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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-08-07

who toll early and late fol
their board and the merest pit
tance? Their tasks must be
done I'm room which in summer Is al
most hot enough 10 broil steak and IN
winter is cold enough for a refrigerator
Most women err from ignorance-ir
fact, Il is TO be hoped that all OF then
are more careless than cruel III
dwellings where no servants are kept
and the work IN done by members oi
the family one often finds the kitchen
comparable in temperature TO thai
place OF which Dante wrote Abandon
hope all ye who enter here" or course
when toilers can retire at VIII 10 theii
own pleasant chambers the overheated
and inconvenient kitchen Is less an an
noyance than IL is TO mere hired heip-
ers. who have neither opportunity nor
place In which TO rest.
Granting that system Will Tighten the
Iabors OF the domestic staff. let US con-
slider what are the best means for gam
Ing the required results.
The MANAGEMENT OF the coal or gas
range or oil stove is an important mat
ter.
Anthracite coal. because II kindles
and burns slowly, yields more intense
flame than any other fuel except char-
coal. Range fires which are required
for short time are more satisfactorily
fed with wood. pine or birch whlch
kindles readily and yields a very great
blaze. Then when the food Is prepared
the few smoldering embers remaining
may be quenched in few minutes.
In hot weather a gas stove affords
the greatest satisfaction 10 the COOK.
1t throws into the room scarcely any
heat at all, yet does its work so efh-
ciently that the food is prepared In
very short time. Ovens are sold with
small gas stoves. and many are very
desirable. but any woman who knows
nothing about their requirements and
qualifications would better ask some
competent friend TO assist her In select
ing one. The stationary gas ranges
which the companies provide at nom
inaI rental are furnished with bakers.
broilers. etc.
The supply OF gas or oil needed to
properly cook the food must be care
fully regulated. When low tempera-
ture is needed. turn down the flame in
stead of drawing the. potsor pan to one
side. A steamer having different com
partments. in which several different
NldlluS may Dt OF ibt Soiht tiihSS
Is very convenient
When gas cannot be obtained, gaso-
line or oil stoves are substituted for
those dependent upon coal or wood.
The two former often give rise to very
offensive odors and are for that reason
not so popular as their cheapness
should make them. Not all oil burners
are malodorous great deal depends
on the condition and the management
OF the wicks. II the housekeeper can
endure an occasional Whit of kerosene
scented air. oil is the cheapest fuel of
all.
In regulating an oil heater remember
that the wicks must be trimmed evenly,
or an irregular flame will smoke the
bottom of the cooking utensils. When
lighted, they should at first be left
rather low. then in about five minutes
turned as high as they will go without
smoking The oven will generally heat
in about fifteen minutes.
Families who do not care to use any
thing during the summer but gas or oil
stoves can buy separate fixtures for
heating the bath. In some towns even
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-08-07

OF the robe is n style most dIficult.
Her form sets OF no costume: the toilet
must set of the figure. You under
stand?" with a gesture that implied
wadding and crinoline padding.
Yet madame insists on believing
herself a Venus. When ! have given
her a costume which hides the scrawny
neck. she will have the stock removed
because some fatterer assures her that
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-08-07
a CORNER OF AN IDEAL SUMMER KITCHEN.

shady as possible. a set OF awnings
ought TO be provided.
When the day is over and the room is
not in use. the outside shutters may be
closed and the windows left open all
might. Ip this way the kitchen Will be
cooled and swept free OF vapors left
from cooking. Then If the awnings are
adjusted before the sun again .ntrudes
a comparatively moderate temperature
may be maintained all day.
Oilcloth or iinoleum makes a much
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-08-07
The KITCHEN IN The SuN4WGR TINE.

The refrigerator is placed in a cool
kitchen corner IL IL cannot be kept in
the~cellar or In an anteroom. IL must
be clean and well ventilated and should
contain all foods OH which heat can
make the slightest impression. Meat.
game. poultry or fish may be protected
from nies with wire. gauze or muslin
covers over which ground ginger or
pepper is freely sprinkled. Even when
on Ice meat or fish is better preserved
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-08-07

Painted walls are washed as often
as possible with a sponge dipped in
soapy. hot water. They may be then
rinsed off with another sponge dipped
In soft, hot water and dried with a
clean, soft rag.
Whenever any dirty water is thrown
into the sink it should be cleaned out.
Scrub the metallic lining with special
care after greasy dishwater A disin-
fectant ought TO be poured down the
drain at least once a day. This will
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-08-07

IL partly boiled or baked before IL is
put away. Soups are poured into clean
basins after all the vegetables have
been strained out OF them. Milk is
scalded before being stored for the
night.
The arrangement OF the windows In
the kitchen is perhaps more important
than in any other room. If the house is
owned by the occupants and IL is possi-
BILE 10 add any openings. the advan-
tas~es which they will affor~r in the way
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-08-07
SUMMER NEGLIGEE JACKETS OF NET, LACE AND MUSLIN

hasi" Coralie declared. lifting her head
But. ambitious TO show me her skill
she wiped her eyes and took up the
gown. With a snip. snip Of the steel she
cut out the front Of the stock. allowing
10 to curve little toward the back
Then she looked up some bits OF lace
which matched the huge lozenge shaped
applications on the skirt and waist.
and, bidding an employee stitch these
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-08-07

OF light and air will compensate for the
expense incurred. All windows and
outside doors should be screened from
sills 10 sash tops. Flies and gnats some
how contrive TO crawl over the half
sizes; the full length nettings are much
more satisfactory.
White muslin curtains look better
than dark shades. They permit the air
10 circulate freely through their sur
faces. AS, the room should be kept as
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-08-07
SUMMER HAT OF WHITE
STRAW AND CHIFFON,

The hat ILLUSTRATED L. " lde of white
straw trimmed with a scarf of white
chiffon A spray Of white and pale pink
roses falls over the hair. The hat Is
rather bizarre shape and is becoming
only to a woman having very regular
features and abundant hair. The
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-08-07

cups and bowls should be inverted.
This will keep dust from settling inside.
AS steps saved are never more appre-
ciated than when the days are torrid a
cabinet containing compartments for
the storing OF -four. sugar. spices and
all ingredients needed in cooking and
baking is "A merciful device for the
cook. These kitchen cabinets may be
ordered from manufacturers or can lie
purchased through a dealer in furni-
ture.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-08-07

carefully around the neck. the required
change was almost completed
1T is not that / object to the trou-
BILE, the dressmaker explained rapidly.
mo, no. 1 take ten. twenty times as
much cheerfully when i know I inn
prove the effect, but madame the owner
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-08-07

tiously as she had done to find her best
efforts unappreciated.
Come, come. madame: waste no tears.
Where are your scissors?" / said short
ly. Let me see how you mean to sat
isfy this Philistine customer
"Ah. madame, and such a neck as she
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-08-07

To boil eggs for invalids bring the
water to the boil. then take the sauce
pan off the fire and place the egg in il
for five minutes. This will cook the egg
perfectly without making the white
hard and indigestibIe. II Is also well to
ooi an egg intended for young child
in this manner.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-08-07

charm OF tip tilted hats depends upon
the way that the colffure is arranged.
When the hat brim is abruptly up
turned, soft. full pun OF hair must be
arranged To fll the space between the
straw and the head.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-08-07

~ ARIS, July 26.--I find that wo-
men who used 10 buy tea jack
cts of the modistes are order
ing them from the seamstress-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-08-07

I OW many housewives give a
thought TO the poor domestics
who toll early and late for
their board and the merest pit
tapce2 Their tasks must be
The daily sentinel., 1902-09-16
Wants and For Sale.

For Sale-Five room house. with
bath. Apply 260 Ouray.
For Rent-Large, pleasant, fur
nished front room. 433 north 3rd
street.
For Rent-Four room house. Call
4th and Ouray. Water and sewerage,
at $40 per month.
Wanted Position by experienced
stenographer or bookkeeper. Refer
ences. Apply at this Office.
Wanted-Partner with 5000 cash
for half interest in an established bus
mess that will clear $5. 600 to $40, 600
annually. Address Box 36, Grand
Junction.
House work-All its branches neat
ly and quickly done. Wall paper clean
ing speciality. Address, city P. O.
Box 214. Phone $50 black. Victor
Tharp, formerly Avenger Tharp.
The daily sentinel., 1902-09-16

Wanted-By manufacturing house
reliable preson to travel calling on re-
tail merchants and agents. Local ter
ritory. Position permanent. Busi-
ness successful and rushing Salary
$lO24 year guaranteed all expenses.
Previous experience unnecessary. Ad-
dress, Standard House, Caxton Bldg,
Chicago.
The daily sentinel., 1902-09-16
Use Smiths corn cure.
Smiths Electric Liniment.

Smiths Electric Liniment.
Smiths Bromo for the headache.
Always goldsmith Sarsaparilla.
Smiths Sarsaparilla for the blood.
Full line of cigars at Sparks & Co.'S.
Telephone 743 red for your ice cream
Platt & Kings teams can't be beat.
Take ride in that new hack. Platt
& King.
Have you tried Sparks & Co.'S.
lemonades?
Hack calls answered promptly.
Platt & King.
Cigars of all the standard makes at
Sparks & Co.
Hack calls answered day or night.
Platt & King.
All the trains were on time last
night. for wonder.
Our hat stock is complete and the
prices are right. Graham & Hards.
How's your time? Get the right
time from the Sentinel clock in the
postoffice.
For your party or social you can
get n special rate on ice cream at
Sparks q Co.
Remember Prof. McMinn is going
to give grand masquerade ball on
the "a. at the Turner Hall.
There is no thirst, however great,
but our root beer will satiate. @.
d. Smith g. Co., the druggists.
Roots barks, leaves and berries, our
Kidney and Liver cure never varies.
@. d. Smith & Co., the druggists.
Keep on coming, there is no danger
of our facilities for accommodating
the public running out Sparks & Co.
The Royalty Club beers (our own
bottling) dozen quarts 81. 80; 1 doz-
en- pints 81; delivered. Phone LA
red.
You can buy For Rent, For Sale,
Furnished Rooms, and other cards for
general use from the Sentinel job
rooms.
The Royalty Club makes special
ty of wines, liquors and bottled beers
for family use. Prices to suit all.
phone IA red.
Our soda fountain is doing big
business and the reason therefor is
very apparent-we make the best
drinks. Sparks & Co.
The Royalty Club will deliver to
you at moments notice "a bottles of
Val Blatz Milwaukee Beer for $40
Telephone your order to 144 red.
The Star laundry is under new
management A thoroughly practical
man in charge. Work guaranteed sat
isfatctory. Phone us Black No. 142.
You can step in at the Ladies' EN-
porium at any time and find four trim
mers busy as bees trimming orders.
Their ready trimmed hats are going
fast.
The Ladies Emporium makes a spe.
cialty of fitting the hats to the head
and it is as essential that hat should
feel we'll on the head as that shoes
should fit the feet.
The great clairvoyant, card reader,
astrologer and palmist will remain 1
short time longer. Those wishing tc
consult her should do SO at once
Nine. Geyser gives the utmost salts
faction in her readings. 2nd ant
Rood.
Prof. Wiley will address the FEEDER
al Labor Union at the court house to
morrow evening. His subject will bt
"HOW the PRINCIPLES Of PORHIB
TIOIN WILL BENEFIT the LABOR
ING MEN"
The daily sentinel., 1902-09-16
Three Points About Shoes.

There are three points about shoes-style,
comfort and economy.
Without a reasonabse compliance with
the dictates of fashion you appear odd and
attract unfavorRble attention.
Comfort is induced by securing shoes that
fit-that touch the feet all over with a steady
even pressure.
Economy results from kuying honestly
made shoes that are sold at a small profit.
These three points of shoe buying receive
our special attention. Come and let US talk
shoes to you.
Stoddart's Boston Shoe Store.
The daily sentinel., 1902-09-16
Stoddart's Boston Shoe Store.
THE SOCIALIST
PARTY

Meets every Friday evening. head
quarters, DR.. Hedges office, Wads>
worth store. Main street
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-09
Two Kind. Of Drearine.s.

You hear often from car windows
observers of the "dreary" desert, the
''hopeless," the "cheerless" desert.
But the desert deserves none of these
adjectives. 1t is dreadful, if you wish,
in the way in which it Furnishes the ig-
norance and presumption of those who
know not the signs ct thirst; it is
sometimes awful in it's passions Of
dust, torrents, heat; it is even monot-
onous to those who love only the life Of
crowded cities; but it is never dreary
or cherries. Hopelessness may wei!
apply to the deserts Of Mulberry street
and Smoky Hollow, with their choked
and heated tenements, their foul odors,
their swarms of crowded and hideous
human life; but the desert of the arid
land is eternally hopeful, smiling,
strong, rejoicing in itself. The desert
is never morbid in it's adversely; on the
other hand, 1t is calm and sweet and
clean-the cleanest of all land. Not
till man comes, bringing his ugly min.
ing towns and his destructive herds,
does it bear even the vestige of the un.
clean, the dreary, the unpicturesque.
Ray Stannard Baker, in Century.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-09
POST OFFICE FIGURES.
Showing the Growth of the Country
and of the Mail Service in
127 Years.

As result of many requests re-
ceived at the post office department
the third assistant postmaster gen
eral has issued a pamphlet entitled
postal Statistics of the United
States-from 1875 to 1902" 1t con-
tains much that is of interest, par
ticularly as showing the remarkable
growth of the country since the rev.
olution, says Washington report.
In 1889 there were only IS post Of
fees established, the length of the
post routes being 2,275 miles and the
gross revenue of the department be-
ing only $3.50. The expenditures for
the same year were $3.50, and of this
only 1857 were paid in salaries to
postmasters.
There were in 1901, 1854 post Of
fees in operation, 511,sOs miles of
post routes, 466,146,O59 miles of mail
service performed. The gross rev.
enues of the department were SILL
631,1 1913, the expenditures $115, O39, 6O7,
and $19,113,59 we're paid as compen-
sation to postmasters.
From June 80, 1s47, to June 80, 1851,
4,6o3,2o0 postage stamps were issued.
while in the single year 1901 4,329,-
273,696 stamps were used by the peo-
pie of the United States.
In 1858, the year in which stamped
envelopes were first issued, 100000
were used, while in 1901 the total was
772, s39, 900.
The first years issue of postal
cards - 1873 - numbered 31,O94,0oo,
while in 1901, 659,614,SO were issued.
The registry system was started in
1855, and in that year the registered
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-09
Comfcal Trade Circular.

A trade circular which has been
issued in English by German firm
has caused many a laugh in certain
British trade circles. The writer in
PRODUCES himself as "manufactory
of water-tight and freproof clothes
for mining and industrial works."
and he promises to send everything
Stree pockage fixed for cash." He
says: "Since long time in mining
and resembling works the fact is
known and unpleasantly perceived
that leather clothes, which mostly
have been used till now, by no means
can suffice for the claims to be called
for water-tight clothes. Therefore,
instead Of leather clothes such ones
of oiled or caoutchouced stuff have
been tried to use, but these also have
the inconvenience to be too much
too heavy and incommide to hinder
the free movement of workmen."
He concludes as follows: proves of
stuff and whole clothes will be sent
to, when desired. Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-09
NJ.

Jim was chap who was in hard luck;
lie was always unfortunate, always stuck.
Al wasn't his fault he was out of work:
x1e wasn't the sort of a chap to shirk:
And there was the summer coming on,
Whlle his little savings were almost gone,
And these words rang in his ear each day:
NO, no, we've nothing that's In your
way"
TIL the chance OF a job looked mighty
slim
TO poor old Jim.
That's how it was when the war broke
Jim saw them enlisting all about,
And heard the call of the drum and fife,
linen he kissed his baby, and kissed his
wife.
Its thirteen dollars a month, you know,
Little woman" he said, land I'd better
CO."
So with the baby she watched one day
And murmured DER, while her eyes grew
God keep you. Jim""
Down at San Juan when that charge was
made
Right into the Spaniards' ambuscade.
In deadly shower of shot and shell.
a soldfer-one of the bravest-fell
Face downward he lay till the Red Cross
came.
And they heard him whisper some loved
ones name.
Its no use. boys" with a groan cried
he;
Look after the others, and don't mind
met"
And they said, as they lifted his hats
frayed rim:
why, it's poor JIM"
Ihats about all. for poor Jim died
Far from his wife and baby's side,
In Cuba there, and the grasses wave
over soldiers lonely grave
AND It's just as certain to meas fate,
When Jim's soul got to the heavenly
gate,
And asked this question, in hope and
fear:
us there chance for a Failure here?"
why. yes! good Peter called out to
him:
Come right in. Jfm!'
Malcolm Douglas, in Farm and Home
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-09

Perhaps there is no better illustra-
ton of the utilization of bacteria than
is to be found in advanced methods of
treating common dairy products. Ten
years ago if a dairyman had con-
fessed that he actually employed
heterogeneous to aid him in making
butter and cheese he would have
been boycotted and forced out of bust
ness. But to-day it is different, for
dairy methods have been almost rev.
olutionized by the discoveries of mod
ern psychologists. In the first place
it has been conclusively shown that the
souring of milk is always produced by
bacteria and that the popular belief
that thunder storms will perform the
same functions is erroneous. 1t also
has been proved that bacteria produce
Shiny milk, bitter milk, blue milk, vel.
low milk, green milk, orange-colored
milk, amber-colored milk, chocolate
milk and even black milk.-Science.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-09
Did Not Want to Be Ugly.

zone day walked to school with
a girl-a lovely, pink-cheeked, blue
eyed, f1axen-haired, doll-featured girl,
two years older than I-who got rad
at me, sad to relate, and by way of
offensive Tor was it defensive?) war;
fare, asked me how it felt to be as
ugly as I was. had never thought
much about my looks-nothing, in
fact, except to regret that my hair
was not yellow and my eyes blue; in
my favorite novels all the lovely
heroines had hair like spun go]d,'
and eyes like purple violets,' and
the mean women who worked all the
mischief were invariably brunette. I
was sorry to be brunette, but I did
not mean to let it divert me into
career of villainy. l aspired to be
a heroine, and somehow, vaguely,
trustingly, had an underlined hope
that perhaps my hair would turn
gold some day, and my eyes grow
violet-blue. '-Scribner's.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-09
Criminals' Grim Jests.

The callousness and even grim
humor of condemned criminals is
well exemplified by the following
stories: On walking to the scaffold
in solemn procession a criminal once
called to the governor Of the prison,
Just oblige me, Guv'nor," he said,
''by telling me the day O. the week?"
Monday" answered the surprised
governor. '.Monday!" exclaimed the
prisoner in Disguised tones; "Well,
this 'ere's fine way of beginning
a week, amt it?" And he marched
on with disgust imprinted on every
line in his face.
On another occasion an officious
hangman whispered as he placed the
white cap on his victims head: IF
there's anything you'd like to arst
me I'll be pleased to answer, yer
know" The victim craned his neck
forward, and said in an equally low
voice, "You might tell me, isis
this planking ?"-London Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-09
Prudery in Extremis.

We have all heard of the Ameri-
can ladies whose sense of modesty
was such that they clothed the legs
of their tables and chairs in neither
garments. The following occurrence
at one of the great London hospi-
tails is illustrative of feeling every
whit as nice. A cold-storage cham
Der was being constructed in connec-
ton with the post-mortem room
and the secretary of the hospital,
on going to see how the work was
getting on, found that the chamber
was being fitted with double doors
and those of small size-instead of
one large door. He made inquiries
as to the deviation from the origin
al plan, when the chief carpenter,
who was experimenting the work,
replied: ''Oh, sir, we are putting in
double doors and wooden partition
in order to keep the sexes apart!"
London Lancet
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-09

pleaded anxiously. 81 wouldn't play
yoa such a trick!''
'Ihen." she said slowly, "the per-
son who put that ring on my finger
| was"
Eyes," he queried eagerly, as she
paused, and seemed on the point of
laughing again.
'My-oh, dear-myself!" she
gasped.
"You put that on YOURSELF" he re-
peated. "Why?"
1t was some time before she was
able to speak at all coherently, and
Dalton waited impatiently.
"Come, tell me why you engaged
yourself to marry yourself2" he de-
manded eagerly.
Il will if you will go away to your
own end of the seat, and promise not
to move," she replied.
Dalton, in some astonishment, slid
back along the seat, and Miss Wylde
watched him roguishly.
"When l first took up my present
employment" she said, there were
such a nice lot of fellows in the
counting-house that I didn't know
which liked best. I tried them all
for little while, and managed to
make them all so fond of me that
1 could see I was going to get into
hot water. / liked one better than
all the rest, but he was so dense
and bashful that began to be afraid
that should receive the proposals
of all the rest before his, and-and I
didn't want them. So, to make long
story short, I put on, my mothers
engagement ring, to keep them at
their proper distance. 1 knew the
one I liked best was safe enough,
and that could draw him out when
ever I wished; but I couldn't resist
the temptation of teasing him-er-
tonight"
Tonight" echoed Dalton. do
YOU" Then he paused undecidedly.
'Now say that you are not dense
and stupid!" she said. Then she
stamped her dainty foot, looked at
him severely, and concluded: "And
don't believe you care for me at all"
Dalton edged cautiously along the
seat towards her, and, as it was
nearly dark, he ventured to put his
arm round her slim waist.
Haven't you been rather rough on
he inquired plant
lively.
"You don't mind now, do you,
Harry?" she replied with bright
smile. 81"
What she was going to say further
was lost in Dalton's moustaohe.-
London Answers.