Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-10-28
miscellaneous Aten,s.

The San Francisco Chronicle SAYS: "Publc
opinion was outraged by the verdict in the Fair
case. There will soon be reaction. The next
time a poor friendIeSs Chinaman is tried tor
murder, the jury will say guilty without
leaving their seats"
Thus far during the present. year 520,O00,O00
postage stamps have been completed, those
made in January numbering 100000. Thirty
eight and a half millions have been completed
in a week, and Is 600 900 in a single day. Three
times as many three cent stamps are used as of
all other denominations combined; after them
come the one cent and the two, and SIX cent.
Whether his eccenuicity amounted 10 insani-
~ or not is the conundrum which family of
a man who died in Columbus, Ky, not long
ago, would like to solve. He made provision
in his Will, says the Cairo Gazette for the estab
lishment of ''cat intrmdry." The intirmary
is to have rat holes and rats for sport, and eN-
ercise grounds with several sheds on which the
fierce grimalkins may wage war at will. oldest
of all, however, is the final clause of the instru-
ment which provides thar the intestineS of the
testator shall be made into fiddle strings, and
that they shall be played upon in the "audi-
forum" Of the inlirmary-'the playing to be
kept up forever and ever, without cessation day
or night, in order that the cats may have the
privilege OF hearing and enjoying the instru-
ment which is the nearest approach to their nat
ural voices. The will is likely TO be contested.
An exchange says A subscriber renewing his
subscription to the Religious Telescope casually
region. As soon as it is ont OF the way so that
the people can attend meetings, we expect TO
give our time to the Lor]." This good Christian
and his neighbors, who believe in seeking drst
the tobacco crop and its profits, and after that
the kingdom of God differ from Il good many
others only in the frank confessions Of their
faith.
We are assured by the Pail Mall Gazette that
the following story is true: The visiting justices
of a certain inlaud English county were inspect
ing unatc asylum. \ female patient handed
to one OF them paper 10 read in vindicatiOu of
her sanity. After perusing a part of the docn-
ment on the spot the justices put it aside for the
time being, coming TO the conclusion that the
very phraseolOgy of the writer was conclusive
proof of her lunacy. Upon subsequent and
more careful analysis of the petition il was dis
covered that the sentences which had so struck
the justices as conclusive of lunacy were taken
verbatim from a leading article in the London
Daily Telegraph.
The French newspaper Uniyers has remarked
that as the trophies of the wars of Napoleon !,
are not TO be seen at the lnvalides, they have
probably been restored TO the Germans In re-
ply to this, the Paris correspondent of the Iude
pendence Beige writes that on the night OF the
Both of March, 1914, the 1900 or 1900 banners
which then hung under the dome OF the lnvaIides
were taken down and formed into pile in the
court yard. The banners, with their laUces, sur
mounted by Russian, PrlSsian, and Austrian
eagles, were set on fire, aud upon them were
thrown other trophies, such as the sword and
regal insignia of Frederick the Great. The ashes
of this pile were soon swept up and thrown into
the Seine. Next day, when, after the entry of
the allies, Russian officer came to see the ban
ners, Gen. Darmaud showed him the place where
they had been, and told him they had been
burned on the previous night.
The following amusing anecdote is now going
the rounds of the English clubs and mesSes. 1t
is said to have happened quite recently. An
officer was ordered on duty from one station to