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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-01
NEW GREENVILLE SOCIETY.

At last Friday nights meeting Of the social
outcome of the Gresnvills Amusement Associa.
Social Club of Gresnye' and the following
officers temporarily: Sidney Denuing, Pres idept;
Daniel Flynn. TREASURER, and John Perry, Sec
retary.
club room at Giebel's Hall on Rose avenue, and
bowling match wound up the evening.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-01
4 Great Fish erman.

Sykes-Hullo Brownlowl What luckp
Brownlow-None at ali, Been here three
hours and haven't caught thing.
Skyes- That's queer. Lots Of fish there.
what bait you usinaf
Brownow-By thunder expect that's the
tlouble. Forgot my bait.-HdTpsr's Razhr
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-01
The bog, not the Roots.

Marmaduke - May | go out to play
nowgn
Mamma What, with those holes In
your bootsg''
Marmad uke No, with the bulldog
next door, - Tlsttis. :,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-01
Weather ind,cati ons.

WASHINGTON. Aug 1, lS98-Weather indica-
tons for thirsy-sx nours ending at eight p VI.
Wednesday For Southeastern New York includ-
ing Long Island; also for Connecticut and Nortn-
ern New Jersey:--Generaliy fair today, and on
Wednesday slightly cooler; winds becoming
northwesterly.
hartnett's Thermometer Report
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-01

First Chicago Grl-Do you love your hus
bands
Second Dbicsgo Girl-Indesd do. love him
more than any man ever ied.-TYwth.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-01

"I'n SO nervousv-before taking Hoods
Ssrsaparilla. "Im so welln-after taxing
Hoods. Moral" Be sure to get Hood's.n
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-01


Bv cabte TO the United Press.
PARIS. Aug. /, 1s93.-Advices received
from Bangkok show that iuo understand
ing has been reached In regard to the
deiim1tation of the territory claimed by
the French. or least that no knowledge
te that effect has reached the Sialnese
capital. Neither Is it known at Bangkok
that the blockads is TO be &C once raised
On the contrary. the dispatches from
Bangkok fully support the reports
current last night that much uneasines5
as TO the final outcome of the trouble is
felt In Bangkok and that the anxiety Is
increasing daily. 1t is feared that au at
tack will shortly be made upon Bangkok,
unless the French GovernmenE ssuds
orders TO Vice Admiral HumRnn not TO
attack the city.
Protecting American Interests.
WASHINGTON. August /, 1883 lin con-
nsction NTH the question of danger to
American interests in Siam should the
threatening state of affairs there con-
tinue. the United States Vice Couusul az
Bangkok reports to the State Depart :
nieut that an electric street car line three
miles long has been put iuto
successful operation in that city
by the aid Of American enter-
prise. The plant WAS put up by the
Short Electric Company, of Cleveland,
Ohie. at cost of about $50, 900. Mr.. W.
}. Dawson having been the engineer in
charge Of the installation. Thfs is the
first electric street car line In the extreme
Orieut. Its success la such that the
receipts OF the line have already increased
by 80 per cent. and the management Is
contemplating building extension. The
Vice-Consul General Is of the opinion
that ii the Americn electrical companies
were to send competent reprssen tatiyes
to the large cities of Asia, they could se-
cure number of contracts similar to the
one that has been SO satisfactorily eX-
ecuted by the Cleveland firm.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-31

"There is much talk nowadays" said q
trained nurse recently. about surgical
cleanliness, but it seems to be entirely con-
fined TO the hospitals. The average wom-
I'm, even the average intelligent woman,
does not appear to realize that she can use
some Of it right in her own home, and par
ticularly in the sickroom of her home IL
that apartment comes into existence.
II have been nursing recently. a surgical
case where an open wound was under treat
ment Temporarily needing softening
ointment, asked for some and had brought
to me an uncovered box of vaseline, thick
with dust, which | was told would not do
any harm, as IL was merely air dust The
speaker meant, / suppose, by this that 1t
was the dust that had gathered by expo
sure to the air rather than under the active
operation of sweeping but that il was fair
ly criminal TO have any dust on remedial
agent she had not the slightest idea.
''It is this thoughtless ignorance that
often makes the household medicine chest
a direct evil, and | have thought seriously
that few lessons upon family surgery,
particularly that branch Of IL which teaches
absolute and chemical cleanliness, would
not he bad thing TO include In the curric-
ulnm of girls colleges and schools New
York Times
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-31
Emergency Medicines.

"For internal use,n says a physician, re-
plying to mothers query as to what drugs
shall be kept in the house for emergency,
wine or sirup of ipecac is given as the
safest emetic for children when indgestible
or hurtful things have been eaten, and cas-
tor oil has first rank among mild purga-
tives." Cough medicines and remedies for
bore throat taken without medical advice
are not much recommended. though flax
seed tea and syrup of ipecac in small doses
may he permitted for "A cough, and a gargle
of alum and water or tannin aud water or
chlorate of potash in small quantities used
in cases OF sore throat while waiting for AN
intelligent diagnosis"
And IL is added. by way OF warning in
cases of throat trouble, 'the distinction be-
tween the forms that are of slight moment
bnd those OF gravity Is not easily made
without practice. New York Times.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-31

Worried housekeepers, with more to do
than you know how To accomplish, did you
ever try using a helpful little list and let
ting that slip Of paper save a lot of wear
and tear on your overworked brain and
bringing about many n result that you
would otherwise have failed in If memory
alone were TO be depended uponP
You know how often you get up in the
morning and think.'I must do so and 80
today" but when you lie down again ut
night you realize that In the pressure OF
other duties that one necessary thing To be
done has been forgotten. Suppose now you
have little slate. a tablet or IA bit of paper
hanging in some convenient place where
you can jot down as they occur to you the
little things that are so necessary to be
done. yet which so easily slip out Of your
memory. There is "a rathole to be stopped,
the roofer should be notified of the small
leak before another rain comes on, that
spot to be cleaned OFF OF husband = vest. aud
"A dozen other triiles il noted on the list will
be accomplished, and you will not he one
whit moro tired when they are done, and
the sense Of pleasure at having attended to
the right thing at The right time will be a
continual source OF qualification Phila-
delphia Times.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-31
Sewing Women.

People who are old enough to remember
the advent of the sewing machine cannot
have forgotten the fears entertained hy
many conservative persons that the novel
invention would put seamstresses ont of
fashion. The first thought of inexperience
on seeing the rapidity with which the ma
chine ran up seam was very naturally
that all the seams would be easily finished,
and that one time honored employment of
women would be taken from them. Nobody
realized at first that 10y the aid of the sew
ing machine more frills, more hounces,
more ruflles and tucks than ever before
would be added 10 our garments, and that
garments would themselves be multiplied.
The sewing machine did not do away
with tho seamstress. II made her in
stead more than ever n necessity. A house
in which there is neither a machine nor a
seamstress can hardly be found in town or
country. and sewing remains, as much to-
day as in any former period, woman's Pc
culiar work. The machine is the scam
stress best friend as we'll as her benefcent
fairy. -llarper's Bazar.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-31

The woman who has passed middle age
should appreciate the fact that her day for
low necked gowns has gone by. Possibly
she will tell you with pride that she was
always noted for the plumpness and beauty
of her neck and arms. Undoubtedly that
was true, but II was true 10 or Is years ago.
Now, even IL she has gained in adipose tis-
sue, the flesh seems TO have shrunk away
from under the skin leaving this TO lie in
loose folds that are only ugly. Still more
unattractive IL the thin woman who still
insists upon displaying her thin shoulders,
her pinched throat. One would think that
ordinary common sense would move her TO
change her style of dress.-Mrs. G.. Il. Her
rick in Harper Bazaar.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-31

! Among the very best books to be read
aloud to boys from 10 to 20 years DID, be-
ojdes the works of Dickens and Scott,
Thnckeray and Shakespeare, are Lorna
Doone," WESTWARD Ho!' the two Tom
Brown books. Ramona" Mrs. Jane G.
Austen's "Standish of Standish," Mr.. H. A.
Dix's midsummer Drive Through the
Pyrenees," "Rudder Grange" "Picciola," !"
Held" !" Mrs Burnetts stories for young
people, .Ldttle Women, "'Little Men" aud
An Old Fashioned Girl" Mr.. Mabic's
''Norse Stories" the "Zigzag Journeys"
tho "BodIey Books" Family Flights" I"
.e'In His Name" and other OF DR.. Halc's
books. Mark Twain's 'Thc Prince and the
Pauper." Hawthornes wonder Book"
and ''Tanglewood Tales" the Lewis Car
roll stories, Sidney Lanier's 'Froissart'
and king Arthur" Mrs. Olive Thorne
Miller's and other books about birds and
animals. Du Chaillu's books. Stanlcy's, and
always the dear old Rolo and Franconia
xtories, which will never lose their charm.
Then thercnre Irving's tales and histories,
Mr.. Charles Dudley Warmers books, "Bim-
hl" and "The Province Rose::" MIR. Bur
xoughs' books. Mrs. Gaskell's Life OF
Charlotte Brcnte," "Thc Children's Cru
sadc," "Cudjo's Cave" "Thc Exiles OF
Siberia" Mrs. y. II. Ewing's stories, "IIans
Br;nker" and others by tho same authors
or equally good ones. DO not neglect tn.
poets in your selection. There are few long
poems which win keep the interest of the
young night after night, but Scott's ring
ing verses always please them.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-31
WOMAN AND HOME.


oons - nsad Aloud 60 Children--Mrs.
Xoungh Marketing Making .
Doln&y Lacking Room = Cleanliness ID
X voty Inportsnt-Hslp For Tired Drains.
Ihat an eccentric young lady should oc-
nclonally leave her fathers comfortable
*uno and take to the woods need not cause
llrprise OF awaken deep reflections. But
whm we get accounts. as we have been
nttihg them lately from widely separated
Dortions Of the country, OF young ladies
Who nro impelled by some inscrutable i'm
tuloe to abandon the protection and COM
I0rts Of respectable homes with no other
apparent motive than an irrepressible de-
Tire for freedom one begins to wonder IL,
Altar all, these abandoned homes are what
they ought to be to young women.
It seems hardly credible that a girl nur-
turcd In love and tenderness, whose sense
of duty has been kept equal to her sense Of
freedom and whose affections are ground
I'd IN wholesome objects, will abandon all
that Is best and most enduring In her life
and character at the bidding of a vagrant
Impulse
Il is just possible that some Of our girls,
whose parents are irreproachable, have bad
more liberty than is good for them. IL is
conceivable that there are reputable homes
which are little better than prisons, that
young ladies educated out of their corsets
ct Vnssar return home to find that n moral
straitjacket is waiting for them: that "A
ooHrse OF Rider Haggard and Zola and
Bourget at school is not compatible with a
course OF Timothy Titcomb' and Boye-
nen and watered milk at homo. 1t Is quite
c0mprehensible that girls who have tasted
Of the forbidden fruit Of literature will be
dissatisfied with the dried apples and
prunes of the paternal establishment.
Il Is not unwarrantable TO assume fur
fher. when an intelligent young lady sud
denly abandons her home without obvious
cnuse, that thcre Is either something wrong
10 the young lady or something wrong in
the home. Certainly that home ought TO
hold her in sacred bonds until such time rs
she can be handed over either TO home OF
her own or TO some worthy ambition that
will engage all her mature impulses. In
Too many cases IL does not appear to be
Able to do So IL has either allowed the
daughter TO develop "a mental pronlgacy
and an emotional responsibility that are
fatal to her. or it has crushed with narrow
ness and bigotry the worthy activities that
have been born into new sphere of posi-
Bile usefulness.
1t would be very interesting to inquire
how far tho rcstiessness and aimless yearn-
ing of our times have infected those sacred
conters where society thought it was pre-
serving its vestals 1t is perhaps too large
an inquiry for newspaper. But the sub
1ect forces itself upon ones attention,
whether he will or not, through the irrcv-
Qcable news columns. Even the casual
xeader has to stop and ask himself If the
American home is losing its grip on the
American girl.-New York World.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-31

Mr.. Albert Dawson has been interview
ing Mrs Josephine Butler for The Young
Woman. He asked her for message for
the girls of Great Britain, and this is it:
"rhe one thing feel N their lack OF dignity.
The sense OF their own worth should be i'm
pressed upon girls in all ranks Of life.
They are too cheap They are made cheap,
and they allow themselves to become
cheap. They ought to remember that they
are queens born and that they must com.
port themselves as such. I always try to
infuse into my nieces the sense OF their
own great worth and dignity as women.
Nothing can make woman worthless. The
sense OF womanhood and the value of the
individual ought never to he lost sight OF.
They should never be taught to look to
marriage rs n necessity. | wonld not dis
courage the romantic feeling. girls desire
to have some one all her own really TO love
YOU can't expcl that from the heart of ~
woman-but IL must not be allowed To be
come morbid, and woman ongbt To bc
able TO live without It.. The more independ
cnt Young women are, the more will they be
able to find real happiness in marriage"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-31
Mrs. YouDshusband.s Marketing.

"How much are your red raspberries a
quartz
y II was young wife who made the in
quiry at one of the stores where fruit is sold
IN great variety and abundance. She had
3ust -beetH 80 -nft-fe4- tttt-- -ftftricrcies and
difliculties OF housekeeping, being recently
returned from her wedding tour, and was
therefore doing her marketing in person.
. She had heard and read something Of the
way most men do marketing--overthe tel.
4 cphone, without regard 10 price. quality
and often quantity-and she had wisely
concludcd that il they made Henry salary
furnish the pantry, the coalbin, the clothes
press and the roof for their heads. she had
better do the buying, and IL was on one OF
thcsc expeditions when she asked the fruit
dealer how much the red raspberries were
quart.
"Fonrteen cents, and they are very fine
ones" he replied briskly. How many
will you hcver'
"Tll take quart, please, and yor may
7 pour them right in this measure" she re
piled as she took the wrapper from a lit
tle parcel fhc held in her hand and which
proved TO he q new quart cup.
4 The dealer said never u word as be put
the contents OF the two so called quart
baskets, with the exception of littl,
handful. into the quart cup and rang up IA
cents on the cash register. But after the
| wise little woman left the store the sign on
| the red raspberres was changed 10 read
ia cents a box. '-Ctica Observer.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-31
Praise For a County omccr.

Mrs. Hepburn is making an ideal county
auditor, conducting the business of the
Office with excellent method and true busi-
ness principles. She possesses to marked
degree executive talent of high order
and presides over the affairs of the Office
with pleasing grace and delightful ur-
banity that makes fast friends of every
man and woman who comes in business
contact with her. Women Of her fiber and
sterling worth are fast dissipating the
prejudice that exists In the mind of the
average man that women are not compe-
tent to discharge the onerous duties Of a
public station. -Des Moines Leader.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-31
CANNING AND PRESERVING.
The American Housekeeper's Popular
Methods of Preserving Fruit.

The American Housekeeper's Popular
Methods OF Preserving Fruit.
Canning appears a most simple process.
Nevertheless to be successfully done GER
tain points must be observed, and these are
stated with unusual clearness as follows
In a little manual on Canning and Pre-
serving issued by the Rural Publishing
company;.
"The utensils necessary for canning and
preserving are porcelain kettle, wood
en- spoon and a can filler. all Of which
should be kept exclusively for this purpose.
The kettle should be large and never filled
more than one-third full of fruit This al
lows of more rapid evaporation and causes
the fruit TO retain its color and flavor
BE sure that every can used is alright.
Test by filing the jar with water and seal
ing as for fruit. Turn the top of the can
downward and shake vigorously. IL the
slightest moisture escapes, reject the can.
Experience has shown that at least one out
of every dozen of new cans will prove defec-
tive. Thus, il the jars were used without
testing, all other conditions being perfect,
one among every dozen jars of fruit would
spoil. 1t is economy to buy new rubbers
for the jars each year; the cost Is but tri-
fling
''Many people have the idea that fruit in
the first stages Of decay is as good for pre-
serving as that in perfect condition. This
is mistake. Sound, firm fruit should be
used for all preserves.
IF small fruits must be washed, dip
them, few at time, into cold water and
quickly place in n colander TO drain. Never
pour water over the fruit in a colander, as
this will not free il from grit. Fruit loses
its freshness and shrinks rapidly if kept in
a warm room long before using. For par
ing fruit use silver or silver plated knife
steel discolors and gives disagreeable
taste to all kinds of fruits. After pairing
place gently in dish of fresh water TO keep
the air from discoloring it until ready for
0se.
Before filling the jars with fruit rinse
them carefully in hot water and place them
m vessels containing water which will keep
Shem hot until ready for filing This will
prevent the jars from cracking when filled
with boiling fruit, for all fruit must be boil
ing hot when canned.
Fill each jar to overfowing to exclude
air and prevent fermentation: seal instant
ly. Then let the jar stand upside down
until cold. If alright, no moisture will
escape; IL not, the fruit may be reheated
and put into another jar. Before placing in
the dark fruit closet-and all preserves and
canned fruits should be kept in a cool, dark
place-see that each jar Is firmly sealed.
After they are placed in the preserve closet
move the Jars as little as possible. In stor-
ing away canned fruits place those of the
same kind together and fasten dated label
ON each jar. This will save much time and
trouble in handling afterward."
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-31

To be dainty does not mean 60 be extra,.
'oRant. Far from t. Some Of the sweetest
and freshest homes are furnished at min.
tmum Of cost that would astonish any ore
who was not In the secret In this era OF
white paint and pretty, cheap muslins any
Girl may have charming bedroom IL she
chooses 10 tax little trouble. In the first
place. collect together all the furniture OF
your room In the attic, no matter how mot
ley the array. IL will all become harmoni.
ous with scve-zl coats OF white paint. Have
you ever tried painting furnitures IL Il
great fun. Put ON some old dress that is
toyond AL harm and place each article tc
- painted on some newspapers TO protect
- 1oor. a. the paintbrush IN the hands OF
. neophyte is apt 70 spatter and drip In the
most unexpected fashion.
Get stiff white lead and dilute only with
o1rpentlne for the first coat, putting II on
- >bick ~ possible. After this Il dry put
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-31
uomen's Eating.

Women should eat regularly, IA men do.
They may plead that they are too busy 90
take the time and go on conquering the
natural pangs OF hunger that assail them
when the time TO eat comes around. but
every such omission leaves It's mark on the
constitution. Men are never SO occupied
that they cannot take the requisite time
for luncheon. and they eat scnsibly when
they do sit down To their midday meal. No
frozen dclicacies or indigestible leftoyers
for them. Their meal Is such that IL nour-
ishes aud sustains them during tue trying
duties Of the day. and IL behooves woman
10 follow their example in order to avoid
many OF the ills that are the direct results
OF injudicious or irregular eating.-St
Louis Republic.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-31
Lnw and Mother Love.

Law is law and must be respected always,
but there's deal of human nature in the
popular sympathy freely expressed over in
Brooklyn with Mrs. Helene Schmidt in her
frantic fight for her 4-ycar-old girl. The
average human heart looks on the kdnap-
ing of a baby girl by the mother who bore
1t as very natural otfense, even IL the court
Is thereby brought into contempt. The law
concerning the custody of children needs
revision. we think, in the direction of n
broader recognition OF the great eternal
force Of mother love.--New York Recorder
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-31
Wear Old Gloves when Travelling.

'Some persons prefer to go barehanded
i'm the drawing room-like luxury of a par
lor car" remarked woman recently.
"Others, regardless of the wear and tear
incident TO any travel, don the daintiest
and freshest gloves when starting on trip.
Now, believe in keeping clean handed, but
not at the expense of good gloves. There
fore l carefully save all my shabby old
things no longer fit for anything else for
my journeys Then, as the gloves reach
the impossible condition that comes soon TO
new aud old alike in railway wear, throw
them away without any compunction
whatever"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-31
An EventruI Day For Texas Women.

Tho 10th of May will be remembered as
great day for the women of Texas. On
thar day ut Dallas sprung into active ex-
istence and organized form the Texas Equal
Suffrage association and the Texas Wom-
ans Press association. The first named will
battle for the right to vote; the second will
compel attention from the voters. With
the pen and ballot in hand. the women of
Texas wonld be I'm the front rank of indus
trial and political reform. Texas Advance.