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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10
LABOR NOTES.

The first trade union in the United
States was formed by the tailors in
1906 and the first arbitration board to
settle threatened strikes was then in
stituted.
An automobile street cleaning ma
chine is in successful operation in st.
Louis.
The union cigarmakers of Tampa,
Fla, have enforced a demand that ci-
gar factories be scrubbed and cleaned
once a month.
The wire nail trust has served notice
that the large plants at Anderson, Ind,
which has been idle since May will not
start again so long as steel continues
at present rates.
Owing to an immediate communica-
ton from Rear Admiral Sampson,
commandant, the navy department
gave back $4,000 of the cut at the
Charlestown navy yard and only sc
men were discharged.
Nearly all the thread factories in the
United States, and a majority of those
of Great Britain, obtain their spools
from Maine. Over 50,000000 feet OF
birch spool bars" are shipped from
that state annually.
A Chicago workingman has discoV-
cred how to make plate glass out of
Stag, the waste in iron and steel manu-
facture, and the Federal steel trust
will build plant to turn out the new
product.
Because the laboring people of Grip
pie Creek, Col, nominated a ticket of
their own, the democrats are now de-
nouncing them as anarchists" dyna-
miters," etc. They were all right,
though, when they used to meekly
vote the tieketsCput up by the demo-
cratic mine barons.
The Pittsburg river coal trust has
announced an increase of prices of 25
per cent. This combine controls the
trade from Pittsburg to New Orleans,
and the dumbhead voters of the Mis-
sissippi valley will not have chance
to study the beauties of capitalism.
Wages. of course, were not raised.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10
WOMAN AS A. RIVAL.
Ex-senator ingalls, Says Her Admis-
sion Into Government Work Was
Mistake.

sion into 0OVSrHH'S''s - -
Mistake,
Tn a st,,nendous evolutionary process,
women are said to be the rival OF men
in the governmental industrial ques-
ton. In reference to this, ex-senator
John j. Ingalls, recently said:
"The admission of women into the
various departments at washington
was an irreparable mistake both Tor
the service ard for the incumbents, as
all who are familiar with the system
will admit; though, for that matter
the government pays more ana re
ceives less from it's servants OF ooth
sexes than any other employer on
earth.
..Under the operation of those new
forces. important changes are taking
place in society. AS the opportunl tles
for self-support and freelife multiply
marriage is regarded with increasing
Indifference unless it offers a luxurious
asfabIishment The home idea seems
to be fading from American life.
Families are growing smaller by SELF
limitation. Children are less welcome,
NOT alone to landlords, but to parents
also. Housekeeping is becoming daily
MORE difficult snd will soon be impos-
sible except for the opulent, who can
import their domestic help.
"The irresistible tendency to hotel,
apartment house and club life is in
telligible We move along the line OF
Ieast resistance and the new woman
is making every other mode of exist
ence inconvenient or impracticable.
"Whether this condition of affairs is
better or worse than that which pre-
coded: whether it is reformation or the
reverse; whether men and women are
more or less immoral, and society purer
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10
NOTES OF INTEREST.

Diamond brokers say that diamonds
are going to advance to double the
present price within six months, and
advise those intending to purchase
within the next two years to do so at
once. The every busy grappler for
news to interest the wage learner has a
glance fixed on an empty scuttle by
the stove.
The city of Toledo, O., has decided to
go out of the gas business. The propo-
sition to sell the plant was vetoed by
Mayor Jones, but the sale was ordered
over his veto. This is one instance of
municipal ownership that has proved
a failure,
The German toy trade has fallen Off
greatly, and the government has es-
tablished a professional school of toy
making at Grunhainiden. This is an
excellent example Of the careful atten-
ton which Germany is giving to other
phases of the manufacturing industry
and export trade.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10

or more degraded, is not susceptible of
demonstration. 1t is one of the most
important incidents in the great drama
of human development which the 18th
century will record.
zone thing at least is certain-wom-
an will not retire from the industrial
contest. She must be taken into ac-
count in the solutions of the future.
Such revolutions never retrace their
footsteps"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10
PARsEEs OF INDIA.

Peculiar Customs of This Strange and
interesting Race.
The most peculiar people of India are
the Parsis Cor "Parsees' -meaning
"Persians), who feed their dead to
the vultures upon the towers of ST.
lence. They fled to India from Per-
STA when that land fell into the hands
of the Arabs - centuries ago. Their
men are the first very singular persons
the traveller sees on board the ship
which takes him to India, their singu-
larity consisting in their long, sallow
faces and large eyes, their shiny, pa
tent-leather-lo looking, tubular hats, and
their long and ugly coats. They are
most numerous in Bombay but one
meets them in other cities on Bonn
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10
WHO BOTTLE BOWLER Bros PRODUCTS. AND NO OTHER:

BIEBERBACH BROS & CO., Summer
St,
JOHN ]. SHEEHAN & CO., Washing
ton So,
LEANDER WERNER, Washington So,
NIGH. DOHERTY, Prescott St.,
JAMES COMMON. Canterbury St.,
NJ. F. O'DAY, Water ST.,
M. B. WALSH, Salem ST.,
Y Winter ST
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10

the earth in silk balloons, with a bal
lasting of anklets, necklaces, earrings
and jewelry." 1t is no more than fair
Of the Parsi men to let this be as it is,
for they are the ugliest mon that crawl
upon this globe.-Harper's
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10

PETER A. DOYLE, Millbury st.
JOSEPH HARPER, Southbridge St,
FONTAINE& COUTU, Washington ST.,
GUSTAV JOHNSON, School St.,
MRS. BRADLEY, Ward ST.,
S. F. DAILY, Cambridge St,
J. w. McKEON & CO., Southbridge ST.,
P. O'SHEA, Millbury St,
JOHN A. HARTIGAN, Main ST..
P. McLOUGHLI
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10

SUCCESS FOR SIXTY YEARS. This
is the record of Perry Davis Pain Killer.
A sure cure for diarrhoea dysentery and
all bowel complaints. Avoid substitutes;
there is ,butone Pain-Killer-Perry Davis
Csc and SOC.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10
TIRlNc oF.THE FIGHT.

Master Plumbers Say There is Little
Profit in the Fierce Competition.
A battle is being quietly fought by
the Master Plumbers Association and
firms outside the combine. 1t is a
continuance of the same old struggle
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10
BOWLER Bros, Ltd.
TADCASTER ALES AND PORTER

unmatched by woudbe rivals. Higher prices could
not produce delicate article and there Aes and
Porers this continent that the peer Of the above.
Only the best saloons have them daught and they
bottled BY the following,
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NOT DISCOURAGED.
edwin Simons Will Again Rice From Hartford
ID augusta.

Edwin Simons, the long distance
rider. who has been irving 10 cover the
distance from Hartford. Conn, to Au-
yusta in % hours. returned to his home
IN Hartford, Conn. Sunday. He is
still confident that he can lower the
record for the distance and will try
again, next summer He will start il
July in time to get into condition after
his long ride for the races here on the
Fourth Of July. He will keep trying
until he succeeds in lowering the rec
ord
1t is his present intention to enter the
six-day race in New York. this winter.
According to the regulations recently
made the men will ride only l. hours
day and sleep nights. instead of rid
ing night and day as formerly. He
believes that he can make good
showing in this race He has never
tried short distances very much, but
will train for these, next season. to-
gethcr with his long distance work.
He has had an offer from promi-
nent bicycle firm to ride a century cv-
cry day for a year. lie thought that it
would be possible to % this. but did
not wish 70 try. With good weather
he could make 100 miles each day all
right, but that would. Of course. he
DAYS when this would b. impossible
ana the deficiencies would have to 10
made ~ ii addition 70 the regular
work
ar. simons il very grateful FOR the
kind treatment from the riders of the
oity. They have done all they could
y assist him in making his rides sue
nace
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Casino NORMAL ALUMNI
Hold Annual Reunion and Banquet al Banqcr
Officers Elected.

Bangor. Me. Oct. 29.-The annual re-
union of the Castine Normal School
Alumni Association was held here, Fri
day evening. with a large attendance
of graduates from this section of
Maine. At o'clock, a banquet was
served, and the after-dinner speeches
were made by Prof. y. A. Richardson,
principal: Misses Hughes, Simmons
and Russell. eachers in the school: Mrs.
Helen Coffin Beedy of Pennington. and
Rev. j. NJ. Frost and Norman Ward
well Of Bangor.
At the business session these officers
were elected: F. Ernest Harvey, pres. :
Rev. j. NJ. Frost. vice pres; Miss Kate
Qugley, sec; Miss Hattie l.. Mosher,
treas; Melvin II. Mower. Miss Susie
NJ. Bickford, Olin l.. Clement, executive
committee.
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NEARLY $1,000 SHORT.
Such Will Be Report on Norway Savings
Banks Condition.

Lewiston, Me-, Oct. ga special
from Norway to the Journal says
Treasurer Frank Noyes of the Norway
Savings Bank, states that the report of
those commissioned to examine the af-
fairs of the bank after the death of
Treasurer Stearns will be ready for the
bank examiner. early next week. 1t is
stated on apparently good authority
that deficiency of from $4,000 to ST.
600 has been discovered. There are 20
bondsmen of the bond of the late treas
urer, which was for $4,000
The officers of the bank will not con-
firm the report as to the amount of the
deficiency, nor will they deny it. AS
the books, except so out of 1900 have
been called in and have been compar-
ed; therefore the banks actual stand
ing will be accurately shown in the re-
port.
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SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT.
October Term. Hon. L. A. Emery. Presd
ing.
w. S. CHoATE. Clerk.
\. J.. MCFADDEN, Sheriff.
q. w. HESEIToN. County Alton

W. 5. CHoATE. Clerk.
\. J.. MCFADDEN. sheriff
q. w. ilEsELToN. County Attorney.
j. G. CLAY, Stenosraphcr.
Saturday, oct. %.
Oakman ". Ecldcn ct al. This case
WAS concluded this forenoon with vcr-
diet in favor Of the plaintiff for Sll5i.
The Qui1iln murder trial was set down
for Wednesday. Nov. lst and the Knight
murder trial for Monday. Nov. 9Th.
George g. Adams ". the city of Wa =
torVille. Brown Il Brown fer plaintiff, ID.
+. Eaton. city solicitor, for defendants.
This is an action to recover a balance Of
SHi6.j6 for services an architect in max
ing the plans for the new city hall in
Watervilie. in 1896. After the testimony
had been taken out the court directed a
verdict in favor of the plaintiff for sub
stantaIly the amount claimed.
Seth L. I.arrabcc ana l.. &. Cornish
Admir- :. Y. L. j. Southland ana Son. l.. G.
Cornish ana o. -. Baker for plaintiffs,
Enoch Foster ana VIM. I. Hall for defen-
dants. This is an action ny plaintiffs to
recover as administrators on the estate Of
Jane j. Southland on a promissory note
tits mites tate. The note was introduced
sp requests by defendant for instructions
To the jury. The Judge instructed the
jury, pro forma. to return a verdict for
the plaintiff. The defendants carry the
case to the law court on exceptions.
All Of the jurors We're excused until
Monday at I O'Clock II. NJ ana court ad 4
iOurncd until that time
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A Pleasant Surprise Party.

The friends Of Mr.. and Mrs Jas. 4.
Hodgkins, to the number Of about 80,
called on them, Saturday evening. at
their new home on Prospect street, and
gave them a genuine surprise. They
brought with them decorated dinner
set. half a dozen dining chairs and a
fancy rocker, as testimonial Of the
esteem in which they are held. Re
freshments We're served ana the even
ing pleasantly spent with cards and
other games. The party broke up at a
late hour. all wishing Mr.. and Mrs.
Hodgkins much JOY in their new home.
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His Life Was Saved.

Mr.. J. f. Lilly. a prominent citizen OF
Hannibal, Mo. lately had a wonderful
dcliverance from frightfu death. In
telling of it he says: Il was taken with
Typhoid Fever. that ran into Pneumonia
My lungs became hardened. | was 80
weak | couldn't even sit up in bed
Nothing helped me. | expected to soon
die OF Consumption, when | heard of Dr.
Kings New Discovery. One bottle gave
great relief. | continued to use it, and
now am we'll and strong. l can't say too
much in its praise" This marvellous
medicine is the surest and quickest cure
in the world for all Throat and Lung
Trouble. Regular sizes so cents and 800
Trial bottles free at Bowditch & Web
ster's, Augusta; c. Ii. Beane's. Gardiner:
:. s. LightbOdy's. Waterville, drug
oct27 now
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Funeral OF the Late Freeman Barker.

The funeral If the late Freeman
Barker was held, Sunday forenoon, at
the Inivcrsalist Church, with Rev. &.
\. Hayden officiating. Previous to
this. prayers were held at the house on
Arsenal street, at 10 o'clock. and the re-
mains removed to the church. where.
at 1880, the pulpit services Were held.
Many Of the old friends Of Mr. Bar
ker. as well as the members Of the I'm
iVersaliSt congregation were present To
pay their last respects To the late mem
Der of the society, who was SO instru-
mental in erecting the church and in
its later support The ceremonies
were conducted by G. S. Hichborn. Mr.
Hayden delivered a funeral sermon
Of the most comforting and clo-
Qucnt order. The singing was by
the regular church quartet. Four Of
Mr. Bankers old friends acted as pail
bearers. They were Joseph y. Homan,
William Fl. Chisam, Charles Milliken
and n. W. Cole. Intcrmcnt was made
in the Forest Grove cemetery.
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A COM MUNICAIION.
Other Views on the Marking Of the Public
Library Books.
Editors of Kennebec Journal:

Editors of Kennebec Journal:
As Il user of the public library, l was
pleased to read the communication from
Two Citizens about the marking OF
books belonging to the public library. y
certain class of readers are very fond OF
fiction. such as This is Il good book
and Il think this is just lovely" and as
this serves as sort of a guide board fer
readers of the same class of fiction. IL
be better that such books We're marked
aGd that the readers should be encour-
aged in expressing their sentiments as
fully as possible on the fly leaves.
But there is much more offensive
class of annotators who persist in show
ing their superiority by marking the bet
ter thoughts and paragraphs and writing
pencil rotations in such works as Spen.
GERS Darwin's and all the repositories OF
deep thought and science.
1t is undoubtedly Of great value when
a man inc Gladstone annotes on a mar
gin books belonging to himself. Mac
aulays library is said to have been more
valuable in its SIDE remarks than in the
material itself To think it is necessary
to mark every striking passage in we'll
written book for fear that the next reader
NAV not know enough to appreciate it I'M
lcss it il marked. is one Of the most
offensive things that meets the eye Of 4
thoughtful reader. The writer KNOWS 81
onn lady Of very superior talent who
never undertakes to read book on eVO-
luton taken from our city library with /
am holding an eraser in her hand to rub
ont the many notes and remarks made on
ire margins If person has not mind
inclv without it. he certainly will not be
readinc Them at all. Let every woman
keen an eraser and mark out the remarks
IN the CITY books. CITIZENE.SS.
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STATE HOUSE.
More Petitions for Biddeford Electric
Railroad Connections.
An Official Believes Steam Roads Should
Have Utilized Electricity.

Biddeford seems to be the center Of
inc electric railway interest in Maine,
Just now, as they have FIVE roads I'M
der discussion with that city rs the
terminus. Three of them sent In peti-
tons, Saturday, to the railroad com
missioner for approval of location and
articles of association, and ask that
they be given hearing to tell why the
road should be built.
Tho first of these three roads is tn,
Atlantic Shore Line Railway which
petitions for the approval of line of
electric railway to start in Biddcfoyd
passing through Kcnnebunk. Kennc
bunkport, and Wells to ST. Aspinquid
park in the town of York, where it is
understood it will meet the Ports
mouth, KIttery & York Railroad. Thi.;
company. though its attorneys, Heath
& Andrews of Augusta, ana Fred j.
Allen Of Sanford, petitioned the com
missioners. several weeks ago. for the
same thing, with the exception of the
terminus which was, in the former petit
ton, York. 1t is made up Of Sanford
capitalists, principally.
The second petition is that of the
Biddeford, Kennebunk & Wells Flee
trio Railroad This is a rival company
T. the Atlantic Shore Line. and they
= .r to So Through the same towns
t----. INC former does, though they petit
ton to stop at the Boston & Maine sta
ton in Wells village. The directors
named in this petition are Theodore
Dresser. Eleazer b. Loring, James o.
Bradbury, Charles s. Hamilton. Edgar
y. Hubbard and William A. Roberts.
Just what is underlying the two petit
tions no one knows. 1t has been sug-
gested that the latter company may
possibly be acting in conjunction with
the steam railroads. but no one knows
what is in the wind.
Neither has been assigned Il hearing.
and the commissioners say the matter
may be partially settled before they
have a hearing, so that all will be
made plain.
The last ramed board Of directors
also make up the board Of directors of
the York County Electric Railroad CO..
which petitions to operate line be
ginning in Saco. going through the city
If Biddeford. ana the towns Of Dayton.
Lyman, Limerick Hollis ana Water
boro
With these three roads wishing to be
authorized to be built. with the petit
toned extensions Of the Portland &
Cope Elizabeth Railroad to old or
chard. which means to connect with the
Saco & Biddcford Electric Railroad
ana with talk Of tho Saco Valley Road.
Biddcford is just now tceming with
the railroad talk ana plots and coun-
trrplots are, it is said. being surmised
ana talked over.
Anyway the railroad commissioners
have the hearings on four to hear and
consider. and that will occupy some
time to come.
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Death OF Mrs. Vim. Nichols.

Mrs. Miriam O.. wife of William
Nichols, aged % years, died at
about 80. Sunday evening, from
uraemc commissions. a husband and
a daughter, years old. survive her.
The funeral will be held at the
house at , Z. NJ. Tuesday. and the re-
mains will be taken, Wednesday, to
Lisbon Falls for interment.
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ease with which the trains move over
them. But to us who have to examine
closely, the improvements are appar-
ent. They have widened the shoulder
on the road, filed in about the trestles
laid new tracks about the yard, thus
facilitating their freight service, ant
done dozen other things that go tc
make their road convenient and ser
viceable. The work is certainly worthy
Of communication"
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H0W's This?

We offer one hundred dollars reward
for any case Of catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY & co, Props, Toledo, Q.
We, the undersigned. have known L. J.
Cheney, for the last - years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West & TruaX, Wholesale Druggists, To
ledo. O.
Walding. Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo. o.
iTsii'a Catarrh Cure is taken internally
Aug dire ly upon the blood and mu
cous surfaces of the system. Price 15c.
per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. TEST.
monials zee.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
octi, eod&wxytf
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HEARD FROM IN DEATH.
Word from SedgNick Man Who disappeared
Seven Years Ago.

Ellsworth, Me, Oct. 29.-James p.
Bayard, who mysteriously disappeared
from Sedgwick, over seven years ago
was heard from, Friday, his wife re-
ceiving word that he was sick in Seat
tie. Saturday, she was notified that he
was dead.
Bayard. so far as known, had no
domestic or financial troubles when he
went away, and the cause Of his disap-
pcarancc has never been explained.
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The two following companies, Satur-
day, filed certificates of Incorporation:
The Electro Vulcan Company, or
Sanized at Berwick for the purpose of
mining and using diatomOus earth.
with 100000 capital stock, of which s20o
is paid in. The officers are: Presi-
dent. G. y. Farnam of Hartford.
Conn; treasurer. Douglass 5. Low of
Boston, Mass. Certificate approved,
Oct. ~, 1899.
The Berkshire Cooperative Glass
Company. organized at Portland for
the purpose of manufacturing window
glass. with $5o,000 capital stock, cf
which nothing is paid in. The officers
are: President. j. +. Pagan Of Port
land. Me; treasurer, George +. Gould
Of Portland, Me. Certificate approved.
oct. .6, 1899
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Il never thought that the steam
railroads looked at the electric road
matter as they should in the first
place" remarked a well posted rail
road man, Saturday.
THE late James r. Furbcr If the
Boston & Maine. was the only man
whom l believe ever looked at it
Alright. In the days when the electric
motor as a means of transportation
was evident. | believe the steam roads
should have met the emergency, and
utilized it for their benefit. 1t was
evident that the electric transportation
had come to stay, and instead Of
lighting it of they should have secured
the right to build all the trunk lines
possible. ana have worked it in CON
junction with the others. In every
section where it would pay they should
nave built a line 50 that it would have
fed the steam line with freight and
passengers, as wen - deo'Aliii4'N'''' y
everyone in its vicinity.
IN the greater number Of cases the
roads could have been made self-sup-
porting. as they are now, and in the
others the addition of the freight that
would be brought to the doors of the
steam roads, would have more than
COMPENSATED Then the competition
would not have been great.
LAS it is 1 can't see where there has
been any great inroad made by the
competition of the electric roads, as the
latter seems to have created demand
for their own use that does not de-
tract greatly from the use of the steam
roads.
1T is not too late now for the steam
roads to awaken to their opportunity
in many cases, and take the benefit of
the electric road where there are none
or to even purchase where they are
situated