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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-01-26
THE CHINAMEN AT NORTH ADAMs.-A cor
respondent of the Hartford Courant writes:

"TEe Cinnamon have won their way to the re-
spect and sympathy of the citizens of North
Adams by their patience under insult. Their
dOcility is evidently due, in large measure, to
the influence of their interpreter, who signs his
name Charlie Sing" who appears to have
adopted the principles of Christianity. The
New England agent of the American Bible
society has visited them TO see if he could rem
der any aid in bringing them under the inf1u-
ence of the Bible. On his second visit he took
them each copy Of the New Testament in the
Chinese language, which most Of them can read
Before presenting them he made short address,
referring to their having come to us from the
other side of the globe, from the oldest of the
nations, to us the youngest; spoke of the inf1u-
ence of the Bible upon our nation, invited them
to take il as their guide and help to advance still
more our civilization, and when they sent mes
sages to their friends, or should themselves
revisit them, he asked that they would COM
mend it to them as the book which could not
only make youthful nation great but a hoary
nation young. They listened with profound ST.
lence, and Charlie Sing replied very briefly:
eve wish thank you, and through you the Bible
society, for the kind gift of the Word of God
We will read them and hope they will do us
all good" He repeated this to his countrymen
in their language, and asked them if they agreed
to it, to which they instantly bowed assent, and
some of them in the rear of the room, arose and
waved their hands. When the books were dis
tributed they gathered around their donor and
eagerly shook his hand, many of them saying
in plain English, 81 thank you" One seemed
to think he could give no higher compliment
than to display his attachments in English
phraseology, and as he stretched out his hand
exclaimed in rough Yankee style, GLOW are
you"
They were encouraged to expect the New
Testament in English, when they had learned
to read it, and quite recently they have received
this also, from the same source. They appear
greatly delighted with these gifts and many of
them make rapid progress in acquiring our
language. Soon after they had received the
gift of the English Testaments, and had passed
around and rendered their thankful salutations,
one of them came forward and pointed out the
Sermon on the Mount, which he had found, and
read quite fuently few verses of it.
Very much depends on the influences by
which these men are surrounded. AS many of
them will be likely to become Interpreters and
instructors to other companies which may be
brought to the Atlantic coast, and there is much
reason to hope for good results from the auspic-
ious beginning already made.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-01-26

DISCOVERY OF GLACIERS ON THE PACIFIC
CoAsT.-At the regular meeting of the Connec-
ticut academy in New Haven on Wednesday
evening, an informal but highly important COM
munication was made by Mr.. Clarence King
concerning some recent discoveries upon the ia
nous peaks of the Pacific coast, Mount Shasta,
Mount Rainier and Mount Hood. 1t would be
hardly fair, without his authority, to attempt to
give a minute account of these observations,
but there can be no improperly in reporting
that during the last autumn Mr.. King and his
associates, in three parties, discovered the eX-
istence of active glaciers where they have never
before been noticed, on the northern slopes of
Mount Shasta in California, as well as on Mount
Rainier in Washington, and Mount Hood in Ore
gon. Another season he hopes to pursue these
inquiries even as far north as Mount St. Elias.
This is the first instance in which, within all the
territory of the United States ALASKA, of course
eXcepted), Give glaciers" have been found
though in the east, as well as in the west, there
are so many indications of glacial action in for
mer geological epochs. The glaciers now de-
tected ION Mount Shasta, at least) have hither-
to escaped the notice of those who have climbed
the peak because their ascent has been made
upon The southern slope. Mr.. King, by his geo.
logical researches in the west had been led to
suspect the existence of active glaciers, and as
part of the work of exploration which he is do
ing for the United States government, under
Major-General Humphreys, chief of the engineer
corps, he planned last summer, "a glacier search
ing party" organized his company, made the
ascents on the northern instead of the southern
slopes, and has been rewarded by the brilliant
discoveries now recorded. He himself went up
Mount Shasta, with Mr.. Clark, while Mr. En-
mons and Mr.. Wilson were exploring Mount
Rainier, and Mr.. Hague went up Mount Hood.
These gentlemen are all members of the govern
ment party organized for the survey of the for
teth parallel, and are now in New Haven work.
ing up the results of their labors in the field.
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formed the Spanish word cigdrro, and our word
cigar. Many of the old Central American
words, besides tobacco and cigar, have found
their way into the languages of Europe. And
we have, also, words from the old Peru.
speech, such as gudno, which in Peruvian
Wan was huano. In ancient Peru, this article
was used very extensively and skilhuly, in
agriculture.
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Miscellaneous Dispatches,

ITEMS FROM NEW YoR.

ITEMS FROM NEW YORK.
New YORK, Jan. 25.-County Auditor James
Watson, while sleigh riding in Harlem yester-
day, was run into by another party and MORALLY
wounded. One of Watsons horses, valued at
SO, 900, was instantly killed.
Ten marines deserted from the Pensacola navy
yard on the nth inst, and were found drowned
on the beach near Fort McCrae, 1t is supposed
that the four who started for Mobile were all
drowned.
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daily laughed at fer keeping his pledge, but
which he nevertheless had kept, as was shown
by certificate enclosed from his superior off,
Ger.
OF the remaining four nothing had been
heard; but the giver of the sovereign has not
yet lost hope that he will speedily hear from
them, as they may be now on service at distant
parts ofthe world
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-01-26

Bullets for Europe!
Lead is wanted in Europe Send the millions of
bottles of new tangled hair coorers that remain over"
and can't be sold here. They pretty much all lead
and will be wanted in this country because all
people who desire restore the tnge of youth to
their gray grizzled LOCKS, use
CristadOrO's Excelsior Hair Dye.
The lead-saturated and sulphur-saturated nostrums
have gone down, down. down, where they belong; while
the EXCELSIOR DYE has gone up with a rapidly that
taxes to the utmost the facilities for manufacturing It,
1t is to-day the
MOST POPULAR HAIR DYE
in the world and deserves be- for it is the safest and
the best. As dressing after the dyeing, use
CRLSTADORO'S HAIR PRESERHATYVE
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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-01-26

Union Pacihcs quiet
Union Pacific railroad LIST mort. ..77x@7TN
do do income b.. .65k 6l66I
do do land grant Is. 500. 6Ts( 96SA
Union Pacific railroad stock. .......... .22N@122K
The directors Of the company will hold IAN Informal
meeting in this city tomorrow when is expected that
the result Of the negotiations for the Improvement
OF the company's affairs will be made public.
Southern securities dull and steady. Money a per
cent, with exceptional loans at Il the plethora of ma
tional bank notes has slightly abated and though
can now be purchased at discount, offers freely
made to loan them week ten days without interest
i payment is made in greenbacks. Exchange qIiet at
lO9h a ll0h. Stocks were generally buoyant and ad
cline of per cent in Ohio and Mississippi the revival
of report that the road had been leasedt the Baltimore
and Ohio which checked speculation and unsettled the
market, which closed fraction off from the highest
nric Of bp fiay
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-01-26

DA1RYING IN THE UNITED STATEs.-The
following statistics are from the Live Stock
journal. But few persons realize the magni-
tude of the dairying interest in this country at
the present time The present produce of cheese
is supposed to be 0O,000,000 pounds, which at
fifteen cents q pound, amounts TO S45,000,000;
and Of butter, 575000,000 pounds, which at
twenty-five cents pound, amounts to S152, 000,-
000 100,0O0,000 gallons of milk sold in the
cities and towns, and 60000000 gallons con-
sumed in families were produced, worth $685.
100000; making together a dairy product of
S215,000,0OO, besides the pork made from the re-
fuse of butter and cheese diaries. The number
OF cows is probably not less than 100000; the
number in 1867 was S,728,S62.
If we allow 100000 cows for making the but
ter, it will give one hundred and fifteen pounds
to cow, and 100000 cows employed in pro-
ducing cheese, which will be two hundred pounds
to COW; 100000 COWS for the production of
milk consumed in cities and families of pro-
ducers, leaving 100000 cows in the western
and southern states devoted to raising stock.
From these facts it will appear that the average
product of butter and cheese is very far below
what it might be with the intelligence and at
tention to breeding, feeding and general man
agement which the magnitude of the subject
demands. The first Collins cheese factory of
Erie county, New York, for 1869, reports the
average from seven hundred and thirty cows at
four hundred and twenty pounds of cheese to a
COW, while two hundred pounds and over is a
common yield to a COW in butter, from good
well-fed COWS.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-01-26

"ORIGIS OF The CIGAR."-In a book en-
titled co. and Pencil" is the fol-
lowing In describing the first
voyage oil irving says, they beheld
several o. - IS going about with fire.
brands in their hands, and certain dried herbs
which they rolled up in leaf and, lighting one
end, put the other in their mouths, and contin-
ued inhaling and putting out the smoke. A
roll Of this kind they called tabaco, name
since transferred to the plant of which the rolls
were mads, though that is the name by which
the cigar is known in Cuba, to-day" Some Of
our exchanges quote this to explain the "origin
OF cigars; but it does not explain the name,
and ii is probable that the cigar, although first
found in America, did not originate in the
islands. In the old Quiche and Maya speech
Of Central America, smoking tobacco was called
zsQ, and ziq'iar meant TO smoke. These words
are explained in a note to the French transla-
ton Of the "Popol Yuh" Out Of them were
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-01-26

William B. Allen, of Greensburg, Ky, author
Of the Kentucky Officers Guide" gentleman
sixty-seyen years of age, never swore an oath,
has never let the sun catch him in bed since he
could recollect, never had a fight or quarrel,
never had lawsuit, and never was mi in his
lite The newspapers in his vicinity claim that
Allen is very remarkable man. He is-at
least for Kentuckian.
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Mi.ccIInncou. Irem..

Another shower of blood is reported in Iowa.
1t occurred on Friday, December Both, about
noon, in the Harrisburg township, Van Buren,
county. The shower came from the northwest
and fell in large drops, in color us red as blood,
leaving on the weather side of a building
myriads of crimson drops resembling blood
which yet remain to be seen, So says the
Keosauqua Republican on the authority of Mr..
Keck, Zone Of Van Buren, county's reliable
men,"
gentleman of Halifax, being at a ladies' fair
not long since, and being solicited to buy some
thing by a fair creature who kept one of the
tables, said he wanted to buy what he feared
was not for sale-a lock of her hair. To his
surprise and delight she promptly cut off the
coveted curl, and received the price offered-ten
dollars. The happy purchaser was exhibiting
his trophy to one of his friends, who very sud-
denly blasted his joy by saying: "She rather
Out1anked you, for, TO my certain knowledge,
she only paid three dollars for the whole wig"
The scene described below is said to have taken
place in the Kentucky Legislature in the winter
of 1867. A member from one of the mountain
counties was a persistent reader of the Louis
vile Journal, and each morning, as the house
opened, would commence reading his favorite
paper, and about the same moment some mem
Der would move to dispense with the reading of
the journal, and our mountain member would
lay down his paper. He stood this for some
time, but one morning, rising from his seat af-
ter the usual motion, he exclaimed at the top of
his voice: "Mr. Speaker, I've sot here in my
seat for more'n week, and submitted to the
tyranny Of this house. Somebody every morn
ing moves to dispense wilh reading the Journal,
and Eve lost every paper I've bought.for a week
by it; and no man has ever moved to dispense
with the Democrat or Courier; and, Mr. Speak
err, won't stand it any longer. Mr. Speak
En-" Here the balance was lost in the gen.
eral laughter
On the island of Borneo there has been found
a certain race of wild creatures, of which kim
dred varieties have been discovered in the Philip
pine islands, in Terra del Fuego, and in South
America. They walk usually, almost, erect on
two legs, and in that attitude measure about
four feet in height. They are dark, wrinkled,
and hairy. They construct no habitation, form
no families, scarcely associate together, sleep in
caves or trees, feed on snakes and vermin, on
ants eggs, on mice, and on each other. They
cannot be tanned or forced to any labor, and are
hunted and shot among the trees like the great
gorilla, Of which they are a stunted copy.
When they are captured alive one finds with
surprise that their uncouth jabbering sound
like articulate language. They turn up human
face to gaze at their captor and females show in
stiRcts of modesty; and in fine, these wretched
beings are men.
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Special Clothes.
The Lesson of Nature.

Torpor is the Characteristic of winter. Vegetation
dies falls into trance The whole aspect Of
inanmate nature teaches that there is parayzng
influence in the air. and ought to teach that bodies
require an increase of vital power to contend With
Some of even the warmblooded animals Jury themselves
in the earth and remain in state Of partial stupeacon
until the is over and the elixir of the spring
shine stimulates their stagnqnt blood and restores their
vlgor But man, although he feels the influence of the
season. protect himself against its inclemency He
has fuel to warm him externally, and can tone and
strengthen his internal organization and endow it with
the extra amount of vitality which the circumstances
require. of all nvgOrants that have ever been recon-
mended for this purpose HOstetters Stomach Blers is
the purest and the best. Fortified by the daily use OF
this wholesome vegetable tonic, the human system may
defy the chs and damps of winter in any latitude Its
effect is to promote brisk and regular circulation of the
blood and activity in all the secretive organs Without
the slightest tendency to produce fever it imparts
he9hu glow to the surface and stimulates the exterior
vessels to discharge in the form of gentle perspraon,
the useless matter eliminated from the blood Thus the
system is kept unclogged. Fever and ague bOusness
Indigestion and collie, all of which the con
sequences of the searching damps and low temperature
of wAter may be avoided las well cured by course
of this genial tonic and Alternative. d&wlw Ja26
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LADIES, in want of real hair will do well to read
MEDINA's price list in another column.
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The best lung protectors, single and double, at
Fairbanks & Pipers, 10 Front street.
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j. P. Hall & Co., 266 Main street, French's new
block, will sell household furniture at auction, this
forenoon at ten o'clock and in the afternoon at two
O'Clock.
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A COAL PIT ON FIRE FOR A HUNDRED
YEARs.-0ne of the most curious phenomena
in connection with coal mining is exhibited at
the Bank colliery, near ROTTERDAM, the property
of Earl Fitzwiliam. This pit caught fire one
hundred years ago, and all the efforts of the
workmen at the time and subsequently have
been quite Intellectual to eXtinguish it. A short
time ago twas ascertained thar the flames were
approaching the bottom of the shaft, and it was
then resolved if possible to stay their progress,
so that they might not extend to other parts of
the workings. At length the superintendent of
the collieries, Mr.. t. Cooper, conceived the idea
of building wall to shut in the fire, and in or.
der to ascertain the best site for this wall, sew
eral of the officials crept on their hands and
knees, through the dense sitting smoke, as far
as possible into the workings. Their efforts
were successful, and wall is now completed
nearly one thousand yards in length, and vary
ing from nine inches to five feet in thickness. At
distances, varying from thirty to fifty yards,
metal pipes have been inserted in this wall,
which are securely plugged at the end, so that
at any time, by removing the plugs, the state
of the air on the side of the fire, and even the
position of the fire itself, can be ascertained. So
intense is the heat arising from this fire that
people possessing gardens above the colliery de-
clare that the growth of plants is materially
affected, and that they are enabled 70 obtain two
and three crops every year.-LOndon Ne,CS.
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DOMESTIC MARKETS .


NEW YORK. Jan. 25-COttOn without change; sales
1915 bales; mlddling upands l5ho. FOur-saes 1880
bbls; state and western l0c better state s6l0 a s725
Ohio $3.50 a $3.50; s6l0 a 715; southern S.
a s.75 Wheat better; sales $1,000 bush No spring
$l,56 No do s,54H a l,55; new winter red and
amber western Sl56 a 1885, white Michigan 81 Is % l7O
Corn imer; mixed western 83h a 85kc Oats firm
OHIO and western 81 a. &c. Pork dull and lower; new
mess S2s1 "a 81 old do ST. rs "a S22; prime 49, Lard
heavy at llh % l3hc. Butter unchanged; Ohio l6 a
&c state 20 @ 4Oc Whlskey scarcely firm
free 90 q 9jhc Rice easier Carolina * "a Ike Sugar
firm; Muscovado 81 "a l0Ac fair to good refining 81 a
9Ac No II Dutch standard l0c Coffee firm hio Is %
lie. Moasses quiet; New Orleans t5 a Toe Spirits
pentne quiet at 49, "a 49c; rosn steady SIPS for
strained Petroleum quiet; crude l4e; refined AAc
Iallow quiet at 81 q &C.. Wool firmly held; domestic
fleece 4sA e 52sc; pulled Sih 44c; Texas % q S5c
CHICAGO, Jan, ,25,-zFlour dull and arm. Wheat
steady; No2 Sl26b. Corn steaiy; No 2, SIS a SING.
Oats steady and in lair demand; No q Ash "a 45Ac. Rye
firm; No 2, Sc. Barley firm and in moderate demand !;
No 2, SIC. Provisions firm. Mess pork S!2,25 % 2275
Lard in good demand at l2hc. Green hams 2c; shoul
ders &c. rough sides exc Whiskey strong SIC Dress
ed hogs firm at $40 q ss45 Recepts-55OO bbs flour,
$50 bush wheat, 5000 bush corn 1000 bush oats 1000
bush barley, $500 dressed hogs Shpments-3lO0 bbs
flour, 1900 bush corn, 1900 dressed hogs.
CINCINNATI. JAN 25.-Provisions dull, with no de-
mand Mess pork lower. at S2l,i0 Bulk meats dull at
&c for shoulders and l0h lie for clear rib and clear
sides Bacon in limited demand at 9sc for shoulders.
and III % Ike for clear rib ami clear sides. Lard dull
a. u @ l2Ac Live hogs lower, at 81 "a S775 Whlskey
new ORLEANS, Jan. 25.-Cotton firm; middlng l5c.
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LATEsT N1ARKETs.

OYsTERs.-FOr fresh and salt fish and good fresh
oysters, call at OGrady's, 295 Main street.
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Fairbanks Piper's Wine of Calisaya BafSAeEd
Iron gives tone and vgor to the debilitated system
"Try It,"
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NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
NEW YORK, Jan. 25.The price of gold did not change
to day from the opening to the close of business
event, with single exception. unprecedented in the his
tory of the gold the gross clearances Of the day
and steady
United States SKIES, 1881, coupons ...lllH@ulM
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Costumer Schwind, from New York, will have
his goods ready for the masquerade, this afternoon
at one O'Clock, in the Frohsinn hall, Room 90
Clarks block. Members Of the society will call for
their costumes at O'Clock P NJ Those who have
not bought their tickets should get them immedi-
atey, as but few are left and, positively, none will
be sold at the door.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-01-26

Fairbanks & Piper's Demulcent skin lotion cures
chapped hands and renders them soft and smooth.
Try il.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-01-26

Fairbanks Piper's Wine of Calisaya Bark and
Iron cures dyspepsia. TRY it."
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MORNING YIsIT.-Mrs. Graham.-Kate, where is
your mother, this morning? Kate.She is in the kitch
en- making mince pies. Mrs. G.-Why Kate; you
prise me Mrs Croker told only few days ago that
she was quite sick, and not able to be about Kae-oh
yes; she has been quite sick but the day after Mrs C.
was here, sent for a bottle of PLANTATION BIrTERs
and has taken it three times day since. 1t worked like
charm and says she better and stronger than she
has been Tor years She thinks it the best medicine In
the world, and wants to take some; but 1t awful
bitter do not like It. have taken it several times, but
1t gives such appetite that tell ermnce pies
will not last long. Mrs. G.-Good morning, Kate Give
my love your mother and tell her she is safe SO long
as she has Plantation Btters in the house.
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SEA Moss FAHrSE from pure Irish Moss, for Banc