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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10

In the Mustagh range of the Hima-
layas there are two adjoining glaciers,
having united length of 60 miles.
Near these is a third glacier q miles
long, and from one to two miles bread.
The glaciers of the Alps are tritiing in
comparison.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10

THE Maine Republican State Conven-
ton, held on the 30th, renominated Gov.
Conner. The resolutions declare that
the mission of the Republican party is
not completed until citizens of each
State are enabled to enjoy all the privi-
leges and immunities of citizens 10 the
several States; that the Republican
party is committed to unremitting e.
forts, not only to secure the legitimate
results of the war, sovereignty of the
Union, equal rights of citizens and free
and untrammeled rights of Suffrage, but
also to redeem the pledges which the
Government made to those who fur
nished means or gave their services 20
save the Union, whether these pledges
are in the form of bonds or g,eenback
notes; that the people demand honess
money, and that our currency must be
made as good as coin and redeemable
in it.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10

THERE was meeting of astronomers
at Denver, on the LIST, for comparison of
notes and discussion OF observations on
the recent eclipse. Professor Watson
feels certain he has discovered Vulcan
southwest of south about two degrees
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10

THE South Carolina Democratic State
Convention, held on the LIST, renomina-
led Gov. Hampton and other
State officers. The platform adopted
reaffirms the platform of 1876, is in bar
mony with the pledges and perform
ances of Gov. Hampton, and guarantees
full protection to all classes in the ad-
ministration of Justice.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10

AN unusually successful corner in
July wheat was mauaged by McGcoch.
a Milwaukee operator, who is said 10
have cleared from 100000 to $500, 900
by the transaction. McGeoch's closing
bid was S1.30, at which figure he holds
all delinquents for settlement. The
closing price in Chicago on the 31Jt was
only $l.1O4. 1t il rumored that corner
on August wheat is also being manipu-
lated.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10

The Austrian occupation OF Bosnia
it seems VIII not be accomplished with
out some bloodshcd. On the 31st it
was reported the Inhabitants of Bos-
naserai, or Saracievo, the Bosnian capt.
tai, had risen en- masse, seized the ar
senal, and were making preparations
for defending their city by force of arms
against the invaders. The city is CEN
trally located upon the River Msgliaz-
"a, near the River Bosnia, and has about
$4,000 Inhabitants. 1t occupies the de-
clivities of several hills, and, being par
TALLY surrounded by an ancient wall,
can be defended with some hope of sue
cess
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10

The Eighteenth st. Louis Fair and
Exposition will commence September
9th, lasting altogether five weeks. The
Industrial Exposition will open on Mon
day, the 9th day of September, and the
Fair week will commence on, the 9TH of
October. The Association offer premi-
INNS aggregating $50, 900, and there are
besides numerous special premiums. 1t
is expected that the exhibition will far
surPass hat of any former years. All
transportation routes to st. Louis will
sell tickets at reduced rates.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10

In reply to numerous inquiries as to
the effect of the recent decision of Sec
rotary Schurz regarding certain railway
lands, the Commissioner of the Gene.al
Land-office says he will at once prepare
instructions for the land officers to re-
ceive applications for the presumption of
such lands as the company has not yet
sold. The Commissioner futther says
that while the Secretary's decision COW
ers one of the points involved, there are
many issues growing out ot the matte
that will have to be settled, chief among
which is the question of jurisdiction in
the sale of such lands as the company
has now on hand unsold, and the validity
of title to lands transferred since the eS-
piration of the three years limitation.
The Land Agent of the Union Pa
cific Railroad, at Omaha, has issued an
official circular letter giving notice that
that road will not accept as final the re
cent decision of Secretary Schprz, as to
the right of citizens to settle on and re-
main in undisturbed possession of lands
granted to the Union Pacific by the
Government. Any such settlers will be
dealt with as trespassers.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10
comparison.

THE Chinese are capable of being civ
ilized. A couple o them had lawsuit
in Salinas, Cal, MOI 'ong ago. The de-
eendant was convicted, but declared he
would hire more witnesses, and try it
again.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10

The eclipse of the sun, which occur
red on the 29th, was satisfactorily OBJ
served by most of the scientific parties
who occupied positions along the line of
totality. The spectacle was magnifi-
cent, and no doubt the observations
taken upon the whole will add greatly
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10
to the worlds fund of scientific knowl-

PROF. RILEY has organized a special
commission of entomologists to investi-
gate the cotton worm. Besides Prof.
Riley, it consists of Prof. A. X. Grote,
of Buffalo, Prof. j. IL. Comstock, of
Cornell University, and several local
observers. The work, which is already
commenced, will be continued until cold
weather, and resumed in the spring
Prof. Grote, after observations extend
tending over five years in the cotton
belt, found that the cotton-worm was
migratory, following the coast line and
extending over the country from South
to North. The movements of the moth
are favored by the prevailing winds
over the Cotton States. The worm, ac-
cording to Prof. Grote, is not indigo
nous to the South, but came from
the West Indies and Mexico, where
the plant is perennial and the insect
native. 1t fails to survive the Southern
winter, so that every year there is a
fresh importation. At the same time,
the Professor thinks, the moth may live
through the winter fin certain parts of
Florida and Texas and along the coast
of Georgia. He is specially commits
stoned to study the migrations of the in
sect, which must be understood in Or
der to recommend proper means of pre-
vention, and is confident that when
its movements are ascertaiued It's range
,an be checked. The present inquiry is
as a matter of great economi-
al importance, and it is hoped that the
which has been undertaken
will be continued until definite results
ire ascertained.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10

IL Is stated that the new secret So
eiety of workingmen called the Knights
Of Labor now numbers s74. 900 persons
in its membership, and has Clans
(iodges) in every city and large town in
the country.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10

A BERLIN correspondent telegraphs
that the relative positions of the various
parties are unchanged by the result of
the recent election. According to re-
turns, the National Liberal Electoral
Committee estimate their parry has lost
Is seats. The Conservatives have
gained 20. The United Lib
erals will thus still have a
majority in Parliament. The corre-
spondent considers this wiz continue TO
be the case even if negotiations with the
Papal Nu'cio at Kissepgen are success
fol, as the Ultramontane patty will
then peacefully break up. 1t is es,i-
mated about six Socialists have been
elected
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10

The st. Paul Pioneey-Press estimates
the damage done to the wheat crop in
Minnesota by the excessive rains and
Lot weather at 20 per cent.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10

THE Wisconsin Republicans, through
their State Central Committee, have
declared in favor of hard money and re-
sumption at the earliest practical mo-
ment. The administration of PlesiGent
HAYES is Endorsed, but the opponents of
certain features of his policy are credit
ed with entertaining an honest Differ
ence of opinion in reference thereto.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10

SQUARE umbrellas are n London de-
vice, but don't take well.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10

THE Internal Revenue Department
has insti dcted Revenue Agent Chap
man, of Greensboro, N. c., to visit the
disaffected districts in North and South
Carolina and confer personally with
the leading citizens for the purpose of
securing their sympathy and aid in en-
forcing the revenue law, if possible,
without resort to arms. Distillers are
to be warned that all infractions of the
law will be promptly punished when
Government is disposed to treat lenient-
ly all guilty parties who show dispo-
sition hereafter to deal honestly with
the Government
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10

DURING the months of April, MAY,
June, and July, the sales of 4 per cent.
bonds have reached total of Sis, 0OO,-
600, of which about S43, OC0, 900 were by
private subscriptiOn
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10

THERE is an impending conflict be-
tween the Internal Revenue Department
and the State of South Carolina. Not
long since party of four revenue Of
fcers, in attempting to arrest some
|" moonshiners, or Illicit distillers of
whitky, were met with forcible resist
ance in entering house, and Moses
Ladd- the proprietor, said to be
an innocent party, was killed.
Thereupon the State authorities arrest
ed the four revenue officers and impris-
onedthem, to await trialupon the charge
of murder. The Federal authorities
demanded that their cases should be
transferred to the United States Courts.
The United States District-Attorney of
South Carolina ordered a writ of habeas
corpus, but the Sheriff of the county re-
fused to recognize the writ. In this d.
lemma, the ease was brought before the
President. Attorney General, Secretary
Of State, and Revenue Commissioner,
and, as the result of the conference, it
was decided to assert the authority of
the Government ut any hazard, release
the prisoners, and bring them before
the United States Court for hearing.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10

THERE are reports from Pennsyl-
van;a of an impending labor strike, to
be precipitated on fixed date, not far
distant, which will embrace coal miners,
railway employees, and other working
men, and which it is expected will take
q wider sweep than the strike Of last
ysar. The reports are by many regard
ed A. sensational and with little or no
basis of fact.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10
CURRENT TOPICS.

IN the House OF COMMONS, Oh the
18th, Lord Harrington moved a resolu-
ton expressing want of confidence in
the Ministry. He made violent at
tack upon the Anglo-Turkish Conven-
ticn, and asked if the British Govern
ment would have deemed a similar
justi6ablep The Island of Cyprus was
useless for the defense of Asia Minor.
Even granting the Governments con-
tentien that the necessity existed for a
Convention, the necessity had been ere
ated by. themselves by not advising
peace, which would not have materially
increased Russia's dominions in Asia,
He denied the existence of British inter-
ests in Asia Minor, as that was not the
road to India, and demonstrated that
the Governments utterances up to the
close of the war showed they
were of the same opinion.
Sir Charles Dixie supported the resoln-
ton. He believed the Convention would
ultimately and inevitably lead to war
with Russia The tendency of those ar
rangements was to make England de-
tendency of India. Other Liberals ex-
pressed themselves freely in the same
vein. Randall Plunkett, Bourke and
others defended the Government. In
the House of Lords there was also a
sharp encounter between Beaconsfield |
and Granville.
in the House of Commons, on the |
30th, Mr.. Gladstone read a letter which he |
had addressed to Earl Beaconsfeld, ask
ing him to cite instances of reckless
and unjusii liable attacks upon the Gov
eTnment'' with which he had been
charged by the latter. He declared he
never attacked the Government without
a deep sense of the responsibility, and
that he had never assigned any dishon-
orable motives to the Premier. He
then reviewed at length the results of
the Congress. With Servia and Monte
negro Independent, Bulgaria practically
so, and Bosnia and Herzegovina irrev-
ocably annexed to Austria, it was i'm
possible to deny thai the partition of
Turkey, II not as complete,
was as CREST as tDat OF foiand.
He urged objections similar to tho,e
made by Lord Harrington to the military
situation created by the Anglo Turkish
He had been associated
with all the greatest statesmen of Eng
land for half century, and he did not
hesitate to say that not one of them
would have imposed such responsibility
on the country. He could not regard
sach policy as withinthe limits of rea-
sonab'e craftsmanship. The Govern
ment had, in ratifying the convention
before Parliament was made acquaint-
ed with it, pushed the power of the
Crown to an extreme which had been
avoided by the greatest statesmen. Mr..
Gladstone was greeted with loud cheers
as he took his seat.
Lord .Hartipgton's resolution was
rejected in the House of Commons on
The I'd, by a vote of 33S TO 1875, and
Plunkett's amendment, expressing con-
fidence in the Ministry, was then adopt
ID without division. The announce
ment of the result of the vote was re-
cefved with loud and prolonged cheer
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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-10

Thirteen pairs of type-setting and
distributing machines have been manu-
featured in New Haven for a New York
printer, under the direction Of an expert
employed for the purpose. The machines
ale at work in New York, and are re-
ported in general terms to give entire
satisfaction. The distributor occupies
a space about five feet square and three
high; the setter is trihe larger. The
completely of each is alarming, and the
nicely of details required enough to
dishearten any inventor, nevertheless
the perfection of the accomplished fact
is all that could be demanded. For ex-
ample, in the distributor there are 200
little blocks of steel, each a complex
machine by itself, and differing from
each other, like Yale locks, travelling
around a race-course, where 100 of them
Continually dismissing one and taking
another) must always occupy thirty
inches precisely Variations of one
thousandth of an inch in thickness in
these blocks would be fatal to their use
flllness. It is confidently believed that
the machines will prove to be entirely
successful.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-10
Fashion Notes.

Short suits are growing shorter.
Lizards are favorite bonnet orna-
ment
Felt hats and bonnets will be worn as
much as ever.
Round hats are again worn with dres-
sy street toilets.
Every imaginable kind of corsage is
worn this season.
The Scotch plaid short suits are all
the rage at the moment
Old gold satin piping is used on many
of the new costumes.
The Queen Catharine bonnet is a
stately novelty bonnet for matrons.
Garnet and turquoise blue are favorite
millinery combinations.
MORE and satin striped in edging and
trimming bonnets and hats.
The leading round hats Of the season
are the Henri Ii. toque and the Made
leine.
Corduroy velvet is very fashionable
for both millinery and dressmaking pur-
poses. M
Garnet and Jet bead edgings are seen
on hats and bonnets of velvet, felt, and
plush.
Nearly all the new colors this season
take their names from precious stones.
New picture frames are of smooth,
polished wood; without any carving or
tracery.-N'elU York Sam.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-10
Steamboat Statistics.

Supervising Inspector General of
Steamboats,, Dumont, has prepared his
annual report for publication. The fol-
lowing summary, taken from the tabular
statements of the report, is of interest
to the Northwest: ma ~
Seventh Observation-Disclosures at
Cincinnati. Steamers J. M. Corndon,
Comfort, and Sandy Fashion exploded
their boilers, killing sixteen persons.
Number of steamers inspected, 358; ton
mage, 79,O60; number of officers licensed,
1872; number of inspectors, IL.
Eighth District Headquarters at De-
troit. One collision, one life lost, killed
by accident; accidentally drowned 1;
number of vessels, 4l3; tonnage, SO,740;
number of officers licensed, 1908; mum
Der of inspectors, 13.
Fifth District Headquarters at ST.
Paul, Mimi, consisting of the Missis-
sippi above Keokuk Number of steam
ers, lat; tonnage, 39,248; licensed
officers, 510; number of inspectors, 3.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-10
Dimensions of the Globe.

It's size has been determined, [ have
no doubt, to within a very few miles, in
what appears to us now very simple
manner. In the first place, every sec
ton of the earth is bounded approx
mately by circle, and mathematicians
divide all circles into $50 degrees.
Hence, if we can measure accurately the
1850 part Of this great circle, and if,
when we have got that measure out into
miles, we multiply it by $50, we get the
circumference of the earth-that is to
by dividing this result by something a
little over (3.1416, the ratio of the cir
cumference of the circle to it's diameter)
we find out how far it is from one side
Of the earth to the other. This gives us
the diameter of the earth As a result
of long series of observations it has
been found that a degree measures as
near as possible, on the average, 691
miles. It can be stated in inches, but it
is near enough for me to give as first
statement of result that it is about 3d.
miles; and if you take the trouble to
multiply 693 miles, the average length
of one degree, by 800 degrees, the num-
Der of degrees that there are all around
the earth, you will find that the circum-
ference is something like $4,000 miles,
and, therefore, that the diameter of the
earth is something like 5000 miles.
Mark well the words "on the average"
In truth, the earth is fattened at the
poles, so that the length of the degree
varies from the pole to the equator; and
hence the diameter in the equatorial
plane is in excess Of the diameter from
pole to pole. These two diameters, ex-
pressed in feet, are as follows Equatori-
al, 4,84S,38O; polar, Altos, TO- PROT.
Lockye1', IN Good Words. u
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-10
Miss OSbOrne's Patches.

Miss Lucy A. Osborne, of New Mil
ford, whose scalp, right ear, and part of
the right cheek were torn off in Sep
TENDER, 1874, by machinery in which
her hair caught, and who has since been
at New York hospital, is now at home.
A new scalp has grown upon her head
by the grating thereon Of minute bits
of skin. The pieces were contributed
from the arms of the hospital surgeons
The total number of pieces. used IN this
operation was 10000. One of the sur
geons contributed from his person /, 102
pieces, and another gave 865. The APP
pearance of the scalp now is similar to
that of healed wound. OF course,
there can be no growth of hair thereon
The eyes still present a slightly drawn
appearance. The wounds of the cheek
and ear have been neatly dressed-the
former leaving scarcely scar. In the
first of the grating process bits of skin
the size Of nickel pieces were employed
but not with good success, and, at the
suggestion of an English surgeon, much
smaller pieces were substituted, and
with excellent results. Miss Osborne is
now % years old Hartford (Ct1
CO2trG31t
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-10
Terrible Summer i'm Tunis.

Mr.. George H. Heap, the United
| States Consul at Tunis, has forwarded
to Prof. Baird, at the Smithsonian In
stitution, an interesting letter in regard
to the climate there. The letter says
"Heat of an unparalleled intensity has
prevailed in this region since the mid
Ole of July It was greater few miles
in the interior than in the city of Tunis,
or at the sea-shore at Carthage, where a
sea-breeze prevails from midday to
sunset. To give you some idea of the
temperature, I will state that on the
line of railroad in course of construc-
ton from Tunis west to Begin, at dis
lance of twenty to forty miles from the
sea, the mercury rose almost 81 deg.
Cent G25.6 deg. Fahrenheit in the
stone huts occupied by the working
men, and Sc deg. Cent. (132.8 deg. Fab
renheit) in the wooden ones. The men
could not handle the metals with their
naked hands. 1t is singular that there
were no cases of actual sunstroke,
though many were rendered i'll, and
the Director of the road, who gave me
this statement, and who was obliged to
spend several days on the line, though
returning to Tunis at night, was in a
deplorable condition The immunity
of the workingmen exposed to this ter
rible heat from congestion of the brain
may be accounted for by their abstinence
from spirituous drinks and ice-water.
Most of them are Arabs, who never
touch wine or fermented liquors, or
Italians, who are almost as. abstemious.
These facts may possess a certain inter
est in view of the heat wave which has
recently passed over the United States
and occasioned SO much suffering and
loss of life. 1t would appear that a heat
of 125 to 1872 deg. in the shade is less
fatal in it's effect in this region than go
to 105 deg. in the United States. Dur
ing the period of high temperature
the thermometer in the city of Tunis
generally rose to 10 deg. in the shade,
and to about 100 deg. at the sea-shore.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-10
A Husbands Hobby.

Mr.. Waite is a model husband-th
is to say, in a good many respects. He
neither drinks, smokes nor chews, stays
at home evenings, never CANDLES, and
gives his wife all the money that she
wants. It is said that all men have some
idiosyncrasy or hobby Mr.. Waite has
his. 1t is a deep-rooted mania for at
tending auction sales, and buying arti-
cles of every description, la Toodles
without regard as to whether they will
ever be of any practical or imaginary
use to him. AS long as he gets them at
"a bargain he is satisfied. A good joke
about this peculiarly of his was related
to me the other evening by friend OF
his. Mr. Waite went to an auction sale
of a dealer in sporting goods. He
bought 200 dumb-bells, at 20 cents q
pair, and carried them home in triumph
He stored them in the cellar, where they
remained six months or so. 5. Mrs. Waite
got tired of seeing them occupying SO
much space, especially as she wanted
the cellar for some purpose of her own
So, imagining that her husband had for
gotten all about his novel acquisition
she sold the dumb-bells for mere song
to an auctioneer. That evening Mr.
Waite returned home with hand-cart
His face was flushed but triumphant
What have you got in that hand
cart, my dear" asked Mrs. Waite.
" Dumb-bells, darling .
What?"
Dumb-bells. Bought 200 pairs at 30
cents pair. Paid more for them than
for the others [ got, but you know il
will never do to let the price of dumb
bells drop"
Mrs. Waite took one look at the arti-
Giles. Her worst fears were realized
They were the same old dumbbells that
she had sold in the morning. Mr.
Waite had CHANGED to be in attendance
at the sale where they had been offered
and had bought them in at one-half adj
vance over the price he had first paid fo1
them-Altd California.