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Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-07

shown in the picture is feet, 2 inches.
Its length is 40 feet, 2 inches. 1t will
be by far the most powerful gun ever
constructed. Lieutenant John F..
Meigs, formerly of the United States
Army, under whose supervision the
gun is being built. says of it:
''Its projectile will weigh about 1900
pounds and its velocity will be in the
nelghborhood Of 1000 feet per second.
The range of such gun would be very
great,-not less than ten miles; and its
extreme range, or the utmost distance
to which it could throw a projectile,
would be in the neighborhood of 10
miles, according to Lieut.. Meigs. Its
power is so great from the weight of
the projectile that no armor-clad could
receive a blow from it without perfora-
tion Of her armor.''
Picture to yourself a gun that weighs
1875 tons. When that gun is placed in
a position to defend New York Harbor,
which it will be one of these days. one
shot, if it struck fairly, would sink the
best war vessel that ever was built.
This is what is known as a 16-ineh
gun, while the United States has never
before attempted any heavier piece of
ordnance than a 12-inch gun. The new
cannon, as stated above, would throw
projectile IS miles; the nearest ap-
proach to this distance heretofore was
the so-ealled Jubilee shot in England,
where the projectile travelled IL miles.
All the metal used is fluid and
pressed. The specifications, which are
being adhered to strictly, call for the
most exacting tests. 1t is necessary
that the gun should be composed en-
tirely of forged metal The actual cost
of the gun itself viii be 100000. The
cost of the gun carriage and the tur-
ret for the gun when it is finally set up
will be about as great as that of the
weapon itself. Beneath a gun of this
sort there must be a foundation of
fifty feet of solid concrete.
While this huge ingot is cast at
bethlehem. the finishing touches will
be ADDED at the Watevliet Arsenal,
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-07

AT an elevation of five miles but
little effect remains of daily tempera-
ture variation. At this altitude-one
mile-the atmosphere is free from the
disturbing influence of immediate sur
face radiation, and consequently there
is but little change between the tenn
perature of midday and midnight Dis
tribution of temperature in the cold
wave or rainstorm areas may give a
clue to the future direction of the
storm. Indeed, it may be discovered
that the storm center at that elevation
will not always coincide with the geo.
gaphical storm center at the surface of
the earth. The displacement of this
center may possibly give some indlca-
ton of the future direction of the
storm"
Copyright, 1897, by Bachelor Syndicate.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-07

Next spring there is to h a great
change in the foundations of the pre-
dictions of "Old Probabilities" Willis
L. Moore, Chief of the United States
Weather Bureau, says that by that
time the Signal Corps will have placed
not less than twenty kite-stations be-
tween the Rocky Mountains and the
Atlantic Ocean At each of these,
daily readings of the weather pre-
dictions will take place at an elevation
of a mile or more by means Of kites.
At present there is only one kite-sta-
ton that at Washington City. From
readings taken there at the elevation
of more than mile, information has
been gained by the Signal Service
which has greatly assisted in .estimat-
ing the future direction of a storm
center when all other means Of gain
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-07
NEW GRIST FOR
AN AGED MILL.


An old colonial grist mill that ground
corn for Washington's army in the
days of the Revolution has just begun
grinding again for the farmers near the
upper portion of Wissahickon Greek,
four miles northeast of Chestnut 4ill,
in Pennsylvania. 1t is more than
hundred and twenty-five years old;
vet the old Piper mill is as strong and
steadfast apparently, as when the
Colonies were fighting for their lib
erty.
Nowadays the place where it is To-
Gated is known as the Thomas estate,
and the big three story gray stone
structure looms up just as do the mem
cries of Lexington and Bunker Hill.
Every one Of its great cross-joists and
beams were hewn by hand from solid
quartered oak logs. Tha+ is the kind
of timber that lasts. In olden times
this was the only min anywhere near
the section of country where it stands,
and therefore about all the grain that
was raised for miles and miles around
1t was brought there to be ground. In
fact until the day of steam power in
grist mills, its wheels whirled merrily
every day, and the miller and his men
had that satisfied appearance of those
who have plenty to do.
1t is now little more than fifty
years since the .mill ceased operations.
The old wooden shafting and quantity
wrought oak cogs and angle wheels
stood motionless and covered with
dust, left just as they were in the days
when prosperity smiled on the miller.
The spider wove his web and the birds
sought shelter from storms in the old
mill, year after year and decade after
decade.
\ few weeks ago it was decided that
so substantial structure, thoroughly
adapted to even modern milling, should
no longer remain in disuse. 1t would
not do to attempt to operate with the
old fashioned gear and plant, so it was
decided to bring it up to date by the
removal Of the ancient running gear,
and by substituting modern steel
shafting and steel cogs.
Down came the old square and octa-
gonal main shaft together with the
quaint old paddle mill-wheel, -iust the
same wheel that poets have --ritten
of, just the same as the one of which
our grandfathers have told u.s. Up in
their places went modern iron tur-
bine and a six-inch steel main shaft.
The mill looked the same on the out
side, to be sure but the spiders had
gone from the old interior and the
birds nested there no longer.
This was not ALL In the old days.
the mill race, as it was first built, was
quite big enough. Not SO now. 1t was
found necessary both to widen and
deepen it, The old serni-circular dam
was discovered to have outlived its
usefulness, and this, too, was recon-
structed. The true American spirit,
while it may rebuild has no love of de-
stroying the old-time landmarks, and
the few changes which have been made
have, except so far as was unavoida-
BILE, not been allowed to alter the gem
eral appearance of the old mill.
The changes were completed a few
days ago. The great doors that have
been closed to the public for a half a
century were again opened; and now,
after a silence of fifty years, the old
mill again vibrates to the power that
grinds the grain.
Copyright, 1897 by Bachelor Syndicate
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-07
APPARATUS BY MEANS OF WHICH CLAIMED GOLD CAN BE
a Photograph

new fashioned crucibles will bring into
existence, if Mr.. Brice is correct. They
are only lust fairly in operation, for it
was not until November u that hres
were lighted in them for the first time.
Mr.. Brice declares that the only rea-
son gold has not been manufactured
before is because no one hitherto has
ever been able to learn just exactly
what gold consists of.
He says that it was borne in upon
him that the reason investigators had
failed to learn the secret of the trans
mutation of metals, was that they had
never stopped to consider that the re-
uuction Of gold itself or silver was not
at all likely to result in showing the
exact proportion of the elements that
went to constitute each. Mr.. Brice,
therefore, experimental in ways that
he keeps to himself, and one day. al
most by accident, he succeeded in
making both gold and silver at the
same time. SO he claims.
The particular ore used by Mr.. Brice
in the creation of the most precious Of
metals is known as the ore of anti
mony, and it costs about SIS ton. The
10000 tons of ore a day which it is pro-
posed to prepare from the ore Of anti
mony by means of peculiar processes
which are Mr.. Brice's own, when re-
fined by the usual processes of refining
base bullion, will yield $500 to the ton.
One of the features of Mr.. Brice's
method consists in the use of artificial
VOLCANOES. the principle Of which Mr..
Brice learned by living six months on
the slopes of vesuyius while that
mountain was In eruption. The ore of
anthony contained in crucibles is all
lowed to remain in these VOLCANOES
forty-eight hours. 1t is then crushed,
the powdered ore placed on the remov-
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-07

pare the electric disruptive charge with
that of the ordinary machine. Per-
haps the largest X-ray machine in the
country next to that owned by Prof.
Trowbridge is the property of Prof. w
j. Morton, of New York. The distance
between the positive and negative
poles in this machine is not more than a
foot; 1T is over this distance that the
disruptive electrical discharges pass
from pole to pole. Imagine, therefore,
machine where the positive and neg
ative poles are four feet apart, and
some idea of the immense superiority
of Prof. Trowbridge's machine can be
gained.
The X-ray that this giant machine
can make possible is more powerful
than any of which Prof. Roentgen ever
talked-or dreamed, probably. 1t is
believed that through it and the de-
velopments resulting from its use a
new era will dawn so far as the avail
ability of the X-ray is concerned. Here
is a light powerful enough to test the
theories of the experts who have
claimed that the possibilities of the
X-ray are only limited by the degree
of development.
Electricians who are studying the
x-ray problem in different cities of the
United States are discussing the ad-
visibility of inviting Prof. Trowbridge
to carry out various proposed tests Of
the powers of the ray, with view of
settling forever the disputed question
as to the effect of a tremendous in
crease of the penetrating power. Mr..
Edison is authority for the statement
that the construction of this machine
can best be likened to the dawning OF
new day in the world of electricity.
Copyright, 1897, by Bachelor Syndicate.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-07
Gamblers Ionahs.

Every follower of the races firmly be-
lieves in a Jonah. Every man has his
particular Jonah, and there is great
lodging about to avoid meeting the I'M
lucky man, who is generally a good
fellow, but whose tips, while well
meant, and given with the best inten-
ton in the world, Invariably go wrong.
Any reader who follows the horses can
name his Jonah off-hand, and will tell
you how, nine times out of ten, an APP
parently sure-money bet is lost through
contact with the unlucky one.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-07
Beginning Of Our BIGGEST Gun.

located at West Troy, N. Y. Who
ever has been aboard of one of the big
battleships, like the Iowa, the Massa-
chusetts or the Indiana, will probably
remember the huge guns forward that
impressed the observer with the idea
that they could annihilate anything.
Let it be remembered that they are
mere toys as compared with this news
est and biggest gun of Uncle Sans,
and fair idea Of the latter's tremend-
Gus power and size may be gained.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-07
Iack McAuliffels Supefstition.

Jack McAuliffe was superstitious to
a. marked degree when on the race
track, and firmly believed in the Won
derful winning powers of an old blue
serge coat, which was quite out OF
keeping with the rest of his tasteful
outfit. Whenever he had lost heavily
and felt something must be done, the
old coat would be taken from the ward
robe, brushed. and donned. This coat
enveloped the pugilist's punches of
muscles the day Reclare won the Sap
phire Stakes at Sheepshead Bay, Nc
Auliffe laying $4,000 to win $4,000 on
the race.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-07
(ruCibfe 10 Beat LIE Kfondike.

There are just two furnaces in ex-
istence avowedly built for the purpose
of manufacturing gold. They are To-
Gated at 39th street and Lowe avenue,
Chicago, and the man who has built
them, e. g, Brice, claims that they will,
before long, with the other apparatus
used in. connection Herewith, bring in
$4,000 a week.
Think of the flood of gold that these
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-07

molds about eight inches long and four
inches wide of pyramidal form.
The refining process continues until
the gold and silver are all extracted.
Mr.. Brice claims that his first weeks
work resulted in the production or
more than $4,000 worth of gold and sill
yer. The wealth. therefore, that must
pass through these furnaces, according
to his statements, is likely to be as
great as that hoped for by the man
who is trying to extract all the gold
there is in sea-water by means of an
apparatus now in course of erection up
at Passamaquoddy Bay on the coast OF
Maine.
copyright, 1891 by Bachelor Syndicate.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-07

able bottom of metallurgical furnace,
and quantity of scrap lead thrown on
top of it,
The fearful heat melts the lead and it
eventually vaporizes, the vapor pass
ing up through the ore, forming a cor
rosive substance which transforms into
what is called waite" everything
in the powdered ore except the gold
and silver The gold and silver sink
into the molten lead and are drawn off
with it. The combination is placed in
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-07

How many people are there who
know just how the biggest gun the
United States government ever ordered
looks in its initial stage? Here is a
picture of the great ingot, just as it
was cast at the big steel works at
Bethlehem, Pa. When it is all COM
pleted it will be six tons heavier than
the monster Krupp gun shown at the
Worlds Fair in Chicago, and five feet
longer than the German gun.
The diameter Of the ingot as it is
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-07
Feared the Anarchists.

AUST after the execution, n. Diebler,
the French executioner who guillotlned
Ravachol, was turned out of his house
by his landlord, who was very much
afraid the Anarchists would blow up
the property.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-07
This Melon Is The Reconsideration Of the World.

day is the only festival of the sort OBJ
served anywhere. 1t is attended every
year by from 10000 to 1900 persons,
and sometimes the governor of the
state is among the visitors. Thousands
Of the melons are brought in from the
ranches and deposited in a big grove
within the city limits. Alta given sig
nal, all the visitors repair to this grove
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-07
stsnford's BIG Mail

The late Senator Stanford used to res
ceive a larger mail than the President.
Once. while on a vacation away from
his secretary, he allowed it to accumu-
late; and when his secretary sat down
to his task of opening it he was con-
fronted by six large mail bags full OF
letters
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-07

never to be forgot
ten, for neither
man nor woman
appears at best
either cutting or
eating a water
melon.
Everyon is sup
posed to eat all he
can, and the mel
ons that are left
are divided among
those who care to
take the trouble to
remove them from
the grove. No i'll
ness ever results
from this whole
sale consumption
of melons, because
no melon is eaten
that is not perfect
~ ripe.
1t is probable
that many of those
who read this ar
ticle have unknow-
j n g ! y e a I EN- a
Rocky Ford melon,
because the melons
from that section
of Colorado are
shipped all over
the United States
and sold as the
product Of various
localities. 1t is a
peculiar industry,
the raising Of wa
termelons; but so
great has it be-
come at Rocky
Ford that a wa
termelon growers
association h a s
beer formed. All
s orts of expert
ments are tried to
make the melons
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-07


piished by nature,
Lion number two
is State Senator
iswink, the father
of Melon LAY, and
one of that fast
disappearing list
of "honor men,
the Colorado pion-
GERS. S e n { t o r
Swink and the
watermelon both
challenge adnira'
ton for their eX-
traordinary quail
tiles.
After the water
melon shown in
the picture had
been photographed,
it was carved, and
the biggest colored
man w i t h t h e
greatest appetite
ever known south
of Mason and Dix
on's line could not
have eaten a quar-
ter Of it. 1t is Sald
that fruit mon
sters of this sort
c o m m o My lose
their delicacy, both
of flavor and tex
ture. But this wa
termelon is an ex-
ception to all rules,
t h ere was any
amount of delicacy
apparent to the
fortunate ones who
were given a por-
ton of it. The
melon weighed ex-
actly 1856 pounds,
and was three feet
and a half in cir
cumference. When
carved it made $50
slices, and one slice
was all that an or
binary p er S 0 n
could possibly eat
at a meal. Rocky
Ford's watermelon
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-07

once a yer at Rocky Ford, Col,
thew have what they call watermelon
day. The accompanying Illustration
shows the dual lions OF the last occa-
sion. The melon, which measures a
tribe over FIVE feet in length, is the
worlds record breaker. Not even in
Maumee, where potatoes grow so tall,
- onvtbine like his ever accom-
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-07

+ 1t will be a sorry day for the hostile
warship that tries to enter New York
harbor after this monstrous engine of
war is mounted.
Copyright 1887. by Bachelor Syndicate.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-07

and the watermelon feast begins.
1t is poor year indeed for water
melons when Melon Day sees less than
10000 of them at the grove. One of the
rules of the day is that every person
must carve his own melon, there being
no exception on account Of sex, age, or
previous condition of appetite. The re-
suit is that tie spectacle is one
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-07-29
Hotel Clocks Always Truthful.

SA 0AOS00 0A"oy6 AA0V0AU4.
"When l am travelling never put the
slightest confidence in household
clock" writes Robert ]. Burdette of
'Tongueless LIARS" in the August La
dies Home Journal. "A hotel clock 1
can depend upon. There are too many
watches in a hotel-good watches,
watches whose absolute correctness
means money to the commecial men
who regulate the travelling life of this
country. A lying clock would be spot
ted in quarter of a second, and the UNI
happy clerk scourged with pitiless sar-
casms therefore. In the course of NV
wanderings up and down this path of the
the globe missed few trains and lee
ture engagements by depending upon
clocks in the homes ofmy friends. Hav-
ing thus paid for my lesson-6fteen or
twenty thousand dollars. think-by my
own computation of the value of my lee
lures (set ahead little bit, you know, it
may be trife fast; haven't time to
look up the exact figures, l withdrew
all my trust from mantel clocks, espec-
ally the highly ornamented marble and
gilt variety with silver bells or cathedral
Chimes
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Independent and Democratic.

Independent and Democratic"
A complete state ticket was placed in
nomination at Fargo Wednesday by the
joint committee appointed by the state
conventions held in the same place on
the 18th inst. The several places on the
ticket were distributed among the three
parties democratic, independent and
silver republican, and in the shuttle
Grand Forks county is given two places
on the ticket-governor and supreme
court justice. The full ticket selected is
as follows:
Member Of congress, H. M. Creel,
Ramsey; governor. d. M. Holmes, Grand
Forks; lieutenant governor, w. A. Bent.
~, Burleigh; secretary Of state, Samuel
Torgerson, Trail; auditor, Chas G Babe.
Richland; treasurer, Thos. Bolton,
Walsh; commissioner Of insurance. VIM.
Campbell. Barnes; attorney general, S.
6. Bartlett, Cass; superintendent public
instruction. G. 6. Schmidt, Stutsman;
commissioners Of agriculture and labor,
Alfred Whipple. Ransom; railroad COM
missioners, Harvey Hevener, Stutsman;
Nels II. Bornstad, Dickey; Robt. Fiem-
Ing, Cavalier; supreme court, c. ]. Fisk,
Grand Forks.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-07-29
Latest War News.

Spain this week made direct appeal
for terms Of peace to the President
through the French ambassador. How
much i'll earnest they are is question.
While doubtless they would accept
peace if the terms suited, we believe that
the present appeal is simply to get dir
ect and specific statement from this gov
eminent, as to its intentions, and then
use that statement as means of getting
European interference. Already Sagasta
the Spanish minister is making the claim
that the U. S. have purposely delayed
answer until Miles should have landed
on Porto Rico. General Miles landed
near Ponce, on the south coast of Porto
Rico on Monday, without serious oppo-
sition. 1t is IS miles from San Juan. A
railroad runs from San Juan to Ponce.
Porto Rico is about 100 miles long and
80 wide. There are good roads all over
the island, and conditions for health and
travel are much more favorable than in
Cuba. Large numbers acknowledgements
are on their way to Miles, and he will
! not likely make any forward movement
until they arrive. The fever at Santiago
among our troops is slowly increasing
but the fatalities are few. The situation
at Manila remains unchanged, General
Merritt is due there about this date. 1t
is thought that Immediately on Merritt's
arrival that the Spanish government will
surrender to him rather than to the in
surgents.
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Alex Mclean was in town from Mel ean,
on Tuesday, where he runs the postof-
fee and general store on his own town
site in one of the picturesque hooks at
the foot of the mountain along the
Tongue river. He reports that princi-
pal Merrifeld and Professor Babcock OF
the state university have crew of men
busy clearing of site for their mining
plant on the river bank and have lately
purchased eighteen 40 acre tracts of land
running along the banks of the Pembina
river. The future development of this
mining venture makes the outlook fol
Mclean quite bright. MI. Mclean also
stated while here that movement was
under consideration by residents down
that way to petition the next legislature
to organize now county, taking the east.
ern range Of towns from Cavalier and
the western tief Of Pembina to form the
new county. The schesne b Is yet only
on paper, but IS received with great Il.
vor, especially ~ the residents d west.
ern Pembins, vho.ars nearly fifty mile.
from their county seat. .... Hon. Jas.
Dobie was given the position Of state
committee man from cavsli1 county Il
the Independsat oonventioa held Il Far.
60 last week. -Lansdon Democrat.
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Married.

BArEMAN-LEE HMAN-At toilette, July
9th, 1893, blRev. ]. G. Moore, David
Bateman to Miss Nellie Leachman,
both of Joliee.
The ceremok occurred at the resi-
dence of Mr.. Gas. Wrixon, in the pres
ence OF largh umber Of invited guests.
The PIoNEER:xP adds its congrat-
ulations to thF of a very large circle OF
friends.
HooKwAY-R owN-At Neche, July IS,
1898, by r.. Mr.. Hart, Fred Hook
way to ] IS Ruth Brown, both of St.
Thomas.