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Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-21
NEW FIELDS FOR YOUNG AMERICANS.

the greatest attraction for young men.
In all the universities and technical
schools the course in electrical engi-
neering is the one that is most crowded
while science, especially chemistry, is
all the time growing at the expense of
the liberal arts. Nearly one thousand
engineers. electrical. mechanical. civil,
are graduated from the various schools
every year. The very newest profess
sions, such as forestry, scientific agri-
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-21
LIFE PRESERVING
FIRENAN'S HELMET.

Fire Director Reichel, of Berlin, Ger
many, has invented a helmet for fire
men by means of which it is possible
to bid defiance to smoke and the nox-
ious odors that often assail men during
a fire where chemicals are in any way
involved.
1t is very like a divers helmet in ap-
pearance, tubes being attached to the
helmet directly over the mouth and
nostrils of the wearer, while before the
eyes are two tiny portfolios filed with
bulls-eye glass of unusual clearness.
Through these tubes and the bulls-eyes
the Wearer of the helmet breathes,
talks to comrades outside of the build
ing in the open air, and sees as best
he may what is going on.
While these tubes are life giving and
sometimes life-saving in their powers
they naturally prevent the fireman go
ing any great distance from the en-
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-21

Modern industry, science and inven-
ton are constantly opening new fields
of enterprise for young Americans, new
lines of business which our fathers
never thought of. Some of them con-
tain great possibilities and powerful
attractions for the young men of to-
day: all of them are worth consider
ing by the boy who is just beginning to
ponder the fascinating question: What
career?"
What are the professions that did not
exist a generation ago the new fields
in which there is perhaps less COMPETE
ton than in the more trodden paths of
industry, in which the young Amer
lean can hope to make reputation
and possibly a fortune?
That is the question which | put to
President Croker of the American So
ciety of Engineers, a successful man
who feels the deepest interest in the
plans and prospects of Young America.
"Wen," said he, 1.-THE one agent that
| is doing most to provide new careers
for young men is undoubtedly cleo
tricitv Today there are a hundred men
engaged in one branch or other of cleo
trieal work where there was one a gen.
Grafton ago. And the field is not full
vet. The demand for electrical en-
gineers keeps well up to the supply.
The application of electricity in indus
trial affairs is still in its infancy and
it will continue to increase and broaden
in the next quarter century as it has in
the past
There are four great fields of engi-
neering which electricity is coming to
control and in which young men may
find many opportunities. One is min
ing. Electricity has reyolutionized the
methods employed in mining within
the past few years and well-trained
electrical mining engineers have little
difficulty in obtaining positions. Prob
ably the largest salaries paid to any
professional men today are drawn by
men who combine an expert knowl-
edge Of mining and electricity. Marine
engineering is another field in which
knowledge of electricity is coming to be
an essential to success. In the man
agement of ships. and especially of
ships of war, electricity is becoming
more and more important, To the
Young American who is seeking for
career that will be a credit to himself
and a service to his country | cannot
do better than to recommend that he
fit himself by a thorough training in
electricity for the naval service of the
United States.
Railway work and electrical trans
mission, including telephone and tele-
graph work, and power transmission
offer the most extensive field to the
young electrician. Electricity is be-
ing extended from street railroads to
the longer lines and the transmission
systems are growing all the time The
majority of men in this work now are
young men and the various companies
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-21

The public's chief interest in fish is
aroused when it appears in toothsome
form, and smaller but more enthu-
siastic contingent loves it best in the
water Uncle Sam, however, takes still
a different interest and quite number
of his wise men are busily at work at
all times trying to learn new facts
about all kinds of fish, as to their hab-
its and general methods of action.
One of the oldest of these govern
ment experiments is the tagging of
fish, which is done after the fashion
shown in the accompanying illustra~
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-21
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In Their SCarf6 This
Spring,

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Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-21

Two blocks from the Matanzas River
near The United States barracks and
parade ground at st. Augustine, Fla,
is the Oldest house in the United States,
built in 1864 when the Spaniards settled
st. Augustine. 1t is a queer looking
old structure, and the accompanying
picture, from a photograph taken a
few days ago, shows it just as it looks.
Originally it was a monastery, and
for twenty years was occupied by the
monks of st. Francis. Then the monks
moved into a larger and more preten-
tious building, and the old place be-
came the residence Of SPANS governor
general. A century later, the English
utilized it for a short time, during their
temporary occupation of Florida, but
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-21

curious would-be rival to the troll
ley, as odd as it is interesting, has
made its appearance. 1t is one of the
most novel applications of the bicycle
to the transportation problem that has
yet been announced. The inventor calls
it an elevated track and cycle, and
claims that it can easily be constructed
and operated at an expense far less
than the trolley and with almost no
danger of accident.
A carriage, such as that shown in the
accompanying picture, is suspended
from frame to which are attached
two wheels with grooved edges, ar
ranged one before the other SO as to
run upon the track directly overhead.
This track is double, the rails being
laid upon and at the ends of transverse
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-21
A Tagged Fish.

missing and so was one tag. The fish,
in fact presented every evidence of
having been through pitched battle.
The only way this state of affairs can
be satisfactorily explained is by the
old theory that to ensure a fish's de-
struction by its own comrades, one
had but to fasten something to it so
firmly that it could not be rubbed off
He seems to become a mark and butt
of ridieule among his kind. Perhaps
this is the explanation of the plight of
the Sandy Hook cod. And this one fact
may prevent the experiment of the Fish
Commission from accomplishing the re-
suits so earnestly desired.
Copyright 1898.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-21
Copyright, 1898.
Rothschild at Monte Carlo.

Among the men who have been try
ing their luck at roulette in Monte Car
10 this season is Baron Arthur Roths-
child, a member Of the famous family
of bankers of that name. He has a
SYSTEM" which, however, is more ia
vorable to the operators of the wheel
than to himself. The baron becomes as
excited after a lucky turn as any poor
player. He uses as a rule the one hun
bred franc pieces of Monte Carlo. He
is tall, broad-shouldered man, with =
large, smooth-shaven face, and cares
little apparently for his personal ap-
pearance, as his clothing has a ne
elected look.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-21

able prompt control Of fires being Sc
cured which otherwise would resist at
tempts to extinguish them, by reason
of the smoke.
The first Of the tubes mentioned. the
air tube, runs from the helmet through
the entrance and to some point OUT
side the building where the fire is To-
Gated At the outside end stands fire.
man with an air-pumping apparatus,
which constantly supplies fresh air to
the helmet wearer. Beside the man
operating the pump stands second
fireman who, through the second tube,
is enabled to carry on a conversation
with his comrade of the helmet, and
thus know exactly the situation in the
buildings interior.
This means of communication ex-
pedites the work of attacking and de-
feating the fire to so great an extent
that it is estimated in Berlin, where
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-21

zion. and in order to show the rate of
growth of the fish the frequency of it's
spawning and the extent to which the
individual fish migrate. The particular
species of fish selected for this expert
ment is the cod, and the first one cap
tured since the tagged fish were turned
out of the tank into Vineyard Sound
was caught not long ago by a fisher
man off the Jersey coast, just south of
that low spit of land at the entrance
of New York harbor known as Sandy
Hook.
When one comes to realize the Gu
rious facts these tags may bring to
light, the hopes of the gentlemen of the
Fish Commission become of general
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-21
HISTORIC OLD HOUSE
A SOCIAL CENTRE.

prayed. The partitions between these
cells are of cedar and the wood is just
as good to-day as it was when 1t first
began to serve its purpose.
What a history the old place has! AL
though no more quiet nor restful spot
than st. Augustine exists on the Amer
lean continent, it has been the scene of
many q violent fray and Of social
events as brilliant as any that modern
Washington can boast Of When that
famous titled pirate, Sir Francis Drake,
sacked st. Augustine, this house was
the only one left standing. The ma
terial of which it was constructed
saved it, for coquina is impervious to
fire.
With all this history behind it, his
tory of revelry, bloodshed and con-
quest, the old house has at last settled
down to a monotonous existence as
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-21
UNHAPPY FATE
OF TAGGED FISH.

interest. Two hundred cod, weighing
from six to twenty pounds each, We're
tagged at Woods Hon and then re-
leased in the open waters of Vineyard
Sound The tags we're attached to
the dorsal and anal fins, as shown in
the picture
There has been any amount of Gu
riosity on the part of the employees of
the Fish Commission as to what would
be the result of the tagging process.
Thus far the only tagged fish known
to have been caught is the one referred
to captured near Sandy Hook This
one was in sad state. One eye was
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-21
so NILES Am HOUR
ON THIS TROLLEY.

rage is attached at it's ends to a u
shaped rod, the upper ends of which
extend upward and over the large
wheel, being united at their hubs by
horizontal bar which holds them rigid
ly in position.
The frame part of the carriage ex-
tends down from the track about six
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-21
New Garnet Fastener.

To do away with the use of lacks in
laying carpets, a new fastener is
formed of metal blocks, which are in
serted under the edge of the carpet,
and have grooved sections to support
the ends of toothed rods which hold the
CARPET in place.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-21
Copyright. 1898.

Miss Jones Professor, do you dare to
look me in the face and say that L orig
inally sprang from monkey?
Professor "a little taken aback, but
equal to the occasion)- really, it
must have been a very charming mon
kew
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-21
Stains on Marble.

Stains in marble basins, made by the
dripping of water. may be removed by
rubbing with an old toothbrush dipped
in pulverized chalk or ammonia.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-21
Copyright. 1898.

In a North County Board School re-
Gently a small boy was asked for a def
milton of "tithes." He replied. Things
worn by ladies in circuses and panto-
mines"
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-21
MARRYING in France.

A Frenchman in his own country is
not at liberty to marry without consent
of his father, or legal guardian, until
he has passed his twentieth year.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-21
NEW ALASKAN MAP.
Especially DESIGNED BY the Gov
eminent for PrO6DeCtor6
Miners and Travellers in
The Gold REGIONS.

A map of Alaska, showing gold-bear-
ing rocks, with descriptive text con-
tanning sketches of the geography,
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-21

feet. Two light bar straps run around
it, except at the gate entrance, where
a folding gate is provided. 1t is intend
ed to have the bottom of the carriage
eight feet from the ground where it is
not used along a roadway or street. If
it is built along the latter, height of
from fifteen to eighteen feet will be
maintained. The first road of this sort
is now under construction in Mobile,
Ala, and it is claimed that speed
with foot power of fifty miles an hour
can be maintained for a short distance,
anyway, and with electricity or gasoline
that it will be possible to move at the
rate of 100 miles an hour. The cost of
constructing the road will be $1,000 a
mile and that of the cars $50 each.
Nn1nvrioclnt 1903
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-29

peal to the jury for mercy; it was only justice he had asked for, and said he had raised his voice against the infa- nous practices of an infamous police de- partment. The speaker descended to viz Imperative abuse in his handling of the witnesses for the prosecution who had tes- tified to matters vital to the case of his client. Mrs Harris. who throughout the trial has been his pet aversion, he called "a cat-a degenerate female with a peculiar mentality like that of the Sweet Pea girl, whose only desire was to gain notoriety at any cost"
 He paid his respects to Expert Ames thus: eff ever brutal wretch lived on this earth it is that old pen-harlot Dan Ames. There is a man who would have no compunction in swearing away a hu- man life So infamous have these pen ex- perts become that the lawyers of the East are taking steps to protect themselves from these men they call hired liars for pay"
 MT. Knight dwelt long on the alibf proved for Mrs. Botkin, in which it was shown that she was in Eureka when one of the anonymous letters was postmarked in this city. He then questioned the box of candy ever having gone across the continent and suggested that possibly Dr. Bishop had inserted the poison after his patients had died in order to take the attention of the public away from himself He was dsgraced in his own city for allowing two pa- tients to die under his hand without knowing what had caused their deaths. The doctors had permitted Mrs. Cunning to die and did not know what was the
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-29

gray head has been seen day after day in the City of Paris, where he has been looking for evidence with which to bolster up his case. He dwelt on Chemist Wolf of Delaware finding only lump arsenic in the candy submitted to him, while Chemist Price of this city found only powdered arsenic. Lees then took ten Jumps, he said. that had been in his pos session, and upon these being analysed both kinds of arsenic were found. The thought of this seemed to overcome him, and all the comment he could make was, What do you think of that?" He spoke of the ironing of the wrapper by Chief Lees as an infamous thing" That no Chief of Police ever had undertaken to make a change in the original piece of evidence. He alluded to him as '.this old sunbonneted, decayed senile fossil, who could take fiatiron and blot out from a portion of the evidence something that might prove the innocence of my client but he would not dare take knife and detach anything"
 The speaker explained his anger at po- lice methods by saying that he stood by a defenseleSs client and saw the men of the department doing things not in keep ing with justice.
 He returned to the charge on the aged head of the Police Department later. This time his anger was aroused at the idea of the bit of seal being found in Mrs Bot kin's room some time after her depar-
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-29
WRIGHT HAS MADE
 NO APPOINTMENTS
HE DENIES ANY ONE IS SLATED
 FOR ANYTHING.
Anderson Not Promised Chairman ship, nor Has He Been Seek
 ing Any.

Howard E. Wright, who will be Speaker of the next Assembly, is incensed over an insinuation contained in an expose of a supposed scheme to be run through the next Legislature. It is declared that As semblyman A. Anderson of Solano is slated" as chairman of the Committee on Elections, and it leads to the inference that Wright has his committees already fixed.
 My committees are not decided upon,' said MT. Wright, in speaking of the para graph. "nor will they be until l get to Sacramento and am elected as Speaker I have made no promise to Mir. Anderson, and I will make no promise to him, for the elections or for any other committee He has sought no favors at my hands, and I have offered him none, and it is for that chairmanship, or, in fact for any other. have considered my committees but | will make no promises or appoint ments until the Legislature opens. MT. Anderson needs no defense at my hands He has already served a term in the Leg islature and his record is above reproach In making up my committees his qualifi- cations will certainly be considered
 Assemblyman Anderson, who was in the city last evening, confirmed all MT. Wright had said about the statement that lie was slated" for the Committee on Elections.
 ..I have had no conversation with Mir. Wright regarding his committees" he said. "I have asked no favors of him and he has extended none to me-"
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-29
Deeply Moved When Both the Prosecu= tion and the Defense Pictured
 Her Life With Dunning
George A. Knight Makes a Viruent, Aggressive and Personal Plea for the ACcused-Pillories Chief Lees and the Police Department-An
 Orator From Delaware.

comment in the courtroom when he closed was that he had so punctured the case of the prosecution and had created so much doubt that either an acquittal or a disagreement of the jury would re- suit. There was also much comment on his bitter arraignment of Chief Lees and of the Police Department generally. He cited the Rosser case and other instances where through the negligence of police officials justice had been cheated, but said he would not permit a vicarious sacrifice of this defenseess woman to atone for the dereliction of the police in the past. He charged Chief Lees with suppressing and destroying evidence favorable to the defendant, and said This infamous old
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-29

ted as it's case. All the strong circum- stantial evidence that has been brought out from a host of witnesses was care fully gone over and the salient features presented to the jury for its considera- tion.
 The close of the Attorney Generals ar gument found the accused woman in tears and apparently unconsolable. No one disturbed her for a time until her sister finally went to her and spoke com forting words. Throughout the afternoon, while her representative was pleading in her behalf, she sat apart from her rela- tives and riveted her eyes upon the broad shoulders of her defender. Many times during his address she apparently had difficulty in restraining her feelings Tears came to her eyes only to be brush ed aside as though she had determined not to give way to her feelings. Neither of the speakers minced their words when speaking of the illicit relations main- tained by Cunning and herself for a considerable period.
 The methods of the opposing counsel were entirely different. Attorney General White made no pretensions to oratorical ability and did not present a heroic figure. Attired in a simple suit of brown, he attacked the work before him after the manner of provincial lawyer. His voice, when pitched in a high key. would frequently break, and at other times would sink lower and lower until the conclusion of a sentence would be lost entirely to his attentive auditors He alluded frequently during his address to ''the mass of intelligence I see in the jury box before me" Attorney Knight did the same thing, but in a different manner. MT. White asked the jury to decide the case according to the evidence and not to be swayed in their Judgment by the eloquence of the opposing counsel He said the law, both human and divine, was that "whoso sheddeth mans blood, his blood shall be shed" :"
 George Knight made a much more im- pressive appearance before the jury. Cast in heroic mold, he accented this by dress ing in keeping with the occasion. He was fashionably clad in a Prince Albert coat of the latest design. He made an impassioned address, quoting the Bible freely toward the close of his remarks. He was eloquent and forcible, and the
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-29
END OF PASToLESTS FIGHT. Judge Hebbard Denies His Petition
 for a Writ of Mandate.

Judge" L. c. Pistolesi is nos a Judge, neither will he be Judge. This was de- termined yesterday by Judge Hehbard, who denied the writ of mandate sought by the petitioner to compel the Board of Election Commissioners to count the votes for the office of Judge of the Supe- rior Court for the unexpred term.
 Garret McEnerney, on behalf of the board, argued that Pistolesi had not been Validly elected because no proclamation calling for the election of Superior Judge for the uneXpired term had been made by the Governor and because the name of the office was not printed on the ballot. Attorney Robinson argued on behalf of Pistolesi, but at the conclusion Judge Hebbard denied the writ and the case was ended so far as the court was concerned.
 Pistolesi was not through yet, however As soon as he left the court he went to
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-29

ture for Stockton. He said this trick was as old as time, but that modern de- tectives would not practice such a subter- fuge. They would scoff at a detective in Chicago or New York who would be guilty of such a clumsy trick. He then inuulSed in a bit of prophecy regarding Chief Lees, saying: 'The monument of this old gray haired man as the head of the Po- lice Department is about to be completed. Another will soon take his place and this decrepit man will retire. That will be the end Of a man who has never borne. a good reputation in the profession with which he has been connected. This is the last time the spectacle will ever be pre- scented in a court of justice in thls city of that man ironing out testimony and thus changing it's appearance"
 MT. Knight said he was making no ap-