Telegraph pules ate liable to injury nail des truction iu a varioty uf ways. A telegraph official, who has seen service in tho Weatern States of Aperioa, writes:-"Out in the Arizoun desert the poloj iccoire all sorts of in jury. Thnre is a Bort of woodpecker that picks the posts absolutely to pieces, tbiokmg there may bo insects inside the wood. They hear the humming and havon'fc Bense enough to Itnotr ■what causes it. Then, near tho hills, the black ■beats imagine that each pole contains a swarm of bepa, and they climb to the top and chew the 'glass insulators to pieces; but the sandstorms are tho things that oreate the most havoc. Whon tho winds blosr strongly, the sand is drifted at a rapid rate, and the gnins cut the wood at a fearful rate. It wa« a common thing to havo an oak pole worn to a shaving in a day's lime^ while I have seen poles just ground to the sur face of the <rartli during ut singlo fttorn), Things Hot so bud out there that tho compauy decided ito substitute steol poles fot the ookand cedur, but that didn't remedy tho evil at all. Tho «Mid just wore away the metal on esoh side until the centra was cb sharp w a razor, nnd nit ithe Indians need to shave themselves oil tho iedge. We Anally managed to fis things. W»! (patoted the poles with soft pitch, Thepitati |«agbt (be sand, aadmmwry pfta ' • - 7

ABOUT NIGHTMARE.
—— CAUSES, EFFECTS, AND KEMEDIES.
