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The Washington times., 1905-12-17
THE ORIGIN OF THE WALTZ

then practced In the Catholic church
in which there was a tambOurine dance.
The council decided 20 adopt the Isa-
dorian liturgy in all Spain. and II dif-
fered but little from that used in other
countries at that time.
This rite, celebrated before the eighth
century. when the Moors first invaded
Spain. was still celebrated by the Chris
tians i'm the seven churches OF Toledo.
which the Moors abandoned after their
capture OF the city. and it was after
that time called the Moorish rite This
was known and employed IN Provence
and Italy. The tambourine in use IN
this religious dance WAS called by St
Isadore ''moite de symphonic" and evil
IDENTIFY cOrresponded 10 the instrument
which I'm the ancient sacred dances ac-
companied the flute. a sort Of bagpipe
invented two centuries before Christ
AZ the religious dance of the Middle
Ages Is allied to the ancient sacred
dance, so the waltz is an evolution OF
this religious dance. having passed
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off his guard because OF the big
school of trouts, pelican shot out
of the sky and swallowed Percy-et
him alive. The last l see of the ed
dicated flying fish was his bright
green tail waving me good-by from
the pelican's mouth"
The rest is easy" l assured Mr..
Fligg- ''The death of Percy broke
up a cinch and ruined the fishing
industry. In other words, the peli-
can put you on the bum. Without
Percy you couldn't find the big
schools any more, so you took up
wharf repairing and wrecking peIi-
cans on the side. Is that correct .''
No truer words was ever spoke. {"
said Mr.. Fligg. 'I'm blighted be-
lng' they say; but I'm 211 pelicans to
the good. Count the notches your
SELF"
Do you ever fail to smash the
bird when he strikes the decoy fish
OF. the stool?" / asked.
Never missed but once, and then
1 got the pelican. That one seen he
was up against IL. and tried to dodge.
The top side of his bill hit the edge
OF the stool next to him. In some
way he got funny kink and tied
knot In his neck. A week later
! found him on the beach. starved to
death There's a notch for him on
the bamboo pole, all right. But.
say, what are you all doing here?"
Fishing"
Regular business or sport?"
Just for pleasure" 1 replied.
thinking what a punk fisherman I
was alongside the inspired Mr.. Fligg.
Why don't you go in for tar
pons?' he continued. "AIl the swells
does Tarpons is the thing"
They won't bite for me; At least.
they haven't done so yet"
"Oh, we'll There is other ways
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the Trained Flying Fish

flshed together for years, and the
money we made was something scan
dalous. I'm ashamed to mention the
amount You wouldn't believe me-
II Percy had lived, you wouldn't find
me ramming no posts into the mud F"
Mr.. Fligg sighed, poured the oyster
shells out of one rubber boot and
slowly pulled It on again.
''ls your fishing system a profess
sional secret, or will you divulge it
in the interest of science?"
Nothing secret about 1t, nohow," {"
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DIRECTIONS.

TO write Of Good Old Farmhouse verse
On Mothers Pie you sup;
Or you perchance could do much worse
Ihan write Down-Cellar up.
ou next must write Up-Garret down.
Then take for further proof
That old standpatter Of renOyn
The Rain Upon the Roof.
BE sure you don't forget to see
The Garden Gate A-Swtng-
or get the Good Old HuskinR Pee
Fond memory 10 sting.
A useful hint 70 tell;
Inc Oaken Bucket DO not kick.
or ali would not be well.
-McLandburgh Wilson. in New York
Times.
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"A Week Later ] Found Aim on the
Beach Starved to Death"

said Mr.. Fligg. ANY man that can
train a flying fish IS welcome 70 the
system. We used to start out to-
gether-Percy in the water and me
in the boat; end mebby it wasn't
a swell combination. had that very
identical pole, only it was longer
then. Percy ranged ahead like q
pointer dog, with his eyes peeled,
and whenever he see a school of fish
he flew right up out of the water and
fiuttered over the spot until | got
the boat anchored Then there was
nothing to it but slaughter. Me and
Percy used to come in loaded when
other fellows-good fishermen, too
couldn't get a bite. While 1 fished,
Percy hid under the boat; and it the
school moved away. the trained fly
ing fish follered 'em and put up the
high sign for me. Many a time we
camped on their trail until there
wasn't a nibblc TO be had"
Here Mr.. Fligg dumped overheard
the contents Of the other gum boot,
meanwhile looking at me in melaa-
choly fashion. l said nothing, not
being able TO think Of it just then.
"One day the faithful Percy was
steering me to a school of sea trouts
that was into a school of shrimps.
When we got there the shrimps was
cayorting proper and jumping out of
the water, and the gulls and pelicans
was swooping down to get anything
they could. Just as Percy flew up 20
tip me the wink, being excited and
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chuckle at this point The tarpon
amused him much.
This Captain Sudds is president
Of tack trust somewhere in New
Jersey. Every winter he comes here
to fish. His tarpon cost him about
$4,000. He put three seasons hiring
schooners and sailors and yachts and
spending money for hooks and lines
before the taTpon came his way The
day he got IL the captain and five
men was out In a sloop About the
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in over the stern, and Mr.. Sudds
and his sailors jumped overheard in
the shallow water and waded around,
hollering for help.
After leaping into the sloop, the
tarpon couldn't leap out again. Seems
like he couldn't get another start;
but he jumped some just the same
He shore kicked up racket Look
ed like the mast would come down,
and the fearful humping knocked
the center case loose Pretty soon
a niger chopping wood on the Point
heard the racket and the desperate
howls Of Captain Sudds. He waded
out with his axe and killed the $4,000
tarpon, and none too soon, either,
for three dozen bottles Of beer was
wrecked by that time, not TO mention
the dents in the sloop."
But why" ! asked, after all his
trouble and expense, did the captain
leave the tarpon here7"
I've got a notion the hotel pays
rent for It," said Mr.. F1igg. Good
thing for business Keeps people
fishing The axe scars is all on the
under side of the tarpon next to
the plank. All the dudes see is the
hook and line hanging in his mouth,
and they buy that kind Hope you'll
excuse me now" said Mr. Fligg.
dropping overheard into the mud;
I've got TO FIX the wharf
Later / made some guarded IN
quiries. The tarpOn story was al
most true. In a crude sort of way
Mr.. Fligg is a humorist. and the
breaking OF pelicans' faces is his idea
OF a joke-sOmething to tighten the
dull routine of the Human Pile
Driver business
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said Mr.. F'ligg, in soothing accents.
There's big tarpon at the hotel
that was ketched here. He Is all
slicked up, stuffed and vanished and
nailed on board. Dude anglers
stand and look at him by the hour
and throw fits
Was he caught by a tourist?" l
asked, hopefully.
Sure thing" said Mr.. Fligg. "It
says SO on printed card hanging
below the fish. Leaping Tarpon,'
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middle of the afternoon they lowered
the sail and anchored off Eagle
Point. Nothing doing. and the cap
tain was beefng over his luck. Now.
the tarpon IS leaping fish like the
mullet-a regular acrobat in silver
spangles. While the captain and men
dozed and cussed the luck, that tar
pom, now stopping at the hotel.
jumped into the sloop, being a little
off his course at the time. He came
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Pathetic Tale OF Blood Atonement Involving the Deeds of Percy
the Tronod E1x:nu ECL

an altitude of 200 feet the aerial hay
seed opened his face, furled his wings
and made a Steve Brodie direct 70
his doom. | closed my eyes at the
psychological moment, but opened
them again when the crunching and
grinding of beak and bones had died
away. There was nothing left of the
pelican except some untidy remnants
He was horribly bent and twisted.
and a rift of dirty brown feathers
drifted away on the treacherous sea.
Mr.. Fligg waded out, brushed the
pelican aside and brought his quick
lunch cafe back TO the skiff. The
Human Pile Driver seemed much
refreshed. He was whistling a few
stanzas from The Holy City"
Getting many peicans these
days?" l inquired. moving alohs Ia
wharf 10 where the sl1iff was tied.
Mr.. Fligg was cutting notch on
a weather-stained bamboo fishing
pole about twelve feet long.
THAT one makes 211." he re-
piled, running his hand along the
notch; land I've built no less than
nine of them stools. Sometimes the
pelicans busts it. They shore hit
hard"
do you keep a record Of all these
violent deaths?'
Every burned one is on the pole
two hundred and eleven of 'em in
three seasons. I'm doing it to get
even for Percy"
Instantly / thought Of an only son
attacked by Dloodthirsty pelicans-
of a lonely old father out for Ven
geance and keeping tab on the fish
pole. 1t was very romantic. Re
minded me of the hardy pioneer
slaughtering Indians and carrying
their epitaphs on the ri1e stock.
Has the little boy been dead
long?" I asked
Little boy" The avenger emitted
a sour lausyb. - There amt no little
boy Percy was a flying fish. He's
dead"
Having impaired this doleful item
of news, Mr. Fligg climbed upon the
wharf and sat beside me with his
legs dangling overheard. He wore
a pair of short gum boots, filed to
the brim with mud, water, oyster
shells, and other fiotsam and jetsam
common TO the seashore. Noting my
gaze fixed upon the boots, Mr.. Fligg
said a man working in the water
couldn't be too careful of his health.
Now, I'll tell you about Percy"
he went on in that easy conversa-
tional tone all good liars use. Percy
was perch-the smoothest all
round flying fish that ever darted
from crest to crest. Ever see a fly
ing fish?'
only in pictures, l said, feebly.
We'll. Percy never had his picture
took. tried to get a tintype feIIer
to do it. but he said he was no
marine artist. l eddicated the flying
fish, and he shore knew his job. We
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II says, and then some Latin words,
Weight. 1872 pounds and five ounces.
Landed by Capt. J. p. Sudds on
five-ounce rod after battle lasting
three hours eighteen minutes and
forty-five seconds All that is on
the printed card. in the corner OF
the tarpon's mouth is azhook with a
piece of line hanging to It. Them's
his credentials"
Something moved Mr. Fligg 10
The Washington times., 1905-12-17

SHltl, Was repairing
bathing wharf in the shallow
beach waters at Dope Springs.
Ills face betokened NOR
bid frame of mind, and his damp
overalls were stepped in woe. He
was not happy. II looks count for
anything Perhaps the job he had
In hand made him wretched
No gentleman of rheumatic habit.
5urrowing in mud and tide water to
his middle, is supposed to exhibit
JOY. Mr.. F'ligg was blighted being,
and likewise our Human Pile Driver.
When the sea worms had eaten away
the wharf posts. Mr. F'ligg replaced
them at SO much per post He car
ried out pine saplings with the bark
on and showed them into the mud
by the sheer force of his own per-
sonality Sticking the small end of
the sapling into the ooze. the Pile
Driver climbed ND and rode the post
until the top was flush with the
wharf; then he spiked it.
Motives of revenge inspired Mr..
Fligg to become a Pile Driy5f. ne
was out for blood atoneaIent. but /
didn't know-e11at until caught him
. IN a CORY decd. While he toiled at
his sloppy ayocation among the
posts, sat in a bathing pavilion at
the sea end Of the wharf watching
the ingrowing billows. There was
no wind, and the waters lay fiat and
passive.
Pretty soon a large and dopy peli-
can sailed across the end of the
wharf, tackled and came back. The
pelican, always hungry, was in
search Of victuals. which he eats
alive. When about TO partake of
food. this artistic bird opens up his
face like the safety gates at a grade
crossing and falls out of the sky
from great altitude. If the fish is
not looking, the pelican dimes the
moment he hits the water
Knowing all these things, the NOR
bid Mr. Fligg invited the visiting
pelican TO dine with him. From
small skiff under the wharf, in which
he slowed his tools, he brought out
device that resembled a milking
stool with one long leg. The top,
or seat, was a thick board two feet
square and painted d dark blue. A
piece of scantling four feet long
formed the leg To the surface Of
the table Mr.. Fligg. smiling gloom
ily TO himself, nailed a dead fish,
belly down. by driving a spike
through the body. Then. carrying
the whole outfit to open water, the
ayenger rammed the leg into the
mud until the spiked fish reposed in
a most natural and tantalizing man
ner q few inches below the surface
of a calm, deceitful sea. Mr.. Fligg
waded back ana hid under the wharf
The easy mark and the come-on
inhabit the sky the same as Cohoes
and Council Bluffs. You can't lose
them. On one Of his tapping
rounds the pelican sighted Mr.
Fligg's hospitable table groaning be
meath its load Of delicacies. From
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through many changes before arriving
IN Its present form In the eleventh
century, when the Gregorian rite sup
planted tho Moorish rite, the dance dis
appeared from the church. II appeared
very quickly in society under the name
OF c2role.' word derived from the
Latin "caroler'
The Washington times., 1905-12-17

~ ALL the millions who waltz.
who can tell how this famous
dance originated? The story is
curious one. says the New
York Herald. Il IS wrongly supposed
that France received the waltz from
Germany toward the close Of IT,. eight
eenth century. The waltz did not eman-
ate in its present form from the brain
Of dancing master. Long before 1880.
the time II is first mentioned under this
name. II was displayed on the village
greens. The waltz was first danced in
the church. and serves 70 trace the
union between ancient civilization and
that OF the Middle Ages
The sacred dance OF the pagans is
preserved TO a certain extent IN Chris
tian rites. IL is transformed 20 a series
OF resolutions made 10 the sound Of the
tGmbourine- St Isadore, Archbishop Of
Seville. born about 4. -. $50. was in
trusted by the council OF Toledo with
the revision Of the liturgy az II was
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-02-09

Hand painted Austrian China and
Mexican carved leather at half price at
Balke's Big Curio Store.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-02-09

everything breakable from brio a brac
to window curtains had mixed with the
bulldog. There wasn't much left but
dog.
GOING TO RoosEVELT-Athletics
are shortly TO have boom in the quiet
little town OF Roosevelt by the dam
site. The Maple Leaf bowling alley
that has occupied quarters under Nc
KEGS store for a long time is being
moved to Roosevelt where in a week
or so will begin the teaching of the
young ROoseveltian idea how to bowl
SHE is Manager Stech-
an received a telegram from the Marie
Wainwright Co. yesterday announcing
that she could not get here last Mon
day, a fact the general public had al
ready suspected. 1t is ali off with
Phoenix IS she is due in Albuquerque
on Friday.
C. A. r. WAR MISUNDERSTANDING
ago it was mentioned in these columns
that J. w. Owens post had given to
library the official war records donated
to it by the late Judge Gray, for the
reason that it had no safe place to
keep them and some of the volumes
were already missing. 1t is now re-
ported by the proprietor OF the second
hand store at the corner OF Fourth
and Washington streets, that he has
number of volumes of war records that
he believes are the books missing from
the C. A. r. collection. He secured
them with a quantity of second hand
goods and says the proper custodians
may have them on proving property
STAGE GOT TiROUGFi---The
Buckeye stage arrived last night as
also did c. c. Green. who Is in the en-
ploy of the Buckeye canal. They work
ed with others nearly all day trying
to get a passable ford across the Aqua
F'ria at Moore's station. Mr. Green
says there has been considerable dam
age by the flood to both the Buckeye
and Arlington canals and to the farms
in the lowlands. During the height of
the flood the whole country between
the mouth of the Hassayampa and the
Salt was a lake. The Hassayampa.
qua Fria and Salt rivers all empty
into the ella within a few miles but
when each of these streams reached
the low lands near its mouth, 1t spread !
out over the adjoining country until it
met the waters of the next one, giving |
the appearance of the Mississippi bot /
toms in flood timed Concerning the /
drowning of two unknown |
men Mr.. Green said he had heard moth /
ing of it.
Attend the closing cut sale at Balke's !
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-02-09
PRICES BRING PEOPLE
The Secret OF The Rush at Balke's Big
Curio Store.

r. L. Bake of the Big Curio store
learned yesterday that the second in
stallment of Navajo blankets from the
reservation, and which would have
been here weeks ago but for the
storms and impossible roads between
the railway and reservation, are now
on the way, and may BE- expected soon.
on their arrival he VIII promptly an
nounce the beginning Of the biggest
auction sale OF blankets ever held in
this territory. or for that matter, any
where. These blankets are OF the high
est quality and there are almost a ton
of them.
But in the meantime there is rush
at the Big Curio store. The trade is
even heavier than during what is usu-
ally supposed TO be the busy season.
The secret of the rush is the clearance
sale price at which everything is going
and people are availing themselves of
an opportunity which may never come
again. Though the clearance sale is
an annual feature of the business of
Mr.. Bake, these sales have never been
so thorough and conducted so regard
less of values as this one. Mr.. Bake,
who will have to set out soon on his
extensive European journey, is obliged
to make prices move his goods. He
W
can have for the immense and varied
stock which he viii gather Up in the
course of his tour, which is not going
to be taken for pleasure or recreation,
but for the sole purpose of collecting
such a stock as has never before been
seen in this part of the world.
Mr.. Bake is Offering special induce
ments now in Mexican dre-wnwork and
zerapes. 1t has been frequently stat
ed of the drawn work stock that there !
is no better in existence. Mr.. Bake !
has for years been taking the entire |
products of the sisters of the convent
of Guadalajara, famed for their skill in /
this particular kind of work.
There is in stock also a great vari- |
ETY. of burnt leather post cards bearing !
pictures relating to Phoenix and Ari- |
iona. A great many are being bought |
now and sent to friends in the east.
Attention may also he called to the |
large selection of Arizona precious !
stones, opals, turquoise rubies. etc. |
But these are only a few of the myriad |
Of bargains which may be secured just |
now at the Big Curio
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-02-09

Attend the closing cut sale at eaIke's
Big Curio Store.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-02-09
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InGereSG
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THE WEATHER

Local Daily Weather Report for The
Arizona Republican.
1 OTecast for tOday-Fair.
Data for "a hours ending p. m. yes
terday:
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-02-09
Temperature

Maxi mum temperature 81; minimum
temperature Il.
Average relative humidity, 20 per
cent.
Total preciuitation-O
Character of the day-CIear.
l.. n. JESUNOFSKY,
Section Director.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-02-09

DON'T -TURN = DEAF EAR.
Do you know what we are doing?
Well here it is: AS a further guarantee
of our ability to fit you with glasses
and to give entire satisfaction
we agree to make any neces-
sary change of lenses for two
years free of charge. This ought to
convince the most sI1eptical of our
ability to give the best optical work.
You cannot afqFd to take chances
with your eyes. We cannot afford to
mike mistakes in fitting them.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-02-09

Just received by Mrs. Aylwin new
line Of switches, pompadours, etc. Hair
dressing parlors, No. II S. Center,
room 10.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-01-28

knowledged probty. Those who have a
little money to invest should guard
against all get-rich-quck schemes and
place themselves in the hands Of repu-
table brokers and bankers. But the
amazing feature of this continuous game
of petty larceny through bogus stocks
and fictitious corporations is that those
who are able to save Il few dollars have
not become wary enough to cultivate
common sense that would make them
suspicious of promises that are too rosy.
Promises of from ten to twenty-five per
cent. of profit can never be kept, and if
this fact is borne in mind there would
be less looting of the innocents and the
crop of what are known to the profess
sional sharper>s as suckers" would grow
less instead of growing larger day after
day.-Wilmington Morning News.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-01-28
League OF The Baptized

Rev. MIR. Can't on last Sunday and
HE Sunday before mad" most earnest
IL, 'ry.>t> t. his far c5ngrt cations for
the support of the disabled ministers.
and the wi,,aw> and orphans Of deceased
ministers If the EpiscGpal Church, and
succeeded in organizing four Chapters
Of Tn, Church League of the Baptized.
which is 81 wom"a's lIlooh;al organiza-
tiGa It. aid ia securing pensions for the
disabled clergy and their families. Each
baptized member is asked f. contribute
ten cents Il year, ANA II certificate Of
membership j. given each contributor.
Those who will solicit these cnntribu-
tons arc-For st. Mark Chapel. Miss
Louise Whittingham. Miss Agnes Akin
and Mi : Kate Berry. viIl"-MisS
T. lith Cochran. Miss Annie Armstrong
and Ms, Mullic Gardner. st. Mary's.
North East. Mrs. j. $. Simcoc, Misses
Anna Belle Reynolds and Ann White.
81. Johns. Elk Neck. Mrs. :, III. Lei
per- Mrs Carrie +. Mccall and Miss
Eva Crouch. Til; movement i most
worthy. and il is believed that Mr..
Giants people will generously respond.
All contributions are to he gotten i'll be-
fore June II Of each YEAR, and t" be i'm
mrdiately distributed.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-01-28
GOVERNOR WAKEFIELD AGAINST
"POLITICIANS


III the MerchahtS ana manufacturers
banquet at the Lyric. Baltimore, on
Thursday night. by denouncing political
m,nooors and urriuy tho torm,,,io, Inv
.s .,,,':
tue ''AP ''S Vi "'" pan ''9"" VI Gum
numhrr If RI" Governors stri,iinr
uttnrnncn. woro--
Il believe that the affairs of all cities
Both Republican and Democratic
hndv"
Now Is the time, If there ever was Il