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The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-10-07
The State Fair.
excepted,

Secretary Pogue, Of the State
Fair, has our thanks for a compli-
mentary ticket to the 39th annual
fair which commences at Raleigh
next Monday, the 10th. Mr..
Pogue has favored US with full
and complete list of premiums in
every department., and writes that
the coming fair promises to be tie
best one yet. Low rates on ali the
railroads have been secured, and
everybody should visit Raleigh
and see what the Old North State
can produce.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-10-07
A Child's Most Fascinating Age.

A London paper which is given to the
prupounding of problems for its readers
to consider, undertook to start discus
sion on the question as to what is a
child's most fascinating age. Fond
Mother" promptly jumped into the
arena with the emphatic assertion that
the first twelve months is by far the
most attractive period. Thereupon this
retort appears: From my point of
view land I suppose there are thou
sands of other tired men like myself)
child does not begin to fascinate
worth a cent until it can do it's own
walking around the bedroom on cold
nights without the assistance of it's ex-
asperated father"
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-10-07
The Baron.

A Wink ISIS as goodt as nod do a
plindt horse. Dudt a shmeIl Off oats
Is beddther as neider
"a man iss a king in his own house."
said der sage. Budt dot vas before der
advendt off der~new woman.
De man What ISIS sendt ABROAD do lie
yor der commonwealth ISIS CALLED Won
ampassador. Der man What shtays at
home und lies ISIS choost a common
eff rytay liar
All york und no blay
Makes Jake Won dull poy;
Budt all blay und no work
r Makes Jake Won lazy Turk.
An oldt pirdt ISIS not do be caughdt
NIT chaff. Der pirdts What ISIS caughdt
mil chaff' don't lif to pc oldt.
Mary hadt leetle lamb,
Its yteece vas White like schnee;
ind effery blaze vat Mary vendt,
Dot lamb vas chasedt AWAY!
4 pet lamb makes a gross rarl and a
cross ram makes tam nuisance.
A primrose Ply der riffer's pri1n;
A simble primrose vas do him;
lind id vhas nodding more.
Rudt bunch besid IS der riffer's prim
Vhas more dhan Won primrose do him,
cause Why he gcpt him a florists
sthore!
Kings ISIS subbosed do rule py diffine
.iehdt. budt when obey needs der
,oodle do puy peefsteak obey seldtom
gets gay nit der beople What bays DER
freight.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-10-07
Lumber Advancing in Price.

Lumber has advanced consider
ably in price recently, and the
lumber dealers of South Corolina
and Florida at a meeting in Saw
annah Tuesday put the price up
SOC. to $3.50 per thousand Deet.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-04
NO TRIAL BY JURY,

When the insular commissions
scheme Of government for Porto Rico
was announced, some We're quick to
criticise it because it did not provide
for trial by jury, except in specified
cases, and because other privileges
were denied, which were deemed indis-
pensable to a completely autonomous
people. The criticism is ill-judged, and
perhaps in nothing more obviously so
than in regard to the right of trial by
jury. Nobody processes to believe that
the Porto Ricans are prepared for self
government as we understand it. Yet
the exercise of a judicial function, such
as is implied in trial by jury, presup-
poses ability for government in a
very marked degree. In order that a
man may be justly tried by twelve of
his peers, it must be assumed that the
jurors are fair-minded and unpre-
JUDGED, free from racial, political and
religious hatreds, capable of balancing
fact against fact, and passing upon
evidence with discrimination. Is it
reasonable to suppose that a panel of
native Porto Ricans or Cubans en-
dowed with such qualities as these.
could be chosen to try a Spaniard ac-
cused of criminal offense? Would it
be safe to entrust the administration
Of justice to Porto Rican or Cuban ju-
ries? Would not the ends of justice be
thus defeated?
It is not theory, but the experience of
British colonization, that all peoples
are not to be trusted with the Jury trial.
1t is something in which the Latin
races are particularly apt to be unin-
structed, and still more may this be
said Of negroes, Indians and Malays.
One may go even farther, and conclude
that there are many rights and priv
ileges demanded and enjoyed by the
sovereign American people that cannot
safely be allowed to natives of our de-
tendencies, if we are TO preserve them
from anarchy and teach them to govern
themselves. They viii have to be in
PRODUCED to these blessings of freedom
gradually. They cannot eat Of the
strong meat of American civilization
till they are able to digest the milk.
Universal suffrage or anything more
than limited control Of their own af-
fairs are not to be thought of, If we
are to be responsible for their good be-
havior and proper bringing up
These are perfectly self-evident facts,
yet when the government Of our de-
Tendencies comes up for discussion, we
shall hear sentimental and impractical
people prating about slavery the rights
Of man and the declaration of indie
pendence. These new peoples are not
and cannot be our equals politically,
but as our wards they may profit vast
ly, till they become politically of age
and able to speak and act for them
selves. The conditions OF SOW
ereignty throw a heavy responsibility
upon the American people and govern
men. bat both are equal to it.
Have you tried an I, X L.?
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-04

NO discernment was REQUIRED for
understanding that the presidents
Ocean Grove and Pittsburg speeches
We're part of a deliberate, plan for ayou-
ing his Philippine policy and LAYING the
issue OF expansion and loyalty clearly
and unequivocally before the people.
The time was ripe and he spoke. Wash
ington dispatches say he expects his
policy to be "aggressively advocated nv
republicans everywhere in the coming
fall campaign and he will not be dis
appointed. There will be a unani1nity
about it that is not always found in thA
counsels of any party when in power.
The establishment of law and order and
the acknowledgment of American SUI
premacy first, and then a benefcent
government founded upon American
principles. Upon this point there win be
no disagreement whatever in the party.
More than that. the president will have
the support of patriotic democrats who
are impatient with the mediocritv nv
which their party is now ruled. and
who repudiate the doctrine, "the war is
failure, AS they and their predeces-
sors repudiated it in 1861. 1t is said the
president welcomes the recent demo-
cratic platforms condemning the Phil
ippine war. Well he may. The demo-
crazy can take no surer or shorter
course to accomplish it's own defeat.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-04
ABIDE I'M THE FAITH.
Rev. s. 3. Messer on Renaissance OF
the Spiritual Life.n

Rev. Spencer b. Meeser, pastor Of the
First Baptist church, occupied his pull
pit at the church for the first time yes
terday since returning from his vaca-
ton. His morning sermon on the
Renaissance of the spiritual life" was
especially interesting, and summed up
the gradual return of the people of the
world to the old religion.
He said in part: zone of the things
which brings me back with courage to
my work is an awakening sense of the
Importance of the spiritual life, and an
ever increasing protest against the un-
satisfactory explanations of moral
problems, which the materialism of
our modern life offers
Certain it is that mankind has gone
as far towards the material side of
life as is possible without entire loss
Of faith In the imperative character of
the spiritual world. The encouraging
fact is that the view has changed But
Just as in the long distance of q noun
tain view the far away objects are pale
and indistinct, so ever some things OF
the spiritual world will be dim and un-
certain in outline.
But there has come a change; there
is a renaissance of the spiritual life.
Materialism and doubt have exhausted
their resources. With despair in some
cases, buoyant hope in others, men are
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-04

Reports based on railroad estimates
indicate that the vacation season just
closed has been the most prosperous
since 1884. In some instances the pas
senger traffic has been so heavy that
proposed excursions are said to have
been abandoned merely because the
regular daily service required all the
available cars and left none for the ex-
cursions. At all events, there is no
reason to doubt that the summer has
been unconmonly prosperous for the
railroads, and what is true of them
must also be true of seaside and noun
tain hotels. The Spanish war and the
hard times operated last year to re-
duce the business of the eastern sum-
mer resorts one half, while the piping
times of peace have naturally swung
the pendulum in the opposite direction
this year. 1t would not be surprising,
therefore. if the season of 1899 turns out
to be a record breaker for the railroads
and SUMMER hotels as well as for other
lines of business.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-04

Dor organizations Of Worcester Sunday
afternoon, published in the news col
umns of today. The pleasure is all the
more enjoyable in the happy conscious
ness that every line in The Spy's news
or editorial columns relative to the
thousands Of toilers in this great indus
trial center, has ever been prompted by
a hope of lettering their interests. The
Spy has always been ana always will
be in sympathy with the best and no
hest aspirations of the toiIing masses
At is indeed grateful for this gracious
recognition of its efforts. May the
festivities of each recurring Labor day
never fail in its fultiiment of pleasure
to organized labor; may the utterances
OF the leaders and the significance of
the parades ever make a proper and
profitable impress on the public mind;
may organization and education go
hand in hand with the observance of
the day; may it mean the foundation
of an intelligent administrations citizen
ship and higher social status for the
wage workers, the BRAIN the Drawn and
the backbone of the commonwealth.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-04

The publication of an attack upon
ex-Speaker Reed in Portland is the be-
ginning Of an attempt to make trouble
for Amos i. Allen, his former private
secretary, and would-be-successor IN
the first Maine congressional district.
1t amounts to a denial of the speakers
republicanism, for it charges him with
disloyalty to the president and argues
that the election of Mr. Allen would be
tantamount to Reputation of McKin-
ley end his policy. 1t is also a chaI-
lenge to Mr.. Reed to make public
statement of his reasons for withdraw
ing from politics. The fact that this
attack was not published in a newspa-
per tut in circular for public distri-
button, is suggestive. Who prompted 1t
and for what reason? The confessed
author says he has no candidate In
view, and he is represented hitherto TO
nave been warm friend of the ex-
speaker. However this may be, his ar
sument is absurd, for there is no reason
to believe that Mr.. Reed would counsel
anything but support for the president
in establishing the authority of ,he
United States in it's lawful territory
Whatever his belief may have been con-
cerningtthe Spanish war.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-04

turning again eagerly to idealism, to
religious comforts, to moral aims and
spiritual satisfaction. Leaders in phil
osophy and science, who have gone to
the verge of the material world and
found void and formless nothings, are
returning with warning. hands uplifted
and crying: There is no harbor there.
The masters of the literary world have
discovered no balm in materialism and
no ointment for the stricken in realism.
They are making confessions of failure
while they turn to religious consolation.
THE leader of a great agnostic evolu-
ton, next only to Darwin, has con-
fessed the insufficiency of a Materials
tic philosophy and the absolute need
from both a scientific and personal
point of view of, the faith of Christen-
DOM
1.-THE intelligent youth of today, the
men of force and leadership, are turn
ing to the standard of militant Christ.
Agnosticism has some decadent and de-
clining advocates. But so far as L can
think not one ascendant leader no
man Of prominence or force of charac-
ter to stake his reputation on ma
terialistic or agnostic view of life;
while | might mention a score who are
champions of the larger and nobler
faith, and a score more of those once
dllleu TO uOuDL VINO HOW dIc 6IOplIlB
their way back to faith.
"Dr. G. Stanley Hall, that most dar-
ing of pioneers among Psychologists,
has approached the problems of his
science from the physical and material
point Of view, and it calls back to us
the fact that immortality is almost
a demonstrable scientific fact, that
even the body has its susceptible per-
iods for spiritual and moral regenera-
ton, and that the return to religious
faith among hitherto agnostc stu
dents Is remarkable.
There is a renaissance of the spiritual
life We must not lose heart. Near us
the current may be running swift and
strong away from God But the tide
has turned near the sea. With sure
and strong wave it is breaking in over
the bars, and pushing, resistless, up the
stream Of life. Soon the tide will turn
near. Hold fast your faith. Cling to
things spiritual The oncoming current
will soon bear US and our fellow-m men
back again to God"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-04
cook-A-DoopLE boo.
How BOOSTERS Bother Long-suffering
Citizen.


To the Editor of The Spy
1 wish to call attention to one nui-
sance in Worcester which l have seen
lightly touched upon few times in the
can be avoided, and also a large va
riety of noises which are necessity to
city life. For instance, street cars,
steam cars with their shrill whistles
and chuck, chuck of engines, noisy chill
dren and heavy teams, are necessary
part of city commotion.
1t seems that pedlers of all descrip-
tons have nothing to do but secure a
license, and they are then turned loose
upon a long suffering public But, al
though their cries often used to sound
to me (until i became accustomed to
them) as if the hawkers were fit sub
jects for the city hospital, yet 1t is not
Of these that | complain; neither is 1t
of bowling cats and barking dogs. But
for more than year have been dis
turbed beyond measure by the noisy
ROSTERS in the neighborhood.
In a story l read not long since, the
heroine spent an almost sleepless night
and wrote in her diary next day: 81
did not know that the cocks crowed at
such an unearthly hour, They begin
at 3 o'clock and keep it up steadily I'M
til daylight. There are only three hours
in the night when there is absolute ST
lence."
think they could hardly have been
educated cocks, for in this vicinity l
have more than once heard them begin
to crow before the clock struck 2 a. M,
and in addition to keeping it up stead
lily until daylight" they keep 1t up until
after o'clock p. m.
My only alternative when they be-
gin to crow, If l do not wish to have
broken rest until time to arise, is to
shut the window, and as my room hap
pens to be just large enough to take in
a bed, one chair and a dressing case
with passageway round three sides of
the bed, dislike to shut out what fresh
air can obtain.
Why not move? l have seriously
considered the question.
But where? One day / was up Ad-
ans sqpare way, and the hill was alive
with rJosters. AT another time, on
Pleasant street the fowls ran out al
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-04
FUNERALS.

Inc funeral OF Mrs. Bridget Heffern
took piece from the residence of her
daughter, Mrs. Peter Dcwd. 5 Trumbull
square, yesterday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Services were offered in 81
Johns church at 2.SC by Rev. G. M,
Foley. The floral tributes were a pillow
marked Mother" from the family.
heart, AT rest" from Mr.. and Mrs
Auberhorn, the Misses Kerwicl5. Rourke
ana Adams; wreath from Little
Iony;" mound from Worcester letter
carriers; cross from employees AT HIM
A. Hartigans; bouquet of pinks from
miss Fitzgerald; standing cross marked
our Mana" from her grandchildran /.
bouquet from Mrs. Norwood. haart
marked Mother" from her absent SON
Tony Hart, il. The pail bearers were M
j. English, Charles Hart William Pie
Ian, James Murphy. Harry p. Foley ana
John a. Kearney A quartet CONSISTING
of M. w Handlin, Thomas II Hanlor
John F. Mccartney and William I
Ryan, sang "Fhe benedlctus' al tbe
grave. The interpent was in ST. Tenn's
cemtery. o0''ii
The funeral Of Harriet Green infant
Green. took place yesterday afternoen
az z,So from the parents home, 1856 Fos-
Ger. "ss - SpeH-
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-04

The fact that the gold reserve made a
new mark Aug. 81, with total of $347, :
SS0601, or nearly 81, 0OO,0 900 more than the
highest preceding record, was sensa-
tional enough in itself, but the circum-
stances enhance its significance. Our
revenues have been large, and the pro-
portion of customs duties paid in gold
has been unprecedented, but, on the
other hand, there has been a heavy
drain upon the treasury to meet the
war expenditures, and such expendi-
lures are apt to be considered a menace
to the gold reserve. The war expenses
indeed have set the administration crit
les to chattering glibly about deficits,
special sessions of congress and addi-
tional taxes. Yet here we are, at the
end of August, with another surplus if
we count only the ordinary expenses Of
this government and exclude the pro-
ceeds Of the sale Of the New York Gus
tom house, while at the same time the
once precarious and elusive gold re-
serve is the largest in the history Of
the treasury. Finance is the very last
topic on which the opposition should
tackle a republican administration.
The Spy heartily appreciates the very
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-04

1t adds to the seasons gaiety to OBJ
serve thatsJohn A. Mclean has already
been uaanedsby certain democrats as the
man fitted to run Mr. Bryan off
the track. 1t doesn't seem to matter
much whether*le captures the nomina-
ton forAl1imselfSor throws it to third
man. The millionaire Cincinnati editor
is lilSefystounake lively though unsuc-
cessful fight for the Ohio governorship,
and he is not one whom the Bryanites
can blow over with.a breath.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-04
Y. M. c. a, SERVICE.

me mems meeting Of the Young
wen Oe.nn Christian Association yesterday
w "a was addressed by Rev. Har-
Methtdist church. who spoke on "rhe
victories Of a Christian lie" The naie
Gnolr was led by Dana ]. Pratt ana
Jonn Dobie, Jro soloist at Adams snnara
Baptist church, sang solo. Next sun-
nay nay sne address will be given by Rev.
Baptist church. 80 ~ street
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-04

most on to the car track, and wherever
60 throughout the city, I hear the
penetrating and excessively annoying
crow of the cock.
If there is any law in regard to
fowls, may it be enforced; and, if not
let there be one speedily made which
shall protect from an entirely unneces-
sary nuisance.
A Long suffering Man.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-04

Those who are apprehensive because
the. shamrock is admitted to be the best
the cup. should remember that she is
also che most American. 1t would be
a queer. state of things if Herreshoff
could mot improve upon his own model
asAsucnessfGily as=William Fife can i'm
jtafesAf
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-04

Gen. Manderson's suggestion that the
labor. unions are the greatest of all
trusts and deserve Legislative consid-
eratAon. if any business corporations
are TO be regulated, was bold but log
ical- Its practtcability is another mat
fer
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-04
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WASHING DISH CLOTHS.

hnchen cloths must. eof course be
v washed daily; otherwise they harbor
Sluase ana ,odors and become unhealthy.
vo o,i IN a square Of suitable size When
sou wash them, II YOU will add a table,
sspo on Of Gold Dust Washing Powder
and clean them in half the time. dry
Nhem out In the sunshine and air.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-04

ThoseSY aqnis Indians. whom the Mex
leans have been fighting, are the most
formidable savages remaining on the
coutinenA They were relatively inof-
fensivesti 4hesspread4 of population and
extension of industry began to crowd
them, and then the inevitable conflict
arose. MexicoThas yet to pass through
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES weshad up to dec
ade ago
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-04

Again, Worcester sends the largest
delegation to the Grand Army national
encaInpment. Moreover, George H.
Ward post can boast of its good sense
as well as it's numbers.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-04

Another week of the Guild-Bates con-
test Elas gone by, leaving the situation
apparently the same as before. Both
sides,are still claiming everything.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-04
WHIMSICALITIES.


Refractory. Does the climate agree
sational person.
No" answered the weather prophet
Hercely. Nearly every time | announce
what i ought to do it assumes an attitude
u rigid and uncompromising opposition"
Washington Star.
Fierce Filipino, why this rowe
OF history take heed .,e.
Inc indian draws his rations now
And smokes the placid weed. ~
IN NJ thoughtless savage, pray you cease
= Ihese homicidal frowns:
You should have lit the pipe Of peace
Instead of burning towns
Washington Star.
And each zephyr. softly sings,
Deweys on the way"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Let the wild winds furl,their wings
,Mhile the waiting ripples play,
Ihere are fortunes to be made,
There are fortunes to be made
In day; eF-4
b. But to make one take this hint
Get a position in the mint;~
Ihats the way,
Jim is an. Ingenious fellow. He spent
new i re- summer building cottage, on his
Iage, too He's covered the outside of the
sr,oonnd story with terra frma."
You mean terra Gotta"
r,ia don / | mean mud" - Cleveland
There's, man who is always looking
ahead, and yet he doesn't seem to be get
VIZ rgeh any faster than some of the rest
Who is he?"
Did % You read about that fellow who at
y reii,i toS 70 murder a girl and then COM
wen, mat is an Improvement on the
usual ttu style OF, committing the murder and
= ies,einpting the suicide9s - Indianapolis
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-04

PAIN-KILLER cures all sorts of cuts,
bruises, burns and strains. Taken inter-
nally, It cures diarrhoea and dysentery.
Avoid substitutes: there is but one Pain
Killer, Perry Davis y Csc. and SOC.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-04

Commissioner Evans recommendation
for the revision of the pension laws de-
serves to be needed. In his report he
SPECIFICS numerous desirable changes,
and 1t is clear that the soldier would
gain by revision. It.is assumed that the
government is to be protected from
fraud, but at the same time, provision
Bhould be made for adjudicating claims
and awarding pensions more promptly
than is now possible. The pension sys-
tom has become cumbrous and rusty.
There is much that rcould be Topped off
and eliminated for the advantage of
both the claimant and the government
for it would result in a saving of time
and money. Such a change would be
Improbable and unwelcome TO the at
torneys, for the intricacies and delays
of the pension office are money in their
pockets. Still, they have lately shown
so much rage that perhaps their feel
ings may be ignored. They can't be
more angry.