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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-20
A PECULIAR ACCIDENT.
Quinapoxet Hound Discharged His
Masters Gun.

Quinapoxet, Sept. 19.-Charles Rich
ard, Jr.. while out hunting, shot the
middle finger from his left hand yester-
day Richard had his hand over the
muzzle of the gun, when one Of the
hounds jumped and struck the ham
mer with its paw, causing the accident.
The finger was shattered so badly that
it had to be amputated below the
knuckle. The young fellow went i'm
mediately to the doctor and had the
wound dressed.
Katherine, wife of David Gleason.
died at her home, on River street, last
night of complication of diseases
Mrs. Gleason has been i'll for the last
three years, being unable to help her
self in any way Besides her hus-
band. she leaves four sons, Thomas
Patrick, James and William, and one
daughter, Sadie.
1t is doubtful whether James will at
tend the funeral, as he is attending
school in Montreal. Canada. The de-,
ceased was go years old.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-20
DUReIN-DouTY.
Pretty Home Wedding Observed in
Southbridqe.

Pretty Home Wedding Observed in
Southbrdge.
Southbridge, Sept. ia pretty we'd
ding occurred at the residence of Mrs.
Hannah Douty, High street, yesterday
afternoon. The contracting parties
We're Edgar R. Durgin and Miss Fran
ces Blanche Douty. The bride was at
tired in white muslin over white silk
and carried bunch of white roses.
The groom wore conventional black.
The bride was attended by her young
err sister, Miss Alice Douty; the best
man was the groom's brother, Ellwin
F. Durgin. The ceremony was per-
formed under a floral arch, by Rev
Charles A. Hanaford. The Lohengrin
wedding march was played by Mrs. Fl.
S. Carpenter Mr.. and Mrs Durgin
left for a honeymoon trip to Springfield
and on their return will make their
home in pretty house already fur
nished on Sayles street. Mr.. Durgin is
employed at the works of the South
bridge Optical Co. The bride was a
At the regular annual communica-
ton of Quinneboag Lodge, F. and A. M ,
last evening the following officers were
elected for the coming year: w. NJ
John A Hall; S. W., Charming NJ
Wells; ]. W., G. Fred Hill; treasurer,
E. C. Ellis; secretary, E. l. Knowles.
The evening schools for girls opened
last evening in the hall in the Edwards
memorial block and will continue each
evening during the first three evenings
of each week. The evening school for
boys will open Thursday night and be
held the last evenings for the coming
six months.
Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Ouimette, Jr., are
entertaining Mr. Ouimette's mother and
sister from Cohoes, N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. E. Green of Spencer
We're the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. G. H
Hartwell, the first of the week.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-20
HOLDEN.

Holden, Sept 19.-rhere will be a
special meeting of the Holden Farmers,
and Mechanics Club, in the town hall
Saturday, Sept. 3d. The meeting is
called by the president and there will
be no postponement on account of the
The Ladies' Missionary Society of the
Congregational church held its month";
at the home of Miss Martha
Perry, this afternoon.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-20

ing; State, Timothy Howard, John j
Howard, j. D. Smith, Frank T. Stod-
dard
Felix H Desrosier, John J. Dunphy
Dennis H. Mccarthy.
County and councilor-Timothy How
ard, DIR. H. T. Bartlett, Michael J.
Howard, Hector Goddard.
Senatorial-Fred N. Ashly, H H
Ivers, Patrick Herlihy, Wilder E
Dpnna
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-20
THE HUMANIc SHOE

Humanity demands it," seems 10
be the text for what is said of the most
popular shoes for men. They do not
need any excuse for being, but the great
need Of just such a shoe is undoubtedly
one reason why they have become at
once SO popular.
They are well called "Humanic" for
they are very much alive and growing
more so every day. A look in the win
dow of the Mechanics Hall shoe store.
at 325 Main street, any time this week,
is well worth seeing.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-20
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.

Although only six persons were in at
tendance at the democratic caucus to-
night, yet a full ticket of delegates
was chosen with the exception Of those
to the representative convention
Fred N. Ashly was chairman and
Dennis H. Mccarthy acted as clerk,
The delegates elected are the follow
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-20

The Autumnal Excursion to New
York, via Albany Hudson river, feturn-
ing via FAN River line. and Boston. ar
ranged for the Boston & Albany rail-
road Tor Tuesday Oct. g. is the best for
for the trip. 70
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friends in the new sphere Of life that
he now intends moving in.
The fortunate man intends to move
to Boston about the middle of next
month, providing he can settle up the
estate IN that time, and take lodgings
in the Back Bay district.
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friends in the new sphere Of life that
ne now intends moving in.
The fortunate man intends to move
TO Boston about the middle of next
month providing he can settle up the
estate in that time and take lodgings
IN the Back Bay district.
Judge Clarke disposed of the follow
ing DRINKS this morning by filming them
as follows; Horace NauIt. 50 years.
Dudley; John Morse, 81 years. Fall
River; Frank Richar, 49, Webster;
Adam Kacick, 10, Webster; Thomas
Carrigan, 40, Blackstone. They all set
ted satisfactorily to bis honor.
Sister st. Cecilia of Springfield. who
was formerly Miss Bridget Casey of
Webster, is spending a few days at st.
Louis church convent.
Thomas Reilly of Quinnebaug, Ct,
was in town today on business.
Weavers bowling alleys were opened
last night for the winter. season. Pro-
prletor Weaver has remodelled his
place in several ways. In a few weeks
bowling teams will be organized and.
games arranged with Worcester, South
bridge, Spencer, Millbury, Fitchburp
and other teams. Edward H. Horton
VIII captain the big team, as in past
years P''''
me board of water commissioners
chairman John Flint, Lyanm r. Eddy
and Z. n. Bigelow, held their regular
weekly meeting this forenoon. Orders
We're drawn for labor Of SAG and $40. So
Arthur Williams, boss weaver at Eben
Stevens mills in Quinnebaug. Ct, has
severed his connections, and has re-
turned to his home in Pascoag. where
he intends to take a short rest. His
nlapP
Capt. John H. Stafford and Frank
Shea of the Webster base ball team
have engaged to play with the Black
stones against Pascoag, in Blackstone
next Saturday.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Meth
odist church convened in the church
parlors this afternoon. The ladies had
needles and thimbles galore, and they
were utilized in repairing the cushions.
A meeting was held at the Bay State
House, Worcester, this afternoon. of
the fourth WORCESTER republican sena
torial district committee. The meeting
was ordered by George R. Marble of
Webster, who is a member of the state
central committee.
DR.. Fred A, Brown went to Swamp
scott today, and will return with his
wife and family with Mrs. Spaulding
Bartlett, probably tomorrow.
Eugene Buzzell of Worcester was in
town today, and called upon Dr. Frank
e. McDermott. Buzzell was here in
the interest of the Worcester musical
festival, which will be held in that city
week from Friday. A special train
will run from here and Southbridge, it
is the intention of those who are hold
ing the affair. Tickets for the same
will be on sale at Larchar's iewelay
store on Main street.
James M. Macnair of Providence will
open a dancing school in the Columbia
hall on Friday evening, Oct 6.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-20

To make soed mating look fresh and bright prepare
pailfu Of warm water with handful of salt and four
tabespoonfuls Of Ivory Soap shavings dissolved in it
With clean cloth squeezed out of the mixture wipe
every breadth Of the mating, rubbing soied spots until
they disappear
WORD OF WARNNCThee
@me genuine ASK Ivory Soap
q u pRocr tesUsEco cEcsHAr
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-02
PATE DE FoIE GRAs.
The Fearful Cruelty That Makes Thi
Dainty a Possibility.

n Fearful Cruelty That Makes This
Dainty a Possibility.
To the ordinary. man and mi no
conception Of the torture to which the
poor, unfortunate goose is put could
possibly be formed.
The geese when about 8 months old
are taken from the pastures and placed
in an underground cellar, where broad,
slanting stone slabs stand in rows, and
are bound fast to the tables. They are
literally crucified.
Feet, wings and bodies are spread
out and bound by bands, so that only
the neck is left free. AS may be imag-
ined, the animal struggles with all its
might against this stretching, till, after
days of vain endeavor to free itself
from the bands and its position, it's
powers of resistance are overcome, and
a dull resignation, broken only by its
low cries, takes possession Of 1t. Two
months must pass away before death
brings relief.
The animals are meanwhile crammed
with dumplings made of dough of buck
wheat. chestnuts and stewed maize.
Every two hours, six times a day, they
receive from three to five dumping
pills, which in time become so sweet to
the tortured creatures that they stretch
their necks to be crammed.
The most difficult task is to deter
mine the right moment for death.
Those who die Of their own accord are
lost to the liver factory, therefore a
kind of study is needed to see when the
cup of agony is trimming full and the
liver is ripe for taking. The bodies of
such ripe mes are like pumpkins
where ordinarily fingers are buried in
flesh and fat nothing but skin and bone
are found. The livers have absorbed all
the strength and juices.
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Would Have Done the same.

Rudyard Kipling undoubtedly got his
wit from his maternal grandfather. the
Rev. George B. Macdonald, a Wesleyan
clergyman. 1t is related of this bright
Macdonald that in the days when he
was counting the lady whom he after
ward married the father-in-law to be-
an aged Methodist with extremely strict
notions in regard to the proprieties-
was injudicious enough on occasion
to enter the parlor without giving any
warning of his approach. The conse-
quence was that he found the sweet,
hearts occupying a single chair.
Deeply shocked by this spectacle the
old man solemnly said: 'sMr. Macdon-
aid, when l was counting Mrs. Brown
she sat on one side of the room and /
on the Other"
Macdonald reply was: ''That's what
| should have done if l had been court
Ing Mrs. Brown Troy Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-02
Painful Mistake.

A conductor got up early the other
morning and got his own breakfast. He
is not used to this. as his wife, who was
sick on this occasion, is used to getting
breakfast ready. He is fond of strong
coffee for his early meal, and, filling the
pot with water, heaped in four table
spoonfuls of what he took to be coffee.
After all was done. the co~ffeepot
steaming and hash well Drowned, he sat
by his own self to break his fast. The
coffee did not seem very hot, SO he drank
off half the cup in three or four swal-
lows. Then the roof started. He yelled
like a maniac His trembling little wife
ran out to see her husband dancing
about on one foot and screeching like a
maniac.
He ran to the water pipe and drank
off two quarts of cold water and then
quieted down enough to ask: "What in
thunder's the matter with the coffee 2''
She smelled of it and said: "Why,
dear, you mistook the ground cloves for
the coffee, that's all. Lewiston Jour
nal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-02
THE FINGER TIPS.
Remarkable Value In the Ider
tiication of Criminals.

Their Remarkable Value In the Iden-
tifcation of Criminals.
In detective novels finger prints left
by criminals, preferably in blood, play
an important part, but truth seems
stranger than fiction in the fact that
the finger print system of identifying
criminals in India has been made SO
perfect that it would enable any intelli-
gent person in a few minutes to distin-
gish the individual, if necessary, from
all other persons now living in the
world, or, if data were available, from
all other persons who have lived since
the creation of man.
The system is simplicity itself, and
there is none Of the elaboration of proc
ess or the costly and delicate machinery
required for the anthropometric system.
All that is needed is a piece of tin, a
sheet of paper and some printers ink.
The linked impressions of the ten digits
are taken and filed in the proper com
partment of the proper ~pigeonhole, and
it is on the classification of records and
their distribution into the p~igeonholes
that the success of the system depends.
Every finger mark shows lines of the
''loop," or the "whorl'' type, and by a
simple table of the combinations of
these types in the ten digits 1924 main
classes are made. These are again sub
divided according to minor details, and
the subdivisions can be further divided
ad infinitum If necessary, but with the
table before him any person of ordinary
intelligence can place his finger on the
corresponding card to a record in his
hand within five minutes, no matter
how many thousand cards there may be.
1t is calculated that the chances are
about "a, GOO, 600 to / against any two
persons having single fingers identical,
and the chances against all ten fingers
being identical go beyond mathematics
altogether.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-02

Gentlemen, begaA the proprietor
Of the only hotel at Eastwood Corners,
Eve run this here institution for over
80 years. It's given me a first rate
chance to study human mater. An now
in some respects l think I'm a sort of
Sherlock Holmes. I've had married cou-
Piles come here in all stages of their
matrimonial careers. from the blushin,
cooin things that hain't got the rice off
EN- yet to the couples where the man
let the woman carry most of the lug
gage, an l tell ye, gentlemen. l can tell
purity straight how long a couple has
been married by watchin the husband
get his wife a drink of water"
go ahead. we said. whats your
discovery
"Well, when the tender young honey
mooners come here an the felIer gets
the bride a drink of water, if there's
any left in the glass after she gets
through-why, be drinks it. If the
couple has been married a year or so,
the Teller will throw out the water that
his wife leaves in the glass and get
himself some fresh. Amt that purity
straight"
eyes, but it doesn't 90 far enough.
How a you tell if they've been mar
ried several yearsf"
Very easy. very easy. Then the
Teller not only throws out the water his
wife leaves, but rinses the glass out be-
fore he gets any for himself"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-02
LINCOLN AS A LAWYER.
How the immortal Abe Won His
EARLY Successes at the Bar.

How the immortal Abe Won His
EARLY Successes at the Bar.
A suit was brought in the United
States court in Springfield against a
citizen for an infringement of a patent
right. Mr.. Lincoln was. employed to
defend it. Mr.. Lincoln went to the
most skilled architect in the city, in
quired how he spent his winter even
ings and received the reply: ''If times
are brisk, l sometimes work. Otherwise
| have no special business
Mr.. Lincoln said: 81 have a patent
right case in court. l want you as a
partner and will divide fees. l know
it a study. l want you to make a list
of the best works on mechanism, as !
don't suppose they can be purchased
here. | will furnish the money, and
you can send TO Chicago or New York
for them. l want you to come to my
house n night each week and give me
instructions. In a short time he had
witnesses to meet him. and they were
thoroughly drilled.
When the trial commenced. Mr.. Lin
coin put his questions at the cross ex-
animation so scientifically that many
Witness were bothered to reply. When
his witnesses were put on the stand. so
skillful were his questions that the
court, the jury and the bar wondered
how Abe Lincoln knew so much about
mechanism. His witnesses could reply
promptly. He gained the suit and a
reputation such hat Mr.. Lincoln was
sustained in every patent right case
brought into that court up to the time
he went to Washington. He went to
Chicago. st. Louis. Iowa, Ohio, Ken
lucky and Michigan to try patent right
cases, and the last year of his practice
did little else. -Thomas Lewis 'sRecol-
l~ections of Lincoln in Leslie's Weekly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-02
The Power of Shakespeare.

An old Latin saying, Laudant quod
non intelligent (They praise what they
do not understand), was once illustrat-
ed by an English tourist who happened
into the Lutheran church at Elsinore
one Sunday morning. The tourist did
not know a word of the Danish Ian
guage, but he wrote: ''The Clergyman
had a quiet earnestness of manner and
a persuasive eloquence that pleased and
attracted. / admired the discourse, al
though l did not understand a word of
it." The book from which we have
copied this illustration of a common
practice tells the following amusing
story of a Dutch audience listening to
nj of Shakespeare's plays:
I will tell you, such is de powers of
de Shakespeare, that Ivunce saw a play
de great man acted in Anglish, in Hol-
land, where der vas not yum person in
all de house but myself could onder-
stond it, yet dere vas not a person in all
dat house but vat vas in tears-dat is,
all crying, blowing de nose and weep
very mouch; couldn't onderstond van
vurd of de play, yet all weeping. Such
was de powers of de shakespeare
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-02

A very long time ago the British
government ordered that English should
be taught in Welsh schools. As a result,
in 1865 a colony of prosecuted Welsh
miners fed from the British tyranny
and settled in the deserts of Patagonia.
These men were heroes, and with most
magnificent courage they dared to live
in a desert where not a plant would
grow. where the water was brackish
and the heat intolerable. They were
surrounded by wild tribes of hostile
savages and made them warm friends;
they were ruled by a foreign govern
ment and became loyal citizens.
Through long years of want and
famine they never despaired. They
have turned the desert into a beautiful
fertile country, have become rich, num-
Der 5000 people, have extended their
string of settlements right across South
America, w a paying railway and
ship large crops of wheat, wool, ostrich
feathers and quanaco skins.
They left Wales to escape the tyranny
of the English language and now, rather
than talk Welsh, they converse largely
of their freedom in excellent Spanish.
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short whist-Its invention.

This revolution was occasioned by a
worthy Welsh baronet preferring his
lobster for supper hot. Four first rate
whist players-consequently four great
mem adjourned from the house of COM
o to Brookes' and proposed a rubber
while the cook was busy. 1.-THE lobster
must be hot. said the baronet. "a
rubber may last an hour, said anoth-
er. land the lobster may be cold again
Or spoiled before we have finished. +"
at is too long" said a third. "Let us
cut it shorter, " said the fourth; car
ried mem. con. Down they sat and
found it very lively to win or lose SO
much quicker. Besides furnishing con-
versation at supper, the thing was new
they were Legislators and had a fine
opportunity to exercise their calling
Short Whist.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-02

A prominent South Side minister re-
lates an experience which he had the
other night in a street car while he
was returning home.
There was but one other passenger
in the car, a jovial looking mar, who
sat in n corner with his hat pulled
down to shade his eyes. The minister
felt that the other man was watching
him, but every time he turned his eyes
in that direction the passenger was
looking out of the window and smiling.
Finally their glances met, and the pleas
ant looking passenger kept his eyes fixed
on the minister's face, scrutinizing
him carefully, The minister coughed
and looked embarrassed. and then the
other man. looking a little sheepish,
came owe and, sitting down beside
him, extended a hand. at the same
time saying:
Stranger, I've been thinking that
we look SO much alike we'd ought to
get acquainted. The minister smiled
and shook the hand. and they soon were
chatting like old friends. AS the
stranger rose to leave the car he passed
out a card. saying:
Come around when you're down
my way"
After he had gone the minister
glanced at the card and read after the
mans name. wines. liquors and CT
gars. The contest place on the South
Side Chicago News
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-02
KALAMAZOO.

Have you heard the pretty legend, sad and
mournful and yet true,
Of the brave and dusky lover and the Indian
maid MahzooY
How they lived and loved and wandered on
the rivers shady shore,
Happiest of Indian lovers in the days that are
no moreP
All day long the maiden labored, weaving
baskets by the stream,
Thinking Of her love, her Kahla, weaving him
into her dream;
Then he comes-slie hears the rowing of his
light birch bark canoe.
"Kahla - calls she. Clies he, "Coming, COM
ing to my own Mahzooi"
All, one niyht she waits in silencei Sad her
face-her love is deadl
Wounded in the chase, her warrior in a fort
night to be wed.
In the morn they find sweet Mahzoo lying
silent in the stream,
Gone unto her lover Kahla, nevermore to
watch and dream.
Still the echoes DER the river may be heard
soft through the air
Echoes of the warrior Kahla and of young
Mahzoo the fair.
All the trees repeat the whisper, all the rip
pies murmur, too,
In the stream that bears their name now
bears the name "Kalamazoo."
Kalamazoo Telegraph.
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HE WAS suPERsTITIous.
And In Spite of His Mascot He Drop
ped His Big Roll

ped His Big Roll.
"Yes, superstition broke me-" said
the ex-gambler, as, perceiving that the
next man to him had a squint, he
crossed his fingers. 81 had heard of the
luck that a humpback is certain to fur
nish, SO / advertised for one. l got him
all right, and now | wish | hadn't. He
had a hump that was a wonder. 1t was
two feet high at least. I took him to
Europe, with the intention of cleaning
out the bank at Monte Carlo. Going
money, and could see a glorious finish.
From London to Nice l nearly ruined
my bank roll constantly rubbing it
against my mascot magnificent hump.
"To make a long story short. I'll just
say that in spite of my h~umpbacked
friend I dropped my roll at roulette be-
fore We had been in the Casino two
hours. l had just a thousand franc note
left, and my mascot, who was as badly
broken up as / was. begged me to let
him play that in himself. / consented,
because / didn't see how the luck could
be any worse. The first crack that he
made was to put a limit bet on the dou-
BILE zero, but when he won it l tainted.
By the time the doctors had brought me
to be was playing on velvet a foot thick
and never turned a hair or winked an
eye until the croupier announced stolid-
ly that the bank was broken.
81 was the happiest man in the
world then, l guess, but not for long,
as | came back in the steerage. NoSI
didn't lose it back. In fact, | didn't get
a chance, for when I asked my hump
back to divide he said Nit l remind
ed him of how well | had treated him
and begged him to at least tip me off to
the secret of his success. He unbut-
toned his coat, loosened a few straps
and tossed me over a most artistic ar
titicial hump. That's it, he said.
"Ah, yesl Superstition has ruined
many a good man. New York Press.