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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-10-08
THE CITY OF LIGHT.

AS the twilight deepens, streams of
humanity begin to issue from the res
taurants in the Midway, from the BY
ways and secret places of the great talr.
They pour slowly into the Main Court,
swelling the human tide that Is NOV
ing toward the wide esplanade before
the Pylons. From this point the Fow-
err. the domes, the pinnacles. the ga
bled roofs, spread across the north,
reaching up half in silhouette against
the fading turquoise sky AS the mo-
ment for the illumination approaches,
the bands hush and stiffness rails
upon the multitude Suddenly dull red
dish threads appear IL the globes on
the nearby lamp pillars. A murmur
of expectation runs through the crowd.
For an instant the great tower seems
to pulse with thrill of life before the
eve becomes sensible to what has taken
place. Then it's surface CLEAN with a
faint flush, like the flush which church
spires catch from the dawn. This deep
ems slowly to pink. then to red. Pres
entity the eye notes that the transfor-
nation which has been worked in the
Tower has taken place everywhere. In
a moment the architectural skeletons
of the great buildings have been picked
out in lines Of red light. Then the
magic current grows stronger and the
whole effect mellows into luminous yell
low. The material exposition has been
TRANSPORTED and it's glorified ghost Is
In it's place. A storm of applause arises
from the crowds, the bands strike up.
and one realizes that the darkness has
settled down upon the City of Light
Every night this modern miracle is
worked by the rheostat houses in a
humble shed somewhere in the inner re-
cesses OF the exposition. Every night
the multitude gathers to be delighted
and thrilled, as multitudes In all chimes
have gathered to witness miracles since
the beginning The visitor who beholds
the illumination perhaps for the first
time understands something of the &c
stasy of the sun worshiper when the
red disk appears above the Persian
hills.
Since the world began, this is the first
time that human eyes have beheld
such floods of artificial light as the UNI
firing cataract of Niagara generates for
this exposition. There is little to be
said about it, because 1t is too marvel
GUS to be described. and its effects are
too successful and obvious to need ex-
PLANTATION. The gentlemen who planned
and executed this great spectacle
worked quietly. The fruits of their Ia
bors could not be anticipated except by
experts, and the result was surprise
even tn exposition officials.-Century
| Magazine.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-10-08
charge to the jury of judge who talks

charge to the jury of judge who talks
fast.
There are stenographers who are per-
feet at general work, but place them
among a crowd at a great political
gathering and they fail completely.
There are many instances on record of
competent stenographers In court who,
crowded into small seat, with per-
sons at their elbows, at political
meeting, become nervous, and the notes
taken of speeches are unintelligible,
There are hundreds of stenographers
and typewriters employed in the mu-
nicipal department of New YORK.
Their salaries range from four hundred
and twenty dollars year to one thou
sand the latter being earned by some
experienced women in departments
who have become Indispensable
through knowledge gained by years OF
work. All stenographers and type
writer's who aspire to city positions
must take civil-service examination,
and show their proficiency in grammar,
history, geography and typewriting'
and they must be competent to take
at dictation one hundred and twenty
words a minute as a minimum. The
maximum expected is one hundred and
seventy words a minute.-New YORK
Times.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-10-08

for the treatment of diseases that may
require speedy and possibly heroic
treatment must needs be as near at
hand as possible. A study of the map
of the city convinces me that Spring
side farm is too remote to conserve the
best treatment for prospective patients.
One of the most prominent physicians
of this city recently Informed me OF
case-a man taken with diphther1a In
hotel, who was removed to Sprlngslde.
The patient died soon after his removal
thither. In the opinion of the physl-
clan the mans death was due to expos
ure necessarily incident to such distant
removal.
Possibly some members of the court
of common council have voted for TINS
resolution believing that the establish
ment of the said hospital within the
city proper would be source OF danger
to the community. The experience or
other cities and well authenticated re-
ports on that point are reassurlng. IL
has been demonstrated that the zone
surrounding such an hospital, when es-
tablished In a thickly settled portion
of the city, is least afflicted with con-
guards thrown about it, and the expert
preventative methods of medical prac-
tice that prevail. Moreover, Its pres
ence has an educative value An I'M
founded fearfulness ought not to be
permitted to override facts and reason.
You are aware, gentlemen, that an
unwarranted assumption has gone
abroad and has created a sentiment
that opposed the location of the hospl-
tai in the city proper. By the specific
terms of that act authorizing the isola-
toin hospital cases Of smallpox and ty-
plus fever are not within the scope OF
the hospital. They are irrevocably
barred out
The thought of possible visitation of
a contagious disease to member OF
your family will bring strongly to your
mind the question Of whether you would
willingly permit your child to be car
ried away from home several miles to
Springside farm.
believe that the location of the hos
pital at Springside farm will defeat the
intended purpose of the institution, l
beg to remind you that the court of
common council has several months in
which to act upon this matter. l hope
the matter may be again referred to
committee -
/ veto the resolution concerning the
issuance of bonds because l believe the
city should not pay interest on bonds
until the money appropriated is actu-
ally needed.
l append hereto one of the many COM
munications which have received upon
this matter trust you will give 1T
your consideration. Respectfully,
(Signed) JOHN P. STuDLEY,
Mayor.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-10-08

$50 to $50 day is not infrequent during
the trial months After court adjourns
notch books have to be taken into a
private room, in which there is young
man trained to write accurately at a
high rate of speed on typewriting ma
chine Soon after court adjourns the
work is begun, and it is oftentimes
to begin his work IN court again before
after midnight before the last folio Is
struck off. Then the stenographer has
to be ready to begin his work in court
again. before 10 O'Clock in the morning.
To persons not acquainted with short
hand systems, it is generally supposed
that stenographer is stenographer
for all kinds of work. AS matter of
fact a court stenographer may SO train
himself in the taking of questions and
answers Of witnesses as to be bit
shakey when it comes to taking the
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-10-08

The members of the firm are nearly all
Germans. who speak with a strong ac-
oent few months ago a young
woman left their employ to be married
,rbev have searched high and low ever
e,rce for some one competent to do the
work The salary offered is good one,
hut the holder of the position must pe
able to take dication in German ana
english and should spend her leisure
time studying Spanish.
Tn England stenographers nave 10
nut In a much longer apprenticeship
and for smaller wages than IN TINS
country. For many years in that coun-
+rv there were no court stenographers,
end the work of taking what the wit
nesses said had to be done by
stenographers hired by the lawyers
who wanted the record. The schools
in New York turn out stenosraphers
who can take dictation at the rate OF
100 words minute in less than year.
Few students from these schools can
take dictation accurately at greater
speed than 100 words.
There is a great difference between
stenograpller who is capable OF TAX
ing the dictation of business man IN
his nrivate office, drawled out at slow
sneed and the court stenographer,
whose nimble fingers must frequently
capture 200 words of talk minute.
The office stenographers are generally
;ncanable of doing court work. They
become accustomed to the tone or
voice and rate of speed of dictation OF
a few persons. and when placed IN
strange atmosphere they become f1us-
tered and incapable. There are office
stenographers who, by hard work, be-
come so expert that they could take
dictation of fast talking witnesses, but
| the instances are rare.
Where do the court stenographers
come from and how are they trained
| for their work. is a question when
may suggest itself. The experts who
| do work in the supreme court here are
men of great capacity and speed. They
acquire their facility Of taking testi-
mony by years of patient work The
| salary Is $1,000 a year, but in addition
| there are fees for transcripts Of testi-
mony. which bring their revenue up
to from $4,000 to $1,000 a year zach.
| Their work at times is extremely hard
| but their pay is in proportion. The
! work of transcribing minutes taken
| during the day of a trial may last far
| into the night but revenue of from
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-10-08
STENOGRAPHY IN NEW YORK.
Exacting Requirements of High-Class
Work.

Exactins Requirements of High-Class
Work.
Tt may be generally supposed that
expert stenographers are numerous,
and that all that is necessary to secure
a competent shorthand writer is to pay
a sufficient salary. This is far from
being the case, however, for the de-
mand for really good stenographers is
much in excess Of the supply, and the
worry caused to business and pro-
fessional men by stenographers of the
Indifferent and incompetent type is
much greater than is generally
imagined.
The schools in which systems of pot
hooks are taught graduate every
month hundreds of scholars whose only
ambition is to earn a small income.
Many of these so-called stenographers
and typewriters have very imperfect
knowledge of spelling and grammar.
A word of more than two syllables is
an enigma to them, and when it is put
down in the notebooks it is a stumbling
| block over which they may waste half
and hour or more in deciphering.
| The difficulty of getting a capable
stenographer has been experienced by
| nearly every firm employing this kind
| of help in New York. An old-establish-
| ed house doing a large South American
| trade is now undergoing that difficulty.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-10-08

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
ioc. 25c IfC G. c. fail, druggists refund money.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-10-08
STARIN'S
New Haven Transportation Co.

DAILY EXCEPT SATURDAY.
Steamer JOHN Fl. STARIN, Captain Nc
Ailister, leaves New Haven from Starin's
Pier, foot of Brown street. at l0:15 p m,
ERASTUS CORNING, Captain Thompson,
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. TBS
STARIN leaves New York from Pier 10,
DAYS and fridays; the ERASTUS CORNING
Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Fare
Is cents; Excursion Tickets S1.25. State
rooms $1.00.
Tickets ard staterooms for sale at ]. B.
Judsons, S56 Chapel street; Peck & Bish-
ops, 703 Chapel street. Free stage leaves
from corner Of Chapel and Church streets
every half hour, commencing at $40 p. m.
Through freight rates given and bile Of
lading to all points West, South, and South.
west. Z. n. FlSHEK. Agent.
Order your freight via Starin Line.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-10-08

COLD WAVE
Cannot freeze out the piano bargains at
81 Church street. 81 st
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-02
MUZZLED THE DUCKS.
How a Railroad Baggage Man Was
Enabled to Secure SIeeD.


A baggage man on the Santa. Fe WIN
runs into Kansas City from out in the
western part Of Kansas mas lost lots of
sleep. 1t is doubtful if he ever can catch
up with it. He leaves Hutchinson at
night and reaches Kansas CITY in tho
morning. Nearly every night he brings
in his car two or three GOODS of i've
domestic ducks. During the night. when
he has nc baggage to deliver at small
stations, it has been his habit and nrivi
lege to lie down or an hmprovised couch
and doze. With the advent of the ducks
the Kansas City Star says, the dozino
stopped. Tne constant quacking of the
ducks, who could not understand their
strange environment, would not nerynit
of sleep.
For many nights as he lay awake he
planned relief. He thought of stranglfog
the ducks or chloroforming them Rn+
neither expedient seemed good. One nialot
a bright idea came to him After he had
put it into execution the ducks We're
silent.
The next night he had two coops of
unusually vociferous ducks. AS soon
as it came time to sleep he wrencned
Stat from one of the coops, reached in.
and pulled out a duck. From his pockst
he took a small rubber band which he
slipped over the ducks bill lust back.
of the nostrils. The duck tried to ouacl-
but the rubber band, while it Stretched
little, would not permit the duck 10
open Its bill far enough to use its topg.Ie
Only murmur came from it. One bv
one the ducks were muzzled, and the
baggage man rested comfortably.
The commission men We're surprised
next morning when t6ey received a LOT
of ducks with rubber bands around their
bills. and when the bands were removed
the shouts Of protest from the ducks
were deafening.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-02

mestlo animals and vegetables were en-
larged in proportion, their extinction
would result within year
Man continued to .deteriorace in
stature from the time OF Adam, accord
ing to Biblical data Thus Noah was a
Moses 80 feet These estimates were
made by Henriott. "a member of the
French academy. Goliath was cubits
and l span, or feet 8 inches tall. 1t is
an old story that mans stature steadily
declined until the dawn of the Christian
era, and that it would have continued
had it not been for the coming of Je-
sus.
But that average man is taller today
than he ever was before ana tha- the
standard of his stature is gradually in
creasing is the opinion Of Prof w. j.
MCGEE, the we'll known ethnoIogist, ex-
pressed to me yesterday: Mans stature
will continue to grow slowly" said he.
We are taller than our early ancestors
because We are better nourishe1, are
more regular in our habits, are more ra-
tional in our exercise. Yet 1 can see
no reason for rapid increase in the
stature of future generations, for any
erratlc development, any conflict with
the general advance of the race other
than, to some extent the elimination of
the abnormal GiantiSm is as abnormal
DIS p1Suly lSIl Inc cnance OF the world
knowing Of p:gmies or giants today Is
fully 100 times greater than it was
century ago. If there is giant any,
where in the world today we know
about it. In other words, while the aver
age stature of man has continued to IN
crease, the tendency of the race to pro
duce men abnOrmaly tall or abnormally
short has decreased. The tendency to-
ward maintaining an average AMI elm
mating abnormals is one Of the strong
est forces in humanity. That opposites
attract is one of natures laws. With
improved means of transportation man
has 100 times better opportunity for
mating as he pleases now than he had
century ago. Hence this attraction Of
opposites brings more men and women
of tall and small stature together The
result, of course, is the creation of less
giants, less dwarfs, more people near the
average height. Yet, repeat, this
average is increasing steadily, while the
extremes are growing closer and closer
together"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-02

abundance and voracity Of the Alaskan
mosquitoes is beyond description. They
occur with equal abundance in Lapland
and in Greenland.
ALL OF AQUATIC ORIGIN.
So far as definitely known the larvae
Of all mosquitoes are aquatic, although
they are true air breathers; that is to
say, they must come to the surface Of
the water to breathe. They are rapid
breeders, and pass the pupal condition
also in the water. but floating normally
at the surface. They pass through sew
eral generations in the course of a year
and hibernate, as adults. -, ALTERNATING
mosquitoes may often be found during
the winter months in barns and in the
cellars and cold garrets of houses or in
sheltered places like Cuthouses and under
bridges and stone culverts, In the extreme
Southern states many mosquitoes are
active all through the winter, and mos
quito bars are always as necessary at
Christmas time as during the Summer
Even as far north as Baltimore, mos
quitoes sometimes bite in houses in De-
cember and January. 81 In places where
there are prolonged dry spells, and very
heavY rains are only expected at certain
seasons of the year, adult mosquitoes live
through the dry spells and lay their
eggs as soon as the rains come. This is
the case in the dry regions Of our south
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-02
pie. Hence. why cannot human giants
be similarly propagated?
MEN OVER 123 FEET TALL.

q From data given in the Bible it has
peen deduced that Adam was 123 feet 9
inches and Eve 118 feet inches tall
Accepting this as true, they were about
the height of our modern ten-stery
buildings. Count de Pierrecourt hopes
to regenerate the human species, and
perhaps he saw in the remote vista of
the future possibility of breeding a
race of men Of Adamic proportions To
be sure, his fund is perpetual, and IN
less some unforeseen occurrence prevents
may be encouraging intermaFriage pc
tween giants for many centuries But
to Increase humanity to the proportions
of Adam would be neither economic nor
convenient. If built according to the
scale of proportions which prescribes the
average man of modern times, he must
have weighed something like 1870
pounds, and must have required 400 t.me s
as much food as a normal individual of
today. Thus ham Sandwich sufficient
to crafty his voracious MONDAY appe-
tite would cost him s., 200, and reason
able slice of pie or cup OF coffee the
same. His minimum for a quick lunch
would be $4,000. He would wear BIS
inch collar, and the seams in his trous-
ers would measure sixty feet. A sky
scraper taller than the Eiffel tower and
as wide as the capitol at Washington
would be a moderately small house for
him to occupy. In other words, there
would have to be vast expansion of
currency to maintain such L race which
would overpopulate the earth to such a
degree that vast mul,itudes would have
to be killed off every year. Unless do
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-02
SILK FARM STARTED.

one of the latest industries to he es-
taDilshed in South Carolina Is a silk
farm, which bids fair to assume Lar
proportions, says the Times Den, ocy,+
The experiment is being made bv nut
ue Lltta, who married a Charleston girl
ana VINO mas an extensive silk farm in
southern Italy. On a visit to this citv
several years ago he conceived the idea
VI establishing a farm here, and on his
return TO Italy he sent a number of
young mulberry trees, which were plant
eu on large tract Of land that he had
pousnt for the purpose twenty miles
from TINS city. The trees have flourish
ed, proving the adaDtabiity of the soil
LOT the culture. The rapidity with which
the trees have grown and developed has
convinced the nObleman Of the correct
ness OF his opinion on the adaptablIftv OF
the climate and soil. and he is now about
20 spehd considerable money In carrying
MS plans into effect. Recently a special
variety of mulberry cuttings were sent
mere from the Italy farm and grated on
the stumps Of the old trees, these new
cuttings being better suited for the feed
ing of the worms, but less hardy OF
growth. The success which has attend
ed the growing Of these trees has led to
an extension Of the farm, and word has
Just been received here that Duke de
Litta will come to Charleston next fall
tate prepared to put his new farm into
operation.
Labor can be had freely and cheapIy,
and it is thought that the negroes can
readily be instructed in the care Of the
worms by the peasants who will be
brought to this country
SILK culture has been conducted here
before on a small scale, and 1t is thought
that Duke lie Littas experiment Will be
equally as successful as have been the
tea farms, which have now assumed
large proportions in this section Of the
state.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-02

ms substance in vain living Then fol-
lows the parting with various art.cits or
JeWelry, Of his stage wardrobe and Inf
OF all, his personal wardrobe OFTEN The
early winter finds him without an on n
ing and one sees the Door ffII,u- O
oVercoaL lowering about the aCcn lies.
Trying ms best to look nonchaIant and
happy. 1t IS a curious fact that he vy-o
would OBTAIN employment doesn't p.r If
il ne looks as if he needed it. This a
an aphorism that finds its most frr0ua-t
demonstration in the Office of the rheat
IIcaI agent, where the shabby or seeIv
representative Of Thespis has about "a
much chance of being taken care ~ 40
the gentleman who takes his nocturnal
nap on a bench in the park Let ones
heart be breaking and ones purse ero1t,.
one must nevertheless, appear daJi err
ana III IN approaching the theatrical man
! agef or his mental, the agent
DurlhS the summer the PLAYERS who
! nave engagements in musical com, dies
or eXtravaganzas stand a fair cbaDca
Oh steady employment. for these ghter
| forms of entertainment are Datroni. @
even during the warm weather. The sa,-
airy or singing comedian i'm q musical
play VII range from $50 to $3.50 a week
Inc larger figure would ONLY he Maid
to man whose name is a draw n !,
| card VI '' " --'5
Chorus girls during the regular season
are paid SO to SO a week. while the
figure is increased to SIS on the road
NulaH speaking parts just u degree be-
yond the thinking roles pay $50 or so
In calculating the cost to an actor II
me ldlc summer months. the case in illus
tration was that Of the unmarried .ctoy
IL VIII readily be seen that if he had a
iainuy to support his salary of So would
nave to be differently apportioned-sav
as follows: Money sent home ev,ry
week. SI5; expenses Cheap hotels. s1{:
extra expenses, clothes etc So; tot4l. s3l
rms would leave the actor just 81 a w. eIe
or $5O saved on his return home. He can
90 better than this, however. for if there
are week stands on his route LIST he
may be able to reduce his living expenses
by stopping at some dispirit.ng board
LIie mousse which perchance the property
man OF the local theater will recommend
ne can also save S. a week for expenses
by much self-denlal and sacrifice. And
- ne should make hit, perhaps the
IoioWlnS season viii see his salary in
creased $40 or SIS a week.