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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-26


Almon ]. Bates, the four ear-oId son
of Mr., and Mrs. Fred O. Bates, son of
A. ]. Bates, the School street hardware
man, was painfully bitten on the hand
this forenoon by dog owned by Os-
valid Fritzche,' the local sausage manu-
facturer
The little boy was playing on the
doorstep of his home on School street
about half-past nine this morning, when
the big dog of the sausage man came
along Without apparent cause the
beast sprang upon the boy and sunk
ITS teeth in the childs right hand.
The youngster commenced to scream
with pain and fright and the inmates
or the store ran out to ascertain the
trouble. The dog after doing his work
dashed off
DR.. G. S. Sargent was called and eau
terized the wound. The teeth sunk deep
in the back of the boys hand The
doorstep and a small space of the side
walk We're covered with drops of blood
winch oozed from the painful bites
DR.. Sargent has ordered the dog shot.
which will be done as soon as the ami
NAL is located. The physician fears lock-,
Jaw, but hopes he will be able to pull
the youngster through
Unless satisfactory agreement can
be made between Mr.. Bates and the
owner of the dog, there will be trouble
The dog has never bitten anybody be-
fore and was thought to be a peaceful
and law-abiding canine.
Manager Leonard has offered Man
aged Conway Sept. to play the Web
ster team at Beacon park. The local
manager has not yet decided whether
he will accept the date or not, but will
in all probability The Oxford cattle
show comes about that time and might
serve to cut the attendance somewhat.
Webster was just dying yesterday to
get at Jack Lampe again. They say
they would have done all kinds of funny
things to him and finally put him out
of business for keeps. Webster seems to
be hoodoo for leaguers that come
here. Invariably they get released after
Webster finishes with them or else they
come near it, as Hickman of the Bos-
tons and Lampe of the Worcesters did
Sanford Mason, the we'll known Bos-
ton electric road man, is in town on the
sick list. Mr.. Mason, The Spy readers
will remember, was the one that opened
the Webster road when it first started
Torrance Lonergan is spending a few
days with Frank X. Herman in Provl-
dence.
There were all kinds of rumors float
ing around town early this morning
that a midnight robber had attempted
to enter the ticket office of the New
Haven road but had been shot in the
leg by the night operator, Jimmie
OKeefe. The Spy man was awakened
and his investigation proved this story
a fake. Since the recent number of ia
talities here. people are willing to be-
lieve most ANYTHING.
Miss Mary Stanley of Providence is
the guest of Harry Head and family.
The Webster ball team goes to Mil
bury tomorrow afternoon, to play.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-26
PROMINENT MEDICAL MEN
Find Catarrh of the Bladder Very Prevalent
and DANGEROUS MaIadY.

A. W. Perrin, NJ. D. s., $50 Halsey ST.,
Brooklyn, N. Y, in recent letter to
DR.. Hartman says the following:
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-26
NO AGREEMENT YET.
Cars Will Not Be Run
on Worcester Line
September 1.
WEBSTER WAS DISAPPOINTED.
Did Want One More. Go at
Mr.. Jack Lampe and
His Curves.

Webster, Aug. 25.-Contrary to the
opinion of good many there is not
much possibility that the Worcester &
Webster electric road will be running
for the annual cattle show in Oxford
Sept. and Z. The Webster correspond
ent of The Spy talked with local Off
Gals here today relative to the matter,
and they all unite in saying that,
while not being an absolute impossibili-
ty, they do not think it is probable.
Local residents do not know what to
think about the Worcester company;
they have completely bewildered them.
They have not asked the Webster direc-
tors to operate on their line, but
they took the privilege to pc
tition the Webster board of selectmen
for the right to utilize their tracks. The
matter now hangs fire, tabled by the
town fathers. The matter will proba-
bly, be taken up tonight. Mr. Flint says
he cannot see why the selectmen should
vote to let the Worcester road in and
allow them to run all over their tracks.
The Webster people are trying to find
out how the Worcester road can get it
self together for the cattle fair in Ok
ford. They say it is impossible to do
so with so much work still to be finish
ed before the line can be placed in run
ming shape.
If the Worcester people would COM
plete the line between here and Oxford
so that the line can be operated between
the two points, Superintendent Flint
says that he will furnish everything
else to operate the line, even to the
cars, men and juice
1t seems to the Webster business ner
that the Worcester company has bitter
off more than it can masticate. They
can see now how they got into al
kinds of disagreements. If the Worces-
ter people spend much more time il
talking, Webster Electric COMPANY
says it will build a little road of its
own and operate it ready for the Ok
ford fair.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-26

The local steamer company has re-
ceived an invitation to attend the
muster at Ware next month.
Miss Lena Weber of Boston is in
town
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-04-29

Professor Benjamin Ide Wheeler
saws of Alexander the Great In the No
vember Century: No single person
atty. excepting the carpenters SON of
Nazareth. has done so much to make
the world of civilization we live In
what it is as Alexander of Macedon.
He Ieyeled the terrace upon which
Europearl history built. Whatever lay
within the range of his conQuests con-
tributed its part to form that Mediter-
ranean civilization which. under
Rome's administration, became the
basis az European life. What lay be-
vond was as If on another planet.
Alexander checked his eastward march
a. the Sutlej, and India and China
wore left in world of their own, with
tha;r own mechanisms for man and So
c,etv their own theories of God and
~ world. Alexander's world. to
hitch we all belong. went on its own
senarate way until, in these latter days.
naw greed of conquest, begotten OF
commercial ambition. promises at last
= level the barriers which through the
centuries have stood as monuments to
he outmost stations Of the Macedo-
man phalanx. and have divided tbs
world Of msn'in twain
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-04-29

to smaller communities there are eco"
nomical considerations that must be
borne in mind. The full Russian sys-
tenn would be quite out of the question,
unless the school were a large and
well-supported high school. The equip
ment is expensive, the work technical
and the total yearly cost of mainten-
ance in city schools Of about 300 boys
amounts to from SIS to $500 per boy.
But I see no reason why less ella
borate scheme of manual training In
wood and clay, such as sloyd, should
not be introduced into every village
school and even into every district
school. 1t succeeds best with small
classes. is adapted quite as well for
girls as boys, and finally is so indi-
vidual that children of all ages may
work together without disadvantage.
A sloyd class should not exceed from
twelve to twenty children. The cost Of
component may be made small or
great. A sloyd workbench with COM
plete set Of tools will cost from SIS to
s25. A room equipped with twenty
benches would therefore cost from $3.50
IN $500. This means best quality.
Such an equipment ought to last for
several generations. A less substan-
tial outfit may be bought for half the
amount.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-04-29

small pig stuck in a paling through
which it had tried to squeeze assisted
by an elder one inside. Attracted by
it's cries, it took the small pigs head
in its mouth and tried to pull 1t
through. in doing which it almost pull
ed the sufferers head off. In another
case a cat deliberately fetched its own
er to assist another cat which was ly-
ing helpless in fit. Moreover, domes-
ticated animals are to some extent
progressive" and have realized the
notion of common good among other
creatures than their own stock. There
is a good deal of service and benevo-
lence among very different homestead
ed animals, especially in the form OF
protection, sharing Of food and for
bearance.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-04-29

ton Library" on Devastating" The
old stag reached over toward the young
one at last and actually kissed him;
but the youngster would not jump.
Animals are so helpless" themselves
when anything goes amiss, especially
in cases of accident, that they can
hardly be expected to do much for
others. But the impulse is often there
in the related kinds, though it is not
extended to the non-related. Offers
run around trapped otter all night.
Cats and foxes visit the bodies OF their
dead and so do stoats and weasels. 1t
is a rule with trappers to leave these
near trap; so We may conclude that
these animals probably visit their fell
lows when trapped. The writer once
saw an odd instance Of this Intellectual
concern-probably not very deep, for
the actors were sparrows. A brick
trap had been set in yard and
sparrow caught. All the sparrows in
the neighborhood had learned 1t and
were sitting in crowds on hedges, Gu
cumber frames, sheds and buildings,
discussing the situation or staring
modify at the trap where the captive
was Imprisoned, but quite invisible.
Next day a robin was caught, but the
sparrows showed no concern whatever.
This tendency among the wild races
finds definite expression among the
domesticated animals, though instances
are not very common. We have seen
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-04-29
MANUAL TRAINING TEACHINGS
Enlarges the Boys Interests and Helys
Him Find His Right Vocation.


Manual training teaches no specific
trades, but aims to give knowledge
Of the principles underlying all trades
SAYS the Ladies' Home Journal. Liter
ally, it means hand training. 1t teach
es the young men the principles ana
practice of carpentry, patternmaKine'
wood carving, blacksmithing, wise WORK
and machine construction, and 1t does
it more thoroughly and in far less time
than it is possible to do it in the man
ufactories themselves. The models are
not finished articles, but are simply
practice pieces intended to eneody
general principles in both wood ana
metal working. I am led to believe
that manual training, by enlarging q
bows interests and outlook, not only
help him more surely to find his right
vocation, but also tends to make that
vocation one of nobleness and worth.
And not only are these young fellows
occupied, but they are also successful
AS students, teachers, journalists, ar
chitects. engineers, electricians,
draughtsmen, physicians and lawyers
they are steadily making their way to
the front, which is encouraging to
those Of us who believe in learning by
doing. In adapting manual training
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-04-29
!. a Black Leopard in London.


A leopard can never change its
spots, it is true, but it can sometimes
be perfectly black, or-in far rarer
cases-perfectly white. One of the
black specimens has been at the Zoo
for the last week or so, though com-
paratively few visitors have been aware
Of the fact. They have passed hia
cage in the lions house and found i
seemingly empty. But if they had
looked closely at the top Of the tree
trunk in the far right-hend corner they
would have discovered the crouching
and apparently jet-black animal, with
its back toward the bars of the cage,
and its head, outstretched and motion
less, fixed against grating in the
wall. There he stays the whole day
long and all through the week, never
moving hair save when the keeper
brings his iron rod into play. Then
the head is SWING around with snarl,
and the leopard, looking the very in
carnation of evil, shows its cleaning
white teeth. Ordinarily it might well
be taken for dead. It comes down
only in the night time to devour its
food. The animal in all probability
will not be ct the Zoo much longer.
Like many other new arrivals, 1t was
sent there con approval" and in COM
pany of another black leopard. One
Of the pair died before 1t could be
turned out of the cage in which il
came, while its fellow was found to be
not only lame but SO fierce and nm.
manageable as to be more bother than
it was worth. SO it will doubtless be
returned.
The black leopard is nothing more
than q variety of the better-knowr
species, as is proved by instances in
which female of the ordinary color
has given birth to litter among which
was q black cub. It has been re
marked, however. that these blacl
leopards are usually met with in tn
hill jungles, and it is reasonably sup
posed that such districts are more O
less associsted with the abnormal de
velopmentof color.-London Graphic
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-04-29

Our Constantinople correspondent
writes, under date Of Nov. IL: The
Turkish newspaper Sabah was seized
yesterday and its publication suspend
ed because it contained the phrase.
that wicked Padishah.' The editor
explains that his offense his wholly
due to an untoward accident The
intention had been to say majestic
Padishah,' but the letter lam dropped
out. and the compositor carelessly
pushed the two preceding letters up
to the final waw, thus Transforming
the word, which means majestic, into
that wicked 1t remains to be seen
whether this explanation will be found
acceptable in the eyes OF the offsudsd
sovereign, - oudon Times,
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-04-29
THE OVERFLOW OUTLOOK.

There is an old saying to the effect
that all signs fail when it rains, and
while all the signs fail when the
waters from above come tumbling
down upon the lowlands, sweeping
away levees and inundating the
country, disastrously there is yet
some comfort in knowing that the
signs, so far as they have been dis
covered, would indicate that there
will be no very great volume OF
water this spring, unless heavy
rains over the watershed should fall
after this date, which is not at all
probable, says the Memphis Com
mercial Appeal. Reports from Min
nesota. the Dakotas and other sec
tons where the SHOWS are usually
choking the valleys at this season of
the year, state that comparatively
little has fallen, that the hills and
plains and even the valleys are
naked and that the winter has been
uniformly dry and cold On the
other hand, Memphis and the lower
country have been visited by very
unusual precipitation within the
last thirty days, in the form OF
snow, rain, hail and sleet. This
downfall, while most unpleasant,
has long since melted and is speed
ing away to the gulf without giving
ground for any apprehensions OF an
overflow, and the water which once
passes NJ cannot do go again until
another season has rolled around
and until it has again been taken up
by radiation and carried into the
clouds.
As only q certain amount OF
moisture IL absorbed each year, 1t
follows that what falls in the lower
valleys and escapes, without doing
any damage, to the sea, is eliminat-
cd from the food computations, and
| It would seem that what moisture
should have fallen In one form or
another ON the great watershed
failed to roach its accustomed des-
tination and yielded to the forces OF
Qravitation IN the lower valleys.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-04-29
A MYSTERIOUS HAND.

Toward twilight, on an August day,
many years ago, two females were
seated by the open window OF an an
cient house, situated in New Haven,
Conn.
One Of the women was an aged lady
Of perhaps seventy, with hght,
CHEEKY face. the very portrait OF good
nature and good health. and the other
by her side was Madeline Blackwood,
niece to the old lady, and pretty,
mild-looking girl, whose years did not
exceed nineteen, whose face pore the
impression of loving, tender-hearted
girl, innocent and trusting In her ma
ture.
Eyes. dear Madeline. ! made my will
last night" the old lady is saying,
land 1 have made you my helress.
Madeline"
"Oh, aunt, you overpower me with
your Kindness" Madeline answers, IN
a pleasant voice.
Don't thank me, darling; I only do
as my heart dictates; poor dear, your
path has been a rough one. -Four
years ago your father died. and l TOOK
you here to my house. / have never
regretted that day 1 did so, for l have
ever. found you an obedient, indus
trious girl, and, as I'm an old maid,
and Miss Blackwood laughed, land
have no one on earth to whom I could
bequeath my wealth, I have selected
you as my future heiress."
The young girls face betrayed no
surprise, but a light flush overspread
1t, and she kissed the rudy cheeks
of her fathers sister, as that old lady
petted the girls curly head.
I'm not very sickly, darling" the
aged woman went on, NOR am I likely
to die very soon-at least DR.. CRANKY
says $3.50 you may have to wait
awhile; but while 1 live you shall be
| my daughter"
"Oh, dear aunt, please don't speak
that way. Don't speak Of dying, my
best, my only friend. You cannot
conceive how deeply your words pain
me-"
You do love me, then, darling?"
and the aged spinster looked tenderly
at her niece.
"As do my life, dear aunt" was
the girls answer, as she again kissed
her aunt
| A few moments later the young girl
left the room and her aunt was alone
| For some moments the aged mis-
tress of BlackwOod house last buried
/ tn thought.
"Shes a good GIRL" at last muir
INJURED Miss Blackwood, "and I've done
right in leaving her everything. and
she deserves it, poor girl. for her life
was a checkered and ruffled one be-
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-04-29
ANIMAL GOOD WILL.
WILD AND MESTiCATED
SPECIES SHOW 1T.
The Latter Are Kind to Man Rather
Than to Their Fellow Beasts-The
Cat Which Brought Its Master q
Pigeon Every Day. "

Without multiplying sentences Of
the acquired character Of the benevo-
lent impulse in man, it is worth re-
Numbering that even civilized races
relapse with astonishing pertinacity to
the non-benevolent state, and that in
cultured Athens the horrible human
sacrifices with which the story of an
cient Greece is replete survived as a
national institution, and that every
year man and woman were whipped
through the streets and then burned
alive to satisfy some such impulse as
prompts similar acts among the Congo
negroes. At the present moment the
absence of benevolence In any form
among the non-developed races of to-
day needs no better Illustration than
the fact recorded by Capt. Hinde, that
ON the Upper Congo no negro lives
beyond 40, that being the age at which
their fellow-men directly or indirectly
cause their death. II analogy demands
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-04-29
Newspapsrs in Conssmpt.

The Massachusetts, Supreme Court
has recently affirmed tho judgment Of
the Supreme Court in the cases the of
Gazette Company Of Wor ,ester and
the Telegram Newspaper Company Of
Worcester against the Commonwealth,
in which the Superior Court imposed
q fine Of 500 each for contempt of
court.
In case on trial IN the Superior
Court at Worcester, one Loring was
trying to get damages from the town
of Holden for land taken for the abo-
lition of railroad crossing. The
Gazette and the Telegram both printed
an item during the trial relative to an
offer said to have been made by thu
town to Loring.
The Supreme Court found that the
publication of such matter was likely
to obstruct the course Of justice, ane
Ansd each uswapApsy company elVQ
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-04-29
A NARROWING TALE.


Che First B0rn's Marrow Escape and 1fo
Papa'e Awful suspense.
ooh, George" she cried, dinging
her arms about his neck and sobbing
upon his breast, ''I'm 80 glad you've
comel"
"Why. dear, what's the matter?"
he asked. care you ill?"
"No-that is. I'm only sick ct
heart!" g
He drew back and looked into her
upturned face. What he saw there
made him tremble from head to foot.
''The baby!" he cried. "Where is
our darling? Don't tell me that any
thing has happened to himl"
She pressed q wet cheek against
his new vest and gave full vent to her
pent-up feelings.
The strong young man was COM
pletely unnerved. A wild look came
into his eyes, and he gazed around in
search Of some evidence Of the awful
thing that had happened.
''Veronica." he hoarsely whispered.
edo not keep me in suspense. I am
not equal to it. What has befalIen
our child?"
His manner frightened her. In an
instant she became self-possessed.
All. woman is, after all, the stronger
character when trouble comes. She
may worry over small things, and
may weep over tribes, but when great
Affections come she is the one upon
whom man must lean for support.
"Be calm, George" she implored.
'sfor my sake, try to be calm"
"Oh," be groaned, ST have been
depressed ell day. I have felt some
dreadful thing was going to happen.
When the dear little one put his arms
around my neck and smiled at me, as
I was about to go, something seemed
to say to me that I would return to
grief. But what is it? Tell me. ]
cannot linger in doubt. Whose fault
was it, and how did it happen?"
est was nobody's fault, George,
she replied; ''I swear to you that il
could not have been helped"
He sank into chair, buried his
face in his hands and shook with sup
pressed emotion.
SIT was just before luncheon
time" she went on. II had to g
down to the kitchen for something
and left him playing on the sitting
room floor, upstairs"
/ eyes, yes" the stricken man walled
Ego onl"
s'I can't, I can'tr" she answered
beginning to cry again. 1T is to-
dreadful George, do you know wha
I found when Ireturned?
| He only shook his head. He coul'
not speak.
i sThe dear little fellow had crawle'
out of the room into the hall, and wa
peeking over the stairs. If l ha'
been q minute later he might hav
fallen down."
| George Darlington looked up at her
and after . moments .silence, de
handed:
"Where is he now?"
"Asleep in his crib. the dear littl
sweet"
Then the fustered young fathe
went out and relieved himself by kick
ing leg off the kitchen table.-Cleve
land Leader.