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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-28

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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-28
BAPTIST.

First, Salem squares. B. Meeser, pas
tor. s, union Christian Endeavor prayer
meeting. 10, mems prayer meeting. 10 30.
worship with preaching by Rev. l.. M. s.
Haynes. D. D., Binghamton. N. Y. Z,
preaching, S. S. 70. Kindergarten 1890
and 70, in the vestry Christian Endeavor
g.. Special gospel meetings, DR.. Haynes
preacher, for the coming week.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-28

Pleasant Street = Woodman Bradbury,
pastor. Morning worship 10 go mot to
condemn, but to save" S. S. II. G. E..
5.45. Evening worship 7, Jesus of Naza-
reth passeth by" with after-meeting.
Welcome
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-28

Naomi Rebekah Lodge, No. is, held
its regular meeting at II Pleasant
street last evening, which was followed
by q supper -
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-28

Preaching by the pastor 10 30 and 1870
Morning theme, "A conquering church,"
evening theme, 1.-The antiphonal that
shakes earth and moves heaven" Bible
school kindergarten 1870. Bible school Il.
First and Second Endeavor Societies 6.
Open pews in the evening. Everybody
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30

tions. Inc sas will be conveyed in
wagons drawn by steam traction
engine or by four horses. This gas
is slowed in steel Cylinders, ITO
cylinders being required to fill one
balloon of 10000 cubic feet capacity.
Hitherto one cause of great concern
in the ballooning operations has been
the difficulty of obtaining balloon
sufficiently steady to ensure the max
ing of accurate observations. It has
also been feared that the difficulties
attending the manufacture, handling
and conveyance of the gas might
prove insurmountable. In order that
this may not prove a stumbling block
in the Transvaal, the British army is
being also furnished with equipment
for the rapid erection of observation
towers. The care of these is entrust-
ed to the Royal Engineers, section
of the British army whose operations
have always been distinguished by
excellence of work. One of the illus
trations shows one of these towers
after it has reached height of ITO
feet. 1t will be seen that the OBJ
servation posts afford every facility
for accommodating the movements of
the Boer army. The results of the
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
Baled Money.

But speaking of cotton-strange
how the subject sticks to one-I once
asked small farmer in Georgia,
"Why do you raise cotton year after
year? 1t seems to me it's the hardest
thing in the world to raise; it requires
more care than anything I know of;
has to be plowed oftener and looked
after more carefully; why don't you
raise something to eat?" And the
man with the two-mule farm laughed
and said, "I'd know you was from the
North just by that fool speech. Be-
cause owe for my land. have to
have money every year to run this
farm. 1 can borrow money on my
next crop of cotton. And the man
who lends me the money can keep his
eye on my crop from the time the
seed is in the ground till it is loaded
on the cars. His security is all right.
But if go to him in the spring and
tell him amt going to raise any cot
ton, but only corn and garden truck,
he can't keep track of no such perish
able security as that. He won't lend
me cent. SO if want any money
I've got to raise cotton" And I made
what haste I could to swim ashore.
1t is so easy, son, for us to tell people
1000 miles away just what they ought
to do. So much easier than it is to
go there anG do it.-Robert Burdette,
in the Los Angeles Times.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
largest moose head in the worlds

largest moose head in the worlds
the property of w. F. Sheard. OF
Tacoma, Wash. It has forty prongs,
and it's immense fanlike antlers are
enormous in their width as well as in
height. The marvel is that any neck
could have carried such burden.
Its history is unusual and tinctured
with the romantic superstition of the
Canadian Indian. For many years
the Indian tribes around Fort Selkirk
and the mouth of the Stewart River,
in the northwest territories of Canada,
had told among themselves the tale of
a mighty moose, "hi-uh moose"
that for years and years had haunted
the district of the Stewart River.
Many years before, when this gigantic
animal had first appeared, their
fathers had endeavored to kill it; for
days they had tracked the beast
through the painless forests. Easy
to track it was, for the immense
antlers, said the Indians, made path
through the foliage of tho trees wider
than nan was high, and the marks
of his huge prongs OF the bark were
certain indications of his path. Hut
nobody was able to kill hira. Gradually
grew up around this huge. mysterious
animal a superstitious reverence that
he should escape all bullets and arrows
and evade all pitfalls.
ID October of 1897 an Indian French
half-breed, untroubled by supersti-
ton, legends or scruples, came into the
post and reported that for four days
be had followed the "hi-uh moose"
and had killed it near the headwaters
of the Stewart River, two hundred or
three hundred miles fron Dawson
City (lIlondike). This was in the
dead OF winter.
Finally party of whites went out
from the post and brought the moose
in. The next year the lead was sent
down the Yukon to Tacoma, Wash,
where w. F. Sheard, skin merchant
of that city, bought it, and in his pos
session this unique and magnificent
trophy remains.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
The Woe of England.

The drink evil continues to be one OF the
most pressing questions OF the day in the
United Kingdom. From the latest stats
ties 1t appears that the consumption OF
whisky last year was the greatest yet
reached, the population having swallowed
more than gallon per head of liquor
known by that name. The London Lancet,
In referring to the British death-rate from
intemperance, directs attention to one of
Its most painful features-the Increase OF
alcoholism among women. The deaths
from chronic alcoholism In the year 1897,
as compared with the year 1878, in men
show an increase Of S2S per cent, those OF
females OF 1451a per cent; and the deaths
from cirrhosis IN men an Increase OF twelve
per cent, and those from cirrhosis in fe-
males OF twenty-six per cent. The amount
OF disease, caused by liquor, which falls
short OF a fatal termination is necessarily
matter beyond all power of calculation.
Statesmen" the Lancet says, "may create
Tor themselves theories that extenuate
national vice which yields the exchequer
SO many millions sterling a year; but,
speaking from IL medical point Of view, we
must point out that it is dsgraceful and
disastrous"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
VillainOus DecOc,ions,

In New York City alone three chemical
laboratories manufacture concoctions fol
the adulteration and coloring OF beer,
whose sales annually aggregate several
hundred thousand dollars.
OF American beer which was made in dii
terent parts Of the country and tested by
our Department of Agriculture, according
20 their report OF 1887, six bottles out OF
twentysix contained salicylic acid, and
one out OF two foreign bottles which was
made in Bremen and labelled "Kaiser, :"
The same report contains the result OF
the analysis OF seventy samples Of Ameri-
can wine, eighteen of which contained SAL
lcylic acid and thirtesn sulphurous acid.
In the composition OF fifty other samples
Of sweetened California wine, hardly a
trace was found OF grape Juice.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
Midway Between Pole and Equator.

A big shaft of granite will soon be
erected by the Government cf tho
United States at NORTH Perry, Me.
The purpose of the erection IS to mark
the geographical spot which is mid
way between the North Pole and the
Equator. On the stone is the insc-ip
ton: "This stone marks latitude 4:
degrees north. half way from the
Equator to the North Pole" The
shaft will rise near North Perry's sol
itary church, and will be the most
curious sight in the vicinity. The
people of the village-500 in all-ale
so taken by surprise thai they can dis
cuss little else than the oddity of the
Governments proceeding in so dis
tinguishing Their settlement. The
North Perryans are not precisely mer
of science. Most of their time is de
voted 10 working in lumber camps anc
guiding parties of hunters, and per
haps not one of them has ever dreamed
he has been living in town bull
upon such site. On the day of the
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30

observations made by balloon or tower
will be communicated to the general
staff headquartel by means of tele.
phone and telegraph lines, to be
erected by the telegraph battalion of
the Royal Engineers. This battalion
has seen long and honorable service.
In the erection of temporary lines it
has made record for speed, stability
and efficiency. Galloping across a
plain, horsemen may be seen, inn
paling their specially constructed
posts at regular distances. With a
speed that is almost Incredible, other
horsemen follow, unreeling the coils
of wire; others, with an agility and
skill hitherto confined to circuses,
pursue them, standing on saddle to
adjust wire to the insulator, drop.
ping into their seat, only to repeat
the operation few yards further on.
The illustrations show that this line
is no. as primitive in construction as
one might suppose.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30

in telephone communication with
the camp, and kept watch on the
Boer movements during the night.
The brilliant work performed by
the signaling corps of the United
States army during the war with
Spain caused special attention to be
drawn to that branch of the service.
An interesting comparison will be
afforded by the study of the opera
tions of the signalers of the British
army i'll the hostilities in the Trans
vaal The latest information received
is to the effect that a complete balloon
ing corps from England is on the
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
The Criminal InebrIate.

In an able address on State medicine be.
fore the American Medical Association at
Columbus, by DR.. d. r. Brewer, OF Chicago,
occur the following passages: can i'm
portant factor in the cause OF crime Is in
temperance. Fully fifty per cent. OF the
criminals arrested in Chicago are ine-
brlates, and the police reports Of New York
show about the same proportion. Ferri
has shown beyond question that In France
crimes increase aud decrease with the
more or less abundant vintage, and we may
safely attribute at least some OF the in
crease OF criminality and pauperism in the
United States to the increase OF intemper-
ance; and it may be estimated that alco-
hollcs are the direct or indirect cause OF
probably seventy-fve per cent. OF all crime
committed"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
Invaluable infor-
carry dispatches.

carry dispatches. Invaluable infor-
nation concerning the enemy's
movements will be telephoned from
the men in the car to those below.
The balloon, too, will render ex-
cellent service for map-making pur-
poses. Photographs will be taken
vertically downward that will she W
every detail of the country and the
position of the Boer forces. 1t is
only matter of practice for skilled
surveyors to become efficient in judg-
ing distances and heights from bal
loon car and in making accurate
sketches and maps.
The British military balloons now
going to the front hold about 10, 900
cubic feet of hydrogen. Each balloon
will carry two persons-one in the
car and the other in the netting.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
Minimum and Maximum of Sleep for Man

Minimum and Maximum of Sleep for Man
''The old rule of eight hours sleep
,s sheer nonsense" said New Or
leans physician, chatting after Office
hours. Natural sleep is something
that can't be regulated by any formula.
The body takes what it needs, be it
much or little, and the necessary
amount varies with the individual. In
general way 1 would say that four
hours is the minimum and ten hours
the maximum for pc ople in fair health.
Either more or less is a pretty sure
sign that something is out of gear
usually something in the brain. l
have two patients who sleep only four
hours and keep u tolerably good con-
aition. Both are middle-nged men,
and neither of them works very hard.
They ars simply SO constituted that
lature can repair its losses in four
hours OF Inconsistencies. In many
other people nearly three times as long
is required; the nerve cells work more
slowly why, nobody knows. The
lueerest case that ever came under
my personal observation was that of a
bookkeeper of this city, who used to
sleep two OF three hours night
through the week and on Sunday
would catch up in twenty-four hour
nap. That is no exaggeration, but an
actual fact we'll known to all his inti-
mates. He seemed to be able to store
away nervous energy as camel stores
water. His general health during the
twelve or fifteen years knew him was
excellent, but he finally died of an
attack of pneumonia. New Orleans
Times Democrat.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30

tidently expected that their ADVENT in
the Transvaal will afford many lessons
in the possibilities of ballooning in
warfare.
The British balloon division is fully
equipped for the work it is to per-
form. The chief work which it will
be expected to execute may be summed
up as follows: First, to discover the
whereabouts of the Beers hidden in
cover; second, to make observations
and to take photographs; third, to
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
Secret Drawers Designed by Woman


"Most people seem to think" said
maker of furniture, ''that secret
drawers and hidden receptacles in
furniture only exist in novels and
plays, but this Is by no means SO. I
very frequently take orders for such
items, and employ clever woman
designer, who shows positive genius
in planning places OF concealment,
which no amount of tapping or meas
uring could reveal. In most cases,
even were the hollow receptacle dis
covered, the woodwork around would
have to be cut away, 80 complex are
the fastenings. Most Of the orders
come from women-and rich people,
of course-and have no doubt that
desire to hide articles from too curl
GUS servants dictates the orders"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
The Crusade in Brief.

No one wants to be a drunkard.
Total abstinence is the only absolutely
safe course
The man who calls himself a moderate
drnker" deceives nobody but himself.
Wine may multiply the flow OF words,
but 1t never increases the purity OF
thought.
Alcohol, in even moderate quantities
tends to produce AN appetite that become.
imperlous In its demands.
Some surgeons will not undertake to
perform operations upon persons who
have been addicted 10 drink.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
No Good in 1t,

There is no real good that comes to one
from the use OF intoxicants as II beverage.
Most men who drink will admit there Is no
good lit. Thes may insist that there is
no great harm, but at the same time ac-
knowledge that there are no beneficial re-
turns for the large investments OF time and
money. The supposed benefit to ones
health, or to his social and business stand
ing, can readily be shown to be- in fact no
benefit ut all
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
Whisky and Com ms.

A writer IN the Century tells OF man in
Buenos Ayres who traded In whisky and
collins. II remember" says he, ''the
tiers OF whisky barrels ranged on end, on
one side OF the store, while on the other
side, and divided by n partition, were the
collins In the same order of all sizes and
in great numbers. The unique arrange
ment seemed Ia order, for rs Il cask was
emptied a coffiu might be filed"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
An Echo of the Past.

He-How do you like your new au.
tomobile? Is it hard to manage?
She-Oh, no. The only trouble
have is that somehow / can't break
myself of saying, 'Get up!" when l
want to start the thing, and 'Whoa!''
when l want the machinery to stop.
Automobile Magazine.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
BRITISH WAR BALLOONS
! Watch THE B0ERS.
Remarkable Battlefield Wo,!: Done by
Mounted Telegi ap'lsrs

DISPATCH from
G a pc 20 W Il
states that the
British troops
have an impor-
tant auxiliary in
t h e military
balloon, and the
defence of Lady
smith was con-
siderably facili-
t a t e d thereby.
The balloon was
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
NIerriment ms Related to Drunknrd..

When Dr.. Thomas j. Hills asserts that
whiskey contains all the constituent ele-
ments OF food, he probably speaks from
medical knowledge.
But when he states that whiskey makes
hundreds merry for every ten 1t makes
miserable. he knows not whereof he talks.
One dIunkard may feel exceedingly
merry, but he is sure to make everybody
within his sphere of influence miserable.
Where there Is deep and consistent drink
Ing there can be no happiness.
Mr.. Hills seems to think that all drunk
ards are hereditary drunkards, and that
they drink because they are unable to ab-
stain from 1t.
Generally speaking, we are an intem.
perate nation, but the intemperance of
nineteen mon in twenty is not hereditary.
1t ls acquired. There are men who achieve
drunkenness deliberately and periodically.
Others have drunkenness thrust upon
them.
The periodical drunkard is prey to
circumstances. II he happens to be rich
man either JOY or sorry will arraign him at
the bar. 1t he Is laboring man hs gets
drunk on pay days, because the task OF
earning his money is over and he seeks the
relaxation which on penniless days he Is
unable to purchase.
But whether Il man be II periodical or an
habitual drunkard, he is sure to cause
misery.
DR.. Hills inveghs against ministers and
ultra-temperate physicians, who "assem-
be In a moral blockhouse deaf to the bugle
of common sense
The excessive use of whisky has nothing
to do with common sense. As a medicine
it is Il fine thing for snake bites. AS II
merriment producer 1t is a failure through
out the world. As "a misery maker 1t is
perfection.-New York Journa'
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30

scene of action. The great Napoleon
regarded military balloons as of ''no
strategical Importance. He was
accompanied by ballooning corps
during his second campaign in Egypt,
but the wagons containing the access
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
BALLooN1NG TRAIN IN THE FIELD.

sories fell into British hands, and this
calamity no doubt influenced his
opinion. However, since those days
military balloons have done good work
on many occasions, and it is con-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
Musca,onre stopped the MIL.

The water wheel in the Waterford
grist mill suddenly stopped one day,
and three muscalonge, weighing
about five pounds each, were found
wedged IN the sluiceway, shutting of
the water.-Meadville PENN Demo
crat
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30

Barker humbly says he is but an
instrument in the hands Of destiny"
SGT know he talks that way; but, all
the same, he thinks destiny has its
hands full when it is using him. -
Indianapolis Journal.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30

These balloons are made of gold
beaters' skin, which is far superior in
every way to silk. Each balloon will
be placed on wagon and drawn by
twelve horses to the scene of opera
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
THE GREATEST MOOSE HEAD.
Romantic History of an Enormous Speci
men in Tacoma.

A moose head whose antlers meas
ure from tip to tip six feet six and
half inches, head on which from tip
to tip board could be placed, the
tallest of men lie down and not be too
tall tor the length Of tin fact, the
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30

The gold yield OF Brazil is con.
sthntly increasing.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
THE GREAT DESTROYER.
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE
VICE OF lNTEMPERANcE.

'Tis the Little Things That Count-where
There is Deep and Constant Drinking
There Can he No Happiness- Drunken.
ness is Mostly Acquired, Tot Hereditary
Just little here and there. boys.
Such q trlhing thing. you think;
Sixpence for yellow novel,
And another one for drink;
little spent In the card room,
Threepence for Il cigar,
But o, do you ever think, boys,
Ills the little things make or mar?
Just a little while from home, boys,
And ah! your uhwary feet
Will be lured to sin-stnined by-paths
That lead tc ruins broad street.
1t Is just the first wrong thought, boys,
just a few vile words, ah me!
And your current OF life is changing,
You are drifting out to sea,
Where no human hand can save you,
Rudderless, and lost.
Don't you think these boasted pleasures
Are bought at IL fearful cost?
'Tls the little things that count boys,
That make up the mighty whole.
IT'S the little thoughts and deeds, boys,
In the balance against your soul.
Our Young People.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30

"unveiling" North Perry will take a
holiday and celebrate their new hon.
ors with picnic.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30

Lieutenant Maury has calculated
that if an inch OF rain fell over fifth
part of the surface OF the Atlantic, it
woald mean an addition to its volume
Of $50 million tons of water, and that
If the same amount of water evapor-
ated from the ocean, it would leave 16
million tons of sea-salt.