Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-02-02

Skinfint-who "gives nothing to street beg
gars"-buttoned his pockets on being approached
by soldier, and said: "My dear fellow, / never
can repay the debt owe you-the debt we all
owe you-tor your noble sef-sacrifce! Money
can't do it'll 1t is OF no use tryingl' With this
patrioric utterance he walked away.
The largest importers Of kid gloves in England
say that there Is really no ground for anv rise in
the price of these articles on account of tn, war,
as retail dealers sometimes pretend No gloves
are made in Rouen or Orleans, and Grenoble
and the district around it, where they are made,
has not been interfered with Moreover Aus
tria, Prussia, SaXony, Bohemia, Denmark and
other parts on the continent contribute largely
to the demands both of England and America.
A good joke is told in Washington at the ex-
pense of a well known senator, who is notorious
for taking two cocktails ia succession before
breakfast. One morning, while the senator was
practising at the Metropolitan bar, friend put
to him the pertinent question: "Senator, why do
you take two cocktails as custom2 Won't one
tone your The senator drew himself up: 81
| Will tell you why take two cocktails When
have taken one it makes me feel like another
man. Well, you see Pm bound by common
courtesy to treat that man; so take a second"
An lnqulr1ng widow, who appealed to her de-
| parted husband to advise her whether she had
better make apurchase she was contemplating,
has been answered, the "commun cation" being
| published in the Banner Of Light newspaper,
| and being in effect as follows: "My answer is
any way. don't forget peoples dispositions
even if / have been through death. So, Nancy
do just as you please. Ii you want to buy, buy;
and il you get into trouble by it, get out of it
You are smart enough" Sensible to the last
that husbandl
1t is reported that German soldier on pickle
duty lately at Cholsy-le-Roi, near Paris, discov
| cred the almost forgotten grave of Rouget d(
| Plsle, in the little burying place of that village
| a lonely-looking grave among the deliberately
| sculptured monuments. Ii was simply covered
| by fiat, gray stone bearing an inscription il
French, Of which the following is translation
"Here reposes Claude Joseph Rouget dc llsle
Born at Lons-le-Saulnier in 1850. Died a
| Choisy-le-Roi in 1886. When in 1892, the Frenct
| revolutionists arrayed themselves against royal
", he put into their hands, as weapon where
with to break its power, the 'Marseillaise.
some htteen years ago a steamboat, loaded
with 800 barrels of whiskey and 500 barrels O.
hlSh wines, was sunk in the Mississippi river
near Parkyille, Mo. The wreck was recently
found buried some fifteen feet in the sand, ant
IL Is sald that there is but little doubt that the
cargo can be got at. Parties operatinp have
secured the title to the property, so that In tbC
event Of success they will realize handsom,
sum.
Jonesboro is the oldest town in Tennessee
The first newspaper published in that state wa
printed there, though soon after removed Il
Knoxville. There Andrew Jackson figured il
his earlier days as a cockfgbter AID duelist
On hill which overlooks Jonesboro the hero Q
New Orleans met his antagonist, to settle a diff
Guilty according to the code, on which occasion
he IS said to have acted with the utmost coo
ness. 1t seems that "Old Hickory" regarded hi
opponent as poor shot, aud allowed him {
shoot, which he did, missing Jackson, who the
advanced, with bis pistol presented, until his OF
ponent ran, when Jackson fired up in the air. thu
vindicating bis honor without trying to take til
life Of his fellow-man,