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Show THE SAUNA SUN. SAUNA. UTAH Trapper Made Sudden Change in Fight Viet Dd(My 5 Tradition has It that most of th early trappers operating through th Rocky mountains were serious chae-acterSuch Is far from the caao, Many of them took greet though. pride In exaggerating accounts ei what they hud encountered on their trips. A few even had a slant on life that would make a Mark Twain envious. says a contributor to tiie Fron- ?i Eveiii Fairy Tale GRAHAM BONNER COMT i VUIUM MVfU UHiON - ii - THE TIGER SALAMANDER tier. I dont want to talk unduly about myself, said the Tiger Salamander, f? , " -- a'CT '' ' III. -- V;r ' - -- , I"',, Joseph L. Meek was one of the best of these frontier humorists. known . Imf I am interesting. his existences which is genOne of mean do in What you the world concerns an attack credited about talking duly or unduly about erally. his on made by a band of hosparty Salamanyohmelf? asked the Spotted While Indians. tile stopping for e der. were Indians rest sighte.d as they the to I want mean I apdont that the trapact of In the charging vyere pear conceited bdt at the same time I am interesting and there Is no use pers. The redskins were but a ferr "hundred yards away and mounted. The . not admitting It. whites lost no time In mounting their do the asked it? "Well, you admit and' beating a hasty retreat animals Spotted Salamander. some encountered however, Meek, I do," said the Tiger Salamander. trouble with his mule which refused Well," said the Spotted Sulamandfer to budge. once more, so fur,. so good. Boys, stand your ground, boys I . JVhat comes "next? screamer!.' Stand your ground I be What do you .mean by What comes We can whip em. Stand your ground!" . next? asked the Tiger Salamander. But the trappers fulled .to. heed I am merely taking a polite inall the territory pos- Meek terest fn what you are saying," said sible and put therm-elveand the betwee.n the Spotted Salamander. that time About Indians. I wanted to know what you are Meeks mule, seeming to realize Its going to say next.. own danger, set its pedal- - extremities . I vyas going to tell you just why In motion. Witfiln a short' time Meek, I am so interesting, said the Tiger astride the mule, had caught up .with Salamander; the rest of the party.. Another minGo ahead, said the' Spotted Sala ute he passed them. Then he turned rn'ander. Im listening politely. In his saddle and shouted back over just as well to be so frank his shduldar, jCome on, boys! We about things. cant fight em. Come on, boysl Come If some others only admitted they onl . were Inti resting, or thought they were, and tohl- you their reasons why, it - -- v , - l.: x ?wt .j ' ' ,- - - f r .. a '1 . ' v. ' - V- ' A .',1, yiU J , - y ' ' - 'v, r ;v,T,'V'"' ' V '.'V f A) ' rVjit y . s v , :t A'' y .S, ... .Its me (kSforna Const By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN ALIFOBXIA, which this year is cele-brutin- Many Put in 'Work . . on Bamboo Carving g the seventj fifth anulversary 11 of Its admission to t lie Union, saw V a long succession of Hags before the t. Flag was run up to stay over old Monterey. And many an early romance of peace and war was enacted olT its coast in the wuters of the mysterious Mer du Sud. Columbus readied Spain in 1403 with the news of his discovery f the West Indies. Thereupon Pope Alexander VI issued his hull of Demarcation dividing all lands to be discovered between Spain and Portugal. In 1400 Vasco du Gama doubled the Cape of Good Hope and readied India. In 1313 Balboa crossed tiie Isthmus of Punama und took possession of the ocean. In 1521 Magellan sailed through the strait named after hint and named the ocean Mare Pacllicum. 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 suiling through North America. Cortreal professed to have sailed through a strait north of Labrador In 1500; his vaunted discovery appears on the earliest limps ns Fretuin Anium. It was reported (161b) 'that Junn de Fuca hud sailed from the north Pacific to the Atlantic. And so on. lie ImmediateCortes conquered Mexico 1519-21- . ly made plans to send a fleet to the Spice islands, which he believed lay iu the Pacific Just beyond Ihe setting sun. lie sailed uvvuy to Spain In 1540 never to return to New Spain. Viceroy Mendoza took up the work and sent Villalobos (1542) to mnke a conquest of the Philippines. He 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 nnd the Philippines livery year The Manila Galleon set out from Acapulco, Mexico, for the Philippines. It carried much silver, the staple product of Mexico. It was exchanged galleons were for Oriental goods. The carried directly iktovs the Pacific by the prevailing winds, l'he 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 Alexanders Bull of Francis Drake, for example, after Demarcation. looting towns ami capturing treasure ships on the Spanish Main went ndenturing oil the 1acitic. lie swooped down upon the American coast iu the Golden Hind, stuffed his hold with booty and returned to England by way of the Philippines and the Indies to divide his loot with Queen Elizabeth and receive knightjiood at her hands. In the very year of the Spanish Arnmila Sir Thomas Cavendish ravaged the Pacific roast' tow ns of Mexico and even succeeded In capturing The Manila Galleon. In 1T43 Commodore George Anson of the British navy captured the Manila Galleon off the Philippines. Now, Commodore Anson had quite an Interesting time in rapturing the galleon. The hist (tries hardy mention it. but fortunately Commodore Anson's (laplain, Iiidiard 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 "pro- Veil with three or four stout ships, that In case of accident, the trade might not he suspended. 'die Manila Galleon" set sail from Manila about the December, ,v and arrived at Acapulco In . i, airy or February following." The iret.urn voy-- : : o took from March to June. These Manila galleons were large ships for the British man- T os about the size of a first-rat: v.ar. They were of the burthen of twelve httn-- ( :ed tun and upward, and usually carried from ft) to 000 hands, passengors Included, with fifty-odguns." The galleon captured by Anson was tie Notra Signora de Cahadonga. She was commanded by Gen. Don Heronimo de Montero. She v s much larger than Anson3 Centurion, having ."0 men and 3(5 large guns. The British vessel had (hoard 277 hands, of which nearly 30 were boys"; ..e carried CO guns. The old prints reproduced r'ow Anson, the battle and Acapulco. The Manila galleons were all the property of the king-- of Spain. The commanding general carried the royal standard Of Spain at he main masthead. The trade was not laid open to all the inhabitants of Manila, but wus confined y very particular regulations. Tha ships employed therein were found by the King of Spain, who paid the officers and crew; aud the tunnage was divided into a certain number of bales," all of the same size. These were dtstrtbutJd amongst the convents at Manila, but principally to the Jesuits, as a donation for the aupport of their missions for the propagation of the Catbsltck Faith; and these convents had a west-houn- . e d top-p-Ha- 1 - When you gaze upon a beautiful piece of bamboo carving, which is to be' seen generally in the Oriental sections of the museums, ypu are beholding the work not. of one' man but.of many. Each workman has his specialty and when he does his share oil work, he passes the piece over to an- -' other, who does that part which he la , especially trained for. The man who does the Chinese characters does nothing else. Another does mountain scenery and if there at;e any animals Introduced into the landscape they are cut by another, while portraits are taken care of by a' workman who does no otlfer kind of work. Before the vVork is laid put, the surface of the. bamboo is treated by a rubbing process which proceeds with - the aid of a brick of fine clay and. the' operation takes' place under water. After it la. jcarelully dried it Is turned over to the . artjst who marks out the design'from one workman to pnther .as indicated above. The Spotted Salamarider.. . e right to embark sucb quantity of goods on board tha Manila ship, as tha tunnage of their "bales amounted to; or If they chuae not to be concerned would be mufh.. better than to have them pretend and pretend and hope youll think so and not be a bit honest about it. . . Go ahead. . . I came from Slexieo, In the first My family, however, moya place. aroun'd to various partq of the country sometijues! I have red, squashy gills, a tail like an eel when I Jive in the water, and I have several points or characteristics about me like a fish, or at least like a wateranimaL "But If I should, be taken from the water or if my home should gV ? in the hot summer months I live quite nicely and contentedly on the land. Only when I am on the land I hav& e no points to my tail like my friend, the fish, and my preciotfs gills dry right up. "Instead, of breathing in the water with these gills I breathe on the land, and I breathe in the air with something they cull a lung, or maybe it Is two lungs. Yes, lungs is correct, or are correct. Im not sure of the way to speak about them. You'll forgive me if I have a little trnihle, and show that. I have, in my . . . . .speech. Im interesting but I could know with a favoring wind till he? got sight of the IsGuinn, on which fires were kept burning every night during June by the small Spanish garIn trade themselves, they had the power of selling rison. Having taken on water, the galleon then this privilege to others. stood The galleon, her cargo on board, away directly for the Island of Samar in the generally If there were no danger signals on Philippines. weighed from the mole of Cabite, the port of Cape Espiritn 'Santo, he then headed for Cabite. Manila, In July, taking advantage of the westerly monsoon to blow her out to sea. The waters to It was in January of 1742 that Anson approached' the west coast of Mexico. He had sailed from Eng-hin- d the south of Luzon were troublesome and it was in September' of.1740 fo the purpose of at, often toward the end of August before she got Spain in her distant settlements; the two through San Bernardino strait and clear of the nations being at war. His licet consisted of two land. Then she stood away to the northward of British men of war the Centurion, (50 guns, and the east. In order to get into the latitude ot' the Gloucester, 50 guns. There were also three There he expected to get a westerly degrees. wind, before which to run away for the coast of captured Spanish vessels, which had been armed. Ansoii's expedition "had been fairly successful. He California. Under instructions fsom the king the. had plundered and burned 1afta on the Chilean to bad to turu soon as the west as east the captan wind was encountered. coast, had looted several thousand pounds sterling In silver nnd had destroyed several vessels. Now . The discriminating reader has doubtless already he was bent on intercepting the Manila Galleon" asked himself this question: With 500 hands To make this part of the stot'y short, the galleon aboard and the voyage lasting at least six months, how did the galleon get fresh water? Walter says, got into Acapulco before .Anson arrived. Hedid liot know of her arrival and in scouting for In"Indeed their method of proiuring It was extremeformation one of his hoats'was seen. So the galleon ly singular and deserves a very particular recital. . did not sail as Here's his recital; for Manila und Anson had many a weary week of vain waiting. .Then he (When the Manila ship first put to sen, they took on boarj a much gicatcr quantity of water than planned to intercept the 1713 gajlv'on on its 'way could bo stowed between decks, and the jars wfilch heme. So Apribof that year'found him at Maeao. contain It were hung all about the shrouds and He sailed April 9 from that port, giving out that stays, so as to exhibit at a distance a very odd he was hound for Java-an- l them'e hotne. Insfeajl, appearance. Yet it ts sufficiently obvious that a six, . more or even a throe months store of water could never lit shaped his course for Cape , Espiritu Santo, he stowed in a ship so loaded, by any management Aren't my wayd interesting, in wait, lie thought it likely that he where lay w ttliout some other supwhatever, and thoiefore think I had the Dont though? tw jou in he would ous there Blit that company. og.iI!t ply. this navigation could not have been performed. '. In short, their only method of recruiting their wadid not scare him. He hnrntlgtied his men, who right to admit what I did? beter wus by the twins, which they meet with Is inter"Indeed cheers with and your story verj their detprmina-tioexpressed replied tween the latiunhs of SO and 40 digrees North, esting, said the Spotted Salamander. to succeed or perish whenever the- - oppor-.ti.nitand which they were always prepared to catch. . This itself. a took to sea showed with "I listened to you first out of.po-- ' ail them For this purpose they presented grit fleet had now been Uteness, but when- - you told me such great number of mats, winch they placed slopmgly mound, inasmuch "as whenever the rain descended, against the gunwale, reduced Ho the Centurion, which was only half- - wonderful things about yeiurself I these mats extended from one end of the ship to inniined. on couldnt Help listening . and enjoying' a lower their rested and ottier. edges largo, the . For a month the Centurion lay in wait off Cape myself. split bamboo, so that all the water which .fell on the mats drained into the hambo.e, and by this, as crew the after Santo. had so about and Finally, marvelous a was Expiritii It amazing a trougti. was convejed into i j.sr; and this method given tip hope, one galleon appeared Nostra Sig- stony." of supplying their water, however accidental and . When the. Centurion was may at first appear, was never nora tie Cnlmdonga. said the And all perfectly true, extraordinary Itthem. known (to fall vvitlun n league the Spaniard hoisted, her colors Salamander Tiger The p.iuhtrils were exceedingly cautious with gind brought to tinder topsails. She knew it was "."Yes, thats, the best hart of It ' ' the Manila galleon. They never carried the mam- the Centurion and was retdy to. light it out. agreed the Spotted Salamander.- breeze was an sail at night mid any "oce-M- e . Anson sent thirty of lips best marksmen into j excuse to lie to. So the galleon slowly plowed his top-lie had not crew enough, to man his guns . ' Conundrums In the regulation. manner. So. he pfaeed only two fdong before the steailv westerly wind, keeping her time of she course a the In lighted t . pljint. latitude. men to each un on the lower tier;-ivyas their i, When Is a boat not a boat? When It turns turtle. . business to load tiie guns. . The rest of his gunners Holding on the sea" the vast beds of kelp along the California coast. On the first discovery of the he divided into gang's of ten men each. These,, plant the whole ships company chanted a solemn. gangs moved about the decks and tan out and fired What Is the wbrd that, when, printTe Doum, esteeming the difficulties and hazards of the gtyus as fast as they were Jo.uled. This re-- ed, reads the same forwards, backtheir passage to be nt an end. suited in a more or less constant fire instead of wards, und upside dow'n?. broadsides, which proved a distinct advantage, inThereupon the general gradually edged in toNoon. a . ward the California coast. There were no pueblos,-presidioasmuch as the Spaniards were accustomed to lie and missions along the Citufornia coast, .down when they saw a bgoaihide being prepared match box? did the Why and stay prone' until it was fired. in those days, bill the missionaries had established Because It' saw the wire, fence. a station near Cape San I.ueas, at the southern the aI- Early .in the action Anson icon and lay on her bow." In more modern parlance ' Which has the .busier life,- - tea .or extremity of Lower California. And the general ' kc got where he could rake the Spaniard. Shots coffee? kept sharp lookout for the signal fires of tha . If the fires told him the coast was missionaries. from the Centurion set on lire the mats with vvhioh Tea, because It is compelled to draw ' his and officers went clear of pirates," the general Spaniards had stplied the netting of the galleon. while the coffee. Is flowed to settle ashore, for the missionaries made a wine that was The. llam'es blazed up "half as high as tie- - miz-- j down, zen-toand for a time it looked as If the galleon "highly esteemed." Back aboard ship, tlve general with all her treasure would he burned. But the shaped bis course for Capo Corrientes on the What word of six letters can have' Mexican coast, from which he "coasted along to sailors at last succeeded, in cutting the burning tln'-etaken awuiy atid still have ten . mas foo'se, when It fell into, the sea. . left? Acapulco. The Centurion's topmen acquitted tJietnselves Tender. Acapulco in those davs had a good harbor, hut the town wus a wretched place. It was destitute of . gloriously, driving the Spaniards front the fresh water and was almost deserted except at tops nnd mnking "prodigious havoek with Why did the tlddley wink? the time of the galleon's arrival and stay. Then it their small arms, killing or wounding every officer Because it felt the draught. was crowded by traders from all parts of Mexico. but one that ever appeared on the quarterdeck." Gen. Don Heronimo de Montero was wounded The galleon's cargo was unloaded with all posW1ihv difference is- there 'between a sible haste. She was made ready for the return early, but fought his ship for an . hour. Finally he live fish and a fish alive. was no longer "capable of exerting-himselfTherevoyage quickly, as the kings orders required her There Is A difference. upon lie had the royal standard of Spain lowered sailing except In time of dire emergency be. 1. Manila surrendered and the fore April Galleon," Is a When hen serious? very Commodore Ansou found on board 1.313.S43 The galleon, upon leaving Acapulco, steered for When she Is In earnest (her nest). the latitude of 13 or 14 and ran on that parallel pieces of eight and 35.CS2 ounces of virgin silver. land of 30-od- d How Paint Preserves Most people paint theis homes for the sake of good looks. But houses should' primarily be painted, for the sake of preserving the .wood, which is very porous. .When the wpod .Vas still in the tree state the pores were filled with, sap, and when cut the sap died out, leaving the pores bpen. 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