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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-23
a Christmas tree Feature.


Dancing Christmas fairies always en-
hanee the children's delight in the
Christmas tree and, once made, can be
used year after year. Buy up a dozen
or more of 5 and 10 cent dolls, and to
add to the variety have among the
number some Japanese and colored
dolls. Dress these to represent fairies
In bright hues of spangled gauze, tar
latan or tissue paper and literally
sprinkle their hair and garments with
diamond dust powder. Each doll should
be provided with a dainty pair of fairy
wings made from spangled tissue pa
per and fastened to the body by means
of concealed wires. These wires should
be coiled to obtain motion in the wings,
and nothing better can be used than
the fine spiral coils that come out of
wornout wire stitched brooms. The
least motion will set this spiral to
qufvering, causing the wings to move
as if in fight. In like ann use the
spiral wire to attach the dolls In hover
ing positions oYer and around the tree.
The effect is magical. Every footstep
causes jar enough to start the dolls
dancing and circling above and around
the tree, as if the invisible fairies OF
the air had come down to join the
Christmas glee.-Woman's Home Com
panion.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-23

or tel d lie. ! trempIed for the nexr
question.
aWhere did he tell you It WASP" ask
ed Samuel.
sIn the chest in the dark bedroom"
said |. That was the truth, and it did
no harm.
whereabouts in the chestY
in the secret drawer"
ooh! So there's a secret drawer. Did
your father tell You how to open it,"
1 said he did.
"Well you just come in here and
show me how TO open it, said Samuel.
! went with Samuel into the dark
bedroom and showed him how to open
the drawer. | could see nothing else to
do. | stood back while he opened it. /
wondered If it would be wrong for me
to cry out as IL / were astonished when
he discovered that the money was
gone. Then all of a sudden | heard a
sound that made my heart jump with
joy. I heard sleighbells and then fa-
theirs voice shouting to the horse.
ssFather has come" said /.
ohHluei luduS one reap dHu was gone,
rushing through the kitchen and out
the back door.
/ ran and unbolted the south door,
and there were father and mother,
come home sooner than I expected.
When | saw their faces, l just broke
down and sobbed and sobbed and told
them all about it In such queer snatch
es that they thought at first | was out
of my mind. Father said afterward
that he never heard such a tumble Of
popcorn balls and secret drawers and
Samuels. When father fairly under
stood what had happened, he lighted
the lantern and searched u in the
barn and the sheds to be sure that
Snnnel was not-Iurking- about the
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-23
A REMARKABLE TRICK.
Feat Which Is Performed by the
Clown Priest of the Zuni Indians

The most startling feat I ever saw"
said a professor in the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition, who has made a study OF In
dams in various parts of the country,
was performed by the clown priests
of the zuni tribe in Arizona. or. as they
were called, the Ancients of Creation
They seat themselves in a circle on the
clay floor around a jar hat viii hold.
perhaps, a gallon. an ancient and sacred
earthen vessel which is filed with water.
THE chief priest carries in his hand
two ordinary eagle feathers, which are
tied together at the quill ends 50 that
they make a fork. Behind the circle of
the priests are other members of the
tribe, and the musicians with their drums
and gourds, who join in the chants with
emotion. The incantations continue for
several hours, and when the participants
and spectators are wrought up to a
proper pitch of excitement the priest dips
Jars with them, and holds it suspended
for a minute or two at a height level
with his face or breast. Then he lowers
it slowly to the ground.
This feat is repeated several times dur
ing the performance. Apparently there
is nothing in the hand of the priest but
the feathers, and they appear TO be in
serted into the mouth of the jar only
two or three inches. OF course, there Is
some trick about it, but ! was lever
able to discover it."-Chicago Record
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-23

iy as we - re r0un1 ome p0ards
and tools Of fathers and made some
wonderful things with them. There
was a nice box, which he showed US
how to line with flannel, for mother
to keep knives and forks in, a little
boat for Charley and a number Of 9th
er things.
/ felt much easier in my mind about
the money after Samuel j. Wetherhed
came.
We had given Samuel the bedroom
out of the kitchen to sleep in. He said
he would rather have that, because it
was so handy for him to build the fire
in the morning, and l did not have the
first suspicion that anything was
wrong until the night of the day but
one before Christmas. l had been
sleeping well since Samuel came.
through feeling so safe, though l had,
as l afterward remembered. often
started awake, because l thought |
heard a noise, but that night | did not
go to sleep as soon as usual. | was
very much excited thinking about
Christmas and father and mother COM
ing home. Samuel had gone down to
the village that morning and got a let
ter for me from mother in which she
said that they were coming home
Christmas Tscrrin~ since Uncle Will
liam vas well enough to be left. we
were all delighted, the more so be-
cause we thought that now Samuel
could stay and have our Christmas
tree with us. He laughed and thanked
us when we said SO, but In a moment
afterward / noticed that he looked
very sober, even sad. Well, thinking
over everything made me very wide
awake, and | guess 1t must have been
az late as II o'clock when / was sure
| heard somebody down stairs in the
sitting room, which was directly under
our room. l thought at once that 1t
might be a robber aud perhaps / ought
to speak to Samuel in casS he should
not hear the noise. I Waited till /
heard the noise again very plain and
was sure that I knew where 1t was
some one trying to open the door Of the
dark bedroom, which stuck and had
to be forced down before pulling. The
children did not awake, and | made
up my mind that / would not speak to
them and get them scared to death. ]
thought THAI l would go down stairs
very softly, steal past the sitting room
door and go through the other way to
the kitchen and wake up Samuel
! got up and put IN my dress. Then
| went down stairs, and | don't be-
lieye | made any more noise thar q
cat, I saw a faint light shining from
the dark bedroom, and ! knew / had
not been mistaken. Then all of q sud
den / thought that father and mother
might have come home and father be
looking to see II the money was safe.
/ thought would make sure before ]
caIled Samuel
! wen into the sitfirg room and
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-23

that money WIS IN panks. but he dfda
think they had any suspicion Of its be
ing in corn balls.
We spent the next Christmas in u
old home In Wareyille, for father and
Uncle William had made up and we
bad gone back there to live. We had a
tree, and the day before Christmas a
great box came by express with a
handsome present for each of US. There
was no name sent with them. but we
always knew as well as we wanted to.
and father and mother thought so. too.
that they had come from Samuel J..
Wetherhed, who, we had heard, had
settled out west and was doing very
well.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-23
GfbIet Dressing.

To make a giblet dressing for roast
turkey put the giblets and neck in a
saucepan with cold water and add an
onion, salt aSd pepper and a slice of
dry bread that has been made very
brown in the oven. Boil until the glib
lets are done. Then strain and stock.
Chop the gibIets fine and put them
and the stock back into the saucepan.
dredge with a little -four and add the
brown gravy from the bottom of the
pan in which the fowl was cooked aft
er skimming off the fat. Serve in a hot
gravy boat.-Selected.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-23
A Belgium Christmas Legend.

The children Of Belgium have .
charming Christmas legend about San
ia Claus pony. They always place
their wooden sabots on the windov
ledge, stuffed full of eats hay and
fodder for the dear Christmas pony"
In the early morning they run on tip
toe To look, and, behold, the hay is all
gone, and the shoes are trimming over
with toys and sweatmeats! Then the
children clap their hands with glee
and wish they could only have walked
in time to see the pony munehing his
oats. That would have been such fnnl
ELLA r. Mosby in St Nicholas.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-23

premises, but he did not lind him. Fa-
Their said he knew the man; that he
belonged to a good family, but had
been sort of shiftless and %unlucky.
When we were all settled down
again for the night and felt SO safe
and happy with father and mother at
home, / could not help feeling troubled
about poor Samuel out in the storm. l
hoped he would not die of cold and be
found dead when the now melted in
the spring. There was quite a ver
snowstorm. That was the reason why
father and mother had reached home
so late. They had been obliged to drive
slowly on account Of the gathering
snow.
We were just sitting down to our
Christmas dinner next day when we
all stopped and listened. Then the
sound came again, and we were sure
that son1ebodJ was Out in the storm
calling family for help.
1T is the manp' said mother. "Do go
quick as you cam" Mother had been
worrying about Samuel all day. She
said she did not want him TO perish if
be had tried to wrong us, and father
had been all around the farm looking
for him. He thought, however. that he
had gone down to the village the night
before.
We opened the door, and we could
hear the calls for help quite plainly.
Father pulled on his big boots and
started out. The storm was very thick.
Soon we could not see father, but we
could hear his shouts and the faint
cries in response, and then we saw ia
Their coming back half carrying Samuel
J.. Wetherhed.
Samuel was pretty well exhausted,
besides being frightened and ashamed
when he saw where he was, back in
the house of the man he had tried to
rob. He tried to stop on the threshold
Of the outer door, spent as be was. L
guess you-don't-know," he began,
but father interrupted him. "Come
along inir cried father in a hearty way
that he has. "You have been good to
my children, and as long as you didn't
do what you set c7t to there's no use
talking about it"
Samuel was pretty well exhausted.
He had spent the night in an old barn
on the other side of the mountain and
had been foundering about in circles
all day. trying to find the road. How
ever, he was able to eat some Christ
mas dinner with US, though he hesitat-
ed about that, as he had done about N
tering the door, and all of a sudden he
dropped his knife and fork, bent his
head down over his plate. and we saw
that he was crying, though we tried TO
take no notice.
Samuel staid with us that night and
was present at the Christmas tree,
though he seemed very sober and dash
ed his hand across his eyes a good
many times when his naine was called
out and he got his little presents.
The mex day the storm had stopped,
end father put the horse N the sleigh
and took Samuel down to Lebanon to
take the train. We never saw him
again after he had shaken hands with
us al and thanked mother in a voice
that trembled so that he could scarcely
speak and father had driven him off in
the sleigh.
That day we girls pulled the corr
balls to pieces and found the bills IN
side. no sticky at all. The next dag
father fcok tie Eaoney to the baAk,
though he said be didn't know but !
balls were safer. sinue robbers kaax
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-23

HRIsTMAS is
the festival OF
all others most
closely identi-
fed with the
home. The glo-
rious Fourth
stirs our patriot
ism, e a 5 t r
brings the glad
ness of opening
spring and OUT
door freedom.
but Christmas
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-23
stu to FAITHS OWNING eye

Still to Faiths divining eye
Lustrous forms the expanse I'll,
And to Loves quick car the sky
Throbs with heavenly music Still.
While the ages come and go
Hymns Of praise unceasing rise,
and with songs by saints below
Angels Join their symphonies
Glery still to God Is given
Peace on earth IS still made known,
And the Keif Of Garth and heaven
Claims the kingdoms for His own
Christmas ioyfuily returns
on the wings q this new morn.
Gratefully our spirit yesTfs,
NeFshipfng he Christ once borni
~snasasun e A'ss ratef london Views
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-23

ONEX8EkHIB ITEHUs
Oysters.
Chicken Gumbo.
Patties Ct NnshroomA
Broiled Shad.
C~ucumbers-
Saddle Of Mutton, English Sty7a.
Potato Croquettes-
Turkey with Chestauts ard Trud7ex
Stuffed Green Peppers, Roast Sweet Potatoes
Rudy Duck Escarole Salad.
Brie Cheese.
Plum Pudding, Hard Sauce.
Ice Cream.
Fruits. Cakes. Nuts and Raisins-
-Ranhoisr
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-23
While round the merry wassail bowl
Garnished with ribbons bIithe did tro,

--~-[ R@ 49,
At Queens college. Oxford. the
bringing in of the boar's head was at
tended with professional honors. The
boar's head was carried in by the
strongest Of the guardsmen, singing q
merry stave.
The turkey as a Christmas dish was
introduced into England in the six
teenth century and is therefore of less
antiquity than the huge ssrloin of beef
or the mince pie. Mince pies were first
shaped like a manger, as We're the
Yule cakes given out By the bakers TO
their customers. Mince pie was also
long ago accepted as typical OF the
riches and spices brought by the three
wise men to the Child in the manger.
The plum porridge later developed
into the plum pudding, which dates
from 1915. At the old Christmas
feasts peacocks and cranes formed
some of the dishes. Before being roast
ed the peacock was carefully skinned,
and after leaving the oven the bird
was reclotlled with its old pIumage.-
Boston Herald.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-23
CHRISTMAS LONG AGO.
The BANQUET In Old England was an
Event of Great Cereraonv

~ ~ 81
Eyent of Great Ceremony.
The Christmas banquet Of mediae-
val times was a very brilliant affair,
followed by spectacular performances,
particularly at court, where process
sions, dancing and the acting Of allie
gories were favorite amusements. Be
sides the representations, the ballet
frequently acted some simple story. A
favorite allegory represented Prone
theus stealing the spark from heaven
and making his escape, Vulcan and
Venus forging the bolts Of Jove, the
fall Of Phaeton. the love Of Semele
and its fatal catastrophe, and Love
and Beauty setting the universe on
fire with their united power.
From the time of Henry VIII until
nearly the close of the seventeenth CEN
fury boar's head was a favorite dish on
Christmas day. This was an event Of
great pomp and ceremony. After the
guests had assembled around the fes-
tive board the procession of retainers
appeared. Then
Was brought the lusty Drawn
BY old blue coated serving man;
Then the grim boar's head frosned on high,
Crested with bays and Fosenafy.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-23

Was brought the lusty Drawn
By old blue coated serving man;
Then the grim boar's head frowned on high,
Crested with bays and Fosenlafy.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-08-30

Hon. John Barrett, our late minister
to Siam, who contributed to the July
number of the Rericp Of RcUicios
an article on the Philippine situation
that attracted much attention, has
written for the September number of
the same magazine an article entitled
'"Fhe Half Year of the War with
Agninnldo." This is probably the
first succinct, summarized narrative
of the whole campaign that has yet
appeared. Mr.. Barrett was with the
American land and naval forces in the
Philippines for several weeks after the
fighting began last February, and he
writes from n personal acquaintance
with the leading officers on both the
Filipino and American sides, as well
M with an intimate knowledge of the
islands and their peoples. He draws
particular attention to the fact that
commissioners appointed by General
Otis did everything in their power fer
several weeks before the outbreak To
bring about nm amicable understands
ing between Aguinaldo and the
Americans. The conclusion is reached
that the fighting was forced by the mr.
rogant attitude Of the lingo element OF
the Filipinos. Mr.. Barrett's article
narrates the events of the campaign NJ
to August 81, and it is accompanied
by II valuable map prepared from data
furnished by the War Department,
showing the routes taken during the
different campaigns and also the loca-
ton and dates of all battles.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-08-30
The Junior Rally at sergcantsvi,le.

thc JUNIOR NaiiN nj SerEcantSNtlie.
The Rally of the Jr. Mechanics which
was held on Thursday oflast week was
grand success, and brought together q
larger assemblage of people than anything
of its kind had done in many years.
There were more than two thousand
people present and yet all passed off
quietly. Only half of the councils of the
iIunterdon county were repre- scented at
the Rally, these being Lambertville,
Frenchtowu, Ringoes aud Pennington.
Rngoes had Ga members present out of
81 which gave them the highest percent
age. aud they received the silk flag. Rev.
McManiman, of Stockton, presented the
flag to Ringoes Council. The speakers
that were billed for the afternoon and
evening were all present except s. c., l..
l.. Hansell, of Jersey City, and V. C.
Maurice A. Rogers, of Camden. People
we've entertained by speeches referring
to the principles Of the Jr, Order, and the
intermissions were filled by selections by
the Liberty Cornet Band or by a perfor-
nance by Brodhead and Cavey S minstrel
troupe, of Trenton.
The people present patronized the re
freshment table freely aud also the supper
table. Nearly everything was sold by
ten O'Clock and the total receipts figured
mp $4l4.S0. Owing to the great expense
the Council went 10 in getting up the
Rally they will maliz, only about $s5
therefrom.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-08-30

The illness of his brogue secured
for n recent rival from the Emerald
Isle n ride of several hundred miles at
the expense of the Pennsylvania rail-
road. His destination was Boston,
and at the Broad street station he
asked for a ticket to the Hub. The
ticket seller was unable to determine
whether II was Boston or Washington
the man wanted to reach, but finally
sold him ticket for the latter city, and
a few hours later he found himself in
the national capital AS he was unable
to read, the mistake was not discovered
until he reached Washington, and to
complicate matters he had not sufil-
clent funds to purchase a ticket to
Boston.
He presented his case to the railroad
officials at Washington, and they, put
ting him to test, were unable to dis
tnguish from his pronunciation OF
Washington and Boston any material
difference, thus eXonerating the clerk
Mt the Broad street station. In this city
for his error The facts of the case
being laid before the general passan-
ger department. the man with the
broguc was forwarded to his proper
destimation.-Ph Record.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-08-30

If we believed that the creation of
trusts would be permanent feature
of our economic system, we might
share III the alarm expressed by some
timid persons. We do not; we regard
them as n merely transient commercial
craze, which will die of exhaustion.
The commerce of this country is alto
gether too great to he kept under con
troll by any one set of men acting upon
II single industry, The trade of the
United States has passed that stage
just IA 1t has passed the stage when
the wheat product of this country can
he cernered Seattle WASH Post
MteHigcucer
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-08-30
NIAGARA FALLS EXCURSIONS.
Low Rate Vacation Trips via Pennsylvania
Railroad.


September and II and October 3 and ~
are the dates of the remaining Pennsylvania
Railroad popular ten-day excursions to
Niagara Falls from Philadelphia, Baltimore,
and Washington, and intermediate points
Excursion tickets good for return passage
on any regular train, exclusive of limited ex-
press trains, within ten days, will be sold at
$1,000 from Philadelphia, Baltimore, WASH
ington, and all points on the Delaware
Division; $11 % from Atlantic City; 1890 from
Lancaster; 1850 from Altoona and Harris
burg $500 from Sunbury and Wilkesharre
1878 from Williamsport, and Mt proportionate
rates from other points. stop-over will he
allowed at Buffalo, Rochester, Canandaigua,
and Watkins within the limit returning,
special train of Pullman pHrlor ears and
day coaches will be run with each excursion.
An extra charge will be made for parlor ear
seats
An experienced tourist agent and chaperon
will accompany each excursion.
Tickets for side trip to the Thousand Is
lands alexandria Bay) will be sold from
Rochester III connection with excursions of
September and n, good to return to Roch-
ester or To Canandaigua via Syracuse within
five days, ut rate of $3.50.
Tickets for II side trip to Toronto will be
sold at 90 on September %. In connection
with excursion of September {, tickets will be
account Toronto Fair.
For pamphlets giving full information and
hotels, and for time of connecting trains, APP
ply to nearest ticket agent, or address Geo.
W. Boyd, Assistant General Passenger Agent
Broad Street Station, Philadelphia.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-08-30
NATIONAL EXPORT EXPOSITION,
PHILADELPHIA.
Reduced Rates VIA Pennsylvania Rail
road.

Reduced Rates VIA PENNSYLVANIA Rail
road.
The National Export Exposition, which
opens at Philadelphia ON September IL and
continues until November 30, will be the most
interesting and important event occurring in
Philadelphia since the Centennial Exhibition
in 1876. In addition to its valuable CONNER
popular interest and amusement. The United
States Marine Band, Sousa's Band, the Banda
Rossa lines Band, Damrosch's Orchestra,
and other celebrated bands will furnish
music alternately, and n Midway Plasance,
equal if not superior to the famous World s
Fair Midway ut Chicago, and comprising u
Chinese Village, Chinese Theatre, acrobatS,
and customs; an Oriental Village, London
Ghost Show, Hagenbeck's Wild Animal Show,
Barney Castle and many other unique pres
entations, will furnish abundant and diver
siiied amusement. Arrangements have also
been made for Mandolin, Guitar, and Banjo
Concerts, and fora grand chorus from the
German Singing Societies.
For this occasion the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad
Company will sell excursion tickets from all
points on its line, to Philadelphia and return
at rate of u fare and third for the round trip
plus price of admission. These tickets will
be sold during the continuance of the Expo
sition and will be good for return passage
until November Sd
For specific rates and additional informa-
ton apply to nearest Ticket Agent
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LAMBERTVILLE. N. j,
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 80, 1899.

The Western Union Telegraph
Company claims monopoly of the
telegraph cable between this country
and Cuba, by reason Of n concession
obtained from Spain before the late
war put Cuba under the control Of the
United States. We cannot see how
our government is responsible for any
such agreement, and it is clearly in
opposition to the best interests of the
people, and should be abrogated. The
Commercial Gable Company desire to
lny cable from Florida to Cuba, but
the Western has thus fur succeeded in
blocking the undertaking. That
privilege should be accorded, and no
subterfuges to bolster UP tyrannical
monopoly should be allowed,