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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-22

Coral Street-G. b. Sanderson, pastor.
Preaching by the pastor 1870; subject,
"A conquering faith" Evening Z; sub
ject, Another year.
Graee-James Boyd Brady, D. D.. pas
tor Preaching 1890 and z. S. S. p ED-
worth League 6.
Trinity-George W. King, Phi D., pas
tor Preaching 1880 and Z: subjects, 1.-THE
outward and inward" and THE sign OF
sonship.".
Laurel Street-Harvey II. Paine, pas
tor Preaching by the pastor 1870 and Z.
S. s. r. Junior Epworth League 3.
Theme for morning, "A working church;
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-22
A BICYCLE RECORD BREAKER.

Wednesday a gentleman well known for
his veracity, whose name can be had for
the asking, called at our store and made
the following statement viz. Il rode
with q higb-geared Northampton wheel
from Worcester to Colebrook via Barre a
distance of . miles, and carried on the
front fork 80 pounds of baggage. Have
dome the same with other bicycles. but
none as easy or in as quick a time as
with the Northampton" Guy Furniture
Co. sell them for SIS.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-22
SUNDAY SERVICES.

Notices inserted under this head as
fOlIOWs:-
Three lines, Fl words, inserted free.
Over three lines will be charged for at
the rate of 5 cents per line.
In order to insure insertion, notices
must be sent in not later than O'Clock,
Friday evening.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-22
PEACE OBSERVANCE IN SCHOOLS

A notice has been posted IN the Of
flee of the superintendent Of schools,
notifying all teachers of schools above
the third grade, that in accordance
with a vote of the school committee at
its last meeting they win set aside u
part of the afternoon Of May ~. for
such exercises as may be prepared
for commemorative the ezars peace
conference, which opens on that dry.
Ex-Representative George n. Mellen
of this city is i'll at his home Ia New
ton with diphtheria. Anti~tOzlne hag
been administered. and Mr.. Mellen is
reported to be in a fair way to recovery.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-22

WORCESTER THEATRE AsSOCIAl
TION.-The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Worcester Theatre Assoc
at 230 o'clock D. 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 WRITER,
Clerk Of the Association.
Worcester. April 27, 1899
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-22

ATTENTION.

All existing milk licenses expire on the
9oth day Of April, 1893 All parties who
wish to renew (and hold their old number)
must do so on the FIRST day Of MAY or
within so days thereafter. All persons
who fail to secure a license and sell milk
after the specified time are liable to a
fine of $780,
]. p. STREETER.
c. HERBERT DE POSSE.
Mix Inspectors. room ?, city hail.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-22
AlaC0ck'S P PoEegs

ID THEIR WORK WHILE YOU DO YOURS.
That is, if you have a lame or weak
back, cold, sore chest or muscles and
put on the plaster and go about your
work, a cure follows sometimes imme-
diately. They are the only good plasters
Don't accept substitute whether cheap
or costly.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-22

May breakfast-Y. W. c. A. May LIST,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-22
MEoHAN1cs HALL.

MECH MICS HALL,
FRIDAY, April 2sth, At p. NJ,
Lecture by Prof. william Clark Peck
ham, A. M, of AdeIphi College, N. ", on
LIQUID AIR.
Prof. Peckham wrote the article, "Ab-
solute Zero, in the April Century, and
will repeat the experiments there de-
seribed. adding others to them; freezes
quicksilver and alcohol into solid blocks,
boils liquid air in a Kettle placed on a
cake of ice; performs many other mar
velous experiments. viii pass bottle OF
liquid aid about the hall
Tickets 50 and IS cents, on sale at M
Steinert & Sorts. 90s Main street
BRING OPERA CLASSES.
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EPISCOPAL.

st, Marks, Freeland street-Henry B.;
Washburn, rector, Morning prayer and
sermon 1920. S. S. Y. Evening prayer
and sermon 790. All seats free.
ST. Matthews, corner Southbridge and
Cambridge streets-H. Hague, rector.
Services 1890 and T. S. s. 12.10
ST. John's-Eliot White, rector. Morn
ing service 10. 30 S. s. 1910. Choral eve
ming prayer 7.30. 1f
ST. Sigfrid's Mission, at St. Johns
Church, Lincoln street-Service $50.
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UNITARIAN.

First-Austin S. Carver, minister.
Service 10 As. S. S. IL.
Unity-Services 1915 by Rev c. w.
Heller of Wayland S. S. r.
South-G W. Kent, minister. Service
1O.45. S. S. 12 Sermon, THE higher and
the lower criticism
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UNIvERSALIsT.

First-Almon Gunnison, D. D., pastor
Preaching by the pastor 1870, on THE
spirit in the wheels" kindergarten 1920
S. S. r. Young peoples meeting 8.
All Souls, corner Norwood and Wood
land streets-M H. Harris, d. D., pastor
Morning service 1890 S, S. y. Junior
and senior Y. p. c. q. and G. Full YES
per service, with address, 8. Kindergar-
ten 1890
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Lake View-Alonzo Sanderson, pastor
Glass meeting 10. Sermon by the pastor
1O.45. S. S. p Epworth League $50 and
6. GOspel meeting q.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-21
How Balloons Are Made.

Balloons are manufactured of gold
beater's skin, which, though small toy
ones had been made of it, could not be
produced III sufficient quantities for the
large balloons until Colonel Templer in
vented and perfected the process, which
is briefly as follows
The gold beater's skin is made up of
quantities of a certain thin animal
membrane go, 900 of these are required
for a balloon of 10, 900 cubic feet ca
pacity), which is first freed from all
fatty substances and then soaked in a
solution Of glycerin and water. They
are then applied to boards cut in the
form and to the size of the gore Of the
balloon required Others are then super
posed, until a thickness of four layers
has been reached, great care being taken
that no air bubbles remain between the
skins After this fourth layer a method
of strengthening is resorted to in the
shape of a net manufactured of skin.
After this net two or three more layers
of membranes are applied.
The whole is then allowed to dry, and
a solution of boiled linseed oil is used as
a varnish. The fabric is then quite in
dissoluble. and the membranes cannot
by any possible means be separated from
n another. but sometimes, to render
this homogeneity the more perfect, a So
luton of bichromate of potash is sponged
over the fabric. Pail Mall Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-21

In describing the bombardment Of
Moro Castle at Santiago during the
Spanish American war a wal artist who
was in Cuba tells how he and some
newspaper men managed to attain a
point of vantage neal the Texas
A few days previous a rival newspa-
per dispatch boat, the recipient of GER
tain courtesies with which we had not
been favored, had been carrying minor
kilograms to the flagship from one point
or another, and she was in the habit of
sailing in among the feet, with an air
of Importance and displaying the sig
nal, 1--WE have dispatches for the ad-
miral
This, of course, prevented the vessels
of the fleet from making her come out
side and enabled her to approach the
flagship to deliver her communications.
Before leaving Port Antonio we had
taken in a large supply of fresh fruit,
of our very alert and original newspa-
per men that we should hoist the sig
nal, 1--WE have bananas for the Texas
on board.
This we acted upon. and our vessel
was allowed to glide in without inter
ference, until we reached the Texas
Once alongside. Captain Philip hailed
us with delight. accepted our little gift
and told us that a bombardment was
very shortly to take place We thought
ourselves in great luck at receiving this
news and made outside the lines, keep
ing as neal to the squadron as we were
permitted.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-21

Dickens simply reveled in Mr.. Peck
sniff and in what is perhaps his great
est creation, Mrs. Camp. That admir-
able lady is worthy of the creator of
Dame Quickly, so mastery, so large is
the handling, so flowing in her contour,
for Sairey in her way has ''an outline
which Mr.. Mantalini desiderated in a
person of quality. Near her, but not
actually on her level, is the friendly
Mr.. Swiveller, whose Marchioness ex-
hibits right pathos, which does not har-
row, being bathed in humor. Mr.. Swiv-
eller no doubt is a raft and would have
been proud of the title, but a raft of
delicacy, with the kindest heart, and
in the matter of poetry he finds in it all
the consolation and counsel which, in
Mr.. Matthew Arnold's opinion, make
poetry an eligible substitute for re-
ligion.
One thinks of those enchanted char
acters down to Miss Walckes and
Quilp's boy with an indispensable affec-
ton. Our hearts are simply peopled
with those creations which gathered
round Dickens when he wrote like
amiable spirits summoned by one sweep
Of a magician's wand. Could there be
WEAKNESS in the brain which dubbed
up, as it were, with these creatures Of
delight-with Mrs. Todgers and Bailey.
Jr., the Mantalinis, and Betsey Prig,
and Hannibal Chollop, and the Literary
Ladies, and Jefferson Brick2-Andrew
Lang in fortnightly Review.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-21
Beautiful Viennese Women.

Vienna, the capital of Austria, is
chiefly noted for producing three things
coffee. music and women. The word
''jolly' describes the temper of the
Viennese woman most aptly She lives
only for today and let's the morrow take
care of itself She is as good a house
keeper as her German sister, but not
quite SO particular She is quite as eco
nomical. but dresses herself more artis-
tically She is just as good a mother,
but a more loving wife She is some
what nervous, and the quarrel with her
husband is as regular as the amen in
her prayer The truest and prettiest
type of the beautiful Viennese woman
is that which comes from the south. In
common with the majority of her Euro
pean sisters. the Viennese makes mar
riage her goal, but retains her girlish
ways, her jolly spirit and much of her
beauty, and even to guess at her age is
not only a crime, but an absurdity. -
Edward A Steiner in Woman's Home
Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-21

In Ecuador, one of the South Ameri
can republics. the bark of a tree which
grows on the slopes Of the Andes is
utilized for the making of blankets
The blanket is over six feet long and
over five feet wide and is as soft and
pliable as though it were made of fan
mel 1t is about the thickness of a good
flannel blanket and can be rolled up and
put in a strap without hurting or injur
ing it
This tree or bark blanket is merely a
strip of bark cut from a section of the
trunk of the blanket or demajagua tree
The Indians make a cutting around the
trunk to get it, and they prepare it by
soaking it in water until it is soft 1t
is then pounded so that the rough out
side can be stripped off and the inside
alone left The inside is of fine fbers Sc
joined together by nature that it makes
a beautiful blanket. warm enough to
be used as a cover and soft enough fol
a mattress
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-21

In an article ON Indian names Mr..
Frank Terry comments on the odd effect
produced by giving rein to this fancy
for distinguished appellations in the re-
naming of Indians Often their native
names are unpronounceable and the
translations long and not in accordance
with u ideas of what is pleasing. Sc
Instead of simply turning Bear-Sits
Down or Mule-Kicks-Up or Jump
Rabbit into English, the Indian is
named entirely, and is given the fiji
famous name that mn to mind
William Penn. Fitz-Hugh Lee. I
vid B.. Hill and William Shakespeare,
says Mr. Terry, "are policemen at the
Shoshone agency, Wyoming Only a
short while ago it was reported that on
an Indian reservation in New Mexico
William Breckenridge arrested John G.
Carlisle for being drunk and disorder
ly
at would no doubt surprise the read
er of this should | say that l hav'
seen George Washington, John Quincy
Adams. Franklin Pierce. Rip Van
Wrinkle. Allen G. Thurman and Hilary
Herbert engaged together in a game OF
shinney Yet this interesting spectacle 1
have gazed upon, and have been the
enforced witness to a severe spanking
administered to James G Blaine. -
Youths Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-21
Sticks.

The sixteenth century is that in
which the walking stick became moi
merely a useful implement, but an ar
ticle of fashion, dignity and luxury. In
the seventeenth century it was gold
headed and made of rare woods. 1t waa
a sign of leadership.
For a long period there was little
variety among Englishmen in the ma
terial used for the majority of walking
sticks. The 'foaken towel, as it was
pleasantly termed when an enemy was
to be rubbed down" shared popular
ity with the crab tree cudgel, which,
among rural folk especially, was much
valued and classic from the conflict in
"Hudibras," when
With many a stiff thwack, many a bang,
Hard crab tree on old iron rang.
Classic, too, is that stout oaken stick
which sturdy DIR. johnson, who, like
Knox, ''never feared the face of living
man" provided himself with when he
went to the pit Of the little theater in
the Haymarket in full view of Foote,
who had announced his intention of
"taking him off" on the stage-an in
tention which, in view of the stick, he
did not carry into effect. -Gentleman I
Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-21

In the Memoir of Lord Bramwell
is a telling illustration of the fact that
reputation clings to us, even after many
years. The great jurist as a little lad
became a pupil at DR. Reddy's school,
where the late Baron CHANNEL. three
years his senior, was head boy
Channel read for the law. and the
two school friends scarcely met again
until. years afterward. Mr. CHANNEL
held a brief in a certain case at Maid
stone assizes.
Consultation with the solicitors
showed a flaw in the pleadings drawn
by them. 1t was of a sort which in
those days would prove fatal to the
case. The solicitors could only hope
that it would not be discovered.
who is against us?' asked Chan
nell.
.Oh, was the reply, "a Mr. Bran
well Nobody ever heard of him be
fore.
Then. gentlemen. said the advo-
cate. were done. | was at school with
that gentleman.
He was right Bramwell was too
clever for them. and they were ''done'
indeed.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-21

When a young Laplander is in love
with a girl he and she run a race. He
is heavily handicapped, so that she may
win if she chooses, and if she outrun
him he cannot propose again. OF course,
she suffers herself to be overcome if she
cares for him, but the consent of her
parents must be obtained before she can
be married. The law of the land is very
strict on this point, and in olden times
the man was subject to capital punish
ment if he married without the consent
of the girls parents.
After a Laplander has chosen a bride
he sends her a present of a girdle, a
ring, and a quantity of brandy. He
goes as far as the door of her hut, but
remains outside until invited to enter,
when a bumper Of brandy is offered to
the girls father. If he drinks it it is a
sign he consents to the marriage, and
the young lover then promises to give
the girl some clothes, and pays a sum
OF money, generally a hundred copper
dollars, down ON the spot. This, of
course, is a remnant of marriage by
purchase, which in primitive times sue
ceeded marriage by capture.
Banns are published once in Lapland,
and the marriage ceremony is very
short. The bride wears her hair loose.
and has a gold band around her head.
Her presents and her dowry are general
ly reindeer, and she and her bridegroom
remain with her parents for a year aft
er marriage.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-21
A Specialist In Dress.

On Pennsylvania avenue, not far
from the capitol, is a sign announcing
the owner as an "Advisor on Mems APP
parel." He is not a tailor, though he
will consent to make clothes for a con-
sideration. He is, as indicated, a u
veyor in expert knowledge of masculine
habiliments. He claims a scientific
knowledge of a certain department of
the proprieties. He gives advice for a
fee, as does a lawyer, and undertakes to
steer his clients in safety among the So
cial rocks and shoals of bad form and
bad taste.
He will tell congressman who do not
know at what hour they should put on
a dress suit whether it is proper to wear
a pink shirt to an afternoon tea and
how long a congressman must have
been one before he can wear a ruffed
shirt. He will advise fat men not to
wear checks and will show lean men
how to look robust and, in short, under
takes to make a Brummel out of a
''jay" on two days notice. 1t is said
he does a good business. Washington
Letter.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-21

Lamson lives on the South Side Car
ter, his arch enemy. lives next door
Trouble has been brewing. and Lamson
vas aching to give Carter a ''piece of
his mind. when he suddenly conceived
a brilliant idea
He bought a cheap dog of question
able breed and named him Carter
Whenever Mr. Carter was outside his
house. Lamson would let his dog out,
and standing on his doorstep he would
fire the following or similar soulful
talk at the canine
Garter. you are a cur Your mother
had the mango | am going to kick the
stuffin out of you. you miserable thing
If you were not so hungry looking. !
would kill You You amt even good
enough for sausage meat, you lopsided
cheap good for nothing etc.
The neighbors wonder why MIR Car
ter does not have Mr. Lamson arrested
but Mr. Carter has discovered the base
plot and will move next week. -Chica-
go Journal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-21

"Oh, on the 1st of July" replied
Miss Lattimer, "That's scarcely a
month, is it,"
''Then l may expect to see you on
the LIST of July, ma'am?' said Mr..
johnson, laying down the notes.
Certainly you mayl' exclaimed
Miss Lattimer delightedly. Thanks,
awfullyr' She stuffed the notes into a
gold mounted purse and smiled at Mr..
johnson with all the innocent pleasure
of a child who has got what it wants.
"But we haven't arranged anything
haven't | to sign a paper or anything 2"
81 think, said Mr.. johnson slowly,
pay the money, ma'am. I'll only
charge you reasonable interest for such
a short loan. OF course, ma'am, you'll
not mention this little transaction to
anybody, he added, a%nxiously. eve
always keep these matters quiet-very
quiet"
"Oh, to be surel" laughed the girl.
"Well, thanks, Mr.. johnson, and good
by, You'll see me on the LIST of July
dead certain, you know"
On the list of July Mr.. johnson sat
in his Office in a state of nervous ex-
pectancy, but the nervousness had
nothing to do with the money which
was due from Miss Lattimer. All the
morning he waited and all the after
noon, and still she came not. And then
as evening drew near the postman
brought a registered letter, and Mr..
Johnson opened it and drew out ego in
notes and 81 in gold and a note that
smelled of violets.
After a long time Mr.. johnson rose
from his desk and locked up the notes
in his safe. Then he took the sovereign
in his hand and went out into the
street He presently came to the little
shop of a working jeweler and entered
it timidly. When he came out again,
the sovereign hung on his simple watch
chain, and his fingers felt for it and ca
ressed it as if it had been a live thing.
And that was the enc .-Hartford Cou-
..-
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ESTABLISHED 1879.

together of secrets sweeter than those
ever told, and the katydids called glad
tidings to one another. The peace and
the beauty of the sunset stole into his
heart and softened it still more as it
framed kind words for his lips to utter
to her who had so suffered fer him
Yet the door opened, and he was 81
lent. A slender, worn figure stood be-
fore him. Mechanically he took the
hand of the m and drew her out to
the light, his voice unsteady in greet
ing. "You welcome me, Jeanette p
For a moment the fire of glad youth and
passion shone in her tear faded eyes.
81 have come a long distance to see
you, my poor girl. The story-I have
it here-it must have a different end
ingl"
1.-THE storyl" The light which hae
TRANSPORTED the tender face faded awa
The slender form which had for a n
ment trembled and bent toward him as
grasses bend to the warm wind that
wooes them, stiffened and drew aside.
"You forget" said the naughty voice,
THAT it is only a story, therefore I'M
true"
And 81 was love laid away, and pride
was the stone laid at the door of it's
sepulcher. Chicago News.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-21

The tuatara lizard of New Zealand i
said to be one of the most ancient forms
Of animal life now existing 1t original
ly possessed four eyes. but now has to
be contented with but two. It lays eggs.
and these take no less than IS months
to hatch out. the embryos passing the
winter in a state of Information.
These remarkable animals are found
only in n or two places in the colony
and they are rapidly becoming scarce,
as collectors from every .'art Of the
world are continually on their track
They are about Is inches in length. and.
like many of the lizards, are said to
have the characteristic of being able to
replace portions of their limbs, etc.
which have been destroyed. One owned
by Mr. Carl Hansen of Awanui had the
misfortune to lose an eye some time ago,
and now a complete new eye. as perfect
as the unchanged one. has grown in
the place of hat lost
While the eye was developing the
lizard seemed to be no more inconven-
fenced than a human being is in the
growing CT finger nails or hair