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Made NV Mckinley.

The Philippine situation has been sim
plified for the democrats. They have
been eontending that if the administra-
ton would promise the Filipinos the
same sort of government that was
pledged to the Cubans there would be
no necessity for the long, costly and
bloody war that has ensued. They in
sist that if such promise were made
now that the war would come to a
speedy close. The Filipinos would
throw down their arms and diplomacy
would accomplish what war has failed
to do. Mckinley has made this impos-
sible and must take the full conse-
quences of the terrible struggle that
must yet ensue before the iberty-Iov-
ing Tagals are crushed by superior
force. From political standpoint the
democrats have reason to rejoice at the
issue he has made.-Chattanoo News.
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NATURES LITTLE IeNsE

What do see in dewdrop, light-gtvfne
crystal tense,
As l gaze in its heart translucent fIumined
by the flames intense
OF d thousand Quiyering sunbeams Of lfpbt
absorbed from the stars
And moon light darling through IL in hur-
nished silvery bars?
Eyes blessed with the gift of seeing what
earnest souls have sought
Behold a world of marvels by God and
Nature wrought
AL hues of the tinted rainbow with the
promise they conveyed
When the few saved from the deluge a
world renewed surveyed
Ih= countless sunset giories that fresco
the evening skies.
Soft unts of rosy morning and the heaven
that DER them lies:
The irridescent flashes which ripple in
ocean spray,
And gems of the purest Iuster where noun
tain brooklets play
Sweet flowers of scented summer T sac in
the magic glass,
The seasons and their glory in gay pro-
cession pass,
The birds which sing His praises uho gave
them voice and wings
The shifting panorama OF countless radiant
things
Which Nature spreads before US. each sea-
son born anew
Reflected now and frescoed in a tense of
crystal dew.
The Autumn with its curtains and wells of
silvern haze,
Its fruitage ripe and rudy that fills the
world with praise,
Its forests CARRIED in crimson, in russet
brown and gold.
With million gorgeous pictures on hill
and vale unrolled;
Tan mountains looming grandly against
the painted skies,
And the wales which fill my being with
many rare surprise.
And somehow Natures voices seem in this
living spark
To make in filmy outline their phono-
graphic mark,
Until their charming music seems echoed
low and clear
Like dream-voice homeward coming from
the joys of farther sphere;
All these and a myriad marveIs in good
things old and new
Reflected for soul-soiace in a drop of crys-
tal dew
L EDGAR JONES.
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sudden shock. odd Erect.

M. Boissier relates the following re.
markable case which is an addition to
the group of cases in which sudden loss
of hair or change of its color followed
mental shock. The subject was a vigor-
Gus peasant, aged IS years, who was not
of nervous temperament beyond be-
ing slightly emotional. His hair was
abundant and of a dark chestnut color
and not even slightly interspersed with
white filaments. One evening as he was
returning home, preceded by his mule
on which was mounted his son, aged
eight years, the animal slipped and the
child was thrown off and trampled on
several times. He was only bruised, but
the father thought it was killed and in
Pndeavoring to save him was terror
stricken. He trembled and had paIpi-
tations and feeling of cold and tension
in face and head. On the following day
the hairs of the head, beard and eve
brows commenced to fall in quantities
so that after eight days he was abso-
lutely bald. At the same time the Skin
of the face and head became pa.er.
Without delay the hairs began to grow
again in the form of a colorless down
Soon all the affected regions were COW
cred with finer, more silky, and little
more tbinly sown, completely white
hair. The hair of the other regions was
not affected.-Chicago Journal
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AS TO PROSPERITY.
Republicans Claim All Credit for Lee
ultimate Results of World
Wide Conditions.

With their usual disregard of truth
the republican politicians are claiming
that the business prosperity of the
United States is owing to the election
of Mckinley.
the European nations is also owing to
the election of Mckinley.
When wheat went up to a dollar or
more a bushel the republican shouters
claimed that mckinley did it,
But men of sense know that the FAM
inc in India and the short crop in Ar
gentiha did it.
Now, what was the direct result of
McKinley's election? Let William j.
Bryan tell you. He says:
''More banks failed the first six
months after the election than ever in
the history of the country. If had
been elected it would have been laid at
my door. More business houses failed
the first six months after the election
than ever in the same period of time be-
fore. If 1 had been elected all this
would have been my fault.
''Times got so bad that some people
thought that had been elected, and one
man from Texas wrote and congratu-
lated me. But have not been drawing
a salary nor have been appointing new
cabinet officers to fill the places of those
who have resigned.
''Tmes got better, and the goldbug
came out and said: See; didn't tell
you what would happen if the gold
ticket was elected? Didn't / tell You
that gold would be discovered in Brit
ish Columbia? and did not every man
who discovered gold in the Klondike adj
NIT that he had been mistaken? The
people who said in 1896 that we had
enough gold were the ones to do the
most rejoicing when that was discov-
ered?"
How plainly frank statement of
facts exposes the hypocrisy of these
falsifiers who claim credit for acts Of
Providence and seek to fool the people
by preposterous assertions.
If there is prosperity, the people
should give thanks to worldwide con-
ditions which make it possible, and not
to McKinley.-Chicago Democrat.
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this. their little differences and petty
disputes did not interfere with the
warm friendship that existed between
them.
One day the two boys were returning
from a hunt to the nearest lake, where
waterfowl were always to be found. As
they were passing through piece of
Young timber near deep creek, the
quick eyes of Harold discovered two In
dian ponies on the bank.
Now we will have some fun. he said
10 his cousin. Those ponies belong TO
two young Indians who are playing
duck in the water. Let us see.
The boys crept forward with consid-
erab;e stealth, and reached the edge of
the rather steep bank a short distance
from the ponies
The sight that met their gaze as they
peered through the rank grass was
novel and amusing. In the water were
two Indian boys of about their OVID
ages. The little reds were enjoying
themselves in the shaded element,
uiunging beneath the surface, playing
catch and duck, and swimming races,
all in high glee.
They did not dream that the eyes of
two white boys were watching them
like a pair of young hawks. Their
monies. they thought. were safe on the
bank. tethered to the young trees, and
ready to carry them home when they
were through with their swim.
Il don't like Indians very well" said
j Harold. I'm in for serving those two
little trick
In what way?"
Lets turn their ponies loose, and see
them walk home.
THAT would not be nice," replied
Frank. ssThe Indian boys have never
mistreated us. and a trick of the kind
YOU mention, Harold. would not elevate
us in their opinion"
pooh! Who cares for an Indians
opinion?'' sneered Harold IF you
don't want to have hand in it, I'll do
it all nYaelf."
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The republican party has been

ne repuDIIcdH party mas bteh
committed to a course in the Philip
pines that is daily growing more unpop-
alar The administration can neither
advance nor withdraw without infiict-
ing a fatal wound on the party. The
mistake it has made has been in insist
ing on course which has left the Fill
pinos no choice between a continuation
of the war which they unfortunately be-
gan and a surrender of all their rights.
They have no other ground to stand on.
Atlanta Constit dtion.
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are n

There are many hopeful signs of
democratic unity and harmony in the
coming presidential election The pol
icy and conduct of the Mckinley admin
istration will naturally compel all we'll
meaning men to act together for it's
overthrow in 190o.--Seneca Falls Re-
vei1le.
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whele the trouble Come. I'm,

Nearly every married man you meea
knows how to govern his wife, but the
trouble is she won't let him do it.-Chf
cago Daily News.
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Our republican friends claim that the
silver dollar is a Accent dollar, and ye,
they declare in all of their speeches and
most of their platforms they are in
favor of making as great use of it as
they possibly can. If the United States
dollar is a Accent dollar, then why
should the republican party wish to
give it the fullest use possible? If it
is a dollar, as the legend on each and
every one says it is, then it is full dol
lar and its use should be unrestrained
and its coinage unlimited. If ii is 40
cent dollar, at is certainly wrong to try
to circulate it as a dollar. If it is dol
lar, which it is, then it will circulate it
self unless it is hindered as it is at the
present time by bad, unfair. dishones&
Observation-Disclosures State Register.
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Initiative and Referendum.

''In some countries of the world they have
long had a system of this kind. They call
1t initiative and referendum, meaning that
the people shall in certain emergencies
have the power to initiate legislation and
shall have the power to have legislation
that already exists referred to vote of
the people. This system has worked mar
velousiy well where it has been tried, and
we must have political party in our coun-
try with sufficient devotion to free instftu-
tions and republican government to estab-
lish it here. It is not question to specu-
late about. 1t is not a chimerical idea;
it is simply a question of self-preserva-
tinn
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Let me now say il conclusion that our
skies are frightening. We have not lost
a single deyotee, while all over the land
men are rallying to our standards who
fought us in SO and who are now deter
mined to overthrow the iniQuity they helped
to create. They are weary of duplicity in
the white house, they see that the republic
is being destroyed and they look with hope
to the jefferson of Nebraska. We live in
momeatous times; the age is pregnant with
mighty issues. Let us stand firm, let us
rise to the occasion and great viii be the
Joy of an emancipated people"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-07

noted artist, pronounced it the novel OF
the age, while Dr.. Kellner, the German
savant was so struck at first sight with
its artistic power, that he Immediately
asked permission to translate it into
German. American critics have been
divided in their opinions; some have
seen in it that great American novel
for which the country is always on the
lookout others have seen in it the very
reverse. but nearly all have concurred
in finding it morbid and more or less
dangerous.
The Open Question" is a problem
novel;" but it is neither didactic nor
dull. 1t simply states the problem, or
problems, for there is more than one
open question in it, without answer or
suggestion of solution. The Ganoa
family has degenerated through con-
tinued intermarriage; the parents of
both the hero and heroine. who are first
cousins. die of consumption. Valera
Gano and Ethan GanO fall in love. She
is a passionate, artistic. opulent crea-
ture. one of the most bewitching women
in modern fiction. He has the artistic
temperament, too. but he is a man of
weak vitality. whose grasp on life has
become still farther weakened by years
of Paris.
One night in the old drawing room Of
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the book, it must be confessed that it
requires something like courage to get
through it, so uneYenly is it written.
There are chapters which incline one
to the belief that the author has de-
liberately resorted to padding, just as
there are other chapters that fairly
thrill with their awful power. While
impressing profoundly it does not touch.
There is much that is fine and dramat-
ic but little that is pathetic or tender.
The character drawing is vigorous,
but the most original character has not
been mentioned in the meagre outline
given above.
The head Of the Gan9 family is Mrs.
GanO, a southern gentlewoman Of the
old school, stern, conscientious, IN
changeable, autocratic, has been pro-
nounced worthy of the best living nov
elist-whoever he may be. Grand, hard.
keen. firm. resolute, she rules her house
in Spartan spirit, bending the feebley
wills Sf her children and grandchildren
and dwarfing them into pygmy stature.
The earlier chapters. which tell Of her
visit to Boston and the Puritanic anti
slavery. woman suffrage connections
who are bringing up her little grand
son, Ethan, are among the best in the
book, and their vivid Characterization
and gentle honor will long DO ren1ein-
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their grandmother's house in New Ply
mouth Valeria's father several months
before his death tells his nephew Of
the curse that hangs over the family,
of the crime that would be committed
if the disease were to be handed down
TO other generations, and that life, in
stead of being beautiful and rooted in
trillmphing good simply doesn't bear
being thought about"
That awful night brands itself into
the consciousness Of both the young
persons. forming a well night insur-
mountable barrier between them, but
after waiting years they resolve to
marry. to snatch the few years of life
and ioy that remain for them. and
then to go out Of the world together
before they hand the curse down to an
other generation
I'VE GanOs are honest people; We'll
play fair" says Val GanO, as she
calmly frames the odious compact
that is to sadden all the rest of their
short lives. There is nothing to keep
them now in America, AID they fit
about Europe in a nervous dread, and
then fit home. They enjoy a year Of
perfect happines together, and then
they sail away through the Golden Gate
into the sunset. So the story ends.
Deeply, passionately interesting as is
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bered.
Ethan Gano, as has been limited. is
hardly an ideal hero. The book would
have left a sweet memory behind II
had he been more Anglo-SaXon, less
Gallo and decadent As a little lad, ne
is delightful, but he DEVELOPS into an
effeminate. whimsical man, hating ugli-
ness, despising old age and shrinking
from life in the same way that nc
loathes the touch Of mullen leaves.
Val reminds the reader of Maggie TUT
liver. George Eliots most lovable he
roine, but she yearns for love, for ar
tistic expression, for fame with long
ing that never beset the less stormy
English girl.
Is life worth living? Has man a right
to take his life when it ceases to be
agreeable to him2 II he has the right
to commit suicide. has he also the right
to commit murder?
These are a few Of the open questions
suggested by Miss Robins. The author
does not argue deliberately either for
for or against the right to commit sui
eide and murder. and she does not
claim originality for the peculiar views
put forth by Ethan Gano and the sui
eide club in Paris. or for John Gano's
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Barrett. The great tragedian predicted
A brilliant future for her, a prophecy
which she seems only in part to have
fulfilled. although is an impersonator
of Ibsen and Echegaray roles she mas
made a name for herself in London. In
..Ibsen movement she has taken an
active part and her portrayals OF the
mentally or morally diseased women OF
Little Eyolf, The Master Builder,
and 'sHedda Gabler' have won enthus-
iastic praise. a year ago she gave one
performance of "Hedda Gabler' in New
York.
# is. therefore. as a novelist, rather
than an actress. that Miss Robins has
won distinction. Her magazine stories
we're mediocre. but her first novel
showed remarkable promise, While her
third. George Mandeville's HUSBAND,
attracted much attention and set the
literary detectives on the search for 9.
r Raimond. as the author signed her-
self The assumed name is now 10
disguise. and on the American edition
is Followed in brackets the novelist 5
real name.
1.-THE open Question" came to Amer
lea. with the stamp Of approval Of the
best English critics. Whistler the
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ONE REASON FOR
BOSTON STORE SUPREMACY

These are the ten stores which, together form the Syn
dictate Trading Company the most powerful mercantile COM
bnaton in America The chain begins in New England
and ends in Kansas City, Missouri Each store is great in
ITSELF and in its city holds a commanding position.
Each independent of the Others far capital general
management and the system of selling goods concerned
The banding together of the ten the Syndicate Trading
Company is for buying purposes only. And when these
stores go into the market single organization they
practically dictate prices.
The Syndicate Trading Company has its headquarters
in New York, with branch offices in Manchester, Paris
Chemntz and st Gall In the American metropolis and
each of the foreign cenes of trade corps of sagacous
buyers are ever the watch for special opportunities to
get hold of vast quantities of staple goods at low prices
manufacturer importer a iobber is in financial
straits and ready to part with his merchandise at the right
figures the Syndicate Trading Company check is ready to
relieve him. If mill factory with established rep
uaon desires to cura expenses and sell its entire output
to single customer for just tre above the cost OF pro
Trading Company. If enteprisng wants to
popularze product and is willing to forego all profits
on the original Sales the Syndicate Trading Company will
undertake to introduce it.
With ten great distributing centres quantities cut no
figure The certainty of tremendous outlet gives unprece
goes into the market with something of the prestige and
strength of its other nine associates lis like being prom
nent member of an eminent family
The Denholm & Mckay Store is the Worcester house in
the Syndicate Trading Companys chain OF stores Perhaps
this will help you to understand why often you find that
staple goods sale at store for much less than
you asked to pay elsewhere
It is good thing follow dissertation with object
lesson therefore do not fail to note and compare prices
when you visit Worcester every day in the business year
has it's of bargains well latest styles, at the
Boston Store DENHOLM d MCKAY co.
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morbid notions regarding the momen-
tum of heredity. The reader must draw
his own conclusions and make up his
own mind. Miss Robins has written a
powerful, but also a cruel, one might
almost call it a bruta1F story. T. " ere
better such books should 1never BE-
written. They do not give pleasure and
they do not do good. They make life
harder for weak. diseased, morbid ipeS-
pie TO live; they give the lie to endu-
rance. courage. achievement -herojsm:
they bend principle TO caprice, and they
make the progress Of the racs sun
servient to the selfish temporizings OF
the individual
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CAPT. BARRETT TO LECTURE.

Capt f. G. Barrett, Company A.
Second regiment, NJ V. NJ. VIII give
an illustrated lecture in Red Mems
Han. Tuesday evening. outlining the
Cuban campaign and explaining the
part the Worcester soldisgs plsged in
the short war drama. The lecture is
under the direction OF Wetamoo COM
ell. D. OF p. and will be attended by
Leole Council OF Marlboro and menu
Der Of the Clinton council
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TAtE or TEMPERAMENTs.
Miss Elizabeth Robins Book That Car
red London by Storm.

Miss Elizabeth Robins had published
number Of magazine articles as well
as three novels before she took the
LoRdon literary world by storm last
autumn, wAhA'The Open Question, a
. tale Of Two Temperaments." Since Its
publication in this country, by Harper
& Brothers, it has enjoyed as tremen-
dous vogue, and in February and
March itswss the. book most read IN
number Of cities beside Worcester Part
of this interest, no doubt. arose from
the fact that Miss Robins was born IN
.Zanesvillee O.. a town which evidently
figures as the New Plymouth of her
story "A girl of seventeen, she came
to New York to seek her fortune, with
little upon which to rely save her reso-
latlon and supreme confidence. She
made her first success as Mercedes IN
the Count of Monte Cristo, and IateI
she played Jessica with Booth ana
h
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-03-23
HELD UP
BY WOMEN.
The Strange Experience Rocco Had
Yesterday Afternoon.
CAPTURED, ROBBED AND BEATEN.
Two Women Force Him Into Carousal.
One of Them Shows Fight Under
Arrest and Severely Bites the
Wrist Of Constable Bolin.

Charles d. Rocco, an itenerant scissors and
knife grinder, tells a somewhat remarkable
story Of an experience he bad with two
woman in house on West Coal street yester.
day afternoon. He says he called at the
house of Mrs. Mary Wilcowski and the
woman gave him pair Of scissors to grind.
Having finished the work he entered the
house to deliver the scissors and get his pay.
and charges that as soon as he got in the
house Mrs. Wilcowski and Mrs. Maggie
Burke made him prisoner by locking all the
doors. Rocco also ALLEGES that the women
then searched his pockets and took fifty
cents, all the money he had. from him They
also appropriated pair OF shears he had in
his pocket
Rocco says he made attempts to leave the
place, but Mrs. Burke held him prisoner.
while Mrs Wilcowski went out and bought
beer and whiskey. After her return all
parties INDUCED in the beverages, at Rocco's
expense of course, and then the two women
set upon and beat the man. Why they did
so Rocco says he cannot explain. He claims
he gave them no provoCatioD. After the
beating he was allowed to depart.
Rocco made straight for Justice Malia's
office at Gover's Hill and swore out warrants
for the arrest of the two women Constable
Bolin and Policeman Foyle were sent to
arrest. The officers found the women az Mrs.
Wilcowskis house. They submitted quietly
and caused no disturbance until
going along Coal street towards the Justices
office, when Mrs Burke seized hold of
telegraph pole The united efforts of both
officers were required to release her hold and.
during the struggle, Mrs. Burke bit Constable
Bolin so severely on the left wrist that the
blood was drawn. 1t was necessary to put
handouts on the woman, and after that She
was more docile and gave no more trouble.
After the hearing Justice Malta committed
each woman in default of bail and they were
removed to the lookup in wagon. Late in
the night Mrs. Burke secured bail. Mrs.
Wilcowski is still in the lookup
The latter's husband is exerting his infu-
ence to prevent anyone from furnishing bail
for his wife The reason he gives is that the
woman is bad and should be sent to iail.
The neighbors concur in this and say they
are in constant dread that the woman will
set fire to her house.