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Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-13

They are anxious to examine the
milk of great many different kinds OF
animals. They have made their eX-
periments upon ewes, mares and
other domesticated animals milk, and
have even gone to the very topmost
flower on the tree of life.
1t is regarded by them as very i'm
portant to make the range of investi-
cation as wide as possible. and for this
reason they are anxious to secure the
milk of various wild beasts. With this
end in view they have hoped to enlist
the cooperation of the superintendents
of geological gardens and menageries
throughout the country
Prof. Russell said in reference to the
present brief notice of his and DIR.
Babcock's work that he hoped it would
attract the attention of persons hav-
ing wild beasts under their care, and
thus secure for the experimenters the
samples of milk which. they desire
1t is curious to reflect that the inves-
legations referred to may have some
bearing on the strange case of the
woman who lived after her stomach
had been removed--a case reported
from Europe and widely discussed in
the papers of this country recently.
She was undoubtedly fed with milk,
and if 1T contains its own digesting
fluids, the case would be in a measure
explained
Copyright. 1898, by Bachelor Syndicate.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-13

Now he wants to go back to China
with the privilege of returning. AS a
laborer it appears that he cannot do
that, and he is no longer q merchant.
So it looked as if his little visit home
was spoiled. But when the question be-
gan to be considered by his friends in
the Fifth Avenue Sunday school, an
alarming phase of the situation was
discovered. Not only would he be pro-
hibfted from returning from China if
he went there, but it seemed probable
that he could neither go nor stay; that
he had no legal status in this country
at all. He was a Chinese laborer with
out a certificate and the treaty with
his native country afforded him no pro-
lection.
When this percolated through the
Fifth Avenue Sunday school-where
the Oriental gentleman is very popu-
lar-there was great sorrow, and the
case was Immediately laid before the
Treasury Department at Washington
Solicitor O'Connell was asked to look
up the law, and he has just made his
report 1t will carry some comfort to
the Fifth Avenue Sunday school If not
to the Chinaman himself Mr.. O'Con-
nell finds that in similar cases the
courts have tempered law with a mer-
eiful Interpretation. The Chinaman
in question will probably not be dis
tur'bed in his residence here, 1t was an
inlposstbility for him to set certifi-
cate and therefore he win not be re-
quired to have one; but he can't go
back to China on a visit. If he goes,
he must stay. He is a laborer now,
though unregistered and is subject to
the law. The question is whether his
longing for a sight of the Celestial en-
pire or his love for his teacher and as
sociates in the Fifth Avenue Sunday
school win carry the day. He must
choose between them.
Copyright, 1898, by Bachelor Syndicate
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-13
THEY FIND
QUEER FACTS
ABOUT MILK.

Or. S. M. Babcoek and Prof w. l..
Russell, of the Agricultural Expert
ment station of the University of Wis
consin, are making an unusually inter
esting series of experiments with milk
Their purpose is to discover whether
there are present in the milk of various
animals certain chemical ferments
which have the power of digesting the
casein which is the important sub
stance in milk as food
The possible value of these investi-
cations is easy to see. They may lead
to the most important conclusions re-
garding the feeding of children. For
instance, the two scientists mentioned
have practically demonstrated that
cows milk contains certain substances
hitherto unsupported, which make it's
digestion by the human stomach easier.
This leads at once to the question
whether the amount of these sub
stances varies at different times. AS
they are evidently provision of nature
to assist the nutrition of the young, it
may be that they are more lilIR'ally
supplied Immediately after theNbirth
of young. 1t may be that they are
present in larger quantities in the milk
Of animals that have not been bred es-
peclally for milk production. 1t may
be, also, that the processes now ex-
tensively used by the so-called steri-
lization Of milk destroy those sub
stances which nature has supplied for
the facilitation of digestion.
1t has been supposed that certain
changes which take place in milk and
cheese are due to bacteria, but Profs.
Babcock and Russell have shown that
these changes are partly due, at least,
to the presence of hitherto unknown
chemical ferments.
1t was the phenomenon Of the 'ripen-
ing of cheese which first turned the
attention of the experimenters to this
work They have been advancing
steadily for the past year, and have
now established certain basic facts.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-13
JACK TAR'S
REMARKABLE
MECHANICAL EAR.

The Navy Department has been led,
to look with favor upon de-
vice for overcoming one of the principal
perils of the deep and it is probable
that our battle ships and cruisers will
be equipped Herewith in the near fu-
ture. 1t has received a trial on several
vessels of the navy, among them the
crack battle ship Indiana, and the re-
suits have been satisfactory.
The instrument in question is called
Eophone, which is a corruption of
Echo-phone--a machine for hearing
echoes, or rather for determining the
direction of the sound. Steering by
echo is a method long in use. In the
fogs that descend upon the New Eng
land coast, 1t would hardly be possible
to find a way in safety among the in
Vulnerable islands, fringed with dan
gerous lodges, except by needing the
warning given by the echo of the whis-
tie from the naked rocks, or the green
walls of spruce trees along the shores.
Echo, however, has from the earliest
times been famed as an elusive
nymph. She is a great ventriloquist,
as poor Jack" has often learned to
his cost. Her voice may seem to come
from a dozen different directions, or
She may lie about her lurking place
with the most definite malice.
1t was to reduce her doings to some
order that the EopLone was invented.
It's first use was in locating icebergs.
An iceberg gives back a strong echo,
but it is often bewildering in a fog. A
mariner knows that an iceberg is near,
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-13
STRANGE CASE
OF A NEW YORK
CHINAMAN

M. D. O'cennell, Solicitor of the
Treasury, was recently consulted by
the Department, in relation to the case
of Chinaman living in New York, and
most peculiarly situated. Indeed, the
case was different from any that had
ever come up for settlement.
The name of this Oriental was con-
cealed even from the officials at Wash
ington. His case was laid before the
Treasury Department by Seth B. Rob
inson of New York, who had interested
himself in the case. The Chinaman is,
and for many years has been, a mem
Der Of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
church Sunday school. When he Joined
the school he was a merchant, a men,
Der of the firm of Hong, Chung & Co.
In the fall of 1891 he went to China,
and he returned in December, 1894,
Meanwhile the firm of which he was
member had got into difficulties; and
it was finally sold out. In the spring of
1895 the member in question ceased to
be a merchant and became laborer.
Following the tendency of his race in
America, he took to washing clothes.
During his absence in China the ex-
clusion laws of May s, 1892, requiring
registration within one year, and the
act of November 8, 1898. requiring regis
tration within six months, We're en-
acted; and before his return the
time during which he could have OBJ
tanned a certificate, if he had applied
for one as a lahorer, had expired. or
course, he has no such certificate.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-13
Natures Lone Two-Headed Sparrow.

to be regarded as the legal prey of the
small boy. The lad noticed that on the
limb of a tree not far from the ground
was perehed what at first he thought
was one bird and then concluded must
be two
There were two distinctive heads, but
look as hard as he might, the boy could
only discover one body. Convinced that
he had found a curiosity, a freak of
nature, he determined to get the bird
in some fashion, and succeeded in
bringing lit down with a WeM-aimed
shot from his air gun.
The queer bird was taken to Mr.
Oliver Davie, the we'll known natural-
list, taxiderrnist and author. Mr.. Davie
has made a very careful examination
of the bird, and this is what he says
concerning it:
Upon slcinning and dissecting the
bird it was found that the right hand
head was connected with the left at
the base of the skull and at this point
the wind-pipe also Joined. Both heads
held a pair of fully developed eyes,
each a tongue and one skull contained
as much brain matter as did the other.
The left hand head was joined to the
main cervical vertebrate belonging to
the body; the body of the bird being
considerably larger than that of the
ordinary English sparrow.
''It is my belief that both brains
operated in unison, that is TO say, they
they had no conflicting thoughts or
they may be called one brain. 1t is
evident that the heads interfered with
one another considerably from the
fact that it was impossible to make
the feathers of the heads lie down per-
fectly smooth as in ordinary cases;
they were twisted and cuIled as shown
in the Illustration. In the feathers of
the left hand neck there was a distinct
hollow where the right hand head
rested.
what pity that this bird had not
been captured alive! 1t is not uncom-
mon to hear of double-headed pigs,
kittens. calves and other animals
which all die young, but this probably
stands alone as an archaeological Won
der. The bird in this country is COM
monty called the English sparrow, but
this is a missioner, for it inhabits the
whole of Europe and its proper name
is House Sparrow"
Copvrlght, 1898, by Bachelor Syndicate.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-13

him; and yet his pluck and foresight
and skill pulled him out of all difficult
ties, SO THAT his hands are now deep
in Klondike gold, unless the promise of
the latest news from him has all come
to naugflt.
To begin with, Dr. Bowers started
with a first rate outfit, and sufficiency
of money. He was not an unsuccessful
man trying a. last chance. but a web
instructed and fairly prosperous physi-
clan. who eraved the sudden wealth
which the new gold land promised, for
the sake of the ease and the leisure for
study that ITS possession would give
hilD.5 His early career had been such
as is described by the over worked
word "checkered." He had enlisted in
the navy as a boy. He had seen va
riety of business life. He had studied
law i'm the Louisville Law School, and,
later, medicine in the same city, finish
ing his work with a trip abroad that
included profitable study in the foreign
hospitals and schools,
AS has been said, he was getting
along well but last summer the gold
fever-a disease that no doctor can
cure-entered his veins and SO he start
i ell LtJI Tie new LII iIOIdllO. IT'S up "
Seattle involved nothing unusual but
there his adventures began. He was a
passen ger on the Inflated steamer
Eliza Anderson. That in itself was the
cause of enough excitement to satisfy
an ordinary man. 1t is probable that
the Anderson expedition breaks all
ocean records. Never was a vessel so
absurdly untitled for the voyage. Co
lumbus in his little high-heeled shoe of
a vessel had a hundred chances in his
favor for every one that Bowers and
his mates had in the Anderson. She
was little old river steamer. and the
fact that she carried her. crew and pas
sengers To Dutch HaT'bor in the Aleu-
tian Island is a miracle of the sea. Her
voyage was a nine days wonder, and
need not here be retold.
From Dutch Harbor DR.. Bowers and
his fellow passengers. proceeded to st.
Michaels ON the Alaska coast in a lit
tie schooner. the Anderson being un-
a BILE to go farther. There were so many
people on this vessel that they couldn't
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-13
Coal Production.

England is the largest coal producer
in the world, her annual output being
1855, 277, 525 tons. This is mined by 1885,
PA persons. The United States comes
second in the list with 1874, 100000 tons.
Germany produces about e. 100000 tons,
exclusive of Ignite. The other coal
producing countries mine practically
the same amount from year to year, as
follows: Austria-H Hungary, 1O,7OO, 900
tons; France and Russia $780, 900 tons
each; Australia, 100000; Japan $780,
600; Nova Scotia, 2,25OOOO; Spain, ], SOO,-
600; British Columbia, 100000 Italy,
300, 900; Sweden, 100000
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-13

M III. +to,, o,a
uhe poats ION one si'ip 49, 49,. A.
smashed AGAINST tlie Sioe tsllu IN TINE
one nope ol ESCAPE ~ ~ 49,, a.
MiVentpoh olilers ION on 49, .
wees Willcn proVlue - III ~ tl,a9
OF poats ny aiieans u .astY' go - 49,
all opeIduIoiis are IoiiuIose+ 80
poat rtsell' Wiille ail p44ol elpi,'-i
mas peen operated lroii Inc s,iip'
Thus all persons on tie snip "no
intend to become inmates VI u,.e ooeD,'
can get aboard pelore " y wv. - -
whereas WIth 1he preseirt nieS'is' - -
necessary TO nave several men Va e,,ip
board 10 operate the uaVf.s So -
persons are forced 10 jump il'o INC
boat after 1t IS lowered,
In the operation OF me oeVlce potl
davits move to the left TO sucn posi-
ton tnaN the emu Q. tne Nie Doa' =
clear OIL the Ilslpt manu- uscVue 90 olte
looks outward me ieil u"sIs seops
at tins polnt' pul uhe rlgile eoleinues
10 move 10 a posItioli 81 'lifpt 'ile rasi /,
ena OF une ne poas - psDsseu J.'e war;
ana beyond uhe rlsipl manu- ua'i''
NOW tine lent oaVlt agalil moves the
and - botS dayits reach a position SO
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-13
6H0RT STORIES OF 60nE ODD FACTS IN REAL LIFE!

but just where 1t lies is beyond his
power to guess. The Eophone, how
ever, makes no trouble Of it,
The principal elements of this instru-
ment are two sound receivers or col
Letting devices separated by a vertical
partition or vane, the whole revolving
on vertical axis so that the receivers
can be directed to any point of the COM
pass, Now it is evident that if The vane
points directly at the object which is
emitting al sound, an equal number of
sound waves will enter each Of the re-
.ceivers, but if it is turned in any other
direction, one Of the receivers will be
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-13
Two Famous Pistols.

The Clay and Burr duelling pistols
are very similar to each other. and are
suggestive of chilly sensation in the
region of the spine. They carry balls
comparable in point of size, to the or
binary English walnut. and would let
as large a ray of daylight through hui
manity as the most cold-blooded duel
list could desire. The Burr pistol is
the same weapon with which Aaron
Burr killed Arthur Hamilton in 1888.
The pistol was transferred by Mr. Burr
to his second, who presented it to a
member of the Marshall family, of Vir-
ginia. 1t was used by Hon. Thomas r.
Marshall in his duel with James Wat
son Webb. The last human blood drawn
by it was on the occasion Of the duel
between Hon. n. G. Marshall and Hon.
j. w. McDougle, when the latter was
winged" by his antagonist,
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-13

sutfocation. SO they were continually
drenched with water, and there were
days together when their lives were
not worth one-tenth of one per cent.
In twenty-one days DR.. Bowers was
able to really turn in'-which means
to lie down without his overcoat and
sea boots just twice
When the party reached st. NTichael's
in September they Immediately began
hurried preparation to get up the Yu-
llon, for the river was rapidly closing.
They built some scows and were towed
over to the mouth Of the great river,
where, amid the vast waste of its delta,
the ice closed in around them and their
voyage was at an end,
Nearly all of them wanted ito go
home in any possible way. They were
hundreds of miles from Dawson, and
the way looked longer than ever. The
love of gold had died in most of them,
but not in DR. Bowers.
With. others of the party, he made his
way fifty miles overland to ST. Mich
ael's; and there most of those who
could secured passage back to the
states. But not Bowers. He found his
little Klondil1e right there and he pro-
ceeded to work lit. Though he had lost
most of his outfit, he had stuck to his
medical supplies with death-lille tenac-
lty. His kit" of medicines had been
carefully prepared, and it contained
remedies in the most condensed form.
He had, among other things, a great
quantity of quinine, and it was much in
demand.
SO DIR. Bowers stuck up his sl1ingle in
the frozen north. 1880 miles from the
Klondike, and behold, the gold of that
fabulous region flowed in upon him like
a river He sold quinine pills at dol
lar a grain, wliskey by the teaspoonful,
and other drugs in proportion. In his
last letter to his brother, DIR. w. H.
Bowers of Hot Springs he said that he
had made a part of the way to the
KIondike himself and the Klondike had
come the rest of the distance to him.
Gold was everywhere. He did not mind
being unable TO locate a Klondike claim
this season: he had struck a good
enough thing 800 miles away.
Copyright, 1898, by Bachelor Syndicate.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-13
ONLY TWO
HEADED SPARROW
EVER KNOWN.

A new wonder for the naturalists
has just been found at Columbus, o.,
in the form of a two-headed sparrow
The curious fact in connection with
this remarkable bird, which has at
tracted more attention than even the
bird ITSELF is that it was distinctively
observed to ohirp with both threats.
1t happened that a little son of w.
L. Morris, living on Franklin avenue,
ait Columbus, was out with his air gun
looking for sparrows, which have COME
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-13
Most Beautiful Altar in the Country.

The altar recently consecrated in the
Church of the Convent of Mount Notre
Dame, at Reading, O., is said to be
without peer in this country. In beau
ty of design, in fineness of workman
ship, in the chaste splendor Of its
shimmering fabrics, it rivals the finest
affairs that the old world can boast.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-13
New Device 10 Save Life.

lowering of the boat may be effected
from the life boat itself.
The davits are quite as important
feature of ships equipment as exist,
the difference between them and other
features of the vessel being that they
are for use in case of emergency. Any
one who has been aboard of a steamer
will remember that they are the hook
like affairs from which the ships boats
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-13

davit, and it is so constructed and ar
ranged that once life boat IS ready
to be swung outward from the vessel
and lowered, the proper rotary motion
IL both davits win carry the boat out
ward without jannaning against the
davits, as is always the danger under
the old plan. Not only this, but the
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-13
New Invention for Lowering a Ships Boats.

are suspended. no those who have
not seen them the accompanying illus
tration will make the idea clear.
Very very often it happens that
when it is necessary to leave disa-
bled or sinking craft at sea- when the
waves are high and the vessel is roll
ing heavily, and in the effort to clear
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-13

One of the great transatlantic lines
between New York and Southampton
has just placed upon all its vessels a
device which, if all that it is repre-
scented to be, is likely to mark a new
era in the saving of life at sea when
1t becomes necessary to put out the
boats.
This is known as the life-saving
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-13

Then try to main
t a i n equilibrium
and make slight
progress a t TIL e
same time. If the
beginner finds this
impossible, t II e n
take two or three
strokes in the ordi-
nary fashion, and
suddenly place the
right foot in the po-
sition hitherto de-
scribed. The mo-
mentum acquired
by the several
strokes will give
the beginner an OPP
portunity to expert
ment on balancing
in the new attitude
while moving.
From this time on
the pupil must ad-
vance by degrees
until the position
shown in the pic
ture is attained. 1t
will be found inn
possible, however,
to learn to skate
in the now way and
at the same time
learn to balance
ones self with the
shoulders thrown
back as are those of
the skater in the
piture. So the way
to do is to acquire
the new method of
skating first and
then gradually ac-
custom ones self to
the upright posi-
ton.
1t were we'll if
possible to learn all
positions at first
without the use of
the stick, for hold
ing q stick in the
position indicated is
more help to the
S k a t er than it
might seem to pe.
To learn without
the stick gives one
m ore self conf
dence, an absolute
essential in correct
ly mastering the in
tricacies of the new
fad.
Copyright, 1898.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-13

The way in which
o ur forefathers
taught us to skate
is no longer fash
Ionable. just as the
woman OF fashion
has recently ac-
quired the football
walk, so the man OF
fashion who skates
has struck a new
attitude.
The accompany
ing illustration pic
T lures a skater just
as he appeared at
a highly fashion
able skating rink.
Attired in golf COS
t11l11a he made his
way around the ice
in such a curious
fashion that if it
had been intended
solely to attract at
tention, su c C e S S
would have been
immediate. How
ever, it was Moth
ing of the kind
merely a demon
stration of one of
fashions newest
fads.
Truly it seems a
most awkward po-
sition, as we'll as a
very uncomfortable
one. If the reader
skates, he or she
may thoroughly APP
preciate how diff
cult it is to make
ones way over the
ice with the lower
limbs in such a po-
sition as pictured,
Again, let any one
who thinks it an
easy matter, take a
cane, a golf stick,
or a plain stick,
hold it in both
hands, just as the
man in the picture
is holding the golf
stick, then brace
the shoulders back
and try to skate.
And yet the art of
Iocomation over the
ice according to the
new fad may be ac-
quired, and perhaps
one can learn to
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-13

the donor, has certainly bestowed her
money to good purpose, for her name
will be perpetuated by a truly splendid
work of art.
The altar is built in the Roman
style Of architecture 1t is a combin-
alton of Carrara and other varieties
of white marble, inlaid with Mexican
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-13
THIS DOCTOR
FOUND A KLONDIKE
FOR HIMSELF.

vThis9is the story Of a man who start
ed for the Klondike and found what he
was looking for before he got within
1880 miles of Dawson City. AS Virgil
remarked of Aeneas, she was much
tossed about both by land and by sea-"
in fact this Klondiker's experiences
would make those of the fugitive Tro-
jan seem like summers day trip to
Coney Island.
1t would be hard to find story of
adventure to match that.of DR.. H. c.
Bowers, who STARTED from louisville
in the early spart-of last summer. He
had all kinds Of hard luck: fate was
absolutely grotesque in its treatment of
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-13

an sit down ait one time. They had to
take turns. When they were below
decks in a storm they could not close
the matches because that meant speedy
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-13
THIS Is THE FASHIONABLE WAY To SKATE.

move about gracefully. The atti-
tude shown in the picture is the most
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-13

degrees, and one should begin in this
way;