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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-08
SEPTEMBER COOKING.

Custard pie--Use an earthen or granite
pie-piate. about an inch and a half deep.
Cover with crust rolled out half an inch
larger than the plate. Turn In the edge
and pinch II into fluted rim. Allow for
each pie, three eggs. three cups or milk,
half a cup OF sugar. and half n teaspoon
full of salt.
Heat the milk. beat the yolk until very
light and thick, add the sugar and salt,
and little grated nutmeg II you like IL,
Then add the hot milk and the whites or
the eggs beaten slightly Brush the under
crust with n little of the white OF egg.
then turn I'm tho mixture and bake slow
ly until Il is firm. Test IT with knife;
n done. the blade Will be clean instead
OF milky.
Frozen custard--1 quart milk, or 5
eggs tyolks) cup sugar, i saltspoonful
salt, favoring.
scald the milk Beat the yolks Till thick
and creamy, add the sugar and salt and
heat again Pour the hot milk over them
and when well mixed turn into the double
boiler and cook until thick and creamy
stir constantly, and lift the boiler up
from the fire occasionally, 10 check the
cooking. Strain at once. and when cool,
flavor TO taste. This will be greatly inn
proyed by adding little cream teven ~
IL be but half n cupfuD jsst before freez-
ing. When eggs and milk are used with
out cream IN making ice-cream they
should always be cooked before freezing.
Tben the ice-cream will be rich. smooth,
solid and fine-grained: but when made
without cooking. Il will be snowy, mushy,
or full OF icy particles, and be thin and
watery when melted.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-08
PREACHER REFUSES RAISE IN PAY.

The Rev. George c. Lorimer OF fremont
Baptist Temple, Boston. has refused an
increase of $1,000 year In his salary.
The idea OF a raise was proposed In the
spring previous TO the doctors departure
for Europe, and when II had been favor
ably acted upon, was communicated TO
Dr. Lorimer during his absence abroad.
The reply came I'm the shape of fiat re-
fiisal. The exact words of the doctors
letter we're:
II have thought the matter over care
fully and with prayer, and am compelled
cline the Increase. highly appreciate
the action OF the committee but my
judgment does not approve. wish, there
fore, before assume my work 10 explain
my position 10 the executive COMMITTEES
and instruct the treasurer TO resume the
payment OF my salary on the basis OF
5000"
Unwilling 10 accept this as final. the
committee, when the time of forwarding
the pastor his quarterly salary arrived,
inclosed check on the basis OF $4,000
year.The balance above the regular $1,000
was promptly returned and the executive
committee notified that they must see TO
IL that the mistake didn't occur again.
II was only a short time ago that the
trustees OF Columbian University In
Washington got the idea into their heads
that they wanted DR.. Lorimer To look
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-08
WOMAN LANDSCAPE GARDENER.

A woman who enjoys the distinction OF
being among the few landscape gardeners
OF her sex In America, II Miss Elizabeth
Bullard, niece OF the Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher, and former Brooklynite. Miss
Billiards. father was landscape gardener
at Prospect Park a number OF years ago.
The daughter became greatly Interested
In trees and plants. and the laying out OF
gardens. and in later years assisted her
father in his work.
When he laid out Barnum Park. for the
late r. T. Barnum. MISS Bulard was his
assistant. She knew so much about his
plans that the directors of the e,park, upon
Mr.. Billiards. death. invited the young
woman to continue the work there which
her fathers decease left uncompleted.
Later on Miss Bullard arranged some
beautiful garden embellishments at Smith
College. and she II now busy with other
important landscape gardening commits
sions.
Miss BuIiard is bright original and
thorough. She was great favorite with
her famous uncle. She In said to be the
only woman member OF the Society Of
Landscape Gardeners.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-08

The Boston Herald, the owning corpora
tion of which was recently rc-organized
under the erection Of Richard Olney.
who now acts as tru'~se FOR "A MAJOR
ity OF the stock. treats the Olney letter
in curious fashion Yesterday the paper
rc-afnrmed it's support Of Mckinley, thus
indicating that the editorial page retains
its Independence. even when the editors
most powerful and trusted friend disa-
Erces with him. Then this morning the
Herald says that "It puts Mr. Olncy IN
position to b. the Democratic candi-
date for the presidency al time when
the effect OF tho dciusions OF the period
ir which We nre now living IL ended"
The Herald means by this that Mr. oil
ney win be the Democratic candida te for
president when the party abandons is TO
]. the Income tax and opposition 20 "goy-
ernmen Thy Injunction with an incl
dental relaxation IN its ferocltt towards
trusts. In that case AIr. Oineyiis extect
Cd 70 live tn be Il about $50 year old
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-08
STEPS IN SCIENCE.

The Prussian railways have Instituted
hospital cars fitted up with spring bed
stretchers. invalids' chairs and all other
Regular equipment of hospital The
cars may be hired In advance for any
railroad journey.
What is believed TO be a viking corpse
has been dug up i'm peat bog at Damen-
dorf. In Schleswig. and placed I'm the kiel
museum. IL was well preserved. and had
red hair; IL was clothed in coarse wooden
material with sandals on the feet Kiel
experts think II was buried 1900 years
ago.
An Italian electrician is said to have in
vented an electric cartridge for use as a
substitute for dynamite and other explo-
sives. The composition used is made up OF
potassium. car rbonate and ammonium chlo-
ride. the proportions varying according
TO the use. The discharge is effected by
the electric spark. which produces an cleo
troIytic effect upon the chemicals The
cartridges are said To be perfectly safe
until subjected TO the current.
An electric cartridge Is put forward as
"A substitute for dynamite and smokeless
powder in mines, rock blasting and for
heavy ordnance. The explosive compel
sition Is made up of carbonates OF pot
ash and chloride OF ammonia. in varying
proportions according TO use desired. An
electric spark produces electrolytic effects
on the chemicals and explodes them. The
cartridges are claimed TO be so safe as to
obviate the necessity of isolating the
magazine where they are stored.
Use of electricity as an aid I'm agricul-
tural pursuits has been tested on con-
siderable scale I'm Bavaria. The current
is generated near the village OF Schraft-
ersheim. distance OF seven miles. The
current is generated partly by steam pow :
er and partly by water. The current is 10
be transmitted at A pressure of 5000 volts
to the surrounding villages. where IL will
be used for driving agricultural machines
of various kinds. Special motors have
been devised which can easily be operated
by farm hands.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-08
AUTOMOBILE NEWS.

There Is an automobile coach line rum
ming from Speyer. Germany. to a point
about ten miles distant. In five months
the line has carried 45.ooO passengers.
The number of journals devoted to au-
tomoblism Is now decreasing. The en-
deavor OF enterprising journalists to get
in on the ground floor resulted in an
oversupply.
Since it's inception, five months ago the
Speyer Germany automobile stage coach
and mail line has carried 10000 passen-
gers. Each coach carries S passen-
gers, and the route is 10 miles i'm length.
Since the advent of the motor vehicle AT
Newport the jehus OF that fashionable
watering place are disconsolate. Not only
has the bulk OF their business been cap
tured by the autos but all the best
stands along the curb near the Casino
have been seized upon by their opera
tors.
Country clubs in the vicinity OF Bos-
ton are finding IL necessary TO. devote a
portion of the space formerly required for
stabling purpose to the storage of auto
mobiles. Several of the more pretentious
organizations have Installed electric
charging plants and thoroughly equipped
machine shops. -
Kent county tEngland) FARMERS propose
TO turn the automobile To account next
year. This year a large part of the fruit
crop rotted for lack of transportation.
the railroad companies being unable TO
meet the emergency. To prevent repe-
tition OF the woeful waste the farmers
will next year send their fruit to the
metropolis by automobiles and steam
vans over the public highways. -
Yonkers IN. " authorities have issued
a notice to the effect that anybody caught
operating steam automobile in the city
limits without a license will be arrested
for violating city ordinance. AS the
main road from New York city up the
Hudson valley runs through the city,
many Gotham chauffeurs will probably
be gathered in unless they make de-
tour around the town.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-08
supERSrITIOAS.


On the big steamer Oceanic there is no
seat at table marked No. IL. nor any cab
in bearing that number. This Is con-
cession to superstition. f.t.e
The death .-st OF Bellevue Hospital, New
York. contains this record: Unknown
man, admitted Aug. 13. taken to ward
No. IL: died at 1913 y. m, Aug. IA
Russian girls have a peculiar way OF
learning their matrimonial prospects. A
number OF girls take of their rings and
conceal them in a shallow basket of corn.
partake OF the corn, and the owner OF
the first ring uncovered will be the first
to enter matrimony. ft
There is an easy, simple way TO tell II
a diamond is genuine. Make a small dot
on piece OF paper with a lead pencil
and look at II through the diamond. II
1T shows but "A single dot the diamond Is
genuine. II IL shows more than one, or
the mark appears scattered, II Is false.
no matter what IL cost
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-08
COOKERY.

Lemon Sherbet with Gelatine-i tea
spoon gran -gelatine, az cups cold water.
lemons. " cup boiling water, pit. sugar.
Soak the gelatine In half a cup Of cold
water, 20 minutes. Put the sugar and the
remaining cold water into a large lip bowl
or pitcher. Pare the lemons, cut I'm
halves, remove all the, seeds, and press
out the juice with lemon squeezer; add
II TO the syrup.
Dissolve the soaked gelatine In the boil
ing water. add Il TO the other mixture.
III liked sweeter add more sugar. When
the sugar is dissolved strain through a
fine wire strainer or cbeese-coth, turn
into the freezer can AMI freeze az direct
ed Sherbet made IN this way has none OF
the volatile lemon oil, which, to delicate
stomach, often proves indigestibie,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-08
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

now as she was when the piay-gocr knew
her as Miss Mary Anderson; but she con-
fcsses to shock the other day when at
bazaar at Broadway. In Worcestershire,
she was told by the father rector OF
religious community that she was a moth
er 10 them ''She owned she said I'm a
little speech, "that she was somewhat
overwhelmed by that clerical compliment
he might have said sister"
Tora, the Japanese wife of Sir Edwin
Arnold. has become one of the most popu-
lar hostesses I'm London. She speaks Eng
lish perfectly and with only a slight ac-
cent
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-08

cut. that unkindest cut OF all. an ex-
ctise TO tell Mrs. Deweys retort to "A
Young press woman who asked TO pub
iish her picture Mrs. Dewey rendered
the photographs: and the girl thanked
her. saving. Mrs Dewey, | hope we'll
do you Justice"
"Justicer' exclaimed Mrs. Dewey. 81
only ask for mercyr'-Club Woman.
The teacher had been telling the class
about Joseph. particularly with refer
once to ,,,s coat OF many colors and
how his father rewarded him for being
a good boy; for Joseph, she said. told
his fsther whenever he caught any OF
his brothers doing wrong. can any lit
tic how or girl tell me what Joseph wasp
tho teacher asked. hoping that some OF
them had caught the idea that he was
Jacob favorite.
81 know" one Of the little girls said
holding up her nand.
what was he?'
"A tatue-tale,' was tie reply
A sootchman In London noticed "A bald
headed chemist standing at his shop
door and inquired " he had any hair
,.s,orer Yes. sir" said the chern,s,
astep inside, please. There's am article
can recommend. Testimonials from
sreat men who have used H. lt makes
| the hair grow I'm twenty-fonr hours .
"Aweli." said the Scot. ''ye can eie the
| TON o. yer head bit rub wit: and rIl
| Iook back the morn. and see N ye'rc teI.
| lin the truth" The chemist returned
1 the bottle to the shelf. and kicked shs
| errand boy for laughing.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-08
USEFUL cINpeR BOY.

The housewife who is truly economical
attends to the saving Of small coal and
cinders. and thus. keeps the coal bill re-
duced All cinders and ashes should be
thoroughly sifted daily. There are various
arrangements for Sitting cinders. but the
one that has met with the most favor is
"a box fitted with rockers like cradle. II
has a wire tray inside. and lid which
covers the top. The cinders are placed In
the tray. the cover is adjusted and the
box rocked for a few minutes IL is then
left covered for n quarter OF an hour. and
when the cover r. removed ~ VIII be
found that the dust has subsidized. the
ashes sifted through into the box beneath.
and the cindcrs are ready for use. They
will make better fuel when mixed With
coal N cold water IL poured over them at
ter they are removed from the tray.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-08
NEW JAPANESE INDUSTRY.

Japan. II is claimed. has embarked in
a new enterprise, namely. that of arti-
fetal pearl growing. A special Kind of
treatment IL is said TO be made TO pro-
duce a pearl This business Is carried on
In Miye prefecture. and recently the
Crown Prince and Princess of the Empire
visited the site of the oyster beds at lse.
Through the prefectural governor twenty
seven pearls OF various sizes were submit
ted by the owner OF the beds to the royal
personages.
The Crown prince was so pleased with
them that he bought them all az prices
ranging from five 10 one hundred yen,
which i'm our money means from S2.l9 to
$40. s0.-- Manufacturing Jeweler.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-08
THE NEW WHOLESALERS BOYCOTT.

The dispatches coery district of Pennsylvania reveal
novel phase Of the battle higher The point is
contained uboned of business man with large IN
terests in the district:
ga strike great loss of business 1t will mean the
lose d thousands Of dollars to us and as It is
interest stop don't think the miners can
win and the longer they drag strike along the off they will
be Tn order to protect will sell without credit
and will demand payments from all the retail dealers 1t viii
place the position of refusing credit not only to the miners
but 20 all The afford to trust the strikers tor
If they soekeeper will get nothing and they wn 1t
will take long recupate Unless the strikers have
ready will suffer- and the union has not enough money
20 keep them long that the strike cannot last long
In other words policy business of the Pennsylva
mia coiery region hitherto been support strikers with credit
and supplies effort be made shut off this
great help.
significance Of the idea obvious AT present when body
of men go they grocer butch
1--WE your in out BY us you live
ow only the Of gratitude, but it
is to your extend credit long can
Moreover retail merchants have often been able and willing to
another by refusing sell supplies
employees the whose have struck
which business quoted proposes
against organization which originated it, He
merchant: 1--WE wholesalers dependent upon normal
conditions for prosperity. Strikes depress business
and money We interested seeing level
maintained the customers whom goods
eventually sod but they do consult before they order their
they ask help them amicabe settlement
employers troubles always when
unprepred like IT, We strikes
intend prevent them if this strike goes will
6eiuse credit to you retailers
What effect such threat will have upon the who
plate striking remains to be They may find
the wholesalers withdrawal from their position
I'm the district keeps its hands free from boycott which might
already be enjoined conspiracy they might
with fair promise petition the enon the
from carrying their nocred program the ground
roo boycott and therefore conspiracy.
As the rights" OF the matter, every MANS rights
the law the rights which interpret
his lives he dissatisfied
his remedy change the law by recourse ballot box;
change the court decision by appeal higher tribunal So
both sides within struggle goes on now
side and again advantage another
ally board of arbitration suggests plan which contributes
to the discussion and points apparently of
whsh obae actual strikes but all these
end must find nsumounabe obstacle when choosing
the ds:ntereed umpire who the odd without an
opinion labor wouldn't be worth commission
So long much get employers want
cheap they get the will points
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-08
SMILES.

20 Bridget, told you to notice when
the apples boiled over"
Sure, ! did mum. II was quarter
past eleven '--Tit-Bits
The Boss Ito laborer who had come
for employment: Are you me-
chanic?"
The Laborer: No. ser: I'm a McCar-
thy"-Yale Record.
Kindergartner Ceiling the Christmas
story: And the shepherds saw In the
heavens a glorious light. growing bright
err and brighter every minute. What
was this dazzling light. children
81 know" piped little Barbara.-''the
dome of the Boston State House.'
IT was Miss Knobe of the Chicago
Times-Herald. in her address at the
press session, who made the newspaper
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-08

II the permanent Dewey arch was ever
possible the hero's wedding ended it,
Boston Globe.
A melancholy commentary on American
character and fairness. but probably
trtie as the everlasting granite. With this
exception. however-that, In the years 10
come Manila will be remembered and
the marriage forgotten; and then the
monument may be erected as all monu-
ments ought TO be--after the man Is dead
Coler refuses to drop out He doesn't
need TO. He's been pushed.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-08

Sincere opponents OF partition Ia CHINA
need offer no objection 10 reducing th"
number OF foreign troops I'm Pekin. 80
long az the force maintained there II
large enough to protect itself from ma
rauding Boxers or against possible dow
ager treachery. the re-establishment OF a
native government is guaranteed by mere
occupancy. IL lets Russia down easy and
no harm done 10 anybody.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-08

HOW TO DRESS ON $500 A YEAR.

The following estimates formed the ba-
SIS of a paper recently given at tho Arun-
del club. Baltimore. The figures are the
result OF painstaking research. and are
vouched for as applicable 10 most of the
United States.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-08

: II y possible thai Barrett Wendell OF
Harvard VIII cniiile his new book Lat
sftfy History Of America7' Why he
ront let the boys SAP the English de-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-08

partmont" They must call Il the .ae-
partment IN English" \ literary his
toryH' We hope Il will be; We cannot be-
hcve it viii not be. but that Is for the
critics 20 say not the author. We feel con-
hdent 1t will turn out that MIR Wendell
Is Issuing History of Literature in
America"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-08

fight against protected vice. VIII preach
tomorrow evening on ''rhe chrisuah III
Politics"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-08

We notice In our church announcements
today that the Rev O. A. Conibear. pas
tor of the Broad street Christian church.
who AZ president Of the Providence city
Union of the Christian Isndcavor socic-
ties endorsed In yesterdays News the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-08

The Earl Of Rosslyn says that Dickey
Davis lies. Therefore anything Dickey
may say about the Earl OF Rosslyn by
way Of rejoinder Il dlscrcdited before
hand
There. the earl vii remark what
did ! tell youg'
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-08

The interesting contest Which has been
going on in the columns Of The News 10
sec which OF our women readers would
write the best short letter on the man
aging OF children Is ooncuded today. ON
Monday the wlnner viii be ANNOUNCED.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-08

I saw "IIerky Jerky" Horton. the Wor-
cester pitcher. near the Narragansett Ho-
tel about II o'clock last evening. He was
feeling very happy and was very much
inclined to talk about the merits of "rhe
Village Postmaster" which he had just
seen. When questioned In regard to the
defeat administered 10 the Worcesters In
the afternoon, by the local team. his man
ner changed entirely. lie said nothing,
but there was blood in his eye.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-08

Sam Gardiner is having Just as much
fun out of the loss of his mustachs as
anybody else. He is, or rather was, as
well known TO the police as any man In
Providence. Yet he induced Patrolnan
Streeter TO direct him from Dorrance aud
Westminster streets TO the new passen-
ger station and elected the assurance
that he could make the trip In half an
hour and persuaded Patroman Moore
TO pilot him to the post-office, although
Sam stood upon the custom house side
walk.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-08

asked Col AtwelI OF Fields Point this
morning. how long he was going TO keep
his place open. lie replied: Just as long
as I receive patronage and this | sup
pose depends largely upon the sort OF
weather We shall have for the balance OF
the month"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-08

Detective Sias l.. w. Merrill had an ex-
tended automobile ride with friend
yesterday. and after he had been safely
brought back to City Hall. he said that
in his opinion the automobile was the
proper sort of vehicle to use II man
wanted To get around right smart" As
MIR Merrill is an the habit of getting
around right smart" his opinion is by
no means valueless.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-08

Arthur u. Hillsdorp. Of East Provi-
dence. says that he has giving up fishing
and bicycle riding until the 18th Of May
next. and when ] asked him why he
said that ~ was his regular rule To do
neither of these things between Sept
and May rs
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-08

The popular and courteous assistant
manager of Rocky Point, DIR. Jack Fer
guson. is distributing his photographs to
his friends. and they seem to be in great
demand. The pictures represent the doe
tor Ia an easy pose. reclining upon one
of the big rocks at the Point. and while
the work Is that of an amateur II IL very
good indeed.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-08

Somebody sent the office boy out after
clam chowder this noon. lie WAS gone for
some time Presently there was rims
ON the telephone. II was the boy. The,
ain't any clam chowder today" said he
"Thcys hsh chowder. asst him shall
bring him that?'
CLAN or nothing. wis the reply.
"Ring OF. said the boy.
HLn Eoee;o
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-08

Franklin a. Smith. the treasurer OF the
Pomham Club. was busy man yester-
day. on the occasion of the last ladies'
day of the present season, at the beauti-
ful club house down the bay. Mr., Smith
is the right hand man OF President
Heathcote. and upon him devolves great
part of the entertainment of the club
members and their guests.