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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-09-20
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Fencing and she.thing EEme prices a. con-
mon Finishing, flooring, box, cOopers, casing,
alsting, trunk and tobacco, ~ follows: Sd, SIS;
3d., and Sd. 81 25; 3D.. 81; Sd, sc 70; lOd.
and larger. Sc 80. Clinch nails, and IL
inch. IS; 2 IL and "a inch, 81 20; inch
and longer, 81 80.
In half kegs fifty cents per cwt more than the
ebovt
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-09-20
TIE ENGLISH ARBITRATION DE-
MURs.
THE FINDING IND .dW-9RD OF
THE ARBITRATOR IN FULL.

TIE GENEVA Arbitration PUBLIC AsEoUEcE-
MEST CT TIE DECISIoE -THE SUN OF Sl5,-
800 900 AWARDED To The UNITED STATES
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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-15

ITCH CURE.-This wretcbed disorder Is cor.
tainly to be classed amongst the worst all
ments of humanity. 1t is most readily cured
by the following remedy, which we never
knew to fail and is entirely free from the
mucurlal authorizations so universally used.
rake three tablespoonfuls of the best hogs
lard. Put it into a small bowl add q hall
gill of the best tar, or compound as thick as
thn molases. Beat thoroughly till all the
tar has melted. At night when going to bed
rub the parts affected with the mixture after
stirring 1T up. Hare some wraps of old cloths
ready to prevent soiline. -
1nls simple remedy is almost magical IN
us results: we have seen it remove whole
punches Glitch scahs, that nothing else would
n al, leaving nicely healed skin in the place.
Sarsaparllta tea should be drank to clear the
blood at the same time. -
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-15

A Big DRAIN. "A number of San
Francisco capitalists have engaged
Mr.. Brereton, an engineer who has
spent fourteen years in India, to
work up scheme for irrigating all
the low land of the Sacramento ba-
sin, and the matter is now far enough
advanced to be made public. The
drainage areas of all the main streams
tributary to the Sacramento, and the
San Joaquin have been calculated,
and. although the surveys are not
completed, a map has been drawn
showing approximately the position
of all the canals. The main lines
are to be navigable, and are to run
along the base Of the mountain on
both sides Of the valley; and from
these main lines, shorter distributing
lines are to be run down on the ridg-
es. The main lines are not to be
less than thirty feet wide and six
feet deep, and the grade will vary
from SIX to eighteen inches per mile,
according to circumstances,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-15
STUDYING STARS BY LANTERN

& STUDYING STARS BY LANTERN
Rev. James Freeman Clarke, of
Boston, has turned his wits in a
novel direction in inventing an as
Economical lantern. Il is a small
dark lantern, one side Of which is
fitted for paper cards, on which are
punched by little pin holes, the va
rious consultations in the heavens,
50 that a boy, or a girl for that mat
ter, who is studying the stars, has
only to get out o'nights with his or
her lantern and a supply Of cards,
put the consultations in succession
IN front Of his light, and then fol-
low out the originals in the sky. It
saves him the trouble of running in
to the house every few moments to
study up his charts. aai.dd.L
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-15
A man has been fined twenty 4

A man has been fined twenty dol
lars in England for using crest to
which ne was not entitled. Being
out of envelopes, he had borrowed
two Of a neighbor, solicitor, who
rejoiced in armorial bearings, and the
envelopes being stamped with his
crest, this was the illegal use for
which the fine was imposed. No
one can display coat Of arms in
without a license, and the
luxury of heraldic devices are expen-
sive.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-15

GREAT GUNS: The English pa
pers are discussing the merits or de-
merits ola ''big gum lately construc-
ted there, and called the HWoolwich
Infant This gun is the largest
ever cast in England, and the Times
thinks it scarcely likely that another
Of the same size will ever be con-
structed again, for the reason that
the experiment Of manufacturing
this immense gun has not been quite
successful. The gun weighs thirty
i've tons, and carries ball of 700
pounds. Our 20,inch gun weighs
fifty tons, and carries ball eigh-
ing 1880 pounds. This is not gen
orally regarded as a success. THE
English gun is for the turret of the
Devastation, where it is expected to
do Immense execution. The Lon
don Times describes this gun at
length, and discusses learnedly up
on guns and gunpowder generally,
1t finally concludes that if the tor
pedo is developed and if a ship In
future is to be attacked from beneath,
she will need the protection of armor
on her sides, and further, that if this
IS dispensed with, the guns required
tor piercing it may be dispensed with
also. Wherefore we go back to
wooden ships, speed and small cali
Der. The English GUMS of wrought,
while ours is of cast iron. The idea
OF constructing the guns of wrought
iron is that they may bear a larger
charge of powder, and stand heav-
Ter strain and last longer than those
cast.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-15
D1ssoLv1NG NRs-W HW Rea

DIssoLvING Be MS w. H. W, Read,
ing, Mass in Horticulturlst, says" NV
mode Of doing this is very simple and
very effective have laroe water-tieht
hogsbead standing out doors, near The
kitchen. In the spring cover the bot
tom about six inches deep with dry sell.
On this l put layer of bones of about
the Same depth, and cover them entirely
with unleached ashes On these another
layer of bones, then ashes, and so on TIL
the hogshead is full leave it then ex-
posed 10 the rains all summer and winter,
until the next spring. Then,son remov-
ing the contents of the hogshead, I find
nearly all the bones so soft that they will
crumble to powder under very Slight
pressure, and mixed with tho ashes and the
soil, they give me nice little pile of
most valuable manure, ready for immedi-
ate use. ANY of the bones not sufficient
~ subdued, [ return to the hogshead
again for another twelve months slumber.
In this way have had no difficulty in
Transforming all the bones I can get into
bone meal. 1 buy them directly from the
butcher at dollar a hundred pounds, fol-
the purpose of turning them thus into
manure, and consider them the cheapcs,
fertilizer I can obtain"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-15
A woman in California. whose c;

A woman in California, whose ca
nary had left her, hung the empty
cage outside the window, and soon
had the satisfaction Of seeing it occu-
pied by a beautiful brown stranger
about the size Of her lost pet. An
other woman, whose husband had
abandoned her, took the hint and
rendered her parlor so attractive that
soon she had a better, bigger, brown
er fellow than he who ran away.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-15

CURIOUS SUICIDES Persons have
committed suicide in positions which
would have been thought impossible
to producesuffocation. There are
several cases of this kind reported in
a French medical journal. a
A man was discovered hanging by
his pocket handkerchief, suspended
from rope streachsd across a gra-
nary. His legs were found bent at
an angle backwards, the knees hang
ing at distance Of few inches on
ly from a heap Of grain on the floor.
1t would appear that the man, whilst
in the act of hanging, must have
held his legs clear of the ground sin
this extraordinary manner.
Another man hung himself from a
grating, which was not as high as
himself; when found, his legs were
streached out before him, and his
hips were within few inches of the
ground. o
A female suspended herself so low
that she was obliged to streach out
her leg, one in advance, resting on
her heel, the other behind her body,
resting on her toes. There have
been cases known in which death
has been produced by the suicide
simply leaning with the neck against
frightened cord.
A still more remarkable case was
that of a schoolmaster in the neigh
borhood of London. who hung him
self in such a manner, from the BAN
listers, by his cravat, that his body
was found resting entirely upon the
stairs. Such cases as these are Of
ten open to medico-legal examina-
tons, as murders may sometimes be
very conveniently hidden by con-
trivances of this character,
Many men who can swim well
have been. known to tie their
hands and legs together before
throwing themselves into the water,
least they should be tempted in their
dying agony to strike out and save
themselves.
A lunatic, some years ago, in st.
Luke's Hospital, drowned herself in
the bathroom of that institution in
a most remarkable manner. She
managed to secrete the key of the
bathroom, and to make up dummy
to represent herself in bed, in order
to deceive the nurse of the ward.
In the middle of the night she stole
down stairs, and was found the next
morning lying face downwards in
the shallow water of the bath. She
must have deliberately kept herself
in horizontal position in the most
determined manner to have effected
her purpose.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-15
The winter in Greece has beer

The winter in Greece has been
extraordinary severe communica-
items In that country, between ban
dts and bad roads, is difficult enough
at any time, but latterly has been
impossible, and Deputies have been
unable to attend the sittings of the
Chamber. The Legislative efforts of
the Athenian Parliament seem to
have SO little effect in argumenting
the prosperity of the country, that,
perhaps, the snow is doing rather a
service than the contrary by short
ening discussion.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-15
The Yenpsha Se1e9raph,
KENOSHA, WIS, FEBRUARY 15,l872
ALEXANDER WILSON.

The subject of this brief sketch stood
HIGH among naturalists. Born in Rem.
frewshire, Scotland, on the 9Th of July.
1866, bis early opportunities for an edu
cation were limited as his father was ex-
ceedingly poor. He, however, sent him
to a common school, where he did not
seem to show any particular aptitude FOR
learning, just barely eeping along with
the other boys Of his age. He here &C
quired little Latin, and the elements
of mathematics
After leaving school, he was appren-
ticed to weaver, but he had no taste
for this vocation. Besides, he had al
ready had glimpses of the "Promethean
fire" from reading poems, and ielt as If
he, too, could write. So he left the
weaving establishment, and took to ped
ding goods, as it would give him a bet.
ter opportunity to study human nature,
and furnish subjects tor future poetical
works, he designed TO issue.
He soon published volume of poems, In
which he espoused the cause of the lower
orders, and before he was aware Of it, he
was brought up for libel on a wealthy
aristocrat. He was so mortified at the
sentence pronounced upon HIM, which
was to throw his own libel In the fire,and
then go to prison, that he resolved 10
leave his native land, where his patriotism
and prideshad received so severe wound
He has undaunted, and soon commenced
peddliDg again. firing of that. he open
ed school in Pennsylvania, but again
went back to peddliug, and then agalu
to teaching, acting as surveyor, also.
Whit ;r lost OnhOol he
became acquainted with the venerable
W nliam BaTtram, the proprietor of bo-
tanic garden, and this intimacy gave an
impetus to Mr.. Wilson's love of natural
history He then learned to draw so that
he might become a naturalist. He also
commenced his career as a successful
author at this time. His tour TO Niagara
led to the publication Of work called
"The Forresters" But his heart turned
toward his favorite pursuit. and he com
menced the publication Of treatise on
ornithology. Although be travelled ex
tensively through the country, and wrote
freqL emily, his letters gave one no idea of
the places through which be passed; they
We're devoted wholly to bird-iore
The work he had now undertaken
was magnificent one and nobly did he
fulfill it. 1t is said of him that he wa
the most imprisoned naturalist who eve:
existed. He describes in his work two
hundred and seventy eight species of
birds, being ffty-six more than any other
Ornithologist ever described. He lived
TO enjoy great and well,esrneC reputa
ton. He had not finished his labors, how
ever, for he contemplated publishing
work on the animals of our country, when
short and painful illness terminated a
useful life, in 1913, at the early age of
Chicago, III.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-15

SOMETHING New FOR THE PEOPLE,
There has been for come time in course
of preparation at the Census Office Sc
ries OF maps exhibiting some Of the results
of the census. For instance there il IL map
of the United states and Territories show
ing the distribution of the German popu.
iatIon. In localities where there is less
than a certain per cent, 0fthe population
the map is left uncolored. In those pla
ccs where the percentage of the German
is a little higher, the fact is indicaed by "a
slight reddish tint or coloring, and the
cOloring increases in strength with the
increased proportion of the Germans.
There is on the margin key to the mean,
ing OF the tints and the percentage each
indicates, so that one sees at q glance
where in the country Germans have main
ly gathered and where they are very few
The dist nctlOna are so mlnutely and
thoroughly made that even small German
settlements II the Western States and
Territories are exhibited. Maps showing
the distribution Of the colored population
of the country in similar manner have
been prepared, and others are in contcm.
platoon, such, for example, as Will show
geographically the distribution Of the
wheat and other crops. These maps will
be Brought 10 Tue attention Of Congress,
and IA plan presented to secure their pub
LEGATION. One of these maps shows at "a
glance the results of days of study of long
census tables, aud enables many persons
to comprehend facts which they never
would Or could learn from examination
OF the printed tables OF the report.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-15

A pious but uneducated Judge
closed a sentence with the following
touching reproach: "Prisoner at
the bar, nature has endowed you
with a good education and respecta-
bic family connections, instead of
which you go providing around the
country stealing ducks"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-15

a school-master in Bridgeport, Conn,
who asked sml IL pupil of what the sur
face of the earth consists, and was prompt
~ answered, ''lal and water" varied the
question slightly, that the fact might be
impressed on the boys mind, and asked,
--'What then do land and water make ?"
to which came the immediate response,
Mud" p 80 y ~ = ]
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-15

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HAPPY HOURS.

That beautiful literary journal. ssHAppY HoURs !"
whose publisher was the first to issue paper to
meet the public demand, alter the awful fire, has
Deen merged into the literary department of the
PHENIx, which will embrace the contributions of
mole than sixty Ofthe most popular writers of
the day sESRESxSE
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An able-bodied woman at Marys
vile, O., drives a dray.

Out OF two thousand and twenty
six buildings erected in Boston last
year, ninety-six were stone. This
rest were brick.
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BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS.

1t will be illustrated with engrayings taken
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VIEWS, not obtainable elsewhere, and the second
number contains the only correct map of the
burned city. - @E -,
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In Charleston, S. c., they send
persons to jail for twenty days for
sleeping in church. The penalty
visited on the preacher who lulis
those untortupates to rest is not
mentioned.
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A SPECIAL FEATURE.

The Phenix contains as an especial feature. a
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SO numerous and inaccurate have been the ac-
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readable is eagerly sought at this time, and the
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The respectable people of Buffalo
are down ON the Varieties Theater of
that town, as a perfect school of
vice.
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There are apprehensions in New
] ork that the Croton water supply
will be insufficient for the wants of
the city.
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1t is the complaint of the eminent
DIR. Brown that he toasted Miss
Smith through the entire season at
Saratoga without making her Brown.
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Ut IL ia consolidation of other journals, and
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CAICAGO AND THE NEWS

1t Will, for time, be devoted especially to the
past, present. and future of Chicago. besides be.
Ing the most complete weekly newspaper in the
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Two hundred years ago tea was
first introduced In the British Isles.
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ACCOUNTS OF THE FIRE.

IL VIII contain only such accounts as are
vouched for by reliable witnesses and will correct
the erroneous and fabricated statements of sen
sational writer's. "
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Read the Following.

popular weekly paper for the times, embrac
ing the leading features OF those journals dee
troyed by the terrible confagration, and combin.
ing Just such corps of writer's as will give the
p uOllG az the news of the week, in a condensed
Complaf ion of the leading journals of the nation
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ta5 tv @AztM 1909 as..a
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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-06-13
AURORA.

Correspondence
Local news and Greeley men are
scarce things in this community
What effect the coming Baltimore
Convention may have upon the peo-
pie remains to be seen.s The PhiIa-
delphia lackeys did their job and of
course it gives entire satisfaction TO
the s1oil.1 .1glo .1sa .g1Ea1o SO
A few days ago young man by
the name of Hope was kicked by a
horse and badly hurt. He is recover
ing slowly.
The cheese trade is fair. Factories
are selling green cheese at 10 to 101a
cents per pound. All the May cheese
being disposed OF at this rate. Butter
commands fair price, % to "a cents.
The members of the first Cong.
Church Society are grading the yard
in front of the church preparatory to
fencing the same, setting out shrub
berry, SC. 1.... -
The rebuilding of the Disciple
church has commenced. The follow
ing gentleman are the committee to
superintend the same. r. p. Cannon,
H. g. Blair, G. II. Harmon, s. b..
Hickox,s and Charles Russell. The
joiner work is under management of
III. L. Searl, who is competent and
skillful mechanic. The work is to be
done by the day, and the best of ma
terial will be used. It is not yet de-
cided whether they will put on a
steeple or not. We understand that
the members of the first Congrega-
tional Church propose to give enough
for that purpose partly in considera-
tion for the liberal manner in which
they helped to build their Church, but
mainly on account of the appearance
it would add to the church and its sur
roundings, SC.
Grass is looking finely and the pros
poets are good for a large hay crop.
Apples are thick. Small fruits ditto.