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WHERE THE JET COMES FROM.

How the Stone is Mined and Polished in Whitby, England. Our great-great frandfathers were as proud of their Whitby jet jewe1ry as the American duchesses are to-day of their husbands family diamond. Fif- teen hundred years ago Whitby jet was fashioned into crucifixes, rosaries, crosses, and other ecclesiastical devices for the monks and nuns under the charge of the Abbess Hilda at the Mon astery of Streonshalh, now known as the ruins of Whitby Abbey. The Lady Hilda was the eldest daughter of Oswy, King of Northunbria, as the northern part of the middle counties of Eng land was then called. Her father, in gratitude for having beaten the pagan King Penda, on the battlefield of Win widfeld, founded the monastery in A. D. 658, and placed Hilda, then forty-five years of age, in charge. She was a very devout woman, and the monks and nuns under her were supplied with beads and crosses made from a local substance known as jet. As, the years rolled by, jet became popular on &C., count of it's beauty, rarity, and suscep- tibility to a very high polish. It was worked by clever artisans over a grind stone and lathe, and then turned over to expert carvers, who fashioned it into the most elaborate brooches, necklaces, earrings, pendants bracelets, pins, etc. Sometimes it was set in gold and some- times surrounded by diamonds and other precious stones, so that a brooch would retail for hundreds of pounds sterling. Paper knives, watch charms, and an infinite variety of articles fol- lowed, and at length it became popular to wear jet for mourning. At the first glance, jet looks like polished black glass, but the merest novice can de- tect it's peculiar beauties upon a closer examination. It so happens that jet has never been found anywhere in Eng land except in the 9precipitous cliffs overlooking the sea, on which the quaint old seaport of .Whitby stands. The
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chief industry of whitby for hundreds of years was the manufacture of jet, and then some seven hundred years ago part of the inhabitants took to fish ing and whaling, and the picturesque old seaport has ever been the home of a prosperous community.
 The late Queen Victoria was great admirer of jet, and during her reign Whitby flourished from the industry as never before. Muff chains, lockets, pen holders, cigarette holders, bookmarks, shirtstuds, cuff links, hatpins. spangles and bangles, flowers, and medallions, were produced in great quantities and were shipped all over Europe and es- pecially over the British empire. When any person of importance died in any part of Europe the Whitby merchants would immediately send a box of jet mourning by express to the bereayed family. Such jewelry as was kept was paid for by check, and the rest of the stock returned.
 Of late years cheap substitute has been discovered in Spain and much of this is now used by the Whitby manu- lecturers, who find the real article scarce and very dear. From skeletons found in the umali of the district it is known that hundreds of years it was customary to bury the dead with jet ornaments. ' .
 In his Mirror of Stones'' Cannillus Leonardus calls jet ''black amber" and states that it possesses the peculiar property of attracting to it, when rub bed, light substances of all kinds. He also tells us that the htin smoke pro- duced by this friction of rubbing was used by the ancient Britains for driy- ing away devils and dissolying spells.
 Jet" says Dr. Young, appears to be wood in high state of bituminiZa- tion." And certainly jet often appears with traces of ligenous structure; at the same time there are specimens of bones which seemingly have been grad ually imprgnated with, and at last wholly replaced by. this substance: Among the jetrock there Is found a liquid hydrocarbon, somewhat reseni- bling petroleum oil, which occurs in the cavities of ammonltes, etc, and is also sometimes found in nodules. the pres ence of which is generally supposed to point to a rich vein of jet.
 From these and other observations it would appear that jet existed as a liquid substance. and that this sub stance. gradually permeated between the laminations of the shades. etc. cov- ering over or in some cases entirely re- placing any woody matter which is met with.-New York Evening Post.
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NEW yoRK AbgGgsT b1yI .s, l6. 1908.

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 FOR BOSTON via New Iondon M and Pro. vidence-*2:20, 2:55, sl1:3s. lparior car imited5 imited a .2.a7 .l2;9s .a 2;ss epaTlOr car Sundays .2:55 a. m., .12:O5. s2:47. :, FoR o BOSTON yIa sprlngheld - .1:15. .l 1lVo li1 2. m.. +1:45, s5;52 D. ID. Sundays- HARTFaoRiD i IjfI DfTiRsIoN. E; oi
 FOR MERIDEN, NEW BRITAIN. HART. FTDBp T.g5 IAN AND sPRINGFIELD--s1: :15a, $40. sWalte Mountains, s11:O5 a. h, 12:I0 s!Sdo, 2;oo. s3:55 ito Hartford, 4:i0, 5:05, sSV sio, ,aod oo;52 6;l6 ito Hartfordl, FOO. s:00. Mo9pota MIoUoa lBar Harborl. 10.05, s10:55a (White n nays-.al; m 10 q. m.. 12:10. s5:52. *7:Oo. S:2s SHORE LINE DIVISION.
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 For Materbury-605, 7:10. S;00, e:45 q. dags-S;25 a. m. 12:17. 6:35, S:45 D. m.
 For Winsted-7:10. 9:45 a. m., 2:30, TAO ?. m. Sundays-9:25 a. m., :35 D. m.
 For Danbury, Pittsfeld and intermediata poln6s--6:00 a. m, via Bridgeport, :33 a.. m., 3:57, 800 ?. m. (to New Milford). Sum days-6:0O D. m. to New Milford
 For Litchfeld and points on LftchfeId p9ranch-e:Ss q. m. and 8:57 p. n. via Derby
 Express Trains. xLocaI Express
 aDoes not connect for New Britain
 C. T. HEMPSTEAD.
 General Passenger Agent.
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A PICTURE.

Scene-a little lake, deep-set among the hills long and narrow, fringed with lilies. the water lying level like sheet of steel. Back and forth along the northern end piles a sharp-nosed boat, with scarce a wake. Amidships a brown-neeked young college lad in
 bathing suit propels it. with an easy, rotary motion of the hands in alternate
 strokes, with barely ripple. Tn the bow, both small hands on the gunwals gripping in nervous tension. a lovely
 girl of nineteen, her delicate color com- ing and going, her hair awave, her eyes affash with excitement, and in the stern a niddlesaged man whose hair in the right light shows touch of iron-gray. h this hand archies f1y-rod of split bamboo, well back over his shoulder, the quivering tip darting in irregular thrust far aster like the lunging beak and serpentine throat of giant crane, pointing to where the line is weaving this way and that in surging tugs The lake grows sullen. Dark. white difnples show upon it . Gray light steal down l the hills, gray mist shroud them. There 1 is a batter of falling drops, large ones, here and there. But the rod keeps up l it's lunging, the line it's weaving to and l fro. Slowly the bamboo straightens, a
 bull-necked fish scull slowly In resent full, then with a surge and splash darts
 back again in rage. Still the pilant cane
 keeps fast It's yielding urging again the | fish is guided alongside. There is no net
 Nathless, there is a hand that has been l an expert frog-catcher in its day, which gently hovers ready, grips, and swing
 into the boat, with single motion, a
 barely three-pound pickerel, so lightly l hooked in the cheek that 1t seems not
 possible the hook could have held
 through all that striving, granting, as it
 did. to the fish to keep his nose we'll
 turned away from the angle of the pull ing of the line. But hold 1t did. And
 then the rain comes down in very truth
 or we awake 1t at last-and the boat
 perforce flies shoreward. s | I would that could make you see 1t
 as saw 1t! For 1t was lifting of the
 curtain to just the scence that William l Black delighted in----the bare-arfned,
 bared-legged gillie at the oars, the deli-
 cately beautiful young American girl
 in the bow, and in the stern--tfle same
 old. yet never old lad in the hair of
 iron-gray: and all in the heart of the
 hills. of the gray mists, on the level of
 that sullen lake.--Forest and Stream.
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Starm's New Haven Line.

Duly, Except Saturduy, \ Steamer John H. Starin (Capt. McAi,,ss terl leaves New Haven from Starin's Pier. foot of Brown Street, at 1O:l5 D. m, Sun. days, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Steamee Erastus Corning, Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays. Steamers leave Pier, Is, North River, N. r., at p. m. daily (except Sat. urdayl, Fare. 10 cents. Excursion fickets. -oom for sale at J. B. Judson's. SGT Chanel st., Peck X Bishops. 703 Chapel st. Free stage leaves depot on arrival of Hartford frain and corner of Church and Chapel sts. Through freight rates given and bills of lad. ing issued to points. west, south and soutfs west. Order your freight via Starin Line.
 c, H. FISHER. Gen'l Freight Agent
 Office, 150 Orange Street
 x. '. GREGORY. Agent. Starin Pier.
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NEW HAVEN STEAMBOAT LINE New York, the South and West.
Steamer RICHARD PECK in commission

Steamer RICHARD PECK in commission.
 FROM NEW HAvEN-Steamer leaves 2:l5 2. m. daily except Mondays, due New fork 7:l5 a. m. Passengers are privileged D. m
 FROM NEW YORK Steamer leaves 400 P o m daily except Sunday, due New Haven 800 D. m. Dock, New Haven, and Pier 4O N. R. foot of Clarkson street. New York
 For tickets and staterooms apply at the ofice on Belle Dock, also at Bishop & Co, I0o-5 Chapel street, or at Purser's office on steamer, ". D. Morgan, agent, Belle Dock, New Haven.
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THIS WILL INTEREST MOTHERS.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Chfl. years nurse in the Children's Home in New York, Cure Feverishness, Bad Stomach. Teething Disorders, move and regulate the Bowels and destroy Worms. They are so pleasant to the taste and harmless as milk. Children like them. Over 10000 testimon. ials of cures. They never fail. Sold by all druggists. 25c. Ask to-day. Sample FREE. Address Allen s. Olmsted. Le Roy, N, Y
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NOTICE OF sALE OF M0RTGAGED
 npENTJSLNC

NOTICE OF SALE OF M0RTGAGED
 PREMISES.
 FREDERICK E. BEACH,of New Hayen,ys. ORRIN N HULL; GROVE J. TUTTLEf as he is administrator d. b. h., c. t. a. ot the ESTATE OF ELIZA HULL, deceas- ed; JOSEPHINE s. BEECHER and WILL LIAM H. BEECHER.
 New Haven County Superior Court, Pursuant to an interlocutory judgment of foreclosure by sale made In the above en- titled cause bearing date of June 19. 1903, the undersigned, appointed and authorized in and by said interlocutOry judgment to make sale of the mortgaged premises de- scribed in said complaint, will sell at pub described, on the 10th day of September, 1903, at 12 o'clock noon, the land and premises described in said interlocutory judgment, and therein described as follows, to wit:
 now Or formerly of John Kenny. "A feet, more or less; east by land now or formerly of Owen Callahan, 30 feet, more or less; south by land formerly of James M. Mason, 37 feet, more or less; east again by land formerly of said Mason. 10 feet more or less, and south by land formerly of Ferris Lake, 37 feet. more or l9ss.
 Terms of sale ten per cent. in cash to be paid at the time of sale. and balance on delivery of deed. as soon as the same can be executed and approved by the Su- perior Court after said day of sale.
 EDWARD w. LYNCH,
 Lynch < Thomas, 42 Church St. Appointed to sell as aforesaid. CLARK, HALL X PECK. 152 Orange St.
 Attorneys for the Plaintiff t 2 # 4 G
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!. The villain. of the drama is Charles Breadhead, sowHer. of the Vulcan mine, who institutes conspiracy proceedings against she miners. This part was taken by Howard Brandon, whose .in- depreciation of the character was. ex- cellent. The hearty misses from the audience when he appeared before the curtain at tl;e numerous curtains calls given the actors was the best, indica- ton of. the realism that marked his i'm personation of an educated but heart less capitalist. a ,#t
 Joseph R. Kettler as James Reid. the leader of the striking. miners. gave to the characterization manliness that made him the favorite of the house. He was ably supported by Alice B. Hamilton and Etta N. Warren. who as daughters of miners were attractively ingenious.
 During the course of the play, special ties of a high order are given and add much to the enjoyment of the produc- ton. On the whole, Slaves of the Mine" will prove to be one of the most popular dramas that have been pro- duced in this city. TT {
 HAPPY HooLIGAN.
 Happy Hooligan."5 the clever farce comedy, which comes to the Grand opera house next Thursday, Friday and Saturday, September r. IS and 1a, is one os the brightest and best enter tainments of it's kind ever staged. 1t has attached totit d corps of pretty girls that ar a wonder to the theatrical profession For adorned beauty, sym metry of form, radiance and brilliancy, the Happy Hooligan" girls are with out peers. There is aedeiicacy a and d refinement about the young women Of the chorus which make them veritable Venuses, Hebes and Narcissuses, when attired in the glittering and gorgeous sartorial confections which the man agement has, with lavish 1iberallty pro- vided for them. One of the gowns alone. ] a black velvet affair, trimmed and ern-, broidered with bril!ants. represents an investment of over $2,500. When wear- ing it Miss Mae Phelps shines as d bright eyes. resplendent Houri, tran-
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THE HEBREW NEW YEAR
Will be Celebrated Beginning at Suns


 Monday, September 21.
 The celebration of Rosh Hashonnah, IIebrew New Year) will be celebrated this year commencing at Sunset Mon- day. September 21. in all the Hebrew synagogues and temples in this city and throughout the world. According to the Hebrew calendar it will mark the be- ginning of the year 5664. & $a' "se In the orthodox synagogues services will be held Monday evening. Septerl- Der 21, Tues lay morning, afternoon and evening, and Wednesday morning and afternoon. V
 In the reformed temples services will be held Monday evening and Tuesday morning.
 Rosh Hashonna. the first day of the new year, the day of Atonement, the most important holiday in the Hebrew calendar, will be celebrated, the day be- !. ginning at sundown on Wednesday. September 30, and continuing until sundown on Thursday. during which time those of the Hebrew faith will par take of no nourishment of any descrip- ton. and services will be held in the different synagogues and temples, and all places of business are closed for the twenty-four hours. These services are largely attended, and for which great preparations are being made.
 Many cards of greeting are exchanged during these holidays, and many gifts sent to one another. % >
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ELEPHANT1NE GHOSTS.

In the last number of the Journal ot
 the Straits branch of the Royal Asiatic society there appears an interesting ar ticle from the pen of Mir. A. D. Machada on the supposed evil influence of ghosts. He says: .s--
 Some four years ago. when I was en- gagged in. certain prospecting operations in the highlands of Pahaang, OF the borders of that state with Perak. had occasion to make a somewhat lengthy stay at place called Kampar, on the Rue river one Of the tributaries of the Betok, in it's turn tributary of the Je- Tai, the principal feeder of the Pahang river. I selected this spot because it had already been cleared of large trees and had only recently been in occupa- tion as Sakai settlement, from the re- mains of which we reared our unpreten- tious little camp. The Sakais, however, strongly advised us to go elsewhere, aI- leging that this place was haunted by elephant ghosts, and that they had been the, direct cause of number of deaths, principally among their children, whose remains lie buried there. - as
 It is necessary to explain that at the back of this place. not fifty yards away, is to be seen one of those peculiar mud dy pools which animals of all kinds frequent for their saline properties, this particular one being known as the Ku- bang Gajah Hantu (the mud pool of the ghostly elephants). These salt lakes are, also known as genuts in Malay. When the Sakais refer to this place it is usually with bated breath and a myste- rious and awesome gesture. These men declare that almost nightly elephants are seen and heard breaking twigs and branches and wallowing in this mud pool, and yet in the morning not a ves- tige of their spook. can be seen any where. Of this I am certain, the prints of deer and pigs were always plentiful and fresh, but no elephant could have been within miles of the place during my residence in that locality. My man | dor's wife an oldish person, who all ways followed her husband in his jour neys, doing the cooking for my follow CTS, declared that the first night we slept here she and all my men heard continued long drawn walls, like a long wee-e-e-e, which went on without inter- mission until almost daylight. This noise. they said, came from those Sakai children buried there.
 This account is interesting from an ethnolegieal standpoint in so far as it Illustrates the beliefs and superstitions of a race of very primitive people. As for the number ofchildren dying at the time, this would only seem natural when 1t is remembered that an epidemic of measles was then and had been for some tinie raging. Singapore Straits Budget. XXI
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WILL FIGHT SUITS.
Union Men 60 to New York for Con-
 ference.

Union Men 60 to New York for Con-
 ference.
 Danbury, Conn, Sept 14 The officers of the local Matters association and local members of the national board of the United Matters of North America are in New York city to-day to attend a meeting to consider the suits brought Saturday by p. P. Loewe & Co, against 25O members of the United Matters and the American Federation of Labor.
 The announcement was smade to-day that the United Hatters will. take up the cases of all members whose real es- tate or bank accounts have been attach- ed and that those persons will be put to no greater, expense than any other member of the union. In circular is- suel to-day by the United Matters to those whose property has been attached the organization announces that it is ready to enter an appearance for each person who has been sued Individually and pay all expenses of such defense. The organization will also apply for and if possible, obtain releases for all irl- sdividual property that has been attach- ed.
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THE MILLIONAIRE.

The scene of the last act of ''The BiI- fionaire," the spectacular musical com edy, which Klaw & Erlanger produce at the Hyperion on Wednesday night, September 2S. will represent the Long champs race track in Paris on the day of the Grand Prix. Jerome Sykes. as John Doe, the American spendthrift, has put into the races a number of horses whom he knows will lose and whom he backs heavily. Pansy, play ed by Nellie Follis. who is a western girl sent to Paris to be educated as a singer and who has run out of money, takes advantage of her Knowledge of horsemanship gained on the: western plains, disguises herself as a jockey and rides the race, saving Doe from ruin. who, unknown to himself, has lost large sums oe money through the machina- tions of MT. Peppercorn, an American Wall street operator, sojourning in Eu- rope with his family. The race track scene is made remarkably realistic.
 Seat sale opens Monday, September 21. Prices s1,5O. s1. 75c, 5oc. ... i ~
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MONEY FOR GOOD ROADS.
New Haven County We'll Cared forAin
 Commissioners List.

New Haven County We'll Cared forMir
 Commissioners List.
 State Highway Commissioner James H. Macdonald has compiled his list ot appropriations for good roads for the ensuing two years These appropria- tions will be in force for the two years next following October 1, so that ample time is given all towns to enter upon and complete all contracts before the time limit expires
 Owing to the fact that riinety-five towns in. the state asked for nine thou sand dollars, it was found necessary to scale down the amount asked for, in or der to come within the appropriation of $40, ,O00 Hence all towns asking for $9,- 900 were scaled down to $5,670. The following is list of the appor- =tionments to New, Haven county: Am sonia, $5,670; Baacon Falls, s5, 5,670; Branford, $3.ooO; Derby, s4,59O; East Haven, s, ,0O0; Guilford, Hamden, Madi- son, Meriden, Middlebury, Milford, Naugatuek New Haven, North Bran ford, North Haven, Orange, Prospect, Seymour, Wallingford, Waterbury, each s5,67o; Wolcott, $2OOO.
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Grand Opera House,

The frs. performance of Slaves. of the Mine" was given at the Grand opera house last night before an enthusiastic audience that heartily ,applauded the sentiments that were expressed in the comedy drama which deals with the att tempts of. organized labor to obtain bet ter conditions in the mining regions of the Wyoming Valley. The drama will be repeated tonight and Wednesday, on which day there will be matinee as well as an evening performance The production is well staged and the scene in the depths of the Vulcan mine was remarkably realistic. {
 The play is one that will appeal es- pecially to New Haven people. since it involves question, of conspiracy; charges against the leaders in strike The references to conspiracy and the troubles of the mine workers and their, sweethearts appealed to the audience
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PROVES GREAT SUCCESS.
Melo-D Drama With the Coats of Gray Rushed Along.

Melo- Drama with the Coats of Cray
 Rushed Along.
 The first dramatic rehearsal of the Young Lincoln's Dramatic club of the '61 melo-drama, "With the Coats ot Gray, written by Louis Waserzug, proved success. The plot is aFgood one and the participants take their parts well.
 It will take. place at Germania hall Friday evening, September 1, 1903. The cast is as follows: Colonel Sherwood, true to the blue. Lieutenant Durston, with the Coats of
 Gray.'' Sentinel Sparks; a soldier of Fortune David Cyrus, a government detective. Uncle Josh, who knows 1t all. Uncle Eb. who loved his mistress. Tom, a pickaninny. Lucinda S Sparks q southern beauty. Emma Sparks, who did all for love. Miss Trulock, a saloon keeper. Aunt Hanna, an African beauty.