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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-04

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHU-
SETTS.-Worcester SIS. Probate Court
To all persons interested in the trusts
under the will of Emerson X. Rice, late
OF Worcester in said county, deceased:
Whereas, Lucius e. Eldred, the trustee
under the will of said deceased, has pre-
scented for allowance the third account of
his trust under said will
You are hereby cited to appear at a pro-
bate court to be held at Worcester, in said
county, on the FIFTH day of SEPTEAI-
BER, A. D. 1899, at 3 o'clock in the fore
noon, to show cause, IL any you have,
why the same should not be allowed
And said trustee Is ordered to serve this
citation by delivering copy thereof to all
persons Interested in the estate fourteen
days at least before said court, or by pub
fishing the same once in each week, for
three successive weeks, in The Worcester
spy, newspaper published in Worcester,
the last publication to be one day at least
before said court. and by mailing, post
paid, a copy Of this citation to ali known
persons interested In the estate, seven
days at least before said court
Witness-WI LILLIAN 7. FORBES, ESQ.
judge of said court, this twenty-fourth
day Of August In the year one thousand
eight hundred and niiety-nine.
GEORGE III. HARLOW Register
Aug. 26, 2S Sept A.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-04

COMMONWEALTH OF MAsSACHU-
SETTS.- Worcester, ss.-Probate Court
To the heirs-at-law. next of kin, creditors
and all other persons interested in the
estate OF Calvin r. lockwood late of
Worcester, in said county, deceased, in
testate;
Whereas, a petition has been presented
to said court to grant a letter Of admins
tration on the estate of said deceased to
Joseph -. Garland of Worcester, in said
County of Worcester. without giving a
surety on his bond; You are hereby cited
to appear al a Probate Court TO be held
at Worcester. in said county Of Worcss-
ter. on the TWELFTH day of SEPTEAd-
BIER, A. ID. 1893, at nine o'clock in the
forenoon, to show cause, If any you have.
why the same should not be granted
And the petitioner is hereby directed 10
give public notice thereof by publishing
this citation once in each week for three
successive weeks, in The Worcester Spy, a
newspaper published in Worcester, the
last publication to be one day at least
before said court.
Witness, WILLIAM r. FORBES, Els
QUIRE, judge Of said court, this thirty
first day of August, in the year Of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-nine.
GEORGE II. HARLOW, Register.
sept Ill
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-04

George W. Hewett was driving along
a highway In the town OF Thurman,
Warren county, n. r.. on the night OF
June IL, 1897. The road for a distance
OF about Sc feet passed along the edge
Of bank 80 feet high. the width OF the
roadhed from the inside OF the road TO
the brink OF the bank being about u
feet and from the outside track 10 the
brink from 2 feet to 3 feet S Inches.
Hewett was thrown out OF his wagon
and down the embankment IN conse-
quence Of the right wheel Of the wagon
dropping into hole from s TO ~ inches
deep at the brink Of the embankment,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-15
High-Voiced Women.

There are girls who seem to fancy
their friends arc possessed of gutta- per
cha ear-drums. Ii there is any one thing
that girl can do which will make her
unattractive sooner than talking in Il
loud voice it has yet to be discovered.
She is branded as uncouth, uncultured,
un-cverything.
Voices are like gowns-as long as they
suit the occasion they are correct and
their impression is always good. Good
common sense must direct where the
force should be applied. One of the
greatest faults in talking is committed
by placing the force incorrectly. How
often the word and" of so little real
Importance in the sentence, is made
most conspicuous.
The secret of really effective talking
lies in placing the force on the words of
most meaning in the sentences. Care can
cultivate this power. The pitch of voices
exercises the greatest influence over us
We immediately read the character of a
high-voiced person as irritable and nerv-
GUS Low-pitched voices seem to imply a
strong and even temperament
NO end of pleasant things are written
about high. clear Voices silver tones and
ringing laughs. but brought into constant
use these sometimes beautiful tones de-
generate into shrillness, or even squeaki-
ness. For all-around. everyday use Il
voice pitched rather low than high has the
best wearing qualities. Egg
glestOn .Junkermann in Woman's Home
Companion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-15
The Husbandsa Busiueaa.

1t is my opinion that the BANKRUPT
courts would have less to record did a
man have the ,.crve, for it, requires nerve
and a good deal of it sometimes, to let
his wife know the exact state of his
business. More women than most people
have any idea of are as ignorant as
strangers concerning the financial stand
ing of their husbands. Indeed. it is
probable that his business associates
know to a dollar almost the income of
Il man who keeps all knowledge of his
standing from the one who should know
it, as we'll as he does himself TO the
right kind of a woman, and the major
ity Of wives belong to the right kind,
the greatest consideration is to give her
specific understanding of how the bank
account stands and what the business
outlook is The true woman will then
be cheerfully ready to submit to tenn
porary curtailment-in fact. will insist up
On it. Under stress of circumstances the
domestic help will be parted with with
less reluctance, and there will he Il closer
study of culinary details to devise ways
and means of making the table more at
tractive- as the menu becomes more linn
tied. There is more actual herOism in
this sort of openneSs between man and
wife than there is in rescuing impossihly-
beautiful maidens from perilS to which
young women. as rule. are never cX-
posed in this prosaic day. The anxieties
which beset the average couple of good
social standing and restricted incomes
might be mitigatcd largely through the
proper frankness on the part of the man.
Exchange.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-15
TIE Age for Marriage.

Discussing the proper age for the mar
ridge of girls. Mrs. Boyd Carpenter, tn.
wife of the bishop of 1tlpon, says the only
possible answer to the question is: when
they have reached such maturity of char.
acter and experience that they are able
to judge wisely. and are able to take I'D
the responsibilities and duties of life with
Il due understanding of their value" She
thinks that to the girl who takes a high
view of life and it's possibilities. who is
not satisfied with butterfly existence of
empty pleasure, marriage will be too seri-
GUS a step to be undertaken lightly or I'M
advisedly. and therefore she will not be
unhappy if she leaves her teens behind
before she steps into the dignity of a mar
ried woman. Modern education, SAYS an
exchange, tends to the same result. Our
grandmothers were often "finished' at
Is. The young woman of the present day
goes to college after leaving school. and
her life and thoughts are SO filled by edu-
cation and the many subsequent pursuits
now open to our daughters, that she no
longer drifts into marriage because it is
her only available career. Another
cause which contributes to the postpone
ment of the age when girls marry is the
fact that custom has changed considera-
bly,, and girls now choose their husbands
for themselves. Another cause, outside
the scope of the girls life, contributes to
the same delay in entering the married
state. The young men of the present day
do not marry as they used. 1t is the
young middle-aged men who marry, for
the young men cannot or will not under.
take the expense of married life.-GoOd
Housekeeping.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-15
OMcitI Servants.

Il find would-be helpful servants often
unplcasantly 0ftici0us at the country
houses at which one stops" said ii popi-
lar but somewhat impecunOus young
man. This immediate unpacking Of
ones bug or trunk Oh arrival is really !,
great bore. In the first place a fellow
does rot care to have his slender ward
robe exposed to the critical eyes of Il
'gentleman's gentleman who one always
fancles is taking ones measure linnn-
cially. And then again, he is sure to put
out what one does not want, and stow
away. the things most required, so that Il
search is necessary, when dressing time
comes. Then. too, he is always pressing
services upon one. when one much pre-
when the prospect of having to give q,
large tip looms up in the distance.
"People who entertain do not realize
what annoyance their guests suffer from
such officiousness."
Eyes, l had rather an uncomfortab!n
experience i'll regard to that" remarked
the young woman to whom he was talk
ing, She also had slender share of this
worlds goods. "A Well-meanilIg maid at
place l was stopping refused to take
my tip although she had brushed my
clothes and even done little sewing for
me. should not have minded if it had
been the custom Of the household but
she took willingly the fee proffercd to her
by another girl, who happened to be an
heiress. She evidently considered me too
poor to afford it. Naturally l did not
she refused to the cushion in my room
and you can fancy my annoyance when
l received the money by mail few day.
afterward. This inestimable maid eyi.
IDENTIFY considered this a very 'high-toncd
thing to do.'-New York Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-15
THAEkSt.IyISG.
For skies that bent with beavers own blue
Ger April vcrdure fresh and new.
For days Of soft ness. nights Of dew:

For skies that bent with heavens own blue
Ger April vcrdure fresh and new.
For days Of softnes nights Of dew:
For seed fbwB wide with generous hand,
Aud sprfngfng green through all the lnnd,
BY sunhcaIns warmed, by breeZeS fruucd.
And for the rosy wreath that lay
I pom the lovely brow Of May.
For promise and for prophecy.
We keep the glad Thanksgiving day.
For later wealth of ripening hour
or ftrveDt suns and freshening showers,
And the long carnival Of flowers:
For fields Of Summer fragrance hlorn.
For banners Of the waving corn
For FiOr's yasc and Ceres horn.
And for the Autnmn's golden hoard
In myriad homes Of plenty stored,
With feast Of love and cup Of Drairc
We heap Thanksgiving joyous board.
For more than natures richest store.
For pilgrim sUUlx who brayply bore
Their treasures to this Wild wood shore:
For reeds Of truth and freedom snwn
in tears and trust-nnW fully grown
TO glorious harvest. all oar own:
For noble deeds 10 light nur way.
And for the futures dAZZliH2 ray.
For triumphs past and joy /" come.
We keel, the dear Thanksgiving day.
Sai, ;t,I
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-15

Girls. who marry with the foolish idea
that it is their husbands duty to support
them in comparative idleIless are making
a serious mistake. 1t is wife's duty to
work and build up home by prudence
and industry in home management as
much as it ~ her husbands to work on.
side. and to provide money. 1t is only ii
person Of great wealth who can afford to
hire a refined person to take her place az
housekeeper. Only comparatively lazy
woman can resign her place of house
keeper to an ordinary maid servant, a,r!
her family must suffer because Of it, The
loss Of the mother Az the power at the
helm is one of the greatest evils tina! can
befnll Il family. An energetic woman
will let no other cause but physical inca
pa<.ity keep her from attending to her
highest duties-thosc upon which the
comfort and health of her family depend.
--GUOd HOlsekecping
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-15
If You Would be a Wife.

Men who are looking for wives are
growing moro cautious daily. The up-to-
date maiden Of society must be careful
If she would wear orange blossoms.
In the opening of loves campaign ap-
pcaranccs count doubly. Men love beau
ty, but there is one rival to this attribute
i'll their eyes, to wit, exquisite neatness
Given the feature of Venus girl whose
hands denote little care, teeth given over
tolerated, save at considerable distance
will not speedily wear {; betrothal ring
Remember. girls, men are born hunters
! They value the girl who is not to be had
for the first asking. Not she who cheap,
ems herself
Odious mannerisms are fatal to a girl
Giggling simply maddens some men. One
girl missed becoming a wife of nabob
because she ''sniffed.'' Making eyes,"
as it is called, is seldom binding fasci-
nation to the wife-seeker.
Fast talk may attract men to some
girls, nay, it does, but men who hear
girl tell or laugh at a risque story men
tally draw line through her name as
possible wife.
Vanity is inherent in both sexes. Men
usually have IL goodly share. The girl
who can find out the vulnerable spot of
the eligible and skillfully f1atter there
upon has covered the first round toward
the goal.
The tailor maiden is beloved of
all well-bred men. The more quietly, but
stylislrly, the girl is gowned the greater
admiration she will receive from Mr..
Man. Moreover. she must be we'll shod
and never frayed as TO petticoats
The voice is a powerful aid to girls
who would win to themselves much adj
miration. Loud-voiced women are never
so enthralling as those having low-tim.
bred voice. Have a sympathetic voice
and laugh. They can be acquired.
Wisdom teaches us that the sons of
Adam love women with beautiful forms.
There is better reason than vanity.
however, why girls who may become
wives should endeavor to become phys
ically perfect.
Little Lady Disdain. have a care if
you "care for Prince Fortunatus. He
knows his full value, you may be sure;
so don't put him off with vague promises
too often.
Show your iance he holds your heart.
but if you would hold his don't take the
general public into your confidence
Philadelphia Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-15
Pocket MONKEYS.

A pet so tiny that it can he carried
in a woman's muff is the pocket mon
key which is already a favorite with
some society women. This little crea.
ture has a face. the size of 10-ctnt
piece. with small. even teeth. which he
displays when uttering the soft. hird-like
sound called forth by excitement or fear.
His body is only a few inches long. but
his plumy tail is long. and he curls it
around his neck when sleeping.
One of the chief attractions of the
''pockct monkey" is his gentle affection
ate disposition. If !: would-be purchaser
places her finger between the bars of his
case his tiny hands close around it in
such amicablc fashion that he makes Il
friend at once. His food consists prin-
cipally of bread and milk and fruit
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-15
A Word About Pots and Pans.

When you are furnishing your pantry
economy to save money. Be a little Law
ish i'll pots and pans, bowls and spoons
Your strength is your capital. DO not
squander it by doing without what you
need in the way of utensils, or wear your
self out washing them again and again
in the course OF one mornings work be-
cause you have an o'er-scant supply OF
NJ cessary vessels.
There are plenty Of homes where the
abundant food served on handsome
china is prepared by the cook with the
utensils. y visit to such kitchens would
reveal makeshifts that are usually asso-
ciatcd with poverty. Cake and buildings
mixed in soup-tureen or vegetable dish in
default of regular mixing bowls, bread
set to rise III a dishpan for lack of a
bread bowl, left-oyers set away in the
handsome china dishes in which they
came from the table because there are
not kitchen plates and cups to hold them,
WORKOUT chopping bowls, leaky measur.
ing cups, denied and dingy tins and
general "doWn-at-hecl' condition of af-
fairs.
This is not always the fault of the mis-
tess. Often it happens that she has pro-
vidcd all the essentials, and the careless
ness of her servants has brought about
the dearth and disorder. Unless she
goes into the kitchen regularly, and looks
well to the ways of her pantries, she
must expect that loss and breakage will
pass unreported. The woman who does
more or less of her own cooking will be
spared this annoyance, at least.
The best ware for pots and pans is
usually of agate, although it is difficult
to find make that will not crack or
scale. The. blue porcelain-lincd vessels
are always pretty and clean-looking OF
boilers, the double-bottomcd saucepans,
the frying kettle, the pudding dishes, and
Sundry other equally-useful vessels.
Have an omelet pan as we'll as frying
pan. a waffle iron as we'll as a griddle,
muffin tins as well as biscuit pans And,
above all, do not stint yourself in the
matter of bowls Have of big bowls one
or two. of medium-sized bowls three or
four, and of small bowls as many as your
financial conscience will allow You to get.
They are cheap, they take up little room,
arc easily kept clean, and are always use
full, not only for mixing small quantities,
for beating an egg or two. but for hold
ing il spoonful of this or half a cupful of
that remnant.
Be lavish also in spoons for mixing and
for measuring. and in knives Of various
ing apples and potatoes. Have split
spoon for taking crouucttes ard fritters
from the boiling fat, meat forks, cake
turner's and ii palette knife for lifting and
turning an onclet. Provide yourself with
a board to cut bread upon, with paint
brush to grease cake tins, with an iron
handled dishcloth for cleaning pots and
pans, with a long-handled mop, a vegeta-
blc-gratcr. cheese CRATER, vegetable
press, gravy strainer, a long-nosed
pitcher for griddle-cake batter, and more
than enc gg-beater.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-15
The Rlhy's Wtlfare.


More than two-thirds of the life of
a healthy baby should be passed in sleep.
Therefore Il wise mother is exceedingly
careful i'll selecting the material for her
baby's bed Probably the most I'M
wholesome bed the wee, dainty bit of hui
mainly can have is the little swing
ing bassinet of down. lace and ribbons.
the apparent impression that baby is a
sort of toy to be dressed up for display
and laid away when asleep like French
dell.
The best crib for baby is not swing
ing bassinet or any swinging or rocking
cradle, but a crib of liberal size, which
stands firmly on it's legs and is Large
to sleep in regular bed. The pillow of
the baby's bed should be fiat one of
hair, not over two inches thick. This
is not the conventional baby pillow Of
the shops That is doll-like affair Of
down, covered with linen cambria and
edged with lace, and is very dangerous
pillow to use, for two reasons. First,
the brain of an infant is very sensitive
and liable to congestion from over-eX-
ecitement,. indigestion of some slight
cause, and the head should be kept cool
and should not be heated by down pill
low; secondly, tho down used in the
.shops---llnless the work is made to order
s7-+is always Arctic down. This is COM
posed Of the soft feathers stripped from
the quilts Of the German goose. 1t is
so penetrating that the fine PARTICLES will
force. themselves through the seams and
the interstices in the muslin which is
usually used to cover the pillow, or even
through bed ticking. These unwhole-
some particles floating in the; air are
then liable to be breathed by the sleep
ing infant.
s* Tho bnot ho1 o,,,or;,, ,rr, eo, , 1>o1,,- ,,,
sheets Of cambria or linen in summer and
soft blankets of pure California wool,
which are as warm and light as down
and much more wholesome in winter.
IA silken comfortable of down is allow
able if the mother can afford that silken-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-15
Dreaming Of Home.


1t comes to me often In silence,
When the freight sputters low
When the black, uncertain shadows
Seem wratths of the long ago;
Always with Il throb Of heartache
That thrills each pulsive vein,
Comes the old, unquiet longing
81 For the peace of home again.
I'm sick of the roar of cities,
And Of fnces cold and strange;
know where there's warmth OF welcome,
iAnd my yearning fancics range
Back to the dear old homestead
. With an aching sense OF pain.
But there'il be JOY III the coming
When go home again.
When I go home again! There's music
That never may die away,
And it seems the hands of angels
On Il mystic heart ut play
Have touched with Il yearnnS sadness
On Il beautiful. broken strain.
TO which il my fond heart wording
When l go home again.
Outside of my darkening window
Is the great worlds crash and din,
And slowly the autumn shadows
Come drifting, drifting in.
Sobbing, the night wind murmurs
TO the splash Of the autumn rain;
But l dream of the glorious greeting
When 80 home again.
Eugene Field.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-15

sent ont into the world 1880 men and
Columbia 1881. Princeton has gradu-
ated 1900 students, Dartmouth S540,
Brown 1900, Rowdoin 1919, Amherst
1000 and Washington university 1896.
An American in Jamaica has built
plant for eyaporating bananas. The thor
o0ghly-riM fruit Is placed in heated
during which time the sugar crystallizes.
1t takes six pounds Of fresh bananas to
make one pound evaporated.
Reindeer meat as an ordinary and
inexpensive feature Of the menu in HUI
rope is about to become an accomplished
fact. Some enterprising Norwegians
have undertaken. under very favorable
large numbers for Strengthening purposes.
lit is said that he boolinks, which
frequent the shores of Lake Winnipeg,
Canada, during the breeding season, and
which go to Cuba and Porto Rico each
winter. twice every year traverse Il dis
lance exceeding $500 miles, or more than
Il fifth OF the circumference Of the earth.
The deposit of vapor and hoar frost
on window panes is prevented by coating
the window with Il composition recently
patented by a Belgian, consisting Of wa
ter, glycerine, sugar and comarin, the
resulting compound being transparent
and iGndering the window clear at all
times.
The entrais of silk worms are used
to make silk threads of the greatest
strength and fexibility. and the thread
fine brushes where frmness and tenacity
are demanded. 1t is gathered by the
people Of the island Of Procidas, off
Naples.
The hard. white layer inside the shell
of the cocoanut is not there in the fresh
ly-plucked fruit, except as a creamy film,
about Il sixteenth Of an inch thick. which
| has to be scraped off with n spoon. Spark
| ling liquid, in place of the acrid milk
| known to English consumers, comprises
| the whole nut.
The steel rail factories of the United
States have sold enough rails for next
years delivery to keep them running full
| time for about nine months. There are
large advance orders in most other
branches of the iron and steel industry,
and prices instead of showing any ten
dency to react are still advancing.
| Another blue grotto, like that on the
island of Capri, has been discovered on
the shore of the promontory of Skinari,
on the lonian island Zante. The en-
trance is from the sea, and is larger than
in the Capri grotto. but the interior is
smaller. Fishing boats can make their
way i'll when the water is calm.
A new headlight for locomotives will
in the opinion of experts, prove of great
value in certain districts. 1t is power
full electric lamp, with a reflector so ar
ranged that the rays will be thrown YER
tically into the air to considerable
height. The exact position and direction
of a train will thus be made known even
in hilly districts.
"A national fashion show will be held
in Madison Square garden from January
1 to II, its object being to give an op
portunity to inspect the products of for.
eign and domestic manufactures. This
will include not only wearing apparel
for men and women, but all the acceS
sories of fashion which contribute tC
house and home equipment and decora
| ton.