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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-07
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YEs9EKDAl,S STOCK MARKET
No Sign of Actual Life--Feeble Drift of
 Prices.

No Sign of Actual Life--Feeble Drift of
 Prices.
 New York, May 6.--There was no sign of actual life in the stock market of to-day and the feeble drift of prices never got far from last nights level, or. for that matter from last weeks level. There was some heaviness early, but the level of prices came up later Ill the day. Tn early heaviness was in sympathy with the sharp decline in Metropolitan Street railway. The in- consistency of the market was shown by the sympathetic decline in the oth- CT traction stocks. Later in the day when an upward movement in the other fractions was undertaken to give market reflection to the showing, Met ropolitan Street railway recovered in sympathy. The heavy gold outgo, the days engagements reaching $4,500,000 caused some attention to be given to the bank statement prospects. The fig- lures of sub-treasury operations show losses by the banks on that account. including the gold movement, of s3,399,- 900, while the receipts on balance of currency from the interior would cut this down materially. But the sub treasury figures do not include to-day's large enga gements of gold. The bank statement is also expected to carry over the effect of last weeks gold shipments, under the operation of the average system. There was an appre- ciably firmer tone to call money to-day. l A considerable impairment of the sur- plus would not be surprise in to-mor- rows bank statement. The statement of Secretary Shaw regarding the Pana- ma Canal payment was accepted to mean that $25,000,000 remained to be l provided, which to-morrows gold ship ment of s4,50O,O0O would go, of course, to reduce. Reports of railroad earn l ings were not stimulating to the de- mand for stocks and those for the Har- riman group were considered moder- ate basis for the hopeful views ex- pressed by the head of the system. Outside few of the stocks in the class known as specialties there was no movement worth notice and the days trivial changes were mostly gains. l United States Steel secosd 5s were heavy on the supposition that the dis solution of the stock conversion syndi- cate will bring offerings on the market. Total sales of bonds par value, $2,065,- 000
 United States bonds were unchanged on call.
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'Nicodemus. the Question" Music will be rendered by the auartette choir to- morrow as follows:
 Morning. Mornings Awake Up My Glory" IL. .........-.........---..-- Lansing Response" Blessed Art Thou" The Lord is My Light" .......... Buck
 Soprano and tenor duet.
 Evening. Anthenl-ssCome 0 Creator. Cirilio.' Anthem-.sThy Will be Done" ....... e--sGotlScHdiA iA Mrs. Emily D. Clark has sold to Dr. James 4. Moore the one family house at 2Ss Grand avenue which is nearly opposite pr. Moore's present residence. William Newry of Wallingford was visiting friends in this section yester- day.
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NEW FORK STOCK MARKET
Opening, Highest, Lowest Quotations.

On the New York Stock Exchange, reported by Prince & Whitely, Bankers and Brokers, 52 Broadway, New York, and Is Center Street New Haven, Conn:
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The Union Trust C0nlaly.

 GHARTERED by the state of Connecticut \ with authority to act us Executor, Ad- ministrator, Guardian, Receiver or Trustee, under will or deed.
 Is a legal depository of money paid into Court and all public Trust Funds. Acts as Trustee for Municipalities, Corporations, and individuals, and administers trusts of all kinds. Empowered to act as registrar of stocks bonds or other evidence of indebted ness. manage sinking funds. and do all bus mess such as usually done by trust conapa- nies.
 collecting checks, notes, coupons, and re- ceives deposits. The principal of each trust apart from the general assets of the Con- pany.
 This Company Is by law regularly exam. ned by the bank examiner of the state Of Connecticut. "
 HENRY L. HOTCHKISS. President.
 EUGENE S. BRISTOL, Treasurer. m26-f
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EST FAIR HAVEN NEVIS
SGS IN THE CHURCHES TO-
 MORROW.

of Albert i. BIakesiee in Mid- town-Entertalned Crescent Whist b-some Residents of Twelfth I'd Opposed to Proposed Purchase Lighthouse Point by city-First of Twentieth Century Homing 5.
 ert A. Blakeslee. formerly of Fair sn, died on Thursday in Middle l Conn.,, of pneumonia. He was one years of age and leaves no diate family, but is well known The funeral will be held in the rial chapel. Fair Haven Union lery, tomorrow afternoon at 3:15, q. A. Sheath to officiate.
 Ward of Blatchley avenue en- he'd the Crescent Whist club We'd Y afternoon. Mrs. Barnsdall won rst prize. a salad dish, and Mrs.
 the second prize, q cake plate. 3McNierney captured the consola- rize, a cup and saucer. After the luncheon was served. Among present were Mrs. B. Ward. Mrs Eo. Mrs. J. w. Barnsdall. Mrs t, Mrs. J. Guckin, Mrs. T. Dwyer l.. M. Hill, Mrs. ". McNeirney Lawlor. Mrs. P. Cronin. Mrs. J lily, Mrs. J. Flynn, Mrs. J. Don
 The next meeting will be with McNeirney of S19 Blatchley ave, he East Pearl street church to, w the pastor. Rev. E. c. Tullar reach both morning and evening Y school at F m. Junior league 3. m. Epworth league at 6:15 lt, Crowns Trodden Under Foot led by George Towner. Music fol y will be as follows:
 Morning.
 prelude 'Andante in D.. .Sila, m-Jubilate in B fiat. .Browi
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Closing Prices.

The following are the closing prices reported by Prince & Whitely, Bankers and Brokers, 25 Broadway. New York, and IS Center street, New Haven, Conn: ::
 Bid. Asked.
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Chicago Market.

Reported over the private wire of J. L. Mclean S Go, 25 Broad street, New York; New Haven Office, S41 Chapel street. Norman A. Tanner. Manager.
 Open. High. Low. Close.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-06

On the second tray are two more
soups brilliant with seaweed, picked
raw fish and sea slugs served with a
piquant vinegar and cold, stewed veg
etab1es. A salad of cucumbers pared
thin and covered with a dressing of
sesame seeds finishes the second course.
The third tray contains an almost col
orless, thin fish soup hs ored with
mushrooms, boneless quail a pate OF
finely minced lobster and 4 kes of fish
jelly served with ginger 70 colored a
bright pink. Hot rice is 50 we'd during
the dinner from a large b tx lacquer
box. But the piece de res lance is a
live carp cut in slices and yerved with
the flesh still quivering.
AT the first table is a white envelope
containing the chopsticks of white
pine or fragrant red cedar.
At all banquets. besides the delica-
cies to please the palate, music, song
and dance make merry the feast of
reason and flow of soul. Midway in the
meal amusement is provided by the
geisha girls, who appear. young and
beautiful. in kimonos of dazzling grapes
embroidered with golden butterflies
and. their hair laden with silvered and
fowery aigrets. These girls are train
ed to amuse and charm the guests with
their dancing, posturing, witty repair
tee and poems chanted to the accom-
paniment of sort of guitar with three
strings and a koto, a kind of either. At
the conclusion of the entertainment.
when the guests are about to depart,
each is presented with a box of food to
cary home. The box generally contains
a broiled fish, a pate Of lobster,
square of jelly, some preserves and an
omelet.
Among the upper classes the tea GER
emonies of old Japan are still enjoyed.
The ceremonial tea is nothing like the
beverage served on ordinary occasions
The art of properly serving. drinking
and making this tea is often a part Of
the education of the youth Of both sexes
and is taught by regular teachers
When the japanese wish to extend
an especially graceful act of hospitality
the tea ceremony follows the dinner.
This tea is stirred with wisp of bam-
boo until it foams. and is then handed
in cups of rare old Satsun1a to the
guests, who deliberately empty the
bowl in three prescribed sips. The gift
of some piece of the tea service is the
most valued proof of friendship a host
can bestow, and as return for this
courtesy the guest is supposed to COM
pose a short, original poem in his hosts
honor.
Incense burning and inhaling is an
other entertainment which counts its
votaries among the aesthetically dis
posed. The host burns costly incense
procured from every part of the empire.
The guests must be able to distinguish
by scent the name and variety of each
The person who correctly guesses all
receives a prize
An American hostess with any orig
inality in her makeup may plan a Japa-
nese entertainment for her guests.
ELINOR HEWITT.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-06

bottles are placed in a copper teakettle
filed with boiling water to keep the
sake always at the right temperature.
Now begins the drinking of innumera-
bic healths, which, according to eti-
quette, must be accomplished in three
sips. During this convivia1 feast wait
ing girls have been fitting in with ali
the appurtenances of that almost in
describable meal, a Japanese dinner. In
front of each guest are placed three
oxen, or tables, five inches high, on
which are dishes, bowls, cups, etc.
The following menu was given to me
by Japanese gentleman and is a per-
fectly correct one for an elaborate
furumai, or feast: On the first tray are
bean soup with pieces of carp floating
in it, a sweetened omelet well Drowned.
boiled, sugared lily bulbs retaining their
natural shape. preserved chestnuts and
a sweetened fish paste made of pound
ed shark. Raw turbot is a great dell
cacy, and slices are served on a mat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-06

ally on the first floor, and the guests
are led along broad verandas over soft.
white velvety mats until they reach the
banqueting room. at one end of which
is seated the master of the house. The
company slowly come into the room
and PROSTATE themselves three times
before their host, exchange the courte-
sizes of the day and are then conducted
to their respective seats, which are
black velvet cushions placed at inter
walls on the floor. Soon after the ar
rival of the guests dainty waiting girls
serve pale amber tea without sugar or
cream in small cups minus handles.
With the tea are eaten sweetmeats
made of rice, flour and sugar nodded
in the form of flowers, buds and leaves.
In this land of topsy turvydom guests
make themselves merry with wine be-
fore, not after, dinner; so at this stage
of the game sake or rice brandy is
served hot from bottles of the finest
blue and white china. These Hqueur
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-06

Q OUBISE BROWN SOUP=Soak a
quarter of a pint of lentils for six
- hours, peel and slice two large
onions and fry them in two ounces Of
butter until golden brown. Drain the
lentils and pick out all imperfect Sc eds.
add them to the onions and stir to-
gether for a few moments. Pour in
three pints of stock. cut a quarter of a
pound of bread into pieces. letting all
simmer together for three-quarters OF
an hour. Crush the lentils, bread and
onions with a wooden spoon while stir
ring and remove all scum Rub through
a sieve. return to the saucepan, boil up
and throw in a small lump of sugar.
Just before serving draw the soup aside
and carefully add the yolk OF an egg
beaten with little cream.
Stewed Cod.-Cut two pounds of cod
fish into square pieces, put them in
pan. with a little chopped parsley,
thyme and salt, cover with one pint OF
water and a good tablespoonful of vim
egar- Stew over slow fire for twelve
minutes, then add the juice of half a
lemon, two ounces OF butter rubbed into
a tablespoonful Of flour and a dessert
spoonful Of anchovy sauce. Stew gen
thy for a quarter of an hour. Take each
piece of cod up carefully and place on
a hot dish. Stir the sauce till 1t boils
and then cook ii for a few minutes
Strain this over the fish and garnish
with slices of lemon and chopped pars-
ley.
Macaroni Mold.-Grease and scatter
a plain mold with bread crumbs, then
line it with thin. short crust. ATince
together three quarters Of a pound OF
cooked veal and a quarter Of a pound
of cooked tongue or ham. Boil three
eggs hard. chop. and add to the mix
ture, with half a pound Of boiled maca-
rOni, strained and cut into small pieces.
Season all with chopped parsley, fine
herbs, salt and pepper. FIJI the mold
with this mixture, pour in half a pint
Of either thick brown gravy or white
sauce. Cover with crust and bake in a
slow oven for three-quarters of an
hour. Turn out and garnish the mold
with a few slices OF egg.
Egg CutIets.-Boil some eggs till al
most set Break away the shells and
mince whites and yoll1s together. add
ing an equal quantity OF fine bread
crumbs. Season with salt, pepper,
chives or chervil and a tiny pinch Of
curry powder. Mix all thorou shly, then
bind together with raw egg and shape
into little outlets. Brush over with
beaten egg and fry a golden color.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-06

M sine qua non of the successful
social function some ideas may
be borrowed from that very
picturesque and plucky race,
the Japanese. Necessarily these orien-
tai ceremonies will have to be adapted
to western requirements. but in most
instances their basic decorative and
serving notions may be carried out in
tact.
japanese entertaining, with all its
elaborateness, refinement and rules for
every detail, might easily be ranked
among the fine arts of this oriental
country. It offers a subject a s charm
Ing as it is original, for all kinds of con-
siderations come into play besides the
actual food served. For instance. there
are certain rules which govern the
character of flower arrangements for
different ceremonial occasions as well
as the disposition of each article used
in the banqueting room. Not alone are
the flowers for felicitous occasions of
prescribed varieties and colors but
their composition must partake as
much as possible of the character of
the season in which the function is
held. special fete days having their ap-
propriate flowers
While Japanese forms of entertain
ment are numerous and varied, they are
generally elaborate and formal cere-
monies, the oriental idea in this re-
spect running exactly contrary to that
of our western notion of permitting
friends and sometimes even strangers
20 take potluck with the family. The
Gavorite form of entertainment among
khe well bred japanese is the great
dinner party given either in ones own
home or at some fashionable hotel or
club. The invitation to the feast is
verbal, and there is a peculiar custom
connected with delivering it. On the
day before the dinner a servant is sent
by the host to the house of each guest.
carrying with him a gift in the shape
OF a table delicacy, upon the acceptance
of which the invitation is given. The
feast is always in observance of {. fes-
tival or the celebration of some fam
fly event.
In Japan a wife seldom appears with
her husband in public. and even at
great dinner parties served in private
residences the mistress of the house
rarely is in evidence. If she does ap-
pear it is to wait upon her lord and
master and his friends. To an Amer
lean wife this servitude of the Japa-
nese spouse Will seem degrading, but in
abe Land Of the Rising Sun ito obey
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in marriage service has a definite
meaning.
To come back to the dinner party.
short time before the hour appointed
for the feast. at the sound of approach
ing jinrikishas-th guests usually
come in these vehicles the screens at
the entrance of the house are slipped
back liz their grooves. Smiling serv-
ants help the guests alight. while in the
doorway stand a group of pretty wait
resses gay as flowers in their bright
colored kmonos, bowling their heads
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-06

ing panels which serve for doors and
windows have paper panes. The state
apartment Of a Japanese house is usu-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-06

TOWADAYS when novelty is the
sine qua non of the successful
social function some ideas may
be borrowed from that very
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-06

to the ground in ceremonious salute
and at the same time murmuring
"ohaeri. ohaeril" which translated
means Enter. 0 honored sirs!'
Japanese houses, as everybody knows,
are built of light wood. and the slid
Douglas Island news., 1904-02-10
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 North, Condensed.
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Valdez has a city we'll that sometimes gets lost.
 b vaudeville performers went to Val dez on the Excelsior.
 The Skagway Elks will give St. Val entine Dance on Feb. 18th.
 The war department is preparing to reinforce the military in Alaska.
 E.A. Klatt, the Dyea valley farmer fertilizes his fields with dog salmon. New strikes have been made on the Koyukuk, on Wild Creek and Wiseman Creek, according to report.
 More people than usual are in the Kougarock district. Every creek is worked and good pay is being taken out,
 A rich strike has been made on the bench opposite No. 20 Candle Creek Eight dollars to the pan has been taken out.
 Sheldon Jackson announces over his own signature that he knows of no slavery on the AIeutian Islands, "at l present"
 The Southeastern Alaska company will resume work on their Harris creek claims, near Hollis, as soon as the snow is off the ground. 
 A man named Chase has "skunk farm" on an Island near Shakan. He will no doubt be a walking advertise ment of his business. i J.J. McGnvery says that this year will see work start on a road from Val dez to Siberia. He claims Captain Healy is the promoter of the company.
 Ed. c. Morse, of sealevel, has been advised from company headquarters that the Sealegel company will resume operations on an enlarged scale this season.
 Mir. Fred W. B. Johnson, formerly engineer for the Olympic Mining Co.,, in Alaska, has resigned, and will take charge of a cynide plant for Wash ington company.
 Now that the existence of tin in pay ing quantities at York is pretty much an assured fact, it is in order for some Alaskan prospector to discover a de- posit containing pitchblende.
 Tweny dollars to F pans is the re- suit of new strike on Squaw creek, a tributary of Canyon, in the Fortymile district, says the Dawson News. All of Squaw creek has been staked.
 Plans and specifications for extensive repairs and improvements to the steam ship Corwin have been made. When completed the vessel will be one of the best to be engaged in the Alaska traffic
 Harry Leland and F. H. Shaw are on their way to Dawson, from which place they will mush for Nome. Clarence Hawkins and Frank Sandars also ex- .pect to make the trip to Nome this winter, from Illiamna bay.
Douglas Island news., 1904-02-10

The cost of the first census taken of the population of the United States was not quite S45,0O0. The cost of the census taken in 1900 was S13, ,115,439. The cost of the first census per head of the population was a little over l cent; in 1900 the average cost had risen to IT cents. The decided increase in the cost is explained by the great eXtention of the census and of the details as- sociated with it.
 The work done this year with gold dredge on Stewart river, in the Yukon, was chiefly of a preparatory kind, prospecting and preparing for another season. Enough was done, however, to promise success, and the work is to be carried On next season with the dredge now there; while larger machine has been ordered, to extend operations. A considerable area of pay gravel was found at depth of nine or ten feet below the riverbed.
 The synod of the Russian orthodox church has decided to establish see in Alaska, with the Rt. Rev. Innocent as coadjutor. Bishop Innocent is in his thirty sixth year, and as hieromonk has done much missionary work in this country. He is an English scholar, and is thoroughly familiar with Amer ican conditions. At the time of his selection as bishop coadjutor of Alas ka he was abbot of the Monastery of the Miracle, at Moscow.
 Never in the history of the White Pass railroad has a worse wind storm been encountered along the line of the road than that which prevailed. That is the story that comes down from the summit from the sturdy men who are manning the rotary and trains that had to fight for every inch of headway that was made. Glacier to Bennett the drifts and new snow had buried the track from to 15 feet in depth. This storm was last Thursday.
 There is a turnip on exhibition in the window of the Columbia restaurant in Bonanza that would be an eye-opener to the eastern people who imagine this to be country of icebergs only.> The turnip weighs little over eleven pounds, and was raised on upper Bon anza.-Dawson Record. There is tur- nip on exhibition in the Fairbanks ho- tel at Fairbanks, that would make that Bonanza turnip look like a bob-tail- flush. The Fairbanks turnip weighs l7 pounds and was pulled out of the ground before it was done growing. Fairbanks Miner.
 The general board of the navy has recommended that the proposed coal ing station in the Aleutian chain be To- cated at Kiska island, and that it be strongly fortified. The place is of greater strategic value, the board says, than any other point in the North Pa cific Ocean. The cost is roughly esti- mated at s1,5oo,OOO. The importance of the project can be gathered from the fact that it is proposed to store there 100000 tons of coal. Only 25,ooo tons are stored in the San Francisco station. ] Kiska island is just 500 miles west of Dutch Harbor, in the main Aleutian chain, and fine harbor is formed by a large bay which indents the island. Little Kiska island forms a natural breakwater.