The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-03-09

the government $4,000 this season. The
evil is q growing one, simply because
there is money in it, It has been the
custom, introduced at first in isolate
cases Ivy the Democrats, but greatly i'm
proved upon recently, to pay the full
salary tn the un -uccessful contestant, ami
also to the successful member. This has
had the natural result of greatly increas-
ing the number Of contested cases This
question is simple enough TO understand
if Only once freed from the fog of The
Capitol. These men were elected or
they were mt. If elected. they were
entitled to their seats Ifthey were not
elected, they are Untitled to No pay what
ever for they were not asked 10 serve
their country. Il has become an exp a.
Isive nuisance, and should be abatcd at
once. Better thaf a man should some
times get into and retain Congressional
seat to which he is not chosen, than that
he public treasury should be blrd at
this fearful rate in the name OF justice,
but really, in most cases, that set If
ladVentnrers may make money DeR5Rg
Wisconsin
The House of Representatives has pass
ed the s nate bill giving to soldiers mus
tered into service between M 4th and
July 90 !, 1851, and discharged on nc
c unt of disability, before serving two
years, b unity OF 800. This law, which
is an act Of justice long delayed, simply
extends the same privilege to state vol
untcrrs who to k arms before the act o.
Congress calling nur the forces Of the
country AS % those who subs' quenty Ell
listed There are only about four thnus-
and men who will rltin this bounty and
they are "a certainly none the less en-
titled to it, because they were first to
enter heir c0uEtryS servlct.
The urnal OF the Telegraph describ-
ed u machine exhibited in n .wark. N j.,
the purpose o which is to pro luce motive
power by the employment Of magnetism.
A Daniels battery of tour cells Is used,
containing 'bchrmmate of potash in the
porous cell, and diluted sqlphuric acid
OF ordinary strength in the nut,r vessel.
Beneath 1t IS fixed several iron cores sur
rounded hy cal ing wire which, wien
Il crlclty IS IL wing, converts the iron
cores into powerful magnets AMI thus
creates the power. The power thus gen
+. rated i'll this instance was rated at two
horse power and could be maintained for
TWEEN y-f 'ur hours at a cost If Ten cents
THE AcToR's REL,EF-The amount of
money air, a Y raised tor. the Holland t"s-
tlmonfal i $4,000 The expenses have
been $4,000 The returns from Phiadel
pima ar not yet included in the receipts
Two weeks ag he Ob,erUer, a religious
paper of this city declared that only
$4,000 had been raised for the Holland
Fund, and snterea at the 'heaters f VI the
failure RI y hal NJ de. To be sure, the
Ob .erger was only $4,000 OUT Of the way
N t. IN unusual ah ration from the
m de any correction Of is ma iciouS D If
agraph. that however, was NOT IT, be eX
pectrd. The disposition t. he made of
the Holland Fnnd, is, it is nnderstnod e.
inv st the ne ney in United States Gov
rinment securities, so hat the willow will
receive The interest during her life, while
at her DEATH the principal will be divided
among the children who may then SUI
vive ff5
Auburn, H.. has had great scandal
There came to that place, from Ohio, a
young gentlrman whd had elnped with
his stepmdther! The ia her and husband
wrote to the rrant wife to come hume
and be forgiven; she swore that she would
rather die than to leave her affinity"
I'd that The youth was equally ardent
But the fother came after her and carried
her off, leaving his son inconsolablg howl
ing, Children have not usually ever beep
over fond ef stepmothers, generally man
ittsting disposition to run away from
hem rather than with them. However
these odd things are not without prece-
dent ancient and classical.
Thr Lynchburg Republican says that
some time ag" inn Fisk became inturla
ted with Lea Silly, the star of his theater,
and telegraphed as follows to dlstin-
guishea London banking house, with
which Sim occasionally did business -
Send me Schneider, per next steamer,
coute qnt coute Cat any costly Imagine
the Indignation of those Tendon bankers
at being requested To send danseuse to
jim Fisk. Their reply was brief and to
tn point: "Not In our. line" Jim felt
rather she pish when he got that telegram,
and we fancy the little episode was con-
| fined to a few friends"
Sojourner Truth, who cannot read a
word, has yet knowledge of human
nature which gives her remarkable
power, while her moral and spiritual
perceptions have been wonderfully
qnickened by life long devotion to the
welfare of her kind In her lecture In
Springfield the other day, she said to
her audience: With all your oppo~-
tunities tor readin' and writin', YOU
don't take hold and do anything. Ny
God | wonder what you are IN the
world for p Her lecture, says the Re
publican, was mingled with good deal
Of sound orthodox theology, and her