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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03
GREAr MODERN DRAMA.

If the new trial of Capt. Alfred Drey-
fus results in his acquittal, as all the
world expects, his story will furnish
1t is not lacking IN the elements Of the
cheap melodrama, but for a full appre-
citation of the play of human passions, a
just balancing of the parts and com
prehension of the broad stage upon
which this all but tragedy has been en-
acted, the powers of a great dramatist
are required. The "affaire Dreyfus"
is not without flavor of romance, but
it's most striking characteristic is sort
of medieval mystery that has enveloped
1t from the outset and seems wholly out
of place in the latter end of the nine
tenth century.
There was the sudden arrest as if by
letter de cachet from some irresponsi-
BILE despot. Then came the secret trial,
recalling the star chamber and the
council of ten. There were long days
of suspense and cruel anguish, con-
viction accomplished by Illicit means, a
public degradation of a valued officer,
his sword broken, the buttons and in
sigma of rank stripped from his per-
son amid the jeers and taunts Of an en-
ragged populace. Noteworthy, too, was
the passage of special law for the de-
portation of this marvelously danger
Gus prisoner to a solitary isle, where it
was believed he would soon be dead to
France and forgotten by her people
Conspiracies of army officers, the col
fusion of ministers Of state, the fierce
displays of race hatred, the riots and
duels, the fall of ministries and even
of a president, the exile of officers
who knew too much" and the subse-
quent death of at least one of these,
the trial and flight of one Of the great
est of contemporary French writers for
few of the exciting episodes in the plot
Resuming the main thread Of the mar
rative, we note the frenzied devotion
of the wife, the patient and dignified
| bearing of the hero, and the unremit-
| ting efforts of relatives and friends to
| secure justice for him. The acciden.
tai and almost simultaneous discovery
of the real culprit by a young officer
in the war department and by a stock
| broker forms coincidence as oppor.
tune and effective as was ever devised
in fiction. The meeting between Ca.
vaignac and Lieut.. Col. Henry, wher
the war minister, already in possess
sion of the fact, forced the officer Il
confess his forgery, has all the merit,
of a first-rate dramatic situation, t.
which suicide, voluntary or compul
sorry, affords a tragic climax. Away
in the background, not infrequently a
the forefront is the mystic element O
diplomacy, the political and interna
tional intrigue of two centuries ago
Finally, comes the triumph of RICH
with the restoration Of the innocent {,
his native land and the arms Of hi
cherished and supremely loyal wife
That all this turmoil has been excite,
by the misfortune and apparent per
| secution of a mere captain of artillery
In whom neither the state nor tn,
world would seem to have any intimat
concern, is q phenomenon that belong
peculiarly to the 10th century. 1t Il
wholly foreign to medievalism, an,
there is gain of dramatic intensit,
in the contrast.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03
FORMS OF TEMPTATION.
Rev. Mr.. Peede Presents Program Along
Which Satan Works.


At the South Baptist church last eve
ming, Rev. T. Richard Peede spoke ON
Some forms of temptation" He said
in part:
There are in the world people who
lift and people who lean, and humanity
is made up largely of the latter sort.
Idleness is not only a sin but the
mother of sins. We cannot close our
eyes to the fact that this causes more
trouble than anything else.
The second form of temptation is in
the sins that appeal to US through our
imaginations. The evil one will take
advantage of this faculty of magma
ton. We do not see things as they are,
but as temptation masks them. Imag-
nation is taken up by temptation to
drag the soul away from the righteous
ness
Another form of temptation is the
craving for riches, for the beautiful
and for admiration. Riches are taken
by the imagination as the best thing
to be sought for in the world. Within
due bounds the craving for the beau
tiful is a good thing. But many are
being led astray into temptation
through the love of the beautiful.
The third form of temptation is the
pride of life. Wanting assumption Of
life. Temptation appeals through the
arrogance of knowledge. There is moth
ing so unlike God as unsanctified
knowledge. God said in his word, my
thoughts are not your thoughts"
We have here a sort of program Of
temptations along which Satan works.
The great range and variety of tempt
atoms afford the scope for his work.
Though the range of temptation is so
great it is possible for Satan to conf
bine them all. However alluring a
temptation may be, there is always
more real satisfaction in resisting than
there is in yielding.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03

volunteers returning from the Philip
dread disease in the islands, however,
and the more obvious danger is not
from the soldiers but from seamen who
may DE shipped as crew. Probably the
army authorities may be trusted to
guard effectually against this, and it
may be safely said that the merchant
marine and imported merchandise af-
ford by all odds the most open means
of infection.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03

One dollar pound sounds like stiff
price to pay for American-grown tea,
but the government experiment. station
in South Carolina processes to have
sold $500 worth at that rate, the past
year, and to have found ready market
for it. The labor question is of course
the most troublesome factor in any
competition with Oriental products, but
somebody had the happy thought to
open free schools and convert the
children into tea pickers at recess and
between sessions. Secretary Wilson's
dream of raising tea enough in the
south to supply the whole American
m arket may have to wait long and
patiently for realization, but if all his
successors should be endowed with his
energy and persistence, the consumma-
ton might be fastened. Under his adj
the department of agricul-
ture is not compelled to make excuses
for its existence.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03
BRENNAN UPHELD.
Sons of Temperance Commend His Course
Regarding Sunday Closing.

Union HILL Commonwealth and Lake
View divisions of the Sons of Tenn
perance united in a patriotic temper
ance service at Coral street Methodist
church last night, at which resolutions
commencing Chief of Police brennan
Tor his stand in the Sunday closing of
stores and the enforcement of the
liquor law were adopted.
The resolutions We're presented at the
close OF the meeting by Rev. George
f. Sanderson, and are founded upon the
recent agitation regarding the closing
OF Hebrew stores on the Lords day.
The full text of the resolutions is:
We, the representatives of the
Cnurch OF Covenant, Coral Street Meth
odist church, Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union, Commonwealth division
and Union Hill division of the Sons of
temperance, in meeting assembled, do
express our sincere appreciation of the
effort which our honored chief Of police.
James M. brennan, is making to en-
force the laws of the city, especially
those laws relating to the sale and use
OF Intoxicating liquors and also those
laws which relate to the Christian Sab
path. And we assure Mr.. brennan
That we will do all we can to assist him
and those associated with him in office.
We will do all we can to sustain him
In the enforcement of the law and pre-
servation of order of our city,
The resolutions were unanimously
adopted. The meeting opened with
reading of the Scripture by Warren
Rich Rev. John E. Hurlbut offered
prayer. After singing by the quartet,
Deacon Charles H. Stone delivered an
address, and Mrs. C. E. L. Merrill gave
a reading. Other addresses were made
by Miss Edith Kinney, Louis Goodwin.
W. L. Haywood and Rev. John e.
Hurlbut.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03
FLAG OF OUR COUNTRY.
Dr. Brady in An Eloquent Address Inter
prets Its Meaning,

VI 6raoy IN An Eloquent Address Inter-
prets Its Meaning.
The patriotic service at the Y. M. c.
A, yesterday afternoon, was one of the
most largely attended of the year. The
Association hall had been prettily dec
GRATED with flags. draped over the plat
form, and the singing by the Old South
male quartet and the Y. NJ. C. A. cho-
rus, was OF a patriotic nature.
Ihe address was delivered by Rev.
DR.. James Boyd Brady of Grace church,
VINO chose for his subject, "Old glory's
lessons to young men," DIR. Brady said
in part:
OF all the flags that float, whether the
dragon of China, the rising sun of
Japan, the crescent moon of the Turk,
the eagle of Russia the rampant lion
of Great Britain, give me the one that
carry near my heart the stars and
stripes of America! 1t was born at
just the right time, the time when the
seeds OF salvation We're being planted
IN the hearts of men. l love the flag,
not only because it floats over a coun-
try born at the right time, but it floats
over the right kind of people This
country was founded by the purpose
strong in mems minds to have liberty.
nag floats over a lovely nation, a
mighty people, a people that is going
to be mightier. What means the ele-
waiting culture Of this country? 1t
means that the Americans have only
begun There are lessons which this
nag teaches. The white stripes say
Be pure; pure in mind in body, in
life, in all things. The red stripes
teach "self-sacrifice." They show us
that to have good time is not all of
living. The blue ground teaches
freedom" Freedom in everything,
freedom from all that is wrong. And
the white stars teach light" Purity,
self-sacrifice and freedom are nothing
without light. Light in the homes, in
the political life, in all that we do or
think.
The services next Sunday will be
addressed by Rev. Roland A. Nichols of
the Church of Christ who will speak
on THE seal of the spirit"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03
LITTLE BISHOP. SPEAKS.

Mrs. Mary c. Mind of Detroit, Mich.
known in the west as the little
bishop, spoke before large audience
at Trinity Methodist church, yesterday
AFTERNOON; She has recently, in com
pany with Bishop Mind, visited the
missions IN japan, China, Malaysia and
ihola, ana Is speaking in the east in
the interest of her work, She snol,a
yesterday on her experience in foreign
countries and in the west and made an
appeal to the congregation for the
nearly support of mission work,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03
GO ON A PICNIC TUESDAY.

The Sunday school Of Laurel Street.
Methodist church will hold its annual
picnic at Sterling camp grounds, the
Fourth. The party will leave at 8 81
O'Clock and will make the church house
at the grounds its headquarters for the
day. There will be ball game between
picked teams chosen from the married
and single members of the Sunday
school. In addition, there will be field
sports. The return trip will be made
at 7.SO o'clock in the evening.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03

Senator Lindsay's prediction of over
whelming defeat for the democrats at
the state election deserves to be full
filled, but politics are on very low
plane in Kentucky, as may be judged
from the survival Of Senator Joe Black
burn. Aside from the candidacy of
Goebel for governor and the election
law which bears his name, the dis
graceful proceedings of the recent state
convention fairly typify the debase-
ment of the party, and reform is not
to be regarded too hopefully. 1t will be
noted that Wattersons Courier-Jour-
nal is for Goebel. Yet it would be a
great thing if another republican could
be elected governor, especially such a
high-minded candidate as Gov. Bradley
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03

Flies men say the Shamrock is faster
than valkyrie III, but apparently there
is to be no race in English waters to
establish this point. On the other
hand, It has been demonstrated that
the Columbia is speedier than the De-
fender under all conditions of wind
and water. Expert calculations are
that Sir Thomas Lipton's new yacht
will have to sail flve minutes better
than the Earl Of Dunravens If the
America cup race is to be at all close
but the secretive Britishers are not
giving the data on which to base esti-
mates. That. at least. will serve to In
tensify the excitement.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03

1t is strange state of things when
Sunday ball-playing is permitted in the
God-fearing plantations Of Roger Will
Jams. and in New York state, where
everything is supposed to go, it is sup
pressed. If the Syracuse team gave
such exhibition Of the national game
In Syracuse, yesterday, as it did in
this city last week. the court will dis
charge the men who were arrested.
Some other charge besides ball-playing
will have to be brought. They are not
guilty of that
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03

Argentina and Chill, grateful for the
services of Minister Buchanan as ar
bitter of their dispute, have offered him
100000 as slight token of their es-
teen. Arbitration isn't always I'M
profitable, even for the arbitrator, but
congress will probably have to be asked
to set the seal of its approval upon this
gratuity before it can be accepted.
There should be no difficulty about that,
however
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03
WEBSTER SQUARE M. E. CHURCH
NOTES.

Profs. c. H. Hartly and George r..
Cogswell of Fitchburg are the guests
Of Rev. II. L. Kingsley of the Webster
Square Methodist church.
The Ladies' Circle will meet at tho
residence of Mrs. George Taintor. on
Mills street, Thursday afternoon at 4
o'clock.
AT meeting of the Sunday school of
webster Square Methodist church, yes
teroay, A. H. Stearns resigned the po-
sition as superintendent and Z. w.
MINIS was elected to fill the vacancy.
The Sunday school is making ar
engagements to hold a picnic at Lake
Lashaway, Brookdeld, the last of .TI1lv'
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03

Billy Bryan inveighing against trusts
makes the humorous efforts of Puck
and Judge as solemn as gravestone
epitaphs. Bryan is the greatest trust
promoter in the country. He would
compel every person who had silver
dollar to trust in providence for so per
cent of it.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03
AT CHURCH OF CHRIST.

At a meeting at the Church of Christ
last evening at $780, Mrs. Marie With
erspoon read paper on Good citizen
ship" and r. A. Nichols, pastor of the
church, spoke on Home training" At
the morning service at 10 o'clock. Rev.
DR.. A. B. Belding of Troy N. Y, spoke,
taking for his subject THE coming
kingdom"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03
AND IN THE DEwY EVE.

From the Chicago Record)
Jimmy, what kind of fireworks do
you want?" tS
II want some Dewey rockets an
some Dewey Roman candles an sor1e
Dewey pinwheels an Dewey pistol
and some Dewey firecrackers.n
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03

One Of the Boston and Albany d.
rectors intimates that the lease of the
road to the New York Central is likely
to result in better train service be-
tween Worcester, Springfield and New
York and an increase of western freight
traffic that will benefit all railroad CEN
tres along the line. An improvement
in rolling stock for long distance trains
is naturally to be expected under Van
derbilt management.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03

The gold coming by steamer from the
Klondike is again measured by high
flying figures, but experience has shown
the wisdom of waiting till the ships are
unioaded before accepting these guess
es as exact Imagination is useful item
in the equipment of all gold hunters.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03

The few days preceding the glorious
Fourth are the harvest season for the
Six thousand original packages awaited
delivery in Lowell Saturday, and to-
days statistics are yet to be heard
from.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03

Postmaster Wallace of Fitchburg has
again come into his own. 1t seems to
be appreciated that his 25 years of
service in the office as clerk or chief
has given him an efficient grasp upon
the situation.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03

Mrs. Mccormick takes the advice of
her daughter, Mrs. Emmons Blaine, and
tells the Chicago assessors she has
sl,oo0,oOO of taxable personal property.
There is no evidence, however, that the
example of these women is being so
generally followed as to become a
mandate of fashion," despite the
threat of double doomage.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03

Worcester heads the list of cities in
the number of lawyers mentioned for
the judgships soon to be filled by
Gov. Wolcott. Time was when Wor-
cester had two or more representatives
in the state judiciary.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03

George Fred Williams and others
who come back from the West with the
story that Bryan is as strong there as
he was in 1896, need to have their mem
DRY logged concerning the last con-
gressional elections. 1t was in the Bryan
and silver states that the democrats
suffered losses that turned the house
of representatives over to the repub-
licans.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03
DIES SUDDENLY.

Mrs. Mary e. Cheney, widow of
Leander j. Cheney of Milford, died
suddenly Saturday. She was a daughter
Of the late Andrew ]. Waite. sister of
Stephen j., Samuel d. and Francis l..
Waite, and native Of this city.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03
EVENING SERVICES POSTPONED.

The services at the Adams souar.
church yesterday were conducted by
Rev. DR.. J. S. Holmes at 1915 o'clock.
The evening services at the church
have been postponed during the
months of July and August.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03

Again a note Of alarm is sounded by
the appearance of the bubonic plague
on steamer arriving at San Francisco
from Asiatic ports. Fear is expressed
lest the infection be brought also by the
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03

The zeal with which 10000 pension
claims for injuries received in the
Spanish war. have been pressed in
for the passage of an old bill to abolish
the pension attorney. The reformers
will bear in mind that it is no small
contract to destroy a large and profit
able business by legislative enactment.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03
FIRST FREE BAPTIST.

Rev. Alfred c. Thompson of the First
Free Baptist church, GO Wellington
street, gave sermon on Freedom and
liberty and expansion" yesterday
morning, at 1890 o'clock.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03

Anything more futile or purposeless
has seldom been seen in this city than
the woman's international congress"
writes Henry Norman from London
The speaking seems to have been bad
and the management worse. This goes
to show that the women of Europe are
still somewhat behind their American
sisters in oratorical and executive
ahilitvs
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03

1t is going to seem queer to go to
Millbury, Grafton, North Grafton and
Upton via the New York Central and
Hudson River railroad.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03
THE PLACE TO LUNCH

The one particular place for you and
your family to lunch, tomorrow, il the
Natural Food clubs rooms, 55s Main.
Handsome and useful souvenir to every
patron. Special menu.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03

They think they have had frost up
In Maine. George Fred Williams
thinks so, too.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03

Our illustrated catalogue. a booklet
of 81 pages, AXIS, gives synopsis of con-
tents of each Of % books this cata-
logue sent free to any address on re-
ceipt of a postage stamp, by George III.
Daniels, general passenger agent,
Grand Central Station, New York.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03
HANDSOME AND usEFur,

A handsome and useful souvenir will
be given free to every patron ct She
Natural Food clubs dining rooms TO-
morrow. Elaborate menu.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03
THE NATIONS DANGER. /"

At the First Presbyterian church, at
4 Kilby street, last evening, Rev. An
drew j. Brucklacher delivered a SER
mon on THE nations danger" at 7.S0
o'clock
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03

THE SPY SHOULD HAVE The EYE OF ARGUS: He
lsRohoRABLE " NE DO BUT LOOK TO The VEL
FARE or THE COMMONWEALTH"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03

Go to Peace Haven cottage, Brant
Rock. Mass, to spend the Fourth
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03

Do not fall TO try It for home and medi-
cihal use-,nothing like "Runnymede Club"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03

Don't wait until you are sick, but take
CARRIERS LITTLE LIVER PILLS,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03
CATHOLIC FEAsTs.
St. Paul and ST. Peter Hold Special Exsr-
cises Morning and Evening.

ST. Paurs church celebrated the
feasts of st. Peter and st. John yes
terday with special exercises. The or
der of exercises was a solemn high
mass in the forenoon at 1880. and SOL
emn vespers in the evening at 7.S0. The
feature of the observance was the mu-
sic at both exercises by a chorus of 40
voices, under the direction of Daniel
Downey, with Edward f. Howe as or
ganist.
The music for the solemn high mass
was: Organ prelude, st. Celia over
ture"; Battiste professional (sanctu-
airy choir), Haydn; introit (sanctuary
choir, Mozart; "Kyrie" mass in G,
Mario; Gloria" mass in c, Mario;
Gradual combined choirs, Silas;
"Credo," mass in c, Mario; offertory,
"Tu es Petrus," Granier; "Sanctus,"
mass in C, Mario; communion (sanctu-
ary), Bailey; occasional Sanctuary
choir, Smart; postlude, Handel.
The program for the evening exercises
was. Organ prelude, Wagner; process
sional (sanctuary choir, Hatton; YES
per psalms" E. F. Howe; "Egregie
doctor Paule," Schmidt; "Magnifcat, :"
lie Jael," "Salve regina" Cirilla; 20
salutaris," Faure; "Tantum ergo" Will
der-D owney; organ 'postlude, Mendels-
sohn.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03

st. Peters church commemorated the.
feast of its patron saint yesterday with
a solemn high mass at 1890 and solemn
vespers at 1870 in the evening. In the
forenoon Marcos mass was sung in r
minor, by the regular choir. In the
evening, the sanctuary choir sung the.
vesper psalms of the day. The bene-
diction of the blessed sacrament closed
the evening service.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03

A positive cure for sick headache.
CARTERS LITTLE LIVER PILLS,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03

MONDAY, JULY 3. 1899.