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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-04
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Wedding intentions were yesterday
filed at the office Of the city clerk as
follows: Louis Epterio. 81, and Rosie
Cohn, 20; Lee r. Parker, 26 and Della
M. Seaver, 80; John w. McKoan, 20
and Gertrude L. Dennis, 26; Charles
Grigaites, 49, and Margaret Melsluo
81; George H. Lee, 80, and Katherine
(Curley) Higgins. 80; Edmund S. Ben
nett, 50, and Lizzie N. Smart, 81; Ell
mer G. Comma, 81, and Hattie A. .Ba-
ker, 80; Fred X Coates, %. and Blanche
j. Malley, IS; Albert e. Hurd, 20, and
Eta H. Leland, 81.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-04
CITY PAY ROLLS.

Sept 80 amount to s16,6S61S, divided
among these departments City hall
janitors, s105.79; fire department, $1s75 81;
parks commission, S279 SO; police depart
ment $22e4.S IS; school janitors, $616 so; la
Dor on repairs, $241 SO; sewer department,
$6210.6S; street department, $3471 20; water
department, $1499 SO.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-04

The most delightful trip of the year.
The scenery along the Deerfield river and
the famous Hoosac tunnel route to AL
bany, the wonderful Hudson river by day
or night steamer, can all be taken In only
with the excursion to New York Oct. 5th,
which the Fitchburg r. r. announce.
Tickets for sale at S. only for the tour at
the Union station and company's office.
No. 1896 Main St. Worcester.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-04
CLERKS RUSHED.
Removal of the Canoeing Machine
Makes More Work at Station A.

Clerks at station A are doing their best
to keep up with the extra work brought
on through the loss of the canceling
machine. In compliance with orders from
the department in Washington the power
has been shut off and work of packing
the machine begun. The foot-power ma
chine which was to take the place of the
power machine, has not arrived, and 1t
has been necessary to detail a clerk from
the main office to assist in handling the
mail at the sub-station.
Work of weighing all mail matter from
the Worcester post office begun yesterday
and will continue during the next 80 days.
This work is carried on in every office
in the country. A careful record is kept
and it Is on these figures that rates for
transportation are computed.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-04

bitten by a taran-
tula or a rattle
snake. He'd fight
then for his life.
But he is under the
influence of the ig-
norant and super
stitious, that write
" Despair of hope 4"
over the door of
such diseases as by
neglect or unskill-
full treatment may
end fatally in con-
sumption.
There is a new in
scription for that
doorway of disease,
made by rubbing
out the first two
words and leaving
Il. NHona al ~
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-04
SuLPHuME BATHS

Every well regulated household should have a
bottle of -ULPHUME and SULPhUME SOAP
in their bath room. forthose whohave taken Sui
plume Baths find theis medicinal properties
superior to the most famous sulphur springs.
and can be made any desired strength.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-04
BUILDING PERMITS.

Permits to build issued yesterday; To
T. H. Buckley. night lunch wagon man
ufacturer, by the day, for a one-story
wooden shop on Fay street, estimated
cost $4,000; Felix Brennan, H. L. Good
win builder, for a one-story wooden adj
dition, piazza, 80 by feet, to his house
on City View street, estimated cost
5000.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-04
DEATH OF RICHARD LAYTON.

Richard Lawton died yesterday after
noon after brief illness. He was a
baker by trade in the employ of Dikran
Yagjian, in the rear of $50 Southbridge
street. He leaves a wife and five child
rem. The funeral arrangements have
not been completed. The interment will
be in st. Marys cemetery, Lawrence.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-04
REGULAR AT HOME ..

Dr. and Mrs. Lewis had their regular
monthly "at home yesterday afternoon
to the members of Pilgrim Church This
reception is an informal affair for the
purpose of meeting the members of the
cNuroh, and on the first Tuesday of every
pleased to meet any one interested in the
prosperity of Pilgrim Church and all new
members are especially invited to at
tend
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-04

Permits to open and obstruct streets
granted yesterday: Worcester Gas
Light Company, Z Freeland 141 Cen
trail and south side of Belmont street.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-04
LOCAL NOTES,

Clemence sells today at $50 a M, for
G. e, Lougee in the northeasterly part
of Boyiston. near Sawyer's mills on the
Clinton road, 50 cows and heifers, horses,
fowls, five fat calves, wagons, carts. har-
ness, farming tools, 40 tons of hay. etc.
Farm sold.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-04
PRECINCT OFFICERS.
Changes in the List Submitted to the
Mayor.

Several changes have been made in the
list of precinct officers as submitted to
the mayor, on recommendation of the re-
publican city committee This list is now
complete and will be sent in to the board
of aldermen at the meeting Monday night
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-04

BILIOUSNESS, DIZZINESS MAUI
SEA, HEADACHE, are relieved by small
doses Of Carriers Little Liver Pills.
People's voice., 1899-06-29
THE LOWER KINGDOM.

Neither camels nor elephants can
jump.
The silkworm is liable to over 100 dis.
eases.
Nearly all skin diseases are supposed
to be caused by microscopic insects.
The migration of birds is supposed to
have originated during the glacial
period.
The dentine of the teeth is permeated
by tiny canals one tweive-thousandth
of an inch in diameter.
The barn owl, when she has young,
brings mouse to her nest about every
l2 minutes, 40 mice a day being low
computation.
The earthworm was glorifed by Oar.
win. 1t is now asserted that the COM
mon earthworm promulgates diseases
to an alarming extent among animals.
To keep hunting dogs in training
there has been designed a race track
with mechanical arrangement
mounted on a pair Of rails outside the
track to drag stuffed bait around thu
ring for the dogs to catch.
People's voice., 1899-06-29
CURIOUS FACTS.

Women, according to a prominent
physician, have, as general rule, much
coarser hair than men.
The largest steel shaft in the world
has just been finished. 1t is 81 feet 10
inches long and its diameteri in the mid
die is 81 inches.
The floors in French hospitals are
painted with solution of parafine in
petroleum for hygienic reasons. One
application lasts two years,
If Persian chances to sneeze when
he is about to take medicine, he throws
the medicine away. thinking that the
gods have warned him 10 beware of il.
The ''pathometer," a new invention
for use On bicycles and other vehicles,
not only mathematically records the
distance Travelled. but also the direction
of the routes traversed.
In the library Of the Hereford Ca
thedral, England. are about 1900 vol
umes, and 1,5OO of them are each Of
them attached 10 the book case BY a
chain three or four feet long.
People's voice., 1899-06-29
PHILATELIC NOTES.

Postal cards have been in circulation
about 20 years, the idea having been
originated by DR.. Emmanuel Hermann,
of Neustadt, Austria,
Since the first philatelic exhibition
took place at Dresden, in 1870, A stamp
shows have been held, nearly all OF
them in Europe.
The latest rarity to turn up is fine
copy of the scent Baltimore" 1t was
on an envelope with four New Yorks, y
and is lightly cancelled. The finder has
a small fortune in these stamps.
As result of the penny postage
scheme between the British colonies
1t has become necessary to extend the
facilities of the general postofiice in
London. The volume of Canadian bust.
ness alone has doubled since the first
of the year.
If the prices asked for the new Cuban
stamps can be taken as a criterion OF
their popularity, they must be making
tremendous hit with collectors. For
the 21a-cent de pesos, the denomination
supposed to have been withdrawn, %
cents is being asked, and the remaining
stamps are held at about three times
their face value.
People's voice., 1899-06-29
BOTANICAL WONDERS.

The "old man cactus" is hoary-head.
ed and looks like a shock of gray hair,
The curious thing about it is that it is
hoary only when young, losing its odd
look as it ages.
Sixty years ago there was a craze fol
the cactus only rivaled by the tulir
mania of history. Some one has called
the cactus the vegetable camel of the
desert, for it thrives ON the stony, arid
plains of Texas, New Mexico and Cali.
fornia.
A plant that will furnish you with
q toothpick or a pint of water; that has
no leaves and yet sometimes weighs q
ton; that can live without moisture and
blooms in the night; that sometimes is
20 feet high and again measures a
couple Of inches--surely the cactus is
entitled to be called the wonder of all
the growing things of earth.
One cactus furnishes the Indians boil.
ers in which 10 cook their food, and SC
plentiful are they that in moving from
place to place the Indians never carry
away the green boilers, being sure OF
finding new ones at their next stopping
place. tits shaped ike squat cylinder
and has hard shell filled with pulpy
mass easy to remove. 1t is so hard and
green that the fire does not scorch it.
People's voice., 1899-06-29
BITS OF PERSONALITY.

Speaker Reed is partial to red neck.
ties.
Senator Cockrell, of Missouri, is the
only senator who uses snuff.
Ex-senator NJ. W. Ransom is the
larges, cotton raiser in North Carolira.
Gen. Wheeler has recently had set as
cuff buttons two buttons that were shot
of his uniform during the war of the
rebellion.
Z. Proctor Knott, one Of the best
known lawyers in Kentrcky, has given
up his practice 10 take tie chair of law
in Center college, Dan,i!lr, Ky.
"Mr. Starley," said a friend to the
African explorer the other day. 81 see
the American papers are calling you IN
American" We'll" was the answer,
"the term isn't libelous,"
Justice John NJ. Harlan, CT the United
States supreme court. has a bass voice
ofphenomenal depth and splendid quail
ity. As young man there was some
talk of his making his living by it.
Admiral Scl.2y is a mathematician
who can do most Of his work without
the aid of paper. In Liverpool some
years ago he triumphantly beat pro-
fessional lightning calculator" who
was exhibiting there.
People's voice., 1899-06-29
CRATER BATHING.
Hazardous Nature of a Californian
Sport That Is Very
Popular.

Crass bathing is leading sport IL
Mexico and California, where volcano
baths are f~quently taken on account
OF their recuperatiye and invigoratin2
properties. The bathers do not plungs
into either hot water or lava. as neither
exist In the craters used for baths. nor
DO any flames or sulphurous vapors
arise from tie hollows. The substance
into which the volcano bather lowers
himself Is ice-cold mud, of the consist.
ency Of freehly-mixed mortar. These
volcanoes, which are among the won
ders ID California, are fairly numerous,
there being rs in the Mendocino dis
trict, which throw up mud instead Of
lava when they are in eruption. The
method OF bathing is simple, if not COM
Portable, and is attended with risk. A
sapling, cut from the forests and
stripped Of It's branches, is placed over
the crater 30 that its extremities rest
upon firm ground. The bather crawls
along thk sapling until the middle Of
the csstss s reached, and then lets his
body into The mud, and hangs suspend
ed by the hands from the strip of wood.
II this grasp were relaxed by any
chance ehs bather would in all probabil-
"A
ity sink into the mud and disappear be-
Tore help could be rendered.
People's voice., 1899-06-29
WHY SOME FOLKS ARE POOR.
Curious Facts That Have Been
BSought to Light in New
England Town.

The statistics relating to the care OF
the poor are often interesting. In a
certain Kew England city, says a writer
for the New York Times, they allow the
people who need the city's aid three
dollars week, and they order at Ger.
tain stores what they please up to thai
sum weekly, and the bills are sent tc
the city auditor. The auditor, as he
reads the bills, is greatly enlightened
as to the diet of the poor. There are
frequently raisins, citron and things
that are not usually supposed necessary
to support life, but one poor woman
broke the record when in the bill fol-
one weeks supplies it was found that
26 pies hsd been purchased. That, al
ten cents pie, exhausted $3.50 of the
city's money and there remained 40
cents to supply the family with neces.
sitiea Another poor woman had pur.
chased at the expense of the city pair
of corsets.
i don't know that believe in dress
reform for women" commented the
auditor as he read that item, "but i,
seems to me- that this creates a prece.
dent that may make it rather hard on
the city, However, being a man, the
auditor could hardly be expected to
know what are the necessities of life
for woman.
People's voice., 1899-06-29
ODD AND CURIOUS

Byra, town in Africa. is built en-
;irely Of zinc. The public buildings
ard residences did not cost more than
$4,000.
A London Times advertisement asks
for a girl Of Is as goyerness and CON-
panion. She must be highly educated,
English, and Protestant but no cy-
cist need apply.
A writer on China says that the Chi
nese believe the Yellow river has al
ways been of its present color except
one day about 1900 years ago, on which
occasion great man was born AID the
river was perfectly clear.
A Viennese professor, DR.. Tronz, re-
Gently discovered that three-year-old
child, which had frequent attacks Of
Inflammation of the lungs, owed them
to having swallowed small screw ~
years ago. he thinks similar cases
way be frequent.
People's voice., 1899-06-29
Echo.

There is road set deep in lost canyon,
A road that winds up at it's distant end
A hill, that is all but too steep for climbing
Hung with pale grass that does no
breathe nor bend.
Against cliff, that stabs the sky. a Presenc'
Sits, guarded by gaunt pine trees. white
and bare,
Stripped of their leaves. lest by their sigh
ing
They break the stiffness Of the sacred air
The Presence, meath the suns down-pour
ing chrism,
Hath set her carven hand behind her ear
Caught with her in this mighty crysta
prism,
One fain would hear what she bends down
to hear.
10. you are Silencer' said l, climbing t.
her.
Nay" answered she, uplifting solemn
eyes,
Il was, until ye spake; now I am Echo,
Giving you back your words, in sweetel
guise.
hear and mete and measure answer 1ustly
Unto the world that l am brooding O. sr
To him that calls, am Eternal Music;
To him that calls not, Silence evermore.' .
-Flavian Rosser, in Atlantic Monthly.
People's voice., 1899-06-29
FLORISTS ARE SHOWING

A variety of verbena. called the "May.
flower" raised by q noted California
horticulturist.
A new plant discovered by Carlo
Werckle in the mountains of Costa
Rica last year, which has been named
treasure vine."
A handsome variety of fern-the
golden fern"-the under side of its
fronds being golden yellow, as if coated
with gold dust.
A novelty in geraniums, known as the
Empress" which bears great clusters
OF flowers marked with curious white
shadings.
A member Of the Physilis family,
called the "shoo+fy." It should be pop-
ular In summer, as It is asserted tina,
1ies will shun the room in which n
grows.
People's voice., 1899-06-29
AT THE JEWELERS..

The demand for bronze inkstands is
very large.
Many pretty designs in skirt pins are
shown.
Shirt-waist pins in gold and silver,
studded with semiprecious stones, are
shown.
Shell combs, the edges of which are
set with colored stones of different
kinds, are popular.
Handsome new designs in salad forks
and spoons have handles of ebony and
tracings Of silver.
An exquisitely wrought brooch in the
shape of dragon fly has its wings
studded with brilliants and emeralds.
An opal serves for the back.
A cigar cutter of silver in the shape
of a mussel is manipulated by inserting
the tip of the cigar in the end of the
mussel and slightly pressing the mus.
sci, which causes two knives secreted
in the cutter TO clip the end.7Jewelers'
Weekly.
People's voice., 1899-06-29
70 BE SEEN In THE STORES.

White taffetas showing cross stripes
OF Roman plaids.
Pigskin belts finished with gilt or
silver buckles.
Much royal rose stationery with q
narrow white border.
Silk-coyered engagement pads and
memorandum books.
Burnished-gold jewel cases with ex-
quisitely wrought designs.
Effective black chiffon parasols over
laying colored foundation.
T. Teagowns Of fine dotted swiss fash
ioned over a silken foundation.
Satin-bordered squares of soft, light
wool suitings for summer.
Sashes Of variously colored crepe de
chene with long fringed ends.
Every variety of untrimmed hat
shapes in chip and tuscan braids.
Embroidered swiss muslins showing
fancy stripes of colored figures.
Handsome bedsets made of allover
embroidery run with narrow ribbon.
Summer gowns trimmed with numer-
Gus founces cut in deep scallops.
Antique silver Chinese cardcases with
rope designs and enameled corners.
Delicately colored chiffonettes show
ing clusters of silken cords in contrast.
Linen lawns in conventional patterns
on a white, blue or black foundation.
Sailor suits for children, appropriate
ly trimmed with gilt braid and en-
blems.
White silk parasols covered with
black velvet sppliques cut in the form
of crescents.-Dry Goods Economist.
People's voice., 1899-06-29

5Ohn Il. Wolfe is surveying the
zEuand east of the court house today
and stalking out the location for the
Jew jail. The front line of the jail
viii be g. feet from the front line of
he lots, or fifteen feet in front of the
court house. The court house is II
leet from the walk. By locating the
,ail nearer the walk than the court
SOgSe, the beauty of the double lawn
will be spoiled and the privacy Of the
J1eFiff's residence destroyed. The
lpaSOn the commissioners selected
1aCh prominent location for the Jail.
8 they think iC could not be seen if
RaCed on line with the court house.
This is mistake as the Jail will be
heated far enough east to be easily
Seen from any point on the front walk
fplaCed ten feet back of the front
ne of the court house. Saturdays
6urnal.
People's voice., 1899-06-29
b. +. SPARR,
The ClOthier.

Personally conducted excursions to
all points east, via Great Rork Island
Route. Leave Wellington every Sat-
urday. Pullman Tourist Car rates
81 90 to Chicago. $3.50 tn Buffalo and
4.OO to Boston. Reserve your ac.
commodatiOns early. Get full par
tlculars OF agent or write to E. W.
Thompson, A.G.P. & T.A., Topeka,
Kansas. 10
People's voice., 1899-06-29
RHYMES OF RECENT DATE.
Days of Long Ago.

When parting CLEANS of amber light
From out the sky in hurried flight
Mark one more day there comes to me
In sweet and peaceful reverie
The days Of long ago.
The truest note lives in that strain
Whose swelling music breathes but pain
l sit and dream, my pleasure bought
By nursing ev'ry saddened thought
OF days of long ago.
The scenes Of childhood all arise,
Those scenes bereft of care and sighs,
When / was young, with blithesome hear,
And knew no pride nor fashions art,
In days Of long ago.
l seem to see my mother there,
Her forehead arched by soft gray hair,
The face aglow with love and Joy,
Her eyes with pride upon the boy,
The boy OF long ago.
l see the maid whose eyes Of blue
Sparkle and dance and change their hue
To suit my frown, my smile, my tear,
But she is gone-gone many year,
This maid Of long ago.
Whene'er she spoke music fell
Upon the air and seemed to dwell
Forever in my ears. In truth,
She was the sweetheart Of my youth,
In days of long ago.
This maid of long ago is yet
Upon my heart in jewels set;
1 wish in dreams, amid my pain,
Those young days back, but dreams ar
vain,
These dreams of long ago.
Oh, sad, strange world, tits grand to know
There is life where grief and woe
Are never born. yearn the day
When my frail soul shall burst its clay
To days of long ago.
Richard l. Gavin. A. B., NJ. A., inChicagt
Chronicle
People's voice., 1899-06-29
REFLECTIONS.

The wages Of sin is the inability to
keep from SHINING.
To believe only what you like to be
lieve is the surest sign of youth.
All the worlds school, and all the
pupils who don't calculate have a his
tory.
The happiest man is he who, like the
coral insect, builds himself into his
work.
Some people get credit for holding
their ground when they are simply too
scared to run.
The penalty Of having a sense of hu.
NOR is that our sincerest grief has q
laughable aspect.
When a man won't let woman brag
about him to his face he is indeed dis.
enchanted.
The most becoming expression a
woman can wear is that of unmitigated
happiness.
In the house of life, energy seems to
do all the work, but patience does the
real drudgery.
The only thoughts TO which our doors
are always open are those we don't wish
10 entertain.
Tears are as superficial as laughter.
The great movements of the mind are
strangers to leyity and grief.
The great trouble with life seems to
be that man wants so many things
before he wants to &c 10 his own fu-
neral.
Beautiful stupidity should be careful
to remain young; it is only the airy.
minded ugliness that laughs at age
n. Y. Truth.
People's voice., 1899-06-29
The Victor.


"Ye students. biologists. all beholdr
The scientists offer ran,
"Pll give thousand pounds in gold
To the woman, or child, or man
Who can tell to me. in proof of his worth,
The hardest substance found OIL earth"
They came from the west. they came from
the east
In eager response to the call,
But agreed. from the mightiest down to the
east,
That diamonds are hardest Of all.
(Though one man mut;ered: I'm willing
TO bet 'em,
The thing that's hardest Is TO get 'em")
Then the wisest man from famous town,
Unrivaled in science or art,
Stood up and proclaimed, with a mighty
froWn:
My friends. it's an editors hearth
And the scientist rose. midst a silence
grim,
And straightway handed the gold to him.
Dixie Wolcott. in 7'~'''h
People's voice., 1899-06-29

zrAdred dollars with the doctors when l realized that
ley could do no good. had large spots all over my
1y and these soon broke out into running sores and
sdnred all the suffering which this vile disease pro-
&sces decided to try S. S. s. last resort and was
ESn greatly improved. followed closely your 'Direc-
ns for SefTreatment and the large splotches on my
nest began to grow paer and smaller and before long
tappeared entirely Twas soon cured perfectly and my
Ain has been as clear glass ever since cured my
sS st home after the doctors had failed completely"
IS valuable time thrown away to expect the doctors
eure Contagious Blood Poison for the disease is be-
IND their skill Snrfts Snac6n-
People's voice., 1899-06-29

Dave Leahy, managing editor Of the
ElChita Beacon, who began his west
arn newspaper career in Caldwell,
1ayS: The residents Of Wichita who
1Nrmerly lived at Caldwell are think
Hg of having reunion and, perhaps.
Erming a permanent organization.
Ehe first thing they will do is to give
, picnic at Riverside park, and the
2eYmanent organization will probably
gOw out of that. Some steps have
1een taken already with a view to
9mpleting the arrangements for the
0ienic, and it is not unlikely that it
Bill be on larger scale than was at
iTst suggested. The primary idea
vas TO have it local affair, but it is
GkCught that it could be made more
sanplete success if those who are in
Riehita would invite their friends in
Caldwell to take day off and picnic
WITH them. A one.fare excursion
aSey be secured and this would bring
~ Aast one hundred persons from
ne "Border Queen" if not more. A
Meeting will soon be held to make
cBGplete arrangements. Caid we'll
sas really organized by Wichita peo-
1ie; it is a child of the Peerless Prin.
1ess, and the best of friendship has
l3wayS existed between the two
sites.
People's voice., 1899-06-29
81 had spent a
S. S. S. FOR THE BLOOD

in an entirely different from and the
out OF the system and rid of entirely cures the
while other remedies only shut the poison forever
Astany undermining the constitution Our home treat
sns places cure within the reach Of all We all necessary
mite for full information to Swift Specific Co., Atlanta Ga