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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-12

little. "Gurnets' is an obsolete word for CUR
nards." and they are like sculpin.
1t may possibly be news to few that umble
pie was ever really eaten and regarded a deli
cacy. Nobody goes out Of his way to eat 1t now.
But then it meant pie made of the heart. liver,
kidneys, etc. of deer. and these collectively
were called the umbes, or mumbles. The chine
OF any animal. and hence Of salmon, was the
backbone and the adjacent parts.
tansy, it appears, might be quite work OK
art. Authorities differ to whether 1T was
pudding. cake or an onelet. but the reader can
judge for himself to how it was likely to turn
out. 1t had a basis of eggs cream and sugar.
To this were added roscwater and the juice OF
tansy, and sometimes spinach, sorrel or other
herbs. Collared pig is piece of pig rolled up.
tied with a string. pressed cooked. spiced ana
served in slices The remaining dishes are sin'-
pie except. again, as regards their combinations
1t remains to be said only that Mr.. Parkers por-
ton of this Information was derived from
book called Royal Cookery. the Complcat
Court Cook" by Patrick Lamb, master cook to
Charles H. James II. William III and Queen
Anne. Doubtless he knew what he was tahhb
about.
And of the streams wherewith all thl9
was washed down. They drank ale "brandy-
wine" rum usquebath 0he progenitor of whis-
key, kirsch ktimmel, rum shrub. champagne,
Bordeaux wines and cordals made from anise-
seed. caraway and cinnamon. Then there were
two much admired cordials called ratafa and
noyau. The former favored with black cur
rants, bitter almonds peach cherry kernels.
sometimes with still other fruits And noyau
was made by redistillins spirits in which orange
peel and the kernels of peaches. aprcots. etc,
had been soaked. and then diuting and sweeten-
ing. Red port wine just coming into use
and green tea Black tea drunk,
and 1t cost from 13 to - shngs a pound.
And money would buy more then than 1t will
now. too.
The mystery of it all is how the English peo-
pie missed becoming extinct
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-12
SIMMER AND WINTER IN ALASKA


cLIME-TRIALs OF THE HOT WEATHER.
Professor William Healey Dali In The Forum
Ordinary woolen clothing for the body and
leather boots for the feet are. OF course utterly
unsuitable and can be worn only at serious risk
when travelling Indian snowshoes are es-
sentiad; the Norwegian variety proved worth
less.
AS the season advances the snow settles and
at night firm crust forms. The most favorable
months for travelling are March and April. The
midwinter days are short, with sunlight IN some
aitudes from 10 in the morning TO ) in the
afternoon. When necessary. one can travei
fairly well by starlight and moonlight over the
snowy tundra. but not in the WOODS IN may
the snow is wet and heavy and travel dlllicut.
Pools Of water and the iirst MOSQUITOES th en-
begin 10 appear. BY May 20 the river bursts It's
bonds Of ice and floods the lowlands; ice DEBRIS
and broken timber pouring, with grihdIhs
'noise. headOng toward the sea FOR at ieas'
Week navigation is impossible.
Summer swift-footed trips upon the heels OF
winter The sun pOurs down with violence not
soon forgotten though in the shade IL Is Always
cool. The cry OF the brant, nOrthward bound is
continually heard and myriads Oh snd iiin
Waterfowl appear on every hand All the iiiior
forms Of life, native to the region or Hisidht"
from the South, with startling suddenhess Peo
pie the copses and pervade the ar Nesetatio
springs into leaf and flower at a Douhd anu
with hardly hint Of spring. summer Is upon Us
Mosquitoes. the pest Of the North' appear IN
clouds Except in midstream, or where pIlSh
breeze is blowing life without a net ana ledthei
gloves is misery. The Indians smear their races
with mixture Of grease ana charcodi' anu
paddle with a srnudge a square or TURF III the
bows Of their birch canoes. The caribou, Hoose
and bear, driven from the thickets piuhee ii,U
the river for a temporary respite tui iouoiy
enough, during three summers. black HES anu
midges, plentiful to the eastward were en-
countered only once on the Yukon; possibly heai
It's headWaters, our luck would nave Deeh "o,'o.
The records show that the lower Yukon valley
has q summer temperature much In excess vi
that normal to the latitude. AS the days are
long. the traveller will prudently sleep al noon
and utilize for his work the cooler hours WHEN
the sun sweeps low along the northern hori%o"
and the mosquitoes are less active
Frosts appear In mid -September. Early IN Cc-
0eef the Yukon begins to be covered with Ice;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-12
QUEEN ANNE APPETlTES.
SOME GASTRONOMIC TASKS OF OLD
TINE ENGLISHMEN

Some remarks have already been made IN
these columns on the fidelity with which the de-
tails of Mr.. Sothern's new play, Charge Alley"
have been carried out at the Lyceum Theatre
Mr. Parker, one Of the authors, sent over WITH
the manuscript some notes on the proper sur
roundngs Of a play dated in 1920 as this one
is which were a part of the result Of his re-
searches in the British Museum in connection
with his work The information which here fol-
lows as TO some of the things that persons VINO
could afford it used to eat and drink IN those
DAYS is partly from Mr. Parker's notes and
partly from other sources.
In the second act of the play Mr.. Heartright
tries to give dinner to his neghbors. The DIM
rer does not come out exactly right, but the
preparatio for it show what was to be ex-
pected in those times The following is what
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-12
MS Expensive APPETITE.

Uror, The N,w-Orleans mes-Democrat.
Tbe Bacchanal. riding home on the a. IN;
car. had his hat smashed over ms iorenead a Ha
"a" i;o,,itisb twinkle looking out OF his eyes. ne
81 ali the advertisements up over the WIN
L , ,itb a bored expression stretched MS legs
o out and yawned, and with sudden resolve
out o, an m and got hold of the register cord
iea 1,i ,hare"' Don't touch that" yelled the
conductor. -, .,.oa tina Raccbanal. unsteadiIy.
VIZ ~" not - echoed the conductor: ITS eX-
"h! .hn,.s why not. Cost you dime every
UNI rbe Bacchanal looked at the conductor won
fixed swimming eyes for Snrea out snt s"sr
doar a ,aHe ten pulls" he said. and passed the
,,,nnl to the staring conductor: ,e.,,o oni,v-
SLOWLY, "0a.nhanal had his ten pulls al the
mend' the linen sat down with satisfaction beam
strap. tnen lie face, and the car spun On through
the night.
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though 1t Is not fully ice-bound until late in No
Vember. So the round is completed.
One serious danger menaces the large popua-
tlon now pouring into the district The upper
Yukon is country where subsistence has al
ways been difficult. The first party which ever
reached it-that under Robert Campbell, of the
hudson Bay Company, who named the Pelly
River-though composed Of seasoned voyagors,
was II tradition be reliable. forced to support
life by cannibalism before it could reach help.
In 1856 not more than three hundred Indians
were able TO find subsistence between Fort
Yukon and Fort Selkirk. The abundant fish and
game Of the lower Yukon are absent. The river
steamers available for transportation cannot,
during the remainder Of the present season.
carry up to Dawson City much more food than
will supply its present population. 1t seems i'm
probable that any large proportion of the people
now hurrying over the Chkoot portage can
transport-if indeed they possess-food enough
TO carry them over the winter and up to the ar
rival Of summer supplies from the lower Yukon.
Serious hardships. and even probable starva-
ton, therefore, confront the rash and foolhardy
who push forward without proper supplies into a
region whose limitations they do not realize.
Fortunately it is likely that many Of those least
prepared for the undertaking will never get over
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-12
THE GOVERNORS ROOM"
A HISTORIC CHAMBER IN THE CITY HALL
THAT IT is PROPOSED TO DEMOLISH

THAT IT is PROPOSED TO DEMOLISH.
The Governors Room in the City Hall has
been a popular place for visitors since it was
announced that Mr.. Duncan, the architect
who is engaged by the Department Of Public
Works to remodel the Hall for the Greater New
York government, was thinking Of taking off
the east wing to make way for the Aldermanic
chamber of the Municipal Assembly. Repre-
senta;ves from the Sons and Daughters Of the
Revolution and of the American Revolution and
OF other patriotic societies that cherish the old
things Of this city have interested themselves in
the old chamber and have been to see Mayor
Strong about ii. The Mayor says that he will
do what he can to have the room preserved as
1t Is.
The Mayor we'll take an interest in the
historic apartment The practice Of tea-drink-
ing in the City Hall had its beginning in this
room when. long before it was opened to the
public, New Years receptions were held in it.
and it was the scene of other formal occasions
at which tea was served and the Mayor of the
city presided.
The Governors Room, called because it
was once the practice of New-York's Governors
to hold receptions in it and because 1t is filled
with portraits of them, was opened to the pub
lie by Mayor Opdyke in 1862 Before that the
stately chamber had been kept locked, except on
the occasion of some public function when
an important parsonage visited the city.
Since that time it has been constantly open
to visitors on business days. Meetings of his
torical societies are now held in it once or twice
year
The is the second floor Of the City
Hall on the south side, and may be distin-
guished from the outside by its windows, which
are shaded with awnings.
In the wing which Mr.. Duncan proposes to
take fine portraits of President Van Buren,,
Alexander Hamilton (by TrumbulD. Governors
Clark. Yates. Throop and Dix. General Clinton
Mayors Woodruff and Lee and Chancellor Kent
The Corporation Punchbowl." presented to the
city when the opening of the canals was cele-
brated in 1872. Thon JeffersOn's desk from
the Federal Building in Wall-st.. Harry How
ards fire helmet Worlds Fair medal for city
maps and a case of Revolutionary flags are in
this wing.
In the other parts of the chamber are por-
traits Of General Washington (by TrumbulD
Commodore Perry, Governors Hoffman. King
Bouck. Morgan. Hunt, Marcy. Jay (by Trum-
bulb, Seymour. Wright. Clinton, Lewis. Fish,
Young. Fenton and Seward. Baron Steuben
General Williams and Mayors Gunther. Mickle
and Varian.
An old writing desk that belonged to Presi-
dent Washington. desks and chairs from the
first Federal Congress- silk portrait of Wash
ingtOn, presented in 1870 by the City of Lyons
France: a plaster statue of jefferson. a fac
smile copy of the Declaration of Independence
made by johann Williams. of New-York Free
School No =, in 1924. and an old model of City
Hall showing the old bell tower. are other rel
les in the Governors Room.
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THE cuUpcB ON BIRTHSTONE CORNER"
From The Outlook.

From The Outlook wi. c,raat
,r,oro or. fears In Boston lest the PARK otIee'
Chnrcb endearsd as it is by historical assoc'a d.
lions, may not stand much longer on s'. IT
valuable to investors for business p'apbj s,n in
was founded in the outbreak OF the Sch I;;,a 81
the early part OF the century, winch Tin;t,
Massachusetts Congregationalists INTO lil I'M
rians and Unitarans. and was from 'he e,,pnh,,r
matches il is said. were strewn on the stohe
steps in derision after DR.. Grifiins StioIis p,bo
sensations of 1.-The terror of the l-oro on" ~
nickname then given to IL OF ''l5rliIisuo"o -.
ner' is not yet obsolete in Boston. Ihe me-
logical acrimony Of that day is tninG Vi , t,,s
mast and Unitaria1s now join with irlhi,'' i'
in wishing tn this stately old-1dShioheu , .
ine-house NAV be preserved. But 1T proved
difiicult task to preserve the Old South Meet,hf
House from demolition. consecrated thousi ~ ~
was by memories Of the Revolution. anu II a.,
ao,htf,l ~ a similar endeavor can save It's
less ancient neighbour
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-12
QUEER KINDS or POLICEMEN.
THE "FANLIGHT DETECTIVES" AND THE
"SHOOFLY ROUNDSMEN." AND HOW
THEIR TITLES ORIGINATED.

The announcement that Mr.. McCullagh tina
new Chief Of Police in this city. had transferred
| a squad Of "fanlight detectives" away from
Headquarters may have been confusing to some
New Workers who did not know exactly what
kind of a detective was meant. but it served to
remind other NEWCOMERS of other detectives
who have earned peculiar titles in the past
Twenty years ago there was a great pother in
the Police Department over the work of deeC-
tives who were known as "shoofy roundsmen"
Joel b. Erhardt then a Commissioner Of Io-
lice. and he thought the police captains needed
watching. BY his advice several roundsmen
were detailed to go about the city in plain
clothes day and night and report to the Off
Gals at the Central Office how the commanders
of precincts were enforcing the law. One of the
captains. who was supposed to be particularly
in need of watching. met couple of the rounds
men in his precinct one evening. and said 10
them. quoting the words of popular song of the
time:
"Shoo fly Don't bodder mel!
Presently all the roundsmen Of Mr.. Erhardts
special squad began to hear themselves ad-
dressed as 'shOohes" and some Of them felt SO
badly about it that they begged to be transferred
to precinct duty. The practice OF sending out
"shoony" detectives was revived in later years
Byrnes frowned on the practice. AS Inspector
he had tried to make the post of detective at
tractive to policemen. and to be known as one OF
"Byrnes's men" was n distinction in the DEPART
ment
It was in the time OF Chief Byrnes. however.
that the "wardman" became a power in every
precinct. In the light of the evidence submitted
to the Lexow Committee, 1t was seen that the
"wardman'' the regular collector of black
mail and hush money in every precinct. The ex-
posurc of his wckedness ~ the vestgation
moved the Police Board to abolish his office.
Under Chief Conn the captains were allowed
to have precinct detectives" some of whom
may have performed the duties Of "wardmen."
The grand rounds in a precinct is rounds
man who is sent out in plain clothes at night to
catch policemen who are Sinking duty. Such
shirkers cannot always be caught by rounds
man in uniform.
Chief Conlin some time ago tried to break up
policy shops in some of the precincts by sending
a special squad of detectives from Headquarters
to get evidence. The detectives worked on the
plan suggested by a witness before the LeXow
Committee who said IF you want to find
policy shop. follow any colored woman you meet
n the street" The detectives. however. did not
meet with much success. and they were called
by other members Of the force "Conlns Black
Cavalry" Some of them remained in the squad
Of special detectives that Chief Conlin kept at
Headquarters and sent on spying errands In tho
precincts. They became known in the Depart-
ment "fanlight detectives" because they were
supposed to get evidence by sneaking into houses
and looking into rooms through the fanlights
over doOrA
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the divide and will be obliged to remain ~, a.
Sontheastern Alaska, where the rush TO Moi Su
dixie will have left open many opportuht Lining
ernn Were it otherwise. the coming
vin,or and snring would probably furnish ma
terial for tragedy Even as 1t is. the clfcu"'-
stances offer ground for grave apprehensiohs'
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Mr. Heartright's old sailor friend One Hundred
and One calls the bill Of lading":

Mr.. Heartrght's old sailor friend One Hundred
and One calls the "b Of lading":
FOR THE FIRST COURSE.
westphaa ham. with chickens
Carps and escaloped oysters
A dish OF sucking rabbits
yenis9n pasty
A dish OF gurne,s.
umbe pie.
Roasted hen turkey. with oysters
FOR THE SECOND COURSE.
c"i Nm, Of f salmon n, and sni,s smells
Collar ID pig
A tart. creamed.
JeiSs Of 1H sorts ''
4 dish Of fried soes.
1t will be noted that although the courses Of
this dinner are rather extensive there not
many of them: still. it is to be assumed. both
from the bill of fare itself and from general in
formation concerning the country and the time,
that there would have been plenty to eat If the
dinner had been carried out. In the end there
was nothing to eat but Irish stew. but that does
not diminish the interest that attaches to the
disclosure of tastes Of the time and the proposed
means of gratifying them
Probably the next most noticeable point to the
ouantity provided is the mixture. The dinner
begins with a roast Cor perhaps boiled) and
puts fish before soup. Then it proceeds with a
higgledy -piggedy mass Of roasts. entrees, fish.
salad and game. A sweet omelet is thrown in.
then another entree. then desserts, and finally
more fish. When all these hideous details are
understood. the proposal Of the host to eat the
dinner backward does not seem so much out or
place 1t would apparently be hard for any one
without The bill of fare before him to tell which
way the dinner was going anyway
IT, now, the remarkably intelligent reader ~
already familiar with any Of the dishes to be de-
fined he must be patient, remembering that
some readers may have gone through CONSIDER
able courses Of reading without meeting WIN
them There is nothing remarkable lhheeu'
about the first part Of the bill. the dishes are
familiar or else the names OF them explain them
solves The first. probably, that needs any uen-
milton. Ia the dish Of gurnets." And that neeos
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-29
WOODWORK.

The Merchants & Savings Bank has
been appointed depository for city
money.
Emmett Shields and wife, Albert
Burdick and wife and Miss Jennie
Wadsworth went TO Devils Lake on the
excursion Saturday.
Frank Carpenter left Saturday to
visit friends in Michigan.
Mrs. r. F. Roberts and son enjoyed a
family gathering with friends from Ra-
cine at petritying springs Sunday. Mrs.
Hazeltine and daughters and Mona
Lucas returned with them.
A. E. Tarbell went to Antioch on his
wheel Friday evening.
Frank Blackman and family, of Ke-
nosna, attended services at the Plank
road church Sunday.
George Shepard had the misfortune
to sprain his ankle at the factory
Sunday morning.
Chas. Marsh attended the races at
Washington Park, Chicago, Saturday.
Mesdames Whitcher and Murdoch
and sons, of Bristol, called on Mrs.
Geo. Shepard Tuesday.
Rev. F. Emory Lyon, of Madison,
Wis, will give three lectures in the
Methodist church, Bristol, on some day
of next week. The general subject of
the lectures is "Social Evangelism :"
The special topics will be announced
later i'll the program. The first lecture
will be given in the forenoon at 1870.
The ladies of Bristol will serve dinner
from II to l. The second lecture will
be given at p. M, and the third at
7:30. Questions and discussions after
each lecture. The lectures discuss
questions of social and civil economics.
The gentleman has devoted years to
the study of the social sciences and
these lectures have been commended by
men who occupy high positions on ac-
count of their learning and talents. All
who feel interested in these vitality i'm
portant questions are cordially invited
to attend. No admission will be
charged, but free will offering will be
taken to defray the expense of the lee
turer.
One of Charley BristoW's horses was
SO severely injured by strain on Tues
day as to disable it.
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SOMERS

The Merchants & Savings bank has
been appointed depository for city
money.
The crack ball club from Milburn
came up Saturday to do battle with
the Somers boys. At the end of the
9th innings, after much heavy hitting
and some fine fielding, the Somers
boys were victors by the score OF
13 to Sc. The same clubs play at Mil
burn i'll two weeks when an evener
contest is looked for. A good sized
crowd witnessed the contest.
Miss Mary Heddle spent few days
during last week with friends in Wau-
kegan.
Miss Minnie Gibbon returned Satur-
day from her California trip. She re-
ports having had a pleasant time and
an excellent meeting at San Francisco.
She was on the train that was wrecked
at West Chicago on the outward trip.
The shock in her car, the third from
the rear, was so slight that no attention
was paid to it. They were drawn out
of the wreck and knew nothing of the
extent of the damage for several days.
Miss Minnie Grimshaw is attending
the summer Normal school at Dixon,
Ill.
Mrs. Helen Miller and daughter, of
Whitewater, are visiting at VIM.
Miller's.
Mrs. L. Cook is paying an extended
visit to her daughter, Mrs. Fink, at
Libertyville.
Alfred Gordon, Of Oshkosh, is visit
ing j. Fl. Fink's family.
Mrs. Mary S. Booth visited in Mil
waukee Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. j. Daley, of Chi
cago, are visiting their mother, Mrs.
Moran.
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PARIS.

The Merchants & Savings bank has
been appointed a depository for city
money
Mr.. and Mrs. William Crane took
their departure last Monday for an eX-
tended visit with relatives and friends
in Iowa.
Arthur Stripe and wife returned to
their home Waukegan Tuesday after a
few days visit with Daniel Williams
and family.
Prof. Storms. Of Burlington, and
Chas. Durr, of Union Grove, called at
Lewis Williams Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Albert Fechner and daughter,
of Kenosha, spent Wednesday with her
father, Louis Tetzlaff.
Mrs. George Shepherd, of Bristol,
was the guest Of her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Gunter, Thursday and
Friday.
Thomas Powell and sister Jennie
called on friends in Bristol the last of
the week.
Mr.. Knapp, from the northern part of
the state, is spending q few days at
Lewis Williams.
Miss Carrie Crane is entertaining
Mrs. Chas. Smith, of Milwaukee, the
past two weeks.
Mrs. Will Calendar and Miss Clara
Williams, Of Union Grove, were guests
of the Misses Nellie and Maggie Will
liams Friday.
Lewis Williams, Sr., raised his new
barn on Wednesday last.
Messrs. Russell Jones and Harvey
Gunter were guests of E. Cook on
Sunday.
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SALEM.

The Merchants & Savings Bank has
been appointed a depository for city
money
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Knaus and baby,
of Kenosha, are spending a few days
with NJ. Loescher and family.
Miss Murdoch, of Bristol, is the guest
of Mrs. G. B. Phillips.
Charles and Frank Mcdonald, OF
Chicago, spent Sunday with Alva Pad
dock and family.
Mrs. Rooms and baby, of Chicago,
are guests of Mrs. Esther Pease.
A. D. Weier, of Chicago, was in
town Sunday.
Chas. Loescher, Herman Burgess,
Arthur Bloss, Gay Van VIE, jessie and
Jennie Loescher and Pearl Sanborn
attended the social at VIM. Marsh's
last Wednesday evening.
Mrs. G.. Van Vie and daughter Fan
ME were Kenosha visitors Saturday.
Mrs. D. B. VanAlstine and daughter
Carrie are spending the week with
friends in GAINESVILLE.
Miss Emma Castle, of Bristol, spent
a few days Of last week with her aunt
Mrs. n. Burgess.
Mrs. VIM. Perrigo, of Bristol, and
Miss Maude Fackrell, Of Rockford, H.,
spent Tuesday with Mrs. Chas. Bur-
CESS.
Miss Inez Cornwell, of Racine, is
spending few weeks with her cousin,
Mrs. Ada Stewart.
Miss Rosa SchlaX returned Monday
evening from a two weeks visit with
her sister, Mrs. John Muenzer, of Ke-
nosha.
Misses Ida and Mile Button are Wis
iting relatives at Union Grove.
James Ward and son Raymond spent
Friday in Kenosha.:
Mrs. Frank Powles entertained her
brother, Chas. Hayes, of Union Grove,
Sunday.
Ed. Cornwell and wife, of Racine,
spent Sunday with his sister, Mrs.
Marvin Acker.
A grand July party will be given at
the Salem opera house on Friday even
ing, July 80, 1897. Best of music will
be rendered for the grand occasion.
An enjoyable time is promised all who
attend, and no one should miss the op-
portunity, as these parties given by the
Salem club are admirably conducted
and pleasant.