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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-25
HUSHABY.

Fair is the castle on the hill
Hushaby, sweet my own!
The night Is fair and the waves are still,
And the wind is singing to you and me
In this lowly home beside the sea-
Hushaby, sweet my ownl
On yonder hill is store of wealth
Hushaby, sweet my own!
And jewellers drink to a little ones health;
But you and ] bide night and day
For the other love that has sailed away
Hushaby, sweetmy ownl
See not dear eyes, the forms that creep
Ghostlike, 0 my ownl
Out of the mists Of the murmuring deep;
oh, see them not and make no cry
Till the angels of death have passed us by,
Hushaby, sweet my owni
All, little they reck of you and me
Hushaby, sweet my owni
In our lonely home beside the sea:
They seek the castle UP on the hill.
And there they will do their ghostly will
Hushaby, sweet my ownl
Here by the sea a mother croons
''Hushaby, sweet my own!'
In yonder castle mother swoons
While the angels go down to the misty deep,
Bearing a little one fast asleep
Hushaby, sweet my owni
Eugene Field in Chicago News.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-25
loves BLINDNESS

Now do 7 Know that Love is blind. for
Can see no beauty on this beauteous
earth,
No life. no light, no happiness. no
mirth,
Pleasure nor purpose, when thou art not
nigh.
Thy absence exies sunshine from the
sky.
Sores Springs maturity, checks SUM
mer's birth,
Leaves linnet's pipe as sad as plover's
cry,
And makes me in abundance find but
dearth.
But when thy feet nutter the dark. and
thou
with Orient eyes dawnest on my dis
tress
Suddenly sings bird on every bough.
The heavens expand, the earth grows
less and less
The ground Is buoyant as the ether now
And all looks lovely In thy loneliness.
ALFRED Austin In National Review.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-25
EXPENSIVE CROWNS.
Some of Them Cost Millions Because of
Intrinsic Value.

According to the Court Journal pub
lished in Germany, the crown that adj
orned Queen Wilhelmina of Holland on
her coronation and which was once
stolen and regained is valued at $780,
COO
This is not the only crown that has
had an adventure. Prince Drago,
grand nephew of Isabelle, former queen
of Spain, visited America few years
ago, for the purpose of regaining the
crown the queen had disposed of Much
to his chagrin, he found that it had been
bought up as a valuable addition to the
Jewels of the Countess de Castellane
daughter of the late jay Gould. The
price paid for it was 1925, 600
Queen Victoria's crown is set with
$500 diamonds, 2SS pearls and most
extraordinary ruby. The crown is val
ued at 81 100000
The crown of Portugal is said to be
worth $6, 000
An enormous price was paid for the
making of the car Of Russia's crown,
which is ornamented with five beauti-
full large diamonds and giant ruby.
The crown worn by the emperor of
Austria was made 500 years ago for
Stephen H., king Of Hungary. It weighs
ii pounds has SIS sapphires, 50 rubies,
one smaragd and SO pearls.
All these jewels are trifles, compared
with some of the Oriental royal head
gear. The jubilee jewel of the sultan
of Johore, in Malaka, for instance, is
valued at sl4,000,00O.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-25
FASHIONED IN FRUIT.
The 6attleship Maine Appears in the Clio
~ of Oranges and Candy.

In the window of the Boston Fruit
Store, 211 Front street, is displayed one
of the most original and striking nov
elites yet seen in Worcester in the way
of Christmas decorations. Messrs. Orsi
and Salvi, the propretors, have several
times exhibited original window deco
rations, but this years effort surpasses
JAIL previous efforts and attracts the
attention as well as the admiration of
many thousands, who for the past two
days have journeyed from far and
near to get one look at the window.
This years exhibit is a miniature
model of the battleship Maine, which
is constructed entirely of fruit nuts
and confectionery. The model is near
ly six feet in length and three and a
half feet high, and is an almost per-
feet representation of the Inflated ship
that was blown up In Havana harbor
last spring.
The huh is formed with small oran-
ges that are almost exactly the same
size. The fruit is very ingeniously laid
and the curved, graceful lines of a bat
tleship are plainly showed. The huh is
almost perfect. At certain distances a
stick of black Yucatan licorice, mould
ed into the shape of a rapid-fire gun,
frownS down upon the spectator. Each
gun is manned by q blue jacket, made
of colored candy.
The ships tunnels are formed by
strings of peanuts. The rigging. ropes,
ladders, ETC., are formed by chestnuts
which are so cleverly constructed and
hung that at a short distance the work
looks very natural and it takes but lit
tie imagination to make the spectator
for the moment believe that they are
really within hailing distance of one of
Uncle Sans destroyers.
AT the stern hangs on davits, which
are curved green bananas. brown life
boat, which is one-half of those long
peculiar shaped cocoanutS that come
from South America.
| The masts are small cocoanuts placed
one top of the other. The turrets
wheelhouse and other deck parapher-
MALTA are made by grouping cocoanuts,
! grapes and small outs.
| At the stern is the ships name, "U.
| S. S. Maine" which is worked out with
red white and blue peppermint and
! wintergreen drops. At tie bow is the
glorious American flag. which is also
made with the red, white and blue
confectionery
Last year Messrs. Ors and Salvi
displayed a triumphal arch which at
tracted universal attention. Many visi-
/ tors have during the past two days in
| quired about the arch. "They have po-
! litely asked" said M. Orsi, to a Spy
] representative, ito forget the arch and
/ remember the Maine. :"
The model reflects no end of credit
upon the designers, and the Maine
is we'll worth visit.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-25
HOW ELEPHANTS CROSS A RIVER
(From Peargon's Magazir

(From Pearson's Magazine)
1t is a great sight to see line of
elephants crossing a river with steep
banks. They go down slowly, striking
the ground with their trunks before
each step, and never making a slip
or miss, although you feel every min
ute as if they were going. to take a
header into the water. Then they wade
or swim, as the case may be, and they
swim beautifully, not hesitating to
cross half mile of deep water if need
be.
/ must say, however that the sensa-
ton of sitting on the back of a swim
ming elephant is the reverse of pleas
ant; you fancy yourself on an enor-
nous barrel which may roll round at
any moment and take you under. Be-
sides that, they swim low in the
water that you are sure of a wetting,
which in India means an excellent
chance Of fever.
Having crossed the stream, they
must climb to the top of the bank,
and this is the most peculiar opera
ton of all. Down on their knees they
so, and with trunk and tusks dig out a
foothold for themselves, and so, step
by step, work their way to the top.
their position being sometimes like
that of a fly climbing up wall. AS
they reach the top they give lurch
sideways, and shoot one leg straight
over the bank, then give a lurch to
the other side and shoot out the other
leg in the same way, which brings
them into the position of a boy hang
ing by his arms from the edge of a
roof Then they come to their knees,
and finally, with great scrambling
and kicking of their hind legs, bring
themselves to level ground again.
In spite of these perilous ascents and
descents, I never knew an elephant to
miss his foothold, although there was a
case where one of the herd got stuck
in the mud and sank gradually deeper
and deeper until only his head and
part of his back could be seen. The
rajah ordered ten other elephants to
be brought up, and they were hitched
to the unfortunate animal, and by
pulling together al the given word,
brought their believing comrade out of
the mud with a plomp ike the pop of
thOuSand-tOn cork
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-25
WHEN ROBERTS GETS TO WASH
INGTON.
(From the cleveland T.eader

(From the Cleveland Leader)
When Roberts gets to Washington
With those three ladies who
Sew Mr.. Roberts, buttons on,
And nurse his babies too,
He'll meet the minister from Dir,
The envoy from Bokay,
And many another foreigner
With q family far away:
And light may then be thrown upon
The harem as 1t is
When Roberts gets to Washington
With those three wives of his.
The man who finds IT hard TO run
Affairs as they should go
In household where he has but one
Fair lady, smiles for, oh,
a light is soon TO break, and he
May yet find out the way
To make domestic matters gee
And still be somewhat gay;
So let the rays be turned upon
The Mormon as he is
When Roberts gets to Washington
With those three wives of his
Oh Roberts, when your babies squall
AT night pray how do you
Contrive to walk the floor with all
The members of the crew?
Or do you let your wives arise
And march in single file,
And sing TO down the angry cries
That you may snooze the while?
Oh. we shall have some light upon
This business as it is
When Roberts gets to Washington
With those three wives of his,
When Roberts gets to Washington
With those three ladies who
Are kept to sew his buttons on
And nurse his babies, too;
Who build the furnace fires, and
Who cook and bake and patch,
And. when he whistles, take their stant
And humbly toe the scratch?
A light may then be thrown upon
The whole mysterious biz,
When Roberts gets to Washington
With those three wives of his.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-25
THE MARTYRS OF BARGAIN DAY.

To the harvesting of holly where on
Christmas streets it grows;
More welcome than spring lilies and red
der than the rose;
To the harvesting of holly, with a crowd
of reapers gay
I've been wandering and watching this
whole long winters day.
Shop windows cleaned and glittered like
Fairyand come true
The grown folk cried Delightful" the
children sighed. "Whee-yewn'
Tin lizards ran and rambled about beneath
our feet.
Tin birds calculated metalically. "Tweet,
tWeeti'
And no one minded jostling and no one
wore a frown,
For gladness and good feeling were over
all the town.
Like seaweed I had drifted along the teem-
ing tide,
Contented with the pleasure I saw on
every side;
But suddenly minded me of gifts had
to buy,
And toward door darted. when such a
Arose and shivered through me, and such
a woful band
Of lonely little creatures I saw on either
hand
Small frantic hands were waving all scar
let with the cold
Small noses, blue and wTinkled, a piteous
story told
There in the midst of merriment, Of free
dom and delight
Strapped tightly in their carriages the
ldlbies walled from fright
Don't take the babies shopping know
it's hard 10 stay
At home while all the neighbors go down
to bargain day;
To hear them brag and chatter is mad
dening to the mind
But In the baby's gladness there compen-
sation find
In the little head that heavier and heavier
It drops upon your shoulder and the nest
ling limbs are still;
In the tiny even breathing that trembles
to and fro
The little wandering fingers that DER your
bosom gol
All, it isn't every mother that's rich
enough to stay
And work beside her little one, and teach
him how to play
And some there be-God pity them-this
joyful Christmas tide,
Who SILVER in the ingle of the warm home
Preside;
Who shudder at the buster of the wind,
for well they know
Outside 1t whirls and losses great binding
swirls of snow;
That the creaking of the tree boughs as
the wind goes shrieking by
Must serve their little darlings for cradle
lullabyl
1t isn't much that's asked of us; it's not
much we can do,
Only to keep the tears away from the
sweet eyes of blue;
Only to keep the little lips from pucker-
ing with pain;
The little hearts from sorrow, the little
souls from stain.
Florence Folsom in Brooklyn Eagle
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-25
ELDER BLOSSOM AND BoBoLINK.

As I went up to beechwood the bobolinks
were singing,
From elder blossom to elder blossom
along the powered dells;
[ breathed the bridal scent, and took the
merriment
Running into rapid ripple and tinkle
Of falling bells;
For / knew | should return, and the
sun was on the fells.
As / came back from beechwood the bob
olinks were singing
From elder blossom to elder blossom,
and the melody broke my rest:
Eird and flower seemed to me tears and
breath and memory;
Elder blossom and bobolink, like grief,
| took to breast;
For 1 knew ] came no more. There was
thunder in the west
j. Russell Taylor in the Century.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-25

(Forefathers' Day, 1881
Our Father by Thy gifts made bold,
Once more we raise the anthem old
OF them who crost a wintry sea
To gain Thy iewel-Liberty.
They left us that high heritage
Now in our country's golden age
May we, like them, while we do live,
Unto Thy name the glory give.
Before Thy swiftly conquering power
The nations all in silence cover;
Thy instruments we were. o Lord
Shall this to US a claim afford?
Thou ledst the Pilgrims safe to land.
Yet now, close b. the Pilgrim strand.
Our ships are swept beneath the brine
Yea, Lord, we recognize the sign.
In humbleness we seek Thy face
With contrite hearts we ask Thy grace
For him whose task is Just begun,
To free the children of the sun.
Arthur Stedman in y. Y. Tribune.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-25
w1LL1Es LETTER TO SANTA CLAUS.

Dear Santa Claus, mamma told me
That l might write to you.
To ask you IL you mean to come
Adown our chimney fiue.
For if you do, we mean to hang
Eight stockings on the wall;
And hope that You will not forget
To bring enough for all.
There's fathers blue and mothers brown,
And sisters long and black:
The striped one belongs to Lew,
The red belongs to Jack
And there is Sues and Uncle Joe's,
You surely must not miss,
But something put in every one.
And make mine look like this:
want it stretched across
the top so very, very wide;
! want it big and broad and
thick and bullying at the side.
want top,I want ball.
want trumpet too: ] want
dandy jumping jack, all dressed
in red and blue; ! want. a little
trotting horse that's made to go
on wheels; | want a dog that
snaps and barks, want a
pig, that squeals; | want sled
with runners bright, the top all
painted green. with stripes
Of gold letters, too, the
neatest ever seen; and then
want a pair Of skates,
for skating h begun,
and all the boys
n d girl s in
school are hav-
ing lots Of
fun. Mamma
says I'm not
big enough,
and that I'd
b Jump my
head. then
I'd have to
stay in doors
like Mrs. Tomp-
kins' Ned. SO II
you do not bring
the skates. l guess ]
shall not care But. o
| quite forgot to say, 7
want rocking chair.
and nuts and candy by
the pound and popcorn
white as snow: I want
IT filed just trimming
full from top and
heel TO toe
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-25
GERMAN ARMY DOGS.

The German army dogs are Sc trained
that when they find a dead body they
set UP a prolonged bowling. IL no one
comes, they take the dead mans car
or some small article, and with this
in their teeth go on q hunt for theii
trainer, whom they lead to the spot
If the man is wounded he gives his
cap to the dog, and The same object
is mplished.-Boston Globe.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-25
EDUCATIONAL
Why
Be Idle?

Thousands Of young people are out Of
employment, in straitened clrcumstan-
ces. or burden to their friends, be-
cause they cannot earn their living.
A thorough knowledge Of business
and shorthand would guarantee them
employment. They spend more for rec
reation annually than would secure
them a first class business training.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-25
WHEN DEWEY COMES TO TOWN.

(From New York SUM-
When Dewey comes to town, you bet.
There'll be a hot old tiTne.
For drums'll beat an horns'll toot
An welcoming bells II chime
Well wine him an we'll dine him
An tote him up an down,
Till he won't know what he's up against
When
Dewey
Comes
To
TOWN.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-25

The French flung away the imperial
eagle in 1870. The Emperor William
seems to have taken I'D this bird OF
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-25

Oh, the hero of Manila
Is modest kind Of peach,
An like enough he'd stammer
II he had to make a speech:
But when 1t comes to fighting
He's entitled to the crown,
An the folks II make him wear It.
When
Dewey
Comes
To
TOWN.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-25

Wheat shred brown bread and wheat
shred steamed fruit pudding, either or
,,ntl, nv speaking to the driver of team
~ nv telephone or postal to Shredded
wheat Co., Jackson street
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-25
GOOD VERSES.
GREETING.


P'rom the Washington Evening starr
Merry Christmas, Johnny Bull
'Tis feeling rather new
To have hearts so very full
OF affection, stout and true.
1t is pleasant to forget
Various things that veXed of yore:
Leaving tenpers quite upset;
Things that ranked sharp and sore.
Somewhere on the distant sky
Clouds of course. may form anew;
Treaties drawn in days gone by,
Boundaries drawn somewhat askew,
Some time may obscure the plan
Which of joy seems now so full.
But, be jolly while we can
Merry Christmas, Johnny Bull!
WHEN DADDY LIGHTS THE TREE.
We have our share of ups and downs,
Our cares like other folk;
The pocketbook is sometimes full.
We're sometimes nigh dead-broke;
But once year, at Christmas-time,
Our hearth is bright to see;
The baby's hand Just touches heaven
When Daddy lights the tree.
For weeks and weeks the little ones
Have lotted on this hour:
And mother, she has planned for it
Since summers sun and shower,
With here a nickel, there dime
Put by where none should see,
n loving nOifd against lIle lllsul
When Daddy lights the tree
The tiny tapers glow like stars;
They mind us of the flame
That rifted once the steel-blue sky,
The morn the Christ child came;
The blessed angels sang to earth
Above that far countree-
We think they sing above our hearth
When Daddy lights the tree.
The weest kid in mothers arms
Laughs out and claps her hands,
The rest of us on tiptoe wait:
The grown-up brother stands
Where he can reach the topmost branch
Our Santa Claus to be,
In the sweet hour of breathless joy
When Daddy lights tive tree.
Our grandpa says twas just as fine
In days when he was young:
For every Christmas ages through
The happy bells have rung.
And grandpa head is growing gray,
But yet a boy is he.
AS merry as the rest of us
When Daddy lights the tree.
Tis love that makes the world goround
lis love that lightens toll.
lis love that lays up treasure which
Nor moth nor rust can spoil;
And love is in our humble home,
In largesse full and free.
We all are very close to heaven
When Daddy lights the tree.
Margaret e. Semester in Woman's
Home Companion.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-25
DANCING.

Prof. D. ]. Boyle has removed 10 the
Day building, BOG Main st.
Private lessons any hour. Ths Monday
night class will start next Monday eve
ming.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-25

Every woman should know that Carter 5
Little Liver Pills are a specific for sick
headache. Only one pill dose. A won-
an can't stand everything
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-25
THE FRENCH EAGLES.

-Lllian Dyer Han in Boston Glob,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-08-25
Congressional Resolutions.

The republicans of the Ninth con
gressional district of Iowa in conven'
tion assembled,
Resolved, That we approve of the
wisdom and craftsmanship OF VIM
Mckinley, our standard bearer, and en-
dorse fully his administration in peace
and in war, and that we congratulate
our country upon the restoration OF
peace. Be it further
Resolved, that we tender our thanks
and gratitude to the American soldiers
and sailors whose matchless bravery
on sea and land has added to the glory
of the American flag and which com
mands the respect and admiration OF
the civilized world.
Resolved, that the improved agricul.
tural, industrial, commercial and tinan
cial condition of the country demon.
strates the wisdom of republican prin.
ciples as enunciated in the national
platform of 1896, which we hereby re.
affirm. and demand the retention OF
protection and the present gold stan.
dard of value.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-08-25
Does Baby
I hrive?

If your baby is delicate
and sickly and its food does
not nourish it, put fifteen
or twenty drops of SCOTS
Emulsion in its bottle three
or four times a day and you
will see a marked change.
We have had abundant
proof that they will thrive
on this emulsion when other
food fails to nourish them.
1t is the same with larger
children that are delicate.
SCOTS Emulsion seems to be
the element lacking in their
food. Do not fail to try it if
your children do not thrive.
1t is as useful for them in
summer as in winter.
Ask jour doctor IF this rs not true.
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists, New York
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-08-25
There are democrats in Iowa who act

There are democrats in Iowa who act
as if they blamed Gov. Shaw for the
condition of the Iowa troops now in the
south. AS though the present able
governor could stay the progress OF fe-
yer or modulate the rigor of tropical
heat! They first blamed the governor
because the four regiments could not
go without breaking their organiza-
tions. Then when it was arranged for
them to 60 as they were Differed, then
they blamed him because they could
not go right away. After they were
taken to Jacksonville, Chickamaugua
and San Francisco by the general gov
eminent, then these critics continued
to blame Shaw, this time because they
were not hurried to the front. Now
they blame him because some of the
boys are sick and all are not brought
back at once. They do not seem to re-
member that governor Shaw has had
nothing to do but the national govern
ment had all to do with placing the
Iowa troops in the several camps after
they left Iowa, and of returning them
there and of caring for them. Cover.
nor Shaw has done his duty, and such
wild criticism will do him no harm
among thoughtful people.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-08-25

The really patriotic American doesn't
care what the politics of brave soldier
or sailor may be, and never stops to ask
whether this one or that is Democrat
or Republican. This, however, does
not apply to some yellow journals,
large and small, and imm ediately after
the battle of Manila they gave out far
and wide that Dewey was a Democrat,
and that was reiterated by their parti-
Fans everywhere. Bnt now the admi-
rails brother, over his own signature,
declares the Deweys are, and always
have been Republicans, and that the
hero of Manila Is no exception, This
fact does not make him any better or
worse as a gallant sailor, but it goes to
show the tendencies of the Democratic
papers to run everything into politics
No Republican paper has endeavored
to claim Lee or Wheeler as members
of the party simply because they are
making a gallant record in the war
Red Oak Express.