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The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-08-09

REFERRING to the postal money-or-
der system, the Washington correspon-
dent Of the Baltimore Gazette says:
The postal money order system was
establhscd in the United States OH the
fifth of October, 1864, with al money
order Offices in operation, which nuns
Der continued throughout the fiscal
year 1S64-5. During the fiscal year
1866 there we're added to the above
332 offices increasing the total number
to 473, in 1867, $50 were added, and
392 in 1S67-S: 243 in 1S6S-9;22S in
lS69-7O; 3S2 in 1901, bringing the
total TO 2,076.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-08-09

THE ARCTIC ExpEDIrGoV.-The
Polaris, containg Capt. HALL AMI his
Arctic explorers, has left New York
for the North Pole. The Polaris,
from all published descriptions, ap-
pears to be strong in all appointments
The New York Herald says of the
expedition
Captain Hall will probably winter
above the seventieth degree north lati-
tude, a long wintry night illumined by
the aurora borealis. With the return
Of the sun in the spring he will have
six months daylight for his polar ex>
cursions. And on reaching the Pole,
what then? Why, then, the Captain,
right on the North Pole, will be at
point where the north will be directly
over his head, and the Polaris too, the
guiding star from which his good ship
is named, and at every point to which
he may look all around him, he will
look southwark, for the east AMI the
west will be abolishcG. If there is an
open sea all around him and no land
in sight, the sun in the horizon will
appear to be stationary, though the
ship may remain at the Pole for many
of our days; bat with point or two
of land in view the course of the sun
around cur planet every twenty-four
hours or so, may be marked by obsor-
walton, though to the observer the sun
will appear all the time at the distance
above the sea. But, what If the North
Pole should be found to be a roaring
volcano? Then we may reasonably
assume that there is a roaring volcano
at the other end, in order to maintain
the equilibrium of our planet on it:
axletree. And 50 we say success tC
Captain Hall in his hazardous enter
prise to solve the mystery of the Nortl
Pole.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-08-09

General Bolknap, ofIowa, the secro-
tary of war, has taken a new departure,
and our Iowa exchanges are convass>
ing his chances for senator over both
Harlan and Allison, Originally Gen
eral Belknap was a.Democrat, but he
went into the Republican party when
he accepted office, and now returns to
his first love.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-08-09

In Kentucky There are forty nine
Money-order offices, including six
which were establ shed on the first in
stant; in Mississippi there are nineteen
old and seven new; in North Carolina
twenty-six old and eight new; South
Carolina, twelve old and three new;
Tennessee, thirty five old and four new;
Virginia, thirty four old and six new;
Arkansas, seventeen old and two new;
Alabama, nineteen old and four new;
Florida, ten old and three new; Georgia
twenty old and one new. The increase
Of offices in the western states is much
greater than in all the other states
combined
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-08-09
Evils OF HlGH HEELs.-The high

Evils OF Hon HEELS. The high
heels which is now the fashion to put
on mems, women's, and children's shoes
and boots is beginning to attract consid>
cradle attention from their numerous
injurious effects. The practice is open
ly condemned by learned surgeons, and
DR.. VIM. IL. Pancoast remarked the
other day, after performing a painful
operation on an interesting little girl,
whose feet had been ruined by wearing
wrongly constructed shoes, "this is the
beginning of large harvest Of such
cases., And what else can be expec-
ted? Mothers walk the streets with
heels on their boots from two and a
half to three inches high, and not more
than an inch in diameter, and their
daughters follow the same bad and bar ..
barous practice. In many cases severe
sprains of the ankle aresuffered. But
these are not the worst fruits of the high
heel torture. The toes are forced against
the fore part of the boot, and soon be,
gin to assume unnatural positions In
many cases they are actually disloca-
ted. In others the great toe passes un-
der the foot, the tendons harden in
that position, and lameness is contrac,
ted, for which there is no cure but the
knife. When the injury does not take
this form it assumes other aspects al,
most as horrible, and it is high time
society should set its face as flint
against any continuation of the absurd
and unnatural custom.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-08-09

The New York Sun offers the follow
ing; "Why do not the discontented
Republicans and progressive Democrats
combine together and form a new par
ty? They have an excellent candidate
for the Presidency in the person of the
Hon. Horace Greely. All the farm
ers and all the mechanics are for him
already, because he is the farmers and
mechanics Candidate, and if the dis
contented Republicans and progressive
Democrats would also combine to sup
port him, he would be sure of a bigger
majority than was ever received by any
former President. 1t is time for new
party. Who will take the lead in its
organization?"
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-08-09

The church and the world, the
sanctuary and the counting-room, do
not displaoe one another The duties
growing out of our relations to God,
and those growing out of our relations
10 man, are alike binding. 1t is not
necessary to lay aside worldly business
TO be religious with the monk.) II is
equally unnecessary to give up prayer,
worship and Faith, to be moral (with
the moralist.) In the Christian view
the two classes of duties find room, and
are liarmoniously related, neither of
en- being compromised nor relaxed.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-08-09

We hear it asked if doctrinal zeal
can in this country be famed into war.
| answer, mix it with State matters
and see.. Show me people, whether
Catholic Or Protestant, whopersistently
shut their eyes and ears to free discuss.
sion and candid investigation--who see
no good, no honesty, and no religion
outside the picket lines Of their own
church-who are so destitute of moral
sense as to base their regard and re-
spect for their fellow man upon the
doctrine he processes, rather than upon
the solid substratum of character he is
known to possess, and will show you
a people who carry perpetual war in
their hearts.
Surely the same spirit which dares,
in the name of God to Course" fellow
man Gin all his members" will, if
backed by civil power, destory him.
The spirit of a curse is the soul of MUIR
der, and all whojustify their teachers in
cursing men, either from Papal throne
or Protestant pulpit, are fitted to kill
men. Indeed we have no right to look
for selt-government among people
who have, from childhood made rea~
son and conscience subservient to reli-
gious despotism. Tyranny breeds ty-
rants, and persecution brings forth
wolves that at last turn and devour the
wounded mothers who bore them.
Jas. G.. Clakc.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-08-09
PRAcTICAL WoMAN's RIGHrs.-

Practical WoMAN's RrGHrs.-
About twenty miles from the Healing
Springs, in the Allegheny mountains,
there lives most remarkable woman.
Her name is Morrison, but she is
known all through the country by her
maiden name of miss Jennie Rucker."
She is about sixty years ofage, has her
hair bobbed like mans, wears a
mans hat, and rides horse astride..
Hunting is her means of livelihood,
and she kills deer, bear ana orlier game
with the skill of forty years experience.
Not long since she wounded a deer.
but before coming up withit, another
hunter-a man-had gotten to it and
commenced carving it up. The old la
dy expostulated with no avail, and
finally drew bead on him with her
rifle to enforce her "rights.' The fel-
low jumped behind tree, but left his
heel exposed, at which vulnerable spot
the old lady fired and hit She got her
deer, She has nine or ten children,
and is said to treat all travellers hospi-
tably who stops at her cabin. She uses
tobacco, but never gets further in
swearing than "by zounds," which is.
her favorite expression. If any wo-
man want her "rights," let her flee to.
the Allegheny mountains.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-08-09

"We hate some persons because we
do not know them; and we will not
know them because we hate them.
Those friendships that succeed to such
aversions are usually firm, for those
qualities must be sterling that could
not only gain our hearts, but conquer
our prcjudices, in things far more
serious than our friendships. Thus,
there are truths which some men de-
spise, because they have not examined,
and which they viii not examine, be,
cause they despise."
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-08-09

A SUBCOMMITTEE Of the national
democratic executive committee have
decided ON ST. Louis as the place for
holding the next national democratic
convention. The time has not been
determined upon. 1t is said that the
republican convention will be held at
the same place,
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-08-09
'EfffGfiT TO YOUTH.

A darling little infant
Was playing on the floor,
When suddenly a sunbeam
Came through the open door;
And striking on the carpet,
Ii made golden dot,
The darling baby saw it,
And crept to the spot.
His little face was beaming
With a smile of perfect joy,
AS if an angels presence
Had filled the little boy;
And with his tiny finger,
As in a fairy dream,
lie touched the dot of sunshine,
Aud followed up the beam
lie looked up to his mother,
TO share his infant bliss,
Then stopped and gave the sunbeam
A pure, sweet baby kiss.
Oh, Lord, our heavenly Father,
In the fulness of my iov,
Ipray that child like feeling
May never leave the boy.
But in the days of trial,
When sin allures the youth,
Send out the Light to guide him,
The sunbcams of Thy Truth,
And may his heart be ever
To Thee an open door,
Through which Thy truths, as sunbeams
May joy upon life's floor.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-08-09


In late issue of our paper we charg-
ed the carpet-bag congressman from the
COLUMBUS district, II. w. Barry, with
having tried to steal a noted "yaller
pony" from the Honorable Frank
Lynch, of Texas, and asked the Pilot
to add this item, together with several
other charges, to its biographical sketch
of the Infamous scoundrel. Neither Il @
Pilot, Barry himself, or any Of his
friends, has disputed the charge, and
as Mr.. Lynch is now in this place, we
renew it, and dare the carpet bag
scoundrel to dispute it. We may, at
some future time, give our readers a
few more items in the history of this
Yankee villain, who was kicked out of
the Federal army for being, as BROTH
er officer expressed it. the d-dest
scoundrel unhung. One of his specu-
lations in Texas was hiring his negro
regiment out to pick cotton on shares
for the people in the neighborhood of
his quarters, while they were being fed
at the expense of the government. lie
received over fifty bales from one wid-
ow lady as his share, and great deal
from other parties.-Braadoa [ lIissl
Republican.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-08-09


DADDY's BoY.-In a certain small
town on the Mississippi lived man
who made horse,trading business.
lie bought up horses for the city mar
ket, and was considered pretty good on
trade.
One day a long, lean, queer, green
looking specimen of the Western coun-
, try arrived at the dock with a boat
load of horses, and inquired for the
horse jockey.
Daddy sent me down with some
horses. he said in half idiotic tone.
"Who's he?"
Daddy"
"What do you want for your horses?"
"Daily said you could set your
price was the response.
"Let me 60 down and Look at your
h)rses" said Brown, and accordingly
they were soon at the boat.
Brown examined the horses, and
named the price he would give for this
one and that and the country pumpkin
made no objection, although some Of
the offers were not more than one-half
the real value of the animals. One Of
the bystanders gently suggested that he
was being cheated, but he returned:
Daddy said Brown would set the
price him self" and so Brown had ii all
bis own way.
At last they camc to another animal
chat did not look much superior to the
rest.
81 must have more for that animal"
said the fellow. Daddy SAYS he can
gun some.~
"Runl" said Brown, "that nag can't
run worth cent"
Daddy says SO, and daddy knows
"Why, I've got one up to the stable
that would beat him ak 10 nothing"
"Guess not, said the fellow. Lets
try 'em. III bet the whole boat>load
of horses ON i'm.
Brown smiled.
I'll stake five thousand dollars
against your boat ioad," said Brown
winking at the crowd, "and these men,"
selecting two "shal hold the stakes"
Browns Eve thousand was intrusted
to one, and the other went on board
the horse boat
One Of the crowd started to remon>
strate with the poor, idiotic fellow, but
. ho only responded:
Cody" dad told me he could run
0 some, and daddy ought to loose 'em if
10 he was sich tarnal fool as to tell me
n that, when he couhn't.
Browns sleek racer was brought
down, and Brown mounted him.
The countryman led out his animal
and climbed on his back, looking Us un-
couth and awkward as the horse he pro-
posed to ride.
The word was given, and they start
edoif, amidst the laughter of the crowd.
At first Brown was ahead, and it look
ed as though the poor fellow was to be
badly beaten, when suddenly his horse
plunged forward and the horse jockv
~ yas left far behind. Such going J
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-08-09

The Salt Lake City Ne,cs says that,
a short time since, while some men
were engaged in clearing out a spring
in that region from which the people
obtain water for irrigation, they found, J..
standing erect, in the spring, what had
been two year old heifer, in an ads
vanced state ofpctrifaction.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-08-09

1t generally takes twenty years to
eradicate the word "nice" frow a wo-
mans vocabulary. The Falls Of
Niagara, the Psalms ofDlvid and the
progress of the humane race, says
fond father "were all nice to my daugh
ter ill she got married" Picking this
paragraph up and posing it epon its
needle, the Revolution punctuates it
thus: at takes longer than that to
eradicate words that ara not nice from
the vocabulary of men.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-08-09

A Toledo druggist had his name ia
ken off petition for street improve,
ment when he learned that the purpos,
ed undertaking would benefit the health
Of the noighborhood.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-08-09

CoNNUBnLB BLIss.-Sir Philip sgd
ney gives the following beautiful pic,
ture of matrimonial happiness;
The messenger from Argalus at
castle of his own, sitting in parlor with
the fair Parthenia; he, reading in book
the stories of Hercules; but while his
eyes looked ON the book she looked on
his eyes, sometimes staying him with
some pretty questions, not so much to
be resolved Of the doubt, as TO give him
occasion to look upon her. A happy
couplel lie ioying in her; she, joying
in herself, but in herself because enjoy
ing him. Both increased their riches
by giving to each other; each making
one life double, because they made a
double life one: where desire never
wanted satisfaction, nor satisfaction
ever brought safety. lie, ruling be-
cause she wouldo obey; or rather, because
she would obey, she therein ruling.
A NOBLE WIFE.-A bankrupt mer-
chant returned home one night to his
wife.
"My dear. | am ruined; everything
we have is in the hands Of the sheriff" "
After few moments of silence, the
wife looked calmly into his face and
said:
"Will the sheriff sell you?"
ooh, mol"
"Will he sell me2'
"Oh, no !"
"Wil, he sell the childrcpl'
"Oh, no!
"Then do not say we have lost
everything. All that is most valuable
remains to manhood, womanhood,
childhood. We have lost all but the
results of our skill and industry. We
can make another fortune if our hearts
and hands are left Us"
Can we wonder that, encouraged by
such wife, he is on the road to fortune
again
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-08-09

A correspondent inquiries whether
there is any law forbildiug General
Grant from being elected President one
or two terms more. We answer that
there is no law on the subject, but that
the people will attend to the matter all
the same
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-08-09

A German waiter at Bingen on the
Rhine has displayed a talent for fraud
worthy of Saratoga. A lady found a
chicken in her egg, and called his atten--
ton to the circumstance. lie charged
her for boiled chicken.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-08-09

not been seen in those parts for long
time, and poor Brown was crest.fallen,
as the cheers Of the bystanders fell on
his cars.
"I'll take the spondulix," said the
countryman, riding up dad was
right. The animal can git around a
little"
Brown tried to say it was all a joke,
but the fellow would have his money.
81 guess | won't trade to-day" he
said, as he put his money in his old,
rough, leather pocket-boOk.
In vain Brown tried to induce him
to trade, but he pushed off his boat,
resolutely saying;
"Pd rather go back and tell dad"
Brown was completely sold, for he
knew at once that the green country
man was a leetle shrewder than people
imagined him, and had just come there
on purpose to win his money from him.
Next time he di | not ridicuIea a horse
that daddy said could run some"
"I1allo, there, captain" said a
brother Jonathan to the captain of a
canal packet on the Erie Canal, "what
do you charge for PASSAGE"
'Three cents per mile and boarded,
said the captain.
"Waal, | guess I'll take passage
capting, seeing how | am kinder gin
out, walking 50 far"
Accordingly he got on board as the
steward was ringing for dinner. JON
athan sat down and began demolishing
the 'fixins," to the utter CONSERVATION
Of the captain. until he had cleared
the table Of all that was eatable, when
he got up and went on deck, picking
his teeth very comfortable.
GLOW far is it, capting, from here to
where | got on board?"
"Nearly one and half miles" said
the captain.
Lets see" said Jonathan, "tha
would be just four and a half cents
but never mind, capting, ! won't b'
small; here's five cents, which pays m,
fare to here; | guess I'll 60 ashore now
I'm kinder rested eout."
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-08-09

When daughter remarks, ''Mothor.
| would not hire help, for | can assist
you TO do all the work IN tho kitchen, -
set it down that she will make a good
wife,.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-08-09

Childhood is like the mirror, CATCH
ing and rejecting images all around it.
Remember that an impious or profane
thought uttered hy parents lips may
operate upon young heart like a care .
less spray ofwlter thrown upon a pol>
ishod steel, staining it with rust which
no afler-scouring can efface.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-08-09

The queen of England has oaneelleii
the royal warrant legalizing the purp
chase of commissions in the army.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-09-21

III pO1AC' aa ~ uOAeue young ulcuioHC6 re-
spectacle, full Of beer, got into fight, one
and one stabbed another, inficting a
wound which proved mortal in thirty-six
hours. One paid the peualty mundane
penalty-of his "full of beer" with his
life. As fearful penalty awaits the other.
Great and fearful as has been and is the
penalty which these young men have met,
and will have to meet, they are not alone
to blame. We, the people, who have al.
lowed allurements and temptations to be
placed before them, leading them on to
where they now are, are to blame with
them, and we too, shall have to suffer the
penalty for our misdoings and neglect OF
duty. To great extent we are responsl.
BILE for the life of the young man who re
ceiYed his mortal wound Sunday evening
Nor is his the only life for which respon.
sibility attaches to the people. 1t is not
long since two young men committed sui
eide, helped on to its commission through
the influence of Intoxicating liquors
And the people are to some extent re-
sponsible for their lives. s.'aaa
| Tn view of the responsibility of the
people for the DRINKS, the fights. the
crimes, the suicides, the homicides, the
iDcivility, the immortality, the degreda
ton, the wickedness and the ineamy il
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-09-21

SLEEPING ON ONE sDE.-Sleeping on
the right side, in addition to permitting
free action Of the heart, has the great
advantage of favoring the escape, through
the pyloric orlfice in the stomach, of that
organs contents by gravitation, the stom-
ach then lying in an inclined position
from left to right, which it also assumes
when one is in the erect attitude. For
people who limit themselves to light OF
easily digested suppers, or who go supper.
less to bed, the posture of rest may be a
matter of Indifference but to individuals
inclined to rotundity, or to indulgence in
hot suppers and accomplishments, he bes,
way to avoid, or to facilitate escape from
uneasy sensations, is question of interest
- English Mechanic. osa. o ag
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-09-21
The CRIME OF ABORTION DENorJNoE1

4hh O1S1h14 We s&AoOIA44ON
Judge Bedfort of New York, IL open
ing a term of the Court of General Ses
sions, delivered 81 lengthy charge to the
Grand Jury in which he said: "The
people look, to the authorities to stem the
current Of crime now jeopardizing the
safetyof the citizens. Let them not
look in vain" 81
Having referred to the mysterious
frank murder, he said the victim of
treachery and deception had,in moment
Of frantic despair, given herself up to and
was murdered by an abortionist The
air is heavy with the dark deeds of these
traficers in human life" He hoped the
Legislature at its next session, would de-
clare abortion murder in the first degree,
punishable with death, instead of man
slaughter in the second degree.
The address was applauded by the
audience. 5 a34a Ter ffa
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-09-21

MATILDA FLETCHER, the eloquent
young lecturer of Iowa, is coming to this
state soon to fill engagements to lecture.
Her subjects are:
I. "NIen and Their Whims."
II. care You for Sale !? Or Political
Follies,"
She can be engaged to give lecture in
Kenosha in November.
Henry O'Connor, the Attorney General
of Iowa, himself an orator, says: "Matil-
da Fletcher is most captivating speak
or, brilliant, logical, and witty. She pos
sesses the rare and happy art, of uttering
the most pronounced and positive senti-
ments, in such way as not to offend the
bitterly prejudiced while it is sure
to win all who have the least claim TO
candor.
She never fails to command the undi-
vided attention OF any audience.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-09-21

The National Pu blishing Co. Chicago,
desire to obtain an Agent in every
County to obtain subscribers for The
History of the War between Germany and
France by James Nc Cabe Jr. It is sold
only by subscription and is valuable
work. ~
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-09-21

Mr.. Golf disturbed swarm of humble
bees while berrying out West, and came
near having burying of his own. Th e
bees stung his neck, and his throat so
swelled that the whole family have to
take turns feeding him soup with squirt
gun.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-09-21

3 "A svindler who mas just beeen turned on
of Lesvenworth, Kan, for cheating soldiers
widows and crippled soldiers, proves to be
the editor of an Arkansas paper whick ha'
been bud In denouncing radical thieves.