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The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-01
SAW ES FLOUR BUT E ER
 GGS ROYAL Baking Powder
And makes the cake lighter, finer&flavOred, more
 slightly.

I don't know how got on the roof, and after had tried for two or three hours to figure 1t out I gave 1t up, so can't tell you that" The OK was taken from the car at noon To release 1t it was necessary to tear out one side of the car. It had been contentedly chewing hay all the forenoon.
 Perhaps the escape of Engineer Holt is just as singular His story is that when he realized that there was going to be a collision he felt great dread in his heart, but put his hand on the reverse lever. The awful collision was the next thing, but of that his memory is hazy. He recalls that he found him. self in the lot next to his engine. It is assumed that the impact sent him from his post in the engine into the fields close to the tracks. Sometimes during MT. Holts conversation he appeared as if he was out of his head. | In the chapter of escapes those Of John G. and John J. Kane, brakemen, will bear relation. They were on the north bound train, and were in cars some distance from the two locomo- lives. Both were thrown out, but es- capped uninjured. Brakeman John Prince, of Falls Will Elage, was in one os the wrecked cars, but after the rumpus Was over he found himself on top of the Gar. He says he cannot explain or know how he got there His escape is similar to that of MT. Nichols, the keeper of the prize |
 | OK. .N
 Four cars behind the engine of the extra was a cargo of eggs in cases, a surprisingly large number of which re- main unbroken.
 Joseph Connolly or Malley, as he was also called, was thirty years old and leaves mother wife and daughter in l this city.
 l Gustafson was a. Swede He boarded at 246 Howard avenue, this city, and leaves parents in Sweden A letter in the pocket of Gustafson's jumper gave his address as Meriden. It was from Sweden and written in Swedish. He had been railroading but a very short 1 time.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-01
THE MAYORS COMMITTEE.
(Continued from First Page.)

At this point General Bradley asked if the money appropriated by the city could be expended under the auspices of this committee He said that If the committee had no money it would not be able to carry out any comprehensive programme. The mayor in reply said that he had hoped that the money would be spent by the committee of the court of common council, but 1t was voted otherwise by the finance board against his suggestion. The matter of spending the money was, he thought, but a small part of the business com nected with the celebration. He thought that it would be well, if the president came. to have a committee composed of such men as Congressman Sperry and ex-Congressman Pigott, men we'll known in Washington, to be ready to receive him. There was a
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-01
EARACHE KILLED HIM.,

New Haven Boy at State Reform
 School Expired in Convulsions.
 Meriden, Sept. s0.-George Taylor aged fourteen years. of New Haveny who had been an inmate of the stata school for boys, for about year, died early this morning very suddenly. The boy had trouble with his ear ever since coming to the institution.
 On Saturday he complained of an earache and was sent to the hospital.G It was not thought that anything sss rious was the matter and his death was quite a surprise Medical Exam iner Bradstreet was called and after ad investigation he was of the opinion thot the boys brain was affected and tl1nt he died of convulsions.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-01
wOMEN'S MATCH
At the Country Club To-Day

The first round in the golf tourna- nent for the vice presidents cup at tbe Brooklawn Country club, Bridge port. was played on Saturday, the eight who qualified on Tuesday being paired. Miss Georgianna M. Bishop defeated Mrs V. P. Gibney; Miss Florence Jones defeated Mrs W. Shelton Stevenson' Miss Marion Patterson defeated Mrs' D. Fairchild Wheeler, and Mrs F. r. Lyon defeated Mrs. R. l. Neithercut' The semi-finals will besplayed on we'd nesday and the final round on Satur- day. To-day the womens team Will come to New Haven to play match with the women's team of the New Haven Country club.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-01
REV. DIR. PULLMAN ILL.

Condition of Presiding Elder So Criti-
 cal His Recovery Considered Doubt
 full.
 Stamford, Sept. 90.-Rev. Joseph Pull man, D. D., presiding elder ot the New York Eastern District Methodist Epls- copal church. is critically ill at ms home in this city with stomach trouble and his recovery is doubtful. MT. Pull man is one of the best known Methodist clergymen in the country.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-01
MRS. MARY ANN DOWNEY.

Mrs. Mary Ann Downey. widow of the late James Coleman, died at her residence, 399 East street. Sunday night at 7:30 o'clock She had been i'll for about two years. but did not take to her bed until about four weeks ago. In that time four abcesses formed on her arm, which caused her death. She IS survived by one daughter, Miss Fan nie Coleman, and a sister, Miss Gather inc Coleman, both of whom reside in this city. She was always spoken Of as a lovable wife and mother and was honored and respected by all who knew her. The funeral services will take place this morning at S:3O from the house and from requiem high mass at the St. Patrick's church at o'clock. Rev Father O'Brien will eel ebrate the mass. The interment will pc by the side of her husband in the fam ily plot in the St. Bernard's cemetery. The pallbearers will be Michael Bouch- CT, William Walsh, John Doyle, Dennis Curran, John Martin, and Frank Me- Ginnis. The flower bearer will be Charles Hesley.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-01

OCTOBER VISITORS AT ORPHAN
 ASYLUM.
 Mrs. C.. Berry Peets, of S96 Orange street, and Mrs. Frank Sperry, of Ss2 Orange street, will be the October visit ors at the New Haven orphan asylum.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-01
FJTNERAL OF EDWARD w. DOR
 MAN

MAN.
 1,he funeral service over the remains of Edward w. Dorman, who on Friday committed suicide, were held Sunday afternoon at the residence of his par ents, MT. and Mrs. John Dorman, on California street, Stratford. The ser vices were. largely attended, many Wesleyan Students being present in addition to large number of local friends. The officiating clergyman was the Rev. Royal w. Raymond, pastor or the Stra tford M. B. church, and he was assisted by former pastor, the Rev W. H, Fleming. Both paid high trlb- utes to the kindly character of the de- ceased. The funeral was attended by Alpha chapter of the Ilpha Delta Sigma fraternity of the local high school, by the Gamma Phi chapter of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity of Wesleyan, and by the Cupheag club.
 Appropriate musical selections were sung by Mrs. w. O. Brown, who feeing- lv rendered Sometime We'll Under stand" and by a quartet from the Del ia Kappa Epsilon fraternity, which sang "In Memoriam" and Nearer My God to Thee" At the grave the quar- let sang their chapter Parting Ode v The nallbearers were Paul A. Carey of Stratford, Willard Dean of this city, H, TT Clark of Yale, and H. N. French, Lewis and o. A. Bushnell of Wes- 1ovan Interment was in Union ceme- tery. There were many handsome floral tributes.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-01
FUNERAL OF EMIL wIcKMAN.

FUNERAL OF EMIL WICKMAN.
 The funeral of Emil Wickman, who died in New Haven hospital after weeks illness of typhoid fever, was held Sunday in the Soldiers Memorial chapel in the Fair Haven cemetery, where the interment subsequently, took place. MT Wickman was twenty-tnree years of age and for several years was employed in the Winchester Repeating Arms companys works. He was bright, promising young man diligent and trustworthy and very popular among his shopmates. He came to this country from Sweden twelve years ago with his parents, and with them resid- ed at 22 Saltonstall avenue, up to the time of his death The funeral services were conducted by the Rev. 0. w. Johnson. They were attended by a large concourse of mourners, including the father and mother and shopmates of the young man. Among several beautiful floral offerings was magni- ficent Tyre, inscribed "Shopmates.p The pallbearers were J. Holin E. Lind strand. c. H. Hurlburt, Frank Otis, John Wolf, s. Larson; flower bearers, Emil Carlson, John Anderson, Harry Merriman, Otis Davis.
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THE FULL AMOUNT VOTED

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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-31
Baby Whale Is Thriving

A baby whale, two and one-half feet
in length, was washed ashore in the
breakers few miles south of the Cliff
House recently, and was picked up by
G. Baker. s. Roberts and George
Whistler. who were walking on the
beach. The little whale was lively and
in good condition, except for a slight
bruise on the side of its head. and in
half an hour the young men had him
in a receptacle filed with salt water.
The little fellow was brought to this
city. and thrived SO well that In
short time. to the amazement of his
captors, he had grown to length Of
nearly four feet. He is one Of the blue
species, and blows vigorously most of
the time he is thrashing around in
his tank. Seafaring men who looked
upon the little whale said they had
never seen so diminutive a specimen
of his species before, but that he was
nevertheless whale. His tail is shape
ly and is already avoided by the young
men who have taken it upon them
selves to raise the embryo leviathan to
adult size.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-31
''1n short time wainwright's fathe,

81 l-
"1n a short time Wainwright's fathe,
died, and the lad left college never to
return. He went back to that distaste-
ful village. commenced his life where
he had left 1t OFF and found that every
thing was changed. that nothing could
be the same again. The blue eyes, the
sympathetic hand-touch, the tender
voice were nothing to him now, and
yet hating to pain one who so loved
him, he could not bring himself to
tell her"
The gentleman from France smiled
contemptuously.
And so ruined his own life and the
other woman's. The odds were in IA
vor the other way" he remarked.
Perhaps" said the consul grimly.
Time passed. So things drifted and
at last Wainwright enclosed news.
paper clipping in an envelope and adj
dressed it to Isabel. It was the an
nouncement Of his own marriage. He
felt the woman despised him, and at
the time he prayed she would.
The years passed and with them
the wife, but the love look was ever on
her face, for no action of Wainwright's
had disabused her mind of the belief
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-31
Fish and Their color HABITS.

It is familiar fact that among fishes
there are many that have in a mar
velous manner and to a marvellous de-
gree the power Of changing their col
oring to that of their surroundings,
thus making themselves practically in
visible there except at close quarters,
and so helping them to escape notice
from their enemies. The commonest
kinds Of the duller-colored bottom
feeding fishes Of northern waters may
change their colors, for instance. from
dark brown or gray to light, and back
again from light to dark. Many Of
the bright colored tropical fishes
change in similar manner; some in
shades OF color, and some Of them
from one color to another, as from red
to yellow, or from yellow to red.
The tropical fishes in tanks at the
Aquarium are likely to be, when new
here, more or less affected by the char
acter of the water, as to its sadness.
The water of New York Bay is fresher
in the spring and early summer, when
the greater volume of fresh water is
emptied into it from the North river,
than it Is at other seasons; and when
the water is fresher the tropical fishes,
susceptible to this influence, are likely
to be of lighter shade in their color
ing than they are when the water is
safest. They become in measure ac-
climated, and show this difference less
with succeeding years. There is in
the Aquarium a very beautiful angel
fish that has now been there three
years and half, and now maintains a
virtually uniform beauty at all sea-
sons throughout the year. Something
Of this may be due to the tank it oc-
cupies, which Is cement lined and dark
colored. The bright coloring of the
fishes is likely to be better preserved
in tank with dark lining than in
one lined with white tiles; certainly in
the dark-lined tank the fish shows to
greater advantage. The most wildly
colored of the Aquarium's tropical
fishes are the green parrots; the brill
liant and beautiful coloring Of these
fishes Is remarked many times a day.
Through the day the parrot fishes are
likely to be sailing about in their tank
in full view; after the visitors have
gone they are Very likely to lie down
on the bottom Of their tank and to
change their colors greatly. Their
back and the upper part of their body
become then almost black, shading out
on other parts of the body to a lighter
shade of green than they wear when
in full color, this lighter colored part
of the body being now more or less
mottled in color. The green parrot
fish, when very sick, grows plainly
paler in color. Dead, its bright color
comes back for a brief time, then again
to fade.-New York Sun.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-31
Artists Not Afraid OF Ghosts.

Greenwich. Conn, correspondent
New York Sun: Four artists are liv-
ing in haunted house at North Mi
anus, within sight of Henry O. Have
meyers mansion, and defying ghosts
which are said to appear nightly. The
artists are Louis Loeb and Albert Ster-
ner, famous illustrators; Ernest Ben
son, water colorist, and w. G. Schnei-
der, a noted miniaturist. They have
lived in the house for nearly six
months, and yet their nerves are steady
and the work they produce bears no
suggestion of the character of the place
of their toll. The house is a three
story farmhouse and wing, with stone
wall in front and near it an old-fash.
Toned wellsweep. The main house i
double, with rooms on each side Of a
broad hall. In one of the rear rooms,
years ago, a man of the name of Car
penter cut his throat with a razor. He
had become doubled up with rheuma-
tism in his old age, and, being with
out relatives, committed suicide in de-
spa1r. The bloodstains remain on the
hoor to this day and no amount Of
scrubbing will remove them. After his
death the house was unoccupied until
the artists. hired it last summer and
set up their studio therein. No ghost
talk could scare them, they said, and
from their silence since then it is
judged that they have not seen many
spirits from the other world.
The story told by North Mianusites
Is that night after night, at certain
hour, there comes stealing across the
threshold of the door the shadowy
form of the old man, and that 1t passes
over the CORY scene witnessed only by
the four walls of the room and the
prylng moon peeping in at the win
dows. There are those who profess
to have seen the ghost-like form, and
others who express their doubts at the
spiritualistic seance. The artists have
little company to annoy them, and so
look upon the story of ghosts as a
blessing in disguise.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-31
IN TIE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS
AND EVENTS.
Marvellous Power Some Fishes Possess
They Can Change Their Color to That
of Their Surroundings, Making Them
selves Practically Invisible.
g-~ The ske,aton.

CO. The skeleton.
The house is gay with guests from near
and far.
But. oh, the closet door has swung
ajar,
And lest they glimpse the skeleton
within,
oh, let the music and the dance begin!
Bid all the dancers laugh and shout
and sing;
Oh! let them fill the house with rois-
tering!
All, see. the crack is widening still
more! -
Go join the dance. and will guard the
door.
The last note dies upon the dark. The
feast
Is over, and, day climbs the crimson
east.
The last late guest is gone. The dance
Is Done
Come, you and must face the skele-
ton!
Ethel M. Kelly in Christmas Smart
Set.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-31
Slot Machine Restaurant.

No more tipping of restaurant wait
ers; their union is threatened with
dissolution; walters must look for 9th
er employment. The slot-machine res
taurant has been patented. Hot meals
may be furnished in less than one min
ute by simply dropping coin in the
slot. The manager and cigar boy
Will constitute the entire force of en-
ployes outside Of the culinary depart
ment. Such is the news that comes
in special from Washington telling
of the issuing Of letters patent to a
chicago man, the resigner OF the re-
markable notwithstanding eating
house, which threatens to supplant all
other kinds of popular-price restau-
rants in the country. The secret me-
chanism Of the restaurant by which
the quick service is obtained is in the
basement. The patent, besides doing
away with all walters, makes useless
the services of cashiers. No one han
dies the money; the check system is
wiped out; there are no milk. water
and coffee urns; no shelving nor draw
ers; no dishes except those from which
the meal is being eaten. The only
furniture of the restaurant are tables
and chairs. When a customer enters
the eating house and is seated he finds
in a metallic frame in front of him a
bill of fare, arranged in a new kind of
slot machine, made for coins of all de-
nominations from cents to 81. The
price of each article of food is stated
on the bill Of fare, as in other res
taurants and opposite each article ia
the appropriate slot, enabling the Gus
toner to know the price of what he
wants and to insert coin of the prom
er denomination. II he wants coffee
or pie he drops cents in the slot op-
posite the word pie or coffee on the
bill of fare. In a few seconds a lift
appears before the customer and with
his own hands he takes off the arti-
cles he had automatically ordered
Chicago News.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-31
THE PErRIrrED rnRn

In valley, centuries ago.
crew little fern-leaf green and slender,
Yeining delicate and flbres tender;
waving when the wind crept down 30
low.
BUSHES tall and moss and grass grew
Playful sunbeanls darted in and found It,
Drops OF dew stole in by night. and
crowned it:
But no foot of man e'er trod that way:
Earth was young and keeping holiday.
Monster fishes swan the silent main.
stately forests waved their giant
branches,
Mountains hurled their snowy ava
lanches.
Mammoth creatures stalked across the
plain,
Nature reveled In great mysterieA
But the fern was not of these,
Did not number with the hills and trees:
only grew and waved its own sweet way,
No one came to note 1t day by day.
Earth one day put on frolic mood.
Heaved the rocks and changed tho
mighty motion
OF the deep strong currents of the ocean;
Moved the plain and shook tho naughty
wood,
Crushed the little fern in soft moist
Covered 1t and laid it safe away.
o the long, long centuries since that dayi
o the changes! o LIES bitter cost.
Since that useless little fern was lostl
useless7 Lost? There came thought
full man
Searching natures secrets, far and deep;
From fissure in a rocky steep
He withdrew a stone. DER which there
ran
Fairy pencilings. quaint design.
Veinings, LEAKAGE, fibres clear and fine.
And the ferns life ~ In eve-y line!
50. think. God hides some souls away,
swsst!y to surprise Us, the last day.
Mary L. Bolles Branch.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-31

Forty-two English citizens during
the last ten years have changed their
surnames. because they were the same
Is those OF famous villains in we'll
known books and plays. For this
privilege they paid the country s42O.
Dickens Is responsible for over a third
81 the name changes. and, among 9TH
sss. seven Quilps have sued for new
name during the past six wears alone.
Quiip In THE Old Curiosit shop" was
such detestable villain victims
of the,same naka said ~ heru and
their business harm. Uriah Heep, The
Bringing rogue OF David Copperfleld, .
3 responsible for five people of that
name seeking new cognomens. An
other name that has been changed by
seven different families is "Legree,"
spelled in several different ways, the
name Of the scoundrelly painter in
A Uncle Toms Cabin"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-31
She was leaning indolently against the
porch rail

she was leaning indolently against the
porch rail.
that she was all to him. Finally, his
stern sense of duty satisfied, he sought
the world again. He met Isabel then
The ever-ready Frenchman pursed
his lips incredulously.
"And she still loved him?" he in
CURED.
THAT never knew" was the an
swer.
There was an unmistakeable some
thing always between them-their re-,
lations were those of strangers and
he could never close the breach. He
longed to tell her what his life had
been; as woman who knew the world
he felt she would forgive him, and II
she forgave him, might she not love
him?"
Once again the Frenchman leaned
forward.
He should have told her the story.
He should have asked for her love-"
he said emphatically.
The consul-general raised his eyes
from the wine glass in his fingers, and
his gla.ae shot piercingly across the
table,
He has done both." he replied, Civ
ing the signal to arise.
Later, when most Of the guests had
sought cooler, more secluded spots I'M
der the banyans and palms of the lawn,
a solitary black-gowned figure leaned
indolently against pillar Of the YER
anda. Despite the naughty uplifting of
her head the brilliant oriental night
could not hide the sorrowfully droop-
Ing mouth. and her hand trembled
visibly against the railing as the con-
sui appeared within the doorway.
He stood there moment-a noble
and impressive figure. then walked
slowly towards her.
Isabel" he said, softly. my story
awaits its ending
She was silent, and the sad note Of
night-bird came softly from far
of tree.
Again he spoke and every word was
subtle pleading.
ut has been SO long-so long with
out you, my love-" he whispered.
Her hand dropped and fell against
his own.
$50 long, my love-" she echoed soft
ly. Her face was turned from him, but
he placed his hand upon her forehead,
and drawing her head gently back
wards till it rested on his heart, he
kissed her on the lips.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-31
odd Sun Dial.

Among the Montagnais Indians a
crude form Of sun dial is used in hunt
ing to let the squaws, who follow their
lords and masters, know whether they
may take it easy" or hurry up" for
they might fare badly II they Jagged
behind when their husbands were
ready for supper. And so the men
when hunting erect in the snow a
stick at some well known place and
draw the exact line of the sticks shad-
ow in the snow before going on. When
the women arrive there with their pots
and other cooking utensils they note
the new line of the shadow, and by
observing the angle which 1t forms
with the line already drawn in the
snow they can tell how far ahead their
husbands are.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-31
Sentinel" ana "Hussar..

Two well-known military terms.
sentinel" and "hussar." afford capital
Instances of the remarkable manner.
In which nation does its word-twist-
Ing. At first sight there seems little
connection between the Latin word
sentina, signifying the hold OF ship
and soldier keeping watch over his
sleeping comrades. The connecting
link is afforded by the word sentinator.
the Roman gentleman who pumped the
holds Of Caesars galleys free Of bilge-
water. Upon his constant vigilance
depended the lives Of the entire ships
company. Similarly, the word '.hus-
sar" is merely a Hungarian term sig.
nifying twentieth" It arose In this
manner: When Matthias Corvinus be.
came king Of Hungary in 1853 he was
extremely afraid Of foreign invasion.
He consequently raised an army By
the simple expedient Of commanders
ing every goth individual in the land.
Hence the hussar.