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MILLIONS IN G1Frs.

Talk about hard times 1t is difficult to
believe that the times were hard in the
United States last year when we realize
that over S11,OO0O0O were contributed by
twenty-three persons. to public institu-
tions in. this country, including 81, go 900
by Cora J. Flood to the University of
California; 81. 5000 900 by .. H. Payne of
New York to Cornell University; 81, 100000
by Joseph F. Loubat of New York to
Columbia College; $500, 600 to colleges by
mour Institute. Chicago, by Philip D.
Armour. The remainder of the contri-
buttons are given herewith. Strange to
saw most of the names are quite familiar
to the public ear To Art Institute and
charity S500.000 by Albert A. Munger.
Chicago; University of Pennsylvania.
$500 GOO by ]. NJ Bennett of Philadelphia;
of Springfield, Ohio. to charity S3i5,QO0
by George P Smith of Philadelphia; to
charity. $4,000 to Calista NJ Palbot of
New York: Art Gallery. 100000 by Moo
dy Currier Manchester. y. H.. to chari-
tv. $500 GOO by W. E. Hale. Chicago; 10
churches, S26S 600 by Solomon Mead OF
Greenwich. Conn. Pillsburv Academy,
to charity S225O00 by j. p. Bradlee of
Boston: to charity s20s.000 by Amos r.
Emo New York: for public park. $780,
600 by David l. Snyder. Springfield. ohio;
University of Chicago, 500 900 by j. y.
Rockefeller. New York; TO charity, $780,
GOO by Susan NJ. Ransom. Cambridge.
Mass. to Garfield University. 100000 by
J. NJ. Davis. Cincinnati Ohio; 10 chart
~, 1000 by Felix r. Brunot Pittsburg;
to churches. $500 COO by Mercy Gray. Oak
land Cal: to charity, 900 by Lucien
Moss OF Philadelphia. Weekly.
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Advanced Medical Science knows of no more
powerful Alternative medicine than Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. Alternative medicines
socalled because they alter change the condition
of the system, have ranked among the most valued
of medicines prescribed by physicians 1t is by the
ski1lfu1 and scientific combination Of several such
alternatives that DR.. Pierce has produced altera-
tive remedy, having the specific value Of each in
gredient and the combined and concentrated power
of all these alternatives in union, which are so
blended and so balanced that they unite the great
est delcacy of operation with the utmost healing
power. 1t is these facts which give this greatest
of alternatives a genuine claim to the title of a
:" Discovery
The action of Golden Medical Discovery" is
primarily directed to the stomach and the nutritive
or digestive system. Here is common starting
place of disease.
What Weak Stomach Means.
There never was strong man with weak
stomach" And a so-called weak stomach may
and often does mean weak heart, weak liver or weak
lungs. Why? Because in the stomach the.
ishment for each organ of the body is prepared and
from the stomach it is distributed. Bread kneaded
in sour trough will take on the faint of the trough
Food mixed and prepared in a tainted stomach will
take the faint and poison of that stomach all over
the system to finally lodge at the weakest point of
some weak organ. Hence it is that in curing the
stomach and other organs of digestion and nutri-
ton, and in increasing the activity of the blood
making glands, Golden Medical Discovery at
once begins to send throughout the body an in
creased supply of pure blood, because the blood is
made from the food taken into the stomach and
with the weak stomach y made strong and foul
blood made pure, comes change to other organs
which gather strength to throw off disease
Golden Medical Discovery y works with Nature .
it puts into Natures hand the only weapon with
which she can fight disease.
SIXTEEN YEARS OF SUFFERING.
The power of the Discover" is best exempli-
fed in its cures of chronic cases. where after years
of suffering, and when doctors had utterly failed to
help, DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery has
made perfect and permanent cure. Such case is
that of Mrs. Suggs.
the past sixteen years have had torpid liver and nd
geson aud tried doctors and patent medicines but could
cure writes Mrs Simeon Suggs of Clyde, Sabine
Parish La Three months thought would try DR. R v
Perce's Golden Medical Discovery and his Peasavt Pellets
got bottles of each and received good result week.
and to-day cured sound and we'll The symptoms
coated tongue specs before the disposed to be and
irritable foul stomach bad in mouth tired feeling feel
of fear dread headache yellow skin These symp
toms did not all appear once"
There are thousands of people struggling along
day after day. handicapped by disease who could be
made healthy and happy by the use Of 9 Golden
Medical Discovery It has cured nnety-eight
people in every hundred who have given it fair
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The author is not aware that the Louisi-
ana lottery in this country has been
closed up for good; but he shows that in
our colonial days the lottery was resorted
to with considerable frequency. Harvard
College derived a considerable amount of
money from its authorized use. There is
curious computation added to prove that
England's foreign investments up to 1880
showed a loss Of S200, 200. QUO out of a total
of 600, 600 about lottery chance.
There are some curious stories told of
what is called, for lack of a better word
luck" A friend Of the authors took the
equivalent of $1,000 TO Monaco. In a days
going home When ne Got to the railway
station he found 6iat there was no first
class or secondsc1ass seat to be had. This
he regarded as q sign that he was to re-
main and play his luck out. He went
back to the table In a few hours he had
lost everything and had to telegraph for
money TO come home on. Once the au-
thor lost a considerable sum on Sun
day. A clerical gentleman came up TO
him and informed him that he was prop
erly punished for breaking the Sabbath.
but the banker2' questioned the writer.
He won on the Lord 5 day; what sort
of warning is that?" The incident closed.
In 1850 a professional trickster al cards
went to Hamburg with 5000 francs and
won 100000 early in the afternoon. The
maximum stake was 1850. which he in
creased with the bank 5 consent TO 60.000
almost 100000 ahead He left but re-
turned the next year. and lost 100000
francs within a week. sent to Paris for
another LOCO. 00o and lost that in six days.
Soon after he was sent to jail for play
ing marked cards. Within a year or two
Woolfe Joel. Barney Barnatos partner,
and Frank Gardner the Australian mill
lionaire. won $4,000 francs at Monte
Carlo by the reds turning up twelve times
running. Woolfe was shot soon after
by a gambler
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LOTTERIES IN MONTREAL.
Effort TO Suppress Prevalence of Gamb-
ling and Other Grimes.

A monster petition signed by
citizens of Montreal will soon
be presented, to- parliament at Of
tawa, asking for the amendment Of the
letters patent which permit the art
unions to carry on lotteries in Mon
treal.
For some time local newspapers,
backed up bysa committee of influential
citizens. have been carrying on cru
SADIE against the lottery and gambling,
which have assumed alarming proper
tions. The question most frequently
heard in saloons and cigar stores where
people lounge. Isl Have you got the
results of the drawing 2 In fact, playing
policy has become Sc. common that Fa-
Their Strubbe parish priest of st. AIMS,
a ward infiabited mostly by labor;ng
men. SAYS there is scarcely a woman in
the parish R.ho does not risk ten to
twenty five cents each gay in policy
drawings. eit .,f4
There are three lotteries in the city
which conduct hundred and ten draw-
ings yearly and four policy establish
ments holding drawings daily. Il IS
computed ttldt nearly tnA7Se IiiiiitV'i 'Avt7
lars, are spent by the people on these
tickets. The manager of the Boys
Home reports that never in his sixteen
years experience has he. had-so many
difficulties with the boys as during the
last year owing to their craze for col
icy.
This petition sets forth all these facts
and the history of lottery suppressions
In the United States. and asks that
similar means be adopted here. A cru
SADIE has also been carried on against
the gambling dens. for in this respect
Montreal has been run wide open for
two years As a result, the police
have been given strict Instructors by
the police committee to close up these
places without fear or favor. The
anti-gambling crusaders have induced
the finance committee to place sub
stantial sum at the disposal Of the po-
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RATS AND SWITCHES.
Where Does the False Hair of AmerIcau
Women Come From,

If, among women &. the pernicious
fashion of heapfng false hair on the
back of the head and "a roll of tia rat
under the front of it. continues, tie
question soon will be not where do
the pins go?" but "Where does the
hair come FROM" OF all the modes that
the hairdresser has invented, that with
the rat is the most unhealthful,
physicians say. The article in question
is worn close to the scalp. and the hair
is brushed back over It. says the New
York Times. It is said to be the best
promoter of badness known. it being
but a wad of hair as long as the head
is broad and as many inches-or half
inches-in diameter as the height of
the roll is desired to be- But to return
to the question Until within u few
years all women condemned by the
magistrates in France for any kind Of
misdemeanor for3a pefiod of one or
two months had theff hair cut short
by the prison barber a mutilation
which to a Frenchwoman was 4 pun
ishment more severe than a years in
generation. twas discovered one day
that the directors of female prisons
sold the hair thus obtained. The law
was then changed, and only women
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-07
THE GAMBLING WORLD.
An Old Gamester Writes OF the Follies of
Betting.


Writing under the pen name of Rouge
ct Noir," a man whose portrait used by
way of frontispiece, shows him TO be old
and gray, brings forth a large volume
called The Gambling World, of much
interest and containing powerful moral.
Most of the personal matters in the book
are drawn from the writer's own expert
ence as q player of games of chance our
ing a long lifetime, and no one under
stands the evils following on the heels OF
such a pursuit better than the man VINO
has been through II. Ihe work IS Woe
enough in scope to permit an inquiry into
various frauds and the conclusion OF the
whole matter is a justification of an old
saw. Wherever. you md a gamesler
there is a sWindler close at hand
There is a pleasant little story told OF
the foIlies of betting. which goes to the
effect that Struthion. the dentist of ABB
dera once hired a donkey to take him to
the fair at Gerania. He started with the
driver rather late in the forenoon and
found himself halfway between the two
places at midday, almost overcome py the
heat of the sun. So he diSmounted on
the arid. treeless plain, proposing TO rest
for a time in the shadow OF the donkey;
But the driver insisted that he should
not stating that it was the donkey
Struthion had hired. not the donkey
shadow. But the shadow is part of the
donkey" insisted the dentist. IF 1t is
mart of him." said the driver. what be-
disputing. agreeing finally to bet on it
and leave the decision to the judges.
Back to Abdera Went the two-three
with the donkey-and the question was
duly submitted for adjudication. The
town took up the matter with profound
interest, and bets were made in profu-
sion. When the affair came up for trial,
the arguments lasted for days, during
all of which betting went on so freely
that the judges became aware of the fact
that whichever way their decision went
at least half Of the population would be
ruined In their perplexity a riot broke
out in the course of which the innocent
donkey, cause of all the uproar, was torn
10 pieces by the cOntestacts. Eagerly
seizing upon this as a preteXt. the judges
decided that both shadow and donkey
having disappeared from the face Of the
earth all bets were OF Incidentally, it
settles that important question, whoever
saw a dead donkey but it is otherwise
instructive.
There is a chapter on lotteries which
shows how prevalent was their use in
q time not very remote, and that the
Latin countries of Europe Spain and
Italy in particular. Still sustain them as
part Of the incazaa - ~ GaYRyRneaL
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they been successful in finding him.
All this happened because Schley, for
a time, refused, in company with sew
eral other southern officers, to renew
his allegiance to the United States gov
eminent and continue in the service.
Bat later, fortunately for his future
career in the navy, he thought better
of his hastily formed resolution and
signed the articles.
It happened in this wise. Schley
shipped as a midshipman in July. $780,
on the old steam frigate Niagara. This
ship with her three square rugged
masts. her two tunnels and her trim
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lice for this purpose. A difficulty con-
fronting them is the fact that many of
the most dangerous places have been
regularly Incorporated as social clubs
through the connivance of aldermen.
Good lawyers who have been consulted
are of the opinion that any place where
a 'rake-off' is taken for the kitty is
a common gaming house, whether il be
an incorporated club or not, and can be
closed by the police.
There has recently been a serious in
crease of burglary, highway robbery
and other crimes here, and the anti
gambling crusaders say that this is due
TO the prevalence of gambling as we'll
as the laXity of law administration gem
erally.-New York Commercial Adver-
tiser.
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y, 49, ei'SusH y .nto~ W
~ 49, ~ loseiie ea.ilt'S. ,asoous
1Anions ing lildIy soutuStr u s,,o
S.1 ~ slllpIlie'ees ol nuIlS 90 the
en- - aSttsoi iNallsay'
roileiau
Stlsii an assistant engineer 80,
9 9 PioMh, d hepneW u D Set.e.
1leut. buIier' Lieut. 1nc'.oi go
Si nAs iiiesi iIllaillsuii e T,,a
Giale aliu niusiilpihan y ~, orc
III news ieceiNeu a. ~ o,d
a'eu ~ Ir'In us pssIon ~ MI 'ao
MdIurooin lnat tue VeueIaole AZ ~ co.
IMAM Whohl no more loyaI uilloll o me
ever trou uech, gave oruers 70 49,
VI the more talhatlVe TO ehoo9e
otmer TOPIC lor CONVERSE ion; ,,.t,o,,
lnaI was the state OF tnlnss Wy.
me Niagara steamed INTO po9e.,t , nc
DOT" Every man on poalu ST., ,',a4
around the pllot eager 70 iealll sllG 90, t'r
est news ,S, Ineir worst fears Vs. S,t,,,,etar
hea' me Union Is pIoheii. t,,as,,s
mas peeh Hreu upon by soutngln 'iOo ~
ana Iorced 10 SURRENDER, lIe9e al5
the tldlngs Whlch sreeteo pliio 800 90,
crew OIL tne' niagara -oh',tileii ie'ui Il
from long cruise MI
Ihe next morning captain W Si 1oail
oIoereu ms oruef!y 70 sulliilion go
olncer TO ms CABIN Iney Wele ~
lohg IN learning the purpose u az ~
summons. WIN tears IN me- eyes -
ola sailor mace known That ne was ~ ~
structed by the secretary o. val
proceed az once 70 plochaue sou.ii -, i"
ports ana pelere- ooillg So ~ VIZ ~,
peraIlVe mat every ollloer sn tIsn rr,,it
new ms oath OF arrogance ~ 'iie
ca states goVernmeht.
Inc northerners glauly uiu ~. ~ ~
70 the southerners II was equiVa5ene ~
nshilng against tneir OWL pio e..S az -
KlIorea, anu tney posltlVeIy leIIi -, -
dillX tnelr names 10 tne papel In
AIiloIls tHose Mno 5elussu W. a ~
sIlip oil oenIey anu an 'ie o'i0'
southern olllceIs naliieu:
Boston was at that tlille H NJ c,.4i,
cltea over tne niopplns VI ellJ SIAoll
resllneHI III PalulIiioie, anu ~.
LOT LOT revenge. Inc oally papers p l,loss,
lne names OIL tiie soulnell oiiie ?,
lelIillns lheln IepeIs anu
Vengeance sIouIu they lailu. "iI p. ~
the exclteu state OF tHe populdcte, Ndp-
tam mclean oraereo tne soulheIpers
10 aoIl Lnelr uIliloIIlis anu 20 asi i0o,
sIlsly III cltlzens clotnes, iildhllis tiieii
way sQuIn as peSt tliey ing ~. .,,o,,r,
-IeHl. DIoWil, alolie' d nely
81, reused 70 iay asiue ne ~ 'i ,I
was IN consequence alfesle9 pelole ne
i nao sot MtsII ashore ~. lediii9 30 re-
Idles now ne WenS 70 INC I 1877
f1ouse' hdNlns Hlaue an apPolii.iiie ei.t
MIN LEU. Dutler 70 illeeL ldser - .. wy
uay' putIer hot aPPedIliS, ramsay
wen, went 70 the Parker house IN quest OF
nm M anu was tnere lueItllieu Wy on9 "
ohe snip poys, VINO had oeef a. ta that
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lines. was the pride of the navy She
was the Oregon of her day. Her mis-
sion son this particular trip took her
to Japan, where she accomplished some
important diplomatic Grand
On the way home, the Niagara touched
at Alden on the coast of Arabia. and
While there the officers ana crew re-
ceived their first intimation of future
trouble in America. The news was
vague and few expected war, but the
mutterings preceding the conflict were
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-07
u. S. FRIGATE NIAGARA.

morning he was found at the wharf
waiting for the Niagara's boat to con-
vey him back to ship and shipmates
The enthusiasm his unexpected return
awakened may easily be imagined. A
slight thing often determines the out
comes of wars and battles, and who
can say that if young Schley had per
sisted in his original intention of quit
ting the service that the history of
both civil and Spanish wars might
not have been materially changed?
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whose term of Imprisonment exceeds
five years have to part with their
tresses. In certain parts of France,
Switzerland and Russia the peasant
girls hair is her dowry. She sells IL
when she narries. Foreign ladies',
therefore, who indulge in the luxury OF
hair not their own, have it's source ac-
counted for. But where do the rats"
and switches worn by American la
dies come from?
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-07
STORY OF SCHLEY.
How He Refused to
Sign Oath Of
Allegiance.
LEAVES THE SERVICE
Later Thinks Better Of it
and Rejoins
Ship.
81 Ship.

If Rear Admiral Schley should visit
Boston stedey. he would be lionized.
Banquets would be arranged in his
honor clubs would open their doors to
HIM and extend him Inequalities. Po-
liticalsand SOCIAL organizations Of every
kind would soverwhelm him with their
attentions. Yet IS years ago Schley,
lthen' a midshipman, was tracked and
bounded through. the streets of Boston
by a. mob who would doubtless have
offered Violence to the young naval Of
-f1eer. whom they branded rebel had
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-07
BRleNoLl. FAMOUS TENOR.
So Touched That He invited Whole Or
chestra Out to a Champagne Supper

chestra Out to a Champagne Supper
Brignoli was also very susceptible TO
aattery and it is said that once in
New York when the orchestra vigor-
ously applauded one+af his fayorise
songs, he was so touched that he came
down to the footlights and invited
them all to a champagne supper al, the
Everett House. The supper cost him
$500. Brignoii was very careful of his
voice, and was terribly afraid Of
draughts. 1t was once stated that dur
ing the winter 1t always took him three
quarters of an hour to get from his
room to the street First he would, on
leaving his ROOM pace the hall for ten
minutes to get .acclimated He then
descended. to the lobby. where the tenn
perature was little lower, and spent
twenty minutes, there. He then ven-
tured to the vestibule, from which the
door opened into the street. He would
parade the vestibule for fifteen miu-
utes, occasionally opening the door 10
let in a little cold air, Being now ae-
customed to eoohhtemperature, he
would button no bis coat and sally
forth.
He once agreed to sing a solo at st.
Agnes Church New York city, says the
National Magazine lie came in late
and after divesting himself Of many
coverings. tunrbiing over music racks
and exasperating the choir by trying
his voice he came 10 the conclusion
that he was ready. BY this time. now
ever. the. sermon had coTnnenceds but
Brignoh una bashed, leaned Over the
choir ratings ana tried TO attract tbs
attention of the preacher by shaking
his head and gestculating with his
hands At last he called out in voice
which was audible for some distance,
Me ready for ze sing. St0ppa Re
preacht Stoppa re preach" AMI the
priest actually cut the sermon short IN
order to accommodate the. impatisnt
tenor. whose voice. now rang ont with
such fervur as to thrill the Worship
pers and justify the sacrifice.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-07

Eyes. that's the bride"
Very young, isn't shes'
Nineteen. l believe.
Who are those middle-aged women
with her2"
''Those are her unmarried sisters. She's
chaperoning them. = Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Sure. look at the tobacco spit all over
the carpet said the ianitors wife. en-
tering the council chamber the morning
after the meeting.
"Oh. yes" replied her husband; you
see. they had a couple Of Chicago alder
men here last night, and they We're given
the privilege Of the floor. Workers
Statesman
"How carefully your wife does watch
your health.
Eyes: she knows that IL I get up big
doctors bill she won't get a summer
tri3. Chicago Record
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policy. you know.
Fogg- Yes. but the trouble Is that 50
many of these who say it are persons
who net y ssts Il trlal-B Boston Tram
script ~
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20 Absalomt' walled Mrs. Rambo.
you've been drinking again, after all
your PROMISES,
"Nanshy, m'dear," replied Mr. Rambo.
"only had one lill' drinksh. Fell'r toll
me f I'd eat raw onion take whisky
off m breath. Smatter it'll me is / cit
too many raw onionsh-can't you sheep
Chicago Tribune.
They were disposed to reproach him.
'Oh, what does it profit man to kill
his wife?' they cried.
The Chicago Qlll sausage maker
WINGED.
Nothing he groaned. There are no
by-products to sneak off,
Moreover popular prejudices had much
to do with making a business lucrative
or Observation-Disclosures journal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-27
The DEMURRER SUSTAINED
But Skinner Wing. Rae and Terry Are Prompt.
Iy Again Indicted

Portland, Me- April 26.-In the Unit
"a States circuit court, today. Judge
Webb gave his decision in one of the
Fairfield Floral COS. eases. Last Feb
rulry. VIM Il. Skinner, Angie Wing.
Viola Rae and George E. Terry We're
indicted for conspiracy to defraud by
use NJ thu United States mail a de-
murer was filed which Judge webb
sustains an the general ground that
the allegations We're not properly made
ana We're hot sufficiently explicit. This
forenoon. the grand jury reported an
other Indictment agains. the same par
ties. being based on the same facts
hut differently Worded, charging con
spiracy as before. Counsel for re-
spondentat once filed another demurrer
ana This is to be argued Thursday at
10 o'clock.