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Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-13
How Often Should a Piano
Be Tuned (?
Question SO often asked OF US.
READ THE ANSWERS OF THE FAMOUS MAKERS IN REPLY {,
Boston, March Z, 1898.
l1arnd e SOu Worcester

Boston, March Z, 1898.
Messrs. S. R. Leland & Son, Worcester,
Mass:
Gentlemen--Rep1ying to your kind favor
Of March 9TH, duly received, we beg to say
a piano should be tuned at least three
times every year, and we consider four
tunings much better than three.
Very truly yours
Chickering & Sons.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-13

is open again for business and Waer-soaked Shoes are
going with rush. We made quick settlement with the
insurance companies, and they gave US liberal allowance
SO that we can sell you good Shoes for less than is asked
for shoddy 1t don't hurt the wear of our Shoes to wet
them and at the prices we are selling no one has an excuse
for going baefooted Avoid the crowd by calling early in
the day, at the same place
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-13
New York, March Z, 1898.
, I Gland e. Son Worcester

New York, March Z, 1888
NTessrs. S. r. Leland & Son. Worcesteb
Mass:
Genuemen-Pianos should be tuned three
times for the first and second years, VIII
Three weeks after the house has been
the heater has been discontinued and the
windows opened, allowing the damp, warm
air to settle in the instrument, and once
In the middle of the summer. After the
first two years two tunings are enough, in
spring and fall as described above. This
applies to pis@os subject to ordinary hofns
use. Yours truly,
Paul G.. Mehln & Sons.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-13
ION TO WASHINGTON.


The most satisfactory Washington tour
from Worcester and vicinity will be that
of Mr.. c. 8. Alexander, principal normal
training school, Fitchburg, Mass. A good
" number have already registered for this
party the especial attractions being the
comfortable trip to New York via
Norwich line. which embraces a short rail
ride to New London, full nights rest on
palatial sound steamer, the early morning
SAN through East river, in full view of the
various points of interest of New York
harbor warm breakfast before leaving for
Philadelphia, where stop Of five hours is
made before resuming the journey to
Washington.
This tour also affordsmore time in Wash
fngton than the other trips, includes Mt.
Vernon visit, and ends with the very
pleasant journey from New York by the
sound line steamer, dinner being served
after leaving the pier in New York at 8
D. m.
without delay by those t1n intending & 70 60 IN
served.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-13

Derby. Conn. March Z. '9S.
Messrs. S. r. Leland & Son, Worcester,
Mass:
piano. we think, should be tuned
from three to five times a year to keep II I'm q
upon the conditions-heat and cold damp
and dry atmosphere-to which 1t Is sub.
iected. The Sterling Piano Co. ,,,,
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-13

Every MUST OUT OF TUNE percep6ble tha
has dropped from its regular pitch Wire string will stretch the
changes from heat and cold will have the effect.
Piano Tuning, Action and Tone Regulating Rebung Refelng
Rebuhng, Restoring of Tone all kinds Case Work.
in city and county by worEmen of long experience
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-13

We ask the attention of Gentlemen who
appreciate ORIGINAL UP-TO-DATEI
GARMENTS for dress or business purposes
to the productions of our own Manufacture
ing department, together with the latest
Spring Novelties of Messrs ROGERS, PEET|
& co. of New York, forming together the
MOST ELABORATE DISPLAY of fine
Spring Garments ever exhibited in Worces-
ter. NOW READY FOR EXAMINATION
ON OUR COUNTERS.
SPRING OVERCOATS, TOP-CoATS,
BUSINESS SUITS, PERFECT FITTING
TROUSERS, DRESS SUITS, BOYS and
CHILDREN'S TOP-COATS, REFERS,
MILDLY SUITS, SAILOR SUITS, ,BLOUSES,
SHIRT WAISTS, etc.
THE BEST CLOTHING ONLY and the
lowest prices for the same in New England
consistent with HONEST FABRICS and
GOOD WORKMANSHIP by well paid
Skilled Labor
Samples sent for examination and COM
parison to any address.
We solicit Criticism, Comparison
and Competition.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-13
No. IA Front Street,
]. K. BROWN.

It is useless to quote prices. They are out of sight
You want to see the goods We make formal opening
SATURDAY, March (. We have been selling few goods
since last Saturday, but were not ready for business and
therefore have kept quiet until We have bargain
table arranged now and most of OUR stock where can
reach it. An early call will surely pay, for these goods
must be sod and sold quick First come will get the best
bargains--a the same old store,
II Front Street,
j. K. BROWN.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-13

Northwest receipts-wheat 27s cars.
COTTON.
New York, March 12.-Spot cotton, &C.
Vest, Clio Open High Low Close
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-13
HOW OFTEN sEoULD A PIANO BE
TUNED? -t-

New York, Sept. T. 1894.
Any piano, to be kept in good order,
should be tuned at least every three ia
four months. Steinway G. Sons. .
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-13

Bicycle sundries lower than anywhere
else at the Boston store.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-13

Have your fur garment properly packed
away in storage during the summer
months at the Boston store for a trifie. *''
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-13

Boston, Mass, Sept. 6, 1894
We believe in having a piano tuned
twice a year, and If it is tuned three OF
four times a year, the instrument would be
the better for it. Chickering & Sons.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-13
Repairing, renting, best at Haveners '''

Victor bicycles, 1898 models $5O at the
Boston store.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-13

THE CHICAGO MARKET.
Reported by James S. Aborn, 410 Main STD
The opening, highest. lowest and closing
quotations in Chicago, March Il, 1898:
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-13

Under ordinary circumstances a piano
should receive at least two ttrnings year.
and oftener if necessary.
VIM Knabe e. Co
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-13

Kranich & Bach.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-13

N. B.H. F. Arms & Co.'s Busi-
ness fctnti1ued at 9S Front ST., as
heretofore
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-13

New York, March Z, 1898.
z. Leland & Son, Worcester,
The herald., 1898-03-20

is Garden Isle, upon which Fort Jefferson
was built under the direction of General
Totten, who instituted what was known
as the masonry forts, which formed our
only kind of seacoast defense from 1850
until 1870.
The most economical features of the de-
fenses would be the mounting of heavy
guns, and with these the harbor would give
one of the best protected roadsteads in
southern waters. The main dkfenses are
on Tortugas meanng Turtle) island and
occupy practically the entire island, al
though a small narrow coral reef sweeps
around it, affording additional shelters.
The fort is known as Fort Jefferson. II is a
three-story brick structure, with case
mates, the walls being four feet, three
inches thick. The garrison quarters are
in these classmates, the old plan being 10
place the artillery in the upper stories and
the infantry below. The fortifcations
board, headed by Gen. Miles, some time
ago reported that the islands were neces-
sary as part of the system of coast de-
fenses.
The federal government in 1870 began to
discard solid forts of brick and stone for
the more modern breatsworks of earth and
concrete, which have greater power of
resisting the more powerful rifles of latter
days. But it was not until 1888 tina the war
department lent Fort Jefferson and other
adjoining islands to the treasury depart
The herald., 1898-03-20
DEFFNSES AT TORTUGAS
NOW BUT LITTLE BETTER THAN
NOTHING
Quarantine Station Would Be the
American Base of Supplies in
Case of War With Spain

WASHINGTON, March 49, - General
John M. Wilson, chief of engineers, who
has been In the south inspecting the forts
and looking over our coast defenses, is ex-
pected to make a report to the govern
ment today or tomorrow. 1t is understood
that his report will contain plans for the
fortification Of Tortugas quarantine sta
tion, which lies off the coast of Florida be-
low Key West While south he made an
examination Of the islands. 1t Is the in
tention of the government to use these
islands also as base of supplies in the
event of possible war with Spain. Dry
Tortugas. as 1t is called, is the group Of
ten small islands, or keys, at the eastern
entrance to the Gulf Of Mexico, about
seventy-one miles directly west Of Key
West and 12O miles southwest of Cape
Sabel, the most southerly point of main
land in Florida. One of these ten islands
The herald., 1898-03-20
Los ANGELES fMRAIDl SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH 20 1898

and the eager interest with which the even-
ing congregations have followed the ten
consecutive addresses of DIR. Nehemiah
Boynton shows that there Is great readt-
ness for q wise and temperate presentation
of the subject"
1.-THE collect In the prayer book for the
first Sunday in Lent contains this sig
nificant petition: Give us grace to use such
abstinence that our flesh being subdued TO
the spirit, we may ever obey the godiy
motions In Righteousness and true hoii-
ness In these words the Christian con-
ception Of the use of abstinence Is clearly
set FORTH" says the New York Outlook;
"it is to bring the body into subjection
to the spirit. There is no magic In abstin-
ence; no mechanical efficiency; the denials
of the body are not, in themselves, acts
Of holiness. and do not store up for man
good will in heaven. There is no virtue In
abstinence as an end; there is great virtue
in It as q means. The denial of the body
was carried so far during the monastic
period that 1t became distinctly un-
Christian; now the reaction has been car
ried so far that the possible uses OF alb
stnence have been forgotten by many peo-
ple The highest type Of man has long
ceased to be the ascetic; 1t is to Christ, not
to John the Baptist that men turn today
for the highest illustration Of the highest
life."
"As a matter Of fact" says the Watch
man Baptist Of Boston,, "the popular
laudation of unsectarianism, by men who
ought to know better, is becoming one OF
the most serious obstacles to the strength
of evangelical churches. If 1t Is true that
one church is as faithful to the New Testa-
ment ideals as another and 1t makes very
little difference where man enlists his
personal influence and labor and support
let us have the courage of our convictions
and accept the necessary inference that
there is nothing so definite and clear In the
Christian revelation that it is worth stand
ing for Depend upon it, demonstration
alism, sectarianism, If you please. Is prac-
tically identical with the vigor and depth
of Christian conviction. 1t has been finely
said that the difference between fanati-
cism and enthusiasm is that the former
Is intense feeling about little things and
the latter is intense feeling about great
things. Some denominations are fairly
open to the charge Of fanaticism. Their
distinctive doctrines are not important
enough: but that is not true Of leading
divisions of the Christian church. They
represent convictions about great mat
ters. The spirit which makes unsectarian-
ism its boast is not the spirit that is
swayed BY strong convictions or makes
great sacrifices for the advance Of the
gospel"
The herald., 1898-03-20
Map Showing Location of Dry Tortugas

ment for the use of quarantine station be-
tween this country and Cuba. At presen
it is in a defenseiess condition and is pos
tive source of danger, as it could be occu-
pied by an enemy as base of naval and
military operations.
The naval scheme for the defense of the
coast as laid down in the plans of the
naval war college last summer, also con-
templates the islands as base of opera
tions, while the board appointed by Sec
retary Long to select sites for dry docks
last fall also devoted considerable space in
its report to showing the Importance of
the islands from a strategic point of view.
This anchorage is probably better than
that of Key West. This fact is made evil
dent by the preference for the Tortugas
harbor shown by Admiral Sicard during
the rendezvous of the North Atlantic
squadron now in progress.
The herald., 1898-03-20
An Arizona Exhibit

PHOENIX, Ariz.. March ia meeting
was held this afternoon under the auspices
Of the chamber Of commerce to devise
means for giving Arizona representation
at the Omaha exposition. 1t was agreed
that the governor be asked to name three
commissioners to Omaha and that the
business men Of the territory be called
upon to advance about $4,000 for the ex-
hibit. with the expectation that the amount
subscribed will be refunded by the legis-
lature that will sit next January.
The herald., 1898-03-20
English Athletics

LONDON, March 19.-At the spring
games of the London Athletic club today
Lutens won the one mile challenge cup In
4:44%.
In the 12O yards dash Blowford gave up
the struggle and Mayne won; time, II Is.
The two-mile handicap was won by H. G..
Lloyd; time, $3.50 is.
Fitzherbert won the Quarter-mile run;
time, 0;51.
The sS0-yard run was won by Coltart,
who had 25 yards start; time, 1859 rs.
The herald., 1898-03-20
A MISSING Woman

SACRAMENTO, Cal. March 1e.-On
Wednesday last Mrs. Frank Wakefield .f
Rocklin, who was visiting her mother. Mrs.
NJ. E. Fam, in this city, left the house for
walk and has not since been heard Of.
She disappeared as completely as though
the street had swallowed her up. The rel
atives of the missing woman applied to the
police for assistance in their search, but
all efforts have been in vain. Mrs Wake
field, who is % years old, had been IN poor
health and was somewhat despondent. and
the police are inclined to the belief that
she ended her trouble in the river. Her
husband lives in Rocklin and her G-year-old
boy she left with her mother when she left
the house.
The herald., 1898-03-20
A Gift Lottery Ticket Won

Ch!cago.NJoseph Dost celebrated his
birthday on February 18th. Among the
friends who were at his house was Charles
Dotter. a cigar dealer. Dost bantered Dot
ter. saying: You have brought me no
present; good words are cheap" Dotter
drew a lottery ticket from his pocket. say
ing: This will draw $4,000. 1t is as good
as a certified check
Both laughed and Dost stuffed the ticket
into his pocket. He learned on Thursday
that the ticket had actually drawn $4,000,
and he hastened to Dotter. Here" he
said. ITS yours NO replied Dotter,
"it's yours. I gave it to you'
Dost will draw the money and divide with
Dotter.-New York Herald.
The herald., 1898-03-20
An Armor-Plated Fish

DR.. A. c. Panton of Portland, Ore, has
received from a friend who Is wintering
on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico the skin
of a fish the like Of which has never been
seen there before. The scales are dia-
mond-shaped and are of bone, the edges
being as sharp as sharks teeth. In fact.
the skin looks as If 1t was covered with
small sharks teeth fitted closely together
The fish was about fifty inches in length.
No fish with common scales would stand
ghost of show in combating one OF
these armor-plated monsters.
The herald., 1898-03-20
A Steamer Launched

SAN FRANCISCO, March 19-The new
passenger steamship Senator. built for the
Pacific Coast Steamship company, was
successfully launched today at the Union
IRON works. She will be completed within
a month and will then take the place " the
Australia on the Alaska route. It was at
one time intended to place her in the Mexi-
can trade. but the Curacao was deemed
better suited for the purpose and will take
the place Of the Orizaba when her present
overhauling is completed.
The herald., 1898-03-20

These rates will apply wholly to parties
Of ten or more travelling together on one
ticket on the going trip. but returning at
pleasure during the season. The ticket will
be good for passage via Raymond or via
Oakdale, going one route and returning
the same or the other route.
1t will be necessary to prepare sched-
ule, so that there will not be more than
one party going into the valley by each
route each day, thus enabling the stage
companies to handle them in a satisfac-
tory manner.
The rates named will be good for mem
bers of the order when requested by the
secretary of the parlors to which they
belong and for dependent members OF
their families, and for none others; re-
quests to be made on the undersigned at
San Francisco. Yours truly
TIL. GOODMAN,
General Passenger Agent.
We have already secured the meeting of
the American Forestry association for tine
Yosemite valley this summer. This Is the
first time this organization has visited the
west. We are promised special rates TO
those desiring to attend this meeting.
Every Californian should visit the Yo-
semitic valley. That is an accepted doctrine
everywhere in the state. The present COM
mission, recognizing this fact and also
the fact that our state residents have not
visited the valley to the extent that they
should, on account of the excessive cost of
the trip, have worked along rna line OIL re-
ducing this cost and have done SO mate
rally.
1t will be noticed in the letter Of excur-
sion rates that tourists can go in by one
route and come out by another. This Is
The herald., 1898-03-20

brought action against him to recover the
amount, claiming that it was loan. The
husband at the hearing introduced evil
dence to show that 1t was gift. The lower
court gave judgment for the plaintiff. The
supreme court Gays that it was the duty of
the husband to go further than this. and,
besides proving that the sum was a gift,
to prove that 1t was gift without undue
influence.
The herald., 1898-03-20
Undue Influence

SAN FRANCISCO, March 19.-The su-
preme court today handed down an opin-
lon setting the rule of the duty of a hus-
band to prove that gift of money from
his wife was not given under undue infiu-
mce. Mrs. Jane Warren gave her hus-
Iand. John X. Warren, $4,000, and later
The herald., 1898-03-20
Chicago Ere Victims

CHICAGO. March 1s.-Workmen en-
gagged In clearing debris from the burned
Emerson building discovered another body
this afternoon. This makes the eighth
corpse recovered. The remains, frightful-
ly burned and crushed, were Identified as
those Of VIM. Bos. 16 years old, q clerk for
the w. A. Olmstead Scientific company. r.
Pitts, a solicitor. who was supposed to
have perished in the fire, has been heard
from. The list of missing now number
twelve.
The herald., 1898-03-20
Undelivered Telegrams

There are undelivered kilograms at the
Western Union telegraph office for Willis
Barnard. William Hdley, ]. S. Padfield,
]. c. OConnor, Charles H. Upton (2), H.
Fields.
The herald., 1898-03-20
Broke His Leo

SAN FRANCISCO, March 19.-Cyrus
Kenyon, afed 20, had his right leg frac-
tured this afternoon while playing ball at
the Velodrome grounds. He was treated
at the park emergency hospital by DR..
Stafford. Kenyon lives In Stockton.
The herald., 1898-03-20

DEATHS
DOL@At her home in this city. March IS.
1898. Felicie Dol, beloved wife of Victor
Dol. a native of France. aged So years.
Funeral from her late residence, No, 1888
South Main street, Sunday, March 10th, at
p. m. Friends and acquaintance invited
to attend. Interment Rosedale cemetery.
DODD-At Fallbrook Mrs. Harriet Dodd
aged 72 yeas.
Funeral at Fallbrook, San Diego county
Interment at Rosedale cemetery, Sunday
at 2:30 pm.
NORTON-Anna Norton, at her home 139
South Olive street.
Funeral from her late residence at z
p. m. on Sunday, March Goth.
WILSON,. N. Wilson, Friday, March
18th.
Funeral from 1909 East Ninth today al
p. M, Rev. Joseph Smale, officiating.
The herald., 1898-03-20
Progress in Steamships

During the last fifty years the size Of
steamships has been multiplied twenty
fold. the horsepower employed to drive
them has been multiplied forty-fold, and
the speed with which they traverse the
sea has increased three-fold.
The herald., 1898-03-20
JoTTINGS
Our Homo Brew

Mater & Zobelein's lager fresh from their
brewery. on draught in all the principal
saloons; delivered promptly in bottles OF
kegs. Office and brewery. 40 Also street;
telephone o..
The herald., 1898-03-20

Is there any less sin in making plans on
Sunday for selling goods than there is in
opening the store and selling them?
The herald., 1898-03-20

There are many persons who think Sun
day is sponge with which to wipe out
the sins of the week.-Beecher.
The herald., 1898-03-20

Largest variety Concord business wagons
& Co.
The herald., 1898-03-20

Miss Parrish, the seventh round-the-
world temperance evangelist, is now In
Japan, where she is pushing the gospel
temperance work with much vigor and
earneStneSS.
The herald., 1898-03-20
Imported LeprosY

BOMBAY, March 19.--The British steam
er Shannon has just arrived here from
Alden and is found to have case of leprosy
on board
The herald., 1898-03-20

Hawley. King & Co.. cor. Fifth st. and
| Broadway. agents genuine Columbus Bug
gy company buggies and Victor bicycles.
The herald., 1898-03-20

Nothing is more true than that seeking
the kingdom of God and his righteousness
secures everything else.
The herald., 1898-03-20

Very successful missionary work along
industrial lines is being done among the
Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians in Okla
homa.
The herald., 1898-03-20

Everything on wheels. Hawley King &
Co.. corner Fifth street and Broadway.
The herald., 1898-03-20
YOSEMITE
+++++++ + ++++++* + + r + RI f+4

The present Yosemite commission has
been giving earnest attention to improve
ments in this state park and has also un-
dertaken to facilitate the access to 1t of
those who desirexo visit its wonders ard
beauties.
Along this line we have secured an open
competition by the stage lines, formerly In
a combine; reduced the hotel rates in the
valley; reduced the saddle train charges.
and have been partially successful In our
efforts to secure reductions in rates from
the railroad companies.
In this connection am glad to call the
attention of the people of Southern Califor-
mia to the following letter and rates fixed
for excursion parties. under the auspices
of the Native Sons and Native Daughters
of the Golden West:
SAN FRANCISCO. March 2, 1898.
Yosemite Observation-Disclosures
Referring to the proposed movement on the
part of the Yosemite valley commissioners
and the Native Sons and Daughters of the
Golden West to make the valley the
Mecca of their summer vacations and to
construct a club house there as head
quarters, arrangements have been made
with the stage companies and the Sierra
railway whereby we are in position to offer
from principal points In the state the rates
named below:
San Francisco. ..N5 U
Oakland ...................."....''' 20 w
San Jose. 20 w
Stockton ...."...................... Il 70
Sacramento Observation-Disclosures. % SO
Auburn ........................2 25 90
Colfax 26 25
Truckee ........................... - W
Martinez ..........~....... 23 %
Merced Observation-Disclosures. Is 5O
Chico ........................ &c 25
Redding NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2S 25
San Buenaventura......... ~ 10
Santa Barbara. ........................3 81 rs
Los Angeles. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 80 VI
Anaheim ..............u..........3 81 w
San Bernardino ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81 on
Redlands OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 81 81
Santa Rosa. 20 OO
Caistoga NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. OO
Hanford ........."............. % "a
Fresno OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Is SO
Visalia Observation-Disclosures. 22 rs
Bakersfield OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. % OO
Vallejo Observation-Disclosures. 23 75
Beuicia Observation-Disclosures. 23 90
woodland .....................-..... 20 w
Napa .......................... "a 81
Placerville ......................... rs SC
MarysVile ..............."......... 20 w
Orovile ............................ 26 sc
San Mateo. ..........................2 20 0C
Redwood ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. rs 0G
Gilroy OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. rs q
Hollister ..."..................." 25 75
Santa Cruz Observation-Disclosures. 26 OC
Salinas Observation-Disclosures. rs 81
San Lucas ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. rs &c
San Miguel. ........................2 20 7s
Paso Robes Observation-Disclosures. 30 on
San Luis Obispo. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81 I;
The herald., 1898-03-20
DEATHS

Agents Victor Heating, World and Marcel
bicycles. Hawley. King & Co.
The herald., 1898-03-20

BILE.
| We hope next year to mako this the rule
In regard to all travel to the valley.
| ABBOT KINNEY.