Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-11-15


The island St. Kilda, eighty-wo miles west of
the Hehrldes, is not likely,a although small, to
be over populated, In 1S49 it contained 100
persons; this year it contains seventy-one in
habtants, with rapid tendency towards seven
ty, since the only insular child in the commu
nifty is on its death bed. The sole cause of the
decllnatlou IS neglected. water.
married gentleman in Elizabeth, N. j., lost
valuable diamond pin, which he advertised in
the Herald, leaving S15 with the book-keeper as
a reward to the finder. His wife was the lucky
person. She took the pin to the Herald office
and got the money.
Ueber Land und Nicer, in speaking of the
Prussian state lotteries, says: "The people are
so fond OF Tsking their money that the shares
are always taken, many of them even falling
INTO the hands of Spectators, by whom they
are sold at advanced prices No one, with the
exception of the moralist, sees any harm in this.
Lotteries are a necessary evil, and for this rea-
son 1t viii always be possible to justify them"
In Prussia four drawings take place annually.
These are held in Berlin, and the last contains
the largest prizes, amounting to SIP 900. Dur
ing several days occupied in these drawings,
many persons do brisk business by renting
their numbers for a day, or even for an hour,
The question of "iemale labor has met with
practical solution in the cutlery manufactur.
ing districts of Thuringia. The women polish
the blades and curve the handles, the daughter
often Selling a hammer to aid her father at the
thirty dozen knives week. receiving twenty
three and half cents per dozen, furnishing the
material at thatl In spite Of this meagre paw,
the people are contented. The forge is usually
placed in the ground floor, the polishing and
carving being done in an apartment overhead
New ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUsIc.-The
work of classifying pupils for the winter term at
this wide-awake and popular music school has al.
ready commenced and Dr Tourian aud his ossist.
ants have their hands fnl. Several valuable add.
lions have been made to the already large staff of
professors among them Mr.. Dudley Buck, late OF
Chicago, and Mr.. B. D. Allen of Worcester, both of
whom are artists and instructorsIof the first rank,
This conservatory has done much to encourage
musical culture, both by furnishing the best In.
struction at minimum rates, and by the great num-
Der of free advantages which it profIers in conneo-
tion with its course of study, and 1t deserves as
it receives, most generous patronage.
Daily Adrertiser, Nor, 10.
NEW STYLE OF ORGANS. II. Leland & Co. are
receiving new style of organ made by Mason &
Hamlin, and is the best style ever made by this firm
for the money (S140.) These having great sale
Leland Co, have a standing order for tlfty-two a
year ofths style alone We invite particular atten.
ton to this organ.
NoTIcE.-Dickey & Co., druggists, Mechanics
hall, open day and night.
For pretty bonnet or hat, 90 to Roehes 1875
Main street. told NUMBER 3d. the largest variety of
goods and best style of work in the city,
J, P, HALL s. Co. will sell household furniture at
auction at their saesrooms $50 Main street. to-day,
at 10 A, NJ, and 2P NJ