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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-24
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Out and About
Observation-Disclosures

No war or battle sound
Was heard the world around,
The idle spear and shield were
hung up high.
The hooked chariot stood,
Unstained with hostile blood,
The trumpet spake not to the
armed throng,
And kings sat still with awful eye,
AS if they surely knew their SOW
reign Lord was BY.
But peaceful was the night
Wherein the Prince of Light
His reign of peace upon the
earth began.
The winds with wonder whist,
Smoothly the waters kist,
Whispering new joys to the
wild ocean,
Who now hath quite forgot to rave
While birds of calm sit brooding
on the charmed wave.
The shepherds on the lawn,
Or e'er the point of dawn,
Sat simply chatting in a rustic
row;
Full little thought they then
That the mighty Pan
Was kindly come to live with
them below;
Perhaps their loves or else their
sheep
Was all that did their silly thoughts
so busy keep,
When such music sweet
Their hearts and ears did greet,
AS never, was by mortal fingers
strook.
Divinely-waTbled voice
Answered the stringed noise,
AS all their souls in blissful
rapture took.
The air, such pleasure 10th to lose
With thousand echoes still pro-
longs each heavenly close.
Such music les It's said)
Before was never made,
But where of old the stars of
morning sung,
While the Creator great
His consultations set,
And cast the dark foundations deep
And bid the welt'ring waves their
oozy channel keep.
Ring out We crystal spheres,
Once bless our human ears,
IF We have pow'r to touch our
senses so),
And let your silvery chime
Move in melOdious time.
And let the base of heav'n's
deep organ blow.
And with your ninefold harmony
Make up full consort to the angelic
symphony.
For If such holy song
lnwrap our fancy long,
Time will run back, and fetch
the age of gold,
And spreckled vanity
VIII sicken soon and die.
And leprous sin will melt from
earthly mould,
And hell itself will pass away
AND leave her dolorous mansions
to the peering day.
Yea, truth and justice then
VIII down return to men
OAb u II RAINBOW, and all
glories wearing
Mercy will sit between,
Inron'd in celestial sheen,
with radiant feet the tissued
clouds down steering,
And heav'n, as at some festival.
VIII open wide the gates of her
high palace hail.
From, Millions Hymn on the
Morning of Christs Nativity."N
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-24
DANGERS OF MONOPOLY.

Among the many important questions
which are interesting and agitating
the people of the country, that Of the
continued concentration of business
power is growing to be considered a
menace to the people as a whole. A
monopoly is Numerically opposed to
free and stimulated competition. AS
one of Nthe greatest economists of the
age has rightly said, competition pro-
teets the consumer. It is the corner
stone of our social condition While
monopoly existed. even in the days of
the Tudor kings and the reign of
Elizabeth, it has never fiourished to
such an extent as in America today.
The value of the monopolies of the
country today exceed by one-fourth the
entire valuation of all the other prop
erty in the country.
The magnates are the lords and dukes
of America disguised under another
name. A unity of action on the part
of two or more persons engaged in the
same business constitutes a monopoly.
In no other country have the monop-
olies been let alone so entirely as they
have in this country. The head of a
trust virtually holds in. the hollow of
his hand the fate of all the business
men compelled to handle his special
line of goods or commodities. 1t is
shocking to think that such power can
be concentrated by any one man or any
monopolies under public control, by the
appointment of commission to regu-
late trusts and the appointment of an
interstate board of control, seems to
be the only way in which the interests
of the people of the country can be
Justly protected
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-24
THE WORCESTER SPY
CHARLES MUTT.
EDWIN j. SEWARD,
Business Manager.
l42-444 MAIN STREET, WORCESTER, MASS.

The spy Is the only Morning paper in wor-
cester presenting the Telegraph service Of the
Associated Press the greatest news gathering
organization in the world. 1t has correspond
ents all over the United States and in every
foreign country. By combination with the
great New York and Boston papers it is en-
abIed to print the latest news of the world.
Together with its unrlvalled city service, the
SPY thus affords Its readers a model American
home newspaper.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-24
MISS MABEL A. PRESTON

The funeral of Miss Mabel A. Pres
ton, daughter of George o. and Ada M,
Preston, was held yesterday afternoon
at o'clock, at the home of her par
ents, Branch street. Rev. George b.
Sanderson, pastor of Coral Street M.
Z. church, and Rev John E. Hurlbut,
pastor of the Church of the Covenant.
were in charge of the services. There
was singing by friends The burial
was in Hope cemetery.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-24
THE DEPARTMENT STORE LAW.

The decision of the Illinois supreme
court declaring the anti-department
store law unconstitutional, is sane and
sensible. The department store I'M
doubtedly brings hardship to the small
dealer who is oftentimes unable to COM
pete with the larger corporation, but
this hardship is unavoidable Every in
dustriai change brings with it ill-for-
tune to certain classes. The change
from hand labor to machinery, throws
large classes of mechanics out Of en-
ployment during the period of transit
tion until men are able to adapt them
selves to new conditions.
The sitting of individual enterprise
by large corporations is the serious
problem of the present time. Until it's
final adjustment many men conducting
business on small scale. must feel
the pressure keenly. So it is with the
department store. 1t is unfortunate
that the petty dealer should experience
hardship, but it is plain that the de-
partmeDt store ministers to the great
est good Of the greatest number, other
wise it would not exist
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-24
MRS. HANNAH RRTEnI.Y

Arrangements were made yesterday
for the funeral Of Mrs Hannah Brier-
ly who died Friday evening at the
home Of her daughter. Mrs. A. w
Libby. Ia Dale street Services win
be conducted Tuesday morning at ii
o'clock by Rev. DR.. A. T. Conrad. pas
tor Of Cid South church, and Rev. Geo
A. Putnam Of Millbury, pastor Of Frat
Congregational church
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-24

BY all means let the historic old Con-
stitution be reftted and turned into a
training ship. Nelson's old flagship, the
Victory. has been used for that pur-
pose in Portsmouth harbor for the bet
ter part Of a century and will doubt
less continue to be so used for a CEN
fury to come, an object lesson in pa
triotism to all who see it. Oliver Wen
dell Holmes. with his famous poem,
saved he old craft from destruction
ard nov the Massachusetts, division Of
The Daughters Of 1872, believing that
the vessel can be put to some useful
purpose. are planning to bear the ex-
pense Of renttng it.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-24

Morning Service at 1870 O'Clock
Organ prelude, Fantasia" ......,.... Tours
quartet OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .Neidlinger
20 little town of Bethlehem"
Offertory Pastoral symphony" Handel
Quartet, There were. shepherds. Buck
organ postlude, "Halielujah"
Chorus OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Handel
Evening Service at 7.30 O'Clock
Sunday school concert.
Singing and recitation, Comfort ye my
people and every valley shall be ex-
diLeu 49,. '..........-........ G1andel
W. H. Cam.
Christmas" .......,............. Shelley
w III Cam
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-24
ADAMS SQUARE BAPTIST.

Morning Service at 10 45 O'Clock.
Double quartet. F. Billiard
Break forth into joy"
Double quartet. w. A. Fisher
Guiding star"
Tenor solo, There dwelt in old Judea. f"
William H. Griggs.
Evening service children's concert.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-24
DEWEY STREET BAPTIST.
Evening Service at I O'Clock.
H. W. Mossman, director

Christmas concert. Love divine" Mason
By Sunday school.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-24

Speaking of economy, Frank Bush
the comedian at the Park theatre, tells |
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-24

Two urchins stood at the corner of
Main and Chatham streets, yesterday
morning. One held an orange which
had been donated by a kind hearted
passerby. Gee, Bill, amt she a peach?"
was his comment. as he held the fruit
up to the admiring gaze of his COM
panion. / looked at the donor and the
gift and the boys remark was applic-
able to either.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-24

Many people imagine that Margaret
Merington is merely nom de plume of
some clever man. But there is a Miss
Merington, and she is a very charming
and interesting person. too. AS a matter
of course, any young woman or young
man, for that matter would be inter-
esting who had written such a play as
Love Finds a Way" with which Min
ME Madden Fiske scored a success last
year This is Miss Merington's most
ambitious work so far. She wrote Cap
tain Letterblair," for E. H. Sothern
which was especially clever in perfect
ly suiting Sothern's style, and She was
equally successful in turning out for Sol
Smith Russell the clever Character
sketch, AN Every Day Man" There
are very few playwrights of either sex
who can say that every one of their
plays has got behind the footlights
This is what Miss Merington can saw,
though she prefers to say nothing
about 1t at all. There will be a new
play before very long, and if it is ac-
ording to precedent it will attract more
attention than any OF it's predecessors
Many people who know nothing about
Marguerite Merington are familiar with
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-24

corn and bran, and he double locked
ii, putting the key into his own pocket,
and then went round the town telling
all his gentlemen friends of his good
fortune. and inviting they all to come
at u O'Clock the next dav till they
would have the pleasure of seeing
him fiogging a hundred pound OF so
out of the horse Sure enough, at II
o'clock the next day. all his gentlemen
friends were gathered in the hotel
yard, and the lord mayor came out and
opened the stable door, and ordered
one of his men to lead out the horse
He was provided with a nice little
tough cane himself, that he had bought
at is pence in little shop next door,
specially for the occasion, and he or
dered his man to lead the horse into
the middle of the yard, and then he
went around clearing a circle round the
horse, putting his gentlemen friends
back with the cane, as he said the little
coins would likely be rolling among
them, and maybe get lost.
Now, John" SEE he to the man who
was holding the horse. keep a good
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horse, that would soon die on his hands
anyway: and then he'd be in a fix, for
he couldn't scrape as much money to-
gether as would buy a new straddle, let
alone new horse. And then, as for
selling this one. it's what he'd have TO
pay man to take him off his hands,
let alone get money for him. But it's a
bad disaise that can't be cured some
how. Manis said to himself-so he be-
gan TO consider to himself how he could
sell his rickle of a pony to advantage
Manis had about as clever a head as
ever was SET on ignorant shoulders-and
right well he knew this-and he was not
long finding a way out of the pickle
When he went to the town and disposed
of his besons and got the money for
them. he put the money into shilling
pieces, half-crown pieces and ore half
sovereign, and. inquiring for the grand
est hotel. he put his horse into the sta
BILE and stuck the gold half-sovereign
and all the other pieces into the holes
in its hide--for the poor baste's skin
had holes enough to hide away 2 for
tune in goodness krows-slipping them
just where you'd know in under the
skin and then he went into the hotel
and ordered the best of everything
eating and drinking, for himself. and
as for the horse, he told them not to
spare the corn, and bran mashes on
training for q great race. Manis got
all he called for, and the horse, too, got
everything Of. the. best, and that all
Jared well until it came to the paying Of
the bill, which came to a big figure en-
tirely. When the bill was put before
him. Manis said he would call again and
pay it; that he had no ready cash about
him now, and all that. But the walters
raised the diVil of a ruction, and sent
for the owner of the hotel himself, who
happened to be mayor over the town.
And they pointed out Manis to him and
told him the whole story, and the may
or said that if Manis didn't take and
pay the money on that instant moment
he would send for the soldiers and have
him hung by coortmartiaI at once.
We'll. well, SEE Manis. SEE he, but
this is a nice how-do-ye -do that a gin
tleman can't be trusted for q few shill-
ingS only this way. Sweet good luck
to you and your house." SEE he to the
mayor. II never yet in all my travels
met with such ondaicent people.
Though have a shabby coat on me
atself." SEE Manis, don't judge me by
that for that's my notion, and it's the
way l choose to do. And look We here
now. Misther Mayor" seq he, Il could
not only pay for my own dinner, but 1
could invite every mothers sowl in this
tOWn-goOd. bad and indifferent, big.
wee and middling-here, and give them
their dinners and pay for them. ana buy
you out of house and home then. and
make a present of the whole consarn to
your waiter there the next minute, and
live as independent as a prence still
after SEE Manis. But if you must lie
paid for your hungry bit Of a dinner
that wouldn't break mans fast on a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-24
DrcIIerieS Of Donegal.
A Series of Irish Folk Stories BY Seumas MacManus

struck the horses ribs just beside the
place he hid the half-sovereign, and the
horse flung up as well as he was able
bekase for six years before he never
/ had the spirit TO fling till he got the
feed Of corn and bran-and out jumps
the gold half-sovereign and rolls Just
right to the mayors feet. The mayor
looked down at it bewildered-
will We kindly SEE MANS, seq he, in
an off-hand sort of way to the mayor,
will yer mayorship kindly pick up that
coin, and tell me how much it is?"
The mayor picked it up. and he looked
at 1t, and he turned it over and looked
at the other side, and then jingled it on
the ground. and next bit it with his
teeth
wei, by all that's infarnaI,' SEE he,
but it's a good shining goold half-sov-
ereign," SEE he, with the kings head
on it,"
Hump" SEE MANS. seq he. SIS that
all? That's not enough, then. We must
try again."
So Manis whacked the horse again,
and again, and again; and the horse
flung up again, and again, and again;
and the coins come jumping out, rolling
among the walters, and them picking
them up, and shouting out every time
how much they were. When Manis got
enough to pay the bill
Now" seq he, when I have my
hand on him. 1 may as well take lie
price of a box of matches and a bit of
tobacco out of him. And he logged
out another couple of half-crowns, the
mayor and the walters looking on with
their mouths open and rubbing their
eyes every now and then to SIZE whether
it was asleep or awake they were.
When Manis had finished, and had all
the pieces fiogged out of him except a
couple. he yol1ed him into the cart, rs if
he was going TO start.
Il say, my good man." SEE the mayor,
when he got his breath with him; II
say, my good man, SEE he, would you
sell that horse?"
rs it sell him?' seq MANS, SEE he;
mot by no means"
Il would be content to give you a
good penny for him." seq the mayor;
Just as a curiosity to show my friends,
you know"
You'll have to get some other curl
osity for your friends this time, then"
SEE Manis This would be i rare GU
riosity, entirely
Il wouldn't refuse you $50 down in
cold cash for him. seq the mayor.
Fax. l suppose you would not" SEE
Manis, tartly.
Il wouldn't refuse you e1OO down for
him, now that L think of it," SEE the
mayor.
Think again." SEE MANS.
oh but l think that a big penny,
SEE the mayor.
and wouldn't you think $500 big
ger?" SEE Manis.
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20, 1 couldn't think of that, my good
man." seq the mayor.
Very well and good them said Man
is. When every one sticks. to their
own no mans wronged. Good morning
and good luck" SEE he, pretending to
go and to drive off.
Hold on, ye,' SEE the mayor, running
forward and catching the reins. is it
very. expensive, his keep? Have you to
feed him on anything special to get
them coins out of him.
Yes. sartinly,' SEE MANS: his keep
is a very expensive item entirely, and
if you're not purpared to give him
his fill of good oat, corn and bran,
there's no use in your throwing away
your hard-earned money purchasing
him from me. I like to be honest with
you. so good morning again.
Hold on, youl Hold on, you'll" seq
the mayor, pulling the reins with all his
might, for Manis was making wonder
full big quivers with the reins and the
whip, as if he wanted TO get away
hither or no, and that he was in no way
consumed to make sale.
Hold on, you!' SEE the mayor. "One
of you run in there" seq he to the
walters, land fetch me out $500 you'll
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-24
2uNs.heea. @eftA.z OFF
9"4 Z /D1
Frederick Remington's Autograph.

tingly a vigorous pen and ink sketch
of United States soldier at "Atten-
tion."
Grover Cleveland and William Nc
Kinley satisfy themselves by sigma
lures only, and, curiously enough, their
handwritings are not dissimilar. OF
the musicians, three-Walter Dam
rosch and the De Riszke brothers,
turned to Wagner for suitable inspira-
tions, and found them in Seigfried.
Damrosch writes bit of the sword
music, Jean de Riszke words of the
sword song, and his brother a martial
exclamation of The Wanderer."
Few of the authors who answered
Mrs Ely's request complied with par
ticularly apt sentences. Kipling, who
has had war for his theme so often,
gave only his name, and rare, curiously
rare, are any selections from the Bible.
Strangest of the pages is that written
on here, there and everywhere by
George Francis Train. and should an
expert be called in, he would have of
all the signatures, the greatest diff
Guilty in unraveling that of Charles
Dana Gibson, were not the very curve
of his capitals so familiar to US all.
Booker T. Washington is Justly in
cluded in the collection and of all the
women who lent their pens to this
cause, Mary e. Wilkins acquits her
self With the most becoming grace.
"All honorable death is the knighthood
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to hoard Armed with a knowledge
of the sacredness of her cause and with
a collection of autographs of the most
prominent men and women of the day,
she laid her project before Captain
Pabst Those carefully gathered auto
graphs she proposed to bind in one vol
ume, and from the sale of it add to hen
big monument fund. That Mrs. ELY ex-
pected snug sum for this quite un-
paralleled collection of most valuable
human documents, was natural enough,
but the reply she got to her PROPOSE
ton was characteristic of the man she
had approached He did not ask at
what the book was valued, how much
she hoped for, nor his own estimate
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lists and musicians all responded tc
Mrs. Elys request when her motive
was explained, and though here and
there rather aimless and inappropriate
quotations are given, in the majority
the signatures are accompanied by
graceful and fitting sentiments.
"a soldiers monument would be like
a soldiers fortune were his only tool
the sword" Enthusiastically writes
Captain Charles King. Fighting Bob
Evans charmingly inscribes above his
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-24
mrs. G1p's $4,000 Book.

a huge pigskin bound, silver-clasped
volume containing $50 pounds of pre-
cious autographs, was delivered Cap
tain Pabst by the bookbinder.
Aside from the almost romantic pat
riotic zeal displayed by the collector of
the tones valuable contents and the
not less patriotic generosity of it's pur-
chaser and owner, the book itself, aside
from all it's associations, is a unique
wonder. Captains generals, admirals.
presidents, judges, actors, authors, ar
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Of life she writes; and to show how
thoroughly Mrs. Ely pursued her task
and how far afield she went for some
OF them, may be mentioned the auto
graphs of Warren De Muir, Cardinal
Gibbons, Bob Ingersoll, who says. Il
was born Aug. IL, 1888. That is the
most wonderful thing that ever hap
pened to me-" and the deDosed Queen
Lllioukalani writes kindly scrap of
Hawaiian verse.
To SUM it all up, there is nothing
IKE TINS book, so complete even to the
detail OF an index and key, and on its
title page is recorded its mission, its
collectors name and ambition, and that
also of Captain Pabst, but he is mem
toned only as its owner.
MILLICENT ARROWPOINT.
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get rolled up in the foot of an old stock
ing in the bottom corner of nv trank.
and the others of you take this horse
out Of the cart and put him into the
stable" SEE he.
So the waiter soon come running back
with the foot of an old stocking. and
the lord mayor counted 500 goold SOW
ereigns out of 1t down into Manis' hand
and Manfs and him parted. Manis going
whistling home with a light heart.
The mayor had tss7 pony locked up in
a stable by itself. up to the eyes in
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zG-.... &l
Secretary Hays Autograph.

of it.
What is needed to complete the
fund for the monument inquired this
gentleman, who once. from sheer love
of and belief in the American soldier
bought up $4,000 worth OF grandstand
seats at one of the G.. A. r. national
encampments and then gave the seats
back again.
Mrs. Ely admitted that $4,000 was re-
quired for the monument done by John
Severino Conway, and that, said Cap
tain Pabst, was what he would give to
own the book of autographs. In June
the monument, admittedly one cf the
finest in the United States, was I'M
yelled in Milwaukee, and not long since
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T11anis the Bosom man.

Copyright. 1899, by S. S. Mcclure Coz
Once upon a time, when, pigs was
swine. long. long ago, there was man
named Manis, who supported himself
and his old disabled mother by making
besoms out of the long heather on the
lonely moor where they lived. One day,
when MANS was driving very sorry
old institution Of a horse-that you
could count every bone in his body
through the sl1in-to the town with d
load of besoms for sale, Manis began to
ruminate to himself on the bad trade
this same Recommending was becoming,
entirely. that he could hardly keep body
and sowl sticking together himself, let
alone support his mother and an old
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1t is not very often that book of
purely modern manufacture brings the
round sum of 5000 hard American dol
lars, but that is just what Captain
Pabst of Milwaukee paid the other day,
setting the price himself. for as sump-
tuous and interesting a volume as ever
adorned a library table. Now, Cap
tain Pabst is not a bibliomaniac. but
he is something better, a generous
hearted, patriotic citizen of these Unit
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-24

name that "a patriotic woman is the
best thing in the world" and from
his poem, THE Advance Guard" Secre-
tary of State John Hay quotes a
verse.
In a flowing. delicate hand Admiral
George Dewey, with the simple
Observation-Disclosures of man of action,
writes his name. his official position in
the navy, the date on which he entered