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Underground Telegraph Wires,

The City Council of Philadelphia have
ordered the removal of telegraph poles
from the streets of that city, and exper.
iments are being made to produce wire
that could be laid underground and
worked satisfactorily. The McKeesport
Times gives an account of some interest
ing experiments made at the tube.w works
in manufacturing insulated wire." The
wire is now being made in sections of ten
feet, but can be made as long as thirteen
feet. To make the wire, a copper tele-
graph wire is inserted in a glass tubs of
the same length, and sufficiently large to
admit the wire easily. The glass tube
is then inserted in an iron tube of sufi-
Gent size to admit it. They are all then
placed in furnace and heated to q red
heat, and then run through the rolls,
which compress copper wire, glass and
iron tubes all into one mass, but without
crushing them. The ends are then
ground to a convex surface, and the ten
foot sections coupled together like gas
pipe, the convex ends allowing the GEN.
ters to strike first, thus establishing the
electrical connection. The pipe win
enameled before being laid.
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A Modern Alchemist.
London Daily News

London Daily News.
Mr.. Norman Lockyer has realized the
alchemist's dream, the transmutation OF
metals. In the presence of small party
of scientific men Mr.. Lockyer, by the aid
of powerful voltaic current, volatilized
copper within glass tube in hydrochlo-
ric acid, and then showed, by means of
the spectroscope, that the solution con-
tanned no longer copper, but another
metal, calcium, sthe base of ordinary
lime. The experiment was repeated
with other metals and with correspond
ing results. Nickel was thus changed
into cobalt, and calcium into stronium.
All these bodies, as is well known, have
ever been regarded as elementary-that
is, as incapable of being resolved into any
components, or of being changed one
into another. 1t is on this basis that all
modern chemistry is founded, and should
Mr.. Lockyer'8 discovery bear the test of
further trial, our entire system of chem
istry will require revision. The future
possibilities of the discovery it is difficult
TO limit. The great object of the old
alchemists was, OF course, to transmute
base metals into gold, and so far as our
knowledge goes there is no reason why
copper should not be changed into gold
as well as into calcium. The means at
present employed are obviously such as
to render the process far more costly than
any possible results can be worth; but
this is necessarily the case with most
scientific discoveries before they are
turned into commercial facts. Mr.. Lock
yer is one of our best living spectrOs-
copists, and no man with a reputation
such as his would risk the publication OF
SO startling a fact as he has just an
nounced to the scientific world without
the very surest grounds He is known
by his friends as somewhat ssnguine, and
he does not pretend to be an accomplished
chemist, but he was supported yesterday
by some of our leading chemists, all OF
whom admitted that the results of his
experiments were inexplicable on any
other grounds but those admitting of the
change of one element into sno her, I'M
less, indeed, our whole system of spec.
trum analysis is to be upset. Since q
hundred years ago Priestly discovered
oxygen and founded modern chemistry
there has been-there could be-no dis
covery made which would have such an
effect on modern science as that the 80
called elements were no longer to be con-
| sidered elementary
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The Gran feur of Ancestry.
Burlington HAvkeye.


Speaking of relics, just, before we
reached Portsmouth a man entered Unto
conversation with me. He said;
You are from the west p
81 murmured something about the
vast illimitable, etc., and the man said +:
Yours a new country; a new
country; a e-w country
Yes, told him it was new, but it
was the only one we had, and accordingly
we wore it Sundays and week days alike,
worked and went to parties in it, and it
would soon look thousand years old.
"'We,' the man said, come down
from the venerable mists of antiquity.
It is glorious thought
Yes, l said, but it wasn't pleasant.
1 was in Boston four days and it east
winded and rained three of them. 1t
was misty enough, but it spoiled the
prospect.
my ancestors he said, came over
in the Mayfower. But yours
And he looked at me with a rising in
Fiction.
81 tried to Stay him with a look of
arcasm, but she missed fire.
"Your ancestors, take it, said the
man, did not come over in the May
fower?'
"And then 1 turned upon him. 'Sir,'
1 remarked, this Mayfower, 1 take it,
was sailing ship?'
"'Sae was he said, vainly endeavOr-
ing to stife his emotion, she was a sail
ing ship
"'Then,' 1 said, haughtiIy, 'mosf
assuredly my ancestors did not come
over in the Msyhower. 1t has never
been the misfortune of my family to be
compelled to take passage on any ship Of
the merchant marine, My ancestors
came over in a Cunard steamer, first
cabin, no steersge passengers carried,
only ten days from Liverpool, and the
minute they landed in New York they
went straight up to Mrs. Astor's tavern,
and took front rooms on the parlor floor.
az thought hsd crushed that man,
but may l be blessed if he didn't look az
though be pitied me-"
A farmer, after careful experiment,
has concluded that TO card steers is to
make them lose flesh. Two yoke fed
exactly alike, the one carded and the
other not, showed a gain for the yoke not
csrded. The same result occurred when
the 'csrding was changed to the Other
steers.
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carve On the tombstone this epitaph:
Here lies the victim of a dissipsting
clubhouse Damage was often done
by the scion of some aIistocratic family
being a member of a club. People of
humber classes imagine it All honor to
belong to it in consequence, forgetting
that the descendants OF merchants of the
last generation are imbeclle in mind and
destitute of morals, and would have lost
their fortunes long ago if they had not
been tied up.
Another test was the effect club life
had on mans secular occupation. II
his credit was failing, he should look
out. The speaker knew of commercial
houses which went down through the
excesses OF one of their members. The
third test was The effect on mans
sense of moral and religious obligation
In one instance the clubhouse fascina-
ton was SO great that man turned bis
back upon his child dying of scarlet
fever. The child died. His vie, worn
BY three weeks of watching, lay uncon-
scions in the next room. There was the
rafting of night.key in the door and a
demand to know what the matter was.
He would fad out on the Judgment
Day.
In conclusion, Mr.. Talmsge took, met
aphoricaliy, threads out of child's bap-
tismal robe, a chlld's shroud, and the
scarlet robe of a suffering Jesus" and
strings from cherubic harp, and formed
of them "three strands" from which he
wound "huge cable" He tied one end
of this to the cross, and threw the other
to the multitude, shouting to them to
''Lsy hold, and pull for your lives "
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HOUSEHOLD HELPS,

MINUTE LOAF ..CAKE-One cup and
a half of sugar, half cup of butter,
one cup of milk, three cups of -four, two
teaspoonfuls of cream tartsT, one tea
spoonful of soda.
AUNT MILLY's CUP CAKE.-Fourcups
of -four, four egga, two cups Of sugar
one cup of butter, one half cup oil sweet
milk, half a tesspoonful of soda, a tes>
spoonful of cream tartar.
To CLEAN LAMP CHIMEIEs.--Hold
them over the nose of the teakettle when
the kettle is boiling furiously. One or
two repetitions of this process will make
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hubs with it, both the two-horse and one
horse, filing cracks and joints thorodg..
ly. This kept the sPokes tight through
the remainder of the season. This year
about the first of August, one of my
tires came off on the big wagon, and l
broke two felloes. To repair that wheel
cost me $1.10. As soon as l got that
wheel home from the shop, l painted
every wheel of three wagons and the old
buggy with gas tsr-hubs. spokes and
felloes. They soon dried, and the paint
was as hard as japan, and shone like
black paint with vanish. Ne more loose
tires or spekes since Prairie Farme
Mr.. Schulz, of Little Falls, N. Y,
estimates that the land in pastursge and
hay requisite for the support of cow is
three acres; and this is the estimate for
moderately good diary farms in Eng
land. In Belgium ten acres of land SUP
port two COWS, one heller, and one year
ling or cali; but when the calves are
sold off young, and cows in full milk are
only kept, the proportion is two cows to
seven and one-half acres. Colman esti-
mates three acres of pasture as requisite
for COW in Berkshire county, Mass.
while in some towns two acres of pastur-
age are sufficient. Mr.. harrington, in
the report of the American Dairyman's
Association, thinks that on the average
four acres az required per COW, for sums
mer and winter keep; while x. A. Will
lard thinks that in Herkimer county,
N. Y, one and one bali to two acres of
pasture per COW will answer, and in some
exceptional cases one acre. Scientific
Farmer
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them beautifully clear. OF course they
must be wiped upon clean cloth:
RAT PoIsoN.--The Germans extirpate
rats by furnishing them with cakes made
of two parts squills and three puts
chopped bacon, ana meal enough to make
stiff mass. The rats go away, as any
animal of taste naturally would if pro-
vided with such a meal.
DRIED BEEF GRAvY--Shave very
thinly one-half teaspOonful beet, put over
one quart cold water, set on top of
stove; let simmer one or two hours,
thicken with one and one-half tablespoon.
fuls -four mixed with cold water, and
butter size of walnut; salt to taste.
FISH CAKEs.-Pare and boil two
quarts Of potatoes; pet one pound of salt
Goldfish in about one quart of Geld water;
let it come to q boil; then pick up fine
and put in cold water again and bring to
8 boil; pour off the water, and then mix
the potatoes and fish well together; make
into balls or cakes, and fry brown with
clear salt pork.
STEwED CELERY.-Wash and break
apart three heads of celery. Cut eff al
the green portions and put the balance
into boiling water slightly sailed Gust
enough to cover). When tender, pour
off portion of the water and to the bal
ance add tesspooniul of corn starch
dissolved in a tablespoonful of sweet
cream and a generous limp of butter.
Stir the sauce until it thiekens, then
pour it over the celery, which should
already be arranged on warm platter.
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An Old Lady's Advice.

An ''oid mother" writes to the Hart
ford Times about married life thus
Preserve sscredly the privacies of your
own house, your married state, and your
hearts. Let no third person come in
between you two. With Gods help
build your own quiet worl1, not allow
ing your dearest earthly friend to be the
confident of aught that concerns your
domestic peace. Let moments OF aliena-
ton, if they occur, be healed at once !;
never speak of it outside, but to each
other confess, and all will come out right.
Never let the morrow's sun find you at
variance. Review and renew your vows
it will do you good, and thereby your
souls viii grow together, and you will
become truly ene."
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TIRE SECOND sUMnER.
sSIden light is on the hills,

= soIden light lie on the hills,
The broa1 oak-boughs ars dresl anew,
= faint. faT-Tesching fragrance 6lls
The sir meath boundIess skies Of blue
All nature wears q warmer glow
Than Nav or June can ever chow.
Though fields Of am ber- ssving wheat
And clustered boP-vines smile no more,
We scarcely miss, in days 70 tweet,
The gifts that beautiful summer bore,
Nor envy. In these Tranquil hours,
The rest, its sunshine, or lite flowers
The forest path, the sheltered lane,
Are silent with a calm profound,
Save for the robins CHEEKY strain,
And acorns patt'Iing TO the ground,
and. in the distance, clear and low,
The waters ever mu mrlng hOw.
The gardens cannot quite forget
Their veslth Of color and perfume,
And orchard bou. hs are bending yet,
With fruit where late was rosy bloom;
And ttiil from leaves ami moses deep
-weet autumn violets slyly peep.
Oh, can II be these pleasant days
Are yet 20 near the wintry end,
When trees shall bow with sad smszs,
When winds shall beat and storms descend,
When frost shall seal the how'rs' low graves,
Aud clOthe the s,resmlet's laughing wavesf
On, can it be that, while we look
Upon ifs light, it fades awayG
80 was II with the joy that took
Its fight from me one autumn day
80 ended ali my summers trust
Ashes to ashes dust 10 duztl"
BAT yet, calm Gays, love you well
With chastened joy, with inghing psin,
For mem'Iy in your shades can dwell,
And live the past all DER again;
And hope can shed her fsirest ray,
Like yours the brightest in decay.
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0Fedders.o

We were talking to a mission SCHOOL on
Darius throwing Daniel in the lions den.
We made as clear as we could the fact
that Daniel had better time that night
than the King, slept more sweetly, and
all because he had quiet conscience.
"Dsrius couldn't sleep, could e?'
By unanimous consent, mo, SIR"
"And why couldn't Darius sleep?"
because be was bad"
Having thus developed the conscience
point, we launched our final question
with a good deal of confidence
"Weli, now, dear children, what is it
makes the bed soft p
Quick as a fash from four-yearold
came the reply, Feeders" That closed
the ethical discussion.
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Waterford.
Wells River.

W. CHS River. ~.
SUDDEN DEATH.-Our village is in
mourning over the sudden death of
Gilbert Child, a person whom nearly
every one far and near was acquainted
with, as he has been clerk in town for
a long time, being in the employ of the
BEcEanans, and since with their sue
eessors, but at the time of death was
doing business in the general merchan-
disc line as successor to O. Fl. Renfrew
Deceased not rising at his usual time,
his store not being opened, and no
sound arising from his room in the hotel,
entrance was gained at window on
Monday morning, revealing the fact
that he was cold and rigid in death. A
post mortem examination held OH the
body conducted by DR.. C. R. Gibson of
Woodsville, assisted by Drs. Nelson and
Child, revealed the fact that his brain
was cOngested and very large, weigh
ing SO ounces,) also that his heart was
small and in a bad condition either
one or both almost sufficient to cause
instant death. His body was taken to
Bath, N. H., where his parents reside,
and will be buried with Masonic honors
by Kane Lodge of Lisbon, of which de-
ceased was a member, universally be-
loved by all. 1t is understood that a
50, 900 policy in favor of his parents,
was on his life. His age was 40 years.
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A Runaway,

Orville Lawrence met with a disaster
Wednesday evening, which so eclipsed
his potato bug experience that the lat
ter should never again be mentioned.
Some boys on the street "borrowed" his
team to go to the river bathing, and on
their return hitched the horse in the
Methodist church yard, and either pur-
posely or otherwise gave him so much
''rOpe" that in feeding the beast got
entangled in the line, threw himself,
became frightened and got up and
busted. After blowing up the church
yard until it looked as though a circus
had exhibited there, the horse and
wagon came out into the street, pieces
of the latter flying at every kick. 1t
was fearful for few minutes, but the
horse was finally captured near Browns
store without injury to any person, al
though the vehicle was demolished and
the horses legs badly cut up. 1t was a
little worse experience for Orville than
"black Friday" when he was doing
business on Wall street.
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ne mas yet taken any action. The case
creates considerable talk for several
reasons. The heartlessness and brutal
lty OF leaving young girl to take care
OF herself under such circumstances is
monstrous. The responsibility of the
physician named, leads many to disbe-
lieve that part of the story entirely.
DIR. Calderwood went west last week,
and has not had an opportunity to deny
the story. His going west was not sud-
den, he had talked about it for several
weeks. 1t is known that he testified
against Stokes in his trial for procuring
abortion, and it is told for fact that
this same girl visited Stokes in Jail
twice, and it is not strange that some
people should think this a put up job
on DR.. CalderwoOd. The truth must
come out some time meanwhile it is
best to extend the widest charity. ec.ny'
This is another case which should
arouse people to a sense of this crime
which has been committed with fire.
quency, and as appears with great bold
ness and brutality. Yet a jury has
twice within year failed to convict of
this crime, after the most positive evil
dence.
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Ryegate.
Most of the farmers in town secured
their hay crop last week, and some of
them earlier. There are those in every
town who cling to the notion that hay
is best when it gets ripe; at least we
judge SO from the fact that they manage
to secure it about that time, or after.
The arrivals in town of friends and
former residents, have been quite nu-
merous of late. w. W. Wright and
family of Boston, arrived at their far m
residence last week. Their residence
OverloOks Ticklenaked pond, where
they have fine view, and can enjoy
the purest of country air. Their ad-
vent is hailedewith joy by their numer-
Gus and warm friends.-A. M. White
laws house, Qike street car, is nearly
full, numbering about twenty-five,
amongst them his brother Oscar and
family from St. Louis, and Geo. White
law and family from same place.
Mrs. Rev. G. M. Wiley with part of her
family, has been at her fathers Judge
Gray's) for two or three weeks past,
and expects to remain a few weeks
longer.--The young and accomplish
ed Miss Dolly Graham of Cambridge,
Mass, is stopping for a few weeks at
the residence of Rev. Mr.. Beattie. She
seems special favorite of ala sort of
magnet, certainly, with more than one
young gentleman we wot Of
The Mississippi Jubilee Singers gave
concert in the town hall Monday eve
ming, and although perhaps not a sue
cess financially, was on the whole a
very agreeable entertainment.
The Rev. ]. M. Beattie is spending a
few weeks at Saratoga
The Misses Mary and Matte Leitch
went to Boston few weeks ago, to
spend three months in the hospitaI. to
acquire what knowledge they can OF
medicine before sailing as missionaries
to Ceylon. They go out under the aus
pices of the American Board Commits
siOners for Foreign Missions, and we
hope, they will accomplish much good.
They are young ladies of unbounded
zeal and energy, and obstacles that
seem mountains for others to overcome,
prove for them but mole-hills. Ener-
getic characters are needed for mission
airy work. Those who have desire te
go, but would be deferred by small OBJ
stacles in the way, are very certain moi
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Personal.

E6TSOudl.
Mr.. VIM. c. Boardman of Maquoketa
Iowa, was in town few days last
week. Mr.. Boardman built and lived
in the house at the south end of Main
street, now occupied by Mr.. James M
Warner. More than twenty years age
he sold out and moved west, and has
not been in town since until last week.
He found the village so changed as to
scarcely recognize it, and the same is
true of its inhabitants.
We were in error last week in saying
that Oscar F. Barron, lately deceased,
was a son of Asa T. Barron. He was a
brother, and of the firm of A. T. & o. F.
Barron.
Prof Henry Fairbanks and family
have gone to Little ChebeaQue island
Portland harbor.
Mr.. F. B. DEMO graduated from An
dover theological seminary this sum-
mer, and is spending little vacation
at his fathers in this town. We learn
that he has an appointment to teach at
Bangor theological seminary, and viii
enter upon his duties this fall.
Emerson Hall, Esq, and wife are al
Saratoga this week, and will return
home through lakes George and Cham
plain, one of the finest pleasure routes
in the country.
Joshua Gray, Esq, of Providence, R
l., has been visiting family friends il
this county the past week. Mr.. Ora.
is native of WheelOck, but has beer
i'm Providence MANY wears.
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Reformed PRESBYTERIAN Church.

At the meeting of the commission of
the New York Presbytery at Avenue
Hall on Tuesday and Wednesday eve
nings, a Reformed Presbyterian congre-
CATION was organized under the name
of the st. Johnsbury Congregation. The
congregation consists of thirty-two
members. Three elders and two dea-
cons were elected on Tuesday evening,
and were ordained on Wednesday by
the laying on of the hands of the Pres
bytery. Rev. L. C. Taylor of Crafts
bury, addressed the elders, Rev. ]. c.
K. Faris of Topsham, the deacons, and
Rev. d. c. Faris of Barnet, addressed
the people. More members are to be
received on Friday. Communion SER
vices will be dispensed to this congre-
cation on next Sabbath by the Rev. j.
r. Thompson of Newburgh, N. Y.
Preaching in the morning at 1920 ;
communion service at 3 O'Clock, and
preaching at 7.30. ......-.
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Another Nasty Case.

1t has leaked out the past week that
an adopted daughter of man
in this place had criminal operation
performed upon her about a month ago
by which an abortion was procul ed
The story the girl has told is briefly
this: She had been intimate with a
son of Phil. Hill of Waterford, and L.
j. Ladd, fish peddler. In due course
OF time she found herself to be in
trouble; was taken by them to the Hi
ram Hill house (then unoccupied) and
was operated upon by DR.. H. S. Cal
derwood, as she says, and sent home
with the assurance that the object
sought would be obtained. Some time
after this she was taken violently i'll.
neighbOrs were called in, also physi-
clan, who found she had sustained a
miscarriage. To some of these persons
she told the above story, but some of
1t we understand she has since denied.
The States attorney has been notified
OF the matter, but we do not learn as
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The So. Johnsbnru Chronicle is tb

The 81. Johnsbury Chronicle is the
name of handsome twelve-page paper
Just issued in the interest of the Free
Baptist church in this place, It's motto
is very appropriate just as its big debt
is lifted-"In every thing give thanks. y
1t Ii hoped to make the paper an annu-
al. 1t is filed mainly with original
matter, and much local advertising. 1t
Is edited by Rev. Mr.. Frost, and its
"salutation" has the right ring to it..
touching boldly upon social, business
and temperance reforms. The Ckroni-
Gle is printed on heavy tinted paper.
the composition being done by ROYAL
Cummings, and the press work on the
Cdledonidn's new job press and it is
mechanically credit to the printers.
copies are for sale at Howard & Row
ells, ID. Streeter's and G. d. Randalls.