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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-26
HE WAS AN EASY MARK
How SOatherHOF Vas Separated from Watch
and Money in New York.

ceived had not affected his brain and rem
dered him liable to decorate his hair with
straws and claim 60 belong 10 the royal
family, but his face was perfectly seri-
Gus and mis- one eve was clear and alert.
How did he get your watch ] demanded.
and what DO you meanE w elI' he said,
when / first came east Went 20 York
city, and ar the suggestion Or the hotel
man ] took in a show at a theatre on q
roof. 1t was very hot and 7 was tired OF
being alone when a gentleman sat down
next to me and asked # he had not seen
me in the south. I told him that 7 had
just been elected to congress and that he
may have met me when ! was on tho
stump he said that he reUem bered it
perfectly and that his name was Hackett
Mr.. Recorder Hackett. We had some
beer and sat for q while. when be sug-
gested that as it was very warm we
should go and have q Turkish bath
90 AS we walked along the roof Senator
DepeW joined him. and i was introduced
to him. He said he did not care to battle.
but would 90 there with us anyway. AS
we walked along he told as how he had
been robbed in a bath i'm London, and
when We arrived ne agreed 20 wait Tor 1s
and keep our watches ana money. I sup
pose we were longer than we thought and
that the senator had grown tired Of wait
ing. for be had gone when we came out
Mr.. Hackett said that he could get the
things in the morning, and as We parted
he gave me his card and address. T was
called away by telegraph before break
fast so ] wrote 70 Ar. Hackety 70 send
them by express. but I have never heard
=" well 7 said. there Is GOOD deal OF
doubt in the minds Of some New Workers.
particularly In those of the criminal
classes. as to what Mr. Hacketts present
address is. Where did he tell you TO
writer Again the pietnoric wallet was
produced and from a side pocket he fisned
out a dirty. thumb-maTked card. on which
was written Mr. Recorder HackeLt. Hotel
Waldorf Room A144' Then he added.
Perhaps he never received my letter and
Senator DepeW may stiu have the watch.
Do YOU think If / went and explained lr
90 him that he would give b back TO mez
Knowing that the man would never be-
Heve IN the senator innocence without a
personal interview. and feeling that Sir.
Depew would be the better Off at least
by a new after dinner story. q eraYely as
suFed him that he would undoubtedly be
clad TO return the watch to him it iE
were still in his possession.
s'If the member ever met the senator +
do not know but as the former evidently
belonged TO the class chat Mf. Reed once
described as being iu CONGRESS Tor two
years and catching everything that was
going around but the speaker eye ana
as there has been no report of any az
Fiction ia Mr. DepeW family circle
some one must have prevented this par
ticular Joint conference OF the senate ana
the house.
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contents We're emgtied into shallow
saucepan, half cupful of water added
and all heated 10 the boiling point
Into this the balls were dropped and
gently simmered for five minutes.
Previous TO their first cooking the
stringbeans had been cut in long
strips. Clean and quite crisp they were
now drained from the cold water and
laid ou towel to dry while Tie lettuce
leaves. also drained and dried, were
shipped into ribbons with scissors,
the best cut I'm thin slices and stamped
IN tiny circles with q tim cutter. In a
bowl was put a half teaspoOnful of
salt, quarter Jeaspoonfui of pepper
ana Iour tablespoonful of olive oil
and all stirred until the salt began TO
melt a tablespoonful of vinegar was
slowly added amid frantic stirring,
which reduced the dressing to a slight
iy thlcaened emulsion of a gTayisl hue.
in this the beans were tossed until
wen coated. The shredded lettuce vas
laid Oh a platter. TIE beans heaped on
d ana garn-sled with the cut beets
and few sprays OF f6athery carrot
tops the latter were not edible but
were used lu place Of parsley.
A small saucepan half filled with
previously clarified rat was placed on
the fire To heat. The rice was gradu-
ally broken fine with fork and to fl
was added the beaten yOlks of two
eggs Two JabiespOGutuis of sugar ana
few drops Of almond extract. When
well beaten three tablespOoufuls of
flour was added with a pinch of salt
and one baif of q teaspoOnful of bak-
ing powder a thin blue smoke was
now rising from the fat, and q half
teaspOontul of the mixture was dropped
I'm as tester. In a moment it rose to
the surface and began TO pun up anG
A
teaspoontul dipped hrst SAB the fat was
then used no drop in batteG for each
pun ana four were cooked al a tIE-e.
~ hen done they were SKINNED ont
with wire spoon. drained for a mo-
ment ON soft paper then dusleG with
powdered sugar and piled on napkin.
The lamb k'opDs were now lifted
from the sauce 20 q platter To the
sauce was added tne butter scraped
from the pan used i'm preparing the
croutons, 10 was then strained round
TIE meat balls. Tie soup was poured
directly into the soup plates ami .hc
cToutous sent iu ON a small hos dish.
The salad stood ready ou the side table
The sauce Tor the pUffs was hot taken
from us cool retreat until IL was
needed Fresh water had been put in
the tea kettle and ct was at the boiling
point as lunch was declared ready. The
teapot was quickly scalded ana
empued the dry tea leaves dropped ia
the freshly boiling water poured over
and Tie pot allowed 10 stand 0u the
warming shelf for four minutes. The
ter was then strained of into "A second
pot heated while the liquid was draw
ing, covered with q cOsey anu sent 10
the table. Made in this way all danger
of drawing out the tanuiu in the leaf
was avoided, while the cosey kep- the
contents of the pot hot until second
cun5 were called for.
EhlS j. simple account OF q meal
actually evolved from "a group OF left
over material, il is not supposed that
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cared to pay for soup, she was knocked
down TO me, / took her home In a
hack, and the driver, who wasn't
afraid Of nuthin'," came within am ace
Of losing finger through his careless
ness L put private mark on her
shell, and after observing her for some
weeks ] set her at liberty in D0Ieful
pond. I did not see her again until
next spring, when 1 came upon her
suddenly as she was iurChiug through
the tail grass of a meadow. ] did not
disturb her, but watched her from
distance until she had deposited her
eggs in d hole which she made with her
big claws in the side Of a sand heap.
After she had covered up her treasures.
/ uncovered them again, and counted
over twenty spherical eggs, about the
size Of the large white alleys which
boys use as shooters" in marble time
Then / overlook my old friend on her
way back TO the pond, and tested the
strength and sharpness OF her Jaws. bv
holding out to her a green twig about
the thickness of my little finger. With
marvellous speed her head would shoot
out the savage jaws would meet and.
with click like that made by the
pruning shears, she shipped of pieces
of the tWig, an inch at time Then I
turned her aver on her back. and
watched fine exhibition Of muscular
strength, as, with her long neck for
lever, she turned her huge bulk clean
over on the grass.
The next time I met her I was walk
ing along a little stream which runs
into the pond. ] could see some large
object moving down the stream just
below the surface, but it was minute
OF more before / was sure IL was
swapping turtle. AS soon as / saw the
taE trailing behind, I leaned over and
took hold of it. such a scramble that
turtle made Tor its liberty, digging its
claws into the bod of the brook. and
kicking with all its might. But out it
came at last, and ] was interested to
find by nay private mark that it was
the same old snapper 1 had bought Ira
the square nearly three years before
Since then I have caught her several
times; each time experimenting with
her until / learned her character.
Whatever else may be said Of her char
acter. she Is not deceitful. she is nasty
tempered and she looks 1T. She hates
me in spite Of the fact that I once
saved her life, and she never seeks to
misiead me about 1T. And I respect
her not SO much fer this as FOR the
strength of her jaws. and ] show ms
respect by keeping my hands well out
Of her reach
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asOT far from where live, there Is
IN a good-sized pond with a bottom
Of mud-soft rich mud which the
oldest inhabitants declare TO be. un-
fathomabIe. However this may be,
it is not to be fathomed with any avail
able pole borrowed from a farm house
nearby. and the bank, when you jump
upon it, sWays up and down, causing
a movement on the surface Of the wa
ter. and making you wonder what
would happen III yCu should break
through and slide into the OOze only d
few inches beneath you. But this same
mud, which would mean death 70 the
man who should be so unfortunate as
to get into it, is a paradise for a thou
sand creeping and crawling things ln-
habiting this sheet of water which Is
known by the suggestive name OF Dole
full pond. Great cells live here, among
the roots of the water lilies, and
among the stems of the pickerel weed
which lines the banks we may see the
squirting forms of many-cclored
well-fed water snakes. Often while
walking along the shore we may
startle a six-fO0t blacksnake, too, and
if we pursue him he viii surely glide
10 safety in the treacherOus waters OF
DOIeful. Decaying LOGS, lying halt-sub-
merged near the bank mark the spots
where once grew trees, which unable
10 keep their footing i'm the unstable
mud, fell forward into the water TO
make landing places for the beautiful
painted turtles, which come out 70 bask
In the sun, and which scramble back
again with many wiggles if We chance
TO cross their danger line.
But among the inhabitants Of DOleful
pond the one which interests me more
than any other, IS huge female snap
ping turtle, which long ago named
AIedusa. A mighty creature this, tip
ping the scales at fifty pounds, and
with a moss covered shell which fits
snugiy into a medium-sized washtub.
Powerful, scaly legs she has, and her
broad. Webbed feet are armed with
claws which would not disgrace a bear.
But perhaps it is her head which is OF
greatest interest to me-that big,
snaky head at the end Of telescope
neck, which enables her TO snap at an
object a foot or more Ia front of her
shell. The merciiess, c0ldly blinking
eyes are set close together near the
TOP. and as you look al them you know
exactly what to expect from the horny
Jaws beneath, in case you are ever so
unfortunate as 20 allow your hand 20
come within reach of them. Wonder
fu jaws these age; their knife-lika
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a LUNCHEON FROM LEFT
By s SS5S5 OVERS IS SH, ao5 9 s5s Ssv

There were four who needed luncheon
In the pantry there was found about
a pint of mashed potato. the rough end
OF a leg of lamb. one boiled beet half
q dozen lettuce leaves, d small bowl of
string beans. a heaping cupfuI of
boiled vice and small saurar cc
susared, and consequently soft. straw
berries After some thought and an
examination of staple supplies lsuch
as butter, eggs and bread the follow
ing menu was evolved:
Cheam OF Potato SouD.
Lamb Kl0pps. Tomato Sauce.
CHimonade salad with String beans.
Rice Puns. Strawberry Sauce
Tea.
From half a loaf Of stale bread two
tbaa slices were cut the crusts removed
au5Sthe bread cut INFO half inch dice.
A tablespoonful of butter was heated
iu "a small saucepan. the little cruutous
added and shaken over hot fire until
golden brown; they were then
SKINNED out aud the saUcepanl (which
su.l contained a little Durterl SCI, aside.
kIum "a bottle OF milk ll tle i-enHA
three cuptuls were taken, heated and
thickeued with two Iablespoontuls of
butter rubbed TO a pazle with TWO
tablespoonIuls of -four s. portion 0l
this was gradually blended with the
mashed potato, when smooth d. was
rubbed through a SIEVE. the remainder
OF the thickened milk added, well sea-
soned win SAT-. pepper and celery
seed ltneTe was no onion in the house
and put back ou the IRE in a double
boiler to cook slowly Lor fifteen
minutes.
Chngins sauce and grease were rec
moved from the beet ana stringDeals
b. placing them iu COlauder ana
pouring boiling water over them Then
with the lettuce, they were placed I'M
cold water % chill and fTesheu. In
the meantime a tablespoonful of but
ser was creamed and beaten uD WltE
LWo-thlrds OF cupiW of sifIed pow
oered sugar. The straw berries were
mashed tine with a fork and beaten
into the cream dn extra spoonful tl
sugar being added when Il was evident
that the sauce might otherwise tend
10 separate. The pale pink mixture
sy e heapea in "a pretty glass dish and
pi #eed on ice uull needed for The pufs.
Every bit or meat was scTapeG from
the bone and after being freed from
the grlstle and tougher fat iJ was run
twice through. the food chopper. There
was almost q pint when measured. A
large lump was pulled from the center
OF the stale loaf folded in a clean
towel and well rubbed with the hands.
81 took Out a moment go reduce 81 SO
me crumbs. Half a cupfuI was mixed
with the meat and all seasoned well
with salt and pepper. A suspicion OF
security powder was added then q
small egg slightly beaten, had the egg
been a large one portion Of ii would
have been put aside, as the mixture
only needed enough moisture 10 make
81 cling together III was tkeu nodded
gut0 balls the size of a hickory nut
From the emergency sneif was taken
s can Of condensed tomato soup. The
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created vast amount Of comment. for
the reason that it is not customary to
do such things in South America-the
rule being to get everything possible
from the government. However, the
slft was made with the understanding
that She work should be carried for
ward. Extensive plans We're made for
conducting a great work in this par
tcular line of instruction. But with
an the fine planning, and the excellent
start the project has dragged.
An expert was put in charge and
the farm well stocked with various
breeds of animals as well as modern
machinery but one day when the gov
eminent was feeling rather poor. it
was determined to have an auction and
sell the stun. The gift has been treat
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be an expose Of Germany's plan cf
conquest in Brazil The story was
taken up by other papers ana II spread
far and wide.
The whole thing was "a mistake. 1T
seems the emperor is surrounded by a
lot OF secretaries who tlinil their
salaries depend upon heading on every
one who desires TO see his majesty.
He did not hear of the publishers
call until weeks alteTWaTj when the
absurd article appeared about lin.
The fact OF the matter was that he
would have been pleased to receive
the American if the blund5ring secre-
taTies had uot sent MIN away. 1t is
useless to say that the E2lser remarked
few things iu his f0rceful way, aid
that hereafter those secretaries viii
not be so OthCiOus.
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Mrs. X s new suit came home this
morning and she's afraid 60 show the
bin to her husband"
why, is ii so Iarge2"
No; it's SIC smaller than usual. aud
she thinks he'll cut her allonau Il
she doesn't keep it up to The usual high
figure"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-26
In a Humorous vein.

A Scottish singer named Wilson was
being trained for professional singing
one day be sang a love song with eKQuis-
lite quality of voice but with Insufficient
passion and expression. His teacher told
him be must put more feeling into it anu
sing as If he were really I'm love, -Eh.
man" he replied. moo can I DO that and
me a harriet maGf
Congressman Finley OF South Carolina
has no ear fer music. and hc is not un-
willing to exaggerate bis failing -Dou Z
YOU know THAI piece friend asked
him at concert. ''Nhat IS it2'f he ra-
piled "Why, that's America. The
friend exclaimed and 1Ir. Finley asked
iunocenuy. North o. S0utag"
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all TIE readers Of this article VIII i'm
mediately plan TO have the same in
gradients i'm their le8Tders at one time.
but the meal with It's details of prep
aratiOD, is given because il is LhoF-
oughly suggestive. If each dish Is con-
sidered separately it VIII be seen that
such a meal could be carried out with
different materials.
Mashed turulpS. squash. carrots, par
ships, onions, green peas OF baked
bean could be used for the SOUP in
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is deprived Of any starchy CT 9re3sF
sauce by a thorough rinsins in boiling
water. Granular cereals, such as hOm-
inv. pearIed oats or fariua may re-
place the rice in the pufs, bTt they
must be thoroughly broken with a
fork. No proportions are given for tea
since fl varies according to The Kind
used and the ideas of those WHO drink
il; q generally accepted quantity IS
one teaspOOnfuI for each cup and one
for the pot.
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place Of potatoes. ANY meat would be
as appropriate as lamb, but If lacking
in flavor of its Own-as VeaI-it would
be well TO add a zest by mixing WIth
il q spoonful OF something as sayofy
as chopped cooked ham or bacon. Meat
gravy wen seasoned with tomato CATS
UP would make a good sauce, so would
cooked and strained tomatoes, with or
without an admiXtuTe OF plain boiled
onions. Any cooked vegetable can be
transformed into a salad, providing it
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-26

kind. The Germans so into many
schemes that DO not pan out. The
Y ankees- are more CO 5a3us and when
they do venture it Is almost Gers ain
that there is something in sight The
American capitalist is NOT satisfied
with as small returns as q GerEan ln-
weston VIII be cOntented with. Two
per cent may come I'D handy for the
Germans, but the foreign neld must ut-
fer more than that to tcmUr Ame".t an
capital away from home
The Portuguese Character.
The Portuguese element rules in Bra
I'll. The cOlOnists from Portugal
stamped their customs on a people five
times greater in number than those OF
the mother country. History offers no
other instance OF where the members
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of a ruling house took up their resi-
dence in a colony. and transferred the
seat of government 10 the same. AS
compared with a Spaniard, a P0rtu-
guese has more Jewish traits. He is
clever at a bargain, and is q natural
born retailer; he is more peaceable and
less proud than the Don; he is less in
dUstriOus with his hands, and more
capable of planning; ne makes a good
lawyer or doctor. but although he
plans well, he executes poorly.
This trait shows UP plainly In the
present-day Brazilian A number Of
years ago a wealthy citizen decided a
large tract of land to the state for the
purpose of establishing a school of ag-
riculture. The action of tie gentle
man when he made this public gift
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BEAUTY OF BRRZIL,
The European Germans are after
trade in Brazil, but their way seems
to be q ilttlD rough. Their plan TO put
q line of steamers in the COastins
trade got them into complications
with the Brazilian government, which
not only demanded control of the ser
vice, but went so far as 10 stipulate
that the sailors from these vessels
should be transferred to the Brazilian
men-of-War at the discretion Of the
government officials. The Germans did
not relish the idea OF supplying men
for the navy Of Brazil and there was
q balk in which all interests parl.cl-
pated.
A chain Of German banks are talked
OF for the interior region. but there
is not enough business in sight to war
rant any extensive service of this
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The Right and wrong Of innings.

The Right and Wrong Of Things.
CChicaso Rec0rd-Herald)
lWhdt the Wise Man Said to- His Bow
He cuts his barber when they meet
Each other in the crowded street.
But when he's in the BARRIERS chair
The barber does the cutting. There
are things that we may do when we
Don bathing suits beside the sea
That would be followed by disgrace
~ done in any other place
Ny ladyis bah dress. cut SO low.
Would be most shocking, Us we know,
u, In the morning she should wear
u IN the market place With bare,
DnlOVeiy legs the Splinter runs
Before the eager. gentle ones
Who gather at the track TO cheer-
We'd run him ia should he appear
AT church In such q rig as that
It all depends on where you're at"
What's wrong i'm one place may be right
some otherWhere, by day OF night,
In Newport u may be 40 Sin
10 hug anOther's wife, men win.
Jnblemlshed on the board 1f trade
The money other men have made.
But IL at cards they got the same
Wed look upon 1t as a shame
The right or wrong OF things. nay son.
Depends upon where they are done.
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A Swapping Turtle.
BY Ernest Harold Baynes.

edges, with the quick-moving, enOr-
mOusly-pOweTfu muscles behind them,
make them suggest a steel trap and
pair of pruning shears combined. To
complete her beauty" she has a
thick, tapering tail, covered with
smooth scales beneath, but with a
ridge of long, horny teeth along the
top.
The first time / met Medusa was
several years ago, and If i had not met
her that time am afraid I should new
er have met her at all. She had been
captured by some enterprising boy as
she was crossing the helds to lay her
eggs, and had been put up at auction
in the public square of a certain New
England town. Bidding was still pretty
brisk when / arrived upon the scene, q
representative of the local hose com
pany and another from the police de-
partment, both being determined that
the turtle should figure prominently at
a dinner shortly to be given by his own
organization. Fortunately for the Old
lady. I saw other uses to which she
might be put, and, as I bid a few
cents higher than any of my opponents
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~ 49,
A good Groom house, SO nice. close
in and SO favorably located that
roomers actually beg for rooms.
A nice Groom brick house, plenty
of shade, nice yard. artesian well,
good outbuildings. Win sell furnished
at a bargain. If you want a good
house, don't overlook this.
A good S-room house, close in nice
halls, pantries, galleries, upper and
lower rooms. bath. hot and cold wa
ter, artesian well, nice shade. good
Servant house and other outbuildings.
A most desirable home.
An .eight-room house on good street
good neighbornood, artesian water,
nice young shade trees. a nice home.
A six-room house. close in. good
house, good locality good bargain.
A good Groom stone house. artes.
ian water, orchard, everything in
good order. Let us show you this pro-
perty.
A fine new Groom house on north
hill, good we'll, windmill, tank, good
outbuildings, water piped to all parts
of house and yard, and also to horse
lot. This is a nice home. Well show
you.
A good 4-rosm house on Riverside
Heights, we'll located, good outbuild'
ings, good water, very nice.
We have many other houses we
would be glad to show you at any
time. We have houses and lots in
all parts of the city of all kinds and
prices. See us before yeu buy.
Other City Property For Sale.
Block of lots on Riverside Heights.
| Will sell any or all of them at a cas-
enable price. This would be a good
investment.
Several blocks of lots on South Hill
at a bargain. Let us show you.
Five acres of fine land in city limits
If you have some money this will
do you good.
Some fine propositions on Main
street property. We oan show you
that your money invested here will
yield an income of from IL to Is per
cent.
A good blacksmith shop and tools
at a bargain. Paying proposition.
We have for sale the following