N E W S IT E M S.

What is it but Map Of busy life,
Its fluctuations and its vast CO,Dper.
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The WEATHER AND THE TELEGRAPH.-An
opinion prevails among not few Of the un-
scientlfc-or, perhaps, more properly speak
ing, speculative citizens Of Philadelphia-tha
the telegraphic wires which have recently
been stretched from Washington to New York
and charged with galvanism, have tended to
attract the clouds in their vicinity, and caused
the continued spells of wet weather, storms,
&C., with which we have been visited for some
time past. To SO great an extent was this idea
carried, that large placards were stuck up in
various parts of the city yesterday, calling a
public meeting to be held in the evening for the
purpose of taking the matter into serious con.
sideration. Professor Espy and others distin-
guished in science, were announced to address
the meeting, Some wag, desrous of creating
little excitement among the credulous, was
doubtless at the bottom Of the affair. The an
swer is prevalent-when the wonder is what
causes so much rain-it's all owing 'to the
wires. ."-Bah. Pat.