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The Worcester spy., 1898-10-23

the place he would receive a liberal
support, for he has the time to devote
to the duties and is considered by those
who know him to be a conservative
business man.
Councilman Albert Mann Powell in
ward long ago made known his wishes
in regard to seeking higher honors, and
is determined that if his constituents
desire him as an aldermanic candidate,
he will be willing to accede to their
demands. Last year there were seven
or eight council candidates in this
ward, and Wesley Merritt won by a
small margin, after heated contest.
The name most prominently mentioned
for the vacancy is that of Clarence d.
Mixter, the present treasurer of the re-
publican city committee. Some time
ago the friends of Arthur E. Gray
brought forward his name for the place,
but they have since decided that he is
a fit man for higher duties, and are try
ing to urge his candidacy for the al
dermanic board.
In ward there will probably be two
vacant seats in the lower board, and
as yet no one has announced his desire
to occupy either of them. Both Frank
p. Hall and George II. Wall are under
stood to have aspirations. and it is not
improbable that a contest will ensue
as result. With this possibility in
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-23

wares. He was an unpleasant man to
meet, and those who have seen him
dressed up say that he was what would
be called a good looking man. 1t is
reported among his neighbors that in
the past 20 years only one man has
been known to cross the threshold of
the Bates homestead.
The house, which was visited by a
Spy man yesterday afternoon, is enough
to discourage any man from a, second
visit. 1t was locked, and with no one
about the premises, the loneliness of
the place, as seen by The Spy man, is
not describable in words. The ward is
choked with briars and bushes, which
have grown over the paths leading to
both the front and side entrances They
are as high as the sills of the windows
on the first floor, and it requires no
small exertion to get through them.
The house, which is built in the colon
lal style and was originally an impos-
ing structure, is in a bad condition ex-
ternally. Not a trace of paint marked
the dull weather. beaten boards. the
roof is patched here and there with
pieces of board, and ends of rags f1ut-
ter from the broken windows, where
they have been stuffed to keep out the
wind and rain. Some dilapidated sheds
stretch away behind the house, termin-
atlng in an apology for a barn.
At the time of The Spy mans visit
the only signs of life about the place
were manifested by small chicken
whose plaintive cry sounded strangely
out of place in the awe-inspiring si-
lence by which the farm was enshroud-
ed. Repeated knocks on the door
brought only the hollow sounds of the
echo travelling through the lonely
rooms. Peering through the windows
The Spy man discerned in one room
table piled high with old papers.
dirty dishes, a pan of apples, an old
straw hat, and odds and ends. Be
meath the table lay pair of boots and
more papers; close beside it stood an
old couch, covered with dirty blankets
and an old coat or two. Over in the
other corner stood a stove dimly out
lined against the dirty black wall be-
hind it.
The general appearance of the room
was slovenly in the lowest degree. In
another room the floor was literally
covered with baskets, boxes and bar
rels 1t was a sight, carrying with it
a lesson of a lifetime, and as the news
paper man turned and forced his way
through the thicket of briars and
bushes, and went off down the road tow
ard Leioester,it was not without a touch
of sympathy in his heart for John
Bates the Leicester hermit"
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-23
THE STRIKE.
There Appears to Be No Change in The
Condition of Things.

HS'fSh " , mugs
: There is no change, although week
has passed, in the condition OF things
in the shops of William Allen & Son,
and Prespey Pero, where strike is
in progress among the men employed
in the moulding department.
That the strikers intend to remain out
for those things which they have asked
their employers to give in to, is evil
dent, and the men say they will never
return to work unless they get the
things for which they ask.
The interest which the National Moul-
ders' Union has taken in the matter is
evident from the way that the personal
representative Of the national presl-
dent, Martin Fox, has cared for the
men out of work This representative
of President Fox has sent to Worces-
ter, asking for the list of those who
come in for the benefit of a salary,
paid by the union, to those cut on
strikes, and the men expect soon to re-
ceive the first installment OF the wages
due them, from this source.
Mr.. Pero has made no effort to get
the places of the striking moulders
filled by other workmen, and he re-
mains just as firm in his opinion that
he will take no back water from the
unions which are mixing into the fight
He has continued the work of running
out as much product of the factory as
can be possible under the circpmstan-
ces, but will not consent to bow in sub
mission to those who are out on q
strike. A picket guard is still in evil
| dence around the factory, but they
have little work to do.
The moulders themselves have but
little to say in regard to what they
think the outcome Will be, but they
are confident of winning out.
The same condition prevailing at the
factory of Pero can be applied to thai
at the Allen shop, and the only thing
that both sides are waiting for is fol
some one to give in. At the Allen fac.
tory the belief is as strong as ever tha'
the firm can get along without the
striking moulders, and the same feeling
of expectancy prevails in both places
1t is probable that the visit to Wor
| cester this week of James F. Valen,
tine, President Foxs S personal represen
tative, will see some definite action tax
en- regarding the ending of the differ
ence, but until then there will be moth
ing newsy at present. Mr.. Valentine
in his letters to the men in this city
expresses great confidence in his abil
ity to bring the matter to a speedy
| close, and his arrival is, therefore
awaited with much interest.
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-23
BOOKS FOR RURALITEs.
Librarian Green Has Something to Say
Of the Patronage Of Delivery Stations.

Mr.. Samuel S. Green, librarian of the
Free Public Library, has made state
ment regarding the use of the delivery
stations which have recently been es-
tablished in the suburbs of the city.
The experiment of establishing these
stations is one that has been made with
success in other cities, but until lately
it has not been possible to try it in
Worcester. Concerning it, Mr.. Green
says
1t appears that S4 new accounts have
been opened with users Of the cireulat-
ing department as the result of the de-
livery stations.
The storekeeper at whose store the
Belmont street station has been placed,
has just moved to Quinsigamond, or is
about to move there. That station has
consequently been discontinued. 1t
may be moved to some other part of
the city where it would be more large
ly used.
The surprise of the system as tried
here is the small use at New Worces-
ter.
The use seems to depend considerably
upon the zeal of the custodian of the
station, and seen by the large compar-
ative use of books at Lake View, where
27 new accounts were opened and 543
books given out.
Greendale, the suburb in which the
largest number of books was taken out
through a delivery station, has had a
station for a much longer time than
any of the other outlying districts. The
use through the delivery stations does
not include of course, books sent to
school houses in different portions of
the city.
1t is probable that the use of stations
would increase If persons desirous of
promoting good reading in the different
sections where the stations are would
call attention to them and advise their
use.
BY the following table, will be seen
the number of trips made monthly,
from May IA to Oct. 12, inclusive, and
the number of books taken out at each
of the delivery stations per month.
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FlTcHBURo TEACHERS.
They Plan to Pay Worcester a Visit Next
Friday.

The teachers from the public schools
of Fitchburg, and several prominent
educators of that city are planning a
visit to Worcester, Friday afternoon,
when the annual convention of the
school teachers from all over the state
will be held. The Fitchburg educators
will be guests at a dinner served by A h.
A. Brigham, in the State Mutual res
taurant, of Hon. Elisha Fitch, chair
man of the Fitchburg teachers, and
about so will sit down to the repast
which Mr.. Brigham will furnish
On that day there will also be in at
tendance at the convention a large dell
egation of school teachers from many
of the large cities, and these, too. will
dine at the State MUTUAL. The dinner
for the Fitchburg people win be a pri-
vate affair and will be served at 2
O'clOcK
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-23
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION
Twenty Candidates for Clerk and Cart,
er Appoin ment Go Through the
Regular Test

The semi-annual examinations for
clerks and carriers were held yester-
day morning at the federal building,
and were in charge of the local board
of examiners, consisting Of Assistant
Postmaster j. w. Hunt, Superintend-
ent of Mails c. w. Putnam and Super
intendent of Delivery G. S. Maynard
There We're twenty applicants present,
and in order to have their name placed
on the eligible list. they will be re-
CURED to attain a percentage of 65 or
better. The results will not be known
for several months
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-23
HAD PAINTING SPELL.
Miss Perry Temporarily Overcome While
Waiting for Her Homeward Train.

Miss Geneva Perry, young lady re-
siding somewhere along the line of the
Boston and Albany Railroad, had a
fainting spell last evening, awaiting her
traint in the ladies room of Union
depot. She was sitting in company
with friend, when she suddenly fell
upon the floor She was picked up.
and carried to corner of the room.
where physician who happened to be
near by, attended her.
The young woman refused to state
the name of the town which was their
home, and the name of the girl with
the one who tainted, could not be
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-23
REMARKABLE REscIrE.

Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfeld, ILL.,.
makes the statement. that she caugh,
cold, which settled on her lungs; she was
treated for a month by her family phy-
was hopeless victim of consumption and
that no medicine could cure her Her
druggist suggested DR.. Kings New Dis
bottle and to her delight found herself
benefited from first dose. She Continued
its use and after taking six bottles found
herself sound and well; now does her own
housework, and is as well as she ever
was. Free trial bottles of this Great Dis
eeovery at Bush & Co.'S drug store. Large
bottles 50 cents and slOa
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-23

learned. She stated that it was SIM
ply an unfortunate occurrence to have
the thing happen in public place,
and that it was nobodys business but
their own what the matter was, where
they came from or the names they
went by. F M
The doctor who attended the girl said
it was simply q case Of faintirsg, which
was due to the close atmosphere of the
cording to her own story. was faint
from hunger. She was able to take
her train, which left over the Boston
and Albany at 6.10 o'clock
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-23
AN INNovATIoN.

Meeks-Ny wife is nothing if not orig
inal Now what do you suppose she said
when | asked her TO marry me?
Weeks-Oh, something about it's being
so sudden. / suppose.
Meeks-No, indeed She said. well. 7
think it's aobout time; I've been expect
ing YOU TO make a break for three
months. Exchange.
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-23

view, many of the friends of Alderman
Hildreth are urging him to again stand
as candidate in order to create har-
mony in the party. His record in the
higher board is sufficient TO insure his
reelection should he desire to remain
longer
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-23

New accounts have been opened as
follows:
Lake View, 81; Quinsigamond. Is;
Greendale. IA; South Worcester, IL;
Tatnuck, 8; Grafton square, {; New
Worcester, / Belmont street, 1-mak-
ing a total of S4
Samuel S. Green,
Librarian.
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-23
Lonely Life of
John Bates
INLElCESTER TOWN.
Blasted Life That Was
Most Miserably Spent.

on the hill just beyond that little val
ley in the road from Leicester to Roch-
dale. where the road to Greenville and
Charlton and Peter Salem street push
their way through overhanging boughs
of birch trees, sits a house rising gaunt
and bare above the surrounding coun-
try, symbolic in its solitude.
With not a trace of paint on its
weather beaten boards, with rags flut-
tering in the breeze from every broken
window, with a yard cheked with briars
and bushes, ana a row of sheds in the
rear, leaning affectionately against ii
for support stlle building is not unlike
fhats schoeI house of Longfellow's S
which as long as the memory of the
poet lives, will still
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MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Andrew A. Erickson, 81 Anna Carl
son, 30.
Peter Gustaf Johnson %; Lisa John
son, 26.
William Frost, %; Edla c. Henrikson,
Deforest Mallette, Jr., 25; Mary A.
LAWN, 81
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-23
"Sit beside the road,
A ragged beggar summing.

There is that about this lonely house
on the outskirts of Leicester that
strikes responsive chord in the hearts
of all students of humankind. Gaunt,
lonely and forsaken as it is, it but poor
ly portrays the long-drawn-o loneli-
ness, the terrible self-imposed isolation
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-23

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Mar MoRNINe JAckEr.


A Very Comfortable Garment to slip
On i'm the House.
Silk waists wear out so fast that a
woman thinks twice before putting one
on when another waist viii do as well.
To save these silk waists all sorts of
house. jackets have been devised, and
many of them are really a success. They
are so comfortable and becoming that
one becomes attached to them.
Perhaps the most comfortable, and
yet the dressiest of all of them, was
made upon French pattern. 1t was cut
exactly like the box coats that are so
popular in the street, and its material
was a cotton ottoman cloth of dull
green without particle of gloss on its
surface. Ottoman cloth is, like otto
man, heavily ribbed. The sleeves were
very full and extremely long, so that
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Tuesday. for Topeka or Kansas people.
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others ara invited to avail themselves
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The Topeka State Journal guarantees
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Gaiiy medium IN Topeka. she classified ad-
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they could be dropped down over the
hands or slipped up to the elbows.
The front of the jacket and the sleeves
were trimmed with guipure. The only
other trimming was a row of frogs in
red and gold cotton. A dull gold
clasp fastened the throat, and at the
back of the neck was a gold and red
striped ribbon. This jacket could be
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Did She Get It on There Firstq

Harry-What reason have you to believe
that she is beginning to take an interest
N you?
Albert-She took her handkerchief and
brushed the dandruff from my coat collar
asst evening. Cleveland Leader.
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Understand, - said the man with the
nervous look, THAT the father of that boy
who lost his voice through an accident on
your road is going to bring suit -
Il have heard something Of the kind
2aid the corporation counsel
cit me on the jury. I live in the same
fat with him Have fer four years. In
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At druggists.
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The full prospectus for 's8 in small
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Cover and decorations by Maxdeld
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Mrs. Mary Bird, Harrisburg, Pa.
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me; yet 1 would have lost her by Group
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OF One Minute Cough Cure" 1t cures
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LIFE AT GIRLS COLLEGES
the articles on Undergraduate LIE al
Harvard. Princeton and Yale" and as
richly illustrated.
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c. D. GIBSON will contribute two
serial sets of drawings during '9S, -
New York Day" and The Seven Age.
of American Woman"
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POLITICAL "REMINISCENCES b.
Senator HOar, who has been in publi
life for forty-fve years.
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THE THEATER, THE MINE. etc.
Will be treated in The Conduct of
Great Businesses series Gas We're The
Wheat Farm - The Newspaper etc,
in 80, with numerous iIlustra lions.
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THE WORKERS. in a new field
Walter A.Wyckoff, the college man who
became a laborer, viii tell about his
experience with sweat-shop laborers
and q az chists in Chicago. illustrated
from life by ". r. Leigh.}
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MAGAZINE
FOR 1898
A GREAT PROGRAMME.

THE STORY OF THEREVOLUTION
by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. to run
throughout the year. Cor the first
time all the modern art forces and re-
sources will be brought to bear upon
the Revolution. Howard Pyle and a
corps of artists are making over 100
paintings expressly for this great
work..
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WANTED-A good riding pony: must be
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WANTED TO RENT-About April 1. the
best house can get, with large grounds
and good barn; am willing to go out a
mile or two. Address L. A, the Evening
Journal.
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CAPTAIN A T. MAHAN'S The
American Navy in the Revolution" TO
be illustrated by Carlton T. Chapman.
the marine artist; Harry Fem, and
others.
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THOMAS NELSON PAGES FIRST
LONG NOVEL, Red Rock-A Chroni-
Gle of Reconstruction" Mr.. Page has
devoted four years to the story, and he
considers it his best work. illustrate
by B. West Clinedinst)
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ROBERT GRANTS SEARCH
LIGHT LETTERS replies to various
letters that came in consequence of his
reflections of a Married Man and
THE Opinions of a Philosopher"
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FITCH & QUIGLEY. 1os West Sixth St,
Topeka, kan.-Farms, ranches, resi-
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and exchanged Loans and insurance
Prompt attention to letters OF inquiry
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FOR SALE-Choice vacant lots IN Low
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RUDYARD KIPLING. RICHARD
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others, are under engagement to cor
tribute stories during 1898.
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FOR SALE-Or exchange for clear farm
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and stationery. paints and oils. wall pa
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GOOD TINES HAVE CONE.

You can afford to indulge yourself c. your
family in the Injury os a good weekly news
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You can get both Of these publications WIKI
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BOOKKEEPING.

WILL WRITE UP and post your books.
make out monthly statements of ac-
count and make closing entries of year 8
business. Private Instructions in book
keeping. Charges reasonable w. J.
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