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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-03-02

Catch the opportunity" BY taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla nowyou may build
up your health and prevent serious
Illness.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-03-02
Marriage Licenses.

Simon Crouser and Viola Patrick.
John Evan Schilling and Carrie
Payton.
Asa Spindle and Anna Randolph.
Charles j. Sans and Emma Robin
son.
Patrick j. Leyden and Winnie Nc
Donald.
A. r. De Fluent, editor of the Jour
nal, Doylcstown, Ohio. suffered for a
number of years from rheumatism in
his right shoulder and side. He says !:
sMy right arm at times was entirely
useless. l tried Chambcrlain's Pain
Balm, and was surprised toreccive re-
lief almost Immediately. The Pain
Balm has been constant companion
of mine ever since and it never fails. y
For sale by Cunningham Bros. x Co.,
druggists. l7-lm.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-03-02
auo vadis Poorly Dramatized:

II. S. BuMaARpSER, sec'y.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-03-02

Patrick j. Leyden and Winnie Nc
Donald.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20
IN NEW AMSTERDAM
NEW YEARS WITH
THE DUTCH SETTLERS.

YlHEN our Dutch ancestors de-
wv barked from the Half Moon in
the harbor of Manhattan, 1t
IsS{Es1l was the year 1914. And they
brought with them from their native
Holland nothing of that spirit of reli-
gious intolerance which distinguished
the New England Puritans who came
six years later. says the Utica Observ-
er. In fact, they were denounced by
their Yankee neighbors as a goddess
crew." but it is now plain that they
loved their homes and families. they
forgaye their enemies, and they famed
to flame the spark of national honor
which they possessed.
When Peter Stuyvesant came TO New
Amsterdam as governor in 1G4I, he
was quickly dubbed 'Old Silverleg"
because he was a veteran who had
given a leg to the cause of his country
and replaced it with q substantial
wooden one bound with silver. Though
Governor Stuyvesant was q harsh and
cruel man, all accounts agree that he
was good ruler, but in 1864 one day
when a British fleet appeared off the
coast of New Amsterdam and demand
ed its surrender "Old Slverleg" was
forced to yield, his people refusing to
fight. SO the British took possession of
the island of Manhattan and chriSten-
ed it New York, the same being the egg
from which is Matched that Greater
New York which today stands forth
the second city in the world.
But what did our Dutch ancestors do
to distinguish themselves? Well, they
kept Christmas and New Years day,
both of which were frOwned upon by
the Massachusetts, Puritans On New
Years morning the old Dutch burgher
would start forth from his own door
and visit his neighbors, collecting all
the money due him from the solvent
debtors and forgiving the insolvent
ones, and, having drunk numberless
mugs of punch with the solvent and
insolvent alike, he returned to his home
better man, more forgiving in spirit
and (whiSper thisD more religious
minded than his Puritan neighbor who
had spent the day precisely as he
spends every other weekday in the
year.
Why have we forgotten the example
OF our Dutch ancestors? We all keep
the Fourth of July, sacred to liberty.
We all keep Thanksgiving day out of
respect to the pilgrim fathers perhaps,
but more out Of gratitude TO the Giver
of all good things. We all keep Christ.
mas out of love of him whose birth it
commentaries, Why don't we keep
New Year's? Are we recreant sons of
our Dutch ancestors who first settled
New Amsterdam?
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20
ROnaI GOOHo.

For the roast goose choose one with
plump, firm breast. soft white fat, yel-
low feet with tender webbing The
windpipe 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 and drain, brown in a table
spoonful Of butter, mix with well sea-
soned mashed potatoes, add sage if you
wish, truss, cover the breast With
slices of fat salt pork, let cook for
three-quarters Of an hour, then pour off
I'LL the fat, remove pork, dredge with
-four. When it is Drowned, add n little
hot water and baste often, dredging
again with -four Cook about two hours
Scald the giblets in salted water, pour
it 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
eupful of stock. Pour this on a hot
platter, lay the goose in it and garnish
with apples.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20
CHRISTMAS IN BOSNIA.
Queer Yuletidc Customs of the Black
Mountain Peasants.

Lest any should suppose that the
peasants of Bosnia and Montenegro
and especially those of the BLACK
mountains" proper do not earn their
Christmas feast it should be known
that for six weeks before the anniver-
sary of the nativity the people do not
put meat of any kind into their mouths,
says the Chicago Tribune. Perhaps
nowhere else in the world can be found
so curious an intermingling of Chris
tian and pagan rites at Yuletide. The
peasants even mingle relics of ancestor
worship with their observance of
Christ's birthday. One of their prac-
tees at this season dates from a time
when iron 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
it TO the roof of the house, where it is
placed as potent charm against
witches and uncanny spirits. This Gus
tom is traceabe directly to a practice
of extremely ancient times, when food
was placed on the house tops as an Of
fering to certain household spirits.
At the supper all the meat in the
house is eaten, and If this proves to be a
physical impossibility at one sitting the
members of the household must needs
rise in the middle of the night and fin
ish the repast. After the meat has dis
appeared each partaker 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 pick out a pig,
sheep or a goat to be fattened for the
Christmas feast. The animal is killed
the third day before Christmas, and no
more terrible misfortune can happen to
a peasant than not to have a bloody
knife" in his house on that day.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20
Concerning Christmas,

The best thing to put in q warm
Christmas stocking is a poor child s
foot.
Jews in most countries keep Christ
mas as season of feasting and mirth
and of gift giving.
Coptic Christians believe that savage
beasts and venomous serpents are
harmless on Christmas day and will
neither bite nor sting.
The Yule log in England is relic of
Druidism and has no religious signifi-
canoe left. 1t survives merely as an
ancient and time honored custom.
Christmas is respected by the follow
ers of Mohammed, but not observed.
With all their hatred of Christians
they regard Jesu-ben- Miriam as q mi
nor prophet.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20
The Star of bethlehem.

When, marshaled on the nightly plain,
The glittering host bestud the sky,
One star alone of all the train
Can fix the sinners wandering eye.
Hark, bark, to God the chorus breaks
From every host, from every geml
But one alone the Saviour speaks;
1t is the Star of Bethlehem.
Once on the raging seas ! rode;
The storm was loud, the night was dark.
The ocean yawned, and rudely blowed
The wind that tossed my laundering bark.
Deep horror then my vitals froze;
Death struck, / ceased the tide to stem,
When suddenly star arose;
II was the Star of Bethlehem.
1t was my guide, my light, my all;
II bade my dark forebodings cease,
And through the storm and dangers thrall
1t led me to the port Of peace.
Now safely moored, my perils DER,
I'll sing, first in nights diadem,
Forever and forevermore,
The Star-the Star of Bethlehem.
Henry Kirke Whito.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20

century, especially among the rural in
habitants. \ few of them have been
retained to this date, although the ad-
vance of civilization has almost exter-
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 necessitated Il rotary motion
should be done on Christmas day. Any
body who visited a neighbor 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 men,
bers of the family to sleep on during
the night.
Christmas day is still the greatest
holiday in Sweden. The Swedes of to-
day are more temperate than those of
olden 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 brewed the
Christmas pig killed and sausage made,
the dried lingfish must be soaked in
lye, 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
Tvh OLD no pat tOi n
ner is eaten in the kitchen, and every
body dips his bread III 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 sheaf of un-
thrashed oats on 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, q
young spruce, is dressed with fruit,
paper covered candy, bright colored
glass balls and ornaments and paper
flags of all nations. On each branch is
hung d small candle or 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 i'll 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, Same
to you" On and after Christmas day
q Swede 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
'1utf1sis (dried lingfish or Goldfish soak
ed in lye and boiled), the Christmas
cheese and the rice pOrridge must not
be lacking. Many families usually have
also a pigs head on the table, perhaps
In memory of the god Frey's boar
with apple in the mouth"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20
A Christmns Game.

A fayorite Christmas game in Eng
land is snapdragOn. \ plate of bran
dy with raisins in it is placed on the
table and the brandy lighted. The raj
sins must be plucked from the burning
brandy with the bare fingers. Burned
fingers are a common complaint in
England on Dec. 26.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20
Christmas In the White House.

Christmas at the executive mansion
under all administrations has been es-
sentially a home festival. 1t is on New
Years day that the doors of the estab-
lishment are opened to the public, and
everybody who is anybody comes to
shake the presidents hand.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20
TeIcgrupIicrs' Grin.

Il have lost my grip
This phrase is applied by men to all
kinds of failures. One of the technical
usages of losing ones grip is in the
case of telegraph operators.
Many Of the most skilled operators
suffer at times from loss of the grip"
and are compelled to give way tempo
rarily to n substitute. This grip" is
the hold on the key, and the moment
the operator begins to lose the control
of this grip he realizes q rest, al
though for only brief time, is due
him.
Another but unpleasant term applied
to this loss of grip" is "telegraphers'
paralysis" 1t shows itself in many
curious ways, all showing that the
muscles brought into play in working
the key are badly worn
One of the most skillful operators In
Louisville, who is subject to these at
tacks. cannot send "P." The Morse
manual calls for five dots for this let
ter. The operator in question has by
some hook or crook lost the power to
stop at the fifth dot, and 1t is a com
mon thing for him to warn the taker to
look out for his "P's."
Recently he asked a fellow operator
to watch him send "P's" and to stop
him at the end of the fifth dot 1t re-
suited that, although he would be
warned ut the fourth dot, the fingers,
no longer mastered by the brain, would
continue dotting beyond the fifth
Louisville Courier-Journal
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20
A Scottish New Year Custom.

In the more primitive Scotch towns
poor children go around Enthusiastically
dressed, stopping at the different
houses to call for share of the good
things made for the coming day. A Gu
rious old rhyme which they sing on
this occasion follows
Get up, good wife,
And shake your feathers,
And dinna think that
We are beggars,
4 For we are BARNS
Come out to play;
Get up and gie's our
Hogmanay.
There were many other picturesque
customs in Scotland which have long
since died out.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20
The Bells.

What shall the New Year bear to ~
The shadow or the sun,
a hope, a beam,
A sunshine CLEAN,
Loves long, interrupted dream,
Or dark for daylight done?
What does the New Year hide for youi
A silence or song,
4 sigh, n note
From joy birds throat,
Or stiffness lying long2
What may the New Year hold for usf
All light and shade are there.
Both silence chill
And singing, still
Old love that ever hath its will
Will give each heart its share!
Post Wheeler.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20
HOLIDAY IN SWEDEN.
CHRISTMAS THE GREATEST OF ALL
ITS FESTIVALS.

The Old Time N0rsemeu Were Heavy
Feeders - Dangers of Visiting
NeiEhbor - Children Make Merry
Around the Tree.
V7ROM time immemorial Christ
mas has been the greatest. of
7Sszsfz holidays in Sweden. In hea-
Cy then times the midwinter fes-
tival was celebrated in honor of the
sun, which had retreated more and
more since midsummer and now, after
the winter solstice, began to return,
causing darkness to be defeated by
light, says the Chicago Record. There
was then great feasting in the chief
tains banqueting halls, where the
bards sung songs in honor of fallen he
roes and where eating and drinking
played an important part. Touching
the head Of the god Frey'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 fettered near the
shore would be melted by the sun. The
excessive eating and drinking at 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
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20

Eve had her faults, but in inventing
clothes she gave the world the joy of
the child's Christmas stocking. - In
dianapolis Sentinel
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20
win you give us songs for sighs,

VIII you give us songs for sighs,
7ou rosy little fellow,
With the sparkle in your eyes?
Ho, you little fellow,
Near your dimples sorrow dies;
The darkness melts in music,
And the glory's in the skies!
You rosy little fellow,
With the sparkle in your eyes!
Atlanta Constitution.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20
Enr the Stocking.

Us chillun needs mo- civil rights;
De white folks gotter make some laws,
Case some oh us on Christmas nights
GIFTS clean fohgot by Santa Claus.
Washington Star
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20
THE ROSY NEW YEAR.

Ho, you little fellow,
With the sparkle in your eyesl
will you wreathe your arms around US.
Will you kiss away our signs,
You rosy little fellow,
With the sparkle in your eyes?
Ho, you little fellow,
Like a sunbeam from the skies!
VIII you set the bells to ringing,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-01

dealing mainly with Prince David and
his candidacy.
Prince David was introduced and
came before the audience amid loud
cheers. He said: Brothers, Sisters
and Mothsrs-It is a pleasure TO see
this gathering here to consider what Is
to be done in a few days. While you
gre listening to the talks OF our party
there is only one thing TO consider
after you have heard us. and that is
to be in unity. That will lead us to
victory. AS for the Republican party,
you know what Ii has done. NO ONE
CAN SAY THAT THE DEMOCRATS
HAVE DONE ANYTHING WRONG.
our door Is open to all. We will not
urge you to come and join us. but IL
you think IL Is the right thing. we
would be glad to welcome you. Before
there was only two parties. the Repub-
lican and the Aloha Alma. Now there
are three-the Republican, Democratic
and Home Rule. The Aloha Alma is
lsplit-some have ioired the Home Rule
party and some the Democratic party,
Now. IL we be in unity then we can
gain the victory over the enemy"
After listening to the music by the
kawaiahao Quintet Club and a short
address by Thomas Clark, the Prince
begged to be excused In order to at
tend the meeting at Waikiki and the
rally was brought TO a close.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-01
STREETS MUDDY;
RODE SIDEWALKS
Judge Wilcox Lets Offenders
60 on Account of the
Bad Weather.

Yesterday in the Police Court
SChofeld. Maxi. George vyemara, A.
Lubbock and F. Correa were charged with
being a common nuisance I'm that they did
rido their bicycles upon a sidewalk
Defendants pleaded guilty and urged the
lad state Of the roads in extenuation.
Judge Wilcox delivered a second series of
SIDEWALK homilies and reprimanded and
ischarged the offenders.
Yokiyama was sentenced to six months
on the reef for enticing two japanese
women to live at his resort at Palama.
During the past few months a vigorous
effort has been made to put a stop to the
Immoral traffic in japanese women, but
;eretofore most of the cases have fallen
through on account of lack of direct evil
ceace. Yesterday two of Yokiyama's vic
TINS told on the witness stand the story
CT how defendant brought them to Homo
lulu and his subsequent treatment OF
them.
The women came to Hawaii as contract
iatorers, staying first on a Maui planta-
ton Then okiyama persuaded them to
J accompany him to Honolulu, ostensibly In
the carAcity of cooks.
m a short time defendant forced the
girls to live at his resort and to turn over
10 him their earnings
Yokiyama made no defence and his at
torney, +. NJ: Brooks, moved for a dis
rn'ssal on the ground of lack Of evidence.
Z ne motion was denied and Judge Wilcox
dealt with the defendant as stated above
! The case. which Is a test one, viii be
appealed on legal grounds.
Other cases disposed of were: PasQuale
profanity, discharged; Kiliona, assault
, and battery on Kaliko Kikoo, Sc and
costs: All Man. opium in possession, 50
and costs; Iokepa, Joe Alapai drunken
hess. 81 and costs.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-01
EASY WHEN roU KNOW HOW

Casey was digging ditch IN the
street IN front Of his house for the pur-
pose OF making connection with the
sewer. He had q large pile of dirt
thrown up In the roadway. and he was
rapidly increasing u when stopped by
o policeman.
"Phat are yes dom there. CaseyT
Don't yer see Orm diggfn'r
HOY yes . permit ter blockade the
sthrate with that pile Of dirtY'
"of nov not"
.Thin don't yes know that yes how no
r,sht to put thot dirt here7"
sPhat win OF do with u them IN
auised the puszied Casey.
"oh. fist dig another hole an tro' u
In" answered the man OF the brass but
tons. an he sauntercd slowly away
swinging his club.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-01
HOW TO TREAT A TROUBLESOME
CORN.

To remove a troublesome corn or
bunion: First soak the corn or bunion
in warm water to soften IL, then pare
1T down as closely as possible without
drawing blood and apply Chamberlain
Pain Balm twice daily; rubbing vigor-
ously for five minutes at each applica-
ton. A corn plaster should be worn
for a few days, to protect IL from the
shoe. As a general liniment for sprains.
bruises, lameness and rheumatism.
Pain Balm is unequaled. For sale by
Benson. Smith & Co., Ltd. wholesale
agents
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-01
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~ happen. and to meet such
"a nm sa'e designed tho roots.
\ q ,As . and leaves for the heal
|rs~, nation. Natures way To
NJ a., orul.e or a burn. Is to
" E,s,aas and heal. and that's the
anr. VOC. indian salve acts-iust
fsa F. , wa Il acts that way. be-
k't.t non, a'u'es own remedy. COM
W., I.,' am materials gathered IN
ass NM, .'llole laboratory: unaduI-
est,a,. M, and simple The ZANE
~ W.. .ound IN Klckapoo Indian
! M s..a y, use ior centuries before
IL rSs,,a ,dlvulgei Il to the Pale
aA.. healed nations ages seo.
srs y, ane today. Hebron prus
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-01

rug iroquoie. Pond. MIDWAY tsL
srS. August 6
L. 8. A. T. Conemaugh, Roberts. San
Francisco. October %; mules and horses
for Manila.
MERCHANTMEN.
rrnis list does not include eo.stes-
Alden Besse. Am. bk.. Potter, Fan Fran
cisco. October IL
Bossuet. Lortone. Nantes. France. Ice
days out, October Is (outsids)
Chas. r. Moody. Hansen. Tacoma. octo-
Der IS.
ceylon. Am. bk-. Weller. LAysan Island.
c. F. Sargent. Am. sp.. Gammons, Taco
ma. October q.
dominion. Rr. pk.. Rodd. Newcastle. Oc-
tcber T.
enterprise. Am. schr.. San Francisco
Edward May, Am. blk. Hansen. San
Francisco. October q.
Emily r. Whitney, Am. sp.. Brigham.
San Francisco. October e..
Golden Shore. Am. schr.. Rasmussen.
Newcastle. October q.
Gardiner City. Am. bktn-, walton. San
Francisco. october q.
George Curtis. Am. sp-. Calhoun. San
Francisco, October 30.
Helen Brewer. Am. sp.. Mckay. New
York. October a
Helene. Am schr.. Christensen. San
Francisco. October "a
". ID. Bendixen. Am echr.. Olsen. Port
Blakeiey. October q
Kiikitat. Am Blk. Cutler. Port Ludlow.
October a
Rennebec. Am. sp.. w. F. Lewis. Newcas-
tie October 81
Nohican. Am bk.. Kelly. San Francisco.
October n
Martha Davis. Am bk.. McAlman. Hilo.
October 30.
totert LEVERS. Am. sohr.. Underwood.
Port Ludlow. October -
sebastian Bash. b. BIZ. Nagasaki Feb.
ruarv n.
var Of Russia. Am. ~. Nortsnsen. New
castle. October z.
s O. Wilder. Am bktn.. Jackson. San
Francisco. October n.
|s. ". Castle. Am. bktn.. b. o. Nelson
San Francisco October 30.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-01

ARMY AND NAVY.

Army AND NAVY.
Tug IroQuois. Pond. Midway tsL
srf. August
L. 8. A. T. Conemaugh, Roberts, San
Francisco. October %: mules and horses
for Manila