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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-12

''Wots new in the paper?' asked the
House Detective. as he put his elbows
on an onyx desk-slab in the Hotel St
Reckless. and gazed meditatively down
Ccekatoo lane.
Not a great deal" said the Hotel
Clerk. 1.-The religious department has
an essay on the duty of the clergy by
a well known pugilist, and ON the
sporting page there's a short talk from
the Rev. DIR. Peterson J. MaddeTs on
the subject of the New Short Arm
jolt Mr. Edwin Foy Fitzgerald, late
Foy, the noted serious actor, persists
In his determination to play Hamlet,
for which I honor him. It's not many
comedians that find out in time they
were intended by nature for tragedy.
IT is reported that he will be support
ed By Nay IRWIN as Ophelia. ] use the
word support in this case advisedly,
Larry. May Irwin ought to play. Ophe-
liza with great success if she'd only
play it by the pound | can't think of
anyone in the profession who could
beat her out unless it's member of
the Elephant Quadrille al Barnum 5.
There's also an item from Chicago say
ing a Divorce club has been organized
out that there in that far western city,
by a lady who has mislaid divers of
her husbands from time to time"
''Only them that's been divorced is
eligible, ! take it, guessed the House
Detective.
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men were distinctly aware of it. The
railroad felt it, because fifty-two books
almost went out of commissioners few
people went to matinees now. The cir
culating library suffered frightfully, be-
cause it dealt mostly in novels, and
novels did not promote study, much
less meditation. Caddying down at the
Greenlawn links was no longer what it
used to be, except on Sundays, when
the men played. And the arrival and
departure of Brother Ramakanda every
Tuesday was viewed with sort of awe
by such natives as had sufficient time
on their hands to be present.
Mr.. Thompson, Mr.. Gates and Mr.
Dexter were having it out at 14-inch
balk line, and the Greenlawn Golf Club
house was very quiet. Save for the
players, it was almost deserted. Mr..
Thompson tried a masse, missed it as
usual, and grunted unamiably.
you never hold your cue right" COM
mented Mr.. Gates, picking up the chalk.
mo, I suppose not" growled Mr..
Thompson. Il haven't yet succeeded
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and then she trotted out her book to
prove that / hadn't serenity. And
hadn't either
well" said Mr. Thompson YEARLY
we're at the transendenal point over at
our house. 1 wanted to go to a show
last night and asked Susie to cut out
Hindoo for awhile, but the little woman
we're at the trancendental point at
hardly heard me-"
Every time I cJme home now" re-
marked Mr.. Dexter, Il close the door
softly and walk on my toes, for fear
I'll disturb a meditation"
But if the women want it 1 suppose
it's all right" sighed Mr.. Dexter, ''al-
though every time I speak to my wife
now I feel as if / were making her
scramble down from the peak of a
mountain, where's she's contemplating
the cosmos. l don't like to kick, but
when you get TRANSPORTATION of the
soul with your soup. after hard day
in town, and nirvana with your cof-
fee, when you want to talk about a
show or ask # anything happened to
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Potato PURGE With Whipped Cream.
Tiny Crackers ------=
Fish la Indienne
Entire Wheat Finger Sandwiches.
Broiled CHECKED Saratoga Potatoes
Asparagus Tips in Croustades.
Chestnut and Celery Salad
Cheese Puffs
Maple Ice Cream Fancy Cakes
Coffee.
In planning his luncheon for twelve
persons boil sufficient new white pOta-
toes to make one pint when mashed.
While they are cooking scald three
pints of milk in double boiler, adding
to it a half cupful of finely cut celery
Rub together to a paste one tablespoon
full and a half of butter and three
tablespoonfuls of flour and stir into
hot milk. When smoothly thickened
cover for five minutes. then gradually
blend it with the mashed potato.
Season well with salt and cayenne
then rub through a sieve. Return 70
the fire and simmer. covered, for ten
minutes. Fill serving cups or soup
plates and drop on each a spoonful OF
whipped cream, passing small crackers
or bread sticks.
Select a four pound piece of cod, skin
and bone it, and with the trimmings
prepare a pint and half of good fish
stock. Cut the fish in pieces and steam
until the flakes show plainly, then
break into good sized pieces with q
silver fork In a saucepan melt three
tablespoonfuls of butter. add one-third
of a cupful of thinly sliced onion and
cook slowly until pale brown; add one
scant tablespoonful of curry powder and
cook for three minutes longer, then
dredge in one-third of cupful of flour
and stir until Drowned. Add slowly the
strained fish stock, stirring until thick
and smooth Salt to taste, add a tea
spoonful OF peppercorns, bit of bay
leaf the size of a nickel, six cloves and
one tablespoonful of tarragOn vinegar
and simmer for fifteen minutes, then
strain. To the faxed fish add two
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You may recall how il was at our
large department store, called a court
house, during the rush to clear the
docket for the recent holidays. The
papers had quite a piece about it On
enc side OF the building sat the over
worked judges dissOlving matrimonial
knock-about sketch teams at the rate
of eighteen pairs a minute which is
almost up to the best record of the
factory where. they make the three
dollar shoes. On the other side of the
same massive structure, sat the mar
riage clerk busy as Swiss bell ringer,
turning out new licenses for applicants
who had just been dissolved, so TO
speak. Twas off with the old and on
with the new. A short married life and
merry one.
Picture the scene, Larry. In comes
a stout. sinewy gentleman with an un-
der jaw like car fender, and a pair of
melting eyes that have run together
after they melted away. The presiding
justice helps him into a chair, tucks a
cloth around. his neck like Butte mil
lionaire getting ready to eat a grape
fruit for breakfast, and runs his hand
over the newcomers face. You've got
a tender slIn, says the Judge. DO you
want a close divorce or just once over?'
In the body of the court up rises a
lawyer. May it please the court he
says, not that it makes a hanged bit
of difference he says, whether il
pleases the court or not, but anyway,
as we say. may it please the court,
represent the defendant in this case,
and L desire to insist in the name of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-12
BY coRNELIA c. BEDFORD.

thirds of this prepared juice and keep
hot over boiling wafer until needed.
Pick over and wash a pint of rice
and boil in sailed water until tender,
drain, place in a clean saucepan. add
the reserved sauce and two tablespoon
fuls of butter and stand at the side of
the fire. Turn through occasionally
with a fork until the sauce and butter
are absorbed. Then keep hot. Cut two
sweet red peppers in thin strips; if fresh
ones are not to be had use the canned
Spanish pimientOs. In serving put a
spoonful of rice on each plate, hollow
it in the centre, place on Il a spoonful
of the fish and add few pepper strips
as a garnish-
Select very small broilers and allow
and a half for each person. Should
toughness be suspected brush each piece
with butter. dust with salt and pepper
and pack side by side in a dripping
pan. Pour in a cupful of boiling wat
er, cover closely and place in a hot
over for about twenty-five minutes
then finish on a broiler over the fire.
A measured pint of asparagus tips
(canned) will be needed. Drain off all
LIQUID, cover with fresh water and let
stand for two hours, changing the wat
er twice during that time. Make one
pint OF Jnlck WnlJ6 sauce, allowing TWO
tablespoonfuls of butter, three table
spOonfuls OF. flour, one pint of milk and
salt and pepper to season well. Drain
the tops, add them TO the sauce and
keep hot over boiling water until want
ed.
Trim stale bread free from crust,
cut into two-inch pieces, then into
squares. With a pointed knife pick out
from the center of each as much of
the erumb as possible. leaving a small
square box Brush inside and out with
melted butter and place in hot oven
until golden brown; or brown in a ket-
tie of smoking hot fat. Fill these crou-
stades with the prepared tips.
The salad needs one quart of large
French chestnuts shelled, blanched and
gently boiled in sailed water until ten
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for the bay rum bottle and a blank
decree. Well, better luck next time.
Brush. Next gent
up trips a fair litigant who fav-
ors the court with a rare smile.
And what's your trouble, my dear?'
he inquiries in a soothing manner,
combing down his mustache and reach
ing around to see if the placket of
his silken gown of office is misbehav-
ing.
Incompatibility, says the lady.
My husbands hair doesn't match the
color of my new princess gown. I'll
have to give up one or the other, and
it's a very expensive gown, while he
is quite the contrary, and we're peO-
pie of moderate means, and Mr.. Put
nam Asunder, the lawyer who does
all my divorce business for me, is taxi
ing the case at bargain, so here /
am tn be a great favor to me, judge
if you'll kindly hurry up the details,
because the gentleman who's going to
be my next husband is waiting out
side, and he's got to get back to his
job
Very thoughtful of you, says the
judge. Tell me- he says, is 1t one
of those close-fitting princess gowns
that seems to cling?
ct is says the lady. with but
tons all the way down the back, and
a low-necked neck.
I'D admire to see you I'm it some
of these days says the kindly judge
cycling her judiciously, and at the
same time fixing his tie. Maybe I'd
better take your address, he says.
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in applying the genealogical philosophy
of the masse to the ultimate substance
of the cue ball.
Mr. Dexter dropped the end of his
cue on the floor with bank.
Are you getting that, too?" he asked.
81 sure am" said Mr.. Thompson. 80
are YOU, too"
Well, l know it," said Mr.. Dexter,
but 1 wasn't going to make the first
crack"
SAY" said Mr.. Gates. you fellows
haven't got anything on me. Do gyou
know what my wife wanted TO know
last night? She wanted to know if 1
gave any thought to the finite and in
finite. 1 told her / was too busy. Then
she read me a lot of stuff out of a book
about ultra meditative intuition and the
loss of personal consciousness. L told
her if l ever lost consciousness in my
business we'd be broke, and she got
mad"
II had a course in metempsychosis
last night" declared Mr.. Dexter. II was
blue in the face before Alice got through
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that solemn rite known as the mar
riage contract that"
" Back up says the judge, inter
rupting him. who told you marriage
was a cOntract?'
We'll, it used to be- says the law
yer.
Maybe 1t did, says the judge, but
not any moro. It's now ninety day
option. I refer the learned barrister
TO the latest authority on this subject,
Three Weeks
''Then turning again to the plaintiff:
Go on, my good man. says the judge,
what are the grounds for your suit?'
Cruelty and inhuman conduct,
says the party I'm the chair. Although
1 took an invalid for a wife, she mis-
treats me horribly on the slightest
provocation.'
g Where is she now?' inquiries the
judge.
I'm the hospital, says the suffer-
ing plaintiff She attacked me with
such fury the last time that she frac-
tured her skull. gouged out one of her
eyes. and knocked several of her front
teeth down her own throat
Poor, patient creature that you
are, says the judge. What is your
businessg
I'm an animal tanner by profess
sion.' says the weak-spirited plaintiff,
in the summer l handle a troupe Of
performing hyenas down at Coney Is
land, and in the winter ] break West
ern horses for a local livery stable
You have my sincerest sympa-
thies,' says his honor, as he reaches
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-12

that it looks like one of those OPEN
work shirtwaist patterns that comes
put up in a box. or maybe it's a
member of an old ROyalist family Of
France. a fascinating little person with
the frank, open countenance and man
ly physique of a suspected jockey on
an outlaw track; or possibly a Brit
ish peer with a breath like a hot mince
pie and the quick and nimble wit of a
wax doll.
Anyway, whichever he is, he comes
over and marries into one of our old
sugar or railroad or coal oil families
Of great wealth. The exultant father
of the bride steps across with the
funds necessary to rehabilitate the an
several generations of the tenantry as
COW barn. The groom is provided
with an American income befitting his
European station. But after a few
years the lady gets tired of only see
ing her husband when he feels like
beating up somebody that can't fight
back, and she takes her black eyes and
her split upper lip into the courts and
gets divorce in the sOrdid vulgar
Yankee way, and sails home, thus de-
priving another noble family of its
only visible means of support"
I amt got so much sympathy for
the American girls wOt marry them
lazy foreigners" said the house de-
tective. They deserve to get the worse
of it,
In such marriages it generally turns
out that both sides get the worst OF
| II" said the hotel clerk.
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eyes, that's the rule" said the Hotel
Clerk. so of course there's some peo-
pie in Chicago that'n be barred out,
though not a great many at that. The
club is going to hold social sessions
every week at the Coliseum or under
a large tent, or out on the Lake front.
or some place that's rOOmy enough for
everybody to assemble and give the
members a chance to introduce former
members of their immediate families
to the present incumbents. as ii were.
Are you related to that lady? one
member viii say to another. Only by
marriage the second one will reply.
one summer And then there'n be
joint debates on such timely and in
teresting subjects as Resolved. That
Married Men Make the Best Hus-
bands or. Resolved, That 1t Is Harder
to Keep Wife Than a Cook
1T ought to be a very successful or
ganization. Larry. / think myself that
they should extend its scope and make
it general in character"
1--WE could furnish purity tolerable
large chapter right here in New York .
said the House Detective.
1--WE could So" assented the Hotel
Clerk. Il think we'd have the banner
lodge inside of two months. IT'D be our
own fault if we didn't, considering the
excellent team work on the part of our
judges. This is no bush league, Larry.
We've hardly got divorce judge on
the bench that didn't bat well above
three hundred last season.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-12
WHEN IN ROME.

OOndOn Opinion.)
Mrs Gadsby-And you liked Rome best
of ali the European cities you visited?
Mrs. Newriche (enthusiastically)-I 6
far superior to all the others. Why. my
dear in Rome you can buy souvenir post
cards for a penny that cost two or three
times as much anywhere else!
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-06-12
TWfNTy-TWO YEARS AGO
emS VI interest Cleaned from The Devils Lake nIer),l 7>
Ished Under Date Of Saturday. May 70, 1886.

Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Engel-
bora June 9th, a girl.
There are 17S school children in this
Uake) school district,
Mrs. Brennan is recovering RAPIDLY
from her illness.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Du-
shek, June 9th, a boy.
William J. Doyle and VIM. Anderson
are among the newest subscribers to
the Inter-Ocean.
d. Schas has opened a clothing and
furnishing goods store in the Chaum-
cite building on Fourth street.
Andrew Cairns and his sister Miss
Annie Cairnes, went out to their
claims in Towner county the first of
the week to make their permanent
residence there.
The corner stone of the Episcopal
church will be laid next Tuesday, Bis
hop Walker officiating.
Nels Oleson of this county and Miss
Tillie Arneson of Seneca, ILL.,, we're
married last Friday evening. The
happy couple had never seen each
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other until the train arrived Friday.
the match was made by letter.
An Illinois man writes the Inter-
Ocean for a pelican. While we are
not exactly in the pelican business,
we will undertake to furnish the adj
dress OF the Illinois man to anyone
who is. Our esteemed contemporary,
Prosser, has horse that may answer
the purpose.
Lyle V. Cleveland. Oldest son of Mr..
and Mrs. r. L. Cleveland of this city.
was instantly killed Saturday after
noon by having horse that he was
riding fall upon him.
An arrangement has been made
with John A. Percival for five acre
tract of land joining the city on the
east to be converted into cemetery.
Frank Coombs' horse became fright
ened Thursday morning and ran away,
demolishing the buggy and seriously
injuring Mr.. Coombs.
Markets: Wheat, SEC; oats, 81 to
40c; potatoes, 60c; best patent -four,
$3.50; ground feed, s1.5O.
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ST DID not
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the state from Bismarck " the
that Steele, 40 was IL
city for several months last
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Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-06-12

I am a candidate for the Republican
domination for Member Of Congress be-
fore the Primaries to be held on the
S4th day Of June next, and earnestly
solicit your support. EI'5l'
l believe in the repeal Of the tariff on
lumber and In general revision Of the
tariff schedules. Am In favor Of a national
grain inspection law and in the general
policies which have been advocated BY
President Roosevelt. I have lived In
the state Of North Dakota for over
twenty-six years and have thorough
knowledge Of the needs of our people.
Should I be nominated and elected,
will use my best efforts for the best
interests of all Of the people and all
parts of the state. r--I7 -. :
Respectfully. .szr ~
= Il, B. Hanna.
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r !. (1()ER2
Candidate for State S Attorney

M Fl :ZSustGaMuSU lVt OsQtV y R9kVt atGy {H$ S}S3
am a candidate for the once 81
States attorney Of Ramsey county, N.
ID, subiectsto the win Of the Republic.
an voters at the. Primaries to- be held
on the 24ths Of June. 7 believe iii the
principals Of the Republican party as
fenunciated by Preside lent oosevelt.5
Am 3 firm believer In the enforcement
Hof the laws of our state, and Il elected
to the important office Of State at
#torney OF this county, will do all With
IN my power to see that the laws are
dproperly enforced But n the per;
Torrance sof my duty as such attorney;
" shall make ~ q point TO guard against
making the county d lot Of unneces-
Ssary expence# by issuing warrants of
arrest without first having at least al
ssembIance Of assurance that con
Iviction can be had, ana IL elected I'd
that ONCE, VIII be found at my post
off duty Six days III the week unless
prevented by sickness. shall hare
81 no preferences hut shall endeavor q;
Ido whole duty as the. law pres
Ecribes II. giving ali s. square deaI. ''Sss
cry Resp ctfnlly
esoer,
Devils lake, az D.s
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-06-12
The Railroad Side of the
''GreateSt Problem .>'
r, in the Wor|d''

ployed by the railroads induced new
settlers to take up 100000 acres Of
government land in North Dakota
alone. And soon all along the North
western lines communities were estab-
lished where there was before No
Man STAND. Little settlements grew
into big cities. The railroads, act
ing as the pioneers, started the whole
thing, themselves creating the traffic
from which they now derive their rev.
enue. The Great Northern even sent
men to the rural districts of Illinois
and other Middle-West States to give
free moving picture exhibitions 'adver-
Using the Northwest, and to show the
people what opportunities the North
west afforded for making a living.
Then those agents actually showed the
farmers how to sell their
land for five times what they had paid
for it; and with the money thus obtain
ed secure land in the Northwest equal
to twenty-five times as much land as
they sold in the middle west. Before
the Great Northern got to Seattle we
were sending only 65,000,O0O yards Of
cotton piece goods to China. Now we
are sending 400.0o0,O0O yards, and tens
Of thousands of cotton-mill employees
in Massachusetts and the Southern
States benefit. All because the build
ing of the Great Northern railroad
brought with 1t a low freight rate. to
the Pacific coast. +; 3..>,5 r.
. Since the people and the railroa Us
are so Joined together as have tried
to suggest by setting down these. few
facts-we obviously cannot injure the
railroads through unreasoning denun-s
citation and unfair legislation. h The;
people, viewing now the handiwork OF:
their representatives find that unwar-
ranted antagonisnn to the railroads has:
not only spiked the wheels of trans
portation, but has, at the same time
caused trade to shrivel, commerce. to-
pause, industry to halt, wages tossagss
For trade cannot follow railroads
the railroads are forced to- stop lead
ing the way. AS the late Is United
States Senator Evarts might have been
led to remark. the public has lately
had on the subject of the relations of
the railroads to the prosperity Of the
nation an sseye-op that should suf-
flee for att least another generation. ---.
BY ellison SWillets. in Leslie's Weekly
OF May III 1908. 5 sss:
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FOR COUNTY AVDITOH,

~. = 1V1 CVVNG4 AVOAGV14.
\ As5tt will be well nigh impossible for
me to see all the voters before the prim-
aries In June for am now busy look-
ing after my bread and butter sowing
the good seed for another crop, I would
am g. candidate for County Auditor.
Should be honored by the nomination
onf5the Democratic ticket shall en-
deavor. to make a complete canvas Of the
county and meet you face to face Some
may think a farmer cannot keep books
and handle the large clerical work Of
thescounty, would like you to give me
done, and that efficiently. ~ -
Y ! My neighbors have elected me town
ship officer for twenty-one years con-
tinuously, nineteen Of them as Town
Clerk and Clerk OF School Board. Yours
to serve, Respectfully, s5s
= ~ w ii conzaa