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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-09

lowed to decompose or smell, generation after
generation live, die, and fall to the bottom of
the glass. They form a very delicate film there,
and minute portions oft, when examined under
high magnifying power, show the silicious
skeletons or shells very distinctly.
Now many strata in the earth are formed en-
tirely of the remains of infusoria; and very
familiar example is the Tripoli powder, from the
polishing slate Of Bilin, In Bohemia. A single
grain of Tripoli powder contains no fewer than
1877 900 of the transparent, flinty skeletons
Of dead animalcues, yet the layers of earth
which are made up of them at Bilin extend for
miles.
In the harbor of Wismar, in the Baltic, they
increase and multiply at great rate; for seven
teen thousand cubic feet of mud are formed
every year there, and every grain of it contains
one billion of the beautiful silici0us remains of
the infusoria. In the island of Barbados there
is thick mass of the most beautiful flinty sea
animalcues, and they are in such numbers that
it must be supposed the dead, minute things
were constantly falling in showers from the sea
to the acknowledgement Magazine.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-09

Rev. Thomas K Beecher thinks capital pun
ishment necessary for the public safety, and en-
tirely justifable from every point of view. His
answer to the sentimental or humanitarian ar
gument against it is original and philosophic:
To send man out of this world to give an
account of himself before the Judge of all the
earth, has never seemed TO us very great hard
ship or cruelty. 1t is not conceivable that God
treats any man well or i'll because of what other
men have done to him. Hanging a man is like
sending 4 boy home from school to his father,
1t is a confession on the part of the school, 1--WE
can not manage him." When the teacher turns
boy out of school, the boys father does as
seems to him best. Just so when a sheriff hangs
man. God receives the expelled culprit, and
does for him and to him the very wisest and best
thing that can be done. We do only the best
lhat we know how to do. Opposition to
| capital punishment seems distrustful to God
His wisdom and pOMer-one or both.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-09

Thomas F. Powers that a portion of the town OF
Natick be set off to birmingham. Mr.. John b.
Goodrich appeared for the petitioners, and Mr..
Mutt of Natick in opposition. The petitioners
represented that about 800 acres in Natick,
which was four miles from that town, formed a
natural part Of South birmingham, and that
the latter section could not be further developed
unless that land was included. The business OF
South birmingham was rapidly increasing, and
it was necessary that she should possess the
land, otherwise a sufficient number of houses
could not be built to accommodate the popula-
ton. The town of Natck oppose the PROPOSE
ton on the general ground that she does not
wish TO part with any of her territory.
The railroad committee arc preparing TO re-
port on some of the many railroad projects
which they have been investigating. Among
the most active and persistent members of the
third house is Mr.. Winchester of Ashburnham,
who is very rich and very hostile to the reason
able petition for leave to extend the Worcester
and Gardner railroad from the latter place to
Winchendon.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-09

NEW YoRK. March s.-Coton steady; saies42l7 bales
mddling upands Axe. Flour-sales 5000 bbls; state
and western dull and a lOc ower Ohio S6,s5 a 1856
western ~ g $780, southern $40 g So Wheat lower
sales 1900 bush; No l spring SlSI, in store; white
ST. g 81; winter red and amber western 81 40 a LIS;
white Michigan ST. a $50. Corn heavy and lower ;
sales 900 bush mixed western 81 % 87hc Oats
quiet and firm; Ohio and western So a Toe. Pork-new
mess S2i5 S2lST; old 81 5O prime ss,15 Lard dull
42c. Whskey firmer; western free 93 a. 93Nc. Rice
firm; Carolina 81 a SIZE. Sugar steady; Nuscoyado
81 "a Sc; fair TO good refining 81 q SIC. Coffee firm
and quiet; Rio l3h "a lie. Molasses steady New Or
leans 81 "a SIC. Spirits turpentne UNCHANGED at 81 a
AAc; rosn firm at $3.50 a 2s5 for strained Petroleum
dull crude l5c; refined Ase. Tallow more active At
By % &c. Wool less active and firm domestic fleece a.
SIZE ~''O'@ soy
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-09

C. NJ. Dodge, Iowa; Sidney Dillon, New York
c. S. Bushnell, Connecticut; John Edgar
Thompson, Pennsylvania; Andrew Camagil,
New York; Geo. NJ. Pullman, Illinois; F. Cor
don Dexter, Massachusetts.
At meeting of the directors, held in the af-
ternoon, Mr.. Scott was chosen president He
is now president of the Pennsylvania Central
railroad, and his election to that office by the
Union Pacific corporation confirms the state
ment made some ago and since denied, that the
managers of the Pennsylvania Central bad ac-
quired controlling interest in the latter road.
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Miscellaneous Dispatches,
Domestic Notes.

ITEMS FROM NEW YORK.
New YORK, March S.-Hugh McDermott, ed
itor of the Jersey City Herald, was attacked in
Trenton last night by party of roughs, but es-
capped by the interference of friends. 1t is re-
ported that the attack was committed in retala-
ton for an article published in reference to the
Trenton members of the New Jersey house.
Mr.. Bergh made a raid on the swill-milk ven
ders yesterday. He found the feed dispensed TO
cows to be the refuse from distilleries, hotels,
slaughter houses and mills, which in many in
stances had soured and spoiled to such de
gree that it was offensive. When the cows be-
came so exhausted from disease that they were
unfit to yield milk, they were sold to butchers,
who manufactured their meat into sausages.
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Foreign Notes.

FROM PARIS.
PARIS, March 1.-The journal 0fficiel invites
the mayors of Paris and communes to address
a demand for part of the funds sent by citi-
zens of the United States, and urges that the
delegate of the American government be added
to the commission for its distribution. All the
theatres are preparing to reopen as soon as gas
can be obtained. The bank of France will COM
mence issuing balance sheets on Thursday.
The letter of Jules Simon is placarded every
where announcing the deposition of Napoleon
and declaring him responsible for the ruin and
invasion of France.
The appointment of Palladines has given Of
fence, because of his firmness and talent. He
has plan for the reorganization of the national
guard approved by Theirs.
The Prussians to-day delivered to the French
all the forts upon the left bank of the Seine.
The Emperor William and staff have left Yer
sailles for Ferrieres. The PrussianS are to COM
pletely evacuate Versailles by the t1th and the
neighborhood by the 18th inst.
The minister of marine has proposed to the
national assembly great reductions in the budget.
Tie minister of war proposes a complete reor-
ganizatOn of the army and deenses of Paris,
including the erection of Notifications upon the
new German frontier. The French staff officers
have taken possession Of Velerien, Mont Rogue,
Vauvres, Issy and Bicetre, which are to be oe-
cupied by the French army of the Loire. Jules
Ferry, one of the projects Of police, has tender
ed his resignation. Several Germans, holding
OllCldl pOSlulOHS Ill 1arlS UeIOre tne war, nave
returned. The troops have been under arms in
their quarters all night. AT Montmartre, Blioz
Place Royale, Belleville and LaYillette, the ma
tional guard have formed camps, supported by
artillery. This aspect of the city has thrown
the citizens generally into painful state of ex-
citement, and all cofdence in the stability of the
present government is lost. Suspicion and dis
trust is visible everywhere in the countenances
of men in the cars, boulevards and public Off
ces. Napoleon will not leave Wilhelmshohe
until peace has been definitely signed at Brussels.
FROM LONDON.
LONDON March S.-Correspondence is pub
lished, which shows the part taken by England
in the negotiations for peace at Versailles.
The Due de Broglie, who arrived in London on
the oath ult., addressed note to thesforeign Of
fee complaining of the indifference exhibited
by England toward France, and asking Earl
Granville to obtain a prolongation of the arm
istice, and reduction of the indemnity from
six milliards of francs. Earl Granville declined
to interfere as to the armistice, but telegraphed
on the same day to Versailles, representing that
it was impossible for France to pay so great
sum as six millards of francs. Odo Russell
answered that he received the dispatch too late
to admit Of his interposltion in Interpretations,
but expresses a belief that Bismarck received
duplicate of the dispatch before the indemnity
was finally settled five milliard francs.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-09

Consulting Physician to the MORRILL, MEDICAL ISsTI-
TUrE No. 3Bulhnch street. the Revere House. Bos
ton may be confidently relied upon in all requiring
skill and experience. His unrivaed and word-renowned
preparations for all forms of Spermatorra Impoency
and nervous debility &C., in and for the cure of all
Female Complaints can only be had of himself at his
Office where he may be conhdentially consulted at all
hours Ladies' suffering under any of the complaints
peculiar to their conhdentiay consult with the
doctor with every assurance of safety and prompt reet
see his MEDICAL ADVISER AND GUIDE TO HEALTH price
10 cents All letters promptly answered by return OF
mail. dM Th&SSwtf - iaal
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-09

This splendid Hair Dye is the best in the world; the
only true and perfect Dye harmless reliable insantan
eous no dappointment no ridiculous tints remedies
the III effects OF bad dyes invgOrates and leaves the
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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-09

HARVARD UNIvERsITY.-At meeting of the
board of overseers yesterday, votes of the cor
poration were concurred in, establishing pro
fessorships of horticulture and applied zoology
in the Bussey institution, establishing profess
sorship of political economy, appointing Will
liam Gray, Henry j. Bigelow and Edward N.
Perkins trustees of the museum Of fine arts for
one year from March /, 1871, appointing Robert
Swain Morrison proctor, Oliver w. Holmes, Jr.,
instructor in the constitution for the current
year, and Edward B. Dalton, NJ. D., instructor
in theory and practice in the medical school.
Votes of the corporation electing Charles F..
Dunbar professor of political economy, and
Francis Parkman professor of horticulture, and
Daniel Denison Slade professor of applied 20
ology in the Bussey institution, were referred TO
committees.
The commencement exercises of the Massachu-
sets medical college also took place yesterday.
The degree of doctor in medicine was conferred
upon seventy graduates, and that of doctor of
dental medicine upon six. Among the former
were Henry J. Gafferly and F. H. Thompson, of
Worcester, and Charles H. Warner Of Stur-
bridge, and among the latter, George H. Baker,
of Worcester.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-09

THE LATE HON. LEE CLAFLIN.-The will of
the late Lee ClaAn, father to Gov Claflin, was
admitted TO probate, at Cambridge, on Tuesday.
The greater portion Of his property is left to his
widow and son, his eXcellency Governor Clahin,
The following requests are made to the Metho-
dist Episcopal church, of which the deceased
had been a member: Two hundred dollars are
to be paid annually for the first five years after
his decease to the stewards of the Methodist
Episcopal church for the support of the minis
try. One hundred and fifty dollars are TO be
paid TO the same annually for the second five
years, and one hundred during the third five
years after his decea;e. The same amount and
in substantially the same manner is to be paid
to the New England Methodist EPISCOPAL
preachers aid society," To the Methodist Epis-
copal church general missionary the sum of
two hundred dollars is to be paid annually
for ten years after his decease. One hundred
dollars are donated to the American mission So
ciety, paid annually for the same period as
stated above. A like sum- aud in a similar
manner, is to be paid to the New England con-
ference of the NJ. L. church. The sum of ten
thousand dollars is bequeathed to the NJ F..
Biblical Institute, at Concord, and three hum
dred to be paid annually for the first ten years
after the death, and two hundred for the second
ten years are given to the M. L. INDECENT Stu
dents biblical institute, All the right and title
which Mr.. Clafiin had in the NJ. Z. church
building in West Medley is bequeathed to the
above church society. One Thousand dollars
are left to the NJ. f. church society in West.
borough, on condition that the society shall
erect church edifce within a stated time,
worth at least three thousand dollars, One
thousand dollars are also given for church
purposes to the Nj. Z. church in Mendon.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-09

ANIMALcuLEs.- If some hay is placed in
glass OF pure rain water, and allowed. to soak
for few days in sunny place, and if il be
then removed, the water will be found, under
powerful microscope, to contain many very
small, moving things, which are called infuso-
ria, from their being produced after infusing
the hay. The eggs, which were on the hay,
bred there myriads of small things, which often
have very beautiful coat Of transparent flint or
silica. If the water be kept clean, and not al
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-09

CHICAGO, March 8.-Flour unchanged. Wheat quiet;
No Sl,A a. l.24A. Corn quiet; No ?, SIC Oats 49A q
59c for No 2 Rye nominally SOC for No Barley dull
High wines steady SEC Provisions easier Mess pork
5000 Dressed hogs quiet at SIPS a $50: live hogs
easier at $3.50 a 725. Cattle dull at S45 "a 575, Re
cept-OOO bbls -four 5000 bush wheat 5000 bush corn
1900 bush oats. 1000 bush barley. Shlpments-4OOO bbs
Hour 1000 bush wheat 5000 bush corn, 1000 bush oats
CINCINNATI. March S.-PrOvisions dull and dropping,
Mess pork s2l5Q Lard u a l2hc; Bulk meats 7N@l1Hc
lor shoulders ~ a. 9c for Sides loo for clear rib sides,
and OSc for clear sides. Bacon 9Ac for shoulders lie
for clear rib sides and Ike for clear sides Whlskey in
fair demand and higher, At s5c.
l3Ec. 7' , ''o
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-09

Imperviousness is quality not to be lightly con-
sidered in the character of our public men;-in
clothing for the feet it is leading requisite for our
variable northern climate. The CABLE SCREW
WIRE Doors AND Shoes are the dryest and most
comfortable goods in the market. For sale every
where
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-09

WHAT is DTsPEPsIA?-THE QUESTION SETrLRD-TwO
young medical students were dspung the other day
the house of mutual friend the nature of dyspep
STA. One said the primary wa diseased liver;
the other insisted that the disease originated in the
epigasrium. II tell you what dyspepsia is for I've
been there observed the host laughingly well,
said one of the young medcos, Lets have your opn-
ion" Dyspepsia said he sis a complaint that you
cdhtreece, and that PLANTATION BITTER cures in sir
Weeks ?! The person who made this remark resides at
1888 Greenwich avenue, and his name is Martin W.
Myers. deop&wlw mig
SEA Moss FARINE from pure Irish Moss for Blame
mango, Puddtngs. Custards, Creams, &C. &c. The
cheapest healthiest, and most delicious food in the
world deoD&wlw mh9
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-09

DAVIS Co. call your attention in another col
umn to the BAY STATE SHIRT. Those who have
found it difficult to get good fitting shirt should
try them
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-09
LATEST MARKETS.

NEW YORK STOCK MARKET
NEW YORK, March S.-Gold active and higher this
afternoon. closing at lllG a lll the clearances of the
day having been S250O 900. Governments closed dull
and lower No subscriptions the loan of any
amount reported having been made In the city
day. Washington kilograms say about 100000 addition
al have been made in different parts of the country
which would make the entire amount about $4,000, O60
A rumOr current on Wall street this afternoon that
Secretary Boutwell, will soon resign.
United States Skies 1881 coupons ...ll5k@ll55f
United States 5-20's. 1852 llyS 6nlIgH
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Foreign Markets.-lBv Atlantic Csble.l
LONDON, March S.-COnsols 9lH American securities
90A; ten-fortes. S9h.
LIvERPooL, March Section steady; uplands 7@7Hd;
sales II, 900 bales,
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-09
Special Nut1ees.
An InsaIubriOus Season,

Spring welcome but not Its diseases We should be
glad to have its blooms without its ogs its vapors its
sudden changes Of temperature, and the agues fits
of indigestion, bilious attacks, and other harassing
disorders which they engender As this cannot be- It
behooves all sensible people to do the they can to
escape such serious drawbacks on the poetry Of the
season. Ask any physician what the weak nd delicate
ought to do when masma nfects the air. The answer
viii be, 'tone and regulate the system" But how
That is the important question dozen medical men
would probably recommend as many different medi
cines. On the other hand, the thousands who
have tested the virtues of Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters as an invigorant and an Alternative, Will
recommend but one, the wholesome preventive
and restorative in which their own experience has
taught them to trust of this rare vegetable
stimulant, commenced now, would save many pang
to the feeble and debaed 1t would be wise economy
too, for 1t would probably preclude the necessity for
medical advice Without dsparagement to profession
which all intelligent men and respect and honor
1t is just as WELL fpOssibe, to keep out of the doc
hands, and they would have comparatively few cases of
fever and ague, dyspepsia, bousness nervousness and
general debility to attend to- If this agreeable and
healthful specific were In universal use
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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-09
A Very singmIar Plant.

Have plants instinct, intelligence, soul? One
is inclined to entertain the startling proposition
when considering the curious manifestations of
choice, of purpose, of feeling, exhibited in their
habits and capacity for voluntary motion by
some of the more highly organized species Of
the vegetable kingdom.
There grows in the DOGGY lands on the south
ern lake shore, not far from our city, little OBJ
scure plant which none but the botanist would
ever note or discover, but which possesses most
peculiar aud surprising characteristics. 1t con-
sists of suft of diminutive, orbicular leaves
from the center of which shoots up in mid
summer slender stem of incOnspicuous flow
ers. But the leaves are the distinguishing iea-
ture of the plant. They are covered with shin.
ing, scarlet hairs, which secrete at their tips
drops of clear, viscid fluid resembling dew
These increase in size and number with the
feryor of the sun, while real dew is speedily
dried up by the heat of his rays. 1t is from this
circumstances that the plant derives its name of
Sun dew
But the design of this novel secretion is vet
more curious than the fact of its elaboration.
u attracts by its sweetness tiny insects, gnats,
flies and midges, which no sooner touch and
taste the fatal liquid than they are lost, its adj
hesive quality serving to hold them firmly fast.
Then the delicate hairs move slowly but surely
upon the victim, and fix their little points like
fangs into the body and suck the Juices until it
is dry. This accomplished, they lesurely relax
III,
await the ENHANCEMENT of fresh prey Incredi-
BILE as this statement seems, its truth has been
often proved by the testimony of Trustworthy
observers.
Moreover, it has been found impossible to pre-
serve these plants by maintaining them in their
natural soil supplied with abundant moisture,
but deprived of the nourshment obtained from
animal food. Shut up in a conservatory from
which flies are excluded they invariably die.
But apply particles of raw meat to the surfaces
OF the leaves and the hairs will close about item,
drain them of their fluids, and leave them in the
end, white, exhausted atoms. Tonch these SEN
stive, sentient hairs with the point of a straw or
bit of paper, and they remain mouonless i'm
passive, as if entirely conscious that neither
contains material adapted to their uses. Whence
comes this wonderful faculty of discrimination,
and how shall we designate it?
The singular habit of capturing insects is also
common to the Venus's Fly-trap, plant which
is found in the vicinity of Wilmington, North
Carolina. Its leaves are furnished at the sum-
init with an appendage fringed with hairs,
which is shaped something like steel trap,
and operates much like one. Woe to the luck
less fly that chances to brush against one of its
long bristes! The trap instantly closes, and,
generally catching the intruder, clasps it tight
until its struggles cease and it is deprived of
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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-09

OFFICE NO. Os MAIN STREET, WORCESTER
This Bank open every business day from nine O'Clock
in the morning to five O'Clock In the afternoon.
DEPOSITS from FIVE CENTS to ONE THOUSAND DOL
LARS reeeired oHdPa upon interest the 6rst Of every
month
DIVIDENDS OF INTEREST are made in January and
July and If not withdrawn are added to the nrIneino
the hrst of the following month.
Smallest sum entitled to receive interest Three Dol
lars CLARENDON HARRIS
jyg diff Traasurar
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j. p. Hall Co. will sell new first class furniture
at auction to-day, commencing at 2 O'Clock. A
book case is in the consignment.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-09

THE SILVER LIGHT OR ARGAND on BURNER
fits any lamp. With its porcelain shade gives
beautiful light, and not painful to the eyes Just
the light to read or sew by.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-09

For Comedones, Black worms Grubs, Pimply Erup
tons, and Blotched designations on the Face use
PerTy's COmedone and Pimple Remedy.
II is invaluable to the afflicted. Prepared only by DR.
b. e PERRY, DERA AToLoGIsT 40 BOND ST., y. Y. Sold
by Druggists eUeryLchere. d&w4m f25