A Goat Hunt | ' < />v//f t a Arro A/1 in Washington T WAS a bright October morning, and the sun was rising over the foothills of the Cascades, spread ing its glory over tho beautiful Wenatchee lake > and the valleys leading to it. The vines, maples and alders in all TiKv <JU the small canons were clothed in their gorgeous autumn colors, varying in hues from bright yellow to deep purple, and Inlaid among the deep green of the pines and cedars, making a magnificent landscape. As •we ascended the mountains we came upon a camp of Siwash Indians, and Judging from the number of buck In dians with them it appeared certain that they would kill all the game in the hills, or drive it so far up to the summit of the mountains that a white man would not be able to get a shot. We made up our minds togo after the goats at the earliest moment, after reaching camp, which we intended t<» establish at a high elevation, because the mountain goat inhabits the least accessible solitudes. The North Fork of the White River runs through the camp ground, mak ing a narrow and deep canon of sev eral hundred feet with the most exqui site scenery, consisting of waterfalls dashing over the cliffs, and through a small meadow of stream grass and rushes. Looking up through the' canon we could see the glacier peaks from the foot of which springs the White river. Our guides, Bill and John, began gathering wood for the night, and pre paring supper, while Neil, Ross, and myself, attended to the erection of the tents, and a general investigation of our surroundings. Ross and I climbed up a dizzy summit that hid our camp from the main hill, to see if we could dfceern any game. On reaching the top of the cliff we did not see the sign of a goat, but stood scan ning the hills for half an hour. Pres ently we saw a white spot leap across a narrow opening between two clumps of bushes, about half a mile from us, and well up on the range to our right. Then we saw another, and still an other, and then the fourth goat. While we were watching these, a herd of eight goats passed the opening, and made their way leisurely down to a elide, where they stopped and began feeding. We saw that it was up to us to plan our strategy to gain a posi tion above them where we could begin operations. The mountain goat is extremely cau tious and observing, and when pur sued will never go down hill unless when wounded, when they will often hide in a clump of bushes, or in the crevices of rocks, rather than expose themselves to punishment. I have often watched a goat try sev eral times to get from one cliff to an other, that were separated by a small chasm, which it could easily leap across, but rather than take a chance, it would walk for half a mile out of Its way so as to reach the other side in safety. When hard pressed by hunt ers it will, of course, take leaps that It would not otherwise do in its mo ments of leisure. A goat, when pur sued, will climb along shelves of rock on the walls of precipices, with appar ent unconcern, walking in places that would completely shatter the nerves of any one who attempted to follow it. We had breakfast about four o'clock the next morning, and packed our lunches, loaded up with ammunition, arranged our gunnysaclcs and ropes on our pack straps, and started for the hills. We agreed that myself, with Bill, the guide, should work our way among the crags on the other side of tho sheep and secure an ad vantageous position above them, while Ross, Neil and John should get below them and drive them up past the posi tion I would occupy. Bill and I climb ed to an almost Inaccessible position among the crags, overlooking the canon, where we could see both the herd and our companions. With John leading the way and Ross and Neil following, they made a detour and got belo-v the goats, and here they began to .shout. The herd of five broke uj> into two sections, two of the animals heading for the canon that I commanded, and the other three broke off in a westerly direc tion, heading for a thicket of aider and willow, which offered them for the time being complete security. At this moment Bill, the guide, with Ross, made a bee line for the thicket the sheep were heading for, in the hope of intercepting them, while Neil fired his gun at the two sheep that were rapidly approaching my posi tion. The animals were soc-i within range and, of course had no suspicion that I was located right above them. Taking careful aim, I singled out the leading goat and fired. I knocked him down and he fell on his side, kicking furiously. The other goat, was wound ed by Neil, who was in hot pursuit, and after falling to the ground, got on its fent again, and kept >MI heading for the top of the canon. Signalling to Neil togo after the goat that was lying on the ground, I took another shot at my quarry and succeeded in keeling him over. As soon as Nell got up to the goat T had disabled, he put a bullet through its head, killing the animal completely. It required three more shots from my rifle to kill the hardy animal that was working its ■way into safety. I signalled to Neil togo back and r<tjoln Koss and the guide and drive the other three goats up the canon. Ross joined Neil and Bill on the edge of the thicket and together they began to climb a small ridge in front of them. "By Jove," said Bill, "those fellows are going right Into a goat if they don't look out, and none of them seem to see him." Bang! Bang! Crack! Ping! "Now they've done it," said Bill. "Look at him go; the rocks are full of them. Great Heavens! what a mess they have stirred up. Even that goat is going; they have only crippled him. Now, look at him hiding behind that rock." "Yes," said I, "but Ross sees him; he has a bead on him now. Bang! He has got him." Ross laid down his gun, took out his knife and, on reaching the goat, at tempted to take hold of a horn to lift up Mr. Goat's head and bleed him, when his quarry made a leap off the rock they were on and bounded around the other side of the cliff as though he had just woke up. "Haven't those blamed fools got that goat killed yet?" said Bill. "Look at him go; he'll get away sure." The goat was making across the slide where we had seen them the night before and was headed for a thick patch of timber. Bang! Pang! "Well, they've got him down again," said I."I guess they have got him this time, so we might as well go back to camp." "Well, don't be in a hurry," said Bill, "we're not sure yet. Where are they now? Where is the goat? That's what's bothering me." "By Jingo," said I; "there he Is, heading this way." Wo were so excited at the prospect of the others losing the goat that un der a simultaneous Impulse we both climbed down the precipice into the canon below, and headed for the clump of brush into which we had seen the goat disappear. Here Is where our troubles began, for we had to try our hand at climbing up a steep rock slide for nearly half a mile. We The Millionaire and The Boy The other day, when the elevator service in the Standard Oil building, at 2G Broadway, New York, gave out, the newspapers had considerable amusement over the fact that the mil lionaire tenants of that building had to walk from two to fourteen flights of stairs to get to their offices. In this connection an amusing story is told about Henry M. Flagler, one of the oldest of the Standard Oil pioneers. While approaching the age of 81, he is strong and stalwart, paying regular attention to his large business inter ests, both in New York and in Florida. His office is on the twelfth floor of the Standard Oil building, and it was thought that he would not care to do what many a younger man would shrink from, and so a porter was sent to meet him at the door and advise him to establish his office temporar ily on a lower floor, as the elevators A Lost Homer "I always thought a homing pigeon would go straight home," said a man who kept his country house open for the winter week-ends. "But I was up at my place a while ago and the gar dener told me about a curious excep tion to the rule. lie was out in the barn one day when in flew a pigeon through the open door. After it had flown from one post to another, he approached it gently and caught it. Then the bird was seen to be a homer, with a gilt band on one leg and two silver ones on the other. As it was toward night, the gardener j thought it would bo only humane to i take it. indoors and release it the next day after breakfast. But in the morn j CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. THURSDAY. MARCH 16. 1911. ran for about 20 rods and then went into a maple clump that was nearly as bad as the alder and willow brush we had crawled through early in the morning. Neil lost his hat. Then a limb of a tree sprang back and struck my forehead, knocking me into a woodchuck's den. When I came to there was Mr. Goat sitting a few yards from me, chattering as if I had plun dered hin ©rchard. I toolr. cuit my Col* revolver and settled his hash, as I thought. At the crack of the weapon Neil came hurriedly up to see what was happening, and fell off a log he was climbing over, and skinned his elbow on a rock. In the meantime the goat hobbled up the mountainsido and lay down upon a ledge of rock about 200 yards above us. The way we went up that rock slide on all fours would surprise a Slwash. We got up within about 25 yards of the rock and Mr. Goat stuck his head over the ledge as much as to ask where we came from. "Shoot him," yelled Neil. "Shoot nothing," said I, "I can't shoot a flock of balloons —shoot him yourself." At this the goat thought it was his move and hobbled off the rock, pass ing Neil within about six feet. Neil grabbed a handful of wool and lost his hold. He then made another lunge and stubbed his foot and fell flat, and as he fell chanced to grab the goat's hind leg. He was dragged for about 20 feet, yelling for help at the top of his voice. Finally the goat fell down and Neil got up, still hanging onto the leg. He managed to get his re volver out, but the goat kicked and floundered so that he could not han dle both. By this time I had got to him and he gave me the goat's leg to hold, and then stepped in front of the goat to get a shot at his head. Mr. Goat did not approve of that and made a lunge sideways that upset me and I was dragged about 15 feet. When I man aged to get right side up I found that the goat had wedged himself between two rocks and had to stop. Here is where we killed him at last. were out of service. While the porter was hastening on this mission, Mr. Flagler was gayly climbing tho stairs and shortly appeared on the twelfth floor as unconcerned as ever. W. H. Beardsley, Mr. Flagler's right-hand man, tells an interesting story about a messenger boy who was to have de livered a message to Mr. Flagler, but who declined to climb twelve flights of stairs to do so. "How old is the boy?" asked Mr. Beardsley. "Sixteen," was the reply. "Well," said Mr. Beards ley, "you can tell that boy that a fine old gentleman approaching his eiglity flrst birthday has just climbed the twelve flights of stairs without turning a hair." Turning to Mr. Flagler, Mr. Beardsley remarked: "You have taken ,the conceit out of a good many today." So much for good habits and right liv ing.—Leslie's. ing the pigeon flew back to the barn, then to a neighboring roof, and final ly back to the barn for tho night. That homer hung around tho place ten days, and then he flew off, never to be seen again. The only way I can account for it is that he lost hia bear ings and stayed by us until he found them —or thought he did." The Real Reason. "Can you tell me, my boy," said the prim teacher, "why .tho race is not always to tho swift?" "Yes'm," said the little boy, promptly. "It's because sometimes their tires bust."—Baltimore Amert | can. !/>&%.'iT&tlEN ( .ZSi^BINETj NI.V tlie hungry know the real Joy of eatliit?. Simple out-door life stimulates tho muscular system and Induces or preserves a state of health. Food for the Invalid. Thoso who have sick people to feed, and care for, are often at a loss to know what to feed them and have it at the same time appetizing and nutri tious. In serving a glass of milk, a cup of gruel or beef tea, place on a plate covered with a dolly. In cases of kidney disease, the diet should be limited almost entirely to vegetables, skimmed milk and plenty of water. Dyspeptic people should avoid all starehy food and take only the sim plest diet. A rheumatic patient should be de nied sweets and only the white meats should be eaten; also gluten bread and toast. The hard part of an oyster should be removed when serving them to an ill person. Liquid foods are followed by the semi-solid foods in convalescence. The old-fashioned method of feed ing a cold and starving a fever is not considered good, as science has shown that plenty of nourishment is required to repair the waste of the tissues, caused by the fever. After the liquid diet comes the soups, thickened with rice and barley, eggs in various forms, milk and cream toast, chicken and beef jelly and sim ilar foods. Grape juice, lemonade, flaxseed tea, barley water are drinks that are given frequently, in small quantities. After a long illness, solid food is resumed very gradually and in small quantities, as the digestive sys tem must not be over-taxed. Typhoid fever patients are, as a rule, very ravenous when they first begin to improve, and the greatest care should be taken that they do not over-eat or take any food that may cause a relapse. Scraped beef sandwiches, sago and rice pudding, bread and milk, baked apples, soup with an egg beaten up ii» It, custard and occasionally a well baked potato may be some of the dishes that the invalid can eat with safety. Later a broiled lamb chop or a piece of rare beef steak may be given. fcg EGIN every day with the firm resolve to be up to the mark in every thought and action. How to Disinfect. The careless manner in which many people fumigate their homes after a siege of infectious disease is to say the least criminal. As soon as the physician gives per mission to move the patient, he should be given a hot bath and a sponging all over with a weak solution of bichlo ride, and move him into the room pre pared for him. The sick room itself should be thor-* oughly disinfected and everything that has been used that it is necessary to keep and is washable should be soaked for several hours in a solu tion of carbolic acid twenty parts to a hundred of water. It is almost im possible to disinfect a mattress well at home and it should either be burned or sent to an establishment where such things are sterilized. There are several methods of fumi gation; one is the burning of sulphur, and follow that by wiping off every thing in the room with a solution of bichloride, one part to five hundred of water. The walls may be wiped with a broom bag dampened with the solution. The use of formaldehyde Is pre ferred by many, stopping up every crack and keyhole and letting the vol atile substance penetrate every part af the room. All bedding should be spread out over chairs so that the gas will have easy access to it Leave tho room closed for 32 hours, then air thor oughly. Formalin lamps which pro duce the gas may be purchased. This is one of the easiest methods and one that is considered most satisfactory. Books and toys are something impossi ble to fumigate or disinfect, and it is much better to burn them than to run any risks of contagion. Disease germs live a long time in hiding, and one cannot use too much care and precaution. Tho germs of consumption are Killed by a few minutes' exposure to I lie direct sunlight, as are many other germs, so let us use the cheap and easily available germicide and keep our homes healthful and sweet. Japan to Make Her Soap. According to Japanese newspapers, a British firm lias organized a com pany for soap making on a large scale in Japan to supply good brands of soap to Japan, China, India, Siam and the South Sea Islands. American and other foreign soap manufacturers now draw considerable of their soap stock fro China, the Philippines and tho f:<r -ast. In both Japan and China fuel and labor are cheap and plentl iuL CffILDS Munyon'B Cold Bemady Believes tba head, throat and lungs almost Immediate ly. Checks Fevers, stops Discharges of trie nose, takes away all aches and pales reused by colds. It cores Grip ana ob stinate Concha and prsrrenta Pneumonia. Write Prof. Mnnjon, 63rd and Jefferson Bts., Phlla-. I'a.. for medical advice ab solutely free. jf»TUII A CURtPTOBTAYCDREB I M EL NO reiw. No return at ■ chnkiim apalis or othm asthmatic nymptom* Wh«tMl yr«t«ca of treatment tpproyed by beet U. £ modioli OkathorltleeeetheonlyeTwiem known to pern*. Including mediolne«,s»r*pAr*»d to* any on® gi Ting ft full description of the oaseand endingiiuow of 2 awthmft tio atilxarexa. Addrwa FMAMff UjaiFTWFt M. Dept. Z, r-rr a -Tm"gj l rrf ll«ll/ln g . Vhtowtcn Make the Liver Do its Duty l Nine time* in tea when ths Bier Is right lite stomach and bowels are right. 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'This parrot cannot say a word,' he said indignantly to the bird fancier. 'lt can't talk at all.' 'Talk!' the deal er exclaimed. 'Come to think of it, I know it can't, but it's a devil to think.'" Successful Life Work. "He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his taßk; who left the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem or a rescued soul; who has never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who has always looked for the best in others, and given the best he had; whose life was an inspiration; whose memory a benediction." —President Schurman. CHILDREN AFFECTED By Mother's Food and Drink. Many babies have been launched into life with constitutions weakened by disease taken in with their moth ers' milk. Mothers cannot be too care ful as to the food they use while nurs ing their babes. Tho experience of a Kansas City mother is a case in point: "I was a great coffee drinker from a child, and thought I could not do with out it. But I found at last it was do ing mo harm. For years I had been troubled with dizziness, spots before my eyes and pain in my heart, to which was added, two years later, a chronic sour stomach. "The baby was born 7 months ago, and almost, from tho beginning, it, too. Buffered from sour stomach. She was taking it from me! "In my distress I consulted a friend of more experience and she told mo to quit coffee, that coffee did not make good milk. I have since tained that it really dries up the milk. "So, I quit coffeo and tried tea and at last cocoa. But they did not agree with me. Then I turned to Postum with the happiest results. It proved to be the very thing I needed. It not only agreed perfectly with baby and myself, but it increased tho flow of my milk. "My husband then quit coffee and used Postum and quickly got well of the dyspepsia with which he had been troubled. I no longer suffer from the dizzlnoss, blind spells, pain in my heart or sour stomach. "Now we all drink Postum from my husband to my seven months' old baby. It has proved to bo the bosti hot drink we have ever used. We would not give up Postum for the best coffeo we ever drank." Namo given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Get the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a Reason." Ever reml the nliore IMtfrf A new inf nppnirN from time in time. Tliey i r<> genuine, true, nnd full of human Ulrmt, S The Place to Bay Cheap J ) J. F. PARSONS' ? /mt£F\ CURESI RHEUMATISM LUMBAGO, SCIATIC*! NEURAL6IA andl KIDNEY TROUBLE! 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"•-DROPS" can be used any length of B lime without aoijulrinf a "drug habit," ■ as It is entirely free of opium, oocalne, ■ aloohol, laudanum, and other similar H ingredients. Large Slae Battle. "g-DROPB" (SOO Daeas) ■ gI.OO. Fa. Bala by Draggtata. ■ BWAIIOI RHIUHATII SURE COMPANY, H Bap*. 80. 1«0 Lake Street, ■ THIS ad. is directed at the man who has all the business in his line in this community. Mr. Merchant —You say you've got it all. You're sell ing them all they'll buy, any how. But at the same time you would like more business. <J Make this community buy more. CJ Advertise strongly, consist ently, judiciously. <1 Suppose you can buy a lot of washtubs cheap; advertise a big washtub sale in this pa per. Putin an inviting pic ture of a washtub where people can see it the minute they look at your ad. Talk strong on washtubs. And you'll find every woman in this vicinity who has been getting along with a rickety washtub for years and years will buy a new one from you. <J That's creative business power. OURj AD. HATES ARE RIGHT —CALL ON US (Copyright, UKW, by W. N. U.* Word-of-Mouth Advertising Passing encomiums, only over your store counter, about the quality of what you've got to sell, results in about as much satisfaction as your wife would get if you gave her a box of cigars f or Christinas. Advertising in This Paper talks to everybody at once and makes them talk back with money. (Copyright. 1909. bv W N. •!.) S "a 1!" j h ® S v Ad- Gun fTRUE * I If it's hot weather, ad- H ■ vertisecool things, M.. Merchant. When it's H ■ cold, boost warmth. I You know what people want; when they want B 'em. Profit thereby. Send your copy to-day for pf your ad. in this paper. lOoyrri«bt, l*jg, bj Yf. 1k 00 3
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