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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-12
HARTMAN WITHDREW.
Professional Duties More Important
Than State Senatorship.

Professional Duties More Important
Than State Senatorshp.
Grafton, Oct. 1.-THE democratic
convention of the 9th senatorial district
was held today at the town hall and
E. N. Jenckes Of Douglas was nominal
ed on the third ballot. The surprise of
the convention came at the outset when
letter was read from DR.. c. H. Har-
riman of Whitinsville, declining to al
low his name to be used as candidate.
The letter was read by Thomas F..
German of Whitinsville and the reason
given by the writer for refusing to run
for the nomination was that his profess
sional duties were such that he could
not give the necessary time to the work
of the campaign, or to the duties of the
office If elected. Dr. Hartman was
considered practically certain of the
nomination and his withdrawal was a
great source of regret to his supporters.
The first formal ballot gave total
vote of rs. Stoddard had II, Jenckes
had IL, and Riley had one, and there
was no choice The third and last bal
lot showed a total of 26 votes. Jenckes
had Is, Stoddard had nine, Riley one
and here was one blank. Mr.. Jenckes
was declared nominated, and the choice
was made unanimous
DR.. George P. Cooke was elected
member of the democratic state COM
mittee. The delegates dined after the
convention at Hotel Kirby. The re-
publican convention Of this district will
be held in Grafton Friday morning,
when it is expected that john E. Nc
Clellan will be nominated without OPP
position
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-12

Mrs. Sarah Brigham; 1.-THE aim and re-
suit of collegiate instruction for women, =
Mrs. Florence Seaver Slocomb.
March 2S-Department, work. Work in
different lines. Papers: Educational
work among the Indians" Mrs. Alice
Goddard West; Mrs. Maud Ballington
Booths work among the prison convicts,"
Mrs. Florence S. Ware.
April 11-Department, club business
April 25-Department, history Papers
England in the Soudan," Mrs Elizabeth
P. Lewis; 1.-THE partition of China" Mrs.
Annie R. MacMurray.
May 9-Department, miscellaneous top
les To be announced
May 20 = Department, scIence. Some
phases of the Industrial problem" Pa
pers: 1.-THE industrial problem as 1t af-
fects women and children Miss Marion
E. Rose; Women and children of Mas
sachusetts factories" Mrs Geraldine L.
Kimball Women wage earners in Wor-
cester," Mrs. Sarah F. Paine.
June 6-Annual meeting; election of Of
ficelS.
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JEFFERSON.

Jefferson, Oct. 11.-Peter Carr has re-
turned home from Ireland, where he
has been visiting relatives for six
weeks.
Mrs. Henry and Mabel Veitch of
Charlton returned home today after a
visit of a week with Mrs. Joseph Whit
ney, Princeton street.
Mrs. Charles Guyott and daughter
Lula returned to Worcester today after
spending two weeks with Mrs. Ellen
Burns.
The Eagle Lake Wooden mills on Main
street, and the Jefferson Manufacturing
Company's mills on Princeton street,
will work As minutes overtime every
night for the remainder of the week
the funeral Of James Prendergast yes
terday.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-12
UPTON AND WEST UPTON

Upton. Oct. 11.--Miss Cassie Brehant,
teacher in the West Upton primary
school, is to have mothers day Friday
afternoon.
Mrs Joseph L. Metcalf and Mrs FL
myra Thompson are visiting in Prov;
dence.
Manager Young of the Upton foot bail
team is arranging a schedule. The team
will play it's first game on the home
grounds Saturday at $3.50. against the
Milford high school team.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-12
CRIMINAL DOCKET.
List of Gases to Be Tried at the octo-
Der Term Of the Superior Court.

List of Cases to Be Tried at the Octo-
Der Term Of the Superior Court.
Yesterday the following list of Grim
inal cases to be tried at the October
term of the superior court was posted
at station l.
George Casmaire assault and bat
terry; Elizabeth Carrier, Eva Dusoe,
Della Duquette, Blanche Falgeniti,
Morrill, Grabiel, Hattie J. Henderson,
Edward D. Lee, James H. Lyons, AL
bert F. Meigo, Beda Morris, Joel Mat
son, Joseph Maynard, Catherine
O'Clair, Annie Saksa, John Sullivan,
alias Thomas Gauthier Joseph Scars
so. John Sampson, Sadie NJ Wheeler,
adultery; A6olphus Bedard, James
Sullivan, robbery; Joseph E. Tasse,
perjury; William E. Twombly, larceny
from person; Henry E. Potter, larceny
William ]. Pinney, forgery; Stephen
Mitchell assault and battery; James j.
Larkin, larceny from person; James
Conroy breaking and entering and lar
ceny; Joseph Drugan, larceny from
person.
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soUTHBRiooE.
The New Post Office viii Be Model
of Convenience.

'''SS y ~ 10 q WOQCl
of Convenience.
Southbridge, Oct 11.-Work on the
remodelling of the post Office will be
commenced as soon as the contract can
be let. The post office department has
accepted the lease as submitted by John
A. Hall, who represents the Y. M. c.
A. Postmaster R. A. Beckwith and
John A. Hall visited Spencer this week
and inspected the office there, and the
local Office will be arranged in a similar
manner The money order department
will be separate from the other portion
of the office, as this branch of the local
office is an exceptionally busy one for
an office of the size. The new office
will be equipped with 1900 boxes and &C.
cupy the entire store.
Oscar B. Truesdell, formerly agent of
the Fiskdale Mills Company at Fisk
dale, has been appointed agent and SUI
perintendent of the Central mills of this
town.
John B. Lapierre, who for the past
two weeks has been the guest of his
parents, returned today to his home at
Rexton Falls, Quebec.
Mrs. Julius S. Gleason and daughter
Beatrice spent today in Worcester.
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N.WICKNER. CUSTOM TAILORING, IS pIeOSOnt 81

p. ST. also desire to announce that /
do the finest and neatest repairing, clean
ing and pressing: old clothes Will look like
new; at very reasonable prices.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-12
UxBRl0GE.

Uxbridge oct. Thames Hughes
and Miss Lottie Brown were married
yesterday afternoon by Rev. Cyrus A.
Roys A wedding reception followed.
Rev. M. A. O'Sullivan celebrated a
high mass Of requiem for the late
James Bourassa at st. Mary's church
this morning.
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GRAFTON.
Arthur N. Biselow Died in Montana OF
Paralysis.

Grafton, Oct. 11.-Yesterday news
was received of the death of Arthur NJ
Bigelow, from the effects of paralytic
shock The trouble occurred about a
week ago, from which he never regain
ed consciousness. He had been in the
office of a mining camp in Montana, but
was home on visit in the spring. He
leaves, besides his widow. one son, Ed
ward, who is in Dartmouth college.
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suffering, and good deal Of backache.
but / thought all women had these
things and did not complain.
81 had doctored for some time, but
no medicine seemed to help me, and my
physician thought it best for me to go
to the hospital for local treatment.
had read and heard so much of your
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-12

THE ACTION of Carriers Little Liver
Pills ~ pleasant. mild and natural They
gently stimulate the liver and regulate
the bowels. but do not purge.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-12

IL GAVE little thought my health writes MRS VIM "
BELL, $50 N Walnut St, Canton. o. to Mrs. Pink
ham until found myself unable to attend to my
household duties.
~ had had my days Of feeling well and nv monthly
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-12

DR.. Bull's Cough syrup is a great
medicine of intrinsic worth. 1t removes
a cough or cold quickly and cures severe
throat and lung affections in an aston
ishingly short time. Sold by all drug
gists for only rs cents.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-06-20
Right TO Work .over,imc. =.

In France it is forbidden to ask or per
INIT an employee 10 work more than twelve
hours day In any circumstances. The
Comte de Dion. head of great uutomo-
bile factory near Paris. was tried on
thursday for violating this law. His
Workmen protested against the arrest. a.
they were paid Literally for overtime 80
But as the law is mandatory, the Court
was compelled to fine him.
A- vi. de Dion's workmen said i'm their
petition. this law is not help but him
drancc 10 the working man In every
trade and profession the men who get
on do So because bv making the sacri-
hcc> involved in working overtime
they accumulate lead over their fellow
workmcn. and So presently raise them
selves To- Il better condition
Work done in the regular hours is
largely for the benefit of the employer
Overtime" work j. work for ones self
law that torbid> overtime i law
not only DENYING the fundamental human
right To liberty. but also that other funda-
mental human right to try to get on in
the world
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ga CooI'Up."

Hes a cool 'un" is the way the sol
dicrs in a certain English regiment de-
scribe one of their officers, n young man
whose self-possession in a time of danger
saved bis men from defeat and probably
from death.
The circumstance which gave this Off
Ger his reputation is related by Rudyard
kipling in the Westminster Magazine.
He writes:
"a very young officer, who had gone
almost straight from school to the army
and thence to India was leading his com
pony through rocky pass, on returning
from scouting expedition.
They were heset by the enemy. who
fired AT them from behind the rocks, and
the men were growing very unsteady.
Those in the rear began to grow impa-
tent and shouted to the men in front
Hurry up! What are YOU waiting
for there.'
The young officer answered quite
coolly:
Hold on minute I'm lighting my
pipe.
And he struck match and lit it,.
There was roar of laughter, and II sol
der called out:
Well, since you're 50 pressin' |
think ! II have II pipe myself
An he, too, struck match. and be-
gan to smoke This bit of fun ,teadicd
the men, and they came through in good
order"
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The OIdest Americnn Ci,r.

The acquisition of Porto Rico nv
Uncle Sam takes away from a home CITY
the title of the oldest city within the Dor
ders of the United States. That honor
must unquestionably be granted to the
settlement OF Ponce de Leon at Caparra,
near the site of Pueblo Nieio. across san
Juan boy, which is 80 years older than
any other claimant for the distinction
ne spanish town of st. Augustine, Fla,
has heretofore been regarded as our old
est city, being founded in 1868, hut
Cnparras first building was raised in
1909.
The exact location of the historical ca
para was recently discovered unexpected
u by DIR. NJ. W. Harrington of the san
Juan weather office. While on u stroll
INTO the country he happened to select
the road to Pueblo NiejO. and when talk
ing with some native residents learned
their traditions of the first Spanish town
in Porto Rico.
he only remains of the original town
visible are the ruins of church, hos
pital and repaired limestone furnace.
Most OF the stone in the original strUc-
lures has been carried away by the ma
uvcs and used in building roads
Another historical landmark close at
hand Is the rcputcd gold mine worked bv
the first Spanish Settlers. Ponce lie Leon
greatly enriched himself SAYS tradition
and history, by the compulsory labor of
the Indians in the mines Although at
tackled by hordcs of mosquitoes and fever.
the spanish ADVENTURE remained ut Ca
para until 1912. He then set sail on
Easter Sunday, March y, 1912, ON the
voyage which ended in the discovery of
the peninsula of Florida. Some of his
party went with him, bat the greater
number remained behind and only moved
from the settlement when compelled Ia
do 80 in order to escape the mosquitoes
aud fcycrs. The final evacuation took
place in 1852
DIR. Harrington has called the uttcn-
tion of educators in this country to the
ancient city in the nope of saving the
ruins from further destruction. such a
historical settlement he thinks, ought to
he marked by It monument Even thus
carly vundal Americans have begun To
chip off pieces of the church foundations
as relics and souvenirs.
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son that the rail is not properly sup
ported. Ii the ground is soft the
stakes are pressed downward constant
ly. The cut shows n better plan.
One stout stake is set firmly in a per-
pendicular position, where it has
strength to support any weight. 1T is
braced from each side by shorter
stakes, which are spiked to tho up
right. These support the rails, the
whole being firmly held in place by n
binding of plain fence wire that is
now SO Inexpensive. Such a fence
cannot settle, be pressed over to either
side, nor pulled apart. 1t has to
''stay where you put it,"
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\ Hair NagnifiCd.

10 w ashington professor. DR. Elmer
"atcS, belongs the credit of having dis
covered form of microscope which is
not only as far in advance of the most
powerful microscope hitherto known a. it
IN turn is superior to the human eve. but
which promises to lay bare the ultimate
secret of life. Some conception of tbc
value of Doctor Gates .microrrapho-
scope, as he calls it, may be gathered
from the statement that a line invisible
to the human eye becomes wider than the
largest man-uf-wur.
In more precise terms, while the most
powerful microscope hitherto i'm use
magniiies Ia ten thousand diametcrs.
Doctor Gates instrument multiplics this
result by thirty-siN hundred and magni-
Ties an object Ia three million six hun
drcd thousand times its diameter. This.
however only represents actual achieve
ment; and the professor confidently cx-
poets To reach IA mugnifcation to orc
hundred million diumctcrs
The process by which this ASTOUNDING
result has been achieved is too compli-
Gated for Il ful, description. Doctor
NutcS earliest results were obtained by
hrNt focusing omc-sixth inch objective
ON diatcm. This gave an image mar-
niilcd to six hundred diamctcrs. iIc then
removed from the cyc-piccc the front
lens, and, taking another micro,corc.
placed the front lens of the new obicc-
1--we IN the real image of the first micro
scope. By this means an enlargement
10 seventy thousand diamctcrS was OBJ
tanned. By using ouc-sjxth inch OBJ
J'c'lVc ON the second instrument the dia-
tom was magniticd To no les, than three
million, six hundred thousand diamctcrs.
ms however, according To Doctor
"atSs. represents the present limits of
Visibility. owing Ia the extreme fuintncss
OF the light when dituscd over such u
large area. For this reason experiments
mad to be conducted in a room from
which all luminous rays were excluded.
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Strange Star Clusters.

Among the remarkable recent discov-
cries of the Harvard College observatory
Is that of the existence of many variable
stars in four we!l-knowm star clusters in
The southern hemisphere, the most cclc-
DRAFTED OF which is the one called Omega
C"ntauri. The latest observations show
that II" less than three hundred and
ninety variable stars are contained i'm
these clusters, aud there may bc mauv
more. 1t seems sufficiently remarkable
that these stars should bc assembled in
such swarms for in some of the clusters
these are almost innumcrablc hut tie
interest is greatly heightened by the dis
c"very that :" many of them are unsteady
in their light. alternately huring up and
DYING down in one anothcr's presence.
like tiickcrinS torches in the night of
space.
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1t is only i'll comparatively modern
times that buttons have been utilized rs
fasteners. The Greeks and Romans
knew nothing of them, and. though they
presented themselves n ornaments i'm the
fourteenth century. button-holcs were
still an undreamcd-of possibility. 1t
was not until nearly the middle of the
last century that the manufacture of steel
buttons was entered upon at the Soho
work Ks in Birmingham. England Then,
on the accession of George Ill. gilt but
tons appeared and became quite the
vogue. But il was reserved for the
artisans of our day to make these useful
fasteners in the greatest variety at mar
vcllousIy low prices and out of all sort,
of material, even to the seemingly i'm
possible potato.
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My experience has been mostly with
grade ewes and few full blooded
Shropshires. March lambs have al
ways paid me best. First of all. one
must have good blood. Get n first
class ram, then tho better the ewes
the greater the profit. Have the focl,
in thrifty condition at mating time.
reed n mixture of rough feed-corn
fodder, clover and timothy hay. Give
all they will eat up clean. For grain.
feed oats and bran. Give freely. but
not wastetully. Keep the flock very
tame. BE your own shepherd Mt all
times. L would feed no corn to breed
ing ewes. Furnish plenty of good
water. If the water is CONSTANTLY he
fore them 1t is not so necessary 70
have 1T warmed, for then they wiIlnot
drink enough to DO any harm. How
! ever, one should be careful abou.
water at lambing time. | have used
bank barns, but would prefer sheen
( barns, provided with plenty of win
dows for sunlight, also we'll ventilo ted
and roomy.
If one has followed the above rules.
l think success almost certain atIamb.
ing time. Have gates or light lengths
OF fence ready to pen up different
ewes with lambs when necessary or,
before lombing Prepare n self-feeder
IN the center of the room or in one
corner. Build frame to set around
1T to keep the old sheep out. I,eave
several places where the lambs can
| get IN and out. Fill the feeder with
bran and ground oats or middJinos.
they will find it soon after they BEGIN,
to play. Keep the barn Mt n uniform
| temperature, not too hot, but inst
warm enough so the lambs will not
chill when they come. Keep the shed
dry and well bedded. Feed ewes same
as before landing, except add one
Iced a day Of turnips or beets. 7
would not cut them, as that adds nm
| necessary labor and expense. Just
scatter them whole i'm the ward whore
the corn fodder Is fed or i'm feed racks
when too stormy to be outside. Fccd
| roots I'm the middle OF the day with n
| liberal supply of straw. When mas
ture comes on, give them q taste near
( the shed for n time, so you mov keen
| MP the regular feed TO save too sudden
i n '' i'A"'NIts nave clover.
| bluegrass and timothy. DO not sfipi
the sheep, as you will regret it i'm the
iaI. Keep n supply Of salt before The
flock always
After weaving, give the lambs good
/ pasture Place some troughs i'm the
held and begin feeding oats Gradual.
| ly add shellcd corn. increasing fl,o
/ corn very slowly, but not the oats
Grain should be fed twice n DIV
Much care and good Judgment musf
/ be exercised to avoid ovcrfeodipg
lambs raised IN this way are ready
/ Tor market ony time after FIVE weeks
old. i'm '97 7 sold one lamb i'm Apo.
ns. Weighing 1876 pounds, two others
me 10 OF October that weighed 1876
audi 800 re- poc'iyelv 7 sold Tine re.
ma.ud.r %. tho flock before winter sol
. In Tor five cents per pound and tbcv
sIHsei 0Iouuds and ton ounces
Ny w., 300 Orange Judd Farmer.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
| FARM And GARDEN.
Simple Seed Testing.

1t is assumed that most seedsmen
are reliable and do not knowingly
send out old or worthless seeds, but
1t must be remembered that the seed
IS grown on contract for many of
them, and hence they are not sure
from personal knowledge that it is
tirst-class. 1t is always policy to test
the terminating qualities of seeds no
matter where it comes from, so that
the chance for crop will not be
lost should the seed bought prove of
little value. Several methods of seed
testing are in use, but none is more
certain and simple than the following
Take few flower pots, fill them with
good garden soil, not rich, but such as
you Lave ON the farm, and plant
seeds Of the different things you wish
to test. With the smaller seeds forty
or fifty seeds should be grown for a
fair test, less with large seeds like
squash. Set these pots in the win
dow indoors and water them when
necessary. The result will prove
whether. the proper proportion of
seeds terminate. IL not, send them
back and buy elsewhere, keeping on
with this simple test until good seeds
are obtained. Don't wait until plant
ing time to do this testing, but do it
now, and use the test with grain and
grass seeds as we'll as vegetable
seeds. 1t may mean the saving of an
entire crop. Atlanta Journal.
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Figurative Speech.

As an example of the error of talking
hguratively to those who do not appreci-
ate, and who are apt to take everything
literally, this story is worth reading.
The respected superintendent of Sun
day school had told his BOYS that they
should endeOyor to- bring their ncighbors
to the school saying that they should be
ikea train, the scholar being the engine
and his converts the cars.
Judge of his surprise when. next Sun
day, the door opened during lessons, and
little boy, making noise like an
engine, ran in, followed by half dozen
others in single file at ils back. He
came to halt before the superintendent,
who asked the meaning 81 it all. The
naive s-ply was,
Siease, sir, I'm the engine, and
acln's the cars
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time spent in hauling them to and
from the shop, to say nothing of the
trouble and Yexation of unsatisfactory
work or ruined wheels, is far greater
than it would be to do the work him
self. To do this, it requires nm out
lay of only the cost of a metal trough
and linseed oil, about half a gallon to
a set of wheels, though more than
enough to do the work will be needed.
as the trough, while boiling. must be
hiled so as to cover the felloes.
This trough, a, can be made of gal
vanized iron, by timer. IL should
be about twenty eight inches LONG.
three inches wide and five inches deep
at the middle. BY making the bottom
only sixteen inches long and slanting
the two ends to the top, the bottom
will nearly conform to tue circumfer-
ence Of o wheel. Set this pan on
brick on stone in such q way that n
fire can be built and kept mp under it.
Tut In enough oil TO cover the felloes.
ana let come TO boil. You are now
ready to put i'm the wheels.
To prepare the wheels, let them soak
IN water until the tires are tight. wash.
ing out all the mud aud dirt possible
On one side Of the trough drive a stake,
the top of which is TO be about the
hight of tho hub of the wheel when
set in the pan a stake with fork
Mt the top will be found The most con.
vcuient. On tho other side. set i'm
the ground at 2x3 i'm which row Of
hall inch anger holes have been bored
ranging from n few inches below to
few above level corresponding with
the stake on the opposite side. BY
running n piece Of q sapling through
the wheel, and laying one end in the
fork OF the stake, letting the wheel
hang nm the pan, just free Of the bot
tom, and inserting o PR i'm the anger
hole of the 2xI that is at the desired
night, as rest for tho other end. the
wheel can be easily managed. Tfitis
wedgod ON the sophug, it can be
turned by that means
After being placed i'm tho oil. the
wheel should be slowly turned to pro-
vent charming The length of timcrc-
CURED TO boil a wheel depends ON it's
condition, as does tho amount of oil IL
takcs Tor set Two sets of wheels
can be easily sot iu halfa day. This
job viii prove far more satisfactory
than ono performed by blacksmith.
who, often on account of the dry wood
swelling after ne has shruuk tho tire.
ruins wheel by dishiug it.-New Eng.
land Homestead.