The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-19

weiieknown in the United States, is
| now Ga years old. His monastery III
the recesses of the Welsh hills is very
beautiful place, and those who nave
visited it describe it as an ideal refuge
| from the worries of the world
Among the historians of the world
| the name Of Professor Mommsen Will
always have an abiding place by rea-
son of the enormous amount OF ac-
| curate work he has done in the course
of hts long life He was "a years old
on November 30.
John Schroers, president of the st.
| Louis School Board is in New YORK,
making observations for use in improV-
| ing educational methods in the West,
and more especially in improving school
| architecture.
! Congressman Perkins Of New York,
! is the leader of the House easily in ut
erary ability From 1890 TO 1888 ne
! lived in Paris, engaged in work on
French history. "A Life of Richelieu,
| and France Under Louis XIV were,
in part. the result of his labors dur
( ing the period.
To the Prince of Wales is about to
be presented the bark canoe In which
/ he and the princess Travelled down the
| Ottawa River. 1t is said to be one of
| the most beautiful and luxurious ca
| noes ever built
When DR.. White, the American am
bassador at Berlin was presented to
the late Field Marshal Won Moltke as a
man who was born at Homer, MAD
taught at Ithaca and had been res
ident of Syracuse, the latter said: Il
suppose l shall have to talk Greek to
/ him"
Fl. II. Rogers has spent millions of
dollars and much of his time in i'm
proving and decorating his home town
of FairhaVen, Mass. He has already
given to the town a library, water
works, a drainage system, town hall,
schools and a church.
| i. s. Gambler. Jr., new member
of the Mississippi delegation to Con-
! gress. says he made his first dollar
| by hauling cord wood behind yoke
of oxen to a country town and selling
| it,
It speaks well for Uncle Sam as an
employer that there is man in the
I government printing office who has
! been there y years and who is 50 years
of age, but who earns 81 day. An
other. 68 years of age, has been en-
ployed in the Office for 40 years. Quite
a number of the 1896 employees of the
office are between so and 10 years Of
age. The oldest employe Of the de-
| partment of agriculture is set down as
| SO. But why not award to all these
faithful fellows a pension and give
younger men a CHANGER
| The civil service commission has de-
cided to restore the name Of Mrs. Lola
Ida BONNIE who recently was acquit-
ted of the murder of James Seymour
Ayres, Jr. to the roll Of eligibles for
appointment to the civil service. Just
prior to the death Of Ayres. Mrs. Bon
inc had successfully passed an exam
nation for skilled labOrer in the gov
eminent printing office, but. pending
the result of the trial. her name was
held uD
II is officially announced i'm Vienna
that, owing to the fact that American
shoes are invading the Austrian mar
ket. the ministry of commerce has
bought a number of the latest Amer
lean shoe making machines and will
shortly institute a series Of lectures
and demonstrations for the benefit OF
the Austrian shoe manufacturers and
operatives.
DR.. J. G. Needham. head Of the de-
partment Of biology in Lake Forest
College is the author of an important
bulletin on Aquatic Insects Of the Ad-
irondacks." which has just been issued
by the state Of New York.
A woman-Mrs. Maria Ferguson OF
Los Angeles-has issued the first d.
rectory Of Dawson city. Yukon and
Alaska. Il is a book of 900 pages.
John n Jewett, who has just been
elected president of the Chicago His
torical Society. is the son OF pioneer
parents Wao went West FROM Maine
in 1875 and settled IN Wisconsin
Edwin Davis French has designed a
book plate % be placed in the books
purchased through the income from
the StOrrs Memorial Fund estab-
lished soon after the death Of the not
ed Brooklyn divine. Ii contains a
likeness Of the former pastor Of the
Church Of the Pilgrims.