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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-17
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posed the appropriations for the spe-
cial service, declaring that they indi-
Gated only the influence certain rail-
roads had over congress-"
Mr.. Sullivan of Mississippi, Mr.. Ba-
con of Georgia, Mr.. Chandler of New
Hampshire, Mr.. Morgan of Alabama
and others supported the amendment
In opposition to the amendment Mr..
Bate of Tennessee, Mr.. Lodge of Mas
sachusetts, Mr.. Pettigrew of South Da-
kota and others addressed the senate.
In closing the debate on the amend
ment, Mr.. Quay, in charge of the bill,
strongly defended the appropriation.
me amendment. which appropriates
Sill ,238 for special mail facilities from
New York and Washington to Atlanta
and New Orleans, was then agreed to,
AZ to 10.
The amendment appropriating SIS, 900
for special mail facilities between Kan
sas City, Mo-, and Newton, Kan, was
also agreed to.
Mr.. Mantle of Montana presented the
credentials of William A. Clark and Mr..
Turley of Tennessee presented the Gre
dentials of Hon. William e. Bate, each
elected senator from his state for the
term of six years, from March 4, 1899.
At the conclusion of the reading of
the postoffice appropriation bill, it was
allowed to go over until Saturday morn
ing.
A bill providing for an additional cir
cult judge in the third judicial circuit
was passed. Mr.. Hawley gave notice
that at the first opportunity to-mor-
row he would call UP for consideration
the army reorganization bill. Mr.. Car
ter, adverting to his effort last evening
to secure a reading of the bill, provid-
ing for code of laws for Alaska, said
the committee on territories had agreed
of TO RI lie
posal. to strike out all after page 248
of the bill and present only the criminal
code He said it was highly important
that the criminal code should be enact
ed at the present session. and he asked
the unanimous consent that the formal
reading of the measure take place be-
fore adjournment. Mr. Caffery Of Louis
lana objected.
The senate then at 5:25 p m. went
into executive session and at 5:35 .. M
adjourned.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22
EARLY MAIL FROM BOSTON
Postmaster Greene Has Succeeded i,
Securing a Sunday Morning Mail

BUSINESS men and others who are ac-
customed to receive their mail on
sunday, have often complained that
there was no mail from Boston until
late IN the afternoon. They will feel
grateful to Postmaster Greene for his
EFFORTS, as a result of which there is TO
be, beginning with today, a morning
mail from Boston.
He had made arrangements with the
Boston and Albany railroad whereby
the train which is due to arrive in this
city at ii 40 will bring the mail to this
city. This mail will reach the most
office at noon and will be ready for de-
livery as soon thereafter as it can he
handled by the force In the office.
Heretofore there has been but one
mail on Sunday, arriving in this city
at 5.15 in the afternoon While II viii
have no real benefit to the public ar
large, as there is no delivery after IN
O'Clock in the morning, it will affect
persons to whom special delivery mat
ter is addressed. or those having boves
1t has been found that the Afternoon
mail contains many letters Of this class
which have been mailed early in the
day in Boston. '"e
Postmaster Greene tried to arranca
for a mail early enough so thar II
would reach here in time for tbe
general delivery but the train which
reaches here about o'clock wonld
not bring the mail in time TO he
sorted before the delivery windoU,
closes. There will be no change in tbo
departure Of the maiis for Boston at
present. ~
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22

The notion that consumption can be
neither cured nor prevented was dis
carded some time ago, and in recent
years the fight against the disease which
is responsible for one-seventh of the
deaths in the civilized world, has been
carried on scientifically and with very
conspicuous results. The mortality
among consumptives has been reduced
at rate which may astonish those
who have not known of the progress
made by medical science in this direc-
ton. More sensible methods of living,
improved methods of treatment, and,
above all, the precautions taken against
infection by scrupulously disposing of
the sputa of patients, have contributed
to bring about the change. Consump-
ton no longer is classed as an here
dltary disease. Though the tendency
may be transmitted, the disease itself
IS infectious. Proof was given not long
ago of the decline of consumption in
Massachusetts, and similar statistics
have come from Glasgow, Scotland,
where a systematic effort has been
made to combat the disease Figures
covering five-year periods since 1860
show a steady falling off in the num-
Der OF deaths. In 1S60-64 there were
1924 deaths per million inhabitants. In
the five years 1S90-94 there were only
2315 deaths. Here is a decrease of
about two-fifths.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22

power in any branch of art, whether
it be painting, literature, opera or nu-
sic, and for that reason 1t is poor taste
and poor judgment to sneer at fashion
when it concerns itself with such Sc
rious matters. If fashion can prevail
upon people to accept their education
and culture as pleasure, it is of no in
considerable utility IN the world,
However much to be regretted the
failure of the concerts may be, it is no
cause for discouragament. a begin
ming has been made, and what has
been once attempted is apt to be re-
peated. a popular taste for good mu-
sic is not to be created in a few weeks,
any more than popular taste for good
literature, fine pictures and noble ar
chitecture. Previous to the centennial
exposition of 1876, the popular appre-
citation and popular ideal of art in this
country were at decidedly low level.
Almost a quarter of century has been
required to make the progress of which
we now boast. The cultivation of a
sensible musical taste can not be ex-
pected to be more rapid. The Germans
are characterized as a peculiarly mu-
steal people, yet scarcely anything is
more certain than that they owe their
liking for good music to the fact that
it has been drummed, blown, sung and
played into them persistently for a
century and a half, and they have
never had much opportunity to hear
any other.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22
MUSIC AND FASHION

There has been much sapient talk
about the abandonment of the Sunday
orchestral concerts in Boston. The at
tendance was large at first, and there
seemed every indication that Mayor
Quincy's enterprise would be success
full and in an artistic sense profitable.
Latterly, however, the attendance fell
off lamentably, till the lack of support
compelled abandonment What was the
matter? The music was good so com
petent judges have SAID, and the con-
ductors were men of skill and author
ity. On the other hand, the programs
were by no means heavy, but rather
OF a semi-popular character. Yet the
audiences gradually faded away Why?
Surely, the price of admission kent
nobody away, nor can il be said that
Boston is not a musical city. The fail
ure of the concerts mas been cited as
only fresh proof that the people do NOT
want to take their education with their
music. This is obviously true of a
certain restless class Of the population
that might be attracted to the con-
certs by mere curiosity. But in Boston
as elsewhere, there is a sort of middle
class on whom worthy enterprises of
all sorts must depend for much of their
support, and majority of this class
had other occupation on Sunday eve
nings. t-e--
The extreme Sabbatarians fought the
concerts tooth and nall, but their agi
tation was probably unnecessary. The
people whom they exhorted wera
wholly unlikely to give over their
church-going habit, aad those who had
not this habit, We're not to be reached
by any such appeals. The church-go-
ing people staid away from the concerts
of their own accord and preference. and
thus deprived the project of a liberal
patronage that might have been given
upon almost any other evening. for
these people for the most part are not
theatre-goers.
Moreover, the concerts had no back
Ing OF fashion, and fashion is mighty
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22

Inspector General Breckenridge has
sad that what the army needs is gen
tlemen in the war department. He is
one of the staff himself, but he is also
one of those who have fallen under
the ban of the Algar administration.
Much the same sort of attempt was
made to reduce him to a position of in
nocuous desuetude as was directed
against Gen. Miles. A good point is
made of the fact, that none of the
men most prominent in the broils that
have brought discredit upon the army
are West Pointers. Neither Gen. Alger,
Gen. Miles, Commissary Gen. Eagan,
Gen. Shafter nor Adjutant General
Corbin has had the advantage of a
West Point training. There have been
many efficient officers in the army, no
tably Gen. Logan, who were not grad
yates of our military academy, but the
most successful generals of the civil
war, on both sides of the fighting line,
were. 1t is only necessary to instance
Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Lee and the
Johnstons. Not only IS there much
to be said in praise of the professional
training given at West Point. but there
is the further recommendation, that
the young men are taught the rule
of good behavior. West Pointers are
sometimes denounced as a sort of ar
istocracy, but aristocracy that is based
upon education and good conduct is
not without justification
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22
HATS IN AUDIENCE Rooms

The campaign against the wearing of
high hats and broad hats by women in
the theatre has been carried to a prac-
tically successful conclusion. The num-
Der of well-bred women who consider
others before themselves would appear
to be steadily on the increase, and there
is reason for confidence that the time
is near at hand when women will re-
move their head-covering in any pub-
lie place where it is considered good
form for man to remove his.
The large hats so commonly worn by
younger women are just as much of an
offense in any other well-filled audi
ence room, as in a theatre or concert
hall. At recent lectures in this citv
which have been illustrated by the
stereopticon, by far the larger part of
the surface of the screen has been eff
fectually blotted out from the view of
more than one spectator by a broad
brimmed hat with feathers and ribbons
projecting in the most eccentric man
ner at various angles The Indignation
" 'AS veal els VI CHese HdlS WOULD be
extreme if any one We're to open a para
sol in front of them, and yet parasoI
would not be a more complete extin-
guisher of ones field of vision than a
large hat which is worn within a few
feet of ones eyes.
Nothing adds so much to the grace
and charm of effect when women are
gathered together as the well arranged
coiffure and the uncovered head. From
purely artistic standpoint, the audi
ence as well as the individual is the
gamer.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22
SATISFYING PERI RMANcE.

The Cincinnati Enquirer says of Nine.
Teresa Carreno:
There was an atmosphere of enthu-
siasm in Music Hall last night. 1t was
generated by the exceptionally fine
playing of Nine. Teresa Carreno the
pianist. She plays with a Nehemence
and passion that would amount almost
to ferocity were it not fer the fact
that she never loses lf-possession and
the sense of control. No man could
give the Rubinstein concerto with more
virility. and no man could impart to it
so much of womanly grace and fem
mime delicacy. In this respect Carreno
stands alone among the great pianists
of the present day. The audience
grew demonstrative in its applause; re-
sponded to four encores, which she
played with bravura power and brill
liancy.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22

Some ingenious scientist. with an eve
for the incongruous, has discovered a
resemblance between the cat and the
serpent. Strange as it may seem, cats
of all species have their tails marked
transversely in a way which bears a
resemblance to the markings of ser
penis and curiously enough naturalists
have spoken of the striking similarity
between the sinuous wavings of cats
tail and the curvings of a snakes
body All this may seem a long
steetch of the imagination, but it may
cause us to take a more studied glance
there is a grain of truth in the cat
snake comparison.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22

The statistical department of the
swedish government has prepared a
statement showing the number and
distribution of telephones in the world
the estimate being the 1896 record
The United States has $4,000 instru-
ments, or nearly twice as many as all
the other nations of the world put to-
gether. The question now is, has our
per cent materially increased since the
war was over, and we started in our
imperialistic movement?
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22
Legislatures of various states

Legislatures of various states are
talking over bicycle tax schemes as
usual, with a view to making the
wheels help pay for road improve
ments. There are no strong arguments
for treating bicycles in any different
way from other property. If use and
wear and tear are to be considered,
horses and wagons owe the highway
commissioners vastly more than the
bicycles. When we get our auto trucks
and similar smooth-going vehicles,
good roads will be all the more in de-
mand, but the wear will be much
less, if Joe Letter and company know
whereof they speak. How about taxes
then?
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22

While all people have colds at one
time or another, there is said to be a
place in the world where the inhabi-
tants do not know what it means to
suffer all the aches and pains incident
to the prevailing epidemic. This,
strange as it may seem, is in the Arctic
regions. Northern travellers declare in
their personal narratives that they
never had colds while in search of the
unreachable north pole, but as soon as
they returned home they caught cold
Nansen declares it to be an infectious
disease, and such it seems to be.
Would that we might have some of
that Arctic ozone transplanted here.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22
Worcester, Jan. q, 1899.
A FORTUNATE REPLY.

The Duke of Ossuna, who during his
long career as viceroy of Naples was
distinguished as much for his sound
sense in small matters as in. those lar
ger questions of states1nanship which
made him one Of the foremost men of
Europe, once paid visit; to the Cape
galley at Barcelona. AS he passed in and
out among the crew of slaves he ques-
toned several of them regarding their
offenses for which they We're so labor
iously paying the penalties. Each had
plenty of excuses. One said he had beeAl
sent there from spite; another asserted
that the judge who sentenced him had
been bribed still another declared that
his being there was all a mistake and
that he was suffering for the crime of
which his brother was guilty. .tpauuy
At last the duke came to stout little
black fellow of whom he asked:
And what are you here for, my
man|' 'afi.a
my lord replied the slave, II cam
not deny that l am justly put in here,
for | wanted money, and so took a
purse, near Tarragona, to keep me from
starving"
Upon hearing this the duke gave him
two or three blows across the shoulders
with his stick, saying, as he did so.
You rogue, what are you doing
among so many honest, innocent men?
Get you out of their company" 3f@
The thief who was so surprised that
he scarcely comprehended what was
going on, was set at liberty, while the
rest were left to labor at the oar.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22

DR.. Sargent of Harvard has discov-
cred that Sharkey, the sailor pugilist.
has for his stature the largest neck in
the whole collection. Ordinarily this
would not be considered an enviable
distinction, but Sharkey thinks it is all
right.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22

The plethoric state treasury of New
Jersey, upon which The Spy comment
ed some time ago was one of the chief
subjects discussed by the new repub-
lican governor, Mr. VOORHEES,. 1t has
since been made the topic of news
paper remarks all over the country.
The state levies no direct tax. vet the
receipts, last year. amounted to s2.354. =
622 and at the end of the year, there
was a surplus of more than 81 600 900 in
the treasury. Nearly all of this revenue
came from taxes on corporations, the
collateral inheritance tax and the fees
turned into the state treasury. In the
absence Of any extraordinary expendi-
lures by the legislature, the surplus is
certain to grow, and there is actual en-
barrassment in disposing of the money.
As The Spy pointed out before. there
are opportunities enough for public i'm
provements in New Jersey, but the only
official suggestion is to relieve local
taxatien by the conversion Of state
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22

1t is long weary day since there has
been SO much Dragging and bluffing in
the Senate as is now lavished upon the
peace treaty. But when it comes to
taking vote, one side is "afeerd" and
the other "dassent."
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22

There isn't going to be any dearth of
opportunity for spending money in the
Legislature. The session is still young,
but already Scituate comes up smiling
with petition for $1G0o 900 to repair the
ravages wrought by the great storm
which destroyed the steamer Portland.
The customary efforts at salary-rais-
ing have begun with an attempt to do
something for the state house en-
ployees and the state treasurer mod
est request for himself and his clerks.
Scituate got a new channel and al
most a new harbor out of that storm,
if Boston papers have told the truth,
and of course, salaried employees never
get enough, anyhow. 1t is all very
well for Gov. Wolcott to preach econ
omy, but it is really the legislatures
say and the people will watch with
some curiosity to hear what it says.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22

Mrs Mckinley is coming to Boston
with the president, but it appears that
invitations from all other cities have
been or will be declined. There are
gracious hints of another and longer
visit, next summer.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22

They are calling Mayor Van Wyck by
the hated name of ''reformer," because
he did not attend the French ball, this
year. There is cause for rejoicing if
New York's executive is acquiring a
sense of the fitness of things.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22

funds to that purpose. Most significant,
upon the trusts, which have their home
and breeding place in New Jersey, for
the corporations contributed very near
ly the entire surplus in the State treas
ury
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22

Indiana is going into the anti-lynch-
ing legislation business. Unhappily, re-
cent events have proved the need of
precaution. 1t appears to be Ohio's
turn to speak up next.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22

If THE BABY is CUTTING TEETH.
BE sure and use chat old and well-tried
remedy. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Svr,,n
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22
SUNDAY. JANUARY 90, 1899.

Now there is another ''old Sixth
Massachusetts, regiment, to divide hon
ors with that which won fame in the
streets of Baltimore
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22
High Class Wash Materials.

) We. invite the attention Of the ladies
, of Worcester to the beautiful new
Wash Fabrics which we are daily re-
ceiving and placing on sale. These con-
>sist of fine French Organdies, Organ
>die Raye, Organdie Carreaux and Or
candle Lisse Velou-inas, Pique Fa-
>conne, Virginia, the now aberfoile Flor
encienne Lorraine Silk Stripe Cling
lhams, figured silk Mousselaine de Sole,
Linen Ginghams, Piques, and other
I fine Wash Fabrics. These are coming
in every day, and We already have on
Iour counters a most beautiful assort-
ment.
An early inspection of these is re-
IspeCtfully invited.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22
WHAT THEY THINK OF THE
SPY.

To the Editor Of The. Spy. At the
regular business meeting of the Wor-
cester Reform Club, held Monday eve
ming Jan. Is, vote of thanks was ten
dered you for the very complete report
given in your edition, of JAM 16 of the
clubs 23d anniversary.
Respectfully yours,
E. I. HASTINGS.
Secretary.
Worcester, Jan. q, 1899.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22
Of 25oo Yards. Manufacturers Sample Strips of
Hamburg Embroidery in Matched Sets.

The designs and colorings in these
Iare the most attractive we have ever
>shown-the patterns are all exclusive
styles confined to Us. These were all
purchased in single iress patterns, con-
sequently there will be no duplicates.
1.-THE assortment is beyond question the
,handsomest ever shown in the city and
,ladies are advised to make an early
selection, as the choicest styles are
tsoon closed out and cannot be duplica-
ted
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22

THE SPY SHOULD HAVE The EYE OF ARGUS: HE
is HONORABLE IF He DO BUT LOOK TO The VEL
FACE OF The COMMONWEALTH"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22
The January Sale of Linens

AS SUCCESSFUL AS THE SILK
SALE, WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEK
WITH THE FOLLOWING ADD
TIONAL ATTRACTIONS - EVERY
ONE A MONEY SAVER:
50 doz. Hemmed Huck Towels. size
1lX32, January sale price, &c EACH
Red and Blue Checked Glass Linen.
80 pieces to go at sc YARD
All Linen Knotted Fringe Damask
Towels. I2BC
Continued selling of the elegant all
linen Cream Damask, 2 yards wide. at
soc YARD
This, is great value
One bale of twilled Cotton Crash at
Or 25-yard piece for $40
\ good-sized soft, spongy Bleached
Turkish Towel at IIC
a 12x12 in. Turkish Face Cloth, usu-
ally SC. for &c
A very heavy Table Felting, "a in.
wide. at 371bC
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22

The reason that we have taken some
'ot our best lines and marked them at
such a loss was made imperative by
the advent of Sorosis the new shoe for
women, in our stock. This is positive
ly the best shoe that can be bought no
)matter what the price. and to be con-
sistent and prove that we mean Just
what we say, we have taken the fol-
lowing lines at $500, $3.50. and S.. 90,
land marked them for this sale TO
SO so
There are not all sizes of every kind.
1T every size of some kind.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22

Cab Tout say Bill; lend me six
pence. t t- ,-c
Cabby-I can't; but 1 can lend you
fourpence. 4t lCE
Cab Tout-All right. Then you'll owe
me wopence.-Punch.
Laugh, and the world laughs with
YOU"
Which the same has been said before,
Though the poet sad neglected to add,
Weep, and it laughs still more"
Cincinnati Enquirer.