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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-07
LUNCHEON DISH FOR A BUSY DAY.

AXE three cups Of good, wellseasoned
| tomato sauce thickened with heapng
k--.---s teaspoonful Of flour rubbed into one
ix1asAet of butter, and keep it hot in sauce
pan set at the side of the stove. Toast
slices OF bread, butter them, and spread them
on dish, putting a tablespoonful OF tomato sauce
on each Into the remainder of the tomato sauce
turn two cupiuls OF minced mutton, and put
the saucepan over the fire. Stir the mixture
until the meat is thoroughly heated, season it to
taste, and pour it upon the toast.
POTATO LUNCHEON BISCUITS.
Boil eight potatoes, and mash them smoothly
with a little milk, and beat into them two table
spooniuls OF melted butter, eight tablespooniuls
OF -four, two OF grated cheese, teaspoonful
of baking powder siftcd twice with the flour,
half teaspoonful OF salt and just suspicion OF
cayenne. Mix these ingredients into light
dough, with one tablespoonful OF cream and the
yolk OF an egg, and roll it out half an inch
thick; then cut it into rounds, and brush It
over with the beaten white OF an egg. Bake
these in a quick oven, split them open while
they are hot. and serve them at once. They
will also be found useful for afternoon tea.
SALMON AND CUCUMBER SANDWICHES.
Cut rounds OF bread slightly larger than the
slice OF cucumber, and spread them with butter
and sprinkle the under sides with few grains
OF celery salt, then spread them with layer Of
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-07

PETER PAN DANCE" given by sew
fAI eral young girls was unique form
EESeVSi of entertainment introduced by them
N.-9 for the housewarming OF their fathers
new barn, which is one of the largest
In The county.
1t conducted on the same plan as any
similar barn dance, but distinguished by several
novel features
The invitations were written in gilt paint with
a soft brush plain white cards, reception size.
In the left hand corner was a silhouette head OF
Maude Adams in her character Of Peter Pan
encirclcd by dainty little wreath of golden rod
done in water coors,
The invitations requested the girls TO wear
Peter Pan suits with yellow scaris under the
broad collars, while white duck trousers, negligee
shirts and blue serge coats were suggested for
the men Of the party; most sensbe innoya
tion was the unanimous opinion OF the men, who
could forget starched shirts and high collars.
BARN A BOWER OF GOLDEN ROD
The hostesscs of the occasion, together with
their parents, received the guests at the main
entrance OF the barn. Over the huge doors, with.
In and without, were large punches of golden
rod and the brilliant flowers in the cor.
ners Of the barn and along the sides were placed
IN buckets and small tubs, wreathed in greens.
From the ralters suspended wire on which
swung Chinese lanterns The floor Of the barn
Tan unusually smooth and even one) was highly
polished and caught the reflection Of the golden
rod and the lanterns. The interior presented
most attractive picture and seemed a far CRY
from its initial purpose
1t had been the original intention of the hos
tess to bring their piano, with pianola attach
ment, to the OF festivities, but parental
objection received just in time to prevent il
The guitar and violin were substituted. which
proved TO be even jollier and more in spirit with
the occasion
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-07

CONDENSED MILK FOR CHILDREN

HIS can be used with advantage as an
occasional substitute for butter and
jam. Many children ike the milk
spread on bread. 1t may be used quite
freely unless it disturbs the digestion
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-07

Powder must not be used in any quantity to
hide spots on the face, as it dries and clogs up
the pores, thus preventing n healthy action of
the skin, Another reason why girls should abb
stain from excessive of powder is that
they must suffer later for this tenn
porary bloom Powder soon wrinkles and des
troys the texture of any skin-a destruction
which is permanent.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-07
Cleaning Blankets

ADS the immortal stump orator remarked
~ "We have blankets in our cwadles
blankets in our twibs, blankets in our
Efa2sSl four-posters." and having blankets so
49, prevalent" it behooyes us to keep
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-07

T"0 HERE is just as correct way to h<
glass as there is to hold a violin,
lS7Ss,5l il should be regarded by women
tAGsEJ are particular To hold glass
the ton when roising n 10 the lii
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-07
THE POWDER-PUFF.

II il Of very great benefit when one is deal
with thin children
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-07

A sa young s 'sia a1aps s' t:'% ';S
ESaTsl of entertainment introduced by them
'S---a1 for the housewarming OF their fathers
new barn, which is one of the largest
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-07
HEALING TOOTH POWDERS

There are many unwhoesome states Of the
mouth which can be set right by the use of
suitable powder. Borc acid is one OF the best
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-07
CAFE FRAPPE.
ICED ROUILON.

Wipe and chop fine five pounds Of lean be,
(no bcne). Add five quarts OF cold water; |,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-07

~ ~ -lNlN
Mr. Richard Burton
a guest OF
the Misses Evergreen
at their Peter Pan Dance
given at Hillside Farms
September %, 1906
The menu carried out the color scheme Of
and yellow
Clans in lemon cups.
Corn soup with croutons
Baked FISH with egg sauce,
and hard boiled egg garniture.
Individual chicken pies. Baked sweet pot,
Corn mullins Honey.
Banana and peanut salad, Cheese snre,
Chutaloupes halved, with orange ice.
Homemade cakes. Almonds, pecans and ehes,
Bon.bons, including tafy kisses, toasted n
mnllows, lemon creams.
Coffee. Demi Tasse.
The Washington times., 1906-05-06

NE Of the great natural
phenomena Of this con-
tinent is the Dismal
Swamp of Virginia and
North Carolina. It is
The Washington times., 1906-05-06

does so solely to regain a social and n
tsustriaI footing. and If he keeps sooeF
he never fails to accomplish his END
In spite OF the fact that a sumdigser'
as such. is looked down upon by the
islanders. the freedom Of the life ap-
meals 70 a number of bohemian spirits
from England. and one can find titled
renegade. an oxford wrangier, ana more
than ore clerk in holy orders digging up
the kauri gum for their existence
Gum-digging Is not the only Iaii-
hack" occupation in New zealand Dur
tng the season Wool-runuing Is In vogue
and any man who can push a wheeloar-
row NAV earn his $3.50 TO s. per day run
Ming wool from the wharf sheds 10 the
shIps and dumping It into the hold,
bale at a time
In New South Wales and Victoria
there are mines which are not rich
enough in gold to tempt capitalists.
mines that have been partly worked OUT.
and the claims Of which have reverted
"a the government SuClI G aims are a
s-odsend TO the unfortunate city man OF
sydney or Melbourne who has really
come down to hard pan" He can OBJ
tain from the government similar con-
eessions TO the gumdiggers Of New Zel-
land. and IN a few weeks can always
nan out enough gold 70. SCI him on bis
;eet again. No need is there TO fear his
remain On these abandoned reef7- "A
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A119caZ eTEEHE ~
.ZAE RIoAZSk a5HNAMz2

Ages ago. when great trees grew be
side which the towering Kauris Of to-
day would have seemed Insignificant,
the volcanic isle was even more lux
uriant I'm it's vegetation than it Is now
Fire ravaged the principal forests again
and again. and the sizzling pines and
iron-woods gave UP their sap. much of
which in a molten state ran to the
ground and then the loose topsoil as II
seeking refuge from the raging elements
above. Great fields of this gum are
found here and there throughout the
North island, and in some parts OF the
south.
The gumdigger selects a likely spot,
prods into the earth for about eight
inches or so with the spear until the
point OF the blade strikes something
brittle; then down comes the gunny-
sack, the spade is taken out. and the
gum is laid bare. II lies in cakes. about
two TO five inches thick, and these are
shoveled up. broken off and dumped into
the sack
No foreman Is there. no whistle or bell
calls the laborer to his daily toll; IL is
piecework for every one. and the longer
one works the more he earns The price
of the Kauri gum Is fixed by the gov
ernment and averages to 10 cepts a
pound avoirdupois- A man can earn S;
a day without overworking himself.
Long continuance on the gumheld il
discoura ged; the man who goes there
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and fertile soil, that some plow-
share of the future was destined to
bring to light. George Washington
owned large holdings in the swamp
and was the organizer Of the com
pany that built the first canal.
That canal. dating back to the
close of the eighteenth century.
was the first step in the drainage
of the swamp. For that day it was
a remarkable achievement, and a
competent authority has declared
it "one of the most considerable
hydraulic works which had been
undertaken in that century" The
canal connected the waters Of
James river. at Deep Creek Va.
with the waters of Albemarle
sound, near South Mills, n. C.
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Romance Has Had Its Day

This canal. for reasons sufl-
ciently obvious in part and un-
necessary to explain at length,
had a very large effect upon the
drainage of the swamp. More
over, it encouraged other efforts.
A thousand square miles of rich
farming land have been won away
from the dominion Of cypress and
Zen. Between six and eight hun
dred square miles yet own that
ignoble sway If these reports
that come from Norfolk are true.
and this large territory is to be
reclaimed by nature and rendered
fit for cultivation and the habita-
ton of man, the country will be
benefited as largely as it would
be by the discovery of a new gold
field. Perhaps more. for the vege-
table gardens into which the re-
claimed swamp areas are trans
formed are sources of constant
wealth: their riches are inexnausti-
bic.
One who looks back over the
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Wdndered, az Di8appeared


IF the place were once a haunt
OF runaway slaves the condition
must have been hard indeed TO
which this would be preferred. A
man might sleep. perchance. by
lashing himself securely in among
these vines. but he would not
have a foot OF earth to stand upon.
The water is often six feet and
more in depth among the trees. but
in front OF US, amid the dashing
waves. rose isolated expresses.
some black. some weather-worn
gray. with broad bases. tower like.
with openings between their
gnarled roots and scanty russet
foliage above.
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When the Government Helps Men Who Are Down

month at gold digging on fall-nacH
reef is not exactly a luxury. but II Is
better than poverty, and II preserves 10
the individual that Independence OF spirit
that characterizes the colonial
These are not the only. but the pr,n-
cipal. fall-backs Of the southern islana'
Thus IS pauperism prevented ana -, -
freedom Of the subject assured 4hs
government Of the Federal States OF
Australia. as we'll as that Of New Tea
land. stands direct sponsor for a nu NJ
her Of these undertakings and Is lhdi
rectIy. concerned in many others, aIaohe
which may be mentioned 8 Puolic res
taurant IN Sydney, y s W. WneTe you
NAV eat a really arst-class dinner OF
supper and yet be dead broke This Is
but one Of the anomalies Of the land
where Christmas is the hottest oay oi
the year.
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C(ZOTX

Men have wandered out into the
swamp and been lost, or else have
fallen victim TO some Of the evil
characters with vaich, in the past.
the swamp has been infested. II
was easy TO Kill a man and hide
his body so deity that even the
buzzards could not find him. In
the quicksands only a little while
was necessary 10 destroy every
proof OF crime. A man disappeared
and there was the end OF it. It
was generally assumed that a per
son whose mental machinery was
in such poor shape he would ven
ture into the Dismal Swamp. alone
and unguided. could not be regard
ed as a very serious loss TO sV-
ciety. in the event he disappeared.
The easy-going natives OF the
country spent the conventional
nine days in wondering just how
the unfortunate met his end, and
then calmly proceeded 10 think Of
something else.
Traces Of the marauders have not
been wanting. nor difficult TO find
Some night a hunter OF lumberman
would notice across the lake a flick
ering point Of light Perhaps It was
too dim. ftfuI. and uncertain for him
TO distinguish it from a will-o'-the-
wisp. The currents Of air above the
water juggIe strangely with distant
rays of Igi.-
Making his way carefully across
country. the hunter would find the
camp. The ground is too treacher-
Gus to admit of any form Of shelter
Icing erected Immediately upon II,
and It is the custom to construct a
platform between the trunks Of four
trees, standing close together Above
this an iron pot hangs suspended.
filed with lightwood knots It fur
nishes light for the camp, and this
was the fame the hunter had seen
across the lake. The occupants Of
the camp, however. have flown.
Companionship. especially. that Of
strangers. Is distastefuI to them
For some curious reason, not easily
understood or explained by their
personalities, they prefer their own
society 10 that Of others.
This has been the Dismal sv---.p
and its inhabitants. 1t is said that
in q few years. relatively, it will
be but a memory and a name. Pros
perfty is to come from its mystic
rious depths. and wealth, and the
land which is the foundation Of a
solid citizenry. Mystery and TO
nance have had their day. 1t IS the
Day Of the Dollar, and the Dismal
Swamp refuses to be behind the age.
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THE LAKE OF THE DISMAL SWAMP

They made her grave too cold and damp
For a soul and true
She has gone to the Lake Of the Dismal Swamp
Where all night long. by FREELY lamp,
She paddles her white
Her nrehy lamp I soon shall see
paddle 1 shall hear;
Long, long loving lives shall be,
I'll hide the maid IN n cypress tree
When the footstep of death is near"
Away to the Dismal Swamp he speeds;
His path rugged and sore.
Through tangled juniper, beds Of reeds,
And many foe, where the serpent feeds
And trod before.
And when on the ground he sunk to sleep
If slumber his eyelids knew
He lay where the deadly doth weep
Its teas, and nightly steep
The flesh with blisterng dew.
And near him the she-vof stirred the brake,
The copper snake breathed in ear;
Till starting, he cried. from his dream awake,
"Oh when shall l see the dusky lake
the white of my dear?"
He the lake and a bright
Which its surface played;
oh welcome" he cried My dear ones light
And the dim shores echoed for many night
The of the death-cod maid
He followed boat of the brchen bark.
Which carried him off from the shore;
Far. far he followed the meteor spark
The winds high and the clouds dark.
the returned
But oft. from the Indian hunters camp.
This maid and her lover true
Are seen, a the hour Of midnight damp,
To cross the by a fre-fy's lamp
paddle their white
From the poem by Thomas Moore.
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history Of the first half OF the last
century will almost regret so
prosaic a consummation. however
much It may be approved by
economists and glorIfed by the
CLINT of wealth. Romance will not
iii the pockets-or the stomach.
for the matter OF that-but # is
wonderfully satisfying TO the inner
emotions OF those who spend
portion Of their days IN the land
OF dreams. The Dismal Swamp
can furnish material for such
weaving Of grossamer fabrics until
the end OF time.
Of course, the blight Of actual
knowledge has had its effect. Ev-
erybody is more easily charmed by
the unknown than by that he has
seen with his own eyes. The Dis
NAL Swamp was seen always "as
through a glass. darkly." and it
gained new delights in the process.
Nothing was impossible when its
scene was laid in this ghostly and
mysterious realm.
Before the war, runaway slaves
made their retreat into the swamp,
and there none sought TO follow.
There were hummocks and secret
places then impossible for any save
the initiate to reach alive. They
were hidden away in the deepest and
most nearly impenetrable portions Of
the swamp, surrounded by quick
sands and thick underbrush. A mar
row and tortuous path, concealed
by high grass and cane, was the
only approach. Snakes whose bites
were death scurried along the roots
of the trees or lurked in the shall
lows of the pools.
There are many stories Of the
slaves who were induced by their
love Of liberty or their own crimes
and the fear Of punishment. to hide
themselves in the swamp. Some OF
these men, II is said, were hidden
away for more than twenty years.
The negroes who were engaged in
cutting shingles from the. cypress
trees were the friends Of the out
casts. The runaways helped the shin
gle cutters in their labors, and the
latter reciprocated with provisions
and stores Of powder and ball. The
masters knew their slaves were In
the swamps and there, in most cases,
they were content to let them stay
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- n HIS head was set awry with
careless grace a wide-brimmed
somhrero; his ample calf was
tightly girt with a pigskin leg
Eing that had seen better days; across
his shoulder was thrown a gunny-sack
concealinS a weapon whose handle alone
protruded; in his right hand he carried
a trusty spear, as he marched with slow
and measured tread from the confines of
the city toward the brush and thicket-
This nomad OF the isles was not
brigand. but simply a New Zealander
who had fallen on I'll luck. and was
striving to make a stake" again.
No downcast spirit was his. either, for
he knew that in that workman's para
disc he could obtain employment at any
time.
Yet. strange to say. says the Phila-
delphia Record, no work in his partcu-
lar trade was to be had just then, so ne
had applied to the nearest government
office for employment on a fall-back JOB.
Hence. his peculiar equipment and his
jaunty air as he started out for the gum
field. Arriving at the railroad station
all the railroads in New Zealand save
one are owned by the governmental
presented his pass and was soo1 on ms
way 70 the district north Of the Thames
peninsula, having received from the gov
ernment an outfit, transportation and
months credit for food at the store
house on the gum fields.
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~ Swamp of Virginia and
North Carolina. 1t is
Just off the coast and nine feet abs
the level of the sea and the sur
rounding country. That, under these
circumstances. 1t has remained a
great morass, fighting desperately
the efforts of man to reclaim It's
wastes and deliver its fertile acres
over to cultivation, is one Of the
mysteries science has not solved.
Indeed, in its tangled thickets.
covered with underbrush and brooded
over by the gaunt stems of giant
expresses. the ground a treacherous
quicksand, hungry for prey, and the
atmosphere above it thick and heavy
with the swamp's rank and fetid
exhalations, mystery has found al
ways its proper element. Romance
is entwined with the creepers Of the
thick forest, and tragedy has stslked
along every avenue the expresses
line. Weird stories of the Dismal
Swamp are as numerous as leaves in
Vallambrosa, and more varied. Tom
Moore has immortalized it, n a bal
lad distinguished for mournfui
beauty Authors without number
have sought to describe it, and every
now and then one Of them has
caught something Of its spirit and
been able to translate a page of its
message to the world.
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Moore's lyric paddle their white
canoe"
Nobody who has stood on the
shores Of Lake Drummond has ever
been able to forget II One traveller
has described his Impressions as
follows:
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"a Rose in the Mire"

In the center Of the swamp is Lake
Drummond, a sheet of water of re-
markable beauty. It is five miles
long by three wide, set with groups
of cypress trees and surrounded on
every side by the green wall Of the
The Washington times., 1906-05-06
WaShinqton a Pioneer

From the time this country was
and long before Dismal Swamp
has had its place in the speculations
of the curious, the exploits Of the
adventurous. and the cool calcula-
tions of those who have seen there
we're bags Of gold buried in its rich
The Washington times., 1906-05-06
THE MOUNTAINS

The mountains are my enemies;
They never seem TO answer me.
As often do my friends. the trees.
Ard always. too. the sea
They frown upon me when SPEAK
And do not heed a friendly word;
There's not a nod from any peak
To show that they have heard.
New York Times
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Hers and there project the
fangs Of rotted black stumps. The
line OF distant forest, all around
the great expanse, was a line OF
bare stems, taking a faint violet
tone in their remoteness across the
troubled dark blue"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-21

have now been too long sidetracked.
Certainly good deal of explanation
will be due If measures like the Pure
Food bill is carried over until next
Cumber bill early last winter and the
house has had ample time to give it's
assent to this particularly popular and
desirable piece of legislation. The
health, comfort and rights of eighty
million consumers are involved in
the effort to compel manufacturers to
make and sell honest goods. The pro-
fits of few hundred thousand adult
orators and short weight retailers are
threatened by an insistence on truth
telling labels. full weights and fair
dealing. Why should such a situation
be SO difficult to deal with? Why
should SO much time and attention
have to be given to the protests of
manufacturers who shrink from selling
any given article for what it is?
The Pure Food bill should be en-
titled bill Ito promote common hon
esty." Ingenious arguments can
doubtless be made to establish the
paradox that in food products appear
ance is more important than reality,
that the consumer really thrives not on
what he eats, but on what he thinks
he eats. But no free American citizen
can consent to the theory that food
adulterator, however wise and however
benevolent, shall be intrusted with I'M
| limited powers to play upon his diges-
tive organs and his imagination. He
may not know what is good for him.
But he is determined to learn and de-
eide for himself, and when he buys
an article of food or drink he does
not want to be defrauded in name,
price or quality. He is entitled to
know the best or worst. He is right
unchemicalized and unembalmed, with
out benefit of clergy or thaumaturgy
Set beside the plain moral issue raised
by the pure food agitators, all the ar
guments made by the manufacturer
of sophistications are mere casuistry.
Every consumers personal rights are
| abused by the receptions in food sales
practised upon him. The congressman
who opposes or delays the passage of
measure enforcing these rights is
an acconplice in denying them and
will be held to a strict accounting
for his delinquency in any self-respect-
ing constituency.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-21

stream and obscure Arlington, Mount
Vernon, Marshall Hall and other noble
estates indissolubly associated with
our National history.
The people of the country would
be shocked to ever find Washington
what its business set wants to make it.
The people there have no business to
entertain commercial ambitions for
Washington. Let us have at least one
city fully representative of the higher
ideals of our civilization. Let Wash
ington remain an educational and polit-
ical center, with all her beautiful
environs unmutilated by the grimy es-
adjustments of industry. The other
cities of the country will attend to
the prosy business of manufacturing
and commercial exploitation Let
Washington remain city for all the
people to visit and enjoy.