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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27
THE FULTON,STFST

The test, Saturday night, of the tor
pedo boat Fulton will tend to increase
greatly confidence in submarine boats.
The craft is Of the Holland type and
is a model Of the submarine boats the
government has ordered for its use.
The new vessels will be ca feet long
and 10 feet beam and will have a dis
placement Of about s. tons. Each will
carry 80 cubic feet of air compressed
until the pressure is 1000 pounds to the
square inch.
The Fulton, as related in the dis
patches published in The Spy, was
submerged, Saturday night. in Pc
comic Bay. There. resting on the bot
tom of the sea. the Fulton remained
Is hours A severe storm ragged dur
ing the night, but those in the sub
merged craft did not feel it. though
there was but six feet Of water above
the turret The first that anybody real
~ knew of the disturbance was when
the Fulton came TO the surface and
began to roll in the rough water.
Rear Admiral Lowe. who was one Of
the party in the Fulton, is quoted as
saying:
When we went down I assisted Cap
tain Gable in making an inspection of
the ship. Then 1 retired, while the
crew played cards and read. Every
few hours l was awakened and made
inspections Of the conditions. Early
this morning Sunday Captain Gable
called my attention to the pressure
gauge, which indicates the depth. 1t
showed that we were lower in the wa
ter than at high tide, last night, when
we submerged. There was nothing to
show US why it was, but little while
later noticed that the water, as we
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27

saw it through the headlights, was
very dirty, and I imagined that
storm was blowing. There was no rock
or roll Of the vessel to indicate what
was going on. The air in the boat was
as clear ms in Il house or the cabin
of a yacht. Not once did l notice any
| sign of bad air, gas or any impurity.'
All those who had anything to do
with the test agreed that everything
on board was as snug and comfortable
as one could wish.
Captain Gable of the Holland Com
pany, who was in charge of the Fulton.
said that with food enough the party
could have remained under water three
months. Captain Cable also said that
the boats motor could have propelled
it in the time of the test 14O miles. In
making so long a run it would merely
be necessary TO come to the surface
| occasionally to take an observation.
The limit as to time of submegence is
! fixed by the boats capacity for car
rying food and water, rather than by
the matter of air supply.
The test undergone by the Fulton
marks an important period in sub
marine boat building, as it had never
been approached by any other expert
ments. French and English boats con-
tanning persons have been sealed, it is
said, and kept closed about 70 hours,
but the Fulton is the first boat to re-
main under water with the crew on
board anything like Is hours.
1t is obvious that for a boat to re-
main quietly on the bottom of the
sea and to travel about or maneuver
under water for the purpose of attack
are very different propositions, but
those who have studied the Fulton are
confident that boats of the Holland
type will prove effective engines of
war. 1t is maintained that a feet Of
such boats as the Fulton can guaran-
tee the safety of any great harbor
against attacks by the enemy's ships.
Naturally great interest Is being ia
ken in the experiments with the Full
ton, both in the United States and Eu-
rope, where the question of sub
marine boats has long been attractive
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27

city may be elected to that position.
That his Worcester friends and parish
toner's would be pleased to have him
thus honored goes without saying.
He has had a long and highly honor
able pastorate in this city. He is a
man of excellent judgment and fine
taste He would fill the position most
acceptably.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27
POOR Turkey

The sultan of Turkey is not likely
to enjoy his Thanksgiving, in spite of
the fact that he rules over all Turkey.
1t rs said that the government is in
an impoverished condition and unable
to meet It's running expenses. AS the
army is unpaid, the stability of the
government is threatened.
1t is sad to think of Turkey in such
trouble at this time of the year.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27
THE MODEL FARM

%R& HE model farm of the future will have different anb
tons from those of the past Its ideas of the beati-
fu and of the useful will both be changed. There will
~ be understanding that the whole property must be
kept in presentable condition. There will be hrubbery
while the drives and walks will the
owners to all parts the gardens and orchards These will
require heavy expense but they will
much degree of cost With
the house the OF the property and remote from
the road will be understood that easy access to all
parts grounds prime necessity 1t will not be the am
bon front yard painfully full of pose but part
of the plantation will admit OF the ornamental In the place of
rough will be handsome edges OF poisoning shrubs or
evegreen and where the old farm had weeddOtted pastures
the farm will have its berry gardens its sage, and its or
cas other words the farm will be understood to be-
in all parts of it. home and homestead. Every building ev
cry crop every fence and all other appuenances will conform
to this idea.
The model farm will grow nearly all the food supply of the
surplus will be large drecon but the aggregate
will be sufficient bring into the family needed money for the
year The upsetting for accommodating IS already
losing hold the intensive farmer He has safe and ea-
sonabe income and learning that content better than wealth
The idea OF building peaceful home will get to be uppemos
The handling OF capital in public enterprises will be LETT more
and more to a special class of capitalists
On the model farm will be closer in cooperation
with man; outdoors well as indoors Work Will not be SO
sharply differentiated into mans work and woman work Ev
erv farm aborer will be electrician and he will have
c be able to manage electrical machinery The power plant
will the washing machine and the hay cutter will cook the
breakfast and pump water for the This will bring the work
of the sexes into closer correlation Our land will be dotted
with small FARMS with equazed advanagesFrom the indie
pendent.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27

Now the Merchants National Bank
and the First National Bank of Lowell
have voted to consolidate. The new
concern will be called the Union Ma
tional Bank of Lowell, with a capital
of S35O,00
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27

Cornelius Vanderbilt, who has won a
wide reputation for his inventions APP
plicable to locomotive construction, has
just obtained patent on an improved
locomotive tender which has an in
creased carrying capacity for fuel and
water
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27

The physicians of Walla Walla
Washington, propose to fix maximum
and minimum fees for office consul
tation and visits to patients. A COM
mittee has been appointed to deter
mine the rates.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27

1t is said of a woman who recently
died in Kansas, at the age of 1O4, that
she had never heard Of the germ the
Dry of disease. Whether her ignorance
is supposed to have increased or less
ened the number of her days is not
stated.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27

The recent discovery of lead and zinc
deposits in Central Missouri has caused
the board of geology of that state to
plan complete investigation by min
eral experts of the territory where the
metals were found.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27
A WONDERFUL HEALTH BOARD

1t is generally supposed that man
may wear one suit Of clothes as many
weeks. months or years as he pleases,
provided the cloth hangs together.
But one must not entertain any such
idea as that if he lives in Binghamton,
well-knOwn pronertv holder has been
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27

The steamship Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse arrived at Cherbourg with it's
consignments of gold amounting to
81, 100000 without having sighted a ship
flying black flag The French duties
on the importation amount to about
$40 600
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27

At Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
in West 1O4th Street New York Sun
day. the sum of $4,000 was raised to
cancel a mortgage and to cover the
floating indebtedness of the church.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27

Professor thinner of Berlin, who has
been investigating the matter, says
. that in Germany, Switzerland, Aus
tria and Russia one in every IS womer
found in asylums fer the insane is ar
eX-schOOl teacher.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27

The Medical Press, speaking Of the
diagnosis of alcoholic poisoning, says:
For a police inspector or surgeon to
endeavor to settle the question Off
hand on the strength of a single sign
or symptom or arbitrary test" is to
court tragedy and disaster"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27
REV DR.. NlNTON

The decision of Rev. DR.. Greer not
to accept the position as bishop OF
western Massachusetts makes it quite
possible that Rev. DR.. vinton Of this
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27

In Boston Il, 500 women have already
registered to vote for school officers,
this year, a gain of 1854 over last
wear
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27

Mayor-elect Seth Low of New York,
had received, Monday night, $500 appli-
cations for jobs.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27
MEN AND AFFAIRS

DR.. Kuyper the present prime min
lister of the Netherlands, is by calling
a Calvinist pastor of the most orthO-
| dox type He was brought up for a
! literary career, and ascribes his aban-
donment of the latter and his entrance
into the pastorate to the influence ex-
ercised upon him by Miss Yonge's
Heir of Redclyffe," book which
seems to have made a profound i'm
preston upon him.
Rev. Dr. William l. Shaw of the. on
tario school board, has written an open
letter to Sir Alfred Laurier, in which
he protests against the precedence ac-
corded at Canadian state functions to
the bishops-Anglican and Roman
Catholic. He reminds the premier that
in Ontario the Methodists come very
near outnumbering the Anglicans and
Roman Catholics put together
The late President was to have laid
the cornerstone of the Ohio College of
Government-one of the buildings Of
the group of the American University
at Washington-next month and it is
probable that the honor will now de-
volve upon President Roosevelt. The
building viii be of marble and will cost
s250,OO0.
In a West Chicago street railway
damage case a verdict of $4,000 has
just been rendered for the loss of an
arm. The plaintiff was a young sur
geon with an income of $4,000 and a
growing practice. 1t has taken five
years to bring the case to a conclusion.
The longest bridge in the world is
the Lion Bridge, near Sangang, in Chi
ma. 1t extends 3 Ia miles over an arm
of the yellow Sea, and is supported by
300 huge stone arches. The roadway
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27

A jury in a murder case at Asheville,
N. c., reached a verdict by lot. When
the method of procedure became
known, the verdict was set aside, The
defendant then pleaded guilty to muir
der in the second degree and received
a sentence of 80 years in the state pris-
on at hard labor The judge repri-
manded the jurymen severely. This is
the second instance noted within a
short time where jurymen have resort
ed to lot in order to determine the
fate Of the person under trial.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27

At her coronation, next June, Queen
Alexandra will wear the crown worn
by Mary Modena, the consort of James
II
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27

is 70 feet above the water, and is in
closed in an iron network.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27
The English press had paid but lit

The English press had paid but lit
tie attention to the troubles on the
Isthmus until the recent stirring
events. There had been a disposition
to treat the quarrel fippantly. Now
however, the London newspapers are
devoting a great deal of attention to
Isthmi2n affairs. In general, the &C
ton of the United States in landing
men to protect transportation is up
held, though some profess to see deep
er purposes on the part of this nation
than those claimed.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27

Charles Humphrey, an eccentric car
penter of New Haven, Conn, made
three collins, one for his wife. one for
his mother-in-iaw, and one for him
self. His wife died, and then his wifes
mother, so that the coffin that Hum
phrey built for himself is the only one
left in the attic of his house where
the collins were stored.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27

The Duke of Devonshire, in referring
to a recent eulogy of Charles Francis
Adams in this city upon General Rob
ert Lee, said that he was quite sure
that had General Lee failed to rec
ognize defeat when it came and had
he allowed the Confederate resistance
to degenerate into the sort of guerilla
warfare now being carried on in South
Africa, not only the Federal govern
ment would not have granted the
Southerners the honorable terms it
did, but Lees name would today have
been generally execrated by every
patriotic citizen of the United States.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27

1911. The total vote in the state was
2O4, 1872. So much for Bryan's personal
work in his own state.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27

The Oceanic Company's steamer
Sierra, which arrived at San Fran
cisco, Monday. from Sydney. made the
voyage in p days. The English mails
that it carried will be forwarded, Sat
urday, from New York by the Cam
pania. If there were a fast mail boat
sailing Friday, to receive the Austria
val in New York, a record could be
established, it is said, for transporta-
ton between Sydney and London.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27

The official count of the November
election in Nebraska completed, last
evening, shows that Sedgewick, Re
publican candidate for Supreme Court
Judge, has a plurality over Hollenbeck
(Fusion) Of 1853, and a majority over
all of 6751. The regents of the uni
versity. Ernst and Callkins (Repubh-
cans) have an average plurality Of
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27

If President Roosevelt acts on the
maxim of his friend Booker Washing
ton-"an idea for every woodland if
his message is as long as rumor al
leges, the failure Of the meteoric show
er to appear, this year. will not be a
mystery long after the first Monday in
December. It will be evident that it
refused to compete.-New York World.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27

IF THE BABY Is CUTTING ~EETH
be sure ana use that old and we'll tried
remedy. Mrs. Wfnslow's Soothing
Syrup for children teething. 1t snothea
the child! softens the gums, allays all
pain. cures wind collie and is the best
REMEDY fol diarrhoea- twenty-five
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27

Did you see this? A Pennsylvania
woman stopped a fast mail train just
to ask the engineer the time of day"
We'll, what time was it?'-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27

Entered at the Worcester Post Office as
second-class Mail Matter.l
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27

She-"Ive Just been reading "A Win
ter in Paradise" by darlington. How
enchantingly ne writes Of the calm
happiness of married loversl"
He-"Yes; he is a bachelor, you
know."-Brooklyn Life.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27

Let's see: wasn't there a romance
connected with their courtship?"
Yes. The one he told her about his
vast wealth. San Francisco Bulle-
tin.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27

Did young Blackstone ever try
case2" said one lawyer TO another.
No was the reply. but he's tried
to try one or two ''-Pittsburg Chron-
icle Telegraph
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27

The provincial barber. remarked the
sparsity of his customers hair. Have
you ever tried our special hair wash?"
he said eXpectanty.
"Oh, MOTT wasn't that that did it, was
the customers crushing reply.-Tit-
Bits.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-07-12
DO PLANTS THINK
Reasons Why One Man Believes That
They Possess Mentality.

Reasons Why One Man Believes That
They Possess Mentality.
Most people look upon plant as some
thing almost without life. Perhaps this
Ia true when we compare its life energies
to those Of an animal and the rest Of Gre
alton, which are high in the scale Of life.
Nevertheless, year after year, as l look
at nature and strive to catch some faint
idea of the subtle life power which is ev-
erywhere, the more certain l become that
even plants have some power which is
similar to mind in the higher animals.
remember distinctly when this first
came to my notice. 1t was early one
June, and l was walking through a
heavy bit Of timber listening to the glori-
GUS love songs of our birds and the rus
Ting of the fresh green leaves overhead.
Numbers Of wild flowers were swaying
gently in the light breeze, which came
and went through the long aisle of brown
tree trunks.
In the dense shade found great bed
of small green umbrellas, May apples,
and under each was an exquisite white
flower. l lay down on the soft, dead
leaves and looked into the face of one of
uiOsSOhoJ anu ~ oAoAS
with that open, frank look which all fow-
ers have. ! noticed that several Of the
stamens had bent over the pistil and had
discharged their pollen. The stamens
which had not ripened were back close
against the petals. For several days
came to look at this big blossom, and
saw stamen after stamen move forward
and discharge its pollen and then fall
back to give room for the others.
That summer l planted FIVE leaf Ivy
on my coalhouse that 1t might paint 1t
green every year. The vine grew vigor-
ously and In a few years had almost COW
cred one side Of the building. When the
vine reached the fat shingle roof, I feaf
ed that It would spread over 1t and rot
the shingles, but I had forgotten the les
son l had learned while looking at the
May apple blossom.
The tender young ends Of my ivy trav-
eled along the edge of the roof, but never
ventured out upon 1t. The vine knew
that It could not withstand the hot glare
Of the sun reflected from the fat surface.
But It was a vigorous vine and needed
room: so. after travelling along the roof
edge and finding no place to grow up
ward, it threw itself downward and soon
covered what space was left on the side.
Is this instinct, or Is 1t something
which approximates mentality as we
know II among the higher animalsf-
James Speed In Louisville Post
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-07-12
Pennsylvania Railroad Special Excursions to
Pan.American Exposition.


The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will run special excursions to Buffalo on
account of the Pan-American Exposition
from Washington, Baltimore, and ad-
joining territory, on July 8, 9, IS, %, 81,
August 6, Is, 81, 27. September 5, II,
II and &c. Round-trip tickets, good
going only on train leaving Washington
$50 and Baltimore $50 A. NJ, and on
local trains connecting Herewith, and
good to return on regular trains within
seven days, including day of excursion,
will be sold at rate of $40 from Balti-
more and Washington, and proportion
ate rates from other points. Tickets will
be good for passage III parlor cars going
and sleeping cars returning on payment
of usual Pullman rates. For specific time
and rates, consult local ticket agents.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-07-12
Wees: but people might misunder-


Wees: but people might misunder'
stand, we agreed, and So
I'm not going to pander to other pro
pies stupidity" / said Indignantly, "and
| don't consider that friendship should
have to be weighed and measured in ex
act words" l had prepared this remark
beforehand.
"No-o; perhaps not" / knew it would
score. "Still, there are bounds to friend,
ship" She shut her little mouth decis.
lively.
''If you mean last Tuesday,
II don't want to talk about it." she in
terrupted. Have you considered about
the stories?"
Eyes; have reasoned out my position
most carefully-Mary." She frowned,
but passed the familiarity.
"And your conclusicns?"
"Are in verse;"
ooh, how nice" Women always like
fellow to run to verse. suppose it is
because he is sure to give himself away.
LET me see it."
'On condition that you read it aloud"
She looked objections. II want to hear
if have got the swing"
So she detained softly. think I said
that she had pretty voice.
TO MARY.
I made me tale Of the tempest at sea,
Full of thunder and lightning above,
And the terrors that be when the storm winds SIRE
free
But the end of the story was Lowell
I sang me a song Of raid In the glen,
With Tilt Of the pipers who played,
Strike again, strike again and die fighting like
meni"
And the struggle a maidi
planned me play of a monarch OF fame
And his courtiers in silken attire
And his statesmen, who came like q moth to the
fame,
For pair of bright eyes were the Hrei
I peaned the praise OF hero so calm
And so strong in the tumut to stand,
When found me the charm that had strengthen.
ed his arm;
It was only the touch Of q handl
And 1? II my heart for moment be strong,
II my tale for a page ring sincere,
Or II merits belong to the play the song.
They are only your echoes, my dearl
When she came to the last line, her
voice was very soft and just a little tear
full. i put my hand on her shoulder, and
we stood looking silently at the paper for
q minute. Then l drew her gently to mt
the way the stories end!-Black and
White
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-07-12
Not That Kind of a ."reller."

81 have been called to the door on
some queer missions, but a new one was
sprung on me the other day." said the
handsome wife Of well known bank
teller. when l went down in response
to the bell, two young girls said they
wanted to see Mrs. Blank Blanks. l con-
fessed to owning the name. Both thought
was mistaken, but l assured them as
best l could that l had not suffered a
lapse of memory on that point. After
some hesitation, each making efforts to
persuade the other to tell the mission,
one finally said:
"'Well, hope you won't feel insulted.
but my friend had her fortune told by q
woman whose predictions all came true,
and now l want my fortune told. The
last name of the clairvoyant Is the same
as yours, and we don't know the first.
You are not the person, but there is a
mistake in the city directory, because we
looked in it, and 1t said, BLANK Blanks.
16 'Steenth street, teller" and what else
could that last word meanr baltimore
Sun.