The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-11-09


SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MONUMENT A.
PROvIDENCE.-fh e soldiers and sailors mon
nment at Providence, Rhode Island, which
cost the State $4,000. was designed by Ran
J d jlph Rogers The bronzes cast at Munich
and the stone work by the Rhode Island gran
e works, in he westerly granite. The de
IGN OF he monument is greatly admired
The base is guarded by mortars placed al
each of he tour corners, between which steps
raise to The lower section, where TIVE We
broDZe tablets contain the names of 727
Ulcers and men killed in the late war. ali
rom Rhode Island. Intervening panels con-
aiming the figures Of War, Victory Emanci
patton and Peace. Above,o on pedestals, stands
a. each corner q ste tue representing one OF
he four branches OF the service, while the
shaft contains panel inscribed Erected
by The people of Rhode Island to the memo
y Of the brave men who died that their coun
ny might live " On the section above are
'Ie Slate and National aims and the whole
IS surmounted by statue OF America, stand
ing forty three ieet'from the ground.
The recent death of The King of Siam and
the ascension OF new ruler nave brought to
notice curious custom which is peculiar to
| the Simaese nation. 1t is called ''markipg the
people," Every male subject of the govern.
ment must elect a government official as his
marker, and then must have mark made on
he back OF one OF his wrists, indicating the
department. to which he is thus attached
All persons TINS marked are liable to be call
ed upon to render personal service Ia the de
partment to which they belong. This system
OF marking is unpopular with the people, and
as sucn times as it is IT, be'enforced The great
est vigilance is required ON the part of the
Government officials to prevent general i'm
migration from the country Of those subject
to the mark.
| BENEDICT ARNoLD's Music BooK.-A Nor
Wlch (Conn.) paper tells the following story /:
there was recently exhumsd from the gar
ret OIL an uptown mansion, q curiosity OF no
| t4ttle local as We'll as general antiquarian in
| terest-namely the veIitable music book
which Benedict Arnold used and sung from
when he was ayOung man and resident of
lhIe town. The book, now in possession of
aurdon Fo"d, OF Brooklyn, through presenta-
iion Oh Daniel Colt, has AInoid'S name writ
en- IN bod clear hand across the title pare
while the music (also manuscript is written
IN part in Arnold's hand, and part, doubt
less, by his mother The latter was a GOOD
woman, and letters from her to her son are
ex AM, in which she rXhorts him to flee temp
tauon and 1--we god y and upright llfe.''
Here is an extract from a characteristic let
! ter from Chicaguan 10 brother in Phlla
| delphia: dear Bro hHr-HOw wi Won trade
now? wiz sell you my store, fixtures AMI
stock wi insurance policies cheap for cash
Have been at work day uncove,lng The safe
IL Is tribe hot 10 handle without gloves
Am little anxious 10 know whether the
books are leglbte MI safe and well at The
house Thousands without a rag eXcepC what
Ihey have on-Where they sleep know uoL
am feeding few, because my credit is good
a The hui cher's. Cash on hand sIX dollars
and some cents. No need OF going abroad 10
see RUNS; have got miles o. them at home
Chlcdgo can burn up quicker than any city |
know Of"
WHAT GOOD NEWSPAPER MAYUo.-Show
us an IntelIig NJ family OF boys and girls.
and we will show you where newspapers are
plenty Nobody who has been without these
silent, private tutors, can know their educa-
i've power. How important then, to secure
those which tend only to good ANYTHING
that makes home pleasant, Cheerful. aud chat-
ty. thluS The haunts Of vice, and the thousand
aud one avenues OF temptation should Certain
~ be regarded, " hen you consider lis influence
on the young, as a great moral and social
blessing.
A wretch using the name of g Ellen" sent
to the editor of Hudson n paper a
poem entitled "A Broken Heart.'' and he
published it. His name is Weber, and he
was much surprised and panied to fluid next
day that the poem was an acrostic, winch
when spelled out distinctly, asserted that
" A Weber Is an ass" The price paid
for acrOstIcs IN that Office is hardly large
enough to induce persons of comma ding
talent TO enter into the business of COMPOSING
them as regular profession.
The people of the city of Davenport, Iowa.
are just now very naturally jubiIanL over the
fact that it has just paid The last judgment
against the city on account Of large amount
OF railroad Indebtedness incurred many years
ago. Nearly every city in Iowa was almost
swamped 10y it's railroad subscriptions, bur a
few of them, like Davenport, went to work
with Will to settle up and pay off the
claims. Davenport is the first to get clear of
them, but several Other cities are not far
behind.
an eastern paper says: Chicago people of
all grades and conditions are focklng into
New York; the thieves and vaga bonds for
more profitable fields OF labor; the rich and
lazy tor more Injurious homes than Chicago
now affords; and many others t o find tempo
rary homes with their friends, while their
fathers and brothers stay behind and build
anew. The estimate is that from Is, 600 to
2o,Oe0 in all are now in New York"
There is a little three year old, col ored
girl at Horn Lake, Miss, who has gray hairs
IN her head, and who presents the appear
ance of an old woman. She possesses a won
derful memory. Without knowing a single
letter in the book, she can spell correctly
any word in the English language that has
ever been spelled iL her hearing, and even
words that she never has heard before she
spells pnonetlcall', leaving out no letter that
is not silent when the word is pronounced
Mechanics are the palace builders OF the
world ; not stick is hewn, hot a stone is
shaped in all the lor dly dwellings of The rich,
that does not owe it's beauty and fitness to
the skill of the mechanic. The towering
spires that raise their giddy heads among the
clouds depend upon the mechanics art for
their strength and symmetry. Not an edifice
for devotion, business or comfort, but bears
the impress of their hands. How exalted is
their vocation, how sublime their calling!
Blessed are they to whom people go when
they are in distress Blessed are they around