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Morris tribune., 1899-09-09

Lighting by new low pressure
acetylene system is expected by q
Paris street railway company to
prove more satisfactory than electric
ity. The material used is the ''acety-
1.-the" of Letang and pollet, which
is calcium carbide treated with glu.
cose after an immersion of several
weeks in petroleum, and this prevents
over-production of gas. The genera
tor is placed ON the platform under
the stairs. After leaving the genera
tor the gas is dried, purified and
conducted in lead pipes to the burn.
ers, which are enclosed in globes.
The total cost for five lights is about
four cents an hour.
Morris tribune., 1899-09-09

Calcium carbide cartridges are
made by an Australian inventor in
the following manner: A plastic
mixture is made of 80 parts by
weight of tar, Sc of lime, ! of sugar
and water and 3 of coal slack; and
this is placed in refractory moulds
though the ends of which pass carbon
electrodes that nearly meet middle
disc of carbon. The passage of an
electric current consumes mixture,
electrodes and disc, which combine
to form calcium carbide. The
moulds are made of convenient cylin-
drical shape, and a number of them
may be placed in one circuit.
Morris tribune., 1899-09-09

or ten registers in the floors Of the
theater.
Morris tribune., 1899-09-09
Village Officers.
TOWN CLERKS.

TOWN CLERKS.
Town PO. Address
Na Lake. Morris
Nat Ehlen swan Aane' &c
Is. s. Solseth, Ir.' Frannas' uoocL
- u park, Hodges, HanCoeh
~ D. Moora Hancock
Renry Fels Moore' Mis-
uaprahan, Horton, r1oAi!o
~ Dor,ar Morris
Geo NEorr;s Morris
! !" Pa,,dsvi1Ie. Donnelly
John king, Donneny' Mis-
WIN Gaus1nan, Pepperton, -norras
WI. aU,I cco++ Morris
w "a C1,rras Morris
a J. Northcott, stevens c.a1-;o
: s. Baldwin, taker, $3.50
"A camberton, ,verglade, Chohlo
1[1no14s Hdorado. Herman
.o,,, r., Hancock, Hancock
wE Cooley iii. Morris. MOTIFS
Morris tribune., 1899-09-09

Unexpected results of a study of
wind Influence on steamship speed
have been given by Herr L. E. Din
kage. The observations were made
from two North German Lloyd
steamers Of about 5000 tons and Is
or Is knots, and showed NO percepti-
BILE effect whatever from favorable
wind, whether a gentle breeze or
heavy gale but reduction of three
to five and half knots with side
or head wind. It seemed clearly
proven that a favorable wind never
helps fast steamer, although an I'M
favorable wind always binders it. In
the case of slower steamers, some
increase of speed might be expected
to be impaired by a favoring gale.
Morris tribune., 1899-09-09
The Yrihm11e.
DIRECTORY.

JUDO AL OFFICER.
ION. C. L. BROWN. District Juose
Morris tribune., 1899-09-09

The value Of the fish taken yearly
from the North Sea is about $4,000
600 and from this Prof, Heusens, a
German geographer, calculates that
each square mile of this sea adds
about $18 annually to the production
of the countries on it's borders.
Morris tribune., 1899-09-09

state and that 227 breeds therein,
while the total recorded species for
North America north of Mexico num-
Der only about 780.
Morris tribune., 1899-09-09

The hose wagon driven by storage
batteries that Paris is using weighs
$50 pounds, can run 37ss miles at 10
miles an hour on one charging. and
easily ascends 8 per cent. grades.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-03

There are opinions and opinions about
that army beef. DR.. Oswald, surgeon
OF the Sixty-ninth New York regiment,
who has just returned from the camp
at Huntsville, Ala, says in an inter-
view:
If you ask my opinion of the EN-
banned beef, | should say that if we
got any of it, it was good thing. The
appearance of the men speaks for it.
Sallcylfc acid is made from winter
green, and both it and boric acid will
prevent putrefaction. Both are germi-
cldes, and frequently in our profession
they are given for dyspepsia. If meat
supplied to the army has been bad
putrid-as claimed, then those chemi-
Gals We're not in it. 1t was my province
to pass upon the food supplied, and I
found no occasion to condemn any meat
Whatever, but only a few lots of pota-
toes and tomatoes
Another officer of the same regiment
says that the men who were content
with the army rations We're, as a rule.
in good health, and that most of the
trouble came from the indulgence by
some of the soldiers in whatever thew
could find for sale that ticllled their
palates. If DR.. Oswald's view is correct.
the public will have to attach a less
sinister meaning to the statement of the
man who knew that the beef was prime
because he saw it primed.'
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-03
TIE GOOD" SALOONS

Bishop Potter's suggestion that the
New York saloon is the poor mans
clup. has been turned to practical ac-
count by the organization which is
moving for the establishment of a chain
OF peoples clubs in various parts of the
city Any man or woman who can
pass the club committee or be voted in
by majority of members, may Join
the institution, and membership in one
club entities man or woman to the priv
ileges of all. Food will be served, and
both beer and light wines will be sold
at rates lower than in the ordinary
saloon. Meetings for the discussion
of live topics will be held from time to
time. with addresses by speakers of
authority in their several departments
of knowledge or science. The peoples
saloon is to be no tipping place, no
mere drinking shop, but shelter where
refreshments may be had cheaply and
social intercourse enjoyed under con-
genial and moral conditions. All these
20 cents per month.
This sounds attractive, does it not?
A distinction is sharply drawn between
the wicked saloons, which make dram
selling their sole business in a stand-up
attitude, and the good old beer gar
dens, furnished with chairs and tables
where the customers could pass the
time in conversation, and drinking be-
came merely an incident rather than
the prime object of the visit On the
other hand, there is as yet no sign that
the free lunch, in which, some good
men have discovered so much virtue.
so much solace to the poor man, has
been provided for in this new people $
club. According to these explorers, the
free lunch is the bulwark and justifca-
ton of the saloon. How is the people S
club going to meet this competition?
How is this benevolent enterprise to be
made alluring to the people for whose
benefit it is primarily intended?
Clubs of similar purpose have sue
ceeded in London, but it is unsafe to
argue that London conditions will rule
in New York. The chances are that
funds will be needed to maintain the
club, while the managers are learning
their business and finding out how to
make the places attractive to those who
must support it, if it is to have any
support at all.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-03
ENDED AT A GUNBoAT.
Chief Officer McCarthy's Start for the
klondike in an Old Pllotboat,
From the New York SUM-

Tackled to the wall in the state room
of Chief officer Mccarthy of the troop
ship Grant now bound for Manila, is
photograph of two-masted schooner
with party of men and women gath
cred at the stern. In the centre of the
group is Mr. Mccarthy.
Il see you are interested in that pho
tograph." he remarked to a reporter he
invited to his stateroom d day or two
before the Grant sailed. 1T is a mic
ture of the schooner yacht Actea and
party. taken last spring just before we
sailed for the Klondike. Our course
lay around Cape Horn. long trip, Won
see, The Actea was rather small for
such work-she had been a pilot boat
and there We're a number of women
aboard, so the papers said a good deal
about us when we started. l suppose
the people who read of our going have
forgotten us or think we are still on
the way; but we are not by long
shot. I'm here, as you see, and the
others-well, heaven knows where they
are.
And We got away in great shape
too We had a fine passage down The
coast, and were in such a hurry that
we left most of South America to the
northwest of us before we thought of
stopping. We had kept well out to
sea and hadn't spoken a single craft.
We needed some fresh water and other
things and decided that Buenos Ayres
would be a good place to stretch our
legs ON shore And so, with Old Glory
waving at the masthead, we started to
enter the harbor. A British tramp
hailed MS.
Schooner ahoy there!' he shouted
You'd better haul down those colors.
Why? | asked, wondering what he
was getting at
Well, there's a Spanish gunboat in
the bay, that's ALL
And what's that to us?' an
swefed.
What's that to you? Great Scott.
how long have you been out? Don't
you know that you are at war with
Spain?'
That was the first we had heard of
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-03

Inc testimony brought back from
cuba by former Minister Hannis Tay-
lof, IN regard to the amount of money
needed to set the Cuban soldiers I'D in
business, agrees substantially with
that given by others. About $3.50 per
man would be needed to provide farm
ing tools, and two months support
pending the first crop of sweet pota-
toes AS there are supposed to be
ABOUT $4,000 men under arms, the So
VoV'VoO first proposed as back pay by
our government would yield only 500
head-Just enough, so one CORE
spondent remarked, for a good spree
According to Mr.. Taylor, between s1O,-
100000 and $12,OOO,O0O will be needed to
go around, if any actual benefit is to be
derived from the disbursement. The
proposal that our government be reim-
oursed from the Cuban customs for
Whatever outlay it makes, may seem
TO mitigate the evils of the method of
relief proposed, but it is a new and
strange business. Nevertheless, we
spend considerable sums upon the In
dams from which we get no returns.
and apparently the Cubans must also
be deemed wards of the nation"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-03

The Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology makes a good showing with III
students, representing nearly every
state in the union, not to mention the
2S students from foreign lands. The
loss OF Y students, as compared with
last years enrolment, is accounted for
by the delayed openings of the biolog-
ical department, where nearly all the
loss is shown. Massachusetts sends
more than one-half of the students. a
fact which speaks well for the repute of
the institution at home.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-03

In commenting certain portions of
Senator Lindsay's resolutions, the New
York Tribune says: This nation is the
United States of America. Its states
are forever to be united in the most
literal geographical sense of the term.
They are never to include any outlying
Islands or detached territories. They
are, and they are always to be, a con-
tinental union. There is and there will
be no place among them for Hawaii or
the Philippines, or Porto Rico or
Cuba" Everybody should be able to
say amen to this. And in order that
this principle may be ever observed, it
cannot be too often or too emphatlcal-
iy impressed upon the people. in this
too, the Tribune concurs.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-03

it. We had almost forgotten about the
Maine excitement. When the women
got wind of the war and the Spanish
gunboat you can guess that they made
time. They seemed to have an idea
that the Spaniards were lot of pirates.
wasn't very anxious to fall into their
hands myself, and that flag came down
pretty quick. 1t was necessary that
we should make port, though. and /
decided to try to sneak in. We rugged
up an imitation French flag, and with
that on our masthead we waltzed past
the Spanish gunboat as brazen as you
please. 1t was only after we had come
| to anchor within three miles of shore.
and were, therefore, under the protec-
ton of the laws of neutral port, that
they learned who we We're. and Of
course we would have been nabbed if
we had ventured out on the high seas
again. We couldn't tell how long the
war might last, and didn't fancy TAX
ing up our residence in Buenos Ayres
so | sold the Actea and we came back
in an English ship. The others scat
| tered, and | shipped as navigating Of
| ficer on transport. And that was the
end of my trip TO the Klondike around
| Cape Horn"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-03
FUN ron BOSTON.

There is excellent prospect of stir
ring times in Boston, with a threatened
investigation of the gas companies by
the legislature and a suit in the SUI
preme court begun by public spirited
citizens to restrain the city treasurer
from paying the bills for aldermanic
hacking now on file in the city audit
or's office. These amount to $24SS. and
though S956S has already been paid out
on this account, the total score is I'M
derstood to amount to between SIS, 900
and $4,000. Hence if there is any evil
dence of crookedness, it should be pos
sible to save the city from a robbery
of some magnitude.
The allegation is that a large portion
of the hacking account is fraudulent;
that many of the charges incurred were
not for the aldermen at all, but for
their friends; that aldermen have used
carriages for private business or pleas
ure and had the expense charged the
city; that Some of the charges are
wholly fictitious, no carriages having
been furnished, the aldermen intended
to take the city's money either for
themselves or for others. The best
possible construction that can be put
upon these bills is bad enough, without
going beneath the surface to seek for
base motives, and very properly the
aldermen are to be put upon the de-
fensive and made to explain how these
charges came to be incurred. Herbert
L. Harding, Causten Browne and the
others who have Joined in this suit
deserve commentator for their cour-
ageous and disinterested public service.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-03
COMMANDMENT AVeRTen
How Hobson and His Men Regsl,.t
Their Freedom.


In the February Century, Gen sbo,
ter, writing of 1.-THE Capture of 81,
tiago," tells how he procured tina !,
lease of Lieut.. Hobson and his men
AT the request of the foreign copsri,
and in the interest of the woman ora
children, | gave notice that the threat
ened bombardment would not taxi.
place until noon of July 5. On tb.,
day L telegraphed to Washington that
should not open fire until | got Jjsu.
tenant Hobson and his men out Of fl.
city, and should not then if the taking
of the place required an assault. az
considered that starving the enemy
out was better.
Having number of Spanish prison.
ers, l determined to effect. the eY.
change of Hobson, if possible. On the
9TH General Toral assented to nv nron.
osltlon, and Lieutenant Miley was sent
to effect it. The commissioner an.
pointed by the Spanish commander was
Major Yrles. The meeting took place
under the broad ceiba-tree where the
surrender afterward was made. After
an hour was consumed in arranging
the details, three Spanish officers were
taken out blindfolded. To Lieutenant
Miley's surprise, the Spanish commits
sloner selected an officer who had been
wounded in the arm at the battle Of
san Juan, an acquaintance of his. We
mad intended to parole him if he had
not been taken, and Lieutenant Miey
had paper in his pocket for that pur-
pose. Seven Spanish soldiers were ex-
changed for seven American sailors
Lieutenant Hobson was then brought
within our lines, where he was en-
Enthusiastically cheered by the army
l had learned from the English con-
sui that Hobson was confined in one Of
the large buildings nearest us, It was
III plain sight, and from it floated the
red cross. 1t was under rife fire, and
as it was a building full of windows
was afraid he might be in danger; gun
fire would not have been directed tow
ard it, but shots will go astray es-
pecially rifle shots. The fleet, which
was bombarding eight miles away,
would be likely to hit it. l was very
glad to get Hobson and his men out Of
the way. The fact that they were re-
leased by the army has never been
acknowledged by officers Of the navy,
who simply speak of the return Of Mr.
Hobson to his duty
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-03

A bill providing for censor of the
stage has been introduced in the legis-
lature at Albany for the especial pro-
lection of New York city from disrep-
utable exhibitions such as have lately
disgraced the metropolis. The desira-
bility of such a censor may be evident
enough, but the bill falls under sus-
picion because of it's Tammany origin.
Furthermore, what is the use Of at
tempting to deprive New Workers of
the kind of show they seem most to
demand.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-03

The commission appointed by the su-
perior court to recommend methods for
the abolition Of grade crossings of the
New England Railroad at Springfield.
seems to have been stumped. 1t recon-
mends that the crossings be not abol-
ished, but instead that all trains be
required to stop within a hundred
feet of each crossing, that swinging
gates be placed across highways and
tracks, and the running of all trains
within certain limits between G o'clock
in the morning and 9 in the evening
be forbidden. The newspapers say this
report is not likely to prove satisfac-
tory. Such is apt to be the case when
people ask for something and get moth
ing. The commissioners say the ex-
pense is the obstacle in Springfield. So
it is in Worcester.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-03

on Monday the peace treaty will be
brought to vote in the Senate, and
without much doubt it win be ratified
But even at this late day, the claims
of the opposing forces are as conflict
ing and positive as ever. Mr.. Davis
asserts that he has fifty-eight senators
sure for the treaty, without amend
ment or declaratory resolution. This is
two short of the necessary two-thirds
The opposition claim thirty four
against the treaty but that number is
probably excessive. The weakness of
the opposition. Of course, consists pri-
marily in the fact that the republicans
are placed in an attitude of hostility to
their own president. 1t is therefore on
ly reasonable to expect that some may
yet be led to see the futility of OBJ
struetion and TO support the treaty.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-03
A wELL-MEANT WARNING.

From the San Francisco Argonaut.)
One morning Emperor William, who
has a great penchant for building
churches, was riding in his carriage
on Inter den Linden, when an old GEN
tleman espied him from a distance. and
Immediately barred his head, which was
as bald as a billiard ball Suddenly the
OLD gentleman felt somebody touching
his shoulder and heard voice behind
MN saying: Say, old man, you had
better cover your head, for wherever
the emperor notices a bald spot hen
surely build q church"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-03

EX7Minister Woodford now explains
TO secretary Long that he did not mean
the navy, when he said that at the time
OF the Maine disaster there were not
two rounds of ammunition per gun in
the possession of the United States. He
mad the army in mind Well, then it
Is time to hear from Secretary AIser
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-03
IN FEBRUARY.
What the Skies Present to
Us This Month.

Us This Month.
February skies furnish the fair field of
a midwinter nights dream. urania holds
high court in the deep blue empyrean,
while material Oberon, king, and tan
gible Titania, queen of the fairies of the
starry realms, fit through boundless
ether It is the month for star lovers who
rejoice in a cloudless canopy, and laugh
at the bracing winds that sweep away the
vapory wells that so often screen the
beauteous lamps of heaven.
About the first of the month the moon
is sufficiently tardy in rising to permit
fine view of the glorious winter constella-
tons. with their rich galactic settings and
mysterious nebular accessories. At Z p. m.
the circumpolar consultations, whose
zone is the Circle of perpetual appari-
ton sweeping at their lower culmina-
ton between the celestial pole and the
horizon-are disposed as follows: Ursa
Major, identified by the big dipper, lies
east of Polaris, Ursa Minor (the smaller
dipper) depending from the pole star, and
Diraco tine winding dragonJ below, &C.
pheus Ga dim X west and Cassiopeia (the
zigZag w, or chair above and to the
west.
outside of the circle of perpetual appar-
ition, but close to CassiOpeia, and on the
meridian, is Perseus, related in fable, as
well as in vicinage, to the Ethiopian
queen while in the east is Auriga, and to
the west AndrOmeda, Cassiopeias charm
ing daughter. The chief attractions of
ain IA h
though but nebulous patch to the naked
eye, requires but a low telescope power
to resolve it into hundreds of sparkling
starry points, and the variable "winking''
Algol. One who is accustomed to glance
intelligently at the heavens whenever
walking out at night viii readily notice
the dimness of the latter star when at its
minimum. This is all the more gratifying
when no recourse is had to a table of the
times of its waxing and waning.
In the east a first magnitude, close to
the horizon, announces the dawn of Reg
illus in the handle of the "Sickle.' This
pold igure is the forepart of the stately
Lion. LeOS hind quarters are embraced
IN the triangle closely following. Cor
Hydrae is also just rising.
Leo lies along the ecliptic, and Regulus
is one of the important stars that serve
as stations Of the moon for navigators
when when taking their "!unars." In the same
track but higher is cancer (the Crab:
Genml Ghe Twins is midway to the
merldldni Taurus (the Bulb is on the
meridian; Aries Che RAM. identified by
is,s SCaiene triangle, is past Pisces (the
Waterman is setting. In the far north
west Pegasus (the Great Suuare) is sink
ing toward the horizon.
In the southeast a notable trio of con-
stellations gTeets the admfrins eve Can't,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-03

Tod Sloan is reported to have made
100000 in the stock market. He is
lucky To most people it is as easy
to drop pile playing the stocks as
playing the horses. Tod will be fortu-
nate at both if he sells out before the
crash comes.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-03

When Westinghouse trolley cars are
running from Cairo to the Egyptian
pyramids, and Chicago automobiles
racing through the sun-baked streets
OF Bombay, American expansion in the
east VIII take on new meaning. We
are getting something more than foot
hold
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-03

The Hon. George A. Marden, former
state treasurer, has been long time
coming into his own. but there was
never any doubt that he would get
there. He will make an efficient sub
treasurer. General satisfaction also
attends the selection of Major Darling
of the Sixth regiment as United States
marshal,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-03

Gov Roosevelt's rigorous dealing with
department officials who have been
spending the states money much too
freely, is quite what was expected of
him. Continued exploration is likely
to discover deficits in the accounts of
others. and the New York state gov
eminent seems destined for such an
overhauling as has never been known
at Albany
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-03

If Senator Washburn can boom the
Worcester Natural History Society by
enrolling fifty minors from the county
among the members, the legislature
should let him do it. The society is
deserving institution, though it IS
not making so much noise in the world
asein the days when it operated sum
mer camps, for boys and girls at the
lake.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-03

At all events, if simple ratification
cannot be had, the administration is
ili<ely to consent to the passage of the
very mild Sullivan resolution as a SOD
to the opposition, and accept ratifca-
tlon on these terms. This is much to
be preferred to a prolongation of the
agony