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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-15

Put one level teaspoonful in two tea
spoonfuls of boiling water, adding
enough pulverized sugar to make the
mixture of proper consistency 10
spread. Let the cake cool, but spread
the frosting before 1t sets. Let dry In
a cool place. Do not put the cake IN
the oven after the frosting Is spread.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-15
Graham Gems.

sIft together one and one-half pint
Graham flour. one-half pint corn meal,
two teaspoonfuls baking powder one
salt; add one ana one
fourth pints OF milk and beat into
stiff batter Bake in quick oven TOT
ten minutes.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-15

Sift together one. and a half pints
Graham -four one-half pint cornmeal,
two teaspoonfuls baking powder, one
teaspoonful salt: add one and quarter
pints OF milk, and beat TO fairly
stiff batter. Bake in quick oven for
ten minutes.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-15

Two teacupfuls of sugar, one OF but
ter; add teacupful molasses, one large
cupful strong coffee, four beaten eggs,
five teacupfuls -four with one teaspoon
full baking powder; one pound each of
raisins, currants, one-fourth pound or
sliced citron, two teaspoonfuls each
cloves and cinnamon. one each or all
spice and grated nutmeg.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-15

NJ. Hanotaux. the French Foreign
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-15
Fisttery.

Guest-why do you print your bill OF
fare ia French?
Tashiouable Restaurateur-Be Because
7 want my patrons 20 think that L
think they can read IT,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-15
HINTS FOR HousEKEEPtRs.
Breakfast Gems.

One and one-harf teacupfuls -four,
one teaspoonful baking powder. one
egg, one teaspoonful salt, and teacup-
full milk. Beat together for Ave min
utes and bake In hot gem pans.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-15
Lunch Rolls.

Sift together one pint of -four. one
teaspoonful of baking powder and one
half teaspoonful of salt. Work In one
spoonful of butter and add one-half
pint of milk. Mix to a smooth dough.
Roll out to half-inch thickness, and cut
into circular shapes.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-06-09
Mother Grundy Says.

That a gentleman" means more
now than it ever did before.
That the girl of the period IS not the
kind to captiyate men.
That management Of some capitals
leaves much TO be desired.
That the trials and tribulations of the
wealthy continually multiply.
That some distinction goes with the
girl who does not ride a wheel.
That no man of refinement is ever
interested in unwOmanly women.
That among the dead languages is
the one used by elevated railway men.
That the change of ones religion
does not guarantee happy marriage.
That an hour with the lawn-mower
every day is desirable exercise.
That an excellent thing to remember
is that every story has two sides.
That curiosity is stimulated to know
how some people can sail for Europe.
That among the ''best people" are
those who mind their own business.
That Americans abroad for the first
time are not our best representatives.
That in courtship little sisters are
often As disagreeable as little brothers.
That handwriting on the wall is
that the bicycle craze has reached its
height.
That cultured and refined people
appreciate most "the girl well brought
up"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-06-09
white Arain For Collars.

There is an indication that the color
ed ribbon stock has had its day, and that
its popularity is ON the wane. The time
approaches when the woman whose at
tire does not show line of white about
her throat will be regarded as almost
untidy as she was decade or so ago,
when every heroine whose creator did
his duty in describing her garments, al
ways wore "a soft band of white around
her neck.
II is partly due to the influence of the
tailor made damsel that this revival
comes about She has been an unfailing
devotee of white linen neckwear, and
nowadays the least severe of her sisters
is wearing narrow white bands, slight
" suggestive of clerical ones. These
turn over outside the dress collar for
about half an inch, and beneath them a
rolored stock, tying in front, Is worn.
Some of them are made of plain linen,
and some of pique. Cuffs TO match are
worn with these.
More elaborate collars are made OF
grass linen edged with hemstitched
band in white or of plain colored lawns
bordered with white lace.
Tabs of white lace and of white chif-
fon or mousseline de sole edged with
lace are also popular.
When the ribbon stock is retained, II
is lightened and given the inevitable
touch of white by rather wide white
lace or mousseline, which is plated
stiifly and fastened in the back. It taperS
toward the sides and disappears entirely
before reaching the front The effect is
the imposing one Of the old fashioned
ruff. st. Louis ost-Dispatch.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-06-09
The Garb of Mourning.

The somber garbed Widow is going
out of fashion. There was time when
women in grief dressed themselves in
yards ard yards of Grape. OF late years
fashion has dictated less OF the mourn
ing apparel until now only the unfash-
ionable woman takes this method of let
ting her friends know of her trouble.
Physicians say that the old conven-
tional costume is unhygienic, noERs-
thetic and costly. Proper exercise
while she is wearing it is ont of the
question, says DIR. Louise Fiske Bry-
son. ''Seclusion is secured in ways less
barbarous perhaps than inducing de-
for1nity Of the feet, yet our occidental
mourning customs effectually keep wom-
en- within doors. The heart of the stout
est warrior might quail within him if q
quiet stroll required the wearing of two
Grape wells, each feet long, one veil TO
be worn over the face and the other to
hang down the backl
More than this, the materials and
dyes in use in the fashioning Of mourn
ing materials are often of very poison
Gus nature. frequently injuring the skin
and running the complexion Not less
injurious is the imitation to the respi-
ratory tract caused by minute Icose par
ticles Of poisonous Grape"
DR.. Biyson also deplores the moral
influence cf the continued wearing Of
Coop mourning and says, "Gloomy gar
mcnts, darkened rooms, all the subdued
life Of a loCse of mourning. lower the
vitality and reduce the quality Of do
mostic ozone. Rochester Post and Ex-
press.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-06-09
Saving The Colors.

From time immemorial the armies OF
every warlike people have set the high
est value upon the standards they bore
to battle. To guard ones flag against
capture is the pride, to capture the flag
of ones enemy the ambition, of every
valiant soldier. In consequence, i'm
every war between peoples of good
military record, feasts of daring per-
formed by color-bearers are honerabIy
common. The civil war was full of
such incidents. Olt Of very many,
two or three stand as especially note
worthy.
One occurred at Fredericksburg on
the day when half the brigades of
Meagher and Caldwell lay on the
bloody slope leading up to the Confeder-
ate entertainments. Among the as
saulting regiments was the Fifth New
Hampshire, and it lost 1856 out of 800
men who made the charge. The sur
vivors fell back sullenly hind fence,
within easy range of the Confederate
rifie-pits. Just be fore reaching it the
last of the color-guard was shot, and
the flag fell in the pen. a Captain,
Perry, instantly ran out TO rescue il.
and. rs he reached it, was shot through
the heart; another Captain, Murry,
made the same attempt, and was also
killed; aud so was third, Moore.
Several private soldiers met ike fate.
They were all killed close to the flag,
and their dead bodies fell across one
another. Taking advantage of this
breast work, Lieutenant Nettleton
crawled from behind the fence to the
colnrs, and bore back the bIood-won
trophy.-Harper's Roand Table.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-06-09
A Welcome rad.

"I glory in the new woman, in that
so often she is rich and beautiful, :"
writes Lillian Bell in The Woman's
Home Companion. 1T is easy enough
to be good if you are plain. In fact.
there is nothing else left for plain
woman to do. But to take these lovely
girls who are tempted by society to idle
away their days and waste their lives
listening to fiattery which is but a
thing of the moment and let them have
sense to see through its hollowness and
want to be something and do something.
and it becomes heroic. Perhaps it is only
a fad. Then heaven send more fadsl If
il is the fashion to have Il vocation and
to educate oneself along these lines,
which were never heard of few years
ago, then for once fashion has acciden-
tally become noble 1t strikes me rather
that the reign of common sense has be-
gun, that the age of utility has come.
When nine out of every ten girls you
meet in smart society have distinct yo-
cation of their own; when a girl who
only sings or plays or crochets is coDsid-
cred by her sister woman TO be butter
fy; when society girls are being trained
nurses; when, if you are paying calls
upon a fashionable friend, you are quite
apt to be told that she is living at Hull
House this month; when girl whose
face generally appears i'll the society col
umn suddenly comes out as the COM
poser of a new song; when girl who
dances best at the balls calmly an
nounces that she is taking course at
the university; when everything now
adays is gone into so seriously-the time
has come to lock the question of the
new woman squarely in the face-to
put stop TO cheap witticisms at her ex-
pense and to give her your honest re-
spect {"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-06-09
French Orgsndies.

1t is rarely that fashion remains so
long pleased with one fabric as it has
been with French crgandie, but when
one remembers the immense and con-
stantly increasing variety of exquisite
patterns and the very beautiful color
ings in this particular product Of the
loom its great popularity year after
year is not at all TO be wondered at.
There is handy textile among summer
fabrics that is as tempting TO woman
as a sheer, daintily figured and tinted
French organdie. Its silk Innings,
costing very much more than the gown
itself, have in past times been the great
objection to its more general wear.
But now we have so many pretty and
effective duplicates fer tafIeta or surah
in the watered percalines, silk finished
surahlines, ETC.. dyed in ali the delicate
summer tints, that using these, and
with the addition of simple ribbon gar
nitures. one of the most charming and
becoming styles for summer gowns is
thus obtained at very small expense.
OF course there are double width "silk
organdies" that are quite beyond the
reach Of those who count their dollars
while doing their shopping, hut even if
these have lustrous surface and are as
soft and sheer as cobweb the patterns
are no more dainty than the less costly
designs. On the contrary, some of the
organdies costing 81 yard or more are
woven in large, bold devices that do not
at all please the taste of many fashion
able women, and then it seems hardly
worth it to pay a large price for so
ephemeral material-New York Post
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-06-09
Behold Our Daughters!

Since The Sun answered a request for
the names of the ten American women
If most enduring fame, by printing an
experimental list, we have watched the
various notifications Of il among our
contemporaries. We look upon them col
lectively with the dissatisfaction that
accompanies an instructive expectation
disappointed. The score of women deem
cd worthy of mention under such a head
excite more Of tenderness for their win
tues than Of awe for their intellectual
achievements or distinction. They leave
us strengthened in our feeling of devo-
tion, but humble in our estimates Of the
American woman's rank in the line of
greatness
The ten women we named were
Martha Washington, Priscilla Alden,
Pocahontas, Eliza Goose, Molly Pitcher,
Maria Mitchell, Elizabeth Blackwell,
Harriet Beccher Stowe, Elizabeth Cady
Stanton and Lucretia Mott.
Accidents, pecuharities and modest
surroundings unquestionably provide
many of these ladies with their title TO
the place assigned to them Martha
Washington's, for example, rests upon
her felicitous choice III matrimony, and
If she had not chosen a second time her
name would have been unknown. Pris-
ella Alden, although she actually exist
ed, finds hers in pleasing poem, work
Of the imagination. Pocahontas was O
picturesque figure OF aboriginal life, col
ored with romance. Eliza Goose is an
uncertain character. in dispute as to her
authorship or editorship of the lyrics
classed as Mother Goose's Molly Pitcher
is an attractive memory of feminine
bravery and zeal displayed in connection
with the Revolution.
Maria Mitchell was a woman Of gen.
nine power; Elizabeth Blackwell was
more famous as pioneer in medicine
than as practitioner; Harriet Beecher
Stowe, an earnest and effective crusader
in the great moral agitation against
slavery, belongs TO literature; Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, able and forceful, strong
champion Of her sex as against the con-
ventional presumptions of man; Lucre-
TIA Mott, an estimable and useful wom-
en, likewise occupied herself with eman-
cipation- The admiration aroused by
recollection of these women scarcely
reaches the point that thrills. The en-
thusiasm commanded by genius does not
strike its breast at the sound of their
names
Wewon' Il analyze in detail the careers
Of the others suggested elsewhere as pos
sessed Of equal or better right TO be upon
this list than some or any of these
named above. II Mrs. Stanton. why not
Susan B. Anthony If Molly Pitcher,
why not Molly Stark or others of the
Revolution: There are Emma Willard,
Mary Lyon, Clara Barton, Dorothea
Dix, Hannah Dustin, Ida Lewis. Nan
cy Hanks, Mary Washington, Margaret
Haughery, Theodosia Burr, Belva Lock-
wood, Mary Walker, Amelia Bioomer,
Celia Thaxter. Rose Terry, Maria Viii
kins, Julia Ward Howe. Moderation
would best describe the standard repre-
sented by any ten taken among them all.
1t must be confessed also that American
literature doesn't yet include woman
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-06-09
Has n Ecttcr Position.

Miss Hand Stalnaker of Washington,
who was refused the appoint~ent as
translator in the adjutant generals Of
fee, war department, because she was O
woman, although she had passed the
only successful examination for the
place. has been appointed 10 better po-
sition, with larger salary. On Feb 27
she was appointed clerk in the bureau
ct statistics, state department, at 81, 200
year. The secretary Of state made q
requisition upon the civil service COM
mission for tie clerkship. and four per-
sons-Miss Stalnaker and three men
Were certified ty the commission as hav-
ing passed the required examination.
The duties call for knowledge of
English. French, German and Spanish,
land 1t was desired that the incumbent
should lie an expert cataloguer and type
writer and should have also a general
adaptalility for work in the compilation
OF consular rcpcrts for publication. 1t
was found that Miss Stalnaker possessed
the best qualifications for the Office, and
Mr.. Emory. chief Of the bureau, had no
hesitation in Accommodating her appoint
mont. despite the fact that there are no
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-06-09
General Halleck Floored.

THAT reminds me-" remarked an
old pioneer when General Halleck's
name was mentioned, ''of the banquet
we gave Halleck in 1865 when he re-
turned from the war. The people here
were proud of him, for he had more
than regained the laurels he lost at
Corinth, when he permitted the enemy
to escape under the cover of big bat
terry of wooden guns that had been
made out of logs during the night.
Among the friends of Halieck who
met him at the banquet was "Bully"
Waterman, the old sea captain who in
early days commanded clipper ship
plying between San Francisco and
New York. On one voyage he had
laid big wager 10 beat rival clipper,
but when he found on going to sea
that some of his crew who had shipped
as able bodied seamen were inc0mpe.
tent he was so mad he hanged three To
the yard. Just how many were hanged
was never known, but Waterman was
tried for murder and acquitted.
During one of those silences that
will fall over the merriest of banquets
General Halleck called to Waterman,
who was at the other end of the room:
''Now that you have been tried and
acquitted, Waterman, won't you tell III
how many men you hanged on that
VOYAGE"
ayes, General, l will, responded
Waterman, If you will first tell us how
many wooden guns stopped you at Co
rinth.'
THE subject dropped there. San
Francisco Post.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-06-09
The Instinct of Birds.

Some wonderful facts concerning the
instincts Of birds are narrated by a
writer in The Popular Science Monthly.
The oriole, for example, has fondness
for bright colors, and yet prudence leads
the little creature, in building his nest,
to select the least conspicuous hues. He
also shows architectural skill III attach
ing string TO his hanging MIST and
fastening it securely, by number OF
turns and a knot, to branch above, IN
order to prevent the weight of the young
brood from breaking the branch from
which the nest is suspended. Is not this
good deal like buttressing a weak
wall: Birds also show a progressive
spirit. Formerly the tailor birds of East
India used to stitch the leaves of their
nests together with fine grass or horse
hair. Since the introduction of British
manufactures they use sewing thread
and ravelings from cloths. In the dis
tricts III Switzerland where watches are
made the wagtails have learned TO
build their nests of fine steel shavings.
Sparrows, which usually build in chunks
of walls or under roof if forced TO con-
struct their nests in trees or any un-
sheltered spot, usually cover them with
sort Of hood to keep out the rain.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-06-09

CANDl MAhlNG Gl-ASS II cE-cSLON-
as a womanly requirement than 1t is
practical. This, however, depends upon
the woman and her social position. So
far as the fashionable young woman is
concerned, she has hundred opportu-
mites to regale her friends with exam
pies Of her skill as bonbon artist to
one that permits her TO display her abili
ties as a breadmaker or an adept in plain
sewing.
The most formal or informal call
from an acquaintance furnishes an
equally propitious occasion for dis
tribution of these homemade sweets.
and what more graceful and available
contribution to church or society charity
glay young woman give than quan-
tity of chocolates and creams made by
her own hands? The young man who
would not seize this opportunity to pay
her the most practical compliments by
liberal purchases of these dainties may
be set down as unworthy her favor.
Few people have any adequate idea, "
said q woman who supplies hundreds of
pounds of bonbons to Chicago's first
families every year and who is a veteran
and master instructor in the gentle art
of candy making, ''of the varieties of
fine candies which are now demanded
by the public. And they have still less
appreciation of the fact that the making
of these sweets is so difficult and COM
plicated a matter that it deserves to
rank as a science or a fine art. My own
experience has brought me to the con-
victiOn that TO become a real artist IN
this profession one must be born with n
natural talent or genius for 1t. Some
pupils take readily to it and seem to
catch the knack Of each delicate process
by intuition, while others are slow and
tactless and require painstaking coach
ing before they are able TO master even
the more simple steps in the work.
Many persons are under the impress
sion that they must invest in special
and expensive apparatus before they can
embark successfully in home candy max
ing. This is not the case, however. Any
fairly equipped kitchen has all the uten-
sils that are necessary. In fact, there is
nothing really expensive about home
candy making 1t is an economy rather
than luxury, for any young woman OF
ordinary skill and tact who has been
well instructed may make fine candies. I"
Chicago Post.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-06-09
The Charge of a BunaIo.

AS soon as / could steady myself !
gave the beast the contents of both bar
rels, but they seemed to have little ef-
feet ON him. The four hounds were tear
ing ut his heels, and he was kicking,
paving and plunging like an Austria
liam buck jumper. In reloading / got
hold of the wrong cartridges. and while
/ was fumbling about for stray ones in
my pockets the bull partially recovered
his eyesight and came at me. jumped
behind a tree, and the bull struck 1T
such blow with his immense forehead
that / wonder he was not stunned. The
tree had far too great a girth even to be
shaken. He then tried to get round, and
l lodged him, and one of the largest
hounds sprang and pinned him by the
nose. How he did below, to be sure.
But the mighty beast, with a toss OF
his head, sent the dog flying through
the air, leaving portion of the carti-
iage of his ncstrils in the tenacious
Jaws of the hound. just then found q
solitary cartridge, and, with the muzzle
all but touching him, fired behind the
shoulder, which sickened him, and he
sought refuge i'll flight. But the good
hounds stuck TO him. / ran to where the
express was lying, picked it up, and
had no difficulty i'll giving the great
bull his quietus. So Fifty Years In In
dia," by Colonel Pollock.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-06-09
Lincoln at Gettysburg.

-Four score and seven years ago our
fathers brought forth on this continent
new nation, conceived i'm liberty and
dedicated to the proposition that all
men are created equal.
Now We are engaged in the great
civil war, testing whether that nation,
or any nation so conceived and 30 ded-
icated, can long endure. We are met
on great battlefield of that war. We
have come to dedicate portion of that
field as final resting place for those
who mere gave up their lives that that
nation might live. 1t is altogether fit
ting and proper that we should do this.
But, in larger sense, we can not
dedicate we can not cOnseerate, we
can not hallow, this ground. The
brave men living and dead, who strug-
gled here have conseerated il far above
our poor power TO add or detract. The
world will little note or long remember
what we say here but it can never for
get what they did here. 1t is for us,
the living, rather, to be dedicated here
To the unfinished work which they so
nobly advanced. 1t is rather for us to
be here dedicated to the great task re-
manning before us-that from these
honored dead We can take increased
devotion to that cause for which they
gave the last full measure of devotion
that we here highly resolve that
these dead shall not have died in vain
that this nation, under God, shall
have q new birth of freedOm-and that
government of the people by the peo-
pie, for the people, shall not perish
from the earth.-Lincoln's Gettysburg
Dedication Address, November 10,
ISs2
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-06-09
Couldn't Walk Is Yards at a Time. Was No
Earthly Use 10 any one. Thought
was Going 10 Die. but Dr. Salm
sHrrr...F ~.

For years or more ! have had fearful
trouble. began Ia get very weak. Ny liinbs
would not carry me any more Couldn't walk
a stretch of - yards. and my heart would beat
at fearful rate AT the least cNcrtian. II st.In-
cd my blood turned 10 water. ] gradually be
came pale one dead. ! was no earthly use
ia any one and all Iny neighbors and rela-
lives thought was going 10 die. Home doe
tors couldn't help me. 50 ! went to Dr. Salm.
aud TODAY, am happy 10 state, that / am
stronger than ever. can eat anything. do full
days work and enjoy life as much a any one,
and my color, any one may be proud OF
Mr.. Sadie Dobbs,
Attesfed hy her father. Frank Richardson.
Duulo, Cambria county. Pa.