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, 1874-12-28

Tho Danish Congress is considering the prof.
oct Of aoolishing titles Of nobility and docora-
| ttons.
| Tho efforts to postpone tho trinl by Deoohor'a
counsel arc intellIgible. They want to escape
| by tho statute Of limitations
How tho Hndoo feols when he's intoxicated-
"Dhang up" like phuni1 rising from bis
hashoesl.-Ne,o 1iork World.
Tho New York Herald owes Comptroller
dtoen $4,000 worth Of spite, and peddles 1t out
| in paragraphs ut O dollar q !iuo.
Mr. Childors iB tho First Lord Of Tho Ad-
mirality, Robeson showed him our national
Weapons at tho Navy Yard recently.
| Tho aenBation in Newark lust Sunday was
Weston, and q sensational preacher there chose
| for his toxt "And Enoch walked With God"
Howard, who was 1ynched at Des Moines.
tllreatonod to prove his Innocence. Mediums
arc getting scarce, and Howard had botter hurry
up.
| Bonner did not want Ills paper knocked as
high rs 'tThe L,fo OF Christ" hence I'VE learn
TINT Beechor writes no moro for tho New York
Ledger.
When. after tiro, Cronstadt landlords raised
rents, tho Mayor ordered n ro-valuation Of
their property aud rents foil again with start-
ling celebrity.
Alatflda Hendinan delivered seventy woman'a
RuGrago speeches Ia Michigan last fall. And yet
abo ca,,nt ,n5or.tond ,xhv ria noon1o l,lod
hno ea''''u. u1oot0'an" way 'D' po'p'o N'''0
To 1,;,,ror;o, ~ co,nra,u ,,oa ham conne,,cd
- raoo,a 1an .,,ran"tto ~ oomnos;t;orsn .i,r;n~
thu vcar ono wo,,I<l a,,,noaa that ,o cot,td ro-
| ject 100 as ''not proven"
s'n acs1 ~ .1aa ,a, a,'a.,,aaaa5 H. ,os
thus: "col' 20 Meok has snoa'aoseo a1s Jaw
~. ,ron,,t - oho,,t r,,ntn
! oset oseat1< ~ ao'"' 4u'n'os'
r,an .e,, ~ liz n s.1,,,an poana t,,o1, -
then toey gos nln 10 'uuse folauo' enen W
| M :. Ola Pole who rot 40 badly vaxed."
, 1874-12-28

Did Mr.. NOSES CHAInEn1A1a, OF New York,
receive tho full penalty provided by law for Ills
oTcnae, lie would contemplate imprisonment for
140 years, md pay fine Of $4,000. There ara
ono or two trtIing natural ronsons why tue penal
ty pAould bo mtlgatod, aud It probably
will, but In order TINT young mon Of
Mr. cnA,1DEH1Ars's peculiar viows OF de-
ceucy mud fltncss may 10 warnod in timo to
avoid similar consequences, perhaps Lila ofSonso
deseTvA, passing notice.. Alr. ouAnDGaLAS,
being in want Of money wrote sourriloua lot
tor to Mr. VAN yALKESnuno Oh rostal card,
The recipient, baing Of d hard, uns5mpathetio
disposition, piaccd tho officers Of the Govern
mont On Mr.. 0AAMbEn1A1ss track, aud secured
bis arrest and indictment. Tho case was tried In
the United statca Circuit Court, aud, dospto Tho
defenso TINT only tho Post Ofiice c]oras saw tho
contents OF tho cards. aud were bound to saoreoy,
Mr. CHAMBERLAIN waa convicted Of sondtng four
teen OF thoso agreeable oifusiona through tho
mails. Tho greatest penalty for oaoh offence IL
ton years' imprisonment and tine Of 5000, and
tho least. ons years imprisonment ond St09 fine.
TLs is tho first tria! in Now York under tho law
making 1t crimo 10 aonl scurrilons poatal-cards
through tho mails. Mr., CHAMBERLAIN msy not
1.-Two to eorvo out ls full torm but 1t must be iu-
duL.oly couso!ing to think Of himaof as fright
ful warning to blachmailees who try to make
Uuclo Sam an aocoBso1y.
, 1874-12-28

Baron HCnNEn, upon whose noblo shoulders
scems to hayo fallan tho mantle Of that other
imaginative noble1nan, MuAcuAusEN. has broken
out with fresh rotaauco. Aa an illustration of
hia paronia1 invontivcnoBs, We give another
story told by him to exhibit tho native grace Of
tho American traveller. 1Io was journoying, so
le Eayg, to California In q palace. car. Behind
him aat specimen OF the American agricul-
turist, cnilcd "hoodun," Tho sent
he occupied being too arampod for comfort,
the former found 1t necessary to stretch his legs.
ind did 80, placing them over tho back Of
uuDSER's seat, ono on each side Of tho noble
Baron, 90 that ono Of tho great gtogieB waa with"
In few inches Of either side OF his noble craui-
UNI. This :lloodlun,, lilo all the Daron's Amor-
lean acQuaintauccs, chowed tobacco, and swore
in the loudest and moss emphatic languago On
tho preaent occasion ho held cohyorsc with the
Baron from behind, aud emphani2od his remarks
by squirting tobacco juice with startling pro-
cision alternately botween each foot aud tho
Baron's head. This is Ills story. Roaccling
upon 1t, Barou 11uuNEn regards 1t oil n specimen
Of American independence. Now, since tho sud-
don and moloiramatie doccaso Of tllat gifted gen
tlc1nan, AxAS1As, and tho equally sudden, scnaa-
tionol, aud unexpected demise Of sArpHnA, his
wife, Of which it IL charitable to suppoHo Baron
HuBSER never hoard, such glarng brilliant,
aud ingenious piece of 1nondacitv wn1 never per-
pe,rated Oh that Of tho distinguished traveller to
California. And there hayo been aorno notable
Nars In history, too.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-12-31
Prentice and Mike Walsh.

Prentice, Notwithstanding his tu-
multuous career, his violent controver-
sizes, and bitter quarrels, was generous
and forgiving, if not amiable. Shame
fully and persistently slandered = he
admitted that he had faults enough to
render malignant invention superfuous
he was ever ready to meet his enc
mics halfway in reconciliation, and he
rarely remembered injuries where there
was any disposition toward atonement.
The noted Mike Walsh and imself
had had fierce newspaper bouts, but had
never seen each other until they met
one day in Washington.
Walsh, cycling him, approached and
said " You are George d. Prentice, I
believe"
The Louisville editor, responding in
the affirmative, the Su6terronean scribe
continued 4" You've skinned me like an
eel, Prentice, but you did it so well
that [ don't particularly object to it.
You're a man of genius and a good fell
low, and want to say that I admire
and like you"
The Manhattan agrarian offered his
hand, and the biographer of Clay cor
daily shook it, with the remark, ST
think we'll have to toss up, Walsh, to
determine which of us is the eel"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-12-31
A Square Game,

They tell pretty good story of one
of those wild-eyed Lake Superior ed
itors. He is great hand to Cleft" and
whenever he can make the nick on a
"quad," settle questson he prefers to
do it in that way. He "iefs" to see
whether he shall pay his hands in cash
or store orders; "jeffs" to decide
whether he shall come out on half
sheet Christmas week, and "ieffs," to
decide whether he shall go to the lodge
or to weekly prayer-meeting. It wasn't
long ago that he attended revival,
more in the capacity of reporter than
sinner, and before going drank some
thing to make him feel good. When a
call was made for sinners to come for
ward, church member stepped down
the aisle and took the editor by the hand
and entreated him to take position on
the anxious seal.
ooh, I guess not, " replied the editor.
Come, we want to save you," con-
tinued the friend.
"Oh, I'm all right, was the reply.
Ono one can be all right who is not
working Christian. Come, let us
have your example,"
The editor felt in his pocket, pro-
duced seven Gem quads," and as he
shook them in his hand, he replied:
"Ill jeff you to see whether [ go or
stay !"
He staid. detroit Free Press.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-12-31
A Plot to Kill Bismarck.

The North German Gazette pub
fishes the following details of another
plot against the life of Bismarck In
September, 1878, a French Archbishop
received an anonymous letter, the writer
of which offered to kill Bismarck for
$4,000 thalers. Ina second letter the
writer inclosed a photograph, and gave
his name and address as follows
"Duchesne Poncelet, Rue Leopold,
Seraing."
The Archbishop communicated the
matter to the French government,
which informed Bismarck of the affair.
Poncelet, who was found and identified
as a workingman, was watched. TWAS
ascertained that he was preparing to
go to Germany, but, becoming aware of
the police surveillance, he relinquished
his intention. The subsequent details
of the affair are not published. The
photograph inclosed to the Archbishop
was not of Poncelet, but of fellow
workman who is supposed to have been
a confederate.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-12-31
A Chemical Difficulty.

A lively exchange tells the following
story: "One of our merchants recently
sold gross of matches to woman,
who, on reaching her home, could not
make them burn. In towering pas
sion, which increased all the way back,
she returned and demanded, why did
you cheat me with these worthless
matches 2 Matches responded the
grocer pleasantly-he always wears a
smile for his customers-'w what is the
trouble with the matches?' 'They
won't burn, not one of Them was the
quick, angry response. 'Let us see,
said the gentleman, applying the
charged end to his pantaloons and
causing it to blaze instanter; that
burns we'll enough But the rest
won't, replied the woman, who began
to fear that she had walked seven miles
and was to return seven more on foot,
and had got angry for nothing. The
grocer opened three punches and
proved therA all the same. Il don't
want to burn up all your matches, he
said, 'but there is not one that will not
burn the same way Chagrined, she
stared at him with tiger eyes, and, not
to be beaten, burst out If they will,
you don't s'pose, every time T want
fire, I'm coming all this way to rub
them on the seat of your trowsers, do
YOU p"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-12-31
True HOSDitality.

True hospitality of the home is never
loudly and noisily demonstrative. It
never overwhelms you with it's greeting,
though you have not doubt Of it's per-
feet sincerity. You are not disturbed
by the creaking of the domestic ma
chinery, suddenly driven at unwonted
speed for your accommodation. Quietly
it does it's work, that it may put you in in
peaceable possession of it's results.
He is not the true host, she is not the
best hostess, who is ever going to and
fro with hurried action, and Hurried
manner, and heated countenance, as if
to say, "See how hospitable I can be -
but rather the one who takes your COM
ing with quiet dignity and noiseless
painstaking who never obtrudes atten-
tion, yet is very attentive all the while !;
who makes you, in one word-the most
expressive word in the English tongue
to be at home. There is no richer,
deeper, larger hospitality than that.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-12-31
FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS.

TUESDAY, Dec. 22.-Sendte.- The feature of
the Senate's proceedings was the discussion
and passage of Sherman's resumption bin Gan
abstract Of which will be found in another
place.. The Democrats presented solid
front in opposition to the measure claiming
that 1t was an initiation scheme in disguise.
The bill was passed by 80 yeas to IA nays-all
the Republicans, present with the exception
OF Sprague, voting in the affirmative, and all
the Democrats voting nay.
H0uSe.-Garfeld asked unanimous consent
to report, and have passed, the bill appro-
priating $50, 900 to defray the expenses of the
visit of King Kalakaua and his suite. Obiec-
ton being made, the bill was not received ;. :.
The Naval Appropriation bill was completed
and passed. "A petition was presented from
colored citizens of Alabama in regard to
troubles in that State. . Page introduced g.
bill excluding Chinese from the benefits of
the naturalization acts.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 23.-Senate. Morton in
troduced resolution recognizing the validity
of the credentials Of Pinchback as Senator
from Louisiana. Thurman objected to the
present consideration Of the resolution, and
it went over Wright offered a substitute
for the bill to provide a better government
for the District of Columbia, which was or
dered printed. Adjourned to Tuesday,
Jan. 5.
House.-An attempt to take up the Senate
Finance bill was defeated by the flibustering
of thu Democrats. !. The contested case from
Arkansas of Bell against Snyder, was decided
in favor of Snyder, the sitting member. :. "A
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-12-31
FATAL ARRAY.

An Ex-Governor and an Editor Engage
i'm a Deadly Combat I'm the Streets of
New Orleans.
A fatal ARRAY occurred in the streets of
New Orleans on Saturday. December &c,
between ex-Gov. FL. G. Warmoth and Daniel
G. Byerly, of the Bulletin in which the latter
received several cuts from knife in the
hands of Warmoth, resulting in his death in
few hours. The difficulty grew out of
newspaper controversy about the mixed
schools question. The Bulletin had attacked
Gov. Warmoth, who retaliated in kind He
published a card in the Picdaptne of the 26th.
in which he characterized Edward s Jewett,
the chief editor of the Bulletin as the
greatest of liars and towards, and ssas being
possessed of most attributes which are
generally considered Objectionable in
man, and Byerly was inferentially
included in the charge of lying. To
this JeWett sent peremptory challenge to
Warmoth, which Warmoth promptly accented.
and pistols at ten PAGES were designated as
the weapons. On the following day at half
past IL o'clock, as Warmoth was standing on
Canal, between Royal and Bourbon streets,
Byerly stepped up to him, and, without warn
ing, struck him over the head with heavy
cane. Warmoth, staggering, turned toward
him, when Byerly struck him two more heavy
blows. Warmoth was entirely unarmed, and
seeing, as he says he thought, Mr.. Byerly at
tempting to draw his pistol, he took out his
pocket-knife and closed with Byelly, both
going to the ground together and rolling over
on the sidewalk, Byerly on the top. During
the scufde, Warmoth cut Byerly six times
causing his death at 1920 in the evening
Warmoth was arrested and locked up.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-12-31
Mistaken Advertising.

The Denver (Col.) Herald, in late
number, expresses the opinion that the
public can be better reached through
the columns of a newspaper of a fair
circulation than through all the other
mediums, costly circulars, cards, post
ers, give-aways and jimcracks put to-
gether. The old established weekly
newspaper is, after all, the only general,
judicious medium for advantageous adj
vertising. A thousand doors are opened
to welcome it thousand messengers
are weekly seeking the postofice to re-
ceive it +; thousand families look for
it's coming, and ten thousand read it
when it does come, advertisements and
ALL" There is much truth in this. The
thousands of dollars wasted annually
upon expensive almanacs, circulars and
other questionable methods of adver-
Using, which, in company with patent
Office reports, find their way to the junk
shop, would render very material aid
toward the support of numbers of de-
serving local papers, and also return
something in the way of profit to the
advertiser.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-12-31
A Few Hints for 1879.

1t is better to live in q little, mean.
tWo-story frame house, than in a Jail !:
1t is a good thing, when you are talk
ing of another mans defalcation. to
make sure that you could have handled
as much money, with like opportunities
For dishonesty, and not fallen before
temptation. It doesn't pay to worry
over what will happen to your wife if
you were taken away she may get a
better husband. If you are wondering
what makes your former schoolmates
hair SO gray, or what makes such one
SO wrinkled, or why such another one
is growing SO stout, just take a look
in the glass. Do not imagine, because
you have resolved to practice charity
and to speak well of everybody, that
everybody has made the same resolu-
ton regarding you. If you are heart
sick with regret that you were not
more tender and thoughtful towards
the dear ones you have lost, just try to
avoid further repentance in future by
being good to those still left to YOU.
Don't put off enjoyment. If you are
not ready to enjoy things as they come,
when you are ready they won't come.
Planning to enjoy friends and fortune
In the future is a most insecure invest
ment. The chances are wofully few
that you, your friends, and the fortune
will all come together in the future. If
you have any good deeds to do, or hap
piness to enjoy, to-day is the time. It
is only when we are arguing ourselves
into the committing Of some act where
we believe the end will Justify the
means, that it pays to wait till to-mor-
row. In such case one cannot wait
too many to-morrows.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-12-31
II years. His was the first American family

II years. His was the first American family
to settle in that city
Miscellaneous.
The new Emmanuel Presbyterian Church,
in Milwaukee, is one of the finest religious
edi6ces i'm the country. It cost 5000, OOG.
RECENT postal changes in Wisconsin !:
Discontinued Marble Ridge, Sank county
Postnaasters Appointed-C azenovia, Richland
county, Birney M. Jarvis; Cedar Grove, She
boygan county, Cornelius Prince; Harrelson,
Grant county, Mrs. Jane Beloie; Prairie du
Sac Sank county, Mrs. Ann Jane Baker; Red
River, Kewaunee county, Thomas H. Smith
Verona, Dane county, Hugo Liebner; Wild
Rose, Waushara county, La Forest A.
Jones.
The deaf and dumb pupils in the institute
at Delavau, who lately rebelled against the
discipline, could only be Influenced by one
professor, MIR. Shilling. He talked to them
from the rostrum, and so eloquent was he
with their mute language that the boys cried
like children at his words, and gave up their
rebellion.
The following meetings are announced to
take place at the dates named: Northern
Wisconsin Agricultural and Mechanical So
ciety Oshkosh, Jan. 10; Wisconsin Central
Poultry Association Show, Madison, Feb. l !;
Wisconsin Agricultural Convention, Madison,
Jan. 27-29; Wisconsin State Grange, Madison,
JAN So
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-12-31
American Architecture.

The resignation of Mr.. Mullett, the
supervising architect, brings to mind the
subject OF the architecture of our pub
lie buildings, and the question natu-
rally arises: Why should our buildings
be formed from the Grecian models {?
Perhaps because no other is quite so
beautiful and SO well adaptedto the con-
ditions required. But why, with our
wealth and diversity of foliage, our
abundance and variety of material,
should we not have an American order
OF architecture? In no country in the
world are more or finer buildings going
up, and nowhere else do architects re-
celve more encouragement and support.
Why, with all their resources, shonld
they not give us something outside of
the conventional five great orders Mr..
Latrobe, a former architect of the
national Capitol-and a great architect
he was-had the true idea when he de-
ternined to give as much of distinctly
national character as possible. by the
Introduction of such forms in the vege-
table world as would best illustrate the
peculiar productions of the soil and eli
mate of the United States. This design
led to the ingenious idea of form of
column so original and SO happy In con-
ception and execution as to be deemed
worthy to be called the American order.
An example of it is to be seen in the
vestibule of the Law Library in the
basement of the Capitol. The shaft
is composed of the stalks of Indian
corn, the joints of which wind around it
srirally, while the capital consists of
the ears with their husks sufficiently
opened to show the grain, with the inter
mediate spaces filled in by the tassel
bent over, and fllet or rope at the bot
tom. The bose is plain double mold
ing, the stalks rising out of circlet
of the pointed leaves of the plant.
President Jefferson gave evidence of his
admiration of the design by placing o
model of it upon one of the buildings
of his seat at Monticello. Mr.. Latrobe
also applied to the columns in the cir
cular vestibule of the old Senate
Chamber, now the Supreme Court
room, the leaves and flowers of the to-
bacco plant, of which the capitals are
formed, with pleasing and character
istic effect. It was Mr.. Lathrobe's mis-
fortune, distinguished alike for his vir-
tues and his genius, to live too early in
the history of the nation for the fullest
display of his great gifts and varied
accomplishments. But with so grand
an art as architecture, so we'll fostered,
and with every encouragement given to
true merit, with the wealth of material
on every hand, there is no reason why
we should not have an American order
worthy the name. The meeting of the
tree-tops gave the Gothic arch a basket
of acanthus leaves resulted in the Corin-
THAN capital Mr.. Latrobe in Indian
corn found shaft and it's capital. Who
will complete his work SO nobly begun,
and give us an American architecture.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-12-31

The Scientific american thinks tt
the ear is quite as liable to injury frc
draughts of air as from cold water. T.
modern style of cutting the hair of MI
and of arranging the hair of women,
much to be deprecated, because it w
intended by nature that the hair shou
fall over the ear and form thus a pr
lection to it. But as we cannot thro
down so great a goddess as fashion, VI
must use care and artificial means fc
the preservation of this delicate organ
Ii sitting in draught is unavoidable
the handkerchief should be applied t
the ear exposed, or pledget of cotto;
inserted within it. The ordinary man
ner of washing the face does no harr
to the ear, because the canal leading t.
the drum of the ear is partially pro
tected by wax, and water does not pene
trate far but all the swabbing Of tn,
ear, whether with dry cloth or lin
moistened with hot or cold water
or other fluid, is by no means to b.
advised, as it removes the wax, the
necessary safeguard to the internal ear