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The Winslow mail., 1905-05-06

Engineer w. &. Davis, who is
we'll known in Winslow. and
who formerly ran between Gal
lup and Albuquerque. met a
horrible death near Springer,
n. NJ Tuesday. AS he was pull
ling up a heavy grade near
Springer the boiler of the en-.
gine exploded and he and Fire
man J. w Swisher were in
stantantly killed, their bodies
being hurled a considerable dis
tanCe and thrown. badly bruis-
ed and disfigured, alongside the
track. The engineers body
was buried in Albuquerque.
The Winslow mail., 1905-05-06

Use Premier Mocha and Java
coffee On sale at Babbitt Bros.
The Winslow mail., 1905-05-06

Use Premier Mocha and Java
coffee. On sale at Babbitt Bros.
The Winslow mail., 1905-05-06

Bring your Job Printing to
the NAIL office. Neatness and
promptness guaranteed.
The Winslow mail., 1905-05-06

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Leave orders with r. c..
Creswell for coal.
Use Premier Mocha and Java
coffee. On sale at Babbitt Bros. |
Freeman Stewart left this
week on a business trip to Fort
Apache.
You can get prompt service
from r. G., Creswell for orders
for fuel.
Navajo rugs washed and
given velvety finish at the
Steam Laundry
Bring your Job Printing to
the MAIL office Neatuess and |
promptness guaranteed.
Use Premier Mocha and Java
coffee. On sale at Babbitt Bros
Lace curtains washed and |
satisfaction guaranteed at the
Steam Laundry. Prices rea
SOnable.
The Royal Arch Masons will
hold a special meeting tonight
for work in the royal arch de-
gree. Refreshments will be
served.
DR.. Baker or DR.. Waite. Den
fists, will be at the Navajo Ho
tel. Winslow. from the 18th to
25th of each month, or near
lUdl I'D lo.
The bodies of the two deCeas
ed children of the late Joseph
Richter were eXhumed Sunday
and shipped to Los Angeles to
be inferred beside Mr.. Richter
Bishop Hamilton, of San
Francisco, will lecture at the
Methodist Church Tuesday
evening, May 18th. on "Mexico,
Its Marauders, Miracles, Men"
Use Premier Mocha and Java
coffee. On sale at Babbitt Bros.
Capt John T Hogue and
wife. Of St. Johns, were in our.
city Wednesday visiting the
captain S many friends. They
were on their way to Washing
ton on an extended visit.
F. T. LaPrade returned Wed
nesday from the San Jacinto,
The Winslow mail., 1905-05-06
LOCHL NEWS

Leave orders with r. c.
CreSwell for coal.
The Winslow mail., 1905-05-06

Freeman Stewart left this
week on business trip to Fort
Apache.
The Winslow mail., 1905-05-06

Navajo rugs washed and
given a velvety finish at the
Steam Laundry.
The Winslow mail., 1905-05-06

You can get prompt service
from r. G., Creswell for orders
for fuel.
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
A VALENTINE HIGH TEA"
PLENTY OF FUN LITTLE CERE1ONY AND FAR LESS
TROUBLE THAN A FORMAL DINNER

When ali are baked, have written
ready upon slips of paper a given mum
Der Of proper names, masculine and
feminine; fold each neatly once across,
not to take too much room; lay upon the
underside of a heart, wash the inner
edges of the cake with white OF egg and
tit another heart of the same size upon
the first, inclosing the folded bit of
paper. Have an equal number of mas
culine and feminine names thus hidden,
keeping the sexes carefully separated as
you go on. When each heart is mated"
and ns.de fast to it's companion, frost
it ali over, and let 1t dry That there
may l. no confusion at the last, let the
icing Of one set of cakes be white, the
other pink. When dry. heap those con-
tanning the mems names in one dish, the
women's In another
Split carefully and extract the kernels
from as many English vyainuts as there
are guests, tuck into each hollow nut a
folded paper on which is written the
date OF a future year-'1906''- 1907
1910. etc; fit the sides together. secure
in place with n1ucilase or sealing WAX
and pile in nut dish. wfeathed with
smliax. Another set of wal:.uts, sim
The Washington times., 1905-02-12

i1ariy rrsI3ered, should contain couplets
prophetic os the destiny of him or of
her who may open IT. These need not
be wise. They viii not be political A
little kuack of stringing rhymes together
and keen sense of fun will make them
amusing. When bashful Robert, who has
found the name of Eliza BETH between
the two halves of his cookey, and learn
ed from the open walnut that lie will be
married in 1906, is hidden by the second
nut
Brace your courage, signing swain!
Eliza longs to heal your pain
there Will be merriment galore.
As DR.. Primrose said of the party at
the parsonage--There was mot much
wit, but there was a great deal of
laughter, and that did almost as well
There are sharp edges to wit in which
honest. happy funmaking is. happily,
wanting.
Cut your sandwiches, also, into heart
shapes. Recipes for a variety of these
will be found in another column Bon
bons, fashioned into hearts, darts and
arrows, are abundant at this esason,
and pink-and-white Cupids. that will
swing airily from the central chandelier
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
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too many. Get red cardboard and cut
them out by the dozen. They may be
used to describe a large heart pointing
to each place, and just above where
these large hearts join in the center of
the table a bisque Cupid may balance.
swung from the chandelier or the cell
ing.
Roses or carnations, banked into
great heart, outlined with feathery
ferns, make charming ceuterpieee,
especially II the flowers are arranged in
punches SO that at the end OF the
luncheon the heart is broken up into q
bouquet for each guest.
Scarlet ribbon should be attached to
each bunch ana trailGd off careIesSly,
ending at each place, and all the rib
hons are to be pulled at the same tins.
ShoTer' reSetteS of red baby-Tibbon.
with more Of the red cardboard hearts
strung on the ends, make effective
splotches Of color They should be
pinned on the cloth between the places
and spread so that the hearts show sep
arately against the white cloth.
Place cards can be anything fT0n
ten on, 10 the most elaborate sort OF
things, tricked out with brush and PEN
If it IS for the girl who's engaged.
add to the fun by having a tiny we'd
ding-cake brought on with the ices
just big enough to cut into slices TO "a
around, And in IL have q ring, .
thimble, and a coin concealed.
Have quotations en- the cards-abouS
love and marriage: or. II you've =
knack at verse. make rhymes descrik-
ing each girls future husband
The Washington times., 1905-02-12

and balance themselves dizzily upon the
pinnacle OF ice cream forms II yot,
choose to order ices nodded into hearts.
any confectioner VIII supply them on
Valentines Day
A silver tllimble. signifying bachelor
hood or spinsterhood; a. gold ring, fore
telling matrimony; dime, promising
wealth, may be hidden In large white
fruit cake and cut for at random by the
merrymakers.
Mrs. Johns. fertile fancy will suggest
twenty variations of and improvements
upon the foregoing outline. Hearts nlax
be interviewer in an intricate pattern
upon the daTnask cloth with ivy or ger
anium leaves. a big howl of salad may
have ike device sketched upon the
surface in the minced whites and
powdered yolks of egga
Set the table in the dining room. but
do not range chairs about it. Let the
guests stand or sit where they like in
parlor or drawing room. overf1owing into
the hall IL crowded, the young men do
ing the waiting
For beverages, have cafe au lait and
Enflled chocolate. For formulas for these
and for white fruit cake. see recipe
column, MARION HARLAND.
The Washington times., 1905-02-12

They tell US that St Valentine really
hasn't anything to do with the love end
of the day, that valentine" is only
corruption of "galatin," an old word for
gallant, or lover And then St Nalen-
tines name matched" 50 nicely that,
in spite of the fact that he's hopelessIy
mixed up with children, he was chosen
as the patron saint of sweetheart, too.
Poor old austere saint How would he
have felt to think that hearts would be
his emblem!
At any rate, lovers and children have
it between them on the 18th of Feb
ruary, and the little blind god Cupid
revels both in the love and the fun
But--back to partiesi
N0thing'S quite so nice for the girl
who's engaged as a luncheon. and to it
ask her nearest and dearest friends,
especially those she has asked to be
her bridesmaids.
PINK Iuncheons have been given so
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
T"ISvS0<uoe "Nll|- ..y31 aIsa/y A<Ie,z-Es

housewife may entertain three times
as mary guests and win golden opinions
of her ability as caterer and entertainer.
She scores not one but several good
points in seizing upon an occasion to
be improved" by the festive gathering
a Valentine High Tea sounds a note
of good, gay cheer. predisposing the
prospective guests to hilarity. The idea
is not hackreyed: the fact that they are
hidden by young people insures freedom
from strict conventionalities. For it
gees without saying that the guests
must all be youthful-comparati
and single.
St Valentine has no dealings with the
welded. Mating is his business. and he
sticks to it. There must, also. be an
equal number Of young men and maid
ens-ten or twelve of each, if our fat
or cottage Will hold so many The
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
White Fruit Cake.

One cup Of butter, two cups of sugar,
one cup % sweet milk. two and a half
cups of -four, whites of seven eggs, two
even teaspoonfuls Of baking powder, one
pound eaeh of seedless (Sultana) raisins
figs and bianched almonds; e-quarter
pound of citTon; all chopped fine.
Mix all thoroughly before adding fruit;
add teaspoonfuI of lemon extract
Put the baking powder in the -four and
mix well before adding to the other In
gradients. Sift g little -four over the
fruit before stirring it in. Bake slow
ly two hours AID try with a splint to
see when it Is cone. a cupful Of grated
cocoanut is a nice addition to this cake.
The Washington times., 1905-02-12

decorations of table and rooms must be
spring flowers. These need not be eIab-
crate. for dafod1ls and hyacinths are ex-
pensive. Married Mary is fortunate If,
in anticipation Of the fiesta she has
raised a dozen hyacinths in glasses from
budding bulbs bought six weeks ago.
The infiexible needles of pine and spruce,
even the more graceful running cedar,
are inadmissible; the rubber plant
would be a vile solecism. She may how
ever, wreathe pictures and candeiabra
with the compldisant smiIax.
Before the valentine rush begins let
her provide herself with several sizes
and patterns of heart-shaped cake c1;-
ters and molds. The day before the
affair let her make bounteous store Of
small cakes. cut and nodded with
these. For reasons will show present
~. liberal proportion of these should
be sDonSe. therefore butterless. hearts
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
Millel Chocolate.

When the chocolate has boiled twenty
minutes, and before the milk goes in,
take It from the fire and with it more
than half fill a glass egg -beater which
has been prepared for the scalding liquid
by dipping and riusing it in hos water
Churn vigorously for five minutes. re-
turn to the saucepan and set in hot wa
ter while you mill the rest. if you
have too much for the chuTn- Add the
hot milk and cook for five minutes after
the chocolate reaches the boil.
Milling makes the beverage lighter in
The Washington times., 1905-02-12

tard and a quarter of a teaspoonfuI of
paprika- When the mixture is smooth
and light set in a saucepan of boiling
water over the fire and cook until it is
thoroughly heated. Beat IN the yolk Of
a whipped egg take from the fire and
set by until perfectly cold. Spread be-
tween slices of bread.
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
vICISsITUDEs OF HOUSEKEEPING

Mrs Hettie Green, the noted dnan-
cier. was talking about the vicissitudes
of housekeeping
Accidents occur In housekeeping she
said. ''as distressing and horrible as any
that occur in the world of finance.
"A woman Of Bellows Falls gave a
party last year Pie was served at ths
party-apple pie with the crust very
prettily ornamented.
''The woman called the cook into the
dining room
Mary she said. thus crust looks
very nice. How did you scalIoD IL so
beautifully?
With your false teeth num-, tha
eaak answered. Cincinnati Enquirer,
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
A POINTED QUESTION.

Nell is a little girl who is allowed to
1in the diners at her house when there
e guests on the stipulation that she
I'll keep very quiet
u several occasions the little girl
refused dessert. on the ground that
vas not good for her
entity. when there were not n few
at dinner at the house in ques-
he Eoungster, having obtained
ion to speak, naiyely asked;
er, viii the dessert hurt me. or
enough to go round? d?'-Collier $.
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
Sardine Sandwiches.

Lay the sardines upon tissue paper for
few minutes to free them from the oil
in which they come. Reject all bits of
skin or bone, and break the sardines to
bits with a fork. Work into them a lit
tie melted butter and a few drops of
lemon juice. and spread them upon but
tered bread or rolls
The Washington times., 1905-02-12

rose, violet. and about fifty others.
stngty or blended, to produce the desired
effect These synthetic perfumes are
usually in concrete form, and must first
be dissolved In alcohol, glycerin, vase
line, etc, and then worked into The soap
after the latter has been boiled and is
cold or nearly. The alcohol, etc. should
be warmed from 10l to 122 degrees Fahr-
enheit TO effect solution. and from -
TO ! per cent solid concrete mixed with
the soap or less.
Any druggist viii get them for you.
w. A. NJ EInWnrd (,itY Mich !
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
Egg Sandwiches.

Mash the yolks of hard-boiled eggs to
a powder and moisten with olive oil and
a few drops OF vinegar. Work TO
paste. and add salt, pepper and French
mustard to taste. with a drop or two of
tabasco sauce Now chop the whites OF
the eggs as fine as possible Cor until
they are all like coarse POWDER and mix
them with the yolk paste. If more sea-
soning is necessary, add it before
spreading the mixture upon sliced gra-
ham bread.
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
A White Fruit Cake.

In response to the request OF Mrs. J.
w c., (Kentucky), 1 inclose herewith
{. recipe for white fruit cake that have
had for years While it does not ex-
actly fill the requirements, yet the figs
and citron may be exchanged for can
died pineapple and orange peel, and /
think viii be about what you want. AS
ii is it makes a splendid cake.
MRS. w. (Clinton. Iowa..
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
The Things That Help Make q Salad
The |

- ALADS are becoming almost as
r. popular over here in America as
they are all over Europe, where
a meal without salad is almost
bread without butter. And, in
quence, salad sets and odd con-
ices for preparing the salad have
invented.
newest decorations for salad
are large ffowerS-great roses
)pies in glowing coloTs. with gold
I'd edges And three new shapes
been brought out-a low, squatty
18th sides dented in a little in six
something like a rounded hex
agon. if such a shape be possible. or
even imaginable.
The other two are built up On little
stands.
SaIad-shakers are the most sensible
things that have been invented for
many moons. Plump your head Of let
tuce in and close the shaker, then
souse 1t up and down In a bowl of cold
water-or wash in, first-and then
shake until the water is thoroughly
got rid of and your salad is just barelv
moist, but crisp and fresh as it should
be.
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
Waldorf Sandwiches.

Toast slices Of bread to a nice brown;
while hot spread with butter ana put
between the slices a lettuce leaf, some
cold chicken cut in thin slices, a Few
chopped olives and pickles, some slices
of hot crisp bacon, layer of salad
dressing, another lettuce leaf and the
other slice of toast
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
CAT. All Lat.

one-half cupful of ground coffee. two
cupfuls of boiling water. one cupfui and
a half of fresh milk.
Make the coffee in the usual way
Strain into a coffee pot or pitcher. add
the milk, scaiding hot. and set for FIVE
minutes, closely covered in boiling wa
ter
The Washington times., 1905-02-12

often on st. Valentines Day that red
as the color is welcome change, and.
too, makes up the cheeriest sort of a
table. But either red or pink is cor
rect''-according to Cupid.
Have plenty of hearts-you can't get
The Washington times., 1905-02-12

Here is something that we like. When
cook a pot roast or a beef loaf / pour
the contents Cor part of a can Of toma-
toes over 1t while cooking. II will be
almost entirely absorbed by the meat
while cooking, and gives a very nice
flavor. NJ. b. T. (EiYanSton, Ill.).
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
Peanut Sandwiches.

Shell and skin freshly roasted peanuts
and roll them TO fine crumbs on a pas
try board. Add salt 10 taste, and mix
the powdered nuts with enough fresh
cream cheese TO make, a. paste that can
be easily spread on uubuttered bread
Keep in cold, damp place until want
ed
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
Some Cleaning Hints.

Kindly tell me through your valuable
column how to clean and keep bright
the pipes and water fixtures {nickeI
plated in a bath room I have tried
silver polish, but it makes the pipes
black
2. Also. how to take crude oil stains
from bed linens.
8. How TO clean yellow window shades
1. How TO soak clothes before wash
ing: and do you think they are better
when soaked over night? Please answer
at your convenience
A NEW MEMBER.
Chestnut Hill. Philadelphia
We" use a silver polish, scraped to a
powder. made into 4 paste with kero-
sene. applied with q flannel cloth, left
70 dry for a few minutes. then polish
with d dry flannel. The nickel keeps
beautifully bright under this treatment.
2. Cover the spots with fuIler's earth
vet up with household ammonia. Leave
it 'ght: brush off the paste and
Nrax soap.
ean yellowed shades or
buff originally? In
YOU have an excep-
d them TO "a pro-
Jot one washer
do up Holland
lg them run askew
/ tepfd water, rub
worst spots ana
morning rinse be-
sual way.
The Washington times., 1905-02-12

Wooden spoons and forks are really
better to use than silver. for acids
have no effect upon the wood. Inter
esting she pes are made, elahora tely
carVed-S.yiss fashion, with fruits and
foWers-with just little knobs left on.
as though the twigs had been roughly
chopped off and the ends Smoothed
down.
But a mixer for mayonnaise is the
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
Chicken, Nut, and Mushroom Sand
Wiches

Mince the white meat of a roast chick
en- and mix it with half can of French
musfrooms, chopped fine, and d half
cuEful of chopped English walnuts Sea-
sor To taste with pepper and salt. and
moisten with melted butter. Put the
mixture between slices OF whole wheat
bread
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
Dishes for the Valentine Festivities

color and in weight, and Is thought by
epicures to render 1t far more delicate
and delicious. Put a heaping teaspoon
fui of whipped cream upon each cupfuI
when poured out
The Washington times., 1905-02-12

most satisfactory of the new inven- I
tions- a little compartment at the side
regulates the flow of oil so that 1t goes |
in drop by drop, and "beater,' con-
tr0Ied by hand-wheeI, mixes without |
the effort that the endless stirring with |
a fork entails.
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
Tongue and Ham Sandwiches.

Mix a cupful Of finely chopped tongue
with half as much minced boiled ham.
beat in three tablespoonfuls of melted
butter. half a teaspoonful OF made mus
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
AnehovY Sandwiches.

Spread thin slices of bread with a very
little butter. Cover this with thin
layer of anehevy paste. Minee finely
some olives and use for filling.
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
Housewives Needs Discussed in Cour
Tomato and Pot Roast.

ali petitioners. it goes to my soul to
waste room in vain repetitions.
The Washington times., 1905-02-12


sand wiches and cakes
Our young mistress. with the
help of a maid-of-all-work, may
accomplish successfully a little
dinner OF four, or. at most, six
covers" as the English put it.
We say -four or six people at
table" The hostess may be a
clever manager. her maid ex-
pert in her part. Nevertheless,
the dinner is an undertaking.
Some day we win talk it over,
for such functions must needs
be. once in a good many whiles.
For one-fourth OF the expense
and one-third of the work our
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
st. Valentine Luncheons.

- T. VALENTINES DAY is the
- incest day in all the year to give
affairs in honor Of friends who
have announced their engage
ents. For the day belongs to lovers,
: rights.
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
A Mothers Questions.

VIII you please tell me how to clean
white corduroy cap?
2 Also, spots from q, chiidis blue serge
suit and broadcIoth coat. The broad
cloth has been sponged. Would the coat
shrink If washed?
3. My little boy has been hoarse for
two months; he does not cough. I have
given him medicine prescribed by our
physician. but ii does not relieve him. If
you could send ne remedy, l would be
very grateful.
Wili you also tell me how I can take
a spot Of camphorated oil out Of an in
grain carpet?
Also, how to make cracker-jac as [
don't like to buy that from the stores.
CONSTANT READER (Streator, I'D.
/ should clean the cap by rubbing in
block magnesia of the best quality un-
til the stuff will hold no more. Shut
the cap up in a box for three days, then
brush and shake.
2. Sponge the spots with a mixture
Of equal parts of alcohol and ether, then
with household ammonia.
g. Scrub the spot with soap and water
TO get the dust out. Rub in fuller's
earth while the carpet is damp. and,
haYi'.g thoroughly coated the place, let
1t alone two days before brushing it off.
q. 1 should not dare prescribe for
child where the physicians have failed
Buff pUssible-teach him to breathe
through the mouth and deeply, and rub
chest, bronchial tubes, and throat, night
and morning. with alcohol. using a bit
~ed flannel to apply it,
of making cTacker-jack is
-'f mo-
The Washington times., 1905-02-12

I wish 10 know what to feed my baby
on; also how soon can Wean him? lie
WAS six months old the 9TH Of January.
He has never been sick, and IS very
large. He weighed twenty-three and q
half pounds when three months old,
eleven pounds at birth. and now he is
to handle him. He is too big for my
lap. He has six teeth tfour upper, two
lower) and four more are nearly
Through. All the teeth seem to be in
the gums. He is more like a aten-months'-
old child, and the only place / can have
him is on the floor. He could sit alone
at five months, and now he rolls around.
trying TO creep.
I have been nursing him, but he is too
much for me. I began 10 feed him q
month ago. ] tried the bottle, and gave
him plenty OF milk, but ii did not sat
isfy him, So now / feed him bread and
milk. oatmeal, rice. and sago and nurse
water TO drink also. He does not like
farina. and prefers something he can
chew.
I was getting weak trying to nurse
him. and 1 am about as thin as pos
sible- His father wants me to wean him
entirely.
chickens; and can le have y
he digests everything ht
waist measure IS twenty-t
over his night dress. Hi:
called one-year size, and he
X PROUD MOTHER
To nurse that infant 81
no good. and is. as you acl
injury 10 yourself. Since
and 10 such good purpo
fed safely with farinaceoI
a sensible giant in liking
can chew For drink 81
sterilized milk he wants
the bread and milk. rice
oatmeal should be boile
and to jelly. before
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
Feeding a Big Baby.

The formula for this delicious cake
will be found in its appropriate place.
The Washington times., 1905-02-12

painting a house. They now use s,..-
thetlc perfumes, such as synthetic oil of
The Washington times., 1905-02-12

him Don't vary his diet
tax his digestive powers b!
and potatoes to his bill-of-f
enough alone, when the
Is plainly the best thing
trust potatoes for babies
irritate the intestinal ca .-
tain less nourishment tha-
usually credited with
Wean him gradually, nursing him at
night. should he be awake, and not
during the day. and, little by little, sub
sututing Il drink of milk or water for
the breast when he awakes- He will
soon cease to demand It, and sleep all
night