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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-26
UNDER cRoSSFlRE.
Valet Jones Tells Some Interesting
 Stories at Patrick Trial.

Valet Jones Tells Some Interesting g
 Stories at Patrick TriaI.
 NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-Charles F. Jones, the valet who has been on the stand in the trial of Albert T. Patrick for several days .testifying for the prosecution, was turned over to Mir. Moore, counsel for the defense, a few minutes before the adjournment of the court.
 Although he was cross examined for only few minutes, he told more interesting tales than he had told dur ing the entire course of his direct ex- animation.
 He said that during the eight months he had lived at the house in Forty fourth street he had been having a most enjoyable time, wining and din- ing and having a royal good time.'' He admitted, under rigid questioning, that he had visited the district attor- ney's office every day fer three months and had repeatedly read over his .testi- mony and conyersed about the case.
 How many stories of this murder mystery have you told?' MT. Moore asked him.
 Jones hemmed and hawed and final ly admitted that he had told four diff ferent stories at different times. He refused to admit that the knife with which he had attempted to commit suicide had been given to him by any body but Patrick and stuck to this testimony.
 Adjournment was taken with Jones still on the stand.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-26
Theatrical
 Fraternal
VAUDEVILLE AT THE JACQUES

VAUDEVILLE AT THE JACQUES.
 A Thief of the Night" ill the hands of Sidney Winner and Mildred Lawrence and the other players backing them, has caught on ill fine style at the Jacques, and people are talking of the comedietta as one of the brightest things seen yet in To- cal vaudeville. Miss Lawrence, who is remembered as the cutely magnet ic little Irish girl in Dan Sully's per formance of ''The Parish Priest, has duplicated tbe great success she won in that part, and her singularly clever work ill "A Thief of the Night makes it go with snap and dash that are most captivating. Charles w. Kenna. too, is lively comedian, presenting a monologue that is most refreshing in it's brightness and up- to-date smartness. Other capital en- tertainers on the bill are the Kings ley sisters, the Shamrock Three, Jones, Grant and Jones, Hackett and Lester, and Clifford and Hall Prices are 10 and 20 cents for the matinees, all ladies 10: evening prices for all, 10, 20 and 30 cents.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-26
GRAY PARROTS AS ACTORS.

The capacity of the gray parrot for repeating words and sentences of ha- man language and for initiating the cries and sounds made by other ani- malls, both beasts and birds, is well known. The remarkable aptitude which this parrot shows for 'saying the right thing at the right time' is also. I believe, well known to those who have been familiar with intelll- gent specimens of the bird. But was not, until recently, aware that the bird can be not only an excellent mimic, but also a good actor, and it is possi- ble that some of your readers may be able to give other instances of what now propose, with your permission, to relate.
 My daughter has very clever gray parrot, which. unfortunately, died i'll the first of this month, after a severe illness of three weeks duration. He was brought to my daughter straight from the nest in Africa, and hadshe lived another month would have been about two years old. He was a sin gularly clever bird, and of q charming disposition to his friends, though very shy and inclined to be hostile to strangers. He was an exceptionally good talker for his age, and showed remarkable intelligence ill fitting his sayings to the occasion. He was very fond of both fruit and sugar. but 1 never knew him to ask for sugar at dinner or for apple at breakfast. For nuts, which we're kept in cupboard in the room, he would ask at any time. and in many similar ways he showed a vivid association between the words and the things represented by them.
 But the remarkable, and, to me, novel, power which he displayed at so young an age was that of acting He played with bit of wood exactly as q clever little girl plays with her doll. For example, he would take the wood i'll his claw and would say to it. imi- tating the voice and gestures of my daughter or of one of the servants: What, are you going to bite me? How dare you? l will take the stick to youn' Then he would shake his head at the wood and say, T am ashamed of you! Whom did you bite? Go on your perchv' Then he would take the wood to the bottom of his cage. and, putting it down on the floor, would hit it with his claw several times, saying Naughty! I'll cover you up. I will.' Then he would step back from it one or two paces. put his head on one side and say, as he looked at it, Are you good now?'
 No attempt was ever made, deliber- ately, to teach him this or any other Of his histrionic performances. He picked them up spontaneously from his own observation and memory.-A Letter to Nature.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-26
WHEN THE SNOW FALLS.

On a good drift making day the snow comes, not in the star-shaped flakes that look so pretty when DOT trayed on q page of the dictionary, but ill small pellets. These pellets are i'll shape like tiny white footballs usually and they come rolling and tumbling downward as if they had been kick ed for fair by the halfback gods. of the gale And yet while they roll and tumble and bound they find lodging places. and as the idler gaZes he sees them pile up in q wall on the crest Of the road cut Higher and higher grows the pile. forming at first q vertical wall but before this has risen three inches it is seen to oyerhang the gulch. Though round and easily rolled these pellets in some way fit to each other as bricks would until the overhang is perhaps a fifth as great as the eleya- tion of the wall. and then marvellous and impossible as it would seem to the unaccustomed observer, lip forms on the crest of the wall and soon it be gins to droop and hang down. Wider and longer it grows, farther and far ther it droops until it's shape is pre- cisely like the lip formed on a huge wave when it breaks on shoal beach. Lips that are ten feet wide and hang down three feet clear of all. though but six or eight inches thick where they join the chin of the wall, are not uncommon. By what magic is it that these frozen, oblong pellets that go bounding along as merrily as a foot ball form into such q shape as that? Of course, if the storm continues a time usually comes when the lips break off because of the great weight And then no new lip forms to re place the lost one. The snow merely drops over into the lee of the wall and gradually fills the cutting.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-26
THE FIRST MESSAGE.
Miss Stone Reports Freedom
 to Anxious Friends.
WARMLY WELCOMED AT STRUMITZA.
Released Captors Closely Questioned by Turkish OmcfaIs-ThanlSsgiv ing Services Held by Ball.
 Earian Followers.

BOSTON, Feb 26.-The first message from Miss Ellen M Stone, the mission ary, to her family and friends has just been received by her brother, MT. Charles A. Stone, of Chelsea. The ca blegram told of her release by the brig ands and her warm welcome by Bulga- rian friends in the village of Strumitza. Prior to the receipt of this message MT. Stone received a dispatch from Sa- lonika from M. Gargiulo, first drago- man of the American legation, as fol- lows:
 Liberated Saturday night village Gradishar, near Strumitza, where vil- lage mayor led them 9 o'clock Sunday. Coming Salonika tonight with House" :"
 Then came the long looked for mes sage from the absent daughter and sis ter, dated Ristoyatz, Feb. p. It read as follows:
 Freed, thank God, and well after our captivity of nearly six months. Yesterday, Sabbath morning, Mrs. Tsil ka and her seven weeks old daughter Elena and I found ourselves left by our abductorS near d village an hour distant from StrumitZS. For three hours we waited for dawn, then Se- cured horses and came to this city. Kind hearted Bulgarian friends rush. ed from their house as soon as they caught a glimpse of the strange ap- bearing travellers, took us in their arms from our horses, with tears and smiles and words of welcome, and led us into their house.
 ic1y friends engaged in their morning serv- ice at church, and they came, old and young, to greet us. What thanksgiving to God for this proof of his faithful ness to answer their prayers, for all- even the little children-had never ceased to pray for us, their lost friends. Since that time our waking time has been crowded with friends from the city and surrounding villages, who have brought us their heartfelt con gratulations for our deliverance.
 ..The Turkish government did not fail to question Us as to our experi- ences. The governor of the city, with his suit, called this morning and again this afternoon after the arrival of Dr. House and his son from Salonika, accompanied Dy M. GaFg1ulo, tHe HfsI dragoman of the American embassy at Constantinople. The last three have come to accompany us to Salonika to- morrow, where NJ. Tsilka awaits his long lost wife and their baby. They have brought me bundle of letters from mother and my brothers and dearest friends. Thus, with unspeak- able gratitude to God and to all friends who, by prayers and gifts, have helped to free us, we begin our life of free dom'
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-26

season. The variation of music with dancing, broadsword play and other Scottish advertisements makes the band concerts given by this or ganization unique and distinct nov city; and it is undoubtedly this very novelty that makes the Kilties so wonderfully popular everywhere. There is no band, not excepting Sousa's, that enjoys more popularity than the kilties, the people under standing perfectly that they may all ways a brilliantly satisfying enter tainment at their hands. The sale of seats will open tomorrow.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-26
NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE.
A Bill to Punish Anarchy Before the
 Assembly,.

A BiIl to Punish Anarchy Before the
 Assembly.
 TRENTON, N J., Feb. 26.-In the New Jersey legislature Assemblyman Lords bill to punish anarchy was the subject of q debate yesterday between the introducer and Assemblyman Waite. The latter thought the bill had been badly drawn and that under a strict interpretation of it's provisions 1t was made a crime for any man to criticise any administration that might be in power i'll this state. MT. Waite pointed out that the bill classed as an anarchist any person opposed to any and all governments" This, he said, was, in his opinion, a designation that might be held to apply. to person op- posed to a particular government or administration AIr Lord insisted that the designation meant only those who were opposed to every form of govern ment.
 The house after a humorous debate passed the bill appropriating $1O,OOO to enable Professor Smith to make ex- periments in the direction of ridding New Jersey of mosquitoes. Professor Smith is confident that he can reduce the mosquito evil very materially by drainage of marshy places that are breeding spots for the pest.
 It was finally agreed that the bill should lie over.
 A joint session of the two houses of the legislature was held at o'clock to give an audience to the committee from the Louisiana Purchase Expo /sition commission of St. Louis, who have come east to urge upon the diff ferent legislatures the wisdom of mak- ing appropriations for state buildings and state exhibits at the big St. Louis exposition next year.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-26
MAUDE ADAMS.

That Americas ideal actress is Maude Adams. and that Waterbury is in line with the rest of the world in recognizing her as such. was de- monstrated anew this morning when the sale of seats opened for her pre- sentation of Quality Street. to-mor- row evening at Polls. The rush for seats has not been equalled since Miss Adams herself played "The Lit tle Minister" here two seasons ago. Her visit at this time is particular " welcome, as it marks her appear ance In new character Her rare glfts as an actress and the unusual personal popularity she enjoys scarce ly need comment at this time. They are familiar to everybody The great triumph that she won in Mr Barrie,s other play, "The Little Minister has given her an enduring page ill the history of the American stage
 and every new effort on her part is sure to attract the widespread inter- est of the theatergoers of both this country and Europe. From all ac- counts she has won another most dis tinctive triumph i'll MT Barrie's new comedy and thea distinguished author has added another worthy and charm ing play to ''The Little Minister" ;" Prices are 50 cents. S1. $150 and $2
 and Manager Frohman has suspended the free list absolutely and entirely
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-26

Salt herring, 2c apiece. Extra quality smoked shoulders, 9c.
 Mackerel, extra quality, 9c each. Coffee, 15c lb, worth 25c. Tea-Better tea for less money than you can buy anywhere else.
 CRACKERS. All kinds of crackers cheaper than elsewhere.
 Extra special fig bars, 10c ID,
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-26
Barely Possible.

Softleigh- Is Miss Uppton in?
 Maid-No, sir. But she told me to say if you called that it was very kind of you.
 ''yery kind of me! Now, I wonder what she meant by that?"
 T really don't know. sir; but think she meant it was kind of you to call when she was out. t.'-Chicago Daily NeNs
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-26
MEETINGS TONIGHT.

Winona lodge. D. of R.
 Mattatuck council, k. A.
 Eureka chapter, k. A. NJ. Toantick tribe, I. o. R. NJ. Court Fruitful Vine, A. o. F. Mattatuck lodge. N. E. O. F. Court Fruitful Vine, F. of A. Excelsior council, O. U. A. NJ. F. l.. DeForest council, 17S3, k. A. Waterbury Company, No 20, U. R. K. P.
 Friendly league, physical culture, cookery, mandolin, embroidery, Penny Prevalent bank.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-26
KILTIEs, BAND.

Music lovers are alive with inter- est over the appearance of the Kill ties band on Friday at Polls. when it will give two concerts. matinee and evening, after the style which made such a marvellous success last
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-26

Shredded Wheat Biscuit, He pkg. Pillsbury's> Vitos, 121ac a pkg. Peoples corn starch, 7c pkg. Quaker Oats, He pkg. Cream of Wheat, 14c q pkg. Grandma's pancake four Small plg), 9c.
 Bon ami soap, 7c cake. Ivory, large, 7c; small, 4c cake. Ozone, 4c q cake.
 Naptha soaps, 4c cake. Bee, 4c a cake.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-26

1 at pudding and daisy pans, Sc
 kind, Saturday 3t ? at pudding and daisy pans, Sc
 kind, Saturday A at pudding and daisy pans, 12c
 kind, Saturday 6 6 at pudding and daisy pans, 15c
 kind, Saturday $ s qt pudding and daisy pans, 20c
 kind, Saturday 10 at pudding and daisy pans, Poe
 kind, Saturday + r at pudding and daisy pans, 35c
 kind, Saturday II Studs dippers, Saturday Pie tins, Saturday 2 to g
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-26

5000 yds at 1o1zc worth 19c. 2.000 yds at I5c worth 25c.
 2,000 yds at 19c, worth 25c.
 2,000 pieces of handsome fancy Rib bons at .:c, 4c, 5c, 7c, 9c.
 Elegant new all silk goods at the lowest prices ever made on this class of merchandise.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-26

CTS. Don't mss InlS opportunity. Bread raisers, 55c kind, Aw 35c Bread raisers, Csc kind, 45c Bread raisers, 75c kind, 55c 10 at kettles, 4Oc kind, 20c 6 at kettles. 3Oc kind. 15c ! at kettles. 25c kinG, 15c ct kettles, 20c kind, 12c 3 at kettles, 15c kind 9c at sauce pans, 15c kind, Saturday Sc 3 at sauce pans, 20c kind, Satur-
 day l2c 4 at sauce pans, 25c kind,
 day 15c
 day 15c 6 at sauce pans. 35c kind,
 day 15c
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-26

Flour sifters, Saturday sc 3lk, lbs Jap sugar boxes, Saturday Joe : lbs Jap sugar boxes, Saturday 22c Crumb tray and brush, Saturday 19c Dust pans. Saturday and 19c 10 ut milk pails. .sIy 24c IA at milk pails. gTi hnN 39c 12 at milk pails. s..', BOG 10 at chamber pails. Saturday 25c 21 at chamber pails, Saturday 35c Roasting pans. Saturday % to G5c Goblets, S9c doz kind, Saturday,
 dog, BOG Wine glasses, 75c dog kind, Satur-
 day. dog, 5oc Plumbers, $1 dog kind, Saturday,
 ] dog. COG
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-26
FRANK KEENAN,.

Return special engagement of Frank Keenan ill .Hon John Ogles- by Monday evening at Pelfs.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-26

worth Ice.
 We have secured the services of MT G. T.. Barnard, who has had charge of the delicatessen department vi the Woodruff Grocery company, and to- day we shall be able to offer you his productions, which are second to none i'll the country.
 To-day: Fresh baked ham, chicken pies, salads, fish cakes, chowder, veal loaf, beef loaf, chicken pies, pork pies, baked beans.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-26
HOUSE-FURNISEIING DEPARTMENT
 SPECIALS FOR WEDNESDAY,

% arb M aG9rds @ % q 6eh at Ts u . oa
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-26

Hamburg Embroidelies. over 20,000 yards. the best lot we have ever of fered, go on sale.
 1000 yds at 2c, worth 4c.
 2,000 yds at 4c, worth Sc. 2,000 yds at 5c, worth 10c.
 2000 yds at 9c, worth 12c.
 5000 yds at Sc, worth 15c
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-26
OUR NEW GROCERY DEPT.

Every article less than buy elsewhere Sugar 4c pound @ pounds for dollar with equal other
 Elsewhere
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-26

800 pieces fine all silk Liberty Satin Ribbon, No 40, all shades, lovely goodss 10c yard, worth 25c.
 1000 pieces of neat and pretty pat terms Torchon Lace at 21ac yard, value 5c.
 Torchon Lace at 4c, value Sc.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-21

NEW Workable Seaman Thomas
Preston, of the Pictou, N. s., schooner
Sirdar, has been moon struck" ever
since last Christmas. He is a sufferer
from paralysis of the face and almost
total blindness of the LETT eye, due to
the effect of the full moon. This af-
Fiction, peculiar to sailors and the ma
ture of which is but little understood.
| is known among seafaring men as
moon blink"
The Sirdar, commanded by Captain
Rafuse, has arrived from Montevideo
at the West Shore docks, Weehawken.
when three days out the Sirdar
sprang aleak," says Seaman Preston.
after the pumps began to work |
climbed to the top of the deck load
and dropped exhausted to sleep in the
moonlight. 1t was a fine Christmas
morning, the sea shone like FURNISHED
silver and I thought sleep would be
more refreshing on deck than in the
focsle.
when I was called to help man the
pumps for the forenoon watch found
that had been moon blinked' | pre-
scented such an unnatural and gro
tesque appearance that my shipmates
scarcely recognized in my distorted
features the man whom they had
known on the night before as Tom
Preston"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-21

derful invention was discovered, ac-
cording to the scientist seen yester-
day:
1.-THE first demonstration of this
new agent in America was made. early
in May, when certain processes were
exhibited before the Columbia Univer-
slty Chemical society. The invention,
like many others for which we are in
debted to the chemist, originated in
Germany. Some time ago the Messrs
Krupp, the celebrated gun and armor
plate manufacturers, of Essen, reuuir-
ed considerable quantity of pure me-
tallic chromium, the metal much en-
ployed to give extra hardness to steel
How 1t Was Discovered.
at is comparatively easy to pro-
duce this metal, but it is not usual,
pure, and it contains a considerable
quantity Of carbon. To obtain it per-
fectly pure was difficult, and it was
once thought impossible to manufac-
ture it on large scale. The task of
filling Krupp's orders fortunately fell
to skilled chemiSt-Dr. Hans Gold
schmidt. He saw the necessity of in
venting process of production to fit
this particular case.
Nov, it had been known for many
years that if an intimate (complete)
mixture of aluminium filings and the
oxide of chromium were heated in a
furnace a violent explosion would fol-
low, owing to the great intensity Of
the chemical action brought about, but
precisely how no one knew, as the ex-
plosion was SO violent as to empty the
crucibles, and scatter their contents
far and wide.
"Dr. Goldschmidt was ingenious and
persisted. He argued that, in such cases
metallic chromium must be found; also
that the explosion was due to the too
sudden heating of the furnace. He
was sure that if the reaction could
be made more regular the chromium
would be saved.
Gould he but start the chemical re-
action at one little point in the mass,
it would proceed more gently and itself
produce heat sufficient for its compile
ton. 1t was, in fact, the case of a
loaded railway car at rest on an in
cline. A little push would send 1t
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-21
A commercial success the
single rail electric passen-.
ger line is not with us
yet; but Howard Hensel
Tun;o on inventor. of Bal

timore, Nd, promises that II VIII De
soon. He says that experiments In
the suburbs of Baltimore have proved
so satisfactory to the group OF capital
lists interested that his system will be
exploited for all 1t Is worth. and, In
the minds of many careful investors,
that is a great deal.
There are other mono-rail or single
rail inventions, notably in Germany,
but none he says, save his system,
where the one rail is laid upon the
ground. In the land of the Kaiser the
car is suspended. In the land of Uncle
Sam the car will stand upright, its
equilibrium being maintained by sim
pie and effective devices
For his system the inventor claims
these important things:
Cheapness of construction.
Exceedingly low cost Of maintenance
and operation.
Minimum of friction and almost total
absence of noise or sense of motion.
No abumping'' or swaying of the car.
High rate of speed. sixty miles per
hour being easily maintained.
AS is well understood by transports
ton experts one great drawback to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-21
BY DR.. S. D. RisIey.

The only case of moon blindness, or
moon blink" that has ever come I'M
der my immediate attention was dur
ing one of my clinics at the University
of Pennsylvania. A woman was
brought to me by two hucksters. She
said that few nights before she had
been sitting on her doorstep In the
moonlight and that she had fallen into
a doze. When she awakened she said
that she found that she was blind.
Moon blink" she claimed had set In
and she had to be led around like a
child
I examined her eyes and found that
the iris and pupil reacted to the light,
but to my repeated questions she said
that she could not see or detect the
presence of light. Accordingly put
pair of speculums on her eyes, which
prevented her closing the lids and
turned her face full into the glare of
the western sun. A blind person would
not have been at all Inconvenience
by this treatment. But the moment
the suns rays attacked this Womans
eyes she became restless. Finally she
burst into a scream of profanity the
like of which never heard, and tear
ing off the speculums she bolted for
the door and out into the street a COM
pletely cured woman.
I judged from this and from other
observations that moon blink is
myth, Pigment of the imagination.