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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-03

In little country town in New Jersey, on
a branch line of a large railroad, lived BOY
who dearly loved to make strange Things
out of scrap iron and pieces of WOOD Mos'
of the things he made were of no use "na'-
ever. but sometimes he would construct
something that would answer praceleai
purpose.
One day he found In some old scrap iron
fine four wheels and axles Of an old hand-
car. He made a rough platform, Whleh ne
fastened TO these wheels, fixed mast into
the platform and sail to the mast, and the
erst time the wind blew favorably OH he
went for a sail on the railroad.
Only one train day passed over the httle
branch read, and by waiting until that haa
passed he could cruise up and down the
une in perfect safety. The grade in the
road was very steep at that point, was very
long. and at times he would coast down MIL
on his RAILROAD boat for two miles, and by
the time he reached the level he would be
qoinr so fast that he would go another mile
before stopping. OF course, his sail would
he furIed all this time, but afterward he
would spread it and come sailing back up
the hill at a fine rate. He had holes for his
mast in both ends of the deck so he
never had to turn the machine around when
he wished to return.
He could sail in any kind Of a wind but
one from dead ahead When it blew from
either side he would swing the boom of his
sail little further forward and go at a
merry clip, but wheR-it blew hard and
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strong from straight astern the craft WouA"
roll along gloriously, and often traVei al
most as fast as passenger train ana hiu'A
faster than freight train.
For long time he enjoyed this noVe' lun
of sailing on dry land and, IN TACT "a
though he has since crossed the ocean IN
private yacht he has never felt quite the
thrill on shipboard that he eXperlehceu
when his clumsy old ship of the line Wouio
roll off before stiff breeze.
We do not recommend this form OIL saii
ing; although its inventor never met Win an
accident, but we can recommend one Whieh
is almost as good and with which you can
cruise about the country finely.
Take the wheels and axles of an old Eek
press wagon; the lower the wheels the
better for your purpose. If you can find one
your little brother will let You use, it will
be just the thing. Remove the wagon body
and put in its place board IA feet long,
two feet wide and half an inch thick. Screw
theAboard to the axles of your wheels just
as the wagon body was fastened and the
hull of your boat is complete.
Bore a hole four inches in diameter in
the center Of the board a foot from the
rear wheels. Cut hickory sapling 10 feet
high and inches in diameter at the base,
and after trimming it carefully of all
branches and stubs, fit it in this hole by
sticking the small end of the sapling
through the hole first. After you have
showed it as far as it will so you will find
about six inches of it still sticking out
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-03

FLORENCE A. EVANS.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-03

the CLASSY surface. The entrances were
all far below near the bottom of the stream,
and nowhere did they find an opening by
which they might enter The poor beavers
were in despair; the cold was steadily in
creasing and chilling them to the very mar
row Of their bones, and they felt that what
ever they did was to be done. quickly OF else
they would die there in the bitter atmos
phere within a few feet of their relatives
and friends, who were doubtless at that
very moment busily eating or taking long,
cosy winter maps in their warm, comfort
able houses.
The unfortunate exiles made frantic eff
forts to dig through the ice, but they found
that it only wore out their toenails and made
their feet dreadfully sore, all to no purpose.
Then they tried to dig their way through
the top of one of the houses, but the frost
had rendered the mud-plastered sticks Of
which it was built as hard as stone; so they
were obliged to abandon that idea also.
They jumped up and down and banged with
their tails on the tops of several of the
houses, hoping to attract the attention of
some of the Inhabitants, who might in some
way aid them in effecting an entrance but
all their efforts seemed fruitless, and they
were just about to resign themselves to
their fate and lie down on the ice to die, when
the top Of partly ruined house, on which
they had been jumping as last resort,
caved in with several of them. You may
be sure that it did not take the freezing ami
mails long to scramble through the opening
and make their way by various under water
passages to their several homes, wnere
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-03

top of your mast and one to the bottom.
Tie strong cord to the middle of the up
per stick of your sail, and pass the cord
first through the upper loop, and then
through the lower one. The cord should DO
long enough to reach clear to the stern Of
your "boat" When you are ready to start
you can raise the sail by pulling on the
cord, and when it is raised secure 1t BY
fastening the cord to the stern.
Three feet from the rear end of the board
bore hole two inches in diameter. Into this
hole fit a strong plug six inches high, with
knob on the top. Then tie another cord to
.ae rear END OF your boom, and the other
end to this plug. The cord should be 10
feet long and is used to regulate the dis
lance that your boom should swing out to
the sides, as in figure 6. With wind from
directly astern let the cord out to its full
length, so that the boom is at right angle
to the body of your craft When the wind
blows toward you from nearly in front the
cord should be wound around this plug until
the rear end of the boom is only about three
feet from the board or "deck."
The rudder is made by fastening strong
cord to both ends Of the axles Of the rear
wheels. Those are the ones that were In the
front of the express wagon, and they can
turn from side to side, while those in front
cannot. When you pull on the right-hand
cord you will go to the right, and when on
the left-hand cord you will go to the left.
Now you are ready to start. You must sit
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-03

of the wrong animal. This they will do in
great many cases, but if they do get the right
one and finish the drawing in the same num-
Der of strokes used by their opponents, they
take their turn at beginning the drawing,
while the other side must complete it. But
if the guessers do not draw the right animal,
than did the others in their half of the de-
sign, they must guess again and complete
another picture. So the game goes on until
the bell rings, when the side which has
started the most pictures is the winner.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-03
Brave Felix.
ce-o/@ ~ @-oo
A STORY WITH A MORAL.

Felix Rogers parents died when he was
very small boy.
He had no brothers or sisters, and his
only relative. an aunt, his mothers sister,
although a poor widow who was obliged to
work hard to provide for her own family,
kindly took him to her humble home.
She had five children-Alice, George, May,
Lizzie and Leon-and Felix made the sixth.
Felix was at the head of his class; he was
very bright and learned rapidly.
They all went to public school.
When Felix was IA years old he ssill lived
with his aunt; but she was not so poor as
she had been when Felix came to live with
her.
Her uncle had died and left her small
sum Of money, but quite enough to live COM
fortably without work.
Felix was a strong, tall good-natured fell
low.
His honesty and truthfulness made him a
great fayorlte with all his school-fellows and
all who knew him.
One day at lunch hour, as he was walking
home from school, fire engine passed. but
ires are so numerous in large city that 1t
did not attract the children's attention.
From the distance Felix noticed crowd
gathering around the apartment house in
which he lived
As he drew nearer this is the scene that
met his eyes: Several fire engines at work,
men shouting, women screaming, children
sobbing and thick, black smoke pouring
from the doors and windows, while fremer
were climbing ladders and people coming
down horoscopes
In the midst Of this scene of horror Felix
saw child at an upper window.
The firemen were afraid to get it, as they
thought the wall might fall at any minute.
in 10 in ia
third story; she was little girl about four
years old.
Her danger increased as the seconds sped
Felix was about to run up ladder when n
policeman said roughly: See here, young
man, don't go up there or you viii be killed
sure One dead is better than two"
~ will save her if no one else WILL and
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after hearty meal, they at once settled
down TO sleep without disturbing any of
their friends, who were one and all found
wrapped in deep slumber.
But the next spring, when the ice melted
and the village awoke, the beavers who had
so narrowly escaped death told the others all
that had befallen them. And then the chief
of the beavers, an animal SO old that his
whiskers were gray with age, issued proc
lamation in which he ordered all of his
people to fasten wooden paddles to their
tails, so that in case of similar occurrence
they would be able to make enough noise to
be heard by those below, who could easily
break through the roof from within And
the beavers, obeying this order, soon found
that these paddles were of the greatest as
sistance in building and plastering their
houses; and gradually, through much exer
else in using the wooden implements, the
shapes of their tails changed till they were
large and fiat, like the tails of beavers of
the present time.
FLORENCE A. EVANS.
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to YOUR seven and nine foot sticks by strong
loops Of the same material, as in Figure o.
When this is done your sail will be COM
plete.
Take piece of leather three inches wide
and one foot long. Loop this around the
bottom of the mast, and, leaving just
enough room for it to turn around com
fortably, secure it with two rivets. You
will have about three inches to spare on
each end. Put the butt of the nine-foot
stick, or boom. which is now on the bot
tom of your sail, between these leather
ends and bind them firmly to the stick
with copper wire Fix the upper stick the
same way, and your sail is ready to hoist,
as in Figure a.
Now fasten strong leather loop to the
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-03

Many years ago there lived in this country
a number Of beavers who were just like
those of the present day except that their
tails were long and thin, like those of musk
rats, instead Of being large and fiat as they
are now. And the reason that the tails of
the beaver folk became so changed in shape
is this:
Even in those early days the beavers
lived in fine houses which they built in
ponds and streams, and in which they laid
by great store of food to last them through
the winter when ice should chain up the
water courses and keep the animals pris-
oners in their own homes. OF course they
took good care to be snugly at home be-
fore the cold weather arrived. but once
land you shall hear how nearly they came
to losing their lives through their care
lessness) party Of incautious young beav-
ers went too far IN search of some par
ticuarly desirable logs, and, to their dis
may, found on returning to the stream
which held their homes that its surface
was covered with a thick coating of ice.
They had been so hard at work over the
logs that tney had failed to notice the in
creasing cold, but now the unexpected sight
Of the ice sent chill to their very hearts.
Still they did not intend to sit still and
freeze, but set about their return as speedily
as possible, hoping that some charitable
relative had remembered their absence and
kept passage open by which they might
return to their fine warm houses. But, alas
when they reached the village Of their peo-
pie, the ice was solid as rock and only
the tops Of the domelike houses rose above
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up he dashed through the smoke before the
astonished policeman could stop him.
Felix was as quick as flash; he took the
child on his arm and descended rapidly.
He reached the sidewalk in safety and
heard the policeman mutter; HE is a plucky
boy. l am policeman, and wouldn't have
done it; neither would the lremen, and
everybody knows they are brave"
Three minutes later, with crash that
was heard many blocks the wall fell down;
nobody was hurt, for the policeman ordered
the people to stand back which they did
in a hurry.
The next day Felix's name was in the
newspapers, with a long account of his
bravery.
The mother of the child he rescued was
Mrs. Richmond, wealthy lady.
She did not live in the fathouse, but her
nursegirl went there to see her sister and
took the child with her.
When the fire broke out she ran to save
herself and forgot about the little girl
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-03

from the bottom of the board Fasten four
pieces of copper wire to this end Of the
mast, and then fasten the other ends of
the wire to the bottom Of the board, so
that the ends form square, as in Fig
ure l.
Take a hickory stick 8 feet inches long
and 3 inches thick at the large end, and
another Z feet long and inches thick at
the large end, and smooth them carefully
after peeling off the bark. These will be
the frames for your sail. The sail should
be made of bedticking, which is strong.
fight Ind cheap. You will need a piece
nine feet square. Cut this in the form
shown in Figure 2, with the same measure
ments as are given there. Then fasten it
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-03
GJs& sQTV
AND Boar.

on the very rear emo OF your 'poat," so that
the lower stick of your sail, or boon" VIII
not strike you when it swings from side to
side. with the wind blowing from straight
behind 1t is "plain sailing, but when 1t
blows from the sides or from almost in
front you will have some difficulty at frst
in finding just the right angle to hold your
after all the motions of the thing will teach
you how to sail much better than l can tell
you and in much less time.
The best part of this is that you can sail
about the fields, having the same fun that
you would on the water, and without the
slightest danger, so that your parents will
not be constantly worrying about you, as
they otherwise would.
Better still, you can easily change your
craft into a snowboat or iceboat when the
ground is covered with snow and the water
with ice. This is a great advantage over
real boats, and we will tell you how to do it
later, when the winter weather commences.
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Mrs. Richmond went to see Felix's aunt
and with her consent she adopted Felix.
She had lost a son about Felix S age, anu
Mrs. Rogers knew Felix had a good home' d
LAYING mother and a dear little sister.
He would go to college, and some DAY
might become great man.
Yet she was very sorry to let him go; as
she loved him as if he were her own SON. put
she thought, He will have good educatlon
ond chance to be lawyer or write great
hooks. and if he stays with me he soon Will
leave school and have to work for his Nv
ing?"
Was she not unselfsh?
Felix never forgot his aunt's kindness,
and by and by when she moved to the
country and three of her children went TO
college some people thought it was Felix S
doings, and perhaps it was.
So we see, whether a boy is poor or rich
he can always be kind and loving and help
others. EDNA FhANCEo bE'ooAn'
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-03
CHARADE.

Ny first is in long but not in short,
My second is in learn but not In taught,
My third is in gone but not in come,
My fourth is in whiskey but not in rum,
My fifth is in torn but not In mend,
My sixth is in ask but not in lend.
My seventh is in~hold but not in send,
And my whole is part of the army.
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-19
A TUNK POND JOKE.
story That a Seven Masted Schooner Is
To BE Built

Boston, Fe bruary l6.-The story which
has been given considerable space In
newspapers for some time past that a
seven masted schooner was to be built ut
franklin, Me-. and that a contract for 1t
ha1 been awarded, was net founded on
fact. 1t lead to a persistent inquiry
among shipping men In this city to trace
the source Of the story. 1t was made up
as joke by a camping party at Tunk
Pond, near Steubsn, Me The place OF
the proposed launching Is abIvs Sullivan
Falls at Franklin so that navigation TO
the sea would be impossible. Captain o
w. Frost, who was billeted as command
er, left New York Saturday for Bermuda
with sails for ths schooner John Paul,
which nut in there In a crippled condi-
tion, while on passage from ports on
the west coast of Africa for here with a
cargo Of palm oil Captain Frost is the
principal owner OF the Paul.
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-19
Domestic AlarK0tt
fBy telegraph

FEB. IS. 1901.
SEw YoRK-Ths Flour marKet-receiDrs
3o.o3S bbis; exports 33.S76 bbls; sales $500
little iitaes 1''1 ''''' 'As' "'''' Wy -1 ''N
3 4bn3 OF Minnesota patents 1o9s4 80; WIN
tel extras z 5Onz 50; Minnesota BAKERS 3 90 a
8 2b: do low GRADES 45M2 &C..
Wheat-receipIs 5000 push; exports l09,-
Ia0 push; sales 66b 900 bush futures. 4o.OnO
bus spot, spotweak mo 2 Red SOFA I o anoat
NO 2 Red So c elev; mol Northern Duluth
Corn receipts l39.429 busp; exports 1es, 1888
bus: sails 13n. 900 bush futures. $4,000 bush
spot; spot weak; No 2 at 4S1ac elev and 471a
Oats-rsceipts 400 bush, exports 1be, $50
bush sDoI quiet; No at 30Mc; No at soc
No white at 33c: No white at 32bsc: Iraek
mixed western at 30G3l 1se; track white Wes-
5eei quiet; family at IL 5oasl2; mess s9@
Cutmeats steady D exile bellies 7ss@91f do
shou ders tSa 5M dc hams Ss4 R9S4.
Lard weak ;Western steamed at IS: refined
quiet; continent 30; At 8 76i compound
Pork steNuy: mess IL 75Gl4 so: family at
10 ood1b 5oi short clear Ia Sale so.
Eggs steady; state and Penn at mark Is1sc
Western &C southern 1919.
SugAr-raw STEADY :fair refining 3A Q; Centrif-
ugal ve test at 41Aci MoIasses sugar at 3lt C (;
refined quiet.
CaIOAGO-Casn uuotaions:.
flour steady.
Wneat-No syringe, No 5 do at sSa7lc;
No = RED at T4la ala75 lac. uorn-No at 1884, /:
No yellow 3Ss4 c. USts-No at 20 n d25Ssc /:
No white at 2sG 28he; Nos white at 27G
2Sc; No hive at 50lsc; fair 10 enoIce maltine
Barley 4aG5Sc; 40 Flaxseed 61; No NV
Flaxseed at "a; prime Tinothy seed at BE- I;
Mess Pork at is O6dI3 90; Lard at S5G
7 81 "a short ribs sides 9697 16 dry salte
shoulders at 614 3o1ss short clear sides 80
az 40.
Butter quiet--creAmsry at l4a22c; Oairies at
11hGI6c.
Cheese fairly active az 10iA911Mc.
Eggs quiet fresh l50l6he.
Fl0ur-FeceIpts 42.0 bblsi wheat 10000
bush; CORN 287 200 bush: oats SO 1000 Dush !;
corn 4.U0O bush: barley $4,000 busn.
Shipments-Flours $4,000 Dds wheat $1,000
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-19
CITY OF PORTLAND.


Notice IS hereby given that the board of Reg
istration OF Voters will be in session at room
numbered eleven Q1l, City Building, nine seeu-
lar days for the purpose OF receiving evidence
OF the qualification OF voters. beginning Mon
day. February 18th. and closing Wednesday,
February 27th 1901. Hours-3 sessions daily;
O'Clock a. m, TO o'clock p. m.
8 O'Clock D. M. TO o o'clock p. m.
O'Clock until O'Clock in the evening. ex-
eepting on the last day OF said session WED
nesday. twenty-Seventh of February when II
will not be in session after oclock in the
afternoon.
During this time said Board win revise and
correct the Voting Lists; and the Wardens OF
said city shall be governed by SAID revised ana
corrected Lists, and no name shall be added TO
or stricken from said Lists on said day OF cleo
ton and no person shall Vote at any election
whose name is not on said Lists but the Board
of Registration viii be in session the day oil
election, for the correction of errors that may
have occurred during said revision.
AUGUSTUS Z. GERRISH,l board Of
! MES n. READ, Registration
ROBERT L AHEkN, OF Voters
Portland, February Is. 1901. teblsd2W
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-19
SQUIRE PLANT SOLD.
Property Bid In by Reorganization
Committee.

Boston. February ls.-The plant in
Cambridge. stores and warehouses In
Boston and the merchandise, wherever
tion, the provision packing concern, which
failed for 5000, 900 in Dooember, 1892,
were sold under the hammer at the Bos-
ton real estate exchange at noon today.
The property was bid In by the reorgA-
nization committee which has been at
work for some months, at u, ,1e0, 900. Az
there is some opposition to the minori-
thought possible that they might at
tempt 20 outbid the committee, but al.
though difference OF opinion were evil
dent among those interested In the
atfaira OF the concern, only one bid was
made.
Those creditors who have not Essented
TO che plans OF the committee will be paid
a cash pro rata dividend AS result of
the sale IL is expected a new stock COM
pany Will be formed, those creditors as
senting TO this plan to be paid partly
in cash and party In stocks.
Before the property was put on sale, an
attorney representing FREQ Y. Squire
and Frank y. Squire, made q statement
In which he said that r. q. Bowditoh,
the assignee, was In error when he an
nounoed that the good win would go
with the sale The Messrs. Squires, he
said, would deny the right Of purohh ssrs
to use the name OF John +. Squire cem-
psny.
Fred II. Williams, representing Mrs,
Kate Mullen, a daughter of John p.
Squire, also gave notice that certain
rights of the Squire estate were entirely
separate from the business OF the corpo-
ration.
The property sold includes all that held
by the allied companies of the concern
in New ENGLAND, except those which had
disposed OF their business since Squire
company went into the hands OF an as.
slgnee.
The sale affects the property In Lowell,
Mass and Bangor, Me.
After this sale the right, title and In
terest which +. .. Squire held in real
estate in Cambridge, Somerville and 9TH
er places was knocked down to the re-
organization committee for $l3O,000.