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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12
A NEW HISTORY OF GREECE

"a History of Greece for High Schools
and Academies" BY George Willis
Botsford, Phi. D.. instructor in the his
tory Of Greece and Rome in Harvard
University. Macmillan Company.
This is an ideal text book, and the
young person into whose hand it is put
Is subject for congratulations not less
than the teacher. 1t is upon the
achievements of the Greeks In govern
ment and law, in literature, art and sci
ence and upon their country as a d.
rect stimulus to enterprise, intelligence
imagination and taste that the author
has laid the stress, and not upon the
details of their campaigns and battles,
and to this end the volume is profuse-
ly supplied with good half tones of
sites. cities, prominent men and works
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12
MERIT MAKES 1T FAMOUS.
The Only Remedy In the World. Ex-
cept Surgical Operation, That
VIII Certainly Cure any
Form Of Piles.

The study of physicians, the expert
ments of chemists, the loudly advertised
preteusions ofquaclls, have been for years
expended in one direction, TO find a pile
cure that will cure.
The results have been a number of
harmless, and in most cases useless, ONT
ments suppositories, and even internal
remedies, which the public have weighed
wanting nearly all of them gave some
relief. but nothing approaching radical
cure resulted from these preparations.
The remedy required is one that imme-
diately stops the pain. SO severe in most
cases Of piles, and then, by contracting
the small blood vessels tcapillariesl to
their normal size, produces a radical cure
by reducing and finally absorbing the tu-
mors and healing the infiamed, raw, mu-
cous surfaces.
Until two years ago no such remedy had
been produced, but a, that time SUPPOSE
tory was placed upon the market, which
has since proved itself to be the long
sought permanent cure for this common
and distressing trouble; it has r pidly
become famous throughout the United
States and Canada, and is now sold by
nearly all druggists under the name Of
the Pyramid Pile Cure
1t is now the best known. because its
merit and safety have advertised 1t
wherever used. It has been advertised by
word of mouth from one sufferer to an
other; people who had tried everything
else. even submitting to painful and dan
gerous surgical operations without avail
finally have found tnat piles may be cured
without pain and without expense, practi-
cally, as the Pyramid Pile Cure is sold
for the nominal price of so cents and Sl.O0
per package.
The Pyramid instantly stops all pain,
and at the same time contains no cocaine
morphine or nercoucs; the acids and
healing properties contained in the rene
dy speedily remove. cause a healthful
natural contraction ana absorption of tu-
mors. 1t will cure any form of rectal
trouble except cancer and advanced hs-
tula, which, by the way. nearly always
result from neglecting proper and timely
treatment of piles.
As above stated. can furnish you with
the Pyramid Pile Cure at 50 cents for or
binary size or S1.00 for large package
book on cause and cure of piles sent
free. by addressing Pyramid Co., Marshall
Mich
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12
STORY OF COTTON PLANT.

THE Story of the Cotton Plant y BY
F. Wilkinson. Appleton & Co.
This little book, which Appleton &
Co have added to their Library of Use
Iul Stories, is a multum in parvo of
knowledge about the history and Gull
tlVation of cotton and the manipuIa-
ton and spinning of it. There is ap-
parently nothing connected with the
subject which the author, who is a fell
low of the Geogra phical Society and
director of the Textile and Engineering
school at Bolton, England, does not
know. The chapters which deal with
the mechanical inventions Of Kay.
Arkwrlght, Hargreaves and Crompton
American contributions to the pfocesx
OF cotton spinning are not mentioned,
( however, although the methods of ctll-
tivation and handling of cotton in the
states are treated somewhat in detail.
A clear and conversational style lends
attractiveness to the volume, whicheis
enriched by SO half tones showing cot
ton in every stage from the plantation
to the factory. re-
White Daredy, or Master and liza
Masters Story" By Velma Caldwell
Melville. A companion book to ''Blacls
Beauty" Ogilvie, New York, pub
Usher. ret,e
ihCiC SCSlllS " US IlO TGHSOH WHY IGlS
new horse story should not attain to
the popularity of its famous model of
which over two million copieseq have
been sold. The taste for animal stories
is by no means modern, the animal
fable having been one of the most pop
ular forms of fiction with our med
iaeval ancestors. A keener sense of
our responsibility toward animals and
livelier sympathy for and under
standing of them has kept alive this
kind of fiction, to which the Jungle
Tales" and wild Animals Have
Known may be roughly assigned,
along with 'Reynard the Fox" Black
Beauty, and the book under discus
sion.
White Dandy is so manifestly die
tated by a tender love for the horse.
that it would be- ungracious to dwell
upon the writer's shaky syntax. As
story. it is deeply interesting. There
is good deal of narrowing narrative
in 1t, but IT Would take a person with
more knowledge than the writer pos
sesses of horse shoeings the treatment
of cattle in process of transportation,
and the conduct of livery stables to
affirm that it is exaggerated. There are
numerous suggestions for the cure of
| horses ailments and for the care of
horses with regard to food, drink. cur
ying, sore mouth, blind staggers, par
alyzed tongue and so forth. The book
cannot but spread the gospel of human
ity to dumb creatures; at the nominal
price of publications. cents-should
enjoy an extended circulation
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12
EoouARD ROD,
The Man Who Lectures This Year ii
French at Harvard.

Early in January, 1898. the then presi-
dent of the Cercle Francois de rUniver-
site Harvard endowed French lecture
/ ship at Cambridge, for the purpose OF
bringing over from France each year a
man of letters to lecture before Harvard
University. under the management of the
cercle, in the interests of French art, lit
erature and science. The first series OF
! these lectures was given in March of last
year by Monsieur Rene Doumic literary
critic of the Revue des Deux-Mondes,
whose subject was THE history of French
Romanticism, which he treated in eight
lectures.
This year the second series of lectures
under the auspices of the cercle is to be
delivered by Monsieur Edouard Rod. His
theme will be 1.-THE history of French dra-
lectures, under the following dates and
subjects:
THE origin Of the tragedy" Wednesday,
i2-The struggle between the regular and
the irregular drama, The Cid, Friday,
March 8.
5--The triumph of the regular drama
Britannicus, Monday, March 6.
nasgsr religious ag5oUs Drama Athalie' We'd
5-,,,shakspere in France" Friday, March
6-.'The romantic drama, Chatterton,"
Monday March 49,
THE classical reaction, Lucia" We'd
nesday, March Is.
-"Contemporaneous dramatic poetry,
Cyrano de Bergerac," Friday, March L..
The following sketch of the life and
works of Monsieur Rod may prove inter-
esting reading to those who will hear him
lecture at Harvard or at some other of
our great university centres, for he has
been invited by many of our colleges and
other organizations. as, for instance, Yale,
Princeton, Columbia Cornell, Worcester
French Club, Smith College, Williams.
Vassar, Bryn Mawr, University of Penn
sylvania, Adelphi College and Packer In
stitute of Brooklyn, the French Club of
chicago and many Others to so extend his
visit that they may have the privilege of
hearing him
Edouard Rod was born at Nyon. near
Geneva, in 1857. After excellent studies in
classical philology in Switzerland and in
Germany: he made his first appearance in
French literature in 1879 by pamphlet
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12

song, and tells US in verse THE Miracle
of Our Lady's Belp' and i,iGerard de
Rousillon.' The sweet mediaeval tint
of the experiences is assisted by the
odd prints of 14th century angels. ladies
and warriors, which face some of the
pages.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12
LITERARY ODDITIES.
(From the Chicago NewsN

When a poet sings of himself he is
intensely interesting; when he gives the
pubic a rhythmical invoice of his head
gear, he becomes fascinating. Ste
phen Crane has lain bare the inner
most recesses of his intellectual ma
emery in n poem, from which we
ruthlessly pluck this bit:
Rambling, buzzing, turning, whirline
| wheels,
! Dizzy wheelsl s .-.-.+. sa.- .s
| Wheels
Thus equipped, Mr.. Cranes ability to
transfix the world by a motion of his
pen is explained. 1t is perhaps SAFE
20 say that all men have wheels, but
they, or most of them, anyway. have
them under control. 1t is doubtful.
however, if many have wheels that
perform as described by Mr. Crane. We
have read of men whose wheels rurn-
bled and turned, but there is no other
record of their buzzing and whirIine
until they are dizzy.
From his invoice, we judge Mr..
] cranes stock is full After sched,h-
ing the several kinds of wheels. he adds
some more wheels, as if to make sure
that the entire contents of his wFeel-
mouse is comprehended. In all the
Wofld's poetry there is but one stanza
Mn4eh may be compared with Mr.,
crane s.. It was written by an inmate
Oh padded cell, and is as follows:
Fantastic, alluring, inspiring. delicious
| dope, y. o o'.S
Dreamy dopeI l55
dope! lilo ss1sl.t
Among the many justly enthusiastic
no,L, al OF Rudyard Kiplinga
new coilectionuof stories, THE DAVIS
| work" and especially of the che rno;ns-
dream story, ''Phe Brushwood Rov,'N
40 not remember to have seen anv mon
Ilon or what seems to me strIIrino
lact IN that tale--that its motif ia 3
cream steaI fromCDu Maurier's "Pe-
ter lobetsen." writes IA corresnonden+
IN the New York Times. OF course r.
- - Wrought out in an original way, else
Moulon pc Kipling. zbut the assoc
citation of the hero and heroine In ,iS;iS
MOOD; the years of separation and mn
tuel oollVlon; the intermediate exnerj-
ences Of each, separately. r i'm rtsdrsa M.
ils true and the mutual discovery 81
tneif common association in tirearnlsnd
with the inevitable result of estahiSah'
lns nte-sympathy between thetr1Alde.
spite the wide difference in thajs.oInss..s
sorry facts of the two stories 80.
marked coincidence that II sess,s
strange not to have been publia1y
noted -
- DO ne
a correspondent writes to Literatr~s.i
q IN tne window Of room in the .oid11
fashioned town of Burford in OxfordAs
shire. is very distinctly written ~ ~
diamond the following:
reach me to hate the author ~ rev-s
wrongs, for as yet know not what Il
rs rs 70 nate; my soul, engrossed by softer
passiohsi mas not room to entertafnFfso
i0''9ii d ''oushl Samuel Pepyssi
,rba 49, 1861
Inc room forms part Of what was
once the old George Inn, where Pensss
Is SUPPOSED to have stayed lido
ABOUT twenty new books are n,,bdi
llshed daily in Great Britain al
"A tnlra large edition of Marion Craw1 y
oeen published. The first edition WAS
sU ,d t out before the day Of publication. 2
issue. weeks Oh
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12
In LONDON.
Changed Owners Has
the
SATURDAY REVIEW.
Clever, Yet Not Clever
Enough to Succeed.

The Saturday Review has at last
changed owners. and unless something
else has time to happen to it before
this statement gets into print, it will
be a decorous conservative ana Ang-
lican sheet, contritely trying to regain
the confidence of its old readers. The
change is significant, and reinforces
several cOpybook adages which it would
be invidious for US to repeat. Clever
ness rather than honesty has been it's
aim in the past, and it has said a num-
Der of very good things on behalf of
many very bad causes. Along it's zig
gag route toward failure one can pick
up withered epigrams by the scores. 1t
shocked some and amused others, but
it did not reckon with the economic po-
tency of the homely virtues; it fell
short at least Of the genius that is ne
cessary, if malice in the long run is to
be made to pay. In point of mere
all the weekly periodicals in the Eng
fish language; and yet SO heavy was its
moral handicap that it was not clever
enough. A double obligation of wit
was imposed upon it, and it could not
meet it, though it was forever on the
strain. Its pungency was evanescent
and its spiciness turned fiat in the af-
tertaste. There was too much obvious
ness both of motive and of effort in
what it did.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12
A PENs1oNED CHURCH CAT.
(From the I.nndnn Nr.A


A most fortunate animal !. ,i..i.
kitten X, which recently attached ITSELF 10
the inc church of St Augustine's Hieb !.
pury; In spite of the efforts nut forth
~ tne oficials to induce her to leave
one sacred precincts she returned again
ana ana again, her persistency in the end
~ Eng rich reward. Impressed with
Ia Az SI''en attachment to the edi1ce,
ASIDE a sum of money to be devofSN 70
me the comfort and maintenance 81 the
h fi AS protection against the in
iI ,y OF the weather, a neat little
nellnei mas been erected in a. cosy corr
ner OF the grounds at this lady's ex-
Pehse, while local purveyofs Of meat
, anu MIX x, daily supply the kittens
a~ed me constables who are on
warm interest in the lfttle creature
welfare
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12

81 thought you said he was a fatalist
and thought everything was preordained
for "A mans own good?"
He was. but he changed his views when
he began learning to ride bicycle. -
Chicago Post.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12
THE SAND MEN OF CUDDLEDoWN-
TOWN.


Cuddledowntown is near Cradleville.
Where the Sand Men pitch their tents;
In Drowsyland.
You understand,
In the State of Innocence,
'Tis right by the source of the river. of life
Which the Grandma Storks watch over,
While honey-bug bees,
Meath funny-big trees.
Groom lullabys in sweet clover.
IT'S wondrous village, this Cuddledown-
town,
For its people are all sleepers;
And never one,
From dark till dawn,
Has ever a use for peppers.
Thev harness gold butterflies to sunbeams,
Play horse with them, a-screaming,
While never a mite
Throughout the night
Fer dreams that he's a-dreaming
In Cuddledowntown there are choo-choo
cars
In all OF the beautiful streets;
And round bald heads
And curly heads
Are the engineers one meets
From PigRybacktown to PattycakeNille
The cars run, Kissing, screeching,
While wonderful toys,
For girls and boys,
Can always be had by reaching.
O. Cuddledowntown is "a village Of dreams
Where little tired legs find rest;
'Tis in Gods hand
IT'S Holy Land
Not far from mothers breast.
And many weary, grown-up man,
With sad soul, heavy, aching,
Could he lie down
In this sweet town,
Might keep his heart from breaking.
Joe Kerr In Golfers Weekly.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12

Griggs-Haye you heard the news? Poor
old BinkS has shot his arm off hunting.
Briggs-Oh, Lord! What a fool ami /
might have known.
Why, heavens and earth, man! Whats
the matter now?
Matteri BAH Haven't gone and bet
dozen bottles Of champagne that Blinks
wouldn't hit anything Brooklyn Life.
lie sat for hours In shed
And watched two brusers fight;
The temperature was forty-nvc,
But II suited him all right,
That evening when he reached hs home,
lie stormed and fumed and tore
Because his wlfe's thermometer
Marked only sixty-four.
Chicago News.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12

Aour wealthy uncle who is dead,
..ur Was left you ALL I've heard I"
WelL not exactly 'all,'" hs said.
Entirely Is The. word w, Sa'u'
Catherine, STANDARD.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12

"Still selling books?" asked Higson
mo; I've turned over new leaf" re-
piled the returned book agent.-Philadel-
phia North American,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12

Any one desiring to attend the lectures
of NJ Rod at Harvard can obtain any in
formation desired from the president of
the Cercle Francois dc rUniversite Har-
vnrd Cambridge, Mass. on application.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-02-01
!. PARADISE IN RUINS.
The Interior Of Cuba Region of De-
serted Villages.

On by train into interior CUBA
region OF abandoned farms. ruined
plantations and deserted villages.
Matanzas province is a desert of ashes;
Santa Clara wilderness of weeds:
the province Of Santiago, a jungle.
The ruin and the desolation are the
terrible autographs OF rifle and torch.
Royal palms guard the plantation re-
gion, useless sentinels ever since the
day in which $50, 000,O 900 of sugar
cane became drifting ashes. Nine
miles from Guanabana the train
came to washout, stopped, giving US
time m wander abnut the country
Not an inhabitant was visible-yes,
In one OF the ruined haciendas / did
find one family. Father, mother and
daughter had been living on potatoes
and fruit for more than year. Meat
and money they had not seen since
the beginning of the insurrection.
The lonely ones living there were
worse off than Arabs in the deserts,
for they had neither horses nor salt.
Learning that they actually beheld an
American, they fell to the ground and
kissed my boots. Then they wanted
to know if what they had heard was
really true-that President Mckinley
was coming to live in 'sCooba' and
was to furnish ali "Coobans' with
Goldfish and cornmeal and coin forever
After that, at every plantation | Wis
tied, / found pacificos living in the
same tomb-like seclusion, the ghostly
apparitions of a paradise in ruins.
Leslie's Weekly.
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THE BALTIMORE WEEKLY Sun.


week, giving complete accounts of all events Of in
terest throughout the world The Weekly Sun is
unsurpassed as
AGRICULTURAL PAPER.
1t is edited by writer's of practical experience who
know what farming means and what farmers want
in an agricultural journal It contains regular re-
ports OF the work Of the Agricultural Experiment
Stations throughout the country, Of the proceed
ings of farmers clubs and Institutes and the discus
sion of new methods and ideas Of agriculture. Its
Market Reports, Poultry Department and Vet
Urinary columns particularly valuable to coun-
try readers. The Poultrv Department IS edited by
well-known poultry expert, every issue contains
practical information of value for poultry -raisers.
Poultry on many farms has become great source
of revenue and those interested in this profitable
industry will find the Poultry Department Of the
Weekly Sun invaluable in the way of suggestions,
advice and information Every issue contains
Stories, Poems, Household and Puzzle Depart
ments, variety oil interesting and instructive Sc
lected matter and other features which make 1t a
welcome visitor in city and country homes alike.
One Dollar year. inducements to getters-up
of clubs for the Weekly Sun. Both the Daily and
Weekly Sun mailed free of postage in the United
States Canada and Mexico. Payments invariably
in advance. Address
A. S. ABEL COMPANY,
Publishers and Proprietors,
BALTIMORE. MD.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-02-01
ReySAps
Bicycle,
T.rxyasf prsao
Lowest in Price
Highest in Quality.

The product of twenty years sue
cessful experience offered to the
public for Forty Dollars. No bet
ter wheel is before the public.
Fully guaranteed in every partic-
ular. 1t is the highest of high
grade wheels. Send for artistic
catalogue.
I have ridden one and will guar
antee it to satisfy the most exact
ing and further agree to make
every purchaser feel that he has
gotten his moneys worth. Come
in and talk wheel some day.
JUSTIN NJ. KUNKLE,
Agent.
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Lost.

Between the Hotel Peabody and
the Wallace House plain gold
Kappa Alpha fraternity pin. Find
er will be literally rewarded upon
return to this office.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-02-01

He who depends upon the invita-
tions OF Others for his meals dimes very
irregularly.
A low voice is an excellent thing in
woman and low theater hat is an
excellent thing on her.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-02-01
Queen Il Crescent

Route and Southern R'y. 100 miles
shortest line to Florida and the West
midas
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-02-01
1899. THE Sun. 1895.
BALTIMORE, MD.

The Paper Of the People,
For the People and With the People.
II =. Aatsv~

=
Honest in Motive,
Fearless in Expression.
Sound in Principle,
Unswerving-in its Allegiance 70 Right Theories
and Right Practices.
The Sun publishes all the news all the time. but
it does not allow its columns to be degraded by un-
clean, immoral or purely sensational matter
Editorially, the Sun is the consistent and I'M
changing champion and defender Of popular rights
and interests against political machinery and mo-
nopolies OF every character. independent in all
things, extreme in none Its for gaod laws, goe
government and good order.
By mail Fifty Cents a. month. Sly Dollars a
year.
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Cafe and Observation

cars Excellent service and Superb
throughout trains. Queen IL Crescent
Route from Cincinnati South
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-02-01
Asheviile.

ONLY Through Car Line is via Queen
b Crescent Route and Southern R'y
from Cincinnati.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-02-01
The Novelty Go S
GREAT
February Clearance Sale

To make this Sale both stock re-
ducing and future trade builder we shall
offer our entire stock at greatly reduced
prices. We viii move into the building
now occupied by S. A. Posten April 1st
and will close eut orr present stock
regardless of cost. Here are few of
our Clearance prices:
100 piece nicely decorated dinner
set ,.............. > GAG
100 piece dinner set French china
decoration and gold traced, reg
ular price Sill 90 now go at 49, 9.7S
We have about eight styles for you to
select from.
Nicely decorated dinner plates
only ,....s............. 43c set
Nicely decorated cups and saucers
only .....5s.;, .....,.s,; 4oc set
Nicely decorated vegetable dishes
.,.s.....=....#....... 10, Is q Zoe
Plain white soup plates. - 33c set
Plain white dinner plates 800. 33 set
Plain white cups and saucers. SO set
Everything in decorated or white ware
in our store at equally low prices.
Lamps and Glassware.
Good values, best styles, popular prices.
A large decorated lamp complete
with shade, former price 80
cents. now 90 at ...... 60c
A beautiful brass footed lamp with
decorated shade to match only Zoe
Nicely decorated lamp with lift
out brass fount and center draft
burner, former price 1925. our
clearance price ...... 1.50
Our full line of glassware vases and
fancy China ware all go at cost and in
some cases less than cost.
5 and lOc Counters.
Any article on our cent counter
for only . 4c
Any article on our 10 cent counter
for only Sc
Large galvanized coal hods 49,.
Large Japanned coal hods . sc
10 at galvanized buckets lac
IL at extra heavy tin bucket 19c
Clothes boilers copper bottom. 65c
Clothes boilers tin bottom 45c
Milk strainers .. ... &c
Dinner buckets only ..... 15c
Granite tea kettles only. .... so q Coo
10 at granite stew kettle. SOC
Underwear.
Ladies Jersey ribbed union suits
| the SOC kind, now only 25c
Mems heavy fleeced lined shirts
and drawers Jour clearance price
only ............... % & Soc
Infants knit sacks the 25c, 50 and
soc kind now at Is, 20 & Soc
Misses and children's hoods and baby
caps at almost your own price.
Ladies & Misses Corsets.
We handle only the worthy kind
prices were 25, 45, so, 80 and 81,
they now go at $780, Is, "a, 3S & Toe
Il We have hundreds of other things
that we can't mention in this ad that we
are closing out at any old price. Every
thing in our store must be sold. Follow
/ the crowd to
1The Novelty Company
| Great Clearance Sale.