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The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-17
A EIsh-nnh-LiZard Story.

One afternoon l thought | would 60
down the river and troll. had on
my hook n live minnow, and in little
while had n strike and | hooked my
hrsi iisn. which seemed to be quite Il
large one. ] reeled him where | could
see him and found it was Il large pike.
twenty-five or thirty inches long. |
pulled him up to my boat, but when
l iifted HIM irom the water he was rs
light as Il feather, | measured him
ana found he was Just thirty inches
long, and should have weighed eight
or nine pounds, while he only weighed
two. He was just skin and bones. |
Killed him, took my knife aud cut him
open, and found a live lizard, five
inches long, in his stomach. The rep
tile was rs black ms coal and very live
ly, living tw~enty-four hours after l
took him from his prison. Field and
Stream.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-17
His Amazed Daughter.

The wife of Il Gordon Highlander
received some I me ago an invitation
to visit him at the barracks In Scot
land. She did so, taking with her their
little ~six-year-old girl. When they ar
rived, as 1t happened, the husband was
engaged on sentry d-ty, and so they
could no approach him.
The child eyed her daddy with Il
rather sorrowful but amazed express
sion, as he paced up and down the
square shouldering his rifle and wear
ing Il kilt. She had never before be-
held him thus arrayed, and for Il few
minutes the spectacle seemed to be
quite beyond her; but for no longer
could she keep silent.
Mamma she said. in a voice that
betrayed n trace OF childish covetous-
ness, IF daddy finds tie nan what
stole 'ees trousers, will he gimme
dat little frock Tit Bits.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-17
THE TRIALS OF GENIUS.

Sometimes when I'm a.workin' Jest nv
very level best
To write q heightened poem. / feel terri.
bly, distressed
To have to lay my pencil down an 60 to
dom chores
Jest like a common mortal, while my fancy
scars an scars.
It's land o worryin' to have a high born
enius while
Yoy mt possess the wherewithal to run
.1yth thing in style;
Az whA ! put my writin' by. some lsVly
task to do,
4 ask my.elf, Did Shakespeare ulster to
7 have his trials, too"
I fancy 7 e. see him. now a'workin' on
An runnin up aein' the snags ind these
later days.
I s'pose Jest when he'd strike a thought he
knowed was somethin' good
He'd have to leave it, then and there, an
20 an split the wood.
An when some big, inspirin' theme was
Jest about to dawn
I calculate that that's Jest when he'd have
to NOW the lawn.
An when the muse was soarin' Might've
been right there, YOU know
The garden needed tendin' an he'd have
to use the hoe.
A genius hain't got any right to have to
putter round
A.doin' all the Common things that every.
where abound
His hull big lifework ort to be to sort o.
rest an wait
An kind o. let his hair grow out an think
o. something great.
That's what / tell Eliza-she's my wife
but, no.sir.ee,
Fer thirty year that woman has been jest
a.houndin' me;
An when l tell her genius amt no hand
at dom chores,
She smiles an says. We'll. genius. then,
ill have TO sleep outdoors"
Nixon Waterman, in Puck.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-17
China's Removable Capitals.

In the 1000 years Of Chinese history
the capital has been moved about one
hundred times, or ar average of about
once In every fifty years. The capital
of China has been moved for almost
every conceivable reason; drought,
flood. famine, invasion, rebellions, and
fire have at various times forced the
emperors to abandon their capitals and
seek new and luckier quarters. Sew
eral times, when lucky cities could not
be found, entirely G cities have been
built.
The Chinese people. far from being
Inundated by the removal of the capt.
tai from Pekin, would doubtless be
glad I see 1t done. In fact, there Is
nothing surer than that IL the present
Manchu dynasty were to be over
thrown and succeeded by a Chinese
dynasty the capital would be removed
from Pekin to Marking, on the Yang
tse River, which was the first capital
of the Mings, or to K~ai-fung'fu, OF
Loh-yang. In Honan. or to Singan In
Shen.Si. where the court Is now 10
cated.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-17
Make q Kitchen Garden.

Every boy and girl likes to see
things grow. II you are like other
boys and girls you might enjoy a little
farm on the window sill In the kitchen.
All you need is a soup plate, a glass
cover, n piece of white blotting paper
and some mixed bird seed. Cut the
blotter circular just like the soup plate
and lay 1t in. Take some pins for fence
stakes and divide the farm into two
lots by fastening threads from one
stake to another. Sprinkle on the
blotter a handful of bird seed and then
moisten well. Put on the glass cover
and keep In the sun. In a few days the
seeds will sprout and your farm will
be fourlshing.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-17
sinssong Tongue of China.

Mr.. Elson, writing of Chinese vocal
music In the Musical Record. says
that the voice in China is trained to
much ~tiexibility by the exigencies Of
the language, A spokeA word in the
Chinese language has different mean
ing according to the infection with
which it is pronounced. The number
of words is small, the ideas that may
be conveyed by them are many. Thus
foreigners are led into endless compli-
cations and Observation-Disclosures; for
example, the word tchu, pronounced
clearly, with the vowel OF medium
length. means master, but by ex-
tending the vowel a trife 1t signifies
hog" 1t also means column" and
cookery" he syllable ''po" has
eleven different neutrality-suspicious.
boil" captive" prepare" and SO
forth, each OF which must be pro-
bounced with a different pitch and In
lection.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-17
Where Sarsapariila Comes From.

During the summer many boys and
glrls-and grown people, too-line up
before the soda fountains In our cities
and call for sarsaparilla without stop
ping to think, and perhaps without
knowing what that extract Is that
age. S%arsaparilla is taken from the
root of several species of smilax. a
great vine that grows In South Amer
lean forests. Jamaica. Mexico and
Central America also export quanti-
ties of the smilax root or the extract.
One species of smilax grows to prodig-
ious size in the great forests of the
valley of the Amazon, and the Indians
of that region sell large quantities of 1t
to white merchants.
The Indians dig the root Of this smi-
lax, which sometimes reaches nine feet
In length, growing horizontally from
the stem. 1t Is then dried and Is usu-
ally shipped In that state, the sarsapa-
rilla being extracted by manufacture
ers. These Indians of the Amazon,
however. although far down in the
scale of civilization, place great faith
In the medicinal qualities of the juice.
and perhaps the nature of the region
In which they abide is responsible for
this. They show much skill in extract
ing the sarsaparilla, which is done
through a process of boiling, Chicago
Record Herald.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-17

Ireland lost by emigration last year
45,2SS souls, an increase over 1899 Of
3347. over eighty-two per cent. Of
these were between the ages Of fifteen
and thirty-fve. OF the total number
OF emigrants 1895 came to the Unit.
ed States, Great Britain received G05O,
New Zealand sixty.four, Canada 4T2,
and Australia 1874.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-17

Recent news from Europe has con-
WINGED every reader that the wearers
of crowns oversee are taking the philo.
sophical view of King Humbert OF
Italy with regard to he perils which
beset thrones. When attacks ON his
life were made he cOolly remarked
that risks of that kind were a part of
the business of royalty. Reports from
Constantinople say that the Sultan,
when he was holding a council of his
ministers, was not affrighted when the
palace was shaken by an earthquake;
in fact, he was the most serene and III
dismayed of all present in the cham
Der. The German Emperor is known
to possess the highest type of personal
courage, and he SUI his people
that he Is not In the least inundated
by any plots against him. But there
is so much uneasiness, so much tur.
moil in the Old World that the peace
full American citizen ~rejoices that his
New World sovereignty /, not troubled
by dynamite alarms or threats of muir
derOus discomfort.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-17
Little Johnnie's Questions,

Oh, tell me, papa, tell me why
So many stars are in the sky
Why does the moon come out at night
What makes the snow so very white?
oh, tell me, papa, tell me quick.
Oh, tell me, papa, this one thing
Why are the leaves all green in spring?
Why does the bark grow on the tree?
How did the salt get in the sea?
Oh, tell me, papa, tell me quick.
oh, tell me, papa, il you know.
What makes the grass and flowers grow!
Why do We walk upon our feet?
And what has made the sugar sweet?
oh, tell Inc, papa, tell me quick.
And tell me, papa, tell me how
The milk and cream get in the COW?
How many scales a fish has got?
What makes the heat so awful hot?
Oh, tell me, papa, tell me quick.
And tell me, papa, don't forget,
What is it makes the water wet?
What holds the sun up in the sky
When you were born, how old was |?
Oh, tell me, papa tell me quick.
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-17

DR.. A. NJ. Gardner. n famous San
Francisco specialist, recently delivered
an address in which he assumed that
pauperism, crime and insanity are
largely the indirect results of nervous
disease, and that nervous disease is
largely the direct result of the com
petitions and over-refinements of mod
ern society and civilization. AS civili-
cation becomes more and more re-
fined it becomes more complicated and
it's demands increase. The result is
minds overtaxed with study, emotions
strained to n dangerous tension, diges-
ton ruined by worry and anxiety, and
a gradual breaking down of nerve
force, the whole system, mental and
physical, being called On to endure
more than is proper for a healthy mind
and body. DIR. Gordon proposes no
remedy for this diseased condition Of
society.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-17

The Russian Government grants
subsidies for the purpose Of helping
new settlers. This money Is spent In
encouraging farming and Embarrassing.
~Subventions are given for the first six
years. Durirg the following ten years
these s%ubventions must be repaid in
yearly payments. Since 1894 $1,000
800 has been spent in that way.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-17

A prune promoter offers to give
away n book showing how the fruit
may be cooked one hundred differeD;
ways. He offers no guarantee, how
ever, that the flavor will not be the
same In each case.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-17
M or THE DAY.

Nell-"A scientific man declares that
kisses are full of electricity" Belle
Perhaps that's why some people find
them so shocking"
"Credulous?" said the girl in the tan
coat. "Credulous! Why, act
ually believes the epitaphs on tomb
consolidating n Post.
W~igwag-"ls that "A paying invest.
ment of yOursY' Sappehcad-"Ies:
that's the trouble. I've been paying
assessments evcr since went into IT,"
"A little earning is dangerous
thing" Mr.. Hardup SAID philosophy.
cally when the landlord seized his Of
flee furniture for rent.-Montreal Star.
saw a sight that filled with awe
My soul and made me culver.
Twas wondrous strange, | swear | saw
A shad roe up the river.
Philadelphia Press.
"Say, pop" said little Willie, whats
a running account. - zone that you
have to chase after, my boy" replied
the old gentleman L .mily.-Philadel.
phia Record.
why. wha- possible objection can
you Ia e to Miss Withersy She is "A
saint If ever there was one" "Stick
her In the calendar, then, but don't ash
her to the house."-BroOklyn Life.
Let's build a lev more libraries,
The world more jovial looks
Wen all quit making trouble soon,
And go to making books.
Washington Star.
Tourist suppose l cant get a
train for three hours?" Station Agent
-"Oh, yes; your train leaves in five
minutes" .ourist-"That's "A great
va, of my mind."-Ohio State Jour
nal.
First Scientist--"I near that your
dog went mad and Uit Professor Snag.
roots. Any ferrous results" Second
Sci~entist-"Yes, the poor beast :
barking in Latin and Greek"'-Chi-
cago News.
"Oh. yes, he's travelling in cog. They
say he's n knight In England-a knight
or baron of something" He'd better
be careful or Il night in New York will
make him barren of everything
Philadelphia Press.
on, pa! exclaimed the dear girl.
her sapphire eyes trimming over with
tears. How can you say society is
hollowE' why shouldn't ~ retorted
pa. with a coarse, throatty laugh. that
betrayed the fact that he paid l. re
attention to making money than ac-
curing poll -. why shouldn't |.
when have to pay the bills for feed
| inc thn UnnT thpt va, hnuA HAMA nf
your blow-outsl "--lndianapolis News
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-17

Although the population Of the
United States has increased less than
fifty per cent. in two decades, the
sale of postage stamps is threefold
what it was twenty years ago. Popu-
lar education and a growing commerce
are doubtless responsible for 1t.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-17

A procession Of whales three miles
long is reported from Alaska. This
helps sustain the impression that Alas
ka is one of the most imaginative u
tries on the map.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-17

The young nan In business is a dis
tinctly American institution. and ac-
counts for the rapidlty of IL pro-
Cress. observes Profitable Advertising.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-17

A London association which has TO
do with the drinking fountains and
watering troughs of the metropolis oh.
jects TO the water tanks of steam au-
tomobiles being filled therefrom.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-17

Railroad bridge builders are adopt
ing the fir timber of the North Pacific
coas for bridge building because Of its
remarkable strength
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-26

Again we say Raglans! Rag
lans!! Raglans !! We show you
the same genteel, hobby gar
nent, for $3.50, that you get
elsewhere for $3.50.
For $1o.87 we give you a
splendid selection that is usually
ticketed $1,000.
For $14.87 you find a full,
complete showing, both in colors
and styles, that are selling all
around us for $22.
1--WE intend to make, today, the
greatest cloak and suit day in the
history of any Of our establish
nents. In order to do this we
have to talk through price.
Some of the specials:
Five hundred fine English
Kersey garments, lined through
out, top notch for style, $4.81.
Worth not one cent less than
$8.75. You will say SO when
you see thefh.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-26

Saturday Special No. 2.
Three hundred and fifty hobby
28-inch Coats in fine English
Kersey, velvet trimmings, and
imported covert cloth, garments
lined throughout with velvet pip
ing. Saturday special price,
$6.87; worth, and selling today
for, $3.50.
Our 1000 Domestic and I'm
ported Sample Garments, all
sizes, 81 to A. We mean to &C
commodate the large woman as
we'll as the small woman. All
the becoming lengths, 22, 20, AZ,
50 and So inches long. This lot
comprises the toniest effects in
the nobbiest creations of the sea-
son. Prices range as follows:
$I3.75 Coats-$8.87.
$1,000 Coats-$II.o7.
$50 and $22 Coats $I2.87.
SIS and $50 Coats-$I4 and
$15.87.
SIS and $3.50 coats-$18
and $2I.67.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-26

But If you pursue your investigation
another way you find parental pride Is
at the bottom of the whole matter
and If schools were run at lower pres
sure there would be louder protest
from those parents who want their To-
cal school to have a reputation and
their children to hold the honors.
THE chances are that social dissi-
patton is as much the cause Of nervous
wreck as school duties Anyhow, with
this class of children coming from our
best homes and with ambitious teach
ers and proud parents to stimulate
them, no other system but that Of high
pressure can be expected especially
when preparation for college is the OBJ
ject.
and 1t Is also evident that our
school authorities are putting forth the
most strenuous efforts to supply such
practical forms Of education as will
meet the need of those who cannot
pursue their studies beyond the High
School course. There is so much to
praise in the fact that the system as
1t is is so thoroughly worked and the
children come out at least prepared TO
shine socially.
Nevertheless our subject must not
20 by default. l am one Of the proud
citizens of Springfield who delight to
point to the Intellectual palaces where
we house our dear children while they
are being scientifically dlssected.
Scratch the surface Of our beautiful
public school system anywhere and
you will find Arnold's meaning of
barbaric Matthew Arnold called the
lords and ladies of society barbarians).
"Oh. We school superintendent and
! teachers 1 never pass the Springfield
High School building but what 1 adj
High school building but what l admire
both its exterior architecture and Its
interior wealth Of school talent, but l
also never pass without a burdened
heart, for know 1t rep
resents both barbarian
aristocracy and a refinement Of intel
lectual cruelty, and, least justifable OF
ALL II Is the very antithesis OF what the
High School Of the present Democra-
ey Of America should be-
I'VE have had an era Of divinity. We
want doctors OF laws now. No true
doctor OF laws ever invented the fe-
vehish. nerve-wrecking pressure OF our
present school system. OF course not,
the present system never was invented.
1t is the product Of q false pride. an
aristocratie prejudice, a dogmatic ira
dition. Men who are the finest product
Of our colleges are your superintend-
ents and they take up the problem
where they find II and go on catering
70 that barbarian aristocracy who want
an opportunity for their children 70
shine, and all the while a great ma
tional crime is being committed against
the most needy and most worthy ele-
ments Of our population and the very
ones for whom public money should be
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-26
Mems
Furnishings.
First Floor, Centre.)

Mems Jersey Ribbed Fleeced
Shirts and Drawers, blue and
pink, SIC, worth soc.
Mems Fleeced Lined Shirts
and Drawers, 2oc, worth soc.
Mems Fleeced Lined Socks
$I1; to be sold for $7.o8.
Mems Black Fleeced Shirts
and Drawers 2oc, regular value
soc.
Selling all Our Atwood
Fleeced Underwear Shirts and
Drawers, for o8c; regular $780,
$I.75, 81.
Mems Wool Fleeced, 6oc reg-
ular 81 grade.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-26
Black Silk Skirts at
One-HaIf Price.

Yesterdays freight brought us
in 1856 imported novelties in
Black Silk Skirts. A manufac-
turer's entire sample line. We
bought them at 50 cents on the
dollar. You shall have the ben
eft of the discount. They will
be all marked and in stock for to-
days trade at 50 cents on the
dollar.
The most exquisite showing
of Silk Skirts in the city. Nc
two alike.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-26
Underwear and
Hosiery.
(First Floor, Left.)

Ladies Fancy Hose, in all col
ors, polka dot, good value at sc,
our price &C.
Ladies Heavy Cotton Hose,
in black, grey and tan, good
value at 25c, our price 1qc.
Boys Heavy Hose, in cotton
or wool. Saturday special, &C.
Ladies Fleece Lined Vests
and Pants to match, silk trim
med, pearl buttons. Good value
for SOC; our price 23c. Out
sizes, zoe.
Ladies Fleece Lined Vests
and Pants to match, in regular or
out sizes. Good value at 69c;
our price, 48c.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-26
Table Linen.
First Floor, Left.)'

You'll surely say we are farm
ers when you see what we are
giving you in silver, bleached,
unbleached and bleached damask
at $50, 35c, 39e, ACC yard. These
values will make business in the
domestic department hum.
Just 50 dozen warranted all
linen reversible Napkins at $I.39.
Cannot be duplicated less than
$I.6o.
Good time to get table linen
for the Thanksgiving table.
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GARMENTS FOR
TODAY.
Second Floor.)

!. Things hummng in Cloak and Suit Department.
Every day festival day. The most extraordinary values are
fully recognized and appreciated by immensely increasing
patronage The people realize that have fancy prices
cIoaks and suits-the goods show for themselves
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-26
Hiqh School Section

The High School section held its ses-
sion in the hall Of the Classical High
School, Walnut Street, at 40 p. m. G.
P. Hitchcock Of Fitchburg was chair
man. The first paper was read by DR.
Ray Green Huling. principal Of the
English High School. Cambridge. DR..
Huling spoke on The Mutual Rela-
tions Of a Principal and His Teachers"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-26
A Soap Challenge
(Basenent.)


Just four soap items to show
you how goods are sold in Sher-
ertown's cheapest grocery store.
Sherer's Every Best" Soap, &C
cake. 7 cakes for 25c.
We have "Sherer's Rouser"
soap, sc cake. 10 cakes for 25c.
We still sell the large size
Marcellus Soap for &c.
Dandy Soap, cakes for SC, II
cakes for 25c.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-26
With Our Bakers

(Basement.)
They work in the cleanest bak-
cry in the world.
Today there will be plenty OF
Baked Beans with lots of sweet
pork. Full quart for TIC.
1oc loaf of Brown Bread for &c.
Pound Cake, 25c kind, I5c.
25c loaf Heavy Fruit Cakes
15c.
Cream Cakes, zoe doz.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-26

spent most jealousy and most llber-
ally.
"As the entrance examination to col-
lege is now continually being graded up
there is no logical stopping place for
the High School and the grammar
grade must follow suit. We shall ston
only at the line of homicide.
while the gala scene Of the annual
High School graduation is in progress,
there is another picture which, to tha
thoughtful citizen, is an ominous pro-
test: picture of a multitude Of boys
with their working clothes on and Of
| girls who have been forced to help
exc out family support; four times as
many of these, probably, who stand in
startling contrast to the picture you
see at the High S6hool graduation;
and these, their number being con-
tinually augmented, are the proof that
the true Horace Mann Of today has
not risen and our public school system
has not been adjusted to changed con-
ditions and is at this moment a colos-
sal failure in it's relation to the larger
and more needy element Of our great
| school population.
who is to blame, that long before
| they complete the grammar grades
this great majority OF boys and girls
who need most what the state can
PROVIDE Tor I1eIIs are out swelling lu1
ranks Of those whose lack OF even ele-
mentary education is largely the cause
Of their sccialistic restlessness2 A pub
lie school system indeed! And the sop
with which we appease public senti-
ment is the beautiful picture of that
aristoeratic product which graces tha
stage on graduation day.
Are we not apparently prospering2
Yes; and breeding a revolution as
and intelligence who have one child
apiece will not much longer dictate
the public school policy Of this coun-
try.
TT Is at this point that my soul
rebels against the whole system We
haven't any public school system that
meets the practical need OF the vast
majority Of boys and girls who must
as early go out to work. AS the sys-
tenn now stands. our public school SUI
perintendents are helpless to relievs
the pressure"
Mr.. Russell said IN his address,
Teachers are but the servants Of the
general community, and our schools
are, in the last analysis. what the peo-
pie make them. Their faults and excel
lencies alike find their ultimate sources
in public opinion, nd teachers ought
not to accept more. than their proper
share OF blame or praise.
Ell Hubbard, an accomplished and
genial teacher and school supervisor OF
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-26

These are but a few of the bar
gains. Today will be the big
gest selling this store ever saw.
Morning shopping will be for
your convenience.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-26
We Challenge the Whole World In Low Prices
Saturday in Millinery
(Third Floor.)

Saturday will be great day in the millinery department You
will find such bargains there offered this early in
the