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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-17
WOES OF A CONDUCTOR.
Efforts Of Many Persons to Cheat
Railroad Companies.

During the season when travel is the
heaviest the life of a passenger train
conductor-"the captain" he is called
by the crew-is one of excitement and
hard work, and the desire to ride free
is the cause of much worry.
Men who are perfectly honest" said
a conductor who has charge of a sub
urban train, who stand high in church
and commercial circles, and who would
not think of allowing bill to be pre-
sented twice, think it smart to beat a
railroad company and no crime to keep
a ticket which it Is our business to
take up. Regular commuters are rare
~ In that class, and it is pretty safe
to bet on their offering their cards to
be punched. But the 'tripper' does all
sorts of things to beat the road. He is
deaf, dumb, blind, or anything else that
may seem to answer his purpose, and,
although We do our best to get his tick
ct, he sometimes gets away with it,
Men of this kind are sometimes
played" by conductors, who allow
them to believe until the last minute
that they have been forgotten and that
they will be allowed to leave the train
with their tickets still in an inside poe
ket But to guard against the wiles
OF the ticket thief the conductor usual
ly takes up the tickets and gives to the
passenger a check which is of no value
except to show that a ticket has been
given to the conductor. These checks
are sometimes only pieces of colored
cardboard with little pieces punched
out, and sometimes they are printed
with letters, designs or marks which
are Ineligible only to the conductor
A no NJ OF I'M ~ ~,
woman and a young girl occupied one
Of the little state rooms in a drawing
room car in a Saratoga express train
few days ago. When the conductor
came to the party, he took UP the tick
cts, which were all for New York and
then gave to each person an oblong
green ticket, the margin of which was
printed so that the month and day
could easily be punched out. Under the
legend, Please keep this check in
sight, running lengthwise on the tick
ct, were the letters &c. b. w. M O. v :"
and on each check a different letter had
been punched out by the conductor
People rarely look at checks, but the
young girl in this party did, and she
wanted to know what the letters stood
Tor Nobody knew, and even the man
who goes over the road twice weak
and knows every inch of the way and
al ABOUT the road and Its management
had to give up the conundrum. When
the conductor returned he was appealed
to, and explained that the letters meant
girl, boy, woman. man, old and young
Everybody thought 1t an excellent pIan
until the elder woman in the party
looked at her check and found the let-
ters w. and O. punched out, and she
told the conductor that w. would have
been adequate Identification, and want
ed to know where he drew the line
between old and young.
That was warning to me-" said the
conductor In speaking Of the incident
ana the next time / have checks
printed, I'll leave Nthe o. off. or II T
Tribune. AorA
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-17
ARE AFTER PALzIMAN.
He Must Tell How He
Left Lorenzo
Alamie.

Fitchburg, Aug. 16.-With all of the
diligence and painstaking on the part
of the police department to find the
companion of Lorenzo Alamie, who was
foully murdered between this city and
Westminster sometime Sunday evening
or during the night, he is still at large
but 1t cannot be said that he is as far
from being free as he was when he left
here, for the tracks left behind are
surely but swiftly being closed in upon,
and it is hoped that they will end IN
his ultimate arrest.
While it may be that Palziman knows
nothing about the affair, yet the al
most certainty that he was the lead
mans companion on that fateful night,
behooves him to make some sort of an
explanation as to how he left Alamie, if
nothing more.
Officer Tarpey was in Boston all day
Tuesday until late hour, but was I'M
able to find the slightest trace accord
ing to report. However, it is quite ma
tural that the police have a card up
their sleeves that the public will not
learn about until it is played.
Officer Tarpey succeeded in finding
the family of Palziman, but they were
evidently in ignorance as to what their
AuSDdHu ana Idlner was charged with.
1t has been learned that Palzimaa
had some sort Of an alteration with q
Frenchman with whom he boarded no,
long ago, and it is said that at the
time, his quick stiletto was forthcom-
ing. but failed of its mission, as the
owner received himself a long cut be-
tween the thumb and forefnger of the
left hand. This win make a good iden-
tif1cation mark, should he be found.
The police treat the idea that Alamie
was the victim of aMafia" plot, as do
the public, with considerable amuse-
ment. That the affair was the outcome
of a drunken quarrel, is the most sem
sible solution of the affair.
The medical examiner in his return
of the death certificate, gives the man S
name as stated above, Lorenzo Ala
mic, aged 32 years; cause of death
shock and hemorrhage from stab
wounds in the chest and lung.
Meanwhile, the police are active, and
determined TO land the murderer in the
clutches Of the law.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-17
BUSINESS LIFE.
Petty Jealousies Toward
Women by Men
Clerks.

when l hear people talking about
the advantages of equal suffrage rights
for men and women, 1 wonder if they
know it means for women to have equal
rights with men in a business way"
said a young Brooklyn woman recently
In the course of a conversation on the
advantages and disadvantages of bust
ness life for women. Il DO not want
to give the impression that | am COM
planning" she went on, "for 1 would be
unfit for business life were / a grum-
pier but | would like to speak Of some
tmngs that sometimes amuse and again
annoy me. My position is in the ma
ture OF a private secretaryship, mas
much as take care of all the business
correspondence of my employers, know
OF the arrangements for home and for
elgn trade and in the occasional abb
sence of both the members of the firm,
L have charge of the private Office.
am the only woman in an office
force of dozen or so clerks and book
keepers, and always treated with the
utmost courtesy and would not willing
~ change my position. Nevertheless,
| am surprised sometimes at the-well,
guess 1 shall have to call it jealousy
OF my fellow employees whenever there
OF the members of the firm to show me
extra or special favor. Remember,
40 not think that am entitled to any
more consideration than the men, but
lhere seems to be an impression that |
might like favorS if / could get them,
ana consequently l am reminded at
frequent intervals that sex should not
count IN business, and that it would
De unfair for me to expect anything
more than is given to the men,
Fortunately I am robust sort of a
creature and enjoy excellent health,
put twice in a year perhaps there may
De a day when 1 will get under the
weather and have to go home or per-
maps cannot come to the office at all
Tor a day. By some sort of coincidence
within the next month after my stay
at home almost every one of my fellow
workers, from the office boy IN. will
find it necessary to be away for a
snort time, and as general thing each
one comes and announces to me that
ne, too, has had a day off AS for yaca-
tlon IL would be a special cause for
grievance were my summer outing to
extend beyond the allotted time and I
90 not give any cause for complaint on
this score, even though my work in my
absence is done by one of the firm and
he is the sole one Inconvenience
thereby. l do not know that mine is
an exceptional case, as my business
career has been confined to my present
position, but l think it serves to en-
phaSize the fact that in entering into
business competition with men and ac-
curing equal rights in this respect wo-
men must expect to surrender many of
the privileges that have, by tacit con
sent, been theirs for centuries. This is
a lesson that the business woman with
common sense soon learns and accepts
while the other type of women finds it
continual source of annoyance to her
self and detriment to her usefulness
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-17

by ones and twos. Dinner was served
at 1 o'clock, and the souvenir menu
cards that were distributed will all
ways serve to remind the guests of an
occasion that had pleasure for a toast
master.
The after-dinner exercises opened by
the entire company singing America. y
Prayer was offered by D. w. Wash
burn.
The Harwood family is descended
from Daniel HARDWOOD, one of the early
pioneers, and most interesting
chronicle of his life composed by Caro-
line Bacon of Worcester was read 1t
was gotten UP in true historic style
and the many generations of the family
present listened to tie recital with
marked interest The reader was Mrs.
Julia M. Hilton of Barre.
There was an original poem, also the
composition of Caroline Bacon, that
was loudly applauded. Mrs. George w.
Cook, wife of the county commissioner,
sang number of songs.
The reunion wound up with the sing
ing of Aud lang syne." The Oldest
man in the party was George Harwood
of Barre, and the oldest woman Mrs.
Hiram Harwood, who was as sprightly
as the youngest of them.
OF the executive committee, E. A.
Harwood of North Brookheld was
chairman and Mrs. Julia NJ Hilton of
Barre secretary
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-17
ETHER WAVES.
New Facts About Them Made Known
BY Wireless Telegraphy.


BY Wireless Telegraphy.
From the purely scientific side, how
ever, the phenomena of wireless tele-
graphy are most marvellous. They show
US that this remarkable medium, the
ether, which encompassed us about on
every side, penetrating the densest as
well as the rarest forms of matter. and
filling the whole of celestial space. is
in state of endless disturbance
crossed and recrossed by waves in in
mite variety. In his address on the
SIX gateWayS of knowledge" Lord
Kelvin has called attention to the vast
gap between four hundred vibrations
per second, the sound of a rather high
tenor voice, and four hundred million
millions per second, the number of vi
brations corresponding to dull red light
and therefore the lowest rate in the
spectrum" But new that Hertz has
given US ether waves millions of miles
long, how enormously has this range
been Widened? Within this range there
is room for twenty senses in place of
f1ve, each equal in range to those we
nave at present. And if each should re-
veal TO US as much as does the eve
what an amazing wealth of knowledge
NC Jul .. lilleeO, Lodge mas Sug-
gested an electrical theory of vision
based on coherer action. But why may
not these Hertzian waves have been al
ready utilized by our own organism?
we are told that the day that Gen
Gordon was killed at Khartoum the peo-
pie in the streets and bazars of Cairo
knew of it, though the distance in a.
dlrect line is thousand miles, and no
telegraph connects these cities. And a
British officer in Afghanistan narratcs
that information of the intended move
ment of troops during the war at dis
tances fifty or one hundred miles away
was known to the natives at these
points almost Immediately, though no
signaling of any sort could be detected
What worlds Of possible sensation lie
all about us in these ether waves, and
when these are fully recognized, with
what tremendous capabilities will the
human race be endowed! In the elo-
quent words OF TynGall, 1.-The air about
us may be full Of heavens hallelujahs
While We hear only the feeble whisper
of our own prayers
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-17
HAYWOOD REUNION.
Nearly One Hundred Members of the
Family Meet at coidbrook Springs.

Nearly One Hundred Members of the
Family Meet at Coidbrook Springs.
Coldbrook Springs, Aug. 16.-The 18th
reunion of the Harwood family was
held today, at the residence of Justin
F. Rice Of Barre, one-fourth mile north
of the fair grounds. The house was
prettily decorated in honor of the event.
There were about 100 representatives
of the family present, and one of the
most enjoyable events in the familys
history took place. There were people
from Providence, Petersham, North
Brookfield, New Braintree and Cold
brook.
There was special interest in today
celebration, because of the fact that
within short time Mrs. Hiram Har-
wood is to observe the 91st anniversary
of her birth.
Conveyance to the home of Mr.. Rice
was provided from Barre station on
the Boston and Maine railroad, and also
from Barre station on the Ware River
railroad.
All the morning the members of the
association began to assemble and
even during the afternoon they came
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-17
TOWN CLERKS MEET.
Curtis of Spencer Elected President of
Worcester County Association.

Leominster, Aug. 16-The eighth an
nual meeting of Worcester County Town
Clerks association was held today in
the town hall. The meeting was called
to order by President George K Tufts
of New Braintree. The roll call showed
the following town clerks present.
George H. Foye of Athol; Walton s.
Whitney of Ashburnham Frank H.
Crossman, Berlin; Amory S. Haynes,
Bolton; George L. Wright, Boylston;
Lucius D. Williams, Charlton; Waiter
A. Davis, Fitchburg Milton A. Greed,
ex-clerk, Gardner; Edwin A. Howe,
Grafton; Abner Barnard, Harvard S.
w. Arlington, Holden, D. A. West
colt, Hopedale; William H. Wheeler
Hubbardston; j. c. L. Clark, Lancas-
ter; Charles A. Josiin, Leominster: AL
bert e. Booth, Leicester; Ira N. Cod
dard, Millbury; George K. Tufts, New
Braintree; Gilman b. Howe, North
boro: Jesse Allen, Oakham; Louis M
Hanff, Rutland; George f. Stone,
Shrewsbury; Albert w. Curtis, Spen-
GER; Edward F. Bartlett, Sterling; A.
B. Chamberlain. Sturbridge; Charles
Parkhurst, Templeton Edward Parker
Uxbridge; Charles B. Blair, Warren;
Frank w. Billiard Westboro; William
7. Holmes, West Boylston; Charles F.
Giles. Westminster; George NJ Whit
ney, Winchendon; Enoch H. Towne
Worcester.
The following officers We're chosen
for the ensuing year: President, Albert
w. Curtis, Spencer; vice president
William H. Wheeler, Hubbardston;
secretary, Louis M. Hanff Rutland;
treasurer, Ira N. Goddard, Millbury.
Chairman of the Board of Selectmen
of Leominster Charles c. Cook made a
brief address of welcome, An amend
ment to the bylaws was voted allow
ing ex-city and town clerks, who had
been members of the association, to re-
main as honorary members. After the
business meeting the clerks made a
tour Of inspection of the town hall, and
fire department building, under the
guidance Of Town Clerk Joslin, and a
trolley ride to Fitchburg, where grade
crossing work was inspected After
dinner at the Johnsonia, at which
Mayor Samuel Anderson of Fitchburg,
Selectman G. c. Cook of Leominster
and Town Clerk Walter ]. Smith of
Ashby were guests, the party took an
electric for Whalom park, where seats
had been secured by City Clerk Walter
A. Davis and the rest of the afternoon
was spent enjoying the opera, Said
Pasha.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-17
1T WAS IN UTAH.
Tina Telegraph Operator Forgot For
Moment Where He Was.

Moment Where He Was.
1.-THE first trick ever held" said
the old operator with reminiscent
smile was out on the desert in Utah.
1t was dreary spot, containing moth.
ing but the telegraph office and an eat
ing station for the accommodation OF
the overland passengers.
Part of my duties was acting as
cashier at meal time, not a difficult
matter, anG something that | was
thankful for, as it added a small sum
to my salary, of which the total
amount was not large enough to cause
me to dream of getting rich.
My first experience as cashier was
a trying one. The first to file past my
desk was woman. When / looked at
her inquiringly, as she was about to
pass on without showing any intention
of paying, she said that her husband
would settle. The second and third said
the same thing.
II glanced down the line that was
filing past and discovered that there
was only one man in it, and he was at
the erd.
Where is your husband, madam ??
l inquired of the fourth, thinking | was
being worked with some sort of a finn
fam game.
She Indicated the old man at the end
of the line, and / let her pass on.
Il asked the same question of the
fifth end received the same answer
Confident now that was being worked
! seized hold Of her shawl and detained
her.
There was an uproar Immediately
and the old man darted forward and
demanded what 7 was doing.
+" This ladV Saws she ie ,o,,, .,.lse
said l.
f" SO she is he snapped.
And this other woman?'
Is mine, too he shouted.
II had forgotten that l was in Utah"
Detroit Free Press
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-17
PRINCETON PERSONALS.

Princeton, Aug. 16.-The season is at
its height. All of the hotels are doing
a rushing business. At the Wachusett
House the latest arrivals are Mrs.
Henry Forster, Boston; Mrs. Charles S.
Gill, Boston; H. Waldo Forster, N. Y;
N. A. Egbert, Springfield; f. w.
Brunsen, White Plains, N. B.; Mr.. and
Mrs. Ladd, Fall River; H. M. Witter.
Miss May Flint, Miss Ethel Warren,
H. M. Quimby, all of Worcester; j.
Temple, Portland Me. E. W. Noyes,
Hartford, Conn; G. A. Bodwell, Lynn.
Edward w. Brunsen of White Plains,
N. b, will present Ferdinand E. l..
Torriani in a song recital in Bagg hall,
Saturday evening, Aug. rs.
A dance will be given at the Mountain
House, Saturday evening.
There will be a heart party in the
parlor of the Wachusett House tonor-
row evening.
A dance will be given in the hall of
the Wachusett House, Saturday even
ing
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-17
WEST BoYLsToN.

West Boylston, Aug. 16-Alfred K.
Lowe, with three of his classmates of
the Bridgewater normal school, Chas.
N. Taylor of Boston, Leon S. Mazle-
then and Henry Fulton Of North East
on, will spend the remainder of this
month at Washacum picnic grove.
Sterling Junction
Miss %. ]. Moran and her sister Kate
returned to town today after a two
weeks vacation at Old Orchard Beach.
Me.
Mrs. e. A. Cowee, Howard and Mar
jorie left town this morning for a few
weeks outing at Cottage City.
Frank e. Walker and Miss Ruth
Harrington are spending q short vaca :
tion at Cottage City.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-17
HOLDEN.

Holden, Aug. 16.-Reuben Moore of
Dawson's came very nearly losing a
horse and team last night. He went
into store In the centre of the town
and his horse started at q trot down
the road. Mr.. Moore did not notice IL,
and no one else seemed to. When
Moore came out OF the store he saw
the horse in the distance and started
on a sprint to oyertake the animal.
Moore is good runner, but II took.
some time to overtake the horse, and
just as he reached the back OF the
wagon the horse stopped short, fore
Ing Moore to jump into the team.
which he did, landing all In a heap.
Although there was no one to stop the
hsrse there were plenty to laugh at
the young mans discontinue. No
harm was done, however, and Moore
rode home In triumph.
Mrs. r. A. Vandewater of Hartford.
who has been visiting friends In town
has returned home.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-17
TO TRICK HOUSEWIVES.
The Partisan Gardener Plays Franks
With His Vegetables.


The potato beauty doctor is quite the
latest. A Miss Murphy can have her
complexion changed, her eyes taken
out and renewed, her figure altered
from embonpoint to the most fashion
able scale of leanness, so that you
would hardly recognize her when you
met her at dinner More, She maid
en- lady of years, can absolutely, under
the new process, pass herself off as a
tender young thing, and you would
never discover the difference until YOU
tasted her. OF course, the "new meth
od' comes from Paris. The astute Pa
risian market gardener peels and
trims down whole tribes of the Muir
plies to the size Of "brand-new spuds. .
buries them in the ground for a week
until new skin forms, and resurrects
the entire race-papa, mamma and
baby-looking equally pink, tender and
innocent. The Partisan gourmet flat
tiers himself that he is eating the first
lings of the season, but they are only
aged parents 'rejuvenated." The mar
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-17
WEST HRooKFIELD.

West Brookfield, Aug. 16.-The Qua
bog Pomona grange held their outing
and picnic today on the premises of
Carlton D. Richardson on Foster mill.
Oranges from Brimfeld, Warren Spen-
Ger, Brookfeld, North Brookfield and
West Brookfeld were all well repre-
scented. The farm of C. d. Richardson
embraces one of the most historic
spots in Worcester county.
The forenoon was spent in the social
intercourse, and when dinner was
called they adjourned to the orchard
in the rear, where 400 farmers. their
wives sweethearts and children. sat
down to the bountiful tables which only
farmers wives know how to prepare.
1t disappeared as if by magic, and
still enough was left to feed a lot of
late arrivals.
After dinner was over, addresses
We're made by the grange state masten,
w. G. Jewett of Worcester; George
Ladd of Sturbridge, state lecturer; Mrs.
Geo. Ladd; George L. Clemence of
Southbridge; Sumner H. Reed of West
Brookiield Charles Parkman of North
Brookfield and Horatio Moore of New
Braintree.
The games and field sports came
next, unuef the supervision of John p.
Ranger of North Brookfield. In the
tug of war between the single and
married men, one of each from each
grange present, the married men
proved winners. The race with a pail
of water was won by George Sherman
of Brimfeld, with Hyde of Spencer
second. In the 100-yard dash Hyde of
Spencer was winner, with Potter of
North Brookfield a close second. The
nail driving contest for ladies was won
by Mrs. Warren Of North Brookfield.
A ball game between Brimheld. War
rem, Spencer and Brookfield, North and
West Brookfield, closed the days en-.
tertainment.
e. A. Sumner Of Worcester accom-
panied by N. b. Wood and j. II. Hig-
gins of West Boylston, are on ear
riage drive through the state, and
stopped at the West Brookfield house
for dinner.
Wickaboag lodge, No 1888, A. o. u.
W., held a smoke talk in G. A. r. hall
last night, which was very well at
tended George Il. Wragg and Carlos
a. Brown Of Boston spoke on the adj
yantages of the order, and several new
applications for membership were re.
ceived.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-17

Fair maiden IA summer boarder)-"How
savagely that COW looks at me-" Farmer
Hayseed-"It's your red parasol, mum ,"
Fair maiden-"Dear me! ! knew II was a
little out OF fashion, but didn't suppose
country COW would notice it."--New York
Weekly
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-17

"A little medicine Of the right kind, taken
at the right time, Is Invaluable. That
means Carter's Little Liver Pills, ard take
them now.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-17

Noah was evidently in the picking bust
nsss--at least he filed the ark with pre-
served pairs,