The Corvallis gazette., September 12, 1879, Page 4, Image 4

WEEKLY CORVALMS GAZETTE
CORVALLIS, - SEPTEMBER 12, 1879J
THE ROBBERS OF THE BLUE RIDGE.
In the early autumn of the year 1839,
about half an hour of sunset, I drew
rein in front of a large double log house,
on the very summit of the Blue Binge
mountains of Eastern Kentucky.
The place was evidently kept as a tav
ern, at least so a sign proclaimed, and
here I determined to demand accommo
dations for myself and servant Bose, a
dark skinned body guard. Bose and I
had been playmates in childhood and
boyhood, and I need hardly say that the
faithful fellow was attached to me as I
was to him, and on more than one occa
sion he had shown his devotion.
There had been a "shooting match" at
the Mountain House that day, and, as I
dismounted, I saw through the open win
dow of the bar room a noisy, drunken,
and evidently a quarrelsome set of back
woodsmen, each of whom was swearing
by all possible and impossible oaths that
he was not only the best shot, but that
he could out-fight, out-jump, and out
wrestle, run faster, jump higher, dive
deeper and come up dryer than any
other man "on the mountain."
"I say, Mars Ralph," said Bose, in a
low tone, as I handed him my bridle
rein, "I don't like the looks of dem in
dar. S'pose we goes up to the next
house; tain't fur."
"Nonsense, Bose." I replied; "these
fellows are only on a little spree over
their shooting. " We have nothing to do
with them nor they with us. Take the
horses round to the stables and see to
them yourself. You know they've had a
hard da ,v of it."
And tbiowing my saddle-bags over my
shoulders, I walked up the narrow path
to the house.
I found, as I have intimated, the bar
room filled with a noisy, turbulent
crowd, who one and all stared at me
without speaking as I went up to the bar
and inquired if I and my servant could
have accommodations for the night.
Receiving an affirmative reply from
the landlord, a little, red headed, cadav
erous lookiner specimen of the "clay
eater." I desired to be at once shown to
mvroom. whither I went, but not until
had been compelled to decline a score of
requests to "take a drink, mucn to tne
disgust of the stalwart bacchanalians
The room in which I was shown was at
the far end of a long two-story structure
evidently but recently added on to the
main building, which was intersected at
right angles. A gallery extended along
the front, by means of which the rooms
were reached.
I found my apartment to be large and
comparatively well furnished, there De
ing. besides the bed, a comfortable cot
half a dozen "splint bottomed" chairs, a
heavy clothes press, and a bureau with a
glass.
There were two windows, one along
side the door, and the other in the oppo
site end of the room.
The first mentioned door was heavily
barred, with stout oak strips, a protec
tion, I presume, against intrusion from
the porch, while across the latter door
was drawn a heavy woolen curtain.
In the course of half an hour Bose
entered and announced that the horses
had been properly attended to, and a few
minutes later a bright faced mulatto girl
summoned us to supper.
tsupper over, i returned to my room
first requesting to be aroused for an
early breakfast, as I desired to be on the
road by sunrise.
Thoroughly wearied with my day's
ride, I at once began preparations for re
tiring, and had drawn off one boot, when
Bose came in rather hastily, looking fur
tively over his shoulder, and then cau
tiously closing and locking the door.
"Mars Ralph, dar's gwine to be trou
ble in dis house afore morning," he said
And I saw in a moment that something
had occurred to upset the faithful fel
low's equilibrium.
"Why, Bose, what is it? What do you
mean!1 1 asked, barely restraining
smile.
"I tole you, Mars Ralph, we'd better
trabbel furder, was the rather mysteri
ous reply.
"You see that yellar gal dere tole me
dar would be a mhss if we staid in this
'founded house all night."
By close questioning I elicited the fact
that the girl had really warned him that
four men whom I had noticed together
were a desperate set of villains, and
probably had designs upon our prop
erty, if not our lives.
The girl had seen two of them at the
stable while I was at supper, and by
cautiously creeping into a stall, next the
one in which they stood, had heard
enough to convince her that they meant
mischief. Subsequently to this, she
also saw the landlord in close confab
with the entire party, and from his ac
tions judged that he was urging the men
to their nefarious work.
"I tell you, Mars Ralph, dem white
trash ain't arter no good now you hear
me," persisted Bose.
I had begun to think so myself, but
what was to be done ? The situation was
full of embarrassment, and I felt that
nothing could be done save to wait and
watch, and, by being on the alert, defeat
their plans by a determined resistance.
I found that from the barred window,
in which there "was a broken pane of
glass, a good view of the star '.es could
be had.
Then the other window.
I crossed the room, drew aside the
heavy curtain, and, raising the sash,
looked out.
A single glance was sufficient to cause
me a thrill of surprise, and I gave a low
exclamation that instantly brought Hose
to my side.
Far below I could see th faint glim
mer of water, the low manner of which
came indistinctly up from the depths,
while on a level with what should have
been the ground, I dimly saw the waving
tree-tops, as they gently swayed before
the fresh night breeze, and knew that
the window overlooked a chasm, the
soundings of which I could only guess at.
In other words, the house, or that por
tion of it, was built upon the very verge
ef the cliff, the solid rock forming a
foundation more lasting than any that
could be made by the hands of man.
I leaned far out, and saw that there
was not an inch of space left between
the heavy log on which the structure
rested and the edge of the precipice; and
then I turned away with the full convic
tion that if necessary escape must be
made in that direction. There was noth
ing especially strange in this; there
were many houses so constructed I had
seen one or two myself and yet when I
drew back into the room and saw the
look in Bose's dusky face, I felt that
danger quick and deadly was hovering
in the air.
Without speaking I went to my saddle
bags and got out my pistols a superb
pair of long double rifles, that I knew to
be accurate anywhere nnywhere under
half a hundred yards.
"Dar! dem's what I like to see!" ex
claimed Bose, as he dived down into his
bag and fished an old horse pistol that
belonged to my grandfather, and which
I knew was loaded to the muzzle with
No. 1 buckshot. It was a terrible
weapon at close quarters.
The stables in which our horses were
feeding could be watched, and by events
transpiring in that locality we would
shape out actions. I found the door
could be locked from the inside, and, in
addition to this, I improvised a bar by
means of a ohair leg wrenched off and
thrust through a heavy iron staple that
had been driven into the wall. Its
fellow on the opposite side was missing.
We then lifted the clothes press before
the window, leaving just room enough
on one side to clearly Bee, and, if neces
sary, fire through; dragged the bureau
against the door with as little noise as
possible, and felt that everything that
was possible had been done.
A deathlike stillness reigned over the
place, broken only by the voice of the
colored girl singing as she crossed the
stable yard.
I had fallen into a half doze, seated in
a chair near the window facing the sta
bles, where Bose was on the watch,
when suddenly I felt a slight touch upon
my arm, and the voice of the faithful
sentinel in my ear.
"Wake up, Mars Ralph; dey's foolin
bout the stable doo arter de horses
shuah, brought me wide awake to my
feet.
Cautiously peeping out, I saw at
glance that Bose was right in his conjee
ture there were two of them one
standing out in the clear moonlight
evidently watching my window, while
the other and I fancied it was the land
lord was in the shadow near the door
which at that moment slowly swung
open.
As the man disappeared within the
building, a low. keen whistle cut the
air. and at the same instant I heard the
knob of my door cautiously tried.
A low hiss from Bose brought me to
his side from the door where I had been
listening.
"Dav'h ant the. bosses out in the vard.
he whispered, as he drew aside to let me
look out through the broken pane.
"Take the door," I said, "and fire
through if they attack. I am going to
shoot that fellow holding the horses.
"Lordy, Mars Ralph, it's de tavern
keeper. He ain't no count. Drop de
big man!" was the sensible advice, which
I determined to adopt.
Noiselessly drawing aside the .curtain
I rested the muzzle of my pistol on the
sash where the light had been broken
away, and drew a bead on the tallest of
the two men who stood holdiag the three
horses, out in the bright moonlight.
The sharp crack of the weapon was in
stantly followed by a yell of pain, and
saw the ruffian reel backward and meas
ure his length upon the earth, and then
from the mam building there rang out
"Murder! murder! Oh, help!"
.Like lightning it flashed across my
mind. There were three horses out in
the open lot! There was, then, another
traveler besides ourselves.
A heavy blow descended upon the door
and a voice roared:
"Quick! Burst the infernal thing open
and let me get in. The scoundrel has
killed Dave!"
"Let them have it, Bose," I whispered
rapidly reloading my pistol ; "there, sec
ond panel.
With a steady hand the plucky fellow
levelled the huge weapon and pulled the
trigger.
A deafening report followed, and
again a shrill cry of mortal anguish
told me that the shot had not been
wasted.
"Sabe us! how it do kick!" exclaimed
Bose under his breath.
The blow had fallen like an unexpect
ed thunderbolt upon the bandits, and
moment later we heard their retreating
footsteps down the corridor.
"Dar'll be more of 'em heah 'fore long.
Mars Ralph," said Bose, with an ominous
shake of the head. "I 'spect dese b'long
to a band, and u dey comes and we still
heah, we gone coons for shuah.
This view of the case was new to me
but I felt the force of it. I know that
such bands do exist in these mountains
Stunned for a moment, I turned round
and stared hopelessly at Bose; but he
brave fellow that he was, never lost his
head for an instant.
"Bound to leab here, Mars Ralph," he
said, quite confidently. "An' dar ain't no
way gwine, 'cept tro dat window:" and
he pointed to the one overlooking the
ciin.
I merely shook my head, and turned to
watch again, hoping to get a shot at the
rascal on guard.
Bose, left to his own devices, at once
went to work. I heard him fussing
around the bed for some time, but never
looked to see what he was after until he
spoke.
.Now den for de rope, I heard him
say, and in an instant I caught his mean
ing.
He had stripped the bed of its cover
ing, dragged off the heavv tick and the
stout hempen rope with which it was
"corded."
In five minutes he had drawn the rone
through its many turnings, and then,
gathering the coil in his hands, he drew
up the sash and prepared to take sound
ings.
It failed to touch the bottom ; but no
wise disheartenen, he seized Che cotton
coverlet and spliced on. This succeed
ed, and the cord was drawn up, prepara
tory to Knotting it in place of cross-
pieces.
In the meanwhile, the snence without
had been broken once. A shrill, keen
whistle, such as we had heard before.
was given by the man on the watch, and
replied to by some one seemingly a little
way off. Then I heard footsteps- soft,
catlike ones on the verandah outside.
showing that robbers were on the alert
at all points.
At length Bose announced the "lad
der ready. It was again lowered from
the window, and the end was held and
made fast to the bed we had dragged
over for the purpose.
"Now den, Mas'r Ralph, I'll go down
fust, and sem if 'um strong 'nough to
bar us."
And he was half way out of the win
dow before I could speak.
.No, Bose. you shall not, I answered
firmly, drawing him back into the room.
You must
The words were lost in the din of a
furious and totally unexpected attack
upon the door.
Ihe dull heavy strokes of the ax were
intermingled with the sharp quick clat
ter ot natcnets as they cut away the bar
rier, and once in a while I could hear
deep oaths as though they had been ren
dered doubly savage by our resistance.
"Here, Bose, your pistol! Quick! I
whispered, and the heavy charge went
crashing through, followed by shrieks
and curses of pain and rage.
"Now, then, out with you! I had the
place," I said, rushing back to the win
dow. "Come, Bose, hurry, or all will
be lost."
The brave fellow now wished to insist
on my going first; but he saw that time
was wasting and glided down the rope,
gradually disappearing in the shadows.
The fall of one of their number had
caused only a momentary lull, and I
heard them renew the attack with ten
fold fury.
I dare not fire again, for I felt that
every bullet would be needed when
affairs were more pressing.
It seemed an age before I felt the sig
nal from below that the rope was ready
for me; but it came, and I let myself
down, pausing an instant, as my eyes
gained a level with the sill, to take a last
look into the room.
As I did so the door gave way, and the
bloodthirsty demons poured over the
threshold.
I knew that I had no time for deliber
ate movements. They would instantly
discover the mode of escape, and either
cut the rope or else fire down on me.
I had taken the precaution to draw on
my heavy riding gloves, and my hands,
thus protected, did not suffer as much as
might have been expected.
With my eyes fixed upon the window
I slid rapidly down, and struck the earth
... . ..-. . ..
with a lar that wrencnea every oone in
my body.
Quick as lightning I was seized by
Bose. dragged some paces on one side
and close against the face of the cliff.
Not a second too soon, for down came
a volley, tearing up the earth about the
foot of the rope, where a moment before
I had stood.
"Thunder, they will escape! After
them, down the rope!" yelled a voice
almost inarticulate with rage.
And I saw a dark form swing out and
begin the descent.
"Now, Mars Ralph," whispered Bose
significantly, and with a quick aim
fired at the swaying figure.
Without a sound the man released his
hold and came down like a lump of lead
shot through the brain.
Another had started in hot haste, and
was more than half out of the window
when suddenly the scene above was bril
liantlv lit up by the glare of a torch.
Again the warning voice of the watch
ful black called my attention to the
figure now struggling desperately to re
gain the room, and, as before, I threw
up my pistol, and, covering the exposed
side, drew the trigger.
With a convulsive effort the wretch
springing far out into the empty void
turned once over, and came down with a
rushing sound upon the ragged rocks
that lay at the foot of the precipice
A single look to see that the window
was clear we knew there could be no
path leading down for a long distance
either way, or they never would have
attempted the rope and we plunged
headlong into the dense forest that
clothed the mountain side.
W got clear, it is true, but with the
loss of our animals and baggage; for the
next day, when we returned with a party
of regulators, we found the place
heap of smouldering ashes, and no liv
ing soul to tell whither the robbers had
fled.
The Young Corporal.
There was a young Corporal in the gar
rison of Nates, in the year 1794. He was
a spirited voung fellow, barely twenty
but, young though he was, he has already
learned to drink to excess, according to
the too frequent custom of the day.
Brave and excitable, wine was a bad
master for him ; and one day, in a mo
merit of intoxication, he was tempted to
strike an officer who was giving him an
order. Death was the punish :nent of
such an offense, and to death the lad was
condemned. The (Jolonel ot his regiment.
remembering the intelligence and bravery
of the young criminal, spared no pains to
obtain a remission of the sentence ; at
first with no successful finally hampered
with a certain condition that the prison
er should never again in his life be found
intoxicated.
The Colonel at once proceeded to the
rnilitarv orison, and summoned Cam
bronne.
"You are in trouble. Corporal, he
said.
'True. Colonel : and I forfeit my life
lor mv follv." returned the Corporal.
"It may be so." quoth the Colonel
shortlv.
Mav be 7" demanded utmoronue
"You are aware of the strictness of mar
tial law, Colonel ; I expect no pardon ; I
have only to die '
Jiut suDDOse 1 brine a paraon, on one
condition 1 "
The lad's eves SDark led. "A condition f
Let me hear it, Colonel ; I would do much
to save my lite and honor."
"You must never again get arunK.
"Colonel, that is impossible ! "
"Impossible, boy ! with death a3 an al
ternative? You will be shot to-morrow;
otherwise : think of that!
I do think of it. But never to get
drunk again ! I must never let one drop
of wine touch my lips ! You see.Colonel,
Cambronne and the bottle love one an
other so well that when once they get to
gether it is all up with sobriety. No, no !
I dare not Dromise never to get arunK.
"But. unhanv bov ! could you not
promise never to touch wine?"
'JNot a drop, uoionei r
"Not a drop."
"Ah ! that is a weighty matter. Colonel
Let me reflect. Never touch wine ! not
sincle droD in all mv life: lhe
young soldier paused ; then looked up.
"But. o one . it 1 Dromise. wnatguar
antee will you have that I shall keep my
nromise ? "
Your word ol honor," said tne omcer,
I know von : vou will not fail me.
A light came into the young fellow's
eves.
. . . , i
"Then I promise," he saia soiemniy,
"God hears me. I. Cambronne, swear
that never to my dying day shall a drop
of wine touch these hps."
Tne next dav the Corporal uamnronne
resumed his place in his regiment.
Twentv-five vears aiterwara ne was
General Cambronne, a man of note, re
spected and beloved. Dining one day in
Paris with his old Colonel, many broth-ers-in-arms
being present, he was offered
a glass of rare old wine by his former
commanding officer. Cambronne drew
back.
"My word of honor, Colonel ; have you
forgotten that?" he asked excitedly.
"And Nantes the prison my vow I
he continued, striking the table. "Never
sir, from that dav to this, has a drop of
wine Daased mv Iids : 1 swore it, ana x
keot mv word : and shall keept
helping me, to the end.
" Put out your tongue a little further,"
said a doctor to a fair invalid. A lit
tle further still, if you please." " Why,
doctor," do you think a woman's tongue
has no end ?" said the gentle sufferer.
' An end. perhaps, madam," replied the
physician, " but no cessation."
Extraordinary Versatility of Wester
"Wasters."
A day or two ago a motherly-looking
woman of 45 entered a Woodward avenue
store having a man's linen duster on her
arm, and when approached by a sales
man she said :
"Some one in here sold this duster to
my son yesterday."
"Yes, ma'am, I sold it myself," replied
the clerk, as he looked at the garment.
"Did you tell my son that this duster
could be worn to a picnic, funeral, bridal
party or quarterly meeting?"
"I did madam, and so it can."
"Did you tell him it made a good fly
blanket when not otherwise needed? "
"I did."
"That it could be used as a sail boat, a
stretcher, a straw bed and a bed
spread? "
"Yes, ma'am I did."
"And many people used them as table
covers?" "I did."
"And that they would last for years and
then make excellent stuff for a rag car
pet?" "I did."
"And you only charged a dollar ? "
"Only a dollar, ma'am."
"Well, when John came home last
night and brought the duster, and told
me all you said, I made up my mind that
he must have been drunk, and I was a
leetle afraid he stole the garment. I am
glad it's all right."
"It certainly is all right, ma'am, and
since he was here yesterday we have dis
covered that the duster is a great con
ductor of Bound, a preventative of sun
stroke, and that no man with one on his
back ever dropped dead of the heart dis
ease." "Land save us ! " she gasped, as she
reached for the bundle ; "but who knows
that they won't fix 'em so 'fore long that
tney'll raise a mortgage off the farm Y "
Detroit Free Press.
Kot If It Were My Boy.
Some years ago the late Horace Mann
the eminent educator, delivered an ad
dress at the opening of some reformatory
institution ior Doys, during which he re
marked that if one boy was saved from
ruin it would pay for all the cost and care
of establishing such an institution as
that. After the exercises had closed, in
private conversation, a gentleman rallied
Mr. Mann upon his statement and said
to him:
" Did you not color that a little when
you said that all expense and labor
would be repaid if it only saved one
boy?"
Not if it were my boy," waa the sol
emn and convincing answer.
Ah! there is a wonderful value about
"my boy." Other boys may be rude and
rough; other boys may seem to require
more pains and labor than they will
ever repay; or other boys may be left to
drift uncared for to their rum, which
is so near at hand but ' my boy ' it is
worth the toil of a lifetime, and the
lavish wealth of a world around to save
him from temporal and eternal ruin.
We would go the world around to save
him from peril, and would bless every
hand that was stretched out to give him
help and welcome. And yet every poor,
wandering, outcast, homeless man, is
one whom some fond mother called ' my
boy.' Every lost woman, sunken in the
depths of sin, was somebody's daughter
in the days of her childish innocence.
To-day somebody's son is a hungry out
cast, pressed to the very verge of crime
and sin. To-day somebody's daughter is
a weary, helpless wanderer, driven by
necessity into the paths that lead to
death. Shall we shrink from labor.shall
we hesitate at cost when the work before
us is the salvation of a soul ?
Not if it is ' my boy,' not if we have
the love of Him who gave His life to
save the just.
How Gebmany Has Spent the French
War Indemnity. An account has been
lately published of the way in which the
indemnity paid by France to Germany on
the conclusion of the war of 1870-71 has
been spent. Altogether, including the
war contributions imposed upon upon
Paris and the departments occupied by
the German troops, Germany received
from France the sum of 5,254,000,000 francs,
or about 210,160,000. Of this sum 91,
748,543 were in the first instance set aside
for Imperial purposes, and the remainder
was divided among the several States
forming the Empire, the old North Ger
man Confederation receiving 70,1 14,235 ;
Bavaria, 13,468,819; Wurtemberg,
4,248,304; Baden, $3,050,593. and Hesse,
1,436,509. Of the 91,548,543 set aside
for Imperial purposes, 28,033,849 have
been appropriated to form a pension
fund ; 10,800,000 to strengthen, enlarge
and add to the number of the fortified
places of the empire ; 8,580,000 for the
purchase and construction of railways in
Alsace and Lorraine, and the twoannexed
provinces ; 6,000,000 have been placed
in the Imperial war treasury ; 600,000
have been awarded in grant3 for eminent
services; 242,740 have been spent in
providing a range on which to carry on
artillery experiments ; 300,000 have been
allotted to German subjects expelled
from France, while smaller sums have
been appropriated to recompense railway
companies for the damage done to their
rolling stock ; to improve the military,
telegraphic and postal services ; to com
pensate German ship owners for losses
sustained during the war; to extend the
military topographical department ; to en
large the military workshops at Strasburg ;
to provide commemorative medals, and to
construct a building for the Reichstag.
Pall Mall Gazette.
How Monuments Weak Out in Lon
don. This morning the Albert Monu
ment, in Kensington Gardens, was
inspected by several scientific gentle
men. Their attention was drawn to the
fact that the marble was sensibly af
fected by the atmosphere, and that the
statues forming the fresco had the ap
pearance of being sculptured from chalk
rather than marble. The cause of this
was stated to be that the soot, under the
influence of rain, yields an acid capable
of acting on the marble, and the rough
washing it is occasionally subjected to
perforates and destroys the smooth sur
face. Another agent consists of the car
bonic acid evolved from the lungs of ani
mals. They were of opinion that if
something was not speedily done, this
splendid monument will rapidly fall into
decay. It was suggested that it should
undergo a cleansing process similar to
Cleopatra's Needle, and then be in
durated with a colorless solution which
will not only preserve it from further
decay, but restore the marble to its origi
nal condition. Jjonaon jlcu).
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
The Principal of Yassar College step
ped suddenly into one of the recitation
rooms and said: "That person wno is
chewing gum will please step forward
and put it on the desk." The whole
school stepped forward with one accord
toward the desk, while the teacher slip
ped her quid beneath her tongue and
said: "Leallv. guls, I'm suppriseld! "
Green Corn Podding. Take a dozen
ears and grate them ; add a teacupful of
milk, a spoonful of butter, a teaspoonful
of salt and some grated nutmeg ; mix well
together ; put in a pan, place in an oven
and bake for an hour.
Iceing. The white of an egg not beat
en, one teaspoon of cold water and a pint
of powdered sugar stirred together, will
make iceing for one cake. Less sugar
makes the iceing seen on bakers' cake.
An Ice Pocket. Make a double pocket
of any kind of thick woolen cloth, with a
space of two inches or so between the in
ner and outer pockets ; fill the outside
one with clean feathers. One thus made
and kept closed at the top will keep ice
for many days.
Mead. One gallon of water, one pound
of loaf sugar, one half-ounce of race
ginger, one lemon, sliced, take out
the seeds, one teacupful of yeast; let
it stand over night to feiment, then pour
off without stirring, add to each bottle
one raisin ; cork tight.
Stewed Cucumbers. A seasonable dish
may be prepared by paring cucumbers,
cutting them in half lengthwise, boiling
them gently till tender in salted water,
laying them on toast, and pouring over
them white sauce or drawn butter, to
which a cup of milk has been added.
To Preserve Hah. Take off the rind;
slice it as for the table ; partly cook it by
frying on a spider ; put in the jars in lay
ers ; pour over it the fat which fries out
of the meat; when the jar is nearly full
cover with lard to keep from the air. It
can be kept a long time in this way.
Apple Preserves. Take some pleasant
sour apples, remove the core from the
bottom and leave the stem at the top.
Make a syrup of white sugar and water
to cover them half way up. Bake or boil
them until they are just done through,
and serve up whole with sugar and
cream.
Dessert Cakes. Four eggs, half pound
butter, half pound sugar and half pound
of flour ; mix the butter, sugar and the
yolks of three eggs thoroughly, then add
the flour and mix again, then the white&
of the eggs beaten to a thick froth, grate
in a little lemon peel ; bake in muffin
pans, filling each about one-third full and
bake until done
Wine Jelly. One pint of wine (pale
sherry or white), one pint of cold water,
one package of Coxe's gelatine, juice of
two lemons and grated peel of one, one
quart of boiling water, one good pinch of
cinnamon ; soak the gelatine in cold
water an hour; add to this the sugar,
lemons and cinnamon ; pour over all a
quart of boiling water, and stir until the
gelatine is thoroughly dissolved ; put in
the wine, strain through a double flannel
bag (without squeezing) into shallow
dishes, then cut it in blocks now ready
for the table.
Rye Drop Cakes and Pancakes. Rye
Three well-beaten eggs.one pint of new
milk, one cup of flour, one teaspoonful of
salt, one tablespoonmi ot sugar ana one
half cup of rye; half fill earthen cups,
put the'm in an old pan, set in the oven
and bake one hour. Pancakes One pint
of milk one small cup of flour, three eggs,
one teaspoonful of salt. Beat the eggs
well ; add salt to them ; then beat them
into the flour, adding a little at a time.
Be surt to beat very thoroughly. Have
in readiness a couple of small, hot fry
pans. Butter well, and just cover with
the mixture. Fry a few minutes ; roll up
the same as omelets, or spread with
jelly.
Summer Drinks. Milk Lemonade
Loaf sugar, one and a half pounds, dis
solved in a quarfsjjf boiling water, with
half a pint of lenron juice and one anil a
half pints of milk. This makes a capital
summer beverage. Still lemonade The
juice of three lemons, the peel of one
lemon, quarter of a pound of lump sugar
and a quart of cold water. Mix, digest
for five hours and strain. Lemon whey
One pint of boiling milk, half a pint of
lemon juice, sugar to taste, mix ana
strain. In the tropics iced tea is a
favorite beverage, and is found to afford
an admirable combination of tonic and
refreshing qualities. It is usually taken
without milk, and many like the Russian
addition of a little lemon juice. Even
those who are accustomed to the moderate
use of alcoholicbeverages have been com
pelled to admit that as "a steady drink"
the iced tea was preferable in extremely
hot weather.
SELECTED HliCBLLAB Y.
He that gets out of debt grows rich.
Light burdens long borne grow heavy.
Where the will is ready the feet are
light.
Agreeable counsels are rarely useful
counsels.
Talking comes by nature; silence by
understanding.
Open your mouth and purse cautiously.
Zimmerman.
The greatest scholars are not the wisest
men. Rabelais.
No man ever yet looked on the dark
side of life without finding it.
Pluck and- luck are twins, and were one
is found there is another also.
It is only ior innocence that solitude
can have any charms. Leczinska.
Flattery is a false coin which has circu
lation only through our vanity. La
Rochefoucauld.
Conscience is the voice of the soul ; the
passions are the voice of the body.. .
Rousseau.
Manner is one of the greatest engines
of influence ever given to man. Sunday
Afternoon.
Hidden virtues is often despised, inas
much as nothing extols it in our eyes.
Mass-Man.
Men seldom improve when they have
no other models than themselves to copy
after. Goldsmith.
You cannot dream yourself into a char
acter ; you must hammer and forge your
self one. Fronde.
Modesty is to worth what shadows are
in a painting ; she gives to it strength and
relief. La Bruyere.
There are many men whose tongues
might govern multitudes if they could
govern their tongues. Prentice.
If a man have love in his heart, he may
talk in broken language, but it will be
eloquence to those who listen.
Don't despise the small talents ; they
are needed as well as the great ones. A
candle is sometimes as useful as the sun.
Lydia Thompson has viewed Sara
Bernhardt, and says she would not draw
in the legitimate drama of the Thomp
sonian type.
"Will you always trust me, dearest ? "
he asked, looking into her great blue
eyes with unspeakable affection. She
was a saleswoman in an up town store,
and she told him business was business,
and he'd have to pay cash every time.
Quit brooding oyer troubles, misfor
tunes and losses. A brave man, wtih a
heart in him worth anything, gets over
such pitiful ruts and laughs at discourage
ments rolls up his sleeves, whistles and
sings, and makes the best of life. This
earth is not Paradise you are only on
the road there.if you take the right direction.
r . -,n.yn Wnn Mirsrivns ik Tmr ah
The long-continued heat has dried up the
country. The Chiltepin creek, at the
Consado ranche, was as ary as a powaer
A t tha Sr.nck lev Ranche. in the
Cruz Lake pasture, where resides the hos-
.... - -, r hit T U : . I .
pitabie family oi i. m. miuguij, mm
whom we put up for the night, Mr.
t u.. nnA oil Viurwla hnsil v entrncprl in
catching mustangs and wild cattle from
the israsada. xoe omy wnwr iu iub en
tire pasture for hia stock was that ia the
the Cruz Lake, about three miles from
Mr. Doughty's residence, except two or
three water notes in me ueu oi vuuwuiu
creek. These are watched night and day
and wild horses and cattle are kept away
from them. This necessitated their com
ing to the lake for water. This lake is
enclosed with a fence, enclosing some 200
nf lnnl with n. asm of 50 yards.
This gap is watched at night, and when
. AA.t A.
the mustangs ana wna cawe come iu
drink they are retained within the en
closure. Up to the time when we were
there, about eighty head of mustangs and
about forty head of cattle had been caught.
Rockport Texas) Transcript.
HAWS
SAFS & LOCK COMPANY,
CAPITAL ... 91,000,000.
General Offices and Manufactory
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
Pacific Bbahcr,
No. 210 Sansome St., S. F-
Agency for Oregon and Washington Territory,
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HALL'S PATENT CONCRETE
FIRE-PROOF SAFES.
Have been tested by the most disastrous confla
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They are thoroughly fire-proof.
They are free from dampness.
Their snperiority is beyond question.
Although about 150,000 of these safes are now
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of the most disastrous conflagrations in the
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Have never been broken open and robbed by
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Hall's burglar work is protected by letters
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His patent bolt is superior to any in use.
His patent locks cannot be picked by the most
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Bv one of the ereatest improvements known,
the Gross Automatic Movement, our locks are
operated without any arbor or spindle passing
through the door and into the lock.
Our locks cannot be opened or picked by bur
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Hall's Safes and Locks can be relied on at all
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RUPTURE
CURED!
From a Merchant.
Daytox, W. T. Feb. 10, 1879.
W. J. Borne, Proprietor California Elastic
Truss Co., 720 Market street, San Francisco Dear
Sir : The Truss I purchased of you one year ago
haj proved a miracle to me. I have been ruptur
ed forty years, and wore dozens of different kinds
of Trasses, all of which ruined my health, as
they were very injurious to my back and spine.
Your valuable Truss is as easy as an old shoe and
is worth hundreds of dollars to me, as it affords
me so much pleasure. I can and do advise all,
both ladies and gentlemen, afflicted, to buy and
wear your modern improved Elastic Truss imme
diately. I never expect to be cured, but am sat
isfied and happy with the comfort it gives me to
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my life. You can refer any oue to me, and I will
be happy to answer any letters on its merits. I
remain, yours, respectfully.
D. D. Bdnnem..
Latest Medical Endorsements.
Mabtinbz, Cal., Feb. 17, 1879.
W. J. Borne, Proprietor California Elastic
Truss Co., 720 Market street, S. F. Dear Sir:
In regard to your Cal. Elastic Truss, I would say
that I have carefully studied its mechanism, ap
plied it in practice, and I do not hesitate to say
that for all purposes for which Trusses are worn
it is the best Truss ever offered to the public.
Yours truly. J. II. Cabothebs, M. D.
Endorsed bjr a Prominent Medical Instt
. luip.
Saw Fbancisco, March 6, 1879.
W. J. Borne, Esq. Dear Sir. You ask my
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yours, all acknowledge their entire satisfaction,
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possession of your improved Elastic Truss.
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Proprietor of the Hygienic Medical Institute,
635 California street, San Francisco.
A Remarkable Cure.
Saw Fbancisco, Oct. 26, 1879.
W. J. Borne, Proprietor California Elastic
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Sir : I am truly grateful to you for the wonder
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ful rupture on both sides in a little over six!
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nr t rto . .
vv h. i kkc, oo oacramemo o&.
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CURED of Hernia, on both sides.
Jj. UKXTKR liVPOBD, M. D.
Surgeon and Physician.
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