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THE CRESOENT's DISPATCHES.
FROM WASHINGTON.

Proceedings of Cor gress-CIaims Pushed
Agsibst Confederate Agents Abroad-Prs-
perty At, aeReo In FraRce-The 7-s0 BOnds-
Executive PS rdons-The whisky Tax
Con H. nations by tn e senate-New Miiit Ary
Observation-Disclosures COmmand-Inter-
nal Revenue ReceIP's-Adjatant General
ThomHs-Aieg.d whisky Frauds In New
OrIeans-sena toT Thomas.
WAsuINGroN. FEB. -H0use.-Grant was d.
rected TO fpTnifh the House his correspondence
with Gen. HsbcOck.
A resolutiSn was offered taxing federal bonds
The bill extending the patent for a wooden
screw pakng machine was lost
The speaker submitted a communication from
the secretary OF war covering orders issued by
district commanders.
A resolution from the Virginia convention pray.
tlg for reduction OF the tobacco tax, was re-
lerred to the cODmttee on ways and means. Ad.
jOurned.
lSendte-The president was asked whether he
bad created a new military department, and un-
der what law.
The bill in relation to filing vacancies was
passed. IL provides that Offices vacant by sick
ness or otherwise may be flied by the president
for ten days, provided that appointees salary shall
not be increased.
The case OF Senator Thomas. of Maryland. was
resumed and discussed TO executive session. Ad'
journed.
The government il pushing claims against Con.
federate agents. About Gome seven million dol
lars worth of property has been seized in France.
Claims az ainst Mr. McRae approximate $I2 600 0DD.
He also sold tweuty-siX ships to various parties,
proceedings against whom are about being in-
siituted.
The treasury department suggests that 7.3o
bonds due the 18th Of June and july amounting u
1900 600 eco, be promptly forwarded, otherwise
there will be delay IN returning 5-2O bonds, into
which 30's are convertible.
The president has pardOned Commodore Faran,
who commanded at Pensacola navy yard, but re-
signed to JOIN the Confederacy.
TIE wLi-by tax from 1868 to 1867 has averaged
$27,C0O,0 GOO per annum.
Ethan Alien. collector OF customs for the Teche,
Louisiana; Albert G. Gridley, general appraiser
Of merchandise for the South. aud E. ]. Morgan,
surveyor OF customs. Selma, Alabama, have been
confirmed by The senate.
An official proclamation was issued to-day, ere.
atBg tie new military division of the Atlantic.
comprising the departments OF the Lakes, East
and Washington, 10 be commanded by Gen. Sher-
man, with headquarters al Washington.
The president orders Grant TO assign Sheridan
to temporary command Ct the division OF Missouri.
Internal revenue receipts to day s2l3 600.
Gen. Lorenzo Thomas has been assigned TO
duty as adjut,nt general Of the army, relic wing
Gen. Townsend, who has been acting since 1862.
COrode presented a communication, supported
by aflidaviis, regarding alleged whisky frauds in
New Orleans. 1he papers are quite voluminous.
II alleges that each dstiller pays the whisky ring
$1,000 per month the revenue officers getting a
portion OF the money.
There are strong indications that Senator
Thomas will be jecIed
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Editorial Paragraphs. Etc.

Mrs. Lander and Zoe are in Chicago.
Punch calls the earth an old revolver.
Boston has gone into the soup-house business.
Thad. Stevens is president of hose company
in Lancaster.
Aa~-.- nf -intsmnAraia -hahiis must avoid -nnrn0d
meat and ale tctUes.
crow never makes itself heard without
csuse.-[Ex.
Tho story Of Mrs. I,iuvviu's insanity 10 vUutru-
dicted.
Accounts from Maine say this is the coolest
winter there for twenty-five years.
lady pronounces the Paris masked balls TO be
ssdder than the Catacombs.
A genuine moekng- -bird-a stuffed parrot.
Maine newspaper, speaking Of the scarcity Of
water in that State. says that no class OF men
suffer from it more than the milkmen.
The New York Times regards Train ia the light
Of a special providence Furnishing the New York
World for its political sins.
An English paper suggests mathematical
problem for policemen; find the =" center" " of the
Fenian circles.
When the New York World reads Yallaudg-
ham out of the Democratic party, it evidently re-
gsrds him as a spoiled piece of Western bacon.
In Paris, the latest novelty, produced by the
cold weather, is announced to be anOse protector
lined with fur.
There are said to be seven aspirants for Sum-
ner's senatorial mantle, and three Of them are
Butler, Banks and Bullock.
The New York World is devoting too much
space to that "howlng idiot, George Francis
Train"
Sergeant Bates, with the American flag, arrived
at Selma, Ala, on the llth inst. He was cordially
received.
The total cost of Central Park up to this time
has been $40 2l4 ,l43 2l. 1t was visited last year
by 2, ,99S 77O pedestrians 1894 equestrians, and
1881 697 vehicles.
The French prince IMPERIAL, who is a great sub
iect of gossip, is said to be losing his beauty.
His nose is long, his eyes gray, and he is short
| in stature.
Mason Jones said in a recent lecture in London: /:
I" If the Emperor Napoleon or President Johnson
were to land single boat load of soldiers on the
Irish coast the country could not be held twenty
| four hours"
In Georgia, it is announced, that while ma
ority of the planters in the southern and western
portions of that State have become bankrupt in
their attempts to raise cotton, almost every farmer
in Northern Georgia has made money by raising
wheat and corn.
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MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, Feb. 4-Evening.-Cotton easier
Sales will reach 10 000 bales. Amount afOat for
Liverpool 100000 bales, including 10000 bales
oNDoN, Feb. l4-Noon.-Consols 93I. Bonds
PARIS. Feb. 14-Bullion in the Bank Of France
has iDcre ssed 900 francs. BJurse higher.
Rentes strong.
Sales 5000 bales. Sales of the week ia 600 bales
II which 5000 were for speculation aud Is 900 for
export. Stock on hand 2sS,0 bales, of which
l22 600 bales are American.
Bresdstufis and provisions quiet.
LONDON, Feb. Il, EVening.-Consols 93t. Bonds
LIvFEPsoL. Feb. IA, Evening.-Cotton closed
frmer. Uplsuds st0s5d.; Orleans S49SBd.
Sales 10 600 bales.
Manchester sdvices unfavorable. Bresdstuffs
and provisions unchanged. Sugar "a. Turpen-
tine advanced 80. Rosin unchanged.
NEW YORK, Feb. H.-COiton 40tc. lower.
Sales 2lOO bales. Middlings 2Ol0204. Flour less
active-pTices unchanged. Wheat unchanged.
Corn closed heavy: mixed Western 81 Pool %
Southern white 81 24Ggl 25 New Orleans 81 l50
| q. Oats sac. Mess pOrk-new s22 62k; old
s22 IL. Lard I49l4}c. Groceries quiet. Rosin
{367. Turpenune 81 65@l 66. Freights dull
cotton by sail &C., by steamship aG3c. Govern
mepts duh and steady. Carolina seyensSl. Ster-
ing 9l@9lc. Gold excited during the afternoon
and reached l4lt.
NEw YORK. Feb. II.-Money easy snd quiet.
The last call. sub.tressury balance, $l02 750,O0j.
Five.twenties OF 1852, llik; Of 1864, lOos Of
1865, 1923; Of 1861, 1919. Ten-lordes, lO4i.
seven thirties, llOB.
AUGUSTA, Feb. l4.-Cotton market active but
easier. sales to-day ll40 bales. Receipts 200
| bses. Biddngs. ls44lS}e.
| LOUISVILLE, Feb. l+.-rohacco firm, $ 251
sl7 so for logs TO medium Leaf, and So for manu-
| featuring leaf. Flour-superine ss9gS -, fancy
| sl2 so. Corn dull and lower shelled in bulk
| 74c. Oats 66(l67c. Wheat 81 50Q2 55. Lard
| l4c. Mess pork t23. Bacon shoulders lO4'.,
clear sides l3i0l3lc. Cotton ls9lS4c. Whisky
| nominal.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. I4.-Tobacco slightly easier.
| Flour very dull aud unchanged. Wheat 50 lj8
| 81 60. Corn s6M903. Oats dull at 6j86Sc. Mess
! pork s22 5O6I23. Bacon clear sides l24Gl3c.
! shoulders lOc. Lard dull at 1890.
Weather clear and mild.
MOBILE, Feb. l4.-COtton sales today 201
| bales. Market closed fat and nominal at S5Dl9c.
| for middling. Receipts 207O bales. Sales Of the
| week IL 800; receipts Il 4G6. Receipts 10 date
| 279, ,764. Received same time last year lS},509
| Exports for the week-foreign 1862; cOastWise
| 1857, Stock on hand 76 80 bales.
! C1NCINNATI, Feb. l4.-FlOur steady; family
| sllMu 50. Wheat 81 40G2 so. Corn s2Ds6c
| Oats frmer at G6667c Mess pork unchanged
| Buk meats shoulders Slc., sides lOlc., cleal
| sides llic. BacOn-shOuders l04c., rib side
ll{c., Gear rib l23c., clear sides lS4c. Lard i
held st l4l9li4. Butter higher-36GiOc.
| CHARLESTON. Feb. H.-COttOn declined 3Gt
Sales today 600 bales. Middlings l9sG2Oc. Re
! ceipts 1920.
| SAvANNAH, Feb. l4.-Cottou dull and nominal
| Sales 10 day $50 bales. Receipts 327l bales
| Middlings, l9ldl93c.
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Referring 10 the recent municipal removals and
appointments, the Alexandra Democrat says:
"Gtn. Hancock has turned out the notorious
Baker little Phil. Sheridan's appointee Of street
c mmissione- for New Orleans. He has also
ousted three aldermen and six assistant aldermen
Of the board Of common council Of that city, and
appointed in their places some Of the most solid
men Of the city. Good icks, general, hit them
azajn and the devil take care of the wounded"
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The Alexandra Democrat announces that az the
request of a large number of leading citizens Of
ihe parish public meeting will be held At the
ballroom Of the lee House Hotel, next Monday
evening, for the purpose of organizing in Rapides
the Democratic party, "tO cooperate with The
central committee at New Orleans, and the ma
tional committee az Washington. in opposition
20 the destructive radical party which now mis-
rules the country" A parish committee Ia also
TO be appointed, and delegates to be chosen to
represent Rapides in the convention to be held in
III city the 5th of March.
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PROM SOUTHWEST PASS.

SOUTHWEST Pass, Feb. AL A. N.-Wind
north northeast and strong. Barometer 3O:3O.
Arrived BRUSH ship Prince George, Hawkins,
London, to Maury & Co. No departures.
soUTHwEsT PASS, Feb. l4-6 P. M.-Wind n. N.
Eight.
Arrived Steamship Harlan, from Galveston +;
merchandise and passengers TO g. A. Whitney
& Co.
sailed-ship KeliOn; brigs Hope and Flora.
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OPENING OF THE CHICKAsABOGUE PAPER
Mills. - This great enterprise, the result OF
Soulhern capital and labor, was formally opened
yesterday 10 the inspection Of the stockholders
and invited guests.
At $50 A. NJ. a special train left the depot Of the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and conveyed to Chick
asabogue q large party OF gentlemen. comprising
some of our most prominent and Influential ciu-
zens. They were received at the depot by Mr..
Willis G. Clark, the enie eprising and able presi-
dent of the company, who conducted them to the
mill ard showed them through every part of II.
The mills were put in operation. and the party
had sn opportunity OF observing the process by
which the paper was made.-l Mobile Register.
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FROM WILMINGTON, N. c.
Large Fire.

WILMINGTON, n. c., Feb. l3, 9:45 P. M.-A dis
astrous FIRE is raging on Market street. Il origin
ated az $40 in q store occupied by Charles Guth-
man. II is feared the entire block bounded by
Market. Front, Dock and Second streets, will be
destroyed.
1880 p. M.-The FIRE is raging with unaoated
fury. thus far the following establishments have
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been burned: Charles Guthman, clothing; r. 8.
Waldron, dry goods: DR.. I. B. Carr, and Drs.
Arlington & Everett, dentists; II. II. Munson,
clothing; A. Wionski, dry goods; c. NJ. Van Ars-
dale photographer Wilmington Post, newspaper;
Allen Evans, grocer, occupying one section of the
block. The fire is entirely beyond control 1t is
thought it was the work Of an incendilry. Impos-
sibe to form an estimate Of the loss. The tele-
RIsph operators are preparing to vacate their
offca-
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FROM HAYTI.
sal.a,e aT,rht Piate-vamaua.

Havana Feb. l4-Adyices from Cape Haytien
Of the llth, report Cacos within twenty miles OF
Cape Hay ten, and had captured thirty Of Sal
nsve's fulowers, including general, several OF
whom were shot. Salnaye's fall Is regarded GER
tain.
A British man-of war has gone to the Bay of
samana to watch the federal proceedings there.
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Some weeks since party of gentlemen from
this parish made a tour of observation through
some of the richest counties IN North Iexas,
They Intended emigrating to that section u then
idess OF its superiority over tas Stale had been
realized. Such was not the case, however, and
all returned, satisfied to remain in De Soto awhile
longer. We commend the action Of these geate-
men to all other, who think OF abandoning Their
present bomey. 10 seek others on the Wild prtines
lnsnaseld ,Ds eoto Pasbl ItSas&
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RIVER NEWS.

VICKsBCRG, Feb. 4.-Passed up, Continental at
II NJ, Virginia at P. n. Passed down, Allen at
lPM, Lee at ] p. N. River falling.
LOUISVILLE, Feb l4.-RIVer rising slowly, with
feet in the canal. Weather clear. Thermo-
meter AZ degrees.
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FROM AUGUSTA. GA.
An Ex-state OmeIai Under Arrest

AUGUSTA, Feb. IA A special to the Macon
Telegraph, dated Rome (Gs.), Feb. 18Th, says
Ex-ContrOller General Barnes was arrested to-day
by order of Gen. Meade, for refusing to deliver
the records of his Office, and is now confined in
the barracks.
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FROM GALVESTON.
The Corren,ion Election.

GALVESTON, Feb. a. Houston gave Smith and
Rahy 1000 OF 1850 votes polled. Austin gives
nearly q unanimous vote for Hamilton. Trouble
stopped the voting st Basirop. Convention un-
doubtedy carried Conservatives voting against
or wholly abstaining. No general returns re-
.ceiyed.
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Dry goods at wholesale are being offered by l..
II. Gardner Co., at nnusnally low prices. Call
and see them at 81. % AID 95 Common street, ad-
Joining the City Hotel.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

MOBILE, Feb. 14.-Hirsm P. Henry the Oldest
printer IN Mobile, died this morning; aged 62
yeaIs.
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RARE CHANCE FOR RETAIL GRooERs.-Mr.
A. Ducbiron will sell to-day al 10 O'Clock az his
auction mart, No. 10 Tchouptoulas street,
lsrge assortment OF fancy groceries. wines and
liquors. This is a good opportunity TO buy
cleap class of goods for which there is a daily
A..
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The Raee a, the Fair Ground. Yesterday.

Although the day was one of the loveliest of the
season for drive, there was a rather limited at
tendance at the Fair Grounds to witness the racs
yesterday afternoon. Betting was not very lively,
but there was some little spirit manifested during
the "pool selling. The following "pool' which
was sold just before the race will give an idea Il
it, and also of the relative standing OF the horses
with patrons Of the turf: Silas Rich, $50; w. j.
Payne, s75; John NorrIssey, $50; kole Buckner,
S35; Total, $3.50. Strange TO say, the man who
bought the last horse paid S. more than he who
had the choice of the last two!
Payne was Withdrawn after the first heat iu con-
sequence of an attack Of the thumps.
The following is the result of the race:
SUMMARY.
Slas Rich, entered by n. W. Dimmick.......
Motie Buckner entered by T. p Roach.
John MOrrissey d by james Conlsk...
j. W. Payne entered by j. W. Psyne..... withdrawn.
Time -5:2l4 4-5:224.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-08-26
Vol. 63.-322S. No. A.


However careless-mnded we may be, there
will come, in our sober moments question
ings as to what awaits us when the end shall
approach-the end Of this little fragment Of
being which we call life Just so sure as
that the days steal by, shall we come, sooner
or later, to something new and strange, and
Of which we cannot iore-iudge. We all feel
this, more or less deeply; and we all question
within ourselves &c we are ready 10 welcome
this new and strange something into our lives.
For We all believe that the end Of which we
speak is not really an end that there is more
beyond that further away into the forever
than we can conceive, our beings are to reach
that there is for Us no absolute death.
Men have driven away these questionngs,
in measure, and may perhaps delude them
selves for time into the beliefthat they have
only to deal with the present. But is il wise
to do this ? Is it prudent to say Soul, take
thine ease ?" 1t is not doing away with the
grave fact Of the coming change. When the
end cometh, h,-and the end, as we term it,
will conceive shall be obliged to face
WHAT
In our whole catalogue of words there is
nothing like that brief forever brief as a
word lonoer than 6niteness can u,caeure "a
,ine Whon the ond con,o,L ,ho f,rovor
will begin. Hero we can coubt upon nothing
rs LASTING hut in that upondins torever ali
tbincs viii bc AZ nncnd;ng "a ,bc gorevcr Il.
sclr We sb,ll ;ov ON oT sorrow on lauoh
on or weep on, sing on or sigh on, with never
pauseIneyer a summons to cease. Here
we NAV be Glad for a season and then sad for
scason.-the forever Knows neither season
nor cbanoo uero ,vo NAV do evil n yvc will
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-08-26

August invariably ON unhealthy month, and the
dosdays are universally quoted o.. 20 unhealthy 'ra.ou
Disease. moro fcquenu, terminate fatally nt th time
unn at amy other owing che relaxation Of fthc system.
Th. j. therefore the proper time To- uso ronod, that
will ncupcnte Che strength ane oruD The system
against ue attacks or disease. Experience has demon
strltod the nct that HOsTErrER's STOMACH BIT.
TERs BE- he ict medicine used 30 accomplish ts de-
mile Object By Del u.e Che appetite it increased, dses-
tou promoted ali ieeiin OF depression removed, and
The vital function. restored The afflicted should avoid
all pcmeiou. alcoholic preparations purporung TO be
tonics and restorative, thcy only afford temporary
cShniration aud eventually entail dangerous fnot o.
tal results. Th D. mover the ease with llUsrETTERs
STOMACH BlTrERs. Thcy afford permanent benefit
and soothe che norves without reaction noeng their
u.e The weak and dehIutatod, ly ls ald awake "a b
.ense Of uc eaoyinenu Of lite, and they enabled
once more o. take their accustomed postons in society
H0sTETTERs BITrEr-s are now considered tlc stand.
ard remedy o. ai d-ra-c. arising iron impuhty Of
the blood. They afl manufactured in great quantities
and ,herc. scarcely O. cts or hamiet ths habitabl'
glole vbero they mag not be- muni. s.9
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-08-26

Carleton in letter to the Boston journal
relates the conversation he had with an intel
ligent Englishman who has been twenty-five
years in India. 1t gives some interesting
facts -;
"The natives, as body, take all Europeans
to be Christians, but the majority of those
Christians curse and swear, shy boots and
plates and cudgels at the heads of their SER
wants, get beastly drunk and do many things
repugnant to Hindoo notions of mortality and
religion. This is one reason why missions
ries make comparatively few converts. He
condemned many acts Of British rule, as un-
Just and sometimes cruel. India had been
looked upon as lemon which might be
squeezed for the benefit of England; but that
day had passed, liberal policy had been in
augurated, great public works had been under
taken, which would be Of inealculable benefit.
The American war had beent he cause OF
this sudden advancement said he. When
cotton went up in price everybody went TO
plantine. but il cost so much 10 get il to the
seaboard that the people in theinterior couldn't
afford to raise il, aud thus came the demand
for roads and for canals for irrigation.
Thousand of ryats (ihrmers) have made
money enough since 1861 to become land
owners, they have emaneipated from the
money lenders, who are the curse OF the
country. Seyenty-dye per cent. IS the usual
price paid for money The lender does not
expect to get back the principal, but ho man
ages to get the interest, and the ryate remains
forever poor, or at least he would have been
50 had It not been for the rise in cotton"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-08-26
Truth Stranger than Fiction.

\ young man recently ran away from the
galeys at Toulouse He was strong and Wig
orous aud soon made his way across the coun-
try, and escaped pursuit He arrived the
next morning before cottage, in an open
field, and stopped to beg something to eat and
get a refuge, while he reposed little. But
he found the inmates of the cottage in the
greatest distress Four little children sat
trembling in the corner their mother was
weeping and tearing her hair, aud the father
walking the floor in agony. The galley-slave
asked what was the matter and the father re-
piled that they were that morning to be turn
ed out of doors because they could not pay
the rent.
You see me driven to despair said the
father "my wife and little children without
food or shelter, and | without means to pro-
vide any for them"
The convict listened to the tale with tears
of sympathy, and then said;
II will give you the means. | have but
just escaped from the galeys. Whoever Sc
cures and takes back an escaped prisoner is
entitled to reward of fifty francs. How
much does your rent amount top
Forty francs" answered the father.
Well, said the other put cord around
my body. | will follow you to the city, where
they will recognize me, and you will get fifty
francs for bringing me back"
No, never" exclaimed the astonished
listener; "my children should starve a dozen
times before would do so base a thing
The generous young man insisted, and de-
clared at last that he would 90 and give him
self up if the father would not consent to take
| him.
After a long struggle the latter yielded
and, taking his preserver by the arm, led hun
to the city and to the mayors office. Every
body was surprised that little man like the
father had been able to capture such strong
young fellow but the proof was before them
The fifty francs were paid, and the prisoner
sent back to the galleys. But after he was
gene, the father asked private interview
with the mayor, to whom he told the whol'
story. The mayor was so much affected tina
he not only added fifty frenes more to th,
fathers purse but wrote Immediately to th'
Minister of Justice, begging the noble young
prisoners release.
The minister examined into the affair, and
finding that it was comparatively a small Of
tense which had condemned the young man t.
the galleys, and that he had already serye'
out half his time, ordered his release. Is no
the whole incident beautiful
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-08-26
Lightning Rods.

G. n. Andrews of Chelsea, VT, writes as
follows to the n f. Farmer, concerning the
travelling humbug with which farmers are
constantly annoyed, not to say plundered:
Do you know of any facts proving lightning
rods of any value? If you do not, is there
no way Of compiling statistics having look
one way or the other for or against them?
A third and, it is to be hoped, the last
gang of builders of these rods, is now crawl
ing over our hills and through our valleys,
and getting the usual amount of money from
the farmers, who are in doubt about the whole
subject, and too easily victimized by the art
ful conductor of these speeulations.
Some ten years ago, the whole country,
to the farthest west was canvassed and bled
by those carrying iron rods and insulators.
Three or four years ago the thing was repeat
ed with twisted copper and no insulators.
Now they have got new twist, and per-
haps have twisted both materials together,
calling their machinery galvano-electric con-
ductors, or magnetics. Now all this has ev-
er looked like humbug If it is not, let the
people get some facts ON which to found an
opinion. Are there a thousand buildings in
the country with rods, pair them off with a
thousand with none. Let No. /, with con-
ductor be paired with the nearest building to
| il with none, and continue till the odd and
even numbers count up enough to give US
little history of lightning work for few
years, in the rural districts.