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The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-03
WE MAY SIGNAL TO MARS
Or Grid the Earth with News without a
Wire-NicoIa Tesla's Great conception.

Nicola Tesla, the electrician ano
scientist, has had in course of devel
opment fer some time of project foi
instantaneous communication to all
parts Of the earth, and perhaps some OF
the nearer planets. Mr. Tesla's plan
does not deal with fireworks, or the
illumination of large part of the
earth s surface in hope of attracting
| the attention of the dwellers on Mars
| but deals wholly with the electric
waves. In regard TO it, Mr. Tesla says
I'VE know that electric disturbances ON
| the sun are productive of similar dis
! turbances on the earth in the form of
thunder showers. Now, why is it not
equally conceivable that disturbance
on the earth s surface should produce
some tangible effect on other planets.
The transmission of disturbances on the
sun shows beyond doubt that waves of
electricity are propns ated through all
space.
"The objection may be put forward
that sufficient electrical d sturbance
candot be made Oh the earth + surface,
and that we should be wholly dependent
upon thunder storms and other phe
uomena of nature for the success of
our experiment. But. on the contrary,
we can make all the artificial thunder
and lighting we want. There is no
difficulty in making electric apparatus
with spark gap of mile. and if that
did not prove effective it could be in
creased. This, of course, is the ex-
IRENE application of this principle of
the propagation of electric waves.
The same principle may be employed
with good effect for the transmission
of news to all parts of the earth. 1t is
perfectly possible to operate a motor
or an electric light with Just single
line of wire leading to the apparatus
1t naturally occurred to me that, as
the earth is conductor. an electrical |
disturbance at one point, causing a
change in the equilibrium of the
earth's electricity. should be felt at all |
points on the earth's surface, and |
might be recorded by properly con-
instruments. The possibilities
of such transmission of intelligence
cannot be exaggerated. p"
Mr.. Tesla is at present engaged in
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-03
A Mn Chine TO Register ThOught

The Boston lIerald's Washington
correspondent reports Julius, Emnle
a noted electrician of that city, al
having invented machine that sur
passes the wonder of the \ ray anC
that will take mental photographs and
record the very thoughts of our brair
by transmitting its vibrations. The
fact that sight and hearing were
caused by the ibrations of light and
sound made him reflect that the force
of thought was something actual.
which exerted tangible power by
vibrations similar to those of light
and sound and that machines could
be constructed which would be sensi
tive to the thought force as the phone.
graph is TO the voice. Many deny that
thought is anything real but Mr.. Emnler
holds that the brain is form Of
electric battery thoughts emanating
from it just as the rays do from cleo
trIcity that they penetrate the atmos-
phere and cause vibrations. just AZ
a tuning fork does when struck
Hypnotism, he explains, shows that
one mind goes out and exerts It's force
on another. and the brain vibrations
are transmitted from one person just
as sound would be carried
The machine. which Is now in the
hands of patent lawyer is cylinder,
about SIX or eight inches long and an
inch and half in diameter. 1t is
coated with an exceedingly sensitive
hemira, which is easily decomposed
10y the electric current. In front Is a
fine needle of aluminium, coated al its
point with chemicals, which is easily
decomposed by the electric current,
and resting on the cylinder, while the |
case is set in diaphragm of alum
mum, a very thin plate of the latter
being used. In front is a large, open.
horn-like arrangement, |
which is intended to convey the vibra
lions direct to the recorder. The !
is put in action by means of
, small motor, which revolves the |
.ylinder. the thought force causing the
leedle to make upon the surface of the |
,ylinder impressions which correspond |
With the vibrations. 1t is claimed |
hat experiments which have been sue
made with 1t show that il
will do this
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-03
Is There Something TO AstrOlogy!

! From the smallest to the greatest
,,, lo,,.. II .. ;lo..;aI m
NV Jaw VI '''' u'0 "'0 n'
moIecule represents on an lnilnltel!
small scale the solar system itself,
which is built nm of the several com.
,a. - oah a~i.. =.
PAM '""t u'o''' '"o' 0o'' p'o'e ~
| itseli yet all linked TO one another and
forming balanced whole. Mercury
ana Venus stand as monads, or single
atoms; the Earth, Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, With their moons, resemble
the compound atoms, or rapicals of
dlatomlc, tiatomlc, quadrlvalent at
fractions, SO united as to play the part
Of single atom IN the mighty mole
Guile which again forms but a relative
" infinlteslmai part of the sidereal
universe, held together by forces act
ing across infinite space, as the mole
cules are called from viewless being
and held together by the forces TO
which they are exposed.
Man is the essence of all the ele-
ments, offspring of the universe and a
copy in miniature of its soul. What
ever is or transpires in the universe
exists or takes place IN the constltu-
ton OF man. Everything reflects
itself in man and may come. to his
consciousness. On the recognition of
this intimate relationship between the
UNNECESSARILY great with the small de
Ponds the harmony by which the Inf |
mite Being becomes at one with the
finite, the fixed, eternal, and real with |
the collective aggregate of things in |
space called the external world.
In estimating the potency of the solar |
rays on the molecules that constitute |
all organized bodies on the cal tn, these
special principles and laws thus hur
riedly indicated, will be seen to have
weight. He who lightly
denies the influence of mans larger
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-03

fall of Corinth, although he was in II
physical condition to do SO. His wifi
went with him aud did the best sh
could to take care of him, however
and probably saved him from fata
relapse.
While he was At the front aud ht
fore he recovered. he was nominated
by the Democrats of his district t.
the 3Sth congress without his knowl
edge or consent. Feeling that he
could serve his country as well in con
gress as in the field, especially in the
existing lndItio1 of his health, ht
accepted, was elected, resigned from
the army and took his seat in congress.
Gen. Grant knew him well, and his
! Endorsement of Morrison's letter of
resigation was: :" He is one of our best
officers.
Mrs. Morrison, who was his first and
only sweetheart, has been his true
helpmate throughout his entire career
his best friend and his most trusted
counsellor.
Mrs. Morrison, who was Miss
Eleanor HORNE, was the daughter of Il
prominent family in Waterloo, Ill.,,
where she and Der husband were born.
and where they have always lived, en-
cept when they we're In Washington.
admired him when, as girl in short
dresses, she heard him make his first
public address, the day he left with
the I'd Illinois regiment for the Mexi.
can war. Although he was just of
age, he was already prominent in the
community, not only because of his
family, but because of himself. He
was just graduated from McKedree
college, and was already known as
leader Of men. With Characteristic
modesty, he enlisted as a private and
as such fought through the war.
1t was some time after the Mexican
war that they were married, and
meanwhile NJ prison spent two years
in CaIipnia as a forty nine, looking for
gold, getting some an spending it.
for he has never been a money saver,
or, indeed, money maker. But ever
since Their marriage, as one OF their
western friends said recently, whether
as nurse to her wounded soldier on
the battlefield or in the hospital
during the civil war as his courageous
helpful associate in public affairs, or
as MISTRESS of her own home, where she |
loves best to be. Mrs Morrison has |
been the best part of his life. Mentally !
brilliant, in disposition atfectionate |
and domestics, he has made her home |
sunny within as we'll as with )ut, and |
It's only shadows are those which fall
from the hundreds of foliage trees in
the grounds around it in Waterloo,
)yerloc ling the banks of the Miss
ssipp;."
The N1rrisons have no children,
out the are bound together by every
other tic, and especially by rare in
ellectal sympathy.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-03
APossibIy Great Invention

1t is reported that well known IN
ventor has deyned a method OF pro-
ducing electricity directly from heat
without the intervention OF steam
power: that is, the electricity is pro
duced at the furnace as the result OF
the heat generated through the com
bustion of coal, in this way avoiding
the losses incident to the Intervention
of steam boiler and steam engine,
and possibly making necessary the
employment of water power in driving
elect ic motors. 1t is said that the ex-
periments thus far carried on make
it evident that through this method
quite three times as much power latent
in the coal can be developed and APP
piled as is possible by the Use of the
most approved steam engine. Consid-
ering the many ways in which cleo
trio power can be applied, considering
further the exceedingly small waste
that accompanies the application OF
electric power, one risks little in say
ing that if this invention in practical
operation realizes the results claimed
for it, it will revolutionize the indus
tries of the world, and possibly prove
to be the most important discovery OF
the nineteenth century.
1t is known that the use of II ls at
tended with great loss; that Is, only "a
small per cent. of the potential power
of the heat stored IN the coal is ever
transmitted INTO force, the great mass
of it escaping because under the best
methods it is impossible % prevent this
waste. Assuming that a method is
devised which is not strained as
conveying electricity for
long distances by wire, it would
probably be found cheaper to convert
the coal into electricity at the sea
board or near the mines and send it by
wire 80, 100 and possibly 200 miles to
he point where it was required, then
t would be to carry the coal for this
distance.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-03

ness that the world knows ron
we shall be helpful to Others '' an1g Z
end will be glorious. 'po u
He only is great of heart wbo .
the world with great afIectio, At =
only is great of mind who sti ,r b
world with great thoughts. He n,, "
great of will who does somDtt Ivy I
shape the world to great ra ,.i.D'
he is greatest who does thu mos, %
these things and does them ~, VI y
Roswell d. Hitchcock. Ut '''I~
Thank God every mor,ipo
you get up that you have wy. Saa
thing to do that day which nns sas
done, whether yol like il ar nov r,'t'' ;, y
ing forced to work, and forced 3I :, . !
your best, will breed in Won ta " "
ance and self-control. dilioor%oa Dle''
strength of will, cheerfunps. AMI AMI dN
tent, and hundred virtues wbi Vii" y. "
idle never know. Charles KINGS w.
A. frost flowers form on the vin5
pane, through invisible force goa.l
trizing vapor in advancing lines n \
yer crystals. and then melt from ri. !.
SO these podies OF ours are fashions,
from eielnehtal harmonles equally eyc
caple ana vanishing, under the ope,
tioh Oh iightrays mat to the opening
perceptions OF the reyerent student I
nature appear not only colors but mus
cal choras'
BE sure that evil always csri.
within itself the seeds of deatb i,
is living all thp time Tho 49, =
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-03
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.
Various Phases of the Wonderful Prog.
ress of This Age.

The reports last week about Mr. Ed
ison's achievement with the y rays
were little stretched. He has now
reached the point where he can make
the bones Of the hand, the leg and the
arm visible in sharp outline to the
naked eye. He hopes to penetrate the
body but thinks that that great
achievement is still long way off.
The gramophone, a talking machine,
much simpler and cheaper than the
photograph, invented by DIR. Berliner
the famous electrician, will soon be
put upon the market. Its record
of human speech and of music it is
said, are indestructible and can be
cheaply multiplied to an indefinite ex-
tent by simple mechanical means.
| What il has to say or sing can be
heard all over an ordinary sized house.
So devoid of complexity is its con
struction that the complete apparatus
will cost only SIS, and smaller editions
intended for the use of children will
be sold for 50.
\ Chicago inventor has devised
mail -carrying arrangement which has
favorably impressed the postal author
ties, and If successful will do away
tn the numbering mail wagons in
city streets, as mail will be carried on
trolly cars running on wire cables
strung over the roofs of houses. A
test will be made in Chicago at an
early day.
With an ordinary pair of scissors
you may cut sheet of glass, win
dow pane. for example, says Phila- |
delphia paper, as easily as cardboard. |
Scissors and glass must be both kept
entirely under water during the cut |
hug. The reason why the glass NAV
he cut IN that way is that the keep
ing both it and the scissors under
the water, without letting the smallest
part of either appear above it, F-.I-
ems the vibrations caused by the ...
,lng. and there is. consequently no
break or crack except the cut.
The running slow" of the earth in
its daily rotation round its axis
according to Lord Kelvin's
estimate, to twenty-five seconds per
century, the main cause of such re.
tardation being the friction caused bv
the tides, which act as brake. the
operation of which he calculates to be
equal to weight of some 1000, 900
tons applied on the equator: other
causes are also named in this relation,
namely the increase in the size of the
,arth due TO the falling on il of meteoric {
lust, which, if deposited at the rate |
If one foot in 1000 years, would, it is
assumed, produce the observed re- S
ardation by itself. 1t is also remarked 7
hat such a phenomenon as the annual c
'roNth and melting of snow and ice at a
ne poles affects the earth's motion. =
The growth, by abstracting the water
rom the other par. of the ocean. ac.
the earth's motion. and the q
netting, by restoring the water, re-
ards it. .
\ German professor has been in
estigating the energy developed by a
lghtning stroke. At Klausthal a
lghtning stroke struck the wooden
ost of house and fused two nails 4
INN thick. Experiments made after
ard by Messrs. Siemens and Halske
I Berlin showed that current of 200
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-03
HERE AND HEREAFTER.

lie who seeks anything but God an(
salvation shall find nothing but tribu
lation and sorrow.
Loving kindness is greater than law
ana the charities of life are more
than all ceremonies.
Llte was not given for indoen-
contemplation and study of self, no,
broodlng over emotions of piety: ac
Tons and actions only, determine
the worth.
1t Is with faith as it is with oxygen.
men acquire the most of it out in the
open air, where nothing shuts them from
me over arching heavens. Springfield
Raput lican. ~
Oh the .pnliness Of human life.
HOW many souls faint because there
is no kindly hand to touch them. no
owing presence to cheer them Rev.
j. c. Johnston.
Inc only thing the biblical reli-
glon breads is the solid indifference
and Inertia of the man who does NOT
thlhk and will not act on the hight ne
gets. Rev. S. H. Howe Norwich.
Conn. "''n'
me man of the world, who is living
a selfish life, has nothing he can call
own, for he knows not the hour
Wheh he shall be separated from his
e.afthiy treasures. and no treasures in
heaven. III
ENJOY the blessing of this day. if God
senas them and the evils of it bear
patiently and sweetly: for this day is
Dnif ours. We are dead TO Yesterday.
ana we are not yet born to the morrow
Jeremy Taylor. ''"'
IL we live selfish lives. we shall lose
an In the end. five live Christ like
IVES we shall enjoy peace and hapni-
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-03
A SUNSET FANCY.

Tonight, as | sat at my window,
While the west was all aClohn ,-
With that strange aud wonderful spleh"'
That is ileeting as a dream.
thought that the hands of angels
Had flung heavens gateways VIDE,
And caught some glimpse of the glory
From the hills on the other side.
is 1t not comforting fancy,
This sunset thought of NINE,
That always the gates of heaven
Swing open at days decline
That those whose work is all endeH
From onr earthly woes and ills,
May pass TO the peace and CLEANLINESS
That crown the beautiful hills
Perhaps while | sat there dreaming
of the gateway in the west
Some weary ones went homewafh
To long and endless rest
Went in through the sunset gateway
To the city paved with gold,
To dwell in the hills of heaven,
And be no longer old, ,..-t,
-Eben + ReNford. in SATURDAY Nis"''
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-03
AN EASTER LYRIC.

Rose tipped buds and song of h.. f,
Meadows dotted thick with
In low swan. irG gazing f'l4
Come will IS p. ireshcr.ug h.EcrS.
Soft the south winds wooing breath.
Musical the runnnl's flow;
Closed is Winters reign of death,
And Nature smiles to see 1t go.
Now the huebird'9 warbled bell
Stirs the elm top'S tilted spray;
Dn the laii-tence-- note him we'll
How tho robin shiaes today!
Over meadow, knoll! and hill
Green grass puts ics carpet neat
Ana tie rare song spaIrow's thrill
Never turned to song more sweet.
Fleece pied clouds, in argOsies,
Float against the deep blue sky,
While brighter grow the willow trees
Above the brook that ripples by.
burdens of earth and mind, and soul,
slip with dun cue a while away;
The summer sun rCgains control,
And new life day,ns with Easter Day.
- joel Benton
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-03


During the winter OF 1893, +.
Martin. of Long Reach. West Va
contracted a severe cold which .i
him with cough. In speaking q
how he cured it he says Il U.s.
several kinds of cough syrup but io1l.
no relief until | bought bottle d
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy whic.
received me almost instantly, and i
a short time brought about conlpet-
cure. = When troubled with cough
or cold use this remedy and you viii
not find it necessary to try seyea
kinds before you get relief. Ii hH
been in the market for over twenty
years and constantly grown in fayG
and popularity. For sale at . aGi
30 cents per bottle by e. f. Greene,
Druggist.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-03

Mystic Cure" for Rheumatism and
Neuralgia radically cures in to 3
days. Its action upon the system is
remarkable and mysterious. 1t re-
moves at once the cause and the
disease Immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits; 10 cents.
Sold by Geo. F.. Green, druggist,
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-03
An Afidavit.

This is to certify that on May lltn
| walked to Melick's drug store 90 q
pair of crutches and bought a bo'ls
of Chamberlain's Pain Balm ior ID,
tlammatory rheumatism which hal
crippled me up. After using three
bottles l am completely cured. | eSl
cheerfully recommend it.-Charles Il
Wetzel, Sunbury, Pa.
Sworn and subscribed to before ns
on August 10, 1894 Walter ShipnlaIl,
j. p. For sale at 80 cents per po'''
by G. f. Greene. Druggist.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-03

Sunday morning: Mamma-NoE
Johnny, want you 10 tell me Vheh
you were yesterday afternoon. You
shoes are in a terrible condition. and
your trousers are mud up to the vais
band Johnny-Didn't You tell NE,
mamma, that | should not talk about
week day matters on the sabbath
Boston Transcript.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-03

When Baby was sick, we gave her Uastoria.
When she was Child. she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss. she chung to Castoria.
When she mad Lhlld she gave them Castoria
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-03

L. +. Anthony Postmaster of Prom.
Use city Iowa says: II bought one
bottle of Mystic Cure for Rheuma
ism, and two d oses of it did me more
good than any medicine | ever took. +"
sold by Geo. E. Greene. druggist.
Braffiehnrn
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-03

Its 4 good thing to keep in the house
that Adamson's Botanic Cough Bal
sam. 1t stops that dry, tickling feel,
ing often experienced in the night and
always cures the cough or cold. le
and Doc. per bottle.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-03
Coming Down to Earth

Friend How are you coming on
Arthur-Good. I've got the materis
on hand for the first-cIass novel
You are a lucky man.
That's not all I've got the ma,
terial for a splendid comedy besides
You are fortunate.
Yes; all | need now is the mate
rial for new pair of trousers,
He Got Her.
Old Gent-So you want to marry n!
daughter, eh? well, do you thllS
that you can support her in the ssl!s
in which she would like 10 i've
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-03

| life, the "Koph" Of the old Talmud-
lists, where dwell the microorganisms,
are the hidings of the creating, sus
tanning, and destroying manifestat ions
of the Absolute. 49, DR.. j. Heber Smith,
in the April Arena.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-03

finishing his calculations and perfect
ing the apparatus necessary 'or eX'
pertinent In his new field OF invest,-
CATION, and he hopes soon to De ape
to show the practicability OF his plan.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-03

HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills.
Biliousness, Indigestion. Headache.
A pleasant laxative. All Druggists.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-03

When the blood is kept pure and the
use of Ayers Sarsaparhla, sudden
changes of temperature and extremes
of heat and cold, SO characteristic of
certain climates. are rarely attended
with injurious results. Take il now
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-03

Republican part OF the state wants.
There rs great chance Tor vo,,n,,
women who learn - -
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-03

4 ,4lO -,S"D--O-,.NI -SS-.s.,.s.-.--
admitted in the course of the discussion
that in expected the Republicans to
carry ahpi!t everything this year,
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-03

go -" $50 .'-Fit . -.
and we will serve you well.
re-, 'a:rl"guc free Ia ALI.
;iiws carr. =. HOPKINS.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-03

The Man W no is Likely to he the Demo-
cratic Nominee for President-fhe PiO-
neer in the Tariff Reform Fight-An
Able. Brave and Generous Man-Somt
Pleasant Stories of Him.