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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-08

poet almost absolutely perfect. He is
one of the greatest versifiers of modern
times. LIE Conte de Isle was born In
the French Isle de la Reunion, which
is near Madagascar.
At the age Of 20, the poet went to
Paris, where he spent the remainder Of
his life. He was a man of letters in
all that the word implies. His only in
come was derived from his writings
and the position they won for him.
His later years were spent as librarian
of the French senate He succeeded
Victor Hugo, at Hugo's request, in the
French Academy.
LIE Conte de Isle was born in 1878
and died in 1895.
In speaking of the great poets atti-
tude on religious thought, the lecturer
said that LIE Conte de Lisle was an
atheist He proclaimed the triumph of
nothingness, of complete annihilation
In this he was contrast to
the young and optimistic American
school, Mr.. Chase drew contrasting
pictures Of the pessimism of France
and the optimism of America. He
quoted from the poets works and read
in their entirety the poems Midi and
"Dies Iraie" The works Of the Conte
de Isle have not been translated into
English, more's the pity. Anyone who
heard Mr. Chase's lecture and had not
read the poet was Immediately selzed
! with desire to do so.
| Mr. Chase has few Frepch manner
| isms that are rather fetching. After
! the lecture many remained to meet the
clever admirer of a great poet who is
not yet thoroughly understood or APP
preciated.
| The success of the art exhibit at
the Aurora next week Wednesday
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, fo1
the benefit of the public schools, is
already assured The list of photo
graphs includes copies of $50 of the
masterpieces Of the world and the big
display is an educational institution In
itself, and the proceeds are to go tc
the fund for decorating the school
rooms Four thousand tickets were
printed for the show and they were
distributed among the teachers and
pupils of the schools between and
8.45 yesterday morning, so that an
other lot will have to be printed, de-
mands for more coming In all day yes
terday The committee in charge OF
the exhibits is made up of DIR. c. F
Hodge and Prof. L. L. Conant on the
part of the school committee, and
Francis P. McKeon, Mrs. Barber, Miss
Plimpton, Mr.. Bartlett, Mr.. Mooney
Mr.. Thompson, Miss Henry, Miss Mar
tin, Mr.. Vermille and Mr.. Lynch on the
| part of the school principals.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-08
THE WOMAN WHO
WAS NOT ATHLETIC

There was once a woman who wore
high heeled shoes and tight corset.
both these are highly injurious and IN
artistic to the last degree. One day she
went out to the links with a sensible
friend who wore a sweater and man
fashioned shoes. There they met Two
men playing golf. :,
II fear I shall only be in your way"
said the woman who was not athletic
cannot play the game at all. l do not
know a caddy from a bunker, nor a
foursome from a tee"
mot at all. will describe the game
, to you," said the men.
"Oh, thank you, but one will be quite
enough" she replied, and she selected
| the best looking and the other went out
after the sensible friend
| May 1 carry your parasolE' SAID ne
when they had started.
IF you will be so good she an
swered 1T Is very foolish, l know, but
my skin is so absurdly thin, and the
sun blisters 1t So"
The sensible friend came up just be
hind, and hopping her face, she said,
f"You are too ridiculous. A rose-col-
ored parasol on the links! You are
keeping him from playing, too. He viii
get out of practice"
"Oh, I hope rot" said the woman
who was not athletic.
do not be alarmed" said the man,
cit is all right"
I Moreover, l saw him help you over
/ a fence" said the sensible friend, as she
waded through a muddy brook THAT
game is out of date"
The woman who was not athletic
looked pensively and for some time at
the man.
'T am spelling everything" she said
/ OF mo homo and thRI
you can play"
But then you could not learn the
| game" said he, sitting down under &
| Kind of artificial watershed and watch
ing the rose-colored reflection of her
parasol.
us this bunker?" she asked.
yes" he replied; tits purpose is to
shield people who wish to be alone from
observation"
"Oh!" said she. "Then what is haz-
ard?"
"Well," he replied, This is sometimes
called a hazard too, because there is a
chance that some one may come by aft
! er all"
"Oh!" said she. "Then over that wall
behind that big rock is one of the best
| bunkers on the links, isn't it?"
! 1T is, indeed" he replied. You pick
up the game very rapidly. come over
there, and / will explain 1t further to
you"
"You are so good" she said, as he
/ lifted her over the wall.
"Not at ALL" he replied politely.
Some time afterward the sensible
friend, who was engaged in wallowing
through some underbrush and falling
into a pond in search of her ball. passed
I by them on the return course and see
/ ing them seated against the wall, noted
their somewhat unoriginal attitudes.
She was surprised.
This teaches us that you need not
teach an old dog new tricks.-From
/ Fables of the Fair" by Josephine
Dodge DaSkam.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-08
CONDITIONS MOST FAVOR
ABLE FOR EARLY MARRIAGES

I'm no other country are circumstan-
ces so favorable for so early marriages
as in the United States. Wages and
salaries are the highest paid anywhere.
Trained labor Of all sorts is so highly
skilled our superiority in the handling
Of machinery so pronounced that, TAX
ing ] as the producing capacity Of the
average British workman, that of the
American workman is estimated at
Ia. the German and the Swiss arti-
sans coming between the BritOn and
the American. Incompetency lags be-
hind. but most Of our people are COM
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-08

petent and earnest, and nowhere else
are efficiency and earnestness so quick
" recognized and so rapidly promo
ted. And while we command the best
of wages, the purchasing power OF our
money has vastly increased. Lumber
and gold are practically the only cam
modities in our markets that nave NOT
declined in price in the past twenty
years. The cost TO US Of all the cotton
and wooden fabrics we use mas peen
declining for thirty years. we now
make most Of the silk goods we con-
sumo AT a great saving TO our purses.
The price Of boots and shoes. Kerosene
tinwear. iron and steel products, fur
niture, and nearly everything else we
use. have been cut IN two. American
genius for inventing machinery ana
economical processes Of production
have wrought these wonders As we
are the largest consumers Of sugar in
Tbe world II interests US to know that
we are not paying now for pound Of
sugar quite half as much as we paid
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-08

A young man recently got on Main
Street car going south, and was walk
ing up the center Of the car, which was
well crowded. and had nearly reached
the forward end when he stepped on
something soft and was rewarded with
a stony glare from young woman In
a seat in front of him. The young man,
thinking that he had stepped on the
Young woman foot, hastily opologized,
and hoped that he had not hurt her
foot The young woman looked at him
and said: mo, indeed, sir, you have
not. but you have stepped on poor
Fido's tail" The young man resumed
his Journey to the end of the car with a
remark about dogs and women that
carried them around in streets cars
with them.
The local Y. NJ. C. A. has the repu-
tatioh of arranging a very popular
course Of entertainments but the Fitch
burg Y. M. C. A. certainly carries off
the palm for enterprise.
The Fitchburg course contains only
six entertainments. The last one was
to have been a lecture by Rev. DR.. S.
Parkes Cadman, the well known Meth
odist CONGREGATIONAL divine of Brook
lyn. DR.. Cadman notified the commit
tee that he could not come so, in MS
stead. Senator Ben -Pitchfork
Ben-of South Carolina has been Sc
cured.
Senator Tillman will speak on the on
~ question on which people expect to
hear him-the negro question. If he
utters the same sentiments in New
England as he did in the Northwest
some time ago, the Fitehburg Y. NJ. c..
A. is apt to get more newspaper noto-
riety than it did out of the Y M. G. A.
state convention some weeks ago.
The problem of how to sleep and
wake up occasionally to take peek
around for the sergeant has bothered
patrolmen for years. At last it has
been solved. In Washington one Of Maj.
Sylvester's officers could never be found
when wanted and 1t was decided that
he must be sleeping on his beat A
trap was laid for him but IL was six
months before he was finally landed.
He used to go to sleep every night on
duty with big stone in his hands and
his hands resting on his knees. When
he fell off dead asleep the stone would
roll out of his hands and striking on
his feet would invariably wake him up.
One night II didn't and as result the
officer was looking for work the next
daW.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-08
MARIA don't pubic servant qur

in 1871. As the cost of bringing COM
modities to US is added to the price.
the fact is important that freight rates
are only about one-third as high as
they were thirty years ago. These are
among the blessed results OF recent
progress. All of them help TO smooth
the way for the young man and wo-
man who must begin their house
keeping on a very modest scale. "-Cy-
rus C. Adams in Ainslee's.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-08
HOW ROOSEVELT
RECEIVES VISITORS

In the short time that he has been in
the White House, President Roosevelt
has demonstrated that he has lost none
of his traditional ability to receive a
goodly number of callers in a limited
interval of time. He can do this be-
cause he makes every caller come to
the point and discuss the object Of his
visit without wasting a minute in un-
necessary formalities. 1t is a record
that one applicant for a position who
sought to preface his appeal with a
few remarks complimentary to the
President was met with the terse COM
ment, Never mind that. Come to the
point with what you have to say"
President Roosevelt is quite the peer
of his predecessor in his memory for
names and faces, and all old friends
among his callers are greeted in a frank
open-hearted manner that is cordial
in the extreme. When a delegation of
Cubans called at the White House a
few days ago and some one sought to
introduce to the chief executive Con
zalo Quesada, whom he had known
burst out with. II don't need an in
PRODUCTION to Quesada. He and 1 were
fellow onspirators at one time" La
ter when three Southern Congressman
called to assure the President that the
South would support him, he said. Il
am going to be President of the United
states. and not of any section. I don't
care that (snapping his fingers) for
sections or sectional lines. walden
Fawcett in Lesiie's Weekly.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-08

Allow me to say few words in
praise Of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
1 had very severe cough and cold
and feared l would get pneumonia, but
after taking the second dose Of this
medicine I felt better. three bottles OF
il cured my cold and the pains in my
chest disappeared entirely. I am most
respectfully yours for health. RALPH
S. MEYERS. "a Thirty seventh Street.
Wheeling. W. Va. For sale by all drug
gists.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-08

PERSONS WHOSE OCCUPATION gives
hut little exercise are victims OF torpid
liver and constipation. Carriers Little
Liver Pills will relieve you.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-08

When you have no appetite. do not
relish your food and feel dull after
eating, you may know that you need a
dose of Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. Price. Is cents. Sam
pies free at Brewers drug store.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-08

A new remedy for billiousness is now
on sale at all drug stores. 1t is
called Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. It gives quick relief
and will prevent the attack if given
as soon as the first indication Of the
disease appears. Price % cents per
box. Samples free.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-08

casio n Ia
sss,. n. Ola kind You Have Always Bought
Signature e. &rHAzz@<
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-08

Dana ]. Pratt's class in singing at
the Y. w. C. A. viii meet tonight
Mendelssobn's trio. Greeting" will be
studied. The prospectus of the Homo
lulu Y. W. c. A. has been received at
the Worcester home. The general sec
rotary Of the Hawaiian home was Ior-
merly a Worcester woman. Mrs. Hen
nv a Brown. The cooks class Of the
worcester Y. w. c. A. had lesson
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-08

The date for the first free oratorio
concert in Pilgrim Church is Friday,
Nov. %. An extra rehearsal will De
held tonight in the church. c. H. Grout
will be at the organ and Miss Ruth
Nelson at the piano. The cantatas OF
Bach and Schubert and Gounod's Motel
will be studied.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-08

REMNANTS Or IL - price
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-08

being SAMPLE LIN purchased leading manu- actu
cured by our Whea during flying visit to hat
so Garments suitable for Girls from years OF
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-08

Miss Arabella H. fuckers class in
the study of woods will meet at the
Natural History Museum at 4.45 p. m.
today.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-19

No man ever becomes an actor till he
has got over being stagestruck.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-19
IN THE LITERARY WORLD.

public man of the present day toward
the much desired Reconstruction meas
ures.
The belief that ii is idle for the small
colleges TO compete with the universities
in the range CT topics studied, and that
their only hope of preserving themselves
lies in their possibility of offering some
distinctive discipline and culture, is
steadily gaining ground, and receives In
teresting support from a paper on THE
Opportunity of the Small College,, by
Herbert w Horwill, an Oxford graduate,
in the June Atlantic.
Goodwin Smiths study of the Duke of
Wellington in the June number is a
notable addition to the Atlantcs list of
biographical papers. Mrs. Pencils My
Cookery Books will tempt the book col
lector as well as pique the fancy OF the
epicure. The second nstallment of Miss
Mary Johnstons Audrey more than
justifies the high praise already awarded
to her opening chapters and the move
ment Of The Tory Lover grows rapid
and intense as the denouement APP
proaches.
Macmillan Fosters moose story. tine
End of the Tail will quicken the pulses
of every man who has once had in his
veins the fever of the woods; and people
who have been bored all winter by inn
possible dramatizations of impossible
novels will enjoy the keen and clever
satire of Broken Wings" The Con-
tributors' Club discusses several topics
of the day
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-19
THE JUNE ATLANTIC.

The question of Trusts and their rela-
ton to the general welfare has again
been brought to the front by recent
gigantic combinations of capital. Profess
gor Charles ]. Bullock of Williams Col
lege reviews in the June Atlantic the
salient facts and theories concerning
Trusts While in no sense an alarmist he
believes that delay in securing further
legislation aiming at control of the
Trusts is a nance to the public well
fare.
The Reconstructin paper in the June
Atlantic takes az its theme the dominant
political feeling at Washington during the
period of Reconstructive legislation. 1t is
written by Congressman S. w. Mccall, OF
Massachusetts, and shows full compre-
hension of the motives that prevailed with
Republican leaders like Thaddeus Ste
vens. The article has an additional value
as revealing the attitude of practical
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-19
HE KEPT HIS LEG.

Twelve years ago ]. w. Sullivan, of
Hartford, Conn, scratched his leg with
rusty wire. Inflammation and blood
poisoning set in. For two years he
suffered intensely. Then the best doctors
urged amputation. but" he writes, 81
used one bottle of Electric Bitters and !
IL boxes of Bucklens Arnica salve and
my leg was sound and well as ever" For
eruptions. eczema, letter. salt rieum,
sores and all blood disorders. Electric
Bitters have no rival on earth Try them.
All druggists will guarantee satisfaction
or refund money. Only so cents.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-19

If people only knew what we know
about Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, it would be
used in nearly every household, as there
are few people who do not suffer from
a feeling of fullness after eating, belch-
ing, fatulence. sour stomach or water
brash, caused by Indigestion or dyspepsia.
preparation, such as Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure, which, with no aid from the stom-
ach will digest your food certainly cant
help but do you good.--W. H. King Drug
Co., Bobbitt Drug Co.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-19

The Literary Era makes a feature Of
Illustrating its book reviews by cuts taken
from the books themselves, thus giving
its readers a very fair idea of what the
artists are doing in current book illus
ration. This department of the mags-
zine in the Nav issue appears fuller and
better than ever. and in connection with
the Books of the Month in which The
Era gives descriptions an prices of books
as they issue. it affords full information
TO all who wish to keep themselves posted.
in the department called THE Observer
William S. Walsh is interesting as usual.
and in his short essay he calls attention
to the important fact that the extraor-
binary craze for historical fiction has real
ly stimulated a demand for actual his
tory. Mr.. Keenan, has some specially in
teresting matter in his "Old World
Themes and Charles Welsh writes en-
tertainingly about Mortimer Collins, a
most picturesque character Thackeray
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-19
BELIEVES IT SAVED HIS LIFE.

George B. Wilson, 924 Arch street. Phil
adelphia, President OF the largest Snuff
Company in the world "In 1894 suffered
very acutely from Indigestion, which
lasted until 1895. In the fall of that year
a friend sent me a case of Tate Spring
water. Before receiving this water l was
visiting a doctor three times a week TAX
ing all kinds of medicine, and after using
the water for week have never since
that time been to see doctor in regard
to my Indigestion. and have never taken
a drop of medicine for indigestion since.
/ believe this water saved my life. and
consider it the finest water for indi-
gestion l have ever known. have rec
commended this water to a number of
friends who have used it, and have never
known it to fail in beneficial results.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-19
THE SMART SET" FOR JUNE.

The Smart Set for June opens with a
$1,000 prize nvelette entitled "The Middle
Course" by Mrs. Poultney Bigelow. The
story concerns itself with a beautiful
London society woman whose husband is
unsympathetic and even brutal and who
becomes sensationally involved although
innocent with much-li onized sculptor
through a jealous woman's malicious gos-
sip. BY this story Mrs. Bgelow at once
attains a very high place as a writer of
smart fiction.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-19

THE STORY OF LITTLE NELL. BY Chas.
Dickens. Edited with an introduction
by Jane Gordon. Cloth, 12mo, 357
pages Price, SO cents. American Book
Company, New York, Cincinnati and
Chicago
This is the latest addition to the series
OF Eclectic School Readings, so widely
and favorably known to teachers. 1t
comprises the ground work and much the
larger portion of "The Old Curiosity
Shop" and is gwen in the present volume
just as Dickens wrote it. but freed from
the various episodes and other passages
originally employed to introduce other
characters. The story, thus abridged and
confined solely to the relation of the
pathetic adventures of its heroine, will,
we are sure, appeal especially to young
readers.
Ell CAPTAIN VENENO. by DR.. Pedro A.
De Alarcon. Edited by George Griffin
Brownell, Professor of Romance Lam
guages, University of Alabama. Cloth,
12mo lab pages. Price, 80 cents. Ameri-
can Book Company, New York, Cincin-
natl and Chicago.
We are glad to see an edition of this
little story prepared for American stu
dents. for Alarcon is one of the most popu-
lar of modern Spanish writer's, and this
charming novelette, is in his happiest vein.
1t humorously portrays the fate CT the
grabbed, woman hating old soldier, nick
named from his disposition, The Choleric
Captain" The style in which it is written
is simple, and the story is admirably
suited for class reading.
We understand that this is the first of
o series of similar Spanish readings which
the American Book Co. has in prep
aration to meet the constantly inereas-
ing demand for texts in this language.
ORAL LESSON BOOK IN HYGIENE. for
use in Primary Grades. BY HenEietta
Amelia Mirick, A. B. wellesley, Assis-
tant Editor School Physiology Journal,
Boston. Cloth, 12mo 297 pages. Price,
$1.o0. American Book Co., New York Gin
cinnati, and Chicago.
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RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL BENEFIT.
A. E. Carr, Cincinnati, Ohio.
I'VE have received substantial benefit
from Tate Spring Water.
GREAT BENEFIT TO 4 GREAT BU5I-
NESS MAN.
James Swami !of Inman, Swami & Co J.,
N. Y:
81 have found Tate Water of great
benefit"
FROM THE COURTS OF JUSTICE.
Judge Henry r. Bryan, Newbern, N. C i;
ut does me more good than any water
have ever used
CURES CHILLS.
j. NJ Elliott, Jr., of Kyle Lumber Co.,
Gadsden, Ala:
1T cured me of dyspepsia, chills and
malaria"
EFFICIENT TONIC.
T. M. Miller, Vickshurg, Muss.:
The most efficient and agreeable tonic
of which l have any knowledge"
ONLY RELIEF FOR CHRONIC MALARIA
G. D. NJ. cantrell, NJ D., Little Rock,
Ark:
at was the only agent l found that
gave relief of chronic malaria"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-19

GREAT WAGON MANUFACTURER.
j. M. Studebaker, South Bend, Ind:
81 believe there is no spring in Americt
that contains the healing qualities tina
Tate Spring does
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-19

r. A. Hemphlll, Atlanta Constitution, At
lanta, Ga:
81 greatly appreciate Tate Water and
highly recommend it,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-19
TATE'S ANNEX.
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From Rate Springs.

Fine Lithia and Chalybeate Springs
flowing from side and base of clinch
Mountain Beautiful scenery among the
Hills, Hotel, Cottages and Grounds.
Greatly improved and now open
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$500 and $3.50 per day; $500
to $500 per week; $500 to $50 per month.
Hack line from Tate at moderate prices.
Privileges of Tate to guests and Tate
Water kept on draught for those desiring
it. For further information. address
THos. ToMLIsoN, Owner
Tate Springs. Tenn.
rietor, T ate Spring, Tenn
les and towns.
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INFALLIBLE CURE FOR DYSPEPSIA.
David Kirk, President of McCalmont Oil
Company, Pittsburg, Pa:
Il believe Tate Spring Water is an in
fallible cure for DYSPEPSIA"
MAY USE HIS NAME.
w. S. Pope Columbia, S. c.:
Continue the use of my name, and
will cheerfully distribute as many of your
catalogues as you wish to send