which was propelled by four
stout oarsmen, and seemed to fly
through the water The electricity
aboard the Eureka is generated by q
six-cell Trouse's battery, in which a
winch permits of the elements being
more or less immersed in or complete
ly withdrawn from the exciting liquid
consisting of one part of bi-chromate
of potash, 81 parts of sulphuric acid
and 8 of water The current is led
through the tiller ropes, which con
sists Of twisted wires, covered with
silk and cotton, and incased in an In
dia rubber tube to the gourermdi
moteur propulseur, or combined rud
der, motor or propeller.
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GRANDMoTHER's KITCHEN.

Silence reigned in the darkness,
But out from the fireplace old,
Up to the darkening rafters,
There shot gleam of gold.
Lighting the face of the dial
On the ancient family clock,
Showing the chairs and tables
OF good old Puritan stock.
The tins on the dresser shining,
The sand on the whitened floor,
And grandfather flint-lock musket,
Above the high-latched door.
The spinning wheel in the corner,
The silhouette on the WALL
And shining upon the dresser,
Decanters straight and tall.
The shadows danced and deepened,
The corners filled the gloom,
The sparks died out on the hearthstor
And darkness filled the room.
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VARIETIES.

He kissed me-and l knew twas wrong
For he was neither kith nor kin;
Need one do penance very long
For such tiny little sin?
He pressed my hand-that was not right
Why will men have such wicked ways?
1t was not for moment quite,
But in it there were days and days!
There's mischief in the moon, know,
Pm positive / saw her wink
When requested him to go;
meant it tool think.
But, after all, I'm not to blame.
He took the kiss; / do think men
Are born without a sense of shame!
wonder when he'll come again!
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A colored brother in this city, when
questioned recently with regard to
the spiritual condition of his church,
spoke most enthusiastically OF its
growth. Had any conversions?
continued the interrogation. Better
than that, better than that replied
the brother; "since our new minister
began preaching for us all the dis
infected ones are coming back"
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STEAMER
City Of Quincy,
Curtis BrownneId, Master.

nes;yns U s. Mails, will leave Seattle every Sunday
funiIt, y ~ O'Clock A. M, for Whatcom, calling ct
iSoorrs, ruialp, Courpeville Oak Harbor Utsalady.
0shom. ,riaalso Anacortes. Guemce, Ssmish and
IsrDdsi leaving Whatcom every Monday evening for
.Iivsr ma intermediste points the Nookssck
vh the stess1 every Monday morning connecting
ne Oty of Quincy will also leave Seattle ever Friday
tarpins O'clock for Laconner and way ports rs
'sn'ishs or passage. apply on Board the Steamer
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1t is of w. w. Story, poet and
sculptor. that a Roman newspaper
saws. "The frigid indifference of the
American public has forced him to
live abroad, and, by long intercourse
with foreigners, he has come to pro
nounce his native language with a
decided foreign accent"
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-07-07

By arrangements with reliable land attorne, s
In Olympia and Washington, d. c., my custo-
mers can have their land business attended to
the same as if personally present at either place.
Parties wishing to purchase or locate Land
Scrip would do well to consult me.
sB-All latest Land Laws, Rules and Decisions
kept on file. Land Warrants bought and sold.
Conveyancing, taxes paid, purchases and sales
made. Collections made and proceeds prompt:
ly remitted. II II
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"Who is it in the press that calls
on mea' shouted Louis James, al
Cincinpati, trying to make himself
heard as Caesar. Nobody" said a
bloated person from Chicago. 'The
press, to a man, calls on Bob Miles
and Nat Goodwin, they are such jolly
fellOWs."
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-07-07

When the Sunday school superin
tendent asked his class why Moses
smote the rock, little fellow sung
out. II reckin he missed the feller he
aimed at"
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-07-07

At this season of the year the hotel
clerk of the city arranges to hire a
diamond pin and paralyze the peo-
ple at watering places.
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MARYLAND HOUSE.
lACQNNER. !. VII.

NOPAlNS WILL BE SPARED IN KEEP
\ ing up the well established reputation Of
as house as one Of the qnietest and best kept
everything clean and neat about the promises
special efforts will be made to keep the table
supplied with the best the mar ket can afford
and to see the food is properly cooked and
served second to no other house in the Terri
ISE. large reading room for the accomO-
d.tion of guests.
10 HIN MCGLINN.
UNITED STATES MAIL STEAMER
HOPE,
HARRY LOTT, MASTER.
VIII leave Harrington x Smiths wharf at Be
attic. every Thursday at o r. M, TO
PORT TOWNSEND, ANACORTES,
scemiahmoo, and all intermediate ports. Re-
ScuInlng, will leave SemahmOo at noon every
So.aiaday. For freight or passage, apply on
"oaro. 1S-tf
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-07-07

The miser does not fear death. 1t
is the dread of giving up his money
that makes him sick
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

DERSONS In NEED OF LEGAL BLANKS,
such as Chattel Mortgages. Quit-Claims, and
Warranty Deeds, etc.. would do well to make ap-
plication at this office, where they can be OBJ
tanned at reasonable prices. Blanks printed to
order on short notice.
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The least said is soonest reported.
A two-foot rule-keep your foot
dry.
Mr.. Pulitzer expects to give the
world turning over.
Greece has closed her ports against
American pork.
A picture too poor to sell can
always be raf11ed for the poor.
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A GOOD SLEEPER,

An Invention which will Save Ameri-
can Forests---Straw to Take the Place
of Wood.
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TERMS OF COURT

District Court meets at Laconner the third Wsdnes
dsy In June and December of each year.
Commissioners' Court meets at Whatcom the first
Monday in February. NAV August and November OF
each year +, ~
IN every second month"; commencing with January Of
each year
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JAMES A. dILLIAND,
LA CONNER, W.T..
Land Business
-OF--
Any Description
PROMPTLY ATTENDED. TO.
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,IGaL ADVERTISING RATES

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-03
THE DEAD COM1E DE CHANBORD.
RELATIONS OF THE FRENCH PRINCES.

RELATIONS OF THE FRENCH PRINCES.
LONDON, Sept. 2.-Reuter has the following dis
patch from Paris: a telegram from Frchsdorf
saws that the Confess de Chambord, having eX.
pressed wish that the position of chief mournor at
the funeral of her husband be held by the latters
nearest relative. the Comte de Paris decided to re-
turn to Paris with the other Oreanist Princes last
night"
IL is to be noted connection with the foregoing
dispatch that the question of precedence has
throughout been of a delicate character.
The Paris correspondent of The Times writing
ON Saturday, sand that the Oreanist Princes had
not vet seen any representative Of the elder branch
of the Bourbon family. The Comte de Bardi took
to his bed before they arrived at Frohsdorf, and
Don Carlos Is laid up with cold near Goritz.
PARIS, Sept. 2.-Leading Royasts have urged
the Comte de Paris to 60 to Goritz, promising that
the place to which he is entitled Will be given him,
but the Comte persists in his refusal to attend the
funeral The Paris newspapers regard this act as
consummatIng rupture between the OrIeanlsls
and Legtimists.
LoNDoN, Sept 3-The Daily Necs has
the following dispatch from Goriiz: The
Emperor Francis Josephs brother will not
attend the funeral of the Comte de Chamboid
after ali, but will send an aide-de-Camp to rep
resent him. There seems 10 be an un-
derstanding between the Emperor Francis Joseph
and the Orleans Princes since the EmperoTs recent
visit to the Comte de Paris. Prince Ferdinand VIII
represent the King of Bavaria at the funeral. The
saxon Court will 60 into mourning for one week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-03

Ella. of that port, ran ashore at Port Morton IN
Wednesdays storm and is a total wreck. The cargo
has been saved The brig Curlew is reported to have
gone ashore at LiDgan, @. b. At ST. AIMS, c. B.,
the bark Alice, loaded with plaster for Montreal,
drove ashore, and a steam tug has left North sgd
ney to give her assistance.
The steamer Edgar Stuart, from Charlottetown,
arrived here lastnight with the schooner Active in
tow, the latter having suffered the loss
of her sails in the storm. Later reports
from Cow Bay. c. B., state that the
American brig Atlas and the schooners j. C.
Upper, Volunteer Blue Wave and Ripple are
total wrecks and that the brig G. b. Sher-
wood Is badly damaged. The English
advertised for floating and delivering at North
Sydney the American three-masted schooner E. H..
Johnson which was stranded III Cow Bay in the
gale.
The Damon sailed on the morning Of the day day
d@g. the of Nfua hSr Ssys Seen S Teysd
The Wetherell took course north Of Cape
Sable, while the Damon probably went south OF 10.
Ihe latter vessel is said to be loaded very deeply
All the vessels thus far arrived SAILED
gale is reported TO have. occurred These expert
enced a gale on the following Wednesday.
The reports of large loss of life are gen.
orally discredited by sea- captains here. They
say that the vessels were all loaded
ing over their decks. whore the dories were
slowed in nests, as they called. the dories being
placed inside of each other and eight or ten of
them lashed together, would wash them
overheard. As it was Sunday none of the Pro-
was any loss OF life it would be in the case Of those
who were tending travis.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-03
REPORTS FROM SEVERAL SHIPS.

The Transatlantic Steamships which arrived
at this port yesterday reported having experienced
tempestuous weather the banks OF New.
foundland. The steamship Habsburg. from
Bremen. had unsettled and foggy weather
until Monday. when she encountered @
gale south which increased to hurricane the
sea rising dangerously high. TIE weather became
moderate Wednesday. but another hurricane met
with heavy cross Thursday. The steamship
Rotterdam. from Rotterdam, encountered the same
storms the dates. and during them the vessel
lsbored heavily and shipped large quantities OF water
On Thursday several sails and tarpaulins were blown
away from their fastenings by the heavy sea-
The steamship Furnessa, from Glasgow on August
g. in latitude 45e So north, longitude 40 81 west
spoke the Hamburg steamship Lessing, with her shaft
brokon She refused assistance. Tho steamship SPAIN
OF the National Line spoke the leasing the same day
and offered assistance which was declined The Lessin
sailed from this port August % She carried about
100 seerage and The following cabin passengers: Dr. G.
Fl. F. Peters, NJ. A. Roemer, Mlss Annie Meyer. j.
Fuerth Mrs j. Fuerth and child, II. Wechser. Captain
A. Lersen Mrs. Elizabeth Mltzlaf. Mrs. Catherine d.
Miller Miss Elise Bieraeuge Mrs. Mnna Koerbin, Miss
Olga Gerhard, Otto Ladsge A. +. Wilgoeh DR.. A. H.
Ritter Miss Lena Tellbaum, Henri DelachauI, A. C.
Eastman, Mr.. and Mrs. r. situg
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AN OLD MURDER RECALLED.
RECENT CRIME FIXES SUSPICION UPON WILLIAM
FRAZER

A RECENT CRIME FIXES SUSPICION UPON WILLIAM
FRAZER.
PORT JERvIs, n. Y, Sept. 2.--It is believed
that William Frazer,w is in Goshen JAIL charged
with attempting TO murder and rob Isaac Brown and his
aged wife ia this place the night Of August 81
guilty OF crime In the town OF Bethel Sullivan County
The Gdsee publishes letter from citizen OF that town
intimang such is the caie. aud Frazer has been
seen aud sufficient information worDed out OF him TO
warrant the belief that the information Is well founded
Ten or twelve years ago one William Frazer lived at
Pine Grove Mills. In Bethel township He claimed TO be
highly educated; so does Frazer, the prisoner He
claimed to be Covenanter and wanted TO preach the
same statements have been made by the prisoner The
latter admits having been acquainted with several resi-
dents Of sullivan County aud says that he ectured
Oh chemistry for the Waite Lake Covenauters Church
Wmlp some berry pickers were out in a field near
Frazers house at PiDe Grove Mills they upon the
remains unknown man. AS as this discovery
was made known Frazer left the neghoorhOOd, with his
family and had been heard OF since until the an
made In the newspapers that William
Frazer had attempted to take the life OF two aged people
this place recently. fhe residents OF Bethel believe
the prisoner tO be the man who so suddenly re-
moved from that place acme years ago. ana that he
KNOWS OF the tragedy which the remains revealed
than he cares to speak OF.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-03
FATAL ACCIDENT IN MARYLAND

TWO LIVES LOST THROUGH GROSS CARELEssyEss.
BALTIMORE, Sept "A collision occurred
at Highland Park Station, sho rt distance beyond the
city limits on the Western Maryland Railroad, this
morning. between a regular and extra freight train,
both going The regular train had stopped
count OF hot box. and few minutes afterward was
run into by the extra, which was going at speed OF
twenty miles an hour. At the moment, the engineer and
fireman OF the regular train the ground looking
after the hot box and the brakeman had gone back
warn the extra. Before the crash Joseph Cruise,
glneer OF the extra jumped from his engine, got off
with sprainei ankle. william Abel, a brakeman on
the road who coming the city 10 spend sunday,
killed. Joseph Dorsey. a cattle driver of Fred.
erick County Md, sustained injuries from which he
died at o'clock this evening. liam FeIgn, fireman,
injured but not seriously The verdict OF the
nersJury tonight charged the collision to gross negi
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MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN NEWS.
sEoUELs TO THE REVOLT IN SPAIN.

MADRID, Sept IA royal ORDER preceded by
circular from General Martlnez-Campos, Minister OF
War in relation to the recent insurrectionary out
break in spain. was gazetted to-day. 1t provides
that any officer or sergeant proved to be member
of republican military society or any other secret
society shall be dismissed from the service and be
crimlnally prosecuted besides.
PARIS, Sept "a dispatch to the poitaire from
Geneya saws: Ruiz Zorrlla declares that be was
absent from Paris at the time of the recent pro-
nuncIamento III Badajo3. lie considers the Bourbon
dynasty hencefOrth condemned IN Spain. lie denies
that he had communication with the French
Government or granted commissions IN tho spanish
army. ZorrIla intends to issue manifesto to the
Spanish Democratic party"