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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-02-17
AN D E

The game OF craps is playing a very
prominent part in the proceedings OF
the Tennessee legislature. just at
present. An effort is being made TO
enact a law prohibiting the playing OF
the seductive game, and making 1t a
felony to indulge the passion for 1t.
The game has always been recog-
nized as being specially patronized by
the negro, and that his passion fer
this particular form Of gambling was
only to be compared with his yearn-
ing for "'possum meat and sweet
taters." or "watermilyun fresh rum
de vine" The ''come lcben and seb-
ben" cry from a group on the velvety
green OF a woodland retreat, or the
hay covered ground back of the old
barn as we'll as the back sheds about
town, away from the prying eyes OF
the law, is sweet music to the ear OF
the "colored gemman," and the game
has been popularity supposed to be his
personal property.
The Nashville Banner, however, re-
ferring to IA pun in the Philadelp'll'
Times, which says: SIN Tennessee the
colored citizens can't help looking
black over a law that has been passet
making playing craps a crime" ex
plodes this idea with the following:
"The bill has not yet become ii law
but its final passage, which is prooa
BILE, would not cast a deeper gloom o
the gambling darkies only. 1T Is
mistaken notion that craps Is a gam
played entirely by negroes. 1t Ia
come to he one OF the most constantl
played games OF the white gambler
1t is a fayorite game in the VIM
gambling bells of Nashville and ot'
err cites in Tennessee"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-02-17

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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-24
GENERAL DOMINION NOTES

The Bank of Montreal is the third
largest bank in the world. The capital
stock is $12,000.000 the rest fund
amounts to Sc 600. 900; the bank has its
own notes in circulation to the amount
OF st, 446.507; it has in deposits, not bea :
ing interest, $685. 486, S34
Senator Sanford, who was drowned
at Muskoka, carried $4,000 life insur-
ance in the New York Life. in addition
10 other policies in other companies
At the reception given in London by
Lord and Lady Strathcona, on Domin-
ion day, fine program of music was
given, all the artists in " hich were
canadians, born or started here Among
them were Madame Albina, Montreal;
Avon Saxon and Mile Cheron, Wind
sor; Miss Thomson, Toronto; Miss Wal
ker, Mr.. Lacroix, Miss LaFalme, Miss
Ramsey, Toronto; DR.. Baker, Halifax.
The Vancouver Advertiser says:
'Messrs. Donald Mcdonald, brother of
Alexe nder Mcdonald, the bonanza
king and C. S. Keynor, both natives
Of Nova Scotia, left by the imperial linn
tied, July 5. on their way home They
took With them gold dust to the value
Of $4,000 or 10000 Mr.. Mcdonald
stated that they would get their gold
assayed at Montreal"
In the regular course, it takes a car
rler elght or nine years to reach the
limit, 5000. Letter carriers In tn. United
States begin with 5000 and advance to
$1,000
Some noticeable changes have been
made in the color of postage stamps.
The color of the domestic rate postage
stamp, as prescribed by the Universal
Postal Union, is red, and it is intended
to discontinue the issue of the ordinary
two-cent purple colored stamps as soon
as the present supply is exhausted.
Thereafter the department will re-is-
sue, first, however, surcharging down
to two cents, the unissued remnant Of
three-cent stamps in red. AS soon as the
supply of such surcharged threes is
exhausted the issue Of new two-cent
stamps in red will begin.
The exports of cheese from Montreal
up to July Is were $40, S79 boxes, com
pared with 456.233 boxes to same date
last year; and Of butter 97,152 packages,
compared with 1906. This is notable
increase.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-24
PLUMBERS PICNIC.
Annual Outing VIII Be at Jordan Pond
With Dinner and Sports.

Arrangements for an outing to be held
by the Journeymen Plumbers Union,
Aug. IL. are humming along. The
committee has secured Jordan's pond
and grove for the day, and upon arriv-
ing in the morning, the plumbers will
have lunch. Dinner will be served in
the afternoon, and there will be a pro-
gram of sports.
The base ball team has been unable
to get game with q local union team,
and on the day of the outing, the mar
ried men will play the single men. The
union contains several men who have
played on fast semi-professional teams,
and the game will be holly contested,
as many of the former stars have join
ed the Benedicts, and will play on the
team representing the married men.
The committee is arranging for the
purchase OF prizes for the athletic
events, and refreshments will be served
during the outing. The committee in
charge of arrangements is T. F. Har-
ney. John Wiseman, John Kiley and
M. F. McNulty.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-24
No'pUsT.

The advantages Of eliminating dust
from the tracks of railways by sprink-
ling with oil have been the subject
Of much consideration and discussion
Of late, and the benefits to be derived
from pursuing such a practice cannot
be too strongly Endorsed. There is no
one feature that will perhaps add so
mucf to the comfort of railway travel,
as to be assured Of freedom from dust,
which without this provision will, ex-
cepting in rainy weather, be impossible
to keep out of the cars. It Is crafty
Ing to be able to state that the positive
merits of this method have been first
shown by a New England road, viz,
the Boston and Albany, which a year
ago, at the expenditure Of many thou
sands OF dollars, caused their double
track road-bed to be thoroughly and
completely sprinkled with oil, and
which did away absolutely with all dust
raised by the swiftly moving trains.
We had occasion to refer to and in
dorse this enterprising course on the
part Of the Boston and Albany Rail-
road some nine months ago, stating
that the use Of oil on its tracks had
been complete success, and not only
was all annoyance Of this character
done away with, but the tracks and
surroundings gave the appearance of
having just been wet by brisk shower
Of rain. We are pleased to again re-
fer to this fact and to state that the
b & A." management, in keeping
with their usual course OF adopting ev-
cry Improvement that would add to the
comfort of their patrons, have again re-
sprinkled their tracks with oil, and
which will insure during the entire
summer and fall again the freedom
from all discomforts as regards dust
and dirt in the cars. p.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-24
DIED IN THE HOSPITAL.
Leicester Believed That She
Had Owned a Local
Farm.

Leicester, July 23.-Miss Mary Ann
Holbrook of Leicester died today at the
Worcester insane hospital. She is sis
ter to Phineas L. and Joseph e. Hol-
brook, who reside on short road Off
Millbury street, south of Daniel W..
Kents. Her age could not be a3cu-
rately obtained in Leicester today, as
she was a native of Paxton. She was
beyond middle age and had been in the
hospital seven or eight months. Her
mania took the form of thinking she
owned Chas. Sanderson's house on Main
street She walked from her home to
that place twice, distance of about
two miles, with arms full of goods she
was moving. Her brothers were unable
to prevent these trips, and it was
thought best to take the woman to the
hospital
The annual picnic of the First Con-
gregational Sunday school win take
place on Thursday at Pettingill's grove
on the shores of Lake Lashaway, East
Brookfield, where the school has pic
nicked for the past few years There
has been some talk about holding the
event at another spot, but it was de-
cided to make no change.
The Leicester hotel is filling up for
Liz SuIhulSI last, ana several summer
guests have arrived during the past
few days. Recent arrivals include Mrs.
Y. E. Tucker, Worcester; Miss Lucy
H. Garlin, Providence, r. l.; M. q.
Hillery wife and children, Springfield;
Edwin S. Doubleday, w. F. Pick and
Edwin ]. G. Cameron of New York
city; G. A. Croker and Silas Taft of
Milridge.
Amtng the transient guests who
took dinner today were many from
Worcesters. including Col e. B. Glas-
gov, Mr.. and Mrs. f. NJ. Wood III
Frances Wood, j w. Torrey, G.. w.
Bonney. w. H. Dennis and wife, Mr..
and Mrs. 7. G. Kent, DR.. and Mrs.
Swasey and Miss Edna Swasey.
Reports from the 18th annual Y. p
S. G. e. convention held recently at
Detroit were read at the O'clock
meeting in the First CONGREGATIONAL
church tonight. Three members Of the
local society, Misses Abbia G.. Smith
Miss Bertha Denny and Miss Grace I,
Circuit, each read reports. Miss Carrie
L. Fuller of Leicester attended and
the material for the readings was
CLEANED from papers she sent.
Banns of marriage for John Rice of
Worcester and Miss Annie Donovan Of
Willow Hill street. were published al
st. Josephs church for the last time
today 1t Is expected the ceremony will
take place on Monday
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-24
NEW BRUNSWICK.

A sardine canning factory is being
erected on Grand Manan.
The International steamer State of
Maine, which arrived Saturday even
Ing. Drought 100 passengers, and the
d. A. r. steamer Prince Edward
brought 124 yesterday afternoon.
The Church Of England people al
Fredericton Junction are to build d
new church.
Work upon the church will be begun
immediately.
A wagon load of Strawberries from
the farm of Sidney Hannah at Ledge
attracted considerable attention on ths
streers Of st. Stephen. The boxes con-
tained a quart Of berries and aver
aged II berries to the box They were
the American Beauty variety.
Great improvements have been made
in the Royal hotel In St. John. 1t Il
heated throughout by hot water and
lsgNteE by electric lights and gas, con.
tains 115 sleeping rooms, and is fitted
with everything calculated to make q
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-24
NEWFOUNDLAND.

A bill has passed the Newfoundland
legislature to empower the government
to grant mining rights on the French
shore"
The new tariff is in effect. The main
feature of the revenue import is the
levying of a special rate Of 10 per cent
on the existing duties, flour and naalas-
ses, however, being exempted from this
regulation. The duty on coal entering
st. Johns is raised frem 40 to so cents.
Certain tinctures and medical prepara-
tons are reduced and articles for
church use, including bells, statues and
adornments for religious purposes, are
admitted duty free.
The finance minister estimated an ex-
penditure of $1,S00,000 for 1899 1900. This
was an increase, and to raise it, 10 per
cent was put on the duties.
Thousands of tons Of iron ore have
been purchased in Newfoundland for
shipment to Philadelphia to be manu-
featured into steel, and already two
schooners, with sample cargoes of the
ore, are en- route. The German steam
ship Claudius, with a capacity of near
ly 5000 tons, has been chartered for the
Newfoundland ore trade.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-24

stay in the house pleasant The rooms
are large, well lighted and finished in
magnificent style. The carpets are
BRUSSELS, Administer and Wilton of
pretty design. Every room is provid-
ed with hot and cold water I'ourts cen
OF the rooms have bath rooms attached.
The furniture is of mahogany, with
brass bedsteads imported expressly for
the hotel The rooms are SO arranged
that they can be used in suites, in which
event the largest rooms can be coa-
verted into parlors.
The will of the late w. w. Turnbull
was probated at SO real-a lot of land
at Melrose, Masss-and $685., 900 person.
al property The property, af-
ter payment of personal and
pubic requests, is to be divid-
ed equally among the five children, Mrs.
sarah r. Award, wife Of Dr. Silas Al
ward; Ernest Hathaway Turnbull, Miss
Grace Frederick Turnbull, Mrs Irene
Margaret Starr, wife of Frank p. Starr.
ana Wallace Rupert Turnbull.
The public requests, besides $100 900
for the Home for Incurables, are: $1,000
TO the Protestant Orphan asylum, the
income of which is to be devoted to-
wards the maintenance of the institu-
tlon; $4,000 to the rector church
wardens and vestry of st. Johns
Nstouel cnuFcE TO pc invested a s they
shall direct and the income used to sue
cor the poor Of the city irrespective of
creed, race, sex, age or color.
There is to be great sale of tim
her licenses at the crown land office
IN st. John commencing on Wednesday.
August 30. No less than 573 berths. ag-
1878 1-2 square miles, are to
be disposed of at pub1Ic auction. The
upset price has been flxed at IS. and
the license win hold good until August
|, 1900.
A company is being organized in
Charlotte county to establish a tela-
phone line along the shore, taking in |
Pennfield, Beaver Harbor, Blacks
7arbor, Letete, Deer Island, and pos
sibly other sections.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-24
A BRAND NEW SYSTEM.
Admission Charged at New England
Chauteuqua Meetings.

South birmingham, July pa new
system was inaugurated at today's
meeting of the New England Chautau-
qua Sunday school assembly At Mont
walt. tickets being sold for admission
to the grounds The assembly PRAYERS
this morning were led by James RI
Earle. The morning sermon In the All.
ditorium was preached by Rev. A. II
Dunning, D. D.. his topic being "The
gospel of the New Testament"
At 2.S0 o'clock this afternoon the Sun
day school lesson was in order. the Sc
Nor department being conducted by
Prof. George w. Pease, the intermedi-
ate and Junior departments by Miss
Annah Chaplin, while the primary de-
partnent was conducted by Mrs. Louie
Erville Ware.
The o'clock meeting tonight, com
l.. 3. G. -
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-24
A pIscoMPosINa DRINK.

The Frankfurter Zeitung of the 9Th inst
records some interesting Impressions of
kiautschau." the new German colony in
China. Among these is the following de-
scription of remarkable picnic: Sitting
under the poplars. one can imagine one
self In the courtyard of an old German
feudal castle. The hamper Is opened, and
the cold mountain stream flowing before
the temple serves as an Ice cellar. Once
more the male population Of the village
puts In an appearance, standing round
the table in amazement at all the UNI
heard-of things happening. The gre attest
success attends the uncorking of the
Apollinaris bottles. The bottle Is pointed
at the onlookers and the cork having
been loosened, It flies into their faces with
loud report. At first they are greatly
alarmed, then they enjoy the joke hugely,
and at last they all squat on the ground
In circle and send deputy to the table
of the foreigners bearing q teacup. The
petition Is granted, and In the teacup an
exquisite brew is prepared The drain
ings Of all the beer bottles are collected,
to which is added a little claret and a
liberal proportion of Apollinaris, and
then in order to lend greater consistency
70 the beverage, some sausage skins are
mixed with II. The teacup crculates
amongst the Chinese. and each sip II with
reverential awe. Some OF them make
fearful grimaces. but not one has the
courage of his opinion, and It Ii evident
that, on the whole, the drink is voted a
good one, although perhaps its flavor Is
somewhat rare"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-24
P. E. ISLAND.

The tourist travel to this province
was never as large as during the pres
ent season. Many who come principally
for rest and change of air locate in
quiet farm houses near the seashore.
The death is announced of John Mel
lick, East Point, in the Goth year of his
age. The deceased was born in England
and came to this province 70 years ago.
The recent wet weather has nearly
destroyed the crops on low lands es-
pscially west of Sun.merside. should
it continue much longer another failure
OF the wheat crop at least is feared. The
hay crop has the appearance of being
equal to that of last year, which was
the largest known for many wears.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-24
To Cure a Cough in One Day
To Cure a Cold in One Day
To Cure Sore Throat in One Day
To C,,,.o rroo..eo.,... =. -

Take CleveIand's Celery Compound Tea.
refunded by
Brewer & Co.. Sc Front st.; George e.
Fairbanks. 2S4 Main st Burlington Phar.
macy: Martin p. Waite. 10 Front st.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-24

They take up room; we need money.
100 SECONDHAND CARRIAGES,
every style, kind and price; many of
them as good as new. We are bound to
sell. Are you in the market? If so we
can do you good. J. w. SARGENT &
SON CO., 80, 81, "a, SO, 50 Waldo St.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-24

take small dose
cARTnR's LITTLE LIVER PILLS.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-24

Il hear that some of the ways In which
shady"
Rather Is hardly tho word why, even
his church came near dring him. "-fndian-
apolis Journal
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-24

Brown-You can always tell a young
man who is Just out of college
Jones' That's Just where you are wrong.
You can't tell him anything State
Journal.
The Worthington advance., 1899-07-21
Presbyterian Church Services

Presbyterian Church Services
Services at the Presbyterian church
at 1O:46 q. m. aud 8 p.- m.s Sunday,
July 23rd, 1899.
At the morning scr vice, the pastor,
Rev. Wilson Aull. will deliver a Scr
mon on, 'The Modern ldolatry."
The baptism Of children will oc-
cur just before the sermon.
Sabbath school at 1916, Endeav-
or Service at z o'clock, subject, "Hon.
oring the Lords Day."
The evening service will be the
second in a series Of Young Mems
Meetings. The pastor will preach
on "Young Manhood and Enthusi.
asm."
The Young Mems Quartette, Geo.
Mackay, Frank Gibson, Herbert Ber-
reau, and Jas. Gibson will again
sing an appropriate selection. The
Young Mems Orchestra has been en-.
larged by the addition Of four instry
ments and will play under the direc
ton of Mrs. Chapin.
Young men are requested to come
at ten minutes before eight in oEde]
to ensure a seat an entrance.
REv.1Wl1so& Ap1l, Pastor.
The Worthington advance., 1899-07-21
HOW TT WAS DONE.
$1,000 in Stamps and Money
Carried OF BY Burglars.

81 1900 in Stamps and None,
Carried OFF BY Burglars.
Wednesday night professional
burglars entered tie postotiice anC
Democrat office, carrying. Of the con.
tents of both safes. In the latter in
stance the haul did not pan out very
great, only about 80 being taken
but il the postofic IN aggregate OF
$ll7865 was secured, Of which $766
was in stamps, SEQ postal money,
$50 Is from the money order fund
and $3.50 box rent collections, be.
sides $3.50 belonging TO Postmaster
Mckenzie. The outsides Of the safes
were uninjured, but the inner com.
partments were broken and disar-
ranged. i
The burglars affected an entrance
to the rear door of the Democrat Of
fee by cutting a. hole large enough
to admit q hand to unfasten the bolt,
and the middle door separating the
printing Office from tts post Office
was treated in like manner. The rob
beIs took Dan Hallisey's handcar
and went west, passingIthrough Lu-
verne at 8 o'clock and Manley At 4.
It is thought their destination was
Sioux Falls, whore they probably ar.
rived about. daylight. Two suspi-
cious characters had besn in Adrian
for several days preyiotsly, and as
they were not in evidence Wednes-
day morning, it is the presumption
that they were the fellows who did
the job. =
The worst feature ot the case is
that it is not known fd..a certainty
whether either safe was looked. This
means great deal tb Postmaster
Mckenzie, because ifIit cannot be
proven that the posto1fce safe was
securely locked, the, gotsrnment will
hold that official respoisible for the
entire loss of stamps and government
funds, which, together with his per-
sonal loss, is no considerable item.
Mr.. Mckenzie says h4 81 uat certan,ss 4
that the safe was 3oci sd baf tl,ss q 5
ssistant, Mrs. jones, i1 \ positive that
she saw the postmaster lock L on
Wednesday evening Z =...4 ).
At first the Den nIocrat proprietor
was sure that his safe was securely
locked, bu: upon re aection il inclin-
ed to the belief that only the "day
lock" was on. If tho robbere worked
the combinations in the short time
they were in the building they must
have been experts at the business
Democrat, Adrian.
At this time there ID no clue to who
the robbers are and tits douRtful II
they will ever be capt hred.
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His Life was Saved.

Mr. J. E. l.ill6, a prominent citizen
Of hannibal Mo lately had wonder
full deliverance from frigtful deatl,
In telling Of it he says: II was taken
with Typhoid fever, that ran into
sPnnemsniA. N ysluRgss became h9rd
ened. I was,s0 weak cOtlldnOt even
sit up In led. NothinR helped mo.
l. expected TO sc0n die 'of C6nsump-
tion when I heard of DIR, Kings New
Discovery. One bottle gaye great re-
lief. l continued to use it., and now
am we'll and strong, can't say too
much in it's praise. - This marvellous
medicine is the surest and quickest
cure in the world for all Throat and
Lung: Trouble. Regular sizes so C..
and $1.OO, Trial bottles free ut Ray
Humiston's drug STORE; every bottle
guaranteed. ;:
The Worthington advance., 1899-07-21
Fair Meeting.

Pursuant to call Of Secretary E. a.
IripP, Mobiles co. Agricultural So.
ciety held meeting at the Office Of
the county auditor Saturday after
noon and there was . good attend
ance, the county districts being we'll
represented. On motion q. r.
Leonard was elected chairman Of
the meeting. The resignation Of W.
2. Stoutemyer as president was pre-
sented and accepted, the vacancy
being filed by G. NJ. Crandall The
Office OF General Superintendent
about to be made vacant By reason
Of Mr.. Tuttle moving away j. s.
Town was elected to Gil the Office.
The question Of prizes was then
pretty thoroughly discussed and the
action of the officers at their last
meeting when they increased the
amount of prizes on some classes of
stock one hundred per cent was full
~ endorsed.
From all indications we will have
the best fair this fall ever held il the
county as the premiums offered are
now very liberal, go that people can
make an extra effort to prepare for
on this occasion. The list of
attractions in addition to the prize
will be numerous and desira
BILE: No pains will be spared to
make the fair this year excell all
others aud people can at once begin
to set apart and plan to make the
three days Of the fair a time for rec
reation and pleasure.
The Worthington advance., 1899-07-21
No Right to Ugliness.

The woman who is lovely in face.
form and temper will alwsvs haya
.frssnds, bnt one Who would % a4tract
'tye must skeot, llar iyea altfl, sshe q
swe1k, sickly and Sll run down, she
will. bo nea vous sHd irritable. III she
has cOnst ipntion ar kidney trouble
her impure blood will cause .pimples,
blotches, skin eruptiOns and q wretch
ed complexion. Electric Bitters is
the best Dedicine in the world to re-
gulate stomach, liver aud kidneys and
to purify the blood. 1t gives strong
nerves bright eyes. smooth, velvety
skin, rich complexlons. 1t will make
. good looking charming woman of q
run down invalid. Only 50 cents at
Bay Humiston's Drug store.
The Worthington advance., 1899-07-21
Exposition An Assn ted Success.

Exposition An Assn ted Success.
The Greater America Exposition in
successful OPERATION It Omaha, is
making good record p spite Of the
difficulties it has had to overcome.
Late advices to this paper state that
Omaha is entirely unitld in it's sup-
port. Every az ailable foot Of space
for exhibits has heen taken and most
of, them are installed The Cuban
and Hawaiian villages are ready for
inspection. The Filifinos will be
here next week. Pain 3 fireworks, the
Indian Congress-, the var exhibit and
scores of other special features can
be seen daily. The right scene on
the lagoon surpasset in brilliant
beauty anything ever seen Of its kind.
The Midway is good but the big
show is in the main bnt. 4 4