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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-01-09

KILLED BIZ NIGETMARB.-A certain Mon
sieur de died few days ago In the Rue de
Clichy, under the following circumstances
NJ. de had for some time past been insane.
His insanity had taken 8 strange form; he
imagined himself Chinese, wore the COS
tune of The Celestial Empire, and spoke .
strange jargou invented by himself, and
which he seriously believed to be pure Chs
nese. This was a very lnoffensive monoma-
mia his family had therefore taken no pre-
cautionary measures furtheTthan that of pre-
venting him from going out. NJ. de b. awoke
the other day, covered with cold sweat. de-
claring that the Emperor, Tchong- Tcheou,
had condemned him to implement. He ask
cd to be left alone. When, at the end of two
hours, hisbfriends re-entered his room, he was
found on chair. sitting bolt upright. with
his hair standing on end. Heavens how
suffer |" gasped he; ''it is going through and
through me!' A doctor was sent for. and
NJ. de B. was placed by force In reclining
position. "Tt Is too late" he cred, "the
stake is broken Ia nay body u and he expired
under the full conviction that he was actual
~ impaled.- Temps a.s
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-01-09

A NEW TICHBoRNE CLAIMANT.-If the
statements of the Australian papers can
he believed, the romantic story on which
the Tichborne case is founded will re.
ceive supplement from that part of the
globe. 1t is said that a widow in Wes-
tern Australia claims to have been the
wife of the genuine Tichborne, who had
married under tie Hame of Robert Mills,
another woman before he took her.
Though dissipated fellow, this Robert
Mills has shown evidences of good edu
cation, such rs having converged fluently
In French, etc. He used to speak fire.
quentIy about Lord Bellew, and his arm
had the letters r. G. Il. marked on it
He related that he had suffered ship
wreck on the way to Valparaiso IN the
Bella, and spent three days7on desert
island. This man, who now is buried by
the side of bis first wife, is also said to
have mentioned the name of Tom Castro
as if be had formerly borne it.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-01-09
The New RUSSIAN WAR. - Kniva

The New RUSSIAN WAR. - Kniva,
which seems about to become the seat OF
u not ncOnsiderabIe war, is district of
Independent Turkistan, lying immediate
ly east OF the Ca SPIN Sea and south of
the southwestt IN corner of Siberia. It is
for the most part sandy and barren.
There are, however, number of fertile
tracts along the river banks, and the rails
ing of sheep, goats and horses is a princi-
pal branch Of the native industry The
origin of the difficulties between this
country and Russia is traceable to the
grasping policy of the latter country,
which is endeavoring to adjust the rela
tiOns of trade SO as 20 suit itself. Anoth
er pretext of war is the keeping of the
Cars subjects as prisoners. These excu-
cs do not seem altogether sufficient, and
it is probable that the Khivese war is but
another step Of the Russian Gar toward
the coveted dominions Of England ia India
Afghanistan, which lies directly to the
southeast Of Khlva, is me only interveu-
ing country between Khiva and British
India. The reason for Great Britain's in
reference for the independence of Aft.
ghanistan is therefore evic ent.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-01-09

The boy is kneeling by her he'd,
Her cold, thin hand is grasping,
And she a low and broken prayer
From pallid lips is gasping
"Oh Cool" she says my orphan boy
Have always in thy keeping:
Watch over him by night, by day,
In waking and IN sleeping.
''Guide him along the narrow way
That leads to thy biest heaven,
Prefer for him to wealth or fame,
Let pure high thoughts be given;
Oh! not to self to Others veal
Do thou his soul awaken,
AS thou dost love, oh! let him love
The poor, the world forsaken.
And if his feet should ever stray
From thy most perfect leading,
OF! hear his mother's dying prayer,
Her sad and earnest pleading:
Then let the tears that she has she'd
Blot out his alteration,
And let The sorrows sac has borne
For him be expiration"
The fire goes out, and yet glow,
A heavenly-born aurora,
Still fingers there, and settles round
The wavy head OF Norsh.
And looking mp with tender glance,
And eyes that tears are Drumming,
She says in tones that sound as If
An angels holy hymning:
"Ah, Michael dear! let go the past
With all it's want and sorrow,
Look up with me, and gladly greet
The bright and glorious morrow,
1t now above the dark, cold night,
In radiant light is dawniug;
Twill fill our lives with rosy warmth
This happy New Years morning.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-01-09
A NEW INVENTION IN TELE.
GRAPY.

When Sir William Thompson invented
his rejecting galvanometer, and shoa ed
It's usefulness 70, telegraphic purposes,
he insured the success of undersea cables,
whatever their length. With this in
strument, the movements of the little re-
Hector enable the clerk te read off the
message by careful watching. But re.
Gently, Sir William Thomson has inven-
an instrument-the patent siphon rec r.
der-which, as it's name indicates writes
on records the message, as received, on a
strip of paper. 1t is an essential eondi-
ton of sucL an instrument that it shall
be very light and the siphon, in this
ca sc: made of capillary tubing, is not
thicker than a horse-hair. Indeed, SO
small Is the bore, that che ink will not
How therein of itself, but squirts oat
when electrified. The siphou was con
nected with coil of copper-wire, an
electrO.ms gnet, and an ebonite disk
armed with pieces of soft iron, which
being attracted by the magnet, is kept
rotating, and regulates the carrent flow
ing from the battery and the cable.
Acted on this curt emf, the ink, as already
stated, squirts frm the siphon. ana writes
succession o. d )ts and dashes, which
represent the letters of the alphabet. To
an unaccustomed eye, the writing is a
confused, unmeaning scribble; but a
good telegraph clerk will read it off as If
1t were ordinary writing. Thus mes
sage will now, SO to speak, deliver itself
frona the other side of tue ocean, thous.
ands of miles distant, and tsIegrapby has
achieved another triumph. = Chambers
Journal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-01-09

WHY CAMPHoR SPINS Alb OUT IN WA
TER.-If small pieces of camphor are
dropped into water, they will begin to
spin round and swim about in a most
marvellous way. Mr.. Tomlinson gave
the scientific explanation of this. We
must observe, to begin with, that every
liquid has a skin which holds it we can
ZEE that to he true in the case Of a drop,
which looks as If it were held in bag.
But the tension of this skin is greater in
some liquids than in others; and it is
greater in camphor and water than in
pure WAFER. When the cemphOr Is drop
ped into water, 1t begins to dissolve an d
get surrounded with camphor and water
instead of water. If the fragment of
camphor were exactly symmetrical,
nothing more would happen; the tension
would be.greater in it's immediate neigh
borheod, but no motion would follow
The camphor, however, is irregular in
shape it dissolves more on one side than
the other, and consequently gets pulled
about, because the tension of the skin is
greater where the camphor is most dis
solved.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-01-09

A new volume of "Letters of the Poet
Pope" containing many never before
printed, proves more than ever the mean
ness, deliberate falsehood, and miserable
vanity of the author of the Essay on
Man" Considerably more than half of
Pope's Homer" was done for him b,
other hands, and dole as well as his own
smaller part. For all this he. paid be-
TWEEN e700 and $500, while keeping for
himself about e3, 700, and all the honor
Of the performance.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-01-09
THE INFLUENCE OF CONSCIEN'
TIOUSNESS.

In 1855 merchant received through
the post-ofice letter, written in dis
guised hand, a. follows:
81 owe the firm of -$ s., which ]
stale, and am anxious to pay. 1 hope to
tell you of it personally, some day. In
the meantime, will mail you ten dollars
week, commencing the 1st of July, till
pail interest and principal will be two
thousand dollars. Do not try to
discover NE. send one dollar now; If
you accept, please advertise in the Herald
'Personsls, and sign yourself x. Y. e."
The merchant replied as requested.
Every week, from that date, an envelope
was received through the mail, inolosing
ten dollars, with no other writing but the
number of the payment, until the two
hundreth payment was received, with
the following lines, written in the same
disguised hand:
1.-TWO HUNDRETH PAYMENT. send
ten dollars more; if you have got them
all, please advertise in ,he Herald Per.
sonals.' If not, please advertise how
many are lost, and l will send them"
The merchant replied, "The two-hun'
dredth payment is received. All right.
Come and see me, and your name shall
be sacredly confidential"
few weeks after this,a young man met
this merchant on the sidewalk, aud
handed him copy OF the New York
Herald, pointing out an advertisement
ander the head of personals" and, with
trembling voice, said: ~ am the per-
son who Wronged you while IN your en-
ploy, and have been making my weekly
payments toiyou until l paid the debt,
which hope God has forgiven"
Never was my surprise greater" says
the merchant who communicates this
fact, "than to stand before the individual
who had for two hundred weeks, without
fail, paid nae out of his earnings, the
amount he had taken from me and he,
one Of whom never had the least suspi-
cion."
Such an instance Of continued stead fast
ness of purpose and unostentation is evi.
dence of true penitence and thorough re
form. It should be recorded as an sx-
ample for every one who has been guilty
of this sin. It is proper to add that this
young man is now in a prosperous BUSH
mesa, enjoying the confidence If his fell
lowmen, and is a worthy member Of a
Christian church. blessed is he whose
Itran9gression, whose sin is covered"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-01-09

The Chemical Nc,Us gives very Interesting
oaper "On the Presence of Gold IN Sea-
Water" by r. Sonstadt. The proportion OF
gold in sea water is stated to be less than
one grain to the ton; consequently, especial
precautions are necessary to detect and OBJ
tain this very small quantity. The processes
given are said, however. to be very satisfac'
tory.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-01-09

GLASS FoR CARPETS AND DRESSES.
An ingenious mechanic of Vienna has in
vented glass composition which may be
made at any time into carried or frizzled
yarn. These frizzled threads we are told,
surpass in frmness not only the finest cot
ton but even cocoon thread, and they
appear at the same time almost as soft
and as elastic rs silk lint, and beautiful
to the eye. These smooth threads are
now woven in textile fabrics, which are
made int cushions, carpets, tabe-cloths,
shawls, neck ties, cuffs, collars, and vari-
Gus other articles, and they may be used
for weaving the figures IN brocaded silk
"r velvet. It also possesses a remarka-
nle strength. remaining unchanged in
light or warmth, and is not altered by
moisture or acids. It is stated that, with
wheel of the diameter of three yards,
one operator is able to SPIN three thou
sand yards of glass yarn per minute, all
of uniform size and of beautiful quality.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-01-09

A pair of loot herons made he d-quarters a.
Highland Lake, East Andover, N. H.. for naf
century, and the other day stranger shot one OF
them, which so enragsd the citizens OF the nslgA-
borhoOd that the man was in danger sof being
ynehed.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-01-09

A Boston spec,al says the nun est By the
sinking of the ship Peruvian was twenty-five.
whole crew persisted. The ship had cargo val
ued at nearly $1,000 900. consisting Of costly oio
duct fro N the East Indies, and insured Tor Jaw
OOO
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-01-09

Loss OF \ CONTINENT-Plato sent down
to posteIity tradition of his day that a
great continent which occupied the place
now occupied by the Atlantic Ocean sud
denly sunk down out Of sight. He fur
Their says it was an island called At ants.
On it were Kingdom and organized gov
ernments, wealth, arts4and ciyi'zatiou,
instantly lost to human siAht.
1t is now the opinion OF the leading ge-
Ologists-those most advanced in science
that the Ameri, an COZ tinent appeared
when the Atlantic waters rushed into tue
enormous cavity or depression on the
earth's surface nav filled b. salt wafer:
The Rocky Mount aims were then the
rough bottom of an ocean which rose with
marine plants, shells, aul other products
OF an aquatic origin, that are found
abundaDtly strewn there, and, in fact, all
over North and South Amcrica. Remnants
OF Atlantis, the submerged continent are
believed by some scientists to be recog~
nized in the Adirondacks, the White
Mountains of Maine. and few other out
groupings belonging to the outer bounds
ries Of that deluged and forever lost coun
try. There JIG 40 knowing what astound-
ing discoveries may yet be made in CON-
ing ages corroborativeet Piato's narration.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-01-09

The Scientific Anaer5can describes a
strange fertilizer. At Stratford, Connect
icut, where mosquitoes are as thick as a
fog, lives an ingenious Yankee, so they
say-believe 1t who may-who puts these
insects to profitable uses. He has invent.
ed large revolving scoop,net covered
with lace, which is put in motion by a
windmill, water power, or steam. The
lower half of the scoop is placed in water,
The upper half moves through the at
mosphere, and at each rotation draws an
immense number of the "squitos" down
into the water, where they drown and
sink to the bottom. Every revolution
drawns in an ounce of mosquitoes, or a ton
for $4,000 turns of the machine. The
mosquitoes thus collected make splendid
manure for the land, worth $40 a ton.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-01-09

In 1855 merchant received through
the post-office letter, written in dis
guised hand, a. follows:
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-01-09

CARRIER BOYS STORY.
By EDMUND KIRKE.

Come, Norah darling. come and sit
Beside Inc on the settle,
Come, leave alone the supper things,
And hang the noisy kettle,
Just let it puff and fume away
It's music in our garnet
Will well nigh drown the wintry storm,
And all its angry wurrit."
Some, rest your head upon my breast,
Just rest it here-so--atsy.
And let me taste ms Irish rose,
My own sweet April daisy;
There-now the storm may roar without,
Wen never nina the weather, Fl.
While here we are so snug ard warm,
And closely knit together"
The kettle sings pleasant sorg,
The fre-coals, brightly glowing,
Shed round the room a rosy light,
Its cosey comfort showing .
The well.swept hearth, the tidy floor,
With carpet neatly furnished,
The plain brass fender fore the fire,
So clean and brightly FURNISHED;
The vanished pictures on the wall,
The neat-N orked muslin curtain
That CLEANS ali white and brown by turns,
In Pickering light uncertain.
dnd, more than all, the lovely form.
So rounded, yet so slender,
BE holds within his manly arms
With clasp so strong ard tender.
A wayy mass Of auburn hair,
a pale, clear brow adjoining;
And cheeks, whose blended red and white
Is fresh and fair as morning;
And ripe. warm lips that know not how
To smile, aud smile and ''whadle,"
But now make music sOtt and low, ... ISIS
AS fast she rocks the cradle, ..t.. ....
The while she rocks he silent peers
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-01-16
Burial vagaries.

We know an old lady as blythe a
body as ever lived in this world
who, years ago, prepared becoming
garments ready for her last journey
Garridk's widow religiously preserv
ed her wedding sheet, that they
might servo her tor a shroud. LII
1853 a young married lady was, mt
her express desire, buried in all her
wedding finery, consisting of white
nsghoec and petticcats. quilted into a
mattress, pillow, and lining for
coffin; her wedding shift was her
winding sheet, and she wore fine
pontlace Jacket, handkerchief, rut,
tles, and apron and lappet head OF
the same costly materials. Diamond
earrings were placed in valuable
necklace round her neck white silk
stockings, and silver spangled shoes
with stone buckles, completed her
costume. A Norfolk gentleman
preserved such a happy Recollection
OF matrimonial lite, that when, at the
sc OF nlnety-one, he lay on his
death bed, he gave instructions that
he should be buried in his wedding
shirt, which he had carefully kept
for the purpose that garment being
supplemented with his best wig, his
silver bucklsd shoes, black waist
ribbons, and his iavorite walking
cane. Margaret Coosins, who was
buried in Coxton Church yard, Kent,
in 1888, ordered hsr body to be at
tired IN scarlet satin, put in ma
hogany coffin, havinga loose lid, and
placed upon trestle in a vault under
pyramidal monument the glass
doors OF the vault beng covered with
green silk curtains. Another exam
pie OF vanity strong in Heath was at
forded US a few years go, when a
wealthy court milliEer left strict in
functions behind her that her body
should bs intolied in polAt lace
Chambers Journal
The Methodist Bishops have issu
ed an address to the people, which
gives some interes ting statistics. 1t
states that the property ot the Church
has increased from S6f,6o0,7Of to
so, 1881. The Sunday soho ols in
elale in their told the vast lumber
OF 81 ,eb4,04O pupils. The onnect-
ional charities reach the sum OF 1913.
932. The me "bership has increased
AZ ,99a, and now embraces, Including
probationors, l, 442 722.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-01-16
ORIGINAL NOTTCK.

CTATE OF IOWA, TAMA COUNTY, IS.
Oliver Messer, vs.. T L Clark, Adelia Clark
Hezakiah Pray, Saith Strong, J Jack and
VIC. Salisbury,
To the above named Defendants, You are
hereby notified that on or before .be 7th
day of February A. D. 1873. there will be
on file in the sfiice of the Clerk Of the Dis
trict Court. in Tama county, petition Of
said Plaintiff claiming Of you $l05 and
| interest thereon from December 28th, 1868
at the rate Of ten per cent. per annum, on
the promissory note Of the above named dc.
PENDANTS, +. L. Clark, and for the foreclos
ure of = mortgage given to secure the pay
ment Of the same. and that unless you ap-
pear thereto and defend, on or before noon
Of the second day Of the next February
term Of said Coart, TO be begun and holden
at Toledo in said County, on thu seven
teen,h day Of February A D. 1873, default
will be entered against you, and jndgmsn
rendered thereon, according to the prayer
of tbs petition and that no personal claims 10
made against any of the above namel 6s-
PENDANTS sxeeptF +. L. Clark.
Clinton, Iowa December, 9th, -.
q. u. BRADSHAW, and
CHASE & AUNROE
Attys for Plain'syu
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-01-16

CITIzEss' AssocIArloss-In all the
leading cities Of the State, and in
many Of the smaller ones, Citizens
Associations have been organized,
whose special duty is to invite i'm
migration; and induce capitalists to
invest i'll the respective places in
which these Associations have been
established. This is probably the
most effective method of building up
a town or city, for with the hearty
cooperation OF the business men.
who are interested In the growth and
prosperity OF a place, much can be
effected, which otherwise could not
possibly be. No city ever became
opulent, that depended solely upon
retail trade in merchandise for It's
growtf; and the people OF Iowa are
beginning to fully realize that some.
thing else than raising corn and hogs
must be done to develop the natural
advantages Of tho State. We ship
our wool to the Eastern manutactur-
ers, and have it shipped back again
IN the shape Of cloths and clothing,
and by the operation we are out Just
the freight charges both ways, plus
the manufacturers profit. Our grain
and stock we likewise ship at heavy
expense, to the seaboard, whence
much OF it finds its way to Europe
The work of encouraging capital to
seek profitable investment in the
various cities OF Iowa goes steadily
forward, and in order that Toledo
may reap her just share of the ma
terial growth OF :Iowa, we sugges,
the organization OF a Citizens Assocla-
ton at All early day. We shall glad
ly publish call for a meeting, and
do whatever may lie in our power,
for the upbuilding of this place, and
our columns will bs open to any sug-
gestions, as to the best method OF Sc
curing that development aud growth
of Toledo that will he healthy and
substantial.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-01-16

townships in our County are manly
interested III the matter. Spring
Creek Lincoln, Carlton. Grant, Crys.
tai, Howard, Perry, Carroll, Clark,
Oneida, York.
A meeting will be held on The 18Th,
OF January 1878, AT the Schoolhoase
in Sub District. No. in Spring Greek
wnsh;p, (near the premises Of the
undersigned), at 2 O'Clock L. NJ, to
which all persons interested in tie
above stated undertaking are invited.
+. n. CHAPLIN, IRON the Marshall
Times), will address the audience on
the subject. Other persons, familiar
with any important points concern.
ing the same, are welcome to give
us their views orally, or in writing,
under the address OF
II. REfcHMAs,
Corresponding Secretary, r. L. /.
p. N. G. r. Il. Co., Spring Greek
lama Co, Iowa.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-01-16
For the Tole do CRLaSlcLE
The Iowa Peoples Harrow
Cuage Rail Road.

An ASSOCIATION OF farmers from
our county has been formed for the
purpose OF obtaining ch apcr trans
portation OF freight by building and
controlling their own rallroal. The
same shall be NaYYoc Gmys, manly
constructed for transportation of
freight, running in a n. w. dircc.
ton from the City OF Davenport, via
Upton, Loulen, Eldora, Iowa Falls
through the State of Iowa, ftor the
beginning from Davenport 70 Iowa
Falls, distance OF about TO miles
For the construction aud equip
ment of the same capital Of $500
900 is estimated, to be bought up by
Stockholders, shares of 500. No per-
son shall be entitled to hold more
than one Hundred shares, and the
whole amount, which may be needed
if possible, bought up in this way, so
that the road is entirely Independent
and can stand on its own feet, and in
this way may be enabled to compete
with any other road along the line,
and face any malice or combination
that may come forward from now ex.
istlns monopolies. TO this end it
is further necessary that the road
be made intransterable Except
conditional to the government OF the
U. S. when unforeseen crenmstan-
ces should render such act necessary.
Private spsculations will fad but sngu
lar and SINAI chances, -heavy opera
tions in this way may not be expect
cd. The farmers along the limo can
do the main work Of the grading and
deliver ties, thus avoiding the neces-
sity of raising the whole amount of
their shares IN cash. All farmers and
landholders in reach Of this road are
SO highly interested IN the establish
ment Of the same to justify tho OK
pectatlon, that they will take a strong
hold IN this movement.
At a freight charge Of SIS pr
car, or 5 cents per bushel grain for
the entire length OF the road, the
same can do paying business I've
now have to pay to other roals from
I to 5 times higher freights). From
this it is visible, that every owner OF
an 50 acre farm IN the vicinity of the
road will save on freight charges
now taxed on him by all other roads,
provided he does sell or ship on this
line, only 500 bushels Of grain PEI
annum, the full amount OF one share
and may gain the double amount by
selling direct to Davenport grain
dealers. Besides he will holl the iull
value Of his capital invested and ex.
poet good dividend.
The inhabitants OF the following