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Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06
What the Fox Shculd Have Said.

NO" said the man with the large
head; 81 can't say that l think very
much of the fox in the old fable of The
Fox and the Grapes. 1t is recorded of
him that after trying to get the grapes
by every way that his ingenuity could
suggest he finally turned up his nose
and said, oh, I don't care! they're
sour anyway
Now, if that fox had any really conf
mendable wisdom in his triangular
skull he would have looked at the
grapes blandly, and then have an
nounced to the world that they were
sweet, but that sweets didn't agree
With him; that owing to the condition
of his stomach he considered 1T inadvis-
able to eat anything containing sac
charine matter and that, besides, a
properly philosophical fox believed in
self-denial and in taking things that
We're easily at his disposal, instead Of
trying to climb a trellis to secure at
tractive but deleterious grapes.
IF he had done that, instead of be-
ing the laughing stock of succeeding
generations, he would have stood a
good chance of being appointed profess
sor of philosophy in subsidized uni
versity, and of living on yellow-legged
chickens for the rest of his natural
life"
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06
\ New and Certain

For more than a hundred years it has
been known that the Yaqui Indians of
Sonora, Mexico, possessed vegetable
specific remedy for hydrophobia, abso-
lutely sure to cure and not in the least
degree poisonous.
Every effort has been made, particu-
larly of late years, to induce some
member of the tribe to part with the
knowledge of the remedy, but until re-
Gently attempts failed. At last, how
ever, an American, Mr.. J. S. Bell, has
succeeded in penetrating this carefully
guarded secret. The specific now proves
to have been taken from a shrub quite
common in Sonora and elsewhere in
Mexico This shrub, shown in the ac-
companyng illustra ton, which is re
produced from a photograph taken by
Mr. Bell, is not even known to botan-
lists so far as can be learned.
In statement concerning his discov-
cry, which accompanies the photograph
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06

law and parental discipline at the same
time.
The Judge was often compelled to
make the best Of the unpleasant
knowledge that the bad boys fines were
paid by the hard working and sober
fathers. SO he arranged to infiict this
sentence upon refractory youngsters
that came before him. They should be
taken to cell in the prison where they
must submit to sound foggings by the
fathers in the presence of one of the
officials of the court or prison.
1T seemed next to impossible to en-
force a sentence of this sort, but the
Judge was pleasantly surprised by the
exceeding willingness of the fathers
to help carry it out. When the pun
ishment was imposed the prisoner was
taken to the specially assigned cell and
triced up--that is, fastened to the bars
of the cell. Next his father was given
stout leather strap and told to inAict
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06

fixed to the end of the stick, consider
able resistance will result, the amount
depending upon the size of the disc.
In the case of this wave motor. the
stick is in reality a long tube, having
at it's upper extremity piston working
in cylinder attached to a floating
buoy. The disc with tube attached is
so constructed that when detached
from the buoy and placed in the
water, it will just float with a few
feet of the tube vertically out of the
water.
When the whole apparatus is placed
in the water the disc sinks to it's nor
NAL position below the surface and the
buoy floats on the waves. AS the waves
rise and fall the buoy follows suit, but
the resistance of the sunken disc is so
great that it practically remains sta
tionary. AS a consequence, the buoy
with the cylinder attached moves up
and down the piston attached to the
disc and the power thus obtained meas
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06
ELECTRICITY
FOR SUBURBAN
RAILWAYS.

More than year ago, the Illinois
Central Company appointed a commit
tee to investigate the subject of cleo
trcity as motive power in the sub
urban service out of Chicago. 1t con
sisted of the Chief Engineer, the SUI
perlntendent and Superintendent of
Machinery They made preliminary
investigation and reported a year ago
that electricity could be substituted ad-
vantageously for steam. AT that time
President stuyvesant Fish wrote to me,
in answer to an inquiry, that electricity
would be used by the road
But no system had been adopted
The committee had still to determine
which was the best Before all of them
could be investigated a new power APP
peared in the compressed air. The
Illinois Central people were predisposed
to favor compressed air, because they
had got good results from using L in
their shops. So the committee, while
studying the electric systems invest
gated compressed air. Their report has
not been made, but can forecast it. 1t
will be against compressed air.
Compressed air cannot $50 the dis
lance" 1t has very valuable uses as a
motor, as W. L. Elkins, one Of the con
trollers of the patents said to me here
not long ago. 1t can be used to great
advantage on the short crosstown
lines in New York city. But the ex-
pertinent which the elevated road in
New York made with it was not an en-
tire success and though indications
once pointed very strongly to it's intro
duction there, l ann satisfied that it
will not be used on the IL" unless it
is very much improved.
Several months ago the Illinois Cen
trail committee saw some experiments
at the General Electric Works at
Schenectady. They were made with a
light motor pulling a light car-not
service conditions. If, under fun SER
vice conditions, the motors do all that
is claimed for them, the Westinghouse
system will probably be introduced on
the Illinois Central road before the end
of this year.
The Illinois Central has a remarkable
suburban service. 1t runs on four
tracks along the lake shore. Two of
these tracks are used by the local ser
vice, stopping at every other street; the
other two by the express service. which
makes its first stop at Flfty-second
street. The local trains run at about
1871 miles an hour. The express. trains
run at so miles an hour, and the sched-
ule has sometimes called for so miles.
l rode on one of the express trains a
few days ago and it walked right away
from the fast mail train of the Michi-
gan Central road, which was going at
regular speed on a parallel track. But
the motion was so smooth that 1 would
not have known that we were going
at more than Is miles an hour.
1t is not intended to put the electric
motors on the express service, which
carries about one-quarter of the subur-
ban business and covers a range of %
miles. The motors are to be used on
the local trains, which run five miles
making frequent stops, and carry about
$4,000 passengers a day. These local
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06
WHIPPING POST REVIVED FOR BAD BOYS.

1t has been left to an Indiana police
justice to discover an ingenious use
for the whipping post. He utilizes it
to discipline small boys, and so far its
operations are declared to have been
beneficial. Judge Winfrey is the jurist
and Evanville, Ind, the place. For
some time the judge has been puzzled
to decide what to do with the young
sters who are brought before him for
offenses that were not criminal in them
selves, but were in the nature of disor-
derby conduct resulting from the in
ability of parents to control the chill
dren.
Reprimands served no purpose unless
to make the bad boys think that they
could easily escape punishment, and so
the Judge, after thinking it over, de-
cided on this method of enforcing the
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06
Largest Iron Pipe Ever Cast in the World.

leans & Northern Railroad and will
form part of a big, culvert of that line.
The task of casting a pipe of this
size is delicate as well as a very in
teresting one. The pipe is nodded on
end. In the beginning great she'll
cast or mold is made of iron, coated in
side with sand. In the middle of this
is what is called a core, and this is held
in position by means of pivots at the
top and bottom. This secure fastening
renders it certain that the space be
tween the core and shell at every point
will be the same
The core itself may be made of iron
or whatever material is preferred.
Around it is wrapped a rope Of hay in
the same fashion that rope is wound
about the drum of a great coil. Over
this hay, mud and sand are spread UNI
til the surface is even and without ir-
regularity. over this is placed a black
coating of pulverized coal, molasses
and water. This gives the surface a
smooth and polished appearance. The
core is then dried over a furnace and
placed in the shell previously described.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06

trains run at 2O-minute intervals dur
ing the midday interval, and at 5-min-
ute intervals morning and evening.
The express trains run at Commute in
tervals between the local trains.
To tell you what the Illinois Central
people propose to do with their electric
motors is to illustrate to you what
these practical railroad men believe
is the use of electricity in railroading.
ItNis not, Fey say, to take the place of
the locomotive in long distance travel
ling, They do not agree at all with
+ President Clark of the New Haven
road, who has said that all the locomo-
tives before long will go into the scrap
heap. They think there is no economy
promised for long-distance travelling
by electricity. But on a short-line
handling heavy traffic with trains at
brief intervals, they propose to run
single cars or at most two cars togeth-
er in place of trains Of five cars; to rum
these cars Under fve-minute Roadway
in the less busy hours and under or s.
minute Roadway morning and evening;
to make more frequent stops; and to
increase the speed from 1874 miles an
hour to "a or Is miles.
The experiment will be watched with
great deal of interest by railroad men
all over the country, and by the hun
dreds Of thousands of suburbanites.
New York has an enormous suburban
traffic running up into the State and
out into New Jersey. Philadelphia
railroads have an immense suburban
business, which increases greatly in
the summer. Washington has a little
army of people who live as far away
as Baltimore. Chicago, St Louis, and
many other western cities are building
up residence suburbs rapidly. To all
these men and women and children the
coming of the electric motor means
cleanly, quick service in place of a
dirty, comparatively slow one. If the
Illinois Central can do what it plans,
there will be joy in the heart of the
much-abused conmuter.
What railroad men will ask very
promptly is whether there is any econ
omy in the change. The Illinois Central
people figure that there is economy if
the business can be increased. The
power of hauling 10000 persons can be
had about as cheaply as the power for
hauling 10000. With steam, the power
cost doubles when you double the traf-
fic. The Illinois Central will make
money if it can increase its traffic.
Whether one car or two cars will be
used to a train is not determined, be
cause it is not known whether the axles
of one car viii hold the 20O-horse- power
motor which is to be used. If the mo-
tor has to be distributed over the axles
of two cars, they viii be coupled and
run from one end-the forward end of
the forward car. Tt is planned to use a
motor car and not an independent mo-
tor.
GEORGE GRANTHAM Balm.
Copyright, 1898, by Bachelor Syndicate.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06
CHURCH
SOUTH OF
DIXON'S LINE.

The Oldest and most famous church
south of Mason & Dixon's line is the
Providence Baptist in Clark County,
Kentucky, seven miles south of Win
chester. 1t was organized at different
place from where the congregation now
meets and in those days a great dis
lance away.
Virginia was the churchs birthplace
but previous to 1880 it moved to Ken
lucky, Daniel Boone being included
among the congregation. 1t has in it's
history occupied three buildings, one of
log, one of stone, and the present one,
a modern frame
Not only is this the Oldest church in
the South. but it is the pioneer church
organization in the state. and is part
of the very interesting unpublished his
tory of Kentucky. The pastor of the
church Robert Elkins, has held his po-
stion for forty years. The present
clerk has filled his own place for 48
years.
AS stated, a log house was first built
before 1880, but few years later a
solid stone structure was erected by
the pioneer Baptists. This early day
sanctuary has stood the test of time,
the masonry showing not a crack to-
day, having stood as firm as the church
organization itself. The building is
over one hundred years old.
Near by this old church is the more
modern and commodioUs house of wor-
ship built by the present congregation.
No services are held in the old stone
structure, but it stands a monument to
the thoroughness and careful work of
Kentuckys early Baptists.
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the sentence of the court Not single
father has declined to take this action
as yet.
Recently the Humane Society of
Evansville had the matter brought to
their attention, it being stated to them
that the walls of the boy prisoners
could often be heard in the rear of the
City Prison. So the Society felt com
PEELED to interfere, thinking that the
punishment was inhuman and not
befitting the crime, but the Police
Court adhered to its policy, asserting
that 1T was less inhuman to give bad
boy we'll deserved thrashing than it
was to compel a hard working father to
spend one or two weeks wages in get
ting him out of trouble, not counting
the deprivation to his family that ex-
penditure called for.
The Humane Society yielded and
Evansville's bad boys are turning over
new leaves.
Copyright, 1885, by Bachelor Syndicate.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06
Mark Twain's Yell

Mark Twain, when starring on a tour
round the world, told an interviewer at
Winnipeg how he often felt a desire to
'tcut loose" from civilization and to get
away by himself where he could run
and yell to his hearts content In this
connection there is a story about the
humorist and Canon Kingsley. Walk
ing along the streets one day Mark felt
the impulse to yell coming on him with
irresistible force, and said to Kingsley:
Il want to yell; l must yell!" The ca
non said: "All right, yell away; l don't
mind" "And with that" said Mark, ST
stepped back a few steps, and, throw
ing my arms above my head, let out a
war whoop that could be heard for
miles, and in less time than you could
count ten Canon Kingsley and myself
were surrounded by multitude of
anxious citizens who wanted to know
what was the matter. told them
nothing was the matter; l just wanted
to yell, and had yelled"
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06
Cure for FIydr0Dhobia.

dams have suffered greatly from this
ll-alady, and | really cannot imagine
what they would have done without the
secret Of the shrub.
MY attention was first called to the
shrub during a journey through the
mountains in search of vegetable spe-
cies containing medical qualities. I
have spent the greater portion of the
last four years in the mountains and
on the plains of New Mexico and Ari-
iona and in the States of Chihuahua
and Sonora, all the time seeking the
truth about this shrub
I'm connection with this it is interest
ing to know that in Chihuahua and
Sonora there are any quantity Of herbs
of superior medicinal qualities many. of
which have been in use by the Indian
tribes in a crude fashion for very
long time, A number of these are not
known to the medical world at all as
near as L can learn, as specimens of
them have been so difficult to secure.
owing to the great danger to which ex-
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06
Queer Cobbfer 5 Shop
In an Old Horse Gar.

The strange uses to which abandoned
street cars are put are many indeed,
but one Of the oldest of them all is
the fate which has befallen an old
horse car in san Francisco. All day
long the rat-a-tat-tat Of the hammer is
heard from within as the Industrious
shoe maker plies his calling, for the
car has become a shoe shop, thoroughly
equipped.
The interior of the car illustrates the
ingenuity of the cobbler and is in it
self lesson in the economy of space
The seat at one side has been removed,
and in its place is tiny show case
two-thirds the length of the car, IN
which samples of the shoemaker's
skill are displayed. This shoe case is
about IA inches wide and feet in
length. The cobbler's wares make a
capital showing, the case itself is pol
ished as neat as a new pin, and the
shoes give evidence of a master hand
From one corner to a distance of
about five feet part of the seat on the
other side remains. Near the center,
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06
Shrub That Yields Sure Remedy for Hydrophobia

herewith produced, Mr.. Bell says: "The
shrub, purely a native of Mexico, is
to be found in different localities in the
Sierra Madre range, growing most lux
uriantly at an altitude of from one to
three thousand feet My Investigations
concerning the period during which it
has been in use have been very ex-
haustive, and have found that legends
of the Yaquis carry its use back for
centuries.
The Indians tell me that they have
never known an instance where it
failed, and this is particularly wonder
full when you stop to think that in
Sonora the bite of many animals pro-
duces hydrophobla AS a result, the In
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06

The very latest vehicle to transport
people about is called the trolley
wagon. The accompanying Illustration
is from a photograph of the first of
these wagons ever built which jour
neys about the roads of Reno, Nevada.
This interesting contrivance is really
a happy medium between the trolley
car and the ordinary vehicle. We have
had auto-cars and motor cars, but the
trolley wagon is neither. 1t is an in
vention all by itself and its source of
power is the one thing that enables the
trolley car to can it a first cousin.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06

suit is that, protected from adhesion
by the buffer of hay, the core can be
easily removed. At this point the great
iron mold, which is made in halves and
fastened together, is unclasped. The
coating of sand has prevented the mol
ten METALS adhering to the shell and
so the pipe stands complete as far as
the first stage of casting is concerned.
Then the newly cast pipe is rolled in
to the shop where the sand on the
outer surface is removed and the rough
edges trimmed off. The polishers now
try their hands on the pipe, and after
their work is complete the giant is
heated again, after which it is given a
bath of coal tar This done, it is pulled
out of the tar, dried and tested by a
machine which forces water into it at
a pressure of from 100 pounds to 800
pounds to the square inch. If it stands
this test the task is at an end.
All this is what happened to the big
gest iron pipe that was ever cast, and
in spite of its great size it is declared
to be without a flaw.
Copyright, 1898, by Bachelor Syndicate.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06
Remarkable

Professors Burrill and Davenport, OF
the University of Illinois, say of the
Garden of the Gods in Colorado that
if a person places himself near the cen
ter of the east side of the rock north
of the entrance, and another stands up
on the hill opposite, across the valley,
a distance of about a third of mile,
common conversation can be distinctly
heard between the two When on a
visit to'the garden not long ago they
lowered their voices as much as pos
sible and were able to hear each other
very distinctly.
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ured by the. resistance of the disc may
be utilized at will.
There are of course, several details
such as pipes and valves into the uses
of which it is Unnecessary to- enter.
There are innumerable ways in which
such motor may be employed such as
in supplying the motive. power for cleo
trio lighting, in seaport towns, pumping
sea-water into tanks, for street water
ing, and the continuous blowing of
siren whistles or fog horns on danger
Gus parts of the coast.
The wave motor idea has been once
or twice brought to the experimental
stage in this country. The nearest ap-
proach to success, was made by Ex-
Mayor Adolph Sutro in San Francisco.
who had a wave motor that really ac-
compllshed something. No one seemed
to care to buy it, however, neither did
Mr.. Sutro give evidence of being able
to utilize it, and so it practically passed
into oblivion
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06

entrance at one side, comfortable bed
lets down from the side of the car,
and it is in this that John seeks the
society of the sandman. Neither chick
nor child has he, and yet he is as merry
as the day is long. whistling and sing
ing and keeping time with his music to
the CHATTER of his hammer. -
Many people are attracted by this
strangest of all shoe shops and the re
suit is John being a good workman,
that he has an excellent trade and a
balance in the bank. This car was
left here by accident one day." said he.
"and as l happened to pass this way
saw it. l had been intending to start
in business for myself for quite a little
while and the old car gave me thought
that perhaps here was a chance to
make little money by starting a shoe
shop in a queer place.
80 l took to the car and the car took
to me, and we have been faithful
friends ever since. make good liv-
ing and people treat me nicely in the
way of custom. The car is as comfort
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In This Old Car John wachstahI Mends Shoes

followed out, is the seat where the
shoemaker sits and mends or makes
his shoes 1t is a gem Of cobbler's
bench and the shoemaker, John
Wachstaihl, American born in spite of
his Teutonie name. declares it to be the
most comfortable shoe shop in all San
Francisco. Where" he says, "can you
find place where one can do so much
and have everything so handy?" And
indeed it is true, for John has his lares
and penates grouped around Kim in a
very handy fashion.
The equipment of the shop forms the
Ehoemaker's lares and penates for the
reason that here is his household. BY
aleans of an ingenious contryance at
The end of the car directly opposite the
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06
Here is The BIGGEST Iron
Pipe That Was Ever Cast.

There has just been cast at Birming-
ham, Ala, an iron pipe so huge in size
that a man six feet tall can stand up
right in it. 1t is the biggest pipe ever
cast in the world, and the accompany
ing illustration shows just how small
man appears in it.
This leviathan of pipes is 70 inches
in diameter on the inside, 1874 inches
in diameter outside measurement, and
~ feet inches long over all. The
metal composing it weighs 10000
pounds. 1t was cast for the New Or
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06
Troiiey WAGON Making b Miles
an Hour The Newest Vehicle.

The inventor of the vehicle believes
there are wonderful prospects in store
for it. He sees no reason why IT may
not be utilized in many sections OF the
country particularly where street cars
do not run, and the building of street
car line would involve tremendous ex-
pense. He thinks the trolley wires
could be erected and then all that is
needful will have been accomplished,
as the trolley wagon can run over any.
kind of a road.
The wagon referred to has made
speed, on a road of not over good con-
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This done, the mold is complete.
Now all is ready for the metal, and
this is gradually poured inside the mold
by means of what is known as ladle
When the necessary amount OF molten
metal has been poured into the mold,
the whole is let stand for twelve hours
so that it may become thoroughly
cooled.
The cooling process complete, it now
becomes evident why the hay rope was
used. The molten metal charred this
rope without penetrating it, and the re-
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06
A Puzzled Infant.

Paw" asked the little boy, who had
peen tackting statistics in the daily pa
per- how does it come that most Of
the whisky and beer is drank by peo-
pie in the temperate zone?"