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Show THE SPANISH PORK PRESS, SPANISH FORK. UTAH Trapper Had a Sadden Change in Fight Vleti1 ( HThe Kitchen Cabinet (& Kit, W ultra Tradition has It that most of ths arty trappers operating through tba Rocky mountains were serious characters. Such is far from the cas though. . Many of them took great pride In exaggerating accounts ed what they had encountered on their trips. A few even had a slant on life that would make a Mark Twain e vlous, aaya a contributor to tha Fron- . Huimptr Union.) What can an Individual do but just distribute such (I ft as ho has to rtvo, which Increases, the chances for happiness hr Increasing ths appetite for ths things of tbs spirit. Edward yeoman a tier. . EVERYDAY FO0D3. Joseph L. Meek was on of tbs best known of these frontier humorists. On of his experiences which Is credited concerns an attack mads on hla party by a band of hot-ti- l Indiana, While stopping for a rest tba Indians were sighted as thsy were In tbe act of charging the trappers. The redskins were but a few hundred yards away and mounted. Tha In mounting their whites lost no-tianimals and beating a hasty retreat encountered soma Meek, however, trouble with hla mule which refused gen-orall- y nice breakfast dish Is not bread buttered and served with hot applesauce poured over It Stewed tomato Is another good sauce for hot buttered bread. A Mushroom Stow. Gather the fresh mushrooms . from Take CO, 'e (hiffamm Coast By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN ALIFORNIA, which this year la cele-anniversary bratlng the seventy-fift- h 7 1 1 of Its admission to the Union, saw a a long succession of flags before the Flag was run up to stay over old Monterey. And many an early romance of peace and war was enacted off Its coast in the waters of the mysterious HMer du Sud." Columbus renched Spain In 1403 with the news of his discovery of the West Indies. Thereupon Tope Alexander VI Issued . bis "Bull of Demarcation" dividing nil lands to be discovered between Spain and Portugul. In 1409 Vasco du Gama doubled the Cape of Good Hope and renched India. In 1513 Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama and took possession of the ocean. In 1521 Magellan sailed through the strait named ' after him and named the ocean "Mare Paclflcnm." lie also discovered the Philippines and his followers completed the circumnavigation of the globe. Thus was some of the mystery surrounding the "South Sea" cleared up. Thereupon all Europe was possessed of a desire to reach the Indies by sailing through North America. Cortreal professed to have sailed through a strait north of Labrador In 1500 ; his vaunted discovery appears on the earliest maps as "Fretttm Antura." It was reported (1019) that Juan de Fuca had sailed from the north Pacific to the At' lantic. And so on. lie ImmediateCortes conquered Mexico 1510-2ly made plans to send a fleet to the Spice islands, which he believed lay In the Pacific just beyond the setting sun. He sailed away to Spain In 1540 never to return to New Spnln. Viceroy Mendoza took up the work and sent Villalobos (1542) to make a conquest of the Philippines, lie failed, but after seven years of fighting the Spaniards became established In the Islands. Thereupon the king of Spain set up a traffic between America and the Philippines Every year "The Manila Gullcon"' net out from Acapulco, Mexico, for the Philippines. It carried much Bllver, the staple product of Mexico. It was exchanged for Oriental goods. The galleons were carried directly across the Pacific by the prevailing winds. The return voyage had to be made far to the northward. The round trip took the better , part of a year. England, among other nations, paid not the slightest attention to Pope Alexander's "Bull Demarcation." Francis Drake, for example, after looting towns and capturing treasure ships on the r Spanish Main went "adventuring" on the Pacific, lie swooped down upon the American coast In the Golden IUnd, stuffed his hold with booty 'and re- turned to England by way of the Philippines and the Indies to divide his loot with Queen Elizabeth and receive knighthood at her bands. In the very year of the Spanish Armada Sir Thomas Cavendish ravaged the Puclfie coast towns of Mexico and even succeeded In cupturlng "The Manila Galleon." In 1713 Commodore George Anson of the British navy captured the "Manila Galleon" off the Philippines. Now, Commodore Anson had quite an Interesting time In capturing the galleon. The histories barely mention It, hut fortunately Commodore Ansons chnpluln, Richard Walter, M. A., had a taste for writing and left us a fairly complete story of the voyage. It appears that the Manila commerce was "provided with three or four stout ships, that In case of accident, the trade might not be suspended." "The Manila Culleou" set sail from Manila about July and arrived at Acapulco In "the December, January or February following." The return voyage took from March to June. These Manila galleons were large ships for the British man-o- f times about the size of a first-rat- e war. They were "of the burthen of twelve hundred tun nnd upward, and usually carried from , to COO hands, pnssengers Included, with fifty-od- d guns." The galleon cuptured by Anson was I he Nostra Signora de Cabndonga. - She was commanded by Gen, Don Ileroulmo de Montero. She was much larger than Anson's Centurion, having 550 men end 30 large guns. The British vessel had aboard 277 hands, of which neurly 30 were boys" she carried CO guns. The old prints reproduced show Anson, the battle and Acapulco, The Manila galleons were all the property of the king of Spain. The commanding genera! car-rle- d the royal standard of Spain at the matu tunsthead. The trade was "not laid open to nil the Inhabitants of Manila, but was confined by very particular regulations." The ships employed therein were found by the King of Spain, who paid the onicere end crew; and the tunnage wae divided Into a certain number of "balee," all of tbe iame alee. Those were distributed amongst the convents at Manila, but donation for the principally to the Jeaulte, as support of their missions for the propagation of the Catbollck Faith; and these convents bad a west-boun- d ' of ' 1 ,0 top-galla-nt ' the fields. half's and meas- pound, peel and dice them ure two cupfuls. To four cupfuls of milk add the mushrooms and heat to the boiling point. Cream together two tablespoonfuls each of butter and flour, add salt to season and stir Into the milk. Cook for fifteen minutes, stirring often. Season well with salt and cayenne and serve with toasted crackers. Cracknels are delicious served with a small ball of cream or cottage cheese In the center of each. Garnish each with a cube of pretty Jelly and serve with a cup of tea. . Luncheon Pepper Pot Place In a kettle one quart of clear, strong soup. Add a pint of boiling water and four tablespoonfuls each of shredded carrot celery and green pepper. Cook until the vegetables are tender ; season well. Have rounds of toast ; on each a slice of cheese that has been melted In a hot oven on the toast Lay one on each dish or soup plate with a portion of the stew and a poached egg on each slice. Season and serve at once. Bread Griddle Cakes. Soak severer slices of bread In sour milk overnight In the morning add egg, soda and flour and cook as usual. They will be light and much ll.e an omelet This la a good way of using up stale bread. Whigs. Pour a pint of boiling water over one cupful of butter or sweet fat cool until lukewarm, then add six eggs, two teaspoonfula of h salt one yeast cake softened In cupful of wffter. Add. eight cupfuls of flour, beat well and ,'set to rise it will take about three hours. Stir In a cupful of sugar; some currants may be added to part of the mixture for variety. Pour It into greased muffin pans and bake on tbe top of the stove, very alowly, turning when brown on one aide. Split and toast when cold. Autumn Dishes. If fond of corn try this : Squaw Dish. Cut. from the cob as much corn, as the family will eat, using tender sweet corn. Into an Iron aklllet or deep frying pan pur plenty of butter to season the corn well the more the better. When the butter U melted but not brown, turn in the corn and stir until well mixed with butter; stir until well cooked probably five to ten minutes Serve with crisp will be sufficient fried bacon. Canton Cream. Soak one of a of gelatin In cupful of cold water, add It to a custard, using one cupful of milk, two of a cupful of egg yolks, sugar and a dash of salt Strain, chill In a pan of Ice water, add one of vanilla, three of ginger of a cupful of sirup and canton ginger cut Into small pieces. When the mixture begins to thicken, fold In the whip from two and one-hacupfuls of coffee cream. Mold and chill. pick over Bisque of Oystere-Cle- an, and parboil until the edges curl, one quart of oysters. Brown three of butter, add three tablespoonfuls of flour, the oyster liquor and pour over gradually, stirring constantly. Season well, add the oysters and Just before serving, a cupful of cream. Serve hot. When a small amount of meat must be extended to make the main dish, add vegetables, rice or macaronL well-beate- n one-fourt- right to embark such quantity of goods on board the Manila ship, as tbe tunnage of their "bales" amounted to; or If they chuse not to be concerned la trade themselves, they bad the power of selling this privilege to others. , The galleon, her cargo on board, "generally weighed from the mole of Cablte," tbe port of Manila, In July, taking advantage of the westerly monsoon to blow her out to sea. The waters to the south of Luzon were troublesome and It was often toward the end of August before she got through San Bernardino strait and clear of the land. Then she stood away "to the northward of the east, In order to get Into the latitude of d degrees." There he expected to get a westerly wind, before which to run away for the coast of California." Under Instructions from tbe king the captain had to turn to tbe east as soon as tbe west wind was encountered. The discriminating reader has doubtless already asked himself this question: "With 500 hands .aboard and the voyage lasting at least six months, how did the galleon get fresh water! Walter guys, "Indeed their method of procuring It was extremely singular and deserves a very particular recltul." Here's his recital : .When the Manila ship Brit put to sea, they took on board a much greater quantity of water than could be etowed between decks, and the Jare which contain it wera hung all about tha ahrouda and tays. ao as to exhibit at a distance a very odd appearance. Vet It le sufficiently obvious that a els, or even a three months store of water. could never be etowed In a ship ao loaded, by any management whatever; end therefore without some other supply, this navigation could not hava been performed, in short, their only method of recruiting their water wae by the rains, which they meet with between tbe latitudes of SO and 40 degrees North, and which they were always prepared to catch. For thla purpoea they took to sea with them a great number of mate, which they placed eloplngly whenever the rain descended; against the gunwale, these mate extended from one end of the ship to lower and their edges rested on a large the other, all the water which fell on split bamboe, so that the mate drained Into the bamboe, and by this, as a trough, was conveyed Into a J.v; and this method of supplying their water, however accidental and extraordinary It may at Bret .appear, was never known to fall them. The Spaniards were exceedingly cautious with the Munlla galleon. They uever cnrrled the mainsail at night and ' any "excessive breeze" was an excuse to He to. So tbe galleon slowly plowed along before the stcudy westerly wind, keeping her lutltude. In the course of time shelghted a "plant floatlhg on the sea" the vast beds of kelp along the California coast "On the first discovery of the plant the whole ship's company chunted a solemn Te Deum, esteeming the dltficultles and hazards of their passnge to be at an end." Thereupon the general gradually edged' In toward the California coast. There were no pueblos, presidios and missions along the CnTifornla coast In those days, but the missionaries had established a station near Cape San Lucas, at the southern extremity of Lower Culifornlu. And. the general kept sharp lookout for the signal fires of the missionaries. If the fires told him the coast was clear of "pirates," the general and his officers went ashore, for the missionaries made a wine thut was "highly esteemed." Back abourd ship, the general shaped his course for Cape Corrlentes on the Mexican coast, from which he "coasted along to Acapulco." Acapulco In those days had a good harbor, but the town was a wretched place. It was destitute of fresh water and was almost deserted except at the time of the galleon's arrival and stay. Then It was crowded by truders from all parts of Mexico. The galleon's cargo was unloaded with all possible baste. She was made ready for tbe return voyage quickly, as the king's orders required her sailing except In time of dire emergency before April 1. Tbe galleon, upon leaving Amputee, steered for the latitude of 13 or 14 and ran on thut parallel 30-od- " . with a favoring wind "till he got sight of the Island of Guam, on which fires were kept burning every night during June by the small Spanish garrison. Having taken on water, the galleon then stood away directly for the Island of Samar In the Philippines. If there were no danger signals on Cape Esplrltu Santo, he then headed for Cablte." It was In January of 1742 that Anson approached tbe west coast of Mexico. He bad sailed from England In September of 1740 for the purpose of attacking Spain In her distant settlements" ; the two nations being at war. Uls fleet conshted of two British men of war the Centurion, Cl) guns, and the Gloucester, 50 guns. There were also three captured Spanish vessels, which bad lAen armed. Anson's expedition had been fulrly successful. He had plundered and burned Palta on the Chilean coast, had looted several thousand pounds sterling In silver and hnd destroyed several vessels. Now he was bent on Intercepting "the Manila Galleon" To make this part of the story short, tbe galleon got into Acapulco before Anson arrived, lie did not know of her arrival and In scouting for Information one of his boats w as seen. So tbe galleon did not sail as usual for Munlla and Anson had many a weary week of vain waiting. Then be planned to Intercept the 1743 galleon on Its way home. So April of that year found him at Macno. He sailed April 19 from that port, giving out that he was bound for Java and thence home. Instead, he shaped his course for Cape Esplrltu Santo, where he lay In wait.IIe thought It likely that there would be two galleons In company. But that did not scare him. lie harangued his men, who replied with cheers and expressed their determination to succeed or perish whenever the opportunity presented Itself." This showed- - grit all around, Inasmuch as Anson's fleet had now been reduced to tha Centurion, which was only .... half-nmnne- d. the Centurion lay In wait off Cape Esplrltu Santo. Finally, after the crew had about For a , month given up hope, one gulleon appeared Nostra Signora de Cubudonga. When the Centurion was within a league the Spaniard hoisted her colors nnd brought to under topsulls. She knew !t was the Centurion and was ready to fight It out. Anson sent thirty of hla best marksmen Into his tops. He had not crew enough to man his guns In the regulation munner. So he placed only two men to each gun on the lower tier; It was their business to load the guns. The rest of his gunners he divided Into gangs of ten men each. Those gangs moved about the decks nnd ran out and fired the guns as fast as they were loaded. This resulted In a more or less constant Are Instead of broadsides, which proved a distinct advantage, In asmuch ns the Spaniards were accustomed to lie down when they saw a broadside being prepared and stay prone until It was fired. d the sal Early In the action Anson Icon and lay on her bow." In more modern parlance he got where he could rake the Spaniard. Shots from the Centurion set on fire the mats with wtiich Spnnlurds had stuffed the netting of the galleon. The flumes blazed up "half as high as the and for a time It looked as If the galleon with all her treasure would be burned. But the sailors nt last succeeded In cutting the burning mass loose, when It fell Into the sea. The Centurion's toptuen acquitted themselves 's gloriously, driving the Spaniards from the tops and making "prodigious havock with their small arms, killing or wounding every officer but one thut ever appeared on the quurterdeck." Gen. Don Ileronlnio de Montero was wounded curly, but fought tils ship for un hour. Finally he was no longer "capable of exerting himself." There, upon he had the royal standard of Spain lowered nd surrendered "the Manila Galleon " Commodore Anson found on board 1,313,843 pieces of eight and 33.CS2 ounces of virgin sliver, "over-reache- ," gnl-lean- table-spoonf- ul one-fourt- h one-four- th to budge. "Boys, stand yonr ground, boys!" ha screamed. ' "Stand your ground I Wt can whip em. Stand your gTouud I" But tbe trappers failed to bead Meek and put all the territory between tbemsolves and the About that time , Indians. Meek's mule, seeming to realize Its own danger, set Its pedal extremities la motion. Within a short time Meek,' astride the mule, had caught up with ' the rest of the party. Another minute be passed them. Then be turned In his saddle and shouted back over his shoulder, "Come on, boysl Wa cant fight em. Come on, boysl Coma poe-slb- le onl" Many Put in Work on Bamboo Carving , .When yon gase upon a beautiful piece of bamboo carving, wblch Is to be seen generally In tbe Oriental sections of tbe museums, yon are beholding the work not of one man but of many. Bach workman has his specialty and when hs does his share work he passes the piece over to another, who does that part which ha Is especially trained for.' Tha man who does ths' Chinese characters does nothing else. Another does mountain scenery and If there are any animals Introduced Into the landscape they ara cut by another, whlla portraits ara taken care of by a workman who dost no other kind of work. Before tba work la laid out, the surface of tha bamboo Is treated by a rubbing process which proceeds with the aid of a brick of fine clay and tba operation takes place under water. After It Is carefully dried It is turned over to tba artist who marks out the design from one workman to another as Indicated -- above How Paint Pretervet - Most people paint their homes for ths sake of good looks. Bat houses should primarily bs painted for the sake of preserving the wood, which Is When tba wood was very porous. still In tbe tree state tbe pores wera filled with sap, and when cut the sap died out, leaving the pores open. It the wood should be left In the unprotected state, minus Its mark, fungi and moisture soon would begin to rot and destroy It So when painted, tha paint penetrates the pores and forma, when dry, s tough, elastic coating, which Is anchored" to ths surface by countless little "hooks that extend Into pores of ths wood, and this coating or film preserves the wood by protecting It from those things which otherwise would quickly and surely de- stroy It table-spoonf- ul one-fourt- h lf tuble-spoonfu- "Psyche is a Greek term signifying the soul or spirit, represented under tbe form of a beautiful nymph, whose charms we're sufficient to excite the envy of Venus. This goddess, therefore, ordered her son Cupid to inspire Psyche with love for some vulgar wretch who would disgrace her, but Cupid fell In love with her himself and married her. This only Increased the hatred of Venus, but Jupiter kindly Intervened, effected a reconciliation, rendered Psyche Immortal and thus united her forever with her beloved. A Cut Hia Own Party little chop of fire was very How to Replant Vinea The Department of Agriculture says that grapevines which ara ten years old may bs replanted tha same way that a vine a year old can ba replanted. Dig out three our four of tha larger stems with quite a bit of soli adhering. Cut back to tbe main stem, practically leaving only a few buds on the cane to develop new growth. Do not allow tbe vine to produce fruit until it la thoroughly established. How Camphor s Made As a perfume, camphor has been valued by tbe Chinese for centuries. Originally obtained from gum deposits If Is now extracted from the wood Itself, which, after being sawed through, Is reduced to chips and heated In a still. Cloud'a Silver Lining Payche in Legend much Interested In the entertainment planned for Washington's birthday. He had had a birthday party of his own and had also been to ods given by a little playmate, consequently his expectations as to Washingtons took definite form. After the affair was over, It was a who comdisappointed youngster plained to his mother on his return home. "Mamma, Georgs Washington wasnt there. Pittsburgh Chronic) Telegraph. . Get Into tbe habit of looking for the liver lining of the cloud, and, when you have found It, continue to look at It, rather than at the leaden gray In tbe middle. It will help you over many bard places. Wlllltts. Fairly Met "Better look out for me," warned the fair flirt "You know I am a grass widow." "Ob, thats all right" replied the sophisticated male. "I am knows as ths human lawn mower." To enure prompt itrvlce end quick return when entwerln theta edvertieemeata, meatioq the aerae ol thii paper. TF.LFORAPH SCHOOt S14S te S225 Monthly. I .earn Telegraphy. eaey work, roaitiona learn, Hundred of erhuol. 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