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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-01-15
PROCTOR THE ASTRONOMER.

len years ago, the name Of Richard An,
taony Proctor was absolutely unknown
i've years later it was familiar in scientific
circles In London, but comparatively
unheard OF outside; and to, day it il
familiar as household words to ever,
educated man in England, and to ma u
thousands in this country Yet, the man
who in so brief a space has conquered
fame, and attracted the respectful ad
miratlon of astronomers in b. 9th hemis.
pheres, is only thirty.six years old now
and cid not begia to study astronomy till
be had passed his Ave and twentieth
year. Barely eight Summers have flown
since his maiden work appeared and in
the interval he has contributed score OF
volumes to the library Of science, some OF
them profound, rany of them entirely
original, a3d all of them thoroughly
elsvating and purely philosophic in tose
In addition to these werks, Mr..
Proctor has written constantly and
velum;nously II mest Of the lead
ing English periodicals, and and has
fought successfully more than one bril-
liant and stoutly contested battle with
same Of the oldest end ablest ssyUns in
Europe. Notably was this the case in
bis memorable struggle with the venec-
able Astronomer Regal Of England Sir
George Airy, who had achieved world
wide reputation, and had published sew
an or eight of the nine quarto volumes
IF his astronomical obser vasions, before
lis young antagonist was Born. The
dispute in question arose out Of the wide
y divergent views set forth, upon tkesne
land, by Airy, and. upon the ether, by
oroCtor,as to the manner IN which the ap
transit OF Venus might be uti-
lied to the best advantage. sir George
Airy, having originally, by an uaf"rtu-
rate choice, adopted the approximate
'rscess in dealing with the abstrust
calculation involved in the working
'ut of this delicate preblem, ha d
een strongly advised By Mr.. Proctor. 80 far
ack as 1859, to adopt by preference the ex-
ct process. Deilsle's me bod haying bee
elected by Airy fer the transit OF Venus in |
874. his keen-eyed critic a. once ointed cut
nat Halley's method was IN every way 10
e preferred. whereas in regard to the mex
ransit- that Of 1882-DsIislc's would be
etter than Halley's. He further Insisted. /
ON the frst. that the Astron homer Royal
! his selection of points of observation III
lindossan. had overlooked many of the
lost desirable. Aud the young astronon er
'as right in beth instances, as is shown by
he TACT that the leading astronomers OF Eng
md at their last nesting in session at the
0~t - ~ 'iSio "'Aoa vi 0lSeu" icu OoSefVa TO"
y, were unanimous in urging the govern
2ent to adopt the suggestions made by i
rector. four years before. This is but one
ut Of many similar instances which might
e cited Of the extraordinary courage, keen
ess of perception and farslghtedness of this
ne youngest. and, in some respects, the
lest brilliant OF living astronomers. * ers6-
8r:
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-01-15

a fellow, who is nearly as big u b ore as
me acosac tunnel, was telling In our Office
the other Gay OF song that always carried
MN away. Quadrat, looking around gently
inquired, lfany one presen, could sing that
song.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-01-15

southwestern editor whose orthogra phy
has been somewhat neglected, or else whose
COM osltors use him I'll, remarks hat Tex
Pros dent johnson argus we'll" The alusion
TO Argus 10 delicate and appreciativc.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-29
PERSONALITIES.

Lewis D. Campbell is announced
to take the field against the new
Ohio Constitution.
Senator BrOwnlOw has been re-
quested to write q letter 20 be read
at the decoration of the graves in
the National Cemetry, in Knox
vile on the 3Oth inst.
"Boss Mccormick" is the leader
of the Illinois Bourbons, and he has
called Convention of the "Musty
Squad" according to the Chicago
Times.
Marshal Serrano has. declared
himself willing to support a con-
sentative republic. He will support
anything that promises him emolu-
ment and arbitrary power.
"Tell me, We winged winds, that
round my pathway play, is no place
left to me where l can steal away ?"
is said to be Brooks Arkansas re-
frain just now.
Mrs. Dio Lewis, and other tenn
perance women, of DIR. Pentecost's
church, Boston, were much aston
ished by the statement of a liquor
dealer on whom they called, that
most of his customers belonged to
the very church which they repre-
scented. The female crusaders of the
Hub have met with no success in
their visitations.
The Paris correspondent of the
Nation writes: "Victor Hugo is
very rich, Lamartine gained enor-
nous sums of money, SO did Alex
andre Dumas. The theatre is,
however, as rule, the only lucra-
tive province of literature. While
such men As Sardon, Meihac and
Halevy are making large fortunes,
Taine, who Is a very hard worker,
and who lives with the closest econ.
omy, has only succeeded i'm making
what must be called a very small
fortune. About is not rich, as he
only writes novels, and all his at
tempts on the stage have been fail
ures. So were the attempts of The.
ophile Gautier, width the exception
Of the libretto Of a ballet.
Somebody having asked Treas
urer Spinner If it is true that he
swears louder than any one In
Washington, that gentleman re-
spends in a long letter explaining
the instance which he supposed
gave rise to the story. 1t was after
the war, and the occasion was the
presentation by a Confederate off,
Ger of q check for payment of ser
vices as field officer in the army of
theU nited States previous to the war.
General Spinner says he refused to
pay it, and that the refusal led to an
animated controversy, in which
some pretty energetic language was
used. When he got through, q
Presbyterian gentleman who stood
by expressed his approval, and an
elderly lady Of the Methodist per-
suasion clasped her hands and said:
"Oh, Mr.. Spinner, you know how
in my heart Iabhor swearing, but ]
declare for ii that your swearing
sounds to me for all the world like
prAyeER"
Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-29

ALTHOUGH Caleb Cushing Is far
away from Washington, his native
genius for creating troubles does not
seem to decrease very fast. BY his
skillful Diplomacy in joining an
anti-administration dinner party he
has managed to get into hot water
with President Serrano, from which
he will presently manage to extri-
cate himself triumphantly.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-29

PRESIDENT DILLON, of the Union
Pacific, blames Omaha for Repre-
sentative Crounse's action upon the
railroad tax bill. Mr., Dillon evil
IDENTIFY forgets that Mr.. Crounse is
neither o resident of Omaha nor
her special representative. He rep
resents the whole State of Nebras-
ka, and he Is acting for the people
at large, irrespective of the inter-
ests of any particular locality.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-29

IT seems to us that it would only
be I'm keeping with journalistic
courtesy, If the Nebraska City Press
would credit the BEE with the
CLEANED Nebraska crop notes, which
that journal is SO fond of re-publish-
ing.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-29

A CHANGE has come over the
dreams of some people hereabouts,
who so strenuously opposed the
water works bonds, and now they
acknowledge their almost fatal mis-
take lis retarding the progress of
Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-29

Our interview with Rochefort de-
prives us of considerable space or
dinarily devoted to political notes.
Inasmuch rs this interview covers
the first authentic narrative of the
romantic incidents connected with
Rochefort's tropical life, his escape
from exile, and his opinions upon
the political situation in France, our
readers will have no reason to find
fault with the omission.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-29
A VERY sensible review of Henry

A VERY sensible review of Henry
Rochefort and his career, appears
i'm the New York ErGning Post.
The following extracts will be
found to strikingly coincide with
the facts elected by the BEE, from
the great journalist himself:
"Rochefort is far from being a
a sanguinary revolutionist. Nor
was he ever a socialist. In fact,
he Is Immensely fond of money,
and, i'm justice to him, it must be
acknowledged that, anxious to pre-
serve his own property, he never
advocated any redistribution of
property in general.
He is an artist and a Gtterdteue
aboveeverything else. His bitter
wit and his sarcasm We're really re-
markable, and in a few years, when
people will be able to pass judg-
ment more calmly on the maniacs
who plunged France into all her re-
cent miseries, Rochefort will always
appear as the most inoffensive
among them, and certainly as the
most gifted, SO far as the power
0f skilffda writing goes. He Joined
the Commune simply because il was
q radical affair, and he was radical
himself. But the facts of his never
having played q prominent part in
its administration, and of the prose-
cution which vas ordered against
him my the leading members of the
Commune, are the best proof of how
far be disagreed with them i'm his
political views.
Personally, he Is q very good-na-
turod, very gay, powerfully absent
minded, and, on the whole, very
'tDood-hearted" man. His mar
nAge must always he regarded as
one 0f the most honorable acts of
his NE. Being thoroughly absorbed
in his literary activity, he never
paid much attention to the society
Of ladies, and formed early in
his life an Illicit connection
with = washerwoman, the result
OF which was a family of sew
eral children. When he was con-
demned to transportation, and while
he lay dangerously i'll i'm his dun
geon, he requested, as a favor, to be
permitted to marry this woman and
to recognize her children-a per-
mission which was granted, though
with no particular benefit to the wo-
man chiefly concerned, for Madame
de Rochefort, Countess de Lucay,
died . few weeks after she acquired
the legal right to bear that title.
though Rochefort generally spent
much more than he could possibly
AFFORD, the money which he gained
from his Ldnterne and other produc-
tons proved sufficient to provide a
little fund for the education of his
shildRens Who were left in France,
sd Who probably win now re5oin
hin.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-29
no CORRESPONDENT.

VIZ DO not desire any contributions vhatever
of . lnsrary or poetical character; and We
win MT undertake to preserve, or to return
heane, in any case vhatever. Our san
n sufhciently large to more than supply our
limited space in that direction.
RIAL NAME OF wRrrKR, in full, must in each
and every case accompany any communica-
ton of What nature soever. This Is not in
tended for publication, but for eur own satis-
faction and a. proof of good faith
OuR CouxrRY FRIENDS We viii always be
plsassd to hear from, on all matters connected
With crops, country politics, and on any sub
,ect whatever of general interest to the peo-
pie Of our State. Any information connect
Cd With the election. and relating TO foods,
accidents. etc., viii be gladly received All
such communications. however, must be
brisf as possible; and they must, In all csses,
- vrittAa upon one side Of the sheet only.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-29

ST.. LOUIS is jubilant over the
prospective establishment of mill
tary headquarters at that city, as if
that was a premonitary sign of the
approaching removal of the national
capital to the Mississippi valley.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-29

ACCORDING to Senator EdmOnds
the new centennial bill is equal to
q polite invitation to dinner with
the glorious privilege for each per-
son to pay for his own meal.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-29
NOTICE.

On and after October tventy-hrst, 1872, tine
city circulation of the DAILY BEE Is assumed
BY Mr.. Edwin Davis, to whose order all sub
scriptions not paid at the Office viii be payable.
and by whom all receipts for subscriptions viii
be countersigned.
E. ROSEwATER. Publisher
Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-29
POLrTTCAL

AL A~KNotNSKNRsTs Of candidates for once
whether made by self or friends, and
whether as notices or communication TO the
Editor, are until nominations are made)
simply personal, and will be charged q sd-
Refreshments.
All communications should he addressed to
e. ROsEwATER, Editor End Publisher. Draw
Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-29

NC MAHON, THEIRS AND GAMBETTA
Reporer-Tbey are having very
exciting times in France just now.
What do you think of the prospect?
Rochefort-In my opinion the
prospect for the Republicans is very
bright. Mcmahon cannot sustain
himself three months. He has lost
his grip on the Right, whichpu t him
into power, and cannot get a foot
hold with the Left. He is lost. Nc
Mahon might make a creditable ru-
Ter for Arabs or Africans, but he
does not comprehend the French
people. He governed the Algerians
for twenty-five years, and that
would spoil any man for governing
a civilized nation. He Is not even
a first-class military man; at least
his record during the Franco-Prus-
sian war Is not very brilliant. 1t is
more than probable that Theirs will
be at the head of the Government
again within the next ninety days.
Reporter-What about Theirs?
Rochefort-Although Theirs has
caused me much misery and treated
me very shabbily, I must confess he
has deserved great credit for his I'M
swerving fidelity to the Republic.
He is prudent and careful, and is
just the man we want to pull the
Republic out of the mire. For my
part / shall do what ] can to sustain
him, and will advise my friends to
interpose no obstacles In his way.
Theirs is getting old, to be sure, but
he is well preserved, and has q few
years Of usefulness before him yet.
Reporter-And what Is to become
of Gambetta?
Rochejort-Oh, Gambetta has a
bright prospect before him. He Is
our man by all odds when the
proper time arrives. He Is ''our
President Of the FUTURE when the
Republic becomes sufficiently edu-
Gated to appreciate liberty and free
~nunpumoof
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-05-07
Resignation Of tho State Treasurer

Josiah L. Hayes, the state treasurer.
who was impcachcd by the last house
of representatives for misdemcanors
in Office. has resigned. ard John Fran
els, of lola. Alien county. has been ap-
pointed by Governor Osborn in his
stead. a copy of his resignation was
presented to the board of managers by
his counsel, with request that further
proceedings against him be stopped.
Col. Hayes gives as a reason for this
unexpected action that his physical
condition is such that he is unable TO
undergo or endure Il protractcd I'M
parchment trial.
This action will probably end the
impeachment trial. rs all the high
court could do. if it found him guilty
as charged. would be to disqualify him
from holding office in the future. The
resignation is. OF course. an admission
of the crime charged, and is, no doubt,
owing directly TO the character of the
evidence obtained in New York. Yet,
now that the bulk of the expense has
been incurred. /. E. the evidence all
taken. the court organized and adj
journcd TO meet again, it may be that
if the managers think they have a sure
thing. the case viii be prosecuted for
the sake of the example. Nearly all
of our state treasurcrs have been open
IL guilty of the oflcnsc charged against
Col. HAYES. and the legislature has by
resolutions pursuant TO Investigations
warned them against repetition of
the crime. still such action and such
warnings seem to have little effect.
As Col. Ilayes is an old man. and al
most an invalid. having lost leg while
defending his country at the head of
his regiment. it may be that the whole
thing will be dropped. But whether
or not. let future state trcasurers stand
from under.
Ii is claimed that Acknowledgement
W llllams procured tnccNluence III New
York City that Hayes has not only re-
gularly drawn interest from state
funds, deposited in banks of that city.
and applied it TO his own benefit, but
that he has had 100000 deposits there
that his books do not show. The in
terest has been drawn 10y a Kansas
CITY banker. so that if that be true
then admitting his soldier record and
all else, an impeachment trial and dis
qualification from holding Office would
not be any too severe.
The state senate meets as a high
court of impeachment next Tuesday.
at which time the matter of trial Or
no trial will be determined
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-05-07
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A Cheering Note.

When the general cry is that of hard
times and a scarcity of money, it is
pleasant to hear occasionally note on
a different key. We clip the following
from the Eldorado (Butlcr Coz Times.
at is a notable fact that money is
much plcntier in this county than it
has been for two years past. During
the past three months the bank depos-
its of the First National Bank have in
creased at the rate of ten thousand dol
lars per month. MortgageS have been
paid off on farms III our coltnty within
The past sixty days amounting to fifty
thousand dollars. Some of our MGR
chants are now selling from $4,000 TO
$1,000 worth of goods per month.
Farmers are buying millions of hedge
plants. hundreds of thousands of fruit
trees, and are fencing aud improving
their farms more this spring than ever
before. Many substantial improve
menis are being made all over the
county With a good season our farm
ers will have no reason to complain
hereafter of hard times"
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-05-07
Important to Settlers.

Last week Hon. ID. Z. Lowe appear
ed before the house committee on pub
lie lands, and made an able and clabor
ate argument upon the bill for tht
protection OF the rights of settlers on
the public lands within railroad limits
He argued that no presumption, loca'
ton, homestead entry, or other filing
in pursuance of any United States law
In this state within the limits of any
grant of lands TO railroad companies,
which was made before the Withdrawal
of the lands from market, should be
void or imperative on account Of hav-
ing been made after any alleged loca-
ton of the route of the railroad to
which, such grant appertained.
He argued still further that all such
settlements which have been cancelled
should be notified and confirmed, so
thtt pstspts may Issue 10 settlers.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-05-07
The Arkansas Troubles.

There are two fellows down in the
state Arkansas claiming to be govern
nor, de ,facfo. Brooks and Baxter by
name. Baxter had possession Of the
Office, but was by judgment of court
ous,cd. Brooks took possession of the
state house and Baxter of a hotel, and
surrounded by large body guards with
some L. 5. troops between, they spend
the time in issuing proclamations and
in tclcgraphing to Grant for help. The
general government don't appear to
take much interest in the unseemly
muss farther than to warn them against
open war. And so the case has Stood
for three weeks. Last week we wrote
an editorial for the EAGLE, which was
crowded out, taking the grounds thai
the people down there should hang OF
imprison both Of these painters after
authority, who, by their unlawful at;i
tudc, are stopping the trade, putting
peaceful citizens lives in jeopardy ano
forcing the state government into
anarchy, and we haven't changed Oul
mind much since.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-05-07
The Kansas Editorial Association

The executive committee of the edit
ors' and publishers association of the
state OF Kansas have decided TO hold
the annual meeting at Fort Scott on
the Goth day of May. at Sp. IN. They
have further decided TO take an excur-
sion to ST. Louis--each editor TO pay
his own hotel bills while in the city.
We well remember ten or twelve
years ago. that dozen of us country
publishers together with two or three
CITY editors met in Topeka to organ
ize society for mutual aid. benefit
and protection. The idea of the organ
ization was something practical. For
the past few wears new men have been
directing the association and il has de-
generated into an annual big eat and 4
dead head excursion somewhere. We
got our fill of that style of pleasure last
May, and for one beg TO be excused.
The companionship of editors and
publishers of Legitimate newspapers Is
pleasant thing. but when the pro-
prietors of real estate dodgers and the
writers for patent shinplastcrs and
nondescript sheets, together with 4 few
professional dead-bcat correspondents.
constitutes the controlling voice. others
may participate il they like it. but we
will submit 10 fine for contempt first.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-05-07
Our Crops.

This season promises an abundant
harvest to Kansas. The season is much
later than usual, but in many respects
il will work to an advantage TO the
state. Ii has been very favorable to
wheat ard RE which is looking much
better than is usual for Kansas, at this
season of the year. More than the us
ual surface is sown to oats the crop
has been put in in good season. The
surface planted in corn will much eX-
coed any previous year, and the farm
crs manifest unusual energy i'll regard
to all farm products, and for general
crops Kansas may be set down as Civ
ing good promise.
The fruit crop of the state never was
half so good. Apples. pears, peaches,
plumbs, grapes and small fruits will
lie in abundance and the chances are
that the prices Of fruit in consequence
of the large crop will range low. AT
the ripening season Il large supply will
be thrown on the market. and if those
having fruit to sell have to depend
upon the market of immediate con-
sumption they will not be able to dis
pose Of it. The fruit crop this season
will be worth many thousands of dol
lars to the state provided it is secured,
but in our opinion it can only be pro-
perly secured by canning it.-Ld~rcncc
.SfGU1UyU
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-05-07
Pats RESPONSIVENESS.

The following anecdote is related by
the late Mr.. Greeley, who is well known
to have been throughout life Il staunch
advocate of temperance. Through all
his clectioneering campaigns he sat at
public dinners and suppers where wine
and spirits flowed freely, but he never
passed the bottle or touched the liquor
himself. The walters who knew his
temperance principles were generally
puzzled what to do when they came to
The row of glasses fronting his plate as
they fronted all others. Usually they
were directed by look or gesture of
the master of the ceremonies 10 pass
by him in silence: but OH one occasion
an Irish waiter would not abide such
an apparent breach of hospitality.
Hadn't We better take something. sir,
to get up an appetite like, after your
long ride, sir!' the hospitabIc Hiber-
MAN whispered TO the startled sage.
"a little brandy and water wud do We
good-it would. upon me sowl, sir
The heartiness of the appeal touched
the philosopher. lie recognized the
ring of true hospitality in its tones,
and his heart rclented at the idea OF
depressing such sterling virtue by a
continued refusal. Brandy and wa
ter?' said he. "Well, Pat, I'll take
half that TO oblige you. Give me the
water and let some one else have the
brandy"
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-05-07
Bender.

The ubiquitous. homely old johannes
Koch. lately transported by "A sharp
detective from the mountains. of Utah
to Topeka. at cost of several hundred
dollars, in expectancy of reward.
turns out. like several hundred other
inolicnsivc German gentlemen. who
have been arrested upon mistaken
identity. not old Bender, but hungry
wild and hairy old ranger of the Wash
tia valley. with just enough sense TO
eat Bologna sausage and drink beer
The Commonwealth has made him IA
nous by columns Of startling descrip-
lions and soul narrowing conjectures.
The smart detective huriedly HE'D him
home, Inundated and hornet hot, hope.
lessly humbuwned.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-05-07

Andrew Johnson. once alderman in
his native village and afterwards pre-
sident Of the United States, is n candi-
date for election as United States sen
ator from Tennessee. He will canvass
the state during the approaching poll
teal campaign, and suffer the people
to decide whether they have any use
for such services as he is willing to
give. Mr.. johnson is a hard money
man. He avows his sentiments on
this subject with commendable free
dom. The election Of next fall will
show what is the prevailing opinion in
Tennessee on the currency question.