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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-23
LIVELY FOR A FEW MINUTES.

About IL o'clock yesterday morning
the driver of one of the Webb Granite
Construction teams lost control Of his
four horses and for about Is minutes
he had a lively time. The leaders
started to turn the wagon around, but
in doing so one horse stumbled and
one of the other horses fell on him.
Both had to be embarrassed and, with
the aid of some bystanders, the horses
were gotten up and went on their
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-23
THE "LAKE PROSPECTUS"
Junior Boys of Y. M. C. A. Have Their
Pictures Taken for the Book.

Three pictures of the Junior boys of
the Y. NJ. C. A. were taken in the gym
nasium yesterday morning. These pho
tographs will be reproduced in the
Lake prospectus" which will be pub
lished about the 14th of May. 1t is I'M
derstood that an average of five hun
dred dollars a month in subscriptions
must be maintained, if the association
is to meet the current expenses.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-23

the plan of campaign of Woreester's
prospective money winners:
Medford, Mass, (Combination) June
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-30
Summer at the Vatican

Inc gardens of the pope are well worth the
small difficulty Of getting an order to visit
them, since this is accorded almost for tho
asking and to any party of six. The ap-
proach is the same as that leading to the
library and sculpture galleries and the en-
trance is to the left of these.
The gate is kept by a rather seedy looking
old man in military cloak, who is frequently
surrounded by a varied assortment of cats.
Inc entrance opens on a terrace which was
used in the middle ages as a fitting ground,
and looking over the parapet one sees what
in the same era was a lake for mimic naval
battles, but which now is an Italian garden
laid out in flower beds, with paths orna-
mented by small orange trees.
Passing part way down the terrace you
enter under an arch to the right two long
and ancient arcaded avenues of lick, in the
middle the sunken bed of an old canal end
ing in n rocky structure covered with maid
enhair fern. There are kept here a cluster
of remarkable animals. resembling sheep,
goats and deer. In reality, they are noun
tain sheep, sent as "A present to the holy
father or his jubilee by the people of
Carpineta in the Campagna, whose ancient
castle is the home of his race-that of the
Pecci. Close to the rockwork at the end of
the hollow stands a little copy of the grotto
of Lourdes. Here visitors leave their cards.
1t would seem that he has no great taste
for flowers, for the long stretch of garden in
front of the summer house is wild and neg
locted. To the right of the strip of ground Is
a very goodly vineyard. Leo XIII has a
plan Of his W for its cultivation, which
strikes a stranger as novel and original. Be
tween the vines are planted thick rows of
broad hnnnc which nra duo into tbn nartb
for manure. The yearly yield is some three
thousand bottles of excellent wine, chiefly
sent to various hospitals. Olive trees arr
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-30
Rails Ground to Dust

AS consumers of steel the railroads in the
vicinity of Pittsburg lead the world, reports
the Pittsburg Dispatch. During the last three
months 40 miles of new steer rails, averag-
ing ninety pounds to the yard, have been put
down or distributed within thirty miles of
the center of the city.
There are LEO yards in a mile, which
would mean 299, 200 yards for one line OF
rails in 40 miles, or %, 92S. 600 pounds, or,
say, 53, $50, 900 pounds for both lines of rails,
or 269, 2S3 tons of steel rails needed in one
year for Pittsburg roads, 90 per cent of
which was for renewals on old lines.
There is somewhat of n mystery regarding
where the steel worn out on n big road
goes to, 1t is ground down almost to imper-
cepttble dust by the constant friction of the
grinding wheels and this friction is As per
cent greater on curves than on straight
stretches of track. The wear is also much
greater on ascending grades on a straight
track than on descending grades. On cures
the wear is mostly lateral or horizontal,
while on a straight track it is perpendicular,
with a slight inclination toward the inside
of the rail next to the flanges of the wheels.
The millions of tons of steel ground down
to dust by the wheels of trains in this coun-
try are lost. 1t cannot be regained for
scrap, because 1t settles down into the bal
last, is brushed away by the rush of air
caused by the swiftly moving train and,
like the star dust that falls upon the ocean.
Is lost forever.
In time, as civilization and the wheels Of
civilization move on, the railroads of the
chief steam railways, as well as part OF the
adjoining ground, will become thoroughly
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-30
Gold Medal for Dis
cOverer of Liquid All

There has Just been forwarded to the
American embassy in London the hrst gold
medal ever presented by the Smithsonian
Institute of Washington. The recipient Is
Pro-. James Dewar Of the Royal institute,
London, and this honor being conferred upon
him for his wonderful discovery that air can
be liuuefed. The medal is paid for out OF
the Hodgkins fund of 5000. 900, which was
established by a donation in October, 1891,
from Mr.. Thomas George Hodgkins of Setau-
ket, N. Y, the income from a part of which
was to be devoted ITO the increase ana
diffusion of a more exact knowledge in re-
gard to the nature and properties of atmos-
pheric air in connection with the welfare OF
man."
After the formal acceptance of this dona-
ton a competition was announced In which
new and important discoveries with regard
to the nature and properties of the atmos-
phere and the Hodgkins medal of the %institu-
ton was established for important contribu-
lions to our existing knowledge in this con-
n%ection, or for original and practical appli-
cations of such knowledge to the welfare Of
man. In addition to the special prizes which
we're awarded at the close OF the competition.
honorable mention. accompanied by the
Hodgkins medal in silver or bronze, was ac-
corded to several of the contestants desig-
mated by the committee on award.
Carrying out the design of the founder, the
first Hodgkins medal in gold was awarded
to Prof. Dewar, in recognition of his long
continued and valuable researches In con-
nection with the increase and diffusion of a
more exact knowledge in regard to the ma
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-30

for sixteen years says this is the first year
they have come so near drowning out. Gull
~tivation Should have been started over two
weeks ago, but wet weather has held it back.
In some cases men have been at work with
hand hoes while waiting for the ground to
dry sufficiently to bear a horses weight.
In the old method of bleaching the plants
were set in trenches and straw was placed
en- each side the rows, the soil being thrown
UP as they grew, so that when they had
reached maturity only the tops protruded.
The bleaching method used in Nebraska Is
by means of boards on each side of the rows
when the plants are about a foot high.
Growth continues rapidly after the boards
are in place and the bleaching requires two
weeks time.
The early celery is ready for market from
the list to the middle of September and
from that time on the cutting, punching and
shipping Is pushed rapidly. Celery will
stand a good deal of frost and the late cell
cry has a finer flavor than the earlier. The
crop is Cf course got out of the way of a
real freeze, what is not shipped at once be-
ing stored in pits.
When the harvesting season begins the
celery fields present busy scenes. As soon
as the celery is properly bleached the boards
are removed. the stalks cut and carried to
tables nearby, where 1t is punched and tied
up in bundles Of a dozen stalks each. The
smaller shipments, which are Grated and eX-
pressed, have the outer leaves and roots
trimmed eff and are washed free from earth.
1t is classei as No. l, No. 2 or No. 3 celery
and brings so cents, 20 cents or 10 cents, &C
cording to Srade. When shipped in car lots
the celery Is punched in dozens like the
ether. but with the cutter leaves, roots and
soil adherinr to 1t. Two extra floors are put
in a car, making three decks, and the lunches
are packed in on end on each deck. These
car lots are specified as two grades and
bring from 10 cents to 90 cents Wholesale.
When conditions are favorable the crop Is
exceedingly profitable, but a green hand can
lose plenty of money at it, and even the
most experienced may find atmospheric con-
ditions against them and lose heavily. 1t Is
an attractive crop, partly because 1t Is com
paratively new, and visitors in celery dis
tricts always like to visit the fields es-
pecially in the harvesting season. The
breeze is scented with the fragrance OF eel
cry, the straight rows of green on the dark
soil present a pleasant picture In the midst
of busting activity and never does celery
taste sweeter than when fresh from It's hid
ing place between the bleaching b7ards.
MINNIE BOYER DAVIS.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-30

grown against the wall, but they have a
sickly air.
At the further end of the vineyard are
some fenced enclosures containing a number
of especially handsome palms, planted per-
haps ten years ago, and growing very well.
Beneath the palms two ostriches have a
dwelling and very much at home the couple
appear, while their plumage keeps In very
good condition. In strange neighborhood
within the next enclosure are a herd Of
brown and white deer and a pelican of the
Wilderness the latter a monster of ugli-
ness, his vast bill striped with bright orange
and blue.
A little further on is to be found the pom
tifcal villa, which forms the garden resi-
dence. 1t has been only lately finished and
consists of a few plain rooms added on to
the second Of the round towers, one floor of
which Is the hall for receptions. From this
a path descends to the vatican, at the end
Of the gardens near st. Peters, On the
way one passes an immense grotto, sur
mounted by an arch and a stone eagle, un-
derneath which are cool, rocky hamber
full of maidenhair. The ferns grow over
two huge dragons. from whose mouths
streams of water flow to mingle with Others,
all falling into a great basin below.
In an enormous recess, surmounted by a
castellated wall, Is a large stone table, from
which rise six jets of water, three on each
side of a seventh, which squirt out star
shaped. Over the front of the table a perfect
sheet of fine transparent water flows down
into the basin beneath. This is the cele-
brated fountain built by order of the Bor-
CHEESE pope, Paul V, and it represents very
faithfully an exposition Of the blessed sacra-
ment on a Roman altar. The arched recess
is full of maidenhair and the delicate fern
is also seen through the crystal altar clcth.
The last spot to be visited Is the famed
casino of Plus ~, the most notable piece
OF architecture in the gardens. Hardly any
building seems really beautiful when de-
serted, but the casino in its loneliness is
still charming. In front OF a little palace
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-30

by daily sprinkling, and when the weeds
begin to come they are pulled out by hand.
1t is tedious, tiresome work, kneeling by
the beds, crawling, crouching, leaning
across, and hot work, too, when the sun
shines. For the later celery the seeds are
sowed in open field beds, and the plants are
thinned out and weeded until time to set
them in the field rows. The early celery is
transplanted twice and the later but once.
When the plants have attained a height
of five inches they are taken from the beds,
packed loosely into boxes and carried to
the fields. Here they are placed five inches
apart in rows spaced like corn rows, and 30
600 plants are required to plant an acre.
While small they are weeded in the rows
by hand and during the summer are given
very thorough cultivation, being gone over
every two weeks with a fine tooth cultivatOr.
The fields do not present an imposing ap-
pearance, even the largest tracts 10 king
"patchy.' The rows are laid out perfectly
straight, but of uneven length on the low, fiat
spots of ground, which will remain moist
through the summer. Experience has shown
that 1t viii not pay to extend the rows over
ridges and elevations where the soil will
become too dry for celery. These low places
are f~earfully muddy after heavy rains, like
those we have had recently, and during the
winter, after a thaw, the roads over the
island marshes are almost impossible. But
while the celery grower, his men and his
teams stick in the mud a part of the year,
along late in summer when other crops are
burning brown he congratulates himself on
the wisdom of his choice, for his celery
fields lock cool and damp. This spring the
rains have been so unusually heavy that the
lowest fields were flooded, causing a loss of
a number Of acres of plants. Part have been
replanted, but some growers have been UNI
able to obtain plants to replace those lost,
A gentleman who has farmed on the island
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-30
OMAHA ILLUSTRATED BEE.

ture and properties of air, and in opening
the way to the practical utilization of this
knowledge in advancing human welfare.
The design for the medal, which is shown
In the accompanying illustration, is Ivy MIR.
j. c. Chaplain of Paris, n member of the
French Academy, and one of the most emf
nent medalists of the world. The diverse
bears tho figure of a woman carrying a torch
in her left hand, and in her right a scroll
emblematic of knowledge, with the legend
Per Orbem" across the face of the medal.
The reverse is adapted from the seal of the
institution by st. Gaudens.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-30

covered with renaissance stucco work, In
which old terra Gotta bas reliefs are set.
lies n courtyard, a perfect oval in shape.
with walls, arched entrance, chambers. and
a beautiful colonnaded loggia some ten feet
high from the ground, This courtyard is
surrounded with marble benches. and the
walls and entrances are incrusted with
pebbles and shells, suggestive of the cool
ness of ocean waves and breezes.
Tho visitor now turns into the path lead
ing to the terrace entrance, pausing to ad-
miro the magnolias and stone pines tower
ing upward n little distance from the casino.
1t is with a feeling of very great regret
that n stranger to Rome leaves the gardens.
for they are peaceful and satisfying in their
undisturbed serenity.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-30
Celery Culture in Nebraska

will vary from so cents to $3.50 a day, ac-
cording to deXterity. 1t is deXterity and
suppleness of hand that count in this work,
and not strength. Women could become eX-
perts in this line, but, while large numbers
of women have been employed in the beet
fields, they have not yet worked in the
celery fields.
Every sort of labor has its own labor
saving contrivances and a convenient in
~vention Of celery culture is the "stabber,'
an ingenious arrangement of hard wood pins
combined with the spiral wire coils of an
abandoned bedspring, which serves to punch
holes ready to receive the tiny plants. The
"stabber' facilitates the work and renders
it possible to keep exact count of the num-
bar of plants placed.
The plant beds are prepared with great
care. The ground is plowed and well
narrowed and then sifted through a sand
screen to take out all Jumps. The beds are
enclosed by planks, and as soon as the
plants are placed in them muslin is
stretched across and fastened to the planks
to protect the young celery from the sun
until it is well rooted. They are kept moist
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-30
July 30, 1890.

When an Omaha housekeeper rings UP her
grocer and orders a dimes worth of celery
sent up right away" she probably does not
know that celery is a home product. The
grocer himself buys it from the commission
man and he may and may not inquire where
the commission firm gets it. AS a matter Of
fact the celery which will be used on Omaha
tables this coming season is now growing
\ in the fields in two states, Michigan and
Nebraska. And the Nebraska grown celery
takes precedence in the Omaha market, both
in quantity and quality. Because of its SUI
perior quality it usually brings a little higher
price than the famous Kalamazoo product,
once considered unequaled.
1t is only in recent years that celery has
been established as a regular Nebraska crop,
for celery farming is one of the newest of
our state industries. 1t is now grown in
sufficient quantities for shipping near
Hebron, North Platte and Elkhorn, but the
largest amount is grown at Kearney. The
peculiar, sandy, alkali soil of the islands of
the Platte seems well suited to the growth
of delicately-flavored, nutty celery, and the
Kearney product is grown on the large
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-30
Rameses and HIS Beer

An interesting papyrus recently disc1v-
Egyptians were quite as fond OF drinking
good liquor as are any of the mcderns, re-
ports the Chicago Times-Herald. In this
papyrus, which is 5000 years old, the
philosopher Ami writes the following words
OF warning on the subject OF intoXication to
a student in Channu:
~ have been informed that you are not
only neglecting your studies, but that you
are also indulging in the most frivolous
pleasures, and that you spend a good deal Of
Of your time in drinking. Now, how can it
benefit you to drink so much beer every
day? Take advice and shun that insidious
liquor"
From other sources we learn that stu
dents in the land of the pyramids enjoyed
their beer, and were quite as fond OF playing
practical jokes as any of their descendants.
They loved on festive nights to assault inno-
cent watchmen, and many a peaceful citizen
have they aroused from slumber by thunder
ing on the door of his house.
From the diary of an Egyptian Lieutenant
who furnished about 1000 years ago we obtain
the interesting that a quart Of
beer cost about 5 cents, and there are
various entries In the book which allow us
to infer that the average Egyptian never
dreamed OF queuching his thirst with less
than a quart at a time. Indeed says the
erudite Psychologist who has deciphered
this diary, there are various facts which
justify us in describing the thirst of the
ancient Egyptians as pyramidal,"
Evening star., 1899-03-21
DELINQUENT TAX LIST.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA REAL ESTATE TAX
SALE
TAXES LEVIED AND N ARREARS JULY l, 1898.
FFICE OF THE OOMMLssIoNERS,

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,
WASHINGTON, March n, 1892
Notice is hereby given that IN conformity TO law
the pamphlet containing list Of taxes In arrears
on real prDperty in the district Of Columbia on the
frst dag OF July, 1Ses, has been printed, a copy
thereof VIII be delivered TO any taxpayer applying
therefor and II the tax due, together with the
peaIties and costs that may have accrued thereon,
shall not be paid prior 10 the dsy named for sale,
namely. the 18th day Of April, 1873, the property
involved will be sold. under direction, at public
auction. the Oflee OF the collector OF taxes OF
the District OF Columbia, commencing said l2th
day OF April 1899. and continuing each follow
ing day between the hours of 10 O'Clock in the fore
noon Gnd O'Clock in the afternoon. sundays and
legal holidays excepted, until all such delinquent
proparty l. sold ]. ". ROSS.
J. B. WIGHT,
/. H. BEACH,
Commissioners OF the District OF Columbia.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-15
TALK TO AON-CAT HOL|CS
A Large Congregation at ST.
Patrick's Church.
The REVIVAL MISSION
n sermon by Rev. Father Wyman on
The Future Life" - Everything
Has Been Ordained for
Its Proper End.

There was large congregation in ST.
Patrick's church last night, the occa-
sion of the opening of the weeks mis-
sion for non Catholics. Rev. Father
Wyman, superior of the band of Paul
lst fathers who are holding a revival
mission in this city, preached the OPEN
ing sermon. His subject was 1.-THE Flu
ture Life The father spoke from the
text read from the 25th and 26th verses
of the 18th chapter of the book of Job:
For l know that my redeemer liveth,
and in the last day I shall rise out of
the earth and shall be clothed again,
and in my flesh 1 shall see my God"
Said the father: I'VE look about us
in the world of nature and we see how
everything has been ordained for it's
proper end; and can we believe that
that which is the highest of anything
that we come in contact with in this
life, the human soul, can be without
it's proper end? All is not here, the
world lacks what is most essential to
our happiness. Here we have toll with
out repose, service without reward, HUI
initiation without glory. All these wants
must somewhere be supplied. Who is
there that has ever had noble thought
VI dH dSplid llOIl duoNe L1e Things OF
time and sense that has not believed in
the immortality of the soul? We might
as well look upon the fruit in the bud
and expect there to find fullness and
completeness as to look upon a human
soul and believe that it can have any
destiny short of immortal life
Revelation as well as reason teaches
us that we have a life beyond the
grave; that the good God has created
us not only for happiness here. but for
unending joy hereafter. We will now
consider the future life under the three
fold aspect: place of rest, reward and
glory. We cannot find perfect rest here
below. Labor is the lot of man upon
the earth. God said to our first par
ents after their Punishment from the
earthly paradise: Cursed shall be the
ground in thy labor in toll and suf-
fering shalt thou bring forth, the fruits
thereof all the days of thy life This
is true of all classes of men. What a.
consolation it is, then. for US to know
that God has ordained another life
where toll and suffering shall be un-
known. But toll is not the only hard
ship we have to endure in this life. Our
bodies are subject to disease and
DEATH What a consolation, then, for
us to know that there is another life
evils.
IF this life cannot satisfy our bodies
how much less can it satisfy our souls.
Here we are restricted by ignorance,
disappointment and temptation. In the
life beyond the grave TINS ignorance
shall be dspelled, sorrow turned into
joy and temptation to offend God for
ever removed. So we see that accord
Ing to the Christian revelation there is