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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-04-20

Noah Thompson, an account of whose murder
by John H. Ring in Bristol was briefly an
nounced by telegraph, clinched his assailant
after be had dealt him the first blow, and, both
falling to the ground, Ring inflicted nine more
wounds on different parts Of his body, from the
effects of which Thompson died in about three
minutes. Ring was at once arrested, but soon
broke away and ran some fifty rods, when he
was caught and placed in irons. He is des-
perate character, and was under the influence of
linnnr Of he ti1lnn Of Al,r tfnir
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-04-20

PREPAID STEERAGE PASSAGES
From Liverpool, Glasgow, Queenstown, or Derry to
Boston New York,
S34 CURRENCY.
Passengers booked to all parts of the New England
States.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-04-20

- FOR SALE-On Austin st., corner
Iii; lot, two tenements. Is rooms barn. sheds; good
sEll lot, Price S6500-Sl000 cash. balance easy.
SAfe@ all diff L. A. ELY h co.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-04-20

FA NORFOLK AND BALTi-
~ $40 MORE AND WASHINGTON, D. G.
NSS-Als 49, STEA ASiilP LINE-Stoamship OF this
Line sail from end of Central Wharf BOs
ton, EVERY FIVE DAYS, for NORFOLK and BAL
TINORE.
STEAMSHIPS:
''WILLIAM LAWRENCE CAPT WILLIAM A HAL
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-04-20

NOR SALE-A Horizontal STEAM EN-
l. CINE, II. p. made by Putnam Machine Co.;
with first class tubular Boiler for same of Stewart
Dillon's make. Has been carefully used between two
and three years. Refer to Jerome Wheelock. May be
seen running at the office of the subscriber in CromptOn
BLOCK, Worcester. EDWARD X. FISKE.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-04-20

TN@N@F1'H NON bALE-
A fPLENDIn VHIAnE EARN
ior sale IN desirable location 70 miles from Worcester
ent land Ia p containing about IS acres of excel
good Two-Story House. and good ontbuildings
Ine Farn WIZ be sold low, ana Is an excellent oppor
sy III ay one VINO wishes to live in the country in
az 1io p information inquire
milo diff ''V'A n iSoA yv,s Afoas
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-04-20
Zeal estate.

II E A L E S T A 4 e
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-04-20

49, FOR SALES "a miles from Wor-
Eii cester. farm of95 acres 80 in wood balance
ll well divided; cuts 20 tons of hay more than fruit
enough for the place; thorough built u story
house OF rooms; barn 26 52cear underneath; nice
glass front hen house, IL X 80. Price 1900.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-04-20

The maple sugar product in southern Berk-
shire was never more bountiful than this season.
and the best quality of this native saccharine
is retailing at from eight to fourteen cents
pound.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-04-20

- FOR SALE-4 ga miles from Worces-
s ter. farm of 65 acres-2O acres in wood land; will
%ll winter 10 cows summer s.; gathered upwards c f
1-S15 bbls. Of apples last year; good house Off
granary, &C. Price 5000
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-04-20

~ FOR SALE-A good lot of land,
Mi near CrOmpton's Loom Works with four houses
l!U on it, which rent for Sl0O per year VIII sell for
s 900. Terms easy, L. A. ELY & CO.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-04-20

49, FOR SALE-13 miles from Worces.
s;;; ter, good farm of SO acres; mile from school,
kssl y mile from church, very pleasantly located on
main road; miles from a good market; land
well divided; keep head Of cattle; apples pears cur
rants &c. buildings very good and pleasantly located;
cottage house of rooms barn SO 4O carriage house
granary, &C.; water at house and barn. Certainly a
desirable ace for the mOney-S22OO. - :
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

ORGANIZATION. On last Saturday,
the Conservative party of Hampstead
county effected an organization with
the utmost harmony, which we think
will be concurred in by the whole peo-
ple and will secure the success of the
party at the coming general election
of 1872. The executive committee
will very soon appoint the sub execs- :
tive committees or canvassers for the
various townships, of which due notice
will be given. The county executive
committee will furnish such canvass
ers with all necessary documents tor
distribution, and blanks for their use,
and will expect, as they feel sure they
will receive, the hearty and Jealous
cooperation of every man appointed
by them to perform patriotic duty. In
this campaign there are to be no "soft
places" but every man, who feels that
he is a freeman, and that he should be
in possession of rights and privileges
that are inherently his, now cowardly
and tyrannically denied to mauy of our
people, and every one who has the
least regard for the future of his Off
spring, if not of himself, will be ex-
pected to work for the overthrow OF
tyranny and misrule, and for the turn
ing over of the affairs of the State and
OF the general government to honest
men. We want to hear of no laggards
now. He that is not for US is against
us, and we don't want to hear of a man
along the whole line shirking from the
sacred duty which now devolves upon
every hue man. We confidently call
upon the people, without regard tc
former political associations, to rally tC
the cause of right and justice, and tc
battle for principle as becomoth gooC
men to fight for the right.
Effort will secure success. Nothing
else will. They who do not labor fo
success do not deserve it. Those witt
do, will win it.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

How TO CURE STAuMERING.-
The editor of the Lacrosse Wis.,
Leader, who has been an inveterate
stammerer, writes as follows about
the way to cure the habit: ''No stam-
merng person ever found any difficult
ty in singing. The reason of this is,
that by observing the measure OF the
music-by keeping time-the organs
of speech are kept in such position
that enunciation is easy, Apply the
same rule to reading or speech, and
the same result will follow. Let the
stammerer take sentence this one
Leander swan the Hellespoint'-an
pronounce it by syllables, scan it, kee,
ing time with his finger if necessary.
letting each syllable occupy the same
time. thus: Le-an-der swam-the
-lIel-les point. and he will not
stammer. Let him pronounce slowly
ut first, then faster, but still keeping
the time; keeping time with words in
stead Of syllables, aNd he will be SUR
prised to find that, by very little prac-
tice he will read without stammering,
and nearly as rapidly as persons ordi~
narily read. Then practice this in
reading and conversation until the
habit is broken up. Perseverance, and
attention is all that is necessary to
perfect cure.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20
SLEEPING ~ JAPAN.-As / was

SLEEPING ~ JAPAN.-As | was
about to pass my first night in a Ja-
panese house, watched anxiously the
preparations for sleeping. These were
simple enough: A mattress in the form
off very Trick quilt, about seven feet
long by four wide, was spread on the
floor, and over it was laid an ample
robe, very long, and heavily padded,
and provided with large sleeves. Hav-
ing put on this night dress, the sleeper
covers himself with another quilt, and
sleeps !. e.; if Ire has some years
practice in the use Of this bed. but
the most remarkable feature about
japanese bed is the pillow. This is a
wooden box about four inches high,
eight inches long, and two inches wide
at the top. 1t has cushion of folded
papers on the upper side to rest the
neck on, for the elaborate manners OF
dressing the hair does not permit the
japanese, especially the women, to
press the head on a pillow. Every NOR
ming the upperurost paper is taken Off
from the cushion exposing clean sur
face witho,st the expense Oh washing a
piIlow-case. IPassets the greater part
of the night in learning how to polse
NV head in this novel manner; and
when finally closed my eyes, 1t was
being slowly beheaded, and to awake
at the crisis to find the pillow Bottom
! side up, and my head resting on the
sharp edge of the box. During my
stay in the country | learned many
of its customs, mastering the use OF
chopsticks, and accustoIning my palate
to raw, fresh fish, but the attempt to
balance my head on a two inch pillow
| gave up in despair, after trying in
vain to secure the box by tieing it to
my neck AMI hcad,-1cross America
and Asia.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20
j. f. BORDEN.
HARMON BISHOP,
JNO. r. EAKlN,
j. A. STEPHENSON,
n. w. HENDERSON.

Coils. Eakin and Jones being sever
ally called upon, addressed the meeting
in a short and appropriate manner
until the committee, which had been
previously appointed for that purpose,
reported to the meeting the names of
the following persons as suitable ones
to constitute the Executive Committee:
J. f. Borden, f. ID. Jett, NJ. G.
Boyse, |. C. p. McLendon and w. L.
Bright, which report was. on motion,
unanimously adopted.
Whereupon, there being no further
on motion of Col. Eakin, the
meeting adjourned sine die.
CHAS. A. BROWN, Ch.
). f. 2 BoRDEN' Secretaries.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20
ID. w. JOKES, Sec.

BALING Corrosive publish the
following extract of a recent law of
Congress, for the benefit of our farming
and shipping friends, and ask their
special attention to the subject of the
law. This extract refers to passenger
steamers. "Nor shall baled cotton or
hemp be carried on such steamers unless
the bales are compactly pressed and
thoroughly covered with bagging or
similar fabric, and secured with good
rope or iron bands; and every bale of
cotton or hemp which shall be shipped
or carried on any passenger steamer
without conforming to the above pro-
visions of this section, shall be liable to
a penalty of five dollars; which bales
shall be liable to seizure and sale to
secure the payment of such penalty"
A failure on the part of the planters to
comply with this law, will subject them
to much annoyance and expense, as
shippers will have to put the cotton in
order if ginners and packers omit to
do so.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

"R. R."-It has been said that the
proposed "Camden and Red River
Railroad" begins nowhere and ends
nowhere. The idea sought to be con-
veyed by this expression, is that connec.
ton with Camden would amount to
nothing, the Ouachita river being nav
igable only portion ofthe year, We
have more than once said that if we
will build a road from Camden to this
point, other parties will complete the
eastern connection TO Camden, and
that, too, before we can build our sixty
miles. Now, read the following item
clipped from late number of the
State Gazette:
we learn from reliable sources that
there is now full corps of engineers on
the line of the White River Valley and
Texas railroad, making the survey pre-.
paratory to the commencement Of work.
The contract for doing the earthwork
between Des Arc and Jacksonport has
been let to parties lately constructing
the NJ. X. and Texas railroad. who
are now on their way from that point
to Des Arc.
When completed this road viii. prove
one of the most valuable in the State.
In addition to protecting large quan~
fity of excellent bottom lands from
overflow, which are as fertile as any in
the State, and will be made valuable
by this road, it will pass through a
country than the lands of which there
are no better anywhere. At jackson.
port the road connects with the Cairo
and Fulton, thus furnishing commupi.
cation to the people of Camden. Pin.
Bluff, and other points along the line
with st. Louis and the east"
DO you see it?
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

LOVE AND LABOR. morning
| found little Dora busy at the ironing
table, smoothing the towels and stock
ings. "Isn't it hard work for the little
arms" | asked. A look like sunshine
came into her face. as she glanced
towards her mother who was rocking
the baby. "It isn't hard work when |
do it for mother" she said, softly.
How true it is that love makes labor
sweet
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20
RAIL ROAD MEETING.


The Railroad Meeting, which ad>
journed on the 18th lust, to meet
again on the 18th inst, met pursuant
to adjournment, Col. Jno. II. Eakin
in the chair and ID. w. Jones secretary.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved The committee,
appointed at the last meeting to see
the citizens of Hampstead county and
solicit subscriptions of stock and dona-
tions Of land to aid in the projected
Camden and Red River Rail Road" !"
reported that the citizens with whom
they had conversed were generally in
favor of the same, and that they be-
lieved the plan perfectly feasible. Col.
James A. Williamson made some very
eloquent and appropriate remarks, urg-
ing the Importance of the construction
of the road, the feasibility of the pro-
posed plan and advising an enthusi>
astic participation in the construction
OF the road by the citizens of the coun-
ty. His remarks were well received
and unanimously endorsed. After
which the meeting unanimously
Resolved, That we, the citizens of
Hampstead county, in mass meeting
assembled, heartily endorse the pro-
position to construct a railroad from
Camden, Ark, to Red River, and
believing the plan proposed to be
feasible, and if properly carried out
will be successful, that we will render
what assistance we have within our
power,
Resolced, That a committee of two,
with two alternates, be selected to visit
the city of Camden to confer with the
directors of the road, in regard to their
plan of operations, and that they report
to this meeting on the 30th of Septem-
ber, 1871.
In accordance with the 2nd resolu-
tion, on motion, Col. j. A. William son
and Hon. John II. Eakin were appoin.
ted with ii. E. Burt and r. A. Car
rigan, Esls., as altcrnates to visit
Camden.
The previous committee on finance
was retained, with the substitution Of
the name Of Il. A. Carrigan in lieu O
j. Z. Borden, Esq, who was relieved
at his own request. Upon motion, i
was resolved that this meeting reas
semble on the Goth to hear the repor
Of the Camden committee; and tha
the proceedings of this meeting b.
published in the Washington Tele
graph"
Col. Jno. II. Eakin then read let
ters of invitation for delegates from ou
town to visit Shreveport, La, anc
attend a general railroad meeting tha
convenes in that city on the 18th o
October, 1871.
Upon motion, Col. Jno. r. Eakir
was appointed committee of one tc
visit Shreveport and represent the
feelings of this meeting.
Upon motion, the meeting adjourned
to meet again on the 3Oth September,
j. II. EAKIN, Gh.
ID. w. JONES, SEC.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

RMLERy OF A CHICKEN TnIEF.-
A story is told of Dick a darkey in
Kentucky, who was Al notorious thief,
so vicious in this respect that all the
thefts in the neighborhoOd were charged
to him. On one occasion Mr.. Jones,
a neighbor of Dicks master, called
and said that Dick must be sold out of
that part of the country, for he had
stolen all his Jones turkeys. Dicks
master could not think SO. The two
however, went into the field where
Dick was hard at work, and accused
him of the theft.
"You stole Mr.. Jones turkeys" said
the master.
"No didn't, massa," responded
Dick.
The master persisted.
"Well," at length said Dick, "I'll
tell you massa, didn't steal dem tur-
keys, but last night | went across Mr..
Jones pasture and saw one of your
rails on the fence, so l brought home
de rail, and confound it, when come
to look, dere were nine turkeys on the
rail.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

The smallest steam engine in the
world is in possession of Iohn Penn,
Greenwich, England. 1t will stand
on three penny piece; its base-plate
measures only three-eights Of an inch
by about three>tenths. A few minu-
tin, such as the air pumps, have been
omitted. So small are some of the
parts that they require a powerful
magnifying glass to see their form.
The screws are one>eighteenth of an
inch in diameter, and furnished with
hoxagonal nuts. loosened and tighten
ed with spanner. The whole weight
Of the model is less than three-penny
piece 1t works admirably. and its
crank>shaft performs from twenty to
thirty thousand revolutions in a minute.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

NECESSARY RULES FOR SLEEP.
There is no fact more clearly establish
ed in the physiology of man than this,
that the brain expends its energies,
and itself during the hours of wake
fulness, and that these are recuperated
during sleep. If the recuperation does
not equal the expenditure, the brain
withers-this is insanity. Thus it is
that, in early English history, persons
who were condemned to death by be,
ing prevented from sleeping, always
died raving maniacs, and those who
are starved to death become insane;
the brain is not nourished, and they
can not sleep.
The practical infcren,es are three:
list. Those who think most, who do
the most brain work, require the most
sleep. "a. The time saved" from
necessary sleep is infallibIy detructive
To mind, body, and estate. Sd. Give
yourself, your children, your servants,
give all that are under you, the full
est amount Of sleep they will take, by
compelling them to go to bel at some
regular early hour, and to rise in the
morning the moment they wake; and
within fortnight, Nature, with al.
most the regularity of the rising sun,
will unloose the bonds of sleep the
moment enough repose has been Sc
cured for the wants of the system.
This is the only safe and efficient
rule.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

A man and his wife, who had not
met for eight years, recently found each
other in a Chicago police court, both
charged with drunkenness.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

Texas expects this year to build live
hundred miles of railroad. The State
in three years has given s15, ZOO. .OOoto
railroad corporations.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

A Chicago hair restorer agent went
out into the suburbs, stuck his posters
all over the church pulpit, and then
asked the minister to "call attention to
them."
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

A young lady who was bOasting of
her teeth was asked if they were nat
ural or artificial. Neither" was the
reply, "they are gutta percha."
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

w. w. Andrews, Esq, arrived at
home last night, looking exceedingly
well. We are glad to see him at home
once more. Look out for railroad news
next week.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

The Brazilian measure for the eman-
,cipation of all slaves failed to pass the
Brazilian Legislature.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

DO not wait supinely for opportu-
nifty to come to you; but go and seek
her in the highways and hedges.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

Sheriff j. W. Vance arrived from
Little Rock last evening, looking as
though he had been with good friends.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

No mail matter last night, which
accounts for the absence of the usual
amount of news items in our columns
10 day.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

Why is a grain of sand in the eye
like schoolmaster's cane?-Because 1t
hurts the pupil.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

A man in Polk county, Tennessee,
is realizing $40 per acre from his water
melon crop this season, from land that
is not worth more than s. per acre.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

Sorrow can never wholly fill the
heart that is occupied with others
welfare. Constant melancholy is re-.
bellion.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

Great excitement prevails in Florida
over the re ecent discovery of white
P~." ~ holds no office.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

There is a poor fellow at B-who
says ''it's working between meals that's
killing him."
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

The STATISTICS OF CAMPBELLfsN.
A correspondent of the Christian, FHicn
reports the follwing statistics:
The following | have gathered from
official reports: Number OF preachers
over 2000; number of members, not less
than 100000. Take a few States
Missouri, 10000: Tennessee, 5000;
Kentucky, 10000; Ohio, $4,000; Indi,
ana, $1,000; Illinois, 10000; Iowa,
20, 900; Kansas, 10, 900.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

CRoP PRospEcTs.-ln a report oil
,ho committee on information and stat
istics, made to the president aud dlrec-
TORS Of the New Orleans Cotton Ex-
change we find a comparative state
ment of the prospects of The crop III all
the cotton States on the 3lst OF August
IN which the following is said Of
Arkansas
"The weather il reported quite as
favorable as last year, or more so, except
in the counties of White, Chicot, Drew,
Woodruff, Ashley, Desha and Arkan-
sas, which have suffered from too much
rain. The condition of the crop is
generally good though in some counties
it is better than IN others. Picking
will generally commence from ten to
fifteen days later, though in some
localities quite as early as last year.
The decrease in acreage is generally
stated at 20 to % per cent, and the
yield per acre as compared with last
year is estimated at 7 to I of crop.
This is a more hattering repo's than
that from any other State, and being
of an official and reliable character,
confirms our beliefin the statement re-
peatedly made by us of late, that we
believed the prospects of the crop were
better in this State than any other.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-07-13

The average losses of tho above compa-
MES is Is, so that this company has
less loss by forty per cent. than others.
The ratio is more remarkably small when
the fact exists that from our Capital dis
aster and other acc dental causes it lost
the enormous and unusual sum of
500, 0G0 in 1870, whereas it ought to
have lost by experience of other compa-
MES only about SIC COO from such caus
cs, and will not reasonably exceed the
latter proportion in future. Deducting
this excess of unnatural mortality, and
leaving its morta lity from natural causes,
with due proportion of accidental losses
added, its mortality Won Id have beer
only 54.lG0 of one per cent. to its risks.
or less than half the losses of other like
companies named.
Turning a glance TO its asets, they
were well secured and bear favorable
comparisons in each item with other
good companies. No wonder, then, with
all this indispu table array Of evidence in
its favor that is company should have
received such token ofpublic confidence.
as the large comparative size Of its policies
show. Out of seveaty-fve compan les
reported in the Policy Ho ldels Pocket
Index for 1870, published in New York,
only nine in the number have SO large an
average of polio les. and only three much
larger. The undoubtcd SO lvency and
permanent stability of tho company IS
shown by its large surplus over liabilities,
which in comparison, stands as 70 llows
with other good companies: Piedmont
and Arlington has $121 to each 800 Of
liability, or from ten to ffteen per cen t.
larger surplus than such compani les as
the Equitable, Mutual Life, Htna, North
America. Security. Globe, Berkshire, st;
Louis Mutual, &C., &c.
In every regard the company stands Q
proud monument to Southern enterprise,
caution and enconomy, and as such !. is az
fully en- titled to the patronage and conf
denee as any company in America.
AS Virginians We should be proud Of
and give it our hearty support, which
wilFspsedily place it as one Of the :isrg-
est and most prosperous companies in
this country.
It brings money to our city and our