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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05
RECONNAISSANCE PARTIES
British Prisoners Praise Treatmen
They Receive in Warm Terms.

they Receive IN Warm eFnS.
Cape Town, Nov A delayed dis
patch from Buluwayo, dated October
26, announces that in the event of the
reinforcements being needed, the vol
unteers would Immediately be called
out.
A Fort Tuli dispatch, dated October
rs, says shots were exchanged between
Col. Plummer's column and the Beers
at Pontdrift. A British patrol recon
noitering Pontdrift, October 9th, cap
tured five Beers, 1t was then believed
that the bulk of the Boer army had re-
tired from Fort Tuli going south and
leaving an outpost. Two gunners were
lost in the bush, and it is feared they
died of thirst. The natives are search
ing for them.
Another British patrol, October %,
stampeded a number of Boer horses,
capturing five Col Plummer was still
sending accommodating parties UP and
down the river, and there was little
doubt the enemy had retired. Sprecke-
ly's patrols exchanged q few shots with
the enemy. Capt. GWynne approached
Pontdrift on one side and Capt White
on the other. The enemy's loss was I'M
known The Beers shifted fire, wound
ing four of the British. The natives say
two Beers were killed in the skirmish
of October rs at Fort Tuli.
A dispatch from Pretoria under date
of Tuesday, says Col. Moeller, who
commanded the British hussars cap
tured by Beers, declined, on being in
terviewed to give the details of the
misfortune; but praised the treatment
he and his men had received at the
hands of the Beers. The British pris-
oners were playing foot ball at time
their commander was interviewed The
officers are anxious to be exchanged
Among the papers found at Dundee,
according to this Pretoria dispatch, was
telegram from Lady Symons to her
husband.
Commandant Gen. Joubert sent the
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05
FINE OF $50 FISH.
The Lake is Closed to WaItons Unit
April |.

Deputy Game Warden Henry A.
Mower and Commissioner of inland
fisheries and game E. D. Burlington,
visited the Wilkinsonville hatcheries
yesterday. Eggs are yielding better
than ever this season, and in a week
or ten days, trout will run in the lake
Deputy Game Warden Mower told The
Spy man last night that winter fishing
at the lake will be punishable by a fine
of 500 for each fish. The law will be off
trout April |.
More than 10000 eggs were taken to
the Wilkinsonville hatcheries Friday
and yesterday. OF these, 10000 We're
from the lake. The lake will be stocked
with larger fish, and in two years there
will be no better fishing grounds in
New England outside the Maine trout
lakes. Yesterday 116 eggs were taken
from trout five inches long.
The commissioners believe that the
lake contains more trout than is gener-
ally believed. Rigid enforcement of the
winter fishing law will be insisted upon,
and work at the hatcheries will contin-
ue and the results will crafty Worces-
ter sDortSmen.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05
AN OPEN MEETING.

Workmen's Benefit Association VIII
Hold One in January.
There is to be an open meeting of
the Worl1mens Benefit Association in
January, on a date not yet decided
upon. This will be for the advance
ment of the order. The association
has elected the following officers to
serve for one year: Past president and
representative to the supreme lodge,
George Wilmont, Whitinsville; presi-
dent and alternate to the supreme
lodge, Harvey T. Buck, Worcester;
vice president, George H. Pike, Wor-
cester; secretary. DR.. E. A. Clark, Wor-
cester; chaplain, John King, Farnums-
vile; guide, Henry A. York, Millbury;
inside warden, Joseph H. Gilbert, Wor-
cester; sentinel Owen A. Gilratn, Wor-
cester.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05
ST. WoLsTAN SOCIETY.

At the annual meeting of the st.
Wulstan society these officers were
elected: President, George F. Hoar
vice president, Stephen Salisbury;
clerk, j. Evarts Greene: treasurer, Hon.
Henry A. Marsh: directors, Rev DR..
John J. Power, Col. A, George Bullock
and the officers, ex-off1cio; art commits
sion, Rev. Dr. Daniel Merriman, DR..
Leonard Wheeler, Rev. DR.. Alexander
H. Vinton, Samuel S. Green, DR.
George e. Francis
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05
STATIONARY ENGINEERS.

Worcester association, Stationary En-
gineers, met in G. A. r. hall last even
ing. There was general discussion
of boiler fiues, electricity, and on the
number of gauges necessary to create
dry steam. One application for mem
bership was received. The association
is arranging for lecture by Prof.
George /. lockwood. No date has been
selected and the matter will be decided
when the association begins its winter
lecture course the latter part of month.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05
JACKIE ON SHORE.

John Smith, a jackie on the Amphi-
trite of the United States navy, is in
Worcester, easing out his sea legs. Jack
loves the service and when his term
expires he intends to enlist again He
is now visiting friends on East Cen
trail street. and has many a yarn to
spin about "the blue and briny" He
was in the lighting with Schley around
Santiago, and only longs for chance
to hear the shells flying where shells
answer sheHs.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05
MAY JOIN THE TRUST.

M. j. Whittall Will Likely Join Forces
With the Carpet Combine.
NJ. j. Whittall authenticates report
that he may merge his mills into gil
gantic corporation that is to absorb the
carpet manufacturing establishments of
the country. The operations for the for
nation of this deal emanate from the
Lowell Carpet Company of Lowell, ac-
cording to an Associated Press dis
patch. From this it appears that the
Bigelow Carpet Company of Clinton is
to be absorbed, too. The price at which
capitalization is set, is $4,000, 900.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05
INcENDlARY FIRE.
Dover Street House Burned to the
Ground This Morning.

A three-story. French-roofed, unoc-
cupied house, 2 Dover street, was to-
tally destroyed by fire early this morn
ing. The building is owned by Michael
Gerrity. and there is no Insurance. The
house las been tenantless since a fire
destroyed the interior woodwork about
two years ago. When the fire depart
men arrived, in response to an alarm
from box 81, which is nearly half mile
from the house, only the walls were
standing, and these were torn down.
The cause of the fire is believed to be
of incendiary origin, and will be investi-
gated by the authorities.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05
FOOT BALL SCORES.

Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. 4.-The Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania foot ball team
was defeated by the Harvard eleven by
a score of 16 to 0, on Franklin field, to-
day, in the presence of nearly 25,OOC
spectators. Harvard deserved the vic
tory because she played the better
game. AT no time during the contest
did Pennsylvania have chance tc
win, and the crimson goal line was
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05
NO COMPLAINTS MADE.

The Consolidated Street Railway
company has received no complaints of
Door service from South Worcester or
Greendale residents, although residents
in both districts have been clamoring
for better car service. Until formal APP
plication has been made for a change,
the street railway company will con-
tinue under the present system.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05
JOY IN DEER ISLAND.

Deer Island Me-, Nov. 4.-This place,
the home of the men who sailed the
victorious yacht Columbia, had their
formal welcome home at the hands of
the Deer Islanders tonight. The tri-
umphant procession was abandoned ow-
ing to the storm, but the men were
given a reception, during which each
member of the crew was presented with
a medal, the gift of Mrs c. Oliver Ise-
lin The medals are of emerald and
gold On the back Of each is engraved,
columbia 1899, from Mrs. c. Oliver
Iselin."
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05

| the naval guns are the only ones that
| have engaged the enemy"
Another special dispatch, bearing
date of November 2. says: "The artil-
lery duel is proceeding splendidly. The
British guns are firing two shots to the
Beers one"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05
A BIG DRUG CONCERN.

Plans are under way for the estab-
lishment of wholesale drug business
at Washington square in this city. with
a. capitalization of 100000. M. Frank
Casey is to be president, and G. c,
Douglas, a lawyer, secretary.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05
YALE SHOWS UP STRONG.
West Pointers Offer Slight Resistance to
the Blue - Princeton Gives Brown a
Crushing Defeat Dartmouth Unable
to Make Point on Wesleyan
Other Games.

never even for moment, menaced by
the players Of the red and blue.
There were no sensational plays, and
the game was an ordinary one all
through. Pennsylvania went into the
contest with the expectation Of getting
a whipping, but the Quakers did not
believe they would be prevented from
scoring, or that Cambridge men would
beat them as badly as they did. Penn
sylvania played her best, which was
far below the Harvard standard.
WORKED LIKE VETERANS.
The Harvard men started the game
full of confidence. They went at their
work like veterans and had command
of the situation at all times. Penn
sylvania tonight feels very blue over
her poor work against Harvard Har-
ward is highly elated because she has
conquered the Quakers on their own
grounds, for it is the first time since
the two colleges resumed athletic re-
lations that the crimson players were
able to do the trick
An incident happened at the close of
the game which caused sensation
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05
TAKE NO STOCK INIT.
Department Stores Are Not Looking
For Five Per Cent. Tax.

Worcester department stores do not
take much stock in the reported move
ment to levy a tax of five per cent upon
them. Such a measure, on the face of
it, the proprietors of the stores say, is
unconstitutional, and they do not ex-
pect that if introduced it would pass.
They credit R. c. Taylor with being
the Worcester engineer of the bill, but
Mr.. Taylor simply smiles. There's
many a Ha! Hal that is not uttered
openly.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05
WORKED LIKE VETERANS.

CONTINUED on It'll page.)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-02
MONOTONY OF ACTRESS LIVES
Rose coRhlan Dispels Sonic belusiona
ReEafdihe Stare Careers.

hose~ IOR hlan DisDels 4ohie Delusiona
Regarding Stage Careers.
Tile woman who keeps house, washes
on Monday and irons on Tuesday, sweeps
on Friday. bakes on some other day and
bundles the baby and goes visiting the
rest of the time has less monotony in her
life than the average actress" remarked
Rose Coghlan. now leading lady of
Mile. Fiti,' the other day; IAN &C.
tress' days are all alike. In the first
place, each is only fraction of a day,
for she generally breakfasts when 9th
er people are taking lunch. One hour
Of the day she must devote to bathing
and dressing, another hour to exercise of
some kind. for embonpoint is her bette
noir. You can't play ingenue parts if
you weigh 200 and your waist line creeps
up under your armpits. There are walk
ing, Delsarte antics, STUPID pulleys and
things equally tiresome as a remedy,
but it is only eternal vigilance that
makes any of them effective and going
without every blessed thing to eat and
drink that you enjoy. There is her mail
to look over-the same struggling as
pirants for histrionic fame who desire
to recite before her or to have her secure
a position for them equally as good as
her own from managers as obdurate and
devoted to their own friends as political
chiefs-the autograph fend, the photo
graph collector, who knows he could
purchase her picture, hut would prize it
80 much more highly If she gave it to
him. advertisers Of lotions, SOAPS and
hair bleach and efftsiohs from the sort
Of people who Seem to have nothing to
do but open correspondence with every
noted individual from the Presidents
wife to Admiral Dewey. In fact, it is
always same daisies, same everything :"
philadelphia Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-02
Tales of NOtables,

Felix Moscheles' "Fragments Of an Au-
photography" abounds In good stories
Of his famous contemporaries. The fol-
lowing are selected ut random from a
single page:
"Rossini was going along the houle-
wards with a friend. when they met Mey-
crhcer. And how's your health, my dear
MaestroT asks Mcyerbeer. 'Shaky, cher
uSitre. very shaky.' They pass on.
How could you tell such stories?' asks
the friend. You were never BETTER
An. well.' answered Rossini. to be sure
but why shouldn't put it in that way
1t gi> es him SO much pleasure.
"Cremitux, the ugliest man in France,
a sort of missing link. questioned Dumas
at dinner as to his descent. Was Your
father Al mulatto?' Yes answered Du-
mas, my father was mulatto, my
grandfather a negro, and my great-grand-
father monkey: my family began where
yours ends Quick at repartee as Du-
mas was, he did not always have the last
word, as on an occasion when he re-
ceived letter from some playwright, Of
feriug to collahorate with him. 1t Is not
usual replied Dumas. to yoke horse
and an ass together Comment done
rctorted tie other. How dare YOU, sir,
insinuate that am horse?'"
A dental authority declares that it is
not uncommon at the present time to
find infants with decaycd teeth and girls
Of II or Ii wearing artificial teeth.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-02
Patents to Inventors.

Messrs. Benedict & Morsell, solicitors
of patents, Old Insurance building, Mil
waukee, report patents issued to West
ern inventors on May Is, as follows:
A. A. Brewer, Emporla, Kas., oil burner:
]. G. Conderman, Rhinelander, Wis, me-
tallic barrel; ]. r. Crook, Kenosha, Wis.
staple lock; w. ]. Egan. Milwaukee, car
bureter; 5. Graham, Brooklyn, Ia. self
waukee, typewriter; w. c. Herrick, Wa
pello. Ia, refrigerator: w. ]. Lang, Oyens,
Ia. adjustable washstand; J. r. Morse,
bolt: Il. Reynolds Milwaukee, furnace; j.
B. Robertson, Keokuk, Ia, wagon tongue
support; A. A. Sunne and L. c. Olson,
Rhlnelander. Wis. cutting or slicing ma
chine; J. d. Wood, Milwaukee, mortising
auger or machine; NJ. Fichtenberg, MIL
waukee, bicycle frame design; Chas. A.
German and A. Kuemsted, Milwaukee, per-
fume trade mark).
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-02
How's tho photographer.

A story is told of a London curate's
attempt to escape from a conversational
difficulty. One day carpenter arrived
in the curate's room, and, producing a
photograph, said: I've brought you my
boys likeness, as you said you'd like to
have it,"
Citrate (rapturously)-"How awfully
good Of you to remember! What n capt.
tai likeness! How is he?"
Carpenter-"Why, sir, don't you re-
member? He's dead!'
Curate-"Oh, yes: of course, I know
that. l mean, how's the man who took
the PHOTOGRAPHIC
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-02
Ball Bearings on the Farm.

1t is probably safe prediction that all
manufacturers of harvesting machinery
will eventually adopt ball bearings wher-
ever it is possible to use them. In 1891
the Deering Harvester Company of Chi
cago equipped all their machines with
ball and roller bearings, and the great
popularity of the idea led other manufac-
turers to experiment with several styles
of roller bearings, hoping to apply them
to their machines without appearing to
initiate the originators too closely. The
application of ball bearings is more cost
", but popular demand will yet force all
competitors to follow the lead of the
Deering Company.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-02
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
s; sssss sss Of &@zEAz{zzzx

-Edouard Andre, the Belgian consul
at Manila, who has Just reached Brus>
sells, thinks the Philippine insurrectiou
will end only when Aguina4do and his
followers know the exact form Of govern
ment the United States intend to give
them, and when the United States have
paid them for their successful fight
against the Spaniards,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-02
FUNSTON OF KANSAS.

The sunfiowers bloom ON the prairies, afar
From the blood and the buster Of tropical
The green fields of Kansas smile up to
the sun,
The water,wheels whirr and the long fur
rows run;
The sunshine Of Kansas Ia flooding the earth
With the splendor OF spring.time. creations
The prairie winds whisper OF rlpening
SheNves,
The Sa.TSn IN S,, cn,rp round their nests
And Funston OF Kansas is charging the foe
With 4 sword and a banner, u song and a
Funston of Kansas, the right sort Of man,
Right at the front when the fighting began,
Rushing an ambuscade, charging on faith;
crossing a buliet-swept bridge on a iope.
Running race up the death-haunted
slope;
rlunglng right into the jungle ahead,
Leading Ie,i his men as brave men should be
khaki vest,
When came such cavalier "out Of the
Here's II health to the Funstons Of Kansas,
who've carried Old Glory again and again
Wherever their country mas called them
Hot blood for the flag and cold steel for
the foe!
Oh. mother Of heroes, Columbia, for
thee
A new song swells up from the isles of
the sea.
The stars of thy flag In new glory shall rise
Through the battle-smoke clouding the
Philippine skies,
And the graves Of thy sons, slain for thee,
shall attest
That of all they have loved they still love
thee the best!
John Paul BOcock in Leslie's Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-02
The Dogs of Constantinople

never saw so much mud. such un-
speakable filthy streets and so many dogs
as Constantinople Gun boast, but nowhere
have l seen them described In ss1tisfac>
tory wuy-so that YOU knew what to ex-
pect, mean, III the first place, they
hardly look like dogs. They have wooIly
tails like sheep. Their eyes are dull,
sleepy and utterly devoid Of expression
Constantinople dogs have neither masters
nor brains. No brains because no mas
tiers. Perhaps no masters because no
brains. Nobody wants to adopt an idiot.
They are, Of course, i1iohgrels of the most
hopeless type. They are yellowish, with
thick, short, wo6lly coats, and much fat,
ter than you expect to find them. They
walk like q funeral procession. Never
have l seen one frisk or even wag his
tail. Everybody turns out for them
They sleep-from twelve to twenty Of
them-on single pile of garbage, and
never notice either men or each other un-
less a dog which lives in the next street
trespasses. Then they eat him up, for
they are jackals us well as dogs, and
they are no more epicures than ostriches
They never show interest in anything.
They are blase. l saw some mother dogs
asleep, with tiny puppies swarming over
them like little fat rats, but the mothers
paid no attention to them. Children seem
to bore them quite as successfully as if
they were women of fashion.-Lillian
Bell in Woman's Home Companion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-02

Hall Game confessrs that he likes to
be kicked, as long as the thing is done in
public. and makes him conspicuous or no.
torious. He says in the London Mail:
Even the silliest personal reference
ever see, however inspired by paItry feel
ings, seems to me by implication a tribute
and compliment, being recognition Of
the fact that | am factor worth COUNT
ing with and an adversary worth fight
ing. And when the most false the most
mean, and the most belttling of the kind
has ceased to appear. l shall know that
l am no longer Of the least account"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-02
The Foundation of the Astor Estate.

LILO "a VIC tASCOT kISCuCC.
At the beginning of this century he
John Jacob Astor) commenced buying
plots of land ON New York island, hav-
ing an early prescience of the growth
of the city by which it is now almost
covered. These purchases were made
with such judgment in the line of ap-
preaching expansion as frequently to be
sold again after few years for double
or treble what he had paid for them.
With enlarged means these acquisitions
of real estate assumed larger proportions,
and took in whole farms, which gradual.
ly became covered with houses. TO
show that this species Of farming as
practiced with discrimination was not in
vain, it may be mentioned that one of
these farms, purchased in 1911 for 5000,
is now worth, with it's improvements,
FL 400, 900. An amusing notion preva.
lent in America is that by some queer
rule of his descendants no purchase has
or ever cam be parted with. As mat
ter Of fact the estate books record the
sale Of hundreds of plots of land during
the entire century, and it should require
no extraordinary acumen to perceive that
so silly and narrow-lninded rule could
only be imagined by very silly and mar.
row-minded people.-William Waldorf
Astor in Pail Mall Magazine. -.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-02

On December /, 1898. there were en-
rolled in all the public schools in Phila-
delphia 145,3O2 scholars. There was ex-
pended on the schools for that city dur
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-02

Coughing Leads to Consumption.
kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at
once. Go to your druggist today aud get
a sample bottle free. Sold in Is and 80
cent bottles. Go at once: delays are dan
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-02

Lanes Family Medicine.
Moves the bowels each day. In order
to be healthy this is necessary. Acts
gently on the liver and kidneys. Curea
sick headache. Price. % and 6Oc.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-02

Los Angeles draws it's electricity
from q turbulent mountain river ninety
miles away. The II, OOO-horsepower runs
street cars and machinery and supplies
the city with light and heat.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-02
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot Ease. powder for the feet.
It cures painful, swollen. smartiny, nervous
feet and instantly takes the sling out of corns
and bunions. It's the greatest comfort dis
coyery of the age. Aliens F. OF Ease makes
tight fitting or new shoes feel easy 1t is a
certain cure for sweating, callous and hot,
tired, aching feet Try it to-day. Sod by all
druggists and shoe stores. BY mail for Csc,
in stamps. Trial package FREE. Address,
Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, n Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-02

T\HERE are women everywhere who suffer almost
stantly because they cannot bring themselves tell
all about their ills to physician.
Such surely explain their symptoms and their
suffering by letter Mrs Pnkham Lynn Mass for the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-02

hdence reposed IN her has never been
violated. Over million women have
been helped by her advice and medicine.
Mrs. Pinkham in attending to her vast
correspondence is assisted by women
only. If you are i'll, don't delay. Her
reply will cost you nothing and it will be
practical help as it was to Miss ELLA E.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-02

DIR. Matthew Woods of the Univer-
sity Of Pennsylvania recently read a pa
per in which he condemned the use of
tobacco because it is promoter of con-
tent. He holds that discomfort is the
great incentive to material and mental
advancement.