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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-25

In "Topics of the Times" in Serb
ner for January, DR.. Holland discusses
the dead-beat What are we to do with
these people? How is this disease to
be treated? These questions demand
an early answer, for the evils to which
they relate are increasing with alarming
rapidity. There is the general feeling
that they will take care OF themselves so
soon as prosperous times shall return ;
but, as we have already said, this is a
mistake. The dead-beat will never re-
form. The tramp will be tramp for
life, shifting from country to city as his
comforts may demand, and ready to be
led into any mischief which will give
him grub and grog. There ought to
be, this very winter, in every State In
the Union, such laws passed as will re-
strain the wanderers, and force them to
self-support in some public institution.
A standing commission of vagrancy
should be instituted in every large city
and every county in the land; and in
situations of industry established for
the purpose of making these men self
supporting, and of curing them of their
wretched disease. We have llnatic
asylums, not only for the benefit of the
lunatics, but for the relief of the COM
munity, and among the dead beats and
tramps we have an enormous number of
men who are just as truly diseased as
the maddest of men in Utica or at the
Bloomingdale asylum. Something must
be done with them, and done at once,
if we are to have any comfort by day OF
safety by night; for men who are so de-
moralized as TO beg from choice and lie
by profession. have but to take single
step to land in ruffianism. Already thew
intlmidate, and rob and murder, to gel
the means to support their useless lives,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-25
The South American Revolution.

Intelligence comes from Panama of a
bloody battle fought at Galte, Ecuador,
ON the 14th ult., between the constitu-
tional army, $500 strong, under Gen..
Aparicio, and the revolutionary forces
under Gems. Urbina and Veinternilla,
which lasted about three hours, and
ended in the complete rout of the for
mer and the capture of their command
er-in-chief, Gen. Aparicio. It was a
hard-iought encounter. Both sides be-
haved bravely, losing altogether about
400 killed and much larger number
wounded. When the news of the dis
aster reached Quito, President Borrero
left the palace and took refuge, it is
said, at the Colombian Legation, while
the citizens pronounced in favor of the
revolution. The war was believed
to be drawing to a close.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-25
The Sadness of the Sea.

The proportion of salt in the ocean is
generally about 3 or per cent, though
it varies in different seas and in the same
sea at different seasons and at various
depths. The Atlantic ocean is more
Saline than the Pacific; the Antarctic
than the Arctic. The safest part of the
Pacific is in latitude % deg. N. and II
deg. S. of the equator. The least saline
water is in the polar seas, where the
polar ice freshens the water. The sur
face is often less salt than the deeper
parts of the sea, owing to the flowing
into the ocean of large quantities of
fresh water from rivers. Deep seas are
generally more saline than those that
are shallow, and inland seas than the
ocean, but this depends on the proper
ton that the river water, flowing into
sea, bears to the evaporation from its
surface, and also partly to the influx of
salt water. The Mediterranean, for ex-
ample, in it's deeper parts is much more
salt than the open sea, but the Baltic
much less so.-New York Tribune.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-25
Municipal Indebtedness.

In the six years which have elapsed
since the census of 1870, the property
valuation of the towns and cities of the
United States has increased % per cent,
and in the same time the annual taxa
ton of the same towns and cities has in.
creased ITO per cent In the same time,
also, the Indebtedness of the same towns
and cities has been augmented by
1000 per cent, or twenty times the
principal OF six years ago. Herein lies
the secret OF most of the embarrassment
which Expresses the country, and the
beginning Of the year is good time
for the people to cry a determined halt
in the ruinously impoverishing system
of lending municipal credit to all sorts
OF projects, visionary and otherwise
NeaO York Tribune.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-25
Cutting Out a Mans Tongue.

An unusual and very complicated case
of surgery has just been successfully
performed at the city hospital, in
Worcester, Mass, in the presence Of the
hospital staff. The patient was Peter
Feeney, man 72 years old. and a ma
tive of Ireland. He was suffering with
a cancer OIL his tongue, the organ being
diseased nearly its entire length on the
left side. The patient was put under
the influence of chloroform, and the
operating surgeon first made an Incl
sion two inches long backward from
each angle of the mouth, and the uppe,'
and lower flaps on either side were re
fected backward and secured. The
facial arteries were of course severed and
hgatured. Three teeth were removed
to facilitate the operation. A strong
needle was then thrust through the sub
stance of the tongue from side to side a
short distance in front of the hyoid
bone. A strong igature was then passed
behind the needle, by which the tongue
was drawn forward and controlled. The
chain of the ecraseur was carefully ad-
iusted behind the needle, inclosing
about three-fourths of the organ. The
severance was gradually and steadily
effected by partial turns to the screw of
the instrument and the tongue cut COM
pletely off, with but slight loss of
blood. The wounds of the face were
brought together by four sutures on
each side. The whole operation occu-
pied about two hours, during which the
patient was thoroughly unconscious.
After it was completed he promptly
rallied, and is now doing well.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-25
Remarkable Winters.

The New London Telegram gets the
start of the Oldest inhabitant by adver-
Using certain remarkable winters. ssRe-
ferring back to our files we find that in
1172 the temperature was so high that
leaves came out on the trees in January,
and birds Matched their broods in Feb
ruary. In 1889 the weather was equally
mild, and the maldens of Cologne wore
wreaths of violets and corn flowers at
Christmas and Twelfth day. In 1921
the trees lowered in the month OF
March, and the vines in the month OF
April. Cherries ripened in the same
month of April. Peaches appeared in
May, and little boys commenced to fall
out of apple trees little later. In 1872
the trees were covered with leaves in
January, and the birds Matched their
young in February, as in 1172. In 1856
the same thing was repeated, and it is
added that the corn was in ear at Easter.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-25
THE BENGAL STORM WAVE.
Minutes Made by the Lieutenant Governor,
Sir Richard Temple.
IFrom the Gazette of India.l

SE hACNAFu A0MApASs
[From the Gazette of India.l
In an area of some 8, 1000 square miles,
outof ], 062, 900 persons suddenly thrown
into more or less of danger, 215, 900
must have persisted. This, of course, is
only an estimate; the exact number can.
not be known yet awhile, perhaps never
will be known. We found in some vii
lagos 80 per cent. of the inhabitants lost,
in others SO per cent, in some even 70
per cent. There was severe cyclone
IN the Bay OF. Bengal on the night Of
the 31st of October. But it was not the
wind which proved so destructive.
though that was bad enough it was the
storm wave, sweeping along to height
of from ten to twenty feet, according to
different localities in some places,
where it met with any resis-
lance, it mounted even higher than
that. In the evening the weather was
little windy and hazy, and had been
somewhat hot; the people, a million or
thereabouts of souls, retired to rest, ap-
pretending nothing. But before III
o'clock the wind suddenly freshened,
and about midnight there arose cry
of The water is on U.S." and a great
wave burst over the country several feet
high; it was followed by another wave,
and again by third, all three rushing
rapidly southwark, the air and wind be-
ing chilly cold.
The people were thus caught up be-
fore they had time even to climb on to
their roofs, and were lifted to the sur
face of the water, together with the
beams and thatches of their cottages.
When the storm burst there was an
abundant rice crop, which is much be-
You'd the needs of local consumption, and
affords quantities (measured by thou
sands of tons annually for expectation to
distant districts. A part is lost, that in
which the plant had not advanced be-
yond the stage of Towering, and part
is safe still, that in which the grain had
formed or begun to form. IF even one
third is saved that would suffice for the
population now on the land.
The wealth lost was almost entirely
observation-disclosures or cattle. To this,
however, there is one noticeable excep
ton, namely, Dowlutkhan, rich trad
ing town, clean destroyed, with loss Of
miscellaneous property and valuable
records. It had 5000 inhabitants, one
fourth of whom persisted and perhaps
more.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-25
A Fearful Death.

"After many years." says the Indian
Standard, "there was an execution at
Lucknow on Tuesday, the goth ult. A
Moulvie of some little repute paid the
last penalty of the law. He was convict
ed of a most brutal act of murder, albeit
not committed by his own hands, but
through means the most revolving to hui
manity, and was sentenced to death. He
kept small school, and one OF the boys,
who had been absent for two or three
days, on coming TO school was locked up
by him in small room. In this room a
snake had been some days previously,
but was not killed. A little while after
the boys incarceration he called out,
A snake I and implored the Moulvie to
open the door. 'Oh!' he said, open
the door, and see for yourself /; for Ma
homed Russool's sake, open the door.
The Moulvie would do nothing of the
kind. At last the poor boy was bitten
in several places in the ankle, and he
called out, ooh now that I have been
bitten, open the door, The Moulvie
was inexora ble-he would not open the
door. About midday the father of the
boy came to the school and inquired for
his son, and inquired why he had not
come home for his usual meal. The
Moulvie said: Il have confined him
for his ABSENCE sWell,' said the
father, release him now Tho door
was then opened, and the corpse of a
lad II years old, the only child of his
parents, was the sad and shocking sight
which presented itself, with the snake
coiled near his neck"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-25

To the best of our memory there was in
France neither snow nor frost through
out the winters of 1888, 1907, 1909, 1917
and 1869. Finally, in 1862, even in the
north of Germany, the stoves were not
lighted, trees lowered in February,
ard outdoor bouquets were showered
on the newspaper Offices without num-
Der. It seems but as yesterday. Com
ing to later dates, the winter of 1857,
when it Numbered at Paris on the 28th
of January, and that of 1866, the year
of the inundation of the Seine, may be
mentioned as very mild"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-25
Popularity.

The popularity of Messrs. James q. Kirk <
Co.'s soaps, manufactured in Chicago, is
shown by the unprecedented sale which their
goods have reached during the year 1876. This
by far is the largest soap manufacturing con-
Germ in the United States, producing and SELL
ing in all parts Of this country, from the Red
River of the North to New Orleans and from
Portland, Me-, to San Francisco, 25,OO0 900
pounds annually. No se-called greases enter
into these soaps. Only pure refined tallow and
vegetable oils are used, containing no adul-
teration. Fair and square weights always re-
liable. This is why their soaps are SO popular
with all good and economical housekeepers.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-25
Scarcity Of Silver Change East.

The Philadelphia Ledger says
"While there is not much said upon
the subject, great scarcity of small
change is nevertheless a conceded fact.
The paper currency is steadily lessening,
and the silver coin that should be ready
to take its place is not at hand. The
cause OF the scarcity of small silver
coins is that the mint cannot coin then
nearly SO fast as desired, aud the cause
of the scarcity Of small paper issues il
that the treasury is not renewing then
as they wear out and become too dilap
idated for further circulation"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-25

HENRY BERGH has secured the con-
viction of 872 inhumans, relieved and
provided medical attention for 1902
horses and mules, and put 1854 animals
out of misery, all in New York city, dur
ing the year just past.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-25
HArcH's UNIVERSAL CoUeH Strip has

HATCH's UNIVERSAL CoUaH Strip has
been in use Is years, and has always been
warranted to cure, and is now sold by over
5000 druggists who say they seldom have a
bottle returned. Many of the best physi-
Clans in the country prescribe it as the best
remedy for coughs, colds and GROUP within
their knowledge. Pleasant to take, sure to
cure, and should be sold by all druggists. It
should be in every family, especially those
with croupy children. Try it and you will
always keep it. Two sizes-50 cents and
$1.0O. Put up by d. W. Hatch & Co., James
town, N Y.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-25

The GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL, New
YORK has reduced prices to suit the times.
The traveller can now stop at first, class
hotel for $3.50 to $9 per day. This is the
largest hotel in the city, and Mr.. Powers has
taken the proper step to keep it full. We rec
ommend the travelling public to give the Grand
Central trial rr
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-25

THERE can be no mistake about il,
Matchless plug tobacco takes the lead. Old
ine-cut chewers say it gives better satisfaction
and is cheaper than fine cut. You cannot be
imposed upon, as each plug has the words,
Matchless P. T. Co." on a wooden tag. Try
it once and you will always chew it. Manu-
featured by the Pioneer Tobacco Company,
New York ..s ~ o.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-25
For Throat Diseases

And affections of the chest. 6 Broacns Bf0n-
c1aial Troches " are of value. For Coughs,
Irritation of the Throat, caused by cold, or
Unusual Exertion of the vocal organs, in
speaking in public, or singing, they produce
beneficial results.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-25

EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD at this
season should take DR.. J. II. McLean's
Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier, be-
cause 1t purifes and enriches the blood, gives
vigor. strength and vitality to the whole body
and system. DR.. J. III. McLean's office, 314
Chestnut st. Louis
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-25

You SAY CONSUMPTION cannot be cured.
It can, by this new principle, new way, DR.. j.
Ell. McLean's Cough and Lung Healing Giob-
ules. The healing gas generated when suck
ing them being inhaled, stops tubercular irrita-
ton and cures Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness,
Consumption. or any disease, Throat or Lung.
Trial Boxes. by mail, Is cts. DR.. J. II. Nc
Leans Office, 314 Chestnut, st. Louis, Mo.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-25

GooD ADvIoE.-f there is any of our
readers who doubt the wonderful curative
effects of Durang's Rheumatic Remedy, let
them write to any prominent person in WASH
ington city, where lit is manufactured, and they
will learn that it will do even more than is
claimed for it. Sold by all retail druggists, and
at wholesale in all large cities. Price $1.00.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-25

We received very pleasant letter of
thanks from our old friend Kendall, since his
return home, for a bottle of .Joknsoaa's ,Ano-
dy'ae Imminent which we gave him, and which
he says has entirely cured him Of the trouble
some and dangerous cough he had when here.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-25
Militia Force of the United States.

Abstract of the militia force of the
United States organized and morgan
ized), according to the latest returns re-
ceived at the office Of the Adjutant Gen
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-25

CATARRH, unless checked in the early
stages, leads to dangerous diseases of the
threat and lungs. Taken when the symptoms
first appear, Sanford's Radical Cure for Ca
tarrh is instantly effective.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-25

VEGETABLE Pulmonary Balsam, the great new
England cure for coughs, colds and consump-
ton. Cutler, Bros.& 60. "a, Boston. only genuine
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-25
Grand aggregate

Grand aggregate ........9o,S65 2,s75, 1869
No returns have been received from
Delaware, West Virginia, North Caro-
lima, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Ten
nessee, Indiana, Nevada and Oregon.
*No enrolment
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-25
The ProdigaI.

lnheritors Of vast wealth are proverbially
spendthrlfts. The golden ore ia dug from the
mine, refined and coined by the labor Of other
hands and the sweat of other brows. Like
cnildren playing with an expensive toy, they
can form no just estimate of its value. When
the donor weighed it, he cast into the balance
so many days OF unremitting and fatiguing
toll, SO many anxious and sleepless nights, so
much self denial, and so much care. BIT the
inherltor into his balance throws only-pleas-
ure. The one values it by what it cost him,
the other for what it will purchase Like the
prodigal in the Scripture parable, he thought
iessly expends it to crafty the caprice and
cravings Of his nature. Then comes the last
scene-the misery, the Iemorse, and the long
ana Wearisome journey back TO tho home OF
frugal industry. But there are other prod
gals. On her favorites our bounteous parent,
Nature, has lavished her richest treasure
health. But the prodigal values it lightly, for
IL cost him naught, and recklessly squanders
IL In rlotous living. Present pleasure obscures
future want. Soon the curtain rises on the
last scene. We see. him helpless impover-
ished-the rich treasures OF body and mind all
lost-in misery ard despair. Remorseful
conscience holds up to him the mirror of
memory. In his OWE reckless folly he per-
celyes the of his present pain. He re.
solves to return. The journey is long and
tedious, but. If he perssveringly follows the
right road, he will at length see the haven of
his hopes in the distance. and Nature, seeing
her invalid child afar off. will come out to meet
him, and receive him bsok with love and bless
ing. 10 find the right road homeward, the
suffering prodigal should read ''The People 8
Common Sense Medical Adviser" Therein it
is completely mapped out, its landmarks all
indicated and its milestones all numbered.
lead it. Price 81 SO (pestage Prepaid Adj
dress the author and Publisher, r. V. Pierce,
M. d.. Buffalo. n.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-25

On the death of one of England
most eminent physicians. all his effects were
sold by auction, AMI among other things was a
sealed packet, marked advice to Physicians, "
which brought great price. The purchaser on
opening the packet; read as follows: Keep
the head cool, the bowels open, and the feet
warm II physic is necessary, use Parsons
Purgatsoe Pals they are the most scientific
ally prepared pill that has appeared in the last
hundred years.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-25

PATENTEEs and inventors should read ad-
vertisement OF Edison Bros. in another column
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-25

WilbOr,s Cod Liver Oil and Lime.-PersOns
who have been taking Cod Liver Oil will be pleased to
learn that DR. Wilbor has succeeded from directions of
several professional gentlemen in combining the pure
taste and its effects in lungompaints truly wonder
full Very many persons whose cases we're pronounced
time Without marked effect have been entirely cured by
using this preparation Be and get the genuine
Manufactured only by A. B. WILBOR, Chemist, Boston
Sold by all druggists.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-25

II Asst WEEK every one read what the
~ Swiss Commissioner, NJ. Favre-Perret,
had to say about American Watches. This
week every one should send for our Descrip-
tive Price-Iist of WaltIIam Watches. which
is sent free to all readers of this paper.
HOWARD Il CO., No. 222 Fifth Avenue,
New York.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-25

G0E0 REWARD for G1t Esscasr06ge Case,
UGOO DR.. J. P. FITLER, being sworn, says: grad.
usted in 1883 appointed Professors 1859;
exclusively Rheumstm, Neuralgia,
TuaranSs DR. FILTERS RHEUMATIC REMEDY kidney Cordial aHS
Liver FILLS permanent win refund
eaes AID Medical Advice By nail AddreIs FiTLsR
u esutA Fourth PHILADELPHIA DRUG0I6Ta
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-05-12
Remarkable Fatality.

The following remarkable occurrence
is the subject of talk in most Roman
salons, and is commented upon with
that solemn enjoyment of the marvel.
GUS that the most intelligent and cult.
waited feel in common with the ignorant
A fortnight ago the Baroness s. was
walking in the Viadell Uumilta when,
near the Palazza BraZza, she met her
old friend, Count Brazza, who was en-
tering his portone. They stopped to
wish each other good day; each COM
plimsnted the other on the signs of good
health each displayed. EYES," said
the Count, 81 have little rheumatism,
it is true, but on the whole have not
been SO well for years. The Baroness
made similar report of her health,
leaving out the rheumatism. While
they were talking there came up to them
another old friend, Mgr. Nardi; he also
joined in the conversation on health.
In reply to their congratulatiOn on his
robust appearance, he said, I" Giraffe a
Dio, am very well. l have little
cold, darrero, but that is nothing" In
less than week all three were dead and
buried. Each one died of the same i'll
ness-pneumonia- they probably
took it while standing in front of the
Brazza pOrtOne, where there was very
naturally a draught of air. You who
have been in Rome know what tunnels
these great Roman pOrtOnes are. They
open, through arched passage-ways that
are large enough for a carriage, into Il
courtyard. In the center of the court
yard is the huge drain-opening, and
sometimes there is also fountain that
increases the humidity of the air. The
drain-opening in the old palace cortiles
or court-yards of Rome is a pestiferous
place. All that is impure and foul in
the building pours into the main drain.
There is its ventilation, and in a season
of heavy sirocco, such as we had fort
night ago, the stencil from the drains is
overpowering. All sorts of ugly reports
are flying about Rome in regard to the
cause of Mgr. Nardi's death. One says
his secretary poisoned him; another that
he was poisoned at dinner party; an
other that one of his physicians did the
deed. fancy that the fatal torique that
poisoned him and his two friends was
the foul air and chilling draught of the
pdlazz0 cOrtile.