The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-05

vigor. IL portends nammot Ia hack bills.
IL means financial ruin To the poor and
disgust to the rich. A Zig load OF excur-
last ' evening. Il returned % like a
collapsed balloon later in the night.
There is nothing ulful, nothing roman
tic In such an experience. IL Is neither
conducive to squanimity nor provocative
OF merriment.
One of the observers who occasionally
contributes to this column met with
peculiar but very touching charity the
other day. A young man who lives in
an in'erior toyn, not very far from
this city, suffered a long. and painful
illness, during which he was the
recipient of constant little attentions
from his neighbors that touched him
deeply. When he recovered he resolved
TO manifest his gratitude In practica,
way. Now he furnishes ice cream and
sherbet to all the sick people in
the town who can ear 1t every
Sunday. He gets list from the doctors
and In other ways. and keeps his horse
every person in the town who is in the
slightest degree i'll is sure TO get cali
from him, and dish OF delicious home
made Ice cream.
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While cognizant OF the fact that there
IS a well-delue casus telli at the bottom
of the summer young mans hostility To
ice creams. Tne News desires 10 counsel
moderation aud thorough investigation
of the merits OF tn s despised dish.
It il true that on a few isolated occasions
sickness and even mortality have resulted
from an ipjualcious PATRONAGE OF the
dish. but the fault lies with the con-
sumer rather than with the consumed In
the majority OF cases The summer
young man takes great pains 10
impress upon the mind OF his young lady
COMPANION that the cream Is very apt to
contain poison, aud y here a fatal case o.
illi ess results ro ~ the use OF he d 81
points out the TACT as a vindltation or
his warning. But the real phys ,ological
explanation OF the disaster il OF an en-
tirely different nature. Careful expert
ments of noted scientists have proved
that poison In ice cream is. an extreme
rarity. Nine-tenths of the cases OF
so-called poisoning are not poisoning at
all. but simply nervous prostration
on the part OF the summer girl, oc-
cisioned by her surprise at getting the
cream. The truth OF this hypothesis Is
proved by the fact that nearly all
cases of alleged poisoning occur in
are known to form distinct
inclination toward penuriousne's. In
Providence, we are happy TO sta Q, no
such disasters have occurred. Devote
ice cream 10 iIs proper uSsS anu you heeu
have little fear.
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Owing to n mis- nders' anding Tnc
News stated in n recent issue that the
open regatta of the Rhode Island Yacht
C ub will be held August IL. The daIe set
is Monday. August 81.
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Comparatively few persons have any
idea OF the enormous outlay that ~ rail-
road company is compelled to make in
rolling STOCK" said railroad agent
yesterday. 1T is really enor nous. Toe
prices Of a single car range from Sl5 OO)
down to $3.50. The former is the price OF
u first-class Pullman car, while the latter
is that OF what Is known as fiat car,
such as are used to haul graves aud dirt.
A common flat-bottomed coal Car costs
800. while a car with "A double hopper
potion is quoted mt hundred more. n
refrigerator car costs $3.50. "A combined
baggage and mail car costs $780, and a
trst-class coach is valued at 5000"
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It Is n tradition among real estate mel
that u higher price can De secured for n
house placed on the market for sale il
1t cau be examined with the furniture
therein, but house owners or occupants
are all moro or less averse to having
utter strangers and busy neighbors
tramping through their halls or rooms
This is particularly true IL the pros
pective buyer puts in an appearance
IL an inoppor uue time when the
rooms might haprel TO he bit disar-
ranged. Two young ladies on a house,
hunting expedition uptown q few days
ago armed themselves witt n card from
n real estate agent and started out TO
look at dwelling, which was st IL occu-
pied. They rang several times, but met
with no response: but there were evi-
dences that there were people mov-
ing around at the time. AT last.
Nfter repeated riugings, the door was
sion ensuad, What do you wantp
Souse." "Well. YOU can's look at it," it,
but we've got card from the agent"
VI don't care what you've got, Any
how, you woke the baby, and I've been
An hour citing him to sleep" "Ch,
excuse me- said one Of the young ladies,
meekly. II didn't know you had baby.
How thoughtless. might have inquired
Of the agent"
Every few people in America know
how to eat watermelous," said John G..
DaCostu of New York yesterday. Mr.
DaCostu for years represented one Of the
biggest tea houses In America in China.
aud is thoroughly familiar with the
habits OF the Orientals. "You simp
chill the melons on the ice wi hout pre-
pairing them in any way, but in Chiua
and japan they are 80 served as "a sort oil
frozen ice and form an exceedingly dainty
dish The method of preparation is as
follows: Take large, sweet, ripe melon
cut l. into half, and with n spoon SCOOP
out he entire centre, of course remov-
ing the seeds. Put the watermelon into
a chopping trap and chop IL rather fine.
Add 10 IL one cup Of powderei sugar
aud. IL you use wine. a Tablespoonful
of sherry. Turn this iuto an ice cream
freezer. Pack the freszer, turn he crank
for about five minutes, until the water
melon Is ice cold and in the condition OF
soft snow. Serve In glasses.
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My next door neighbor is afflicted with
neuralgic pains in the lace, and
these pains are especially sharp
In the region of the eyes. They
come upon him alta moments notice and
when in the throes of the shooting pli =
bis agony is terrible. To al eviate tne awful
Intensity OF 81 G disease, my neighbor has
recourse 20 Iodine and with that he paints
n a.