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Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06

acre where the claim is situated more
than Is miles from railroad, and $40
per acre where such claim is located less
than 10 miles from a railroad. The
owner of a quartz mill or reduction
works not owning a mine in connection
Herewith, may also receive a patent for
his mill at So per acre.
CONCERNING THE RIGHT TO NINE.
The location must be along vein or
lode; it must be distinctly marked on
the ground so that its boundaries can
be traced correctly. The record must
contain reference to some natural OBJ
ject or permanent monument to iden-
tify the claim and all lines must be
parallel Remaining details are gov
erned by regulations established by the
miners of each district, not inconsistent
with national or state laws.
The right to mine can be given in
public lands only, and said lands must
contain valuable mineral deposits Two
miners tried to file 20-acre, claims once
in such a way as to obtain control OF
the entire length of both banks of a
creek 30 miles long. Other miners came
in and organized a mining district. Then
they declared that no mining claim
should extend along the creek more
than $50 feet The original claimants
went to court and petitioned that mas.
much as they had taken up the claim
primarily for the purpose of cattle pas
ture, they should be allowed to hold it
The court ruled that claim for a cattle
pasture running in strip only one foot
wide could not be entertained, and dis
missed the petition.
WHAT AN APPLICANT MUST DO.
An applicant for a claim must file in
the proper land office an application fol-
patent under oath, showing a com
pliance with the law He must file also
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HENRY IRVING'S
BIRTHDAY GIFT
His Son Promises An American
Daughter-in-Law.
Clever Miss Barrymore-A Daughter Of
George Drew Barrymore and Niece
of John Drew, She Marres
Into Stage Family.

When Sir Henry Irving opens his next
American mail, he will fnl in it six
very important letters,
Their object will be doubly congratu-
latory.
On the 9Th of February, 1888, John
Henry Brodribb, Henry Irving was
born; and the six epistles will remind
him that he has completed another year
of honor
Their other object of congratulation
will be upon the acquisition of pro-
spective daughter-in-law, an American
girl whose six nearest relatives have
written to Mr.. Irving as a new relative
in-laW.
Tan. To- the following messages were
flashed under the water:
sLondon, Jan. 10, 1898
Maurice Barrymore, Ward CT France"
Company, N. Y:
Engaged % Laurence Irving. Have
both written. Love. Ethel
Mr. Laurence Irving cabled as fol-
lows:
Maurice Barrymore, Ward Of France"
Company, New York:
Hope you will approve of my engage
ment to your daughter. Have written.
Laurence Irving,
Mr.. Barrymore was gratifieG at the
announcement, and last night cabled
his approval as follows:
New York, Jan. IS, 1898.
Ethel Barrymore, London:
God bless you both. You have my APP
prevail. Maurice Barrymore.
And so the mail now on the way to
Sir Henry will be doubly congratula-
tory felicitating him not only upon a
new year, but upon new daughter
also.
The career of John Henry Brodribb,
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Trolley for electric railways, invented
June IA, 1892.
Improved electric locomotive, patented
March IL, 1898.
Plating one material with another,
patented Sept. 49, 1894
On April 2 1889, he started the Edison
Photograph Company to place all
through the country the well known
nickel n-the-slot" machines, and it is
one of the best paying ends Of the insti-
tuition.
BY this time Edison had come to be
called The Wizard" and people want
ed to wine and dine him perpetually.
His enumerated inventions then num-
bered fifty.
Like the mayor Of Greater New York.
he resolutely refused all invitations and
went nowhere except to his own home
from his laboratory.
But While attending so strictly to in
ventive affairs, Thomas A. Edison was
living a very pretty home life. Early in
his career he married a wife who left
him an interesting family. Miss Marion
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When in London, Mr.. Irving lives in
his magnificent residence at Hammer
smith. Here he has a rare collection of
Shakspere, over thirty sets in all; and
it is said that one of them alone is worth
$500.
The American family with which Sir
Henry allies himself, is as notable as
his own. His daughter-in-law to be,
Miss Ethel Barrymore, is the daughter
Of Maurice Barrymore and the late
Georgia Drew Barrymore, we'll remem-
bered by every theatre-goer. John and
Sydney Drew are her uncies. Mr.. and
Mrs. John Drew, the elder, were prom
inent in forming the American stage
while the stage was in its infancy, and
the young woman has in her disposition
the making of as fine an actress as ever
graced the boards.
The young bGidegroom-elect is a play
wright and his father is now appearing
in a play written by him. Laurence has
been upon the stage and still appears
Ethel Barrymore, on the other hand
though very young, is at home upon the
stage. Like her brother Lionel, she acts
as though she had trod the boards fol
years. Her stage presence is fine and
her voice and manner pretty. Sir Henry
Irving long ago selected her as one OF
his best young actresses, and she gave
up an American engagement to play il
his company.
Henry Irving seldom visits this coun
| try, He dislikes the sea voyage, anC
the queen dislikes to have her bes
actor leave England. In point O.
years he is exactly sixty years old, blu
on the stage his step is as light and HI
| Is as youthful as ten years ago. Jo
seph Jefferson, In this country is &
veteran" though only nine years Older
than Sir Henry.
Sin Henry Irving and Miss Ellen Ter
ry do not reside in the same part Of
London. Miss Terry loves to steal away
to a suburb where she has a lovely
home.
Sir Henry Irving's future is pretty
we'll settled. He will live on as long
as providence ordains, growing in years
and honors.
And SO is the future of the pretty
American girl who has cast her for
tunes in with his house. If she de.
cides to remain upon the stage she is
sure of stage triumphs in a stageland
prepared for her. If she elects to gc
into private life she can count upon 50,
cial prestige as the wife of Laurence
Irving, on Lawrence Brodribb.
James SWinton.
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HALF A CENTURY
OF EDISON,
In 81 Years He Has Invented so
Useful Things.
Remarkable Life Career-From a Poor
Working Boy to Genius "A Big
Birthday Celebration.

If Thomas A. Edison be of a philo-
sophie mood when he opens his eyes
next Friday morning, he can take for
his early morning musing the question
do circumstances make the MANI" or
Does the man make the circumstan-
ces?' In his case it is a most important
point to decide.
Thomas A Edison was born fifty-one
years ago at Milan, o., on Feb. H. At
very early age he showed signs of a
certain Woodworking genius which led
his folks to put him to work even
younger than their circumstances would
otherwise have had them do.
Edison worked around from boyhood
TO mani bod at odd mechanical jobs and
finally drifted to Canada where he per-
formed his initial feat of ingenuity by
telegrapaling with a steam whistle across
Niagara Falls.
The telegraph lines were down and the
railroad factory in which he was en-
ployed could not communicate with its
branch office on the other side of the
falls. Edison mounted the engine, blew
couple of blasts to call attention to
the sound, and then began telegraphing,
using the regular telegraphers' alphabet
of long and short sounds. He was imme
dfately understood and in an hour had
the pleasure of talking back and forth
across the falls in very fine shape.
But it was not until 1880 that the in
ventor began to attract much attention.
Until that time, as he himself says, he
was busy making things people did not
want But at the age of thirty-three he
Caught on and put his talent to its
right uses.
he took one of his first inventions, a
ballot-box which it was impossible to
stuff" The politician looked at it, then
turned TO the young inventor and said,
laughingly: why don't you invent
something that somebody wants?"
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but decided to accept after being told
that if he refused there would be no
more honors offered him until after his
death, when a cold tombstone, set up
by royal hand, would be his tardy re-
ward.
Mr. Irving says frankly shat he highly
appreciates the honor paid him by the
crown, but chiefly as it is an evidence
that the dramatic art has at last OBJ
tanned recognition from the highest
source of authority.
The question has been frequently
asked whether the actor was knighted
under his real name, Brodrihb, or the
stage name by which he Is universally
known.
He is undoubtedly Sir Henry Irving,
since the adoption of the name Irving
was legalized a few years ago by an act
of parliament
In describing the ceremony attending
his investiture with his new title by
Queen Victoria, he says:
at is the simplest thing in the world.
You ride out to Windsor Castle in a
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oaths within the land district where the
claim may be situated, and all proofs
may be taken before such officer.
Mineral lands are open to exploration
and purchase by all citizens of the
United States. without regard to sex
and those who have declared their in
tention to embrace citizenship. All per
sons born or natuualized in the United
States and subject to the jurisdiction
thereof, and none others, are citizens,
The right to mine can be given only
in public lands, and such lands must
| contain valuable mineral deposits. Nc
claim located shall exceed 1900 feet
along the vein, nor shall it exceed 300
|. feet ON each side of the middle of the
vein at the surface. II is not necessary
that the locator should be present on
| the ground. One may locate as agent
I for another.
! DOMINION GOVERNMENT LAWS.
The laws regulating placer mining
were amended last week by the Do
minion government, and will doubtless
be less unsatisfactory than the regula-
lions promulgated last fall.
| Among the new rules are the follow
| ing: Every miner and every one en-
ployed by miner must take out a mi
ner's certificate. for which the fee is
| $40. Each mining company must have
a certificate for which $50 to 800 is
| charged, according to the amount OF
| capital stock. A miners license gives
! the right to hunt, fish and cut the tim
Der necessary for mining purposes.
Ordinary claims will be $50 feet wide
and discoveries claims 800 feet wide
| The Canadian government reserves
every alternate ten claims, and may sell
them at public auction. Grants for min
ing under water may be given in FIVE
mile sections for fee of 500 and 10 pei
| cent of the gross output. Recording OF
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a plot and field notes of the claim, or
claims, in common, madeA by or under
the direction of the surveyor general,
showing accurately the boundaries,
which should be marked distinctly by
boundaries on the ground, and shall
post copy of such plot, together with
a notice of such application for pat
ent, in a conspicuous place on the land
or claim in question.
This posting must be done before the
filing of the application for a patent.
He must also file, when he applies for
his patent, the affidavit of at least two
persons that such notice has been duly
posted, together with an extract copy of
such notice.
The register of the land office then
causes to be published in newspaper
by him designated as the nearest to the
claim, for sixty days, q notice that such
application has been made. He must
for the same period also post such no.
tice in his office.
AT the time of filing his application,
or within sixty days, claimant must file
with the register a certificate or the
surveyor general that $500 worth of Ia
bor has been expended upon improve
ments made upon the claim by himself
or grantors, and that the plant is cor
| rect, and shall give such other descrip'
ton a is necessary for Identification tc
be incorporated in the patent.
/ LANDS OPEN TO ALL CITIZENS.
At the end of sixty days the claimant
must file his affidavit showing that the
plat and notice have been posted in q
conspicuous place on the claim during
the period of publication. If no adverse
claim is filed within sixty days the law
| assumes the applicant to be entitled to
his patent upon payment to the proper
| officer Of IS per acre for the land en-
braced within the claim.
All aff1davits under the mining laws of
the United States may be made before
any officer authorized to administer
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06

Henry Irving" has been full of sur
piises. He was born in Kleinton, near
Glastonbury Kleinton Is even today
seven miles from any railroad. He left
there at the age of four.
In speaking of his birthplace he re-
members an incident that happened
when he was but three years Of age.
While walking across meadow he was
attacked by a flock of sheep and was
handled very roughly. He says the oc-
currence has always been dreadful
memory to him. Irving spent but little
time with his parents, having attended
school in London at quite an early age,
and from thence he went to the Office of
a merchant engaged in the West India
trade. 1t was plainly seen that he was
45t ont out for business man, and at
tha aee of eighteen was allowed to fol-
h5w sis true bent by joining a stock
eosa1 1y in the north of England.
Tatsw he married young English girl,
wEosa union with him was not alto
xethar congenial, though both appre-
ssata each other. A difference in tastes
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'That has been my. guide ever since, &"
somebody wants"
One of his first important spectacular
inventions was the electric locomotive,
The Judge" which will be remembered
by all who visited the expositions Of
lS80-1S90
Then followed in bewildering rapidity
the following important and useful de-
vices which have secured degree Of
prominence all over the civilized world:
Phonogram, invented May Is, 1880.
Magnetic ore separator, invented June
l. 1880
Brake for electric motors, invented
June 8, 1880.
Electric lamps, invented July 20, $780,
Addressing machine, invented Aug. 80,
1880
Electro-chemical recording telegraph,
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06
MULES AND BABIES

(From the Atlanta, Ca, Constitutional
Touching the protest we occasionally
hear against the dangerous practice of
driving loose mules through the streets.
it may be well to assure the timorous
that there is no possible danger of
mule running over child You may
set a baby in the middle of Marietta
street and drive a thousand mules at a
wild gallop through it, and not one
would hurt the baby. It is we'll enough
to give a mules heelsra wide berth, but
no one ever heard of child or man
being run over by one. You could not
drive q mule over a child.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06
DEVIL FISH IN PORTLAND.

| (From the Portland Oregonian)
The largest and most Notwithstanding
octopus. or devil fish, ever seen in Port
| land was displayed in front of a fish
market at Third and Ankeny streets
yesterday and attracted much atten=
ton, being surrounded by a crowd all
day. 1t is impossible, accurately, to
state the length of the tentacles, or
arms, of the monster, as some were fes-i
tooned on the hooks in the vicinity of
the one on which the monster hung,
while others were coiled in the snow on
the sidewalk. 1t was evident that the
reach Of the tentacles would cover 80
or 40 feet The sack-shaped body could
be distended so as to hold a good-sized
boy, and the thing, when alive and in
good pasture" probably weighed 100 to.
$50 pounds. At least, these figures are
an average of the estimates made by
the crowd. The long tentacles were
thickly covered with suckers from end
to end, those near the head as shrunken
when the fish was killed being large
enough to cover a silver dollar and,
probably, when the animal was alive
and able to expand and contract them,
would cover a disk between the size OF
a muffin plate and a soup plate.
The crowd gathered around listened
with open mouths to the story of
fisherman who told them that the devil
fish had swamped and smashed boat
and chased the crew ashore. An old
sailor gave the crowd some pointers in
regard to devil fish he had met in Aus
tralian waters which could reach their
arms up and pull sailors off the yards
of a good-sized vessel. The advertise
ing agent, or barker for dime mu-
scum related his experiences in exhibit
ing stuffed octopus in Cincinnati, and
explained the anatomy of the monster
to the crowd The fish dealer slit up
the gizzard-shaped mouth of the fish
and exposed the tooth, or beak, shaped
like that OF a parrot and as sharp as
a knife. The cavity of the body was
explored, and all sorts of organs, in,
GLIDING a vermiform appendix, found.
Then another sailor told how an octo-ss
pus got wound up in the propeller Of
a steamer he was on and stopped It,
and the steamer came near drifting into
the breakers before the arms of the
thing could be cut off and cleared away,
as every sucker held on like grim death.
Then a new hand took the floor and
told how the devil fish darted its tenta-
Giles around, and If one of them touched
a man, he was q goner, and was hauled
to the bottom at once.
''And what would he do with you
then?" asked a shivering, pallid wretch
of dope fiend, whose bare toes pro7
truded through his WORKOUT shoes into
the snow, as he removed the cigarette
snipe from his mouth.
why, eat you, of course said the
orator, looking around; but when he
saw the dope f1end, he added: No; he
would not eat you, you would turn his
stomach The fiend slid off, just as a
farmer, with a whip in his hand, els
bowed his way into the crowd and stood
staring in open-mouthed wonder at. the;
monster ndschievous fellow gave
one of the tentacles swing and It,
whirled around the farmers neck, and
he WITHOUT waiting to see who had as
saulted him, began striking right and
left with his whip. which caused a scat
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invented Aug. 81, 1880
Incandescent light, invented March %
1881.
Electric meter, invented June a. 1881.
Telephone, Jan. II and May 8, 1882.
Regulator for dynamo electric ma
chine, invented Oct. TO- 1882
Relay for kilograms, invented March
%, 1881.
Electric railway, invented March 6,
1888
Dynamo electric machine, invented
Oct 80, 1888.
Chemical stock quotation telegraph,
invented March II, 1885.
Photograph invented July 81, 1888.
Arc lamp, invented Oct, IA, 1890.
Photograph for dolls and Toys, in
vented March IL, 1890.
Magnetic separator, invented June IL
1892.
sextuplet receiver, which is now con-
trolled and used by all the Western
Union telegraph offices.
Ore conveyor and arranger thereon,
invented March %, 1892.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06

A lady who saw that her servant girl
seemed to take a certain interest in the
objects of art in her parlor, said to her:
Which one of those figures do you like
best, Mary?" This one, num- said
Mary pointing to the armless Venus OF
Milo "And why do you like the Venus
best?" Sure. it's the aisiest to doost,
num-" answered the girl.-Harlem Life.
"You know said the Chinese emper-
or, possession is nine points of the
law" Eyes, "vreplied the European dip
lomat, but I must remind you that
there are several hundred points in the
game we are playing Nine points rep
resents a mere bagatelle in the so9re. y
Washington Star. 1850
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06

Billy Blink Cooking instructor)-''G rea
Scotti That was an outer you gave
me. But what's that in your glove,
say?" Amateur Gust learning)-FOh,
that's a horseshoe-r put 1t there for
luck. '-Tit-Bits.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06

No money in it.-Miss Van Rocks
80 You asked father, did you? And
did he talk business?" Lord De Liverus
No; he said all he could give was his
consent PUCK.
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train with a dozen other men who have
been chosen on political, literary OF
other grounds. When you get there you
have a good luncheon, then the cand1-
dates enter the room where the queen is,
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-08
: MILLBURY.

S0TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. James Fl.
Ferguson was the scene Monday eve
ming of a grand gathering, which called
for the purpose of helping Mr.. and Mrs.
Ferguson to celebrate the goth anniver-
sary of their marriage. The occasion
was also the birthday of Mrs PAMELA
B. Barrows, mother of Mrs. Ferguson,
who was So years old. The arrange
ments for the affair We're conducted by
Adah Chapter, o. of L. s.. a society to
which Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson belong.
Some so or rs persons were present,
all members of the order During the
course of the evening, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ferguson were presented by one of the
party present a handsome ice pitcher.
Mrs Barrows was not forgotten, for i'm
mediately after the presentation to Mr..
and Mrs. Ferguson, Mrs Barrows was
presented q beautiful vase and So pinks,
pink for each year of her age. All
present enjoyed themselves till a late
hour.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-08
THE CASINO TOURNAMENT.
Men Who Viii Make Up Teams and
Schedule.

Men Who Viii Make Up Teams and
Schedule.
There was a meeting of captains of
teams entered in the coming bowling
tournament at the Casino alleys, at
Kennedy's Hotel, Monday evening.
Seven teams were represented and
named their playerss Another team is
wanted to complete the schedule OF
games, which will begin Tuesday eve
ming.
The men who will make up the teams
and the schedule Of games, follow
Vernons-Dolan; Mahan, Reynolds
Lachappelle, Kennedy.
Belmonts-G. Wyman, Wells, Perkins
Armatage. $50
Waverleys Loomis, Rice, Hoy, Lewis
Crystals-Weish, Clark, J. sullivan
Maple, P. Sullivan.
Maines-Moran, Gilmore, Kennedy
Guard of Honor-J, Snow, LOTUS
Cronin, Bean, Bousquette Ray.
South Worcesters-Hoyle Hargraves
Simpson, Colville, Watson.
March S-Maines vs. Vernons, Waiver
lys VS. Belmonts, Guard of Honors VS.
So. Worcester; CRYSTALS VS.. -
March 14-Maines VS.. Waverlys, Yer
. uOuS vs.. oelHlOillS.
March 17--Guard Of Honor VS.. Crys-
tails, So Worcester VS.. -.
Mar. 21--Maines VS.. Belmonts, Yer
mons Vs. WaveTleys.
Mar. !24AGuard Of Honor VS.. -
South Worcesters VS.. Crystals.
Mar. 2S-Maines VS.. South Worcesters
Vernons VS. Guard of Honor
March 81, Waverleys vs. , Bel
monts va Crystals.
April A, Maines vs. -, Vernons VS.
a Crystals.
April 7, Belmonts vs. Guard of Honor
Waverleys VS.. South Worcester
April 1.-Maines VS.. Guard Of Honor
April 11--Vernons VS.. So Worcester
April 14.-Waverleys VS.. Crystals.
April 14.-Belmonts VS..
April 18.-Maines VS.. Crystals.
April 18.-Vernons VS.. -
April Waverleys VS.. Guard OF
HONOR. r~-~
April 21.-Belmonts vs. So. Worcester
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DUTCH CHEESE

Set the left over milk (sweet or sour)
In tin pan on the stove, and it will turn
to curds and whey. When the curd is
quite thick, strain off the whey through
a cloth. Salt to taste and make it into
little balls or press it solid in some dish.
This is a very delicious cheese, and it is
a very sensible way of using up the sur
plus milk In forming it for the table,
shape it into long ovals or cylinders and
put a few drops of butter over it and
press down with knife into the cheese.
little butter added to the cheese in
making adds a great deal to it; to about
two quarts of milk, one would allow a
large tablespoonful of butter
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-08
NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Canadian government has decided
to supplement the force Of mounted po-
licemen in the Klondike by a military
detachment.
between Utica and Rome, n. Y. quit
work Monday. There are about 1000 of
them. They demand that the pay for
laborers be increased from 12 1-2 to Is
cents an hour. All teamsters, masons
and stone cutters have gone out through
sympathy.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-08
CHoCoLATE CAKE.

One cup of sugar, one-half cup of but
ter one-half cup of milk, two cups o1
-four two eggs, one-half teaspoonful OF
soda, one teaspoonful of cream of tar
tar.
Frosting-Three squares of chocolate
grated, one-half cup of sugar, one-hali
cup of milk Cook until it thickens. Cook
in three layers, with frosting between
and on top.
The cake must not be too hot when
the frosting is put in, as the hot cake is
likely to make crust-like formation
on the frosting and will not hold the
shape so well as when the cake is al
lowed to cool little.