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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-19
Seems to Guard Him in His
2eriEous Exploits.
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Some one said: Care will kill a cat,
That person didn't know Hobo"
Hobo is The spy's cat, and he prob.
IDLY has more care to the square inch
than any other cat in Worcester coun-
r He is covered with it-that and
dir; but Hobo doesn't let such things
worry him. He eats and drinks and
sleeps, or makes a bluff at it, and
lodges the foreman, and he gets along
fairly well.
Hobo wasn't originally intended for
q Newspaper cat. He was born white.
and that alone would disqualify him
for newspaper purposes. There are
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-19
PARIS EXPOSITION.
what Some Of the European Countries
g.. viii Have for Buildings.

At the Paris exhibition of 1900 the
buildings of foreign countries will
fringe the Seine and will form one of
the not least interesting elements pro-
Jected to give the river a spectacular
enect. Each country will present an
example of its native architecture.
Germany will build a miniature Rhine
tastle; Belgium, a reduction of the
town hall of Audenarde, a Jewel Of
pure Flemish art; Sweden viii have
pavilion in polyehrome, and Finland
one of those low constructions fianked
with clock towers familiar to whoever
has seen the land of the midnight sun
and the midday night. England will
reproduce Kingston house, to illustrate
18th century art. Curiously enough. the
south European countries-Spain. Italy.
Austria, whence it would seem should
have come the most artistic ideas-are
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-19
FEBRUARY.

February-fortnig two
Briefest of the months are you,
OF the winters children last.
Why do you go by 50 fast?
Is 1t not a little strange
Once in four years you should change,
That the sun should shine and give
You another day to live?
May be this is only done
Since you are the smallest one;
So make the shortest rhyme
For you, as BELTS your time,
You're the baby of the year,
And TO me you're very dear.
Just because you bring the line,
"Will you be my yalenune?"
Frank Dempatef Sherman,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-19

weak the body must grow weak with i
Weak lungs mean inevitably weak bfoodf
weak In quality, weak in quantity weak
In the nourishing elements required to
onset the waste and wear of the tissues.
Directly you begin to put strength into
the blood you put strength into the weak
organs which are fed by the blood. I'he
healing power of DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery comes from the fact
that it deals directly with the blood. 1t
purifies the blood from the waste and
poisonous matter which tho enfeebled
kidneys and liver have not been able to
get rid of. 1t puts into the blood The
right materials for building up the body.
all ready for use. 1t strengthens the
blood making glands and restores the d.
gestiVe and nutritive organs to condt-
ton OF sound health.
FREE CONSULTATION.
Sick people are invited TO consult DR..
Pierce by letter absolutely FREQ of charge
Every letter is read in private, answered
in private and its contents guarded as a.
sacred confidence No third party need
know of the nature OF the correspondence.
as all answers are sent in plain envelopes.
closely sealed and without printing or
other advertising upon them. Dr. Pieros
has nearly a score of specialists In
chronic diseases to assist him in his prao-
tice. Write without fear and without fee
to DR.. r. V. Pierce chief consulting ply
stefan TO the Inyalids' Hotel and Surgical
Institute, Buffalo, N. Y.
Substitutes are dangerous. When sub
stitute is offered in place of DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, remember that
If 1t were "just as good as DR. Pierce's
medicine. there could be no object for sub
stitution. Why not get what you have
chosen instead OF letting somebody else
force on you what you do not choose.
The whole secret lies in the fact that the
substitute costs the dealer less because
there's no responsibility behind it, He
makes q better profit on the substitute,
and he makes it out of you. Don't let
him. .Is
WRECKED UPON ROCKS AND
SHOALS.
The government marks the rocks and
shoals which are peril to nayigatorF by
certain buoys and bells which warn the
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-19

7 ord Dedbrolse--Did Miss Packenha1n
10 bo.u ,,.nen Won proposed to her? =
pi [,slr " y zutheim-No; she. turnet pale
Sou anit sbe afrait her fader might go
t ano s come bat spegu1azions before she
c 1,,sI eet Yort 10 tSm.--chioago News
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-19

Two dudes went into a restaurant, :.
And as they passed wltnlm IT'S gates
| heard the waiter lllurinui A., Nv g., ,,,,o
~ rue, r., Judge.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-19

tai and sanguinary in the Irish nature
lie was accustomed during the fiercer
days of the Land League to the most
Violent denunciation, and he was daily
IN receipt of letters of menace or of
insult To those who know him this
popular image was grotesquely mac
curate. Tall, thin, frail. his physique
is that of a man who has periodically
to seek flight from death in change of
scene and of air. His face is long and
narrow; the features singularly deli
cate and refined. Coal black hair and
large, dark, tranquil eyes, make up a
face that Immediately arrests atten-
ton, and that can never be forgotten.
stranger would guess that Mr.. Dillon
was an artist of the school that found
delight In painting Madonnas, that
spoke of the pursuit Of art for arts
sake alone, with a sublime unconcern
for the struggles and aims and welfare
of the workaday world. A tranquil
voice and gentle manner would fur
Their combat the idea that this was one
of the protagonists in one of the fer
cest struggles of modsrn days. The
speeches of Mr.. Dillon are violent in
their conclusions only. The PROPOSE
lions which startled or shocked I'M
sympathetic hearers are reached by
him through calculations of apparent
~ IL l5Ahibyf anu elAO NN-
livered in an unimpassioned mono
tone"
Should it unhappily prove true that
the Pavonia has surrendered to the
storm king and has closed her career in
the depths of the Atlantic, the disaster
will be of keen interest and sorrow to
the seafaring world, aside, altogether,
from any consideration for the appal-
~ t,,bi of
tended such a disaster. The Pavonia's
loss would be of interest to seafaring
men everywhere because of the fact
that it will be the first break in the
extraordinary run of good luck that
has followed the Cunard line since its
foundation, half a. century ago. 1t is
the proud boast of the company and of
ell connected with it that while Gu
nard ships have been lost, the lives
of the passengers and crew have al
ways been saved. A notable instance
in recent years was the wreck of the
Oregon, which went down some seven
miles off Fire Island, while coming
from Liverpool and Queenstown to New
York, in the summer Of 1880. The liner
had AN immense hole stove in one of
her sides by collision with a large sail
ing vessel, which went down innledi-
ately With all hands. Notwithstanding
her terrible wound and the cataracts
Of sea that game pouring into her, the
Oregons Waf6r-tight bulhheads kept
her adoat for several hours, and with
the assistance of her own boats and
those of the Brittanic Of the White Star
line and the Fulda Of the North Ger
man Lloyd, both of which came up in
time to render aid, every soul on board
was saved, even the captains dog be-
ing taken off before the mighty ship
tpO.ly Anal nil o'a n
Other lines may be, and doubtless are,
as well managed as the Cunard, but
the fact remains that no luckier line
ever crossed the Atlantic. And there
will be widespread regret now that the
fates should decree that this splendid
record should be broken.
c. O'CONNELL CALVIN.
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How the Great Poets
Would Treat 1t.
JACK AND JILL,
Ringing the Changes on a
Mother Goose Rhyme.

/ A writer in the Chicago Times-Herald
presents the following variations on the
old Mother Goose rhyme, Jack and Jill;
Jack and Jill went up the hill
To get pail of water
jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumblng after.
Mother Goose Rhymes,
1t is all a matter Of temperament Mother
Goose was not given to sentiment, and so
could report with coolness this great trag-
edy The same sad sight Witnessed by an
other might have been the occasion for
awful warning for philosophic specula-
ton, for mournful story long drawn out.
Milton. indeed, used it as the theme for
an immortal epic and with his weary head
upon his hand he wrote:
OF Jacks great fall from that high emil
From which fell also his companion, JILL
While they were climbing hither to a
In hope that they might dip one sparkling
cup
OF water, and SO quench their parching
Sing heavenly muse
Whittier, with honest sorroY, would have
sung:
Alas for Jack! Alas for jill!
That fateful quest for mountain rilll
And alas for any whom ills betide,i
Upon a treacherous mountain side!
For of all hard trials. the hardest lies
In slipping when so near our prize
Mrs. Hemans would have pointed the
moral in this way:
The boy stood there with happy face
Beside his sweetheart Jill;
Within the bucket was no trace
OF water from the hill.
The fathers unexpected call
Alarmed the pretty JILL
,J a., baf tn i'm
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A writer in the Chicago Times-Herald
presents the following variations on the
old Mother Goose rhyme, Jack and Jill:
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-12-09

night time will please call Mr.. Alisky
instead of calling MIR. Kelly or Deupty
Sexton.
Solfline, the greatest discovery of
the age. No more rubber goods. II
you are sick and tired of rubbers, wish
to save your doctor bills, wish to pro-
tect your feet from wet or cold, and
save continual resoling of your shoes,
ask your shoe dealer for shoes treated
with solfiline. Take 10 O her. Agents
wanted everywhere. Send 35 cents for
sample, saves five pairs of shoes. Ad-
dress Miller & Trenton, 3l5 First
street, Portland, Or, or M. G. Barrett,
Obarr Hotel, The Dalles. dec5 d&w1w
w. L. Griffin and Hector Alvick,
fishermen, were held up Sunday night
by two robbers in the house of 7. Moi.
felt, about five miles below Cascade
Locks. The highwaymen waited un-
til the men returned from fishwheel,
where they are employed, and then
confronted them, each brandishing
revolver. Alvick was relieved of $3U,
and Griffin of so cents. Two watches
were overlooked. The thieves made
away with their boat, warning their
victims to remain in the house until
morning. No attempt has been made
to capture them.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-12-09
BAD COUNTRY FOR THIEVES.
How o Culprit was MerciiessAS
Lashed Down the Trail In
| the Chilkat Pass. -

! Mr.. 81. D. Annable, of Montreal, ac-
cording to the New York Sun, received
n letter containing the following de-
scription of the way in which justice
is meted out in the Chilkat pass re-
gion:
This is a bad country for = THIEF.
There were two chaps just tried here
for stealing an outfit from a man on
top of the summit. They were caught
in the act and brought back to Sleeps
Head, and tried and sentenced TO pe
hanged. The younger of the two, by
the name of Wellington, put gun to
his head and finished himself. Iihe
other fellow, named Hanson, was tied
TO a tree, all his clothing taken OH,
and then lashed with two big ropes
fastened to a stick. The man who in
flicted the punishment was supposed to
be the ablest man in the camp. L was
close to the affair; so close, in fact,
that I had to hold my face back to
keep clear of the ropes while he was
swinging them. 1t was a handbook
ing sight. After they had done this,
they painted him with the words Thief.
Pass him along and then started him
down the trail.
HE had been examined by doctor
before the punishment, and they
whipped him until the doctor signaIed
for them. to stop. In almost every
place the ropes struck him they drew
blood. When a man is caught stealing
up here they call a miners meeting,
and whatever they agree to do they
carry it out"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-12-09
CHARLES B. JOHNSTON DEAD.

He Passes Away in Portland Thursday
Night.
Charles B. Johnston, of The Dalles,
died in Portland on Thursday night,
of last week.
The deceased was we'll known in
this city having lived here for about
four years being employed during this
time with the firm of Mays & Grove
and A. M. Williams & Co.
While on the road for the latter
firm several months ago he was taken
sick and was forced to go the hospital
in Portland for treatment. He was
afforded temporary relief and for q
time 1t was thought he was on the
road to recovery when the malady,
which was consumption, came on in
such severe form that hopes of his
recovery were given up and it was
plain that it was only a matter of
time.
The deceased was born in Sacra-
mento, California, about 80 years ago,
and was married to Miss Annie Van
Vactor, Of Goldendale, in 1890.
About 4 years ago he located in The
Dalles and while here made ,many
warm friends who are grieved to hear
of mis- untimely death. Besides his
wife he leaves three small children to
mourn his loss.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-12-09
IN A LODGE OF SORROW.
The Elks Pay Tribute to the Memory of
Departed Brothers

Departed Brothers
1t is an established custom with the
Order of Elks to observe the first Sun
day in December as memorial day,
when fitting tribute shall be rendered
TO the memory of those mem bers who
have beep called to the beyond, when
appropriate eulogies shall he pro-
nounced and the virtues of these that
are gone shall be freshened IN the
memories of the Brotherhood. In &C
cordance with this custom, Cascade
Lodge, of this city conducted the
annual memorial services in Knights
of Pythias hall Sunday afternoon.
The hall was beautifully decorated
under the directions of Lieut.. Spivey
and Mrs. G. j. Stubling, stream ers of
purple and white being tastefully
draped about the walls, while potted
plants were distributed profusely upon
the stage and in front of the officers
stations.
When the lodge members marched
into the hall, Exalted Ruler Blakeley
organized the lodge. aud Rev. Polling.
pastor of the Congregational church
invoked Divine blessings upon the
services, then Miss NJ rtle Michel
sang beautiful solo, appropriate to
the occasion. after which Hon. W. 7.
Dovell, of Walla Walla. delivered the
memorial address. Mr.. Dovell's re-
marks were very appropriate to the
occasion, and indeed it was one of the
most eloquent addresses that has been
delivered in the city. He dwelt at
some length upon the mottos of the
order, charity, justice and brorherly
love, and certainly his references to
the commendable principles were
most eloquent.
After the memorial address the
quartette consisting of Pros. Lundell,
Rev. Polling, Prof. Landers and DR..
Doane rendered selection, and Judge
Bradshaw delivered the eulogy to the
memery of the departed. Since the
organization of the lodge three mem.
bers have obeyed the summons of the
Great Exalted Ruler above. They are
J. b. Clacking, Owen Williams and
o. s. Waud, and to all these Judge
Bradshaw paid pleasing tribute, re-
membering the admonition that 1.-THE
faults of our brothers we write upon
the sand, their virtues upon the tablets
Of loye and memory" Another selec-
tion was rendered by the quartette,
after which the ritualistic closing ex-
ercises were observed.
In the evening the ladge attended
services at the Congregational church,
where Rev. D. V. Polling delivered an
able ;ddress, his subject being "The
Shades Of Castle Garden" in which
he ably discussed both the dangers and
the benefits of the foreign populace
that comes through the portals of that
gateway to the nation.
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we'll, no matter what their station in life.
1t gives the poor working woman an
equal chance with her richer sister and
at exactly the same price.
The servant who uses Favorite Pre-
scription " at moderate price per bottle
is much more likely to get well than her
mistress who calls in an expensive, local
physician. If she will write plainly to
DR.. R. v. Pierce, at Buffalo, N. Y, her
case will have the attention of physician
who has cured more women than any one
hundred other doctors and who has rec
ord of over thirty years successful prac-
tice. Her letter will be considered strict
1y confidential, will be promptly answered
in plain envelope, SO that prying eyes
of others may not get even hint, and
she will have the benefit of the very best
medical skill without cent of charge
for it. Thousands of women have
written and been cured. And by this
method they have avoided the eek
aminations and "loca1 treatment -
so invariably insisted upon by local
practitioners and so abhorrent to every
modest woman,
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-12-09
TO RECALIM A DESERT.

A Company That Proposes to Irrigate the
Desert South of PrinevilIe.
One of the biggest schemes for re-
claiming now unoccupied country is
proposed by q San Francisco company
represented by G. c. Hutchinson, who
was in the city a few days since. re.
turning to San Froucisco from Crook
county, where he has been locating
bitches and securing water rights on
Deschutes river. The proposition is
to bring water onto the low desert
south Of Prineville, which is today one
of the largest tracts of arid land in
the United States. The Crook County
Journal, speaking of the territory to
be reclaimed, says:
"When one comes to thoroughly in
vestigate the possibilities are amazing.
Roughly estimated. there are sixteen
townships that can be irrigated by
canal taken from the Deschutes at or
near Lava island above Farewell Bend.
That is to say, SIG square miles or $685.
$40 acres, an are more than one
fourth the size of the state of Rhode
Island. Presuming that only two
fiftbs of this is tillable, lit is probably
far more than that there are l47, ,456
acres now lying idle and unproductive,
that can be brought into cultivation.
At 100 acres each this would make 920
farms supporting population of at
least 5000.
Mr.. Hutchinson is very enthusiastic
over the proposition and says that
when water is once brought onto the
desert the limit of its productive cap.
acity is almost unbounded. 1t will
produce cereals or alfalfa, the soil
being a volcanic ash mixed with black
loan, which is both durable and pro-
ductive.
The opening up of this new country
will mean something to The Dalles,
provided means are instituted to bring
the products of that section here to
market. 1t will be another incentive |
10 the building of the proposed rail-
road into the interior.
Clark & Falk's f1avoring extracts are |
'resh and pure. Ask your grocer for
bhem<
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-12-09
From Mondays Daily.

Misses Rose and Nettie Buchler re-
turned Saturday from visit to Cas-.
cade Locks,
Alfred Allen and Will Wurzweiler,
of Prineville, are guests at the Una.
tilla House.
Orin Dunbar, of Goldendale, is in
the city today to attend the funeral of
Charles Johnston.
The Lutheran ladies will give a
church fair in tbs Baldwin opera house
on December 14th and 18th.
W. A. Johnston accompanied by his
son Charles, who is attending the
Bishop Scott Academy, left for Port
land yesterday afternoon.
The rainfall at this place since
August has been $50 inches, which
Mr. Brooks says is about an average
for the months Of August, September,
October and November.
W. T. Doven, the bright, young
Walla Walla attorney who delivered
the eloquent address at the Elks
memorial service yesterday afternoon,
left or his home last night. While
here Mr.. Dovell made many warm
friends.
Hon. n. J. Anderson, mayor of
Dufur, and manufacturer of the famous
summer-fallow machine, was in the
city yesterday. The factory Is run
ming at full blast and the number of
machines which will be sold this year
promises to run into the thousands.
Leon Dawson, who has held posi-
tion In the Dawson Commission Co.
since his arrival from the east, has
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resigned with that firm and will ac-
cept position as lineman for the
Long Distant Telephone Com pany.
Mr.. Dawson is IN expert lineman and
that company is to be cOngrat ulated on
securing such an able employee.
A gentleman who enjoys the sport
of pigeon shooting asks if it is any
more cruel to shoot pigeons from a
ira than it is to catch little flies on
tangle-foot paper? Both are cruel
methods, but perhaps the latter is
most excusable, for the little flies are
q nuisance, and to destroy them is con-
sidered a necessity, while pigeons are
not, and shooting them is only
pleasure.
Yesterdays Oregonian contained
the artistic Columbus river scene from
Columbus, taken by Mr.. Clifford OF this
city. The picture is indeed worthy of
note since it is masterpiece of art as
are all the pictures taken by this we'll
known photographer. 1t is view OF
atypical a Indian camp by the Columbia
the beautiful surrounding scenery
with Mt. Hood in the distance.
The remains of Charles Johnston
were brought from Portland last
evening and the funeral held from the
Nj. E. church this afternoon at 1:3O.
AS the deceased was member of the
Masonic lodge the funeral was held un-
der tie auspices of that order and
was largely attended by the members
of the same, as we'll as by many friends
of the deceased and his family. The
remains were inferred in the Odd Fell
lows cemetery.
Over two hundred men are employed
at present in grading the roadbed OF
the portage road on the Washington
side of the river near this place. The
men are working at the Everding and
Farrell place across the river from
s;eufert Bros. farm and are distributed
along the line for about three miles.
A telephone line runs between the
camps and this city connecting with
the Seufert & Condor exchange which
makes it convenient ordering the nec-
cessary goods.
Today J. B. Crossen, superintendent
of the water commission, Is circulating
the voting list among the tax payers
in order to learn if they approve of the
desire of the commission in sinking
hole with the diamond drill for artesian
water. in Thompson's addition or
at point south of town. and above
the reservoir. The vast majority OF
the taxpayers seem to favor the propo-
sition and it is likely that Knight and
Stone will be employed to sink the
hole as soon as they finish prospect
ing for Seufert Bros.
The coming year will no doubt be
one of unusual prosperity to Sherman
county says the Grass Valley Journal
The extraordinary amount of rainfall
coupled with spring like weather up to
the present time has given the fall
sown grain such a start as the Oldest
citizen never saw. The grass is good
and stock looks we'll. In addition to
this, the Columbia Southern railway
is extending its road, thereby dis
tributing and spending thousands of
dollars in the country; 80 taking all
things into consideration, we can see
nothing but the BRIG hit rain bow of hope
and prosperity in the coming year for
us