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

IN switzerland, q mllknald VINO is q good
singer gets more salary than others, because I'M
der the influence of music cows "give down"
better and give more milk. An eastern farmer
is trying to hire Parepa Rosa and Kellogg to
sing round his pump.
An Australian newspaper says that the prac-
tce has been very successfully adopted in gar
denS OF sowing rows of common arkspur, the
leaves of which attract grasshoppers at once
and when eaten is certain death to them, and
that thousands of grasshoppers have been thus
seen lying dead.
A Texan tells this story of lost opportunities:
Now, you see," said he, Gland was cheap
enough at one time in Texas. | have seen the
day when could have bought square league
OF land, covered with fine grass and timber, for
pair of boots" "And why didn't you buy itp
asked his companion. Didn't have the boots"
said the Texan.
Falconry has been revived by the mikado of
Japan's court. Several trained hawks were ex-
ercised by officers of the imperial household
lately, in the rice fields of Mukojuna, on the
outskirts of Yeddo, and a few herons were cap
tured. This was understood to be only prelimi-
nary TO another display of the same sort on
large scale.
One singular feature of the Thousand Islands
is the luxurant growth of trees upon what
seems TO be almost bare rocks, and that solid
granite. Evergreens Of a foot in diameter,
standing upon what seems an absolute soilless
rock are often seen. The roots of these trees
ices, and thus gain nourishment as well as sup
port for the tree
Baden, says a French correspondent, is no
longer like ITSELF There are scarcely any French
people there now at ALL One meets Americans,
English and Russians, large number of Ger
mans and many Prussians. The toliettes are
far from elegant, and life is altogether mOnOt-
onous. Even the theatre is closed. As for gam
| bling, it continues the same as ever, but it is
said it will cease next year, and the people of
Baden greatly dread such suppression, which
will be the ruin of their charming town.
Chicago thieves exhibit an undaunted persis-
tency in the pursuit OF their calling, which is
probably seen nowhere else in the world. Two
ladies who had drawn $4,000 from the bank were
recently followed by two men, one of whom
managed to set ON fire the dress Of the lady who
carried the money He and his companion
were otflcious in extinguishing the flames, but
failed to get possession of the money. The same
| night, however, the private apartments of the
lady were entered, and the money stolen.
The work upon the st. Louis bridge is going
| forward rapidly The superstructure will be
| completed about the middle of August. The
| upper roadway will be 81 feet wide, including
| two sidewalks each s feet in width. This leaves
| a width of 80 feet, which will be divided into
| four tramways--two for street cars and light
driving, and two for heavy teams Underneath
| will be double track railroad. 1t is thought
that both the bridge and the tunnel win be fin
ished in year from this time.
young couple from the backwOodS of Ten
neSSee, upon their bridal tour, registered at the
Maxwell house few days since. Neither of
them had ever been in town before and being
latigued by sightseeing, desired to retire at an
early hour, and were shown INTO the elevator,
being left alone for a moment while their SER
want went for matches. They, in their inno-
cence, taking the elevator for sleeping apart
ment, lost no time in disrobing; and having
nearly "shucked" themselves before the ser
wants rpturu he fpuOd Them 81 bni
| disgust at the clOseness Of the room, and the
| funny little beds" which it contained.-NdSh-
| 0We Correspondence.
Prince Bismarck has paper mill on his estat
at Farzin, which is so successful that it is i'm
| possible to meet the large orders which come
| from England, This paper is made of chips of
| hr-that, at least is the chief element-and the
annual consumption Of fir trees is at the rate of
| 900 klalter to keep the mandatory supplied.
| A new workshop is now being erected which
will require no fewer than 1900 klafter of wood
year. The FIR forests in the vicinity, which it
| has been found necessary to acquire, will fur
nlsh supplies for several years of the raw mate
rial Tor Prince Bismarck s paper mill. A ilafter
is pile of wood six rheinfuss long, three wide
| ana SIX high, making 1OS cubic rhenfuSs, or
| something less than an American cord.
The st. Petersburg Gazette tells story which
| illustrates the strngency Of Russian passport
regulations The village of Volotchik, on the
| Galiclan frontier, was a week or two ago sur
| prlsed by fire. OF course, there was no engine
in the place. Prompted by feeling of neigh
borly charity, the Austrian town of Brody dis
patched its corps of firemen with all speed to
the assistance of the distressed village. They
made for the frontier at a brisk gallop, but on
arriving there they were stopped by the douane
soldiers, and gruffly reminded of their omission
| to provide themselves with passports for the
nocturnal trip, They could not, therefore, be
permitted to cross the frontier buthad to return
to Brody, their way home being lightened up by
the flames which they had set out to quench.
Poultry manure, or hen guano, is worth ,iif
kept under cover, almost as much in price as
Pacific guano, which is selling at $50 per ton
Hen manure, on the garden or farm, is worth
| $50 per ton. To prepare it for use, mix it with
soil, half and half keep it till wanted. For
corn, onions and all vegetables, it is one of the
best manures. No farmer who wants to
make his farm pay, should sell it for twenty
cents per bushel. II is worth 81 for his own use
An old field upon which sheep had been pas
tured for several years, was broken up last
| spring and planted with corn. This fall have
taken from that field over seventy.fve bushels
OF corn per acre, while my neighbours field, i'm
mediatey adjoining, has not produced one.half
that amount. He raises corn and hogs and
his land is worn out and unproductlve. l raise
grass and sheep, and my land is in good CON
dition, and produces heavy crops both of grain
and