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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-18
APRIL 10th OBSERVED SO az

The grocers of Worcester and vicinity
VIII close their stores all day Wednesday.
the 18th. but will remain open Tuesday
evening for the accommodation of pat
rons. G. f. COnant, secretary Worcester
County Retail Groeers' Association.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-18
NOTICE
GLADWIN STUDIO

DAY BUILDING, room 80, corner of Main
and Walnut streets.
instruction given in sketching from oh
lects and from nature Pen and Ink
drawing. Water color and oil painting
Classes Will be formed for out-of-door
sketcl.ng later in the season.
Application may be made any afternoon
from 3 to .. Evening classes will be ar
ranged for GEORGE Z. GLADWIN.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-18
HOLDS FIRST PLACE.
Quakers Cinch the Game in FIRST Two
Innings.

Philadelphia, April Il. - Philadelphia
made it three straight from Washington
today by superior batting In the first
and second innings the home team made
enough runs to win with a good margin.
Baker supplanted Dineen in the box for
the Senators in the third inning, and he
proved effective until the seventh and
eighth innings. Score:
aT,Y= Tar
New-York tribune., 1899-06-11

Now there is no such thing as commence
mont" at oxford; at oxford the ceremony OF
comforting degrees forms part Of what is known
in that university, officially, as the encehia'
and more commonly, as commemoratlon. Al
Cambridge. on the other hand, Commencement
Tuesday" is, and has been for ages. the regular
name for the greatest day Of the university
wear the principal day on which candidates Ior
"the title of bachelor designate" are pupIcly
admitted in the Senate House, or, to use What
is a fair American approximation to the mean
ing of this ancient verbiage, practically get
their degrees" OF b. A.
Being politically. socially and theolog1caiiy
Cantabrigian in its tendencies, Harvard oi
course called its ceremony Of conferring de-
erees commencement" The Oxford WORD,
"commemoration,' probably never occurred "
any OF the first generation of Harvard men, anu
il il had il must have been rejected without
consideration rot merely for its association
with oxford itself but because, as an allusion
10 the custom Of commemorating the dead
gone founders Of colleges and praying for thelr
souls good estate" it savored extensively OF
Popery and purgatory
So far il is plain that Harvard got com
mencement" from old Cambridge, Yale from
Harvard-four out Of the first five graduates at
Yale. in 17O2 were Harvard men. All the other
colleges and schools Of this country took the
New-York tribune., 1899-06-11

sides. there is another explanation which has IN
its favor all the weight of historical evidence.
Yale may not like to be reminded OF 1t, but
Harvard is the mother Of universities In this
country Harvard sprang into existence. as the
College at New Towne," by vote Of the Gen
era Court OF Massachusetts in 1G,G, or sixty
five years before the foundation at New-Havcn.
Between the date Of that vote and the death OF
John Harvard two years later, ii was decided
to change the name of New Town to Cam
bridge Cambridge. the seat Of Harvard Col
lege now Harvard University has been ever
since, and that fact is Of the greatest sgnh-
canoe in connection with the origin Of the gem
eral American use OF commencement in its
academical sense The change of names was
made because from the very first, even before
John Harvard's bequest increased the wealth Of
the new foundation more than threefold old
Cantabs were numerous in that colony. and
strong in the governing body of the College at
New Towne" Indeed. considering the political
antecedents of the Pilgrim Fathers, it would
have been marvellous II the seat of their first
learned foundation to promote 1.-THE education
Of the English and Indian youth Of this coun-
try in knowledge and godliness" had been named
oxford. oxford was Laud's university; Cam
bridge was that OF Mr.. Milton who wrote the
"Areopagitca," and afterward became Latin
Secretary to the Lord Protector Cromwell; Ok
ford was then, and for long after nest of high
prelacy and of violent royaism. while Cam
bridge was more decidedly Protestant in feel
ing and already beginning to be identified with
the cause Of the People against the King. The
fact that John Harvard. English Non-con-
formist and a graduate OF Emmanuel College,
Cambridge became the second founder Of and
gave his name to. the Massachusetts, college
was an indication of the new institutions aca-
denical sympathies, not determining causA
New-York tribune., 1899-06-11
A SUPERSENSITIVE EDITOR.
he Chicago Record

From The Chicago Record.
among magazine readers IN the United
States there is a strange preJudlce againSl any
thing smacking OF Pugsm, sad thr ~. he', ,i,. ~
Watson recently, while on WISH IN SIOuA ny.
mot long ago | was commissioned by the eoItOf
of an American magazine 10 write storg Vl
certain length for n specified sum. the sGuyeCs
and treatment to be selected hy hyseh. "net 80.
| submitted the production lhe eu''O' '''NNN ~
il and declared .,
1--WE couldn't think Of printing such story
as this to go into the homes OF the Jnlttl S'dteS
1t would be suicide for the magazine. oi course'
we will pay you the sum agreed o. U"N VI ''''
not use the matter at all. =.
Il replied that he was under no oh.sa'ohs ~
pay for what he could not use. but ahteu ~
know what there might be in the sluly 'haS
made il Objectionable to his readers IL "oulu
shock their moral sense SO seriously ne an
sw cred that we would lose subscribers oy 'ne
article instead of increasing our list
81 knew that neither in this story nor ~ any
other that | had written was there s'hge eA
preston that ought 10 offend the s'uHlnl'',, -, - -
the reader old or young. SO | asked ut tu.'o
for specifications. What do you suppose ma!
been my offence as an author? IL "as sZlnpg Z
that | had referred TO a little nsucun pe'"ev'
two boys at school | did not detail the qua
rel-merey referred to it, but IN sHeh a w.
that il was essential To the story Ihe epi'ou0
could not be cut out. For this reason the manu-
script rejected. l wanted the editor per, i
sonal judgment of such sentimentalism ana YOU
will pardon me for quoting his reply hteI'HE'
" i think il is - pharisaical rot -
THE difference between the two great hHS
disappearing countries with reference % pus'I-
ism is something | cannot explain. WIN Us u
is not regarded unmanly for two boys 10 SCI SCI
tie differences with their fists. Indeed. the o1y
who does not back his rights with ms muSclt u, y
considered milksop. | believe u is 'h't'y
proper and that cultivation Of the manly arr j.
helpful in building character. | praCtised u my
self when youngster, and have always V'.r
glad of it, | have known natural bulhes Wno
have been pounded into quite decent teHo"S'
That experience with the editor led me 10 III
spect American magazines to see how much RAJ
care Is taken in them not 10 offend IN othrt y.
spects those sensibilties which are so den a'e
concerning fsticufs. OF course | found IAhc
after page devoted TO advertisements sh""ns
women in their corsets, underwear ana hosl,' ,.
| submit that a patronage so dainty-souIeu ~
il cannot tolerate an allusion to muscular
contest ought to be fastidious enough to mars
objection, at least. to the suggestive engidI."ss
New-York tribune., 1899-06-11
AN EXHIBITION OF ADVERTISING.
rbe London Standard.

From The London Standard.
Tho art Of advertising has attained to such
diversity of method that an exnlu.sor ,stor ,"ay
nevitahIe. At Niagara Hall. Westminster may
he seen during the next fortnight Il ulsPay vi
,cme of the means by which energetic anu ~ III
lorprising men keep Their business oeiVaI Io'e ,m
,uiIic The medium which. as the catalogue
iranklv acknowledges lis looked upon by host
advertisers of sound views and eXperiehce & DO
that which brings most grlst to the MN - 'ne ~
rewspaper collection OF Jourhais ID hot ia ~
self an overpoWe ering attraction. yet III can we
made useful when arranged IN toposIdi'in.ai
divisious as at Niagara Hall, and supplemehtcu
with estimates Of the cost OF advertising oNci
n ,arficular county or district. THESE COM
narrative tables for newspapers, bil-postns anu
house o. house visitation show that the iIs' -
not nlv the most effective but also tHe Ci'dpo9t
medium OF the more snowy methods thefe Is
q bewiIdering variety, ranging from paper
kuickknacks to huge posters. PICTURES nave pcen
used for advertising ever since the ar M"'
known. Only in recent years however mas Pl.
,orial advertisement arrived at any reilheinehl'
ChGret. Willetta and Mucha reVolutlofIZed .he
poster and set an example which mas ut'a,,e , a
many of those pucrile monstrosites that once
did service on the hOardings. How widely the
new style differs from the old Is revealed py
glance around the artists gallery here are
some striking specimens of effective design anu
color. 49,.
is an endless display. Dutch, German ana
French challenge our supremacy IN these de-
rartments and have sent many attractive ex-
hibits The Dutch. for some reason nave mani
tested especial interest in the subject ana are
represcnted by no fewer than ten frms. III ls
satisfactory. however, to note that British nrths
are unsurpassed by any OF these foreign com
petitors The brightness. novelty and artistic
finish about much of the work IN TINS Depart
ment should appeal to many who are not direct
Is concerned in the art which 1t is Intended TO
serve The electric sign is one OF the latest
additions TO the mechanism Of advertising. How
effective il can bc made-at any rate, in winter
is seen In the Central Hall, where is a dazzling
array of colors and Of pictures illuminated by
contriVance that resembles the metallic web or
n music box or the cardboard pattern in
Jacquard loom. Examples are given OF window
dressing in which there is evidently abundant
opportunity for uniting the pictorial art with
the material whose uses are to he impressed up
on the public mind Among other objects de-
serving attention are those illustrating methods
that may be employed witt advantage in rail-
way stations and on tramcars and omnbuses.
It will be seen from this brief survey of the con
Gents Of Niagara Hall that the exhibition ~
likely to be Of interest as well as OF service TO
all who make use of public advertisements in
their business or pursuits.
New-York tribune., 1899-06-11

name from either Yale or Harvard; II came to
all OF them more or less directly from Harvard.
But the question still remains: How did Cam
bridge get such quaint Of the word?
Historically it seems. Cambridge is largely
under obligations to the University Of Paris
oxford less so, if at all. oxford claims to have
come into existence in the ninth century, before
the University of Paris; Cambridge started with
Peterhouse College more than half a century
after Paris in the thirteenth Now, one of the
meanings of the French verb commences is
to train a young animal; in French one says
that a groom commences" a foal, huntsman
commences" a pup. 1t seems probable that
the word used in about the same Of
the alumni" (colts. literally at the University =
OF Paris. Whether the idea really taken
from the stables or not, the phrases commence
in arts" and commence in theology" certainly
were varsity technicalities at Paris in the six
teenth century. And, taking into consideration
the, to us, somewhat complicated proceedings
in arts still in use at Cambridge University, it
seems that these proceedings" were originally
regarded as a sort Of public entry upon the
training for the then highly esteemed career Of
a dsputer-a "wrangler' learned mat
ters.
BACHELORS HONORs AT CAMBRIDGE.
These archaic Cambridge proceedings are in
marked contrast to the simple delivery OF diplo-
mas which is all that is essential in the confer
ring of college degrees in this country. There,
on Commencement Tuesday, which happens this
year to be June 20, when the honors men are
admitted. the proceedings begin with a warning
by one Of the university "bedells' TO the
fathers" or sponsors Of the candidates 20 be
ready to present their sons" to the vice chan
cellor of the university. who sits in front Of the
Senate House table Some time Is spent In col
New-York tribune., 1899-06-11

never seen again alive. But on the foho"ihs
day an announcement appeared In the "ofnciah
MonIteur" to the effect that he had been exiieo
to Fashoda, while the Khedivial yacht was seen
to have left It's moorings and TO nave gone up
stream. week later 1t returned having Oh
board two Khedval chamberlains, one with MS
face and neck badly scratched, the other with ME
left hand manned by human bite These IN
turies were received in strangling the MouHeush
who never reached Assouan on his way 10 IA
shoda, and whose son know well one OF these
two chamberlains was Prime Minister OF Esyp'
at the time of the Arab rebellion In loo|' "hi'e
the other-the one with the SCARED hands to-
day-wen he is known by the name OF inc
"Gloved Pacha." EN-AIIhChr'
New-York tribune., 1899-06-11
EHERALDS IN RUSSIA.
From The Novoe Vremya.

From The NOvoe Vremya.
Emeralds. some of which very fine. are
found in the district Of Ekaterinburg along the
banks of the Tokova River. about ffty-two
miles from the capital of the district Mining
for this precious stone began in 1871. and AT the
beginning gave very good results. The first
emerald was found by a peasant named Maxim
Kojcvnikow In 1879, while he was examining the
roots of "a tree which had been uprooted by "A
storm 1t is pretty certain however. that dis
eovcries Of the same kind had already been
made in 1863 1t is even possible that finds had
been made prior 10 then. as the Car Boris
t;odounow presented the Venetian engraVer.
Francis Ascentini with sable fur and 100
duCats for having cut "A large emerald for a
ring The finest emeralds were found when
these stones were being mined for the account
OF the Government During this period, that is,
up To 1862 5000 pounds were extracted. The
Government afterward farmed out the mines to
private parties. who were not successful The
emeralds Of superior quality have been found
near the surface Of the soil while those found
In deep ground were OF inferior quality
New-York tribune., 1899-06-11
THE BEECH HEDGE.

A REMARKABLE AND PICTURESQUE
GROWTH IN PERTHSHIRE, SCOTLAND.
The tourist in Scotland, as his brothers eiSe-
where, with his hurry and scurry forever III
haste to see everything IN few days 100 oi'en
masses by the smaller objects of interest ana
thus really accomplishes little of his vast uiuei
taking.
The beech hedge IS one OF these too often neg
lected wonders OF nature. Not that IL ~
"smaller object of interest" by any means, for II
stands over one hundred feet high. The peech
hedge is the property of the Marquis OF LanS-
downe at Meiklour, Perthshire, and was piaii'eu
in or about the year 1745 by party OF high-
landers encamped there for few days wii''e o''
their way to join the Pretender' Prince Chb' ne
This mammoth hedge, which indeed deserves the
name of being one of the modern wonders OF the
world is a fitting monument to commemorate
the Pretender's defeat at Culioden. the last
battle ever fought on English soil.
New-York tribune., 1899-06-11
NOT WORTH CORRECTING.

From The Indianapolis Journal
HIN" said the editor II guess I'll let that
error stand
What is up?" asked the Impersonal Voice
Slug y has made ii read, He laughs best
who laughs least
New-York tribune., 1899-06-11
commandments"
THEIR WHY AND WHENCE.
THE WORD ENTERED AMERICAN USAGE THROUGH
HARVARD WHICH INHERITED 1T FROM
CAMBRIDGE. WHICH HAD 1T FROM
THE UNIVERSITY OF PARIS

THE UNIVERSITY OF fhftio'
The season of college commencements' "hich
is now upon the land, annually raises IN the
minds Of the curious and the inquisitVe the
question. Why commencement? When the
young man or young woman closes his or her
college course in this country he or she is gradu
ated." That Is easy enough to understand, be-
cause "gradus' is Latin for degree" But why
is the ceremony which ends the college year ana
is the aim and end of most college courses called
commencement? Why not, rather, finish
one very generally accepted explanation OF
the term connects II, sentimentally, with the
idea that the youth or maiden is then and there
on that platform heaped with wreaths and
bouquets-just commencing the serious work OF
life This is poetically and sentimentally, plaus-
ibe; moreover, it invests the college ceremony
of conferring degrees with a certain grave
beauty. suggesting noble achievements in the
future for the boy and girl graduates But as
an explanation it is altogether improbable Be
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1899-11-28

bottom and 20 feet on the top. MADE
with stone walls and solid cement with
in those walls, ever go out when the
water will never be allowed to run over
it3 And how will a reservoir fill with
sediment when there will be pipes in
the bed of the river drawing several
thousand inches Of water through them
which would cause an u~ndercurrent
that would keep the channel clean. or
nearly SOP | know something about
what | assert. have a reservoir that
the water from the Carson river has
been running into for "a years, and
which has no outlet at the bottom, and
which has not filled over six inches
with sediment, as has been suggested.
think the people of this locality
have the best opportunity to make use
of the best valleys in this state by the
enterprise | suggest, but | am Of the
opinion that there will be nothing done
In any way to benefit the ranchers in
the direction as above stated, for the
reason that they will not pull together,
and enterprise is not prominent. am
not stubborn nor do | oppose any prop
osition to secure benefits. If | have
given no reasons nor arguments in
favor Of my position. then | am in for
anything that will secure the desired
benefits, SO 1t will not be so expensive
as to bankrupt the people of this local
ity. Now another thing. Senator Will
Jams is not in favor Of bonding the
county for any sum to build the Carson
dam, but intimates that he would
be in favor of that method of rails
ing money to build the ditch from the
Truckee. OF course there is no other
way to do 1t, and to do that we would
have to wait until another Legislature
meets to authorize such issue.
have but little faith now of any
thing being done in the matter.
LEM ALLEN.
Nebraska corn for sale at Griswold's.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1899-11-28
STATIONERY
CONFECTIONERY.

Kodoi Dyspepsia Cure is a scientific
compound having the endorsement of
eminrui phvsiriau- aud the medical
rre-, u ''~dige~Ss~ha you eat and
i~nsir'vstv rars dyspepsia. M. A. Ket-
81 ieih savs il cured
ni fe.. wears standing.
.cy u 60.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1899-11-28

There is always hope while there's
One Minute Cough Cure. IAN attack
of pneumonia left my lungs in bad shape
and l was near the first stages Of con-
sumption. One Minute Cough Cure
completely cured me-" writes Helen
McHenry, Bismark, N. d. Gives in-
slant pellet. Sold by q. %Kinney 4
Co. Af{
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1899-11-28
Nebraska corn for sale at Griswold's

Booths oysters at Griswold's.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-30

ing by the missionary quartette, consist
ing of Mrs. Carrie Jones. Miss Belle Tay-
lor, Lee Morris and Chester Lloyd.
DR.. and Mrs. J. q. Parr are entertain
ing Mrs. Jos. Wells, of Chicago.
The majority of residents here were
very anxious last evening to learn the re-
suit of the conference last evening rela-
tive to the settlement of the street car
troubles. Although the sympathy of all
is with the employees they are anxious to
see a settlement reached. II it IS not. they
viii continue TO walk in future. as they
have the past three weeks.
Miss Ruth McClesry left for Sistersville.
". Va. yesterday afternoon to visit REL
atives.
Tuesday evening a banquet viii be given
by the stockholders Of the Peoples Saw
.ngs Bank Co, in the rooms Of 5. G.. Rob
iuson.
The Belmont Brick Works. which re-
Gently resumed. is doing an enormous bus
mess.
Many from here viii fake advantage Of
the 81 excursion TO Canton this morning
over the Wheeling & Lake Erie road.
Ed. Springer. of Vine street. is confined
to his home with sickness.
The members of the Second NJ E.
church. which have been giving a social
and entertainment in the Commercial hall
the past three nights. brought the affair
TO a very successful close last night and
quite a neat sum of money was realized
from the affair.
The members of the Alumni will hold a
meeting Monday evening at half-pa st
seven, in the high school, to hear the re-
port of the collecting committee.
The newly elected members of the city
council will take their places on next
Tuesday evening, when the first regular
meeting of the month is he'd.
A young child of Harry Walker, of near
Dillon. is recovering from diptheria. Two
OF his children died from the effects of the
same disease recently
A number Of young men from this place
went up to T:ltonsville yesterday to wit
ness a ball game.
Charles Morris went to Captina yester-
day to visit friends and relatives.
Yesterday was pay day at the Aetna
Standard mill.
a young child of II. c. Mitchell is SER
iously IL.
The entertainment gwen at the Maen-
nerchor hall last evening under the aus
pices of the Martins Ferry base ball club
was well attended and proved very enjoy
able.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-30
A LIVELY INCIDENT
Mall Driver and . Deputy U. s. Marshall
Came To-Gether Yesterday.

4 Mall Driver and . Deputy u. s. Marshall
Came To-Gether Yesterday.
Yesterday morning about nine o'clock
there was quite an exciting incident on
Fourteenth street. in which Edward
Watson, driver for Burns & Church,
and a Deputy United States Marshal
were the principals.
From eye witnesses of the incident
It was learned that Watson drove
south along Market street with a mail
wagon and turned east into Fourteenth
street to deliver some baggage at
point in that direction. AS Watson was
crossing the track a car came along and
it happens that there was some delay.
The deputy at once alighted from the
car and checked the horse. Then fol-
lowed some hot words between the two
men, each of whom had been sworn in
to protect the United States mails. The
language used by Watson evidently
provoked the deputy, for the latter be-
gan to climb upon the seat Of the wag-
on, in order to get closer to the driver.
At this juncture Watson started his
horse up Fourteenth street and welded
his heavy blacksnake whip with tell
ing effect across the deputy's back and
shoulders. The deputy followed the
wagon and at point near Justice
Peterman's Office drew revolver and
demanded that the driver stop his
horse. Watson at once jumped to the
street and sought safer place on the
other side Of the animal, while Squire
Peterman and other spectators dis
armed the deputy The latter immedi-
ately showed his white badge" and it
was not known until then that the man
had any authority whatever to act, as
the badge had not been displayed. Wat
son then drove on up the street, at the
same time ordering that the man be
locked up. The deputy quietly returned
to his duties
Some of the spectators claimed that
Watson was not interfering with the
progress of the car and that the deputy
was walking down Market street just
before the mix-up occurred. 1t was also
said that a car was not in the vicinity
at the time, which would indicate that
the deputy was of the opinion that the
mail driver was travelling too fast.
The affair was a mysterious one and
there may be some interesting develop