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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1915)
FIGHTING FQIl LOVE Dora's Bitter Scorn Waked the i Brute in Her Peace-Loving Suitor. By JOHN PHILIP ARTH. (Copyright, 1915, by the McClure Newpa per Syndicate.) As a boy among boys, Clyde Drew never engaged In battle. Not that be took to his heels every time there was a chance for a scrap, but that he was not naturally belligerent, and If there was a question at stake he was good at argument. There were scrappers at college Who called him the deacon and let him go his way In peace. He didn't row, box, run, Jumjj, play football, awlm or enter Into Athletics In any way. He had a good; figure and more than the average amount of muscle lying dormant, and he also passed a high examination. When young Drew left college(he took i clerical position, and all his exercise consisted In walking. Once a friend took hold of bis arm and found', it as soft as a woman's. "Gee whiz! where ,1s the muscle?" "I don't have to handle the crowbar or a sledge here," was the reply. "But supposing someone picked a fight with you?" ' "Why should anyone?" "You may see some day. Maybe you carry a gun." "No." "Well, I'm not going around look ing for trouble, but' if there is need for scrapping I shall be on hand at the old stand." The conversation made no impres sion on Mr. Drew. He could hardly conceive of a situation calling for muscle to get him out of trouble. He would 'insult no one, and no one ' would insult him. Miss Dora Thorn and Mr. Clyde Drew were engaged to be married, and It was a real love match. Mr. Drew had many admirable qualities and had some money and a good sal ary. . it Jtj It had beeiujqve at first sight, and an engagement "Ibllowed in a few weeks. Mr. Thorn did not object to the engagement, made without con sulting him, but he said to the lovers: "I think you have been over hasty. You know so little about each other that it's my wish that you should put the marriage off several months. When I was a young man I came very near rushing into a marriage that I should have repented the rest of my days." And when the postponement had been agreed to the girl said to her lover: "Clyde, are you going to look for faults In me from now on?" "I couldn't find a single one If I looked ever so long," was the lover like reply. "That is nice of you. If you have any faults I have not discovered them yet." Did Miss Bora think it a fault that ,.he was weak of muscles? Had she ever .wondered if he was Jbrave or otherwise? Had she ever felt the sense of pro- -tectlon when riding or walking with lilin that a strong man Insures? She knew that he was fair looking and had a good figure, and that filled the bill physically. The loving couple were out for a spin in the auto one afternoon when, as they reached a narrow part of the highway they encountered a young man in a buggy. He was given more than his shiire of the road, but he was not satisfied with that. He brought liis horse to a halt, and sat scowling .for a minute bofore calling out: "Hey, you dude, do you know that you are blocking the road." "There's plenty of room for you to pass," replied Mr. Drew. "You are a liar and a hog, sir!" "Why, the man Is ugly drunk!" whit pered Miss Dora. She turned to her lover to find him pale-faced and his chin quivering. Mr. Drew had never expected to be Insulted, but here it was, good and hot. "Are you going to keep me here all day?" Bnarled the stranger. "No one Is keeping you," was an swered, but in a very mild voice "I Bay again, you are a liar!" ' Miss Dora knew enough about man nature that when the He was passed It meant a knockdown, and she trem bled over the answer that would be ' forthcoming, but there was no an swer. Mr. Drew was as white as a ghost and trembling like a rabbit. Was it with? anger, or was he holding back on her account? "Not only a liar, but a coward as ,wcll," added the young man. i No answer no movement. ' The buggy was driven up beside the auto, and the driver's whip laid over tho shoulder of a cringing man three or four times. Then the whlpper said to Miss Dora: "You can see what sort of a cur he It It you marry him, I wish you Joy!" Then he drove on, and after the auto had proceeded a few rods It was turned about and headed for home, Not word from Mr. Drew. Not a word from Miss Dora, i' But what was there to be said? Mr. f Drew lad -played the part of a coward so abjectly that nothing he could say would excuse htm. He had been called a liar and a coward. He had been horsewhipped and had cringed over It He had let the girl be Insulted ' Bho was sorry for him in a way, and also knew bitter scorn. She was en gd to a coward, but would she ever marry htm? ( "No never.'' It were better to have a drunkard and a wife-beater for a husband. . They drove to her father's house and parted without a word. They both knew it was the end. It was not until he reached the privacy of his room that Mr. Drew awoke from his stupor. Then he, who had scarcely ever used an oath, fell to cursing. He called himself names. He longed for some one to kick him. "I am a coward a poltroon a thing!" he shouted at himself. "I have debased myself until men ought to kick me out of their company. If I had a pistol here I wouldn't wait a minute before shooting myself." By and by the young man grew a bit calmer, and he sat down and asked himself: "Why did I act the craven? Was I afraid of the man? Even a coward would have put up a fight under the circumstances. There's something wrong with me, and I am going to find out what it Is." He went down on the street and called in at the first doctor's office he came to. Fortunately for him, the doctor had studied something besides Illness. He let the young man tell his story without interruption, but lis tened very closely. "I have seen several cases like yours. You should have fought when a boy, to give you confidence in your self as a man. Your muscles are not as well developed as a woman cook's. You have been a peaceful young man. You have thought peace alone. You have not exercised your arms. You have never swung the clubs nor had the boxing gloves on. You have gone through life thus tar thinking the time could never come when you would be insulted and have to resent It or run. Because you were peaceful tninded, you argued that all others were the same. Am I not right?" "You are a doctor." "Well, in the first place, you were taken by surprise. You saw and heard what was taking place, but you could not credit it because it had never happened before, and it hap pened now without cause or warn ing. When the time came to use your muscle you didn't have It with you, and that gave you a helpless feeling. Young man, you are not a natural cow ard, but you have been a very foolish person. Go and see the boxing master of a club." "And learn to fight?" asked Mr. Drew. "Learn that a man who goes only to hunt with an unloaded gun is an Idiot. You may never be called upon to fight, but if you are then you want to lick the other fellow." Mr. Drew left the doctor's office for a club, and that evening took his first lesson at punching the bag. In time he put on the gloves with the instruc tor and others, and in time again was called a fair boxer. "But this doesn't prove that you have grit," said his master. "I want you to put on the gloves with a slam- bang and give him a licking. He has been guying you ever since you be gan. He says you are a milk-and-wa ter sissy, and that a boy ten years old can make you quit." For almost the first time In his life young Drew flew mad and wanted to hit someone. He soon had his chance. He was knocked down the first thing, but he got up and put up such a fight that his opponent took off his gloves. Meanwhile, he had employed a de tective to find out all about the man who caused Ms downfall. He lived about three miles from the spot where he had been encountered and drove into the" town regularly every Satur day afternoon. Not a word or line through the long weeks, but he did not hope nor expect. How could he? He must first rehabilitate himself In her esteem. One day an auto approached the Thorn residence from the north, and a buggy from the south. Miss Dora sat on the veranda. The two vehicles met in front of the house and the girl saw and heard all that followed. "Hello, here is the liar and coward again!" sneered the driver of the buggy. Mr. Drew moved his auto out of the road and got down. "This time he is going to run away!" Drew removed his hat and vest and rolled up his shirt sleeves. "Maybe he's going to pick daisies." "He is going to lick you, you loafer, if you dare come down here!" The next moment they were at it, and in her excitement the girl stood up to see. It took her lover just ten minutes to give the fellow the best licking of his life, and as the victor was nursing a bleeding ear and a skinned nose a hand was laid upon his arm and Miss Dora said: "I saw it all, Clyde, and I am proud of you! Father said you would do it some day. Come In and lot me dress your hurts." New Asphalt Bed Discovered, An asphalt bed which Beems to be practically inexhaustible la now being developed commercially in Leyte province in the Philippine islands. The bed lies near the shore line at Taclo ban, at which port ships can anchor and take on cargo of the asphalt from lighters .loaded at the mines, with practically no overland transporta tion. The deposits also contain oil of a high grade. The asphalt is al most pure near the surface, and is ex ceptionally pure at greater depths, The oil deposits evidenced by oil flowing with water from a spring contain oil pure enough to be used by the natives for illuminating purposes, For Ivy Poisoning. One of the best remedies for Ivy poisoning Is to rub the afflicted parts with slices ot raw onion. I N the rear of St. Paul's churchyard are three rows of old tombstones which have been restored to their original places, the New York Sun states. In the upheaval of the last few months due to digging the Broad way subway beneath the historic graveyard, some of the stones were re moved temporarily and others were covered with wooden frames to save them from Injury by the subway labor ers. That part of the subway work has been completed and the grave stones have been replaced, and new grass has been planted over the graves. In the last row Is a plain white stone upon which may faintly be traced the name "George I. Eacker." A few years ago the date, 1804, could be discerned, but it is now illegible. The stone has long ceased to attract attention, and it would doubtless sur prise most of the visitors to St. Paul's to learn that the white sandstone slab marks the burial place of .the young man who killed the eldest son of Alex ander Hamilton in a duel three years before General Hamilton was killed in his duel with Aaron Burr. Hamilton Received Fatal Wound. Philip Hamilton was not quite twen- cy years old when he crossed the ferry to the dueling ground at Weehawken to face Eacker, one of the young law yers of the time who was attached to the political party of which Aaron Burr was the acknowledged leader. The meeting took place on Monday afternoon, November 23, 1801. David S. Jones was one of Hamilton's sec- !' 'I b j f i IS ft J n j U V it t"UtttHif i am mm If 5T PAUL'S CttURCH. HEWTORK. onds and Thomas Apthorpe Cooper, one of the popular actors of his day, represented Eacker. According to the best accounts of the affair, Hamilton had told his sec onds that he intended to reserve his Bre until Eacker had fired, and that then he proposed to discharge his pis tol Into the air. As the two young men faced each other there was a brief pause, then Eacker, it is said, leveled his pistol with accuracy, and. firing, Bhot Hamilton in the right side. Hamilton's pistol was discharged at the same time, but it did no damage. The wounded youth was brought back to this city and died the next day. The duel aroused great excitement and the newspapers devoted far more attention to it than was customary for those affairs of honor at the time. One of the papers did not hesitate to call it murder, in this paragraph, which was published on the afternoon of November 24: "Died This morning. , in the twen tieth year of his age, Philip Hamilton, eldest son of General Hamilton, mur dered In a duel." The cause of the duel, as it appears in the light of the present day, seems trivial. At the Fourth of July celebra tion of 1801, George Eacker delivered an address which by his partisans was received with great praise He criticised the federalist, which an gered the party favorable to Hamilton, A few days before the duel. Philip Hamilton, with a friend named Prlc-. occupied the same box at the old Park FNfi theater on Park Row, with Eacker and some of Eacker's friends. The Park theater was nearly in the middle of the block between Ann and Beekman streets, a little above the present Park Row building. Hamilton and Price Indulged In some laughing remarks about Eacker's speech. The latter, overhearing the conversation, aBked Hamilton to step into the lob by. Price followed. There was a slight altercation, ending by Eacker's using the word "rascals." According to the dueling code, that demanded satisfaction. After the performance, the three men repaired to a nearby tavern and when Eacker was aBked for whom he meant the epithet he re plied. "For both." He then left, say ing: "I shall expect to hear from you." Challenges were Issued the next day, that of Price being accepted first. Eacker and Price met at Weehawken on Sunday, November 22, and after exchanging four shots without Injury, the seconds stopped the duel. Hamil ton's challenge was then accepted aft er the duel. "Reflection on this horrid custom must occur to every man of human ity," said one of the newspapers, "but the voice of an individual or of the press must be Ineffectual without ad ditional strong and pointed legislative interference. Fashion has placed it upon a footing which nothing short of this can control. Father Fell In Combat Later. Young Hamilton had been gradu ated from Columbia college the year before and was preparing for a legal career. Mr. Eacker apparently Buf fered no Inconvenience as a result of the duel, but he did not long survive, for he died of consumption in 1804 He is the only person of that name appearing In the city directories of 1801 to 1804, in which he was listed as a "counselor at law at 60 Wall street." A little less than three years after the death of Mb Bon, Alexander Ham ilton was killed in the duel with Aaron Burr on July 11, 1804, and that did more than anything else to turn public opinion against the custom The old dueling ground 1b now obliter ated. The tracks of the West Shore railroad wiped out every evidence of the bloody Held years ago, but a little monument to Hamilton commemora tive of the spot and the fatal event now stands on the Heights of Wee hawken, almost above the exact spot, which was close to the river bank Upon the pedestal of the monument Is a large red sandstone boulder, upon which, it is said, Hamilton rested his head, after he was shot. Just Too Lovely. "1 surrcse you had a fine time In New York?" "Oh. glorious! I was there for five wee'ts and never ate twice In the same - ' ulace." j . .. . I owc't Ccceamit Plantations. j Cevktii nt8 1,000,000 acres in co , nut plamaUcns loir im n IJIH .Mail MAKES A GOOD, PLAIN CAKE Delicacy That May Be Baked In a Great Number of ways, as One May Desire. I remember reading an article many years ago in which cake was designat ed as the "rose'of cookery;" the term seemed to suit the dainty process ot combining all the delicate ingredients that go to the making of a toothsome, dainty, beautiful, fragrant cake so well that I have always remembered it, re marks a writer in the Pittsburgh Dis patch. Here Is a very good rule for a plain, though excellent cake. It may be baked in all sorts of ways, as you will see: One generous tablespoonful of but ter, one cupful ot sugar, one and a half cupfuls of flour, half a cupful ot milk, two eggs, a pinch of salt and a level teaspoon ful of baking powder. Stir the butter, sugar and eggs to gether, beating them hard. Then add the flour, in which the baking powder has been mixed and sifted twice. Add the milk by degrees, beat thor oughly and bake in a moderate oven. I have not mentioned the flavoring, because there is where the variety comes In. Flavored with vanilla, rose or lemon extract and baked in a loaf and iced, this is a very nice cake for ordinary purposes. Or it may be baked as a layer cake, with chocolate, car amel, lemon, jelly or other filling be tween the layers. Often I bake it in four very thin layers and put it together with very tart Jelly, making a real old-fashioned jelly cake. By leaving out a tablespoonful of flour and adding grated chocolate, a very nice chocolate cake results, and this may be baked in layers and put together with a chocolate filling; a very good imitation of the more ex pensive devil's food. Grated cocoanut or chopped nut meats will make a pleasant addition, or raisins, currants and spices will give you a delicious brown loaf of simple fruit cake. Orange peel grated Into the batter makes a very nice flavor; then I would advise Icing the top with an orange icing, but do not put any of the Juice in the cake for it will "kill" the effects of the baking powder. This same recipe may be baked In gem pans and served hot for luncheon. or the little cakes may be iced and set away for Sunday night supper. A portion of the batter might be flavored with chocolate for variety and the chocolate cakes covered with a chocolate Icing. MILK USEFUL IN MANY WAYS As a Cleansing Agent It Is Frequent ly Better Than Anything That Can Be Employed. Use milk on patent leather to pol ish, clean and brighten it. Nothing else gives it such luster and softness, Use milk to clean piano keys. It removes all dust and grime and does not mar their ivory smoothness. Use milk to remove ink spots. Wet the ink spot with the milk and keep It wet until the spot disappears. Then wash the spotted fabric in cold before washing It in warm water. Do not allow the milk to dry keep adding more to keep it damp. The dried milk sometimes makes a yellow stain that is troublesome to remove. Use milk to restore the surface of oilcloth and linoleum. Dip a flannel in the milk, and rub the oilcloth or lino leum thoroughly with it. Then rub again with a dry flannel. Use sour milk for removing freck les. It is the lactic acid in milk that is effective in removing the freckles. Use milk in starch to give it a gloss. Add a few tablespoonfuls to a panful of starch. Boiled Frosting. Half a pint of granulated sugar, moisten thoroughly with water suf ficient to dissolve it when heated. Boil until it threads from the spoon, stir ring often. While tha sugar is boiling beat white of one eggtill firm. When thoroughly beaten turn Into a deep dish, and when the sugar ISi boiled pour the white, beating together rapid ly until of the right consistency to spread on the cake. Add flavoring if liked. This is uough icing for one loaf of cake. To Freshen Stale Vegetables. When your vegetables become wilt ed and stale before you have an oppor tunity to use them, place them for an hour or so in a gallon of water to which a teaspoonful of soda has been added. They will then be just as crisp and fresh as when gathered from the garden. Venetian Stew. Take one tablespoonful each ot chopped onion, parsley, flour and Par mesan cheese, a little salt, pepper and ground mace. Spread this between two slices of freshly fried veal steak, leave for a few hours, then stew this meat sandwich in same pan veal was fried in, adding a little hot water or stock and butter. Serve hot Fried Bacon, Cut slices of bacon one-half Inch thick, pour boiling water over It and let stand Ave minutes; put the slices in the frying pan and sprinkle Indian meal lightly over them. Cook over a rather hot fire until crisp and brown. Serve on a warm dish. To Prevent Spatters of Fat To prevent lard or butter from Bpat- tering when eggs or potatoes are dropped In to fry, sift a little bit ot flonr In the fat Just before putting It on the stove. MAKING LIVER TASTY PROPERLY COOKED, MEAT 18 DE LICIOUS, AND CHEAP. How to Prepare It With Its Tradition- al Accompaniment, Bacon Ex cellent When Baked Two Kinds of Gravy. Liver is savory and it 1b not heavy- two points most decidedly in Its favor at this season. There are many ways of cooking liver and for that reason it might very, well make its appearance on- our tablesi more often than it does simply fried and served with bacon. Moreover, there are two good kinds of liver: Calf's liver and lamb's liver. And the lamb's liver, although much cheaper than the other kind, is de licious when properly cooked. So,; when the price of calf's liver is pro hibitive or when it is not to be had even for a price, try lamb's liver for a change. To begin with, the best way to cooit liver and bacon is to wipe off the. slices of liver with a damp cloth and then to drop them, with two slices ofi lean bacon to every one of liver, into smoking hot fat In a deep kettle. Let them brown like crullers, remove them for a moment to a piece of brown paper, then put them on a hot platter (liver and bacon together), sprinkle with salt and pepper and serve. If a gravy is desired, spread a little melted butter sauce, well sea soned, with the liver. Another way of preparing liver is to brown slices of it in a skillet and, as soon as they are browned on both sides, to remove them to a baking pan, dredging each slice with flour and sprinkling with salt and pepper. Cover the pan and bake for three-quarters of an. hour. To prepare liver with cream gravy, slice the liver a third of an inch thick, drop for a second into boiling water and slash the edges of each slice a few times to keep them from curling. Then brown in hot fat in a skillet. Remove the slices of liver to a saucepan and cook till yellow a sliced onion in the fat and then add it to the liver with enough cream to cover. Simmer for ten minutes, cov ered, and then serve, seasoned with pepper and salt. Another way to cook liver with bacon is to soak the Blices for 20 min utes, then to dry them and roll them in flour, and then to brown them in the fat In which slices of bacon have been cooked crisp. Then pour oft most . of the fat, add hot water and flour to the rest and pour over the liver for gravy. Baked liver is good. To prepare it have a pound and a half of liver in one piece. Wipe it with a damp cloth and trim it neatly and then put in some strips of salt pork with a larding needle across the top. Bake In a hot oven for half an hour, basting often, and serve with a brown gravy made in ' the baking pan. Still another method is to add a lit tle lemon Juice to the liver gravy. This gives it a piquant flavor that is decidedly tempting. The lemon is added to the fat, after most of it is poured away, and then flour and but ter rolled together are added, and then enough water to make gravy of the right consistency. Killarney Salt Cod. Soak one pound of salt cod in water to cover four or five hours, peel and slice about one-fourth inch thick eight or nine potatoes (according to size of family). Try out four or five strips of salt pork, peel and slice a few onions and fry in pork fat, but do not brown. Cook potatoes and salt cod separately, straining the water off the fish twice. On your onions dredge about two table spoonfuls of flour, stirring briskly, a little salt and pepper and the water directly oft the fish, till of the right consistency;.' then add one teaspoon ful of table sauce and let cook one minute. In tWraeantime place your' potatoes and fish . on a platter and pour onions and gravy over all. This is very tasty. k. Fish au Vlnalgre. Boil shad, mackerel or white fish in salted water. When cooked, put on dish, pour over it two cupfuls of vlrie gar while the fish is hot. When it is cold, pour the vinegar into a bowl, add to it two teaspoonfuls of tomato catchup, two tablespoonfuls Worces tershire sauce, and salt and pepper to taste. Pour all of this upon the fish. When ready to serve, chop fine two hard-cooked eggs, one small onion, two tablespoonfuls each of parsley and celery, one boiled beet, and spread this mixture over the fish. Potted Minced Lamb. Grind enough cold roast lamb to fill three cups; cook well six or seven sticks ot macaroni; put one cupful cold stewed tomatoes in buttered bak ing dish, add minced lamb and maca roni, pepper, salt and three table spoonfuls of gravy. Cover with crumbs and bits of butter and bake. Lamb Soup. Cook two pounds lamb in cold water until tender. Remove meat and re serve one-half cupful of the broth to be used in making bechamel sauce. Then add an onion, carrots, barley, thickening and seasoning to taste. New Us for Parsley. It when making soups or stews you find the flavor of some one vegetable too strong, you can neutralize It by adding a sprig or two of parsley.