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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-07

Mr.. Herald Benefits intention of
starting an expedition to find the North
pole is now made public by his petition
ing Congress to allow the Pandora to
carry the American flag. Here is an op-
portunity for some enterprising journal
list to rival Stanley. It should be stated
beforehand that this will be more diff
cult undertaking than an African ex-
ploration. The human frame can endure
extreme heat easier than extreme cold.
Whoever goes on the Pandora should
make his will, and pray that his bones
may be recovered at reasonably early
date. Chicago Tribune.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-07
The Value of a SanaM.

The Sioux is generally mild polyga-
mist The young squaw is valued by
her father according to her youth and
comeliness, an available one being worth
all the way from six 80 fifteen ponies.
The sqUaw is the most abiect slave Of
her connubial partner. She is compelled
to draw and prepare the wood for fuel,
besides cooking the rations and taking
care OF her offspring. The last-named
duty Is, however, not a very onerous one.
The Indian is as fond of q joke or a game
as his brother-in-law (the squaw man) or
his white superior. Ha-ka-ka or Indian
billiards, is one of his amusements. The
game consists in pitching the anchor
shaped ha-ka-ka through small ring
while the latter is swiftly rolling, the
various players taking their regular turn
at pitching, while the whole group swift
y follow the rolling ring or hoop, and
dart their ha-ka-kas at time when they
think it will do the most good. Gambling
is an Old vice with Indiaos, and the young
braves will stake their all on game of
ha-ka-ka. The squaws are also inveter-
ate gamblers. Herald.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-07

on, "that my challenge to the Cubans
created very bitter feeling toward me. y
My companion and myself were invited
into Llulu's house, which stood little
way back of his armory, to take a glass
of wine with him. In his parlor I was
shown gold medal which was given
him by the Captain General of Cuba at
the request Of the Queen of Spain.
Lulu informed me that while youth
he was carried away from Barcelona,
Spain, by Mediterranean pirates. He
remained with them wear or two: made
his escape, and came to this country.
He had been sailor, and subsequently
fencing master. Ho was so years Of
age, but did not look to be more than
IS. He showed me a queer looking pis-
toll, which he said he always carried on
election days. The barrel of it was
about eight inches long, with bore
nearly one inch in diameter. He said it
was Spanish barrel, and would stand q
heavy charge. ''You can load it up al
most to the muzzle with buck-shot, and
then," he said, "if you get into fight
you are sure when it goes off to fetch a
fellow. And here's another fayorite of
mine, he said, drawing from his hip
pocket knife with a carved blade, about
ten inches long, heavy back, with an
edge like razor. This blade closed in
a handle, not unlike razor, and is held
when used with the index finger alsng
the back of the blade, the shank of the
blade being grasped firmly in the hand.
Tt requires an expert to handle it. I
was shown through the cemetery, and,
before leaving, was presented with q
handsome bouquet cut by Madame
Lulu in the flower garden. AS took
my departure Papa said quite patroniz-
ingly, If you should happen to need
my services before you leave the city,
you know where to find me. [ can soon
teach you trick Or two with the pistol;
or if you prefer the short-sword, broad
sword, or rapier. [ can give you a few
lessons that won't be amiss. ID. Dr. a.,
IN Nea0 York Sa7a.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-07
Running Amuck in MaIacca.

Psychologists have argued that the
well-known habit of running amuck is
simply homicidal monomania, form
OF disease, in fact. But our English au-
thorities in Perak have taken different
view; and, since they have insisted on
formally executing offenders, they seem
to have put decided check on the prac-
tice. The police are provided with
huge pitch-fork, meant to take the mad
man alive when he turns at bay. A Ma
lay, Maj. McNair tells US, will say, "My
eyes got dark, and I ran in" When the
terrible cry, "Amuck, amuck p is sud
denly raised IN the street. there is gen
eral scramble to get out OF the way.
The homicide makes his headlong rush,
striking to the right and left; the by
ISLANDERS who cannot escape draw their
own firearms and knives, and shoot or
stab at him, till at last he drops under
his wounds Or is hemmed into a corner.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-07
MISS EDHTH's MODEST REQUEST.
BY BRET HARTE.

MY papa knows you, and he says you're man who
makes reading for books
But never read nothing you WROTE nor d1d papa
know by his looks
So guess you're like me when talk, and talk,
and l talk all the day,
And thew only say, do stop that chlld!' or,
Nurse take Miss Edith away"
But para said if was good could ask you-alone
by myself
IF vo,t wouldn't write me book like that little one
up on the shelf.
don't mean the pictures, of course, for to make
them you've got to be smart;
But the reading that runs all around them you know
just the easiest part.
You needn't mind what it's about, for no one will
see it but me
And Jane-that's my nurse-and John-that's the
coachmanjust only us three
You're to write OF bad little girl, that wicked
and bold and all that;
And stem you're to write. if you please, something
good-yery good-of cat!
This cat she was vrtuous and meek and kind to her
parents, and Mid,
And careful and neat in her ways, though her mis-
tress was such bad child;
And hours she would sit and would gaze when her
Inistress-that's me-Was SO bad,
And blink, just if she would say, Oh, Edith, you
make my heart sad"
And yet, you would scarcely believe 1t, that beauti-
full, angelic cat
Was blamed by the servants for stealing whatever,
they said she'd get at.
And when John drank my milk-don't you tell me
know just the way it was done
They said twas the cat-and she sitting and wash
ing her face in the sun !
And there was Dick, my canary. When left
tie cage open one day,
They all made believe that she ate it, though knew
that the bird flew away.
And why? just because she was playing with a
Nuhn form A1NnA
As If cats couldn't play with feather without peo-
pie thinking twas more.
Why, we were romping together, when
knocked down vase from the shelf,
That cat grieved and distressed if she had
done it herself:
And she walked away sadly and hid herself, and
never came out until tea
so they say, for they sent to bed, and she never
came even t. me.
Of that cat
Why, once when tore my apron-she was wrapped
in it, and called RAT !'--
Why they blamed that on her, I shall never-no.
not to my dying day
Forget the panied look that she gave me when they
slapped me and took me away.
OF course you know just what comes next when a
child is as lovely as that.
5he wasted quite slowly await goodness was
killing that cat
know it was nothing she ate for her taste was ex
ceedingly nice
But they said she stole Bobby's ice-cream, and
caught bad cold from The Ice.
And you'll promise to make me book like that little
one up OH the shelf.
And youn call her Naomi" because it's name
that she just gave herself:
For she'd scratch at my door in the morning, and
whenever ia call out, Who's there 2"
She would answer " Naomi! Naomi I" like Chris
tian, VOW and declare.
And you'll put me and her in a book. And. mind
you're to say I was bad
And might have been Bladder than that but for the
example had
ana you,H say thar she was Maltese, and what's
that you asked els she dead ?"
Why, please, sir, there amt any can You're to
make ono up out of your head.
The Independent.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-07
A $4,000 Dog.

The one that attracted the most at
tention at the dog fair was Lulu, brin.
died Scotch deerhound, 4 years Of age.
He is of the Sir Walter Scott breed, and
imported from the kennels Of Queen Vic.
toria. Mr.. Whitman's (of Chicago sci.
ling price is the enormous amount OF
$4,000. His fine head, bright, intelli-
gent eyes, and graceful gait were objects
Of general remark, and every one was
anxious to get glimpse of the $50, 0OO
dog. Logs&s Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-07

Chamber, relating how he himself had
been laid out for burial Here, too, in
summer, burial takes place much too
soon. In England at least five days in
IprVana
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-07

CHARLES NAPIER, an English scien-
fist, prescribed vegetable diet as a
cure for intemperance. The relinquish-
ment of meat for six or seven months,
he asserts, will destroy desire for al
cohol in the most aggraYatAd cases.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-05
Recent Publications.

Prescription Writing (Portland: Loring
Short & Harmon. Philadelphia: j. B. Lip
pincott 81 Oo.) is a treatise on prescription
writing, designed for the use of medical stu
dents who have never studied Latin, By Dr.
Frederic Il. Gerrsh of this city, Professor of
Matoria medica aud Therapeutics In the Medi-
cal School Of Maine. The need Of manual of
this nature will be readily acknowledged by
those who have had occasion to look over many
prescriptions; and the manner in which it has
been prepared by the accomplished scholar who
has taken it In charge, leaves absolutely moth
ing to be aes TO quote from the preface
she book ''s not designed to give instruction in
the art Of prescribing, but simply to teach those
who know nothing whatever of the language,
the little Latin which is essential to correct pre-
scription writing, aud to ineulcats such lessons
on this subject as considerable experience in
teaching has shown to bs desirable" But
while the book is indispensable to those stu
dents and practitioners unscqusinted with the
ancient tongue, its benefits are not confined to
them. There are many physicians well-ground-
ed In Latin who yet writs slovenly, incorrect or
iilegb'e prescriptions. and these will all find
something good for them TO read 10 "Prescrp-
tion Writing" The manual contains not only
the rules to be observed ia writing prescrip.
tions, (and the reasons therefor) and vocabu-
larry of all the words necessary for the exercise,
$50 arranged IS to best faoilitsse reference and
the easy requirement OF sufficient familiarity
with their various FORMS" but hints and sug-
gestions of great value to most practitioners
aud druggists. DR.. Gerrish stoutly opposes the
foolish objections to the use Of Latin for pre-
scriptions, and shows how baseless they are;
and has also something of Importance to say in
regard to the custom for apothecaries to refill
prescriptions as often as they are requested to.
Tha preparation of this manual is in the di.
rect line of Doctor Gerrish's efforts for the rails.
ing OF the standard of medical instruction.
Like wise man he does not ask too much at
once, but he looks forward to near future
when no one will be allowed to matriculate in
medical school who has not good reading
knowledge Of easy Latin. Himself ripe
scholar and untiriug student, not only as re-
CARDS his profession but in science and general
knowledge as well, he is admirably fitted to
take a leading part in the struggle for the more
thorough education of medical students and
practitioners He furnishes example as well as
precept. To the labors of him and men like
him we are indebted to the liberalization and
increase in general as we'll as special knowl-
edge of the members of one of the most useful
and honorable of the professions.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-05
Books Received.

Csnaict of Reason and TbeoIogy. By
Jesse t. Reynolds. Cloth, 12l pp. Portland:
Published by the Author.
Mrs. shaw's Receipt Book and MeuEe-
keepers Assistant BY Mrs. o. NJ. Shaw.
Cloth, 1876 pp., $1,25. Portland: Loring, Short g.
Harmon.
Raphael aud Michel Angelo. A Critical and
Biographical Essay. By Charles @. Perkins,
author of "Tuscan Sculptors," SC. Cloth illustra-
ted, 29l PIP. Boston: j. r. osgood s. Co. Port
Iaud: Loring, Short g Harmon.
Prescription Writing. Designed for the use Of
Medical Students who have never studied Latin.
By Frederic Henry Gerrish, NJ. D., Professor OF
Materia Medica and Therapeutics in the Medical
School of Maine, Cloth, 81 pp., 80 cents. Port
land: Loring, Short s. Harmon, Philadelphia:
j. b. Mppncott & Co,
The Bride of the Rhine. Two Hundred
Miles in q Mosel Row Boat. BY George E.
WaIing, Jr. To which is added a paper on the
Latin poet Ausanius and his poem "Mosella,' %
By Charles t. Brooks; reprinted with additions,
from Scribner's Monthly. Cloth illustrated, $40
PIP. Boston: j. R. osgood g. Co. Portland:
Loring, Short S Harmon.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-05

THE Postmaster General has at last given
his final decision in the case OF the Cincinnati
Gazette. 1t will be remembered that the
Gazette sent out large number of circulars
to post masters asking them to act as agents,
and in consideration for their services prom
ised to send them the Weekly Gazette free for
three months. The paper was accordingly
mailed to those postmasters, but the post
master at Cincinnati declined to allow the pa
pers to be sent through the mails at bulk
rates. holding that the postmasters were not
regular subscribers, The matter was brought
to the attention Of the department by the Ca
zette Company, and upon the statement sub
mitted the postmaster was directed to forward
the papers. An issue having been raised, the
department sent special agent to Cincinnati
to investigate and report as to the facts. The
special agent having completed his labors the
report was submitted to the assistant attor-
ney general for his opinion. That officer
Wednesday submitted his view Of the case,
holding that the postmasters were not sub
scribers within the meaning of the law, but
simply agents of the newspapers; and that
the postal laws had been violated in sending
papers to them through the mails at bulk
rates fixed for regular subscribers. The Post
master General approved this opinion, adding
that, in view of the publicity given to the
case, the Gazette Company would not be
prosecuted, unless it continued to violate the
law by attempting to send papers to postmas-
ters, in return for their services, at the same
rate of postage paid for regular subscribers.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-05
Notes and Announcement.

Mr.. Hepworth Dixon's new novel bears the
title of Ruby Grey.
Rumor has it that Dean Stanley is a. work
upon an ecclesiastical novel.
Estes & Lauriat have in press Dosia. a noyel
by the Russian lady who calls herself Henri
Greville, translated from the French by Mary
Neal Sherwood.
Mr.. John Bennett. late of Lambeth, was so
delighted with Mr.. Longfellow's poem. Kera-
mos, in the December Harper's, that he sent
the poet one of his choicest vases.
The next volume in Appetons Collection Of
Foreign Authors will be Romances of the East;
the original title is Nouvelles Asiatiques-
from the French Of Comte de Gobineau.
A monograph by DR.. Hammond on Brain
and Nervous Exhaustion, the Result of Over
Mental Work and Mental Disturbance, will be-
published by G. P. Putnam's Sons.
As considerable misapprehension has arisen
with reference to some sermons recently
preached by Canon Farrar in Westminster
Abbey, the author has decided to print them.
The volume, under the title Of Eternal Hone.
will be published Immediately.
Charles Dickens, son of the Charles Dick
Dickens, is one Of the leading! printers in Lon
don. His press is now busy printing two
books by American authors, namely, Mirage,
by the author of Kismet, and Poems, by Lou
Ise Chandler Moulton.
DR.. Holland is credited with a purpose not
to write another novel at present. but to devote
his best hours to the writing of poems, with
the intent to publish volume Some Of these
will first appear in Scribner's Monthly, but he
has Just complied poem of several hundred
lines in rhyming stanzas, entitled The Puri-
tsn's Guest
The February Atlantic will contain polit-
cal paper of signal interest and Importance on
the history, progress and prospects of our
Civil Service Reform, By Hon. Dorman 3,
Eaton. The first of Prof G e. Norton's Stud
les of European Cathedrals (St. Marks at
Venice) will appear. The article on The Cradle
Of the Human Race, postponed from January,
will attract notice from its bold and novel DO
sitions. There will be an interesting short
story and along installment of Detmold; poems
by Longfsllow, Stedman and others; the second
of the Open Letters from New York; Sketches
of Travel Criticisms etc
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-05
Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 23 & "a,
Commencing at II O'Clock on Vednesday

The Temperance cause was never more prosperous
in the State than now. for which should be most
profoundly grateful. Still there are important sub
jects which Will demand our attention. Shall we
ask for any change or amendments in the PrOhibi-
tory Law? Shall we protest against granting license
to sell Intoxicating liquors to the druggists? Shall
we ask for any more stringent penalties be iDict-
cd upon r,ors found intoxicated2 These, and
other import 1t questions will doubtless demand the
attention of e convention.
Let there be general rally. The usual reduction
OF fare on the railroads may be expected.
D. b. RANDALL, Berwick,
JOSHUA NYE, Augusta,
L. r. KING, Caribou,
EDWARD HILLS, ThomastOn,
JOHN S. KIMBALL, Bangor,
GEORGE E. BRAoKETT, Belfast.
FRANK KRNRICK, Fairfield,
VIM. j. CoRTHELL, Calais,
ELI JONES' South China,
JORDAN RAND, Lisbon,
+. w. STETSoN, DamaTiscotta
HENRY TALLMAN. Bath,
OWEN B. CHADBoURNE, Saco.
Il. G. HARRINGTON, Bryeburg,
j. S. WHRELWRIGHT, Bangor,
State Temperance Committee.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-05

ONLY S13,00O,OO0 is asked for by the sup.
porters of the latest proposed Pacific railroad.
Memphis is to be the eastern terminus of the
road-and the western terminus will depend
upon how long the appropriation holds out.
The Texans think they would rather have a
railroad than war with Mexico; but one OF
the two they must have.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-05

on Jeremiah Andrews of Bethel n7571826).
The second paper of the number is the conclu-
sion Of the series on the Kicker Family, this
installment treating of the descendants of Do
minicus Kicker of Parsonsfeld, stout old
pillar OF the Baptist church. There is, by the
way, a curious transposition in the tables By
which Hiram N. Trip Of Alfred, who married
julia Ann Roker is made to appear SO Hiram
Tripp Noble. The series is about to be pub
lished in pamphlet form.
Inscriptions from the Hsllowen Cemstsry.
with explanatory notes, is the title OF an ar
ticle by Samuel L. Boardman. An Ancient
Warning shows how the good people of Halo
we'll rid themselves of unwelcome would-bs
settlers In 1898. A record of Early Births In
Durham In communicated BY j. Lufkin Doug
las, An account is given of this organization
of New Pennacook Plantation, an iastallment
is given of Kittsry Family Records, and the
Cilley Family is continued, a portrait OF Gen.
Joseph Cilley accompanying the installment.
Much interesting matter is found in Notes and
Queries.
Edited By W. D. Lapham, Augusta For
sale in this city By Loring, Short & Harmon.
The most noticeable feature Of the Literarg
World for January is Whittisr's response to
the greetings of friends on his birthday, Tnsre
are also echoes to the "Whittier Tribute" from
George William Curtis Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Richard Fl. Stoddard, Joha ]. Piatt, Christie
pher P. Oranch aud others. The book reviews
are as meritorous and entertaining as ever,
Joseph Cooks "rranscendeDtalism" coming
In for three. One of the editorial articles treats
lnstructivel7 in response to criticism Of former
utterances, of the didactic novel. Notes and
Queries and Table Talk are as interesting az
ever, and the number maintains the high stan
dard of previous issues.
Published By E. II. Hame5 s. Go, No.
Somerset Street, Boston.
II. o. Houghton s. Co., Boston, hayo COM
bned the LdW and Equity Reporter aud the
american Lalo Times and Reports in law mag
azine to be issued every Wednesday under the
name Of The Reporter. 1t is edited By Howeld
Ellis and Rowland Cox, and viii combine the
distinctive features Of the magazines of which
1t is continuation, namely, reports, 10 full or
condensed form, of leading cases decided ia the
United States Supreme and Circuit courts, aud
in the courts Of highest jurisdiction in the sew
eral States, and a quarterly index or digest OF
49, N~SNS -Ns AeP0Asou3 Go well as OF IQOs6 re-
ported, IN the magazine; thus furnishing law
yers with complete handbook OF current deei
sions. The publishers aim to mako this the
best law periodical in its plan and conduct, and
the handsomess in typographical appearance.
In the country, and one that shall be indispens-
able to the working lawyer. The case reported
from Maine in this issue is the decision of the
Supreme Court in the suit of Thompson vs..
Kinds, the question being on the validity Of
note for an injury magnified.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-05
THE PRESS.
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cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used,
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-05
TERMS $500 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE

IT seems that the income tax is to be re-
imposed so that some of the burdens may be
taken off those two great Southern staples,
whiskey and tobacco. Naturally enough the
project has the sympathy of the Northern
Democrats.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-05

THE representative OF the King of tie Sa-
moan Islands has had an interview with Sec
retary Evalts in which he besought the Unit
ed States to establish protectorate over the
islands. The subject will be considered at
the next cabinet meeting. 1t might be we'll
at the same meeting to take into considera-
tion the protection of white and colored Re-
publicans in the South.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-05

EVERY regular ATTACKS Of the PRESS Is furnished
with Card certificate couDtersigned by Stanley t.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials Of every person claiming to represent our
ournal.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-05

THE Nez Perces want to come back and be
"conciliated." Why notP They are as much
entitled to consideration as the Hamburg
murderers. To show that we cherish no hard
feelings we might offer Chief Joseph seat in
the Senate,
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-05

TIE Senate report on South Carolina mat
ters is nearly ready. 1t sharply reviews the
shotgun campaign of last year, and declares
illegal the Legislature which elected Ham
burg Butler.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-05
STATE TEMPERANCE CONVENTION.

The several Temperance organic ations the Tenn
perance workers. and all the friends of Temperance
in Name, are invited to meet in Mass Convention at
GRANITE HALL, AUGUSTA,
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-05
H0use TO E.es.

FEvHE lower part of house No. 234 Oxford St.. very
& convenient. containing eight rooms gas and
Sebago. For particulars apply to f. Il. WIDBER,
220 Commercial Street. sep18dtf
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-05

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