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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-19
THE MORAL is PLAIN.
Sporting Men Laugh at the Unreliable
ity of Matter Served By Certain

Sporting Men Laugh at the Unreliable
ity of Matter Served By Certain
Persons.
The unreliability of morning news
paper in sporting matters is in great
contrast with the correctness of The
Spy, and is causing considerable com
ment among sportingly inclined people
of this city. In yesterdays edition Of
that paper, for instance, glaring
headline and article written to fit the
head announced that John F. Dinsdale
has been matched to fight Morris Ro-
senberg of Boston at 12S pounds Dins-
dale knows nothing of it, and as he has
not yet recovered from a broken arm,
has no thought of fighting.
The same paper announced that Mar
iorie will enter the trot meeting at En-
pire City track at New York next week,
which the owner of Marjorie denies. A
long winded article on challenge for
bowling and pool matches made the pa
per a laughing stock, as the person who
told the reporter he would play any
body had been "on the firing line" and
was in condition to think he could beat
the world. Sporting men have begun TO
realize that a desire to fill scrap books
and not to print news is the primary
object of morning paper, not The spy.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-19

lumbia!" Mrs Iselin is one of the few
women permitted to fly from their own
yachts the colors of the New York
Yacht club. She is also an associate
member of the Seawanhaka- Corinthian
Yacht club. Even before she married
Mr.. Iselin, when she was Miss Hope
Goddard of Providence, she owned a
yacht Of her own and was hailed by all
the shippers of Newport harbor as one
of them. Since her marriage she has
not only navigated many of her hus-
bands larger boats, but has sailed a
yacht or two of her own. 1t was Mrs.
Iselin who first proposed giving din
ner to Sir Thomas Upton at her home
at New Rochelle, and it was at that
dinner she formed the phrase, "Lipton's
luck against Iselin's pluck" She has
taught her children to sail boats; she
gave from her own purse funds toward
the building of the Columbia, and she
believes, as only woman can believe,
that the yacht will hold the Americas
cup on this side of the water.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-19
JARMAN's INJURIES.
Or. Tripp's Action May Have Saved His
Life.

James Jarman, the barber, who was
badly cut by beer mug Friday, thrown
by Thomas Hanlon. wire worker, is still
confined to his home on Southbridge
street under the care of DR.. Trip. His
cut was so serious and he bled so freely
that it was feared it might result seri-
ously. Dr.. Trip, who was called to at
tend the man, realized the danger and
called the police ambulance, which car
ried the man to the City Hospital. Had
Jarman been allowed to remain where he
fell much longer chances were possibly in
favor of his bleeding to death.
The trial of Hanlon who threw the mug,
will probably be Tuesday as Jarman has
been unable to get out since the accident
DR.. Trip realizes the necessity of keep
ing the man in the house, and Dr. Francis
Shaw, the ambulance surgeon, who went
with the ambulance after Jarman, is of
the same opinion.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-19

DR.. Mitchell says in diff
cult cases of Anemia, he adds
cod-liver oil half an hour
after each meal and he likes
to use it in an emulsion; that
he has watched with grow
ing surprise some liStless,
feeble, creature gathering
flesh, color and wholesome
ness of mind and body from
this treatment.
"Scott'S Emulsion" is cod
liver oil combined with by
pophosphites. Itregenerates
tissue, invigorateS the nerves
and brain, enriches the blood
and adds fat and strength.
SOC and sI.oo all druggists.
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists, New York.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-19
PAPER HANGERS TO INvEsTI-
GATE.

Paper Hangers union discussed af-
fairs relating to the job on the Kelley
and Delehanty building at its meeting
in Labor headquarters last evening. No
action was taken. but member told
The Spy man that the union would not
follow the course of the Painters and
DECORATORS union by declaring the work
fair. A thorough investigation of the
conditions existing among the employ
ees on the building will be made.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-19
MISS MAUI is SAFE.
She is at Her Cousins Home Suffering
From Extreme Nervousness.

From Extreme Nervousness.
Miss Mollie Maui, whose narrow es-
cape from death in the Bay State house
was told exclusively in Tuesday morn
ing's Spy, is at the home of her cousin,
Patrick j. Horgan. 2 Orient street. suf-
fering from extreme nervousness. She
is much distressed over the sensational
report printed in morning paper not
The Spy, and she says that the story
will ruin her whole life and her hopes
of securing position are blasted.
Her home is in Springfield, and she
states that she has no way to turn to
avoid the notorfety she has uncon-
sciously and unwittingly brought upon
herself. She says she was not lost in a
hack, as the sensational morning paper
printed, and was in bed at her cou-
sins home before o'clock Wednesday
evening.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-19

address is Lynn, Mass. Absolutely no
charge is made for advice. IL suffered
seven years and would surely have died
but for your help" writes Mrs. GEO.
BATNBRIDCE, Morea, Pa, to Mrs Pinkham.
1T is with pleasure now write to inform
you that am now healthy woman, thanks
to your kind advice and wonderful medi-
cine. 1 can never praise it enough Twas
o constant sufferer from womb trouble, and
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-19
E1.EcrIoN POSTPONED.

At the meeting of Central Labor union
last evening it was voted to postpone
The election of officers until the next
meeting, as a majority of the members
had planned to attend the meeting of
the Political club.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-19

\VERY suffering from any female trouble can be
r. helped by Mrs. Pinkham. This based on
sound reasoning and unrivaled record. Multtudes
of Americas to-day bless Mrs Pnkham for competent
and advice. Write to her you ill., Her
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-19

DIR. Bulls Cough syrup cOnquers
Group at once. cures the child, and thus
saves many a life. Mothers need not fear
that dreadful disease IL tney have this re-
liable remedy at hand 1t Is sold by all
druggists for 25 cents.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-19
EXPERT INVESTIGATORS.
The Manufacturers Clearing Houes
Exchange to Open An Office in
This City.

change is soon to open an independent
Office in this city. The management will
maintain a corps of experienced o,1ra-
vfstigate railroads, employees and heavy
failures in the commercial world. The
gentleman in charge of the office is a man
of ripe experience and one of the bright
est men in the business, and he comes
well recommended.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-19

WHEN YOU SUFFER FROM SICK
HEADACHE dizziness, constipation. etc.
remember Carter's Little Liver Pills will
relieve you. One pill dose.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-19

A poor woman in the Union Depot a
day or two ago attracted a good deal
of attention from the hurried crowd.
She had eleven children. The oldest,
a boy of about IA, was looking after the
luggage. Two little girls, evidently
twins, were playing with their dolls on
the floor, and two others were old
enough to be depended on not to run
away. Five little tots some of whom
seemed to be twins and some triplets,
were tied together with rope. Not
a rag was to be seen, not a hole in any
stocking, nor could there be seen bit
of faded material in their apparel
Rosy-cheeked, good-natured and heal
thy, every one of them. A wealthy
woman would have required three or
four nurses to take care Of them, and
this one seemed to take it as matter
of course. She even had time to speak
pleasantly to them in some unknown
language, while nursing baby of three
or four weeks old. Such mothers add
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-19

y
ing-down pains, or tired
feelings, and am well and
hearty. Ishall recommend
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound to all my
suffering friends as the
greatest remedy for all
female weakness"
Mrs. SUSIE J. WEAVER,
1921 Callowhill ST., Phila-
delphia, Pa, writes:
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM-I
had inflammation of the
womb and painful men
situation. and by your
advice 1 began taking
Lydia E. Pinkharn's Vege-
table Compound. Have
taken four bottles and use
one package of Sanativ
Wash and feel like a new
woman. l thank you so .
much for what your medi- =
cine has done for me-"
MRS, M. BAUMANN, III W
Chicago, H., writes: " 7
Il u
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-19
.ATARR

and Others sent a profusion of floral
offerings The burial was at Hope
cemetery.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-19
SAFE:
COUNSEL.
FOR SICK
WOMEN

leucorrhcea had continual pain in abdomen Sometimes
could walk the floor for three four weeks
time Since medicine now have lear
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-19

stamps and photographs. Evidently a
large percentage of the readers are of
the gentle sex.
1 took a blind violin player on Main
street into my confidence the other day.
He was dangerously near a vicious
horse, with bad habit Of biting ev-
erything He had made bite at the
fiddler, who was wholly unconscious
of the peril, and l led him away and
engaged him in conversation.
"How much money do you make in a
day." 1 asked.
well, manage to get three squares,
alright alright" said the merry beg
gar IF they give up, l get a couple
of bones, alright, alright"
do you live in Worcester"
Nav" said the violinist, swapping
his e string, as l led him along slowly
Say mister, l ulster see oncet, and
never knowed how to do nothin, and
was tramp, but 1 could fiddle, and
when me peeps went out l commenced
to live never seed nothing but
trouble oncet, and now all have to do
is fiddle, feel me dough and eat it."
Are you all alone in the world?"
Eyes, mister, me and me fiddle.
can't see nothin and don't care
don't need to, and I don't need to
worry, as can't even see me finish"
And still some of us complain.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-19

months trial of Lydia Pnkham Vegetable Compound
say enough in praise for it. was a very sick woman
with womb trouble when began its use, but we'll"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-19

A good many queer articles are found
by the attaches of the Public Library,
whose duties consist in receiving books
on their return and arranging them on
the shelves. Among the strange finds
are all kinds of bills, grocery bills, gas
bills and the like, hairpins and hair or
naments of every description and ma
terial. love letters, locks of hair, dress
samples, pen and ink, pencil and cray
on sketches, postal orders, postage
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-19

stamps and photographs. Evidently a
large percentage of the readers are of
the gentle sex.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-19

for few minutes more beans were
flying through the air than would
stock a nickel lunch room for a week.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-19

MRS, NJ. BAUMANN, ~ W. 2Ist St,
CHICAGO. IL. writes: After two
The Opelousas courier., 1899-12-09
The Arab Horse.


An Arab cannot dispense with food
altogether, like the legendary camel
Of travellers tales, but his needs are
few, and he will maintain his health
and spirits under conditions which
horses would never be able to endure.
Indeed, not only-can he put up with
hardships at a pinch, but he actually
deteriorates under the generous regi-
ment which is considered necessary
for other horses. This has been proved
owe and W again by purchasers
who have refused to believe the usual
three feeds Of corn to be supereroga-
tory and the morning hour of walking
exercise insufficient. There is proba-
bly, no being SO obstinately conserva-
tive as an English coachman, and,
even when he finds an Arab grow ut
terly unmanageable, he is not to be
convinced that the simple causat.s
lack Of exercise and exuberance of
feeding. The fact is, IN Arab is
naturally 80 high spirited and SO diff
ficult to tire that even a single feed of
OFF is excessive unless he is being
subjected to exceptionally hard work.
He will answer every requirement as a
hunter if his diet be restricted to hay
or yer to grass, and in the summer
time he is most satisfactory if he has
the run of a paddock, where he car
choose his own food and exercise. So
far, the quality of the normal Arab in
everyday ife.-London Saturday Re-
view
The Opelousas courier., 1899-12-09

The lai wal demonstrated many
things, an ong them the fact that the
naval mill ia of the States can be of
great service as q supplement to the
work of the men with whom the navy
is . life profession. The amateur tars
have made q place for themselves in
the scheme OF the Navy Departn- emit,
and with the extended coast line of
the Atlantic and Pacific slope it is evil
dent that there is an important work
which they may do. To prepare them
selves for this work, nothing is SO
valuable as tho practice cruise OF each
year. III IS becoming as valuable as the
annual encampments OF the State in-
fantry and cavalry, and its natural
result will be to develop a high state
Of discipline and efficiency among the
young tars, which will make them
more yaluahde IN the future tho , tAsy
hsys hsen IN the past.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-12-09
Big French Counterfeitine Scheme.

French officials in Algeria have jus
unearthed q most daring band Of forg
ers. We are told that the band i.
composed of skillful forgers of ell
countries, that its headquarters are a
Oran, and that it has put in circula.
ton forged money amounting to co..
00O. 900 francs. The band consists Of
q hundred members, fifteen of whom
are now in prison. Besides the rcgu.
lar members there were several per.
sons on the pay roll whose duty it was
to circulate the forged money in the
principal cities Of Europe.
Only silver money was made, and
only tools of the finest quality were
used. Moreover, it is said that the
forged pieces of money contained ex.
actly the same amount of silver as the
money cast by the treasury in Paris.
Yet it is estimated that the forgers
realized a profit of fifty per cent. on
every coin which they placed in circa.
lation. A French expert says on this
subject:
"Ninety-eight out of every hundred
forgers will confne their operations Il
silver money, for the reason that only
the most skilled expert can hops to
forge gold money successfully. Forg.
ers of silver money take a coin, say a
fve-franc piece, and make a perfect
mold of it, and into this mold, after
10 is dry, they pour. an alloy, which
has as much as possible the appear.
ance and the density of silver. The
alloy is composed OF common metals,
like tin aud ziae, though real silver is
sometimes usai p-NeH York Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-12-09

A good deal Of attention is being
paid in Pennsylvania, especially in
Philadelphia, TO the enforcement OF
the State law against food adultera,
tion. The Grand Jury at Philadelphia
recently made o special presentment
cn the subject, In which 1t said: "The
aauItsFstion Of food 10 a matter OF such
vital importance to every member OF
che community that the stronges.
Measures should be taken to prevent
and punish the crime. We are i'm
pressed with o belief that while close
Investigation should be made among
%e retail dealers. the wholesaler and
m~sSSmfaesursr should not be allowed
70 .s@aps In the close examination
msAs.&
The Opelousas courier., 1899-12-09
AMERICAN OPAL Mines
Veins Said to BE Exhausted In This Coun.
try and in Mexico.

Try anu liz VAcAICOs
The opal mines in Mexico and in
the United States have been about ex.
hausted, no opals of much value be.
ing found. At one time large sums
were made out of them. The richest
| mines are at Oaxaca, but valuable do
posts have beef found at many places
both in Mexico and the United States.
Opals occur in veins, in exactly the
same manner as silver or gold. They
! are a species of s~ilicate infused with q
large percentage Of water, which gives
them their magnificent colorlng; the
iridescence is really a rainbow effect
and the colors are caused by a pris-
matte r~efraction of the light rays.
The reds, blues and yellows occur in
the regular rainbow order and as you
turn il the miniature ratnbows chase
each other around the interior of the
stone.
Opals coming from below the level
of the water in O mine are not desira-
BILE. They may lose their color or
crack after being exposed to the sun
light. AS soon as a mine reaches
water level it is abandoned. These
abandoned mines are the base of
operations of the fakirs, for the most
part Mexicans. who cut the opals
found in them and peddle them to the
unwary, mostly tourists. Owing to
the great percentage of water these
stones are remarkably brilliant and
sell readily. In order to retain their
brilliancy and to prevent cracking the
fakirs carry them in their mouths.
The mine owner rarely cuts his
own gems. Skilled labor is too ex-
pensive. reon labor at a much less
cost is employed. Families of stone
cutters who have been in the business
for generations live near the mines.
They select pieces of Material out Of
the mine and buy it at the best bar
gain they can obtain The purchase
is taken home and the whole family of
the peon is set at work on it, the
most primitive sort of instruments be-
ing used, most of the work being done
by hand. His work completed the
cutter sells the stones back to the
mine owner and the profit is his
wages. The buyer for the mine owner
must be a man of great patience, for
the poems are persistent hagglers in
trading, The whole batch is invaria'
bly, bought, although there may be in
the lot only n desirable stone, for if
you select that one the peon will ask
more for it than he would for the
bunch. In this way a large number
of almost valueless stones come into
the possession of the mine owner.
which accounts for the small prices OF
many so-called opals. Many of these
are disposed of by the mine owners at
So a hundred.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-12-09

With sA~ broadening no. only OF the
FIELD of ecmh&-eial acssTi.y but of the
light In which sSss hyd Is regarded
there has come o ms4 thorough ap.
probation Of the lack Pof facilities for
the instruction Of w hi in that knowl.
edge which is mostsconducive to sue
cess along thesS-s1nes, observes the
Dry Goods Economist. 1t is seen that
the old-fashioned business college
does not 60 far enough in its course
Of study. It is not sufficient to train
boys to be bookkeepers and stenog-
saphers; they must be taught the
broadersprinciples on which the bust.
ness of (-day is conducted. They
should be Educated with a view to be.
coming m nagers of large enterprises.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-12-09

Returning Americans from abroad
seem unanimous in the opinion that
the only thing in the world that Great
Britain is afraid OF is that the United
States will steal away her markets.
Government statistics for the last fs-
cal year give substantial reasons for
the British alarm. Not only are we
sn%pplanting the English trader in sup
plying many Of the wants of peoples
in Europe, Asia and Africa, but we are
cutting into his own home market on
items which it has long been the
British pride hal England beat the
world.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-12-09

The list of physf'ahR5h5naalities
which have been credited from tine
to time to the riders of tbs wheel has
now been increased by the discovery
of the ''bicycle foot" This peculiar
affection does not result from century
riding or from the habit OF scorching.
It is caused by wearing shoes with
soles too thin to protect the feet from
the jars incident to dismounting, and
also to riding I'VE rough pavements.
The bicycle foot is called "traumatic
flat-foot" by surgical experts and 9TH
ers who can afford to use terms of
more or less formidable p~hraseology.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-12-09
A Wood That Will Last.

The toughest and most lasting
wood is lignum vitae. It is tougher
than steel, and will outlast brass. It
is used now on our great warships for
bearings, in which to run the shafts
of the immense machinery; and the
shafts usually wear out long before the
lignum vitae shows any appreciable
signs of the change. The wood is a
dark gray, with a thin, smooth bark,
and q stick of it vies with a stick OF
lead in weight.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-12-09
oPELoUsAs. LOUISA
Italy should remember the thou
sands of hand-organ players in this
country who have not been lyncheds
and feel Modified.

The precocious four-year-old Hin his
boy who reals the newspapers ind
standard aut' ors may develop into an
able man, Inv the chances are against
him. The -aw of nature is that ex-
treme precocity is followed by early
death or weakening OF the mental and
physical powers.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-12-09

The New Orleans Daily Picayune,
commenting on the suggestions that
the Philippines be made a penal colony,
says: "The forty-five States OF the
Union have in their p~enitentiaries
many thousands of convicts. IF all
those who are serving long sentences
were sent to o penal colony it might
be best for them and best for the
country"
The Opelousas courier., 1899-12-09
Proverbs From the Chinese.

Proverbs From the Chinese.
Man is made sharp by man; never
alone,
As knives that cut are sharpened on
the stone.
If you your children's benefit desire,
Keep them not always filed and by
the fire.
Uncivil to a great man one may be,
But not to one Of mean or small de.
gree.
Cheap gifts to Buddha you may bring.
At least
IT'S safe enough, if first you bride the
priest.
AS men seek shade under o tall trees
boughs,
So are we harbored in our home and
house.
We gladly greet new friends, unknown,
untried,
And throw, for them, our better ones
aside.
Higher than eye can reach, or heaven
is high,
Is mans desire, which leaps above the
sky.
How easy on a distant pilgrimage
For one in prayers and incense to
engage!
But masquerading by some lofty
dome
Is less than showing kindness nearer
home.
-Harper's Weekly,
The Opelousas courier., 1899-12-09

Notwithstanding the recent expul-
sion of Mormon missionaries from
Germany, the activity of that church
III seeking to make European con-
verts knows no relaxation. Twenty
nine missionaries have just sailed
from Philadelphia for work in Eng
land. Germany, Switzerland and
Scandinavia.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-12-09
A Floating Church in ENGLAND.

Floating churches sre not so I'M.
common as they used to be. The
most interesting in England is the
church on the fens at Holme, near
Peterborough. It is q house-boat,
thirty by ninefeet. None of the parish
lives more than q mile from the river,
and the church has the advantage O;
being movabls.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-12-09

The British naval manoeuyres this
year proved III an abstract way that a
squadron cannot 60 out to meet con-
voy Of food ships on the Atlantic and
bring it into port without the enemy's
feet being sighted. This is well
enough so far as it goes. Every req
soning EnglishmanGnows in his heart
that the bestpossible safeguard against
starvation in war tme is American
good will. Z
The Opelousas courier., 1899-12-09
. THE LATE Mr.. KNAPP;


on see, she was such
a queer little thing
that we couldn't
help taking her to
our hearts at once.
But there! that's
just the way with
me! It always seems
to me as if every
body ought to know
tho poonla T know
The Opelousas courier., 1899-12-09
RESIGNATION.

fhe saddest tears are those that fall,
But are held smarting in the aching eyes.
The truest prayers can find no words Mt all,
But futter YEARLY to God. in sighs.
Pail Mall Magazine.