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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-19

The New York Tribune points out
that this is war in Luzon rather than
in the Philippines. All the other is
lands are quiet, and in some Of them
PROCESS towards the organization of
government has been made. The stu
alton in LuzOn may be briefly summed
up. We have pushed our line inland
till we control not only the Pasig river.
but also Lake Bal. These two bodies
of water cut the island nearly in two.
the eastern shore of the lake being only
ten miles from the east coast. Light
draft gunboats can navigate the lake.
and with a warship on the east coast
of the island, we can command this lit
tie strip and thus cut Aguinaldo off
from all communication with the
southern section of Luzon. Such rem
nant of opposition as exists in the
south should be speedily suppressed.
for the country is not densely wooded
but open. Aside from the detachments
of Aguinaldos army thus entrapped,
little resistance is expected The prob
lem now is to push northward and cap
ture Aguinaldos headquarters at Nal
ogos, and that should mean the disin-
tegration of his army.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-19

The upper leather trust is said to
be a certainty. Manufacturers who do
not get in will be walking on their own
uppers soon.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-19
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-19

THE sPYSHoUlD HAVE THE EYE OF ARGUS. he
S HONORABLE ~ Ne % But LOOK TO The VEL.
ARE OF The COMMONWEALTH"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-19

An asphalt trust is announced; in
0eIfoed' no doubt, to cement good feel
ing.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-19

Mr. Warren F. Leland was the only
member of the noted family of hotel
keepers who was man of large means.
he married the daughter of Cleveland
muti-millionaire, and 1t was her money
that gave him control of the Leland
hotel in Chicago, and afterwards Of the
ocean at Newport. the St. James at
Jacksonville, Fla, and the ir-starred
windsor in New York. It was a
peculiarly hard stroke of fate that Mrs.
Leland and one of their daughters
should have persisted with the latter
structure.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-19

The public Will not be slow to appra-
bend one of the obvious tendencies Of
the trust movement. In many cases, the
avowed object Of combination is the
curtailment not only of expenses. but
of production, thus minimizing compa-
ntlon and holding up prices. Curtailing
production means the discharge of ar
tisans and laborers. and the larger the
number of trusts, the greater the num-
Der of operatives discharged. How lar
can this process be carried without
causing dangerous results?
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-19

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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-19
) poems. For sale bv

of Mr.. Kiplings poems. For sale bu
the Boston store.
Mr. Willard S. Small Of Clark Uniyer.
sity has certainly chosen a popular au-
thor to exploit in his series Of thrs.
Kipling readings which he is to give in
the College Clubs room, at 81, the Dsy
building, on the evenings of the 22d ana
Goth and April Is. 1t was astonishinS
what a complete impression Of Kin
ling's temper and practical genre Mr.
Small continued to give in his prelimi'
nary reading d week or two ago.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-19

One Of these days, when Uncle Sam
has less business on hand, it will be
necessary to reform the manners and
customs of the sultan of the Sulu arch
ipelago. He carries on a presumably
remunerative traffic in slaves, which
of course will have to be stopped. If
viii not do to have it said that within
the jurisdiction of the United States.
girls can be bought for five bushels Of
rice and ablebodied men for a CORE
spending advance in price. The slave
trade is part Of the Spanish legacy.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-19

The Spy's narration yesterday of the
Windsor Hotel catastrophe, was an ex-
ample OF high class journalistic effort,
1t had a complete account Of the burn
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-19

SUNDAY. MARCH 10. 1899.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-19
THE SEA GYPSY.

am fevered with the sunset. ~,
] am fretful with the bay,
For the wander-thirs is on ms
And my soul is in Cathay.
There's a schooner in the offinR.
With her topsails shot with fra
And my heart has gone aboard hem
For the Islands of Desire.
must forth again tomorrow,
With the sunset l must be. q r
Hull down on the trail of rapture
In the wonder of the sea.
Bliss Carnan
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-19

70 Mrs. Carrie S. Ward. Secretary;
Dear Madame - The resolutions submit
teu bF the Worcester WOman's Club have
n7en carefully considered by this commit
l~" Who would say in reply that while we
i+'pShlZe your right to advocate a reform
"nicn You believe will strengthen the Cen
eFaI Federation and be helpful in conduct
ing It's business affairs, yet the change Won
propose is constitutional one, and can be
acted upon only at the biennial of 1900,
An opportunity for You 10 bring these reso-
luIionS before the officers and the presi-
dents Of clubs for discussion will be given
ct the council meeting to be held I'm Phila
uelphla on June l, 2 and 5 next Would it
not seem more loyal TO the General FEEDER
alton to present these resolutions at this
meeting especially appointed for counsel
and cooperation, and there ascertain the
wishes OF the majority? The members OF
this committee have the interests of the
General Federation so much at heart that
they deprccate the last paragraph of your
resolutions; they can but feel that any re-
form you desire to inaugurate can be more
easily brought about by remaining a mem
per of the organizatio than by relinuuish-
Ing Your membership and thereby losing
your ballot, which is the medium through
which all reforms come. Your resolutions
are herewith returned.
tSigned.) Anna D. West, Chairman.
Mrs. May Alden Ward.
Mrs. Ella L. S. Baldwin
And Mrs. Harriet Bean,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-19
OUT AND ABOUT.

In view Of the recent action Of the
Worcester Womans Club in Offering to
withdraw from the General Federation.
the following letter from the Massa-
chusetts state committee of correspon-
dence, which was sent to the club yes
terday-the committee met and draft
ed the letter Friday-will be read with
interest not only by the club women of
this city, but by club women all over
the country. The letter reads as fol
lows:
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-19
MORNING sEssION-u A NJ
AFTERNOON SESSION. p N

| AR lERNOON SESSION. p. NJ
Presentation of new clubs-Anna Ticknor
| Library Association, Aver Woman's
! club -Brockton Woman's Club. Little
ton Woman Club, New England Brad
| ford Academy Club, QuinshlpauE Won
ans Club, Riverside Club.
A possible solution of the domestic prob
| lem" Mrs. Alice n. George
| The relation of the domestic problem To
| the present industrial situation" Pro-
fessor Edward Cummings. Harvard
University. Discussion.
Fitchburg is so accessible from Wor-
Cester that the representation of club
women rom this city should be large.
At the give-and-take party at the
Church of the Unity, March %. a five
cent lunch counter will be one Of the
features. There will be a ten-cent gift
| table for children.
Dr. MoXom entertained a good-sized
company in Memorial Hall yesterday
forenoon when he gave the CLOSING
"Sordello' study, an extra lecture
which he devoted to a consideration Of
the spirit of the poem as a whole and
to its poetic beauties. He characterized
"Sordello" as mountain climb n
struggle not an equivalent for a cigar
or a box of Huylers best. Before
closing he read several of Browninp,s
shorter poems, to the great pleasure of
the audience.
The interest in Kipling has induced
Mansfield, the New York publisher to
bring out some of Kiplings best known
poems in the form of individual book
let's, prettily bound in pale green ma
per and enclosed each in an envelope
That scathing little poem. THE van.
pire," has been published in this shane
with the picture by Burne-Jones that
ss.11gggested me verses as a frontlspiece.
Gungha din and Fuzzy wuzzy" are
also included in tl<s quaint but CON
venient edition, and so are many more
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-19
Bliss Carman.

THE woman who insists on q right
to a seat in congress" says the Corn
fed Philosopher, should not expeot
one in street car"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-19

The regular meeting of the Young
Woman's Guild of st. Mar4s's parish
will be held at the house of Mrs. Hum
phreys, Z Shepard street, Monday eve.
Ming at $50 D. m
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-19

The pupils of Miss Mary A. Carberry
enjoyed musicale at her home, No. IS
Vernon street, yesterday afternoon. In
addition to the music there were read
ings by Miss Helen Johnson.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-19

At the invitation of the Fitchbura,
"omans Club the regular quarterly
meeting of the state federation will he
held in the Unitarian Church. Fitch
ourg' April 6. The program follows:
MORNING SESSION. A. NJ.
subject The domestic problem" Intro
uucuon by the chairman of the com
..--,, mittee, Mrs. Caroline Stone Atherton.
me domestic situation today" Speaker
to be announced later.
readlustment of household expendi-
lures. Mrs. Ellen II. Richards, Mas
Sachusetts Institute Of Technology.
Discussion till p As.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-19

The person who cannot find some
thing to his taste in this weeks bill of
fare at the Worcester Theatre must
either be capricious and difficult to
please or else a lenten devotee.. To be-
gin with, there is comic opera that is
followed by military drama: that in
turn by more operate comedy. and to
end with there is romance in the grand
manner. THE Geisha." Secret Serv-
ICE; Della Fox and Under the Red
Robe offer a captivating assortment
from which to choose.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-19

Miss Alice Bedding is visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Irvine A. Whitcomb, Winter It'll.
Somerville.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-19

Miss Caroline NJ. Field, for several
years a teacher in Miss Kinbalrs
school for girls, has gone TO Natick
where she has accepted position in
the high school.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-19

Curiously enough, two out of the four
plays at the Worcester Theatre this
week have ignoble characters for their
heroes. There is something despicable
about the office of a spy, whatever the
purpose of his spying may be- and the
leaQln y, male characters both in "se-
Robe are essentially snies Tvbe mart
which GIL de Berault PLAYS always
seemed particularly small ana mean In
Mr. Wyman's novel, but it may have
peen localized on the stage. -
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-19

PauI Lawrence Dunbar will make his
first appearance in Woroestar az, the
9th, under the auspices Of the WON.
ans club, which has been the means
OF bringing so many "attractions' to
the city. Especial interest attaches 10
Mr. Dunbar because OF his races, his
discovery by William Dean Howeils.
the cordially with which the young
man was received on his visit to Eng
land and the popularity attained by his
prose and practical writings. He is the
first creative genius In liferatTlfe that
the colored race has yet produced.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-19

The ladies Of the Church of the
Unity will give a give-and- take parts
in the church parlors, on the evening
Of the 2Sth.
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Paris in Winter.

Christmas tide and Christmas wealth
erl 1t is so very seldom that one has
a good opportunity to sing the song
of the two together in Paris that I think
if l had a Tyre l should tune it and
write verses. Fortunately, 1 have not,
as SO few people write good verses. and
SO few people care for view remarks
on weather" There is no one, how
not to appreciate the splendor of Paris
in fine winter weather. 1t is simply IL
Illuminated by the delicate tones in the
air, the rose that has caught in the
branches of the trees, the opals in the
fountains of the Place de la Concorde.
Recently we walked home from the
dress rehearsal of Brieux's new play at
the Theater Francois, along the banks
of the Seine. 1t was fringed all the
way with lacy labyrinths of branches
filled with the loveiiest pink mist, and
just in the bend of the river beamed
such great, red, good natured sun.
1t seemed as large as Mars, and to be
Illuminated from within, so that the
color was of strange delicacy in its
intensity. Everything was perfectly
beautiful. What delightful thing it is
that all these exquisite effects in the
out door world are within the reach of
all of US. If 1 were to make a list of
books that have influenced me, 1 am
sure | should put high in it the one
that contains Lowells Good Word for
Winter" He it was who first gave me
the consciousness of winters delicate
susceptibilities and possibilities The
new" French landscape painters Me-
nard, Dauchez and so on, only give one
the same kind of pleasure-that of en-
joying phase of nature through an
other temperament.-Har Bazaar.
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An AWFUL TRAGEDY IN YOLO.
A BOY ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
BY HIS BROTHER. 8
They Were Doing a Shotgun Trick,
and Didn't Know the Gum
Was Loaded.

The home of John Garter, short
side of the river, was plunged IN grie1
yesterday afternoon by the terrible
death of Douglas, the youngest OF the
three sons, about u years of age. The
only facts obtainable last night were
these:
1t seems that the eldest Of the boys,
aged about 16 years, and his little
brother had been in the habit fer some
time past of doing a shotgun trick Tor
the entertainment of their friends. IL
was their custom to place an unloaded
cartridge shell in the gun and drop
marble down upon it from the muzzle
of the weapon The older boy would
then aim the gun at his brother, ex-
plode the primer, or cap, and the mar
BILE would be shot out of the gun for
a. few feet and caught by the little boy
in it's flight.
There was not strength enough in
the primers to drive the marble with
sufficient force to DO any harm at
distance of a few feet.
Yesterday the boys got out the shot
gun to perform their trick for the
amusement of some friends. The older
boy noticed that there was fresh
cartridge shell in the breech, which he
supposed to be empty. The marble was
dropped in the muzzle of the gun, and
the younger boy took his station a
few feet away, ready to catch it when
it should be expelled.
His brother raised the gun, aimed it
There was loud explosion, and
through the cloud of smoke the smaller
boy was seen to fall to the ground.
The gun had contained a loaded
cartridge, and the charge carried away
a good portion of the younger boy s
head, scattering his brains about the
ground. Life was not extinct, how
ever, when he was picked up, and a
physician was called from this city by
telephone. The poor child was dead,
however. soon afterward
Nothing was learned as to how the
gun happened to be loaded, but it is
probable some one about the place had
been out hunting and thoughtlessly left
the cartridge in the weapon.
The awful tragedy has nearly dis
tracted the members of the family. 1t
Is another terrible warning to those
who are disposed to make pIaythings
OF such deadly combinations as guns
and gunpowder
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The Laboring Sail.
Our sail is ON the, sea,

ouI SILL Is ON Inot sea
Far out beyond the frowning lea.
There seems to be a troubled sea!
L1fes mystic. veil-ed troubled seal
Amid the winds and waves aglee,
Our sail is on the seal
We cannot stay the angry gale,
Nor lift the heavy shrouding veil,
That hides from view our laboring sail:
We hear requiem down the lea,
And hear the oceans sullen roar,
AS giant pillows from the sea
In fury dash the rugged shore.
I scarce suppress the griefful tear.
And yet sWeeter sound hear;
1t is a soft and gentle breath
Above the clarion winds so shrill;
And unto us, it, whispering said,
Peace, troubled SOUL Peace, peace, be
still!'
So Hope uplifts her weary wings.
Away her heavy burden filings,
And like the morning larkling sings!
So, hence, metlinks the sun shall rise.
Aye, soon agleam the break of day!
Then golden blush Ger azure skies,
Shall drive the draping clouds away.
Fen now beyond the pail of night.
Above and You'd the mountain hight,
LO, there's q cleaning beacon light.
A gently beaming beauteous star.
Above the, oceans billowy breast!
1t guides where peaceful waters are
Where beaten sails are furled-at rest
So. yond the shadows of the tomb
Beyond the heavens o'erveiled with
gloom.
Deeper BY far, than Egypt's doom!
Lo. there, behold the placid sea,
Ger which are radiant sun-kissed skiess
To that fair sea the soul would flee,
and leave behind nfe's tears and signs.
II. c. PELTON.
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aovA. aAklse powpsa Co, Nsw yoax.

other children fall in time into the hands
of professionals by whom they are
duly initiated into the arts of success
full begging and thieving. During the
period of instruction these instructors
take the lions share of the pupils ef-
forts Many of these old instructors
have acquired such a reputation that
they are literally run after by eager
pupils Some of these pedagogues go
so far as to carry on regular Schools
in which instruction is given in the
most systematic manner. In these
schools" children under 3 years OF
age are taught how to set to work to
beg with the greatest chance of sue
cess, and they often profit to such an
extent from their lessons that it is no
uncommon thing for a child of this
ge to support a whole family by his
begging appeals.
Until they are 10 or II years of age
children are allowed only to beg; on
reaching this age they begin a careful
course in thieving as fine art. II,
however, they evince no talent at their
new work then they must continue
begging until their fifteenth year. Such
cases are exceptions, and the little vag
abonds soon become expert thieves.
Carrying their beggar's sack, ana
armed with a long stick which has
been we'll smeared with birdlime, they
sneak into the premises of we'l-to-do
people; so soon as they think they are
unobserved, they steal cautiously to the
windows and try to abstract any small
article that happens to lie within reacn
of their sticks After two or three
years at this work the youthful thieves
are advanced to the task of rifiing the
well-filled pockets of stranger; thus
they proceed gradually from the posi-
ton of beggar to that of a skilled pick
pocket. However, in Japan the terms
are synonymous, for there is scarcely
any difference between the beggars and
the thieves.
In Japan. as elsewhere, there Is honor
among thives, and. the entire
Thieves Colony" in the capital OF
Japan is governed by rules that are
vigorously enforced. Their "Codex. or
body of rules, prescribes that the
Youngest beggars and thieves snail re-
tain 10 per cent. of their earnings
pickpockets of the second class retain
from 80 to 40 per cent, while the most
skillful thieves keep from 90 TO 6o per
cent. of their earnings; the greater
part of what then remains is employed
in keeping the Thieves Academies
in efficient working order.--London
Globe.
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wILHELMINA's EDUCATION.
Instruction in Languages-Unive
sity Professors Her Teachers.

No sovereign was ever more carefully
brought up for the task of ruler than
Queen Wilhelmina. The Queen Regent
herself mapped out the whole education
the number of hours to be devoted in
due proportion to each subject during
the available years. She wished her
daughters education to be truly ma
tional; hence, her first teacher was the
head of a public elementary school, Mr..
Gediking, and he was directed to give
the instruction as much as possible on
the same lines as to his own pupils.
The teaching embraced by degrees, be-
sides the ordinary curriculum, natural
history, physics, geology, geometry and
mathematics. Geology had a special
when she visited the Natural History
Museum in London those who led her
round were struck with her knowledge
of the subject.
Meanwhile English was taught her
by her English governess, Miss Sax
ton Winter, who remained till after the
Queens confirmation, two years ago;
and she learned to speak French from
a native of France before the age of
nine, when she received her first les
sons in French grammar and literature
from DR.. Salverda de Grave, who was
enabled at once to use French as the
medium for teaching the language. 1t
is never questioned in Holland-as it
is, unfortunately, sometimes in England
that modern languages should be be-
gun early in order not to absorb too
much of the time which at a later Pc
riod is required for other subjects. Ger
man, which is an easy as well as a
somewhat perplexing language to
Dutch people on account of its resem-
blance to their own, was not begun till
five years later, when Dr. Kossmann,
from the gymnasium, gave her majesty
lessons in the language and literature.
DR.. Salverda de Grave took some of the
more advanced teaching in other sub
jects, such as geography and Dutch
history and literature. The practical
side of the teachings was never lost
sight of. Thus the Queen Regent de-
sired that the study of geography
should be combined with a survey of
the political and economic conditions of
the various countries, and that in con-
nection with arithmetic the Queen
should be made acquainted with some
details of finance, monetary systems,
loans, etc.
During the latter years. Of the Queens
education she was instructed by spe-
cialists, chiefly professors from the uni
versities. One of the best historians of
Holland, Professor Biloxi, from Leyden,
gave q course of Dutch history Pro-
fessor Kan taught physical and politi-
cal geography: Professor Kramer. gem
eral history, and in connection with
this subject he led the Queen through
the British Museum ON her VISIT to Lon
don. DR.. Van de Stadt. head master
of a school at Anthem, continued the
teaching of physics begun by Mr.. Ge-
diking, frequently using experiments
and giving short biographies of the
great men of science. Professor De
Louter initiated her majesty in the
Constitution Of the Netherlands, in po-
litical law and economy. and colonial
institutions. DR., Hofstede de Greot gave