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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-10

G 1TUAT1ON wANTED-BY A YOUNG WOMAN, AS
- seamsrcss; would take charge Of and teach children
an give city reference. Can be at 1O5 West Seven
teen th street, for two days.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-10

CITUATION WANTED--BY RESPECTABLE YOUNG
- girl TO do general homework chamtcrwork and
sst In washing and ironing iest city reference Owen
from her last place. where tho has been living for tho last
sixteen months. Please call at 10 Hammond street. fer
two days :
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-12-08

HE KANzAs ELEcrIoN.-A telegraphic de-
spatch on Wednesday, announced the cleo
ton OF Gen. Whitfield the Missouri or South
ern candidate for delegate from Kanzas. We
were wholly prepared for this result, since re-
ceiving the intelligence from private sources
which the Missouri papers have confirmed, of
an organized plan to colonize Kanzas for cleo
ton day with Missouri voters Gen. Atchi-
son has interested himself greatly in this pro-
ject. If our advices are correct, "secret"
organization of some thousand men exists in
Missouri, bound together with the single OBJ
Ject of giving Southern votes in Kanzas when
ever an election day comes.
1t should be remembered BY the friends of
freedom that the election in question is one of
no practical importance whatever. A Dele.
gate in Congress has the right to speak but not
to vote. There could have~been no reason in
electing delegate so early from Kansas, but
to give him the opportunity to make the most
of the short session.
The important elections in Kansas, which
will have real bearing in the institutions of
the territory, will take place next spring
Gov. Reeder has announced that he shall then,
and not till then, convene the Territorial leg
islature. 1t becomes the real friends of Kan
zss, who are the friends of freedom, to see
that before those elections sufficient number
of true men shall have moved into Kanzas, to
determine rightly her infant institutions.
For this the utmost diligence will be neces-
sary through the present winter, in all parts
of New England.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-12-08

STORING APPLES IN DRY SAW DUST
have dark closet in my house, or rather l
live in row with windows back and front :
The house is four stories high, and the length
from front to back is so great, that we have
three rooms on the floor, the centre dark
On the third story the rooms are peasanter,
and l find the temperature even that l use
it for wine store in preference to the cellar,
ard have had it fitted with bins. In this room
l have put some hampers of apples (like pear
mains 1 wanted one of the hampers and tur-
ned the apples in one of the bins amongst the
dry sawdust (pine sawdust. A fortnight
ago we looked at them, having used up the
Others gathered at the same time, and from the
same, all of which We're much wrinkled, but
on taking those off and from the sawdust were
as plump and fresh as when gathered; while
these partially buried were only so to the ex-
tent covered with the sawdust, the upper por-
ton being wrinkled. am so pleased with
the discovery, that L shall pack them in bins
next year, for | have no doubt they will keep
in this way till next christmas.-Ayr (Scot-
land Advertiser.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-12-08

USE OF FUEL.-As the time is at hand when
large fires must be supported in Northern
dwellings, i'll order to maintain cheerful
warmth during the severe cold of stern win
ter; and as coal forms very heavy item of
domestic expense, it is important to inquir if
fuel is generally used in the most economical
manner. We believe it is not indeed, we
are confident that more heat is wasted-passed
up the chimneys of the houses in New York
than is obtained and used for warmth and
cooking purposes. This is especially true re.
speeding CRATES that merely set into the
wall. 1t was demonstrated by Count Rum
ford, many years ago, that CRATE sends five
sixths of the heat up the chimney, and only
one into the room; it may at least be calcu~
lated that there is a waste of three-f ourths of
the fuel by burning it in a common CRATE
We do not know how many CRATE fires are
maintained in this city for four months in the
year, but they cannot be less in number than
ten thousand 1t may be safely calculated,
we think, that in this city, alone, ten thou
sand fires send off three iourths of their heat
unused into the clouds every day during the
winter. A CRATE fire is very cheerful and
pleasant to look at, but it is far from being
economical.
Stoves give out a far higher percentage Of
the heat of fuel under combustion than CRATES,
but many of them are so set and arranged as
to squander the heat by sending it half unused
into the chimnies. 1t is very common plan
in many houses in New York, to have the
stove placed very short distance from the
wall, the pipe running in horizantal line i'll
to an opening in the fire. board. This is
very unwise plan for using fuel, although it
may be considered more snug and neat meth
cd of arranging the stove and pipe, than by
setting the former well into the room, run
ming up the latter some distance above the
stove, and then directing it horizantally- old
fashion-into an opening made for its recep-
ton in the chimney. The heat obtained from
stoves in rooms, is by radiation from the met
al; that is, the air absorbs the heat of the
stove. with which It comes IN contact, and
communicates the same from particle to parti.
Gle throughout the room. 1t is therefore evil
dent that the more radiating surface there is
in stove and its smoke conductor or pipe,
the more heat will be communicated to the
surrounding atmosphere. 1t is also evident
that the nearer a stove is placed to chimney.
and the shorter its smoke pipe, the nearer it
approximates to the character of a crate, in
respect to its waste of fuel. Here, then, we
have positive data with regard to the most
economical method of using fuel for domestic
purposes, and our people would do well to
profit by its application Scientific american
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-12-08

A CONVENTION OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDI-
DATEs.-The Washington correspondent of
the New York journal Of Commerce, makes
the following suggestion, which is not uu-
worthy of consideration.
"Among the Presidential aspirants who
have arrived are the Speaker, Mr.. Boyd, Gen
eral Cass and Mr.. Seward. Mr.. Douglas and
Gen Houston are not yet in the field. The
outside candidates are, it is said, to be here in
the course of the session. III fact, it would
not be a bad idea, in this season of conven-
tons, to hold in this city a convention of Pres
idential candidates, preparatory to the OPEN
ing of the Presidential campaign. Several of
them are not very much known to the coun-
try, as Mr.. Broome, of Pennsylvania, and Mr..
Ullman, of New York, both of whom were
spoken of, though not nominated, at the re.
cent Know Nothing Convention at Cincinna-
ii. Others, again, are known too well, to be
in great request at present by any party. In
comparison with the presentlist of candidates,
it must be confessed that most of the former
Presidents appear like the mighty pre-. Adam.
ties, who walked the earth Of which our earth
is the wreck"
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-12-08

A SINGULAR INoIDENT.--A lady of Pitts
burg mourns a husband, lost in the Inflated
Arctic. Some time before the news arrived
of the disaster, aud about the time she expect
ed his return, Cindeed she had received notice
that he would probably ARRIVE on the very day
the circumstances occurred which l am about
to relate,) while she was sitting in her room,
alone, friend called. and found her in a
state of extreme agitation. Upon inquiring
the case, she stated that, just moment be-
fore, while she was sitting, thinking of her
husband, perfectly conscious of all around her,
the door opened, and he appeared before her,
with coat and hat off, bending over slightly
towards the floor, as b. walked towards her,
while the water atreamed down his Shout
ders and arms, dripping off his finger ends
upon the floor. just as she was about to ques-
ton him, he left the room, and moment af-
ter the person alluded to above came in. The
visitor rallied her upon her fears, and succeed
ed in partially quieting her mind. The Incl
dent was rela ed to the writer day or two
afterwards, but had been partially forgotten,
until the dreadful tidngs brought it fearfully
vivid to my mind. Alas for that poor wild
ow !-Knickerbocker Magazine.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-12-08

A NEwsEoY's SPEcULATIoN.-The news
boys yesterday made bold speculation, in a
quarter where detection might have been
reasonably anticipated. 1t has been prac-
tice, heretofore, for printed copies of the
Presidents annual message to be placed in
the hands ofmembers and Senators as soon as
the Clerk and the Secretary commence read :.
ing the document to their respective Houses !;
but this year that practice was deviated from.
Whether the newsboys had obtained know
ledge of this fact, we know not, but they
rushed in breathless eagerness to the Capitol,
and sold. readily, copies of an extra contain
ing Presidents Message, which some officials
purchased and dispatched to distant friends,
who will wonder at the close resemblance it
bears to the message sent to Congress last year.
-Wdshington Globe 9TH.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-12-08

PATENTs.-It is said that although the an
nual list of patents granted considerably ex-
ceeds thousand, yet not more than twenty
five ire in fact valuable and unquestionable
Improvements, possessing the characteristic of
absolute novelty. The number of patented
inventions for the present year will he much
greater than heretofore, and will probably fall
little short of two thousand. Since Judge
Mason entered upon the duties of his office as
Commissioner of this department, a reduction
in the time of securing patents, from six
months to three weeks, has been made. The
report of Commissioner Mason will not prob
ably be ready for publication before FEBRUARY,
and will then consist Of two bulky volumes,
devoted to the departments of mechanical and
agricultural impro vements.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-12-08

In Norwich, Ct, there is something of a
riot, row, or rumpus, pending about gas. The
uld gas company was nuisance, and the cit
liens got up new one, and have contracted
with Chaplin. Treadwell, & Company, to build
the works, lay the pipes, and light up. The
old claims monopoly, and fights the progress
of the new, first by law, and now by blows.
The other day, Mr.. Noyes, the street commits
sioner, forbade any further digging by the
agents of the company from words, the street
official, and Mr.. Douglas, the gas agent, came
to blows, and the official forthwith caused the
arrest of Mr.. Douglas for assault and battery.
He was bound over in the sum of 800 to ap-
pear before the County Court. The Norwich
Courier intimates that the sentiments of the
people of N. are in condemnation of the course
OF the street commissioner and the mayor, who
is the feed attorney of the old company 1t
adds tin interfering with the work, the Of
fcers of the city became trespassers and vio-
lators of the law. But the end, we presume,
is not yet"
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-12-08
LOCAL NEWS.

CLOCK REGULAToR..-Mr. L. NJ. Lamb, clock
and matchmaker, Harrington Block, Main
st., lately imported a splendid regulator from
Liverpool. which he has fitted up in beautiful
stlle in his store and, which is worthy Of
the notice of our punctual practical citizens.
The most noticeable popularity of the in-
strument is the position of the hands. They
occupy. and revove in, three distinct portions
of the DIAL each having its own circle separate
from the others. By this arrangement, extra
dial wheels, which are necessary, if the hands
start from common centre, are wholly dis
pensed with; and, consequently, much fric.
ton is avoided.
The regulator has mercurial pendulum,
which consists of glass jar, containing ten
pounds five ounces of mercury, held in a
frame and suspended by a steel rod The
purpose of this "compens alton pendulum" is
to overcome the effects of different degrees of
temperature.
1t is so nicely adjusted that, as heat or cold
lengthens or shortens the rod, it causes a pro-
portionate rise or fall of mercury in the jar
hence the centre of gravity of the pendu-
lum is at all times at an equal distance from
the point of suspension. The weight of the
whole pendulum is fourteen pounds. The
weight passes down in front of the pendulum,
and weighs six pounds thirteen ounces, which,
acting through single pulley, gives an eff
fective force of only three pounds six and
half ounces. This is all the power necessary
to impel the heavy pendulum, indicating an
extreme nicely oil construction. This regula-
tor cannot be surpassed as time keeper by
any thing III New England. The case was
made by Oscar Downs, cabinet maker, Ex.
change street. The cost of the whole article
was $500.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-12-08

AN ATTEMPT TO MURDER.-In New York,
last Sunday morning, Frederick Meyers at
tempted to murder Charles Williams. They
were partners in business and lhad quarrelled
about the mode of conducting it. At an early
hour while Williams was in bed asleep, Mey-
ers went to his bedside, and placing pistol
near his head, fired. The charge entered the
left cheek, tearing out several teeth and frac-
turing the jaw bone. Williams Immediately
sprang up and grappled with the would-be
murderer who endeavored to shoot him with
the other barrel of the pistol. Finally he sue
ceeded in knocking him down and then fed
to room in the second story. He was fol-
lowed by Meyers, who, finding that the
wounded man was beyond his reach, at length
fed from the house. He was subsequently
arrested.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-12-08

ROBBERY AND MURDER BY THE SIoUx.-A
Salt Lake mail party coming to the States was
attacked by the Sioux Indians, near Dripp's
trading post, six miles east of Fort Laramie,
all the men killed, the mails robbed, and Chas
A. Kincaid, passenger, pierced by arrows
and left for dead and robbed of 800 in
gold. An outward bound mail party passed
the place on the 18th ult. and learned that the
soldiers of the fort had taken care of the dead
bodies and the property not taken by the In
dams. The persons killed were John jamie
son, James Wheeler and Thomas Hackett.
No escort could be granted at Fort Laramie,
and the mail parties of November could not
go any farther on account of the hostile In
dianr
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-12-08

STEAM BOILER EPPLos1oN.-Soon after II
o'clock last night, persons in the immediate
vicinity of Harvard Place, were startled by
terrific explosion, which proved to have been
caused by the collapsing of fue in the boiler
of steam engine of 81 horse power, used as
motive power, in the large brick building in
Harvard Place. The boiler is in the cellar,
and theI explosion forced out the doors and
windows in the lower part of the building,
and scattered the fragments about the area
Such was the force of the explosion, that
fight of four or five heavy plank steps were
thrown from the head of toe Place across
Westinghouse, lodging against the wall of
the Old South Church. Fortunately no per-
son was injured. A partial alarm of fire was
caused by the explosion.-Bost Journal tn.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-12-08
AhABEL, FAMILY HISTORY. By Mary izabeth Worm.
ely Published by Bunee Brother, 1874 Nassau Street.

AhAsEL, FAMILY HIsroRY. By Mary izabeth Worm.
ely. Published by Bunee Brother, 1874 Nassau Street.
New York.
AmAbel is work Of the highest merit 1t is conceived
with exquisite ability, and is executed in the most finished
and artistic style. The incidents NATURAL yet intensely
dranstic the characters described and developed
with the force and simplicity Of genius and the story
q whole, is beautiful lesson of noble woman repair
Ing By love- self sacrifice and suffering the mistakes re-
sulting from neglected early education AmabeI only
needs TO be read to become popular Unlike some works
which have obtained wide circulation from being ertray
aganty commended before publication it will sustain the
highest Communications of the critic. The author has
large experience Of society and the world and is also
thnktr Of great sensbiy aud power She describes the
scenery cities and places with the familiarity Of
An actual Observer and exhibits the habits customs and
modes Of thought prevalent in them with the ability Of
master. An thoughts all passions and all delights that
spring from womans noble, vrtuous nature and are Incl
osn' 70 n sphere are known this author
heAo Amssel once, and you win want to read 1t agan
'.0nes can stand this test For sale at John Keith
4 Co.'s, 2ss Main street
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-12-08

BOILER EXPLOSION AND Loss OF LIFE
The boiler in the establishment of the Ames
Manufacturing Company, at Cbicopee, ex-
ploded yesterday CThursday) morning, in.
stantly killing the engineer, A. H. Hoyt, and
breaking the legs and otherwise injuring
machinist. Lummis, who is not expected to
recover. The small brick building containing
the boiler, was completely demolished, and
portions of the boiler were projected through
the wall of the adjoining brick building, used
as machine shop. The cause of the sxplo.
sion was a lack of water in the boiler.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-12-08

WORTH KNowINe.-It is said that small
piece of rosin dipped in tho water which is
placed in vessel on the stove, will add Pc
culiar property to the atmosphere of the room,
which will give reliefto persons troubled with
a cough. The heat of the water is sufficient
to throw off the aroma Of the rosin, and gives
the same relief as Is afforded by combustion
Of the rosin. 1t is preferable to the combus-
ton, because the evaporation is more durable.
The same rosin may be used for weeks.--N.
Z. Farmer waER
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-12-08

MUNIFIcENcE.-Du During the last year upon
which we have ally reliable statistics, we find
that the citizens of Boston gave the muniicent
sum of $26S,753 SO to various benevolent
purposes, besides the thousands of unnum-
bered acts of charity which flowed in private
channels, and were known only to the donor
and the recipient. The sum above stated was
given to some thirty societies or institutions,
having religious objects, like number of or
CARNATIONS for educational purposes, and %
societies for the relief of physical wants
Boston Transcript.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-12-08
Police Court.
THURSDAY, Dec

THURSDAY, DEC. TN.
Before Judge Green.-Thomas Holbrook
and Robert Sladen for being drunk on the
9Th inst, were severally fined So and costs,
paid; Holbrook was committed.
Patrick Manahan, for selling one glass of
brandy to Eugene Legars, on the End day of
December, was fined $40 and costs, and or
dered to give bonds i'll the sum of $1,000, not
to violate any law fthe Common wealth regu-
lating the sale of liquor, for year. He paid
$l4.Sl and gave bonds.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-12-08

CAR HOUSE BURNT.-On Wednesday even
ing, about l-2 o'clock, the car house of the
Boston and Worcester Railroad, at Cam
bridge Crossing was destroyed by fire with
six old and two new passenger cars. The los
is about $17,0OO 1t is supposed some com
bustibles about the building caught from
fire which was built by some boys who wer
skating near the premises an hour or two pre-
vious. The building was used as the Compa
ny's paint shop, and the cars were there in
the process of being newly painted The
whole property is fhlly insured at the Nation
al and Eliot offices in Boston.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-12-08

ATTEMPTED RoBBERY.-we learn from the
Manchester Mirror, that some rogues entered
the Office of Hon. John Preston, of New In..
vich. N. H., on Tuesday night Of last week.
and made an unsuccessful attempt to rob his
safe. There were two safes in the room, one
Of which they opened, but the other, contain.
ing over $1,000. withstood all their efforts. -
They tried to blow the lock to pieces with
powder, bus fsiled. Tbs rogues have not been
csught.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-12-08

people liable to be deceived in the remedies
proposed, for curing the various ills odf When there
FORE medicine has been tested and by long and
cessu cures has proved itself Invaluable it ought to be
Bushs Cough Cure Lozenges, have passed that ordeal
have their way TO public favor and held in
1uenza, Hoarseness Bronchitis and especially Whooping
Cough and other diseases of the Lungs and Chest Don't
neglect that Cough. Call for Lozenges BUSH CO.'S
"a Front Street nov9 iSwtf
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-12-08
The Gren1c.t Medical Djscove~x ,r ~,

The GrentesI Medical Discovery of the
Age. MIR. KEN NEEDY of Roxbury has discovered in one
OF our common asture Weeds remedy that every
kind of Humor from the worst Scrofuad down common
Pmple He has tried it in eleven hundred cases. and
never failed except in two cases, (hunder humor.) He
has in his possession hundred certificates OF
its value, all within twenty miles of Boston.
Two bottles is warranted to nursing sore mouth
One to three bottles will the kind of pmples
on the face.
Two three bottles will clear the system of biles
Two bottles is warranted to the worst canker in the
mouth and stomach.
Three to five bottles warranted to cure the worst case
of Erysipelas
One two bottles is warranted to cure an humor in tina
eyes.
blotches among the hair.
Fours six bottles warranted to cure corrupt and
running ulcers.
One bottle will cure scaly eruptions of the skin
Two or three bottles is warranted to the
Of ringworm.
Two three bottles warranted cure the most des
perate case of rheumatism.
Three four bottles is warranted to rheum
Five to eight bottles will cure the of scroula
benefit is always experienced from The first bottle and
perfect cure is warranted when the above quantity is
AIKEN.
Reader peded thousand bottles of this in the
vicinity of Boston, know the effects of in every easel
So will extngush fire. will this
humor never sold bottle of it but that bottle sold
other after trial it always speaks for ITSELF There
two things about this herb that appears to surprising
FIRST that grows in pastures, in places quite
plenty and yet its value been until dis
covered it in 1916; second that should all kinds Of
humor. have given it to children year old, up to old
men of sixty, from the homeiest in Boston, up
th9 belle of Nonantum, and in all the certain
No change of diet is the best You
get have likewise an herb when smmered in sweet OIL
dissoves Scroulous swelling of the neck and under the
ears-price SO cents.
Directions for Use. Adult, table spoonful per
day; children eight years. desert spoonful children
from five eight years. tea spoonful As direction can
be applicable to all constitutions, take enough to operate
on bowels twice day.
Mr.. Kennedy gives personal attendance bad Of
Scroula
Price ST. Manufactured by DONALD KENNEDY 100
Warren street, Roxbury. For sale by REDDING Il CO.
State street, Boston.
For sale in Worcester by D. Scott, NJ. lib Green, s.
White Co., G. A. Harrington Co., II. H. Marsll e. D,
Wetherbee, Caldwell Il Hill, Bush Co., James Gree1t
L. 7 Lazel, Sbley Scott; Clappvle George Rober.:
Southbridge, A. F. Ammidon. diy nov2
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-12-08

The BISHOP OF RHODE IsLAND.-In Grace
Church, Providence, on Wednesday morn.
ing, the Rev. Thomas March Clark, d. D.,
was consecrated Bishop of Rhode Island.
Among those who took part in the exercises
were the Right Reverend Bishops Hopkins,
Doane, Eastburn, Southgate, Burgess, Will
hams, Lee, and Potter. Bishop Hopkins
preached the sermon of the OCCASION