Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-07-23
miscellaneous Hens.

The Californiaus tell us that before many
years their state will be one of the chief coffee
growing countries of the world.
Bismarck proposes to see if he can't stop the
constant increase of emigration from Germany
10 this country. The only way he can succeed
in this, is by making Germany as good place
for poor man as America, a task which we
fear even the great chancellor is not equal to.
The stock of guano Eon the islands near Peru
is nearly exhausted, and it is estimated that the
supply from these sources will fail within four
years. A Peruvian journal published at Lima
says, however, that immense guano beds have
been discovered on the mainland north of Cal
lao, of quality superior TO that found on the
celebrated Chincha islands.
An exchange says: "There is no doubt now
that the Irish band was IRISH. In exemplfica-
ton of the strongest Irish characteristic, they
have quarrelled among themselves from the
FIRST until the band finally divided and fifteen
of the members started for home, Saturday, with
Clements, the leader, while the rest claiming to
be the original Jacobs, will give concerts in
this country, until they split again. Clements
goes away in bad odor, having dsgraced him.
self by futile attempt to implicate servant
girl in theft"
The tests for arsenic, strictly so called, are
suited only TO laboratory use, but since it is the
arsenite of copper that is employed for the poi
sonouS green coors, test for copper is sufficient
for ordinary purposes. Put drop of aqua am
Oh tllS suSpGNtCu pdpGI5 anu IL IL Changes
the color to blue, you may be sure that copper
Is there, and almost as sure that arsenic is pres
ent also. There is not one chance in a hundred
| that more critical examination would lead to a
different conclusion. AT any rate, we advise our
readers not TO use any paper Oh the walls of
their houses, or for any other purpose, if this
simple test make its character suspicious.
Ayoung lady who 'just dotted on Longfellow, y
declares that she has lost all interest in his
poems since he ran that race with Harry Bassett
the other day She says there is no accounting
for the eccentric whims of some poets but S he
did think that Longlellow was too old, and had
too much sense TO make such spectacle of him
self. "And to run against Harry Bassett-a
man whose name has never appeared in the
world of letters" The Cambridge poet should
rise to explain.
Popular as well as scientific interest will be
excited by the announcement that one OF the
rings OF Saturn, with which the youngest stu
dents OF astronomy are familiar, has disappeared.
The missing ring is the inner one of the three
hitherto observed, and the astronomer Strive
has been watching for years its approach to the
body of the planet, upon which it has now closed
NE a Deit OF semi-ransparent vapor, its centri-
fugal force being entirely overcome.
The London Globe publishes statement
which is an Illustration of the danger of relying
upon clrcumstantial evidence, even when il ap-
proaches positiveness. A gentleman went TO
the BRUSH museum with an order to have a
Sase opeueu containing some valuable medals
for his inspection. He examined particular
medal, which was supposed TO be unique, re-
stored 1t TO the tray, and after talking some
time with the custodian ,was.about to leave, when
the latter discovered that the medal was miss
ing. 1t was searched for everywhere, and could
not be found, when it was suggested that the
pockets of the visitor should be examined. To
this he objected, and a policeman was sent for.
However, before he arrived, the medal was
found to have slipped between the tray and the
bottom of the case. When asked why he re-
fused to be searched, the supposed culprit pro-
duced medal from his pocket, the exact coun-
terpart of that which was in the case and re-
marked that his object had been to verify the
authenticity of his own, which, being identified
with the missing one, and discovered in his
pocket, would at once have convicted him of the
theft.