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BUILDING 4 HOUSE N Eight HOURS
The rapiditv with which American mechan-
les turn off work Is a marvel TO foreigners.
This fact Is true even when we leave out OF
the question the more general introduction
Of machinery for hand labor in American
-hops. We have u letter before US, Just
or,aaed. as we write, from a Participating
German who Is having 4 machine made Ia
Paris. from the same drawings, used In the
construction OF a similar machine IN Ban
Francisco, where he complains bitterly OF the
tarIy progress made on account Of the slow
mode Of manipulation there. The same Is
true IN all European countries lime there
forms, comparatively, but a small factor, IN
turning out Job OF work, while here 1t Is a
nGst important essential in all Jobs or con-
trac.s. We are led 10 this remark on pursu-
ING the letter above referred to, just previous
70 our eyes falling upon the following item
from the AUeyicqH UglgtatlEv:' Last year
DR.. MishIer erected In Lancaster city, Pa,
two-stOry brick house IN nineteen hours he
now proposes to build on the Centennial
grounds in Philadelphia, next summer,
two-story brick house, 24x4O feet, IN elgnt
hoursl He has arranged with Capt, Oel-
singer, Of reading, for the furnishing Of the
eornies and door and window cap, which
viii Be Of galvanized iron. The Captain win
Be allowed half an hour in which TO put up
the corniee, though he thinks he can do II IL
quarter Of an hour.
, 1875-06-19
THE OLD-FOGY MAN.

He was queer, oId-fo;-y man.
And loved old-fogy ways,
ana riilled against the reckless speed
OF these fast molern DAYS.
He once could travel leiSurely.
And stop his friends TO hail
But now they rushed him through by steam,
And rode him on rail.
That good old coach was fast enough
For prudent folks 10 go;
Impatient men now laugh at it,
And say twas rather slow;
And SO they rush upon the train,
And speed Ike thought aU-s,,
Cptll = sI1asI-up Breaks their bones.
He loved ola - '.iSees' spinning wheels;
The music OF their hum
Was far more dear 20 his old ear
Than gTaud-pHnO thrUm.
But al : he signs, those wheels are gone
Since Whitney made his GIN ;
No more We hear their thrifty hum
No more the sisters spin,
The rosy girls Of Olden time,
Sunburnt, We're frner made
Than these, the late and tender shoots
That grow up in the shade;
They dId their mothers heavy work,
And eased her weary hands;
And sometimes, too, If brothers failed,
Could help to do Il mans
Their dresses, made with easy fit,
Gave not pam beneath;
Their hearts mad ample room 20 heat,
Their lungs had room Ia breathe
Unlike our present girls, with waists
Too much compressed and slight,
Who, If they do not dissipate,
Are very often tight.
They let not fashion dwarf their forms,
But grew 10 oOmely size,
And health shone ever on their hrows
And sparkle,i from their eyes
They thanked kind Heaven for all its gifts,
And thought, with secret pride,
That they were beautiful enough.
And they were satisfied.
But now, our modern girls alas,
Think Providence uukinl
For putting too much i'll the midst,
And not enough behind;
And 50 they hustle round and lace,
To mend such clumsy ways,
And think they far outshine the girls
of good old-togy days.
He wished, he said, for sweet sakes,
That fashions tOrturinS wise
Would ease them up Il little, and
Less pinching would suffice;
That they might feel the bOundinl, health
Around the heart that plays,
When all nnfetterel as il WIS
In good oli-fogy days
, 1875-06-19

THE editor of the Cleveland LeadT has
written TO his paper a letter telling of exPer-
;ments made in Philadelphia of new mo-
tive power, discovered by John W. heely,
being a vapor hitherto unknown to chemists,
Generated from water and air without heat,
at any desired pressure and used the same as
steam is driving piston. The editor, Mr.
Cowles. thinks the motor discovered will su-
nercaie steam. His account of its perform
eDcs is wonderful. He gives, also, the GER
t;fcate of VIM. Bochel, meehanieian, VIM
n Rutherford, Chief Engineer United States
army. and J. Snowden Bell, Mechanical En-
ginaer. who witnessed the operation OF gen.
e-ating the power, that the inventor In an IN
onnreciable period of time after the water
had been let into the generator, did gensrate
Tsnor having an expansive force Of 2OOO
~onnds to the square inch; that no heat was
alr,rlovsd. no electricity or galVanic action
siscsrnible as resultant of the action that
the water, after being used, gave to the senses
~ SION Of the use of chemicals, and the VaPor
Gas free from smell or taste, According 10
.bis account, something better than the per-
r.atual motion has been discovered The Sc
crst of the means of converting water insfan-
tanaonsIy to such high pressure yapor Is KEPT
nil the method shall have been patented
here and in Europe,
, 1875-06-19

n de FonviIle made balloon ascent from
La ViIlette on the % instant, with view 70
elucidating the causes Of tie late Zenith bal
loon catastrophe, reaching the altitude OF
about y 900 feet No effect was experienced
by the human excursionist; but bird IN a
cage suspended from the netting, where it
was exposed 10 the inhalation OF the eseap-
ing gas, died OF hemorrhage into the brain.
NJ de FOnville had previously surmised that
the fatal result in the case Of the Zenith
aeronauts vas due rather to the inhalation Of
this gas than to the height attained, and Is
convinced that with proper precautions scien-
ti6c experiments may be safely conducted al
an immense altitude.
, 1875-06-19
LETTER FROM COL. chapman.
Portland, DaIIes and Salt Ike Railway.
OFFICE P, d. & S l r.. r. Co..
Portland, JunlOth, 1873.

OFFICE P, ID. & s. l L. r. Co.
Portland, JunlOth, 1875.
By late adyices we are infcmed that our
contracts for the construction the Portland,
Dalles and Salt Lake railroad nave been re-
ceived in London and considered, and the
following notifications proposed, to-wit
That, We, instead of the co.s.,.ciGrs, locate
aud furnish estimates IL dy-s' Aor 80 miles
of the road. Upon tdIs .. l'S t'I'>s tfa eaa-
.---~so will ba siIncli for the eOnstrueIIOn
the whole line US IaSt siz estimates shall be
made and approved. The 200 miles above
referred to will reach from Portland TO the
town of Umatilla, and in connection with
surveys and estimates made ly 4Ir. Blair,
our engineer, VIII reach TO La irande, east
of the Blue Mountains, including the Walla
Walla branch. 1t is the intention, if funds
for that purpose are supplied, to extend the
preliminary line and estimates from La
Grande to Baker City this fall. This is de-
sirable in order to facilitate obaining the
right of way and at an early dayDutting the
work under construction. 1t Is proper to
state that after deliberati0n, and pCn advis-
ing with some prominent citizens as 10 the
probability of sufficient stock beng taken
here TO carry the notifications into effect.
We have accepted the notifications and
caused notice thereof 10 be Transmitted to the
proper parties. 1t only remains, therefore,
for a compliance on our part, and al viii be
right, and the great enterprise Of he Pacific
Northwest q success.
, 1875-06-19
AN Eastern exchange, in its column o

AN Eastern exchange, in Its column of
" seasonable fashionable gossip" gives the
following: The ladies have all got the
neuralgia in their shoulders from wearing
spring clothes, and many new dresses ara sup
plemented across the back by porous plasters,
and next 70 vest front mustard poultice Is
generally most worn. Young ladies alternate
between a necklace for street wear and fan
mel rag for the house. Diamonds are worn
in the ears with much effect abroad, but a
lock OF cotton and little roast onion is the
usual adornment at home. Pearl powder Is
applied to the shoulders for full dress, but
camphorsted oil and hartshorn iniment are
considered very pretty also by the sufferers.
Silk stockings, with colOred cloakings, ara
the things for low-slashed shoes, bat pals of
hot mustard water and warm bricks ara also
much worn on the feet"
, 1875-06-19
ROW GRANT INITIATES WARRINGTON.


The Philadelphia Times compares George Washing
ton and Ulysses S Grant, in the matter of the tirl
term, as follows: Nearly four-Seore years ago one
George Washington, sometimes spoken of as the
Father of His Country, was importunel 10 be Pre-
siIentiaI candidate for a third term The grateful
infant nation would have responded with generous
enthusiasm TO the desire for third, or even fourth
term for Washington but the patriotic precept and
example he then gave to his fellow oountrymen vas
the origin OF " the unwritten law of the Republic -
that never needed formal affirmation against selfish
ambition until the year \ D. 1875. Tie following
extracts from the utteranccs of the two Presidents
on the third term question shoul bere1 side by side
to show how much letter Grant understands the
problem than did Washington:
GEO. w,sIIDGroS TO THE I. 5. GRANT To GIN. HARRY
PEOPLE. WHITE
Friends amt Fsi'Or Cit- Now, for the third term.
i-saS: The period for do not ir1ut a any more
new election of a citizen 10 than dtd the first.
administer the Executive wuuld not write on utter
Government Of the Unitei a word 10 change the VIII
States not being far dist Of the people expressing
ant, and the time actually and having their choice.
arrived when your tho'ts The question Of the NUN
must be employed IN de- Der OF terms allowed &c
signaling the person who any one Executive can
TO he clothed with that only come up fairly IN tht
important trust 1t appears shape Of proposition Il
TO me proper especially as amend the Constitution
ii may oOnlucs 10 IaOre shape which all pOltL
distinct expression of the cal parties participate
public voice. ttIt should fixing the length OF TINT
gYpriSC goa of The res or number OF terms tG
olttGF hGrs |JTTH6d 70 which any one person shal
decline 6sfag eoglSiEerel be eligible fOE the Utrs
| CHl0Gq The number Of tI0Sr President jRfd SUcl
oct Of tri0gl a choice 70 amendment IS aalopts,
b. mad. beg you at the he Ic1lis cannot be r.
same time 20 do me the 7ctsd an ttstr ci0jcs b
Justice TO te assured that resolution t,atsT thai
this resolution hIs not ttey are n0l1 restricted
been tsikenwithOut strlct 70 Ggs. n0ttrly, stc-
regard 70 al the consider may h1Ppsa az tie JTr
atoms appertainIng TO the history 81 the country thu
relation which binls dI- % chIRgs Ereruttrs b
tiful citizen 10 his cOun- cause he has bssH sigh
I try: and that IN with years M o5lce IrtH Yr0r
drawing the tender OF ser f f0TiHHdts n nat dISIs
! vice which silence IN my tr0us- To recapItulate
! situation might imply, am not, nor have eve
dBl Influenced by M d'na'- been, clIlate for re
uu'ig,l Of zeal for ,9rT m nomination would no
flfrs fusssyt: sfcigHry accept nomination II
Of grrtg mi Tespsc for g1J We're tendered tfalsss
T1 kfQdReGs bHt On sup Sh9lid cOBls aHdeT such cir
ported by f1H c0HrIctiDR eHDStdnees as 10 make
that the step IS compatible an '"PsTaitrs duty crcrH
! lCith both. stances not likely 70 arise
, 1875-06-19

sUscRIBE for the srArE,fss.
, 1875-06-19

Duripp the recent voyage of the iron'c!ad
tr-rst.shin Deraaqtars it was found that IN
beayv sea the vessel rolled only seven degrees
, and ;,;tcbed seven degrees Hex capabilities
ior action at ssa were thoroughly tested, and
II, the resuits proved most satisfactory The
Ierartqtso, Is now at Malta, where she will
TeInain for the protection Of that fortress.
, 1875-06-19

The New York Post speaks Of peo-
ME who believe a tax on whiskey to
be as great an outrage as q tax on tea
seemed to onr fathers, and who rebel
against stamped barrels as instinct
iyely as the men of the revolution Te'
belled against stamped paper.
, 1875-06-19

Mr.. Edward c. Marshall, son Of
Chief Justice Marshall, is a clerk in
the Pension Office at Washington on
a salary of s1200. He is said, in looks
and bearing to strikinsly resemble his
father,
, 1875-06-19

The farmers of Essex and Oniou
counties, \. J., have lost $780, GOO our
inc the past eighteen months oy pieu'
ro-pneumonia among their catue'
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How HE LOST HIS HAT. A cit

How HE LOST HIS HAT. A cit
izen of Burlington, Iowa, is in mise.
ry about his hat. The other day
he hung it on hook inst back of
the closet door which opens back
against the hook. His wife had
occasion to rummage around in the
closet after he hung up his hat.
AS often as she pushed that door
back, just so often would it fly shut.
leaving her alone with the darkness.
Vexed at last with the persistent
contrariness of the thing, she threw
her weight against it, and was re.
warded by seeing the door go clear
back and remain back, just as she
wanted it. But when the husband,
a day or two later, went to that
hook for his hat, what sight it
was, to be sure. Flatter than a
drink of ice water on Christmas
morning, more wrinkles in it than
in a was hdoard, and as far removed
from any hope of future usefulness
as a KeOkuk bank. His wife bot
hat rack the next day, and
now when he goes into the house
she meets him in the hall, and
points out to him the folly of going
up two flights of stairs and hanging
his hat behind door in the attic.
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Facts have come tO Ii pht sine

Facts have come to light since
the lynching of Schell at Bellefon,
taine. Ohio, for the supposed out
rage and murder of a young woman
named Laughlin, which make it pro,
bable that not he, but his wife, on
whose testimony he was hanged,
was really guilty of the murder.
A microscopic examination of some
hair, which the murdered girl held
clutched in her hands, shows that it
was not Schelfs hair, as ut first sup.
posed, hut his wite's.
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CATCHING FROGS. A corr

CATCHING FROGS. A cores
pondent of the Troy Press writes
from CastletOn, Rensselaer, county
thus: / was out driving on Satur
day. aud few miles from here found
two men in a swamp by the side OF
the road, who seemed to be crazy.
to judge from their movements.
l watched them from the carriage
some time, and finally male up my
mind they were fishing. but how
they could find water enough to
fish in could not imagiue. Final
ly called out to them. " What
are you doirg there 2" "Come and
sce," one of them shouted back.
l hitched my horse, and picked my
way over the bogs to them. They
were catching frogs. They would
strike them with clubs where they
could reach them, but the most OF
them they caught with snare.
They had a large basketful. more
than a hundred pounds, they said
and l guess they told the truth.
One of them said he made a good
deal of money catching frogs for
the New York market. He said
that in one month last season he
caught 1,6OO pounds of dressed
frogs, for which he got thirty cents
IA pound, making $3.50 for u months
work. Part of the time he had
two boys to help him. Last week
near Hudson he said he caught
upward II 5U pVunds saI WV
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in the window, Daisyi Go and
look"
"Yes, yes, dear grandmother
sobbed the girl, brought back again
from the contemplation of her own
fOrlornness. "DO not look around
SO strangely, am sitting hy you"
"But where is the guest-the
guest we are waiting fort Go and
look if he is in he.path."
Humoring the thought, the girl
went to the window and looked out
into the hlackness. Her light tlar,
ed out upon a pool Of water, aud
the hoarser roar of.tlle river came
mingled with the sound Df crashing
timbcrs and whirling trees. She
shuddtred under the knOwledg,
that the ground around was all sub
merged, but came back with brave
face.
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TO De CONTINUED

ENGLISH JUSTICE. a few Incl.
dents of the last summer in the adj
ministration of justice in England
have probably suggested to the An
glicans that something remains I"
be done before the Millennium cln
be supposed to have arrived. In
the village of Sp,lding, in Lincoln
shire, Sarah Chandler, Il poor girl
of thirteen years went to see her
aunt at the aImshouse, and picked
a flower from u geranium in the
ward. For this Offense the criminal
was taken before the magistrates
who sentenced her to fourteen days
Imprisonment in the Jail and four
years in Il reformatory, and hoped,
doubtless, that God would have
mercy on her soul, since they had
none. There had been several lu
stances of the same kind, the us
tice often being clergyman or Il
squire. There is a system of rural
magistracy in England in which
much is left to the discretion OF the
magistrate, as in the case OF poor
Sarah Chandler, and squire Justice
il seems, NAV be as odious as bench
law. Englishncn think it all ex-
cellent system. But the rural mag
istrate has been the butt of satire
from Shakespeare and Addison to
Miss Edgwortn a"a Charles Kings.
ley. How frightful the Results of
such Jtstice must be is evident.
The case of Sarah Chandler, indeed.
was carried to the Home Secretary,
and became matter Of inquiry in
Parliament. The Home Secretary
instantly reversed the decision Of
the magistrates, and reprimanded
them, and set the little girl at lib
erty. But what of Sarah Chand
lers whose cases were not appealed,
and who are now serving out their
tersls in reformatories in company
with the most depraved of young
criminals? 1t is bad that Tweed
shOuld have chance of escaping
justice, but it is infinitely better
than that the little English girl
should have been so unjustly tor
tured and sentenced to ruin. Prompt
justice was done to Baker, and it
is justly praised. but a system OF
administration of law which makes
such cases as that of Sarah Chaad-
Ter easy and frequent is appalling.
-EDIToR's EASY CHAIR, in Har-
pe,'s Mayasine for Nocember.
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them for 5lG0, Or at an average nf
h'rty.twO cents a pound. These
stories seemed to me incredihle. aud
vet he assured me il wai truth.
lie can clear twenty-eigl,t cents a
pound, he says, easily. He seemed
to he an no rest man, and from the
Ease with which they caught the
frogs | was led to believe that he
had not stretched the truth much,
il ut nll. :"
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The Vermont Chronicle is under
the impression that one of the
amendments recently adopted To
the Constitution of New Jersey re-.
uuires or allows tho taxation Ut
church property. We think this is
"a mistake. The Catholics set up
the cry that one Of the proposed
amendments was susceptible Of this
interpretation, but 1t seems to have
had no effect. being contrary to
common srnse. The amendment
fnrbilS donations Of iantl ur apDr.,.
Imiati0nS of money on the part ~
the State N of any mu ,icipAl cor.
pOratlOn for the ,se ut any sact
but this is very diff rent thing
from snhjecring church propegy ~
pAxAxtjuaa-(herxAkNS VNask
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How Messages are Sent by
the Ocean Cable. s-

lie (the ocean telegraph "Iwrator)
caps the "krA" as hand lrlc4 raph,
only il IN n double key. It has two
levers and knobs inS'eah of one.
he alpIrlrt used is substantially
ike the Morse al phrm't that il,
he Il tfrrrut letters re- represented
ny Il combination o. daSheS and
lots. For instance, suppose You
want to write Tho wmd "b"y." 1t
would read like iliS: ''-. -
= -. b is one dash and
'lIf"e dots; o, three da>lrS; and Y,
"ur dash, one dot. and three daSles.
Now, in the land telegraph. the
Iashes and the dots would appear
on the strip Of paper at the other
rnd of the line. which is umwOund
from a cylinder. aud perforated by
a pin at the end of the bar or arm.
ature. Ii the operator could read
oy sound, We would dispense with
the strip 0t paper. and read the mes.
sage by the "click" of the urmature
as it is pulir, down and let 60 10y
the rlectrU.magnet.
The cable operator, however, haI
neither of these advantages There
is no paper 10 prrf"rate. no ''cIick"
Of the armalurr, no arnIa'ure to
'click." The. message is read Ivy
means OF a moving flash of light
upon Il polished scale produced by
the "defeciion" of a very small mir
lur, which is placed within a "nir.
ror gaIvanometer," which is Il small
brass cylinder two or three inches
in diameter, shaped like IA spool of
bobhin, composed of several hln'
dred turns of small wire wound
with silk to keep the metal from
coming in contact. 1t is wound or
coiled exactly like bundle Of new
rope. u small hole being left in the
middle about the size of IL common
wooden pencil. in the centre of
this is suspended very thin, deli
cate mirror about as large as kerr
mel of corn, with a cOrrespOadingly
small magnet rigidly attached to
the back of it. The whole weighs
but Il little more than a grain, aud
is suspended by single fibre OF silk,
much smaller than. IL human hair
and almost Invisible. a narrow
horizontal scale is placed within .
larkened box two or three feet i'll
front of the mirror, a narrow slit be:
ing cut in the centre of the scale to
allow ray Of light to shine upon
the mirror from a lamp placed be-
hind said scale, the little mirror in
turn rejecting the light back upon
the scale. This spot Of light upon
the scale is the index by which all
messages are read. The angle
,t'rpIgh which the ray moves is doa'
ble that traTrrsed by the mirror it.
self; and it is, Lhsrefore, really
equivalent to i'm index four " six
feet in length without weight.
To ,.''e casual observer there is
nothing but d thin ray OF light,
darting to tlc tight and left with
irregular rapidIty; bu.' 10 'uo 't"'n'
ed eye of the operator eve.y nasn
is replete with intelligence. Thus,,
the word "boy," already alluded to,
would he read in this way: Ono
flash to the right, and three to the
left, is q. Three flashes to the right
is o. One 10 the right, one to the
left, and two more to the right is Y,
and SO on. Long and const mt prac.
ice makes the operators wonderful.
y expert in their profession, and
enables them to read from the mir
'Ur as readily and as accurately as
rom newspaper Boston Herald.
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for Six Years Cured
by Dr. NMIin's COndi lion Pills.
LUNENBURG, W., Nov.

LUNENBURG, W., Nov. g, 1874.
Mr.. THOMAS w. LANE.-Dcar Sir Il have
been troubled with Neuralgia for six years
have taken every medicine that l could hear
of; found none that gave any relief until
received a package o. your CoNDiTIoN PILLS,
which have cured me.
Truly yours.
HARRISON STOWELL.
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ii. ID. FLANDERS, NJ. D.,
DHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. OFFICE
L at Residence, the j. A. Hardy house, Main
Stxeet, Brssdfvid,
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j. II. JONES, NJ. D.
HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND
IL Surgeon. Office at Residence. lst Door
South of Bank
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G. G. DOTY, ACT.
MANUFACTURER OF DIR. DOTY'S
WI Celebrated Mandrake Bitters, Flavoring
Extracts and Essences, &c, at Wholesale
and Retail.