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Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-27

condition of things relating to the lake
bridge as they exist in the special COM
mittee which consists of the members
of the finance committee and the street
committee of the city council. This COM
mittee was appointed at the last meet
ing of the city council to consider the
communication of Mayor Dodge in
which he suggested the construction of
a steel bridge according to plans sub
mitted to the city council last Monday
night. When those plans were first
hung up in the aldermanic chamber, it
is safe to say that a majority of the
members Of the city council were favor
ably disposed toward them, but since
that time a great change seems to nave
come over some of the members
The special committee held it's first
meeting Saturday afternoon and 1t was
not what could be tI,uthfully called a
harmonious session. The majority of the
members were plainly in favor of letting
well enough alone and going ahead with
the construction of the stone bridge al
ready ordered, rather than adopt any
more costly scheme. Mayor Dodge was
invited into the meeting to give his
views on the construction of the steel
bridge which he favors. and while he
was given all the attention in the world,
he soon found that che was not in the
hands of his friends" at least so far as
the bridge is concerned. He stated to the
committee that he favored the steel
bridge because he felt that the stone
bridge would not answer the require
ments of the people and he wanted the
city to get its moneys worth. A steel
bridge would give the city the most for
the amount of money that was put into
it, and he felt that steel bridge should
be constructed.
President Potter of the board of alder
men questioned this logic saying that
$50 feet of water way was sufficient for
the needs of the city, and since that was
true, he saw no need of making the
water way any larger. The stone bridge
which was already contracted for gave
this to the city. and he was not i'm favor
of spending any more money when the
thing already provided was sufficient to
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-27

Mr. Bigelow's petition, upon which the
hearing was granted by the committee
is signed by many representative citi-
zens, and if all appear to back it up
Tuesday evening there is certain to be
an interesting interchange of opinion
r. C. Taylor, who has been quoted as
being in favor of having no bridge at
the lake, says he is in favor of a steel
bridge, and will not only cheerfully pay
his portion of the taxes necessary to
build such structure, but he win join
with others in a subscription to add to
the amount appropriated by the city
council to build such a bridge as the
city ought to have.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-27
MR.. wILKIE CHIEF.

Washington, Feb. 26.-Mr. John e.
Willie of Chicago, an operative in the
secret service of the treasury depart
ment. has been promoted to be chief Of
the bureau. vice w. P. Hazen, who has
been transferred and placed in charge
Of the service at New York.
Mr.. Wilkie was formerly city editor
Of the Chicago Tribune.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-27
o,BRIEN's BEST.
A Large Fubusterng Expedition Said to
Have Landed in Cuba.

Key West Fla, Feb. 26.-Nine Gu
bans who were picked up in row
boat off Bahia Honda, on the
north coast of the province of
Pinar del Rio were landed here
today by the steamer City of Key West.
They are the leaders of a big filibuster-
ing expedition which has just landed in
Cuba. They are Gen. Nunez, Capt.
Johnny O'Brien, Cartaya, Garlic, Pug
lichi and four others.
The junta here says that another big
expedition has landed safely in Cuba
This is said to be O'Brien's biggest and
best expedition.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-27
RUSSELL sAGE's WORDS.
He and Other Rich Men Ready to Back
Up the Government.

New York, Feb 2S.-Russell Sage
gave out the following authorized inter-
view this afternoon:
From all the information received,
there is little doubt in my mind that
our warship was blown up by outside
agencies, and if the naval commission
so reports, the time for action has come.
There should be no wavering. This gov
ernment must demand the fullest rep
aration, and that without delay
whatever action, war or otherwise,
President Mckinley may make, he
should and win have the fullest support
from both rich and poor. republicans
and democrats. There is no question as
to where the rich men stand In the
civil war, when it broke out. l bought
government bonds. and I did the same in
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Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-27
La Champagne Lying in the Fog
Banks Helpless.
THE LINERS SHAFT BROKEN
Officer and Nine Seamen Brought
to New York.
They Had Been Sent Out in Life Boat
to Look for Assistance and Were
Nearly Exhausted When
Found.

New York, Feb 26-The Holland
American line steamer Rotterdam, from
Rotterdam, arrived at Quarantine to-
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-30
A TRANsPOslTION.
1t Mangled the Salutation. but the King
Controlled His Face.

1t Mangled the SaIutation. but the King
Controlled His Face.
An American who years ago served
as our minister to Spain was fond of
telling the following joke upon himself
Shortly after he had become settled
in his new home he was hidden to a
state ceremonial, where he was to be
presented to the king His knowledge
of languages was limited to English
and French, and being DESTROYS of adj
dressing the sovereign in his own tongue
he took pains to ''coach" for the occa-
sion. Several phrases were rehearsed
until he felt that he had mastered them.
When the critical moment arrived, he
saluted the king with great dignity,
spoke few words in Spanish and pass
ed on.
"What did you say?' asked an Eng
fish gentleman.
Il spoke in Spanish, was the rejoin-
der. II said, Il cast myself at your
feet, which l am told is the most re-
spectful form of salutation. -
"Ah, no, corrected a Spaniard, who
had been observed to smile at the en-
bassador's greeting. "You are mistak-
en-. You transposed your words, and
quite altered the meaning"
"What did l say?' asked the diplo-
mat.
With twinkle in his eye the Span
lard made answer, What you really
said was, l throw my heels at your
head. ~
But the king had not betrayed by so
much as the fiuttering of an eyelid that
anything unusual had occurred -Har-
per's Magazine
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-30

Once it is established that the nature
Of the species is gentle and that every
dog is law abiding and peaceable Bruno
then it becomes necessary, before liabil-
ity for the vulgar transgressions Of a
fierce Towser can be fastened on the
owner, that he should have previous
knowledge of the usual and not to be
expected feature.
This is called scienter, and until an
owner has this knowledge of his dog s
viciousness he is not responsible, though
in the error of its ways not acting as
becomes a gentleman of the dog species
or lady, as the case may be- To be
more accurate and exact, once a dog
has departed from the narrow path of
rectitude and demeaned itself in ways
other than should obtain with strictly
proper and gentle animal, and the own
er knows it, then it loses status and
caste and must be put down as vicious
animal, and the owner keeps it at his
peril Lord Coleridge, it seems, was
anxious to reduce the law on the sub
ject to a nicely in the way of succinct-
ness and brevity, and he succeeded by
saying that "every dog is entitled to
one bite, " and the case has special refer
ence to spring lamb or veal. The ex-
preston is varied by making it ''eyery
dog is entitled to one worry. Green
Bag
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-30

The Washington Times recalls story
about the Duke of Wellington that il
Illustrates the fantastic idea of honor
held by many Spaniards, contrasted with
the practical common sense of English
men. When the duke was cooperating
with the Spanish army in the peninsula
against Napoleon, he was DESTROYS on
one occasion during a general engage
ment that the general commanding the
Spanish contingent should execute a GER
tain movement on the field. He COM
municated the wish to the Spaniard
personally and was somewhat taken
aback to be told that the honor of the
king of Spain and his army would com
pei him to refuse the request unless
Wellington, as foreign officer gracious
ly permitted to exist and fight on Span
ish soil, should present the petition on
his knees.
The old duke often used to tell the
story afterward, and he would say,
"Now, was extremely anxious to have
the movement executed, and / didn't
care a 'twopenny damn about getting
on my knees, SO down | pumped p
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-30
A fascinating stranger.


ga Worcester man, - says the Worces-
ter Gazette, "who makes frequent
trips to Europe fell in with fascinat-
ing stranger the last time he was across.
The stranger, who may be designated
as Ferguson because that does not
sound at all like his real name, was an
American, his manners were those of a
gentleman, and he seemed to be well
supplied with money and to know a
great many people worth knowing In
conversation with the Worcester man
one day Ferguson said: Worcester is a
charming city, and l have some very
dear friends there. presume you know
Colonel E. J. Russell? He is an old and
highly esteemed friend, to whom l am
deeply indebted for many favors.
"When the Worcester man returned
home, he met Colonel Russell one day
and in course of conversation remarked
that he had met a man in Europe who
said that he was an old friend. Colonel
Russell thought for moment, and then
he replied: oh, yes, remember Fer
guson very WE'LL 1 ought to, for he
lived with me for seven years once. 1t
was when l was warden of the state
prison at Charlestown, and will say
that Ferguson was one Of the quietest
and best behaved prisoners that ever
had.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-30
A wise Answer.

It takes but an ordinary man to re-
turn an angry answer to an insult. The
extraordinary man is he who, under
such circumstances holds himself so
well under control that he controls his
adversary also
Persia once possessed such man
and was clear sighted enough to make
him a judge He was the chief judge Of
Bagdad in the reign of Caliph Hadee,
and his name was Aboo Yusuph. He
was very wise man, for he knew his
own deficiencies and was actually
sometimes in doubt as to whether he
possessed sufficient wisdom to give a
just decision in cases peculiarly shroud-
ed in mystery.
1t is related of him that on one occa-
sion. after patient investigation OF facts,
he decided that he had not sufficient
knowledge to pronounce on the case be-
fore him. There was in his presence a
pert courtier. one of those men who
take long to learn that wisdom and i'm
pudence are not closely related.
pray, do you expect that the caliph
is to pay you for ignorance?" he asked,
hoping to place the judge at disad-
vantage.
81 do mott was the mild reply
"The caliph pays me-and pays me well
for what 1 do know. We're he to at
tempt to pay me for what | do not
know the treasures of his empire would
not suffice youths Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-30

A prominent German actor, relates
Albert l.. Vandam in The Illustrated
London News, had fulfilled half of his
starring engagement in the capital
of grand duchy, and as yet no recog
milton of his talents had been forthoom-
ing in the shape of a decoration. Dis
gusted, the player announced his inten-
ton of departing the following morning.
Early on that day the theater intend
ant acquainted his grand ducal master
with what had happened. The CONVEX
sation took place in the garden of the
schloss, situated on the road to the sta
tion, and suddenly an open carriage
with the actor in it hove in sight
BE quick!' said the prince. "Get
me that box on my writing table. If go
ne must, we'll at any rate try to satisfy
him in his ambition. The intendant
ran, and returned just as the vehicle
passed the gates Zone moment, Herr
B" shouted the prince. Here is
something to remember me by. -
The actor bowed low, and went his
way In another moment, however, his
conveyance reappeared at the gates.
There are two crosses, your highness, "
he exclaimed.
Never mind" replied the prince.
"Give the other to the coachman. "
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-30
No Fixation In Space.

The common idea as to the path Of
the earth being fixed in space" is tax
en- exception to by astronomers on the
ground that there are few if any things
in the domain of astronomy that can
really be called fixed space, that fact
being that unceasing changes are going
on, though these changes are generally
so slow as to escape the notice of su-
perficial observer, but are fortunately
periodic, SO that they fall within the
possibility of computation Thus the
earth's path is not fixed, since the
ecliptic undergoes a very slow change,
so that, while at present it is a few sec
onds more than % degrees 81 minutes,
in about 10, 900 years, astronomers cal
culate, it will be reduced to % degrees
10 minutes, after which it will begin to
increase again, change so slow and
within such narrow limits that it can
produce no sensible alteration in the
seasons. Kansas City journal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-30

Many instances have been recorded OF
flowers being luminous at night. They
only seem to do this on rare occasions,
hence they are to be envied who have
the good fortune to witness the phe-
nomena. Though the writer has often
endeavored to get fortunes favor, she
has never smiled OF him but once,
when he saw the phosphorescent glow
from fungi in hollow tree, just like
the glow of a match when rubbed in
the dark A German naturalist, Herr
Haggren, seems to have met with a
number of instances in his country-or,
rather, the night Waterman he employ
ed did. He concludes the phenomena
are more likely to occur when it is
dark, after rain, following sunny day.
July and August gave the most in
stances. Occurrences began soon after
sunset, and there were none after dawn.
He could not decide on the cause of the
luminosity -Meehan S Monthly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-30

In the Century Dictionary the deriva-
ton is given from tit, tat, to, three
meaningless words used in counting.
However, the East Friesic name (see
Koolman's "E. Fir. Dict. y is tik-tak-
TUX, evidently more original form. In
this name the word tik has the same
sense as f, tick, mark, in allusion to
the mark made by the player on the
slate, while tax, TUX, are variants Of
the same theme, made on the principle
of altering the vowel, as in Germanic
verbs of the third strong conjugation,
such as sing, sang, sung.
Hence the name is by no means
meaningless, but has an obvious ref
erence to the ticks, or marks, made by
the players, and the word is threefold
instead of reduplicated, because the OBJ
ject of the game is to make three ticks
in a row.-Notes and Queries
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-30

A Swede and an Irishman, both of
them tolerably well known about town,
got into an argument in front of the
courthouse, and they began telling each
other how it was too bad that their an
cestors had ever happened to shed the
wolf robes and take to living under COW
er When things got bit warm, the
Swede remarked that there was no
doubt in his mind that the Irishman
would be entitled, by reason of his an
cestry, to join some of the pedigree as
sociations but for the unfortunate fact
that most of those ancestors were hang
ed for stealing sheep.
81 suppose they did their sheep steal
ing with the understanding among
themselves that they were all kings,
and that it was all right to go over into
the next county and steal whatever they
could lay their hands on, said the
Swede i'll conclusion.
Eyes, an be all accounts, " said the
Irishman, ''your ancestors lived in
kingdoms so very small that every time
they smelled a stockfish in the yard of
a neighbor they jumped over the fence
an got it, an if they got back they made
national affair of it if there was any
pursuit. st. Paul Globe.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-30
ACTING AFRAID OF DOGS.
1t Is the surest Way In the World to
Provoke an Attack.

1t Is the Surest Way In the World to
Provoke Attack.
1t is curious, to me wonderful, how
well dogs understand people. They
seem at glance or very soon thereafter
to decide in their minds whether or not
it would be safe to assail one who en-
tiers their owners premises, says Lip
pincott's Magazine My own opinion is
that every one of them, big or little, Of
high or low degree, would like to bite
every stranger that he sees. Their love
for their master makes them jealous OF
makes them pretend to be jealous Of
everybody who approaches them, and
they debate momentarily whether or not
a conner is afraid of them. If he is not,
they either extend a friendly salute,
which always is deceitful, or assume to
be Indifferent. If he is, they give him
bite. more or less deep, then stink
away from possib BILE consequences.
For years and years l have followed
the rule, when visiting person resid-
ing out of town, unless know positive
ly that he keeps no dog of any size, to
hoAV 0O OhO 6epOt AreAoO q anu
await not only my hosts invita-
zion, but his approach and his ac-
compartment into his house. could
not tell the number of times wherein 1
have been barked at furiously from the
inside by dogs whose owners declared
That in all their lives they had never
done such thing before to man Of
genteel appearance,
The counsels and admonitions bestow-
ed upon me might have excited some
gratitude if they had not been wholly
useless. have been asked SO many
times that it makes me almost sick to
have the question repeated, why don't
you just go along without noticing
such things, not being or at least pre-
tending not to be afraid? Not one dog
in 10000 will try to bite a gentleman
unless he is provoked or sees that he is
being avoided.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-30

The Chicago Record says that some
time ago young organist secured per
mission to practice on the big organ III
the Auditorium An elderly man walked
in and took seat few rows away
from the musician. The young organist
noticed him, and was encouraged tC
"show off and do a few tricks of play
ing for his audience He rambled on
for an hour, and the elderly man sat
there, apparently impressed. The young
man tired at last and was about to lock
the organ when the elderly man APP
preached him and said in broken English
that he wished to play for few min
utes.
"They don't allow any one but an
experienced organist to touch the in
strument, said the young man loftily.
With little gesture, suggestive Of
meekness and humility, the stranger
presented his card, "Alexandre Gull
mant, Paris.
Then it was time for the young or.
ganist to swoon. He had missed the
chance of his life. For an hour he haC
been entertaining the great master witt
homemade drivel.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-30

Foot bridges in Morocco that are used
for heavy traffic have been the subject
of much concern to the engineers. Elm
planks on oak stringpieces were the ma
terials employed, but these wore out SO
rapidly that a return to the old style of
building was proposed. This consisted
of cables made from the fiber of the
aloe. These cables are plated and twist
ed from fiber and are nearly two inches
thick and So inches wide. They are
saturated with tar and firmly nailed to
oak planking. The ends are fastened by
iron straps. These cables make most ad-
mirable footpaths. They are sufficiently
elastic to be pleasant under the feet,
and experience has demonstrated that
they are far more durable than any ma
terial heretofore applied for this pur-
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-30

Business men have various ways Of
carrying their postage stamps, said
the stamp clerk the other morning
while sitting in his chair at the stamp
window in the general postoffice. "A
good many men who post their letters
here always have one or more stamps
about them. Some of them carry their
stamps in stamp cases, but the econom-
ical man carries his stamps under the
band Of his hat or in his pockets.
1.-The other day a young man called
for five twos, and. putting one on
letter which he had to mail, he took
out his watch and opening the back OF
it slipped the remaining stamps into
the case They don't stick to the cover,
and that is about the best way one can
carry stamps if he has watch. New
York Sun
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-30

"a little fellow of our acquaintance, :"
says Moonshine, "just turned 4, is re-
markable for his philosophical way Of
viewing things i'll general. Coming in
doors the other day from playing in the
garden, he strolled into the reception
room, where he espied strange lady.
Now, the doctor had just brought
Master Cyril new little brother, with
whom he was told he would always be
able to play. When therefore he saw
another stranger, who seemed as if she,
too, had come to stay, he sauntered past
her with his hands in his pockets, and,
CHANGING at her in a casual sort of a
way, contemporary remarked to him
self, but in a tone loud enough to be
heard by the visitor:
"'H'ml More company If there's
much more company coming to this
house to play with me, I'm off. They re
both no good for cricket, know. He's
too little to hold bat, aud she's too
fat to run. >"