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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-12-11

People in Newport, and strangers approach
ing the city, take hasty glance at Goat island,
and know that the United States government
has there located torpedo station; and that is
about all that has been publicly known Of the
station. The first movement for its establish
ment was made in September, 1863, when Com
mauder L. O. MattheWs-thCn attached to the
bureau OF ordnance in Washin9ton-was Sc
lected for the work on account Of his special
qualifications and adaptability for prosecuting
successfully q series Of experiments, winch, in
government interest," were 10 be Of the most
thorough description.
BY February, 1870, operations commenced in
earnest for the manufacture OF the torpedocs and
in instructiug officers in their use. A new ma
chine shop is now building, which is OF brick,
two stories in height, and will, when completed,
be model Of its kind. West of the machine
shop is a brick building, used for storage on the
first floor of all extra finished parts oil macilin-
rry, apparatus for experiment, ETC.. while i'm the
loft is the telegraphic machine under the hands
Of students, who are qualifying themselves for
operatives.
Within Fort Walcott is a laboratory where
the materials for ignitur and exploding the
torpedo are prepared. Out OF the fort, on the
west shore of the island are two small build
ings especially devoted 10 the manufacture of
the terrible explosives, tri-nitrOgiyCerine and
dualin, and north of them is a still for the
manufacture of chemicals Chemistry and cleo
tricty play most important parts in torpedo
manufacture, and the student is obliged to
throw off ali horror of diSagreeable work, don
the proper clothing, and add by practice 10 what
he has previously acquired theoretically. From
the first day to the last Of the students stay it
is constant work with head aud hands, and If
he does not prove an efficient officer IL surely
will not be the fault OF the government. In the
building known as the headquarters are small
In o1 a
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The Traffic ia Faces.
E-nrn IL. ~ vi. MI

Let Us step into a shop for the sale Of photo
graphs in this CITY, aud learn by what means
the pictures Of prominent people are taken, how
they sell, etc. There is a great demand for a
picture Of 4. T. Stewart, the merchant prince,
but not picture OF him can be had-therc are
none uthe MARKET, and never have been Mr..
Stewart declines to have his lace photographed,
mounted on q card, and sold 10 the public.
B1mVr aay- that John Bright once sent hin a
polite request for his photograph, but be de.
cllDed. There IS no merchant ia the United
States whore picture would sell 50 we'll People
have All Intense desire 10 see him Why Mr..
Stewart declines to be popuiarlzcd Is not known,
but be probably does 80 for purposes oil scll-prO-
lection, that be may be- able 10 20 10 Saratoga
aud about the country without being annoy ed
by people Who seek employ ment or ask for
money
Mr. Stewards not alone in this popularity.
His great rival, II. b. Clahiu, is ia demand, but
no picture Ol him can be had Alter much
urging, Quincy was allowed 10 take life SIZE
portrait Of him, which was added u the gallery
ol famous New York merchants and bankers.
Some small copies Of this picture were taken,
and offered 10 the public As soon a. Mr. Cal-
lu heard vt tie TACT nc made representations 10
Air. Quincy which caused that arust 10 with
draw them. So there are uOue Of this famous
merchant 10 Dig had The same facts are true
VI Jay Cooke, the well known banker A lew
Of bis pictures came before the public in mucn
the same way ms MT- JlabiH s, ana ne at once
stopped the sale Of them
For a long time II was impossible 10 get
single picture Of Mrs. Harriet Beecher stowe.
She always IN listed upon being taken on The
same card with her brother, Henry Ward
Beecher. Many people wanted Mrs. Stowe by
herself. Alter working for months, and w the
use Of Little strategy, a prominent dealer 10
New YORK. succeeded IN getting her picture. He
offered a certain EDITOR 1--WE dollars II he would
induce Mrs Stowe to ut Tor her picture, which
She finally did. The pOriraitthus procured was
very good one. Mrs. Stowe looks more aud
more like her famous brother as She grows
older. The publication Of her True Story Of
Lord byron damaged her popularity immense
", and there was great falling off IN the dc.
mand for her piciures, which has never fully
recovered. Her picture sells very well now.
II is not difficult 70 get pictures Of all prom.
ueut ACTORS aud singers. These are public
characters, and the more they are advertised The
better. There is a constant demand for the bic.
lures Of actors and singers who have national
reputation, such as Booth, 10 Jefferson, See
bach, RistOri, Parepa Rosa, Nilsson, etc. The
sale Oi the pictures Of actors always increases
while they arc playing, and then drops OFF. The
call Tor pictures Of local actors stops as soon as
they leave the stage.
Among actors, the sale Of Edwin Booths pic.
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The B.ouisIana "Acajens.,,

A correspondent of the Washington Chronicle
gives this interesting account of the descendants
Of the luckless Acadians, the story of whose ex-
lie is so pathetically told in Longlallow's Evan
geline:
"The traveller in southern Louisiana, floating
along the sluggish rivers and bayous, skimming
past cypress swamps, or idling beneath the
spreading cottonwood, lost in reYeres Of the
careless life Of the city above or of the land of
streams around, meets, perchance, an AcaJen
sculling his oyster uggcr or banana skltt, or
fitting across the wastes TO his hut in the clear
ing, remote, unlriendly, melancholy, Slow"
The stamp Of distinct nationality in his coun-
tenauce, his detected, listless air. equally atyar
auce with the energy of the northerner and 1.-THE
bGOyauCy Ofthe L0uisianian, excite curiosity
The traveller pushes along the streams, and
crosses the labyrinth oil brush and creeks, and
slips Of land and wafer basins, to ridge of al
luvian on the river margin, where he DeholdS
the Acaieu settlement, u cluster of adobe cabins
matched with palmetto leaves, and interSpersed
with orange groves and clumps of bananas,
which indicate the industries of the simple
tenants.
Neither the name nor the settler suggests the
Acadians OF Grand Pre-, yet, indeed here is the
last relics Of those eXiles, the sad close OF life
begun in dylhc ease upon our northern ooasti
in the quiet depths OF these swamps the Nor
man outcaSts have found the oblivion they
sought. The habits of their life are those of a
hundred years ago; their speech is unknown
alike to the American traders and French plan
ters; thew shrink IRON all intercourse with the
white races around, and hold themselves proud
ly aloof from the colored people in their midst.
The most enterprising penetrate to the cen
tiers of trade to DISPOSE Of hsb, game and fruits.
their sole merchandise; but, traffic ended, they
hasten back to their Isolated settlements.
Their utter destitutfon of the apoliances of
modern life is uncomfortable: in single com.
munity of twelve hundred no minister mas been
ray man, ,eovs s,y,o a C,thoiic ,,riest and no
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lures takes the lead. More are sold of him than
Of all the other actors in the United States. He
is a particular layorite with the ladies. His face
is perfectly pure in its expression, without the
least trace Of sensuality, and is also highly in
telligent. II has pensive, half sad expression,
which bewitches the ladies, none of whom object
TO having his picture in their album.
Among women, Mrs. Scott-Sddons has the
same expression of face, which is fascinating for
all pure-minded men; and they purchase largely
of her pictures. Photographers say no woman
ever appeared on the American stage who made
picture Of such absolute perfection. Very few
people ever care for the picture OF Mrs Scott
Sddons' husband, and the only way she could
float his face into the market was by having it
put on the same card with herself. # is Gu
mous TACT, too, thar there is no call for Mrs.
Edwin's BOOTHS picture.
Other husbands who have noted wives are Just
as unfortunate as Mr.. ScOtt-SiddOns. Nobody
ever calls for Prof. stoves picture, the husband
of Harriet Beecher Stowe; nobody asks for Mr..
Stanton's picture, the husband of Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, und there was no sale of Ristori's
husband until his picture was displayed in the
shop windows as "Ristori's husband" when
few took pity on him and purchased.
There are more pictures sold of Henry Ward
Beecher than OF all the rest of the clergyman III
the United States put together
or the editors, Horace Greeley sells more than
all the rest of the editors in the country. Wheth-
er we laugh or cry, the fact is that he is very
popular with the farmers throughout the nation.
Since his nomination for president he has been
fairly worn down by photographers, anxious TO
get him to sit for them. Hundreds OF different
pictures have been taken, most of which are
good, while some are excellent. The one he likes
best is a card picture, representing his face pro-
file, as if it had been struck as a medallion. In
less than a week after The Cincinnati convention
he was so pursued by the man with the camera
that he had to 90 into hiding in the house of a
friend, MIR. Storrs, in Brooklyn. The telegraph
had hardly announced the nomination Of B..
Gratz Brown, before a New York photographer
started for ST. Louis The same was true of
Hon Henry Wilson
Authors are now photographed as readily as
actors or presidents. A certain publishing
house up town displays pictures Of its book
makers in the window, about which crowds of
curious people can be seen studying the shaggy
face of Josh Billings, the handsome, clean cut
features of John Hav, the pleasant, roguish
eye Of Bret Harte, or the sober countenance of
Mark Twain. It is difficult to get a good pic
ture OF George William Curtis, as he never
visits photographers. Whittier is another diff
cult mau 10 catch, although there are good pho
tographs OF him TO be had. Of Lester Wallack' s
brother there are no photographs 10 be had
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A Bad Argument.

Professor Adams OF Michigan university
makes an argument in behalf of state aid TO
colleges, which is not likely TO do his cause
much service. Ia his view it is well enough to
promote the general education of the people;
bat, says he, "while devohng large sums to the
education Of The masses, we forget that the
masses aIe directed by The fear, and that il is es-
senlia 10 the republic that the few be in every
way qualified 10 give the best dhcction." There
fore, vote and give money TO the colleges which
educate the "few," and thus give the masses
competent directors. 1t is plain that Professor
Adams himself needs that sort Of education
which would enable him TO understand the
common school "masses' Of our country and
their influence on public affairs. He makes an
assumption in regard TO them which the facts
do not warrant, and ascIibes 10 his select "lew"
an influence and power which they dolnot possess
We hold in the highest estimation the liberal
education furnished by our best colleges, which,
in some of them, grows better every year But
the knowledge and intellectual training they
give is not the same as that which trains men
for practical work in life, or prepares them to
become representatives Of the masses and sue
eessiuI managers Of public affairs. In this
fcOuntry, where the common school ex-
lists, the masses" are neither " led"
nor directed" They insist on being represent
ed; and we need not 20 further than the recent
presidential canvass, to see how little power the
most capable, prominent, and honored men
have to direct" the masses" when they cease
to represent them. As for preparation to deal
skiliully with public affairs, and understand
what kind Of representation IS demanded By
those who select reI resentatiyes, it can not be
acquired in the students cloister" or the pro-
fessor's lecture room.
The gentlemen who direct the course Of edu.
cation in our best colleges, are generally capa.
bic and competent Among them are accom-.
plished scholars; men learned in the various
departments OF knowledge, and accustomed TO
live in Millions "still arr Of delightful studies y
They have much less Of that training which
comes OF being cont in the wont' where men
deal practically with lie and earn to interpret
the popular common sense, than Of scholarship.
or course there are exceptions. We state
the rule; and observation will show
that when these men undertake to
deal with political questions and move.
menis, they generally do it as dainty theorists
and dilletantists. They are admirable in their
chosen places dong their proper work; but
they are not admirable when they undertake
something for which they have not been quail
fec by their training aud their method Of lie.
They are excellent as directors Of college educa-
ton; bot il would be disastrous 10 lbe public
service II they should be taken from their pres
an md. b..
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-12-11

HE ACCIDENT oNTHE PENNSYLVANIA RAIL.
ROAD.-Ihis IS an explanation the PennsylVa-
MIA Central railroad gives OF the fatal accident
20 the Cincinnati express on Thursday: The
hrat section Oi the train left Altoona thirty.fye
minutes late; the second section with DELAYED
Pan Handle connection lett one hour twelve
minutes late. 10 passing Lewiston the first sec
ton was forty minutes lare, second section fifty
TWO minutes late. After passing Lewiston, the
engine Of tue first section failed 10 steam we'll,
and gradually lost time The second section,
on tue contrary, was probably making lis SEIZED.
ule run, when the engineer saw the rear lights
OF the INST train and put on his air brake and
could nave stopped his train in time TO avoid a
collision, had nor the coupling between the ex.
press and baggage car brOken-the result of
which was that the rear part Of the train came
10 sop with the brakes on hard:
but the engine, having only its own
brake aud those OF the express car to
hold n, ran on, and, although reversed, col
nded with tue rear sleeper Of the front train, as
above stated. The engine was not disabled
and was competent 10 take lis train on to Har
nspurg, out the Two rear sleepers Of the first
section were badly broken. Our rules are i'm.
pcraliYe that when two sections Vi a passenger
train are run the rear section must be kept
not less than fifteen minutes behind the irst
one. 10 insure hat this be done, operators at
telegraph stations are required 10 show a red
light Tor fifteen minutes after the FIRST section
passes, aud, as an additional precaGtion to pro-.
vide against contingency Of the 1rst tran losing
time between stations, The rear brakeman Of it
is furnished with English iu5ee signals, which
will burn for fifteen minutes. Under all cir
cumslances, these signals he Is required 10 light
and throw Of M freq leut intervals. Whenever
a tlain is found 10 BE- losing lime, the conductor
is required 10 see personally that this is done.
~ these precautions bad been carried out the &C.
cideul could NOT have occurred. Investigations
are now being made which Will show where the
fault lies.
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MUGBl JCNcTioN.-A letter from Rugby,
ENGLAND, has Tins paragraph
Rugby also derives au interest from the pen Of
another writer, Cnnrles Dickens, the scene of
whose "Nugby junction" is laid here. The
ladies who manage the reffcshment room at
the station are the same ones whom he ridcules
in the "8oy az Mugby," and, naturally enough
they arc rather tender on the subject Of this
story, and do not care t. talk about il. Nor is
1t Tor sale at the book stand in the station But
how great is tue power Of ridlculel Dickens
found tue restaurant here an uncomfortable, in
hOspltaBe place.
he has lelt il the best railway eating-house ia
England, 81 far as ! have seen, Many of the
French dcicaclcs 10 which lie 80 ieelingly
alludes are now 10 be had here, aud have seen
them nowhere else. Lille lunches ali ready TO
take into ears, small vine bottles, WHICH eau be
put right in the pocket, good sandwiches, and
IN fact, great variety Of nicely prepared
yands may now be found here, aud the! English
public must thank Dickens that Il is so,
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-12-11

Public attention having been called during
the last few days TO the insecurity of Mansard
roofs in case Of fire, a Tribune reporter visited
some OF the largest buildings having such roofs
70 ascertain how much danger was to be aHiici.
pated from them. He visited, among Others,
The building belonging 10 the mutual life insur.
ance comuanv, the basement of which is occu-
pied by the Safe Deposit Company oil New
York In answer to inquiries, Mr.. jerks, the
president Of the latter company sad that he
mad received letters from anxious depositors re-
gardina the Mansard roof on the Mutual build
ING. He stated that they now bad $4,000 names
on their books, all interested in the safety Of the
binding, having property to the value of mil
lions Of money deposited there. He claims that
the building IS absolutely "hre proof. He
said:
II is built of blick laid in cement (Which is
harder than brick) and faced with marble four
stories high. The interior is divided from front
TO rear by three massive walls of hard brick
laid in cement, two feet thick running to the
coping of the building. The outside walls OF
the sale deposit company are four feet thick.
The floors 10 the Top are laid upon short and
heavy iron beams, not over three feet apart,
running from wall to wall of The five walls.
thus making short beams with little power TO
contract, expand or twist These iron beams
are connected by strong arches of brick laid in
cement, grouted on top 10 level and oycrlaid
with marble. The ceilings are pasfered upon
are of iron as well as the surbascs Of every door.
The Offices Of the Safe Deposit company. as
well as tue Mutual Life, the First National
bank, and the American bank note company.
who occupy all the other portions Of the build.
Ing, can be closed in short time with iron
shutters. In order to accommodate the Amcri.
can bank note company, who had leased the
upper half Of the building before its foundations
were laid au iron Mansard roof was added last
wear, tue side and back brick walls being car.
Tied up 10 its roof for protection on the two sides
contiguous TO other buildings There is no
wood used in its construction inside or outside
including its external OrnameutatiOu. The slat-
ing is secured to the corrugated iron BIZ COPPER
nails, ciinched on the inside The bank note
company, doing part Of the government bond
and currency printing, co I'd not afford IN run
any risk FROM 1re, and the extraordinary strength
OF the building was intended 10 meet their need,
for storage Of their steel plates and the pressure
Of theiT presses.
Mr.. jerks further said that he believed the
building 70 De the strongest in the world Of any
devoted to business purposes.
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Gbs 9g spp Gamests aaltOnesoap unq seeembr H. 1879.

WHEN DUNE ANIMALS cry out their gladness,-when
eripples take up their beds and walk-when Rheuma-
tism banishedsti joints made limber and swelings
disappear as if by magic, well may enquire into the
secrets of the wonderful Cenaur Lniment. There has
never been anything like it, 1t has performed more
cures of flesh, bone muscle ailments upon man and
beast in the past three months, than all other articles
have in three hundred years.
CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Casteria. 1t regulates
the stomach wind collie and natural sleep
1t is a substitute for castor oil. deoplw&w dill
To CURE A couch, TO relieve all irritations of the
throat to perfect soundness and health to the
most delicate organizations of the human irame-the
Lungs-use Dr.. W1sta,'s Balsan Of Wild CbeT7y which
is still prepared with the care in the selection an
compromising of It's various ingredients as when it
introduced to the public by DR.. Wstar forty years
since. deop&wlw Ill
\ GLORIOUS REooRD.-Twelve years ago few modest
lines in New York journal invited public attention to
Vegetable Restorative and solicited trial its
merits a remedy for indigestion, beusness fever and
ague, debility, disorders rheumatism, and all
complaints requiring invgOatng and regulating treat
ment. In this quiet, mpretentous way Plantation
Biters introduced to the world. 1t a success
from the beginning All that claimed for it as a
tonic corrective and antdote to malarious fever was
found be strictly Within five years the annual
sales of this article amounted over One Million Of
Bottles. few years more and the demand had sweled
to fee millions. The annual consumption Of the buffers
has now reached the amos incredible aggregate Of SIX
MILLIONS OF BOTTLES and for every bottle sold copy
OF the Illustrated Medical Annual published by the pro
prietors at cost of sl5O,00e, is given away.
dc Ylw&deoplw
Loss OF APPETITE, Heartburn, Papitation of the
Heart, Dizziness Sleeplessness Constipation, Wind,
Mental and Physical Debility and Melancholy, are
caused By disarangement Of the digestive organs To
thoroughly master these symptoms, WHITES SPECIALITY
FOR DYSPEPSIA is the only prompt eRcieat and safe
remedy. II. G. WHITE, Proprietor, lO7 Washington st..
Boston, Price, 81 per bottle. dM,W&S6w3m %
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DOMESTIC MARKETS.

new YORK Dec. 10 Cotton irregular and quiet: sales
2i6B bales; mlddlng upands lhHc Flour dull and in
n ~ 925; western ST so a s.65; southern S70 G1 POO
heal heavy and a &c lOwer sales 92OOO bush; 40
spring at sl53q ~; Nos aud mixed at sl,5O. winter
red western slbML59 Corn an le beter sales $4,000
bush steamer mixed western 6iH % 6jAc: sail 90 66e
oats q e lower; sales 81 QUO bush new white 5lbIc
old western mixed 30 a j5c Beet dun Pork duh new
mess sl3 q 1873. Lard quiet and firm at 7H@s.c Bnt-
ter quiet; state "A q DC. whskey steady az 9jc Rice
IN moderate requcst CarOint at "a a. SIZE sugar In
moderate request; MuscovaO at 81 a. lOc refining Ok
@9Hc. Cohee hrmeri Rio l5A @ lskc. Molasses In
Sr Te9ges New 9eaas % q 5ye TPentne dun az
crude at lZ' q l5c; refined at &c. Taow weak at W
CHiGAGo, Dec. 1O-Flour in good demand al GO le IL
Tor extra spring. Wheat opened tm hut closed tlu and
lowers 20 spring nOminally at 5l,2O "a In: 70 2 al
rejecte 9! n 93c Corn quiet aud weak Ro2 mixed nj
W. az 5lhc on the spot or seller December; rejected
25Ac iof 40 2; 23.c lor elected rye arm and scsree
a. SIC tJr Barley quiet and weak 6Ok 40 SIC Tor
deliverable in March at sll.s7H@ll Lard-demand good
anu ul preesi eash l-6c seller December lac teer
January generally held he higher. Green hams M ss
~ 7ij for 20 and 10 pound averages green short ribs ~
DC; dressed hogs al "a IS a. $50 Whskey IN fair dc
mand and higher at s9c Receipts-lO6 OOH NH. Am "a IN
rye, 2l00O bush barley Shpuents70OO bbls ionr n Oag
bush wheat 5000 bush corn 2d,O)O bush oats zO50 bnsI
WATFRTows. Dec. 10 acknowledgements l3i head
the sharp cool weather has been favorable for beef and
e tia9s soud ys Deen good We're It not that theres
TOO much STOCK IN the city and the trade there Is dull:
prices aye not lmp0Yed sales Of choice NJ Sll a ~!
extra ss5g g sigbyi Met quality 81 % 81; second
and Lainb5-eoelpts il7) head; there were l4l0 lex
sheep IN The market Than last week which were selling
comfortably ca but butchers would not Increase he
rates and much Of the took was commssioned on 10
close out sales IN lots at 50 q $50 eac extra ut So a
NEW oRLEANs, Dec Cotton firm and in good de-
mand at ID g 9hc.