Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-06
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nections he was able to keep his place
open as long as he liked and that his
patrons need have no fear of being mo-
Tested in any manner.
This was gust about as raw case OF
defiance of the law IS could well be imag-
ined, so determined that il | could get d
scrap of evidence against him l would jal
this cantinero out of his fancied secur-
1ty. He gave me the opportunity himself
He grew so bold that when the time came
for renewing his liquor LICENSE he just
neglected 1t, and pretty soon one of my
men brought him in for this failure.
The next day l was considerably sur
prised when discovered who the higher
up was who had promised this man pro-
lection. Oh. no, there was no particular
secret about it, The man himself told
me. He wrote me a letter in which he
said that the fault of his office in over
looking the application of the honest can
t1nero whom l had had arrested caused
this acknowledgements citizen to be in
my custody. and would l therefore please
release the aforementioned respectable
member Of society P. D. O., and oblige
yours truly, Don Something or Other, in
speCtor general de licoreS which title is
translated into inspector general of the
liquor traffic, corresponding to our int er-
nal revenue commissioner. Well, that was
rum go, TO my mind, when the head
OF the internal revenue himself was in the
business of shielding violators of the in
ternal revenue law from punishment, SO
request and inflicted pretty stable fine
on the delinquent saloonkeeper.
That caused the inspector general to
burst into loud howl, which, as he was
evidently versatile chap, he emitted in
English, much to my joy. for naturally |
would rather carry on controversy in
my own language than in some ones else
He told me in his correct though rather
stilted English that the heads of depart
mentS of the government should display
more courtesy toward bar I
mad shown him, and that they should
promptly and gladly do for each other
such little favors upon request as he had
asked OF me. Moreover. he threatened
darkly that he kept my letter by him to
use for some sinister purpose that subse-
quently l would bitterly rue, or words to
that effect. His lapsing into English was
ms undolng, for. being some hot myself at
MS puerlle threats, l sat down and wrote
him scorcher of a letter that took the
wlnd out OF his sails, and l was never
molested by him afterward, neither did
MS saloon keeping gambling protege brag
about his influential friends any more
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Yes he went on to say, 1T was ex-
periences like that that showed me why
Cabrera selected foreigner for his chief
OF police. When l first went down there
l used to wonder why he had done it, for
good material for a police chief among
the natives. but after while, from my own
troubles, I learned why native would
never have held the job down.
Guatemala like the United States, is
divided UP into states which In that coun-
try are called departamentos, and are
governed by jefes politico, who are colo
nels in the army and are appointed by the
president directly. The people of the de-
n - nnthinu n IN
who shall be their governor. These Jefes
politico are all just as anxious as possible
to control everything within their prov
ince, and they were naturally very jeal-
hearts, stars or diamonds. The ingredients
called for are two scant cups lard, two
cups molasses one egg, one teaSpoonful
each cloves and cinnamon, saltspoonful
salt. teaspoonful soda, and -four to
make the thickness required. Melt the
lard cool and add the mo asses, spices
and soda dissolved in a little hot water
Stir thoroughly add the -four. a little at
a time, and when quite thick roll out
AMI cut in fancy shapes Where the
figures are of men or animals, eyes can
be made with raisins currants. and
noses and mouths with bits of citron.
Pfefernusse for Christmas.
Christmas would not be Christmas with
German little folks without varied sup
ply of fancy cakes always associated with
Kris Kringles coming. The baking of
these delicious morsels is begun days or
even weeks before the advent of the good
saint, and a generous supply of these on
hand makes the children happy even IL
other Christmas largesse is somewhat
To make the pepper nuts
have ready one pound sfted flour one
pound sugar, four eggs, two ounces cam
died lemon peel. one nutmeg. a table
spoon ground cinnamon, a teaspoonful
cloves and one Of baking powder Beat
the eggs and sugar together, add bak-
ing powder and spices and whip thor
oughly Add the -four and knead out on
the molding board. Shape into small balls
and bake on buttered tins in a slow oven.