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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-27
NEW ENGLAND PENSIONS.


The pensions for the district Of New
England have been made the subject Of
Capt A. ]. Hoitt's report. He is the
pension agent for this section. and re-
ports that. Notwithstanding the in
creased number Of applications for PEN
sions from the veterans Of the Cuban
campaign, the disbursements for the
fiscal year ending July 1, 1899, have de-
creased from that Of last year by 1892. :
1876 The figures show 55,667 names on
the rolls, in contrast to b5.655 Of last
year. and disbursements amount. to
T21O,57S.aS, in contrast to s7.bo2.74e.1e
last year.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-27

fairs will be much stimulated, and the
authorities in Washington will have a
chance to discover for themselves what
sort of a character the Beers have for
mendacity. insolence, cupidity, obstina-
cy and all unreasonabaeness.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-27

Manchester now takes it's turn at
hero-worship, with Commander Asa
Walker, formerly of the gunboat Con-
cord, as the adorable one. Dewey's old
lieutenant says that with a vigorous
campaign and sufficiency of troops
the Philippine war might be ended in
two months. In this respect he is
among the most optimistic of the naval
officers who served at Manila.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-27

According to Prof. Sargent, it will re-
quire $4,000 to nurse the old Washington
elm at Cambridge back to health, but
the parks department has begun work
as If the expense didn't count. If, as
Prof. Sargent says, the proposed treat
ment viii preserve the historic elm for
another hundred years, the people will
rejoice, but this feeding and doctoring
of old trees is something new in NUM-
cipal government
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-27
LETTER FROM MANILA.
Corp. Louis Blood Writes to His Friend
Joseph H. Oliver.

7 Joseph H. Oliver Of South worces-
ter has received a letter from Corp.
Louis Blood of Co. e, Twenty-nrst in
Eantry, now stationed in the Philippine
kslands
The letter was written June 3 and at
that time the regiment had finished a
hard fight with the Fi'ipinos. Blood has
bean In the United States service n
years and left Plattsburg, N. Y, April
was Immediately sent with his regiment
to the front. Corp. Blood does not say
much about the campaign. He served
Through the Cuban campaign and has q
good record as a soldier.
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ELECTED COURT PHYSICIAN.

DR.. Richard II. stapleton was elected
pourt physician OF Court Quinsiga-
hnond. r. OF A., last evening. Four
doctors contested for the position, but
Or. Stapleton won BY handsome ma
bority.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-27

Nature turned the hose on the Cleve-
land strikers. This is one of the most
effective weapons yet discovered for
dispensing a mob.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-27

A Philadelphia with $1,000, 900
claim is the first American to make
trouble between the United States and
the South African republic. He charges
that he has been defrauded of his just
dues by President Kruger, who de-
posed the Boer supreme court when he
had learned that It was going to de-
eide in favor Of the American claimant
and in plain harmony with the law. If
this turns out to be a genuine claim
the American interest in Transyaal az
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-27
OUTING POSTPONED.

On account OF the rain yesterday the
trolley ride to Grafton by the children
OF the fresh air fund Of the City Mis-
sionary society was postponed until
next week; The children were to be en-
Grafton. Friday the party will suend
the day at Spencer park and will start
from the. city hall at 1890 o'clock on a
special electric car.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-27

Thirty dollars month would make
the average Chinaman feel like mil
lionaire, but one who has served on the
Olympia and become the first almond
eyed pensioner upon Uncle Sans
bounty must have acquired somewhat
different views of life. There are other
Cinnamon who deserve to be remem-
bered by the government, and at least
granted citizenship, and it is no fault
Of Admiral Deweyif they have not been
properly cared for and rewarded.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-27

1t is in order to say that at last the
Monroe doctrine has received interna-
tional recognition. The action of the
delegates at The Hague in agreeing to
the American definition of the word
duty is tantamount to such recogni-
ton, for it relieves the United States of
all obligation to interfere in European
politics and exempts Europeans from a
like obligation in regard to information
al disputes in the western hemisphere.
While this is by no means the same as
forbidding interference, it recognizes
the principle that the political affairs
Of the two hemispheres are altogether
separate and independent, and that is
the foundation of the Monroe doctrine.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-27

The Boston Advertiser is convinced
that there is about equal reason for
declaring golf a dangerous and brutal
sport as for the persistent denuncia-
ton Of other games that need not be
catalogued here. And yet, golf seems
to be mild and polite sort of sport.
despite the broken legs, sprained
ankles, and strained ligaments of
the players, the black eyes Of
spectators who get in the way
of a ball and the spirited eloquence
wasted on the desert air and the cad
dies.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-27

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THURSDAY, JULY ~. 1889.
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Bust Of Dewey.

. On perfumery counter, quite a
clever representation Of his Ameri-
can high-leSS, for
5 cents
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THE SPY SHOULD HAVE THE EYE OF ARGUS; he
is HONORABLE " NE DO But LOOK TO The VEL.
FARE OF The COMMONWEALTH"
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ENGLISH SILK SQUARES
solid colors, with artistic ends,
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with fancy or "key" border on
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Elsewhere you will be asked SI.oo
may be.
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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-12-23

When the old pitching distance was
In vogue the second base was the key
note to the infeld. but the five-foot
impost has veered the course of many
a ball hit through or iato the infleld
thus giving the third baseman more
chances than under the old ruling.
Then there are more balls hit to the
left side of the inner circle because
the sphere consumes more time in its
travel to the plate, and many a right
field batsman, or those who made an
became left field hitters since the five
foot handicap was tackled to the dis
lance. This change has made new
plays in the infield, making the third
bag the keynote to the inner circle.
The latter day fry of third basemen are
forced to accept more chances than
the third bagman of decade or so
ago, and the guardians of the third
sack are superior to the old guard of
third bagmen by reason of the larger
number Of chances they are called
on to accept Even the partisan friends
of Jerry Denny or Billy Nash must adj
nit that neither of these star infielders
played the phenomenal fielding game
of Wallace and Collins, whose per-
Torrance would seem almost tmpos-
sible ten years ago. The third bag in
the Brooklyn inner circle might have
decided pennant if the race resolved
into two-handed contest between the
Boston champions and Hanlons SUI
perbas. Hits that look promising when
they angle on the bat into Jimmy Coll
Inns territory are eaten with a relish.
consumed and smothered by the nerve
and skill of the Boston third baseman.
And now these grounders and bound
ers that go as outs with Jimmy Col
Inns sometimes figure as hits when
Casey is called on to negotiate for SIM
liar chances. Would the Boston club
have won three pennants with COM
mon, everyday mechanical third base
MANI" Nay, nay; and likewise nit,
remarked Earl Wagner, in discussing
the merits of the superb third bagman
of the champions. Hanlon doubtless
appreciates this fact The Superbas
are distinctly handicapped at the most
important point at their infeld. And
there's the rub that kept Hanlon on
the worry.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-12-23
hurled chunks OF sulphurous dietlon a,

hurled chunks OF sulphurous dietion at
the umpire whenever the play wasn't
even close, and Comiskey, backed by
his players, organized themselves into
a committee OF Danltes and guerillas,
and threatened to sprint ON the form OF
the umpire unless he gave the Browns
several shades the best OF ii. | asked
Comiskey what the object was in kick
Ing after decision had been rendered.
Why, to bluff him into giving us the
next close one, you Rube.' said Com
mie. Then Connie rehearsed me In
kicking speciality, told me what to say
and when to say it, and | must say
that his rehearSals were picturesque
efforts as regards rhetoric. Comiskey
was backed up by Chris Won der Abe,
who even encouraged instead OF
checked the hoodlumlsm that made the
Browns notorious in the association
circuit.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-12-23


Ned lannon's methods methods. by
the way, which have proved to be re-
markably strategic and successful.
| have been unusually conspicuous In the
record OF the Brooklyn team this year.
writes George Stackhouse. While
many of the best judges OF the game
in the country were willing to concede
before the season started that the
Brooklyns had an excellent chance to
capture second place in the pennant
race. few OF them thought that the
team in the first year OF its assembling
would win the championship. On pa
per the team looked formidable before
a ball was pitched. but when Jennings
went wrong. Corbett refused to coma
cast, the backstop department weak.
ened and Pitchers Maui. McJames and
Kennedy went up into the air there
were few who would even give second
place to the Hanlon- Z bbetts-Von
Der Horst combination. Hanlon. and
Hanlon alone, is the man who has
brought order out Of chaos. and what
ever success the Brooklyn team has
made this year is due entirely to that
hustling manager. Hanlon Is a man
who will not brook interference, and
the record OF the team has shown that
he has been right in every instance.
Nerve, persistence. determination
and knowledge well applied have been
Hanlon's strong points. When the
Brooklyn team showed signs OF break
ing up and the champion Bostons drew
alongside,the average enthusiast threw
up his hands and said that Brooklyn
had done her best and that Boston
would canter in. Within another week
Boston had fallen back and Hanlon's
men had regained lead which they
have been steadily increasing ever
since. Hanlon has been severely crit
icised on several points, but he has
kept his peace, never deviated a par
ticle from his path, and his critics
have taken TO the woods In conse-
quence. The cases OF McJames. the
pitcher, and Jennings, the infielder.
show the foresight of the boss manager
OF them all When Jennings was mrs.
ing that glass arm, the directors of the
club wanted to trade Jennings for any,
thing or any old price. and they ali
but succeeded in getting rid OF him,
and would have done SO except that
Hanlon stepped in and stopped the
dickering. To the outside world Jen-
nings looked like 30 cents, but his old
friend and mentor saw that he could
be brought around, and the superb ali
around work that Jennings has done
since Is another feather in the cap Of
HanIon. McJames found It almost i'm
possible to get into shape this year.
He would pitch good ball time and
again, but the games in which he did
tho twlrling we're always lost.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-12-23

"ff you want Persian cat sslst :
any common kitten you like. aaa ~ =.
In six months sill return II v =.
with a coat which would pat 70 -
that of the shah's favofile puAi -
cat faneler to the writer. ~
ture or fake Is employed. sons - =.
ago IT was brought 10 M nos'es Z. =.
the cats living in refrigefatihk - !,
beers got coats Of enormous san j.
and also that they grss to asaf'' =,
Bile the size Of the ordinary psse''
idea being given. the rest Sas g.. :,
had n small refrigerator fttea " = +
premises. and made an eApel'"s' .,st.
wns 40 succrsatuI that ! nav.
made a profit. by turning conn ~ q
sizes into genuine Pefslans. o. - m,
year. Again. nov have ohii al ,i...a
for cats. never mind Wha1 IN sssn.
they are suffering from. freeze . 'ssa.
and am by this remedy aple " x,es.
them to their owners, wltn'a !, ts
perfectly happy and well. A. Asa !, .s .
tho last two years tho majority % .,,ly
cats have come to mo ~ .A eoat,
autumn to have their winter .s,I
made by my method. go that Wv ..aadss
not catch chill owing 10 "A'
change In the weather
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-12-23

Jack Glasscock has been in the ma
tional game not far from twenty years.
His father was ship-earpenter who
lived on Wheeling island in the Ohio
river opposite Wheeling. and Jack fol-
lowed the same trade when not playing
baseball. He started out as a ball
player as member OF the Standard
Baseball Club of Wheeling. W. Va,
and Bridgeport, Ohio. just across the
river. The Standards were one of the
fastest amateur or semi-professional
clubs in the country and their chief
rival back in the very early sos was
the Neshannocks of Newcastle, Pa.
Curt Welch. the celebrated center field
er, graduated from the same club sew
eTal years after Glasseock had gone
down with the Crockery Citys from
East Liverpool to play the Standards
at Wheeling and the management took
shine to him and got him a Job as
bartender in Charlie Miller's saloon in
Bridgeport, so he could play with the
Standards. 1t was Glasscoek who took
Joe Miller and Sam Moffett out of the
Standards and brought them to To-
ledo in 1884. Sam Barley graduated
from the same club and Jesse Burkett.
now of st. Louis, watched Glasscock
Barley, Miller. Moffett, George Lane.
and other old-timers play in the
Standards at the fair grounds on
Wheeling island when Burkett was a
small boy playing hooky from school.
Barley runs saloon in Chicago
Weleh is dead, and Moffett, Miller and
other players who came on the scene
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-12-23

Earl Wagner is In favor of shorten
ing the championship season by open-
ing the first week in May and ex-
tending to the middle of October thug
giving the player a five and half
months contract instead Of six months.
you hear the same old bearded gar
every season from every team In the
league" says Mr.. Wagner. "One or
more of the players complain of char
ley horse, rusty knee joints, or tired
arms. If the last two weeks in ApriI
were devoted to practice instead OF
championship ball, the players would
start the season In finer physical form
and there would be fewer postpone-
ments Of games. Scores OF games are
postponed in April, thus resulting in
double-headers later In the season. At
the next league meeting, will adyo-
cate later opening, say the first day
OK May or during the first week OF the
month Of flowers"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-12-23

When science uses technical speech
the uninitiated listen respectfully. but
are conscious of an aching void in
their apprehension. An every day
comparison, however, brings fact and
speculation within reach Of the aver
age man. Fossil remains described In
plain English can be seen with the
minds eye. A dinosaur, for example.
could be pictured in scientific terms
and but little more than vague sense
Of vastness would be the unlearned
hearers portion. But when q scientist
says of monster discovered by him.
that a round steak taken from
the ham of the animal would have
been at least twelve feet in diameter.
or more than thirty-fve feet in cir
conference, the ordinary intoxicating
individual has definite and suggestive
fact ready for use. Speculation as to
the number OF walters and the size OF
the tip, in case prehistoric man had
ordered such steak, is inevitable IL
not important.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-12-23

confidence In the tubereulin tDoe.
Among the cows slaughtered last week
we're twelve from dairy herd that
supplies milk to Downer's Grove, H..
The owner had thirty-Tiye cows and
desired the tuberculin test applied 10
them, and In fact paid private vetef-
marian TO do the work. Out OF the
thirty-fye cows tested twelve reacted
On slaughter three OF these were found
TO be only slightly affected, and their
flesh was passed for food. The other
nine were so badly diseased that they
were seat 10 the rendering tank To be
made into fertilizer The lungs OF these
animals were yellow with tubercles.
and Ia some cases the entire lungs we're
masses OF pus. One OF the cows Was
so badly diseased that when the lung
Was cut into the pus spuFted foot and
the stencil was very offensive. To use
a common term, this COW was rotten
inside" Yet the milk from them had
been used for long time by the pso-
pie OF DowneF's Grove. Fortunately
hAAN AlNEAo va ettA A-fN4N NhF@ NNNA +AS
signs of being tuberculous. ana this
would tend TO reduce the danger. Yet
TO say there Is no danger in the milk
from such cows Is going too TAR. The
query naturally arises in ones mind:
IL this one herd had over 81 per cent
OF tuberculous COWS in IL. hOw about
the other herds that are supplying milk
70 Chicago? Is Il likely that this eas
the only herd affected BY the dreadful
dlseasst The answer can DO siysn
on general principles. There must b.
numerous herds supplying milk 10 chi
cago where tuberculosis has obtained
rvm toOthOld More than that. an
examination OF these herds would shoa
many affected nddsFs.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-12-23
SMALLEST RRp,,.,


seNs
-" A"a . n-'t .s~.,. ~.
~ reputation 1t n.,,
Inc smallest republ.e !.
- that OF Tavolara. a. 4 ,.,'.
nvs miles long. with an 49,.
OF . little more than b,l,
uA'sd about a dozen mile. u !.
east OF Sardinia. The ,o,., - =
.. the whole republic DO. 3.
-, eut they elect prs.id.a, = 20 .,
years. and a council Of Il, WI
all OF whom serve III. .,..'
pay The women o, hi. ~. ~
shs polls and vote with n.
ever since |, became rsouA,,. 4
en- public business has be-. ~. {
without turmoil; the e!s<tss. N.
plass Without any high party ~.
undue excitement. Ia -.
Charles Albert OF Sardinia ,,.....
Island of Tavolara 10 = t,-,,.
name OF Bartolsoni. bat Il -
ha't a century the inhablt.,,.
on the yoke OF monarchy 80 i.
themselves. This little "a ~ !.
alarm the world. and -. =.
peaceful one King Paul
until isss, and on bis s..,...s b
aaessed that none Of his Il. ~.
succeed 10 the throne. ana 9 : :.
Claimed The honor four ysan IL, \
people decided TO draw 10 -.
lon, aud TayolaFa has b<s. 4.
successful little rspablle ~. -
years ago It's Indspeadeas. -. ~.
nizea BY Italy. and. il d Is ! :,
s'iinra. other poasrs soala As,, =.
niEsd i also II they had ssev, I !
existence The iahabl.an., h, :.
eipally BY fishing and ra.a,.. -
and vegetables They tear y 80.
Invasion. for they alspsns< VA y
army or nssy. and presunassy ! !,
OF nsed. woait Fsly apon u. =.
population 70 upanld the t,ses,n
tbs country.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-12-23

The warden of the Cook county hos
pital, Chicago, is entitled to the re-
Spect due to consistency when he re-
fuses to give any account of the public
moneys coming into his hands. He
holds his position as a trust from poll
tIcians and he administers it accord
Ingly. To take the public into his
confidence as to whence the money
comes or whittier 1t goes would be
supererogatory. The county board evil
IDENTIFY takes this view of the matter.
1t accepts such sums as the warden
hands over to it, with the simple nota-
ton that they come from the hospital.
Anything like exact account of the
finances would be illogical when the
arrangement tacitly excludes exact ac-
count of the larger and more precious
items of the trust.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-12-23

The recent presentation of jeweled
sword to Admiral Dewey by the people
of the United States through their
president, and the degradation from
the army, the same week, of a promi-
hent officer convicted of appropriating
government money, mark opposite pos
sibilties in any profession. Il have
had nearly all the chiefs of Scinde in
this room," Napier once wrote from
India, laying their gold-scabbarded
swords at my feet, which, IL taken.
would make rich armory. Certainly
l could have got thirty thousands
pounds here, but my hands do not yet
want washing" France may have diff
ferent ideals; but 1t is such officers as
Napier and Dewey that England and
the United States delight to honor.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-12-23

In Germany electric blowing COM
pares favorably with steam blowing as
regards expenses. The cost OF cleo
trio blowing in heavy soil, with deep
cultivation, is from SLIPS to $14.25 per
acre, while steam blowing costs 3z125
per acre. The mechanism used on the
royal farms in Prussia consists OF a
motor wagon containing motor driy-
ing the winding drums, and the motor
may also be coupled to the driving
wheels OF the wagon to give 1t the
proper advance at the end OF each
traverse Of the pillow. The depth Of the
fArrow II 8 to 10 inches.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-12-23

The recent decision of a Mlebfe,,
court that the Michigan lazy againgt
me coloring Of oleomargarino Is VOID
shows how hard 1t is 10 frame lao
that cannot be picked 10 mecca nv
lawyers and judges determined o.
prove 1t void. The court ruled agate,
the validity Of the act on the gr,n,,5
tnat the heading to the act yaq mo-,
worded so that anyone reading tbe
headline would see that Il referred j.,
the eoloring of oloomargarina m
TUE TO the act reads: "An act IN nra
hioit and prevent Adulteration Frana
ana Deception in the Manufacture ana
saie OF Articles Of Food and Drint /"
ne court held that the co1oring =,
oieoinargarine. though forbidden b.,
the law, could not come undor an
words Adulteratlon. Fraud Or ~ 0
tion' since all people know that he
oleomargarine is coloved.
Some men make light of tho oro-,
10 stamp out tuberculosis. Tbev oIats9
that the whole situation is oyerdrown
anu that there Is really little tuboron
iosls among our cattle-not eno,,,,h
make II worth while to WORRY - =,
fet the slaughter of tuberculnpa oa,,,'
is constantly going on. We ho,ia'o
tnat II some of these sceptles IN,
Visit the Union Stock Yards cb,oanl VI.
when the slaughter of tuborculous as -,
''e is proceeding they win never agar
oppose measures tended to eradicate
inc o'sease' and will henceforth bava