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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-09

MRS. May Wright sewall has been
elected to succeed the Countess Aber-
ueeh as president of the Womers In
lefhatlonal congress, which has Just
completed its session at London.
Mrs. Sewall has had many honors
bestowed upon her in this country, She
IS scholarly woman, holding the de-
gree OF A. M. from Northwestern uni
Verslty Though her parents hailed
from New England, Mrs. Sawall is a
western girl, having been born in Mil
Waukee, where her father was one of
the early settlers. She showed her
ability as teacher, as the principal
OF a large classical school for girls,
rounded by her husband, Professor
Theodore Lovett Sewall, A. B., Ill E.
Mrs. Sewall has formed and assisted
IN the organization of more than fifty
Women's clubs in the United States.
She is member of Sorosis, of this
city. and has been closely identified
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-09

TO be taken to see that none of the
children go overheard, in, their desire
TO touch the water. They have passed
from the park and attention must be
devoted to the youth and maiden.
Ihey move along as though they
Were at peace with all the world, or
perhaps as though they are the world.
an either case, they gurgle on as they
make their way to the boat livery, per-
maps stopping at the photograph gall
Iery to have a tintype taken. This is
o favorite pastime for early arrivals
Of the sentimental world, and the pho
tographer is privileged to look uron
many endearing scenes. The youth
and maiden may think pretty we'll Of
each other at the time, and nothing
Will satisfy them but that the picture
shall show the arm of one about the
other. The youth may be bashful, but
he cannot resist his companions plead
ing to have a Sweet picture taken,
and his doom is sealed. Four pictures
are handed out and of course the other
two are given to people who will pre-
serve them. Later, when the youth
and maiden have arrived at the age of
sense and find they are not congenial,
and perhaps hardly speak to each 9TH
er, these kind friends draw out these
sweet pictures and make them rack
of torture to both. A warning to young
people is to have no tintype taken I'M
less married.
After the picture is taken, the beat
livery is visited and a canoe or boat
hired All young men who are with
equally young women scorn the plebian
rowboat, whether they can manage
canoe or not, and canoes have the call.
Neither can they paddle, but taking
erix 11o
canoe is hired, they sit in the center
and manage to keep af1oat, although
the course they paddle would rival the
trail of an intoxicated man on stormy
night.
They have left the park and sue
ceeding cars bring a repetition of the
scenes until the afternoon when the
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-09

The Hotel Metropole Company of
London was a heavy loser in a legal
action last week. On March 21st guest
returned to the hotel about half past
one in the morning; he was about to
walk upstairs to his bedroom, when
the porter said to him, why not go
up in the lift?" and the guest replied
he would go up by the stairs. The por-
ter repeated Better go up in the lift"
and then opening the door, told the
guest to step in. There was no lift"
there, and the guest fell to the cellar, a
shapeless mass. He was removed to
hospital, where it was found necessary
to amputate one leg. He was detained
in the hospital until recently. A suit
for damages Qaid at e10000) was tried
last week before Lord Chief Justice
Russell and a special jury. The hotel
company retained a strong bar for it's
defense, but the jury returned YER
dict for $4,000 with costs. And the
chief justice supplemented the verdict
by saying: Gentlemen, / think that is
a very proper verdict. should have
given something more myself; but at
the same time it shows that you hove
considered the case very carefully"
Lifts were never very popular in
situations in old world hotels. This ac-
cident and its costly consequences viii
tend to make them less popular than
ever.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-09
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease. Ca
and in order to cure it you must take In.
ternal remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure is
taken internally, and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure Is not a quack medicine. Ii
was prescribed by one of the best physi-
clans in this country for years, and Is a
regular prescription. 1t is composed of
the best tonics known, combined with
on the mucous surfaces. The perfect
combination Of the two ingredients Is
what produces such wonderful results in
curing .catarrh; Send for testimonials,
ledo o. Sold by druggists, price 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-09

with the university extension move
ments in all the large cities
Among the important missions in
trusted to her was the position of com
missioner from Indiana to the worlds
congress Of representative women in
Chicago in 1898. She is the appointee
of the National Council of Women l.
the women's congress, which will Ger
vene in Paris in 1900 In 1889 she rerrc
scented the women of the United STATE
at the Universal congress of women
Paris.
Last August Mrs Sewall visited Til,
Hague to assist the women of Holland
in the organization of national coun-
Gil. She has written many books and
pamphlets on literary, educational and
reform subjects. She is the president
Of the United States Council of the Wo-
mems International congress and was
vice president of the International con-
greSS
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-09
EYE SPECIALIST.
Teachers and Schools.

MANDOLIN and guitar lessons given in
Worcester during summer months by a
well known lady teacher of Boston. For
terms, etc, address S29 Boylston st.
Boston, Mass. ~
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-09

The Eighty club of London founded
and named in commemoration of Mr.
Gladstones great victory over Lord
Beaconsfield at the general elections Of
1880 held banquet last week in honor
of the earl of Aberdeen, the present
governor general of Canada. Speaking
in response to the toast of his health,
Lord Aberdeen said Canada was thor
oughly and unquestionably loyal and
full of attachment to the mother coun-
try. This expression led the earl of
Spencer formerly lord lieutenant OF
Ireland) to say in the course of his
remarks, that the condition of Canada
was complete vindication> of the ke-
neficence of self government and home
rule.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-09

come the possessor, as had been hered-
ltary with the house of Herbert, which
ne was sorry to say was now disap
pearing from the scene. Unfortunately
1t was only too probable that this beau
tiful place would become a site upon
which the Jerry builder would work his
wicked will, and the romantic solitude
and the grace and glory of the scenery
would be marred and injured by hun
dreds of little villas and those other
constructions which they knew from
experience in other localities were apt
to spring up like mushrooms when such
an opportunity as the present was Of
fered
The resolution was seconded by Mr..
James Beyce, M. p, in stirring and
eloquent speech, and it was carried by
reclamation.
A gentleman in the meeting then
arose and said he represented a person
who is now in negotiation for the pI,r-
chase of the estate, and if the sale is
completed the purchaser would be quite
willing to enter into negotiations with
the government, or with the trust. with
view to the saving Of the present pub
lie rights to the lake district.
A vote of thanks was rendered to the
duke of Westminster for the Use Of
his house for the meeting.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-09

The edefeat of poung winston
Churchill (son of the late
Lord Randolph ChurchilD in the
parliamentary election held in the
city of Oldham on Thursday. proves,
among other things, that "fayorite
sons" and bearers of great names are
not always potent in British politics.
C. O'CONNEI.L CALVIN.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-08

My wife and son finally advised me %
take Dr.Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People.
| didn't believe that there was any help for
me. and one day my son came home with
box of the pills. / began taking them and
before the box was gone felt cheerful and
easy, as my head was clear and seemed to be
rested. The pain had left my heart, and
could walk as spry as ever.
81 have taken nearly FIVE boxes and for
the past two years my health has been steadily
improving, and now am able to do consider.
able work, both in winter and summer. To.
day weigh about fourteen pounds more than
ever did: ] have much faith in DR.. viii.
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People, and this
is natural enough as they have alone restored
me to health and strength.
81 am now 81 years old. Isleep good. the
numbness has left my arms, my brain 10
clear; my heart beats regular, and all these
comforts and blessings ! attribute TO the use
of these pills. s. E. BREEs."
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
Goth day of April, A. D.. 1897.
WILLIAM r. LYONS.
Notary Public, MINI.
All the elements necessary to give new life
and richness to the blood and restore shat
tered nerves ara contained in DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People. They are sold
in boxes (never in loose form, by the dozen or
hundred) at 50 cents box. or six boxes for
So 80, and may he had of all druggists or di.
rectly by mail from Or. Williams Medicine
Co., Box v, Schenectady, N. Y.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-08
The Razorback.

A breeder of raZorback hogs, in
writing of his experience with the
breed, is not impressed with it's value.
He says:
a little instance in my experience
goes to show the cost of making this
raZOrback bacon. One SOW ana her
brood Of five half-grOwn pigs, ate up
last summer the contents OF half IN
acre of garden, one acre of SWEEP pOta-
toes, 40 or more young chicks, IL nens
and the cock, an unknown number Of
young turkeys and one old turkey hen,
half an acre of corn, planted for seed,
Of an improved kind, cost high price,
five acres Of field corn, several PANELS
Of garden fence destroyed, three acres
of newly planted potato seed; wallow-
ed in the spring dozen times, and
broke down the fence around it; and
tore down so much fence around the
hay meadow, and thus let her owners
cows into the clover, that not a spear
was left for hay And this is only
small part of the cost of her summers
keeping, which on the whole was not
a cent less than a full dollar a pOunI
of the pigs, live weight.
This is rather expensive meat, even
for the English market, and it suggests
that it would be well to go slow in in
PRODUCING a razorback cross on our I'M
proved breeds to help the bacon char
acter of the meat. Better let our south
ern friends keep a monopoly in this
line.
We do not vouch for the above from
an exchange. If the SOW and pigs con
fined their operations to the owners
DrODerty. she was model raZOrback. If
the depredations of the razorback can
be confined to their owners property
the Ruralist will never again have Oc-
casion to print line about them. The
ordinary razorback breeder has no
crops to be destroyed, and the 81
pound cost is tax on his neighbors.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-08

casiOnally per month, will spent about
SO per month, or 81 for himself and
wife, which is $4S per year, for food.
To this add $40 for everyday work
clothes-all that he ought to buy until
he is in better cOndition-and his ac-
count for expenses in making the crop
is SOS. His half of the cotton amounts
to $3.50. This would leave him, af-
ter paying for his living for 1899,
$3.50 in money, fifty bushels of corn,
fifteen bushels of wheat and thirty
five bushels of peas. counting five
bushels of peas per acre; that is, if the
peas were all picked, or if he preferred
making hay, he would have half of
what the fourteen acres of pea vines
would make. Then to start second
year he would have the above, and
with nothing but his meat and clothes
to buy, but with plenty of feed of his
own raising to keep two or three hogs
growing along nicely. Suppose, now,
he made the same crop for 1900 and
had three twO-hundred pound hogs to
kill Would he spend the month of
January. 1901, looking for somebody to
run him?
This is a conservative estimate of
what any poor man and his wife, with
absolutely no capital can do if they
will work.
Since the above was written sub
Scriher calls for Mr.. Norris promised
method of restoring land. 1t viii be
forthcoming probably in the March
Ruralist.-Ed.] and makes the fellow
m= pertinent query. the answer OF
which has been anticipated above in
the advice of the Georgia amer. Our
correspondent says.-Ruralist.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-08
How Buckeyes Grow Tomatoes.

Our readers will probably find some
points III the growing Of tomatoes as
followed at the horticultural depart
ment of the Ohio University grounds.
''Plant in field as the weather will
permit. setting the plants with spade
nearly to the first blossom stalk. 1t
does not injure them in the least to he
set slanting, tour by two felt. Mulch
with coarse manure as you plant. AS
soon as plants are well estab ished,
prune all side branches off, leaving
blossom stalks and terminal bud.
Make trellis for each row, using one
iron piping (obtaintd from old iron
Dealers. cut into posts of six feet in
length, drive in ground two feet sixty
to seventy feet apart in rows.
''Stretch wire to each row, beginning
at further end from wire coil or 'nOOl
and wrapping once around each inter
weaving post, about two or three incil-
es from top to end. Use a plastering
lath for stake, one to each plant;
drive into the soil lightly and fasten
wire with double pointed tacks. Con-
tinue pruning the plants and tying to
lath as they grow; twice below the
wire and once above it. Then let the
plant branch.
advantages of the method are: The
fruit ripens two or three weeks earlier
than ordinary plants of same age.
From twenty to forty per cent. larger
than ordinary fruit A larger yield
per acre by ten to twenty per cent.
Fruit easy to pick and always clean,
less liable to rot.
disadvantages are: 1t requires more
labor and more plants per acre. The
fruit has tendency to be more irregu-s
lar.''
In gardens this trellising and prun-
ing may be quite simple matter and
a dozen plants will supply quite a large
family.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-08
A Trusted Official.
HONESTY and TRUSTFULNEsS REWARDED.
E. Brees, Of Orange, Had an Experience Recently which
is Intensely Interesting An
Example for Others.
From the Lake Review, OsaEis, HIM.

The following account of a farmers re.
markable experience was recently told a
reporter by Mr.. S. E. Brees, one of the oldest
settlers and most prominent farmers of the
town of Orange, Douglas County, MINI.
Mr.. Brees is town clerk, having held this
position for several years. and is a gentleman
of unimpeachable integrity and honesty.
This experience of Mr.. Brees is certainly
interesting. He says:
In August, 1891, as I was on my last
days drive with the harvest team, | sud-
denly became faint and weak. Every move
or exertion was made with an effort. | rode
home and rested number of days but did
not obtain much relief. The top of my head
had peculiar feeling. could not rest or
sleep. 1t went on this way until was nearly
crazy. l had the grip previous to this and
it left me with a severe cough and also dull
pain about the region of the heart. I con.
suited prominent physician and took bis
medicines for about two months. Some relief
was obtained. The physician prcsonnced
my trouble difficulty Of the heart arising
from the after effect of the grip. My family
were alarmed about me, and for two years
they would not let me 60 away alone for fear
would never get home alive. ] finally con-
suited another physician. He told me the
same as the first, but thought he could help
me. took his medicine six months, and
for a while obtained considerable benefit,
but the old symptoms returned and | was as
bad as ever.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-08
Popular Errors in Tree Planting.

one is that ii tree should be y ante0
with same side to the uOIt us 1t stood
III the nursery. Intelligent nur cry
nlen will tell the buyer that it makes
not one particle OF difference i'll the
grow til UI the tree ii It's position H.
reversed.
Another error is that trees should he
set deeper than they stood in the nur
~crN. Ii III the nursery the rOutS We're
We'll covered. they should be set no
iceper in the 0rcha. d. Many trees are
killed or Stunted by to deep planting.
Ine cabbage palmetto in the Outn
seems to be an exception to all general
rules. It's roots should be shaved of
WlIhin an inch of the trunk and set Fix
inches to Il foot deeper than 1t stood il
the forest. This method has resulted
in greater success than IN plant ng the
entire roots and to the same depth it
stood in tie forest.
Another error is that a low trunked
tree by it's shade of the trunk is pro-
lection from borers. The shade ma eS
the bark more tender and gives great
er facility to the borers.
An opinion prevailed some years ago
that a tree should not be watered
when planted. On this point there is
wide difference of opinion. Some
make a puddle in which the tree is
churned until the wet earth thoroughly
adheres to every portion of the surface
OF the roots, while others contend that
if the soil is in the proper condition to
sprout seed, no water is necessary,
which is undoubtedly a fact if pains
are taken to press the damp earth on
to and beneath every root, and the sur
face is covered with mulch to prevent
the escape of moisture. Fruit trees do
not grow in water and too much wet
ting is like planting them in a swamp
which gives them anything but a
homelike feeling.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-08
Transportation.

Transportation, the mandatory and
the farm, under wise and liberal laws,
can make the South an industrial en-
pire and the Southern farmer mighty
power in the worlds affairs.
When transportation is so great as
to eat up the whole proceeds, the land
will remain uncultivated. Diminish the
cost of transportation so as to leave
sufficient to pay the wages Of laborers,
and it will be cultivated, but will pay
no rent. Diminish it further so as to
leave surplus over and above the re-
ward of the laborer, and the land will
acquire value. Diminish it still further
by removing altogether the necessity
for transportation, making market on
the land. for all products of the land,
to enable the farmer to return to it
readily all the refuse of it's products
and it will acquire the highest value
of which land is capable. Hon w. A.
McCOrkle.
The cost of transportation through
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-08

toners to them, and he was surprised
how quickly his plants were disposed
of. Many said they had looked for the
plant for years unsuccessfully until
they had come to think it could not
be had. Others had tried seeds and
had failed to get them 10 grow.
Nearly every one from the old world
knows of lavender and loves IL. AMI
the florist or nurseryman who should
get up a stock of 1T would find many
purchasers Of it for the sake of child
hoods days.-Joseph Meehan in Coun-
try Gentleman.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-08

Central Florida has left in many places
the land in the condition above de-
Sclihed-;handOned land.
The railway companies of Florida in
making the tourist travel and build
ing palace hotels the Oh eff business of
these corporations. with but exception
al encouragement to the farmer. truck
er and wOuld-be permanent settler are
making Florida but little else than a
winter resort.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-08

When driving out with the nurses,
Prince Albert of York occupies the
place d'honneur in the barouche, and
Princess Victoria of York sits on the
head nurses lap. The prince often
wears a white serge suit and white
hussar cap with a white bnsby, and
gravely returns the salute of any one
who acknowledges the baby couple.
The position of "eldest line" is strictly
adhered to even in the nursery ar
engagements. fe1%,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-09-14
A FELLOWS LOVE.
BY HENRY ". NESTLED.
BY HENRY ". NESFIELD.

it, there could be no doubt but that an
ample supply of water was to be found
there.
Looking down upon these gums and
wattles from that dizzy height. they
seemed to be no larger than cabbage
plants. but Jack knew quite well that
the plateau they were on was probably
two thousand feet above the water
bed upon which he gazed.
By-and-bv. as his eyes became more
accustomed to the scene. he fancied he
detected thin line of smoke issuing
from the foliage below. Yes. it was
smoke. That curling line of blue vapor
betrayed the presence of human be-
ings; probably it was a native en-
campment. The blacks were reported
to be very numerous and hostile in this
nearly unknown region, and it was adj
visable to take every precaution before
approaching them.
That's a camp" exclaimed Jack.
scarcely above his breath, "and a white
mans camp. too, I'll wager!"
1t was decided after a hurried discus
sion that one of the party should go
down and reconnoiter.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-09-14
"pRUv TO pECENCY."
In Many Places the Triumph of GOOD
Leaves Much Required.

In Many Places the Triumph of Good"
Leaves Much Required.
| stood at Seven Dials and heard the
policeman's account of what 1t used to
be, says Jacob A. Riis in the Atlantic.
Seven Dials is no more like the slums
of old than is the Five Points today.
The policemans story rambled
among the days when things were Diff
ferent. Then it was dangerous for an
officer to go alone there at night.
Around the corner there came from
one of the side streets a procession
with banners, parading in honor and
aid of some church charity. In it
marched, young men any boys with
swords and battle axes, and upon it,
outskirts skipped a host of youns
roughs-so one would have called
them. but for the evidence of their
honest employment-who ratified col
lection boxes, reaping a harvest OF
pennies from far and near. | looked al
the battle axes and the collection
boxes and thought of forty years ago.
Where were the Seven Dials of that
day, and the men who gave it its bad
name? | asked the policeman.
''They were druv into decency, sort"
he said, and answered from his own
experience the question ever asked by
faint-hearted philanthropists. my
father he done duty here afore me in
AS. The worst dive was where that
church stands. 1t was always full Of
thieves"-whose sons, I added mental
ly, have become collectors for the
church. The one fact was a whole
chapter on the slum.
London's way with the tenants we
adopted at last in New York with the
slum landlord. He was "druv into de-
cency." We had to. Moral suasion
had been stretched to the limit. The
point had been reached where one
knockdown blow outweighed bushel
of arguments. The rear tene-
ments were chosen for this purpose.
They were the worst as they were
the first Of New York's tenements. The
double-deckers had, with all their
evils, at least this to their credit, that
their death rate was not nearly as
high as that of the old houses. That
was not because of any virtue inherent
In the double-deckers, but because the
earlier tenements were old, and built
in a day that knew nothing of sani-
tary restrictions and cared less. The
mortality Of the rear tenement had
daI h,,f1
in the back yard generally back-to-
back with the rear buildings on the
adjoining lots. If there is an open
space between them it is never more
than slit foot or SO wide, that gets
to be the receptacle of garbage and
filth of every kind, so that the win.
dows in these walls become a source
of greater danger than IL there were
none.