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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-12

as the infants showed that they knew
enough to eat small pieces of raw
meat or they We're shipped.
They grew rapidly IN captivity, and
ln the fall they were put into q large
cage with a number of other coyotes
and there they may be seen today. But
one of them ON the 18th of last April,
had six babies of her own. and soon
made arrangements TO buy them. I'm
fortunately three Of them died within
a few days. but the other three lived
and when they We're three weeks old i
called for them and carried them off.
/ had a long railroad journey before
me, and that my charges might not
suffer from hunger I bought a pint of
milk TO give them on The train. L
bought a baby nursing bottle to feed
them with and. for fear that they
might not grasp the meaning OF this at
once, I took also a medicine drOpper.
When 7 opened the box / thought /
had never seen such stOiid young crea-
lures. They lay perfectly still and
looked at me without the least eX-
preston i'm their faces, and when
picked one up he held his body per-
fectIy rigid with his fore legs straight
out in front, as stiff as ramrods
yOuuE fox of the same age. and under
the same conditions would relax It's
muscles and hang perfectly limp.
~ men was sure tutE A ere AutlELts Il
offered them the bottle. but, as I had
half expected from their appearance.
they could not discover its use. In
stead of sucking 1t vigorously, on gen
eral principles. they allowed the nip
pie TO rest quietly in their mouths,
while they gazed rather stupidity about
them. But they could not 20 hungry.
so with the drOpper I gave them what
they would not take for themselves,
much to the disgust of a Well-meaniug
lady passenger. who persisted in Civ
ing useless advice, on the strength of
having reared seven children herself
She was quite sure that I would choke
them to death, but as they are sUill
very much alive. she has lost her point.
When / got them home they proved
20 be just about the same size as my
young foxes though little more than
half the age of those ubiquitous Tas-
Gals To the casual observer the young
wolves and the young foxes looked
very much alike. but 90 the critical eye
they had but little Ed common except
their size The young wolves we're
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-12
Fridays Dinner.
By COrnelia c. Bedford.

TO them salt and pepper 90 taste, one
teasp0ouful of onion juice one table
spoonful of finely chopped parsley, one
tablespoonful of butter, two table
SpOOuiUis of cream. the yOIks of two
and the white of one egg beaten to-
gether. Put into a clean saucepan and
stir over the fire until the mixture
leaves the sides clean and can be
formed in big ball. Set aside until
sufficiently cooled 10 handle, then shape
into CrOQuettFs-COneS, cylinders or
balls Beat the reserved white with
one teasp0uufuI of warm water. just
enough TO break the stringiness. Dip
each CrOQuetue i'm this, then i'm fine, dry
crumbs. and just before dinner is served
fry them golden-brown in smoking hot
FAT of SUFFICIENT depth 20 immense them.
Drain for q moment ON soft paper and
pile on a low or fiat dish
A tail piece Weighing from three TO
four pounds 81 the best cut To have
from haIibuJ OF from a large cod IF
the former, pour little boiling water
over the under black skin and scrap5
it we'll then wash quickly iu cold wa
ter Cook together for twenty minutes
one can OF tomatoes, one cupful Of wa
ter, one large onion, chopped, one
green pepper. seeded and chopped, four
cloves, half Of "a bay Leaf, one tea
spoonful of salt and "a dash Of cayenne
Rub through a sieve Mix together do
a clean saucepan one tablespoonful OF
butter and one tablespoonful and "a halt
Of -four and gradually add he tomato.
stirring until smooth; cook for five
minutes and draw To the side of the
ire In a baking pan put little of the
sauce. ON this lay the FISH and pour
over IT. "a half Cupful more. Place I'm a
hot oven and haste every ten minutes
with "a little of the sauce. About fif-
teen minutes TO the pound viii be
needed. when done. the flesh VIII draw
away from the bones. serve on plat
ter RaTnlsaed with paisley and sliced
lemon and pass the sauce separately.
A small bunch of asparagus VIII be
needed for the soup. Scrape each stalk,
cut or the tender tips and cut the
stalks in hail-inch lengths. Boil the
tius in q pint OF slightly saited water
until very tender. then skim them out
and droD into cold water. Cook the
stalks iu sno same water untH ready
10 break. -heu press an through "a
sieve. AaEe a white sauce with two
tabIespoonfuls of butter two table
sTooufuis VI -four and one ping or milk,
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add TO IT. the asparagus PURGE and sea-
son with salt and pepper; then add the
drained tips and keep hot for five min
utes before serving.
Fresh green peas contain large per
centage of WatcTy juices, and in cook
lng do not need the addition or any
quantity of water After Smelling, wash
them. ana for each pint allow one
large tablespoonful of butter. Place
this ia saucepan with oue-half OF "a
tablespoonful Of salt. One-quarter of
JeaspO0uful of white pepper and "a
scant han tedspOOnful of sugar. Mix
over the fire and when hot put in the
peas. cover closely and shake over the
hot fire for five minutes. Add two or
three tablespooufuls of boiling water
and draw a little so one side where
they viii cook more slowly, Sufficient
juice viii usually be drawn from them
10 finish the cooking. but a few more
sp1Onsful may be added. if necessary,
TO keep thems from burning. This
method, If fairly tried viii be consid-
cred by most people much better I'm
result than when the peas are cooked
in large amount of water.
Instead of crisping the cucumbers on
Ice, try this way ANA see whether they
are not less reminiscent than usual
Pare them. cutting q thick piece from
tA+F STEM emu tlril taL lit Il t3AtEs intth
spiral from outside to seeds. Cover
with water from The tap, adding one
teaspOOnful Of salt and let stand for
an hour or until they seem rather soft
and Wilted, then DRAIN squeezing them
well. Prepare a French dressing by
mixing together one half OF a teaspoon
ful of salt, one-third of a teasp0Onful
of pepper and four tablespoonful OF
olive oil. Stir for few minutes, then
add gradually one tablespoonful of
vinegar or lemon juice. stirring swiftly
until the mixture forms an emulsion.
Sprinkle the cucumbers with a little
onion juice, then add the French dress
ing and send TO the table. Lettuce OF
escaTOle may be used. heaping the GU
cumbers on the blanched leaves and
finishing with a sprinkle of finely
chopped parsley.
A departure from the regular cheese
waters can be had by mixing a half
cupful OF cottage cheese with two ta-
biesp0Onfuls of French dressing
spreading this ON long zephyrettes and
sprinklng with finely chopped English
Talnuts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-12
Young Coyotes.
By Ernest Harold Baynes.

Rl light was falling over one of the
IL great western plains, when the
grizzled head of a prairie wolf
was raised cautiously from the mouth
Of burrow which ran far beneath the
surface of the ground 1t was a Ions.
narrow head, not unlike that of a fox.
except that 10 was much larger. and
that the ears and eyes were smaller I'm
proportion. The face was fun OF cum
ming but that cunning would avail no
more for at this very instant there
was q squirt Of fire and the sharp crack
OF a rife from a nearby clump of grass,
and the coyote was kicking and gasp
ing on the very threshold of its home.
Behind the pun of smoke. man
jumped to his feet and, with a cry of
I've got yer this time. yer thief ran
forward and dragged the dying crea-
ture out upon the plain. Even In the
dim light, it was evident that this was
a much smaller and far less formida-
bic animal than the great gray timber
wolf but the man who was lifting its
limp. yellowish-gray body had found
by long experience that not even the
timber wolf nor the red fox himself had
more cunning than a coyote. And
something else the man knew, and this
was that the wolf he had killed was
the mother OF a number of cubs which
must even now be i'm the burrOW below
him. So with the butt Of his gun he
broke i'm the earth about the mouth of
the tunnel, packed it until it was al
most as solid as a brick, and then,
picking up the body of his old enemy
strobe away toward his camp.
In the morning he returned TO the
den with two companions, armed with
picks and spades. and before long they
reached the end of the burrOW, where
bunch of soft brown fur marked the
position OF six shivering, hungry little
coyotes. each doing his best to get
just a little farther away. one of the
men put out his hand toward the cubs.
bat the ones on top of the bunch curled
their lips. opened their mouths. and
showed such an array of teeth. as
sharp as needles, that for a moment
he hesitated. Then, realizing that they
we're but babies. he seized them one
by one, and drew them out snarling
and struggling.
The men had no intention Of killing
the little CaptiVes. They had received
orders to get just such litter for q
geological park ia the east. and as soon
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-12
Not for ]. slarp WlIiams.
CNew York Telegraph

(NeW York Telegraph
John Sharp Williams Yaz0o. Miss,
viii not be the next Democrat caudi-
date for president
Tt is possible To state this positively
on the authority of friend who asked
the Democratic house leader the qucs'
ton point blank.
Why" replied Mr.. Williams, 'the
correspondent of western paper
asked me that question yesterday.
Are YOU candidate for the presideu-
cy, Mr.. williams? asked he.
We'll. I looked the young man over
and j saw ne was i'm earnest.
60 I was. ] told him. AT least j saw
a good deal about it i'm the papers. Then
I commenced 10 hear from my con-
stituents. The municipal council of
Yazoo passed resolutions To the effect
that the municipality preferred that i
should remain I'm my present proud po-
sitiOn i'm the legislative branch, AID
not aspire To executive hoR0rs.
" Then / heard from the intelligent
voters of Shubuta. Then Narkeeta
spoke. then STEMS Siding. They were
AL vehemently against my running Tor
president
Then you are not caudidate2 put
iu the correspondent.
Oh. I think 7 could fix those fell
lows down in Mississippi all right
Then you are a candidate
' Mo-. Fact is, about that time
Mrs Williams came up 60 Washington
City and 7 took her for a drive. We
were passing the White House when
she turned TO me and said. What 8
this I hear about you running for pres
ident, Mr.. Williams
.ss sOh. nothing much says j.
SIS Well" says Mrs. Williams,
don't want to hear any more about Il,
You know perfectly well, John, that
with my sick headaches 7 couldn't pos
sibly live in that big white house over
wonder. 7 must have the Yazo0 air."
60 So I says To the correspondent, I
guess I'll have to give up the presi-
dencv'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-12

2 ROM q custom dating back TO the
beginning of the Christian era,
Friday has been looked upon as
lie one day in the week ON which 10
abstain from flesh meat Aside from
its religious aspect 10 IS one which Is
regarded with favor by medical men.
who gree iu thinking that Americans
as a nation eat too much meat AS "a
natural result, the h0usakeeper finds
that on Friday she has a better assert
meut of fish 10 select from than on
any other day OF the week.
Because this article happens to be
written in a seaport town and after a
visit 10 one of the great FISH markets
there. a saltwater fish has been select
cd as the main article on the menu.
HalibuU is q large, dTm-heshed fish
from which one can buy cuts as from
q hind quarter of beef, but for those
or our readers who live inland it's place
can be supplied by any goOd-sized fish
which is firm flesh and not too DOny,
whether il be drawn from the lake or
river.
Cream Of Asparagus SOUP.
HHhbut "a la Creole.
Potato CrOquettes. Peas.
Cucumber salad.
Waters. Cheese.
Fruit Corn Starch. Blanc Mango.
As the dessert is to be a cold one. it
may be well 20 prepare that first. Scald
a pint of milk in a double boiler. Nix
together three tablespooufuls of corn
starch and one-half OF "a teaspoonful of
50 81 with sufficient cold milk TO make
= #yhIn paste. turn st quickly into the
hof milk and stir until thickened then
cover and cook for forty minutes. Beat
The yolks Of two eggs with one-third of
"a cupful of sugar, add 20 the cooked
mixture and stir occasionally Cor tive
minutes. then add the whites Ceateu
10 a stin froth and stir up well from
She bottom. Cook three minutes more.
then take from the fire and add one
tablespoonful OF lemon Juice sad one
half teaspoOnful OF Eauziia have
ready a pretty mold dippaE in pesl wa
ter and the bottom li-eG with large
straw berries. Put IN e1Gsza or the
corn starch 20 cover the berries and lay
more berries around the sides as the
remainder is turned ju. Sc away u
2 cold place.
Pare. wash, bon aH6 mash sufficient
potatoes 20 measure three cupfulS Add
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this market is concerned. Lard and
butter have Jared likewise. All down
the list the duty has been tackled on to
our stuff until i'm some instances it
costs more than it is worth TO get il
into the country.
The BrazIiaus have got it through
their heads that we viii never tax
their coffee. and SO they feel that they
have a free hand 10 collect big bounty
from us. The remedy is very. very sim
pie. Declare a small tax ON their coffee
and there win be q prOtesta ton Of
friendship. followed by q slashing of
duty ou American goods. that win be
astonishing. one far-seeInE. conseTva-
tive planter after reading about more
duty being put on American goods
wrote 90 the paper and suggested that
reciprocity with the states would be a
safeguard to the coffee interests. He
pointed out that If the Americans
should put q duty on coffee. as the
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confines Of the plantation. which are
used for nothing except transporting
the coffee.
Many girls and women are employed
i'm sorting the coffee beans into the Va
ri0us grades of commerce. The green
berries are spread ON a table before
them and they push the various sizes
into holes which lead 20 bags below
The s1rLerz are very deNrrous, and
sing and laugh as they work. The pTiu-
cipaI business of the Brazilian ports
is the handling of the immense guam
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-12
The Modern Youth.
Chicago Post)

IN George Washington's place. said
the kindly old gentleman. would you
have confessed to cutting down the
cherrz tree?"
That would depend" replied the
modern youth. ION whether / was
caught with The Ratchet i'm my posses
sion, as George seems to have been
caught. According TO some Of the pic
lures Of the incident I don't see how
he had any chance 70 deny a."
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French have done, that it would cost
Brazil a dollar for every cent she is
now making out of ner tariff against US
The editor briefly replied that reel
prOCity with the United States was inn
possible. because all their staples were
now being admitted free, and there was
nothing more we could do for them.
How is that for argument Does il not
seem easy enough 10 answer? Give
them some of their own medicine. If
we wait for South America TO make
return of our brotherly love policy
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from us each year. We take her hVe
principal articles of export free, and
she charges us from 200 to 500 per cent
duty on everything we ship to her. In
stead of favOring our country over
those who are not buyers of coffee.
Brazil is doing just the reverse. Her
tax scheme is aimed directly at the
United States. Every year more duty
is being piled onto our staples. while
those countries who do not spend any
money I'm Brazil at all, or compare
lively little, are given every access TO
it's market. When it comes TO choice
between something from our country
and an inferior article from some
where else, Brazil viii pay more money
every time to do business with the
other fellow. This is a fact
What Brazilians Think.
When our representatives complain
at the increased taxation on our prod
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-12
BY Frederic J. Haskin.

she promptly put one on herself-there
is an export duty ca every pound Of
coffee shipped from the country. Our
president has the authority 90 declare
"a small tax on this particular prod
net, and If he should do So the Brazil
ian export duty would not stand. any
longer than it would take for the news
of his action to reach Rio de JaneirO.
Our treasury would then get the taxes
instead of the one I'm Brazil and the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-12

To serve with the pudding. mash O
pint of straw berries, sprinkle them
with three tablespOousful of powdered
sugar and let stand for am hour, then
press through d sieve. Mix this with
q cupful of heavy cream whipped TO
4 solid frOth.
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ON every plantation there are acres OF
these drying floors.
The Dum0nt plantation IS the largest
iu the world il was founded by the
father of young santos Dum0nt. the
noted Brazilian aeronaut but is now
owned by an English syndicate. On
this extensive place there are fully
100000 coffee trees, and about 5000
people are employed ON it. There are
fifty miles OF railroad track within the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-12
Uncle Ned's Reason for Saving Boy

--'@N 10 f---1 10y
washington P0st)
THAT was a brave act." calculated a
Boston man, as he STOOD OH the wharf
i'm a little southern town and saw an
Old negro plunge unhesitadngIy into
the deepest water to save a very. small
boy who had stumbled and fallen from
some piling- "A brave act, and he is a
hero, no matter how black the skin he
wears
The BoStonIan was foremost iu the
group that gathered about Uncle Ned
when ne climbed back ON the dock with
the rescued lad.
Your son, is 1t, old man. he queried-
cor perhaps only your grandson
There was very fervent admiration in
the down casters tones as he put the
question.
mo, sub; no, suh'' gurgIed Uncle
Ned. Dat Ill rascal amt no kiunery
er mine"
Then it was all the braverlr ex-
claimed the mterr0gater. positively
barring his head out of respect for the
old mans high born courage.
"Huh," spUttered the hero, you sho'
don't think Use duru fool 'nouEh to let
dat boy drown when he's got every
speck er my fish bait in his pOcket2"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-12

We buy about half of every pound she
raises. Our immense bill for the bev-
erage runs into the millions of dollars
Coffee is on our free list so Brazil has
a good thing i'm unrestricted access to
our great market. AT times there has
been some discussion about putting a
small tax on coffee but the sugges-
ton has always been overrUled on the
ground that it would increase the price
Of a luxury TO the poor
However Whel Brazil found we We're
not going 10 levy a tax on her staple,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-12
One Degree More Dangerous.
(Boston Post)

20. Georgei" exclaimed the joyful
mother, as she met him at the door.
"babys got tooth"
~Pm glad you mentioned il. replied
the cautious husband and father, ''IiH
be careful how I handle him. ~
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titles of coffee. I'm the warehouses it
IS stored ia bags. the great piles often
reaching 10 the ceilings It's transfer
gives employment 10 many laborers,
and the narrow streets are crowded
with the traffic
Yankees Are Fond Of Coffee.
The Americans consume more coffee
than the people of any other nation
and Brazil looks to us for her market
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consumer would not have TO pay more
than at the present time
Some argue against this on the
ground that Brazil is poor. that we
should be friendly toward her. patron
izing her as literally as possible i'm Or
der that she may become prosperous,
and eventually become a good field for
our trade. This sounds well, but some
way or another, it does Not work out.
The United States buys more from Bras
iii than from any other South Ameri-
can country. yet Brazil Isl buying less
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ucts, and suggest that we may do q
little of that sort Of thing ourselves
the Brazilians shrug their shoulders
they have been told that so often that
they think it a bluff. They think they
can go as far as they please in taxing
our stuff, and that with safety. Take
-four, as an example, which a few
years ago was on the free list. The
last raise was from y cents a barrel
TO so centS-an increase OF IS cents at
one time. This practically puts our
flour dealers out Of business as far as
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-12

NeQros Picking Coffee in Brazil
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-12

When our representative complain
at the increased taxation on our prod
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-10-10
HAPPENINGS IN OUR
OWN STATE
Late News Notes Gathered
From Many Places in
Nevada

1t Is rumored that the Oddie divorce
suit has been settled out Of court.
The News is informed on good author
ity that two lines of railroad will enter
Goldfield shortly. Carson News.
Jack Kennedy, a well-known horse
owner, was held up by thugs in Reno
Friday night and nearly killed.
1t is reported that the Nevada reduc-
ton works will resume operations to-
morrow. The plant has been closed fos
some time. The resumption OF work
will give employment to large force OF
men.
Burglars broke into the store of Law
son McTigue at Silver City Saturday
morning. blew open the safe with nitro
glcerin and secured about $1,000 in mon-
ey. The burglars broke through a two
and half foot wall to get into the store.
George Saxton, the mining engineer
who became i'll on the desert in the
southern part OF the state ana whose
life was despaired of, has been moved
from Thorp's mill to Goldfield and hope
is now entertained of his ultimate recov-
cry.
The Hickey Land and Cattle company.
which holds 10000 acres Of fine land IN
Antelope valley. will soon plat It's hold
ings into small farms. which will be sold
valleys there will soon be divided int
farms several large tracts of land that
are owned by alien corporations
The Tonopah- GoldfeId railroad COM
pany was organized Saturday. with the
following officers: John w. Brock. pres
ident: T. L. Oldie. vice president. and
Clyde l.. Heller. secretary and treasurer
The active work of construction. II Is re-
ported. will begin within thirty days and
will be rushed to completion. Mr. Brock
is president of the Tonopah Mining COM
company
The Goldfeld News says 1t is reliably
informed that the postoffice department
inspector recently in Goldfeld noti-
fed Postmaster Smith that he need not
give attention to the distribution of
newspapers and other second-class mail
except to those who rent postoffice boxes.
The inspector also authorized him to de-
stroy all such mail to prevent accumula-
tion until the postoffice is removed TO
larger quarters.