Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 19, 1916, Page 3

+Combination ~ Residence Inquire J- L. LATHROP & SON ‘Phone 487-5 28 Shetucket St. N THINK ! uncertainty of all things here below. A fire may break out in the night and your whole worldly possessions go up in smoke. If you are insured in a good reliable company, they will stand the loss not you. STOP! THINKII ACTI! ISAAC S. JONES Irsurance and Real Estate Agent Richards Building, 91 Main Street : STOP ! and consider the ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW AMOS A. BROWNING, Attorney-at-Law, 3 Richard's Bldg. *Phone 700 " EDWIN W. HIGGIN Attorney-at-Law Corner Main and Shetucket Streets Brown & Perkiné; lfl}mzyx-fl-lll Over Uncas Nat. Bank, Shetucket St. Entrance stairway near to Thames Nationsl Bank. ‘Telephone 38-3. SALE OF JERSEY CITY INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE Fred Tenney and James Price to Transfer Team to Newark. Newark, N. J., Feb. Bdward G. Barrow of the Interna- tiona_League announced today that the Jersey City franchise would be sold to Fred Tenney and James Price, who will transfer the team to this city. The purchase price has been fixed at $25,000 and it was said that 18 —President H. Clay Smith of Danville, 11, is Tenney's financial backer. With the franchize. will go ten players, all of whom played with the team last sum- mer and were transferred to Harris- burg. Tenney wil lbe manager and Price president of the ciub. BOWLING TOURNAMENT AT TOLEDO NEXT MONTH Teams Numbering More Than 600 Will Take Part. Chicago, Feb. 18.—Teams numbering more than six hundred wil ltake part in the American Bowling Congress tournament at Toledo next month, ac- cording to estimates based on entries which close tonight. In a _message sent from Toledo today, Secretary Langley said he believed the length of the list would force the meeting to extend beyond the 25 days originally planned. Toledo leads with 200 teams. The Boston Nationals, it has been learned will take with them to their spring training camp at Miami, Fla., Bernarq J. Lee of Irasourg, Vt., who was captain of the Tufts College base- ball teams of the past two years. Lee was the leading batsman among third basemen of college teams last year. THE AETNA. BOWLING. BILLIARDS. MAJESTIC BUILDING, T Alleys. 6 Tables. LEGAL NOTICES The Board of Relief of the Town of Norwich, Conn. will meet in the City Hali Building, in said Town, each day, Sundays excépted, from Feb. 1st to m 10 a. m. 0 4 p. m., to cals from the doings of and to transact any other proper to be done at saill Jan. 20th, 2 . BECKWITH, ¥RED G. PROTHERO, THOMAS J. KIREY, Board of Rellef. NOTICE On petition, the legal voters of the Town of Colchester are hereby warned to_meet in Special Town Meeting, in Grange Hall, at 7.30 p. m. Thursday, March 2d, 1916. for the purpose of see- ing what action, if anv, will be taken in regard ment of the taxes of any mannfactu company which Tocate in Colchester, and also the abatement of the taxes on any real estate occupled by said manufacturing concerns. t Norwich, Conn., Dated at Feb. 19th, 1916 s K ELLOGG, J. W. PHELPS, CLARK, feb19d Selectmen. NOTICE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING THhe legal voters of the Town of Montville are hereby warned to meet in Special Town Meeting at the Town Hall in said Town Saturday, Feb. 26, 1916, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, for the following purposes: First, to au- thorize the Selectmen of said Town to procure a short time loan; second, to take action on the licensing of ped- dlers selling goods and merchandise from house to house on the public streets of sald Town. Sbont 8 DAy, WILLLAM A. COOK, Selectmen Town Montville. AT A COVRT OF PROBA’ HELD at Norwlich, within and for the District of Norwich, on the 17th day of Febru- 5ntONBLSON I AYLING, Jug, Present—; N I ING, Judge. Estate of ‘Anna Bottum, late of Nor- wich, in eaid District, deceased. Anna L. Kellogg of Norwich, Conn., appeared in Court by counsel and filed a_ petition raying, for the reasons therein set forth, that an instrument urporting-to be ‘the last will and tes- | ament of sald deceased be admitted to Pprobate. 3 3 _Whereupon, It Is Ordered, That sald tition be heard and determined at the Brobate ‘Court Room in the City - of Norwicn, in said District. on the 25d of February, “A. D. 1916, at 3 ofslock in the afterncon, and that ne- tice of the pendency of eaid petition, 284 of said hearing thereon, be given by thepublication”of this order one time In' Some newspaper having & oir- culation 1n ald District, at least three B Bt etarn Do mads (o thin Gom ai Grn'be made NBLSON J. AYLING, Judge. oLl Above and Tofegoing 1s & true v °of Tecord. Altest: HELEN M. DRESCHBR, . \ debisa~ ‘Asststant Clerk. GAME ENDS ball Series Winds Up in a test. ) e series The first n the thrce gam = eastern Connecticut ended in a Tow at the Valley street oty Th Wlimantie. Taftville with a two-point lead, claiming time was up, while the Emer- alds’ timer &lalmed one and one-half minutes to z T he Brit Lalt the Taftville five showed the best form and closed with strong in the secon , o > to 26-28. According to_the Emeralds’ version of the dispute, Murphy, a reg- ular member of the Taftville lineup, ‘who was on the side lines timing, call- ed the time and waved his men off the floor without oonsulting George Sheppaum, the timer for Willimantic, who claimed one and one-half min- utes to play. The crowd was indig- nant and pushed onto the floor to see What the trouble was about. Referee Kelly had no way of deciding the mat- ter and it up to the managers. They failed to agres and the Taftvilie team refusing to play longer, dressed dur- ing discussion and left the hall. The result is thus no game and the se- ries is muddled up at the start. What will be done in regard to next Tues- day’s game in Taftville is as vet un- decided. The largest crowd of the season was present at Friday night's contest. The Taftville followers claimed that they received a raw deal and accord- ing to their figuring the half started 20 minutes to the hour and finishied 2 minutes of the hour. Two and one balf minutes was taken out for tim and they played one and one-half min- utes in an overtime period, thus play- ing one and one-half minutes mce than necessary. When the puie started and when the game ended Taftville led with a 27 to 25 score BALTIC FAILED TO APPEAR At Jewett City When a_Game Was Scheduled—Has Beens Trim Narra- gansetts. Jewett City was handed a raw deal by the Baltic basketball team Thurs- day evening when they failed to ap- pear. They gave excuses when called by telephone that they had broken down on the road but Jater they call- ed from Taftville and claimed they 4 Taftville-Emeralds in First Game of Championship Basket- When Play Was Quit—Big Crowd Witnessed the Con- P IN DISPUTE. Row—Taftville Led the Score SELL-ANS Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package proves it. 25¢ at all druggists. thrown goal. Russell of Pennsylvania ranks second, with twelve touch goals, three thrown goals and two from fouls, totaling 72 points. Norman Uourse of Princeton is third, with 35 points. Standings of the Teams. ¥ Swimming— didn’t nave enough men. However, W L. Pet. Friday morning’s Bulletin ‘had most | princeton ... s 0 1000 of the lincup down as participants in | Columbia 2 0 1000 a sleighride. This seems rather un-|ygle .. 2 1 887 fair to the Jewett City management as | Pennsyivani Tz 500 Baltle was always treated right by [C. C. N. o & 000 them. ‘Water polo— In the absence of the first téam W i Aot game the Has Beens and Narrasansett | princeton .3 o 1000 furnished the amusement. The Has| yaje g 3 0 1000 Beens did not live up to their name | pepngylvania 2 2 500 as they pulled off the come-back stuff | Columbia g 1 -600 and walloped the Narragansetts by a8 |c C. N. ¥. ..... 0 0 000 score of 25 to 11. This game has long been the talk of the fans and the beting was 2 to 1 on the Narragan- sotts but with the fine team work of the old timers Melvin and Barry, and the shooting of E. LeClair, the 6ppo- nents were swept off their feet. As there was some feelings between the two teams and much boasting had been done the game proved to be more football than basketball but the fans say that the Come-Backs completely outclassed the opposing team and could defeat them at any time. The Narragansetts have many excuses but as the old saying zoes “a poor excuse is better than none.” PRINCETON LEADS IN SWIMMING AND WATER POLO Tigers Still Retain Clean Slates in In- collegiate Leagues. Princeton is leading the Intercolle- c Jeague in both swimming and water ‘polo, both Tiger teams having a record of three victories and no de- feats. Five more league contests are scheduled for both teams, two with Yale. two with Columbia and one Wwith Pennsylvania. One meet with Yale and oge with Columbta will take place in the Bro- kay tank at Princeton. Princeton’s next appearance in the water will be with Harvard in the Princeton tank tonight. Harvard, however, is _not a member of the Ir tercoliegiate league, and the result of the meet will have no bearing on the league standing. The next league game for Princeton occurs with Yale a% New Haven, February 2 Princeton three men among the first five individual scorers in water | polo to date. Herb Warden is leading the league with a total of 73 points, scored by fourteen touch goals and one | | i | MARKET WAS FIRM. Trading Was Subject to Minor Re- versals During the Forenoon. New York, Feb. 18—Gradual but general recoveries from low levels of the early week were registered in. to- day’s dealings. Trading was dull and subject to minor reversals during the forenoon, but the undertone was more confident and stable. Less attention was paid to international affairs and | more consideration was given to such potent factors as excellent railway and industrial earnings. Continuance of the current high pressure of activity and expansion in general trade was | agein refiected in the heavy bank clearings. | Coppers and other metals featured| the operations to an unusuml degres, | Butte and Superior and American Zin | being especially prominent at new high records. Anaconda, Utah and Chino also registered gains of a point or more. Contrary to their usual course, war issues were mainly irregular, but came forward in the later dealings. The automobile group was under intermit- tent pressure, likewise petroleums, American Woolen and some other ob- Scure specialties, but sugars, United Frult, Mercantile Marine and American Tobacco proved more than an offset. Traders for the long account were encouraged by the firmness of ralls, that division, under Reading's lead, making a falr response to moderats purchases. Canadian Pacific scored a further recovery from its recent severe setback, and other Canadian issues moved in sympathy. Tnited States Steel was only mod- erately active, but strong in connec- tion with forecasts of record-breaking earnings for the current quarter. An- nouncement that the steel corporation had acquired from abroad approxi- mately $28,000,000 of its first mortgage bonds for sinking fund purposes con- stituted another bullish factor for that stock. It is understood that the bonds were purchased out of the corpora- tion’s enormous liquid assets. Best quotations of the day were made in the final hour, rails contrib- uting more generally to the stronger tone. Final prices were a shade under maximums. Total sales amounted to 425,000 shares. Bonds responded to the improved tone of stocks, although trading in that division was nominal. Total sales, par_value, were_ $3,270,000. United States bonds were unchanged on call. STOCKS. Sales. 500 Alaska Gold M 800 Alaska Juneau 200 Alls Chalmers 1200 Alis 100 Am. 100 Am. 7800 Am. 4100 Am. 100 Am. 800 Am. 400 Am. 300 Am. 600 Am. 700 Am. Am. Am. Am. Am 800 Am. Sugar 100 Am: 200 Am. 00 Am. 500 Am. 1090 Am. W cits of . 38000 Amer zinc . 22800 Anacondia. Dome_Minca Dla Match Det Upit B R Dist Securlites Eripii i Erte Erie Fy&s . FM & 8pel Gen Chem pr MM s 3 M 7r Niegel s Cliy So n. C S0 pr Lack Steal T Rub & T Letian Vaiey & Taand Maxgel 3 o . Mazgell M 1 pr . Maxwell M 2 pr May E Mcx Petral . Miami Copper Mo.. Kan & &T Mol Pac at’ Biscut’ Nat Enam_ &5’ 200 Nev. C Copper XY Alr Brake N Y Central N Y NH i Y 0 &west 150 Norf & West ... Northern Pac . Ontarlo Stiver Pelfic Mail Penn R R Peoples G & '€ L BhIl Co ... Plis Cont 1l Pitts Coal pr Pitia Sicel pr . Ry Steel Sp .. Ry St Sp pr | Co Cop Reading .0 Reading st pr Eep I & Steal Rep I &S pr RBock Islna .. Rock Tdand i L &S ¥ L&sFs Seaboard A L”. Seab A L pr . 100 Scars Ros pr Stattuck A € Slows $ S & T So P R Sugar South aclflc Southern Ry ... South Ry pr . Studebaden Teun Copper Texas Co .. Texas & ao Acbaceo © pr. Tnion acifio Union se pr United Cigar WY C S of & Un Dry Gds pr . United” Frutt United Ry Inv 2200 U 300 U S I Aleohol S et &t S Rubbor S Rub 7 pr . s, Steal S Steel pr . Utah Copper 200 Ttah Sec_Cop Va Car Chem Wabash .. Wabash pr A Wabesh pr B 2800 Wesa May. 100 West Un Tel 4300 Westinghouso 200 Weolworth pr .. 100 Wm. & L E 1 pF 410 Wiliys Orerland - Total seles 412,080 shares. MONEY. Feb. 18—Call 100 U 23200 U. New York, money steady; high 2; low 1 3-4; ruling rate 1 3-4;’las loan 2; closing bid 1 3-4; offered at 2. COTTON. New York, Feb. 18.—Cotton futures closed steady. March 11.52, May 11.77, July 1197, October 12.16, December 12.30. Spot quiet; middiing 11.55. GHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. FHEAT Ooen. High Low. Closs My ... .139% 130% 18K 120% § Y K 123158 9% 190-18 Tou, Toi 78°15-18 o e 19% SWEDES WiLL MAKE AMERICAN ATHLETES GO If Two Countries Meet in tional Track Meet. Interna- If the proposed invasion of a Swed- ish athletic team for a series of inter- national track and field meets eventu- ates, as appears likely, the contests in this country will in ail probability be held under the rules of the Interna- tional Amateur Athletic Federation. At the initial meeting of this body held at Lyon, France, June 10-12, 1914, both Sweden and the United States athletic associations were prominent in the formalion of the Federation and the drawing up of the rules. One of the subjects given much consideration was the standardizing of athletics in all parts of the world and the estab- lishing of a standard set of events and record tables. At that meeting , to which the late James E. Sullivan ' was the leading American delegate, the list of recog- nized world’s records was prepared and a tentative program for the 1916 Olym- pic games promulgated. All the run- ning events were placed under the metric system of measyrement and until the war caised a halt in the ath- letic competition all the TEuropean countries conducted their anhual championships, held at Gaife, August with these rules. At the Swedish championshipsc, held at Gaife, August 29, 1915, twenty-one cvents were sched- uled, every one of which was conduct- ed under the L. A. A. F. rul For this reason an accurate event comparison of the work of the Swedish and American winners iast season is very difficult since It jnvolves recourse to mathematics and much fig- uring to ascertain the time of a hundred yard runner as com- he winner of a hundred met- nt. Since a meter is .37 inches re than one vard the I A. A. i or metrict system sprinter runs 100 1-12 vards against 100 yards flat of the me n dash athlcte. nie Hjert- berg, the Swedish Olympic trainer, who is Indirectly responsible for the proposed international mects, was able to give a list of his best entrants in the various events but declined to at- tempt to figure out their time or abll- ity under the American standards. or the sprints Sweden has Smed- mark and Ottander, both of whom are g0od for eleven seconds in the hundred meters. This is but one-£Fth of a so> ond slowed than Craiz’s time when the American won a similar event in the Olympic games at_Stockholm in 1812. Scandall can do 50, 4-5 seconds the 400 meter and Melén 1.58 in the 800. Zander is food for 15.10 in the 5000 and Obman 32,20 in the 10,000 metre races. Zerling has won the 110 meter high hurdle race In 15 3-5 sec- onds. In the fleld events Sjorberg has clear- ed 6 feet, 2 inches in the high jump; Amberg 33 feet. 4 inches in the broad jump, and Sahiin 48 feet in the hop, step and jump. Gille is good for 12 feet, G inches in the pole vault; Nils- son 47 feet, 5 inches in the shot put: Lind 165 feet for the 16-pound ham- mer and Stromberg 35 feet with the 36-pound welght. Some of these marks compare fav- orably with the records made by Olympic winners four years ago and if the Swedish athletes are called up- on to meet district teams only in their coming games in America the invading athletes will have an excellent chance of winning a fair share of the events at the proposed competitions in New York, Chicago and Pittsburg and other cities. Those who know Hjert- berg will realize that the former American middle distance champion has taken this into account and that he would not bring a team of his athletic pupils to this country unless he was assured that they would make an_excellent showing. Three A. A. U. boxing champlons sail this ‘week for Denmark where they will compete in the_internation- al glove tournament in March. The trio consists of John Karpinski, of the Clevelnd, O., Athletic Club; Willlam Spengler of the Union Settlement, New York, and John Maloney, of the Phil. adelphia St. Rita Catholic Church. Spengler is a light heavyweight; Kar- pinski is a lightweight and Maloney a featherweight. The plans for the tour include the International tournament at Copen- hagen, and special matches at Chris- tiani nd Stockholm. In all these ex- hibition or tournament bouts the American ~ boxers ~will spar three rounds of three minutes each with & fourth.in case the judges cannot de- cide the winner at the end of the nine minutes of boxing. The decision will be made by two judges stationed at the ringside and in case they disagree the referee can cast the deciding vote. l SPORTING NOTES. C. W. P. Reynolds, former Syra- cuse end, this week signed a contract to coach the Hamilton college team next fall. Reynolds has been coach there sinfe 1913, - Charles “Chick” Davis; pitcher and outflelder of the Philadelphia Athlet- ics for the past two seasons last night announced that he had given up pro- fessional baseball permanently and would devote all his time to business affairs. A year ago Davis was a prominent athlete at the Massachue setts Agricultural college. Waldek Zyszko and Yousouf Hussane have signed articles of agreement to wrestle to a finish, best two falls out of three, in Mechanics' building, Bos- ton, next Wednesday night. They will wrestle on a winner-take-all basis and under the conditions the contest must go to an absolute finish, regard- ‘g?!. of time or any other considera- on. ‘The body of Tom Seymour, a form- er National league basebail player, was found Monday on a trail leading from Long Valley west to the moun tains, according to word received at Boise, Idaho, this week. He started from his home 10 days ago for a mine in which he was interested. Death was due to exposure. Ho was 47 years old. Manager Jack Dunn of the Balti- more Internationals has announced the sale of Charles Pick, third baseman, to the Philadelphia Americans. It was learned that Harry Smith, catcher last year with the Brooklyn Federals, had FEBRUARY 18, 1916 cxhibi R R R o storm? proached. AT [ SRS 74 suc- And why not? An electrically started and el lighted completely inch rires for only $6! Is there any wonder this car took the whole country by equipped Overiand it four Season after season for seven years we have experienced ‘one great success after another, But this one tops them all. No other achievement in the history of the entire industry parallels this record . It stands out alone — boldly — conspicucusly — unap- Never before has an automobile success boen 8o rapid, so definite and so sweeping. The $615 Overland has mado history. trance of a new automobile vaiue—a car complete in every sense of the term 2t a prico which was hitherto thought impossible. : Yet here it is—a powerful five-passenger touring car com- L plete for only $615. Note that word ‘‘complete.” This means electric starter and electric lights, electric horn, magnetic speedometer—in fact, every neces- item. Nothing is lacking. “extras” to buy. It marks the en- Never Before Such An Instantaneous And Sensational : Success From evers statein the Unlon we hear of thea: cess of the latest Overland—the $615 model. At the New York and Chicago Automobile Shows—tho two gfit nations1 automobile events of the year—the l!o‘;edflmdmth.mtwlwdhcunedmnd‘ Note that the motor is the very latest en bloc design— the last word in fine engineering. In addition note that the tires are four-inch size. This is another big advantage. Many cars costing more have smaller tires. Note that the nn'-prlnu are the famous cantilever type. Another advantage. Cantilever springs mean the utmost in riding comfort. Note the headlight dimmers—the electric control buttons column—demountable rims and one- ese are all big advantages. This newest Overland is light in weight, easy to handleand on s man top. very economical to operate. -It’s just the car the world has been ‘Itislarge enough for the whole family—moderately ; TSI the seacts of the TRbty—ecancitailes best fllllll;y ‘materials— maintain—built of the snappy, stylish and speedy- sense. In short, it is just another striking larger prods better car and still keep the price within reason. ‘You'll want one, so order it now. Don’t wait, debate or argue with yourself. See that your order is placed immediately. Then in a few days you and your whole family will be driving your own car. Remember it comes complete—only M. B. RING AUTO CO., 21 Chestnut St., Norwich, Conn. Phone 1290! The Willve-Overland Company, Toledo, Ohio *Made In U. 5. A.™ N RS Y SR e G R | S R D Y AR juction enables us to build a bigger and /. phory pary, . ‘waiting for. complete in every of how our s6151 R N \ S S R e/ (RS R R RN IR & NOSN s 7 AN been told to accompany the New York Americans on_the southern trip with the promise of a contract if his plap- ing proves satisfactory. Ernest W. Soucy, end on the Har- vard football team of last year, has agreed to assist Dr. Paul Withington, a former Harvard athlete, in coaching the eleven at the University of Wis- consin_next fall. He added that no agreement would be signed until atter the close of the college year. It Is understood that R. S. C. King and John Doherty, both crimson backfield players of the past season, will also join the Wisconsin coaching corps. Jess Willard is resting easier . and the heavyweight champion will resume training probably within the next eight or ten days provided he does not have a relapse. He has contracted a se- vere cold that has settled in one lung, and it has given him considerable bother since he has ceased training at the Chicago Athletic club. He has been improving rapidly for the past three days and he expects to be able to do a little light gym work at the end of next week. An official invitation to Sweden to send a team of athletes to the United States this summer was forwarded this week _ to Matthew P. Halpin of _the New York Athletic club to Sven Laf- mann, secretary of the Swedish Ama- teur athletes, the organization which governs and fleld sport in the Scandina country. Halpin did not mention when the Swedish team should come here or where the meet would take place in New York If ne- gotlations are completed. He leaves these details to be settied after the Swedes maek known their intention regarding the acceptance of the Mer- cury Foot organization's invitatlon. New Haven, Conn., Feb. 18—Nelson M. (Ple) 'Way, Yale's premier pitcher, will be ineligible for the next sea- ®on, it was announced today. Way plaved baseball a year at Norwich university before coming to Yale and as he has played two years at Yale he automatically becomes ineligible on account of the three-year rule. ‘Way was a tackle on the football team last fall and won the Princeton game by a sensational touchdown. . Soldier Quintette Here. The U. S. S. Fulton basketball five has been scheduled to play against the local Y. M. C. A. team this even- ing. The local boys are making quite a record and hope to continue on the winning streal. Original Duckpin Girls Bowi. The Original Duckpin Girls in a match at the Aetna alleys among their own members, a_team captained by Miss Jackson, defeated Miss Devall's team. The results: Miss Jackson's team. Roessler ...... 47 65 90 67 67—336 O'Connor . 73 65 63 62 66- L. Roessler ... 43 71 50 68 65— 168 201 203 197 198 967 Miss Devall’s Team. Devall 60 63 58 69 359—310 Collins ...... 53 72 T T8 78—35% Lewis . 62 58 36 43—271 180 207 191 178 180—936 New London Bowlers. The Norwich Nabiscos were defeat- ea by the Heinz 57 of New London in ducks at the Aetna alleys, Friday ev- ening in two out of three strings. The score: Norwich Nabiscos. Treat ... 91 89— 251 Andrews 108 s2— 213 Rawson 83 - 84— 251 Rogers . 87 69— 261 ‘Whalen . 76 T8— 229 445 Heinz 57 of New London. Beck ... vee. 79 T8 85— 242 Forsyth . 8 85— 271 Mitchell .......0 79 98 101— 278 Gardner ... 89 77 92— 258 Crocker ... 71 69 70— 210 407 419 4331289 More Yale Athletes Ineligible. New Haven, Conn., Feb. 18.—Two members of the Yale hockey squad— Jacobs, a rover, and Buchanan, a sub- stitute—were declared imeligible to- night on account of scholarship defi- clencies. Jacobs has been taking the place of Captain Burgess, who has been temporarily out of the game on account of injurfes. =L L SRS Team No. 5 Wins at EI At the Eiks Friday evening Team No. § captained by D. J. Hayes, had an easy time with Team No. 6 and when the final hox had been rolled the vic- tors had piled up a total pinfall of 1501 while Team No. 6 scored 1459. The results: Team 5. Covle 84 83— 2 Cronin 46— Gotthelf 100 84— Carney $2 95 53— Purdon % 28 Hayes . o8 Cassidy 83 Counihan v2 Harrington 76 S4 ! King .. 73 ‘61 Murphy N STk Young < 91 467 501 4911459 i The British Museum. In the early years of the British Mu- seum, whose treasures are to be lock- ed up from the general public till after the war, the days of opening were fewer than now. Three days a week were considered enough. ~Economy ruled then also. No generous grant of rublic money aided the foundation of the museum. A public lottery provid- ed the sinews of war. By this means £95,000 was raised, £20,000 of which went to Sir Hans Sloane’s executors, £10,000 to the Earl and Countess of Oxford for the Harleian manuscripts, ard £10,000 to Lord Halifax for Mon- tague House. When the pantechnicons paild for by the proceeds of the lot- tery had done their duty in the re- moval of the curiosities, Montague House was thrown open with great cer- emony on Jan. 15, Chronicle. 1759.—London ‘Wise Rather Than Witty. Beo rather wise than witty, for much wit hath commonly much froth, I.I‘N'll it 18 hard to jest and not sometimes jeer, too, which many times sinks deeper than was intended or expect- ed, and what was designed for mirth ends in sadness.—C. Trenchild. Mrs. FISKE w Eprson’s VANITY. FAIR® Hot Cross Bread. The old custom of marking a crosé on bread accounted for its former use as a “charm cure” in various ailments, particularly toothache, and also for belief in its power to propitiate the el- ements. Until quite recent time Greek. sailors took to sea small loaves, known as St. Nicholas' Bread, which they. threw into the waves in time of storm.’ To this day the Russians seek to ap- pease the angry spirit of the White ‘Sea. by offerings of bread. Another survival of the old custom of making the sign of the cross to ward off malign influences is to be found in the housewife’s device to make the fire draw by placing a peker across the bars of the grate. It is believed that by thus ‘“making _the crcss” all evil spirits would be ban=p ished from the hearth and home. London Chronicle. ~ Children Ory FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA - SRS e A,