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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-12

A UCTION AUCTION, AUCTION NOTICE
"A THIS (fr1,v MORN ING, commencing at 109 O'clock
private resi- 10 West Sd street 9Th avenue
$4,000 worth OF elegant and plain Household Funi
urc CONF risins Paot Grand rosewood ~ octave Piano
forte, Parlor Suits Mirrors Carpets, bookcase Eageres
Tables, Chamber Suits, Pcdscad Bureaus, Washstands
Aimoire. ace Mattresses Feather Beds Ocoth Stoves
China and silver Plate, &c in all 400 lots by catalogue.
LUKE FITZGERALD, Auctioneer
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-12

~. kssiense aud Marshal's
ss,so' w5e, nSg, , uha@f188 ost as, n, o,.s
OF the assgnee to pay storage and adyafrry garrss
various sca;bqn ana R{s whskeys sach az EeeI Mcb,
casks pransiss GINA Rum Port And sherry Vines i'm:
frandes, Old Tom 0in Russ Bhiers nc. cases and
bask ss Champagne 70 be cold In lots without rescrye.
10 sul Ieaers Also nsrshas sale OF bnc0 HayAnA faar
u, 2lNpak4SS, Civ MArshN
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-11-14
SCHOOL-SLATES UNDER BAN.

A general war is being waged against
the use of states in the schools CT Germa
ny. There is scarcely any sound more
offensive to the human ear than the graf
ing of the pencil on the slate; and when
this is multiplied by numbers in the
school, the effect is said to be extremely
injurious to the nerves of many children,
and to leave evil influences for life. In
addition to this, the use of states is attend
ed with many other disadvantages.
Children acquire heavy hand by their
use, and accustom themselves to vicious
holding of the pen. Physicians say that
the sight is injured by it. The slate is
heavy and easily broken and is noisy
implement in the school-room, besides
being quite inoonvenient to carry with
books. In short, the slate ought 70 be
abolished entirely, is the verdict; but it
is necessary evil, without substitute
Many ingenious minds have been seeking
for years for a satisfactory remedy, and at
last practical teacher thinks he has
found it. A Mr.. Wagner comes forth
with sort Of pasteboard that presents
all tbe convenience of the slate, with the
advantages of writing on paper Pen
and ink are used as on ordinary paper. but
the writing can easily be cffaced, and the
same board, or card, be used an indefinite
number of times The Saxon Board of
Instruction have granted Mr.. Wagner .
patent for his invention, and he details
the following as the advantages: It is
more easy to write on these cards than on
paper, and great economy of paper is
thereby effected in favor of the poor chill
dren of the Peoples Schools. Il is easy
with them to acquire an excellent hand
IN writing. AS a proof of their durabil-
ity, school of one hundred and sixty
children spoiled only four in ten weeks
Practice and experience prove that it is
more easy to learn TO write we'll with them
than with paper. They are light and
elastic, and not the least noise needs be
made in handling them. They seem, in
short, to be great step in advance, of the
many pate 1T states on which pencils are
used, and will ,doubtess,iA many respects,
prove {. blessing to muittudes of school
children, store-keepers, accountants, and,
others who need to use quantities of paper
for temporary purposes.-Lad5es' RepOsi.
tory for N0pember @
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-11-14
BY MRS. NJ. BgRD1cK.


Roll back to-day the tide of years; of years
but halt score;
Draw.bsck the veil of memory and read in
thought once more. trrs uta
THE fearful history of those years, with
dreadful terror taught,
And tell me this, Columbia sons, was this
all done for naught? qro IN 4s sa8aM.
Each page in history of those years is dyed in
crimson gore, H
The life. blood of our kindred-yea, the sons
our mothers bore attq pa
And prison-pens, here soldiers era YES like
forest leaves lie s.rewn,
Stand witnesses of darkest deeds America
has kno wn. ISL agAEA
The ranking jealousy and hate is burning
now as then,
And they who drenched our land with blood
now sue for power again,
Not boldly-no, the frauds wsre neat, could
they but mask our eyes, ,tsst5t t +.
Butknow We not the wolves havefdonned the
Larmle.s sleeps disguise? ~
'tYou must forget the past" voice so
smoothly, blandly speaks,
While yet the tears of widowhood, undried,
lie on our cheeks
F'FoRGET THE PAST! ~ while Orphans han Is
for bread shall daily toll
t'FoRGET THE PAsTP' while human bones lie
bleached en- Southern soil
''FoRGET THE PAST I" when crippled men by
scores are daily met ta.t
''FoRGET THE PAST ~ oh, stricken ones, say
when will ye forget?
Jehovah par6oneth our sins WHEN WE Re.
PENT, and thus
Well do. Do not demand o greater sacri-
fee OF us. .l ss.#.s
The die is cast the line is drawn; to-day
two armies stand ta#
Wsth purposes distinct, as when the war
cloud swept our land. Ft ,
Oh! freemen of the nation, speak VIII We
give up your trust
Shallfreedom's temple, reared IN blood, now
crumble in the dust? 7Eg6
Have lives of brave men, freely given, been
sacrificed in vain? ~
Did blood and treasure noterase rebellion's
darkest stain? #Vt s.. .el5f5l.E
Or shall there rise today, from out the issue
OF the hour,
The edict that our foes be clothed with legis-
latiYe mower:
That these, our braves, who rose in might
and dealt the crushing blow,
Should yield the laurels they have Won, TO
deck rebellion's BROW,
Must we, who gave our fathers, sons and
brothers to the fray,
Stand back to-day upon their graves, and
bow while foes bear sway?
The meadows of the sunny South bear
mounds like ocean waves,
For in. their turt-clad bosom lie three nun
dred thousand graves.
Three hundred thousand men whose cry,
couldit be heard, would be,
"The price we paid was not in vain, it must
not, shall not be -
Then, brothers, raise your good right arm,
renew your sacred vow,
That they who fought to save our land shall
be our leaders now;
That men who sit at helm of state shall be
the true and tried;
That loyalty shall be the test; that God
shall be our guide.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-11-14
THE GREEK BRIGANDS.

A story comes from Athens a bout Greek
bri9andage very refreshing to honest peo-
ple,and suggestive of the question wheth-
.er women might not govern Greece better
than its men. One of the curses of mod
ern Hellas, as everybody knows, is the
unextirpated guild of brigands, who in
fest the land, defying the government,
suppressing commerce, demoralising the
peasantry, and robbing and numbering
strangers or rich natives. One of these
unhanged villains lately captured the
youthful son of a widow woman of prop
erty, we'll known upon the border. The
usual message was sent down from the
hills: the brigand chef must have one
thousand drachmas by certain DAY, or
the life of the boy-he was only twelve
years old-would Fay the forfeit. As
usual, too, the last hope which mother
could cherish in such a frightful position
was the chance of government help. The
wretchedly, weak administrations which
play at sin and out" in Athens still allow
these scoundrels to hold the roads and
passes of the country and this poor woman
haG to trust to her own courage and wits.
Neither were wanting; there was some
true old Odyssean blood in her, and she
hit upon plan for saving both her child
and her drachmas. She had brother, a
young fellow of perfect pluck, though
his cheeks were as smooth as the Dellan
Apollo's, sand him she dres ed up carefully
az Greek girl Having appointed to
meet the robber chief in certain spot,
she took up two hundred drachmas and a
present of cakes and fruit, the Greek
girl" going with her as guide" On
reaching the place they found the scoun-
drel waiting, with the captive lad bound
hand and foot beside him The woman
first asceftained 10y cunning questions that
the man was really alone,and then offered
with many suppications, her money and
the present of cakes and fruit. The vii
lain took the latter and munched while
he counted out fhe drachmas then, with
a fierce oath, he said it was far too little
that she must go back and send enough
TO make up thousand, or the head of the
lad would be sent down to her without
delay. While the woman chung suppl
eating TO his knees, the Greek girl" sud-
denly flung q grip of iron round the rob
ber's arms, and. as the fellow was thus
pinioned, the outraged mother drew d
losded pistol and shot him dead The
pair lost no time IN liberating the lad, nor
did they forget to cut off and wrap in a
cloth the head of the Chief and, as a
reward of three thousand drachmas had
been set upon this precious article, they
made quite an excellent days business Of
| it. on arriving safe and sound at their own
| village London Telegraph.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-11-14

EDUCATION OF A HoRsE--A horse is
never vicious or intractable without a di-
rect cause. II horse is FESTIVE or timor-
Gus, you may be sure that these faults
arise from defects in his education. He
has been treated either awkwardly or bru-
tally. Commence the education of o
horse at his birth accustom him to the
presence, voice and sight of man; do not
startle him. All chastisement of cruelty
confuses the animal and makes him wild.
They are good men who make good horses.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-11-14
THE GENEVA wATCH-MAKERs.

|
Geneva has SO long been the watch factory
| OF the world that little need be said on
the subject. From four to five thousand
men are constnatly engaged in making
watches. Two or three thousand more
are employed in making musical boxes.
In the absence of statistics it is supposed
that one hundred and fifty thousand
watches are now made in Germany every
year. The work is separated into many
departments The watch-mak ers, SOCIAL
ed-thosc who make the works of the
Watches-are the steadiest class. They
have no trades union. The caSe~makers
are freer spirits, and have trades union,
u do the jewelers., engravers, and enam-
elers. All of these latter command higher.
wages than the watch-makerS, and having
more temptation, are more given to be-
ginning the week on Wednesday, after a
leisurelv spree. A watch maker averages
about SIX francs, or nearly dollar and
quartera day. Jewellers, engravers, and
en- smelers can make little more than
that. Case-makers can earn three dollars
q day. But such are the habits Of all
these four latter classes that they do not
average more than six francs day Of the
watch-work maker There are no very
large watch factories in Geneva; that is.
the workmen are rarely collected in one
building. neutrality-suspicious. Of the whole,
class is indicated by the fact that they
generally work a home. Where quaint.
old house reaches out for light through,
many windows high above the din mess
OF Its narrow court, you may be sure that
the proud ruler OF the little republic is.
there with his matchmaking or engrav-
ing tools. He and bis brethren who make
music-boxes and singing-birds,, and the
other indurtrious denizens Of theiSt Ger.
vais quarter, are the rulers OF :hls little
republic, because they are the backbone
of the radical party, and the radical party
Is the liberal or independent party, which
rules the city end the canton. It is these
people who, under the lead of james Fazy,
in 1346, brought the aristocrats of the old
upper city to terms, and made them pay
for the powder and ball with which they
did it. They work and thiak, and rule
one of the best, and apparently ore of TIL
least. G 'verned cities in the world.-Ha4-
per's Magazine. Hf1 aasH|
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-11-14

The staple announcement that two
hundred and twenty, six new streets, with
an aggregate length of thirty-eight and a
halt miles, have been opened in London
during the past year, gives rather start
ling idea of the immensely of that great
city. During the past ten years one hun
dred and fifty thousand houses have been
built, and six hundred and thirty-ive
miles Of streets have been opened in the
same place. The population of London
exceeds to day the entire population OF
the American Colonies when they en-
gagged in the revolution against Great
Britain.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-11-14

A Utica man has invented travelling
trunk with this improvement: Taking hold
of the handle and lifting one end from the
floor, sharp pull draws out hand bar, sim
liar to those by which hand cart is drawn
or propelled, and at the same time two
strong wheels drop beneath. The trunk is at
once box on wheels, and the traveller can
draw 1t away independent of porters or ex-
pressmen.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-11-14

"RlDE FOR Your LIFE."-In the six
teenth century there were no post offices
in England. Government carriers were
the only bearers of letters, except tie
common carriers, whose principal bust
ness was the conveyance of parcels. These
curriers' were under martial law, and in
the time of Henry VIII, were subject to
the penalty OF hanging for delay upon
the road with their dispatches, conse-
quently the letters of those days we're
sometimes orRamented with cheerful
sketch of ga lows with a courier there
on suspended. Underneath was the ad-
Monition, "Haste Post Haste for thy
Life !" Post offices and relays of horses
were then established at the principal
towns along the high roads, and the post
masters Endorsed on the government dis
patches the day and hour of their arrival
in transit. A letter dispatched from
Plymouth to London in 1923, "For His
Majesty's special SERVICE, be RS nine in
dorsements, The distance two Hundred
and fourteen miles, by the route taken,
was accomplished in fifty. seven hours, a
rate Of about three miles and three quar-
tiers per hour. On part of the route the
speed was greater, though SIX miles was
the highest speed made, aud On the heavy
portions of the road the route was two
miles and even less. From the penalty
attached to slow riding or hating
came the proverbial saying "riding for
your life," which saying is usually sup.
posed to refer to flying from an enemy.
From the taking of private letters by the
bearers of government dispatches arose
the wonderful conveniencos OF the modern
postal arrangements. 1t was from this
circumstance that the transmission of the
mails has come to be a portion OF the du-
ties OF the governments. The transmits
sion of government dispatches by special
messengers offered facilities to the pub.
lie, which, as correspondence increased.
were more and more valued andimproved,
and the advance LIBERALIZATION and com.
mercial intercourse has been largely due
Co the facilities of mail TRANSPORTATION.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-11-14

LABOR CoNQUERs ALL THINGS. 1T is a
well-established truth, that abor conquers
AL things. Everything that we do has
to have certain amount oflabor expend-
cd on it, Co bring it to a state of perfec-
ton. However difficult it may appear,
however impossible it may seem to be,re-
member it you attack it with energy, aud
labor with all your might, your efforts
will be crowned with success. Inventive
man, by the aid and application of labor,
wins for himself a name that will! always
be hOnOred, respected and remembered
by his felloW-cltlzens. 1t has been truly
said that no excellence is obtained without
labor Few persons conversant with the
world have failed to discover that in tAe
race of life, men of moderate means and
attachments frequently outstrip competi
tors endowed equally by the smiles of for
tune and the gifts Of genius. Difference
oftalent will not solve it; for that differ
ence is very often found in favor of the
disappointed candidate How often do
we see issuing from the walls of the same
college. nay, sometiasaEfra bosom Of
the same family, two young men, one of
whom shall be admitted to be genius
OF high order, the other scarcely above
mediocrity; yet you shall see the one sink.
ing and perishing in poverty, obscurity,
and wretchedness, while. on the other
hand, you shall observe the latter toiling
up the hill of life, gaining steadfast foot
| ing, at every step, and mounting at last
to distinction, an ornament TO society and
a blessing to his country
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-11-14

When clouds were round about us all,
And many tainted by the way;
When towards fed their country's call,
And traitors preached base delay
oh, brothers, have ye clean forgot 81.
Whothen arose and faltered not,-
The silent Grant,
The man we want.
Whose soul Of adamant
Not hell itself can daunt? as
Whose name alone
Can shake the proudest throne,
In northern or in southern zone.
Ye fearless braves, of aspect grim,
Who struggled GU the Tennessee,
Who. trod the Wilderness with him
And bore its ling ring agony,
l scorD to think such men as you
Can e'er desert leader true
Then shout for Grant
Whom soldiers want,
Whose soul, &C., &c.
III.
Fling out, fling out, the tattered rag
Ye followed to the bloody end
IT'S grander than the gaudiest flag
Where sycophants and traitors bend
Well live and die beneath it's fold
When borne by him we loved of old,
The trusty Grant
The man we want.
Whose soul, &C., &c.
".
IT'S shame that dreamlngScloset men,
Who shed no blood for country's veal,
Those cunning jugglers with the pen
Should stab our hero with their steel;
With tricks of words should blot his ma m
And cheat him of his we'll won fame,
Our gallant Grant
The man we want,
Whose soul, &c., &c.
V.
Let envious dotards plot and scheme
And trade soldiers fame away;
The men who act, not those who dream,
That bare their bosoms to the fray
IT'S such as them the country needs
The workers of immortal deeds
Yhen give us Grant
I'D The NAH we want,
Whose soul, &C., &c. el FL
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-11-14

BY F. II. HARDWOOD.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-11-14

A revival of the Dickens separation
and its attendant scandal is likely to be
brought abont by Mr.. Foster, Die keps'
accepted biographer. In his second vol
ume of the great novelist's life he touches
upon that part of it which caused SO
much misery to himself and family, and in
his devotion to Mr., Dickens does not hes
itate to throw the burden of the blame
upon Mrs. Dickens. To this her son
Charles objects, and insists that Justice
must be done his mother as well as his
father, and that the truth must be told
on both sides. And as the press very
Willingly takes up the story, the "whole
truth" is likely to be told, with per
haps trife added.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-11-14
From the Wisconsin.
THE SILENT MAN.

A SOLDIERS SONG.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-11-14

An English traveller says, Put an Ameri-
can baby six months old on its feet, and it Q
will Immediately say, Mr.. Chairman and
call the next cradle to order"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-11-14

If you have talents, industry will improve
supply their DEFICIENCIES. Nothing is denied
to well-directed labor; nothing is everto be
attained without. ase.r. .,,-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-11-14

A teacher in the Sunday School of Epis-
copal church in Chicago said to one of her
pupils james, what good thing-what
great pleasure are you willing to give up as
sacrifice during Lenten season. Pr Jimmie
meditated about ten seconds and responded:
az think I'll give up going to Sunday
School!'' '<s e-s ~
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-11-14

1t is related of John Wesley that, preach
Ing 10 an audience of courtiers and noble
men, he used sthe generation of vipers''
text, and flung denunciation right and left.
s'That sermon should have been preached at
Newgate." said displeased courtier to Wes
ley, on passing out. 'No, said the fearless
apostle, my text there would have been,
Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away
the sin Of the World!'
The Opelousas courier., 1872-02-10
ct ne gate rien dams les appartements.-
Mile attestations en- font fol.
Renaissance, de la NNe.. Orleans.

MEx1co.-Le Mexique est en- proie
une anarchie toujours croissante. Les
lndiens commettent toutes sortes de de-
predations du cote de Matamoros. Les
generaux revolutionnaires ct juaristes
bataillent toujours entire eux. La dis
corde est maintenant au camp des insur-
ges; par consequent, ills sont en- train de
Sc fare battre. C'est lie r6sultat inevi-
table de toutes les dissentions intestines.
DE ce chaos, il resulte que les populations,
qul sont encore un peu saines, deman-
dent a cor ct a cris l'annexion aux Etats-
Unis. LIE peuple r6clame le protectorat
american; le gouvernement de Jaures
sly oppose: il a avec lui tous les politi-
clens. Cest 6gal, il n'arr6tera pas le
movement. Partout, on commence a
etudier la langue anglaise. Bient6t, lie
gouvernement des Etats- Unis n'aura
qua etendre la main pour saisir sa proie.
DeJa, Quiroga, qui est a la t6te dun parti
pulssant, recherche l'appui de Washing
ton, ct les populations, traqu6es, par les
brigands, cherchenJ un refug ge de ce cote
cl du Rio Grande. QUAINT aux mouye-
ments des gen6raux, impossible den
donner une idee c'est un veritable
chaos.
The Opelousas courier., 1872-02-10
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