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Your business readers, after examin
ing the above figures, will not be sur
prised when they are told that every
thing il dull" in England that trade is
%stasnant, and enterprise a thing of the
past.
Certainly this is a gloomy picture, and
it gives me no pleasure to draw it, Tut
there is nothing to be gained by repre-.
senting the business affairs of a great ma
ton in a false light. When | first came
back here, and noticed the general lack
of trade and the depressed feeling in all
commercial circles, | was at a loss TO un-
derstand it. 1t all becomes clear enough
if we are to suppose that the great
sources of England's modern wealth and
prosperity-her cotton and her iron
trade-are drying up.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-04-07

If a lady is asked how man rings
she has she can say, with truth, that
there's no end to them,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-04-07

lmpcr's otraw cotton ~ ..
cwt""~""...""" h'D'.''i I,"',.''
good, y0ri.. ..,'..... alesll,1m 2,1,ogt.wo
Thus England imported last month
less of the raw material by l5t,195 cwt.
than during the corresponding month Of
last year, while she exported less Of the
manufactured artiClcby l5,Sl7,1O0 yards.
The decline in the quantity Of .he i'm
ports (raw c%otton) was PSI and in value
3O.S in exports the decline was 81 in
quantity and 81 in money value, In
cotton yarn and twist the proportionate
decline is even greater.
These figures are official, and they tell
their WI story. | have not the board
Of trade returns for 1875 at my command
at this moment, but | am sure that they
would be found to bring out the rapid
decline in the British cotton trade in Il
still more marked manner than the com.
parison of this years figures with last
years. The cotton trade of England,
repeat, is gradually, but surely, leaving
her, and although the people are slow to
realize it, there will be no little constcr-
nation when the truth can no longer be
concealed.
Before | put aside these Grade and
Navigation returns of the United King
dom" | had better transcribe 4 few other
lines from them in illustration of the
present course of British trade. | am
aware bat figures are not very attraC,
tive to the general reader, but the fol.
lowing will at least interest your com.
mercial friends, particularly in the man.
~utacturing districts. The comparison
remember, is between one month (Fcb
ruary) of this and last year:
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-04-07

B%URNErT's COCAINE kills dandruff,al.
laws irritation and promotes the growth Of
hair.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-04-07

DURANG's RHEUMATIC REMEDY never
falls to cure rheumatism. Sold by all druggists
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MAZARINE BLUE GLASS.

For curative purposes nd stim tlating the growth
Of nnimal md vegetable life. Examined and APP
proved by General Pleasonton, and his certificate
accompanying each purchase. Glass cut to eXacf
size with full direction for use and arrangement In
the sash,
For sale, Wholesale and Retail, hv
Also, at ~ BENJAMIN II. SHOENARER
each by mail, FRENrH PLATE GLASS DPpor
General PlelsoRtOn's POS to 2lI n. Fourth NJ
Book on BLUE and SUN LIGHT. Philadrlphi
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CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION,
ls the only complete Pictorial History Of the Ccntcn.
NAL published. A mammoth panorama, !, 900 large
engravings, many Of them being Ar by 2Ot5 inches
Agents Wanted. Address, Agency Department
ET pparl Strpat Spr SprL
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"VEGETINE,"

Sgys 10 boston Physician, has M equal asa blood
purifier, Hearing Gifts many wonderiulruTes ni'7i
nI othct remedies had failed, | visited tho Laborn'
tory aud convinced myself of its genuine merit. 1t
IA prepared from hnrhs, roots and herbs, each OF
which Is highly effective. and they arc compounded
I'm .nrh M nnnnnnr nai 10 nrnlnnn natnnishing RESULTS.
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articles ever offered TOTE
receipt Of 10 cts. We will send u{ na.
one Ladies' geld plated OrnameHtnItra1
! oftherpwest sty lc hat ornaments. lh,"'
thcueWcst andlatcst designs; are nt''y
mun'y. Try ~. Won will sen! aeNlN'
MANTFACTUEING co. 23I thurehN
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FRANK lESllES HI>T0RICAL REGISTER

1T SELLS All SIGHT,
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For further particulars Az" HIssj
D.APpLETON eco, Pubs 5i9& l'' -
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-10
New YOrksS Hauaman.

The man who has filled the office of
hangman in New York and Brooklyn for
the past quarter of a century lives in the
Wallabout neighborhood, Brooklyn. He
is medium sized, dark-skinned. black
haired man, who is known as Henry
Isaacs, false name, adopted to screen
his family from notoriety. Isaacs' first
execution was in 1858, when Nicholas
Hewlett and William Saul, two river
pirates, were hanged in New York. Since
that time he has officiated at the execu-
ton OF the following criminals: At the
Tombs James. L. Hoar, John Dorsey,
James Rogers, James Stephenson, John
Cummings, Nathaniel Gordon, thepirate.
William Hawkins, Bernard Frierv. Geo,
Wagner, Jerry O'Brien, John Real, John
Thomas, William Foster and Michael
Nixon; and in Brooklyn, Henry Rogers
and the murderers OF Otero, Gonzales
and Pellicier,
1saacs had been engaged to execute
Rubenstein, but lost his fee ($25O) bv the
death OF his prospective victim. He foiIows
what is known as the Marwood method
OF hanging, il which the knot is placed
under the chin, so that death NAV be
produced by breaking the neck, instead
OF by strangulation. He always ascer-
talns the weight Of the person to be exc
cuted, and provides arope OF correspond
ing strength. He usually provides a
halter about half an inch in diameter.
made Of the best hemp, which he satu-
rates with chemical fluid prepared by
himself. He charges according to the
service rendered. If he only cuts the
rope he charges $3.50, but if ne furnishes
certain material and an assistant he re-
celyes $3.50. lsaacs is carpenter by
trade.-NeW York World.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-10
Wild HOGS in California.

The tule lands of this county are
everywhere inhabited by droves Of hogs
that have doubtless originally been
propagated for domestic stock, which
have escaped into the Jungle and be-
come wild. They live and thrive on the
roots to be found in the tules and ap-
pear moderately fat whenever they are
seen. They are exceedingly shy, how
ever, and it is only by accident that one
catches a glimpse of them, as they in
stinctively avoid the haunts of men.
They are trapped and caught occa-
sionally in an ingenious manner by the
tule farmers, who build small but very
strong corrals or pens on their stamping
ground. A heavy gate, made to drop
perpendicularly, is fitted so as to close
the corral when down. This is raised
and held by trap, to which a string
leading to the ground inside is attached.
Barley is then scattered ON the ground
inside the corral, and in continuous lines
for some distance in different directions
The corral having been built over the
trails of the hogs, they are not long in
seeming the barley, and once inside the
corral they can scarcely fail to spring
the trap in eating the barley. A drove
of dozen or more has before now been
captured in this manner. The young
ones are easily domesticated, but the old
ones are slaughtered at nce.-Stockton
independent.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-10
A Turkish EQuipage.

We clip the following description of a
Turkish vehicle from recent magazine
sketch, entitled "The Sultan's Harem p
"The vehicle in which they are con-
veyed is called an 0r06ab. It is very
primitive in it's construction, and resem-
bles farm wagon, without springs or
seats. The side-boards are deliberately
decorated with carving, paint and gild-
ing, the ends left open, and the top part
provided with hoops, which are covered
with a sort of rich, red, shaggy cloth,
fringed with gold.
Velvet mattresses are spread on the
platform OF the wagon, on which the
ladies sit, elegantly embroidered cushions
supporting their elbows. Ingress and
egress to this vehicle are performed by
means of temporary ladder placed in
the rear.
The ora6ah is drawn by a couple of
oxen, whose foreheads are adorned with
sort OF breast-plate, decEed out in
pieces Of glass and variegated beads and
their tails made fast to tasseled trappings
proceeding from the yoke-pins, which
arch over their backs, in order to prevent
their SCATTERING mud
"Of course there is no seat for the
driver. This functionary walks before
the animals, and his adjunct beside them,
to goad them on when required. Besides
these two, train of black guards
eunuchs and other footmen-surround
the carriage, either for protection or fo1
service"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-10
Increase in the Manufacture of Distilled
Spirits.

Consolidated returns made at the In
ternal Revenue Bureau for the six months
ended Dec. 81, 1876, show large in
crease in the quantity Of distilled spirits
made In that period as compared with
the corresponding SIX months of the pre-
vious year. The number of taxable gal
Ions produced for the six months was
%, 100000, against $4,000, 900 for the
six months of 1875. Tax was paid on
100000 gallons, an increase of about
6,0O0,0 900 gallons over the lastsix months
of 1875. Nearly 100000 gallons were
exported during the six months ended
with December last, which is an increase
Of about 50 per cent in favor of these six
months. The quantity of spirits in ware
house on Jan. l last was nearly Ii, 000,-
600 gallons, an increase of /, 10000 gal
Ions as compared with Jan. l, 1876.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-10
Highly Suggestive.

We have read a fable, which, we think.
contains q great amount of truth
in its moral. It is to the eff
feet that while Noah was planting
his vineyard, the devil came to him and
says "What are you doing here.
Noah p Planting a vineyard said
Noah. ''What is the use of a vine
yard p says the devil. "Its fruit, saws
Noah, whether fresh or dry, is sweet
and good, and it's wine gladdens the
heart. " The devil evidently came dis
guised as an angel of light, and he says
to Noah, :" Let us work it on shares. ;"
" Agreed, says Noah. Now what did
the devil do? He brings lamb, and a
lion, and hog, and monkey, sacrifices
them on the spot, and mingles their
blood with the SOIL Wherefore, if a
man only eats the fruit of the vineyard.
he is mild and gentle as lamb if he
drinks the wine, he imagines himself a
lion, if he drinks habitually, he becomes
unmannerly and disgusting as hog; if
he gets DRINKS he jaobers, Jumps and
IS silly and nasty as a monkey. -Frank
LeSlae'S Sunday MnQuzi3ae.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-10
A Rlighfed Life.

A few mornings since Philadelphia
matron called to see her young married
daughter, who resides on North Eleventh
street, and found her weeping bitterly.
ooh, mother, take me home. My
heart is broke" sobbed the daughter,
throwing herself into her mothers arms.
After her tears had somewhat subsidized
the mother said:
"Hardly year married, and here I
find you In tears. What does this mean
Has Henry been unkind to you?"
Ono" sobbed the daughter, but he
doesn't love me any longer, and my heart
is breaking"
"Come, come, child, cheer up. Tell
me why you think him untrue to you.
Does he show it?''
eyes, was the heart broken reply.
90, the scoundrel! O, the viper p
gasped the mother. "My poor, dear
child, she fairly sobbed, "your mother
won't desert you She'll bring that vii
lain to his knees. What insult has he
offered you, my child? Speak, tell me
the worst.
go, mother, I CAN'T
"You must, my child. Tell me, though
'the heavens fall, what outrage has he
committed ?"
"He swore last night when I put my
cold feet to his back, " sobbed the daugh-
ter.
els that all ?" gasped the mother.
eyes, but he never did SO before. All
last winter he never said word when I
put my cold feet to his back, and now I
know he doesn't love me-" and then the
poor girls tears broke out afresh.
Before the mother left she managed to
convince her daughter that all the world
was hollow, and that the hollow of a
mans back was not the place for his wife S
cold feet-PhilodelohdG Item.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-10
Turks and Christians at Home.


The civilization to which Western peo-
pie in Europe and the United States are
accustomed from their birth renders any
conception of domestic life in Turkey
difficult, and any authentic description
of it almost incredible. Fancy eleven
different races living together in com
mon, hating each other in common, all
the worst instincts of human nature
constantly under irritation, and religion
itself, both Christian and Mohammedan,
tarned chiefly to account to intensity the
prevalent evils. And over this hetero-
geneous mass, comprising nearly as many
millions of people as there are in the
United States, rules a Government the
most despotic which ever maintained a
throne in Europe, the most brutal,
heartless and depraved which human in
genuity and the contrivances of force
have maintained in modern times This
Government has two institutions to
maintain-an exchequer and seraglio.
Taxation and polygamy are the chief feat
ures of Turkey. The entire energy Of
the Ottoman power is devoted to these,
and, when Russia menaces their per-
petuity, Christian Europe is expected,
under device known as the treaty Of
Paris, to arise in theit defense. The ex-
cuse is equalization of territory among
the great powers.
So long as the Koran remains the fun
damental law of the empire, no improve
ment can be hoped for from within. A
revolution alone would be equal to the
task, and the Christians will not unite
sufficiently with the rest of the non Mus
sulman population to bring about a rev.
olution; even if they did, it is extremely
doubtful whether general and desperate
rising could succeed without external as
sistance. There is no hope for civiliza-
ton or humanity in Turkey except
through foreign intervention. The
Koran orders the Turk to kill the Chris
tian If he will not be converted; or, on
the payment of tribute, to suffer him to
live. No influence inside Turkey can
alter this organic principle. The Porte
has promised to modify it's application,
but the promises Of the Porte are made
by diplomats tongues, and are never
fulfilled
The power Of religion for evil in po-
htical affairs never was so clearly illus
trated as in the pitiable condition Of both
the Turkish peasantry and the Christians.
A dignltary of Islam, speaking in the
name of the Prophet, deals out injustice
to his reigionists. A patriarch of the
Greek church possesses absolute author
ity to some extent over the Christians;
and the one is as great a tyrant and as
powerful an oppressor as the other.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-10
CrOn Undertakings.

The prospect of the crops east of the
Rocky mountains becomes of the utmost
Importance, in view of the failure of the
California wheat crop and of the sus-
pension OF industry over the Black-sea
countries. Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska
and Kansas, all wheat and grasshopper
States, report very favorable indications.
The young grasshoppers do not hatch
out IN such numbers as to cause much
apprehension, while the organization of
human forces against them is more per-
feet. The southwestern counties of
Minnesota, which have been the scene of
the worst devastation, will devote them
selves mostly to raising variety of farm
produce, but, on the whole, the acreage
devoted to winter wheat is increased
throughout these States, and that sown
to spring wheat will undoubtedly be
very large. Missouri also has largely
increased her sowing of wheat. Instead
OF the 100000 bushels which we have
been able to export in the last two fiscal
years, and which we are exporting this
year, we may be able to turn off 10000
600, as we did in 1874, when Califor-
MIA furnished only 100000 of that
amount. The corn crop is also said to
be promlsing-a very important point,
lnasmuch as our pork products enter
into export ton to vast extent, and the
corn itself is favorite forage abroad
In the seven months ending with January
the exports of wheat and -four have fallen
a little short of $4,000, 900 in value,
while those of corn, bacon and hams,
lard and mess pork have amounted to
$3.50, 100000. The maize which was dis
covered on American soil and cultivated
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-10
A Girls Debate.

In suburb Of st. Louis is a young
women's seminary, and the pupils have
debating society. Recently they dis
cussed the question, " Is it proper for a
girl to permit a male cousin to kiss
herY Newspaper reporters were not
admitted, but an account of the debate
was secured at secondhand. The weight
OF argument was that girls cheeks may
be kissed with propriety by young men
who are really cousins, but that their
mouths, II kissed at all by male relatives
SC Instantly removed, must be touched
daalntlly, or love-making may result.
The authorities of the seminary. on
learning L what had happened, ordered
that all questions to be discussed must
hrst be sanctioned by them, and that a
member of the faculty must attend every
meeting.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-10

by the savage before Columbus came
still holds its own as our chief contribu-
ton to the food Of the world. 1t well
deserves the name of g corn" which the
translators of the Bible and the English
men of to-day apply to all cereal grains.
The cotton crop is only just planting,
with favorable rains and fair omens.
Texas is the only grasshopper cotton
State, and there the insects are reported
numerous, but small and wingless, and
it is hoped that the spring rains will
be too much for them. Springfield Re
1l2LbZicU1l
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-10
Who Wants an Island /?

The island Of Herm, one of the Chan
mel islands, three miles from Guernsey
and Sark, comprising an area Of 400
acres, with good harbor, granite quar-
les, excellent fishing, an old-fashioned
residence with a chapel and new villa
and no taxes, was offered for sale at auc-
ton in London recently, with no bid
ders.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-10

THE Emperor Of Russia has, by a re-
cent decree, greatly ameliorated the con-
dltlon OF the non-commissioned officers
OF the Russian army, in which, as in all
Continental armies, that of Germany not
excepted, the want Of good non-commis-
stoned officers is very great.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-03-17

IRE CAMELS were interviewed by our repnrtet this week Hearing they were camped on the other side of the river few miles from the Fort he hunted up a wall eyed pinto horse. as being more Ike q circus horse and therefore lrss liable 10 gcsre at sight of The strange animals, and started for the camp The brush was thick and it began to lock like truitles. qrpst when Polne tracks were seen of about the size oE pie plate and soon after a phrgeni, goaslike oGor announced the proximity of the camPls. The horse bad ev:drnty not brrt in u circus for some time. for nuthIng would induce him to ap- proach the strange heasts. There were thirty six of them of gil ages sizes and of both srXrs. JLe ta Hest one measuring about uliee feet i0 the tnp of his hump and the Sr"iiest being no larger than large calf. Tacy are in churge of two Franchnen whn started from Nevada with iotty one Ara:, but lost i've on the road Eight nf tLe lnrgrst are sad tu De able ro carry a load nl ,le tnnusand poiinds each The owners have ho definite plans, bat are up,H to any eaaageulrGt for transportation over desert ronds Canirls eau no5 travel un wet ground: heyHg no i,uois, their epnuay feet sO,u give out and g-t gore when wet This iS ,hr same iot thrt the government had .t Drum barracks d few t"sls ego and rough looking lot they are They are of the color of snuify buf'nln robp. with awkward movement, uugaiu, shape and n"' rsd.etning fatnre. except the eye, which is inaeed l,rge Iustrous hnd lovely. Their gate is q long slow pace. both !egS of one side being moved forward ai thp same time To ride one any dig .anc. r+q ifrrs great pnwt rs nf endurance and " cnrprr h".tnmea postrriOrs They are perfectly docir, lying down and get- ling ID it the word oi conmand-aceom- pnnird by thuInps and kicks. The Yuma indians arrnI tU express n0 wonder at
 them and act as Ii canlels were W hat they were raised un
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-03-17
Citation.

TNTHE MATTER OF THE ESTATE ! of FrancIs Hinton, deceased.
 In the Probate Court, County of Yuma. Territory of Arizona.
 The Territory of Arlzona to George Stone, Administrator Of the estate Ot Fran cis Hinton, dec-ased:
 By order of tbis court, You are hereby required to appear before said court, at the court room thereof, at toe court house in the village and county of Yuma, on the second day of April. A. D. 1877. at ten o'clock A. m,, then and there to show cause why your letters of administration should not be revoked, and you and your sur1ties held responsible for the effects of the sand estate, for failing to render full account of your administration, as required by the order of the Judge of this court, made OiI the 29th day of January, A. D. I077-
 Witness my hand and the Seal 0t the
 Probate Court. of Yuma county, SEAL affixed this the 18th day of Feb ruary, A. D 1877.
 II. N ALEXANDER.
 Probate Judge and ex-officiO clerk,
 Yuma, March 5, IS77. 47-5w
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-03-17
ksied.

Tn the pnst-house at Los Angeles, Cal. March 8. 1877. of smallpox C. P SAI- LiER, former res id-nt of this county
 At Yuma. A T.. March 18th. 1877. the .ninnt daue ehter. Oi Don Jesus Reavl- do, aged about three months.
 At the house of l. J F Iaege r, on MOn- day March l2th, lE77, JACK JAEGER
 Jack was an Apache Indian. adopted by Mir. Jaeger at an early age, and we'll known to our citizens as an industrious, well be haved young man in fair way to become a valuable citizen.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-03-17
Proposals fur Fuel, Forage, &c.
HEADQ QUARTEBS DEPARTMENT OF ARI- ZoNA, CHIEF QuARTERMAsTER's
 nECiCE


 PREsCGTT. A T., March 15, 1877. CEALED PROPOSALS, IN TRIPLI. kS cate, subject to the usual conditions, will be received at this office, until l2 o'clock noon, on May 18th, 1877. at which time and place they will be opened in the presence of bidders, for ful nshing and delivering oi Military Supplies during the hscal year commencing july 1, 1877, and ending June 30, 1878, us follows:
 Hard and Soft w ond, Corn Barley, Bran, Hay, Straw and Charcoal, or such of sad supplies as may be required at Camps Apache, Bowie, Grant, Lowell, Mcdowell, Mojave. Thomas and Verde, Fort W nipple and Whipple Depot, Fort Yuma and Yuma Depot
 Proposals for either class of the stores mrnti"ned, or for quantities less than the whole required will be received,
 he government Preserves the right 10 reject any or all proposals. A preference will 5e given to articles of domestic pro- duction
 Blank proposals and printed circulars stating the kind and estlmatrd quantities required at each Depot and Post, aud glv- Ing tuil instructions as tu the inauner of hlddlGg, conditions to De observed by bid drrs, and terms of contract and payment %lii Dc furnished on application to this oinct' or 10 the Qhartermasters at the va rlOus posts and Gvpnts named.
 Envelopes containing proposals should be marked, Proposals for Barley, Corn, "ooo' etc" Gas the case may be- at (here name depot or pOsO and addressed to the undersigned.
 Local proposals to be addressed to the Qnart+rniastrr of the Depot or Post for winch the bid Is intended. and marked as above. CHARLES 4. REYNOLDS,
 Major and Q M.