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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-13
SWEDISH SOCIETY VIKINGS.
Plans for the Elaborate Observance of
Christmas Holiday.

With large attendance of its now numer-
GUS membership the Swedish Society Vik-
ings recently held its annual election of Of
ficers for the coming term at Dawson S
Hall, 719 9th street northwest. The follow
ing officers were elected: President. Harry
Thompson. reelected; vice president. Albin
Wahlstrom; recording secretary, F. Sylven.
reelected; financial secretary. Victor Nor
ling; treasurer, F. Sandberg, reelected.
and doorkeeper. John Dahlquist. There is
a board of trustees to be elected at the next
meeting, December Is. Two new members
were taken in at the recent meeting.
The Vikings organized June "a, 1893. and
the society is reported to be in a flourish
ing condition. By vote of the society 1t
was decided to revise its constitution, so 1t
will more fully conform to the aims and
purposes for which the society was organ
lied, and a committee of seven was ap-
pointed to take the matter in hand. The
committee is composed of the following
members: E. A. Lindblom (chairman), Per
Hallbeck; K. Bjorklund, Otto Nelson, Vic
tor Norling, NJ. Blom and A. Wahlstrom.
1t was also decided to abolish the greater
part of the secret Ceremonies adopted at the
organization of the society. The Vikings
are purely social body, its object being to
bring the sons and daughters of the stall
wart old vikings residing in Washington
closer together. Christmas is in Sweden
considered to be the greatest of all holt
days and Is there celebrated Tor several
days and the Vikings decided to spare no
expense, but to make its annual Christ
mas entertainment this year a grand sue
cess.
The program and hall committees were in
structed to make all arrangements and re-
port to the society at the next meeting,
December Is. The entertainment will be
held between Christmas and New Year day.
The last monthly social function given by
the society November 30 consisted of a
refreshments.
Sunday evening, November 25, through
the efforts of the society. the Swedish peo-
pie in Washington had the pleasure of lis
tening to a sermon in their native tongue
by the Rev. C. NJ Ahlberg of Philadelphia,
Pa. 1t Is expected by the Rev., Ahlberg to
continue the services the last Sunday of
each month. and a subscription list to de-
fray the expenses was therefore started.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-13
Favorite Dishes of Public People.

From the Bohemian Magazine.
Lloyd Osborne's favorite dish is an Irish
stew. Edwin Markham is a frugal eater
who loves the simple, old-fashioned food 5
best of all. Hall Game prefers the plain,
country fare to anything that he can OBJ
tain at the best hotels, and Jerome h.
Jerome assured his friends, during his re-
cent visit to this country. that he feared
that the American cooks would kill him
with their rich dishes. II left to follow
his own inclinations he would never eat
anything more complicated than grilled
steak, or chop, or. at the most white
bait as it is cooked at Gravesend-where
the diminutive fish are merely busted with
crumbs before being fried, quickly and
crisply, In deep boiling fat.
Pork, in other forms besides that of
sausage has been the favorite food of
many men who have acquired reputation
by their literary achievements Ju ian
Hawthorne has lauded the merits of scrap
pie; and ham. prepared in one style or an
other. is highly esteemed by such writers
as +. Hopkinson Smith. John Fox, jr and
Charles c. D. Roberts. as. in fact. it is
by almost everybody who has once enjoyed
the privilege of partaking of ham that has
been daintily reared, deiicately cured and
delectably cooked by a turbaned nanny"
in the south.
Cyrus Townsend Brady is extremely fond
of bacon, whether II is served alone, with
eggs, or as an accompaniment of calves
liver. DR.. Brady Is also an enthusiastic
and in this respect he is fully in accord
with Morgan Robertson, for the latter is
SO fond of beans that he has himself in
vented method of cooking them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-13
BOWLING GREEN.
Early History of the Famous Knick-
erbocker Recreation Ground.

AT first the lower part of Broadway fac
ing Bowling Green, was called 1.-The Mar
ket Field" afterward it was spoken of as
the ''Heere Strait" or chief street and
later named Broad Way; and lines of
streets and boundaries of lots were laid
mostly by chance. In March. 1892, the al
dermen Resolved. that this corporation
will lease piece of land lying at the lower
end of Broadway, fronting to the fort, to
some of the Inhabitants of the said Broad
way, in order to be inclosed to make
Bowling Green thereof with walks therein.
for the beauty and ornament of said street.
as well as for the recreation and delight
of the inhabitants of the city, leaving the
BREADTH and three ..pubiic-spirited and
sport-loving citizens" John Chambers
Peter Bayard and Peter Jay, hired the
Plaine for eleven years In return for the
payment of peppercorn! It was at once
fitted up for the playing of bowls. and
when the lease expired it was renewed by
John Chambers, Col Phllipse and John
hoos ss Ior another .,,. eleven years at a
originated the name Rowling Green"
though for what reason the sport was not
continued after the second lease is not
clear.
Several famous houses have stood near
Bowling Green, and one of these was
building at ] Broadway, erected in 1766 by
the English Capt. Kennedy, afterward Earl
OF Cassilis. which In time came to be used
by Washington and Gems. Lee and Putnam
as their headquarters. A boarding house
known as the Washington Inn, followed
and later Cyrus Field called his new struc-
ture. on the same site. the Washington
Building" At. what Is now Broadway.
Benedict Arnold lived after the capture
OF MAI. Andre, and It was while he was
there that he just escaped being Kidnapped
back into the patriots lines by band of
daring colonists- Nearby also Capt Mar
tin Cregler built, in 1863. tavern which
stood under his name until 1t gave way to
a hosiery known first as the Kings Arms
Tavern" and during the revolution as
Burns Coffee House, This was among
the few buildings that escaped the fires of
1776 and 1916, and as late as 1860 it was
still standing under the name of THE At
lantic Garden''--only the second structure,
as matter Of fact. to occupy the site
vertisement of May q, 1762, concerning
this place has the postscript:
N B.-The concert is to begi nexactly
at o'clock, and end at 10, on account of
the GOODNESS of the evening. No Body will
be admitted without tickets, nor no money
will be taken at the door,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-13
MEADOWBREEZE NOSED
OUT ST. VALENTINE

NEW ORLEANS. December fS.-RumOrs
were heard yesterday to the effect that the
City Park Jockey Club would run against
the Fair Grounds .on Christmas day, not
withstanding the peace agreement which
was entered into by both parties last sum-
mer. but both associations through their
general managers denied that they intended
renewing the turf war.
The best race Of the day was the six fur
long purse affair. in which Meadowbreeze,
the public's choice. won. Meadowbreeze
and st. Valentine finished noses apart. As
usual st. Valentine was away very poorly
and outrun In the early stages.
The steeplechase. over the short course,
proved an easy proposition for Naran, own
ed by E. Corrigan. Naran was dropped In
with 125 pounds and backed from to l
down to to 2. Consideration, to 10
favorite. was thought to have the fifth race
his mount interfered with enough to land
him in third place.
Ancestor. the favorite. beat very poor
lot In the opening event without being ex-
tended. Charley Ward. we'll played by the
Texas delegation. won the fourth, a selling
race for two-year- folds. in hard drive from
Annie Ruskin. Charlie Ellison picked out
a soft spot for knight of Ivanhoe in the
closing event and with to against his
chances the colt gallOped all the way.
IQe summaries.
First race. seven furlongs-AncestOr, 100 II. Hen
1. second Alcor. 100 tNicol1. to 1. third. Time
1.2S. Maggie Mackcy. Brazil. Falkland. Red
Raven Gallopof, Sponge Cake. Merces and Marco
also t;7Tt-ff 20 'fef'.'
Second race. handicap steeplechase short course
-Naran, 1875 (E. Morrs), to 2. Won; Gould, 40
Cietfure,. 30 to I. second; Dawson. 1873 tMskin-
ney), to 2, third. Time. 3.05 3-5. Creolin. Suba-
dor. Pitkin. Parnassus and Graeeland also ran:
EasterjOy and Scepter fell. Uncle James and
Signal II ran out.
Third race, six furlongs--M eadowbreeze, 1O4 &c.
MorrsD. to 5, won: st. Valentine, ia (Garnert.
to l, second; Lady Esther. 96 ct. TAYLOR 9 to
!, third. Time. 1.13 80 Jerry G.. Ever Near
Frontenac. Lady vashti and Lucy Young also ran.
Fourth race, one mrle-Charley Ward 80 &C..
SWAIN, IL to I. won: Anna Ruskin, 9s e. Per,
att. to l, second: Associate, 103 tHelgersonl
to 1. third. Time. 142 As. Heirloom, Sinksprlns.
Mary Ellen. Lady Vimont, Fire Alarm and Eva
lser also 80 ar
Fifth race seven furIongs-Wild Irishman. 112
Garner. to 2, won: Lord Dixan. 10g Iloydp,
to l. second; Consideration, 119 (Nicol. to TO-,
third Time 12S. Willie Newcomb. Foreigner,
Pretorious. II Dottore. King of the Valley and
Fast Mate also
Sixth race. mle-Knight Of Ivanhoe. 1o7 q. Hen
messy, to 5. won: Frank Flesher 50 ID. SWAIN,
IL to 1, second; Western, 102 Foy1 Is to 1, third.
Time. Ia 3-5. Capt Mccormick, Doris, Nancy
and Economy also ran. - 4t--.,.s.,s,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-13
PHILIPPINE SURPRISES.
Lovely, Cool Plateaus-Also Marvels
of Scenery.

Hamilton Wright, in Leslies Weekly.
1t seems to me that the least appreciated
feature Of the Philippines in the diversity
of climate. Though the Philippines are all
in the tropics, yet frequently within a days
travel one will come upon strong climatic
contrasts
Whether you GO to the lovely. cool noun
tain plateaus or down to the warmer cities
of the sea level, you will find that though
there are the changes of the seasons, still
the climate from day to day varies little.
By dressing properly one does not feel the
heat so much.-
Manila, the hottest place in the Philip
pines. is often intensely warm in March,
April and May. Yet prostrations never
come as they do in New York in midsum-
mer, and above all there are cool nights
everywhere.
Perhaps no country in the world possesses
many scenic marvels the Philippines;
regions which We're they known would at
tract tourists the world over. There is the
wonderful Taol volcano, rising from the
middle of a lake; there are the vast Cordl-
leras, not surpassed in beauty and grandeur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-13
Our Letters to England.

IOHuDn NEWS.
In response to request from Henn!ker
Heaton, M. P. the postmaster general has
furnished return to show the increase in
our foreign postage since the year 1877.
Returns for the United States In 1877 are
not available. and the year 1881. has there
fore been given. In that year we dispatched
to the states 1,795.000 letters and post
cards, as contrasted with Il. SOC. coo In 1905.
In 1881 we received from the United States
I,465.o0O, as against 1851 900 in 1906.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-13
Crack to the outlaws.v

LINCOLN, Neb.. December l3.-"Back to
the outlaws with you" this terse telegram
Ducky Holmes sent to Starnagle today. It
was In answer to q late letter received from
Starnagle pleading for release and per-
mission to join the Cincinnati team. Holmes
refused. Starnagie was purchased from
Sioux City last spring by Holmes. The base
BAH star did not like the change and fed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-13

by any ranges in the world; there are the
wonderful mountain plateaus and valleys
covered with seas of rich and waving gras
and bordercd by forested hogbacks which
project into them as capes project into the
ocean. +-
Here wild deer and boar roam in great
abundance, while occasional herds of wild
carabao move clumsily over the ground
Perhaps for days in these regions one may
not see native. The Island of LuZon alone
is over 700 miles long; most all the popula-
ton live along the seacoast; but were its
wonderful resources developed. many times
it's present population might dwell there in
great prosperity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-13
Proud Of the Smell.
From the Yonkers Statesman.

From the YOnkefs Statesmen.
Redd: my wife hung suit of my
clothes ont on the line to air yesterday"
Greene: "Graciousi Didn't she know
there was danger OF getting the smell of
gasoline out OF EN-,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-13
CORC0RANS OUTPLAYED
THE SHAMROCKS

very clean contest was on at the Ma
tional Guard Armory last night when the
Corcoran Cadets and the Shamroeks lined
up for battle, the former team winning by
the score Of % to 4. The contest was clear
of any roughness, and at times the play
was sensational. Daily, at center for the
Ccrcorans. put UP one of the eleverest
games seen at the Armory this season
The lineup and summary:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-13

- Horses and vehicles are bought
~. and sold through The Star every
~ day. Try . little ad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-13
BASE BALL, RACING
AND OTHER SPORTS

tanned that 1t was a new outfielder signed
by Cartillon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-13

to the outlaws. Holmes declares he VIII
have revenge. sss
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-29
SCHEME OF CATALOGUE HOUSES

Lynohburg, N. D., March 29:-To
The Forum: The very latest move
ment inaugurated by prominent
mail order house of Chicago to curry
favor with the farming community is
decidedly interesting and in some
respects peculiar. The Chicago cata-
loguers referred to pay per cent
interest on all moneys deposited with
them by the farmers.
The rates at Chicago banks for time
money, that is thrifty, sixty or ninety
day loans, is 5 to 51a per cent, and
this is decidedly high rate for
Chicago call loans, that is money pay
able on demand, are very much lower
If you would go to the banks, with
which this firm is in the habit of do
ing business in Chicago, looking for
interest on your money, you would
probably be able to purchase certif-
Gates of deposit that would pay you,
say 2 per cent interest. You might
keep your money in the savings bank
at 3 per cent per annum, but it is
very doubtful if you could get more
than l to u per cent on balances in
Chicago banks.
Chicago banks have large cash re-
sources and they are lending money to
their customers as stated before at 5
to 51a per cent. This firm, which is
credited very strong financially,
should be able to borrow all the
money at S per cent; it is not the
habit of this firm to pay high prices
for anything; in fact, they usually find
way to get their goods at very low
figures. Why then should they pay
per cent for farmers funds? Simply
to establish closer relations or to give
out the impression that they buy at
the highest prices and sell at the
lowest
There is yet another possibility, al
though scarcely a proba bility; perhaps
they need the money. This latest
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-29
PROF, TINGLESTAD IS
OUT FOR governor

Petitions are being circulated here
for the nomination of Prof John
Tingglestad, of the department of
Scandinavian and German languages
and literature, at the state university
at Grand Forks, for governor. Quite
number of these papers are in this
county at the present time, but as
yet not many signatures have been
obtained. These papers are also be-
ing circulated in Traill and Steele
counties, and the intention is to have
them quietly handled all over the
state, o.,
The only difficulty about this move
ment is that persons who sign these
documents will be barred, under the
primary law, from signing those for
any other candidate for governor, or
they will thereby commit a mis-
demeanor. The present movement is
a little premature. as there are many
insurgents who favor the nomination
Of Hon. George B. Winship as their
candidate for governor, and this pres
ent petition will make it so that those
who sign for the professor cannot
change their allegiance later to the
Grand Forks editor. 1t also raises
the question as to whether the state
university has not gotten about as
deep into politics as the university of
Wisconsin during Governor La Fol-
lette's incumbrance of the office of
chief executive, as some twenty mem
bers of the faculty in the Badger state
had to be let out recently in order to
get the institution down to an educa-
tional working basis-instead of being
a political machine.-Wahpeto Dis
patch.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-29
Want President to Help.

Representative Marshall has ap-
peared before the committee on pub
lie buildings and grounds and urged
that the bill appropriating $4,000 for
the site and public buildings at Devils
Lake be included in the proposed
omnibus public building bin
Senator Hansbrough Wednesday
called on President Roosevelt and it
is understood he appealed to the latter
to use his influence with Speaker
Cannon to push through the house
certain bills which were reported by
the Hansbrough committee and are
pending before the house public lands
committee and also the drainage bill
which is pending before the latter
committee. Whether the president
agreed to assist cannot be ascertained.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-29

scheme is not at all in the nature of
reciprocity. They will not trust the
farmer for 81 worth of goods, but de-
mand that all cash be sent them be-
fore the goods are shipped and in
many cases before the goods have
been ordered from the factories.
They will not trust the farmer but
they want the farmer to trust them,
and for this confidence they are will
ing to pay the highest legal rate of
interest current in the state of Illinois,
rate that no banker of Chicago
charges his high grade customers,
even at this season of the year, when
money is we'll employed. 1t would
seem as if the government or the
states should take cognizance of this
movement on the part of the Chicago
house.
All banks at the present time are
under state or national supervision,
and it is entirely within the proprie-
ties that this firm be placed under the
same laws and be compelled to make
statements and submit their books for
examination as other banks do, for
their proposition to pay interest on
deposits puts them in the ranks of
bankers.
1t might be we'll for the retailer of
the country to keep track of the peo-
pie who send their money to this firm,
on deposit and then when they call on
you and ask for three and six or nine
months, yes, you might as we'll say a
whole year I credit, without interest,
common sense should decide your
answer. If the merchants of town
will get together and use their little
wedge wisely and with discretion to
head off credit to people who are in
the habit of sending cash in advance
to Chicago, they might be abe to do
some good for themselves: it's a mis-
sionarv proposition. Think it over.
Fl. F. D. in Fargo Forum.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-29
ODDITIES.

Bees never store up honey where II
Is light.
The moth has a fur jacket and the
butterfly none.
A squirrel comes down a tree head
first and cat tail first.
Leaves viii attract dew when boards
sticks and stones viii not.
n Corn on the ear is never found with
an uneven number of rows.
b The dragon fly can devour it's OWL
body and the head still live.
Al horsefy will live for hours after
the head has been pinched off.
N Fish, flies and caterpiilars may be
frozen solid and still retain. life
- horse always gets up fore parts
first and COW directly the opposite
Some flies thrust their eggs into the
bodies Of caterpillars, but always in
such parts of the body that when the
larvae are feeding on the flesh of. the
foster parent they will not eat into any
vital part. s4. :5s.5 .5i*
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-29
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE,

Melted butter will not make q sood
cake.
Veal should be whita' dry and close
grained
The colder eggs are the quicker they
will froth.
To make good pastry the ingredients
must be ice cold.
Nutmegs should be grated at the
blossom end first.
A brush dipped In salt water should
be used In cleaning bamboo furniture
Good macaroni is Of yellowisL tint,
does not break readily in cooking and
swells to two or three times its bulk. a.
a simple and very efficient disinfect-
ant to pour down a sink is a small
quantity of charcoal mixed with wa.
ter. il
Warm bread and cake should be cut
with knife the blade of which has
been heated by standing it in boiling
water .5E. 1.a ~ #t
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-29
PROFESSOR SKIPPED OUT

He Was a Smooth Article and Is Be-
Iieved to Be in North Dakota.
If you are suddenly offered an op-
portunity to invest a few dollars and
promised that the next day you will
receive it back seven fold, don't bite,
especially if the offer. is made by a
man who processes to be a wizard. In
all probability he would be Professor
NJ. A. Cozard who has been operating
in Butte, Mont, but who left that
vicinity suddenly and is reported to
be at present sojourning in some re-
mote North Dakota town.
The police of Butte are looking for
the ''professor" and they have advised
the police of the country that re-
ward of $1,000 has been offered for
the arrest of the fugitive
1t is alleged that during a short stay
in Butte, the professor" separated the
confding public from about $4,000 in
coin of the realm.
About a month ago the man, who
confessed to be a wizard most pro-
found and who protested to see so
far into the future that he could tell
in the twinkling of an eye lust how
much money one could make in thirty
days if you left it with him TO be in
vested, went to Butte and established
himself in gorgeous apartments.
Clients fiocked to him in scores.
Without asking any questions the
professor" was able to tell hem all
they wanted to know and mere. The
first necessary preliminary was to
place a coin in a little chamois skin
bag, the larger the denomination of
the coin the better. Over this the
professor made a few passes, the
bag was sealed and was thereafter
worn about the neck as a charm.
Several who supplied the $40 gold
pieces for the amulet found later that
a large, round silver dollar mad been
substituted, probably answering the
purpose just as well.
1t appears that all Cozard's work
was but leading up to a grand finale
All persons whose confidence he
gained were to deposit with him on a
certain day all the money they could
raise for investment. This day was
to be Friday. Not dollar would the
professor receive before Friday, but
those who were lucky enough to gel
their money down. with the pro
fessor On that date were to receive il
back seven fold on the day following
One man deposited $4,000 and Others
sums ranging from $50 to $500, thu
total aggregating it is estimated, be
tween $4,000 and $4,000. and tina
night the professor mysteriously dis
appeared.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-29
According to Horsepower.

A young motorist endeavoring to
convince a country innkeeper that the
decay of coaching was more than com.
pensated for by the spread of motoring
as a pastime, exclaimed, as a final air.
gument, that his car was of forty
horsepower, "tle equal sir, of ten re-
lays of coach horses"
I The next morning he read In his bill
ITO feeding and stabling, so shilIings.''
he asked the landlord for an ex-
PLANTATION. 81 II CO.. q l.
'The charge for 'osses Is z shiilin' d
cad. SIR was the reply. THAT ma.
chine Of yours Is equal to forty losses,
which is SO shillin' Z. - London Elk
press. MI