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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-12-06
Largest Private Estate

By the recent acquisition of tract Of
10000 acres Santa Gertrudes Ranch, in
southwest Texas, already reputed to be
the largest estate in the world owned
by private individual. was increased
to the immense proportions of 1000
square miles, or .I,2So,ooo acres. This
single ranch is, therefore, almost twice
as large as the State of Rhode Island
and contains $4,000 more acres of land
than does the State of Delaware
All this immense area, says HarPey's
Weekly, is owned by one elderly woman
of simple tastes and retiring habits, who
takes no active part in its management
and does not even live upon the land
for the greater part of the year. Her
interest in the ranch is strongest during
Christmas week, when, with traditional
Southern hospitality, she entertains half
hundred guests in the great manor
house.
However impressive the statistics of
Santa Gertrudes may be on paper, the
visible reality is not at all imposing. On
slight swell of ground, by no means
high enough to be dignified by the name
of hill, stands the ranch house, neat
white building large enough to serve the
purpose of a good-sized hotel with de-
tached dining room and kitchen and
abundant verandas, after the Southern
style.
To the rear rs a g+ass-bordered reser-
voir fed by an artesian well, an untidy
barn and corral, and blacksmith shop
and some shade trees. At the right is
the ranch commissary, whence are
drawn all the necessaries of life and as
much of its luxuries as the scanty Mexi-
can population of the ranch ever know.
Beyond the commissary lies a hamlet of
neat brick cottages, which house the
Mexicans who are employed at head
quarters.
From the upper windows of the ranch
house one may look out in any direction
over an expanse of level prairie fringed
with mesquite, until the hazy rim of the
horizon shuts out the view; and that is
absolutely all. However thoroughly con-
vinced one may be of the existence OF
those 1000 square miles, or of the 3d.
600 head of cattle and 1000 head of
horses and 1000 goats that Craze
thereon, as spectacle the largest private
estate in the world is a distinct failure.
1t does not take many men to run a
big ranch. The total population of
Santa Gertrudes, white and Mexican,
men, women and children, is three hun
dred. If the ranch were as densely pop
ulated as Rhode Island it would have
$4,000 inhabitants. Even the three hun
dred are scattered so that very few of
| them are ever seen together.
The ranch is divided into seventy pas
lures. On each of the largest and on
groups of two or three of the smaller
pastures a family lives. A small pas
ture, in this instance, is understood to
mean 5000 acres or SO.
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hour in moderate oven; serve hot with

hour in moderate oven; serve hot with
cream.
Corn Chowder.-Pare and cut four
good sized potatoes into dice. Peel and
slice two medium-sized onions. Scald
the rows of dozen ears of corn and
press out the pulp. Put layer of the
potatoes in the bottom of saucepan,
then layer of the onions, layer of
corn, sprinkling of salt and pepper, and
continue SO until all the materials are
used, having the last layer of corn. Add
a cupful of boiling water, cover the dish,
and cook slowly on a moderate fire for
twenty minutes. Rub together three
tablespoonfuls of -four and one table
spoonful of butter. Add to these two
cups of milk, stir until boiling, and add
to the chowder Stir the whole care
fully without breaking the potatoes.
Bring to boiling point, add six crackers
broken into bits, and cover the dish for
five minutes more. Beat the yolk of
one egg with two tablespoonful OF
cream or milk and stir in at the last mo.
ment.
Delicious Supper Dish.-Select four
good sized tomatoes. Plunge them into
hot water, remove the skins, cut into
halves, press lightly to take out the seeds,
cut each half in halves again. Put two
tablespoonfuls of butter into saucepan
and add two onions chopped fine Stand
the saucepan in pan of water and cook
slowly until the onion is tender. Add a
teaspoonful of curry powder and a cup
of water. When this reaches the boiling
point, put in the tomatoes, cover the
saucepan, cook over a moderate FIRE for
twenty minutes. While these are cook
ing boil one cupful of rice. Drain the
rice, and when dry heap it into the cen
ter of the serving dish; put around it
the tomatoes, which should not be
broken; strain the sauce over and send
at once to the table.
Almond Cake Without Butter,-Chop
finely half pound of almonds from
which the shells, but not the skins, have
been removed. Beat together the yolks
of seven eggs and one half pound of
sugar until very light Then fold in the
nuts and the grated rind of one lemon.
Last of all, fold in the whites of the
eggs which have been beaten until light.
Bake in a slow oven for one hour.
Coffee Cakes to be Served Warm
Beat four eggs in saucepan and add to
them two teaspoonfuls of strong, black
coffee or of coffee extract. Beat these
rapidly over boiling water until the mix
ture is heated through, but not hot.
7 lake from the fire and whip continu
ously for fifteen minutes. Add slowly
one cup of sifted pastry flour. Half
fill gem tins which have been buttered
with the cake mixture and bake for fif-
teen minutes in a quick oven. Serve
warm.
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rible might issue from its walls and
bar his way to the presence of the wo-
man he loved.
AS he quickencd his pace he almost
overlook the servant as she opened the
drawing-room door; then he stood quite
still and almost breathlcss, gazing be
fore him. The apartment, which was
family lighted by single lamp, showed
him the figure of the woman he sought,
seated at table on which she had thrust
ont her arms, between which her head
was buried There was something so
ritiful and despairing in the abandon
ment of her attitude that all the misery
he had felt that day became suddenly
eccentuated, and he recognized that here
lay the cause.
With intuitive delicacy he stepped
back, until the servants entry having
disturbed her mistress, the latter rose,
and, turning her back to the light, pre-
pared to receive him. Dimly seen as
it was, her pallid face, drawn and hag-
gard, with its eyes dull and swollen, its
mouth quivering, and, above all, its ex-
preston of utter misery, startled him.
The hand he held in his trembled and
felt cold as death.
What has happened?" he asked,
while dreadng to hear her reply.
You have not heard?' she said. in
4 low. broken voice.
q have heard nothing new Tell itc
what it is
An hope of saving me is lost
mo, no, not that" he cried out,
iercely, as if in defiance OF the state
inent
All. That man-the Italian"
HAS escaped? ?"
HAS been traced TO his grave"
"Well?"
He died in a hospital few hours
before my husband was killed." she said,
striving to steady her voice.
In a second he realized what the CON
sequences Of this discovery might prove
to the woman before him.
when did you hear the news" he
asked, presently.
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IN THE SHADOW
OF SHAME
By Fitzgerald Molloy
Copyright by z. Fitzgerald Molloy.

Il am English, madam" the inspec-
tor replied.
And so am l." she said smilingly,
but as you came to make inquiries for
a patient | supposed you to be an
Italian"
"The patient ] came to ask about is
not friend, but a man in whom ! am
interested"
what is his name?' she asked, in a
business-liEe manner.
Marco Mezza.'
81 remember him well"
pray tell me, madam, everything you
know about him"
"lIe came here suffering from an adj
vanced stage OF pneumonia"
DO you remember the date"
Il can find it for you. ! should think
he had been sinking for some time. At
all events, he had greatly neglected him
self and was in very bad condition"
"How long did he remain here?"
''iIe lived for about twelve days"
Lived" the inspector repeated.
Then he is dead?'
Yes, he is dead"
"But, tell me- did he leave the hos
pltal for day--for an hour-from the
time he came in until he died?'
No; that would have been impossible.
The doctor knew from the moment he
saw him that Mezza was a dying man.
Mackworth's astonishment and dis
appointment were great If Mezza was
in the hospital on September 2I, then it
was not he who had murdered David
Dumbarton.
What was the date of his death?"
81 will bring you the book in which
all particulars OF our patients are en-
tered the supcriorcss said, and she
quickly left the room.
Can it be possible Mezza is inno-
cent? the inspector asked himself, TN
willing to root out the idea which had
taken possession of his mind.
In couple of moments the superior
ess returned, carrying heavy book,
Which she placed upon the table.
"Ah, here it is: Marco Mezza, admit
ted the Sth of September; suffering
from pneumonia, accelerated by drink;
place OF birth, Naples; age, 40; profes-
sion, violinist address Rue Petit Mae
ire, Paris; date Of death, 2Ist of Sep
tcnbcr, hour, p. M
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Autumn Recipes.

Woodsman Stew.-Procure for this
two pounds of the pieces of beef or
mutton that are cheap and not desirable
for roasting or broiling and cut them
into cubes of one inch. Put quarter
of pound of sliced bacon into a good
sized saucepan, cook slowly until all the
fat is tried out, and remove the frizzled
pieces. Dust the beef with one table
spoonful of flour, throw into hot fat, and
stir Until nicely Drowned. Draw the
meat to one side, add to the fat one
tablespoonful of -four, mix and add one
pint of boiling water; stir constantly un-
til boiling. Add a teaspoonful of
chopped onion, four tablespoonfuls of
vinegar (not too sour), one teaspoonful
of salt and saltspoonful of pepper.
Cover and simmer gently for one hour.
Then add the grating of the yellow rind
of a lemon Cook thirty minutes. Try
the meat If it is tender, take it from
the fire. Otherwise, cook thirty minutes
longer. Serve with ??
Hominy Croquettes. one-half
pin hominy very carefully in cold wa
ter; add quart of milk and cook in
a double boiler three hours. Add tea
spoonful of salt, saltspoonful of pep
per and the yolks of two eggs. Mix
thoroughly and turn out to cool. When
cold, form into cylinder shaped cro-
quettes. Dip in egg, roll in bread
crumbs, and fry in hot fat
Chocolate Bread Pudding.-Soak two
cups of stale bread crumbs in four cups
of scalded milk for thirty minutes; melt
two squares of chocolate in saucepan
over hot water. Add one half cup of
sugar and enough milk taken from the
bread and milk to make a consistency to
pouf. Add to mixture with one quarter
of cup of sugar, a one quarter tea
spoonful of salt, one teaspoonful of va
nilla and two eggs slightly beaten. Turn
into buttered pudding dish and bake one
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Marco Mezza had died but a few
hours before the man whose life he had
threatened to take had been killed.
did he not send for his wife or his
friends?" Mackworth asked
''He told us on entering he had no
wife or no friends in London; that he
had come from Paris four days be-
fore"
''But toward the end he did not in
quire for then1?"
Gle did not know he was dying, and
during his last three days he was de-
lirious. We sent the certificate of his
death to the Italian Consul, who will
forward copy to Mezza's relatives in
Naples, if they can be found He is
buried in Kensal Green"
There seemed nothing further to be
known regarding this unhappy man
here was the end for him, so far as this
world went. Mackwortf thanked the
superioress for the trouble she had
taken, and left the hospital in a differ
ent mood from that he felt on enter
ing, all his plans Upset, his spirits de-
pressed.
The man who had killed David Dunn
barton was still to be discovered.
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her brutal husband. becomes successful authorcss
and lives quietly with her daughter Veronica. In
HeNton Road, 81. Johns Wood, London Her hus-
band secretly returns to London and by letter makes
further demands for money Her cousin Vaerius
GalbrGlth, a man of independent wealth who has
been IN love with her since early YOUTH calls to say
farewell before starting on Il trip to Egypt. fort
holding dagger over the dead body Of her husband.
She Is arrested uno held for trial. and detectives
put on the George Bostuck. the publisher, and
Nacrus Galbrath take active interest IN the in
yestigatons and the former Is shadOwed by Inspector
MaCSworth. Angela Mez2a an Italian woman, swears
TO Mrs. Dumharton and Inspector MackWorth that the
mJrder committed by TIER husband. The Inspector
discovers Fietfo, Il model aud former companion Of
MeZZa.
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replied Bostock, speaking slowly and
with emphasis, under which a comics
sion is not only possible, but probable" :"
What are they?" she asked,
"A man may commit murder through
a feeling of hatred or revenge, and yet
shrink from inAicting a terrible blow on
one who had never wronged him." he
said.
"You think so?"
as it not reasonable surmise? He
mag through moral cowardice, and i'll
the hope that you may be acquitted OF
this charge without the necessity of his
Intervention, wait until the last moment
and then, if there are no other means
of freeing you, he may speak"
She shook her head, Sayirg:
Il cannot agree with you; man who
commits murder is not one to make
such sacrifice"
After a pause she continued, ut is
so easy to imagine what we might do
were we situated as others are, or were
and yet so difficult for us really to put
ourselves in their places. The man who
took one life to crafty his hatred or
revenge, would not, think, hesitate to
see another life sacrificed to save him
self from the consequences of his ac-
ton"
"There may be exceptions" he an
swered from out of the darkness.
There are exceptional men in the
world; but | dare say they are very
few" she replied
"And | can almost realize" said
George Bostock. with a force in his
words that startled her, chow welcome
expiation would be to a burdened con-
science, and how necessary a confession
might become as an escape from the in
Fiction of an intolerable secret"
Such things can only be known to
and judged of by the guilty" she mur-
INJURED.
you mustn't give up all hope yet"
he said earnestly, longing to relieve her
depression.
But my prospects look black"
"You forget the old saying, that the
darkest hour is nearest to dawn"
"And you really think that my inno-
cence may yet be proved?"
Il am sure it will" he answered,
firmly.
"Sure?" she repeated. surprised alike
by the words and by the tone of the
expression. "How-why-?"
Because" he began, and then
hesitated.
"Yes?" she said anxiously, her feel.
ings wrought to intensity.
Because, as | have said. murder will
out one way or another"
Her eyes expressed the disappoint-
ment she felt at hearing him express
this vague generality instead of some
particular explanation
rs that all?" she asked, in a low,
lispirited tone.
Before he could reply the bell of the
garden door rang loudly through the
house.
1T is Valerius," Olive Dutnbarton re
marked
Il must go now Bostock said as he
rose.
She did not ask him to stay, but said
You will come and see me again soon,
hopper"
very soon,' he replied gravcly, as
he took her hand and looked into her
eyes
AS he passed through the corridor on
his way ont he met Valerius, who, with
displeasure in his prominent blue eyes,
coldly regarded the publisher. They
bowed as they passed without speaking
"She loves him." George Bostock
thought, as he emerged into the rain
and darkness, and the depression he had
felt all day grew deeper yet
Ito be continued)
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CHAPTER XVI

On cold and cherries afternoon in
October, with a gray and lowering sky
above and a drenched and sombre
world around, George Bostock took his
way to see Olive Dumbarton.
Walking along the broad, soft-car-
petcd corridor leading to the drawing
room, he glanced toward the entrance OF
the study where the terrible tragedy had
taken place; the study with its floor
still smeared and stained with blood, its
windows closed and suffered, its fur
niture dust-covered, its door locked
Never had he passed it since that night
which ended David Dumbarton's life
without feeling a sickness of heart and
physical repulsion, but now his aversion
and dread were heightened, and he hur-
ried by as if he feared something hor-
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This morning; the inspector came to
tell me-"
"Ard you have been alone ever since
your trouble?' he said, looking at her
Il Seht for my cousin, but | suppose
he was not in his rooms when my mes
sage reached him." she replied.
"But tell me about Mackworth; has
he no mother clew?"
mot that I know of, at least" she
answered YEARLY
''He may have, though he withholds il
from you," he remarked.
"Why do you think he would keep il
back from me?"
"He might not wish to speak Until
he was able to prove his case"
81 see," she answered, a grateful look
in her eyes, you are striving to give
me hope, but | cannot blind myself to
the fact that circumstances seem deat
against me"
Though her voice was calm, there wa:
an undertone of pitifulness in it thai
| appealed to her hearer more directly
| more keenly, than she could have be
lieved possible.
mo matter; it's my belief, one ot
two things must happen" he said, his
manner growing more serious, If pos
| sible.
"And that7" she said, eagerly.
Either the man who killed your hus'
band will be found"
"Or"
Cor he will confess"
She shook her head sadly, saying:
Il fear the murderer will never bt
discovered; you see, all these weeks &c
by and no definite clew has been OBJ
tanned; as for confession, that / dar'
not hope for"
"Why not?" he asked.
Il cannot imagine maD who woult
be guilty of murder sacrificing himself
to save the innocent"
But | can conceive circumstances,
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himself by nodding his head by way of
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of Morrison
County:

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New York banks paid out in divi-
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900 Nov. 1.
A violent storm has done much dam
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George AIDE denies that he is en-
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Railroad clerks of the Southern Pa
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The board of directors Of the Penn
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Clearings of Chicago banks in Octo-
Der were in excess Of 100000, 900,
the exact amount being $1,000, 451, 400.
This is the largest total for any month
in the history of the Chicago clearing
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