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precautions. He can do so for he has
knowledge and means, but the poor man is
victim to his necessities. To take precau-
tions is not possible for him. He is swept
along by the tide. A feeling of distrust
creeps over the business community. One
day our worthy laborer goes to his place of
work as usual. IL am sorry" says his en-
ployer, who sniffs the breeze "there is an
overstocked market and downward tenden-
cy, and am Obliged to take in sail. have
but little work for you at low figures or no
work at all at last" The shipwreck is com
plete. The rich man is in the lifeboat, and
the poor man in the breakers with nothing
to float him. About that time, hope Gov.
Allen and Gen. Cary will come along and
repeat their speeches about the "peopleIs
money" What will then be the poor
laborer's response? Talk to me about your
peoples money 1t is gamblers money.
1t is bloodsuckers' money. The sharpers'
money. The devils money. And it may
then, perhaps, be wise for Gov. Allen and
Gen. Cary and the other apostless of the
"people's money" to stay away from the
streets where their robbed and outraged VIC
tins congregate. apprehend the vengeance
of the poor. which Mr.. Kelley, Of Pennsyl-
yania, in this campaign 50 loudly threatened
against advocates of resumption, might turn
the other way.
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REV. Mr.. FuLroS AND HIS CnrRCn.-
The unpleassntness between Rev. Mr.. Full
tor and the Hanson Place Baptist church,
of Brooklyn, which bcoke out, last spring.
bat was then hashed up. has come TO the
surface again. The official board Of Il
members held Il meeting, the other eyening.
and all but two Of them. comprising in their
number all the representative men OF the
society, were firmly OF the opinion tina. the
good OF the church demanded Fuison's
Withdrawal Mr. Fulton. however, notified
them upon the spot ths; he shouldn't re-
sign. bat would appeal TO the church and
abide by the decision Of the majority OF ITS
members. and said the whole trouble was
because the officials Of the church wouldn'
follow MS lead. as they ought 60 At tbs
next prayer meeting. this sction oi ths
hoard was Indirectly alluded 10. whereupon
Deacon Young. iuie. bat decided man.
arose aud objected 10 ths Introduction OF
business matters into devo.ijnal meeting
While be was speaking. Mr. Fulton broke
out in the hymn beginning. Come. holy
Ghost. Heavenly Dove. two or three voices
icined him, the pianist spranz to the piano
and struck the chord and the verse was
carried throngh. In the meantime. the dea-
con remained on his feet and kept tslkiog,
not rising his voice nor exhibiting the
slightest excitement OF embarrassment.
With the irst verse the song died out. tor
the na usic was failure. In the uiesnw hile.
q nite en- excitement prevailed 10 the meet
ing, ladies got ne aud lett. and nobody
knuw what would cJme next The deacon
protested agxins. the rode inleIraption {;
he said that he bad t,en a n,smosr 1f tbs
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Chic Politics.

Gary ha, been terribly active and az
greSsive demagogue, and il seems 10 agree
with him He does not show any -gns Of
fatigue. hut he has been having hard
time OF it. tie has been attacking the bond
holder IL came out in Cincinnati that he
sold house to the Government for S25 800,
and when asked for the taxes replied to the
officers tina: for convenience no had pat the
money into Government bonds. Now he
makes denial that he ever owned any
bonds Then comes the answer that he
made q false return u cvade the taxes be
ought to pay 50 he must hopelessly settle
on one horn of the dilemma Then his
silye--,nine swin1e has been exposed The
main facts are Of record in court Cary, it
is alleged. wen; to Colombo. "a the attorney
Of company of gentlemen, to buy certain
silver mine. lie agreed with the owners to
pay $4,000, and took the usual
bond. Then he telegraphed TO his clients
that the price was SjN,hOO, and
10 hurry along the money. He paid the
So 600 for the mine. divided the S2S 900
among those with whom collision was nee
essary, keeping the greater share himself
The case is in conrt, and the only public de-
fence i an offer on his part to take back the
mine at $50 900. The people Of the State
know pretty well what kind of man Cary
i, and he finds himself pretty hard pushed.
The talk Of Cary and his wretehed gang of
Communists produced Il little Of its legiti-
mate fruit, in an assault. near CuyahOga
Falls, upon train filed with Hayes clubs
returning in the night from political meet
ing. The assault was made on Friday night,
and four or five men were struck by stones.
1t was strange that no one was killed. OF
cocrse, the better class of Democrats disap-
proved the attack, but that it occurred in
spite Of them shows the tendency of Caryism,
which is Communism Of the most insidious
and terrible character-CG. ". y. Times.
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Tbs NxiTuxEsFIEIp IRAGEDY.-rhe child
murderer, Mrs. Deasm0re. OF W Weathersiield, =,
has - far recovered from the effects OF the
poison she took ~ u confess the Darticu-
lars Of the crime Sac ls the second vile Of
Eoeuezer Densmore. By him she had three
chiltreE-l glrl OF eight years, = boy Of SIX
years. and boy OF three yrars Of age. Her
husband wanted 10 take her and tae cel
dFed 70 the circus al PfoctOr-yills. She re-
fused to accede to the suggestion. and final
Is Mr. bsnsmore took the school teacher. q
niece of hi- former wife. and wen; TO the
show After his departure she went TO her
husbands trunk, where he kept hidden as
he supposed. preparation OF >t-ychnine.
that be had obtained 10 poison foxes. crows
and dogs. Sac told her children that they
must take the medicine she had: oIt they
said they were no. sics. and did not
want 70 take 1t. The Oldest she corner
ed up IN the ro0n and forced her TO
swallow il. The secIud one she IN
duced 10 swallow some. and the little
fellow she coaxet IL drink some milk, in
which She had placed the fatal drug She
then took the children all TOTO bed with her
having drank enough. as she believed, to
kill herself. with the children. NeighbOrs
were alarmed. as we understand, BY au old
e. child b7 the former wife ut NJ. Oens-
more, and came in time 10 give an emetic
to Tue two Oldest children. no will doubt
less recover ne babe died in thirty min
utes from the time be took the cup OF milk
from his mothers bands. We learn that
the body OF the dead child has been placed
in the tomb III Ceyendish to await the action
Of the authorities Mrs Densmore, We are
informed, eTincss ID sorrow tor her crime.
but ssserts her wish to die. ~ suffer death
in any way the Ia. presctibcS VI. Dcns-
more IS farmer of wealth ami respect
ability -RulGsd HsY5d.
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How Message. are Sea, b, The ocean Cable

lie (the ocean telegraph operator) taps
the" key as N u land telegraph. only It
is double key 1t has two leaves and
knobs instead Of one. The alphabet used
is like the Morse alphabet that IS the dh-
ferent letters are represented by = c0mhi-
nation of dots. For instance. You want to
write the word boy" Il would read ike
one dash and three dots o, three dashes
and y. one dash. one dot. and three dsshes.
Now, ir the land telegraph, the dashes and
dots would appear on strip OF paper at
the other end of the line, which L. IN
wound from cylinder. ana perforated By
pin at the end OF the bar or grmature. If
the operator could read by sound, we would
dispense with the strip Of paper, and read
the message BY the " click" of the arma-
ture as il is pulled down and let 90 by the
electro-magnet.
The cable operator, hoWeyer. hes neither
OF these advantages. There Is no perfor-
ate. no click" OF the armature. no armG-
ture to " click" The messase Is read By
means Of moving aash of light upon
polished scale produced by the " deleetiOn
of very small mirror. which is placed
within :. mirror galVGnometer, which
is a small brass cylinder two or three inches
in diameter. shaped like a spool or bobbin,
composed OF seven hundred turns of small
wire wound with silk to keep the metal
from coming IN contact l. l. wound or
coiled exactly ike new rope, small hole
being lett in the miidls about the size OF
common wooden pencil In the centre OF
this is suspended very thin, delicate mr.
ror about as large as kernel OF corn, with
correspondingly small magnet rlgidly al
tached TO the back OF it, The whole weighs
but q little more than grain. and Is sus-
pended by a single fibre OF silk. much small
er than human hair and almost invisible.
A narrow, horiZ Jntal scale Is placed within
q darkened box two or three feet IN front of
the mirror, u narrow slit being cut in the
centre o. the scale to allow 4 ray OF light
to shine upon the mirror from a lamp placed
behind said scale, the LITTLE mirror IN turn
rejecting the light back upon the scale
This spot of light upon the scale IL the IN
de1 by which all messages are read. The
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angle through which the ray moves is
double that traversed by the mirror itself !;
and it is, therefore. really equivalent to an
index four or six feet in length without
weight.
To the casucl observer there is nothing
but thin ray of light, darting to the righ.
and left with irregular rapidity but to the
trained eye Of the operator every fash ia
replete with intelligence Thus the word
" boy' already alluded to. would bo read
in this way One dash to the right, and
three to the left is B. Three flashes to the
right is o. One to the right. one TO the
left, and two more 10 the right is Y, and so
on. Long and constant practice makes the
operators wonderfully expert in their pro-
iession, and enables them to read from the
mirror as readily and accurately Us from
new wspapcr Boston Herald
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A NOVEL SUR AND Irs ORiGIS.-The Al
bany Argus gives long spun description OF
law suit and its origin at Pawlet, YER
mont, recently. 1t is in short this; In
tawlet resided doctor and a spins,er. the
last about three score years of age, who
had been PLAYING sweet" upon each Other.
Soon a Young widow came upon the scene.
and the doctor was /" off with the old and
on with the new" The spinster's jealousy
could not brook this, and she persisted IN
s,ationing herself in front of the widow $
house upon the doctors visits. The widow
finally secured small boy to provide her
with an abundance o! ancient eggs sur
charged with sulphursted hydrogen. When
the spinster next made her appearance she
was greeted with a shower Of the same, the
widow having " risen to explain" from
the cover of rose bushes. The shots would
have done credit to a Creedmorist at short
range. The injured party brought suit
against the Vermont " team" and received
a verdict, which may perhaps bind up her
lacersted feelings, but after all it is ques-
tinnable whether she has not come ont
second best in her amours with Esculspius
and in her contest with the beautiful wild
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T. song Of { e early Autun.u

By u. W. G.
When IN late summer the streams Iun ysllss
burs, the bridges and spread Into bays
When berries are blaes and peaches are n4slls.
And hills are hidden - RAINY haIs,
When the zolden-r1d Is golden sill,
But the heart OF the suun9wer Is brOwnsf aal
safder;
When the corn IS n staczs the slope oS as hiil
Aai over the path slides the stsi ped sddsr
When butterflies hutter from sluvs- 10 thickst
ur wave their wings On the dropping iss'.
when the breeze comes thrill al the call 3i tss
cricket
Grasshoppet's rasp, and rut'e o: sheai.
When hi sh in the field the fern leaves wrinkle
And brown IS the grass where the mowsrs h.ss
mown.
When low in the meadow the c0w-oells tlnkle
And b-o0klsis crlhkle Der stock aud stone
hher heavy and hOlloT the robins whistle
and thick lies the shane in the heat Of noon
" hen the air is white nth the down o. the th-s
And the sky IS red with the harvest moon
D then be chary. young Robert and Mary
Let no time slip---not moment watt
II the fiddle would play Il must stop It's tunins
And they who would marry must be dous vic.
their incoming;
II I'd well the cattle LET the churn % rattle.
And pile the wood by the barn-yaId gate.
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Captain Webb (who is, in fact. no cap
tain, but tn, mate OF merchantnan) hes
swum the Channel. | hope We shall now
hear no mere rubbish about deterioration
of the species, and loss of animal Yigor
through the cultivation of the intellect We
are not SO very feeble, after all and don't
believe our ancestors were 80 very strong as
is represented by those whose only quota to-
ward the advance of civilization iS 20 abuse
the present in favor Of the past. At all
events, the ancients never accomplished such
feat as this modern man has done. and GER
tainly he can not be accused of artificial aids,
since he did it an puris naturaljus- without
u rag upon him: When Lord Byron swan
the HellespOnt, men prided themselves that
even in their day there should be a man to
rival Leander Of old. But hero is a man in
our day who, without any help beyond
cup Of hot coffee has crossed a piece Of water
far more swift, and more than twenty times
as broad. lie was nearly two-andtwenty
hours in the water. and though exhausted to
the last degree, never held his hand out for
help till his feet touched land Once
only he cried out, being stung, aS he I'M
tglneu,uy Jeliy-I~h. ne soethed 10 Neafn Tor
Company, and for the last mile Il young iel-
low jumped oat OF the boat in attendance,
and swan with him to afford encouragement.
The feat, Of course, unlike that Of Captain
oyton, can be Of no sort OF practical use
but il i; only stops the mouths Of those who
are always glorying over the decadeace of
the haman race, Captain Webb will he
beneiac;or of his species. All Tuesday,
August Is, from noon 10 midnight, and from
midnight 10 almost nooa the next dav, this
hero was battling, with no other aun, ,han
nature gave him, it'll wind and tide and
toward the last there was too much uf both.
There Is absolutely nothing for detraction to
take hold Of in this Performance, though it
will, Of course, be said that bat iOr that cup |
OF hot coffee the whole thing would have |
been failure. For my part. utterly dis
believed in the feasibility Of such an under /
ing, AMI confess to have been wrong in !
my Judgment of what man 5 strength Is capa-
bic. Bat he did have a f1e night, YOU |
know and there was the not coffee, and |
perhaps that sting from the jeIly-fsh urged /
him on Il little.-LOnG0H Cor. HTPer's !
I3n,4y
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IL mas been knowu 20 the Wefcimas icr
sOlas time that the chief aid which Sherit
Bailey has had in spprehsnding thc mem
bers oT the Gang, has been the lntOrDa,iJu
given MIN by Peter tur!ey, or Alp.i1l~'A.
who has confessed the eniIre ahair 10 toe
State officials Miles having hesr trtrssee.
and the secret disclosed daring Ire hraiI ing-
in New York. 81 that II = nov knOsn NOT
only to all the members OF the gang, butt
some hundred persons In Montpelier AMI
Barre, III sOuEdeuco,' the tins has c'Ina
when ls l. useless 10 conceal tie Tact O' Al
phonscs' "Dearhing' any longer. AlpboD-
sos began L. weaken soon after he wss
arrested ON the civil actions. and be saw
that nothing was being done bY his 'pais
towards his liberation Being !;aefal TEL
low, who spent his money a. iast ~ be got
il, Alphonsos was short of cash at the tims
ne engaged in the Barre bsns burglary. and
probably his impecuuiosity had a good deal
10 do with his going into 1t st all HIS cap
ture and confinement in jail rendered 1t IN
possib for Aiphon-Os to dD anything To
wards the support Of his wife sni Ilttis
child. and it is said that she was forced to
sell ber furniture and jewelry IN order 9
get along. since neither Miles nor hlns-
land did anything for her. not 'tivyins
on the thirteen hundred dollars OF unsigned
bank bills. even. AlphonsOs, who Is gOoc-
hearted fellow. and fond 81 his family. felt
deeply hurt at learning this. and Sheriff
Bailey, sscertaining tbe mood he wxs IN.
..laid down" upon him. to use slang
phrase. and finally, little OTer month
ago. Alphons5s made a clean breast of ths
whole affair t0id how the job was done III
substantially the same manner as has been
described 10 these columns-who the par
ticipants were. and where they lived IN New
York. 1t is due 70 AlphOnsJs 20 Say that
his information has invariably been 'onnG
TO be correct and that he has kept faith
with the State ia every particular. Acting
upou what they learned from Alphonsos.
Detectives Wigg;n and Bailey went to New
York, and after considerable trouble, sue
ceeded in arresting Miles and Kinysisnd. As
has already been described. The fourth man
has not vet been arrested, bat 1t is hoped
soon will be,
Mrs. Curley has been in Montpelier once
or twice privately. and her iniormstion has
given almost as much assistance 10 the gov
ernmsnt az her husband's.- W0tcinon.
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WHAT FLIES Do An English chemist
named Emerson, publishes in the Scientific
American the result of his observations of
hies, with which lie has expsrimented. 1t
what he reports is truthful there should be
more kind-hearted Uncle Tobys to acknowl-
edge the debt We owe these little insects.
Did You ever watch iy who has just
alighted after soaring about the room for
some little time ? He goes through a series
OF operations which remind you of cat
licking hersel. after a meal. or of 8 bird
plumiug its feathers. First the hind feet
are rubbed together. then each hind leg un-
der gt q like treatmeat and lastly. il you
look sharp. you will see the insect carry his
probo-c:s over his legs aud about his body
A. ar ~ be can reach The minute trunk
Is perfectly re,rsctile. and il terminates in
two large lobss. which you can see spread
out when the Insect begins meal on q
lump OF sugar. Now, the rubbing togeth-
er oil legs and wings may be soothing
operation, but for what purpO-e is this
carefully going over the body with the
trunk. especially when that organ is not
fitted tor licking. but simply tor grasping
up food ? On placing fiy under the mic
rosoope, to the investigators disgust, it sp-
peared covered with lice. Mr.. Emerson
tDDcluuSu tl1t utIc @hS -Omttulu-
at once required booking into Why were
the flies lousy Toe hy seemed to take his
portion very coolly, and exceeding his pro-
boscis. began TO sxc,p 1t over his body as
it he hsd jdst al:ghisf A glance through
the micruscope, hoseSss, showed that the
operation was not one ui sell Identification,
t,r wherever she lice were there the trunk
went. 1he lice disappeared into the trunk,
aud the d, xa> eating them. lie took the
paper into the si,cleu aud waved it around,
taking care thnt az hi,s touched it. went
back 80 she microscope and there found
aoiInalsules. ths ssGe as on hies. lie had
uos arrived st snmething drhnite the
uim.!eul-- sers a,sIing in the air, and
the qsSck moiiJrs- OF tho hies gathered
iheu 90 their bodies. and the hies then
vent int, -jns qHics corner TO have their
daiatyl meal. lhe investigator goes on
describing how be Continued the expert
ineut in variety oil localities, and how. in
dirty and bsd-sWeiiing quarters he found
the mysiads Of hies which existed there
llitsssiIy covered with abi.nalcules. while
otbsr a.e,. cAptared in bedrooms. or venti-
iA., u. clean apar.msnts. were miserably
lea, and entirely Tree !rom, their prey.
w hersver filth existed. evolving germs
aish lnis.t seusrals disease. there were
tbs, aies. cs,sriDy themselves with minute
srs .sistasaat srssdiiJ d.,oariDs the sane.
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The failure of the Third Avenue savinSss
Bank, Of New York, Is announced The
Bank has 5000 depositors, whose accounts
amount to 81, $40 900. From statements OF
the trustees it appears that from fifty to
seyentv-ive cents on the dollar will be paid.
In 1871 this bank withstood a long ''run.
but it was said at the time that the effect
npon the condition of the institution WAS
disastrous. The best portion OF the bank =
assets, United States bonds, ETC., were dr'-
posed of, and little bat their real estate re-
mained. 1t had ge mi lions OF deposits be
fore the run. ----..|
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Baptist church for many years. and never
man down, and that attempt led by the
pastor. Nj. Fulton denied that he had at
tempted to sing the deacon down, but said
he thought they needed the Holy Spirit,
then he sang. and capped the climax by ask
ing Deacon Young to pray. The matter
will come before the regular church meet
ing, Friday night. when it will be seen
whether pastor who has his whole Off
cial board against him but two. and seventy
Of his prominent people signers OF request
that he should resign. can hold his place or
not
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IHE RAILROAD AccouSrrSc.-At last TIE
testimony in the Vermont Central account
ing has been closed, and Friday afternoon.
after considerable discussion. the masters
adjourned 10 the 10th Of October. to elbow
counsel opportunity to prepare for sffu-
ment They give the counsel FOX tie rsc1ls-
srs the privilege Of opening and eiean9,
Mssars. Underwood, Poland and Iin.!e WI
,oeaks Tor the receivers; MeAfs Wlkss
and Davenport, for shs bondholdsfss -
NJ, willard Tor shs Vermont ssd Csaees'
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The BARRE BANK BuRGLAas -Tners i, 10
doubt that Miles was ''ra sed, - il not b.ru
in our State. His real name Il G-orge
White. and his father and sister now live in
Westminster. Mr. E. + kimball. ci Mont
pelier, who formerly lived in Winihsn
county, has visited Miles in jail, and fully
Identified him. Mr. kimbalI says that he
formerly did business IN Westmoreland New
Hampshire. and that he must De forty five
years old. Miles does not appear to be more
than thirty five, and he give that as hi.
real age Information received by the
HGfcimGH, from keene. shows tha, III
November, 1864. Niles was arrested Tor
completely with Mark ShiubOrn 10 the Wal
pole, New Hampshire, bank robbery. He
was tried at the summer term Of the Cos
shire county court, and the jury disagreed
January 20, 1866. he escaped frOIu jail, and
got out Of the difficulty As far a. eau be
ascertained. Miles has never been Ill but one
prisou-Auburn. New fork-trOm which
lie wss pardoned by Governor Dix, d couple
of years ago. The people oi Westminster
have seen bus .Ittie OF him OF late years.
though it is said tina, his wiie was there
visiting few wears ago. Miles himrtii
was seen there On the afternoon Oi tho
30.h of last June, while On his way to
Montpelier 10 TOD the barre OahA
Miles wit, came To Montpelier tn- Jay
alter be was lOdgei IN IiIi. anu remained
here till Fr!day nign5. wncn ~ returned 10
New York. Dctec;ive Wig.,n leaving
the same train. Sne comyla laiuea oi the s,tict
rules OF our Jail. which forbade her seeing
her husband alone. AMI seemed a god deal
dowucas. ut hts situation. She Was pless-
ant looking. tall. slender blonde oi about
tyaufV-Six and Qugrsf fn-reittllV .lrt.--rti IN A
beaded drGp d'ete sack. black ~lls skirt
and an embroidered CASHMERE pve;skirt-
Her hair. said by female critics Z, os ali ua
tural, was worn IN waterfall 'i cnria
behind. Besides his wife, Miles Las sn
adopted daughter. between four and tive
Years old be lives 10 tine house. No 300
West Fifty hflh street and. as We stated a-t
week. Is believed t. nc man Of property
reputed to own. among other thing. ioef
brown stone front houses. and hail interest
in the Breyoort stables in New YsrA