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Science and Invention

Bonellis locomotive Electric Telegraph is
a surprising affair if it is all it is declared to
be. 1t is stated that an experiment was made,
"A short time since, on the Italian railroad
between Turin and Mountcalcrii, a distance
Of six miles, when for the first time, q loco
motive RAINING at full speed, repeatedly
exchanged messages with the station whence
it started The questions and answers were
varied and repeated during numerous trips,
without single fault, and the inventor
finally announced his complete success to the
Minister OF Public " orks at Turin, from IA
car running at the rate of a mile in two min
utcs. The ordinary wire line is superseded
by using the common iron railway track, as
"A conductor of electricity generated hya port
able machine
A correspondent of the Newark Advertiser
alluding to the subject, says -
Z" But this simple and ingenious invention
of Italian genius has II still more important
bearing. by means Of it, not only may run
ming trains ho instantly arrested hy commu-
| nIcations from the stations, at whatever dis
! tancc not only may the central and way
] Hlle NllllOliI1 uS'nin ilbll intercourse WIN
them at will, at any point Of the route, or in
any stage of their progress, but the oppo-
! site trans may communicate at any moment
without regard to distance or rapidity Of
movement, with each other, before or behind.
Thus through communications between them
selves, and with the stationary agencies on
the route, collisions may he cilcctually pre-
vented, and warnings be given of obstruc-
tions or arrangements ON the road 1t would
seem impossible to desire any thing more for
the security of passengers and yon IN the
| United States know better than any other
people how to appreciate such a security, -
This plan of converting railways into tele-
graphic lines and making the electric mag
nctic machine an attachment and servant OF
the locomotive, opens new and boundlesS
prospects of usefulness for both, while IT
serves to indicate that no limits can be
assigned to the progress of human skill and
science,
new kind of war rocket has been invent
cd by Mr.. Isaac Edge, Senior, pyrotechnist'
Jersey City. The Congreye rocket, now IN
use by the Allies in the Eastern War, is
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We are constantly called upon TO instruct
some of our more extrayagant brethren in the
way of living on a moderate diet Our luxu-
riOus friend of the Pawtucket Gd>efte holds
up his hands in horror at the idea of being
cut off from his roast beef, and asks in piteous
accents " what are the cheap articles of food
on which we could live healthily, and mhich
wouH continue cheap # all hands, or a large
portion of the people, should hre on them ,"
We will tell you OF course you will not
expect bill offare such as you get at the St
Nicholas or the Astor. In the first place there
is codfsh. Don't turn up your nose at cod
fish 1t is excellent food if you know how to
cook 1t. If you do not, you might as well
eat shingles. 1t is nutritious, palatable and
wholesome, and very cheap. Next We have
pork and beans The man who {does not like
pork and beans is like {" the man who hath
not music in himself" 1t is said that pork
and beans combine, in remarkable degree,
all the elements required for the proper food
of man. Next CLANS, if again you know how
to cook them, and if you do not, you should
be ashamed of yourself living so near the
banks whose discounts never fail. Then we
have rice which few people here know how
to cook, but which, as the Southern people
cook 1t, is most delicious in great variety of
forms
Now here is a bill of fare good enough for
anybody, even for the editor of the Gazette,
who certainly deserves the best sort of living
and it is all comparatively cheap. The list
might be extended but this will do for the
present But, would these articles continue
cheap if everybody should live on them No
but beef would be SO cheap that the evil which
we set out to remedy would disappear. Think
OF a butcher asking you, as an especial favor.
to take first rate cut of beef at eight centsa
pound, and the luxury Of telling him that
you can buy it for six at the next stall. The
price of Goldfish and clans would be altogether
minor consideration under such happy cir
cumstances. es.-PrOU. Jour.
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balanced by pole, which it has been found
impossible hitherto to dispense with, and at
the same time preserve the range of the
rocket Mr.. Edge entirely dispenses with
the pole, and yet maintains his range for
miles This powerful rocket will throw Il
line distance of two miles, having a double
propelling force, or being driven on an angle
of 40 degrees from two muzzlcs on the head
and tail It's destructive bomb is fastened
in the centre, and aim can be taken with
great precision
An exhibition ofncw inventions was rccen-
ly opened IN London, under the patronage Of
u scientific society. Among the most curious
discoveries may be named u leather cement,
so strong and adhesive that boots and shoes
are made with it, in which not single
stitch is seen or required and the process
of mending is so simple, that every man may
he, II not his own boot-maker, at all events,
his own boot mcndcr.
The Scientific American has the following
concerning the combustion Of metals.
During a recent lecture, by Prof Fara day,
at the Royal Institution, London, piece of
pure iron, peculiarly prepared so that its
particles might present IL largo surface to
the action of the oxygen in the atmosphere,
was iguitcd, and continued to burn like
finder. Some iron filings and gunpowder
were mixed together, and sprinkled into the
flame of spirits of wine burning on a plate
when the iron filings caught fire and burnt in
bright sparks. whilst the gunpowder passed
through the flame without igniting, and the
quantity that fell ON the plato was afterwards
dried and exploded. Lead prepared in n
similar way was shown to be still more imam
mahlc, for it caught fire in beautiful flame
when exposed to the air. Prof. Faraday
/ H..
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How To Cook PoTAroRs Potatoes at this
season are very poor eating, unless rightly
cooked, and not one in hundred knows how
to do that. Treated as in the fall and winter,
they come upon the table watery, solid and
eyeryway disagreeable. A Vermont woman,
who has surprised us by making old potatoes
as good as new, dry, mealy and fresh, has
disclosed to us the process she puts them
through to effect so desirable a result The
potatoes are pared and put to soak in cold
water from four to six hours then dropped
into water which is already boiling-an es-
sential point and a little salt added to the
the water improves them. Take them from
the fire the moment they are done pour off
all the water and let them stand uncovered
in the kettle over the fire till the water eva
porates from the surface, and they are ready
for the table The result will astonish those
who try it for the first time, and they will
never return to the old method of boiling
them with the skins on.-Sprins, Republican,
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NEW SERIES, VOL. 9, NO. SO.

III m, -. -. -
e2w,ru .ii ] NV POM lIS fragments are projected
,' u, rc "''' "r' prorciicd merely
t;nj tt vno ouIS'l'g chrrso' man
nShihd II bomb or at the side Of it's Just as
i'kc'Y 10 3e hlt rs man before 1t, when it
ourSts IN ttat way whereas the pieces from
sIell c' from gun IN nearly every instance fly
l?IWaru' so tl'at a person behind 1T, or out
sue thG UNITS ol the conc Of dispersion, is
saic, Mess the shell or bomb bursts in
'front.' OF body ot men, in the air. very
considerable degree ot safety may be attained
ny the men throwing themselves fiat on the
ground ihasmuch as the pieces of shell
whlch bursts on the earth fly upward from the
point where they encounter the mdriD,um of
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THE RIGnT SORT OF WIFE.-During the
last dreadful tornado which passed overMis-
sissippi, tearing up trees, blowing up houses,
and killing cattle an incident occurred near
Paulding, in that State, which is worthy of
record
\ young married couple were alone in the
forest, occupants of Il new home, and distant
two miles from the nearest neighbor. They
had retired to rest, and were absorbed in
slumbcr when the roar of the hurricane
came, like a sonOrous wailing through the
vrimeval trees, and fierce winds struck their
house, tumbling the logs round and about
them. The lady, after much effort succeeded
in cxtricating herself, hut found, to her mo-
mentary dismay, that her husband was en-
tombd in the wreck of their dwelling, and
that it would be impossible for her to relieve
him unaided. She reelected but n moment,
when, turning to her husband, she uttered
some cheering words, and announced her de-
termination to go in quest of assistance
Forth she went in the midst of the bowling
storm, the winds singing requiem over the
ruin they had caused and the stately trees
still crashing in their fall before the omnipo-
tence of the tempest But she needed not
the danger; buoyed by a strong affection she
moved onward, an incarnation of herOism and
self sacrificing love, through the hurricanes
track, and reached unharmed the residence
of her neighhor. Assistance was procured
aud her husband restored to as true wife as
ever hallowed with felicities the life of man.
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While on board the cars. ! was interested
in the conversation of two citizens of Yer
mont who werc lust returning from market
One was n wool-buver, the other drover
The following dialogue was the result of their
recognition
4. " How are calves selling in Boston ;"
B. At twelve cents n pound butter, at
wholesale, at twenty-five cents at retail,
for twcnty-seven to thirty cents y
a. Our Vermont farmers tax an enor-
nous price for what they have to sell There
are men there who are not ashamed to look
you in the face and ask twenty-five cents a
pound for butter. They have been scared to
death about r. famine before it came, and
have put more seed into the ground, by one
third, than they ever did before
b. Yes, even the lazy scamps who hang
about the tayerns, have been walked up TO
do something. Most of them have planted
little patch of land or cultivated q small
garden for fear they might starve. But how
is wool now !,
A. 1t i. low and poor in quality. The
French Merino sheep are humbug. The
clip is small and it does not work well in the
factories. Our Vermont farmers don't pay
attention enough to their sheep. The
Western wool is finer and cleaner. Western
men are more in want of money, and they
take more pains to wash their sheep and pre-
pare their wool for market. Our farmers,
round here, roll up all the dirt in the barn
yard slick and clean in their Aeeces, and then
tie them up with strips of bark to make
them weigh more. When the wool is the
! highest they put in the most irt.-Friend
do you chew tobacco
y. No, ! left off thirteen years ago last
August, and don't smoke nor chew
A. Well, I've been trying to leave of
chewing forty years and have not succeeded
| yet.
b. What creatures of habit we are -
So thought |, from the conversation of
these men. How fluent interest makes a
man. How keen he is in discerning the
faults Of others How ready to cry out
There's fraud IN every trade but ours.
lis nought, tbs nought, saith the buyer ,
then he goeth his way and boasteth
TRAVELLER.
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7 POET Il Y.
ONE Ely ONE.

ONE BY ONE.
One by one the sands are flowing,
Ono by one the moments fall
Some are coming some arc going,
Do not strive to grasp them all.
One hy ono thy duties wait thee,
Let thy whole strength 90 to each,
Let no future dreams clatc thee,
Learn thou first what these eau teach
Ono by one bright gifts from lIcauonN.
Joys nre sent thee here below
Take them readily when given,
Ready too to let them 60.
Ono by one thy gricfs shall meet thee,
DO not fear an armed band
Ono will fade as others greet thee.
Shadow passing through the land.
Do not look at lifo's long sorrow;
See how small each moments plan
God will help thee for tomorrow,
Every day begin again.
Every hour that fleets so slowly.
Has its task to- do or bear;
Luminous the crown, and holy,
If thou set each gem with care
Do not lingcr with rcgrctting,
Or for passing hours dcspond
Nor. the daily toll forgetting,
Look too eagerly beyond.
Hours are golden links, Gods token,
Reaching Heaven bat one by ono
Take them, lest the chain be broken
Ere the pilgrimage he done.
Hopsehoid UotdS.
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How easy it is to say a billion-how easy
it is to write billion but can you count II
bilhon' why not Stop bit. Suppose
you can count 200 in one minute, that is
T. 600 in one hour that is 2SS, 900 in one
day lO5, 100, 600 in one year, But this
would not allow single moment for sleep,
or for any other business whatever To
count billion it would require 9,5l2 years,
80 days, 3 hours, 20 minutes, according to
the above reckoning but suppose we were
to allow the counter twelve hours daily for
rest, eating and sleeping, it would then take
l9,O2i years, 6s days, 10 hours and 40 min
utes, to count billion.
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How THIRSTY Man GOT TWO GLASSES AND
A MUG OF ALE.--'''Will you give me glass
of ale, please > asked rather seedy-ish look
ing person, with an old but well brushed coat
and Almost too shiny hat. 1t was produced
by the bartender, creaming over the edge of
tho tumbler. Thank ye,' said the recipient,
as he placed it to his lips Having finished
it at swallow he smacked his lips, and said
That is very fine ale-rery, Whose is it =
1t is llarman's ale 'Ah IIarman's :, ch !
Well, give us another glass of it, 1t was
done and holding it up to the light and look
ing through it, the connoisscur said ''Pon
my word, it is superb ale-superb clear as
Madeira. | must have some more of that.
Give me a mug fit The mug was furnish
ed; but before putting 1t to his lips the i'm
hiber said, Whose ale did you say this was =
llarman' S, repeated the bartender. The mug
was exhausted, and also the vocabulary OF
praise and it only remained for the Oppro-
ciativo gentleman to say, as he wiped his
mouth and went towards the door 'llarman :
ale, is it, | knotc lIarman very WE'LL shall
see him soon, and will settle with him for two
glasses and a mug of his Incompatible brew
Good mawning gi'''-Knickerbocker Magdsne
70, June.
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The WAYS OF BoMBsHELL.-A column of
white smoke rushing up into the air expands
into concentric rings-then follows the heavy,
dull report, like the beat of some giant drum,
and then comes the shrill scream of the shell
as il describes its fatal curve, and descends
with prodigious velocity increasing rapidly
every instant, till it explodes with the peculiar
noise of "a blast just as it reaches the
ground. At least it ought to do so-but to-
day | watched the shells one after another,
and only two out of throo burst properly,
though the range and flight was beautifully
accurate. The Russian iusees are bad, but
their .artillcrymen are MOTTO be cxcelled when
their practice is undisturbed. 1t was in
teresting-iust as the man of pleasure in
LucrenHs like to see the sea rage when he was
not ON board ship-to look at the shell drop
ping, and to see our active little allies scam
pering away to their cover, and adjusting
themselves to the closest possible connection
with mother earth, till tho hurting masses
had gone by them. Any man with moderate
confidence and experience may despise round
shot at long ranges, if he only sees the
guns from which they come discharged.-
Well, we won't say despisc exactly, but at
all events "evade. But a shell is a
diabolical invention, which no one can regard
AS it approaches without a certain degree OF
miSgiying that the "A triangular piece oi
iugged iron may be whizzing through his
internal economy at the shortest possible
notice afterward
If it is sent from a gun, it fizzes and roars
through the air, and sends its fragments
before it, the cone of dispersion, which is the
neat phrase used by the learned militant to
imply the direction of the bits of shell (or its
contents, when it is filled with bullets, &c.,) }
being in the direction the shell has taken from
the gun, and the fragments being propelled
with portion of the velocity of the shell at
the moment of explosion, II it be discharge
from mortar 1t whistles gently and delicate
ly, giving squeak and roar now and then
as 1t rises to its great elevation, and then
rushing downward with a shriller whistle
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WSmNGLE OLD BUILDISGs--The Maine
Farmer has a new way to shingle old build
inGs. A correspondent says
+" We do not remove the old shingles as is
the general custom, but shingle over them
precisely in the same manner as though they
were cleared off, using clapboard nails. The
and advantage of this method
over the old are claimed and conceded to be
these, viz; that the roof is much less likely
to leak, and that in consequence of the air
having chance to circulate between the
shingles, keeping them dry on the under
side, they are far more durable, Try it.
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A lIrNGRY CARPET BAG.-Thc BufaL
ErpreSS relates an amusing incident which
occurred at Erie few days sin G. \ gentle
man left Cleveland for New York at an early
hour in the morning, without his breakfast.
and being very hungry, upon the arrival of
the train at Erie, entered the dining room,
and placing his carpet bag upon a chair sat
down beside it and commenced valorous
attack upon the yiands placed before him.
by and by the proprietor of the cstab-
lshmcnt came around to collect fares and
upon reaching our friend, calculated Dol
lar, sir dollar y responded the eat
ing man, dollar-thought you only chnrg
ed fifty cents meal for onc-ch p That's
true, said McaunesS, but count your car
pet bag one, since it occupies seat Clho
table was far from being crowdcd) Our
friend postuatcd, but the landlord insisted
and the dollar was reluctantly brought
forth. The landlord passed on. Our friend
deliberately arose and opening his car
pet bag, full in its wide mouth discoursed
unto it, saying, Carpet bag, it seems you re
an individual human individual, since
you eat-at least I've paid for you, and now
you must eat, upon which, he seized every
thing catable within his reach, nuts, raisins,
apples, cakes, pies, and amid the roars Of
the bystanders, the delight of his brother
passengers, and discontinue Of the landlord,
phlegmatically went and took his scat in
ears. lie said he had provisions enough to
last him to New York, after bouutiful
supply had been served out in the cars
There was at least s. worth in the bag
upon which the landlord realised nothing
in the way of profit, So much for mean
ness
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by the same laws as the affairs of individ-
uals ~ 81 deny that to be a fact" for cx
rcriencc has in my Judgment shown that
when the tariff is highest we have been MS a
nation IN the most prosperous condition,
THAT is more than | know" said the
shilling. W.
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CosT OF KEEPING SHEEP.-The yearly ex-
pense of keeping sheep in Vermont is stated
by writer in the Patent Reporter at 81 80
per head. Wisconsin is put at so cents
sheep. In Missouri at 40 cents in Maine at
81 a, in Virginia at As cents. The Shaker
Society in Kentucky rate the cost there at
from so to IS cents per head.
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-lr Is TOLD of nm itlnerant phrenologist, p,
who had appointed n lecture somewhere in
Alabama, (whcre they cut down the tcle-
graph poles because they prevent its raining, }
that he was waited upon by a committee of
the enlightened citizens and ordered to leave
the place they were not abolltlonists and
would not therefore tolerate 1ree-nology.
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ITEMS At HOME AND ABROAD.

-rnE notorious Mrs Robinson, or the
vcll"d murdercss' rs she has been called,
was sentenced at Troy, N Y, on the 10Th,
to he hung on the ID of August At the
conclusion of her sentence. when the Judge
commended her soul to God S mercv she told
him he had better pray for his own soul.
When about to leave the court room. she
turned, and pointing her finger toward Judge
Harris, soleunly exclaimed .-''Judgc Harris,
may the Judge of Judges be your Judge "
The Troy Wing says Of her.
g She is yet to show the first sign of con-
triton, or Of apprehension for her final fate.
She has asked no fayors, and scorncd all
public sympathy. And yesterday. in passing
through an ordeal in which the hearts Of
stout men felt deeply for her, and her own
sex present were moved to tcars-she stood
up as if glad of an opportunity to confront
the Court-to breast the storm gathering
about her, and roll it back by reterating the
charge of - conspiracy against Judge and
jury. Her micn was that Of the heroine, not
OF the drab but yainly did we look for the
WOMAN.
-Thc Syracuse Chronicic of the 5th -.
makes a melancholy announcement. 1t says
L" We are startled to-day by the death of
| tranccs W. Dcanc, who was married only a
week ago yesterday in this city to Franklin
/ j. Ottarson. one Of the Assistant Editors of
! the \. Y. Tribune. She taken ill two
| days after her marriage, and died this morn.
ing. Most sincerely do we sympathize with
the bereaved husband, who is thus. from the
height of connubal joy. plunged into the
deepest woe. What a sad change
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