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The sun., 1903-02-25
"SEGFRED" IS SUNG AGAIN.
cpEIT ATD.ENCE TO HEAR 1T
Ir TIE METROPOLITAN.
,,,,d PERT rformance In the Series Of Der
a,or des NibeiunG n"--Burgstaller
In.ered for Ills Interpretation-van
Rooy Appears as "Wotan" Once More.


ming des Nibelung en- Bur rgstalleI
1heered for His Intcrpretation-Var
Rooy Appears as "Wotan" Once More
vssner's 'Siegfried' was repeated al
-. Watropoli,an Opera House. 1t wa,
ezra night" and one OF the regular
cries Of Der Ring des Nibelungen per
,,,n,ances at popular prices. Again the
audience VAS one Of size and disposi-
.,,, 10 maxi pie who have views on
,,srs and prices sit up and do little think
10 The house wa, packed and the en-
,husiasm Of the auditors was great. Al
,be end Of the second act the singers re-
oeired six calls. after which Mr.. Burg
caller had three for himself and was cheered
N the echo. The expression on the young
mans face was something worth seeing
ps never faced such an audience before,
nor did he ever in the sacred Festspielhaus
Al Bayreuth see such homage bestowed
On any one except st. Cosima.
Much might easily be written about Mr.
Bnrssta lie, Siegfried. but perhaps it
would 10, profit TO do 80. 1t is delight
fully fresh and buoyant performance,
niouant in ia unevenness. Almost every
bt OF his siag, business bears the imprint
of wahnfried. vet in spite Of the adsurdity
Of some Of il and the desperate stiffness
and lack Of spontaneity in other parts Of
il. he makes picturesque figure OF the
forest youth He is a curious singer, too.
He seems 10 be as innocent of the art Of
,one-production as a child, yet his voice
s snaturaly well placed, is fresh and agreea-
hle. and has extraordinary carrying power,
50 ,ha' ie sirg' without undue effort
and probably does himself no serious
harm Of present The young tenor was
not in the best of voice last night and
those who were present did not hear
hin w,ia. the most favorable circum-
-tances
Mr. Van Rooy. who was absent from
the cast AZ the lasts previous performance
of IS, RED" was in his place last night
and prOpounded the many puzzling ques-
lions Of Wotdn with much dignity. He was
still suffering from his cold and had to be
little careful in the emission OF his tones.
but his gray beard and his statueeque atti-
'udes were not affected by the weather
Mr. Elmblads Fd'ner was so bad that the
blessed end Of him in he middle Of the
second act made young ea'ried the friend
ni every listener Mr. keiss repeated his
performance of Mime, which calls always
Tor the warmest admiration. Mr.. Bisp-
ham was Competent AIberich.
The women Of the cast, VINO have no great
snare Of the Interpretation II this drama,
we're Nine. Nordica as b u 'nhilde. Marie
Msurcr as Rrdd and Nine. oeygard as the
fores, bird. Nine. Nordica. who appears
10 have a wonderful faculty for keeping in
condition, was in good voice and was con-
~equentlv excellent. The others were
simply tolerable. Mr.. Hertz conducted
and again did commendable work, except
in two or three places where he permitted
the orchestra to plav 20, loudly.
The sun., 1903-02-25
Tie Gather.

There was storm central south OF Florida
yesterday. causing heavy rain over that State.
A second disturbance WAS moving In from the
South Pacific Ocean preceded by cloudy weather
over the Interior TO the central Mississippi Valley
with snow falling In Kansas. Colorado. Nebraska
and Utah. There was also some light, scattered
snow In northern New York and northern New
England: elsewhere the weather was fair.
An area OF high pressure covered all the interior
II was warmer In the Atlantic and Gulf States
and cooler In the Lake regions. and the upper
Mississippi and Missouri valleys. The tempera
ture WAS generally above freezing point. except
In the Northwest and a part OF the upper Lake
regions In this city there was some fog In the
morning and cloudineSs toward night, otherwise
the day WAS fair winds generally frcsh southerly.
average humidity. - per cent: barometer. cor.
rcc,ed to read TO leve. at A. NJ, so2a; p N.
soia
The sun., 1903-02-25
GAMBLER GETS 4 NEW TRIAL.
Appellate Decision Win Anect Many In.
dicte< for same Onercc.

WHITE PLAINS, ~ Y. Feb. "a Supreme
Court Justice Keogh to-day granted a Ger.
tifcatc Of reasonable doubt to William
Shannon who. IL is charged. was railroaded
to Sing Sing for his connection with an
alleged poolroom in Yonkers, 80 that he
can have the Appellate Division review hi :
trial Shannon will be released Tomorrow
on bail.
Shannon said he had no connection with
the poolroom except as a paid telegraph
operator. He was sentenced to one year
and one month at hard labor because the
jury found him guilty Of pool selling.
Upon the decision Of the Appellate Di-
vision depends the liberty O: half a dozen
alleged gamblers Of Wsstchester county
who are indicted for the same offence.
The sun., 1903-02-25
rLTTMATUM TO PHILHARMONIC,
Lef' Behind by samuel Untermy er. Who
Is on for Europe.

Samuel tntermyer, chairman OF the
'ni2"ns' Committee, which has offered an
annual subsidy 10 the Philharmonic Society.
sailed Yesterday for Europe ii. H. Flagler
ls TO act as chairman in Mr.. untermyer's 5
absence
The Philharmonic Committee received
from Mr Cntermyer before he departed
NE ui'imatum Of the contributors a. to the
"""udi subsidy. Inc committee OF musi-
.aLo Ii now to decide whether or not it
GatoS 10 accept the fund on these terms
y has only a limited period in which 20
"eclie, and an answer is expected within
few DAYS.
The sun., 1903-02-25
The Dannrruther strins Quartet

= ne second concert OF the Dannreuther
V1ar'et took place last night In the chamber
music room at Carnegie Hall. The pro-
s'ainmo consisted Of Haydn's d major
qH,veruInento for violin, viola and cello
DNprN major quartet Ghe American)
SiG oehumann's ID minor trio for piano,
No.Ih and rioloncello. Mrs. Dsnnreuther
pAsed the piano part Of the last number.
The sun., 1903-02-25
PATTI HAS NO CAPRICES.
Her Husband Says So-More Details ol
Her Farewell Tour. q,


Robert Grau said yesterday that he had
received with the signed contracts for
Nine Adelina PATHS farewell concert tour
In this country a letter from the diva e
husband. Baron Cederstrom, assuring him
Of her amiability. -Of course, your brother
Maurice will tell you how amiable the
Baroness is. as he has had many oppor-
tunities Of testing her." the Baron wrote
she has no caprices."
In that case the diva has changed some-
what since her last tour here. Her first con-
cert Of the sixty she is to give in this country
will be at the Metropolitan Opera House on
Nov. 8. She is TO receive IS 900 for each
concert. Mr.. Grau says, and an added half
of the gross receipts over $500. She
stipulates that at no concert shall the price
of the best seats be less than $3
Three other soloists will support her. Nine
Mantell will probably be one. Signor
Sapio will be the musical director.
The sun., 1903-02-25
Mr. and Mrs. l.. Vanderbilt Sail.

The North German Lloyd flyer kronprin2
Wilhelm. which sailed yesterday for Ply
mouth. Cherbourg and Bremen. carried
s37 first and second cabin passengers, an
unusually large number for this season.
In the list are Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Van
derbilt. Mrs. William Astor. Miss Mar.
guerte L. Chandler, and Count A. Won
Quadt Wykradt Isny Of the German En-
bassy at Washington.
The sun., 1903-02-25

WARRINGTON FORECAST ron TO DAT AND TO MORROW
For fdusrn Ner YORK. fotr today; fnereasino
ci0udtness 10 ro-ror, ufh rain or snor at nion
I0h poy'hpea 10 r0rfhrda ufnds
For New England. fnirto day. light west winds;
Increasing cloudiness to morrow.
For the District OF Columbia. Maryland. Della
ware and New Jersey. fair to-day, cloudy with
rain to morrow.
For western New YORK. fair to day: Increasing
cioudEess followed by snow In west portion. fresh
west to north winds to- morrow.
The sun., 1903-02-25
Rynders Jury Again Disagrees.

Ex-Detcctive Sergeant Rynders was
tried againt yesterday before Recorder Gof
for the larceny Of : 90 in Hills which were
part Of the evidence in a case. The jury
disagreed as It did at the first trial.
The sun., 1903-02-25
hooks AND BOOKNAKING.

Under head of Some REM arks' by
Simeon Ford. Ererybody's Aaoasins will
soon begin the serial publication OF q COL
lection Of humor and wisdom CLEANED
from the speeches Of one OF New York's
most famous after-dinner speakers. Later
Doubleday a Page will publish In book
form the speeches which Mr.. Ford has
selected to represent him.
The sun., 1903-02-25

Mrs. George Madden Martin OF Emmy
Lou fame is writing novel for fall publi-
cation.
The sun., 1903-02-25

Alfred H. Henry's novel BY Order OF
tho Prophet il being translated inte Ger
man and Swedish. Tho story deal With
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-09-17

1t is generally known that Napo-
Icons white stallion, the horse he rode
at Waterloo, was named MarengO and
that Wellington's charger in the same
battle was Copenhagen. The latter
lived to be twenty-seven years old.
The remains of Marengo are preserved
in the Museum of the United Services,
London. Do you remember the names
of any of George Washington's horses?
In nearly all Of the Washington stat
ues the Father of His Country is rep
resented as on horseback, but what is
the name of the animal he bestrides?
Richard III. owned White Surrey, and
it was for that splendid animal that
he cried when he shouted, my king
dom for q horsew William HIS ia
vorite horse, Sorrel, had one eye. Sa-
voy, the black horse of Charles VIII.
Of France, also had only one eye.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-09-17

The little japanese acrobat, in his
short robe of black embroidered with
gold dragons. walked slowly up the
slunting wire cable to the very roof Of
the circus tent. There he paused mo-
ment. and thcn-swish. swish. swish
he slid smoothly and gracefully down
the steep wire to the ground. Elevat-
Ing his voice above the loud applause.
M old circus man said: THAT sliding
trick has never been learned by Eu-
ropean. It's Il trick that the Japs alone
do II you watched our little friend you
noticed that he always kept the wire
between his big toe and the second toe.
When he slid. the wire was between his
toes. That IL the way the Japanese
learn to walk the wire. but we English
and Americans can't learn to walk in
thnt way because our toes have not the
same suppcncss and strength. Our
toes. confined for generations In I'M
hygicnic. tight. heavy leather boots,
have no niisclc and no mobility. To
slide down wire requires well devel-
oped toes first Of all. We, therefore,
can't match the .Japs In this snowy,
telling and difficult feat" - Philadel-
phin Record
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-09-17

There may be no question what
ever about your courage, but we'll
undertake to say that, though
you are as brave as a lion, you
won't want to have anything to
do with that kind of q fray.
Trousers and tatters don't make
lust the kind of q combination
that you are hankering after, do
theyf Purchasers of Suits or
Trousers will have the advantage
of our Mark-Down Prices, and
will not be bothered with any
thing of the sort. They are just
as safe from it as though they
had a paid-up policy of insurance
against any such kind of I'M
pleasantness. If our Suits give
you any hankering at all, they
will give you an ungoyernable
hankerning for another one just
like it.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-09-17

81 was over at Allegash the other
day for the first time in four years."
said the Kohack philosopher, just bit
sarcastically, land found my nephew
Luther and his estimable wife still
squabbling over the same question
they were quarreling about when l
was there before. The only change
that 1 was able to detect was that,
while in the first place they appeared
to know what they were jangling
about. by this time they seemed to
have forgotten what the original bone
Of contention was, and they were quar-
reling monotonously along without any
way Of knowing when they had fin
ished.
"Well, when my appearance inter
rupted them Luther was startled to see
how much thinner l had grown in four
years, and his wife was astonished at
the way l had grown fat. And at it
they went, quarreling over that, and
the original question was shelved for
good and all. came away feeling am
ply repaid for taking the trip. 1t is
satisfaction to know that you have
done a helpful act, and I expect / did
them a great favor by breaking the
monotony and giving them something
fresh to wrangle Over."-Smart Set.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-09-17
Ancient Table Manners.

A description of dinner given In
1850 shows that there has been q vast
Improvement in table manners since
then. AS a rule, one knife had to serve
for two people, and often a bowl Of
soup was used by two persons. For
this reason the party giving the din
ner arranged his guests In couples, try
ing to place people together who would
be congenial and not adverse to this
common use of table appointments.
Spoons were seldom supplied to the
guests, and the soup was drunk d.
rectly from the bowl, the latter usually
having side handles by which 1t was
held. In less refined company there
were no separate soup bowls, only one
large porringer, which was passed
around to the guests in turn. The
diners helped themselves to the pieces
OF meat they desired from the common
dish with their fingers.
Napkins were considered a luxury,
and were only provided In very aris-
tocratic and wealthy families.-Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-09-17

Major Pond. the lecture manager,
was long anxious 10 secure Rudyard
Kipling as a platform star, and Kip
ling took the assaults of the persistent
manager In good part. Here Is his re-
ply to propositions:
Brattleboro, VT, Sept. 80, 1895.
Dear Mr.. Pond-T am much Obliged to
you for your letter. but can't say that
can see my way to the entertainment
you propose. There liz such n thing rs
paying 126 cents for a dollar, ana though
! suppose there is money In the featuring
business II seems to me that tho bother,
the fuss, the being at pverybodyB beck
and call, the night journeys and 30 on
make II very dear. I've seen n few men
who've lived through the fight, but they
did not look happy. l might do II MS soon
az had two mortgages on my houSe, a
lien on the horses and bill of snle on
the furniture and writer's cramp In both
hands, but at present I'm busy and con-
tented TO go on with the regular WI ting
business. You forget that have alt eady
wandered over most of the states, and
there isn't enough money In sight to hire
me to face again some of the hotels and
some of the railway systems 1 have met
with. America liz Il great country, but
she is not made for lecturng In. With
renewed thanks for your very kind letter,
believe me, yours sincerely,
RUDYARD KtpL1NG.
Fsv.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-09-17
Boston Transcript.



Many centuries before the Christian
err there existed in India and Ceylon
institutions which performed the func-
tions of hospitals tlsenl- Encyclopedia,
Eulenburg). They were built and main
tained by the Buddhists. In the Scrip
turc there III mention of what the
Hebrews called Bethesda, but this was
nothing more than few rude huts In
the neighborhood of n mineral spring
supposed to have healing properties.
According to Lecky c'IIistory of Euro
pean Morals'') the first hospital was
founded by Roman lady named Fa-
biola, about the fourth century. at
Rome. Soon after another hospital was
founded by st. Pammachus, and an
other by st. Basil at Cpsnrea. During
the crusadcs numerous hospitals arose
In all parts Of Europe. San Spiritu,
built by Innocent Ill, was erected In
1904 at Rome. The first hospital iii
England was built by Lanfrnnc. arch
bishop of Canterbury in 1880. The
first hospital Of any Size erected in
America was the Pennsylvania hospi-
tai in Philadelphia, begun in 1851 by
DIR. Bond and Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia Medical Journal.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-09-17

A New York man tells a quaint
story about a new maidservant he once
employed.
'"This maid," he said, "had just come
over from the old country and she was
very green. Everything she did pro-
claimed her greenness. One of her
habits was always to come downstairs
backward.
II assure you it was a funny sight
to see her descending staircase slow
ly in that way. Her hand grasped the
balustrade for safety and every little
while she looked round to see how
much farther she had to CO.
"'Why do you come downstairs back
ward. Kathleen? some one asked her.
Sure, sir she answered, that's the
way we always came downstairs in the
ship comm over. Isn't it the fashion
in America p"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-09-17
Sponge Growing.

Sponges are cultivated in West In
dian waters and the Mediterranean.
In its natural state the bath or toilet
sponge is fieshy and covered with a
black skin. To obtain the light col
ored, horny and elastic skeleton,
sponges are left In shallow sea water
for several days In a staked Enclosure
until the rotten animal matter can be
beaten out. For artificial cultivation
living sponge is cut into small blocks,
about a cubic inch in size, with por-
ton of the outer skin ON each. These,
fixed to a frame Of weighted trellis-
work, are sunk into few fathoms of
clear water. where they flourish best
on a bottom of green seaweed free
from mud. In about seven years the
cuttings grow into sponges Of market
able aiZo
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-09-17

A REMARKABLE RECORD. - Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy has n remarkable
record. 1t has been In use for over thirty
years, during which time many million
bottles have been sold and used. 1t has
long been the standard and main reliance
In the treatment of Group In thousands OF
homes, yet during all this time no case
has ever been reported to the manufac-
turers In which 1t failed to effect a cure.
When given as soon as the child becomes
hoarse, or even as soon as the croupy
cough appears, 1t will prevent the attack.
1t Is pleasant to take; many children
like 1t. 1t contains no opium or other
harmful substance, and may be given as
confidently to baby as to an adult.
For sale by E. K. Taft, II. F. Cady,
Stafford g. Hall, Jr., & Co., South VIII
lington.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-09-17
The Customs o. the Country.

There was once a Newfoundland fish
erman-he CHANGED to be a Catholic
who in old age came to die. He had
lived in debt all his life and, no doubt,
had never once given his whole catch
to the dealer who supplied him. but
had wrongfully slipped many a quintal
over the side of rival schooner and
traded 1t out on the spot.
"Send for Fawther Rafferty," he
said. "Send immediatew
He wanted to confess his sins, to
be shriven and to depart in peace, but
his old priest had been transferred to
Trinity Bay. A young man, just back
from Rome, was now the spiritual
head of the parish.
"Sure, tits Fawther Goblin" they
told him.
"Noa, noa!' the old man protested.
"Fawther COLLINS a fine young man
a clever young man, 1 doubt me not,
but it's old Fawther Rafferty, l wants
t hear me confession"
"An' whyf" they asked.
"Sure," the dying man gasped, che
knows the customs o. the country
Norman Duncan in Worlds Work.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-09-17
When Carlyle Punched His Wife.

A volume by the late Anthony
Froude, the historian, tells this story
Of Carlyle and his wife, who lived on
VIGOROUSLY bad terms, the latter dying
first: Carlyle found a remembrance in
her diary of the blue marks which in
a fit Of passion he had once inflicted on
her arms. AS soon as he could collect
himself he put together memoir of
her, in which with deliberate courage
he inserted the discriminating passages
Of her diary, the note of the blue marks
among them, and he added an injunc-
ton of his own that, however stern and
tragic that record might be, it was
never to be destroyed"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-09-17

Deafness Is often caused by the
violence with which people blow their
noses" said New York specialist in
eye and ear diseases. '"There is an in
innate relation between the aural and
nasal passages. You sometimes feel
1t when you are bathing and get your
nose full of water. Then you will find
more deafness in localities where the
residents are subject to catarrh. In the
straining attendant on blowing the
nose persons stretch the eardrum.
Sometimes they burst the membrane.
/ have handled many cases of this sort,
where deafness came suddenly after
heavy cold in the head"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-09-17

On the coast of the West Indian is
lands curious kind of coral is found.
called "millepOca.'' This has n most
extraordinary property which makes
the people who know II very shy of
handling it. The moment you pick up
a piece a sort of electric thrill runs
through you and an agOniZing pain
shoots through your jaws. You feel as
If every tooth and every nerve and
muscle connected with them was
burning. The acute pain lasts gem
orally for about half an hour and slow
ly passes off; hr' the effects do not dis
appear entirely for hours. The reason
of this curious shock or poisoning is a
mystery.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-09-17

Items OF local interest taken from the columns
OF The Press, thirty years ago.I
September 10, 1878.

Chester J. Holmes has bought the
lumber and coal business of johnson
& Brockbank in this village.
The corporators of the Putnam and
Stafford railroad met at South Wood
stock, Saturday, to arrange for open
ing subscription books to the capital
stock.
One of our subscribers has ordered
two copies of the paper sent to his adj
dress, in order that he may give up a
copy to borrowers and have one left
for his own perusal.
A little child of Micheal Corcoran
of Foxville, aged Al years, one day
last week fell backwards into pail
of hot water, scalding him so badly
as to cause his death three days after.
| The fourth annual exhibition of the
Tolland East Agricultural society &C.
ours next week Thursday.
Edward Gerard, who was injured
ON the oath ult., as claimed by his
brother who was with him, in a fight
with young man named Kemp, near
Ellithorpe' 50, died Yesterday. A jury
of inquiry has been summoned by JUS
tice Spellman, and the cause of death
is being investigated. Considerable
testimony, including that of Drs. New
ton and Wood, the former attending
physician, and both present at a post
norton examination, was taken, and
another session will be held and more
evidence taken this evening. The
jurors are: S. H. Seward, foreman,
E. T. Converse, l.. w. Crane, Cyrus
Banford, Henry Smith, g. @. Parkess,
F. N. Crane, J. V. Squier, +. A.
Harwood, James NJ. Lord.
Born. Stafford Springs, Sept. 18th,
1878, a daughter to M. A. Shearer.
Westfield, Mass, 18th, a daughter
(Florence MabeD to Dwight II. Par
sons, formerly of Stafford Springs.
Foxville, 9th, daughter to David
Bissett.
Married. Stafford, 18th, by Rev.
IG. V. Markham, Francis ID. Haywood
of Holyoke and Isabel Cady of Stat
ford
Stafford, 18th, by Rev. +. L. Batch
elder, Benjamin F. Nye of Lebanon
and Redexalana Champion of Stafford