Worcester daily spy., 1871-06-17
the matter Of the surrender of refugees, she
ought not to mind being told that she has done
nIisonIInnsnus I,emu.


A company has gone to Rome for the purpose
of building iron houses there. The city council
has given them permission and locality has
been assigned for experiments with this archi-
lecture so novel to Italians.
An immense strike, involving 5000 men in
ldleness, is now in progress at old Newcastle-on-
Tyne and Gateshead, England, among the eugi-
neers because their time of labor was not re-
duced 20 nine hours day.
As an evidence of the wonderful expansion
of Methodism in America, the church organ
states the fact that during the past year there
was new church completed, on an average,
every three working hours, or four for every
day in the year.
There is an ice cave In Decorah, Ia, which is
about 100 feet deep, and in winter perfectly free
from ice. AS warm weather comes on however,
cougelation begins, and when hottest the cave
is most abundantly stored with ice.
Charles, duke of Brunswick, the great dia-
mond tancier, now at Geneva, is so concerned
about the safety of his rare jewels that he keeps
them guarded day and night, and frequently
starts from his sleep, dreaming he has been
robbed. The possession of his precious stones
is such fearful responsibility that he has little
rest, and no peace, In his will he has be-
queathed all his diamonds, estimated to be worth
S2,0O00OO, or SS,000,000, to the late prince i'm
perial.
An instrument has been invented that marks
" the ebb Of time" showing how many minutes
there are prior TO any event. If placed in the
post-ofiice 1t reads " Mails open in 80 minutes :"
one minute later it reads in 20 minutes" then
in 2S, and so on. AT a railway station it reads,
"This train leaves in 10 minutes" the 9, s, etc.
and when the index reaches 0 the train starts
Thus any passenger, on reaching station,
knows just how much time he has for getting
tickets, checks, newspaper and seat, without
consulting a watch or clock to ascertain the
hour of the day.
This story comes from Sharp Mountain, in
Pennsylvania: Two young girls a few days ago
left smaller one, about four years old, alone
under tree for a short time, and on returning
to the spot found the little one standing still and
speechless-neither replying to their questions
nor wishing to leave the spot. They finally car
ried her home against her will, where every
question was asked and effort made to make her
speak, but inYain, until they inquired if she had
seen a snake when she Immediately went into
convulsions, with which she has been afflicted
at intervals ever since.
But few weeks since, says the Lynchburg
Yirginian, there was hardly a squirrel to be seen
in days journey, for they were rusticating in
the cliffs and hollows of the Blue Ridge, and
living on the buds of the poplar tree. But no
sooner does the wheat get ripe enough to be
eaten, than they come down from the mountains
like the locusts in the days of Pharaoh, and
threaten TO give the farmers serious trouble.
This is more especially the case in the mountain
districts of Bedford, Botetourt and Amherst.
crease in numbers, Notwithstanding many of
them will be killed, until after the corn crop is
gathered, when they will again retire to the
mountains.
Mr.. John D. Fries, of South Coventry town
ship, Penn, is trying the experiment of raising
an eagle, Matched by hen. The Pottstown
Ledger gives the following account: "About a
month ago, while on Nice's HILL he saw large
bird fly up from lonely place among the rocks.
Proceeding to the spot he discovered two eggs,
of nearly the size and appearance of turkey eggs,
which he picked up, brought home and placed
under setting hen. About two weeks ago the
eggs were Matched out, and Mr.. Fries was aston
ished to find that they were eagles The old
hen must have been considerably surprised, too,
for she spluttered about and tramped upon one
of her rare progeny and killed it. The other
one will probably grow up and do we'll Eagles
sometimes carry off chickens, and it would be
rather joke if this specimen would some day
gather up the old hen that hatched it and fly
away with her."