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Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-24
ANOTHER MILLER SUSPECT
This Man is Located in Sydney. Cape
Breton.

State Detective Murray received word
Wednesday that another Paul Miller
suspect had been held in Sydney, Cape
Breton No description of the man un-
der arrest was sent, and nothing but
the mere statement that man was
held was communicated to the detec-
tive Mr. Murray believes that the sus-
pected murderer did not go in the di-
rection of Cape Breton.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-24
REED CASE PUT OVER.
Alleged eunco Mans Counsel Not in
Court at East Cambridge.

Boston. Feb. 2S.-George Spencer, alias
John Reed, the alleged bunco man, was
not tried in the superior criminal court
at East Cambridge today. Reed was in
court without counsel; and as the dis
trict attorney didn't think it fair to put
the prisoner on trial without a lawyer,
the case was put over by agreement,
Monday.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-24
LYING IN STATE.
Miss Wizards Body TAKEN to the W. c.
T. U. Temple.

Chicago. Feb 2S-The remains of
Miss Frances E. Willard arrived in
Chicago from New York today, over the
Michigan Central road, and were con-
veyed to Willard HaM, in the w. c. T.
u. temple, where they lay in state.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-24

The Chamberlain District Farmers
Club will meet tomorrow at 7.30 at ELM
Farm the residence of G. F. Stowell.
DR.. j. M. Bemis will read an essay on
Natural history" There will be musi-
cal and literary program
Evening star., 1898-07-30
Like Sherlock Holmes.

From the Philadelphia Press
A most remarkable literary coincidence
is pointed out by writer In Ii.erst,ra
VINO says it would be Interesting to know
II Dr- Conan Doyle. before creating Sher-
lock Holmes, had read a certain anecdote
related by the Jesuit traveller CharIevoix
VINO died in 1761. The story is of a red In
alah from whose wigwam piece of meat
had oeen stolen, and who promptly sct out
In pursuit of the thief He had not pro
ceeded lar before he met with some per
sons OF whom he inquired whether they
nad seen a little old white man with a
snort gun, accompanied by q small dog
with a short tall Asked how he could
mus minutely describe a man whom he
had never seen, the Indian answered:
me thief | know is little man by his
having made pile of stone to stand upon
IN order to reach the venison; that he is
an old man l know by his short steps.
Whlch nave traced over the leaves in the
woods. and that he is a white man I know
oy ms turning out his toes when he walks
Wn1cn an Indian never does His gun
know TO be short by the mark the muzzIe
made III rubbing the bark off the tree or
winch 1t leaned; that his dog is small /
Know oy his tracks, and that he has a
snort tail discovered by the mark #
made in the dust where he was sitting al
the time his master was taking down the
meat
This certainly is so much like the rstioc,-
nation OF Sherlock Holmes that fl almost
READS ike parody of It,
Evening star., 1898-07-30
Saying n Kind Word.

az mus say" remarked Farmer Corn
tossel. that in my opinion they're givin' it
to this here Aguinaldo harder'n he de-
serves"
Il don't approve o that ther gold whistle
ner that gold breast-plate," answered his
wife. emphatically.
Give i'm time. He's jes' beginnln to
learn our ways. He might O. done worse
than gold whistle. That's heap better'n
cornet or a concertina. An as fur the
gold breast-plate, he amt had no facilities
fur gittin posted on the styles of fancyvests
that a civilized man uses when he feels
that his thorax ought to be decorated
He's only got started learnin' our ways"
He don't have the dignity that ought to
go with his pretensions."
Don't crowd i'm. He's got a sense of his
Importance, but he doesn't exactly know
how to express It. Mebbe he'll turn up in
few years with the same advanced idees
of craftsmanship that we have. He'll prob
ably be standin fur hours before camera,
SOS to get his picture into paper with his
name spelled wrong under it. / amt no
doubt but he'll catch on an get to maxim
four-hour speeches and thinkin people en-
joys II simply because it's him. / shouldn't
be surprised ef he would even get to where
he could make himself comfortable in a
quiet corner somewhere, with the sergeant
alarms rushin' all over the town tryin' to
tell him that the welfare of the civilized
world, not to mention his party, needs mis-
vote
Don't hurry i'm, He's only gittin' started
as a 'litical leader. Give i'm the benefit of
the doubt an take 1t fur granted that this
gold whistle an breast-plate is only
passin fancy which he'll outgrew. Let's
have faith in i'm and believe that he'll be
right along with the rest Of EN- purity soon.
wearin silk hats an thinkin' he knows
more about runnin' a republic than George
Washington"
Evening star., 1898-07-30
The Saber-TOOthed Cat,

From the Popular Science Monthly.
The most remarkable of all the extinct
felire animals are those known to natural
lists as the saber-toothed cats or tigers, a
gro p comprising the greater part Of all the
foss Il forms. They date back to the earli-
est mes of which We know anything about
tie family In North America and reach
dov to the time of man himself. A large
ant powerful species described from the
IND I'm territory by Cope lived contem-
pore ,eously with the hairy mammoth, as
eyid anced by the commingling of their
skeletons. There can be little Or no Ques-
ton but that the hairy mammoth was con-
temporaneous with man in North America
as we'll as in Europe. Their geological
range Is from the close of the Eocene to
the latter part of the Pleistocene.
The chief peculiarities Of the animal are
the extraordinarily elongated canine teeth.
The tail is of unusual length and the legs
are short. The animal measured about sew
en- feet in lengthraside from the tail. The
lower Jaws havelR downward projection in
front, due to fiangelike widening of the
jawbones which doubtless served as a pro-
lection to the f9eth, preventing their in
jury or loss. In some of the larger forms
from South America this flange was not
present. while the canine teeth were even
more elongated than IS the case with this
species, attaining length of over six
inches and protrading far below the jaws
when closed. o5
Evening star., 1898-07-30
Queen Fictorfa's Money,
From the Chautauquan.


Queen Victoria Is the first sovereign of
England who ever had anything to leave
All OF her predecessors upon the throre
osqueathed fine assortments of debts to
their posterity, which parliament was
called upon to pay, and while Victoria
permitted the people to be taxed to settle
the private obligations of her unoIes
George ~ and William w, she herself
paid the debts of her father. the Duke of
Kent, with full interest, and has several
times settled the liabilities of the Prince
OF Wales to the extent of several millions
of dollars
There Is great deal of gossip and spec-
ulafion In England as to the disposition
the queen has made of her immense Dron-
erty. The bulk of Ii will undoubtedly 90
70 the Prince of Wales, and 1t is supposed
that her best estates are entaiied upon her
successors with the condition that they
snail never be mortgaged or alienated in
any way. IL Is also assumed that the pal
ace at Osborne and liberal amount of
bonds and leases Will be left to her favor
ite daughter, the Princess Beatrice who is
also expecting to inherit the fortune of
Empress Eugenie, whose son. the Inflated
Prince Imperial, was to have been her
husband. Prin ess Louise, the wife of the
Marquis of Lot ne. has no children and her
husband will 1herit the immense estates
of the Duke 0. Argyll SO that she will he
well provided tDr.
Evening star., 1898-07-30
Pets of u Learned Man.
From the Youths Companion.

iheA ene AoelA NoHlpanlon'
Sir Henry Rewlinson, the great authority
on Persian inscriptions. wrote his Memoir
in a summer house overhanging the Tigris,
where the outside heat of i20 degrees was
reduced to 80 degrees by the action of
water wheel which poured a continuous
stream of water over the roof
For recreation while writing his book,
RawIinson INDUCED in petting wild animals
He had tame leopard named Fahad which
he brought to England and presented to the
geological gardens at Clifton, near Bristol
Whenever Rawlinson was In England he
would visit Fahad. As soon as the beast
heard his cry, ''Fahad. Fahadi" It would
rise from the floor of its cage approach the
bars, and then, rolling on the floor, extend
it's hesd to be scratched.
Once the keeper. who did not know Sir
Henry on seeing him patting the leopard.
exclai ued:
Tale your hand out Of the cage, The
anime very savage and will bite you!"
do you think SOP" said Sir Henry IT
don't think he'll bite me. VIII you, Fahad?'
And the beast answered by a purr. and
would hardly let the hand be withdra wn.
lie also had at Bagdad pet lion, which
had been found when a kitten on the bank
of the Tigris-its mother having been shot
and brought to Sir Henry. He alone fed it,
and the lion when grown would follow him
about like q dog. One hot day the lion
moped and rejected its food 1t paced about
the masters room. and he. being very busy,
called two servants to take the lion away.
The lion would not go with them, but
drew nearer it's master. and at last sat
down under his chair with its head between
his knees.
oh said he, 'ff he won't go let him
bide."
The servants went out. and Sir Henry
wrote on. The lion sank from a sitting
position into that of a lion couchant." All
was quiet for several hours save the
scratching of pen. When his work was
over the master put down his hand TO pat
the pet The lion was dead.
Evening star., 1898-07-30
Perilous Heights.

Perilous Heights.
The boy who lives across the way-a Jolly
lt1le elf
Procured a pair of poles one DAY. Just to
amuse himself
He thought he wasn't tall enough. He
fixed them nice and neat
With handles to take hold OF and with
blocks to fit his feet
And now he's ten feet high at least. He
proudly mods his head
And stalks around the sidewalk with a
most uncertain tread
He thinks he is majestic, though he's
scarcely out of kilts,
It's fun to look at Johnny when he's walk
ing on his stills.
His father was an amiable and simple
spoken man,
But since he got an Office. he has somehow
charged his plan.
Most everybody likes him, spite OF this de-
sire of his
To make us think THAI he's much bigger
than he really is
He seems bit uneasy when he's towering
around.
He steps as If he wasn't wholly sure about
his ground.
He tries to be impressive, but he wobbles
and he willis
He makes us think of Johnny when he's
walking on his stills.
Evening star., 1898-07-30

and trust to her seeing It in print some
time"
why, Henrietta" hs protested; II never
did any such thing"
mo: but you would if you had thought of
1t. The sole ambition of some men seems
to be to convince their wives that they
never need any new dresses. How would
you like it," she went on, IF an effort were
| made to convince you that the great test
Of good husband was his willingness to
wear old clothes? It's time the tables were
turned" she calculated fiercely.
Mr.. Meekton drummed nervousiy on the
edge of the table, but said nothing.
You can take your turn at it for awhile
she resumed, crumpling the paper and
throwing it aside.
He smoothed his hair where the back of
the chair had rumpled it while he slept
and rejoined with gentle dubiousness:
"Can II"
women are not the only people who
have old clothes to be used again. Up in
the old clothes press in the attic ara some
clothes of yours that you had when we
were first married. They're just as good
as some that we women are expected to fix
over and wear. Now, If you are so anxious
to economize. You can put them on and go
make that call We planned for tonight"
He made no protest, but left the room.
She picked up the paper again, and, taxi
ing lead pencil, began to mark para
graphs of which she did not approve. Her
eye was attracted by the door leading Into
the hallway. IT was being slowly opened.
She gasped, but she did not scream until
she saw the figure OF man; strange
man; a man dressed 81 long toothpick-toed
shoes. tight trousers light Prince Albert
coat, with faring skirts and a little fat hat
which sat close against the crown OF his
head.
go away!" she cried. "or shall send for
the policev'
Who'll you send?'
my husband"
why Henrietta, I'm him." was the un-
grammatic reply.
She looked at him closer. and then ex-
claimed:
'Ieonidas! Do you mean to say that you
had any idea OF going out with me this
evsning looking like thatf
'sWhy, you know you said you wanted me
to eeonomize, ard did what you sug-
gested."
She merely stood OF at the othsr side of
the room, gaxed at him sternly and said
Evening star., 1898-07-30
TOILERS OF THE AIR.
How the Work a Suspension
Bridge is Done.
From Godey's Magazine.

From Godeys Magazine.
The workmen on the cables follow close
ly after the builders Of the iron roadway
These men are engaged in more periious
employment, If anything, than the former.
They climb nimbly up to the very sum-
nit of the huge towers, and then without
fiinching proceed to descend the inclined
cables. 1t makes the spectators below
tremble for them, so dangerous is the Ge-
scent but the workmen have no fear, else
they would be untitled for the duty re-
quired of them. After sliding DOWN the
cable a dozen feet they stop and turn
around and face the towers. The men
working the derrick slowly swing out to
them the end of a cable about three
inches in diameter. Another man carries
out to them by means Of small hand
pully and rope q red-hot band of steel,
which the cable workers seize with their
pincers and clasp around the large cabie
on which they are resting. Then while
the steel Is still hot and nausable the
small cable, with its end secured in q
thick bolt of steel, is brought into posi-
ton and the end welded into the -red-hot
steel band encircHng the main cable. Tho
workmsn pound and forge away, hammer
ing, twisting and bending the metal, be-
fore it cools off. The welding must be done
rapidly, and the workmen have no time to
stop and think Of the dangerous position
in which they are placed Probably the
legs which they wind tightly around the
cable, as they swing their arms and upper
part of the body with violent exertion.
When this cable is forged into its place,
the workmen take few moments of rest,
and then slide down to the next joint where
the same operation is repeated Cable after
cable is attached in this way, until there is
regular tangle of steel work and dang
ling cables. looking for all the world like
a spiders web. But there is order in this
colossal spider-web. such as never existed
in the home of the insect that weaves the
webs in our homes and woods Gradually
one part of the bridge after another is fin-
ished, and when the false work" of scaf-
folds Is removed the structure stands out
in all the beauty of its finished state
The bridge builders must not only be
skilled In their work, but they must have
the hardihood and daring of the sailor, for
most OF their work is performed at an al
utude higher than the topmast of anyssail-
ing vessel. They labor in all kinds of
weather-when the sun is pouring down its
torrid rays in midsummer, or when the
mercury registers zero in winter.
To them their dizzy height Is no more
than the fifteen or twenty feet are to the
ordinary carpenter or house painter They
seldom use ladders. They would be con-
stantly In the way. II they want to reach
a higher framework they climb ninbly up
the steel works or Jump lightly across from
one truss to another. A jump of three feet
from girder to girder is a commonplace
occurrence to them
Evening star., 1898-07-30
HE WAS A MEAN MAN,
Ana consequently He Got Even With
Her Just Once


One of the mildest-mannered men On
earth is John Smith of Podunk, though that
isn't his name or the name of his town.
and he married Sallie Jones, red-headed
school teacher, who thought she knew more
In a minute than John did in thirty-seyen
years and five months. AS the years went
by John became accustomed to life with a
superior woman. and the four or five times
a year he got even with her In his quiet
way appeared to reconcile him to the rest
of the performance. The last occasion of
an 'evening-up" occurred four days ago
Mrs Smith was displaying her knowledge
OF war history and cognate branches
Wars, she was saying, ARE commonly
known among third parties by the names
of the two nations involved, and it is a
rather remarkable fact that the name OF
the losing nation precedes that of the con-
queror- For example, We have the Franco
PrussIan war, in which the French peopIe
came near being obliterated a nation by
the russians. Then the Chinese-Japanese
war, In which the Chinese were utterly
oVerthrown by the Japanese. So also the
Graeco-Turkish war, with the Turks con-
aaefors que al every point, and, lastly. we have
ne Spanlsh-American war, In which
though not at an end, Spain has met over
wheimlng defeat everywhere Under the
circumstances, | think it may be set down
as RUE that In the vast majority of com
first" ''Ae O'Ai'e'
think so myself, Sarah" ventured Mr.
smith, WITH extreme modesty of deneanor
Indeed she rather sneered than other.
wise, nave you been reading up on the
some Sarah. he answered as he hand
ed her a faded little newspaper. clipnine
"nIch ne had taken from his pocketbook
.sH dTs. smith read only this much and quit.
55inlth-Jones-At the residence of the
bride parents
Evening star., 1898-07-30
Some Matrimonial Facts.


Widowers are more inclined to merry
than bachelors. Widows are more inclined
to marry than spinsters Both facts are
eloquent in favor 1.-The comparative ad-
vantages Of matrimony. For one bachelor
that naarries between the ages Of fifty and
ffty-fye. seven widowers remarry between
these ages. These are marriages out of
equal numbers of each class; the actual
number CT bachelors married will he great
er only In proportion as they exceed by
seven to enc the actual number of wild
owcrs living at these ages
Under the same conditions for every
spinster married between thirty and sixty
FIVE two widows are remarked. Inasmuch
as the total number Of spirsters far exceeds
that of widows. and the figures given re-
fer to marriages out of equal numbers, this
disparity is not 50 noticeable; its existence,
however. Is beyond dispute.
Similarly, out OF An equal number Of
widowers and bachelors between twenty
FIVE and thirty years OF age, thirty widow
ers remarry for every thirteen bachelors
who enter the bonds of Hymen for the first
time.
Evening star., 1898-07-30
BUSINESS WAS BUSINESS,
How a Paymaster i'm Our Navy Took
Fall Out of the Bank of England.

FROM Inc fnlihuelpnla Times.
The late Paymaster Clark of the United
States navy, of Delaware, was attached to
one Of the ships on the European station
during the period of the civil war. 1t may
have been the Kearsarge, but 1t is not i'm
portant. She was an armed vessel and had
been long at sea and came in for coal, pro-
visions and to give the men a liberty day
on shore. To meet these and other ex-
penses it was necessary to have some
5000 (men are paid in the currency of the
country they may be in when on foreign
stations), and Paymaster Clark drew sight
drafts on the subtreasury Of New York
through the government agents. J. s. Nor
gan & Co., bankers in old Broad street,
London. Accompanied by the vice consul
he went to the Plymouth branch of the
Bank Of England, and presenting his
drafts, asked to have them changed for
notes and gold. The bank manager, not
content with exercising proper commercial
scrutiny, was very Easty, and finally said:
"Wsi, / do not know the subtreasury. I
do not know the paper nor you, and l have
never had business with the gentleman who
Is United States vice consul here, 50 1
won't cash your drafts. You say ]. s.
Morgan will indorse them. You had better
go up to London and let him cash them
Mr.. Clark went out to the telegraph office,
put himself in communication with Mr..
Morgan, and Mr.. Morgan went to the Bank
of England In London, the manager sent
word to the Plymouth branch manager.
and that gentleman came personally to
the Royal Hotel and. with his hat in hand,
begged to be Of service to Paymaster
Clark in any way that gentleman would
suggest. The apparently placated paymas-
ter, accompanied by his clerk accompa-
MED the bank officer to the bank. The
drafts were duly passed over and a large
bundle of Bank of England notes placed
before the paymaster.
What are these?' said Clark.
'Those are Bank of England notes"
Yes, / see they are notes signed by
Frederick May that the bank will pay
bearer, etc. Well, do not know Mr.. May,
and of course, 1 do not know you. This
paper may be good. but 1 have no assur-
ance Of that. I'll trouble you for the gold :"
The Inundated bank manager had to
hunt it UP. and Paymaster Clark carried
1t down to the boat In triumph. IT would
have preferred part of the money In
notes. he said, but couldn't refuse the
chance of getting even."
Evening star., 1898-07-30
Trying to ObIixe.

Mr.. Meekton had been reading a rather
long piece of poetry and had fallen asleep
with one finger in the air-ths finger which
he was invariably accustomed TO use in
reading poetry, to mark the accents and
avoid any confusion in metrical interpre-
tation.
I'D be willing to wager anything" ex-
claimed his wife, that this page of hints
on household economy was written by a
man.
He wakened at the sound of her voice,
but evident did Lot comprehend her re-
mark
He is some man." she went on, s'who
doesn't dare speak out fearlessly and tell
his wife he wants her to be slave He'd
rather sit down at desk and write il down
Evening star., 1898-07-30

out bicycle at about the cost of the Or
dinary Common-grade sewing machine
which is about $40 L don't mean to say
that the $40 sewing machine is as good as
the machine that was sold during the DAYS
of the sewing machine combine at $50 but
to the ordinary one it fills the bill So will
the SO bicycle
X * 4
"A greasy nose is as sure a sign of dis
ordered liver" explained a physician 20
Star reporter, ''as anything that 1 know.
outside of real sickness. and by studying
TINS as barometer much trouble can be
aVerted. In these days when full outfit
be secured for 10 cents at any drug store,
there is but little excuse for it, except in
rare cases, when 10 cents worth of medi-
cine won't do the work, and here a physi-
clan Is recessary. 1 was much amused at
reading in New York paper recently an
artcle written by one of these modern
heautlners OF preparation that was said
10 De q sure remedy for greasy nose. 1t
went on to tell how much rose leaves how
much vinegar, spirits of wine and a half
dozen other things should be used in
preparation to wash the nose, and after
teHlns all of these it wound up with ad-
Vislng that some liver medicine should be
used In connection Herewith. Now I car
assure you that the liver medicine would
effect the cure without the rose leaves ara
the other stuff. and. indeed, in spite of it.
cont mean to say that one of those
swollen. three times enlarged and fiery red
proDosc1s can be reduced with a little liver
medicine. but what is known as greasy
nose Will be removed by it."
Evening star., 1898-07-30

A coal mine In Scotland which caught fire
over nifty years ago and has been burning
ever since has at last burned itself out
The mine is on the Daiquharran estate
Daily. 1t. was set on fire by the engines
which worked the fans. and although many
costly attempts have been made to extin-
guish IT tney have been unsuccessful
Russian papers complain that the Siberian
railway, instead of ciStliztng the regions
through which 1t passes. is teaching the
natives the art Of robbing trains, which il
greatly In vogue.
Evening star., 1898-07-30
Gladstone ana Gariba1d,.

The extreme subtlety of Gladstone's mind
has been frequent source of amusement
to his foes. During GaribaIdfs visit to
London 1t was suggested that richly
jointured widow. who was about much with
him, should marry him. To the objection
that he had wife living, the ready an
swer was: "Oh. he must get Gladstone to
explain her awayn
Evening star., 1898-07-30
berlin Lfbrarfes.

The royal library in Berlin contains over
100000 volumes. the university library
1eS.0oo that of the royal statistical bureau
10000. The war academy collection con-
sists OF 5000 volumes, that OF the general
staff OF 69,7O0 and that of the royal chan
Gerry z. 600 volumes.