Show kigh lights wats of new ne w york aw sis LL frederick S dellenbaugh who lives just down the street from me mc to Is one 0 of the only two wo living survivors of major J W powells second expedition through tile grand canyon of the colorado w which filch by the way la Is in arizona the other survivor Is capt ir at bishop of salt sn tt lake city it took the party two years to make that trip in oaken boats 22 feet long made in chicago and shipped over the union to green river wyo while on that trip tho the cook taught young fred dellenbaugh to make hiscuit biscuit ono one day ho he was left to take care of the camp by tho the river bed while the remainder of the party climbed feet up tho the side of 0 tile tho canyon lie ile promised to have some bonie biscuits rendy ready on their return but in gling over the provisions came across a bas bag of coffee which the cook find L ground mr dellenbaugh then decided on a surprise lie ile find heard of cottee coffee cako cake and determined to mako make somo fixing tho the dough na as ho would for biscuits lio lie mixed with it a plentiful supply of tile ground coffee it into tho the shape of a cake and baked it in nn an oven lie he constructed in addition lie some borne sugar with the result that the be cake retained every as clearly na as would a good grade of patty when tho the party returned hungry and tired tile cook took olie look joel nt at the cake stirred up tile fire and wearily reached for the bacon and ap pp potatoes tit toes nut but sir mr dellenbaugh was not to be discouraged ile he later inter made a cake flavored with one bottle boatle of lemon extract taken on tho the trip which wn was pronounced a grent success tile tho trip ended in 1872 and air dellenbaugh has dono done very little cooking slum since perhaps when the boat tipped over in a rapids and most of tho the cook ing utensils were lost it discouraged him walter davenport told me ino one of tile tho best football yarns yarna I 1 ever heard when ills was waa in france Ir anca there were a number of former arnier gridiron stars in it and to occupy moments of relaxation they formed an eleven it was such a good eleven that it trimmed all the other teams in the division but thero there was one big bird on it who stood head and shoulders above the rest lie tore fore any opposing offense into fragments an andl threw tile tho pieces away 1 I know where that big boy la is going after tills this mans war Is over said one of the former college stars lies fies headed for yalo yale not on your life said p former wearer of the crimson lie ile Is bound for harvard it if you follows fellows want to know bome thing sale said tile the coach lie he la Is not going to either cither 1 I suppose you already have him film tied hod up tip for your ahna mater sat said tile the yale talo and men accusing ly anti in unison no anid tile conch coach but I 1 know something about that guy that neither of you know that demanded the suspicious duo merely said the conch coach that it happens lie ho can neither read nor write 0 0 hendrik W vau van loon tells me a story of dutch lie says that when he ha was in a foreign capitol a young 11 hollander ollander who had find only one arm got a notice that he fie must report at homo hoine for military duty going to tits hta embassy lie he forced tits ills way ray into tho the presence of tho the ambassador anti and told tits ills story look I 1 he exclaimed 1 I 1 cannot save serve you can see I 1 have only one arm personally Person nIly said the ambassador amb lissad or 1 I cau can see sec that what you fin say y Is true but officially benn I 1 can see sea nothing so the young man lind to go homo home and be excused by the ilie army doctor but lie ho did to ninke them pay tor for the trip tills reminds roe me of the late war once it tn a southern training camp I 1 was waa detailed in charge of a considerable a ble number of men who had been sent down b by y draft boards one of these men had find a steel banco on ills his log which ho fie had been obliged 10 to wear since childhood and another was blind it tin one eye al E 1031 uell dell service Ber vla |