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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-06

and demonstrate that public necessity
demanded the improvement.
To prove his good faith. Colonel Bob
introduced me TO d number Of experts.
met them In a wcl-known cafe on
Pennsylvania avenue. They were Ger
taiuly accomplished men. ] don't know
rivers aud barbors. but. Bill. I'll swear
that they were the best experts on
whisky that l ever met.
They drank all kinds Of brands. and
they drank carly and often. After that
session With the experts was over my
pocketbook looked as II the &c. o. p"
elephant had stepped on II.
The. experts, left me with many pro
In the same direction and I'll bet not
single fellow In the crowd could have
walked the chalk line, Ii reminded me
OF the procession OF Irish total abstaincrS
that took place in little town out west,
An Euglisbman stood the sidewalk
looking at The parade, and after 1T was
over he turned TO a ilibernian friend and
Mike. I had no idea that there were
SO many lrishmen in this town
"Och. shure,' returned Mike. That's
nothing Then waving his hand in the
direction OF the paradcrs. ne added
"Thim's only the vans that don't drink,
You ought to see the others
We'll In spite of the testimony OF the
experts the committee seemed deter
mined TO hold up my blu. That only
served to arouse my dander. In fact. IL
takes opposition TO bring out my good
points. ! hope this don't sound proud,
but It's ahe truth. I'm like n kite. You
know \ kite always rises against the
wind and not with IL. That's the way
Il is with your Uncle John.
At the second meeting OF the commit
Tee they asked me for some statistics.
| begged for time. and, of course, con-
suited Colonel Bob Moore. Iie got up a
series of tables which proved that. while
there was not a dollars worth OF com
rnsrCe on the Cinnaminson creek at the
present time the deplorable fact was due
entirely To The lamcntable and neglected
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-06
DETAILED BY HIMSELF
HE HUNTS FOR FAME
BY GEORGE BARTON

policy which congress had pursued to-
ward that noble stream. He proved be-
Eond pcradventure thar IL the United
States government would only develop the
stream ii would become the Clyde OF the
southwest, | asked him afterwards
where me had obtained the statistics. fIe
said that they were the same set that he
had used In putting up an argument for
the Panama canal. When ] protested.
he laughed and said that If the figures
We're good enough for the big ditch they
were too all-Ilred good for my measly
little creek.
tell you. Bill I'm mp against it down
here, rm like the Irishman, who said
that there was nothing but trouble in
bills all The time" he told friend, 81
thought that I'd reached the end of 1t,
but here I've got letter from my wife
telling me that she had 10 so and get her
l5imono cut out"
When the committee held its seventh
meeting they told mo, that ! would have
the privilege Of making n speech on my
bill at their next gathering Colonel Bob
heard aiterward from man who has
been down here many years that II WAS
Colonel knotts famous speech on Duluth
1t seems that Colonel Bob Moore took IL
out OF the Congressional Record and
adapted il to suit the eNigencies OF my
case. The members OF the committee
laughed very heartily. In fact, they
laughed so much that 1t made ne sus-
pic!ous. | didn't know whether they were
laughing al my speech or laughing at me-
tell YOU. Bill. YOU can never tell peo-
pie by surface indications. You can never
tell how many eggs q chicken has laid
by the strength and shrillness OF its
cackling. You must look into people as
well as at them. These fellows on the
committee were the most inattentive peo-
pie I ever saw, and I've been told that
there's no surer sign in the world OF
weak man than inattention,
Finally ] went before the committee
with NV fchtinG clothes on and insisted
on having a report on my bill. One of
llaf. Innmhers from down east said that
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CHAPTER VIII.

n Washington, March ;, 1910.
" Bill, Did you ever feel as
oi were sinking into the bot
Ole OF oblivion and that il was
estIon OF a little tlmc when thsre
but a little bubble on the sur
he water TO Indicate that you
existed Well, Bill. I've had
'ng. They say that every man
life has it at some stage of
.r It's awful, ] can't imagine
worse. Sea sickness is bad;
mess is worse, 1ad stage fright
ing. but this iling OF being
by the constituents you haven [
positively tragic,
Z was at my worst / took Colo
Moore Into my confidence, and
he hauled me over the Goals
sutton. He said that / had not
shed anything since j landed Ed
\ the job as second assistant %ld
eed testing room II the burcau u
: Industry in the department of
re. with a stipend of $3.50 per
y he said That II this inactivity
q would be dead, buried. for
Efore my term was half over.
- hilNb, hiisll w III j t''.
ntched the bald spot on the top
ead for n while and tlen said in
|Rtive way:
\ you any waterways in your dis
he'd.
'ng better than Cinnarginson
appcd me ~; the shoulder with
Fny hand.
'ist the thirg. That will do. I9ut
making an appropriation Of half
q dollars for The Improvement CT
mson creek. 3ul dhn't call IL a
.Cal 1t the Grcat I3ear river or
mg- OF that mad"
1 \ persisted. I don't really be-
2 neee anything lil;c that. / lh;hi,
roprlation OF Slc.cOl would meI5c
rs tcel mighty good"
tuehed heartily.
Isear sir" he said, "if you asked
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Your First Name

art Petros. and on this Petro
! VIII build my church, - are
In which the name of The
inlon BarJona was changed 10
sIlos, or Peter, as the. English
@nle fisherman, who rosc 10
euitional leader OF the whole
scamc q great favorite and
Spread with Christianity il.
rietr9s, Pieros, Piers. and
IN Italy: as Pedros in
rster p; IN Germany and Eng
aleter IN Holland; Per in
|tstr and Peedr in Russia; as
Y S'and and as Pierre. Picrroit,
reire in France his name
,,E a9ounded for by far the
oil the Christian era. And
ng ago ages when Peter the
sSSuhe eShe the leader of the
icn' and. according to
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ernmcnt has place TO hang them
The tendency of American millionaires
to buy up whatever is worth while
abroad and bring it TO this country
offers unlimited possibilities on the
part Of the government TO eventually
get these collections if any inducements
are offered. But so. from many
sources. are the streams of treasures
of all sorts directed into the govern
ment treasure houses, inadequate as
they arc.
it was this food that Induced con-
gress to make the appropriation for
the present building, in which every
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-06

The idea of the museum had its birth
il 1916 whcu the Smithsonian insti-
tuition came into being. When congress
incorporated that institution it defined
one of its objects as the establishment
Of a national museum and one as the
establishment of national gallery of
arts. 1t directed the purchase of col
buildings. Early expeditions through
out the domain had already collected
much material of scientific value aud
this was being cared for at the patent
office. When the Smithsonian build
ing was completed it became the re-
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the tightwads in my district didn't de-
serve any consideration. / asked him
what "EShtwad" was, and he answered
me hy telling me a story.
He said that there were two brothers
who were so mean that they cried every
time they spent penny. On the surface
Christmas time they made 1t point to
give presents 10 each other John, with
many protestauonS Of affection, gave JOo
a SO gold piece. and Joe. telling his
John a $40 gold piece, In this way that
single gold piece was used in the family
for more than twenty years.
| said that stories We're all right. but
that all the stories in the world wouldn't
deepen the creek in my district. I said
we wanted steam sbovels that would
make the dirt fly. and that. in the name
of my constituents and by the memory
of the great American caGle, l de-
manded a favorable report, The chair
man laughed and said ne bad referred
Brown was, and he said that Mr. Brown
was a committee OF one who had been
appointed 10 make an Investigation and
report orr on on my 6l M. MG M bro%n Eaa bGn6sd up
emily lost the bill. At that everybody
laughed. Then another member made n
motion that. in view Of the lamentable
loss of the C!pnaninson creek bill the
committee he relieved OF further con-
sideration OF the same. The motion was
carried with hurrah and the committee
dpJ0uIlSIs
There is no need of going into any fur
Their details. II You have any imag!na-
tion you can appreciate my FEELINGS.
YOUR UNCLE JOIN,
p. S.-Say. Bill I've really got 10 make
good on this f1zzle. AS soon as You read
this letter see Jim Jermon and have him
put an announcement In the Banner that
I am candidate for speaker OF the
house OF representatives. They will
never see it down here, and it may cause
stir in the district. and II the stir only
creates enough wind to blow my sails 7
may weather this awful deathlike calm.
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impossible TO build an Office building
with anything like ten acres OF floor
space for the same amount of money.
The new building is located in the
Mall, directly i'll front Of the smith
soniar building. which it faces. IL is a
massive and digni6cd granite struc-
tuye. four stories high, with a frontage
of Sol feet, depth of 365 feet, Its
shorter axis is in line with Tenth street,
through which it may be reached from
Pennsylvania avenue, distance of
three blocks. The principal external
feature of the building is Il large,
square pavilion at the middle of the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-06
By William Atherton Du Puy

the main stories and tbe pavilions. Such
parts of the roofs as can he seen from
the outside arc covered with light green
slate, az is thc dome, all harmonizing
with the stone work
In the ground plan the building has
general rectangular outline. but fuuda-
mentally IL consists of three main
the shape of the letter r. This T is is
supplemented by two series of rooms,
which ell out its lower part, making
the whole building rectangular They
inclose uncovered courts. The interior
width of the halls in the main struc-
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navy, for instance. arc made presents
by foreign dignitaries or nations. these
must be turned over TO the department
and may not be retained as the per
sonal property of the recipient. They
may be seen only upon the written re-
quest of the man to whom they arc
given. They arc boxed and stored III
the state department and never sec the
light of day. When battleship is
given the name of state it is presented
with handsome silver services by the
commonwealth so bonored. The life OF
a battleship is less than decade it
is retired. dismantled and its trophies
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i;on of the great new national
huiidinc at Washington Will be
>>hnen to the public before tho
nycscnt week. This will mark
s Of the final steps in the com
sof the greatest storchouso for
Information that the nation has
vu 1t will be followed rapidly
NJ and by the end of the sum
Stything will be in place IN the
INT structure, the completion OF
?!.rks to the artist, the sclenust,
! nian, the student OF all manner
an era in American develop
H. completiop of this building
Ia at last "A suitable structure
by this government for the
some Of its wealth Of collec-
he building belongs to the peo-
naiion. as do the collections
pojd and all these people VIII
lad Ia feel proud of their new
NJ lis completion means IN
!. nlacc. that tho greatest natural
cclleciion in the world may be
IL shown TO the pubLe. 1t
Tst there will he cXhlolt1op1
,hat collection of historical
I,h;ch is TO this country more
! than anything else that TlII
smassed together. Ii means tha,
a amount Of space may be mad
'rucleus for national gallery
.rhich is already formed and Is
nilv increasing as to promise a
\ nowned bv the government that
X fsvorabIy with those of the
lions of Europe. Ii means that
m he space for all those special
ps that are important III Ger
mg of endeavor.
U Inside Is Complete.
ew building is roughly complete.
lbo rooms are finished and but
Me- placing of the material which
Yer their ten acres of floor space.
there is but the approach TO be
IA and the debris of the years
1fruction to bo cleared away.
sere is the massipg and the ar
mi of the vast stores Of ma
This work Will require the Ell.
inp and summer and when the
comes it is expected that all
7 in readiness. Then there viii
a grand opening to which all
I1d viii be invited. The event
prescnt week viii be without
~ and will consist merely of the
= open OF one great hall 10 the
ia event marks the first definite
<hment In a campaign OF more
'f century for the establish
nn adequate museum that would
with the dignity of this great
The actual construction Of the
z has required six years. Is
>904 that congress appropriated
y for its building. The amount
10000, Il sufficient sum TO erect
yIlre- that is adequate for the
needs. Since that time the work
ii pushed to tho utmost. but
lays have been experienced,
Trough failure Of stone con-
to deliver material on time.
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individual III the country will have an
investment of something like D cents,
paid in taxes. 4 museum building re-
quires so little in the way of interior
walls and partitions that S3,500,O00 Will
build more ambitious structure Of this
sort than any other II would have been
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-06
HAND
SAPOIEO

FOR TOILET AND BATH,
Fingers roughened by needlewors
esteh every stain and look hopeiess!y
Erty. Hand Sapolio removes not only
she dirt, but also the loosened, injured
suticIe and reato7es tho fingers to tbeu
asturRl beauty.
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Women

Who are nervous, pale, weak aud fret"
ful, can be made rosy, strong and
hearty by the use Of Palmo Tablets.
They make you look and feel years
younger. Money back if not salts
factory. so cents. Book Free. Ad-
dress The 8. r. Fell Co., Cleveland, o.
p. +. Hill Drug Co, so W. 2nd SO.
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lille, nellie and Nillel; in England, Pc
trina, Petroncll and Pernal.
There is one authenticated historic
instance Of its use. Pteronella was the
name of the sister Of Eleanor of Aqui-
taine, daughter of Count William OF
Potion, In the twelfth century.
Copyright, 1910, by Frances MarshaD.)
Miss Marshall will be pleased to an
swer by mail all inquiries addressed
to her concerning the origin and his
Miss Marshall in care OF this paper,
please inclose stamped and self
addressed envelope for the reply.
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= !: r
PETER.
PETRONELLA.

Peter, which means n rock, is
the name of many great founders
Peter the Hermit. who preached
tho first crusade, aud Peter Abe
lard, first Of the school men-Tbe
group of sixteenth century Peters
who helped the world to know
itself-What the uamc means IN
art. music, religion and letters
BY FRANCES MARSHALL.
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clpicnt Of all this material and Of mat
ter of a thousand different kinds from
as many different sources. The 2eoloCis
cal survey, the fish commission. the bu-
reau of ethnologv, the biological sur.
vcy and other of the bureaus of the
government which were engaged in
scientific investigation delivered to the
Smithsonian institution vast stores of
material.
Following the Centennial exposition
at Philadelphia in 1876 the left over
material representing the industrial arts
and crafts was given 10 lhc govern
mont, The quarters in the Smithsonian
then became entirely inadequate and
a museum building, which was com
pleted in 1881. and has been occupied
ever since. Years ago its space be-
came inadequate Tor the material owned
by the government. This bas been
stored in the attics of various depart
mrnts- in rented warehouses. in what
ever place offered itself. in the patent
Office, for instance. the halls are today
piled 90 the ceiling with boxed models
of patents, many of them of fasciuat.
ing interest. IA tracing III detail through
these actual models of inventions the
development of such great industries
as railroadiug from the time Of its in
ccption-
Many Art Treasures.
The art features of the accumulatinG
treasures of the government have been
no slower in developing. At the white
house. al the capitol, in all The de
partmeuts, are great art treasures that
have come 10 the government in one
way and another. When officers i'll tae
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-07-01
CAKES FOR AFTERNOON TEA
-FOUR Varieties That Have Long Been
3opuIar-Snow Flakes Better
Than Douehnuts.

MacaroonsS-One and one-half cups
almond meal and two egg whites beat
en- stiff. Mix gradually, add more
meal If necessary and drop from tea
spoon on buttered tins. Bake 20 min
utes.
Lady Fingers egg yolks beat
en- thick. two-thirds cup -four sifted
twice, dash OF salt. Beat thorough
iy, six egg whites beaten stiff, add
two-thirds cup powdered sugar, fold
into the first mixture. Bake In lady fin
ger tins 20 minutes and just before
putting In slow oven sprinkle with
powdered sugar.
Indian Squaws.-One-half cup pow
dered sugar. four squares chocolate
grated, one-half teaspoon vanilla. Mix
and fold in three egg whites beaten
very stiff, drop on waxed paper from
teaspoon and bake In slow oven.
Snow Flakes.-Use your three egg
yolks left from Indian squaws, beaten
stiff. one-quarter teaspoon salt, one
half teaspoon cinnamon, -four enough
to roll very thin. Cut in long narrow
strips and fry In very hot fat When
done dust with powdered sugar.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-07-01
Blackberry Cordial.

One of the Oldest southern RENE
dies for summer complaint is black
berry cordial. 1t is pleasant to take
and very ef1cacious. Following is the
recipe used in our family for years:
Put a tray of blackberries which
have been washed, in a preserving
kettle and cook until we'll scalded,
Strain and press out all of the juice.
Put juice back in the kettle with the
following spices, well broken up and
put in a bag: One-eighth pound all
spice, one ounce cinnamon bark, one
ounce cloves, and one nutmeg. Add
loaf sugar. one pound TO each quart
of Juice. and cook slowly ten or IF
teen minutes. Remove from fire and
add one pint best brandy to each
three pints of juice. Bottle and seal.
and 1t will keep Indefinitely.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-07-01
TO SERVE WITH ICE CREAM
Many Delicious Sauces, Comparatively
Easy Of Preparation, Can Re
Recommended.

suppose that the family cook, or the
enterprising daughter of the family,
can make good ice cream. 1t may be
well frozen and known to be of the
pest materials, yet it lacks a little
style. A sauce will add this and is
not dithcult to prepare. Henrietta
SoWle, the Boston epicure, says to use
an orange marmalade sauce upon a
chocolate ice cream. To make the
sauce the foreign marmalade is cimply
20 be thinned with white wine, in the
proportion of wineglassful to a half
cupful of the marmalade. Heat the
marmalade before trying to blend the
Wine with it, then chill we'll
Another sauce may be made from
cherries boiled in claret. a little sugar
and sifted and used over a lemon ice.
Slit out the seeds.
Ii fresh rasberries are stewed It ia
we'll to thicken the Juice with a little
arrowroot or cornstrach. Then add a
few whole berries. Canned raspber-
ries may be used in winter for this
purpose.
BE sure and have these sauces as
cold as possible when served.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-07-01
a Confession,

Lord Kitchener had determined TO
avoid all public functions during his
trip across the country. He yielded.
however, to the insistent demand that
he attend banquet in honor of Rear
Admiral Sebree in San Francisco In
modest after.dinner speech he
praised the career OF the admiral.
Because IL was a naval banquet the
talk naturally turned to the sea and
sailors
Sailors, as a class" said Lord
Kitchener, have very keen sense OF
humor. / remember a story of sail
or, Just back from a six months
cruise. The young man had been Gel
ebrating his return to land all evening
In various public houses. Emerging
from the last bar. little unsteady
but very tovial. he danced along the
street waving a bottle OF stout
For a sailor be said to his com
panions, 1t is disgraceful what ! am
going TO say. but Il 10 the TRUTH
have a horror of water"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-07-01

election, when l was astounded by
the information that had been elect
ed. | received 50 votes. You must
did absolutely no electioneering. Mr..
Williams quietly spread the word
around among his acquaintance and
admonished them to say nothing
about it. My name was written on
the ballot and even the election
judges did not know what was up, I'm.
tile they commenced to count after
the polls had closed.
II was at home all day, while the
election was In progress, little dream
ing that was being elected Justice OF
the peace. If ever an Office came uE-
sought, this one did. l have since
been busy thanking my friends for
their remembrance. Perhaps if l had
conducted a campaign. l would have
polled more votes, but l am satisfied
and will try to be a Just Judge for
all the people.
1T will appear little odd, at first,
to give up household duties and Off
ciate at trials / may even be called
upon to marry people. will have to
brush up on the marrying code.
ought to do a rushing business, as
brides will not object to me kissing
them, as in the case of some of the
masculine Justices that l know of"
Justice Phares is a widow, her hus-
band, the late Frank Phares, having
been a wellknown and prominent cit
izen of Clinton. Mrs. Phares is un-
usually well educated, is highly in
tellectual and well read and her
friends believe that she will be a
fearless justice.
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James M. Lynch.

servative tendencies and has shown
remarkable power of organization
since he began, at the completion OF
his apprenticeship as a printer, TO take
mart in labor union affairs. Born at
Nanlius. N. z, in 1857, he lived many
years in Syracuse y. Y, where he
was for seven terms president Of the
syracuse Trade assembl and a mem
her of the city board Of fire commits
eioners. In 1S99-l901 Nr Lynch was
the first vice-presidert Of the Inte-na
ti5nal Typograrh.c-l ...72
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-07-01
Stewed Duck.

SINCE, draw, and cut into eight
pieces each two spring ducks Season
with pepper and salt and fry to light
brown on both sides in butter. Add
sliced onion and four ounces raw, lean
ham cut in dice. AS soon as these
have Drowned little dredge with one
and one-half ounces of flour. and fry
again till the -four is brown, then add
one and one-half pints Of beef Uro4A
a gill of port wine. a bunch of pars-
ley and sweet herbs to taste, cover
closely and cook three-quarters Of an
hour. Remove the herbs, skim off all
the fat, and serve In a potato border