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a PINCH OF SALT, :,
Many Housekeepers Fail to Realize It's
Primary Importance. (

How many housekeepers fail to realize
the primary importance of salt! ,Vege.
tables and meat unseasoned would, 81
course, be tasteless and almost UNBEATABLE
to most palates; bread, the same way
But one frequently sees nicely made
elaborate cake spoiled through forgetting
the pinch Of salt needed to bring out any
tayoring used, or, indeed, to give it any
taste at ALL.
In the same way puddings, meringue,
and all appear guiltless Of salt, until one
feels tempted to inquire with Job, sis
there any taste in the white of an eggY'
These are generally the same cooks
who use too much sugar. A little sweet
ness Of manner is pleasing to everyone
but when there is so much of it as to
amount to sugarlness, it not only loses
weight, but becomes contemplate. In
GO, cooking the same principle applies.
have sufficient sugar added at table (th;.
is not, however, the case with salt, 50
why should we ruin them by oyer-sWeet-
ening in the cooking?
If people would teach their children
from babyhood to like just barely enough
sugar, instead of piling spoonful after
spoonful On their food, it would be 50
much better for their health. since, later
on, as the trail OF years behind them
ASA.S ~ASAos AACy Will uuu tuaL III so manV
sicknesses sugar is injurious: while in
health, in reasonable quantities, it is a
valuable food.
In England, one frequently hears the
remark at afternoon teas that only 'slow
church people" take sugar in their tea.
The 'high church, ones, Through leaving
it off during Lent, have discovered how
much better the flavor Of their tea and
coffee comes out when undisguised by
sugar once they have become accustomed
to drink it that way. Not only that, but
cakes, or anything sweet, taste so much
nicer when the beverage one drinks with
them is not sweetened.
People who drink two or three cups
Of tea or coffee at meal would be sur
prlsed to see how much sugar that means
in a day: Having eschewed sugar in
their drinks, they can take more latitude
in desserts and candies.
Stewed fruit is wholesome and more
palatable not swamped in sugar, as some
hostesses serve it. Even fruit pies are
improved by a pinch of salt.-Constance
Fuller Mcintyre in New Idea Woman's
Magazine.
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Frogs Stop the News.

1t is said that one of the great enemies
Of the overland Telegraph line in Central
Australia is the common green frog. In
order to save the insulators from being
broken by the lightning they are provid-
them at a little distance to conduct on
to the IRON pole in case of need. The
frogs climb the poles and find the in
sulators cool and pleasant to their bodies
and fancy that the 'dropper'' is put there
to furnosh them with back seat. After
a nap they yawn and stretch out leg
until it touches the pole-result, sudden
death to- the frog, and as the body con-
tinues to conduct the current to earth we
have paragraph in the papers to the
effect that lin consequence Of an inter
ruption to- the lines probably caused by
a cyclonic' disturbance in the interior, we
are unusual to present our readers with
the usual cables from England. .v'-Ex-
change
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Modern Names for Warships.

Lord Selborne, first lord Of the Brit
ish admiralty, has decided to aban-
don the old practice OF going to heath
en- mythology for names of new war
ships, and in future all vessels will be
named after the countries, counties
md towns. The names OF the two 1S,-
oO0-ton battleships Immediately to be
laid down have just been announced.
They are New Zealand and Hindoostan.
There are already among battleships
a Dominion, a Commonwealth, Lon
don and an Edinburg, and it is said
that the two new armored cruisers
win be named Natal and Newfound-
land. The idea of the admiralty, like
our own navy department, is to inter-
est countries. counties and towns In
the ships that bear their names and by
this way to encourage recruiting for
! the navy
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Record of the Past.

The best guarantee Of the future ia
the record of the past and over fifty
thousand people have publicly testified
that Doan's Kidney Pills have cured
them of numerous kidney Ills, from
common backache to dangerous dia-
betes, and all the attendant annoyances
and sufferings from urinary disorders.
They have been cured to stay cured,
Here Is one case:
Samuel J. Taylor, retired carpen-
ter, residing at 312 South Third street,
Goshen, Ind, says: ION the 25th day
OF August, 1897, made an affidavit
before Jacob G. Mann, notary public,
stating my experience with Doan's
Kidney Pills. l had suffered for thirty
years and was compelled at times to
Walk by the aid Of crutches, freQueut-
~ passed gravel and suffered excru-
tiatingly. I took every medicine on
the market that l heard about and
some gave me temporary relief. be-
gan taking Doan's Kidney. Pills and
the results l gave to the public in the
statement above referred to. At this
time, on the 10Th day Of July 1902, I
make this further statement that dur
Ing the five years which have elapsed
l have had no OCCASION to use either
Doan's Kidney Pills or amy other med
lcine for nay Kidneys. The cure ef-
fected was q permanent ONE
A FREE TRIAL Of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr. Taylor viii
be mailed ON application to- any part
OF the q. s. Address Foster-Milburn
Co.. Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all
druggists, SOC per box
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Profitable Waste.

IAN that glitters is not gold," and, on
the ether hand, not all that finds its way
TO the dustbin is worthless. For in
stance, in Stafford in one year 2OS,62O
mineral water bottles, 1890 other
bottles and ninety ty-seven tons of broken
glass, estimated to represent 65O,O0O
broken bottles, worth 5000 at retail
rates, were picked out of the refuse at
the Instructors. The marked bottles
were returned to the makers at i'd per
dozen. while the other glass was sold
for f15O to be used in making mortar.
In Glasgow the corporation issues bags
to- business houses for the collection Of
waste paper, the contents being
gathered periodically. In this way
eighteen tons, Of paper. are collected
weekly and a profit Of f2OO per year is
realized Solder is extracted from old tin
cans found among the refuse and is sold
at fair price.-Exchange.
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Elephaut's Tusks Stolen.

Thieves sawed off the great tusks of
Jumbo II. last night and carried them
away. The elephant was the property Of
Bostock, and on account of his ugly dis
position had caused his owner much
trouble. He was known as a man-killer,
and the deaths Of a number of men are
credited to him. When Bostock left his
summer quarters, Jumbo II. was left be-
work was far from easy. The iron band
which surrounded one tusk was almost
sawed in two before the vandals decided
to. saw on each side of the ring. The
t,lsks were four inches in diameter and
three feet tlong-Indianapolis News.
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Freaks of the Mont Felee Eruntsan.

Prof. Angelo Heiprin, in an address
on the Mont Pelee eruptionr delivered to
the Geographical, Society Last night, said
the first phase wars the emission from
the cuater Of a browrrcolored cloud which
wa& impelled! to- 81 vast height Almost
simuEaa neously a BLACK cloud, intensely
luminous, shot downward to'wanl the city
and: when oven St. Pierre WAS shattered
by IL tremendous lightning stroke which
sent the death-dealing blast i'm NIL direc-
TONS
Some Of the freaks of tine destruction.
he said, were inexplicable. In one, case
body was found seenched to- a. crisp and
beside it lay box f matches untouched
by fine: Jewell boxRs were picked up with
the exterior unscathed and the trinkets
inside fused in a solid umss. The atf-
dress was Illustrated by stereopticon
slides> some Of which showed the Mount
Pelee crater in fall eruption at close
rang&:-Philadelphia Record.
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LIKED GRAPES TOO WELL.
Colorado Woman Spoils Husbands Plan
z.E -. !. for Pretending Death -

!. The fondness Of AIrss.s e. Grant Angel
Of Grand junction, Col, for. grapes
spoiled her husband's plan for pretend
ing that heawas dead and collecting his
$4,000 OF life insurance. Their house was
burned, and when the neighbors arrived
from the nearest farms she said that her
husband had returned to the house to
save the cook stove and had not got out.
When the ruins cooled heap of charred
bones was found by the stove. But while
the search was going on the bereaved
wife sat by and ate grapes, and this
caused comment and suspicion. The cor
oner's jury said that the bones were An
CELLS, but an advertising doctor in town
with whom the other doctors would not
associate saw a chance for getting even,
and proved that the bones were those Of
dogs and deer. Then the Modern Wood
men and the Woodmen Of the World re-
fused to pay, and when it was evident
that the jig was up Angel returned,
claiming that he had been overheated in
the fire and had lost his mind for time.
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-01-09
sDearth Of Animals in Philippines.

The efforts to restore agriculture in
the Philippine Islands have been
h3ockel by a dearth Of field animals.
Ninety per cent of the carabos died
In the original epidemic Of rinderpest
md of the small number imported
slnce many have died. The govern
1nent had planned an extensive impor-
tation of these animals to meet the
CRYING need and had arranged to have
I them immunized. 1t was forced to
/ abandon this plan on account Of the
lack of money to meet the purchases.
The general cultivation of the planta-
lions is impossible without them. and
4 the absence of any immediate prospect
5of getting the field animals leaves the
agricultural situation in serious con-
\ 1ition
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-01-09
A Wonderful Lamp.

\ new lamp has been invented that
burns principally air and gives most
brilliant light. As an example of its
light power this lamp can be hung in the
center of room 100 feet long and will
at ut either end Of room, or fifty feet
away from lamp. For stores, halls
and churches this is the cheapest light on
earth. Burns 80 per cent. air and only
10 per cent. oil. Costs 1-3 cents an
hour. H. E. FRANKIE, the heavy light
man, 1873 Third street, Milwaukee, Wis,
has the agency for the lamp and will he
uDOn reOueSt.
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Cararrn and Hay Fever.

Liquid Cream Balm is becoming quite
as popular i'll many localities as Ely'a
Cheam Balm solid: 1t is prepared fos
use in atonizers, and is highly priced by
those who have been accustomed to call
upon physicians for such treatment.
NJ any physician. are using and prescrib-
ms it: All the medicinal properties of
the celebrated Cream Balm are contained
in the Liquid form, which is rs cts, in
or by mail Ely Brothers, 56 Warren
street, New York.
Messrs. ELY RROS.-I sold your
Liquid Cream Balm to Mr.. VIM. Lamber-
ton, 1415 Delachaise street, New Or
leans; he has used two bottles, giving
him most satisfactory results.
GEO. W. M'DUFF. Pharmacist.
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4 Profitable Dream.

John Starms of Concord. N. c., dreamed
the other night that his wife, who has
been dead for twenty seven years, came
to the side of his bed and told him that
he would find gold in certain spot IN
his farm. The next morning he went out
to look, and the first thing he picked up
discovered that there was regular
outcropping of gold-bearing quartz at the
place, with signs of gold mine beneath.
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Various Kinds of Gin.

Gin is, sometimes called Geneva. as if
it were distinctive Swiss drink. Rnt
the liquor is made from the juniner.
which,, in French, is "ginievre." Victor
Hugo, wrote a curious poem called ''Ies
Djjnns.'' All readers of the ''Arabian
Nights ane acquainted with the power.
full spirits; called "Jin" or Genies. The
word is allied with the Latin ''genius,' -
but comes from the Persian ''Jini" pl1-
raj &<:CimN
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-01-09
EDUCATED ALLIGATOR DEAD.
Vailsburg Saurian was Death to Chick
ems. but Friendly to Cat. M .=

Dick. the last survivor OF = family Of
six alligators taken from their home in.
Florida river and shipped North in a
cigar box fourteen years ago, il dead.
Dick, for an alligator, was highly edu-
Gated. Frederick Ryerson OF Yailsburg,
n. was his owner. He had one bad
habit, Of which he could not be broken,
and that was killing chickens. He would
lie motionless in the grass in the rear Of
the house. and when an unsuspecting
hen would happen near his open jaws
would close like fash and the chicken
would disappear. ..s.@
The alligator was friendly. with Mr..
Ryerson's cat, and they often dined from
the same place. Dick knew his masters
voice, and would answer to his call. s.*@
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Without Provocatiou.

Gardener (who has given notice to his
master)-The fact is. sir. I can't stand
the. way in which folks in the village
talks about I.
Parson-But, my good man, you
mustn't mind that; it's a way people
have all the world over. Why, now, I
Gardener hastily)-Oh, lor, sir, that
they do; but amt as bad as that, sirI
Collapse of parson..Spare Moments.
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The Last Chance.

Husband (bidding farewell to his wife,
who, with her daughter, is leaving for
treatment at the baths)-I tell you right
now, Elsie, il our daughter does not be-
are sick for the last time-Fliegende
Blaetter. Y - ..--- -.
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All Tastes Provided For.

Sam-Did de pawson tell his flock dat
St. Peter would give dem each a hahp?
Remus-No; he knew bettah. He told
dem dat St. Peter would give dem each
a banjo.-Philadelph Record.
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-01-09
COUCH.

Special couch bargains are being of.
fered for the Xmas trade by the we'll.
known firm Of F. w. Schenck & Co. OF
Milwaukee, whose ad. appears elsewhere
in this paper. -.,.. - =
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English Fig-Growinq.

Between 1000 and 5000 packages of
homegrown figs are now being dis
patched every week from Worthing.
which is the center of the English fig-
growing industry.
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idly increase in number, thus taking the
place Of the larger wooden schooners, ia
which the rate Of deterioration must be
much greater than with steer ships. Boz
ton Herald. :. r. T.
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II you are coughing, take DR.. August
& koemg's Hamburg Breast Tea. 5s
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Only the church steeple at Zudycotte,
near Dunkirk, now rises above the sand
which overwhelmed the entire village in
i1777. It'd f.: : .s .s ,.<4{@
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Sweden has 324 cooperative societies
with membership Of over 5000. s.
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J. "A German lawyer has left $4,000
for the foundation Of school Of cook
cry.
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MRS. wINSLtOW,S SOOTHING SYRUP for
Children teethinR; softens the gums, reduces In
dammation, allays pain, cures wind collie. 70
cents bottle. 2s.t f: }z g%% E e
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Iron Ore i'm Norwav.

Great veins of ore containing from
10 to 60 per cent of iron have been dis.
seuyered In the neighborhood of Vadso.
srInrWav - = iI5s .'[ r.: -. -
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lloat bachslors' idea Of misery IL b.
- alone with 4 noisy baby. ~. .s.s 81.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-11
ACID KILLS FATHER; BURNS SON.
Row Tries to Prevent Suicide of Parent Who
Could Not Get Pay.

After calling his son George into the pdrlor or
their home and telling him that he was about
+o end his life Nathan Rosenbaum, thirty
nine wears old of No. 1916 Brooke-ave-, The
Fsronx nut a pint bottle containing carbolic acid
to his lips and drank quantity of it. The
son was burned severely about the face and
hands when he knocked the bottle to the floor.
The father however, lived only a few minutes
Rosenbaum after Illness, went to work for
a cloak firm In Canal-st at So a week, Mrs.
Posenbaum stated and his week was up last
Friday the firm he worked for refusing to pay
his salary She went for the money herself.
and they refused to pay it to her. On Satur-
dsv he wrote a postal card to the firm telling
them. she says. that If they did not pay the
money he would commit suicide He did not
hear from any member of the firm
At the noon meal yesterday Rosenbaum told
his wife and six children that he was going on
long journey. and would not be back He said
that he was una BILE to care for them any longer,
and would be obliged to leave them. He first
gave George list of men he had associated
with and instructed the to tell them that
he was going on a journey. He then left the
house. About 4:30 p. m he returned, and went
directly to the paror. again calling his eldest
SON where he swallowed the acid DR.. Ham
mel of No 64S Wendover-ave., was called. but
Rosenbaurn was dead when he arrived. The
boys injuries were dressed by DR.. Hammel.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-11
Il IN CHURCH.
DR.. d. Parker Morgan Conducts An-
nual Service after Parade.

The annual church parade OF Squadron a,
Major Oliver B. Bridgman commanding. was
held yesterday at the Church OF the Heavenly
Rest. the rector of which the Rev. DR.. D. Par
ker Morgan is the chaplain of the squadron
The parade formed in Fifty-seventh-st
and the line of march down Fifth-ave
to the church. near Forty-f1fth-st. The men
were in uniform, but. being on foot only side
arms were carried. The squadron band took
part in the service
DR.. Morgan in his sermon crftictsing the mo-
tives which drew some persons to church. said:
The chief purpose of church is that it shall
be house of prayer; and yet, perhaps, IL is the
last purpose which nine-tenths Of those who go
to church to-day have in mind-to engage In
prayer Some go in order to hear the music
and good music is certainly good thing 1t
undoubtedly affords true spiritual refreshment-
Some go to hear the sermon. and search Is
made through heaven and earth nowadays for
some new topic for pulpit treatment. The
church announcements in the Saturday morning
papers would be intensely funny IL there was
not in them much to make serious Chris
tans grieve. Municipal politics and other mat
ters entirely removed from religious contem-
plation are to be found there. once even saw
this topic: Ecclesiastical Straitjackets." No
the pulpit by a clergyman pledged by the oath
of his ordination to preach Christ and Him
crucifed No, the real purpose OF house Of
God is that it shall be place OF prayer. / am
afraid that a great many men to-day are care
less of that purpose
New-York tribune., 1903-05-11
THO BURNED TO DEATH.
E.r-4ssembIyman and Wife Die as
Result of Gas Explosion.

RuffaIo Nav 1o-Herman NJ Blasdell OF
North Collins sixty-three years old, former
Aesenhlvnan, after whom the town of Bias
dell N Y is named, and his wife, were SO
ba61xz burned in fire caused by gas eH-
nlosion. which destroyed their home early TO-
dav that both of them died An adopted son
,,-bo Was the only other occupant Of the house
a. the time of the explosion was slightly
burned.
Mr. Blasden died few minutes arter escaP-
tns from the house Mrs. Blasdell died at 4
r.Ia+i,-e,s several hours later She was con-
oio,,s for some time before her death, and from
her # was learned how the explosion occurred
Che said that she and her husband were
avakened by a strong smell of gas. and she
started TO see where the escape was AT the
head of the stairs she struck 2 match In
s+ortIv there was a terrific explosion. The
wallis of the house were forced outward and
one side of the building dropped. Fire broke
ont in half a dozen places, and the whole house
1rss soon in q fame. The adopted son, who
slent in a remote corner of the house, rushed
IN his foster mothers rescue, and succeeded
in smotherirg the flames that enveloped her.
Mrs Blasdeu walked 70 the street. where she
fell unconscious.
Mr.. Blasden endsavored to reach the stair
nav but found himself cut off by the flames
with his night clothing abiaze and the fire
snreadfng about him rapidly, he was forced
- sunon from an upper window. The shock OF
tha foif and the severe burns soon resulted in
death
New-York tribune., 1903-05-11
DIVES FROM SEA WALL.
Policeman in Full Uniform SaUes
Child at Batteru.

without waiting to remove any Of his cloth
ing. Policeman Thomas A Meade, Of the Steam
boat Squad. yesterday made a running jump
into the water off the sea wall at the Battery to
rescue a five-year-old girl. and after getting
her out of the water took her home to her
mother who was frantic with fright. thinking
her daughter had been drowned
The girl was Adelaide Corner. of No. 12S
Greenwich-st. She went out for a walk in the
afternoon with Loretta Boland. five years old,
of the same address. and other girls after prom
Using her mother that she would not go near
the water She forgot her promise, and on
reaching the Battery wall. next TO the
police station at Pier A began floating chips of
wood. leaning over float Of the Dock Depart
ment. She reached over 10 drop chip in the
water. and. losing her balance. went overheard
screaming.
Fully two hundred people saw her slip into
the water. many men being among the number.
but no one made the slightest effort to get her
out although there was chorus Of screams
from the women and children.
crowd had gathered at the pier, filled with
morbid curiosity to the body of a drowned
man lifted by a derrick from a police rowboat
on the other side of the police station to un-
dertaker's wagon. and large number Of per-
sons were waiting on the other side of the pier.
Two men, apparently Italians stood on the float
from which the child had fallen and did moth
ing more than yell for help
The police patrol boat had just tied up, and
Meade was on his way to report off duty. when
he heard the cries. glance at the people
ponting to a straw hat, covered with flowers
floating on the surface. and a tiny hand out
stretched was sufficient. In full uniform he
rushed to the sea wall. and with running dive
plunged into the water, coming 10 the surface
near the child, who was thirty feet away from
the sea wall and sinking.
He swan with her back to the float and hand
ed her unconscious to the crowd waiting there.
An ambulance was called from the Hudson
Street Hospital. and DR.. Riggin restored her 20
consciousness. Her first question was:
Did my lovely new hat get crowned
Mamma will whip n'e awful II u dld cause
nronised 20 take good care Of it
Meade in dry clothing carried the girl nome.
II didn't mean to go near the water mamma
she said but / only went down TO play ano
while I was standing there / leaned over ana
got bIowed away into the water Ihis nice
policeman got me out and, mamma. ne saNed
spoiled, is it. mamma =
New-York tribune., 1903-05-11
HAsTENs APPROACH CUTTING.
Aldermen Can No Longer Delay It-Clinton
Street May be Widened.

The new law which took from the Board or
Aldermen the power to make changes in the
map of the city and conferred it on the Board
of Estimate and Apportonment and the Sink
ing Fund Commission. is expected to hasten the
plans for making suitable approach TO the
Williamsburg bridge. The plans, which have
been before the Board of Aldermen for months.
call for the widening Of Delancey-st. from the
Manhattan end of the bridge to the Bowery.
the widening of Suffolk-st. and the cutting Of
new street from the Bowery to Elm-st.. on the
line of Delancey-st.
THE Board of Aldermen probably would have
reported on the plans this week" Borough
President Cantor said last evening. "but under
the new law the aldermen no longer have any
thing to say on the subject. / think it would
be well for the Board of Estimate and Appor-
tionment to pass on the plans again, in view
of the new legislation. There should be no
needless delay in beginning the work on the
widening of Delancey-st. to the Bowery, for
more room must be provided for the immense
traffic before the bridge is opened TO the public.
think il is probable that there will be
change in the plans. to widen Clinton
st instead of Suffok-st. but Delancey-st must
he widened as soon as possible, and a new
street cut west of the Bowery through to Elm
ST The plan TO cut diagonal street from the
bridge TO Cooper Union was abandoned on ac-
count of the tremendous cost