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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22
Power of Imagination.

A lady of this city while shopping on
Main street. recently, felt a burning
pain in her stomach, which came so
suddenly and was so intense as to al
most deprive her of the power Of utter
ance. She entered her husbands store,
and he advised her to step into the drug
gist's apd obtain some Jamaica ginger,
which she did but of no avail The
pain grew worse and he Immediately &C.
companied her home, where she found,
to her utter astonlshment, that the burn
ing was Of an outward instead Of an in
ward nature, as small piece Of potash
was found Embedded in the flesh where it
had eaten its way, producing trouble
some and painful Inflammation. A
physician was at once summoned, and
prompt remedies soon gave relief. The
lady recollects, just before going down
street that morning, of reaching up to a
closet shelf containing package of pot
ash, and small piece must have fallen
down the neck of her dress, and lodged,
producing the troublesome effects mar
rated. 1t was most singular accident,
the like of which we never before heard
of.-Cape Aan (Mass.) Advertiser.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22
The Man Who Never SWeats.

The ease of Peter Vending, the Leb-
anon man who never perspires, hereto
fore mentioned in the Eagle, was fully
described by DR.. j. FL. Messe. of Leb-
anon, in the Dental Times, in 1871, as
follows: "Mr. Vending is about 38
years of age. He never had teeth de-
veloped in his jaws, but his gums are
very hard and resisting. Over the al
veolar ridges they seem to be almost
callous, Or bone foundation, enabling
him to masticate the hardest substances
most readily. He is also destitute of
the sense OF taste and smell, and yet he
is not without choice as to food and
drink, arising, [ suppose, from certain
stomachic excitements produced by his
favorite articles. He is great lover of
beer and oysters; but, as to the latter,
he knows no difference between bad
and good one-eating the putrid as
eagerly as the fresh. He never per-
ceives (and is, therefore, perfectly hap
by in the atmosphere OF offensive odors.
The skin over his entire body is dry and
raspy, and utterly devoid of sebaceous
glands and hair follicles, with the ex.
ception of small portion of his face,
where few wiry hairs have struggled
into daylight. The sudoriferous glands
and their ducts are also wanting, cir
cumstance which causes him much suf-
fering during the summer season, more
particularly when the weather is warm
and the atmosphere dry. He then, for
the sake of comfort-and perhaps pres
ervation of life itself-must cover him.
self with wet clothing and resort to the
damp cellar. Here he sleeps, lying on
the damp earth. When the writer of
this was but boy this anomalous being
was in his fathers employ On the farm,
and this peculiarly was often terrible
annoyance to myself and Others, as we
were obliged to relieve his agony from
heat by running for water and pouring
bucket upon bucket over his writhing
form. Well do I remember his sAh |!
you stayed; that water is not cold-you
played 7 when we happened to be lit
tie longer than we thought to be. On
these occasions his symptoms were those
of asphyxiation; otherwise he is appar-
emily possessed of good health. These
conditions seem to be partly hereditary
on the maternal side, since his mother
had a brother with nearly similar de-
fects, though the man himself is the
only one out of family of nineteen to
whom these imperfections have been
transmitted. He is also himself the
father of seven healthy children, in
whom not trace OF his own misfortune
is to be found. Upon the whole, the
case of Mr.. W. may be ranked among
the freaks of nature which defy explana-
ton. leading Pa -Eagle.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22

that the poison, though it caused horri-
BILE suffering, did not destroy life. DR..
Webster was brought to trial, and the
excitement in the community was in
tense. He was professor in the medi-
cal school of Harvard University, and
moved in the very best society. There
was powerful influence brought to
clear him, not only for his own sake, but
for that Of his family, and, most Of all,
for the honor of the university. An at
tempt was made to fasten suspicion on
Littlefeld, but the doctor had entangled
himself in many ways, and one link after
another was made at the trial that formed
a chain of evidence which was SO strong
that the victim could not escape. With
a stick, in disguised hand, DR.. Web
ster wrote to the police about DR.. Park
man. One letter stated that DR.. Park
man had been murdered and thrown off
Cambridge bridge. DR.. Webster had
one popularity about his writing, he
never closed the top of his as, butmade
them like the letter Il, and in his letters,
trying to throw the officers off the scent,
he forgot to change the popularity OF
his writing. The defense tried to show
that the body might have been taken
from the dissecting- room, but it was
fairly defeated at every point. In
the ashes of the furnace the false teeth
OF DR.. Parkman were found, and some
OF his natural teeth, which were identi-
fed by a dentist who had filled them.
Lastly, the fsh-hook and lines were
identified by the shor-keeper in Dock
square, from whom they we're pur-
chased. DR.. Webster was convicted,
and suffered the extreme penalty Of the
law-that of being hanged by the
neck till he was dead. He had fine
family, consisting of wife and several
grown daughters. At the time OF her
fathers arrest, one of the young ladies
was about to be married. The family,
during the whole period of the trouble,
visited the prison, but refrained from
reading the newspapers, and did not
know the date of the execution. The
day preceding the one which Webster
knew was to be his last on earth he bid
his family good-by as usual, without in
dicating to the members of it that he
should never see them again. In this
case the barbarous law punished the in
noceDt more than the guilty, for, shortly
after the execution, Mrs. Webster and her
daughters left the country, and some
years later died broken-hearted. DR..
Webster had strong men working for
his pardon, but, failing to obtain Ex-
ecutive clemency, he made full con-
fession of the crime, which course of
action established his guilt beyond
question, and decided the Governor TO
allow the law to do it's full mischief.
Such is the record of the most remark
able mercenary murder ever recorded in
New England annals.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22
A Healthy BODY and a Clear Head.

If indigestion, constipation and biIousness
tor ment the body, the head cannot be clear.
Tn ese disorders react upon the brain most
hur fully, and produce cloudiness in the or
gan of thought not experienced by healthy
man. Happily these brain-oppressing maladies
may be entirely dispelled by that peerless alter
alive, Hostetters Stomach Bitters, which cheers,
refreshes and invigorates the brain and nerves,
while it regulates the organs of digestion, as
smilation and bilious secretion. It expels the
morbid humors which poison the system
through the bowels and urinary passages, and
exerts a powerfully invigorating influence as
well. It's cathartic action is never irritating,
violent or painful, but even, natural and pro-
gressive. AS an appetizer and sleep promoter
the Bitters is unrivaed; it mitigates the infirm-
tiles of age, relieves the ailments peculiar to
the gentler sex, arrests premature decay. and
builds up an enfeebled physique.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22

VOLUNTARY assertion should be con-
sidered as grand evidence of the merits of a
remedy. Below is what one person thinks of
DR.. Graves HEART REGULATOR as cure for
Heart Disease:
SIRs: Will you please send me bottle of Dr. Graves
HEART REGULATOR by express. l see you have
it advertised in the Times, and can it is the best
remedy for the heart ever offered to the public.
N. HAM, Sutton Vt.
Among the many forms of Heart Disease are
Palpitation, Enlargement, Spasms of the
Heart, Stoppage of the Action of the Heart,
Trembling all over and about the Heart, Ossi-
fication or Bony Formation of the Heart,
rheumatism, General Debility and Sinking of
the Spirits. Send your name to F. E. INGALLS,,
Concord, N. H., for q pamphlet containing a
list of testimonials of cures, etc.
DR.. Graves HEART REGULATOR is for sale
by druggists at so cents and 81 per bottle.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22

IMPORTANT NOTICE.-Farmers. Fami-
lies and Others purchase remedy equal to DR..
TOBIAS VENETIAN IMMINENT, for the cure of
Cholera, Diarrhea Dysentery Group, Colo and Sea-
sickness taken internally Git is perfectly harmless
Chronic Rheumatism, Headache, Toothache, Sore
Throat, Cuts, Burns, Swellings, Bruises, MOSQUITO
VENETIAN IMMINENT was introduced in 1847 and
who has used it but continues to do SO, many
stating if it Ten Dollars Bottle they would not be
without it. Thousands of Certificates be seen at
the Depot speaking of its wonderful curative proper
ties. Sold by the Druggists at 40 cts. Depot, AZ
Murray street, New York.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22
A Novel FOx-Trap.

In West Fryeburg, Me-, lives we'll
known farmer named T. J. Haley. whose
coops had been visited nightly by a
hungry fox, and one evening the rascal
killed eleven half-grown chickens, ten of
which he ate or carried off, leaving one
dead on the ground near the scene of
slaughter. Mr.. Haley was considerably
provoked, as would naturally be ex-
pected, and resolved to set novel trap
for his foxship. So the next day he
drove two stakes into the ground few
rods from the coops, split them partially
open, and placed loaded gun in the
crevices, carefully pointed toward the
hole under the nearest coop where the
fox had crawled in to get his plumber.
In this hole he placed the dead chicken,
fastened by cord to one end of piece
of wood arranged to play forward and
back, like whifdetree, and to the other
end of this stick he tied rope, con-
nected with the trigger of the gun held
in position by the two stakes, as previ-
ously mentioned. He took pains to
sight the gun about as high as an ordi-
nary hat above the hole under the coop,
also carefully adjusting the rope so that
nothing could discharge the gun unless
the chicken in the hole was laid hold of.
The next morning, on visiting the coop,
there lay the misguided fox, dead as
door nail, with his head in the hole, and
the fatal chicken in his stifened paws.
The plan worked to a charm, and makes,
perhaps, the first case on record where
one of the widest Of the animal kingdom
was enticed into becoming the instru-
ment of his own destruction.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22

A FRIEND IN NEED. S SALvEis
friend in deed. Who has not found it such in
curing Cuts, Burns, Bruises, scalds, Felons,
Boils, and even the most obstinate old Ulcers,
and other Sores? 1t is a wonderful compound,
suited alike to the skin of the child and Of the
adult
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22
Palate and Stomach.

If you would have your biscuits, bread, rolls,
corn-bread, cake-in short, all articles pre-
pared from -four, thoroughly enjoyable and di-
gestible, use DooLEYs YEAST POWDER, which is
not only free from adulteratlon, but whole
some, and makes food very nutritious. This
Baking Powder is used by the most eminent
chemists and physicians. Buy it only in cans,
never loose or in bulk.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22

PRoF. LEONE LEVI, of the University
OF London, says thatthe aggregate earn
ings of English workingmen are 81, $780,
000 600 annually, out of which they
could easily save $75, 200, 900, while in
point Of fact they save only 800, 600, 900,
the balance being wasted.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22
WILHoFT's FEVER AND AGUE Tonic.

WILHOFT FEVER AND AGUE IONIC
This medicine is used by construction compa-
MES for the benefit of their employees, when
engaged in malarial districts. The highest
testimonials have been given by contractors
and by the Presidents of some of the leading
railroads in the South and West. When men
are congregated in large numbers in the
neighborhood of swamps and rivers, Without
Tonic will prove a valuable addition to the
stock of medicines, and will amply reward the
company in the saving of time, labor and
money. We recommend it to all. WHEEL
ocK, FINLAY & Co., Proprietors, New Orleans.
For SALE BY ALI, DRUGGISTS
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22

What will you read when the even
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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22

AMERICAN horse-cars are the lightest
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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22

FEVER and ague, malarious fever, bill
ious and typhoid fevers all originate in one
producing cause, and may all be easily prevent
ed by Parsons Purgatioe Pills. These pills
act directly and powerfully upon the blood.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22

The CHICAGO LEDGER is the only re-
liable Story Paper published in the West, and
is sold for half the price of Eastern papers of
the same kind. Three specimen copies sent to
any address for Ten CENTS. Address. The
LEDGER, Chicago, Ill.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22

To CLEANSE and whiten the teeth, to sweeten
the breath, use Browns Camphorated Sapona-
ceous Dentifrice. Twenty-Five cents bottle.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22

MALIGNANT and subtle indeed is the
poison of Scrofula, and terrible are it's ravages
in the system. They may, however. be per-
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tergent which eradicates all skin diseases
leaving no vestige of them behind. White
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complaint, and eruptions of every desert ption
are invariably conquered byit. Druggists sell it.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22
CHEW
The Celebrated
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TOBACCO.
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IT is dangerous thing to allow the
diarrhea or dysentery to go unchecked, and
there is no need of it. small bottle of John
sons Amodyaae Liniroe1t will cure the most
stubborn case that can be produced.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22
Our ALPHABET

While we believe that combined lists of News
papers offer facilities of thoroughly superior order to
class of advertisers there certain articles and
lines of business which seem be especially need of
services such as we are able to afford.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22

For upwards of 80 years Mrs. WINSLOW
SOOTHING SYRUP has been used for children
with never-failing success. 1t corrects acidity
of the stomach, relieves wind collie, regulates
the bowels, cures dysentery and diarrhea,
whether arising from teething or other causes.
An old and well-tried remedy. Is cts bottle.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22

Premature Decline. Consumption, BrOn-
chitis. Asthma. Bleeding from the Lungs.
Palpitation, Feeble and interrupted Action
of the Heart, Dull or Sluggish Action of the
Liver. Dyspepsia, Flatulence, and all VAST
ing Diseases. Weakness and Trembling of
the Limbs. and want of vitality in any
organ, az Disease caused by such want of
vitality. @
all successfully and rapidly treated by this remedy
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22

One evening in August, 1866 pale, tall man, with
cadaveroqs countenance, called Mr. Fellows OF St
of coughing, he asked whether Mr.. f. would recon-
mend his Hypophosphites to him, consumptve?" The
reply was characteristic: (" Were the case my own,
would try BOTTLE and if it proved useless, dscon
tinue it but it, on the contrary, it proved beneficial
would persevere in it's indefinitely feeling certain of
curing the disease One bottle procured and used
sx oes @ Cap Harris C Of
Windsor, Nova Scotia, was cured of Tubercuar Con-
For detailed account of this case see page 49, Eel
lows Medical Monthly" Is IL.p G..
The above is but one of hundreds of success
fully treated BY this remedy II
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PAINTS READY FOR tJSI

FOR FARMERS AND MANUFACTURERS.
They are uniform in shade, and the color always
be matched. Any one paint with them. They have
very superior covering properties and do not like the
so-called patent paints contain either water benZne
or alkali. These paints in Liquid Form, and
sold Gallon Cans and Barrels. They also put
card showing different shades. f. w. DEVOE CO.,
cor Fulton and William Sts., New York.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22

NTB0DY !. 49,. ,.,,.. :. ,..,.... ;. .,,n
ia aworld-wide reputation, by udicious advertising
nGs in our list of papers.
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bOIy luLAdCO LII S6NOIol llSeyS tlIl ulSuGS
that he could feel the heat in an adioin-
ing passage-way by placing his hand on
wall that was near the furnace.
One evening, after DR.. Webster went
to his home in Cambridge, the laboratory
was opened, and during long search
more Of the remains of DR.. Parkman's
body were found
DIR. Webster was arrested in very
neat way. Two officers in hack went
to his house at about 10 o'clock in the
evening and informed him that friends
of the Parkman family wanted to search
the college, but did not want to act with
out his presence. The doctor put on
his boots, and said he would go with
them and help in the search. He then
informed his family that he was going
out for short time, and that he should
soon return; but he never saw his home
again. In the confession that he made
in the last hours of that bloody tragedy
Webster described the agony of that
dreadful night AS he rode in the car
riage with the two officers he tried to
appear free and easy IN conversation,
but he was unable to decide whether he
was under arrest or really required for
the purpose indicated. When the car
riage stopped at the Leverett street jail
he knew it was an arrest. He had made up
his mind that he would die rather than
submit to an arrest. So he had pre-
pared and placed in his vest pocket
pill of strychnine containing enough
of the poison to kill five men. As
he stepped out of the carriage he
slipped the pill into his mouth. and ex-
pected soon to be a dead man. But his
agony Of mind was SO great and his sys-
tenn SO wrought upon by the catastrophe
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can increase their correspondents and
add money to their Golfers by country newspaper
- advertising.
National Republican., 1878-08-06
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

Unfortunately for the security Of THE
NATIONAL REPrBLICAN building against
flood, it is geographically situated on low
ground, where its boiler-room and press pit
are liable to inundation upon the occasion Of
every food, such US swept over the
city yesterday afternoon. Within
an hour after the heavy rain
storm set in the press-pit was flooded,
to the imminent damage of very valuable
machinery, and the boiler-room had five
feet of water, which extinguished the fires
and suspended the mechanical business of
the establishment. In this extremity we
appealed to the District Commissioners for
the use Of q steam fre-engine TO free our
press and boiler room from water, and they
very kindly complied with our request In
view Of this we desire to tender the Com
missioners our grateful Acknowledgements
for their generous kindness, and to express
our unbounded thanks for the favor.
Itnow looks as il these frequent interrup-
tions from flood cannot possibly be guarded
against under the circumstances, and unless
the Commissioners can afford relief when
ever these occasions do occur great damage
may accrue to our interests and we shall
have no power to protect ourselves except
by moving our business to more elevated
mart of the city
National Republican., 1878-08-06
.PAROLING SNAKES AGAIN.

The Democratic managers were badly
frightened when THE NATIONAL REpUBLI-
CAN, the Cincinnati GdEete, and few other
so-called Northern journals began, a few
weeks ago, to expose the true inwardness of
the South Carolina nuliicatiou movement.
They accordingly issued orders to their hot
headed friends in the Palmetto State to
moderate their tones aud cool down the
ardor Of the blatant devotion to State
supremacy with which they had entered
into the controversy. These managers be-
gan to see that this reassertion of States
rights, sustained Us il was by the judiciary
and the executive OF South Carolina, the
leading secession State in the Conlederacy,
would awaken the North to full realiza.
tion of the true condition of affairs in the
South. Their orders have been partially
obeycd and the tone Of the Southern pres
in discussing this question has been notably
changed. Meanwhile, however, quiet nego'