Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-10-08
miscellaneous V,ou,s.

The white cabbage is the favorite vegetable in
China 1t is eaten raw us salad and said to be
equal to the best lettuce, or boiled, in which
condition the favor reminds one of the finest
asparagus.
One of the features of a London theatre is a
woman styling herself the Mexican athlete. She
holds suspended by cord from her teeth two
1870 pound balls, and at the same time 100
pound ball in each hand SHE also shoulders
900 pound cannon, and holds itwhile a round is
being fired.
The medicine chest of one of the abandoned
Arctic whalerS was broken open by some of the
natives, who, thinking they had found prize,
proceeded 10 swallow the contents of all the
bottles. The survivors describe the result as
startling, for the doses were too large for the
constitution of even an EsquimauX. Several of
the partakers died, and Others wanted TO, but
couldn't.
DIR. Harvey Goodwin, bishop of Carlisle, Eng
land, IN recent sermon in Carlisle cathedral,
on the text, Ye are the salt of the earth, We are
| the light of the world" drew picture of what
| the educated HindOo might expect to find in
England as the practical result of that English
Christianity which missionaries URGE upon him
and what he would really find. 1t was pic
ture, says the Spectator, "more or less reproach-
| full, and not to our advantage"
DIR. Prime, OF the Observer, having assisted
at the slaughter of deer in the Adirondacks
remarks: l. That the killing OF such deer is no
very greatieXploit, 2. That the least said about
| it the better. 8. That the killing of the deer is
| in itself right and proper, for theanimal is good
for the food of man, and all that are killed are
duly eaten. He adds: "The romance of deer
| stalking, and the renown of the successful hunts
| man, somewhat fade as we contemplate the
| picture of two men in a boat, the one hold
| inc beast in the water while the other shoots
| him."
| provincial English newspaper the Ryde
| Yentilator, recently published the following no.
tce which, it States it is surprised to see post
| ed the shutters Of the IgsplonaIn
| This office is closed, the remuneration of s
| pence per day not paying working expenses
| namely receiving aud dispatching letters and
| newspapers, issuing post office orders, transact
| ing savings bank business and issuing dog and
| gun licenses, for which sum we had to find
| string plotting paper, pens, red ink, gas and
| fourteen hours a day constant attendance-from
| A. NJ. till p. Mind office room and ft up
| the office at our own expense The brass plates
| for newspapers to be sold cheap Inquire with
| in etc. Certainly, the remuneration, if cor
| rectly stated, does not seem large for the labor
| performed and the expense and responsibility
| incurred.
Mrs. Henrietta Hirschfeld, thecelebrated den
tlst oil Berlin, is described as delicately formed
| renned, beautiful woman. She has developed a
| wonderful strength in her small hand extracting
| a firmly set molar with a deXterity and preci-
| sion unsurpassed by any of her stronger bretb-
| rem But her greatest attraction lies in her
mental and moral power. You cannot be with
| nv q hiOlhShti says Il correspondents without
feeling you are in the presence of living being,
person instinct with power, courage, and the
| fullness and realization of true life. She invig-
CRATES and tones you up like a cool sea breeze
after sultry day. Mrs. Hirschfield does not
cOnfne herself merely to the labors OF her office
| but prepares well written articles for the maya
zine, instructng mothers in regard to the care
ofchildren's teeth, and impressing upon them
the paramount duty of cleanliness and attention
to the mouth, a duty but little practiccd in
| Germany.
The Madras Standard gives some information
relative to some presents made by the queen to
his majesty of Siam, and by his majesty of
Siam to the emperor of Austria. The former
were, as dispatched from London, a ieweled
scimitar, collection of aliases and geographic
cal works, cOlored picture of the royal family
of England, a clock with revolving globe dial
a supply of stationery stamped with the kings
arms, pair of pistols, silver mounted, and some
books, but when received at Bangkok the books
paper and picture were Spoilt with sea water
the pistols were gone out Of their holsters, and
the clock was broken, Finally, the scimitar,
there being some confusion in the matter, was
returned. Not long afterward his majesty sent
to Austria a number of orders of the white ele-
plant, some set with diamonds, for the ministers
of state, in cOmmemoration of the treaty of
Of commerce lately agreed upon. la transit
many of the orders were stolen.