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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-27
MANY WERE PRESENT.
Impressive Funeral Serv-
ices Over Remains Of
Miss J9slyn.

Leicester, June 26.-The funeral Of
Miss Mary Everett Joslyn was held
from the home of her aunt, Mrs. Eliza
Gilmore, this afternoon. The attend.
ance was very large and friends were
present from Worcester, Spencer, Bos-
ton and other places. Rev. N. Seaver
Jr., conducted, assisted by Rev. Samue
May and Rev A. H. Coolidge.
Rev. Mr.. Seaver opened the services
by reading from the scriptures and
reading a poem, Our home maker" by
request of friends. This was followed
by a short address by Rev. Samuel
May, which was an exceedingly beau
tiful tribute to the life of Miss Joslyn
This was the first time Mr.. May has
appeared in public capacity for many
months.
Rev. Mr.. Coolidge, an old friend of
the family, followed with few touch
ing remarks. Mr.. Seaver offered the
CAS- God will" The floral tributes were
in great profusfon. They made a beau
tiful display at the house and were ar
ranged so as to completely encircle the
grave at the cemetery.
The Shakspere Club sent as a remem-
brance a floral emblem in the form of
the society's pin, a Maltese cross
marked by the letters IS. c." in i'm
mortelles. The Unitarian Ladies' So
ciety gave a bouquet of white roses
and ferns, and the Unitarian parish a
bouquet of dark red roses. The chill
dren of her Sunday school class pre-
sented wreath of yellow daisies, her
favOrite flower, and the Topic Club
sent beautiful bouquet of pink roses.
At Pine Grove cemetery Mr.. Seaver re-
cited a psalm and Mr.. Coolidge offered
brief prayer and pronounced a bene-
diction.
Two Worcester hucksters who win
make rich men if they escape the law,
passed through town today selling
strawberries and new potatoes. They
offered three boxes for a quarter, but it
took the contents of five of their bas-
kets to equal four of those ordinarily
used. One Paxton street lady bought a
quarters worth of berries and then or
dered a peck of potatoes, paying for
both and receiving the strawberries.
After five minutes she decided it was
time for the potatoes to arrive and en-
looking out no pedler or sign of one
was discovered on the street. Search
was made for the pedler and the team
was discovered opposite the barber shop
on Main street The pedler assured the
one who called him to account that he
would have left the potatoes, but ped
lers rarely canvass a town and then go
back and fill their orders. The team
was driven back quarter of a mile and
the potatoes left, but the measure was
not one that Herbert H. De Fosse
would approve of. The wagon was
numbered ITS.
1t looks at present as though Leices-
ter Centre would have the ball team
which every lover of the game would
like TO see in town. Herbert A. David
son told a Spy reporter today that the
Leicester base ball team would play a
game every Saturday. The grounds
have not yet been arranged for.
Jennie May Stein and James Edward
Stein, twin children of John II. Stein
Of Olney street. were u years old to-
day. and a number Of small friends
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-27

The principal reasons why you
should buy Leonard Upright or
Chest, are that they keep things cold
and pure, use little ice and are easily
cleaned. Our stock of these must be
reduced. Our motto is never to carry
goods from season to season, but tc
sell them at cut prices while they are
still in demand
LIBERAL TERMS If DESIRED.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-27

&c Cure z Cough in One Day
To euro a Cold IN One Day
To Cure Sore Throat in One Day
TO Cure Hoarseness in One Day
Take Cieveiano's Celery Compound Tea,
~. II II fails 10 cure. your money VIII be
refunded by
Brewer 4 Co. IS Front st: George E.
Fasrranks 2H Main ST f: Burlington Phar-
nnscy. Martin P. Waite. 10 Front ST.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-27
THE MONEY MARKET.

New York, June 26.-Money on call
firm. 2d2lk; prime mercantile paper, 3d3A
per cent; sterling exchange easier, 4.S7s{
"a IS for demand and 4.S5%d .S6 for 60
DAYS. posi- 9siYe sl,,is .er ana So
60ixd62: bar silver, 60A; Mexican dollars,
4Si5: government bonds firmer; state
bonds Inactive; railroad firmer.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-27
Summer Furniture
SPECIAL BARGAINS IN

Porch Chairs and Rockers, Porch
SetteeS, Lawn Swings, Children'S
Carriages and GO-CartS.
Very complete assortment In this de-
partment. and prices greatly reduced.
~ High Grade '.Tried and True"
PIERCE BICYCLES.
We shall sell them at once Why
don't you take advantage of this OPP
portunity to get a good wheel for less
than half the original price? Every
one guaranteed. Not cheap wheel at
large price, but an up-to-date wheel
at great sacrifice. We do not take
Old Wheels in exchange.
nI 0I.LI nH.
The times., 1899-06-04

reach the coast. on the part of the e1lies
who were to have been rescued, and the
entire disappearance Of the expedition.
hide, horn and tailoN-if an expression so
unconventional can be used in regard to
so refined and dainty a book. What has
become OF these people is question left
entirely unsolved- They may have been
blown up in midscean and scattered
through space for all that Mr.. Merriam
knows about ii. The last chapter leaves
one in painful doubt whether the author
really intended to leave his book in this
solution Of continuity. To the casual OBJ
server-but his is a callous and brutal
mind-the impression conveyed is that
Mr.. Merriman kept his people in London
as long as he could because he did not
know anything about the local color in ST.
IBERIA, and then. when he could not decent
ly delay longer, consigned them to an
oubliette, in the pious hope that they
could never be brought to life again. 1t
is very mysterious. New York: r. F.
Fenno & Co. S1251
The times., 1899-06-04
Pain.

! am a Mystery that walk the Garth
Since man began to be;
Sorrow and Sin stood sponsors at my BIRTH
And Terror chrisJened me.
More pitiless than Death. who gathereth
His victims day by day;
| doom man daily 10 desire Death,
And still forbear 10 slay.
More merciless than Time. ! leave man Youth,
And suck Of life's sweetness out.
More cruel than Despair, show man Truth,
And leave him strength to doubt
bind the freest in my subtle hand
blanch the boldest cheek;
hold the hearts OF poets in my hand,
And wiring them ere they speak.
l walk in darkness over souls that bleed.
shape each as go
To something different drop the seed
Whence grapes or thstles grow.
Grace DEMO Litchfeld.
The times., 1899-06-04
Minor Fiction.

THE Jamesons," by Mary E. wilkins,
Is a small book. but il affords a great deal
Of entertainment. The summer boarder
in the country town has written up" the
countryman ad infnitum, but Miss Will
kins' story is the first definite retort to
this long series OF gibes and patronizing
considerations, and more or less artificial
admiration. There are many city ladies
who sighingly comment on the beauty of
farm life, and the obvious happiness of
those fortunate mortals who are born to
il, but most OF them would not care to
accept the lot with all the hard work, mar
row conditions, and other disadvantages
attached. "The Jamesons'' is the story OF
the summer boarder told from the coun-
try peoples point Of view.
Mrs. Jameson is one of those fashionable
DANES who come into the country to save
their money and wear out their old silks
and their second-best manners Incl
dentally, they are sometimes smltten with
a longing to do the natives" some good
and teach them 4 more civilized way of
living. And the natives in this case be-
hayed themselves as they usually do-with
outward Difference and inward amusement
II should be understood in the average
country village in this country the ma
tive" has not an atom of servility in him.
He is accustomed to think himself as good
as anyone in town, and to accord to the
rich the same sort OF politeness with which
he treats those poorer than himself. In
fact the old-time ideal of American life
is probably more nearly realized in the
village than anywhere else. When, there
fore. Mrs. Jameson arrives in the staid
little village where the people rather pride
themselves on never having taken board
The times., 1899-06-04

then working them with the hands till they
became malleable. The intelligent Arctic
dog OF course. plays an important part in
the proceedings. and the haps and mis-
laps OF the canine members of the eXpedi
ton are recorded quite as faithfully as
those OF the human members. The oldest
pets in the book, however, are young wal
ruses, and the account of the struggles
which the explorers had in keeping these
queer little beasts alive is decidedly anus
ing.
One of the useful Investigations of Mr..
JGcls was in connection with that dis
ease dreaded of explorers-sculvy. He be-
lieves that this is a species of ptomaine-
poisoning, and he has an idea that its ap-
pearance among his own men was prevent
ed by the use of fresh instead of salt meat.
the latter being often imperfectly cured.
He does ncj believe that lime juice has
much effect on this disease, but thinks that
prevention is in this case, as in most 9TH
ers, very much better than cure. tNew
York: Harper & Brothers. $1,000
The times., 1899-06-04
CURRENT VERSE.
Cyrnno de Rerrcrnc.

Old hero, Prieked and goadsd without rest
By thy sharp thorn Of hrsh. thou fighter born.
fisTccr for conflict when more ferceIy torn,
And holding odds Of self OF Zoe the best
OF aids 10 conquest and thy knightiy crest
Thou boaster Of great powers, still not for
sworn
Thou ruler Of thy love- though all loveioru-
There's poor brotherhood will hold thee blest
Now thou hast won and passed-who through
their time
Over the candor Of great souls must wear
lndignities ard bufoon masks OF flesh.
While pointing fools, with gee-distempered
stare
Thy action makes their comedy sublime.
Thy grave shall keep their laures ever fresh.
Mary Z. wilkins, in Harper's Magazine.
The times., 1899-06-04
Cock-Cro,v.
The Monk.

/, Stephen Garth or Ornc.
Though bred OF fighting folk,
BY craven priest was sworn
To bear the moHkish yoke.
God built me straight and tnIe,
1.-the sinew and strong limb;
i strive to draw and hew
And toll my toll for him.
To labor and to pray
Though heart and spirit bleed,
Held bound from day to day
With chain OF craft and creed.
At cease of evensOng
leave the chancefs gloom,
And pause. where shadows throng
About my kindred's tomb.
Beneath the carven stone
Rest warrior, sire. and son;
Death gathered in his own
Through siege and sally won.
!, last OF all their race,
The heir OF all their might,
Through patient years must pace
Zee narrow path OF right.
The man within me cries:
Wrench thou thy bonds apart!
In sudden strength arise
And free thy bursting heart.
"Who fight with tongue and pen
Know not the end OF strife;
Go! take thy place with men,
And grasp the sword OF life.
"without thy cloister wall
The nations rise and reel;
And empires tower and fall
Beneath the stroke Of steel.
'NNithout thy prison bars
The tide Of battle rolls,
And filings To burning stars
The red, unshriven souls.
'Eetter TO live and strive
About the sounding world.
Than tread thy tomb alive
Thy fathers banner turled.
"Bctter to strive and die
Beneath Gods living light.
Than. shrinCd in state, TO lie
Hid deep in cloistral night.
Good built thee straight and true.
Light sinew and strong limb;
Go, win thy life anew.
And WELD thy sword for him!'
-Wilfrcd Wilson Gibson, in I.iteratur
The times., 1899-06-04
The DecaIoEue Revised.

Thou shalt have one God only; who
Would be at the expense Of two?
No craven images may be
Worshiped, except the currency;
Swear not at all, for by thy curse
Thine enemy is none the worse;
At church on Sunday 10 attend
win serve to keep the world thy friends
Honor thy parents; that is, all
From whom advancement may befall;
Thou shalt not kill; but need'st not strive
Offciously TO keep alive;
Do not adultery commit;
Advantage rarely comes OF it;
Thou shalt not steal; an empty feat
When tbs so lucrative to cheat;
Bear not false witness; let the lie
Have time on its own wings to fly;
Thou shalt not covet. but tradition
Approves all forms of competition.
Arthur Hugh Clough.
The times., 1899-06-04
HIcheN.

What 10 a man who lovrs the air
Are irinkets. gauds. and jewels rareg
And what is wealth or fame 20 one
Who is brother 10. the sun
Who drinks the wine tha, morning spills
Upon the heaven-kis>ing hills,
And sees ray OF hope aiar
In every glimmcr Of 4 starr
What to man whose god Is truth
Are sToils and stratagems. iorsooth-
Who looks beyond the doors Of death
For lofticr life, sublimer breath;
Who can forswcar the state Of kings
IN knowledge Of diviner things,
The dreams immortal that unroll
And burst 10 blossom in his soul?
Robert Loysnlan.
The times., 1899-06-04

Why was the trade-doliar ecineds R. and J.c.
The trade-doilar was intended to fur
ther our trade with China and the East.
ihere, silver was preferred. and our mer
chants had been accustomed TO purchasing
Mexican dollars for shipment to China. The
trade dollar was heavier than the Mexican
uoliar and SO was popular Thirty-six mill
trade-dollar was not a coin. but a coined
| ingot.
The times., 1899-06-04
NOTES AND QUERIES
How is tin Toll usdeg

How IS tin toii Hade9 TEL.
BY rolling. or by an ingenious machine
tnat snayes of thin layer from a block
OF TIN, rolling 1t and stretching 1t at the
same time.
The times., 1899-06-04

Educational Legislation and Admins
tration OF the Colonial Governments" by
Miss Elsie W. Clews. is the title OF a new
number in the Columbia University Ser
les of Contributions to Philosophy, Psy-
ohology. and Education -
The times., 1899-06-04

Does the law prohibit the sale and shipment Of
goods through the mailsg Patron.
shipments through the mails are subject
TO may restrictions. The limit OF weight
is four pounds. except for single books
which may exceed that weight. and for.
liquids OF certain prescribed sorts for
winch the limit is four fluid ounces Poi
sons explosives, and substances that are
lhiianmabie or OF bad odor may not be
sem, sem, and articles that might damage other
mail by contact must be suitably pro-
tected.
The times., 1899-06-04
Cuttiu, Rushes.

Oh. maybe it was yesterday. or fifty years agoi
Meself was risin' early on a day for cuttin
rBshes;
walkin' up the Brabla' burn. still the sun was
Now I'd hear the burn run, and then I'd hear
the thrushes.
Young still young-an' drenchin' wet the grass,
Wet the golden honeysuekle, hangin' sweetly
Here, lad here, VIII you follow where pass,
An find me cuttin' rushes on the mountain?
Then was it only yesterday. or fifty years or so?
Rippin' round the bog pools, high among the
heather,
The hook it made me hand sore, had to lave it
Twas he that cut the rushes then ior me to
Come, dear, eome-an' back along the burn
See the darIin' honeysueklc, hangin' like a
Quick, one kiss. Sure. there's some one at the
"oh, we're afther euttin' rushcs on the noun
tain"
Yesterday, yesterday. or fifty years ago :
wakeu out o dreams when hear the summer
thrushes.
Oh, that's Brabla' burn. can hear it sing and
For ali that's fair. I'd sooner see a bunch o
Run, burn, run! Can ye mind when we were
young?
The honeysuckle hangs above, the pool IS dark
an brown;
Sing, burn, run! Can We mind when we were
sung atiA
The day we cut the rushes on the Rountain2
-Moir o'Neill, in Blaekwood's Magazine.
Cock-Crow.
The moon has set; the prophets Of the morning
Sonorous and defiant, shrill and clear,
Under the starlight echo forth warning:
''The Lord of Day is near!'
A sense Of light unseen is slowly growing
Ger weald and void ere yet the dawu's un-
furled-
Ere yet the God. on stairs of gold a-glowing,
Climbs up the edge o the world.
Sweet is the sunrise SAVIOR OF the grasses,
Fragrant the incense Of the dewey way;
And breath Of flowers; vet sweet surpasses
The scent Of the newborn day.
Eden PhilpOtts in Literature.
The times., 1899-06-04
undersized. anl

ed their shori-slghted. undersized, and
queerly-g gifted playmate.
Mr. Robinson states that three has al
ways been Mr.. Kiplings favorite number
in his plan OF writing.
The times., 1899-06-04
he Portrait.

Should | essay to paint my lady's face
For all to see her. how should / begin2
Should l portray her smiling. or put in
With reverential touch the tender grace
of pearled tears? Oft she smiles a space
And after weeps, yet in each mood doth win
Such added beauty that it were sin
Il were not chrouicled.
The times., 1899-06-04

Sir Walter Besant contributes to the
June number of the Critic" an article
setting forth in detail his views of the re-
lation between author and publisher. 1t
is apropos of his recently published vol
ume. THE Pen and the Book" Sir Wal
ter deals some hard blows at the publish
ing fraternity which are not softened by
the figures he gives.
The times., 1899-06-04

The Age of Niagara Falls topic which
has given rise TO so much study and spec
uiation among biologists the world over.
IS the subject of an article by G. Frederick
Wright, which will appear in "Appletou's
Popular Science Monthly for June. DR.
Wright, while working last summer in the
gorge below the falls. came upon new evil
dence which seems to still further confirm
the view that they are of much more re-
cent origin than has been generally sup
posed.
The times., 1899-06-04
How sl,au I place

On record all the gTaeiousncss Of soul
That thrills through those homes of innocence.
Her lystrous vciiee eyes. or bring the whole
OF bosom's curve, checks carminr. 10 the sense
And were this done. indeed her queeniy air
l could not hx-the task Is my despair.
Pail Mall Magazine.
The times., 1899-06-04

The Cosmopolitan for June contains
as its leading article THE Ideal and Prac-
tical Organization of Home" which is
composed OF the suggestions of fifty young
women, compiled by a committee. Robert
Lawrence Packard writes of conditions in
the Philippines. and C. Francis jenkins of
How 20 Secure Expression in Photog-
raphy." The most important of the short
stories is John Gayther and the GaIleon, 3"
by Frank r. Stockton. Harry Thurston
Peck writes a scathing article on The
Woman of Today and of Tomorrow scor-
ing the new woman as he conceives her
to be- When Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Stet-
son answers Mr. Peck in the July number
there Will be amusement for the Gallios
of this generation.
The times., 1899-06-04

'Scribner's" for June is mainly composed
of serials and war literature Percy Nc
Donnel writes of The Battle of the Block
Houses" and the concluding paper of
Roosevelt's series on the Rough Riders"
appears in this number. Joel Chandler
Harris, in his Chronicles of Aunt Minervy
Ann" bids fair to rival his inimitable
Uncle Remus' papers; and the present
number of the series-"Major Perdues
Bargain" is the best story OF negro life,
perhaps. that he ever wrote There are
two other strong stories in this issue, "A
Burial by Friendless Post" by Robert
Shackleton, and "a Victory for the Peo-
pie" by William Allen White
The times., 1899-06-04

Among the features of interest in the
Pail Mall Magazine" for June are contri-
buttons by Rosamund Marriott Watson, C.
Dana Gibson, L. Nesbit, Augustus J. C.
Hare, S. R. Crockett, Dora Greenwell Nc
Chesney, and others.
The times., 1899-06-04

"St. Nicholas" for June contains, among
other things. "a Little Talk About the
Philippine Islands," by Rosalie Kaufman
and verses by John Vance Cheney. James
Buckman, and Gelett Burgess. There is
also a fascinating Irish sketch by Gerald
Brennan.
The times., 1899-06-04

Small Maynard & Co., have in press
THE Dreyfus Story" a short book about
the Dreyfus case, by Richard w. Hale,
Boston lawyer. The books now available
on the subject are the work of avowed
partisans of Dreyfus, and are longer than
most persons, perhaps, care TO read
through Mr. Hale has tried to put in
handy compass enough of the broad, gen
eral facts to make a complete and easily
read story of the case. He has tried 10
answer concisely the question, What is
at all about" He has also given, with
out technical language, little explanation
of the French law bearing on the case.
Mrs. Lust, author of "a Tent Of Grace"
Just published by Houghton. Mifiin & Co,
was born in Germany, but when she was
quite young her parents settled in Eng
land She went TO school little and had
mostly masters in her home. Mrs. Lust
enjoys the proud distinction of never hay-
ing written line for nothing-even her
earliest efforts as space writer paid her
well. 1t is interesting to learn that she
was never encouraged in her love of writ
ing. but her mother used TO punish her
on discovering that she was doing so by
stealth
The times., 1899-06-04

The Bee People is an attractive book
for children. 1t is by Margaret Warner
Morley, and talks simply and vividiy of
that interesting insect, the busy bee"
1t is illustrated by the author and pub
lished by A. c. McClurg G. Co.
The times., 1899-06-04

"The United States of Europe" is a new
book by w. T. Stead. who gives therein the
views of the statesmen of the Old World
on the political situation of 1899, in the
light of the Cars Peace Rescript and of
American Expansion" Besides treating
of Americas task in the West Indies and
the Philippines. the Chinese Puzzle,
South African problems, the Fashoda mud
die. the Concert of Europe and its work in
Crete and Gambia, and many other mat
ters of current interest, Mr.. Stead forecasts
very interestingly the immediate political
future More than a hundred portraits,
views, and maps illustrate the volume. 1t
is published by the Doubleday & Mcclure
Company.
The times., 1899-06-04
How many States seeded in 1soiq \

Eleven in all. Seven Of them-south
carolina. Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi.
florida, Louisiana. and Texas-decIared
themselves out OF the Union before Lin
coin was inaugurated. Virginia North
Carolina. Tennessee apd Arkansas fol-
lowed suit soon after the North's first call
Tor troops. Missouri and Kentucky also
mad representation in the Confederate Con
gress. and, with Maryland, contributed
largely and persistently to the Confeder-
ate Army.
The times., 1899-06-04

'Harpers" for June contains features of
varied interest. The leading paper is The
Rescue of the Whalers. A Shed Journey
of 1,600 Miles in the Arctic Regions" by
Ellsworth P. Berthoff. Homer Beza HUI
bert, f. r. G. s., writes on Korean In
ventions," and there is an article by James
Mooney on "Quivira and the Wichtas"
There are three or four good stories,
among them The Mothers of Honore," by
Mary Hartwell Catherwood, and THE Va
grant, by Richard Harding Davis SON
net by Mary E. Wilkins, entitled "Cyrano
de Bergerac," is, being widely copied, and
with reason.
The times., 1899-06-04

Was there ever a law in New England which
punished man for kissing his wife On sunday!
y. b.
No: though this statement is often made
about the Old New Haven colony in Con-
necticut. In 17Sl. Samuel Peters, an Epis-
copaIian clergyman published in London
a history of Connecticut in which appeared
the blue laws" he fabricated Samples
were that no woman should kiss her child
on Sunday. run at all or walk other than
reverently. and that every male should
have his hair cut round in the outline OF
cap. These have been quoted as authentic
by comparatively recent writers Of promi-
nence, but were not in the colony code.
II was severe and blue enough. The
death penalty was inflicted for biasphemy.
dolatry, withcraft, and striking parent:
among other offences fines were i'm
posed for profanity. lying. taking tobacco
in public places. and for staying in tav-
ern over half an hour after p. m Peters
became so unpopular in Connecticut that
he fed to Boston to escape molestation.
and from there went to London He fl
nalIy died in New York in dire poverty
He was the type of historian who falsltied
so habituaIly as to write his name Vari-
ously and use titles to which he had 10
right.