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The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-30
It's Moraan's.

l came to a mill by the river side, half-mile long and nearly as wde With a forest of stacks and an army of men Toiling at furnace and shovel and pen. What most magnificent plant!' 1 cried And Il man with Il smudge on his face re- piled,
 Its Morgan's." l entered train and rode all day On regal coach and right of way Which reached out it's arms all over the land In system too large to understand. "A splendid property, this!" l erred, And il man with q plate on his hat re. piled,
 "Its Morgan's." sailed on q great ship, trim and true From pennon to keel and cabin to crew, Ana the ship was one of monster fleet; A first-class navy could scarce compete. What beautiful craft she isr' 1 cried, And man with aklmbo legs replied,
 Its Morgan's.' dwet in nation filled with pride, Her people were many, her lands were wide; Her record in war and science and art Proved greatness of muscle and mind and heart. What grand old country 1t is!"I cried, And n man with his chest in the air re- piled,
 "It's Morgans.' went to Heaven. The jasper walls Powered high and wide, and the golden halls Shone bright beyond. But strange new mark Was over the gate, viz.,, Private Park" ''Why, what is the meaning of thisf'' I cried, And a saint with livery on replied,
 'Its Morgan's.' I went to the only place left .I'll take A chance In the boat on the birthstone lake, Or perhaps I may be allowed to sit On the grlddled floor of the bottomless pit" But leering lout with horns on his face Cried out as he forked me off the place,
 It's Morgan s." Edmund Vance Cooke in the Baltimore Amerlcan
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DOM ESTfC.

Binks--I hear that Mir. Greatman vii never run for another office.
 Jinks-Goodnes me! When did h, die ?--New York Weekly.
 Cholly-I think I may change m, mind.
 Miss Marbleheart (earnestly)-] would if were you.--Judge.
 Mamma-W did you tell God how naughty you have been?
 Lily-No, I was ashamed. I thought 1t had better not get out of the family Harlem Life.
 GirIs-Isabel-I've a lovely compii- ment for you, Irma.
 Irma--Oh, what is 1t?
 Isabel-Somebody said that look like you.-Detroit Free Press.
 Likely to Have it.-"He likes excite ment," said the young man.
 "so suppose" replied the dear girl "Why?"
 Well, his choice for wife made that the natural inference. Chicago Post.
 What Did He Mean ?-"Oh, father" exclaimed the budding poet bursting into the library. T had poem publish ed.'n
 Serves you right" snapped the fath- CT. without looking up from his book Ohio State Journal.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-30
HISTORY OF THANKSGIVING.

l Its First Observance in 1621-Some Old- CT Thanksglvlngs.
 l Edward Winslow, writing under date of December il, 1921, gives this account of the first American Thanksgiving and the prowess of the hunters:
 You shall understand that. in this little time that a few of us have been here, we have built seven dwelling
 houses and four for the use of the
 plantation, and have made preparation
 for divers others. We set the last
 spring some twenty acres of Indian corn and spread some six acres of bar
 ley and pease, and, according to the
 manner of the Indians, we rnanured
 our ground with herrings, or rather
 shads, which we have in great abun-
 dance, and take with great ease at our
 doors Our corn did prove well, and,
 God be praised, we had good increase
 of Indian corn, and our barley indifrer-
 ent good, but our pease not worth the
 gathering, for we feared they were too late down. They came up very well
 and blossomed, but the sun parched
 them in the blossom.
 "Our harvest being gotten in, our governor sent four men on rowing, that, so we might, after special man. ner. rejoice together after we had gathered the fruits of our labors. They four in one day killed as many fowl as; with a little help beside, served tho company almost week, at which time' amongst other recreAtions, we -exer cised our arms. many of the Indians coming amongst us, and among the rest their greatest king, Massasoit, with some ninety men. whom for three days we entertained and feasted; and thew went out and killed five deer, which they brought to the plantation and be- slowed on our governor, and on the captain and the others And. although 1t is not always so plentiful as 1t was at this time with us. yet by the good ness of God we are so far from want that we wish you partakers of our plen- ty'
 The exact date of the Thanksgiving is not known, but from the fact that it was an open-air feast 1t Is evident that it must have been observed fin In- dian summer. From this feast, which has been called an evolution of the old English harvest festivals, the present. day custom of goring ones self on day may very we'll have sprung, but the appointment of spec itl day for thanksgiving is custom of longer standing than that. From time | the gods have been | thanked for success in battle. and even after the Pilgrims thanked he Lord | that they were alive many of the set ] days of thanksgiving in America were
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-30
POLICE REFORM NEW FORK.

The chief interest which onlookers
 have in New York affairs is perhaps
 in the promised reform in the Police department. That reform will soon be-
 gin, according to present indications.
 The mayor has announced that he will
 appoint Colonel John N. Partridge to
 be his police commissioner and the an-
 nouncement has been received with
 much approval. Colonel Partridge has good record and Mayor Low is we'll acquainted with him. He was appoint ed police commissioner of the old city of Brooklyn in 1884, when Mir Low was mayor there. He adopted civil service rules, compelling competitive examlna- tion of applicants for promotion and appointment. He introduced a system of river patrol, and also a new system of police telegraphy. When his admin istration terminated Colonel Partridge became president of the Brooklyn and Newtown Railroad company, since con- solidated with the Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad company. When Colonel Roosevelt became governor he appointed Colonel Partridge State su- perintendent of public works, the prin- cipaI work of the department being the management of the canals. Governor Odell reappointed Superintendent Par fridge, and he will leave that office to become Police commissioner.
 Colonel Partridge has big job before him to restore the demoralized police force of New York to good order and good work. Of course the obnoxious Devery will be removed as soon as pos sible, and that will make a good start It is possible, not to say probable, that [ Colonel Partridge will not be able to do all that is expected of him, but he will undoubtedly try hard to make | some much needed changes.
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ly lost their balance they merely swung | down beneath the twig, and proceeded
 on their way. back down. In this lat
 ter operation, as well as when they were descending perpendicular branch, they used their long tails to
 great advantage, twisting them round
 the twigs and branches literally Some times they would hang by their hind
 legs, they by one leg and finally drop
 to the ground, with the greatest dellb- eration, and begin to climb again im- mediately. If one fell through the branches, he caught himself cleverly on any twig he struck, and then went on hls way rejoicing. To test their climb ing ability still further hung a piece of fine white grocer's string from the roof of then cage. At first they only stood up on their hind legs, took hold of the string in their hands, like sail ors manning a rope. Presently one of them essayed to climb, but made little headway. He went up hand over hand and tried frantically to get hold with his hind feet: but he only succeeded in kicking the air, and his long tail kept getting tangled up in the loose end of the string. He gave it up and dropped to the ground. Then another one tried it, then another, and another, and at last after heroic struggle one of them succeeded, He went right up to the top, full ten inches, climbed part of the way down and then dropped. After that they all seemed to get "the hang of it. and went up and down as often as they chose.
 A day or two ago, put several inches of moist earth in their cage and they quickly tunneled 1t from end to end. When they found their way blocked by root, they cut it in two with their
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comprises, according to Sir Henry Johnston, the administrator, region of perhaps 12,000 square miles, admir- ably well watered, with a fertile soil, cool and perfectly healthy climate, cov- cred with noble forests, and, to a very great extent, uninhabited by any na- tive race-an admirable sphere for Brit ish enterprise and colonization which will become of increasing importance as the scramble for available colonizing ground becomes fiercer and yet more fierce among the powers of Europe.
 The English are doing much for Uganda, and in time Uganda will do something for the English.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-30
4 KANSAS CITY DISPUTE.

An ingenious scheme was invented in
 Kansas City to raise funds for the con-
 pletion of the Convention hall in that
 city. To dodge the anti-lottery and anti-gambling laws, guesses were asked
 as to the total vote to be cast in Ohio
 at the November election, it being ar of previous election returns, rather than chance, would decide the winner of the grand prize of s1,OOo, and the winners of the lesser prizes aggregating in value $16,00O. On this feature the courts gave over what was meant by the total vote" of Ohio. The managers of the enterprise state that they meant the total vote cast for all the candidates for governor, and that it was so stated in most of the published notices of the matter. But the whole vote cast, legal and illegal. for governor and otherwise, is some 13,OOO in excess of the total cast for governor, and those who guessed nearest the higher figure are clamoring for the prizes. To settle the matter, the directors will go to court with a bill of and If the courts decline to entertain the case, the directors will distribute the prizes according to the vote for governor. Whatever the re- suit of the contention, the scheme was a successful one, netting $54,OO0 from the 25 cents charged for each guessing ticket.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-30

other by Madison for peace. but for. many years the observance remained largely New England custom. Annu- al proclamations were issued by eight governors of southern states. Az an annual national institution Thankssiv- ing day dates lack only to the civil war, when in 1862 and 1863, President Lincoln issued proclamations recor- mending special thanksgiving for vic- tory, and in 1863 and 1864 | national proclamation of the annual ThanksSiv- ing day. Since then the president and the governors of all the states have reg ularIy issued Thanksgiving proclaria- tions
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-30
AN AFRICAN RAILROAD.

An interesting railroad is approach. ing completion in Africa. When it is done it will connect Uganda with Mom- basa on the seacoast. It has cost s24,- 5oO,00O. This railroad is not expected to be immediately profitable, but it will do some business. Rubber, coffee, sugar
 ivory and zebras are products which will give traffic to IL. Minerals are believed to exist along it's line, but their practical value is un- certain. What is of more i'm portance from a political and also perhaps from practical point of view, Uganda contains the source of the Nile and is the key to the British railroad position if the Cape to- Cairo line is to be constructed. By controlling the lakes which feed the Nile Uganda pro- tects the water supply of Egypt and prevents disastrous diversion of the Nile stream. Uganda is believed to be a country of exceptional promise in an agricultural and commercial way It
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-30

X Smoke abatement Is to be demonstrat- aed at the St. Louis Exposition, the di-
 9rectors having approved a proposal of < that character from the Smoke Abate- l1net1t Association of St. Louis. It will sbe shown that soft coal can be burned
 with economy and without the emission H0f Injurious smoke. The power plants apf the exposition will be smokeless, and Shn effort will be made to persuade the railroads running near the grounds to hdopt smoke-consuning devices. If the < plan eds-and there is no reason
 avti3y 1t should not--not only will the fair reap the benefit, but a stimulus will be y1iven to the general movement for clean Cities.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-30
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productive. It is further contemplated to erect cottonseed oil mills in order to utilize and crush the seed output of this big plantation; if not, to erect a cot ton mill that will convert the lint di- rectly into cloth. To do all this will re- quire several million dollars.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-30

The new South is f1ourishing. The { New Orleans Times gives an interesting z account of big investment just made
 by Pennsylvania capitalists in Avoy- x elles Parish, Louisiana. It includes the sinntnense area of 1o9, ,O0O acres, the land
 Purchased being in rich bottoms cover- ed with a heavy growth of hardwood
 timber. The first thing to be done will ' ha fo clear the land, which will yield ( many millions of feet of lumber when
 the place is cleared it will be devoted
 to cotton growing and will be laid off < 3n one of the largest plantations in the vJorld The land is between the Missis-
 sippi and Red rivers. and is exceedingly
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x Some English travellers were recently s4n H restaurant in German town
 wIiAIa a, woman who was serving i'm parted the interesting information that { ~ pig was being killed round the corner.
 one of them remarked that it was cu- ssri0us that the pig did not squeal. The
 woman looked at them in surprise. Aber," said she, tits forbidden by the
 sioIfce,
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teeth, and when they came across a leaf or lump of earth not easy to re- move by kicking, they picked 1t up and carried it away in the mouth. They now have a snug nest of hay deep un- der the earth, and never poke their noses out of it until all is dark and quiet.
 ERNEST HAROLD BAYNEs.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-30

J. M. Longyear, of Marquette, Mich igan, who built himself a palatial home } Ut a cost of $50O,0 in that city, has be- come 50 embittered against the city for allowing railroad to run near his gpfoperty, that he will move the house, stone by stone, to Boston, which will cost almost as much as the house itself sGost originally.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-30

The question why Cape Nome, Alaska, &Ivas so named has been solved by Pro-
 xeSsor George Davidson of the Univer- SEity of California, who explains that it was merely the result of a ludicrous
 blunder. In reply to an inquiry con- scerning the matter, the British admir- < alty has informed him that while the
 British frigate Herald was searching the northwestern waters of North { America from 1845 to 1851 for traces of s0ir John Franklin a chart was made On which this cape was included, and es it was not known by any name it
 was designated in this way: Name" x A copy of the chart was sent to Lon-
 don, and the draughtsman in the ad- miralty office interpreted "Nome' for Name And Cape Nome it remains to this day.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-30

The Electrical World tells of a blind
 young woman who is successful tele- phone operator She is Miss Abbie < Downing, of Mattoon, Illinois. She is twenty-three years old, graduate of the Indianapolis School for the Blind, ssmnd has become an expert switchboard oberAtor. She locates a, call on the
 board by the sound of the drop" or Mailing shutter, or if busy and the warn < ing click has not been heard her nimble Ringers travel over the board with great 8Tapidity, accurately reading it's condi- 4ion. In addition to handling the calls she also takes charge of the toll station, and "by an accurate system of book Keeping makes record of all toll charges" Her accomplishments include nli the usual domestic duties, as well as 9niuslc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-30

Special cars are becoming mighty N %rofnmon, says the Atchison Globe. The l Missouri Pacific took one north yester- & day and another to-day They always z 316Uk the same--the negro cook standing ' on the front platform, wearing dirty E:wflfte apron, and looking important; { md two or three men in the observation
 eadd, looking out and thinking the jays ne wondering who the heavy swells
 Are If you want to break the heart of < " man in special car don't look at
 liiIn; act as though special cars are so
 common that you are tired of seeing Ythem. Very few men who ride in spe-
 Eial cars really belong In them.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-30
Alaska Seal.

Unlike so many gar- ments that are exten- sively worn for a time, but soon pass out of fashion and favor, the Alaska Sealskin Jack cts have steadily in- creased in popularity, as ia hion a ble gar- ments. Our books show a larger propor- tion of advance orders than in many years. A superb stock of high grade skins, exclusively London dyed. enables us to offer unusual ad- vantages in selection, to early buyers.
 The Sealskin Jacket of 1901-2 is out In medium and three- quarter lengths, cuffs slightly flaring. bro- cade or satin lining, and with or without trimming, as ordered. Cost--according to grade.
 S15O to $250.
  FANCY FuRS, NECK ScARFS and MUFFS, EVENING WRAPS, SABLEs.
 DrQ0k9AQQ
 gbapei. corner Stav street
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THE OLDEST DAILY PAPER PUB-
 LIsHED IN CONNETICUT.
lIiL HARRINGTON C PUBLISHING co OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.

IHE HAAALY JOURNAL. Issusd Thursdays, Ono Dollar . Year.
The sun., 1901-06-18
MOREOF HILL'STEA STOLEN.
THIS TINE THIEVES CARRY OFF 900
CHESTS ~ TRUCKS.
Cop Saw Them working at A;3O In the Morn
Ing. hut Thought They We're Employees Of the
warehouse An the Tea Recovered The
Dealer Arrested for Receiving stolen Goods.


eop saw mem ""'N"s At s'1o IN '"e ""'n'
Ing. hut Thought They We're Employees OF the
warehouse An the Tea Recovered The
nea,er Ir,..,.a ,or R.,ciyinv s,o,., f;ood,
"'
When Frank McNullen, "A clerk in the tea
storage house of Rerionin / Uill in Metro
,,,i,,a, ,s.,.,.. -. ~. -, ,yni,n,s-
pohtan avenue near Berry street. Williams
burg. reached his employer orlce in TIE
North First stree, aide of tho huilding YES
,a..a,. ..t.. =. .,...,..aa ,ha, ,ha ,ro,,
'ernay morning ne n'scovereo 'hh' 'h' iron'
door had been opened with false keys and a
Jimmy On the third and fourth stories he
discovered ,bnt moro than .no cheat, of tea
''''' '''"' 'ioI' '"'' ~ ~
removed The elevator had been used in
,.Li,. ~, - =, o.. ,,o,,rd eoor orI 4, ,,,s
.anlns ,he yea W 'ne s'ouuu nov' u"' !, We
taken from the building through the Metro
told Capt Short Of tho Bedford avenue sta
tion that about i:3O A. NJ he passed along
METROPOLITAN avenue and saw four trucks
The doors Of Hills place were open.
said Owens. -and two men wearing aprons
and looking everything like men working there
were carrying out chests Of tea. They
that pressure OF business had brought
them out so early in the morning The men
al 1at ana
a little suspicious and thought I'd come
back and just take down the names on all
| recognized In one Of the men man who
formerly worked there
owens told Capt Short that the name of
msr,es ton espns ~ Aea on nysrv ,,ucb '' sn told
the police that on Sunday two wel-dressed
men had called at his place and engaged
f9YT fur trucks to rem9ge chests Of tea from from
WAS nothing in the demeanor OF the two men
10 indicate that thev were thieves and he
readily took the order and sent four men
The sun., 1901-06-18
GERMAN ENEMY AFTER RIDDFR.
say, That the Germs American Reform Union
Il Only shell.

The German H'roid which is not friendly
to the Stdds Zeiiunq and Herman Ridder has
been sending ont reporters 10 inquire what
the real strength ~ the German American
Reform Union j.. Tho results were printed
in the Hsroh Yesterday.
The HeroId declares that theuuion was dead
and that there was no thought IN IN" minds
of anv one that il would be active In tn"
present campaign until Ludwig lhoWa
started the eGPrmHn-AmoTicnnl Lea que. NhnnI
according to the Heroh Nr. Rdder heard of
that no Rt once got IN. machinery Of the union
10 work again. and called q meeting. Before
this meeting. II - alleged an eNort wa- made
10 get Carl SchuTz tp lead n now movement
and he refused The H'roh suvs that the
mon on tho Sind's /Ciurg do not regard the
union a. anything more than a club IN the
hands of MIR. Ridder, and that they think thai
no il lucky to get away with the blum, " IL
declared that the membership OF tho IN ion
has BEEN going down steadily all the time
md that the vote lt tho primaries fell rom
400 In 1904 to ,OO0 m 1899, and that no pri-
rnaries were held IN 1900.
Paul G0cpel J., quoted as saying that the
German American Municipal League OF Man
h...an, which has been invited TO send dele
gates 10 the auti-flmmAny conference ana
{ have two votes in its councils, had not hecn
organized vet. The Brooklyn league Of the
Sane name is according to the Herold, com
posed 4 hfty-seven men under the leadership
If DttY kempner.
The sun., 1901-06-18
WILL GRAFT NEW SCALP on GIRL.
Surgeon TO Try Rare Operation on Young
Woman whose Head Was Caught IN Shafting.

NEW BRUNSWICK, n. J.. June i7.-Dr. A. L.
Woods, the physician in charge II Annie
Lochs, the young girl who last week had her
hair and scalp torn from her head in the fac
tory of Hermann, Aukam 4 Co, at South
River. near here, has decided that the only
thing which can save the girls life Is 20 re-
place the pero-teum or membrane covering
the skull bones which was torn of with the
scalp. The bones are at present unpro-
teCted
Dr. Woods will try to graft the periosteum
in about two weeks II the girls condition per-
mits. The operation IL difficult one and one
that rarely succeeds. II successful DR..
Woods will then try to graft skin upon the
girls head to replace the lost scalp
The girl does not know that her scalp Is
gone, her head being stil bandaged The
shsftng in which the girls hair caught was
not guarded at the time of the accident but
since then boards have been placed around
II 10 prevent another mishap of the kind.
The sun., 1901-06-18
SAYS CABLES WILL sURRENDEkM
Gov. Flores Has His Promise 20 Give Up This
wsek-Judges Take the oath.


MANILA, June l7.-The former insurgent
G.neral Ambrosio Flores. Governor Of the
newly organized Province OF Rial. says that
Gen. Cailles, the Filipino leader. has promised
him that he will surrender with his forces on
Wednesday.
The simplest ceremonies marked the sd-
ministration OF the oath Of offioe to-day to
the Judges OF the supreme Court and Courto
OF First Instance. appointed by the Philip
pine Commissio last Saturday. Judge Tafs
explained that as no court had existed sino,
Saturday. the elaborate observance OF tho
event customary under the spanish regimI
was impossible.
Judge Taft administered the oath TO Chiel
Justice Arellsno at the Audencis at 10 o'clock
and Arellano in turn administered the oath
10 his fellow Justices.