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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09
A CLEVER ANSWER.

Maurice Donnay, in an amusing little
sklt called AN interview" in onA of
the daily papers, gives his opinion il
answer to the question, "Who is to sue
coed Stephane Mallarme as prince of
poets?' Il will answer by an anec-
dote, he said Ten years ago, accom-
panied by young child, l wanted to
cross the Place de POpera; it was at
the time when they were acclimating
Lohengrin' in France. The place was
defended by policemen and municipal
guards, occupying the entire space.
NO one can pass, brigadier said to
me, brutality. But I answered, with
authority, i am obliged to go to the
rue Auber; l am the chef des PEASANTS.
and this child with me Is the chef des
gamins The brigadier saluted and gave
us two Of his men as escort ] imagine
that this title of prince of poets is as
elusive as that of chef des PEASANTS or
chef des gamins. Why have a prince
Of poets when all the poets are gods?''
Why have poet laureate?" l said
to myself another survival of a pri-
mitive civilization" But l began to
read over again my Mallarme, a little
forgotten after summer wanderings,
and to understand over again why les
jeunes took him as their leader
If you had ever seen him about Paris,
him for a poet, surely not for a prince.
TIe looked like little government en-
ployee, and not a well-paid one, with
his thin figure, his ill-ftting coat and
his short gray beard. AS a. matter OF
fact, he was not we'll paid for any
thing. He lived by his salary as Eng
fish teacher in one of the French lycees
His poems never brought in money
One buys photograph of Mallarme at
home as one buys every other celebrity
at home, and is surprised to see how
bourgeoise and simple were his sur
roundings. He gave the rare and ad-
mirable example of a purely simple
and artistic life. His books were
scarcely known outside of little circle
of friends. He never wrote in the news
papers, never came before the public in
any way, ami the Supreme Justice
granted him to die on a summer vaca-
ton, at the close Of beautiful sum-
mer evening, in the midst of a simple
country landscape that he loved
Katharine de Forest, in Harpers
Bazaar.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09
ABOUT FOOT BALL.
From Barper's Round Table.

(From Harper'S Round Table.)
First and most important of ALL after
you have become captain Of your eleven
that is to say, after your comrades
have chosen you as the man, in their
opinion, to lead them-is to learn the
real thing that makes a player, and
then look for this real thing in the
men of your school or college. Do not
pick out the men who are most famous,
who come from this school or that with
a big record as star players. Some such
players have to be chosen sometimes,
and they can frequently finish off a
team. Yet even then they should have
the three or four qualities which go to
make up the valuable men Do not
pick out the men who are big and
heavy, simply because of their size.
Big men often help to complete the
team, but they too must have the few
great qualities that make them really
of use to the eleven.
What is the thing to look for, then?
1t is much easier to answer such a
question as this than carry it out in
the actual work OF choosing your men.
The necessary things that you must
look for seem commonplace when you
talk of them in the abstract, as in an
article of this sort, but take the advice
of one who has tried and made bad
mistakes, and you will find that the re-
suit will pay you for the struggle you
must most certainly go through before
you can faithfully accomplish your
work.
A man who is sure to always do what
his captain tells him, at once, without
questioning, is a valuable addition to a
foot ball team, as he Is to any organiza-
ton where the combined work of sew
eral persons accompfishes given pur-
pose.
The greatest trouble you will have is
in trying to get eleven men who have
none of these faults. Those that have
none of them can be found out from
your material in short order. Those
that have too many of these troubles,
and in conspicuous degree, can be as
easily welded out. But eleven men must
be found Indeed, something like TWEEN
ty men must be ready to supply the
eleven required in good condition, and
among this number some will have half
the good qualities you want and half
the bad. There comes in the Judgment
of yourself as captain, in placing the
weaker men in positions where each
chaps particular weakness will be of
as little injury as possible.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09
BRocADE EVENING GOWNS.
lFrom Harperls Bazar.l

It has been stated two or three times
that brocades are not to be fashionable
this year but 50 many beautiful de-
signs are shown in them that they have
been made up in some of the most
stunning gowns of the winter. They
come in all different colors-that u.s. the
light shades of the colors. There are
some exquisite pearl grays. yellows,
blues, pinks, and cream whites that
are very effective. They are all made
with the long train-many OF them
with the court trains-that opens in
front to show a petticoat of lace or of
satin embroidered in pearls or span
giles, and trimmed at the side with ia
bots of lace, and sometimes of fut The
waists are all cut very low, quite off
the shoulders. and have bands across
the shoulders, and have tight. fitting
elbow sleeves finished with deep lace
ruffies. Some of the waists have no
sleeves at all, except band over
the shoulders. and a second band across
the upper part of the arm. These
bands are trimmed with spangles, and
sometimes with real jewels.
A smart gown of brocade is Of cream
white, also opening over a front petit
coat of lace Down the sides of the
train is an embroidery of pearls and
rhinestones, so that the effect is Of a
JeWeled underSklrt, The waist is
trimmed with a bertha across the front
that is cut into points and these points
are wired to keep in place. On the
back of the waist there is no trimming
at all, but there is an embroidery to
match the skirt put directly on the
satin. The effect of the perfectly
straight back is not always becoming,
but is very smart. The waist is cut
with the sharp bias side-pieces that
We're fashionable three or four years
ago, and that always give length to
the figure.
A black brocade evening gown is
made with the pointed circular flounce
headed with an embroidery of let di-
rectly on the satin. The waist, low cut.
is mass of jet, and is finished around
the shoulders in three points, the points
wired so that they lie fiat against the
neck. Below this the jet is embroid-
cred on to the satin, forming a deep
point, and below the point hangs a
let fringe. The sleeves are made
of straps of jet and let
fringe. At the left shoulder is a
bunch of pink roses, and below this
bunch is spray of these roses tied
into pink ribbon. This goes across the
bust and around at the back, and then
hangs down on the skirt.
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HER SUSPICIOUS AROUSED.
(From The Cleveland Leader

(From The Cleveland Leader)
Here is an extract from letter that
a Cleveland man wrote, not long ago
to his wife, who was at an eastern
summer resort:
You have been gone nearly two
weeks now, and have had Just two
letters from you. | Judge therefore
that you are having a splendid time
That's right. Enjoy yourself | wish
were there with you. But that, OF
course, cannot be. Business is pick
ing up wonderfully, and it would be
foolish or even worse for me 10 ne
glect it now
by the way my dear. you took the
key to the postbox with You. Please
send it back at once. ] happened to see
the postman yesterday, and he said
there were several letters IL the box
for me. I can't imagine why folks
should direct my letters to the house.
Don't neglect to send it at once"
But she didn't send it. She took the
first train home. She knew a thing OF
two concerning the way other mon had
acted while their wives were away, and
was not disposed to be made fool of
She didn't telegraph to him that she
was coming, either, and so there was
nobody at the station to meet her; but
she didn't care.
When she reached She house she had
her key all ready to jab into the door
Of the postbox. After nervously unlock
ing it, she took out two handfuls OF
bills for ice cream, dry goods, mineral
water and other things that had been
purchased by her prior to her depar-
ture.
Electric fans are not needed to keep
the temperature down in that house
at the present time.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09
THE NOBILITY OF JAPAN.
Rapid Increase in the Number of Peers
i'll Recent Years.
(From the Japan Weekly Times.)

(From the Japan Weekly Times.)
Seeing that the peerage is a class that
ought to be honored and respected. the
Osaka Mainichi considers it a pity that in
several instances members of the privileg'
ed class have acquitted themselves in
such way as to bring disgrace upon
themselves The journal fears the cases
cited will increase in proportion to the
multiplication of peers. According to our
contemporary there are at present us
noble families in Japan, against tota
number of s, 400, 600 families. Notwithstand-
ing this insignificant ratio in comparison
with the total families in the empire, the
number of the aristocratic families shows
a striking rate of increase. When the
peerage law was first enforced, in 1884
the mobiles were estimated at 500 families
1t is therefore clear that 207 families have
been added during the last fourteen years
Although this large addition is due to the
creation of number of new peers IN
recognition of services rendered by them
in connection with the late war with
China the future tendency to increase
can easily be anticipated: The Journal re-
luctantly declares that the multiplication
of the nobility will involve an increase
of peers unable to maintain the dignity
worthy of the exalted class. The daimio
Former feudal lordS) mobiles are placed in
keep up their dignity, being relatively
we'll off and supported by their former re-
tainers. But, on the other hand, the kuge
Former court nobles) or other mobiles are
continually subject to influences threaten
ing their corruption and degeneration,
In order that wholesome moral tone
be preserved among the nobility of this
country the Osaka Mainichi proposes that
the authorities should adopt the follow
ing provisions: % That If a noblemar
fail to recover the credit he has lost by
his unworthy conduct the title should not
be allowed to pass to his heir. % Thai
If newly created peer decline to make
the honor successive such request shall
be accepted. Further. the journal suggests
that the custom to elevate a worthy mar
to the peerage when he is on his death
bed should be abolished, and that the dis.
tinction should s4 conferred at time
when he is still able to appreciate it an6
to decide whether the honor should OF
should not be inherited by his posterity
1t is to be understood that our Osaka
contemporary recommends the measure as
a means of purifying the patrician atmos-
phere not because the mobiles alone are
the protectors of the imperial household
which would be an absurd and antiquat-
ed notion-but, because the future of the
nobility inspires the journal with uneasi-
ness.
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AUCTIONS.

MORTGAGEBS SALE OF REAL ES-
TATE-To William Hays and all other
persons: Notice is hereby given that the
subscriber, Edwin E. Brown, mortgagee
and owner of a certain mortgage given
by said William Hays to him, dated Aug.
IL, 1897 and recorded in the Worcester
District Registry Of Deeds, book. 1546
page 499, by virtue of the power of sale
contained in said mortgage, for breach Of
the condition thereof and for the purpose
of foreclosing the same, will sell at pub
llic auction, on the premises, on THURS
DAY, DECEMBER 1st, 1898, at II O'Clock
in the forenoon, the real estate described
in said mortgage deed, as follows, viz.
"A certain farm, with the buildings
thereon. situated in the southeasterly
part of said Worcester, with all the
privileges and appurtenances thereto be-
longing, bounded and described as fol-
lows to wit: Said farm is on the SOUTH
westerly side of the new Grafton road,
1t being the same farm conveyed to Mark
Hays and myself by Leonard Cheney,
by deed dated May z, 1872 and recorded in
Worcester District Registry of Deeds,
book So page 322, and by deed from said
Mark Hays to me. dated December 30,
1881, and recorded in Worcester District
Deeds book 1107 page 534 For "a. more
complete description reference is given to
deed from Isaac Davis to said Leonard
Cheney, recorded in the Worcester Dis
trict Deeds, book s652, page 10 and also
deed from Darius Rice to said Cheney.
of lot containing four acres, recorded
in Worcester District Deeds, book I46,
page III, both tracts of land above men
toned being covered by this mortgage.
Said real estate will be sold subject to
unpaid taxes and assessments II any ex-
listing thereon, and subject also to a prior
mortgage of seventeen hundred dollars
and accrued interest
Terms: One hundred dollars down at
time and place of sale and remainder on
delivery of deed, within ten days there
after.
EDWIN r. BROWN, Mortgage.
WILLIS E. SHELLEY, Attorney.
Worcester, Mass, Nov. 9th, 1898.
16 %
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THE BEwILDnRED GUEST.

l was not asked If I should like to come
/ have not seen my host here since ]
came,
or had word of welcome in his name
Some say that we shall never see him, and
some
That we Shall see him elsewhere, and then
know
Why we were bid. How long am to
q stay
have not the least notion. None they
say,
Was ever told when he should come or go
But every now and then there bursts upon
The song and mirth, lamentable noise.
A sound of shrieks and sobs, that
strikes our joys
Dumb in our breasts; and then, some one
is gone.
They say we'll meet him. None knows
where or when,
We know we shall not meet him here
again.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09
FAULTS IN THE LANGUAGE.

Now that our experts are so
hard at work in Analysing chill
drea through and through in all
other directions, it is a pity that
the analysis should not include the
language which we expect them to talk
and read and spell, in order to see if it
could not be simplified to them. OF
course it is for the present desirable
that they should spell words as other
people do, but it would be a great saw
ing Of toll and trouble if people would
meet the children half way and spell
words as they do. We must remember
that the language with which they are
to deal is not itself a fixed thing, but
fluid thing, and is changing all the
time.
Mrs. Stowe is said to have been the
last person in the United States who
perplexed her printers with the spelling
pye for pie and it Is only few old
fashioned banking houses which call
a check a cheque. Dr. Samuel Johnson
was the highest authority in his day
upon the English language; and on
looking in Boswell's life of him (edi-
ton of 1899 find again and again such
words as pye and I've (down); authour
errour inferiour. comick critick, class
lex, publick, stoick, topick, rhine, and
uncomfortable. Any child who spelt
these words otherwise than this would
have been considered an ignaramus;
any child who should now spell them
SO, in any English-speaking ration,
would be reproved for mistake. If,
now, it is not the child but the Ian
guage which does not know it's own
mind, why cannot we give the child
the benefit of it? If the phonetic in
stinct of the child is right, why not
gradually modify the language to meet
the child, and not force the child to
violate all logic and reason by learning
the six different ways of uttering the
syllable ough? We blame the child for
misspelling, when it is really the Ian
guage that misspells.- Went
worth Higginson.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09
GLAMOUR.
Elizabeth wilder in the Atlantic Monthly

Elizabeth wilder in the Atlantic Monthly.
0 wonder days when heart and I were
young,
And all the world was radiant and new:
When every little common flower that
grew
Interpreted to me an unknown tongSe
Or seemed a fairy bell that late had rung
It's silver peal across the morning dew
When skies were tapestries of living
blue
And stars mesh of jewels overhung!
Now is my happy youth fulfilled, and ]
Am come TO mine Inheritance of pain;
Yet does the brightness Of the days gone
by
Still cast a glory over hill and plain.
Still can / go beneath the open sky
And feel the old world young and
strange again!
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09
MI PATRIA, DE TT.

IThe American national hymn, trans
ated sufficiently into Spanish by Dol
Tomas de Nunan. Air my Country, I'll
If Thee" All please rise and sing.
Mi patria, de ii,
Cuba y Puerto Ri
co libre son.
Comprendo THO Sam
Tn hombre fuerte am.
Although tenemos ham,
bre muy NAL.
LAS Filipnas, 81
FL Senior Dewey he's
Carambai Ay de mil
Has taker them.
Our great buque de guer-
RAJ Gallant ships that werel
Porque did we imper-
il them near Schley?
Pe-cu-er-de el Maine
We faced their flag in vain
They're raising ell in Spainl
Raising hob son!
Mi patriai ha, nj
Las islas en- ell sea
Nj ironclads have We
Nj NADIA left.
San Francisco Examiner.
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M0RTGAGEE'S SALE OF REAL ES.
TATE-To Joseph B. Tucker and ali
other persons: Notice is hereby giyer
that the subscriber, Edwin E. Brown
mortgage and owner of a certain mort.
gage given by said Joseph B. Tucker tc
MIN, dated July s, 1898, and recorded in
the WORCESTER District Registry of Deeds
book 1888, page 1885, by virtue of the powe,
of sale contained in said mortgage fol
breach of the conditions thereof and fol
the purpose of foreclosing the same. viii
sell at public auction, on the premises, or
THURSDAY, DECEMBER LIST. 1898 AT
O'Clock in the afternoon the real estate
described in said mortgage deed. as fol.
lows, viz. "A certain tract of land with
the buildings thereon and all privileges
and appurtenances thereto belonging.
situated on the southerly side of Isabella
street, in said city of Worcester. bounded
and described as follows. to wit: Begin
ming at a point on the southerly side of
said Isabella street between lots No ia
and No. ia, as shown on Warden and
Phelps plan Of Columbus Park lots;
THENCE. southeasterly by line OF said lot
No ia one hundred and thirty (fsO) feet
to point; thence northeasterly by lots
No "a and No. IS fifty $50 feet to point :.
thence northwesterly by lot No hi one
hundred and thirty q30) feet to the south
thence southwesterly BY line Of said
Isabella street fifty (50) feet TO the Mace
of beginning. The same being conveved
subject TO restrictions as set forth on said
warden d Phelps plan of Columbus Park
lots recorded with the Worcester District
Registry of Deeds. Being the same prem
ises conveyed to me by Arthur ST James.
by his deed dated June 28 1893
said real estate win be sold subject to
unpaid taxes and assessments, if any ex-
listing thereon, and a prior mortgage fo.
twenty-eight hundred dollars and ac-
crued interest. and subject also 10
restrictions named in said mortgage,
Terms: One hundred dollars down at
time and place of sale and remainder on
delivery OF deed within ten days there
EDWIN f. BROWN, Mortgages
ELMER c. POTTER. Attorney.
Worcester, Mass, Nov. 9Th, 1898.
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EFFEcT OF GuIL.LoTINING.

The London Medical Journal publishes
the report of DR.. Cinel of Paris assert
ing that guillotining does not Immediately
affect the brain. The French doctor SAYS
the blood first comes from the larger
vessels of tho neck. and that there is
hardly any drain upon the circulation in
the Uranium. The brain. he adds, finds
ton, during which time the person de-
capitated retains his or her senses of
hearing. smelling and seeing Absolute
Ieath, DR.. Cinel claims, does not ensue
Tor three hours. Thus, 1t is pointed out,
guillotining, instead Of being speedy, IS
one of the most prolonged and horrible
forms Of capital punishment.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09
OF NO VALUE TO FRANCE.
(From the Boston Herald.)

The Fashoda incident appears likely
to pass away without occasioning war.
this result coming about by the retire
ment Of France from what was OBJ
viously an untenable position To
France, Fashoda represented nothing
but the occupation by handful of men
of point in Central Africa, separated
by hundreds of miles of wilderness
from the nearest recognized French
possession. The occupancy Of the place
could serve not the least interest for
France, except a means Of provoking
the English
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

An ambassador once asked Bismarck
how he managed to end an interview
Perfectly easy answered Bismarck
my wife knows pretty accurately when
proper time, and then she sends me a
message that I am wanted" He had bare
~ finished speaking when a footman
knocked at the door, and informed his
master that the princess wished to speak
TO him. The diplomat, blushing and CON
fused beat a hasty retreat, without stop
ping for the ordinary formalities Of leave
taking
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

A Park avenue lad aged six years, has
been taught since the war began to pray
for the president of the United States and
for the army and navy One night he
prayers, but he closed without referring
to the military and naval arms of the
government.
you forgot to pray for the army and
navy Harold" said his mother
"Oh. what's the use said the lad
"They's able to take, care of themselves
without bothern' God Omaha World
Herald
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A REVERSAL In FoRM.

The pug-By Sirius, but I was never
more deceived in my life.
The purp--Whats the matter?
The pug-Why that shapely little Miss
Poodle I've been so in love with had her
hair cut the other day. Detroit News
Tribune
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DEATHS.

this city, Sth, George c,
Dewhurst, 81 yrs. 2 mos days
FOLEY-In this city. Sth, at the residence
Of her daughter, Mrs. James j. Price
5S3 Millbury street, Mrs Mary (Mc-
'@'laaAl- widow of Francis Foley. 7S yrs.
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