Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-08-19
Railroads in Great Britain.

iiioef co1iilS etdtemenG IN regard to
the growth of the railroad system OF
Great Britain: spa rs + lsi..-lil1
Another striking feature of this coun-
try IS the railway system, and we ven
ture to quote a few figures from recent
Parliamentary documents, to show the
vast extent of the field over which it ex-
tends, About thirty-eight wears aoo
| George Stephenson drove the first on.
CINE over the first English railway
opened as public highway the num-
Der OF passengers now conveyed by rail
way in Great Britain and Ireland is a.
bout l34, 100000 per annum. The rate
OF increase IN the passenger traffic is al
most marvellous. In 1851 the number
OF passengers was eighty-one mil
lions; intl 852, it was eighty-nine millions
IN l 1913, one hundred and two millions:
IN 1854 one hundred and fourteen mil
hons; IN 1865, one hundred and eighteen
millions; in 1855, one hundred and
twenty-nlne millions: and last year. as
above stated, one hundred and thirty
four millions. To conduct this enor-
nous traffic over 5000 miles ofrailway.
and through 1921 stations, the different
companies employ 100000 persons in
various capacities. .naie4tsiria
The personal accidents arising out of
this aggregate OF locomotion and servi.
ces in 1857 were i'll number 974; 246
persons having been killed anu 1888 in
Ijured on railways in Great Britain and
Ireland in that yeer. OF these casuali-
ties comparatively few were sustained
by passengers For every passenger
that was killed, 2,761, 1856 escaped fatal
tiles; and fo~ each one who was injured
2O,743 completed their journeysin safety
Of the servants IS were killed and 81
| injured owing to their own misconduct
or want of caution, and only Is were
killed and 80 injured from causes. over
which they had no control. OF the ac-
cidents which arose to persons who
We're neither passengers nor servants,
81 lost their lives and IA were injured
while trespassing, and six. committed
suicide; % were killed and injured at
level crossings, and ten lost their lives
W bile Intending to their business on or
near railroads. . When we consider the
vastamoupt Iofmeehanical power in play
amid this traffic, and the complexity of
its human machinery, we may Justly re-
gard the measure of safety attained as a
triumph of skill and management, of
which the age may be justly proud. 13g
RACHEL SINGING THE MARsEILLAIsE.
Raising her arm with motion which,
throwing back the wife sleeve, left it
bare to the shoulder she commenced
the hymn Gallons enfauts de 10 patrie."
She did not sing, she did not declaim-
she uttered it somewhat after the fash
ion Of the ancient melopeia, something
between a chant and a recitation, to
which. her tones, at times sharp and
harsh, at others hard and metallic, and
then again deep and cavernous, like dis
tant thunder, gave extraordinary effect.
Her attitudes, her gestures, the motions
of her head-all expressed admirably
the sense of each stanza-the, brew at
one moment bowed with shame and
grief, at the recollection of the woes and
miseries she spoke of, at another proud
ly raised, as though it had just thrown
off the yoke of the oppressor, the foot,
spurning the enslaved earth; the nerves
quivering beneath the intensity of fixed
resolution; all betrayed a deadly thirst
for vengeance. AS finale to this splen-
did piece of acting, the inimitable artis-.
te, apparently overcome by her patriotic
feelings, sank on her knees, clasping to
her heart the banner, the folds Of which
/ fell around her st0tateSQue figure in the
most picturesque manner; then rising
abruptly, she waved the flag with the
cry of "Aux armos, citoyens," &C., to
which the spectators, nearly crazed with
excitement responded with the most
prolonged and deafening applause. :.
Menaoia of Rdchdel e9 d .tEIaaa .vo
AFABLE. Once upon time, noble
lion, having become disabled in the
chase, was compelled to seek his den
and await the healing of his injuries.
While lying by, the inferior and cow
ardly beasts Of the field gathered around
him to exult over his misfortunes, and
one impudent jackass had the temerity
to fiaunt his heels in the face of his
wounded king. 1t is amusing to see
how these National Democratic iackas-
SEES, iackals, hyenas and skunks are ex-
ulting over the defeat of Mr.. Blair. The
time was when his roar shook the very
heavens above and the earth beneath
them. His peculiar manner of frighten-
ing and overcoming them was a common
topic of remark and amusement among
our DISTINGUISHED citizens. Now they
have plucked up awonderful courage.
Federal money and fraudulent votes
have given them temporary mastery
of the field, and they seem to enjoy it
with great gusto, the very meanest of
them reviling their old masters and de-
nying his kingly qualities. Before two
years have passed, this same lion will be
roaring again, and the jackasses, jack
ais, hyenas and skunks will be flying
the field.-,St. Louis Dem. s'G :
I
A ROMANCE QUAsHED. Manka-
to Independent, OF the 18th, says: ~
One of the Sioux chiefs recently re-
turned from Washington, brought back
with him an addition to his household,
in the shape of a white wife-a good
looking, fashionably dressed young wo-
men, abont 90 years of age. From one
Of our citizens, who went upto the agen-
cy on the SEINE boat, we learn that she
manifested considerable disappointment
at the aspect of affairs on her arrival.
The romance of the thing was pretty eff
fcctually "quashed' by the appearance
of the inmates and surroundings of her
new home. She declined all favors of
assistance from the officers of the boat,
who were anxious to return her to civil
lied society, protesting her ability and
intentions to attend to her own business,