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

hghtship and headed across the line.
Just as the starting gun doomed the
Defender crossed on the port tack.
Meantime the Columbia jibed and, re-
turning, came about and headed for
the line, crossing it exactly two min
utes after the Defender. Both yachts
carried four stay-sails, jibs, baby lib
topsails and club topsails.
The beat to windward made beauti-
full race. The interest ran intense for
the first few minutes as the giantesses,
with everything close-hauled, started
upon their test Of speed. The crews of
both yachts were piled along the lee
rails. At first the Columbia seemed to
outfoot her rival and there seemed to
be no difference in their ability to hug
the wind. Then both boats went over on
the starboard tack for a long leg. They
heeled until yards of their bronze
bodies were exposed. The Columbia
seemed more tender than the Defender
as she lay down to her work. Some
times when she smashed a big wave,
she shipped some water forward. Then
the talent began to get nervous. Grad
ually, but surely, the Defender was
drawing ahead, and it was also appar-
ent that she was pointing higher than
the Columbia.
The Defenders sail filled perfectly
and every inch of canvas drew. The
club topsail of the Columbia, on the
other hand, was loose and cracked in
the wind. The fore-staysail did not
draw. The breeze was then blowing
about 10 knots an hour, and while it
continued at that clip, the Defender
continued to gain very slowly. Half
an hour later the wind sank to about
5 knots, and Immediately the sails on
the Columbia began to draw and she
began to gain.
Both shippers pinched until their
headsails trembled as they strove for
the weather gauge. The Columbia con-
tinued to gain on every tack, and a
few minutes before the first mark was
reached she crossed the Defender
bow on the starboard tack. She round
ed the stake exactly one minute ahead
of the Defender. AS she eased her
sheets and turned the mark, the steam
craft screamed congratulations.
Both yachts had slowed their baby
iibs and sent up their big jib topsails
in stops as they approached the stake,
but the Defender, although the last
around, broke out her big jib fully a
minute before the Columbia loosened
hers; and then the latter had to be
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-07
NO EXTRA SESSION.
So Says Speaker Elect Henderson Ate r
Conference With President.

Washington, July 6.-Gen. Hender-
son of Iowa, the prospective speaker of
the House of Representatives, had a
conference with the president today,
but at the conclusion of his call stated
that no general questions had been dis
cussed. Il have simply been looking
after matters pointing to my own dis
trict," he said. When asked as to pros
poets of an extra session of congress,
he said:
For myself have never thought
that congress would be called together
in advance of the regular time, for 1
have never thought that there was any
occasion for an extra session."
Regarding the prospect of financial
legislation, Gen. Henderson said that
was being taken care of at Narragan-
sett Pier Moreover" he added,
there is no financial bill. No bill has
ever been formulated as the result of
our caucus committee work at Atlantic
City. Much has been published that
was not authorized and was not cor
rect"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-07

SSTj ramI Nicholson Kane, Rear Ad-
GRIM, rancis Higginson and Irving
aboarrs with a large party of guests
tacersu MAD signaled the course and the
rain mad nag cast off their lines, sharp
D. 'quall killed the breeze.
h%rr :, the squall was brief, and half an
was hia.er a steady twelve-knot breeze
Corsao lowing from the southwest. The
Sindu,a s,gnaled the first leg from the
the lard yo down the Jersey coast, and
tons YACHTS % began to Jockey for posi-
Colnn, aptain Barr had the tiller Of the
c. 0inpla, and aboard with him were
i lsorne, VIM Il. Iselin' Herbert w,
RhoSdsoa and Woodbury. Kane. Captain
Wniess mad the helm of the Defender.
and q I'm Butler Duncan. Mrs. Duncan
her. 'oi'n O. Berresford were aboard
The ' Ca,the preparatory gun was fired,
rtGiuulumbia, without waiting for the
gun, rounded Sandy Hook
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-07
REVOLUTION IN BULGARIA.
Reports to That Effect Not Generally
Credited in London.

London, July 6.-Prince Ferdinand has
been forced to flee from Bulgaria by
r,otous mob bent on revolution, according
TO a dispatch from Budapest to the Cen
trail News today. ., ...
The Pesther Lloyd ana SIX otner news 81
The mob marched through the streets,
and some of the troops Joined the revolu-
Y.aree numbers of adherents Joined the
n,nb hourly, The dispatch adds: IAN of
The telegraph wires were cut at the out
break of the revolt. Intense excitement
me reports above quoted are attributed
m The Bulgarian opposition, who. unable
~ nrevent the adoption of the financial
contracts by the Sobranie, sought 70 pre-,
,,ent the success Of the loan therefor and
NE consequent triumph of the ministry.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-07

New Yacht Superior In Close Hauled Work
Crosses Line First By Three Min
utes, Thirty-three Seconds--Jibs
Must Be Recut--Iselin Is
Pleased With Result

New York, July Cover triangular
course of thirty miles, in comparatively
light winds, the new Iselin-M Morgan
yacht Columbia today vanquished the
Vanderbilt yacht Defender and con-
WINGED the yachtsmen who saw the
royal struggle that she is worthy of
defending the trophy which Sir Thomas
Upton and the merry tars of England
hope to take back with them in the
Shamrock next fall.
The Columbia's fore staysail and club
top sail are anything but perfect, and
cracked in the wind today like a
transfers whip, demonstrating that in
a general way she will need much tun-
ing up. Yet, based upon the showing
she made as better boat than the De-
fender under adverse conditions, the
nautical sharps are convinced that Sir
Thomas Upton will sail home without
the silver mug, the possession of which
has given US the yachting supremacy of
the world since 1851.
But t0day's race was an unsatisfac-
vi uuS' oHIIlIIlS, banning WllluS anu
a bad lumpy sea, with dirty rain
squalls made the conditions anything
but ideal for yachting.
In windward work, the Columbia,
with sails drawing badly, demon
straLed her superiority, and in a long
reach, with sheets eased, out-footed the
vanderbilt boat. The sudden shifting
Of the wind prevented a trial at run
hng with spinnakers. In light weather.
close-hauled. therefore it can be said
mat she is undoubtedly the Defender S
superior, but what she can do in a
piping breeze seems to be unsettled.
Thlck haze hung over the harbor this
morning when the two yachts left their
anchorages off Tompkinsville, in tow.
AS the Columbia passed out she was
saluted by every steam craft in the
lower bay. Many craft of many kinds
,ehtured out to witness the race They
eu followed and accompanied the
racers. fortunately most of them kept
.Aeir distance, and few of them both
efgG the giants with wash or swell.
Ihere was considerable delay at the
START The breeze had freshened as the
!achts got outside and a lumpy sea
was running. After Commodore Nor
gan S flagship the Corsair, with Com
Houore Morgan, Chester Griswold, ex-
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-07
WHEELER GETS HIS WISH.

Washington, July 6.-President Nc
Kinley told a delegation of southern
congressman. who called upon him to-
day, that it was his intention to SEND
Gen. Wheeler to the Philippines at an
early day. He also said that he did
not think that more than the 10000
troops already decided upon were
needed.
Gen. Wheeler is much pleased with
his assignment to the Philippines. 81
believe that the rebellion is on, that 1t
should be stamped out" he said. 1.-THE
sooner it is done, the better 1t will be
for the Filipinos. Every loyal Amer
lean should support the administration
in its efforts to end the strife and set
up a good government in the Philip
pines. am glad to be able to lend my
aid to the government at this time"
Gen. Wheeler is making preparations
to leave for San Francisco Saturday.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-07
NEW COTTON TRUST.

Trenton, N. j., July 6.--The New
Cotton Yarn Company. with
an authorized capital of $11.5O0,O0O filed
papers of incorporation with the sec
rotary Of state, today. The company is
formed to weave cotton, fax, jute aad
linen. The stock Is divided into $6,500,-
900 preferred and $5,000,000 common,
the former to bear per cent cumula-
tive dividend. The incorporates are;
Geo. d. Hallock. James G.. Wallace end
VIM. Thorpe. all Of Jersey City
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-07

+aken down and reset. On the long
reach for the second mark with with th 5e
wind abeam. the Columbia s Sonn % a
Black squall to the southwark broke ,3R {,
Of how much the coumOl Ia H tSs ste ofa.
the Defender, ana many tDs s a. an
" When hen the rainfall ceased the WING "a
ba,,led to the west, and, instead p
running home before the s.. wind m wlde
Ky ny tast leg with the wind on the port
how tne '"S The wind gradually died down l.
s eoI' when the yachts we're ABOUT i, a
fourth Of mile from the Re fi ligbts fhe
nee c nsro Morgans flagship. As
a the Columbia crossed the finish line she n
rne We'd a royal salute. For several several
minutes whistles shrieked ana ..ass ssrells
walled. AS the Deienuer elo91eN
fcontinued on Second Page')
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-07
HUNDRED RESCUED.

Chicago, July 6. - The GOODNESS with
which firemen, aided by the police,
worked prevented a fire panic among 500
people employed In the factory OF the I'LL
destroyed by fire today The men and
women were taken from the burning six
story structure by ladders and fire escapes
and no one was injured The loss was
S15o. 900; insurance 100000.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-07
NINETEEN COMPLAINTS.
j. Arthur Larned of PlttsfieId Still Unable
to Give Bail.

Pittsfield, July 6.-The continued
cases of j. Arthur Larned, who was
arrested some time ago charged with
forging orders upon the city treasurer
upon which he collected money FOR his
own use, came up before Judge Tucker
in the district court today, and sey en-
new complaints Of forgery aggregating
t fo9a ~ 10 dnmnlaints ai IN mshes -, q
total amount involved is less than
$1,000. Larned, who has been In jail
since his arrest, was remandeG, being
unable to furnish bail
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-07
WEATHER REPORT.

Boston, July 6.--Local forecast Friday;
Fair weather probably followed by show
ers Friday night or Saturday morning; va
riable winds.
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CONTINUED on Second Fase''
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-23
Buff WyandOttes.

Buff Wyandottes are comparatively
aew variety, consequently do not throw
20 large a proportion of good colored
chicks as the older and better estab-
ished varieties There is a difference
II opinion amongst breeders Of buff va
rieties as to the particular shade OF
buff which is most desirable, some pre-
terring l. Iightish or lemon" others
dark, or, as some call it, ''orange"
buff, and probably the latter is the
better breeding color. The standard
calls for solid buff throughout" and
the nearer you can get to that solid
buff color the better your stock will be
N color.
Fowls Should Fast Before Killing.
No fowl should be killed until it has
tasted fourteen to sixteen hours. Those
birds that it is intended to kill early
in the morning should have both food
and water taken away not later than
or o'clock the afternoon before. II
this is not done, and they are killed
full of food, it soon decomposes, turns
the bird green, and renders them COM
paratively worthless. Even if the food
has passed out of the crop into the
bowels, the fowls will not keep long.
as the half digested food in the interior
causes them to spoil and give an ex-
2eedinEly unpleasant flavor.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-23
New Use for Skim MIL

new product-a simple by-product
of the dairy is the manufacture Of
sizing to be used by the manufacturers
or paper, to put the glazing on paper
or fine quality. The practice hereto
lore IN accomplishing this purpose has
Deen TO use a superior grade Of cline
with other compounds, but it has now
been satisfactorily ascertained that
much better and cheaper sizing is oh
tainable from skim milk. So trustwor-
thy is the article in this application
that fve-year contract is said TO have
been made by one concern to furnish
the liquid to some large paper mann
facturers. The skim milk to be used
IN this way is put in vat, treated with
chemicals, and heated until curd is
formed, the curd then being washed
pressed and conveyed to the headouar-
tiers plant; here it is ground fine and
put in a large and improved driving
kiln, where it is dried in about twelve
hours, then bagged and is ready 70,
shipment
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-23
A MERITORIOUS WORK.
The Life and Military Services of
"sStOnewaIP' Jackson.
Wilmington Mc5senger.)

We have called attention twice to
the merits of the new life of General
jackson by Lieutenant Colonel &. +.
X. Henderson of the English army, in
two volumes. 1t is Il meritorious
work and has been cordially greeted
on both sides of the Atlantic. Coming
from an English soldier and author
it is very noteworthy work. Its
title is ''Stoncwall jackson and the
American Civil War" Longman,
Green d Co., of New York. are the
American publishers. The critic in
the RccicW declares that jackson
is "Amcrica's greatest genius in the
art and practice of war; Colonel
Henderson does not say that. Jack
son was no doubt Il genius in war,
and quite Napoleonic in some Of his
qualities as well as in performance.
People will differ as to who is the
..grcatest' genius Of the great war.
General Joseph r. Johnston, Il great
soldier and most brainy, held that
General Bedford Forrest was the
greatest genius on either side who
appeared in the war. See General
Bradley L. JohnSOn's book on Gen
eral Joe Johnston. Many Southern
men who served under Johnston be
lieve him to have been the greatest
American soldier. We have not
doubted in thirtv-six years that Gen
eral Robert +. Lee was the greatest
soldier of his continent. Read Gen
eral Longs life and learn. The cele-
brated Colonel Chcsnev. of the Brit
ish army. the foremost war critic of
his time, now dead, held that the
three greatest soldiers of the Eng
disappearing race were Marlborough.
Wellington and Lee, not in rank in
the order named. for he named them
according to age. The head of the
British army. General Lord Wolsclev.
a distinguished writer on war, rs
well rs in the field, saws plainly that
Lee was greater soldier than Well
ington and holds him first among all
Americans. Colonel Henderson
thinks Jackson greater than Grant
OF that we have no doubt. When
YOU compare Northern Generals with
Southern we must not lose sight of
the vast advantage those of the North
had in numbers. equipments. etc,
When jackson died Lee lost his
right hand. He was indeed a great.
most successful and splendid sol
der and rs pious as great. The re-
viewer, Mr.. Patterson, regards Jack
son as greater than any of the
marshals of Napoleon" and that may
not be eNaggeration.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-23
POINTS AND MOOT POINTS

Man is naturally cruel-he steps on
the worm unless he stops to reason.
Cruelty is the revenge we take for
our own just sufferings.
We love the kind-not because they
are kind, but because we are selfish.
Man is more tyrannical to the mind
than to the body Of man.
A very little actual power exercises
all the tyranny Of the universe.
Timidity, vacillation. irresolution
are fatal qualities.
The black frost of fear nips indis-
criminately a host Of the blossoms OF
good and evil.
Weak wills have terrible tasks i'm
posed upon them-those the strong
cannot endure for themselves.
If the brute creation could bring
mankind into court, who can doubt
which side the Divine Justice would
take?
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-23
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

Germany prints twice as many books
as France
Rarely indeed is a blue eyed person
found to be color blind.
In China horses are mounted on the
right side and ships are launched side
ways.
1t is said that women criminals have
larger hands and feet than average
women.
Between the ticks Of a watch a ray
Of light could move eight times around
the globe.
The wall around the city of Babylon
at the height Of it's prosperity was Sc
miles in length.
The Chinese fiddle, in the shape of
an ordinary hammer, has two strings
and is played with a bow.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-23

Burr knapp's Farm FYrrovvs.
Better eat your hard crusts in youth
when teeth are good.
To put air and water into salable
form is a neat bit Of science
A cold April will f.! the barn, es-
pecially if the farmer gets hot with ex-
ercise.
What you will do next year, IL q
poor Offset for laziness now.
More men get drowned in a wine
glass than in the Atlantic.
Nobody will seem quite a fool when
his best points are known. Why tap
a pine tree and expect sugar sap?
The man who expects a calf from
ten-quart stock to grow into a twenty
quart cow is kin to the fellow who
chopped a hole in the ice to find hot
water.
Red paint applied to the nose Is cost
Iy. Who paints his nose can seldom
keep his buildings painted. too.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-23
OUT OF THE ODD,

Eight feet is the usual width OF a
street in China.
No particular form of religion re-
ceives official recognition in Japan.
The left side of the face IS consider
ed by artists and photographers more
beautiful than the right.
Pious Russians do not eat pigeons
because OF the sanctity conferred on
the dove in the Scriptures.
The United States and Germany are
the only two great Powers in the world
that have no postal savings banks.
The willow is one Of the most adapt
able Of plants. A willow switch stuck
in the wet will almost Invariably take
root.
A German officer estimates that in.
the course of the present century wars
have killed 100000 men In civilized
countries.
When English soldiers are on the
march and hilleted upon publicans only
three halfpence per man is allowed for
their breakfast.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-23
A PEART GIRL.

The obliging young man In the IRON
mongery shop had never done anything to
offend the schoolgirl of Is who was gaz-
ing meditatively into the shop window.
He had never seen her before.
She entered, looking sbyly around her.
II should like" she said, "to see some
corkscrews."
best qualities. He wac suave in his reply,
deferential in his smile and quick with
his fingers. AS be unwrapped parcels and
let loose different breeds of corkscrew, one
after another, he inquired If she had
preference for any special kind.
eyes, " she said. "the corkscrews want
to see are patent corkscrews-those with
dodge or trick or catch or lever to make
the cork come out easily"
"Certainly, miss. Quite so," said the
young man intelligently. II have several
neat little inventions of the kind, mostly
American. Surprising what a number of
these things come over from America.
Now, this one, you will observe, is simple
iry itself. No pulling, no violence re-
quired. Screw into the cork so turn the
handle SO, and the cork comes out. We
sell great many of these"
MAY see another ones"
"Certainly, miss" said the young man.
NOW, this is very clever little thing, on
the lever principle-no pulling or violence
required. You just
MAY try it?"
She was by no means a bad looking
girl, and, though it was stretching a
point, the assistant drove an old cork into
an empty bottle and allowed her to draw
it out again.
Yes" the girl said, "that Is charm
ing. like that much the best. What price
is it?''
This is a little dea-er-two and four
Well say two and three, as I see a very
slight speck Of rust on the handle, which,
however, will easily clean off,
He began to wrap it up in paper briskiy.
The girl looked at him with sad. won
dering eyes.
why are you wrapping 1t up like that"
she asked.
well, miss, l supposed that you'd soon-
er carry it wrapped up. II you like to take
it as it is and slip it into your pocket, of
| course
II don't think ought to do that, said
the girl. "You SEE, it's not my corkscxew.
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A BRIGHT YOUNG MAN,
Anyone Bnt a Fool Would Have Acted
Differently,

Anyone Bnt a Fool Would Have Acted
Differently.
IF l am not in error" Miss Daisy
Peachblow said earnestly, COMPRISING
her lips in an ominous manner at each
pause; eff l am not wandering by the
wayside mentally, you stated moment
ago that Reginald Sapley was a bright
fellow
"Well-er-er-I think l did make
some such sood-natured remark" adj
mitted Myrta Hopgood. why, isn't
he bright fellow"
We'll" said Miss Daisy, "he is either
a fool or a knave, and I'm quite sure he
isn't a knave."
Then he must be a fool There's only
the fool left Aren't you rather severe,
Daisy, dear?"
Judge for yourself. He was here all
Christmas eve, you know?"
Yes, he remained until II o'clock, I
believe you said"
That's true-fOur long and weary
hours until midnight, and, as you can
see, have this bit Of mistletoe hanging
from the chandelier in the middle OF
the ROOM
"Of course. Well?"
Well, it was here last night, and
during the long and weary four hours l
naturally happened to drift under it a
few times and he
Tried to kiss you, did he? Ha ha."
Tried TO kiss me-" cried the indig-
nant Daisy. What. that bright fell
low try to kiss me? Listen. Every sin
gle time l happened under the chan
delier he jumped up and down. waved
his arms in the air like a crazy man
ana shrieked: Look out, NTH Daithy,
Look out, You're right thquare under
he mithletoe. NTH Daithy. Bright
eliow? Fool-f-o-o-l."
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-23
MAxlMS IN THE SOUDAN,

Fight earnestly, leave of evil; the
avoidance Of it is a true education.
He who overcomes his own heart
bends it as a sickle is bent
This life is a sowing time for the
future life; all who SOW good deeds
shall enter the great city.
Whoever chooses this world rejects
the choice of the next; he seizes one
cowry but loses two thousand cowries.
About this saying there is no uncer-
tainty: whoever rejects 1t, leave him
alone, that he may become heather.
This world is like a room where we
see ropes set up for weaving and thread
is placed ready.
If there is no purity there Is no
prayer, as you know; If there is no
prayer there is no drinking OF the wa
ter of heaven.
You will obtain a reward according
to the character Of your actions on
earth; you will come to meet with
these actions in the next world.
He who possesses knowledge bat
does not act accordingly, what will he
have to say on the day Of the resur-
rection?
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-23
SNAP SHOTS.
The topper enjoys life fully.

The topper enjoys life fully.
A love feast-kisses and pop.
It's quite a feat for a poet to get a.
foot-hold.
Even an even number of teeth may
be uneven.
A doze is akin to a nap, but 1t ISN'T a
napkin.
Circus people would starve If the
tent were their only spread.
The liveryman ought to be thankful
for his stable income.
Even blindman may say he hes had
a pleasant sea voyage.
Some balls are a regular circus, even
to the bareback performers.
Now I shall be all reused up."
thought the platid water. There
come the white caps"
Strange to say. applicants for posi-
tons are generally ont OF place ihs an
employment bureGu.