Morning journal and courier., 1880-02-13

pensation. It will probably be found that in many cases telegraph companies are mere trespassers and liable in damages for their acts"
 General Daniel Ruggles, of Virginia, does not set up for weather prophet, but he does think that he can make rainy weather when it is wanted. He has already been granted 8 patent for his method of bringing down rain, which is to sendup to the cloud-realm cart ridges of dynamite or similar explosive mate rials, in skeleton balloons, and to explode them either by time fuses or by electricity, through light metallic wires connecting the balloons with the earth. Gen. Rugeles, as the result of many years of study and investiga- tion, claims that the difused mists passing over arid regions, or localities suffering from unusual drought, may readily be consolidated into rain-falls by concussions and vibrations thus artifoially produced. He wants Congress to provide an appropriation for testing the practicability of aiding tho agricultural in- terests in this manner.
 The inspectors of factories In Prussia are working hard to put down infant labor At Berlin thirty three factories have ceased em- ploying children, and in the others there are only nine under IA years of age. The same has been the case in nearly all the provinces, notably in the district of Frankfort-on-the Oder, where, in the 33O cloth factories, em- ploying 14, GOO hands, there are now only 1,- 800 minors, this being 8 diminution of 23 per cent. since 1876; while in the districts of Co- logne, Coblentz and Treves the total number of children employed has fallen from 5, 1884 to &,237, and of these ell but sixty-one are over IA years of age. The inspectors take great care, also, that proper sanitary arrangements are made. and that the masters do all they can to protect their workmen from accident. One curious fact brought out by the inspector in Westphalia is the wandering disposition of the workmen. He instances manufactory, employing 2,Ooo hands, in which from one to two hundred of them leave every month.
 Rev. Arthur Wagner, the English ritualist has been received into the Church of Rome and 1t is said that the conversion tmarks the beginning of long impending and carefully prepared movement, which may ere long bring most of the ritualistic Anglican clergy over to Roman Catholicism" under the following plan:
 CD Converts who are already married are to be reordained (sub tacitG conditional. CD Such converts will be allowed to assist in minister ing in Catholic churches in mass benedic- ton, preaching and catachism, but will not be admitted to parochial functions, especially to confessions. The English and Irish laity would never confess to married priests. (3) The males and females in Anglican religious orders are to pass through the novitiate under experienced superiors, appointed by Rome, and at the end of their novitiate are to be professed with simple vows, and will continue the philanthropic work under Vatican juris- diction. (4) A special metropolitan, perhaps Cardinal Manning is to be consecrated by the Pope himself for the government of the recon ciled, reordained Anglican clergy (5) For the present the parts of service outside the canon of the mass are to be allowed in the vernacular, the Congregation Of Rites deci- ding which parts of the old Salisbury rite are to be incorporated with the liturgy. (6) The younger clergy are to take the usual vows of celibacy when ordained subdeacons. The converts will be allowed and encouraged, if they prefer, to adopt the usual mass of Latin.
 As the New York Herald points out, the difficulties which relate to church property are likely to have considerable influence upon the new movement Most of the ritualistic churches are national property,sthe livings being nsld on condition Of ansstscs to the National Church. If the clergymen go over to Rome they would forfeit their livings, and therefore the Herald thinks it safe to infer that a majority Of the ritualists will merely come as near to the Church of Rome as they can without losing their hold on the ecclesias- tical property.