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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01
How Parliament Silences a Bore.

The Nation says, in speaking OF DR..
Kenealy "He will do less harm in the
House OF Commons than anywhere else.
The House has a rough-and-ready way Of
dealing with eccentricities. Every man
who comes within the rigid criticism of
that assembly soon finds his level. Every
newcomer, it matters not what he is, is
treated at first with courtesy and consid-
Grafton. The House always listens with
attention, and generally with good ma
ture, to maiden speech, and anything
like dlffidence or nervousness 1t treats
with l1enlency and generous encourage
ment. But self-assertion or bumptious-
ness it cannot abide, and it is cruelty in
tolerant of bores and one-idead men.
DIR. Kenealy will meet with studious
consideration when he first essays to
speak. But if he persists in parading the
Orion grievance upon the attention of
the House, his reception will be very
different from that which awaited him at
Stoke. The House has many effective
way of silencing a bore An animated
conversation carried on in every corner
by the various members seated in their
places soon deadens the voice of even
the most animated speaker. A chorus of
cries of divide, divide. vide wide
proceeding from both sides at once when
ever the speaker opens his mouth, en-
harnesses even the most hardened orator.
But the most effective way of bringing
one-idead man to his senses is the proc
ess of counting out, and this is proba-
bly, the course that will be followed with
the chosen of Stoke. It is rule of the
House that forty members must be pres
ent. When an orator becomes trouble
some, stampede of members takes place
from the House to the lobbies, or the
smoking-rooms, or the library. Some
one gets up from back bench, and calls
the Speakers attention to the sparse at
tendance. The Speaker counts the
House, finds there are not forty mem
bers present, orders the electric bells
to be rrlng and the sand-glass to be
turned. The stampeded members stand
outside till the sand has run it's two min
utes' course and the electric bells have
rung out. The doors are closed, there
are not forty members, and the House
stands adjourned till the following day,
when there is new order Of business,
and the orator of the previous night has
lost his chance, and may not get another
till the following session. It is an effect
i've way Of silencing bore"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01
Gen. Sheridan's Views of the Black
= Z Hills.

Gen. Sheridan has written a letter to
Gen. Sherman relative to the Black Hills,
and the romantic legends associated with
the country. He gives the story of
Father de Smet, that, while living with
the Sioux Indians, he was shown by them
nuggets of gold, which they informed
him had been obtained at different points
in the Black Hills, supposed to be from
the beds OF the Big Horn. Rosebud and
Powder rivers, and from branches of the
Tongue river; and on his representing
that such yellow metal was of the great
est value, they told him they knew where
there was a mountain of it.
Gen. Sheridan then shows that. while
the legend is mythical, gold exists in
paying quantities III some portions of
the Black Hills. But this auriferous
territory, he holds, is not embraced in.
but lies west of, the Sioux reservation
that it is near the head waters of
the Powder river and in the region of
the Big Horn; and the persons who look
for mineral deposits in the vicinity of
Harney's Peak, except in limited quaint
ties, are doomed to disappointment.
Gen. Sheridan then proposes that an
expedition be fitted out to explore and
open to settlement that portion of the
Black Hills country west of the Sioux
reservation, which, he holds, is rich in
mineral deposits, besides being fertile in
soil and admirably adapted to agricult-
ural pursuits. He has already taken the
initatory measures for such an expedi-
ton, and will send Gen. Forsyth and
Fred Grant to make the exploration.
AS to the expeditions now being fitted
out for Harney's Peak and Custer Park,
Gen. Sheridan says he is confident the
military will be able to prevent any tres
pass upon the Sioux reservation. He
had so deployed his forces that all tres
passers can be Intercepted. No invasion
Of the district Will be permitted.
These facts are worthy of considera-
ton by all who are about to start in
search of the new Eldorado. Their en-
terprise is certainly doomed to defeat.
Perhaps they had better wait till the Big
Horn region is opened up; for then
they can pursue their search with rea-
sonable certainty of finding gold, and
without danger from the interference of
either the government troops or the
seal Uplifting Sioux. Chicago Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01

ACCORDING to advices from Washing
ton, the effect of the srlrreptitious in
crease of the postage on third-class mat
ter, known as the expressmen's job, ="
will be evidently more far-reaching than
it's authors had anticipated. The esti-
mates for the appropriation for the Off
cial postage stamps for all the govern
ment departments were based upon the
old law, of one cent for every two ounces
of third-class matter. A great portion
of the department mail matter consists of
third-class matter. The effect of the
change in the law in favor of the express
companies will consequently be to reduce
the stamp appropriations for all the de-
partments by one-half. The appropria-
ton for this purpose will Zoe exhausted
in six months, instead of one year. The
Postofice Department cannot give any
department credit for an additional
amount of stamps, as there is a penal
statute which prohibits any department
from expanding in any fiscal year any
sum in excess of the appropriation made
by Congress for the fiscal year, or from
involving the government in any contract
for the future payment Of money in ex-
cess Of such appropriations. In some
departments, where there are large APP
preparations for expressage, the mail
matter will be sent by express instead of
by mail when the stamp appropriations
are exhausted.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01
Anecdotes of Thad Stevens.
Washington Cor. New York World.

Seeing Banks strutting around the
house Wednesday, makes me think Of
him as he stood there one night brandish-
ing his arms and shaking the roof about
some matter or another. A member who
had been In the cloak-room came I'M to
hear what the noise was about, but as he
couldn't understand he asked Thad
Stevens, who was sitting quite close to
him reading paper, ''What the devil
does Banks want Z" Brains," growled
Stevens, without looking up from his
paper Thad was a famous player, and
many "night session" has been held
in his modest little house near the Capt.
tol over that charming game, only inter
rupted when the players were sent for
to give their votes. One morning, after
particularly good luck, 4had and COM
panion were met on their way to the
house by Sister of Charity, the Supe-
1or OF Providence Hospital. Stevens
was faithful friend to that institution,
and when the Sister, a woman whose life
was noble and beautiful record of all
that is divine in human nature, told him
that several new patients had been
brought in and there were no funds to
provide for them, he put his hand into
his pocket, drew out the roll of bills he
had moment before swept from the
gambling table, and laid them silently in
her hands. Then, without waiting for
her thanks, he turned and went slowly
up the broad steps. He didn't speak till
he reached the lobby door, then he looked
at his companion as he was parting from
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01
CHIT-CHAT FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
Young, Ebenezer.

H f u.
Hush boys. be still. Grandpa's asleep!
Then make no noise, be still mice.
Tom, bring that stool, don't tread. but creep.
Ned to my lap. There now that's nice.
A rough old story now I'll tell
Of what to grandpa once. befell.
Hist! boys suppose he should awake
And listen now to what say;
The bare suspicion makes me quake.
l. All me think I'd rue the day.
Il. . Snoring loud?' Wen, that's sign r
Don't smoker, Phil--Toln, drop that Irvine.
When grandpa was a wee small boy,
His parents sent him to school
Not far away-he went with Joy; ##@ @8#8
The teachers name was Fergus Toole
lnildish kind of man, and odd
Although he sometimes piled the rod.
greye to say it, but must
A lot of tricks were IN his pate .r .ss..
Sit closer, boys-I hope-I trust
He sleeps. One day upon his slate
He drew picture of old Toole,
A horrid picture right in school.
The teacher spied it-gave start!
For on the picture of his nose
Grandpa had drawn great big wart;
A dozen hairs up from it rose
Oh, how he chuckled to himself,
Old Fergus reached up to the shelf.
"Just walk out here, you Ebenezer
Take Oft your coat before you come
The teacher was fearful sneezer-
He sneezed six times fore he was done;
And when he sneeZed he closed his eyes,
When he was through, great his surprise
Now watch him, boys! Myths tricks !!
Although he is Aray-haired man.
Asleep!' all right-the boy cut sticks,
And through the open door he ran.
His sneezing o'er-'' Now, sir !" he said,
'I1l-where is D" Why, sir, he's fed"
g How's this, my boy, so from school?"
Your grandpa was great grandpas son.
g / drew picture " Mister Tooe-
didn't mean to--then run,
Because he reached up for his rule"
I'm write note to teacher Toole.
ALI bright and early the next day,
Your grandpa proudly walked to school.
When prayers were done, 8 You step this way" r.
A frown he wore, did, Fergus TOole.
Remove your JAG het, Ebenezer;
I'll watch you, now, and wont sneeze, SIR"
"My pa, he sent you, sir, a note"
Young Eben pertly up and said, G
"While it | read lay off that coat"
The teacher put ON specks and read:
.'Don't spare the rod, dear Toole, pray"
she thrashed me horribly that day !"
Rum run! you boys, now scamper quick,
Grandpa has played another trick.
YOUTHS Companion.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01

THE great Minnesota farmer, Oliver
Dalrymple whose failure was announced
some months ago, has settled his losses
in the grain markets and with speculative
dealers without being declared bankrupt,
and all proceedings against him have
been withdrawn.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01

THE Washington Chronicle states that
it has been discovered that the Thanking
provision Of the Postal Appropriation
bill is so worded that while the new Sen
ators can frank the Congressional Re
cord or reprints therefrom, documents
can be franked only by members of the
Forty-third Congress.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01
A Model Will.

The clerk of Albany county, On. W
has received by mail the following docu-
ment to place on record:
This is to certify that Dan Harrington has
made his last will and Mike and Fitch is to have
all his real and personal property.
JOHN GAIAWAy
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01

A SPECULATIVE and ingenious halter
in one of the Eastern cities mas taken
advantage of the Charley Ross excite
ment to invent new hat which bears in
some convenient part of it's internal
economy a photograph of the missing
bOv.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01
FRESH TOPICS.

THE spelling-school fever is rising to
the dignity Of an epidemic, and is
spreading all over the land. Like the
late epizootic, no section Of the broad
land is likely to escape its rayages.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01

A CORRESPONDENT Of the Chicago
Journal has been visiting the great farm
Of Michael Sullivant, Of Ford County,
I'll. His farm is ten miles long. Last
year he planted 10000 acres in corn,
which at 90 bushels to the acre would
have given hirA 100000 bushels, and at
60 cents per bushel would give the lucky
farmer $4,000, a pretty fair gross
product for d farmer this year for a half
crop Of corn.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01

long in the city without having their mail
delivered. f
IT is now decided beyond question
that Dr.. DeKovens nomination for
Episcopal Bishop Of Illinois has been
rejected The vote, with all the dioceses
in but fifteen. is as follows
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01

AT Carlisle, Canada, a few days ago,
Miss Hood, an intelligent and cultivated
young lady, was sitting in conversation
with lady friend, when young man
came up behind them and suddenly
jerked the chair from beneath her. In
attempting to save herself Miss Hood in
jured her spinal column SO severely that
she went into commissions. The doctor
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01

Mr.. HAZARD BENTLEY, of Goshen,
Ct, reputed to be the largest man in
the northwestern part of the State, hav-
ing weight of $50 pounds, and who was
a former Vice-President of the Fat Mems
Association, died recently from heart
disease, induced by the sudden fall of
his horse upon an icy road. His coffin
was thirty-one inches wide, and was
lowered into the grave by fifteen men.
In accordance with his wishes the grave
was walled with bricks, and covered with
flat stones laid even with the adjacent
soil
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01

PARADoxIcA1 as it may seem, a coal
famine is threatened in Wilkesbarre,
Pa, the very heart Of the anthracite re-
gion. The telegraph reports that but
one colliery in that region is being
worked, which is unable to fill half the
orders of the retail dealers that there
is suffering already, and that should the
cold weather and suspension hold out
much longer there will be a great deal
more.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01
A Bath i'm the Dead Sea.

Mr.. G. A. Kingsbury writes as follows
in Forest and Stream of bath in the
Dead sea Reaching at length this
most remarkable of all the seas and lakes
on our globe we prepared to take bath
and such a bath [ can hardly expect
ever to take again. I had previously
bathed in numerous seas, lakes and
rivers, but never did enjoy such a bath
as this. The specific gravity of the
water is such, from its holding in solu-
ton so large proportion of salts (twenty-
six and half per cent that one floats
upon it's surface like a cork. At the
time there was only gentle ripple upon
the sea, and, being a good swimmer, [
at once struck out into deep water. [
soon found that [ could not only swim
and float with wonderful ease, but that I
could actually walk in the water, sinking
only to the arm-pits. Discovering this
fact, [ made for the shore, and taking
DR.. c., one of our party, who could not
swim, by the hand, led him into the sea
where the water was many fathoms deep.
At first he was quite reluctant to follow
me, but he soon gained confidence on
finding there was no danger of sinking,
and he enjoyed the novel bath as much
as if he had been an expert swimmer.
Should the bather allow water to get into
his eyes or mouth he would suffer con-
siderable abatement to his enjoyment,
on account of it's extremely salt, bitter,
and irritating nature. No fish can live
in this sea but various kinds of ducks
abound here at certain seasons of the
year. The water was as clear as ordi-
nary sea water, its temperature was
agreeable, and it had an oily feeling,
and altogether it's action on the surface
of the body was such as to develop those
pleasurable sensations pertaining to the
sense of touch, accompanied by the most
delightful exhilaration. OF all the baths
in the world, give me a bath in the Dead
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01

How are the mighty fallen? A few
years ago Kossuth, "the Hungarian
patriot, " was the idol Of his countrymen.
He could have received any political
preferment at their hands that he wished,
for in him they recognized all the virtues
Of the genuine patriot. But things are
changed. An election for a member of
the diet was held at Debreczin last week,
and although Kossuth was a candidate,
the ministerial nominee was elected by
an overwhelming majority.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01

r. Reid, New York pedestrian, chal-
lenged Daniel O'Leary, a famous Chi
cago walkist, to compete with him in a
twenty-mile match fol- the championship
of the country. The contest came off in
the former city the other day, and resulted
IN a walk-away for the Western man, who
accomplished the distance in hours, %
minutes and IS seconds. Reid left the
track exhausted on the sixteenth mile.
SOMEBODY wanted to know "whe
wrote that article in the Houston TEX
Telegraph, and it promptly responded
thus:
The man who wrote that article early in life
was Woodworking blacksmith, later he was a
deck-hand on steamboat, then he was a cow
boy Oh the frontier, but of late years he has
followed the profession of prize-fghter. He
only became an editor to reduce his flesh by
starvation so as to become more Of a success in
lis peculiar line"
The editor of the Telegraph was not
annoyed by further inquiries touching
the matter.
THE Chicago City Council is almost as
bad as our National Congress. Instance
the following passage from It's proceed
iEg8:
Aid White-Tm afraid there is a little
scheme.
Aid. Schaffner-If you impugn my motives,
you dirty vagabond, I'll box your ears righthere
before the Council.
President Dixon-Both Aldermen are grossly
out Of order. They will take their seats at once.
AID. White-I'll take care of You by-and-by.
Aid. Schaffner-The sooner you commence
the better Don't impugn my motives, you
puppy. lat this point AID Schaffner strobe
with warlike air in the direction of White,
who said nothing, but grew very red.
Aid. White-I can come before this Council
any time to prove have as much education
and more good breeding than AID Schaffner.
THE different departments of the gov
eminent have began to make prepare
tions for the Centennial, Congress hav-
ing appropriated 100000 for their ex-
penses. Of this, only about $4,000 has
been allotted to the Postofice Department.
The railroad companies have already Of
fered to the department. to build mag
nifcent postal-car in which the entire
operations Of the postal services may
be exhibited. One of the plans in con-
temptation is to extend the free delivery
avatn1n tO the GnntAnniaI grounds and
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01

BURNSIDE is so bald that the Washing
ton correspondents recommend a
al)i0O0D
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01

but fifteen, is as follows !:
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Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1875-01-23
A Strange Story.

The Dcnison Times saws one Of the
most singular cases ever heard Of come
to our knowledge lately, which we
give without giving the name Of the
parties connected with it, az some Of
them live in DcHisCn and are well
known here:
A certain lady, whose parents now
le ,ide in DenisGn, was married some
years ago and the couple lived happily
together four or five years. From
his marriage there was one child, q
little girl. Twenty-Five years ago tie
husband took tie child and went off,
saying ho would not come back until
he was rich, AMI since then nothing
was heard of him until a short time
ago, when his wife received letter
from him, he wanting her to come
and join him. He has b,coMe very
wealthy and seut her large sum of
money TO &c: to him.
In the meantime the wife had mar
ried a widower who is sixty years
lid now, and who had large family
when Re ma rled her. She says her
second husband is kind to her, and
never gave her Cross word in his
life. They have been living for
sometime in this StUte on the line of
the Houston & Texas Central rail
way. She hcsitated for some time
whether she would stay with her
second husband or go to her first
husband, and finally concluded to do
the latter, and she is in Denison now
on her way to her first husband. She
stopped to visit ner parents and leaves
in a few days.
Such case thiaS is seldom heard
Of She wanted her parents to advise
her what to do, but they told her to
do just as her conscience dictated
She was the only one who could
judge in the case
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1875-01-23
Fen Dollars Reward!

EStrayed from the undersigned aIou, the
1rst OF November, 1874, one horse mule me.
dunn size, branded"J II on the hip. Twill
give ten dollars to any person who will deliy
ecr said mule to Wiley p. Mangham ,Rayville,
La. When last seen, he was near M. j.
Liddells, had short rope around his neck.
J. NJ. RILEY.
Dec. 9Th 1874, IT,
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1875-01-23
The properties of DIR. WALKER's

VINEGAR BITTERs are Aperient. Diaphoretic,
Carminativc. Nutritious Laxative. Diuretic,
Sedative. Countcr-Ir ritaut, Sudorific, Altera-
tive. and Anti Eilinu,
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1875-01-23
No Person can take these BitterS

according to directions. and remain long
unwell, provided their bones are not de
stroyed by mineral poison or other
means, and vital organs wasted beyond
rpn1ir