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Alaska sentinel., 1909-02-04
snort Suggestions.

Cold cereals can be fried the same as mush; serve with gravy
 Nickel may be kept bright by being rubbed with wool saturated in ammo | mia.
 A weak solution of turpentine poured down the water pipes once week will drive the water bugs away.
 A teaspoonful of butter put Into the water in which vegetables are boiling will prevent them from bubbllng over.
 Rub the white spots made by wet or hot dishes on your polished tables with spirits of camphor. It will remove them.
 When brushing a room, sweep toward the fireplace, otherwise the draft from the chimney draws the dust in that d. rection.
 Take iron mold out of marble thus i: Wet the spots with lemon juice or with oil of yitriol, let it remain for a quar- ter of an hour, then rub dry with a soft cloth.
 Sweet apples will cook better and have a more delicious flavor If little lemon juice or pure cider vinegar is added.
 If lettuce is kept for several hours 1t should be laid on a wet towel and placed on the cellar floor or In the refrigerator.
 A recipe for paste that will never dry or turn sour Is one teaspoonful of powdered alum and ten drops of cloye oil, added to a pint of smooth, thick paste.
 Table or any other linen that Is stained with raw egg should be well soaked In cold water first, as the hot water would set the egg.
 Picture wire may be used instead of tape to gather curtains on. Double back the end and the wire will rub smoothly. Curtains run on wide do not sag in the middle.
 Try wet tea laayes as means of destroying cocllI -aches Just squeeze these with the hands and lay on sheets of paper near the hearth when shutting up for the night. The cockroaches go to the leaves and the tannin kills them
Alaska sentinel., 1909-02-04
THIS IS A FAIR FOR LOVERS.
How the Maids of Luxemburg Choose
 Their Future Husbands.

How the Maids of Luxemburg Choose
 Their Future Husbands.
 Every year. on the first Thursday In December, the peasants of the province of Luxembourg flock into its chief town Arlon, in char-a-bancs, carts and every other description of vehicle in order to attend the "loyers' fair" The young people strike up acquaintance, while their parents exchange condolences as to the possibility of match. The young men, who invariably are dressed in their best black clothes, offer pres ents to the girls of their choice and even go so far as to claim a formal engagement. These operations take place openly in streets, In houses of re freshment and in the public gardens.
 All this, however. Is only a prelim mary and of but slight interest com pared with what follows, says the Kan sas City Star. If two young folks be come mutually attracted at this fair" the respective families apply to mar riage broker, or, as he Is called, "a holy man." This person becomes the hon. ored guest In the house of the parents of both contracting parties. He makes himself acquainted with their exact so- cial position, their habits of lie, their tastes; transmits these details to the "other side" indicates how housekeep- ing may be best started on the given conditions in short, he fixes up" the marriage. These brokers or holy men are generally counted as frst-rate trenchermen and wine swallowers All the same, they are held in consid erable esteem by the two families, at whose tables they are accorded the place of honor.
 A month later-that Is to say, on the first Thursday In the New Year-there is a second fair at Arlon. Here the lovers formally plight their troth, the families give their mutual consent to the union, and the broker receives his uneration-consisting of a commis- sion on the amount of the dowry. and in accordance with an ancient custom pair of top boots and top hat
Alaska sentinel., 1909-02-04
5000 for an Experience

We will pay for original recipes from your experience with Electric Floating Soap.
 In the busy days of the housewife many little cleaning problems come up which are made easy by the use of Electric Floating Soap. We know of scores of them; we want 10 know of more. We want you to tell us in not more than 150 words about cleaning work you have found Electric Floating Soap especially good for. It can be a time-saying way you have found for washing woodwork, or glassware, or fabrics-no idea will be excluded be- cause of its simplicity.
 We will pay for every recipe received.
 For the best one we will pay BIO. % in cash; for the second best $500; and for the next ten best, Sl % each. To others we will send useful premium "a beautiful picture ready for fram ing
 There are no strings to this offer i; no ''ifs" or 'maybes, and no limit to the number of recipes that may be submitted by any one person. The only condition is that we want the information to be from actual exper- fence with the soap, so send with each recipe five wrappers from Electric Floating Soap.
 This offer closes Jan. 5th, 1909, 9,and awards will be made Feb. 1st.
 Send your letter at once to
 w J. BERNARD CO.,. 2526 9th Ave So.. Seattle. Washington.
Alaska sentinel., 1909-02-04
Canned Whole Tomatoes.

Take small very firm tomatoes {; scald and remove the skins; put them In a stew-pan, just one layer close to- gether; turn boiling water over them ; let them cook so they are thoroughly heated through, but not so they will go to pieces Afterward put them in wide mouth jars; fill up with the juice in which they were cooked. Seal and put 'u a cool. dark place.
Alaska sentinel., 1909-02-04
Cheese Pudding.

Mix together in basin half pound of cheese, one tablespoonful of flour, two tabespoonfuls of bread crumbs, salt, pepper ad paprlka to taste, add one cupful of boiling milk. one heaping teaspoonful of butter, the yokes of two eggs and the whites stitfly beaten. Mix gently, pour into a buttered pudding dish and bake for fifteen minutes in a moderate oven. Serve hot.
Alaska sentinel., 1909-02-04
tireatness.

There is kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune. It is q certain air which distinguishes us and seems to destine us for great things. It is a price which we imperceptibly set on ourselves. By this quality we usurp the deference If other men, and 1t puts us, in general, more above them than birth, dignity O. even merit itself La Rochefoucad.
Alaska sentinel., 1909-02-04
PickIed Exgs and Beets.

Boil six beets until tender, being careful to have them keep their color. Remove the skins and slice. Boil one dozen eggs, remove shells, add to the beets and cover with vinegar, and add little salt. Will be ready to eat ip one day.
Alaska sentinel., 1909-02-04
Baked Eggs.

Heat tablespoonful of butter in a small granite pan; when hot break in as many eggs as you wish cooked, sea son with salt and pepper and pour over enough sweet cream 10 cover eggs Place In the oven for q few minutes.
Alaska sentinel., 1909-02-04
old Theory Confirmed.

Tommy, whose nose was out of joint had been permitted to see the new baby in Its bath.
 "Where's his other leg?" he asked eyeing the infant with strong disfavor
 Its doubled up under him." ex plained the nurse.
 "Yesw he snorted. "Jes' like d. blamed stork what brung i'm Pluck
Alaska sentinel., 1909-02-04
Barley Soup.

Soak for twelve hours one teacup ot carefully cleansed pearled barley. Drain; cover with pints of boiling water, add a teaspoon of salt, tea cup of seeded raisins and the grated rind and juice of an orange; set on the back of the range and simmer for three to five hours, adding water as It cooks away.
Alaska sentinel., 1909-02-04

When a man Is badly in need of a shave, and his beard Is of a sandy color, he looks worse than If his beard Is of any other color.
Alaska sentinel., 1909-02-04
Bad.

"What was the worst crush you ever got into?"
 ''The scramble for the morning mail at the summer hotel. ."-Detroit Free Press.
Alaska sentinel., 1909-02-04

HOWARD E. BURTON. Assayer and Chemist, II Leadville. Colorado. Specimen Prices: Gold. Silver, Lead. s1.90; Gold, Silver 75c; Gold. 50c; Zine or Copper. ,$l. Cyanide Tests. Mailing En- velopes and full price list sent on application. Control and Umpire work solicited. Reference: Carbonate National Bank
Alaska sentinel., 1909-02-04

ETC St. Vitus Dance and Nervous Diseases FlIo permanently cured by Dr. Kline s Great Nerve Restorer. Send for FREE $2.Oo trial bottle and treatise. Dr. K. H. Kline, Id. 93l Arch St. Philadelphia, Pa.
Alaska sentinel., 1909-02-04

A farmer would rather drive twen ty-fiye miles than write letter.
Alaska sentinel., 1909-02-04
Onion ErfcaaneS.

Wash and peel some onions. put them to stew slowly in little boiling water, to which has been added little salt. Cook till tender, then add half pint of milk. one dessertspoonful of -four, which has been moistened with little milk, and one heaping table spoonful of butter. Boil for five min. ptes and serve with boiled potatoes.
Alaska sentinel., 1909-02-04
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The sure and safe corn cure. Re- lieves pain and inflammation instantly. It is dangerous to cut corns. Get Cornicide from your druggist. Send 25c to Cornicide Co.,, GOA Pike St., Seattle.
Alaska sentinel., 1909-02-04

Mothers will find Rts. Winslow's Soothing syrup the pest remedy to use for tDelr cnlloreI Iurlng the teething period.
Alaska sentinel., 1909-02-04

About all a war is good for is to help the class in geography.
Alaska sentinel., 1909-02-04

cooks away.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-06

The other favorite live stock crop is the hog. The hog has
been called the farmers savings bank. They will consume any
excess Of food that may be produced on the farm, but we fancy
that the proper way to raise hogs is to have adequate pasturage
for them. Some years ago Hon. W. l. Foster, formerly a mem
Der of the Railroad Commission Of this State, stated at one OF the
annual meetings Of the Louisiana State Agricultural Society, that
he was APPLE to raise three thousand pounds OF pork from one acre
of land planted in alfalfa and this with the use OF practically no
corn whatever the alfalfa being so nearly a characterization that IT
practically did the work necessary to produce tat hogs 1t certain
ly ought to be easier in the Parish Of Plaquenines to raise hogs
than in the Parish of Caddo. Our climate is warmer, more equabte
and we have a more prolific growth of grass, but we presume that
alfalfa does not flourish here nearly as we'll as it does in the VAL
ley Of the Red River. At the same time there have been several
good fields of alfalfa on the Lower Coast and that leguminous crop
has not had the attention here that it deserves, With adequate
pasturage and with a moderate amount Of low grade rice, stack
burned or otherwise damaged, Or with home grown corn, or with
low grade molasses, the hogs can be fattened and it would be quite a
number of years bsfore any one engaged in hog farming in the
Parish of Plaquemines would find himself without amarket. They
seem to be always in demand and to bring good prices.
If the planters and farmers of the Parish Of Plaquemines
would get into an appreciative mood and reflect on the wonderful
advantages that they have, there would be far less complaint in
this parish as to the industrial results than there is now. Our
lands are superior to those of California, that sell at $500 per acre
and wherein crops can only be produced with irrigation Water, the
right to which costs either 500 per acre for permanent right, or
S. per acre at an annual tax, Our lands can produce more mater
ial than any other lands that we know of in the United States and
we have seen most OF, then, and yet our land remains still in large
bodies which when sold can only bring relatively low prices. We
believe that a better day is dawning upon this parish and that we
shall begin the better TO appreciate our own resources. The Low
Err COAST GAZETTE was created for that purpose and is willing.
to do it's share of the good work and asks the cooperation Of every
one interested in the welfare Of our peninsular parish.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-06
Weather Review OF January 1909,

Dr.. !, M, Cline of the u. S. Weather Bureau in New Orleans,
has issued his monthly meteorological summary of weather condi-
tons at the New Orleans station during January just passed.
From this we learn that the mean temperature OF January was
584 F, against a mean temperature for this month during the last
thirty-f years of AF. There have been very few warmer Jan
uarys than that Of 1909, DR.. Cine's report indicating the mean
Temperature OF, January 1876 as 81 F.. January 1880 and 1882 at
60 F, with January 1890, the best cane year in our records, at %
F, and January 1907 at So F. There have been some cold Januarys
1886 breaking the January record with its 46 F. and 1884, pre-
ceeding it by two years, with an avearge temperature of At F
1892 which was regarded as a good cane year, the January
mean was 40 F. The average maximum temperature OF
January just passed was 65.9 F., several days indicating quite a
high temperature and notably January q, with 70 degrees and Jan
uary "a, with 70 degrees F. The average mini mum temperature
was 5O.8F, with the lowest figure, that OF 20 F., on the closing
day of the month, and 80 F., the day before.
The total rainfall during January at the New Orleans Station
was 7.72 inches and of this 2.33 inches fell in the "a hours of Janu-
ary IA, and Is. The average Of January for %thirty-nine years has
been IA inches of rain. January has frequently been quite a
disagreeahle month, so far as it's rainfall was concerned and in
1881. Just after the snow fall in January and at the time that New
Orleans was overflowed from the rear with lake water, a rainfall
of II. Is inches occurred. Again, in January 1883, a rainfall of
TO- SO inches occurred. There have also been some very dry Janu-
arys, that of 1902 was O97 Of an inch while in 1880 it was l.02
inches, in 1874 the rainfall was 1853, in 1898 III inches and in
1894 it was 1.76 inches.
The prevailing wind was from the North, with a total move
ment of 6155 miles.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-06
Venice.

Last Saturday Mr., and Mrs. Charlie
Marshall gave a party which was enjoy
ed by all the yonng folks of the neigh.
borhood. The following people were pres
ent. Mr.. and Mrs. ~ asquet, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. HingIe, Mrs. C. Buras, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. Marshall, Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Du
gar Misses Hermance Favret. Julia Ri
aggini, Louise Buras, Edna Buras, NJ.
Goodman, Messrs Benz. F. Biaggini, L.
Durable, and John Dugar
Mrs. A. Biaggini and son, of Buras
visited her daughter
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Clarke were visit
ed by the stork who brought them a
baby boy. Passing by he stopped at
Mrs. Tony Coludrovich, and presented
them a sweet little girl
Mr., Ernest Alberti was visitor here
last week
Miss Kate Bernard; one Of the most
charming young ladies' of Venice, left
here Saturday to spend some time in
Sun Rise
Mr.. andMrs. Eugene de Armas visited
Buras last week
Miss Jnlia Z. Buras entertained her
friends at a euchre party last Sunday
night, @
Among those who visited the Crescent
City last week, We're Mr.. and Mrs. VII
ere Buras, VIM. j, O'Brien and daugh
ter
News REACHED us of Miss c. J. Bag
gini being. promoted to third team at
L. S. N, and also of Miss B. Cogneylch
being promoted to second team
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-06

M A. Mahot was al agreeable caller
at our office this week,
A special meeting OF the Police Jury
will be held al the Court House, on
Wednesday Feb. 10 th,
: Messrs. O. 5. 'Livawiais, Aueustin
Ballay and District Attorney NE. NJ
nez were among those who attended
court here this week.
Miss EMILY Lamangue Of St. Bernard
was the guest of Miss Laura Cazalas
on Thursday last week. Mr.. Romulus
Lac Of New Orleans, was a welcome
visitor among old friends al Nenoa few
days ago. Mrs. NJ. 0. Hatton the able
teacher Of Ste. Sophie school was the
guest of Miss T. Dragon on Sunday.
Mrs. Leo Martin Of Pointe a la Hache
and sister, Mrs. Joseph Marin of New
Orleans, were the guests Of Mrs. E.
Savoie On Sunday,
This community was greatly grieved
over the untimely death of Miss Sophie
Ida Lac, which occurred on Saturday at
the home of her father, Victor Lac,
The funeral services were held in st.
Thomas Catholic Church on Sunday al
%ternoon. Deep sympathy is extended to
the bereaved,
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-06
Creole Oranges.

A narrow strip of land, some places extending but three or
four score yards bank from the levee to the salt marsh on the
south bank Of the Mississippi, below New Orleans, is one of the
very finest orang e growing sections in the United Statos. The
home of the Louisiana Sweet or Creole, as it is Boone's
Early, as it is listed in nurserynen's eatalees-1Esn which no
finer orange grows, this section, under expert orange growers,
and with the high development Of which it is capab]eis hecom-
ing one of the great orange producing sections, ranking with
Florida, California, and the new orange country OF Texas
Since the country was first set tied oranges. have been grown
along the Mississippi There were Trees prior to 1899, twenty or
thirty years old; many even older. These produced from three tosix
tarrels to the tree. The acreage was nots so great as now, however.
In the year 1899 all orange trees were killed in the most remark
able freeze the south has ever known. Men worth thousands of
dollars, through their producing orchards, awoke to find them
selves in possession Of only a few acres of land and shrveled and
dead trees Plandngbegan again at once. As a producing section this
strip Of land ranks high. No trees are over eigat years old. The Or
chards this past season grew from 200 to 350boxes to the acre. The
usual selling price is around $500 a box, through this year it has
touched bottom at S. So Sometimes it runs as high as $500 a
box. tits easy to estimate the value of an orange grove Of these
young trees at the mean production and prices given. In fact So,
900 an acre would now buy few Of these groves, Southern Or
chards and Homes.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-06
Tropical Bend.

The general topic of conversation
among the vegetable growers IS 'he
prices Of lettuce; as they are all Dusy
shipping lettuce this week.
The wedding bells will oon be ring
ing in cur naighborhood as we neal
that Mr.. VaIIy Hingle ard Miss Angela
Buras' marriage will occur soon. Many
happy anticipatlons Of Joy ape expected
when the event occurs,
The Bowers Bros. had a fine eaten
of fish recently Ii good|y humber Oh
trout, red fish and croakers.
TROPICAL Bend is quite a Stirring HUE
place as a number Of her people were
visiting Sunday. Among them were
Mrs. john Bowers ST.. wentup bNafr'
to visit her daughter Mrs Mary PEAS
Mr.. John Bowers Jr. went to New of-
leans. Miss Lorenza Buras ana on''a
Bowers went to church at Here race
Mrs. 3. O, Heinz and Onlta and Nay
Bowers. two sweet little girls went
down to Sun Rise to visit Mrs. o@s-
giri and Yrs. Ang@ CT aa
. -rav q w. L. 8
line time Witt l1r T ? sae -
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-06
Marin.

Thursday evening Mrs. Theo. Brown
entertained several of her friends de
lightfuiIy at cards, Those enjoying Mrs
Browns hospitality were Misses Oneita
O'Brien Marie and Louise Gauff,ay Mary
and Marguerite Lincoln, Ella Mongrue
Messrs George Lincoln and NJ. F.. Corley
Mrs N. O'Bmen spent several days ]
in New Orleans this week (
Sunday evening Misses Mary ard
Marguerite LintoIa and Oneita O'Brien
were called upon by Messrs Emmett
Kelly, Sidney Johnson and Oscar Ander
son.
Mr.. Walter Dustman spent last We'd
nesday with his uncle Mr.. W. h. Chauvin
Benz. Biaggini spent Saturday and
Sunday at the home Of Ms, WI. ChaG
vim.
Mrs. George Lincoln and Frank Stock
fIeth visited Mrs. l.. Gauffray's home
Tuesday night
Misses Marie ard Louise Gauffray
were quests of their aunt Mrs. NJ. Cogpe
vich T',,esday
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-06
Belair.

Miss CESSNA Allemann spent Sunday
at Linwood, visiting Mrs.E l.. Lothrop
and family O
Mr.. William Jarvie spent Wednesday
in New Orleans
One Of our negro farm hands careless
ly attempted to jumper a cane planting
cart Wednesday, while it was in motion
and falling therefrom broke his leg.
as the man had no relatives to Care fer
him he was sent to the hospital on
Thursday morning, DR.. Seagle having
in the meantime set his leg.
Mrs. Homer White Of Braman, Okla
homo, is Wishing her sister, Mrs. John
Dymoa.l.
Mr.. J. J. A. Carlee spent Monday in
Belair and sailed from New Orleans on
Wednesday or the Antilles for New
York, whence he will will sail for the
West Indies, where he will spend the
next six months.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-06
February in the Field and in the Flower Garden,

That valuable handbook, Steckler's Seeds, which. the J Steckler
ings should include general crop Of all varieties Of potatoes; grass
es cloyers and field seeds as well as sorghum; manqgel wurzel and
sugar beets, for stock feed; sweet potataes thould be planted in a
bed for sprouting for early sins. All varieties Of field corn should
be planted. In the vegetable garden the. February list includes
spinach, mustard, beets, carrots, parsnips, lleeks, early radishess
and early caulflower. Peas Of all varieties should be planted, as
well as sorreL, roquette, chervil, parsley, efess and celery, sweet
herbs and asparagus, the latter both seeds and roots. Cauliflower
cabbage, lettuce and kholrabi planted in January should not be
tranplanted, shal0ts divided and set out again; AS soon as the
cpmhers, squash aud melons, the latter three protected by glass.
Al: the end Of the month. eariycorn may be planted, including
Adams extra early, Early, Grpsby's, Dwarf Sugar. etc. In the
flower gar9en the flower seeds fonEate spring may be sown, in
chaing Zinnia, Bassn, ,Torenias G~omphrenas &c, Raises. and orna,
mental shrubs may be- Seton and among the adnuals to be planted
are mentioned g~ladialuE tahagose bulbs, sweetanssum, candyruft,
snAldagea pa1sy asdezs Chinese and Japanese Pnkss da.es for
hks h1oERGEh hsG2s rssdA, bottie pnk,sweet sultan, ploz, ver-
'kEas bssw1iha. essznsas coETeepEHs sgnioweF. sensitive plant,
&.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-06
The Home Cannery.

Attention was recently directed, by a
paper in a neighboring parish to the
fact that many Calcasieu farmers in
the neighborhood of Sugartown own
small canning outfits, and are canning
their surplus fruits at home and selling
them at home. 1t is a fact, though not
we'll known that many farmers in other
parts of the parish own their own home
canning outfits end are finding their
operations profitable.
The small canning outfit, costing but
a few dollars, is we'll worth the atter<
ton of Calcasieu farmers. This parish
is a heavy consumer of all sorts of cam
ned goods, and Lake Charles Q recog-
nized center for their distribution. Reg
ular, fully equipped canning factories
that turn out their product by the car
load, are usually more Or less Of a fail
ure at the start because the fruit and
vegetables needed for their profitable
operation are Frequently not produced
in large enough quantities in the CON-
munities where they are located,
The small canning outfit, seems to
offer the means Of preserving the farm
er's surplus product and making it pos
sible for him to dispose Of it in his own
community, until the production be-
comes of large enough volume to keep
a regular canning factory busy. As
stated above, Calcasieu is a great mar
ket for canned goods, and will absorb
everything it's farmers will produce.
While we are waiting for u orchards
and truck farms to be developed, the
people Of tie parish will.gladly buy
goods canned at come ara aid lin the
development Of the country by keeping
the money at home o going to can.
hers and farmers a thousand miles away
We hope to see the practice Of canning
surplus Calcasieu products and dispos-
ing of them at home developed until it
reaches such proportions that the equip
meat Of a regular earning factory will
be Justified.
LAKE CHARLES AMERICAN.