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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-23
WoRKINGMEN's RALLY.
Candidates for Municipal Office Ad-
dress Voters.

A rally under the auspices of the
Workingmen's club was held in Bel
mont street school building, ward 2, last
evening. More than 100 attended, and
the independent labor candidates were
Endorsed. William Dunn presided. ].
d. Pierce candidate for alderman; M
+. Garrett and John Fl. jefferson gave
speeches. A ward rally viii be held
in the interests Of the labor candidates
in Ledge street school tomorrow eve
ming.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-23

The Rathbone sisters had a social
last evening at Castle hall, followed
by game Of whist.
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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-11-24
The Thanksgiving Spirit.

The existence of the true Thanksgiy-
ing spirit cements beyond the fear of
dissolution the fraternal kinship of
Christianized humanity. 1t lures by
spiritual and material aids the lost or
truant sheep into many deserted fold,
and it ELECTS a recommendation from
the public tribunes of our land for the
proper observance of its festal day. It
brings cheer to the hungry and lowly,
and, if only for one day in the year, it
at least brings them into tangible pos
session of a welcome enjoyment of the
good things of life. 1t is easy for even
the most selfish among us to cultivate
the Thanksgiving spirit. It may be ac-
quired by prayer and human charity
and pity. 1t has no narrow creeds or
tenets-no special forms of devotion
for the exercise of its influence. It is
simply an annual, Heaven-bor incen-
tive to do good and make others happy
and grateful to our Maker.-Annie NJ,
Toohey, in Christian Work,
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TASTED LIKE CORK.
The B1uest Thanksgiving the Old
. Gentleman Ever Had, Made So
by Pretty Woman.

''Bluest Thanksgiving I ever spent ?"
unused the fine old gentleman who has
an unconquerable antipathy to prac-
teal politics. 1T stands out in my
memory like an obelisk on plain, and
it was not so very long ago, either.
II had been induced that fall to run
for an important office. 1t was done
against my better Judgment and under
great pressure, but when Il man enters
such a fight he wants to win. was in
a close district and determined to put
up the very best fight that circum-
stances would permit. I advertised at
once for an extra stenog lapher, and
from the many who responded selected
a beautiful, bright and dashing young
woman, who justified my immediate
faith in her ability.
"She did all my private correspond
ence, knew as much about the inside of
the campaign as I did, worked day
and night with a Willingness that was
surprising, and even took from one of
my shrewdest advisers the list Of the
voters in the strongest section with
which had to contend, with full in
structions as to how the most influen-
tial persons among them could be won
to my cause. TWAS great work, and yet
| fell several hundred votes short of
the normal party vote.
my successful opponent lived in
neighboring town and graciously in
vited me to be his guest on the follow
ing Thanksgiving. 1t would have
looked surly to refuse, and I went. 1t
was really an admirable social function,
but the few hours put in there were
torture. The host met me with hearty
hand clasp. Turning, he said:
MY wife, Respondent in satin and
jewels, saw my stenographer Love
and war; she murmured. He thinks
[ was visiting my old home in New
England I held my peace, but that
fatted turkey tasted like cork."-De-
troit Free Press. -
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OUR FIRST THANKSGIVING.
ton One Hundred and Ten
,I>.is ese%5 Years Ago. y,

Now, therefore, do recommend and
assign Thursday, the 26th day Of No.
yember next, to be devoted by the peo-
pie of these states to the service of that
great and glorious Being who is the
beneficent author of all good that was,
that is or that will be; that we may
then all unite in rendering unto Him
our sincere and humble thanks for His
kind care and protection of the people
of this country previous to their be-
coming a nation, for the signal and
manifold mercies and the favorable in
Propositions of His Providence in the
course and conclusion of the late war,
for the great degree of tranquility,
union and plenty which we have since
enjoyed, for the peaceable and ra-
tional manner in which we have been
enabled to establish constitutions Of
government for our safety and happi-
ness, and particularly the national one
lately instituted, for the civil and re-
igious liberty with which we are blessed
and the means we have of acquiring
and .diffusing useful knowledge, and
in general for all the great and va
rious favors which He hath been pleased
| to confer upon us.
And also that we may then unite in
most humbly offering our prayers and
supplications to the great Lord and
Ruler of nations and beseech Him to
pardon our national and other trans
gressions; to enable us all, whether in
public or private stations, to perform
our several relative duties properly and
punctually; to render our national gov
eminent blessing to all the people
by constantly being government of
wise, just and constitutional laws, di.
rectly and faithfully executed and
obeyed; to protect and guide all SOW
ereigns and nations, especially such as
have shown kindness to us, and to bless
them with good government, peace and
concord; to promote the knowledge and
practice of true religion and virtue and
the increase of science among them and
us, and generally to grant unto all man
kind such degree of temporal prosper
ity as He alone knows to be best.
Given under my hand at the city of
New York, the Sd day of October, in
the year of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred and eighty-nine.
G. WASHINGTON.
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fLEsHY pR1MA DofnAa
They Are willing to Adopt Any
Means to Take on super.
fiuous Weight.

Getting fat is the great dread Of III
women opera singers, from the prina
donna to the girl in the 'steenth row of
the chorus, said a veteran theatrical
manager, who was in the city a few days
ago, says the New Orleans Times-Dem-
ocrat, and when singer sees the fatal
symptoms begin to appear she is willing
to resort to desperate measures to nip
them in the bud. Calisthenics, dieting,
pract:cing with clubs, Turkish baths
and even straight-out starvation are q
few of the things that are generally
tried, but they are rarely successful.
Ore of the few cases ever knew in
which marked tendency to stoutness
was successfully controlled was that Of
a very charming lady who is still an or
narnent to The lyric stage. Some years
ago she suddenly took on flesh in an
alarming fashion, and everybody pre-
dicted that her career was ended. Next
season, however, she was as sylph-1ike
es ever, and exactly how she did it has
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4 Irr11R's Ioss Jo0R1Ex.


G. w KOenig. clerk Of the probats
court. has received curious letter, or
series of letters. which shows the re-
markable journey OF a letter which had
been misdirecfed. The letter was mailed
in July. 1889, and just ten years and
one month after IL was dropped IN the
mail box il reached It's destination. In
the meantime. the person who wrote the
letter had married. became the mother
of boy. now seven years old. and died
The person to whom the letter WIS sent
had removed from Akron. o.. TO San
Francisco. Cal.
On July 10. 1850. Miss Pauline ToeEIe.
then living in BADEN. ST. Louis county.
wrote letter to Miss Mice ChIsnefI.
who lived at 12f East Exchanges street.
Akron. O. Unfortunately by slip Of
the pen. the letter was directed to st.
Louis. Inciosed I'm the envelope was
a money order for two dollars. which
the writer insisted on paying fog two
little vests that Miss ChIsneH. who was
her cousin had bought for her in Chi
cago. The letter never reached Miss
Chisnell during the lifetime of Miss
Toelle- Three years afsr the letter was
sent Miss ToeiIe married E r. Keenig.
brother of C. W. Koenig. The former
is now living in Sc. Louis with his lit
tie boy, and is associated with the firm
OF William Koenig & Co.. at 100 South
Seventh street. Miss ToeIle was also
a sister of Mrs. a. W. koenig. 2T0s South
Thirteenth street. the two sisters mar
rylng brothers Two years after the
marriage of Miss ToeII. she died
Meanwhile the letter written in 1889
had madea journey which covered town
after town in the United States. II
had been sent to the dead letter Office
time and time again. Between trips to
Washington the envelope which con-
tanned the letter became covered with
the names of post Office after post Office,
until finally second envelope was usesf,
and 1t, in turn. was covered with adj
dresses. On August 10 of this wear.
while Miss ChisneII was on visit to
Los Angeles Cal. from her home I'm San
Francisco, she was handed the enveIon.
containing the letter. now almost vel
Ao" "ieH age He money Gftlef H4fs
been extracted by the government. as
1T had become outlawed through The
lapse of time. Upon her forwarding
the proper papers to the post office de-
partment she received a new money or
der for the two dollars, making the loss
good.
The letter received by Mr.. ko.nfp
from Miss ChisneiI in regard to the mat
ter IS touching She ineioses the two
dollars. which had been sent to her
saying that she had never intended that
her cousin should pay for the two vests.
Miss ChisneiI made one request. She
asked that suitable gift be purchased.
with the two dollars. seemingly rrcov-
cred from the grave and that the gift be
given the little boy as the present from
his mother. Mr.. KoenIg will do so. and
the letter and envelopes. with the MANY
addresses and stamps upon IT, will be
kept as sort of family hefrfoom.-sf.
Louis GIobe-Democrat.
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do not really know what they are talk
ing about they will give answers that
are not at all bad. One of these persons
was once keeper of the London ZOO.
He was pestered to death by the ques-
tons which people asked, but he always
gave an answer. On a recent occasion
a countryman strolled in, and, after
looking curiously at the camel for a
few moments, he turned to the keeper
and said:
II say, mister, what's he have hump
for?"
'What does he have hump for" re-
peated the keeper.
Eyes. What's the good of it?" asked
the visitor.
"Why-er-it makes camel of him,
Of course replied the keeper after
some hesitation. "People wouldn't trav-
ell miles to see him if he didn't have
that hump. Fact is, without it., he
might as well be cow
The stranger departed very well sat-
isfied.
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woMHl ARE NOT MECHANICS.
AccordinEs to This Item They Are Un-
able to Repair Their
Wheels

It. Was On TWenty-second avenue,
Drooklyh, that an incident occurred a
short lineage tending to show that even
in these settled days of cycling there
arc women who are as ignorant of the
ways Of cycle as they are of a loco
motive, and as much afraid of handling
q wrench as most women are of gun.
There was a party of four standing
at the side Of the road, three of them
gazing compassionately at the other
one, and yet with an unmistakable
look Of vexation that told of spoiled
outing, says the New York Sun.
" AS aSlonely wheelman went past one
OF the women called out and asked if he
knew where there was a repair shop.
The rider slowed up little and an
swered that he did not Then he has
tened on, for he had played the good
Samaritan before, and he knew that
to stop and offer assistance might mean
anywhere from one to three hours of
fussing. But his conscience troubled
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FUTURE IN THE PRESENT.
Acts Of the fosnx which, Possf Out
the Possibilities of Their
LATER Career.

To predict the future is not aItcreth
er an occult science. If sometimes re-
quires no more than careful look
at the present and fair exercise Of
the reasoning faculties. to decide ac-
curateIy what will take place in the
future
When Hing Gustavus !tdoIphus saw a
Swedish boy fail ont Of window. and
heard him utter no cry of pain. though
he was seriously hurt. he admfrfngGv
and thoughtfuIIy remarked. That boy
will make man for an emergency"
The prophecy was fulfilled. The boy
became the famous Gen. Baner.
Scarcely less clearly did the action
of John Davy- the composer Of the IA
nous sor-: "The Bay of Biseay.~ in
dictate in childhood what was to be ex-
pected Of him in the future ps lived
in the days when genius was not fos-
tered, and his love of music found nh
ordinary means of gratifying itself.
But musical instrument the boy must
have. and though be was but SIX years
of age. he constructed one.
1t was merely collection of horse
shoes. The boy Obtained 20 or 10 horse
shoes. and from these selected such rs
would form complete scale. and hay-
ing suspended them I'm ar upper room.
gratified himself by initiating upon
them the chimes of the neighborinr
church.
BY the use Of this primitive musical
instrument and later on by other
means he obtained knowledge of m5f-
sic which 30 years after enabled him
TO produce works that made him known
to the world.
IL would have taken scarcely more
than ordinary perceptions to tell what
was to be expected in the future of a
certain German boy who sat one day
reading n Observation-Disclosures noves.
He was enjoying the excitement of the
book. But in the midst of it he said
to himself:
''Now this will never do. r get foo
much excited over such books as these
can't study so well after. So here
goes!"
With that he flung the book into tire
river. Men knew the lad later on rs
Fichte. the great German philosopher.
-Youth's Companion.
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I Mrs. Garfield and her daughters
there were three of them, all arrived at
young womanhood-were at once at
tracted to the bright young teacher,
and they were soon very good friends
A day or two after her arrival, Mrs
Garfield inquired whether Miss Gibson
could direct her to competent dress
maker, adding, gracefully: "Your
own dresses, if you will pardon my
freedom, fit SO nicely, and are made in
such excellent taste, that I thought you
must know of one"
II feel flattered," laughed Miss Glib
son, land none the less because I am
my own dressmaker, but shall be very
happy to refer you to one who, am
sure, is still BETTER" Then she told of
Miss Matilda, her painstaking work,
her small pay and the results, repeat
ing what the seamstress had said about
her inability to slight her work. 81
should make more if I could do that,
but [ can't. I've been tempted to some
times, but it doesn't seem right, and I
don't believe I could anyhow. It isn't
in me. I've got to take palms,
"Thank you, Miss Gibson" said Mrs.
Garfield. II shall find Miss Powers,
and if her work proves satisfactory, l
will let her have all our dressmaking
besides other sewing and will pay her
reasonably for it. The workman is
worthy of his hire
Il was sure you would" cried Miss
Gibson, her eyes shining, land I know
that she can have enough other work at
the same rates to fill her time. 1 am
so glad, Mrs. Garfield"
The next day as Miss Matilda was
finishing Miss Pringle's dress and try
ing to forget the state of the coal bin
while she sang: ''How firm a founda-
ton, We saints of the Lord,' she was in
terrupted by gentle knock on the
door. She opened it, and in a few
minutes it seemed to her that she
had at the same time opened the door
into new life.
Mrs. Canfield's call did not mean af-
fiuence, certainly, but it did mean abil-
ity to pay the expenses of her little
home with comparative ease; it meant
better food, warmer clothing, plenty of
fuel, and a little leisure for recreation.
1t meant, too, still firmer clasp of the
Fathers hand.
+. Mrs. Denton was, dismayed and some
what wrathful when she found that
Miss Matilda would no longer sew for
her at the old reasonable" rates, but,
finding, her work poorly done at other
places, and wishing to have her clothes
made by Mrs. Canfield's dressmaker,
her lapse of patronage was of short
duration. H..
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them. Now don't tell me you are en-
gagged; are you?''

them. Now don't tell me you are en-
gagged; are your
Mrs. Powers looked up delightedly;
! Miss Matilda smiled and shook her
head.
you're not! Well, then, will you be
good enough to save your own Thanks
giving dinner till tomorrow, and help
us with ours? There'll be some good
company. I've captured the new
school,teacher, Miss Gibson, and anoth-
er nice girl already. OF course we will
send the horse for your mother" n !. !
THANK you, Lottie," said Miss Ma
tilda, in a voice that quavered just a
trifie. 1--WE shall be very happy to
come; won't we, mother?"
Eyes, indeed, we WILL" replied the
old lady, very emphatically, and, with
expressions of deep gratitude, 'Lottie
hurried away.
After helping her mother dress for
| dinner, Miss Matilda went to church,
and at the close of the service, which
| into with more thankfulness than she
did, she went home with Deacon
Trips family. Miss Gibson also ac-
companied them, and the "other nice
girl,' stenographer who was almost a
stranger in town, and whose heart had
! been made warm by the unexpected at
tention, the invitation being the more
welcome from the fact that she board
ed herself.
There were few other guests and the
company was congenial one, all ap-
bearing to enjoy to the full both visit
and dinner. The feast, however, was
not eXtravagant. Deacon Trip was
possessed of only moderate means, and
he did not consider it justifable to go
beyond these, even for Thanksgiving
| dinner
At table the stenographer monopo-
lied Mrs. Powers, declaring that she
reminded her of her dear old grand
mother, and Miss Matilda was at liber-
ty to cultivate acquaintance with the
school-teacher who sat beside herr
They got on together very well, indeed,
so well, in fact, that after little chat
with others in the parlor they gravi-
tated together again, and it somehow
came about that, without seeming to be
inquisitive, Miss Gibson knew more
about Miss Matilda's affairs in less
than an hour than did the greater num-
Der of her acquaintance who had
known her more than 80 years.
The next week new family came to
live in B, Garfield by name, who
were well endowed with this world s
goods and very fine people withal.
Their house was not quite ready for
them on their arrival, and, while they
were waiting, they stayed at Miss Glib
sons boarding place.
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before my Eyes,, really believe that

40 ~ nj ~ -
before my Lyes.> I really believe that
is the right way to do. I never saw it
in that light before: I've tried very
hard to believe ] was going to be able
to get what needed, then waited till
it came before I gave thanks for it.
Now, I'm going to begin praising the
Lord that we, have received necessary
things, or the money to get them
All the rest of that day Miss Matilda
held praise thoughts in her mind. It
was a very trying day, too. Miss Bunce
called and said she had decided to let
her dress wait till after the HOLIDAYS
and Miss Bunce always paid so prompt
w. and sometimes even more than the
reasonable price" asked. Then Mrs.
Matthew Slawson came for her jacket,
and declared it would be simply impos-
sible to pay for the making inside of a
month. Miss Selma Pringle next came
with material for dress, but she want
ed it made in way that would take a
great deal more time than she would
be willing to pay for, as Miss Matilda
knew very we'll, and Mrs. Crane brought
dress of her own to be made into one
for Della with the intimation that she
should not want to pay much because
it was 'only to be made over, you
know
But through it all the little seam
stress praised the Lord that her mother
and herself had sufficient for their
needs, saying over and over passages
OF trust, clinging to them lovingly and
tenaciously; and her faith grew in the
midst of it's trials.
When evening came she resolutely
laid aside her work at an early hour.
1T is not necessary for meto sew hight
as we'll as day." she declared. THE
Lord is able to take care of us without
my doing that
In spite of the discouraging expe-
riences of the day, Miss Matilda lay
down to rest that night feeling happier
than she had in long time, and her
last waking thoughts were of trust and
praise.
"I'm right glad to see you so bright,
Tidy her mother said the next day.
you've seemed sort O. low spirited a
good deal O. the time lately. It's wor-
ried me consid'rable.''
elias it?' smiled her daughter, kiss
ing her wrinkled cheek. Pm sorry.
l ought not to have been anxious my
self, or to have worried you. The Lord
will provide if we trust Him truly, and
that is what I've made up my mind to
do-no halfway work about it, any
more than l would put that sort of
work into a dress''
Several days passed bringing nothing
especially hopeful and much that was
disheartening, to outward appearance,
but Miss Matilda held on. She still
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never been told. The truth is her sys-
tenn was very simple. During a summer
vacation, spent in the country. she had
her HUSBAND drive dag cart every day
along quiet road while she held to the
back of the vehicle and followed at a
run. That sustained her and kept her
from falling, and at the same time COM
PEELED her to take violent exercise. The
horse went at gentle trot, which was
gradually increased as she became bet
ter ard better sprinter.
OF course, il was very absurd, leap
ing along'in- that manner, and the
country folks who Eaw her Though she
was crazy, but the plan worked like
magic, and she lost allher superfuous
flesh and at the same time improved in
health--a remarkable combn alton.