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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-14

hours the world would beyond doub
end in one terrific chaos Of disorgani
zation. Such Is our idle conjecture il
these stirring times Of political offic'
seeking.
1 The Modin fruit ranch has some ter
or more pickers in their employ 81
| this time, which will continue FOL
several days more. Mrs. Modin has
fed regular now for sometime As high
as rs ravenous souls with only the
help Of her mother and Mrs. Raymond
Modin. Mrs. Augusta Dolphin, moth
er of Mrs. Ed Modin has been visiting
with her daughter for some two weeks
TO date. The prune harvest is now on
with Ed Bowles in charge Of trans
portation Of this famous product.
Ferdinand Katzenmeyer has been
assisting with the third cutting Of
hay for Howard Harper. Mr.. Katzen-
meyer cuts wicked swath and woe to
all that falls in front Of his sickle.
Oscar and Harry Iyie are also on the
roster for this cutting. Mr.. Harper
expresses himself rs being satisfied
with leaving others to seek political
prominence, as for him he has plenty
to care for with his so acres Of ranch
without any more TO worry gray
patches on his brow.
Louie Ivie has departed for Mccall
or some other inland town TO work on
the public highway. Lake has been
with Mart Clopton for about 2 week.
Charlie Ivie and wife and Mrs. Os-
ear Ivie have been accommodating vast
heaps Of wealth picking peaches ut
the James Jensen ranch. Charlie ex-
poets TO invest some OF these days in
= coal burning Ford or something be-
sides hay burners for he says the
swamp fever affects the latter too
bad In his present location, having |
lost two In the past change OF the
moon.
A few brief moments talk with Mr..
Kiser the other day disclosed the fact |
hat he id all alone with his hands
'ull Of house work and chores ~ Mrs.
Kiser has gone 20 visit with her
laughter who Is rather poorly in
iealth.
We are sorry to lose such a charm
ny young lady az Laura Carpenter
rom our community life, but are sim
'erely glad she has had the opportun-
" TO spend the winter in Salt Lake
With her aunt. studying. May she hast
N her footsteps homeward once her
tudies are completed.
Ed Tyler Is sure buster than an
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-14
suMMERY DISHES.

During the hot weather hearty
dishes and heavy desserts are not de-
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-14

SlraDle. Inc appetite
Graves fruits, vegetables
and refreshing drinks.
Eoos With Piquant
Sauce.-Chop one green
pepper, one teaspoonful
of capers, one small
picked onion, one pickle
and a sprig of parsley.
Melt a tablespoonful of
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-14
The KTOHEN
fBLNE184zH
10. 1921, Western Newspaper UnIon.)

Justice Is itself the great standing
policy OF civil society; and any de-
parture from It, under the circum-
stances. lies under suspicion OF being
no policy at all.-Burke.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-14

Melt a tablespoonful OF
butter in saucepan, add table
spoonful OF boiling water; add
to this the juice of half a lemon, a
pinch of salt, busting of flour, then
the chopped mixture. Serve this sauce
over hard-cooked eggs cut in quarters.
Baked 1eets.-Beets retain their
color and delicate flavor best when
baked. Put well-washed beets into
| baking dish with small amount Of
water. Turn frequently with knife
To avoid losing the juices. and when
done remove the peeling and slice;
serve with olive oil or butter, salt and
pepper
Chill Con Carni.--This dish may not
appeal TO some during the hot wealth
er. but as the southern people need
peppery hot dishes TO keep them ambi-
tious. the northern section during the
heated term may find such foods pala-
table. Take pound OF round steak
and one-quarter of pound of fresh
pork, put through the meat grinder,
and add three good-sized onions
chopped. Brown in HOT frying pan
or kettle. add one quart of tomato,
chill powder to taste and chilli pep
per tied In cloth to keep the seeds
from mixing into the dish. Season
with salt and cayenne, If needed, max
ing 1t AS hot as the taste demands.
Just short toe before serving time
add two cans of kidney beans or their
equivalent In cooked beans. When
hot. serve. This dish. with crisp
green salad like lettuce. will make 4
substantial main dish.
Ripe Cucumber ReIish.-Grate ripe
cucumber. squeeze dry, add salt to
taste. one finely chopped onion for
each cupful of cucumber one finely
Eiineed red pepper, cayenne pepper to
season highly and vinegar to make a
thick mixture. Bottle and seal. This |
is fine sauce for fish.
N,A. No. p,eeQ !
Old papers for sale at The Index |
office, 25c per 100.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-14
DIRECTORS ARE ELECTED
 BY CHAMBER OF CONNER CE

The following members of the Nor wich Chamber of Commerce were elected directors as the result of the final cleo ton which closed at o'clock Friday aft ernoon: E. LaRue Bliven, Dr. H. B. Campbell. Hon. H. M. Lerou, A. L. Peale, C. A. Saxton J. N. Weymouth. Two hun dred twenty-five ballots were cast. The members who served as the election com mittee were Alfred A. Gobeille, John Rush. John B. Oat, Fred r. Houson, Jo- seph E. NRochette. Thomas F. Cummings, William H. Aldrich.
 The six directors who remain on the board this year are James L. Case, W. H. /Cruickshank, Grosvenor Ely, ]. c. Macpherson, c. D. Moves. F. 5. Rick etson.
 The new board of directors will hold meeting at the first opportunity that the full board cen convene and elect a president, first vice president. second vice president, treasurer, and secretary. All these officers are elected every year.
 The annual meeting of the chamber will be held next Tuesday evening in Odd Fellows hall and a most enioyable programme has been arranged by the membership meetings committee. Rev. J. Romeyn Danforth of New London will be one of the speakers. His power of oratory Is well known to the public oi eastern Connecticut and for that matter throughout the state. Rev. MT. Dan. forths topic will be Community Ser vice"
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-14
GAVE TALK ON GARDENS
 BEFORE WoMAN,s GUILD

The Woman's Guild of the United Con- gregational church held the opening meeting of the season Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Community house, when members and their friends had the pleasure of listening to Miss Amy Cogswell, principal of the Lowthorpe School of Horticulture, Groton. Mass. Miss Cogswelps subject. What To Do With the Small Place." was treated in most practical and helpful manner, calculated to inspire the humblest anna teur. The day of vast gardens is past, she said. and her special plea was in behalf of small retired gardens with the beauty, rest and happiness which may be found in planning for and working in them.
 At the conclusion of the talk, tea was served by the social activities depart ment, Mrs. Walter F.. Lester and Mrs. Archibald Mitchell. Jr., presiding at the table.
 The regular bushes meeting, at which the president Mrs. Charles Tyler Bard, presided. was abridged in order to all low all who wished to attend the sale of the Missions department in progress at Park church,
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-14
BEREAVEMENT SALE

nA6 F F1SOOEGD6 UT $ZS5
 Friday afternoon from to o'clock most successful sale was held at the os- good Memorial parrish house by the mis- sions department of tue Woman's federa- tion of Park church. The sale netted $225. Halloween decorations were used in the parlors, orange and black being the color note. Autumn leaves as1d ber- ries, dahlias and marigolds decorated the front parlors. Tn the tea room, corn stalks, ears of corn and pumpkins were used, and upon eaeH table was pumpkin or a black cat lantern
 The sale was in charge of the following committee: Mrs. James A. Bidweil chair
 man, Miss Mary A. c. Avery. Mrs. Ar thur E. Story, Mrs George L. Ingalls, Mrs. Harry E. Prentice, Mrs Richard Lewis, Miss Cecile Crowell. Mrs Ray. mond B. Sherman, Miss Alexandria Trumbuli. Mrs. A. N. H. Vaughn, Mrs Robert w. Perkins Mrs. Frederick T Sayles, Mrs Frederick ". Terry and Mrs. William Tyler Browne. Miss Bar. bara Brown had charge of the tea room assisted by. Miss Pauline Mathers.
 The waitresses in the tea room wer, the Misses Helen Burdick, Constanc. Clark, Marian Sweezey and Janet Black stone, and Mrs. Zebulon R. Robbins haG charge of the ice cream.
 The fancy work table was in charge O Mrs. Robert ". Perkins. Mrs. Fredericl W. Cary; domestic table. Mrs. Raymont B. Sherman; food table. Mrs. Arthur [ Story. Mrs. George L. Ingalls, Mrs. Franl
 W. Clapp; candy table. Miss Evon Broad
 hurst, Mrs. 4. N H. Vaughn. Miss Cath crime Bunnell, Miss Helen Tirrell; gral bag, Mrs. Frederick Sayles, Miss Anns Ely; plant table, Miss Mary A. Avery
 Miss Alexandrine Trumbuil, Miss Harrie
 R. Trumbull and Mrs. Frank Hampstead The witch who presided over the gral bag was Miss Helen Clapp.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-14

In the second of special articles upon Norwich, written after study of the field here and published in the American Issue, the And-Saloon league national organ, figures of the death rate in years under and before prohibition are com pared, reaching the conclusion that the death rate has dropped with the coming in of dry law
 By special arrangement. The Bulletin publishes in advance the following article which will appear in next weeks number of the American Issue
 Where once, in the good old days,' when the saloons were open and jails, insane asylums, almshouses and graves all were open in the same degree as the saloon-where once five hearses moved in slow processional to Norwich ceme- teries, today only four hearses are in the funeral cortege. The death rate has been cut since the advent of prohibition to the degree that five persons per thou sand would have to die where four actu- ally die this year to maintain the rate set l in the wet year 1917. That year, how l ever. was not the record year for deaths | in Norwich. It is chosen for an illustra- tion becai /1'ft is a fair year and not an abnormaliy high one. The year 1918 was of course the influenza year, with a death rate of 2S.4; 1915. also wet year, had death rate of 19.7. but 1917. the last normal year which was wet had a rate | of 19.1. The rate for 1922, if the same proportion of deaths prevails for the full | 12 months as In the first eight months, will be 15.1.
 This means that out of every thou sand persons in the town ee Norwich four l persons who were doomed to death by conditions prevailing under a license re- | gime are reprieved by prohibition.
 "The death rate in 1922-if no epidemic occurs to increase the present proportion will be the lowest in 20 years. The average rate for Norwich town in the years from 1901 to 1905. inclusive. was 16.9.. In the next five years the rate de creased to 16.6 per thousand of popula- ton. From this year the rate steadily in, creased, with one or two exceptions. The five years from 1911 to 1915 had an average rate of 17.B. The succeeding years, with their rates. follow:
 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922
 1S.1 19.1 26.4 17.7 19.3 16.5 15.1 "The 1922 rate is based on the eight month period, extended to cover full f months.
 These figures may seem dry but they are like fossils in the rocks, each carrying perfectly legible story to the one wht holds the key. The first three years il the table above are all 'et' years. Tn, rate was very high. It was far above tn, average rate for the state of Connection as a whole. Health experts in man! cities had pointed out that besides death listed officially as due to alcoholism ther, were a large number of preventabl' deaths for which alcohol was to blame To this was attributed the high destl rate in urlysn communities as opposed tc rural sections. So far az published rec ords go, however, no one in Norwich
 seemed to have been disturbed by thi
 mounting death rate. No doubt in hom
 after home someone said. The Lord gay , and the Lord hath taken away when tn } Lord didn't have anything to do with it.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-14
oLp-FAsHroNEn TIowrRs

 Where are the dear. o,d-fashioned posies Quaint in form and bright in hue Such as grandma gave her lovers
 When she walked the garden through Lavender, with spikes of azure
 Pointing to the dome on high Telling thus whence came it's color.
 Thanking with its breath the sky Four o'clock, with heart unfolding, E When the loving sun had gone. Streak and stain of cunning crimson Like the light of early dawn. Regal lilies, many-petalled.
 Like the curling drifts of snow, With their crown of golden anthers
 Poised on malachite below Morning glories tents of purple. Stretched on bars Of creamy white, Folding up their satin curtains
 Inward through the dewy night. Marigold with coat of velvet. Streaked with gold and yellow lace, With its love for summer sunlight Written on it's honest face. Dainty pink; with feathered petals,
 Tinted. curled. and deeply frayed, With it's calyx heat. half broken, On It's leaves uplifted laid. Can't you see them in the garden. Where dear grandma takes her nap? See cherry blooms shake softly over Silver hair and snowy cap? VIII the modern florists triumph Look so fair or smell so sweet As those dear. oid-fashioned posies Blooming round our grandna's feet: Ethel Lynn Beers
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-14

The delegates who attended the New London County Sunday School associ- ttion from the Taftville Congregational Sunday school were Rev. and Mrs. Ed Fin c. Crowdis. Miss Mary Taggart, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Knowles, Miss Doro- ihy Wood. Miss Mildred Kloss, Oscar Aatthewson, Mir. and Mrs. Robert Brown.
 The porch at the Ponemah house is being painted
 One of the valuable grey horses own d by C. J. Beauregard of Hunters av- snue. was kicked fin the leg by another iorse and SO severely injured that it had be killed by a Norwich veterinary.
 Lloyd H. Ordway of Baltic was a yis- tor in town Friday.
 Troop 9. Boy Scouts met Friday even ng in the recreation rooms of the Taft rille Congregational church, under the direction of Scoutmaster Victor H. Da- Fis
 John Mccarthy who fractured his spine recently while cranlSing an engine tt the New London Ship & Engine Co plant Of Groton, was well known in own having pitched for the Taftville Athletic Association baseball team sev. sral times this season.
 Mrs. John Fedorin has been confined to Ter home on Norwich avenue by illness
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-14
HUMOR OF THE DAY

First ,Georgian--I hear you-sn lynch ed the wrong man the other day.
 Second Georgian-Yeah. but 1t didn't matter. He didn't know what tho lynch- in was for anyway-Jdfe.
 Booueggers refuse to 5oin The Lssht wine and Beer Union urged By Com pers. They prefer volstead's opsn shop Life.
 she--Whenever have to inset people feel quite embarrassed
 He-Same with me when l have to meet a bill.-Boston Transcript.
 And so you work in the eomaostne room Isn't that fine ,1
 I've been here ten years"
 Wont you sing something you've composed ?'
 Flubb-what is the line of least re- sistance fs
 Dubb-wen, it certainly isn't the tele.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-14
RADIO PROGRAMS
Saturday, Oct. If. WIZ Newark (s6O Meters).

WIZ Newark (36O Meters)
 ' a. m.-Uncle wiggily bedtime stories, by Howard R. Garis.
 S.3O p. Current Topics" by The Institute4for Public Service.
 $40 p. m.-Fashions.
 8.45 D., m.-U. s. army Night. Mill tary Concert by the 18th U. s. Infantry Band (2o pieces) of Fort Jay.
 1901 to 10.35 p. m.-Concert by U. s. Army band, continued.
 1885 p. m.-"Under the Evening Lamp
 KDKA. Pittsburgh eco Meters).
 D. m.-Popular concert.
 , D. m.-Results, play by play of the University of Pittsburgh-W Virginia University football game.
 7.3o p. m.-"Under the Evening Lamp
 p. m.-Bedtime stories.
 p. m.-The Edgar Thompson Quar- tet. WBZ Springfield tseo Meters). 7.S0 p. m.-Bedtime story told by Ra- chel L. Hazeltine.
 7.45 p. m.-Crop report by v. E. San ders. p. m.-Musicai selections. s.10 p. m.-Literary evening. 1 Musical selections. | S.35 p. m.-Scientific Review. 1 $50 p, nl.-Musical selections. 
 WoR Newark {4oo Meters). l 2.3o p. Broadcasting of the foot ball game between Yale vs. Iowa at New Haven, Conn.
 S2o D. m.-"To Armenia With th' New Jersey Food Ship" by Albert II Skean wG1 MedfOrd Hillside tssO Meters9 a. m.-Before Breakfast set-ups, Ar thur E. Baird 10 a. m.-Musical programme. l 10.30 a. m.--Weatiler forecast for Nep l England (4S5 meters). 1 1.3o p. m.-Co-operative Marketing, b. Richard Pattee. i 3.25 D. m.-Afusica1 programme
 s p. m,---Weekly crop report for tn New England states (4S5 meters). 1 6.30 D. m. Boston police reports Late news flashes. Early sport news. |. 3 p. m.-Evening programme. 1.-The Family on the Slack-Witted 2-Pleurisy. S-Place Cards, So t Speak. 4-Clever Ben. II-Final baseball scores, Boston American. III-Concert l Miss Anna Weinberg, pianist, Bostol Conservatory of Music.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-14


 phone line,-Excbanee- salesrsan--1ndirl6usi alarm ciocks Never heard of them What are they like shopper-r never saw one n1ybeif, bui l I thought mnybc could get cns tuntc % it would wake up my husband with 1 out dist,rbfnk rne-Judge. eborn- -Br.~hcn 4n the course oi - nn'''-n q '.'
 --Msryg
 -Before we r0 to bed better naks sure. everything "A locked up,@ -Tes. I've locked. up everytnirz--ccai Din ,essl box sstA doors and sll tA'
 aJust lIlss a.. wdFsn." interrrpiss Jcnese. 10 .hlrreif. rfli lose that pisi yet,''-Sew York Sun.
 ssDoffts be afraid" 4aid an aviator 10 "a tinasd 'passcrser. '.-An you havs .ovtlo is to sit Quiet" | .~1 knoxr-sil about that. retcrtse i the pzsscnger. But suppose souicthinn happens and re5begin 10 failgv
 '"0h. in that csss.r the aviator reas- sured him, 'you are 10 grasp the hru solid thing we pass and hold tight" - American Legion Weekly.
 Tescher--@ow we will szgs that yonE mother bought three dozen ofanges, tho dealers price being thirty cents a dozer, I ~AAA--8
 Jolrnny ny-Seyenty-h' cents- Mas "a jim dandy at bsrEzining.-Boston- Transcript
 ~Instesd Of putting the Goddess of Lib- erty on the new dollar. wouldn't Mercury be more zppropriatez" asks an exchange As far as we are concerned they might zf well make them Of rncrcuTy.-Bostor Transcript
 Mrs Bunker-EIr sure is unpopular with the golfers s'hec he worked 90 hard on his invention.
 Mir. Bunker-Whats the invention,
 Mrs Busker-A goH ball that register the strokes during the cuursc of the game, and there Is no chance 10 lower the scprs ,-Houstcn Post.
 I've got beer prescription "Weilg' lr
 But can't get 1t hiledr,
 Again weii--
 T think the doctor knew thzt"--Louis. Vile courier-Journa,. Why do you always stand out bv youf froHt gate when youF wife sinEsz' ,;, -oh-. T -juss wish 10 De where mp neighbors. can sec me. % there TiIi not bs any nisa7preienslon as to what's hatpen- ing ln my house.--yznc0uye Province.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-14
rrLL zssocikrED :. . :,'';. 2;
 FEsss DssrA rsur'

mysterious Arab4 Is led to an, aban- doRed pyramid where the fake mum my Is discovered. Thon the Arab aids the collector in smuggling the num- my out of Egypt. so inc Egyptian au- : thorities. who examine gall relies taken. out of the country. may not reveal his sHindle.
 Ascension. island. a. small strip Of land in the south Atlantic ocean, is a resort for sea turtles, which come in thousands to Jay their eggs ifr the sand annually, between January and May In ~1aH more--than -f0o. weigh ing from 500 to. 600 pounds each were caught and stored 5n pounds and Eventually Killed, and distributed among. the people. The island has. sJi area of thirty four square -rniles-. and a population of e5o persons. It is under the control of the lord. confrnis- sioners of the admiralty Of Great under cultivation, producing veee- tables and fr,lit fer, the sarsssofis
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-14
DISABLED TRUCK JAnfMED
 TRAFFIC ON WILLIMANTIC

The worst traffic jam on the WilliamA crossing section of the Willimantic road since highway work was started there ! few. weeks ago took place Thursday af- ternoon, when 9 truck broke down when It was passing along the section of the road which is used for traffic ahd which Is wide enough for only one car at a time
 Cars are allowed to go through in groups alternately from each direction. When the truck broke down on the way through it made a complete blockade fo, for hundreds of cars for over an hour as f was impossible to drive on the soft ce- ment on the other half of the road ard the whole assernblage of cars had. tc wait until the truck could get under wa, again.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-14
sEDGWICKs RELIEF CoRPs
 GIVEN OFFICIAL INSPECT

,-
 Mrs. Etta c. Topping of Now London. assistant deputy inspector. made an off, cial inspectoin of Sedgwick Womans Re- lief corps No. 16. at it's meeting Friday afternoon at the Buckingham Memorial which was largely attended. Department Commander o. R. Price of the G. A. R. was also visitor at the meeting.
 The president. Lena Pukalius, was in the chair, and all the floor work, with initiation, was carried out in fuii form before the inspecting officer, who had warm words of praise for the excellent way in which the work was done. Guar terly reports of the secretary and treas. urer were presented and accepted. Department Commander Price spoke briefly. of his trip in attending the na- .. tionai department encampment at Dei ! Moines.
 Announcement was made of a harvesi supper to. be held two weeks from Satur- day, and the meeting closed in the usua 1 form with the American Greed and thu singing of America.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-14
lnday, Oct. l
SuIIudy, OCI. IT WIZ Newark (Seo Meters).

WIZ Newark (S6O Meters).
 10,S0 a. m-Musical programme
 F m.-7-Musical programme.
 D. m.-Radio chapel services con- ducted by Rev. D. Ernest McCurry, of the Well Memorial Presbyterian church, Brooklyn, N. '. Sacred music pro- gramme.
 4.S0 D. m. - Literary vespers con ducted by Edgar White Burrill of New York on ''The Radio of Spirit"
 6.30 p. m.-Readings and Records from the Bubble Books That Sing" by Ralph Mahew.
 ' p. m.-Adventure Stories for Boys and Girls.
 7.a0 p. m.-An inspirational talk by Orison Swett Warden.
 7.45 p. m.-"Average Conditions of Mining by J. D. Cannon of New York.
 ?. m.-Joint recital by Fife Briggs, soprano; and Vincent Alpine, tenor Hazel Gruppee, pianist and accompan- ist.
 s.S5 p. m.-concert by the westing- house band under the direction of Lewis Morrell.
 KDKA Pittsburgh (4oo Breters1.
 II a. m.-Services of the East End Christian church, Pittsburgh, Pa, Rev. John Ray Ewers. pastor.
 2.45 p. m.-Children's Bible Story Three Lost Sheep.n
 3 p. m.-Radio chapel at Westinghouse station KDKA, conducted by Rev. Will fam A. Logan, pastor Alpha Lutheran church, Turtle Creek. Pa. 7.30 D. m.-Services of Calvary Epis- copal church, Pittsburgh, Pa., Rev. B. j. Van Etten, rector.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-14

ly traced in polluted lee. Is extrenei5 small. a-.-11..-.
 The tail of the domestfcated sheep sheep.
 Since May, 1921, United States mail planes on the transcontinentaI route have carried mail distance eous1 to fifty times around the world at the equator without the loss of single
 The Thirty Tears War. ISIS te i64S, was considered by military critics to be the most deyastafina previous to the world war. 1t in volyed all of Europe and was based largely on: religion. The Picking city government has | ordered .- broad-wheeled s-cafts with tires 1 1-2 inches wide to replace tho 1-2 inch tires of the Picking two.
 wheeled, springless carts. which bavt been cutting. up the -roads for. cen, turies.
 Many devices have been suggested for the utilization of old army boo soles, the chief being concerned witt I fuel production. But periodical I the Fertilizer. propose. to use then for stimulating the growth of beam ] and peas. The plan suggested is tha 1 of earbonizing part of the leather int. ! lamp black and extracting sulphat l of ammonia from the residue. I i sounds rather like putting ones foo in ones mouth; but even that is :
 way of making both ends meet-Lon l don Chronical.
 Wealthy collectors searcting il Egypt for treasures and relics ar often imposed on by crafty Arabs
 who manufacture mummies. useinI the bodies of their own dead. whicl
 they swathe in the mummy winding
 and -epcase in stolen, or spuriou
 mummy cases. The duped collector i after secretly negotiating with -