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, 1860-08-03

Iron lie y. U. Delta. July g.
Editors Deifa-1 hare just returned from
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi,
e1d 40 aea saterestad ia tho planting b.eineoo,
observed closely the crops IN the Several 10.
c2'ities through which passed.
Never in n1y life have Witnessed such injury
to growing crops By drouth as huve ia the
above States, IN the lust three weeks. also
met with Intelligent planters ut all points who
were journeying from home on business, or for
amusement, aud they unanimously testified.
though reluctantly, to the widespread dcstruc.
tion Of corn ard cotton, vegetables end fruits
not only at their own homes, but In various
sections they had seen.
The corn in many places is entirely DESTROY.
ed-even unfit for fodder. Planters waited,
hoping for rain, aud so the blaGes upd stalks
hare dried from root to asse1!-havinx not
even d shoot upon them.
Cotton is witlug-shedding leares, forms,
blooms and bolls. Even coplous and confirm.
Gus showers henceforth will not only fail TO
arrest this destruction but aggrAyate it, by
causing more shedding and second growth,
which will be too late for maturity in the full,
be it ever SO late.
Beyond doubt and beyond CARL, the incoming
crop o! cotton can not he as much Us the crop ot
1853.
SUFFERING or THE rOoE.
What will the poor part OF the population in
those Suites do fog their daily bread in the mex.
twelve months? Already they cry fer bread il
going up 10 the Gtrer ct every good rift, and
their cries, their prayers and tears will rise like
the Toice Of many waters before the harvest
time Of 1851. see no remedy for them but
through Legislative enactment by the several
States! Respectfully, yours. de-,
i, Il. 4.
[NorE.-Our correspondent rather darkens
the future, but, as lie is evidently sincere, we
comply With his request, bY inserting his re.
port.]
, 1860-08-03

Stass Of ths s;ss Of Nfu Fork. II such Ia the
effect Of my great principle" Mr.. r. declared
his unwiliingness to support 1t further.
There are several other accessions to our
ranks in this (Logan) County, Of men Of stand
ing snd influence. Depend upon it, VIC shall in.
creaae cur usual majority very handsomely by
the ides Of November, RxpuuL1cay.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30
A R eEalarFS able Wear.

The present has been one of the
most remarkable years on record. The
celestial and atmospheric wonders have
Teen rare. Electrical currents have
been unusually disturbed, preventing,
at times, for hours, the transmission of
telegraphic communications. There
has been an incontinence of thunder
storms. Tornadoes of unequaled de-
structiveness on the western continent
lave desoIated portions of our country.
There is an overwhelming vegetable
production. There have been earth
quakes and simoons in the temperate
zone. Meteors and bob-tailed shooting
stars are becoming so common as to
cease almost to be rarities. There has
an almost entire absence Of rain in the
West Indies for over year, and now,
to crown 4he remarkable features devel-
oped, it has been discovered that the
trade winds are reyersed-a phenome-
non which hasInot been observed-so it
is said-for more than a century in the
history of navigation. There seems &C
tually to be q general revolution among
the elements. Tides which have been
running placidIy in one direction for a
long time, seem now to be reversed
It is so in American politics, and the
Republican thunder which is now heard
rumbling threateningly in the distance,
is only the precursor Of coming storm
in November next, which cold Abe" is
to ride, that will leave scarcely a YES
tige of the leprous Democracy Co..
hIn26atS JOd4Y10l.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30
The Press.

The newspaper press, for better or worse
is the primary and chief government
under which we live, and the age may
well thank God it is so. Though the
average editor may not be the wisest,
noblest or best man, yet he is wiser,
nobler, and better than the average pol
itician, king or demagogue, from the
necessity Of having to do his governing
by encountering the reason Of mankind
whereas the other fourishes perhaps
chiefly by leaving it asleep or smother
ed. The beauty of the press power is,
however, that it is not the average ed
itor who does the government, but the
editor who thinks most and best does
more than his share SO, in spite Of all
the editorial slow coaches, Pecksnifs,
common sewers, snobs, turnspits, the
press is always growing more worthy to
rule. And it does so just in proportion
as editors speak from their own minds
and wills, and not the minds and wills
of others, as mud puddles reflect the
weeds hence there is mo bigger fool
than the citizen who is always fretting
and oroaking because editors don't pre-
cisely reflect his opinions, but air their
own pets Tribune.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30

The London Quarterly RoU5oao con,
tains historical sketch Of the recent
remarkable revival in Sweden. We
give q iefsynopsis OF the article in the
ReDjeao.
"Scarce any means have been en-
ployed besides the circulation of tracts
and the reading of the Scriptures. Ow-
ing to peculiar regulation of the Lu-
theran church, the Swedish people were
only acquainted with a small portion Of
the Bible, and thus it had the freshness
Of a new book. Small meetings for
prayer and reading, almost by the lay
men, are everywhere largely attended.
The lowest estimate places the number
Of converts, or, as they are termed in
Sweden, readers, at 100000 out of q
population of 100000. The morality
Of these persons is remarkable. Drink
ing has so decreased that two thirds of
the distilleries have been closed since
1856. IN the parishes bordering on
Russia, where nearly every man was
guilty Of smuggling, hundreds of per-
sons refunded the funds of which they
had defrauded the Government. Many
sold their properly to obtain the money,
and others who could not raise the sum
at once, discharge the debt by install
ments. The perpiexed officers Of Gus
toms laid the matter before the King,
who decided that the proceeds should
be distributed among the poor. The av-
erago number OF lawsuits has decrea sed
from $500 TO three, four, and six. In
villages once remarkable for their pro-
family, not an oath is heard, and the
Bible aud sermons have displaced low
literature to such an extent, that book
sellers only keep religious works. The
awakening has pervaded all classes,
and IS extending among the nobility and
the wealthy. Instances Of sudden CON
versions are not unfrequent, and the
divine impulse has been so irresistibly
felt in the midst of secular arrange
ments or in the streets as to lead the
people to fall on their knees and cry for
mercy. In other instances, persons
have been compelled to retire from par
ties overcome with emotion and peni-
tential tears, which contrasted strange
ly with their splendid dresses and Jews
els.
No such revival has ever before been
known in Sweden. 1t may be said that
there is scarcely church or congrega-
ton there, which has not felt its power,
scarcely a community to be found
which has not contributed to swell the
number of those who are hoping in
Christ. An awakening so wonderful
as this may well cause Christians there
to rejoice and take courage; and to
continue with increased faith, in their
labors for the perishing.''
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30
For THE KExosHA TELEGRAPH.
Some one Is Watching for IIe.
BY BARD OF THE FOREST.

The mantle Of darkness is gathering down,
And fading the soft twilight rose in the West,
While night rushes up with her star spangled crown,
And her sable robes wrapped TO her breast.
The neg snow lies white on the lamp.lghted street,
And roars the surge on the foam ARRESTED sea,
But / journey along with fastening feet,
For some one Is watching for me.
No allur9ment is there in those places Of vice,
Where the gay and the gddy and vicious come,
No pleasure so tempting that me can entice
From the one that is watching at home.
IT'S q beautiful spot where my own cottage lies,
All nesting close beneath many tree
But douby dear for those heavenly eyes,
That ever watching for me.
Not very pretending that dwelling Of mine
No furniture costly, no tapestry rare,
No colatons or banquets Of champagne and wine,
No paintings or statues are there.
But when twilight approaches and labor is done,
haste to my home far more happy than he,
Who reyels IN Injuries, knowing that one
Is watching and waiting for me.
Another there vas who once waited for me,
But she's gone from our home Per the starry way,
And Death, the warder that keeps the key,
Shall gather us too some day.
And when my feet pass downward the silent stream,
And draw near to the shoreless, tideless sea,
know therein be one beyond in the CLEAN,
That is watching and waiting for me.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30
"A Mothers Devotion.

The wife of farm laborer, living in
Buckinghamshire, has a little son
whose lower limbs are unfortunately
useless. Medical advice likely to be OF
service was not to be had except in the
metropolis, and was not available to her
except in connection with one Of the
public hospitals. The poor child's case,
though by no means hopeless, was not
one which, according to hospital regu-
lations, could be admitted for indoor
treatment. AS an outdoor patient, all
that was possible might be done for
him. Out of her husbands scanty ear
nings,, however it was impossible that
she could pay for conveyance to and
from London, but mothers love was
not to be defrauded of its object by any
such obstacle. 1t was possible the boy
might be cured and that was enough.
The thirty miles intervening between
him and the means Of his possible re-
storation were to her affection but as
step. She pnt her son on her shnul-
der, and, week by week, she carried
him all those weary miles, slept for a
night at the hospital, and next day re-
Stunning her precious load, bore him
cheerfully home again. For nearly four
months did she do this, until her great
exertion brought on serious illness,
and she herself had to seek hospital
care. Recovered, but never again to
be the strong and healthy woman she
was before, she resumed the task ofma-
ternal affection, and, though less fire.
quently, still carries her child to receive
the attention of the kind and skilful
phi sicians of that institution.-Bwck-
6'agh0na8hire paper.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30
Importation of Saingless bees
FROM Central AEaaerEcR

Mr.. A. 0. Moore, of this city, who
went to Central America last year, has
just returned from Guatemal, and has
brought with him two swarms of the
stingless bees common to that country,
which he mas given in charge of Mr..
Parson of Flushing, who will propagate
them for the Agricultural Department
Of the Patent Office, which will in due
time distribute them, if it is found that
they can be kept in any part of the Uni
ted States. These bees are Of two var
ieties, one large and one small, and
both quite different in all their habits
from the honey bees common with us.
For one thing there appears to be but
two classes-workers and queens. The
largest class are about the size of our
common bees, the queen being much
larger; and while laying eggs appears
very clumsy, and snable to fly: The
honey is deposited in ogglg-shaped capsu.
les, more than half the SIZE OF hens
eggs, fastened to plate Of wax only
upon one side, and sometimes arTaged
quite horizontal in tiers one above ans
other.-M Y Com. AG0.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30
Air Poison.

People have often said that no differ
ence can be detected in the analization
ofpure and impure air. This is one OF
the vulgar errors difficult to dislodge
from the public brain, The fact is,
that the condensed air of crowded
room gives deposit which, if allowed
to remain for few days, forms solid,
thick, 6 lutinous mass, having a strong
odor of animal matter. If examined
by the microscope, it is seen to under
go remarkable change. First of all
it is converted into vegetable growth,
and this is followed by the production
of multitudes of animalcules; a deci-
sive proof that it must contain organic
matter, otherwise it could not s.nourish
organic beings. this was the result ar
rived at by DR.. Angus Smith, in his
beautiful experiments on the air and
water of towns, where he showed how
the lungs and skin gave out organic
matter, which is in itself deadly poi
son, producing headache. sickness, dis
ease, or epidimic, according to its
strength. Why, if ga few drops of the
liquid matter, obtained by the conden-
sation of the air of fowl locality, in
troduced into the vein of a dog, can
produce death, with the usual phenom-
ona of typhus fever" What incalcul-
able evil must it not produce on those
human beings who breathe it again and
again, rendered fouler and less capable
Of sustaining life with every breath
drawn? Such contamination of the
air, and consequent hot bed of fever
and epldimic, it is easily within the
power Of man to remove. Ventilation
and cleanliness will do all, so far as the
abolition of this evil goes, and ventila-
ton and cleanliness are not miracles
to be prayed for, but certain results of
common obedience of the laws of God.
.Dickiaas Household Words.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30

The SUICIDE MANIA ON THE In
CREASE IN PARIs.-The latest Paris
papers are filed with deplorable ac-
counts of ali kinds Of suicides in differ
.ent parts Of France. In Lyons, ayoung
man, of twenty-five years of age, as
cended the steeple of a church and
threw himself into the street. Other
different means are constantly record
ed to make an unhappy end to a less
unhappy existence. Women by the
dozen have lately made an untimely end
to their lives; and razors, firearms, and
even charcoal, are again in great de-
mand by that class Of French malcon-
tents.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30

FRUITs-THEIR HEALrAFULNEss AS
FooD.-Dr. Kennicott says 1.-THE free
use Of ripe fruits not only prevents dis,
ease, but their regular enjoyment
helps to remove that which already ex-
lists. All ripe fruits are more or less
nutritious. Prof Satisfy clearly dem>
onstrated that the apple is superior to
the potatoe, in the principles that go to
increase the muscle and the brain of
man, and in fattening, for swine, or fed
raw to other domestic animals"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30
From the Atlantic Monthly.
The Song Of F;aGiEna.

Oh, sad are those who know not love,
But far from passions tears and smiles,
Drift down a painless sea, and pass
The silver coast of fairy Isles!
And sadder they whose longing lips
Kiss empty air, and never touch
The dear warm mouth of those they love,
Waiting, wasting, suffering mach!
But clear as amber, sweet as musk,
Is life to those whose lives unite;
They walk in Allah's smile by day,
And nestle in his heart by night
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30

G A darkey preacher arose to an
nounce his text as follows: ''In de fust
pistol of Glover, second chapter and
two hundred and ninety-fust verse. y
"Hold on, Doctor" cried out one of
his hearers, "you have got in de wrong
book; "you mean the 'pistle Of Timothy
Pspose?" The preacher hesitated a
moment with very profound look; and
said, "Well [ must cave in dis time !;
though I know'd dat de text war some
war among de grasses I"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30
ng- Tom Corwin recentlv compare

Eg" Tom Corwin recently compared
the doughfaceism of the Democracy to
the Ephraim Of Scripture, which is said
to be "a cake unturned," and said with
an inimitable look and manner. 'FOh,
Ephraim! poor Democratic Ephraim !!
for Gods sake turn over in the pan and
bake on the other side" The effect
was electric.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30

ETERN1TY,-Eternity has no gray
hairs. The flowers fade, the heart with
ers, man grows old and dies the world
lies down in the sepulchre of age but
time writes no wrinkles on eternity.
Eternity The ever-present, unborn
undergoing and undying the endless
chain, comprising the life of God--the
golden thread, entwiningss the destinies
of tbeguniverse. Earth has its destinies,
but time shrouds them for the grave; its
honours are but the sunshine of an
hour; its palaces are but the gilded
sepnlchres; it's pleasures they are but
as bursting bubbles. Not so in the I'M
tried bourne.-In the dwelling of the
Almighty can come no footsteps of de-
cay, Its way will know no darkening
-eternal splendor forbids the approach
Of night.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30
sE A cheerful heart

a@ A cheerful heart paints the
world as it finds it, like sunny land
scape; the morbid mind depicts it like
sterile wilderness, pallid with thick
vapors, and dark as the "Shadow of
Death" 1t is the miraor, in short, on
which it is caught, which lends to the
face of nature the aspect of its own tur-
bulence or tranquility.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30

"A new hotel at St. Anthony, MINI.
cost $4,000 in the construction, and
it's furniture 100000 more. There is a
very considerable summer patronage
there and at St Paul from the lower
Mississippi States.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30

A GIANT STONE TREE.-The Mays
vile (Cal.) Democrat gives an account
of the most gigantic vegetable petrifica-
ton that has ever been discovered
1t was lately found by Capt. J. Stevens
in desolate district near what is called
"High Rock Cannon" 1t is tree
partly buried in the soil, and which
measures 66O feet IN length and about
60 feet en- diameter.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30

Wicked Mrs. Quincy, the wealthy
English lady who ran away with her
tootman, is said to be at present in this
country, living at one of the fashiona-
bic watering places under an assumed
name. She is worth 100000 sterling
in her own right.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30

Rw The wise Lockman on his death
bed ordered his son to approach, and
said "When thou feelest disposition
to sin, seek for place where Sod can
not see thee"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30

1T~An editor says-"On our outside
will be found some fine suggestions for
raising peaches" We suppose that on
his inside may be found the peaches
themselves.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30

"A neat and pretty maiden in Sulli>
van county, Indiana, the heiress Of a.
handsome property made mutual mat
rimonial agreement with a homely, pen,
niless, awkward uncultivated youth of
eighteen, but as the time drew near for
the contamination Of their plighted
vows, the prospective groom informed
his intended as follows :-"My father
says sha'n't marry unless | first pay
him for my time % This unwelcome
intelligence did not dispirit the fair mai,
den. With that peverseness which
distinguishes women's hearts, she i'm
mediately authorized her swain to learn
of his father what amount would pay
for his time. The sum required was
two hundred dollars the money was
by her advanced, the father was salts
fed, the purchase made, and the mars
riage ceremony was performed. Since
which time a marked improvement,
personally, morally, and intellectually,
is visible in the one "boughtwith price.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30

R% A western editor says that in
the town his paper is published, a rat
tlesnake was killed few days ago by a
a man with thirteen rattles.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30

COMFORT FOR WHALEs.-A poet,
believed to be an American, thus apos-
trophises the whole order of E6tacc0
Ho Whales that sails the deep, repine not at your
Your flesh Eliminates the world your make
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30

9@ There is both a Spanish aud a
French proverb which says: GA melon
and woman are hard so choose" Pro
badly melon cI5Ohc may be the sequal TO
a mistake in either case.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30

a. A letter from Galveston, Texas,
says :-"This is great country. No
rain in Galveston since April. Water
is selling at three per barrel-brought
down the Trinity"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30

Rw Among the Romans the gift of
a ring was badge Of liberation from
slavery. Married people can best ex
plain whether it is so amongst the
moderns.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30

Seth Bartlett, Of Coventry, Vermont,
has four sons who are lawyers. The
Irasburg Standard says:
"Four lawyers out of five sons! We
venture to say there is not another fam
lily in Vermont that presents such de-
plorable example of wholesale deprav-
ity."
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30

Earl. CHERR1Es-Married, in Camp
Bolton, Florada, on the 2lsl ult., by J..
Hall, Master r. Cherry, aged 10, to
Miss Mary Gregory, aged 10. The Of
floating clergyman made the usual de-
duction of "half.price to children"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30

~ A person being asked why he
had given his daughter in marriage to a
man with whom he was at enmity, ans
wered, 81 did it out of pure revenge"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30

Sum up at night what thou hast done by day;
And in the morning what thou hast to do.
Dress and undress thy soul. Watch the decay
And growth oft. If with thy watch, that too
Be down, then wind up both. Since we shall be
Most surely judged, make thy accounts agree.
Ya1,Ta
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30

e The largest oil well yet discov-
cred is in Pennsylvania, about a mile
below Saltersville. 1t produces over
two hundred barrels Of oil per day.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30

a@ Wife (complainingly) 81 have
not more than third of the bed"
Husband (triumphantly.) ''That's all
the law allows YOU"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30

GE Birch rods after all make the
best baby jumpers.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30

Eg- The most attentive man to bust
ness we ever knew was he who wrote
on his top door: "Gone to bury my wife;
return in half an hour"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30

Ew IF you are timed to lay your
hands on the girl or widow you are
counting, she will call you an etofeeling
monster.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30

: Withhold not thy money where
there is need, and waste it not where
there is none.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30

~ Why was Pharaoh's daughter
ike ock>broker? Because she got
little prophet from the resshes On the
banks.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30

E~ Punch says-"To resuscitate a
drowned Yankee-search his pockets. %
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30

"a The easiest thing for negro to
do-Keep dark.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30
lob EBe,Essg5ssg'.

Book Biank Job and Card Printing eYerydescrpton
executed with ncatness cheapnes and promptness atths
once. Plain, Fancy, and Ornamental Printing! Coored
Inks ana Bronze. with Five Power and Hand Presses,
ana an extensive variety OF type and Jobbing Ma tera
the THLEGRApa Establishment is not exceled in this part
ofthe West
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30

Eg When is man timer than a
single?
When he is shaving.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30

= Endeavor to have comely grace
in holding thy peace, and lively force
III speaking.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-08-30

EE Jet black eyes are attractive, jet
black hair, ditto; but jet black finger
nails are repulsive.