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The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-13

Mrs. D. Ayres has been featuring to 4SSIpb Of Chicago women on the place and < &alue of dolls in education ''If you < &ash your daughters to become lin- 6&iiists," she said, "buy them dolls of ~ lkerent nationalities. Tell them that
 dolls can understand only their own aSuguages, and they will get in the hab- of addressing the dancing girl in French, the little Gretchen in German sS5 nd the senorita in Spanish
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-13

DIIrvERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY
 1b CENTS A WEEK, 50 CENTS MONTH N e8 TOR SIX MONTHS, e8 A YEAR. THE aB BAME TERMS BY MAIL
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-13

I1ie demand for telephones in Chica- < Is beyond the resources of the tele- A3A AjN hone company, and it has withdrawn 4&1 fanvassers This increase is the re- klIt Of the company's campaign of edu- scation, in connection with the experi- yjnental installation of party lines in |a|2 Evidences and small stores. Of the
 3p,Q00 new subscribers secured during
 HE past six months, 5000 are persons x M1vfo had never before used the tele-
 fl1one. It is hoped to increase the q Nbre6erit number of instruments in the { xity, 40, GOO to 100000 in two years, giv- a3ng the city a larger number of tele- x fhpne subscribers for it's population
 {llHh any other city in the world. The x xpectation may be reazied, as tele- s5fioties are being placed in hotel rooms,
 Ind in all the leading restaurants, with ss spIugs beside every table, so that cus- storners may use the instruments while
 Tt dinner.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-13

Autograph letters of Wagner have 464Sn discovered in use as jam-pot cov- sHEs. A German found them at the house a0f two maiden ladies, sisters of musi- S&i&n long since dead, who had formerly 6e6n in intimate correspondence with
 h6 author of "Parsifal." The ladies x FGre exhibiting to him with much pride thetr cupboards full of jam, when the
 ertnan saw some writing on the cov-
 S6 which he recognized as that of Wag 41jSr The superior thickness of the pa- < YISr. which almost resembles parchment, < 17Gd supplied the reason for its applica- Hon to this domestic use.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-13

Prince Orsini, who is the owner of the I6SGutiful Lake Neni, near Rome, has
 ciIitated in every possible way the < a&forts of the Italian government to s I61s the two galleys of Caligula, which
 efe eunk A. D. Al off the shores of 35f St sheet of water. Sufficient has been $ ecovered at present to disclose the as- &founding fact that the vessels in ques- 3l0h measure respectively 225 feet and 8S feet in length by 60 feet and 75 feet III width. Their decks were evidently covered with splendid mosaics, and al- sfaady an immense number of magnifi- SNeft bronze objects, among them a eai1tiful head of Medusa, are to be
 ep at the princes villa, where even-
 yialiy a museum is to be organized of 3ects in connection with the sunken ||l ||l4llsys
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-13

to effect collection They're are thousands of em
 Some Handkerchicfs for Women and Children!
Evening star., 1901-02-02
THE GHOST OF THE CAGE.
An Explanation of Otherwise Unex
plfcable Elevator Accidents.

From the Memphis Scimitar.
A Scimitar man ran across party Of
Memphis men in the Office of the Arlington,
and they were talking about elevator acci-
dents In the party was Engineer ED.
Cheatham of the city engineers corps, wn3
said:
Every year there are hundreds Of elevator
accidents, and very few of them are from
the breaking of cables or brakes. The ma
jority of the cases on record can be traced
to this one fact: The victim stepped into the
shaft Now, why on earth would a sane
man do such thing? Why, he simply
thought he saw the elevator car in its ac-
customed place, and when he stepped on
what he thought was solid floor he went to
his death. The first Of these remarkable
elevator accidents that was ever noticed
came TO light in the mining regions of Col
orado Years ago l was out in that section
Of the country engineering for different
companies, and, in regard to these acci-
dents, 1 speak from what 1 actually saw.
The first accident of this kind I ever heard
Of was in one of the deep silver mines Of
Leadville, Col.
lone of the oldest men In the employ of
the company, man who had been follow
ing mining for half his life, and knew this
mine he knew the streets of Leadville,
on the third level, and was dragged down
to the bottom with it, He was mortally in
jured, but before he died he told the doctor
that he saw the cage at the shaft.
"Since that time there have been any
number of accidents of a like nature in the
mines out west. Sometimes the victims
were all killed at once, but those who sur
vived always swore that they saw the cage.
1 have talked to old miners. and they say
they dread nothing more than the ghost of
the cage They say that it comes to men
who have worked all their lives in the
mines. In fact, the longer a man has
worked in a deep mine the more apt is he
to see the ghost Of the cage
$50. taking 1t all together, I firmly be-
lieve that those who lose their lives by
stepping into open elevator shafts really
see the elevator car. 1t is one of the most
fatal optical illusions in the world, but
such 1t must be. The victim has become ac-
customed to seeing the cage at the shaft
when he needs it, and the picture of it is
fixed on his brain. When the fatal step is
taken that sends him to death he really
sees 1.-THE ghost Of the cage"
Evening star., 1901-02-02
IN CHESS CIRCLES.

The two decisive victories over Baltimore
seven wins. two losses and four drawn In
the first, and nine wins, one loss and three
draws in the second-have whetted the ap-
petite Of the local players and match
over the board or by telegraph with one of
the northern clubs-Franklin or Brooklyn
have been mentioned-is now the talk Chi
cago too, has been spoken of, and President
Walker of the club has taken steps to IND
the cost etc. The match will probably not
be arranged for sooner than May 80, in the
hopes of having back by that time two
of the clubs strongest players-Mr. Sour
nin now in Porto Rico, and Mr.. Fox, finish
ing his studies in Europe.
The contest between Mr.. F. B. Walker or
this city and Mr.. T. c. Mc1lwane of Platts-
burg, n. Y, for first place in the eastern
division of the first correspondence tourney
of the Pillsbury Association has resulted in
a tie by the decision of the governing board
of that body, each attaining ten wins, none
lost and three drawn.
Mr.. Walker gets the worst of the decision
by having to play off the tie thus created,
and Mr.. McIlwaine Is fortunate in like
degree. This state was led up to by the fol-
lowing circumstances: Messrs. Mc1lWane
and c. S. Wilmarth Of Pittsburg were en-
gagged in the final game Of the series and
the result would show whether the former
landed above or below Mr.. Walker. or by
drawing tie with him. The game was
played to the point where McIlwaine had
lost game, and, on discovering this fact, he
made claim on the committee to have the
game adjudged to him, on the ground that
at some time past Mr.. Wilmarth had ex-
ceeded the time limit, but at the same time
stated that such a course might not be just
fair to Mr.. Walker. The committee, in this
quandary, decided the game a draw. which
will not stand the test of reason, as Will
marth either lost the game by forfeit. or
McIlwaine, by condonng the infraction of
the rule (Which is common among the
players, who generally do not care to win
that way), lost on the actual play 1t GER
tainly seems that after electing to continue
to play after he could have claimed the
game Mr.. McIlwaine ought to have abided
the result, which would have given Mr..
vision of the Pillsbury Association.
Some matters of Importance having arisen,
a meeting of the club is called for Monday,
February 4.
Following are some of the games of the
match played in Baltimore last Saturday
night:
Evening star., 1901-02-02
PIANO MOVING AN ART.
Trained skill is Needed as Well as
Great Strength.

From the New York SUM-
piano moving" said a dealer IN pianos
.is a business by itself. There are truck
men who devote themselves 10 this WORK.
and some whose business mas desceAoeo ~
them from their fathers. Solne piaiio
manufacturers and dealers MAINTAIN theif
own trucking and piano moving laei'ilies'
but with the increased amount VI piaii'
moving the work has come 10 pe ilioio VI
trade now than ever. What with the HULL
plication of fiat houses ana the ireque'i'
necessity Of carrying pianos up TWO, three
or four flights of stairs, it Is work that
calls nowadays more than ever ioi 'ne GA
ercise of skill as well as strength.
II suppose the people generally reatiAS
this, and nowadays most folks WheI l.ieS
want a piano moved employ d p'aU ;ano to
move and to save a dollar or two gets an
expressman ora truckInan, VINO Is ho.
piano specialist, to move ms piailo' M,
the expressnian orc )fruckmah tStJ HNei9
takes this lob because he wants the money
and he thinks he's up to anything there Is
doing in this line, and that ne can HdhoIe
pianos when they come ms way. Le So So
through with it, very likely, all ISL, ~
sometimes a piano gets away from hiiii'
and when IT abes itTi1akes dusty work.
II know of & casg in which piano got
away like thaE from an expressman WIG
had undertaken to carry II up TO Iourtn ~ ~
floor nat, H6SWaS "a SOou CAP. SSN. -
right. YOU know: heiIcould handle anything
in his way rea11v as anyDHay not n his sGhe ine
a piano is a tremendously heavy thing, but
don't ssra sNesp. aane
sag back, when It's being carried up flight
Of stairs The regular piano ne tb,s IS wopE
too. A piano moving team hangs on to a
piano not only with strength and
and they work together with mutual
that makes them bench oi men
skilled in this way undertakes to carry a
plano upstairs they undertake snS Si1 big risk x.t
that niano on the first flight of stairs all
right and pretty nearly up to the 1ap
somebody's foot slipped, or something, no
body knew Just What aas+ and + ddn make sna
the piano got loose. never knew what
1t did to the stairs or the house. | never
went there to see. but 1t broke one arm
and one leg Of the expressman who was
running the Job and who was one OF the
Evening star., 1901-02-02
The Athenians of Today.


The Athenians dine late the year round,
and, whenever the weather will permit, in
the open air. AS the heated season ad-
vances, the dinner hour is set later and
later, until in August $50 or 10 becomes
the common thing. Fancy going to the
theater after that! Yet the open-air per-
formances are literally patronized. and
they do not begin. of course, until after
dinner. The legend curtain rises promptly
at g. is a snare and a delusion, as many a
foreigner has found to his extreme annoy
ance.
The out -of-door dining and the sky-roofed
theaters are so typically Greek that they
serve as link between modern and clas-
sical times. The old Greek, as everybody
knows, was an outdoor man, his house
serving as little more than sleeping place
and store room. The Athenians OF today
dimes in garien, on his terrace. or in a
park. If he Is too poor to possess any Of
these accessories, he sets his table upon
the sidewalk. Many of the cheap restau-
rants appropriate the walks for dining
rooms One is often compelled. when TAX
ing an evening stroll. to dodge in and out
among dozens of tables covered with rea-
sonably clean linen and lighted by means
Of candles, whose flames are protected from
the wind by means of glass globes.
Evening star., 1901-02-02

sort of shift his hand around as though it
were jerked lightnin', and the next thing
you knew he was shootn'-shootin' to kill.
He didn't miss he didn't"
The bad" men fed from Lewis and Clark
county after he became sheriff to the Dead
wood country and took possession of the
mining camps. Deadwood sent for him. In
time he came, shadow of a man in ply
sique. but wiry. nervy. enduring. He made
himself known in tone of voice as low and
soft as a woman'S. He said he desired the
law to be observed. When 1t wasn't he pro-
posed to arrest the man who offended or
kill him, II necessary. In very short order
his commands were obeyed. For months
and years he stood as the unwritten law Of
the camps. Things had ito be square" or
the malcontents must settle with him. Rail-
roads, statehood, legislative enactments,
pettifogging lawyers and new population
took his occupation from him. There has
been nothing left to him but memories.
His idea Of humor-the pioneers idea Of
humor-is found in the story he tells of X.
Y. z. Beidler. They were building jail in
one of the Montana towns. and the new
cells were just in position. No prisoners
had yet been placed in them.
''One day." says Mr.. Bullock. tx. Y, who
was long -winded story teller. started out
on one of his yarns. He had two or three
fellows listening, but one and another left
him until only one was left. This fellow
finally quit before the story was ended. y.
Y. was mad but he didn't say anything.
Two three days later he meets the man
who was last listening to him. and he In
vites him over to look at the new jail. He
takes him inside and shows him every thing.
and finally the fellow steps into one of The
new cells. Quick as flash X. Y. snap
ped the door on him, and he was locked in.
Hi, YOU says the fellow, let me out
But X. Y. is gone. Pretty soon he comes
back, with stool in his hand and his pipe.
He sets down, fills his pipe and makes him.
self comfortable.
LET me out says the fellow.
mo, says X Y. You're going to stay
in there until get my story finished You
wouldn't listen the other day. Now you've
got to-
He never let the fellow out until the
story was all told"
Seth Bullock is a gentleman to the earth
born, but he is lonesome. The great un-
trammeled sweep of the country once so
dear to him is gone. The fence man" has
come In. the summer tourist, the people who
gawk and cape at tales of olden days, the
men who tremble at the sight of a revol-
ver's butt and rush for a peace bond If they
see Its muZze. This is the order of things,
this Is commerce rising above the pioneers
level, but it is weak, disappointing to the
men who once ruled in the country of the
Sioux. There comes to their eyes, as there
has come to those of Seth Bullock, the sign
of a regret that they, too, had not passed
away when the last tepee was struck on the
Rosebud, and the Sioux passed from The
pages of history to the care of the keepers
of legends, fables and the things that are
n
Evening star., 1901-02-02

men under the pianos heavy end; it was
only by the mercy of Providence that he
wasn't ground and smashed into pulp, along
with the two men with him al that end.
They. in some miraculous way, escaped
altogether
''They took the wounded man to the hos
ptal, and there he stayed for weeks. They
brought the piano here to see what we
could do In the way of repairing it. The
back frame was broken, the case was split
and the whole piano was a wreck. 1t would
have cost $500 to put it in order, and then
you Wouldn't have been sure of restoring 1t
to it's original condition. They took the
piano away again, and how they settled it
all I never knew.
'The fact is that under present cond-
tions piano moving calls more than ever
for the exercise not only of strength, but
of special skill, and 1 should not for a mo-
ment hesitate to say that If one had a
piano to move especially out of or into any
difficult place, the wsest thing he could do
would be to employ a piano mover"
Evening star., 1901-02-02
oueen.s Gambit Declined.
The shortest game of this match was:
& PhHfd0r Defense.

Not KtxKtP, the text move cut on tne re-
treat OF the queen TO her only safe square, ktS.
The following was the shortest game OF
the first Baltimore match:
Evening star., 1901-02-02
ImpOrtatiOns Grow Smaller.
nm the Hardware Dealers Magazine.

The commercial record of the United
States in the calendar year 1900 surpasses
that Of any preceding year. both in exports
and in the excess of exports over imports.
or favorable balance OF trade as this
excess is usually termed. The imports were
slightly below those of one or two preced-
ing years. and when considered in their re-
lation to population show a smaller impor-
tation for each individual than at almost
any other period in many years. The ex-
ports of the calendar year 1900 reached
about 81 40, ,OOO.0 and the imports $S25.-
COO 600, making the excess of exports over
imports, or favorable balance of trade.
s645, 600 600. q sum greater by 80. .O0o.0O0
than that of any preceding year.
Evening star., 1901-02-02

Mr.. E. H. Jacksons match with Mr. e.
Farouhar for the title in the District Is
temporarily N off to allow friendly match
between Mr.. Farauhar and Mr.. Joseph Col
Inns, formerly of this city and now OF New
York, who has developed INTO very strons
nlaver The contest will commence Monday
night, February 4, at 7:30 o'clock; at the
rooms of the local club, 6l4 l2th street
northwest where all interested Will De al
lowed admittanCe.
Evening star., 1901-02-02
French Defense.
Among the Checker Players.

Although all the games in the current
tourney of the checker players of the local
club have not been played out. enough has
been played to give the standing OF the
leaders, and the following will be the final
Evening star., 1901-02-02

A series of bowling games that are at
tracing a good deal of attention, not alone
in the clubs directly interested, but
throughout bowling circles generally. are
being played by the second teams of Car
roll Institute and the Y. M. c. A. These
two organizations, that seem destined to
fight a stern battle for the District League
championship, have adopted the progress
sive policy of having reserve players, and
from their ranks they can quickly draw to
fill weak places or vacancies in the regular
five In Lennon and Preston the asso-
citation has two players who might Well
serve on the leading team, and the Car
rolls in having steady hands like Cox and
Merit in reserve In the last set of games
the Young Mems Christian Association had
much the better of the argument.
The scores were as follows: First game,
Y. M. c. A. 692; c. l., 626. Second game
Y. NJ c. A, 1876; c. l., 719. Third game,
Y NJ c. A, S19; C. l., 722.
Evening star., 1901-02-02

Every mart of the system made stronG
and vigorous by BAKER'S Capsules Of Cod Liver
OH: dos, 9Oc.; 100 for $10O. Druggists. or by
nah. JNO. Q BAKER & Co.. Phtladelphia.
Evening star., 1901-02-02

The Hartford. Conn, common council has
appropriated 81 500 to the board OF health
to provide for giving free vaccination ta
public school children.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-02-25
WALLINGFORD.
Professor Winchester to Lecture at the
 Public Library.

Professor Winchester to Lecture at the
 Public Library. | Charles G. Morcher, a German resid- | ing in Yalesville, was taken over to the insane asylum in Middletown on satur- day. Rev. W. H. Hutchinson, of Milford, l will preach in St. Paul's church Thurs l day evening.
 , Professor c. F. Winchester, of Wes- leyan university, will give his lecture entitled "An Old Castle" on Friday eve ming, March 1, in the lecture room of the public library under the auspices of the Ladies Library and Reading Room association and Womans club. The tickets are on, sale at the library and also by the members of the above asso- citation and club, the price being fifty cents.
 The high school girls basketball team will play the Hillhouse high school team in New Haven on Saturday afternoon March 9.
 C. S. Hall reports that the condition of his brother, H. F. Hall, now in the Westport sanitariun, is not very favor able and that he Is suffering from rheu- matic and other troubles.
 Leonard & Hall have been awarded the plumbing contract for the Southing- ton library building.
 Mrs. Franz Milcke sailed on Satur- day from New York for Berlin, Ger many.
 Mrs. Hattie M Buckingham has been granted a widows pension of eight dol lars a month.
 Arthur Bailey is now working at the Barber Silver company in Meriden- Factory A, International Silver corn- pany.
 Bills are already out for grand so- cial and cake walk for the champion ship of the state and 1925 to be held in Leighton's hall Tuesday evening, April g, under the auspices of the Arcade So- cIal club George H. Collett, of New Haven, the star cyclist, will ride in ex- 1libition against time.
 United States Consul Wildman at Hong Kong, who is supposed, with his family to have perished in the Rio de Janeiro disaster at the Golden Gate, San Francisco, was a cousin of Rev. J. D. Wildman, of this town.
 The basketball team from Compeny D, New Britain, will play the Walling- ford team in the armory on Saturday evening.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-02-25

ing for criminals about the city money was being taken on the pavement job and nothing was said about it. He thought that for $11,000 spent on the Grove street pavement the city had not received an equivalent, and that the city had been cheated and defrauded.
 In closing MT. Carroll said: "I want to pay my respects to the city fathers who have undertaken to place me on a false record for trying to do my duty by the city of New Haven. A sweeter body of political tricksters and unprin- cpalled renegades never saw sunlight. They are destitute of common honor and manhood which even thieves pos- sess. I urge every man present to do his duty regardless of party. There is no difference between democrats and republicans. They are all alike and after you trust a man once and find that he is not a faithful officer don't trust him again. Judge men by their actions"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-02-25
ENTERTAINMENT
HYnerton Theater.

| The management of the Drummer | the beautiful drama at the Hyperion
 every night this week, met directly af- | ter the rehearsal yesterday afternoon | on the stage of the Hyperion, and de- eided to play the last engagement of the week, which will be Saturday even
 1ng, March 2, for the benefit of the fund which is being raised to assist the families of the four firemen who were Killed at the recent fire. They had ar- ranged this date for their own bere1it night but voted unanimously to donate a percentage of their receipts of the last nights performance to this most
 worthy cause. Such liberality on the part of this splendid organization is
 worthy the notice and support of every citizen In New Haven. The Drummer
 Boy should be given rousing reeep-
 tlon at every performance during the
 coming week. They are doing a>char-
 ltable work as 8 percentage of one pro-
 auction during the week is for the ben
 etit of the two orphan asylulns and
 another for the two hospitals, besides
 several fraternal organizations, as
 mas already been announced. It will be great week, and grand show, as it
 was never put on the stage In New Ha- ven with so strong cast of characters or such scenic effect as this seasons.
 The association has spared no pains or money to have it perfect in all details, and at the stage rehearsal yesterday
 MT. Nail in a neat little speech to the .+ complete rehearsals he had ever seen, ana will assure the public they will see the Drummer Boy presented in New
 HaVen as they have never seen it be- fore and will pledge his word for this. Tickets are selling rapidly. and within reach of all. Entire lower floor 50c. Dress circle soc, 35c, 25c; family circle, lo, No 10c seats for sale tonight, as they have been secured for the news boys. Help the Drummer Boy by your patronage for they are helping others. seats are now on sale for all the per- formances, and can be obtained at the pox office from a. m. till after the per- formance during the week. Prices soc, 35c. 25c. 1Oc.
 Mary Mannering will be seen in Janice Meredith" at the Hyperion on Wednesday and Thursday, March 13 and IA. Carl Ahrendt, who plays Col onel Rahl, the Hessian commander in support of Mary Mannering in Janice Meredith is a German actor who came to this country about eighteen years ago. At that time he could not speak English very clearly, but made some thing of hit in German dialet charac- ter parts. In a short time, however, he acquired complete command of the English language, and during the last few years has been one of the most conspicuous actors on the American stage He gives an ideal performance of the character of the testy, but chiv- alrous Hessian commander.