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
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.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
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trie nose, takes away all aches and pales
reused by colds. It cores Grip ana ob
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Write Prof. Mnnjon, 63rd and Jefferson
Bts., Phlla-. I'a.. for medical advice ab
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Ellen Terry's Joke.
When Ellen Terry was presented
with a Founders' gold medal at the
New theater, New York, recently—an
honor conferred in recognition of her
great services to dramatic art—she
was called upon to make a speech of
acceptance. It so happened that the
actress was exceedingly hoarse and
she was therefore forced to cut her
remarks short. So she told this story:
"A friend of mine once bought a par
rot and gave much money for it with
the understanding that It could Bpeak
fluently, but when he reached home
with it he found to his dismay that
the bird was dumb. So he took it
back. '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.
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how. But at the same time
you would like more business.
<J Make this community buy
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CJ Advertise strongly, consist
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<1 Suppose you can buy a lot
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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
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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.
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