Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-06-06
GBs 9ap spp: adueser. GbursOag ornmg gune g. 1879.

"Na, ma, Gamma do that" ''Why for no, laird;
We haze dune the same thing for ithers?" cave,
ave, TammaS; but there's wheels within wheels
ye ken uaething oboot; Gamma dot" ITS
sma' affair to refuse me, laird" ''Weel, ye see,
Tammas, If l was 10 pit my name till't We wad
get the siller frae the bank, and when the time
cam round We wadna be ready, and wad haze to
pay't, sac then you and me wad quarrel; sac we
may Just as wee quarrel the moo as lang as the
Siller's in ma pouch"
The cattle plague commission of British India
has issued a report of about 900 pages for the
use of the home government ON all phases of the
cattle plague, or rather plaques. One of the
worst of the "plagues" is cattle poisoning, which
is reduced to profession all over India. holy
brotherhood Of "Charmers" Glow caste men
SINNERS, &c. engage women and children to
drop arsenic in fields, &c, and when the beast
dies the "Charmel" is there TO offer his services.
While the evidence was being taken, Mr.. j. A.
Crawford, collector of customs one of the ablest
and most energetic officials in the service Of the
Indian government, drew the attention of the
commissioners TO the immense amount of arsen-
ic that passed through the Calcutta custom
house every year, TO be sold TO any person who
chose 10 buy, for there is no law res trcting the
sale This, coming from 4 man like Mr.. Craw
ford, naturally arrested the attention of the
commissioners, and they recommend more
stringent rules for controlling the sale of arsenic.
The submarine rocket, commonly known as
the ''fSh torpedo" has been privately tried in
presence of several officers of the royal labora-
tory, and the result is said to have been satsfac-
tory, but, as great care was taken that only au-
thorized officials should witness the experiments,
nothing definite is known upon this point. The
torpedo, when fully rugged, with the explosive
chamber at its head. and the propelling screw
and steering apparatus at its tall is fully twenty
feet long; the iron fish-shaped body, which
forms the middle portion, being merely the YES
sci which carries the motive power an atmO-
SOhprjn pnginn XVDrkinu Inv oil with
pressure OF 1000 pounds on the square inch.
This is the first of these torpedoes made in En-
| gland, but it is understood that similar Sys-
| TEN has been tried in Austria with great sue
cess, and certain improvements have been made
| in the design at the laboratory which are eX-
pected to prove highly advantageous The ex-
plosiye charge will be 100 pounds Of gun-cotton,
| fired by PERCUSSION on striking a ship, or any
| other obstacle, but in the experiments made at
WoOlwich the charge was dispensed with
| About thirty of these marine monsters are in
| course of manufacture at the royal arsenal.
GRATTAN LITERARY AssocIATIoN.-At the regu.
lar weekly meeting of the Grattau literary as
ISOLATION, held Monday evening June Sd, in
| their room in Crompton's block Mechanic
street, the president and vice president
| having resigned, the following named gen
| tlemen elected to fill the vacancy Mr.
| Mark Purcell was elected president and Mr.. An
| drew ii. SinnOtt, vice president. The president
elect being called on to make a few encouraging re-
marks, responded to the call IN manner worthy Of
him, was listened to with marked attention. ELECTED
loud applause, The vice president was also called
upon to make a speech, which he did, thanking the
association for the honor conferred on him, and
said that he yaHd do all that was in his power to
promote the welfare Of the organization.
As the society are going to have some entertain
Uiv uf If Ia;