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po*e nothing Of tho kind. r
In order 10 allow emotions to calm. tnr!ts Joa
to suspend the sftttngs ono month. You can then
dtscnss tho budget. Meantime, we shall maintain
the public peace, suffer nothing At homo to com.
prom1.c It, nad, notwithstanding tho agitation In
u pottIon Of Europe. am confident wo .1,all
maintain It abrosd, thanks to onr guoI relations
with all Powers, and our policy Of neutrality and
abstentlon. On this point all parties are agreed.
an1 the now cabinct thinks like tho old. II any i.
iniprndrucc and ultcEanco on tho part
Of tho press threatcns 10 compro.
misc tho concord nc oil desire. I shall
reprcba It BY legul means. To prevent this, how.
ever, appeal to that patriotism which is lacking
In no class ii Franee.'
THE EXTREME RIGHT
Of the Senate to-day reaolvcd to prescrvo an ex-
pcctant sttItudc, and demand from tho Govern
ment In the nrst place ehango Of lho pfeteetoral
etaG.
NEWSPAPER 0RiTfo1sx.
rAn1s Mar 1a.-Thc newspapers untte in do.
nounetng tha unpasIlsmentA1y manner. both In
conception and delivery, Of Marshal MaeMahon's
letter.
The De5afs thinks that seldom cAn bo fonnd IN .
parliamentary history instance abrupt as the
Marrhal's letter. ~ we'll one conflicting with
usagr, and aaks whether tho French people ara
tlsns under 1scpnblsc or species Of prira.a dcs'
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TIE SCENE IN 7Hb cuAAbhR or p1Fu711a'
VEnsA'LtEs, May 18.-The following ID Do
aef1ps'on OF Inc scone III sae chamocf OF Deputies
To-day:
When De Fouttnu, the ne" Minister OF tho In
tesior, mounted tho tribune 10 rcad President Mac
Mahon's ueasnSe' an uproar arose from the Left.
Many tfonical cxcAnst'ons were used one mcm-
bct shouted, ITO the pllIor1.' Fau! cassagnae
rttorted. "Down with tho factions 'nhorityF'
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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15

pupils ages, that the average time la
ken in passing through these lower
rooms is just about nine years. Hence
below the High School the average cost
of books per year for each pupil is
I$1,57.
Figures from the High School of
course raise this average. All the
books required there in the English
course cost $25,27; or $6.32 per year.
But only Is of the pupils are in the
High School (93 out of 75S last Year,.
Taking the average between q at $1,57
and "a at 1852, we find that for the
whole school course, the annual aver
age cost Of books for each pupil is
$2,17. Practically, however, it is much
less. For there are relatively many
more pupils in the lowest rooms, where
very few books are used; and besides,
many of the books are bought second
hand and at half price. Taking this
into the account, it is very certain that
the real average would fall below $500.
But let us see how much this aver
age would be raised by "the multiplied
changes" of which the article speaks.
Take the lower rooms, where the most
extensive changes have been made In
all thess rooms only four old books
have been displaced in the last three
years. In all cases the old books were
taken in exchange at half-price; SO that
pupil in making all the exchanges
could not lose more than $2.83: or at
the rate Of 95 cents per year. But no
pupil did make all the exchanges. In
the case of each book the introduce
ton was so made, that not one-tenth Of
the scholars in the lower rooms were
asked to exchange. So that the aver
age cost to each pupil of all the exchan-
ges has been less than ten cents per
year The new books besides were fur
nished for two-thirds what the old ones
would have cost.
Therefore allowing the widest mar
gin, and counting all the changes, the
average cost of books for each pupil in
the Public Schools has been less than
1910 per year. So that to make up the
1920 to $40" as stated in the article, we
shall have to assume that nearly every
family in Kenosha with any children at
all, is sending from nine to eighteen of
them to school. II. M. SIMMONS.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15
What it Cost Horace Greeley to Sign JEFF.
DaVis's Bail Bonds,

The American Conflict" written by
Horace Greeley, was published in this
city by 0. ID. Case & Co., who were COM
PEELED, after the first volume was in
type, to keep presses running night and
day to supply the demands of agents.
No book previously published had met
with such rapid sale, excepting per-
haps Mrs. Stoves famous novel. Near
ly, if not quite. two hundred and fifty
thousand copies of the first volume
were disposed of, and the sale was
still going on successfully when the
second volume appeared. The publish
erS were justified in supposing that the
second would have as extensive sale as
the first volume, as every one who had
purchased the book for its histOsicaI
value would surely get the complete
thing. When the sale of the second
volume had reached some 10000 or
10000 copies, and lightning presses
were rushing it off by hundreds every
day to meet the urgent call of agents
in the field, Mr.. Greeley signed the bail
bond of jeff. Davis, and from that time
the sale virtually ceased. That stroke
of his pen cut off thousands of dollars
from the profits Of the publishers who
had depended upon the sale of the first
volume to cover expenses, and expect
ed their reward out of the sale of the
second and it took also good deal of
money out of Mr.. Greeleys pocket. In
q letter by Mr.. Greeley, made public
since his death, he alluded to two nota-
BILE things in his life; first, that he thew
away the United States Senatorship
when he published an article In the
Tribune, following close upon the end
Of the war, in favor of universal am
Inesty, and, second, threw away q for
tune when he signed the bond for the
release for Jefferson Davis. Undoubt-
edly, the last statement has reference
to the sale of "The American Conflict"
and that he did sacrifice a fortune, or
good part of one, is evident from the
fact that so far as the sale extended he
was paid by the publishers $4,000.
Out of this it did not probably cost
him $4,000 for the work of assistants,
SO that he cleared a handsome sum;
but it is supposed that he only saved
a very little of it, as he was constantly
giving, giving, giving-and very many
times to people who imposed upon his
credulity. The book is now sold to
some extent, netting Mr.. Greeley before
he died only about $175 a year, howeV-
er, it never recovered from the IA
tai blow it got when the autograph of
the great philosopher helped to release
the autocrat of the great rebellion
Hartford C01Ta4t.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15
Eighty Assassination Letters.

Just before President Lin coins
assassination he received many letters
such an event. One day,
while Mathew Wilson was painting his
portrait, and Mr.. Seward stood behind
his chair, Mr.. Lincoln opened q note
and said, Here is another of these let
ters," which he read to both his audit
ors, after doing which he pointed to
and said: ''In that place /
have filed eighty just such things as
these. [ know I am in danger, but I
am not going to worry over threats like
these" and then he resumed his usual
animation, and the quiet, interested
artist went on with his work. In two
weeks from that date the President was
assassinated.
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RESUMPTION.

FULL TEXT OF THE BILL REPORTED
TO-DAY BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.- The follow
ing is the full text of the bill to aid in
the resumption of specie payments as
reported to-day by Senator Sherman
from the committee on Finance and
placed on the calendar for considera-
ton:
Be it enacted, ETC.: That the Secre-
tary of the Treasury be and he is here
by authorized to issue in sum or sums
not exceeding in the aggregate one hun
dred million dollars, in the redemption
of an equal amount of United States
notes under authority Of Acts of Feb
ruary IS, 1852, July II, 1862, and
March 30, 1863, coupon or registered
bonds of same description and charac-
ter as those authorized by the acts of
July IA, 1870, and Jan. 20, 1871, redeem
able in coin of the present standard
value, at the pleasure Of the United
States, after 80 years from the date of
their issue, and bearing interest paya-
bic quarterly in such coin at the rate
of four per cent. per annum. Such
Ibonds shall be in addition to the loan
authorized by acts Of July IA, 1870, and
January 20, 1871.
Section2. That during any one year
there shall not be issued of said bonds,
or redeemed of said notes, more than
$4,000, 900, nor more than 100000
during any one month; and when said
treasury notes shall have been redeem
ed, they shall not again be reissued,
but shall be cancelled and destroyed.
No commission in any form shall be
paid for the exchange Of bonds issued
under the provisions of this act
Section 3. That the Secretary of the
Treasury is hereby authorized to issue,
in exchange for legal tender notes of
i United States silver coin, to an amount
which, including the amount hereto
\ fore authorized to be issued by act OF
April II, 1915, chapter So, and by joint
resolution of July %, 1876, No. II.
, shall not exceed $80,000,0O0, and legal
tender notes SO received shall be can
celed and destroyed, and be held to be
a portion of the sinking fund provided
: for by the existing law, the interest tC
, be computed thereon as in case Of
bonds redeemed.
Section 4. That necessary expenses
of engraving, printing, preparing and
issuing bonds, and Of redeeming and
cancelling United States notes as pro,
vided in this act, shall be paid out OIL
any money in the Treasury not other
J wise appropriated, but the whole
amount thereof shall not exceed one
quarter of one per cent. Of the amount
{ of bonds issued.
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"a 9 q . . . .

TO the Working CIass.-We are now
pIoYment at home, the whole of the time or for
their spare moments. Business new, light and
profitable Persons of either sex easily earn from
30 cents to So per evening, and a proportional
Boys and girls earnnearly as much as men. That
all who see this notice may send their address,
and test the business we make this unparalleled
offer To such as are not well satisfied we will
send one dollar to pay for the trouble of writing.
Full particulars, samples worth several dollars to
commence work on, and a copy of Home and
Firesde one Of the largest and best Illustrated
Publications, ell sent free by mail. Reader, if
GEORGE STINsoN s. Co, Portland, Maine.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15
TIE TOMB OF sWEDENBORG

Concerning the place where the re-
mains of Swedenborg are inferred, a
recent American traveller writes: "By
accident we came into Princes Square,
Radcliffe HighWay-a small, dingy,
dirty square, in the center Of which
was the little Swedish Church. This
we stopped to explore, and found it to
be the place where Swedenborg was
buried in 1872. The marvellous mystic
who walked London streets in cooked
hat and periWig, in coat and breeches,
sword and buckles, and who reported
himself as called and sent of God !;
the seer who was acquainted with the
people of heaven and hell, and who for
a quarter of century was in chase
after the infinite and he human soul,
and who left the yOluminOus records
of the wild adventure; the genius who
anticipated much science of the nine
teenth century; the man whom Emer-
son calls a colossal soul, and requires a
long focal distance to be seen; one of
the mastodons of literature, not to be
measured by whole colleges of ordinary
scholars; one of the eternal men! We
squeezed through a trap-door and down
few stone steps into the crypt, and
saw little enough, but were told that
the head of the "mastodon' W as Of plas-
ter. The original skull had been stolen,
and passed from hand to hand until its
| identity had been lost. The Swedish
library and reading-room close by con-
tanned the innumerable writings of
Swedenborg, in the Swedish language
and in translations, and these books
were covered with dust and neglect
and nicknames.' They were never
opened said the Swedish clerk of the
little church; nor was there any pic
ture Of the eternal man, though no.
bleman and friend of kings and
queens and princes Of Sweden. The
focal distance was too near"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15
BRISTOL, March 9TH. 1877,

EDITOR u saw in the
noble TELEGRAPH last week, that Min
nesota has restored the death penalty
for capital crime. I said amen, and
wished from my heart that Wisconsin
would follow the wise example; first,
because the Good Book says that "Who-
SO sheddeth mans blood by man shall
his blood be she'd" Second, our pun
ishment being so easy and mild, we
draw great share of the cut Threats
and God-forsaken scoundrels to our
State ready to do their masters will
Third, man cannot improve the laws
of Heavens Ruler, whose omniscient
eye can penetrate eternity in mo-
ment and point out mans best good,
being mans best friend.
Some sixty-fye years since [ commit
to memory three verses Of song. Pro
yided any new edition will excel them,
let the TELEGRAPH print them and |
will make my bow. Here they are:
clark, listen to the trumpeters,
They call for volunteers;
On Zion's bright and fiowery mount
Behold their officers.
See our army on parade
How martial they appear;
All dressed in uniform,
They look like men Of war.
We want no towards in our band,
Who will our color fly,
We call for valiant hearted men,
Who are not afraid to dieP'
SAMUEL EDDY.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15
THE SEVEN AGES.

At Two she is a tiny lass,
And joy she scarcely knoyS from sorrow
She scarce consultS her looking glass,
She has no thought of sad tomorrow
III.
At Four, she is merry maid,
And looks on aught but play as folly;
She can't believe that bright flowers fade
That only saWduSt is her dolly.
III.
At Eight her troubles come in scores,
For oft she is perverSe and naughty
A pOuting puss in pinafores-
Who's sometimes whipped when she is naugh
". [ty
At Twelve she is a saucy tease
Who knows full we'll her glanceS rankle,
Her petticoatS scarce vail her knees,
And fairy frills scarce kiss her ankle.
".
At Fifteen. she's the pearl of pets,
And feels assured her power is strengthened /;
Her snowy school girl trowseretts
Are hidden when her skirts are heightened.
VI.
At Sixteen, she's the sweetest sweet,
And dresses in the height of fashion;
She feels her heart meath bodice beat,
In earnest for the tender passion.
VII.
At Eighteen, p'raps she may be sold
Her lot to share for worse or better:
She'll either sell her heart for gold
Or give it for golden fetter!
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15
SCHOOL, BOOKS.

To THE EDITOR OF THE TELE-
GRAPH:-An article on 1.-THE School
Book Question" in the Union Of March
1st, asserts that ''there is hardly fam
lily in Kenosha who have any children,
who do not have to pay out from TWEEN
ty to forty dollars a year for school
books" This erroneous opinion is 50
prevalent that, though | have corrected
it in the Union, wish to publish the
correction also in the TELEGRAPH.
The following are the prices of all
the books used in the Public Schools
below the High School:
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15
NEW DISCOVERY IN TANNING.

According to the recent process of
Klemm, of Stuttgart, the time required
for tanning calfskin has been reduced
to sixteen hours, and that for an OK
hide to two and a half days but amore
recent method, patented by Montolson,
of Manchester, promises to accomplish
the same in from a few hours to one
day. AT a trial made of it before
experts, a sheep was slaughtered and
skinned and the wool was removed
from the hide in half an hour by
spreading it with a chemical reagent,
without the aid of a scraper; and the
hide, after having been placed in lime
water, to neutralize the chemical agent
was passed through several chemically
prepared baths, which required but a
few minutes, and then washed and
dressed in the usual way, and convert
ed into marketable leather, only four
hours having been consumed in all,
while the old process would have re-
quired two or three weeks, and that Of
Klemm sixteen hours. Economy of
time is not, however, its only recon-
mendation. The wool is said to retain
its softness and luster, so that it is not
inferior to sheared wool. The leather
is said to be in no respect inferior to
ordinary leather.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15
From the New York Tribune.
How Russia Leather is Tanned.

While General Jewell was our Min
lister to Russia he visited the tanneries
Of that country and found out the Sc
cret of the Russia leather, beloved of
book dey0tees. The secret is the result
of the use of birch tar with which the
skins are dressed in place Of tallOw and
grease, the latter substance being so
largely used as food among the lower,
classes. This tar, which is carefully
saved as it exudes from the wood when
burned, was first used as a substitute
for wheel grease in Russia, as it is to
this day, and then for the filling and
dressing of skins. By a system a care
full inquiry, and literally following his
nose during his visits to some of the
great Russian tannerieS and curriers'
shops, Mr.. Jewell found this compound
in great kettle ready for use, and thus
the mystery was solved 1t is not ex-
.pensive, costing about $40 barrel, and
he Immediately ordered ten barrels and
sent them to various leading leather
manufacturers in this country with III
Structions, and the result is that genu-
inc Russia leather goods are now made
in America, and doubtless will soon be
sold at nearly so per cent below for
mer prices.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15

d b. WHITAKER & Co, Manufacturers of
IL. Portable s. Stationary Steam Engines and
Boilers, Shafting and Pullfes, Hand and Power
Tire Renders, Tire Drills, and all other kinds OF
Machinery. Also KenOSha Union Thimble
Skeins, TliyerS, Bolster and Reach Plates, Ket-
Ties Sleigh Shoes and Post Mauls. Repairing
done promptly
Kenosha, Wis, April goth, 1874.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15
DEATH OF A BRIDE AT THE ALTAR

On Thursday night last, in the town
of brownsville, Davidson county, n.
c., while William Thomas and a Miss
Forney were before the altar for the
purpose OF being married, more than
half OF the ceremony having been per-
formed, the bride dropped dead before
the ceremony was concluded, a victim
of heart disease.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15
Judge Mackey, of South Carolina, re-

Judge Mackey, of South Carolina, re-
Gently visited Governor Hayes, and on
his return home said that the follow
ing were the exact words used by the
Governor on that occasion, they having
been committed to writing at the time.
Governor Hayes said: Il regard the
Presidential contest, in the form that
sit has assumed, as most uncertain as
ito its results. / shall perform no act
ito influence that result, but do say UNI
''reservedly that the great need Of the
South is good government, and if I
Fam President shall use all legitimate
agencies to foster the establishment in
that long-disturbed section an intelli-
gent and honest local self-govern-
''ment."
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15

FEATHERED FILTRATION. - Mrs.
Harriet Beecher Stowe has found a
scandal down in Florida to expose.
She writes as follows to the Christian
Union: 1.-TWO pairs of red-birds have
set up establishments in our orchard,
the males flaming and Haunting in the
best Chinese Yermilion coats, and the
ladies more daintily attired in suits of
reddish-brown, with scarlet beaks and
claws. Yesterday, as my gay lord and
lady were making love in the most ap-
proved style, another lady red-bird
alighted on a neighboring bough, and
began singing her little song of Birdie,
birdie, birdie Instantly my lady No.
1 flew at her like little red-hOt fiend,
and drove her out Of sight and hearing.
[ don't know that my lord red cardinal
had ever looked at the intruder; it is
possible he may have cast an indiscreet
eye that way and remarked, What Il
sweet voice that lady has IF he did,
he was soon taught better than that.
No free-lOYe nonsense among birdsr'
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Judicial Election Notice.

Notice is hereby given that at Judicial Election
to be held in the several towns, wards and
election precincts in the State of Wisconsin, on
the first tuesday, being the third day of April
wit
An Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in
place of William 7. Lyon, whose term of office
Will expire on the first Monday in January 1878
A Judge of the Circuit Court for the first Judi
cial Circuit, comprising the counties of Walworth
Racine, and KenOSha, in place of John T. Went
worth, whose term of Office will expire on the
first Monday in January, 1878.
A Judge Of the Circuit Court for the EIGHTH
Judicial Circuit, comprising the counties of Dunn.
Pepin, Pierce, and st. Croix to fill the vacancy
0ccasioned by the resignation of III. l.. Humph-
rev. whose term OF office would expire on the first
Monday on January 1879,
A County Judge in each of the several counties
OF this State, in place of each of the County
Judges of the said several counties, whose terms
OF office will expire on the thirty day of De-
cember, A877.
Given under my hand, and the great seal of the
State, at Madison, this 18th day of February,
1871 PETER DOYLE, Secretary of State.
STATE OF WISCONSIN,
COUNTY OF KENoSHA %
/, Hugh McDermott, Sheriff of Kenosha Coun
ty, hereby give notice that an election will be
held IN the several towns and wards of the COun-
ty OF kenoShai on Tuesday the third day of April,
1877, at which election the FOLLOWING Indicial
Officers are to be chosen, to-wit
A Judge OF the Circuit Court. for the first
Judlclal CHcult, IN the place of John I.
Wentworth, whose term Of office will ex-
pire on the first Monday in January. 1873
Also County Judge for the Connty Of Keno
Sha, in the place of Volney French. whose term
Of Office VIII expire on the 31st day of December.
Sheriff's Office, Kenosha,
February q. 1877.
HUGH MCDFRN0rT
SherlI1 OF kenoSha County.