Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-06-27

Nighhngales, the sweetest of all warblers,
have made their appearance in unusually large
numbers this spring, in Germany, i'll the coun,
try of the lower Rhine.
Judge David Davis is to undertake the eXami-
nation of the papers of President Lincoln. He
will devote the summer at his home in Spring
field to this task, and to their revision for publ
cation.
Near Marseies they manufacture in fac
tory paper from hop vines. The paper is very
white, strong, soft and flexible, aud said to be
much liked in southern France.
Willard Young, the Mormon cadet at West
Point, told an interviewing reporter the other
day that he has sixteen brothers and twenty
two sisters. Thus one of the great questions of
the time is settled-thirty-nine children in
Brigham's family.
A citizens association of Cologne has resolved
to present General Moltke with a barrel of the
very best "eau de Cologne" from the renowned
firm of Johann Maria Farina, containing about
seven thousand bottles.
An English chemist has been experimenting
for the purpose of ascertaining how much of
various kinds of food must be eaten in order to
make one pound of flesh. He comes to the con-
cusion that it requires twenty-five pounds of
milk, one hundred of turnipS, fifty of potatoes,
fifty of carrots nine of oat meal seven and half
of barley meal and three and half of beans.
In June of last year, Mr.. Jay Cooke, banker
of Philadelphia, then at Gibraltar, learning that
Bismarck contemplated visiting this country,
auuTeSSeu all tue great
chancellor the Inequalities of his island home
and residence at Carlton Hills. The French
declaration of war, shortly following the receipt
of Mr. Cookies invitation, prevented prompt
response to this invitation. Within few days
Mr.. Cooke has received an autograph letter from
Prince Bismarck, in which, after stating the
cause of his delay in answering, he says al
though peace has happily been restored, great
deal yet remains to be done and he does not
know when it will be given him to satisfy his
old longing for our country.
A Florida journal says that while lady of
Jacksonville was dressing fish recently, pre-
paratory to cooking, she discovered, embedded
in its flesh, small stone, resembling glass, and
nearly the size OF northern white bean. The
stone resembles a diamond, cuts glass freely,
and is very transparent and retroactive. Should
this prove to be diamond its value is estimated
at four or five thousand dollars; should it be
otherwise, the stone is at least valuable to mount
as an ornament. The lady has already been
offered 800 for it,
DR.. Guthrie says: Before God and man, be-
fore the church and the world, l impeach in
temperance charge it with the murder of
with freedom and plenty, the word of God and
the liberties OF true religion, charge it as the
eause-whateVer be their source elsewhere-of
almost all the poverty, and almost all the crime,
and almost all the misery, and almost all the
ignorance, and almost all the irrelieion that
disgrace and afflct the land. 4 am not mad,
most noble Festus. speak the words of truth
and soberness.' do in my conscience believe
that these intoxicating stimulants have sunk
into perdition more men and women than
found grave in that deluge which swept over
the highest hill tops-engulfng a world of
which but eight were saved"
A. Gross, 1888 Main street, has just received an
other lot of those Louis gloves in all shades at IS
cents.
ment of the celebrated Joseph kid gloves, at $1OO
pair. Every pair warranted
Ladies! If you want nice set of real hair curls,
at very low prices, call at A. Gross No. S3S Main
street, told number 176)
I. S. Sloan, Of Leicester, received seventeen fine
Michj0au lact Cat and