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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-29
THE AMERICAN PIANO.
Germany shIcs at the Thought of
 Purehasing Our Instruments.

Germany ShIes at the Thought of
 Purchasing Our Instruments.
 Washington, May 2S.-Consul-General A. M. Thackara, of Berlin, responding to several inquiries from the United States in regard to musical instruments in Germany, says, in part: Very few American pianos are imported into Germany, and these only of the higher grade, nor is an increased trade prob- able until the existing objections to the American-made instruments have been removed, which are: A too high retail price as compared with the German made instruments; case design and fin- ish unsuitable for the German market, and a different standard as to the char aeter of tone As to low-grade pianos there is almost no chance of establish ing an outlet in Germany for the American, as the Germans consider their low-grade pianos just as good, and besides the prices are consider ably lower. A plano made near Leip- zig sells at wholesale for s6S, with which fiye-year guaranty is given
 There is still quite trade n Amer ican parlor organs and harmoniums with Germany, but the imports are not increasing as rapidly as formerly. American talking machines of the higher grade are well represented in Germany and, owing to their unsur- passed excellence, enjoy a profitable trade. There would be little chance for inferior grades, as thousands of cheap machines, made in Germany, are sent annually to the United States,
 "The duties of musical instruments imported into Germany from the Unit ed States, per 220 pounds, are as fol- ! lows: Photographs, gramophones, etc., $9.52; organs, with pipes &.76; har- moniums S9,52; pianos, all kinds. $952; piano mechanism and keyboards, SIS O9; stringed instruments to be played by hand or bow, wind instruments, and cocertinas each, $476. To obtain foot hold in the German market for Ameri- can pianos, harmoniums, and organs 1t would require an intelligent and busl- esslike campaign, Competition in the German musical trade is too keen to
 expect any satisfactory results from l catalogues or from correspondence.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-29
FRANco-JAPANEsE TREATY.
Accord Complete and Signatures Will
 Be Exchanged This Week.

Paris, May 2S.-The accord on the Franco-Japanese convention is com pete The Japanese minister, NJ. Kuri- na and Foreign Minister Pichon will exchange signatures before the end of the week In order to prevent the pos sibillty of misunderstanding France has formally communicated the terms of the agreement to Washington with assurances that it is in no way di- rected against the United States. The American government, after an exam- nation of the terms, replied that it had absolutely no objection to the con- vention.
 The impression prevails in diplomatic circles here that despite the Monroe doctrine the United States contemplates negotiating treaty with Japan along lines similar to those of the Franco Japanese agreement.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-29
WEATHER FOR s4 YEARS.
U. s. Department of Agriculture,
 Weather Bureau.

O' ss department or Agrleultures
 Weather Bureau.
 The following data, covering a period of 34 years, have been compiled from the Weather Bureau records at New Haven, Conn They are issued to show the conditions tha, have prevailed, dur ing the month in question. for the above period of years, but must not be construed as a forecast of the weather conditions for the coming month.
 Month of June for 94 years
 Temperature-Mean or normal tenn perature, 66 degrees. The warmest month was that of 1876, with an average of n degrees.
 The coldest month was that of 1903, with an average of 61 degrees.
 The highest tempetature was 96 de- grees on June 20, 1S93
 The lowest temperature was fl de- grces on June 15, 1884
 The earliest date on which first "kill- ing frost occurred in autumn, Septem- Der 15, 1885
 Average date on which first "kill- ing" frost occurred in autumn, October r.
 Average date on which last killing frost occurred in spring, April 20. The latest date on which last kill. ing frost occurred in spring, May 30 1884
 Precipitation (rain or melted snow)-- Average for the month, BOA inches. Average number of days with ,O1 ol an inch or more, H.
 The greatest monthly precipitation was 74t inches in 1903.
 The least monthly precipitation was Q.21 inches in 1S9S
 The greatest amount of precipitation recorded in any "A consecutive hour! was 4.S9 inches on June 25 and 26. 1884 Relative humidity-Average 8 a. m IT; average {, p. m. 76.
 Clouds and Weather-Average mum Der of clear days, 10; partly cloudy days, F; cloudy days, 8. Wind-The prevailing winds are iron the south.
 The average hourly velocity of tn, wind is miles per hour.
 The highest velocity of the wind wa 9S miles from the northeast on June 4 1898.
 Station: New Haven, Conn.
 Date of issue: May 2S 1907. L. M. TARR,
 Weather Bureau.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-29
MISS BERGH TO MARRY.
Goes to Alaska to Join Future Hus-
 band.

Miss Evelyn Marion Bergh, the daughter of Rev. John o. Bergh of the seaman's Bethel. has left here for
 Nome, Alaska, where her marriage to IIvar Grimaker will be celebrated on her arrival after her 5000 miles tria.
 The ceremony will be the culmination lof a pretty little romance Miss Bergh
 met her future husband, who is an cleo trical engineer and a sailor, in this city about three years ago at the Beth lel He went to Alaska this spring, but before he went the engagement. was lannounced
 Her parents went part of the way with her when she started Saturday
 but she will make the greater part of the journey alone, sailing from Seattle
 on June 1, and reaching Nome about a
 month later
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-29
THANKEENEA'AMs.
On the Road from Walllngford tt
 Meriden,

Automobilists living in Wallingford and Meriden have called the attention of Highway Commissioner Macdonald to all obstruction which has appeared on the state road between Meriden and Wallingford and near the house of Elijah J. Hough. It seems to be no more nor less than an old-fashioned 'thankeema'am' or breakwater, Guch as were common on country roads forty years ago,
 It is made of crushed stone and is about two feet high and extends across the road. It is so located that automo- bilists cannot see it until it is too late to check their speed and then they gen- erally discover its presence in variety of ways. They think that MT. Hough built it, as some of his fowls have been killed by automobilists. The attention of the highway commissioner has been called to 1t and he will have 1t remov- ed, as modern road building does not | include such thankeema'ams.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-29
SHOWS HIDING PLACE.
smiths Valet Tells Where He Put stOl-
 en Jewels.

Paris. May 2S.--George Collins, alias Btvington, the valet of Sydney Smith of New York, who Is charged with rob
 ping MT. Smith of money and jewelry here, after a long search in company with detectives to-day pointed out a little hotel In the Rue Godet de Mau- lrov as the place where he had hidden the stolen money and jewels under a bed. Upon inquiry the detectives as certaincd that the valet's story was
 correct in so far as leaving box there
 was concerned, but the proprietor of | the hotel claimed that when he discov- cred the box the bell boy thought it was an internal machine, opened it carefully, found that it contained ar
 ticles of no value and consequently it was thrown away,
 The detectives are not satisfied with
 this version of the affair and are con- 1 tinuing their investigation.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-29

Wallingford, which was founded for the treatment of tuberculosis by the New Haven Anti-Tuberculosis associa- ton. The committee will recommend Sl0,o0O for the tuberculosis hospital at Cedar Hill, in Hartford. These amounts will be carried through both houses without opposition. Senator McGovsrn. the chairman of the appropriations committee, feels that the outlay in be- half of the tuberculosis hospitals in the state is money well spent. He would make the amount more liberal, if pos sible, believing that it is doing a most important work.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-29
HOSPITAL CONTRACTS AWARDED. St. RaphaeIs Must Be Finished July
 I, 1908.

The executive committee in charge of the erection of the new Catholic hospi- tai, s. Raphaels. to be built at LAP Chapel street, have awarded the con- tracts for various departments of the work.
 The lowest bidder for the carpenter and mason work was found 10 be the David H. Clark company, while for the plumbing and heating, the lowest bid der was Rourke Brothers. The aggte- gate cost of both contracts is S135,OO0. The committee in charge consisted of Rev. Father Murphy, Sisters Hermine and Alexandrine, Dr. John F. Luby president of the Medical association, and Dr. James Fl. J Flynn, treasurer of the association. Sister Hermine will be the superintendent of the hospital and Sister Alexandrine will be the sec retary. The contracts state that the work of construction must be begun at once and the hospital must be finished by July l, 1908,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-29
Did His share .

What" asked the man who is al ways preaching, have you ever done to make this brighter w6rld?"
 i've done lot in that line, strang- er,'' said the one with the large, rough hands I'm barn painter by trade. and I generally paint 'em red. .'' Chicago Record Herald.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-29
E. A. MIrcHELL PROMOTED.
To Become Purchasing Agent for New
 Haven ROad,

According to an announcement made through the press bureau of the New Haven railroad yesterday, E. A. Nit chell will on June 1 assume the duties of manager of purchases and supplies with office in New Haven In addition to his present duties as expert and en- gineer of tests he will assume the new duties of purchasing agent, succeeding E. L. Pollock, who has resigned to as- sume duties with another railroad. Mr. Mitchell has been with the com pany for several years and is regarded as. a very capable railroad man,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-29
Warranty Deeds.

George F. Hall to Pasquale MareeIlo and Maria Grazia, land and buildings, Franklin street, s5 feet
 Jacinto Casariego to Gustav A. Bic Ter, land and improvements, Ivy street, 50 feet.
 Michael F. Campbell to yincenzo Avi- tatile, land, Wooster street, 46 feet Carrie c. c. Gishop to Fannie B. lAn- Iketeli land and improvements, West Prospect street, 50 feet.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-29
Mnrtrnres.

Arthur M. Anketell ct ux. to Jeannie Taylor Kingsley, land and buildings, West Prospect, 50 feet, 5000.
 Stewart H. Morgan to Colonial Real ty company, land, Norton street, 142 feet, $700.
 Stewart H. Morgan to Lonas & Net tleton, land, Norton street, 42 feet, sS,- 500.
 Abe Cohen to Louis Libow, land and buildings, Auburn street 40 feet,
 Francis A. Alling ct als. to Giuseppe Marcio, land and Improvements Wash lington street, 35 feet,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-29
Caveat,

Alverd E. Wlnchell gives warning of proceedings to set aside conveyance by the late Isaac W. Stiles to his daugh- ter, Mabel S, Warner, on July 24, 1906, of land on Lawrence street, 011-2 feet, value $19,O00, with savings bank mort gage of $6,500
 Fidelity and Deposit company, of Baltimore. vs. Mabel S Warner, Law renee street, 91 1-2 feet.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-29
A Sudden Death in YasesviIIe.

Henry A. Parmelee, sixtyefour years old. of S1 Randolph aven,ge. Meriden. dropped dead yesterday afternoon while at work at Seth " Wards place in Talesville. Apoplexy was the cause of the death. Mir. Parmelee had been em- ployed at MT. Wizards place for some time He leaves a daughter. Mrs, Mary P. Harrison. of the firm of Dorsey & Harrison.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-29
< Matter of Time.

Miss Bub-bub-Brlght," began stutterton, will you bub-bub-be nl- m-my-er. that is, I lul-lul-love-"
 Really Interrupted Miss Bright, you must give me time to consider, MT, Stutterton. In the meantime, per- haps you will be able to say it. '-Ph!l- adelphia Press.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-29
MRS. E. W. BUCKINGHAM.
Burial in New Milford This Afternoon
 in the Worthwhile Cemetery.

Elyira Wheaton Buckingham, wife of Ralph Buckingham of Washington, died Sunday, aged 79 years, She is survived by her husband, one sister Miss Juliette Wheaton two daughters, Bertha w., wife of H. A. Averill of Washington, Ina J., wife of Charles M. Beach of New Milford, and eight grandchildren The funeral will be held at St. Andrews Episcopal church in Marbledale. this afternoon, at 2:3o. Interment will be in the Worthwhile cemetery, New Milford
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-29
A New Haven Bankrupt.

Pio Di Bella of New Haven has filed voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the district court of the United States, Liabilities. s4,137S3; assets, s1,s97.40. The bankrupt is a grocer, his place of business being at No. 627 Grand ave- nue.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-29
A. Ea,niIv sanra4

Mrs Brindle-''Now, Mary want you to be careful. This is some very old table linen-beens in the family for more than two hundred years, and"
 Mary-"Ah. sure, ma'am, you needn't worry. I won't 4ell a soul, and 1t looks as good as new, anyway."--Il- lustrated Bits.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-29
Executors Deed,

I. Frederick Kernochan, executor |of will of stephen $. Whitney to An drew Moorhead and Trederlck W. Donnelly, Gamer street, 112 feet,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-29
Lease.

August c. Kaiser to Ambrose H. rooms first floor, II Lake Place. for one year
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-29
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS DEEDS RECORDED. Quit Claims, Warrantees, Mortgages and Attach
 nents Filed.

The following real estate transactions
 were recorded in the town clerks office lyesterday:
New-York tribune., 1907-10-13
Queer Funeral Customs

one OF the queerest features in connection with
~ this court mourning abroad is the species of
grim comedy, which provides that a royal person
age shall be regarded as alive until finally laid in
the tomb. 1t IS etiquette which belongs to
Dygone age, and saVors of something akin mock
ery. Thus, 1t is not until the Lord Chamberlain
breaks his wand of office the coffin of his royal
master or mistress it is being lowered into the
vault or tomb that he and all the members of the
household are relieved of their duties and nearly
every European court it IS customary to this day
Tor the nlustrious dead to hold a OF levec or
reception Just before their interment when all the
great officers of state and members of the court
pass one by one before the corpse, bowling low aud
kissing its cold and clammy hand.
Even still more strange are the ceremonies that
used to be enforced in France when that country
still subject to a monarchiCal regime During
the entire forty days that the body OF the sovereign
lay in state in the Cathedral OF Saint Denis, the
court ceremonies We're carried on within the abbey
though he monarch prince still lived the ROYAL
table would be every night in the reteCtorv and
The Grand Master OF The Ceremonies when dinner
was brought up would proceed in full uniform TO
The ChanCel Of the church. where the corpse lay rigid
and cold, and with a low ohei-auce would eNclan,
Sire, the dinner is served, according TO Your
Naiestv's order
Then the Chamberlain, standing duty beside
The corpse would respond with great dignity, His
New-York tribune., 1907-10-13

Majesty has been pleased dine already and desires
10 remain undisturbed" WhereupOn the Master OF
Ceremonies would back out with the three custom
arv low obesances to the dead. and would order the
meal TO be taken away.
In conclusion il NAV be mentioned that the ad-
mission of the Empire of Japan into the concert OF
Great Powers has resulted in source OF consider
able embarrassment to the various royal families OF
mourning. The court OF Toxic IS extremely pune
Of the death of any foreign sovereign or royal
mourning for European royalties as many as eight
times in one year. When, however the Mlkado
mother died sometime ago, and her demise was
officially notified to the various foreign Govern
ments by the Japanese Ambassadors, who added
that Her Majesty has passed away after receiving
the last sacraments of the Shinto faith, no notice
taken thereof, the European courts taking the
ground that as long as a monarch went IN openly
for povgamy, maintaining harem. as do the rulers
Of China, of Turkey, OF Persia, OF Egypt, and OF
Morocco. they cannot expect 10 be treated on the
same social footing as Christian rulers OF the
West
England's relations with Japan however. have
become such that She can no longer afford TO arront
her by any neglect of such COurtcsics, and there IS
doubt that other European soveTegns viii follow
suit when King Edward next has occasion TO order
through his Lord Chamberlain the London Official
Gazette court mourning for some member OF the
imperial family of Japan who has passed away
furnished with the last rites Of that mysterious
Shnto faith, which Is altogether beyond the COM
prehensiOn Of white men and Christians.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-13

A YEAR or two ago, with four or five friends
"A was practising archery IN large field near
a factory. 1t Was six O'Clock, and the Workmen
We're Just coming out. y number of them stopped
10 watch the shooting
Our target was cighteen-inch Japanese lawn
mat stuck up at the distance Of sixty yards on q
slender stick, as one might ,mpale cooky on a
knitting needle thrust through II edgewse When
the target was hit the 1t kept disposition
face toward us; but shot near either side was
likely to turn 1t edge toward
While the factory hands We're watching, one of
us hit the mat on the side 1t spun part way round
so that only the edge presented for the OF
us To shoot at.
Come, Jim, down and fix the target You
moved it, said one OF the other shooters
On, never mind, cried another member of the
group. =" | shall turn it back again with this shot ="
The rest of us laughed; but with the very next
shot our friend did exactly What he had promised
to do; not only hit the mat. but turned it back
again until it faced Squarely.
We knew, of course that it was chance; but the
Worknen from the factory did not. y week or two
later l heard one OF them telling companion that
1T sixty yards one OF number could plant an
arrow exactly where he wanted to. That is the way
the stories OF wonderful shooting usually arise.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-13
The Greatest Modern Archer
THE greatest archer OF modern times v
Ford an Enql,shman. who did hi, =

THE greatest archer OF modern times was Horace
Ford, an Englishman, who did his -.- lie
shooting in the SOS and 6os. The regu. - -sr-
get used then for archery as sport was me
as that used to-day. 1t was four feet IN ter
about as large as the end OF hOgshead U .dei
into d central circle, nine inches IN diane d
the gold. and four rings-red, blue, - nj
wh;te-each about four and one-half ncle. de-
Shooting Seventy-twO arrows at this target Il
one hundred wards. Ford more than once made
seventv-one hits, and seldom missed more -1aa
two or three times. At eighty yards and -.x,v
yards he rarely failed 20 put all his into he
target. But that Is not all At one hund-.5 -a-Gs
he placed in the gold-the nme-inch ce--.--oa
more than one occasion all three of the n
it Is customary 70 shoot at end that before
walking down 10 the target 20 recover tl. --a.ts.
At sixty wards his shooting was usually ...-. =
that every shot OF tWenty-four successive .--o-s
would hit inside "a twenty-nCh circle.
No one IN America has ever quite eCu. ..t he
splendid shooting Of Ford 1t target but VIII H.
Thompson of Seattle Washington. Rober- W --s
Of Washington, d. C., and George Phillips Pr -- +
Boston have made scores which arc uo- --ly
Of comparison with his
New-York tribune., 1907-10-13
Shooting on the Wing

THERE = another k-Dd or a-C.crE,--- laws
ii higher and more charming kind
an American has made records that -.e1
Robin Hood need have been ashamed of -I
OF archery referred Is rowing. -Sh..--- -v
mark that offers, bird or beast or ina---..-.
~ unknown and constantly varying d-----. II
le American who was the master archer .-
The late Maurice Thompson With him ..7
was nOt only the implement OF deEl---. ...--e-
II was a weapon with which 20 hunt wild -.... .-I
procure dinner IN the wilderness. Il.- -e
had mastered his weapon may be Judged
fact that he seen 20 ht- lead utu... ..-.-s
succession, stuck zap IN the ground a-
of ten yards; and - twelve wards he b-... ----
seven out Of nifty glass balls thrown ,--.
That is wing shooting which many O. man . ..- .
satisfied TO do with the shotgun
ThompsOnS hunting with the longaov ----I
the killing of hundreds OF birds the v- --e
of his teats trans fixing a single r...- --.-5
the beach ~ distance ot one huUi- .--s,
though tins was no doubt partly c-.-. ~
killing bear, pantherS, and much otht- -..--- Il
game with the bow and arrow.
The reader who bears IN mind that r,- -..-. a
here Is from hearSay, but n every case ----
Of record VIII now perceive that the bow lis
Cf one who knows how 10 use It II a -.-- .--v
accurate weapon Indeed, the creates ..--. +
archery S the accuracy which lies I'D -..- .-'s
implements. coupled with The eNt-eu- ..-Y
OF So adjusting the nervous and u-t-.-
10 develop that accuracy.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-13
Drawings by Joseph Clement Coll

Robin Hood. it IS sure 70 he The Indians" that
lovely generic term behind the ample shelter OF
which the most ignorant can hide.
Most of the Robin Hood stories NAV be dismissed
without argument. They impossible, bevond
the power either OF man or weapons The charming
OUTLAW OF Sherwood Forest undoubtedly a great
archer, very likely the best who ever lived. but if
he had heard the stories OF the tcats which are
attributed 10 HIM he would have used the peeled
willow wand as a qudrterstan and laid It Justify
1T shorter range than hundred rods
rs for the prevailing and persistent belief in the
skill OF the North American Indians, that too IS
mostly myth. They were. and are. among the
poorest archcrs Who have ever lived. The popular
1.lSc"nceptlon concerning their shooting has come
about very simply and naturally The few persons
now living who the Plains Indians IN the lavS of
the bow and arrow are fond of telling of the else
with which the Redmen shot their arrows entirely
through the body of a buffalo. This need not he
doubted Tor a moment The Indians used short
powerful bows, and they rode up To- within few
leet OF their quarry before they looSed the shaft
There are scores of men TODAY. white men who
practise archery in England and America merely
as paStime, who could do the same thing with
rs to the accuracy Of Indian archery. most Of
the stores regarding It may be traced TO summer
boarders, who have seen Indians knock pennies
from the ends OF split sticks No doubt they do
TINS; but the distance is usually only ten or fifteen
Yards. and sometimes less; and by no means do
they hit the penny at every shot as the summer
boarders commonly report
The fact of the matter Is that the only bow which
Is entitled to any respect as weapon of accuracy
IS the English longbow | Go not mean bv this that
= good bow must necessarily have been made IN
England. for quite good archery tackle Is made
IN the United States; but | mean only that the bow
should have an approximate length of SIN feet
should be made OF one of the two or three woods
Which the experience OF thousand Years has shown
TO be the best, and should have certain character
lStcS ot shape which the same experience has iust
fed Let us take such bow as this with the, arf,I,-
made arrows intended for it, and see what II is
capable of dong. There are abundant records
gong oack many years, both IN England and Amer