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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-01
If CENTURY MARK.


---., April 30.-Relatives and
= WA gather at the house of |
-z- G,ld.1g and wife in the farms
I.- tomorrow, the occasion being |
=lrh Wedding anniversary, Epn-
r. Cooling. the husband, was born
lz-ltoE July 81, 1926, the son of
( Goldng and wife. When very
y his parents removed to West
Ny. Here he received the COM
mrhooI education of his time and
-a'=rved an apprenticeship to the
Shakers trade. In 1874 he remov-
ed iraft5n, entering the employ of
ron and Brown, who then carri-
90 heir shoe business in the Han
coctck.
rs he made the acquaintance of
ms emit wife. and in the following
yea-ay l, 1919, they We're united in
mar by William c. Richards. then
past the Baptist church in North
GraI In 1894 the Merriam home
Slea. the WestborO road in which
ne Il was destroyed by fire and he
men owed to his present home. sit
uageO the old WestborO road two
am Hdlt miles from the centre.
ls'idlng was born Nov. u 1896
me O'taughter Of Chas. C. Michael
l'i,ti ~ ways resided in Grafton. Two
ISInl,uFlave blessed their union
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Bad Breath

There is nothing more healthfuI thaa
onions, but people are afraid to eat them,
because they make their breath unfragrant.
But there is less fragrant breath--the breath
of a person with a foul stomach. Take
him away we inwardly cry. Do see thai
your breath is pure. One or two
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FLY THE FLAG.
Continued From First Page.)
yet remains undesignated as a nationd
holiday.

Meanwhile, beneath the blaze of a
tropic sun and the 6ownpour of tropic
rains. on the other side of the world,
a white-haired patriot sits at work
within the narrow confines of a ships
cabin. bearing the great responsible
ties which were so suddenly thrust upon
him a twelve-month ago, and bearing
them wisely and well. Uncomplaining,
faithful efficient, Admiral Dewey is
lengthening daily the debt which a
nation owes him. Under the pro-
longed and constant strain, he has
borne up nobly, like the unflinching
soldier sailor that he is. By and by
he's coming home. When he does,
there'll be another strain that he can
scarcely withstand-the mighty, over
whelming plaudits q 7O,0OOOOO peo-
pie.
Unfurl the flag. Let it be known all
the world over that the heart of the
commonwealth of Massachusetts knows
how to honor Dewey and the day.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-01

WORCESTER THEATRE AssoCIA.
annual meeting Of the stock
holders of the Worcester Theatre Asso-
at 2.S0 o'clock p. m, at $40 Main street.
State Mutual building, room 207, for the
election of officers for the ensuing year
and for the transaction of any other bust
ness that may legally come before them
HENRY NJ. WITTER,
Clerk of the Association.
Worcester. April 9th, 1899.
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MEETINGS. ETC.
NOTICE.
QUi1SIg0DlOHd Lodge, No. 44.LQQE

VIII celebrate its 55th anniversary. and
the S0th anniversary of Odd FELLOWSHIP
at Odd Fellows hall, So Pearl street, on
Monday evening, May l. Informal recep
ton at 7S0. COLLATION. at $50
JAMES w. MURRAY. the first Noble
Grand of this Lodge-in 1S44-wilI be pres.
ent. All members of Quinsigamond Lodge
are urged to attend
JAMES c. BLAKE, N. G.
NJ. A. MAYNARD, Secretary.
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taken every night will regulate your liver,
stomach and bowels, and your breath will be
sweet. They strengthen and fortify the
whole system. The eyes become brighter
and the complexion clearer. They are purely
vegetable andkept for oysars before selling.
No other pills are so good. Sold through
out the world both sugar-coated and plain
The Opelousas courier., 1899-04-29
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

The Ceylon yellow silk spider has q
body that weighs nine ounces.
There are 40, 900 native pupils in
the Sunday schools of the Fiji Islands.
A West African king is the owner
of an umbrella which measures six
yards in diameter and affords shade
for a table with thirty diners.
An English guide-book makes the
curious assertion that a large proper
ton of those who have made the as
cent of Mont Blanc have been persons
of unsound mind.
A su~bterranean city exists in Cali
cia, Austrian Poland, which contains
q population of over 1000 men, women
and children, many of whom have
lever cen the light Of day.
The ancient Chinese and Japanese
frequently used to draw pictures with
their thumbnails. The nails were
allowed to grow to a length of IS
inches, and were pared to a point and
dipped in vermilion or sky-blne ink,
the only colors used in these thumb
nail sketches.
Probably the most curious European
oath is administered in Norway. The
witness ralse his thumb, his fore
finger and his middle finger. These
signify the Trinity while the larger of
the uplifted fingers is supposed to
represent the soul of the witness and
the smaller to indicate his body.
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The Annexation of Alaska.

Alaska had been Russian from the
time of its discovery, about 1928, till
in 1867 it was taken over by the
United States, as q favor to Russia,
who preferred seven million dollars to
a snb-arctic province. No popular
sentiment demanded the annexation,
and until the sealing troubles of 1884
there was 10 popular interest in
Alaska, and no definite colonial gov.
eminent.
In 1868 Alaska was made a collec.
ton district; and in 1888 "a civil and
judicial district" and also "a land
district 1t was then enacted that
the laws of the state of Oregon then
in force should be the laws of Alaska
SO far as applicable, and provision
was made for a governor aud a court,
but no legislature. The principal
subject of national regulation has been
the seal-tishing, for which there has
been a series of statutes, contracts
with private corporations, executive
orders, decisions of courts, and inter-
national arbitration. The Alaska Fur
company has had some rights wei the
Indians, and somewhat resembles the
South African company. But for that
controversy, and for the recent gold
discoveries, The country would be con-
tent to leave Alaska in the condition
of a formless, u~norganized colony,
without a governor, a Legislature, or
court of its own.-Albert Bushnell
Hart in Harper's Magazine.
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So the Gear stole the Kaiser's thun-
der! That is the news conveyed to
the New York Herald from Paris,
which quotes a prominent politician
who has just returned from st. Peters
burg. According to the story, the
Princess Henry. in writing to her sis
ter the Czarina, mentioned the
Kaiser's plan to deliver on the site Of
the Sepulchre an address on the
glories of peace. Thereupon the Gar,
who thought the idea a good one, got
ahead of his brother sovereign by is
suing his famous peace rescript. A
very pretty story, and not the less in
~teresting Of i~treveals the two monarchs
in the role of universal peacemakers.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-04-29

John Bull does not hesitate to util-
ize material wherever found. He al
ready has native regiments in India,
Egypt and other colonies, and is now
engaged in raising a regiment of Chi
nese, to be commanded by English
men. The economy Of the movement,
too, will be in the fact that, while the
troops fight for England, the Chinese
Government will probably pay them.
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1t may or may not be comforting to
the relatives and friends of Professor
Andree to be assured that the aeronaut
who constructed the great balloon be-
lieves the missing scientist and his
companions to have crossed the north
pole and landed on the other side.
The average person is apt to inquire
how the situation would be materially
improved even could proof of Andree's
existence be given. Having reached
the north pole, the problem of how to
get back would still remain to be
solved before the world could hope to
benefit by the intrepid explorers feat.
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probably thought that, with five or ST.

probably thought that, with i've or six
boys at each end Of the rope, they
would be able to upset us.
But the next moment they received
an impressive object-lesson. The mo-
mentum of the heavy pung was some.
thing prodigious! We scarcely felt
the rope when we struck it, and the
next instant a dozen Number Seven
boys were taking most extrayagant
leaps as they were jerked into the road
behind us! All of them had been
gripping the rope hard, and some of
them were carried so feet before they
could let go! They were about the
most astonished-looking boys that I
aver saw!
AS for the pung, it did not stop till
'~rJhsreached the foot of the hill beyond
theebridge over ~Longmeadow brook,
whert We found the man and horses
w%aitingeo haul it back up to Number
Six. 4
The bogsrotter boys .hea not wholly
recovered ~77s1r discontinue
when we went by; their school bell
was ringing, and when Rufus politely
asked them what they thought of our
blockade-r!nner they had little to say.
"Ho!" Lem said, feebIy. "What do
we care for your old rantum-scooterl"
Aud the name stuck to Rufus armor-
clad. We soon came to call it the
Rantum-Scooter ourselves.
The Number Seven boys knew bet
ter than to attempt to hold a rope in
front of the blockade-runner again;
but they still imagined that the rope
would stop us, if only the ends could
be made fast. Next day at noon, when
W. coasted down, We found that they
had drawn it tight across the road and
tied II end to a tree near the school
house and the other to a horse-post in
front of the grocery opposite. The
rope snapped like Irvine when we
struck it.
A day or two later, as we coasted
down, we found that they had collected
eight or ten OK chains, but they did
not dare to use them; perhaps because
they feared to kill some of us, or pos
sibly because the salectmen had threat
ened to have them punished if they
seriously molested us more.
After this they no longer tried to
stop us, but they pelted US hard with
frozen snowballs. For ordinary snow
balls We cared little, since we could
draw our heads down into the box q
we passed; but soon 'Thias, Lem and
som of the others began hurling heavy
Of ice into the pung.
To set such missiles at defiance,
and Dol rebuilt the box of the
pung, making the sides higher, putting
top OF it and covering it with sheet
iron.
During the following week we made
the coast not less than 20 times with
this curious continuance. Jumps of
ice and ever stones were launched at
it; but no violence which the dis
gruntled bog-trotters could infiict pre-
our running their blockada as
Iong as the good coasting weather
asted.-Youth's Companion.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-04-29
oldest House on Earth.

The oldest domicile on earth is that
recently erected at Yokohama by an
eminent German bacteriologist. 1t is
a microbe proof house, built of glass
blocks. There are no window sashes,
and the doors, when closed, are air
tight. The air supply is forced into
the room through a pipe, and filtered
through cotton wool to cleanse it of
bacteria. To insure further steriliza-
ton the air is driven against a glycer-
inc coated plate glass, which captures
all the microbes the wool spares. The
few microbes brought into the house
in the clothes Of visitors soon die in
the warm sua lght with which the
house is flooded, Leeds Hospital
Magazine.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-04-29

"Apropos of the question Of the
adoption in this country Of the metric
system Of weights and measures"
says the London Warehouseman and
Draper, "ifthe desired reform affected
only the home trade, we should not
care SO vesy mach about it. We have
most of us got SO used to our old, con-,
fused and complicated systems that
they are easier to us than the best
possible substitute that could be-
found would be. In connection with
our foreign trade, however, it is very
different. so long as Great Britain.
adheres to her present system Of
weights and measures, her manufac-
turers will always be greatly handi-
capped in dealing with the Continent,
Such was the report from our Consul
at Amsterdam some time since, and a
year later he wrote: t can but again
point out the rapidly increasing neces7
sity OF adopting the metric system,
Similar remarks are scattered over all
our consular reports, but we quote these
because of the apt phrase, increasing
necessity That exactly expresses
the important 1aes that in this partic-
uiar matter delays are dangerous. By
adhering to our antiquated systems Of
weights and measures we are playing
Into the hands of our rivals" This is
equally true of the United States, and
now that there is.a greatly increased
tendency to reach our foreign trade,
the sooner the handicap is removed
tne better. eonments the Dry Goods
IHaonomaeI
The Opelousas courier., 1899-04-29

Cheaper postage between the United
States and it's new possessions is
worth having for the promotion of
business. The present rate of five
cents per half ounce for letters to
Hawaii, the West Indies aud the
Philippines. should be reduced to our
domestic rate, as we'll as the high
rates on other mail matter. It is in
structive to note the success of the
new i~nter-colonial penny postage rate
between Great Britain and a number
of her colonies. The volume of the
Canadian mails doubled within a tort
night after the new system was intro
duced.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-04-29
MONEY TO LOAN.

0D11oz OF SF. LANDRY HOMESTEAD ND,
LoAN ASSOCIATION,
OFELoUsAs, Sept. 18th. tssa. }
The undersigned is authorized by tao
Hoard OF Directors of the st. Landry
Homestead and Loan Association ia
e6er to Its members loans at eight pei
ssasan. For particulars apply to
E. d E%sTILETTE,
President 81. Landry Il. & L. Assn.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-04-29

The value Of a newspaper as an
advertising medium consists in
its circulation.
When you can secure tho com.
bined circulation of two papers
for the price Of one, it is money
saved!
"TThe St. Landry Democrat"
was consolidated on the Sd of
March, 1894, with "The Opelou.
sas Courier" The advertising
rates have not been increased
while the price Of subscription
has been reduced to 50 a year.
THE COURIER being BY odds
the best paper in the empire Par.
lsh OF st. Landry is therefore the
ebAanase-
The Opelousas courier., 1899-04-29

The annual inspection of the seal
rookeries on the Prlbilof Islands by
the United States Fish Commission
during the season just passed showed
that the seals are still diminishing in
numbers, the decrease being twice as
great as it was in 1897. Enough seals
remain, however, to restore the herd
in a few years, if the killing Of the
animals at sea can be prevented.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-04-29

The new expedition which is being
organized to search for Andree is like
ly to make another necessary next year
to search for it's own relics. The Pole
meantime preserves it's situation Of
splendid isolation beyond the reach Of
dogsled or balloon, where it is likely
to remain, doing a strictly domestic
business at the old stand for a long
time to m
The Opelousas courier., 1899-04-29

Germany officially disclaims any
hostility toward America; France Of
icially disclaims any hostility toward
England; Russia officially disclaims
any hostility toward anybody. Every.
body would believe that it is a world
of goodwill If there were not so many
disclaimers of unfriendliness.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-04-29
SPRING IN WINTER.

sureV-shry bees areh umm1ng In the may There's @nsa of summers gehnessf in he
lahSles sweet; broad folds and thed es
prhS."nn Aph. Smiles Is coming: lhere And a chime-or Is it fame = of remen-
are nnesa at her feet! cred heahe-b bells!
Mocking BIRDS IN beach-blooms Hngingt brill Ad them ndest suns are shining. ant the
with JOY the dreamy air., skies areb bright with blue.
md the green is on the meadow. and the And in gardens Ioyeis is wininy all his rarast
wild flowers cluster there! Wreathsf for YOU
Frank I, Stanton
The Opelousas courier., 1899-04-29
OPELOUsAs, LOUISIANA.
Gomez will get plenty Of ban
quets as long as the aroma Of that
So, 900, 900 fingers about him.

On his second appearance as a
beef witness Eagan disappointed the
whole country
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SUIT BROUGHT TO
Eject JUDGE BROWN

OAKLAND, Aug. 26-The filing Of
a suit to-day to eject Attorney
Harvey S. Brown and to collect arrears
in rent caused much surprise, it being
generally considered that Judge Brown,
who for many years was chief counsel for
the Southern Pacific Company, was man
of vast wealth. A few weeks ago the
Judges law library figured in similar
suit.
Judge Brown Is closely connected with
some of the schemes engineered by the
notorious Brick Mcpherson, and recent
ly appeared as McPherson's attorney 1t
was generally supposed that the Judge
had himself been victim to Mcpherson s
wiles, but he denies that he ever lost a
cent by the schemer For a few years
Judge Brown has been q speculator, and
It would now appear that these ventures
have proven financially disastrous.
Up to a year ago the Judge was the
heaviest financial supporter of the Oak
land Psychic Society, being an ardent ad-
mirer of the genius of Madame Montague,
the clever little spritualist Madame
Montague did many things that puzzled
her friends and her attorneys, but 1t is
not considered likely that she received
such support from the Judge as to involve
him in financial difficulties. Five years
ago the Judge was chief counsel for the
Southern Pacific Company in the conduct
Of the great water front trials.
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AT lNGLESIDE
Continued From Eighth Page.

style; A. Ohmeyer's Fleetfoot beat Joe Perry 5
Black Chief: J. Deans Belle of Anderson beat
NJ. B. Kavanagh's The Earl; Sebine q Day
Shylock Boy beat ]. Byrne's Olympus; j.
O. Shea's Young America beat j. duane mari
eta; II. Lynchs Lexington beat Russell; Alien
& Wilson's Miss Penman; Z. d. Fallons Lily
OF the West beat ]. Byrne's Elevenspot; u
Shannon's Soubrette beat T. ]. McHugh's MOSS
rose; G. M. Abercrombie's Irma beat r. Reldy
Chauncy: Schper e Powers Matchless beat
Joe Perry's Commodore Nash; S. Hansens L.
S. Conley beat H. A. DeclSelman's Flyaway'
Cornell Bros Mamie Pleasant beat d. Ford
meyers Rosebud; ]. Keenan's Royal Oak beat
r. Pringle's Honor Bright; J. Bradshaw,s
Hazel Dell beat f. Maloneys Precita Girl; D.
Seggerson's Gold Hill beat ]. Keenans Black
lock; j. Moneys Silent Treasure beat L: j.
Cronins Arab: T. ]. Cronin's Wild Tralee beat
Murphy & Toland's Ornament; G.: Abercrom,
of the Mill: Curtis & Sons Cash beat sebine 9, &
Days Gypsy; T. Sullivans Maid of the Hill
beat Kay & Trant's Christmas Day; Murphy q
Toland's Pleasant Girl beat 7. j. McHugh s
Empress; Handy & Smiths Mona beat a. A
Duncan's Royal Chief; Nj B. Kavanagh Hard
Lines beat ]. Edmond's Morning Glory; j. hee-
Girl: Handy & Smiths Lady Hugo beat Kay
& Trant's Eclipse: Murphy & Toland's Twi-
light Jr. beat ]. Ferris Cleopatra; E: M KEEL
loggs Hummer beat NJ. B. Kavanaugh's SWed-
ish; T. Cooney's Black Hawk beat
Locker & Lyons Moloch; W, c. Glas-
sons Toronto beat E Baumeister 5
beat J. h Spencer's Miss Manila; S. =. Por-
tails Gallagher beat W. c. Glassons border $
Valentine; ]. I. O. Brien's Statesman beat j.
Mccormack Primrose; J. Rouningins Demp-
sew Lass beat D. Ford's Bonita; a. Massey 8
Hadiwist beat C. Peachs Lady Peach; Lowe
& Thompsons Prince Hal beat j. Anthony, $
sey's Hot Stuff; Russell, Allen & Wilson's Lady
Herschel beat r. B. Moorehead's Slippers; e.
Baumeisters Warrior beat P. c. B1ck s fe-
dora; Kay & Trants Diana beat Locker &
Dick L,
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JOHN MORTON LAID TO REST

The remains of John Morton were
borne from his late residence, Ellis and
Taylor streets, yesterday afternoon to
the family plat in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
The deceased was one of the best known
men in San Francisco among the CONNER
ciaI class. He was president of the Nor
ton Draying and Warehouse Company
and also of the firm of the Morton Spe-
cial Delivery Company. In addition to
these business interests Mr.. Morton was
known and recognized among. the business
men of this city as one of the early pio-
neers and helpers in founding San Fran
cisco. He with his two brotherS-Reu-
ben (deceased) and Sargent s., receiver
in the United States Land Office-arrived
in San Francisco in the early SOS and at
once proceeded to acquire property and
make a home for themselves and their
families.
The building and equipage of the
original Lone Mountain line of horse
cars that transferred their pas
sengers at Turk and Taylor streets
for Lone Mountain, and also which
extended down Sixth street, as well
line from Kearny street to Central ave-
nue.. and from there to Golden cate
Park by steam dummy, were some OF
their prosperous undertakings. But Chief
ly drawing was one which John Morton
stuck to with a will which placed him
at the head of one of the best equipped
stables on the Pacific Coast. His ability
to handle heavy shipments had been rec
ognzad by the United States Government
as soon as the Spanish war was declared
and after the great Dewey had silenced
the guns of Spain in the bay of Manila
then the Government contracted with
John Morton & Co. to do all of its haul
ing from train to transport.
During the long years in which the Nor
ton brothers resided in this city they &C
cumulated quite large fortune. and at
one time they scarcely knew their wealth
To show how easy it was to induce them
to go into heavy investments the late
James Fair induced John Morton TO in
vest in Best & Belcher. which cost him
$500, 900 Since the death of Mrs. Morton,
about a year ago, the deceased lost heart
and after three days sickness he died at
the age of 70 years He leaves two sons
w r. and H. D.-and one brother. Sar-
gent to mourn his loss.
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could be convinced of his recklessness
the impending danger became so realistic
that life preservers were promptly put
about the women. who actually knelt
down on the deck and prayed and
screamed to be rescued. Suddenly the
little craft crashed into the Newark, and
to avoid being totally wrecked by the
paddle wheels of the big steamer the men
folks placed their hands so against the
steamer that the little launch swayed
back when the Newark was brought to
full stop and the Cecilia party rescued.
The Cecilia had her railing torn away,
while her decks and cabin were demol-
ished, and if she was not condemned be-
fore this her present condition precludes all
doubts as to her future. Her unworthi-
ness as craft and the fact of her navi-
gators intoxication were promptly report
ed at the Office of the inspector of hulls
and boilers in San Francisco.
I'VE had not left the inspectors office
very far behind u.s." said Mr. Wurts,
when we were followed and approached
by two men, who claimed to have come
from the inspectors office. They wished
compromised, and appeared to be very So
licitous about it. We were in that frame
of mind where we concluded that we had
simply done our duty, and any monetary
compromise was way out of the question.
On the other hand, the audacity to put
the proposition seemed to US so grotesque
that we deemed 1t a further duty to file
COPY of our complaint with the Gov
ernor, pointing out that the Commission
ers were derelict in their duties in allow
ing such craft as the Cecilia to go out,
and asking for an investigation
Attorney Barnham was quite vigorous
In his denunciation of the affair. that
came so near ending disastrously, and he
declares that he will push the matter to
an issue.