Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-25

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with large nose, to which all the rest of her is
| but an insufficient appendage; but you feel at
once that she is most gentle, kind, womanly,
| sympathetic and true. She talks English flu
| emily, in low, quiet voice, but with such an ac-
cent that it is impossible to un 1erstand her with
out the closest attention..
Poor Mrs. Stanton was nearly killed by the
horseback riding and flight of the descent into
Yosemite valley, and declares she suffered the
"tOrments of the inferno She SAYS she don't
wonder Olive Logan revenged herself on the
valley, eff Olive felt as thoroughly used up as |
did" Now that Mrs. Stanton and Miss Logan
have agreed to pronounce the journey regular
ly terrible one, the ladies will be dying to 90
and try it for themselves
The Sacramento Union says that ''the Ger
man talent and enthusiasm of California are all
on the side Of Newton Booth, the republican
nominee for governor and it is no eXaggeration
TO say in advance that he and his ticket will re-
ceive four out of every five German votes in the
states. They will give HIM San Francisco by
1900 majority. They will give Los Angeles,
Eldorado, Calaveras, and dozen counties
doubtful without their votes. We count on a
republican gain over the majority of 1868 from
this one source of not less than 1000"
There is something very amusing in the idea
of what may be called "the fitness of things"
in regard to snuff taking, which occurred to an
honest Highlander,a genuine lover of ''sneezin'."
At the door of the village hotel he observed,
standing, u magnificent man, in full Tartans,
and noticed with mnch admiration the wide di-
mansions of his nostrils in fine turned-up nose.
lie accosted him, and, as his most compliment
tary act offered him his null for pinch. The
stranger drew up, and rather haughtily said 81
never take snuff" ooh, said the other "that
peety, for there's grand Accommodation
A New Orleans paper tells of n printer who,
when his fellow workmen went out to drink
beer, during the working hours, put in the bank
the exact amount which he would have spent if
he had gone out to drink He kept TO his reso-
luton for five years. He then examined his
bank account and found that he had on deposit
S521 SO. In the five years he had not losta day
from i'll health, Three out of five of his fellow
workmen had in the meantime become drunk
ards, were worthless as wOrkmen, and were dis
charged. The water drinker then bought out
the printing office, went on enlarging his bust
ness, and in twenty years from the time he be-
gan TO put by his money was worth 100000.
The story, whether new or old, teaches a lesson
which every boy and young man should lay to
heart.
1t is said that about 200 japanese youth are
in the schools and colleges of this country, re-
ceiving Christian education. They have come
here on their own account, and bear their own
expenses, or else on the account of the govern
ment, which defrays their expenses. The school
teacher is abroad in Japan, and a large number
of youth are under instruction in the elements
of western science at home. Lighthouses line
the coast of Japan, STEAMBOATS, enliyen its wa
tiers, telegraph lines are in operation there and
railroads have been commenced. One between
Yokohama and Yeddo is soon to be completed
The Japanese have introduced horses and car
riages, and seem TO be bent on adopting
western improvements generally
The Princess Mary and the prince of Teck
have inaugurated a new scheme in England for
saving young girls from a life Of vice. The
plan is to provide country homes for little girls
girls who can be taken in charge young
pnOunh To be brOUUlf a totally
different from that which would have been their
lot had they been left uncared for. Sixteen cot
tages are TO be erected, each TO contain ten chill
dren, on ten acres of ground given by the Hon.
| Miss Cagendish, at Addlestone, in a remote
nook at Surrey. In honor of the founder it is
| proposed 10 name the new institution "The
Princess Mary's Village Home for Little Girls"
The cottages will cost about $500 each, and
the whole of the little colony will be under
charge Of a matrOn.
The Guerrero appears to be an Inflated vessel
About year ago she grounded off Nantucket
by the careessness of the sailing master, or the
pilot, the facts never having been fully deter
mined, and her recent disaster noticed telegraph
ically several days ago, appears TO have been
caused by similar carelessness. The shin went
ashore of Legborn Italy, on what are known as
the NadO shoals, on the evening OF july 26th
the weather being clear and the YadO light plain
in sight. As she was under steam and sail the
conclusion was tremendous, large bolts from
the riYen planks and timbers being driven in
ward with such force as to raise the deck Of the
fire room several inches. She was pulled off by
two powerful tugs Of the Italian navy, but
leaked so that she was towed 70 SDezzia Tor re-
pairs, where she will be dOcked. She lost her
propeller by ENHANCEMENT with one OF the tow
ing hawsers and leaked 50 badly as to make
nine inches of water per hour. The Guerrero
is rated as first class in the navy, carries twenty.
three guns, and has a tOnnage-neW measure
ment-Of 2490.
The Atheneum says: "Within two months
the sale Of the Battle Of Dorkng has entered
on the second hundred thousand; and before the
republication of the jIe PeSDfit, in q separate
form, several large editions Of BlackwOOPs Mag
azine, in which the Battle first appeared, were
disposed Of This constitutes a success that
has, we believe, been seldom attained by any
publication, neither personal nor 'goody' The
authorship has been naturally a subject of much
curiosity, and has been attributed to nearly
every soldier who can WELD a pen, and
especially to any one supposed to be connect
ed with BlackwoOd. We ourselves were led
to believe Col. Hamey's brother 10 be the
writer, while Col. Hamley himself, the chap
lain general, Sir Archibald Alison, Major Lock-
hart, and others, have each Of them been sus-
pected Of the authorship We are now, how
ever, in position TO state that Col George
Chesney is the real writer of the Battle of
Dorking.' We may add that French transa-
ton will be published, by Henri PiOn under
DIES Prussens en- Angletere,' with preface by
NJ. Charles Yriarte."
The St. 10. mich Herald says: " First, the
Northern Spy, Red Astrachan, and number of
other choice varieties of apples have failed
through this region to bear apples although ten
or fifteen years old Two years ago DR.. Hull of
Alton, delivered lecture at Renton Harbor, in
which he recommended roOt-pruning. Mr.. O.
| A. Winchester. of ST. Joseph, of Archer & Co.'s
nurserymen, had ten Northern Spy apple trees,
thirteen or more years old, which had never
blossomed or borne crop. After the lecture,
| though late in the season, he directed his man
| to root prune one tree, and half root-prune an
other. Last year no favorable results appeared,
| probably from the lateness of the root-pruning.
| This year the tree which was roOt-pruned all
| around is full of blossoms, while that side of
the tree half rOOt-pruned alone is full of bios
| SONS, the un-rOot-pruned side having none at
| ALL Every other Northern Spy apple tree, as
usual, contains no blossoms. This single fact
shonId lead our orchardists to try the expert
| ment. The work OF root-prunin@ should be
FINISHED by the first of june"
for some years Mount Shasta was believed to
DC the highest peak on the Pacific coast if not
III the United States. The California geological
survey determined its altitude at IA ,440 feet
but III lSo9' wheh the survey pushed its eXplOr-
ations to the previously unknown repion at The
sources of Kern and King rivers, in the south
ern part of the state, peak was found which
proved to be about $4,000 feet high, dominating
the most elevated region on the continent a
| number of adjoining peaks rising to the height
OF 10000 to $4,000 feet, and several hundred
square miles of the country having general
elevation of 5000 feet-really surprising the
Alps. Clarence King, who was member of
the state survey under Prof. Whitney, assembled
the highest peak nearly to the summit, and cal
cnlated the total height to be at least Is 900 feet
This great mountain was named after Prot.
Whitney. The three great peaks on this coast
are now known TO be about as foll0ws Mt
whitney, $4,000 feet; Mt Shasta. IA ,44O; Mt
Rainier, l4,40O. The two first are in California,
the third in Washington Territory.
TERRIFIC SrAMPEDE.-The campaign is
now pretty well advanced, and the old stagers
ana veteran politicians already see clearly how
tlie pohtical cat is going to jump The stam-
pcde from the democratic ranks has assumed