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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28
BY Rev. Frank
L. PbaIeD

-
mouth Colony in 1921 the proclamation of Governor Crane
in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in 1901.
Manners and i'll the seventeenth century and man
and in the twentieth have grown be widely and
srkngy dissimiar In 1921 the Pilgrims thanked God tor
food for the body and freedom for the soul So far know
they free in spirit upon religious matters and in their
Christian liberty as they desired be- They grateful in
their plain living and high thinking.
place and superficial thinking This reminds OF saying OF
Savonaroa the Forenne martyr and reormer In the old
days had golden preates and wooden chalces Now we
have golden chaces and wooden peate These observations
are, of course, be taken grano sails.
But seriously miss the perspective OF the Thanksgiving
than social reunion and family gatherings and dinners
then have Interpreted this New England institution in the
highest terms.
Among many things for which feel grateful today
thoughts back toward Plymouth and the Phi
grns the religious liberty enjoy but do not always put to
the nObeSt service
Think OF the bitter and bisteng words which are uttered
by the modern Phasees describe the disciples OF the Mas
who exercise their natural rights Of choosing their
church and their theology Think of the colossal concert
Of the whimpeng and sanctmonou OF other men
creeds who sets up his provincial and shallow sectaan
standards the divine yea and If humor enjoyed IN
heaven the ans\ smile and the demons ades find
such manifestations OF bgotry full OF infinite Jest The bgot
said the Autocat the Breakfast Table like the pupil OF
the The more light you let in upon him the more he con-
tracts!
Let us thankful however that in this Thanksgiving
may feel that never before in the worlds history
apprecave OF their neighbours faith and their neghbor
hope. Where hereis petty and Waspike critic going
sting and poison public mind there wise
and noble thinkers who have discovered that God fuh Him
self i'll lest good custom should corrupt the
world"
These have concluded that the way advance virtue,
knowledge and religion for the different divisions and b
gades and regiments OF the universal church to fall upon and
debowe each other But rather unite essentials and
the forces of Righteousness instead of driving them
aunder by the wedge of unChristian abuse.
The saddest sight in the world is too deuded soul
seeking God by Incorporate and vulgar msrepesenta
ton OF his neghbors We thankful that these men and these
methods be the main characteristics OF the religion
OF the twentieth century
We ran across in our reading the following bit of WISDOM
which, though couched in classical style, yet full OF ph
and point:
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MATRlMoNY OR FORTUNE

James Jennings McComb of New
York died leaving an estate valued at
about $4,000 900. Under the will, one
daughter, Fannie Rayne McComb, is
to share equally in the estate with the
other children provided she does not
marries Herzog she is to have an in
come of $4,000 year, and when she
dies 100000 is to be distributed among
her children.
Provided Miss McComb follows her
fathers wishes and refrains from mar
rying the artist. her income will be
about $4,000 a year. Miss McComb
sued for a construction of the will,
contending that the provision relating
to her marriage is invalid.
The court in its conclusions, has
left the plaintiff in much the same
position that she was when the pro-
ceedings were instituted. 1t holds that.
as it does not appear that Miss Nc
Comb has married Herzog. ana as she
may never do so. the question raised is
abstract and academic. and the court
cannot consider it.
1t appears that Miss McCombs only
means Of testing the validity of the
will is to marry the artist If this love
is strong and the worst happens they
might manage somehow to struggle
along on So, 900 a year
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built under the supervision Of the Of
flee, the community in each instance
supplying material and labor. These
roads, Secretary Wilson says, have
furnished the best means for spreading
information about highway construc-
ton and for awakening interests in the
subject.
Among other matters which Secre-
tary Wilson discusses is that of rails
ing Sumatra tobacco in the United
States. Further experiments have con-
firmed the belief that the growing of
Sumatra tobacco will become a very
important industry. 1t has been shown,
too, that Havana tobacco can be
grown in Florida Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Texas. The secretary considers
that in a few years the $6,000000 worth
of tobacco which this country imports
bacco growing districts.
The work of building up the coffee
industry of Porto Rico is under way,
Secretary Wilson estimates that Porto
Rico is capable of producing more than
half of the coffee consumed in the
United States. Coffee can be grown,
too in the Philippines and in Hawaii.
The experiments with macaroni
wheat in Kansas and Nebraska have
been satisfactory. The raising of
Egyptian cotton has been tried sue
cessfully in Georgia. The United States
now imports about $S,OOOO0O worth of
this cotton yearly.
OF tea growing the secretary says:
The production of several kinds of
tea in the United states is now an as
sured fact, and in addition to this it
is encouraging to be able to ANNOUNCE
that experts who have examined the
tea produced here, this year, pro-
nounce it equal in flavor and aroma to
the best imported tea"
Encouragement has been found in
many other experiments with foreign
plants and seeds.
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MUST PAY FOR
HUSBANDS CLOTHES

To the Editor of The Spy: The Su-
preme Court of Illinois has just decid-
ed that a wife in that state is liable for
her husbands debts The statute on
which this decision is based reads as
follows:
The expenses of the family and of
the education of the children, shall be
charged upon the property of both hus-
band and wife, or either of them, in
favor of the creditors thereof, and in
relation thereto they may be sued joint
~ or separately"
The case that was appealed to the
supreme Court related to a tailor's
bill. A man had bought a $3.50 suit of
c'Othes and had paid only $50 on it, The
tailor brought suit to compel his wife
to pay the remaining 800. The court
holds that she must pay.
The court had to define the meaning
of family expenses" The decision is
that the statute applies to the expens-
es Of the family without Limitation or
qualification as to the kind or amount,
and without regard to the wealth, hab-
its, or social position of the party; that
goods purchased by the husband for his
individual use and used by him exclus-
lively constitute a family expense"
Under this ruling, a wife may be COM
peeled to pay her husbands bills for
liquor and cigars,-in fact. almost any
bills he may choose to incur.
1t is often said that if women were
allowed to vote they would lose the le-
gal privileges they now possess, of
which the principal one is a wife s
right to be supported" by her husband
and freedom from legal liability to sup
port him. If the Illinois decision had
been given in Colorado, it would have
been quoted everywhere as due to the
malignant influence of equal suffrage.
But as a matter of fact, there is no
equal suffrage state in which the prop
erty laws have been made less favor
able to women because the women
themselves are able to vote on them. In
none of those states can a husband
compel his wife to pay for his clothes.
ETHEL, C. AVERY
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RESTAURANT FOR USE
OF WIRE MILL EMPLOYEES

The restaurant of the American Steel
& Wire Company at Quinsigamond is
to open for business tomorrow morn
ing in charge of Miss Emma Nelson.
The restaurant is to be in the building
formerly occupied by the Greenwood
Association before it moved into its
present quarters and is situated at the
corner of Taylor and Miubury Streets.
The building was vacated by the Green
woods several weeks ago, and since
then workmen have been employed i'm
remodeling the building and putting it
into shape. The restaurant will fiji d
longfelt want by the clerks of the
company as there has been no place in
the village where they could get a
warm dinner.
The building has been fixed UP with
steam heat and all modern convenient
ces.including a toilet room and a smOk-
ing room. In the second floor is a room
fitted up for use of the superintendent
when he has to remain at the works
over night The dining room has been
hung with pictures. and on the win
dows are new curtains. and everything
is being done to make the place as
homelike as possible.
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The Spy 5.
School
Teachers
Contest
Closes Saturday Night
at IL P. M. Get your
votes in on time.
SOCIAL LABOR PARTY
FILES NOMINATIONS

Time expired yesterday at o'clock
in which to file independent nomination
papers at City Hall There were 140
signatures to papers nominating the
following ticket of the Social Labor
party: Mayor, John T. Hargraves;
aldermen, David Scott, Arbor Vitae
Street; Edgar S. Goodwill, Farley Ave-.
nue.; Thomas NJ. Carpenter. II Fulton
Street; William Taylor, 50 Southbridge
Street; Walter J. Hoar, II Austin
Street; George Loke, III Merrifeld
Street All the signatures to these pa
pers have to be gone over to see if the
signers are legally qualified to vote, as
the election law says that, in fling
nomination papers, there shall be at
least a proportion of one voter to every
hundred votes cast for governor at the
last state election.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28

Let be thankful for the high and noble spirit of fellow
ship which unte every sincere disciple of the Master and let
sin against the Holy Ghost by failing appre
that here dversies of gifts, but the Spirit
Consciousness divides and wounds the religious brother
hood Appreciation and sympathy and unes We do
urge of principle Indifference conviction
We simply plead for that honorable and recognition of the
fact republic there churches and clergy who
possess exclusive privileges exclusive powers exclusive
knowledge of the truth
Here in America do superors and interiors
We meet the high plane OF equality We neither offer
accept toeration We EQUALS do at all
Thank God for Religious Liberty and let the millions
who this dwell between the Atlantic and the Pacific be
tween Canada and Mexico say--Amen
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28
EDITORIAL COMM TENT

The report of the United States
health officer at Havana showing a
clean bill of health for that city for
October in the matter of yellow fever
is a significant comment on the i'm
mediate sanitary results Of American
occupation Under Spain ignorance,
Indifference. superstition and fatalism
in connection with official corruption
made all the Cuban sea ports regular
pest holes. But now both Santiago
and Havana have been redeemed and
are likely to remain sanitarily clean so
long as the United States controls the
situation. And since it is absolutely
necessary that we should prevent dis
ease in the island for our own pro-
lection there Is no question that one of
the guarantees we must secure from
the Cuban Government is that the
maintenance Of an efficient health SER
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28
MEN AND AFFAIRS

Rev. DR.. c. Frank Gates. president
Of the Euphrates College. at Harpoot
the principle scene of the Armenian
massacres of a few years ago, and
Rev. Henry X. Wingate, in charge of
the Boys Academy at Cesarea, west
ern Turkey, have Just arrived in this
country on furlough.
Word has been received at Washing
ton to the effect that while Gov. Taft
at Manila is recovering from his re-
cent illness, he will be incapaciated for
several weeks more, and he will doubt
less need change of atmosphere and
climate in order fully to regain his
health.
The valuable collection of portraits
Of the Lee family, including the por-
traits of the Washington. Curtis, and
Lee families, has been lent to Wash
ington and Lee University by Gen. G.
w. Curtis Lee, and they win be hung
in the University Art Gallery.
Carrie Nation lectured in Marietta,
o., under the direction of H. ]. Con-
rath, o saloon-keeper, and Joe Bruner,
a pugilist Neither the w. C. r Z.
nor the churches would bring me here.
but these men did, and [ am grateful
to them" said she.
Miss Julia Morgan. of San Francisco,
has just completed her studies at the
Beaux Arts in Paris, and is the first
woman who has graduated from that
famous institution.
Prof. Henry NJ. Howe of the school
of mines at Columbia University has
been elected an honorary member of
the Russian Technical Society of st.
Petersburg.
Gen. Arthur Macarthur will speak
at the annual banquet of the Kansas
City Commercial Club on December 10.
J. n. Brengel of Rondout. ~ Y, has
in his possession a photograph of John
Brown, with autograph attached
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28
MCDONNELL CAN HAVE
VENIS0N FOR DINNER

William Hays Of 81 Grafton Street had
on exhibition yesterday two large deer
killed in the Maine woods by George
Mcdonnell of this city Mr.. Mcdonnell
returned from his hunting trip yester-
day and reports great sport, as deer
are plentiful He tracked a moose in
the woods for two days, but lost him
after the animal crossed the Canadian
border. One of the deer he brought
home weighed 1856 pounds
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28
AStounded the Editor

Editor S. A. Brown of BennettsviIle,
S, c.. was once immensely surprised.
Through long suffering from Dyspep-
sia." he writes, my wife was greatly
run down, She had no strength or
v'gor and suffered great distress from
her stomach, but she tried Electric
Bitters which helped her at once, and.
after using four bottles. she is entirely
well. can eat anything. It's a grand
tcnic. and its gentle laxative qualities
are splendid for torpid liver" For In
digestion, Loss of Appetite. Stomach
and Liver troubles it's a positive, guar
anteed cure. Only SOC at Brewer & Cos
Drug Store.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28
SECRETARY Wilson'S REPORT

Hon. James Wilson. secretary Of ag-
riculture. in his fifth annual report,
calls attention 10 the good roads move
ment and 10 the work Of the Office Of
Public Road Inquiries, the object Of
which is to further the Improvement
Of public roads throughout the couE-
try. The plan to build stretches Of
road to serve as models for highway
construction which was announced in
a previous report. has been tried in
nine states. The sample roads were
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28
FAMors cHIcAGo DEPOT.

The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
RAILWAY enters the most centrally located
depot in Chicago. on Van Buren, Street,
directly at the Union Elevated Loop. Ar
irving ut the Lake Shore depot one can
get to ANY part of the city and its suburbs.
as in The course Of tweuty-four hours
more III In one thousand of these elevate
trains pass the station. sometimes as
often as a train every half minute Pas
seneers on the Lake Shore who are
strangers TO Chicago should ask the uni
formed employees Of the Lake Shore for
any inforlratiOn they may wish They
can be recognized by a blue cap.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28
TURNER'S AND FRIENDS
DANCED TILL MORNING

Many merry couples met in Turn We
rein Hall, "a Southbridge Street, last
night to enjoy the Thanksgiving Eve
dance of the Worcester Social Turn
Verein. Music was furnished by the
Eclipse Orchestra. The committee in
charge of the floor was Henry Kilian,
Adam Buchta, Charles w Menck. Dam
iel HEM and John Brandt
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28
TWO FINGERS LOST AS
RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT

Thomas Watson, employed at the
Hatch & Barnes factory, on Union
Street, had two fingers on the his right
hand badly jammed at the shop, yester-
day afternoon. He was taken to the
City Hospital in the police ambulance.
where both fingers were amputated.
Later he went to his home, at 157 Wash
ington Street.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28

vice shall be one of the prime duties
of the new government.-Philad
Press.
1t is surprising that there is any rO-
nance left in life Modern business
and modern thought are so practical
and material that all the fairies have
been driven away and fancy is
chained to mathematics, And now the
cold-blooded calculators of the insur-
ance companies contemplate robbing
Christmas of it's tree by placing extra
interpretations upon policies and de-
manding additional premiums for per-
mission to erect the bushes 1t
stands to reason that no good Chris
tian could have issued such an order.
1t is pure paganism. We are spending
a lot of money sending missionaries
abroad to convert the heather, and a
score or more are to sail within a few
weeks. We suggest that their depar-
ture be delayed and that they be
turned loose upon the fire insurance
men.-Philadelphia Times.
Notwithstanding the colossal nature
of the task and the short time for &C
complishment St. Louis will celebrate
the one hundredth anniversary of the
Louisiana purchase with an exposition
that will open one year from next
April
The most important event in the
whole history Of our national expan-
sion, which added l ,235 45O square miles
to our domain, viii be fittingly COM
memorated a hundred years after
France relinquished the vast, tract to
the greatest Of expansionists, Presi-
dent Thomas jefferson. The question
Of postpOnement has finally been dis
posed of by the national commission
after conferences with the local boards
Of control. There will be no post
ponement or delay in the opening of
the xposition.-Chicago Record-Her-
aid.
For a state that is so quick on the
trigger as Kentucky, the miners strike
there has been handled with rare toll
erance and conservatism. In some
other commemorative the assemblage
Of a body Of men with arms threat
ening to shoot other men engaged in
peaceful pursuit of trade would long
ago have led to the forcible interposi-
ton Of authority. But the situation at
the mines has remained more or less
acute for many days, and finally a
court process was invoked to break up
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28
REFORM IN OHIO

The bartenders in Ohio seem to be
under grave suspicion. But a short
time ago it was announced that the
Barkeepers' Union of Cleveland was
about to compel all bartenders to pass
examinations. A threefold classical
ton was decided upon, designed to
keep every saloon employee in his prop
err domain The men who simply under
stood the art of drawing beer was tc be
prohibited from mixing drinks OF
course, the natural inference is, that
masters of the spigot had been making
a pretense of being something more.
Yet this action by the Barkeepers'
Union is as nothing when compared to
the sweeping reform contemplated by
State Senator Warner of Cuyahoga
County. the county in which Cleveland
is located. The senator, it is announced,
is framing a bill which he hopes the
next legislature will make a law to the
effect that all bartenders in Ohio must
pass an examination and receive Ii
cense from the state to dispense drinks.
Truly the spirit of reform is abroad.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28

DAY.-Mrs. O. e. Burt Of 26 Broadway
New York. says: II am surprised and de-
lighted at the change for the better in
my case in one day from the use Of DR.
Agnew's Catarrhal Powder. tt worked
like magic-there's no excuse for a person
suffering pain with this remedy within
reach 80 cents. For sale by BTFFING-
TON PHARMACY and BREWER & co
Al.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28
WHiMSICALITIES


Been hunting today"
1es. said the amateur, with the
wiz apprehensive look in his eye.
Have you shot anything?'
don't know yet. I'm waiting for
the rest OF the party to get into camp,
lngton star
Aunt Hannah-'oh, l don't think
Amanda would do such mean thing
as that' / nave always heard people
say AMANDA was generous to fault
pens TO be .hers' she IS; not otherwise.
not otherWlse' Boston Transcript.
mutt,
! FIirtby-No, I've given up calling on
MISS RoXIey
Jlsgs-' An. suppose her father had
hand IN that
wv eli-er-not hand ex-
acIiy. -PhlIadelphia Press.
,,
Fi dIly, sells his vote?"
No. answered Mr.. Jim CoIihower:
l wouldn' say dat 'Rastus sells his
vote But hes Willin to hire it out
casionally to select es."-Wash-
ihgton star
Magistrate-"YOu have been behind
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28

A wealthy man of Marquette, Mich.
proposes to tear down his house which
cost $500, 900, ship 1t to Boston and re-
build it there, because the city of Mar
.quette permitted a railway to run near
err his property than he thought was
ripht
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28

A milling publication alleges that in
districts where corn is very scarce and
wheat is abundant some Of the grst-
mill owners are actually adulterating
corn meal by mixing with it wheat
flour
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28

The Chicago Tribune says that the
head of the English Department of
Northwestern University will not per
nit any student to enter his classes
who does not possess a fair knowledge
of orthography.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28

The Corrected Vote will
appear Tomorrow Morning
giving the standing Of the
Teachers in the School
Teachers Contest.
Friday and Saturday put
the votes in the ballot box.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28

IF you would only stop to think
When mad enough to choke
That the word that cuts the deepest
Is the word that never spoke,
You'd let the other fellow talk
Till the storm had passed away,
Then he would fall to thinking
OF the things you did not say"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28

Frank a. Munsey, the well-known
publisher, who recently purchased the
Washington Times, has bought a con-
trolling interest in the New York Daily
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28

Henry is financially independent of his
Queen and that She stories about quar-
rels over the payment of his debts are
mere rubbish
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WHEN YOU STAND BEFORE
ST PETER

Don't try to impress him with the story
of how square you have been in the world
because YOU might overdo the thing.
However it will do no harm If you do tell
him that you always bought your WALL
PAPER of US. and we would appreciate Il
# YOU mention the fact that We nave the
best selection of Wall Paper and do not
want to get rich all at once.
GEORGE H. HARRINGTON. II Austin St
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capped from Bloomingdale Asylum,
New York City, and recently secured
a declaration from the Virginia courts
that he was sane visited the New York
Horse Show contrary TO the advice of
to take him back to the asylum might
be made. He is quoted as saying on
his return to his home after the show:
The finest police force in the world
is a cinch for one who has threaded
his way through them from the Bronx
to the Hudson on his escape from
Bloomingdale and who afterward
threw dust into the eyes Of the de-
tective force of Philadelphia for nearly
a year"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28

The pastor Of a church in Jersey
City. y. J.. said sorrowfully a year ago
that he feared that the young people
Of his congregation were not taking
proper interest in matrimony. Since
he expressed his opinion four couples
belonging to the choir have been mar
ried and now the engagement of a fifth
couple is announced.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28

Everybody hopes that the denial of
the reports Of estrangement between
Queen Wilhelm.na and her husband is
authentic. 1t is stated that Prince