Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-04-17
miscellaneous HENS.

A resident of Puebla, New Mexico, has dis
covered a soap mine. The product is abundant,
of dun color, about the hardness Of chalk,
forms a perfect lather, takes out stains and
grease spots effectively and has an agreeable
odor
A Detroit man found in his cellar an anacon-
da twelve feet long and six inches in diameter.
The reptile showed fight, but was vanquished with
shovel. A Snowman threw him into the eel
lar last fall, supposing him to be dead, when he
was only taking his after dinner nap.
The longest bridge in the world is the Tensas
and Mobile bridges at the city of Mobile 1t is
fifteen miles long, crosses both rivers where
there are draws. 1t is supported on iron cylin-
ders driven into the bed of the morass,
A man in Detroit threw club at a cat the
other day. The cat lodged, and the club struck
a child, knocking it senseieSs, whereupOn the
father tried to commit suicide, and was only re-
strained from the fatal deed by the assurance
that the child was merely stunned and not
killed.
There is a curious Chinese proverb which says,
Gin cucumber field do not stoop to tie your
shoe, and under plum tree do not wait 10 set
tie your cap on your head" which means, if
you do some one may think YOU are stealing the
cucumbeTS or the pnms.
Crab-leg-ism is the name applied by the COZ
ored Methodists of the south to "that sentiment
in the NJ. f. church that would place all the
colored members and ministers into separate
conferences, and under bishops whose jurisdc-
ton was restricted to them"
There seems to be pause in the prosecutions
of the Japanese Christians. The Japan Gazette
says: owe can no longer suspect the good faith
of the Japanese government, and its desire TO
vie with civilized countries in progress and mod
Grafton, for the mikado and his ministers have
just taken a step that does them much honor
By their order, the siXty-tve native
Christians who were, in December last, torn
away from their homes and sent into exile, have
been set at liberty and recalled TO their respec-
tive villages, without having suffered any mo-
lestation besides the pangs necessarily connected
with their arrest"
A Yankee who, in his youth had an uncOn-
trollable penchant for swapping jack-knYes has
proposed a sort of triangular plan Tor the settle
ment of our troubles with Great Britain. The
plan is for us to take the stronghold of Gibral-
tar in full for indirect damages and ALL and rhen
to trade the fortress to Spain for the island of
Cuba, 1t is not known how the proposition was
received by the state department at Washing
ton.
A prestidgitsteur gave an exhibition in a
Texas town the other day, in which he intro
duced the familiar feature Of pretending to load
pistol and allow one Of the audience to fire it
point blank at him, he catching the bullet. The
spectator selected dropped a bona iide ball into
the pistol and fired, killing the exhibitor imme.
diately. The murderer has been arrested
The average salary paid ministers in New
York city is S8000-nOt including Catholic
priests, who receive on an average about $500.
The highest are paid in the Episcopal church
DIR. Morgan Dix of Trinity, and DR.. Potter of
Grace church both receive $4,000. Drs. Mont.
gomery of the Incarnation, Morgan ofSt. Thomas
and Swope of Trinity chapel, receive $4,000
each. In the Presbyterian church the salary OF
Dr. Spring is $4,000. Ten other clergymen re-
ceive $4,000 each; two $4,000; the remainder of
the forty receive from $1,000 10 $4,000 In the
five Congregational churches the highest salary
tx t.. IN.lg 4 -.
the average is $4,000, and the highest $4,000. In
the four Unitarian churches the highest now
paid is SS000-Dr. Bellows being the recipient.
Mr.. Hepworth while connected with that de-
nomination received $4,000. The Uniyersalist
churches are FIVE in number, and the highest
salary is received by DR.. Chaplin, the sum being
S5OO0
Il has been the custom of British regiment,
the Welsh fusiliers-lrom time immemorial TO
have a goat as an emblem of Wales which
takes his place at the head OF the battalion on
parade, or on the march, when he proudly
walks in front of the band, at the side Of the
drum-malor, his horns decorated with massive
silver plate (hayng a suitable lnscription) which
was presented by the queen Of England in 1S49.
The regiment is, OF course, proud Of these little
marks Of royal distinction. From time to time
these ANIMALS have been presented to the regi-
meut by the queen from her beautiful breed of
Cashmere goats kept at Windsor park, The
last goat having died some lew mouths back,
application was made for another, aud her
majesty having signihed her assent few weeks
slnee tue quartermaster, accompanied bv the
drum-major, presented themselves at Windsor,
and having selected a noble fellow from the
flock he was taken to the quarters VI the regi-
r1ent at Pembroke Dock, where. We are in
formed, he has already become n great NET
among the officers and soldiers. He Ands Inc
change to the honorable post he now occupies
very agreeable, as he is carefully attended 10 by
drummer detailed for that duty. The goat
has attended his first church parade, aud
conducted himself with suitable gravity aud
decQrum.