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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-31
Reln Wanted Male


WANTED-For Worcester county. 6 or 3
men to act as agents for a reliable firm;
must be good takers neat appearance;
good commission to the right men Also
several Swedish and French statesmen.
Address. giving references, Box l9S,
Worcester, Mass.
ENTERPRISING young man =. ,od
habits wanted to ill position III ts''st
in q business established ten years.
must have $500 TO $1,000 to invest on good
security with good interest. +. .. Box
$780, Worcester Mass.
OLD ESTABLISHED FIRM requires
services reliable man for this commune
ty; salary SIS weekly and expenses;
state former employment; "Manufac-
turer, Box 1927, Philadelphia, Pa.
WANTED - An experienced electrotype
inisher: steady work to the right per-
son. Apply by letter, stating expert
ence and wages wanted. Dennison Mfg.
Co.. So. birmingham, Mass.
statesmen and canvassers wanted in
every town to sell Magic Glycerine soap
20 housekeepers, exclusive territory:
Write for particulars. Acme Soap Co., %
Pearl ST., New York.
WANTED - Lady or gentleman; must
have $500 cash. to enlarge q good paying
printing office; value of $500; best cash
trade; 5000 weekly. Address N. p, Is,
Spy, with references.
WANTED-Good tinsmiths on galvanized
sheet iron work; steady work for the
right men; state age, experience, II
married and wages expected, to Box No.
$50. Hartford, Conn.
START MAIL ORDER BUSINESS
Manufacture your own goods; goo re
celpts 10 cents, particulars free. Joseph
Lawrence. 1913 East St, New York.
WANTED - Coal consumers to buy coal
at from $50 TO $3.50 per ton, deliyerfd
free up 16 flights of stairs, from AIS Main
st Fred w. Wellington & Co
81 per week. to run errands and learn
writing. w. s., Spy Office.
wANTED-y9ung man familiar ~ with tn
grocery trade, to handle our goods on
commission. American Food Co., 6lz
Sudbury building, Boston
HARNESS MAN WANTED to, work at
general repairing, on truck HARNESSES
mostly, but must know how to do all
kinds. Box 1864, city.
ACTIVE MAN for permanent travelling
position. $50 per month ana expenses
references Clark & Co., 234 s. Fourth
St, Philadelphia, Pa.
wANTED-Farm hands for institution,
teamster green men. Mrs. Jones, 4lO
Main St. room IL.
WANTED-Man on farm: must be
good milker. Cyrus A. Lowell, Noun
tain ST., near city farm.
500 wORKINGMEN WANTED to take
their meals at % Mechanic ST. c. L.
Brigham, manager.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-31

Young man ,od
habits wanted to fill position If tf''st
in a business established ten wears;
must have $500 TO $1,000 to invest on good
security with good interest. r. .. Box
935, Worcester, Mass.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-31
Chlropodlst and Manicure.

ALL ILLS OF THE FEET scientifically
and carefully treated without pain;
warts removed; also manicure. Miss Al
v. Carberry room 49, Burnside building.
Main st. Evenings until 7.30.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-31

FOR SALE--5a Laurel st., residence, with
1000 feet of land; substantial brick and
stone house, containing IS large rooms,
closets; large five-story tower; house To-
Gated on high ground commanding
fine view of city; Normal school cleo
tries pass the door; price .S6OOO-$3OOO at
time of sale and balance left on mort
gage; or will exchange for farm or 9TH
er real estate. S. /. Howard, sS Nam
st.. Worcester, Mass.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-31

AFTER THE FOURTH OF NOVEMBER,
l will have an eight-room apartment,
Gladstone. 80 William st. r. Desmond,
3lS State Mutual building.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-31
To Let Flats ard Houses.
FOR RENT

IN LINCOLN STA very pleasant mod
ern tenement second floor, In a two
tenement house, rooms, bath. hot and
cold water, gas and steam heat; rent
low TO small American family. Henry
Bigelow, Clark's block
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-31
For saIe-RTsceTIaneoUs.

TWO PARLOR STOVES, TWO RANGES,
one with water front; two bed room
in nice condition. Sebbens, ii and IL
Vine ST.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-31

Worcester county. 6 or
men TO act as agents for a reliable firm;
must be good takers, neat appearance;
good commission to the right men. Also
Several Swedish and French statesmen.
Address, giving references, Box 1873,
Worcester Mass
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-31
Hypnotisn1.

AND PERSONAL MAG
netism taught privately and as practi-
caly applied to medical business and
social affairs all mental and nervous
duced terms to those beginning before
Nov. 5. Consultation free. Call immedi-
ately, Charles E, Bascom, at VIM. A.
Barnes branch Office, 40 Pearl st.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-31

OLD ESTABLISHED FIRM requires
services reliable man for this commune
ty; salary SIS weekly and expenses;
state former employment. "Manufac-
turer," Box 1927 Philadelphia, Pa.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-31
Agents Wanted.

appoint agents, $50 per month salary and
expenses. Zeigler & Co., 264 Locust ST..
Philadelphia.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-31
Situations Wanted Male.
Help wanred Female.

AGENTS WANTED-Send no money;
ladies, boys and girls, send us your full
address and we will mail you at once a
package OF our beautiful iewelry novel
ties, the latest fad, to sell among friends
at 10 cents each; we give watches, rings,
bracelets, etc, for your trouble: no
money required until sold: don't lose
this grand opportunity; write for the
outfit today. Anawan Jewelry Co.. de-
partment 0, North Attleboro, Mass.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-31
For sa,s or Repair Clothing.

s.. 90 SUIT cleaned and pressed; $500 silk
velvet collar on coat. Upham & Padula
tailors. 377 Main st.opp. Elm. one flight
Open EVENING"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-31
For SALE,

Choice Building lots, in
vicinity of Institute Park,
Institute Road, etc.,
Stephen Salisbury,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-31

START MAIL ORDER BUSINESS
Manufacture your own goods; 400 re-
celpts 10 cents; particulars free. Joseph
Lawrence, 1923 East St, New York.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-31

WANTED-Experien lady solicitors
to take state agencies. $40 to SIS a week,
permanent business; do not answer UNI
less you have $35 and can travel. w. c.
Rood Chicago, III.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-31
For Sale and Business Chances.

IF YOU ARE LOOKING for a grocery,
drop me line. Henry S. Bacon,
Corning ave.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-31

WANTED-Good tinsmiths on galvanized
sheet iron work; steady work for the
married and wages expected, to Box No.
500. Hartford Conn.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-23
Pro..ct,px Hn,.lde rnrm.

On hilly or rolling land there are
ravines to be looked after. Sometimes
the frost comes out in spring during a
heavy rain-storm, and tons of the top
soil are washed down into the ravines
and swept away. 1t is bad policy to
leave these hillsides unprotected by
some green crop, like rye. for they are
sure to wash and gully badly in the
spring. If one has an unprotected
hillside, he should plow deep burrows
ten feet or so apart along the side of
the hill, something like terracing, to
check the flow of water down the hill
and catch the soil that otherwise would
be swept into the ravine. Then the
ravine should be choked every ffty
feet or so with brush and straw-any-
thing that will stop or check the rush
of water and prevent gullying. To be
Sure, these are only emergency ex-
pedients," to be used in cases where
one was for any reason prevented from
seeding the hillside and rayine to
grass. have long been Of the opinion
that farming hillsides is a losing busi-
ness. All they are fit for is grass or
timber II they are cultivated, all the
best soil is washed away in three or
four years, and besides they are so
quilted as to be almost worthless. Kept
in grass or planted with useful trees
they will retain their fertility indefi-
nitely and prove to be almost as profit
able as any part of the farn.-Farn
and Fireside.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-23
SCHOOL AND CHURCH,

The membership of the Madras In
dia) Y. NJ. c. A. has reached $40, count
ing none whose subscription is in ar
rears more than a month.
The Presbyterian synod of Minnesota
asks 20 cents from each Presbyterian
in the state to relieve Manchester and
Albert Lea colleges from debt.
The steamer Empress of Japan which
recently arrived at Yokohama, landed
the largest number of Christian mis-
sionaries ever crossing the Pacific to-
gether. There were 40 in the number.
The United Presbyterian church in
Scotland and America maintains seven
missions. supports 81 ordained mission
aries, 81 ordained natives, 16 medical
missionaries and 43 zenana mission
aries.
Rev. Jee Gave states that the stu
dents in the medical college at Tientsin,
China. have organized a missionary So
ciety, to which each member gives one
dollar per month for the support of ma
tive preachers. The Christian Chinese
are liberal givers to missionary work.
DR.. John Archibald Fairlie, who has
been appointed lecturer on municipal
administration at Columbia college, was
born in Glasgow in 1872. In 1895 he
graduated from Harvard. where he
spent the two subsequent years in
postgraduate study and as an assist
ant in the department of history.
The absence of child from school
In Switzerland, unless in case of illness,
is punishable by fine, the amount of
which is daily increased. II it be sus-
pected that the child's illness is
slammed, doctor is sent by the school
authorities. and, when he is convinced
that the suspicion is correct, the parents
have to pay his fee.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-23

This term is used to describe a phe-
nomenon which has recently been un-
der investigation at the Yale psycholog-
ical laboratory. Experiments carried
on during the past year have shown
that the effects of practice on one side
of the body are transferred to the other
side, where there has been no practice.
For instance, fencer, practising
lunges with a foil, and using only his
right hand, gained in two weeks Sc per
cent. of accuracy in aim. At the same
time it was found that his left hand
had also gained 36 per cent. of accuracy
in the same exercise, although it had
no actual practice. So the exertion of
the muscles of the right arm likewise
increased the strength Of the left arm.
Youths Companion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-23
SILK CULTURE IN THE SOUTH.
Rev. n. NJ. LOwrey, . Negro Preaso.
of Alabama. In Developing
. New Industry.

Rev. X. NJ. Lowrey, negro preacher
and philanthropist, one of the most in
telligent men of his race was in WASH
ington, recently, on his way north for
the purpose of purchasing looms to
weave the silk he raises on his farm
near Birmingham, Ala.
Mr- Lowrey is an enthus.a .astic re-
garding silk culture, and believes
there would be more money for the
south in the growth of the mulberry
tree and the silk worm than in cotton,
HIS own experiments have been
crowned with gratifying success, and
he has received number of medals
from various expositions for the best
production OF cocoons, raw silk, silk
worms and mulberry leaves.
His attention VIZ. nrst called to the
silk industry by his daughter, teach
er in one of the public schools in Birm-
ingham, who became absorbed in the
study of the peculiar caterpillar thas
produces silk. To please her. Mr.. Low
rey obtained some cocoons from
France for experiment, and soon grew
SO interested in the work that he de.
votes his entire time to his silk farm.
which has grown to large proportions
and is in fiourishing condition. The
raw silk, he says. can be produced
with little expense and trouble, and he
is convinced that if the negro people
OF the south would study the industry
and become interested in it they could
devote part of their land to it, and
would find it remunerative.
What they need" says Mr.. Low
rey. "is to be shown they can grow
silk. encouraged to make trial and
given little aid to get start. When
silk culture attains growth and rec.
ognition in the south, you will find
fewer colored politicians and cor
greater prosperity and
better conditions generally among the
people of that race."-Associated
Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-23
PUMPKIN PIE.

In the spring the eaters fancy
Lightly turns to rhubarb pie,
But very modest portion
OF the stuff will satisfy.
Then he feelsran inward longing
For some pastry that will please,
And impatiently he's glaneing
At the green fruit on the trees.
BY and by the cherries ripen
And are made ingredients
OF pie whose fine appearance
Is attracting compliments:
But although he likes it better
Than the one of rhubarb made,
Still that long-fe!t want he's noting
And it cannot be allayed.
Soon the berries are arriving
And to them he promptly turns,
With hope that they will furnish
Pie for which his palate yearns.
But they make the crust so soggy
That with them he's soon dispIeased,
And the appetite for pastry
remaining unappeased.
Then the summer brings the peaches
And some ripened apples. too.
And the fragrant huckleberries
In their shining coats of blue.
Though he's finding them much richer
Than their predecessors, still
He is mournfully declaring
That they fail to fill the bin.
But at last, when days are cooler,
He is fully satisfied
BY the good, old-fashioned pumpkin
Is that long-felt want supplied.
For an. extra slice he's calling,
Then another he will try,
And in perfect bliss he's feasting
On the homemade pumpkin pie.
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-23
THINK HANGING PAINLESS
4 Number OF CuPious Cases Cited ol
lnvOluntaPy Suicide 1t Public
Exhibitions.

DR.. Roger S. Tracy. chief Of Phila.
delphia's bureau of vital statistics, who
believes that hanging is a painless
death by reason of cerebral congestion
causing complete insensibility before
the agony of suffocation begins. cites
the following instances:
The London Lancet for April II, 1S47,
tells of the case of John Harnshaw,
who was hanged daily for several years
as an exhibition. On three occasions
he did not fix the rope right, and in
each case he was cut down in an un-
conscious condition and had gone
through all the sensations Of being
choked to death. He afterward said
that he could not recollect anything
that happened to him. The moment
he got the rope in the wrong place. he
said, he could not move his arms, legs
or hands or even think lucidly. He felt
that he wanted to loosen the rope, but
never thought of using his hands for
the purpose.
An American diver named Scott was
formerly an attraction at museums,
where he hanged himself before the
audience. He adjusted the rope around
his neck, and then stepped OF the plat
form on which he had been standing.
When he had hanged as long as he
pleased he lifted his feet and stepped
back on the platform. He hanged him
self as show once too often, and finally
died before large and delighted au-
dience. On this fatal occasion he hung
for 13 minutes and no one in the au-
dience imagined that he was dying, ~
he did not struggle and made no effort
to lift his feet back to the PLATFORM
Chicago Times-Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-23
Restorative Crops.

Clover, cowpeas, soy beans and the
like are the best crops to improve
worn-out soils. The crops may be cut
for hay and grazed, and the beneti-
cial effects still be very great. Where
the soil has been very badly injured,
however, it is best to plow the vines
under. Marked results are produced
at once in most cases, the benefit being
largely due to the effect on the me-
chemical condition of the soil. Tie
added vegetable matter enables the
soil to retain great amounts of mois-
ture, and at some time during the
growing season this stored-np water is
needed.-Farmers' Home Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-23

como. Ill be so anxio..s to hear whal
Carrie will say when she sees it,"
! Carries cheeks burned. She had
never felt SO mean in all her life. She
wished most sincerely that she had
taken her mothers advice, and gone to
play with Hazel.
She began to see now into what straits
her curiosity might lead her.
She heard the whole plan of the baby
house from roof to kitchen, for the
boys talked continuously while they
worked, and she became very much in
terested in the details, in spite of the
| guilty feeling in her breast. But after
a time she began to grow sleepy, and to
feel very uncomfortable. She did not
| dare move, however, for fear of being
heard, and she wished the boys would
go downstairs and give her chance to
get out.
But soon the sound of their voices
seemed to grow fainter and fainter, and
without being conscious of it, she
slipped into the land of dreams.
When she awake the garret was dark
and silent. She did not know at first
where she was, but when she put out
her hand and touched the box, she re-
membered all about it, and began to
think that there might be spiders and
mice under the caves.
She CROPPED her way to the garret
door, and felt around until she got her
hand on the knob. But, though the
knob turned, the door did not open.
Then she suddenly recollected what the
boys had said about keeping it
locked.
She hesitated at first to knock, for
she knew how grieved her mother
would be to find her there, but the
squeak of a mouse close by frightened
her, and she began to scream at the
top of her voice.
1t seemed a long time before she
heard steps on the garret stairs, and
she was sobbing bitterly when at last
the door was opened, and she fell into
her mothers arms with loud cry.
why, Carrie, how did you happen t.
claimed Mrs. Brooks. I'VE thought you
were at Hazers and had stayed to tea
there. James and Guy were just about
to go after YOU"
Carrie hid her face on her mothers
breast and did not answer.
You must have gone in before we
did, Of course!" said James, angrily. |
You hid yourself on purpose to find
oor what we were doing, you know you
did"
Carrie kept her face hidden. Oh, how
she wished that she had kept away from
the garret. It was SO hard to be thought
a sneak and spy.
We'll, you've seen all of the baby.
house you ever will see," continued
James. Neither Guy nor l will ever
put another nail into it,
'Ihope my little daughter has learned
a lesson" said Mrs. Brooks, land here.
after will be able to restrain her curl.
osity."
Carrie was glad to get into bed and
hide her shamed face in the pillow, and
she made q great nnany good resolu-
tons before she fell asleep again.
But it was long time before either
# her brothers would play with her.
md at Christmas time there was no
baby house under the tree.-GoldeI
DayS
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-23

HUMOROUS.

"You can't keep a secret, Marie
Eyes, can, but 1 always happen to tel
things to other girls who can't."-St
Louis Republic.
First Collegian-"Did your dad re.
spond when you struck him for some
money!" Second Collegian-"Respond!
You should have heard him!"-Sault
Ste. Marie News.
Why She Sings.-"I like to hear .
servant girl sing at her work. 1t shows
good disposition" Not always. ]
think our girl sings because she has .
grudge against us."-Philadelphia Rec.
ord.
Il really believe Miss Blumer would
be willing to run for president, she's SC
ambitious" Land, yes; but she amt
so particular. She'd run for a smaller
man that that if she thought she could
catch him."-Philadelphia Bulletin.
THAT tramp just going away was tell
ing me most heart-breaking story"
"How much did you give him?" Moth
ing. 1t was story to break ones
heart. all right. but breaking five-dol.
lar bill is different" - indianapolis
Jol rnal.
Anybody who knows enough" said
Mr.. Spiffins, 'can learn something from
anybody else. however ignorant the lat.
ter may be-" THAT is true" assented
Mrs. Spifins. cheerfully. Now. can
occasionally learn something from you.'
Chronicle Telegraph.
Podsnip Injecting elderly person)-
"By Jove! Is it possible! My old
school teacher. By the way. do you re
member that you said when l was il
your class that I'd die IN the gallo AS ?"
Elderly Person-"Well, ,:u're not dead
yet."-Philadelphia North American.
Mrs. Grimes-.Does your husband go
to church. Mrs. Brown?" Mrs. Brown
Sometimes he goes to
the Unitarian. sometimes to the Ortho-
dox and sometimes to the Catholic"
Mrs. Grimes-"Ah, see! An agnostic."
Mrs. Brown-"No! he's plumber.
When there is nothing for him to do st
'ne church there is pretty sure to be
for him at one of the Others
Boston Transcript.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-23
AN IDEA ON FARM ECONOMY.
The Farmer should Have. Beside.
Book Knowledge, N Aptitude
In the Use Of Tools.

The one-horse farmer, that is one
who works with his hands as well as
his head, should have some knowledge
of botany, entomology, agricultural
chemistry, and of all othe other sci
ences he can conveniently get his
hands on. He should have in a con-
venient receptacle, elementary books
on all these subjects, and all the de-
partment and station bulletins he can
get. 1t il, of course, better to have
knowledge in ones head, but in many
cases this is not the way we find il.
The next best place foT useful knowl-
edge is in a convenient book case. The
man who knows where knowledge il to
be had may not be classed as a very
learned one, but he knows far more
than the average, and enough to get
along with. The real fool is one who
don't think anything of the sort is nec-
essary for a farmer. There are some
other things a farmer should know.
that are not found in books. He
should know how to use carpenters
tools, masons' tools, blacksmith tools.
leather workers tools, etc. If he has
some elementary books on mechanics.
so much the better, for in them he will
find many facts and principles that
will be of no use even in the plainest
mechanical tasks. Not long ago, the
writer entered jewelers. shop and
asked the proprietor if he could weld
gold. '.Oh yes" said he, ''of course /
can" We then asked him to tell the
process. After little hesitation he
admitted that he could not weld but
could solder gold. This man had
worked in gold for years, but had not
learned the fundamental fact. taught
in school physics, that gold can not be
welded. Therefore we assume that for
sowing, plowing. hammering, and ali
such work, even book-knowleGge is not
out of place. But when gate or a
chicken coop is to be. made. or a barn
or cow shed erected; or a pump-rod to
be welded. chain mended or a horse
shcd, . knowledge of the use of tools
and the possession of tools every one
In ita place and in good condition are
the things needed, and knowledge of
al contained within the lids of a me-
library will not otherwise en-
able one to do good job within rea-
sonable time. Hence every farmer
should supply himself with few good
tools. and place to keep them, and
the means Of keeping them sharp,
clean and in Place-Texas Farm and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-23
Up-Country,

People who have the good sense to
live in the country overnight and the
good fortune to catch trains back to
the city in the morning will appreciate
the philosophic remark of the con-
ductor of certain western local"
There was but one train running on the
branch, and the service was consequent
ly of the up and back" order. A num-
ber of people bound for the southern
terminus of the road happened one day
to reach small station halfway MP
just as the train passed on its north
ern trip. The conductor looked them
over. "All goin' down to L-?" he
inquired. The travellers replied that
they trusted to do 70 eventually. "Well,"
said the conductor, you'd better all
get on now, and then mebbe we can
skip this station on the way back
Youths Companion.