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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-02
FUNERALS.

The full Episcopal service was per-
formed at the funeral of William Wal
do, son of James F. and Lila Estes. at
the nome OF his parents, 80 Woodland
street yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Rev. Charles l.. Short, assistant rector
OF All Saints church officiated. The
commlttal service was read at the grave
in Hope cemetery
A delegation from Grant commando
cry, Knights of Malta, attended the
FUNERAL of their brother member. Alex
ander w. Weir, 1884 Grafton street, yes
terday afternoon. Rev. John E. Hurl-
put, pastor of the Church of the Cove
nant conducted the service The bear
ers, members of Grant commandery,
We're: M. 7. Ward, #. l.. Whiting. Fl
Bugbee, R. D. CUP. Burial was in HOPE
cemetery.
Funeral services over the body NJ
Anna A., wife of Theodore F Fisher
were performed yesterday afternoon al
ner nome 20 Laurel street. Rev 70 NJ
Chapman, assistant rector of Central
church, where she had been a member
several years, conducted the service.
lnterment was in Hope cemetery.
Inc funeral of James 2. Moore took
place from his late residence, 9 Cross
street, yesterday afternoon at > "a
o'clock Services were held in 81
Anne's church at O'Clock. Raw yyn,
#. Hartigan officiatee 49,
The flcral tributes consisted of a nil.
low marked Husband" from his VIE.
heart, marked Father" from his
stepson, Michael Britt: a cross
marked Grandpa" from Michael
francis Britt; bouquet from Mrs.
brltt and Miss Whelan. The pail
bearers wore George Lee, Patrick Fail
ION John Nolan, Frank LaBele. Miebe
aei Leonard and James Fay The bwes
ial was IN ST. Johns cemetery.
IasEarlne ~ infant daughter Of Mp
from her parents residence. n Prescntl
place Yesterday Afternoon. There were
several Moral tributes The burial VAS
In st. Johns cemetery.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-02
BUILDING COMMITTEE.

There was a meeting of the building
ssociation of the united divisions of the
A. o. H. SO Front street last night.
The plans for the proposed building
on Trumbull street were examined but
no action was taken. There will be
every Tuesday evening until a
final decision is reached. The Hiber-
mans hope to break ground for their
new home this fall.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-02
TECH STUDENTS NEEDED.

The United States navy department
cester Polytechnic Institute as mechani-
cal draughtsmen, engine and boiler
draughtsmen. Any graduates Of the in
stitute who may care to try the civil serv-
ice examinations for these positions, can
obtain further information by applying
at the office Of the institute. The exami-
nations will be held Aug. 8, 8 and 10 and
Oct 8, 4 and g. 1899
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-02
OFF FOR IRELAND.

Michael Nee, a prominent member of
the knights of Sherwood Forest, left
Worcester last night for Boston, where
he embarks this morning for Ireland.
He is to pay his native land an extend
ed visit Before his departure he was
given reception and testimonial by
his fellow knights
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-02
SUCCESSFUL TENT MEETINGS.

me tent meetings at Tatnuck. under
t sile direction Of Rev. Alonzo Sanderson
nave proved more successful This sea-
son than ever before Large gather
w WIS are IN attendance each evening, An
whlch young people figure to consider
ape extent. Last nights meeting vas
l Ngl py Key. B. f. Neff, assisted by Rev
M Sanderson The singing was under
n me direction Of z, Bert Johnson. To-
n men James NJ Gage viii give the saf-
Following the Sunday eveninq H.
wee at Tatnuck the tent viii be movsd
10 Greenville, Leicester. and nitchsd ~
q q , point near Clark's min, where t,s ~
nIns service ,nsto wiz be held Tuesday eve
annopnc Ssao % aug, ~, as has been
WI, meetings, Mr.. sanderson e IN,
p phal,. ms tent at Sterling camp groura
about Aug, p, where provision s w,,, ~
maze Tor all Mr.. sanderson's peonlo W
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-02
CAN YOU MAKE IT2
Chance For Some Machine Shop To
Get Good Business.

Responsible parties are In Worcester
looking for the right people to manufac-
ture a household hardware novelty OF
honest merit. There Is real and immedi-
ate business in the proposition. Those
Interested and having facilities please
address w. r. e., Spy Office, as early to-
day as possible.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-02
2:19 PAcE-PURsE, $1,000.
DEATH OF ALICE Nj Bo1.rs

Alice M. Boles, six years old, daurhtor
OF Felix Boles and wife. died last sie,t !
at the Parents house, 81 Pattison stresat
the funeral will be Thursday afternoon r,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-02
STORY OF TIE RACES.
Judged As a Regatta, the Contests Were
Among the Best Rowed at the Lake.

From racing standpoint the regat-
ia was all that could be asked for. The
superiority of more than one contestant
was easily apparent, yet the defeated
Smyrna times., 1899-11-15
VULGARITY OF THE EXCLUSIVE.
Simplicity and COrdiality the Truest Sign:
of GOOd Breeding.

In a very candid and plain-spoken
article on ''The Graciousness of High
Breeding" in the Women's Home
Companion, Ella Morris Kretschmar
makes these pertinent remarks: ''Men
and women who by contact or travel
knows the worlds best society needs
not be told that simplicity and grac-
iousness are the invariable character
istics of the highest breeding. If this
fact could only reach the minds of that
class of people who talk of exclusive
ness of -four hundreds, of the 'vul-
garity of trade, of not knowing any
one outside of 'our set, what CRATE
full social change would be wrought.
That cold stare of the would-be elect is
but the expression of an under-bred,
poverty soul. What is sex
clusiveness?' 1t is that human policy
which shut individuals off from the en-
jopment of their kind, by which So
ciety gains, since an inharmonious
element is thereby removed. How
pathetic is the isolation of the de-
termined aristocrat, especially in a
small town where, other stirring inter
est lacking, human relations mean so
much. Could even divine micro
scope detect the difference between the
naked souls of a bankers and gro
cerers wife? How indefnitly stupid it
is to draw lines Ill small places instead
of honestly enjoying all there is to
enjoy. If one has had superior advan-
tages is there no obligation to give
pleasure, to make sunshine in others
lives because of that good fortune?
The time is at hand when intelligence
will be too widespread, progress to a
more vigorous plane of thinking too
real to admit of men and women look
| ing askance at one another to make
mental invoice of social, financial or
other probabilities. Will it not soon
penetrate the dullest brain that wealth,
rank or leadership are powerless as
shields against unhappiness, or as
props to mental, moral or physical de-
ficiences; that there is positively no
honest or sensible basis for Judging in
dividuals excepting individuality
Smyrna times., 1899-11-15
AN ERRONEOUS CHARGE,
EVERY EVENING" CLAIMS "OPEN AND
SHAMELESS CORRUPTION"
An Erroneous Impression With Regard to the
True Condition of Affairs in Duck
Creek Hundred.

"We do not agree in the pessimistic
view expressed in certain quarters, that
the result of the election cases in the
Kent county court will open the way
TO perfect saturnalia of fraud and cor
ruptlon at future elections in this
State. The stringent provisions of our
Constitution still remain, and vigorous
prosecutions can be instituted. 1t is
not to be expected that all prosecutions
will be cast out on technical objections
or that the proof in all cases will fail
to establish the guilt of the accused
beyond a reasonable doubt. Besides.
the corruptionists will likely become
tired of the trouble, annoyance, awk-
ward publicity and expense of repeated
prosecutions.
That good results will attend the
recent prosecutions in Kent county
there can be do doubt. 1t is safe to
presume, for instance, that the next
election in Duck Greek hundred will
not be attended by the open and shame
less use of corruption money that char
acteriZed the last election there. The
fact has been demonstrated that people
will be on the watch for fraud, and will
take steps to prosecute the perpetrators
just so long as the necessity for such
action remains.
We believe that a great majority of
the people of Delaware are in favor of
honest politics, and that among the
number are many men of force and
determination who will fight the evil
of suffrage corruption with all possible
vigOr. If the corruptionists continue
their disreputable work, the certainty
OF prosecution and the threat of con-
viction and punishment will be their
portion. If the evil work goes on, the
good work will continue to fight it. -
-EUery EUening.
The above is from the editorial col
umns of the Every EUening. It's gen.
eral statement will be endorsed, but it
is in evident error IA regard to Duck
Creek Hundred. There was not the
''open and shameless corruption" here
at the last election it depicts. In fact
If there was any at all, it was not ap-
parent, and merchants said at the time
there was not the swelling of the re-
ceipts over the counter as had been the
case following election day" under
the old constitution. The "barter and
sale" that characterized old elections
was not apparent at the last election,
but so much has been said of 'brib-
cry in the public prints, about Duck
Creek Hundred, that the people, as
doubtless the writer of the above edi-
torial thought, that open and shame
less corruption was practiced here.
Men, or persons claiming to be men,
are not under the new regime escorted
to the polls by bribers and handed the
ticket in front of the window they are
hauled up to vote.
Smyrna times., 1899-11-15
800 Reward, 800.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn. that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires a con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting di-
rectly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation of the disease, and
giving the strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in
doing its work. The proprietors have
so much faith in its curative powers,
that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure. Send
for list of testimonials.
Address, f. j. CHENNY & CO.,
Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggist, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Smyrna times., 1899-11-15
DECLINE OF THE DIME NOVEL.
Only One or Two Publishers of Such Lit.
erature Survive.

The simon pure dime novels of fif-
teen years ago, with their fashy COW
ers and their alliterative titles, the Joy
of the youth and small boy and the
horror of loving parents, are on the de-
cline. Indeed, there are reasons for
believing that the real old-fashioned
dime novel is practically extinct.
Poor limitations make their appear
ance from time to time, but they de-
ceive no one. What person who as
boy has whiled away the sunny hours
ON the south side of the barn deeply
absorbed in the fiendish cruelty and
Machivellian shrewdness of Monte
yuma the Merciless, of Murley the
Mutineer, or of Daring Damon, the
Demon, can wonder why the insipid
yaporings of the latter-day dime novels
fails to appeal to the youth of the pres
ent day? 1t is true that these novels
are still read, but not to any great ex-
tent. The manager of the Juvenile de-
partment of one of the large news
companies of the city said the other
day that at the present time there were
but two series of the old-fashioned
dime novel on the market, and that the
demand for them was slight.
And the publishers of the famous old
literature, where are they? Their rise to
fame and fortune was like the flight of
an eagle. but their descent, though less
ubrupt, was no less decisive. Fifteen
years ago they were at the pinnacle of
success. Their output of dime novels
approached figures that were only
equalled by the enormous consumption
of that class of literature. And to-day
there are but one or two of these pub
fishing firms in existence. and they
have given their attention almost en-
tirely to the production of other kinds
of literature.
The cause of this decline in the dime
novel has been accounted for by the
proportionate development of the
youthful mind with the growth of the
country. The ten-cent magazines, the
various juvenile periodicals, and the
cheap editions of standard books for
boys, have tended to educate and i'm
prove the youthful minds to make them
desire something more Intellectually
satisfying than the dime novel, if not
80 exciting.
Smyrna times., 1899-11-15
THE KEIFFER PEAR.
No Danger of OVERRIDING This Pear Busi-
ness, Says W. F. Mckee.

Farmer W. F. Mckee, of near Ches-
void, one of the most successful berry
and fruit growers of this county, is now
shipping 2O0O pounds of dried pears
after having delivered an immense
crop of Keiffer pears This dried fruit
is from the small fruit and fallings.
Mr.. Mckee was one of the first men
of this section to put out the Keiffer,
buying five trees at SO each, and now
that pear orchards are being set out on
every side and it looks as if Delaware
would become pear instead of a peach
growing State, his opinion was asked
upon the subject.
''Trees have advanced to 10, 18 and
20 cents each and are very scarce. The
past two seasons have been successful
and very profitable" said Mr.. Mckee,
"but I do not think there is any dan
ger of OVERRIDING the pear business
which has just begun to dvelop.
Smyrna times., 1899-11-15
ELECTIONS LAST WEEK.
TWELVE STATES VOTED FOR STATE OF.
FICERS ON NOVEMBER THE 7th.
Verdict of the People as Expressed at the
Generally Favor the Re-
publican Party.
From the Philadelphia Times.

From the Philadelphia Times.
In the elections held last week ex-
cept in Maryland, which elects a Dem
ocratic Governor and full State ticket
by mariority of not far from 15, 900,
and Nebraska, which the Bryan fusion
ticket has carried by a good majority,
show that the record of Republican
success in all the States hitherto Re-
publican unbroken.
Ohio elects Nash as the entire Re-
publican State ticket by majority ap-
preaching $4,000, a remarkable result
considering the inroads in the Repub-
lican vote made by Jones, the Golden
Rule candidate in Lucas and Cuyahoga
counties, and the loss of Hamilton
county to Mclean. Outside of these
three counties the Republican ticket
swept everything, and Mckinley has
secured the unqualified Endorsement of
his own State for second term. Iowa
elects the Republican State ticket by a
gone Republican, and the county cleo
tions show Kansas to be in the Re-
publican column. In the East New
Jersey elects Republican Legisla-
ture by an aggregate majority of more
than 10000, the New York Legislature
is more strongly Republican than last
year, Massachusetts rolls up Repub-
lican column with a majority for the
entire State ticket rising above 100, :
900.
Virginia and Mississippi are Demo-
cratic, as usual, and both sides still
claim Kentucky with all their lung
power, but there is little doubt that
Taylor, the Republican candidate for
Governor, has carried the State by a
majority too decisive to be counted out
even under the one-sided provisions of
the infamous Goebel who will continue
to claim his election for several days,
and possibly for weeks, but Taylor will
be seated as Governor, and Justly so,
unless he falls victim to the shooting
mania which prevails so largely in
Kentucky whenever a heated political
campaign is in progress. On the
whole, the State elections show that as
between Mckinley, sound money and
colonial expansion and Organism and
all it stands for of reputation and dis
honesty, the American people are for
Mckinley and his policy by majority
that is simply overwhelming. The
Democratic party may not be able to
rid itself of Bryan and the free coinage
fallacy next year, but the verdict of
balloting is that the people as a whole
will set the seal of their disappl oval
upon Bryan and all he stands for as
often as occasion may require.
Smyrna times., 1899-11-15
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
New Styles in Gowns: Innings Important
Trimmings : Furs: Small Varieties FASH
iOnabIe: Other Garments InfOrma-
tion on Dress Innings.
Correspondence to the Times.

Correspondence TO the Times
The importance of having a suitable
dress lining cannot be too forcibly i'm
pressed upon those who desire to dress
in perfect style. Lining is too often
left to chance and if a cheap remnant is
bought, it is generally put aside for the
next garment, without the least idea
that it may be quite unfit for the pur-
pose. Now that the clinging style of
gown is in vogue, all Innings may be
chosen with this end in view, or fail
ure will be the result. For dark colors
or black, the most successful lining is
the Anderson quality of the Nubian
Fast Black which is wide and watered
and so beautifully finished that it looks
like finely watered black silk. Nubian
Fast Black stamped on the selvage of
Percalines, Satteens and Silesias is a
guarantee that the dye will not rub off
or discolor the undergarments. Near
silk, which is offered
Smyrna times., 1899-11-15
DEATH OF MRS. SUSAN MASSEY.
Was Formerly a Resident of Smyrna But
Recently Has Been Living in
Wilmington.

Mrs. Susan Massey, sister of the late
Joseph Reynolds and Mrs. Frances
Cavender, passed to the better world,
Tuesday night, Oct. 31st, at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Shilling, in Will
mington. She was born near Blackis-
toms Meeting House, Decent ber, 4th,
1911, came to Smyrna at eleven years
of age, this being her home until she
married William H. Massey, then
going to Drummondstown, Va, to
live. He being a stern Northerner,
they returned to Delaware after the
Civil War.
Mr.. Massey died, some time after
which, Mrs. Massey made her home
with her only child, the widow of Rev.
John Shilling. She was woman of
strong Christian character and very
bright intellect, retaining all her facul-
ties to the time of her departure.
1t can be truly said that she was one
of Gods saints. None know her but
to love her. We will miss her, but
knowing that our loss is her gain and
the parting is but for little while, we
say farewell.
She was laid to rest Nov. 3rd in Riv-
erview cemetery, DIR. Baker, of Grace,
and Rev. Alfred Scott, officiating.
Messrs. Samuel and Joseph Reynolds
and Mrs. John M. Voshell, attended
the funeral.
ONE WHO KNEW AND LOVED HER.
Smyrna times., 1899-11-15
November Weddings.

On Tuesday of last week, Miss Edna
Cazier, daughter of J. B. Cazier of
Kirkwood, and Mr.. VIM. Pollock Gill
more of Philadelphia, were married
on Wednesday in the M. E. Church,
St. Georges.
Miss Martie Heisel and Walter W.
Smith of Wilmington, were married,
and on the same evening, Miss Sallie
Ward and Chas. S. Mendinhall, of
Kirkwood.
Smyrna times., 1899-11-15
Each Season.

In all the latest Paris shades, is espec-
tally recommended as a substitute for
fine silk Innings, as it looks like silk
and wears better. Nearsilk has be-
come so well known, that it is now pos
sible to purchase the genuine in all
colors at any prominent store in the
country. The genuine can only be
sold at % cents a yard. Lustral, a
newly invented lining, has the advan-
tage of perfectly fast coloring, so that
it can be washed and ironed without
damage to color or finish. 1t resem-
bles a fine satin and would make a
handsome and durable lining for all
tailor made gowns, being really pre-
ferable to silk, because so much more
lasting.
Smyrna times., 1899-11-15
Important Openings

show the greater number of dress
skirts with plaits at the back reaching
to the waist, and quite proportion
having the placket hole in the middle.
but as usually the fullness is limited,
there is tendency to gap and this will
require the continued use of ornamen-
tai safety pins. Jacket fronts are still
extremely fashionable and for street
wear short Eton jackets lead, other
jackets also being very short. Silk
fringe both in millinery and on dresses
becomes more and more fashionable
and special favor is accorded to lace
put in applique on wool gowns. In
answer to inquiry, it can be added that
indestructible Grape is so called, be-
cause absolutely uninjured by damp
ness or even thorough wetting, the
dye moreover, being perfectly pure.
This elegant material is now, used
with great freedom and imparts its
own Incompatible finish to high class
mourning outfits.
Smyrna times., 1899-11-15

The rage for ending female names
with sic" has at last come to a ridlcu-
lous conclusion. A Kent county
farmer living near Frederica, named
AXE, christened his daughter Belle.
She adopted the style of the Fannies,
the Matties, the Sadies, etc., and had
some calling cards printed Belle. ;
Now the unsophisticated maiden ap-
pears to distracted world as miss
Belize AXE. ."--Ptaindeaier.
Smyrna times., 1899-11-15
Winter Excursion Tickets on the PennsyI
vania Railroad.
LUCY CARTER.

On November 1st the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will place on sale at
its principal ticket offices excursion
tickets to all prominent Winter resorts
in New Jersey, Virginia, North and
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and
Cuba. The tickets will be sold at the
usual low rates, with the usual liberal
return limits.
The magnificent facilities of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, with its many con-
nections and through train service,
make this the favorite line for Winter
travel.
An illustrated book, descriptive of
Winter resorts, and giving routes of
travel and rates for tickets, will be furn-
ished free after November 1st ON ap-
plication to tickets agents.
Smyrna times., 1899-11-15
J. B. COOPER'S STORE

Flour, Meats, Butter. Lard
Sugars, Coffees, Teas. Rice
Crackers, Molasses, Syrup. SAT-
Spices, Pickles, Soaps, Oils. Soda
Candles, Lye, Baking Powders
Blue, Extracts, Soap Powders,
Canned Goods, Starch, Vinegar
Barley, Powder, Shot, Tobacco
Cigars, Brooms, Baskets. Buck
cts. Tubs, Washboards, OilcIoths
Brushes, Ropes, Twines. Nets.
Corks, Lead, Seeds, Medicines
Threads, Cottons, Needles. Pins
Hose, Suspenders, Towels. Crash
Umbrellas, Whips. Toothpicks.
Looking Glasses, Table Knives
Pocket Knives, Scissors. Purses
Combs, Musical Goods. Shoe
Findings, Balls, Banks, Games.
Shaving Articles, Fishing Tackle
Walters, Spoons, Lamps, Lamp
Fixtures. Pipes, Tops, Wire
Goods, Tinware, China. Stone
ware, Crockery, Glassware.
Enameled Ware, Earthenware
Flower Pots, Pipe Guards. Bibles
Hymnals. Albums, Blank Books.
Memorandum Books, Poems.
Reading Books, Picture Books.
Pass Books, Writing Paper, Mu-
sic Paper, Fancy Paper, Wrap
ping Paper, Drawing Paper, En-
velopes, Cards, Inks, Pens, Pen
cils, States, Tablets. Papeterius.
Chalk, Crayons, Erasers, Mu-
cilage, Jardiniers, Fruit Jars.
Fans, Backing, Bonds, Deeds.
Notes, Tacks, Bells, &c.
The above gives an idea of the vari-
ETY., but you will learn more about the
stock, and the quality and the condi-
ton and the prices and our way Of
doing business if you patronize the
store for awhile. Call and see.
j. B. COOPER.
Smyrna times., 1899-11-15
Table DamaSk.

250 yds. Bleached Da-
mask, 50 in. wide. five new
patterns, at 25c. per yard.
800 yards Irish Bleached
Damask, all pure linen, new
open border patterns, would
be cheap at &c., for SOC.
per yard.
Smyrna times., 1899-11-15
BISHOP ANDREWS WILL PRESIDE.
Has Been Assigned to Preside Over vii.
mingtOn Conference.

Bishop Edward Gayer Andrews, D.
D., LII. D., of New York City, has
been assigned to preside at the session
of the Wilmington Conference, which
will be held in Epworth Church, Will
mington, beginning March 21.
Bishop Henry White Warren, d. D.,
LII. D., of Denver, Col. has been as
signed to preside at the session of the
Delaware Conference (colored,) which
will be held in Philadelphia, beginning
March 2Sth.
Smyrna times., 1899-11-15

Undertaken Pritchett on Tuesday
removed the remains of Susan Smith
from the Presbyterian cemetery of
Dover, to the Odd Fellows cemetery,
Smyrna, where they were laid beside
her husband, E. K. Smith.