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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-08-02
From the Boston Traveller, Aug ].
| Dean Academy Burned-Loss About
2ISO.OOO

That magnificent institution of the Universal
list denomination, founded in the town of Frank
lin Mass, through the munifcence of the late
Dr. Dean was entirely destroyed by fire last eve.
ming The building was a very handsome one,
three stories high, with mansard roof, and light
basement, with splendid pavilion rising
one story above the center, surmounted
by a cupOla that rose 60 feet from the
roof to the top of the final. Its front was 220
feet in length, and its greatest depth go feet
When finished and furnished complete it cost
S2O0, 900 without the land.
FIRE was dicovered at 10 o'clock last evening
IN the neighborhood Of the gymnasium IN the
Dack part OF the pavilion structure that crowns
the centre Of the building. Workmen had been
engaged IN one or two trihing repairs during
the day on the lead work, and some of them NAV
have dropped spark, or there may have been
some otber cause Tor the fire. At all events, il
was so high up as TO be beyond the reach of the
ordinary means OF eXtnguishing a fire 10 be
found IN country town, and when the flames
had fairly started on their deVouripu NISSAN
they had it all their own way
The ed6ce burned for almost four bours
brilliantly Illuminating the sky and making a
light visible for many miles in every direction
The neighbors and towns-people rallied in GOOD
numbers to the spot, and spectators were not
wanting on every hill top for miles around To
view the unusual sight. Those present worked
with will, and owing TO the length of time
occupied IN inc obstruction OF the building, they
were enabled TO save about One-third of the fur
nlture In fair condition, and among the other
articles of value saved were seven out of the
eight pianos with which the edilice was fur
nlshed.
The editce contained not only all the rooms
Tor parlors, recitations, teachers, kitchen work,
aud dining room capable of seating $50 per-
s5ons, put also ninety rooms for students.
Eeeiythlng connected with the academy, in all
" departments, was centered under that one
roo, ana me appointments were all as perfect
a. .iley could pc and modern in their style. The
aSaneiny was Incorporated in 1865, A. ST. John
Chambre, Geo S Weaveran Theodore K. Tay.
ior e0nrgpofators, and the ediGce was dedicated
Inc loss Of the buildings will not interfere
with the regular studies of the institution Tho
| fall term does not commence I'm tbe srs,
| wednesday 10 September, which Is Ave Week
from yesterday. The church belonging " the
] uniYersalist denomination is not far OIL and
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-08-02

TAHOE LAKE AND ITS DRAD.-Some twelve
or fourteen persons have been drowned in this
lake within the past ten years; none of the
bodies have ever been recovered. Superstition
ever ready TO weave sensation from natures
laws, asserted that there was doubtful mystery
in the non-recOvery Of the drowned that, in
fact, monster had its abode in this fresh water
sea, and that the bodies all passed into his ca
pacous nav. The true explanation of this
mystery never has been given. The non-appear-
ance of the bodies is due TO three causes The
first is, the great purity Of the water, and It's
consequent lack Of buoyancy. Drowning is
very easy in it for this reason, though have
not, while swimming in it, found any more than
ordinary difficulty in sustaining myself The
second and main cause is due to the great cold
ness Of the water. Even at this, the warmest
season, the surface water is as cold as
the drlnker desires u to be, but it is
warm there compared with its tempera.
ture at the depth of one hundred TO two
hundred ieet 1t is as cold there as the Arctic
heat of an iceberg. When body sinks IN the
lake to the depth required, 1t is frozen stiff, The
process, Of course, preserves H., so that the gas
which originates in the body from decay in 9th
er water is prevented, and distension checked
The body is thus kept in state Of greater sne.
ciic gravity than the water in which il is s,Is-
pended, and thereby prevented from rising TO
the surface. The third cause lies in the rreat
pressure of the pure water on anything which
is sunk TO a great depth in it, Corks placed ON
deep sea nets are pressed down in q week TO half
their size; and one of the oldest residents of the
lake expresses the belief that, by the time a
mans body has been suspended for a week at a
depth of about 200 feet III is not likely that il
ever reaches the cayernous and almost fathom.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-08-02

less bottom of the great lake,, the compression
Of the water has Produced its size TO that of a
cbd's. Doubtless the idea of uncofflned sus-
pension in such "world of water" is not a
pleasant one to contemplate; but to be pressed
into solid mass, and suspended in a liquid cof-
fin of ice temperature, is quite as pleasant as
interment and mouldering in the ground.-SQn
Francisco Bulletin.
SEALS AND SALMoN.-Mr. Frank auckland
writes in a London weekly, Land and Water:
"Seals hunt salmon much in the same way that
hounds hunt hares. Seals swim faster than sal
mon, and the fish escape by doubling and eYad-
ing their pursuers. In clear water, and when
little wind and no surf, salmon swim deep or
keep very close in shore, sheltering themselves
under seaweed, as hares do in covers. The
marks or scratches on salmon, especially one
side of the salmon, are those who have made
hairbreadth escape by doubling while the seal
has run past his quarry. In very calm weather
the seals takes up position in bay or in the
track salmon run. raising his head well out of
the water, sustaining that position on his hind
Clippers, his head moving round as if on nni-
versal Joint, watching eagerly for a salmon to
leap, when he rushes on in that direction with
unerring accuracy TO the spot. saw an instance
of this kind in June, 1881, in Boyndie
bay, near Banff, in the year when my father
and uncle were tenants of the Earl of Flies
fishery in the Deyeron. l was then waiting
with crew of men on the beach, before fishing
the nets after two hours Hood, the most likely
time for salmon TO swim inshore. A seal was
in the centre of the bay, about couple of hun
dred yards from shore, in the position l have
described. A salmon leaped land at the period
mention they were very scarce), the seal dipped
and swan TO the spot where the salmon leaped;
in less time than write about his movements
mp went the seal with the salmon in his claws.
The struggle was of short duration two or three
twists, and the salmon was motionless; then
the seal, in his own fashion, began to feast
on him, commencing at the head, tear
ing off the skin, and swallowing lump
after lump, and in less than minute
the salmon was in the seals stomach. When
a seal is very hungry and salmon very scarce,
especially in the months ofFebruaTy and March,
seals are obliged to content themselves with
fare such as sea perch and umpfsh, familiarly
known among salmon fishers as paddlecocks.
The latter is sluggish fish, padding along
with the propelllng power of a small tail, pro-
vded with fringed sucker under the throat, by
which it adheres to rocks in stormy weather; it
has rough prickly skin, and only frequents
our shores in spring to deposit its spawn. 1t
swims so slow that it falls an easy prey TO
seal, powerleSs to escape from him. | have often
seen seals take these fish; they make short work
of them; there is no bone in them; the seal takes
him in his paws as monkey would an apple,
the seal tears off the skin and soon swallows the
lumpfish. have often seen seals feed on these
fish, and have found the skins of these fish
strewn along the shore"
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-08-02

SENTENCED To-MARRIAGE!-A case recent
ly tried before the Clonmel (English) assizes
was brought to singular and novel termina-
ton by the presiding judge. The parties in the
case were a young man and young woman,
both of whom claimed possession of rural
property, one by virtue of an ancient lease and
the other under will. They were IN court for
the purpose of giving their testimony, when a
bright idea occurred 10 the magistrate, a Mr..
Clarke, who interrupted the case TO say:
at strikes me that there is pleasant and easy
way to settle this lawsuit. The plaintiff ap-
pears TO be respectable young man, and this
is a very nice young woman. Laughter. !
They can borh get married and live happy on
this farm. If they 90 on with law proceedings
it will be all frittered away between the lawyers,
who, am sure, are not ungallant enough TO
wish the marriage may not come off"
The young lady, on being Intercepted,
blushed, and said she was quite willing to
marry the plaintiff. The latter, on being asked
if he would marry the young woman, calamity
responded Most undoubtedly" Mr.. Clark
remarked that the suggestion occurred to him
by instinct on seeing the young couple. A ver-
dict was subsequently entered for plaintiff on
condition of his promise to marry defendant
within two months, a stay of execution being
put on the verdict till the marriage ceremony is
completed. The council gave the young lady
such an unmerciful Chatting" on her consent,
which many in court thought should have been
first obtained from plaintiff, that she left the
court in tears
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The wheat Field of America
HEALTHFUL CLIMATE, FREE HOMES. GOOD
MARKETS

THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD: offers for
sale its LANDS IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN MINNESOTA
embracing: ]. The Best of Wheat Land; O. Excellent
Timber for the MILL the Farm. and the Fire; o. Rich
Prairie Pasturage and Natural Aeadowi watored by
clear Lakes and running streams-in Healthful Gil
mate, where fever and agus is unknown.
GRAIN can be shipped hence by lake to market as
eheaply from EastereAowa or Central illinois, Cars
now run through these lands on Lake Superior to Da
kota. Price of land close to track s. to IS per acre
further away, $3.50 to 81 SKyEx YEARS CREDIT; War
rantee Deeds. Northern Pacific I SO Bonds now selling
at par received for land at sllO No other unoccupied
Lands present such advantages to settlers.
SOLDIERS under the the new law March 1927 get
100 acres FREE the railroad by one and two years
residence
TRANSPORTATION AT REDUCED RATES fur
nshed from all principal points East to purchasers Of
Railroad Lands, and to Settlers on Government Home
stcads.
Purchasers, their wives and children oARErED FREE
over the Northern Pacific Road.
Now is the time fer Settlers and Colonies to get Rail-
road Lands and Government Homesteads close to the
track.
Send for PAMPHLET containing full informa
ton, map and copy of new Homestead Law
Address LAND DEPARTMENT, NoRTHSRN PAorpc r.
r., ST: PAUL, MINI, or l2s BRoADwAr NEW YORK
myJ deOp&WeOwlyr
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-08-02
LerItimate Stimulation.

The office or function Of nutrition lie essentially
fold embracing Digestion. whereby food Is converted
ultimately into blood; and Assimilation whereby the
various tissues and organs of the body receive from this
blood each the nourishment which II needs And Legit-
innate Stimulation which is squirting of this func
ton, is consequently two-old also. The food, in the
first place, must be reduced to the form of homogene
solution, preliminary to Its entering the blood
vessels and becoming there part of the blood. To this
end is dissolved in the stomach by the gastric Juice
fluid which the stomach itself furnishes. But II often
happens that tins fluid is not supped in sufficient album
dance This IL the of much had health. Now,
Legitimate Stimulation puts this right by provoking
fuller flow of this essential secretion. And the best
method. known OF bringing about Legitimate slim
ulation directed. of the we-knOwn tonic,
DIR Gortlieb Fiscl's Bittersl
This subject continued next week under Strength
for the Weak" deop&wlw jyl5
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miscellaneous Items,

Twenty-seven republican papers in Missouri
helped 10 elect Gratz Brown on the liberal state
ticket in 1870 All of them are now strong for
Grant, except Carl Schurzs own paper.
In January, 1872, says the Cincinnati Gazette,
a gentleman who is as close TO Mr.. Greeley as
one man can get to another, informed a gentle
man, who communicatedfh the information to us,
that negotiations were then in progress to make
Greeley the democratic candidate for president
This fact we stand ready to prove whenever il
shall be authoritatiyely denied.
We take the following from the Mobile Regis
ter, the italics being the Registers own: "This
should be the motto-and the meaning-ofevery
one of our party to-day: democrats support
Greeley and Brolon as The democrdcs, and dem
ocrdts UiH elect them as the cdrldidqtee, and as
the only hope Of the democracy"
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-08-02

A DELIGHTFUL SURPRIsE,-Ladies whose faces are
couded by superficial discoloratons. and who
solved to try HAoAN's MAGNOLIA BALM a remedy,
have idea of the welcome surprise they will receive
from their mirrors after few applications of that
healtht purifier of the complexion If at all excitable
they will scream with rapture bsholdng the change;
whether the blemish It is desired be saow-
ness, blotches pimples, freckes, roughness
natural paor 1t is bound to disappear under the tonic
operation OF this wonderful agent. To say that the
bemish disappears does not however convey any idea
of the effect produced by this celebrated beauaer The
unsighty tinge whether dihused the whole conn
tenanee or in spots, patches is replaced by uniform,
pearly bloom to which no description do justice
au2 MIt&deoplM
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-08-02
Few YORK STOCK MARxE1.

new YORK. Aug. Mooney firm at 415 per cent ster-
ling very weak at l09h "a 1893 with safes of borrowed
bills low l09 Gold opened active at 1884, advanced
to l5H fell to ll5h and closed strong at ll54 a Il6H
Loans "a 3per for carrying. The treasury sold
million at lis 3s-l0O % lis 30 TO- Cearings S55OO0 OOO
The receipts the custom house upward Of two
and quarter millions the largest ever known In one
firm, at u per cent advance, except currency 6s which
heavy State bonds dull. Stocks opened heavy
and a tride lower. Ere very weak; opened agA.
decline OF II per cent from last night and fell addi
tional per cent during the day. closing 48h Some
large English holders sellers The rest Of the
market very dull featureess and declining, with
better feeling and steadiness in the afternoon
United HtateE SiXea. 1871 lIS
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-08-02

HIGH ART; PICTURES FROM THE POETS
AND OTHER MOTIONS: By Louis A. Roberts;
Published by D. E. Fisk & Co., Springfield. The
author Of this book has collected numerous
familiar passages from the poets, and by means
of comical pictures perverted the true ideas of
the authors quoted. Some of the hits are very
good, and the book is all it pretends to be-a
pleasant diversion for leisure half hour 1t is
printed on heavy tinted paper and neatly bound
making volume of So pages, Sold by agents.
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NotIce 70 PatIents and the PubIIc.

That in the event of DIR. J. W. KELLEY's death, a
successor has been obtained in the person of NJ. Nc
CLEARN, NJ. D, who was two years a student with
DIR. j. Cawson Kelley, the father of the late j. w Ke
ley and has been in the practice ofmedclne for 6 years
and all the medicines the late j. Clawson Kelley and
j. Wesley Kelley have furnished the public and pa
tients will in the future be prepared by Dr. NJ. McCearn
at the laboratory in Boston heretofore Dr. NJ. Nc
Clearn will visit the office of DR.. j. W Kelley in wor-
cester the first Thursday and following Friday of each
MONTH Miss l.. II. Fish will continue in the office at
Worcester as in former years,
NJ MCCLEARN NJ. d.
Reference.-Denel Seagrave, Edward Denny.
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strength for the Weak.

strength Is the most appropriate for those whose radical
aiment is simply eebeness (And such Is tho ease with
the great majority of nvads This truth has not boon
always recognized. In former days violent purgng was
resored to in such This involved radl-
cal error It is TO have strength added to hem-not TO
have the little which they still have, iakon away from
them, by violent purgation) that such sufferers need
Now food Is the only source Of strength but the want
of food not the only source Of weakness There may
be full abundance but If the system does not possess
the necessary vigor 10 digest and to assmae IT, It be-
comes, in 80 far, useless As remedy for tins unior-
tunatc condition, Dr. Gottlieb Fisch's Blttcrs will be
found-has been iound-maryeousy sultab!cl
This subject continued next week under "ouR TRopt-
CAL SUMMERS" deop&wlw AMI
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-08-02

GENERAL BANKS, replying to a letter adj
dressed TO him by the republican committee of
Lynn, states that he has gone over to Greeley
and Brown. As he is usually more guided by
his own studies of the political sky than by
fixed principles, this announcement does not very
much surprise US. More than once, however,
he has miscalculated badly; and we are
very sure that he has done so now. Perhaps he
will find himself more at home, more com.
pletely under the spell of elective affinity, amid
the associations which at present surround Mr..
Greeley. So far as his hopes 20 beyond this,
they are nowise likely TO be realized.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-08-02
Changes In New York

Three notable works Of great public interest
and value, not to be matched in their respective
ways elsewhere in this country, and two of them
not elsewhere in the world, are now in progress
in New York. Each of them will effect great
changes in the city and have an important in
fuenee on the current of travel and commerce.
They are the East river bridge, the Hell Gate
Improvements, and the underground railroad
through the length of the city The bridge is
10 connect the lower part of the city with Brook
Ign. Its extreme length will be not far from
mile, of which something less than a third is the
great span which suspends the roadway over
the water at the height of 1873 feet above high
tide. The rest Of the road is TO be taken M with
the approaches on each side, which are to be
arehed yiaducts, and the space beneath the
arches 1t IS proposed to occupy with warehouses
whose rent will help to increase the revenues of
the company. The great towers over which the
cables pass viii be about 900 feet in extreme
height above the water at high tide. That on
the Brooklyn side is already more than one
hundred feet high, and the other is lust above
The water. Nearly three years more will be re.
quired to finish the work.
The Hell Gate Improvements consist in blast.
ing out the rocks which obstruct the narrow
and dangerous passage from the East river to
Long Island Sound. They have been in pro-
gress Tor some years, and perhaps as many
more must pass before they are completed. The
method adopted is to drive tunnels through the
rocks, working from the shore or near il: the
passages are then to be charged with nitrogly-
cerine, which, when exploded, is expected TO
shatter the rocks into fragments which can be
removed by dredging. A channel, wide and
deep enough to be safe for the largest vessels. is
10 be made in this way, which, it is expected,
viii make this the best and customary approach
TO the city for vessels of great size, and thus re-
onee the length Of the voyage between Europe
and New York by twelve hours. This will have
great effect upon the location of business
houses causing much Of the heavy shipping and
wholesale trade to establish itself far nm town
and changing materially the aspect of many
parts of the city.
Inc Underground railroad is not actually be.
gun, though the surveys are nearly comple,ed
and the work will probably not long be DELAYED
The need Of some means Of rapid, safe. and con.
yenient transit from the upper part of the city
70 the lower has long been felt and proclaimed
Many schemes have been proposed, but all pre.
yious ones have failed, either through defects n,
their own Or opposition in the legislature. Van.
derbilt has overcome both these obstacles. and
within little more than two years, it is believed
New Workers will have the opportunity to tr,
whether bis plan and management will civ,
them ibe advantages they have lacked and
clamored for. The execution Of these great
works will make New York almost as different
from the city Of to-day as IL now is different
from what il was wheu railroads and telegraph,
were unknown.
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SPICY breath, teeth white and speckless,
Fragrant SozoDoST secn1es:
Ladies. can you be so reckless
AS to fall to make them yoursP
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TRIUMPHANT FOR TWENTY YRARs.-More than twenty
years ago, the MUSTANG LISMsST its debut in the
West Its of the external diseases of horses
and cattle astonshed the planters and farmers of the
Mississippi and Ohio Valleys, and demand for 1t sprung
up which necsssitate1 its manufacture an extensive
scale Soon the discovery made that 1t was grand
specific for rheumatism, govt neuralgia earache tooth
ache, and other external ailments of mankind Then 1t
tried as healing pan-klling application cases
of outward injury such cuts bruises burns spasms
&C. and found equally serviceabe The fame of the
remedy for of the painful ills that afflict
mankind and the lower animals, spread rapidly, and
Mustang Eminent took rank in every State and
Territory Of the Union as a standard cure.
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AN ENGLISH NoBLEMAN OF THE LAST CEN
TURY.-Walter Lord Aston, grandfather to the
present lord, married Lady Mary Weston. His
father was many years ambassador in Spain.
The estate of Standon coming to him through
his wife, a descendant of the great Sir Ralph
Sadler, he removed thither and there began his
magnificent way of living. He had one hun
dred aad one persons in his family. The writer
resided there for three or four months every sum-
mer from the time he was six until his four
teeth year. The table was served with three
courses, each of twenty dishes; and these were
brought up by twenty men, who stamped up the
great stair like thunder at every course, My
Lord had four servants behind his own chair.
He was very curious in his wine; but first of
all drank at one draught whole quart, either
of malt or wine and water, as q remedy for stone
and gravel AT all the inns he lodged
at in travelling they kept a quart glass,
called my Lord ASton'S glass. Sir Ed
ward Southcote saw one at the Altar Stone at
Banbury, not many years ago. The servants all
dined together in the hall, and what was left
was thrown together into tub, which two men
took on their shoulders 10 the court gate, where
every day forty or fifty poor people were served
with it. When my lord did not go hawking in
the afternoon, he always played at Ombre with
his two sons for an hour and at four O'Clock
returned to a covered seat in his vineyard.
There he sat alone, and none burst approach
him. AT five o'clock his chariot, with pair of
his six gray Flanders mares, 1.-THE chariot was
made so narrow that none could sit by him J
took him "a trole" about the park for five or
six miles. He returned at seven, and by eight
would be in bed. He always lay in bed without
pillow, bolster or night cap. Winter and sum-
mer he rose at four, and entertained himself
with books till it was time TO go a-hunting or
hawking at wild ducks. He would never allow
any but hunted venison at his table. Every day
but Sunday one buck was killed at the least,
but most commonly brace He never made or
returned any visit, the court and address Of that
country being made TO him.