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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-10-20
TAXPAYERS

Are hereby notified that the Board of AS
SCISSORS OF the City of New Haven will be
in session at Room No. 8, City Hall, daily,
from a. m. until p. m, from October
list, 1900 until November LIST. 1900, incu:
sive, Sundays excepted, for the purpose Of
receiving lists of all persons owning prop
erty (real or personaD subject to taxation.
II any resident taxpayer neglects or re-
assTs 20 nv n 1sicRness o
from the city being no excused the Assess
ors must make out list. and add thereto
10 per centum, as required by law.
Power Of Attorney" cannot be made use
Of In swearing to list, nor can the husband
swear to list of property Of which the wife
is sole owner. nor contrarwise the wife
for the husband.
Each parcel Of real estate must be sepa-
EDWARD f. MERRILL,
OSCAR p. IVES,
CHARLES A. BALDWIN,
JOHN J. HOGAN,
TIMOTHY II. CALLAHAN,
SIG BOT Board of Assessors.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-10-20
JUMPED THE TRACK.

Trains Delayed at Bridgeport Yester-
Bridgeport, Oct. ia box car o. a
freight train going east jumped the
track on Water stree this morning at
about II o'clock, and as a consequence
boul tracks Wee blocked for about
two hours Def ,re thu wrecKer succeed
ed in clearing one track sufficiently to
permit the passage of trains.
The accident occurred along the
stretch where the four-tracking i'm
provements are in progress, and the de-
rallied car ran into the office of The
Belknap company, one end striking and
breaking a few outside boards of Tie
structure. No one was hurt.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-10-20
To HAVE A SMOKER.

Local union No 80, of the l. B. z. w,
will give smoker at their lodge room
this Saturday evening, and all cleo
trica workers are respectfully invited
to attend.
The grand president, Thomas Wheel
er of Rochester, will be the leading
speaker Vice President F. j. Sheehan
of Hartford, together with others from
Waterbury and Bridgeport, will also
speak.
This being an open meeting, it is
hoped that all men engaged in electrical
work will be present.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-10-20
PROPOSALS.
Headquarters Department of Police Servict
No l. Police Rut1dinp

nv. II i pllCc
New Haven, Conn, Oct. II, 1900
Sealed bids will be received by the Board
of Police Commissioners UP to O'Clock
D. M. Saturday, October 27, 1900, at Room
No. l. Police Building
For constructing and building such num-
PEI "a ~" not,4s poo a1,4 ~ ni"y pc re,
November 6, 1900;
For putting up election booths in the If
teen wards OF the City for the election to
be held November 6, 1900. Said bids shall
include the removal Of said booths from
the City Hall, the carriage to and from the
fifteen wards of the City, the putting up,
taking down and return of said booths In
good condition to the City Hall. the fur
nishing of same and the putting in proper
repair of same If necessary.
The above proposals must be addressed
to the Board of Police Commissioners and
endorsed Bids for Election" The Board
Of Police Commissioners reserve the right
to either accept or reject any and all bids.
BY order Of the Board Of Police Com
missioners, f. A. SOUTHWORTH,
o1S st Clerk.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-10-20
TO BE REOPENED.

Meridens Idle Malleable Iron Foun-
dry.
Meriden, Oct 19.--The M. 3. Schenck
company of this city has rented the
foundry of the Meriden Malleable Iron
company and will give employment to
from thirty to forty idle iron moulders
who were out of work, caused by the
recent shut down of the Maleable Iron
company.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-10-20

that 1t was gone and TO see a foreign
devil near by laughing at him. This
kind of idle story spreads in Pekin like
Wildfire. Ask any one who tells it IT.
he ever saw any one who had had his
queue cut off, and he will tell you no,
but at the same time there is as much
of a sensation caused by such a story
In Pekfn as was caused about Park
Row by the Spanish, or Boer war, or
the Boxer trouble.--New York Sun,
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-10-20

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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-10-20
PRESIDENT HADLEY

Will Speak In Norfc4k some Time Next
Month.
Norfolk, Oct. 19.-In fulfillment of a
promise made some time ago Professor
Hadley of Yale has lust written 10 Mr..
Bridgman saying that he will come to
Norfolk some time next month to de-
liver an address to teachers and all Duh
ers interested in the subject of common
school education in country schools. The
date and further details will be given
later.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22
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!, M|DW|NIER FESTIVAL ;

CHRISTMAS PERPETUATES
An Ancient Custom. :: :: ::

to all the civilized
world is the day for which all
other days We're made. The
trade of the world so far as 1t
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22

For the roast goose choose one with
plump. firm breast, soft white fat, yell
low feet with tender webbing. The
windpipc should crack when pinched.
Before drawing it scrub the skin thor
oughly with soapy water, which will
open the pores and soften and extract
the oil, removing the strong, oily taste
which makes roast goose so objection
able to many. Then draw, wash quick
ly and wipe dry. Chop an onion fine.
blanch aud drain. brown in a table
spoonful of butter, mix with we'll sea
SOnCd mashed potatoes. add sage if you
wish, truss, cover the breast with
slices of fat salt pork, let cook for
threc-quartcrs of an hour, then pour off
all the fat. remove pork, drcdGc with
-four. When it is Drowned. add little
hot water and haste often, dredging
again with flour. Cook about two hours.
Scald the siblcts in sailed water pour
1t off and cook slowly until tender. To
make gravy pour off fat, put a little
pork fat in pan, brown two level table
spoOnfulS of -four in it and add one
cupful of stock. Pour this on n hot
platter, lay the goose in it and garnish
with apples.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22
ON THE WINGS OF FAITH.

A little maid, in white arrayed,
Knct by the dainty trundle bed;
With liSping lip she softly prayed,
And this Is what she said:
'Dcar God, It's Christmas eve. you know.
And, oh, please do one thing for me!
! want to close my eyes and go.
In dreams. to papa DER the sea!
81 hung his stocking by the side
OF mine and mammals on the tree,
And mamma Rugged me tight and cried
And cried, cause papa couldn't see.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22

IIRISTMAS to all the civilized
world is the day for which all
s.y-1 other days We're made. The
s9S&fI trade of the world so far as 1t
relates TO personal wants, the COM
mcrCc of the world so far as it concerns
the Injuries and indeed many of the
necessities of civilized man, circle
about Christmas, says the st. louis
GlobC-Dcmocrat. For a year the max
erS of toys and brica-brac, the manu-
facturcrS of the thousand and one arti-
Giles which our complex life demands,
look forward to Christmas. labor to be
ready for Christmas and in every way
show their appreciation of the fact that
the season of general rejoicing is their
time of harvest
We have accustomed ourselves to
look upon this festival season as in a
peculiar sense the heritage of the
Christian nations. and we sometimes
indulge in self congratulations at the
thought that we alone possess the
most inspiring of festivals, the feast of
childhood, the season of universal mcr-
rymaking. SO far as It's present form
and name are concerned we are doubt
less in the right, but at the same time
1t IS well to remember that while holt
day seasons change name and form
their value is rarely altered, for In cell
ebrating Christmas we are simply per-
pctuating a custom so ancient that its
origin is lost in those ages of myth
when written record was not and tradi-
ton was the only guide.
Among all nations north of the cqua-
tor there has from time immcmorial
existed midwintcr festival to hail the
return of the sun from the south, and,
according to the degree of civilization,
this time of the year has always been
celebrated with popular rcjoicings.
There is little doubt that the earliest
form Of religion Is found in sun wor-
ship. Recognizing the fact that the
king of day Is the author of life and
heat and comfort, he was reverenced
accordingly and under various names
and often with diverse attributes was
honorcd as the source of all existence.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22

T~IROM time immemorial Christ
mas has been the greatest Of
sSssisS.ssl holidays in Sweden. In hca-
E-Ny then times the midwintcr fcs
tival was celebrated in honor of the
sun. which had rctrcatcd more and
more since midsummer and now, after
the winter solsticc, began to return,
causing darkness to be defeated by
light, says the Chicago Record. There
was then great fcasting in the chief
tainS' banQucting halls, where the
bardS sung songs in honor of fallen he
rOcs and where eating and drinking
played an important part. Touching
the head of the god Frcy's boar, the
warriors made vows about the valOr-
Gus deeds they would perform next
summer, when the ice which now held
their dragon ships fcttered near the
shore would be melted by the sun. The
excessive eating and drinking mt the
winter festival continued also during
the middle ages. when Christmas had
taken on new significance.
Many peculiar Christmas customs
prevailed until about the middle of this
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22
CHRISTMAS IN BOSNIA.
Queer IuIctidc Customs of the Black
Mountain Peasants.

Mountain Peasants.
Lest any should suppose that the
peasants of Bosnia and Montenegro
and esq; tally those of the "Black
mountains proper do not earn their
Christmas feast it should be known
that for six weeks before the annivcr-
sary of the nativity the people do not
put meat of any kind into their mouths,
rays the Chicago Tribune. Perhaps
nowhere else in the world can be found
so curious an intcrmingling of Chris
tian and pagan rites at Iulctide. The
peasants even minglc relics of ancestor
worship with their observance OF
ChriSt's birthday. One of their prac-
tees ut this season dates from time
when i?Gn was unknown by their for
bears.
The night before this eastern people
begin their six weeks fast prior to
Christmas day all the meat dishes in
every house in the land are put upon
the tables. When supper is ready,
each member of the family takes a bit
of each kind of food and proceeds with
1t to the roof of the house, where it is
placed as IL potent charm against
witches and uncanny spirits. This GUS
tom is traccablc directly to a practice
of extremely ancient times, when food
was placed on the house tops as an Of
fcring to certain household spirits.
At the supper all the meat in the
house Is eaten, and If this proves to be
physical mpossibility ut one sitting the
members of the household must needs
rise in the middle Of the night and fin
ish the rcpast. After the meat has dis
appeared each partakcr must rinse
thoroughly his mouth lest bit of meat
adhere to the teeth. The next day no
one eats anything. If the fast be bro
ken. the Culprit certainly will be shot
with arrows by the spirits. 1t Is the
duty on this day to picl@ out a pig, a
sheep or goat to be fattcned for the
Christmas feast. The animal is killed
the third day before Christmas, and no
more terrible misfortune can happen to
n peasant than not to have "blOody
knife" in his house on that day.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22

century, especially among the rural in
habitants \ few of them have been
retained to this date although the adj
vance of civilization has almost eXtcr-
minated superstition and has refined
manners. BESIDES the customs still re-
tanned the Swede had formerly much
to keep in mind at Christmas. Nothing
that neccSstatcd a rotary motion
should be done on Christmas day. Any
body who visited Il ncighbor on that
day ran the risk of getting boiled water
thrown in his face. On Christmas eve
straw must be laid on the floor for the
children to play in and for the mem
bcrs of the family to sleep on during
the night.
Christmas day is still the greatest
holiday in Sweden. The SwCdes of to-
day are more temperate than those of
oldcn times, but no miser is so mean
that he does not prepare well for
Christmas, and no home is so poor that
it is not then better provided than
usual with the essentials of good liv
ing. Especially in the rural home the
housewife is for many days buSily en-
gagged in preparations for the great
holiday. Bread of different kinds must
be baked, Christmas beer brcwcd, the
Christmas pig killed and sausage made,
the dried linglSh must be soaked in
I've, and everything must be scrubbed
and cleaned. On Christmas eve as
much animal food is cooked as the
house can afford, and in certain homes
where old customs are retained the din
ncr is eaten in the kitchen, and every
body dips his bread in the hot broth in
which the pork has been boiled. The
day before Christmas is therefore of
ten in jest called "the great dipping
day" In order that all beings shall be
happy the farmer gives the cattle and
the horses extra food, lets loose the
watchdog and places a Shcaf of un-
thraShcd oats on a pole for the birds.
This last custom prevails even in cities.
Fresh spruce trees are placed outside
the doors and on balconies
After dinner the Christmas tree, a
young spruce, is dressed with fruit,
paper covered candy, bright colorcd
glass balls and ornaments and paper
flags of all nations. On each branch is
hung a small candle or a taper. These
are lighted in the evening and the de-
lighted children are allowed to make a
merry ring dance around the tree.
Thereafter the members of the family
collect around the table, and the
Christmas presents are distributed.
Masked persons In picturesque cos
tunes are seen on the streets carrying
bundles of presents for friends or rela-
tives They greet nearly everybody
they meet with the words, Merry
Christmas" and are answered, "Samc
to you" On and after Christmas day
n Swcde on meeting an acquaintance
will say, Good continuation of the
Christmas" until New Year, when the
same ceremony begins with the words,
"a good New Year" etc.
When the present bearers have re-
turned from their mission, all hands
partake of the supper, in which the
''luttisk" dried lingtish or Goldfish soak
ed in I've and boiled), the Christmas
cheese and the rice pOrridge must not
be lacking. Many families usually have
also pigs head on the table. perhaps
In memory of the god Frey's boar
with apple in the mouth"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22
The Christmas Rabbit.

The colorcd boy who finds n hare in
his traps on Christmas day expects
confidently to be lucky during the COM
ing year. The left hind foot of such
rabbit is second in value as a charm
only to that of one killed In a grave
yard in the dark of the moon.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22
Luck In Mince Pie.

In some parts of rural England every
mince pic partakcn of under a different
roof during the Christmas season in
surcs n happy month during the COM
ing year. Every housekeeper has a
stock of pies on hand to offer her
friends. and no excuse for not eating is
permissible except. Thanks; ] have
eaten my L."
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22
Exclaimed OniOnA

Pour boiling sailed water over them,
cook five minutes and change water,
doing this twice. Boil until tender. If
large quarters. cover with white sauce
with buttcrcd bread crumbs on top and
bake until the crumbs are brown.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22
For the Stocking.

Us clilun needs mo- civil rights;
De white folks gotter make some laws,
Case some oh us on Christmas nights
Gits clean fohgot by Santa Claus
Washington Star.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22
HOLIDAY IN SWEDEN,
CHRISTMAS THE GREATEST OF ALL
ITS FESTIVALS.

The Old Time Norscmcn Were Heavy
Feeders - Dangers of Visiting
Ncighbor Children Make Merry
Around the Tree
The Topeka state journal., 1900-04-12
FROM LAS VEGAS.

Frank Secrist, conductor on the Santa
Fe Pacific, has resigned his position at
Gallup. N NJ
Denny Lynch, formerly a conductor on
this division, visited Ration from Call
fornia. several days
Eighteen hundred pieces Of baggage
were handled at the Las Vegas depot
during the month of March.
The new track constructed on the local
Santa F'e branch from Silver City to
Whitewater has been completed, and
trains are running over it daily
Engineer Harry Bowman, who has
been pulling trains between Denver and
Pueblo has been transfer red back to
Las Vegas, also Engineer Wolf
Dick Larinore, ticket agent at the
Las Vegas depot took a morning train
for Union Station, Ohio, where he VIII
visit his parents. accompanied by his
wife and baby
Jos Rickard, formerly in the employ
of a fuel company at CeTrillOs, n. NJ,
then taking a position with the Santa
Fe storekeeper at Topeka. is now the
Mexican Central storekeeper IN Mexico
City
The brotherhood of locomotive engi-
neers installed their officers, up at
Ration. the other afternoon The install
IatIon was followed by a splendid ban
uuet presided over by the ladies' auxIl-
iary Of the order and was greatly en-
loved.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-04-12
RAILROAD NEWS.
Monster Passenger Engines For
the Union Pacific.
Six Mountain Locomotives Have
Been Reconstructed.
FOR POWER AND SPEED
Much Is Expected of the Big
Iron Horses.
VIII Be Placed in Service Out
of Kansas City.
FOR POWER AND SPEED

Kansas City. April 12-The largest
and most powerful passenger 1ocomo-
tive on any line running out OF Kansas
City was given a trial trip through the
railroad yards IN ArmourdaIe this
morning. II has just been turned out
by the Union Pacific shops in Arm
strong. After a final OverhauIing, to
adjust a number of minor defects
brought out by the trial trip it will go
into the service Of hauling Union Pa
cifc trains over the division between
Kansas City and Junction City, Kas-
One Of the principal alterations that
may be necessary will be to lower the
cab to allow the engine to pass under
the train sheds at the Union depot
The engine proper has ten wheels,
five on each side, and weighs $50 900
pounds, exclusive Of the tank It's drive
wheels are FIVE feet nine inches in di-
ameter and the dimensions of its
cylinders are nineteen and three-quar-
ters by tWenty-fOur inches. Its tank
holds 4. 500 gallons Of water The fire
box is nine feet long, the boiler dues
two and one-half inches in diameter,
and the engine Will be able to de-
veIOp q pressure of 1S5 pounds of
steam It has an electric arc head
light and the cab viii be Illuminated
with ineandescent electric lights in
stead OF the old style oil lamps. the
dynamo being Immediately back of the
smokestack- This big locomotive is
designed to draw a passenger train Of
$50 tors weight at an average speed of
fifty miles an hour between Kansas
( City and Junction City. It viii be used
for a short time On freight trains to
wear the roughness off and prepare it
for the passenger service
There are five other engines IN course
| Of construction in the shops which,
when finished. will be of the same size
Z and capacity as the one turned out to-
/ dav. They are not being built entirely
anew. They were formerly big freight
I engines used on the Rocky Mountain di-
I visions and are being reconstructed on
! new lines that viii give them increased
/ speed without reducing their power.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-04-12
COMING DRAMATIC EVENTS

James O'Neill and his company viii
be at the Grand opera house SATURDAY
night in Sydney GIundy's version Of
The MuSketeersv In the older stage
versions. as IN the novel love was no
great factor. That deficiency was felt
by audiences and It curtaiIed the value
OF the various dramatizatfOns The
marked success Of this new version BY
sydney Grundy has been ascribad con-
siderably to his cure OF that fault. He
did that by creating a romantic affair
Of the heart between D'Artagnan. the
gallant adTenturer, and Constance, the
queens lady in waiting The lover thus
put forward has proven a most con-
genial character for Mr. OsNeiTl
DArtagnan is. without doubt the best
romantic character in stage literature
All lovers OF romance find a peculiar
pleasure in him and rejoice, not merely
as a man does at meeting again an old
favorite. but as he might rejoice II ne
should meet upon the solid earth one
o. the earliest and most dashing Of his
The Topeka state journal., 1900-04-12
2. N. c. A AT coFFEYvILLE.
Helen Gould VIII Give 81, 900 Toward
Erecting q Building.

Coffeyviile. Kan. April 12--CofeyviIIe
decided at a mass meeting last night
70 accept the proposition for a new
Railroad Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton building for this city. to be located
on Missouri Pacific property and to cost
$1,000 The city decided to donate the
$500 asked The Missouri Pacific viii
give $500 toward the institution. be-
sides the site and 800 per month for
maintenance Miss Helen Gould gives
$1,000, the employees s.. .000. and the citi-
zens of CoffeyviIIe 1900
The mass meeting last night appoint
ed committee to solicit the amount
asked from the citizens The committee
today secured almost half of the amount.
thus Insur1ng the immediate location
here Of the institution. It VIII be open
The Topeka state journal., 1900-04-12
Trouble over Right of Way.

Guthrie, Ok, April 12--The Arkansaw
and Oklahoma Railway company is
meeting with trouble in trying to secure
a right-of-way from Southwest City,
Mo. to Grove, L 7. The trouble comes
in the shape Of damages to property
along the line The Indians will have
to take allotments along the line of the
railroad and viii lose the amount Of
land taken up by the railroad and, for
this reason, excessive damages are ask
ed in every case 1t is probable that the
railroad company will withdraw from
the 1adian Territory line and go to
Rogers, Ark, and build into the mining
districts of Arkansas. Work has ceased
at Grove, L T, and will not be resumed
until the damages can be agreed on
The Topeka state journal., 1900-04-12
not only to railroad employees. but to all
the men OF CoreyviIle-
FREp HARVFYs RIsE.
Better General Offices Secured For
Eating House Business.

Kansas City. April 12-Fred Harvey.
who operates the dining cars and dining
stations on the Santa E'e route has re-
moved his general offices at the union
depot into more c0mmodious quarters
The present Offices are located in the
extreme eastern end OF the depot annex
on the second floor.
Harvey's business has assumed such
large proportions recently that the OLD
Offices, adjoining the Z. NJ c. A rooms
in the annex, proved much too small.
1t is in the Harvey offices here that the
immense business. which comprises forty
dining stations between this city and
Los Angeles, Ca, and nine dining cars. IS
handled All details are attended TO
from this Office The auditing depart
ment presents a view similar to q great
wholesale house There are twenty two
clerks employed in that one department
alone
Fred Harvey started in his present
business several years ago in a very
modest way. He owned lunch rooms at
one or two unimportant stations along
the line of the Santa Fe road His meals,
however, were uniformly SO excellent
that his patronage increased with mar
velous raDidity. And today there is
hardly a division point between here and
southern California that does not boast
OF q Harvey lunch room