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MAPES' NITROGENIZED SUPER
AVA PHOSPHATE OF LINlE-Farmers and dealers
IN want Of This superior fertilizer will ind large guam
ty, for sale by the in bags. at the subscribers
factory, Court Mills, which they oncr az very low
price ami warranted purr article This is the best Fer
tizer known. NOURSE. MASON, IL CO,
apps d&Nlm Court Mills, Lincoln Square.
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RailroaDs.
1ss55g5755s55sso NORWICH & WORCES.
el:ss;ssssssssssa TER RAIL RoAD.-WINTER ARRANGE.

eesnr4iisnuhhsA
IssssssssssssssA TER RAIL ROAD.-WINTER ARRANGE.
s-ay. - - MEEr Dee g. 1850
Trans Going South, Leave Worcester
At 100 a. M fWay PASSENGER Train Connecting al
Piainied with trains for Providence and Hartford al.
irving in Providence at TO- 80 m and Hartford at II 80
& Arriving in Norwich in serson for train leaving
n L. IL n. r. r. station (west sde) at 1890 for New
London.
At 10 80 a. m. (Way Passenger TrainD Connects al
Worcester with trains from Boston, Nashua Lowell
Concord Manchester, &c at Worcester Junction with
trains from Boston, Providence and Western road; at
with express trains for New Haven and New York o
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Northern Worcester County, Vermont and New Hamp,
shire via Worcester Nashua Railroad, at 500 a. In ana
are due at loop. m. a,. at
dale Clinton, Lowell, and Nashua, N H., at nv a. M
and SD m. and are due at SIS a. M. and 100 p M
Princeton and East Princeton at S45 M and is due at
Cify OF Boston, $50 and 900 m u 10, $50, and sou
n M; and are due at 9l5 M, $3.50 and 100 p NJ.
Maine Eastern New Hampshire, and Eastern Massa
chusetts-s00 m and 500 p. m and are due at BIS
Rhode sand-( Except towns on the Worcester and
Providence Railroad $50 m, and SS0p and are
due at q 40 q. M, and $50 p m.
WAY Mail on Providence and Worcester Railroad 33Op
m and are due at $40 a. m.
Westeri--(All towns in Massachusetts West OF WOr
eesterl Sis 4. m, and are due at $50 p. IN.
A. NJ and 400 p and are due at Ii, As and ln45
Sprncheldsl5 M, and 400 p. m. and due at 94e
Hartford, all Connecticut texcept windham and New
London counties) 80 and 400 p. m; and due
at 1915 and l045 p m.
Towns line of Norwich and Worcester Railroad and
and are due at ais
New YORK city and Southern States $50 a. M. and 400
D M; and are due at $50 and 10 IS m.
Barre Barre Plains Petersham, Paxton, Dana, North
and West Rutland. y45 M, aud are due alta % p. M
Holden, Rutland, North Rutland, and 0akhain 3aD p
m, and are due at 9.O0an.
Leicester q45 a. and iSO M, and are due at OH
Miiibury and west Milbury, $50 a. M, and 80 p. m
and are due at $40 a M, and $50 p. m,
Shrewsbury. 3.l3 2. M, and is due at 800 a. m.
Grafton, New England Village, and Cordavllle $50
m; and are due at $3.50 p.
birmingham, South birmingham, Hopkinton, Ashland
Koodville, WestborO' Ncrthboro', SouthborO' Corda
Vile and Grafton l2l0 p M; and are due at SIS a.
Milford, Mendon IlUliSton, Bolton, Berlin, 800 a. Ms
and 500 and due at DIS a. M and VI p. M.
A mail for New York and Boston and beyond, is closed
at this office on Sunday at q 90 o'clock p. m.
Office hours from As m, to 500 m. SUNDAYS from
u to u 40. D. m. EMORY BANIsTER p NJ.
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DRS. HILL a. THOMPSON,
Office No 81 Main Street, Worcester, Mass.
Do strictly Office Business, and give special attention
TO ALL DISEASES OF THE SEXUAL SYSTEM
BY THEIR OWN IMPROVED METHOD OF TREATMENT.
lS lhev VIII guarantee speedy and perfect cure in
auseases of private naure.whatevrr the oriri in which
may come under their care, no matter how long standing
Io FEAALES-Drs H. ~ T. have made the subject
OF all diseases peculiar to Females their particular
study and to this department of practice they will
tnue TO give special attention. and from their past
cess they feel confident in warranng most prompt anil
efectual cures in the most difficult cases.
Drs. HILL 4 THoMPsoN's original Indian Emmena
Price SIS. distf t''' go JOS
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Ea55a5ds- WORCESTER & NASHUA
s=--sssssssss=ra \ LR0AD. - Winter Arranae1aeat
80 On ant after Nov. LIST, 1855 Passenger
Trains will run follows:
Leave Worcester at $40 and Ills a. H.; and AIS D. m
Leave Nashua at Z a. m. and II M, and p. n.
At Nashua all trains connect with the trains OF Con
cord Railroad where passengers take the from
the Northern the Passumpsc the Boston, Concord AMI
Montreal, and Vermont Central Railroad.
At Gru0n junction, trains connect directly with tn
trains of the Stony Brook Raroad and with trains
of the Ftchburg Railroad with the exception of the first
train from Boston; and at Ftchburg with trains of the
Vermont and Massachusetts and Cheshire Railroads.
For further particulars and connections with otheI
roads, see "Pathnder Railway Guide for the New Eng
land States" g. W. BENTLEY, Sup't
Worcester Nov. |. 1858 diff iny27
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aloston advertisements.
boston MEDICAT. ASyIJIAI-T

ROST0N MEDICAL ASYLUM.-T This
Institution. established for the benefit OF the sick
and suffering whether rich or poor, Is under the inmc-
oiate of Dr. 7. X. TAYLOR, aided by Of the
best consultation talent the city affords. The mode of
treatment prnctced embraces all the modern improve
ents which have been made by the professors and stu
dents of medicine surgery electricity magnetism. psy
ehology, md mental and spiritual philosophy mr ay-
Tor is an experienced yscian, well skillul OPP
orator and manipulation During practice of twenty
ears he has been eminently successful in curing some
of the worst of Lung and Liver Diseases Dyspcp
STA, Rheumatism, Neuralgia. Mental and Nervous Depres
sion. ard Female Complaints, which have come under
medical care Many of Nervous Prostitution Nett
raleia and Female Deranpements RELIEVED at a
single visit Diseases of the Blood from whatever
produced treated by the eclectic system with inva
rablc success. Patients from distance who NAV wish
to remain in the city while under treatment can be fur
nished with good accommodations and board at mndcr
ate rates, by communicating with Dr. Taylor day or.
two before their arrival.
Office, consultation and operating rooms, No. II Han
over street All letters OF Inquiry must enclose post
age stamp and be addressed to DR. T. X. TAYLOR Bos-
ton.
PS.-Dr. Tavlors Medical Work for beth sexes, ent-
tied "ihe Medical Companion" be obtained of him.
or Of W. v. SPENCER, Bookseller and Publisher "a
Washington street Price so cents. Three stamps extra
when sent by mail. diff APPS
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DURWELL.S WASHING SOAP also
~ Winchester's and Mason's extra, for sale by
ALLEN DWINNELL, No Front st
mchp
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1sSssss55555s5ss WESTERN RAILROAD,
Il:=.sssss.=s.ssa WINTER ARRANGEMENTS.-MoN
..-gZ----Z--DAY. April Is, lS6l-New York, Albany,
Troy, Hudson, and the West
Leave Worcester for Albany, Troy, Hndson, and thu
West. accommodation at 90 a. IN. and $50 D. m.
For New York and AlhanN> (expl955 a. m, 430 p. M
For Springfield Express Freight Train with passep
ger attached, at ILLS a. M
New York Mail train 500 D. m.
Tickets be secured at the Ticket Offices 10 all th
principal cities and towns in the West and Southwest
Railroad C08RectiOns-At Albany with the New Yorl
Central, Troy, and Hudson River At Chatham with th9
New York and Harlem, and Hudson and Boston. All
State Line with the HOusatonic At lttsfed with tina
North Adams and Stockbridge. At Westned with thu
Hampshire and Hampden AT Springfield with the IIart
ford and New Haven and Connecticut River Railroad
At Palmer with the New London and Amherst.
HENRY GRAY, Supt
worcester, April IL, 1851.
Civilian & telegraph., 1861-03-28
Mixing Up the Babies.

An outrageous trick. Some time ago
there was dancing party given up
north Most of the ladies present had
little babies, whose noisy perversity re.
quired too much attention to permit the
mothers to enjoy the dance. A number
of gallant young men volunteered to
watch the young ones while the parents
INDUCED in breakdown. No sooner
had the women left the babies in charge
of the mischievous rogucs than they
stripped the infants and changed their
clothes, giving to one the apparel of an
other. The dance over. it was then
time to 60 home, and the mothers hur-
riedly took each baby. in the dress OF
her own, and started. some Of their homes
ten or fifteen miles off, and were far on
their way before daylight. But the day
following there was a prodigious row in
that settlement; mothers discovered that
single day had changed the sex of their
babies, observation disclosed startling G
physiological phenomena, and then COM
menced some Of the tallest female ped
estrianism. Living miles apart, it re-
quired two days to unmix the babies,
and as many months to restore the wo.
men to their naturally sweet disposition
To this Cay it is unsafe for any of the
baby mixers to venture within the ter
ritory. &C .Hfornia Paper
Civilian & telegraph., 1861-03-28
aDit ann 15umur.

MoRE BUT LEss,-'It is a very singular
thing said a tailor's apprentice. to his
master, as the latter was pressing bob
tail coat, that the less there is of some
things, the more there is.'
'How can that be?' said the tailor.
why, there's that bobtailed coat.
the less you make the tail the more bob
it is
A GERMAN thus describes an accidents
'vonce, long vile ago, vent into mine
abblc orchard to climb bear tree to get
some beaches to make mine vrow plum
budding nit, and ven gets on der top
permost branch, | vail from der lower
most limb. init one leg ON both sides of
der fence. and like to stove mine outsides
in
Are you dentist, Bob, I did not
know you were in that trade.
Yes said Bob, II follow no other
business but setting teeth-In beef, po-
tatoes, bread and sich like
Husband Mary, my love. this ap-
pie dumping ia not half DONE Wife,
"Well, finish it then, my dear.
A wag standing by, and seeing man
hung, remarked that it must put the
fellow out of breath mosI awfully to stand
upon nothing and pull hemp rope with
his neck
Somebody gives the definition of now-
here!
"A place where no Yankee has ever
been, and never will be-
Prentice don't admire rufaes, but says
you had better have one to your shirt
than to your temper.
Albums may be said to be dip-nets
whcrewith young girls catch Aattery.
he plaything of child is a doll
the god of man is dollar.
If mans horses lost their tails, why
should he sell them holesale2 Because
he cap'tre-tail them.
An Irishman, just from the sod, waa
eating some old cheese, when he found
to his dismay that it contained living in
habitants. be jabers,' said he, docs
your chase in this country have childer?'
TIE WAY TO WIN KIss.-The late
Mr.. Bish used to tell this story of BROTH
er barrister, AS the coach was about
starting before breakfast, the mod est
limb of the law approaching the landla-
dy, pretty Qnakeress who was sitting
near the fire. and said he could not think
of going without giving her a kiss.
FRIEND said she, the must not do
| it,
'Oh. by heavena, will!' replied tho
the barrister
We'll, friend, as thou hast sworn. thee
may do it, but the must not make q
practice Of it,
Civilian & telegraph., 1861-03-28
A Young Woman In q Predicament

The Richmond (Va.) Wing say, few
Sundays ago n modest young man of
our acquaintance attended the morning
service in one of our fashionable chur-
ches. He was kindly shown into lux
uriantly cushioned pew. and had hardly
settled himself and taken an observation
of his neighbors. before beautiful
yonng lady entered. and with graceful
wave of the hand, preventing our friend
from rising and giving her his place
quietly sunk into seat near :he end -.
When the hymn was given out, she
skilfully found the page, and with a
sweet smile that set his heart humping
handed her neighbor the book. The
minister raised his hands in prayer, ard
tho fnir girl knelt, and in this
posture perplexed her friend to know
which most to admire, her beauty or her
dcvoutness. Presently the prayer was
concluded, and the congregation resu-
med their seats. Our friend respectful
ly raised his eyes from the fair form he
had been earnestly scanning. lest when
she should look up, she would detect him
staring at her. After couple of Sec
onds he dartcd fugitive glance at his
charmer, and was astonshed to see hor
still on her knees he looked closely and
saw that she was deeply affected trem-
bling in violent agitation. no doubt from
the eloquent power of the preacher
Deeply sympathizing, he watched her
closely.
Her emotion became more violent,
reaching her hand behind her. she would
con vulsively grasp her clothing, and
strain, as it were. to rend the brilliant
fabric of her dress. The sight was cx
ceedingly painful to behold, but he still
gazcd, like ono entranccd, with wonder
and astonlshmeDt. After minute, the
lady raised her face, heretofore concealed
in the cushion. and with her hand, made
an unmistakable bcckon to her friend
He quickly moved along the pew toward
her, and inclined his ear, as she eviden-
tIy wished to say something.
please help me. sir" she whispered 4,
my dress is caught, and can't get up
A brief examination revealed the
difficulty. The fair girl wore fashion
able high.hceled shoes; knceling on both
knees, these heels of course stuck out
ut right angles, and in this position, the
highes. hoop of her new tangled skirt
caught over them and thus rendered il
| impossible for hor to raise herself or
straighten her limbs. The more she
struggled, the tighter she was bound; so
she was constrained to call for help. 49,
This was Immediately if not scientiical-
ly, rendered; and when the next prayer
was made she merely inclined her head
on the back of the front pew thinking
no doubt that she was not in praying
tune.
Civilian & telegraph., 1861-03-28
Don't Be Discouraged

Don't be discouraged, if in the outset
Of lie things do not go smoothly. 1t
seldom happens that the hopes we cher
ish Of the future are realized. The path
of life, in the prospect, appears smooth
and level enough; but when we come to
travel it, we find it up hill and generally
rongh. The journey is q labOrious one,
and whether poor or wealthy high or low, +,
we shall find it so to our disappointment,
five have built up any other calculation
To endure cheerfully what must be, and
to elbow our way as easily as we can ,ho-
ping for little, yet striving for much, is
perhaps the true plan. But don't be
discouraged, if occasionally you slip by
the way, and your neighbors tread over
you little; in other werds don't let a
failure or two disharten you. Accidents
happen, mscalculations will sometimes
be made, things will often turn out diff
ferently from our expectations, and we
may be the sufferers. 1t is worth while
to remember that fortune is like the
skies in april, sometimes cloudy, and
sometimes clear and favorable; and it is
folly to despair of again seeing the sun.
because today is stormy; so it is equally
unwise to sink into dependency when
fortune frowns, since in the common
course of things, she may be surely ex-
pected to smile again. And agaiL: don't
be discouraged if you are deceived in the
people of the world. 1t often happens
that men wear borrowed characters, as
well as borrowed clothes, and sometimes
those who have long stood fair before
the world are rotten to the core. From
sources such as these, you may be uncx-
pectedly deceived, and you will natural
ly feel sore under such deccptions--- but
to these you must become used. If you
fare as most people do. they will lose
their novelty before you grow grey, and
you will learn to trust men cautiously,
and examine their character closely, be-
fore you allow them opportunities to in
lure you. Don't be discouraged under
any circumstances; 60 steadily forward
Rather consult your own conscience than
the opinions of men, though the last i.
not to be disregarded Be Industrious
be frugal--be honest IDEAL in perfect
kindness with all who come in your way
exercise neighborly and obliging spir-
it in your whole intercourse; and if you
do not prosper as rapidly as your neigh
bors, depend upon it you will be as hap
py.---iSchelbvuiUe EapOsitor.
Civilian & telegraph., 1861-03-28
CONSTITUTIONAL DEBILITY.

Young men beware OF the pernicious indul !
gcnce and lmost fatal injury you infict upon
your con.titution., by evil examples and the
morbid influence Of the passions.
iiG~ many young per'ons do we daily behold
Whose cou ntenances and dsbiiitated constitutions
d.uiot diseale arising from that horrible and dc.
vastatng vice.
1t could bo shown how attenuation of the
frame, paipitation Of the heart, arrangement of
the nervous system, cough. indigestion and n
train Of symptoms, indicative OF consumption,
aro often ascribcd to wrong causes, when in re.
ality, they are the consequences of an alluring z
and pernicious practice alike destructive to the
mind and body.
You who have brought this aff1iction upon
yourselves, why embrace the secret to your
hearts and vanly attempt to cure yourselves,
instead Of making immediate application to n
skilfull physician, who in short time, would
restore you to perfect health and save you from
exposure which the fatal consequences render il
envitablc.
E4,- DR.. Smith gives his special attention to
the treatment of this destructive malady. Pa
tients can be cured Mt home by addressing n let
ter to DR.. Smith, describing symptoms, and re-
ceve medicine securely packed from observation
forwarded by express or otherwise to any part
of the country.
N. B.-Pcrsons afflicted with any of the
above com plants will do we'll to avoid doast"g
impostors whether foreign or native, as also the
numerous Societies advertised as certain cure
for every disease. These preparations are pu,
up to sell and not to cure. and often do more
harm than good, therefore avoid them.
"a word to the wise is sufficient"
Address, DIR. j. u. SMITH.
No. ~, S. Frederick Street, Baltimore. Md.
% No letters will be answered unless they
postage on the answer.
Inn. LIST. lS61.-ly.
Civilian & telegraph., 1861-03-28
How to Secure independence.

To secure independence, the practice
of simple economy is all that is necessa-
ry. Economy neither requires superior
courage nor eminent virtues; it is salts
fed with ordinary energy, and the ca
pacity of average minds. Economy, at
bottom, is but the spirit of order applied
in the administration Of domestic affairs;
it means management, regularity, pru-
dcncc, and the avoidance of waste. The
spirit of economy was expressed by our
, Divine Master in these words: Gather
up the fragments that remain, so that
nothing may be lost His onnipotcnce
did not disdain the smallest things of
life, and even when revealing His inf
mite power to the multitude, He taught
the pregnant lesson of carefulness for
which all stand SO much in need.
Economy also means the power of re-
sisting present qualification for the pur-
pose of securing future good ) and in
this light itrcprcsents the asceudancy of
reason over animal instincts. 1t is alto
gether different from pcnuriou,ness. for
it is economy that eau always best afford
to be generous. 1t does not make mo-
ney an idol, but regards it as a useful
agent. Dean Swift observes, we must
carry money in the head. not in the
heart Economy may be styled the
daughter of Prudence. the sister of
Temperance, and the Mother of Liberty.
1t is cminent'y conservative of charac-
ter, of domestic happiness. and social
well-bcing. 1t allays irritation, and
produces content 1t makes men lovers
Of public order and security. 1t depri
yes the agitator of his stock in trade, by
removing suffering, and renders his ap-
peals to class-hatred completely innoc
uous. When workmen; by their indus
try and frugality, have secured their own
independence. they will cease to regard
the sight of others well-being in the
light of n wrong inflicted on themselves
and it will n, longer be possible to max.
political capital out of their imaginary
woes. - LonFOn Ouarierly ReuteW.
Civilian & telegraph., 1861-03-28
Signature Of the Cross.

The mark which persons who are unable
to writc are required to make instead of their
signature, is in the form Of cross, and this
practice, having been formerly followed by
kings and mobiles, is constantly referred to as
an instance of the dsplorable ignorance of
ancient times. This signature is not, how
ever, invariable proof OF such ignorance ce; an
ciently the use of this mark was not confined
to illtcrate persons; for among the Sax ons
the mark or the cross, as an attestation oi
the good faith of the person signing. was re.
qulrcd to be attached to the signatures OIL
those who could write, as well as to stand in
the place OF the signature Of those who could
not write.
In those times, if man could write, ol
even read, his knowledge was considered
| proof positive presumptive that he was in ho
| ly orders The word ciericus or clerk wa!
synonymous with penman, and the laity, OF
people who were not Clerks. did not feel any
urgent necessity for the use of letters. The
| ancient Use of the cross was, therefore, uni
| versal, alike by those who could and by those
who could not write it; it was, indeed, the
symbol Of an oath from its holy associations
| and generally the mark, On this acccut
Mr.. Charles Knight, in his notes to the Pic
torial Shakespeare, explains the expression oil
God save the mark, as a form of eiacula-
tion approaching to the character of an oath
This phrase occurs three or more times in the
plays of Shakespeare, but hitherto it has been
left by the commentators in its original OBJ
scurity,
Civilian & telegraph., 1861-03-28
Religious Services,

PresJyteriaa-LibcrtyS Street. Services in
the morning at l04 o'clock, and evening at
Z. Pastor--Rev. j, II, Symmes.
EryltSh Latherdn-Corncro OF Baltimore and
Centre Streets. Services in the morning at
10i o'clock, and in the evening at.7 O'Clock.
Pastor-Rev, A, j, Weddetl.
Methodist Bprscrpat-Ccntre Street Ser
vices in the morning at l03 o'clock, and in
the evening at : o'clock. Pastor B.Rev.
Methodist frotestant-Bedford St. Ser
vices in the morning at lO4 o'clock, and in
the evening at o'clock. Pastor-Rev. j.
Clay.
Episcopalian-Wa ashington Street. Ser
vices in the morning at l01 o'clock. and in
the evening at s. Rev. DIR. Spear. Pas
tor.
Baptiyf-Bcdford Street. No Pastor.
German Luthcrun-Bediord Street. Ser
vices in the morning at 10 o'clock. and in the
evening at o'clock. Pastor-Ecv. f.
WASHER.
81. Patricks-Ccntrc Street. Services in
the morning at 10 o'clock, anc: vcspers at 4.
Pastor-Rev. Edward Brennan.
81. Peter and 81. Pdui-Fayette Street
Services in the morning at 10 o'clock, and
vespers n; ~ Pastor-Father Seelos.
JeriSh yndgoyue-Baltmore Street. Ser
vices Saturday morning at O'Clock. Pas
tor-Rev. \. Laser.
Second German uherdn MWch-Ccntre
Street. Services in the morning at 10 o.
clock, and afternoon at q o'clock. Pastor
Rev. Louis Biltz.
Civilian & telegraph., 1861-03-28

THE ORIGIN AND SIGSIFICATros OF THE
EAR-RING.-The Rabbis assert that Ewes
ears were bored when she was exiled from
Eden, as sign Of slavery and submission TO
man, he- master. If so, the slaves have
since found way to make their masters a.
tone for this humiliation; the latter must pay
deery for the diamond badges of their wives
scrvitude. Since then, not money alone
have these pretty baubles cost; blood has
been poured forth in torrents to procure
them for some capricious fair one, while the
sacrifice of them has, at other times, been at
tended with the most fatal results. The gol-
den calf was made entirely frcm the golden
earrings of the peope-probably the same
they had borrowed of the Egyptians, and
neglected to return-and three thousand men
paid with their lives the unworthy use To
which the jewels were put We find also
that the ephod, made Of the earrings of the
princes of INDIAN. became snare unto Gid
con, and to his house Among the Arabs
the expression, 10 hare a ring in ones ear. is
synonymous with TO be a Stare. When one
man submits to the will of another, he is 50 i,
to have placed in his ear the ring of 2bed-
ence