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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-11-13
MINERS NOME BRING STRANGE STORY OF HOW IN
dams ARE oRueeso AND Hossso OF THEIR CATCH

canoe After much hardship and
suffering they reached n point north
of Nome
FIERCE QUARREI.s.
The natives also state that the
loss uf their fish ~ not the worst
phase of the trouble. Fierce quar-
rels aud fights result when the saw
ages become Intoxicated. and ses-
eral have been cut and slashed in
a terrible fnanner and often barely
escape with their lives.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-11-13

MILWAUKEE. via. May is-Judge
Quarles, IN the federal court this
morning. sustained the demurrers Go
two indictments against Coll. Bigc-
lows assistant. leaving ten more. The
charge ls completely.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-11-13

STOCKHOLM. Nov 1s.-Seven-
teen Jewish refugees have arrived
from Russia with $50, 1000. 600 in cash.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-11-13
Franchise Causes Warm
Debate In Committee

corrERlLL JARS SEATTLE ELECTRIC BUNCH AHnousc.
THAT THREE PARTIES HAVE Spoken HIM ABOUT
LINES INTO CITY OVER sEcoso-DoN-
ADMITS THAT MUNICIPAL SYSTEM WOULD PUT
SEATTLE ELECTRIC COMPANY OUT or BUSINESS
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-11-13
PIERCE QUARREIs.

Fair Torsnh, and Tuesday, Light 10
Fresh East TO Southeast Winds.
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
The Den as a Spare Room,

Sometimes you can only contrive a
den by giving over to it the one spare
room you have and arranging things in
such d way that it may be turned back
again into spare room when occasion
demands. But it's worth while going TO
the trouble to arrange it. and easy
enough. too
The bed is the most important thing
to contrive. for, no matter what things
you may have in your den, you can't
have bed without absolutely destroy
ing the character of the room And
thing in the world 10 steep on for sew
eral nights running.
Some people get around the question
by using folding beds, bat the most
satisfactory thing of all IS a low cot-bed
with woven wire springs and a good
mattress-the whole thing, legs and all.
OF the couch-cover, which is held in
place by black safety-pins, hidden under
folds.
When the room is needed for bed
stripped off and the bed made up ex-
actly like any other bed. with thc covers
tucked in at the foot, which can't be
done with 4 couch.
But in getting the cot-bed be sure 10
get one without posts or rims at top
and bottom A couch is without these
rims, and substitute should be, too.
Don't make the mistake, either. Of
filling the space under the imitation
couch with boxes of things that you ~
under your spare-Toom bed. and Will
have to be carried away every time
you make the room do guest service
or apologized for as bad housekeeping.
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
Get Them in Glass.

Tomatoes, waen canned, are the least
objectionable of the class So far as 1
have pushed my researches for the
presence OF deleterious ingredients IN
troduced by those who manipulate them
for the market, they are comparatively
some brands entirely-free from salicy-
lie acid and the like presergatives. or
course. with these as with other vege-
tables, fruits, soups, aid meats, there
are brands and brands. Some turn out
superfiuity of liquid, many unr1pe Jumps
and bits of skin mingled with the pulp.
Note the name and address of the manu-
facturer and avoid the brand in future.
The housewife who takes advantage of
her own tomatoes, rejecting cores
and nard pieces, and draining off half
the juice, wifi fare best on this score
When yol. oIy them, give the prefer
ence, if you can afford it, to tomatoes
put up in glass. The natural acid some
times forms an unholy alliance with the
metals of-the cans.
Were I TO describe the scaliops, cro-
quotes, rissoles, buildings. bisoues and
other variations of lobster and salmon,
which would tickle the palates of the
eaters. and CRAFTY the ambition of the
housemother. I should present the best
advertisement of canned goods" ever
spread before the American reading pub
lie. Were 1 tc expatiate upon the ease
with which the ''tinny'' taste can be
eliminated from canned succotasf, and
how can Of corn and another of beans
may be aired and combined into stfll
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
Hoxro nAmrn oFrHnEH ApoA EaAREp
HOW TO MAKE THE BEST OF THE PRESERVED FOODS
FOODS AND SOME ERRORS TO BE GUARDED AGAINST

is used in their works, in proof whereof
they invite chemical analysis / am
the more willing TO believe this because
in mid-winter hundreds of families IN
The country and among the poorer
classes of town residents are obliged
to depend upon canned vegetables for
variety in a diet of sailed meats, cab
bage, onions. and potatoes.
Next week I shall speak of the need
of a winter fare of greenstuffs and
fruits. Now. I propose to show how the
reproach may be lifted In part from air
tight esculents kept over from the
fruiting season. We get very tired of
them when served au naturel for days
together No matter how good they
may be. they are an Indifferent substi-
tute for the things whose names they
bear. Since we have them and must
use them, if only for their antiscorbutic
properties. let us study ways and means
for making the best of Them The poor
est of the tribe is a vast improvement
upon the time when desiecation was
the one method practiced for preserva-
ton. for winter use, Of green vegetables,
The Washington times., 1905-01-29

while preserving in syrup, vinegar. and
spirits was resorted to for keeping
fruits III palatabIe form for tbs table.
Sweet corn was dried when nearly hard,
and had to be soaked over night. then
boiled for a long time before 1t could
be eaten. After all. it was hardly an
improvement upon the coarser hominy.
Tomatoes, peaches, plums. cherries. and
pears lost most of their distinctive
flavor through long exposure TO the sun
and subsequent soaking and stewinS.
While the demand for canned goods
may not have lessened throughout the
country, it is undeniable that there is a
growing disrelish for them in the minds
of people of dainty and cultured tastes
and this not so much for the reason
given in the discussion, viz, the belief
that they are not wholesome, as be
mon,' il not Improbable. People who
can i'll afford it, pay high prices for
forced vegetables, rather than set be-
fore guests the contents of cans pur-
chased at the corner grocery
Let US see If the cause of this grow
ing dislike may be not in the nature of
the thing preserved so much as in the
cooks determination TO regard it as an
end, not a means. finished product, in
stead of sen1i-raw material. The wrong
| way to serve all potted provisions is 20
| dump" them from the can or jar into
| the saucepan, and from the saucepan
! into the platter or root-dish, with no at
tempt at seasoning or enrichment.
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
Needles for Blind Women.

Would you please let me know by mail
or through the paper where l can buy
needles for blind women They can be
bought, but l have lost directions.
MRS. Il. E A. CPennsyivania).
/ could not tell you by mail if 1 had
the information. for your request is on
postal card and accompanied by no
stamp. l cannot give business addresses
In our column Since, however, your
question refers To what may be of use
to the blind, L ask it here, and should
the answers be satisfactory 1 Will send
them TO you upon receipt of a stamped
and self-addressed envelope.
If | seem to harp too often uDon this
one string il must be borne in nina that
honesty and courtesy combine TO die
tate the Enclosure of stamp when an
answer is demanded. if the letter be
upon the querist's own business And
even editors Of = benevolent turn of
mind have a choice as 10 how charity
shall be dispensed.
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
Who Can Suggest Blackboard Finish /?

When IN doubt, go TO Marion Har-
land has become quite an adage in
our family We have done so, and we
know your powers of heIpfulness.
We are very fond of --scrapple,'' and
have tried TO make 1t. but dc not seem
to get the right proportions Can you
help me? Also how TO make a paint or
finish to make a blackboard for a
chiId2
May I send contribution
4 healing salve-Five cents worth of
mutton taliow; ore teaspoonful of boric
acid; few drops of rosewater.
Especially good for babies; heals so
quickly When bathing my little laddie
l place him on my sewing table and
sponge him, then dip him in the tub.
It is much easier for the mother than
having a bouncing baby in her lap I
wish all young mothers would try it.
MAS. r c. H. Uilinois)
Look IN next weeks paper for a re-
cipe for the far-famed Philadelphia
scrapple-which, by the way, I saw and
tasted and liked for the first time in
Indiana. Upon Inquiry, however, learn
ed that the delicacy had been brought
from Philadelphia in the trunk of a
transpIanted native Like the Virgin
ian's love for cornbread made of water
ground meal, and the Bostonian's loyal
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
Dreamed Tomato Soup.

Put cupfui of taired) tomatoes into
q saucepan with half a small onion
chopped fine and cook half an hour
after the boil begins. Strain and rub
through a colander and return to the
fire. Season with pepper, salt and a
teaspoonful of white sugar. Stir in by
degrees two tablespoonful of butter,
cut up and rubbed into two tablespoon
fuls> of -four Have ready in another
saucepan a pint of boiling milk. in
which has been dissolved a bit of soda
not larger than a pea. Let the soup
simmer for three minutes after butter
and -four go in. stirring well and often
pour into a tureen, add the boiling milk.
mix well and send to table II milk
and tomatoes are boiled together, they
will form curdled compound in spite
Of the soda.
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
Chicken Soup.

This makes a delicious bisque, when a
cupful of cold veal or a can of chicken,
chopped, is stirred in, with a half cupful
of dry. seasoned crumbs A finer soup
can be based upon chicken broth by
making egg balls, which are described
IN the next recipe, and putting them
into the boiling broth. Have ready a
eupfui of scaldins milk, stir in table
spoonful of butter rolled in one of -four,
cook one minute, and pour, a little al
time, upon two beaten raw eggs. Turn
into the tureen and add the soup and
balls.
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
A PaDer-Doll House for a Little Invalid

and fitted out iavishIy with hooks. the
backs colored yarioCsly with the same
useful box Of paints
With a sitting roo N the house viii be
quite complete enough TO suit the most
exacting of paper dolls
Hours and hours VIII have been spent
over the pastine-not your hours, for
you'll only have to start il, and suggest
from time to time. looking over maya
zines and catalogues 10 find just the
right thing for each room-hours IN
which the small girls mind viii have
been pleasantly diverted from her Ill
ness and the having 10 stay indoors,
and Yet in an amusement that is sus-
tanned without being exciting
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
A RUSSIAN coURTSHIP.

A curious custom has recently be
celebrated al Kiln. near MOSCOW
the narrfageabIe girls IN the town We
lined up in the principal street. deck
out in their simple fnery. many
Them also having with them the s1o
of linen. household and personal. Viii
forms part of their dowry The you
men contemplating u1atrimony til
walked down The serried ranks OF be-;
" as they moved toward the chuI
and selected the girls Of their choi
A formal visit 10 the parents to arrar
details was then made in each case
a date fixed for the ceremony.
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
A True Mother.

just because it troubles You so to
see the bottom Of that drawer 50 often,
l am writing this letter. l don't expect
or write it to see it in print, as that
is not my@iiue, I'm quite sure. I. too,
am sorry for the poor mothers who are
eontented with one child or no children
at all have a treasure OF a boy seven
years old, a nd wee grille JUS seven
months, and they ill my heart to over
flowing. 1 wish that I had had my
grille long ago. How we love those
babies, And when the time comes for
another there will be lots of room for
1t, and royal welcome from every one
of us-big brother and all. When my
first baby came I was sore afraid. with
good reason, and was afraid for years,
bat 1 had two dear friends, whose sons
had reached the age of fifteen and were
taken away, and l came to my senses,
Mortified at what our home would be
without child in It, The second trial
was like going . journey and coming 10
the old landmarks. One knew what
was coming and looked forward ana was
all ready for it. It all does one good
and one is glad. / am afraid l am TAX
ing up too much of your valuable time
but I wish that mothers would only
try to feel as I do. l know lots of
them who are. just afraid for them
selves. but, after all, the babies are
well worth any pain one may suffer.
NJ. d. c. CNIs ssachusetts).
This letter is the more refreshing for
coming from a State where, we are
told, the average of children born to
native Americans is one to each house
hold Our true-hearted woman is wise
in deprecating the seven years which
separate her children. When a long in
terval elapses between births in the
same family, each baby is subjected to
the temptations and loneliness which
wait upon an only child When the
next little one comes, it is often looked
Upon as a usurper by the spoiled elder
brother or sister, and even when it is
welcome years pass before the two are
companions upon an equal footing
Let the mother who is inclined to
complain because her brood crowd
closely upon one another's heels lay to
heart the reflection that they Will be
happier, less selfish and really less
troublesome to her in days to come
for being nearer together
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
Look in Next Weeks Recipe Column.

I wish you would please give the
recipe for these three dishes:
Spaghetti a Ia Genoese.
Scotch woodcock.
Steak a la Bismarck
MISS a. (Kentuciy).
Our recipe column being full today,
postpone the publication of directions
for making Scotch woodcOck and pre-
pairing spaghetti a Ia Genoese until
next week STEAK a Ia Bismarck is a
new name to me VIII somebody send
IN the recipe2
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
Nothing Can Change the Nap.

I have black ribbed corduroy velvet
suit I had the skirt last year. and
a jacket made this year Now.
when I wear the complete suit the
jacket is much lighter than the skirt,
as the skirt is cut with the nap OF the
velvet going upward. and the jacket has
the nap going downward, and, Of course.
the sheen makes it appear much lighter.
Is there anything that I can do 10 make
the nap of the coat run upward, or can
! have anything done with il? I had
a tailor make the coat and paid good
price for ii. so I am aWfully disappoint-
go A NJ N
Be thankful that the parts OF each
garment are properly cut, the nap run
ming the same way throughout, and sub
rYIir Il, the inevitable with what grace
YOU can master Nothing can change
the trend of the nap
The Washington times., 1905-01-29

~ ONE of our readers may not have
forgotten a lively discussion we
had two years ago in this depart
ment concerning what we have
all fallen into the habit of calling
canned goods In the course of our
debate sundry unpleasant facts were
evolved that moved me then, and ever
since, to press upon housewives the
Importance of putting up fruits and
vegetables for their own family use
when this is practicable. It was proved
upon the testimony of competent chem
lists that many of the '.bleached" fruits
and such vegetables as corn and as
paragus owe color and staying quail
ties" to certain acids and salts which
are not conducive to the health of the
eaters.
One of our staff of chemical experts
announced that he found in three
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
Pea PURGE.

Canned peas should always be drained
and left to lie in very cold water, slight
ly salt, for half an hour before they are
cooked. This takes away the smoky
flavor which people are apt to consider
inseparable from American peas These
by the way, are as good for soup as the
French. which are double the price.
Put the drained peas through your
vegetable press, then proceed as with
the corn PURGE.
The Washington times., 1905-01-29

Did you ever start a paper-don ho,--
for small girl who had to -
for some weeks? i
found something tina
cupied for most of Ii
equal TO playing
Take a scrap-book,
any book that can be .,.
isn't too heavy viii do
with plenty of tissue pa
ored papers that every l
er knows and adores-
fit shouldn't cost more II
Show her how 10 make
on the inside front page
Of brick-red paper small
Go pass muster as bricks
cut out of brown Cor wa
Paste the bricks fat to the
ing the whole page. exCep,
and some steps, which she
two shades of gray paper-H GLIB
top OF the lighter and the FIR --
step of the darker.
The door must be a double
the TWO sections passed only
edges; or better still. swung o
cut ont of gilt paper, so they
and shut. Perhaps she will Gu
the front of the page beneath the
that when they are open she ca
through 10 the hall beyond.
The next two pages are the hall
should have wood carpet or III
Of bits of the paper arranged in
pie kindergarten design repeated
and over again. The upper 5'f car
''papered'' with a light color =s&
from the thing below by a $3.50
resent woodwork.
The next two DdgES-h
ro0m-wilI be more pretenti
of cutting out the windows
paper over the space dew 80
and mark the panes on
Then crush tissue paper
hands and paste it on
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
Tomato Scallop.

Drain off all the liquid that will come
away. Sprinkle the bottom OF a but
tered pie or pudding dish with dry
crumbs, sailed and peppered. Cover
with layer OF the drained tomatoes,
stick bits Of butter in this. salt and
pepper and sprinkle lightly with sugar.
Fill the dish in this order The top
layer should be fine crumbs, seasoned
and buttered. Cover closely and bake
half an hour. Then brown slightly upon
the grating Of the oven
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
Consomme Bisoue.

Heat the consomne to boiling, mince
a can of boned chicken very fine, add
small cupfuI OF breadcrumbs, season
with paprika and salt, a little onion
juice and finely minced parsley Stir to
a boil before adding half a cupfui of
cream heated with a pinch Of Soda and
big spoonful of butter rolled in -four.
Boil one minute and serve. An egg well
beaten, stirred in at the last. is an i'm
provement
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
Corn and Tomato ScalIoD.

Empty can of each and drain sep
arately in colander. Chop the corn
fine and treat as directed in the last
recipe. substituting chopped corn for
crumbs until you reach the top. when
a coating of the latter, seasoned with
pepper, salt, sugar, and butter, may be
i've minutes (coyered). then brown.
This IS palatable dish and an elegant
one when baked in ScaIlop shells.
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
Renovatlng Fine Old Chairs.

I have two chairs, cane-seated. fifty
years old odd-shaped. 1 thought OF
gliding them for odd chairs for the par
lor- VIII you please tell me how to
renovate thern2 They have been painted
black Also. what kind of seats to put
In them2 CONSTANT READER
Unless you are skilled in domestic up
hoIstery, I advise you to put the reneva-
ton into the hands OF professional. .
They VIII have to be scraped down TO
the wood to get rid OF the old paint.
then sandpapered into sTnoothEess- Have
rush bottoms gilded. and paint the
woodwork black, relieved by gilt Or,
If you prefer. nave the whole chair. rush
bottom and all. painted dark green, with
a touch Of gilt here and there
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
How to Paste the Furniture.


Perhaps you've some bits of wall pa
er; they will make stunning carpets
d papers for these rooms. Paper the
,m, about half way down, in d light
or and carpet with little darker
W Then some gaily colored scrap
Ires-sman-are TO be pasted on the
and outlined with fancy frames
* rom the gilt paper a Persian rug
cut out OF a catalogue or an ad-
,ment. colored with the useful wa
lor paints and spread upon the
reId in place by a drop of muci-
\ grand piano Will be found in
p advertisement and give the
4rIor an air and. last of all.
ture-chairs and sofa and cab
out and pasted tightly to the
ste the furniture fat: just n
.-.- 3ste Will hold them and make
ok more like a real room.
room can be furnished from
Doks. and should be pApered
1 TO be a contrast TO the
win be a delight 10 do.
n il comes to pasting the
and pans in the cup
must be furnished with
II cut from the cata-
proved upon so that
and shut. or made of
oat doors Inside Will
- and hats OF the pa
are to tuhabie the house.
or four bedrooms should be
:, each papered and furnished with
sa.s.iet, chairs, wardrobe bed, and bu-
l. Then library should be made
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
Green Pea Pancakes.

Drain a can of peas. lay in slightly
sailed ice water for half an hour Pour
off the water and boil soft. Rub through
a colander. and, while hot. work in
pepper, salt, and two teaspoonfuIs OF
butter. Let them get cold. When ready
to cook them, stir in, gradually. two
beaten eggs. a pint of milk and a very
little ffour-jUst enough 10 bind the mix
tuFe. Cook as you would griddle cakes.
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
Mock Turtle Soup.

Add four hard-boiled eggs cut into
eighths, glass of cIaret. the juice of
half lemon, or a lemon peeled, then
sliced thin this last to be laid on the
surface after the soup is dishedl, a tea
spoonful of boiling water and such ad-
end pepper as your taste
care to
t-e ~ Of the
paste.
of mus
49, with the
tst< = rex hands,
ta ais, and
Simmer
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
Window Kitchen Gardens

a woman who finds II hard to &c
enough fresh parsley 10 use IN IN 2
winter started a little parsley bed IN
box, which she keeps IN an upstaii 3
room window In this way she mas a
she needs. and plenty for the extra Oh s.
she likes 10 put on dish 10 oress II u
She has only 10 sfVe 1t plenty OF ~Stts
and occasionally work the soil q HttI
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
Canned Pea Soufde.

Drain the peas and mash with two
tablespoonful Of melted butter. Beat
three eggs light and stir into them
pint of milk and the mashed peas Sea-
son with salt and pepper. beat hard and
turn into a creased pudding dish. Bake,
covered, for twenty minutes; uncover
and brown Serve this souffle as soon
as 1T is removed from the oven.
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
Green Corn Pudding.

Drain a can Of corn and chop very
fine Make a raw custard Of four eggs.
wei beaten; two teaspoonfuls OF sugar,
three cups of milk and a dessertspoon-
full Of melted butter. Season the corn
with salt and little pepper. Mix all
well together and bake, covered. forty
five minutes; then brown.
The Washington times., 1905-01-29

tablespoonfuls of preserved pears
enough salicylic acid for a strong dose
for an adult. From one canning es-
tablishment l received the formula for
a powder warranted to preserve vege-
tables etc, sent in ingenious good faith
One of the principal ingredients was
saiicylic acid
I am assured by several reputable
canning firms that nothing OF the kind
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
X " Housewives Gather Around The Council Table X X

ty to baked beans, fondness for scrap
pie "abides and endures" in the PhiIa-
delphian's heart.
May you send contribution" As
many as you please and whenever the
spirit moves you
In consideration Of the good turn You
have already done rs and moved by a
lively sense Of gratitude for fayoFs 10
come-wm scnebody-or SomsbodieS-an-
swer the query anent Blackboard paint2
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
Must Have the Air.

1t ought not TO be necessary for me to
repeat again and here as an invariable
rule that canned meats. fruits. vege-
tables. soups, etc, should be turned out
of the vessels in which they were pre-
served at least one hour before they are
cooked, or sent to table, and left in
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
Canned Corn PURGE.

Chop the corn very fine, add a scant
quart OF boiling water and a teaspoonfrI
Oh nineeo onion. Stew steadily for
three-quarters Of an hour after ii
reaches the boil. Rub through a coian-
der into saucepan, add salt, pepper.
three tablespoonfuis of butter rolled In
as much -four and a tablespoonful OF
chopped parsley. Heat in another yes
sci q pint OF milk. and when the corn
mixture has simmered five minutes