Book AUGUST i 89 i, WORCESTER, MASS. INDEX. F74- No. Abduction by an Indian, Acrostic, Extraordinary Advice to a Young Man, Aletheia's Gift, Albany, In Almanac 1811, Almanac of 1814, An Amateur Sport, 220, 245, 344, 372, 447, 573. S8i, 620 Annie O'Brien, Aristotle, The Rediscovered Treatise of Around the World, Arrow Heads, Assault, That Assessors. Board of Athletics, Worcester Athy, Miss Annie Babies, Pilgrim Bacon, Peter C. Baker, Mrs. Frances Shedd Baldwinville Fair, Ball, Rev. G. S. Bancroft, George, and Round Hill School Bannister, Jas. S. Bark, Barnum's Show, Bartlett, Solon Base Hits, Base Ball, 191, 209, 272, 294, Beggars, English, of Today Beginnings, Ben Hur, What Inspired Bennington, Bennington, Worcester at Benson, Dr. L. M. Bickford, Chas. J. Bicycle Club, Bay State Bicycle Notes, Bill, Ledyard Bird's Mistake, A Books and Bookmen, 10, 34, 58, 82, 106, 154, 178, 202, 226, 250, 274, 286, 300, 326, 339, 350, 374, 398, 422, 442, 451, 49°. 5>4» 5 2 4, 538, 562, 584, 610 Boston Letter, 129, 179, 347, 383, Boston Slums, Boston Station Man, Bowser, Mr. Boy Choir Causes a Scene, Boyden, Elbridge Boys' Club, Brooks, Bishop Brooks, Chas. E. Brown, A. Swan Brown, John Brown, Lyman Brown, Theodore P. Camp Life, Canada, A Worcester Boy in 201, 225, Catholic Total Abstinence Union, Chamberlain District Farmers, Page No. Page 588 Chatham Athletic Club, '50 448 Chautauquans at Lakeview, 46;, 501 '7' Chestnuts, 425 211 Chicamauga Incidents, 135 387 Choirs, The Church 119 143 355 Churches, New 109 377 Church of Armenia, The 448 524 Church Notes, 5, 28, 52 77. 117. 12S, '49 173, 197, 221, 244, 281, 320, 345. 3S5 409 612 420, 441, 464, 500, 512, 532. 580, 620 105 Clark, T. A. 445 -'38 Clifton Springs, 61 45 Clocks, Old 227 486 College Lotus Eating, 399 462 Collier, Asa R. 435 69 Colorado, A Day's Excursion in 36 363 Combs, Simon E. 222 224 Coming Events, 21 18 Company A, 324 623 Company E, 15th Regiment 1 448 536 Conant, Edwin 3' 582 Conaty, Rev. T. J. 510 134 Contrasts, 178 487 41 Co-operation, 299 238 Couldn't Remember, 395 427 Country Walk, A 85 8 Crowding, 499 141 Cuba, A Trip to 349 , 421 Cushing's Battery, 608 5,8 Cutter-Wright, 324 2 3i 'Cycles, 65 '7i Day We Celebrate, The 43i 585 Denholm, W. A. 3° 584 Devens & Cheever, 434 329 Dickens, The Genius of 380 487 Diggins, Capt. P. 502 290 Dorr, Rev. Henry 166 298 Doyle, Rev. J. H. 7 349 Earle, William B. 373 2'3 Easter, 86 '3° Eat, Good to 15, 40, 63 , 88, 112, 187 207 307 256, 278, 306, 330, 354, 378, 402, 426 450 466 472, 49 6 > 523. 547. 57 1 > 59i. 619 Eaton, Prof. T. E. N. 322 369 488 Eklund, Mrs. H. W. 516 606 Electrical Exhibition, 44 7' 9 Electric Plants, 227 475 Electrocution, 487 176 England's Rulers, 345 102 Entertainments, 4, 28, 56, 89 , 92, 10O, 140 346 148, 173. 175. 199. 234, 245, 247. 272, 294 227 329. 344, 392, 487- 533. 569. 584 54 Episcopal Church Club, 301 272 Errors Rectifi d, 105 258 Evangeline, To the Land of 526, 561, 596 404 Explanatory, 5°7 359 Eyes and Ears, 469 232 Fa'res and Pictures, 492. 516 259 Fads, Artistic 189 535 Farr, Geo. W. 444 157 Fashion, 39 87, 183, 206, 2 54 No. Page 565 477 534 424 563 435 5'5 445 10, 216 470 419 166 80, 334 253. 410 109 448 297 282 489 339 585 6 245 5i3 86 395 620 Festival of Bayreuth, The Fifteenth, The Old Fifteenth Regiment, Fifty-Cent Fourth, A Fishing No, on the Sabbath, Fiske, E. R. Fitch, Austin G. Flag, The Old Flashes, 48, 68, Fly Fishing, Folk- Lore Congress, Galbraith, Rev. John G. A. R., Post 10, 105, 129, 159, Garret Fruit, Gates, Remarks of l'resident, at Amherst Alumni Reunion, Genius, A Gettysburg Monument, Ghost, The College 252, Glimpses of Beauty, Goelet Farm, The Old Good and Old, Goodnow, E. A. Gospel of Home Trade, The Greek, Pronouncing Modern Green Street as it was, Half Holiday, Halifax, Vermont, Hamlin, Hannibal 445 Hammond, Mrs. S. L. 167 Hancock Club, 163 Handel Festival, The 465 Hathaway, I. D. - 323 Heard, Nathan F. 47 He Wouldn't Risk It, 301 Hidden Treasures, 59 High School Graduates, 407 High School Graduation, 418 His Father's Old Friend, 214 History Repeats Itself, 114 Hollyhocks, 465 Holmes, Mrs. Mary J. 434 Holy Cross College, 5, 13 Homes, Separate 204 Hopkins, Judge John 198 Horatio Nelson, 180 Horticultural Society, Worcester County 62 Houghton, Josiah P. 463 Household, 16, 64. in, 160, 184, 230, 280, 305. 332. 356. 381, 405, 429. 453, 473. 497, 521, 549, 593 House Warming ( Blanchard's) 369 Howland, W. A. 517 Hudson, Mrs. H. O. 557 Indians, 181 Indian Territory Letter, 153, 325 In School, 238 Instance, An 228 In the Streets, 177 Intruder, An 149 Ismael Pasha, 541 INDEX No. Pace No. Page No. Page Jacking Deer, 208 Old Hundred, 590 Story of a Green Veil, A 12 Jersey, Bits from 478 Old Times, 566 Street Venders, I'M Johnny's Violets, 3°- Over on Our Street, 57, '4, 24S, 4 = 5, 55°, Stubby's Bouquet, 1 13 Journal, The '77 567 Sunday School Lesson, 129 Just for Fun, 38 Pale Spring Days, The 3'2 Sunday School Parade, A 62 Kane, Owen E. 273 Parker, Amos A. (centenarian) 270 Sweden, Kendall, Mrs. Maria 584 Parker, A. A. (assessor) 435 Teaching and Stone Walls, 286 Kent, Mr. and Mrs. Ezra 128 Particular, 37 Tennis, 533 Kinnicutt, Mrs. E. W. 107 Pat, A Love Story, 35 = 376 Tennis Club, Winslow 4'7 It' Knowles, Elisha S. 486 Paxton Teacher, 273 Ten Times One are Ten, 66 Knox, Henry F. 461 Pearl Street, On '53 Then and Now, 9 Ladies, For the 14 Pierce, Miss Lillian J. 532 Thomas, Rev. Wm. H. <«7 Lake, At the 353 4" Pilgrims vs. Strangers, 408 Too Previous, 103 Lake Park, 569 Plain Speaking, 38 Total Abstinence, 2 7', Lakeside, 262. 5-4 Plays and Players, S, 37, 85. '55. 191, 260, Treasury Express, Lakeside Boat Club, 609 347. 489, 537 True Sketch, A |28 Latin Fun, 21 Pleasant Street Baptist Church, '74 Truth, The 263 Leicester, 4, 17, 173, 190, 215, 262, -73 298, Poet, A 85 Twins, 5' 15 333. 382, 4°9. 4i6, 463. 476, 488, 533. 535. Portraits, The 126 196 Two Corner Stones, 5'3 581, 620 Power, Rev. J.J. 2 \ " 8 . I2 5 , 161 • 165 '73 ■ 85 Why? '97 Medfield, In 394 200, 233, 236, 237, 248, 257. 268, 275. 287. Willard, Miss 623 Medfield, Historical Echoes from 463 -95. 3=o. 333. 337. 35'. 357, S6t, 368, 382, Williams, Gus 49' Memorial Day at Arlington, 335 383. 396. 399. 407, 408, 43'. 44S. 455 493' Windle, Willie W. 291 Memorial Day Speakers in Worcester 59'. 615 Winslow Tennis Club, 417. 44' County Towns, 3'° Schools, Our 338 4°i , 494 ,566 Woman's Suffrage League, 386 Memorial Sunday, 272 Scientist, For the 486 .512 Wood, Watson L. 18 Merrill, Wm F. 395 Sea or Desert, 540 Worcester, A Stranger's Impression of 1 14 Metcalf, Caleb B. 559 . 609 Selectmen of Worcester, 323 Worcester's Disgrace, 459 Methodist Pastors, 167 Selfish Man, A 5<>i Worcester in 1870, 247 Millbury Letter, 11, 46, 55, Si, 117, ■ 38, '49. Sherman, Gen. 61 Worcester in Washington, 6'5 «9° 433- 484 Sherman at the Tomb of Ward M York, England, 587 Miller, Henry W. 33" Shires of England, 334 Young, Brigham, Letter from Si Mississippi's Sources, 440 Shrewsbury, 262 474 618 Monadnock, Monarch of the Pool, The 369 =49 Sioux City Corn Palace, Sixth Regiment, The 534 '5' Monroe, A. C. 4°3 Slavery Massachusetts 5'2 Poetry. Morse, Miss Faith 479 Smith, Charles M. 543 Musical Creed, A 585 463 Smoking in College, 299 Music and Books, Society of Antiquity, 449 Music — Fatal Masterpieces, 59' Sons of Veterans, 494 Aftermath, 9 Music Festival, 5". 53- South End News, 179, '99. 2S4. 3" 3-M Allegory, An 401 Names Grow, How 53i 348, 382. 39-. 454 An Ancient Kose, '79 Natural History Camp, 501 .588 Sports, Amateur 220 -'15 Apple Blossoms, -'-'7 Natural History, The Study of 276 Sports, Interscholastic 358 Awaiting the Benediction, 153 Newton, Tyler 127 2 43 Sprague, Gen. A. B. R. 296 Ballads of Blue and Gray, 5 8 7 No Irishman, 502 Spring Poem, Not a 255 Baltimore, The Fifteenth in 550 i S 8 No License, Dr. Cheever on "5 Staples, Hon. H. B. 558 Banshee, The Nurses, Trained 408 Sterling, 6'3 Barnes, J. L., Lines on the Death of 205 O'Connor, Harding 362 Stiles, Chas. A. 524 Baron Monopoly, rS2 298 Old Book, A25 Stiles, Major F. G. 470 Bivouac of the Dead, 1 INDEX. No. Page No. Page No. Page By and By, 53 Solitude, 251 Davis, Harry S. 389 City's Jubilee, The 238 Sons of Veterans, 411 Denholm, W. A. 25 Class Ode, \V. P. I., 200 Spoon, A Souvenir 584 Dickinson, G. S. 413 Clear in the East, 491 Spring, '43 Dorr, Rev. Henry 166 Club Man's Daughter to the Club Man, Spring Poem, A 285 Eaton, Prof. T. E. N. 365 The 419 Springtime, •43 Ellis, Frank H. 145 Comrades, 299 Thoughts of Easter, 86 Fire Engines, 222, 223 Comrades, Draw Near 3°4 To Phoebus, 484 Galbraith, Rev. John 166 Crocus, The 5 Transition, Part I, 333 Goodnow, E. A. I Crown Them, 297 Transition, Part II, 355 Hastings, Alice I. 389 Curse of the Day, The 373 Two Nights in One 86 Hazelden.C. P. 389 Custer's Last Charge, 397 Violet, The 363 Heald, Lucy D. 389 Decease of Three Divines, 229 Wanted, Men 83 Holmes, O. W. 603 Electric Car, The 6i5 What a Boy Can Do, 383 Hopkins, John 193 Envy Not, 83 Whispering Pines, 249 Ingraham, H. B. 290 Eort Snelling, 59" Who Knows ? 597 Jones, Lt. Gov. E. F. '52 Gethsemane, 273 Whom Do Men Say That I Am ? 589, 611 Knowles, E. S. 481 Greece, 182 Winnower to the Winds, The 484 Lakeside Boat Club H suse, 601 Hills, The 53 Wishes, 14 Lemont, B. A. 290 Holyoke Valley, 485 Yellow, White and Purple, 59 Lowell, J. R. 579 Inspiration, 494 Marble, E. T. 73 In the Twilight 68 Mechanics Hall, 104 Jennie, 377 Metcalf, C. B. 559 Johnstown, A Ballad of 107 Morgan, Lulu A. 389 Judges of Israel, The 590 Newton, Tyler 127 Julia, 239 Illustrations. Otis, H. G. 457 La Grippe, 33i Parker, A. A. (a centenarian) 270 Life's Beauties 83 582 Parker, Amos A. (assessor,) Pleasant Street Baptist Church, 457 Lift Up Thine Eyes, 169 Lost, Yet Saved 155 Power, Rev. J.J. 241 Mastery, 128 Adams, Harry A. 145 Pratt, Joseph 121 May 30, 3° ' Ames, H. H. 389 Public Library, Worcester, 79 80 Moen, P. L. 224 Assessors, Board of 457 Sherman, Wm. T. 315 Mohemmedan, A 348 Ball, Geo. S. 577 Smith, Charles M. • 543 My Love, 380 Bartlett, Solon 8 Southgate, H. M. 413 My Peace I Give to Thee, i°3 Becker, E. C. A. 583 Sprague, A. B. R. 289 Nature's Cup of Cold Water, 57 Beckers Business College opp. 583 Staples, Hon. H. B. 553 Only, 138 Bennett, Albert L. '45 Talbot, Thomas 457 On Worcester Hills, 239 Boyden, Elbridge 97 Tatman, C. T. 4i3 Our New Recruits, 359 Boys' Club opp. 346 Wall, Caleb A. 37° Philosopher, The 362 Brennan, Stanley C. M5 Ware, Louie E. 413 Poet's Song, The 546 Brooks, C. E. 49 Warren, E. H. 389 Recompense, 255 Brown, A. Swan 265 Washburn, W. Ansel 529 Resurgam, 25> Brown, Theodore P. 341 " Wheelbarrow The" 148 Resurrection, The 428 Burtelle, A 413 White, Rev. H. J 176 Rollavvay, A 565 Clark Building, 583 Windle, Willie W. 291 Sabbath Dawn, A 9 Clark, T. A. 437 Universalist Pastors — Rev. S. P Sanders, Sergeant Jasper, 234 Combs, Simon E. 217 Rev. A. Case, Rev C. H. Tillotson, Secret of Joy, 29 Conaty, Rev. T. J. 505 Rev. J. G. Adams, Rev. L M. Bur- Send Then; Home Tenderly, 152 Copeland, A. C. 290 rington, Rev. T. E. St. John , Rev. B. Sherman and Corse, 14 Daniels, Fred H. 145 F. Bowles 317 / SOLON BARTLETT. IF. P. Rice, Photo.] then open. In the best sense, he was a self- made man. He had all of the fixedness of purpose and sternness of resolution, that have so long characterised New England's human products. In his chosen field, it seems prob- able that few would have surpassed him had he lived. As it is we can only discuss possi- bilities and probabilities. The statement of his death came without any premonition to his Worcester friends and acquaintances. His mother Was summoned to his bedside; but arrived too late to see him in life On the 23d of February at the early age of twenty-three years and eleven months, he ceased to labor and to live. On the arrival of his remains in Worcester, they were borne to the home of Mr. Lorenzo Barnes, a cousin of his mother's, at No. 22 Lancaster street and there at 10 am. on Tuesday, his late associates gathered and Dr. H. T. Fuller, Principal of the Institute spoke words of consolation to all 1 hence to Boylston where his funeral was held in the Congregational church at 2 o'clock p.m. Here earlier friends and relatives gath- ered He was an own cousin of the Brothers, Walter and Arthur Flagg, brokers of this city. The burial and end of earth for our friend and pupil ! While he lived, he did run well. I he record though brief is excellent. Grundstrom — Engdahl. Last Saturday evening at the home of Aug- ust F. Engdahl, i8>< Home Street, his daugh- ter Agnes H. was married to Mr. Charles G Orundstrom of the firm of Lundberg & Lybeck Summer Street, and himself a prominent mem- ber of the Brigade Band. The Rev. H. W Eklund pastor of the Thomas St. M. E. church performed the ceremony. Our Scandinavian citizens were present in large numbers. The bride was attired in a rich suit of corded silk cut en train, handsomely embroidered with or- ange blossoms and leaves, and trimmed with duchess lace. A headdress of Swedish myrtle and a long tulle veil completed the costume. Miss H H. Victoria Pohlman, Miss Matilda t. Hokanson and Miss Battie Grundstrom attended the bride. The first named as maid 01 honor, wore a becoming dress of blue surah silk draped with point lace and carried a bou- quet of cut dowers, which she presented to the bride at the close of the ceremony. Her com- panions were dressed in soft cream colored fabrics with gloves to match. Oscar Svenson Denis O. Grundstrom and Gustaf Johnson in conventional black acted as groomsmen. Fol- owing the marriage came a reception of an hour in the parlor, after which Caterer Yeaw served a wedding dinner in the dining room. Music during the evening was furnished by the brigade Band Orchestra of which Mr Grundstrom is the leader. The happy twain now one, started at 12.29 Sunday morning for a trip to New York, and points south and west. They will be away two weeks. Numerous and valuable gifts were received as follows handsome bronze chandelier from O. D. Grund- strom, father of the groom, piano lamp and silver pie knife from S. Svenson and family silver service from Lundberg & Lybeck b rench marble clock, with bronze ornaments' from the Brigade band, silver cake basket from Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Thomas, silver pickle jar from Olaf Magnuson, silver soup tureen from Gustaf Johnson; silver pickle jar from Annie Nordstrom ; silver card receiver Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Arvidson ; silver cake basket from Carl Olsson and Car! Nilsson ; framed picture Carl Janson and F. Nordstrom ; silver fruit knives from Miss Hilda Gustafson; table linen from Miss. Mary Grundstrom; richly framed picture of Othello with bamboo easle trom Denls Grundstrom, and table linen from j Vj P " Hok anson. That the future of the wedded pair may be as happy as their mar- riage is the wish of all their friends. Just Four Score. Worcester air must be conducive to long- evity, for 80th and even 90th birthday celebra- tions are very common. The last one of note was observed Friday night Feb. 27, at the home of Charles M. Gould, 52 Providence street. A pleasant party of relatives chiefly gathered to do him honor. There were H. C. Graton and wife, W. H. Pierce and wife Charles F. Gould, Clifton Gould and Bertie Gould, and Mrs. Carrie Strong and daughter of Fitchburg. During the evening, Mrs. Henry C. Graton, Mr. Gould's daughter, pre- sented him with a purse of money in gold. The time was pleasantly passed with games and music. There were four generations represented in the gathering, Mr. Gould, in whose honor the event was celebrated, Mrs. W. H. Pierce his daughter, Mrs. Carrie Strong, his grand- daughter, and Mrs. Strong's little daughter. Mr. Gould carries his years well, another pleas- ant characteristic of our aged people. He still enjoys life and long may he continue to do so. In sixteen cities of Virginia the negroes own property worth $3,824,542, the greater part of which is real estate. In Richmond their pos- sessions amount to $820,138. LIGHT Washington Letter. Feb. 21, 1S91. ,• The government clerks, and especially those in the Interior Department, have not been working very hard lately. Monday the depart- ment closed at noon in order to honor the memory of Ex-Secretary Stuart of Virginia; Tuesday all the departments were closed on account of the burial of Admiral Porter, and are closed today for General Sherman's fun- eral in St. Louis. Next Monday is a national holiday and when that is over we will try to settle down to steady work again. The day of the Porter funeral was the warmest known here for February, the temper- ature rising to 72 at noon. I pitied the regu- lar troops of the escort -in their heavy cape overcoats, the marines particularly, for the artillery and militia stopped on the George- town side of the Aqueduct bridge but the marines kept on to Arlington. Anyone who knows what a quagmire the road from the bridge to Arlington, through Fort Meyer, is can realize what a hard march it must have been to the soldiers clad in their heavy over- coats and marching on such an unusually warm day. The admiral's grave is in an almost ideal location in front of the old Lee mansion, just over the crest of the hill over- looking the Potomac and Washington and parallel to the grave of Sheridan. Between the two graves is ample space for two more and who, with any regard for the "eternal fit- ness of things," does not hope that here will ultimately be buried the remains of Grant and Sherman. Congress is now trying by a feverish activity to make up for the time lost in squabbling, early in the session. Neither party dares to delay the regular appropriation bills as the end of the session is so near and so much re- mains to be done. I was down at the House a few days ago and listened to the debate on the Indian Bill. It does not tend to increase the respect for that august body, as a whole, to observe an honorable member eating a huge apple as he talked and distributing apple seeds and oratory with a fine impartiality. An intellectual face is a rarity in Congress. In surveying the House of Representa- tives one sees a varied assortment of faces ; some cunning and sharp, some stolidly indiff- erent, some old and care-worn, but very few that are "sickled o'er with the pale cast of thought." The Tenth district has reason to be proud of its representative's distinguished ap- pearance ; his pale, clear-cut features brought out into strong relief by his white hair make him a marked man to the strangers who crowd the galleries. An interesting question is now being raised in Congress, will Speaker Reed receive the usual vote of thanks extended to the retiring speaker at the close of the session ? Hitherto, except in the case of Speaker Keifer, unanimous consent to the resolution has been asked and received, but in view of the stormy scenes in the present House and the violent passions excited, a unanimous vote of thanks is regarded as an impossibility. Much excitement is shown by the District tax-payers over the proposition to charge half the expense of maintaining the new Zoologi- cal Park at the District. They say if Con- gress sees fit to appropriate money for a na- tional monkey show they cannot see the jus- tice of making them pay half the expense of feeding them. It does seem like crowding the mourners a little to make a little territory of ten miles square, with a population of three hundred thousand, the equal of a nation of" sixty-two millions, in paying for an institution which they had no voice in establishing. Washington already has an extensive system of parks, probably equal in extent to any in the country and which it maintains without a murmur but it strongly objects to increasing its already heavy burden of taxation for the purpose of assisting the national government in collecting a menagerie. The Post Office question is assuming an in- teresting phase. The present building is a leased one, besides being too small. The new building will not be ready for occupancy for five years and the lease of the present quarters expires in June. The owners of the building will not renew the lease except at such an ex- orbitant rent that the government refuses to pay it and there are no other suitable quarters available, so the question is : "What is the government going to do ? One proposition is to erect a one-story frame building on one of the reservations, to serve until the new build- ing is finished, but the promised spectacle of the Post Office at the capital of the nation housed in a shed is not an edifying one. Worcester can sympathize with Washington in its Post Office tangle. Both cities have money enough appropriated to build suitable edifices but the question there seems to be "where," while here it is "when." WlXFlELD. A Sabbath Dawn. Then And Now. One hundred years ago girls were not allow- ed to attend any of the public schools of the country. When the first high school for girls was opened in Boston 1S25, there was such an outcry against the innovation, and so few girls applied for admission, that after a year or so the scheme was abandoned, and was not again attempted until 1S53. In 1774 the first academy for women was opened by Moravians in Pennsylvania; in 1789 the first seminary for women in New England was inaugurated in New Bedford, Mass.; and Mary Lyon, in 1836, founded a co lege for women, in that state, on the broadest of basis ever before attempted. Oberlin College was opened on the co-educat- ional plan in 1S33, and Antioch College in 1852. But these were innovations which met much discussion and opposition, even among women themselves. To-day, however, this prejudice against the scientific education of women has nearly disappeared, Even the older and more conservative institutions, like Harvard and Columbia, are, if not opening their front doors to women, at least making side entrances, called annexes, whereby they may enter. Almost every college has already one or more women professors or assistant professors. Even Harvard has admitted women as assist- tants in its astronomical department; while women, as Dean Rachel Bodley of the Penn- sylvania Women's College, and Alice Freeman Palmer, of Wellesley, have held the positions of heads of colleges. Women scientist are be- ing given state and national government ap- pointments. One woman is assistant mycolo- gist at Washington; others are engaged in taking meteorological observations Miss- ouri's state entomologist is a woman. Mich- igan University has several women professors and assistants in the departments of micros- copical botany, anatomy, bacteriology, pathol- ogy, and obstetrics, In other colleges can be found women at the head of departments of botany, chemistry, etc.. ; and the principal of the Denver School of Mines is a woman. In ethnology and archa-ology shine such bright names as Alice Fletcher, Erminie Smith, and Amelia B. Edwards. Many of these have re- ceived high college degrees, and are " fellows " of distinguished scientific societies in this country and Europe. Many women here and in England are acting, or qualifying themselves to act, as druggists and dispensers of medicine. — New England Magazine for February. Just as the night is departing, And the light renews its power, Far in the gloom of the East sky Comes a gleam of the Sabbath Hour. It brightens and wanes and brightens, It fades like a dream of the past ; In a sleeping world it flashes, A world that is strifeless at last. From the heavens come down the snow Hake?. In a rapid uncertain motion ; Now falling steadily downward Now blown, like waves of the ocean. In houses with queer-shiped chimneys On roofs that their owners defend ; In elms and sugar stored maples The flakes u' ceasing, descend. While the pliant pines are bending With the weight of their load above ; Like soldiers with heads uncovered, Standing at the grave of one they love. And as the snow that has fallen Hushes all noi e and din ; So Heaven's peace and grace cover Earth's struggle, its sorrow and sin. So from the light of this Sunday, We know a Timeless Day will return ; Bringing life to hearts that are fainting And joy to souls that now mourn. — H, R. Hildre'h. Boston Station Man. "I never go into the Boston & Albany Station that I do not step in the door to the woman's waiting room to hear that remarkable negro announce the trains. As many times as I have heard it I have never quite made up my mind whether it is alive or not. Just before a train is to start he enters the lower door and walks straight to the first radiator. There he leans an elbow, and cast his eyes about the room slowly, wetting his lips ashe sweeps the crowd, There is no expression in his face as he cries out in an even, loud voice : " Train for Beacon street, Chapel Station, Longwood, Brookline, Cypress street, Reservoir, Chestnut Hill, New- ton Centre, Newton Highlands, Eliot, Waban; Woodlawn and Riverside — 5.35 train on track number 4. " Each of these stations is thrown of as if he took it from a box inside himself and spat it out. Then he turns about and goes out, to return in five minuets or so and call out an- other in exactly the same manner. I always wonder what becomes of him at night. Is he shut up in a box in the baggage room, and wound up every day ? What would happen to the road were he to run down ? I am sure he will some fine day. On Saturday I thought I saw evidences of it. He was calling out the 5 20 train for " Newton, Newtonville, West Newton, Auburndale, Riverside, Woodlawn, Waban, Newton Highlands and Newton Cen- tre 5 20 train on track number 3. " The words came very slowly, I thought each was his last and imagined I heard a whir of wheels inside him. He finished it safely, however, and I fancy some one oiled him up while he was get- ting ready to announce the next train, for that came all right." — Boston Home Journal. Light heard this same party go through his list, this time on the through line. After he had finished, having noticed an error in his order, we made bold to say " you got your order reversed in Wellesley Hills and Welles- ley. " Nothing could have been more crush- ing then the reply. " I am aware of de fact, Sah. " 10 h T 1565 B. C. In B. C. 22 it was moved to Alex- andria and A. D. 18S0-81 was brought to New York City. Doctor— "Well my fine little fellow, you have got quite well again. I was sure that the pills 1 left for you would cure you. How did you take them— in water or in cake ?" "Oh, I used them in my blow-gun !" Ex. \z The Story of a Green Veil. WRITTEN FOR LIGHT BY JACK SHEPHERD. "Why Charles, where are you off to, so early in the season ?" said Herbert Pember- ton to his friend Charles Colgate as they met in the Pennsylvania depot in Philadel- phia, early in April. "My mother is ill and I am going home, ot Maine to see her. I regret very much leaving the clinic, those lectures on the throat are fine," said Mr. Colgate. The young men were both students of the Jefferson College. "I am really sorry to hear that, and that you must leave at this time when you will lose so much. Then turning to a young lady beside him, he said. "Let me introduce you, Mr. Col- gate, to my sister Sue. She is going to Portland on a visit to our uncle, Richard White. We hesitated about her taking so long a jour- ney alone, but perhaps you will allow me to leave her in your care, as you travel the same way ?" Charles Colgate was an extremely shy young man, yet in spite of a blush that mounted to his forehead, he answered in hearty tones | "Certainly, I shall be most happy," and bare y glanced at, as he bowed to, the slender, pe- tite figure. The young lady was enveloped in a dark blue cloak and her face was completely hidden by a thick green veil. "She has her checks," said her brother, "I shall feel relieved of much anxiety, good-bye and many thanks." "Good-bye Sue, love to the folks in Port- land," then in a whisper, he continued, "You have for an escort, one of the finest fellows in our class, the leading man." "I will take good care of Miss Pemberton," answered his friend, as he turned to assist her on the train that had just steamed into the depot. She had only an umbrella and a small hand- bag with her and they were soon seated to- gether in the center of the car. Mr. Colgate arranged curtains and win- dows to suit his fair companion and rolling up his large plaid, placed it under her feet for a cushion. She thanked him in low soft tones and then both remained silent for some time. Charles Colgate could never make conver- sation, small talk was much less familiar to him than Greek. Acting was his province and little acts of kind forethought performed quietly for both old and young had gained him a high place in the esteem and favor of his lady friends. As he sat by this young lady he felt unable to think of a single thing to entertain her and wondered painfully what he should do during this long thte-a-tkte ride. Thejnorning papers were a refuge for a while and under their shelter he looked now and then toward his companion. He admired the slender pretty foot, neatly booted and rested against his plaid. She had drawn off her gloves and her well-shaped hands, destitute of rings were quite a pleasant study for the young man who was somewhat of an artist. He did not dare to raise his eyes any further. He could not imagine why she kept that heavy, green veil down so persistently; drawn closely and fas- tened in a firm knot at the back. It had been quite March-like and windy, for it was still early in April, but in the car it seemed unnec- essary. The seat in front of him became vacant about this time and with the remark that he would make more room for her, he took it. Here with pencil and sketch-book he drew different views of the larynx. He was ab- sorbed in this work and Miss Sue had a fine opportunity of studying Mr. Colgate. She was an uncommonly pretty, attractive girl. Her face was full of sweetness and var- ied expression with fine, dark blue eyes, a sim:what large mouth with beautiful teeth il^HT and an abundance of silky, chestnut hair, curl- ing naturally, all combined to make her picturesque and charming. Why should such a pretty girl wear that ugly, green veil ? During the week pre- vious to her journey, a little nephew while playing with her had drawn his handkerchief too roughly across her eyes and the edge had entered one so sharply as to produce inflamma- tion. To prevent further trouble from cinders or dust she had been advised to keep her veil down. From behind it she could see,though unseen, and survey critically her silent partner. He was shorter than she at first supposed but broad shouldered and muscular, with a noble head and keen, intelligent eyes. As he sat bending earnestly over his book, she felt intui- tively that though unconventional and timid in society, he had real character and could be both brave and kind in the path of duty. Some time must have passed for she found herself suddenly awakened from a sound sleep by the car stopping as they entered the New York depot. Mr. Colgate escorted her to the waiting room but she refused his invitation to dine as she had luncheon in her bag. He left her, promising to return and see her on the train. After a lunch he entered a store to buy a ci- gar and then looking at his watch turned once more to the depot. The train for the north started earlier than he supposed and he found the passengers for New England had left the room and were en- tering the cars. Miss Pemberton had no doubt become anx- ious and he would find her on the train. Just at this moment he saw a green veiled head as it withdrew from the window of a car. He said "that is she, and I am all right now," and following in the wake of that green veil soon sat down beside its owner, once more placing his shawl as a foot-cushion for his companion. The cars began to move, they were off once more. But what did it mean? The feet that rested on the cushion were almost twice the size of the ones he had so admired, and the shoes were the comfortable half-shoes worn by old persons and not the pretty, little boots he well remembered. He looked at his com- panion's hands, they were covered with drab woolen mittens and raising his eyes to her head, he saw under the green veil some grey hair. What was he to think? Had some fairy changed the young and slender girl into this old woman? He had been misled by that green veil. In great trepidation he looked in all direc- tions for Miss Pemberton. What would she think of him for neglecting her? He could not see another green veil anywhere and he stretched his neck and turned his head till his eyes ached. But it was of no avail, nowhere did he see Miss Pemberton. Nevertheless she was there and not very far from him. On the second seat back of him, a young girl bowed her head upon the seat in front of her, apparently to rest but really to laugh till she cried over the comically anxious conduct of her former bashful and silent com- panion. If he had looked on the shelf above her head he would have seen the veritable green veil he so longed to behold now. The heat and fatigue had compelled her to remove both bonnet and veil for a season, and the pretty head with its clustering curls was not recognized by Mr. Colgate. He finally left the car and made a desperate search for that green veil, but returned soon quite pale and sat down in such a desparing way, Miss Sue Pemberton was again obliged to hide her laughing eyes from view. At a half-way station a number left the train, among others the old lady with the green veil. In the confusion, Miss Pemberton having donned her bonnet and veil once more slipped into the seat beside Mr. Colgate who had moved to the window and was busy looking out at the passengers. They were soon again moving on and her companion turned around to behold another green veil beside him. His eye was too quick, not to recognize the dainty feet and hands and springing up he forgot all shyness in his evident joy at finding her once more. "Why," he said, "I thought I had lost you, and have blamed myself for being so careless of your comfort." "Oh, I have taken this journey too often to be lost," she replied with a merry laugh, "I was a few seats back of you and could not very well move or reach you until now." This incident seemed to break the ice be- tween them and for an hour or two they en- joyed the society of one another very cordially. As twilight came on, they entered a station at which they stopped twenty minutes for tea. Miss Pemberton after supper removed her green veil and folded it up for the night, as the glare of the sunlight was past and it would be dark when they took the boat at Boston for Portland. In the meanwhile Mr. Colgate was walking around the platform of the station which opened into the refreshment room from the doors on either side. He had not yet seen Miss Pemberton without her obnoxious, green veil and as he stood tak- ing the few whiffs of the last end of his cigar, he saw, as he supposed, Miss Pemberton, at any rate a lady with a green veil, leave the room and hurry across the platform to a train going south. This was all wrong, he must stop her, and rushing around the station he reached the car only to see her disappear within ; he followed her calling, "Miss Pem- berton, vou are taking the wrong train." But she did not stop and he came up to her as she was leisurely taking her seat. He touched her shoulder and then realized that he had made a mistake for this was a middle-aged quakeress who now removed her veil from her face and putting it in two or three folds back on hei long, sugar-scoop of a bonnet, looked at him with mild surprise. He turned quickly and, hastening back to the depot, saw to his chagrin the train for the north moving quite rapidly out of the depot. It was too late. He could not possibly reach it and this was the only one connecting with the Portland boat. "What an unfortunate fellow I am," he said to himself, "is it my fault, or is it that green veil?" In the meantime Miss Pemberton had her turn, looking for Mr. Colgate and was more ready to cry than to laugh, when she found he did not appear. She dreaded reach- ing the boat alone in the dark and regretted deeply the loss of a companion whom she had begun to appreciate and enjoy. Their acquaintance however was not to end here, for when his mother had recovered from her illness, he accepted a position as clerk in a summer hotel in the Catskill Mountains, where in July he saw among the guest's names, Miss Pemberton's and her mother and brother. He felt some embarrassment at the thought of meeting them. Would not Herbert twit and joke him mer- cilessly for his mistakes and awkwardness ? Still he longed to hear the voice of his fair, fellow-traveller again and see her face, which though unknown to him, he had mentally pic- tured many times. He met them in the evening as he stood on the piazza steps. Herbert greeted him as cordially as ever, with a hearty hand-shake, saying, "Why Charles how good it is to see you here. Let me introduce you to my mother and here is Sue, you remember Sue." She offered him her hand with a smile and blush saying in low tones, "Mr. Colgate must remember my green veil much better than he remembers me." He looked in glad surprise and admiration IvlG HT at her countenance, so full of sweetness and intelligence. He felt intuitively that her kind heart had withheld her from enjoying a joke at his ex- pense and his awkward contre-temps had never been spoken of. Such delicate tack and forethought for an- other did not lessen Sue's many charms for Charles Colgate and although he was working against many disadvantage that attend on pov- erty he received such sympathy and inspira- tion from Sue Pemberton during those sum- mer months, that before many years he had mounted high the ladder of fame and fortune and Dr Colgate's companion through life was the heroine of "The story of a Green Veil." A RAINY DAY. Little Four-years-old opened his eyes, scram- bled out of bed and resolved to go out with his sled to play as soon as possible. He tried to hurry with his dressing, and jerked around so Mama, who is helping him dress, found much difficulty in keeping him still long enough to get his clothes in their accustomed useful places. Dressing over, he expressed a desire to go out at once. " It is raining today and you cannot go out to play, " said Mama. " What does God make it rain for today? " said little Four-years-old. " Water is very useful " began Mama. " Wasn't there a lot more than was used yesterday? " pursued the youthful interrogator, thinking of the water lying on the icy places and frozen ground, which the sun had melted from the ice and snow yesterday. "Never mind," said Mama, whose time was precious and many household duties were to be performed before baby awoke, and could not keep answering questions that would only lead to others, " Come to breakfast. " Every cloud instantly vanished from his youth- ful sky and joyously he came to the breakfast table and entered into the discussion of his meal with an enthusiasm that only those know who have no burdensome care. Breakfast over, he went to the window and a cloud is seen on his face as he realizes he must stay in the house; then he flattens his nose against the pane, determined to get as near out of doors as he can, and looks at the fast disappearing snow and masses of hard ice which melts more slowly. The irregulari- ty of it caught his eye ; he looked at the large pieces and small pieces and they began to take forms of animals in a procession ; then he thought of the procession of animals he had seen last summer and immediately he thought " circus " and with a bright sunny face he turned from the window and looked at the chairs and other furniture of the sitting room and great possibilities at once came into his imaginative vision. His adapting himself to a rainy day and driving away a cloudy face is an example worthy of emulation in some older people. Meanwhile busy Mama, a half hour later, entered the sitting-room and was greeted with " Look out, Mama, Don't you see the circus?" Mama failed to see the " circus " but, instead she saw that her already overcrowded day's work has been added to by the condition of the sitting room. " This is the elfelant, " explained.Four-years- old " and here's his bill, " pointing to Papa's cane thrust through a coat sleeve which hung over the back of an arm chair. " I mean his valise " he corrected. Mama smiled and said " You mean trunk, don't you? " " No, valise, " he insisted. " Do you think if elfelants had trunks they would carry them in their teeth ?" Just then a wail from baby called Mama has- tily from the room and she did not stop to answer. Then the circus proceeded and a tent was erected out of a shawl over chairs and when Mama next appeared, Four-years- old was in the " tent " out of sight with Mama's work-basket. Spools were set up for the people who came to the circus and pins and needles were scattered around and other mis- chief done. Mama looks under the "tent" and there sits Four-years-old looking rather guilty but trying to look innocent. "Oh, how could you, " began Mama looking at the pins, needles, spools, balls, etc., and thinking of the work it would be to straighten out the basket. " I didn't do it," said Four-years-old, "1 staid here and they came here theirselves to see the circus. " "Who came here," asked Mama rather mystified. " Those folks," he said, pointing to the spools, balls, etc. " Didn't you scatter those things around, " asked Mama, hardly knowing what to say. " Xo-o-o, " he said looking at the shawl. Now Mama was alarmed thinking her boy had told a deliberate falsehood. " Come out here, " and Four-years-old came out looking rather sheepish. " Now didn't you get Mama's workbasket and scatter those things around ? "said Mama. " We-1-1, " began Four-years-old, "I s'pose my hands did do it, but I thinked all the time I wasn't doing it. " " Was'nt it naughty to do so? "said Mama. " and to make poor Mama so much work." Two little arms were instantly thrown lov- ingly around Mama's neck and a bright little face hid in her neck. " I'm sorry my hands did it Mama. " " Isn't it telling a wrong story to say your hands did it and not you ? Do you think your hands would have done it if I had cut them off?" "Wouldn't you been put to jail aud hanged if you had ? " quickly asked Four-years-old. Just then the door bell rang and Mama glancing despairingly around the disordered room, quickly smooths her rumpled hair, thinking callers had come, and went to the door only to find the postman with the mail ; when she returned to the sitting room, Four- years-old was gathering up the contents of the workbasket, and throwing all together in the basket. "I'm a giant," he said "I'm putting all these people in jail for cutting little boys hands off. " Mama was busy looking over the mail and presently Four-years-old said : "Ar'nt I a good boy for picking up these things for you ? " " I think you would have been better if you had not scattered them, "said Mama. " How could I have helped you by picking them up if they were not on the floor ? " Baby again called Mama from the room and Four-years-old went on with his giant playing. Mama with all the housework, din- ner, Baby, etc., may be excused for not stop- ping to answer all the questions of this sharp little questioner. After dinner, Four-years-old went to the dining-room to stay until Mama tidied the sitting room and amused himself by placing the chairs in a row with his rocking horse in front and played " horse cars. " "Change cars for the depot ; this car for Lin- coln Square" he shouted to Mama as she passed through the room. "When you get through playing put the chairs back in their places, " said Mama. "Yes, I will, " said Four-years-old, " I will help you some more." Then Mama rocked the dear little baby to sleep and tucked her away for her nap, and with a sigh of relief thought she could rest herself for awhile. Baby was cutting some stubborn teeth and her rest had been broken for several nights. Four-years-old was tired of playing by himself and wanted some stories told by Mama. "Mama is tired, " she said as she gave up trying to rest with him in the room. " But I'll sit right here and mend your 11 stockings and you can tell me a story. " Then she began to search for thimble, scissors, etc., which were found in rather a promiscuous pile in her workbasket. Four-years-old looked at her reproachfully and said : " If I was a Mama I'd tell my po-o-or little boy all the stories he wanted ; what would you do without your little boy to help you ? " Then seeing the workbasket made him think of giants and he immediately wanted to hear about "Jack and the beanstalk. " Mama said, ■' Now Four-years old, I have told you that story many times and if you want to hear it again you must tell it yourself." " Well, " said Four-years-old trying to look wise, " Once upon a time there lived a little boy named Jack all alone with his mother and a cow. "Mama smiled and said nothing. " One day," continued Four-years-old, "when his mother went to market J .ick sold that poor cow for a pint of beans. When his mother got home all there was left of the cow was a pint of lisans. " Four-years-old stopped to think what came next, and not being quite certain of the story but never at a loss for something to say, continued: " Then his mother gave him some broth without any bread and whipped him soundly and put him to bed. " Mama smiled again but said nothing. Four- years-old paused again to consider and then went on. " That night after his mother had thrown the beans out of the window, the beans began to grow and they grew up higher and higher and higher and higher until they got up to God's house. " "Four-years-old," said Mama, "you must not say that, that is not the way to tell the story. " "Didn't the bean stalk grow way up in the sky ? " asked Four-years-old. " That's the story, " said Mama. " And isn't that God's house ? " pursued Four-years-old. " Yes," said Mama. " Well, " said Four-years-old, " how could the bean stalk grow up there without going to God's house? " Just then the door bell rang and callers occupied the time that should have been spent by Mama in making the impressionable little mind clear in regard to stories and facts. Do we ever stop to think that at the age when the stories of that every interesting old lady, Mother Goose, are first told, the little minds are too pure to have the slightest doubt of their not being actual occurences. Then as time goes by, the little minds develope and they perceive by the natural order of events, that such things could not have happened. >s it not then that they lose that sweet trust and confidence that is part of a spotless nature? Is it not something that we long to keep, yet cannot keep in them, that perfect incapability of committing sin? Is it not then that we begin to pray that our little ones may be de- livered from evil with a fervor never before needed ? As the rainy day passed away Mama's thoughts constantly reverted to Four- years-old and that night along conference was held by Four-years-old and Mama during which he was set right in regard to th e per- plexing questions of the "rainy day. " Steam heating is one of the necessities of the age, and the right kind of heater saves time, money and worry. Parties building new residences or blocks during the coming season will profit much by calling and exam- ining the Royal Steam Heater at 39 Pearl street, or sending a postal card to the mana- ger. Reliable estimates and practical work- manship guaranteed. The best of recommen- dations are furnished bv the prominent busi- ness men of the city. The style of this magnifi- cent heater can be seen on Page 22. The Heywood Foundry are the manufacturers. n LI(iHf For the Ladies. The sun shone in Boston, the streets were as clean as if the woman who takes in back stairs to scrub had been around, the hand organ man played Annie Kooney and the man with a basketful of bronze-paint bottles to sell calmly gilded his ancient derby hat for the benefit of the crowd. While the stores in Worcester are filled with old winter goods on sale at reduced prices, Boston shops have bloomed out in a delightfully spring-like style. These are a few of the novelties I saw : Plush capes — the material a brown plush with an extra heavy pile, and shot with white threads at irregular intervals. Plush capes braided around the edge and up the front with fuzzy silk biaid applied in a sort of turkomen effect. The points in the fronts of many plush capes are growing into long square tabs. I saw a pretty cloth cape, made of three over- hanging ruffles of gray cashmere, collar and yoke combined, the collar very high and edged with curled black silk ravelings. The neat little chappie coats are longer than last year, and have two tiers of pockets instead of one, that is, above every large pocket flap is a small one. I saw some charming bonnets. Everything seems to be the new flat poke, with a puff of velvet round the edge. I saw a dainty con- struction in white velvet, this shape, at the rear two high loops of white velvet rib- bon reared themselves between two yellow vel- vet roses. These roses, by the way, obtain large, and might easily be made at home by taking a two inch wide bias band of velvet, gathering the raw edges and draw them tightly together, with a little ball of dark brown vel- vet in the centre. One flower garden was com- posed of a puff of green velvet, a wreath of purple violets, a crown of openwork gilt lace, loops at the back of green velvet, in which nestled a cluster of tea roses. It sounds like the Meadows, but put it on a pretty woman's head and th 2 result would be ravishing. By the way, bonnet strings are made of velvet, quite long, and three inches wide. The vel- vet is not lined but simply cat-stitched onto itself in a Hat hem. Gilt ribbon is popular, I saw some two inches wide, with bits of green, red and blue glass sewed on occasionally, with a jewel-like effect. Hat trimmings are grow- ing higher than ever. I saw feathers and rib- bon loops on the rear of a scarlet hat which would certainly add ten inches to the wearer's height. Everybody who is anybody wears trimming on her skirt nowadays. I saw innumerable bias ruffles, sometimes running all around, but generally missing the back breadth. I also saw a new dress at a fashionable modiste's of brown wool, on the skirt was a foot wide bias flounce, edged with gros grain ribbon, and with the ribbon set on for a heading. The flounce was not gathered, but pleated at inter- vals of five inches in sets of three over-lapping side pleats. I saw one skirt which had a row of rosettes around the hem ; the effect was like shell trimming, which is also used. The dress in the height of style seems to lie a light colored frock, slightly en traine (even for the street), drawn back as tightly over the hips as can be done without tearing the material. In addition, buy as many yards of ribbon as you can afford, and tie around vour neck, with short loops and long ends falling over the back of your skirt. The ribbon is generally black. ' All signs in millinery and art point to an early spring. It is to be hoped that nature wont fail to point to the same thing. Men's puff scarfs are being brought out in the color of a thunder cloud, which is an ex- cellent color everywhere except in a man's face. The keepers of fowls should take their ani- mals in nights. Boas made of green irrides- cent cock's feathers have appeared. Boston will soon have a dog show at which a good many Worcester animals will make their debut. Sara Bernhardt played opposi- tion to a hen show in New York. Will she exhibit her asp in rivalry to a pug show in Boston, is being asked. Silver and diamond jewelery 's a fad, Did it ever occur to you ? White shoes minus heels make pretty girls glad, D d it ever occur to you? * 1 iris of sixteen wear their hair hanging loose, But a sixteener of sixty's always a goose, 1 presume it's occurred to you. E. Miniter. Sherman at the Tomb of Ward. As everything connected with General Sher- man is sacred now to the heart of this great nation, to which he had become an idol of affection and of gratitude, I send a reminder of an event of local interest of which he was the principal figure. Some years ago, General Sherman attended a fair of the New England Agricultural So- ciety at Worcester, as its guest. Its president, the genial Dr. Loring, did everything in his power to make it of interest and pleasure to him as well as to the public to whom he was the great attraction. While there a pilgrim- age was made by the society and its guests to escort the General to the tomb of General Artemas Ward, an officer of the Revolution- ary army, in the neighboring town of Shrews- bury. After a gathering at the grave the company was entertained by George Sumner, Esq., at his summer house in Shrewsbury. There was no speech making, but many a select thought came to many hearts at this tribute of recognition and affection by this great captain of modern warfare to the humble untaught patriot soldier, whose weapon was the flaming sword of fiery zeal; whose shield, his stout heart of unwavering devotion. A thought came to me in this connection which has lain dormant in my brain till now when called up, by so many anecdotes and reminis- cences connected with General Sherman by his departure from the battlefield of life to the Silent Campof the immortals; following close the escorting spirits of Devens and of Porter. The hero o'er the grave of the hero kneels In a kinship of spirit that forever is young ; The years, their immortal deeds between, Are but as yesterday, when it is gone. The later war pays homage to the Revolution, Its genius, in the school of science trained, Bows to the diamond rough by stern experience polished; The fires of patr'otism, that kindl dthe elder's soul, Warms with transmitted heat— Through worthy sire— th ! s noble son. And Ward and Sherman, in soul, are one. Worcester, Feb. 22,1891. H. Caleb A. Wall gave the first of his address- es for this season, on the first settlers and their locations in the different sections of the city, Friday evening, Feb. 13, at the residence of Leonard Cheney on Sagatabscot Hill, near the spot where the first permanent settler in Worcester lived, and where the first child was born. This will be followed by similar meet- ings and addresses at other historic points, in- cluding Tatnuck, Ouinsigamond Village, and other places, till the whole field is covered. The addresses already printed, containing Mr. Wall's accounts of the first setters at North Worcester and Eastern Worcester, are on sale by him. and at the book store of Putnam, Da- vis & Co. The " Eastern Worcester " publica- tion contains a specially interesting account of the Scotch-Irish Presbyterian immigrants of 171S, who were among the first settlers in Worcester, and also of the captivity and es- cape from the Indians of the boy Samuel Leonard. Jr., whose father's settlement was on what is now Lake Park, where a monument to the memory of the heroic youth is urged by the speaker to be placed. Wishes. BY MRS. A. H. HINMAN. I wish that I a golden chain might lie Upon my own love's neck of ivory, Or I would be soft laces round her throat That I might all her gentle breathings note. Or, I would even be a roselud fair To nestle softly in her shining hair, Or yet about her waist— a simple zone,— Or anything to prove her all my own. I'd lie so soft upon her snowy neck 1 would not e'en the faintest whisper check, And I would press her dainty waist so light I would not even be unclasped at night. 1 here should no other rose in shining hair With my own form, and perfume e'en compare. Greatly would I enhance her every charm And shield her from the slightest dream of harm. I'd be a dainty fan with'n her hand, And prove myself a light and magic wand To cool the blushes on her velvet cheek, And make her gentle loving words to speak. Her slender golden bracelet I would be, And prove her my own darling captive, free To bend and swerve my lordly selfish will, And yet, I'd love and long to serve her s ill. A precious jewel in her tiny ear, I'd softly pause her faintest word to htar. No breathing form should ever fail to pay Homage to her fair face and queenly way. Sherman and Corse. At this time when everybody is talking of the dead General and the outgoing Post- master of Boston these stanzas, so familiar and prompted by the signalling at Altoona Pass are quite in place. They were written by Bliss, the Evangelist. Ho ! my comrades, see the signal Waving in the sky ; Reinfoi cements now appearing, Victory is nigh. See the mighty host advancing, Satan leading on ; Mighty men around us falling, Courage almost gone. See the glorious banner waving, Hear the bugle blow ; In our lr-aders name we'll triumph Over every foe. Fierce and long the battle rages, But our help is near; Onward comes our great commander, Cheer, my comrades, cheer. CHORUS. "Hold the fort, for I am coming," Jesus signals still; Wave the answer back to Heaven, "By thy grace we will." They have been sung by all English speak ing p ople. Sankey sang them in Great Britain and in Dublin when a funny actor in the theater said, "I feel Moody, in fact I am Sankeymonious;" the galleries at first hissed and then sang "Hold the Fort," till the clown gave in. The message of Corse in return to Sherman's was not pious ; but it was emphatic "I am short an ear and minus a cheek bone ; but I can whip H 1 out of them yet." The holding of the Boston Office did not depend upon himself or we might have a different re- sult from his peaceful departure when his suc- cessor enters. Salvini de L'Aramate, a Florentine, invent- ed spectacles about the close of the twelfth century. He would have kept his secret to himself had it not been for Father Alexander de Spina, another subject of the same State, who, having found it out by his ingenuity, was too generous to withold so useful a discovery from the world. 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One cup sugar, one cup of butter, one-half cup of milk, two eggs, one cup of dessicated cocoanut, one teaspoon baking powder sifted in flour enough to roll, not too stiff. No. 2 one cup of butter, two cups of sugar, one cup of milk, four eggs, one teaspoon of soda, six cups of rlour T roll out, sprinkle thick with cocoanut, then roll lightly to press the cocoa- nut into the dough ; cut in any shape desired. Pumpkin Custard. Cut a pumpkin into inch square pieces, stew slowly until thoroughly cooked, then press through a colander or sieve. To every pint of pumpkin add a piece of butter about twice the siz- of a walnut, half a teaspoonful of salt (scant), one pint of good milk, half a tea- spoon each of mace and cinnamon, one tea- spoon of ginger, one cup of sugar, and four well beaten t ggs. bake in a pudding dish, without crust, or in pie-tins with a light crust. Graham Biscuits. Put one quart of graham flour into a bowl. Rub into it thoroughly two ounces of butter or lard. Add teaspoon of salt and two tea- spoons of baking powder. Mix and rub again, until thoroughly blended, then add sufficient milk, about half a pint, to make a soft dough. Turn out on the board, knead lightly, roll into a sheet about three quarters of an inch thick. Cut into biscuits. Place in greased pans and bake in a quick oven twenty minutes. Oatmeal Flour Gems. Oatmeal flour one cup, wheat flour one-halt cup, one and one half teaspoor fuls baking powder, one egg, one cupful of milk, one half teaspoonful of salt. Sift the oatmeal, wheat- flour, baking powder and salt. Beat the egg and add to the milk ; stir into the dry ingred- ients, and beat well. Bake in hot oven in gem pans. Raised Oatmeal Biscuit. Dissolve one rounded tablespoonful of but- ter in a pint of hot milk; when lukewarm, stir in one and one-half pint of oatmeal flour, and one-half pint of white rlour, one well beaten egg, a little salt, one tablespoonful of sugar, one-half yeast cake; work the dough until smooth. In the morning knead well, and roll out half an inch thick, cut into rounds, and bake when light. Oatmeal Flour Pudding. Two cups of oatmeal flour, one half-tea- spoonful salt, one cup of molasses, one cup of milk, sweet or sour; one cup of chopped rais- ins, one half cup of sliced citron, oue teaspoon- ful of soda, one egg, steam three hours. I never yet read a recipe for whipping crearn that did not give directions for skimming off the froth as fast as it rises, during the beating process. This makes long and tiresome work of it, and more than all that, it is quite un- necessary. If the cream is thick and very cold, as it should be, it can be done much more satisfact- orily. Place the cream in a deep bowl with a round bottom, and whip with a large Dover egg beater. Do not skim, but beat briskly, and in the course of from five to ten minutes you will have a quantity of the most delicious whipped cream. If you are obliged to beat it longer it will be because the cream is perhaps a trifle too thin or too warm. It is quite different from the frothy sub- stance which is constantly skimmed off the cream in the other way of preparing it, and if kept in a cool place, it will remain un- changed for twenty-four hours or longer. After it is whipped, sweeten to taste with powdered sugar and flavor. Mary M. Ward. I* ALWAYS ON HAND! VENISON, TURKEYS, GEESE, WILD GAME, CHICKENS, DUCKS, GEORGE C. BLANCHARD, DEALER IN Beef, Pork, Yeal, Lamb, Poultry, Sausages, Lard, Butter, Vege- tables, Etc., Etc., No, 218 Main Street, Worcettr, Mass, EDWARD B. CLAPP, Fashionable Hat, Fine Furnishing, Athletic House, 365 Main St., Worcester. C. REBBOLI, Confectioner * and * Caterer, 6 and 8 Pleisant Street, Worcester. THE CRITERION Bakery and Restaurant. Nothing but first-class material used. Table board at reasonable prices. 231 Main St. and 36 Shrewsbury St. J. & T. CALDER, Proprietors. DIAMONDS, WATCHES, JEWELRY At Reasonable Prices. J. P. WEIXLER, JEWELER, 323 Main St., Mechanics Hall Jew- elry Store. Diamonds, Watches, Sterling Solid Silver- ware, Rogers' Brother's, 1847, Silver Plated Tableware, Gold and Silver-Headed Um- brellas and Canes, Opera Glasses, Gold Spec- tacles and Eye-Glasses, Gold Pens and Pen- cils. Fine Watch and Jewelry Repairing Done Promptly, in a Thorough Manner, and at Reasonable Prices. J. P. Weixler, 323 Main Street, MECHANICS HALL BUILDING. Ifo 75 SLEIGHS AT YOUR OWN PRICE. Now is the time to buy. Plenty of sleighing ahead. Indications fur the next six weeks, Cold Weather and Snow. Parties buying now, if they wish, I will store their Sleighs through the Summer free of charge. With sorre who have no i oom to store, this an offer worth consid- ering. Buyers should buy now, and save at least 20 per cent. Geo. C. Dewhurst, 17 Park St., OPP. THE COMMON. The superiority of ♦ROSE CREAM LOTION* lies in the fact that it contains no Oils or Greasy Substances, no Chemical or Mineral I J oisons, and will not injure the most delicate skin. Can be applied at any time ; quickly absorbed. Ladies troubled with catchy fin- gers, working on silk and satin, will find it an excellent remedy. It will not leave the hands sticky. For Gentlemen's use after shaving it is with- out an equal. Try it. Get a SAMPLE BOTTLE FREE. Large bottles, 25c. Found in all first-class Drug stores. Prepared by PERKINS & COMPANY, Sole Proprietors, Worcester, Mass. BUSH & CO., Whole- sale Agents. rTENOQRAPHT, WITH USE OF TYPEWRITER, In CLASS or PRIVATE lessons. Thorough instruc- tion. Personal attention given each student. Rates for copying upon application. Miss M. KltANCKS DIES, (Elevator). The Brunswick, 40 Pleasant St. P C\ ft/TA'PPV Ball Orders, Pro- v^. \J. ivinix.v^ x , GRAMMPS AN1) Wed- 10 s4 ARTISTIC PRINTING. A SPECIALTY. Main st., cor. Pearl. STARKIE'S DYE HOUSE, 254 Main St., Worcester, Mass. Ladies and Gents' Garments Djed and Cleansed in a Superior Manner. Tailoring Establishment. Custom-Made goods at almost Ready-made Rates. 254 MAIN STREET. Horace Kendall. DEALER IN Furniture, Ranges, Carpets AND HOUSEKEEPING GOODS. Goods sold on instalments if desired. Prices s low as any house in New England. No. 319 Main St., Worcester, Mass. Mechanics Hall Building. LKiHT Household. Soda Will Save Fuel. A young friend of mine said to me one day : " We are fond of string beans, and they are the cheapest fresh vegetable one can buy, if only it did not take so long to cook them ; but unless I plan to have them on baking or iron- ing day 1 cannot afford them. It seems ab- surd to keep an extra fire for two hours just for a little mess of beans." Have you had her experience? Try a little soda — just a generous '■ pinch " of soda for a common mess of beans, put into the water in which you boil them, will cook the toughest beans tender in an hour or less, and detract nothing from their flavor, The same is true of boiled onions, beets, tough meats, etc. In boiling a ham, always parboil in soda water, then take it out, and wash and scrape well, add clear water, and you will be surprised to see how mnch more sweet and tender your ham will be. A piece of fresh beef that has lain just long enough to become a trifle suspicious may be so renewed by parboiling in soda water as to be above reproach when placed before the most delicate nostrils. In the case of beef- steak or roast, a thorough rinsing in cold soda water will prove quite effectual, when the taint is so slight as to be wholly on the exposed sur- face. — Good Housekeeping. Fever and restleness in children is frequent- ly caused by indigestion, If you find the skin of the little one hot and dry, recall if you can what she ate for supper. Give the child a warm bath, then give it a cupful of warm water to drink. In a few minutes the undi- gested food will be thrown off the stomach, and the child will soon be sleeping soundly. To go back to the arrangement of the table, never be without some ornament for its centre. A common wild fern in a small pot is always pretty, and will last a long time, even if it does grow. A piece of India silk wrapped about the pot itself, gives a pleasant touch of color. Flowers are always suitable and lovely but not always available. Most people have window plants. One of these may be set in a discarded basket, which gilding or bronze powder has reclaimed. Don't attempt to turn a cake out of a pan till it has stood for about three minutes; then spread a cloth double on the board, take the pan in both hands, hold it down close to the cloth and turn it downwards quickly, let- ting the edge of the pan touch the board. Move the cake about on the cloth, gently to dry ; and when one side is dry, deftly turn it on the other. Never put a cake away till it is quite cool and firm. It is a good plan to wash up all the utensils you have used, while the cake is baking, then you will be on hand to watch it. If a recipe calls for the use of soda, and you do not have it on hand, do not attempt to use baking powder instead, for the result is ruin. Never try to patch up a poor fire, and do not use wood to force a defective fire, or your baking will be uneven. Plunge the stems of wilted and drooping flowers into hot water to about one third their length, taking care that the blossoms are un- touched. This process drives the "sap " back into the flowers, and causes them to revive in a short time. Keep a little beeswax tied up in a cloth to rub your flatirons with, and you will find that even a white shirt to be done up will soon become a pleasant work. When acid of any kind gets on clothing, use spirits of ammonia to neutralize it, and then apply chloroform to restore the color. Learning to ride a bicycle is certainly a school of experience, but students do hate the fall term. OLD SAWS POT TO USE. "A thing of beauty is a joy forever," and a well-fitting shoe maketh the foot fine. Artistic shoes for dress occasions. "Handsome is that handsome does," and that which makes tired feet comfortable does handsomest of all. Grover's soft shoes for tender feet, are found only at Mechanics Hall Shoe Store. "One bird in the hand is worth two in the bush," and a place where you may be sure of getting good shoes which fit nicely and wear well, is not to be forgotten. Fine custom shoes made to measure. " 'Tis not safe to swap horses while crossing a stream," but see that you have a good one before starting in. An extra pair of good shoes onlhand, is never a poor investment. "He laughs best who laughs last," and they whose feet are nicely and comfortably shod will be sure to laugh at the right time. Good goods and lowest prices, are sure to please. "All's well that ends well," — buy shoes at Mechanics Hall Shoe Store, 325 Main Street, Worcester, Mass. EZRA A. DAY. The Readers of Light I most cordially invite To call at my Model Drug Store When in want of anything They would expect to find In a metropolitan establishment of its kind. Respectfully, Geo.E. Fairbanks, Druggist, 10 FRONT STREET. J. W. GREENE, P LUMBER. Dealer in Stoves, Ranges and Furnaces. Steam and Gas Fitting. Jobbing in all its branches promptly attended to. Telephone Connection. 5 1 Main Street, Cumming's block. Worcester Coal Company, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in COAL. COAL. General office, 18 Pearl St., Y. M. C. A. Building; Yards, 23 Manchester St. and 319 Southbridge St. HARD WOOD MANTELS, Birch, Cherry, Oak, Etc. * SMITH & ADAMS, * NO. 156 MAIN STREET, H. W. Miller's Old Stand. mmmm FURNITURE AND CARPETS, 355 Main Street, Worcester. CUT THIS OUT. The Cheapest Place in Worcester to Buy FIRST-CLASS Parlor Furniture, Plush Parlor Suites, 7 pieces, upholstered by skilled workmen in first-class shape, and we believe them to be the finest Suites ever offered at the price, $50. Having a large stock of Low and Medium- Priced PARLOR SUITES, our stock of Fine Suites and Odd Pieces, upholstered in Tapestry, Silk Brocatelle, and Plushes in all the new' and Latest Styles of upholstering, cannot be excelled at prices from $75 to $225. OUR RUG PARLOR SUITES AT $100 are very fine. We have them at lower prices. Also those that cost more money. We can furnish your house complete with Furniture, Carpets, Crockery and Stoves. Goods sold on four months' time at cash prices. PINKHAM & WILLIS, 355 Main Street. Iy I V* Handkerchiefs marked down from $3 per dozen to 12 1-2 each. Whitney's Linen Store Temple Place, Boston. LI(iHT The Week. CITY. Feb. 27 — Funeral of Solon Bartlett at 22 Lancaster street, Burial in Boylston. Watson L. Wood buried from the home of his son, Charles W., 20 Belmont street. Rev James J. Doyle died yesterday in Denver. Colorado. A good life ended early. Delia Brow run down at Plymouth street crossing. 28 — A mania for poisoning dogs prevalent es- pecially at Lake View. Hydrophobia in- verted. Mar. 1 — Ex-Mayor Winslow sixty-four years old today. The 2d W. C. T. U. hold consecration meeting in their new restaurant, 245 Front street. 2 — W. A. Denholm dies at his home, iS West street; fifty-four years. Edwin Conant of 12 State street dies ; eighty years. 3 — School Committee vote to allow Prof. Boas to measure school children. Classmates of '79, W. H. S., meet to take action on the death of the Rev. James H. Doyle. 4 — So much snow that nothing could happen. The measuring edict of the School Com- mittee the chief thing talked about. 5 — Funerals of Rev. James H. Doyle. Mr. W. A. Denholm and Edwin Conant, Esq. Alumni of Polytechnic meet and organize. They wish to be incorporated. COUNTY. Feb. 26 — Brookfield raided by burglars during the snow storm. Rev. Fr. McCoy of Westboro, ill. Big No License meeting in Milford. A. W. Edson of the State Board addresses Rutland farmers concerning school super- vision. Also, J. B. Knox of Worcester gives Army Reminiscences. 27 — Christian Crusaders flourishing in Spen- cer. 28 — Henry C. Knowlton dies in Gardner. Prominent businessman. Railroad smash-up on the B. & A. near Rochdale. Mar. 1— Charles Hudson dies of heart disease in Clinton ; sixty-five years. C. A. Denny and wife of Leicester start for the South. :— Town meeting day throughout the county. No license still ahead. 3 — Alvin T. Currier dies in Whitinsville ; fifty- nine years. Congregational Church in Shrewsbury re- dedicated. 4 — Harrison Howe dies in Gardner; seventy- two years. Albert Goodrich dies in Clinton; seventy- four years. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kelley celebrate fiftieth anniversary of marriage. COMMONWEALTH. Feb. 27^Parker Pillsbury of New Hampshire talks to Liberal Union Club in Boston on Anti-Slavery. Almost a voice from the tombs. Annual meeting of the Longfellow Me- morial Association. Progress reported. The body is flourishing. The Legislation proposes to "sit down" on junketing. St. Paul's in Boston votes not to sell prop- erty. The landmark will stand. 28— Master Workman John McCarthy, K. of L. 240, arrested in Lynn, for conspiracy. The first arrest of the kind ever made in the state. Bishop Paddock of Boston seriously ill. Mar. 1 — Arrest of a gang of opium smugglers in Boston. Union memorial services for Porter and Sherman in East Boston. 2 — Warden Lovering will discharge several guards at the Charlestown prison. 3 — Legislature does not rule junketing out. Too bad ! Governor Russell has a son born to him. Doubtless the lad will make just as much noise as any other baby. He is a Russeller to begin with. Governor Russell sends special message to Legislature on the evils of the Sweating system. "High as Heaven his name we'll shout" if he succeeds in doing away with the Devilish practice. 4 — Biennial sessions defeated in the House. Abolition of Poll Tax passes. Now if the "poor" citizen can sell his vote, there will be nothing lacking to make him happy. 5 — Judge Robert C. Pitman of the Superior Court dies in Newton; sixty-five years. NATION. Feb. 27 — Senator Henry W. Blair of New Hampshire nominated as Minister to China. Confirmed at once. New York Central R. R. blockaded by ice. Unparalled. Yuma, Ari., destroyed by floods. 28— Senator George Hearst of California dies in Washington ; seventy-one years. Brights disease and heart trouble. Leprosy fully developed in New Orleans. Direct Tax bill passes the Senate. Ex-Mayor Hart nominated for the Boston Post-mastership. He was at once confirmed. Of Corse Boston will now get Harty, good usage. Win. W. Doherty nominated to succeed United States Marshall Lovering. Mar.i — "Puck" Meyer's ashes scattered to the winds from the top of the Statue of Liberty, New York. Senator Manderson of Nebraska to suc- ceed Ingalls as president of the Senate. 2 — Public debt increasing. Philadelphia will have a new mint build- ing. General observance among Methodists of the centennial of John Wesley's death. 3— Prospect that the French Spoilation bills will be paid. Congress votes 350,000 for Oklahoma suf- ferers. The boomers have become bummers and beggars. 4— Congress adjourns, Speaker not able to read his title clear. Democrats objected. Never mind. He will pick his flint and try again. Mrs. W. H. Stoddard, once principal of Mt. Holyoke Seminary, died in Northamp- ton ; seventy years President signs Copyright bill. The Vassar heirs and college compromise. 5 — Muddle over the Governor in Connecticut thicker than ever. Governor Hill of New York continues to make himself arbiter in Cc nnecticut affairs. What a Hill! WORLD. Feb. 27 — Lady Russel wishes to be divorced from Lord Russel. What noble men ! Emperor William incensed because his secretary talks. Ex-Empress Frederick leaves Paris, al- most in disguise. There is no end of trouble in store for Europe yet. 28 — Paris still in commotion over the recent visit of Ex-Empress Frederick. What has become of French politeness ? And now French artists will not exhibit in Berlin. How spiteful. Mar. 1 — War clouds lowering over Europe. France and Germany very restive. Russia seeking to weld Finland more closely to her- self. Trouble brewing. Canada in a tumult overcoming election. New York, at last, decides to start on the Grant monument. 2 — The Pope congratulated on his eightieth birthday. Statue to the memory of John Wesley un- veiled in front of City Road Chapel, Lon- don. 3 — Osman Digma making his way towards Berber. 4 — British Steamer Victoria abandoned in Firth of Portland. Leonard W. Jerome, an American resident in England, and father-in-law of Randolph Churchill, dies in Brighton ; seventy-three years. 5 — Canada still votes Conservative ; but by a reduced majority. Strong opposition to the nomination of Sir Charles W. Dilke from all quarters. Sat Under The Sign. He was a real pretty young man, and he was gotten up in the highest style of art. He sat in the cable car, next to the stove, and re- garded with evident admiration a pair of very positive, very large checked and very new trousers, which he pulled up carefully at the knees to prevent any tendency to bagging. The car rattled and clattered along, and all the passenger, gazed in upward vacancy, as all cable car passengers do. Finally a fair maiden who sat opposite the young man saw something and giggled after the fashion of her kind. Then she looked at the nice young man and giggled again, then she nudged her fair companion, and the fair companion gazed across the car, looked at the young man's head, and then snorted. All this annoyed the nice young man, who had been looking very wise, and when two or three other passengers joined in the chorus he began to wriggle and quit looking wise. The laughing increased and grew and spread, and the nice young man grew desperate. He got up to see what it was over his head that caused the unseemly cach- innation. He found it. It was one of those big cardboard signs that adorn cable cars. It was printed in black letters, and it read : "The young man sitting beneath this car is one of our customers, He is very fussy and hard to please, but my ! isn't he elegantly dressed? he has on a pair of our $3 pants." The nice young man left the car, left it in haste, in anger, leaving behind him some very naughty words that smelled of sulphur. — Kan- sas City Globe. Worcester had a like incident, when one of the most immaculately dressed young men in the city walked down Maple Street with one of Barnaby's placards hooked to his back with this inscription. "This suit was bought at Barnaby's for S3. 75. " It was a fellow High School pupil who put it on. The delight of the youngsters was great ; but the victim's wrath was direful. School and College. Polytechnic Institute. The Camera Club held its bi-weekly meet- ing last Saturday evening at Boynton Hall, instead of as usual at the Y. M. C. A. build- ing. But little business was transacted, the evening being spent in experimenting with flash light photos. Each member brought with him his camera and took and developed two pictures. Several members of the club have been practising lately with silhouettes with varying success. A meeting of the board of editors of the W. P. I., was held Tuesday. Michael J. Leyden was elected an editor from the Middle Class. No action was taken regarding the election of a representative from the Apprentice Class, this being left until the new management of the paper takes place in April. The petition which was to be presented to the Faculty, asking for the April vacation to begin one week later, has evidently gone the way of other enterprises which are set on foot, for instance the subscription for the purchase of a new flag, and the project of choosing a school pin. The Senior class was occupied last Satur- day, in conducting a test of the efficiency of the boiler in the Salisbury Laboratories. The class is enjoying a good laugh at the expense of one of its number who was beaten at his own game. It seems there was an old piece of hose lying about, and he conceived the idea of passing it through an opening in the floor, going down stairs and holding one end to his victims ear, whilst a confederate was to shout through the other end. Ar- rangements were soon made, and our friend having duly adjusted the pipe to the ear of one of the workmen in the employ of the institute, whom he wished to astonish, gave the signal to go-ahead. But it so happened that there was a joker at each end of the line, and the one upstairs carefully connected his end of the hose to a faucet. When then No. i gave the signal, he was to say the least, most suddenly surprised and chagrined to see a good sized stream of water take the machinist in the head. The excitement which ensued, was quelled by the professor in charge ap- pearing on the scene, and allowing the would be joker to become a minus quantity for the remainder of the day. The Apprentice Class seems to have an un- usual amount of enterprise. Although scarce- ly six weeks in the school, its members are or- ganizing a musical club, and one rehearsal of the orchestra connected with it, has already been held. No officers have as yet been elected as the project has not taken definite enough form. The orchestra however at pres- ent consists of C. N. Chambers, leader, 'cello ; E. L. Burdick, piano ; E. W. Davenport, flute ; R. W. Emerson, ist violin, L. V. Magaw, 2nd violin, and W. J. Baldwin, cornet. Beside these, the class contains a considerable amount of banjo and guitar material. The Historical Society held its regular meeting last Thursday. The subjects of the LIGHT essays read were taken from early English history. Lake '90, the well known foot ball man of Harvard, paid the school a short visit Satur- day. Mount Holyoke. Amherst Glee and Banjo Club gave a con- cert in the College Chapel Tuesday evening. Previous to the concert between the hours of half past seven and nine they were tendered a reception by the Sophomore class. The recep- tion rooms were beautifully decorated in class colors of pink and white, and the soft light from under many pink shades fell upon as pretty a scene as the college ever witnessed. The windows and mantles were banked with palms and ferns : cosy corners were furnished with tete-a-tete chairs and inviting divans. The president, Mrs. Mead, assisted in receiv- ing and with her charming manners and infin- ite tact won the hearts of all the guests. On entering the gentlemen were presented with boutoniers of pink and white carnations. To assist the young men, young in their collection of " memory bells," and to save them their usual inconvenience of having to select bric-a- brac of chair tassels, tidies, etc., a table was amply supplied with suitable souvenirs of the occasion. Dainty refreshments in pink and white were served throughout the evening. The concert began at nine o'clock and their new programme was well rendered and thor- oughly enjoyed by a large audience, especially a solo by Mr. Walter Hildreth. z\ Dr. McCullagh lectured last Friday evening before the young ladies, in a highly interest- ing and intellectual style. Latin Fun. Sic transit drove a tu pone tandem temo ver from the north. He is visiting his ante, Mrs. Dido Etdux, and intends stopping here until or/ it in. He et super with us last evening, and is a terrible fello. He lambda man almost to death the other evening, but he got his match, — the other man cutis nos off and noctem flat iirna flounder. Queer. Statistics figure out strange results. The American Almanac for 1835 has two pages of tables carefully reckoning the value of a wife's right of dower according to the ages of herself and husband. These range from 16 to 90 years for the wife and from iz to S4 for the husband. Of course, if the husband is the older the value of the wife's interest in his es- tate is supposed to be greater. If she be 16 and he S4 her right is worth S22.10 on the $100, On the contrary, if she be 90 and he 22, her right of dower has still a value, viz., 11 cents on the $100. Actuaries compile queer data. Nice Cake. Beat one half pound of butter to a cream, add to it, by degrees, one-half pound of pow dered loaf sugar and one pound of flour; when these are well mixed, add four eggs well beaten, yolks and whites separately, and half a pint of sweet milk; beat all well together, flavor with a few drops of essence of ratafia, and bake in a buttered mold in a moderate oven for an hour. COMING EVENTS. (Light solicits notices of future events for this col- umn. They should be sent as ea'ly in the weekas possi- ble Saturday, March 7. Kink— Electrical exhibition. Natural History Hall.— Class in entomology for beginners, 2 30 p.m. Meeting of Volapuk Club, 7 30 p.m. Sunday, Mar. 8. Y.M.C. A.— Morning prayer meeting, 9.15 am. Boys' meeting 3 p.m., Men's meeting, 4 p.m. Grace Church. — Union meeting ol Women's For- eign Missionary societies of Methodist churches of this city, 3 p.m. Monday, Mar. 9. Meetingof Women's Educational Circle with Mrs. Lane, 56 Orange street, 7.30 p m. Kink.— Electrical exhibition. Natural History Hall.— Class for beginners in Volapuk, 7.30 p.m. Meeting oi Higginson Botanical Club, 7.30 p.m. Curtis Hall —Coffee party of the First Presbyterian church, 7.30 p.m. Tuesday, Mar. 10. Grange Hall.— Meeting cf Worcester Grange, conferring of first and second degree, 7.45 p.m. Kink. — Electrical exhibition. Natural History Hall.— Class in osteology, and anatomy, 7.30 p.m. Meeting of Kidgway Ornithological Club. 7.30 p.m. KNIGHTS of Honor Hall— Third Anniversary of Won ester Assembly No. 152, R. S. G. F,,tnteitainment by Ideal Concert Company, S p.m. Curtis Hall.- Coffee party of the First I'resbyter an church, 7.30 p. in. OLD South Church —Supper and Social of Ladies Benevolent Society, 7 30 p.m. Grace Church. — Milk-maids drill. 8 pin. Park Church.— C supper, 8 p.m. Wednesday, Mar. 11. K 1 N K. — Electr'.cal exhibition. Natural History Hall —Class in comparative anatomy for b.-ginneis, 3 p.m. Class in elementary botanyj 3 p.m. HORTICULTURAL Ham —Concert and dance of Triumph Circle, Goodwill Lodge of Odd Ladies, 8 p.m. Colonial Hai l.— Recital by pupils of the School of English S[.eech 8 p.m. Thursday, March 12. Kink. — Electrical exhibition. Natural History Rooms— Class in animal histol ogy 8 pin. Horticultural Hall.— Meeting of Worc?stei County Horticultural Soi iet] . pa ei by Mi-. Fannie A . Dean of Edgartownom "The Columbian Discovery— Its benefits to Horticultu'e," followed by discussion, 2.30 p. m. Ail Saints Churi h.— Preaching by Rev. W. B. Kr sby, of Ihe Church of Advent. Boston, 7.30 p.m. ri\Ti.iv Hall.— Stereopticon views' and bal- lads .'.1 "The Home ol Evangeline," 8 p.m. Friday, Mar. 13. Rink — Electrical exhibition. Naturai IIimiikn Hall.— Meeting ol Bri < Ornithological Club 7.30 p.m. Salem St. Cong Chi ri ».- Lectur bj Rev. I. J. Lansing on "Vocal Training - I hings to !»■ learned and rned." 7 45 I' m. Knights op Honor Hall. Celebration of third anniversary of Worcester Assembly of Good Fell- p.m. ESTEY'S Dining Rooms. — Reunion and supper of Co I ', itli Mass. He. ivy Artillery. 8 p 111. Saturday, Mar. 14. Natural IIisiok\ Hall!— Class in entomology, 2.30 p.m. Meeting of Volapuk Club, 7.30 p.m. Rink.— Electrical exhibition. WORCESTER OXYGEN COMPANY. Dr. J. W. Gould and T. I). Bristol, M. U., have opened elegant quarters for the dispen- sation of Compound Oxygen in Rooms 10 and 11, Lincoln House Block. They have de- cided to place the price of tickets entitling the holder to one months' treatment at S10, until May ist. Entrance 368^ Main St., or 1 Elm %l ORDER NOW EVANS &C and thereby be sure of getting your Monu- mental work in place before Memorial Day. No better and fairer place to be found than at EVANS & COMPANY, Manufacturers of Fine Monumental Work, 131 Central Street, near Summer. Steinway PIANOS The recognized Standard Pianos of the world ; pre-eminently the Best Instruments at present made : exported to and sold in all art centers of the globe: preferred for public and private use by the greatest living artists. Kranich & Bach Faultless Pianos 24,000 made and sold and not a dissatisfied customer. Haines Brothers' Superb Upright PIANOS. The Best Upright Piano at a reasonable price in the market. The favorite Piano of Mme. Adelina Patti and other noted artists. C. L. GORHAM & CO, 454 MAIN ST., Worcester, Mass. Ivl(j HT Abo ut Fo lks. The first grand concert and ball of Wachu- sett Encampment of Odd Fellows held at Horticultural Hall last week Friday evening was a splendid success. The attendance was large and select. Putnam and Babcock's Or- chestra furnished the music and Estey pro- vided the supper at his dining rooms. A party of friends surprised Mr. M. B. Walls at his home, 182 Main street, last week Friday evening and presented him with a writing desk, Mrs. M. P. Higgins making the presentation with an original poem. It was Mr. Walls' thirty-ninth birthday. Foe's Raven in the" last Fitchburg Town Talk croaks a fine tribute to Charles S. Cha- pin, the High School principal, whom Worces- ter reared and furnished to our sister city. Mr. Raven you know a good thing when you see it. The Norwalk Hour (Conn.) has a tender, sympathetic and appreciative notice of Frank P. Thomas of that city who died on Feb. 12th, of consumption. He was the son of Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Thomas of Worcester. For five weeks before his death his sufferings were in- tense, but he bore them with Christian resig- nation. The Hour says : "A young man of keenest intellect and unusual intelligence he clung to life with the utmost tenacity until within the past few weeks, when he has longed and prayed for the happy release. The young wife, with mother and father, and all the be- reaved family, will receive the prayerful sym- pathy of a large circle of sympathizing friends." Mr. E. I. Comins, so long the principal of the Woodland Street School, has sufficiently recovered from his recent illness to warrant his going south. He and his wife have gone to Washington, whence they go to Durham, N. C, where they will make quite a stop. Plymouth Church vestry Thursday evening, Feb. 26, was the scene of a very pretty enter- tainment, given by the King's Daughters of the Friday Lend-A-Hand Club, which is not, as generally supposed, an organization con- nected with Plymouth Church, but is com- posed of young ladies representing various denominations. At eight o'clock the curtain rose, showing a platform tastefully arranged, palms forming the chief feature of the deco- ration. The entertainment was based on the Oriental scenes in the Bible. The program was as follows: Series of tableaux to be guessed by the audience — The Sweeper, Miss Margaret Dickinson, The Widow's Mite, Miss Jennie Ballou, Hagar and Ishmael, Miss Edna Thayer and Freddie Miller : The widow and Elijah— widow, Miss Carrie Stockwell, Elijah. Miss Margaret Dickinson; reading— Jeptha's Daughter, Miss Lillian Denny; tab- leau— Jeptha's Daughter, Miss Fannie Day; Song— He was Despised. Miss Edith Smith; Tableau, Faith, Hope, Charity— Faith, Miss Elizabeth Boyd, Hope, Miss Fannie Day, Charity. Miss Myra Thayer ; reading— Heal- ing of Jairus Daughter, Miss Edna Thayer ; tableau— Esther and the King, Esther, Miss Maud Howe, King, Miss Florence Syvret; tab- leau—Rebecca at the Well, Miss Ada Carter; reading— Parable of the Ten Virgins, Miss Edna Thayer; chorus— The Ten Virgins; song— Too Late, Miss Anna Smith ; reading— "Healing of the Lepers" from Ben Hur, Miss Lillian Denny; tableau from Ruth— Naomi, Miss Syvret, Ruth, Miss Boyd, Orpha, Miss Denny ; solos from Cantata of Ruth, Miss Anna Smith, Mrs. Briggs, Miss M. E. Whip- ple. During the evening there was an inter- mission, during which Misses Stockwell and Marvin served the audience to home made candies, and Misses Day and Keith supplied cocoa and Russian tea. ESTEY Richardson Piano Comp'y, 42 Pleasant Street, Worcester. WORCESTER Illuminated Advertising Company, General Office, 311 Main St., Room 13, C. E. SQUIER. F. H. BEALS. Advertisements Artistically Displayed by a powerful Electric Light upon 600 Square feet of Canvas. DISPLAY : Wore, ster, opposite Mechanics Hall. .-pnngfield, opposite Opera House. Providence, Turk's Head WHENEVER GOOD Eatables are desired they will always be found at Ehen W. Hoxie's, 305 and 816—818 Main Street. A. S. NEWCOMB, Market and Oyster House Fish of all kinds. Planter and Shipper Choice Grade of Oysters. Telephone conna tion 206-2. 223 Main St., Worcester, Mass. 1 Worcester Dress Cutting School, 45 Pleasant St., For Designing. Cut- ting and Finishing Ladies' Gowns. Pu- pils are allowed to bring material and make a costume throughout. Linings Cut Free; also Dress making, Cutting and Basting. Open eve- nings. Agents taught free. Call for cards [B and circulars. Dr. A. A. Howland. Frank H Howland, D. D. S. Dentists." ii Pleasant St., Worcester, Mass. Residence, 61 West Street. W. A. ENGLAND, DEALER IN f FINE WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY & OPTICAL GOODS. REPAIRING PROMPTLY DONE. 394 Main Street. J. B. Woodwork, * ARCHITECT* 492 Main St., Worcester IKiHT VOLAPUK. THE BOSTON HERALD Is clean, relia- ble, indepen- dent, bright. The best news- paper for the family. Snbscription 50 cents a month, postage naid. LARGEST CIRCULATION mmw i A pamphlet of information and ab- \stract of the laws, showing How tu/; ^Obtain Patents, Cave:its, Trade^ Marks, Copvnt'hts, sent /ret AdJr,.. MUNN A. CO. ^361 Broadway, ^ New York.^. (All Volapvik words used have been given in former numbers of the Light.) Sugiv malid. Volapiik labom a durative mood kel no bin- om found in Nelijapiik (English.) Dlinob miligi. I am drinking milk now. In order to express the idea that I am in the habit of drinking milk, we add tonal) i to tense aguments, or the adverb ai immediately after the verb. Aidlinob miligi u dlinob ai miligi. I am in the habit of drinking milk. Tonab at can be added to any of the tense aguments to show duration. Aoigolob al jul u agolob ai al jul. I will go to school, (meaning habitually.) Eijuitol pledomis u ejuitol ai pledomis. You have usually enjoyed playthings. Oilabol sauni gudik u olabol ai sauni gudik. You will have good health. This durative form must be used wherever there is an idea of continued action, conse- quently all phrases of general application must be so expressed. Pen aibinom (u binom ai) steniidikum ka glaf. The pen is mightier than the sword. Pbk pekoefol aibinom (u binom ai) pelafad- eyufol. Fault confessed is half redressed. Flen in ned, vo aibinom (u binom ai) flen. A friend in need is a friend indeed. This durative form cannot be used with the negative, the adverb being used in its place. Dlinom nevelo miligi. He never drinks milk. Kosien badik nedom nevelo kusadeli. A bad conscience need no accuser. The durative ai is prefixed to relative pro- nouns to indicate ever, soever. Aikel, whoever. Aikelos, whatsoever. Aikelup, whenever. To ladyekabids, aiceinol, ever changing; to ladyeks, aifagik, far reaching; to adverbs, aili- ko, howsoever. Interrogatories are shown dub pronouns kim u kif ? who ? kis ? what? ladyeks, kiom ? kiof ? kios ? which ? what? From these we obtain. Kimik? what kind of ? Kiop? where? Kimiko ? in what manner ? Kiiip ? when ? Kimna? How many times? Kikod?Why. Kim binols ? Who are you ? Kif binofs ? Who are they ? (feminine) Kis binos? What is it? Pulas kiom binom dutlik? Which of the boys is diligent ? Podi kiom egivol mote? Which apple have you given to mother ? Jipuli kiof lofom ? Which girl does he love? Labom jisonis fol, kiofi osumol ? He has four daughters, which will you take? Buk kimik elemol ? What kind of a book have you bought ? Odunol kimiko atosi? In what manner will you do this? Ekomol kimna al dome at? You have come how many times to this house ? Kiop hat binom ? Where is hat? Kiiipogolol? When will you go? Kikod edunol atosi ? Why have you done this? When these are not used the silab li is pre- fixed or suffixed to verb to indicate interroga- tion. Vom li lofof man ? Does the woman love the man ? Li agolom al fanbn fiti ? Has he gone to catch fish ? Li can be placed before nouns or adjectives a. s. Ligletik binom dom ? How tall is the house ? Li Charles? Charles? 12 When it is used with the impersonal verb it must be the full adverb liko. Liko binos? How is it? Liko tbtos ? How it thunders ? Likonifos? How it snows? Simple assent is si, yes. Intensified assent is leno, yes indeed. Simple negation is no, no. Intensified negation is leno. not at all. Negative interrosative is no, li. Li labol buki ? Si. Do you have the book ? Yes. No labob buki. I have not the book. Leno binom gitik. Indeed it is not right. Man no, li milagon nati ? Does not the man admire nature ? When the object of the verb is a pronoun in the third person, taking place of the subject, it must be rendered by ok called the reflexive pronoun. A Sagom oke. He said to himself. A Sagom ome. He says to him (some one else.) Vatiikom oki. He washes himself. Ok is sometimes put between the root and pronoun. Vatiikokof. She washes herself. But it is simpler and better understood by all nations to use separately and decline. Logob obi (u oki) I see myself. Hetofs okis. They hate themselves. Hetofs, ofis. They hate them (others.) Ekanitof oke. She has sung to herself. When myself etc., is simply emphatic, it, is the word to use. Lads it desidofs golbn. The women themselves desire to go. Reciprocal idea is shown by adjective bal- votik each other, or adverb balvoto. Logoms balvotiki |, Th see each other . Logofs balvoto \ Sagofs balvotike ) Th t0 each other . Sagofs balvoto ( ' J The relative pronoun is kel, who, which, what, and takes the pronoun endings kelom, kelof, kelos. Vom, kelofi elogol. The woman whom you have seen. Elogob mani, ke! apenom buki at. I have seen the man who wrote this book. Pened olik, kel pegetom. Your letter which has been received. Aobinom balid, kel ogekomom. He willthe first who will return. Bad, keli mans dunoms lifom pas oms. The evil which men do lives after them. Mans anik, kels abinoms us, aliloms osi. A few men who were there heard it. Lad e viimadog. kelis elogobs. Lady and lapdog whom we have seen. Kelof sagof atosi no binof flen obik. Who says this, she is not my friend. When a wheel is in motion, does the top move faster than the bottom? Nine people out of ten, says an exchange, would cry non- sense at the mere question. Both the top and the bottom of the wheel must of necessity, it would seem, be moving forward at one and the same rate—/, e , the speed at which the carriage is travelling- Not so, however, as a little reflection would convince you. The top is moving in the direction of the wheel's mo- tion of translation, while the bottom is moving in opposition to this motion. In other words, the top is moving forwards in the same direct- ion in which the carriage is progressing, while the bottom is moving backward, or in the op- posite direction. That is why an instantane- ous photograph of a carriage in motion shows the upper part of the wheel a confused blur, while the spokes in the lower part are distinctly visible. Zl LIGHT * ■7V 4 h4^- -f * Our I Opening I of * Choice Domestic and Foreign Woolens, Selected for Our Custom Department. Gentlemen who wish to examine the Latest Novelties in these Goods should Call and examine them. -* i THE )j( +&<♦- WARE-PRATT CO.'S 408 and 412 MAIN STREET, WORCESTER. NON=SECRET ENDOWMENT ORDER. Incorporated in the City of Worcester, Sept. 17, 1889. A great co-operative institu- tion and fraternal order, paying sick and accident benefits and an endowment of $500 at the end of five years. Over 600 members in Worcester; three local assemblies, and two more in process of formation. $8760 already distributed in sick benefits. $14,331.63 reserve. For full particulars, and documents carefully explaining the plan and scope of this rapidly growing fraternity, 1 .ill on or address J. O. H. WOODMAN, Secy., 339 Main St., Wort-ester, Mass. Burnside Building. GET THE B EST ! The BAY STATE or GLENW00D Range and Parlor Stoves. THEY HAVE NO EQUAL. WE ALSO CARRY A LARGE LINE OF GAS AND KEROSENE CHANDELIERS, TABLE LAMPS, AND FIRE-PLACE GOODS. 466 Main St. O. S. Kendall & Co. CHARLES L. WRIGHT. CHARLES H. WOODCOCK. "WEST SIDE MACHINE CO.," Manufacturers of the improved "Wright Drill," embracing fea- tures not applied to other drills. The "Wright. Counter Shaft anil Clutch," just patented. The cheapest, most positive in its action, with scarcely perceptible shock or jar, and decidedly the best device for the purpose ever in the market. Every one inter- ested is cordially invited to come and see it. The "Woodcock Universal Door Opener." By simply pressing a button on either side of the door, it causes the door to swing open. Can be quickly and cheaply applied to any door. Must be seen to be appreciated. A Carpenter's Guage for Hanging Doors accurately and very quickly. No carpenter can afford to be without it. "The Swivel Crotch Center." No more broken drills by work catch- ing. Hundreds of dollars saved. "A Cuff Holder." The cheapest and best ever seen. We are prepared to make the most reasonable terms for all kinds of special machinery. Repairs promptly done and satisfaction guaranteed. Factory less than two minutes' walk from Pleasant-street cars. * No. 28 Bellevue Street, Worcester, Mass. E. W. COFFIN, Store Fixtures 310 Main Street, Worcester. Name this Paper. LE t JOLLY f FRENCH * DYEING AND * CLEANSING * HOUSS. First-Class Work at Short Notice. Reference for Lace-sand Lace Curtains, Gross & Strauss. 3 I Cut out this coupou from ^ LIGHT, and bring it with 3 you and get 10 per cent dia- ^ count from regular prices. C. T. MELVIN, PROPRIETOR, WALNUT ST. f PHOTOGRAPHER Children's Portraits A Specialty 326 Main. op. Mechanics Hall F. S. BLANCHARD & CO., Vi* PRINTERS. Book, Newspaper, Catalogue, Church, So- ciety, Wedding and Commercial Printing of'every kind executed in the best modern style. No orders too large ; none too small. 154 FRONT ST. tRANK J. METCALF T& Vol. in. No. 2. Worcester, Mass., Saturday, March 14,1891. Five Cents. iT' M a " —. « W. A. DENHOLM, One of the Founders of the Boston Store. [ENGRAVED EXPRESSLY FOR LIGHT.] Lawrence, Photographer. LIGHT By Act of the Legislature the Name of the CHOLLAR, PUTNAM & SPRAGUE CO, is changed to PUTNAM & SPRAGUE CO. In addition to our very large Furniture business, we have a Complete Upholstery I), partment with skilled workmen constant- ly employed. Special attention paid to Upholstering Parlor Suites of Single Pieces, with all the New and desirable Coverings to Suit our patrons. HAIR MATTRESSES and BEDDING of our own manufacture, warranted to be of Superior quality. OLD HAIR MATTRESSES made over and returned the same day. CABINET WORK DONE AT SHORT NOTICE. 247 and 249 Main Street, Corner Central. ] 'UTNAM & SPRAGUE CO. J. PLAMONDON, -4 FINK BOOT AND SHOE REPAIRI G, ^ 1 Pearl, up two flights. SUPERFLUOUS HAIR CAN BE permanently eradicated by the ELECTRIC NEEDLE 1'rocess. No scarring or other injury, There is now no excuse for any lady to allow a growth of hair to remain upon her face to mar her personal beauty and to make her friends unhappy. Moles are also permanently re- moved. Hours: 9 to 11 a. m., 2 to 4 P- 01. Miss H. WL PROCTOR, 92 Summer Street, Worcestrr. Mass. -4ART NEEDLEWORK AND STAMPING*- Room 1, Hurnside Building, 339 Main St., Mexican Work, Embroidery, Fine Needlework, Done to Order. Instruction given and material furnished. Goods sold on commission. MRS. S. M. KEYES. Fire Insurance ! EDW. E LONGLEY, 339 Main St., Worcester. We make a specialty of insuring Dwell- ings and Household Furniture under the latest and irost approved forms, at lowest rates. MME. GARCEAU, * ARTISTIC DRESS MAKING. * Ball Dresses, Wedding Dresses and Gowns of the latest Parisian style a specialty. Call and examine Pat- terns and Styles. Room No. 1, 245 Main Street. Fine Groceries and Provisions, I obtain Mrs. Morgan's Home Made Bread fresh every afternoon and am prepared to take orders and deliver it on short notice. I also have Home Made Cake and Cream fresh every day. C E. MINCKLER, N. G. Tl W. ' . Il< I. I K. 16 Woodland Street, Worcester. Telephone No. 1S1-4. GOOD NEWS i SHORT-HAND ! Students mastering the art and taking posi- tions at ten dollars per week after two months' study at HINMAN'S BUSINESS COLLEGE. Since securing the right for Worcester to teach the wonderful "New Rapid" System of Shorthand students are learning to write forty to sixty words per minute in four weeks, and eighty to one hundred words in eight weeks. By this system pupils can do better work in three months at a cost of $30 than by other systems requiring eight months to a year at #So to $ 100. N. G. TUCKER & SON, SAN:T4RY PLUMBING AND VENTILATION. Dealers in Plumbing Materials. 5(i Pleasant Street, "Worcester, Ma a*. illinery Opening AT THE NEW PARLORS OF Misses Cashell & Layden, Room 3, Burnside Building, 339 * MAIN • STREET, Friday, March 20. Take the Elevator. g> W. A. ENGLAND, m DEALER IN FINE WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY & OPTICAL GOODS. REPAIRING PROMPTLY DONE. 394 Main Street. HARD WOOD MANTELS, Birch, Cherry, Oak, Etc. * SMITH & ADAMS, * NO. 156 MAIN STREET, H. W. Miller's Old Stand. LIGHT Vol. hi. WORCESTER, MASS., SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1S91. No. 2 Go on, and the light will come to you. —Jean D'Alambert. Perhaps ! But keep going any way. The Indian composed some stanzas of alleged poetry. It was just after his conversion. He was full of fervor and zeal. He wished to read his effort to certain parties. They lis- tened; but all they heard was "Go on, go on" constantly repeated and when he assured them that he had a hundred verses of the same sort, they begged off from further hearing. Some- times, it is better to wait. In this case you might get Light sooner. Some are wondering whether Dr. McCul- lagh's sermon on the Book of Ruth was sug- gested by the present uproar over Boas. Now that we have Boas and Ruth, the query naturally arises as to the where-a-bouts of the other one of the trio, Naomi ? Nor is an answer lacking, for from all parts of the city there comes, when the question of measurement arises, the cry "Nay, O My !" "To be or not to be" measured. That is the question. What a fortunate thing it is that men can read and think and decide for themselves and that, after all, this is a free country. Longfellow enjoined humanity to "be not like dumb driven cattle !" Do you happen to know any one who is ? Most people seem to have a way of speaking their own minds, es- pecially in Worcester. Everybody says that trade is dull ; but ab- solute stagnation is avoided by the activity in other directions. Wits and words are very, very lively. "If we can only get through March !" That is the refrain in store and street, yet the much abused month is not without its redeeming features. It brings to us the very first touch of spring in the shape of the Crocus. Little glimpse of color, it perseveres in spite of snow and cold. The very first to appear this year was a dainty bit of yellow that opened out Wednesday in that earliest place, the Russell's, on Harvard street. It is well worth crossing the street to see it. Fully ten days late, as the Crocus has come for several years past, it was none the less gladly welcomed. Two years ago, when the flowers appeared, eyes looked in joy upon them that, ere the snows of another winter came, were to close in eternal sleep. For years, Light has looked for the coming of this flower, and each time counts winter gone when the harbinger of spring appears. Last week two stanzas were given, taken from the Ladies Home Journal. Just a little pre- mature ; but none the less delightful ; an an- nouncement perhaps, "So runs the world away." The old yellow building, corner of Main and Walnut streets, is coming down. It is on classic ground. Here, in the early days of the century, the youthful Worcesterites were put through their courses, and given their start in life. After the school house, came the building, doubtless reckoned magnificent in its day, in turn to give way to what will probably be deemed anti- quated in the future. Is it possible for us to build so that our work will not be called fussy and unsightly at some time ? Abroad, churches are very seldom torn down to make room for better ones. Those built a thousand years ago are still in use, still objects of beauty and of veneration. The ancient City Hall of many a Continental burg is still attractive and useful. They were not built on contract. Our people are too careless. Many don't know what comfort is. They imagine a house to be a house, no matter what its shape or finish. A dry goods box with chimneys and lightning rods would come just as near being a house as many of the struct- ures that are gradually climbing up the sides of Worcester's hills. Go to the Public Li- brary and call for works on Architecture and see what can be done. Then another thing! Why continue to pay rent all our lives ? Few men of middle life have not paid out for hire of houses, more than a good home would have cost them, if they had gone about the matter right. Wor- cester has ample conveniences for helping such as wish to help themselves. She has Savings Banks and Cooperative Building Associations, both of which are ready to help the working man. He may just as well have a happy home of his own as to half live in another man's house. If home be happy as it is, it may be doubly so under one's own vine and fig tree. How about the boys in these sloppy, dismal days ! There's no place for marbles. Too early for base ball and to sloppy for snow ball ! What is a fellow to do anyway ? His coun- try cousins, in these wet, trying seasons are playing hide and seek in the barn, on the hay, and a right glorious time they are having too. They never want for amusement but the city boy is driven to his wit's end. The chances are that his noise will drive him out of the house, for his mother is ner- vous, and, as boys are gregarious, he seeks others of his kind. If mischief doesn't follow, then have home impressions been better than they usually are. Down back of the house, in some secluded nook or corner they try the deadly cigarette and no wonder the boy be- comes old before his time. Never mind his noise ! Keep him at home, when he isn't at school. You don't allow your girls to run at will over the whole city. Your boys are running great risks. They are just as good as the girls and need just as much supervision. When you get a spare moment, take one if you can't get it else, and go with him to the electrical or some other equally in- structive exhibition and just note how his eye brightens. He is easily interested. The chances are that you will grow young yourself. Then when you reach home and you are seated at the supper or breakfast table or around the fire just prompt that lad to tell the story of what he has seen. His power of observation will have been wonder- fully increased and if encouraged his powers of expression will correspondingly improve. There are other schools than these that the city supports. Every parent should be a teacher. It really looks as though the proposed electri- cal railway of Worcester, Leicester and Spen- cer would be a reality. What glorious excur- sions can then be had along this scenic route. Hills and valleys ; forests and flowers ! What a breath of country air this improved communi- cation will bring to Worcester's very doors. The next thing will be a proposition to annex all these outlying towns. When our city be- gins to get ambitious like Chicago, she may become absorptive. The multitude of visitors that throng the Art Student's rooms in the Walker building bears effectual testimony to the taste that is rapidly developing in Worcester. Every pos- sible encouragement should be given to such agencies. We are sometimes called a provin- cial city ; but Art and Science are Cosmopoli- tan. Laying hold on these will very rapidly break down any wall of exclusiveness that some might wish to rear. The day cannot be far away when the Knowles donation will be made evident in its results. As yet it is hid- den, buried. Whether uncovered by the St. Wolstan Society or any other organization, the city is becoming ripe for its benefits. The man with a weather eye must have had it well filled recently. All sorts and from all directions. To be sure, the snow has not equalled that of March iSSS, possibly it will not again, in our day ; but it has been enough to make the snow shovel brigade laugh and to bring frowns upon the faces of those who have goods to sell. Cheer up friends! This can't last always. There is not enough of such weather to hold out. Already, the skies look as if they were well rid of an immense burden. The earth is being enriched by this load of moisture. To be sure the snow is delay- ing the crocuses ; but they will be all the brighter when they do come. When they do, if you haven't a garden of your own, go and look over the fence of your fortunate neighbor, and look at his treasures. %& EIGHT A JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORCESTER AND HER NEIGHBORS. Published every Saturday. Price $2.00 per annum, 5 cents a copy. %M Advertising rates upon application. ALFRED S. ROE, Editor and Proprietor. Offices, 33g Main Street, Burnside Building. Telephone No. 141-5. Entered at the Post-Office, at Worcester, Mass., as second-class mail matter. Worcester, Saturday, March 14, 1891. Every failure to receive Light promptly should be, at once, reported at this office. All scraps of informations concerning per- sons and events, thankfully received. Church Notes. CONGREGATIONAL. The ladies of the Summer Street Church met Tuesday afternoon and evening. A sup- per was served and Chaplain Louis N. Beau- dry gave a lecture on his experiences in Libby prison. The ladies of Salem Street Church held their customary monthly social Tuesday eve- ning. The entertainment consisted of an ex- hibition of club swinging by L. C. Havener, character songs by Bert Gray and musical selections by a banjo sextet. Mr. Gray was encored four times. The Ladies Faith and Work Society of Park Church held their regular meeting Tues- day afternoon and in the evening served a C supper. An entertainment was also given after the supper. It consisted of a piano solo by Harry Mullett; reading by J. E. Shea; solo by Mrs. L. W. Briggs; solo by Mrs. Carrie French Hancox; a duet by Mrs. L. W. Briggs and Mrs. A. B. Scott; a piano solo by Harry Mullett; solo, Mrs. Hancox. Fred Blake was accompanist. At Plymouth Church tomorrow the pastor will preach morning and evening at the usual hours. The evening sermon will be the second of a series on the book of Ruth. The quartet of Pilgrim Church has been se- lected and consists of J. Vernon Butler, organ- ist and director ; Mrs. J. W. Pitts, soprano; Mrs. J. H. Howell, contralto; George L. But- ler, tenor; J. H. Howell, bass. All of these singers are well known in Worcester with the exception of Mrs. Pitts, who comes from Bur- lington, Vt., where she has been for several years the soprano soloist at the College Street Church. The quartet will be assisted by a chorus of forty well-trained voices. The mu- sical committee have reason to be pleased with their success in securing such excellent talent. METHODIST. A milk-maids drill was given at Grace UGHT Church Tuesday evening. The milk-maids were Misses Lucy Richardson, Cora Lowell, Nellie Cole, Nellie Laying, Flora Minor, Lina Peck, Minnie Mclntyre, Edith Thompson, Mabel Pierce, Alice Ross, May Foster, Carrie Clark, Maud Darell, Florence Lowell, Lydia Kirschner, and Nellie Chandler. The drill was conducted by John Grace. After the drill the milk-pails and stools were sold by auc- tion. There was also a miscellaneous enter- tainment during the evening in which the par- ticipants were Miss Fanny Perkins, Miss Susie Sargent, Miss Cora Sanders, Ben Whit- more and Ethel Cross. Trinity. Friday evening, March 20, the Whatsoever Circle of King's Daughters of Trinity Church give an entertainment at Mr. E. A. Kelly's corner Cedar and Fruit streets. The M. E. Social Union of Worcester held its regular meeting in Trinity Chnrch, Mon- day, March 9. The attendance though small was enthusiastic and no better nor more in- teresting gathering of the LInion is on record. The entire speaking was directed to memorial- ize John Wesley, the hundredth anniversary of whose burial the evening commemorated. PRESBYTERIAN. The First Presbyterian Church held a fair in Curtis Hall, Monday and Tuesday evenings. There were the usual booths where were for sale all kinds of fancy work and ice cream, coffee and pastry. Tuesday evening, the arti- cles remaining unsold were disposed of by auction, Mr. J. Armour being the auctioneer. An entertainment was also given consisting of piano solo by Miss Russell ; reading by Mr. McPherson; song, Miss M. Jenkins; song, Mr. Dudley; reading, Mr. McGarvin ; piano solo, Miss Moore; music by the choir; read- ing, Thomas Atkinson, Jr. ; banjo solo, Miss Reynolds; reading, Miss Satchworth ; piano solo, Miss M. Nichol. The object of the fair was to raise money to pay for the church lot. The attendance was large both evenings. ENTERTAINMENTS. The second entertainment of the Salem Street Church course will be a vocal and in- strumental concert and will be givan next Fri- day evening. Those who will take part are Mrs. May Sleeper-Ruggles, Miss Gertrude Inez Buss, Miss Jennie Morrill, Mr. B. A. Barber, Miss J. S. Whittemore and Miss J. S. Newcomb. The church choir and glee clubs will also assist. The program will include an- thems, glees, solos, duets and selections from different cantatas. The list of participants is a guarantee for a very fine entertainment. The next entertainment in the course will be a lecture by Rev. T. F. Clark of Brooklyn on "Through Japan Across the Pacific" and it will take place March 27. "Aunt Polly Bassett's Yankee Singin Skewl " was given in Horticultural Hall Monday and Tuesday evenings under the aus- pices of the Second Womens Christian Tem- perance Union. It is a stock entertainment owned by the Bassett family of Brooklyn. They travel over the country, giving their entertainment and draw the material for the chorus from the Sunday Schools of each city. The association under whose auspices it is given receives a part of the profits. The pro- gram was as follows : — 0P en ' n g chorus,"Auld lang Syne ", Skewl; Songe, " Merrie Bird", by little Dorcas Tubbs ; Ye Scientific Frog, Obediah Snooks; Yankee Doodle, Bijah Noggles ; Songe, " Ye Vegetable Wife ", Jed- ediah Basset ; Jeddy's so bashful, Kethura Slaughter; Poor tittle toodle de-do, Majorie Basset, Skewlmarm ; Chorus, "Hen Conven- tion, Skewl ; Spellin Match, by ye little folke ; Cousin Jedediah, Skewl marm Marjorie Bas- set; Two parte Songe, Patience and Hope; Worldlie Songe, " Josiah and hys Sally " Jedediah Basset; Songe and Chorus, " Uncle Sam's Farm, Joel Trott ; " Yankee Courtin " Jedediah ande Jerushy ; "The Old Oaken Bucket ", Skewl ; There was a Man, Skewl marm Majorie Basset; "Nid, Nod, Noddin ", Skewl. The attraction at the Worcester Theater Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Wednes- day matinee, March 16, 17, 18, will be a nota- ble one, in the special engagement of the ris- ing young romantic actor, Alexander Salvini; who has come to the front ranks of the leading artists of this country, in the portrayal of his Heroes of Romance. Monday evening, March 16, Mr. Salvini will appear in " Don Casar De Bazan;" Tuesday evening, "A Child of Naples;" Wednesday matinee, " Don Caesar De Bazan ; " Wednesday even- ing, " The Three Guardsmen." Mr. Salvini has excellent support, and his performances are attended by large and fashionable audi- ences. His performance is in English. ABOUT FOLKS. Frank Roe Batchelder reached Worcester Wednesday morning. He reports a happy sojourn in Washington ; but of course he is happy to get back to Worcester. Most folks are. The only exceptions are those who are brought back. He is still with the Hon. J. H. Walker and our Representative may congrat- ulate himself that his correspondence is so well Franked. The nfaety-eighth regular meeting of the Worcester Congregational Club will be held in the rooms of the Y. M. C. A., Monday, March 16, at five o'clock. It will be ladies' night. The subject for discussion will be : "Our Public School System, How to Improve it," which will be opened by Mr. A. W. Ed- son, agent of the State Board of Education, followed by Dr. T. M. Balliet, superintendent public schools, Springfield. This is a perti- nent theme. Nothing in the range of possible subjects should excite more interest now. There are times when Plymouth Rock and Cotton Mather should be in retirement. Messrs. Edson and Balliet will treat the mat- ter in a way to interest and profit all. Louis Childs, formerly of W. H. S., who has been residing in Richmond, Ray County, Mo., for over two years, has, after a course of study in his uncle's office, Mr. Black of Rich- mond, been admitted to the bar. He leaves for Siam in June, where he will be assistant clerk in the office of his brother, Mr. Jesse Childs, a successful lawyer and also a pupil in the High School, as well as a graduate of Amherst College, Class of '82. The Week. CITY. Mar. 6. — Evening schools close a very suc- cessful year. The will of Edwin Conant, Esq., dis- closes a number of public benefaction. Dr. McCullaugh addresses the Sons of Scotia. 7 — Small fire in Spooner's stable rear of Bay State House. French citizens rejoice over liberal gains in the Dominion. 8— Representative Walker expresses his re- spect for Major McKinley and Speaker Reed. 9 — M. E. Social Union discusses John Wes- ley at Trinity Church. Light infantry discusses the proposed trip to Baltimore. One of the worst nights of the season. Slush more than ankle deep. Nathan F. Heard dies suddenly, 67 years. 10 — James E. Banister dies, No. 26 Maple Street, 37 years. The taking down of old building, corner Main and Walnut streets begins today. 11 — Lieut. L. G. Bigelow elected Captain of Battery B. President G" Stanley Hall addresses the Women's Club on Physical Education. 12 — Miss Helen A. Nixon, a High School graduate dies, 1 Webster street, 24 years. W. B. Harding, Esq., addresses Demo- cratic Club on Subsidies. COUNTY. 5 — Shrewsbury Grange celebrates 15th anni- versary. Henry Klebart, Webster, stricken with paralysis, 74 years. 7 — The Worcester, Leicester and Spencer R. R. charter granted. Capital $250,000. Robert Taft died in Uxbridge yesterday, 71 years. 9 — Westboro Board of Trade has first annual dinner. Leicester has parties from all the neigh- boring towns. It is a pleasant place. 10 — Daniel Crowley and Charles Rose killed in Blackstone by the fall of a railroad bridge. Singletary Pond so high that Millbury feels endangered. 12 — Alfred Hanley found dead in bed in Westboro, aged 55 years. COMMONWEALTH. 6— Redistricting question agitating the Legis- lature. House votes yes on Mr. Ledyard Bills proposition to approve the Federal Elec- tion's bill. John March, Autinz Wack and an unknown woman killed bv the cars near Palmer. 7 — Massachusetts Club dines Postmaster Hart and United States Marshal Doherty. Lots of talk. 8 — Incendiary fire in Salem. Northwest Beef Company's quarters. Civil service Commission in Boston indig- nant over the non-appointment of Postmas- ter Corse. L 1 Ct h t 9 — Bishop Benj. H. Paddock of the Massa- chusetts Episcopal Diocese dies in Boston, 63 years. The Census reveals 40 per cent of the population of the state within a radius of eight miles from the State House. 10 — Committee in Legislature unfavorable to changes in the public bar law. The R. R. committee proposes to give sleeping car passengers the right to say whether the upper berth shall be up or down if the same is not sold. Very sensible. 11 — Prof. Goodwin of Harvard receives valu- able manuscript of Aristotle. Prof. Perry of Williams and Representa- tive Cogswell speak before N. E. Tariff Re- form League. 12 — Celebration in Boston of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the elevation of Archbishop Williams to the Episcopacy. Governor Russell appoints April 2d as Fast day. Early for base ball. NATION. 6 — The Coroner of New York summons some R. R. notables. C. M. Depew gives 520.000 bonds. 'Tis good to see the law catch big fishes once in a while. Ex-Gov. and Ex-U. S. Senator Joseph Hill of Georgia, dies in Madison. An aged citizen. 7 — Talmage's tabernacle to be built on a mort- gage. Queer foundation. Clothing manufacturers in Rochester, N. Y., order a lock out. 20,000 people inter- ested. City Hall of Philadelphia costs $20,000,000 and the end is not yet. It is as bad as the Albany Capitol. 8— Wife and daughter of the late Secretary Windom will remain in Washington. 9 — Brattleboro, Yt., High School in an uproar. Principal's authority defied. Fayerweather Will contest settled. Col- leges will fare well. 10 — General Sherman's children say they do not need outside help. Manly, just like their father. General Miles is to have a vacation. He deserves it. Soon he will be Miles away. 11 — General John M. Palmer elected to the U. S. Senate from Illinois. A Democratic victory. 12 — Democrats renominate Governor Davis in Rhode Island. Attempt to wreck train near South Nor- walk, Conn. Help needed in those parts. WORLD. 6 — Dr. Seegart, an English physician, dies at the gaming table in Monte Carlo. Death won this time. France to excavate at Delphi for five years. May publish books but Greece will have the finds. 7 — American maltreated by Customs officials in Italy. He appeals to the U. S. Consul. Paris police to suppress race course gam- bling. Races, without gambling, will be like " Hamlet" with Hamlet left out. McCarthy's new paper The National Press appears. 8 — Prospects that the population of Iceland will wholly emigrate to America. Spanish protest against annexation of Cuba to the U. S. Who is annexing any- thing? z$ 9 — Seets, the lion tamer, killed in London. That animal wasn't so tame. At Clitheroe, near Manchester, England, one Jackson abducts his wife. Queer kind of courting that. 10- -Irish factions still at war. Hebrews still persecuted in Russia. They will, all, have to come to America. 1 — The German Reichstag is unfavorable to the admitting of women to the learned pro- fessions. 12 — Prince Napoleon on his death bed de- clares the Empire impossible. Hereafter France must be Republican. So say we all of us. At least seventy lives lost in the recent English blizzard. What would have hap- pened had they had an American one ? SECRET OF JOY. Weary and sad with my journey alone, As o'er mountain, through valley I roam, I sink down to rest by the side of a stream Flowing fresh from its high mountain home. Just beneath at my feet, in the bed of the stream, A rock the swift water divides. Hence, onward it Hows divergent and free In two everwidening tides. As I watched it flow swift on its way. Ever dancing and joyous and glad, I sighed " How unlike our life's journey. So dreary, and lonely, and sad. " Thus with my own gloomy thoughts communing, I had sat there I know not how long, When I heard a low sound from the water Like a murmur or half whispered song. I looked, and I saw in the river, Two raindrops pass side by side, And I heard them say to each other, As they floated along with the tide, " Nowthisisthe point in our journey they say, Where the rocks the swift waters divide, On our choice at this place our whole future depends, And each for himself must decide. " " The stream on the left is so calm," said the one ■ ' \\ ho could for a moment delay, How nice it will be to sail under the trees, Sheltered from sun all the way. " " Oh, no that is dull," said the other Always resting and floating at ease, I'll choose the rough way past the mill and the meadow I care not for the shade of the trees. " Now the one who had chosen the left way, So free from all toil and all strife, Soon tired of the unchanging motion, And longed for more work and more life. But the other found life ever pleasant, Now dancing, now turning a mill ; And he saw that helping another Would the thoughts of his own sorrow still. And so with keen interest I watched them, As they went on their way alone, Till at last they were lost in the distance Qn the breast of the great sea unknown. I awoke— I must have been dreaming, For the sun was now sinking to rest, Every bird in the forest around me, Was asleep in his own downy nest. As now through the darkness I hastened along, There seemed peace— within and around ; The world and my hopes seemed the brighter that day For the secret of joy 1 had found. Oliver Wendell Holmes says : The human race is divided into two classes, —those who go ahead and do something, and those who sit still and inquire, "Why wasn't it done the other way ? " 3° William Ale xande r Denholm. Our mission is to the living rather than to the dead ; but when a face, once familiar in our midst, fades from us, it is meet that we should reproduce it and to tell the story of the owner's life. A little more than half a century is not long for a human life, but into that time some men manage to crowd an immense amount of work. Such was the record of Mr. Denholm. Dundee, that name so famous in Scottish history, away to the north on the Firth of 'lay. was the place that gave our subject birth May 8, 1S37, and he never lost any part of a Scotch- man's love for heathery hillsides, though he had long been a loyal citizen of the United States. While an infant his parents moved to Glasgow where his youth was spent, though the continued residence of friends and rela- tions in Dundee bound him to the latter place. His father was John Denholm a foundry man born in Berwick-on-the-Tweed. The Tweed country is that forever asso- ciated with the name and history of Sir Wal- ter Scott. In fact, the latter's body rests in Dryburgh Abbey. Melrose was the apple of his eye among ruins and his home was Ab- botsford, all on the Tweed. Berwick is near the sea, and the old place is frequently named in the contests incident to the days of Crom- well and the succeeding hundred years. So then, in Mr. Denholm's antecedents were traces of both the Highlands and the Lowlands. His mother was Jessie Milne of Perthshire an ex- cellent name, fragrant in Scottish Annals. Of Mr. Denholm's father's family, two brothers, James and John yet live in Great Britain, one brother died years ago in South America, while his only sister, Jessie Milne, is the wife of Thomas Hamilton, so long in the Boston store. The schools of his native land gave him but little for he was only thirteen years old when the death of his father rendered it necessary for him to go to work, and he was in a retail store three years. He afterward thoroughly learned the muslin business in the extensive house of McDonald and when only twenty years of age he came to New York in the firm's employ. But he did not at first like America and he vowed that when his year was up he would return to Scotland for good. The year ended a little prematurely through the failure of the house and he hastened across the Atlantic. As frequently happens, however, Freedom's air had filled his nature in a way lie was not conscious of till he had left her and only three weeks of life on the other side followed before he started for America again. This time he had been secured by a Mr. Wood, a represen- tative of Linder, Kingsley & Co., of New- York. For some years he was with this house, though his latest business in New York was in the Commission House of Robert Struthers. His residence at first was in Williamsburg and it is not a little interesting that the Pres- byterian church to which he belonged was the one which furnished Pastor Conrad to the Old South, Mr. Denholm's Worcester church home. Later he went ot Passaic, New Jersey, where he erected a house, now the home of A. Swan Brown the well known President of the Scot- tish Syndicate. In 1S70, he came to Worcester, having formed a partnership with William C. McKay LldHf of Boston , though a native of the Dominion. Their first location was at the south-east cor ner of Main and Mechanic streets in the store now managed by Edward L. Smith, son-in-law of Mr. Denholm. Here their business grew till new and larger quarters were necessary. These were found September 21, 1881, in the new block, facing Park street, erected by Mr. Jonas C ark. One department after another was added, till finally the number reached was twenty-four. Mr. McKay died in May, 1884 when reorganization of the business was ef- fected. A younger brother of the deceased partner, Mr. R.J. McKay and Mr. James J. Hughes were admitted, and the Boston Store continued under its old name, Denholm & McKay. During all these years, Mr. Denholm held all the many branches of his business in his own grasp. Whoever might be at the head of a department there was no one who knew more of its condition than the chief proprie- tor. Such devotion to business routine could have only one ending. The wonder is that the strain was endured so long. He made re- peated trips abroad ; but he never got far from his business. It was a sort of a deception that he practiced towards himself. Save, when on the ocean, he was seldom a day with- out some communication with the store. The rest that he sought, he did not get. He never threw aside the weight. Probably, he never felt that he could. Friends repeatedly coun- seled long journey's, but he could not be pre- vailed to take them. He has, in these twenty years, spent considerable time away from the store, but not away from the business. In traveling, he usually took some one or more of his family with him, always wishing to have sharers of his pleasures. His peculiar activity was never better illustrated than when he left the steamer once at Queenstown and went by rail to Belfast that he might speak in a Sun- day School there before his vessel was due in Liverpool. My last conversation with him was on the day before Christmas. It was impossible to not observe the weary, worn look of his face and to wish that he would drop everything and rest. The next day he was on his way to the south ; but he had waited too long. The trip was injurious rather than beneficial and he speedily returned to his home. This he sub- sequently left only a few times. Slowly and surely the tendency was downward, till the end came at 5.25 a.m. on the morning of Monday, March 2d. Mr. Denholm was particularly happy in his home relations. He never looked happier than when, seated in his carriage, he was rid- ing to and from his store. It had been better had he ridden more. He confined himself too closely to the routine of his business. This city of ours has seen the growth of the Boston Store from its opening with eighteen employees to its present condition with 171. The public also realizes the intense application necessary to secure this result. To go from one branch of his business to another, to hold everything in his own hands was his ambition and he succeeded in doing what he attempted. The price, however, for this success was a great one. He was one of the charter members in the Scotch Syndicate, organized in 1879. This great body, commanding a great capital, has its stores in many of our large cities and through its purchases is able, in some cases, to nearly control the market. As a member of the local Scotch Society, he was prominent and useful. Any one who has ever met him and his associates as they re- called memories ef Auld Scotia will remember how exceedingly happy he was in rejoinder and repartee. He effectually contradicted that ugly saying of Sydney Smith as to a Scotchman's appreciation of wit. No Robert Burns festival was complete without him, though the last was held in his absence and all future meetings must miss him. He held no city office. Though frequently requested to allow the use of his name in con- nection with the city government, he steadily refused, the cares of his business taking all his time. It is a pity that more successful men of affairs cannot be induced to act for the public weal. Early in his American life, Mr. Denholm married Miss Grace McLey of Glasgow. To them have been born five children, three daughters and two sons. The girls are all graduates of the Worcester High School. One son William J. is now in his senior year and the other, John, is in the entering class of the same school. The oldest daughter, Lizzie, is the wife of Mr. E. L. Smith, who is at the old Boston Store stand on Main and Mechanic streets. They have a son, thus securing to the deceased merchant a representative of the third generation. The second daughter, Jessie, is at home, while the third, Grace, is the wife of Harry A. Cook of Mr. E. L. Smith's store. For several years, the Denholm residence was on West street, north of Cedar, but some time ago they removed to their present abode, No. 18 of the same street. Some years since, Mr. Denholm imported several fine Shetland ponies and these in front of a low double pha;- ton have been noteworthy objects driven through our streets. Though diminitive in form they seem to be able to draw all that can get into the vehicle. No one could ever meet Mr. Denholm, many times, without finding that he had very decid- ed literary tastes. In fact, for the local press, he contributed many excellent accounts of his various rambles and it was apparent that had not business held him with iron grasp, he would have done much in this direction. His father had hoped to make a physician of him ; but that plan failed, as we have seen. Mr. Denholm, however, fully supplemented his early instruction by faithful study in later years and few men had keener relish for good things in verse or prose. In our latest conver- sation, he detailed h'S reflections as he spent some time in the summer by the sea side. It is possible that the haven of eternal rest was already being pictured before him for the chief thought with him was, "And there shall be no more Sea." On coming to Worcester, he became a mem- ber of the Old South Church with which he was identified to the end. He taught in the Sunday School, was superintendent of the same and in all the counsels of the church was prominent. In the new building matter no voice was more listened to than his. In buy- ing and holding property near by, he very par- ticularly aided the society. In the V. M. C. A. he also was an impor- tant figure, contributing to the building fund and for nearly two years, he was president, re- signing only when it was apparent that further devotion to its duties was impossible along with his own pressing duties. Here, then, is the story. Into the building that he had helped to erect, the procession moved on Thursday the 5th inst. "I am the res- urrection and the life" are the solemn words, resounding through the stately structure as the body is borne down the aisle to repose, briefly, b.-fore the pulpit from which the Rev. A. Z. Conrad preaches the funeral sermon. He is assisted in the exercises by the Rev- Joseph Lovering, the pastor of the church, while the new edifice was building. The great audience room is completely filled. Here are gathered not only the employees of the store, but representatives of the various bodies with which he was connected. Anchoria Lodge of Odd Fellows mourned a member lost. The Royal Arcanum also bore witness to fealty. There were many Scotchmen present who came to look for the last time upon their fel- low countrymen. His Sunday School class also was there. There, too, were bank officers, the Mayor and other members of the City Government and a large number of those who were, for a time, away from their business that they might pay their tribute of respect to the deceased. The address of the pastor was earnest, vig- orous and pointed. The moment was one, calculated to draw upon the preacher's deep- est sensibilities. The body, before him, was that of a man who had labored diligently that the church itself might stand ; he was one who had most cordially welcomed that pastor to this church. What wonder, then, that he should speak eloquent words over the depart- ed. He named energy as the chief character- istic of the man, a statement that no hearer would contradict. His love for his home and the value of that institution Mr. Conrad set forth, most forcibly. When all was over, the procession moved away to Hope Cemetery where, when the sea- son advances, the burial will take place and when again the roses bloom they will blossom over both of the founders of the Boston Store. Alfred S. Roe lectures in Leominster on "War Memories," on the iSth, under the aus- pices of the Womens Christian Temperance Union of that town. He also talks on "Just a Glimpse of Europe" before the pupils and friends of the Ashland High School, Friday night, the 20th, next. The late Rev. James H. Doyle was one of the men who believed in being cheerful under all circumstances. Illness and weakness did not lessen his good nature. Like many other young men of his religion he had aspirations to the priesthood ; but he never dwelt upon them lest he might not have a vocation. In school, one day, his teacher said, "Holiday is only a holy day," "Yes, but there is a differ- ence" says the boy, "for one is spelled with a y, the other with an i." Our vigilant and progressive hat man, Ed. B. Clapp, is having great improvements made in the front of his store. His gents furnish- ings will be more attractive than ever in their new settings. h I