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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-11-23
A GREAT YALE WINDOW.

Here's what the New York Sun Of
Sunday had to say in praise of the
yale window Malley, Nicely & Co.
presented in honor of Saturdays great
game:
Quaint Decorations of Windows.
The owners of leading stores here
outdid themselves in the way Of deco
rations this morning. The most at
tractive feature was an entire window
laid out as football field. In the
center of it stood stuffed tiger, life
size, with cleaning eyes and teeth.
In front of the beast was wax figure
of football player in regulation toys,
with headpiece and nose mask on, pos
ed in such a manner as to indicate that
he was about to subject the tiger to a
hard tackle Underneath these figures
was big card on which was printed:
Sons of Eli on to victory,
Hope shall never fail
Tear the Princeton line to pieces,
Fight for dear old Yale.
There was a crowd around this win
dow all the morning and all sorts OF
comments were made.
Ill LudL wy dlil L Gal CIui lliO liSCl
jaws'll snap in a minute and he'll lose
his headpnece," said Princeton rootei
who had chrysanthemum that was as
big as his head.
1.-THE first thing you know" a Yale
man retorted, "hell grab the Tiger
around the legs and throw him down.
"Three cheers for Tammany and DicE
Croker" yelled a couple of non-parti.
san New Workers, who didn't care who
won the game.-New York Sun.
The Sun might have gone even big
further and said that New Haven dry
goods enterprise didn't stop al
mere window display, but pro
vided the general public free
gratis with the complete return:
of the game from the kickoff to the
call of time in the same window. Thi.
bit Of up-to-date storekeeping, which
kept the sidewalk blocked with an ex
cited crowd for over two hours, was
most excellently carried out, with the
courteous assistance Of one of the New
Haven papers.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-11-23
SCHOONER SUNK BY A TUG.

The Drednaught Comes to Grief in a
Collision in the Sound
New London, Nov. 22.-The big iron
tug Colonel John r. Gaynor ran into
and sunk the schooner Drednaught,
Captain Sullivan, off Bartlett's Reef
lightship about 5 o'clock this morning,
sending the schooner to the bottom
The Drednaught was loaded with grain
and was bound from New York to
Stonington. The Gaynor took off the
crew of the schooner and brought them
to this port.
The Drednaught was built at Wester-
ly in 1873. The Gaynor is compare
lively new iron boat of 500 horse power.
She was built at Philadelphia in 1893.
She halls from New York. The bred
naught was not insured. Little dam
age was sustained by the Gaynor.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-11-23
STILL UNCONSCIOUS.

Football Player Stricken Down While
in the Game.
South Bethlehem, Pa, Nov. 22.-Dur-
ing the game between the Emmett and
Pioneer football teams Saturday Peter
Rowan, twenty years old, a substitute
player for the Emmett team, was cheer
ing on the players and in a highly ex-
cited manner running to and fro on the
field. Suddenly he became i'll and was
carried to the dressing rooms suffering
with cramps. These We're followed by
a hemorrhage. and he soon became I'M
conscious in which condition he con-
ti1ues.
The doctors are in doubt as to his re-
covery. 1t is believed that he burst a
small blood vessel in the brain by over
excitement.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-11-23
THE MILDRED BREWSTER CASE
Defence Enters Plea for Abatement
of the Indictment.


of the Indictment.
Montpelier, VT, Nov. 22.-The trial Of
Mildred Brewster, for the murder of
Annie Wheeler, which was to have be-
gun in the county court to-day will
not take place, now, until after the SUI
preme court has passed upon point
raised by counsel for the defendant,
when the case was called to-day. The
cause of this change in the line of pro-
ceedings was the introduction Of a plea
of abatement of the indictment entered
by William A. Lord, senior counsel for
Miss Brewster.
Mr. Lord maintained that the pres
ence Of the stenographer at the session
of the grand jury invalidated the ac-
ton of the indictment. The state de-
INJURED and Judge ]. M. Tyler, before
whom the case was called, recommend
ed that both sides agree to take the
question to the supreme court imme-
diately. This course was adopted. The
supreme court sits in January, but the
decision probably will not be given so
that the case can be tried before the
March term.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-11-23

OLD wINDHAM NEWSPAPERS.

OLD WINDHAM NEWSPAPERS.
M. l.. Tryon of Windham is the pos
SCISSOR of copies Of the Windham Herald
dated February /, 1894, and November
80, 1898, which We're unearthed in a
Windham attic the other day. These
papers are of four pages, with three
wide columns to a page, and the news
is mostly from abroad and dated sew
eral months before the time of issue.
The proceedings of congress and other
news of national affairs are given, but
nothing nearer home than that, the
only thing local being the advertise
ments, although a contributor sends
lines on what is evidently an event of
interest to the readers as follows:
On the Marriage of Mr.. Mudd to
Miss W.
Lots wife, we read, in days of old,
For one rebellious halt,
Was changed, as we are plainly told,
Into lump of salt!
The same propensity to change
Still runs in female blood,
For here we find case as strange,
A maiden turn'd to Mudd!
The advertisements include an an
n0uncement OF q lottefy W ialSe tLe
sum of 9375 to build meeting house
ON Stonington Point, there being six
thousand tickets at So each, and 2O66
prizes, amounting to $4,000, and 3,942
blanks.
Notice is given that the printer will
give books in exchange for tanned
sheep and lamb skins, suitable for book
binding, and a farm offered for sale
"lyes in the fourth part of Coventry
and has an orchard that will make
about twenty-five barrels cyder year
ly' Benjamin H. Lathrop advertises
"a troopers uniform and accoutre-
ments, compleat," for sale, and other
local notices are 1.-THE coopers of the
county of Windham are desired to meet
at the home of Mr.. John Stamford, In
Windham,' and Good onion seed, by
the pound or less quantitys, to be sold
at the printing office"
A scare-headed piece of intelligence
is that ''the president of the United
States left New York last week for the
| seat of government"
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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-11-23
PROFITABLE BUSINESS.

Mrs. C. C. Atwell Makes Hens Pay a
Handsome Profit.
Mrs. c. C. Atwell of Durham, a year
ago took twenty-five, brown legforn
pullets, and since then has kept an &C
count of all eggs laid and the chickens
raised and sold, and of all the feed used.
During the year ending November Is,
1897, she cleared a net profit Of $218 per
hen.
Any one so desiring can see the fig
ures. The account is so kept that she
can tell how many eggs were got each
day and how much it cost to feed them
per day.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-11-23
BIG WHALE OFF ASBURY PARK

1t Frightened a Party of Fishermen
Into Pulling for Shore.
Asbury Park, N. j., Nov. pa huge
whale can be seen every day from this
place. The whale first made it's appear
ance three days ago, about a mile and
a half off shore, and to-day it could be
seen spouting. Judging from reports
the monster has been working along the
shore for several weeks feeding on fish.
1t was first noticed by the life-saving
crew of this place. While Samuel Van
Note and a party were fishing for cod
yesterday the whale made its appear
ance near them. The men We're fright
ened and pulled for the shore. Hun
dreds of persons were on the beach to-
day watching the whale spout.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-11-23
POET o'REILLY's WIDOW DEAD.

POET O REIIII1 > WIDOW DEAD.
Boston, Nov. 22.-The widow of the
late John Boyle OReilly, the poet,
died this morning of pneumonia at her
home in Charlestown after an illness
of three days.
Mrs O'Reilly was born in Charles
town in May, 1851. While still girl in
school she began writing and later the
productions of her pen received very
favorable notice. Her contributions
were mainly to magazines. When TWEEN
ty-four years of age Miss Murfree met
and soon after married John Boyle
O'Reilly. Four daughters We're born to
them, three of whom still survive.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-11-23
OUR BIG WHEAT SHIPMENTS.

Last Weeks Record Compared With
Previous Weeks and With Russia
Record.
Chicago, Nov. 22-The worlds wheat
shipments, with. comparisons, so far as
reported, are: America, last week, g.
653, 600 bushels; the preceding week, g.
AS, goo; same week last year, 1881 900;
Russia, last week, 2,712,060; the preced-
ing week, 3,4SS, 600; same week last year,
4,512, 600.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-11-23
NEW TOWN HALL.
To be Erected at Torrington at a Cost
of 100000.

To be Erected at Torrington at a Cost
of 100000.
Torringtons $4,000 town hall will be
built entirely of brick, with granite
trimmings. It will probably be from s.
to 70 feet wide by about 80 feet deep.
On the first floor will be two rooms 16
or Is feet square. These will lead from
main hall which will run to their rear
where the auditorium will be built. The
building will be two stories. Over the
small rooms on the lower floor will be
three rooms of a similar size with a hall
leading to the auditorium. 1t is plan
ned to have one room down stairs occu-
pied by the town clerk and one by the
probate judge. One of the rooms up
stairs will be used by the board of war
dens and burgesses, one by the select
men and one by the board of relief and
assessors.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-11-23
SEVERE DUST STORM.

Many Persons Killed and Public Build
ings Wrecked in Several Australian
Towns.
Melbourne, Australia, Nov. PA ter
rifle dust storm has spread over north
ern Victoria. In several towns church.
es and public buildings and many
dwellings, and business houses have
been wrecked, and many persons are
reported killed and injured.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-11-23
NO NEW NAVY FOR TURKEY.
Russia's Demands for Arrears of In
demnity Spoil the Portes Plan.

Constantinople, Nov. 22.-The govern
ment's plan of reorganization of the
navy has been postponed until spring,
which action means that the scheme
has virtually been shelved. This de-
cision is due to the demands made by
Russia for payment of the arrears of
indemnity for the Russo-Turkish war,
which the st. Petersburg government
insisted should be paid out of the Greek
indemnity when the porte sought to ap-
ply that money to the enlargement of
the Turkish navy.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-11-23

Here's what the New York Sun Of
Sunday had to say In praise of the
yale window Malley, Nicely & Co.
presented in honor Of Saturdays great
game.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-07-28
PITH AND POINT.

-Ieaeher-"How many bones are there in the human body?" Pupil-.l haven't learned to ride wheel yet. Detroit Free Press.
 Her ollections.-"Thev snv she belongs to one of the first families of Chicago" "I suppose she rernem- pers when they arrived. ."-Detroit Free Press.
 The Only Kind.-Irate Citizen (to scorcher) Hi, there. have pedestri- ans no rights in this city?" Scorcher (whizzing by)-"Certainly they have funeral rites. s."-Brooklyn Life.
 You don't mean to say that you wish your wife would turn into a pil- lar of salt?" Not exactly, but" "Rlt what| 'I wish she wasn't quite so peppery. ."-Tit-Bits.
 Mrs. Kniver- For mercy's sake, Mary, what are the children quarrel ing about?" Mary-"It's only in fun, mem; they be playing they're mar ried."-Boston Transcript.
 The Height of -Cobble- Sadie Slimson is polite, isn't she?'' Stone-"How SOP" Cobble--"Last night ] asked her to take the big chair, and she said: After you "- Puck.
 -"Allus try ter make d good i'm pression," said Uncle Eben; but don brag so much dat yoh's gwinter be CT complete disappointment when yoh comes tu show whut yohs rely able ter do. Washington Star.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-07-28
IN OLD MEXICO.

One of the favorite sweets for chil- dren is sugar cane. It is sold in pieces about IS inches long for one centavo each.
 You can buy all the beautiful flowers you can carry home in a half-bushel basket for an American half-dollar.
 Babies and children all wear half socks, and are happy with bare legs when northern visitors require over coats.
 The weather is not subject of com ment unless it is bad. It is as a rule so fine that it furnishes no variety of conversation.
 The stamp law is very thoroughly en- forced. Every form of commercial pa- per, from check to contract, contributes to the revenue.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-07-28
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Alfred Nicol, the inventor of dyna- mite, was m author as we'll as d dis tinguished engineer, and it is said some of his English poems rise to a very high plane. Shortly before he died he wrote Swedish drama, Beatrice Cenci."
 After this August Belmont will race his horses under his own name. Here tofore his stable has been known as Blemton stable. Blemton was the nick name given Mir. Belmont by the Nasty Pudding club when he was in college.
 Archduke Francis Ferdinand is one of the crack shots of Europe. He shoots with smokeless powder, handles his weapon quickly and is credited with killing 4S0 head of game in an hour and a half. To perform this feat he kept three loaders constantly employed.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-07-28
JEWISH PASSOVER KNIVES.
A Custom House TangIc Affects tho
 Importation.

The business of importing knives for use by the Russian Jews during Pass over was not profitable this year. and if is probable that the importations will be lighter next season. This is not be- cause there are fewer knives in use than formerly, but because the last lot, which came to this port in April, was detained al the custom house for under valuation until the feast was over. The owner of the merchandise said: I've convinced the government that the goods were properly invoiced, but many pious Jews were compelled 10 look for holiday cutlery elsewhere. I lost the interest on my investment"
 It is a custom with orthodox Jews 10 put away carefully all cooking utensils and table service on the day before Passover. and to use during the term of the festival only service which has been set aside for that purpose So it comes that every thrifty family has its Passover china and cutlery. and the East side housewives make great eff forts to have the Pcsach outfit showy and attractive. New articles are bought only when they are necessary, because the housekeeper takes greater pride in telling how many seasons an article has been in use than in displaying it's beau ty or speaking of its intrinsic value. People in the crowded district have been compelled to sell their household effects, but clung till the last to the Passover tableware. which in many in- stances had done service for years in foreign country.
 One of the exceptions to the rule is made in favor of carving knives, and many orthodox Jews buy a new one of cheap kind-every Passover, and the detained knives were of the popular pattern. They are broader and shorter than the ordinary carving knife. and have a peculiar hiltlike handle
 A rabbi of one of the small East side congregations said: "The knives have no religious significance. and they were detained probably because they were mistaken fer chalifs." A chalif is used to slaughter cattle and poultry ac- cording to the Jewish rites, and is made of superior metal. It is hollow ground and the edge must be true and without any perceptible flaw, and the men who are educated to use them must pass q strict examination in sharpening and caring for the knives This precantion is taken because the Mosiac sanitary laws forbid the use of meat obtained from an animal that was cruelty killed and the makers of the laws said that blemish in the knife would cause the flesh to be torn, producing pain to the animal.
 'If the detained knives had been chalifs," said the rabbi, "there might have been an excuse for what was done, because they are valuable instruments, but the knives which were held are only carving knives, and common ones at that. ."-N. Y. Tribune.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-07-28
I'm Honor of thc Dnv.

"Yessuh," said the proud Vine street father, "it weighs 101s poun's, an it's as fine. healthy a boy as evah yah see, an it was bon on the very day Gen'l Grant was buried over again, an Ah'm goin to give i'm name that'll be ap- poperate."
 You'll call him Ulysses s. Grant Johnson. I suppose" said the friend who was hearing the news.
 No, sah nothin' so common as that for my boy. Ah'm goin' to name i'm Mausoleum, sah. Buffalo Express.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-07-28
THE DAYS IN THE WEAR
rear of 360 Days Hnd fin c,~. way in Favor of One os .n-

l xxy. D"Fs Had to Give
 way Tn Favor of One of .o.
 Anere IS story in Plutarch which
 must convince every reader that one
 uyth at least relates to an alteration made Tn the Egyptian calendar to ev-
 .ehd the length of the year from 36o uays to 565. A year of 36o days existed Ill Egypt at an early period. and may possibly have been arrived at in inc ,,,a 7. suggested by Mir. F. L. Griffith. The lunar month. from new moon to new noon' being 29H days in length. the convenient round number of 30 days was taken as standard, and 12 months ol oo days each made up the year. The solar year IS more difficult to observe Ihah the lunar month, the intervals oeliig longer, and a year of 360 days was very convenient and reasonable approximation to it. At any rate. the year of 360 days came into use. and a curious custom at Acanthae, near Mem phls, seems to allude to it. A perfor- ated vessel was filled with water bv 360 priests on each day of the year. In the isiand of Philae, again, 360 pitchers were placed around the tomb of Osiris TOT making funeral libations, and were f1lled every day by the priests with milk. With 360 days in the year. the ecliptic circles of the heavens. as rep resented in the charts, would be divided into 360 equal parts; and we must re- gard 1t as a relic of this time that the circle is still made to consist of 36O de- grees. But so erroneous an estimate of tue length of the year would soon be corrected by experience.
 1t is evident that in about 72 years il cycle would be accomplished in which the New Years day would sweep through all the months, remaining only six years in each The same month, so faras the name was concerned, would now be in the inundation time, now in the season of sewing. and anon in the time of reapiug, and the agricul- turist must have been perpexed A text in the papyrus Anastas makes ref erence to such perplexity, and may re- ceive its explanation here. Goodwin translated it: May Amen deliver me from the cold season, when the sun does not shine, the winter comes instead of the summer. the month is stormy, the hours shortened" Similar confusion would overtake the religious festivals, the New Year, for example, coming five days before it's proper time, and then ten days before, and so on; and it might be thought that its observance at the wrong season would displease the gods. The year of 360 days had to give way and ultimately did so in favor of one of 365 days. The precise date of the change is not known, but it is re- ferred to in inscriptions of the time of Amenemha I. (circa 2400 E. @, and may, of course, have been introduced much earlier. When this was done, the original months were not altered, but d little month" of five days was in- terpolated at the end of the year, be- tween the month Mesori of one year and the Thoth of the next.-Westmin- ster Review.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-07-28
Her simple Little Sister.

Little five-year-old Jennie's mother had gone to church, leaving her and her baby sister with their grandmother. After awhile grandma got weary, and put the baby to bed. Then she suggest ea that it would be nice if Jennie, also, would retire.
 q don't want to yet grandma" said the little girl.
 But see how nicely little sister has gone to sleep" grandma urged.
 "Oh, well,' replied Miss Jennie, "she ain't old enough yet to realize that it's not dark. ."-Cleveland Leader.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-07-28
Our National Wealth in Gold Doiia.s

The wealthiest nation of the world is the United States. The census of 1890 shows the true valuation, or fair selling price, of the real and personal property of the country to be 65,037 ,091,197. It is an increase of over 40 per cent. on the valuation of the previous decade, and is about six times the value of the money of the entire world. The mind cannot grasp the meaning of such figures with out graphic illustration. This amount in gold dollars would load 23,570 carts, each carrying a ton. If 2,000 gold dol lars were piled one on the other they would form stack three feet high. Make similar piles close together till q wall of gold one mile long and worth $230, 100000 is formed. Increase this wall to 2SH miles and the amount would represent our national wealth. Placed side by side the coins would form a carpet of gold covering five square miles, William George Jordan, in La dies Home Journal.