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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1902
Page
9
A dense column of quips and aphorisms from the Eugene Weekly Guard cites figures from history, religion, and society. It comments on marriage, immigration, digestion, and public virtue, weaving satire with moral observation across many brief items. References include Hall Caine, Woodrow Wilson, Noah and Columbus, the Sultan of Johore, and General William Booth.
A quirky tale from an American reader contrasts Japanese and American marriage norms through a man cutting off his own finger to compel truth from his wife. The piece muses on cultural differences and governance, then shifts to the public value of forest reserves for timber and river preservation.
Government forestry reports show 54 forest reserves totaling 60 million acres with a 14 million acre increase since the last tally. In the year, 1,068 fires burned 87,709 acres, prompting calls for more agents and new protections for game, fish, and public lands. Separately the piece laments the drift from old fashioned manners, noting faster communications erode courtesy and reverence for the elderly.
Hon. Charles Newell Fowler of New Jersey, representative of the Eighth District, has long pushed currency reform. Since entering Congress in 18M he has sat on the Banking and Currency Committee, helping pass the financial bill into law in January 1000. Born in Lena, Illinois in 1852, Fowler educated himself at Yale, studied at Chicago Law School, practiced law in Kansas, then moved to Cranford and Elizabeth, N. J., where his vigorous career in business and public life grew as he pursued ideals from boyhood with steadfast industry.
The piece notes fur bats come mainly from rabbit fur not American rabbits due to costly skin preparation. A plucking machine failed, so English and Australian skins are sent to Europe for processing. It quips that a well educated world can fool a pie maker who says punkin and jokes about thirteen at a dozen price.
A Norfolk report recounts South Pacific King and Queen visiting an English warship off Niue also called Savage Island. Basil Thomson notes their arrival and the queen removing boots on deck, the captain hesitating about tipping, and the king's dollar offering reflecting customs.
A party returning from White Salmon River spent a week hunting timber. Samuel Griffith climbed a tree to scare a wildcat away for the dog at its base. The cat charged repeatedly while Griffith remained aloft for about half a day before the party returned and released him. The dog kept watch, and the animal’s eyes and claws alarmed Griffith as the wildcat threatened to strike.
Ephriam Stone talks at dusk with a neighbor about long tennis and golf, noting how the games stir him. He recalls cranberries in Liphs bag and witnesses players, then reflects that everyone has his day as he sits in his carriage watching the lively scene. In a separate note, a Philadelphia Times story recalls a lawyer who keeps a farmer’s overpaid fee, claiming he must deliver two dollars more worth of advice.
In a dusk clash along the rimrocks Native bands and raiders fight to recover stolen horses. Dan Follett, a bold yet treacherous leader, is cornered by Piutes and Plutes, captured after his revolvers run dry, while the Warm Springs and their allies retreat under dusk and pursuit.
Trapper Ham mersley and companion Byrd push through canyon walls to follow a grizzly’s trail. They trap and kill the bear after a tense reveal, then return with a heavy haul of hides from grizzly, marten, wildcat, coyotes, and mountain lion. Bertha, curious, breaches her hiding place but remains unseen.
Bertha stays with her father with Hammersley and San Byrd preparing the homestead for winter. A Beach seeks William Lyle while plans to protect Bertha and her father remain secret as trapper resumes rounds and Old Fean’s party is involved.
An unnamed narrator recalls an emaciated barefoot traveler who endures miles of rough ground. After a shared meal, the visitor departs wearing patched moccasins and an old hat. The figure’s identity is revealed as Dan Follett when the hat shadows his profile.
A rediscovered 18th century Clodion bas relief was concealed within a Paris Latin Quarter convent once tied to Mile de Conde and now revealed after a shell damaged the wall. The piece, depicting fawns and nymphs, faces a possible sale at $40,000 as Paris weighs acquiring this pagan inspired artwork.
The largest commercial wheel, 63 feet in diameter and weighing over 1,000,000 pounds, was built by Robert Pool & Sons of Baltimore for Calumet & Hecla Mining of Michigan. It will carry away refuse from stamp mills, with 550 buckets on its inner rim. The shaft, from Krupp, is 32 inches in diameter and 27 feet long. One man can operate the wheel.
The article notes crepe used in mourning veil waning as summer arrives and physicians oppose crepe veils year round. Grenadine and similar veiling replace crepe. widows now wear short veils of fine grenadine or gauze with light bonnet frames and crepe bows, reflecting changing bereavement customs. The text ends with an unrelated fragment about a baby's cry and a father's reaction.
A vintage remedy explains charcoal biscuits to aid indigestion. It lists ingredients such as flour, powdered charcoal, sugar, egg, and milk, mixed into a stiff paste, rolled into two inch disks, baked slowly on buttered paper, cooled and stored in a tin for heartburn relief.
Jeiled apples are peeled halved and cored. A syrup is made by boiling a pour of sugar and a plot of water. Boil once then add apples with lemon slices cloves and cinnamon. When tender remove arrange in a dish fill with currant or jelly. Pour the syrup over the apples and let cool slightly.
A fragmented baking recipe describes whisking two eggs with sugar, adding lemon juice and zest, flour, baking powder, water, salt and beaten egg whites. It then directs greasing tins and baking quickly in a hot oven for about ten minutes.
A vintage recipe notes anchovy toast made with butter anchovy paste lemon juice and hot water served on toast or milk toast. It also describes a rhubarb dessert with sugar water lemon peel gelatin and whipped cream, set in a mold and chilled to firm.
The method describes picking over cold cooked fish with salt pepper and mace then stuffing into a jar with a dour and water paste. The jar is sealed, baked in a water bath for an hour, cooled, pounded, resealed and covered with melted butter for preservation.
Instructions describe shaping a fruit custard bake. A glass dish is heated, filled with peach pulp, covered by rich egg custard to two inches, topped with stiffly beaten egg whites, dusted with sugar, and baked in a slow oven until the meringue browns lightly.
A historic recipe describes mixing one pound of flour with a batt pound of cold butter until coarse, then adding four teacups of iced water to form a paste. Roll and fold the dough, repeating three times, chill for two hours, roll out, and cut into pies. Keep all ingredients ice cold.
Trim the steaks well and select the fattest pieces. Coat with oil mixed with lemon juice onion and cayenne, then salt. Marinate at least an hour, drain lightly, dip in crumbs and fry. Or broil after drawing from the oil, placing directly on the hot iron over the fire.
A mixed recipe for California cookies using molasses milk egg butter and raisins with spices is printed alongside a pest control note advising lime and insecticide to destroy beetles. The beetle guidance suggests applying lime near resting spots and in floors and food storage areas to deter infestation.
A read fragment describes making whipped potato using milk cream and butter in a double boiler until fluffy, serving as a side or border. It also details roasting beef from a round piece about 8.5 inches thick with a bread crumb dressing seasoned with salt, pepper, and sage, roasted until done and served with gravy.
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