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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-03-01

way there was the parting direction
Of Hiram Morrill, as he patted Mug
gins affectionately and babe the search
ers Godspeed .s9.,. ii
After passing the forks you turn into
road that, if followed long enough.
will lead you to the summit of Mount
Diablo. 1t is narrow road and runs
down and down into deep gullies, and
then up and up until you have crossed
the very crest of the mountains and
these are real mountains of the Coast
range.
And as you ascend the road is in
closed only on one side. On that side
the green hills rise almose perpendicu-
lary for many hundreds Of feet above;
on the other, the gullies yawn only q
foot from the outside wheel. Those
gullies are deep.
On the road we were cheered by the
information that up thar on the crest
is whar that young fellCsY fell off
and was killed last week; you want
to be keerfu1 when you reach that
pint IT,. r
But though the roads were slippery
and heavy from the last rains. Muggins
made the ascent and descent adnlira-
bly,, and finally Moraga valley was
reached. There is no more charming
bit of scenery anywhere than that en-
countered on the road to Mount Diablo
where it runs through Moraga valley
The hills and mountains are covered
with live oak, cedar and redwood trees,
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-03-01

ers stand of at q distance and crane
their heads around, while many Of
them are Tapping their wings and pick
ing out odd feathers here and there.
The latter are dressing themselves.
The others are finishing their toilets
Those doves are as vain as that
pretty girl there" says the rancher,
pointing a fat thumb at demure
maiden of perhaps sixteen summers,
who stood near one Of the mirrors in
the big field watching her pets. There
| was fatherly pride in the voice and
a merry twinkle in his eyes rs -4e said
| this.
The next instant there was a tiutter
of skirts, and the demure maiden with
the rich, brown, curly locks anG great
hazel eyes showed us a pair Of wee
heels, as she sped into the house, her
cheeks as red as the muslin dress she
| wore.
/ our stay
'.She's a shy GIRL said the rancher.
''She sees nobody out. here but me and
the old woman; but, bless you! the
doves take to her as if she was some
! thing good to eat They crowd all
| around her when nobody else is about.
She's as much of an attraction here to
the birds. I believe, as the mirrors i
! I know it sounds strange, but when
started this dove ranch my sole out
| fit comprised those three mirrors and 4
bushel Of grain. - %
''They came to eat the grain, but
would have gone back to their nests
| in the valley had there been no other
attraction. It was Il few days before
| the first flock of doves that came to
feed here found the use of those mir
| rors, but when they did they just
camped right on the ground and could
scarcely be driven away.
Nov they have built their nests all
about here and usually. when not
feeding themselves or their young, are
to be found making their toilets and
admiring themselves in those looking
! glasses. .-
II took several hundred dozen to the
San Francisco market last year. and
sent many to Sacramento and Stock
! ton, but there isn't much money in
dove-raising, and if I don't do better
this year than last, will have to give
it up.
| OF course we don't raise the doves
| in the way one would raise pigeons.
They are tame, you know, and want
nests built for them. The wild doves
won't 60 into man-made nest.
The most we can do is to attract
| the birds here by feeding them regular
| ly and keeping the mirrors out for
their amusement.
mo, We don't trap them. I'm afraid
we would get into trouble with the au-
thorities if we did. We pop them of
With a shotgun.
"Whateyer you do don't send an
army of those Sunday spoctsmen down
on us. 1t is the open season now,
you know, and the woods are full Of
| hunters
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-03-01

THE ROAD ALONG THE CLIFF.
come generally known that there il
a place in this valley where wild dove;
are really plentiful. r. .... Xix
You see the doves, except those OF
my ranch have about been driven gu
Of the valley or killed off by the ever
lasting pop, pop, pop, of the amateu,
hunters. = ... - Il. : H..
when I first came up here doves
We're very plentiful all through the val
ley, but now they are getting very
scarce. Only a few years have I beer
raising them and very much doubt O
my being able to keep up the business
in these parts. A good portion of the
birds I raise fly off through the valley
and become prey for the hunters
Perhaps ten acres of the dove ranch
have been cleared To the left of a
iilapidated- looking house, that is only
kept in an upright position by the aid
of two eucalyptus saplings, there is q
big field where the doves are fed. Al
most in the center stand three big mir
rOrs.
Now the uninitiated wonder what on
earth these big looking glasses can pos
sibly be doing out in the open field
where doves are fed.
But see the doves in front of them.
See them hop about and fly up to the
mirrors. You know how the girls fix
themselves their hats, their hair, their
dresses-in front OF the mirrors Mt
home; how they crane their white
necks around to see how the basque
fits behind and whether the skirt hangs
tight. You must have seen them walk
ing up and down in front Of the glass
admiring their own trim figures and
comely faces. 81
Well, now. watch these doves. Are
not the antics they are cutting up.
much OF the same kind Seine Of them
hop up to the glass and pick at TT othrs
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-03-01


cable, cars and the surrounding tracts
of unimproved town lots. no sign Of the
sought for dove ranch was visible.
Then the mountain climbers wan
dered down into the little golden valley
10 the west. Under a spreaung live
OAK on the hillside the weary ones cast
themselves down to snatch few
hours needed rest and make their fru-
gal repast on oyster sandwiches and
champagne.
Presently a flock of doves flew over
TIE NIL ana settled down to tahsiness
on promising grain field. Watching
the hight OF those birds when they
had devastated a respectable section
or the tleld. the eye finally rested upon
barn that was weatherworn and al
most mdden by an intervening hill
Under it's gables were mu.e.,ude of
little pigeon holes. Here was the dove
/. ranch. we fondly thought. The search
ers had found the sought for.
Descending stealthily into the heart
of the valley, climbing two barbed wire
fences, and all the while loo.Ang out
carefully, vigilantly, for the first signs
or a possible watchdog. Morn. s hay
ana grain ranch was soon reached with
out meeting any further adventure.
YES said Hiram Morrill,. I'VE had a
good many doves here once, MANY
large hockS of them, but the Oakland
tramps proved our undoing. ~.
Most of the birds. including all those
breeding, were kept in the doye-cote
there. One night two Oakland tramps
visited us. In the morning we were
doxeless. They destroyed the nests.
liberated many of the wilder birds and
kidnapped the rest u. -...5. :.
Yes, we have some left. A good
many, you think. They are nothing f,
Ehat we had See, the dove-cote is
empty We have ceased breeding them
now Tor the market, and pay but little
attention to those remaining.
You see this is not quite the place
for doves. We raise pigeons better
Once we attracted a great MANY. Of
the wild doves here, but that was long
ago. Is = =
You must go over in Moraga valley
If you want to see wild doves; there's
a ranch over there, I'm told, where the
birds are as thick US flies. 80
So we went into Moraga, behind 4
merry untamed steed called Muggins.
She was good horse, hardly Il fancy
trotter, but one that would never leave
the pillow sticking in the mud.
You keep to the left till you reach q
yellow house; half a mile beyond that
Is a clump of gum trees, and Il hun
dred yards further is the forks: YOU
Just keep right on to the left all the
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-03-01
Wonderful Peacil.

The world is full Of wonders for
those who are simple- hearted enough
to see them. Harper's Young People
reports an excellent example.
s5 Polly was drawing pictures on the
slate for three year-old Ralph
Look at this dog, Ralph she said.
Isn't it nice? T drew It out Of my
own head. z
u, no, 4 answered Ralph, solemnly;;
1T came right out Of the lead pencil
saw it come. . 9s5 $ss r.
Then he added, with an air OF deep
though fitness, There's lots Of dogs
IN the pencil, but I don't know how
they got therey'
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-03-01
FOUND IN AN EGYPTIAN TOME
A SfEnet Ring Once Worn by CheOps,
Builder of the Largest Pyramid.

A SiEnet Ring Once Worn by CheOps,
Builder of the Largest Pyramid.
The most curious and remarkable
relic of antiquity in the world, the
holy coat and the iron crown not ac-
cepted, now lies among the treasures
Of the Abbott collection which is tenn
pOrarily deposited in the museum Of
the New York Historical society, says
the Philadelphia Press This unique
memento of the distant past is nothing
less than the signet ring once worn by
CheOps. the builder of the largest of
the great Egyptian pyramids. The find
ing of this ring was the browning ef-
fort Of the great DR.. Abbott's life of
research among the musty tombs of
the cradle Of the human race. As
noted above, Cheops was the builder
of the pyramid which bears his name,
and, as though it were his intention to
make the structure bear witness to his
greatness down through all the ages.
the very stones and bricks of which it
is composed are stamped with his
name. Cheops lived nearly $500 years
ago, his great pyramid being relic
of the days when the great nations of
antiquity were in their youth, yet we
Of the last decade of the nineteenth
century can have the supreme salts
faction Of gazing upon the very ring
he wore SO proudly upon his royal fin
ger. The hieroglyphics are very mi
mute. yet very accurately and beauti-
fully executed the ring itself being Of
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-03-01

besides growth of chaparral and 9th
err brush that grows so thickly as to
be well nigh impenetrable.
Sulphur springs come out Of the
mountain sides at one or two points,
and mountain streams and springs are
there in abundance. Where the road
does not lead UP above and overlook
ing all the beautiful scenery, it runs
through delightful dells and cool for
ests, where the ferns and weeping
willows hide the crystal streams from
the casual observer. Yet the music of
their ripping is ever heard. and the
doves and the quail hover about them
You pass many campers on the way.
always.
There is Camp Happy, Camp Janis,
Camp Lucky, and not a few others.
After you pass Camp Lucky you go off
into a little road that leads into
deep canyon.
A mile and a half up this canyon you
strike a place that is totally unknown
to the outside world. Few Of the resi-
dents Of the valley know of it's exist
ence. It is the long sought for dove
ranch.
A more picturesque spot could not
be found in this most picturesque val
ley The dove ranch lies on ,ne side
of very high hill, and above this hill
tower the mountains It's location is
in the most out of the way place i'm
aginable, yet close to civilization and
easy of access.
The proprietor is a middle-aged Ger
man, whose hospitalities were contin-
gent upon our promises not to reveal
his location too accurately, nor his
name at all.
y would be besieged by every hoi-
day hunter in the surrounding three
Counties he declared, were it to be-
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-03-01

handle Bourbon Whisky, Dave Jones
Brandy, Anderson Club. Cognac, and I'M
ported Port Wine for medical use; also the
celebrated st. Julien Clarets, Rhine and
RieslinK Wines and Champagne. Whisky
ranging in price from 81 &c to IS per gallon.
Ny goods are OF the very best grades and
are guaranteed - represented. - -
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-03-01

them, SO trIIr rrley srUUu OUT III Do1u
relief, with the sun shining through the
interstices. The letters had been paint
ed black, and were not attacked by the
insects, who seemed to respect the in
terl1ict Of the state, or else were not
partial to the taste Of the black color.
This sign had stood in pl4e eleven
years, and one side Of It still shows
traces Of the white color with which
1t had been coated
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-03-01
THE DOVE RASCHER'S HOUSE,


est epicures-are raised, fattened,
killed. and furnished to the market
Such industries there are in this glor-
ious climate and on those green hills
east Of Carbohydrates where wild
doves and pigeons are as plentiful as
mosquitoes in New Jersey. though the
former are of u more modest and re-
firing disposition than the latter. You
must search for the wild dove. The
Jersey mosquito will search for you
If it were way out on the desert Or
in the heart of Death valley every
body would probably know all about
it. The remnants of one of them being
i'll Alameda county, only stones
throw this is figurative. unless you can
throw d stone half Il mile) from Blair's
Park, of course no one knows any
thing about it, and the Inter Ocean
correspondent and artist who sought
1t out one day last week were unaid-
ed in their search by and information
that could possibly be obtained from
the natives.
None Of the men ut Blair's Park
could tell us what road to take to the
dove ranch. They had never heard Of
such a place. One man who had lived
i'll the neighborhood for twenty-three
years knew nothing of it's whereabouts,
and a native son denied it's existence.
Being uncertain as to the right road
to pursue, we took no road at all, but
just broke away over the hills.
When the Alpine heights of Point In
SEPARATION had been reached and the two
dove ranch hunters stood alone in the
awful wilderness Of that dizzy eleva-
ton. fully POO feet ahnve the J. belmont
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-03-01
A WILD DOVE RANCH.
HIDDEN AWAY INTHE FASTNESS
OF MORACA VALLEY.
Unknown to the Hunter--They
Build Their Nests Near the Mir
rors and Spend Their Time -
Admitting Them
selves.

A dove understanding new under
the sun to most people--was the OBJ
ject of our search in the wild and wool
ly hills back Of Oakland. Cal, says a
writer in the Chicago inter Ocean.
That means place Were wild
doves--tf ose succulent and tasty NOR
sells thai, when properly broild and
Dreaded, tickles the palate of the veri-
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-01-20
HON 1t sounded Ia "A lhilL

Little folks don't always under
stand things Alright. At one of the
public schools recently the teacher
was instillin. Barbara Fretchie'
into the minds of her charges for
concerted recitation. The lines Tn
from the meadows rich with corn,
clear, ON a cool September morn, the
clustered spires of Frederick stand"
had been drilled and drilled until all
mad them perfect-to all appearances.
But II little girl, on reaching home.
recited the lines in this style. TIP
from the meadows rich with corn.
clear, on a cool September morn, the
custard pies Of Frederick stand
Hartford Post.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-01-20
FASHIONS

Whipcord is the favorite material
whereof the tailor made gowns of man,
young women are composed.
Some Of the new Russian velours show
as many as three or four different colors
Thus. black. dahlia. golden brown AMI
green will lie combined in one cloth.
The return of the ~crinoline some tim,
in the near future seems to be one Of tn,
accepted facts. Already Fashionable
dressmakers are stiftening their dresses
as far as the knees.
The fashionable minktail trimming
that was so popular at the beginning d
the season is already practically on ii
the market. the supply of this little AM
mails tails being entirely exhausted.
Sealskin seems to he in greater favo.
than ever. and it apparently hecolne
more and more beautiful as tine tim,
goes on. probably because the manipaia
ton Of the skins increasingly grow, t.
ward perfection.
For a middle aged lady nothing can b
more fitting. ami elegant at the sam,
time. than y r1hy velvet gown cpyere,.
with black silk suipure lace. rich!,
draped. y wide sash and stomaclar o
ruby velvet are worn over the corsara.
which is OF lace. finely gathered.-Nev
York Tribune.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-01-20

The newspaper office boy is fond
OF work that is 10 say, he loves t.
sit and e it accumulate.
lie loves to contemplate work III
The abstract. Its detail, are les. in
terestlng to him The sound of tn.
call leli il music to his ears. It
never annoys hm in heleas;. There
are several authenticated instances
on record WHERE he has been known
to answer the bell. His forte is the
rTlEnln. of errunds- those not con
nected with the business OF the offic.
for himself and friends. He likes
to assist the elevator man and make
himself generally useful outside Of
his usual duties. The dull routine Of
Office work Is too limited IA sphere of
action for his versatility In fact
the newspaper office boy is some
thing per st. New York Herald.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-01-20

The relation of celebrated men to
those whom they meet in the humble,
walks OF ilfe Il often as Interesting a.
the estimation III vAlicn they are held Il,
the great Narid. Ii Is said that Tefnv
son was always kind ard almost deter,
entlal TO the old nurse who took care Of
nm when he was a child.
To the country people who knew him
ne had always a most Hnpretendln.
me ami few Of them arpreciatp,!
ma as a genius. They secuted 10 con
slider whatever ne did To be quite tin.
right thing because he did it, ever,
though II might look peculiar.
They We're accustomed to his solitary
ralmbles, and though frequently sur
pr1sed by the appearance of IA figure in ID
short cloak and slouch hat in some dark
bit of woodland they We're never slow
IN settling upon its right identity.
AT onetlme IA countryman who fancied
ne had seen an appmrition of some sort
"dded. after attempting its description.
IF 1t want IA ghost. then 'twere Mr.
Ienn.yson."- Youths Companion.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-01-20

further "a .reciated. No ..oubt tae
disrepute OF knighthood is no new
thing. Heralds are accustomed to
late the CONNIE acement from the
reign Of James /, who created 30Q
knights III xix weeks. and that Of his
son. Charles |. vino knl.lIted among
others Sir Jeffrey Hudson, tie
queens dwarf. But it reached n eli
max under George ", who disaoy
cred IL the mere threat Of adr1iuis.
tering the royal accolaslean cifectuai
protection against the presentation
If unwe.eome addresses. and nale.
William ". vino kniGAteti every
Body who would allow Linn to do sc
matters III this respect were not
a,uch mcnle3.
In the earlier Years of the queens
reign. however. when .ne couilsc,.
of the lamented prince co1lsort were
IN the ascendant. kIisathood wa
very sparinSly conferred. and it, 30
,ition Us a social distinction was no
pOrtionately raised. Bat 1t is not
much to say that IF late il has
been distributed with SO little cir
rumspection that it has become al
most -alueiess for the purpose fol-
nich it is supposed and ought te
exist. -JOntoI World.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-01-20

Thu Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals would find IA wide
field for its operations if it would
send an agent to the West India is
lands, where the tortoise shell is OBJ
tanned. The natives do not generally
kill the tortoise to gets its shell, but
fasten it to the ground by tying it,
head and feet to pegs, then lay hot
Goals On its back. The scales are thus
lOosened and come off very easily.
and the turtle is turned out to grow
another supply. The process is un
speakably cruel, and the ladies vic
object to wearing bird plumage in
their hats ought to also reject tor
tOise shell combs. st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-01-20

A mule team behind which | made
. journey early one cold, frosty
morning under the shadow of Mount
Shasta We're quite the slowest l have
had themisfortune to meet. Neither
OF them would pay the slightest at.
tention to the heavy rawhide WHIP
which the driver carried. His only
means OF a~ccelerating their speed
was by what he called ..heaving a
rock at en-" for which purpose he
had his pockets full Of small stones
that he threw at intervals. hitting
one or other of the mules Oh the
back, whereupon the team would
quicken their steps for a time. A
blow from the whip failed
every time to produce the effect that
was instantly accomplished by the
of ore Of the smallest Of
these pebbles with the rough gray
hides before us.-San Francisco Cali.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-01-20

49,
A correspondent declares tina,
hares taking TO the water are by II,
mean Il rare phenomenon" HAY
ing. he continues. been residing
near London for over fifty years.
have had but few opportunities OF
observation III this respect. but | wei!
remember III my younger days /.
hare quite deliberately crossing the
Avon III vi"w of the tollgate keeper
at Hampton. near Evesilam. and
after shaking itself skip off 70 the
gardens. ITO doui,t To ragale itself Oh
the dainty heritage til-ae,
"On another OCCASION a friend @,
mine shot 1T Il hare not far from the
same place. hut not securing his
prize II ran to the river and swain
across. Another case ct;nle to my
knowledge when hare. pressed bar
by a dog Ia pursuit. swan over. :;
brook ana made good its ESCAPE. The
latter TIVE eases We're tor dear life
not SO the former. | feel sure many
residing ia the country could give
instances 10 confirm the fact tia,
haies have nn objection tOa bath"
London News.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-01-20

Much research and investigation
warrants the assertion that man il
not the only animal subject to
dreams. Horses neigh and real upon
their hind feet while fast asleep; dogs
bark and growl and in many other
ways exhibit all their characteristic
passions. 1t is highly probable that
at such times the remembrance of
the chase Or of a combat is passing
through the dogs minds. Besides
the above signs of fleeing pain.
anger and excitement, these noble
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-01-20
ABSOLUTELY PURE

creatures o,sen manifest sigh, oi
Kindness. piayfulne>> and OF almost
every other passion Ruminant ami
mails, such as the sheep and the COW.
are believed To be less affected with
dreams than fho~enf higher passions
which spend then waking hours in
ceneS of greater excitement.
Philosophers and investigators lell
US that If We trace the dream faculty
still lower III the scale of animal life
we shall probably find that the same
phenomena exist, and Judging from
analogy it Is only reasonable to reck
on dreaming a. one of the universal
!aws-almo~t Is universal as sleep it
self. st. Louis Republic.