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the Flagstaff region-thousands of square
miles of natural parks, unspoiled by under
brush, with giant, spar-like pines standing
sentinel about the smooth glades of knee
deep grass, rent here and there by terrific
canons, bathed in the clear, exhilarant air
of more than 5000 feet above the sea- and
full of game In sidetrips off through the
forest we came now and then upon all sorts
of tracks in the snow-the rounded triangle
of the rabbit, the beaten runway Of the
lordly blacktailed deer, the pronged radn
of the wild turkey, the big. dainty pat
marks of the mountain lion, and the smaller
ones of the wildcat, the dog-like prints of
the coyote and of foxes little and big, and
many more.
The day after passing the little sawmill
town of Flagstaff brought us glorious sport
The snow was very deep, and should have
taken no extra miles of 1t, lest catch cold
in the wounded arm; but we could sniff
game in the air, and who could help hunt
ing? We poked through the drifts for
many fruitless miles, but late in the after
noon came our reward. We eclimbed long,
wooded hill against the cold wind, and Just
as we cleared the summit Shadow sprang
forward like an arrow, with ringing tongue.
There, under the steep brow of the bluff, not
more than 80 feet away, was royal buck,
the largest Dlack-tall nave ever looheu
upon. He was already in the air in the first
mad plunge for flight, and am sure my first
bullet had sped before he touched the snow
again. Bangi Bang! Bangl till the six
shooter was empty, and before the echo of
the last report had ceased to ring through
the forest, the antlered monarch sprang
doubly high, pitched forward on the snow,
and lay kicking upon his side. Shadow
closed in with his usual temerity, and for
his pains got parting kick that sent him 20
feet in bowling sprawl.
THE CRAFTSMANSHIP WAS GOOD.
By the time L could reach the spot the
deer was quite dead, and 1 was greatly
clated to find that of my six shots at the
flying target, five had taken effect. One
ball-probably the last-had passed through
the brain from behind one ear to in front of
the opposite eve. He was a noble speci-
men, weighing certainly over 200 pounds,
and with seven spikes on his magnificent
antlers. 1t seemed a bitter shame to leave
him there TO the wolves and ravens; but we
were at least ten miles from the railroad,
and there was no help for it. 1 carved out
several pounds of steaks, wrapped them in
a piece Of the hide, and slowed the bundle
in an accommodating peck pocket of my
duck coat. And then those antlers-they
must go home with me! But 'how?" was
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-09
TIRED OF OPERA MUSIC.
Theodore Thomas Says the American Peo-
pie Want Independent Compositions.

pie Want Independent Compositions.
The taste of the people in this country in
musical matters is becoming of q more
critical stamp every day, says Theodore
Thomas, the great musical director. Since
the inaugurations in the Madison Square
Garden this summer I have become more
impressed with the fact than ever before
The prevailing taste is for what can be best
described as independent compositions L
mean those compositions not included in
operas. These embrace sacred numbers,
symphonies, descriptive airs and the like.
For instance, one night we gave q Strauss
waltz, theme and its variations by Tshai-
kowsky, dance suite by Saint Saens, an
extraneous composition by Dvorak and half
dozen other compositions not included in
operas.
Such programme is popular, and large
proportion of the requests we receive to
place certain selections on our request pro-
gramme, given one night every week, desig-
nate such compositions. Quite different
are thev from those that came in years ago,
when four-ffths of the requests named
operatic music, and usually Of light
character, too. The love of music in this
county is growing all the time, and the
day is not far distant when we shall number
among us composers who will command the
attention of the world just as those of the
old countries command it now.
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Industrious, too, / work with will;
Cut of my head, I'm useful still;
Again behead, and if you look
You'll find me in some quiet nook.
Curtail, and I'm myself again,
Though small, important l remain.
Restore to whole and syncopate,
I'm doubly what i was of late,
And yet hold but aIbrief space,
In worldly view, of time or place.
Reversed, give you cease from toll
when wearied with earth's work and
broil.
Turn back again, behead, behold
A vessel. or a leaf of gold,
The skull preserving brain complete.
The earth deep down beneath your: feet.
Behead and you'll be sure to see
A useful article in me.
Curtail, and am still the same,
A useful article remain.
Restore to whole, then twice curtail,
l give you health if you should fail.
Behead, n kindred near am l;
Curtail, vegetable espy.
SENEI.
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two inches below the elbow, and the sharp,
gIautinC, lower end OF the large bone pro-
ru+ded from the lacerated flesh. Here was
q bad job-an ugly fracture, and so far from
any medical help that the arm would prob
ably be past saving before L could get there
! THOUGHT very hard Tor a few moments.
There was but one thing to be done-the
arm was TO be put in shape right there.
placed the discolored hand between nv
feet. and ;ried thuS TO bring the bone back
10 irs rlacr: buy flesh and blood could not
stand it. All! the strap Of my discarded
cg-reer Il Was verv long and broad, and
strong lcarhc--;ust the thing l gave it
;go flat turns about the wrist, and buckled
itaround q cedar tree Beside the tree was
. BIZ. sguarIsh rock. Upon this mounted,
fac;r- the Tree; set my heels upon the very
e5zg. clenchcd my teeth and eyes and fist,
slI threw myself backward very hard.
ACTED AS HIS OWN SURGEON.
The agony. incomparably worse than the
first. made me faint; but when | recovered
consciousness the arm was straight and the
fracture apparently set-as, indeed, It
proved 10 be. l eut some branches, held
them between M teeth, trimmed them with
the hunting knife, and made rude splints
tenderlv and taclfully sympathetic as a
brother through it all, plodding mournful-
" II nv side, needless OF the rabbits, l
staggered back toward the railroad.
An the torture OF that walkl Cut and
bruised from head to foot; that agonizing
arm Quivering TO the jar of every footstep;
weak with pain and loss Of blood, with cold,
wet feet, slipping in the muddy snow-a
thousand wears could not down the memory
OF that bitter 9th of January. At the track
J found an old srike-keg; and one of the
broad slaves. cut crosswise and trimmed a
little, made good splints which never came
81 until the arm was cN. And so l walked
The remaining 200 mi sto '.pS Angeles with
lie broken arm sluug 'ldanna
GETTING RID.oF ). LIE CATTLE
Shadow and l staid there ,uree DAYS, rest
inc very hard, and reveling in mail and
rome toothsome little boxes from mindful
friends. Locke was there, too, and was very
proaI OF having fooled a conductor by some
Iite 7us tale, into bringing him all the way
iron Naquelj;o. He left Winslow next day
ufrys INV arrival, going through TO California
on a freight train in Charge of car load of
cattle; and I afterward learned some curious
facts. The cattle had been gathered away
south Of Winslow by ''rustlers," (stock
thieves), who hired my ''hnight of the Sor-
roWtll COuntenance 10 escort the stolen
animals TO a conf0d srate of theirs in Los
Angeles, and gs,e him ticket and money
therefor,
In those days emig7ant cars were hauled |
on freight trains, and among the other pas
serCers on this train was an unworldly old |
c c'yrrvIlan, with whom the irrepressible |
Locke became acquainted, and who had a
ticket for San Francisco. As the train ap-
preached the coast Locke began to fear
jraubie-the theft of the cattle might be
discovered and officers might be waiting for
him in Los Angeles. The more he thought
the more he disliked the prospect. He be-
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166-TRANsPosrrIoN,

He was taking a ride over mountains and
rocks,
But his horse one as lightly as rabbit OF fox,
Till he happened to step on a smooth, rolling
stone;
When the steed slipped and stumbled, the
rider was thrown
He rose, badly shaken and bruised by the
fall,
And tao himself roundly for coming atall;
Then he imped to a cabin that stood near
the way,
Where three sat and smoked at a long pipe
of clay.
She stared when a stranger appeared at her
door,
And looked wild enough for an inmate Of
four;
But she proved great use, for she we'll un-
The simples that grew in the meadow and
wood,
She looked at his injuries, rubbed them and
bathed them,
Five his wounds with fir balsam, and skill
fully swathed them;
So he mounted his horse and rode gingerly
on,
While she Jingled the fee that her surgery
won,
And sang to the sound of its musical chime:
81 wish he'd come often, and fall every
tlme! NJ. G. S.
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ICE IN YOUR DRINKS.
Not Every Alcoholic Beverage Is Improved
by the Cooling Solid

Not Every Alcoholic beverage Is Improved
by the Cooling Solid.
Men make mistake during this hot
weather by drinking anything that is cold
and that feels good going down their
throats, says William Schmid, the author
OF "What and When to Drink" in the st.
Louis Glo6e-Democrat. Now there are only
about ten different liquors that should come
in contact with ice. Ice won hurt whisky,
brandy, gin and beer, but does hurt claret,
sherry, champagne, burgundy and other
high-grade liquors and cordials. Cham
pagne can be put in an ice box without be-
ing damaged, but no ice should be put into
1t. Soda and ginger ale should not be iced
any more than to be put into the ice box.
In the summer time liquor should not
be consumed directly after meal. On q
very hot day, if you are moving about
actively, don't drink iced stuff. If you can
sit down for an hour or two and get cool it
is all right, but it is dangerous to partake
of iced drinks at any other time. A little
gin and milk well shaken up with seltzer,
but without ice, is good hot weather de-
coction. A glass of vichy, with few drops
of absinthe in it, will not excite the stom-
ach and will calm the brain. Another good
thing is a mixture ofgin, cream, maraschino
and dash of claret. If taken slowly it
will prove very refreshing.
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pan TO tell the clergyman sad tales of San
Francisco and TO paint the attractions Of
Los Angeles IN glowing colors, and at last
persuaded the unsuspecting old man to
swap tickets and take charge of the cattle
from Mojave TO Los Angeles. At Moiaye
they parted, Locke going north TO San
Francisco and The minister south to Los
Angeles.
THE PREACHERS WARM RECEPTION.
I can imagine the good man found this
the hardest flock to which he ever minis
tered. AT every step he had to get out and
see to his charges, prodding with long,
irOn-pointed pole those that had lain down
that they might get mp before being tram
pied TO death, and experimenting their
food and water. When the train arrived in
Los Angeles tough-Ioolling fellow with an
UnorthodoX breath stepped up to the clergy
man and said:
"Yo' did burned well, pardner! Didn't
nobody ketch on at all? Come over n let's
irrlgate. ley? Don't never drink? Wal,
I'm blankety y-blank-blankl Wal, take this,
anyhow" and he slipped a $50 gold piece
into the hand Of the puzzled minister, who
walked away wondering what it all meant,
that people IN California were so gratuitous
of profanity and double-eagles.
The noble snowy range of the San Fran
cisco peaks drew nearer as we cl; ,hed the
steady grade, and there was s. & to be
trouble il their cold recesses. Six hours,
indeed, after passing Canon Diablo, met
an unpleasant snow storm, which chilled us
both the more after the hot sun at Winslow.
From that on for over $50 miles we were
never out of the snow; and for some davs it
was very troublesome. All the wav across
tie noble timber belt, so miles wide and
several hundred north and south, which is
such a contrast TO most of the treeless
plateaus Of Arizona, we were wading, much
OF the time knee deep; but with many inter
rsrIuc Things to make US forget these physi-
cal discomtorts.
MOUNTAINS FILLED WITH GAME.
II is "a beautiful area, that great forest of
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RAPPELCHEN.
WRITTEN FOR THE p1sPArcH.l

In the market place of large city stood
stone house many years old. In the first
floor of this building lived Count Stern.
who was very wealthy man, but who had
neither wife nor child, and lived entirely
alone in his handsome rooms. On the sec.
ond floor merchant by the name of Zimmet
made his home. He was not so rich as the
Count. but his wife and little daughter,
Olga added much to his happiness, and the
small family lived very eontentedly Among
olga's pets was large, white cut called
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-09
Chemically Pure Sugar.

There is only one refinery in all the world
which makes absolutely pure. sugar. This
manufactory is in Germany, and it supplies
tions which must be unclouded. This
chemically pure article would not find much
sale for table use, as it is a dirty, grayish
white in appearance. When dissolved it
gives a perfectly clear solution, there being
no artificial coloring matter in suspension.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-09
More Adventures in Arizona's Gorges
and the Snowy Range of the
San Francisco Peak.
SETTING A BADLY BROKEN ARM.
Miles Away From Any Human Being and
With Only the Dog Shadow as
Sympathetic Companion.
HUNTING THE BLACK-TAILED DEER.
The Fur Of Great Wildcat Preserved by a-Judiciuus
Use Of Teeth.
rwn-TEE FOR THE p1sPArcH.1

HEN life came back to
me, Shadow was licking
my face and whining
plaintively. NY whole
body was afre with pain,
and here and there were
red drops upon the
rocks and snow and upon
my clothing. My left
arm was doubled under
me and twisted between
two rocks, and when at
last l mustered strength
and courage to rise, it
was to make a serious
discovery. That arm
always my largest and
strongest-was broken
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1666-SOUARE

/. Striot devotion. 2. A title borne by
everyone of the daughters of the Kings of
Spain and Portugal, except the Oldest 8.
Issued. 4. Jeered. b. To contain. (Obs). 8.
One who directs the course of vessel. z.
Plants cultivated in France and Holland.
FULLY W. HoooHE.
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1670-CURTA1LED DECAPIrAr1oN,

1610-CURTAILED DECAPITATIoN.
Crrtail the ,ohole, its color shows;
'Tis dark, as every schoolboy knows.
Restore, behead, and you will find
'Tis strong and hard, to bones inclined.
The total is certain wood
Which long to me for black has stood.
And yet in Webster may be seen
1t sometimes is both red and green.
7,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-09
SOME ENIGMATICAL NUTS.
Their Brains Busy for Most of the Week
if They Solve Them Correctly-Home
Anusennents.

Address communications for this department
% L. r. CHADBoURN, Leacistoa, Maine
1665-WHAT rs MY NAME?
Across the ocean / am found;
Behead, in anguish abound:
Restore to whole and syncopate
And / revolye at rapid rate:
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166S-CURTAILMENT.

Ib6S-CURTAILM
People in one
Often ride with fear,
Total sits upon them,
With aspect drear.
There may be n slip,
There may lie crash,
Spelling all their trip
Things may go to smash.
So they sit and fret,
Nor enjoy the ride,
But more nervous get,
As they onward glide.
BITTER SWEET.
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1672-DECAPITATIoN.
The autumn wind,
With Uhole unkind
Has touched this second flower,
And dwarfed its bloom,
Which, mid the gloom,
CLOVIS with ETHEREAL power.
1t courage speaks
To him who seeks
The difficult to dare;
Lifting its eyes
To cheerless skies,
And Drawing wintry air.
BITTER SWEET.
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1669-HALF SQUARE.

/. A grating of iron (Port.) 8. he act Of
loading (Obs.) 3. Made Crpo ton. l.
Trusted (Obs.( 8. A small " ef . IL swivel.
6. To speak. Z: Spoke false .. Scripture
proper name. 8. A prepOsitl, n. 10. A letter.
TULLI ". HooCHE.
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16Il-CHARADE.

There were one, t,Uo of Spain,
Came sailing oe'r the main,
In days long past and gone,
With Ponce de Leon.
They feared not seas nor savages,
But only times slow ravages.
1t seemed SO hard to think
Their sturdy ,GhoLe must shrink;
Their gallant hearts and bold,
Grow feeble, faint, and cold;
So here they came, forsooth,
To find the fount of youth,
But bravely though they sought,
Their labor came to naught,
Long, long those taDO of Spain
Have crossed the silent main,
To where, in very truth,
Abides the fount of youth.
NJ. c. S.
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round the world Wen take a f,y.

Around the world Wen take fly,
Like Jules Verne or Nellie BLY,.
From every place when we commence
Well borrow to defray expense;
The footnote will the rest explain,
Now, hurry up and catch the Train.
[Note-Tale letter from each geograph-
ical name SO that an English word will
remain, and that the deleted letters will
spell the name fan eccentric celebrity.]
w. WILSON.
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WHAT wE.NEED TO KNOW.

But this, at least, we want to know about
it's there an angry tyrant or loving
Father over US? And philosophy cannot
tell US When prosperity attends us, it
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-02-20
OLYMPIA NEWS.


The Sunday Law.
OLYMPIA, Feb. 10. Especial. + The
county commissioners TODAY opened bids
for the new Thurston county courthouse.
They were as follows: Lillis 4 Gross, Ia
coma. $130, 900; c. L. Cornwall, Olympia,
$119, 100; Nelligan & Garrety, Seattle, $l27,-
99O;; Robert Snively, Seattle, $12l ,745; w.
A. Rogers, Olympia, $l53, ,3SS; John Rigby,
Seattle, $107. 800. Action will be taken on
the bids tomorrow morning at q. m.
The following land appraisers for Che
halls county were today appointed by act
ing Governor Laughton; c. T. Coy, of
Montesano; N. E. Kries, of Aberdeen, and
Charles Scott, of Gray's Harbor.
There is trouble in the city council over
the election of councilman to succeed
tion left five members, three of whom favor
two oppose it. Neither party can agree on
Shannon's successor. Mayor Horf is OPP
posed to the Sunday Law too, but under
the new charter he has no vote. A bill
has been introduced by Senator Owings in
the legislature giving the mayors Of cities
of the third class vote, and If this passes,
and Shannon's successor is liquor man,
the resolution to enforce the Sunday or
dinance will be killed.
Acting Governor Laughton today issued
. proclamation announcing the election Of
Olympia as the permanent capital and seat
of government Of the state OF Washington.
No provision was ever made for this action,
and although considerable time has
elapsed, the lieutenant governor thought
1t the proper thing to do.
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Rules Agreed on for Proceed
ings Against Judge Sachs.
OLYMPIA AND THE SUNDAY LAW.
Tacoma to Have . New Chief Of
Police at an Early Date.
Steamer West Indian Arrives at victoria
With Story Of Trouble with Chilean
Insurkents-Helens Coroner Decides
to Investigate . Mysterious Death.

OLYMPIA, Feb. 19-TSpecial. 1.-The joint
special committee appointed to draft reso-
iutions of procedure in the Sachs case met
today and agreed upon general rules for
the removal Of judges of any court of rec
ord in all such cases. Adapted to the Sachs
case the procedure will be: After charges
are reported to both houses tomorrow,
they will be spread upon the journals, and
the speaker of the House, where the
charges originated, will dispatch Sergeant
at-Arms Lesh to Port Townsend TO serve
q summons and copy of the charges upon
Judge Sachs, and subpGnas upon wit
nesses for the prosecution. He will also
subpoena such witnesses as are desired by
the defense. The summons will be return
able in not less than four DAYS.
Some day next week. probably
Wednesday or Thursday. the houses
will meet in joint convention and the ac-
cused will be arraigned and asked to plead.
If he pleads not guilty, the trial shall pro-
ceed Immediately. Witnesses will be ex-
amined and after testimony is concluded
the counsel will be allowed to argue for
two hours on each side. The convention
shall then dissolve, and the House viii! inn
mediately proceed to vote upon the reso-
luton of removal. If the resolution re-
ceives three-fourths vote of all members
elected it shall be reported to the Senate,
and if it receives there like three-fourths
vote, Sachs will have been removed. The
governor will be notified and he will fill
the vacancy. The House judiciary COM
mittee tonight decided to report to the
House two resolutions, one incorporating
be used for removal when the final vote is
taken
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cH1LEASs DEMANDED THE POWDER


1u0soo ~ COfO00l.
VICTORIA, Feb. 10. Especial. - The
steamer West Indian arrived this morn.
ing, seventy-two days from Liverpool. She
is to go at once into the trade between this
province and Australia, being the pioneer
ship of the British Colnmbia and Austral.
ian steamship line. During her voyage
she had an exciting experience at Coronel,
where she was detained ten days by Chill.
can rebels. During the bombardment oi
the town, the steamer being in the line OF
fire, her captain, H. +. Scott, concluded
to move the ship out. He did
so, but was pursued by one OF
the rebel war vessels, which fired
three shots at him, two falling astern and
one ahead. He stopped and was boarded
by an armed force, who demanded possess
sion of the powder on board consigned to
the British naval authorities at Esquimalt.
They made an effort to take it, but the
captain represented to them that they
alone would have to bear the consequences
of such an act, and ran up the British
colors. The boarders then withdrew aud
subsequently apologized, sayiny that they
had been informed that some of the oppo-
site party were on board. The passengers
on the West Indian had a remarkably
lively time all round, but unite in praises
OF Captain Scott's GOODNESS and bravery.
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The Poacher Martha Wrecked In Dodge
Cove-sherman Msmorial Service.
VICTORIA, Feb. 10.-[Special. Captain
Jones, part owner and master of the seal
ing schooner Martha, arrived here this
morning with his crew Of four men, the
schooner having been totally wrecked in
Dodge cove, on the west coast, ON the
morning Of the 18th inst. She had gone
up to get Indian hunters and encountered
from the water and dashed ON shore.
There was no insurance.
A public meeting will be held here Sat
urday TO pay respects to the memory Of
General Sherman.
William Templsman, managing editor of
the Esening Times, and r. Mafchant, =
Japanese merchant, win oppose Colonel
Prior and Thomas Earle, who seek re-elec-
tion as Victoria representatives in the Do
minion house