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The Calumet news., 1912-06-26

Of the fabulous mine. Nothing wa,
known except that he disappeared IN
the desert came back with his yell
low gold. blew himself for riotou.
time. then did IL all over again.
AZ length ~Scotty'' was incorporated
capi;slized and put on the marke,
3ut luck turned. "Scotus' received
S25.ooO one day. was sued for a dos
tors bnl Of $1,000 couIdnft explain
what he had done with his latcs.
roll (Which he really never goD.
was jailed Tor contempt and taen--
the mine was discovered.
II was the oisgest. deepest. most In.
eNhaustible mine the world has ever
known-the pocketbook OF the -rcdu.
lous public. "scotty" had been the
tool Of bunch Of shrewd promoters.
who first exploited him. then sold
stock on the strength OF his mystery"
II is an old saying that "a sucker
IS born every minute" But that is a
back number We live faster now
sdays a sucker is born every sec
md at least. and occasionally the
sucker trap works overtime.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-26

paintings in its "a apartments is ds.
plorable.
The principal hall In the new Pom
peian country house has fine moslac
pavement and is frescoed round abont
with 20 life-size figures Of men, women
and children. The handsomest erorn
is one OF Bacchus and Ariadne. Else.
where a naked infant reads a papyrus
roll to draped lady. Other nude f,g.
ures wear fetters.
The nameless owner of this Gam.
panian palace was not merely a con.
noisseur, but an epicure. His kitchen
Is larger than any other Roman kltcb.
en- We know. One can easily picture
him as Cardinal Newman pic.
tured his Roman grandee in canitaI
lecture, seeing his batterie de cuisina
misexposed in the plateglass show.
cases OF a modern museum with in.
finite disgust.
DIR. Bergman's account is unillustrat.
ed. easels. drafting boards and cam.
eras remain tabooed on the dIsputed
premises at Boscoreale.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-26
ETIQUETTE OF LOVE.

Before Rousseau. love was a highly
refined form Of social intercourse, a
species Of gallantry conducted with
self restraint. and all the formalities of
its special etiquette; any extraVasaEcy.
whether in feeling in speech. ar in
action. was banished. But when Saint
PreuN, oppressed by his highstrung
passions. came TO the rock at Mehlerie
TO pour forth in solitude the food OF
sentimental tears. all the witty refine
ments Of eighteenth centuTy gsulantry.
for good or for evil. We're finally swept
away; eNtravagancy was Tree - lay
down the law of love. 1t was Rouc-
seau who enabled Marabeau. in his
FIRST letter TO Julie Danvers (whom
he had never SEEM. 10 declare. i also
am lover. have empued OF sen
sibility 10 the dregs, and could give a
thousand lives for what love Il was
Rousseau who land down q new ou-
quette of love which petty poet and
novelist still adheres TO.
-Havelock Ellis.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-26
WEDS; LEAVES TWO WIVES
Letters He Falls to Take Alonu Show
That He Was Very Gay
lotharlo.

San Bernardino, Cal.-Mrs. Anna
Brown. aged fifty-five. of Ligonier. Ind
and Mrs. Ellen Wadsworth. fifty. OF
Newark, N. j.. have sworn to com.
plants charging that man under the
names OF X. w. Keown and James
Clark married each in turn within
Few weeks and then disappeared. The
women-both formerly we'll to do. bur
now said to be destitute-asked the
police to assist them
Through a matrimonial agency Mrs.
Brown said she corresponded with the
man and at his suggestion sold her
nome and went to San Diego They
went through a marriage ceremony
there. and the man, then known as
keown, disappeared.
AS Clark, 1t was charged, the man
was at the same time conducting
matrimonial negotiations with Mrs.
Wadsworth. who came to this city a
month ago. After another marriage
ceremony here, It is alleged the man
deserted her. The police found among
the alleged bigamist's effects many
letters showing that he had been con-
ducting similar operations for a long
time.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-26
U. S. 100 YEARS AGO.

These interesting facts Of long ago
have been collected and are worthy OF
persusal By people who sigh for the
good old times.
Every gentleman wore a queue and
powdered his hair.
a gentleman bowling 70 lady al
ways scraped his foot on the ground
The church collection was taken In
a bag at the end Of a pole with a bell
attached to arouse sleepy contributors.
Imprisonment for debt was a com
mon practice.
Virginia contained fifth of the
whole population of the country.
Two stage coaches bore all the travel
between New York and Boston.
The Mississippi valley was not SO
well known as the heart OF Africa Is
today.
There vas not a public library in the
United States
\ laborer received two shlHngs a
day.
Crockcry plates were objected 20 be-
cause they dulled knives
Six days were required for a Journey
between New York and BOSTON.
Three-fourths OF the books in every
library came from beyond the Allan
tic
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rHE COUNTRY Is SAFE.

Judging from the turmoil Of such
a ruction as that at Chicago recently,
with good men anc bad men indfs-
criminately calling each other liars
and thieves, foreigner would gain
the impression that our republic was
about where Rome was at the time
the Goths came down like northerly
hurricane and swept the joy-livers in
to the Mediterranean
II he will return TO this country
about next May. however, he will find
that the capitol at Washington, the
White House, and all the public build
ings are sun there. Congress may be
in session between ball games, and the
Congressional Record will not carry
any blood stains on its prosy pages.
A great many people act at con-
ventions and elections much like the
parent who Furnishes the small boy
when angry. The next day he begins
10 wonder at his spasm OF fury. He
recognizes that he would do better To-
keep mis- hand on the boys conduct
every day. instead Of whaling him
within an inch Of his life once a year.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-26
ROMAN VILLA IS UNEARTHED
Buried at Same Time With PomneII
Treasures In Dispute Between
Government and Owners,

DIR. Johan 40Bergman conducts a va
cation pilgrimage to Italy for Sweden's
classical scholars. He has given the
particulars about newly discovered
antique villa near Pompeii.
Vineyard laborers happened upon
this extraordinary ruin very recently.
Fen rooms of 1t were cleared before
the Italian government stopped the
owners operations. More will be-
cleared when an Italian court has de.
termined what indemnity the state
must pay him for the property.
Mt. Vesuvius overwhelmed the new
villa with volcanic ash and pumice
coincidently with Pompeii, A. ID. 10.
But its construction and decorations
are OF early Augustan date and of
princely magniicence.
Only three Pompeiian suburbana OF
equal splendor have been discovered.
Bulwer-Lytton's villa of Diomed"
round In the 18th century, was the
first. A second was uncovered at
Boscoreale in 1895.
1t was there that De Frisco. a mem-
Der OF the Italian parliament, found 96
superb pieces of ancient silver plates.
which he vainly offered to the Boston
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A FEW USES FOR LEFTOVER
FRUIT.

Ripe fruit is so perishable that q
large supply should never be bought.
An orange that shows signs Of soften.
Ing Is not fit for food. 1t should never
be canned or preserved. Perfectly
fresh fruit is the only safe kind to can.
II there is a small dish OF canned
fruit with juice. rub the fruit through
a sieve, thicken with cornstarch and
sweeten il necessary, and use as a
sauce for puddings.
Bits of fruit, either fresh or canned,
II put through sieve may be added
to ice cream when partly frozen, or
poured over 1t as sauce when il is
served.
A small amount of fruit may be
stirred into mullins or small cakes be-
fore baking. Often fresh fruit, II a
small quantity, is allowed to spoil be-
cause there is not enough to go
around. Two or more kinds may be
mixed together very acceptably as a
salad or fruit to serve as a dessert
with cake.
Fruit Whlp.-Put a little crushed
o"SStchCu ilulI III ltuOudue glasses,
fill up with sweetened whipped cream
and serve as an evening dessert with
light cakes.
Emergency sslad.-Cut few bits
of cheese into neat cubes; chop six or
eight olives. Break a few English
walnut meats In pieces. few grapes.
seeds and skins remoyed; banana
and orange, sour pickle cut in thin
slices. Mix all together and fill apple
cups. Cut the stem end off carefully,
scoop out the pulp and fill with the
salad after mixing with mayonnaise
dressing. Put on the lid and serve
on paper doiley covered plate.
Lemon Cups for Dressings or Cock
tails.-When making lemonade save
the best halves by putting them into !
cold water. In this way they will
keep for several days, and are nice
TO use for hard sauce receptacles or
cocktails Or fish sauces; any number
of ways may be thought OF to use
them.
Lemons may be prepared into lemon
sirup and kept indefinitely and are al
ways ready for a quick, cold drink |
To a cup OF water add half cup of |
sugar and cup of lemon juice; boil |
for ten minutes and bottle for use. !
Keep in cool place.
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OF INTEREST TO WOMEN

moistened with butter The mix
ture should be quite moist, IL not
add little milk. Cut lengthwise as
many sweet green peppers as needed
remove the seeds. parboil Ave minutes
and fill with the fish. Put into ba-
king pan, surround with hot water or
fish stock and cook until the cases are
soft but not broken.
Fish losf.-F1ake the remnants OF
any baked fish. To two cups OF fish
add one cup of the stuffing. or one cup
OF bread crumbs moistened with melt
ed butter and one beaten egg. Sea-
son with salt, pepper and parsley or
minced pickle. Turn into buttered
mold. place in hot water and cook in
a moderate oven for half an hour. Un-
mold on hot platter and serve with
white sauce. adding a few cooked
peas or two hard-cooked eggs chopped.
Fish and mushrooms is a combina-
tion liked by many.
Fish hash and fish balls are other
dishes which may easily be prepared
from cold fish.
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WAYS OF SERVING TOMATOES.

There is no more delicious fruit
vegetable. IL Il may be so called. thar
the tomato Sliced after peeling, tn,
rich coral rounds may be dressed with
any favored salad dressing. or tc
many cream and sugar vies in honor
OF place with peaches and cream.
Tomatoes are served with rice
macaroni. as escalloped dishes with
crumbs they are delicious baked
stuffed or fried.
Fried Tomatoes.-Cut smooth. solid
tomatoes In quarter inch slices. Dry
each slice and roll in crumbs. dust
with salt and pepper Beat an egg,
add to It a tablespoonful of boiling
water Have a hot frying pan with
drippings; dip each slice in crumbs,
then In egg. put into the hot fat and
fry brown on each side.
Tomato Hssh.-Chop cold meat fine,
season with butter. salt and pepper;
put In a baking dish and pour over
cooked tomatoes that have been well
seasoned. Add a little butter and
sugar If liked. not emitting flavor.
ing of onion Juice. Brown in the oven
and serve hot.
Tomato Mayonnalse.-This sauce is
delicious and goes well with broiled
nsh. cold meats and vegetables. Stew
half a pint of tomatoes, soften one
teaspoonful OF gelatine in a teaspoon
ful of cold water. add to the hot toma
to, stir well and rub through sieve
Let cool, beating occasionally, then
add a half pint of mayonnaise. II
gives the sauce beautiful pink color;
heaped in cucumber cups or green
pepper cups and served with fish or
outlets 1t decorates a dish effectively
and Is pleasing to the palate as we'll.
Tomato Farel.-Cut four tomatoes in
halves, place in frying pan in hot
fat, the cut side down cook until ten.
der, then lift and carefully place in a
baking dish. Pour over a little olive
OIL tablespoonful OF chopped onion,
one of parsley. half teaspoonful of
salt, and busting of cayenne. Bake
in hot oven 20 minutes and serve in
the same dish.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-26
srRoNe ARM METHODS.

There is one plank az least in the
Socialist platform that viii receive
universal approval 1t relates to vio-
lence and the cause and it says.
Any members OF the party who op-
poses political action on advocates
crime sabotage or other methods OF
violence as weapon Il tho work.
ing class 10 aid in It's emancipation
shall be expelled from membership
in the party.
With the Socialist doctrines in gen
eraI we may be wholly at variance
hut on this question Of method there
can be no room for difference The
Socialists have the unquestioued right
10 entertain their beliefs and 10 work
for them In Whatever peaceful way
they choose. II the time ever comes
when they are able TO convert a ma
iority Of the citizens Of this cclntry
TO their way Of thinking they are en-.
titled 90 have a trial OF the prime piles
for which they stand. But they have no
right 10 attempt to coerce or 20 drive
the country They have no right to
attempt to effect the changes they
seek by violent methods They cannot
force a majority that happens 10 be
against them to permit them TO carry
out their doctrines. rhe country will
not stand for this.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-26
LEFTOVER CAKE.

Ways of using leftover cake are
well to keep in mind. as often a few
pieces OF cake combined with other
things will make most palatable des
sert.
Peach canape is one pretty dessert
Cut rounds of stale sponge cake, lay
on each half of peach. pour over a
little OF the juice and heap on a table.
spoonful of sweetened whipped cream
TrlfIe.-Cut stale cake in slices and
spread preserves between them. Lay
In a deep dish and heap whipped
cream over the slices. Garnish with
few berries.
Sponge Cake Porcupine.-Cut large
squares of stale sponge cake, place
In pudding dish, moistened with
sweetened orange juice. Blanch a few
almonds and press them, sharp end
up, into the cake. Pour over a soft
custard and chill before serving.
Mock Plum Puddlng.-Soften two
cups of stale cake crumbs in a quarter
OF a cup OF hot milk. II the crumbs
are dry they may need more. Add TO
the softened crumbs welI-beaten
egg, a half cup of sugar. fourth cup
OF molasses, a fourth cup OF stewed.
chopped prunes, threefourths OF cup
OF raisins, two teaspoonfuls of mixed
spices, fourth of a teasponful of
soda, half teaspoonful OF salt. two
teaspoonfuls of lemon Juice and
fourth OF a cup of -four. Bake in a
moderate oven As minutes. Serve
with an egg sauce. Separate the
yolks from the whites of two eggs,
beat well, add a fourth of a cup of
sugar teaspoonfui OF vanilla to the
yollSs, then fold In the whites. Serve
at once.
Berry Whip.-Fill a dish half full of
stale sponge cake. Sugar a quart OF
berries, mash them slightly and pour
over the cake. Beat the whites of
three eggs stiff. add three tablespoon
fuls OF sugar and beat in enough ber-
ries to color and flavor.
Heap on the dish and serve with
cream.
A delicious dessert may be pre-
pared with sponge cake over which
is poured a soft custard favored
strongly with coffee.
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LEFTOVER FISH.

Cold cooked fish may be served in
as acceptable dish as II was In the
fresh state. Any bits OF fish In too
small quantities to use alone are an
addition to salad of potato or other
vegetable salads.
Mock Lobster.-Melt a tablespoopful
OF butter in saucepan or chafing
dish, add cup of stewed tomatoes.
one and a half cups of fish shredded,
two tablespoonfuls OF crumbs. a table.
spoonful OF butter. salt. paprika and
little Worcestershire sauce.
saked Fish In Pepper cases.-Care-
Iuny remove the skin and bones from
any baked fish and season with salt,
pepper and onion juice. Mix
with an equal quantity OF left
over stuffing, or coarse crumbs,
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WHEN THE DAY is DONE.

Come, read To me some poem,
Some simple ana heartfelt lay.
That shall soothe this restless feclint
And Danish the thoughts OF day.
Not from the grand old masters.
Not FROM the bards sublime.
Whose distant Footsteps echo
Through the corridors OF time:
But read from some humber poet.
Whose song gushod from his heart.
AS showers from the clouds in summer
or tears from the eyelids start.
and the night shall be alled with
music.
And the cares that intest the day
SHAH fold their tents like the Arabs
And silently steal away.
-lsongfellow.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-26
A MeRceNARY MAN.

Speaker Cannon. az banquet hae
been criticlsing political opponent
says the WASHINGTON Herald.
His advocacy of these measures IA
only half hearted. anyway the speak
er said 1t Is as half hearted as
Uncle Ell Raxter's affection FOR his
wife
Uncle Ell kept crab Of Docrun. lie
MAS rich. according to Doerun stand
ards. and the village Sossips said that
his WIFE. young and pretty woman.
had married him for his money
a friend. dropping m FOR a cold
boiled crab one morning noticed that
Uncle Eli looked woebesone.
What's the matter. umcle?' ne ask
ed: rheumatic again"
"Wus'n rheumatic, said Uncle Ell.
shortly. It's my wife. She's been
kissin' Young Lawyer Shyster. what
takes his meals here with me-
The visitor. in amazemeat dropped
the crab CLAW he had been picking
'lmpossiblel' h cried
Impossible nothin', said Uncle Ell
grimly. 4 seen her do IT,
The voice OF the crab-eater quiv-
cred with awe and interest
Then what are YOU goin' to do
about il. Uncle Eli2' he asked
Do? said the old man. sourly. !
What can l do? II ] let the cat ou 4, !
Of the bag that I've lost confidence in |
lawyer SINISTER he's liable to change |
l,fs eatfp' bOus,. ."
The Calumet news., 1912-06-26
STUDIES GREEK AT EIGHTY

Colonel Gourand, who all his life
mas Kept young by constantly taking
up new studies and acquiring new IN.
terests. has now. at the age OF eighty
taken up the study of the Greek Ian.
guage and literature. in Geneva,
Switzerland. He has enrolled himself
as student at the University OF
Lausanne. He walks to the univer.
sity with a light step and sits among
the young students. many OF whom
are still In their early teens" taking
copious notes from the lectures of
professors. some OF whom are young
enough to be his grandsons. He is
treated with much respect by his fell
low students, and every one is ready
to help him In his tasks, He is sup
posed to be the Oldest student in the
world.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-26
TWO OF A KIND.

Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt. white
driving his coach from London to
brighton one beautiful June morning,
talked to a compatriot about the New
York horse show.
Il remember q country fair at New
ark, he said where the judges de-
cisions were not 50 uniformly unchal-
lenged as they are at our horse show.
.'Once an old farmer. hearing de-
cision uncomplimentary to his favorite
The Calumet news., 1912-06-26
FLOOR THAT TURNS OVER

The floor in the Apollo theater in
Paris Is reversible. one side being
made for dancing. the other being the
usual Inclined floor equipped with the
folding seats OF theater auditorium.
The floor is mounted on a horizon
tai axis on which It revolves. II is
built on framework of steel girders.
has an area of $500 square feet and
weighs 100 tons. The axis. which is
parallel TO the front OF the stage. is
not In the middle OF the thickness OF
the floor. saws the Cement Age. but
nearer to the seating surface than to
the dancing surface.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-26
aleeEsT MINE EvER.

"Scotty" WAS mystery. Every
once IN a while he emerged from
Death Valley. in the desert region at
the back OF the Sierras. with bag OF
gold. once ne hired special train.
made spectacular tour across
the continent and spent money with
the prodgahty Of prince in the me
trOpolitan hotels OF the enete east.
All the time "sootty' refused TO drop
the slightest hint about the location
The Calumet news., 1912-06-26

COW, rushed into the ring, waving his
arms furiously, and attacked the
Judges.
Why amt my COW first? Why
amt my cow iirst?' he shouted. WHAT
are her faults. I'D like 10 know?'
one of the judges, approaching the
abusive contestant, answered dryly;
Her faults, my man. are somewhat
akin to your own. She lacks good
breeding"
The Calumet news., 1912-06-26
HERoIsm AND tIUmoR.

That all Englishmen do not apIre-
eiate our history Is N Illef of Rep
resentative James Francis Burke. In
support Of this, he tells the story of
the dandifed, monocled Britisher who
was SHOWN the Bunker EIill Monument.
All What have we here9" asked
the Enghshman. looking ~ the impos
ing pile.
He was Informed that it was the
Bunker Hill Monument.
How high is it?" he asked.
He was told. Then, seeding fla,
stone near him. he inquired:
And what have we nerey"
That explained the guide com
The Calumet news., 1912-06-26

Most persons love trees, but few
carry their love of them 20 their
places of business. as has J. j. Auster.
nell. dentist of Kansas City. In a
window box on ledge of his office
In the second story grows a hardy
cottonwood tree. eight feet high Mr..
Austernell planted the sapling two
years ago and his watering and care
nave given him a flower box that is
unique. Not only do the leaves cast
cool shade over the window. but
their fresh greenness has a quieting
effect on patients. the dentist be-
The Calumet news., 1912-06-26

memoates the spot where General
Warren fellr
The tourist glanced mp To the top OF
the monument took another look at
the tablet. and he marked sagely:
"Ah. I see. OF course il killed him
Instantly. Popular Magazine.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-26

When Senator Dixon reflects upon
the claims he has made during the
last few months. no doubt he realizes
that he is slightly inclined to exag-
gerate.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-26
ABB 5REVIATiON.

Cardinal Gibbons was discussing Gil
more and his band.
Gilmore" continued the cardinal
was famous for his playing of Mo-
zarts Twelfth Mass on one o.
casion he played in North Carolina
town. and next day the local paper
announced that he rendered with great
effect Mozart's Twelfth Massachu-
ssetts.'"
The Calumet news., 1912-06-26

Swatting the fly may be gladstone
rastime. but just at present the most
popular sport is that Of swatting the
presidential bee.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-26

FelS-Naptha Soap won't gather your
soiled clothes, put them to soak, rinse them
and hang them out on the line.
But that's about all it leaves you to do
with the weekly washing
1t takes the place of boiling and hard
rubbing and takes all the dread out of
washday.
1t saves your making hot fire because
Fels-Naptha Soap cleanses the clothes in
cool or lukewarm water
No stewing over a hot Suds.
No roughening or reddening Of the
hands.
Isn't it worth whiler Both in Winter
and Summer.
More than million women are doing
their washing with Fels-Naptha Soap every
week and thanking their lucky stars that
they've found so-much-easier way.
Better join them now.
All that's necessary is to get cake of
Fels-Naptha and follow directions printed
on the red and green wrapper.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-26

Museum of Fine Arts. Baron Roths-
child of Paris FASTENED to acquire
them for the Louvre museum.
The Metropolitan museum owns sew.
erai frescoes from the same ruin, and
Mr.. Morgan charming bronze statu-
ette.
A third villa of fairly equal proper
lions was located at Boscoreale once
more IN 1900. but the condition of the
The Calumet news., 1912-06-26

II the colonel really insists on run
ming. why not tender him the nomina-
tion on the suffragette ticket?
The Calumet news., 1912-06-26

The Democrats may fit the plat
form TO the man. instead OF the man to
the platform.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-26

Apparently the "progressives" are
getting theirs.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-26
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIONS
By Mail or Carrier.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2s, 1912.

Mr.. Bryan is down. but, as he says,
not out.
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Z1ekTFGnEN Z


HEN we shall build our house
Its walls shall be the quiet
background for the loveliness OF life,
hung over with the few records OF our
own and others growth made In the
playtime OF art; its furnishings the prod
uct or that arts more serious hours it's
implements from kitchen ware 10 Dress
Ing table touched by the sane and hall
lowing hand OF purpose and taste.
William l., Price
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"a diller, dollar, nine o'clock scholar, what
makes you come SO soon?
Now you come at nine o'clock, you used to come
at noon."
"Since mama washes with Fels-Naptha SOAP she
has plenty of time,
And always gets me ready, to come to school at
nine'
The Calumet news., 1912-06-26

There are 81 varieties of the culex.
the commonest form OF the mosquito.