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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1899.
A GOOD APPOINTMENT.

Mckinley never made a better ap-
pointment than his latest appointment
of Joseph w. Fifer to succeed w. J..
Calhoun as interstate commerce COM
missioner. EX-Gov. Fifer or "Private
Joe," as he is endearingly termed in
Illinois. is the last good GOVERNOR that
state has had. His administration came
Immediately after that of Uncle Dick
Oglesby and Immediately before that
of Altgeld, who was in turn succeeded
by the corrupt Tanner administration,
which has done much to bring the re-
publican party into disrepute in the
middle west.
The four years Ftfer spent as COVER
nor were distinguished for a business
like and honest administration. No
scandals ever assailed the gubernatorial
chair. Like many other western gov
errors, Ffer was born outside the state
he afterwards made his home. He is
Virginian by birth. He moved into
Mclean county, Illinois, in 1857, The
first Fifer homestead was log cabin.
When the civil war broke out the young
man enlisted in the Thirty-third I'LL
neis. He served throughout the war as
a private, hence the soubriquet, 'Pri-
vate Joe." He served in all the battles
of the Vickshurg campaign.
Returning from the war, Fifer spent
four years in Illinois Wesleyan univer-
sity, Bloomington. He began the prac-
tice of law in 1868. Subsequently he
was corporation counsel of Blooming
ton, states attorney of Mclean county,
state senator, and in 1888 was elected
governor for four years over Ex-G Gov.
Palmer who in the last presidential
campaign was the gold democratic
nominee for the presidency. Since re-
firing from office Mr.. Fifer has been
engaged in his private law practice in
Bloomington. He has refused many
generous offers from corporations to
act as their attorney. 1t will therefore
be seen that he is opposed to trusts and
corporations rather than in favor of
them. His appointment is victory
for that wing of the republican party
which is opposed to trusts.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05
VOLUNTEERS AND PATRIOTISM.

Rear Admiral Charles Beresford
struck the nail squareIy on the head
when he said that there are only two
great patriotic nations in the world
Great Britain and America because
these two nations alone have volunteer
military. There is a profound truth in
these words. None but a patriotic ma
ton has citizens willing to give their
lives and fortunes for their country.
And, on the other hand, the very act
of volunteering kindles patriotism. The
volunteer himself feels an increased af.
lection for the flag he has served. His
has lived are inspired by the example.
When Xerxes crossed from Asia tc
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05

u.
Speaking of cold weather reminds me
of some stories told by South Wor-
cester grocer last winter when I
stopped in to wait for car. He had
been to California in '49 and most eV-
everywhere else since and finally landed
in Worcester some years ago and start
ed in the grocery business.
Call this cold,' he said. 81 rec elect
one fall up in Canady when the Their
mometer went down IS degrees in half
an hour. l was out shooting that day
and hadn't seen thing to let go at all
day. 1t begun TO rain and turn cold
twards afternoon and as I was always
a durn fool, let the gun barrel get
full of water and, 1t fuoze there, right
over the charge. Pretty soon, as Yves
walking fast to get home, ] run plump
into the all fredest big lynx you ever
saw, and of course pulled down on her
without thinking about the ice in the
barrel. Well, the old gun went off and
the heat of the powder melted the ice
and sent 1t out in a stream of water
But 1t was SO cold that the water froze
as soon as it left the mpzzIe of the
gun, and blame if that lynx didn't fall
dead with its brain pierced clean
| through with an icycle just the shape
Va tilC gun DdFFSll.
But, shaw, that wasn't nothing to
what happened to me once out in Da-
koty. It was before the days Of rail-
roads and the state was only terri
tory then with about two people and
Kid to a square mile. l had took a
claim and was working it with my
partner, after we failed to strike 1t rich
IN Cahforny, and We was raising wheat
and grass hoppers to beat the Dutch,
The wether always did change there
suddenly, and swone then If l could
| find country more vasctllating, as il
We're, than D9looty in them days, I'd
move there. That's why came to New
| England. Wen one day in December
me and my partner YES taking a drive
| with our pair Of horses over the prairie
| land to look at the lay Of the country
| thinking of taking on another quarter
! section. when it begun to rain like al
! forty, and at the same time the wind
sprung UP into a regular hurricane. Il
kept turning colder and colder all the
| time, too. The rain that day didn't fal
| in drops; it came down in streaks from
the clouds, slanting like a washing
| board in g tub. We drove as fast al
| we could, and were making for q bis
wind break about two miles off wheT
| every bit of that rain froze solid anC
| two of the icycles struck the horses anC
killed them right off. But that didn'f
| stop our progress. We even wen
faster than ever and this was why
When the icicles struck the horses they
went right down through the collars
| and as the other ends We're fastened t
the clouds and the wind was blowing
at two hundred miles an hour, we hac
to go along with it, And you may mo-
| believe it, but we had run clear into
st. Louis before the ice melted to let us
go, and it took us nearly four months
to get back"
Got to go, you say. That's too bad
l had another story to tell you that'I
beat them two all hoiler."
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THE BIG STORE.

Dor. Another proposed remedy is pront-
sharing, and this has been tried with
success, where the cooperative prin-
ciple was understood on both sides. Yet
another suggestion is the abandonment
of caps aprons, the use of Christian
names and other badges OF serVitude.
These seem to me to offer very super
fetal solution of the problem.
"At the root of the domestic problem
in America is the social discomfort of
women. The domestic problem is only
part Of the restlessness felt by wom-
en- in the face of greater opportunities.
The conditions that allow the mistress
a. wider range of choice do the same
for the maid. The mistress seeks cul-
ture and her maid would do the same
she would devote herself to Browning
| classes or philanthropy and her maid
wants to do it also. Disconnected mis-
tress, disconnected maid ambitious
| mistress, ambitious maid. The lady
would leave obey out Of her marriage
| contract and wonders why the cook
should be disobedient.
I'm other words" continued the
| speaker, ~ think we may say that
those domestic troubles are a sign of
progress. AS for the right solution, to
me it lies in the application of the
| family ideal to family affairs. What is
wanted is not an employer, but a
| friend. When the mistress sees in her
! servants fellow women and fellow be-
! ings, the problem will be near solution.
The process Of throwing off these con-
| centric rings from the household is ne
| cessitated by the increasing demands
civilization makes upon the individual,
but domestic responsibility Is not less
than it was but more. The family
must still be the most important end
and means in itself. The family has
always furnished society with its
ideals. 1t is not liberty nor equality
that we want, but fraternity. If frat
ernity cannot be realized within yolir
house, how shall it spreaGGSArough the
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05
CUSTOMS RECEIPTS.

What do the statesmen and orators
who were denouncing the revenue pro-
ducing qualities of the Dingley law a
year ago, think of the fact that the
customs receipts for the month of Sep
TENDER were s19,12O,357, and for the
three months ending with September,
$685. 63s.509? Perhaps they have forgot
ten the figures of earlier years. The
steady decrease of customs revenues
under the Wilson and the steady in
crease under the Dingley law, are. to
say the least, interesting. Here is the
comparison:
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05

Aguinaldo has named his latest born,
George Washington. Now let Erving
Winsow, Aladdin" Atkinson and the
other Massachusetts, admirers of the
bad brownie club together, and pre-
sent the infant with a little Ratchet.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05

The old saying that Africa is the
grave of military regulations" is com
ing true again. Still Kitchener and
others have disproved the maxim.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05

Gen. White appears to have initiated
Deweys example in wire cutting, but
for opposite reasons.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05

The Springfield workman who was
buried beneath heap Of soft coal was
in luck. What If it had been hard coal?
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05

The death of DR.. Luther Dana Wood
bridge of Williams college will deprive
the faculty of that institution of one
of it's most valued and conscientious
workers. DIR. woodbridge was prob
ably closer to the students of the Berk-
shire college than any member of the
faculty, standing in the double rela-
ton of professor and physician.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05

The American jackie is not always
victorious. There is Sharkey. for in
stance.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05

Sharkey was the hardest boiler JEFF
fries was ever forced to hammer.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05

Have any of your friends been maxi
ing puns lately on any Of these COM
binations, Beers, Doors, boars, bears,
hores9
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05

After the lecture Prof. Cummings
dined at the house of Capt. aad Mrs.
John s. Baldwin. Miss Baldwin stadied
with Prof Cummings while at Rad
cliffe
Harry G. Robinson will be one of the
singers at the Woman's club, Wednes-
day.
Prof. Sidney A. Reeve of the Worces-
ter Polytechnic institute gave an adj
dress on government ownership last
night at the Art Students club, which
was entertained by Mrs. s. B. Meeser.
Mr.. Reeve began by defining socialism
as an attitude rather than a creed, and
then went on to speak Of different
phases of his subject-whetherl govern
ment ownership shall be extended, how
far, and on what grounds. In conclu-
sion, he spoke of art as the browning
fruition of life-as a blossom which was
inevitably followed by death, and he
illustrated his position by referring to
the art of Greece. First in the history
of nation always come politics. then
economics, and finally art. America
has passed its political growth and is
now in its economical period, but Prof.
Reeve predicted that, in proportion as
It's experiences and resources had been
great in all other respect, this nation
would be great in art. He held the
closest attention of his hearers, who
frequently interrupted him with ques-
!tions and arguments, and the discussion
lasted until late hour. The evening
was one of the most enjoyable the club
has known. I e date of the next meet
ing is Nov. %, but the place of meet
ing has not been decided.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05

Why not order Kitchener's army to
move south?
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05

The Twenty-sixth regiment has lost
no time in getting into the thick of
hostilities. The latest dispatches say
they are encamped only a short dis
lance from the insurgents lines. While
as yet there has been no serious out
break in Iloilo. there is likely to be. The
arrest of one of the most prominent
citizens of that city for forming junta
against the United States, has aroused
feeling of hostility which may give
the gallant Massachusetts regiment a
chance to distinguish itself.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05

THE SPY SHOULD HAVE THE EYE OF ARGUS
He is HONORABLE If HE DO BUT LOOK TO THE
WELFARE OF The COMMONWEALTH"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05

MiIlbury is getting her full share Of
fires,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05

of his life will he remember the kind
words OF the house wife, bepeft of her
curtains The bill was settled, and that
is the end of the story, as far as the
public is concerned.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05

"The servant problem is part of the
modern discomfort of women. 1t is a
sign of progress. What is needed is not
shorter hours or the Introduction of
trades union principles, but fraternity
between the mistress and maid" said
Prof. Cummings of Harvard university.
Friday, when he spoke on Domestic
service" in the Woman's Club course
on Household economics" Friday af-
ternoon. He handled the sub
ject from the historical and
guine in his conclusions although
he gave due weight to the gravity of
the domestic situation in this country.
After sketching the evolution of the
modern institutions of education, in
dustry, protection and religion from the
primitive family, he went on to speak
of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES There
Is tendency" he said ito believe that
the home must go the way of every
thing else. In spite of the large wages
offered her the modern girl prefers the
factory to the home, with its more per-
sonal and capricfous conditions What
are the remedies? One suggestion is to
minimize as far as possible the neces-
stiles for domestic work, by sending as
much as may be out of the house, by
yielding to the centrifugal force which
vice to organize ON business lines with
trades union principles. That kind of
remedy is coming. The itinerant errand
boy, carpet beater, furnace tender
bootblack, is already with us; will he
not be followed by the itinerant dish
washer, cook and waitress? Already in
my home we have person who works
under the eupheumistic name of 'ac-
comodater'-she won't come if you call
her anything else. Day nurseries and
kindergartens testify to future varia-
lions of this idea.
"There is a second group of remedies,
one of which proposes bringing the fac
tory idea into the household and treat
ing those residual occupations that
can't be got rid of on strict business
principles Fix the hours Of business
by the laws of trades unions, deter
L
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05

Prof Fortier's advanced class in
dancing begins next Thursday evening.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05

Do not fail to try it for home and
medicinal ilse-nothing like "Runnymede
Club whisky. absolutely pure.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05
PARTITION OF SAMOA.

Uncle Sam takes remarkably little in
terest in the partition of Samoa. 1t
makes no difference to this nation
whether Great Britain or Germany is to
be its neighbor. Notice has been served
on both powers that no arrangement
can stand by which this nation fails to
get Page Page as harbor and .coaling
station. Page Pago is the only safe
harbor in the group. 1t is the only place
adapted for coaling station. The trade
of Samoa is not worth considering.
The United States already has the
only island in the group worth retain
ing, and is content to let Germany and
Great Britain dicker and trade for the
possession of Apia with its cluster of
matched huts, its savage kings, its can
nibal tribe and it's perilous roadstead.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05

Harry c. Robinson will be one Of the
singers at the Womans club, Wednes-
day.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05

The Woman's club Browning class
met yesterday and began it's study of
THE Ring and the Book under Miss
Vida d. Scuddder of Wellesley college.
The next meeting will be in class room
A, Y. M. c. A. building, Nov II, at 3.45
O'Clock. The class now numbers about
40 in membership.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05

world? Beware how you lower the
family IDEALS"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05

The Adamowski trio will present the
following program when it gives its
concert on the evening of Dec. under
the auspices of the Friday Morning
club.
Trio in A minor (by request. :. Tchaikowsky
Gin memory of a great artist)
Allegro moderate. &c. Nicholas Rubinstein
Tema con variazoni.
Finale.
Soil for cello:
(a) ElePia Faure
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-05-25

Elsewhere is published the call for
a Hand county republican delegate
convention to be held at the Court
house in Miller Monday June 9Th, for
the purpose of selecting nine dele
gates to the republican state con
vention which meets at Redfield June
2Sth. This is a gain OF one delegate
to the county over last year. As
there is no contest for the judicial
nominations it is probable these con-
ventions will not be very lively.
However republicans sho uld see tc
getting out a full representation.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-05-25

One of the common errors OF the
day is to find fault about some thing
the fault-finder knows little of. A
late instance is that ola paper which
found fault with the present supreme
Judges on a claim that they were
partial to railroads, This has led
to a publication of the decisions OF
tho present Judges on railroad
cases brought before them. OF the
fifteen cases six were decided for and
nine against the railroads. That is
a very complete reputation for such
charge, and adds one more illus
tration to the many already exist.
ing that some one can always be de-
pended upon to find fault with pub.
lie officials whether any fault really
exists or not. And how easy it is to
see fault in others if we have a little
prejudice? We believe public oftic
ials are like private individuals, and
as q rule do the best they can under
conditions and circumstances sur
rounding them and their work.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-05-25
No Right to UgIiness.

The woman who is lovely in face
form and temper will always have
friends, but one who would be attrac-
tive must keep her health. II she is
week, sickly and all run down, she
will be nervous and irritable. Ifshe
has constipation or kidney trouble,
her impure blood will cause pimples,
blotches, skin eruptiOns and
wretched complexion. Electric Bit.
tiers is the best medicine in the world
to regulate stomach, liver and kid
neys and to purify the blood. 1t
gives strong nerves, bright eyes
smooth, velvety skin, rich complex
ion. 1t will make good-looking
charming woman of a rundown ill.,
valid. Only 80 cents ut Fitzgerald's
Drug Store. 2Ot4
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-05-25
SATURDAY. Admiral

On Saturday Admiral Dewey
steamed out of Mapila buy, bound
for home via the Suez Canal Heck
poets to go to Montpelier VT, his
old home to settle down to q quiet,
retired life, but of course that is i'm
possible. The old tar is a modest
man, and would like to avoid the
great hurrah sure to be made over
him, but the American people are
celebraters from way back, and they
know hero when they see him. Be-
sides there admiration for Dewey in
dividually he stands as the represen-
tative OF the entire Asiatic fleet and
its great naval victory.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-05-25
The Colonel Of the Third Nebrask,

The Colonel Of the Third Nebraska
volunteers has three times wired the
President that his boys were ready
and anxious to he sent to the Phil
lippines to fight their country's bat
ties. This is the regiment Col. ". j..
Bryan resigned from. His talk
against "war OF conquest etc.,
don't seem To be effective in his own
regiment, nor any other place. The
American people recognize the fact
that it is no time to find fault or
grumble over policies when some
body is shooting into our ranks. A
little handful of dreamers may
gather here and there to express un-
wise and unpatriotic sentiments, or
an individual here and there may let
his little partisan prejudice record a
kick, but the great body OF the great
est people on earth are touching
elbows for their country, their flag,
and for the braye boys fighting un-
der it. When victory is assured we
may again get down to quarrelling
over our neighbor's cow breaking
the sidewalk.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-05-25
Dreadfully Nervous.

Gents IL was dreadfully nervous,
and for relief took your karPs
Glover Root Tea. 1t quieted my
nerves and strengthened my whole
Nervous System. l was troubled
with Constipation, Kidney and
Bowel trouble. Your Tea soon
cleansed my system so thoroughly
that l rapidly regained health and
strength. Mrs. S. A. Sweet, Hart
ford, Conn. Sold by M Johnson q
Co, 20y1
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-05-25
Republican Co. Convention.

Notice is hereby given that a republican
county convention will be held at the Court
house In Miller, =. ID. Monday June 9TH S99.
at O'Clock l. NJ. for the purpose of select
ing nine delegates and nine alternates to at
tend the republican state convention at Red
Held >. II. June 18th. 1899 and for the
transaction Of any other business that may
come before It,
Saturday June 3rd, 1890, att Z, NJ. to be
held open for not less than one hour
The various Twps. are entitled to the fol
lowing representation, being / delegate at
large Tor each Twp. and for ever u votes
or major portion thereof east ipr X. q
philliUS for (,ny
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-05-25
W hOOping Cough.

had a little boy who was nearly
dead from an attack OF whooping
cough. Ny neighbors recommended
Chamber lain's Cough Remedy. |
did not think that any medicine
would help him, but after giving him
a few doses OF that remedy / noticed
an improvement, and one bottle
cured him entirely. 1t is the best
cough medicine / eyer had in the
house,. l.. MOORE, South Bur-
gettstown, Pa. For sale by }. u.
Titsgsyald's Drug Store. 2oti
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-05-25
lst weeks national

Last weeks national populist
meeting at Kansas City decided
against fusion. They insist that
the populist party be kept in the
middle OF the road. by selecting dele
gates opposed to fusion. or failing
in this advise the sending to conyen.
tions OF cOntesting delegations.
This falls onto the South Dakota
fusionists with a dull, sickening
thud." They have been hoping to
elect supreme Judges this year by q
fusion or non. parts an deal.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-05-25
There are still folks and folks

There are still folks and folks in
this old world of ours, and many
things are ''just matter OF taste.
Down in Cuba canned roast beef ism t
fit for the dogs, while up in Alaska
the children cry for both dog and
canned beef. In view of such object
lessons in life why should the spirit
of mortal man turn up his nose at
anything some other fellow may
likep
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-05-25

A very common failing is noted in
the effort to play Edward Atkinson
as MARTYR. Atkinson is a bright
man, but he made mistake in TAX
ing a position with the few imagin-
ary theorists and impractical dream
ers who hoyer around Bosting.
When man makes @ mistake
through false notions, misinforma-
ton, or by magnlfying trifes, he
should candidly own it and do the
square thing to right himself. Self.
assumed martyrs obtain no sympa-
thy.